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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

Our boys are defending this country
on the high seas and on the land. Our
own defense against q common enemy
is to keep the system clean by Kidding
the body of the toxins, or poisons, which
are bred in the intestines. When You
feel tired, sleepy, headachy, when you
breath is offensive, or pimples appear
on the face and neck, il Is time to recog-
nize the danger and protect your bodily
health by taking something for the liver
such as DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
TIE machinery of the body needs to
be oiled, kept in good condition, just as
the guns or machinery of a ship. Why
should a human person neglect his own
machinery more than that of his auto
mobile or his guns? Yet most people
do neglect themselves. Their tongue
has n dark brown color. skin sallow,
breath bad, yet they fail to see that
their machinery needs attention.
Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets have
been known for nearly half a century.
They are made of May-apple, leaves OF
aloe and jalap, made into a tiny pellet
and coated with sugar. They are stand
ard and %efficncious. You can obtain
them at any drug store in walls for
twenty-five cents. Ask for DR.. Plerce's
Pleasant Pellets-and get no otherl
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
PRIVILEGES of the Poor.

VIII you show nc any other people
outside of The fairy books who a put
the most feartul calamity on like {.
cloak and dvff it at will, who can
augment their families to seven OF
eight children overnight, and reduce
them as readily to five or six The fol.
lowing day if il but seem to them nd.
vlSable? Where outside their ranks is
there any one capable of persuading
You that it is a privilege TO sleep cold
50 that some Darius You say or
care To see shall, he and his allegor-
i"al mule. 90 better warmed? Who
else, being neither of your kith nor
kin. has such power. over you that, with
a lnerc blootlshot eyu and Shiver of the
shoulders, they can turn your auto
mobile, your turs. your warmth, and
AL your pleasant pleasures into Dead
Sea apples of observation-disclosures
Spencer Porter, in Atlantic.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
"some" as an Adjective.
:. Jefferson Weber, in the North
American Review.

''i1tiSoH WeDSf, IN the North
American Review.
The American habit of coming new
meanings for word already known Is
closely allied to that of coming words
Take, for example, the current slang use
of that much used word some" What
a wealth of meaning and insinuation
the American has invented for the word,
Some as an adverb NAV be heard in
many places. For instance, in the Teipn
valley district Of Devon, the natives may
say, 1T did rain yum Yesterday But the
American would use the word as an adj
jectIve and say, That was some rain YES
terday.' This use is hard to define. In
the middle OF the last century some"
meaning considerable, or notable. was
called "a modern slang word Today
"some' is almost limitless in it's capacity
for application. 1t implies approval, en-
thusiasm. sarcasm, wonder, admiration.
disgust-or amusement.
The seeds may have been sown in Corn
wall. in Devon, or in Lancashire, but 1
seriously doubt il a native of any OF these
counsses would ever say enthusiastically,
w had some fun last night or sar-
casticLlly, This is soise book" Another
word to which Americans nave given a
new meaning is the verb raise" In Eng
land, men raise crops: in America. they
also raise children.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

by canno shot, blew up. For days tho
firing continued.
Thus-in what is historically known as
the battle of the kegs-did the tropedo
make its first appearance in warfare. Its
utilization was quoted by the British as
illustrative of american ~devilishness."
The inventor of the Internal contrivance
was Captain David Bushnell, who N
featured the key torpedoes at B~ordentown,
N. j. He filled each keg with kerosene,
to ignite which there was a plunger tnat,
when struck, scraped a flint on steel.
Fulton, the man who mad the steam
boat, invented four kinds of %torpedoes.
and took them to France in 1912 with the
notion of selling them. But Napoleon re-
fused to buy them; he thought such in
struinents of warfare unworthy of use by
a great nation. Great Britain, on the
same ground, rejected them.
Colt, in 1S43. invented the submarine tor
pedo. He laid mines under water and ex-
ploded them with an electric spark from
a station on shore.
During our civil war the rivers and har-
bors of the south We're freely sown with
t~orpedoes-or mines. as we should call
them nowadays. Usually spherical. loaded
with gunpowder. floating a few feet be-
low the surface and set off by percussion,
they destroyed, in the course of thai con-
flict, seven union ironclads. IL wooden
vessels of war and a transport.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
Striking Changes Noted.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Yesterday the wristwatch was the fad
Of sissies and today 1t is the necessity OF
soldiers going to battle.
Yesterday Uncle Sam was smashing the
railroads into small units and today he is
preparing to operate them as the largest
trust in the world.
Yesterday it was fashionable to see how
much you could waste and then Indirectly
brag about the things one really and
truly must have to get on with" while
today are eating corn
bread.
Yesterday all The blatherskites pointed
to big business such as Bethlehem steel
and Baldwins as a public menace, but to-
day we hail them as saviors OF our coun-
try.
Yesterday hundreds Of men J. know or
know about were earning with their braIns
tens Of thousands OF dollars for them
selves every year. whereas today they are
toiling for Uncle Sam at 2 cents a week.
Yesterday IL was a crime for the United
States to own a merchant marine. today
a Philadelphia sh!pyard is preparing to
build so great ships at a clip, so that we
may have a merchant marine.
Yesterday it was the fashion for the vast
majority of people to spend every cent
they earned. but today 10000, 900 people own
Liberty bonds-mostiy paid for out Of saw
ings.
Yesterday we put more money in alcohol
twice over than we put in all public edl-
cation, as men, and a few women, too.
couldn't seem to live without John Barley
corn, and yet today our liquor bill has
been cut in two without a major surgical
operation.
Yesterday we taxed ourselves heavily to
feed and maintain in semiluxury or Mt
least full comfort thousands Of crooks,
thieves, counterfeiters and murderers, but
today some sensible communities have set
this parasite class to work.
Yesterday milady could scarcely draw
on her own gloves, but now she is knitting
with nimble fingers stout sweaters for
Sanmie.
Yesterday we depended upon Germany
for a lot OF drugs and dyes which oday
We are duplicating-only making better
ones.
Yesterday we simply had to eat steaks
and chops three times a day, but now we
find less need for doctors and fewer calls
upon our bank accounts when eating meat
but once a dav.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

demands of the medical institutions main
tanned by the municipality.
The farm is situated in the grounds Of
the Bierley Hall sanatorium for consume
yves, and covers some six acres, well
sheltered from the winds, thus forming q
good rearing ground for chickens. The
houses 50 in number, for the birds are
built upon the latest and most approved
principles. There are about 500 birds on
the farm, the breeds being white Leg
horns, white Wyandottes, Rhode Island
reds, black Leghorns and Anconas.
With an of 160 Eggs per annum
for 500 hens-the Wyandottes and Leg
horns are of Barron's strain, which has
a record of go to go eggs per
production is believed will reach so ON
eggs per annum.
The farm buildings include incubators.
food stores (where 'ood is hoisted in by a
crane and runs down from the store nv
galvanized iron shoots to each bin in the
mixing house below, and an egg house
where there are nine tanks for the storage
OF 3.OW eggs. The preservative used is
water glass.
The initial outlay for the farm was
S'le7- Inc annual expenditures for rent.
wages. food, repairs, gas, coal and Other
sundries, including depreciation for plant
at 10 per cent, are estimated at 50. 26. and
the income from egg 10000 at 4 cents,
although the actual price today is more
th2Sl double that), chickens, eggs for set
t'nss, and stock birds is figured at 50, 99l.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
SHAVING AND CUTS.

This article is founded upon the story
OF a mar who cut his face in shaving
on Christmas day. The next day no
had what was thought might be q
small boil at the point Of injury. Within
"a hours he had what was thought to
Saturday night, four days later.
ErysipelaS is due to a s~treptococcue
which is closely related to the pus
streptococcus and somewhat related to
the pneumococcus. This streptococcus
IAN live on the dry surface of cloth
commonly enters the body thr ugh min
or breaks in the skin n extends along
the lymphatics just below the surface.
The incubation period is three to sew
en- days. That is after the coccuS gets
into the wound. Three days or more
elapse before it becomes adapted there
and starts to spread to the tissues
around the entrance point.
Erysipelas is a fever. The fever, as
is the case with most levers, may start
with a chill and vomiting. 1t runs pref
" high, generally around le3. In 80 per
cent of. the cases erysipelaS starts on
the face or head.
las is eruption. The name for the dis
ease, which comes to us from the days
Of legend and mystery. is st. Anthony's
fire. 1t looks like a fire, II it feels
the part. The skin is a flaming red,
with long red fingers stretching out
like scouts for ar invading army. The
affected parts are very much swollen,
n the general n%eighborhood also
swells.
For instance, in an erysipelas OF the
face the red wave marches across the
skin, causing great swelling Of the in
vaded area. AT the same time there is
considerable swelling Of head regions
not directly affected by the red wave.
h eye can plainly see the red wave Of
progressing Infection, but the patient
will tell you that the disease exists in
q belt some distance outside the red
boundary. Pain and tenderness outline
the disease better han does the red
ness.
Somewhere about the 10th day the
fever drops rather suddenly, and the
redness begins to fade. When the dis
ease is located in the face and head de-
lirium is liable to be a symptom.
In spite of the kinship between the
streptococcus OF erysipelas n that of
pus e%rysipelas seldom causes assesses.
teenth OF the cases. Assesses throw
doubt on the diagnosis. Edwards says
that gangrene occurs only one in each
700 cases. In spite of the kinship be-
tween the cocci Of the two diseases,
pneumonia is q rare complication.
Erysipelas is not a very fatal disease
and should be isolated and quarantined
just as scarlet fever is. This Is the
custom in places where there is a well
developed health department.
Eryslpelas is not a very fatal disease.
The mortality is less thar 3 per cent
When a person gets sick of the disease
the chances are 35 to / that he will re
cover.
I am very much disposed to think
that tho plnp ~, {GfC aoc1 lSol ,~~
anthrax. not e~rysipelas, as l win show
tomorrow.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

Above-British forces inside gates
of Jerusalem, General Allenby saiut-
ing near center t1), a French officer
(2), and an italian officer (3). Be-
i~ow-GeneraI AIlenby entering Jaffa
gate.
The wrestling of Jerusalem from the
sway of the Turk is one Of the most
historic vents in the history OF Chris
tendon and these photographs, the first
to arrive showing the British in con-
troll. suggest a new and colorful chapter
in the history of the Christian faith.
The top photo depicts the entry Of
the British forces into Jerusalem. Gen.
Edmund H. II. Allenby. commander OF
the forces, is saluting. Behind him 10
a French officer and still further back
an Italian officer.
The lower photo shows General AL
lenby entering Jerusalem through the
Jaffa gate on foot, carrying out the
custom Of the Crusaders, who, centur-
les before, delivered the Holy City
from the infidels.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
An Abb.

"ioH have been summoned to court
fu' speeding in your ear" said the
stecn Judge.
There must be some mistake, your
honor" replied the gray-haired man.
II think not. The officer who report.
ed your case says your car was going
at the rate Of 25 miles an hour
Well, to tell the truth, Judge, I
didn't notice the speed Of the car, but
to prove to you that we couldn't have
been going very fast, / will say that a
friend and myself were playing a game
OF chess, and we had almost finished
when we reached MY Office
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
Genesis Of the Torpedo.
From the Philadelphia Public lie

FTuM Tue F~7HfadeIPh1A PubIiC Ledge
On the morning Of January 10, 177s. men
pacing the decks of the British w~arshlps
lying in the Delawar below Philadelphia
saw a number Of kegs floating down the
river in masses of ice. A boat was
launched to pick them up, in the hope that
they might contain something OF value.
Just as the boat was being swung loose
a strange thing happened. One of the
kegs, striking an ice cake. blew up with
a tremendous report, sending a volume of
water as high as the mastheads OF tho
vessels.
At once there was the widest exotic.
ment. Drums were beaten; troops on
shore were hurried to the rivers edge.
Guns from the ships and from the shore
wer trained upon the kegs. The cannon
ading and fire Of small arms gave the
impression that the rebels" were at
lacking: the city. Two or three kegs, hit
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
Vanity.

The su., comes up and the sun goes down.
And bay and night are the same as
onY;
The year grows green, and the year grows
brown,
And what is it all when all is done?
Grains of sonber or shining sand,
Gliding Into and out Of the land.
And men go down in ships to the seas.
And a hundred ships are the game as
ne:
And backward and Onward blows tho
breeze,
And what is 1t all when all is done?
A tide with never a shore In sight
Getting steadily on to the night.
The fisher droppeth his net In the stream.
And a hundred streams are the same as
one;
And the Made dreameth her Iovelit
dream,
And what is 1t all when ali is done?
The net OF the fisher the burden breaks,
And always the dreaming the dreamer
wakes.
Harriet Prescott spofford.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
Secretary Daniels, Status.
From the Springfield Republica,


While Secretary Bake IS under fire
Secretary Daniels il referred to by Arthur
Pollen, Esngland's foremost naval critic
In an article In Land and Water, in this
highly e%ulogistic style: Before the war
no cabinet minister at Washington was
more criticized. Since the war no cabinet
minister can point to a greater achieve.
ment." Anyone with an American sense
of humor must relish the present extra
ordinary immunity OF Secretary Daniels
from criticism. Is the wretch actually
to rank eventually AZ the greatest, score
tary OF the navy in the country's history?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
Power of Public Opinion.
From cappe RS Weekly.

Congressman lost no time this session in repeating the exemption
they gave themselves from an income tax on their $500 salaries
The repeating vote was 30S to l!
The people will accept this handsome apology in the proper
spirit, particularly as some of the congressman didn't know what
they We're voting for the first time.
The incident shows the great power of public opinion when it is
really eXerted. Many of these congressman We're willing to vote
themselves a tax lodging special privilege, but We're not willing to
bear the storm of criticism coming directly from the voters. The
people burned them up with their contempt and they couldn' t stand it.
This demonstrates that a live and active public opinion can be
made to stop pork jobbery and even to make graft so disgraceful
that dirty money will seem less desirable than clean fingers and an
unsmirched name.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
e.iti.h CITY in Chicken su.in.,,.

From United States Consular Reports.
In view Of the great shortage and high
price of fresh eggs, the health committee
of the city OF Bradford established last
May a poultry farm which promises to he
a profitable enterprise. 1t is said to be
the first municipal poultry farm in the
country. 1t in estimated that about 0,0OO
eggs pr annum are needed to meet the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add ! OF. Bay
Rum, Il small box of Barbo Compound,
and a OF. Of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. 1t will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
WHY Bald So Youno?

Oandruf and dry scalp usually tbs
cause and Cuticura the remedy. Rub
hot SHAMPOO of Cuticuras Soap. For
free sample address, 'Cuticura, Dept
x. Boston. AT druggists and by mail
Soap 20, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

RED CROSS BALL BLUE
lmures snowy white beautiful clothes
On washday. Buy Red Cross Blue.
not just cheap liquid blue which makes
your clothes greenish yellow. Red Cross
Ball Blue large packages cost only s
cents. ALI good grocers sell it.-Ady.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

There + millions of reasons why
Il man n love an heIress, and each
one of them is q silver dollar.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
Coniuoal Amenities.

Re-"f tell you, living in a fiat viii
be terribly trying" Shc-''It can't be
half as bad as living with one"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
TO ALL WOMEN
WHO ARE ILL
This Woman Recommend,
Lydia E. Pinlkham's Vege.
table Compound-Her
Personal Experience.
Mclean, Neb.-''I want to recon-
mend Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable

compound 60 All
women who suffer
from any functional
disturbance, as it
has done me more
good than all the
doctors medicine.
Since taking it I
have a fine healthy
baby girl and have
gainedin health and
strength. My hus-
band and I both
praise your med
sps~~ --T---
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

Pennsylvania hunters kill 5000, GOO
rabbits yearly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

United States is importing $4,000
tons Of Chilean nitrates this winter.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

Alfalfa, Sc; Red Glover. So; Sweet
Clover, SIT; Pedigreed Barley, 81. ].
Aulhall, Sioux City, Ia.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

A woman says itnis almost as sol
cmn to be married us not to be.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

women."-Mrs. JOHN KoPPELMANN, r.
No. /, Mclean, Nebraska.
This famous root and herb remedv.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has been restoring women of
America to health for more than forty
years and it will we'll pay any woman
who suffers from displacements, in
6ammation, liberation, Irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness OF
''the blues" to give this successful
remedy a trial.
For special suggestions in regard to
your ailment write Lydia q. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
of its long experience is at your service.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21
BoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
flammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation In the bronchial tubes,
insuring q good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy e~xpectoration
in the morning. Made and sold in
America for ifty-two years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil
lied countries.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

Municipal suffrage has been granted
to the women of the Mexican state of
Guanajunato.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-02-21

Repentance never comes too late.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-25
CAPT. ALLEN HERE
FOR BRIEF STAY
SOON GOES ABROAD

DR.. Henry B. Allen, who recently
ent1red the military service, has com
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-25
SERVICE Gross
AWARDED. LIEUT..
JOHN D: MATHIS

News reached Americus today that
Lieut.. John D. Mathis who was kill
: ed in action in France June 9Th
has been post-humously awarded the
distinguished service for heroism.
Lieut.. Mathis, who is son of DR..
and Mrs. Evan T. Mathis, and was
gagged in the banking business here
the beginning of the war, was kill
while leading a platoon on the
= lGiay of the Chateau Thierry bat
.e and, it was claimed by the com
mander-in-chief, that Lieutenant
Mathis Showed conspicuous bravery
and ability, fearlessly going forward
at the head of his command through
hostile machine gun-fire.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-25
MAX As
CHANCELLOR IS
GIVEN VOTE Of
FULL CONFIDENCE
SESSION OF REICHSEAG FEATUR-
ED BY SHARP CRITICISM OF
GERMAN MILITARY POLICY
CIVIL GOVERNMENT REDUCED
TO ROLE OF PUPPET OPENLY
CHARGED.

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 25.-The Ger
man reichstag has given Prince Max
imilian, the imperial chancellor, a
vote of confidence, the ballot stand
ing 1873 to So, according to Berlin dis
patches received here. Twenty-three
of the members did not vote
German newspapers received here
show that sharp criticism of the Ger
man military policy was voiced in de-
bate during a sitting of the main
committee of the reichstag late in
September. Deputy Adolph Groeber,
of the center party; Philip Scheide-
mann, the socialist leader, and, now
secretary of state without portfolio
in Prince Maximilian's government;
Deputy Fischbeck of the Gustave
Stresemain of the national liberal
party were the chief critics.
The keynote of the remarks was
that the military policy reduces the
civic government to the role of a
puppet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-25
ANOTHER WEEK Of
.CL OSED SCHOOLS
AND CHURCHES IS
ORDERED BY BOND
''FLUE" EPIDEMIC Is SUBSIDING,
CONTINUED PRECAUTIONS ARE
DEEMED NECESSARY TO PRE-
VENT RENEWED OUTBREAK
MAY BE LAST WEEK OF CLOS
ING ORDER.

The order closing churches, schools
and theatres and forbidding public
gatherings, issued two weeks ago by
the United States public health au-
thorities. has been extended for an
other week. This means that there
will be no church services in Ameri-
Gus Sunday, and that the schools of
the city will not operate during the
entire week.
DIR. B. F. Bond, acting assistant
surgeon, United States public health
service and commissioner of health
health here, stated today that fewer
cases of influenza had, been reported
than for the previous twenty-four
hours, this indicating the FLU" epi-
demic here is on the decline. DR..
Bond also expressed the hope that
with atmospheric conditions chang
ing and improvement resulting from
last nights rains, may shortly make
possible the re-opening of the schools
and churches
The schools, churches and theatres
now have been closed during two en-
tire weeks, and the business section
of Americus presents a deserted ap-
pearance at night. This is especially
true of Monday and Tuesday, which
are "lightless' nights, and few ex-
cept those hsying business to attend
to now visit the heart of the city af-
ter dark.