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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

Last weeks cash subscribers
were: j. w. Hall, W. II Robin
son, NJ. A. Hamniil, Mrs. G NJ.
Boles, John Babr, NJ. A. Shuster,
Mrs. Lawrence, NJ. Phillips, Isaac
Odle, w. l.. Gilmore, Mrs. +. A.
Potter, III. w. Penwell.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

A little snow storm on Tues
day brings back the experience
of pioneers in 1923. May
10th, 1882, and May ID, 1883.
were a couple ofwinter days that
fingered in the lap Of spring.
But say, what crops followed
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24
May POE Dance.

The Miller Orchestra will give
it's first OF a series OF dances on
Thursday eve. May 1st, atopera
house. The orchestra has re-
Gently been organ ged and will
be a permanent organization.
and your attendance and sup
port viii be heartily appreciated
MILLER ORCHESTRA
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

LESS wheat and more feed
has been the key note that made
land valuable in many other To-
calitieS--and Ham. county is
strongly impressed with the
same idea.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

Hughes county's republican
convention held Saturday in
structed for Senator Kittredge
Congressman Burke was permit
ted to select the delegates to
suit himself"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

-Four more coachloads of land
seekers arrived in Huron over
the Northwestern Wednesday.
About one hundred of them re-
manned in Huron, the balance
going north and west -Huronite.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

WANTED. $40 acres or more
of good land in a body No
stoney land wanted. Nobody
but owners need answer. Send
full description on sectional map
to j. G. SToDDARD,
1872 Sterling, Ill.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

What makes land values in an
agricultural country? Mr.
kiene OF Dubuque, Iowa, thus
briefly answers this question in
the Huronite:
"Take the best county in
Iowa." said he, compel the far
mers to give up there mode OF
diversified farming and depend
upon wheat alone and in five
years land values would fall ~
per cent, the Inhabitants would
become impoverished and ruin
would stare all in the face.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

Our Senators and Congress
man must think their consti-
tuents want to do considerable
work this spring, Judging from
the amount of garden seeds sent
to this county.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

We set the price on sugar for
the other fellows to follow. 20
pounds for $1.0O or l0G pounds
for $500
II. r. GREEyEs.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

| have three SharplesS Separ,
ators that l will sell. for % per
cent discount on list price,
Will give time, trade for stock
in feet sell to you on your own
terms.
19tf S. l.. WYLAND.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-24

S. L. WYLAND.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-08
SONG THAT KILLED SINGERS

The popular song of Dolly Cray hal connected with 1t two sad and striking tragedies. Not long ago a promising young actress fell dead on the stage of the Lyceum Theater, in Birmingham England, just after finishing the refrain which as everybody knows, begins with the line:
 Goodbye, Dolly. I must leave you"
 Now news comes by cable of an oc- currence equally pathetic which took place at Southend. a few weeks back. A child-actress was singing Dolly Gray at a place of entertainment in the sea- side town on Monday night. On Tuesday she was too i'll to appear, and on Wednes- day night was dead.
 Few In the musical world forget the shock caused a few years back by the tragic death of the famous contralto Madame Patey. The vocalist had erected an immense success at a concert in the provinces, and in response to a vocif- erous encore returned to the platform and sang the pathetic Scottish ballad Of 'aThe Banks of Allan Water Madame Patey gave the last line-"There corse lay she"-with thrilling expression, walk ed from the platform, and straightway fell dead. The gruesome coincidence was much commented on at the time.
 Even more striking was the death of an opera singer in Melbourne in 1897. The opera for the night was Gounod's i'm mortal Faust" and the singer was cast for Mephistopheles, the evil spirit. All the evening the temptor fitted sardoni- cally about the stage in his Haunting suit of red and b.ack-the devil s livery and his jaunty cocks feather In his cap gloating over the ruin he was bringing by his insidior3 arts on his unfortunate victims-Faust and Margaret
 The last act came in due course. Poor tortured Margaret had found among the angels the peace denied her on earth. and the profiigate Faust was about to suffer .le penalty of his misdeeds. Mephisto- pheles summoned him to the internal re- gions. The trap In the stage opened, and the Evil One and his dupe sank from
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the alternate pudding day" Wednesday. A score of hungry habitues were already seated at the ten tables, each having seats for six upon hard benches that are made fast to the floor. Breast high partitions between the tables made compartments like pews. The corner compartment has been reserved through some sort of magic wrought by MT. Schwab's companion, and they lost no time in occupying it. On the wall they saw brass plate with an inscrip- tion saying that this was the fa- vorite seat of Dr. Samuel John son, Born September IS, 1709; died December IS, 1784," the in- scription concluding with this quo tation:
 NO, sir! There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness has been produced, as by good tavern.
 One of the walters assured MT. Schwab that the round, dark spots on the wainscot were made by the loll of Jonnson's greasy wig and the restless rubbing of Goldsmith's head as they hobnobbed daily over roast, stock and home brewed ale.
 The tables are spread with will low pattern plates, cutlery, salt cellars and pewter tankaris. The husky voiced waiter who attends
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~ Copyright 1902, by Robert Howard Russell

the Society Column for Breakfast and things looked Dark for Henry.
 For many months this conven- tional Group of ordinary 6A Nor tals had lived in Rut. At each meal-time they rounded up and mechanically deyoured what was doled out to them and folded their Napkins and broke ranks. Each day was the Duplicate of another and Life had petered down to a Routine.
 One Evening. just as they had come in for their Vermicelli, a new Boarder glided into their midst. She was a tall Gypsy Queen with about $1,200 worth of Clothes that fit her everywhere and all the time and she had this watch-me kind of a Walk, the same being Cue for all the other Girls to get out of their Hardware.
 When she moved up to the Ia ble and began to distribute a few sample Smiles, so as to indicate the Character of her Work, the Musical Team went out with the Tide, the Grass Widow curled up like an Autumn Leaf, the touch me-not Married Lady dropped into the Scrub Division. The Lady who read was shy Spoon and afraid to ask for it. The Men were all google-eyed and the Help was run ming into Chairs and dropping i'm portant parts of the Menu.
 Presently the Landlady came in
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he takes horseback exercise for at least two hours at the Campo del Moro, the military parade ground near the capital He Is trained by the best riding master in the army, and now he can jump hur- dies and handle his horse as if he were a combination jockey and cowboy. The King continues his studies. Every day he studies English, French, law and history. Since his accession he has to listen to lectures by statesmen as we'll as professors. He rises at o'clock every morning. He goes to bed at 10 o'clock, l instead of half-past g, as he used to do Although he Is ruling monarch, AL fonso is not supposed to smoke yet The other day he asked his brother-in-law, the Prince of the Asturias. for cigar cite.
 "I haven't got one" said the Prince, faithful to family orders
 Then the King applied to the officer of the guard who said solemnly:
 'I regret that I do not smoke them. Your Majesty"
 At last the young King made his way to the sentry at the palace door, who amiably produced a plug of black to- bacco from his trousers pocket and rolled cigarette for his Majesty who smoked it proudly through the palace.
 By the great transformation of May
  the actual reins of government, 1t be- came his duty to convoke the Cortes. or Parliament of Spain, whenever necessary. and to suspend or dissolve them when ever their refractory conduct may seem to him, in his royal wisdom, to make it desirable. In case of the dissolution Of the Cortes the monarch must summon new body of legislators within three months. King Alfonso has to appoint the President and Vice-President of the Senate from members of the Senate. The lower house of the Cortes called the Congress, elects its own officials. The Senate, being composed principally of Princes grandes and officials, Is the great safeguard of the Kings power.
 King Alfonso can introduce laws through his representatives in either of the legislative chambers This Is an ex- traordinary law and altogether at vari- ance with the systems of really consti- tutional monarchies. In fact King All fonso can do very much as he pleases II he has the courage to do so.
 The foregoing are some of the im- portant political duties which devolve upon the King by the constitution of 1S76. They sink into absolute insignifcance compared to the ceremonies and specta- cles in which he Is compelled to take part by ancient etiquette and tradition. There is a story of a poor Queen of Spain who was frozen to death in her palace be- cause the proper court lady to hand her a necessary garment was unavoidably detained elsewhere The same spirit of rigid etiquette still prevails, az cere- monies are carried out today which have been repeated for the last 800 years.
 On Sunday, May IS. King Alfonso re- viewed 14Oo0 troops representing all branches of the army and navy. It was his first appearance at the head of his army after his taking the oath as King.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-08
PRESIDENT C. M SCtiWAB'S $2500 PUDDING

will be 100 larks, 100 oysters and 100 kidneys, besides beefsteak and mushrooms. MT Moore will have to be excused from specifying fur ther, except that the pudding must be boiled ten hours in Lon- don and anolner ten hours before serving in New York city. The final boiling, however, is a very delicate matter. Any cook not ac- quainted with the pudding's in- tricacies may easily spoil
 Then you go along with the pudding yourself" says the steel man, .'and see that it is boiled right"
 So 1t was arranged. Including the time and travelling expenses of Proprietor Moore, the pudding will cost $250O.
 Having eaten of the famous pud- ding seated in Dr. Johnson's
 oozy Corner" MT. Schwab thought it cheap at the price.
 Next day all the pudding eaters in London knew of the deal, and ever sint habitues of the old tavern in Wine Office Court have made anxious daily inquiries as to how the Schwab pudding was coming on. They predict that when MT. Schwab's friends have once tasted thereof they will not rest till they have discussed it In the dingy little rooms where 1t has been served twice a week for at least six generations.
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was rutting up for the Outfit. Mothers Job seemed to be to sit around and Root. She was a con sistent little Booster. If what Mother said was true, then Effie's Voice was good deal better than 1t sounded. She said the Teachers were just crazy about 1t and all of them agreed that Fife ought to go to Paris or Milan. The slangy boy with the rag-time Shirt went them one better and said that ALL of the phoney Mel bas in the country ought to pull for the Old Country and wait until they were sent for.
 In this same Boarding House there was Widow whose hus- band had neglected to die. Being left all alone in the World she had gone out to make her Way, since which time she had gained about 30 pounds and was consider ed Great Company by the Young Men.
 Necessarily there was a Pale Lady who loved to read and who stuck to the Patterns that ap- peared in Godeys Magazine soon after the War.
 Then there was the Married Couple, without any Children or Furniture of their own, and the only reason they didn't take a House was that Henry had to be out of Town so often. Henry's sal ary had been whooped $500 Year and she was just beginning to say Gown instead of dress. She had
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MODERN FABL ES BY GEORGE AIDE

Then there was the other kind with straw-colored Mustache and a prominent Adams Apple who was very careful about his Pronunciation. He belonged to a Social Purity Club that had Yell. His Idea of Hurrah was to get in a Parlor with few Sis ters who were under the Age Linn 1t and sing the Bass Part of Pull for the Shore"
 Then there was the Old Board CT. He was the Land-Mark. Hay ing lived in Boarding-H Houses and Hotels all his Life, he had devel- oped a Crouch that enveloped him like a Morning Fog. He had a Way of turning Things over with his Fork, as If to say Well, I don't know about this" And he never believed anything he saw in the Papers. He said the Papers printed those things just to fill up. The Circassian Prin- cess that brought in the Vittles paid more attention to him than to any one else, because if he didn't get Egg on his Lettuce he was liable to. cry all over the Table Cloth.
 Then there was the chubby Man who came in every Evening and told what had happened at the Store that Day and there was a human Ant-Eater who made Puns.
 One of the necessary features of a refined Joint is the Slender Thing who Is taking Music and has Mommer along to fight of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-08

ding days to the upholstered chairs and modern service of the finest West End restaurants. And no visitor from abroad has really seen London until he has turned off Fleet street and prowled up quaint old Wine Office Court and through the portals of the only re- maiping ancient London tavern.
 Charles M. Schwab had heard about "The Cheshire Cheese" and he made the day fixed for his departure from London harmon ize with pudding day" So, when he had shaken hands with King Edward and enjoyed his half hours chat with that good-na- tured monarch, he found congen- ial companion and repaired to the old tavern.
 The narrow, ill-paved court lead ing to the tavern's entrance had no terrors for MT. Schwab. And, thanks to the discreet hints of his companion, he made no breaks" at the bar on entering. Thus he avoided the fatal mistake of or dering Scotch" for all the world should know that at "The Cheshire Cheese" bar all whiskey is Scotch, except Irish, which is Cork" MT. Schwab knew also that "gin" is tabooed in the tavern vocabula- ry, though the word Track" may be safely whispered.
 As MT. Schwab was to sail on Saturday his visit was made on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-08

great enthusiasm. He pelted the women in the carriages with roses. carnations. tulips and pinks. They returned the compliment, regardless of the royal dig nifty, and bombarded him with flowers until he held up both hands to protect his head.
 The ceremony in which King Alfonso took part on Wednesday was perhaps the most important and characteristic. It was a bull fight. This so-called sport typifies the backward state of kivilization of the Spaniards. The King must asso- ciate himself publicly with 1t in order to show that he is in sympathy with the tastes of the people.
 The King sat in the royal box, few feet above the arena, with his mother and the rest of the royal family beside him. Below him in the arena stood the Royal Halberdiers, chosen for theiI strength and courage. It Is their duty and privilege to defend the King with their halberds only-a sort of heavy spear against the attacks of the maddened and tortured fighting bulls. Whenever the King attends bull fight care Is talk en that the bulls charge on the halber- diers, so that they may have an oppor- tunity of exercising their historic priv ilege.
 Again and again the infuriated bulls charged in the direction or King Al1on- sos box, attracted probably by the gay uniforms and medieval weapons of the halberdiers Had their serried ranks been broken, many of them would un- doubtedly have been killed or wounded. as has happened in other times. But whenever the bull charged down on them he met an unbroken line of heavy spears yielded by strong arms. and he was forced to turn away.
 So great did the danger of the halber- diers appear that the King and the Queen-mother requested them to forego this unnecessary risk. but they politely instisted that 1t was their ancient priv ilege, and held their ground victoriously.
 At these royal bull fights 1t Is the cus- tom that the first three bulls shall be killed by members of the aristocracy. This feature was duly carried out by
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to these prenminaries remarks to an impatient customer, in stern tones-everybody understandlng that he refers to THE PUDDING:
 "It will not be down till arr parst one to the minute, sir. It 'as been done to a turn at arr parst one o'clock to the minute for a 'undred years and more"
 Even MT. Schwab realizes that with such a record THE PUD- DING Is not to be hurried. He recognizes premonition of an un- wonted capacity under his vest. The guests already seated consult their watches furtively and bite their lips. A few late corners en- ter on tiptoe and take the vacant seats reverently, as though the place were a church and services had begun.
 Presently there is rustic or ex- pectancy. Four walters have en- tered laden with hot plates, which they place on a broad table near the door. At this promising sight several Eritons, oblivious to their fellow gu ,sts, respectfully take off their hat,.
 Close on the heels of the plate bearers march two men with four covered tureens of gravy. These flank the hot plates, leaving part of. the table clear. Then enters Proprietor Moore, High Priest Of the Pudding Cult, In dress coat. He take his place at the clean
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the plates are emptied and sent back for more. When the great man of steel can hold not another morsel he beckons to a waiter and puts his hand significantly in his pocket.
 Waiter, I'll take the recipe for thar pudding
 The waiter turns pale. He thinks at first of calling for the police. Finally, in hushed voice he explains that rot all the money in the Bank of England could solve the ancient mystery of The Cheshire Cheese Pudding" that 1t couldn't be concocted any where else anyhow, that home sick Englishmen in the uttermost parts of the earth never dream of attempting to duplicate 1t, but inn 7 port it direct from the "Chru" ready for the final boil at in- credible expense. Once one was imported to the United States, and there were international com plications over customs rulings.
 Very we'll, then" says MT. Schwab, 'I'll import one"
 The proprietor is sent for, and then and there the deal is consu- mated. MT. Schwab wants pud- ding big enough to satisfy a hum dred of his millionaire friends at one of the New York Clubs.
 Proprietor Moore says that such a pudding will weigh 100 pounds. Among the ingredients
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her Harp three times over. The Prune Joke never phased her and she had herself trained so as not to hear any sarcastic Cracks about the Oleo. She prided her self on the Atmosphere of Culture that permeated the Establishment and on the Fact that she did not harbor any Improper Characters. A good many Improper Charac- ters came around and sized up the Layout and then blew.
 It was a sure enough Boarding House, such as many of our Best People know all about even if they won't tell. All they had to do to get the Center Table ready for Ping-Pong was to take off the Cas- ter.
 The Landlady was doing what she could to discourage the Beef Trust but she carried heavy line of Oatmeal. She had Oatmeal to burn and sometimes she did 1t. And she often remarked that Spinach had Iron in 1t and was great for the Blood. One of her pet Theories was that Rice con- tained more Nutriment than could be found in Spring Chicken but the Boarders allowed that she never saw a Spring Chicken.
 In the Cast of Characters were many of the Old Favorites. There was the lippy boy with the Will liauns and Walker Shirts who knew the Names of all the Ball Players and could tell when there was a good Variety Show in Town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-08
OTEY'S GAMING.
Played Poker for Huge Sums, but in
 Confederate Money Only.

Washington.-The late Peter J. Otey of the Sixth Virginia district was one of the quaint characters in the House. A Virginian of the old school whose state was above all and before all, he was still loyal son of the Union. and the devoted champion in Congress of the old soldiers.
 MT. Otey had many ''redeeming vices." if they may be called such. He appre- ciated the national beverage, he was an inveterate user of tobacco and he de- lighted in gambling but strangely enough, he would never play cards for l .ney, at least not for legal tender.
 He did not mGulge his liking often. Two or three times a year he would gather a party of cronies and play draw until the sun gilded the Statue of Lib- erty that guards the Capitol, using Con- federate bills, of which he had for tune. for chips
 The ante was in two figures, the bets in four, there was no limit, the thous- ands of dollars passed from hand to lland in an evening and those who par ticipated had exactly as much sport as if they had played with U ited States Treasury notes and were infinitely more content the next day.
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He wore the full dress uniform of a cap -general-dark blue, with gold fac ings, a red silk waistband and a steel helmet, with white plume. The most con- spicuous person accompanying King AL fonso was the beetle-browed General Weyler, once commander In Cuba and now Minister of War, who Is credited with an intention of seizing the supreme power in Spain when he gets good op- portunity. Others with the King were the Duke of Connaught, special Envoy of King Edward, and the Grand Duke Vladimir, the Czar's representative and father of Alfonso's prospective bride.
 The young King sat proudly on his horse while the troops marched and gall loped past for an hour and a half. He bore himself very well and showed no signs of impatience during the very fa- tiguing ceremony.
 Just before the regiment of engineers reached the point where King Alfonso was reviewing the procession, a tiny -year-old boy in petticoats. standing with friends in the front rank of spec tators recognized his father among the passing musicians, ran out and took his fathers hand. The father tried to send him back, but the child refused to go bursting into tears, clinging to his fath- CTS coat skirts and crying, Papa, papa" ]" A member of the Civic Guard tried to take the child away, but King Alfonso ordered the guardsman to let the child alone. Then happy, though his face was streaming. the youngster trotted along beside his father, to the great amusement of the crowds.
 In the afternoon he laid the foundation stone of a monument to his father. All fonso XII, in the Buen Retiro Gardens
 Monday was a day of heavy and sol emn political duties for the little King He presided at meeting of the Cabinet Council and listened to speeches on the condition of his kingdom.
 On Tuesday following his accession to power King Alfonso took part In great battle of flowers in the Buen Retiro Gar dens in Madrid. He wore the undress uniform of a captain-generaL The little King threw himself into the fun with