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| when the. farmer came to call him to

when the. farmer came to call him to
breakfast.
81 feel as if I'd been brayed in a NOR
tar" he said, in reply to Duncan's in
quiries. 81 suppose it was the long
tramp yesterday; I ought to have had
more sense than to try it."
ma, ma, them" said Duncan, sooth-
ingly; "it's MAR the fault O. the BARN;
she Wilma be considerin' that ye're
over pawky to be scram'lin' sax or
aught miles on the mountain"
please don't blame her; she couldn't
know how good-for-nothing 1 am. 1
didn't believe it myself. But I'm glad
you came up; wanted to see you about
this Kilgrow business. 1t mustn't be
allowed to drag, you know; the old man
isn't safe from one day to another while
he stands in the way of such men as
Fench and Sharpless. That letter you
have is only beginning; if they find
out it hasn't driven Kilgrow out of the
country. we may look for harsher meas
ures. Can you see the old man and bring
him to me to-day?"
INA, na." objected Duncan: yell no
this day. Johnnie Keelgrow's case has
kept weel enough these sax years, an a
day or SO maire or less Wilma make or
break him."
"But YOU don't understand" insisted
Thorndyke, rising On his elbow and
pushing back the dizziness that threat
ened to submerge him. "a single day
may make all the difference between
success and failure. You must remem-
Der that it's the life or the liberty of
enc poor old man against more money
than you ever saw. If you don't prom
Use to bring Kilgrow here to-day I'll
get up and go to him. sick as am
Duncan yielded at discretion, secretly
proud of the inval;d's pluck. MAX
yersep easy. Mr.. Thorndyke. an dinna
fash yerseP waur than We need. I'll
fess auld Johnnie down, gin l hae to
tie him neck an heels an lug him. Do
We just be quiet. moo, an Martha'l
bring We bit an sup"
Thorndyke sat up to eat the break
fast brought him little later by Mrs
Duncan, and he was able in the course
CT the forenoon to dress and go down to
the sitting-room. Elsie had been re-
preaching herself all the morning for
her part in the imprudent excursion OF
the day before, and when the invalid
came down she installed herself at once
as his nurse and companion. Philip was
made comfortable upon the lounge. and
when he was tucked in with rugs and
propped to the exact angle of restful
ease with pillows the girl ransacked the
ancient bookcase for something to read
to him. Philip saw and protested.
you mustn't waste your time cod
ding me-" he said; lust bring your
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Oyater RiaAOlea.

Drain the liquor from quart of oys-
tiers. Chop very fine. Add four we'll
beaten eggs and enough cracker meal
TO make the mixture thick enough to
form into little balls. Season to taste
and fry in boiling lard. Arrange on n
napkin. garnishing with parsley and
slices of iemon.-N. Y. Ledger.
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Well Balanced.

"You have n well-balanced company"
said the kind critic.
II think so.' responded the manager.
with pride
VERY well balanced. indeed. The
heavy villain is so light and the COM
ed;an so heavy that the balance may be
called almost perfect. "-Indianapolis
Journal.
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FOR GOOD OR I'LL

In offering to fight the battle for the
old mountaineer. Thorndyke had reck-
oned without his host in one very i'm
portant particular. When he awoke
from troubled sleep on the morning
following the talk with Duncan he was
too i'll to get up, and he was still in bed
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All Recommendations for this paper shouI6
oe accompanied by the name Of the author. NOT
neccesariiy Tor publication but IS an eyidence
OF eood faith on the part Of the writer. Wrire
on's On one side OF the paper, Be particularly
oeioi IN giving names and dates to have The
leeeerS and figures plain and distinct.
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TX.
CROSS-EXAMINATION.

AS q result of Elsie's promise to tell
her father, James Duncan tapped at the
door of his guests room that night just
as Thorndyke had begun a letter to his
mother.
Come in," said Philip, pushing aside
his writing materials.
Duncan entered, and, after beating
cautiously about among Indifferent
topics for n few moments, came warily
to the object of his visit.
"Elsie's been tellin' me ye're a bit of
. lawyer. Mr.. Thorndyke," he said, by
way of beginning.
eyes, have read law in the schools"
moo. that's varra singular" re-
marked Duncan, thoughtfully, much as
if Philip had asserted that he was
high caste Brahmin-''verra singular;
but then, it may be no SO inopportune,
after a. Would We min te1lin' me, moo,
what for we cam to study the law?"
Chiefly because my father wished it.
1t was his profession"
'Ow, aye" said Duncan, rubbing his
chin and relapsing into a silence which
seemed to indicate that he had come to
the end of his introductory resources.
Philip thought to help him along by
asking if there were need for legal adj
vice in the affairs of the family.
INA, ma, it's no just that; but there's,
as one may say, frien' O the family
wha wouldna be the waur for wee bit
o. that same. I'm thinkin' Elsie's been
claverin' ABBOTT it when We was over
yon."
''She told me about the troubles of
your old friend Kilgrow, and offered
to help him if l could. Was that what
you meant"
Aye" said Duncan, and, as he showed
no disposition to be more explicit,
Philip continued:
IF am to act as attorney for your
friend, it is needful that should know
all the facts. Are you prepared to give
thcm?"
Duncan was evidently making con-
scientious effort toward frankness, but
with such meager results that Thorn
dyke was finally compelled to exact the
desired information piecemeal, as from
ON unwilling witness. After getting the
outline of Elsie's story verified, he pro-
ceeded to particulars.
How long had Kilgrow owned the
Land when he took Gates as tenant?"
I'm no vera clear upo' that point,
but it's q matter O. 20 year or more, as
ken myself"
"Was his title clear?"
81 think there's ma doubt ABBOTT that"
whats the name of this county,"
"Chilmath.''
! "And Allacoochee is the county seat ?"
"Aye."
'Does this farm of Kilgrow's lie who'll
" within the limits of the new town."
81 Gamma say as to the preceese leem-
its; I'm thinkin' it'll TAX in ABBOTT half
the town."
II suppose no one knows anything
about the exact nature Of the transac-
ton between the town company and
Cates?"
"Naething mair than that Gates got
a thousand dollars on the nail"
"Was that fair price for the land at
the time?"
INA, it wasna mair than half price"
Thorndyke made a note of this.
That's our starting point. You knew
Gates: what kino of a man was he?
Would he be likely to sell anything at
half price of his own accord?'
ma. that he wouldna; he was canny
chieI. an over fond o the main chance"
Then there was probably some pres
sure brought to bear upon him. Now,
what do you know about the town COM
pany people? Who made the deal with
Cates?"
"a lawyer by the name of Sharpless,
an the agent. Master jenkins Fench."
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A CASE IN EQUITY.
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.

copyright. 1895. by J. B. Lippineott Col
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
People Talked About,

Sam Hoggland, a well known horse
man. died at Cony Island. aged eighty
years.
Christian Moerlein, n of the pioneer
brewers of Cincinnati, is dead. aged
eighty-four.
Gen. Powell Clayton, the newly ap-
pointed minister to Mexico. has official
ly presented his credentials TO Presi-
dent DiaZ.
Judge John Lowell the distinguished
jurist. is dead at his home in Brook
line, Mass. Judge Lowell was i'll for
some time and death had been eX-
pected for several days.
Con Baker of Columbus, Ohio. broke
the worlds record for one mile on an
indoor track at the Coliseum at Allan
tn, Ga, covering the distance in Il trial
heat in 2:04 1-J. The previous record
was 2:06 10.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
Free Homes I'm the Northwest

Those who are paying rent or carrying
mortgages, or young men without pros
poets of getting a home where land Is
high in price. should note that the Cana
dian government has a large area Of me
farming land which ii gives TO persons
over eighteen years OF age. Soil produces
all staple crops. Climate similar TO thS
Good stock and dairy country. An excut
sion will leave st. Pau and Minneapois
Wednesday, June 23, 1897, and monthy
thereafter to examine these lands. DOM
be misled about far away places you kho"
nothing about, but select while the chance
is open a free farm OF 100 acres, to whhA
the railway fare Is low and will not ea'
up a large share of your capital. For pun.
locations and further information address
Benjamin Davies, Emigration Ageh,
Canadian Government, 154 East IhHu
street, st. Paul, Mimi.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

Letters received in London from Blu
shire, on the Persian Gulf, show that
the agricultural population of that dis
trict ascribed the lack Of rain to the
evil influence of certain landmarks
erected on account of the Meteorolog-
ical Survey of India. The suzvey pill
lars were destroyed before the troops
reached the scene of disturbance. A
heavy fall of rain followed, and the
people were at once sure that their sus-
picions were correct, and that their
work of destruction had propitiated the
heavenly powers. Twenty of the ring
leaders were bastinadoed by the COVER
nor, to show the people that the Brit
ish authorities as we'll as higher pow
ers must be taken into the account.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
Accidental happenings.

Fire destroyed the tannery of A. Il.
Patrick Il Co, San Francisco. Loss,
100000.
\ dispatch from Phoenix. AriZ.,
states that within three weeks sever
persons have been drowned while at
tempting TO ford the Salt river near
that place.
William Bramwell Carr, capitalist,
mine and land owner, and at one time
Il political leader of California, was
found dead in his bed at San Francisco,
due TO accidental asphyxiation.
Rowlcy ~Shepardson, the Princeton, n.
j., student who was accidentally shot
while rowing on Raritan canal, died
from the effects Of his wounds. The re-
mains Will be removed TO Richmond,
Va.
AS the result Of a snowslide at the
Highland Mary mine, in Eagle river
canyon, near Red Cliff, Col. Frank Lar
Zelere and Ernest Kemp are dead. The
two men were working n lease on this
mine and We're found with their feet
sticking out of the snow near the en-
franc to the tunnel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

The collapse of a trust was signal
lied recently by a drop of more than
thirty per cent in the quoted price Of
steel rails. The manufacturer who
made the first cut, IN owner of many
blast-furnaces and rolling-mills, had
just formed an alliance with the own
er of numerous iron-mines. But the
furnaces were in Pennsylvania, while
the mines were in Minnesota. How,
after the ore had been carried halfway
across the continent, could the manu-
featured article be sold for less than
the product of Pennsylvania mines,
smelted and milled at home? Several
factors enter into the explanation. In
the first place. the ores mined in the
Lake region"-Michigan, Minnesota
and Wisconsin-are rich in iron, COM
paratively free from deleterious sub
stances, such as phosphorus, and soft
enough to be easily smelted.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
Foreign Gossip.

NJ. X. Lcbaudy's chestnut horse.
Count Schomberg, five years old, won
The Chester cup 1T the Chester. Eng.
meeting.
The town of Windischmatrcl in he
Tyrol, Il well known tourist resort, has
been destroyed by fire. A woman was
burned 10 death.
Charles G. Marsh. aide to Rear Adj
miral Sicard. and Miss Charlotte Ev-
ans. daughter of commodore Evans,
were married at Fortress Monroe.
Earthquakes are shaking the islands
of Guadeloupe and Mcntserrat Of the
West Indies. The cable a few days
ago reported that Il number Of persons
had been killed ut G~uadcloupe.
The obseauies Of the late Duchess
d'.Alencon took place in the Church OF
st. Philips du Role. in the Rue du
Fauburg 81. Honore. Paris. Cardinal
Richard. the archbishop of Paris, pro-
nounccd the dissolution.
The Russian ambassador. Baron Won
Mohrcnheim. has handed an auto
graph letter from the car to President
Faure expressing his majesty's warm
est coincidence with the families of the
victims of the charity bazaar fire of
May 4.
The queen regent has issued n decree
authorizing the raising of S40.O00,00O
TO he secured by the customs duties If
Spain To mcer the cOs Of military Ope-
rations in Cuba and the Philippine is
lands. The Bank Of Spain will under
take the issue.
Minister Marrett has informed the
state department that the king of
Siam has appointed the queen to act
as regent during his absence, assisted
by a council Of regency, n step I'M
~precedented under the present dy-
nasty.
Two new telephone cables. each with
two circuits, are to be laid across the
English channel. making practically six
lines for the London-Paris telephone
service. They will raise TO tbirty-four
the number OF wires stretched across
the chaLncl from Dover to Beachy
Head.
The Paris Gaiuois Comte
Castellane has written a letter to
Baron Mackau. informing him that the
comptesse has decided. In memory of
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
II MARKETS..
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centcra.

Chicago, May -. Wheat - No. .
red. soc: No. = spring. ISa1S lie: No. =
hard winter. 71a73c; No. l Northern
spring, 16aTTc. Corn-CaSh No. ,, 2}a
"a lie. Oats-Cash No. =, Is lie: No.
3, 1Ia2Oc.
Chicago. May -. Hogs Light,
S3.60a3.I ~; mixed. S3.65a3.75; heavy.
S3.35a3.I5; rough, $3.35a3.45. Cattle
Beeves. S4a5.15; COWS and heifers,
S2a4aO: Texans, S~3.1Oa43O; stock
ers and feeders. S3.5Oa4.GO. Sheep -
Natives, S2.5Oa4.90; Westerns, S3.5Oa
4.65: lambs, $3.25a560
Milwaukee, May ID. Flour steady.
Wheat lower; No. = spring, - lie: No.
] Northern, ISc: July, 20 1-Sc. Corn
firm; No. !, ~ lac. Oats steady: No.
= white. 22a22 lie. Barley steady:
No. ,. 32ai2 lie: sample, 24a32 lie.
Rye lower; No. l, % 3-4a36c. provis-
M firm.
Minneapolis. May 22-Wheat-May
closed ut Il use; July opened ut II 5-Sc
and closed ut II 1-4c; September
opened ut "a 3-4c and closed at 6ic. On
track - No. l hard, IL 3-4c; No. 1
Northern. ~ lie: No. = Northern, tic.
South st. Paul, May -. - Hogs -
~$345a3.6O. Cattle-Stockers. S345a4:
heifers, 81. I5a3.4O; steers, S4l2 la
Ar IL; bulls, $2.7Oa3,2O
st. Paul, May -. Wheat - No. 1
Northern, 13a74c; No. = Northern.
II l-2a72 lie. Corn - No. 3 yellow,
90 1-2a23c; No. 3, 21a22c. Oats No.
3 white, 19a19 lie; No. 3, II La
IS 1-2c. Barley and rye-Sample bar
ley, 2Oa25c; No. 2 rye, 33a34c: No. 8
rye, 32a32c. Seeds - No. l fax.
73a74c; timothy, 90a$1 10; clover, $3.50
a4.40.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

her mother, to devote q million francs
FOR the purchase Of Il site and location
of a building to be used for all kinds
of charitable purposes.
Complaints from stockholders have
lei the Western Railroad of France &c
publish some curious facts about free
passes given 10 the press. Passes were
issued in 1896 which. if paid for. would
have added To the receipts of the com
pany 3.I3,OG Cranes: to counterbalance
this The newspapers printed free adrer
tisementS for the railroad. which woull
have cost it 1.634.0OO francs.
The session Of tn" British parliament
suspended by the Easter recess ha,
broken the record for the number OF
votes taken in the house Of commons
In three months the house divided l3,
times. 81 times after closure had been
enforced. The number of votes taken
last year during tn. same interval was
only 81.
Since the C~aillpbOtte collection of I'M
pressionist paintings has been accepted
for the Luxembourg gallery, the Iiue
arts section Of the Institute of France
has been deluging the minister of fine
arts with protests. Though there are
some Manets and Claude Monets among
them. the greater part Of the collection
Is said to be a SET of daubs.
An Anonymous donor has sent tie
sum Of 3T.5NO pounds sterling TO the
committee OF management Of the char.
it, bazaar in the Rue Jean Goajou.
Paris. which was the scene of the r..
cen tragedy from fire. This amount
With the proceeds of the first day.
sales. 1.SO0 Iounds sterlirg, equals the
full receipts of the bazaar of 1876: AMI
the committee is thus enabled 10 make
distribution as before.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

1t is no longer good form for the
members of the Chicago woman's club
TO wear birds or their plumage on hats
and bonnets. The club has practical
ly declared a boycott against the fash
ion and entered on a campaign of edu-
cation, whose effect will be felt first Of
all by the milliner. 1t has pledged it's
efforts to the creation of a settled pub
lie opinion adverse to the bird-wearing
fashion, which is highly commendable.
Women will certainly look just as
sweet without the plumage of birds
II they will only think so.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
Crimes and Criminals.

Joseph Sims. II colored preacher Of
Los Angeles, while being conveyed to
Folsom to serve seven years for burg
larry jumped from the train at Newman,
and was seriously hurt.
John Patterson Of Los Angeles has re-
covered possession of a ~siX-year-old son
who was kidnapped three years ago
while the body Of his wife was being
lowered into a grave at Cincinnati,
Ohio.
L. h. YOutZ, late cashier Of the New
port National bank, was summoned by
telephone before Judge Barr at Gin
cinnati and arrested on a warrant
charging him with misappropriating
the banks funds.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

The discretion of a judge in a natu-
ralization ease may wisely give the
United States the benefit of the doubt
as to the expediency of granting citi-
zenship. A judge in a western state
rejected tw%enty-one out of thirty-four
applicants because they were ignorant
of American institutions N princi-
pies, beside showing, in some instances.
an inability to read, write or speak
with a proper facility. These appli-
cants for full citizenship were not able
TO stand the test of simple questions.
Some of the answers were mere traves-
ties on information. One said the high
est officer Of the state was the car"
while another thought the chief official
of the nation was 1.-The White House.
In former days, when an indiscriminate
granting of the privileges of citizen
ship was regarded, in some communi-
ties at least, as a matter of course, it is
possible that all of these applicants
might have succeeded. Happily the
country is now alert and protests
against such folly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
DRUNK FOR TWENTY YEARS

A correspondent writes: Il was drunk
on and on for over twenty years, drum
when had money, sober when | had mons
Many dear friends | lost, and number.
gave me good advice 10 no purpose bp,
thank God, an angel hand came at last IN
the form of my poor wife, who administer
ed your marvellous remedy, "Anti,Jag .
to me without my knowledge or consent
| am now saved and completely trans
formed from "A worthless fellow to a sobe,
aud respected citizen"
IL "Anti-Jag" cannot be had at Won,
druggist, it will be mailed in plain wrapue,
with full directions how to give secretly
on receipt OF One Dollar, by the Renoy,
Chemical Co, 66 Broadway, New York. Or
they will gladly mail full particulars free
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

List of patents issued last wool.
Northwestern inventors: 70
John Betz, Jordan, Mimi. yega,o,,
cutter; Reuben Il. Disbrow. Owatonnu
Mimi, combined churn and bn,.a
worker; Herbert III. Freeman. pia.s
$ d. hat holder; Victor Klinger, Slay,
ton, Mimi, steam boiler tiue from.
Finney Sprague, st. Paul, MINI, ons
X. {. Sprague. Cedar Rapids. Iowo
rotary evaporation,
Il. ID. Merwin, Patent LAWYER. ~,
Pioneer Press Building. 81. Paul Ain,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

Some OF the leading jewelers. are
showing among their novelties beauti-
full bottles of cut glass which are used
for burning incense. These bottles
have a crown of open work which part
ly shields a substance which smolders
slowly, being fed by a wick from a del
icately perfumed liquid with which the
bottle is filled. The odor is d~elicately
fragrant, and the bottle is a charming
addition to a handsomely fitted up coy
corner.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

Rev. Charles Starkweather, who was
last week elected mayor of Superior,
Wis. with all the papers and public
speakers against him, says he was in
spired from on high; that he invoked
and received the assistance OF heaven.
II will be remembered that while Mr..
Starkweather was mayor on a previous
occasion he was impeached. This was a
terrible blow to him. But had he never
drank so deep in the dregs of adversely
he might have died without knowing
his power. 1t takes adversities to bring
out the strength that Is in a man.
Starkweather Is a wonder.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

Ex-senator Sawyer and G. p. Hunt
ington, two ~millionaires, state that hey
know OF W ways to get rich, n being
to &c to Africa and buy ivory and the
other to go south and buy pine lands.
They seem to be under the impression
that everybody has sufficient mean to
make You can't buy ivory in Africa
on wind.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

The government board Of inquiry APP
pointed To investigate the nature of
and responsibility for the obstruction
on which the battleship Oregon settled
while lying at the entrance of the Puget
sound naval station, has begun its SEES
sion at Port Orchard.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
4 Lonely MINI

I'm down on these literary clubs
they have a bad effect IN domestic han,
piness."
In what special way"
why, since my wife got SO busy
reading Emerson. she doesn't care IA
look on while / whitewash the basI
tence."-Detroit Free Press.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
4 Man of Means.

Mr.. GotroX-Are you sure. youn,
man. that you can support my daughte
in the style she is accustomed toy"
Hi X Wheeler am sure | can. sin
/ have the receipted bills for all N.
repairs made upon my wheel last SEA
Son.-Omaha World Herald.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27
Pasteur Gopher Virus.

A safe, speedy n efrectual way OF de.
stroying squirrels. gophers. prairie dogs
and rabbits is with the Pasteur Virus
which has already been successfully used
in South Dakota, Colorado. Oregon and
California. 1t is furnished by the Pas.
teur Vaccine Co. of Chicago in bottle;
costing 81 and - cents.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

Young people, especially in the Mis-
souri, valley, are now sitting up nights
watching for airships. At least that's
their excuse.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

The oldest wooden building i'm the WI
Is a church at Borgund, Norway J "rs.
erected in the eleventh century ana me
quent coats of pitch have preserved -
wood from decay.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

The year has been a very sickly one.
but as the colleges are turning out
large spring reinforcements for the
doctors. We shall now have more as
sistance in the fight against disease.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

According TO the recent Russian cehsUs
the populations Of the four chiet clus'
are: st. Petersburg. 1,2J0,ouo; Mosco"
5000; Warsaw, 100000; and Odess'
40, 600.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-05-27

When a Trappist monk closes ~ ~
earthly career his form il enshrouaeu \.
the habit ne wor I'm life. and this u =, ~
only covering in the grave except !"
earth. No coffin is used