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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
SMUD GE.

But that was easier said than done,
Tor When he came near to the rat he
round 1T was a very large one, and
not In the least afraid of him.
why don't o run?" said S1nudge.
Il am = cat and I will eat you il I
catch you"
"Ha! hal" laughed the rat; you are
not a cat, You are only a kitten, and
you nave only one eye at that. You
couldn't catch me if you tried, and
II o don't run away l will eat you.
Boo! boot" he cried, running toward
poor Slnudge, who turned and ran
for the fence as fast as he could.
You'd better go home to your moth
er. said the rat, looking up at Smudge.
You are too young to be ont alone.
Does your mother know where you
are?"
Smudge confessed that she didn't.
Where do o live" asked the rat.
Its a long way from here" said
Smudge.
We'll, you'd better sit there till
morning" said the rat, and then run
for home"
And off al the rat. leaving poor
Smudge alone again.
Meow, meow" he cried, for his eye
was paining him now.
Open came another window and an
old boot was hurled at Smudge. But
this time he was quick enough and it
did not hit him.
oh, dear, i am so sleepy" he cried.
II wish l was at home in my soft
basket beside mother and Tippy-toes.
! don't see what fun there is in stay
ing put all night. You are in danger
all the time, ard as for sleeping on
that cold stone, I never can do it.
Meow, meow" He stopped, for he
heard Il noise and thought someon
was getting ready TO throw another
bottle or shoe.
Are you ready to como III and go
tn bed?" said his mothers voice. and
standing in the cellar window, Smudge
saw his mother. Meow, meow" he
called, running to her and rubbing his
head against hers.
How did you get Eere?" ne asked.
Don't you know YOU own home ?'
asked his mother. as she led him up
stairs. You have beer in your own
yard all the time. l hope his will be
a lesson TO you and that you will now
behave like a decent kitten and not
want to be with those tramp cats
again"
81 am awfully hungry" said Smudg.
and sleepy, too"
There is a little milk in the saucer
under the table," said his mother, and
Smudge did not need to DE told again
He drank the milk and in a few min
utes he was SOnnd asleep in the basket
beside his mother and Tippy-toea.
did you have a good tilne?" Tippy-
toes asked him the next morning. But
Smudge was far too unhappy to reply
for his eye was badly swollen and
panied him.
He will not care to go again." her
mother whispered; "he ha had a les.
son he will not care to repeat
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

Smudge sat beside a big Thomas cat
and tried TO mak as much noise as ne
did. Someone raised a window just
then and Il bottle came flying through
the air. Smudge say it anu tried to
dodge. and in doing so ne bumped
fell off the fence.
VIVA are o trying to do?" he
asked. humping his back and stepping
nearer to Smudge.
II did not mean to push YOU" said
Smudge, very meekly, for he never had
heard anyone speak in such u cross
nlanne before.
Yes. you did," said the Thomas cat.
and then he struck Smudge with his
paw and off went Smudge. Or course.
being a cat he landed on his feet, but
he a frightened and thought ile was
hurt. He began to cry, and all the
tramp cats began making fur.
out. Why don't you go heme to
mamma ana let her kiss the hurt
placer"
They made such a noise that an
other bottle came flying oven tie fence
and this time Smudge had something
to cry about. for the bottle struck him
on the head and his eye began II
swell.
Meow. meow" cried Smudge.
The tramp cats had run ava n
he was alone. and after a while he
found there was no one To help him.
SO he tried to url UP and go to sleep.
But ne had been sleeping in u soft
blanket too long to go to sleep on
stone and he turned around and curled
many times, but it was Of no use; ht.
could not sleep on that cold. hard
place. With the eye that was open he
saw something move bohlnd the garb-
age can
"That is a rat said S:nAdge. ~
guess tn catch Il
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
HOW GREAT BRITAIN
PA US HER WAR BILLS

tional revenue will be sugar, the price OF
which fnow 4 government monopoly will
be raised / cent a pound. The new price
TO the retail consumer will be s cents a
pound for ordinary Granulated uga
lThis compare with 6 cents in New York
city, The anticipated revenue from the
Increase in sugar will be $751; 900. 600 yearly.
The existing duties on tobacco, tea. cocoa,
chicory. and dried fruits have been raised
so per cent. Thus the revenue from to-
bacco will be increased to $751; 900, 600 from
the previous $50, CO. 600. The duty on tea IS
raised to "a GEMS a pound (from 16 cents).
and the revenue from that source alone
becomes SCI, SOC, 600 instead of $3.50 zoo
The reader will remember that whereas
the people of the United States drink coz
fee primarily, the English are addicted to
tea. The income from cocoa, coffee, chi.
cory, and dried fruits, combined. even at
the new rates, is only $1,000. 900.
Import duties amounting to ona-third
the value of the articles are placed upon
patent medicines, automobiles, motor
cycles, moving picture films. clocks,
| watches, musical instruments, plate glass,
and hats. In some of these cases the tax
is imposed not SO much to produce reve-
nue., as to discourage imports and thus
to reduce consumption and enforce ccon-
omy.
Finally, Chancellor iIcKenna has raised
postal. telegraph. and telephone rates so
as to increase the receipts by $50. 0o0, 900 an
nually. He called attention to the fact
that very heavy taxes had already been
imposed on beer, In the budget of last
year. The truth is that the intention Of
some months ago to add to the taxes on
beer and other alcoholic beverages met
such crushing opposition that the present
cabinet did not dare to stir up the liquor
question again at this time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

From the Review OF Reviews.
AT a time when all thinking persons IN
the United States are interested in their
own governments problem OF meeting in
creased expenditures with depleted reve-
nues, it is instructive to note the meas
ures taken by Great Britain in her emer-
gency. We therefore set forth below the
essential portions OF Chancellor McISen-
mas proposals Gas printed in full in the
weekly edition OF the london Tilnes).
The principal form of new taxation is a
40 per cent increase in the rates on in
comes. The exemption line is also low
cred, to include those earning as little as
SIG. IS weekly S7M yearly who will pay 90
cents g week (sl2 q year, to the govern
ment. Incomes of $1,000 a yea (s19. % a
week. will be taxed SIS annually, or 90
cents weekly. Those with incomes of
from $1,000 to 5000 a year will paT ap-
proNimately 10 per cent to the government.
Incomes OF S25, GOO a year will be taxed
about 20 per cent. The possessor of an
income of $500. $50 will be called upon to
| pay S170, coo, more than a third OF his in
come. These income tax changes, it Is
estimated, will produce s235, GQ, 600 more
than the old rates.
The next source of additional revenue
devised by Chancellor McKenna is what
he calls III excess profits tax, imposed
upon business with a very limited num-
Der Of eXceptions) whose annual profits
ave Increased more han $500 since the
war began. 1t Is assumed that these prof
its are greater because of conditions
brought about by the war: and the gov
eminent proposes to take half Of the in
crease. The estimate Of revenue to be
obtained annually in this way is $3.50, oOO. 900.
Under the heading of customs and eX-
cise," the most important source of addi-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
BIG EATERS HAVE BAD
KIDNEYS AND BACkACHE
Take aaGiass .of, Salts at Once II. Your
Back 10 Hurting or Kidneys and
Bladder Trouble You.

The American me and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou-
BILE. because we eat too much and all
our food is rich. Our blood is filled
with uric acid which the kidneys
strive to filter out. they weaken from
overwork. become sluggish; the elimi-
native tissues clog and the result is
kidney trouble. bladder weakness and
= general decline In health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
Of lead: your back hurts or the urine
q cloudy. full Of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; II you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy. nervous
spells. acid stomach. or you have rheu-
matism when the weather Is bad, get
from your pharmacist about four
ouncea OF Jad Salts; take q table
spoonful In a glass Of water before
breakfast for a lew days and your kid
neyH will then act fine. This famous
salts 10 made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice. combined with lithia,
md has been used for generations to
hush and stimulate clogged kidneys:
g n~eutralize the acids in the urine sc
+ no longer is q our of irritation.
thus ending bladder disorders.
lad Salts is inexpensive; cannot In
5ure. makes b delightful effervescent
hthfa-water beverage. and belongs in
every home. because nobody a make
8 mistake by having a good kidney
Gushing any tlme.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

From the IA
Copper is the metal of the future. The
many mechanical and electrical inventions
that have crowded the last half century
literally eat copper. Day by day the con-
sumption is increasing. This Is the morn
Ing of the second bronze age.
Tho ultimate destiny Of copper can not
be prophesied. Mining. mechanical, cleo
tr1cal, hydraulic. gas, In fact, technical
engineering of al, different distinctions
hnds Its growth firmly rooted in the beds
OF this base metal. The amount consumed
In telegraphy and telephony alone is enor-
nous today.
Copper combined with tin was the first
metallic compound known to man: FOR
bronze. which Is the technical name of
TINS compound, has given it's name to an
archaeological epoch, and students have
many metallic relics. such as domestic i'm
PIGMENTS, arms, and ornaments, etc,
which they can study to give them a hint
rs to the manner and customs of the peo-
pie OF that prehistoric age. Unfortunately
tho knowledge of the art Of tempering
copper. which was known to the a~ncients.
mas been lost, for 1t is a fact that this
metal was cast. not only into shields and
ofeastpiates for the Roman soldiers but
INTO sharp edged weapons and tools.
IN America copper was used extensively
VIC "ooiiSihes, Wnether they We're IN
alan. Aztec, Magyar, or Incan. The ma
fional museum Of Mexico contains many
specimens of both implements and uten-
slis cast in the red metal, of remarkable
design and workmanship.
copper is a beautiful metal. It's brilliant
req color distinguishes 1t from all others.
When polished it has such a light re-
hecang quality that its sheen rivals the
ulster of gold. 1t Is to a high degree
malleable and ductile. Iron Is the only
metal which exceeds 1t in tenacity. It
ranks second to silver as a conductor Of
electricity. and is much preferred to the
latter metal In this use. It does not rust
readily. N
The distribution of copper e. nature is
extraordinary. The metal Is found in all
sails and f%erruginous mineral waters and
ores. However. it is not only distributed
the earth's crust, but also
traces of 1t are found in seaweed. certain
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

at Nasarieh on the Eu%phrates, and at
Alnara on the Tigris. you will find a
peculiar Christian sect called Subj.
Some call them the followers of John
the Baptist. They are a dark-skinned,
black-featured race, ignorant and ia
natical; yet they are exceedingly ex-
pert In manufacturing inlaid silver
jewelry by a secret process which thev
religiously guard. Every traveller
brings away souvenirs of their handi-
work. Their attitude toward Euro
peans is even more hostile than to-
ward the Arabs. Perhaps this was
brought about by an early trader who
sold to them for pure silver a large
hulnper OF pewter forks. The Subj is
hardly worth of the name Christian
To perform additions upon certain oc-
casions seems to be the one chief duty
enjoined upon him by his little under.
stood religion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Pats Sound Logic.

Pat was fishing in a river belong
ing to a rich man, over which there
was a notice. "Trespassers prescott
ed" Paddy ignored this statement.
and after fishing for some time caught
a salmon, which he brought home and
cooked. A policeman passing by the
door smelled the salmon and knocked.
We'll, Pat O'Hara, in whose river
did you catch that salmon?"
We'll, I'll tell the honest truth. I
caught it in that river near the gentle
mans house over there"
Well" said the sergeant. don't you
know everything in that river belongs
to that gentleman"
"Arrah, to DE sure" said Pat. III
l went for Il swim In that river would
l belong to that gentleman"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Get the Habit Of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel right
with the system full
Of poisono.

Millions Of folks battle internally
now instead of loading their system
with drugs. Whats an inside bath?'
you say. Well. 1t is guaranteed to per
form miracles il you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers Of men and
women who, Immediately upon arising
In the morning. drink a glass Of real
hot water with a teaspoonful Of lime
stone phosphate in it. This is a very
excellent health measure. 1t is In
tended to flush the stomach, liver, kid
neys and the thirty feet Of intestines
OF the PREVIOUS days waste, sour bile
and fndigestible material left over in
the body which. If not eliminated every
day, become food for the millions of
bacteria which infest the bowels, the
quick result is poisons and toxins
which are then absorbed into the
blood causing headache, bilious at
tacks. foul breath, bad taste, colds,
stomach trouble, kidney misery. sleep.
lessness. impure blood and all sorts
OF ailments.
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not get feeling right are urged to OBJ
tain q quarter pound Of limestone
phosphate from any druggist or store
keeper. This will cost very little but
10 sufficient to make anyone a real
crank .on the subject of internal SAM.
tation.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing. sweetening and
freshentng, 80 limestone phosphate
and hot water act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels. It is vast.
" more important to battle on the In.
side than on the outside, because the
skin pores do not absorb impurities In
TO the blood, while the bowel pores do
ADV.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Mother Tabby had two little Kittens,
I1ppy-toes n Smudge. Tippy-toes
was a black kitten. with white On the
END OF each paw--hence her name:
ana Smudge was all white excepting u
piack mark across one eye and extend
Ing on to his cheek-hence his name,
Smudge.
Mother Tabby kept them clean and
Sick looking: that is, she did the best
n could. Tippy-toes was always
clean with a shiny coat, and b never
stepped into the mud or any place that
would soil her white shoes. of which
she was very proud. But Smudge was
not so careful of his white coat. and
he would roll anywhere that he hap
pened to be and walk under brushes
and crawl under fences. rubbing his
white fur the wrong way until he
looked very little like the slick kitten
his mother had dressed in the morn
inG.
You look like on of those common
tramp cats his mother told him one
day when he came in looking worse
imam usual; should think you would
nave more pride; come here at once
and let me smooth your coat"
L don't want to be smooth" an
swered Smudge. Il never can have any
fun having to keep clean and slick all
the time. l wish l were a tramp cat.
They have fun with nobody to boss
them around. They can stay out nights
and sit on the back fence and sing and
have a good time
Yes" said his mother, they can
sit on the fence and sometimes they
get hit with a bottle or an old boot, and
then they stop singing"
oh! l would not be afraid Of that
said Smudge. II could dodge before
they hit me, and then those tramp
cats can chase the rats around the
garbage cans, too, and no one calls
them away for fear of soiling their
coats. am tired of being tied to you,
mother. l am going off on a tramp by
myself" And off he ran and in spite
Of all his mother could say he would
not come back.
Mother Tabby turned to Tippy-toes.
Your brother is an unruly kitten
she said, but he will be taught a les
son which he needs, If / am not mis-
taken, and he will be glad to return to
us. He has been too we'll cared for To
lead the life of a tramp cat. Come"
she said to Tippy-toes, "we'n eat our
supper and go to bed"
OF course, Mother Tabhy did NOT 90
to sleep; she was too good a mothe.
not to think of her son. even if he was
hayward. and by and by when she
heard the tramp cats singing on the
back fence h jumped out Of her bcs-
out.
There he is she said. land
don't suppose he knows that he is sit
ting on his own fence. He was never
out in the night before, and things
look different in the moonlight"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Tho Rexeler..

mo HoHeler6.
see, comrades. yet the night young
ana we are young, and hope abides:
AnG strength. and warm blood and lean
lEg pulse are ours.
Ike aux. yesterdays we knew are dead.
And youth goes not in debt to time.
NOR unborn morrows mortgages.
Drink!
Here's wine as rich as deepest emerald
AS sort as the velvet touch of her whose
AS flaming as the breath of her whose
robes
Are scarlet-who wears perdition's vest
And walks in high places with her en-.
ticement;
As fluffy light as deaf mems dust.
As dust most old of him who sleeps
Meath smothered roses at Naishapur
Here Is the angel shape by tavern door
agape,'
Luminous spirit OF the grape
In 1t are shrieks Of bludgeoned women.
me cries OF children starving, all means
gl misery since first the chemistry OF hell
Distilled the sparkling drop to rob our
paradise
And steal mems souls.
Behind the shining shape are haggard
The nerveless hand and b-ioat-burned
f6sit,
The white OF bcd-worn bones and gtbber
O1 an hundred m~adhou3es.
The clash of la riot. violence and blood.
The sickening stencil OF crowded jaiis.
Drsnks-Thy life is thine.
The day Is yet far off when light
On errand chaste shall seeks US out,
And night shall flee from virtues face.
Drink. fools, for such you are.
Ton Bod:ne n Paris {Aio.) Mercury.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
The Uncertain Future.

During q theatrical engagement at
Manchester, England, Kemble and
Lewis were walking one day along the
street when a chimney sweeper and
his boy came up. The boy stared at
them with open mouth and exclaimed:
They be play actors"
Hold your tongue" said the old
sweep. you don't know what you may
come to yourself"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, Csc the h., in sealed can
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co.,
Chicago, for a souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the 3 Id. Canister Can for $1.00.
ADV
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

From Life.
A lot Of people hate the war because
~ has upset their routine and the running
of their apparatus.
Some of them think the best way is TO
ignore 1t. and go right on az if there were
no war.
These are the kind of people VINO. when
they hear the last trump. win saw. ..Oh'
botner this day Of judgment. 1t will be
BAD for business. and besides, it will make
me late to dinner"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Timid Rastus.

What? Yo' calls Rastus Johnsing
a brave man what's afraid of nuthin'
nor %nobody?"
Oats de kind of a pusson l always
took Rastus to be-"
"Lemme tell yo' something. Rastus
was at de ball las night, an when
de trouble started he didn't have
nuthin' but a safety razor"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Fatal Error.
u Kanxas CIV star

From the Kansas City Star.
That was IN awful mistake the sur.
geon made. The man he operated on
didn't have what he thought he did"
Didn't nave appendicitis at all, eh:'
.tOh. he had appendicitis all right, but
he didn't have any money.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
The Seat Of Trouble.

T00thaChe2"
Yeah. Something terrible"
Which tooth is it,"
THAT new false tooth in front. l
hadsf 4 filed with gold SO that it would
look natural. and the gold doesn't
shoW 4 bit. Wouldn't that give you q
palaf:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Pat Was In Mourning.
From the Chicago News.

An Irishman from a remote part of the
country arrived in London wearing a pair
OF knee breeches and. as it is unusual TO
see short trousers on a man, he was soon
accosted by a dapper fellow, who inquired:
Why do you wear your trousers so
short. Pat?'
motherinlaw has died lately and I'm wear.
ing them half mast"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Plenty of Material.

DO you think that society belle will
MAKE mnGh noise when she goes on
the stage?:"
she ought to; she'll have a lot OF
clappers."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
An Axiom For Congress.
From Golfers.

one sentence In the presidents recent
message ought to be burned into the con-
seriousness OF every congressman;
What Is clear is tnat the int. istry OF
this generation SHOULD paytthe h.ls Of this
generation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

Among ordinary woods, locust has
the greatest tensile strength, about s..
200 pn,.a.ts 10 ihe square inch.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Specializing.

What is your boy studying at
school now?"
"Jedgin'." replied Farmer Corntos-
sci, from the way he keeps re-
mindin' me of expenses, l should say
it was mostly arithmetic"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

The man who is too poor to lend
money to his friends will never have
many enemies.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
OIS-Fashioned.

She's an old-fashioned girl, isn't
she?"
Dear me, yes! She had on a frock
at least six months old."-Ltfe.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
Our Busy MortaIs.

There are 297,S66 schools in the
world
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

0eSenerate christians.
From the Christian Herald.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27

&SBs xIi2SSl ~ WI amounted "a shout 2 per
6nstasas under normal
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-27
0ea0.

J1propased three times before
him.
kxsm. dear!