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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08
THE MISSING FOWL.
An Experience With an Absent;
minded English Artist.


minded English Artist.
Wills invited me to dinner one after.
noon when met him in the Strand. l
accepted, reminding him that as he
was absentminded he had better make
a note Of the evening. As he had no
paper in his pocket he wrote the date
on his shirt cuff. When the appointed
evening arrived i went to his studio.
The door was opened by Wills, and l
could see that he had forgotten all
about the appointment. .Ah, old fell
low" he exclaimed, ''uo not be toe
hard on me. The cuff went to the
wash, and the date with it. But there
is a fowl in the pot boiling here" con-s
tinued Mr.. Wills. Just come in and
wait few minutes.
/ had my misgivings, but walked In
side and sat down upon the only chair
not crowded with paint, brushes and
palettes. After waiting for about
twenty minutes, feeling deucedly hun
CRY, / groaned. This had the effect of
reminding Wills that I was present
He exclaimed in dreamy voice. '.rhe
fowl must be boiled by this time" and
coming forward he lifted the lid Of the
pot and peered inside. "It is very
odd" he remarked, but cannot see
the fowl. Extraordinary! No one has
been here, so the bird cannot have
been stolen.''
Well, the long and short Of 1t Is that
a week or two later l called again at
the studio, noticed peculiar odor and
discovered the old fowl wrapped up in
piece of brown paper, "Ah!" said
Wills, now I know how it all hap
pened. When the fowl was brought in
there came smart visitor-Lady c.
about sittings for her portrait. must
have thrown the fowl behind canvas
and forgotten all about it. But now.
old fellow, do shut upv'-London Mail.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08
Unreasonable woman.

''Thts Thermometer" complained the
customer. lis no good. can never tell
by 1t how cold 1t is
Consider. my dear woman" replied
the Boston shopkeeper, the word 'thers
mometer' is derived from two Greek
words meaning measure OF heat Tho
instrument is designed to measure heat,
madam, not cold. z Philadelphia Press.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08

4 SWELL what do you want now?" que
ried old Growells as the insurance So
licitor. entered his Office. You have
bullied me into insuring my life. my
store and the title to my real estate
What is there left to Insurer"
Il just dropped in.' calmly replied
the man with the adamantine cheek,
ito see. if yon would like to insure your
insurance policies. Chicago News.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08
Sleep

Up to the fifteenth year most young
people require ten hours sleep and till
the twentieth year nine hours. After
thatsage every one finds out how much
lie or she requires, though. as a general
rule, at least six to eight hours are nee
essary. Eight hours sleep will prevent
more nervous arrangements in women
than any medicine can cure During
growth there must be ample sleep IL
the brain is to develop to its fullest ex-
tent. and the more nervous, excitable
or precocious child is the longer sleep
it should get II Its intellectual progress
Is not to come to premature stand
still or its life cut short at an early age.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08
Excusing the Dog.

Madam, your fierce dog here bit me.
Just a moment ago
MY dog? Impossible! That dog
wouldn't harm flea
Perhaps he didn't know had any,
ma am. Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08
Three Of a kind.

Stalate Why, my watch has stopped
/, Miss Willing And SO has the clock.
/ Stalate Then suppose may as
well stop awhile longer San Francis
90 Examiner.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08
Down ON Tobacco,

EiiaFred kissed me last night, and
I know he had been using tobacco.
Stella No man can kiss me who has
Z smoking compartment in his face.
New York Herald
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-08
Her D,iIIeu,,,n,a,.

Ethel-I can't decide which 81 them
to accept
Kate " by, that ought to be easy.
Ethel--I know; hut. you see, Jack al
ways gives me roses, and Reggie al
ways gives me violets. and the florist
tells me they cost exactly the same
price. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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we'll known here along that lane of folly,
Fifth avenue The divorce suits Of the
Phippses, complicated by abductions OF
the children back and forth had that
dramatic thrill that New York likes.
Now the warning couple seem likely TO
be reeoneiled. Meanwhile, the cause Of
the trouble, handsome Hart MCGEE, is to
marry, If he has not already married,
Mrs. Tevis, who Tilted Lawyer Hughes,
the Phippses' lawyer, in order to marry
Hugh Trevis the millionaire. Mr.. Nc
kee is himseag a divorced man.
The Tudor sisters have furnished in
Boston society almost as strange a case,
Miss Tudor divorced Jimmy" Garland
in a peculiarly sensational suit at law
A month ago she remarked him. Her
sister Rosarnond married Alexander Hig-
ginson and divorced him after six years
of matrimony. Later she illustrated the
poems of young Burgess. yacht designer
and literary man, and now she has mar
ried him. 1t is difficult for a Boston
woman to resist literary ability.
These cases have crowded out of sight
the Jaffrey-HunneWell and Duncan Eli
Oft exhibits Of misfit matrimonial bliss
and such older affairs as those Of the
Belmont brothers. It is no wonder that
Society with tha big takes akeen in
terest in the recent canon upon divorce
of the church to which most of its mem
bers belong.
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sadly thinHed. but the few that remained
made fearful havoc amongst the enemy, S
artillerymen. Scarce man escaped,
except those who crept under their gun
carriages, and thus put themselves out
Of the reach Of our men s swords. This
was the moment when a general was
most required, but unfortunately Lord
Cardigan was not then present. On COM
ing UP to the battery Gas he afterwdrd
himself described it, a gun was fired
close to him, and for a moment he
thought his leg was gone. Such was not
the case, as he remained unhurt: how
ever, his horse took fright, sWerved
round, and galloped off with him to the
rear, passing on the way the Fourth
Light Dragons and Eighth Hussars,
before these regiments got up to the bat
terry, The enemy's cavalry had been
posted IN rear Of their guns, and on the
advance of the British some of their
squadrons had been withdrawn to the
higher ground On each flank, the in
(behind the guns and these the cavalry
had next to attack. However, the Rus
slams did not wait to be assailed, but
on the approach Of the men ran back
to some brushwood behind them, where,
of course, they could not be followed.
At this time the whole squadron that
composed the first, and a great portion
of the second line, were in considerable
disorder. No blame was to be attached
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to anyone for this, as so many officers
had been either killed, wounded, or had
their horses shot under them. The
amazing number OF riderless horses that
were galloping about, many of them
wounded and wild with fright, added also
to the general confusion. Some of the
cavalry chased the Russians almost
down to the Tchernaya river, but then,
Of course, had to return on their ex-
hausted horses to rejoin the brigade
AS soon as the Russians saw that all the
squadrons had arrived at the guns, they
sent a large body Of Cossacks of the
Don to cut off the retreat. This was
first observed by one of the troop officers
Of the Eighth Hussars (which regiment
was IN the rear Of the brfgade), who
Immediately rode up and Informed Col
SheWel1, the commanding officer, of this
movement by the enemy's cavalry. Col.
SheWeII at once ordered his regiment to
wheel about, which, being done, he gave
the word to charge, and was himself
the first to enter the herd of Cossacks
These unfortunates, completely sur
prised by the manoeuvre, offered but
feeble resistance, and this single squad
ron OF the Eighth Hussars passed
through the Russians, of four times
their strength, cutting down all in their
way, while the rest dispersed to right
and left. 4 way was thus cleared for the
remainder of the cavalry to retire I'M
opposed-but not unmolested-as the
enemy opened upon them with grape
from their guns on both TANKS, besides
throwing out sWarms of skirmishers,
which combined fire made fearful havoc
Of the gallant remnant OF the Light
Brigade. During the retreat, two squad
rons of Chasseurs d'Afrique, which I'D
to that period had not been engaged,
made brilliant attack on the Russian
battery on their left, which was pour
ing its deadly yolleys on the retreating
groups Of British heroes. They sue
ceeded IN silencing for a time several
guns and only retired when they found
that they were opposed to an over
whelming fire from some Russian in
fantry which was brought up to repeI
their attack. In this charge they lost
Atwo officers and over SO men killed and
wounded.
The gallant Light Brigade came back
to the British lines in twos and threes.
some wounded, some supporting a
wounded comrade. The mounted
strength of the brigade at the end was
195. It had lost PAT men in killed and
wounded and had 475 horses killed and
IL wounded.
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,raaehed IN New 7 ORR. It may notI last:
hut there is a decidedreVoIsag against such
!, com nlieafed and wearisome life as the
.r~esf establishments / have described
sntail. The fad has spread to the stage.
crossmith caricatured 1t IN ms
schoolgirl. Charles Wagner Is rec.
t,,.;so m It. The 4.NouYeau art,
rsr<e| arg are coming back to tin PANT
80 and the various arts and CRAFTS
Us ass-ere+,,rarss in furniture designs and
embroidery. -,
CIR (,,,riously enough, the great new mo-
4.,s arc feeling the movement NINE
Host HAN, of the st. Regis eomplalns
utterly of the free adyertlslng ms COSY
II resort has received The WaiaorI-As-
4 - long ago ceased to be fashlonapis
II short. since it was discovered ~ pe
..a,1rravina exclusiyeness to the
-1sssas,, sherry's, which replaced y IN
t,igI favor. is ornate in decorat1ohs, put
tt,e ,,avt novelty will be studied plain-
az . not Inconsistent with costly and me
=, . tarials. Already a new hotei y au-
=vertisfng: mo palm garden. no y =
;s -, roon.o Narrower halls. that are 70
10 10 NOT. lounging places peacock roWs
ard sernbberneck alleys '-but mere con
venfences leading to quiet apartment y 70.
sober decoration, ceilings not too . loley
for, snugness-these are the new IDEAS
for fashionable interiors. Agchiescts
and decorators. as usual, are trying u
keep q little ahead OF the mooe. ~
this is success
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blu d. tue latest report twice as many
Britons as Italians were arriving at Ellis
island, though from the first of the year
The Italians had been largely in excess.
Cheap steerage rates provided one
explanation; slack work at home an
other. Moreover, from Ireland there
We're as many women as men, from Eng
land nearly as many. It was an
immigration that came to stay.
Half the Italian immigrants go
home again; some of these latter,
however, return once more, impatient
with old-World ways after a taste of the.
new world. Precisely how many perma-
nent residents 100000 Italian new
corners finally furnish it is yet too soon
to tell. Perhaps 70, 900.
believe that one reason for the sud-
den influx of the British has not been
fully stated. That is the great demand
for domestic servants. English upper
class servants must be a considerable
element among the thousands of new
corners: and there has not been time
for years when Irish girls in all the
charm of their great eyes and shapely
figures have so adorned the receiving
station; these latter are in most eases
unused to domestic service, but the de-
mand absorbs them into busy life as
quickly as it does the more highly
trained contingent. And rather pa
thetic thing it is, too, to see how sd0n
the rosy Immigrant girl loses her health
in the close confinement of the house to
which she is not accustomed.
It would seem with all this vast influx
OF women and girls seeking work there
might be enough ofthem to go around. :
That there are not is largely due to the
prodigal way in which few wealthy
families reduce the supply by organizing
their many homes upon scale Of more
than British grandeur.
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sources of his wealth.
James Conner and Katie. his wife, kept
little theatrical agency on Broadway 10
years ago. When Connor died, leaving
boy Of six, the mother, who was born
in ireland, and whose girIhood name was
irwin, was in possession of little to-
bacco shop. There one morning John
Anderson. the rich tobacco merchant.
met her. Mrs. Conner had been an
actress in her youth and was still at
traetiVe. Anderson was married. but
perhaps not happily. At any rate. his
wife died four or five years later in the
south. virtually separated from him.
And Mrs. Conner accompanied the old
millionaire while her son was educated
under the care OF Anderson's partner.
The old man, Who was proud Of making
the particular brand of tobacco that
Daniel Webster always eheweda arr,a r.
emily did not like to have the bow
around. So the youag man went to En-
rope, where with ample means he ba-
came sculptor. 4 Statue of his show
ing Cain as murderer, is now In. this
city, seen daily by many who do NOT
know its authors history. But Common
was perhaps too wealthy to do the best
work as an artist. From his mother he
inherited ample means. AT the time az
his death he owned considerable real
estate in Brooklyn, but lived the life
of q recluse. There was memorable
contest over Anderson'a will, but the
Connors emerged from It with 5000 900
paid by the heirs By say of compromise
of direct requests which they we're dis
putting. With this money the young man
and his mother, who died some years ago,
seemed to try to disappear as completely
as possible. They succeeded. Few re-
called their story when Mrs Conner
died. Fewer still connected the son,
whose name the cable spelled "Coner, .
with the stern old tobacconist whose
family affairs in their days furnished
New York with a keen sensation
OWEN T4ASGDON
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day, owing to the eoWardice of the Turk
ish troops, were being removed, Lord
Raglan sent an order to Lord Luean
Tin command OF the cavalry divisionl
to the effect that the cavalry were to
advance and take any opportunity that
might offer to recapture the heights from
which the Russians had driven the
Turks. This opportunity did not occur,
according to the view that Lord Lucan
took OF the matter. Half an hour Later,
Lord Raglan sent another message to
Lord Lucan. It was as follows: Lord
Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance
rapidly to the front, follow the enemy,
and try to prevent the enemy carrying
away the guns. Troop of horse artillery
may accompany. French cavalry is on
your left Immediate This order was
entrusted to Capt. Nolan, a cavalry or
Ger OF great experience. What followed
is best told in the words Of a staff officer
historiaB.
When the order was delivered to Lord
Lucan. he demurred for moment put
ting it into execution, and asked Nolan
what it was that he was to attack, who
zrenlied. it is said. There, my lord, is our
enemy, and there are our guns at the
same time pointing down the valley to
where the enemy had a battery of eight
guns, with artillery also on each flank.
Capt Nolan appears to have totally mis-
understood the instructions he had re-
ceived: the guns" in the written order,
Of course, alluded to those the enemy
had captured in the redoubts, and were,
it was thought. carrying away; and the
direction which Nolan pointed out to
Lord Lucan was quite contrary to that
intended by Lord Raglan -. Lord
Lucan appears to have considered that
he was bound to charge the enemy, and
therefore made arrangements to carry
out the object which, he supposed, Lord
Raglan had in view. He consequently
communicated with Lord Cardigan, and
desired him to form the light brigade
into two lines. Lord Cardigan urged
the uselessness of making such an at
tack. but Lord Lucan replied that his
orders were imperative. The fatal order
RI advance was then given. and to the
horror of all on the heights above, the
handful Of light cavalry advanced down
towards the Russian batteries.
Az they started into = trot. poor Nolan
palloped some way in front of the
R-irade, waving his sword, and encour-
aaing the men by voice and gesture
Before, however, they had gone any dis
fance. the enemy's guns opened on them
at long range. Nolan was the first man
Killed; some grape shot hit him in the
chest. his horse turned and carried him
- the rear through our advancing
sauadrons. His screams were heard far
shove the din of battle, and he fell dead
from his saddle, near the spot. where
4be order had been given for the charge.
The mace ct our cavalry increased every
moment, until they went laundering
a1ong making the ground tremble be-
naatf1. them. The awful slaughter that
mas gong on from the fire the enemy
naurea into them apparently did not
check their career. On they went, head
lang 10 the death, disregarding aught
h,,f fi1e object OF their attack AtIength
fhay arrived at the guns, their numbers
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Dr. WileY.s Camraign.

In his effort to establish standard of
purity for foodstuffs. and to expose the
failures to meet the standard, DR.. Wiley
has the utmost sympathy Of the public.
The extent to which the public is robbed
or poisoned is appalling. The crime, as
a rule, IS committed by people who arc
deemed respectable. even By themselves.
Whether the article thsy make and sell
is intended for the talIe or sickroom.
with equal lack oI conscience they rem
der It unit for use BIZ putting h cheap.
aubsti TIT es
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SOUTHERN BoRAX FIELDS.
Out the Deposits Is Very Sim
liar to Digging Po-
tatoes.

In the Argentine republic are vast
fields Of borax, which are sometimes
spoken Of as borax mines They are
act mines, however, as the process OF
securing the borax is closer akin to
agriculture than mining. 1.-THE vast.
fat. earthly surfaces of the boraz
fields, says a writer in describing the
scene, lost themselves in extreme dis
tance or mirage, and to all appearance
any one square yard was similar to
any other part. Wherever the crust
of the salinas in the locality of Tres
Morros or Moreno had been dug into
u or a inches deep, there lay masses
Of soft, white, round potatoes, of
borax, packed closely together to a
depth of about Is inches.
Digging borax was just like die
ging potatoes, and the borax potatoes
were stahed in rows on the ground
just as freshly dug potatoes on farm
are laid in rows. The Jumps of borax
however, are probably five or six times
as numerous as real potatoes would
be in the same area. The Jumps Of
borax varied from the size of a hens
egg to pieces Of one and two cubic feet
IN size, They lay close below the sur
face, and when broken were soft look
ing, like moist snow.
After lying in rows in the air, sub
iect to the intensely drying winds
that swept over the plains, the wet
snow color became white, like pure,
dry snow, the Jumps became hard,
and the weight diminished more than
half, by reason of the evaporation of
the water. The borax then contained
about IS per cent. Of pure boracie
acid. In some places borax lay in I'm.
broken seams is to 20 inches thick
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TURKISH FINANCE IS ODD.
Tie Unit of Value Has Varying Prices
According to the Various
Localities.

The new colonies OF Jews are due TO
the Zionist movement inaugurated BIZ
Jewish miElonaires, like the Roths-
ehilds, says the San Francisco Argo-
naut. Israel ZangWill, the author. is
one CT the ardent advocates OF a hegifa OF
the Jews to their ancient home Jews
are certainly pouring into Palestine
from all over Europe. But the consuls
in Jerusalem doubt the GesirabiHty CT
this movement; they say that the Jewish
coIonists are failures as agriculturists,
and seem to succeed only as shopkeep-
ers or money changers. And one GER
tainly sees more Jewish money changers
than Turkish, although it would seem
fitting for the business of changing
Turkish money to be In the hands of
Turkish money changers. Perhaps the
Turks do not understand the Turkish
money as well as the Jews do. Here is
brief resume Of some Of its eccen-
tricities:
The Turkish gold unit is the ira, or
pound, worth about IS; the Turkish sill
yer unit is the plaster, worth about 5
cents. When we were in Turkey the Ira
was thus quoted: In Constantinople,
100 pfasters; in Beirut, 1923 piasters; in
jana, al piasters; in Jerusalem, 124
piasters; in Damascus, 129 piasters. To
this must be added the further fact that
even these values fuctuated from day to
day with the fluctuations in exchange of
Turkish silver. This is about the same
as it would be If our American gold
piece called the half eagle were worth on
the same day SIS in New York, 1925 in
Chicago, $3.50 in Omaha. $500 in Salt
Lake and S5.35 in San Francisco. Il
I add to the foregoing that the Turkish
metallic currency (metallilz1 current in
Constantinople is uncurrent in every
other Turkish city, if state that the
value of the Turkish pound is, quoted
differently in buying different commodi-
ties; If / say that the foregoing is mere
~ the soyernmentrate of exchange and
that there is commercial rate OF ex-
change which is different; If I remark
that the four foreign post Offices in Je-
rusalem have a rate Of exchange of their
own, which also differs; if / set down the
curious fact that the railway companies
recognize none Of these rates of ex-
change, but have rate of their own also
i may not be believed, but neverthe-
less lit is entirely true.