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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
U. S. Boards canarIes.

From the New York Tribune.
Six little golden ~canaries room and board
at the expense Of the federal government
in the rescue station of the United States
bureau OF mines on the campus CT the IN
iversity of Washington.
When a mine disaster, such as a fire or
explosion, occurs within the radius COW
cred by the station on the campus, the
birds are taken with the crew and carried
down the mine in a small box.
The %canaries will be overcome within
three minutes If there is at least one
fourth Of ! per cent Of carbon monoxide
gas present in the air. This deadly gas,
sometimes called white damp" is one Of
the greatest dangers met by the mine res
cue workers, as 1t Is invisible and almost
odorless.
Its presence is not indicated by the safe
ty lamp, which detects carbon dioxide gas.
The behavior of the canaries shows
whether the breathing apparatus used by
the men will be needed.
The six canaries in the campus station
are the pets of the men and seem to ap-
preciate their own Importance. Other
small creatures, such as chickens, mice
and guinea pigs, are sometimes used In
mine rescue work. but in general practice
%canaries are found to be the most con-
venient.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Russia's Natural Roads.

Russia is almost a readless land. 1t
Is uncomfortable to the foreign visitor
who has never left the beaten track of
the railways in Russia how a great en-
p1re can have subsisted so long and so
successfully without eve a p%retense at
'oads. The secret lies in the fact that
or five or six months in the year ma
ure herself provides roads over the
greater part of Observation-Disclosures,
mooth, CLASSY roadways over hard
worm snow.
The traffic is further cheapened over
these roads by the substitution of a
sledge-runner for the wheel and axle.
This brings the cost OF land carriage as
near the cheapness of water-borne
freight as possible and it is the princi-
pal reason why Russia in the twentieth
century is still a roadless land.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
THE CAUSE OF DEAFNESS.

Writing of the cause of deafness and
training in lip reading, DR.. Il. c. Gill
gives the following causes:
ConSanSulneouS marriages., heredltN,
infections, fevers, middle ear diseases
resulting from colds, sore %throats, in
fections of nose sinuses, and bad ton.
SllS, tuberculosis and syphilis, acci,
dents and injuries, working at noisy
trades and taking quiDine or s~alicylate:
In large doses.
Where both parents are congenitally
deaf the percentage of children con
genitally deaf Will be large. Where one
, parent is ~congenitally deaf such per.
centage will be small. Where there i.
q family tendency TOWARD %acquirea
deafness the percentage of hard of
nearing in the progeny will be large.
Among infectious diseases scarlet
fever ranks first as a cause of deafness.
The most frequent cause of deafness is
neglected earaCheS, assesses in ears
chronic colds. and chronic sore throats.
Deafness and persons OF inc road to
deafness should be taught low to lip
read. Miss Harriet Adams is running
an instructive series of articles in the
Volta Review entitled, Letters TO the
Mother of a Deaf Born Child" The
letter in the July number gives lessons
Tor a boy : years old.
Such a boy is to be educated through
his playth'ngs. The mother gets II Sc
ries of dl-ierent colored balls. Direct
Ing the boys attention to her lips she
SAYS, Give me the blue ball. No.
that is the red one"
Making use of different colored OBJ
lects Ne can be tau"ht the lip move
ments for the colorS and objects. He
Will acquire Il considerable vocahu-
larry of nouns, principally the names
OF objects, in a short time, if the
mother will ak to him consistently
directing his attention to the objects
talked about.
Next teach him a vocabulary of
verbs by throwing, bringing, carrying.
drinking, eating, playing, while de-
~scrlptlve words are spoken and the
child's eyes are watching the mothers
lips.
Taken into the out of doors world he
a be taught colors from flowers and
grass; shapes and sizes, adjectives,
verbs and adverbs from objects seen.
A deaf child must be constantly en-
tcrtained or, be-csr, must nave a mind
constantly occupied. The deaf look
comes on a child's face as the visible
expression of a soul denied EXPRESSION
a deaf child who has been lip reading
and whose mind has been trained to
close observation. quick appreciation
and orderliness can get an education
In oral schools for the leaf maintained
as a part of the public school system.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
He Had His Eyes Opened.
From the Commercial Bulletin

The representative Of an eastern adver-
Using agency who recently took two hours
of the secretary's time in answering a
QUESTIONABLE" regarding trade conditions
in Sioux CITY and its trade territory was
difficult to convince concerning the buy
ing power" of our people until he was
asked to compare the Dun and Bradstreet
rating Of our leading retailers with those
city he might select Of less than 100000.
When he saw $500, 600. 90 Credit AL" for
the three large local retail stores. as COM
largest stores in several eastern cities in
which he is acquainted. he was willing to
concede that no people have a greater
buying power thin those in the white
II you would also have your eyes opened.
get down your Dan or Bradstreet and
make some further comparisons.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Fundamental Principle Violated.
From the st. Louis Republic.

wv ~ LoulS JtcDuDllC.
On Friday last the German-American
Alliance of Missouri, forgetting all that
the American part of it's name stands
for. issued a double barreled slate" OF
who have filed for. the August primaries.
The democratic slate thus formed was
beaded by the name of Frederick d.
issued a statement containing the follow
Ing words:
I'm the present campaign / desire that
for and political fealty to Woodrow Will
son; | believe his election is far more
important than my own. l make this
statement so that Endorsements or sun
port which may come to me under any
other impression may have time in which
to change. If, through II misrepresentation
OF tact, they maintain any other view"
Here is a wholly courteous yet alto
gether unmistakable intimation to anv
voter who may have imagined that Col
onel Gardner would blunt the edge of the
president, for the sake of the hyphenated
vote. hat he is entirely mistaken. This
Is a matter of the first Importance to all
men wing care aEaut The principles on
which this government rests. We sug-
gest to the other democratic candidates
named on the German-American ALI
aflce $ State the propriety of issuing sim
liar statements and offer them the pub-
Lefty of our columns
This attempt TO introduce the note of
allegiance or obligation to a foreign power
into American politics must be resented
In the place of it's origin. We do not
want New York and Oregon striking the
American note in view of the anti-Ameri-
ca2 action of a Missouri organization; it
must be struck here, in the very place
OF origin of the evil, and struck clearly.
once more the Republic desires to assure
outsiders that the action of the
America. alliance is s92ar"lv at variance
with the whole history of Missourials 81
German blood and birth and represents
only the sentiments of a clique of hysteri-
cal and diStempered men.
In no state in the union is the fact more
clearly perceived than in Missouri that
the fundamental principle upon which
this republic was founded is violated by
the German-Arnerican Alliances imper-
tinent and outlandish action. In no state
IN the union is approval of it farther from
the minds of all serious minded citizens,
Will the other candidates indorsed by
the alliance follow Colonel Gardeners lead
legiance to the presidents position on
A~mericaniSm?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
WESTERN CANADA
Cooperative Creameries Show
Tremendous Increase in
Butter Production.

The Dairy Commissioner, at first an
lual convention of Saskatchewan
Dairynen's association, reviewed pro-
sress of 1918 which shows Il grent in
crease in the butter production of the
cooperative crenmerieS amounting to
100000 lbs. He also said the i'm
)rOvement in quality is shown by the
preference accorded saskatchewan
butter In outside markets. Shipments
gut of the province for the year to-
tailed 80 carloads.
According to bulletin Just issued by
the Manitoba department Of agricul-
ture, the dairy industry lVd n very
successful year in 1915. There was an
Increase of over 1, 100000 lbs. OF cream
Try butter produced, as against the
previous year, about 100000 lbs. in
crease in dairy butter and over $4,000
lbs. increase in the cheese output. The
! Increase of the total value of milk and
milk products was over $427, DOC. The
production of dairy butter for Mani
.oba during the year was 4,15O,444 lbs.
and it brought an average price of pc
per b.; Of creamery butter 5,S39,667
BIS. were produced which commanded
29c per lb. on the average; cheese pro-
an average price of 15c-the total
Falue of these three products is given
IS 50, 76O,G9S, in addition to which the
milk produced is valued at $325,659
md the cream at $15S,S27, the average
price of the milk being reckoned at
lie per lib. and of sweet cream at &c
Der lb. %butter-fat. In connection with
he dairy industry it is interesting to
tote that almost the most important
fodder crop now is corn, of which the
1915 production amounted to 100, 132
.ons. The biggest cultivated fodder
crop is timothy which for last season
produced 193,35T tons and the next
vOst popular crop was bronze grass
With 1855 tons; of alfalfa and clover
here We're produced some $4,000 tons.
The number of cattle in the province
S given as 631 ,O05, which is an in
.rease of 100000 yer the previous
gear.
The fact that the Red Deer, Alberta,
cheese factory iS handling four times
as much milk this season as last win
:er shows the growing improvement in
the dairy industry. On Feb. IA, it was
announced the factory had just
shipped two tonh of cheese for Calgary
market.
Cardston, Alberta, creamery In 1915
paid it's patrons a rate of 271.c per
ID. for butter fat and had a profit re-
naming Over all expenses of $5,584.
The creamery during season distrib-
utcd among farmers $61, III and manu-
eactured 256,MD lbs. butter and $4,000
lbs. cheese. Average price realized for
butter was 2SM cents.
The development OF the dairy indus
try of Northern Alberta is well indi-
Gated by the growth Of a prominent
dairy business here, which in 1915 pro.
duced 2,525,000 lbs. butter, an increase
of 100000 lbI over the previous year
This product a found a market in all
] parts of Canada and this year will en-.
ter the export trade. Advertisement.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Battle Madness In Europe.

At Verdun the heavily massed German
charges have most often been made by
fresh troops, advancing from comparative
of the French machine guns. When Lord
Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail
and the London Times, returned from a
account of the bayonet charges Of the Ger
man troops, that the men We're drug en-
thUsed." / had heard 1t so decidedly de-
mans before drives that l interviewed him
concerning his authority for the state
ment. He said that his authority was the
words Of the German prisoners them
selves. He had talked personally with half
q hundred within an hour after their cap
ture. These men had declared that they
had been given ether mixed with some
other gas. and that the effect was a wild,
enthusiastice abandon. lasting for an h.uy
and a half or two hours.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
an Magnet Bill"

He doesn't look like a very important
part of a big automobile organization,
this stopped, griZZZled man, but the
president of a great motor car com
pany says that magnet Bill" saves his
salary a dozen times over every day
he works. Rain or shine, summer or
winter, Magnet Bill' may be seen
walking slowly about the automobile
plant, his eyes on the ground. Mag
net Bill" gets his nickname from the
fact that his tools consist solely of one
tin bucket and n big steel magnet,
strapped to the end of a shovel han
die. 1t is his duty 10 save automobile
tires by removing from the roadway
every nail and bit of metal hat might
cause a puncture. Thousands of cars
are run vel the roadway to the test
ing place and it is figured that with.
cut the praca"tion taken b. Magnet
Bill" the cost for cut and punctured
tires would be $4,000 every year
Popular Science Monthly and Worlds
Advance.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Predicts a Simple Religion
From the London Observer.

when the war is over we are going to
have a simple religion. a religion without
fr.lls," the Bishop of Stepney said, ad-
dressing those who took part in the sec
ond procession of prayer and intercession
service arranged by the Church League
for Women's Suffrage In Hyde Park. mo
ter, to the friIls on his own sleeves.
w shall want a religion that will old
us together. We have had a great deal
too much Of ~individualism in religion. We
have had too much of theology of the
jolly miller who lived on the banks Of the
River Dee, who said, I care for nobody,
not, not l, and nobody cares for me-"
The boys when they came back from
the front woul not want mere singing, CT
billiards. diluted with religious thought,
but something stronger and frmer, he as
we wanted more religion, but a real. itv-
Ing. simple religion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Americanism Defined BY Original
America

From the Wichita Beacon.
(Am~ericaniSm is a word which
bears promise Of being dinned into
our ears daily between now and cleo
ton.
What does it signify"
AS a result Of much discussion about
the hyphen, the opinion of an orig
inal American" a member of one OF
our first families" becomes interest
ing.
The Hon. Houston b. Teehee, reg
lister of the United States treasury,
is an Indian we'll qualified to express
such an opinion. In the following In
depreciation Of the word, he speaks
for many other "original Americans
government positions.-Editor).
BY Houston B. Teehee, Register of United
State Treasury.
What does al aborigen conceive to be
the meaning of AmericanisIn, that much
exploited word?
Americanism Is good citizenship.
GOOD citizenship has been Defined as re-
curing implicit obedience to the laws en-.
acted by the legislature within the scope
and DEGREES of the judiciary in all matters
Of which they have jurisdiction; to the
commands of the executive IN preserving
the peace and enforcing the laws"
Americanism is un1neasured love of ouI
country; unreserVed devotion to its funda-
mental: complete conservation to ita
ideals.
of men in the sense of divided loyalty
under one government, Therefore, 1t IL
the amalgamation of all that is best, true.
and noble in our composite citizenship.
dedicated to the peace and happiness, free
dom ana liberty vi mankind every ~i,src.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Well up.

Gen. Leonard Wood said i'm Wash
meton, apropos of II military question f.:
These men, in their desire to seem
thoroughly well NJ in the latest mill
aorn servant.
This servant, though really n green
norn, took ii job under the prctcnsc OF
being very highly trained. Her mis-
trcss said to her the first day
"I suppose. Jane, You can fin the
amps?
"'Oh, yes, mn'am! Yes, indeed,
nn'am!' Jane answered. And which
would We rutl,er I filed EN- with
gas or elcctricity|"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Homoqenized Ice Cream.

We are indebted to the board of
the information that hom~ogenized ice
cream may lawfully he sold in that
city, and for the further information
that homogeniZed ice cream may be
made of powdered skim milk and
names of which crimes are committed
ice cream ranks right along with lib
er1y and futurist art.-St. Louis Re
public.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
An Unproductiye Visitor.

"Say, young f~ellcr," said Broncho
Bob, have you got Il gun on you?"
NO, sir" replied the man with the
~brand-ncw cowboy uniform. Il was
told that it was better To be unarmed.
SO as to avoid any impression than I
WaS seeking n quarrel"
We'll. that's II big disappointment.
| needed a b%randlnew gun an thought
you'd he bringin' along III least i pair
Of EN-. DON'T You lei anything like
Ibis occur again"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
RED, ROUGH, SORE HANDS
May Be soothed and Healed by Use
of C%uticura. Trial Free.

Nothing so soothing and healing for
red, rough and irritated hands as Cuti'
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Soak hands on retiring in hot Cuticura
soapsuds. Dry, and gently anoint hands
with Cuticura Ointment. A one-night
treatment works wonders.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Imitation Pearls.

Clever imitation perls have beel
made by iiiiing thin glass bulbs with s
solution of fish scale nacre. Another
method is to coat the inside Of the
glass bulbs with II 10 per cent gelati1
solution which Is allowed to become
only partially dry before a smal
amount of sodium phosphate Is added
then the drying process is continued
slowly. The limitations look much like
genuine pearls. but they can be detect
ed by noting the place where the bulbs
have been sertNd..
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Ibe Situation.

"Fluhdub married Il society bntief~
fly"
Il Suppose he is wining and dining
all the time now"
whining and dining. He doesn't
like going out"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Seckinu HARMONY.

From the Washington Star.
Can you accommodate myself and fam
" for summer board?'
What's your politics?" inquired Farm
lr Corntossel.
Does that make any d~ifference?'
Yep. Pm not going to take another
chance on hav.n' the whole place stirred
up with arguments day an night. All
the folks that board here this summer has
got to nave the same politics."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10

Manhattan borough Of Greater New
York this year operates 100 park play
grounds, eight recreation piers. IL
swimming pools n several thousand
shower baths.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Uncie Pennxwise Saws.

The auto bizness must be a grand
ane, with everybuddy saving up to
buy a Notwithstanding Courier.
Journal.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Revenge.

"Pve been calling this number for
five minutea," said the irate subscrib
or.
"What nu.nber?"
I'm Sc irritated I'm almost tempted
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10

Engineers have found that the use
of zinc in boilers prevents foam and
the deposit of scale.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10

The bore can head OFF, all effort to
forget that he is a bore.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Don't Poison Baby.

T>ORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have
PAREGoRlc or laqdannm to max it SLEEP. These drugs will produce
FROM WHICH THERE is NO WAKING. Many are the children who
have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, lauda~
mum and morphine each of which isa narcotic product of opium. Druggists
are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, o
anybody without Lbeling them poison" The definition Of narcotic"
is: 90 medicine achich relieves pain and produces Sleep but uMch "a poison
os doses produces stupor, coma, conclusions and death" The taste and
smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names
Of" Drops" g ordials," :" Soothing syrups,a etc.. You should not permit any
medicine TO be given to your children without you n your physician know
of what t. is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature -
of Chas. III. Fletcher. LII4N
Genuine CastOria always bears the signature OfS1k9<Zy ~LLcEH<
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10

Some of the finest tapestry ever
woven in Japan is to be seen in the
peace palace of The Hague.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10

The Rassano dam, in Alberta, Can
ada, one of the greatest irrigation
works In the world, has been corn
pleted.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Fiiers.

do you ever take a flyer in the
market?"
"No," replied the munitions specu-
lator. Nothing doing with airships,
I'm for submarines"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
Its Sort.

Did you see where in the storm the
other night the Jail was struck"
well what better place for Il light.
ming hOlt?"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-08-10
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Dee hda Omaha. Neb, ant !. GARRETT, 3fl Jackson ST.. S. Paul Mimi.
-. Canadian Government Agents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-10
GROTON

Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Smith of West
ford visited Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. David
son several days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott D. WEIGH of st
Johnsbury were in town the first of the
week.
Mrs. Carl Rylander, who hiss been Wis
ting her sister, Mrs. Bernard Smith, foI
some time, has returned to her home a,
Montpelier
Mr. and Mrs. James Frost were in
Barre over Wednesday night.
| John Hall had one hand injured Tues
day while working in the Hosmer Broth.
ers' stone shed. He was clipping of
stone with handset when sharp stone
chip struck him on one hand, cutting
an artery. He was taken TO his home,
where the injured hand was dressed,
Rev +. w. Lewis was at Montpelier
several days this week to attend Com
mencement exercises at the seminary.
Judge T. B. Hall, Mrs Lee S. Blanch-
ard and Mrs. Ernest Taisey were in
Montpelier on Wednesday TO attend com.
mencement exercises at Montpelier sem
mary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larner of Amesbury,
Mass, are guests of their consin, Ralph
Foster, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dow of Corinth
were recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
H. Mills.
Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Gould were in
Barre Wednesday and Thursday to at
tend the Vermont Central Baptist CON
vention held there this week.
Judge +. NJ. Page, Mr.. and Mrs. II. K.
Page and David Eastman were visitors
in ST. Iohnsbury Tuesday.
Mrs. Sarah Heath left Thursday for
Manchester, n. H., where she will reside
for the present
Mrs. Frank Sanders visited in Woods
vile Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scruton and
David Eastman were in Waitsfield re-
Gently to attend the wedding of a cousin.
Mrs Frank Heath, who was injured
by falling from a chair while washing
on Monday, sustained shock
on Wednesday and has since been in q
very critical condition. Her recovery
is not expected.
Mr.. ana MIS- H. >. -broWn OF NFeeH-
field, Mass, are visiting relatives here
and at Topsham.
Donald, the year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs William Foley, who was in
ured on Tuesday by horse in the pas |
lure near the house, is recovering. The |
title fellow was found unconscious and
vas at first thought to be seriously in
ured by being bitten as his head was
somewhat bruised. But later it was
thought that the horse knocked him
'ver in some way.
Miss Picnic WEIGH has gone to Top
ham TO work for her brother, Ira WEIGH.