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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Force of LIGHT.

Light has an actual mechanical pres
sure and can be measured in the lab
oratory. 1t has been found that the
suns light in itself presses against the
earth with q force something like TO-
COO tons. AS the surface Of a sphere
varies as the square of the radius, and
as the volume or mass varies as the
cube of the radius, and as the me-
chanical pressure Of light on the whole
surface varies as that surface, and as
the force of gravity varies as the mass,
if a sphere is made smaller and smaller
1t is easily seen that the pressure Of
light does not decrease so fast as the
force of gravity, so bodies beyond a
certain minutencss could not reach the
sun. but would be repealed by the me
chanical force of its light.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
EASY CHEMICAL FEATS.
How to Fireproof Cloth and to Make
Synlpathetic Ink.

Sympathetic Ink.
sympathetic ink" popularity consid-
cred a first aid to war spies in writ
ing invisible communications. and
%"nreproof cloth" offer two interesting
chemical experiments the formulas for
which have been supplied by a con
tr1butor to the Electrical Experimental.
They follow:
sympathetic Ink.-With a clean steel
pen write on white paper with a cobalt
chloride solution and let dry. When
h paper is held near a fire the writ
ing will gradually appear and disap-
Dear again when it cools because the
chloride absorbs moisture from the air.
Even though the paper is scorched, the
writing will still be visible.
F~ireproofing Cloth. - First get two
glass tumblers. Add two t~easpoonfuls
OF ammonium chloride to the water
in L glass and stir until dissolved
In the other glass put a piece of cot
ton cloth two or three inches square
and then pour the dissolved ammonium
chloride into the glass containing the
cloth and see that it is well soaked
with the solution. Hang the cloth up
and let it dry. Then touch it with q
lighted match. 1t will burn In the
flame, but will go out as soon as the
flame is removed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
STYLES AND THE WOMAN.
Fashions In Dress and Hair In the ORR
ent and Occident.

Styles of oriental dress differ wide.
u, but I can safely leave it to any I'M
,prejudiced observer that the American
and European woman Is the most hid
eOusly, inefIicieptly and uneconomically
dressed woman OF earth. The Japa
nesa kimono, familiar to all of us and
typical of oriental garb. is made Of
straight lengths Of material which, like
~ the others, Is disable after It's first
freshness IS gone.
We, Boosting of our efficiency. cut
garments into inconceivable bits, have
chem sewed together at great expense,
only to discard them as useless after
= few, months wear.
And consider hairdressing. It's all a
matter of taste whether one smooths
each individual hair with coco butter,
- In India, or with a paste Of slippery
oam bark, as in China. Both are to be
preferred to the usual untidy appear
Ance Of the western couture that leads
!11e oriental to ask, "Do they ever comb
their hair?'
The more you know Of oriental wom-
N the more you know they are like us.
The seeming differences are largely a
matter of snpericialities, like the color
u the skin, Indian women use saffron
10 produce a beautiful yellow complex
2on. Chinese ard Japanese women like
touch Of carmine on their sallow
faces, while American women put on
Mrst q carmille coating, then a white.
Each Is plainly satisfied with the eff
xect.-Estelle Paddock in World Out
hook.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
CURIOUS %COURTsHlP.
Chinese Girls Allowed No Choice In
Pickinq q Husband.

@@ TISHtnS T1OopdDQs
As soon as the Chinese lady is
old enough to be married her father
chooses "a husband for her. She is nev-
er allowed to see him herself. Her
father carries on all the courtship for
her. The poor Chinaman does not see
his girl until the day of the wedding.
He does not know whether she Is pref
ty or whether she has a temper.
On the great day the bride is dressed
n very gay clothes and placed In a
sedan chair. and she is carried toward
her husband. A crowd Of people 20
with her, carrying torches which are
lighted even IL it be a DON wedding.
A band of drums and flies preccdes
the chair, and, no matter how hard the
bride tried to get away. she could not,
~ the chair is locked, and an old serv-
ant carries the key. The key is then
given to the bridegroom, and he is
the only n privileged to open 1t.
When he opens the doors Of the Sc
dan chair he lifts the veil the little
Chinese lady wears over her face, and
n he does not like the face Of his fu-
ture bride he orders the servants to
take her back to her fathers roof, and
- pays the girl q sum of money to
make up for the loss of his compaD-
1onship. But If he thinks he is going
to like the little lady he asks her to
come in, and the chair is sen back
empty. Then there is n grand feast.
and the Chinanan is married.
Queer, isn't it? Aren't you glad you
I'VE In America and are free to wed
whom you loye?-Cincinnati CONNER
,SaRl Tribune.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
TRAPPED IN A sToKEHoLE.
The Fate That Firemen on a Warship
Are Liable to Meet.

The soldiers who fight with least rec
ognition in the battles at sea are the
stokers Of the destroyers running at
command of a stoker petty officer in a
space 50 narrow that movement of any
kind seems impossible. There is a fur
mace in front and one in the back.
Sandwiched in between is a maze of
levers, pipes, pumps and gear.
Yet within these close quarters the
stokers find space to perform their
Notwithstanding toll in an atmosphere al
most too hot to breathe, says the Pop
ular Science Monthly. When the men
are at their posts the iron hatch is
closed down, and the air sucked in
through a v%entilator has to pass
through the furnace before it gets to
them.
so long as the pumps work well and
the evaporated water is displaced with
automatic regularity by fresh neither
the tubes nor the boiler casting can
get dangerously hot. But sometimes
without apparent cause the water slow
~ descends below the level. Some
times the cause of mischief is a leak
age-a pipe broken or a joint strained
that allows the water to escape,
If it can be remedied, well and good.
But if not and the water continues
to drop steadily the stoker petty officer
has but one duty to perform-to keep
the hatchway from being opened by
the frenzied stokers, thus allowing
the flames to escape and destroy the
entire vessel. The heroes who perish
in the stokeholds like so many rats
caught in a fiery trap are not ever
listed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Odd North Enclish Dialect.

A strange set of numerals was used
by the elder generation of farmers in
one Of our northern dales, especially
For counting sheep, and the procedure
was as follows:
A gap was made in the wall just
wide enough to admit one sheep at a
time, and as the sheep We're driven
through the farmer counted them.
making a notch in his stick at every
Afteen.
Phonetically the numerals sound like
yam, tame, tether, neither, pip, sax,
zane, caterer. wheeler, dick. yann-er-
.A3ck, tane-er-dick, te~th-er-dick. neither
Ar-dick, boomtit."
"Boomfit" was fifteen, and so a notch
:Was made in the stick, and the strange
Ahant began all v again.-London
chronicle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
PESTS THAT LIVE ON PESTS.
Tiny Scorpion-like Grabs a Deadly Foe
to Housefijes.

To the naturalist or to any one &C.
fact is apparent that the problems of
existence are pfoportionately the same
in every form or stratum of life. Even
the comnfo housefy. which seemingly
has nothing else to do but to crawl
laZily oyer whatever is left uncovered
and then go happily on its way, doing
it's best to bring about an aGiliation
between The c.ean and the unclean. oc-
c~asionally meets its Nemesis in the
form of n tiny crablike creature which
attaches itself to the fy's legs.
These little creatures are known to
The scientists as pseudo scorpions, or
chelifers. says the Popular Science
Monthly. They may sometimes be
found between the leaves OF old books
hat have stood unused for a long
time and also beneath the bark of trees
and in NOSES.
Although they are called false scor-
pionS, they resemble the true scorpion
closely ir general structure except for
their minute size. But they have no
poison gland as the true scorpions
have. They attach themselves to other
insects also, but they seem to be the
special pest of the h~ousehies. Scion
lists suppose that they seize the fy's
leg and mold on until the fly dies, either
worried or frightened to death by the
undesirable presence. When the fly is
dead the little creature feeds on the
hSIr
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
"ANY PLACE THAT is WILD"
John Muir Wanted to Get Far From the
Maddina Crowd.


Once, on reading a magazine article
by an enthusiastic young mountain
climber who dilated upon his thrilling
adventures in scaling Mount Tyndall,
John Muir commented dryly: HE must
have given himself a lot of trouble.
When | climbed Tyndall 1 ran up and
back before breakfast"
AT a time when trails We're few and
hard to find he explored the Sierra,
which, he said, should be called not
the Nevada or Snowy range, but the
Range of Light. When night came he
selected the lee side of a log, made a
lire and Went to sleep on a bed of pine
needles. If it was showing he made
a bigger fire and lay closer 10 his log
shelter.
Outdoors is the natural place for
man." he said. Il begin to cough and
Wheeze the minute l get within walls"
Never at a loss to make his way in
the wilderness, lie was completely be-
wildered in the midst of city streets.
What is the nearest way out of
town" he asked OF a man in the bust
ness section of san Francisco soon aft
er he landed at the Golden Gate in
1868.
but l don't know where you want
to go!' protested the surprised pedes-
trian.
ITO any place that is Wild" he re-
pl1ed.-Mary II. Parkman in st. Mich
OlaS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
County Commissioners of Hughes County, S. D.,
at the Office of the County Auditor until2 o'clock
p. M, on Saturday, January 9Th, 1917, for the
DeGrey township, Hughes County, S. d. Such
construction to be done in accordance with plans
and specifications now on file in the office of the
County Auditor.
A certified check of $500 must accomp any
each bid.
The Board reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Given by order of the County Commissioners of
Hughes County, S. D., this 9Th day Of December,
1916. j. H.. STABKEY.
County Auditor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
History of the Word "reIeor,m.n

In the "reminiscences of Frederick
Seward, son of William II. Seward, he
tells Of the day in the Office of the
Albany Evening Journal, edited by
Thurlow Weed, the political Warwick
Of his time, when the word telegram
was first used in that paper. Indeed,
it is intimated that the word was
there coined by one e. P. Smith and
soon taken up and used generally in
England as well as In the United
States. To pronounce on the validity
Of this claim, who is competent? But
1t is always interesting to get a side
light on the paternity Of a word
Christian Science Monitor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Servina His Country.

A certain public office has been the
object of much satire because Of the
passive nature, as a rule, Of the in
cumbent's duties. In this connection
the following extract from Moses Colt
Tyler's journal, written in Washington
years ago, is Interesting:
"President Grant never starts q con-
versation, bat when it is started he
often says q neat thing. Last year
there was an excursion down the Po-
tomac. He was on board, with his cab
met and a quorum of both houses.
"'Mr. President said Mrs. Judd,
who sat near him, it would be a pretty
bad thing to have a great accident hap
pen to this party. Ncarly; the whole
government would be destroyed
eyes, Mrs. Judd assented the pres
ident, but you observe that the vice
president has very prudently stayed at
home.'"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
SAVING.

Some women formed a resolution to
do something about the high cost of
living. Something" they insisted.
with lofty courage. that will count"
Accordingly they banded together
and so perfected themselves in the art
of making up their minds that whereas
it had hitherto taken a salesgirl an
average of two hours to sell a yard of
ribbon she could now turn the trick in
twenty minutes fiat.
The economic saving, of course, was
in the aggregate enormous, making it.
self felt all down the line.-New York
Post.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
sHERIFF'S SALE

By virtue of an Execution, issued out of and
under the seal of the Circuit Court in
and for the County of Hughes and State of South
Dakota, upon a alignment rendered and dockcted
in the said Court, on the oath day OF January, AID.
1910, in an action wherein w. A. Mower plain
tiff and Anna Basford Defendant, in favor of the
said plaintiff and against the said defendant, for
the sum of Eighty-fve and Sixty-two o~ne-hun-
dredths Dollars. and said judgment having been
assigned to Zell Guthrie, who is now the owner
thereof, and recorded in Assignment of Judg-
ments Book No. 2. Page I3, which execution was
directed and delivered TO me as Sheriff in and for
said County of Hughes. South Dakota. | have
this 18th day of November. A. d. 1916. levied upon
all the right, title and interest of the said Defend
ant Anna Basford. now Anna Perkins. in and to
the following described real estate situated in the
County of Hughes, State of South Dakota, viz;
Lot Twenty-seven of Block Seventy-ive of the
Fifth Railway Addition to the City of Pierre, ac-
cording to the recorded plat thereof.
Notice is Hereby Given. That /, the undersign-
ed, as Sheriff as aforesaid. will sell Abe above de-
scribed real property to the highest bidder, for
cash, at public auction, at the front door of the
Hughes County Court House, in the City of
Pierre, in the County of Hughes and State of
South Dakota. on Thursday, the 2Sth day of
Decem er, A. D.. 1916. at ten O'Clock A. M. of that
day to satisfy the said execution together with
the interest and costs thereon.
Dated November 18th, A. D.. 1916.
e. M. QUINN,
Sheriff of Hughes County.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Instructive Action In Death.

The cannon ball which plunged
rough the head and tore out the
Assin OF Charles XII. did not prevent
I'm from selling his sword hilt. The
49, OF attack and the necessity for de-
! were impressed upon his mind
~ Z, blow which we would naturally
suppose to have been too tremendous
md instantaneous to leave even the
slightest interval for. thought.-London
q pectator.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Postage Stamps and Germs.

BY wetting the gum or the stamp
with the tongue is the way disease may
% spread by a postage stamp. 1t has
1een established by experimentation
- laboratories that postage stamps do
carry germs. In forty-eight tests out
Al q total of fifty bacteria were found.
!Che fact that in only two cases Were
Ahe germs Of a malignant type does
lot lessen in any degree the danger
ilhAt turks In Nwetting the gum on the
0eAmp with the tongue.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Notice of Hearing Petition for Let
tiers OF Administration.
State of South Dakota In County Court

State of South Dakota In County Court
County of Hughes
In the matter OF the Estate of Regina Peterson,
Deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends Greeting to
Carrie Eisenman, Mary Ellerton, Petra Bronze
man. John 9. Peterson. Mabel Ellerton, hcirs at
law and next of kin of Regina Peterson, deceased.
and to all whom these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that John c.. Peterson
has filed with the Judge of this Court. a petition
praying for Letters of Administration of the
Estate of Regina Peterson. deceased, and that
Saturday, the 3Oth day of December, 1916, at 10
O'Clock A, M. Of said day, being a day Of a regular
term of this Court, to-wit; of the November
Term. 1916, at the office of the County Judge in
the Court House, in the City of Pierre, County of
Hughes, has been set for hearing said petit
ton, when and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why the said petition
should not be granted.
Dated at Pierre, South Dakota, this Sth day of
December. A. d. 1916.
tSeaD JOHN II. MGCoRD.
Judge of the County Court.
Attest:
LEW ". SANDYs,
Clerk of County Court.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
MAPPING Our Country,

Although the geological survey has
been busily at work for t%hirty-fiye
years, only about 40 per e II of the
land of the United States is vet aecu-
rately mapped. w. NJ. Davis of Har-
ward university remarks in Science that
at the present rate it will take about a
century to complete the map.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Xaver Ihli, Deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given. By the undersigned,
Administrator of the Estate of Xaver Hill,
deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hay
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of this notice,
to the said Administrator at his place residence
in the City of Pierre. in the County of Hughes,
South Dakota.
Dated at Pierre, South Dakota, November, Is,
1916.
JOSEPH IHLI.
Admlnistrator of the Estate of Xaver lhli,
Deceased.
Ohm A. HOLMES.
Attorney for Estate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
H oDoR OF SPICES.
Often Used by Writers to Stimulate
Their ln1aqination.


On some portions of the globe spices
are worth more than gold or silver.
I'm the arctic region spices are es-
sential to health and happiness writes
an explorer. ~ dash of pepper, a
pinch of ground cinnamon, a little nut
meg or a pinch of ginger root reyives
the Jaded appetite wonderfully in the
north. have seen shipwrecked sailors
light over an ounce of spices with
more f%ierceness than they ever did for
money"
The psychological effect of spices is
OF more Importance than the physiolog-
ical. Many writer's have confessed
their inability to write without the
odor of spices in their rooms. One
great musician composed his MASTER
piece under the influence of cinnamon
aud cloves steaming in a kettle Of pre-
serves in a neighbours kitchen. There
after he composed only when steamed
cloves and cinnamon were on hand.
The food of one man, however, very
often happens to be more or less VIC,
lent poison for another. In the annals
of insane asylums there are many cases
on record where the odor of cloves,
cinnamon. pepper, allspice or ginger
has driven patients into violent par
oxysms.
Yet all the world loves spices. In
the fear that the source of supply
would eventually become exhausted
chemists have sought to make spices
syntheticalIy. They have succeeded in
d number of Instances to such an ex
tent that cheap authorizations are some
times used Exchange.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Notice to Redeem From Tax Sale
of South Dakota,
County of Hughes

County of Hughes
To VIM: R. Hutching. the record owner of the
name the land is taxed.
You Are Hereby Notified. That at a sale of land
and lots for unpaid taxes by the Treasurer of
Hughes County, on the 9Th day of December.
1919, the following described real property stu.
ated in said county and state. to-wit; The South
Hall of the North East Quarter of Section IL.
Township liz North of Range 81 West Of the 5th
PRINCIPAL Meridian in Peoria Township was sold
to Olof Nelson for the taxes of 1912, and a certi-
ficate of purchase for the anne was issued by the
treasurer OF said county TO said Olof Nelson and
that said certificate was on the 18th day of Dec
ember 1916, duly assigned by said Olot Nelson to
holder thereof, and that the right of redemption
from said sale will expire and a deed for said
premises will be made to said Jet Young unless
redemption be made from such sale within sixty
days from the completed service of this notice.
Dated this 18th day of December. 1915.
JET YOUNG,
Lawful holder of Certificate.
By BURG BROWN, His Agent and Attorney.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Notice to Creditors

Estate of Luther B. Lewis. Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given. By the undersigned
Administrative of the Estate of Luther g. Lewis,
deceased, to the creditors of and ali persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased. to exhibit
them. with the necessary vouchers. within four
months after the first publication Of this notice,
to the said Administrative at the Law Office of
John A. Holmes, in Suite A in the Hyde Block in
Pierre. In the County of Hughes, South Dakota.
Dated at PIERS, South Dakota. September 27,
1916. LAURA b LEWIS,
Administrators of the Estate of
Luther B. Lewis. Deceased.
JOHN A HOLMES. Attorney for Estate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28

County Of Hughes, IS Sixth Ju dicall' circuit heuit.
In the Matter of the Voluntary Notice of Petit
Dissolution of The Maquoketa ton For Dis
Light and Power Company, a solution
corporation.
Notice IS Hereby Given: That The Maquoketa
Light and Power Company. a corporation. has
made application to the above entitled Court for
ton and petition will be heard on Thursday, the
18th day of December. A. d 1916. at the hour of
10 O'Clock A. M. at the Court House in the City of
and ali persons having objections to said applica-
ton may file same at any time prior to or upon
the date of said hearing. or may appelr in opposi-
ton thereto. Said objections to be fled Il the
office of the Clerk of Courts in the Court House
at Pierre. Hughes County, South Dakota.
Dated at Pierre. South Dakota this 9th day of
November, A.. D. 1916.
tsEAL) LEW W. SANDYs,
Clerk of Courts,
Hughes County. Sou Oh Dakota.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
His Surprise.

Learn to cook. darling, and I'll give
you a surprise" said a tightwad to his
wife.
She took a six months cooking course
and then brought home her diploma
proudly. She could now cook like al
angel.
Bring on my surprise" she said.
This is it," said her husband, smil
Ing, and he rang for the cook and dis.
charged her then and there.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Oman 10 cnnuiction,

do you, Nj. Stacks, think that a
rich a can go through the Y Of a
needle?"
Il don't know. / will, however, adj
nit that my lawyers have dragged me
through some very small loopholes."-
puck.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Plays Need Securing.

am literally occurring the country
- plays remarked the theatrical
mAnAger.
Why don't you scour some Of those
tsyou already have??' suggested the
tongued dramatic critic.-Town.
ou1cG
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Notice of Annual Meeting

IT, annual meeting of the stockholders of Mills
Farm Company will be held at Rose Hlli, Onon.
dago County, New York, on Tuesday, January End
1917. at 10 o'clock A; M, for the purpose Of elect
ing five Directors and two Inspectors of Election
to serve for the ensuing year. and the transaction
Of any other business which may properly coluc
before the meeting.
Signed. G. a. WEEKS.
Rose Hill, N. Y. Dec. 16. 1916.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
No Aliursment.

"Some day you'll be rich enough to
retire from business"
Give up my nice pleasant Office and
stay homer rejoined Mr.. Growcher.
Il should say not!'-Washington Star.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-28
Who're ia RuIes.

"Are you the head Of the housey'
Il wouldn't say that exactly, but
do the driving when the missus and ]
go out In the auto."- Detroit Free
Press.