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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
MITCHDOCTOR rule
MCERIAN TRIBESMEN
English Traveller Tells Some In
teresting Facts About
lbibios.

London. Special: r. Amaury Tall
bot, OF the Nigertan political service,
who has travelled much throughout AT
RIGA studying the various tribes, says
the Ibibtos, natives Of southern Nigeria,
who are of such a low type that they
are called "mud fish," rank among the
most ancient of southern Nigerian
a very old and primitive tongue.
Witch doctors dominate the life of
the race. AS a protection against farm
tfefts, certain spells are recited over
the long hoe used for breaking up the
ground, and q medicine poured over
II, after which it is given back to it's
owner to be hung up in some conspicu-
Gus place on the plantation. No sooner
Toes the thief creep over the boundary
lnan the magic hoe springs to his hand.
Unconsciously his fingers clasp them
selves around the haft. He is bent
down by a power there is no resisting
and finds himself forced against his
VIII to hoe and hoe.
Not for q momen can he pause. even
70 s~tra1ghten his back, so long as O
single weed remains on the farm, a
single yam needs banking or a single
clod would be the better for breaking.
30 long must the evil doer continue to
work for the man lie had intended to
rob. Only when the owner arrives on
the scene, should he SO wish. can the
magic hoe be released from the hand
or the thief. 1t is not said whether the
magic has ever worked.
quaint burial customs prevail. Slaves
are frequently sacrificed at the death
or q chief and buried with him. Until
prohibited by the government, chiefs
We're buried In their houses with
strange ritual and sacrifice. A burial
chamber was prepared underneath one
OF tne rooms. and In this the chiefs
body was placed. His best loved wife
and two of the most beautiful OF his
slaves entered the room and seated
themselves at a table opposite their
lord. After some ceremonial all but tho
women withdrew, the chamber was
sealed up n the unfortunate women
were left to a lingering death.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
Is Golf Too EASY?
From the New York Tribune.

LAG 4NcW 1CTk lT1Dune.
Mr.. Herbert Fowler, who design.
golf courses in England, has started a
hoWl Of dismay by calmly asserting in
print that golf has become too EASY
The rubber-cored ball is, of course. tn.
u to which he lays this calamity
And all the lengthening of holes and
invention Of diabolical pot bunkers he
considers quite inadequate to keep the
game in it's pristine righteousness. Bet
ter guarded greens-trapped to test the
approach shot not only as to distance
U also as to d~irection-and more cross
bunkers of the old and now unfashion-
able type are his chief demands.
Not for me-" has been the PROMPT
chorus in England in reply to Mr.. Fow-
lers assertion of COILS easiness. And
we think there will be a heartfuJ echo
here. Golf is, after all, a game-a
pleasure game, we are movd to add,
having in mind bridge and other sports
which require a scientific education to
qualify a player. The backbone Of the
game is the duffer, when all is said
and done. And a golf course should
pc designed not for the perfect golfer
sWho, by. the way, doesn't EXIST, but
for faliible human nature STRUGGLING
manfully against insuperable odds.
Make golf too easy? Frankly, in our
present respondent mood, the idea il
unthinkable. 80
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
4 I 81 ! / I s|MlNDlllIEl
Nh lE'YlY / ] N ENGLAND
ruth About Fake Chancery
Court Claims 10 Made
Public.

London. Special: The missing es-
aete swlndle is evidently again being
n setked extensively In the United
oeates The embassy here is over
Mhelfned with letters from American
1lstrs. asking how best to secure es-
NAtees due them. Some letters indicate
S9At victims were induced to part with
~ their property to pay expenses OF
! yesudo representatives of the chancery
Ten years ago the state department
~ washington received so many re-
a1eetS about missing estates In chan
ao9y&that a special investigation was
made by Henry White, then first Sec
\ rstAry of the American embassy here.
He reported that 1T would be practical
~ impossible for any American to se-
cure an estate from the court of chan
cery. The report showed that the large
eosatcS constantly spoken of as dor
ant IN chancery'' or awaiting claim
Ants In the Bank OF England" were
purely Imaginary. n usually the In
yenti0n OF sWindlers, who obtain money
BOT the prosecution Of claims to ficti-
8oue% fortunes.
1E1e inc In chancery open to claim
nre few, averaging less than 81. 800 each,
NO only approaching $4,000, and most
q them inevitably would consume
Inc fullestfproofs OF. genealogy are de-
mAnded, and In the case Of Americans
such proofs are almost impossible.
Uven the clearest claims are usually
nerred by the statute Of limitations.
About the time of this report the In
4uiries became SO heavy that they over
loAded the correspondence of the en-
neSSy. and Q printed form of reply was
adopted n this Is In use today.
Last year when one Of these swind-
ale1s persuaded q number Of alleged de-
&0csndants In America hat the estate
s0f their ancestor Sir Francis Drake
49, ready for distribution by the court
% chancery, h swindle was widely
exposed by the American newspapers,
With the result that the inquiries prac-
saoe!ly ceased until within the past few
weeks.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
THE CHRISTIAN.

John Card.

John Card.
When a man is learning to be a
sChristian it matters not what his par
ticular work In life may be; the work
he does is but the copy line set for
him; the main thing to be considered
is that he learns to live we'll. The form
is nothing. the execution is everything.
1t is true. indeed. that prayer, holy
reading. meditation, the solemnittes and
services Of the church are necessary to
religion, and these car be practiced
only apart from the work Of secular
life. But it is to be remembered that
all such holy exercises do not termi-
nate in themselves. They are but steps
to the ladder OF heaven, good only as
they help US climb. They are. in short,
but means to and end-good only In SO
far as they help us to be good and to
do good. No man can become a SOL
sdter by studying books on military tao
tics. In his closet: he must in actual
service acquire those habits Of GOODNESS.
courage. discipline. address, rapid COM
bination. without which the most
learned In tho theory OF strategy
or engineering will be but q scholboy
soldier after all. But never In the high
est and hottest sense. can he become
q religious man. until he has acquired
those habits Of ~self-denial, of resist
Iance to temptation, Of kindness. gem
tleness, humility, sympathy, active be-
~nevolence. which are to be acquired
only In daily contact with mankind.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
ercediest Hogs Profitable.

Ihe following interesting facts about
NOS are taken from the Farm and
The Oregon station has found out by
aotual FEEDING tests that the hog which
aus most greedily is the most profita-
PIE. thirty hogs were divided into three
!ols, the heaviest eaters in one lot, and
tne others graded according to their ca
pac!ty for consuming feed.
"A hundred hogs like the heaviest
eaters, at the ate Of gain made and
s ,eog NJ prices, would make a profit Of
S1 1n. or almost exactly So q head. A
hunore Ike h poorest feeders would
nav made q profit Of SLICES, or only a
n nran,1 more han 81 a head. They were
there is this great difference between
the heavy eating hogs and the light
s sanan most hog growers viii
agree with the general proposition-it
you'd seem that breeders might we'll
Gevote themselves to breeding appetite
~ NM. noss; instead of color or fancy
ats. bsse1 appetite" ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
!lss sswdsss Trail and Reverence.

61Sa---- ~ = EuOiC- Ledger.
r. si ss :. sunday ]; the evangelist, offends
snt1 %nanners inc BY words which com.
from the vernacular Of ths
soNw0 He is not the only offender
eaelnst reverence and good taste. Many
eeliHts, n not q few preachers who
1lnAtate them, lower the standards 81 nro-
s3egNtyg ny indulging In expressions mora
10eptedNto the barroom thar the piiinit
An Tones was a pioneer in slane. He
sepollenG more than one young Ynlniafar
no initiated his way OF putting tiinrs
01peysSIntth iS an exception. HIS words.
eelecled with the greatest care. woIid
seatlgty Addison, and his oratorv Womb
13scns the refined standards of Burke.
thought deserves a clean. well
9hlng dress. When the two are COM
th6 result is q work OF art.
2 stamps MI he says with a. per-
g@&iAIyNWhic excuses much that he doea
~. an this sensationalis1n is not a1iit-
~. niT NE power. MGny folk unfortu-
Masely like that sort Of thing, lust a.
s,ley prefer ragtime to the Ninth SYM
~ 81 Beethoven. Did Billy Sunday
19alNeF ron memory sermons by Rob-
SSstyon..so Brighton, he would fail. He
J. ms ne natural, and sincerity and
nalk AZ winning combination. twenty.
. &0Qs0OO testimonial are worth thjnlins
900ut, better Billy Sunday and hts sianS
~ ~ some things much worse, Reiirion
lxasyaore mar rhetoric, the spirit NOR
S Gklaa the letter. II the sawdust trait II
.Pesn.o light, well and good. It doea
CnrtStianity. ~
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02

Top, left TO right: Gladys HinckIey,
Mrs. Peter GoeIet Gerry and Gene
We've Clark. Bottom, left to right:
Mrs. Bird s.. Mcclure, Nine. Naon
wearing hat,) Countess Won Berns-
torff, Mrs. Paul S. Pearsall and Nine.
Havenith.
Here are the eight prettiest women
IN Washington society, according to
Allyn Williams. noted English minia-
ture painter:
Countess Won Bernstorff, wife of
the. German ambassador; Mrs. Peter
Goelet Gerry. wife Of the Rhode
Island congressman: Nine. Naon,
Wife OF the Argentine minister: Mrs.
Bird s. Mcclure, wife of Congressman
Mcclure, Of Oklahoma; Nine. Have
NTH. wife Of the Belgian minister;
Miss Genevieve Champ Clark, Miss
Gladys Hinckley and Mrs. Paul S..
Pearsall.
Mr.. Williams points out in each
Instance why he placed these women
in the national gallery of beauties. OF
Nine. Havenith he said:
"She has beautiful ayes and a we'll
shaped head. which she carries beau.
tifully."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
% You Keen Books?

~ 9 recent issue Of Farm and FY,e-
R@0e clifford p Davis says that farm
IN ls$always q business but that the
axerage farmer keeps no books. ia
80 Dill makes no record OF It, loses
SnesArecetpt or keeps II IN one of I
G0xenScluttered boxes where 1t ran not
ses found Mr. Davis goes on as fol-
order to protect themselves In
- 0f sudden death the wife and
children should be made familiar WITH
very detail 81 the business. There ID
Execorded the case OF a rich ma who
ydepoeited his mony IN several banks.
va killed In nm accident, and his fam
~ are living In absolute want because
sSney sCannotsascertain where the money
= banked. Another instance is that
sofAsman who placed $4,000 in a bank
q assistance 81 hiss family, died
s1lxsaway, and his folks cannot find
sWhere the money is placed. One: az my
most valued books Is a large blank
soooksinwh5Nch 4 record every detail OF
s4exIt werk with date OF day. month,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
An Arctic Incident.
From the Wide World Magazine

FROM INC wac WOflQ Magazine.
The shooting Of the first polar bear
was delegated to S. Osgood Pell, Of
New York, a privilege of no secondary
kind in a party Of rather keen sporting
appetites. 1t was midnight-the trans
parent gauze of a half darkness. A
white moving cautiously toward the
ship, and In a few minutes the ungrace-
full hulk Of a polar bear was plainly
visible. ambling along faster and fast
er. When within 100 yards he uttered
an angry growl and raced toward us,
with the manifest intention of cleartnr
the Neptune and her passengers off the
map of the arctic. Mr.. Pell's first shot
hit him on the shoulder and tumbled
him off the pan" into the water. He
attempted to dive. but rifle after rifle
took 2 N on him and landed four or
five shots before he gave I'D the fight.
We lowered a small boat and brought
h first real trophy proudly. aboard.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
TOT? There won't be any service too much
lrouDle, j assure you. Please let me do

Tor? There won't be any service too much
LIQUIDS assure you. Please let me do
The young woman considered a min
ute. There was something, but really
I've changed my mind. There is nothing
at all you can do for me now. Thank you,
just the same. Good morning.
There, was more than chagrin in his
voice when he answered, Good morning"
What was the matter with him? He had
deliberately allowed her to walk out into
the world without finding out the least
thing about her. He would never see her
again, that was certain, SO there was no
way he could make amends. He would
like to show her that he really could be
something different from a brute If he
tried.
That evening when he came down to
dinner his young sister introduced him to
Carol Huston, a schoolmate Of two years
several weeks.
Carol turned from the piano to meet
him. Her " expression did not change
Julius showed his CONSERVATION so plain
ly that his sister inquired curiously what
was the matter. He could have told her
dagt but be had ns aI m9t the lady earlier in the
here" exclaimed May. "she had to GO
to the store to find out the way. She came
one met her" Then suddenly, tits a
wonder you didn't see julius a. the store.
II you had just gone to the office he would
JuliusT'
Yes. certainly" he choked.
oh, q clerk told M the way. I
hadn't the least bit OF trouble" smiled
Carol.
The days passed swtft]y-too swiftly for
julius. who dreaded to think OF the time
Carol must go. To MIN she had become
though she was always kind and amiable,
she gave no sign or any other feeling. He
was afraid she could never forget her first
impression of MIN.
One morning Dick announced a lady. Tt
was Carol, bag and baggage as julius had
first seen her. 81 nave come to say
'Good-by.' I had a telegram that dad is Ill
and ] must go home"
lulu reached for his hat. IT will take
you to the station, Carol"
In the taxi he told her that he loved
her. I'll spend the rest of my life, dear.
trying to make UP for my first rudeness If
you will let me-
Nonsense, julius" she laughed archly.
It's the first time in my life anybody ever
bossed me-" r01
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
An American coli.a. in China.

Plans r on foot to expand the work
OF the Canton Christian college, at Cam
ton, China, until its students shall re-
ceive the equivalent Of an American
college education. The idea Is to make
Canton college the Columbia Of the
Far East" Five million dollars win be
required to carry out the plans, which
were recently discussed by trustees and
supporters OF the college. This institu-
ton was Incorporated in New Yorl,
state In 1893, and is undenominational,
It's faculty includes about 70 persons,
half OF whom are Chinese, and there
r upwards OF 400 native students. II
Is said that the present work done Is
excellent and that students receive 4
good education at very small cost.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
Mr.. DENTS CALLER.
BY Olive Roberts Barton.
Copyright, 1914. 10y .ie Mcclure New

NCoPyrlEHt, 1914, ny .Ie Mcclure news
paper Syndicate.) .
The double row of statesmen in the ante
room Of the private office changed express
sion when the door opened with a jerk and
Smith emerged red and furious with a
sample case In each hand. Evidently
julius Dent, of the firm of John Dent &
sons, was not In O gracious mood.
a young woman who had come in a
few minutes before and deposited her bag
at her feet was favored now with COM
miserating. smiles instead of the envious
scoWls which had greeted her. Her turn
eaen next t., ae C to the unwritten law
case OF ladies first. So be 1t. II Julius
Dent We're cross, let her take what was
coming: Perhaps her siren smiles would
Dick, the office boy, on Julius Dents
good days, that Is, days that he had re-
tireo before 4 a, M. would have announced
the new arrival behind his hand thus, IA
Dent would have pulled his tie straight,
perked down his waistcoat. slicked over
his well barbered hair, and let fall the
annexed when dealing with gentlemen on
the road.
This particular morning having been
had turned out the han light at home.
Dick knew better than to murmur behind
his hand, and Mr.. Dent was not DESTROYS
OF making an impression on n one.
with, "a lady to see YOU, Sir" and the
gentleman at tho desk, with his feet
propped thereon, yawned twice before he
They dress 'em up too much" he re-
marked mentally. why in thunder can't
they hsyg send a man? II I could just swear
q aa r,'o at ats some m on, one Tor about an hour and
best thing to going to bed. But"
He slowly removed his feet from the
desk, but not his hands from his pockets.
A ~ nuyn ~ lrf -E
The lady flushed painfully. mo,
thanks" she answered In much the same
tone. Il shall only be here a minute. ri.
be very much obliged T. Q will"
Did this butterfly him that all she had
TO 90 was TO futter a notebook, open her
satohel and write down the orders as he
picked things out? She was probably sell
Ing perfumes, or near-gold jewelry. Well.
he would show this green young agent a
thing or two about, selling. goods. He
never mind about the order. It rather
pleased him to think Of the weary souls
waiting in the anteroom. too.
No. Mr.. Dent had never stuck pins
through c~aterptllers when he was a boy
just to see them wiggle. He needed sleep,
that was all.
.sit down" he interrupted sternly.
The girl sat down, ~astonished.
What have you got?" cycling her grip.
"Got?" blankly. What do you meant
Then .woman.s intuition swiftly enlight-
sasa hs siffer rent T shings. t%hgaa nsns's some NJ
candy. and"
Let me see It'll"
She fell on her knees and drew forth
She handed 1t to Me-. Dent, who took 1t,
looked It over noted the name OF the
manufactures. n handed 1t back.
Anv WSs, cant n,se, sell \. this this. : .Iaa h I,gh priced
regular stuff
You might . It . side line medi-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
Said Of John Hay.
Joseph Bucklin Bishop,

He lived his own life WITH not,an,.
charity, "Reminiscences, candor. p% mnGast
n1id interchangeable industry. 4 more con-
seientious man never lived. 10 him as to
the sternest Pnritana the line which d.
fiaes right and wrong was narrow as a
hair. as high as heaven, as eternal as the
stars. He drew it for himself, but never
INSISTED upon drawing It for others. Hs
10 reGsia.icn of the human .
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02

Jams calls the Essentially aristocratic
type with exquisite coloring and reg
ular features"
Mr.. Williams declares that the
blond is fascinating, but not true. The
most reliable type is the brunei" he
continues, land the older a nan gets
the more he appreciates brunets. The
blond satisfies the eye, but the brunei
appeals more to the soul Of the ma
ture man."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
The niscretIon Of tbs Court.
From National Ma raxine.

Az old cclored man was up befora
Ne 1udgss charged with some small OF
3alnA4
HAVE you : lawyer the coust N
sQuirSed.sS@
sthasreply.
sp0nstsy want me to appoint on
a&S4yyd49feFaad you ?!ryShskedSNth court.
xxaHssH answered the old a
SNe6s@SS TdIeabe rny case TO de
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02

Literature In Turkey has responded to
the liberty that followed the revolu-
Jon. Large numbers of TRANSACTIONS
and adaptations of European scientific
and literary works and books OF q
popular nature are now available.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02

The stately patrician air and regal
beauty Of Countess Won Bernstorff is
what won her a place, while Of Miss
Genevieve Clark he enthusiastically
states:
Natural, intellectual, ~piquant, in
curing and unconventional, her face
reflects a mind that intends to do
something"
Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, who was
Miss Matilde Townsend, Mr.. Will
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-02
MODERATION.
FeItharn.

The boundary 81 ma "a moaera.
don. When once we pass that nale.
sslevr guardian angel quits his charge
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1914-06-06

Franklin X. Lane, secretary OF
the interior, has announced that
by the close of the season of 1916
the unsurveyed lands of the
northwest within railroad land
grant limits will have been com
pletely surveyed and patented to
the railroad companies. Much OF
this 15.000.000 acres Of land lies
within the four northwestern
states. The lands were left un-
surveyed because of their unde-
STABILITY for agricultural pur-
poses and are mostly in mountains
Gus regions. but congress. in order
to bring the lands under taxation.
passed an act compelling the rail
road companies to have these lands
surveyed and patented, and to pay
for the expense of making the sur
veys.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1914-06-06


Attorney c. c. Dill, who is both
well and favorably known in Ste
vens county, has become an
avowed candidate for congress
from this district. His activity,
ability, and thorough democracy
in action and belief, are points
which are bringing him promin-
emily before the public really in
advance of the campaign nomina-
tion. There is no doubt but that
his many friends in Stevens county
are partly responsible for his pres
ent candidacy. He gave one of
the principal speeches at the dem
1ocratic dinner here on jefferson
day, and his clean-cut appear
ance and sincerely brought most
favorable comments.
Dill was born and reared on a
farm in Ohio. He taught a coun-
try school at the age Of sixteen,
worked his way through college,
became newspaper man in Cleve-
land, was secretary to Tom Il.
johnson, came west and taught in
the Spokane high school, read law
at night and was admitted to the
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1914-06-06

The Spokane Chronicle printed
the following news dispatch from
North Yakima, May %:
Half a million pounds larger
than last year, the wool crop OF
the Yakima valley this season will
bring the growers of Kittitas,
Yakima and Benton counties $685.
600. The clip just cleaned up
totals 2,256,000 pounds, and sales
and shipments have now been
practically completed. The clip
averaged 13 to Is cents per pound.
The season has been one of the
most satisfactory in the history
of the industry"
The Industrial Review Of Wash
ington states that "wool clips are
going off at prices surpassed but
twice in the last 25 years"
In the face of such statements
of fact, what faith can you place
in future statements of those
papers and individuals which have
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1914-06-06
Stevens Washington Saturday. 1914

for years been telling how a demo-
cratic tariff would kill the wool
industry? Wouldn't it appear
that they were either mistaken or
wilfullN misleading?