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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
TOAD A VALUABLE SERVANT
Ito Uses in the World Have Not Bee
Accorded the Recognition II
Has Long Deserved.

Few well-meantng creatures hav,
been more thoroughly misunderstood
than the homely, meditative and re-
firing toad.
Formerly the toad was considered a
yenomous reptile, but in our day its
habits have been more carefully OBJ
served and its great value to the
promologist and gardener has been
fully established on account of its
propensity for destroying insects.
We should, therefore, cultivate the
friendship and assistance of the in
s%ectivorous reptiles, including the
striped snake, as we'll as that OF
birds.
Every tidy housewife detests the
cockroach, mice and other vermin.
Two or three domesticated toads
would keep the coast clear of these
and would be found more desirable
than a cat, as they are wholly free
from ~trespassing on the rights of man
as does the cat. The toad is pos
sessed of a timid and retiring nature
loving dark n and shady places,
but under kind treatment becoming
quite tame.
Many instances might be cited Of
pet toads remaining several years in
a family and doing most valuable
service with 40 other compensation
than that Of immunity from persecu.
ton.
In Europe toads are carried to the
cities to market and are purchased by
the horticulturists, who by their aid
are enabled to keep in check the null.
tiplication of the insect tribes which
prey upon their fruits, flowers, etc.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
MONUMENT TO BE RAISED AT FITZGERALD, GA, AND TWO GROUPS
OF STATUARY WHICH WILL DECORATE III; Z. M. viQUEsNEY.

Fitzgerald, Ga-Plans are under way
for the erection at Fitzgerald of the
only monument in the world jointly
concentrating the blue and the gray.
The design for the great peace me-
morial' is the work Of E.. M. yiques-
ney Of Americas, and is one Of the
most elaborate monumental structures
in the south. The design has already
been accepted by the committee. Plans
for the erection and unwilling OF the
monument will be considered in detail
by h United Confederate veterans in
annual session in Jacksonville this
spring.
The memorial will be erected at the
intersection Of two of Fitzgerald's
broadest streets. 1t will measure so
feet square at the ground line. -Four
flights of steps, symbolizing the four
years Of war, will lead from the street
level to a wide plaza or platform ex-
ment. At each corner Of this plaza will
be a large ron electrolier bearing
four large electric lights. Each en-
will be guarded by two large
seated lions. The bottom course of
the monument proper will be fashioned
into a comfortable rest seat and each
entrance will be decorated by two heavy
grooved pilasters supporting the in
scription panels above the doors.
Each of the foul faces of the me-
mortal will have a large entrance, eight
into the memorial room, which will oc-
cupy all of the interior of the monu-
ment. This room will be round, and
with a domed ceiling rising 25 feet
above the floor, inc supported in the
center by an immense polished column
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16

table Compound and / have taken it and
feel fine. A lady said one day, .Oh, 1
feel 80 tired all the time and have head
ache l said, Take Lydia E. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound and she
did and feels fine now" Mrs. M. r.
.KARscfN1CK, 1438 N. Paulina Street.
Chicago, Illinois.
The Other Case.
Dayton, Ohio. -"Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound relieved me Of
pains in my side that / had for years
md which doctors medicines failed to
relieve. Il has certainly saved me from
N operation. I will be glad to assist
you BY . personal letter to any woman
y the same condition. - Mrs. j. w.
SHERE1R, 1875 Cass St. Dayton. Ohio.
- you want special advice
rite to Lydia e.. Pinkham Med
Mine Go. (c0nfidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
xoad and answered by q woman.
and held in strict confidence.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
A Wholesome conviction.
From the New York Sim

az NSW LOIA sun, ~ .
In the trial of the author and producer
OF an indecent moving picture play, in tho
court OF general sessions, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney William HAYWARD charac-
tertzed the malodorous stuff, and correct
" stated h reason for its presentation
to the public. thus:
the assertion that the play is intended
merit. "0f
w may wish to warn our children
against wild beasts, but we don't hive ia
turn q skunk loose in the school room to
.4The purpose. and the sole purpose Of
the Questionable features in thfs play was
producers $40
The jury. having seen the pictures.
rornpt rave q verdict Of guilty. A cum
TO confuse the Jurors by pleas that the
pictures were intended to educate the
young against the perils of life. The pre-
yious good character Of the accused was
dwelt Upon at length. But. as J,dee
Swami instructed the jury, the Questions
OF intent and character were beside the
point. h men were charged with put
ting on exhibition photographs that tend
ed to depraye and corrupt those who saw
them. The pictures proved the allexa-
tons of the prosecution.
The successful. outcome OF this prosecu-
ton must have excellent results. It
should check the stream Of filth that
threatened to inundate the motion picture
houses, and It serves notice on all that
the most Ingenious protestations Of high
moral purpose will not prevent the pun
tshInent of men who exploit nastiness Tor
rain.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16

On two opposite sides of the room, set
into the walls, will be bronze and plate
glass cases to contain war relics. On
the two other opposite sides will be
inches in the wall to contain life size
marble statues Of Abraham Lincoln
and Jefferson Davis.
The CAP course. 80 feet above the
street level. will be simple, as are all
the lines of the monument. On each
outspread owe the American shield.
These will be carved In granite. Be-
tween these carved eagles on each face
of the monument, n resting on the
cap, will stand immense groups of
bronze statuary. On the north side
will be a group showing Generals Grant
and Lee clasping hands, while the
spirit of peace with arms outstretched
behind them, brings them together. On
the south side will be two soldiers, one
a confederate and n a federal, sup
porting the American flag. On the
east side will be a group Of two female
figures representing prosperity, and on
the west side a standing figure of a
Woma pointing out to a kneeling SOL
dies the progress and opportunity
awaiting him.
The monument rises in a simple dome
to a plinth, on which rests foul large
columns, three feet in diameter and 20
feet in height. Each OF these columns
north. south, east and west-and is
SO marked on the ornamental caps.
Ilec together by an upper cap SYMBOL
izing the unity of the country in peace
and capped further by a beaded and
banded molding, the entire monument
Is completed by an 1S-foot statue of
peace holding aloft the palm OF vic
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
New Light on Wilson's Record.
From the New York Evening Post

What has Woodrow Wilson done In his
first year as PRESIDENT Most OF his fell
answer. But the Washington Herald
teaches us to look deeper. On the mega
tive side 1t is to be said that he has not
lost b modesty that characterized him
had mucl, opportunity for exercise or
reading. the newspapers, n that he has
not called anybody ugly names. But he
petite. kept w" sufficiently well with
current literature, eve pursuing a best
seller occasionally, and q detective story
exactly 1913 miles on railway trains, thus
establishing a new low record for presi-
dents OF the parlor car period, shaken
letters. attended church regularly slept
better than formerly, never breaking his
rule OF rising at 7:16. and. not least. great
" improved his game OF golf. These last
two particulars would give his enemies
pause, IL he q any,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16

tory and extending downward the
wreath Of olives.
Fitzgerald, which occupies the very
spot on which Jefferson Davis was
captured, was planned and quilt up
by northern war veterans, and in less
than II years has assumed all the pro-
portions and Improvements of a mod
ern city several times it's size. Its
streets, which are wide and roomy, are
Well paved with the finest of hard
bricks; It's walks are cement tile. and
its business blocks all modern in ap-
p~earance. The population inside the
city limits will come near the $1,000
mark. This population is now made up
almost equally of northern and south
ern people. 1nter-marriage has COM
pletely obliterated all sectional feeling
ana the war veterans of both sides
meet and work together in perfect har-
non
The date for the formal unwilling
or the monument has not vet beer set,
The event will be made one of national
significance. The federal
as Wen as many of the northern and
southern states, will SEND soldiers and
representatives to take part In the ex-
erclses incident to the dedication of
the f1rst peace memorial erected any
where to symbolic the four Years of
civil war and bring the blue and gray
together In peace and amity under one
flag. Aoe o"e
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
Easter.

They're singtn' Easter songs today
In the big church across the way.
And Easter lilies while and tall
Are everywhere, and over all
spirit broods, a thought with wings.
Which, when the congregation sings
Lifts its white pinions straight an high
Until they brush against the sky
And on the spirit face shines peace,
And when the organs ~throbbings cease
More faint 1t grows, but seems to stay
AboV the church across the way.
And as the throbbing tones grow low
My memory calls me to go
Down country roads through winding
ways
ID = small church: and Easter day.
Come back to me with loves Of old
A little chap with curlS of gold
Sits raptly by his mothers side,
And looks and listens wonder-eyed
While a melodeon throbs low
Sweet Easter tunes Of long ago.
Oh. little chap, by mothers side.
The roads are long, the ways are wide
My feet must cross to win to you:
But 1 remember there were two
In this huge world that loved me we'll
Again the sweet notes throb and swell
In the big church across the way:
And 1 came back from Yesterday.
And through my tears the lilies tor
Shine white, and brooding over all
The ~spirit-Peace, For siiialing through
Its smile is mother-love. and you.
Judd Mortimer Lewis
w.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
Is s25 tho Difference?

From the Marshalltown Times-Republican.
over IN the county prison annex the
because OF tnfraction of statutes and
moral law. With her were children, little
children who were net old enough to know
s me- reason they and their mother were
pleaded to a woman who came where no
other women am please let us out"
This woman. a bad woman II you please
to call her so, at the least a lost and de-
graded and ignorant woman without
friends or home or money, had been ar
rested with a man. Both pleaded guilty
70 the same offence. The man paid a
an stayed In prison. The man con1essedly
as a criminal was neither houseless nor
penniiess. He G some of the Inn
He had money to buy lodging and bread
and shelter for himself and for his chill
dren II he had any. Under the operation
OF our statue he had money to buy wom-
immunity from the jail where the woman
and her children lay behind bars and
locked doors. How he got the money the
law failed to ask. He had 1t however he
There they stand, the fallen woman
n the man, n In bonds. the other
freedom and which chains and
stripes? Is actual justice lone when she
swelters IN shame with her children at
her knee In prison and he walks UNI
and brazen? Which. If either, is
the greater shame to the community. the
lost woman or the degraded man? Which
Il either shall be driven out and which
II either permitted to stay In the com
80
Isn't 1t about time that civilized COM
ceased to consider the posses
sion or s2o, however gained, sufficient to
Tree one partner in shame and vice when
the other must go to jail? Not in sym
pathy TO either wrong doer but in equal
justice to both and to organized society.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
EAST LOOKS TO OREGON
FOR VALUABLE FURS

John Day, Ore.-Few perhaps real
lie the important place held by Oregon
as a Iur producing state. 1t is not gem
orally Known that eastern fur mann
look to Oregon to supply a
considerable portion of their raw furs.
me trapping Of ~fur-bearing animals in
oregon Is n OF the important indus
tries Of the state. It furnishes emnloy-
ment to hundreds Of men during the
winter. 1t brings thousands Of dol
lars OF eastern money into the state
annually. Up to December 1, 1913. the
offlce Of the state game warden had
ISSUED I,lsO trappers' licenses for the
season 1913-1914.
Some idea OF the Importance of this
industry may be gained from the fact
that for the year 1913 Grant county
alone paid out in bounty on coyotes and
cats $1,699. This means that during
the year just passed about $50 of these
animals We're caught or killed in Grant
county. n furs of these animals
brought in the eastern markets ap-
proXlnately SO each, making a total of
$3.50 for such furs.
These figures included only predatory
nimal They do not include the really
important fur-producing animals, such
as mink, marten, fisher, fox. bear.
muskrat, skunk and several other yalu,
able fur producers, on which nc bounty
is paid, and for which, consequently,
no reliable records are available.
official records Of the forest service
tional forests IN orae.on lila, 1a,iod dn har
1918 As bears. 400 coyotas AZ oo uu.lrs
90 wild cats and - Wolves q +ota1 =.
s521 animals. or this nn1nhar 1a1 W
annroximately Ok us u oaut l9l, u
en- the Malheur forast. which "lias IN nl tha
Blue Mountain ang
Oregon is a Mecca for FRA nars ~
lonely, isolated cahin Of tba -trannar 10
to be seen in the most inaeaagsihie
parts OF the mountaias. like the nrn 1v
lem squirrel, he viii be fonnd n the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16

OF John Day, have caught this winter
annong other animals. a silver gray fox.
IN john Day. Mr.. jackson, who pur-
chased the hide from the trapper, sold
II IN Baker two weeks later for ST, 900
Ih1s animal is very rare. and is tha
most fur-bearing animal in
oregon. The hide of q prime silver
FRAY IoX is worth as high as $1,000.
In the Blue mountains SO far this win
ter. wiz
The present state laws protecting fur
bearing animals during the period In
winch the hides are worthless insures
the of this great industry.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
A siIIy Question.

Another of DR.. Aked's stories Is
ABOUT an eccentric American who.
wanting to get married In a hurry, ar
rived with his intended bride outside a
clergyman's house after midnight and
INSISTED on being married on the spot,
Very unwillingly, the clergyman got
out or bed, and having reused some
empers of his household to act as
witnesses. he proceeded to tie the nun
tial knot.
Things went smoothly enough till he
asked the American:
DO you take his woman to be your
lawfully welded wife?"
The American stared at him In
establishment
Say, boss, what dye s'pose 1 yanked
you u O bed at this hour O. night
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
EmotionaIism and the churcb.

Men have turned aside from the
Evangel into emotionalism. They have
gone apart like the mystics to sit in
to sing: 'oh. how I love Jesus, because
BE first loved mel" And they keep on
singing in their trysting places While
the fields are white unto the harvest.
and souls are perishing for want of q
helping hand. Idle tears, and idle
songs, and idle dreams and visions!
why stand We idle in the market place?
Why stand We gazing up into heayen?
Thrust in the sickle and reap! Gle
that hath my commandments and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me-"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
PIMPLEs ALL OVER FACE

1413 E. Genessee Ave, Saginaw,
Mich.-'Cuticura Soap and Ointment
cured me Of a very bad disease of the
face without leaving a scar. Pimples
broke out all over my face, red and
large. They festered and came to a
head. They itched and burned and
caused me to scratch them and make
sores. They said they were seed
warts. At night / was restless from
itching. When the barber would
shave me my face would bleed terri
bly,. Then scabs would form after
wards, then they would drop off and
the so-called seed warts would come
back again. They were on my face
for about nine months and the trou-
BILE caused Disagreement while it
lasted.
cone day / read In the paper of the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. re-
ceived a free sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and it was so much
value to me that I bought a cake of
Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura
Ointment at the drug store. 1 used
both according to directions. In about
ten days my face began to heal up.
My face is now clear of the warts and
not a scar is left" (Signed) Leroy
G. O'Brien, May IL, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
Throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston.'-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
II9 WOMEN
OPERATIONS
By Talking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Chicago, Hi must thank you with
III my heart for Lydia e. Pinkham's

g. Com
pound. | used to go
to my doctor for pills
and remedies a n d
they did not help me.
1 had headaches and
not eat, and the
doctor claimed / had
trouble and
have an opera
ton. I read in the
about Lydia
Pinkham'a Vape-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16

Bible society has devoted money with
stint during almost a century. But
TINS expense cannot be criticised, nor
can ~ pc regretted, although it sorely
strains the of the societv
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16

The total amount Of tea consumed by
the limited Kingdom ina1sn wa 296,-
SO00.0 0k pounds, or OK pounds for each
pers0a aini thessnation
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16
Bad LANGUAGE.

Bad Language.
Little observation-disclosures, Hubley
Howell uses awfully bad language.
Mrs. Bacon Hill-What did he say,
my dear?
Little Browning-He said Damn
yer"
Mrs. Bacon Hill (horrifed)-Oh,
Browning! Never you say such q
thing as that!
Little Browning (proudly) - No,
mamma, I never say yer" I always
say "you."-Puck.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-16

THE GREAT.

Emerson.
Great men ire they who see that
spiritual is stronger than any ma
teriai force; that thoughts rule the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-15
THOMPSON RULED IN
CONTEMPT OF COURT
Colonel Refused to Relate Hin
Status With Pell
Company.

At q hearing before Special Master
Peter y. Olney yesterday in the affairs Of
the failed Cotton and Stock Exchange
firm OF y. H. =. Pell & Co. Col Robert
VI. Thompson special partner in tho frm.
refused TO answer questions directed to
show the status OF his connection with
the firm. Az result the special master
ruled Col. Thompson In nominal contempt
of court and certified the matter back to
the +, deral Court to be decided upon by
Judge Mayer. Argument will be heard
IN tho District Court tomorrow.
one of the creditors OF s. II. p. Pell q
Co. the Stock and Cotton Exchange firm
Of Logan & Bryan, takes the position that
col. Thompson Is a general partner OF the
firm and as such is liable for its losses
Henry WOilman. attorney for Logan a
Bryan. In examining Col. Thompson be-
fore the special master yesterday asked
him questions tending TO establish his
status ia the firm. on advice OF his
counsel Col. Thompson refused to answer
A majority OF the creditors OF the Pell
firm has approved OF IA plan OF settlement
with the firm which contemplates a pay
inent OF 30 per cent. dependent on the
liquidation OF their contracts Of so 900
bales Of cotton and a further payment as
later liquidation warrants. Col. Thomp-
son agrees 10 cancel tho indebtedness Of
the firm TO him provided securities Sheil
are released 10 him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-15
HOLDS MRS. NORDEN
AND BOETZEL GUILTY
Jury Relieves Husbands
Charges Against Lawyer and
Politician.

Jury before Supreme Court Justice
platzek returned a verdict yesterday
finding Mrs. Maud f.. Norden wife OF
Mortimer Norden, an electrical contra ctor
guilty OF misconduct with Urlc L. Boet-
eel former Assistant District Attorney
and Deputy Attorney General and man
ager of the campaign N the Mitchell
League In the fall OF 1913.
Mrs, Norden brought a divorce suit
against her husband, accusing him of
misconduct with . number OF women,
one OF whom was n Mrs, Inch. concerning
whom private detectives made andavits
when Mrs Norden asked Tor alimony.
Norden denied his wlfe's cha rges and
blamed Boetzel for instigatlng the suit
while posing ss "a friend OF his. He hled
n counter claim for divorce, naming Boet-
eel and sued him for $500 for aiienat-
ing tho affections OF Mrs. Norden.
When the case came on for trial yes
terday Mrs, Norden and her attorney
did not appear, and the evidence against
Mrs. Norden was submitted to the jury
without objection. Charges that she was
intimate with Boetzel at Asbury Park IN
the summer OF 1913, where the Nordens
and BoetZel occupied adjoining cottages
and at the Hotel McAlpin on October 30
last were withdrawn and proof presented
only as 10 misconduct with the lawyer
| in the Norden home NJ AZ Fort Washing
| ton avenue between december IL, 1918,
and January 10. 1914.
Morris Cukor. counsel for Mrs. Norden
| said last night that she was compelled "a
| abandon her case because she found she
| could not rely on the assistance OF Boetzel
| who couldn't he found when Lawyer CukoI
tried to consult him,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-15
FRANKS APPEAL FOR
NEW TRIAL REFUSED
Only Recourse Of Georgian Now
Is Motion to Set Aside
Verdict.

ATLANTA. oct 1.-THE Georgia SUI
preme Court denied to-day new trial for
Leo VI. Frank. under sentence OF death for
the murder OF Mary Phagan. The deci-
sion was on the extraordinary motion sub
mitted several months ago by his attor-
neys. Franks only recourse now is the
motion 20 set aside the verdict, which IL
before the Supreme Court in the form OF
demurrer entered by Solicitor Dorsey.
The extraordinary motion was filed and
argued on tho ground of discovered evil
dence. This included an alleged confess
sion by Jim Conley. a negro. to Annie
Maudc Carter. a negreSs. and another Con-
fesslon. aftcrward repudia,ed, said 20 have
been overheard by the Rev. G. B. ReFsdale
The motion to set aside the verdict was
filed AZ the Same time. II was set for
hearing before Judge Ben I'M. but Solicit!
TOR Dorsey nterposed n demurrer which
Judge Hin sustained. at the same time
expressing his faith in the strength OF the
legal point set up by the lawyers for
Frank Tho demurrer will be argued by
Franks lawyers October 90.