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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

glar set his foot on the step the biz
clock in the hall chimed II.
Father will be home soon" thought
Bert, who was almost smothered in
the hot armor.
Bump. bump. bump came slowly
down the steps the burglar with his
hands full Of toilet things and a fine
watch. Outside Bert heard the gate
click and his fathers voice. But The
robber heard 1t. too, and stopped lust
IN front OF the Japanese armor. This
was the chance for which Bert had
been waiting. With a quick Jerk he
tore the sword free from the wire and
threw himself with all his weight on
the man. at the same time giving a
loud scream. The weight of the bow
and the armor threw the man to the
floor and when he tried to rise Bert
gave him a tap on the head with tha
sword. By this time Mr.. Harlan was
IN the hall and had settled the man
while Mrs. Harlan phoned for the
police. 40
The burglar was too much aston
lshed at the armor jumping on him to
defend himself, but he could NOT heln
aughing when the boy stepped out.
Well. l wonder what the old fell
low who wne this armor hundreds
OF years ago would think of its catch
Ing q burglar now" remarked Bert
as they watched the man being token
away by the officer.
Il suppose he Would be very propd
OF what it did, IL he Knew" laughed
MI. Harlan. Just as proud as I am
OF the way my boy trapped a burglar
with an old suit Of armor."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
WORSHIP HEROES IN EFFIGY
Figures In Commemoration Of
Ancient Warriors.

In Kashmir, India, 1t was once my
good fortune to visit a Hindu Duss-
rah, or native fair. The cantonment
of my host was some distance away
from the grounds, so we mounted two
Of his horses and rode through the
village out on the road to the fair
grounds, where we rode much of the
way in the wake Of an interminable
procession on its way to the Duss-
rah.
Above the heads of the multitude
three towering figures caught my eyes.
They we're fashioned after the form of
man, but crudely and grotesquely. and
they were 100 feet tall. turned to my
companion and asked him what they
were. He told me hat these mon
strous efigies we're reared to COM
memorate an ancient NEUROLOGICAL war
which, according to Hindu belief, took
place in Ceylon in the long ago.
Whether the story Is true or not,
the figures were undoubtedly real, and
became more monstrously real the
| closer we approached them. Later,
when we strolled at their feet, l saw
how they were made. Bamboo poles,
bound together after the Indian fash
ion of piecing out scaffolding, formed
the framework, and they were an
chored to the ground by ropes hid.
den under the costumes that were
made of coarse cloth. The heads of
the figures, g~rotesque and unreal in
their workmanship, were surmount.
ed by fancy crowns of gold and col.
ored paper.
The fair, indeed, was devoted en-.
tirely to the praise OF these mytho.
logical warriors and The heroic deeds
they are supposed to have done in
the ancient Ceylon wars
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
Tho Pauper Labor Peril.
From the New York. wo1

SS "StlAs
British manufacturers are gravely
alarmed over the invasion OF their home
market by American motor cars. No
more deplorable effect Of pauper labor has
been seel. in a long time. Because the
American workman must subsist on stary-
alton wages Of s a day. and tolls like a
day half-holiday. the foreign
turer is reduced to despair. He faces at
home the ruinous competition of American
rivals whose workmen are contented with
the American standar Of high living and
whose laws are framed to protect the
domestic consumer against the ,bane OF
cheap goods.
If the people Of the United states do
not take waSning from the breakdown Of
their high tariff system they may soon
find themselves in complete possession Of
the British motor car trade, and If Great
Britain does not organize a home market
club and a protective tariff league She
may witness such an invasion OF her mar
kets by cheap American labor as even
the most hysterical Chamberlainite never
dreamed OF. How can free labor any
where meet the competition of workmen
who are compelled to work eight hours
a day for a paltry $50 or 20 q week.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
What Poems Believe.

Just as the religion Of the Mexican
peon causes him to people his daily
surroundings with the presence Of tho
saints, SO does his superstitious mind
assign supernatural causes to things
not easily explained, and bid him see
evil spirits and hobgoblins in strange
or unfrequented places. 3a
Naturally, much Of this superstition
has come down with the traditions a
his Aztec forbears, whose polythetA
tic religion set up many imaginary
gods and spirits.
The devil and his attendant hobg0b-
Inns are active people In this peoples
minds.
But-happy tribute to the strength
OF Christianity!-the sign of the cross
Is potent to Danish imaginary tiends %
all ordinary occasions.
Every town dog believes he can
catch a rabbit. but a country dog
knows better.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
Mandy Didn't Care.

Mandy" said the old woman to her
daughter just back from a days wash
ing. Mandy, whut-all did Mis- Sally
done say t. yo'?"
She done say" repeated Mandy sol
emily and impressively: MANDY,
does yo' know that yo' persesses a i'm
mortal soul?'"
Ian sakes, Mandy! An whut did
yo' respon'?"
"Ah sayed," answered Mandy flip.
PANTY. "Ah dom care!'"-Times of
Cuba.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
False Pride.

Charles w. Morse began life hum
bly, and hates false pride.
"IM forget the wise advice
that an old employer of mine once
gave to a youth who had a good deal
of false pride.
THE youth was complaining about
the hard times, his enforced idleness
and so forth. My old employer cut
him off gruf1y with the words:
".Well, George, il you can't obtain
a position these days, why don't you
look up a job?'"-Philadelphia Ledger.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
Ready to Risk It.
From London Answers.

MI. Jones wants a windy pane ~
inches be a." remarked young Patrick
Mulrooney, entering the giazier's shop.
sistant who wanted to have a joke with
Pat.
Haven't any that size,' he replied
gragely. will one IA inches by IL do %
Pat looked thoughtful for a minute.
Then he replied:
Hes wantin' it at once, and this 10
the only shop in town. Give me wan O.
thin. P.h'aps If we put it in sideways
no one will notice"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
BERT's BURGLAR.
Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper S~yndicate-)

Copyright. 1916, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate-)
When Bert Harlan >ame home from
school on the last day OF the session
he found his father busy unlocking
something in the front hall. The
thing was finally put together and
there 1t stood. a fine set OF old Jap
anese armor.
The set was that Of some soldier
who had lived many hundred years
ago. 1t was made OF brass and red
silk, with heavy leather trimmings.
and the headpiece or helmet was a gor-
geous affair with q waving plume on
top.
Gee. but that's a peach!" laughed
Bert. 1T just about fits me. Here's a
battle sword that goes with it," and he
hshed up a quaint old kind of a
Ratchet from this bottom OF the box.
In a few moments Mr.. Harlan had the
figure all mounted and standing at the
foot Of the front hall stairs. The right
arms was held up by means of a wire
sword. After tea Mr.. Harlan and his
wife went to the theater. " will not
be home before H." said he, on see
Ing Bert reading by the library lamp.
so a k good care Of the house."
Don't worry" laughed Bert. with
that old Japanese warrior standing up
so fiercely In the hall l should think it
would take a pretty brave man to
come in alone. Don't hurry will
e here till YOU come back"
Bert sat in the quiet room deep in
his book till after 10. Then he turned
off the light n lay down on a lounge.
But he could not sleep. for outside he
heard footsteps on the gravel walk.
Nearer and nearer the sound came,
then the sound of steps softly tipping
on the porch till they reached the
door. Then Bert remembered that he
had forgotten to lock the door. Quick
ly h steps entered, and he heard a
mans heavy breathing. So Bert made
a dive and crawled under the sofa,
thinking 1T best to watch how things
We're going on. The nan came into
the room and switched on the electric
light; then he walked back into the
dining room and began to gather up
the silver. This he did by placing the
table cloth on the floor and tumbling
the knives. forks and spoons into it.
Then the robber went to the cabinet
in the sitting room and took out some
valuable bits Of antique jewelry, got
a pair Of silver candlesticks from the
mantel and put a tiny gold statue
In with the other plumber. Bert saw
all this. but kept quiet. Yet when
the man went on another trip to the
sitting room the boy darted out from
beneath the lounge into the dark hall.
He knew that the next move of the
man would be to go for anything Of
value in the bedrooms. and he formed
q plan to trap the burglar nicely. So
he opened the sides Of the Japanese
armor and crept in 1t. 1t hid him COM
pletely. but through the eyeholes Of
the helmet he could see everything
the burglar did.
Just as Bert expected, the man pres
emily vent upstairs and in a few min
utes began to descend. AS the bur.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
MOTHER OF
SCHOOL Girl
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham,.
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Daugh.
ter's Health.
Plover, Iowa. From a small child
my ID year old daughter had female

l spoke
to three doctors
about it and they did
not help her any.
E.. Pinkham's
V Vegetable Com
pound had been of
great benefit to me,
80 l decided to have
her give it a trial.
She has taken five
bottles of the Vege-
fohlo To~-1--l
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

I have kept a diary every year fur
the biggest part OF my life. but the
only object In it was to prove to myself
that I did not know half az much -
folks gave me credit fur.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

Some people are SO d~isagreeable
that they feel ashamed when they
laugh.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

Familiarity generally causes us to
smile at the other fellows epitaph.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

Any of us could draw the salary o
a Observation-Disclosures job.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

Tea plants average about fifteen
years of life.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

Unless it is a medium soft-boiled
egg, an earnest. efficient. conscientious
man usually is able to get anything he
wants.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

Two of the ingredients of Chinese
joss sticks are aconite, to protect
them from rats and mice, and cam
phor, which makes them burn stead.
lily.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

Many buns might reform if it did
not necessitate going to work.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

The German government has for
years fixed the retail price of drugs,
even to the extent of designating what
must be charged for bottle, cork, label
or ointment box used in dispensing the
medicine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26

In Toxic. Japan, the number sf un-
employed frequently exceeds loo, 900.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
Proof Positive.

IVOVT IVoIITVCs
Whites Brown an optimist?
Black-Just now he is! He has
Just put in his garden seeds!
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-26
A GIRLS HAsAFuL AGE,

(Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Much ado there was, God wot;
He would love and she would not;
She said. Never man was true
He said. None was false to you"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
ACLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DIR. Edwards, q Well-Known
Ohio Physician.

DR.. F. M. Edwards for II years
treated scores of women for liver
and bowel ailments. During these
years he gave to his patients q
prescription made Of few we'll
known vegetable Ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming
them DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets,
you will know them by their
olive color.
These tablets are wonder
workers on the liver and bowels,
which cause normal action, car
rying off the waste and poison
Gus matter that ones system col
lects.
If you have pale face, sallow
look, dull eyes, pimples, coated
tongue, headaches, a listless, no.
good feeling, all out of sorts, in
active bowels, you take one of
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets night
ly for a time and note the pleas
ing results.
Thousands of women as well as
men, take DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets now and then just to keep
in the pink of condition.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets,
the successful substitute for calo-
mel-10c and Csc per box. All
druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company,
Columbus, o.
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The volume of correspondence rapidly
the last Few months that further systematzng work
For that shall receive only
on wednesdays, between II a m.
keep open for visitors to the office with the hope that
friends Will on
other days shall have to limit services replying mail
CYNTHIA GREY.
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He said it not that the mems place to ask
introduction
do not have dancing cards. Just when
called wouldn't mind dancing
Please tell who is In the rightf
WHO KNOW.
A.-P1ease husband where
quette should introduce other While
doubt there number others
fun OF him for being stupid Jealous.
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BEACH TO OPEN
A NEW BUILDING

Lemons Beach Is preparing for
the dedication of its new school
building sometime within the
near future. The new build ng
will be one Of the most modern
Of the country types. Mrs. Ger
trude Kline IL principal.
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N=R*4YI=N
K7aaMMam(H

Vincent Astor, the young New
York millionaire, knows dozens
of the farmers who dwell around
Rhinecliff, his Hudson river es-
tate.
Once he overheard a Boosting
group around the West Shore
station.
"When / was a boy out in
Utah. said one old geezer, "the
farm was so big that when man
set out to plough rurrow in the
spring, he harvested his crops on
the way back in the fall"
Hugh" grunted another vet
eran, in Colorado when we sent
young married couples out to
milk the cows. their children
brought home the milk"
The war, it is predicted, will
send quinine to IS an ounce. Oh,
bitter pill!-Exchange.
OF SUCH STUFF AS THIS ARE
HEROES MADE
,(From the Grinnell, Ia, Herald.)
We saw a strong-minded,
though eccentric, individual yes
terday. He went by hardware
store where a washing machine
was standing out in front, with
out giving the handle jerk.
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UNANSWERABLE

why do you keep buying l,t-
terry tickets? You seldom ever
win a prize?"
why do you keep buying can
taloupes ?"-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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o. married devoted husband
and he has always been kind but lately
he has been nights occasion told
going lodge Che belongs several)
a cafe drinking with joyriding
getting home at 4
Please advise to what to take to "cure him.
before it further. WORRIED.
A-Thee no to beat around the bush and obtain results
this kind a
they you
wife, Let him choose 1.-The le
don't don't calm and deliberate
from know be just.
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off child is born the high
ionay of its parents that of the ship under whose
born? YOURS TRULY
A-The child's nationality same as that of it,
parents.
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o. attend country with my husband once in
awhile and acquainted with the
The others know sight,
been introduced them, consequently they ask
dance So husband is the only get to dance with
When got home 10 dances
with told him 1t his place that had part
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ONLY HINT

do ! understand" asked the
irateparent, that there is some
idiotio affair between you and
young Deadbroke?"
mot very much, father" re-
piled his daughter, "only you. -
Ladies' Home Journal.
(From the Edgerton, Neb., Ga
zette.)
Married-At the M. E. parson-
age last Thursday evening, Miss
Annabelle Skidder and Charles e.
Speeder.
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She-Did you ever dream Of
becoming apirate when you were
q boy?
He--Yes, and my dream has
come true. I'm owner of dig
auto repair shop.
SELAH.
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THE CENSORS WILL SURELY
GET AFTER THIS

Give thousand persons and
1000 costumes were used in pro-
ducing In the Palace of the King
by the Essanay Co. From the
movie news column.
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Business is booming!
PAGE Y1v]

Dayton, Ohio.
Merchants everywhere tell our
500 statesmen that business is
booming.
Farmers haze had two record
crops, at big prices, Nth big
demand at home and abroad.
Stocks of manufactured material
are short, and labor is in great
demand.
Exports largely exceed imports.
Factories are busy, many Work
ing overtime.
More freight cars are needed, and
steamers are taxed to capacity.
People are living better, and
spending their money more freely.
This country has the best money
in the world, and more of it than
eUer before.
Such a combination of favorable
circumstances neuer has occurred
before, and probably wiN neuer
occur again.
Billions of dollars are passing
ouer the merchants counters.
The people who spend this money
Want the best service.
They demand it in all kinds of
stores, from the smallest to the
largest.
They get it in stores Dhich use
our up-to-date Cash Registers,
Which quicken service, stop mis-
takes, satisfy customers, and
increase profits.
Ouer a million merchants haue
proved our Cash Registers to be
a business necessity.
'''''' Mhs4zz'~s'.-
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To Mrs E. W.: 1 read your letter and you
that hit the nail the head
gate power few How foolish when stop
think of It'll Why not the mail and the printing How
do what should
1t like the darkey who chicken He didn't
then he prayed be after got
do for well for yourself
work for the mail and the which will enable
somewhere with education. 1t will the
the ignorant then there will be understanding
MRS. T. w. B.
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Q-I In trouble. When years old 1 thought
loved but of the old story have
died for him; he betrayed then left
to become mother wrote letter after him.
always wrote back WELL you stepped fire.
stand the burn So left home.
very dear lady took cared until
baby II boy. Then there
live him, and him He
always kept word. lived for him him alone
a music teacher making good. a little
paid little money laid a rainy day."
my could be until day
where live.
The thinks his father dead, and wish him
this trying to force marry
don't will take the baby and Miss
poison. He caused suffer what
only the little girl who through what did
ben kind to advise others who ignorant
that when 1t to law have the slightest
idea far he Oh, believe would die without
baby! He all have and all / want
Please tell IL this take him from law?
don't to lawyer don't want boy to know
this his father Please and will always be
your debtor. MOTHER.
A-There is no law unjust that it will serve as cloak 70
the this He lay his
He relnquhed all claim
he deserted its mother like coward and permitted
born out Of wedlcck His game is too msy Now that hav
with life death and made good thinks
and share honor Don't tolerate his
him
deal with him he richly deserves II have
troube Juvenile Judge district tell
him and know he will stand by You have
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Own you please pr

Own please print in your columns a recipe for
making chill carne? BOB 8.
A-Take beans and boil onehak hour In
Then throw the
fine. Salt when done and with the following
seeds insides
grinders fresh
pep pepper, salt butter and thicken with flour.
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Own you kindly answer the following question:
goat swim2 Now this not foolish question, wish
settle argument asked before
will answer at once will be greatly obliged F.
ALIAS Cynthia Grey familiar with
mentioned ANIMAL and having failed find
whether
articles
ton to the readers. "Can a swim?"
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Tuesday, Nov. 2 1915.

EDDY-Askee what is scienti-
flo slalesmenship. Selling dless
suit to Milan who come in to buy
celluloid cola.
ARTHUR-Askee why owl al
iasamee called bird of wisdom.
BECAUSE go sleep when fools like
you in bled.
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Q-Shoud letter of introduction be sealed? C. s.
A-No such letters sealed is
A
would imply doubt of bearer
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Q-I have been going great with young man and
have fond him, he has of he
annoying habits which he could He al
ways greets the with hello"
raising his hat When the theater with
out ever thinking of until When CO. he
up and walks out without looking whether
not am coming Naturally these things you
think ought to speak about these matters? F.
A-His actions be the result of eshness thoughtess
Many thoughes and
calls attention
tactful he is
right of he will he
fnconsderae
learn his disposition before
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REMEMBER THAT CHICAGO Is
NOW DRY ON SUNDAY

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 2.-The
Evanston Congregational church
services for Sunday, Oct. 81, were
programmed thus: "Choir-'1Io,
Every One That Thirstethl Ad-
dress-Mr. Frank B. Ebbert, the
attorney of the Anti-Saloon
league"
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my senior two years ago he being only 20 then We
red secretly and have lived that
supported myself Now he is of and has little
ahead think should let friends of
marriage, but he objects another
then be married We along this
first quarrel What do think should BIN
A-Secret marriages always unsatisfactory.
marriage
kept secret 1t is scarcely fair
ance of this important