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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
Origin of Founding Hospitals.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Foundlings' hospitals are said to have
started with the London institution OF
that name. In 1856 the authorities in
augurated the policy of leaving a
basket at the gate. Any person with
a newly born infant to dispose of was
Invited to place it In the basket. ring
the bell. and run. 1t was thought that
this would be an Improvement over
having them thrown into the Thames.
1t was. but not by a broad margin,
In four years the hospital got about
10000 babies. The authorities tried to
rear them in the asylum, and more
than 10000 died before reaching their
first birthday anniversary. Now the
policy is to board out the foundlings in
inspected homes.
A British royal commission on poor
laws that investigated this subject said
that of each 1000 children BORN in poor
law institutions. 45 died within tho
first week OF life and between 268 and
292 died before reaching one year OF
ago. 1t said:
II may we'll be that human nfants,
ike chickens. cannot long be aggre-
gated together. even in the most care,
fully devised surroundings. without be-
ing injuriously affected"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
The Bio German Guns

There have been many descriptions
OF the 42-centtmeter guns since the
present war began. u mi OF the most
interesting is that furnished by Reg
The House of Bondage" Mr.. Kauff-
man has been, for some months past, q
realistic novelist face to face with ter
rtble realities. He has written about
these q book which he calls I'm a
Moment of Time" a narrative of his
personal experiences In the European
val. 1t was during the last few hours
OF h b~ombardment Of Antwerp that
he first heard the "42s."
In the last rush for escape from the
city" said MI. Kaufman. Il was one
OF a crowd surging out of the town
through a darkened street. A ray OF
nght-perhaps 1t was a searchlight-
was playing on a portion of the street
far ahead OF me.
Suddenly something bolted past
above my head toward that light
something hot, scorching, and of ire
size, something hat roared
like a frightened train and sped like
a meteoric sun. The very draft of it
seemed first to suck me upwards inc
then huri me far forward and sidewise
on my face. / fell. as a man might
lall before a c%yclonic blast from the
furnace where worlds are made; but
as FELL. saw; or thought | saw, that
meteorlc sun explode up there where
the searchlight played. IL / thought of
anything 1T was Of an earthquake.
Il know that there shot out a sheet
OF lame that must have been 200 or
Soo feet wide and fully as high. l know
that a Niagara of stones and clay
Ieaped upward from the distant past.
l know that a hail of pulverized stone
poured all about me. and that the de- |
tonation rocked the city of Antwerp |
as a giant might rock a cradle tha he
over. / know that now; but
tnen all That | knew clearly was that
all our previous alarms had been trifies
and that this at last was the begin.
ming of the 42-centimeter guns"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES TO.
CALIFORNIA; EXPOSITIONS
and THE PACIFIC COAST

LEV round trip fares are now in
etineL via the Scenic Highway Of the
Northern Pacific Ry. to CALIFORNIA; Ex-
positions via the North Pacific Coast,
These tickets permit liberal stop.oyers
5lnd enable the tourist to include both
0xpolttions az we'll as q stop-over at
Yellowstone National Park via Gardi-
lner Gateway.
sl1 YOU Will advise when you will plan
your western trip. / will be pleased to
quote rates. sen a copy OF our hand.
zone Expeditions folder US well as
Yellowstone National Park and travel
literature. and assist you In any way
poesible In planning your 1916 a
ton trip AN. Cleland, General Pas
SINGER Agent, ST. Northern Pacific
Rys al. Paul. Minnesota.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
Cropping a DOCS Ears.
From March Outip,

from Mafch Outing,
Cropping is not easy. but the EN-
ploynaent of the steel clips, sold by
kennel supply house for this purpose,
than formerly. The clips should be
fastened securely to the ear in the cor
rect position, and the part of the ear
outside the metal cut out quickly and
Clearly with a sharp razor. Cocaine is
sometimes used as a local anesthetic,
but this Is hardly necessary. fir the pain
Ia very slight.
Cropping had best be done when a
pup Is nine or 10 months old. and he
proper training OF the ear after cut is
all important, II a correct carriage is
to be induced. It is at this point that
the amateur fails disinally, and he
should, il possible, receive a few prac-
teal lessons from a competent man, or
else send his dogs to such a one to be
cropped. Surgeons plaster, wax, and
even plaster of Paris are employed to
fasten the ears back across the skull.
SO that when released they shall stand
smartly erect.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
"Trip 10 THE EXPOSITION IN S. +. IF YOU
WILL DEMONSTRATE OUR PROHUcT ON THE
WAY. B56scolDEN cA1EAVE. SNFRANuSCo, Cal.
Debating Ajoft.

When the military aeroplane is
sconting, it usually carries two men.
One IL the pilot. who runs and steers
the craft; the other is the observer.
who marks the placing Of the hostile
troops. the position Of their guns, the
movement OF trains, and the like. The
observer also makes many sketches
Of the ground over which he is fly
ing-work that often interferes with
his writing notes and memoranda. In
certain conditions. Of fight, too, it is
often hard for. him to use a pencil
and paper. To obviate that difficulty,
the military aeroplane. a y the Scien.
tic American, now frequently carries
. phonograph. with a speaking tube
running to the mouth of the observer,
10 that BY talking into the machine at
any time during the flight, he can re.
cord his observations, and still have
his hands free for his field glass or
his ~sketehing pencil.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
One Certain Result Of tho War.
From the Philadelphia 1edper

The men are in the trenches. Tens
upon tens OF thousands Of them will never
return home. In all the warning nations.
when industry begins again to summon
the lines. The volume OF work to be done.
making up for lost time and repairing
the prodigious damage wrought. will be
greater than ever before and the number
to do 1t will be smaller.
This means a new summons to women.
Already in Edinburgh they have been
called on to serve as trolley car con-
ductors. Women labor and child labor
must be drafted: In all sorts Of indus
tries In which they have not heretofore
been employed women will serve. They
will be driven by economic pressure out
Of their homes into the workshops and
INTO practically every phase of human ac-
tivity. There will be no talk then OF
where there place is and no captious crid-
cism OF their competency.
a result of thf most tremendous
IN its Importance. and far reaching In ita
influence on the trend Of world anaira.
viii be the acknowledgements Of womea.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
Hard on the Booze Anael..

From Golfers Weekly.
hi somewhat genial +. r, A., another
New York humorist. is also on the wing.
Here's what he a about Kansas:
There ism. much poverty in Kansas,
n the kind OF misery that the LIQUOR
states abound In is unknown. 7 heard two
travelling men. riding from Newton to
Hutchinson. discussing 1t. Since Kansas
went dry, ono said, Il make these lit
tie towns and sell a lot OF stuff. Couldn't
touch. EN- before. And II towns that size
were In q wet state, I'd lose my job for
other said, who Represented an adding
machine house. These states beef mighty
little when business Is bad In other parts
OF h country. Ell bet New York'n go
dry" before long
All the walls OF. h booze angels rho
howl about blind pigs, wood alcohol. and
allied topics q not alter the main facts.
Tho saloon does not get the money under
prohibtton: In time the LIQUOR habit Is
broken n a. that happens booze ceasea
WayD Of living.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
A College Paper Joke.

From the Michigan Gargoyle.
.Funny guy, JONES'"
"How's that?"
world during vacation"
I'm"
Didn't go to a INC every night in
"So?"
Didn't nave a table in the cafe of
the biggest hotel in the middle west on
New Years eve."
"Um, IN.
Didn't go to the opening night per
edy." eon'
"Yes7"
DIDN'T haye so many party bids that
ne a to turn half Of them down.
"'Sasso?"
Didn't fall in love with his dad.s
new s~tenographer. didn't go to a single
burlesque show, didn't put on q party
with his high school frat brothers.
didn't get a promise for a 200 per job
Funny guy!"
Yep, funny guyl"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
A Sioh,

A Sigh.
1t was nothing but a rose L gave hex
Nothing but a rose.
Any wind might rob of half Its SAVIOR.
Any wind that blows.
When she took 1t from my trembling
With a hand a chill
An, the flying touch upon them fingers,
stays. and thrills them still
Withered. faded. pressed between the
crumpied fold on fold
on ne IT lay upon her breast, and ages
cannot make 1t old!
Harriet Prescott spofford.
. An Epitaph.
"Ilte IN my grave when / am dead.
Whatever road L trod
IN M l admired and honored
Inc Wondrou works of God.
INA MAJ all the days and years 1 had.
me greatest and the least,
-" T gay with grateful heart and glad
l sat me to a feast.
mat not alone for body's meat
winch takes the lowest place
L gave tiim grace when 7 did eat
Aad with a shining face.
sui Tor the spirit filed and fed
Lnal else must waste and die.
WIN sun and stars replenished
ana dew and evening sky.
The beauty of the hills and seas
Brlnmed that immortal cup;
A1i4 When l went by fields and trees
MY heart was lifted up.
Lay me in the green grass and write
Upon the daisied sod
nat E stun | praised with all my might
me ~ondro works of God.
-Nalnarlne lyman, FLOWERS of Peace" in
Scribner's.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15

had something very tangible to show for
it-something better than graveyards and
exhausted energies. We rather think
when it is all over and they come to count
up the bill they will wish they had done
anything with the money except
what they did do with it. If this war does
not teach kings any sense, 1t will surely
teach the people. who raise the money and
shed the blood which war demands, that
1t is the most Improbable OF all invest
YpaptS
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
For Uncle John.

From the Chicago News.
The small daughter of the house was
buslly setting h table for expected
her:
Put down three forks at each place,
dear" ~
Having made some observations on
her W account when the expected
guests had dined with her mother be-
fore. h inquired thoughtfully:
Shall I give Uncle JOHN three
knives?"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
Backward Park.

From the Haltimore American.
It has already been convincingly lemon
strated. here in Baltimore. tina the
scheme of tearing down division fences
between city nome backyards and de-
veloping the unobstructed stretch OF space
thus provided as q continuous flower
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15

Riding the goat" that mysterious
process Of initiating a newly elected
member Of a secret society, has moth
ing on the process of initiating q
new arrival in the military camp.
"Bucking the blanket" is almost on
a par with "riding the goat" The
photo shows a new arrival in the
British camp-a brawny son of Scot
land-who is being tossed up in a
camp blanket. AS a rule a recruit
enters into the fun of being pleas
antly ragged" just as much as his
comrades who put him through.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
MatutinaY.


Arise from the letters of death,
The morning is breaking:
The grass is too tenderly green
For hearts to be aching;
In the azure and rose Of the. dawn
Is life in the making.
Awake and come forth from the night,
From pain n rom weeping:
The south vino is breathing Of dells
Where the violet's peeping.
And over the meadowland banks
The buttercup's creeping.
Young April Is smiling again
Her tears were but showers;
The brown thrush is wooing his mate
In whispering bowers;
And the grayness of winter is lost
In a riot OF flowers.
Come out from the chamber of death
Where sorrow is palliug;
Out yonder in sweet forest glades
The bright dew is falling,
And the soul-stirring vice of Spring
To the great deep is calling.
Leo A. Borah.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15

British life insurance companies have
about 3S.0o0.000 policies In force.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15

''s>t
The days grow shorter, the nights grow
longer,
The headstones thicken along the way;
And life grows Sadder, but love grows
stronger,
For those who walk with US day by day.
The tear comes quicker, the laugh comes
slower,
The courage is lesser to do and dare;
And the tide of JOY in the heart falls
lower,
And seldom covers the reefs of care.
But all true things In the world seem
truer,
And the better things of earth seem best.
And friends are dearer as friends are
fewer,
And love Is all as our sun dips west.
Then let US clasp hands as we walk to-
gether,
And let us speak softly in loves sweet
tone,
For no man knows on the morrow
whether
We two pass on-or but one alone.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. in Current Opin-
ion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15
Choose.

Hope scars to highest heaven on wings
of light,
Despair, in neither darkness. means
of fate;
Hope cad the ID up the rugged
height,
Despair. in dreary tones. laments,
Too late"
Hope girds the loins with courage for
life's fray
And nerves the soul to battle for the
right.
Despair retreats; surrenders when at
bay,
Or sinks with coward steps from out
the fight.
The will is ever monarch of the mind
Health, fame, and fortune. on his
mandates.
John M. Richards in March Nautilus.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-04-15

Canadian mills produce H. 600, 900 bar
rels OF cement yearly
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

The dangerous fire cracker is hav-
ing its inning this week. Having
burned great many OF these noisome
little pests in our day, deriving fun
that all boys extract from the practice,
we, for one, do not feel that the lads
should be wholly deprived of that ex-
element. But we do urge that crack
ers be burned where they are liable to
40 the least damage. Every year mum
erous persons are injured by fire
crackers, but that is the chance those
who monkey with them take cheer
fully. Also every year many fires oc-
cur about the 4th of July that can be
traced to the cracker as a cause. That
is a loss that is sustained by innocent
persons. Shooting these explosives
should be confined to some locality
where the danger to property would
be at minimum, for the boy bothers
his head little over jeopardizing prop
erty when armed with a lighted punk
and bunch of crackers.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

There is good reason for optimism
and cheerfulness in Oroville and the
entire community that comes within
the influence of the Okanogan Valley
irrigation project. The beginning of
construction on this project will her
ala a new era of progress and pros
perity for northern Okanogan county.
Il brings the promise of steady and
growth and development.
Doubt and uncertainty gives way to
hope fulfilled and the knowledge that
the potential resources of the country
are to be released and that enterprise
and energy will bring sure reward.
No place in the state has a brighter
future than this town and
country. The building of
the long hoped for project which will
convey water to thousands of acres o'
fertile and productive land is all the
assurance necessary to induce the in
vestment of capital ard labor. A boom
l. neither expected nor desired. but
certain, steady and consistent growth
Is now assured
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

Paraphrasing the doubtful tribute
paid to the reasonable Thane of Cav
DOR, it might be said with equal truth
OF our late secretary OF state that
nothing in his diplomatic life became
him like the leaving it. The all but
universal expression of satisfaction
that accompanied the announcement
o. Bryan's retirement from the cabinet
would induce a less vain and egotisti-
cal individual to retire to silent oh
security. But this laxative politician
finds his greatest delight in constant
chatter, and despite the fearful rebuff
he has received from the American
people he is compelled to give expires
sion to his foolish fancies. The more
he speaks the more ridiculous he be-
comes, and the one satisfaction thai
the people get from his repeated ex-
hibitions of fathomless folly is that
he thereby puts himself hopelessly out
CT the running for future political pre-
ferment.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

With one voice the congressional
delegation from this state declaims
and declares i'll favor of the early
opening of the south half of the Col
VILE Indian reservation. Poindexter
and Dill, Jones and Humphrey, have
each and all OF them expressed their
views upon the subject in public print
through the medium of interviews
Dill has made a tour Of the reserva-
ton. Humphrey has skirted the res
erVatlon. Jones is to take a personal
view Of it this summer. These gentle
men nave not experienced a change of
heart upon this question They have
always favored an early opening of
this reserve. Two of them at least
Jones and Poindexter, have given some
attention to the matter before the In
dian department at Washington, but
evidently their influence did not reach
very far in that quarter. PERHAPS too
much is expected from the opening Of
the reserve by the people of this conn
ty. The land that can be entered bv
settlers in limited in extent, and when
finally opened to settlement it may be
round that realization of benfits will
iall far short of expectations. Never
theIess all of the allotting was finished
months ago and the reservation should
lave been thrown open to settlement
last spring. That was promised by the
government But the Indian depart-
n'ent is mighty power in itself and
works its devious ways without regard
70 the interests or welfare of the white
man. The reservation will never be
opened until that department sees fir
TO act, no matter what influence is en-
listed in an effort to hasten and fix
a date.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

struction of the project Is soon 10 oe
inaugurated Several residences OF su-
,arior character are to be built at once
and already one or two brick DOCKS
are an immediate promise. lhese
buildings are going up to meet an en-
isting demand, not built upon the
homes of future demand, and this Is
indicative of a growth that spells per-
manency. 1t is hardly expected that
Oroyille will make a second Spokane
within a generation or two, but take
il from one who was on the GROUND
and Spokane at its beginning OF eX-
mansion had far less backing In the
way of tributary resources than orc
Vile has today Anyhow it is certain
" destined to reach the size OF we
natchee, and that in a very few years.
There is certainly more territory mere
abouts, a greater variety of resources
tu be developed, to support a CIT! Vi
the Wenatchee class than Wenatchee
can boast of. The start to be made
this year will continue in the years TO
come. and 1t does not seem possible
that any contingency can arise to pre-
vent Oroville becoming place OF
commercial and industrial Importance.
Many of us have waited long, and at
tines impatiently, for the change, and
tue present evidence of approaching
change is keenly gratifying.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

OroVllIe has never experienced =
boom, and hence has never out orovr
! IISeII INTO a relapse that is more dis
aSlrous to the hopes of a community
IMAM anything that could hapnen to
II Slowly, steadily, gradually a town
mas spread over this admirable site
admirable from a Typographical noint
view as well as from the extandod
tributary country, diversified in its
resources, that is backing for the SIM
port Oh place of large size. After
the temporary squirt that accomnaniod
the advent of the railroad builders ev-
panslon has been deliberate, and of ,
character and stability hat represent
ca confidence on the part of the bnild-
erS' That expansion has gradually
continued with the settlement and de-
Fclopment of the surrounding conn
try. The time is past for anv favarish
movement in the way of unwise con-
@Iructlon that would crowd the TOWN
IN class beyond the supporting "a
pablllty of the adjacent country o,d
'hoSe VINO have witnessed the calamitv
OF over growth in other places are
glad of it. No boom is exnactod
to start with the commencement Of
construction on the irrigation system
nut a healthy continuous growth is
CERTAIN to be the result of the consum
nation of that great and beneficial,
public improvement. This is notioo
able at the first suggestion that con-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

A democratic exchange says that 1t
seems the much sneered at watchful
waiting is having it's effect in Mexico
Right you are. Armed crews of out
laws, ycleped revolutionists, revolu
tioning for the lust of blood, loot ana
repine, are covarting up and down the
country, preying upon the weak and
defenseless, killing, robbing destroy
ing. Americans are knocked on the
head. Starvation is stalking through
the land. The proclamation of Presi-
dent Wilson insisting upon the restoTa-
ton OF some semblance OF peace and
order is looked upon as joke and treat
cd with contempt. Where American
settlers are threatened by Mexican In
dams the powers that be ruffle their
feathers and declare that any effort
on the part of the United States to
protect those settlers will be met by
armed resistance on the part of MeXi-
cans. Chaos reigns throughout the
length and breadth OF the land, and
there will be no peace so long as am
bilious and blood thirsty leaders can
muster a following. That is the effect
Of "watchful waiting" Had President
Wilson put aside some OF the pique OF
The school master at the beginning OF
his term and exercised a little wis
dom most of this horror and sorrow
could have been prevented, prevented
without resort to arms and with
credit to this country. "Watchful
waiting sounds pretty, but it is with
out significance, and has reflected no
credit on the administration.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02
Recently French areoDlanes dronned

Recently French areoplanes dropped
tombs on the German city of Karls-
ruhe, killing number of non-combat-
ants. The kaiser is very much panied
over the act, calling it a wicked at
tack upon beloved Karlsruhe" and
that the loss of lives greatly affects
him. This is a rather tender regard
for people killed by system inaugu-
rated by the Germans, and illustrates
the fact that it makes a good deal of
difference whose bull is gored. This
dropping of bombs upon unfortified
towns and cities, where the only suf-
ferers are non-combatants women
and children is a cruel, brutal, barbar-
Gus, useless and inexcusable crime. no
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

matter what nation engages in the
practice. 1t contributes nothing to-
ward settling the war. Indeed, 1t IN
tcnsfies the feeling of hatred that war
naturally engenders, inviting repris-
ais, and causes those at the front to
fight more stubbornly. The submarine
and air ship are most cruel modern
Gcvices, employed as they have been
during the present terrible war, and
their use is bringing discredit upon
nations heretofore considered far ad-
vanced in civilization.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-07-02

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