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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
First publication Dec17t7
Notice of Martgage Sale,

Whereas, default has been made in the con-
ditiOns of u mortgage containg a pOwer of
sale, which mortgage IL dated the LIST day of
April, 1889 and recorded In the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Hand county. South
Dakota, on the 10Th day OF April 1889, in
DOOR 30 OF mortgages on age 800, whereby
Eugene Baker and Emma Baker his wife.
m~ortgagors, mortgaged to the Building and
Loan Association of Dakota mortgage the
folio wing described property i'm the county
OF Hand, territory OF Dakota now state OF
South DakotaN Lot -, Block II, Porter and
Drivers first addition to the town OF st.
Lawrence, according to the plat, thereof on
tle and of record in and for said county; by
which default the power of sale has become
operative and no action or proceeding at
law or otherwise has been instituted Co re-
cover the debt remaining secured thereby. or
any part thereof and there Is claimed to be
due ON said mortgage at date thereof two
hundred forty nine Dollare and eighty four
cents ~(S249.S4) principal and interest.
Now notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF said power said mortgage will be fore
closed and said premises will be sold at pub
lie auction by the sheriff of said county or his
deputy, January both 1897 at > O'Clock D..
m. in the afternoon at the fr mt door of the
court house in Miller OF said county, to paw
said Indebtedness and other costs and dis
bursementS allowed by law.
Dated at Aberdeen. :. ID. Dec. 18th, 1896
BUILDING x LOAN ASSOCIATION OF AKoTA
Mortsagee.
G. +. REED, Atty for Mortgage.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
VALUABLE WOODS.
Many of the Finest Kinds In Existenes
Plentiful, but Almost Unknown.

Many of the Finest Kinds In Existenes
Plentiful, but Almost Unknown.
Many of the finest woods in existencs
are yet unknown OF only slightly
known to the manufacturers of wood
III the civilized world. The woods Of
Central and South America are perhaps
the most remarkable as we'll as the best
known. In the yet untouched forests OF
this continent are many woods far finer
than any Of those now in use. These
woods range from pure white to jet
black in color, and many Of them are
most beautifully marked and veined.
Some Of them are so hard that they
turn the edges of axes, chisels and other
tools, while tho band saw cuts them
only slowly.
In the Columbian exposition there
were many displays Of little known
woods, and the finest of them were those
from Argentine Republic, Brazil and
other South American countries. Some
Of these southern woods yielded to the
teeth of the band saw not the ordinary
sawdust, but fine powder, fine as the
finest -four, SO hard were the woods.
Some of them burned but slowly. 9th.
ers possess qualities that keep them free
from insects. Some of them seem to be
practically indestructible by air and
water.
All along the eastern slopes Of the
Andes, up to the snow line on those
great elevations, throughout all the
great river valleys and in some of the
wide areas Of level country i'll South
America are great forests of fine woods
that are specially fit for the finest cabi-
net and furniture work, and also for
shipbuilding, carpentry and other in
dustrial arts in which wood is the raw
material. These great forests are now
an unknown quantity in the commercial
world, but they will come rapidly into
the knowledge of men and into indus
trial use when once the railroad has
reached them.
Before many years, it is safe to pre-
dict, the South American and Central
American republics will be threaded by
railroads, and then those wonderful
woods will be drawn upon to supply the
demand for new and fine woods in all
civilized countries. Lumber World.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
Overheard In the Restaurant.

She--I went to see a beautiful play
while we were in New York.
He-What was it?
She--Well, 1 can't remember the
name exactly. 1t sounded like "Dr.
Deppety."
He-Who took the leading character?
Shea man Of the name Of Willard,
Francis Willard. Oh, he's just elegant!
Magnificent! He doesn't speak very
plainly, and he can't sing a little bit;
but, oh, he's just perfectly grand.
He-Was it a play or an opera?
She-Oh. something Of that sortl l
had a quarrel with Herbert about you
that night and didn't notice much.
He-Why did you quarrel about me?
She-Well, / told him Of our engage
ment that night before we started for
she theater and then asked him il he
still wanted to take me out, and he
laughed and said, Certainly, 1 would
just as soon take an engaged girl to an
entertainment as any kind of a girl"
horrid thingl
He-Why was he horrid9
She-I just revenged myself by Sit
ting and thinking Of you all the even.
ing. Oh, say, those are actors sitting at
that table over there.
He (suspiciously)-How do you know!
She-Why, because they keep looking
around to see if people are watching
them. Actors always do that to adyer.
tise themselves, you know.
And the waiter brought the checks
Boston journal. .
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
First publication Nov12t7
MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas, default has been made in the con-
ditions Of a certain m3rtSags execute edra ana
MILAN, husband and wife, ~mortgagors, TO
l.. w. Tulleys, Trustee, and Clarence n;
Hesse. mortgages, dated October LIST, 1883
and recorded In the office Of the Register OF
Deeds of the County-of Hand in the state OF
South Dakota on the sth day of November
A. ID. 1888, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ I'm book 3S
records, which said mortgage was dtIS sold
and assigned by the said l.. W. Tulisys,
Trustee, and Clarence X. Hesse, on the 1lth
day OF August A. ID. 1896, unto Abby W.
Brown. which assignment was duly record
ed on the Sth day of September. A. u. 1896,
at eight O'Clock A. NJ. in book 60 OF mort
cages on page $50 Hand County records,
upon which mortgage there is due and pay
able mt the date, OF this notice the sum OF
three hundred eighty and 25-10O, dollars.
and the further sum OF one hundred ninety:
the said Abby W. Brown for taxes and inter
est thereon. in accordance with the terms OF
the said mortgage; and no action or pro-
Feeding has been instituted at law or In
equity to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof.
Now, therefore. notice is hereby given that
gage contained, and pursuant to the statute
In such case made and provided, the said
mortgage viii be foreclosed by "a sale of the
the said m~ortgaged premises will be sold at
public auction by the Sheriff Of the county
of Hand. state of South Dakota, at the front
dOOr OF the court mouse IN tne city Oh Mller,
County of Hand, state OF South Dakota, on
the 26th day of December A.. ID. 1896. at ?
o'clock In the afternoon OF that day. to sat,
isfy the amount due on said mortgage, and
the sam thereby secured. and for taxes paid
as aforesaid, with costs and expenses of fore
closure.
The premises described in said mortgage
and so to lie sold are situated In the county
OF Hand State of South Dakota, and are
described as follow tO-wit
The northeast quarter OF section fourteen
14l i'm township one hundred and nine
900 North or range sixty-nine t69. west
Of the Fifth principal Meridian. containing
100 acres.
Dated this 18th day OF Nov. A. d. 1896.
ABBY W. Brown,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
SWAN, LAWRENCE 4 SWAN, Attorneys for
assignee of Mortgage.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
First publication Dec 3t3
Notice that Tax Deed will Issue.
State of South Dakota,

county oi IIdUu'
To o. b.. Hart. NJ. Humphrey, J. d.
Burger: You are hereby notified in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
statute in such case made and provid
ed that on the 9th day of November 1898,
at a regular sale of lands upon which taxes
were due in and for Hand county at Miller
the county seat thereof, the following de-
seribed property was sold for taxes. Lots
twenty-five [22l twenty three t23l Twenty
four l24) twenty five % and twenty SIX 20
block five - Of the rc-sub WI Miller's adj
dition to the town OF Miller, Hand County.
South Dakota.
That said property, was purchased by
Hand county of South Dakota, and has
since been assigned to }. w. Coquillette and,
whereas, two years have expired since the
date of purchase of said tract, and the prop
erty aforementioned has not been redeemed.
You are also notified that according to the
said statute the right OF redemption In and
to the said described tract OF land will expire
within sixty days of the completed service OF
this notice. and that the subscriber hereto
will be entitled to a deed OF said tract after
the proper service and return of said notice,
and expiration of the time required by law.
Dated ut Miller. South Dakota this End
day of December 1896
j. w. C~oQUILLETTE.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
First pub Nov 26t6
Timber Culture Final Proof Notice for
Publication.

United States Land Office at Huron. :. ID.
Nov. "a 1S9 Notice is hereby given, that
William IL. Morrison, Of Hawarden, Sioux
County, Iowa. has fled notice of intention
to make final proof before Register and Re-
ceiver L. S, Land Office OF their office in
Huron, $. d, on Saturday, the 2nd day OF
January, 1897, on timber culture applica-
ton No. OATS. for the \. W. quarter OF see
tion No. ~. in township No. III. range No,
20. He names as witnesses: Henry scott.
Jonn T.. Ramey, Frank Il. Gardner, jules DE
Somer, all OF Rec Heights, So. OAK, Whose
testimony will be taken on the same day be-
fore Clerk of the Circuit Court i'm and for
Hand County, $. ID. at his office in MilierS.D.
JOHN NJ. DAVIS, Register.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
First publication Dec 24t6.
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Huron, South Dakota. Dec.
81. 1896. Notice is hereby given, that the
following named settler has filed notice ofhis
intention to make final timber cultrue proof
i'm support OF his claim, aud that said proof
will be made before the Judge of the county
court. for Hand county, South Dakota. at
Miller. s. ID. on Saturday February Oh, 1897
viz:
JOHN l.. GARRY.
under his timber culture entry No. $500
for the southeast "A of sec IL township 10
range 20. He names the following witness
es to prove his claim TO said land. viz John
j. Strut, John Campbell. Joseph Bucher,
Joseph Wicher. all of kolda, Hand Co :. ID.
JONI NJ. DAVIS, Register.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
First puElicatior, Dec3t7

Mortgage Sale.
Whereas. Frank W. Eaton and Helen p.
Eaton OF land county, South Dakota, did
execute anu deliver to John r. Treyett as
Irus.ee. and to G. w. Abel. OF Huron south
bahota, as successor in trust, a MORTGAGE
upon the southeast quarter of stctieii thirty
one CID in township one hundred and four.
Teen tllt) north Of range sixty nine 69l
west OF the Eifth Principal Meridian I'm Hand
county, south Dakota, said mortgage bears
date thy. II day OF January 1883, and IL
recorded in the office OF the Register OF Deeds
81 hand county, South Dakota, in book 81
oil mortgages page 352, and was given to
secure payment OF q debt of Two hundred
ana nifty dollars due from said Frank W.
Eaton and Helen Il. Eaton to James Il. Rus
sell, which said debt is evidenced by one
promissOry note described in said mortgage,
eXecnted and delivered by said Frank W.
order of James Il. Russell and due Jan 2nd,
1924. Ii Is provided in said mortgage that
II default be made in the payment OF any of
der said note for ten days after the maturity
thereof, the whole of the principal of said re-
naming debt should at the option Of the
owner OF said note, by reason OF such default
become immediately due and payable, and
said mortgage should be foreclosed aud said
premises sold to satisfy said debt.
Whereas, Default has been made i'm the pay
ment OF said principalnOte when due. and of
all interest accrued thereon since due, and of
all taxes due on said land for the years 1894
and 1895 for more than ten days after the
hioNutits tbtAtpls ny l'broh vi " htluuit
the owner of said note has declared the prin-
cipal thereof immediately due and payable
and has requested the said G.. w. Abel to
foreclose said mortgage, and sell said prem
ises 70 satisfy said debt And whereas. by
reason of the premises the amount claimed
to be due at the date OF this notice under the
terms of said note and mortgage is the sum
of S322.91 debt.
And where's, said John Il. Trevett is alb
sent from South Dakota, and no snit at law
or otherwise has been commenced to collect
said debt, or any part thereof, public notice
il hereby given that under the power OF sale
contained In said mortgage, and duly record
ed as aforesaid, and in pursuance of the
statutes in such case made and provided,
the raid mortgage will he foreclosed by a
sale OF the said premises at public auction,
ut the front door of the court house at Miller
in said Hand county, the 10Th day OF Janu-
airy, A, ID. 1897, at 10 O'Clock. in the fore
nOon. to the highest bidder for cash, and the
proceeds of said sale applied to the pay
ment Of the said debt and the costs OF the
foreclosure of said mortgage including $50
attorneys fees as therein stipulated.
Dated at Huron. South Dakota, this list
day OF December. A. ID. 1896. r.
q. W. ABELL, Successor In Trust.
ii. >, MousER, Attorney.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
A SENSIBLE FIR TREE.

Said n saucy little Maple
To her cousin, Willow Tree:
"Niss Fir has no new mantle
This spring, like you N me.
''She wears the same old garment
That she's worn since / was born.
Ishould think she'd feel so shabby
With no new bonnet on
As she tossed her head and nodded
At the Fir Trees old style clothes
Willow laughed-she couldn't help it,
AT the turned up, pea green nose.
The Fir Tree, staid and modest,
Answered Maple not a word,
Though I'm very sure-yea, certain
Everything Was overheard.
She only softly murmured
AS she r~earranged her clothes,
'I'm glad my friends don't leave me
With every wind that blows"
"A. +. Caldwell in Christian Nation.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
Sowing and Reaping.

Here is a thought from Sir Frederick
leighton Whatever littlsness degrades
cur spirits will lessen them and drag
them down. Whatever noble fire is I'M
q hearts will burn also in our work.
Whatever purity is ours will chasten
and exalt it, for as we are 90 our work
is, and what we SOW in our lives that
beyond a doubt we shall reap for good
OF i'll in the strengthening or defacing
Of whatever gifts have fallen to our lot. "
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
FIRST publication Nov 12t7
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas. Default has been made in the
paymen OF the interest on the money. secur-
ed bv u mortgage dated the sixth day Of
July A. ID. 1899, executed by Johan johnson
Skavdahl and MART ~Skavdahi, his wife, If
the county of Hand and state Of South Dn-
kota, to Thomas ID. Robertson of the corr-
ty of Winnebago and state of Illinois, and
which mortgage was recorded i'm the Office
of the Register of Deeds OF the county of
Hand state Of South Dakota. in Book ~ Of
mortgages, on page IS, on the 18th day of
July, 1889, Mt 2 O'Clock y. III. and
Whereas. no action or proceedings ut law
or otherwise rave heen instituted to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage, or any
part thereof.
Whereas. it was stipulated in said mort
gage that IL default would be made In the
payment OF any portion OF the principal or
interest promptly at the time the same
should become due. or II default be made in
the payment of the taxes assessed or to be
assessed on said premises. before the same
shall become delinquent. then the whole sum
both principal and interest, at once become
due.
Whereas, default has been made in the
payment Of the taxes assessed on said real
property az agreed by the said mortgagor in
said mortgage; and whereas, default has
been made in Keeping the buildings on said
m~ortgaged premises Insured as stipulated
amount OF principal and interest has become
due by reason OF such default; and whereas
the amount claimed to be due upon said
mortgage, mt the date OF this notice, il the
sun OF two hundred and twenty dollars to-
wit: 5000 principal and $40 interest. be-
sides the sum of seventeen dollars and SO
cents for taxes necessarily paid ny said mort
gage. and interest.
Now therefore notice is hereby given that
by virtue OF the power Of sale contained in
said mortgage, and duly recorded as
aforesaid, ant In pursuance OF the statutes
in such case made and provided, the said
mortgage will be foreclosed by n sale of
the mortgaged premises therein described, at
public auction, at the front door of tie
court house, i'm the town Of Miller and coun-
tv OF Hand and state of South Dakota on
Saturday, December 26th 1896 at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon OF that day. The m%ortgaged
premises are situated I'm the county of Hand
In the State OF South Dakota, and are de-
scribed az follows to-wit: Southeast quar-
ter of section twenty eight (2S) in township
one hundred and fifteen t115) north range
sixty-nine. 1891
day of November, A. ID, 1896.
THOMAS ID. ROBERTSON. Mortgage.
q. III. CARROLL, Attorney for Mortgage.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
publication Dec1Ot3
Notice that Tax Deed VIII Issue.

To +. Il, Day, The person In whose name
the southwest quarter OF section Z, in twp.
III, range 6S, is taxed. take notice: That
year 1898, amounting to $22.1O, to F.
Blackman, who paid the subsequent taxes
thereon as follows: 1894 tax, amounting to-
S17.45, paid Dec. Is, 1894; 1895 tax
amounting to S17.59, paid ian 4. 1896. The
certificate OF sale was assigned to william
III. Stafford on Nov. 13. 1896. A deed will
the name of sal d William H., Stafford, with
in 80 days after completed service OF this no.
tice, unless the property shall be sooner re-
deemed az vi.1ed by law.
WILLIAM II. STAFFORD.
Assinee of purchaser.
JOHN l., PYLE, ATTORNEY.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-12-24
Very Considerable.

A true husband thinks first of his
wife's comfort, says a French journal.
Friend Perrichon, accompanied by his
wife, took a trip to the outskirts of
Paris. Very tired and hungry they en-
tered an eating house. The proprietor
declared that he had nothing but a chop
to offer them.
.Only one - exclaimed Perrichon.
"Then what is my wife to have?"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-19
SURGERY BY THE CATHODE RAYS,
LOCATED THE BALL.
BY Which it Was Proposed to Impress
Objects Upon the Brain.

or nil the experiments made In connection
with the X rays. the oddest are now being
quietly conducted, II is reported In the
physiological laboratory of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons In New York.
The intent Of the investigation IL to deter
mine the possibility Of the Roentgen rays to
Impress images OF objects on the cortex OF
the brain.
II is thought by exposing the center OF the
brain for the reception OF mental images to
the action Of the nys,carrying for instance
n complicated anatomical plate will become
fixed upon the brain without the fatigue and
liability TO error inherent In the ordinary
method OF learning. The experiments thus
far have been conducted about M follows:
A microphotographic negative is made on
n specially prepared glass plate. The mega
tive Is fixed In n bath which leaves u deposit
of reduced metal easily permcatable by the X
rays. Then the negative IL placed In closed
camera or box, together with Crookes tube
capable of producing very powerful radia-
ton Of the necessary rays.
The box IN applied to the back OF the skull,
over the angular gyri, In which are located
the centers for vision and certain mental pro-
cesses.
The exposure lasts for about two hours or,
In case of exceptionally thick skulls. half an
hour longer II IL found to be necessary to
put the subject to sleep during the exposure,
by those obtained by the eye and ear. II Is
further necessary TO shave the part to which
the camera IL applied, as hair IL found to
operate against the highest effects OF the y
rDys
Experiments made on animals gave results
regarded as most promising. In one eN-
pertinent n bone lying In an out-of-the-way
corner of the room had been previously
photographed. The shayen skull of dog
was exposed To the influence Of the pictur,
by means of the y rays. On being released
after sufficient exposure the dog immedi'
ately hunted up the bone. showing that ther,
was an image Of II in his mind.
The image Of the fierce dog was impressed
upon the brain Of rabbit On being re-
leased the rabbit cyinced signs Of great fear
20 great, indeed as to lend to the question
whether insanity might not be produced by
the impression of horrible images.
Up to this time the experiments have beer
confined to animals, as there IL some fea
that confusion of images may result from
the super-position of images on the humai
| brain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-19
F0RM0sAN CANNIBALs.
Discovery Made By Japanese Troops in 4
Village.

Dreadful stories come from Yokohama, OF
the treatment of Japaneseby Formosa rebels
some correspondents going 40 far IA to say
that the Chinese practice cannibalism. Early
In January the rebels took possession of the
village of Kelung. A detachment of Japanese
was sent to attack the place, and after con-
siderable opposition succeeded in driving
the rebels OF and entering the village, which
was afterward fired.
The correspondent of the Japan Mail In
speaking of the arrival of the japanese
troops in the village says; "The troops
were Mortified at the ghastly spectacle of 10
bodies OF their countrymen beheaded and
frightfully mangled. They were railway
workmen who had met death at the hands of
the fends. Many of your readers may not
be aware Of the cannibalsm that exists
| among the Chinese. although there Is prob
| ably not a foreigner in Formosa but knows
OF the eating of portions of the bodies by
the bodies by savages, or are unaware of the
markets In Formosan settlements consisting
of human flesh Of savages for sale. During
the outbreak of 1891, so great was the loss OF
life, that savage flesh was brought in and
| sold the same as pork in the markets."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-02-19
REACHED THH POLE.
Or. Nansen's Artio Expedition Said to
Be a Success.

A telcgraphic dispatch received at It,
Petersburg, from Irkutsk, Siberia, says that
siberian trader named Kouchnaren, who Is
tho agent OF Dr. Fridtjof Nnnsen, the Nor
wcgan explorer, who sailed In the Fran
June "a, 1sa2, for the artic regions, has re-
ceived information to the effect that Dr.
Nansen has reached the north pole. hns
found land there aud IL now returning to-
ward civilization.
Dr. Fritzjof Nansen, is n distinguish cd
scientist OF Norway, and an enthusiastic be-
lever In the possibility Of finding the north
pole. lie ~ nbout 30 years OF age. He en-
tered the University of Christiania In $780,
and two years later went on n sealing trip to
Denmark straits. ON the east coast OF Green
land IN the Viking. Later In 1882 Nansen
was appointed curator of the IN useum In
Bergen, which position he retained until 1893
when he led n small expedition Of ak men
to Greenland. II was probably during this
trip that Nanscn conceived the plan OF max
ing an attempt To- reach the north pole tn n
vessel constructed especially Tor such an
undertaking. In any case, after his return
to Norway. Nansen took the preliminary
steps toward fitting out the expedition and
the Fran was planned and constructed. She
In generally classed az "a three-masked sail-
ting schooner, but she had 100 horse power
.ateam engine In addition TO her sails. Her
displacement wns 100 tons and her sides
were 20 constructed as to force all lee meet
ing the vessel TO pass underneath her. thus
preventing "piDching" and ''screwing."
The Norwegian Parliament allowed Nansen
about S52, 900 to flt out his craft, and In ad-
dtion. he was assisted Ia his work by many
private subscriptions, including one OF
| $1,000 from King Oscar. The Fram was
launched October ~, 1899, at Iaurwik, near
Christiania.
The expedition sailed from Christiana
| June "a, 1893, the doctors plan being to sail