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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
YOUR WORK.

Do it cheerfully, even if it is not con
genial.
Do 1t inthe spirit of an artist, not an
art!slan.
Make it stepping stone to some
thing higher
Keep yourself III condition to do it as
well as il can be done
Endeavor to do it better than it has
ever been done before.
Make perfection yorr aim and be sat
isfied with nothing less.
Do not try to do it with part Of
yourself-the weaker part.
Recognize that work is the thing that
dignitieS and ennobles life
Regard yourself as a coworker with
the Creator of the universe.
Accept the disagreeable part of it as
cheerfully as the agreeable.
Choose, if possible, the vocation for
which nature has fitted you.
Believe in its worth and dignity, no
matter how humble it may be-
Remember that work we'll done is the
highest testimonial of character you
can receive.-Success Magazine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
mirror,.In the Midd1e Ages.

In the middle ages, when steel and
silver mirrors We're almost exclusively
used, a method of backing glass for the
same purpose with thin sheets Of metal
was known Small convex mirrors Of
glass We're made in Germany before
the sixteenth century and were in de-
mand suntil comparatively modern
times. They We're produced by blow
Ing small glass globes, into which
while they were hot was passed through
.Dipe Il mixture of. tin. antimony and
rosin. When the globe was coated
inside it WAS allowed to cool and was
afterward cut into convex lenses which
formed small but we'll defined images.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
A SHIPS DOCTOR.
The Things For which lie should or
ShnulI NOt III, I,niI.


A correspondent of Lloyds Weekly
has expressed the views of a ship doc
tor in the following words: Many
travellers are in doubt as to the po-
stion oi the ships doctor in regard to
his remuneration from passengers for,
services rendered The merchant ship
ping act enacts that every foreign go
ing vessel having hundred persons on
board or upward shall carry on board
as part Of her complement a duly
qualified medical practitioner Further
more an emigrant Ship. e., IA foreign
going vessel which carries fifty or
more steerage passengers--must have
q medical man, irrespective of the
number of crew or Of other passengers
carried. The salary of the doctor on
board is commensurate with these du-
ties to his ship To any passengers
who are suffering from ordinary forms
Of seasickness and it's concomitant
evils or who receives injuries which
are in any way due to the ship the
doctors services are free. For any
sickness contracted before sailing or
with the above named conditions he is
entitled to Il remuneration ut the same
rate as he would receive on shore. OBJ
viously it would be as unfair to eN-
pect that his services to passengers
should be rendered gratis as it would
be for amy visitor in a hotel or travel
ing on Il railway to expect to have
medical attention free in any illness
for which the hotel or railway authori-
ties could not be held responsible"
The writer Of Il letter to the London
lancet says that the case of the ships
surgeon is stated with accuracy in the
above sentences and adds that ships
surgeons are Of two l.inds-f first, those
who after they have qualified take
such position either for health or for
pleasure, and, second, those who elect
to make sea life permanency.
The pay of the ships doctor varies
from $50 to $50 month. This is for
duties to officers and crew AS regards
| passengers in relation to the surgeon
the following groups will include all:
First. the passenger who takes the
initiative by remunerating the surgeon,
perhaps handsomely, for any services
| rendered; second. the passenger who
| asks for his bill and pays it if reason
| able; third, the passenger who. travel
/ ing for the first time, does not know
| whether to ask for his bill or wait for,
| 1t to be delivered, but is pleased to be
enlightened on the matter; fourth. the
passenger who clings to the old time
notion that tire surgeon is there solely
| for the benefit of passengers and. fifth.
| the passenger who never intends to
pay the surgeon.-Me Record.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
First JeyyeIry Store.

1t may interest women to know that
the first jewelry store was started in
the city Of Chang On about 5000 years
ago The Celestial millionaires OF, that
period knew nothing of the fascination
Of diamonds, because diamonds were
not i'll vogue at that B. @: period
Pearls and Jade and coras and other
unpublished mineral substances had to
content them, and, as if to make good
the glitter of revieres and tiaras, the
princes of Chang On employed an
tisans to fashion them the most Won
derful gold and silver ornaments,
which in themselves were far more
costly than diamonds Boston Herald
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27

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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
ODD INDUSTRIES OF PARIS.
There Are Night Hawks of Many Pc
cUliar Varieties.

The ramaSSeur de mutt is the hum
biest member of the ragpickers' corpo-
ration He is generally n laborer out
of work and collects whatever he can
find and judges salahle from scrap
OF paper or an orange peel to a dilapi-
dated stove Take old books, for ey-
ample. However bad, they have Il
market value, for they always contain
III the instep one sound piece that can
serve again and generally two or three
more at the heel and the back Old
provision tins, again, are full of money;
the lead soldering can be removed and
melted into cakes, while the tin goes
to make chiidren'S toys There are
abont 6,00O of this class of night birds
in Paris. Another quaint night bird
is the guardian angel" The guard
ian angel is Il person attached TO the
establishments of some tla.traquetS--
low barkerpers certain public
houses for the purpose of looking after
the safety of drunken customers. He
accompanies them to their homes de
fends them in case of need, as often
rs not has to put them TO bed and
leaves them only when they are with
out the reach Of mischief. He earns
about 80 cents a day. Cases are also
on record where grateful drunkardS
have remembered the angel" i'll their
wills To return the compliment the
angel has invested some of his funds
i'll the purchase of a barrow, the object
of which is but too obvious.
An important night bird is the mem
Der of the guild des pattes mouillees
He deals in tobacco manufactured
from Stumps of cigars and cigarettes
picked up in the street and holds as
sizes on the Place Maubert, by the
statue Of Etienne Dolet, twice a week
at Il. m. On these days the square is
called the market Of wet paws"
The industry Is quite remunerative
on modest scale, Of course, and
would be even more so were it not for
the government which stepped in with
characteristic greed and on the
grounds Of the monopoly it holds pro
ceeded to tax the tobacco collected
| with so much painstaking care.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
Order.

The chair lady raped sharply.
+ "!t Should not be necessary for the
chair TO remind members, she said
severely. 'that under orr rules Of or
der. to say nothing Of common .cour
1tesy. only one member may be silent at
a time. Any member who becomes 81
lent at the same time that another
member is silent is distinctly ont Of
order IS
|! The ladies' of the club yisibly cringed
under this merited rebuke. Many Of
them flushed to the roots of their hair
and several there We're who burst into
ars-Life.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27

The danger of kissing dogs is illus
trated by the experience of young
lady which is told in the London Ian
Get. She had been in the habit Of fon
ding and kissing a pet dog. and when
she developed humorous growth 1t
was discovered that her trouble was
due to the presence OF number of
worms which had been transferred
from the dog ito the tissues Of Aher
cheek.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27

unA,.Nutsn1k
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27

The average educated man gets a
salary of $1,000 year. He works for
ty years, making. a total Of $4,000 In
a lifetime The average day laborer
gets s1.5O a day 300 days in a year.
or $3.50 in a year. IN forty years he
earns S1S,OOO. The difference, or S22.-
600, equals. the value Of an education.
To acquire this earning capacity re-
quires twelve years at school Of 18O
days each, -or 2,1GD days. Divide $22,-
600 by 2,160, and 1t is found that each
day at school is worth little more
than $40 to the pupil.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
Why He LnuEhed

"Oh. George. dear. I'm so glad you've
eemei home. We've had burglars in
the fiat, and they took all our silver
and beat the janitor dreadsully, What
are you laughing at ~
!. beat tho
1AAitOr. r."-ClNveaana Plein 0aalsA
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27

Spawnger-Ire noticed considerable
change about you since you stopped
drinking. Markiey- Well, I've noticed
that; there's considerable more in my
pocEet.-Philadelphia Press.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-27
About Time.

Mr.. Stoplate-D'ye know. Miss Cut
ting. I'd dearly love to travel. Miss
Cutting (lneaningly) Well. why dom,
you?-Exchange.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-07
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

iFROh TIE TRIBUNE BUREAU
Washington, March 6-The yice-p1esident this
morning received a delegation OF students from the
Ohio wesleyan University. with Governor Herricl<
OF Ohio their spokesman. The party also In
cuded Mrs. Nelson OF the faculty OF the univer-
sty, and Representative Warrock both OF whom
made short addresses. The Vics-PresidsSt's family
and house guests were in the drawing to meet
| them. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were students to-
gether ut the university. and married shortly
after thsir graduation.
The new Consul General TO Liverpool and Mrs.
Grith, who were guests OF the yice-President and
Mrs Fairbanks over the inauguration. went 10
EeE-Tork to-day. They will spend a few days in
that city before returning their home Indian
apolis. They will sail for England early In the
Mrs. Robert Patterson gave q small dance to-
night at her home, In Dupont Circle. Major Nc
Cawley led the cotilon forty couples the dancers
representing friends of the hostess from on
cai and diplomatic society. together with out-of
town guests who were here for the inaugura ton
The favors for the five figures collected by
Mrs. Patterson while in Vienna, and consisted OF
ashtrays, soldier caps and pencils for the men,
with scarfs OF Eay silk and tinsel, flower wands
wreaths and other dainty tribes for their partners
In addition TO the Ambassadors and their wives
the guests included Lord and Lady Lenox Miss
Lenox. Mr.. and Mrs Henry White. Nine waddng-
ton, Miss Roosevelt, daughter or the President:
Miss Durand. the naval attachs OF the French EN-
bassy and Viscountess de Faramond. Baron and
Baroness Van Tuyll and Rough Riders Kean and
Greenleaf who guests at the White House
Mrs Picha-d Butler. Of Neu-Yotk. gave a small
luncheon to-day in honor OF Sir Mackenzie Bowel,
OF Canada, who came TO Washington to attend the
Inauguration ceremonies. Sir Mackenzie is now IN.
Conservative leader in the Senate at Ottawa Can
ada.
Mrs. Westinghouse at home Informally this
afternoon, assisted by her niece. Miss wadsworth
OF Albany. and Mr.. Westinghouse. Mr. and Mrs
Westinghouse reopened their Washington homo
last week. and after the exercises at the Caoitol
t1Hy yr<Sftro ofs<r .s~K..x
the parade Their guests included Mrs Schpvlsr
and her sister. Nine. wadduston. OF Nev-York.
DR.. and Mrs. T. 8. Hanin. Mr. and Mrs Archibald
Hopkins, Charles Goodwin Bennett the Miss.s
Sedgely. Miss Wadsworth Howard Fisher NJ P,t,s
burg and MIR Updsgran
Mrs. James P1nchot entertained at a tea this
New-York tribune., 1905-03-07
TIE SHORT SESSION

4 disposition has been shown In some quar-
tesf = oelittie the work Of the 56th Congress.
~ is said that the leaders in the two houses
sought merely 30 mark time." and that little
effort was expended on really constructive leg
islaton. The rather negative record of the
session 5ust ended is cited in proof Of those
assertions. But the 5Sth Congress cannot
fairly be Judged by what it accomplished or
failed to accomplish at the last session It's
fun two years record must be considered and
credit must be given it for many substantial
and not a few notable achievements. During
Its life the Cuban reciprocity treaty was rati-
ned and advantageous commercial relations
With Cuba were finally established. An 18th
mian Canal treaty with Colombia was ratified
and, following the rejection OF that instrument
by the Colorrbisn Senate and the secession of
Panama. a canal treaty with the new Isthmian
republic was approved and legislation was
enacted in preparation for the construction of
"a interoceanic waterway under the undivided
control and ownership of the United Sta tes
This last result alone would give historical dis.
rnction TO the work OF any Congress.
In itself the last sessions record seems rather
barren and commonplace. No measure CT the
first magnitude was put through the two
houses But in the crush OF routine business
becoming more inexorable every year-little
caaEce IS left nowadays at the short session for
the consideration Of far-reachiug legislative
proseets The Senate was burdened too. by
the conduct OF an Impeachment trial. which
CONSUMED many working hours. In spare mo-
Tnents. however, besides the supply bills. acts
were passed revising the tariff on goods entering
the Philippines ana providing fox tie extension
OF the Philippine railroad system and for pub.
lie Improvement generally In the archipela 90;
Ger making much needed chsnges In the Alas.
kan legal code and authorizing many reforms
IN Alaskan administration; for increasing the
efficiency Of the federal steamboat inspection
service, and amending the trademark and
copyright laws. general arbitration treat,
with sixteen other American republics wss
ratified Arbitration treaties with seven Euro
peau powers and reciprocity treaty with
Newfoundland ere also approved with Sen
etc amendments.
The two most important bills of the session
New-York tribune., 1905-03-07

afternoon at which she assisted sy Mrs jams
A. GARFIELD Mrs Archibald Hopkins. Mrs Oliver
cromwell Miss Palmer. Miss Morgan and Miss
Juiia Cooper. of New-York. Among the large num-
Der or guests were Mrs Hay. Mrs Taft Baroness
Mayor des Pisnches. wife of the Italian Amhassa-
dor; Nine Jusserand. wife OF the Ambassador from
France; Mime. Waddinston. Miss Margaret Chanlsr
and General and Mrs Ripley, Of New-York
Professor and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell an
nounced the engagement OF their daughter Marian
Hubbard Bell. 70 David Fasrchlld agricultural for
eisn expert for the government The wedding VIII
take place In the spring
Miss heCaulsy gave bridesmaid dinner To-
night In honor OF Miss Anita Poor vhose mar
rage to Lieutenant Bumsr viii take place to-rnor
row The guests were Miss Carlisle Miss Hobaa
MISS Grace Bell Miss Hagner Mss Henrfstta Lowe
MISS Eleanor Parker. with Mrs Maus sister OF Ms.
Foor' and Mrs. TUckermann, sister OF the hostess
Leutenant Commander Gibbons gave a luncheon.
yesterday. on the Dolphin. In honor OF Miss roor
and Lieutenant Bulner. and the former was also
tne guest OF honor at tea yesterday given by
MISS Elise HoDan. The marriage viii take plsc.
at noon az St ThOmsss Episcopal Church
Miss Annie McCauley will be maid OF honor and
the additional attendants VIII be Miss Mabeue Har
ner. Miss Elise Hoban. Miss Eleanor Parker al.
or washington. and Miss Henrietta Lowe Of Dav-
ton' Ohio The best men and ushsrs will b
brother officers OF the bridegroom.
Mrs Brewer. wife OF Justice Brewer xav. a
small tea this evening
New-York tribune., 1905-03-07

failed to reach the final stages of Legislation
A bill admitting Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory as one State and New-Mexico and Arizona
as another passed the House at the long ses-
sion. Amended N the Senate so as TO let III
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one State
and New Mexico, without ARIZONA, as the sec
ond, il went TO conference. and died there Inc
Esch-T Townsend Railway Rate bill passea INC
House almost without dissent, But the Seuate
felt that too little time remaiIed TO pass on aii
the questions raised by the House measure anu
postponed action authorizing its Committee on
Railroads TO sit during the recess anu report
az the opening of the new ContTess'
In the face of a deficit in tie revenues loI
I9o4-'O5 and Of an estimated dehcit ior 1870 oo'
economy in appropriations was imperative Al
both branches all tendencies toward eAtFa'a
sance were successfully Tepre5seu. ana, thoush
Congress made a generous ana sensible pro
vision for the needs Of the navy lhe eApehul'
lures for the coming fiscal yeSr were neld
within bounds and all danger OF an emDarrass
Ing deficit was avoided If not snowy or com
nrehensive, the work of the session was IN the
main prudent and we'll directed. In results 1t
will bear comparison with that OF nost SNORT
sessions I'm these days. when Congress mas 10
acropanlish within scant limit of seventy-nVe
or eighty days tasks for which six months are
really needed
New-York tribune., 1905-03-07

FOR deciphering obscure and unfamiliar writing
might be forced upon postmaster, involving
q serious consumption. of time. Moreover.
telephone inquiry might come at moment
when that official was preoecupied with more
pressing duties Or engaged in the pursuit OF the
business on which he was mainly dependent Tor
his living
a still more important reason for denying
request for informa lion about letters is the diff
iculty that would often be experienced in iden-
tlfying an applicant. What guarantee would the
postmaster have that the person who addressed
him was not trying to pry into some one else's
affairs? Nine times out OF ten he might recog-
nize the voice of a man, but there would be
much uncertainty about women and children
whom he did not know personally. To refuse TO
reply when in doubt would seem ungracious. To
discriminate between constituents would be
unjust. Much the best course for the govern
ment to adopt, therefore, is to put everybody on
the same footing. and TO refuse concessions TO
which the applicants are not by law entitled.
New-York tribune., 1905-03-07
TELEPHONE POSTAL SERVJCE

Under q ruling OF the authorities in Wash
ngton. published in the latest Postal Guide f"
postmasters are forbidden TO answer inouiries
by telephone in regard 10 mail matter in their
efiees. In small towns information has often
been sought by such means about the arrival
OF letters and postal cards, and requests have
been made that such communications should be
read aloud for the benefit of the recipient.
To such persons as ask in good faith for I'm vors
or this kind 1t would occasionally be con-
venlence 10 learn, without trip to tho nost
office, whether or not mail was awaiting them
1t would be still greater accommodation when
news was expected about the arrival of friends
or the sickness Of persons at a distance if the
contents of communication could be made
known promptly to the individual for whom II
was intended II Is not uncommon Ia the conn
try for people to save time aud trouble in send
ing messages to a telegraph office by maxim,
use OF the telephone and authorizing the en-
ployment Of the same agency in the delivery of
replies. Perhaps this custom has suggested
the adoption of similar usage In regard To tba
mall, but in any case the obvious advantages
of the plan in emergencies would alone have in
spired the attempts thus TO anticipate the ususl
methods OF delivering letters in the rural dis
tricts. The scheme is not only perfectly ipteui.
gtble, but Ii has much to commend II
Only little consideration is necessary how
ever, TO show that the practice would be ono,
10 objection. In the first place there is al,,a,.
possibility of error In repea ting a MESSAGE h,,
telephone and though the person who asked 20
nave his mail read to him might be willing 20
run The risk OF such mistake the rovernrnar.
might wen hesitate to assume The resnons,b,l,+
ior accurate transmission. Again the nacaso,t-
New-York tribune., 1905-03-07
4 ERANCHLSE GRAB.

1t is a favorite device OF some corporations
when threatened with defeat In the courts 10
seek 10 procure secretly a bit or IeG4siauoh
which would nullify the popular victcry' mat
is Just what the Metropolitan people are trying
to do with reference to AmsterGamave anu
other streets where they have unused tracks.
After a long fight the people on the West Side
succeeded in saving themselves and thelr chh-
dren from the danger Of four tracks In Amster-
dam-aye. Now they have TO dodge only one car
running each way at any moment The old uh-
used tracks, however, remain there as elseWners
to hold dirt break up the roadway ana interfere
with traffic. Citizens have brought suit 10 fld
the streets Of these encumbrances. The Su-
preme Court, at Trial Term. DECIDED that the
franchises had lapsed. as certainly frahchlses
which are mere permits to use the public streets
to accommodate the public should lapse wneH
they are not used according TO the intent OF the
grant. The question has been appealed and
now awaits decision BY the higher courts. Bu1
apparently the railroad people have little conn
dence In their case, for they have made use OF
Mr.. Bedel to get bill introduced aulnorlAihs
street railroads 10 tear up unused tracks anu
giving new lease OF life to the franchises
under which they were put down. Inls "ouio
enable roads to abandon Improbable hneS or
parts of lines hold their franchises prevent 'ne
Use of the streets by anybody else, and then go
II again at their own Coh'eIlohOS' ~,
ing the public convenience for years inns Dill
ought TO be defeated, both on It's intrinsic ue
merits and because it seeks to evade the courts
Msyor Mcclellan seems 10 be inexcusaDly lax
about this matter. He does not appear 10 redii1e
that he has any duty to the people when
powerful corporation is arrayed on the other
side As we have taken pleasure In noting the
Mayor does many good things where MS own
instincts haze free play, as in the matter OF
Civil Service reratings the other day. But wheh
called upon by the popular interest to take an
aggressive stand against devices OF corpora
tions to enrich themselves at public expense ne
appears to be deaf. and, if not indiherenC heip-
less in the hands of Tammany.