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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
LOST IN MINNESOTA SWAMP.
Two Parties OF Settlers Searching for


Two Parties of Settlers Searching for
Chicago Engineer.
Crookston, Mimi, April 5. - Jarvis
c. Mott, Chicago civil engineer and
electric railway promoter, has been
lost since Tuesday night among the
swamps in the neighborhood of Ro-
seau and Warroad, and two parties of
settlers are searching for him. His
companion, camp cook named Ole
Olson, arrived here last night from
Greenbush, where he appeared last
night exhausted and nearly frozen.
He said that he lost Mott in the
snow storm of Tuesday night and had
been wandering ever since.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
RUN DOWN BY AUTO.

Machine Driven by J. j. Hills Son In
jures Two Persons.
st. Paul, April 5.-While driving in
a buggy DR.. and Mrs. B. w. Kirby
were run into on Summit and Fair
view avenues at 10 o'clock last even
ing by au automobile driven by Wal
ter Hill. DR.. Kirby is thought to have
fractured skull, and while Mrs.
Kirby was in a painful condition this
morning it is not thought that her in
juries are dangerous.
Walter Hill was alone in the auto
mobile and Informed the police that
he had run down somebody.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
One Hone.

Bishop (kindly)-And all these love-
ly young ladies whom have just met
in the guild room have some common
bond?
Citrate (modestly)-Yes. They all
hope to marry me.-Judge.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
E!REBUG AGAIN BURNS MILL.

Second Fire Of lncendiary Origin oc-
ours at Lumber Plant.
Grand Rapids, Mimi, April 5.-Neu-
mann Bros sawmill on Prairie lake,
four miles north of this city, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire at midnight,
the fire being evidently of incendiary
origin. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. This is the second fire of the
same nature in this mill
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Bay Rum Kills Two Men.

Detroit, Mich, April 5.-A dispatch
from Decatur, a local option town.
says Edwin Carney, Jr., thirty-two
years old and James Mahoney, thirty
eight years old, are dead from drink
ing bay rum.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
FREEDOM SHORT LIVED.
Four Arrested at Steele, N. D., on a
Horse Stealing Charge.

TT0T oC OeCH'F''g 0FTo1 SS'
jamestown, N. D., April 5.-Sheriff
Wasser received message yesterday
from Medina stating that the authori-
lieved to be a member of a horse
stealing gang. Four men were arrest
ed at Steele on charge of stealing
horse at Bowden, but one of them
escaped and is the man rearrested at
Medina He will be turned over to
the Kidder county authorities.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Iowa Farmers Son browns.

Marshalltown, Iowa, April S. = Al
fred knowl. twenty-three years old,
son Of a Kanawha (1owa) farmer, was
drowned in West lake, near Kanawha,
late yesterday afternoon, when his
boat capsized.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Murderer Dies in Prison.

Minneapolis, April 5.-Joseph, alias
Spec" White, who with James Dugan
was convicted in 1894 of the famous
Harris murder on the East SIDE died
last evening in the state penitentiary
Ct tuberculosis.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Woman Prohahlu FATALLY Burned.

st. Paul, April 5.-Mrs. August H.
Weiss, fifty years of age, was fright
fully burned about the body yesterday
afternoon while attempting to extin-
guish grass fire that threatened her
hayStackS,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Ready Argument.

Sir, am soliciting ads
Young man, my time is valuable"
Advertise with us, and you will be
so rushed with trade that your time
will be twice as valuable"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
EXCITEMENT KILLS FAN.

Capt. l.. A. Foote Dies as Result of
Ball Game at Sioux City.
Sioux City, Iowa, April Capt. l..
A. Foote. Civil war veteran and
wealthy banker, dropped dead last
night, following the excitement of wit
Messing the White Sox-Sioux City
baseball game. He was an enthusiast
tic fan, and his interest in the first
game Of the season SO worked on him
that heart failure resulted.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
MISS sPRAGUE ENDS WORK.
Has Been Teacher in Normal School
Twenty-Five Years,

Winona, Mimi, April 5-Miss Kate
Sprague, for twenty-five years head
of the department of mathematics Of
the state normal school here. has re-
signed, to take effect at the close OF
the summer term. when she will re-
tire from teaching.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Eleetlna Joy.

1T is not what is around us, says a
philosopher, but what is in us that
makes US happy"
True. But then there's that next
morning feeling"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Friendly Advice.

He offers me platonic love"
Pass him up, girl; pass him up!
That means no violets nor candy, and
nothing but book of poetry Christ
mas"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
AIndaiuht.

Marriage teaches man much"
You bet. II had only known how
little could get along on, I'd have
saved million before was 25."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09


complaints for many
years, and cannot
tell what agony l
endured from back
ache. My II m b S
were swollen twice
natural size and my
sight was weaken
ing. The kidney Sc,
cretiOnS were n is
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Every time stingy man Is forced
to let go of dollar he imagines he Is
in dentists chair having a tooth
pulled
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Reserve Backing.

"Now." said the head of the firm to
the new clerk. "yonder is very COM
plete encyclopedia for the use of our
employees"
What do you mean, sir?"
THAT you are not expected to know
it ALL"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Thursday.

Washington, April 3. - Carrying
total of s11,5oS,SO5. the agricultural
appropriation bill was passed by the
house of representatives late yester.
day. 1t had been under discussion for
nine days and from the time it's con-
sideration began until the very end it's
provisions were attacked at every
turn, with the result that it under
went many changes.
During the debate yesterday briet
furry was created by Mr.. Harrison OF
New York, a Democrats, characteriz
In gas socialistic the bill Of Minority
Leader Williams providing for the
utilization of the treasury surplus in
the construction and improvement of
roads in the several states.
Vigorous Fiiibuster.
With the agricultural bill out Of
the way the Democrats and Republic
ans locked horns with each other on
all subsequent business, with the reA
suit that one of the most viborousl
filibusters ever conducted in the
house was entered upon. Majority
Leader Payne threw down the gaunt'
let to the Democrats and notified
them that the Republicans did mott
propose to accept dictation as to what
the program of legislation should be.
Minority Leader Williams accepted
the challenge, whereupon the Demo.
Gratis resorted to every obstructive
tactic known to parliamentary law
on every proposition that came up for
consideration. 1t was 1000 p. m. be-
fore the house adjourned.
In the Senate.
The legislative session of the SEN
ate was largely consumed by discus
sion, without passage, of a bill to re-
organize the public school system in
the District of Columbia
Washington, April A. When the
house of representatives adjourned
late yesterday the breach between the
majority and minority parties was, if
anything, wider than ever The
Democrats continued their dilatory
tactics throughout the day, notwith-
standing the committee on rules
brought in rule applying the gag
law to general debate on the District
of Columbia appropriation bill, which
was in order for consideration. The
rule was adopted amid great disorder
and only after the Democrats had ex-
hausted every parliamentary move
which they could make to obstruct its
final disposition. In presenting the
rule, Mr.. Dalzell Of Pennsylvania re-
peated the threat of Leader Payne
that henceforth, the remainder Of the
session, the Democrats would find
themselves out in the cold. Minority
Leader Williams, full of defiance, an
nounced that he was not to be intimi-
dated. He told the Republicans again
what they could expect from his side
of the house and exhorted his Demo
cratic colleagues to stand together
and apply all the power of which the
minority was poseessed in order 10
force the Republicans to action.
The two hours allowed by the rule
for general debate on the District bill
having been consumed. the house at
6:42 adjourned. hut only after the
Democrats forced a roll CALL
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

KINfBALL'S ANTI RHEUMATIC RING.
For 35 years has cured suffering humanity.
Price. 81. Booklet of testimonials sent free.
j. II. Allen & CO.. Allen Square, ST. Paul.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Amos. Killed by Horse Medicine.

Lake City, Iowa, April s. Mistak-
ing for collie medicine preparation
used to blister spavins on horses, Jer-
ry Gavisk Of Sherwood swallowed
nearly an ounce of the mixture and
had to be taken to hospital.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

A wise man is satisfied to appear
great in the eyes of his wife and
children.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

There would be lot more silence
in this world if we talked only about
the things we know.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

To insure the direct and quick cleans,
ing of the system, take Garfield Tea, the
Mild Herb Laxative. 1t purifes the blood,
eradicates disease and brings Good Health.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

YOUR SPARE TIME is WoRTH
MONEY. Best opportunity ever Offend
C. b.. 316 Endicott Bldg, St. Paul, M nn
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
Il Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Omsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
HoYTs HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA
COLOGNE,

A harmless and refreshing remedy
that quickly relieves headache, neu-
ralgia, nervousness, faintness, exhaus-
ton, sleeplessness; used only by In
haling and outward application. For
sale by all druggists Is and 6oc bot
ties.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

After man gets to be about so old
he begins to talk about what a fool he
used to be.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

The average woman would worry
lot more than she does if she listened
to everything she says.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Some women would stop to rubber
when they have something on the
stove cooking
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens tho gums, reduces To-
tammnton. nllays pain, wind collie 25c botte-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Fortunately stupid people seldom
realize that they are stupid.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09
RAISED FROM A SICK BED.
After Being an Invalid with Kidney
Disorders for Many Years.

John Armstrong, Cloverport, Ky,
says: Il was an invalid with kidney
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Many man who makes up his mind
to do better next year would do
great deal better If he would only
bite off one day at time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

q. S. DIP, WASH AND DISINFECTANT
The Best and Cheapest,
GALLON MAKES 100 GALLONS.
Dip, wash or spray. gal 75c; 3 gal. rs;
5 gals. SO. Write for 81 page booklet
Ship us your Hides Furs, Pelts. Wool etc
N. W. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis MINI
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-04-09

Occasionally full-bearded man
tells bare-faced lie.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-09-19

70 the acre Iu8u any Wucfc 0ioc IA enc
world.
A brief study of climatic conditions.
and those things which go to make
Q climate, will show that the farther
one travels northward from the Mon
tana border the milder the climate be
comes-up to q certain point. In
other words, the climate at Edmonton.
Alberta, is far better than that OF
Denver, 1900 miles south; and while
thousands of cattle and sheep are dy-
ing because of the severity OF the
winters in Wyoming, Montana and
other western states, the cattle. sheep
and horses of Alberta CRAZE ON
THE RANGES ALL WINTER WITH
ABSOLUTELY NO SHELTER This
Is all largely because sea-currents and
air-currents have to do with the ma
king of the climate Of temperate re
gions. For instance, why is 1t thai
California possesses such aabeautifu
/ climate, with no winter at all. while
the New England states on parable
with it have practically six months
| Of winter out Of twelve?
1t Is because of that great SWEEP
| of warm water known as the "Japai
current" and this same current no
only affects the westernmost o. TN
| Dominion provinces, but added to IL
influence are what are known as tn
chinook winds"-steady and undevl
afing air-currents which sweep owe
the great wheat regions Of Western
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Subtle Criticism.

A certain young artist in New York.
who is on terms Of comparative in
timacy with the janitcr of the apart
ment-house wherein he maintains his
studio. is in some doubt whether the
said janitor is cynic. or something
of an art critic, or both.
"One day. while doing a bit Of re-
pair work in the studio" says the
painter, Mike scrutinized bit Of my
work with ominous solemnity. When
indicated portrait of myself the
blow fell. Said 1:
1.-The paint on this is badly
cracked, which spoils the likeness
with no more expression in his
countenance than is to be seen In the
face of a representation of Buddha.
Mike repf ed:
mot at all. SIR" Harper's
Weekly.
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were protected through the time Of
their nesting.
Here is an answer to such doubtera
It is only one case among hundreds.
and it is far from being the most fla
grant Of those reported. man
named Small-something in a name
possibly-shot gulls and terms for the
market. In the seven days he killed
2,625 birds. The selling price was 12h
cents for each victim. Smalrs weeks
work of slaughter brought him In
something over $500.
The movement for the protection OF
the birds along the Atlantic started
similar movement on the great lakes
and along the coast of California.
Many of the gulls and terms breed In
the islands of northern Lake Michigan
and on the islands and along the
shores of Huron and Superior. Moral
suasion rather than money was used
in the western territory. 1t Is a sad
commentary, perhaps, on human ma
ture that the experience OF the bird
protectors has shown that money. cash
down at that, has been more effective
| in saving the birds than an appeal to
the sympathies of men and women.
When the day comes that sees no
free wild bird riding on tireless pin
ions above the flashing waves OF lake
and ocean the waterside for him who
seeks it in the love Of nature will have
lost much Of its present potent charm
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FASTING AS A RELIGIOUS RITE.
Ceremonial Observed by the Japanese
Twice Year.

From time out of mind, says the
Japan Times, certain devotees OF that
country have visited a celebrated
temple at Martha twice year to per-
form the pious act of fasting within
its sacred precincts. A fasting halr
has been specially erected for their
accommodation and the number enter
ing this hall is on the increase. Those
who have already tasted in the fasting
chamber this year number 226 men
and 80 women. OF the whole number
SO tasted less than a week, ia tasted
one. week, ten continued fasting two
weeks, IA tasted three weeks and one
went without food for five weeks.
Inquiry as to the motives of the fast
ers showed that 169 men and 25 wom-
en- desired to rise in the world. IL
men and two women wanted to In
crease their business profits. 16 men
prayed for the safety Of their families.
13 men and four women sought cures
of diseases and ten men wanted gen.
eral good luck.
Only three persons, two men and
one woman, tasted In gratitude for the
fulflllment Of former prayers. 1T need
scarcely be said," remarks the Japan
Times. that the period Of their fast
ing was the shortest"
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BIRDS KILLED FOR FASHION

tering cries of fear and of distress
at the danger which they suppose
threatens their nests, he shoots them
down ruthlessly. The survivors SEEM
ingly do not understand what has hap
pened to their murdered fellows and
they continue to circle about the head
Of the intruder until the last one is
sacrificed on the altar OF fashion.
This is dark picture, but there Is
a lighter one. All along the Atlantic
coast upon the islands where the her.
ring gull, the Bonapartes, the kitti-
wakes (Rissa tridactyla) and the 9TH
er sea birds build, there are stationed
this summer men who have the au-
thority of the law to stop the slaughter
of the birds and TO prevent the steal
ing of their eggs. These men are abb
solutely fearless. They must needs
be, for the class which preys upon the
birds is irresponsible and often willing
to commit any crime rather than to
have ended their lucrative occupation
OF bird murder.
The Thayer fund. which is used for
the employment of wardens for the
protection of sea birds, is not large
sum, but under the direction Of VIII
liam butcher, treasurer OF the Amer
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-09-19

used this year for the protection OF
the gulls and terms UPON their breed
ing islands along the Atlantic coast.
The black tern. however. gets little
of the benefit Of this protection. for 1t
nests largely In the marshes OF the IN
land This beautiful bird, with Its
fore part a glossy black. which takes
on an iridescence in the sunshine. has
been shot SO ruthlessly that hundreds
of its former haunts know 1t no more.
like the herring and the Bonaparte
c,,,s n Is at home practically In all
narts of temperate North America. or
n would. be at home II man, as happy
now he will, would but allow 1t TO
domesticate itself.
There are few sights in nature more
beautiful than the view of nesting
colony of black terms, as the Old piros
Glide backward and forward. turning
as lightly as swallows above their
nests living at the base of the bending
flags.
The black tern has been in sucn
demand for millinery purposes that
a man with knowledge of the nesting
Mace of a colony in his breast and
with a shotgun in his hand has been
able to make months wages in q
davis shooting. There is something
absolutely constituencies about the
method of killing the terms. The mar
ket hunte- s@eks out the nesting place
dushes the birds from their nests. and
While they hover about his head. ut
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lean Ornithologists' Union. small
amount of money has been made to do
large service.
Another story was told by these re-
turned summer residents of the Is
lands. They said that In many cases
the birds would fall wounded before
the shots of the market hunters. and.
still living. would be picked up to
have their wings torn OF. the birds
then being tossed to the beach to
linger for awhile and to die In agony.
1t was shown that in some cases where
the birds had been but slightly wound.
ed they had managed to survive even
the tearing away of their wings and
that in many places on the ISLANDS
there were wingless birds picking up
precarious living which would be
theirs only until the winter came and
froze their innocent lives. The gulls
whose wings were torn OF were those
whose body plumage was In too poor
a condition for the market.
There was an investigation of these
stories of horrid cruelty. They were
found to be true. II an additional
spur were needed to quicken the
| movement for the protection OF tho
gulls and terms 1t was found in the
recital of these tales OF the inhumanity
of the gunners. Money was raised.
! wardens were appointed and the birds
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feathered in delicate pearl gray with
wing tips of black and white. Stand
upon the shore of one of the great
lakes and the same bird will be found
picking up its daily bread from the
face of the fresh water. Float in your
canoe with the current of the Mis-
sissippi and your gray clad friend OF
the Atlantic and the lakes will bear
you gentle company.
The public little knows the bird
fight-it was a iight, nothing less
that was waged Cor years before the
men who had espoused the cause of
the innocents could claim a victory.
Upcle Sam took a hand In the fight
and put himself at the head of the
little band of bird partisans. The men
who engaged in the conflict had first
to overcome that most potent of all
weapons, ridicule. They were called
dreamers and "old women" but the
blows they struck soon knocked the
thought that they were weakling SEN
timentalists out of the heads of their
antagonists.
The gulls and terms perhaps best
known to the people of the United
States are the herring gull already
named, Bonaparte's gull (Larus phila-
delphia), Wilson's tern (Sterna hirun.
dol and the black tern (Hydrochelidon
nigra simultaneously. A sum of money
known as the Thayer fund is being
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PERsEcUTED BIRDS OF LAKE AND
RIVER SLAUGHTERED FOR
WOMAN'S HEAD.
EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEM
Millinery Merchants Protective Asso-
citation Enlisted in Their Behalf
Notes, Habits and Study Of
Ways of Birds.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
associate Member American Ornitho
ocisfs, Irni0n.l

associate Member American Ornithoi-
ogists' Union.)
Copyright. Joseph b. Bowles.)
1t is something much more than
passing strange that the family of
birds at once the most beautiful, the
most graceful and the most innocent
of all feathered creatures should be
the one that man, or. better, woman,
has chosen as a shining mark for
death.
Stand upon the shore of the Allan
tic and lowering upon light wing
.Sove the waves you will see a gull
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Sensitive Papa.
George, you must be more carefu.
Papa thinks you meant to wound his
feelings"
why. what did say"
You remember that when you or
dered beer at the cafe last night you
called it 'suds' in very loud voice"
"Well?"
You must have forgotten that papa
rot all his money making SOAP
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Author Of "Ameriean Farmers Build
ing a New Nation In the NORTH
"Canada-The Land OF Greater
Hope"-"The Invasion Of Canada BY
American Farmers"-"A Thousand
Miles on Horseback Across the Do
nninIon Provinces" Etc, Etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-22
tut-Leather Articles.

AS every one knows, the ready
made cut-leather articles are beyond
the Indulgence OF the woman of mod
est purse. Yet, II she is even moderate
ly cleverh headed and Is willing to give
OF her time and labor, she may greatly
her desires very ineXpensvely.
Whether 1t is mat, pillow top, a
book cover, belt or any other Of the
many articles to which this form OF
decoration is applied. the p,ethod is the
same. Cut the leather OF the desired
shape and size, Then trace the design
on It, and with a pair OF sharp
pointed scissors cut it out, following
tho lines OF the tracing accurately and
rounding out the corners carefully.
Cut-leather articles. to show to adj
vantage. should be lined with silk.
velvet or satin OF harmonizinE color,
The average skin Is about thirty by
thlrty-six Inches, and. II It Is cut eco.
Will make several articles.