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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
Whipping Working Girls.
tpack,s Sun I

4 story has been going the rounds that
working cirls in Canada are whipped by
employers. A Toronto correspondent Of a
Boston paper say:
1T is nearly year since when, owing 10 my
fathers death, had to go to work. Shortly
after getting my place tho forewoman told
me had spoiled a pair Of corsets by my care
lessncss, and that she would either dismiss
me or else must take whipping. With
such an alternative, submitted toa whip
ping, and got a very severe and huiniliating
punishment, and seldom q day passes hut
some girl--many Of them almost women
gets whipped In the factory where l work,
and believe the same is pretty general.
The Sau was inclined TO look upon the
stories az over,l,rwn, if not fabrications. as
it did not seem possible that human beings
could whip working eilis, but a woman liv-
ing now in Milwaukee, writes as follows TO
tie editor Of this paper:
1.-The iucloSel is lgonl Chicago paper and
4 know it To I've true, aS | have worked N
factories ia Canada and England and have
myself been very severely whipped for spoil
ing work. | am now n woman 25 years old,
and have been whipped this year two dozen
strokes on the bare hips with a riding whip,
and have seen girls whipped nearly every day
in the same way, bSndins over lounge with
the clothing ent.re'y removed from the parts
rcmed. IL they refused TO submit they were
discharged and pay lost"
II this is true Canada cannot he annexed to
:he United States until the Dominion can
furnish q certificate of good character.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
BEHIND THE CANVAS.
A Peep Into the Dressing Room oi
. Big Circus..-One Place fer
Each Thing.
fLouisxille Courier.Journal.l J

Everything IN appie-pie or Ter. you see
Space Is valuable. and this is place ana time
when every inch has been utilized1
The speaker was an attache Of the manage
neiIt of one of Barnun's circsses, which
make the annual tour OF the cities as regu-
lariy aS the seasoiIs The scene was q striking
ani peculiar one. Il was tae drssSng- room
of the male performers, which was situated
just hack of the huge canvas unler which
the show was taking place.
Every inch of space had indeed been utii-
iz~d The tent WAS small one. nearly
squIp' and packed To the last extent Of its
capacity. Trunks werc everywhere in the
corners, IN the middle, along the sides, and
so Gloss together that. with the exception Of
one or two aisles, it was impossible 10 step
without setting foot upon one. They were
OF all shapes and sizes, from the thiok, fiat
cases Of the star performers down 20 ordinary
pscking-boxcs and diininutive rouni.topped
hair trunks Of the date Of fifty years ago
Here and there one had teen set up on end
and converted into a wash stand or dressing
case. Two or three small fires were hnruing
In portable furnaces, by which few almost
nude performers, brsathless aud pcrspiring
from their exertions in the ring, were
standing To AVOID catching cold Else-
whore mon we're hurriedly dressing for their
parts, aud evincing that marvellous dexterity
in the use Of makeshifts which only years OF
expefi'nce and Ingenuity can give. Mirror,
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
FRIaID DAKOTA.

None but those who have lived few
years in Dakota can begin TO realize what
great bar to the development Of this
vast Territory exists in the universal be-
lief that we live in an away up some
where northwest country" where the snow
is eternal and the howling savage goes in
quest of his daily boquet of hair. Those
who have ventured from other states into
this mighty wonderland of course learned
the actual facts concerning our weather
and have repeated the uniform and en-
thusiastic story over and over TO the
doubling Thomases in the states lying
east and southeast Of US, until they sagely
wag their heads and only remark, "the
same old lie"
Naturally those who are brave enough
to venture into this country and see for
themselves, and, drawer still, determine to
bring out their families and worldly goods
and locate with us are just those whom
the older communities can most lily afford
to lose. and furnishes another reason why
eastern journals are SO uniformly endeav-
oring to bring Dakotata into disrepute.
There is not settler in Hand county, We
presume, who has not received letters
from friends asking how they fare during
the winter, and il they are not suffering
greatly. OF course mos. of these inquiries
from friends are earnest and kindly in
tended, and but only show they need some
enlightenment. "Al men are not liars"
any more in Dakota than anywhere else,
although next to town-site rustlers and
land agents, the newspapers get more
credit for egregious misrepresentation
than anybody, yet it is because they are
capable Of making some astounding asser-
tions relative to the climate in Dakota that
an average eastern mutton head, as well
as the more intelligent, promptly pro-
nounccs self-evident falsehood without
giving the matter investigation. However
when We say that Hand county or south
Dakota is, 80 far AZ temperature is con.
cerned, in the same latitude with noithern
and central Iowa, northern Illinois, Indi-
ana, Ohio, southern Wisconsin, Michigan
and New York, we can back the statement
with official reports from the general Sig
nal Office at Washington, based on weather
observations made for years at Dubuque
Winona. Des Moines, Omaha, Yankton,
Chicago and later ut Huron, where the
| government has signal Offices equipped
with the best Thermometers, barometers,
thermometers. etc., and where, as ut all
other signal Offices from Key West to Cape
Flattery and Los Angeles, Cal, to Angus
tn, Maine, observations Of weather are
taken six times a day.
South Dakota people do not insist that
the weather is never cold here, but they
do insist the weather becomes inst IN cold
in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, etc. Concern
ing the cold wave that paralyzed every
body from Manitoba to the Gulf states
during the first week In January, we will
only say that the minimum Thermometer
report from the Huron signal Office was
IS degrees below zero An ordinary ther-
mometer hanging In front Of the PRESS
ONCE regeristered 80 below. We are per.
fectly willing for people In the states &c
make their own romparisons
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
SALOON LICENSES,

The temperance question is a one sided
question altogether. 1t is not debstable
rs to whether IL is better that man should
poison his system with the arsenical con-
coction commonly known as bulge or rot
gut, or not. Running ones health of body
and mind by drinking the stuff is not all,
hard earned money is spent for IL thus
doubling the curse. and yet that is not all,
for ordinarily wife or a mother is
brought To eternal grief and woe, or at
least friend is mortified on account of
your drinking. No, the temperance ques-
tion is most emphatically one sided. The
action Of the Commissioners in forbidding
the granting of licenses to saloons after
the first of next July, of course receives
the hearty amen Of all good temperance
people throughout the land. However
the average human being is singularly
constituted creature. There is scarcely II
soul IN the land but will admit intemper-
ance is an evil and yet years of experience
shows that in spite of his better Judgment
he rather follows the usages and customs
Of society. Some do 80 from force OF al
inherited appetite. We should endeavor
TO be practical in dealing with this evil
Sentiment is not always effective i'll its
work, il it was, there would very soon be
no saloons. But We have got 10 deal with
man as We find him. 1t is fact that in
other localities where saloons were shut
off the spectacle Of drunken man ON the
street became commoner. Why? Because
some men will drink ii they can procure
the stuff and this they can do by sending
away to an adjoining county or by lying to
the druggist, but in procuring liquor this
way they get it by the bottle or keg and
having 30 much convenient it is simply
more convenient to get drunk. Ordinarily
such men, when they are in a saloon, will
not squander their mouey by the drink Of
ten enough TO get drunk. After all il may
not be the most iniudicious thing TO re-
quire license from the saloons and get
some benefit for the school fund. The
fact is nearly every state has a law either
prohibiting the sale Of Intoxicating liquors
or regulating the sale Of it in some way,
that has really become obsolete. In most
places where it is absolutely prohibited it
is sold on the sly. About the only effec-
tive method Of prohibiting the sale Of in
toxicating drinks is by congressional legis-
lation of the n.ost positive kind, make
prohibition universal and not have pro-
hibited in one state and for sale III the
other, for then it would be sold in both.
But a stin more effective method accord
ing to our notion is by education and per-
haps while We cannot have absolute prohi-
bition now let the liquor cause help Its
own downfall by paying round license
fee to promote education.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
LANDS FOR INDIANS.

Tho secretary Of the interior has pre-
sented bill to congress- to provide that
any Indian who desired in good faith TO
avail himself of the provisions Of the act
of March 3. 1875, extending the benefits
OF the homestead laws to Indians who are
unable to make a homestead entry by rea-
son Of poverty, such entry shall be allowed
without the payment Of fees and COM
missions; also, . bill providing for the al.
iotmsnt Of lands i'm sevemlty to the Arica-
rec, Grosvsntre and Mandan Indians on
the Fort Berthold Indian reservation In
Dakota, and the granting Of patents there
for. 1t appropriates $4,000 for survey
ing sufficient quantity o. land to permit
the allotment of 100 acres to each head OF
family. and eighty acres to each single
person over the age Of twenty-one years:
allotments 10 be selected by Indians un-
der direction Of their agent in rs compact
form ~ possible, due regard being paid to
the adaptabiiity OF the land for agricultur-
81 pnrposss. and $40. .O0o for the improve
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
HOMESTEAD AND PRE-EMpTIoN
STRAITS BILL

WASHINGTON. Jan 20.--A hill will he
introdus ed in the House tomorrow by
Mr. Strait, of Minnesota, TO meet the OBJ
jections to the pre-emption law and render
its entire repeal unnecessary, He thinks
the bill will meet with general favor, and
that it contains such restrictions as will in
sure its passage through Congress. IL
passed il would allow man who has ex-
hausted his right under the homestead
law to take claim under the pre-emption
law. There are" Major Strait says "a
great many men who have under adverse
circumstances lost their homestead claims.
They may have been sold out under mort
gage, and desire to move further west to
begin anew. The bill gives this class of
meu only under such circumstances the
right to take claim under the pre-emp-
ton law. There is also a clause in the
bill allowing man who has made reason
able Improvements to be off his claim from
the 18th of March to the 18th Of April, and
such absence shall not be taken as an in
tention on his part to abandon his claim.
We know in the early settlement it is diftl-
cult for man to get himself in condi-
tiou the first year to remain upon his
claim during the winter. There may be
no school advantages nesr his claim, and
for the sake of hls family he may desire
TO move into some village where they can
have the benefit of schools in the winter
and then move upon his claim in the
spring, but he must show sufficient
amount of improvements to satisfy the
department of his good intention before
he can be allowed to be of his claim dur.
ing the winter.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
HAND FOR GOVERNOR.

Various successors to the Office SO poor
~ managed by our present executive have
been brought forward by the newspapers
abroad a. we'll as at home. While sever
al good pieces Of home timber have been
mentioned there is no one that would so
precisely I'LL the bill for the PRESS as the
honorable, straightforward common-sense
man after whom our county is named,
0eorge H. Hand. He is an old citizen
and enjoys an unimpeachable record dur.
ing his eight years as Secretary Of the
Territory, has q practical experience that
would be OF vast benefit to himself and
the people, has witnessed the reign Of all
of our governors, been a close observer OF
the croakedness of the old gang, and is
anti ordway to the backbone. With
such material within our borders We see
no necessity Of importing carpet -baggers.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
THE SIOUX COMMISSION
1T REPORTS AT LAST.

WASHINGTON, ID. T. January lS.-The
Sioux commission has at last made
its report to the secretary of the in
terror. Copies of il ana Of the accom-
panying documents were made to-day, and
will be sent 10 the senate for the use of the
Dawes commission, who will then be able
to prepare their report to congress. 1t will
be observed that the work Of the commits
sion was largely entrusted 10 the inspector,
Rev. s. ID. Hinman, and that the COM
mission did not even meet the Indians in
coUncil. The report explains the course
pursued by the commission and their fail
ure to secure trtaty with the Indians
whereby part of their territory would be
ceded to the United States. The report
Was written at Yankton and dated Dec. 81
The commissioners say; The obtaining OF
the signatures of three-fourths of the
adult male Indians are required, was re-
garded by us work of detail. merely in
volving no new or special negotiations
but rather the clerical work Of taking the
names OF such Of them as, following the
example Of their leaders, might be willing
to sign. IL called for visits to the scat
tered camps and villages, and could be
done, it was thought, as well by one per-
son us by several and at less expense OF
time and money. The official interpreter
of the commission, Rev. s. d. Hinman,
being thoroughly acquainted with the
work done and to DE done. and being pos
sessed of such knowledge of the language
and customs of the Indians us to qualify
him admirably for the work, was, by ma
jority OF the commission and with your
approval, detailed TO visit the various
agencies and present the agreement anew
for signatures. His report shows that al
the Pine Ridge agency, first visited, he Sc
cured the assent 10 the agreement of 633
male Indians over the age of eighteen
years; that 30 refused through supersti-
ton either to assent or dissent. One hun
dred and fifty refused to assent; about
100 were absent OH a hunt, and about 80,
belonging to band which had been ou,
with Sitting Bull, refused to consider the
matter ut all on the ground that they were
strangers there, and without right to
take part in the negotiations. The num-
Der Of asserting Indians does not include
the eighty-fve chiefs and head men who
originally signed the agreement. OF the
100 absentees great many would doubt
less have assented, following the exam
pies of the bands to which they belonged,
and it was expected that OF the l56 refus-
ing assent many would eventually be won
over by the friends Of the majority.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23

Another triumph of mechanical skill is
the new ocean steamer lately finished
which it is believed will be able to cross
the Atlantic in the unprecedented time of
five days. The Chicago Journal gives the
following description of the vessel:
1.-The new Atlantic steamship of t. Q
Guion line-the Oregon sailed from
Liverpool last Saturday on her first trip to
New York. She is described as a magnifi-
cent ship. There is propriety in her
name, for the wood with which she is
finished grew in Oregon. 1t fs believed
that her boilers and engines are thej finest
ever constructed. She has been built to
cross the Atlantic in five days, and ON her
recent trial trip she ran at pate of speed
equal 10 553 miles in % hours; and no ship
ever vet made 500 miles in day"
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23

were supplied by sheets OF Tin, buckets Of
water-in short. everything that could be
transformed into a reflector. There were
towels, but they were of snch diminutiveness
that il was a svonder how they could lie
used and led to the suspicion that they were
only pocket handkerchiefs in a new role.
Combs and brushes were almost entirely dis
pensei with Standing room was not only
ut premum--the was absolutely mono TO
be had-and the man who happened TO neei
q charge OF costume was obliged TO dress
with his feet upon his warirobs
''How many men do you suppose make use
OF this tents" was asked OF the reporter by
his guide.
Fifty, mayb. sixty" replied the news
pap man, confidently.
Exactly 800" was tho Triumphant TO
joinder. Here is where they do all their
dressing au1 the scene you are witnessing
now is repeated every day and evening a
Performance is given throughout the SEQ
SON"
II should think" ventured the scribe,
''thai things get badly mixed sometimes in
your travels No wonder circus men are
profane and reput ed 10 have touch Of i'm.
morality" aud the reporter sighed as be
thought of the house-cleaning period
"Never have any such trouble. You sec
where these 800 trunks are now, ohi Well
those are the exact positions they have 10 b
in all the year round. II we moved 365 day,
in the year there wouldn't he the slightest
change"
"You don't mean this is always the caseF
hazaried the reporter.
'Of courss In big thing like this order
is the first law. TIE same tent is used; II I,
pitched in exactly the same position, ant
every trunk, box. bowl or what-not has il
own particular place, which, under no cir
! cumstances, Is changed. This is absolutel,
necessary in order to prevent confusion ana
loss of property. As 1t is, each man can gC
into the tens in the dark and pick out his owl
property. When the circus moves each ar
ticle is loaded by rule and unpacked with tn,
same precision. Things go on like clock
work aud there Is never any loss or delay. i
wouldn't be the same if there was less ret
tape, would tberem
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23

of the engravings, if not all, are made in
accordance with modern rules OF arial per-
spective, tlUng not always done in works
OF that century.
A singular fact Is that In the New Testa-
ment there are no enyravings until Revela-
tions is reached. The life of Christ had not
single scene, and the only representation
of Him Is where Ho appears to John in Rev
elations. The value OF the book is not far
from 81, COO. aud Mr.. Thompson is in COM
munication with parties east who wish to
.ha. y.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
The Grim. mor-elcss Monster.



Death Is once more stalking abroad through
the length and bread h of the land, laying its
bouy hand upon rich and poor alike, blowing
MS icy breath into tine nostriis OF the proud
and humble and SEALING With ITS awful kiss
the eyelids of ssnility anu youth. Grim mon
ster! whose Ie.norseless purpose no prayers
can avert, no tears hinder. and no promises
Deguile III content with the broken heart,
the desolate homes, the wrecked ambition,
the shattered idols, and the speechless miscries
with which thy hideous track is strewn, thou
hast like an ilIsltia.e thief, stolen noiselessiy
TO quiet, cheerful, happy hearthstoue,
piucked ;herefrom its sweetest, brightest or
naneut and tlad with IL 10 the dark confines
OF the Plutopian shore, leaving Catherine
Lewis to beat her breast, tear her hair, and
otherwise express her grief ut tine demise Of
her pet po odie coS.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23

ment Of the land and purchase OF oxen
and agricultural implements, The bill
further provides that the United States is
to hold the land in trust for twenty five
years for the benefit Of the Indian or his
heirs, and then convey to the Indian in
fee and free Of encumbrance; and that no
contract by the Indian allottee creating a
charge or eDcumbrnce on the land or
making it liable for payment thereof shall
he raid
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23

Last Thursday the people of Iowa form
ally dedicated their new State capitol at
Des Moines and seated Gov. Sherman in
the gubernatoriAl chair. Ths attendant
crowd was large and the ceremonies were
imposing. The chief feature OF the day
was the eloquent address Of Mr.. kasson,
whose brilliancy rs an orator is SO well
and 30 widely known.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23

Parties at Chamberlain last Wednesday
unearthed the fact that large body OF
land, twelve miles square aud containing
an aggregate Of 92,l60 acres of the best
land in Dakota, lying just north of Cham
berlain is not in the Sioux Reservation as
was supposed and is therefore open to set
tlement. More than twenty squatters
have houses in this locality, and parties
are pouring In to locate CLAIMS. 1t will
doubtless all be taken in less than n week.
How this large body Of land has been
overlooked so long is q mystery.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
0ssmark's Memories OF HIS student
Life.

Berlin Letter In London Tirues
When Prince Bsmark arrived at Gottineen
Oh his way TO Kissingsn, he found awaiting
him on the platform large crowd, including
the chief civil suthoTities aud the Hanover.
ian Corps," or club Of students. 1t was at
GottiHgen that Bismark himself first studied,
or rather was supposed to study, and IL was
while a member of the Hanoverisn corps
there that he fought about a score OF victor
ious duels. It was no wonder, then, at the
sight Of lbe "Hanoverians." in all their osten.
tatious wariike attire, acted upon the prince
as the souud Of drum and trumpet does upon
an obi disabled soldier.
According to Gottinaen newspaper. az
ter chatting fer some time from the carriage
window with the Burgermeistcr, who rA
minded the prince that be had presented hun
with the ireedom Of the city come years ago
the chancellor caught SIGHT of the students,
aud exclaimed: "Ah! there is the old we'll
known cap which I. too, wore long ago.
Ou noticing one member Of the corps with
an ugly slash on his face, he broke out: "Ah.
s.r, splendid q,,arte 5u: yoa cannot have
parried we'll" He then remarked that be
had not been in Gottingen for fifty years.
but he still knew and loved 70 see all the old
resorts round about, including the Carver"
ance with which young "Domnus lie Bis,
marck" more than once nearly made. The
prince was quick TO recognize the colors oi
other clubs represented on the platform, and
RECALLED the Burgermeister with "reminiscences
Of bis student days
Il was noticed that he wore large pair Of
spectacles, and that " hen he raised his sonr
brero--he never travels in his favorit4 I'M.
dress cuirassier uniform temples still
bore clear traces of his late severe attack Of
jaund:ce. He said that he had been hong III,
and was still sorely a,ling, and would be glad
when he got 10 ki>sengen, wberS he meant TO
stay from four To- SIX weeka A. the train
moved away the Burgermetsser called for
three laundering cheers by the Gottingen
students for the man who founded the Ger
man empire, and for Gottingens greatest
citizenh--an appeal which 10 Is needless to Say
was responded Ia As only hero worshipplng
youth coald respond.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1884-01-23
What The, Eat ia Sew England.

People in New England eat cold food much
moro than we do south. The cold pie Is a
universal diet Housewives bake weeks
pies at a time and use them every meal
Cold sweet doughnuts aud coffee are gen.
eral breakfast dish. Less hot biscuits are
used than with US, cold bread being eaten in
stead. The staple dishes for dinner are roast
bcef, boiled potatoes and squash Very little
warm food is eaten at supper.