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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
ITO Be continued.)
Antiquity Of Cheating.

False weights were found in the ru-
ms Of the oldest city that has yet been
exhumed. And false weights will
probably be consumed when the earth
drops into the sun and the heavens are
rolled together like a scroll. Ancient
records and ancient statute books are
full of evidence that every new prac-
tical device, from capitalistic and labor
monopolies, secret rebates and major
ity owners down to authorizations and
crooked scales-was familiar to our
ancestors Of the plateau of Iran be-
fore the migrations. Vice is the old
inhabitant; virtue is the newcomer,
the immigrant, received with reluc-
lance and compelled to fight for every
inch of ground he gains.-David Gra-
ham Phillips, in Reader Magazine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
Furnishing an Object Lesson,

The teacher of the class in biology,
standing before the blackboard, cray
on in hand, became impatient.
81 want your attention children"
he said sharply. Il am showing you
the principal points in which the anth-
ropoid ape differs from man If you
wish to understand it you will have to
watch me ely."-Chicago Tribune.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
A Mark Twain Story.

1t is related that when Gen. Horace
Porter once went down to the dock to
bid Mark Twain farewell on the occa-
sion of one Of the humorist's trips
abroad, the general warmly shook his
friend by the hand and exclaimed with
some feryor:
God be with you, Clemens; God be
with you always"
Whereupon Mark, in his inimitable
drawl, replied:
Thanks, thanks. hope he will.
Incidentally, / hope, too, that he may
find some leisure-to-er-tak care
of--you! "--Harper's Weekly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
GAS AND WATER
Is ONE AS NECESSARY AS THE
s oTHER7
Citizens Of Large Cities Say 1t Is.

New York, June 13.-In the recent
agitation here about the price OF gas,
the demand for lower rates was sup
ported by the argument that every
resident is as dependent upon sup
!. ply of gas as upon supply OF good
water.
1t has come to pass that the day
laborer uses gas as his only fuel for
cooking, because OF economy and the
rich man uses gas on account OF its
convenience. Gas for lighting, with
modern improvements in burners, Is
cheaper, better and more satisfactory
than any other kind of light Gas
sells at $1.0O per thousand cubic feet
In large cities and from that to as
high as $500 in smaller towns.
The consumer Of gas in the country
uses Acetylene pronounced a7set-a-
lene), and each user makes his own
gas and is Independent Of Gas and
Electric Companies. Acetylene is
more perfect illuminant than the gas
sold by the big gas companies in the
cities, and the cost to the smallest
user is about the equivalent Of city
gas at IS cents per thousand
Acetylene is the modern artificial
light, the latest addition to the many
Inventions that have become daily
necessities.
The light from an acetylene fame
Is soft, steady and brilliant, and in
quality is only rivaled by the suns
rays. II water and solid material
known as Calcium Carbide are
brought into contact, the immediate
Jesuit is the making of this wonder
full gas The generation of acetylene
Is so simple that experience or even
apparatus is not necessary to make
It, II 1t is desired to make 1t for prac-
tical lighting, and to keep it for i'm
mediate use, then small machine
called an "a -etylene Generator" is
employed. There are many RESPONSE
BILE concerns making acetylene gener-
ators In practice, this gas is dis
trfbuted in small pipes throughout
buildings. grounds, or entire cities
and towns, in the same manner as
ordinary city gas. Acetylene is the
only satisfactory means OF lighting
isolated buildings located in the coun-
try or suburbs at a distance from city
gas or electric plants.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
NAMES BEST DOCTOR
MR.. BAYssON PUBLISHES RESULTS
OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Now
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from
Miseries of Indigestion.

Former pronounced Dyspeptic He Now
Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from
Miseries of Indigestion.
Thousands Of sufferers know that the
reason why they are irritable and de.
pressed and nervous and sleepless is be.
cause their food does not digest, but how
to get rid Of the difficulty is the pnzzling
question.
Good digestion calls for strong diges-
tive organs, and strength comes from a
supply of good rich blood. For this
reason Mr.. Baysson took DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for the cure Of indigestion.
They have been my best Doctor" he
says. II was suffering from dyspepsia.
The pains in my stomach after meals
were almost unbearable. My sleep was
very irregular and my complexion was
sallow. As the result Of using eight
boxes Of Dr.. Williams Pink Pills, about
the merits Of which I learned from
friends in France, I have escaped all
these troubles, and am able again to take
pleasure in eating"
A very simple story, but if IL hA1 not
been for DR.. Williams Pink Pills it
might have been tragic one. When dis.
comfort begins with eating, fills up the
intervals between meals with pain, and
prevents sleep at night, there certainly
cannot be much pleasure in living. A
final general breaking down must be
merely question Of time.
Mr.. Joseph Baysson is native Of
Alx-les- Bains, France, but now resides
1T No. S439 Larkin street, San Francisco,
Gal. He is one Of great number who
can testify to the remarkable efficacy Of
Or. Williams Pink Pills in the treatment
OF obstinate disorders of the stomach.
II you would get rid of nausea, pain or
burning In the stomach, vertigo, ner-
vousness, insomnia, or any of the other
miseries of dyspeptic, get rid Of the
weakness Of the digestive organs by the
use Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills. They
are sold By druggists everywhere.
Proper diet is, Of course. great aid in
forwarding recovery once begun, and q
little book, "What to Eat and How to
Eat, " may be obtained by any one who
makes request for it by writing to the
Or. Williams Medical Co., schenectady,
NY. This valuable diet book contains
an important chapter on the simplest
neaas Tor the cure Of constipation. :.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
End Bent Of a Small Stable.

EHu 1e1Te uf q SmdI Stable.
be feet long and the lower ones 8
feet. In the center bent the perIine
girt may be dispensed with and the
braces represented by the dotted lines
put in to stay the perline posts. If
this is done hay fork may be used
In the barn. Some small barns are
built without perline posts, the raft
ers being fastened together at the
hip by means Of inch boards nailed to
either side. A roof built in this way
Is not as strong as one in which per-
line posts and plates are used.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
FEED YOUNG GIRLS.
Must Have Right Food While Grow

Must Have Right Food While Grow
ing.
Great care should be taken at the
critical period when the young girl
Is just merging into womanhood thai
the diet shall contain all that is up
building and nothing harmful.
Al that age the structure Is being
formed, and II formed Of a healthy
sturdy character, health and happi
ness will follow; on the other hand
unhealthy cells may be built in and o
sick condition slowly supervene
3 which, II not checked, may ripen into
chronic disease and cause lifelong
suffering.
"A young lady says:
81 Coffee began to have such an effect
ON my stomach few years ago, thai
was compelled to quit using 1t. II
brought on headaches, pains in my
muscles and nervousness
tried to use tea in its stead, but
found its effects even worse thar
those suffered from coffee. Then
for long time drank milk alone at
my meals. hut 1t never helped me
physically. and at last 1t palled on me.
"A friend came to the rescue with the
suggestion that try Postum CotYee.
did 30, only to find at first that !
aidn't fancy II. But had heard Of So
many persons who had been benefit,
ed ~ It's uae that persevered. and
when 4 had 1t brewed right found il
grateful lin flavor and soothing and
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15

The wall for round cistern IL feet
deep should be six inches thick The
concrete should be composed of six
parts OF gravel to one part of Port.
land cement. The arch should be
eight inches thick and composed OF
hve parts of gravel to one part OF
Portland cement. The inside walls ot
the clstern are to be plastered with
cement mortar-two parts clear sand
and one part cement, and finished with
brush dipped in water. This will
make it perfectly water tight. Have
.ne arch low enough to have eighteen
inches OF soil on it SO as to keep the
frost out of cistern. If a SQUARE cis.
tern is wanted the walls sbon,d he
one loot thick for Is foot cistern
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15

The surface of the drum upon which
tne rope winds should be grooyed in
the form OF a screw so that the - 49, =.
WIZ wind up in smooth layers instead
o. climbing up and crossing itself a.
= you'd probably do if the drum pre-
sented a smooth surface. -Exchanpa
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
Frame of Small Stable

Please publish plan showing the
construction of a static 20x28 feet
with II feet walls and hip roof
What would be the length of the raft
ers?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
Walls of a Concrete cist.r,

What proportions of sand, gravel
and Portland cement would be re-
quired for the construction of con-
crete cistern, and how thick would
the walls need to be? The cistern
will be about IA or Is feet deep.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15

A cement roof for house is not
practicable, as the weight is too great.
Use either shingles, metal or other
roofing To build concrete chimney
first build stand or rest if in upper
story, about twenty-five inches below
the ceiling; on this place the mold
fastening it to the edges of the stand
and have boards long enough to reach
six inches above the ridge board on
top Of the roof. Now place core OF
stovepipe or galvanized iron in the
center of the mold having at least
four inches of concrete on the top of
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
Button EN- High in New York.

A sign over the stairway of down
town factory building reads:
Girl wanted to sew buttons on the
sixth floor"
Somebody suggested that the build
ing inspector, in view Of recent col
1apses, had ordered suspenders for
floors that were likely to come down.
New York Sun.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
TWO OPEN LETTERS
IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOMEN
Mrs Mary Dimmick OF Washington tel1a
How Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Made Her Well.

1t Is with great pleasure we publish
the following letters, as they convinc-
ingly prove the claim we have SO many
times made in our columns that Mrs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15

The accompanying plan shows how
the end bents for such a barn are
constructed. The upper rafters would
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
Poor pon

Hes Is. leading an unhappy life"
Yes. Don't you see him dra 90, !,
mat poor dog down the street,"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
Drum Of stumn puller

" oeuTHP FUIIer.
For stump puller using wire rome
Is a straight, smooth drum or one
That Is grooyed preferable?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
SOME BUILDING HINTS
Ideas for Those Intending to Con.
struct or Repair.
a Concrete Chimney.

Please give Information regarding a
cement roof and cement chimney for a
house.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-15
It is better to believe than to sus.

pect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
Dorsey Mohun's Appointment.

King Leopold, the sovereign Of the
Congo Free State. has appointed r. Dorsey
Mohun, formerly a resident of this city,
as director of the Abr Congo Company,
one of the largest rubber collecting con-
Germs in that country. This company was
mentioned by name in the recent report
of the Congo commission as having treat
ed the natives with brutality. Mr.. Mohun
was formerly United States commercial
agent at Loanda and later at Bona, the
capital of the Congo state In Central
Africa he saw a large part Of the war in
which the black soldiers of the state I'M
der their white officers, drove out the Arab
slave raiders and put an end to slave
catching in that domain. King Leopold
has appointed a new commission to carry
out the reforms recommended by the body
whose report Is now in his hands. The APP
pointment of Mr.. Mohun, who has good
executive ability and is thoroughly familiar
with African conditions, to place of un-
usual opportunity for the correction of
past abuses is one of the first steps taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
Improvements at Army Dock,

The work of dredging the dock at the foot
OF ~ street southwest to a depth of twelve
rect at low water has been completed by
MIXERS dredging machine, and, the dock
vas used this morning as a berth by the
united States army tug Lieut. AlonZo Cush-
ing, running on the route between this city
ana Fort Washington and Fort Hunt When
this dock was leased by the government for
the use of the Fort Washington tug 1t was
dredged to a depth of ten feet at low
water, two feet deeper than the draft of
the tug. This depth was thought to be am
pie for the vessel, but the recent low tides
have left the Gushing lying on the bottom
several times, but she has always been able
TO get out of the dock to make her trips.
1t was deemed wise, however, to make the
deck deeper and the dredging machine was
put to work to take out two additional feet
o. mud from the bottom of the dock Civ
ing the Gushing plenty of water at all
stages of the tide.
The plans for the new warehouse which
is to be erected on the K street wharf by
the quartermaster's department. for use of
mac, are now, 1t is stated in the hands OF
the District building inspector for his APP
prevail, and as soon as they approved
the erection of the building will be started
The new warehouse will be a building 10
feet long by % feet wide, and Will be built
of galvanized iron with metal roof, as
to be freproof. The new warehouse Will
be used to shelter government stores and
other shipments going to and from Fort
Washington and Fort Hunt, and will be one
of the finest warehouses on the river front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
Deepening Water at Navy Yard Dock

The mud-diggng machine belonging TO
Dean Il Reagan, which has been chartered
by Mr.. John Miller of this city to CONS
piete several existing contracts, was this
morning started TO work deepening the
water in the dock, at the Washington
naval ordnance foundry, used by the in
dian Head tugs, and by the barges on
which the newly built guns are taken TO
the proving grounds and ears laden with
supplies are taken TO the smokeless pow
der factory at Indian Head. The wash
of the tides in the Anacostia river are
said to cause an eddy at the navy yard, and
the docks there, though frequently dredged
soon fill again and give trouble. 1t is
stated that large quantity of material
will be taken from these docks this time
so that they will remain deep enough for
the use of the tugs and barges for several
years. The tug d. NJ. Key Is employed
as the tender to the dredging machine, and
is towing the mud-laden scows to the
dumping grounds on the south side of the
branch, where some filling In is to be done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
Among the Pleasure Craft.

The owners of the power s!oop Two
Friends have prepared plans for the trans
formation of the sloop from an auxiliary
power boat to one that will depend entirely
on a gasoline power engine for her motive
power. The sloop was hauled out at Rea-
gan's boatyard yesterday to lay up for the
winter, and while laid up the changes IN
the boat will be made Her mast has been
removed and the centerboard well Will be
taken out. A new and larger engine will be
Installed and the cabin will be made larger
giving sleeping accommodation to more peo-
pie. The changes in the vessel will be COM
pleted long before she is ready to return to
service in the early spring. When COM
peted the Two Friends will be handsome
and roomy launch
The mast taken from the Two Friends
will be placed in the Jennie Lou, which Is
lying at Reagans being prepared for serv-
ice next season, and is being converted
from a schooner rugged craft into one with
sloop rig and auxiliary power.
The sailing yacht Mabel, belonging to
Capt. Thomas Todd of the United States
army quartermaster' steamer, has been
hauled out at Fort Washington and has
gone out of service for the winter Capt.
Todd states that he will equip the Mabel
with a gasoine-pewer engine during the
winter and will have her ready for service
in the early part of the coming spring.
The little power launch Dentler, belong
ing to Mr.. c. S. Dentler OF this city. and
the launch Dauntless were hauled out on
the new marine railway at Benefits boat
yard yesterday to be laid up for the WIN
ter Before the next boating season the
Dentler is to be heightened ten feet and
will be made one of the largest launches in
service on the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.
Ba1baric Massacre of Entire Jewish
Family

Letters containing graphic details of the
massacres of forty Jewish families at
Nosefka, Russia, cached Isaac J. Robin
son of Chicago yesterday, and by them he
was informed of the murder of his eldest
sister Anne and all the members of her
family, and the hardships undergone by an
other sister, who, at the time of writing
the letter was hiding in cellar with the
members of her family. The letter says, in
part:
"One day a mob gathered around the
house of sister Anne. She was a sickly
woman, but that made no difference to the
mob. She was killed and then her son,
nineteen years old. They cut his body into
pieces after they killed him, and they chop
ped her body in the same manner. And
then another son of seventeen years, a
daughter of fifteen and a daughter OF
twelve were treated in the same manner.
in the meantime the brother-in-laW
Mayer, ran away with the eldest daughter,
twenty-one years old, to save their lives.
He was pursued and slaShed and cut. They
were stripped before the great mob, and in
the presence of thousands of people We're
cut in small pieces, and the pieces brought
ba ok to the house they had escaped from
After that the mob went next door ana
took the man, woman and five children out
in the street They took their eyes out
while they were alive and then threw the
blind people back into the house, and they
were burned alive. Out of the forty faml-
lies in this town very few persons were
saved All of the houses were destroyed
OF burned"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
Open Shop Causes Riot in Ohio.

Because the master plumbers declared
for an open shop at Lorain, Ohio three
buildings We're wrecked at midnight Mon
day night and carpenter who Endorsed
the action of the employing plumbers was
murderously assaulted. The journeymen
plumbers made demands that the employ
ers insisted they could not meet, and they
retaliated by declaring for an open shop.
This action was followed by the raging
of the Steve Majesse block, which was
nearly completed. The building is three
stories high. and the braces on all three
floors We're loosened, rope was attached
to the building, and 1t was pulled down.
In the John Resented block the plumbing
was pulled out or destroyed, as was the
case also of the Dobos block
j. w. Seiser, a non-union carpenter was
assaulted and beaten into insensibility and
thrown on an electric railway track where
he was fortunately found shortly before
the passage of a car. Union men declare
their members had no hand In the out
RACES. The police so far have failed /. to
apprehend the miscreants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
On the River Front.

The launch Edward, belonging to the fleet
of A j. Taylor & Bro, tugboat owners,
left here yesterday morning for Piscataway
creek under the command of Capt. Jack
Taylor and hooking on to a big raft of
piling in the creek towed 1t across the
river to Little Hunting creek, where the
piles will be used in the construction OF
a new bridge on the line of the Washing
ton Alexandria and Mt. Vernon railroad
to Mt Vernon. The use of the launch for
this work has been made necessary by the
chartering of the tug d. NJ. Key for mud
towing work.
Arrived: Schooners Uriah Horner and r.
Mason with cord wood from river points;
schooner Twilight laden with oysters from
river point.
Sailed Sloop Belvidere, for lower river to
load oysters; Earl Bscoe for river point to
load cord wood for this city; tank barges
81 and II, for Baltimore to load oil, in tow
of tug Radiant; schooner Eva Clarence, for
Potomac oyster beds to load for this mar
ket; schooners Amanda Lewis. Bessie Reed,
Fair American, and Bessie Ford, for Po-
! tomac oyster beds to load for this city.
Memoranda: Schooner Reba Sterling,
loaded with lumber, sailed from Nomini for
this city Sth instant; the schooner Samuel
Wood has been chartered to load lumber
at Norfolk, and the schooner A. H. Quin-
by, lumber, on the Rappahannock river for
this city. Schooner Grace Bennett is I'M
der charter to load lumber at a North Car
DINA port for this city.
The steam barge E. James Tull has been
hauled out on the marine railway at the
Alexandria shipyard to have some repair
work done to her hull and to have the
metal on 1t put in good order in prepara-
ton for service in ice on the river during
the coming winter 1t is also stated that
heavy wheel will also be placed on the
TMH before she is launched from the rail-
way and returns to service.
The power launch Stella, which went
down the river about ten days ago with a
hunting party aboard. has returned home.
Messrs. Ned Nicholson, William Freeman
and James Martin, who were aboard the
Stella on the trip, had a good time and
brought home considerable game
Sergt. Russell Dean, of the harbor de-
tail, who has been on a leave of absence
has returned to duty and took the Vigil
liant out on her trip around the harbor
yesterday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-13
EXPLANATION BY CHINESE
Cause of the Recent Massacre of Amer.
lean Missionaries.

The Chinese legation In this city has
just received a number of communications
bearing upon the murder of American mis-
sIonaries near Canton, and now has a full
and complete understanding of that side of
the question. 1t appears from these reports
that the attack upon the missionaries had
absolutely nothing TO do with the boycott
movement, first was supposed by the
consul general of the United States at
Canton. The underlying cause of the
trouble, according TO the Chinese version,
was a quarrel of long standing between
DIR. Machle of the Presbyterian mission
and the Catholic missions. This had caus-
ed much strife in the village and the out
break occurred as stated first, when on
slight provocation DR.. Machle seized three
consecrated cannons from a stage built
by the Chinese partly on missionary terri
tory 10 celebrate a Chinese religious fes-
tivaL The Chinese government accord
ing TO the communications received, has
taken all steps necessary 20 punish the
leaders in the outbreak. though holding.
that the oaaisf cause of all the unnecessary