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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
EDUCATORS IN MEETING.

Forty-six out of hfty-three county
superintendent are here in attend
ance at the state meeting. The ad
dress of welcome was made by Super
intendent NJ. M. Kramer of the city
schools, and Governor Wesley spoke
at the afternoon session yesterday.
State superintendent Ustrud in g
short talk expressed the object of thu
meeting, and the reasons for calling
the officials together at the capital.
The following were in attendance:
p. +. Nolan, Aurora county.
j. w. Smith, Beadle county.
Gerald Muller, Bon Homme county
@Malcelm Aldrich, Brookings county
Evalina Ressman, Brule county.
Susie Bird, Butte county.
X. A. Rygh, Campbell county.
j. V. Murphy, Charles Mix county
j. w. Cotes, Clark county.
Mrs. Stella Kahl, Clay county.
30. Tankersley, Codington county
Mary Heumphreus, Custer county
o. f. Brown, Dawson county.
;. j. NJ. Best, Day county.
Walter Parish, Deuel. county.
T. j. Marley, Douglas county.
Josephine Anderson, Fall River.
Mrs. I. M. Alden, Faux county.
Margaret Duthis, Hand county.
Wallace Calhoon, Hughes county.
j. S. Headley, Hutchinson county.
Nettie l.. WEIGH, Hyde county.
Dora M. Shull, Jerauld county.
A. A. Seymour, Kingsbury county.
l.. C. Kellogg, Lake county.
Kate Heckart, Lawrence county.
Harriet Hart, McCook county,
G. G. Lawrence, Lincoln county.
Jessie l.. Stewart, Marshall county
Geo. Hickman, MCPHERSON county.
Juliet Brown, Meade county.
Ellen McKeon, Miner county.
w. M. MAR, Minnehaha county.
Mrs. Daisy Carr, Moody county.
j. w. Collins, Potter county.
w. Il. Beckman, Sphinx county.
Grace Reed, Stanley county.
f. l.. Mitchell, Sully county.
Mrs. Alice Tollefson, Union county.
CD .Schellenger, Walworth county.
Jonas Leyman, Yankton county.
Anna Sparks, Harding county.
Grace Baird Tice, Perkins county,
B. j.. Woodbury., Sanborn county.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

The boys of the United States will
soon be landing on Senator Aldrich.
In the new tariff arrangement the
senator has increased the duty ON fire
works, and the lads will be impoyer-
ished to that extent or will have to
use less of the explosives to give vent
to their patriotism. Aldrich made a
raid on the pocketbooks of the women
OF this country when he increased the
tariff Oh several of their articles of
wearing apparel, but when the ladies
commenced to make war on the sena-
tor it did not take him long to get
things adjusted right for the fair sex.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
GOLD PLATED RING FREE

With Each Order For Old Time song
Book.
81 dear old tunes we all love, words
and music complete for piano or or
gan, for 10 cents. America, Annie
Laurie, Aud Lang Syne, Battle Hymn
of the Republic, Catch the Sunshine,
Columbia, Comm Thro' the Bye,
Darling Nellie Gray, Dixie's Land,
Flag of the Free, Hail Columbia,
Home, Sweet Home, ,Juanita, Lead
Kindly Light, Lilly Dale, Long Ago,
Marching Thro' Georgia, Massa' s
in the Cold Ground, NY Bonnie, My
Maryland, Old Kentucky Home, Old
Black Joe, Robin Adair, Rocked in
the Cradle Of the Deep. Swanee River,
Sweet and Low, Blue Bells of Scot
land, Last Rose of Summer, Old Oak
en- Bucket, Star Spangled Banner,
Vacant Chair, Those Evening Bells,
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Uncle Ned,
We're Tenting Tonight, When the
Swallows Homeward Fly, and twenty
others for 10c, stamps or coin. For
. short time we will send gold plat
ed finger ring Free rs souvenir to
each one who sends 3 dime for the
song book. Send today to Piano
81 Anale G.. Galsahsrx, III
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29


Lands in Montana aggregating $780,
600 acres in Wyoming, withdrew from
public by the interior department for
water conservation and irrigation
projects in 1908 and 1909 have rest or
ed to the public domain by order of
Secretary Of Interior Ballinger. In
each restoration the department took
it's action on reports from it's agents
that the interests Of the government
no longer required the withholding
Of the land from settlement, and in
view of the brief duration of the
withdrawal, the department has
waived the usual publication notice
limiting the time for settlement and
entry.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

The argument for tariff on print
paper is the usual argument Of pro
tecting our labor against the "paupel
labor" of Canada, Still, it appears
that the paper mills of Maine Cal
produce paper at a cost Of 81 per tor
less than the best equipped Canadian
mills. The average cost Of produc.
ton in this country is Sl.sO per tor
less than the best Canadian mills
which ought to indicate very plainly
that print paper needs no protection
against Canadian competition. The
placing of tariff on paper is solely
for the benefit of the paper trust, and
there is no argument in favor Of it
except political one. 1t is about
time that our public servants in
Washington began to serve the pub
lie. Argus Leader.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
The $4,000, 900 fine assessed against

The $4,000, 900 fine assessed against
the Waters Pierce company in Texas
didn't look very big when it was i'm
posed. Compared with the Lands
record the Texas fine was small fine
Ito impose. As the record stands,
however, that modest little Texas fine
represents the largest fine ever i'm
posed upon and paid by an American
corporation. The moral of which
seems to be that 81, 900 900 fine that
actually helps to fill the treasury is a
whole lot bigger than a s29, 900, COO
fine that merely helps to fill the news
paper columns.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

Armour will have busy time in
settling the fight on license and it
will undoubtedly go into the courts
before it is ended. While the vote at
the recent election showed that the
town went wet by one majority, when
the canvass Of the votes was conduct
ed by the city council several votes
were thrown out and when it came to
q vote Of the council on these matters
1t was tie vote and the mayor voted
dry. which settles the question of Ii
cense for the present. 1t is under
stood that the wet side will carry the
case to the courts for final settlement.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
MAY 22, BARGAIN DAY

The Sioux Falls Daily Press is GO
ing to celebrate it's 25th anniversary
by making the offer to accept $500
for years subscription providing
the letter containing the remittance
Is mailed on May %. Old subscribers
must pay up to that date all arrear-
ages and $500 for another year. New
subscribers will simply send in
50. The money can not be sent in
before May %, nor day later. The
Press says the offer will never again
be repeated.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
Oxf0 1as
Snappy Oxfords

The sort that M axes !, man feel
right about his feet-he will not
try to hide them under his chair.
Oxfords that fit perfectlyat every
point and look without q hurt in
them.
There are many new shapes in
feathers and you are always sure
OF the best when you go to the
Haberdasher Store Of
HOMER VI PARTRIDGE.
srTssA ass,A. saDCE.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

Cole Younger has added himself to
the attractions Of the chautauqua
platform. The cause Of popular edu-
cation 10 constantly renewing it's
youth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

The Huron Herald prints rumor
to the effect that w. S. Bowen and
Dick Richards are about to buy the
Daily Huronite and convert it into
an insurgent republican organ.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Highmore Herald: South Dakota
has one Of the most perfect school
systems in the United States. Sections
IS and So Of every township have been
set aside for the support Of the public
school system Of the state. Ali this
land has been appraised and sold only
when the price set upon it has been
realized. The money derived from
the sale of these lands is loaned on
farm property ond the interest appor-
toned to the different schools. At
the present time only 1000 acres
hsye been sold at an average Of SIS
per acre, yielding q sum Of 81, 800, 600.
There are yet Z. 400, 900 acres remain
in5 unsold. e is estimated that in q
few years the public school system
will be self-supp orting.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-04-29

On She return trip Edward Payson
Weston may take his time, stopping
1T every village and hamlet to I'M
burden himself Of graphic and en-
phatic Representations regarding the
!, = ~ ~ Ter good rOeils.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Bernhardt's Latest Feat.

One mad thought that 1t was i'm
possible for Nine. Sarah Bernhard
herself to beat her own feats of en-
ergy. but she has Just surpassed even
her own records. She has come gack
from a tour of 81 days in the prov.
inces, during which she actually
played Dame aux Camelias" on the
21 successive evenings. How many
times she has by now died of con-
sumption toward midnight as Margue-
rite Gautier, even she probably can
no longer count. During her latest
tour she travelled by motor car
throughout, and never set foot in
a railway carriage. When next she
starts on a circuit of Europe and of
the globe she thinks of journeying by
the same means wherever possible.
For the present she is off to her cas-
tie of Belle Isle, on the Brittany coast,
for few weeks rest, if she ever does
rest.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Senator McEnery's Mistake.

The deafness of Senator McEnery
or Louisiana is well known. He is
able to hear but little of the senate
debates and is obliged frequently to
ask for information as to pending
questions before voting.
One day one of the Washington cor
respondents, desiring to see the sena-
tor on business, sent in his card. Sem
ator McEnery came out into the lobby
and the correspondent, placing his
mouth at the statesman's ear, bawled
out:
Senator, have you got any news?"
A look of astonishment came over
McEnery's face. Putting his hand in
his pocket he pulled out a cigar and
handing it to the newspaper man
stalked back into the senate. He went
over to the seat of the late Senator
Pettus of Alabama and said:
Some of these newspaper fellows
are mighty funny in their ways. One
of them called me out just now and
asked me for a cigar. Washington
Post.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Enjoyed Their Cartoons.

The collections of caricatures made
by Prince Won Bulow, says the Borsen
Courier, will be continued notwith-
standing the retirement of Won Bu-
low from Office. Years ago he gave
orders to several agencies to collect
for him all papers, foreign as well
as German, which contained carica-
lures of himself These have been
sent to him regularly, and after care
full examination they were turned
over for preservation. Many of the
most notable cartoons in the collec-
tion, which has already reached the
fourth great volume, have margined
notes by the ex-chancellor, but no.
where is there any comment to show
that the cartoons in any way dis
pleased him. The German emperor
has similar collection of caricatures
of himself. and when he saw the Won
Bulow collection recently he said it
was almost as large, but not quite as
funny" as his.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
SHE HoMoRED MOTHERS DAY
oaysey Mayme Appleton Took Pains
10 observe 1t in Thoroughly Up
to-Date Manner.

saturday was mothers day, and
tnere are a few who were SO busy
tnat they didn't observe 1t. But Day.
sey Mayme Appleton was not in that
NUMBER; no, not she! Daysey Mayme
arose early and, putting on her best
ciothes, ate breakfast that mother
lad prepared and then, leaving the
oishes for mother to do, walked to
the greenhouse, where she invested
IN dozen snow-white carnations.
Some may wear only one," said
Daysey Mayme, that being the badge
seiected for mothers day, but 1 think
mothers can't be honored too highly,
and will wear a Dozen" Daysey NAV.
me paraded the streets till noon when
she went home, ate a dinner mother
mad prepared, grumbling because it
dldnt suit her, and then, after telling
mother how to iron her shirtwaists,
went Off to take a nap, leaving the
dishes. Daysey Mayme felt guilty
upon awakening. She had slept two
luil hours of day that should have
Deen spent in honoring mother.
she got up hurriedly and dressed
and left the house again, wearing her
dozen snow-white carnations, and to
every friend on whom she called that
afternoon she told how sweet, how
upllfting and how noble it was to
set aside a mothers day, and how
she intended to observe it as long as
she lived. Daysey Mayme was invited
out TO supper, and when she got
nome at ten that night mother was
still ironing shirtwaists. Dear
mother is Slow" said Daysey Mayme
TO herself in her mirror, "but she is a
good woman, and l am glad to have
honored her all day" Then she went
to bed, satisfied that one good days
work was done.-Atchison Globe.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
READS LIKE A NATURE FAKE
II This Story Is True New Jersey
Grocery Man Certainly Has
Remarkable Dog.

For years Henry Williamson, a
Trenton IN. J) grocer, had great diff
Guilty in dealing with I. o. U. custom
ers. A year ago a tramp offered to
sell him a dog which could be trained
Ito do anything" Williamson thought
If the animal could be learned the
trick of keeping away customers with
no money his grocery business would
prosper, and with the idea of giving
the canine such a course of instruc-
tion, he purchased him.
Trust was the name assigned to the
dog, and every customer was acquaint-
ed with the canine, as by the actions
OF the grocer Trust soon learned
whether to be friendly or to growl
when certain patrons called.
Mr.. Williamson assumed the atti-
tude Of harshness when he was told
to put it on the book" and his de-
meanor was overwhelmingly friendly
when a cash customer made a visit
Trust quickly became wise to these
changes in his master and took kindly
to his course of training.
A few months later the dog would
growl and make vicious attacks on l.
o. u. customers and would lick the
hands of those who paid cash. The
result is that Mr. Williamson has no
more book accounts, his business be-
ing entirely on cash basis.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
A New Use for Canals,

An engineer who has recently
made tour of the waterways of the
middle west to gather data relative to
proposed waterway improvements in.
forms us that he was astonished to
find what large amount of freight.
ing is done by individual storekeepers
and smaller merchants in launches
propelled by internal combustion mo-
tors. The country storekeeper, living
on the banks of rivers and canals, has
found that he can ship his own freight
from the wholesale dealer and dis
tribute it to his retail customers by
motor boat at cost far below that
of any other available means of con-
veyance. There is in this fact a sug-
gestion of future usefulness for aban-
doned canals in which the draft is linn
ited.-Springfield (Mass.) Union.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
HEF
Humorous Anecdote Concerning Pre-
coeIous Stage Child Related by
Popular Comedian.

N. c. Goodwin. the comedian. waa
talking in New York about the su
perb IS horsepower motor car. with
its drawing room, nearly IL feet
square, In which he would tour Europe
with Mrs. Goodwin.
I'VE shall avoid hotels" said Mr..
Goodwin. "The car will afford ample
accommodations for sleeping, bathing
and so forth. Well have a fine time
But" tragedian objected, you'll
find 1t difficult to get used to such Q
gypsy life."
"Oh. no." said Mr.. Goodwin. I'VE
stage folk very quickly get used To
things. For example"
He laughed.
In one of my comedies there was q
little girl" he said "She sat on my
lap in the last act. A pretty little
thing she was-eight or nine years
old-not more.
well, it happened, about the Sec
ond or third appearance of this tiny
novice. that spied her in the wings
one night and thought she looked, at
that late hour, bit peaked. bit pale.
So, pinching her cheek. said:
Little one, can't ! get you bowl
of bread and milk?'
Thanks, old fellow. she an
swered. smiling, but I've just sent out
you know, for a sandwich and glass
of stout New York Press.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
One-Armed Pianist,

Count Geza Zichy, president of the
National Conservatory of Music at
Budapest celebrated his sixtieth
birthday on July 23. Referring to the
event Vienna paper speaks of him
as a unique figure in the musical
world. "If we are justified in saying
that Raphael would have been a great
painter, even If he had no arms" says
the writer, I'VE may certainly say that
Zichy was great pianist, although he
had but one arm. He was IA years
old when he lost his right arm on a
hunting tour, but notwithstanding this
handicap he continued his early study
of music, and became so proficient as
performer that he played with great
skill the works of Chopin and other
composers. In 1866 he made his first
appearance before the public as a pi-
anist. and has since that time played
at hundreds of concerts, always for
the benefit of some charitable insti-
tuition. He composed several operas,
and in 1891 became the director of the
Hungarian opera at Budapest.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
TAKING A MEAN ADVANTAGE
Negro PugiIist's Amusing Reason for
Refusing to Continue Fistic
Combat.

A negro waiter in a Paducah hotel
had an idea he was prizefighter, be-
Ing stirred to deeds within the
squared circle by hearing of the Prov
ess of Peter Jackson and John John
son. They matched him with Swede
from Chicago, and the fight came off
in barn. Early in the first round
the Swede landed a hard one on the
negro's nose, flattening that organ
about six degrees more than nature
did. The crack bothered the negro,
and the Swede was quick to take no.
tice of it. The Swede kept pounding
at the negro's nose, pounding it stead
lily. After he had the negro's nose
spread away around by his ears, in
the third round, the negro rushed to
his corner and began tearing madly
at the gloves.
"Here!" shouted his second, "ain't
you going to fight no more?"
mo, sah," replied the negro, with
great dignity. Il amt goin' to fight
no more wiv' no gentleman what don't
scatter his blows" s."-Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
CAPPED STORY OF AMERICAN
Pat Proved Easy Victor in What
Might Be Called a Contest Of
Boosters.

An American gentleman, spending
his holidays in county Roscommon,
Ireland. fell into conversation with
Pat, who was feeding his hens.
Il guess, Pat, you haven't as good
hens here as we have in the states"
Perhaps not" said Pat.
I'll tell you," said the Yankee.
about hen my mother had. She
went out one day and ate feed of
corn, and returned and laid II eggs.
She went out next day and ate a
feed of corn, and laid II more eggs.
She went out the third day and
ate more corn, returned, and laid
another IL eggs. She sat on the 36
eggs, and hatched 72 chickens out of
SO eggs. Now, that is the kind of hen
we have in the states"
Well" said Pat, 'I'll tell yon about
a half-blind hen my mother had. She
ate feed of sawdust, thinking it
was oatmeal. She went to her nest.
and laid a plank II feet long. She
ate more sawdust next day, and laid
another plank IL feet long. She ate
more sawdust the third day, and laid
another 12-foot plank. She sat on
the three planks, and hatched three
kitchen chairs. four parlor chairs, one
arm chair, sofa, one table, and a
mahogany chest Of drawers. Now"
said Pat, with a twinkle in his eye,
that is the kind of hen we have in
Roscommon."
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Curiosity.

Not only does every woman who en-
ters an elevator containing a mirror
turn round Immediately, touch up her
frizzes and remove flakes of SCOT from
her face, but men adjust their neckties,
take a deliberate Survey of them
selves, and pose and initiate their
chests like Col. Sellers of lamented
memory. A little stenographer in
her building over near the city hall,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean, had
been observing this popularity in the
lords of creation. One day, having
surprised a man making a more de-
liberate and careful scrutiny than
usual, she expressed her opinion to
James," the elevator man: You
needn't talk about the vanity of wom-
en- after that" she exclaimed, scorn-
fully; men look at themselves twice
as long and twice as 'intently as the
vainest woman that ever breathed."
You didn't hear what he said to me,
did you?" asked James. No" He
said: I've been drunk for four days,
an l just wanted to see how
looked
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
THE HATTIESBURG NEV
WAS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
Whlttler's. Somewhat Remarkable Rea-
son for insisting on Taking
Vacation.

u am determined to 60 on a vaca-
ton"
Whittier looked almost fierce as he
spoke. Cleverton regarded him with
a quizzical look.
you have comfortable homer"
he asked.
Splendid; nothing could be better"
And loving wife?"
None more 30. Studies to please
all the time. Never obtrudes herself,
and is silent when desirable"
You are in good physical condi-
tion?"
Very; never felt better"
mo trouble of any sort, no hidden
worry that you want to get away
from?"
None. whatever. Everything is Sc
rene"
What then, is the reason for your
going?
Whittier smiled.
my dear boy" he replied, don't
you know that when everything is
running smoothly, when there is abso-
lutely no cause for complaint, when
you simply couldn't improve on the
present condition If you tried-don't
you understand that then the pure
and unadulterated cussedness of hu-
man nature absolutely demands that
something be done to upset the har-
mony of things? That's why am 60
ing on vacation. I'm looking for
rouble!"-Thomas l.. Mason in Lip
pincott's.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
TRAGIC STORY OF DIAMOND
Famous Gem, for Which Original Find.
er Was Murdered, Had Many
VicIssitudes.

Men have never collected great
crystals just for personal adornment.
Even that "fribble in lace and span
afterward George w. of England
even he sought them simply for some
Perditia he was pursuing. Louis XIV,
LIE Grand Monarque, purchased 25
large diamonds, mostly for his mis-
tresses-LaValliere, whose name still
endures in a form Of trinket, Mon
tespan, Fontanges, Maintenon. Among
them was the wondrous Pitt" says
Franklin Clarkin in Everybody's.
A slave in India had found it. Hav-
ing found 1t his heart shouted for lib
erty. Cutting the calf of his leg in
! order to hide the diamond within the
slit, he limped to the coast. To an
English ship captain he offered it
for passage to any country where
men were free. The captain quite
casually, and with humor, took the
gem and threw the slave into the
sea!
The guerdon of such jesting release
from servitude was sold to a dealer
for $4,000 and through him reached
Sir Robert Pitt, governor of Fort st.
George, for 100000, who shipped It
home to England to be faceted. A Scotch
financier, John Law, then doing busi-
ness in France, negotiated, for a fee
of $4,000, the sale of the diamond to
the regent (afterward Louis XVII, at
$775,000. 1t is pleasant to remember
that thereby the fortunes of the house
of Pitt were restored and that the
sellers son, William Pitt, and his
grandson, the earl of Chatham, were
assisted to high place and service by
the opportunities made possible
through the profit on the diamond, for
which poor slave, seeking freedom,
was thrown into the sea.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Manrlet " Califcrnia Llan.

While on IN afternoons outing the
other day with two boys, Miss Isola
Kennedy, young girl who is widely
known as a temperance worker, was
attacked and mangled by a California
lion near Glen Willis, 15 miles from
San Jose, Cal, The lion first sprang
on one of the boys and then
attacked Miss Kennedy, who fought
him as best she could with long
hatpin. The boys ran to the camp
of water company near by and gave
the alarm, and John Conlon and A.
Fletcher hastened to the girls aid. The
former fired four times at the animal
with a shotgun, and Fletcher fired
three shots with a rifle into the ami
NAL before the beast died. The girls
left arm was terribly mangled' and her
entire body lacerated, and her condi-
tion is serious One boys neck was
clawed and one of his ears split
open.