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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
NORMAL SCHOOL NEEDS.
state Board Discusses Legislative
Appropriations.

Appropriations.
st. Paul, Dee. 12.-rhe state normal
school board met at the state capitol.
All the memberS were present except
Mr.. Clark Of MankatO and Mr.. Grinde-
land of Warren. Authority was grant
ed TO the 81. Cloud normal to give free
tuition for one year 10 pupils attending
the kindergarten. The committee Oh
legislation was authorized to prepare
and have printed FOR tie use OF the
legislature a statement of the work
and needs Of the normal schools, the
expense Of printing not to exceed 800.
The requirements of the schools were
considered. st. Cloud wants money to
complete its dormitOry and Winona
also wants a new dorm tory. The peo-
pie of Duluth have donated a five
acre tract and want money for the
erection Of n normal school building.
The board favors these propositions,
but the improvements will depend on
the size Of the appropriation by the
legislature. The MOOrhc"d school is
satisfied with what it received two
years ago and Mr.. ComstCck stated
that Moorhead would not ask for any
thing this year. The NaukatO school
was also reported il good condition
and will not ask for any extraordinary
appropriations.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
CONGRESS.
seven war Claims Favorahly ActeG
Ihon Ia Committee in the House.

N"H 'Aitshs t'aNOrDhiy ActeE
Iron In Committee in the House.
Washington, Dec. Il. 49, Seven war
claims carrying an aggregate of SIS
fot were tavOrably acted upon by Tho
committee Of the whole in the house.
as follows: To pay Peter Cook of Ar
kaLS2s' 1894 for stores and supplies
USED by the federal troops: to pay A.
i. Burditt So. 1870 for the use of the
steamer Matte during the war: to pay
flora a. Darling SJ,GS3 in satisfaction
OF her claims for arrest and imprison-
ment and the seizure Of her PROPERTY
at New Orleans III 1864; to correct the
muster of Francis A. Benton as a
captain OF the Fourth United States
colored cavalry and pay him accord
Ing; to pay John A. Lynch $3.50 for
services as assistant quartermaster at
cincinnati in 1862, and TO refer the
claims OF Maj. James Stewart, L. S. A..
retired for longevity pay to the court
OF claims. Only the first two. howev-
er, were passed by the house. as Mr..
Dalzell Of Pennsylvania made an at
tack on the bill for the relief of Mrs.
Flora A. Darling and developed the
fact that she WAS the wife of n Cen.
federate general, a fact not brought
out In the original debate on the
measure. The result was that a point
OF no quorum was made on his motion
to lay the bill on the table aid it went
over.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
HIGHLY Connected.
a Mar VIVA HAS himself Fallen to n
Very Low EIs.Htc.

A Man Wha HAS Rimsrif Fallen to n
Very Low EStntc.
Portland. Or. Dec. 12.-JOhn +. FL
lott. a nan with Il rru arkable history,
whose brother is Il peer Of the English
realm, has been arrested in PCniiatDu
for forging & check FOR $50. Elliott
was found almost nude and suffering
from delirium trCmeaS. and while in
Jail tried repeatedly to commit suicide.
His brother, Sir Henry Elliott, is now
governor Of onp OF the laritiSh posses
sloES in Africa. Where are located
enormously rich gold miues, recently
developed. He was formerly English
ambassador in Madrid, Berlin, Vienna
and was ambassador in Constantinople
when the Turko-ltussian war broke
out. Elliutts brother-in-law is now
lieutenant governor Of Manitoba. His
uncle, Sir Gilbert Elliott, was years
ago speaker of the house OF commons
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
False Witnesses.

There are knavcs now and then met with
who represent certain local bitterS and
poisonous stimuli as identical with or Jos.
sessing properties akin 10 those OF Hos
letters stomach Bitters. These Scamps
only succeed in fostering their trashy COM
pounds upon people unacquainted with the
genuine article. which IS as much their
opposite az day Is to night. Ask and take
no substitute for the grand remedy for
malaria, dyspepsia, constipation, rheuma
tism and kidney trouble.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
IILLED HIS
CauscI the Arrest OF Tramps an,
Then COnfessea Himself.

CauscI the Arrest OF Tramps and
Then COnfesses Himself.
Webster City, Iowa, Dec. l.. - The
thirteen-year-old son Of A. T.. Palmer
was shot and fatally wounded a few
days ago. His brother. eleven years
of age, was present at the time. The
story was told that two tramps called
at the house and begged breakfast.
While the elder was preparing the
meal for them ne turned and was con-
frOnted by a revolver in the hands Of
one Of the e who shot him. The
younger brother ran. and claims thus
to have escaped. The boy has now
confessed to doing the shooting when
brought to identify the tramps ar
rested for the act.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
Old Vesuyius Wakes I'm

Old Vesuvius has begun grumbling
again and splitting out fire and ashes.
For more than eighteen months the
grim old volcano kept quiet, and the
people Of Naples, Italy, who are al
ways more or less afraid Of its erup-
lions, began to think that it had gone
out. But 1t was only taking Il nap;
now it has walked up, and down its
sides two streams of boiling lava are
flowing, and some Of the settlers on
the mountain may yet have to flee for
their lives. a fussy old volcano isn't
a pleasant thing TO live neighbor to, it
II!
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
Failing.

Mr.. Figg-I have called to get some
thing done for my boy, Tommy. Per
haps you can prescribe without going
to the house.
DIR. Bowless-What are the synip-
toms! How is the appetite?
Mr.. Flgg-That is just what called
TO see you about. He has got so for
the last two OF three days that he
doesn't eat more than twice as much
as ! 10. -Indianapolis Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
An UuchanGcl Opinfou

you may call Mr.. Bicycles egotistic
and conceited, if you choose" she said,
"but there's one trait that | admire in
him. He always gives his wife credit
for possessing excellent judgment. l
don't think that's very egotistical."
Yes. it is" her husband replied.
lie does that because she selected
him when she Observation-Disclosures
Star,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

We'll" remarked the wife Of the
man who had changed his mind about
coming down to congress, you have a
clear conscience, anyhow"
II know that was the cOmfOrtlesS
reply, but a clear conscience isn't
what | was running for."-Washington
Star.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
The wheel njlu't Cnf

Happened to see your wife on n
wheel yesterday. If | remember, |
heard you declare you would never al
low her to ride
Yes. | know. But she had a chance
to trade off her pug dog for a wheel,
and thought | would choose the least
evil."-lndianapolis Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
Maud Ethcrs Cheek WAS All Right

Aunt Sophronia-And that is what
you call a rational bicycle costume, is
ftg II went cut in the streets with a
rig like that, / would be ashamed to
show my face.
Maud Ethel-So would l if | had a
face like yours.-Indianapolis Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
Serving T'wo Masters.

"Jibway's wife seems to have him
pretty well under control
Yes: the only time Jibway is not
under the influence OF his wife is when
he is under the influence of liquor
Indianapolis Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

Dawson, n. d., Dee. IL. - Michael
Eberl, an old resident near this place.
committed suicide. He was formerly a
well-to-do business I Of Wisconsin.
Business reverses are said to be the
cause Of the rash act.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
A True ~SpecinlfSt.

He's a throat specialist, isn't heT"
Yes: l went to see him two weeks
after my throat began to trouble me,
and he said l ought to have gone two
months before l did."-Puck.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
She Is NOtNew

He-I have vowed, Miss Manyears,
that l will never marry a new woman.
She-And who can blame you? I'm
a great deal older woman than | look"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

1T is claimed that love levels all
things" sighed Mrs. Grumpey.
But no one in the world ever saw
a lover with a level head" sneered
Grumpey.-Detroit Free Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

She-Whom would you rather be If
you were not yourself?
He-IOu.
She-Why?
HHe-BecauSe | would know | could
have me if | wanted me.-Puck.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
ArtIessly Responsible.

She-My parrot says some awful,
clever things.
Iie-And who taught it to talk?
oh, | did."--YOEkerS Statesman.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

At the Savoy, London. on Oct. 81, 81
Arthur Sullivan conducted the 1,037th per
Torrance in London Of The Mikado."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

l believe my prompt use Of Piso's Cure
prevented quick cOusumpion.-Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kan, Dec. II, 90.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

IT. stopped free and permanently cured. No nj
after first days use of Dir. ISline's Gre> . Nery,
RestOrer. Free So trial bottle and Treatise.
Send TO DIX. KLINE, ISL Arch ST., Philadelunia. Pa
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

One-tbird Of Kansas population was born
In the States OF Illinois, Indiana. Michigan,
Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
The Effects of Yachting

Yachtsman lat table in yacht club
house)-Is Smitherton's yacht laid up
yet?
Second Yachtsman (ditto)-No; but
Smitherton is.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

Although we have
gu ffered FRO IN a
fire In our Up
Town store, at 7l7-
Tlg Nicollct ".
T'hursd ny, We arc
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
Druggists refund the money IL itfails TO cure. 25e
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

Hegemap's Camphor Ice with GIycerins.
The original and only genuine. Cures ChappCd Hands
and Face, Cold Sores, &c. c. G.. CLARK CO., \, Haven. CT.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17
Mys. ,Vinsio,y's Soothing Syrup
An Exception.

For 'h'LIe en- teeihing. sostens ~theguIns, reduces Intiam
ma,iol, aliays pam, cures wind colo. Is cents q bottle
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-17

We have also ARA nged temp0ar quarters next doorto SO coet Aw at $40 Ncauet
and you will ind everything in our unlimited lines as usual You will m just as promp
attentions as befoe. II The following dialogue n, receipt 2 cense each to "a
Bugges Gutter an Team BobC Catalogue Drug Catalogue, Stove Catalogue. Send Is cents
m our Gopare supply Catalogue containing Gao pages m over one hundred thousand
'u' anu p""~ v" e @. RoIsEkT"' SUPPLY HOUSE, Minneapolis, Minn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10
Quickly Over,

An amusing little story is told of the
summary way in which President Hop
kins of Williamstown once disposed
of the case of student at the college.
The young man had been married a
short time previous to entering the col
lege, and was led to fear that this fact
might debar him from enjoying some OF
the privileges Of the institution. Ac-
cordingly, in great state Of perturba-
ton, he called to see President Hop
kins, who received him with much cor
diality.
After some conversation, during
which the young man suffered agonies
Of suspense, knowing what he must
say, he at last managed to stammer,
with crimson face, apropos of some
thing entirely Irrelevant:
Ell am a married mani!
"Ah," said President Hopkins, smil-
ing at him with great benignity, $50
am t.
And there the students trouble and
perplexity ended. Save that the presi-
dent sometimes inquired for his wife,
his much dreaded statement had no con
sequences whatever.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10
FINANCIAL DEFINITIONS.

In response to many inquiries as to the
meaning of expressions commonly used in
the discussion of issues involved in this
campaign, the Press has prepared the
following brief table of terms and equiv
alents:
Free Coinage.
The melting and stamping into
money, without charge for the serv-
ice, of all silver bullion brought to
the minis.
Sixteen to One.
The ratio sought to be maintained
by law, according to which sixteen
ounces of silver shall equal in value
one ounce of gold.
Commercial Ratio.
The ratio of actual value, the rate
at which gold and silver can be ex-
changed. 1t is now thirty-one ounces
of silver to one of gold.
Sound Money.
currency Of which every dollar
is exchangeable at par with the
standard dollar of the country-in
this country gold dollar.
The Gold Standard.
The measure of value adopted by
the leading nations of the world as
q basis for their currency-the coin
gold in which all obligations are
finally redeemable.
A Fifty Cent Dollar.
One which, owing to the deprecia-
ton Of silver, is intrinsically worth
only this amount, and maintains Its
face value only by reason Of the gov
ernment's pledge to keep 1t at par
ity with gold
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10
How will They Vote +?

The result OF the coming election Will
depend upon the vote of the farmers and
be, for they, more than any other class,
are vitality interested in the outcome.
They, therefore, should examine care
fully the proposition which the Demo-
cratic-Populist platform offers them, and
they should vote on it with a. full knowl-
edge of its conditions and it's inevitable
consequences.
The Democratic platform proposes free
and unlimited coinage or silver. This
means for the workingman that the dol
lar which he receives today will purchase
only one-half of what it now purchases.
1t means that the seller of commodities
will demand payment for them on a gold
basis. That is to say, he will accept sill
yer, but he will require twice as much of
Moreover, he and all other employers of
labor will pay wages In silver, so that
no wage-earner will have as much pur-
chasing power as he has today. This
applies to every wage-earner in the Unit
ed States, whether he. be a day laborer,
a foreman, superintendent, a salaried
partner or president of company.
Now, how will this affect the farmer?
Since the pay of wage-earners will be
worth in the market only half what it is
now worth, the consumption of the en-
ployed class-and this class forms the
great purchasing element of our country
will be cut down one-half. They will
be compelled to get along on half the
flour, half the meat and half the clothes
that they now consume. There will be
no escape from this, because their earn
ings will buy only half what they will
buy now There will be, accordingly,
diminished demand for all food products,
and every farmer knows that when there
is no demand for wheat, corn, potatoes
and other products, he cannot sell his
crops.
Furthermore, every holder of a mort
gage on farm will either demand a
renewal of the mortgage on a gold basis
or he will foreclose at the earliest OPP
portunity. If he renews the mortgage
on a gold basis he will require twice as
much interest in silver as he now re-
ceives. If he cannot get this he will
forecose and take the farm in order to
avoid receiving deprecated currency
in payment of interest and principal.
The wage-earner, therefore, would re-
ceive only half what he now receives.
The farmer could not sell his crops, and,
in addition, would lose his farm.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver
means the robbery of the wage-earner
and the farmer. Will they vote for their
own destruction or will they vote for
Protection, which will increase the de-
mand for labor, and, consequently, the
who are employed always consume more
than men who are unable to find work?
Will they vote for a financial system
that will rob them or will they vote for
a sound currency that will give to every
man to whom a dollar is due a full, hon.
est dollar worth 100 cents in every mar
ket in the world?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10

proves that whenever production mas
been stimulated by the imitation of prices
it has invariably been overdone. Collapse
has always followed, usually attended
by panic, and multitudes have suddenly
been thrown out of employment-to stay
out until at snairs pace consumption
has overtaken production once more.
These spasm of production with in
tervals of stagnation are about the worst
thing possible for labor. The best thing
is the utmost steadiness compatible with
industrial progress, and that is attain
able only under stable monetary
standard and system.
Trihing with the standard is something
that no workingman should counte
nance for moment The toilers of
England learned that long ago, and to-
day they warn their American brethren
against the seductive wiles of the sill
verites who seek to degrade the stand
ard.-Chicago Chronicle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10
CHAPTER II.

"Soon, soon, mother. 1t shall be finish
ed soon. l cannot tell exactly when, but
not very far off. l see the end Of my la
bors, the reward Of all my study, the fruit
Of all my life," said the voice of the
hunchbacked dwarf.
about the clock" said Mrs. Leigh.
"You were going to tell me what new
wonders you have added to it, and when
the browning wonder of all was to be
fixed"
''Oh, ay, the clock. Of course. Moth
er, when l sell my unrivaled clock, I'll
give up living in the city and come down
here to you and become private gentle
man.
''But why can't you come down and
stop here always, my Oscar? Surely
your clock could be brought to Midway"
Dear dear mother, I cannot move the
clock You forget how large it is. / have
told you over and over again it would
half ill this room. Besides, I have other
business in the city / cannot leave just
now l will come as soon as ever l can.
You may take my word for that. l was
Gus clock. Let ME see. What have
already told your
"Oh, it was too wonderful to remember.
Tell me over again.
''Very we'll To begin with, it will. of
course, measure time first Of all. That
is the principal and easiest thing to con-
trive. It will show the year, the month,
the day of the month, the day of the
week. the hour Of the day, the minute Of
the hour. the second Of the minute. the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10
DELUSIVE PROMISES.
Trifling with tho Currency Should Not
be Tolerated by Workingmen.

The silver orator of the vacant lot tells
his audience that free coinage would
make money plenty, that if we had more
money prices would rise and that it
prices should rise there would be great
demand for labor at higher wages.
AS to that, in the first place, free coin
age would not make money more plenty
for considerable time. The first effect
would be to drive every dollar of gold
we have out of use, and that would leave
us with about one third less of what
passes for money than we now have.
All experience, as well as reason, proves
that this would be the first effect, even
if silver and other currency should fall
no more than l per cent. below gold.
But suppose free coinage should give
us more money, how would the man who
works for wages get any more of it?
He has no silver bullion costing him SO
cents per ounce to take to the mint and
get made into dollars for his own use at
the rate of $1.30 to the ounce.
The mine owner can rake Off that fine
profit of 81 cents an ounce, but no man
who works for wages can do it, no not
even the man who digs out the ore in
the mine or labors in the smelling works.
Prices would go up, unquestionably, it
we had more and cheaper money. If
money gets cheaper people will not give
so much sugar or cloth or lumber for a
dollar of the money. In other words, it
will take more money to buy the same
quantity of sugar, cloth, etc.
How is the workingman going to get
the increased sums of money that he will
have to pay for his groceries and cloth
ing? He has nothing to sell but his Ia
Dor. He cannot sit down in the evening
and mark up his labor and go out and
sell it for 10, 20, SO or 100 per cent.
more the next day.
The chances are that he will get no
more for his labor until long after he
has been paying more for most of the
things he has to buy, and then only af-
ter he has been subjected to the further
loss and the wearing irritation of q
strike
While the mine owners and others on
the ground floor of this silver deal are
raking in their nice advance of So to 90
per cent. on bullion the man who works
for wages will have hard scratching to
get enough more to cover half his loss
from the rise in prices.
But" says the silver orator, when
prices begin to boom everybody will pro-
duce more so as to make money on the
rise; workmen must be hired to do the
producing, and wages must go up.
The most thorough and careful stats
teal Investigations prove that whenever
prices have gone up under the process of
making money cheap they have always
gone up more than wages. History also
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-10
CAMPAIGN Pointers.

The sensible voter goes about declar-
ing that the thing most needed is the
free coinage of American muscle.
Prohibition may be good thing, but
what the country needs now is the "gold
cure"
A "Strayed Goldbug" writes to the
New York Sun of what he calls "the
eternal fitness of the title, the Boy Ora
tor of the Platte, He explains that the
Platte is 1000 miles long and only six
inches deep.
Beware of the man or newspaper who
seeks to win in the present political con-
test by prejudice.
Pitch in, boys, and we will show our
silverite opponents that the Republican
party is made of pure gold and will pan
out 100 cents on the dollar.
An oratorical failure for man who
was nominated on his lung power is
rather a serious thing.
Mr.. Bryan's speech had the effect of
It's principal effect, however, was the
depressing of Bryan stock in America.
There is one good thing about the free
silver bubble, and that is that when it's
biggest it will burst.
Scratch free silver advocate and Won
will find an inf1ationist. He is a man
who believes that wealth can be created
by act of Congress, and hard times abol-
ished by a law declaring poverty a penal
offense.
Free coinage OF silver would greatly
benefit all the people of this country ex-
cept those who happen not to own silver
mines.
The more the people understand the
real meaning of free silver coinage the
less likely the country is to be afflicted
with that folly.
Maj Mckinley will put his record
against Willie Bryan's promises and
await the verdict of the people.
Farmers who think they would get
dollar bushel for wheat under free
silver coinage should remember that 53
cents worth of silver and Al cents
worth Of wind do not make dollar.
1t will take more than Bryan's oratory
to make the people believe that the
wrong is the right.
The intuition of women tells them
that Mckinley is the man to be Presi-
dent, and woe be to the husband who
does not follow their advice
1t is becoming evident that Mr. BRYAN
heads too many tickets.
If silver basis is a good thing for
a nation, why is Russia exerting her
best effort to accumulate a vast store of
gold in order to reach a full gold basis
rs soon as possible? Russia is now on
a silver basis, and desires no longer to
be classed with China, Japan. Mexico.
Argentine Republic, Brazil, Ecuador
India, Afghanistan and every other in
consequential. poyerty-stricken nation on
the earth. The nations which are the
spurn 53-cent dollar monetary basis.