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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
STUDYING Law.
The lawyers ONCE Not what II
Once Was For Students.

B The lawyers once Not what 1t
Once Was For Students.
Questions regarding the study OF law
were sent out recently to many law
yers Of Illinois by the University Of
Illinois and ELECTED 1000 replies. From
these 1t appears that the days Of study
Ing law In a lawyers Office have pass
! ed away. Very few OF the Offices have
any law students at ALL Many Of the
ablest lawyers expressed the opinion
that study In law Office is an absolute
waste Of energy. Nearly all the sue
cessful law firms declared that they
had no time to devote to young men
who desired to study law and that such
young men We're nuisance In the Of
Ace. The only young man they could
use at all was one who had already
bar and who was willing to work for
nothing for year or two in order to
get the experience which comes from
large office. Out Of thu. 1000 replies
only seven favored Precipitation for the
bar In a lawyers office
Another striking result of this inves-
tgation is found In the answers to the
questions as to the proper degree of
preliminary education student should
have before entering the law school. A
majority of the whole number urged
that every one taking up the study Of
the law should complete a full college
course. OF the others majority were
In favor OF at least two years In col
lege. There was practical unanim-
ity that the completion of four years
high school course was the absolute
minimum which was at all acceptable.
It was the general opinion that, hav-
Ing once entered the law school, the
young man should give his entire time
to the work Of the school and not at
tempt to combine it with work In
lawyers Office or, indeed, work In any
other place unless that was absolutely
necessary to pay expenses. One law
yer declared that 1t was poor school
that could not keep student busy all
the time, and it a boy found himself in
such school he ought to leave 1t for
one which could keep him busy.-Chi-
cago News.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
STREET ETIQUETTE.

While walking with lady, the gen
tleman should take the side next the
street.
One salutation is all that civility re-
quires when passing a person more
than once Oh A public promenade.
If tie lacy With whom You are walk
ing is saluted by another gentleman,
acknowledge the same by removing
your hat.
The gentleman should raise his hat
when asking Il lady's pardon for an in
advertence, whether she is known to
him or not
Should you desire to converse with
a lady you should happen to meet, do
not detain her, but turn and walk in
her direction
While walking with lady in
crowded thoroughfare and obliged to
proceed singy. the gentleman should
precede the lady.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
PlTH AND POINT.

r-H
a child Is always surprised that you
don't know the washerwoman. at Its
house.
When you throw friend bouquet,
don't throw it so he will catch the
thorns In his hands.
Hope is q progressive game. Ones
children falling to become famous, the
hope progresses to the grandchildren.
II IL easy for a woman to be polite;
all she has to do is to smile, but q
man has to smile and raise his hat.
Worrying about the future is believ-
Ing there will be ghosts tomorrow,
though you know there are none today.
Parents are hard on their children
when the children are young, and when
when the parents are old the children
are hard on the parents. Atchison
Globe.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
BUTTER WEIGHT.
What Ona observer Learned From a /
Visit to a Grocery.

WHAT Vna ODSerVer Learned From n
Visit to a Grocery.
Live and learn. l heard respect
able looking, motherly soul, making
purchases for the family, say to the
grocer. BE sure to give me butter
weight, now, for I've been long time
customer of yours Certainly, Mrs.
MacLaren." he replied cheerily, you
are entitled to 1t If any one is" Yet
she bought no butter
What is butter weight?" l inquired
when she had gone. why, that's Just
little sop we hand out to some Of
our old customers said the salesman
instead of making an exact pound Of
anything they buy we make it frac-
ton over, which tickles them nearly
to death. OF course we are particular
to let them see they are getting more
than their moneys worth; hence we
keep their trade
next asked how the store made up
for this extra allowance. That's dead
easy" was the reply, but as it is a
trick of the trade i don't think we
ought to tell everybody Perhaps
q
other customers receive short weight p
II they do, we don't let EN- know it,
Maybe your prices are just frac-
ton over the market?" Never! We
sell cheaper than anybody" Maybe
your goods are inferior?' At that he
quailed.
Referring to dictionary, learned
that butter weight is an allusion to a
custom of eXacting seventeen OF eight
cen ounces or even more to the pound
of butter, possibly ON the ground that
the water in 1t would soon evaporate
and bring the pound down to sixteen
ounces. In Scotland tron weight TWEEN
ty-one to twenty-eight ounces to the
pound) was used in buying butter
New York Press.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
THE WEARING OF Boards.
At One Time Tax Was Exacted
For the Privilege.

FOr the fFlNi1eMc.
In days gone by the wearing of a
. beard was privilege that had to be
paid for, the tax on every beard Of Ii
fortnight's growth being IS. Id in the
gracious days of Queen Elizabeth.
For over half a century the monarchs
of Russia made their male subjects
who wore boards pay into the national
eXcheauer. This tax was imposed by
: Peter the Great in 1905, the mobiles hav-
Ing to disburse 100 rubles and the low
err classes / kopeck. The tax OH boards
{ was kept up by Peters four successors
on the throne of all the Russias, and 1t
was finally repealed in 1862 by Cath
crime III. France, too, at one time i'm
posed a beard tax upon the clergy,
which was paid by those who could
afford it, although the large majority
had to yield to the razor's onslaught.
In the fourteenth century shaving
was popular with young men, while the
old men were attached to forked
boards. The latter custom is referred
to by Chaucer, who in describing an
assembly says, "a merchant was there
with a forked beard" Boards were
worn in various shapes and forms dur
Ing the reigns of Elizabeth, James |.
and Charles L., as the poems, plays and
other literary productions Of those
periods amply testify. In his "Anato-
mie Of Abuses" Stubs alludes to the
barber who was accustomed to ask
his client whether he wished his beard
'cut to look terrible to your enemy or
amiable to your friends, grim and stern
in countenance or pleasant and de-
mure"
William Harrison, clergyman from
whom one gains many peeps at the six
teenth century, refers to some of the
styles of boards at that period. If a
face happened to be "platter-like," a
long. slender beard would make it seem
the narrower. If it be weasel beaked,
then much hear left on the cheekes
will make the owner locke like bow
died he'd and SO grim as a goose."--
London Standard.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
LIGHT FASTER THAN SOUND.
Some Everyday Incident. That Go
to Prove This Fact

to Prove This Fact
About thousand yards from the
window where sit is a factory which
blows its whistle every noon The
steam always comes from the whistle
some little time before the sound is
heard. Yesterday | counted three sec
onds between the time when the first
steam was seen and when the sound
sof the whistle was heard The whistle
Is heard when the weather is fogay
or clear, hot or cold, windy or calm;
1t is sometimes louder than at other
times, but it always takes three sec
factory to my house.
We often hear also an echo of the
whistle, which comes two seconds LATER
than the first sound. This is the same
sound coming by roundabout journey
5000 feet away. 1t travels first 1 $50
feet to hill beyond and thea is sent
back 1000 feet to our house.
A few days age ! heard band of
musicians playing upon the street, and,
although they We're far distant from
me, the high tones of the piccolo and
the low tones of the bass horn reached
me exactly together, showing that high
and low tones travel at the same speed.
During thunderstorm | noticed a
dash of lightning and counted ten
seconds before the sound of the thun-
der was heard. This showed me that
the storm was about 10000 feet Tor
about two miles, away A little later.
however, the time between the light
ming and the thunder began to grow
less, and the noise of the thunder be-
came louder, which showed that the
storm was getting nearer. Finally
dazzling flash of lightning was fol
lowed Immediately by deafening
crash of thunder, and at the same time
the shingles flew from patch of roof
on barn near by. 1t had been struck
by lightning and was soon in fames.--
st. Nicholas
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
Knox and scotland.

Scotland owes to Knox not it's exist
in4 Presbyterian government this was
the subsequent work Of Andrew Mel
Vile but that which is the chief fea-
ttire and main strength Of Presbyteri-
.anisnn viz, the full recognition {lack-
Ing 10 Npiscopacy) Of the Christian
laity In the administration Of the
church. combined with that orderly
subornation (Which Congregat alism
falls to secure) OF the whole church to
one representative and supreme au-
thority. It is owing to Knox and his
fellow Areformers that the Scottish
church avoids the danger both Of HER
archy and Of anarchy John Knox.
by Professor Henry Cowan.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
Summons.

State of South Dakota, In Circuit Court
County of Hughes, Sixth IudIcln: tjircnit
James Hail. Administrator bf
the estate of Rose A. Abel,
deceased. plaintiff.
OscarL Wennerstrom Mary
Y. WenneYstrom, Clyde A
Manu.. NJ. A. orion Lizzie
Riggle and Edward W.
tiggie, defendants
The State nf Senth Dakota sends .rr,..fin,r IN
The above named defendants:
You are hereby summoned and reulited to
answer u g complaint in this action. which
was filed on the 9Th day of Jnne a d. 1906 in
the g office Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
within and for said Hughes County, nj Pierre,
youth wsr Dakota AK and to serve copy Of yorans
sLreetin the City of Pierre, County OF 81 ghes.
state OF South Dakota, within thirty DAYS ar
the day OF service
(, II You la,i to answer the eompiailt within
shat time the plaintff viii Apply to the court
sides costs =
Dated at Pierre. South Dakota, this sth day
o1 Junc, AID 1875. Hornef s. Stewart
?. Q. address, Pierre, s. j.. -
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22

Home. Sweet Home" Payne's song,
was originally Il number in the opera
"Clari. the Maid of Milan a produc-
ton brought out in 1923. The opera
was failure, and nothing is now
known of it save the one song, which
became instantly popular. Over 100,-
600 copies We're sold in the first year
Of its publication, and the sale in one
form or another has been constant ever
since the first appearance of this beau
tiful theme. The melody is a Sicilian
folk song and was adapted to the
words by Payne himself.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
THE CRUEL PIANO.
Juvenile Sacrifices That Are offered
Cp to the Instrument.


My landlady's little boy, separated.
from me only by thin lath partition
OF wall, is playing five finger exer-
cises in halting rhythm and with in
Vulnerable false notes The instru-
ment is one in which the fight of years
has left a tone like a discontinued nut
meg CRATER.
The little boy, a pale child in long
pinafore and big white ears, hates his
chosen instrument as much as | do.
and so we meet on level of mutual
affection. l loathe hearing him, and he
hates his instrument; now, in the name
OF good common sense, why must he be
offered up as a sacrifice
His mother is a poor woman and the
tinkling cottage piano with plated
faded green front represents the chops
and many other wholesome things she
has not eaten, and what she allows
the young lady in the third floor back
who takes her board out in piano les
sons, is a serious sacrifice Now, l ask
what for?
Why is all the world playing an un-
necessary piano!
Marriage has fatal effect OH music
For some occult reason as soon as a
girl is married the piano-the grave of
SO much money and time-retires out
Of active life and swathed in ''art dra-
peries," burdened by vases, cabinet
photographs and imitation "curios"
serves less as musical instrument
than warning. But no sooner are the
next generations legs long enough to
dangle between the keyboard and the
pedals than the echoes awaken to the
same old false notes that serve no pur-
pose unless an hour of daily martyr
dom over tear splashed keyboard is
an excellent preparation for the trials
Of life.-Mrs. John LANE in London
Outlook.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
contest Notice.

llepartment OF Interior, United States Lnud
once. Pierre. South Dakota. May a. 1905.
hled IN this Office by frank j. Teller. c.,ntest.
ant ant against st., Homestead entry No. 1861 made
Ma te ~ is for northeast quarter seetion
~, iio north. rense "A westsbs Jacob
, Lnat said Jacob Frederick has never estub
, hsl ms residence upon said land that he
y, never cultivated the same or improved it
sala land FOR grazing purposes. and that said
emu, has been wholly abandoned for more
IN. IMAM siS months last past and that said alleged
employinent in the army. navy ar marine
corps OF the nitec States rs private soldier,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
THE APPOINTING POWER.
Story of President Grant and an
OhAtinate Suhurdinate.

'AV'S w t-feSiGent Grant ana
Obstinate Suburdinate.
General Grants generosity to his
GOES, his many private and official kind
nesses to the widows and orphans of
Confederate soldiers. is an old tale,
Dut II bears repetition i'll the form of
an incident which Helen ID. Longstreet
giVes III Lee and Longstreet at High
Tide"
lie Wittow of Confederate officer
applied to the postolIice department to
be appointed postmistress in a small
southern town. AS she heard nothing
of her application, she went TO Wash
mgton to press it. She was unable to
move the authorities at the postotiice
department and was about to go home
IN despair when friend suggested that
1t might be worth while for her to see
the president
with much effort she summoned
courage and appeared at the White
House. The president received her in
most friendly MANNER and after hear
ing her story took her application and
wrote strong but brief Endorsement
III eAiS btl'h VI II. she hurried III lrl-
uinph to the postottice department.
The official to whom she presented
the application frowned and pondered
over it for some time and then wrote
under the presidents Endorsement,
This being fourth class office, the
president does not have the appointing
power"
The application was handed back to
her. and she went away i'll deep dis
tress and was again preparing to re-
turn home when another friend told
her by all means to take the paper back
to the president, so that he might see
how his Endorsement had been re-
ceived When the president read it
he wrote under the last Endorsement.
While the president does not have the
appointing power in this office he has
the appointment OF the postmaster gen
eral. and. summoning his secretary,
President Grant directed him to ac-
company the lady to the department
and In person deliver her application
to the postmaster general.
She received the commission before
she left the Office.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22

o,ncer, seaman or marine during the war with
S Il or r, dnring any other war in which the
United States may be engaged
SAID parties are hereby notified to appear
respond and offer evidence touching said allie
satlon at ~ O'Clock a. m. on July 81 1905. be-
stntes Land Office in Pierre. south Dakota. ~
me said contes tant having. in d proper fiji
aaviI. MED June l2. 1895. set forth facts which
s,oW that after due diligence personal Sc vice
OF :, TINS notice cannot be made. it is hereby or
uefed and directed that such notice be given
ny due and proper publication.
ALBERT WHEELONs
Register.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
"a Bearded Freak.

One OF the earliest OF the American
bearded freaks was Louis Jasper, who
lived In southern Virginia at about the
time OF the close Of the Revolutionary
war. His beard was nine and q half
Afeet long and dinghy thick
md heavy, He could take his mus
cache between his fingers and extend
NJ arms 70 their fuli length, and still
~ ends of the mustache were over a
not beyond his finger tips.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
ArtiaciaI Eyes.

The first false eye was a metal band
which gripped the head and was fitted
with plate to cover the blind eye,
covered with leather on. which an
eye was painted. Then came shells,
like halves Of nutshells. OF gold. silver
or copper, enameled or painted to re
semble an eye and inserted under the
eyelld As an Improvement upon these,
artificial eyes We're made Of porcelain
and at last OF glass. &
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
Its Peculiarity..

"Did you ever notice anything funny
shout his cpnversati on?' .
Funnyi ] should say not. There's
absolutely no point to 1t. =
u Z aat's the funny part OF 1t, Having
no poins to II, how Is 1t that he bores
!st ~. y:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
No. Excuse.

Shells there any insanity in the
Snobbs family? He-Ne. Its too bad
there isn't. 1t would give them legit-
innate excuse for some of their actions
Detroit Free Press
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
EVIL OF Familiarity.

"A good friend" said Captain Bill,
ss.'is the greatest blessing a man can
have. But men are like canal boats in
lots s., &c: tises;;ii pay for
either men or boats to get so close to-
gether they wear one another's paint
5t,ff. Newark News.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
A Place FOR Him.

First Floorwalker Poor old Bjones
has completely lost his hearing I'm
sfrai6 he Will lose his Job. Second
Flo0rwalker Nonsense. He's to be
transferred 70 the complaint desk.
Philadelphia Record.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
Easy Way.

II want to do something that will
draw out the conversational abilities
of my friends" said the hostess.
That's very easy" answered Miss
Cayenne. Give a musical." Wash
ington Star.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
Nishtcaps and Insomnia.

All one has to do in order to secure
good nights rest is to wear night
cap. We are assured thatahe great Sc
cret Is to keep the head warm, and
then one may sleep like top London
Draper.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
Not That xind Of 4 server

& Heavy Tragedian Hurry up with
my order. am used to people serv-.
ing me in a hurry. Waiter-I don't
doubt 1t, but am no sheriff,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
II Sometimes Happens.

His Wife You're home at last! X I
thought you'd never come. Mr.. Out
late And absence instead Of making
the heart grow fonder has merely aft
fected the temper. New York Press
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
More Than Rent.

Are you bent on spending all of
your money q Il.
@No; I'm broke. =" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22

Nothing Is 10 good for an ignorant
man ss silence, and II he was sensible
pf this he would not be Ignorant.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22
summons.
State of South Dakota :. In Circuit tyourt
County of Hughes. S. 9Th JucIciaI Cir.t
Ida Louise sheldon
Plaintiff.
Summons.

Leroy E. Sheldon,
Defendant
The State OF South Dakota sends Greeting
to the above named Defendant.
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer thecomplaihtinthi this action whichwas
MED on The 10th day of June. A. y. 10 IS. in the
Office of Clerk of the Circuit Court within
and and for said Hughes county, at Pierre; Sonth
DAKOTA and to serve copy of your answer
street, IN the city @ Pierre, County of Hughes,
state OF South Dakota. within thirty days
al tier the. service of this summons exclusive
of the day of service
II you fail to answer the complaint wi thin
THAT time plaintiff will apply To the court for
the relief demanded in the com plaint besides
costs.
Dated at Pierre. South Dakota. this 18Th
day of June. A. d 1905
HORNER s. STEW tRT.
o:aa Plaintiffs Attorneys
s;5 L. .. Address, Pierre. South Dakota
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-22

Il Ii better to hold back d truth than
- speak + ungrasieus1y-Ds sAles.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-10
WABASH OFFICIALS
APPEAR IN JUDGE TAYLoR's
COURT AT ST. LOUIS.
Answer Of the Company Regarded az
Stating GouId's Side Of the
FIGHT With Ramsey.


st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. S-When Judge
Taylor's court was called to order Sat-
urday the court room was nearly filled
with lawyers and railroad officials.
Wells H. Blodgett, third vice presi-
dent and general solicitor, and G. N.
Travous appeared for the Wabash; A.
G. Cochran, fedora, solicitor for the
Missouri Pacific, and Martin l.. Clare
dy, general counsel for the Iron Noun
tain; Fred. w. Lehman represented
Mr.. Ramsey.
Mr.. Cochran announced that service
had not been secured on the Mercan-
tile Trust Co. of New York or on w. s.
Wilson and H. M. Walker, both Of New
York, named as defendants.
Mr.. Travous then read the answer
Of the Wabash Railroad Co., which
was regarded as stating George j.
Gould's side of the fight with Ramsey.
Railroad and Warehouse Commis-
sioner of Missouri Bradbury testified
to the financial rSlations between the
Wabash, the Missouri Pacific and the
Iron Mountain railroads. Another wit
ness was e. b. Pryor, assistant to the
president of the Wabash.
The fact that A. C. Bird, traffic man
ager of the Missouri Pacific. is also a
Wabash official was brought out after
controversy, the attorneys for the de-
fense declaring that the plaintiff was
trying to show a violation by the Wa
bash and the Missouri Pacific Of Grim
inal statutes relating to the consolida-
tion of competing railroads.
Counsel for the defense at the after
noon session waived their right to the
introduction Of testimony, whereupon
arguments of attorneys were begun,
which were not concluded until after
10 o'clock tonight.
Col. Blodgett argued against the
granting of the injunction. He said
that Mr.. Ramsey did not profess to be
damaged as a stockholder by the vot-
ing of stock owned by other railroads,
his only plea being that such voting
tended to stife competition.
''If this were true" said Col. Blod-
gett, "Mr. Ramsey and other stock
holders would be benefited rather than
otherwise by the sitting of competition
and only the public would have occa-
sion for complaint"
"The attorney for the plaintiff seems
to be proceeding by degrees" he con-
tinued. $50 far, no case has been
shown"
'Tt is necessary to proceed by de-
grees to develop facts" Fred. w. Leh-
mann. Mr.. Ramsey's attorney, inter-
rupted. 1--WE are dealing with the
Goulds, who violate the laws Of Mis-
souri, by keeping their books records in
New York"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-10-10
THE REGULATIONS
OF Mr.. D0UGHERTy !
He Now Declares That His steal
ing VIII Not Reach Over
$4,000.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 8.-Instead Of be-
ing exaggerated, the first disclosures
in the Dougherty embezzlement case
appear to have been only the opening
chapter. Twelve additional indict-
ments have been returned, and the
states attorney is now preparing 40
more, which will make q total Of So
thus far.
Dougherty admitted to friends that
he, was guilty of the charges Of for
gerry preferred against him, but de-
clared that his peculations would not
amount to more than 100000. That
he himself does not intend that this
shall be believed is evidenced by the
fact that he has placed in the hands Of
the school board 100000 worth Of se-
curities to make good his stealings.