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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
THE LAST OF THE
STRONG YOUNG MEN

Ernest Poole In Saturday Evening Post.
Two million men. 1 was told in Berlin,
from 16 to q, had already volunteered. Fiji
teen thousand boys of 16 were already at
the front. Impressions like these kept
piltng In, until in this hub of the nation
felt an omtnouS constant drain, day by
day and week by week. OF the last Of the
strong young men.
| felt a deep anxiety and a steady, grim
sure to win" The phrase 1 heard more
often vas: We are fighting for our coun-
try's life BY degrees | got a feeling
of a city united for one purpose, bound to-
gether by ono questions: lis 1T to be life
or DEATH"
At all hours, day and night, saw
trains. l met one small company late at
ntght-G0 recruits in citizens clothes with
sachels n small boxes, heavy boots
strung oyer their shoulders. One of them
was leading a shaggy little dog by a chain,
perhaps the company mascot. I saw 8
whole regiment march along. an hour be-
fore daybreak, In a cold, dense rain. They
were in full field equipment. The street
an umbrella over the baby In her arms.
she hurried along beside one Of the soil
diers. l caught a glimpse of her face as
she passed, ana she looked terribly alone.
L remember one day when I too fell in
line. L heard the approaching boom OF
drums, and down the street came a solid
mass VI lHeil, WOMEN ana children block
ing the a from wall to wall. The mu.
sic broke gu with a crash, and now in the
center OF the throng | saw tall. husky Ger
boys Of from Is to a. come swinging
along In marching step. There were flow
ers in their helmets, flowers even in their
guns. Some of these gnns were carried
by wives and others by young girls and
boys, and one by ar eager old woman who
hurried along by a man In the anks. Most
OF these women were laughing or smiling.
a Red Cross wagon went ahead.
l had often marched to a band. but
never with men 30 soon to die. DESPITE
ones natural common sense something
to swell and rise with the reeular
tramp. tramp Of thick boots. and the
steady look in the faces Of these simple
youngsters. These were not the
men who made~t treaties or broke them, but
only the men from the fields and mines.
the mills n shops and factories-simply
the men who were going to die.
BY my side marched a little shaver not
more n o. than 5 years old, taking prodigIous
like me. he would look at those rows OF
faces, steady eyes. and as the
music crashed and doomed the look on hls
face grew more and more tense. Sudden
ly, eyes radiant, the little chap burst into
tears,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
FIND OUT
The Kind of Food that will Keep You
Well.

The true way is to find out what is
best to eat and drink, and then cult
vate a taste for those things instead
OF poisoning ourselves with improper,
indigestible food, etc.
A conservative Mass. woman writes.
Il have used Grape-Nuts S years for
the young and for the aged; in sick
ness and in health; at first following
directions carefully, later in a variety
OF ways as my taste and Judgment
suggested.
But its most special, personal ben.
eht has been as a substitute for meat.
Int served cry with cream when rheu-
matte troubles made 1t important for
me to change diet.
Served in this way with the add.
ton OF a cup of hot Postum and a little
fruit 1t has been used at my morning
meal for six months, during which
time my health has much improved.
nerves have grown steadier, and a
graduai decrease in my excessive
weight adds greatly to my comfort"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter,
one appears from time to time. Tse-
re true, and full Of huns.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

time is the binding Irvine outlook. But.
YOU say, why should farmers worry over
mat proposition? VIII not the Interna-
tional Harvester company and other big
concerns take care of that? And what
about the penitentiaries in several states
that are manufacturing large quantities
OF 1t, VIII they not afford an abundance?
Well, the answer to such questions all
depends upon Mexico. The average citizen
has not thought much about our depend
ence upon that country for anything, but
here we are absolutely helpless as far as
binding twine Is concerned. except az we
can procure the usual supply of sisal from
our rebellious neighbor on the south.
of a condition of unusual moment by or
dering a warship to chaperon some big
ocean vessels to Yucatan that they may
bring to this country a large shipment OF
slsal grass that is ready for the American
market. Every year we import from that
country sisal grass enough to make 200
Vo,WW pounds of Irvine. That enabled
binding tW1ne factories to furnish a need
ed supply to grain growers in this coun-
try. But we are confronted with another
peculiar condition. on account of the big
demand for wheat made by the European
war and the high prices that prevail an
unusually large acreage has been sown.
1t is announced that there are 50, OOO, 600
acres SOY to winter wheat, Hitherto the
biggest wheat crop ever grown in this
country ran around $4,000, 600 acres. The
increase in spring wheat acreage Is esti-
mated at 100000 acres. Add this to the
4i'Si SaSo II "lilteT wheat acreage and the
total reaches about a per cent Last
years big wheat crop cleaned up about ali
of the surplus twlne on the market and
with the increase this season the tax on
plndlng tWine production Is going to be
enormous.
1t Is going to take all of the available
supply OF sisal from Mexico, the West IN
lies and the Philippines and then some.
The war in Mexico has seriously crippled
the production of the sisal plant, or at
least the harvesting of it. Last year we
got from that country 195, 0S6 tons of sisal
grass and We imported 0.461 tons from
elsewhere, making 215, SAT tons. The year
before our imports We're 1853, 500 tons, and
1,S6I tons In l9l1-l2. Last year our stsal
imports Were so per cent higher thar the
average Of the two years before. Corn
plnding by machinery is greatly increas-
ing the demand. Western provinces of
Canada should this year have 10, 900, 900
acres In wheat and as much In oats and
barley. N
With all of this vast increase in the
grain producing acreage and the possible
of raw material from which
Dlhding Irvine is made 1t not only means a
shortage OF binding material but it also
means a sharp advance in the price.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
His Overtime.

Y see you claim one hours over
time, Bill" said the master of the mill.
flows that? ] thought no one worked
overtime this week"
Bill passed a horny hand across his
mouth.
Quite right, guv'nor," he replied
One hours me due"
The master regarded him suspi-
ciously.
Come, when was ito" he inquired
Last Thursday" responded Bill. Il
was sent up to your own 'ouse to clip
shake the carpets"
Yes; | remember that distinctly"
cut in the boss: but you got off at six
sharp"
All, that's true, guv'nor, as far as
1t goes, assented the man: but YOU
missus give me a 'alf a meat pie to
take 'ome. an hat there hour is for
bringin' the dish back,"-Sallie Her
rick, Ontario.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
When tho Crows Mobilize.
Walter Prichard Eaton In Harper's Mag.

The crows are masters Of mobilization,
investigated. Usually they prove to be- for
the attack on some enemy.
Ihoreau speaks Of the crows bursting
up above the woods where they were
perchlng. like the black fragments of q
powder mill Just exploded" When they
are gathered for war their cries
w,i lead you to the spot where they. are
fragments above the trees, usually follow.
ing an especial uproar Of cawing. will de
rect you to the center Of the battle.
Walter King Stone, the illustrator. and
mobilization they once witnessed, when
the crows gathered for hours and the two
observers were able to penetrate the
cred explosions; There they found a great
horned owl, flying low in the trees, with q
dead crow In his talons. Whether this was
the original cause OF the battle. or wheth-
descents of the birds about his head, they.
OF course. could not say. He was evident.
y struggling to find a dead tree whore
ably by the coming of night.
crows ave even been known to at
tack foxes, as Winslow Homer's painting
is the most famous witness.
A farmer near my home, who has Oh
served crows for many years and has the
of knowing more about them
than anyone else in the netghborhood, tells
ence the cause of a large mobilization Is
either a big owl or Il hawk. The little
screech owlG are also attacked, but by
Lesser Issa numbers. He has also personally
an open field, and once he
q iockbpf nearly 100 crows worry
ing q Skye terrier dog. which was SO thor
oughtly frightened that 1t was running In
circles. I have seen crows attack q cat
also. but the cat always Is wise enough Ia
for cover.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
The Wonderful French Soldier.

FREDERICK Palmer in Golfers Weekly,
How completely wal has revealed the
nature of the different peoples. It's light
ming flashes throw national characteristics
on the screen In vivid outline.
me pity of 1t Is that 1t took war to win
back the prestige which the French had
LOST In war. Though to no people does
life mean more than to the thrifty French.
no soldiers We're ever reader to give their
lives more freely, Officers could not hold
back many regiments, who broke away
and charged, often with fatal results.
Young li~eutenants of st. Cyr, the French
West West Point. wore 70 their white gloves and
white plumes.. The army insisted on its
blu coat and red trousers. Sentiment,
manneur. against Prusslan hard headed.
ness.
They wanted to go at the enemy In the
open and not to dig in So 1t Is with
American soldiers. they. too, are impal
''e ahef e O go aftsr f shem 1y!nF as stu I've often
heard our men say. "Allons!' say the
French. When in doubt a Frenchman
charges; so does an American. The
trench and go to meet the enemy's attack
or evacuate the trench. When thew do
eyacuate 1t. they may take 1t back an
puzzles the British, who light another pipe
and hold on-and are not as quick to 20
either way as the French.
Here was a thing only the French
~ oot - oiAIioll Ol1lCCE lOlu p me-.
When the Germans We're massed on a
road and deploylng for attack, down thar
through the French Infantry came n
battery hcll-for-leather on the gall
lop- They swung around In line without
taking their Run from their horses, Their
We're already loaded. Evidently they
knew exactly the range they would have
to fire. They had calculated the time they
would take to reach the spot where they
began firing and how far the Germans
would be advanced at that moment. Bang!
Bang! Bang! they poured. in the shells
which tore up the charge and stopped 1t.
hell-for-leather they galloped away.
seemed to w calculated, too, how
long It would take the German guns to
get into action, for they had hardly zone
when German shells began to break over
place where they had been. Only the
French could do THAR,
Whenever I think of the French army
think of the power of democracy. When
| think of the German army I think
of It's magnificent machinery of orgauiza-
ion with the sun shining on the eagle OF
The war lords helmet and the brave, will
.ng soldiers who accept as law his word
spoken through his commanders.
Whenever | think OF the British army /
see the tall, long-legged. arlstocratic Off
Ger n Mr.. Thomas Atkins. regular, talk
m from the scum OF he streets and drilled
INTO a soldier who will stick until that
officer tells him to so. Character-char-
icter-the stubborn English character.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

South seas-thereby becoming a widow,
without q soul on earth to fight her bat
ties for her. She and her husband had
been very devoted, and 1t was naturally
believed she would rejoice to know h
the enemy which sank the ship upon
which her husband had lost his life had
been sent to the bottom of the sea. So
a neighbor who had learned the news Of
the sinking, of the ship off the Falkland
islands, rushed over to the widow to tell
her tine good news"
That only means more SORROW" said
the widow. And She refused to rejoice
at the death OF those who had made her
a widow. She even Went further, and
said that II she could obtain the names
of the widows of the sailors who had
been destroyed, she would write to them
and extend her sympathy.
1t is q little story, 1t Is true, and
to nothing in the great world
sorrow that is upon US. Blu it tends
to show that there are those who have
not vengeance in their heart. Would
not the Nazarene use just such stories
If He were on earth today?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
ALMOST MADE HIM MISS II
OF Course Wife Was to Blame Be-
cause Opportunity Nearly Got
Away From the Man.

Opportunity knocked twice at the
mans door and was about to knock a
third time when the door was hurried
ly opened by a woman.
Where is the MANI" said Opportu-
nifty. Come, I've no time to lose"
You're the very one he's LOOKING
for said the woman. 'But-he's oc.
cupied."
You're his wife, aren't you? Tell
him to come"
He won't believe me. He'll think
I'm mistaken. He'll think you are
someone else"
That isn't my fault. I've done NV
duty, G%ood-day."
oh, please don't go. III tell him
III try to convince him who you are.
Give ME a little time
Just at that moment the man rushed
out and Dragged Opportunity. Then
he turned roughly tt his wife.
Why didn't you let me know she
was lnocling?" he said. "Why, she
almost got away. Just like you'll
Life.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
GERMANY WANTS MUCH
In CASE OF VICTORY
Berlin Official Says Nothing
Would Be Left to Allies
Would Ask Huge Indemnity.

Berlin, (by MAZDA picture of Eu-
rope completely reorganized, with Ger
many and her allies dominating every
thlng n levying upon their fallen
rivals q tribute of from 100 to $50
milliards of marks $3.50, 0O0, o00, 900 to
36,ooO,0OO is drawn by Rudolph
Martin. former minister of the interior,
OF Germany, In a pamphlet. entitled,
The World War and Its End that has
Just been issued.
The huge indemnity which the
author believes will be demanded by
Germany when she dictates peace
Terms in London, after two years of
fighting, Is estimated on the basis of
war costs Of 80 milliards of marks, to
be sustained by Germany. Austria and
Turkey, In the proportion of 16, 10 and
4 respectively.
AS Germany at the end of the Franco
Prussian war made the French pay
TWO and one-half times what it cost
TO conduct the conflict, so, the writer
believes, Germany will make the allies
pay similarly at the end of the pres
ent war. In addition, 10 milltards will
be demanded for the support of de-
pendents Of those killed.
h writer sees Germany firmly es-
tabl1shed along the present French
coast. In a position to control both
London and Paris, and possessed of an
air fleet of many thousands of machines
II 10000 air1nen. He sees England
forced to consent to the construction
of a tunnel under the English channel.
equipped with four railway tracks and
an automobile roadway. at both ends
OF which the German forces are in
CONTROL
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

". G: Edes, government engineer
who will be in immediate charge Of
the building of the new government
railroad in Alaska, is already on his
way to the far north, where he will
begin work on the road at once. In
the accompanying map the dotted
line shows the proposed construction.
including the branch to the Matanus-
ks coal road. The heavy black line
shows the road already built from
Seward to Turnagain Bay. The Cop
per River & Northwestern Railway.
which forms a part Of the rejected
route from Cordova, also is indicated
on the man.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Her Objection.

SO Maude has come back from the
front as a Red Cross nurse?"
Yes, indeed. She said il she did
all the horrid things they wanted her
to do, she would have been a perfect
sight whenever the photographers for
he papers came around. So she quit"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
a Youno Skeptic.

Caller-Marjorie, if you drink SC
much tea o will be an old maid.
Marjorie-I don't believe that at all
Mamma drinks lots Of tea and she's
been married twice an isn't an old
maid yet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Did Not Want Vengeance.
From the Dayton News,

The paper are full OF human interest
stories pertaining to war. in fact. one
is one that is a little different. for il
shows that in this old world all is not
hate-that there are those who dc not
seek revenge.
1t seems that a certain English woman
9 q husband on board the Goodhope
that was sunk by the Germans In the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Not Ackino Much.

so o are ambitious to have a
little garden"
Yes"
You ought to get a lot of pleasure
out OF it.
i don't expect to get any pleasure
out OF it, but if can get a few beets
and turnips in return for a great deal
IL hard work, I'll be satisfied"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Accounting for rastns

Bacon see expert French butter
:asters claim they can perceive the
flavor of the soil over which cattle
Ebert-Must have sort of a taste
of shrapnel now.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
He's Got 1t.

Doctor, I'm afraid I've an attack of
spring fever and ague."
indeed? How does it affect you?'
My temperature goes up when ]
start for business, and when | get
there feel like shaking work"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

It Is a custom among the women of
sava to chew betel nuts, which dis.
coiors the teeth. giving them the look
Of black varnish.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

He who advertises for a wife NAV
get what he advertises for, but he sci
dom gets what he wanted.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

1t makes some men almost as mad
to have people tell lies about them as
1t does if they tell the truth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

Every man knows how different he
would act if he were some other indi.
viduai.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

Many a man who would steer clear
OF a graveyard after dark is not afraid
Of a tank full of spirits.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

A man is always telling his wife that
his household expenses are higher
than any other mans in town.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

Every spinster knows OF at least a
dozen men who might have married
her If
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

Experience benefits only those who
have had it, and sometimes not even
them.-Albany Journal.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Proof.

Wil--So you think she loves you?
Ned--of course! She accepts
sverything | give her!-Judge.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Drink oenlson's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious.

While the average man would like to
oe ahead, he is pretty we'll satisfied if
he catches up.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Too True.

What is the main point OF a cen
job?"
Il guess it's incensing people"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

The trouble with most plans is that
they won't work
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Russia -Dismembered.

Russia he pictures as completely dis
membered, its territory divided up
among neighboring powers, it's Golfers
depleted to he point of bankruptcy, Its
menac to the German empire forever
gone. In the process of dismember-
ment he predicts the organization Of
new states.
Sweden. the author believes. will re-
ceive Finland; Germany the Baltic
provinces and Poland: Austria will take
the entire south OF Russia. including
Ktev and Odessa; Turkey will receive
the entire Caucasus. including the
government Of Saratow; Russia will
hav to retire both from the Baltic, the
Black and the Caspian seas.
Servia Is to go to Austria Hungary:
Egypt to Turkey; a part of Arabia to
Rumania. provided the latter allies IT.
self sincerely with Germany, Austria
and Turkey. and every other state
which similarly joins this group will
be properly rewarded.
Not only does Alsace-Lorraine remain
German. but Belfort is TO Join it once
more as a German possession. Belgium
not only becomes German, along with
the Congo. but is to pay an indemnity
OF 6A mtlliards OF francs within q few
years OF the close OF the war.
Regarding the disposition Of the co.
lonial possessions of the allies. the wrt-
tor goes into little detail. beyond stipu-
lating that England and France must
lose Egypt. India. Algiers, Tunis and
Morocco, as penalty for inducing their
Inhabitants to bear arms against Ger
rSor1y r
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
sindina Irvine Problem.

SAoAA Sn0 iowa Farmer,
The most interesting problem that cor.
the armers OF America just at this
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13

Heard on the Train.
DO you play poker?"
No; | need all The money I've got
Boston Transcript.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-05-13
Suez Canal to Turks.

--
The Suez canal the writer sees per
manently in the hands of our ally.
Turkey" After the conclusion Of peace
he hopes English ships, instead of long
er paying tolls into the pocket of the
English owned Suez Canal
viii nave TO pay them to "our ally Tur-
key"
h heavy indemnities proposed. the
writer frankly says are for the purpose
81 so weakening Germany's enemies
that 1t VIII be ears before they IAN
even contemplate war against her
again. Ihey are supplemented by tax
alton and military system from pres.
ent Belgium to the new Russian hor-
der that will strengthen Germany In
definitely. "
He would establish as one Of n.
most important basic principles OF he
governments OF the nrnv.
inces that every young man who az
ea-ding to the rules laid down in the
German empire, Is capable OF bearing
arms shall serve in the army. For the
role, ne suggests service in Erfurt. and
Tor the Frenchmen from Calais or ReI-
fort. as well as the Belgian. service IN
Bavaria or Wurtemburg. The parr1-
sons m Poland. Frence and Bels;uYn
meanwhile, he believes should he n,adn
up Or seasoned Prussian. saxon or Pa.
varian troops.
With the historical of ~.
eraburg as a precedent, the writer nra-
scribes that the taxation laws nf ~
empire shall apply to the cono,araS
territory quite as much as the miiitar-
rules.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-16
RAILROAD AND CITY
SAME time
PAY CAR ARRIVED LAST EVEN
ING, WHILE CITY DISTRIBUTED
SALARIES FOR THE FIRST
HALF OF DECEMBER.

Hundreds Of men were provided
with salaries in time yesterday for
the Christmas-tide, for the L. & N.
pay car reached the city yesterday
afternoon and gladdened the hearts
of the faithful workmen, while the
city distributed about $1,000 to en-
ployes in all departments yesterday,
the policemen, however, to receive
their checks at some hour today.
The railroad pay car arrived about
a week ahead of time, usually coming
about the goth, but it was scheduled
earlier for the December shopping
business, and possibly $4,000 was
turned loose in this city and territory
during the afternoon.
Mayor Greenhuts stated yesterday
that the city would grant the city
employees another payday before
Christmas, making it about Deem
Der %, so that men in all the depart
ments could have a little ready cash
to enjoy the holidays with, and pro-
vide themselves with the wanted
"fixin's" for Christmas dinners.