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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02

PARENZO, AUSTRIA ;

Neutrality-suspicious., on the Istri-
to the latest dispatches, was shelled by
italian naval forces, is the subject Of
'oday's war geography bulletin issued
by the National Geographic society
Eom Washington:
The ancient basiiica of Parenzo,
Khich Austria claims has been dam
aged by Italian shell fire from a fleet
cruising off the west coast Of the Is
lrlan peninsula, Is n of the Oldest
md most famous ecclesiastical struc-
cures in Europe. The %campanile. the
!%oofless baptistry and church proper
late from the Sixth century and stand
IN the site of an even earlier structure,
probably of the Third or Fourth cen
Jury, judging from the mosaic pave
nents and inscriptions which have
been discovered. The cathedral now
itanding was begun about II years
tfter he establishment of the P%arenzo
sishopric in 524. Some of the mosaic
work in this building, which is dedi-
:ated to ST. M%aurus, is especially brill
liant, and in the apse walls there is
itch inlay work in marble and mother
If pearl, similar to hat in the more
widely known cathedral of Torcello,
lear Venice.
"Parenzo enjoyed a considerable
trade before the outbreak of the war
and the principal occupations of it's
1880 inhabitants, mainly Italians,
we're shipbuilding n fishing. The
port is IS knots by sea south of Trieste
and IS miles distant by rail. 1t is 10
miles north of the interesting town of
Rovigno, the Rubiginium of the an
GENTS.
The history of Parenzo goes back to
the second century before the Christian
FRA, when it was known as Parentium.
It was elevated to a place of prominence
by Augustus Caesar, who established a
colony here shortly after his over
whelming ave- victory at Actium,
where Marc Antony fled, ANONYMOUSLY
surrendering all hope of a world en-
pire In order to seek forgetfulness in
the caresses of the Egyptian siren
Cleopatra.
Under the Roman empire P%arentium
became a town of 5000 inhabitants
within the walls, while 10000 people
occupied the suburbs. During the as
cendancy of the Venetian republic il
acknowledged the supremacy of the
queen of the Adriatic, and as a resul
In 1854 was sacked by a Genoese fleet
commanded by one of the famous Doria
family which figured c~onspicuously il
the history of the west Italian city
during the Fourtheenth century.
TN addition to the famous cathedral
ParenZo guards the interesting ruins OF
two Roman temples. The peninsula OIL
which the town is built is supposed tc
be subsiding gradually into the Adri-
attic, as the p~avements of the Roman
period are three feet below the present
street levels. while the city site today
Is in no place more than five feet above
sea level. Overlooking the port from
In island at the mouth Of the harbol
Is a lighthouse.
"a few miles to the south of ParenZ(
are the Brionian islands, whose quar-.
ries furnished practically all the ston,
for the palaces and bridges Of medi'
eval Venice"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
The Passing of Lady Byzantine.

From the Chicago News.
Lady Byzantine. the hen that was sold
about a year g for a fabulous sum
that the lay mind cannot grasp-the lay
mind in these tight times becoming con-
fused when there are more than three
ci~phers-has gone to her reward, what
fver that may be-.
Laylnen may dimly comprehend the
value of Lady Byzantine when they con.
slider that her eggs sold for $40 apiece
and that she laid 315 eggs in one year.
Next to the famous goose hat laid the
golden eggs, she was the worlds great
est oviparous producer of wealth. In
passing it should be remarked that a
iayman is not necessarily the owner OF
{. poultry farm.
Lady Byzantine is dead. Her life is
n lesson in the value of industry and
thrift. Her first owner, who developed
her talents, SOLD. her for a handsome for
tune. Her buyer lost her too soon to
realize upon his investment. Between
the two, however, there is a lesson. or
there ought to be, considering the many
ciphers.
AS for what Lady Byzantine got out OF
it. tina is another story, immaterial,
impertinent and ungermaine, as the cor
poration lawyers say. Still, one can not
but picture that excellent creature in
the minds eye as a rather tough old
hen that died a natural death and was,
therefore, not even good for a chicken
G<ou-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Royce's Idea of Life After Death.
rrom tho Kansas CITY Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
Immortality was part OF the nhi'9Souh-
guished Harvard philosopher vi died
the other lay. He could ltot ount for
the world on any basis that Isn9red the
eternal value of the ,ndiylnu3'; Just sa
ord volume OF his great work, The
World ard the Individual" he permitted
his Imagination to suggest a theory that
~harlnonized with the recognized facts of
psychology.
What. Royce asked, do we mean ny the
1t. the moment has passed. And just how
long is "now?' Is it one second, or hair
a second. or the millionth part of one9
After all. isn't what we call the pres
depend on cur own makeup? Isn't it the
length of time which this particular per-
sonality is able TO grasp as a unit?
We can conceive of Il race of beings so
constituted that Il dynamite explosion
might seem TO them to embrace the events
of a life time, Just as We eau conceive OF
a race of beings so small that a pinheah
might represent Their planet. For space,
like time, is n relative thing aud depends
on the constitution of the observer.
So, too, we can conceive of a race to
which the events of a Thousand terrestrial
years might be com2rehended as a single
moment. The psaimist had the same
thing in mind when he wrote:
For a thousand years In Thy sight are
uuN Ss y ''N' '' 'iN ~ - l&"tb eiINa -
n watch in the night.
Well. then, If our limi,d vision is due
to the accident of our human personality,
II we see such n small agme of the
universe In our little three score years and
10, why is it not possible that the effect
of death is to %lcngthen our time span?
May 1t not be that when this our earthly
tabernacle is dissolved, we shall be able to
get a more comprehensive view of the uni
verse? To see the significance If the pro-
ccssion of the centuries in q way which
NO 80 ~, coo ,tr.I ar Ia, rtn i,N :, q
A being SC" as to be able to hear
only one note at a time, would have nc
conception of the harmonies of the great
symphony. SO it may be. Royce insisted
that death may rid us of limitations that
prevent us from comprehending the rea.
meaning of life.
We may wonder whether the philoso
phcr, as he lay diving. looked forward will
zest TO the great adventure, believing n.
was nearing the solution of some of Tho
problems to which he had devoted hi:
life'S work
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Eye Strain Increasina.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Improper lighting systems used in tho
home, school room and office are respon-
sible TO a large degree for the increase in
defective vision ard diseases Of the eye.
according to DR.. c. l.. Ferree, professor
of psychology at Bryn Mawr college. DR..
Ferree was one of the speakers at a meet.
ing of the Illuminating Engineering So
ciety, which is holding its convention in
this city. He said:
Defects Of vision are increasing at an
alarming rate in this country. l have
made a large number ofAxperiments for
detecting the comparative tendencies Of
different lighting conditions to cause a
loss in the eyes power to sustain clear
seeing for a period of work. From these
experiments it was clear that the lighting
systems in use in most homes, offices and
in schools where night work is done are
defective and faulty and really RESPONSE
be to a large degree-fo for. eye trouble.
DR.. Ferree's experiments dealt with the
effect on the y OF, three lighting install
lationsIdirect. s~esni-indirect and Indirect
in illuminating effects. He declared that
indirect and s~emi-indirect illuminating
systems resulted in little or no strain on
the eye.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Tho Quality of Gasoline.
From the WASHINGTON Times

FROM the Washington Times.
The Retail Merchants association is nm
ecrtaklng a valuable bit of work In it's ef-
lorts TO obtain regulation of the quality or
gasoline. ' "
Ihe man who !snorantly buys low grade
sasoLne not only Is failing to get his
money 8 worth: he is using a fuel which
INJURIES his car, and even placing his life
III Jeopardy. Several deaths. and narrow
ts:apes from death in closed garages In
ms city, were held to be due to fumes
from low grade gasoline.
! ne weights and measures branch of the
municipal government can care for short
measure sales. But in the absence Of any
of quality. nothing can be done
ABOUT selling a low grade article.
IN taxing up the matter with the depart-
l1ent or the Retail Merchants
ASSOCIATION has paved the way for national
legislation In respect to standard require
inents for gasoline. Tests now are making
70 determine whether a maximum and
minimum OF specific gravity can be fixed.
SO mat gasoline within that range may be
considered pure.
With the rapidly increasing ownership
OF mobi the entire question of pure
gasoline is one that touches a large por-
ton of the public.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
War Does Not Respect Genius.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
When the alarm of war is sounded and
the call to colors comes all men look alike
In the eyes of the war lords. Genius Is
genius protected from the batteries of the
army.
There died in a military hospital in
famous the world over for his irresistible
performances in moving picture dramas.
His powers Of pantomimic expression
We're greater thar those of Marcel, the
in his supreme day.
AS a moving picture artist he was
called upon to take great hazards. Dam
gers We're encountered in many scenes and
ms llfe was many times in danger in try
ing situations. He survived them all, to
fall a victim to a bullet which had no re-
spect for art or genius.
He died with a smile on his face and
told the Red Cross nurse at his side that
he was sorry that the people could not see
upon the screen how cheerfully he died.
does not discriminate between poet and
peasant. War levels all and places all on
an equal footing.
Notwithstanding this and the death of
a man VINO In his time made thousands
iaugh, the moving picture invasion con-
tlnues. a brilliant figure has been with
drawn Or from the screen; A successor will
De Iound nd, me man who drops from the
At the beginning of the war the prog
ress of the moving picture interest was
10 an extent blocked. New fields have
been opened up which the film promoter
Is eager to explore.
Generals. identified with the fghting
armies, seem to realize that for the bene-
ord of the war should be preserved. The
oloody scenes OF carnage will be censored,
but there are certain warlike. movements
that will become invaluable in the future.
For this reason the moving picture man
is being tolerated and In most Instances
protected while at the front.
In times of war the man with a camera
Is looked upon with suspicion. If he hap
pens to be caught near the front with a
not well fortified with credentials vii
share the common fate of spies.
After the, war Is over hfsterfesywil be
ent battles will be penned. No written
words can so wildly bring before the
people Of the future the story of this war
a. the description afforded by the moving
picture man.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
"Y0U ALL" IN REAL LIFE
AND ITS LITERARY USE
From the New York Times.

Ivan ki0 { vi ~ iiiSS
Where does that all car go?" was the
question a man asked of the motorman.
, ne was extending the use of all in the
He might ave asked, Where d. you all
go" All did not go, evidently, to one
place; hence the confused that all car"
the car.
a northerner listening would AVE
Smiled at the confirmation of the err
roneous opinion held in some quarters
number. But just as the old English had
q word for we two (wit) and you two,
(yit), the southern has you all" for you
and others.
The southern usage of you ALL adj
dressed to a lone person is understood to
mean "'you and the Others ((of q party
or tamily). That is the meaning of the
locution, and it may be worth illustrating
with examples.
In Alfred Henry Lewis Peggy o'Neal,"
3 negro is made to refer to one person as
rate for negro life in Tennessee. the scene
Of the story,
The correct use. however, from the
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill"
Billy and Jimmy nave gone on the ex-
:ursion and the negro, sam Lamb, comes
ap to them.
, Hit don't matter what y'an wants.
vas the negro's reply. 'Yan gotta git
| light off. Sis-here 'scursion train don't
cave twell ~ O'Clock. Now y'all set ies'
Is straight as Yer kin set and don't yuh
:ry TO lope out Oh de platform neider.
Set whar ! kin keep my eyes skinned on
suh. yuh Slippery elum cells
I, When he is thinking of the two sep
Notwithstanding both to keep their
seats-he says 'y'all;" when he is
threatening, when the accent is not on
the you-ness. he says, and correctly
'Euh, yuh little cells" He continues:
Den l. gWine come back and wash
yer, so y'll look like spectacle white
tolkS?'"
In this he slurs you all II look like
into ''y'll look like"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Commanders Are the
Great Strategists of the War
European Letter.

crushed. Rumahia would have come in
much sooner, Bulgaria and Greece would
probably nave joined the allies and the
war might have been over by now. MIR.
Lloyd-George's views were resisted for
nine months.
BRAND Steps In.
Then began the great role of the French
Premier, NJ. BRAND. General Joffre him
self had been converted to the Sa!oniki
idea, and carried it with famous energy
at an intensely dramatic war council held
in London. But it was necessary to give
a Yet fuller and more mastcrful interpre-
tation to the theory Of action in the Bal
kans. AS president Of the conferences Of
the grand alliance in Paris. NJ. BRAND was
in Il position Of rare influence, He used
that influence with all his Impressive and
persuasive eloQuencc to enforce the doc
trine of the single and continuous front,
linking up all the allied armies from Bel
GUM through France, Italy, the Balkans
and Rumania into Galicia and Russia.
1t vas a magnificent conception. 1t
combined, as events have already shown
and will yet prove more wildly. the spirit
of Grant with that of Leo. Under the
conditions of trench warfare. the central
empires had to be attacked all around be-
fore the allies superiority of resources,
their grasp of the initiative. their final
intellectual combination could come into
full play. ....
To the completion of the vast scheme
urged by M. BRAND, Bulgaria is the only
obstacle. The present combined effort to
force or remove that obstacle is no side
show, as superficial judgments were long
apt to suppose. but is one of the browning
things of this war and one Of the most
fascinating movements in any war. From
the first ] have riske the opinion that
H~indenburg Is bound to make an effort
to save Bulgaria and the connection with
Turkey. He is bound to do that II he is
to have any chance of saving even Austria
and staying the advance of total disaster.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
The "1hird lenree.n
From the I!:dianapolis New

From the Indianapolis News.
Another convict, standing in the shadow
OF .he e!eC uad ~ nn tha nm otis orns. nas
9esn re aprd : 10 on nrava bic innacencs u r ~
nelte tet MI - ~ +ha n ni,g n I'm.
Weeks. me Thnn 49, p. , n,b,io neat tma IN I'M. an5
lnstante e - ritbb a nrrda, nf .lieo anu
conTietea tor u 'h hoir n"' of ,h ~ q poii eet al.
Ml'n.l d j iem fr ants v ua =" Gev u,ne SCI Iot
ms eAeth.ion, ~, w. uuneiopeH .hae
caused INC otSsddnroof t. stam. a say o.
fsnteTac anr of ne rs lea5 = - ns!leve
that. III n1sM - Iii w, utn ,,W.s 81 r. eN.-
oence' "n eNeneoaHs W at-
aqltten. v.rda, u;,,or 90 s;nc ci,a
DEPUTY ha,iaf Mr IN ~ o1ns pms
declares ms otsie tha ~ b n1 ~ ann 5 lnh o.
cenee w . men cond em ne az ~ ~
many ~ inin,itia. ~ thn - Iea.''
.nrousn r ~ neodia.s y, Wv rn1ia "e.
gree. nnn'' ,na ~ 49, s III I'm "a
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02

Yet it Is fair to say that il the great
soldiers who lead the allied armies had
been left to themselves, the common cause
would not have been SO advanced as 1t is
Today. Each of them was necessarily pre-
occupied for a long time with his own
particular front or sector.
The Statesmen.
1t was the statesmen who brought about
the masterful coordination. and among
these statesmen We're not only deliberate
ministers of the older stamp, like Lord
Grey and Baron Sonnino, but political
leaders like Mr.. Lloyd-George and NJ. Bri-
and, whose careers would have been as
impossible in Germany as that OF Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Far sooner and more dec:sively than any
soldier, Mr.. Lioyd-George seized on the
meaning of the trench deadlock and the
method of breaking it. Without him the
allies might never have come in sight of
| winning. This we may say when we think
Of the prodigious output to which the
| British ministry of munitions has attained
In this present month. Even in France
civilian insight like that of NJ. Albert
| Thomas led the soldiers on tie munitions
question.
Finally, the political ability and imagi-
nation Of statesmen who would never have
had the faintest chance of coming to the
top in Germany dared even to tolch the
sacred sphere of strategy. A minority of
thinkers. chiefly civilian, formed a def
mite, reasoned, farsighted view early in
the war that the enemy would have to be
much weakened in the east before he
could be overthrown in the west, and that
the line of final victory for the allies
would have to run through the Balkans.
Conversion of the allies ouncil to this
doctrine was very slow.
Mr.. Lloyd-George was the first to advo-
cate IN expedition from Saloniki. He
urged this idea, l believe, az early as No
veinber, 1914. Could he nave had his way
at that time Serbia would never have been
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Imaginary Husbands for Girls.
From the Sacramento Bee.

FTOm IHe oaCrel1thtO Zee.
Palo Alto. Cal.-Ar extremely prac-
teal popular course in home economies
has been established at Leland Stanford
university by DR.. Jessica PeiXotto.
each girl takes an imaginary hns-
band, with a stipulated income. fur
nishes Il home for him, feeds him. takes
care of imaginary children, settles all
domestic problems, and must ON out
at the end Of the course on the right
side OF the balance sheet. They are he
ing taught to live within an average in
come and to live wisely.
1t is said thot the young men of Le-
land Stanford are busy applying for po-
sitions as Imaginary husbands" They
appear perfectly willing to be expert
mented upon in the way of cooking. But
when it comes to keeping up home ex-
penses they are willing to Jet the game
remain imaginary.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
The Little Brown Bulbs.

The little brown bulbs went to sleep in
the ground,
in their little brown nighties they sicp.
very sound
And winter he ragged and he roared over
head,
But never a bulb turned over in bed.
But when spring came tripping over the
lea,
Her finger on lip, as still as could be: g
The little brown bulbs, at her. very first
tread,
All split up their nightiest and got out ~
bed! -DelineatDr.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Learn to Dive.

Probably no form OF athletic exercise
Is SO full of thrills for the spectators
and so remarkably fascinating for the
athlete as is fancy diving.
The dives are not SO very hard fol
the average young person to learn anG
the plain front and back dives are real
~ very simple. Fol- the athlete who.
has practiced tumbling. diving be.
comes very easy indeed. There is lit.
tie or no danger from a spring board
II there is sufficient depth Of water un.
der it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02

IDLE ENVY.
Rv Wall hsSan.

0y wait HIdSOU.
e the husky young man
pass. and mutier to myself:
Alas! How much envy him.
I'm bent beneath my weight OF
years. the finish to my view APP
; pears, while he has strength
; and VIM" But, when I've pom
dered things a while, ] recon
struct my faded smile, and yea
it on my face, l say: Youth
has more grief than age, more
; worry, trouble. futile rage--i'd
not be in his place" l sit be-
Meath my fig and Vine, and sweet
serenity is mine. nausht can
disturb my calm: eNtinSuished
are the fires that burned my
heart in youth, my G n
turned to Giiead, its balm. The
smoothest CIR! In own may
pass, the most respondent. COR
90 lass, no rapture will she
rouse; but that young man |
envied late, will spend the night
before her gate, and fill the air
= with vows. He'll lose his sleep
and appetite. and silly verses
7 he'll in6ite, on wedding bells in
= tent: hen fret and fume and
= rend his soul, and. when she
: finds he's blown his RON. she'll
= wed some other gent. OH. youth
= is full of rage and pain. II only
! age is safe and sane, c"nSoiing
= and sublime; and so | 81. beside
! my door. and moraliHe an hour
! or more, and have tie blamed
! est time.
bt*<<<
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Not Their Lona Suit.

From Judge.
Gazzam-Choliy comes OF distinguished
ancestors.
Miss Observation-Disclosures. no doubt
but not as ancestors.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Disoualifyino.

From Judge.
Miranda-Don't you think every young
girl should fit herself for marriage?
Minerva-Why. II she did nobody would
want to marry her.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
Packing For vacation.
Ero~ Yi$~

'Jack?"
"Yes?"
Cant you bring some fat friend hcrue
70 dinner? I positively must have auWs
heavyweight to sit on my trnnk.s
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
From the Atlanta Constitute

It a dark day" some one said to
Brother Williams, "a very dark hope
less c.y."
And then the old negro said: Hits ez
you look at it. But why don you un-
lock de sunshine? Amt you got some
hid round de house some'rs-in some
OF cc'ner what you clean forgot? Stir
round! Sir 'roun', an urn de sunshine
loose. It's DARN yo' house and heart
Here" the dark day mourner said.
there's 81 for you, old an" j.
"Bless God!'' Brother Williams said.
II knowed you'd turn loose de sunshine.
Hit wuz in yo' pocket all de time!.".
New Jersey factories employ $4,000
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02
That Takes Good Credit.

From the Detroit Free PresA
"Is his credit good?"
1T must be. I understand he owes
money to everybody"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02

New Jersey factories employ 1920 0t
operatives.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-02

Stockholm, Sweden, Thy maiD.-Not-
outstanding the many obstacles with
winch they meet, Representatives OF
American exporting concerns here are
endeavoring to maintain trade relations
between the United States n Sweden
so as to be in position to take advan-
ta5a of the permanent opportunities eX-
pected with the conclusion of European
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-12

barring her neck. .'If any one comes out keep between him and me, won't you? Oh, this is very much better!'
 'What are you doing here?" he e. handed with attempted sternness.
 "You think it inconceivable that have turned patriot?"
 Turned pntriot?'
 l''Or, rather" she corrected, 'that I may have been patriot all the timer" "What do you mean?'
 "So you escaped from the hospital?'
 "Oh, quite four days ago." Ele reached into pocket and drew forth a box of cigarettes, opened it and of fered it to him.
 "You are going to smoker he asked her.
 "No. but wish you to. if you want" !"
 "You were smoking when-the other evening?"
 "Yes; there were reasons then, but I confess-I do not like it. So will not you for me? I may cool myself still, and a puff of smoke will give me time to cover if any one comes.''
 He selected a cigarette and held it. She offered him lighter. What is it? Oh you fear poison?' She shatched the cigarette from his fin gers, put it between her lips, lighted 1t, and phffed moment. then offered 1t to him. He took 1t. coloring, and put 1t between his lips.
 "What are you doing here?" he re-