Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-06-08

IN epoch In the medical world. and II
was Sir Clements Markham OF Eng
land. burned to death recently in his
Seth year. who In 1852. after a visit to
Peru. persuaded the British govern
ment to plant and raise the drug in
India at a time when malaria was
seriously ~harassing the population
there.
Prof. Roscoe Pound. who a been
Harvard university, is a native OF Ne
braska. He was admitted to the bar
in 1890, and for several years practiced
at Lincoln. He Is also well known as q
botanist. having been director OF tho
botanical survey Of Nebraska, 1892
1903. He has written many mono
graphs and articles for European and
American botanical journals.
William e. Coddington, discharged
recently from the Minnesota pentten-
tiary after IL years, had n most Bit
should have turned him loose just the
week before Easter, with q prison hol-
lday coming on, a ball game, Good Fri
day layoff and prison dinner If the
IDEA hadn't been done recently for the
movies one would do 1t.
Russia and Serbia. also Austria. may
allow young women to fight in their
armies. but Canada will not, although.
according to a recruiting officer In
Winnipeg, several have applied. and
two could hardly be kept from joining
by force In response to a call for
.'stenographers for the second service
unit of the Nineteenth battalion
The output Of copper in Alaska was
more than four times as great in 1915
as 1t was in 1914. Copper mining there
began In 1901 and the total output to
the close of 1915 Is 219,913,375 pounds.
valued al $34, 919.581. OF this amount,
according to the United States geologi-
cal survey. So, $685. 12 pounds, valued at
$16,1S9,l29, was produced in 1916
More than 1000 women are employed
in cleaning the streets of Vienna. At
least half the men in the streets de-
partment nave left their posts. Most
Of them are In the army, the others
have obtained more lucrative work.
The women who take their places re-
ceive the same rates Of pay-from 65
cents to 60 cents a day.
A New York judge who refused a
man a divorce sought becauseS Ibis
wife was imperfect In everything" said
to the fellow: IF you are a perfect
human being. or think you are, watch
your step. A perfect human being"
NOnIilluEu LlG JuSllSE, sun VI ulSlIl6 Lis
head Of the nail. would be an intol-
cradle nuisance"
Prof. g. G. Hertzog, of California,
Pa, father of DR.. w. S, Hertzog. prin-
cipal of the Southwestern State Nor
MAJ school at California. and himself
a member of the faculty for 80 years.
will retire after this year.. He was
the guest of honor at a banquet given
by the alumni of the institution in
Pittsburgh.
One of the ~posthumous awards of the
Victoria cross has been to a soldier at
Gallipoli, who let a hand grenade slip
from his grasp and fall into his own
trench, where, for the sake of saving
his many nearby companions, he threw
himself down on 1T and was blown to
pieces, while no one else was wen
wounded.
A huge bowlder having 10 acres of
surface above the ground, from which
granite Is being taken for building the
new Oklahoma state capitol. is said
once to have been a favorite bandit
rendezvous. 1t Is. a solid mass tower
Ing above the tree tops and formed of
an excellent grade OF stone.
Speaking Of dreamy police forces,
there Is that Of Montgomery City, Mo-.
where the Warren county Jail has had
no inmates for two years. although
there are IL saloons in the county and
where, for more than one year, there
has been no call for a petit jury In tho
circuit court.
One Of the choicest .'ainecures'' In the
British service is that of the man who
tastes TX Of KS" foo before 1t is
served to the war chief, q process that
haa been ripidly followed since 1T was