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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26

glove ON the right side a,id whip neatly
Iaround edges Of hole al nd your glove
will give good service for some time to
come. MRS. X. NJ. G.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Original Home of WeIshmen.

Jutland was probably the original
dome of our Kymric ancestors, as well
as TAT a later period) Of some so called
Saxon invaders. 1t was peopled in
classical times by the Cimbri, identi-
led by ethnologists with the Cymry.
or modern Welshmen. The Germans
magnanimously declined to annex Jut-
land with Schleswig-H olstein. 1t was
then considered a worthless waste of
moors, sand dunes and marshes. But
the industrious Danes have transform
ed what one English traveller styled "a
torsaken wilderness" into the most
prosperous pastoral countries of west.
ern Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
QUEER HUMAN NATURE.
How the Significance of Words May
Change With the Years.

How the Significance of Words May
Change With tho Years.
How the same word may have a diff
ferent Significance for the same man
at different stages Of his life is given
In the following from the New York
Post. as adapted and expanded from
the French In the Paris Figaro:
Life.-At twenty: Days that are COM
ing. At fifty: Days that are going.
The HearG-At twenty: An organ
whose frequent palpitations are due
to strong emotion. At fifty: An or
gan whose frequent palpitations are
due to Indigestion.
The Truth.-At twenty: Something
to be Haunted in the face OF the whole
world. At fifty: Something it is not
always polite to tell.
Poetry.--At twenty: Something you
read with eagerness and enthusiasm.
At City: Something to quote.
Time.-At twenty: You imagine you
never have enough OF; It. Therefore are
always In a hurry. AT fifty: You know
yoli, never have enough Of It. There
fore never hurry.
a Mutfier.-sAt twenty: "A protection
for ones dress shirt. At fifty: "A pro.
lection for what Is under -one's dress
shirt.
The Halr.-At twenty: You shake ii
back on your forehead. ~ fifty. Comb
IL catefuilysdo across your forehead.
Key.-AtstWeAty: "A contriyance used
- - xA SASAAf
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Bees Double Stomach,

The bee has two distinct stomachs.
In the first it stores away the honey it
so 1naastriously gathers up from the
flowers until such time as 1t is ready
to yield it up, while the other stomach
Is used simply and solely for digestion
purposes. Thus the food and the honey
are never mixed. When the bee re-
turns to the hive and is ready to de-
post the honey it has gathered 1t con-
tracts the muscles Of the stomach, by
which act the honey is elected through
the mouth. AS to bee food, it is vari.
Gus In kind, consisting largely of the
honey it so patiently makes for others.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
WARsHlP FIGHTING TOPS.
They Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.

They Are Now Mainly Used For Sentry
and Signaling Work.
Lord Nelson was killed by n musket
ball fired from the crosstrees of his
French antagonist. Because Of this
fighting tops came into existence and,
being developed to keep pace with
other parts Of naval construction, con-
tinue to be a traditional feature of the
worlds navies.
A century ago, when fighting men
marines, boarding parties, gun crews
crowded the upper decks Of a warship,
a siarpshooter posted aloft picked off
many a man. But a big battleship in
action today shows not a mark to the
man In the fighting top.
In the days when 1t still remained
possible for boatloads Of armed men
70 swarm up the sides and board a
lighting ship plunging shots were drop
ped from the fighting top. But with
great steel walls overhanging the
wave and never an accommodation
ladder swung out for their welcome it
Is impossible for unlimited guests to
set foot on the modern deck.
The captain of the fighting top is
usually in control of flag, semaphore
and Photograph signaling, leaving the
wireless to an invisible operator in
termed somewhere In the ships vitals.
lie is the sentry against small inquisi-
tive craft and may enforce his orders
by the rattle of a light quick firer.
He has the outlook, reports and ques-
lions passing ships and has virtues as
a detective against spies. His func-
lions, however, are limited. He is not
high enough placed to see the subma-
rine creeping along a score of feet be-
meath the surface or to note its wake
Of broken water.
The fighting top is In big cruisers
quite a massive affair and no longer
he tiny breastwork behind which the
picked rlflemen of the a~ncients knelt.
A duplicate set of range finders is usu-
ally kept there and used to check Off
the work Of the experts in the fire con-
troll tower. There are light quick firers
and machine guns, possibly also a high
angle gun or two for ,lse against air
craft.-Pearson's.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
EASY CHEMICAL FEATs.
How to Fireproof Cloth and to Make
Sympathetic Ink.

sympathetic Ink.
"Sympathetic ink" popularity consid-
cred a first aid" to war spies in writ
ing invisible communications, and
"freproof CLOTH offer two interesting
chemical experiments the formulas for
which have been supplied by a con
tr1butor to the Electrical Experimenter.
They follow:
Sympathetic Ink.-With a clean steel
pen write on white paper with a cobalt
chloride solution and let dry. When
the paper is held near a fire the writ,
ing will gradually appear and disap-
pear again when 1t cools because the
chloride absorbs moisture from the air.
Even though the paper is scorched, the
writing will still be visible.
F~ireproofing Cloth. First get two
glass tumblers. Add two teaspoonfuls
Of ammonium chloride to the water
In n glass and stir until dissolved
In the other glass put a piece Of cot
ton cloth two OF three inches square
and then pour the dissolved ammonium
chloride into the glass containing the
cloth and see that it Is we'll soaked
with the solution. Hang the cloth up
and let it dry. Then touch it with a
lighted match. 1t will burn in the
fame, but will go out as soon as the
fame is removed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
"ANY PLACE THAT is WILD"
John Muir Wanted to Get Far From the
Maddinq Crowd.

SSsbs
Maddine Crowd.
Once, on reading a magazine article
by an enthusiastic young mountain
climber who dilated upon his thrilling
adventures in scaling Mount Tyndall,
John Muir commented dryly; "He must
have given himself a lot of trouble.
When l climbed Tyndall ran up and
back before breakfast"
At a time when trails were few and
hard to find he explored the Sierra,
which, he said, should be called not
the Nevada or Snowy range, but the
Range of Light. When night came he
selected the lee side Of a log, made a
needles. If it was showing he made
a bigger fire and lay closer to his log
shelter.
outdoors Is the natural place for
man." he said. II begin TO cough and
wheeze the minute l get within walls"
Never at a loss to make his way in
the wilderness, he vas completely be
wildered In the midst Of city streets.
"What is the nearest way out of
town." he asked of a man in the bust
ness section of San Francisco soon aft
err he landed at the Golden Gate in
1868.
But 1 don't know where you want
to go!' protested the surprised pedes-
TRAN.
ITO any place that is wild,' he re-
plied.-Mary R. Parkman in st. Mich
olas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
YOUR A S CHANCE

Recently we published in these
columns an offer of The Youths Com
panion and McCall's Magazsne, both
for q full year, for only, So 10, includ-
ing a Mccall Dress Pattern. The
high price of paper and Ink has OBJ
liged McCall's Magazine to raise
their subscription price February l
to 10 cents a copy and IS cents aSyear
so that the offer at the above price
must be withdrawn.
Until March 81 our readers have
the privilege of ordering both publi-
lications for a full year, including
the choice of any Is cent McCai!
Dress Pattern, for only S2. 10.
The amount of reading. informa.
ton and entertainment contained in
the fifty two issues of the Youths
Companion and the value Of twelve
monthly fashion numbers of McCali's
at So. 10 offer q real bargain to every
reader of this paper.
The w atone price offer includes:
l The Youths Companion-52 issues.
2 1917 Companion Home Calendar,
8 McCall's Magazine-12 numbers.
A l Is cent Mccall dress pattern, your
choice from your first copy of Nc
Calls, if you send a 2-cenJ stamp
with your selection.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
st. Paul St, Boston, Mass.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
No "Poor Land"

That land of yours was mighty poor
when you bought it." a friend of ours
remarked to the wide awake owner Of
a beautiful farm We passed the other
day, w%hereupon the owner delivered
himself Of a faithful saying and wor-
thy of all acceptation-or mighty near
ly so. you're mistaken he said.
There's not any poor land when you
manage 1t right" 1t is a true rule that
"therA Is more in>the man than there is
h the land."-Progressive Farmer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
RURAL CREDIT Law
MAKES MONEY CHEAP
High interest Agencies Rush to
Reduce Rate to Farmers.
BIGGER LOANS AT LESS COST

Effect of New Administration Act
Strongly Felt, Although Law Is Not
Yet Ia Operation-WiIl Reduce In
terest on Land Loans to Less Than
S Per Cent.
The effect Of the new rural credit
law, passed by the Democratic Adj
ministratiOn, already is being felt i'll
lower interest rates, although the land
banks have not yet been organized.
Testimony to this effect is being given
at the hearings held by the Federal
Farm loan Board in various western
cities.
At the hearings in Nebraska, numer-
GUS farmers stated that interest rates
in the demonstrating section of that
State already have been reduced from
one to two per cent. by the prospective
competition Of the thirty to forty-year
loans that the land banks soon will be
making.
liz ufCAdSC lOuIl Iuu all lllSuIllSc
company " other agency would make
on a 64O-acre Klnkaid claim was ST.
600. The commission deducted from
this left the farmer $3.50. He paid in
terest at from 8 to 10 per cent for five
years on $1,000, making his average
net interest rate from II to 10 per
cent.
This now is stopped by the coming
law. Loan agents are rushing into
Nebraska to make fve-year loans at
lower rates, to forestall the operation
of the new law.
The farmers of the West, who have
suffered e%Xorbitant interest rates for
years, are not worrying about the
banks. Their testimony before the
Farm Loan Board showed that they
are enthusiastic over the new law. and
ready to help put it in successful oper-
alton.
The new farm loan act provides
means by which farmers can form CO.
operative or Joint stock associations,
and borrow from the regional Federal
Farm Loan Bank on the security of
their land. Ten farmers can form n
Of these associations. They can Dor
row up to so per cent. of the value of
their land, for a period running up to
forty years.
The loan is %repayable in small an
nual instalments, or can be paid in full
at any time. The estimated interest
rate is 5 per cent. The farmer who
b>rrows will share in the profits of the
business, thereby reducing his interest
rate to a still lower figure.
The Democratic National Committee
has issued from its headquarters, at
No. 80 East Forty-second %ftrcet, New
York, a pamphlet for free distribution,
fully explaining the rural credits law.
1t may be obtained from your Demo-
cratic State or County Committee.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
GUIDE YOUR BOY NOW.
skoep Him on the Road That Leals to
SsS chs Hiuhsst Citizenship.

&koep Him OF the Road That LeaGs Il
tbs Highest Citizenship.
This is a good time to think of your
boy. II you do not look after him III
the right way some one Will do 1t in
the wrong way. Begin now.
Teach your boy to follow In the foot
steps of his father, to respect the law,
to obey his parents, to regard the
rights Of all men, to honor virtue, to
respect womanhood and to depend
upon no one but himself for his ad-
vancement,
Teach him that the Golden Rule of
life will be found in the Ten Com.
mandments. They are short. They
have survived the ages They stand
today unchanged and unchallenged.
They comprise the first great written
law given by God to man. Before
these few commandments all man
made laws fade into insignidcance.
Teach them to your boy. There is dan
ger ahead If you do not.
The universal drift Of mankind Is to.
ward decadence. Heredity pays its
premium and also exacts It's discount.
The o OF q good father and SIN affec.
tionate mother, brought up IN an at.
mOsphere Of parental regard. never
will disgrace the family.
The boys of today are to be the men
II tomorrow. The destinies Of the
American people are to be In the hands
OF their sons. IF the boys are taught
respect for the law (both human and
divine), obedience to authority, manly
independence and the fear Of God this
great nation will be a noble monument
to mans capacity for self government
and self control at a time when all the
world Is a seething cauldron of unrest,
unreason and disbelief.
Teach your boy to rule, but first to
rule himself.--John A. Slelcher In Les.
..ie's Weekly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
The Plumb Line In Porto Rico.

There are places where the direction
of a plumb line is not vertical. Irregu.
larities Of density in the crust of the
globe may produce this phenomenon.
A remarkable instance in point was
found in the island of Porto Rico,
where the deviation from the vertical
Is so great that in mapping the island
the northern and southern coast lines,
as shown in the older maps, had each
to be moved inward half a mile
Scientific American.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Origin Of the Word "Farm.y

Ths origin OF the word farm is as
follows: In the Saxons' time the es-
tates which the lords of manors grant
ed to the freemen were at first but for
. term Of years, with a render Of a
rent, which In those days was of corn
and other products. The leases so
made were called fermes or farmes,
but times ensuing turned the produce
into money and terms Of years to
terms OF life and inheritance.-West-
minister Gazette.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
General Sale and Lease Notice

Notice is hereby given that a sale of State
Lands will be held in the following counties:
Gregory, April 18th: Charles Mix. April 18th;
Douglas, April 10Th Aurora, April goth; McCook,
April 2lst: Lake, April 2Srd; Sphinx, April oath;
Gdmunds, April 25th; Mcpherson, April 26th
Brown, April 27th; Hand April 28th.
All sales will be made at public auction. at the
front door of the Court House Of the Counties
named, between the hours of 1000 a. m. and 500
p. m. All Unbiased lands remaining unsold will
be offered for lease on the day following the sales.
by the several County Auditors. except in McCook
County, where the date of leasing is April 23rd.
and in Hand county April 10th, between The hours
Of 10 o'clock a. m, and ) O'Clock p. m.
Dated at Pierre, January 81, 1917.
n. e. KNIGHT,
Commissioner of School and Public Lands.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Raisins as Food.

AS a producer of energy the raisin is
a marvel. One pound of raisins in this
respect, a:cording to a doctor, will
more than equal "a pound of beef or
five pounds Of fish, two. pounds of eggs,
four pounds Of potatoes, two quarts of
milk, half a peck of apples OF a dozen
bananas" And the advantage Of the
sugar in the raisin is that it is almost
Immediately digested, assimilated and
transformed into energy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Notice of Hearing Admitting Foreign
Will to Probate
State of South Dakota

State of South Dakota
County of Hughes
In the Matter of the Estate of Henry Book,
Deceased.
Undersigned. Judge of the County Court. in and
for Hughes county. State of South Dakota, made
on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1877. that Satur-
day, the Gath day of March, A. D.. 1917. at IL
o'clock a. m at the office of the County Judge in
the Court House in Pierre. South Dakota, has
been fixed and appointed as the time and place
for hearing the petition of Paul Book that the
will of Henry Book. deceased, heretofore proved,
allowed and admitted to probate in the District
Court Of the County of Plymouth. in the State OF
Iowa, be admitted to probate. and recorded in
this said County Court. and that letters tesla
mentary issue to Paul Book. in accordance with
the terms and provisions of said will.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County
Court, this 7th day of MarchA. d. 1917.
tSeaU JONI H.. MCCoRD.
H.. Judge of Said County Court.
Clerk OF Said County Court,
JOHN A. HOLMES Attorney for Estate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
THE LADY ON THE LINKS.
Enjoying 4 Game Of Golf With the
Wife Of Your Friend.

Enjoying 4 Game Of Golf With the
Wife Of Your Friend.
She Would you mind teeing up my
ball? Thank you. Perhaps a little
higher. John says / ought to have my
tees lower, but somehow | never dare
try. Shall l go? (She drives and goes
J about twenty feet.l How dreadful!
He (cheerfullyl-That's nothing. One
never expects to play for the first three
holes. tHe drives and goes about
twenty-five feet.) You see!
She-Never mind. What club would
you use here?
He-The grass is pretty long. / think
under the conditions l should use an
Iron.
She Calmly taking out her brassie)-
Yes. I suppose | should, but one can
always go so much farther with a
brassie. (She tops the ball, which goes
about ten feet How dreadful.
He-Never mind. (Savagely driving
his ball with his Iron out Of the grass
nearly a hundred yards.9
She-Wonderful! John says you play
such a consistent game.
He-The last time | played with
John Il cost me SIC.
She-What? You don't play for
money, do your John says
He--Oh, never! / broke four clubs.
TAT the end of the eighteenth hole her
score Il 168. He has q bad l1o)
She--It vas awfully good of you to
l,ut up with me.
He-Goodl The pleasure Is mine.
After al. It isn't your score that
counts. It's the exercise.
6he-Thank you 30 much. H.ater to
JohnD he told me ! played some sim
MY wonderfulshots and said / was de-
veloping : great game. There!
He-Of course you are, dear. uater
70 him. Say, old man. how do you
Ike lying to another mans wife--in.
Ateadssof your ~own2-Idfe.
Aroused His Suspicious.
= veil known business man who was
lately married, says Billy Blair, took
ont some life insurance last Thursday.
Coming uptown Monday morning. he
MaSsaccosted ~ one Of his friends with
fhSzaaluta1ion:
sWhate the matter. old man? You
l0ok WOrr10d..
.s ~. rs honest with you, / am,
Sxon NOW, took o1tssome life inlsur-
sa1fe6 MT IhurSdayn "a
friend,
q ~ llafliat TODD with the woe.
t-HAJfls
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
All Yours.

All the books in the great libraries
are yours If you can read them. All
the paintings in the great galleries are
yours If you can enjoy them. Legal
ownership could only enable you to
prevent others from using them or en-
power you to give them up for money.
Youths Companion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Power of the Press,

The productions of the press, fast as
steam can make ana carry them, go
abroad through all the land, silent as
s~nowhakes. but potent as thunder. 1t
Is an additional tongue of steam and
lightning by which a man speaks his
arst thought, his instant argument or
grievance to millions in a d~ay.-Chapin.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Notice to Creditors

Estate of Luther B. Lewis, Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given. BY the undersigned
Administratrix of the Estate of Luther B. Lewis.
deceased. to the creditors of and all persons hay-
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of this notice
to the said Administrator at the Law Office of
John A. Holmes. in Suite 4 in the Hyde Block in
Pierre, in the County of Hughes, South Dakota.
Dated at PIERS. South Dakota. September 81.
1916. LAURA B. LEWIS,
Administrative OF the Estate of
Luther b. Lewis, Deceased.
JOHN A. HOLMES Attorney for Estate.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Notice to Redeem From Tax Sale
State of South Dakota,
County of Hughes

County of Hughes
To VIM R. Hutching, the record owner of the
land and VIM. K. Hutching the person in whose
name the land is taxed.
You Are Hereby Notified. That at a sale of land
md lots for unpaid axes by the Treasurer of
Hughes County on the Sth day of December.
1913, the following de cribed real property stu.
lted in said county and state. to-wit; The South
dal! of the North East Quarter of Section l3,
Township 12 North of Rang 81 West of the 5th
Principal Meridian in Peoria Township was sold
oOlof Nelson for the taxes of 1912. and a certi-
icate Of purchase for the same was issued by the
treasurer OF said county to said Olof Nelson and
that said certificate was on the 18th day of Dec
ember 1916, duly assigned by said Olof Nelson to
j. N. Young who is now the lawful owner and
holder thereof, and that the right of redemption
rom said sale will expire and a deed for said
premises will be made to said i'm. Young unless
redemption be made from such sale within sixty
lays from the completed service of this notice.
Dated this 18th day of December, 1916.
j.. N. YOUNG,
Lawful holder of Certificate.
BY BURG Brown, His Agent and Attorney.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
A Marvel Of ChemI.trv.

: of the most marvellous things Is
the lning Of a jet Of hydrogen gas in
liquid air. The smoke that arises from
the combustion floats off in the air as
pure snow, a flame burning brilliantly
In the midst of a liquid, with snow
given of for smoked
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Notice That Tax Deed Will Issue
State of South Dakota

oIdte u oputi btNoGi
County of Hughes
To Charles H Anderson and E, f. Swartz,
Trustees, owners of record and in whose name
the property is now assessed, and Charles H.
Anderson and b. f. Swartz; Trustees for the A.
c. Brink estate, and Mathew W. Murphy and
Pierre l.. Brink, Executors Of the Last Will and
Testament of a c, Brink, deceased. whose true
kreimann, Ida Lenenberger Estelle Campbell,
Wilhelm Tessendorf.r Anna Schnurr and Theo
HuckStadt, Mortgagees:
You and each of you are hereby notified in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the statute in
such cases made and provided. that on the 18th
day of November, 1912. the chen Treasurer of
Hughes County exposed for sale and sold at
regular sale of lands for delinquent taxes in and
for Hughes County. the following described real
estate. to-wit:
Lots Fifteen tl5l, Sixteen 1851 and Seventeen
M in Block rwenty-seyen [27l, Fourth Railway
Addition to the Town, now City of Pierre.
Hughes County, South Dakota, since plated and
of record as Lots One M, Two i2l. Three I3l.
-Four TAI, Five i5l and six Isl. Drinks Sub,
Seventeen VA, Block Twenty-seven Eel Fourth
Railway Addition to the Town, now City of
Pierre. South Dakota. for the taxes of 1911, then
due and delinquent thereon: that said property
was purchased by Hughes County, South Dakota
and the certificates has since been assigned to M
b. Griffin, who is now the lawful owner and hold
er of the certificates of purchase therefor. And
whereas, two years have expired since the date of
| purchase of said tract or lots, and the property
aforementioned has not been redeemed, you are
also notified that the right of redemption will
be made unless redemption from such sale be
made, together with the accrued interest and
costs of this notice, within sixty days from the
date OF completed service of this notice on you.
Dated at Pierre, South Dakota. this Both day of
January, 1917.
M. e. GRIFFIN,
Owner of Certificates.
ALBERT WHEELoN,
Agent.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-08
Black OpaIs.

The gem most sought after is the
Australian black opal, which is found
nowhere else in the world. 1T appears
in limited quantities in the matrix of
ironstone and sandstone in the Light
ming Ridge district Of New South
Wales.