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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
GROWING Older.

Cornelia A. P. Conner, in the Atlantic.
What is growing older, anyhow?
When young people think of it crudely,
physically. it seems to them the wear
ing out of the body, badness, wrinkles.
obesity. a hardening of the arteries, a
general stiffening of the members and
the faculties, making responsiveness to
life difficult or impossible.
Viewing it on a less material plane
they see in it a wearing down of ideals,
a crushing out Of the dreams, a loss
of the glory.
AS 1 see it. growing older is the pro-
cess of the reconciliation Of the spirit
to life. Living is simply getting ac-
quainted with the world we live in
The real purpose Of a body is that il
shall be used up, worn out-apd Their
thrown away-in feeding the spirit
Whatever happens to you in the outer
world translates itself, finally, into
such sustenance. That is what it is
for, just as the purpose of food is no,
to look pretty on china plates, but to
be transformed into blood and muscle
1t is in the natural order of things that
the body should be thus used and ex.
hausted: the unnatural and horrible
thing is that the body should be Worn
out and yet the spirit remain unnour.
iSha6
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
A Redoubtable Partisan.
BY Bennett H. Young. in National Maya.
e vino =

Beginning as a private, Forrest had
reached most distinguished rank. Both
friends and enemies awarded him a
high place among the great COM
manders Of h val. whether in infan-
try or cavalry. Fort Donelson, Shiloh.
Nashville. Murfreesboro, his raid into
west Tennessee. his capture of Streight,
and conflicts at Brentwood, Harper's
Bridge. Chickamauga. his raid into
middle Tennessee. West Point, Missis-
sippt and the capture of Fort Pillow,
had woven about him and his work a
crown OF romance and glory. and had
justly. on his absolute merits, made
him one of the most renowned leaders
Of the confederacy.
His enemies feared and hated him. as
they did no other general Of the south.
War with Forrest was not only .'hell,'
but savagest hell. His idea of war
was to fight and kill and destroy with
savagest energy. It has been said that
he considered the raising OF the black
flag as the most economical and mer-
ciful way Of ending the war. His meth
DDS were not calculated to impress his
foes with admiration. The many re-
verses they had suffered at his hands,
the wholesome fear OF his presence, his
desperate courage. boundless
rapidity of movement, rapidity Of on
slaught. ~recklessness in facing death.
and insensibility to fatigue, made fail.
ure practically unknown In his cam
patgns, and he became q terror 10 his
foes and . tower OF strength to lis
comrades.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
When We Mediate.
s. NJ. Crothers, in the Atlantic,

s. M. CrotherS, IN the Atlantic.
In meditation we are free. We can
consider one side and then the other
without embarrassment. If we change
our opinion because the weight Of evil
dence has shifted. there is no one to
exult over us and make us ashamed.
If we recognize that we have been mis-
taken in our assumptions. there is no
one to say, ST told you So" We quietly
make the necessary adjustments tc
ever changing reality. and go on with
our business of thinking. We are not
required to reach any predetermined
conclusions. We have no nervous anx-
iety to catch any particular train OF
thought. as we are travelling on oul
own feet, and are willing to put up
wherever the night finds US. Hence it
is that while discussions go on with
great vigor. and few are convinced ex-
cept of the righteousness of their own
cause, meditation often brings unex-
pected results. When we mediate we
sometimes change our minds. This is
a beneficent achievement, for it rem
ders it unnecessary for us to spend all
our strength in attempting to change
the order of the universe and the whole
direction of human progress, in order
to get a Of h fitness Of things.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
The Saraievo Trial.
From the washinrton TIN

From the Washington Times.
The trial of the conspirators accused OF
the assassination of the archduke and
duchess of Austria, has been concluded at
Sarajevo, Bosnia. Twenty-four defend
ants have been convicted Of completely in
the plot, and 1t is expected that ali OF
them will be sentenced to death.
If Austria had not insisted on inventing
a preteXt to go to war. the trial would
have been held just the same, and with
the same result. Serva was ready TO con-
cede everything essential to the conduct
of the trial under Austrian auspices. even
to the point of allowing Austrian officials
to enter Servlan territory. All h Servia
refused to eoncede, of the extraordinary
demands of Austria, was that the condi-
lions of this extra territorial proceeding
be determined by The Hague tribunal. On
this point Austria made her pretext to
break Off the negotiations.
So the world was plunged into the most
excuseless, most wasteful war of all mod
ern times. How insignificant was the pre-
text has now been shown by the termina-
ton of the trial. 1T has resulted in the
conviction of the defendants, exactly as it
would surely have done if Servia had been
at peace with Austria and bound to give
facilities to the Austrian officials to get 1t
the facts. Absolutely everything that has
been secured during the state of war,
would have been secured the more readily
If the state of war had not existed.
The trial has ended. The guilty assas-
sins viii within a few days be executed.
But the war cannot be stopped.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
DEFENDS POPULAR REMEDIES
Speaker Says Newspapers Should In
vestigate Merits of Medicines Be-
fore Barring Advertisements.

That an organized attempt has been
made to blac'-"n the reputation of the
popular family remedies of this coun-
try, and to mislead the newspaper
publishers into rejecting the adver-
Using of such medicines, was the
charge made by Carl j. Balliett, of
Buffalo, N. Y, at the convention of the
Advertising Affiliation at Detroit.
Mr.. Balliett is a director of the Pro-
prietary Association of America, which
includes in its membership two hun
bred firms which make the popular
prepared medicines Of America.
Mr.. Baliiett pointed out that it is
the duty of the newspaper publisher
to refuse the advertising of any fake
or fraudulent medicine, just as it is
his duty to refuse any fake or fraudu-
lent advertising, but it is not right to
shut down on all medical advertising
because there have been some takers,
any more than it would be right to
refuse to publish all department store
advertising because certain stores
have made a practice of lying about
bargain sales.
Disease and death are mysteries.
People who are perfectly we'll are
sheptical. They laugh at the time
worn patent medicine joke, just es
they laugh again and again over the
many variations of the operation joke
The operation was a success but
the patient died" This ~so-called hui
NOR has perhaps hurt the medicine
business with well people, but when
the hitherto healthy man feels a Sc.
we're pain or illness, he Immediately
wants medicine. and will bless the
cure whether it be at the hands of a
regular doctor, a homeopath, an osteo-
patti, a Christian Scientist or patent
medicine. There is nothing more
deadly than disease; nothing more
honorable than to cure it.
Mr.. Balliett refuted the idea sought
cines are unpopular by showins that
from 1900 to 1912 the amount of pre-.
pared medicines consumed in America
increased from $780, 900 900 to $16O,
100000 annually. He showed that, al
| though the American Medical AsSoci
alton is trying as an organization tc
exterminate so-called patent medi
cines, the family doctor, individually
is not fighting them but prescribing
them. He estimated that 400 of the
prescriptions written by doctors today
include proprietary medicines.
The writings of Dr.. Harvey w. Wi
ley, he said, have also aimed to de
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
Accuracy.
Ernn Iifa


Accuracy is the longest distance between
two points. I~naccuracy does not nave to
consider it is right or not. 1t can, there
fore. arrive at any result 1t wishes with
out any trouble or annoyance. But ac-
curacy has to weigh everything, to test
each step in the process: That Is why It
is unpopular. Its work consists of a
constant series of failures, produced in
the most uninteresting manner.
To be accurate is always to be doubtful.
The accurate man is therefore a coward.
He is constantly building intrenchments.
AS all Of the facts about any particular
thing can never be collected. the accurate
| man has always something to learn. HI
never gets through. He is interminable.
Nowhere does there exist q bigger bore.
Having learned the habit of constant
evasion and -postponement. he Is the In
carnation Of the immoral. He is the
apotheosis OF negation. The public has nc
use for him. The public is right.
Inaccuracy. on the other hand, Is cour-
ageous, dramatic and almost invariably
delightful. It has the elements that make
actions are based UPON a disregard for
self. This It sacrifices, with joyous dis
regard for consequences. Without It life
1 would be too dull to live.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12

that Its commerce depends upon the ex-
tinguishment of the other. 1t must be true
of a neutral nation like the United
States.
All artificial attempts to change the nat
ural course Of trade are vicious. People
here will buy goods mad in America
article, at a price they can afford. Agri-
culturists In South America will buy
better than that Of our foreign competi-
tors, and can be sold on terms which suit
the buyer.
BY creating banking connections in
South America. or anywhere else for that
matter, we can build up trade that never
existed before. And we can leave our
competitors prosperous, and therefore the
better able to buy more OF US. This is the
essence Of international commerce, and il
Germany had only realized that competi-
ton in trade Is not hostility but exchange,
there might never AVE been a war at all.
We at least should get that %incontro-
yertible fact into our minds, and realize
that whatever markets we may make
abroad. they will not be helped but preiu-
diced by injury to the trade Of our less
fortunate customers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12

stroy confidence in proprietary medi-
cines; but hat DR.. Wiley's ideas are
not infallible is shown by cases where
his analyses were entirely wrong. Mr..
Balliett mentioned a case where, with
all the power of the Government, he
fought a preparation as being danger
Gus to health, and was ingloriously
walloped.
There has been spread the idea that
a clever faker can mix a few useless
ingredients and, by smart advertising,
sell tons of it and win sudden wealth;
whereas, as a matter of fact, the medi-
cine business is notoriously difficult,
and, where there has been one success
at it, there have been a hundred fail
ures. Any medicine which has no
merit cannot live, because persons
who are duped into buying it once will
not buy it again, and the profit from
advertising a medicine can only come
from repeat sales to the same, salts
fed people. Therefore, any medicine
which has been on the market for a
number Of years, and is still adver,
tised, must have merit behind it to &C
count for it's success.
In conclusion Mr.. Balliett declared
that 10 newspaper is doing justice to
it's readers in the matter of medical
or other advertising, unless it ~investi.
gates, not only the wording of the adj
vertisement offered for publication,
but the merits of the article adver-
tised. He pointed out hat the few
newspapers who have been deluded
into the policy of barring out medical
advertising have adopted this general
policy, rather than to form an inves-
tigation bureau Of this kind which
could, in a constructive and useful eff
fort, investigate and decide what is
a good product and what is a fraud,
in not only the medicine business, but
in every other business which adver-
tises it's wares to the public.
The audience seemed to agree with
Mr.. Balliett's ideas on the subject and
the chairman decided the question az
issue in his favor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12

telegram from st. Petersburg stating
that the vodka shop. which had been
locked n sealed during the great
temperance struggle which had been
IN progress in Russia, might be opened
TOR one day only, the day of moblllza-
ton. After that, however, it was to be
closed again until further orders.
scenes there were that day!
AT 8 o'clock in the morning the holy
water basin was taken from the church
and placed with the triple candles on
an open, sun-blazed m~ountainside. The
Cossacks met there as at a rendezvous.
All their women folks, in multifarious
bright colored dresses n tear-stained
faces walked out to say the last re-
ligious goodbye.
A strange mingling of sobbing and
singing went up to heaven from the
crowd. After the conservation service
only did we learn the almost incred-
ible fact that the "a was with Ger
many. 1t made the hour and act and
place even more poignant. ], at least,
understood what it meant tc go to
var against Germany, and the destiny
that was in store.
God is with u.s." said the priest
in his sermon, tears running down his
face. God is with you Never turn
your backs on the foe. Remember that
If you do o endanger the eternal well
fare OF your souls"
Every Soldier Amounted.
Each soldier dismounted and pros
trated himself in prayers. Each sold
Ter at last kissed the cross in the
priests hands. was anointed on his
brow with holy water, and, when an
ointed. he passed away from the priest.
Leading his horse by the bride, he
sought out his mother and wife in the
waiting throng. embraced them, was
blessed amidst sobbing that wrung his
heart. and was away Two miles from
the village an OK had been killed and
cooked by the side OF the road. Gallon
bottles of vodka waited in the grass.
The soldiers got into the saddle again
and rode out through the crowds of
women, old men and children. and a
great number followed them to the
place of the picnic. An OK was cooked
over a great fire by the roadside. Co.'S
sacks came up quickly. and, getting
down from their horses, tied them tic
trees. Buckets, kettles and glasses
brought also many plates, but no
tables.
One man held up a rouble showing
the emperor's face. All the soldiers
sang God save the car" and then
danced around the coin.
The horses waited in the green shade.
men danced and sang, women sobbed
and keened. There was an hour of it,
Then the officer in command gave the
word. All the men were in the stirrups
again. The long journey and farewell
began. Even So. the women on horse
back accompanied their husbands 20 OF
! 80 miles, then said goodbye.
So these Russians from Mongolia
started for the war, 5000 miles away
So at least 1000, 900 Russians went tc
war. not knowing whom they were tc
fight.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
Activities Of Women.

The duchess of Sutherland, who is
acting as a Red Cross nurse, was un-
der fire. during the b~ombardment OF
Namur by the Germans.
OF the 100000 women workers en-
ploged by the trades in London over
forty-five thousand are out of work,
while some two hundred thousand are
on half-time.
Mrs. George w. Goethals, wife of the
governor of the Panama canal zone, is
known as the FIRST lady Of the land
In that territory.
Over one million women signed the
appeal presented to President Wilson
asking him to lead a movement for
peace among the warning nations
abroad.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
COSACkS DASH AWAY TO WAR NOT KNOWING
Who FOE WILL BE and SCARCELY CARING
Brave Villagers Far Removed From Outside World, 1000 Miles
From Railroad, Conjecture What Nation Gar Will Fight As
Preparations For Start Are Made-PriestA noints Recruits.
By Stephen Graham in New York Ameri-
- -. can.

By Stephen Graham in New York Amert-
can.
Petrograd,-This will show how g.
000,0 900 Russians went to a not
knowning whom they were to fight or
why. And some started from 5000
miles away.
l was staying in an Altai Cossack
when the war broke out. 1t was in
the fur south of the Siberia railway.
At 4 a. M. July 81, the first telegraph
lie order to mobilize came. I was
awakened by my peasant hostess cry
ing gu to me. Have you heard the
Lews? There is war;"
A young man on a fine horse came
galloping down the street calling,
War! War;! Horses out! Uniforms.
Swords!"
The czar had called on the Cossacks;
they gave up their work in the fields
and turned to fight the enemy. Who
was the enemy? Nobody knew. The
telegram contained no Indication.
Same as Call for Japan.
All the Villages population knew was
that the same telegram had come as
1t came 10 years e wheE they We're
called to fight the Japanese.
All the morning it was persisted that
the: yellow peril had matured and h ;
war with China had been declar d.
Then the rumor went round: 1T is
with England"
Only after four days did something
like the truth come to us. Then no.
body believed it. Two days after the
first telegram a second came. This one
called out every man between the ages
OF Is and 43. Astonishing that Russia
should at the very outset begin to
mobilize its reservists 5000 miles from
the scene of hostil.ties!
Flying messengers arrived on horses,
GREATNESS and steaming, delivered
packets into the hands Of the head man
of the Cossacks-secret instructions.
and they We're off again within a few
minutes of their arrival in the village.
I spent much time watching the viii
lage veterinarian certifying or reject
ing horses. One hat could not go SO
miles a day was not passed. Each Co.'S
sack brough his horse up. plucked its
lips apart to- show its teeth. explained
the marks on the horses body, mounted
bareback and showed its PAGES. The
examination was strict, for the Coss-
JACKS had a thousand miles to go to
get to h railway at Omsk, and it was
necessary to nave strong horses.
God is with us" said the priest, vic
tory will be ours
Vodka for a Day.
Sunday was a holiday and no prep
animation of horses went on again.
The Cossacks brought also their uni
forms. swords. hats, halfshubas, over
coats, shirts. boots, belts-all that they
supposed it necessary to provide in the
way OF a kit. Tine headman checked
n certified each soldiers portion.
On the day Of setting out came a third
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
Pertinent SUGGESTION.

"A wealthy but misery merchant was
celebrated for having a magnificently
decorated dining room. whilst his
viands were very few. A celebrated
wit raj invited to dine on a certain
occasion. and the host asked him if he
didn't think the elegant.
Yes" was the reply. But it is not
quite TO my taste"
.And what change would you
maker asked the host.
Well answered the wit, eff this
we're my house. Q know, | would
have-looking at the ceiling-"less
gliding and"--here he glanced furtive-
II at the dining table-more carving
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
Alsace and Lorraine.

The area of Alsace is 1914 square
miles; of Lorraine, $500 square miles.
Population of Alsace-I.orraine, 1,S00,-
600, of mixed German, French and Celt
stock. Incorporated with the German
empire in the tenth century, Alsace-
Lorraine had been practically French
since the treaty of Westphalia, in 1913,
until it was taken by Germany in 1871
as m Of the spoils of the Franco,
Prussian war.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
Farmers ID Hello.

Yonkers. N. Y, has a Housewives
league that has started al investiga-
tion OF the high prices being charged
by the local dealers. Mrs. H. M. Crow
der, at the head Of the league, eau
toned the members against laying in
too large supplies and urged them to
buy more economically than ever. The
farmers will be asked to cooperate
with the league and keep the mem
bers supplied.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12

In Servia when 0 lover has made up
his mind chat the girl is ready to mar
ry him, he and his friends arm them
selves with rifles, go up to the girls
house. seize and carry her off to
church, and sget rnanried on the spot
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
More VALUABLE.

Money has no value in Europe
now"
No; ! heard at Monte Carlo they
were stalking ham sandwiches"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
The Future Of tho Relaians

-I1ss j IyJnI CHE NEW EUfK Sun. e. @@H.
How many hundreds of thousands OF
Belgians. innocent of any degree of war
outlines. are now fugiuves from their
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL You
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BY mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-12
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-22
Velvet Gowns in COlOrS Are
Decreed for Young Women
The Velvet Costume Is No Long,
er the Especial Property Of
the 0oWager, for the Young
Woman May Wear 1t This
Season.

The vogue of the petpet gowns
seems to last forever, since NTH
each wear ne see a renovation OF
the pelpet gopH in some highly at
trdctipe form. At certain stages in
the history of fashion young people
we're not considered well dressed
in peipetS. But NTH this year that
has become pdSSe.
All young tpomen are allowed to
dress in peLDetS, the more Vfpid the
color and the finer the texture the
more the young woman nil be
rated as up to date" The day of
the dowager's corner in peIpet is
oper.
This model is of Robins egg
blue and is designed for any after
noon function or even the spaSmod-
ic fox-hot. The skirt is banded
with Silper embroidered chiffon
and the blouse and sleeves shop
frillS of silver.
Combinations of brilliantly col
ored pelpets NTH gold and silver
lace are pery popular and make one
think of the gowns Of the sixteenth
century NTH their gorgeous trap
ingS.
This model, however, is severe
in comparison NTH some Of the
creations. The home drcsSmdker
mill do well to note the strange
combination of epening dress and
street effects. The neck is hidden
NTH a soft fimy chiffon collar, ana
vestee, yet the V is open as far as
if an evening dress. Yet the young
lady wears SpdtS, and is accoutered
for the street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-22

him that is alive. You may safely think
letter OF gilded fool than Of a thread
bare schoolE1an.
The waste of plenty, no doubt, in tn
resource OF scarcity. Philanthropists
CHARITY orga nizatiOn societies, aims
SiNers, all serve an emergency purpose
when they tide INDECENT ones ovcr
scutely distressing and urgent places
Nothing need be preached against these
O. even the organized charity, which
ewes 10 to 80 per cent Of its earnings
for salaries. What would prove, how
ever, TO be the actual health. happiness
AID wealth of the poor. would be sys-
tematic. detailed method to teach them
psychological facts; that their personal
Carelessness. the neglect of itemized At
tSEtton to themselves and their SUI
roundlngs. spells economic disaster
The rude ineiegance of poverty is a.
real cause. Chill penury freezes .
genial current of the soul by virtue
tie frazzled ends, and loose fringe a..
easily movable dirt, and Slavery g.
slovenly habits.
ON the whole. therefore. TO be poo
may be translated literally as being uH-
Cbservant and untaught. That IS t.
say, the persons whose pockets vaWu
with an aching void. fails to realize thar
IT is the trivial. little. seemingly unina-
TOrtant things. which really cause tn,
leakage OF v hat would accumulate into
wealth and comforts.
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