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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
Booze Peril in France.
From La Revue, Paris.

- fIOhi la IkcNue, l. dTlS.
AT the present moment France Is at
tracing the eyes OF the world more than
ever before. 1t Is not enough to show
our enthusiasm regarding the English.
Americans, Italians, Portuguese or Rus
slams who are dwelling among us. We
security. But alcoholism menaces all In
the same degree. The "Teddies'' who
arrive from the United States total or
partial prohibitionists are exposed to
multiple dangers and temptations.
The great American republic accepts
In money which the war against the Ger
mans may demand. But let US take care:
We shall commit an evil action II her
children find themselves exposed not My
to the danger Of being slain at the front.
but to that OF being poisoned by alcohol.
already manifested fears upon this point.
A few concrete cases would suffice to
cause an utburst Of opinion on the other
side. The Germans are watching and
they will not be slow to exploit such sen
timents, which are justified, indeed, to
drawing the noble population Of the
United States toward the sacred cause Of
the allies.
We cannot lay too much emphasis upon
the decree issued by the British military
authority. January Is. 1917, prohibiting
French regions occupied BY the English
army! And this in order to respond to
the declaration Of civil and military au-
thorfties Signalling alcoholism al an OBJ
struction to the agricultural and indus
trial production required BY the necessi.
until the American. too, perhaps, shall
inflict q like humiliation upon our minis
tiers OF the interior, OF munitions, Of sup
plies. n many other of their confrcres?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
The Wood Pewee.
From the Chicago Post

From the Chicago Post.
Lowell lamented that Ovid could not
have heard the phoebe's call, so that he
might have hung Il Legendary pain about
the memory of the bird" 1t may be pre-
sumptuous to differ even slightly from
Lowell. but if Ovid had been given tho
opportunity to hang a legendary pain
about the memory Of any bird. it seems
to us that the p%hoebe's cousin, the wood
pewee, should ave been chosen.
In a few weeks the last laggard of the
pewee tribe will depart for the southern
land of insect plenty. The pewee Is a
flycatcher. and it strikes down On its
prey awning. 1t is a solitary bird, loving
the tops of the deep woods trees, where
all day long it s%yllables "Pe-wee.' until
its Swallowed hoine has fallen under the
deeper shadow of night.
The pewee's note Is said to be melan-
choly. and those who hear it for the first
time IN the sere season feel doubly GER
tain that the melancholy days of the poet
are come. The pewee's note, however, in
tho glad Homecoming time of the spring
is jus! as melancholy as it is in the sad
home leaving time of the fall. In truth.
the note is not melancholy at all. 1t is
SIMPLY sweet with a touch of sadness.
AS q compensation for denying grace OF
form and b~rilliancy of song to the pewec,
nature has taught it to build a nest that
has no rival for beauty and delicacy save
the home of the ruby throated humming-
bird. The Pawee's house Is built Of Itch
ems woven into a fabric with
art. The method of it's building the bird
holds as 4 secret that is beyond the Gun
ming of man-to discover.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
The "cat SQUADRON"

lHC @QS SNNQOIVus -
Great Britain was the first naval
power to build the battle cruiser. Close
on her heels came Germany, Russia
and Japan; but all others, including
the United States, have no battle
cruisers in their line of battle. 1t was
in 1907 when the mdomitable, the first
one, was begun. One year later she
crossed the Atlantic ut Il speed of o
little more than % miles an hour. The
IntiaXiblc and Invincible followed, and,
when the European war came, Great
Britain had Il squadron that proved
of immense worth to her. In the Jut.
land battle, however, three of the Brit
ish battle cruisers were sunk, shells
penetrating their arnlor and cxplod.
ing their magazines or boilers. The
nrmor of II superdreadnaught would
most probably have proved too strong
for the shells that destroyed these bat.
tie cruisers. The famous Cat Squad.
ron," SO called because it included ths
Lion and Tiger, Is today the last word
In the battle cruiser; but In q few
years the American battle cruisers
that are now being built will far out.
strip the ''cats' IN every FEATURE
Frank r. Evans, in st. Nicholas Maya,
zine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
"Sea Barraqe."

From the New York Evening World.
Last weeks official report Of the Brit
ish naval authorities describing the ef-
fectiveness of depth" bombs and sea-
planes in fighting submarines lends add
ed interest to an article in the current
number of one of our own newer maya
zines, the Navy and Merchant Marine.
In his article an American, Percy
Adams Hutchinson, member of the secre-
tary's committee of the United States
naval consulting board, outlines q plan
for protecting vessels from submarine at
tack by barrage or curtain fire from
deck guns of high muzzle elevation, hurl-
Ing depth-exploding shells into the near
vicinity of approaching U-boats.
Here" Mr.. Hutchinson maintains,
lis the method for turning the tables
on the submarine. and with a VEN
geance, for 1t is by no means neces-
Bary that the shell fired in the man
ner described should actually strike
its target. II the shell is charged
sive. and fitted with a delay fuse for
may be timed not to occur Until
after the shell Is at some depth be-
low the surface. the explosion may
be at some distance from the subma-
rine and the destructive effect be
no less complete"
The scheme requires naval howitzera
for high angle firing and a kind OF
spoon-nosed diving" shell which will
not ricochet when 1t strikes the water.
Patents for a shell of this sort. Mr..
Hutchinson assures us, were taken out
some time g in both England and
America,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
Even With the Barber.

Don't you ARE for any postcards
today?" asked the postal clerk as he
handed the man the stamp he had
requested.
Not today" said the man.
"Or some stamped envelopes? We
have some new ones"
mo, thank you"
Would you like u money order?"
mo"
"Or perhaps you would like to open
u postal savings account?"
But the man had fled.
Who was that fellow, and why did
you ask him all those questions?'
asked a fellow clerk.
That" said the other clerk, els
my barber. For years when he has
shaved me he has bothered me with
recommendations Of messages, sham.
poos, haircuts and hair tonics. l am
even with him now"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
~Fu1sehood and prevaricut;on."
From the Spectator, London.

1ator, London.
his old relations either to his own country
or to the rest of the world.
10 measure the depth Of the kaiser's
iaiseness 1t is useful to contrast what we
have just learned with the famous inter-
View with the kaiser published in the
Daily Telegraph in 1903. In the Times Of
Wednesday Mr.. ]. G. Van de Veer. the
Well known London editor of the Amster-
dam Telegraph, reminds US that the kaiser
then said:
M aoI Ehhn all are a mad; mad e
prevarication are alien to my nature.
My actions ought to speak for them
selves; but you listen not to them,
but to those who misinterpret and dis
which | feel n resent. To be for
ever mistudged, to have my repeated
offers Of friendship weighed and
scrutinized with Jealous, mistrustful
eyes, taxea my patience severely.
Az a proof OF hts long and earnest friend
ship for Great Britain the kaiser informed
US in the interview that 1t was he alone
who had stood in the way of a European
coalition to annihilate Great Britain at
the time Of the Boer war. OF course h a
type Of Eng1ishman who finds IT quite i'm
possible not to yield to an emotional ap-
peal tried to represent 20 use at the time
that Great Britain had behaved ungraci-
SNS'S. SNdbOyAibIS dIl0 NlLENISdNC1S oWdlu
the kaiser, and that all that was necessary
for the permanent peace Of the world was
to grasp the and which the kaiser held
out, as one might almost say, affection
ately. Others, who happily. could not rid
their minds of the many examples which
history provided Of Prussian cynicism,
saw In the kaiser nothing but what the
French call a faux bonhomme. We do not
claim that Great Britain had the peculiar
honor Of having alone excited the kaiser's
hatred. He would turn on one man az
easily as on another. When he found
that the car was q little too timid. or a
little too honest. wholly to fall in with his
i%ntrigues, he set about making mischief
with fresh collaborators, and within three
years he was boasting to the Austrians
that it was he who had played the gallant
part Of a knight in shining armor and de-
Tended them against their enemy the car.
1t seems like a bad dream that ation OF
respectable persons. earning their liveli-
hoods and living their lives In accordance
with the ideals and the codes Of ordinary
human beings. should he exposed to the
Responsibilities of such rulers as willy
and Mkt. More than ever the wsrld will
agree with Mr.. Wilson that no country u
safe so long as this kind OF tragic bur
lesoue in the arts Of ruling is possible.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
Sure Enouoh.

The ball had gone over the fence, as
balls will in suburban gardens, and a
small but unabashed batsman ap-
peared at the front door to ask for it.
Then appeared an irate father.
"How dare you show yourself at nv
house? How dare you ask for your
ball? Do you know you nearly killed
n of my children with it?"
"But you've got ten children" said
the logical lad, land I've only got one
baseball"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
What Name?

Orville Wright said at a Dayton din.
ner:
'The war has developed flying enor-
mously. Wen all fly after the war.
Air fiends will Their be as thick as
motor 1ends are today.
what name shall we give to the air
iend's mania? Aerysipelas, perhaps!
Or would fyfold be better? Maybe
Well call it inf1ewenza. Hold, though
All things considered. wouldn't the
best lame be skyatica2"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
The Particular Landlord.

II understand the police backed the
patrol wagon up to an apartment house
In your neighborhood and took out u
bunch of disorderly tenants"
Eyes. Great world, isn't it? The
man who owns the place wouldn't
rent an apartment to anyone who had
children"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
FLASHES OF THE BIG GuNs.

Loyd-George-There IL no section
Of b community that has such an
interest I'M the victory OF the allies
as the workers Of the world.
Colonel Creswell-The one crucial
y important point about the war is
that the policy of pounce" shall
not receive the impr1matur Of his
tory.
Signor Media, Italian minister Of
flnance-Peace. like fruit, should
not be gathered until 1t is ripe.
H. A. L Fisher. suggest that
the memorial Of this war should
be q great university for England
In which the whole population
you have h means for rising to
q higher level OF learning and Gull
ture than 1t has hiterto been posi-
BILE for the people to reach.
Earnest Newman Nature can
turn out artists by the haaketfui;
but q little more time and trouble
go to the making Of the critic.
b. Carpenter-Teach 4 boy to use
-tts hands and he will quickly learn
use his brain.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
An Excuse for Canes.
From the chicago New.

From the Chicago News.
Soldiers are encouraged to carry 'Swag-
GER sticks" because It keeps them from
siouchtng and putting their and In their
pockets. This should bring the cane again
into popularity. Many men would like
to carry canes II they had q reasonable
excuse for doing 80. and the army has
furnished the excuse.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
|ALL INQUIRIES NOT ALIKE
Philadelphia Lawyer illustrated LEAD
'ng Questions" in Court With Dip
iomatic Kiss Story.

The late John G.. Johnson, u Ihila-
1eIDhia lawyer, vas oncc explaining
20 Il jury the nature and the unfair
aess of leading or guiding QUESTIONS.
Tie illustrated his explanation with an
a%necdote.
"a young chap and n pretty girl he
said, "sat on u secluded bench at
Lemon Hill. The girl turned to him
ind said earnestly:
"'You ask me for a kiss. There is
u language in kisses. A kiss on the
hand denotes chivalrOus respect, On
he forehead it denotes a firm and
faithful friendship. On the lips
her color rose and she drew a long
breath--'a kiss on the lips denotes MI
things. Kiss me, then. once FIX
press In n kiss your feeling toward
me-
'"The bashful youth %pondered.
81 don't want to lose her. he said
to himself. Where is it best to kiss
her? Hand, forehead or lips7'
"a mellow whistle interrupted him.
He looked ut the girl. Her red mouth
was puckered up in the form Of q rose
bud; she had pulled down her hat
so as to hide her forehead completely,
and both hands were thrust up to the
wrists in her pockets"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
Hot Scotch.

Scot Sergeant drilling some raw re-
cruits)-Hoo is 1t We dinna turin
ABBOTT when All ABBOTT turin We? Can
ma We one'er-r-stan' puid Kings Eng
lish?-Passing Show.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
THE BLUE HAT, TRUE.

Red Cross Ball Blue gives to clothes
\ clear, dazzling white, winter than
snow, not a %greenish yellow tinge like
cheap bottle blue. Buy Red Cross Ball
Blue for next washday. You will be
happily surprised. Large package at
your grOcers, s cents.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18

Once in q great while a man may be
able to attribute his poverty to his
honesty.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18

forWomen
For Forty Years Lydia E. Piinkham's
Vegetable Compound has Relieved
the Sufferings of Women.

1t hardly seems possible that there is a woman in this
country who continues to suffer without giving Lydia E.
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound a trial after all the evi.
dence that is continually being published, proving beyond
contradiction that this grand old medicine has relieved
more suffering among women than any other medicine in
the world.
Mrs. Kies0 Cured After Seven Nfonfh,a Il1ness.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
hox,a Thia2

We offer $4,000 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
-ATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE isu talk
an internally and acts through the Blood
On the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18

The king OF Italy receives . salary q
$z.S22,000 9 year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18

The under dog is entitled to little
sympathy IL he starts the fight.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
[rs. Kieso Cured After Seven Months Illness.

Aurora, Hl-"For seven long months I suffered
from q female trouble, with severe pains in my back
walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I
would jump at the slightest noise. I was entirely
unfit to do my house work, I was giving up hope Of
ever being. well, when my sister asked me to try
six bottles and today I am a healthy woman able to
do my own housework. I wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound, and find out for herself how good
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18

HB'-NRs: KAHL a. K1Esd, bgB North Ave, Aurora, III.
Could Hardly Get Off Her Bed.
Cincinnati, Ohio-M want you to know the good Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done for me. I was in such bad
health from female troubles that I could hardly get off my bed. I
had been doctoring for a long time and my mother said, 4 want you
to try Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound So I did, and it
has certainly made me a we'll woman. am able to do my house work
and am SO happy as never expected to go around the way do again,
and l want others to know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Paramount, Cincinnati, Ohio.
If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinxham Medi-
cine Go. (confdentaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
Obliging.

Better a cheerful nature, than a NOR
bid success.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18

From One Who HAS Tried.
what is the distinction between In
surance and assurance?"
flakes one to sell the other"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
A Question.

Anyhow, poverty is no crime"
"And that's a good thing. Where
would us poor folks get our technical
tiles from?"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-31
x-Ray colors Glass.

Glass colored by the light of short
wave length and gem stones changed
in color are among the curious effects
produced with the new N-ray tube of
IL. Rosenthal. a New Jersey expert
menter. Several kinds of optical glass
were affected, and became progressive
ly changed throughout to various yell
low and brown tints. \ variety sup
posed to contain manganese took on
the amethystine or purple tint some-
times acquired by window panes long
exposed to bright sunlight. Pink Cali
fornia spodumene was altered to a
deep green in a few minutes and some
minerals owing their natural eoloring
to manganese We're also changed In
color. The special X-ray tube is about
four inches In diameter. A rod of
molybdenum supports an anode of
solid tungsten, which is water-cooled,
and the cathode Is an electrically
heated spiral of tungsten. The bulb is
cooled by compressed air. The tube is
operated by a high-tension TRANSFORMS
er, and its effects can be modified or
regulated by varying the voltage and
the cathode temperature.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-31
Drafted Farmer Problem

The difficulty of getting farm labor
has suggested that crop workers should
have some sort of exemption from the
draft and various bodies interested in
war food conservation, have urged the
step. Provost Marshall General E. III.
Crowder has settled the question in the
following manner:
The mobilization of the drafted army
to contonment camps is to take place
BY groups from each district, say ~
per cent of the quota at intervals oil
two weeks. Those men who are need
ed in the district for harvesting are To
file claims for temporary discharge on
this basis with the district exemption
boards, which will send the claim on
To the local boards with note saying
that the claim has been made and dis
allowed. This will furnish the local
boards with information as to swhat
men are needed for farm labor.
The local boards will then refuse the
claim for temporary discharge tunless
in exceptional cases., but will post
pone sending these men until the later
calls. which probably will not come
until The second or third week in sep
tenber. when the most urgent need OF
harvesters is over.t
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-31
Nhy Not 60 to the Fair?

Where shall we go Labor Day? is a
question we hear from many people
and yet if they would only stop and
think a jiffy, they would not be in
doubt for d moment. There is a place
% go on Labor Day.
The New London County Fair
which opens at Norwich, Conn, on
that day and continues for the fol-
lowing 1.-TWO days is the place for
every patriotic, wide-awake citizen.
Under the demands of the President
that every one should try and in
crease the crops and conserve the food
supply so that we may not be forced
to feel the lack of food stuffs and so
that the Allies may be enabled to con-
tinue the good fight until the Teutonic
Autocracy is driven To the wall and
the agriculturists of the country have
done their best ana the results of their
labors will be seen at the County Fair.
The management of The Fair feel as
sured that the fair for this year, the
sixty. third in the history of the So
ciety, will be more attractive and con-
tain more instructive and entertaining
and amusing features than any other
wear. Lovers of horse racing and mo-
torcycle racing will be delighted with
the daily speed contests. The exhibits
will be representative of the county :
agricultural, horticultural and indus
trial resources and progress.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-31
New Haven Imports Laborers.

In order to raise the embargo OF
freight at the local depots, the New
Haven" has imported thirty or fort.
freight handlers. The men will b.
housed in bunk cars placed on one o
the company's sidings.
The demands of the draft. OF manu-
featuring plants and the need of mel
in harvesting crops have reduced th'
company's Hartford freight handler
from seventy-fve or eighty to twenty
five, making it impossible to handle thu
freight as fast as it comes in, causing
the embargo The importation of la
Dor is not new plan and has beer
done in Hartford before as we'll as il
the other railroad centres.
Local merchants have been put t,
considerable inconvenience by the con
ditions prevailing at the Morgan stree
Yards and other places Embargo OF
less than carload lots on consignment
TO Hartford is in effect an embarg'
on the road The matter has beer
taken up by the Hartford Chamber o
Commerce and the importation of Ia
borers is one Of the steps taken to re
lieve the difficulty.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-31
Fish Had Four Feet

While fishing in the Iowa river Ray
nlond Peterson caught strange thing.
Local scientists have pronounced it a
"hLoperotishygashaway, but some of
oar best-poSted nimrods say it is a
mud puppy. Anyway, it was a strange
looking creature with a body shaped
Ike an eel. 1t was 24ik inches long.
II had head Ike 4 fish with the ex-
eeption that instead Of gills it had
collar of fur just hack Of the head.
1t had four legs and in some respects
resemhled a baby alligator. The little
animal put up pretty game fight for
a while. but il soon died when exposed
to the air. II was sent to a large
museum in New York city.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-08-31
400" PAPER is EXCLUSIVE
The Chronicle OF New York Probes
Ones Family History Before TAX
ing Subscription Money.

Every once in a while somebody
does something nobody else ever
thought of doing. and puts it over. All
of which leads us to the Chronicle.
the latest magazine published In New
York, which has been called "of. for
and by society"
The publishers won't admit this
phrase is the proper one TO apply TO
1t, but the fact has leaked out that
certain persons who sought to become
subscribers were turned down because
their family histories would not stand
the close scrutiny of the social mi
croscope.
The Chronicle is published monthly,
at the rate Of So a year; and is not
on public sale. Just who the hackers
of the project are no one seems to
know. 1t has been said that certain
group of we'll known women got to-
gether and said, isn't il about time
that something be done to kill the idea
that society does nothing but engage
in butterfly balls, monkey dinners
all night bathing parties and the
like? Let's get out a magazine that
will show We have real thoughts and
are doing real things. And let's keep
ii a secret"
And here enters James w. Penneck.
Jr.. formerly of Syracuse. n. Y. a
dapper little man who talks high-brow-
ish and wears suits. ties and hose of
the same shade of green. brown. yio-
let or grey He is the man you are
referred to when You call at the Chron-
icle office at Fifth avenue. "Yes, I'm
in charge here" he drawls.
ITS immaterial who the publishers
of the Chronicle are" he answers to
the direct question.
ooh, no, it would be impossible for
YOU to see a copy. They're fer our
subscribers only. and, you know, eur
subscribers are invited to subscribe.
Our contributors? Well, they're our
subscribers. That is one of the basic
ideas concerning the Chronicle. The
terms contributors and subscribers are
synonymous