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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
THE BREAKER

To one who has never been in the
coal region the word breaker conyeys
no idea Of the real structure. It ia
from 100 to 100 feet high and covers
an area larger than the average CITY
block. Its size, black color, peculiar
shape and adjoining hill Of refuse call
ed the culm pile, all make it an object
to challenge attention. 1t is built Of
both wood and iron and contains count
less windows. To the top of the NAM
moth structure the coal is taken fresh
from the mine In carloads and DUMPED
into the crushers, which swallow tons
at time. Leaving the crushers. the
coal passes by gradual stages down
between rollers where the various
sizes drop through into chutes arranp-
ed for them and into the care Of the
boys whose duty 1t is to pick out pieces
OF slate, so that the coal reaches the
cars waiting below free and clear from
all alloy. Thnase lads sit In the coal
bins all day. About 200 boys are em-
ployed to breaker.
While the existence Of hard con, y. !.
been traced back to 176S, the earliest
record of Its use as a fuel Ia n 17a1
although It did mot become an industrv
until 1920. the Arst shipment heinr
made BY rail- II 1912 from Pennsylya.
MA. Y 59ZzE SIS
- a. - y.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
Professional Reinsurance.

Doctor, l want you to look after my
office while I'm on vacation"
'But I've just graduated, doctor.
Have had no experience"
THAT'S all right. my boy My prac
tice is strictly fashionable. Tell the
men to play golf and ship the lady pa
tients off to Europe. Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
Unnecessary Apology.

Mr.. Green-Now Pm going to tell
you something, Ethel. Do you know
that last night, at your party, your
sister promised to marry ME? l hope
you'll forgive me for taking her away?
Little Ethel-Forgive you, MI Green
of course l will. Why, that's what
the party was for!-st. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18

what are called breasts" chambers
which are worked for the COAL
Through the breasts run buggy roads,
upon which travel small cars. The
track follows the development of the
breast and when this is worked out lis
removed.
The inside foreman and his assist
ants direct the entire workings under
ground. The fire boss, under the direc-
ton Of the foreman, must see that all
the working places are free from in
furious gases and must inspect all used
places in the mine before the work
men get there and after they leave
The door and fan boys guard the heavy
wooden doors dividing the gangway,
opening and closing them as cars and
men pass in and out These doors are
for the purpose Of carrying air cur
rents into the proper breasts where
the men are at work. In some mines
automatic doors have been provided
The drivers employed underground
have charge of from one to four mules
hauling empty and loaded cars to and
from the miners working places. The
mules are usually cared for in under
ground stables. Where mules are not
used men called runners are employed.
OF the vast number employed in the
mines only comparatively few are
really engaged in mining.
The breaker boy of the anthracite
coal regions is in class by himself.
Nowhere else in the world can you
find boys of such tender age who work
SO hard as the boys in the great black
dust clouded breakers. They stay in
the breakers until they are about fif-
teen; then they follow the footsteps
Of their fathers, leaving the coal clean
ing structure and going into the coal
producing depths
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
Friendship.

81 let my house furnished and they
have had measles there. OF course we
have had the place disinfected, so
suppose it's quite safe. What do you
think?" 81 fancy it would be all right,
dear, but think perhaps it would be
safer to lend it to a friend first
Punch.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
unheeded Petition.

Harold, dear, can't you mind man,
ma? What makes you SO naughty?
Don't you ask God every night to
make you good boy?"
Yes; ! ask him all right, night after
night, but he don't seem to pay no
'tention to me."-Nateenal Monthly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
Patience Rewarded.

Householder Gin pajamas)-By Joye.
a, real burglar! l say, just minute.
will you?
Burglal-While you call a copper!
don't think!
Householder-No. Only while 1 call
my wife. She's heard you every nigh,
for twenty years, and it'll be a real
pleasure to her to see you at last.-Ex-
change.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
Perils Constantly Surround
Underground w or kers.
Disasters Of a Decade Have
Cost 20, 900 Lives In the
United States - How a
Mine Is Operated
~
osable Strikes.
: TITLE do we realize the cost of
our annual coal supply-not in
- money. Init What ia moro i'm

lTTLE do we realize the cost Of
our annual coal supply-not in
money, but, what is more i'm
p0rtant, In lives. Deaths toll
70 the Omitted States alone during the
last ten years WIS 10000, men sacri-
need that the world might have fuel.
The hundreds OF thousands Of toilers
employed In coal mines are fully aware
q the dangers that face them from the
moment they enter the shaft until they
are ont Of II and again In Gods pure
air and sunshine Their calm philoso-
ply tss$het they elect to lead this haz-
ardouss IN ito earn their bread, and
that = ~ there Il to It. Coal dust or
poisonous gases or combination OF
bot6 ever menaces them, and electric
spexkss and the lamps attached to their
! hats ars the chief causes Of accidents.
/ Entombed IA the bowels OF the earth
thee ventnresome workers may have
lihest within their grasp when death
dealing gases spread by an explosion
reach and overpower them. Again.
they my be pursued to their end by
( ontnshlng sheets Of flame. A more
terrible tate than to perish In a blaz-
Ing mine cannot be conceived. And
yet the are the risks the miner takes.
I md 0nly when the world ID appalled,
Nv neWs Of : great disaster does i
stop 81 think IS them
suRf At, az MINES
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
A Thorn IN tI,e Fle.h.

Mistress So you've decided to re-
main with me, Mary?
Maid Yes'm. A lady friend said I'd
better stay. She said / was to look
upon you as my thorn and bear IT.
Boston Transcript.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
THE WORLDS COAL.

THE WORLDS COAL.
} According to Stahl und Eisen, a
well known authority, the worlds
supply of coal Is as follows:
Tons.
North America. ......... 6S1 ,OO0. 100000
Germany ................. 2sO, 0OO, 900, 900
Great Britain and Ire
land ..................... 193, ooO, 100000
, Russia .................... 10000, 000, 600
!, Belgium .................. 23,OOO, 100000
} France .................. 19,OO0, 900 900
Austria .................. 1900, 900. 900
At the present rate Of consump-
) ton Germany will not freeze to
) death for want of coal for 1000
years at least, or, allowing for in
creased demand, not until the year
of grace 5000. The other European
countries are assumed to be in
, less favorable position. Great Brit
ain and Ireland. it is asserted, will
be out of coal in 400 years.
Asia's coal deposits cannot be
, even approximately estimated. A
, German scientist puts those OF the
province Of Shansi, China, at 1900
600, Oo0,000 tons. or as much as all
, scheduled above.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18

Rseoilsctions.
With emotion he gazed on her slipper.
It held him as though by spell.
In his tenderest spot it had touched him
And caused his young bosom to swell.
Neither dainty nor small were its outline.
Twas sturdily fashioned and made
For the slipper belonged to his mother
And often on Johnny was laid
New York 0nn.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18
AsIina The lmpoe,ihIe

Asking the lmpossible.
King Arthur had just invented the
round table
Can you invent 4 bufeau that 4
mans wife WIN let him have two draw
= =. OF NJ asked. NaR York Sun.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18

"Ya-as; it's got lots Of style. but 1t
makes me look SO deuced tall!"-Har-
per's Weekly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18

1.-canary bird used in test for poison
GUS gases. 2.-Mountain of coal. g.
Rowling an asphyxiated person. q
and 5.-Pennsylvania coal mining
scenes. 6.-lnterior Of mine. r.
Testing for fire damp. 8.-6reaker
boy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-04-18

0rATHY didn't We ever marry,
NV Mr.. Parker? If ye'd "a
w taken wife ten years ago
ye'd IA had a nice family
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
FURNISHED ROOMS

The Delmonico, 1870 S. Beretania St
Large. well-ventilated rooms. No
mosquitoes. k-0242-3m
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Any person unsteady inclined to de-
VeIop that talent by taking lessons
from Ernest K. Kaai, SO Young
Bldg; Tel 1857. k-5302-3m
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FOR RENT

Large upper trout room; also a small
room lor$S. r61 kinau.
k-1353-tt
Mrs. F.. T. BiCHerrOn'o kaimuki resi-
dencn. furnished; Sis per month
Apply Spencer Bickerton, IS Mer-
chant ST 633O-tf
Furnished room, Chc or two gentle
men, private family. All convent
enCeS. Eel. 2l1. k-5352-1w
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The Metropole. Alakea ST Housekeep-
ing suites and single rooms. Phone
k-5329-3m
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For news and the truth about II, ~
people buy the Star.BuIletin.
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StQrBullQtin
@@@ 5000 Q 0@@@
WANTED

Our customers and their friends to
come and thoroughly inspect our
plant and be convinced OF the supe-
riority of our product over others.
Hon. Soda Works, 34A N. Bere
tania. Chas. E. Frasher, Mgr; Tel.
1922. 4941-tf
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
VOICE CULTURE.

Miss Annie l.. Weiss, AGO S. Beretania;
Tel 1868: Voice production, latest
hygienic principle, diaphragmatic
breathing as taught in Conservatory
of Music, Melbourne University.
k-5339-6m
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classified
FURNISHED COTTAGES

Cressaty's-Furnished cottages, Wal
XXI Beach, coll Kalia Rd.
k-5333-lm
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Japanese Employment Orice-1to, Ber-
etania St, or. Punchbowl. Phone
1865. T12S-tf
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EN- BROIDERY.

Mrs. Carolina Fernandez. Union St
Madeira embroidery, luncheon sets,
baby caps and dresses. Specially of
initial and hemstitching. Reasonable.
k-5322-3m
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Coin purse marked Nebraska Mate
rial Co, containing sum OF money.
Return to this office and receive
reward. k.535T-3t
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Japanese cook. waiter, yard boy. Mot
sumoto, 1924 Union. Tel. 1855.
5070-tf
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Two furnished housekeeping rooms,
1850 S. King. second house from
Pawaa Junction. k-5340-1m
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LOST

solid gold watch, open
face, key wlnder. Finder please re-
turn to office of Star-Bulletin and
receive suitable reward. k-5354-tf
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Young men to enter courses at Y. NJ.
&. A. night school. Fall term opens
October Z. Enroll today.
k-5357-1w
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FOR SALE

One share Hidalgo rubber and coffee
of 1905, bearing dividend this year
Address Rubber" Bulletin office.
5271-tf
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RESTAURANT.

The Pacific, King and Nuuanu We
sell S. meal tickets for $3.50.
k-5337-6m
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Y. Nakanishi, "a Bcretania. for good
cooks. yard boys. carpenters or day
laborers Phone 1899, 5246-6m
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Cocoanut plants FOR sale; Samoan va
riety. Apply A. d, Hills, Lihue,
Kauai. 6277
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Bicycles and bicycle supplies. Repair
ing. NJ. Hamamoto, AIS Queen; Tel,
2431. k-5332-3m
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AUTOS FOR SALE.

piano at bargain Address Piano"
this office 5320-tf
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Boston," next Bijou Theater. ODen
all night. Caters especially to af-
ter-theater parties. k-5344-6m
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03
cARPENTERS/F RETURN

Five thousand striking carpen-
tiers will have returned to work
here by tomorrow morning, &C
cording to the union officials to-
day. Contracts with independ-
ent employers have been signed
granting the men the increase de-
manded and the strike is now di-
reeted solely against the mem
bers of the Carpenters and Build
ers association by whom 10000
carpenters are employed.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03


These are the facts upon which
they based their answer:
On March 18, John. Taylor,
alias Cray John Dowd, and
Charles Morley, escaped convict
murderers, held up the Blunt
family near Springfield, and fore
ed the son Roy Blunt to leave his
young bride and drive them to-
wards Omaha.
Several posses had completely
surrounded the bandits, and it
was only question of time=when
they would have been forced to
leave Blunt and run involuntarily
into the arms of Omaha police.
Back of them were John Briggs,
chief of police of South Omaha,
his special deputy, John Trouton,
and Sheriff Hyers of Lincoln.
They had long range rifles; the
conyicts couldn't put a bullet any
where near them.
Sheriff Hyers raised his rifle to
fire. Witnesses testified that
they begged him not to shoot, be-
cause. the convicts were holding
Roy Blunt between them and the
possess
These witnesses also said that
Hyers replied: ITO hell with
Blunt; we know Our business"
The next instant Briggs
brought his gun to his shoulder
and-bang! Poor Roy Blunt fell
over dead.
Hyers followed with his delay
ed shot and Taylor tumbled over
Dowd shot himself. Charles Nor
La L. IL .,-r.r.ednd nnd -nc,,.h..,L
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

Buenos Aytes' big newspaper,
La Prensa, blows a siren whistle
every time it gets a whipping
big piece of news, and has to pay
500 fine for it, too.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

ing OF hoy Blunt. myers and
Trouton are named as accessor-
les.
The farmers who aided in run
ming down the convicts have of
fered their share of the 81 SCORE
ward to Mrs. Blunt, widow of the
slain man. Briggs and HyerS,
who wiILaIso share in the reward,
have not indicated that they will
do likewise. =
The substance of the jury's ver7
dict is: that an officer of the law
has the right to shoot to protect
innocent lives, or to prevent the
escape of the criminal, but that
in preventing an escape he must
use common sense in shooting at
innocent and involuntary by
standers; that it is better toilet
some other policeman get the
honor and reward for making the
arrest than to be too free with the
firearms airtd thereby kill an inno-
cent person.
The new era., 1912-05-02
FREE ADVICE ,
TO SICK WOMEN +
Thousands Have Been Helped
By Common Sense
Suggestions.

Women suffering from any form Of To-
male ills are invited to communicate
promptly with the woman 'sprivate CORE
spondence department Of the Lydia =.
Pinkham M dicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read ano
answered by q woman and held In strict
confidence. A woman can freely talk OF
her private illness to . woman; thus has
been established Q confidential corre-
spondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they publtshed
testimonial or used letter without the
written consent Of tho writer, and never
has the Company allowed these eoufiden-
tial letters to get out Of their possession,
- the hundreds Of thousands OF them IN
their files will attest.
Out Of the vast volume Of experiencs
which they have to draw from, It u more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed In your case. Moth.
ing II asked In return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any A>S~S:A
woman, rich or poor, SNNA6 ENkY
should be glad to M<M
- ooSous6SS> III
this generous offer HA ~
Of assistance. Ad- " IL
dress Lydia E. Pink (M sfG I'M
ham Medicine Co., M\EG(SNW
(confidentiaD Lynn, (yE&SSGO
Mass. assN Hhs'0S
Every woman ought to have
Lydia f. Pinkham's SO-page
Text Book. 1t is not q book for
general distribution, as 1t Is too
expensive. 1t IL FREQ and only
0btainable by mail. Write for
It today.
The new era., 1912-05-02
Missing the Point.

Representative Rucker OF Colorado.
apropos OF tariff argument about
sugar. said to Washington corre-
sponcent: "Oh. well. those men don't
see my point. They miss 1t as badly
as the old lady missed her sons.
Mother a young man said. look
ing UP from the Bulletin. would you
believe that 1t takes 5000 elephants
q year to make our piano keys and
billiard balls?'
MAKE our piano keys and billiard
bnlls!' cried the old lady. Well. l
always understood elephants were in
telligent creatures. but l never knew
before that they'd been trained to
make piano keys and billiard balls /"
The new era., 1912-05-02
LIKE THE WOLF AND LAMB
inoffensive Creatures Most Unjustiy
Charged With Sudden Attack
Of Bioodthirstiness.

A man who was caught in the act
OF skinning n neighbor's sheep. COW
cred his embarrassment by declaring
that no sheep could bite him and
live. The logic OF this Is equaled by
that OF the Yankee soldier who once
had narrow escape from an enraged
gander The men OF certain Maine
regiment. which was in the enemy's
country in 1862. considered the order
mo foraging" an additional and un-
called-for hardship. One afternoon
about dusk. soldier was seen beat.
Ing a rapid retreat from the rear OF
farmhouse near by. closely pursued
by gander with wings outspread.
whose feet seemed scarcely to touch
the ground. and from whose beak is.
cued a succession Of angry screams.
The fugitive was not reassured by the
cries OF the gander's owner: Hold
on. man. hold on! He won't hurt
you'll" Call of your gander! Cali
him on" shouted the fleeing soldier.
Neither man nor gander stopped un-
til inside the camplines. when the sol.
dier's friends relieved him OF his
fierce pursuer with the aid OF the butt
Of musket. did that gander think
lie could chase me like that and
live!" the soldier exclaimed. as he
surveyed the outstretched bird: but
he said nothing OF the baited hook.
with codline attached. which might
have thrown light on the unfortunate
Gander's strange actions.
The new era., 1912-05-02
A Sad Handlcap.

Sad case OF the fellow on the
fourth floor!"
whats that?"
He plays the cornet for his own
amusement. but he got SO hard up late
ly that he had to pawn the instru-
ment."
''Well?"
Now he cant borrow a dollar in
the entire building because everybody
is afraid he'll get the blamed tooter
out OF pawn"
The new era., 1912-05-02

As he recovered himself he was
sure he hoard . door open and close.
and threw himself prone on the
ground. whore the black shadow cast
BY the tavern hid him. At the same
moment two dark figures came from
about . corner of tho building. He
could Just distinguish that they car
ried some heavy burden between them
and that they staggered a. they
moved.
They passed out Of sight. and
breathless and palsied. Hannibal crept
about . corner Of the tavern. He
must be sursi
Presently he heard q distant sound
"a splash-surely II was . splash
A little later the men came up the
lane. to disappear In the direction OF
the tavern. Hannibal psered after
them. His very terrors. while they
wrenched and tortured him. gave him
a desperate kind Of courage. AZ the
gloom hid tho two mon. he started
forward again. He reached the end
Of the cornfield. climbed . fence. and
entered q deadening Of timber. In
the long wet grass he found where
the men had dragged their burden.
He reached down and swept his hand
to and fro-once-twice-t third
time his little palm came away red
and discolored.
There was the nrst pale Fremont
ton Of dawn In tho sky, and - he
hurried on the light grew. and the
black trunks Of trees detached them
selves from the white mist that filled
the woods and which the dawn made
visible. There was light enough for
him to SEQ that he was following the
trail left by the men. He emerged
upon the bank Of the Elk river, white
like the woods with its ghosly night
sweat.
The dull beat OF the child's heart
quickened as he gazed out on the
swift current that was hurrying on
with its dreadful secret. Then the
full comprehension OF his loss seemed
to overwhelm him and he was utterly
desolate. sobs shook him. and he
dropped on his knees. holding fast to
/ the stock of his rife.
Uncle Bob-Uncle Bob, come
back! Can't you come back!" he
walled miserably. Presently he stag
gered to his feet. AS he glanced
about, he saw almost at his feet a
dug-out. made from a single poplar
log. 1t was secured to an overhang.
ing branch by a length OF a wild
grapevine. With one last fearful look
of across the deadening in the direc.
tion Of the tavern. he crept down to
the waters edge and entered the
canoe. In a moment. he had It free
from its lashing and the rude craft
was humping along the bank in spite
Of his best efforts with the paddle
Then favoring current caught 1t and
swept It out toward the center OF the
stream.