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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

Mr.. Hogarth has opened up the Die
taean cave in Crete, where Zeus was
nursed by the goat Amaltheo After
blasting out the limestone that blocked
the entrance a cave was found full Of
offerings, consisting of bronze weap-
ons, terra Gotta statuettes and the like,
all of Mycenaean times. A shaft $50
feet deep led to lower stalactite cave
where offerings were found finer than
those in the cave above.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

The west for long time has con-
Quoted its financial affairs without
calling upon eastern banks for money.
Kansas City furnishes good idea OF
the enormous growth of the banks 10
Gated in the west. The deposits of the
national banks of that city now aggre-
gate $50,000,000, an increase of up
wards of sS,000,0o0 during the past
twelve months. In the year 1893 the
deposits of Kansas City banks were
less than 100000. and in 1896 they
did not exceed s20.000,000.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

Douched with hot water anu
with n piece of timber was Wy
ton extended a serenade paIu
gathered to make the night pse
FOR Alex Pollock and bride w. 81
Just arrived from Ireland. MT, ,a
has fine farm twenty miles Nv
Miller. Last fall, after rhan'
OF "baching." he concluded y ,s
to Ireland and bring back as ashs|
Jennie Mcvicker. And many Os
of that neighborhood seemed y q
Alex. and planned for a no' ~ M
When they refused to desis., md - b
It hot for them with the wate, ~ ID
mauIed them with a 4xf' ling
supposed that the place was r,as Il
tackled by Sioux Indians, ana " ma
ly frightened. but, after ieain'a copl
was an American custom, she
cred it a good joke.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

The Berlin Geographical society has
elected the following named Ameri-
cans honorary members: Alexander
AgassiZ, General A. w. Greedy, U. S. A.,
and Morris X. Jessup, president of the
American Museum of Natural His
tory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

The new artesian well put cow
provide Chamberlain with wa'a
fire protection and other PURPOSES
which has Just been accepted y
city, furnishes on interesting Nua'
those who are interested in mal.ss'
lating to the artesian basin wDi.a
derlies a great portion OF the
west. In the past Ii has been uN
tune of the city of Chamberlain w
nish the two greatest gushers
world in the wells put down 70 ~
the motive power for the city NV, i
mills and the city electric ~
plant. The new well, however, s i
sense a gusher. II is remarkaoe =
sense Of having developed ner
sian basin. which at least IN =.
South Dakota, has heretofore w.
known. a fact that is certain
great impetus to the recen',s..s
interest. in artesian well anu a
basin matters.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

AT Halsted, Kan, an interesting
series Of experiments in wheat grow
ing is being conducted. Last fall
about $50 varieties Of wheat. selected
from all over the world. We're seeded
and about eighty of these were in good
condition during the spring. 1t is de-
sired not only to determine which OF
these foreign wheats will do well in
Kansas and similar climates in this
country, but an effort will be made &c
improve each variety by migrating
and cross fertilization.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

~ tho sutiect. Such step, however,
e,rtha mart of the Chinese Off eials, 1t Is
no;ntea cut. would be highly desirable,
ana would facilitate the negotiations
for settlement of the existing
tronb,es. With the responsible heads
Of the Chinese government at the cap
ital Diplomatic intercourse could be re-
summed with the allied powers and more
satisfactory conclusions reached
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

/, Should the supply of asphalt at
Trinidad become exhausted, according
to an expert in the use of this material,
a still greater bed which underlies
vast area Of ground near Fort Du-
chesne, Utah, may be drawn upon, The
ground is new part Of an Indian res
ervation.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13
GERMANS WANT BRAZIL.
Plan Said tn he a Close Union with
Tint Country.

Bremen. Sept. Sin the Munich AL
legemeine Zeitung appears an inter-
view with prominent German citizen
OF Brazil, who declares that the aim
OF Germans In that country is finally
to come in close union with the father
land, union patterned after that be-
tween Hawaii and the United States.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13
Good Money for MIL

Mitchell. S. d.. Sept. 9.-The patrons
of Chamreny's creamery have been
drawing their pay checks for the month
OF July, and goodly number run up
TO 500 for the month. Charles Boer-
SON drew sl14.17.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13
FOUR LIES LOST IN FIRE.
English Firemen's Skept;cIsm Of
United States Fire Fighting Appa-

London. Sept. 8. - In fire in Ton
bridge father and three daughters
burned to death. The town had just
purchased American fire ladders, but
the flremen, skeptical as to their value,
locked them up and lost the key. When
they reached the scene OF the fire they
realized their mistake. They saw four
persons perish because they were UNI
able to reach the upper story Of the
dwellings,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

There are 10,92S saloons In the State
of Ohio and they pay tax to the
State amounting to s570,654.02. The
total tax collected from these saloons
last year was $1.901, S91.S3.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13
That Perjury Case Once MOE.

Deadwood, S. d.. Sept. 9-The famous
Summers perjury case Will be COM
menced for the third time Monday.
Judge Campbell of Aberdeen will try
the case, as all other judges nearer
Will be engaged at that time. A venire
OF fifty Jurors has been drawn.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

A bull moose came out or the Maine
woods recently and took a stroll
through the streets of Bangor. Small
boys threw stones at him and he
trotted away.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13

According to London Vanity Fair,
Clement Scott is about to become an
editor. He will. it is said, bring out a
new weekly society paper in Septem-
Der.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13
ApuEREs TO HER DECISION TO
wsTHRAw FROM PICKING.
Balance of Opinion Leans TO the BE
lief That Russia VIII Stick by
Her Proposition = State Depart
mcnt OmciaIs Have a Secret Com
ference With Minister WI - He
licved That Another Pronounce
ment Of some Kind Is In Prepare
tion-Unimportant Dispatch From
ChaHee.

London, Sept. 9.-The Chinese crisis
presents no new features this morning.
Nothing appears to be known regard
ing Russias action. Various state
ments are made in Vienna and Berlin
with an assumed air of authority. but
the balance of opinion leans TO the be-
lief that Russia is still inclined to adj
here 10 her decision to quit Peking,
whatever the other powers may 40.
THE studiously moderate tone of EN-
peror Williams speech at Stettin is
iauch remarked. There was nothing OF
the mailed fist or of revenge in his ut
teranoes. According to the Standards
Moscow correspondent
Russia's Programme
mainly concerns Manchuria, and she
l eeds troops from Peking TO assist in
the seizure of that province, which is
looked upon as another Egypt Her
Withdrawal from Peking is considered
1 n attempt to pose as a sincere adher-
int of the principles of The Hague con-
ference. The Tien-tsin correspondent
IL the Standard. wiring Aug. 80, says:
The Germ ans paired with the Ameri-
fans in the march through the forbid
Fen city. The British naval brigade
I nd the marines of the legation guards
left Peking to-day"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13
DEATH TO REBELS
BoBs WILL PUNISH THOSE THAT
HELP THE ENEMY.

He Issues n Proclamation to Inhabi-
tants of the Orange River Colony
Those who Have Taken the
Oath of submission and Have
Broken IL VIII he Punished with
Death, Imprisonment or Fine
Those That Fail to Give Informal
ton Will De Treated as Rebels.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13


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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27
He Had Money tn Chew.

Andrew Sundheimer, a butcher of
Wabash, Ind, is deploring the loss of
a ten-dollar bill, which he unwitting-
ly devoured. Mr.. Sundheimer is an
inveterate tobacco chewer, using plug
exclusively. He carried his supply in
the right hip pocket Of his trousers,
and last week, having taken in a ten
dollar bank note, he thrust it down
alongside the plug of tobacco. The
weather was warm. Sundheimer per-
spired freely, and, the tobacco becom-
ing soft, the bill adhered closely to the
plug. Every time Sundheimer took o
chew he bit off and masticated' part of
the note. The color of. the bill resem-
bling that of the tobacco and adher1ng
as closely as though it were part of
the leaf, Sundheimer chewed up half
his plug before he remembered the
money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27
SOCIETY OF BOXERS.
Originally It Was a Lawful and
Patriotic Organization.
Former German Minister to Picking
Writes About the Genesis OF the
Revolutionary Movement
in the North of China.

Herr NORTH Won Brandt, former
German ambassador at the court of
Picking, has just written clear &C.
count of the Chinese Boxers.
THE word Boxers" he says, lis either
an erroneous translation of the Chi
nese name of that society or is pun
upon that name. The Chinese name is
Tachuan, which means the Society of
Confederate Patriots. Chuan, however,
also means fist. 1t is absurd for the
Novoe Vremya to assume that the men
are called Boxers because they con-
stantly practice athletic exercises sim
liar to those of the German turn
vereins, but it is quite possible that
Englishmen have given them the name
Boxers because they spend much of
their time at athletic exercises. The
motto of the society is: Support the
government; drive out the foreigners
and therefore it cannot be charged with
being hostile to the government. One
can readily understand, however, how
the attitude of foreigners in and toward
China, combined with a frequently
published report which seemed to i'm
ply that the integrity of the empire
was in danger, may have given birth to
wave of patriotism the result of which
may be seen in the ASA ults on the two
things which the Chinese regard as the
most important factors of foreign in
f1uence-namely, church missions and
railroads.
ut must not be forgotten that for
many years the English Protestant
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27
Told of Hannibal Hamlin.

Speaking of vice presidents, here is
an anecdote of the man who was Lin
coins first running mate: IN Hanni-
bal Hamlin's earlier days, at certain
caucus in Hampden, the only attend
ants were himself and citizen of
large stature. Mr. Hamlin had some
resolutions to pass which began by
representing that they were presented
to a large and respectable gather
ing of voters. Hold on" cried the
other man, 1--WE can't pass that, for
it amt true! It amt large and re-
spectacle caucus! There's only two
of u.s." "You. keep still, BROTHER"
commanded the willy Hannibal; Its
all right, for you are large and I am
respectable. You just keep STILL" So
the resolutions were passed without
further demur, in the presence of a
large and respectable" gathering.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27

missionaries in China have been pur-
suing an extremely risky and regretta-
bic policy. The originator and leader
of the TAPPING instruction was a
pupil of the English missionary, Rob-
erts, and, though there is no proof of
any direct connection between the doc
trines taught by the missionary and the
instruction of Hung, there is never
theless no doubt that a large number
of English missionaries, including Rob-
erts himself, sympathized with the Tai
Pings almost to the end of the uprising,
and even expressed their sympathy
publicly.
During the unfortunate and i'm
practicable reform movement of 1898
English missionaries also played a
leading part, just as they did recently,
their zeal being manifested in an en-
deavor to show that every movement
in China, even though it may have no
political significance, is directed
against the empress. For this rea-
son, it is not to be wondered at that
hatred and mistrust of England
should manifest themselves by many
tokens, both great and small, and
there will be less surprise if we bear
in mind the fact that most China
men are naturally disposed to hate
and mistrust England, and that as far
back as 1912 league was formed in
Canton for the purpose of withstand
ing Englishmen
ut is quite proba BILE that the Chi
nese government is not displeased at
the movement which has been started
by the Boxers, since her aim ever is
to convince foreigners that there are
difficulties and dangers to be encoun-
tered by those who would recklessly
interfere with China.
1T is also, however, probable that
the movement has now become more
powerful than is pleasing to the gov
eminent, and has even become a thorn
in it's side. In China there is always
the danger that an insurrection
which is not quickly suppressed will
become so great as to threaten the
peace Of the empire. Between the
years 420 and 1914 China witnessed
four great revolutions, and since the
latter of these years she has passed
through four other great ones, as
we'll as countless small ones. For this
reason the Chinese are won't to regard
such incidents with sort of equa-
nimity and to deal with them after
their own fashion," -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27
NEW GERMAN MINISTER,
Baron Mumm Won Schwarzenstein
Appointed to Represent EN-
peror William in China.

All doubts as to the killing of Baron
Clements Won Ketteler, German ambas-
sador to China, having been removed
by officialreports from Picking, the Ger
man emperor has appointed Baron
Mumm Won Schwarzenstein to succeed
him. Baron Ketteler, the unfortu-
nate victim of Chinese ignorance and
superstition, was formerly secretary of
the German embassy at Washington,
where he married Miss Maude Ledyard
daughter of a Detorit capitalist Like
his predecessor, Baron Schwarzenstein
is married to beautiful American.
Before his promotion he had filled
the post of imperial envoy to the grand
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27

pecially if no suitable alliance with a
friends child is possible. The role of
marriage broker is played by women
of the middle class.
The wedding festivities usually last
three days. On the day previous to
the marriage, the girls parents send
her dowry to the bridegroom. If she
is rich, it will consist of great vari-
ETY. of costly articles, including house
hold furniture, clothing and precious
jewelry. Early on the day OF the we'd
ding the parents of the bridegroom
send bridal chair to bring the bride
to their home. It is usually a very
gorgeous sedan chair which has been
rented for the day. Musicians accom-
pany it and the match-makers follow,
bringing more presents. Arrived at
the home of the bride, there is usually
at this juncture long pause in the
proceedings. The bride is in tears,
and makes a great show of reluctance
at the thought of leaving her home
and her parents. Frequently, six or
seven hours pass before she will con-
sent to let her maids adorn her in the
bridal robes and headdress sent her by
the bridegroom's parents. Slowly her
finery is donned-the red dress with
it's glittering gilt ornaments, the long
red veil, the elaborate headdress with
it's strings Of pearls hanging over her
face. With her hair no longer dressed
in childhood's fashion, but arranged in
the couture peculiar to married
woman, she bids her family fearful
farewell. At last she gets into her
chair and is borne away from her old
home. Her brothers follow her in Sc
dan chairs to the house of the bride
groom. The bridegroom, in gorgeous
dress, comes out to meet her. He
bows, he opens the door of her chair.
One Of her maids comes up and car
ries her on her back into the house.
There, the bridegroom lifts her veil
his bride.
No priest conducts the ceremony
which unites them. Together they
kneel before the altar of their Un-
known God and before the shrine of
their ancestors, and burn incense and
candles.
The funeral Of a dead Chinese fire.
qaent1y does not occur until two or
three weeks after death, but the body
lies all this time in state in it's hand
some coffin. Rich Chinese are very
particular about the good quality OF
the wood for their collins, often hav-
ing them made for years before there
Is any proba bility Of their being need
ed. It is we'll known that some dis
tinguished high officials are in the
habit of carrying their collins around
with them in their travels.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27
Total Cost OF n Man.

According to French newspaper a
German surgeon, whose manservant
lost both arms and legs and part of
his face by the explosion of shell,
has calculated the cost of manufacture
ing an artificial man. A pair of arms,
with hands, joints, etc., complete,
would cost about $3.50; pair Of legs,
about $40; a false nose in metal-in-
distinguishable from the real article
costs $50 10 $500, and for $110 pair
OF ears, perfectly natural in appear
ance and furnished with artificial
drums, can be produced. A complete
set of teeth would cost $40 to SOS, and
a pair of glass eyes $50. Thus the to-
tai cost Of supplying deficiencies to a
man who has lost all his limbs and
the major portion of his face is $500
to $780,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27

the annual parade will be Miss Mamie
G. Morris, who is lieutenant colonel
and aid on the staff of tho governor of
Georgia. Col. Morris, who. is a spe-
cially invited guest, is a Tennessee
beauty and one of the famous young
women of the south. She is unique
in being the only lady officer on gov
errors staff. When Gov. Allan D.
Chandler of Georgia and his party went
to Chattanooga to dedicate the Georgia
monument in the national park Miss
Morris numerous courtesies to the
Georgia ladies were noted with extreme
pleasure by the visitor. Gov. Chandler
appointed her honorary lieutenant
colonel of his staff. This young lady
is a typical girl, a gifted writer, a tai
ented musician, and one of the most
popular young ladies in Dixie. She
was born in Georgia, and is member
the Georgia society of Chattanooga.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27

ern hemisphere. The relative strength
ing, Russia stands first; then come
France, Germany, Austria, Italy, and,
finally, the tiny standing army of
England Above them all towers the
Yellow Giant-symbolizing an army
of no less than 5000 900, or the popula-
ton of London Fancy 100000 fight
ing men! The idea is appalling. This
is the size of the army which China
would possess if she armed her popula-
ton in the same proportion as do the
powers. In France there is one SOL
der to every 50 inha bitants~ A sim
liar proportion in China gives the
above.
AS for the United States our forces
avaiia bic in that quarter are insignifi-
cant. Under no conditions could we
amass for an invasion such hosts as
the European powers would assemble,
and no matter how great the need, we
could not compete alone with either
England or Russia in any dispute over
the division of the spoils,
Happily, the Chinese are not a war;
like nation, as the pitiable perform
ances before the redoubtable Boxers"
testify at the present time, repeating
the lesson of the Chino japanese war.
Mr.. Harold Gorst, an English war cor
respondent of note, in his informing
book on China" refers to the Mongo-
liam army" as "a mere disordered
rabbie, who took to their heels and,
scarcel y paused to fire few pebbles
out of their Anticipated match-locks."
This does not sound very formidable,
and when we remember that the
celestial soldier is in chronic state of
almost mutinous discomfort, by rea-
son OF. very much deferred pay, our
contempt for the pigtailed heather
as fighter becomes intensified. The
Chinese army is really composed of
peasants and laborers, who give their
spare moments-if they have any-to
military exercises. A thorough
drill is under these circumstances
out of the question, and the exer-
cises which are INDUCED in ore better
calculated to develop body of mus
cular athletes than an army of trained
soldiers. Playing catch with heavy
stones, shooting arrows at straw dunn
mics, marching on parade, blowing
calls and signals, bawling words of
command, are the chief items of drill
in the Chinese army. There Is little
target practice, because it IS con SID
cred a waste of money I'd expend
powder and shot in times of peace.
Yet, despite lack of discipline, the
teeming millions of China, If armed,
would be more formidable than at
first sight appears, and recent events
have proved that they are leat ning
some formidable tricks from their
teachers.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-27
MARRIAGE IN CHINA.
All Matrimonial Alliances ARRANGED
by Female Brokers.
Wedding Festivities Are Elaborate
and Usually Last Three Days-HiHh
Officials Garry Their Collins
When TravelinR

WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
the United States, contributes an in
teresting article to Golfers Weekly
upon the social customs of his people.
Many of the rich Chinese, he says,
are philanthropic and earnestly de-
sire to relieve the suffering they see
about them. They give freely of their
wealth, but the poor are legion in
China, and the task is not an easy one.
Private charity, however, which is al
ways more or less capricious, has pro-
vided most of the orphan asylums,
the free hospitals and the poorhouses
OF the country.
Social entertainments in China never
revolve around dancing or athletic
contests, as they so frequently do in
this country. Our ideas about the i'm
propriety of the two sexes mingling
socially would effectually prevent
dancing from becoming form of en-
tertainment. Athletic sports have not
found favor in our eyes, but games of
chance have strong hold on the pop
ular heart.
Among my children the choice of a
partner for life is always left to the
parents of the bridal pair. They have
the interest and welfare of their chill
dren at heart and act with Judgment
and wisdom that only mature years
can bring. The engagement is usually
made when the young people are in
their early teens-in many cases
when they are much younger. Matri-
monial alliances between friendly
families are the most common.
In some sections of the country, the
assistance of a professional match
maker is called in when marriage is
desired for q child of the house, es~