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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
THE VALUE OF TREES.
Sure to Make An Annual Increase in the
Price OF the Farm.

Price OF the Farm.
Plant first an abundant and diverse
supply Of fruit trees for home use, for
there is as much profit in this as In
those planted for sale, but plant
neither unless you intend to cultivate
and feed them. 1t is useless and
wasteful to do otherwise. When about
to put out fruit trees do not wait for
some lying agent to come along and
tell you what you van and ask you a
high price for them, but study trust
worthy catalogues and search out the
best varieties and send for them.
Neither is it policy ever to buy sec
onds, even for the sake OF saving a
few cents. They take up as much
room, grow more slowly and noun
to less in the end.
The city fathers provide shady parks
and sheltered streets, but many a
farmer plants his house in the open
field and gives his wife and children
not a single tree. Does he never long
for the shade and the grass himself
after his long stay in the sunny field?
Let there be a thought of the beauty
Of it, if there is no signing for comfort.
Oaks are hard to transplant, but the
pin oak and the swamp oak are ex-
captions. Nearly all birches and ma
pies are easily removed. Set them
about the dooryard and for shade ir
the %barnyard, that they may lend an
air of thrift and foresight to the home.
While at it, place some Of them that
they may grow in a convenient place
and order for the swinging of ham
mocks for the children.
You may not live to cut the wood,
but plant an acre or more of timber on
| your farm every year, anyway. They
will make an annual increase in the
value Of your place. In twenty-five
years an acre of timber, if of the right
varieties, can be made to equal in
vaulue an ordinary tifty-acre farm.
Select kinds suitable to your latitude,
plant eight fee apart, give clean cul-
tivation, and do not thin out until
there are some fit for use.-Connecticut
Farmer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
A ROSE WHIST PARTY.
Novel Idea for n Social Evening-Dainty
Prizes Given Pertaining to the Rose.

novel IDEA Tor n social Eventng-Datnty
Prizes Given Pertaining to the Rose.
Any novel idea which will help to
solve that difficult question of how to
entertain a number of guests is always
a welcome suggestion, and one very
pretty form of entertainment is a rose
whist party.
To begin with, the invitations are
sent out on pale pink paper, and an
nounce that rose whist is to be the or
der of the evening. The game played
is that familiar one of progressive
whist, with the exception that each
player keeps account for herself of all
the red cards which are taken, and
nothing else is counted. When the
time is up for the fortunate player who
holds the most red cards takes the first
prize, while the one who has the least
gets the ''booby."
The prizes should all be something
pertaining to the rose. Numerous ar
ticles can be thought of, such as rose
bowls, rose candlesticks, rose sachets,
bottles of rose perfume, bonbonnieres
with candied rose leaves, etc. Upon
each table are placed four full-grown
La IdICC VI htTulcJ FUSES, WIN long
stems and green leaves, as well as a
dainty dish filed with pink and white
bonbons. Each player also has a
tally card of pink paper and a pink
pencil attached for keeping the
score.
The ices served are pink and white,
and the supper table should be grace
fully draped with pink ribbons, with
rose petals strewn about on the cover.
In fact, roses in profusion should be
everywhere, and the lights should be
softly shaded in pink.
This can be made a very pretty form
OF amusement, and ones own ingenui-
ty could suggest many more features
to make it a great success. 1t would
be an added attraction if the hostess
were dressed in a rosepink gown
Chicago Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
Winter Work In the Garden.

Because frost has destroyed most Of
the flowers and the tender vegetables,
it does not follow that all garden work
for the season is ended. There is yet
much to do; in fact, there are but few
days in the year that some work in
the garden cannot be probably done.
We do not always work for the pres
ent only, and quite al much depends
upon u preparations as upon making
of our gardens. To be ready when the
time come with all our plans and APP.
pliances is to find the garden nearly
completed. The first garden requisite
is manure, which should be furnished
with a liberal hand and long before
wanted. in order hat it NAV become
thoroughly composted. In this state
too much cannot we'll be employed,
and in this STATE IL must be FIR root
crops in order to have them smooth as
well as del ca te In aavoT.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
ABOUT STREET PAVING.
Pro Expenditure for the Next Dec
ade Over a Billion Dollars.


1t is only in American cities having a
population of more than TO- 900 that
less than one-third of the total length
Of streets has been paved in any man
ner. If the construction of new pave
ments on the remaining "a, S3S miles of
streets in such cities proceeds as rap
idly as now seems probable, the eX-
penditures for this work for the next
ten years will aggregate upward of
81, 000, 900, 900. 1t is doubtful if more
than go per cent. of the streets of these
cities would then be we'll paved.
All calculations of the economies
and profits of paved streets fail TO en-
compass the sun involved that is tan
gible in character. The benefits of
better sanitary conditions, with the
consequent productiveness resulting
from good health, the saving of ex-
penses for medicines and the profess
sional services of physicians; the pro-
longing in some cases of lives that
might succumb to the deleterious in
f1uences inherent in bad streets-all
are incalculable; nor can be estimated
the far reaching results of the retard-
ed development of a city, due to fail
ure to provide good streets.
The common mistake of regarding
the cost of a street pavement as a mere
ly luxurious expense, rather than as a
profitable Improvement, has, more
than anything else. deferred the work
of putting the roadways Of our Amer
lean cities and towns in proper condi-
ton, and, 1t should be added, has him
dered progress and prosperity i'm
measurably. 1t has also had a mis-
chievous influence, when coupled with
false ideas of economy, in causing
more cheapness in cost to become with
a deplorably large number of people
the main desideratum when they find
that paving cannot longer be deferred.
A record of the failures hat it has in
evitably led to, since the beginning of
experiments in ~road-making, would
tell about all of the history OF paving
that is worth knowing. - Landscape
Architect.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
X UP LEAVES.

A Continuance which, Although Simple,
Is Very Effective.
] gather several tons of leaves for
bedding, annually, and am using a de-
vice which, while very simple, l con-
slider better than any fork. 1t con-
sists of a sheet of burlap Of heavy
sheeting, about v feet square,
nailed on two opposite edges to heavy
laths. as shown in the cut. To use it,
the cloth is laid upon a heap of leaves,
the middle of each lath is grasped and
the laths are then brought together
under the heap, thus inclosing more
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
No Substitutes

For Royal Baking Powder. The Royal"
is shown by all tests, official, scientific, and prac-
tical, stronger, purer, and better in every way
than all other Baking Powders. Its superiority
is privately acknowledged by other manufac-
turers, and we'll known by all dealers.
If some grocers try to sell another baking
powder in place of the Royal" it is because of
the greater profit. This of itself is good evidence
ofthe superiority of the Royal" To give greater
profit the other must be a lower cost powder, and
to cost less it must be made with cheaper and
inferior materials, and thus, though selling for the
same, give less value to the consumer.
LOOK with suspicion upon every attempt to palm off
upon you any baking powder in place of the
"Royal." There is no substitute for the Royal"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
WANTS BETTER ROADS.
Sound Ideas Expressed by the Governor
of Massachusetts

Sound Ideas Expressed by the Governor
of Massachusetts
Broad, durable and convenient roads,
the great and important of
internal commerce, are the natural
outcome of advancing civilization.
The development of street railroads
and the desire for physical culture
and pleasure. as demonstrated by the
increasing interest in the use Of the
bicycle, by the cultivation of horse
manship and by the growing apprecia-
ton of rational pedestrianism, afford
abundant evidence of the Importance
Of good highways. Towns and coun-
ties are connected by roads, and all
our citizens, regardless CT classified
ton, are free to enjoy the privileges
they offer. The highways are the
property of no nan or set OF men, but
on the contrary are open to all persons
who see fit to use them in a decent and
orderly ann
Our public highways, so called, are
main thorOughfares used not only To-
cally, but to large extent for through
travel, and consequently the mainte-
nance Of them becomes & question of
general interest. Such being the case,
I believe the aim of the commonwealth
should be to contribute as literally as
possible to the construction and care
of highways. Furthermore, it is i'm
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
SHEET FOR GATHERING LEAVES.

than a sugar barrel solid full at each
haul. They are carried to the wagon
(upon which a very roomy box has been
constructed) and dropped in by simply
separating the laths. My box is about
SX5x11 feet, and will probably hold
more than half a ton, when properly
tramped down. One person should
load while another tramps the leaves
and drives the team.-Rural New
Yorker.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
If Santa Claus

Were bilious he wouldn't be the jovial friend
of little boys and girls that he is. Bilious
people are cross. They ought to take Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters and Danish the bile
from their blood and their tempers at one
and the same time. The Bitters is an in
fallible preventive of malarial, kidney and
rheumatic ailments, and triumphs over dys.
pepsia and ~rvousne 1t regulates the
bowels without gripping them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
5000 to California

Is price OF double berth in Tourist Sleeping
Car from Minneapolis on the famous
"Phillips-Rock Island Tourist Excursions {"
Through cars on fast rains leave Minneap-
oils Tuesdays via Kansas City, TT. Worth
and FL Paso, a superb southern route
Write for particulars TO y. PHILLIPS q Co,
1l3S Guaranty Loan Bldg, Minneapolis.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, q. =. A, Chicago.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

"GoOD afternoon, Mrs. Northside," said
the caller, rising to his feet as the mistress
of the house entered the parlor. ''Oh, Mr..
Birmingham" replied the lady, "why didn't
you send up your namel The maid said a
gentleman asked to see me, and here it is
only your Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27
Mothers, When Your Children

Take cold and are sick With a Cough or
Group, give them Aliens Lung Balsam YOU
will be pleased with the result. 1t contains
no opium and its action is expectorant,
causing the phlegm to rise and the infiamed
membrane to heal rapidly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

REPoTTING of plants becomes neces-
sary at intervals for two reasons,
namely, the plant uses up the availa-
bl" fertility in the soil and fills the pot
W.lh roots.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

"YoU'D better discharge that new writer
he can't spell" you are mistaken we
nave merely discovered Il great dialect &c.
MUS. Atlanta Constitution.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

EMPHATIC-"He is a freshman, isn't hen'
remarked a girl at the football game. "He
is" replied her companion, 1.-THE freshest |
ever saW.n-Detroit Free Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

CoNDUcToR-'How old are you, little
girl?" Little Girl-''lt the company doesn't
object | prefer to pay my fare and keep my
own statistics. "-Vogue.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

TEACHER "Now, Charley, tell us whatyou
wear lem in their pants. HARLEM Life.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

How My THROAT HURTs!-Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of H%Orehound and Tara
Pike Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine.-F. M. ABBOTT, $3.50
Seneca ST., Buffalo, N. Y, May 9, 1894.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1894-12-27

IT takes a lot of pluck to get all the feaJh
ers of an ostrich Philadelphia Record.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
olIArrEl. ron WOOL GnowEl,s.

.
Whnt the Farmers lave Lost by thu
Democratic Agitation For Free Wool.
Tho Decline In Prices.
EtlS York 7ri5uht y.
The fall In the price OF wool during
the last year ha, boon 80 per cent. To
tho farmers Of tho country this means
u loss Of about $4,000, 900 In tho value
Of their wool, II there wero not other
and even greater losses resulting from
depreciation III the vnluo OF ,holr
tlocks, and enforced slaughter OF sheep
to escape continuing loases in tho iu.,
ture. Nor Is this the whole loss which
they have to charge TO tho change OF
national policy. Strictly speaking, the
depression III tho price OF wool dates
from tho election Immediately following
the passage OF tho Mckinley tariff bill.
Tho overwhelming majorlties given at
that timo for free trado party pro-
duccd at once tho conviction that the
new tariff would DO overthrow
rs speedily as possible, and that wool
would DO placed on tho free list, nc.
SVAuthR ~ LuO bGllOGtullG nlutlUtH.
From that timc purchases OF wool wore
retarded BY tho belief that the price
was likely to be seriously depressed by
tho overthrow Of protective duties.
Tho average 104 grades and qualities
quoted by Coates Brothers, OF philadcl-
phia, was 25.3 cents November !, 1890,
whom tho election was at baud which
resulted in tho remarkable victory OF
Democrats and Populists. On tho LIST
OF January, 1894, tho same grades and
qualities OF wool averaged In tho same
market 1888 cents per pound, so that
tho decline during that period was n
little over 81 per cont. The following
table shows the quotations on tho 1st OF
each months, according 10 tho circulars
OF Coates Brothers, tho figures given
being in all cases tho average of lo4
quotations.: H.#
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Tho White Star Limo fro!ghtsr Coyic,
which sailed from Now York for Liver.
pool last week, carried tho largest cargo
over shipped from that port. Beside
IA, 900 bushels Of grain the cargo con-
tanned 500 head Of cattle. 5000 bales OF
cotton, 1000 barrels Of oil, 1000 bundles
Of hidce and other articles III largo guam.
titles. srtl1E r
Tho immigration department OF tho
Dominion Of Canada hRs determined to
pursue n vigorous policy tho coming
year to increase Its population. Agents
will DO sent into tho western states to
induce farmers and others to sct.lo In
tho Canadian northwest. p
Recent cases OF typhoid ha 70 lcd TO
Investigations which show that tho
water OF Niagara Falls mud river 10 so
contaminated by Buffalo and Tonawan-
do sewage as to DO dangerous to uso for
drinking.
Tho killing Of any bison, buffalo, quail
or Chinese pheasant Is forbidden by
law In Montana for ten years, and tho
killing OF any moose, elk, otter or beaver
for ak years alter March l, 1893. e
Clothier bees cover their nesta OF eggs
with cloth made from tho woody
fiber Of plants, and thus preserve their
young from sudden changes Of tompor-
ature.
An cight.and.a.half pound sweet pc.
tato is the product OF Palm Springs
(Cal.) farm.
Tho planet of Neptune has the long.
est year. consisting Of more than 10000
OF our days. ~
The bulk OF tho river Amazon equals
that OF $50 rivers tho size OF the
Tames.! lssl
Tho law of Missouri prescribcs that
jurors shall be Sober and intelligent"
Idiot once meant a child, and was
used in an atIectionate style Of address.
Tho English language is spoken to.
day by about l0o,0Oo,00O people.
Indianapolis claims 10000 inhabit-
ants, HNa'. r.0 -N I..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
AN ENGLISH SOLDIER.
He Wants 10 Talk TO the Amerl-
can People. n.
And Ho Is Full OF Very Interesting
"reminiscences
Hc Tells tho Story Which Interests
Him Most Of All.

Hero havery iutOrestIns story told by a man
who has served In tho English army, aud knows
by sad experience the sulOrlngs Of soldiers
lie. hut no has hal a greater trial than even
this, Several years ago no determined TO come
10 America.
lilo has since become widely known through
out the city oil Lawrence. Mass, whore he hastor
several years resided, At 49, broadway. 10 Ia q
prominent Odd Follow. This well.known gem
tlcmau Is Nr. John Mathcr, aud he expresses his
feelings IN the following letter;
Fourteen years ago began to have bad palms
IN the small OF my back. consulted different
doctors but was unable to get my relief. My
nerves began to give way undcr tho terrible
strain, aud l went from bad TO worse. 3
II kept up as long Us 1t was possible and final
ly was obliged 10 dispose OF my stock and close
OH. my business IwAS so weak that could not
Ut Ten pounds and my hands tromblcd and
shook us II hntthc palsy.
"For two years was unable to do any work
and suffered torture with the pains In my back
which tho doctors pronounced rheumatism. Ny
nerves wcro In such state that could not take
hald OF anything, rs l could not keep 1t in my
hands, but would drop It. MN
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08

"Ge1pccted TO die. and have no doubt but for
the aid OF DR.. Greene's Ncrvura blood and nerve
remedy should have been in my grave. by tho
advice OF a druggist, I began taking the Nervura
and at once noted tho change. The pains left
me, and my nerves seemed to be greatly
strengthened. In
II continued taking tho medicine, and soon
my hand, stopped trembling and was nbio to
80 TO work. To-day am well man and eau
do hard days work. Ny rheumatism is on.
tisely cured andsmy hands arc as steady as n
rock l have the greatest faith In DR.. Greeno's
Ncryura blood and nerve remedy and an glad to
be able TO give any one tho benefit OF my cxpc.
rience. cheeriully recommend 1t, and am con.
tldcnt that twill do NIL that Is claimed for It"
Mr.. Mather Is most enthusiastic In his praise Of
this wonderful medicine, forit has saved is life
Think OF 1t sufferers everywhere, you who arc
bowed down with tho sorrows OF sickness. II
you will but take this great medicine. Dr.
,Grcenos Neryura blood and nerve rcmcdy, you
will BIO cured It Is purely vegetable and harm.
less. DR.. Greene, It's dScovcrcr. Is our most sue.
ccss!ul physician in curing all nervous and
chronlc diseases. lie eau DO consulted free OF
charge, personally or by letter. ut his office. IS
West. Fourteenth street, New York City.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-08
PERSONAL POINTS.

Cornelius Vanderbilt works MS hard
and as regularly as the average poor
man. He is at his desk at tho Grand
Central station Mt 10 o'clock every
morning, and is kept busy until late.
At night there is always something to
doif he has no social engagement. lie
watches every detail OF the thousands
OF miles Of road controlled by his family.
Crispi, tho italian statesman, is worth
$1,000 900, amassed in politics and in the
law. He is now seventy-iour years old.
Out of respect to his digestion he eats
sparingly, but he drinks great deal Of
milk, 4 glass OF which usually forms his
entire breakfast.
Probably the only millionaire police
officer in this country is Henry II.
FaSon, Of Quincy, Mass, who has been
appointed by Mayor Hodges, OF that
city. Mr.. Faxon, who serves without
pay, assists the city administration in
enforcing the liquor laws.
James Schouler's "History OF the
United States Under the Constitution"
is 10 be enlarged by a&sixth volume, de-
scribins the civil war period and Presi-
dent Lincoln's administration.
I. Marion Crawford's now book is to
BIO illustrated by Alfred Brennan. This
and the novel which is to follow it will
deal with the fortunes OF iamily OF
New Workers.
Elihu Thompson, who is looked upon
in New England as Edison's rival, in
vented IN electrical machine when he
was boy ofthirteen.
I A new translation OF Cicero's orations
is being being made by Luther Latin
Mills, of Chicago. who is something OF a
Cicero himself.
Rev. 7. S: Tying, of Japan. president
Of st. Paul'a university Of Toxic, is in
this country visiting friends.
William II. ,Hayne, the poet, is now
living in Atlanta, where he ia engaged
in literary work.