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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
Changed Conditions of Life Have
Caused Departure from the
Precepts Laid Down by the
Time-Honored Adage.

One OF the bugaboos of mundane
existence is the early to bed and
carly to rise" adage, which has trou-
bled the conscience Of so many mil
ions OF people. That tantalizing old
jingle about early rising making a
man healthy, wealthy and wise is re-
sponsible for more misery in the
world than all the other good-behavior
maxims and rules for success put to-
gether; but it is gratifying to observe
that the present generation is not so
complainant in cbeying the rule as the
good but misguided men and women
Of yesterday. The early rising fad is
not much in vogue now in the cities,
and it will not be many years before
the beneficent reform will take root
in the country. The cause of this
change. Of course, is in the change
from early to late hours in thickly set
tied localities. The urban population
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
Services Poorly Paid For

nine other occasions for reelection.
In those days election expenses
were not limited as they are now, and
almost anything might be spent. The
probability is that in one way and an
other Mr.. Disraeli could not have
spent much less than 100000 in cleo
tons alone. 1t is reasonable also to
assume that during the forty years
that he sat in the house of commons
many calls were made upon his slen-
der purse by constituents and others
and only members of parliament
know how much can be absorbed in
donations, contributions and subscrip-
tions.
If Mr.. Disraeli gave only $1,000 a
year, he must, during his career, have
spent $4,000 in this way, making,
with election expenses, s150,000, and
leaving out of his aggregate emolu.
ment of $25O,O0O only 100000 for
forty-nine years strenuous work. Put
in round figures, the whole sum repre-.
sents only an average income for the
time he was in public life of some
thing like $4,000 a year.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
Disraeli's Forty-Nine Years of
Strenuous Work for the Brit
ish Empire Very Inadequetely
Recompensed by tho Nation.

The Earl of Beaconsield first
sought to enter parliament in 1882,
and it was not till 1887 that he was
returned for Maidenstone, says Cham
bers' Journal. From his first appear
ance as candidate for Wyncombe in
the former year till his death in 1881
he sat either in the house of COM
mons or the house of lords, and for
something like fifteen years he was
the leader of his party.
What, from the financial standpoint,
was his reward? Altogether, he held
Office as chancellor of the exchequer
or first lord of the treasury for periods
which amounted in all to ten or elev-
en- years, at the rate of $4,000 year.
In that time he could have received
very little more than $25O,00O Yet in
order to obtain seat in parliament,
and to keep it, he had in the course
of his career to fight seven contested
elections and to present himself on
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
Terrible Story That Comes From
Russia Roads Like a Tale OF
the Middle Ages = Lives OF
Young Children Sacrificed.

Throughout the middle ages there
were current tales Of men who caught
and sacrificed babies in their unholy
pursuit of knowledge Recently stories
of somewhat similar kind have been
revived in China as part of the cru
SADIE against Americans. Here is a
yarn of the same character from Rus
STA: 1.-TWO women of gigantic stature
took furnished house in the principal
street of the village of Duboyo. They
seldom went out in the daytime, but
were often seen in town and out on
the country roads at night. On last
Christmas day the 4-year-old daughter
Of blacksmith mysteriously disap-
peared while carrying his midday meal
to her fathers forge. The whole place
and the surrounding country were
secured in vain, but no trace of the
little one was found. Five days later
the baby daughter of an inn-keeper
vanished. On Feb. the twin children
of widow went to slide on pond.
but failed to return. Search resulted
in the discovery of a large hole in
the ice, but the bodies of the children
could not be found. During the month
of March five more children unac-
countably vanished.
"On April 81 the solution of the ter
rible mystery came. Screams were
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
|Secking Elixir Of Life

heard in the home of the two women.
Suddenly the door flew open and they
appeared locked in each others arms,
bleeding and disheveled. They were
fighting desperately, but eight strong
laborers carried them, clawing and
screaming like furies, to the police
station. A caretaker was sent to their
house, but few minutes later she
was seen leaving the house in a par
oxysm of fear. The place was soon
thronged with a crowd of curious peo-
pie. They discovered in the cellar a
long table furnished with clamps and
straps. A cabinet on the wall con-
tanned surgical knives, while one end
of the room was covered with shelves
filled with bottles. Further search re-
vealed the body of baby girl who
had disappeared eight days before.
Upon examination the two prison
ers stated that they had come to the
place to prosecute scientific research.
They belonged to secret society
which had for It's main object the dis
covery of the elixir of life. They con-
sidered child-life cheap in comparison
with the Importance of their discov-
cries. The women were then fastened
by strong chains to an iron bar in the
wall Of their CELL The next morning
it was discovered that they had es-
capped during the night in the clothes
of their jailers. both of whom were
found dead with their heads battered
in and their threats cut. The women
are still at large"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.

Things Not Known at Telephone Gen.
trail Hardly Worth Knowing.
Talk about Col Mann's safe full of
Scandals said the telephone girl; she
doesn't know what scandal is. He
ought to be a telephone girl for little
while If ne wants to know what peo-
pie are doing. tell you it is amazing
what grown people trust to telephone
girls ears. There isn't day that we
do not hear appointments and discus
sions of things done the night before
that would turn things upside down
il we ever told them. Men and wom-
en- talk as freely over the phone as
though they were marooned on an un-
inhabitable islano. They use their own
names and the names OF others inter
ested with the most startling freedom
and frankness. New York Sun
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
Conditions Prove That Inventor
of New Power Was tho Great
est Benefactor the World Has
Ever Known.

We doubt whether our labors to &C.
complish either of these objects to this
publication, if ever so successful, could
produce such complete mitigation
(rather abolition) of animal suffering
as the substitution of locomotive ma
chinery for the inhuman, merciless
treatment of horses in our stage
coaches. The man who started the
first steam carriage was the greatest
benefactor to the cause of humanity
the world ever had.
But in political view the subject
is very important. We have super
abundant population with very linn
tied territory, while each horse re-
quires greater quantity of land than
would be sufficient to support a man.
How extensive then would be the ben.
eficial effect of withdrawing two-thirds
of the horse and appropriating the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
Through Love Lighted Ways
And happiness they'll surely find
Along life's love lit way.

And happiness they'll surely find
Along LIES love lit way.
They'll scatter sunshine all around.
And make mankind rejoice
mat there are those who hear and heed
The blessed Savior's voice; ~
Wno teach the world that God Is love.
And through its power we -
Can find a paradise on earth
II Wen Gods wisdom see.
And eyer keep the thought In mind
N To live the golden rule, 80
And see that 1t is always taught
men nsa soon will come to bless the world
The grand millennium, n - - =
y When happiness and sweet content
Into each heart will come.
Martha Shepard Lippincott
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
Discovered.

81
"Confdentially. public office Is a pri.
vate graft, il you know how to work
it,
" Yes. but It's parlous game, old
man; the smoothest are pretty sure
to set caug iiitt t. :, $50
"True enough. II they don't possess
the peculiar immunity that, fortunate.
". enjoy. You don't know met,
.W-w-who are your
Hist! S-s-s-sh! Nuns the word!
I'm the mysterious Tertium Quid.s
.'W-w-what! Is it possible that You
are the man who struck Billy Patter.
son r.
Give rs something modern: I'm the
Man Higher Up! s1s.s
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
A Slight Improvement.

NO said Low Comerdy. "stormer
and his company didn't fare well in
Jaytown. The people rotten-egged
them
Eyes replied High Il ragerdy :=put
i hear they received better treatment
at Honkville."
That's SO; / believe the people used
fresh eggs there. Philadelphia Press.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
PATENTS.

LIST OF Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, Oil and 912 Pioneer
Press building. ST. Paul, MINI: Peter
Conklin and R. p, Gayville, S. D..
loader; Peter Dahl, Clarified, MINI,
rotary engine; Thomas Freeman, Sioux
Falls, S. D., ballot box; S. f. Pierce,
st. Paul, Mimi, rail joint; Bruno Kip
pels, Moorhead. Mimi, merry-go-round;
Arthur Padmore, Lead, S. D., clothes
drier; Martin Wallum, Binford, N. D..
floor jack.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
cUTlcuRA GROWS HAIR.
Scalp Cleared Of Dandruff and Hair
Restored by One Box of Cuticura
and One Cake Of Cuticura

soap.
A. W. Taft of independence, Va,
writing under date of Sept. Is. 1904,
says: II have had falling hair and
dandruff for twelve years and could
get nothing to help me. Finally
bought one box of Cuticura Ointment
and one cake Of Cuticura Soap, and
they cleared my scalp of the dandrufr
and stopped the hair falling. Now
my hair is growing as well as ever. I
am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap
as toilet soap. (Signed) A. w. Taft,
Independence, Va"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-31
After the Cannon Went Of.

Mrs. Naybor Ny Johnny is SO care.
less. He is always leaving his things
around.
Mrs. Nexdore So I notice. saw
one OF his ears and three OF his teeth
on my front porch just now Iouston
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
TclephOnen on Trains.

The Union Pacific will soon have in
operation ovcr all its lines a telephone
system for the operation Of trains and
for the transaction Of other business.
The telephone system will not take the
place of the telegraph. but will be sup
Elementary to it. When the system Is
In successful operation. all trains will
be equipped with telephone instru-
ments which can be attached to the
wires ut any point along the lines for
immediate use In case Of accident or
other emergency. The company has
been using the telephone experimental
~ for tive years or more, using its
telegraph wires to carry telephone mes
sages, and it has found that they can
be used to advantage. It has been
found TO work best for short distances,
but by means Of relays it can be adj
vantagcously worked over the whole
system.-On!aha Bee.
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ton, and Nicholson as head of the pro-
visional government is practically the
thiof executive Of the Land OF the
Midnight sun. Premier Nicholson is
a native of Bergen. in which city his
father was :: leading steamship mag
nate for many years. Young Michel
Sen "a educated ut the University of
Christiania, became Il practicing law
yer and soon reached eminence.
Later he succeeded his father as the
head of important maritime interests.
was elected to the s%torthing and be-
came conspicuous in politics. Like
many other Norwegians of prominence
he believed that Norway's interests
We're constantly Disseminated against
in favor of those Of Sweden, and he
was heartily in favor Of the establish
ment Of separate consular services for
the two countries. When it became
known that King Oscar Of Sweden
would not sanction such a procedure.
Premier Nicholson was one Of the
first Norwegian statesmen to propose
Iissolving the union between Norway
and Sweden, which had existed for
nearly a century.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
A V PERSUADER.
Rowing f'tctures Used by Mining Pro-
mOter to Help Sell Stock.

Rowing Pictures Used by Mining Pro-
u to Help Sell stock.
Just as the photograph. beginning rs
IN entertaining toy, has become I'LL i'm
portant factor in business, the moving
picture is now being adapted to COM
nercial uses. When you think Of it
there are lots OF situations In which
moving pictures can help the business
man. II II photograph is convincing a
motion photograph should he dOubly
40.
A mining expert who went to Europe
from North Dakota Il short time ago to
interest British capitalists in new prop
critics in the Black Hills country carried
with him u moving picture outfit OF
some GOO pictures. showing every stage
OF work on the properties in which he
Is interested. He intends to show pro-
spectivc investors not only that there
really is Il minc-there have been cases
in which there was not. but only stock
but til" stage reached in developing
1t. how many men are ut work and how
much machinery is employed. With
the pictures he had II guarantee from
the moving picture company that they
We're genuine and were made ON the
particular property cited by the min
ing promoter.
The idea is this mining promoters
own. He was many months collecting
the pictures. and he has spent some
$4,000 On them. He believes this to be
the first time that the moving picture
has been adapted to commercial pur-
poses in just this way. and he hopes
to get back the cost of his investment
and much more by selling stock in the
companies concerned to the men who
see the pictures. These are so arranged
that they an be thrown or a three foot
screen and exhibited in Il private office
or displayed in an enlarged size in Il
public hall. \. larger screen and a big
ger lens are the only changes required.
New York Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

Hongkong. Even then he was followed
by h2tchetMcn to Japan. where sew
eral attempts 81 Ii; l:fc We're made.
Ny. Nan-. who is about forty-two
years olA. is a Cantonese by birth and
wa oIu"atcl largely in Honykong.
where he was thoroughly European
ized. His appearance in the political
arena at Heking dates back to 1895.
While acting rs Il sort of tutor to
his majesty he so im!,ucd him with the
spirit Of Peter the Great, whom he
taught the emperor to take as his
lnoIel of a perfect monarch. that the
dowager empress was forced to exert
all her powerful influence to prevent
the success Of the reform propaganda.
A political exile. Kang has not ceased
to work for the regeneration Of his
country. and it is said that in all for
eign countries. especially in this. China
men are preparing. under his direction,
a new movement which will make the
empress sit up and take notice.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

a suspended from the undersile of
the bridge. The bridge crosses the river
Mersey and the ship canal between
kuncorn, on the Cheshire side, and
Widncs. on the Lancashire side, by Il
clear span of Il thousand feet. this be-
ing ly far the greatest span of any
bridge in the United Kingdom de-
signed to carry road traffic.
The fou. towers are constructed
wholly OF steel. and each consists of
-four square braced legs. upon the top
OF which is built Il lantern Z feet 4
inches in diameter and 8 feet high to
the caves, in each Of which are placed
powerful are lamps. There are two
main cables. each built up Of 2,413
steel wires. anchored into the solid
rock. From these cables are suspended
two longitudinal stiffening Orders. up
Oh the lower tlanges Of which runs an
electric trolley about ~ feet long, driy-
TN by two 81 horsepower motors.
From the trolley is suspended the
transporter car, 80 feet long and "a
feet wide. capable OF carrying at one
time four tWO-hOrse wagons and 300
people. On the top Of the car is fixed
the operators cabin, In which is placed
the controller and other apparatus, by
means Of which the operator has the
car quite ut command and can go
about. reverse or put OH the brakes at
a moments notice.
The time occupied in crossing the
bridge is about two and n half min
utes. so, with loading and unloading, it
will be possible to make nine or ten
trips per hour. The cost of the work
has been about $GOO.O 600. which Is about
one-third the cost of an ordinary high
level bridge with costly approaches.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

vii known Oregon family, by whom
b. hal three children-cn che u boy whom
be named Hiram and who is now a
captain Of artillery in the army; the
two others, daughters. n Of whom
died Il, Washington last winter. the
other of whom is married to the French
Duke Of Kochefoucauld.
In the summer AID fall of 1873, aft
err Siitcheli's election to the United
States senate, his assumed name be-
came known. But the Pennsylvania
wife obtained a divorce. and his Ore
gon marriage was legaiized. He was
reelected to the senate In 1885, 1891
and 1901.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

law anG Il gradu-
ate IF Oxford at
young
Hewlett was COM
PEELED by failing
health to go to
italy, where, turn
ing to literary pur-
suits, he became so
saturated with the
essential spirit and
charm of mcdiae-
val Italian senti-
ment and thought
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

stopped short in his speech.
go on: go on" urged his audience
indulgently.
Watson gathered himself together
under the stimulus Of the encourage
ment, stepped to the front of the plat
form, and. bowling with his exquisite
southern chivalry. he said:
Ladies' and gentlemen. l should be
glad to 60 on. but the lady who just
came in fairly took my breath away"
He sat down amid q burst OF ap-
plause.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

George Horace Lorimer. who became
e literary celebrity when his Letters
From Il Self Made Merchant to His
Son" caught the popular fancy to the
extent of Il sale of 100000 copies, is the
editor of the Saturday Evening Post.
When the books popularity was at its
height Mr.. Lorimer received a letter
from 4 man in Texas who said:
Il have Il patent bicycle. and l know
there are millions in it. If you can get
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
AN ENGINEERING TRIUMPH.

The - ,Ortcr Bridge Over the
English River Mersey.
The Runro:n-W idnes bridge, which
has been building for three and a half
years. is o completed, says London
sphere. The bridge is of the trans
porter type and in design is precisely
similar TO IN ordinary stiffened sus-
pension bridg,, with tie exception that
the approaches to the bridge are ut a
level. thus dispensing with the costly
high level approaches, and the traffic,
both foot and wheel, is carried on in n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

which. for rapid and persistent sue
eess. has no parallel in the annals of
American politics.
One year after going to Portland he
vas elected city attorney. One year
more and he was sent to the state
.enate. Another two years and he was
president Of the state senate. Again
/ year, in 1865, and he failed by but
.ne vote Of winning the Republican
,aucus nomination for United States
senator. Six years later, in 1872, he
vas elected United States senator, and
n March, 1873, began his duties at
Washington.
He married Miss Martha Price Of q
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

and was blazing
away in a man
ner which gave
promise of the
great oratory
which was to
come. Like most
young speakers,
he was keenly
sensitive to in
terruptions. and
when a party of
I0tc co m r 8,
among whom
was Il %singularly
beautiful wOln-
an, entered the
~o~ "
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
kANG W WEI.
the Chinese Kefor,ner- who Plans
Dowager Emn:cs~1 Overthrow.

Dowager E~mp:csse Overthrow.
Rang Yu Wei. the Chinese reformef
now in America, is the dowager EN-
press bitterest enemy. That lady as
long ago rs 1896, after unsuccessful ef-
forts to have Kany Ge.apitated by legal
methods, offered a reward Of 100000
taels for his assassination. an offer
which has never been openly with
drawn. though it is not now regarded
seriously. Kang escaped the empress
Minions at the time her wrath was
hottest only 10y the connivance Of the
British authorities at Shanghai and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
By MARSHALL p. WILDER

all kings were
as competent as
the genial and
tactful gentleman
who recently ascend
cd the British throne
1t would be Il thank
less job to start Il
new republic any
where. Personally |
have strong grounds
for this opinion. for
I had the pleasure
Of meeting his mai
cSty many times
while he WAS Prince
# Wales. anl these
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
NORWAY'S ABLE PREMIER,

Peter c. H. X. Michelsen. Leading
Spirit In NorwnH's Secession.
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow
Nicholson. who was the most con-
spicuous figure in Norway's recent Sc
cession from the Swedish Norwegian
union. succeeded Hagerup as prime
minister not long ago. Despite the re-
quest Of Norway. King Oscar refused
to name a prince of the house of
Bernadotte as king Of the seeding ma
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

NIT. JOu0 Gr0na1ll to
take it up l am sure
it would be a big
business success"
The man inclOScu
4 prospectus of the
patent. At about
the same time there
were 200 business
letters ut the dead
l%cttcrofiice atWash-
iNgton addressed to
John Graham. pork
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
Stories About
Folk of Note
Secretary Wilson and the Three Fat
Cats..Marjorie Gould. Baseball Playee.
George Horace Lorimer's Sue.
cess 90. Career Of Senator
Mitchell Of Oregon.
AMES

AMEs WILSON.
al who as secre-
tary of agricul-
ture may appropri-
ately be called Uncle
Sans boss farmer,
is just now in the
public eye because
of the leak" in the
cotton report by
which cotton specu-
lators protited. He
was born in Scot
land about seventy
years ago, came to
the United States
in 1851, received an
academic education
and became an
Iowa farmer. He
served three terms
in congress, is a
man of wealth and
has Il dry wit. Sec
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

and her girl COM
panions opportuni-
ty to indulge in the
great American
game without be-
ing observed by the
Il uly curious.
Miss Gould cannot
only knock n fly
out into the field.
but In pitching cali
twirl a hot hall over
the plate. She is
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

eO~
woman and won admiration by her
handling of the reins at the Lakewood
horse show a year ago. She is tall and
graceful and Is said to look very much
as her mother did a score of years ago,
when as Edith Kingdom she was play
Ing in the company of the late Angus
tin DAILY. When Mr.. Gould first saw
Miss Kingdom she was cast In the part
of a girl named Marjorie, anu it was
in this way the anne was chosen tor
the daughter who is now approaching
womanhood. Miss Marjorie is Il gen
eral favorite and even We're she with
out a prospective fortune would not
lack lovers.
Thus far the most startling develop
ment in the land fraud eases was the
recent conviction in Oregon of United
States Senator John H. Mitchell. The
specific charge against Senator Mitchell
is that he accepted a bribe of $4,000 in
the general land office. Mr.. Mitchell
has been prominent in public life in
Oregon for over forty years. He is
serving his fourth term in the United
States senate and is chairman Of the
committee N interoceanic canals.
Senator Mitchell was born in Wash
ington county. Pa, and his name origi-
nally, it is said. was John NJ. Nipple.
70 Np~~ .A:I1 49,