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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
Patents Issued.

List of patents ISSUED last week TO
Northwestern inventors:
Walter L. Burke. st. Paul, Mimi,
banana crate; William *. Flat, Du-
luth. Mimi. bicycle support; Edward
y. Follett, Duluth, Mimi, tailors' mea-
sure; Erick Johnson, Seattle, Wash,
milling machine; Thomas kerker, st.
Paul, Mimi, propelling mechanis n for
bicycles or similar machines; Otto G.
Macklatt, st. Eaul, Mimi, fish SCraper;
Nels III. Nelson, st. Johns, Mimi, draft
equalizer; John l.. Nichols, st. Paul,
MIMI, perforating or scoring attach
ment for printing machines; August G.
Schaefer and III. c. Gray, st. Paul,
Mimi. drive chain aud chain wheel;
George w. Weber. st. Paul, Mimi, col
lansable lunch box; Christensen &
Henderson, Madelia, Mimi, trade
mark wheat flour.
II. D.. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 80,
Oh and 912, Pioneer Press Bldg, st,
Paul MINI.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
They Elect Officers

Saratoga, n. ", Aug. 22-The Amer.
lean Bar association elected the follow
ing officers to-day: President, James
NJ. Woolworth Of Omaha; secretary,
John Hinkley of Baltimore: treasurer,
Francis Rawle. philadelphia; executive
committee. Alfred Hemebway. Boston;
Charles Clahin Allen, Louisiana: Will
lam w. Howe, New Orleans. A vice
president for every state i'm the Union
and II local council for each state was
also chosen.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
DENIED BY
The senator Declares an Interview
Ia Re a EnSc

Springfield. H., Aug. -. - \ st.
Louis paper yesterday printed Il telc-
gram from its Taylorville correspond
cnt stating that Senator Palmer has
stated that 4" if no other candidate was
nominated he should vote for Mckinley
and would advise other Democrats to
do the same" The senator was asked
today about the article in question.
and denied the statement i'm very en-
phatic terms. He claimed he never
had any such interview with any news
paper representative. He did not say
he would vote for Mckinley. and want
ed ii distinctly understood he was not
that kind of Il Democrat.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

Spokane, Wash, Aug. ID. - Emma
Dillingham;, n Seventcen-year-oll girl,
committed suicide last night with ear
bolic acid. Two years ago she ran away
from u comfortable home at Oakesdale
and began a life of shame. Lately she
had been employed in the New York
dance hall.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
A Wonderful Phenomenon.

The man who should pass through life
without experiencing a twinge OF indlges'
ton. might be fifty regarded as a wonder.
full phenomenon. We doubt If such a prl'
yileged mortal has ever existed. If so, we
have never seen him. But thousands are
known 10 be daily relieved of dyspepsia 10y
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the popular
remedy for that truly national complaint
as we'll as for fever and ague. debility,
constipation, ~heumatis and kid9ey trou'
DleS,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
Rails Catarrh Cure.
Is a constitutional cure. Price, IJc.
Is Young Yet.

A four-year-old girl in California is
said TO repeat from memory anything
she has ever heard. She will improve
in time. when she is old enough to
join a church sewing circle she will
doubtless be able to repeat things she
never heard.-Buffalo Express.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

south Dakota Veterans May Not
Visit 81. Paul.

Visit st. Paul.
4 Huron =. D.. Aug. Odd soldiers
and others who expect TO attend the
q. a. II. ~encalHpment in st. Paul are
griovcd because Il rate in excess of n
cent n mile has been established by
railroads. This will lessen the num-
Der from this state nearly one-third,
and many who expected To take their
wives with them will either not go
themselves or will leave their wives at
home. Special efforts have beer made
to secure a large turnout of old vet
Grams from this state, and arrange
ments for their accommodation has
been made. but the unexpected high
rate for railway fare will materially
lessen the delegation from South Da-
kota.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
A Futile Search

"Bachcrly. why don't you find some
good woman and form Il matrimonial
alliance?"
What | want in that line is a silent
partner, and I've been seeking in vain
for the last ten years.'-Dctroit Free
Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
Crime Of N SaIoOnkeepcr.

Cincinnati. Aug. 22.-Fred Gracfe. Il
galoonkeeper. to-day shot his wife and
then killed himself. The woman is
probably fatally hurt. Graefe was
said 10 have been mentally unbalanced
recently, an6, besides, had been drink
ing heavily.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
An Awful Predicamcnt.

"You are now" said the North Caro-
lima landlord. in solemn tones, over
5000 feet above the level of the sea-"
'Heayens!" cried the guest. what a
fall. and | can't swim q lick"-Atlan-
Ia Constitution.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
Full Meal, Ten Cents,

Borax-Ever tried one of those full
meals for 10 cents?
MetaX-Yes. 1t filed me with dis
Detroit Free Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
Wise Butcher.

"Why did the butcher put up that
large mirror near the door,"
ITO prevent the servant girls from
watching the scales.'-Tit Bits.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

An Irish gentleman, named Wilde. rode
horseback 127 miles on the course Of Xii
dare. in 6 hours and 20 minutes, for Il wager
Of 900 g%uineas, in the year 1920.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

Bread as a daily article Of food Is used by
only about one-third of the 1.5OO. 600 eco
people that constitute the present popula.
tion Of the earth.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

FITS stopped free and permanently cured. Nc
fits after first days use OF DIR. Kliue'sGreaJ Nerve
Rcstorer. Free 81 trial bottle and treatise.
Send to DR.. KLINE. 9Sl Arch ST., Philadelphia. Pa
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption-Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kans., Dee. y, 90.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

London manufactures more than 1000
pianos each week.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

Three Thousand one hundred and ffty-foul
persons emigrate 10 all parts from the Brit
ish Isles weekly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
The DISTINCTION

TOm-Then you disnpprOve OF Whlsk-
ers, Miss Gushingly?
Miss GlshinCiy-Oh, 10: not at all.
Tom-But didn't you say as much?
Miss Gushing,y-I only said ii was a
fashion | invariably set my face
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

Brazil Is utterly unsuited to emigrants.
and the authorities are still warning people
against going there.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

July %. 1892, was a terribly hot day in
New York. Forty-two people and 300 horses
were Frustrated on that day by the heat.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27
If the Baby is Cutting Teeth.

se sure and use that Old and well-tried remedy. Mrs
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Chil-ren Ieethin&.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-08-27

Hegeman's Camphor Ice with Glycerine
Cures Chapped Hands and Face. Tender or Sore Feet
Chilblains, Piles, &c. G. q. Clark Co. New Haven, CT
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30
Inc study OF child life in ,

TIE study OF child life in y cro,+ ,;.,,
therefore assumes an interest which,
d. hrs' Slahce. does not seem to belonp
To II. Tor 10 the though1less ob.ervcr
WI" sees the children pour out of ou,.
great public schools 10y thousands ottho
closing liour. the only question ,h,t
presents Itself is how in the world the
parents are abe to feed and clothc sn
many. As this. however. is n uuestion
mai the parents themselves are some
Times hardly able to answer. il mov Ina
uISiiiSS"d as irrelevant. for. somehow
OF "'h'r. no matter what the number
oi chliaren thai come INTO Il family. they
Ali seem 10 get enough 10 live on. and
something t" wear, and they al have
homes. and beyond this is nobody's
business to inquire.
III many respects child life il a city
is of Infinitely greater variety and su.
lprlor piciurcSqueneSS to the life of
children in the country. In the rural
districts. children. whether of ricl, or
poor ~parentl@c. are practically ON !
Level - far rs social life and aml:>r-
mcntS are concerned. willie in the city
ihor" are as many phases to the life OF
childhood as there are residence dis
tvicts.
The children of The Sums have been
Frequently The subject of literary and
artistic treatment and their importancr
III this regard has probably been pxag-
gcratcd by Il class of writers and arr.
lists who delight in the abnormal PHASES
ol human nature. \ style of illuStra-
ton has recently sprung NJ as a fad.
and is now running its course in the H.
Illustrated papers. Il style that represents
The Stun children as speaking and act
ing IN Il mock heroic. dime novel STYLE.
quite foreign to their real character and
nature. II is difficult TO see the hunor
supposed to exist in such pictures. for
although there may occasionally appear
the one touch of naturc that. on poetic
authority. we are assured makes the
whole world kin. most of these pictures
are only stupid.
The children of the sluns do not al
ways work for Il living. but there is Il
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

large class Of children. generally of the
very poor. who from the necessities of
the case. are put To work at IN early
age. and. save in exceptional cases. new
or know any lot in life but that of the
SevercSt drudgery. The division of la.
Dor rendered necessary by the compli.
Gated processes of our manufactures
has afforded employment in abundance.
even for children Of tender years. as
there are many things which they can
do as well aS their elders. and at Il mucl.
less expense. Their lor is not enviablc.
They may he seen in dozens. comm"
out Of the large factories where mani
different operations nccesSitatrd tie
employment of labor of every grade.
and the appearance of these youthful
iabOre"s is far from prepoSS"ssing. Nor
are their words or ACTIONS Il material
improvement on their appearance. for
the former are often coarSc and the
latter rude. They know nothing of the
cle.ancics Of polite society: it is inpoS,
Siblc that they should. and it is quite
probable tilt if thcy had The opportu-
nifty they would not care to learn. The
district school which they attended Tor
two or three years before they were old
enough to work gave them all the book
education they are likely ever to gain.
II is enough FOR their purpose. and most
Of them do not care for more. There
may be among them those mute i'll
glorious Millions of whom Gray writes.
bu:. if so. the chill penury in which
they are doomed 10 live will crush out
every noble ambition and concentrate
all their energies in Il struggle for
bread. When they rise from the situa-
ton in which they find themselves rs
BOYS, il is usually through efticicnce in
their occupations or especial skill or
dex,rrity in The line Of their employ
mcnt. hut it is gratifying to know that
among the SupcrintendentS and man
AYERS of departments in the factories Il
very large proportion have risen from
,hc ranks. fo. in industry as in van
every private carries Il marsLal'S baton
in his knapSack.
In COMPARISON with these youthful
l1horers the children of the middle and
MINER classes. who can share the benc-
fjts afforded by higher education. are
si~urularly favored. Yet there is rea-
san IN believe that these benefits arc
no, appreciated as they should he, rs
pecially by the boys. SO eager are
these TO engage in some occupation that
very few. as compared with the num-
her of girls, even 60 through the entire
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

p!ncsS than was dreamed of as possible
III any previous age of the world. Ii
IL a singular and significant fact thai:
10 author of ancient times alludeS 10
his childhood in words indicating tEat
he had the slightest pleasure in the
recollection. The ancicntS really had
no childhood. for at an age when our
boys are entering the grammar schools
The boys of Greece. tie lads of Rome.
were assuming the manly gown ana
undertaking the responsibilities OF man
hood; ut an age when our girls are bare
~ cayinS off their Short dresses. the
girls who grew up with DcInosthclies
and Cicero. with periclcS ana Julius
Caesar. were married and had assumed
h duties of housekeeping. Childhood
is thus Il thing of modern times. The
boys and girls of Attica and Italy We're
really little old nae and women. Just
as the boys and girls of China are 90
day: only in our W age has 'hc M
rortancc of childhood'S happiness been
fully realized. child life has. there
Tore. become Il factor. and n very ilnpor-
Tant factor at that. in modern life. and
30 such an extent is this understood
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

aire. For, as already remarked, in some
respects boys are thorough democrats.
and any boy who proves companions
bic will Soon find himself ut home III
any company. A goat that needs i'll
Struction or restraint, another boy to
fill up Il baseball nine. any small excuse
will answer as an Introduction, and a
friendship One contracted will be per
maneht as among older people. so lon.s
as both are profited 10y it. The parks
and the streets are the common prop
erty of all. and the child of the tramp is
as much at home in them as the child
of the Mayor. During the summer sea
son. and i'll the crowded districts of the
city. the streets are the ommon resort
of the children, particularly about dusk
and after nightfall; all their games and
plays are carried on in the public high
ways, nor does any one modest them in
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30
IN TIE PARKS.

to appreciate the fact that money
means candy and popcorn and Il seat
in the gallery, then the scutile for
money begins, to end no more; when
they are old enough to understand that
social position means the Difference of
others. then the struggle for place COM
menceS. but from the little tOddlers who
fill the kindergartenS to the boys who
train goats and associate freely on
terms of perfect equality, these things
are not even names. 1t is well that this
is so. The struggle Of life is so fierce,
so relentless after it has once begun.
that Il breathing spell before its con-.
mencclncnt is Il happy provision of III,
ture. and SO it comes in childhood. The
child life of Il city may Tot have the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

ever see. but the children themselves
do not believe the statement. for every
day they have practical and positive
evidence of it's untruthfulness. \. man
regards the troubles of Il boy as OF
small consequence. and to him they are;
but to the boy his cares are just as
hard to bear. perhaps harder, than the
business difficulties and reverses he will
encounter twenty or thirty years later.
\ woman lightly treats the sorrow of
her little girl over Il broken doll. but
the grief is none the less sincere. for
all these things are merely compare
tive: one man, who is weak. will find ten
pounds as much Of Il burden as 100 will
he to another vino is gifted in the mat.
ter of bone and muscle. and so the truu-
bic of Il boy who has lost his knife may
be rs hard 10 bear. for him. as the trou-
bic Of Il man who has lost 81. 0G0: the
modification of the boy who has been
turned down in his spelling class is
as keen as that he will experience later
in life when. in another sense of the
word. be is turned down" in pursuit
Of an office.
The child life of Il great city is seen
in its perfection in three places-thr
Kindergarten. the park and the street.
The kindergarten is really the chill
dren'S paradise. and in its limits NAV
be witnessed every day as much happi-
hess as can he crowded into Il youthful
life. Under III restraint but that of
Kindness. rle children are practically
as free as in their WI homes. while at
the same time they are receiving a most
valuable training. The eye. the hand.
the attention. the memory. the judg-
ment. all move forward together in the
courS" of the education that is given
there. and all educational effort comes
so easily, so naturally. with so little APP
parent effort. that the child is not aware
how much he is really learning.
The parks are not m%OnopOliZed by the
children Of the wealthy, though often
these are in the Majority: but even the
poorest occasionally make their appear
aIcc in the most fashionable resorts,
and not in%frcquently there make boon
companions Of the SONS of the Million
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

and appreciated that he who denulnl-
mates this the "childrcn'S age Is not so
far wrong as might he SUPPOSED.
But there are children and children.
says the ST. Louis entertainments. and
i'll the ~innumerable grades of life found
IN Il modern city there is just a. much
room for classes among Childrcn as
amor their elders. and. perhaps even
more, for while, in one sense. children
are model democrats and acknowledge
no class distinction but that of age, III
another they arrange themselves into
sets with the utmost rigidity, and their
social rules are almost as unalterable
AS the laws of the Modes and Persians.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

barrels into her. but she killed him
with one blow of her paw on the head.
The major then fired another shot at
ing another cartridg" he rammcd the
barrel OF the rifle DOM her throat. her
jaws CLOSED ON Il arm. and III trying
To force them open his other hand and
arm We're bitten. Thc lioncSS was final
~ Speared TO death by the native ser
wants. II took ten days to take the
wounded major to Alden. but gangrcnc
set in. and lie died i'll two days after ar.
irving therc.-London Globe.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30
Within u Years.

The total Indian population at this
time. according to estimates made by
the officials of the Indian Bureau. L.
Alaska. In 1880. before the annexation
of Texas and Mexico. the estimated
Indian population Of the country WAS
100000. In 1850 the number was said
to be 5000 and the same estimate ~
made for 1871. The most rapid decliue
in numbers has been in the last quarter
of Il century. The fact that the Chero-
KEGS and ChippewaS, both comparatively
powerful tribes, have actually increaS.
cd in numbers makes the decrease ju
the other tribes all the more rcmarka
bic.
1t is believed that the principal los
has been among the Sioux and other
tribes of the Northwest. More than tWo-
thirds of the total number. or 23I.iTS.
In 1871 were on the reservations. y;
tie beginning Of lSoJ the number ut
the reservations had been decreased To
l33.fl1. or about onc-th.ird of The total
number. Less than 10000 of these are
sclf-supportin-. the Federal Government
issuing supplies to most of them. lr
the rate Of decrease which has lmptt
maintained for the last quarter of Il
century or so he continued there will
not be Il single full -blooded Indian i'll
the country, except possibly in dime
museums, by the end of the twentieth
century,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

the little recreation they are able to sci
cure on the property of the general pub
lie. SO the games go on without inter-
ruption: the boys play hide and seek,
the girls play king William" and as;
the plaintivc little melody rises Oh tlcl
evening air. il recalls to the mind Of
many Il paSser-by the scenes and com
paniOns of other years. 1t IL Il mistake
To suppose that money or station. or any
other like distinction. gives pleasure 10
children. for to them money represents
nothing: rank and social position are
only names. When they are old enough
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30

high school Ourse and the young wom-
en- of the country are rapidly monopO.
lizing the education that the schools
have to confer.
But the cares of the future. the ne.
c"SsltleS of h present. rarely disturb
the happy eqmanimity Of childhood. Yet
children Of every grade in life have
their troubles and sorrows. and these
ar" just as serious for them as gravel
matters are for their elders. Il is easy
for older people to preach to children
and tell them that the days of youth are
the pleaSanteSt. the happieSt they will
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30
GENERAL MILES.
His Encounter with n Picket in Which
He Was WOrstcd.

An amusing incident of the civil war
union. During the siege of Petersburg
u section Of the Weldon Railway was Il
picket line for the Union forces.
one day General Miles. who had re-
ceivrd not long before his commission
rs brigadicr general of volunteers. Wis
tied on exposed quarter OF the line near
~sireensville and noticed Il grim Srlijinpl
on duty. Riding up to the picket t;cn-
cril Miles pointed toward G~rrruville
and said:
Il wish to see General kautZ. TO
down to his headquarters and trll him
To one up here"
The GRAND was not Il pleasant one.
The eueny were behind the cXuu$"d
railway and the messenger would he IL
conspicuous target for bullets.
~ am on duty here" said the picket.
quietly.
That is all right" said General
Miles. with Il smile. Il know ;hat you
are on duty here. but | want You To 20
to General Kau;Z and tell him that |
want To see him 1T once"
II have been ordered on picket duty"
said the soldier. with logged persist
encp. and | must remain here until |
am relieved"
Every good" said the General: Il uu-
drrStand the matter. bun | want IL see
General KautZ at once"
"All right" answered the picket. IF
You want to see Kautz more than /
do. why don't you 90 down and look
him up
General Miles rode away in great
- and SCI word 10 General kautz
that the picket had been very inSolent.
and ought to be severely Disciplined.
The next day at guardmounting Cen
eral kautZ sent for the picket. and
asked him to repeat what he had said
to General Miles.
Il told him that | was on duty. and
must remain until somebody in author
ity relieved me"
did General Miles relieve YOU"
NO: he told me to 90 down the rail-
gay towards Greensyille. but he didn't
relieve me-
well. did you defy him."
NO. llluttu. Sdlu llp picket.
merely told him that if he wanted 10 see
Kautz more than | did he would better
90 down himself and look You up"
"TlIat'S al right" said Gen. Kautz.
apparently well pleased that the picket
had saved him an uncomfortable ride.
"If | had been there. | would have told
him to 20 % Halifax. It's all right.
II AWAY"
The sentry. instead of being Sent to
the ~guardhouSe for INSTRUMENTATION in
having ~impudently refused to obey an
order from his superior. was cumpli-
menied upon his discretion in waiting
10 he relieved from his first detail.
|. The veterans who heard this story
We're disposed to think that the sentry
was technically correct. If General
Miles had formally relieved him from
picket duty. there would have been no
prcteXt for disObedience of il direct or.
der.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-01-30
A Word with u Pedigree.

SO dreadful Il word is booze" in the
sense of drink" that II is disposed to
take for granted that ii came from some
extremely modern Stun and has not yet
even earned Il place in the slang diction
aries. Such is by no means the case.
Spelled 'bouse." but pronounced exact
~ after to-day's fashion, it occurs in
Massinger's famous play, "A New Way
to Pay Old Debts The middle En-,
gliSl form was 'bowSe." +