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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25
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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25
Record of the Past Year i'm Miller
and Hand County.
Shipment of Stock and Products Exceed Those of any
Other Year--Wheat only one-fifth of the
Total Output.

By comparative statements alone
lean we rightly Judge OF any given
lime, and the condition of Il COM
hunity. The Indications OF general
Improvement in this locality are
ABUNDANT, particularly noted in
the expression and appearance OF
khe people, and their business, but
ho definite comparisons have yet
been published to corroborate it.
10 give some definite record OF this
Current history may be interesting
10 PRESS readers.
That the record OF local business
Affairs for the year 1880 partakes
bf the same general increase and
prosperity noted everywhere, is a
natter OF very great satisfaction to
HE people OF this community. The
tolume of trade in all lines is great.
~ UIluu iOT sOIiic NtdlS, uhu CNcif
avenue through which business life
bulsates corroborates this state
bent.
An examination of the PRESS files
)iscloses that in 1896 the amount
j stock shipped from Miller wss
700 cars; in 1897, it was raised a
ttle to Ill cor loads, and in 1893
mother increase is noted. But in
$3.50 the business jumped to a grand
$otal OF close to $50 car loads of
3tock. cattle, hogs, horses and sheep,
httle largely predominating. Here
the division for 1899, and a fair
Iverage estimate on the value:
R20 car loads cattle = $4,000
8 /" hogs 1900
81O :" sheep 5000
8 I" horses 10000
Total, s 299,7O0
n That makes the stock shipments
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25

were rlsking their all each year on u
wheat crop.
AS before indicated the various
business channels report expansion
all along the line, in trade, in i'm
provements, in additional business
enterprises, in value of property and
in population.
TOWN OF MILLER.
Among the other interesting items
OF improvements and increase in
Miller during the year 1890 none
will be more pleasing to all the pub
lie than the post-office business, be-
cause all are alike interested. The
general business of 1899 at the Mil
Ter postoffice shows a net increase OF
more than 10 per cent. over the bus
mess of 1898. The postcffice bust
ness of town is a guage carefully
examined by investors, companies
and credit houses, SO that all pa
irons OF the office are interested in
this very creditable showing for the
past year.
The general business OF tile Z, 4 n,
W. R'y at Miller, in passenger ira ffic,
shipments and receipts OF freight
and express. is largely increased for
the year-the largest perhaps in the
history Of the town.
The banks report an increase In
the volume OF money handled fol
the year.
The Press believes there is some
increase in population, but until the
present years census is had this
must be largely estimate. In some
OF the gazeteers and directories, Mil
Ter has been given a populat ion o
less than 500 for some years past
Under the new law of registr atior
for voters, introduced for the first
time last fall, Miller township had
172 voters At tho roesorrsssie es-
innate Of 160for the town multiplied
by four, Miller would have Go peo-
pie. which must be aslarge rs 1t was
in the palmy boom days OF lSSo-6-1.
Every business building in Hand
C ounty's capital is now occupied,
and the commercial territory OF the
town has been largely extended dur
ing the past year through the Efforts
of Miller merchants. That Miller IS
the best trading point and the live
lest town between the Jim river and
the Missouri river rs becoming gen
orally kno wn all over the state, b,
the good work OF the local newsph
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25

at Miller close to the handsome fig
ure OF 100000, and shows a re-
markably rapid development in this
branch OF industry, starting from
almost nothing few years ago.
To this sum may be add ed the
butter shipment OF Miller which at u
low es innate would be worth $780,
600. The shipments of the entire
county wouldaugment these largely,
but the figures are understandable.
About 10000 pounds of wool
were shipped from Miller, amount
ing to $4,000.
The amount OF grain purchased at
Miller for shipping and milling, is
about 125, 900 bushels, worth $685.
500.
Thus to summarize these main
products shipped from Miller during
the year we have:
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25

pers, by correspondents TO daily
papers, and by the systematic adj
vertising of local professional and
business men.
HAND COUNTY.
During the year considerlb' e
number OF new settlers fonal 10 mes
in the county, to engage in farming
and stock raising and many more
have purchased land preparing 10
moving here from neighboring
states. And it might be asked in.
cidentally here, where else can pao-
pie of the crowded states now 90 to,
who want to engage in farming and
stock raising?
The fact that farmers who have
passed through all the hardshlps of
pioneer days, are now buying land
adjoining them, is all the evidence
any one needs that they are making
a success.
The land deeds recorded in the
Register Of Deeds office for 1899, ex-
ceeds those of any other year since
the county was organized, and zeal
estate men are preparing for II con-
tinued increase in their business.
The County Treasurer's published
list OF lands upon which taxes were
unpaid was the smallest one in 1899
since the first list published sin
1SS4-a conclu sive proof of improv-
ed conditions and increase OF money
in the hands of the people.
Under these conditions and by
reason OF this general prosperity the
county treasurer was enabled to
call all outstanding warrants, and
today county bills are paid in cash
over the treasurer's counter, with
out an additional interest Of Z per
cent. which had prevailed for years
Thus the comparative statement
OF conditions during the past year
with those gone before will furnish II
positive proof OF Improvement, and
a firm basis for the statement that
Hand County is a good place TO live
in, to do business in, To own propar-
ty in-for the very palpable reason
that she is not yet one half de-
ve!oped, that her grass can feed dou-
BILE the stock now here; tlat her
creamery business is in its infancy;
that at least twice the nnmb,r of
people now here can find homes on
her praries and make q success; That
no VIII ere can there be found more
school houses and churches, Of. Il
higher degree of religious civillsa
ton and intelligence; that the record
of 1899 multiplied by ten brief years,
will realize the most sanguine hopes
of this now happy AMI contentel
people.
These thing are very pleasing TO
the people OF this community. and
especially so to the PREss, rs they
fully corroborate this papers per
sistent claims OF improvement TO:
the town and county. These fact,
spread abroad will be of nessmable
benefit in overcoming the Old pre-
JUDGES against this Sc ton, enter
tanned so long in the states and
for which-when we look back AZ
our struggles and hardships nov
happily passive can scarcely b'ane
them for entertaining. Yet they
were the common expert nce5 Of
pioneers. Some hardy, courageous
spirits must ever blaze the way for
occupation of a new country, aul it
is now morally certain that Hand
County and South Dakota pioneers
have builded, ii not for thrir own de-
clining years for their children, the
foundations for splendid homes in IL
healthy climate, where thrift and
industry will make then happy and
prosperous.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25
Er Cad,,s Condition Powders, are

lust what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier
and vermiiuge. They are not food
hut medicine and the best in use to
put a horse in prime condition.
Price % cents per package. For
sale by Fitzgerald's Drug Store.
7yl
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25

CE.
nited States
kota, Deem
having been
otter. of Mil
ainst Timber
de July %.
Section IL,
by Jacob A.
h it Is alleged
20 break hye
irst wear OF
the second
tailed to cul-
or planted
or cuttings
has wholly
ties are here
| and offer evil
ut 10 O'Clock
before the
| nited states
uhts CbulN
In n proper
80, set forth
| We diligence.
ran not he
directed that
proper pub
published ut
:. Register
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25

| cd quarters
| 10 for cash.
Her.
CARROLL.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-01-25

pers, by correspondents TO daily
papers, and by the systematic adj
vertising of local professional and
business men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22

and goes out into the Chinese City in
his elephant cart TO pray in the temple
Of agriculture for abundant crops and
golden harvests. At that time all
houses along the route of his procession
must be closed, and should any peep
ing Tom be detected with an eye at
crack or creyice it is shot out instantly
by watchful archers attached to the i'm
perial guard.
Here, within this court of mysteries.
live the emperor, the empress dowager
and the numerous members of the royal
family, including the princes of the
blood. Here the emperor plays his fee
BILE part in the pageants and process
sions ordained by DEGREES thousands of
years old and passes his days in the
strictest seclusion, broken only by the
diplomatic reception, which rarely lasts
more than ten minutes, and his visits
to the temples and gardens within the
environment Of the surrounding I'm
perial City.
What tragedies and horrors this Sc
cret city holds only the fierce Mant-
choos who guard the throne can tell,
but it is more than whispered that to
the massacres the past centuries have
recorded are to be added some in very
recent times, by which the blood that
coursed in veins of royalty has stained
the pavement of the tranquil palace
of heaven" and that the quietude of
'earth's palace of repose" has been bro
ken by unavailing cries for mercy.
There are marble courts and bridges,
pillared porticos and golden tiled pa
vilions, gardens interspersed with foun-
tains and canals, flower beds and arti-
fetal lakes; yet withal the imperial
court is neglected and dirty, and, de-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
LADY SARAH WILSON.

Lady Sarah Wilson, of Mafeking fame,
is quite noted Tor her dancing. She
waltzes with consummate grace and
might be taken as the exemplifcation
of the poetry of motion. Tall and
slight, yet with well proportional fig
ure, she also looks to the greatest ad-
vantage or horseback, rides well to
hounds and is capable whip. Lady
Sarah has good features, but her COM
plexion is not her strong point. She
dresses with extremely good taste and
is certainly one of the smart young
married women of the day, while of
late she has amply proved that she has
inherited the talent and pluck long
associated with the ducal house of
Marlborough.
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who had unlimited power and could
have his subjects decapitated by
wave of his hand. He had an attack
of what has been called the sweued
head just previous TO that visit of the
British from the Gold Coast and
thought himself quite safe in his strong
hold $50 miles from the sea- But his
kingdom was invaded. himself taken
prisoner and sent Oft into exile and his
palace" looted. Some OF the choicest
of his treasures were privately taken
away and concealed. but the royal
crown WAS captured by the invaders
Though he and his people stood on the
very lowest rung OF civilizations lad
der. yet they had some degree Of pro-
hclency in weaving, pottery making
and in gold and silver work. which had
been acquired from the Moors. Even
their sword blades were excellent in
temper and finish, and their execution
ers could Top Of the head OF any one
who had incurred the kings displeasure
with neatness and dispatch
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
THE NEW DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

Students of the freaks of heredity will
find an interesting study in the de-
scendants of the great Duke of We'll
lington, hero of Waterloo and van
quisher of the still greater Napoleon,
for it is a strange fact that none of his
family has resembled him, except, per-
haps, his second son, who died in 1884,
and not one has that distinguishing ma
sal organ of the aquiline variety which
gave him the rather irreverent nick
name of ''Old Nosey."
So great has been the departure from
the recognized Wellington type that
Duke Henry, who died on the Sth OF
June last, bore such resemblance TO
certain English preacher that he was
popularity known as "Spurgeon."
The new Duke of Wellington, Lord
Arthur Charles, like his father and
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its first construction. IL 1Iss. is TIE roy
a. kitchen.
The magnitude o. The Escurial. TIE
great Spanish palace. may be tnfeTre1
from the fact thai il would take four
Gays 70 20 through al the rooms szd
apartments. the length % way being
recsEoEsd ar = Spanish leagues. which
ls about 20 Engliah rniies-
4 nan IN Gassachusetts caught q
skunk in a trap and threw q. trap a1S
all. ant9 q brook where * wzs drowned
II less thar AZ hour tes o3oE Sas dis
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22

when the battle was raging is woman
Her name is Barbara Moon. whose IA
Their, named Jones. was color ser
geant OF the rifle brigade and whose
mother followed the regiment IN Spain.
where Barbara was born. She is at
present 30 years old. and at the age Of
was present at Quatre Bias as well as
at Waterloo. She cannot remember
many incidents OF the battle. being then
so young. but has always carried the
sorrowful recollection through life Of
her father dying of his wounds with his
head resting in her mothers lap.
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the shipyard of II Bean Camden Me- of the
a
length
Crowley
Captain Crowley he readily
Newt
yelled
See her And a
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in
ton OF perhaps but had
track
near Medicine Hat Station the Canadian Pacific
train aiong and the seeing ambng
that the train filled with Canadian
ready train go
In
the santa Rosa mountains Of Mexico when
the sex OF the animal not taken
the geological Dublin
gracious majesty Queen Victoria called there
bearlet took her
ward when ne was an infant She also fed
II IS doubtful the
cove for their chill
dren."
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y. Y. Aamoth, Junior Lady. Welcorns
Warren, ZolIie Lavender and Ruthies
Mason.
Dixie Finch is the name OF an eccen-
tic character who lives on the Saline
north OF Hays City Finch has q nock
Of 500 turkeys, and the farmers up and
down the valley are troubled with
graSShoppers- In consideration OF board
Tor himself Finch moves his turkeys
from one farm 10 another. and the
fowls clean Up the insects as they go.
Arthur Pearson, whose Daily Ex-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22

erty. T. sxenD; from tazatlon ~ state
laN.
4 novel dog Stow - soea 90 faae
place 81 TIRE LeFallols- Esrrfes htgae-
arozng. gaaf outs.as ghs Paris fsrf l1es-
ugszs. u Is % - g saoe. ~. raf5-sF. 6
conzgefifson. fer sheep eeEa sat tErsr
masters. ard every reeFibie cay ~
testing fas eHrefleocr - fAe cez-s rara-
IeflnE e % - fftea
ne esffzsztsd Essl.sts{lon - TEA fsaa
- l.eee 90. and re estimated .ass4.a-
liza CT FeklaE a ~ 80
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press IS Londons latest half penny
Journal. informed the public recently
that he was losing N-zsS cav o. his
paper: that the cost OF the plant and
OF the preliminary work made the first
issue worth $3.50. 90; that 10 establish
The Express VIII cost $4,000 and two
years OF very hard work and that the
usxr person wEo wants 70 establish 3
daily paper N LONDON must ssa1s.
s. 90. Geo.
One o. The few parts q Windsor CASTS
u hIch have remained unchanged s41Cs
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in which he desires that enemy to suf-
fer. Then he bures the idol in the
earth or ashes and bides his time. 1t
usually happens that the victim of
this fetch, called "obcah," or African
witchcratt, hears of the charm that is
set for hirl sooner or later and at once
falls sick-so strong is the influence Of
his belief in his mind-and eventually
dies. The "obsah" man. or witch doc
tor. is a great parsonage in the West
Indies. but he has TO keep q sharp
lookout for the 'buckra." or white
man. whose laws he tranEresses when
he works his medicine" for the undo
ing % his black brother. whose simple
faith sometimes leafs him TO destruc-
ton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
A NOVEL ARRANGEMENT.

In new apparatus for handling
goods arranged on shelves the upper
haif of the shelving is suspended by
means u puueys and ropes 10 slide up
and down In movable guideways. with
clutches Tor securing the puleys TO re-
voivins shafts 10 raise or lower tbs
shelves.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22

f11ctly noticed IN a spring more than
quarter q rraiie away. though 70 cor8-
nection between tha stream aa1 aprsaE
had ever bes r EGEGfectsa- TIE nssnaeF
n which tTTsaol1 fsTeF nay - sggesd
Is hru8znt 20 mind ~ Iris ten
A curious ssEzl EFa-xle Eaa zrtssa r.
Chzpuaan. Ean- oFsr the attensEt 4
TIE county asztkCrss4es - collect sae dog
TAX CT = canine Delur Sing - clergy
Esan. TIE latter 4fHlEEs fhat fts ars-
nal watches faithfully ahost TIE sarc-
i-2Ey. A11. Therefore. - eAEzcE sEs.-
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ments and headstones, repaired the
fences and cut the grass.
January and October OF the same
year always begin with the same day.
80 40 April and July. also September
and December. February, March and
November.
In one day recently the following odd
names appeared in the list OF fourth
class postmaseers appointed: Luray
Laing. Ell CIlnkinbeard, Jacob Kedigh.
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the
intoth
n al
z the e
population
Of
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LITTLE BITS OF THINGS.

The state department of Picking is Of
hcis}y known as The "tsung-n ko
k'yeb suns shih yamen. or bureau for
TIE --ausoction of all affairs Of every
no,.on The title IS commonly abbre-
waited 10 -tSUnE-li-yGmen."
The citizens OF Copake. y. Y. recent
y organized . tombstone bee" by way
o. so-.lI diversion. The participants
Went cut TO the local graveyard and
sIraiS LJened up al the topping monu-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22

Ger OF the Wa
terloo army,
Lieutenant Colo
mel Hewitt, died
in 1891 at the
age OF So. but
there is still a
survivor never
theleSs. At the
age Of an even
100 years, there
is a man living
IN England who
d TO We S o N e
French prison
ers taken at
Waterloo from
Dover TO Can
terbury. but the
only person who
was on the field
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
Two WOODEN GODS FROM AFRICA

Two WOODEN GODS FROM AFRICA.
when inquiry has been made into the
origin Of the SO called idols or gods"
found among the black people of Amer
lea, as in the West Indies, it has been
noted that they came from Africa in al
most every instance. African supersti-
ton is rampant, especially in Haiti,
where the mountain negroes are still
plunged in the depths of barbarism,
and more attention is given TO the rites
of "Obeah" or sorcery than TO the teach
inSs of Christianity.
There are good gods and bad gods, the
former being painted white and the lat
ter black. If a native OF Haiti wishes
10 revenge himself upon an enemy, he
takes out the bad god and sticks him
full Of pins in the parts Of his anatomy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22

grandfather, has been military in name
only, and though for a long time on
half pay as lieutenant colonel in the
Grenadier guards and with a son as
aid-de-camp to the governor of New
Zealand. has never seen active service
in the field. He was born in 1S49 and
has three sons and two daughters
Though he fails heir to il titles. which
We're bestowed by different countries
upon his distinguished greatgrandfa-
Their, he may choose to be known Ell
Their as the Marquis of Duoro or the
Earl of Mornington.
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walls. secure from observation and sa-
cred from the outside world The great
northern capital, Pe-chin, or Picking, is
a phenomenal city in many respects,
situated a il is on q barren plain, with
no attractions except those Immediately
within its gates. With an area of 26
souare miles. it is surrounded by rec
tanguIar wall q miles in length, pierced
by 13 gates and containing an estimated
population of 100000.
The city is divided into three great
sections, comprising the outside, or Tar
tar and Chinese city, within which all
business is transacted and the lega-
tons are situated. Inside this busy and
porUlcus division is another, known as
the Imperial City, surrounded by a wall
six miles in circuit, which contains sthe
rlz-d noes Of officials, numerous tenn
Pics ana costly public buildings.
Within this again is the holy of no.
u.s. l----ching. or The Forbidden City,
c.i-.-i-,1- the most cherished tradi-
- sr -Ae Celestial empire, embodied
an .cr person Of the emperor and en-
f. Inc temple inches and pom
q -5E. tcIlas.
Iao Eurple or Forbidden City has a
circumference OF about two miles, and
its massive walls are pierced by four
EC-es. eacn surmountcd by a tower. +
IL eirioed into three parts by walls
running from north 10 south, the whole
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TE~HE heart of Picking. the fount of
government and central gangliop
of the Chinese nervous system,
lies within a triple line OF fortified
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ghe ad1ieha aiIY Eagle: Sunday gomims Gully
THE FORBIDDEN CITY. HEART OF PENNG

occupied by suits of courtyards supe-
rior TO any other buildings of the kind
In all China, and its meridian gate leads
to the imperial building" which is re-
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point only outside its walls, and that
is from a pagoda on the south wall Of
the Tartar City. Abandon hope all ye
who enter here" for the penalty for an
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SOLE SURVIVOR OF WATERLOO.
1t win probably be denied that the
last man who fought on the Held OF
Waterloo has departed. never more 70
return. but such is the fact. according
10 an English authority. The last OH
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served for the exclusive use of the en-
peror himself, the immaculate son of
heaven"
Once a year only are foreigners al
lowed to invade the precincts of this
Forbidden City, and that is at the an
nual audience Vouchsafed the barbara
an diplomats, when the members of
all the foreign legations present them
selves and "kotOW' before the accredit-
ed representative Of heaven and the ce-
lestial hosts. The yellow turrets of the
secluded city can be seen from one
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infraction of the law against intrusion
is death.
In the springtime, once a year, the
sad faced emperor leaves his retreat
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OLD KING PREMPEH's CROWN.
The former ruler OF Ashanti. King
Prempeh. who was deported four years
ago last January. was. according to
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spite its treasures of porcelain and
bronzes, is impressive more on account
of it's buildings than what they contain.
WONG FOO TING.