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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
China and America.

From the New York Times.
In 1910 china sent to the United States
picked students TO be educated with he
funds repaid to him by the United
States as an excess payment on inden-
rity account. The Bulletin of winston
university has brought down to date the
records of 10 of them. Their quality may
be indicated by the fact that the 10 took
five first prizes and five second prizes in
scholarship, being all that We're offered
in that year. Thereafter they scattered
among several colleges and universities,
where several of them continued their
meteoric record. One of them Is now a
commissioner of agriculture in a province
In China and director of a school OIL agfl-
culture. Two are professors III the Picking
university and the Hydraulic Engineering
college at Marking. Another has finished
his studies in submarine and warship de-
signing. and is now on his way to China
TO practice what he has learned, Another
who took the same course is now IN the
Chinese ministry of marine. Several occu-
ply positions of opportunity and RESPONSE
b!lity in American chemical and oil con-
Germs of the first grade. with the inten-
ton of ultimately teaching their country
men the secrets of industrial chemistry.
One was sent home mentally deranged by
the severity of his studies.
The reaction of American instruction
upon the Chinese intellect is surely re-
markable. Nor is the international signif-
canoe unimportant. The original impress
sion upon China of a course of conduct
which seemed to the United States simple
equity has certainly been ~deepened by the
results of the use to which China put the
money. She spent it and has it back with
increase. The same is true of the United
States. Nvt only have the funds repaid
gone to the support of our educational in
stitutionS, they will continue TO return
Increase so long as these remarkable
young Cinnamon are influential in the al
fairs of their country, either officially or
commercially In the background there
may Turk some disquiet about the vel
low peril" 1t requires robustness OF
thought to consider the competition of
China when it fully responds to the light
of western culture. These Chinese stud
led with the same zest that our students
play football. If they carry on there
Will be grim sport in competing gains
them. However, it is early to borrow
trouble
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
Beautiful Christmas Story.

From the Milwaukee Journal.
A little, old man came into the office
of the Chicago charities and laid down
$3.50, Ito help IL some needy fam
lilies" Then he told them a story:
Years ago, when all of my folks were
living. l couldn't afford to give presents.
Things are different now, but most of my
folks have gone ! went shopping. Just as
If my folks We're alive. I picked out a
shawl for an aunt of mine. She's dead and
so ] didn't buy II, but ! put down the
amount of money l would have spent.
Then I wen and got some things for my
dead brother and for my father and moth
er. and for a few old friends of mine. 1
didn't really get them, you know, but I
priced the things / thought they would
like. When added up all the money I
would rave spent. it anne to almost $50.
so l added a little to 1t, and here 1t ts.
Has anyone heard Of a finer, more
beautiful way of showing a ans love
for his dead? The things he had wanted
to do, it was too late to do now. He
might, 1t is true, have spent money on
stone to make more artificial and mel
ancholy the quiet hillside where his
folks rest. He found a better way
to spend his affection, to remember in
fancy those he could no longer reach
and then to see hat his loving memory
of them went to mak others happier.
He made his love for his dead a power
to gladden. the living. He aid tribute
on grief and made it a blessing. 1t
Is not a sad story: we need not pity
him. But we cannot help loving him.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
KING ALBERT PARDONs
MILITARY PRISONERS

The Hague. Netherlands-(by maiD
king Albert. as commandments
of the Belgian army, has recently eX-
ercised clelnencY towards $50 military
prisoners incarcerated at FresneS.
After the experiences of his army at
Iiege, Namur and Antwerp. the king
was obliged to introduce an iron dis
clpilne in order to maintain a ilgn
morale among the troops. The slightest
oftense was punished with the great
est severity. Men who in ordinary
circumstances would have received Il
light penalty. during the days of the
battle of the User. We're condemned to
five or six years penal s~erVitude. To-
daN, with the army again strongly or
ganized and permeated with "a hiSh
spirit, clemencN can be exercised with
out danger. and groups of the con-
demned are set at liberty from time to
time.
The latest batch of released men en-
changed their prison garb for a new
uniform at lie Mans. They received
their new equipment With a cry of
Long live the king" and subsequent!
We're sent direct to the front.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
Up Where the North Bocins,

Contributed by f. s. s. With Apologies
TO Arthur Chapman.)
Up where the snow fakes fall a good bit
thicker.
Up where the winters gale stings a little
That's where the North begins!
Up where bob-sleds. down great tohog-
gans. flying.
Where clinking skates. DER fields Of ice.
go gliding,
Where ~crunching feet on icy streets are
That's Where the North begins.
Up where men are built a whole lot
squarer,
Up where women play their game much
fairer,
Up where love digs In souls a heap the
deeper.
Where real friends are found a few cents
cheaper,
Up where voices ring clearer and louder.
Where weak hearts are strengthened by
the s%touter,
That's where the North begins!
Up where grief.s forgotten In the growing,
Up where the Joy of living keeps a fellow
going,
Up where there's more OF doing. less Of
blowing.
welI-That's where the North begins.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
'%CASCARE7S" FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
bIlIousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box now.

Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, Indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let C%aScarets cleanse your stomach f:
remove the sour fermenting food :
AXE the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means a clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, B~eautiful-No
More itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation Of Danderine you cannot find a
single race of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first-yes-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty Of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance of
abundance; an incompatible luster,
softness and luxuriancc.
Get a 20 cent bottle of knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-that it has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-that's
.all-you surely car have beautiful hair
and lots Of it II you will just try a lit
lie Danderine. Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
The Cars Backward Step.

from JSe New lOfh IDSl.
The change of ministers in Russia means
q step backward. Premier GolitZin's first
interview confirms the impression created
by the removal, with Trepoff, of Count
l2natieff. one of the most potent intlu-
tnccs for progress in Russia. In the
brusGue announcement that hopes of in
ternal reform must be postponed till after
the wor, the new premier has flung down
a challenge to the nation. chat he VEN
lures to 40 so argues a state of mind in
r~eactionary circles that may be called
courage. but may also be called despera-
ton. There can be no question that the
Russian people today Is united as it has
never been before IN behalf of two things:
the continuation of the wal to the bitter
end. implying the elimination of pro-Ger-
mar influence IN the ruling circles; and
secondly, the substitution of progressive
efficiency for bureaucratic disorder in the
marshaling of Russia's resources for the
business of war. 1t is not the duma alone
that has spoken ont boldly against the
dark powers that are strangling the
national life, Tho council of empire and
the assembly Of mobiles have taken their
stand with me duma. The removal of
the monk Rasputin, the most popular en-
hodiment of these dark powers. was eff
fected by several member of the highest
Pctrograd aristocraCy. 1t is an event
which shows clearly to what degree the
nation is united and determined to make
its will felt in the shaping of the present
critical situation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
WESTERN CANADA LEADS
AS WHEAT PRODUCER
342, 900 Bushels Wheat in
1915; In 1916 Many Farm
ers Paid for Their Land
Out of Their Crop.

That Western Canada is indeed
Mistress of Wheat to the extent that
its 1918 crop exceeded, acre Cor acre,
the production of any country on this
continent is a striking fact proved by
the following figures:
In 1915 the Dominion of Canada pro-
duced 376,0OO,G00 bushels of wheat.
which represented an average yield of
20 bushels to the acre. The United
States produced l,011, sos, 900 bushels,
yield of IL bushels per acre. The only
serious competitors in wheat produc-
ton in South America were Argentine,
with 17S,221,0O0 bushels, or less than
II bushels per acre, and Chile, with
100000 bushels or 13 bushels per
acre.
The three Western Canadian prairie
provinces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta produced between them
842,000,O0O bushels out of the total Ca
madam 376, 100000 bushels. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that, outside of the
United States, Western Canada pro-
duced considerably more than the COM
bined production Of North and South
America. Canada is Of course q new
settled country, and the fact that the
crop Of the United States was practi-
cally three times as much is no dis
cOuragement. The United States has
at present more than twelve times the
population of Canada in approximately
the same area.
To illustrate further the greater pro-
d~uctiveness of Western Canadian land,
we submit the following figures, show
ing the 1915 yields per acre in the
three provinces of Western Canada
and in the states which in that year
produced the greatest quantity of
wheat. The figures are taken from the
O. S. department of agriculture's an
nual report and from the figures of the
Dominion census bureau:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
Mood Being Put to Many New Uses.

Wood Being Put to Many New Uses.
Among the products made exclusive
ly from wood are charcoal. without
which we could have no formalde-
hyde; %cellulose, which, converted into
viscoSe, furnishes us with artificial
sausage skins and artificial silk from
which neckties, stockings, braids and
tapestries are made.
Nine-tenths of all paper is made
from wood. At the forest products
laboratory ut Madison, Wis, of the
American Forestry association the mill
waste of long-leaf pine has been
turned into Il brown paper that has
a variety of uses; cut into strips, it is
spun into threads and woven into
bags, mating burlap, suitcases and
furniture. That laboratory has also
produced Il dye from the mill waste of
Usage orange that is II substitute for
fustic.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No fo%olishness! Lift your corns
and calluses off with fingers
It's like magic!

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns OF
any kind of a corn, "a harmleSsly be
lifted right out with the fingers if you
apply upon the corn a few drops Of
%freezone, says a Cincinnati authority.
For little cost n can get q small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying 1t or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get a small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
Why rheumatism Comes
With Cold Weather!
BIZ VALENTINE MOTT PIERCE, n. D.

A close connection exists between
these two = cold weather and rheu-
matism. Prof. Alex. Haig, of London,
has the most followers in the medical
profession in the belief that the pres
nee in the system of uric acid, or it's
salts in excess, is the real cause Of rheu-
matism. Everyone has recognized the
difference in the appearance of their
water as soon as it gets cold; there is
often q copious sediment of brickdust.
Several causes may lead up to an
accumulation Of uric acid in the system,
which, in turn, causes rheumatism or
govt, or creaky joints, or swollen fingers,
or painful joints. For one reason the
skin does not throw off the uric acid, by
profuse sweating, as in the hot weather,
and the kidneys are unable to take care
Of ths double burden. Anothe. reason
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
An Edible Currency.

At Gotham, a rural station in cen
trail Virginia, Mr.. Bell is the store
keeper. One day a small negro came
into his store with a single egg. He
went up to Mr.. Bell and displayed the
new-laid egg.
"Mr. Bell, m say please, sir,
give her d needle for dis egg"
You can get two needles for an
egg" answered Mr.. Bell.
Nor, sir, m dom want two
needles; she say please, sir. give me
de change in cheese."-Youth's Com
panion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
No ohiectinn

When Governor Head was in office
In New Hampshire, Colonel Barrett
of the governors staff, died, and there
was an unseemly scramble for the of
f1ce, even while his body was await
ing burial with military honors. One
candidate ventured to call upon Gov
ernor Head.
Governor" he asked, do you think
you would have any objections if |
We're to get into Colonel Barrett's
placer"
The answer came promptly. mo.
don't think l should have any obiec-
tons, if the undertaken is willing.'-
Tit-BitS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
Rear Guard Removed.

Doris was rather backward in her
studies. One day when her father
was inquiring into her standing at
school she admitted that she was low
est in her class.
why, Doris, I am ashamed of you! !"
her mother exclaimed. why don't
you study harder and try to get away
from the foot of the class?"
1T isn't my fault" Doris replied in
tones of injured innocence. 1.-The lit
tie girl who has always been at the
foot has left school,"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
HIGH COST OF LIVING

This is a serious matter with house.
keepers as food prices are constantly
going up. To overcome this, cut out
the high priced meat dishes and serve
your family more SINNERS Macaroni
and Spaghetti, the cheapest, most de-
licious and most nutritious of oil foods.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book, telling
how to prepare it in a hundred different
ways. It's free to every woman.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

is that people do mot drink O. much
water in cold weather az in summer,
which helps to flush the kidneys. Again,
they eat O meat in cold weather, and
some people are, 20 susceptible that they
develop rheumatism after eatinsx
meat.
At all such times persons should drink
copiousiy of hot water, nay, q pint
morning and night, and take AnurioI
three or four times q day. This An
uric comes in tablet form and can 81.
had at almost any drug store. It dis.
solves the uric acid in the system
and carries it outward. / would edyieo
everyone to take Anuric occasionally.
and continue for three ior four weeks.
and in that way avoid rheumatism. eoui
and many Of the painful disorders dne
to uric acid. Adv
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
As the Old Year Died

Il couldn't get u of marrying her."
Henpeck explained. when she pro-
posed she said: "Will you marry met
Have you any objectionY You see, no
matter whether / said yes or no. she
had me-
"Why didn't you just keep silent,
then" inquired his friend.
That's what j did, and she said.
silence gives consent and that ended
it,"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

$50 per acre, with irrigated lands some
what higher. 1t is no exaggeration
whatever to say that a number of
Western Canadian farmers have paid
for their land entirely from the pro-
ceeds of last years crop, and this in
Guides men who last year began for the
first Observation-Disclosures.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

In 1916 the crop was not as heavy,
but the yields in many districts We're
very large. So large, indeed. was the
acreage under cultivation in 1915 that
the resulting crop proved too large to be
all threshed the same fall. 1t over
loaded railroads, and made marketing
slow. A less amount of fall blowing
was done than would have been lone
in q less heavy year, because the aver
age farmer was too busy with his
threshing. All these conditions nee
essarily reacted upon the acreage
seeded in the spring of 1916. Add to
this that labor last year, owing to the
great number of Canadians who have
enlisted, was scare and high-priced,
and one factor in the decreased yield
smaller acreage under crop was evil
dent.
Another factor is that this year
Western Canada has experienced, in
common with the entire North Ameri-
can continent, conditions that tave
been less favorable to the production
of big crops. The conditions have re-
suited in smaller yield per acre and
reduced grade Of grain in certain local
tiles.
The average yield of wheat in the
three western provinces is estimated
by the government at about 16 bushels
per acre, oats 43 bushels, and barley
81 bushels.
The financial value Of their crops to
Western Canadian farmers has been
greater this year than ever before.
Owing to the high prices of grain that
are prevailing, returns have been re-
ceived that are extremely profitable.
With wheat standing at the present
time at wei $1.9O per bushel at the
Great Lakes. a wheat crop at present
figures would pay the farmer, eve
supposing he had only the average Of
10 bushels per acre, over $4,000 per
acre. A large number are receiving
5000 per acre-some have received
$500. and a few even more than that.
This price, Of course, is not all profit:
1t represents the gross return. n the
cost of operation must be deducted.
But it does not. eve Mt the highest fig
ures, cost more than 65 cents to raise
q bushel of wheat in Western Canada,
so that the profit can be figured accord
Ingly. It must be emphasized that the
acre which produces a $1,000 crop costs
In the first case. probably less than
that. In the United States the same
class OF land would cost in many dis
tricts from 500 to $500 per acre, and
aver then a return OF $4,000 would be
considered extremely satisfactory. In
Western Canada the best class OF ag-
ncultural land, capable Of producing
crops that In size compare with any
country in the world except, perhaps,
some European countries, can be OBJ
tained at. on the average, from $50 to
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
Too Suggestive

First Tramp wish I could git Sff
desc fast freights for a ride in a f1rs,-
class coach.
Second Tramp-Eyery cloud has its
silver lining. In de passenger coach
dere is an AK and saw to remind O
Of a wood pile.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
His occupation.

"What is that man doing?" asked
the customer, as he saw the clockmak-
er's assistant painting the hours on a
clock face.
oh" replied the master, she Is sim
ply making time"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01
The Ioiler.

Does n farmer have to work hard2"
Yep. But not as hard as the aver.
age person who has to buy what US
farmers raise"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong, sick women well, no
alcohol. Sold in tablets or liquid.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

Constipation can be cured without drugs.
Natures own remedy-selected herbs-is
Garfield Tea.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

A postal card to Garfield Ter Co., Brook.
Ign, N. Y, asking for a sample will re.
pay you.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

British Columbia last year exported
100 carloads Of potatoes. These went
chiefly to st. Joseph, Mo.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

The whole universe is nothing but a
trace Of the divine goodness.-Dante.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

New York has an aggregate foreign
trade of S2,125. 0 5000, exceeding that
of London by 00.OOO,O 600.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

In 1917 q half century will have
elapsed since the first discovery Of
diamonds in South Africa.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

Do everything reason tells you to do
unless conscience vetoes 1t.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

Constipation, indigestion, sick-headachs
and bilious conditions are overcome by >
course of Garfield Tea. Drink on retiring.
ADV.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-01

Any IA becomes an ideal husband
tie day his wife becomes a widow.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-31
WHY SOCIETY WOMEN WASH
THEIR OWN HAIR

They DO. not because II is a fad,
but because they wish to obtain the
greatest possible hair beauty and be
sure they are not using anything
harmful. They have found that in
washing the hair II is never wise to
use a mAkeshift, but is always ad-
visable to use a preparation made
for shampooing only. Many of our
friends say they get the best results
from a simple homemade canthrox
mixture. You can use this at a cost
of about three cents a shampoo by
getting some canthrox from your drug
gist, and dissolving a teaspoonful in a
cup OF hot water. This makes enough
shampoo liquid to apply to all the hair
instead of just the top OF the head, as
with most preparations. Dandruff. ex-
cess oil and dirt are dissolved and en-
tirely disappear in the rinsing water
Your hair will be so fluffy that It will
look much heavier than II is Its
Iustre and softness will also delight
you.-Adv.