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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-04-17

until aICeI some OIL CnOSe RenCleInen VINO
assisted so much in this disorganization
get what is justly coming to them. "
says the Logan Observer.
Indian tunes are to be recorded for
the phonograph on the Indian reser-
vations. Whether reservations shall
be created for the production of them
is question that may have to beset-
tied.
Plenty of moisture has now cover
ed this county to give grass aud all
crops a fine start. 1t will encourage
farmers to put in large acreage this
spring and all are hoping this is the
year for our bumper crop.
The prospect is that the time is ap-
preaching when it will be less diff
cult to keep track of rain coats, um-
brellas and overshoes. All things
comes to them whose constitution
cudU UlE6 Vd0lu w w dlVs
In St. Louis the matter is put pref
ty clearly when it is said by the Re-
public that it costs money to have
parks, but it costs more money not to
have them. And perhaps this is true
of every worthy civic improvement
everywhere.
There are 10,3S4 positions at the
disposal of the Wilson admin stra-
tion, and the applications for them
number 131, $50. Yet it is difficult
matter to fnd men to dig back lot
gardens in the suburbs for the spring
planting.
An Illinois court has decreed that
the rival Zionist camps may pray in
public, but the. permission is accom-
panied with an enjoinment proviso
that they are to keep hands off each
other while thus engaged.
Direct election of national senators
by the people Of the several States IS
now constitutional fact by the
amendment process. Thirty six State
Legislatures have given their affirma-
tive assent to the proposition. 1t
will become operative in this State
next year.
1t seems to be in the air that the
democrats Of Iowa are entitled to the
next United States senator" says the
Onawa Democrat. ''But the candi-
date needs to- be big man with a
personal statewide reputation and a
man broad enough to touch elbows
with the common fellows who carry
most of the votes aud brains Of the
state
The president has told the Demo
cratic senators that they must be
harmonious. He insists that they
must work together. to pass this
kind Of tariff bill. The new Demo
cratic statesmen make the sort of q
failure Of his administration that tie
Democratic statesmen Of Cleveland
day made Of the last Democratic I'D :
! miAistrAtion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Salt Held Holy,
andEUen Diuine.

I Il you are cherishing secret superstition
about salt of which you are a bit ashamed,
! and yet of which you cannot rid yourself.
you can be consoled by the thought that
you are by no means the only person who has
hugged the same belief deep in the heart
For superstitions concerning salt are among
the earliest known to mankind. There is
much evidence in holy writ for the ceremonial
uses of it and the old Mosaic law commands
that every sacrifice of meat Offering shall be
seasoned with it. Long ago salt was put in
the babys mouth at baptism. Homer calls it
divine and many of the old Teuton races
looked salt springs as holy and worshped
at them.
The origin of this superstition seems to be
that since salt cannot corrupt it should be re-
garded as a symbol of Immortality. 1t was for
a long time the custom in Ireland TO place
pewter plate on the heart of person who
mortally sick, as this was thought to be the
last effort to save him. If this failed and he
seemed to grow worse all hope was abandoned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

the factory were spared an attack of the cpl
demic
( Later it was stated that among body of
cigarmakers at another point only eight cases
and four deaths from cholera occurred.
Recent experiments have proved that to-
bacco smoke destroys the bacilli of pneumonia
as well as Asiatic cholera, and there is some
evidence to the effect that tobacco smoke is
preventive of some forms of nasal catarrh.
A certain scientist in England has suggest
ed smokehouses in infected localities, where.
people could be shut up for limited time and
thoroughly smoked.
1t is well known fact in domestic economy
that furs put away with tobacco are never
touched by moths. So tobacco may be equally
offensive to germs.
On shipboard it is a curious thing that the
seasick germ does not attack the smoker. He
walks the deck wrapped in a smoke cloud,
while all others are on their backs
Tobacco the London physician explains,
" contains pyridin, which is recognized in med
icine powerful germicde and is used both
in asthma and diphtheria"
Excessive tobacco smoking alters the case.
This weakens the system and lays it open to
the attack of any passing germ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
The X-Ray Is Now Used to Spot Bad Eggs.
Be Flashed by Wire Over the Ocean

ton will be a great means of attraction in
concert gardens, cafes restaurants and public
amusement parks of all kinds.
The optical stage possesses several advan-
.tages over the present moving picture arrange
ments. One of them is that the play is de-
pendent on no illusions and the Pickering pic
ture on the screen will be entirely done away
with. Another advantage of the new device is
that the operators room is completely sepa-
rated from the audience and does not project
from above with a startling glare. Neither
are the parts of the invisible screen comaus-
tible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Photogranhs Sent bu Wne.
Nails and Cleats
toPdtch UpBody

TT seems that modern medical and surgical
men are more and more needing decided
skill In practical mechanics. In their
surgery they often apply simple mechan-
ical principles.
Besides his knowledge of medical and sur
gical principles the surgeon must have some
skill in practical mechanics. In his work he
often applies simple mechanical principles. If
one broke prop used to hold clothesline
or the limb of an overburdened tree he would
nail 1t or nail cleat on 1t to hold the parts
together. That is precisely what the surgeon
often does nowadays with broken bone
He pulls the bones together and drives
some ordinary eight or ten penny wire nails,
sterilized, of course, into the broken ends.
II the break Is such that the nails will not
serve the purpose he opens up the seat Of
the fracture accurately adjusts the broken
ends of the bone and puts metal cleat on
one or both sides and fastens it with ordinary
wood screws, or he may put in pin just as
the carpenter uses dowe1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
What Do You Think About This !?
A Sauant Says We Liue Too Long.

Priceless art treasures would have to be
taken from the galleries of the world. Titan
worked until he was 90, and his hand
never lost its cunning. Hokusai worked with
unabated skill until he was past co. Corot's
Matin " was painted after he was 20. In
music, verdis "Otello," "Ave Maria"
"Stabat Mater" and others would not have
been written.
In literature it is astonishing to note what
of 20 and over have contributed Frank
Inns inmitable Autobiography" Landors
" Imaginary Conversations" Guyzot's His
tory of France Irving's Life of Washing
ton," and the second part of Goethe's Faust"
The list might be extended almost indefinitely.
If now we cut off the years between go and
20, the loss to the world would be still more
marked Darwin's Descent of Man would
not have been written. Michael Angelo would
not have painted his great frescoes in the
Sistine chapel. nor Turner I" The Slave Ship"
and 1.-THE Fighting Temeraire." Wagner
would not have composed "Parsifal," nor
Newman have written his Apologize" We
would have to do without Carlyles Freder-
ick the Great" and Swedenborg's "Arcana
Celestial Froude's lives Of Caesar and Car
lyle, and Ibsen's Hedda Gabler," and other
plays.
Is 1t necessary to say more? If the impos-
sible should come to pass and the works of the
veterans be subtracted from the sum of human
achievement, the world would not be where
- {o <odav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

brings up the question as to why we have ten
fingers and toes instead of perhaps nine.
Nature" this same psychologist says de-
cided on five fingers for each hand long, long
ago, indeed, ages before man ever appeared on
this earth at all. 1t does seem at first as
though there were some obvious exceptions to
this, for we find only one finger toe for each
limb in the horse, two for the pig and so on.
But the original figure five.
SC The hen, for instance has only three and
a half toes, and when we examine the skeleton
of its wing, which is really its arm. we find
three and half fingers there With the
chicken it is the same. Only the birds appar-
emily have found that they could do as well
with three and part of fourth and 50 have
stopped developing. For it is the case with
man and animals the world over and through
countless generations as soon they discover
that they can do without particular part of
their anatomy they begin to dispense with it
and finally lose it altogether
Again, we are given some interesting data
on the fad that was much in vogue ten
years ago and which has died down to a
certain extent, and that is the one that the
Children should be taught to both hands
equally well. The successes were few, and the
results in the long run seemed to be that the
children who used only one hand got along
much better in their intellectual studies, and
especially in the pursuit of languages, than
those who were SO dexterous in the use of
their two hands equally well.
An examination of thousands of skeletons
showed in every case where the right arm had
had greater development than the left and that
there was a corresponding development on the
left side of the skull, which was thought to
prove econclusively that left handed persons
have less language ability than right handed
ones and that children who used both hands
indiferently would be still further behind in
the 1angua ge capacity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
The Rather Is Sociable Sna
But Oh, HoU He Hates Himst

IT. HE American rattlesnake is really one
of the most human of living creatures,
says Prof. Manley, an English natural
ist of wide repute He is a sociable,
amiable reptile, and, moreover, most honor
able enemy. But he is also extremely con-
ceited. He knows that he possesses death
dealing power and is consequently of the opin
ion that because of this he should be consid-
cred the terror of the wilderness. Other ami
mails understand perfectly how he regards
himself the !" bad man of the region, and
they recognize his terrible power. For this
reason they have had to study his limitations
which he in his egotism is blind to.
The rattlesnake gets irascible on occasions,
Prof. Manley goes to say. He becomes
most cross when his vanity has been wounded
But he rarely bites human being except
when he is of the opinion that his own per-
sonal safety requires it. Neither does he go
out hunting trouble His sociable instincts
lead him to seek the same comforts with which
men surround themselves, and if men would
only leave him alone he would not object to
their company at all. If he enters a room he
Immediately seeks retreat under a stove or
bed or a dresser, and sometimes will work his
way laboriously into the very walls of the
house and emerge through the ceiling paper,
again will crawl between blankets under
mattresses, not dreaming of the commotion his
discovery would cause.
Dogs are perhaps the most dangerous enemy
the naughty rattler has to face. Together
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Ants Can Hear; Some Scientists
Think They Produce Sound, Too.

and extensive experiments have been con-
Quoted with six species of ants, from this
country and England, and it was decided
that these species could perceive sounds.
How they did it was more or less matter
of doubt, as some scientists insisted they
heard through organs Of hearing, while others
claimed that it was through sense Of touch,
excited by atmospheric vibrations.
Pringle inclines to the opinion that ants
hear through the latter medium Proofs of
their hearing were established by shutting a
large number up in glass box. When they
were even violently shaken they did not seem
to be disturbed in the least, while at the blow
Of very shrill whistle close to them they
were seen to be perceptibly agitated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

with hogs they the only species Hma
that are almost entirely immune to th
of the rattler Often times a shepI 1 -,
his first encounter with a rattler and have to
be taken care Of for days by his master Aft
erward though, he becomes wiser, and in due
time develops into an adept at the art of kill
ing his enemy.
The cat is by far the cleverest of all at play
ing with the rattler and outwitting him at his
own game. He seems to be aware, too, that
puss is making fun of him, and she therefore
succeeds in working him up into a terrible
rage. She has trouble at all in inducing
the snake TO coil, and then she cautiously
stretches out a forepaw in his direction. He
not there, for of the two the cat is infinitely
the quicker
Coyotes are much the same in their dealings
with their common enemy, playing on the
weaknesses of the snake for their own pleas
for long lengths of time. Horses are not
nearly so clever wise in their dealings. or
course reared on the range will avoid a
ratter as a mule avoids work, and at the
dread sound of ffte rattles will leap and shy.
Eastern horses taken west do not know SO
much at first, though they speedily learn.
There seems apparently no uniformity In
the rattling. If the snake is in bad humor
he will rattle even when there is no sign of an
enemy about. Usually, however, he will not
rattle unless he is greatly concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Our Hands Shov That Long Ago
We Used to Walk Upon Them.

- o you know why all your fingers are
not the same length, why you were
- born with finger nails, and why you
are much better language student if
you are right handed than if you are left
handed?
An English psychologist has given an
interesting series of answers to the above
everyday questions
1.-The fact that all our fingers not the
same length has always been disadvantage
to u.s. he says. And the reason that our
little fingers and our ring fingers are so small
and weak might be difficult to account for il
we took into consideration the present use of
the hand But we can find good reasons when
we consider the history of the hand and look
at the fingers of many kinds of the lower ami
mails which have fingers more or less like
ours
Our hands, he goes on to explain, were prob
ably used for standing and walking, as we
seem to inherit them from our four footed
ancestors Surely we were never given them
In the first place, since our grasp of things is
so materially lessened by our inequality
But If we put our hands on a table as If
we meant to walk on the tips of the fingers
we can Immediately see what a well balanced
support it makes--with the middle finger the
longest and the little finger and the thumb
falling behind ana balancing the whole
We see the same thing at the geological
gardens in the case Of animals that have three
fingers, as the toes Of the fore feet might
rightly be called, and we can notice it any day
in the case of the dog or the cat. This is only
one instance Of a large number of cases fur
nished by our bodies which help us to under
stand why certain things, for which there
seems no particular reason and which may
even seem inconvenient to US, are as they are
Again the only possible use for finger nails
is to scratch with, an action which is more or
less dispensed with in modern society, and that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

are listening to the voices Of the gods when
they hear them
The scientific explanation of the phenomena
is simple enough. If it is cliff from which
noises emerge the face can be seen to be
crossed with deep gullies. These might be
compared, in the purpose they serve, to the
pipes of an organ. On certain occasions
layer of air seems to get caught between the
cliff and the trees which border 1t, closing
up the opening so that when the wind blows
into the gulies music comes forth. So pro-
nounced and continued are the sounds in some
of the parts that two of the cliffs - ssa4
named snorers' 1t is interesting aefs
from this how man makes use of - 2f.n
ciples adopted through the ages by Asine a
the creating of his musical instrumea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Why Women Should Not Smoke.

point of the possible infection from the foods
themselves.
4" But with women il is a serious conclu-
sion reached from many experiments that
few of them need tobacco While the pro-
portion of men whose salvary secretions
were stimulated and sterilized by smoking
was very large. the proportion of women, on
the other hand, was very small. Even In
women who have been habtual smokers for
years the action of this weed was found TO
be less marked in fact, almost negligible"
So apparently DIR. Hargraves is of the
opinion that women should not smoke be-
cause they do not need it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

7 seems that at last puEely physiologi-
cal reason has been found why women
should not smoke, apart from the very
general prejudice which exists in this
country.
Smoking" says DR.. Hargrave. London
physician, docs not have the same effect on
women that it does on men. An imperious
necessity felt by most smokers to satisfy their
passion after eating - physiologically
planned by the excitaticn of the salivary
glands whose seeretions, so useful in diges-
ton, the smoke augments Moreover, it has
been shown that it sterilizes the saliva and
that this is really beneficial from the view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Tough Piece of Baggage.

A trunk which has recently been devised and
tested is expected to stand the toughest han
ding that can be given it by baggage smashers.
1t was dropped from the roof of building into
pit 200 feet below. The trunk, which weighed
sixty-eight pounds, hit the ground heavily, but
was injured SO slightly that it could be used
without repair. It is made of hard wood thin
yeneers of the same covering it and running in
various directions, which make it constitute a
light and at the same time tough piece of bag
page
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Do You Want to Sing? Drink!
Not Wine, Howeuer, but Water.
Drink !!


who does not herself sing. The nonsinging
male is not 50 attractive. He gets no mate,
and his race ends with himself.
But the Darwinians have not all the truth
on their side. Modern scientists claim they
have found better cause in the drinking of
water.
And what is true of birds is true of men
and women. Races that live in damp climates
are always noted for their beautiful singing
voices.
Wine and song have always been classed
together. 1t has always been supposed that
wine stimulated to song. but better theory
has arrived. 1t is not because wine is a stim-
uant that it produces song but because it is
a lubricant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

German engineer in kinematography, has sue
ceeded, with Henry Rempke, in producing life
like Photographic images in apparently empty
space with no visible screen, in any setting
whatever, and on brightly lighted stage
This optical stage is intended to form the
last link between the moving picture and the
real stage, the binding thread being that in
this new theater technique live actors will be
allowed to play together with the plastic opti-
cal persons 1t is evident that this new inven-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

I f you would sing drink plenty of water
For that is the reason birds sing, is the
! latest theory.
People used to think that birds sang
just because they were happy and because
they didn't have anything better to do.
Now we are told that is not so !; that it is
water that causes song. Watch a crowd of
birds after a rainstorm. They drink and
the more melodious is their song. The water
lubricates their throats.
In the past gloomy Darwnians have said
that birds sing simply because those with
songs in their throats have survived. The
singing male naturally attracts the female,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

and he now wishes to apply his method to
much longer distances
He is also considering the question of oper
ating on Atlantic cables, and is confident that
he can send photographs across the ocean.
He has announced his intention Of coming
to America soon to establish a system between
New York and San Francisco
Probably this optical stage device is quite
the latest and most remarkable development in
the moving picture world. Oswald Buchner, a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
~ HALL science seek to prolong human
~ life?

~ HALL science seek TO prolong human
An Italian scientist claims that peo
pie live too long; that they should live
eveh more strenuously than now and die
younger that man has not at most more
than twenty or twenty-five working years.
Let him live them in such way that at the
close he will end his days quickly.
Never reach old age, he says. The work of
the world is for the young The wisdom of
'he years is of no value compared to the
yigor of youth. It would be calamity to So
,cety if science should prolong human life
Do we all agree with him?
Is there not another side to the question?
Has age justified its right to be extended?
Suppose all life ended at 70, would the
world have lost anything?
The following are some of the achievements
we would be deprived of
BENJAMIN Franklin's invaluable service in
France would have been lost to his country
Gladstone would not have become the grand
old man of England and for eleven years
have held the prime ministership; and Henry
Clay's omnibus bill to avert the battle on
slavery would not have been conceived.
In the field of science notable losses would
haye been recorded. Calico would not have
made the wonderful discovery of the moons
diurnal and monthly lbrations, nor would he
have written his most valuable book, Dia-
logue on the New Science" Spencer and
Darwin also would not have left us some of
their best work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13

hour and half later the program of all the
days events IL given. You are not likely to
miss anything exciting that is going on be-
cause you haven't heard about it or because
you have forgotten it for the time being. At
noon you are informed Of all the parliamentary
news and anything of unexpected local or for
eisn Importance An hour later quotations
are given from different exchanges, foreign as
we'll as local. Two o'clock brings more topics
of general interest Three o'clock you receive
the weather forecast and all personal items of
social interest. Again at you are given the
court news, and then from 30 to you can
listen to music in the different amusement
gardens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
Why You Get Sleepy in Church.

ber what you have heard
In the early part of the service" the
professor says :" there is variety-singing,
reading, and SO forth-but the sermon itself
is utterly unbroken. Your head and body are
in one position, your eyes are fastened on one
point, all conditionA> perfectly favorable for
self-hypnotism'
Apparently from the trend Of the pro-
fessors remarks the only conclusion we can
draw is that as the more attentive one is the
less he hears, it would really pay one to give
less attention and learn more.
The comfort Of it all is that the professor
proves that it is really not our fault if we
cannot remember that text.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-13
The Alarm Clock in Your Mind
Can Be Trained to Keep Best Time.

- I'D you ever know person who could
always tell the time to = minute with
u out seeing a timepiece? That there
are such people is known scientific
fact. The latest theory in regard to the power
of those whose minds coun. out the hours
and minutes is given by French psychologist.
"Time is measured in the subconscious
mind by heart throbs. The heart beats for the
most part with great uniformity and ticks OF
the seconds as regularly as clock.
It is in sleeping hours rather than in wax
Ing that the mind works out the problsm best.
It is no unusual feat to say 10 your mind at
night /" Call me at :3O," and you win waken
and wonder why, until you recall that you
planned to get up at just that time.
This alarm clock in the mind can be trained,
the psychologist goes ON to say, to be much
more accurate than the buszer on the table
which sometimes fails to awaken NJ il the