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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
HUMOR OF THE DAY
The Supreme Test.

you aspire to become our professor
OF modern languages:" asked the pres
ident of the board of trustees of the
Miliedgeville college
Yes, sir" was the respectful an
swer OF the applicant.
"konnen Sic Deutsch sprechen:' y
asked the president sharply.
"Jawohl" came the answer of the
applicant, not to he taken OFF his guard
thus easily.
"Parlez vous Francais?' demanded
the interrogation, giving the applicant
no time for recovery.
"Oui," said the applicant. The pres
ident beamed with pleasure upon his
fellow members of the board
at seems he said. addressing no
one in particular, that the gentleman
is eminently qualified for the post.
But" turning again to the applicant,
there is one more question that
must ask yon. What is the simian
equivalent of fear as expressed in the
monkey language as Transcribed by
Professor Garner"
Realizing that he had failed in the
supreme test. the applicant turned
sadly away.-Puck.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Notice That Tax Deed will Issue
State of South Dakota. County of Hughes, IS.
State of South Dakota Sands Creetincr.

State of South Dakota. County Of Hughes, IS.
State of South Dakota Sends Greeting:
To Mary R. Aiken. James ~ Gray
You are hereby notified, In accordance with the
provisions of the statute in such case made and
provided that on the End day of November A. y.
~ 8, the then Treasurer of said Hughes county.
South Dakota. offered and exposed for sale at
regular public sale of lands for delinquent taxes
in and for Hughes county, South Dakota, at the
city of Pierre. the county seat of said county of
Hughes, the following described real estate to-
wit: Lot One Q, Block Five t5), Capitol
d d tion to the city of Pierre
Hughes county, South Dakota for the taxes of
the year 1902 then due and delinquent and there
being no other bidders offering the amount due
for delinquent taxes as aforesaid the said County
Treasurer by the authority of law in him vested
did then and there bid off the above described
real estate offered at said sale for the amount of
taxes, penalty. interest and costs due and unpaid
thereon. in the name of said Hughes county,
South Dakota, where said sale took place: that
the. same has not since been assigned and that
said Hughes county is the lawful owner and
holder of the certificate of purchase thereof
And, whereas, two years have expired since the
date of purchase of said tract, or lots. and the
property aforesaid has not been redeemed or the
amount of tax, interest. penalty. or cost paid.
You are also notified that the right of redemption
will expire and deed for said described property
will be made unless redemption from such sale
be made, together with accrued interest and sub
sequent taxes and accrued interest and costs of
this notice within sixty days from the date of
completed service of this notice upon you
HUGHES COUNTY. SOUTH DAKOTA.
Owner of Certificate
j. G. DAMN, County Treasurer Hughes County
South Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Disposition of Brood Sows.

Serenity. undisturbed by fretful rest.
lessness, is a characteristic of good
brood SOW. Any breeder of experience
will know Just what is meant when
II is said that Il SOW is 'motherly.'
bat the exact meaning is difficult to
set down in words This maternal
manifestation has an important bear.
ing on success with litter. and the
dams promise in this regard should
have weight in her purchase. In max
ing selection the teats should be ex-
amned to discover that there are a
dozen. we'll formed, not too small OF
obscure and giving indications Of sup
plying abundant milk.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Notice That Tax Deed Will Issue

state of South Dakota. County of Hughes. IS.
] he State of South Dakota Sends Greeting:
10 Mary h Aiken, James II Gray.
You are hereby notified In accor dance with the
pi visions of the statute, in such case made and
provided, that on the 2pd day of November A. D.
isi3, the then Treasurer of sa:d Hughes county ,
S0atn Dahuta. offered and exposed %.
reEular public sale of lands for delinquent taxes
IN and for Hughes county, South Dakota, at the
city OF Pierre. the county seat of said county of
II nghes, the following described real estate, to-
VII: Lot Twenty two % Block Seven 90, Capitol
Addition to the city of Pierre, Hughes
county, South Dakota, for the taxes Of the year
wv then due ana delinquent and there
boing no other bidders offering the amount due
tcr delinquent taxes as aforesaid the said County
4leasurer, by the authority of law in him vested
did then and there bid off the above described
rta! estate offered at said sale for the amount of
a1 es, penalty, interest and costs due and unpaid
thereon. in the of said Hughes county,
south Dakota, where said sale took place: that
me same has not since been assigned and that
sid Hughes county is the lawful owner and
holder of the certificate of purchase thereof
nd, whereas, two years have expired since the
ale OF purchase of said tract or lots and the
property aforesaid has not been redeemed or the
mount OF tax, interest penalty, cost paid.
~ are also notified that the right of redemption
%lit expire and and deed for said described
Aeh sale be made, together with accrued inter-
u and subsequent taxes and accrued interest and
costs OF this notice, within sixty days from the
cate OF completed service of this notice upon you.
HUGHES COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA.
Owner of Certificate.
!. g DAMN. County Treasurer. Hughes County,
South Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Notice That Tax Deed Will Issue

State of South Dakota Sends Greeting:
70 Mary r. Aiken, James H. Gray
You are hereby notified. In accordance with the
provisions of the statute in such case made and
provided, that on the 2nd day of November A. d.
93, the them Treasurer of said Hughes county
South Dakota offered and exposed for sale at a
regular public sale of lands for delinquent taxes
10 and for Hughes county South Dakota, at the
city of Pierre. the county seat of said county of
Hughes. the following described real estate. to-
Wit: Lot Twenty -four t2i), Block Eleven I'D.
Capitol Addition to the city of Pierre
the year 1909 then due and delinquent and there
being no other bidders offering the amount due
For delinquent taxes as aforesaid, the said County
Treasurer by the authority of law in him vested
did then and there bid of the above described real
estate offered at said sale for the amount of taxes
penalty. interest and costs due and unpaid there
on. IN the name of said Hughes county. South
Dakota. where said sale took place; that the same
has not since been assigned and that said Hughes
county is the lawfuowner and holder of the Ger
ticate of purchase thereof. And whereas two
Nears have expired since the date of purchase of
aid tract, or lots, and the property aforesaid has
not been redeemed or the amount of tax, interest
renaty. or cost paid. You are also notified that
he right of redemption will expire and deed for
said described property will be made unless re-
2ccrued interest and subsequent taxes and accru-
ed interest and costs of this notice, within sixty
Jays from the date of completed service of this
-otice on you.
HUGHES COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA,
Owner of Certificate
j. O. DAMN, County Treasurer, Hughes County
South Dakota
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
TIMELY HINTS
FOR FARMERS
Obtaining Eggs For Incubator.

Eggs to be placed in an incubator
should be from well matured one-year-
old pullets or two-year-old hens. The
pulets or hens should be yarded off.
fifteen hens to each rooster
This method costs little more than
the old custom of letting hens and
ROSTERS all run together. but it in.
sures fertile eggs. Give hens plenty
of charcoal, fresh water, grit, clean
quarters. alfalfa or other greens. and
you will have flock that will please
you and every one else. But feed oys.
ter shells sparingly to breeding hens.
as the eggshells will be so thick that
the chicks can't break through
Eggs should not be over seven days
old for Matching for best results. The
brooder should be warm to receive the
chicks.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
WHY THE WIND BLOWS.
The Basic Principle. the Tendency of
Hot Airs to Rise

The wind, like other things of every,
day life, rarely invites notice unless it
is unusually high" and rarely do we
hear the questions. why does the
wind biow?" why doesn't the wind
blow?"
What is this wind that ruSbes "out
Of the nowhere into the hereT Why
should it blow at all, o. why some
times so gently and at other times
with the reSisteSs force of the hurri-
cane?
The wind could have no power, it
could not even exist. if the air had no
weight this weight having been shown
to he about thirty-one grains for each
hundred cubic inches of air When air
is put in motion the effect is like that
obtained by throwing bah against an
object. The harder you throw the ball
the harder it will strike. and the great
er the number of balls thrown at one
time the greater will be the force of
the blow, When the wind is blowing
it strikes what it blows against, and
the harder II blows Chat is, the greater
the speed of the airl the harder it will
strike against the resisting object.
What causes the wind to blow or
why the air should be in motion is not
easy to explain. Simply stated, it Is
caused by the tendency of hot air to
rise and thus to form partial vacuum
into which the cooler surrounding air
rushes, in much the same way as
water will rush downward to seek its
level If the earth We're smooth, il ii
did not rotate and If there were no
sun the air would be motionless. When
the sun shines on q wide space of the
earth the air of that region becomes
heated. this great volume of warm air
rises and the cooler, heavier surround
ing air flows in to take its place AS
the earth rotates there tends to be
formed ring of heated and rising air
with currents infiowing at the bottom
and at both sides. This is the condi-
ton that prevails near the equator and
causes the trade winds that blow so
steadily. The rotation of the earth
causes the wind south of the equator
to flow toward the northwest and that
north of this line to flow toward the
southwest.-St Nicholas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
PaakzeIIcrs, E,-I;eh

Booksellers English is sometimes a
peculiar product In recent cata-
lo2ue the author of work under the
heading of Mystical Theology" is re
ferred to in footnote as next to
Ignatius Loyola, perhaps the greatest
sou! sexton that ever handled shov.
ell. The smile is startling and not
quite ineligible to the lay understand
ing. But it is in reference to vol
ume Of church music that this book
seller really lets himself go. Religious
harmony must be moving. but noble
withal; grave, solemn, seraphic, fit for
martyr to play and an angel to
ar."-London Chronicle
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08

Dickens once described the condi.
tons under which he pursued the call
ing OF reporter conditions. he said,
OF which his Successors could have nc
adequate idea. On one occasion he
Transcribed his shorthand notes of i'm
portant election speeches, he said. en-
the palm of his hand, by the light of a
dark lantern, in a postchaise and four
galloping through wild country at
the dead Of night at the then surpris-
ing rate OF fifteen miles an hour lie
once, In the castle yard at Exeter,
took an election speech of Lord Russell
In the midst of lively fight West
Minister Gazette.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
WHIM OF AN ARTIST.
Turner and His Great Picture, "'rhe
Buildnu of Carthaue"


When Turner exhibited his great pic
ture. THE Building of Carthage" he
was disappointed because it had not
been sold at once at the private view
and angry with the press for CRITICS
ing it severely. Sir Robert Peel called
upon him.
"Mr. Turner" said be. II admire
your Carthage so much that l want
to buy it, l am told you want 500
guineas for it."
Yes said Turner; at was 500 gum
cas-, but today it's 600"
"Well," said Sir Robert, II did not
come prepared to give 600. and | must
think it over. AT the same time it
seems to me that the change is an ex-
traordinary piece of business on your
part"
do as you please" said Turner
do as you please"
After q few days Sir Robert called
again upon the great painter Mr.
Turner he began. although | thought
1t very extraordinary thing for you
to raise your price, shall be proud
to buy that picture, and | am prepared
to give you the 600 guineas."
'Ah!" said Turner 1T was 600 gum
cas-, but today it's 700"
Sir Robert grew angry, and Turner
laughed II was only in fun he said
II don't intend to sell the picture at
all. 1t shall be my winding sheet"
For years he kept it in his cellar
Then it was brought up and hung in
his gallery, where it remained as long
as he lived. When he died he left it
to the nation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
QUEER STREET NAMES.
One Feature In Which Brussels Out
does London or Paris.

One Feature In Which Brussels Out
does London or Paris.
There are many bewilderng street
names in European cities, and of
these London presents a bewildering
variety. Bermondsey possesses a Pic
l,ic Herring street Near Gray's inn
there is to be found a Cold Bath
square Most of the Nightingale lanes
and Love lanes are hidden, ironically
enough, in the slums of the east end
OF the British capital.
In Brussels some of the street names
are really bizarre. The Short Street of
the Long Chariot, the Street of the
Red Haired Women and the Street of
Sorrows are remarkable enough to
catch the least observant eye. The
Street of the One Person is, as one
might guess, an extremely narrow one
But the cream of the Brussels street
name surely belongs to the Street of
the Uncracked Silver Cocoanut. This
in the original appears rs one ponder
Gus word of thirty six letters.
The 1000 inhabitants OF the Rue DIES
Mauvais Garcons signed a petition
praying that the name of the street be
changed. They contended that the de
domination of the thoroughfare in
which they reside produces a bad i'm
preston on those to whom they are
Obliged to give their address.
This Street of the Bad Boys was. it
appears so named in the sixteenth
century because of the noisy character
If its inha bitants. Rut now it needs
no such designation, those who reside
there being for the most part peaceful
md respectable citizens.
Among the peculiar street names in
i'AriS may he mentioned the Street Of
the Little Windows. the Street of the
Nale's Foot. the Street of the Holy
Fathers the Street of the Daughters
f Calvary. the Street of the Dry Tree,
he Street of the Empty Pocket and
lie Boulevard of the Good News
Farper's Weekly
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Chanqina a Name.

The brother Of Nine. de Pompadour
had at first been created Marquis de
Wanderers, a somewhat unfortunate
title for man of such new nobility,
for he soon discovered to his profound
annoyance that his enemies would per
s1st in calling him the Marquis
,d'Avant Hier tbe Marquis of the Day
Before Yesterday.
Nine. de Pompadour, naturally sen
sitive in such matters, brought the af
fair before the king and as a title
more or less was n small matter TO
grant the lady who grasped so much
after due forms her brother became
the Marquis de Marigny.- From Mime
Gaffrin."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
MILK A VALUABLE
FOOD FOR POULTRY.
Provides an Excellent Ration
For Egg Production.

Hens should have all the milk they
can readily drink. No kind of food is
better adapted 10 egg production
Some milk mixed with bran will not
fatten them, but if given freely the
vessels in which it is fed will need fire.
quent cleansing to prevent them from
becoming offensive, With milk TO
drink fowls having free range will do
well enough on one meal a day, as this
Will encourage activity in scratching
and picking up what they can find
This meal should be given very early
i'll the morning. with a little corn and
oat chop mixed with il and a little
salt to make it more paIatable. The
birds will have a ravenous appetite
and they can eat all of this feed that
they want without injury.
Fresh milk is preferable for chicks.
but the sour milk may be used for
mixing ground grain food for the adult
fowls. For ducklings it matters but
little whether the milk is fresh or not,
as they will devour either kind vora-
ciousiy. There is II per cent of solid
matter in milk before ii is skinned
and from 6 to 8 per cent after skim
ming Fresh milk does not contain any
more egg producing material than
skimmills except carbon, which is cas-
lily obtained from other foods Give
the hens all the ssimnilk aud butter
milk they can drink. For chicks the
milk should not be sour. as it may
cause bowel trouble. but adult fowls
may drink all kinds without injury.
may be used with profit in mixing
their NASH Kansas Farmer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Hoo Notas.

One way to improve land rapidly is
to pasture nogs upon It,
Young hogs can be fattened more
protitably than those that are older
Too many farmers have failed to
appreciate the possibilities of rye as
hog pasture.
Glover and skimmils are almost in
dispensabe in the ration of the grow
ing pig.
A hog can be starved TO eat almost
anything, but seldom does we'll on
spoiled feed.
The most profitable pork is produced
by using as largely as possible other
feeds than corn.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Pure Readinn Matter.

"One of the funniest requests ever
got" the advertising manager told US,
"was from a loca. dry goods merchant.
He said 4 want this advertisement
put in part of the paper where WON
en- will be sure to read IT.
Great Scott, man. said. Don't
you know that when we have some
pure reading matter that we want
women to be sure to see we put it
next to dry goods advertisements y
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
THE CURIOUS TADpoLE.
Maybe He Turns Into Frog and Then
Maybe He Doesn't


If tadpole cannot get to the top of
the water when it is at the time of life
when it is breathing by means of it's
Gills, like fish. it will not become a
frog 1t will then always be Il tadpole.
Keep tadpole i'll cold water and in
the dark or away from the light and
1T will be years getting to be a frog.
Left to the course of nature, says
Browning's Magazine. the tadpole be-
comes a frog in from six to eight
weeks, although it will have been two
years arriving at that chance to change
into the mature frog.
The tadpole's mouth is so tiny that
it would be difficult to insert a pin
head into it. yet it has horny jaws and
sharp biting beak. with three rows
of teeth on the upper jaw. A hood
grows down and incloses the gills on
the right side, leaving them open like
a spout on the left side
At this stage of its transformation
the tadpole breathes like fish. taking
water through the giIls into the mouth
and spouting it out on the left side.
Its tail is what the tadpoe feeds on
by absorption of the white corpuscles
of the blood during the melting and
mouthing epoch in its life when it is
fasting. When it is ready to eat again
the tail and the horny beak are gone,
the wide mouth of the mature frog
having taken the place of the latter
There are forty species of frogs. only
one of which is in South America.
Australia has no frogs. OF all those
forty species only one is edible-the
Rama esculenta--and nowhere is this
one more plentiful than in America.
although that eminent naturalist St
George Mivart declares that the edible
frog is unknown in America
A frog that is common in France will
new like a cat il it's thigh is squeezed
and emit the odor of garlic For this
it has to go through life bearing the
name Of Pelobates fuscus. Most
species of frogs will not take anything
in the way OF food that is not live.
moving thing or something with the
semblance of life and will starve to
death among million creatures if
none obiges the frog by moving.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
ToIstoy Hated Doctors.

1.-THE late Count Tolstoy loathed ply
stcians," said al a dinner in Washing
ton Russian diplomat
you remember how Tolstoy ridi.
culed physicians in War and PeaceY
them to their faces over vegetarian
dinner at Yasnaya Polyana.
Physicians be said bitterly. look
ing up from plate of lentils. may be
divided into two c!asses--the radicals.
who kill you, and the conservatives
who let you die"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Very Simple.

a rather simple Looking lad halted
before backsmith's shop on his way
home from school and eyed the 6oings
of the proprietor with much interest
The brawny smith, dissatisfied with
the boys curiosity, held piece of red
hot iron suddenly under the young
ster's nose. hoping to make him beat
hasty retreat.
"If you'll give me half dollar I'll
lick it," said the lad.
The smith took from his pocket half
a dollar and held 1t out
The simple looking youngster took
the coin, licked it, dropped it in his
nocket and slowly walked away whis.
thing
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
A Contortionist.

The solemnity of the meeting was
somewhat disturbed when the eloquent
young theologian pictured in glowing
words the sel6shness of men who
spent their evenings at the club, leav-
ing their wives in loneliness at home.
Think, my hearers said he. of a
poor. neglected wife, all alone in the
great dreary house. rocking the cradle
of her sleeping babe with one foot and
wiping away her tears with the other"
London Tit-Bts.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Canoarn;na srondnrs.

When You buy your incubator buy
two brooders and If you can three of
them. 1t is better to have two 100
chick breeders with $50 egg incu
bator than to have one 200 chick
brooder. One Incubator with three
Breeders will put more chickens on
the roost in the fail than win two in
cubators and two brooders Profits
come from the grown chickens. not
alone from the number Matched.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Distinctly Tall.

you see thin mountainsw exclam
ed the jaunting car driver The tourist
admitted that he did see them. Thin S
the highest mountains in Oiriand,"
You don't say So said the tourist
"Oi do. sir. indade. An you see
thin mountains" went on the driver.
Ticking a whip to another range
'Thm's the highest in the wurruld"
The tourist expressed his Incredibly
Surely not" he protested.
"Shure, it's true retorted the driver
bridling, 'eXceptin', av coorse, for
thin in furrn parts. "-Answers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
MAKING Life Worth nLivin,."

The other day beheld a woman
whose husband earns something less
than 5000 month purchasing her sea.
sons wardrobe. Into 1t went one hat
at $50 and another at $50 Her neigh
bors in the fiat building admired and
envied One Of the bolder wondered.
We'll, can't help it," said Mrs. Jones.
Il just tell Mr.. Jones life isn't worth
Twin If l can't have what want
Atlantic.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
Money La Chickens

Raise ali the chickens you can at
tend to this spring and summer. You
needn't be afraid of oversuppIying the
market. Fowls are comparatively
scarce all over the country. The good
prices offered for them have induced
the owners to part with more Of them
than usual. There is going TO be big
demand for pure bred stock next fall.
Be prepared to cater to this trade.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
The Finishing Touches.

"The famous epitaph placed on the
monument over her husbands grave
by a woman up in Maine. Rest in
peace until | join you has almost q
duplicate in sign on the door of a
doctors office in downtown office
building says George A. Schneider
This sign reads. Do not absolutely
abandon hope until you have seen
me. '"-Cleveland Leader
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-06-08
An OK Hid.

"Thomas," said the professor to a
pupil in the Junior class in chemistry.
mention an OXIDE"
Leather replied Thomas
"What is leather an oxide off" asked
the professor.
"An oxide of beef" answered the
bright youngster.-Ch News.