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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
WHAT A JEWELRY Firm DID
They Invested Some Of Their
Spare Money in Canadian
Lands.

s. Joseph & Sons, Of Des Moines,
Iowa, are looked upon as being shrewd,
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
a suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm it
With the assistance of the Canadian
Government Agent, at Des Moines,
Iowa, they made selection near Cham.
pton, Alberta. They put 240 acres OF
land in wheat, and in writing to Mr..
Hewitt, the Canadian Government
Agent at Des Moines, ~ of the mem.
bers of the firm says:
II have much pleasure in advising
you that on u farm five miles east
of Champion, in the Province of ALI
herta, Canada, this year 19l6 we har.
vested and threshed 10000 bushels OF
wheat from 240 acres, this being an
average of A bushels and 10 pounds
to the acre. A considerable portioL
of the wheat was No. 1 Northern
worth at Champion Approximately
Sf.S5 per bushel, making a total return
of $19,6l0, or an average of SSl.70 pei
acre gross yields. Needless TO say, we
are extremely we'll pleased With ou1
lands"
1t might not be uninteresting to read
the report of c. A. Wright OF Milo,
Iowa, who bought 100 acres at Cham.
pion, Alberta. for $4,000 IN December,
1915. He stubbled in the whole lot of
ii, and threslled 4,4S7 bushels Grada
No. 2 Northern.
Mr.. Wright. being q. thorough bust.
ness man, gives the cost of work. and
the amount realized. These figures
show that after paying for his land
and cost of operation lie had $2,472.67
left.
4,4S7 bushels, worth $1.55 at
Champion $G,954.S3
~sA
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
Rats More Learned in Ohio.

Rats destroy ON an average of $3oc
worth of catalogues each year at Ohio
plate university, according to Lester
e. Wolfe, secretary Of tho entrance
board. The rodents, which infest the
basement Of University hall, where tbs
catalogues. are kept, ,nibble the binding
Of the books in order to get the paste
which holds the leaves together. The
common methods used to get rid u
eats, such as poison and traps, have
long since been given up as useless
for the rats, probably because of theil
environment. are too wise to be tempt
I'd by either.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
ACTRESS TELLS sEcREI

A we'll known actress gives the follow
Ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint of
water add 1 OF. Bay Rum, a small box Of
Bar5o Compound. and 4 OF. of glycerine,
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix 1t at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use como ir
each box of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
halr, and make it soft and glossy. II. will,
not color the scalp, Is not sticky eI
greasy, and does not rub off. ADV.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up a corn or calius. SO it lifts
oft with fingers.

You ccrn-pestered men and womeE
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoot
that nearly killed you before, says thi{
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops of freezone applied directly on q
tender, aching Corr or callus, stops
soreness at once and soon the corn OF
hardened callus ~loosens so 1t can be
lifted off, root and all, without pain
"A small bottle Of freezone costs very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take off every hard or soft corr
or callus. This should be tried, as il
Is Inexpensive and is said not to irrit
tate the surrounding skin.
i Your druggist hasn't any ~frcezont
tell him to get a small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house.-ady
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
Lived in One Room 80 Years.

Lived in One Room 80 Years.
Croydon, England, has lost by death
Croydon, England, has lost by death
a trader who, in an interesting way,
carried on the trading traditions Of
the past. Re was Robert Brain, who
died at eighty-five years old in Il room
over the little o~ld-fashioned shop in
which he had lived for 80 years. Mr..
Brain was reputed to be the largest
individual ratepayer in the borough,
paying the corporation about $500 a
year.-London Chronicle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
SIX.

Mr.. John Smith folded up the
papers he had spread out on the
great mans desk. The great man,
his face a moving picture Of
thought, left his chair and went to
the window overlooking the swirl
OF the deep, narrow New York
street. He was one Of those who
have done all things by striking
adversely in the face and Selling
fortune by the throat. He turned
and faced Smith.
Imagination" he said, "is the
key to all things. Thoughts, bril-
liant ideas, are the foundation of
business no less than of art. You
have brought me a big idea"
Il come to you,' said the agi-
tator, because l know that help
must be given by those who have
felt the force of the enemy. You,
IN your family, have suffered.
That alone has taught you what
the real philanthropy is-to save
others from the thing that hurt
you"
The great man, who handled
dollars much as his visitor played
with words, sighed. The sigh was
almost a groan.
My only SON." he said heavily.
And" Smith reminded him.
there are SO many other sons
sons who cannot be saved by the
endowment Of churches or the
building of hospitals or the cree
ton of libraries-sons for whom
there is only the one chance, the
destruction Of the worst foe youth
ever encountered"
The great man returned to his
desk and sat down.
Let me e your estimate
again." he requested. Smith
handed him one Of the folded
papers.
"It is a great sum, a lot of
money the New Yorker com
mented, running his eye over the
column Of figures. "And this ESTE
mates Where did you get it,"
As soon as / reached here this
morning, | went to the president
OF a big railroad. He had the cal
culations made. They are cor
rect"
"The cost is very high" the
man Of money said smingly. And
then: "You know, here we look
first always at the cost. But the
idea is great, the plan tremendous.
He sighed, and, letting the
paper fall from his fingers to the
desk, gazed out at the smoky sky.
"And my own disappointment,
my own heartache," he went on,
quite simply, lis your advocate"
Smith watched him in silence.
The churches, the hospitals,
the Libraries "-the big mans lip
curled a little -s'some of them are
merely advertisements o. their
donors. But this-this would 90
into the lowliest hut, into the MIST
luxurious palace. It would reach
men and women everywhere. And
| need not be known in it."
He handed the paper back to
Smith.
= agree he said quietly, as
suming his real business de-
meanor. II stand back of it-for
the amount you mention"
A few minutes later Smith,
swinging down Broadway, caught
the observation of those whom he
passed.
A woman with cheeks too bright
and eyes too dull turned and
watched him out of sight. As she
resumed her walk, picking her
way on the ridiculously high heels
of her shoes, she murmured to her
self:
(COnt{unAA E.v% ">.L 100000
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
CHAPTER overwhelmingly

"The height of absurdityl"
fared the agitator. "To say that
prohibition doesn't prohibit is
just as sensible as to say that the
man who has to ride 40 miles on
horseback to get a drink will do
it as often as the man who can
get m by stepping around the
corner to a saloon. And the pat
ent medicine argument! There
may be, / admit, here and there a
drunkard who seeks such a sub
stitute, but he is entirely a neg
ligible factor compared to the
young men who through the alb
sence Of the saloon will never
learn to drink. Prohibition, Wal
Ter, is essentially the blessing and
the salvation of the rising genera.
tion-and Of women. Prohibit
liquor today and you do away
with drunkenness among all the
youth Of this country"
Passing through Dupont Circle,
they had followed Massachusetts
avenue to Scott Circle. AS they
turned the corner that brought
them into Sixteenth street and set
them face to face with the White
House, Waller began a new line of
inquiry.
"By the way" he said casually,
"who r you, anyway"
WHAT"
Smith s tone was explosive. The
question made his brain whirl.
There crashed through his mind
the different way in which Edith
Mallon had asked him that only a
few minutes before. The picture
OF her, swaying in the doorway,
f1oated before his eyes. For a
moment he doubted his ability to
carry on any conversation at all
with the man at his side. That
this inquiry should come on the
heels of the first, seemed to him
more than he could stand. Why,
he asked himself, should this curl
osity about him accumulate so
rapidly?
"Who are your" Waller re-
peated, lifting his hat to a sena-
tor driving by.
Smith forced himself to answer
s%milingly:
John Smith-John Smith of
Illinois, agitator by profession"
And who were you?" Wal
ler's slow words had in them the
ring of inevitable pursuit. They
represented to Smith what he
might expect from the rest of the
world.
"Oh," he said, his smile not
bright enough to make Waller OBJ
livious to the WEAKNESS in his
voice, "what difference does it
make?"
Some day. his friend ex-
planned, exercising elaborate care
in the selection of his words, ssthe
whisky lobby is going to attack
you on your past. It's as certain
as that I'm a foot high. You can't
duck it. Heretofore, there have
been illusions to it. They We
sneered at you as a nobody, an un-
known, an unimportant person
without connections or any spe-
cial identity. But in the last few
weeks you've earned your reward.
You've reused the country. You
have the public on the trail Of
these whisky people. And you We
got to face what's coming"
Smith waved his hand widely.
"Oh,' he said forcefully, ssthey
can't hurt me-"
"You mean there's nothing in
your past that you fear?"
Just that"
And you think this air Of mys-
terry can't do any harmYo
Why should it?"
my rooms are just a block
over, on NJ. street. Waller replied
after a moments thought. "Come
over there with me, and I'll tell
YOU"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
cUTlCURA KILLS DANDRUFF
The Cause Of Dry, Thin and Failing
Hair and Does IL uietdy-Trial Free.

Anoint spots Of dand2uff, itching and
Irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol
lowsat once BY a hot shampoo with
Cuticura Soap, II a man. and next
morning il woman. When Dandrufr
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each By mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticnra, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold eyerywlere.-Ady.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
Not Served There.

The applicant for cook, in a stor,
told by the Ladies' Home Journal
WAS untidy and ~insolent in appear
arlce.
Don't hire her" whispered Jones
TO his wife; II don't like her looks
But demonstrated his wife, jus.
consider the reputation for cooking she
bears"
THAT doesn't matter said Jones
testify: Eve don't want any she-hears
cooked we don't like them.''
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
innocent Recreation.

Father had demanded a heart-to.
heart talk with his only son.
Il am told that you are given to
gambling" he said sternly.
Il admit It," the son acknowledged
Nbut only for small stakes.
ooh, as long as 1t is for something
to eat I don't mind,'' the father said
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1o-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi.
hess, coated tongue, foul taste and fou,
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour. gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in.
testines, instead of being cast OUT
Of the system Is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches tbs
delicate brain tissue it causes con
gestion and that dull, t%hrobbing, sick.
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
Poor Fellow Had Is. Wa

Tell me of your curly educational
hardsldps..
Vel, I lived seven. blocks from a
ANrnesic library. and we had no auto.
mobile ~ louisville CONVERSATIONAL.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15

France makes elementary instruc.
ton obligatory for all children be.
tween six and thirteen years.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15

As we grow -.ore sensible, we. refuse
dug cathartics and take instea: Natures
herb cure, Garfield Tea. Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
MeatE Eaters Backache

Meat lovers are apt 10 have back
aches and rheumatic Nktacks. Unless
you SO heavy work and get iiots Of fresh
Al, don't eatStoo much meat. It's rich
in nitrogen and helps TO form uric acid
solil poison that irritates the
EneTvesy damages the kidneys; and often
Ecauses dSopay, gravel and urinary dis.
orders. Deans Kidney Pills heip
weak kidneys to throw of uric acid.
EIhousands recommend them.
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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15

Love may laugh nj locksmitbs, bur
1t giggles at plumbers
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15
&4S2.1S $4,4S2.1S

Net profit after paying for
farm and all cost Of opera
ton ..S2,472.67
Advertisement.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-15

CONTINUED Next Weekly
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17

was performing In London, and she
had, unknown to him, opened his dis.
patch box and from some secret CORE
spOndence had learned the real truth
regarding the proposed entente which
the emperor contemplated.
Schafer, alarmed at the woman's
knowledge, and yet fascinated by her
charms, had gone to the crown prince,
and he, in turn, had seer the woman
in Wiesbaden. Finding her so danger
Gus to the emperor's plans he first in
troduced her to a young French mar
quis, de Vienne by name, who pestered
her with his attentions, and followed
her to Beaulieu. Having so far sue
ceeded, the crown prince went to Nice
and played upon Schafer's love for the
woman, pointing out that she was play
ing a double game and urging him to
watch.
lie did so and discovered the truth.
Then there occurred the tragedy Of
jealousy, exactly as the police be-
lieved.
Herr Schafer had, however, escaped
to Germany, and the police of San Re
mo are still in ignorance Of his iden-
tity.
Copyright. 1917. william LeQueux)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Dickens Forensic Masterpiece.

Dickens lawyers are legion, but
none of them has n stronger hold on
the memory Of his readers than Ser
geant Buzfuz, whose peroration in
Bardell VS.. Pickwick ranks as n loren
sic masterpiece: "But Pickwick. gen
tlemen. Pickwick, the ruthless destroy
or of this domestic oasis in the desert
of Goswell street-Pickwick, who has
choked up the well and thrown ashes
on the sward-Pickwick who comes
before you today with his heartless to-
matO sauce and warming pans-Pick-
wick still rears his head with unblush-
Ing %effrontery and gazes without a sigh
on the ruin he has made. Damages,
gentlemen, heavy damages, is the only
punishment with which you can visit
him-the only recOmpense you can
award to my client. And for those
damages she now appeals to an en-
lightened, a high-minded, a right-feel-
ing, n conscientious, n d~ispassionate, a
sympathizing, a c~ontemplative jury OF
her civilized cOuntrymen."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Beware Of Closed Mind.

Beware of the closed mind. This
sounds like a paradox when addressed
to young men, yet it will. | think. bear
e~xamSpation. 1t is n truism to say
that she danger of maturity, and espe-
cially of age, Is the closing of the
mind to new ideas. Habit, most pow
erful of influences, hard experience
the very passage Of the years. all alike
tend - stiffen the muscles and to hard
en- the arteries of the mind as they do
those of the body. 1t is a misfortune
with which advancing age must strug-
gle, and the effort is yer and too
often either neglected or fruitless.-
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17

EDITORIAL NOTE. - william Lee
Queux, who here chronicles for his
friend, Count Ernst Won H~eltsendorh.
the lntter's revelations OF the inner
life of the imperial German court, has
long beer recognised throughout Eu-
rope a. the possessOr of its innermOst
secrets.
The English "WhO's h says of
himi "He has Intimate knowledge Of
the secret service of Continental cOun-
tries and In considered by the govern
ment (Of Great Brittany mn authority on
such matters" Another authority Snys'
"Few people have been more clOsely as-
s0ciated with or know more Of the
astounding Inner machinery Of Ger
many h "a he"
LeQueux probably has more sources
OF secret Information mt his
than any contemporary In civil life, AMI
for the last six years the British Gov
ernment has made valuable use OF his
vast store of secret In formation through
q specially organized department with
which LeQueux work. us a voluntary
assistant.
Count von Heltxendorn became I'M In
tlmate Of LeQueux several years prior
to the outbreak of the war, he has been
living in retirement In France since
August, 1914, and II was there that Le-
Queux received from the crown princes
late personal %adjutnnt permission TO
make public these revelntiOns OF the
inner life of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the democracies Of the world might
come to know the real, hut heretofore
hidden, personalities Of the two domi-
mint member of the autOcrncy they are
now arrayed against.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Rotten.

A colored man. working near the
outskirts of the city, went to n nearby
grocery ut the noon hour and bought 5
cents worth of crackers for his lunch.
As he started to leave the store ne no.
ticed some neat looking boxes that
contained samples of axle grease.
"Say, mister" he called to the grocer,
whats these little boxes of cheese
worth?" "Oh," says the grocer, "thOse
are just advertising samples. Help
yourself to one If you like" The next
day he appeared at the store again
and was asked by the groceryman how
he liked his lunch of yesterday.
Scratching his head obviously he said:
"Well, mister, your crackers was a-all
right, but, sa-a-ay, boss. that cheese
was sure ransom" - Indianapolis
News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Death From Superstition.

A superstitious Buddhist caused a
mans death in Mura, Japan. A dealer
in clogs went mad, owing to money
troubles. His wife and his sister con-
suited a Buddhist. The ignorant de-
voice, believing that the man was pos
sessed by a fox, advised them to take
him to Nose temple. In accordance
with the request of the mans relatives
the devOtee took the lunatic to Nose
temple, where he threw him in a pool
beneath a waterfall known as Shintaki,
holding him fast there with ropes. He
repeated the process for II few days.
Needless to say the lunatic's health
suffered considerably by this eXtraordi-
nary treatment. A few days later. at
about 4 a. m, the ZealOt threw the
lunatic in the basin of the waterfall
as usual and left him there for a few
hours. Before he returned the man
died from exhaustion and cold,
Amazed ut this result the ignorant bi.
got buried the body in a temple known
as TakuSonji in the same village, and
made out that the lunatic had died
from a sudden illness. The police,
however, heard of the affair and ar.
rested the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
In StvIe-

Jane went shopping with her moth
er to buy some dresses. One which
particularly took James fancy was too
small and could not he had in a larger
size. Jane. not understanding why she
was denied that dress, was persistent
In her entreaties for it. so her moth
err, TO convince the child, tried the
dress on and said: Don't you see how
shSrt 1t isf' But mother. all the
ladies are wearing their dresses very
short now" said Jane.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Had Hioh ever

Marjorie was a sickly child and
whenever her face was the least bit
flushed her mother always felt of il
TO see If she had a fever. One evening
1T supper the child tried to pick up
her cup of tea. II was too hot to be
handled and the child cried out /:
Mamma. my cup has an awful fever"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Reversion Of Type.

Wigg-How is ii he kicks so much
at what his wife says?
Wagg-Maybe it's because she per-
sists In calling him a mule.-Town
Topics.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
Liberty.

God grants liberty only to those who
love It. and are always ready to guard
and defend it.-Daniel Webster.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-17
ALETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJUTANT
TO WILLIAM LEoUEUx, PossEssoR OF THE
SECRETS OF EUROPE,

y { Z FH0M II CH0WN FHTNCES FERSUNNC NUJOTRNT
TO WILLIAM LEoUEUx, PossEssoR OF THE
SECRETS OF EUROPE.
Veneux NadOn,
PA MOret-sur-LOinR,
ScLne-et-Marne,
February 10th, 1917.
~ dear LeQueux,
have just finished reading the proof. a o articles describing
three small errors o mad nave duly corrected.
The gross scandals IN willy antiques which nave related o yu
were mnn o them known 10 yourself. for, AZ thu Intimate friend of
closely ssociated with mnn o those at u ho. nppen In
these artfces.
The revelations which l ave made. which you have recorded
here,n arr IN "a tithe Of he disclosures which could make. n II the
world desires MORE, shall be pleased to furaish o with other nd
~yen startling details, which % IA MISC III into print.
MY service al persOnn ndjutant to h German rOw prime is, a
pHy. at a cd nd o with HI trenchery If Germany agaInstc iyHi-
ration gIarIngIy revealed. fcl,i in IN retirement 10 injunction In
exposing all 20 oncerninR HI secrets Vi h kaiser n his sOn
With most cordial greetings from
Your sincere friend,
,SgnedD ERNST Won HELTZENDORFF.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-30
HERE'S WAY TO
| CUT BUTTER BILL

A recipe for war butter" has been
found by Richmond women, who are
aiding In the Conservation week cam
paign.
The butter is made Of creamery but
ter and 1t Yields two and one-fourth
pounds for every pound OF butter used.
w. Gaswell, principal owner OF the
Gaswell-Runyan company OF Hunting
ton, Ind, prepared the following re.
cipe.
ITO each pound Of butter use one
pint of rich milk, one tablespoon OF
geiattne, one tablespoon OF salt. Cream
the butter as for cake (squeezing Il
through the hands,. Dissolve the gela
tine In little milk. Heat the rest oi
the milk to the boiling point, Their
pour over gelatine las for puddingl
and stir until thoroughly mixed. When
about iukewarm--warm as new milk
pour slowly over the creamed buttel
ito which has been added the salt
and beat with an egg heater until vel
mixed. smooth and thick. Take Z
spoon and ladle on to plate. and al
you do this each spoonful will set
piling up Into firm butter
The butter is used on the Gaswel
table and for every other purpose ex
cept frying.