davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Call 1t what you will, and rag
time is as good as any other noise"
says Thomas Preston Brooke. This
'cagtime' existed centuries before our
time. and 1t will go on for centuries to
como after we have been forgotten"
"Ragtime," its origin, its status, its
merits and Gemerits, and its chances
for perpetuation have been worrying
musicians with long hair and the pub
hc having long purses ever since
popular song writer a few years ago
claimed to have Invented its rhythm.
When a discriminating public for
public effect had jumped upon rsgtime
and its popularity with the hoi polloi.
some one high in the musical world
came forward IN It's defense, saying
that some of the worlds famous com
p0sers had used II In classic music;
that technically IL was syncopation,
and under that name was worthy place
haired musician and his followers are
not reconciled.
In the Chicago Federation OF Musi-
clans there is prospect of split in
the organization, leaving the players
of the classic ON the one side and the
ragtime champions on the other. The
iong-hsired men are refusing to assoc
ciate with the ragtime men, and the
situation u becoming acute.
At Denver last June the American
Federation OF Musicians AT It's annual
convention passed resolution con-
semning ragtime and recommending
that its members cease playing it. In
nike measure the Dancing Teachers as
ISOLATION OF America and the National
Music Teachers association are de-
clared against 1t and pledged to dis
courage the use OF ragtime in every
manner possible.
But against all of this, Brooke's Chi
sago Marine Band at the Cincinnati
Geological Gardens last season gave
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
HOTEL BOOKKEEPING.
Curious Mysteries OF Account X ee ping
In Hostelries Explained

Curious Mysteries of Account * ee ping
In HosteIriss Explained
OF course the keeping OF books for
l,500 patrons OF big hotel who have
all sorts OF expenses charged to their
accounts, from the ordinary hotel
charges to kilograms. cabs, flowers,
theater tickets, packages delivered c.
O. ID. and money loaned, and of the
1,500 employees is very complicated
problem, says writer in Ainslee's
Magazine. That, however, is only
part OF the bookkeepers' duties. To
prevent any leakage which might seri-
ously impair the small percentage
OF difference between success and fail
sre, all big hotels employ a system OF
checking. Every order from the din
ing room passes through the hands of
two or three checkers before IL
reaches the kitchen in the shape Of a
requisition, which Is held as a voucher
for the delivery OF the portion. After
the order has been filed in the kitch-
en- 1t is again inspected by another
checker, who marks off each item on
the order blank. When the bill, with
the separate items added up, has been
paid by the guest. 1t goes to the cash
Ter. who receipts II, tears off the stub
for the waiter and files the bill itself.
Every twelve or twenty-four hours,
according to the system. the original
order In the guests handwriting and
the several memoranda made by the
cashier and the checkers are turned
in TO the auditors department, where
they are compared for the purpose of
discovering any discrepancies. Each
department Is conducted independ-
emily OF every other In its accounts. so
that at glance they may be compared
as sources OF revenue. In his books
which are really daily logs of business,
the proprietor can find record OF the
number OF dinners served on any day
of the receptions and banquets, OF the
coal burned and electric light used, OF
the stock on hand and repairs made,
OF the weather, and, In fact, OF every
detail OF the thousand or more that
go to make up the business OF running
big hotel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Unknown Languages.

The aborigines of the Malabar Is
lands employ perfect whistling
language. by means OF which they can
communicate with each other over
long distances. A stranger wandering
over the islands is frequently surprised
to hear from the hilltop the sound of
loud whistling, which is quickly re-
peated on the next hill, and so Is
carried from summit to summit, until
Il dies away in the distance. But per-
maps the most curious means of com.
mu.ication in the world is the drum
language OF the Congo tribe. These
queer people can talk to each other
with large drums made of bamboo
hoops. over which the skin OF some
animal is stretched. The drum, how.
ever, is used only on important oc.
casions.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

-ragtime concerts" every Wednesday
evening, and in spite OF Cincinnatis
reputation as a musical city, these con-
osrts drew from 10000 to $4,000 people
to them every evening. At these con-
eerts the best elements OF Cincinnati's
population were there, doubling the at
tendance at Wagner and symphony
concerts. At the Buffalo Exposition
and In every other city in the United
States and Canada where Brooke's
band has played. 30 per cent of the re-
quests for music have been for the
rag-hme selections.
Mr.. Brooke's standing as a compo-
ser of popular music has given him a
voice TO be heard on the subject. Es-
peciaily is his opinion valuable when
ft is considered that not one bar of
ragtime music occurs In his compost
tioRs, and that while he does not de-
tend 1t. he makes 1t plain that ragtime
nusic Ii with the people for all time.
Mrs. James l.. Blair, a society leader
~ st. Louis. declared in a public adj
dress last spring that the Missouri me-
tropolis Ii a"ragtime" city. and in the
following talk the bandmaster agreed
with her as to all cities being In the
category.
-Hagttme," said Mr.. Brooke. SIS nov
Tie most generally mootsd Of nj
sssmss among musicians. but VIII,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
loNooN's IMMENSE TRAFFIC.
city Proper Small, but Over . Million
People Traverse II Daily.

city Proper Small, but Over . Million
People Traverse It Daily.
The movement of the traffic in the
city OF London proper. the center OF
the financial activity Of the world, is
suggestive. Although but square
mile in area, with day population OF
about 100000, and a night population
of but a tenth OF this, in a single day
over a million and quarter of people
and 100000 vehicles enter and leave
It's limits.
The general street traffic is carried
on by about 200 miles of tramways,
nearly $50 lines of omnibuses, and
II. 900 cabs Internal communication
Is also provided by two lines OF under
ground railways, with suburban con-
nections, says Engineering Magazine,
and three deep-level roads operated
electrically. Two lines are under con-
struction, six more authorised, and
parliamentary rights are sought by
existing or new companies for thir-
teen railways or notifications or ex-
tensions thereof.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Sacred Simians of India
In Many Places They Are Reverenced
by the Natives

The entellus monkey Is the most
sacred of all in India. 1t is gray above
and nutty brown below, long-legged
and active, a thief and an impudent
robber. In one OF the Indian cities
they became such nuisance that the
faithful determined TO catch and send
away some hundreds. This was done
and the holy monkeys were deported
in covered carts and released many
miles of. But the monkeys were too
clever. having thoroughly enjoyed
their ride, they all refused TO part
with the carts. and hopping, and
grimmacing, came leaping all the way
back beside them to the city. grateful
for their outing. One city obtained
leave TO kill the monkeys, but the next
city then sued them for killing their
deceased ancestors" In these mon
key-infested cities IL one man wishes
to spite another, he throws a few
handfuls OF rice on the roof of his
house about the rainy season. The
monkeys come, find the rice, and
quietly lift of many OF the tiles and
throw them away, seeking more rice
in the interstices.
The only mammals which thorough
ly understand combination for defense
as well as attack are the balloons, but
Brehm, the German traveller. gives a
charming story of genuine courage and
self-sacrifiee shown by one. His hunt
ing dogs gave chase to troop which
was retreating to some cliffs and cut
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
RooklsH sARE COLLECTORS.
students IS street Car Conductors In
Holyoks. Mass.

When you pass through Holyoke,
Mass, on the trolly line in the summer
time, says a correspondent OF the
Springfield Republican, and the con-
luctor asks you for your fare, be sure
you address him politely for there are
chances that he is a college undergrad
uate earning money to pay for his tut
lion and knows thing or two besides
rares. transfers and meeting points.
Holyoke young men as a rule have
way of making a success in life, when
they set about il, and dozen or so
very earnest and determined young
men rely upon their work as conduct
ors on the Holyoke Street Railway
,ompanys lines during the vacation
months 10 assist them in their efforts
TO obtain an education; and ii doesn't
hurt them a bit, and the outdoor air
aud exercise-there is considerable eX-
arcise in the life of conductor, which
you will observe II you keep your eyes
generally gets them into pretty
good physical form for the years work
at college. They are a standing re-
buke, these determined often athletic
and always courteous and intelligent
young fellows, to the many street loaf
ers and cheap jacks with which Hol-
yoke is afflicted "They make good con-
ductors," said John Mcdonnell, chief
conductor of the Holyoke Street Rail-
way, recently. "They are quick TO
learn usually and intelligent and po-
lite. We never have trouble from the
college boy conductors; wish we could
get more OF them. Some of them run
both ends, the strongest of them. It's
the policy of the company to have
number OF men who can run both ends
to use in case of an emergency. But
they act as conductors for the most
part. What do they earn? Well, that
varies; from sl4 to perhaps S15 a week.
Many earn SIS for making extra runs.
The regular schedule of pay is 81 day
and they work seven days week
Most of them have night runs, and are
not able as easily to make extra trips.
The best day runs are given to the men
In the order of seniority OF service"
The summer months require a number
OF extra motormen and conductors, and
the men striving for a college educa-
ton have taken advantage of this fact.
with good results, apparently, to them
selves and the road
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

No material has as yet been found
as substitute for the wooden tie.
and no satisfactory economical meth
cd OF preserving the life OF the wood
or prolonging its durability has yet
been discovered; and, excepting the
minor questions OF properly seasoning
and piling. the use of the tie plate.
suitable ballast and perfect drainage.
and incidentally climatic conditions.
no serious consideration OF the future
tie supply has yet been had"
II is for this reason the experts say:
From every reasonable point OF view
it appears that great profits are to DO
made in the growing OF forest trees
In the next twenty-five years.
1t is declared that operations should
begin in the middle West. There has
already been great deal OF tree
planting on the treeless prairies OF
the central West. especially in Kan
sas and Nebraska. The forestry ex-
perts have found one plantation near
Hutchinson, Kan. planted win Catal-
pa trees which in ten years has pro-
duced a net value Of sl97.55 TO the
acre.
In Iowa. near Menlo, a twenty-five
year-old plantation OF red cedar
showed a net value of s200.54 to the
acre. Usage orange, locust and hardy
catalpa are the best trees to grow
for these commercial purposes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
"RaSfirne" Music Existed
Centuries BE fore Oar Time.

player who sat perched on barrel
in corner at 'corn-husking bee.
who held his fiddle at his elbow and
his bow at half-mast, played the Ar
kansaw Traveller and Up Duck Creek
in a style that would put to shame
many of the fellows who claim To have
originated what they are pleased to
call ragtime.'
"Drummers have played nothing but
ragtime since the invention OF the
drum. The bass drum is now used
only 10 punctuate or emphasize the
heavy beats or pulse Of the music, but
in the original 'sheepskin band that
has furnished martial music for our
soldiers in times of war for centuries
the bass drummer used stick in each
hand and helped out the ragtime
rhythm OF the snare drum.
Who has not stood on a curbstone.
watching passing parade. and noticed
how YEARLY the men In line plodded
along To the monotonous 1-vl-l-2-3 Of
the bass drum? But when the snare
drums broke into their merry ragtime
beats of TAFT tat-a-tat hov the
marchers Immediately braced up and
walked with buoyant elastic step?
According to good authority the
sense OF rhythm is greater by 80 per
cent than either the sense Of harmony
or melody. Consequently, any march
with a strong rhythmic accent. or a
ragtime song with its intensified
rhythm, appeals more intensely to
greater mankind.
II have often been asked Why dc
you play so much ragtime at your
concerts and always reply that rag.
time music is what is most demanded
and that my mission is TO please-not
To educate-the masses. Ii is not 9
crime TO acknowledge that you enjoy
ragtime. All the old masters wrot,
ragtime, and that great poet and wiz.
ard OF harmony, Richard Wagner, was
a postmaster at it, Ii is a well-knowI
fact that the themes for many of ouI
most popular ragtime songs wer,
taken bodily from his operas.
II have always delighted in strons
contrasts-from the sublime TO the RI
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Slaves Chances Of
Rising to Power

Smartness, wisdom, brilliancy in con-
versation, remarkable personal cour-
age, stature or strength are the quail
ties that serve best to lever the male
slave into a more tolerable estate
than that of the ordinary slave, but
even these, comparatively speaking.
rare endowments, must have oppor-
tunity TO their hand or they go for
little. A man may have the heart of
a lion and the strength of bull, but
1t avails him nothing IL he happens to
be bought by pattering little builder
and set to gathering mud, but il he
fall into the hands of power. distinc-
ton Is possible.
Women have much more even
chances. A girl Of ordinary appear
ance may, by bearing man child to
her master, rise to the position OF
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Gss jet FOR .Jaxs-.

Hotelkeepers who offer accommoda-
tons Of the kind preferred by casual
visitors from the country will learn
with pleasure that burner is about
to be put on the market which the in
experienced ledger may blow out II he
wants to without any Ill effects. It's
parts are so arranged that to AFFORD
gas passage certain amount OF heat
must be applied to expand them. While
thus expanded they offer gasway suf-
ncient for illumination. Wien the
flame Is extinguished the rapid cooling
OF the parts causes them to contract.
which closes the gasway In less than
one minute. What little gas escapes
in the interval OF cooling, which IL
facilitated by the shape of the parts
and their thinness, is not enough to
do harm to life or health
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

of very young one, which ran M,
on to q rock. only just out OF reac.
of the dogs. An old male baboon sa,
this and came alone to the rescus
Slowly and deliberately he descended
crossed the open space. and. stampins
his hands on the ground, showing hi,
teeth. and backed by the furious bark,
OF the rest of the balloons, he discou.
certed and cowed these savage dogs
climbed on 10 the rock, picked up thu
baby and carried him back safely
Any account OF chimpanzees would
be incomplete without reference to
Sally, the most educated OF her order.
Sally. who lived In the zoo for over
six years. learned to count perfectly
up to six and less perfectly to ten: she
could also distinguish white from any
other color but IL other colors were
presented her she failed, apparently
from color blindness. or this ape the
late DIR. G. J. Romanes wrote with
something more than the enthusiasm
OF clever man pursuing a fayorits
theme:
Her intelligence was conspicuously
displayed by the remarkable degree In
which she was able TO understand the
meaning of spoken lahguage-a degree
fully equal to that presented by an in.
FAINT a few months before emerging
from infancy, aud therefore highs,
than that which is presented by any
brute. so far, at least. as have evl.
dence TO show"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

such subject should threaten to dis
rup; the Chicago Federation of Must
clans is rather difficult to understand
when considered from an intelligent
and unprecedented standpoint.
During the last year there have
been published countless articles on
ragtime, written by prominent must
clans. teachers, and critics, many OF
whom had something TO say about who
discovered" or invented" it, Rag
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

melodies you will have the music that
has been in vogue since the beginning
OF time and that still is the only music
OF many OF the heather races. 1t is
the 'iuber.' buck, and wing darces of
the old plantation darby, and no more
inspiring ragtime was ever played than
that which he patted with his hands.
shuffled with his feet, or plunked on
his rudely constructed banjo.
"All the oldtime 'fiddlers' were rag
time performers The backwoods
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

time was not discovered or invented by
anyone. Darwin says music was
known and understood before words
were spoken and / believe that rag
time existed in the lower animals long
before the advent of man. II is sim
ply rhythm, or intensified rhythm, and
I have frequently observed animals
keeping time to music having strong.
marked rhythm.
Rhythm Is the skeleton on which
all music is hung, and If you will strip
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Pecul|

This applies d
Fifty years. 1t
are unknown I'd
factuTsTs and tn
pain killing pro
eestihed to by tho
human beings nc
pain by its use.
bf cures greater
Pis sales are lard
Proprietary med
han all other 4
ents combined
proved to be tho
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Instances or
Advancement
Are Recorded

saddaka or privileged concubine. with
position and rights second only to
those OF the legal wife or wives, In
deed, superior II these happen to have
been barren, with the distinct advan-
tage that she cannot subsequently bs
sold. II is not always necessary to
be even pretty to attract the de-
bauched attention OF the Soudaness
magnate; many a pug-faced damsel OF
more than ordinary animal appearances
has, by way of the slave market,
stepped from the naked darkness OF
her native village and a ragged loin
cloth to the silks and satins of rulers
harem; and some. with no better claim
to advancement than pair of what
we would call in horse ragged hips
and waddling gait. have become free.
popular women of property.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

While there are hundreds OF books
on sale telling how to acquire wealth.
probably aot one OF the authors could
draw siaS out of bank on his per-
sonal check.--Chicago News.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Philosophy is the art and law of
tife. and II teaches us what to do in
al cases, and, like good marksmen.
10 hit the white at any distance
Seneca.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
and

Who, perhaps,
digestion, CONT |
foubleS, loss of |
an be made Id
pa Vogeler's c
doctor who is al
Eogeler s Curat
blood pure ant
fheeks, and pu |
Rands it. Chi |
fnd sickly since |
kmall doses of v
rom two to f
atisfar,orv ,ae,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

PlSo's Cure for Co
medicine for coughs
Ocean Grove, ". j., 1
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

When a man
Usually looks alb
Is to blame Their
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

A man who CT
love affair mus
memory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
$4,000 FORF1

Perhaps the goo
egg got discourse
lon her toe.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Hamlin's Wizar|
hMicted and an c
4 verConeS.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Most OF the n
are the men Wild
keep on thinking
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Actions spea
Some men new
have to do II.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

The economic
trying to make
her old bread C
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Love never turns Its microscope on
Dur faults.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
EARLIEST n

EARLIEST n
will you be short
|plenty Of this pr
/ s to 8 Tons of
Price 50 lbs. sl.@;
lohn A. Salzer Sec
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

Time will not make the great man
but he cannot be made without IT,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

When a dog
night, IL is a 81
khe part OF the 1
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03

about per cent-that beats the play
ers and builds up the big fortunes of
the Bank OF Monte Carlo.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
THE TOR

believed promptly
by Coles Carbol
with each box. q
lists, 25c and SOC.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-04-03
Mrs. winsld

htNNs " hhShS|
For children teethin|
tammation, allays pa
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-11-09

81 just seemed TO have gone all to
pieces, writes Alfred Bee of Welfare
Tex. "billiousness and a lame back
mad made life burden. [ couldn
cat OF sleep ana felt almost too worn
out to work when | began to u.e Elec
trio Buffers, but they worked wonders
Now | sleep like top, can eat any
thing, have gained in strength and en-
joy hard WORK" They gave vigorous
health and new life to weak, sickly
rundown people. Try them. Only SOC
at all druggists.