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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

Thomas Nelson Page, Joel Chandler
Harris and other Lights.

With new economic ideas, with an
ever-increasing development OF her
natural resources, with a more flexible
industrial system, a more rational at
titude toward manual labor, and more
enlightened methods of public educa-
ton, there has come literary insplr-
alton impossible before, and the year
1870 has more than made amends for
the year 1880, says the Suwanee Re
view. The words which Sidney Lanier
wrote to his wife in 1870 may be taken
as rejecting the new energies or the
time: DAY by day a thou'
sand vital elements rill through my
soul. Day by day the secret deep
forces gather which will presently dis
play themselves in bending leaf and
waxy petal and in useful fruit and
grain" Hardly were these words writ
ten before Irwin Russell opened new
province to American literature by his
skillful delineations Of negro charac'
ter Two years later Maurice Thomp-
son is hailed by Longfellow as "a new
and original singer, fresh, joyous and
true" In 1875 Sidney Lanier attains
national fame by his poem on Corn
and the six years Of life that remained
to him were to be filled with bursts OF
imperishable song. In 1876 Joel Chan
dler Harris annexed the province
which Irwin Russell had discovered,
and uncle Remus" quietly assumed
a place in the worlds literature OF
humor and folklore never filled until
then Two years later Miss Murfree,
better known as Charles Egbert Grad
dock, set all the magazine readers
wondering at the genius that could find
literary material in the illiterate
mountaineers of East Tennessee. Ths
decade closed with the appearance In
literature of George w. Gable, whose
"Grandissimes" is ranked by not few
critics as second only to the Scarlet
Letter" The next decade witnessed
the advent of Thomas Nelson Page q
Virginia and James Lane Allen OF Ken,
lucky. Mr. Pages "Marse Chan" and
''Meh Lady" not only presented the
relation of master and slave in a new
light, but furnished at the same time
expose of the latent, though perhaps
unintentional injustice Of Uncle
Toms Cabin" The historical value,
to the south of stories like these, to
say nothing of their literary charm,
cannot be easily overrated. Mr.. Allen.
in his "Blue-Grass Region Of Kentuc-
ky" added another state to the south
ern literary union, and spread charm
of stored past over region that
had long ago led Henry Ward Beecher
to say: Hereafter to me the twenty
third Psalm shall read: He maketh
me lie down in bluegrass pastures I"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
THE FADS OF SOCIETY
SAVAGE NATURE VERSUS THAT
FOUND IN CULTURED MAN.
Folly of tho Chaperon Who Doesn't
Chaperon-Craze for Golf Is Amazing
The Debutsnte May Make Her Bow
without Formally. v

1t seems odd that the long centuries
of progress in human enlightenment
and tho great continual advance in
science have had SO little effect on the
individual that he is etill born with
the same savage, unframed nature, the
same unmodified passions and in
stincts as the aboriginal man of the
desert or wilderness, and that 1t is only
his surrounding and the circumstances
Of his birth that change him and de-
velop him into a refined, intelligent
being or leave him an untutored saw
age. says the New York Tribune. The
child of the most intellectual couple in
the universe if taken at his birth and
placed in family Of ignorant, de-
graded beings would grow up not one
whit better than his foster brothers
and sisters, while the generations of
culture which distinguished his fore
bears would leave no appreciate
marks upon his character; that is, he
would be no more likely to rise SUI
perior to his surroundings than would
any one of his associates.
1t is curious, too, that man alone
seems unaffected by the development
of his propgenitors; and that the low
err animals should retain the evidences
of their pedigree under new and favor
able conditions, while a human being,
gifted presumably with soul, will ex-
hibit no trait that entirely distin-
cuisines him from his fellows. We
must perforce, therefore, come to the
unfattering conclusion that person
ally we have no individuality; that we
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
DIR. Prices
Cream Baking Powder

thus nsuring their being light and delicious used in
Gdd Cakes they be produced in the shortest space time
and always tender and delicious and be with
mpunity by dysppcs and with dgeston Cakes
of other kinds made with Dr. Prices for
much longer time than if any other baking powder used
Nothing decisively settles the superiority of
DR. Prices all other baking powers the bestowal
upon it of the Highest Medal and Diploma by the
Worlds Columbian Exposition Chicago s3) and the
Special Gold Medal and Diploma by the California Mid
winter International Exposition (San Francisco, 's.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
Evidence.

Il don't know whether you were in
the army or not" said the street-car
conductor who had been instructed not
to collect fares from soldiers. "You
haven't your uniform" That's q
fact. But taste this" IT'S quinine. ("
Yes. Watch me swallow it. The:e,"
he proceeded, as he smacked his lips;
that ought to be proof enough. When
a man can eat handful of quinins
without making face the chances are
about hundred to one that he has
been in one Of Uncle Sans camps for
a while. Washington Star.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
Cakes Without Eggs.

Observing housekeepers quickly learn that Dr.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder far superior all
the fact that always insres the finest dane
wholesome pastry and they wish be they
dispense entirely with eggs and much less quantity
for shortening purposes The advantage the saving
effected but the avoiding of trouble and the frequent difficulty
in securing eggs that fresh
Cakes of every kind from the informal Griddle to the
stately Bride Cake be made with
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, s.


Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he is tho
senior partner OF the firm OF F. J. Cheney s. Co,
doing business in the City OF TOLEDO, county
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ior
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot DO
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh cure
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. D. 1855
fSrAIj A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally: ana
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send Tor testimonials, Tree
FL CHENEY & CO. Toledo. "
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
Infallible Sign.

Mr.. Wrenter-Well, we might as Wen
look out for steady cold weather now
Mrs. Wrenter-When did you set up
for a weather prophet?
Mr.. Wrenter-That window which
has been sticking fast all summer has
come loose. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
Rnltimore. Feh-The story sent out

Baltimore, Feb.-The story sent out
from Chicago that General Passenger
Agent Austin, of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road, had reported rate cut
ting, on the part of rival lines, TO the
Receivers, is strenuously denied at Is.
and o. headquarters. Mr.. Austin, in
letter, absolutely denies that any such
cases have come under his notice, and
denounces the report as fake" pure
and simple.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

tramp is ended and the short after
noon is dying, with clear, cold skies
stained with red with sunset he
gathers with his fellows around the
big log fire in the club house and dis
cusses with unfiagging interest the
battles lost and won--a discussion so
called by courtesy, for to an outsider
1t appears to consist of monologues all
delivered at once. every one speaking
OF his or her game, and no one. ap-
parently, listening to what the others
are saying, 1t being sufficient, appar-
emily, to dwell upon the beloved sub
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
Negotiating a Loan.

Small Boy Ito grocer)-Will you let
my mother have a pound OF treacle,
and she II pay you on Saturday.
Assistant-Tell your mother we don't
give credit.
Small Boy-She doesn't want credit
she wants a pound of treacle.-Iit-Bits.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

are roughhewn by circumstances to fill
a certain tiny space in the worlds
growth, not much more important than
that of the coral insect that, dying,
adds it's grain to what has been ac-
eomplished by other atoms. And the
only consoling thought connected with
this superstition Is that very small
individuality, whether or not 1t be-
comes highly developed, helps in the
building Of the world OF men, as the
sorai aids in founding a continent.
From the life OF an Insignificant
atom to a fin-de-siecle person Is long
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
4 Clerical Error,

That was good sermon that Dr.
Binks preached this morning"
Excellent. 1t would have been al
most perfect if the doctor hadn't inter.
polated a few sentences of his own
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
Short Work.

Eyes. Ethel was in the hospital only
three days" why did she leave so
soon?" THE chief surgeon proposed
to her. and she came home to get her
trousseau ready. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

It is little short OF a miracle
that the horse comes down safe, but
yet this miracle is carefully practiced
almost every day at Tor di Quinto,
and the sliding down act performed
by any of the officers there without it's
ever having happened that either man
or horse was hurt.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

A Single Dose of "Five Drops"
will benefit you for la grippe-its use
vertisement in another column Of this
paper, containing strong testimonials
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

were it not taken from
an instantaneous pho
tograph, being one of n
series made with the
kinematograph Blu t
even a d m | t ing the
picture as authentic.
one would certainly
question the wisdom
Of submitting b o t Ii
man and beast to the
chances Of danger TO
life and limb that evil
IDENTIFY must be incur
red when sliding down
such a steep and long
incline, the weight of
the rider being added
to that of the animal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

Doctor, | didn't think 1t would be
necessary for you to come again, but
my throat this morning is so hot and
dry"
Has your wife, sir, been showing
you my bill?'-Chicago Tribune.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

A mans ledger does not tell what he
Is worth. Count what is in man. not
what is on him, if you would know
what he Is worth-whether rich or
poOr.-H. w. Beecher
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
All the Same to HeI

'In one respect, every woman is am
bidextrous."
"How do you make that CutT'
"She can throw just as well with her
left hand as with her right."-Chicago
News.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

Lots OF men are not able TO sit in
their own canoes, much less paddle
them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16
RECKLESS FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP.
Italian Cavalrymen Peculiarly Expert in Oar
ing Riding. 70

feats. Whoever looks upon the ac-
companying illustration would think
the feat depicted an utter impossibility
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-02-16

DOWN CLIFF, AT DI QUINTO.
and horses for work in very difficult
territory. They make horses climb
steep slopes, and, what is much more
important in case OF war. let them
slide down almost vertical hillsides
or entertainments and similar daring
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
GRAND LODGE K. OF II.
The Annual Convention Is Now Being Held
ct Temple.
1859 LODGES ARE REPRESENTED ALREADY
,Commistce Reports, Amendments
and Resolutions Went over Until
the Second Days. session.

Temple, Texas. August 1.-The grand
Lodge Knights OF Honor OF Texas was
called TO order today at o'clock In
Temple by Grand Dictator r. W. Hudson.
An address of welcome was extended
to the visitors in behalf OF the citizens
and local lodge by Judge w. d. Cochran.
There are present 30 far ISL delegates and
officers. representing l59 lodges. and more
are expected tonight.
The officers not present and whose
places have been filled pro tenn by the
grand dictator are Monta ]. Moore. grand
assistant dictator: +. II. Bailey reporter;
X. 7. Jones. sentinel: S. J. Hendrick. COM
mittee on laws; Jos. Il. Linger COM
mittee on German work.
Temporary committee on credentials mp
pointed, was j. +. Brnkerhoff Chas. Mil
Ter, Il. II. Hopson, j. A. Mckinney and
w. J, Johnson Their report was sub
mitted and adopted. Representatives and
past dctators who had not been obligated
were then obligated and given seats.
Numerous reports, amendments and
resolutions were introduced and carried
over till tomorrow's meeting. The ses-
sion then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-
morrow,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
BUSINESS MATTERS.


Denton, Texas, August Peter ]. Null
lin. n joweIry merchant here, 1led an as
signment this morning to cover liabilities
as follows; Botterhoff & Ponder $50; Dem
ton County National bank. four notes,
$500 Mrs. A. o. Shpley. note, amount OF
which is not given; Morgan Hawley.
sri: Thomas j. Jusek, Elgin, H., S1Sa; L..
Guttman a Sons. Cincinnati. s561 Ex-
change National bank, note, $50. The first
three creditors are to be paid first and the
others after the first have paid.
r. NJ. Kelso is named AS trustee OF the
stock and Is instructed to sell s1ck for
cash within thirty days after he takes
charge.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
The Glen Rose Assembly.

Glen Rose. Texas. July 3c.-The Glen
Rose assembly met prompt at $3.50 a. M;
1856 children answered TO roll call; very
able address by Rev. A. Lowe OF Brown
wood Texas. followed by sermon at II O..
m. by Rev. w. r. Grafton, Sherman.
Texas: p. M. childrens EndeNor rally.
led by Rev. Flaniken: p. m, sermon by
Rev. Farr About 1900 people upon the
campus and nearly 5000 at the services,
and the assembly is growing In favor and
new arrivals from all over the State.
Among them is Rev. DR.. Hubert, Leb-
anon. Tenn. Judge Prendergast OF Mexia.
Texas; Rev. Ira Landrith. Nashville, Tenn.
Orchestra and choir led by Prof W. Camp
bell OF Tehuacana. Texas. Is giving the as
sembly the best OF vocal and instrumental
music and highly classic In every way.
and among the grnndest and most enjoy
able features Of tho assembly meeting.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
-----s.Ezrs--
COLLIN COUNTY ONIONS.
A Good Crop that Always Brings
Good Prices.


Mckinney, Texas, July 31.-0nion grow
ing is becoming quite an important indus
try in this county. whose soil seems to
be peculiarly we'll adapted to their pro-
duction. The sample produced will com
pete in shape. size and quality with that
raised in any other section Of the country
and the Collin grown onions command
always the highest price in the markets.
The crop this year is poor, or rather thin,
as to stand but in quality was never bet
ter. The early spring drouth exerted a
very hurtful effect upon the crop. Seed
did not have sufficient moisture to sprout,
and no inconsiderable part of the plant
ing failed to come up in an adequate
stand. AS result much of the early plant
ing was plowed up. However, the acreage
still left exceeded that of past crops and
later rains brought the crop out of It's
early stunt and into its present eNe condi-
ton. In the past Dallas has afforded the
principal market place for the Collin
county growers, but this year number
of the larger growers may bulk their
crops for carload shipments direct from
Mckinney.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
ISLAND CITY NEwSlTEMS
GENERAL MANAGER Folks Recent Tour Of the
Santa fe System.
the NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO FAMILIES
They Partool OF a Vegetable which
HAD Been Poisoned-Mcxico Is
building Navy.

galveston. Texas. August General
manager Polk of the Gulf, Colorado and
santa Fe returned this evening from a
trip over his line with Third Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager Barr OF the
operative department of the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe.
Mr. Barr made thorough inspection OF
the operative department Of the Gulf. Colo
rado and Santa Fe with view OF increas-
Ing Its efficiency and has gone to Chicago
to make his report to President Ripley.
General Manager Polk, when seen to-
night. spoke quite enthusiastically of the
crop outlook along the line of the Santa
re, and while he roughly estimated a loss
IN cotton traffic OF between 3J.00o and
$4,000 bales to his line by the Brazos
overflow, he expressed the belief tha: this
loss would be more than rscoupcd by an
increase In traffic from other sources. He
described the upland cotton as in a very
hourishing condition. The recent rains had
checked the shedding OF leaves and forms
by the plant in sections traversed by the
santa Fe and there was little IL any COM
plant OF damage by worms and other pests.
With continued favorable conditions the
yield OF cotton would be UP to the aver
age standard. Much of the inundated bot
tom lands along the line of the Santa Fe
had been planted in cotton, June corn
sorghum. etc. and 1t was up and looked
thrifty and with late frosts promised q
good yield. The damages sustained by the
Santa Fe by the flood had been all repaired
and its trains were making their usual
good time,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
THE TRUCK GROWERS.
Southvyest Texas Association Ia I'm
session at Flctonla.

SeNNtOn AT
Flatonia. Texas. August 1.-The South-
west Texas Truck Growers association
met at the opera house at a. IN. today
with President Otto Busohel OF Cuero
presiding.
The address OF welcome was delivered
by Rev Ira NJ. Bryce OF Flatonia; re-
sponse by Mr. a. d. Rust of Rock Island.
large and enthusiastic crowd was pres
ent and much interest was manifested.
Next in order were the reports of COM
m.ttces. which were heard and acted upon.
The afternoon session began at o'clock.
An address by Prof. r. w, Mally on Roo,
Rot OF Cotton, Boil Weeyil, etc. Weevil
on squares were produced and were de-
clared by Prof. Mally TO be the genuine
boil weevi. Regular order OF business
being again In order. the following off-
GERS were elected President, J. II. FAIRIES.
IIatonia. first vice president. A. NJ. Hor-
ton Mathis; second vice president, w. j.
Cooper, Yoskrm; secretary, ]. T.. Sulli-
van. flatonio; treasurer, s. a, McHenry,
Beeville
Adjourned til s 80 p. m.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
pEEvILLE BRIEFS.
Cotton IL Coming In Fast ana GOOD
Price Is BcinH Paid.

Bceville. Texas, August i.--cotton Is
coming in quite rapidly now. About ono
hundred bales have been marketed here
up to date. The price has averaged very
satisfactory so far. and II 1t keeps up
Their viii be lots of money here this fall
A. Proeger the well known local hard
ware aud implement dealer, is absent In
Chicago experimenting the manufacture
OF windmill gotten up by several stock
men In this section. especially for use
in Southeast Texas. He will be absent
| several weeks.
Editor W. o. McCurdy OF the Bee. who
has been spending the past month Mt Min
cral Wells. returned last evening much
improved In health,
G. NJ. Ensle, who has been local agent
| OF the Wells Fargo Express company for
a number OF years. has beenn appointed
route agent for the San Antonio district
and will remove with his family to the
| Alamo city about the 10th instant The
promotion is we'll deserved by MIR. Englc
lie has been in the employ of the company
| for many years.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
TEXAS APPROVES
OF the National Democratic
Campo iRn Fund Plan.

Dallas, Texas. August mir. +.
B. Love OF Springfield and st. Louis,
Mo-, who has been in Dallas several
days securing financial pledges TO
aid In the democratic presidential
campaign OF 1900. under direction
OF the National democratic commit
tee, went over to Fort Worth to-
night to consult with the state
chairman. Bell. on an important
matter Mr.. Love has met with
satisfactory results thus far In
Texas. He was given pledges In
Dallas for more than $1,000 and
much more is assured later on. He
will make canvas Of the principal
cities OF the State before returning
to st. Louis. Mr.. Love feels salts
fled that the Texas democrats will
furnish the National committee
from $4,000 to $4,000 cash by' the
opening of the next year presiden-
tial contest and more II 1t is neSied
of them. Mr.. Bryan's recent in
dorsement Of the popular subscrip-
aion plan for raising a campaign
fund has made 1t strong among
Texas democrats.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-02
A DABY ABANDONED.
II Was Left with n Colorcd Couple
ut NtchmOnd.

Richmond, Texas, August 1.-sponccr
Graves and wife. well known colored pco-
pie OF this place, were treated this morn
ing to genuine surprise.
Last night about $50 n. m. a negro
woman came to their home and asked to
stay all night. saying she was from CAL
weston, and that she was advised by n
friend OF Graves in Galveston TO stop
and spend the night with them, saying
further she desired to go off on the 10
n. m. Southern Pacific train today. 1t
was noticed that she was carrying small
baby. She was showed room. and this
morning Graves family was ,awoke by
tho crying OF the baby. Mrs. Graves
went into the room, and found white
baby about ten days old And the coll
ored woman, who had brought IL there,
had left during the night. a large supply
of the finest clothing was left with the
unfortunate little infant Mrs. Graves
says she Will care for II as best she
can until 1t is called for or taken by some
white family.