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The New Army Emergency Ration.

The New Army Emergency Ration.
spection until falls the unhappy day
when the enemy cuts off the commits
sariat and the pabulum fails to show
up.
Then each boy in drab, squatting by
the good camp fire, grabs the loose
end OF the blue bandeau enwreathing
the head Of his can and gives her a
twist. It works after the principle
OF the tin ribbon around the fragrant
sardine can-only it really works.
From the package fall three slabs Of
something very like the brown cakes
OF chocolate that small children buy
from train butchers and with which
they delight to crumb up the plush
seats of the passenger coaches.
The hungry soldier may draw but
one slab.. From this he removes the
tightly-pressed wrapper Of figured tin
foil, and so he sits down to supper.
The other two cakes must be put back
in the can and saved, one for tomor-
rows breakfast and the other for to-
morroW's dinner, If need be.
If his palate does not take to his
compact meal in this dry form he can.
with knife or bayonet, scrape his slab
over his tin cup and boil the scrapings
three minutes In the cupful of water,
thus brewing a hot beverage, which,
In chilly weather, would undoubtedly
be preferred to the cold, dry fodder.
1t tastes much like the popular
brands of milk chocolate, but not so
sweet. Chocolate-which French
tourists have long esteemed as an
emergency travel ration-is the base
of the compound.
The exact constituents are:
Per cent.
Chocolate liquor -. .4717
Nucleo case1n. 688
Matted milk 6.88
DeSiccated eggs. =. 20 Cd
ouSdI ..... ....... 1876
Cocoa butter .................. 1856
Moisture (not over) 362
Thus you have about the most nutri.
tious foods that nature affords milk.
eggs, chocolate, malt and sugar-de-
prived of water and other unneces.
sary portions, the whole mixed to.
gether and pressed into cakes SO dry
that less than one-twenty-ffth part Of
them moisture.
Aviators, aeronauts, campers, hunt.
ers and explorers-to whom news of
It lately leaked out in some way-are
already writing to Washington to
learn where they can obtain these lit
tie cans
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. 'A#1MTXEHZRe ut aAwcroN

case. Captain (now Rear Admiral, retired) sigs-
Dee' who was in command of the vessel the
rated night, escaped together with number Of
MS officers and men, but large proportion Of
the ships company went to watery graves. Fol
lowing the disaster there were recovered the
bodies OF 163 men of the Names crew, but more
than three score Of the men who gave up their
lives for their country on that night have never
TO this day been accounted for. The officials Of
the government are all confident that the remains
OF these missing will be found in the hold
OF the wrecked vessel when she is raised to the
surface In accordance with the elaborate sal
wage plans now in progress. Probably only the
skeletons OF the unfortunates will remain, but the
government will provide a regulation coffin for
each and accord the full honors of the service in
connection with nterment in their final resting
place.
1t Is fitting that the national legislature should
designate Arlington the resting place of this
hnal grim muster squad from the long-submerged
Maine. Fer Arlington is probably the most sig
nthcant OF all our great national cemeteries and
here already repose in their last dreamless sleep
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at havana but arrangements were later made
TO transfer them to their native land and they
were re1nterred at Arlington with solemn cere-
mony the latter part of December, 1898, about ten
months after the Maine went to destruction
Already plans are under way for splendid
monument to be erected, after the new graves
Shall have been made to all the victims of the
Maine. Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who was in COM
mand OF the tlstarred vessel, is interested in the
project and SO are many other prominent public
spirited citizens, including number of the men
and women who were instrumental in raising the
money for that stately monument to the Rough
Riders IN connection with the placing of which
former President Roosevelt delivered one Of his
best addresses Within sight of the graves of
the Maine victims at Arlington also is the tower
Ing shaft OF the monument erected BY the Ma
tlonal Society of Colonial Danes in honor of the
memory of the heroes of the Spanish American
war, more than one thousand of whom-victims
of the Cuban campaign of 189S-rest within the
shadow of this lofty tribute.
Indeed the green hills of Arlington overlook
ing the Potomac river just opposite the city of
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son Of London, nieces, and to Norton
w. Barker, a nephew, of Michigan
City.
The bulk of the vast estate went to
the little daughter, who was an only
child and the idol of her father. It was
his love for her, according to intimate
friends, which made him tie up her
fortune in such way that she might
best be protected from fortune-hunt,
ing husbands.
Both the girl and the fortune are
turned over to the guardianship Of the
First Trust and Savings bank, Chica.
go. That institution will direct her
education and limit her expenditures
until she is of age. Even then the trus-
te'eshipt continues. aud d=only ! the income
of the estate VIII re paid to the young
woman.
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ing their every advance. Finally on
August 4, after a fierce cannonading,
the French stormed the place and
forced their way through the walls.
Then followed a week of most des-
perate fighting, carried on in the
streets and from house to house; and
the French troops, brave as they were
and admirably led and equipped, were
forced to retreat and raise the siege.
Palafox and his men at once began
making preparations for the second
siege which they knew would come.
On December 20 French army of
10000 picked soldiers under Marshals
Money and Mortier encamped before
the walls and at once began vigorous
prosecution of the siege. Finally the
French were successful at all points
and the city wall for one-third it's
length was captured
But though the wall of the town was
in possession Of the besiegers their
troubles were only really beginning.
Every house, every street, in the city
was a stronghold in ITSELF The French
resorted to mining and literally blast.
ed their way into the city. But they
were met with dauntless courage at
every turn. Pestilence long before had
broken out among the defenders, but
though they were dying by the hun.
dreds every day from disease and but
lets they never faltered. On February
18 grand assault was made by the
besiegers. The city was on fire in a
dozen places and the dead lay un-
buried in the streets. But the Span
iards were unyielding.
The hopelessness Of the struegle
had now, however, become apparent
to the Spaniards and the city was sur.
rendered. The garrison, reduced to
10000 men, we're accorded all the hon.
ors of war. During the siege 10000
persons perished, most of them by dis
ease. Palafox, the brave defender. in
violation Of the terms Of capitulation.
was sent as prisoner to Vtncennes in
France. Later he returned to Spain.
became prominent In its political af-
fairs, was created duke Of Saragossa
and died in 1847-ten years before the
passing away OF the Maid of Sara
gossa
Not long since handsome statue
was erected to the Maid of Saragossa
in the city which her valor helped to
defend and this memorial will hand
down to future generations the story
of her courage and heroism.
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MAID OF SARAGOSSA'
Was the Spanish Heroine Of a
WorId-Famous Siege.
Her Brilliant Part In Military Event
Which Has Few Parallels in His
tory-Honored by Crate
full Country.

Madrid, Spain.-Every country in
the world haseits heroines as well as
It's heroes, and its heroines of war as
Well as those of peace While Molly
Pitcher, who during the revolutionary
war operated her husbands cannon
when he was stricken down, is Justly
famous In American annals and cele-
Drated In prose and verse, the Maid
OF Saragossa is even more renowned
IN her native country, Spain. While
Palafox was the hero, she was incom-
parably the heroine Of the siege of
Saragossa, one of the most desperate
IN modern history and equally daring,
extensively and defensively. For her
brilliant services Spain made her a
lieutenant in the army and bestowed
upon her many decorations. Her name
was Augustine and as a girl she was
peddler of cool drinks in the city.
From the beginning to the end of the
siege she was ever in the heat of con-
dlct and her courage and daring
served to hearten the gallant defend
ers In the darkest hours of those
bloody months. She won the name La
Artillera from having snatched the
match from the hands of a dying gun
ner and discharged the piece at the
invaders. She died in Cueta, Spain, in
1857, at very advanced age.
The siege of Saragossa, in which
the maid distinguished herself, was
conducted by the French in 180S-O9,
during the peninsular war. Saragos-
sa was one Of the cities that blocked
the success Of Napoleons marshals
IN subduing all Spain On June IS,
1903, the French invested it with
force OF 10000 men. Its defender was
Joseph Palafox, youth without mill
tary experience, but who had sense
enough to associate with himself men
of martial training and courage. But
while inexperienced in war, he had the
heart Of the warrior, and when the
French general summoned him to sur
render, Palafox returned the immor-
tai reply: "War to the knife and the
knife to the hilt."
The Spaniards made a gallant de-
Tense Of the city, worsting the French
In many a bloody encounter and check.
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PROPOSE A. SHAFT TO DANTE
italian Citizens Of New York Sub
scribina for Memorial Which They
Will Give to City.

New York.-New York's Italian citl-
lens, who have already presented the
city with monuments to Columbus,
Garlbaldi, Verdi and Verrazano, are
now subscribing to fund with which
to erect a monument to Dante, author
Of the Divine Comedy" The figure
of the poet, of heroic size, will be
lacked by a shaft of granite 65 feet
from base to summit Life-size figures
Of Literature and Religion and life
size groups representing Dante's
visions of hell, purgatory and heaven,
will decorate the base At the very
foot, in bas-relief, is the Roman wolf
sucking Romulus and Remus. Above
the poets head is an American eagle,
bearing laurel crown. The monument
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
sTPAUL AND SATURDAY JANUARY 21 1911
GIRL HEIR TO GREAT WEALTH
millionaire Indiana Car Builder Leaves
Daughter the Ward Of a
3 Chicago Bank.

Michigan City, Ind.-Little Miss
Catherine Barker, the fourteen-year-
old daughter of the late John H. Bar
ker, the wealthy car builder of this
city, has learned of the strange condi.
tions under which she becomes one of
the richest girls in the world.
After the funeral of her father,
which was held from the family resi-
dence here, the relatives gathered in
the dining room of his mansion to hear
the reading of trust deed disposing
of the Barker estate of upwards of $780,
100000 .s "-s .~s.@. .s.
There were substantial bequests to
Mrs. Nelson Luddington Barnes of
Chicago and Mrs. Harold A. Richard
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Tuning the Bells.

Troy, N. Y.The general impres.
sion is that the tone of bell is large.
ly matter Of accident. but this is
not so. A bell must be tuned the
same as piano or any other musical
instrument. Every bell has five
sounds, which must blend together In
perfect harmony, and this is accom-.
plished by shaving down certain parts
until the desired harmony is secured
In the event Of shaving too deep the
bell is not injured, but the tuning
operation is prolonged, as other parts
must be operated on and cut away to
a corresponding degree.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
FOOD A La TABLOID
New First-Aid-t e-Hungry Ra.
ton for Army.
rWenty-Four Hours Meals All Packed
In Can About the Size Of
Cake Of Kitchen
Soap.

Washington.-A half pound of grut
day for hard-worked soldier sweat
Ing in the trenches! Dinner, two and
two-thirds ounces after a forced
march, when he is footsore and
weary! Twenty-four hours meals
all packed snugly in tiny can, about
as big as Bridget's slab Of kitchen
soap!
Such is the invention of Gen. Henry
G. Sharpe, commissary general OF
Uncle Sans army-the busy officer
who thrice daily feds the $4,000 hun.
cry mouths of our soldier boys
He is the first inventor you ever
heard OF who hopes that there will
never be any demand for the prize
fruit Of his genius. And this is be-
cause this invention is an emergency
ration" whose use would mean, in the
first place, war-which General Sher-
man rightly defined as "helI'-and, in
the second place, an unfortunate emer-
gency Of war resulting from a cutting
off of the supplies of an army in the
field.
The sky-blue can, which holds an
emergency breakfast, dinner and sup
per, all within it's tiny shell, is four
and three-quarters inches long, less
than three inches broad, and an inch
and quarter thick. You can wear
one in your hip pocket without
arousing the least suspicion that you
are bearing refreshments less proper
and polite.
War breaks out, say, with the Japs,
the Germans, or the bloomin' British.
Each Yankee brave in khaki has one of
these can Of first-aid-to-the-empty
dropped into his haversack, where it
keeps fresh for months, and where it
must be regularly accounted for at in.
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those other heroes OF
the Maine who gave up
their lives because of
treachery. The re-
mains of the Names
men that were recov-
cred Immediately after
the disaster were first
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Lets kill time by autobiographing
a bit. Wake up there Onebuck! Sup
pose you tell us upon what occasion
In your opinion your purchasing power great
est or 1east?"
.- A lop.eared bill yawned and answered:
"I've bought some pretty nifty things in my
day Drinks for two boes who'd just hit town
after 200 miles OF Imprisonment in an empty
freight car, photograph girl had taken to send
her soldier boy sick in the Philippines. Once l
paid for ticket out of Chicago to some Indiana
town" A..
Pretty good as far as you went,' cut In the
interlocutor. Nov Wen hear from FLYER.
WELL l urged messenger boy to walk
block in Is minutes"
Listen to the bromide!" Greek ohorused the
others Next"
Another onedollar bill responded. Judging by
appearance he had the heart of the poet for even
in that tattered company his raggedness was no.
ticsable. He spoke softly:
ct paid for the pearl of greatest price
woman, whom the world had bruised, took me to
q drug store and converted me into tiny vial of
rest"
The interlocutor cleared his throat suddenly
and called on Old Hundred.
! Eve never bought anything worth much, I
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in question was to the effect that the
remains Of the members Of the Names
crew which have never been account
ed for shall when recovered be
buried with due honors. Probably it
has escaped the memory Of many Of
our readers that not all of the ships
company on the old Maine were &C.
counted for after that vessel was
blown up In Havana harbor just on
the eve Of the Spanish-American war,
which this tragic incident did so much
to precipitate. However, such was the
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A GREENBACK STORY

HE other day In the Treasury building
heap of worn-out greenbacks lay
awaiting Nirvana by the fire route
when, in greenback lingo, Of course,
bill suggested:
Let's kill time by autobiographing
a bit Wake up there, Onebuck! Sup
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is tipped with a single star symbolic
Of the hope of modern Italy. If the
plans are approved by the city au-
thorities, the memorial will be as.
signed place in one of the parks.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-01
WELCOMED BY MEN WHO
SMOKE

Particular men who smoke realtzA
how offensive to people of refinement
is strong tobacco breath, and how
Objectionable to themselves is that
clark brown taste" in the mouth
after smoking.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is worth
its weight in gold for this purpose
alone. Just little in glass of water
rinse the mouth and brush the teeth.
The mouth is thoroughly deedorizea.
the breath becomes pure and sweet
and delightful sense of mouth clean
Illness replaces that dark brown TO-
bacco taste.
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics and Peroxide for all toilet
and hygienic uses and may be obtain
ed at any drug store Is and SOC a box
or sent postpaid upon receipt of price
by The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass. Send for free sample.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-01

had filled us with bullets. Our only
hope rests In the fact that can use
my lungs. That's why didn't lei
them know when my gag became
loose. had the DEVILS own time
keeping 1t from falling with my chin:
pretty near broke my neck doing It
A little later, when we're sure Jee
KUN and his men are out Of hearing
I'll begin calling for help. Perhaps
some fisherman or hunter"
He stopped, and chill ran up Ma.
tthaHie!,s back he listened to Q
weird howl that came from far behind
them. 1t was blood-curdling sound
and his face turned more CHASTITY
pallor as he gazed inquiringly at Neil
His companion saw the terrible ques.
ton In his face.
Wolves" he said. They're away
back In the forest. They won't come
down to u.s." For moment he was
silent, his eyes turned to the sea.
Then he added: do you notice any
thing queer about the way you're
bound to that stake, Nat?"
There was a thrilling emphasis IN
Nathaniel's answer. He nodded his
head affirmatively, again and again.
your hands are tied to the post
very loosely, with slack of say six
inches continued Neil with an ap-
palling precision. "There is rawhide
thong about your neck, wet, and so
tight that 1t chafes your skin when
you move your head. But the very
uncomfortable thing just at this mo-
ment is the way your feet are fasten-
ed. Isn't that SO? Your legs are
drawn back, so that you are half rest
ing on your toes, and I'm pretty sure
your knees are aching right now. Eth?
Well, 1t won't be very long before,
your legs will give way under you
and the slack about your wrists will
keep you from helping yourself. Do
you know what will happen them"
He paused and Nathaniel stared at
him, partly understanding. yet giving
no sign.
You will hang upon the thong
about your neck until you choke to
DEATH" finished Neil. .That's the
Straight Death If the end doesn't
come by morning the sun will finish
the job. It will dry out the wet raw
hide until it grips your throat like a
hand. Politically we call it the hand
of Strang. Pleasant, isn't it?"
The grim deflniteness with which
he described the manner of their end
added to those sensations which had
already becoule acutely Disseminating
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-01
1cppYr.gh. 1908 BY Bobbs-Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

& Capt. Nathaniel Plum OF the sloop Ty-
Phoon. lands secretly on Beaver island.
stronghpid OF the Mormons. Obadiah
Price, Mormon councillor, confronts MIN,
tells him he is expected. and bargains for
the Ammunition aboard the sloop. He
binds Nat by solemn oath to deliver q
e Rsrc Of
Nat sees the frightened face OF q young
woman who disappears in the darkness,
leaving an odor Of lilacs 1T develops that
Element Of the king, Strang. for the loot
Ing OF his sloOp by Mormens. Price shows
MAJ the king palace, and through q
aagM IT, says 6 t re say & asve s Wf
Calling at the kings Office Nat Id warned
BY young woman that his life is in dan
ger str1ng processes indiGnatton when
punish the guilty. Nat rescues Neil who
ls being publicly whipped. and the king
orders the. sheriff. Arbor Croche, to pur-
that Marion. the girl Of tho iilacs, is
Neil,s sister. The two men plan to escape
on Mats sloop and take Marion and
Winnsome, daughter. Of AIbor croche.
that the sloop W gone. Marion tells him
that his ship has been seized by the Nor
mons. She begg him to leave the island.
from Strang. whom she is doomed to mar
Fy Plum finds Price raving mad Recov-
ering. no tells Nat that Strang is doomed,
Inat armedS MEN are descending on the
island. b " let iaa rms that Marion has been
summoned tos the castle BY Strang. Nat
Kills Arbof Efoctla, ana AFTER a desperate
fight with the king, leaves him for dead
The avenging host from the mainland de-
sends on st. Isames. Neil and Nat take
q part In the battle and the latter is
wounded. Htrang, whom Nat thought he
had killed orders him thrown into dun
geon. He finds Neil fellow prisoner
They Oyethear the Mormon jury deciding
their fate.Ia IA brlbed jailer brings the
prisoners word Of Wtnnsone And hiarioti.l
Bound and gagged the two men are taken
out to sea In boat. NIL
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-01

their beauty is wasted. The small
hats require only enough hair visible
about the face to frame 1t, but 1t Is
necessary to have Culture under
the hat, for the hat must be taken
off.
The pulled chignon shown in the
picture Is woven in a Iona strip like
that used for transforms ton" This
strip is drawn together at intervals
leaving quite large spaces ON the I'M
der side of the couture, which are
covered by the puffs and curls on
the outside. These open spa:es afford
ventilation, and they also make 1T
possible to arrange the chignon in a
great variety of styles. What with
them and the hair bands Tow uni
versally worn there is no end to the
variety Of coiffures that fashion makes
possible
The chignon placed high on the
head so that it is in the crowf, of the
hat solves the problem of tha small
turban and makes a stately ana beau
tiful coiffnre. The puffs are crowded
together little and pinned down
over a coil of the natural Fair tor
two coils) placed on top. Usually no
other support is needed for t1.s Golf
fure. In case the natural sair is
very thin a small pompadour may be
arranged by using small hair roll
before the chfgnon is pinned to
place--Julia Bottomley in the Illus.
trated Milliner.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-01
CRIMINAL NEGLECT
OF SKIN AND HAIR

Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so
much for poor compilations, xed,
rough hands, and dry, thin and fall
ing hair, and cost so little that 1t is
almost criminal not to use them.
Think of the suffering entaifed by
neglected skin troubles-mental be-
cause of fguration-physicaI be-
cause of pain. Think of the pleasure
of clear skin, soft white hands and
good hair. These blessings are often
only a matter Of little thoughtful,
timely care, viz.:-warm baths with
Cuticura Soap, assisted when neces-
sary by gentle anointings with Cuti-
cura Ointment. The latest Cuticura
book, an invaluable guide to skin and
hair health, will be mailed free, on
application to the Potter Drug &c
Chem. Corp, Boston, Mass.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-01

IF Il Is true Gas those who make
1t their business to know, say it
is) that American women have
less hair than the women of other
lands, then we are compelled to ad-
mire the cleverness with which they
conceal this deficiency. One would
naturally infer that variety of styles
in hairdressing would be impossible
to them, but this is not the case at
all. By using switches, chignons,
transformations and the many other
devices of dealers in hair goods, all
the pretty conceits in the changing
fashions in couture are copied and
our gentlewomen continue to look to-
day demure, tomorrow vivacious; an
other day finds them with stately
couture and then again they effect
simplicity No doubt Cleopatra rung
all the changes within her knowledge
or invention in matters of dress to
aid her in earning the greatest trib-
ute paid to her destinations: age
cannot Wither nor custom stale, her
infinite variety"
Just now we must concern our
selves with suiting our coiffures to
both large and small hats The new
imports for midsummer are more than
large. one may almost call them enor-
nous.
The large hats require couture
designed to fill in the space under
the hrim next the face and head,
otherwise they look grotesque and
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-01
Coat Hanger.

When away from home one sery sci
dom .hinks Of taking cost hanger
along. but to prevent the aCat from
becoming creased and unt!..ys looking
by being thrown over the Is-ck OF a
chair IN emergency coat hsneer may
be reFdily made. Roll a newspaper
stighfls and tie 1t in the msidie with
stout cord, forming loop to attach
1t to = hook or nail. This ii better
than throwing the coat Imply in the
=nessess= snla ee,1 and AZ eeatsayed IN q
minute with the materials Always at
hand. '