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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Tho Girl Who Works.
From Collier,a

N- AAoAAA III -. N
A useful woman is Miss Anne Morgan
for she does good instead of merely tank.
Ing about it. But as an active friend OF
girls In our largest city she sometimes
has something to say worth listening to-
as in these emarks quoted by the Now
York Times:
There is one expression that I should
like to have abolished, and that is work
ing girl, should like to have that cut
out of the English language. What does
1t mean? Is 1t a matter of age. Of salary
or Of occupation? When does one begin
to be q working Girl and when does one
True talk! That phrase has certainly
been oyerworked. The we'll intentioned.
shortsighted reformsr weeps mawkish
logist fastens his secondhand statistics on
her. The sex author finds her a HANDY
little person. and adds a loose young mil
!ionaire. the love chase, stirs. and presto!
rare occasions when he can be persuaded
to take her Observation-Disclosures tina her
potentialities for evil are unlimited. The
blind optimist sees her as the patient In
~carnation of all human virtues. Mean
while the working girl herself calmly sur
veys all this to-do. quietly laughs, and
Isn't always supersubtilized or m~isjudged.
%. Henry understood her.
you come to the kind OF girl
from the Brooklyn bridge west as far as
the court house In Council Bluffs, Ia.
They earn their own living in stores, res
ytaurants. factories, and offices.
They're chummy and honest and free and
tender and sassy, and they look life
straight in the eye4"
After ALL the much misunderstood
working girl, is nothing but the girl who
works Soon or late the world will grasp
this simple fact. and will also realize that
the girl who works is = good deal happier
than; the girl who plays. And not q bit
hsrder &c understand.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Tho Transforming Gasoline Enoine.
From the Kansas City

- AAokAh Az ohi5f SAly 0ldI,
The discovery of the North Pole Rear
classed with three great recent leeds f"
The other two were flying and the Panama
canal.
Nobody need quarrel with the selection
But there is a great deed of the last
few years that has exercised a trans.
forming force on civilization far greater
than those mentioned, important as thew
CINE, which has made possible flying, the
automobile, the farm tractor and good
roads, Is undoubtedly the greatest recent
mechanical achievement.
The motor car Is coming in such num-
bers as to transform the mode of life and
recreation of millions of persons. 1t is
making possible a suburban DEVELOPMENT
that otherwise would have been out of
the question. 1t is going to revolutionize
farm life. 1t is going to do this not only
on the social side, in bringing the farm
er's family into touch with the %neighbors,
but also on the business side, in new ways
of marketing produce.
Behind the goods roads movement is the
gasoline engine. If farmers were Tot get
ing motor cars they would not be voting
bonds for good roads. Instead they would
The automobile, with hard surface roads,
makes 1t possible for every farmer to have
line.
In addition, the farm tractor is only at
the beginning Of its development. The
gasoline engine Is becoming the great
source of powerafo for electrical Installations
and other kinds of farm activities.
Has any mechanical advance affected
the lives of so many persons in the last
IS years as the perfecting OF the gasoline
engine?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Factory Canned Goods Safer
Than Old Fashioned Kind
Harry q. Barnard, State Food and Drug
Commissioner OF Indiana, In the Phil

Harry q. Barnard, State Food and Drug
Commissioners OF Indiana. in the Phil
adelphia North American.)
Whcn one can choose between tomatoes
ripe from the field and tomatoes obtained
with q can opener, between milk warm
from the dairy and the syrupy concentrate
from the factory, between the sweet peas
shelled crisp from the pod and peas
packed in Wisconsin or Indiana and
opened months later 1000 miles away, the
fresh gathered product is, of course, the
better.
Nc fruit is ever SO good as when picked
N ones own garden, and no milk is ever
20 sweet or SO rich as when freshly
drawn; but we cannot all have gardens,
ana v when we do have them, the crop
= soon gathered. Nor is milk fresh from
ats fount possible to more than a limited
ana fortunate few. OF course, the cpl
cure, who value his appetite more than
MS money, can get his dollhouse grown
fruits and vegetables and prolong the sea-
son Tor fresh foods by depending on sup
ples gathered in many zones and held in
refrigeration to serve his needs.
But the tin can kitchen must satisfy
our desire for early June peas at least
u months in the year. The pantry shelves
lacked with canned beans, corn, toma-
toes, peas, fruits and vegetables of every
description offer no mean substitutes for
FRESH products. Indeed, in many cases
the goods from the can are more juicy
palatable than the stale and wilted,
nalt ripe. so-called fresh products.
me art of canning Is but a little more
tnan 100 years old, dating back to the dis
coveries of Nicholas Appert, who found
nal he could put all kinds of food in little
glass or tin -storehouses and hold it there
indefinitely, and who first tested the val
We OF his process by serving green peas
and beans, gathered more than a year
earlier, to the admiral and officers of a
French frigate. and SO won their approval
That the Invention was brought to the at
tention of the French government, and by
It given its first official recognition. In
these 100 years, and especially In the last
10 years, the canning Industry has made
astonishing strides. No food is now so
rare or unusual that it is not preserved
Tor future consumption in tin cans.
The once common belief tina canned
goods contained preservatives and other
gross aduiterants has been shown to be
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

when praised for doing the right thing in
the right way. to keep on doing it in the
way that was praised and to try to do
other things in the same way.
A Pennsylvania railroad superintendent
has found hat 1t isn't boys alone that
this philosophy applies to. He has found
that. it works out splendid results when
applied to grown men.
First he noticed that no matter how
much he posted in public places criticisms
Of the faults of employees and warnings
against them. there was no reduction
whatever in the commission Of these err
rors.
Then he tried a new game. He kept the
failures to himself. but whenever a man
did a particularly good piece of work he
where all men could read it.
These We're the immediate results: a
quick drop of two-thirds in the number
Of men requiring discipline. and a drop
OF more thar 70 per cent in the loss Of
wages through suspensions.
There is a good deal Of boy nature In
man nature.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

y WORK, LIFE AND LOVE.
Henry Van Dyke.

WORK.
Let me but do my work from day to day.
In field or forest. at the desk or loom,
In roaring market place or tranquil
Let me but inc it in my heart to say,
When. vagrant wishes beckon me astray,
This is my work; my blessing. not my
OF all who live 1 am the one by whom
This work can best be done in the right
way"
Then shall 1 see it not too great, nor
small,
To suit my spirit and to prove my
Then hall 1 cheerful greet the laboring
hours,
And cheerful turn when the long shadows
At eventide, to play and love and rest,
Because l know for me my work is best.
LIFE.
Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;
Not hurrying to. nor turning from the
goal;
Not mourning for the things hat disap-
pear
From what the future wells; but with
a whole
And happy heart, that pays it's toll
To youth and age, and travels on with
cheer.
So let the way wind up the hill or down,
SI ioo5h vi olllootliy liz ouIllc Will
be joy;
Still seeking what 1 thought when but
a boy,
New friendship. high adventure, and a
crown,
Ny heart will keep the courage of the
quest,
And hope the roads last turn will be the
best.
LOVE.
Let me but love my love without disguise.
Nor wear a mask of fashion old or new.
Nor wait to speak till l can hear a clue
Nor play a part to shine in others eyes,
Nor bow my knee to what my heart de-
MES;
But what l am, to that let me be true.
And let me worship where my love is
due,
And so through love and worship let me
rise.
For love is but the hearts immortal
thirst
To be completely known and all for
given,
Even as sinful souls that enter heaven.
81 take me, dear. and understand my
worst,
And freely pardon it because confessed.
And let me find in loving thee, my best.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
First Seal ST the United States.

The first great seal of the United
States was cut for Uncle Sam in 1852
and the first document to bear it's I'M.
print is dated September, 1882. 1t is
a parchment commission granting
General Washington full power to ar
range with the British for an exchange
OF prisoners of war. The document is
signed by John Hancock, president of
congress, and countersigned by
Charles Thomas, secretary. The seal
was impressed upon the parchment
over a white wafer festooned with red
il the upper left hand corner.-From
the Magazine of American History.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Excellent Notion.

There are now in existence so
many societies for the prevention of
so many different things, and so many
more being formed all the time for
the prevention of other things" said
old T. C. Poster. that it would be a
good idea to inaugurate a few socie-
ties for the prevention of societies
for the prevention of things. This
could be carried on and elaborated un-
til we had societies for the prevention
OF societies for the prevention of ev
erything; somewhat on the order of
torpedo boats and torpedo-boat de-
stroyers and Observation-Disclosures
d~estroyers. Then after the last So
ciety had done it's duty we might
abolish it and have a period Of rest
for the weary."-Kansas City Star.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand. $50 the h., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co,
Chicago, for a souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the 8 lib. Canister Can for $1.OO.
ADV.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Amazing Rise.

Some men have the commercial
instinct highly developed"
For example?"
We'll, there's Tom Jones, who used
to go to school with me. He started
with very little capital and went into
the chicken feed business"
Eyes, and now?"
He's a dealer in elephant fodder"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

If it wasn't for the weather a great
many loafers would have no excuse
for remaining in the business.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Underwear for Father.

mo, that amt loud enough. want
the loudest underwear ever made!"
What for, no one ever sees it,"
Il want it so loud that I'll be able
to find it mornings when it's got my
wife's and all the cbildren's clothes
piled on top of it,"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Their Only Chance

The Browns are going to celebrate
their silver wedding next week"
Why, they're only been married
i've years."
Yes, but they want to have it over
with before they get their divorce"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Things Worth While.

LUX dL d sunset OuC0 IN q While.
Hank to a birdsong; watch the smile
OF bloomy beauty that breaks in .iyht
When the dawn walks down from the
dreams Of night.
Look at the moon in her glory hung,
And think of the spirit again grown
young
Beneath the romance that used to glow
For the old sweethearts OF the long ago.
Thousands too busy from day to day
To think of the sky, but a thing of gray.
When dozens Of times in a year it gets
Its glory on when the old sun sets.
Look at the sun go down. sometime,
With a thousand beauties, and all sublime
In regal s%plendor. as II to say:
God still lives in His world today
These are the things that are well worth
The sunset glow and the silver smile
OF dawn. and the spirit Of trust In you
That keeps you happy and holds you true.
IS. w. Gillian.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Not Gray Ha,r. hut T,red Eve.

make us look older than we are. Keep your
Eyes young and you will look young. After
the Movies always Murine Your Eyes
Don't tell your age.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

More than 200 ships in the British
are driven by oil For steam
raising purposes three tons OF oil will
the place OF four tcns Of coal.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Great Relief.

Law books are very dry"
Still, l enjoy reading them occa-
sionally. They're free from slang,
anyhow"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

The cooks try hard, but they appear
to be able to do very little with the
navy bean.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

A girl, after she is engaged, can see
but n man. But, thank goodness, a
mans eyesight is good as long as he
lives.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11
Strenuous LIE.

You seem all done up"
Yes. I'm working on the night
shift in Wall street."
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

Many a good man who condemns ,
sinner secretly envies him.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

A coachman may not attend church.
but he drives q good many others
here.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

In the hands Of a woman the powder
rag is mightier than the sword.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

Grand opera is we'll enough in its
way, but the finest music is the rustic
of q woman's skirts.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-11

What Did She Mean?
He-I am going to kiss you when 1
go.
Sbe-Leave this house at once, sir,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
AUSTRIA FEARS ITALY:
ANXIOUS FOR PEACE

ROME, April io.-Driven by the
Russians TO the point OF making a
last stand in the Carpathlans in de.
Tense OF Hungary, and threatened
BY Italy on the south. Austria has
abandoned all plans for new In.
yaslon 81 Serbia. according 10 re-
ports reaching here.
Troops intended 10 be used In
the new attack on the little realm
VI King Peter are now being con.
eentraied along the Italian frontier
Despite the renewed rumors that
Austria IL bending every effort to
reach a separate peace. the greatest
preparations are being carried for.
ward In anticipation Of an attack
by Italy.
With pressure from the factions
favoring war becoming constantly
greater upon the Italian govern.
ment. reports from petrograd de.
clare one OF the conditions pro
posed by Austria in negotiations for
peace Ia that Russia shall protect
her from ltaly's territorial am.
billions.
The potrograd correspondent OF
the Milan Secolo today declared In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
MUCH MARRIED
Mr.. ROSS CONE

y. w. Ross. whose several 70.
mances we're brought to n sudden
chilling end by the arrival here. last
week, OF woman from California.
who said she Is Mrs Ross No. has
vanished.
Search for the missing man IN
being conducted by police and de.
tectives. who hold warrant for his
arrest for alleged bigamy A charge
OF wife abandonment. preferred by
the woman. was dismissed In Jus.
tlce Whltehead's court Friday, be
cause of no jurisdiction.
II is said Ross left her on sick.
bod In Portland over two years ago,
came North. and married Miss Eva
Tedford. Wenatchee salesgiri,
with whom he has been living at
the St Francis agreements here.
Stories OF another wife. now said
to be living AZ Elmira, n. Y. have
also reached the authorities.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
BURGLARS SAW
THROUGH WALL
TO GET PLUMBER

Expert burglars adopted the
unique method. II was discovered
Saturday. Of gaining entrance 10
two buildings In the southern end
of the city by saving through the
wall In one place and boring hoie
In the floor In the second place.
At the J. Finn Metal Works. eTaT
Seventh ave. &. the burglars car.
ried away more than n ton Of metal,
valued At si.l55. after saving an
entrance way through the wall
A wagon. believed to have carried
the loot, was sesn Saturday morn.
Ing. being driven to the Sixth ave.
S. fridge. where further trace OF IL
was lost. The burglars carried off
Fl pigs of metal, each weighing IFS
pounds. and valued az SIS each.
Al the Independent bar. l2al
Eighth ave g. the burglars bored
n hole through tho floor. The safe
had been left open. and only a few
cents we're obtained by tho thieves.
They also took three quarts OF Wits.
ky. A pair OF overalls and a mask
were found
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
GIRL NOW ADMITS
she TOLD A FALSE
STORY ABOUT CHIEF

Los ANGELES. April 10.-Be
hind bars for the first time In her
life. Victoria Desparte waited today
to be taken again before the grand
jury TO conclude the testimony she
began yesterday after her confess
sion under oath to Superior Judge
Taft. that she had made false state.
ments rejecting on the character
OF Chief OF Police Sebastian.
Today was to be a busy one In
the Sebastian case. In addition to
the grand jury. Sebastian was to
plead to "A charge OF contributing
to the dependency of Edith Serkin.
II. and Sebastian. and his attorney.
Earl Rogers, were to plead to
charges of attempting TO influence
the grand jury.
All the charges were contained
in indictments voted by the grand
jury.
Sebastian and his friends regard.
ed Miss Desparte's statement as a
vindicatlon of the chief so far as
the charges with which she was
connected were concerned.
The chief further declared that
other charges against him would
fall In like manner when they
were brought into court.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
FEuDSmEN FIGHT
DUEL; SIX DYING

! the example OF their elders. and
both sustained dangerous wounds.
from which, however. they have a
chance 20 recover.
The family feud resulted from a
quarrel during a baseball game
played many months ago. Two OF
the younger members of the fami-
lies at that time engaged In fist
fight. and their relatives took sides
until the trouble had spread.
Battle May Be Renewed
The battle was fought In a clear
ing near here. The spectators were
persons who had attended a school
entertainment They hurried 20
the scene when they heard the men
quarreling and the sound of knives.
The sheriff and big posse stood
guard over the school house all
night. after taking the wounded
men and the dead there
II Is feared other members OF the
families may attempt to renew the
fight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

DEwARE OF traitors within your
n own camp
From Spokane and other
cities and towns comes alarming
news. Public utility corporations
have reached out into the very or.
ganization OF branch referendum
leagues to undermine the referen.
dunn work. Their plan IL 10 foment
dlscord and division among the ref.
erendum workers themselves. and
in some cases the nefarious scheme
has succeeded 10 the extent that
only some OF the referendum meas
ures are being pushed forward.
Recognizing that the peoples de.
mand fer the initiative. referendum.
recall and direct primaries must
win. the corporation interests have
put their agents into the referen.
dun leagues 10 center attention
only on these measures. and TO urge
that the other measures be left
alone. And the other measures are.
or course. the ones In which the
corporations have the most selfish
interest. They are the home rule
and the labor measures.
Seven referendum measures are
now before the people for sigma.
ture. Don't let the selfish. greedy
interests OF the state mislead you.
SIGN ALL SEVEN PETITIONS.
Remember this:
YOUR SIGNATURE DOES not
NECESSARILY MEAN A VOTE
FOR THE MEASURES. 1T MERE.
TX MEANS A REQUEST ON
YOUR PART FOR A CHANCE TO
VOTE ON THEM. DO YOU WANT
A VOTE? DO YOU WANT TO
EXPRESS YOUR OPINION AT THE
POLLS LIKE A FREE AM ERICAN7
THEN DON'T LOSE TIME.
SIGN THE REFERENDUM Pc
TITIoNS NOS. 3 TO Q, INCLUSIVE
AT ONCE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10

LETART. w. Va.
April l0.-Two men are
dead, two are dying, and
two others desperately
wounded today as the re-
suit OF a long standing
feud which culmintaed
late yesterday when six
brothers. representing the
Shirley and Bosworth
families, paired off delib-
erately. drew knives and
faced opponents selected
carefully with regard to
age.
While the knives of the
duclists flashed and the
fighters cursed and groan-
ed. several hundred men,
women and children stood
by and watched The en-
counter.
The women screamed
their terror and prayed
loudly to heaven to stop
the duelists, but none
dared interfere.
Eral Shirley, rs. and Urson Bos
worth. IS. eldest sons OF the tw,
are dead.
They cut, slashed and stabbed
each other for quarter OF an hour
standing breast to breast. as thel
their long-bladed knives.
Threats Torn 70 shreds
Covered with blood until they re
sembled nothing human. with thei
breasts and abdomens bearing ap
palllng. gaping wounds. both final
~ fell from exhaustion and died.
The throats OF the two men haC
been torn 10 shreds by the savag,
slashing OF their weapons.
Ten feet away from the eldes
brothers, Jackson Shirley and Jonr
Bosworth, second sons of the two
fought a similar due
with scarcely less fury. They stab
bed and slashed for ten minutes
until both fell. Neither can re
,over.
Boys IN Teens Fight
Harry Shirley and Tom Bos
worth. youngest OF the brothers
both in their teens. emulstec
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
MEAT NEVER
KILLED A MAN

You need not stop eating meat
for fear OF your kidneys. Your sys-
TEN requires its strengthening
qualities. II. however. you feel that
II sometimes works against YOU,
Just take two or three GOLD
MEDAL Haarlem OIL Capsules each
day for n couple OF weeks. stop for
a week. then begin again. There Is
nothing new and experimental
about them. They are an old, harm
less combination OF oil and herbs.
which will keep your Kidneys and
bladder working fine and carry
away all rheumatic pains and m ef.
fects from any uric acid producing
food. But when you go to the drug
store, get the original Genuine
HARLEM oil in Capsules. GOLD
MEDAL. They are imported direct
from Holland. For sale and guar.
anteed by The Owl Drug Company.
advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
Prepare Answer to
Germans Complaint

WASHINGTON. April lo.-Coun.
selor Lansing of tho state depart.
ment was today preparing a reply
TO the latest German claims that
the United States liz violating the
spirit OF neutrality by exporting
arms to the allied powers.
This government will maintain
that such action Is within it's rights.
The position will be taken that,
inasmuch as the allied fleets have
mastered the seas. an embargo up.
on the expectation of arms would
be in the interest OF Germany. and
that Great Britain. France and Rus.
STA would consider such an act un.
neutral
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-10
Submarine Sinks
N. Y. Bound Vessel

LONDON, April io.-The
French bark chateaubriand,
bound 10 New York from Lon
don. has been torpedoed and
sunk by German subr arine
off the Isle Of Wight. the sd-
niraIty announces. The oisas-
ter took place Thursday.
The crew OF IS landed at lie
Treport. northeast Of Dieppe.
France, after having drifted for
more than % hours In the open
sea In severe weather. The
members suffered greatly from
exposure.
The Chateaubriand was driftins
during calm when the submarin,
and ordered the bark e
heave 10.
The commander shouted through
n megaphone that he would allow
10 minutes for them TO leave tn,
ship.
As the crew scurried about. gath
ering up belongings. the submarln,
stood with his watch IL
his hand and counted off the min
utes. The Chateaubriand' crew
had hardly more than gotten inc
their boats pulled away. when 4
blew up the bark.