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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

then they turn to lives of loneliness and
sacrifice, to pinch the pennies, nurse the
wounded, mourn for the dead, feed the
orphans and do all the farm work with
out a murmur.
The patriotism OF the women left behind,
to weep, TO do without comforts, to sup
another sort more glorious though empty
of acknowledgment. The man gives his
life for his country and dies. The woman
gives her all. and lives to continue the
self sacrifice year after year.
No ono ever says he was a fine man or
that he deserved any more credit, any
more praise or credit than the man who
stayed at home
martial strife. Peace hath its heroes and
heroines, its true patriots no less than
war and such q time has come to this
great peace loving country the United
States. Will the patriotic women rise to
the occasion? In our southland. the homes,
the food, the clothes of millions of women
and children, our sisters and our little
ones, depend largely upon sales of the
cotton crop in foreign ports and that war
has cut off that market. 1t is a matter
of $500, o00, C0o to S70o, 10000. What an ap-
pafllng lot of human misery is possible
In the loss of this enormous sum. Ameri-
can women, IT they try, can turn aside
from their southern sisters all that mis-
cry. American women who would not
hesitate q minute TO offer the blood Of
their husbands. fathers and sons for the
country's sake, can absolutely turn away
TINS horrible feature of the war easily
without loss. nay, by great gain, through
a practical demonstration OF American
patriotism. / mean, by promoting a fad
for cotton clothes. This scheme has al
ready been introduced in some southern
communities. but it should become nation
vide ard a serious enterprise Of the
women.
The government has already started the
ball rolling by buying their cotton cord
for the several departments instead of
jute as formerly. Government aid of the
cotton growers Is questionable. Buy a
bale of cotton IS well enough. only the
ability to buy is limited and what will
you do with 1T after you get it. It's a
waste of time and money to buy 1t, but
there Is no woman. rich or poor, high or
low. but she can help set the fad of cot
ton goods.
Shall cur great southland survive and
flourish because of what 1t can beg or
buildoze out of congress or shall 1t re-
main prosperous through the patriotism OF
the. American womeng: United we stand,
divided we get the horrors OF war as inno-
cent bystanders.
\ would like to hear how women have
made cotton goods go. where they former
|ly thought they had TO have silks and
satins. Wouldn't it be wise to have the
sotteties?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

among humans, who eat meat, as it
is known that it affects only animals
with cloven hoofs. Ulcecous sores in
the mouth are the first symptom. Cat
tie. invariably. die when the disease
attacks them. They are unable to eat.
In parts of Europe and South America
cattle raising has had to be abandoned
because OF the plague.
Despite the fact that General Villa
submitted an offer of his withdrawal
from command of a military body to
the convention at Aguas Calientes,
STIMULATING only that General CarranZa
do the same, actuai warfare exists in
Mexico. Troops are engaged a few
miles south OF Aguas Calientes, it is
reported. Refugees are fleeing from
the interior of Mexico to Vera Cruz to
seek the protection of American troops.
1t is hoped by delegates to the peace
meeting hat a conference between
Genera Obregon and General Carranza
TO be held soon will result in the lat
| ter taking steps to stop the war, as
General Obreson, though friendly to
Carranza, is known to be opposed to
another civil war.
Federal troops have been sent into
the Hartford valley mining district of
Arkansas in anticipation of trouble be-
tween striking miners and strike break
ers. Difficulty began when the Bache-
Denman company tried to operate it's
mines on an open shop policy.
Inhabitants OF the mountain region
near Blairstown, ". j., spend day and
night lighting forest fire that wipes
out vegetation on mountainside.
Drs. James Scarlet and Georgesz
des Jardines. French military surgeons,
have discovered a microbe which
causes gangrene to set in in bullet
wounds. A serum to fight the microbe
has been made.
The British admiralty a%nnounc
that it intends placing in effect more
stringent rules for. navigation than 1t
has since the beginning of var as the
result Of discoveries that many inno-
cent appearing merchant vessels have
been laying mines in the North sea.
The Rockefeller foundation decided
to employ it's immense for
the relief of noncombatants in the
countries affected by war. 1t stands
ready to give millions if necessary to
the purpose. At a cost OF S275, 600 a
ship was chartered and loaded with
1000 tons OF provisions. bound for
points from which aid to suffering Bel
gians may be dispensed. Other relief
will follow.
Lieut.. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee died in
Los Angeles and the body was taken
to Washington for burial with mill
tary honors.
The membership of the sixty-fourth
congress as the result OF Tuesdays
election. excluding affew contests still
in doubt. will be as follows:
House of Observation-Disclosures
! Gratis, 229s republicans, 1876; progress
sives. Z; socialist, /; independent, 1.
Democratic majority. 81.
Senate-Democrats, So; republicans,
SO: progressives, l.. Democratic ma
jority, Is.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
Where Prohibition Works.
From Golfers.

4 from Collier 8.
Having spent q year IN the prohibi-
ton state of Maine, i was skeptical as
to the feasibility of a practical prohibit
tioa. Prohibition in Maine. when / was
there, was simply q joke-and a bad
Joke at that, for 1t involved bad liquor.
Every man in the state who wanted
drink knew where to get it, SO long as
whisky or about the quality of spar
varnish. Never have seen more
drunkenness then in that state. The
slight added difficulty of getting drink
ofliy made men want it more, and it
seemed to. me that, when they got it,
they drank more at a sitting than they
would have had liquor been more gen
orally accessible.
In Kansas it is different. There the
law is enforced. Blind pigs hardly ex-
LIST, and bootleggers are rare birds who,
Il they persist In bookkeeping, are rap
Idly converted into jailbirds. The New
York Tribune printed. recently, q
letter stating that prohibition is a sig
failure in Kansas. that there is
more shrinking there than ever before.
and that under the seats OF all the
automobiles in Kansas there is a good
sized csnteen." Whether there is more
drinking in Kansas than ever before,
I cannot say. / do know, however,
both from personal observation and
liA'Hi fellilpie testimony, LnaC there is
practically no drinking in the portions
OF the state ! visited. AS | am o a
pEohibitionist, this statement Is nom
partisan. But I may add that, after
having seen the results of prohibition
In Kansas. I look upon it with more
favor. Indeed, / am a partial convert:
thu is. I believe in it for you. And
whatever are your views on prohibit
ton. ] think you will admit that it is
q pretty temperate state in which a
girl can grow to womanhood and say
Wllatsone Kansas girl said to me: That
h never saw q drunken man until
h moved away from Kansas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
First American D~iction,rx

oSLSIlcG- monitor
What the achievement Of Noah Web
ster really was is seen when We com
pare the work of modern lexicograph-
ers with his. Two thousand helpers
are reported for one of the late diction-
aries, n the dictionary that pre-
ceded Webster's-Johnson's-was made
with the help Of six amanuenses and
booksellers. Webster worked SINGLE
han3ad for 43 years at the study Of
language, and for % years al the mals-
ing or the dictionary. He never had an
amanuensis. he had few means of
support outside his earnings and small
promise of help from any source. The
little list of subscribers to the diction-
airy, whose money aided the publishing.
IS very short, the sum is hardly over
$1,000, and part of this is marked "re-
Funded or not paid There we're but
"a OF these subscribers, and n notes
among them Eli Whitney, T, Dwight,
lr., n Oliver Wolcott. The latter was
~Vldently every friendly to the project,
21ad wrote of his efforts to get sub
scr1bers, but added:"My experience of
the world has satisfied me that it is in
vain TO reason with the greatest part
OF mankind, IL they have to nav $40 in
consequence of being convinced"
Inc first dictionary was called "a
Gompendious Dictionary Of the English
was published in 1906, a
small octave volume! For his great
WORK Webster studied and sought long
IN Europe. His daughter, Harriet, Mrs.
COBB, gave him $1,000 out Of her COM
potency. saying that If he could he
might some day return 1t, and IL not he
should receive it as the free and cheer
ful gift Of an affectionate child" Her
letter, with the fathers Endorsement,
.Harriets generous Offer still exists.
webster used the money and later re-
was Mrs. Cobb who had her
fathers picture painted bv s ER.
Morse, otherwise famous, and this Is
the portrait which was afterward used
Tor the frontpiece of the great diction-
airy. The American dictionary was
published at last In November, 1928, in
two olumes Quarto. OF more than 1000
each.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
Neiahbor Canada.

iAoii 4 s.
AS the war RACES on and we find
ourselves pinched by it, we can and
do thank God for good neighbors. The
most wonderful thing in North Amer
lean life is the fact that for 1000 or
5000 miles u frontier is Canada's
frontier. and not only is there no fort
upon it, but there is no place where
anyone in either nation wants a fort.
They are people one is glad to have
next door. the Canadians. Sometimes
a a or q Clark says something tina
makes us blush for him; but the nice
thing about these people is, they I'm
derstand what q loose tongue is and
pay very little attention to il. A good
deal used to be said about a~nnexing
Canada, and once in d while a man
comes back from there so full of admir-
alton that he wants to annex the Uni
ted States to Canada ~instanter; but
most of us iceland we sincerely hope
Canada can share the feeling-that
just being ~neighbors is the best thing
for both of US. We have the same
problems in the main, and we are glad
to have Canada show how she thinks
they should be worked out. We have
a good deal of common property in
the lakes and rivers which lie between
our shoes and hers. 1t is a really beau
tiful thing to hin of-in the war-torn
autumn of 1914-that we have never
had a serious difference about this
common property. This is a good time
to vow that we never will. Our Lady
OF the Shows is not so cold as her title
might lead II to think. She is dis
tinctly sort-and we hope she
won't mind u saying SO. The from
tier is an imaginary line only.
Thoughts are the true bon of friend
ship. Let us draw closer and chosen
to Canada in thought. Let us seek
nationally n individually, to foster
the relations which make us thank God
for Canada as a neighbor. After all,
most Of u history is h same as
hers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

"HutLDiNo PEACE
PALACES WITH
UNTEMPERED MORTAR"


NAPOLEON, on the way to Moscow. drove
n his carriage from Paris across the IN, ,
carriage left unrest behind it.
People travelled night and day to get
: sto glIm FL n 81 the s,ee eMan OF on D shs yoad
where he was to pass, and when the
fateful m came made obeisance.
though the heart was filed with terror.
Athenalan heaffhen did for the unknown X sSa
God: With all their hopes destined to
square shouldered man in long coat and
cooked hat, while hatred, fear and dread
a~lternatsely agitated the cities through
travelling carriage rested like a night
mare .upon the nations, nor lifted until
the whole generation had passed away
After the carriage came, the horrible
rumbling of the burning of Moscow, and
the terrible retreat wherein 100000 peo-
pie persisted and the fate Of the world
little river of Beresina. Napoleon left
General Rapp in command at Dantzie
sna gaa1a i and aamj IL! P sfs1Ksd tbf fever;
the. streets like a patrol. All Europe
and Asia We're in terror and turmoil, yet
hardly amounted to a nth Of the in
meilae masses OF men struggling in the
battles of today.
When the returns came from Austerlitz,
IL 2Sta. ANOAA up lIG nap VI lLeiloIJO.
It will not be wanted these 10 years"
The 10 years passed and now again the
cry carries: Roll up the map OF
Europe. Its cities are being obliterated
In blood. and its whole configuration. will
be changed" Frederick William drew
the plan OF greater Berlin with his
greater Berlin must be drawn with the
pen. The temples OF peace have all been
built with ~untempered mortar-nor does
1t seem that there can be any perma-
nent peace this side of the Kingdom of
Heaven and Milton says there was war
In heaven"
But the very vision of universal peace
implies and produces war, and gives us
the paradox of the Prince of Peace being
the Patron Saint of SO many struggles
i canle not to send peace, but q sword
Matt. X, "a.
Yet In all these battles which make our
hair stand on end with horror. now here
grace Of which humanity assumes some Of
the rainbow tints of divinity.
T.hink of a Belgian soldier In Liege. who,
seeing the German captain lying not far
from the walls desperately wounded and
crying for water, filled his canteen, bound
ed out and amid the raining shot and shell
calmly raised the poor head, gave him a
hearty. drink. shot back into cover!
mink of a company of French soldiers
starving IN their trench, and putting up
a white flag, they leaped out and APP
preached a German fntrenchment not far
away.
ne longer. Give us something to eat"
And. the Germans, all enmity aside, fed
them with the best they had, and sent
them back to their station.
While boiler than the censor's swing
TO gain a souls repose-
The kaiser's boys forgot that day
The sons of France were foes.
IL. L. Lewis.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
American eunboats 1000 Miles Inland.

The gunboats Palos and Monocacy
arc about to start from Hankow,
China. which is 600 miles up the
Yangtse river, on a trip to the frontier
of Tibet, 1,400 miles farther inland, to
gather photographic and topographic
data, the Stars and Stripes never be-
fore having, been where the two small
craft will go. These venturesome boats
are under 200 tons and have q draft OF
two feet five inches, they We're built
by tho government at Mare Island,
Cal, taken apart. shipped to Shanghai
and there reassembled and commis-
stoned. They are fully armed with two
six-pounders each and bamboo Re-, les
for repelling pirates. Each carries a
crew of SO men.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

Attempts to overcome the slipping
difficulty experienced by locomotives
in damp weather have been recently
made in France by directing water or
steam on to the rails. Sand. it has been
shown. generally shortens the life Of
the rails. By using water or steam
Jets the rails are cleaned. A mere wet
ting of the rails is shown to be USE
less. If, however. water is applied
under pressure. and the rails thor
oughly cleaned, increased adhesion is
obtained. Special fittings are sug-
gested for the purpose of using either
live or exhaust steam for feeding the
water. The fittings should be carried
by the axle Of the wheels. and not by
the framing of the engine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
Mo Excuse for Plainness.

A young lady, by no means beauti-
full, was introduced to a gentleman
who was endowed with good looks but
not manners. During the course OF
their conversation the gentleman
asked:
Are there many more ladies like
you in the Pctteries?'
The young lady replied: oh, yes.
We are all g~oodlooking there. You
see, we make our own mugs"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
A Tip From Uncle Sam.

- 49, 10.
II o ave any influence with the school
board use 1t to Impress upon the board
the wisdom Of h United States consular
department that the public school system
revise the course of study so as to give
loss time to European languages and top
les and more to South America. Europe
- throwing away Its immediate future by
Its war. But South Americas future is
just beginning. Look In any of the school
Biographies or histories and you will see
what q lot OF space is given to the old
world and how little to that part of the
new world which lies beyond ou Dor
gdera. During the next generation the new
seeeMsslikelyAt ito concern US very much
more than the old. The Panama canal
brings III thousands OF miles nearer: Eu-
ropes war forces the three Americas into
m democratic rule affords q tie we dare
not ignore. Our children cannot afford
not tobe posted about ths neighbor re-
flnhlics with which. as adults, they may
havessto deal. Now Is hi time to begin
the instruction.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

Fright in the midst of the advice
you were giving him you broke off and
hurried away"
That's what l did"
Put he was listening deferentially
to all you had to say"
You bet he was. l never had a
man listen to me that deferentially
that he didn't try to touch me for five
dollars before l got away
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
Home Helps.

To make jam ffitters, cut fairly thick
slices of bread and spread with butter
and jam. Make a batter with Hour,
eggs and milk, Dip slices in until we'll
covered, then fry to a golden brown in
plenty of fat.
TO make a chocolate sundae, a thick
syrup should be made of a cupful of
sugar, melted squares of chocolate and
half a cupful Of water. Chill and pour
around each portion of plain ice cream.
Buying in large quantities for the
household sometimes leads to wasteful
use. n is a doubtful economy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

Canadian Northern aas 1894 niles of
road completes and 1852 rifles under
operation in Canada. The completed
mileage has cost, For construction and
equipment, 5000, 31S, 232.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
Women Can % ID.

3gTga BY g. sMMOFf1H 7
Strongest, deepest, most unselfsh. Dtthe
patriotism Of They kiss fathers,
sons h Husbands goodbye and send them
TO the front to be mutilated OF killed,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
A Mistake.

Wife-James, you are going out
without your muller.
Autoist-I cut it out.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

the doctor. who answered my letter
promptly. I began taking treatment
as soon as possible. Tongue cannot
express how I suffered. I feel CRATE
full for what the doctor has done
for me, and would not do without
Peruna. I now enjoy as good health
IS ever. I find 1t has improved my
health so much that I will recommend
It to any one cheerfully."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19
Pelvic Catarrh
| Would
Not Do
Without
Peruna.

Miss Elnelie
A. Haberkorn.
2 5 / Gravois
Ave-. st. Louis.
Mo-, e s:
For over two
y e a. rs l was
troubled with
catarrh of the
pelvic organs.
I heard Of Or.
II a rim a n's
book, The Ills
af Life I read
1t and wrote to
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-19

A full-grown elephant yields 1870
pounds of ivory, worth $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
.SPEAKE RESTRAINED BY SUPREME COURT
Jurist Unable to Release Offender on Writ of
 Habeas Corpus

Montgomery. April 30.-tSpeciaL) The supreme court today on applica- tion of Attorney General Robert c. Brickell granted a ,Sr,t of prohibi- tion restraining Judge D. W. Speake of the Morgan circuit court from releas- ing on a writ of habeas corpus Charles Silverman, who had been committed to jail and fined $50 by Judge Thomas W. Vert of the Morgan law and equity court for violating an injunction against liquor nuisance:
 The case was one of great interest in Decatur. where it had brought on clash between the two courts. Judge Vert committed Silverman to jail and fined him $50 for violating an injunc- tion which he had granted against a certain liquor nuisance in the city. Sill verman then applied to Judge Speake for a writ of habeas corpus
 The opinion in the case was written who held that Judge Speake was with out Jurisdiction to release Silverman on habeas corpus.
 The court affirmed the judgment ol the Morgan law and equity court ir sentencing John Ragland, negro. te be hanged for the murder of Hattie Moore, alias Hattie Ragland, a negro woman. Ragland killed the woman by cutting her with razor. The court fixed Friday. June 19. the date for the execution of the sentence. The opinion was written by Associate Justice May field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01
COL. .GARbER|NVADES
 |TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
Speaks At Dadeville, Camp Hill and Alexander City
 In Interest of Conner

Dadevil1e April s0.-tSpecial.e e--Col. A. H. Garber spoke here today in sup port of Governor Conner. His speech severe attack upon the opposition. Colonel Garber spoke for nearly two hours and was listened to with close attention.
 Colonel Garber stated that Governor Conner was villified by the political op- position as the bug bear of child labor laws. He showed, however, that under Governor Conner the age limit for chill dren to work in cotton mills was raised from 10 to 12 years; also that more money was appropriated to the rural schools under Governor Conner than for decades before, and that education received such an impetus with the re- suit that more country schoolhouses were built and better equipped for the country boy and girl than under any preceding administration.
 Colonel Garber stated that the pres ent administration was costing the people $3566 per day more than the Co., mer administration or more than Sl,- 250,000 annually. He said Governor Co., mer advocated the abolishment of the county back tax commissioner.
 Colonel Garber quoted from letter written by MT. Corners opponent. Charles Henderson, in 1910 when he withdrew from the gubernatorial race in which he stated that he was con- vinced that the allied whisky and rail- road interests were financing the cam paign against him, yet, Colonel Garber exclaimed. What do we now see. The campaign manager of this same Charles Henderson in conference in Nashville Tenn, with one Charles Lewis, the acknowledged representa- tive of the whisky interests of Amer lea. the allied interest he so bitterly denounced in 1910 now seeking to force him upon the people of Alabama as their governor. Is it a surrenderg' Colonel Garber spoke at Camp Hill this afternoon and at Alexander City at O clock tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-01

Mrs. Bonelli. who was sent to Florence under the auspices of the Selma Suffrage association, delivered a most interesting address to the students of the state nor nal school yesterday.