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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
THE NEW INSURANCE AGENT.
He Comes in With the New LaW--Paui
Morton on His Opportunity.

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The new insurance law of the State
OF New York has opened UP a promis-
/ Ing field for both men and women
with brains and energy in the sale OF
life insurance. The law now provides
4 standard forms of policies, each Of
! which practically bears the hall mark
OF the State OF New York, and this new
order Of things has established the
sale OF life insurance on correct
basis.
The prohibition against rebating and
\ extravagant allowances to agents has
driven out OF the business the old
type Of insurance agent, who In many
cases virtually bought business, with
large rebates, instead of selling 1t.
( His place is being taken by profess
1ors. lawyers, school teachers of both
sexes, and others, who find that being
life insurance agent under the new
4 system offers greater reward than
{ their previous vocations, The law has
reduced commissions but all Of the
commission now goes to the agent.
\ Life insurance is something that
q everyone needs anu undeF Lne pres.
ent system It's sale Is being conducted
with becoming dignity and propriety.
Paul Morton. president of the Equita-
Bile Iifo Assurance Society, has taken
the lead in building up an agency or.
4 ganization that is In keeping with the
1 demand OF public sentiment, and the
B standard he has set for his company.
He says: We want new agents. both
men and women. but none except en-
#sergetic, able and truthful people need
apply. For such there is splendid
opportunity :. Z
Mr.. Morton's policy Of injecting new
/ and vigorous blood into the agency
force of the Society is meeting with
success In all parts OF the country.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
Might Have Been Higher.

"That was rather sighting" said
Senator Beveridge of certain speech.
Tt was like the speech of the old Ad-
ans butler.
When I was a boy in Adams coun-
ty, Judge Blank was taken very i'll.
The doctor called regularly, but the
judge kept getting worse. and finally
the crisis came.
"The morning after the crisis, the
doctor rang the judges bell at sunrise.
"'I hope your masters temperature
is lower than it was last evening"? he
said to the butler anxiously.
TN not SO sure about that the
man answered. He died, sir, in the
night"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
CHAPTER XIV.
A Race for a Life.

| The Shady I'm, in the vindictiveness
of his temper, had word or two tt
say to the stricken man before he was
marched off.
You're the bloke wot took old o
me by the windpipe-ain't yer?" he
said, going close up to Philip anc
thrusting his face forward at him
Let this ERE be warning to yer not
to take old of other chaps windpipes
in futur' You've done me rather q
good turn-you ave, Mister Dandy
Chatter; there was a 'undred pound a
angin' to you-for SIGH information as
would lead to you bein' nabbed-an'
that 'underd pound is mine. calls
all these ere gents to Witness" he
cried, raising his voice and looking
round about him, "as brought yer all
to this place, an nabbed i'm meself.
An I'm a-goin' to stick to these ere
noble coppers till gifts my 'undred
pound!"
Before Philip was marched away he
turned toward Madge who stood
with her face buried in her hands-and
made one last appeal to her.
Dear girl" he said. in a voice
scarcely above whisper, there is but
one way to save me now, but one hope
left for me. Before God am innocent.
Find DR.. Cripps!"
There was no time to say more;
they took him at once, meeting at the
very door of the place the doctor who
man. Madge followed the little party
out and saw Philip placed in cab,
with three constables inside and anoth
er on the box, and driven off; the
Shady I'm, still III pursuit of his "'un-
bred pound,' running after the cab as
if his very life depended on keeping
it in sight
Barnshaw had lost all idea of time OF
place-indeed, of everything. She
quite forgot in what neighborhood she
stood, or at what hour, and was only
reused by hearing voice address her.
II asks yer pardon, young lady-for
a-speakin' to SIGH trim-built craft
without leave-but this amt no place
for you to be astandin' about alone in.
If 50 be as you've lost yer way, put yer
faith in a old mariner as knows the
points of life's compass bit, an let
i'm tow yer into wotever 'arbor you
may be bound for"
This extraordinary speech was deliv-
cred at such rapid rate, and in so
hoarse whisper, that Madge had no
time to interpose word or to check
the flow of speech. Moreover, on
looking at the face of the speaker,
whatever indignation she might have
been disposed to feel melted away;
for it was good, kind, honest face
ruddy with much exposure to wind
and weather, and fringed with lux
uriant growth OF tangled hair.
"My lass-I'm married man (and
well knows it Wen Mrs. Quist amt
got 'er temper ironed out straight! },
and there amt no arm in me. But
there's a few craft of queer rig in
these waters-and you'll do well not
to stay in EN-
Madge made up her mind at once to
trust him; explained briefly that she
knew nothing of the neighborhood, and
had merely come there to keep an ap-
pointment. And then, without more
ado, she suddenly turned round, made
frantic effort to stand upright, and
dropped into the mans arms. The
scenes through which she had passed
so recently had utterly unneryed her
and Miss Madge Barnshaw was lying
in dead faint in the arms of Capt
Peter Quist.
(To Be contlnued.)
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
FERRETs LAY TELEPHONE WIRES
Ingenious Way of Using Them in I'm
deraround Ducts.

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Do the labor unions know that fer
sets and rats are working without
union cards in Indianapolis, Terre
Haute, Lafayette and Huntington,
Ind?
The fact is admitted by Mr.. Cline,
superintendent of construction of a tel
ephone company at Indianapolis. He
states that they are used in connection
with laying wires in underground
ducts.
when we first began to use fer
rets," says Mr.. Cline in a. letter to st.
Nicholas, I'VE baited them or enticed
them through the duct by hanging a
piece OF raw meat at the opposite end.
Our latest experiments have been by
the use Of a live rat, started through
the duct ahead Of the ferret. This en-
tees the ferret to follow the rat
through the section Of tho duct to the
next manhole, where the rat is Gagged
and used for another section.
Before starting the ferret through
the duct he is harnessed up with col
lar and girth, to which is attached the
end of a ball of lacing Irvine. AS the
ferret goes through the duet he pulls
the lacing Irvine after him. and when
he reaches the other end we have a
string through the section of duct by
means Of which we pull small wire
through, and with this wire the pulling
in rope Is drawn through the duct.
The pulling in rope may be either one
and quarter inch manila or a Ave
eighths inch flexible wire.
I'VE also keep the ferrets well fed
until within about twenty four hours
before they are used. as the tendency
Of ferret is TO do better work when
he Is hungry
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
A Close Corporation.

II always knew" remarked an F
street merchant the other day, that
the adjutant generals office was a
closer than I realized. It was only
the other day that I had a practical
demonstration of the rigid discipline
that prevails in that Office. I had oc-
casion to send purely innocent mes
sage to the chief of one of the divi-
sions of the office on matter of some
Importance to him. By consulting the
directory, I found that he had tele-
phone in his office, SO l called up the
war department exchange and asked
to be put in communication with him.
What was my surprise when I was in
formed that would have to give my
message to the chief clerk of the Of
fee, and if he thought proper it would
be conveyed to its destination. AS I
didn't care to ask any favors of the
chief clerk, who is stranger to me,
concluded that I would choose some
other means of communication. Since
then have learned that no one but the
adjutant general himself is permitted
to use the telephones in the adjutant
generals Office for any business out
side the Office without the permission
of the chief clerk, who submits all
messages in doubt to the decision Of
the adjutant general. Not only that,
but the officials and employees are pro-
hibited from seeing visitors or leav-
ing the building during Office hours
Without first receiving permission
from the adjutant general or his chief
clerk"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
WEAK PEOPLE.
MADE STRONG AND ENERGETIC
BY DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS.
General Breakdown Caused by Def
cIent Blood Quickly Corrected by
This Tonic Remedy,

A feeling of general weakness POOR
appetite, loss of breath after the slight
est exercise and broken sleep are some
of the symptoms of general debility.
You may think that they have no relation
| to each other and that you will worry
along, hoping all the time to feel better
soon. This is a mistake, for every one
of the symptoms is caused by bad blood,
which must be made pure and new
before health will be restored again. A
! tonic treatment is necessary and for this
purpose there is no better remedy than
DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
Mr.. j. G. Havey, Of 95 Willow St.,
Chelsea, Mass, says: II was sick for q
number Of years from general debility
and Indigestion. Twas never free from
stomach trouble and my nerves were so
shattered that the least excitement IN
| lifted me for any serious work. Ny
| sleep was restless on account of terrible
pains in the small of my back. These
| pains would sometimes last for month
or two. My sight grew weak, there seem
ing to be q blur constantly before my
eyes. couldn't concentrate my mind
on my work, and the attempt to do so
completely exhausted me.
II was finally forced to give up
position had held for twenty-eight
years. After trying several medicines
without help, I read Of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills and gave them a trial. They
made me feel SO much better and so
much stronger that started in business
for myself here in Chelsea. I have
never had q return of my former sick
ness and cheerfully recommend DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills as an excellent nerve
and blood tonic"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have long
been recognized as an excellent tonic
remedy in cases Of Indigestion and gem
eral debility, where the stomach and
other organs Of the body are weakened
and disordered simply through lack Of
proper nourishment. They have also
been especially successful in curing
an9mia, rheumatism, after effects of the
grip and fevers.
A pamphlet on s.Diseases of the
Blood" and copy of our diet book will
be sent free on request toll anyone inter-
| ested.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold BY
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on receipt
| of price, SO cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
r EXsAEEa llTE eoaaEeI.;
g1Ipment 81 the Family Easily

Equlpnent Of the Family Easily
4 gjg Proved II.
a Washington correspondent told
this other night story that he claimed
TO have heard from President
4 Roosevelt 1t Gridiron Club dinner.
II wos women, he said, twere dis
ScussiIlg some seW neighbors who had
moved into one of the most sumptuous
houses In their city.
they seem to be very rich said
{ the first.
on, they are, said the second,
Shall you call?
Decidedly.
ss y II on are sure are you, that they
are-er- quite correct, quite er good
form 2?
oh. my Gear. I'm positive, said
the second woman. They have thirty
servants eighteen horses. twelve dogs,
eleven automo biIes. and one child"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

languid, nervous and lame in the
morning. Doan's Kidney Pills helped
me right away, and the great relief
that followed has been permanent"
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

Thousands tell OF
cur es made by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
John G. Coleman, a
prominent merchant
of Swainsboro, Ca,
says: "For several
years my kidneys
were affected, and
my back ached day
and night. r waa
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

To improve the general health, take
Garfield Tea daily for a time; it purifes
many chronic ailments and keeps the
health good. Garfield Tea is made of
herbs; it is guaranteed under the Pure
Food and Drugs Law. Garfield Tea Co.,
Brooklyn, N. Y,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tsething sofens the gums, reduces In.
hammaton allays pain. cures wind collie 25c bottle
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

Getting religion is like getting in
love-you don't want a crowd around
when you get it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

bending over ogledon got up and ad
justed his chin-strap aud looked a
Philip curiousiy. 4ft===s "a "a
"l'm afraid your witness won't dc
you much good" he said. shortly
The man is dead!"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

Ever occur to you that there is a
good deal of pleasure in being shock
ed?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30

Our idea OF great coward is man
who won't fight when he is drunk
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
RAckAcHE IS KIpNEYAcHE.
Cure the Kidneys and the Pain Wi
Never Return.

Only one way to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause, the kidneys.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-30
Not Necessary.

Not Necessary.
Hewitt-Are you going away this
summer?
Jewett-I may not have to; my wife
may go"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26
THE GOOD FIGHT.

During his lifetime The Herald had
occasion to oppose o. ]. Salisbury in
his political aspirations, and make
some comment that may have seemed
harsh to him and his friends, although
i was written without malice and in
what seemed the fulfillment of a public
duty. Now that he is gone and the bit
terness of conflict is over with him
forever, the magnificent courage of the
mans fight for life, as told after his
death, compels tribute
Probably no one save his physician
and his immediate family knew the
danger that threatened him daily,
hourly. Certainly none who met him
in business or social life suspected the
shadow that overhung his soul or heard
an intimation of apprehension from
him. Always pleasant, apparently
cheerful, he passed along the paths of
men accomplishing, unruffled; hand in
hand he walked with Death as his
companion, nor wavered in the steadi-
ness of his step as he approached the
end.
It is not hard tc die when old age
or lingering sickness has summoned
one gently after the toll of life has
grown wearisOme or the burdens have
grown UnbeaTable, but it takes splen-
did bravery to face the duties of exist
ence with the DamOcles sword sus-
pended and know that the cord of life
may be cut at any moment.
For him it must have been doubly
hard because he had all that makes
life desirable; a beautiful home life full
of tender associations, hallowed by one
great grief; he had everything to salts
fly human wants-friends, ambition
material success.
Yet with heartstrings swept by en-
dearing associations, he turned his face
bravely toward the setting sun and
and walked his way cheerfully to the
grave he knew awaited him. He could
have been forgiven if he had faltered
and repined, if he had shared his sor-
chose the better part and earned the
gratitude of every soul that walks the
same path of loneliness and sorrow.
Because of his political striving some
men still remember his faults, as if the
quiet of the grave had not been fairly
won in peace. We like to remember
rather the tenderness of the man with
his beloved ones and the abiding vic
torious courage that marked his clos
ing days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26
L ooK AETER The BUYER.

Governor Cummins of Iowa, leader of
the tariff revision sentiment in the Re-
publican party, said in an address a
few days ago: 1T seems TO me that we
have gone mad in our zeal for the
seller, and have abandoned the buyer
10 the tender mercies of monopoly,
combination and greed"
Commenting on the governors talk,
the Indianapolis News uses the follow
ing striking facts: Comparatively few
men have anything to sell except their
labor and services But all are buyers
and consumers. To favor the seller at
the expense of the buyer is, therefore.
to favor the minority at the expense of
the majority, and this in nation sup
posed to be committed to the doctrine
of majority rule
There is food for reflection in the
comment Of the News. 1t is an effective
method of stating the old fact that the
consumer pays the bills. And there are
a great many consumers. If there is
an increase in wages in one craft all
the members of all the other crafts are
called upon the bear the burden. It
never occurs to the employer that he
can bear it.
We had an example OF that in Salt
Lake the other day when a coal com
pany announced that, because its
miners had been granted an increase
in wages and because the cost of ma
terials used in mining had gone up, the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26
WHY THE PUBLIC KICKS.


There is a touch of unconscious hu-
NOR in the reiteration of the city ad-
ministratiOn's supporters as they point
to the public improvements going on
or completed and declare with unc-
tuous pride that these Improvements
show what a great administration it is.
Passing by the fact that the great
proportion of these improvements was
outlined in a former administration,
the public criticises, not the additional
paving and sewerage and water pip
ing; what it objects 20 is the extrava-
gance of the administration in its bus
mess methods, its loose system, its fool
ish delays, its favoritism to contract
ors, the employment of incompetents
like Raleigh and the long stream of
extras following the completion of
every important job.
Like the improvements? OF course,
the public likes them, but it doesn't
like TO pay two prices for them or
hand over thousands Of dollars to IA
VOred contractors, or be mulcted in
other thousands because the board Of
public works has released contractors
from their obligations to perform GER
tain work.
It doesn't like to pay an assessment
for sidewalks and then wait two years
only To find that the sidewalks are not
forthcoming, although some one is
drawing interest on the money paid in
advance.
1t doesn't like to have its streets all
torn up and kept torn up while one
contractor waits upon another because
the city engineer or the board of pub
lie works or some other irresponsible
agency OF the administration has failed
to do its duty.
It doesn't like to see Moran get
thousands of dollars of extras on
the conduit just because he
needed the money, even if Moran does
have the saving grace of doing his
work well and never abandoning a con-
tract.
Moreover, the gentle public is grow
ing anxious to know just where the
money is coming from to pay for all
these things. It has a suspicion nur-
tured by the inscrutable silence of the
city offici4ls, that the city treasury is
unable to meet the cost of the citys
share Of the improvements. The au-
ditor is silent, the treasurer is silent,
the finance committee of the city coun-
Gil is wondrOUsly mute, ana the COM
mon citizen. whose only business is to
pay the bills. wonders just how much
he is going to be asked to dig up in
order to meet the deficit.
Paved streets and promises of side
walks are beautiful to contemplate,
but somehow the contemplation loses
it's charm when a large and growing
deficit to be met by taxation looms into
view just behind the improvements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26

price of coal would be advanced sc
cents per ton. 1t is not improbable
that other coal mining companies will
follow the example. So the consumer
must pay. for ne ,cannOt get along
without coal
We quite agree with Governor Cum
minis and with our Indiana centempo
rary that it is time to consider the
buyer. There is no buying class in this
country for the simple reason that ali
of us are buyers Every day we live
We are obliged to buy something. The
increased cost of living in late years,
while met in some measure by increases
in wages. has grown most grievous
The result has been that many families
are doing without things that they
once considered necessities.
Your grocer, if he is honest, will tell
you that he is making less money now
than he made a few years ago He is
not getting the benefit of the increased
prices. The profits go to the trusts and
combinations. Your meat man will tell
you he is making very little money
now as compared with other years. The
meat trust gets the money. The same
thing is true in practically all lines.
The advance in prices has prof1ted the
merchant nothing, and it has certainly
imposed great hardships on the con-
sumner.
Tariff revision is believed by many
of the nations best thinkers to afford
the only possible avenue of escape. And
tariff revision will surely be forced by
the people of the United States within
the next few years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26

In the contest for the medal for pro-
gressive polygamy Dan Hanna, son of
the late Senator Hanna of Ohio, prob
ably has all the rest distanced. Mar
ried twice and twice divorced, he has
Just married for the third time. AS he
is still young man, greater things in
the marriage and divorce line may be
expected of him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26

AS his ship sailed away, General Ku-
roki said: Il leave your beautiful soil
with regret" We don't blame him for
regretting, but were mighty glad he
left it, because we are apt to need that
soil in our business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26

II is a good thing that the Salt Laker
who turned a trout out of a water tap
was a woman. If a man had done a
thing like that old Bill Bingley would
certainly have arrested him for fishing
without a license.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26

The quarterly corporation dividend
record is announced from New York to
be greater by upwards of s1S 600, 900
than for the corresponding period of
last year, and greater than at any Pc
riod in the history of the country
Somebody certainly is prosperous
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26

The Union Pacific has filed amended
articles of incorporation increasing its
capital stock by a trif1e of 500, OOO. 600
and the filing fee was $4,000. The state
of Utah could stand that sort OF thing
frequently.