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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

1t would be impossible to give
in detail, the names OF boiling dem
ocrats in the most gigantic polit~
cal disaffection ever recorded. Over
125 daily democratic papers refuse
to support Bryan. These papers
are located in all sections OF the
country. Thirty OF them being i'll
the solid south, and oyer 20 OF them
being in the west. Dozens of smaller
papers are being added to the list.
Democratic candidates for Office,
from congressman down to commit
teemen, are declining, and petitions
are being circulated in many places
and receiving hundreds OF signatures.
of democrats who will not support
Bryan. Under such conditions does
any sane man suppose there is q
possible show for the free trade de-
mOcracy? Nit.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

\ number of u populist friends
are very much disappointed over the
way things have gone Under the
leadership of Bosses Pettigrew and
Loucks, the Huron populist state
convention endorsed democracy,
Bryan and Sewall, the bank presi-
dent, railroad president, plutocrat
and millionaire. BY the same kind
OF influence populist national con-
vention endorsed democracy, al
though defeating Sewall. This ends
the populst party. A few old demo-
Gratis who became pops think this is
all right and like it, but there are a
great many honest populists who
have been working for six or eight
years for principles, and they now
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
COUNTY.

wv
For State Senator
+. +. SALTMARSH.
For Representatives,
THOMAS CAWOOD.
W. S. THOMAS.
For Treasurer
ANDREW THOMPSON.
For Auditor
CAPT. e. 7. SHELDON.
For Clerk of Courts
w. II. SMITH.
For Register
GEO. MOORE.
For Superintendent of Schools
LEVI MORTON.
For County Judge
G. II. CARROLL.
For States Attorney
GRANT FREDERICK.
For Sheriff
ED. DUNN,
For Justices
j. H.. TALBOT.
THOS PATTERSON.
For Constables-
j. X. BARTON.
A.. A. STEADMAN.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

Hon. j. d. Elliot, OF Bon Homme
county il the new chairman, and
Hon. +. s. Person, OF Howard. the
Secretary of the republican state
committee. They are wide awake,
able and energetic, and will make an
excellent campaign.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

A number of dissatisfied demo-
Gratis from several states met at
Chicago last week and decided to
put another democratic ticket in the
field. The plot thickens.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
REPUBLICAN, X
NATIONAL

NATIONAL.
For President,
MAJORWM. MCKINLEY.
For Vice President,
GARRETT A. HOBART.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

Read the republican platform pub
lished on the last page.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

PUBLISHED THURSDAY BY
j. A, BUSHFIELD, PROPRIETOR.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

STATF.
For Presidential Electors
L. d. EDWARDS, Lawrence.
j. l.. TURNER, Bon Homme.
r. II. WOODS. Minnehaha.
II. Nj. SLOCUM, Campbell.
For Representatives. Congress
ROBERT j. GAMBLE, Iankton.
COE l.. CRAWFORD, Hughes.
For Governor
A. O. RINGSRUD, Union.
For Lieutenant Governor
ID. T. HINDMAN, Marshall.
For Secretary OF State
w. H. RODDLE, Brookings.
For Auditor
II. 4. MAYHEM, SanbOra.
For Treasurer
KIRK G. PHILLIPS, Lawrence.
For superintendent OF Public In
struction-
FRANK CRANE, Codington.
For Commissioner of School and
Public Lands
JOHN l.. LOCkHART, Grant.
For Attorney General
S. V. JONES, Turner.
For Railroad Commissioners
ID. w. MFADDEN, Custer.
GEO. A. JOHNSTON, Dawson.
y. Z. BROMLEY, Sphinx.
Evening star., 1896-08-15
No More Midnight Falls.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
She watched him put the package away
carefully, and. womanlke. she was curious.
What is it2" she asked.
Phosphorus" he replied.
What DO you intend to do with it7" she
persisted.
Last night" he explained. with delib-
Grafton, in the tone Of man who felt that
he had grievance. II came home late"
LAS usual"
He paid no attention to the insinuation,
but continued his explanation.
"You may recall" he said, that fell
over two chairs and doll carriage and
stepped on wooden ball that threw me
on the back Of my neck ;
II recall it." she admitted. ut walked up
all the neighbors as well as myself. What
of it?'
Nothing. Oh, nothing at ALL" he replied,
sarcastically. 1T was small matter, but
It annoyed me, and made up my mind
that II you couldn't teach the children to
put their things away where they belong !
would at least make arrangements 80 that
! would know where they are when come
home after lodge meeting tonight. The
phosphorus'-
Pooh" she retorted. contemptuously,
you'd have stepped on On electric light Il
1t had been in your way last night"
Evening star., 1896-08-15

an amount greater than the sum loaned,
even though 1t has been forfeited, the ex-
cess Called "bonf) remains at the disposi-
tion of the pledger. But every boni which
is not claimed within three years belongs to
the public charities fund Of the Mont-de-
Piete.
Does not everything seem we'll arranged
for the poor people who obliged to fire.
uuent their uncle in France? Take what
is offered to you and wait for the rest three
months Your article Will be sold at auc-
tor, and after deducting interest and ex-
renses at the low rate Of per cent a year
is very Just and reasonable But the ap-
praisers are conservative and only wish TO
shield themselves and their establishment
from loss. And the runners of tie ticket
And so here, as in other lands where pawn
shops are for private profit, the unthrifty
lose their valuable objects and no one can
aid thcm STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1896-08-15
A CUCKOO SEEN VNAMAaEs.
In the Presence Of Danger Ia becomes
ComfcnIlS bong and slim.

rhnl tae Ihdolr-ndrbi
May l give you one of my own notes of
bird study as fair pattern 10 go by? II
was a yellow-billed cuckoo's "kuk-kuk-
kuk, kauk, kau-ukr' rattled forth from a
tail hedge near my house that called me
forth glass in hand. The birds voice was
strong enough. there could be no doubt as
to the part of the hedge whence fl issue !:
but the bird Itself; 1 looked and looked fo-
1t before l saw IT. For this cuckoo has
somewhat of the conjurer's clevorness in
rendering itself invisible while yet unhid-
den by any physical barrier TO vision IL is
a slender and disproportionately elongated
bird, having protracted tail and far
reaching lightly arched bill Some, hing I'm
the blending OF its pale. smoky plumaRe.
lis tints of gray, pale olive, brown and
white, will not separate il from leaf and
twig and bark and lichen. | knew it's
ways and SO waited for il TO m )ve. which
1t presently did by erecting nc al and tail
at sharp F-like angle. The attitude
broke the spell of my vision. ana revealed
the bird sitting crosswise on a bois-d arc
branch. Here the glass came quickly into
play.
For thirty-flve minutes ] slyly followed
that cuckoo. noting its every move. 1t was
evidently quite unaware Of me. and / was
very careful not to attract its attention.
Here are some notes made Immediately
after my observations
The cuckoo has way of letting its
wings slightly droop while 4, sits quite
still. 1t is then that il turns its head slow
ly in every direction, looking for worms,
moths and the like amid the foliage. IL
has a drowSy expression: one might think
ii stupid bird, and its movements are
generally spiritless. But the moment IL
sees worm on leaf all is changed Like
a 1aSh comes the stroke. And vet there
Is no rush nor noise. The thing is done
with an else and a facility amounting 10
ansolute grace and promptness of motion.
Al the least suggestion of danger the
cuckoo shuts all its feathers close and
straightens itself. Then II IS almost CONT
caliy long and slim, looking starved aud
compressor and stiff, as if just pulled out
OF very small hole. and appears to taper
eut slowly from bill 10 taiitop. If another
birG approa ches IL sometimes shows fight
but oftencr shies sidewise or drops lower
among the branches.
Evening star., 1896-08-15

effects OF the warm weather in this clImnte, thi.
plain. Straightforward statement from so eminent
ard fearless clergyman should be needed.
Paine's celery compound has put end TO an
enormous amount OF sickness and disease.
1t began at the very outset Of It's splendid career
10 euro men and women Of kidney troubles, liver
complaint and nervous prostrHtion. Its speedy and
lasting cures of all these and bo,d disorders
were hot slow in spreading fits reputation through
every state in the county Physicians everywhere
greeted the great remedy as the most enlightened
most skilful means that could be employed for in
vigora'ing the ''rIn-down" system.
Thousands of wholly disintr-cFtcd men and women
saw their neighbors and towrrpcoIle made well 10y
Paines celery compound.
This epoch-making discovery in medicine. due to
the patience thoroughness and zeal 81 the great
Dartmouth College scientist. stands today umIues-
tened the greatest brain and nerve strcIg lener
and the world possesses
Evening star., 1896-08-15

climate, and need little repair. The princi-
pal business and public buildings are near
the lake side, for convenience, and present
a stately and substantial appearance. Be-
sides the shipments of coffee, skins. dye
wood, etc, there is considerable manufac-
turing, and a large and increasing impor-
tation for the city and the region around
and beyond the lake. Small steamers ply
between the city and distant lake ports.
and there are constant movements of
smaller sail vessels, bringing and carrying
goods, many of which are the customary
hcmes of families. But all business is done
in such a leisurely way that there is sell
dom any hustle, fret or impatience, except
in the rapid loading Of the steamer with
coffee. At II o'clock all work ceases until
l. for meals and the inevitable siesta, and
W orkmen may be seen lying in the shade of
the plaza trees, often with their heads pill
lowed on the laps of their wives. Sunstroke
is unknoXn in the tropics, and in spite or
the prevalent heat, the death rate of the
state of Zulia, including Maracafbo city, Is
as low as in most of our states; while the
number Of persons in Venezuela of 100 to
125 years old averages In Its total popula-
ton about 20 per cent higher than in ours.
A Supply of Fine Fruits.
Perhaps one of the most interesting fea-
lures presented to us by the Maracaibo
basin, together with the almost adjoining
but slightly nearer area drained by the
Magdalena river. is that relating to their
capacity to turnlSn our increasing demand
for the best tropical fruits, such as BAN
anas, pine apples, oranges and others of
which we see little at present. From Mo-
bile and New Orleans, points through
which the north and west will some time
be better supplied, to the great possible
fruit region of the Magdalena is only
about 15O0 nautical miles, and 10 that Of
the Maracaibo little more than 1.600; in
either instance less than the distance from
New York CITY to Cheyenne. Wyo. or to
the nearest point Of the Rocky mountains.
Already we receive excellent supplies of
coffee through and from these regions, but
by remote routes or foreign conveyance.
Lines Of steamers to carry our flour. pork,
kerosene, canned goods. and in time our
articles representing more skilled labor
value, and to bring back to us coffee, ca
Gao, hides and skins, ETC., would soon find
abundant freight also in fruit of kinds
and qualities superior to any now import
ed. For instance, no bananas now reach
Washington. nor often New York. except
Of varieties solely used for cooking where
they are grown. Not one in a thousand Of
cur people ever ate the right banana for
raw use-one delicious and pleasant, and
having no strong taste, plump even to
bursting often; small and buttery in the
mouth as a pear. The banana usually sold
here Is used for frying (sliced in butter or
sweet OILY In the tropics, and for export to
US. The oranges Of Venezuela surpass
any We import from the Mediterranean,
Evening star., 1896-08-15
Preacher.

sembly in Philadelphia, and has been often a com
missioner and chairman Of leading committees and
an exceptionally forcible debater in all the church
courts.
His large charity has made him welcome repre-
sentative Of his church to other churches and 10 his
brethren OF other lands.
Dr. Thompson is prodlgious worker. He is one
of the many thousands who have discovered what
Paines celery compound does for those who are
worn cut by labor, who suffering from some
stage Of exhaustion and who require {,
health-giving remedy that will speedily replenish
the system with proper nutriment.
Writing from New York on June 23 Or. ThomI-
son said:
Il think 10 the of Paine's celery compound
is due the fact that after winter Of c1haustlns
work have been able to carry my duties through
the enervating springtime with unusual ease ard
comfort"
To the multitude who suffer from the enervating
Evening star., 1896-08-15

From one class of men has Paine's celery COM
pound received more unst!nted praise for its Won
dei full powers Of making the sick to be well again
than from ministers OF the Gospel in every dencm-
nation
Rev. Father Ouellet, Rev. DR.. Meek. the editor
OF the Central Methodist Rev. DR.. Baird Rev.
W. J. White, D.p., of the Georgia Baptist, are
among the hosts OF olergymen who have gratefully
published, that their experience might be of bene
fit to Others the story of how this great
est Of all remedies makes people well. building up
the shattered nerves, enriching the thin blood and
roofing out disease.
Rev. Charles L. Thompson, ID. pastor of the
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church In New York
city, is a crowned with honor Before going
to the celebrated church where he breaches in
New York he served In prominent pulpits in Gin
cinnati, Chicago, PittsburS and Kansas City. He
has written much and well on themes of public In
terest, presided the continental general as
Evening star., 1896-08-15

ticle already pawned. Their critics answer
that they do-in time; but that the poor
man. pressed for money, cannot imme-
diately get as large loan from these con-
servative. hide-bound, uninterested civil
service clerks of the Mont-de-Piete as q
private pawnbroker would willingly risk
advancing. And the proof of this. they
say. Is that 1t is a profitable business to
buy up tickets.
The Paris Mont-de-Piete has one great
central office building and storehouse COM
bined, and nineteen branches in the differ
ent sections Of the city. Entering any one
of these. the sights and sounds and smells
will be the same. There is the regulatio
central hall with seldom less than twenty
people sitting patiently. Hard luck's free
masonry makes strangers strike up conf
Dental chats to while away the time
Meanwhile the civil service functfonaries
smoke their cigarettes, dream of their
girls and their promotion. and move about
their business with a deliberatlon that
would cause the discharge of any clerk in
private employment Mingled here and
there with honest working people are men
who pawn their household furniture to go
on drinking. The sad-faced women clutch
Ing nervously at their bundles have the
same look throughout the world. Here all
sit or stand in full view Of each other.
Everything is open to the day Each sit
ter knows exactly what his neighbor gets
on his article.
appears
and an official voice cries out the French
equivalent of "Next!'' 1t is a lady with an
eisht-day clock. ell gilded with rocco
scrolls and coquettish shepherdess in
gilt on top. The clock has disappeared, and
the poor pledgey- has a round brass ticket
given her to represent it.
Next
man hands IN a mcerschaum pipe. ac-
cepts his ticket. and ahutfles back. He Is
FL hln1 md
easy He does not like to wait the ap-
pralsers, pleasure.
smart young servant girl comes trip
ping, and hands in with a saucy gibs
some railway bond or share in one Of those
joint stock companies In which the French
even to domestic servants, love TO invest
their savings She knows exactly what
she ought to get on the share She will
not sell the ticket afterward. Oh, no, She
might go for the money to a bank or
agent de change: but they would charge
her as high for the accommodation. and
She knows that the Mont-de-Piete is sure
She wants loan on this bond or piece
or stock In order to get the money to be-
gin buying another. 1t is a specimen of
feminine hnanciering and q favorite da-
vice to force oneself to new economies.
man across the hall calls out the num-
bers- Those who have their brass num-
bers step up to him. mo. S4-ten francsr'
1t is for the clock. "Accepted?" Accept
offered four francs on 1t. He accepts, but
Still must wait. He grows more nervous
and munnbles against bureaucracy And
every one accepts, and every one must
walt on longer.
A Quiet Routine.
All goes by routine, and very quiet and
decent. The official at the window spends
his days In simply taking in the offered
articles and giving out the numbered brass
cnecks for them. Behind the scenes sit
five responsible appraisers. handling each
Evening star., 1896-08-15

officers of this corporation are appointed
by the government and the civil service
system reigns over the appointment of
It's clerks and their promotion. Its capt.
tai Is not government money, but Is rep
resented by stockholders willing to take
an interest rate OF from 2 to per cent,
and of all these stockholders the Comedie-
Franchise, the state subventioned theater.
Is the heaviest, having about 100000
of its funds thus invested The money
thus obtained by the corporation of
the MOnt-de-Piete IS of course,
loened out by 1t at higher rate
Of interest to people who are fortunate
enough to have something to put in pawn.
The ticket which the clerk will hand
you for your watch bears in large type
at the top. The French Republic-Lib-
erty, Equality, Fraternity" And the
words beneath 1t. in larger letters still.
even more consoling, Mountain OF
Piety. This is old name in the Latin
lar guages for pawn shops run by gov
ernment, poetic phrase coined by that
pope who first had the idea of freeing
people from the grip of usurers. The
''ptety" Is not religious p.ety. of course,
but piety in the sense of natural duty and
compassion as when we say maternal or
flial piety- In Italian the name is Monte
Evening star., 1896-08-15

article In turn. The rule established for
ene , app, a'.S I;iso VI ~ .. 'e"eiIy IN
weight value; for all other articles two
thirds of their estimated value at an auo-
ton sale. AS may be readily guessed, the
official value of a pawned object scarce
ly corresponds at the Mont-de-Piete with
the hopes of It's owner. Yet there IL no
appeal no hagging. Now and then a hu-
morous person wants to argue, but his
time Is lost. You take what Is offered or
leave 1t.
These official. sworn and bonded ap-
praisers have special temptation to ap-
Evening star., 1896-08-15
FOrcible, Not Clever,

From the Chicago Record.
THAT young dentist seems to be a clever
fellow"
Mot much. he isn't. I went in his Office
to get tooth pulled. and he treated me as
der me-"
Evening star., 1896-08-15

1t is a fact that all the careful planning
of the French government is very much
thwarted by the improvidence of men who,
after having pawned their goods, will go
and pawn the tickets.
The authorities of the Mort-de- Piete de-
plore this practice. which nullifies their
work and makes their position almost use
less They say that their regulations, print
ed on each ticket, indicate much better
way of realizing the last penny or an ar
Evening star., 1896-08-15
Long-Continued Loans.

There are people In Paris row living
" no have had their fathers watch or
other heirloom soaking on the mountain
forty years. They keep the interest up
and hope for better days. Surprising such
a watch TO have been originally worth so.
The Mont-de-Piete charges 3 per cent a
year for interest, 3 per cent n year again
for storage and per cent u year for state
tax. making : per cent year in all. The
man who has not seen his watch for forty
years would therefore have paid out in
Paris something Ike s24 If 1t is true
that the interest and storage of New York
pawn shops run into 75 per cent a year,
he would have paid out something like s2DO
interest.
Had 1t been mattresses bed clothes, toois.
or any such article of prime necessity.
these Paris record holders would have had
three opportunities of getting them out free
in the past forty years. From. the first
days of the first republic to the present
date ii has been customary every now and
then TO make a kind of general Jail deliv-
cry of useful objects held in pawn the mon
ey for the purpose coming either from par
hamentary decree or being raised by popu-
lar subscription. The last three charities
or the kind We're In 1850. 1871 and 1879. In
1871 the money came from the English AS
sociation, which. under Sir Richard Wal
lace. did such great work In relieving the
miseries OF the siege In 1870 winter of
great cold and destitution, sum of money
voted by the Paris municipality was more
Iidl4 NIlpled Dy popular subscription or
ganized by the popular one-cent daily news
paper. the Petit Journal. The fact that
since the winter of 1879 there has been no
more or this setting free of pawned goods
depends on a curious twist of modern COM
merctal activity. 1t Is asserted that nova
days few of the actual pledSers of tn.
freed goods would get the benefit of such a
good work This is owing to the pernicious
industry of speculation in pawn tickets.
which had already grown up in 1879. and
which Is In full flourish at the present day
1t is notable example Of the fact that
Evening star., 1896-08-15
A Study in Dialects.

From the Cleveland Post.
If you want to study dialect shadings
take half dozen trips on one OF the big
consolidated cars" said a prominent law
yer who lives on the Cedar avenue branch
OF the line referred to- You'll hear some
Of the queerest attempts at pronunciation
you ever listened to. Yes, from the con-
ductors. I've got so schooled in the differ
ent accents that 1 can tell in a moment
when new conductor is aboard / under
stand good many of these fare takers are
Canadians. If that is SO, Canada must be
as full of dialects as the Austrian empire
My favorite test is on the word transfer
In six trips l heard it pronounced six diff
ferent ways. Let me try and reproduce
them:
"'Transfars'
Transfers.
'Trunsfurs.'
Trawnsfers.'
"'Trinsfars.'
'DrunSverS.'
THE last example emanates, / am in
clined to think, from an official OF German
descent. All the other conductors were un-
mistakably from some portion of the Brit
ish possessions. Listen the next time you
go aboard q motor and see If you car con-
rect the dialect artist with his original nd
tionality."
Evening star., 1896-08-15

ary and that of Goajira for Its western, and
went through the narrow passage at present
defended by the castle of San Carlos and a
swarm of alligators, into the great and
beautiful fresh water lake bearing still the
Indian name Maracaibo, but called by
Amerigo Vespucci, who accompanied Oieda.
Venicia, or in the Spanish language Ven-
ezuela, meaning Little Venice This name,
now applied to the whole country, was sug-
gested by the fact that the Indian villages
were built In the lake. upon piles, as is the
city of Venice in its laguna One of those
veritable lake villages still remains, in pre-
historic simplicity. situated about four miles
below the city of Maracaibo, and bearing
the Spanish name of Santa Rosa (Holy
Rose).
Lake Maracaibo Is 1877 miles long and Is
miles wide, and receives tribute from sew
eral hundred rivers and smaller streams
principally Of Andean origin. Many of these
are navigable, as the Zulia, Catatumba
Bravo, eic., the former extending into Co.
lcmbia and furnishing route for the trans