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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23
GERMANYs BLACK LETTER.
Compnrison of Texts Used In Print
Ing In the Fntherlnnd.

Comparison of Texts Used In Print
ing In the Fntherlnnd.
Tt is remarkable that so practical a
people rs the Germans should continue
to use tlleir blind black letter." says
Jerome Hart The German text Is
ugly, and when printed from small
type Oh dingy paper with high speed
presses, as is the case with most daily
newspapers, it is difficult to decpher.
Ever since the days of Cadmus alpha
bees have been designed to convey ideas,
and those alphabets which transfer
thought With the most quickness, clear,
ness and precision are the best Con-
siderel from these standpoints the Ger
man alphabet is one of the worst. That
1t is Il failure is shown unconsciously
In many ways Advertisers, for exam
pie, have no sentiment about them.
They want to reach the reader and
reach him quickly. Therefore nearly
all the display advertisements in Cor
man newspapers are printed in Latin
characters
SO, too, with the commercial and
| financial pages. Stockholders and iner-
!. chants have no time to waste in de-
ciphering badly printed German text
Therefore the commercial page IN the
German dailies is now nearly always
set up in Roman type. Circus adver-
| tisements, theater placards and adyer-
Using posters generally, the names of
streets on the corner signs, the letter.
| ing on cars and omnibuses, even tenn
porary signs, such as No Thorough
fare or Street Closed you nearly al
| ways see in Latin characters.
Another proof of the inferiority of
| the German text is the fact that nearly
| all German scientific works are printed
| In Roman. This has been the case for
years, but ii has had little effect on
| the printing of books Of general ma
ture Bismarck did much to retard this
needed improvement, for he chung Stub
bornly to the German text and FREE
| quently sent back books which were
| printed In Roman, refusing to read
them."-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23
! NIcOIlana AnIn1s.

Nlcotrana affinis, the border flower,
which opens about 6 o'clock and gives
= powe,ful and pleasant fragrar u, dur
Ing the night, takes its name from the
botanical term for the tobacco plant,
8nicotiana, waSNh was named in honor
Of John Moot Of Nismes, ambassador
from the king Of France to Portugal,
who procured the first seeds from ii
1atchman, who had them from Flor
Ida. If
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23
Clnms Accordtnc to order

Bill Handy of Marblehead an ardent
Republican during the antislavery agi-
tation, caught fish ard sold clans for
a livelihood. One Of his customers, a
strong Democrat, ordered some clans
and told him to be sure and cut off
the "black abolition heads" When he
delivered them he said, "N1r. Brown,
here are your clans; real Democrats
all bodies and no heads. Boston Her
aid.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23
HEAT AND TANNED SKINS.
The Miracle That Nature Performa
4 when Sunburn Occurs.

I. When SunDurn Occurs.
TheIlf are certain arctic animals,
j dark mated In the short summer that
IN winter turn pure white, thus match,
ding the snow covered landscape and
essaping notice and harm.
This change Of color, this protection,
effected no one knows how, is wonder.
full, as wonderful as il miracle, and
yet q kindred change of color, a kim
dred protection, happens among man.
D kind every summer. and nobody ever
{ notices 1t.
When the pale city people 60 out In
the summer sun at the seashore or the.
& mountains the light attacks them
4 Aercely, first reduening their skin,
then swelling, blistering and scorching
{ It. re they kept In the sun enough,
md II no miracle occurred, the light
would kill them finally, burning off
the skin frst and afterward attacking
The raw flesh.
But miracle does occur. The skin.
changes from a pale color to a tan and
& on this tan the sun hns no effect The
sun may beat on tan colored skin for
days and weeks, but such skin remains
always sound. unblistered, whole.
Thus nature works miracle The
white skin Is suffering, and nature;
4 aware, somehow, that a tan skin is.
sun proof, changes to tan the white
Slow does she do this? Where did she
Saearn thai 1t was wise to de this 4 No
one knows Only the fact of the
miracle remains.
To prove this miracle Ito prove that
IN is not the hardening OF the skin,
but the change In It's color which pro-,
/ tects II from sunburn IS an easy mat
ter.
9sS Let pale person, unused to the sun,
q stain one side OF his face yellow, and,
Y leaving the other side Untouched, go
out II the bri ght summer sun for d
i couple of hours. The one side Of his
4 face III no tougher no more hardened
y than the other, vet the unstained side
will he infiamed, blistered, while the
tan colored one viii DO quite cool and
4 unhurt
Eunbufn IS miracle. a protection
~ mankind ais mex plicab Bile and as
wonderful as the mira Gle of the arctic
4 animals c6ange III the winter from
dark coats TO snow white ones.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23
Possible Explanation.

An old hen was pecking at some stray
carpet tacks in the back yard.
Now, what do you suppose that fool
hen is eating those tacks fcr?" said
Homer.
Perhaps" rejoined his better half,
"she is going to lay carpet" Chicago
News.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23
One Advantage,

One Advantage.
Green-This paper tells Of man who
recently married his aunt. Brown
He's in luck. Green-How so? Brown
Being his own uncle now, he will be
able to wear his watch regularly.
cinnati Enquirer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23

state Of sogth Dakota, ISIS In County Court,
In the matter of the estate of
Timothy Taylor,
Deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends greeting to
Olive A. Dibble, of Madison Dane County,
Wisconsin,; Elmer Quimby. of St Peter. Mon
tanu; Leon II Taylor; and ..... Taylor and
.....- Taylor of the State of New i1nmpshre,
sons Of Carthum Taylor, deceased heirs at
law and next Of kin of Timothy Taylor, de-
ceased, and to all to whom these presents may
come.
Notice is hereby given, That Olive A. Dibbic
has filed with the Judge of this Court, a petit
ton, praying that Letters Of Administration
of the estate of Timothy Taylor, deceased.
issue to Ivan w. Goodner, Esq, of Ficrre.
South Dakota, and that Monday the 10th day
of June, 1907, at 10 O'Clock A. Nj. of said day
beng Il day of II regular term of this Court.
to-wit: of the May term, 1907, at the Office of
the Hon. Glenn w. Martens, County Judge,
IL the Pierre National Bank building. in the
City of Pierre. County of Hughes, South Da-
kot:i, has been se0 for hearing said petition.
when and where any person nteres ted ma, V
appear and show cause why the said petition
should not be granted
Dated at Pierre s. D., this 2lst day of May,
A ID. 1907
GLENN W, MARTENS.
Judge OF the County Court
GOODNER& GOOpNER.
Attorneys for Plaintitf.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-23
TIKI. MAN ON FOOT.
In stanaaal He HIS No Rights as
Against the IIorseman.

n
One If the peculiarities in STEAMBOAT
is the insolent demeanor of the horse
man to the footman. Many times daily
you will see some rascal of a cabman
trying to drive down well dressed
man on the street The drivers rarely
take the trouble to shout as they ap-
proach pedestrians. ! was often filled
with wonder 1T observing the meek
ness with which we'll dressed Turks on
foot submitted to such treatment from
shabby Turks on carriage boxes. Even
when no injury was done to such a pc
deStrian, he was often despatched with
mud. Stamboul must be an unpleas-
ant place in which To live. Were cab
men iii our country to treat pedestrians
80 reck Iessly there would be many
cases of assault and battery, and I
think some mortality among the Jehus.
One day ! saw a uniformed Turk
picking his way across the street, using
his saber as walking stick. A car
riage suddenly dashed down on him,
and it's driver, after nearly running
over him. hurled at him a volley of
what sounded like choice Turkish
abuse, The uniformed Turk retorted
not. He scraped the mud off his uni
form, stuck his saber under his arm
and waded ashore. IN our country a
man with a saber would have used it
on the drivers back. BY this l do not
mean that the Turks are lacking in
spirit--far from it. but apparently it
would seem to be tie custom of the
country that the man on foot, as
against the man on horseback, has no
rights
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26

"a man and woman, on the other
hand, may never have been known to do
anything that was right. their careers
may be expressive of only what is igno-
minious and repulsive. and yet entira
acres of journalistic exhibit of such char
actors and demeanor, here and elsewhere.
are laid out before the worlds eye for
popular inspection.
II am not saying this with the purpose
of criticising. Perhaps. if I were man.
aging q newspaper, I would manage 1t in
that way. but the point from which thera
is no such thing as getting away is that
such Journalism is not representative, but
misrepresentation. 1t so emphasizes the
abnormal that the reading public comes
to believe that what is abnormal is really
normal"
DR.. Parkhurst closed by saying that he
knew too much about the evil existing
in this city to deny that it did exist, and
that the only thing that gave him cour-
age to deal with crime was the knowl-
edge of GASES of good in the very hear:
of the city, and that if the saints worked
as concertedly as the sinners, the sinners
would have no show" This was en-
phasized, he thought, ct the last cleo
ton. when the respectable element ire
deemed the state
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26
5000 MILES TO WE'D.
Long Distance Love Unites Couple In
New York City.

New York. Feb. 25.-Covered with
Ice like ship from the land of Jack
Frost the Cunard liner Etruria reach
ed here yesterday. Captain Potter said
the trip had been a rough one. But
even with all the bad weather the pas
sengers were interested in the fact tha.
Emily Marguerite Coutts. relative Of
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, had come
from England to he married to young
Englishman. Unlike the usual be-
trothed girl. Miss Coutts told all about
her plans and her fiance, and the re-
suit was that the passengers were anx-
ious to see what the fortunate man was
like.
He was there all rlght-David A. Da-
rics. secretary of railroad official
in San Francisco. He had come from
the Pacific coast to marry her. They
had been sweetheartS when both were
in their teens.
The Rev. A. a. Gardner of the Sea-
mans Institute. No. 341 West street
was waiting at the pier and went on
board the Etruria with Davies and a
witness. Before all the ships officers
the two were married. and many were
the congratulations they received.
Another ship. which arrived soon at
terward with n tale of rough weather
and bedecked in a coat of ice. was the
Philadelphia. Many of the passengers
said it had been so cold they spent
most of their time below deck.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26
HEAVY LEATHER TRADE.
Americas Commerce Increases Nearly
Threefold In Decade.

Washington, Feb. o5.-The leather in
dustry contributed s150,0O0.00o to the for
eign commerce Of the United States in
the year 1906, against less than 500 00l
a decade earlier. These figures, announc-
ed by the bureau of statistics of the de-
partmerlt OF commerce and labor, cont
bine imports and exports of leather and
it's manufactures and imports and ex-
ports of hides and skins, all of which
show rapid growth during the decade.
The value of hides and skins imported
in the calendar year 1906 was practically
$4,000. 600. having quadrupled in 10 years.
OF leather and its manufactures export
ed, the figures for 1906 were over 81. O00
O0C and in 1896 were less than $4,000 900.
The grand total which leather and the
materials for it's manufacture form in
the foreign trade of the United States
aggregates in the calendar year 1907
about $50 100000.
All parts of the world bought of our
manufactures of leather, and nearly all
sent their raw hides and skins In OK
change therefor In addition to the 50. =
100000 worth of booths and shoes export
ed in 1906 there was So. 600 600 worth OF
upper leather and 5000, 900 worth of sol
leather. while harness and saddles and
other classes of leather manufactures;
added 100000 to the total. Cattle hides
imported from Argentina. the largest
contributor, aggregated S5.OOO,OOo. Goat
skins, aggregating So. goo. formed the
largest single item in importations Of
hides and skins.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26
Iowa Woman Has liveIy|
Experience With Tramp. |
ShrIeks Into Telephone Heard
All Over The County.
NeIghbors After AssaiIant With
Blood Hounds.

Chicago, Feb. pa dispatch to the
Tribune from Centerville. Ia, says:
Rural telephone users all over Wayne
county yesterday, heard the screams OF
Mrs. George Steich while she struggled
desperately with a tramp who attacked
her in her home.
Men in the homes Of her nearest
neighbors who FASTENED to get out
teams and rush to her assistance, were
too late to save Mrs. Steich or capture
her assailant. Posses with bloodhounds
are searching the countryside.
Mrs. Steich says the tramp came to
her house and demanded admittance.
She was alone with her 3-year-old girl,
and frightened, she locked the door.
The man began to break down the door.
Mrs. Steich carried her child to bed
room and locked her in. She then ran
to her telephone and rang to call for
help, but before she could speak the
tramp had forced his way in and
seized her. She dropped the receiver,
leaving the telephone open and the GEN.
trail operator heard her screams.
For half an hour the woman strug-
gled desperately with her assailant all
over the living room. Each time she
found herself near the telephone she
screamed for help. In nearly every
home of the system to which her tele-
phone belonged, her screams were
heard.
The first of her neighbors to arrive
found Mrs. Steich bound and uncon-
scious. The tramp had disappeared. The
men who started out to hunt him down
said they would shoot him on sight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26
Committee HEARINGS.
JUDICIARY,

The committee on judiciary will give a
public hearing. in its room at the State
House In Augusta,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY &c, 1907. at 2
o'clock p. NJ.
No 30 On an act to incorporate the
Thomas Bracket Reed Memorial Assocla-
ton.
WEDNEsDAY, FEBRUARY q. 1897. at
o'clock +. NJ
No. 2S5 On an act to create board Of
harhor commissioners for the city Of 60
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1897. at o'clock
T. NJ.
No PSI. On an act in relation to the
Springvale Library Association.
No. M. On petition of Daniel DeaSy
ana . others for the enactment of a vii
lage corporation charter for the village
OF Prospect Harbor.
No. 2SS. On an act to amend and extent
the the charter o. the Union River Water
Storage Company.
No. 2H. o.. an act amending Chapter
io+ or the Pubic Laws of 1905, relating to
location and assessment of damages for
property taken for public uses.
FRIDAY, MARCH S. 1907, at 2 o'clock
T. NJ
No. 217. On an act to amend Chapter 50
OF the PUBLIC Laws of 1905. relative to no
ice TO beneficiaries under wills.
NO. rs. On an act to amend Section II
OF Chapter 142 of the Revised Statutes.
relating to earnings of prisoners commit
ted to houses of correction
NO. 2I9. On an act to amend Section
of Chapter H2 of the Revised Statutes
relating TO term Of commitment to houses,
of correction.
No. 2S9. On an order REQUESTING the IN
dlciafy committee to enquire into the ex
pe'lcncy Of amending Section 1l5. Chanter
~ OF the Revised Statutes. by increa SIM
the penalties therein mentioned
NO ~. On an order directing the in,
uclary committee to enquire into the ex.
pedlency of amending Section 10. Cbantar
70, Vt the Revised Statutes, relating r.
me challenge of Jurors in certain crin,i1
RAJ cases, whereby the number of chai
Ienges allowed to the State NAV he in.
creased. ' oo III
NO 90. On an act to prohibit the mali
hlg or publishing of false or ex4greratad
stdtenltA's er publications of or concern.
I,.s zee affairs. pecuniary condition or
Plopfrty OF any corporation. joint stock
d. ssnclallnn copartnership or Individual
40. 20 On an act to incorporate tha
pany. iuSt Som-
y, No. go. On an act relating to the o,d
LOWE municipal court. in the countv o nt
Penohscot NouHey OF
No. 2ss, On an act to grant additional,
lowers 10 the Sebasticook Power Cor
pahH, authorizing them to sell elect ric;t,,
c cn .,e counties of Penobscot. Waldo
somerset and kernebec o'
no; ~. On an act to extend tbo It,;
IN which the Van Buren ScWera ra C .n,.,e
pdny Is authorized to Commence h,st EolIl
>. Il. MONTGOMERY, Secretarv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26
FLING At PRESS.
Or. ParkhurSt Thinks Il
Seeks Only Abnormal.
Not Satisfied With Way News
papers Are Conducted.
Has His Ideas, But Nothing Put
Forward For Success.

New York, Feb. 25-With the de-
spondency Of the prophet Elijah as
motive and the prevalence of what he
called "a moral panic among reputable
people" as an inspiration. DIR. Park
hurst in his sermon yesterday found
occasion to lash the newspapers. At
ter he had done so and cited instances
of what he called the depravity of
modern journalism, the doctor told the
congregation of Madison Square Pres
byterian church that he was not criti-
cising,' and that perhaps, after all, If
he We're managing newspaper he
would manage it in that way" He in
directly referred to the Thaw trial
To begin with. he said. Elijah be-
came so wrapped up in his own self
that he became Respondent over the
condition of things about him. Elja!
thought. DR. Parkhurst said. that he
was the only one left to attend to
things, and that when he was gone
There would be no one left but God
himself" These symptoms. the doctor
argued. were those of mind that is
not at its best, and. on the whole, were
"a mild form Of lunacy"
Then he came down to modern times.
to the present day in Manhattan. and
found similar dependency, and also
found cause for 1.-THE press.
1T is the press undoubtedly he said.
that is, to a considerable extent, re-
sponsible for the condition of moral pan
ic existing among the reputable elements
of the community. l do not say that as
a criticism of the press. as a statement
of fact Journalism lives upon the ex-
ceptional, upon that which is out of the
ordinary. 1t has no interest in that which,
is usual. Tho reading public is not, of
course. excited by what is usual. ami
therefore there is no money in publishing,
what is usual. If out of every 100 men
20 were thieves and profiigates and only
one behaved himself it would then be the
one who behaved himself that the press
would take to its arms and caress with
obituaries
1.-THE press is not mirror to be held
up to nature. 1t is a grand convex re-
fector. exhibiting in magnifled form the
distortions of nature. A man may live
so years. do right every day.
make the word brighter sweeter and
stronger by his presence and his memory
destined to be a permanent benedictior, !
and two lines in the columns of deaths !
will be the only journalistic eulogy ac-
corded him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26
ANOTHER COMMISSIONER DEAD.
Turkish Official Dies Suddenly Under
Suspicious Circumstances.

Constantinople, Feb. 25.-Vice Admiral
Sami Pasha, another of the commission
ers engaged in drawing up a plan fo-
the reform of the ministry of marine
and investigating the accounts connect
ed with the ministry. died suddenly yes
terday under suspicious circumstances.
His death. following so closely on tho
mysterious demise of Haira Pasha, the
vice admiral whose death was annourc-
ed Feb II after he had refused to COM
ply with the order cancelling his appoint
ment on tn. naval commission. has caus-
ed a semi-panic among the naval off,
GERS here.
Sami Pasha was project of the port of
Constantinople and was in good health.
He was seen at the Yildiz palace on the
day Of his death, looking quite well and
was seized with fatal illness two hours
after dinner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Patrick Morgan, who shot and killed
Dennis Dorherty on the street at Dover
y. H., last Saturday, was taken he.
ioFe Judge Frost in the police cour;
Monday on charge of murder. He
pleaded not guilty and was remaDded
20 )aIi without bail for a hearing on
March s.
1he steamer Prinz Joachim, chartered
by the Commercial Clubs of Boston
chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis to
make trip to the isthmus of Panama
Where tie travellers will inspect the
work OF the canal. arrived at ST. Thorn
as ID. w. l., Sunday evening and start
cd for San Juan at midnight.
a congress of the Zemstvo organiza-
ti"ns for famine relief was opened at
Moscow Monday under the presidency
OF Prince Tvoff. 1t was decided that it
VIII be necessary to increase the ex-
penditures for soup kitchens and med
lcal assistance from $500 to $780,
UOC out of the total appropriations.
Mail advices received at Brussels
from the Congo Independent State. say
That the natives of Oubanghi are in a
state of excitement over the taxes i'm
posed upon them and that the Boulder
are on the verge of revolt for the same
cause. Some villages have already been
attacked by turbulant natives and a
score OF persons have been killed.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy Mon
day received Prof. DeMartens, Rus
sian imperial councillor of state. in a
most cordial private audience During
their conversation His Majesty ex-
pressed the hope that all the powers
Wou!d arrive at an agreement on the
program which would contribute to the
success of the approa ching peace con-
ference at The Hague.
Five thousand persons were driven
into the snow covered streets early
Monday by fire which destroyed the
rev Irving Music hall at 214-22o
Brocme street. New York, and spread
to several big tenement houses at the
rear and either side. No lives were lost,
however, and so far as can be learned
no one was injured. The loss on the
Music hall and the damage to the ten
ement houses is estimated at $4,000.
About 80 per cent. of the men en-
pioyed by the American Writing Paper
Co. at Windsor Locks, Ct, who went
on strike three weeks ago. returned to
work Monday for the wages they were.
receiving at the time the mill closed.
Trouble with the strikers was expect
cd and President w. n. Caldwell had
on hand IL deputy sheriffs. but there
was no disorder. The strikers numbered.
100 and since the strike went into ef-
feet the Windsor Paper Co. mills have
teen closed.
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UNABLE TO SPEAK.
Survivors of Wreck Of the Imperatrix
Awful Condition.

Rome. Feb. c5.-The commander of tn,
Italian battleship Curtatone sent to the
rescue Of the passengers and crew of the
Austrian L!yod steamer Imperatr ix.
wrecked off the island of Crete Feb. ~.
has sent a distressing account regard
ing some passengers rescued They were
unable even to speak.
The news of the wreck caused a great
Impression at the italian court, as Prin-
cess Milena of Montenegro. the Queens
mother. was crossing the Adriat;c ar tho.
time on her way to Rome. where she is
to be operated upon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-26

Notice has been received at police
headquarters from the Pinkerton de-
tectlve agency at New York. giving
description of William F. Walker, the
absconding treasurer of the Savings
sank of New Britain. Conn, and for
whose capture reward Of $1,000 Is Of
1ered. Walker is 81 years of age.
ieet inches in height and weighs l45
pounds; has sallow complexion. gray
nair. blue eyes. gray moustache and
gray beard, the beard being trimmed
Van Dyke style; is slightly stoop
shouldered. Recent information indi-
Gates that he has shaved off his beard
rive thousand reward is offered by the
directors of the above bank for the
apprehension and surrender Of Walker
to the chief Of police of New Britain
OF an authorized agent Of the State OF
Connecticut. and $1,000 is offered Dy
the directors of the bank for the BODY
OF Walker if dead. and fully identified
10 YUM