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Arizona republican., 1903-02-04
A Reaction Against Fast Trains.

For several years the great railroad
 keenly competing with each other in
 providing faster train service. To ''cut
 the time" has been one of the chief
 means of catering to the travelling pub
 lie. and to this end the principal lines
 have been largely rebuilt. The eX-
 penditure in this direction has been
 almost unlimited and even now the
 preparations under way by the trans
 continental lines call for millions upon
 millions of dollars for betterments. In
 order to lower grades, shorten tracks.
 avoid the climbing of hills and noun
 tains. and for general improvement of
 plant" such systems as the Santa
 Fe and Southern Pacific will, within
 the next two or three years, spend such sums as would have startled the financial world but a short while ago. So long as prosperity continues for the country and the railroads, a large per Centage of the earnings will be devoted to these permanent improvements, and so the efforts to give better and more satisfactory service will continue. But recently, the tendency toward reac- tion is marked in the matter of ex- tremely fast trains
 On Friday of this week, it Is an nounoed, the Pennsylvania railroad will discontinue it's flyer" between New York and Chicago-the train which during the past year has been covering the distance between those cities in twenty hours, and the dis patches state that the rival train on the New York Central will also be withdrawn. As one of the results, the trip from New York to San Francisco will be heightened four hours And it may be expected that the other great railroads will follow suit to some ex- tent-there will be. al least, lesser ing of the high pressure under which passenger business is handled. AL though it is not so stated by railway officials, it cannot be doubted that the accidents which have hap pened to fast trains have had their in fuence in leading railroad men to con- slider whether it is wise to undertake making such extraordinary speed as a regular thing. And as for the public, there is much reason to doubt whether there is Q general desire for such speed. The probabilities are. indeed, that the railroads have been influenced too much by the desire of each to get ahead of the others with fast sched- ules, and that there has been misap- prehension as to the anxisty of tray elers to be whisked across the country In the shortest possible time As matter or fact. when a man and his wife start for San Francisco from Chi cago, or for Chicago from San Fran cisco, it makes little difference to them whether they are four or five hours more or less in making the jour- rey.
 For the great majority of travellers. a regular schedule which can be de- pended upon-a train that is habitually on time-is much preferable to an ex- tra fast but cratic service For the old star route mail contractors the government used to have the motto. Certainty, Celerity and Security" which it insisted they should follow, and in the end the railroads will find no better programme. It does not pay to sacrifice either certainty or security to. celerity. and all three should have proper consideration.
Arizona republican., 1903-02-04

ator Beveridge has repeatedly sought for comfort at the White House. and had he received any intimation of veto he would have permitted the measure to go to a vote.
 1t looks good, to us
Arizona republican., 1903-02-04
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Arizona republican., 1903-02-04

Be cheerful in your affiicticns. and all the credit you get is that you are too stony-hearted to care.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05
New Gallery.

The new photo gallery just
completed over the Sutphen store
is now ready, and ] will open it
to tie public Nov. II to 21st
inclusive. shall lie equipped to
do first class work, and will be
glad to see all the people OF Miller
aud vicinity. All Christmas
work must be done this month
to guarantee its completion for
Christmas. nELANE Ov!ATT.
47t2
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

Edwin Z. Mckinney and Maude
Hubbard both of Glendale were
married at the Christian parson-
AGE. last Wednesday Ger. %.
Ed. SwaFtwood officiating,
They were accompanied by
Mr.. HammiIl and Miss Mckinney
who were groomsman and brides
maid. The best wishes OF friends
aud this paper 20 with them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05
Close Out.

| wish TO close ont my men 5
furnishing qoois aud boys,
clothing. They will go cheap.
Come in aud see them. | shall
chen have more room for my
merchant tailoring. Ifyou want
a good suit, that always looks
well come in and leave your
measure. A. w. rams.
Merchant Tailor, Miller, S. d.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

face. When the demand for
homes for this rapidly increasing
population reaches here. aud il
willnot be many years, and when
oar vacant and non-producing
acres are being used by people
who do as well an our present
settlers, the prospect OF today
will be fully realized.
People must have homes; whele
can they get better ones?
Ifthose now here can succeed, so
can Others And people will go
where others have blazcd the
way and worked out success.
All that Hand county needs to
double he present values ofland
is more people. And that they
will come is only the natural,
logical repetition OF history that
has occurred times without
number in our own country.
When? Well, that's another
question. 1t may he one year,
five years. or ten years. Norman
can safely predict that. But it
is as sure to come in time, as it
is for the United States.to grow
IN population AMI development.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05
THERE rs no SUBSTITUTE
Hand County's Stock.

Hand County's Stock.
The last state Auditors re-
port again places Hand county
p the lead OF ali counties east
the Missouri river in number
cattle assessed, the number
E2.6l5.
"a The number OF sheep Hand
oDnty is second Of all counties
1ast OF the river. Sphinx has first
ace and Hand second, with
S.230 head.
In adj iti0n to this lead in
'oe6 growing Hand county has
alsed this year perhaps her big
est alI-round crop OF grains aad
vegetables. The counties that
ead Hand in cattle are exclusive
Stlle counties, while this is q
HAed farming, dairying and
'ocS county combined.
with the present years bus
psS IN diversified farming it is
'lent that Hand county can
Oa1abIy support two or three
"Fs htrpresent population. 1t
NOW no pipe dream to observ-
Shrewd business men aud
"eFS 10 expect Hand county
y 20 reach r25 to $40 per
Men, ana lots OF them,
making piouey today on
uvounty tarms,nn,i ran ches,
yFp EeailS aIi advantages OF
I1Rali@n arc TO be had.
IT, cor ema oia4 this on
uah hta tho soianv sur
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

\ copy OF the Galya, H. News
received here contanins an ac-
ronnt OF the reunion of the Max
well family. the first in 30 years.
Mr.. aud Mrs. ", II. Maxwell, OF
Hand county We're present.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05
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sl,sstss T<Aky25ss,:5;',Ei.1
Ecrmers Attention.

We aie out for Trade. As an
lnducmen we offer in Exchange
Tor No | wheat 30 lbs OF patent
or 81 OF 81 coud patent -four.
At$l.1O per Sack this means
re for wheat, or soc a. $1.15
per Sack. No Such offer ever
made before. Allgrades ofwheat
taken at its relative value.
Flour guaranteed. Offer good
for a Unite time only.
46t4 LLER ROLLER MILLs.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

E.J. Nelson one of our young
teachers who left early last
spring for California has return
ed. He has not yet decided
whether he VIII teach or attend
the agri, ultural college at Brook
ings.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Lawrence
reIoyce over the arrival of a boy
at their home.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

W. II. Sunderland has remodel
ed and painted his wagon and
blacksmith shop.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

Mrs. RoZanua Slower and Chas
MOnCur have contracted for ar
tesian wells ON their Florence
twp. farms.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Gross, of
Plato, are the parents OF "a boy
baby.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

Robert Sheppard recently sold
his farm southeast Of st. Law
renee, and will moye to that
town.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

Logan Scott has improved his
dwelling west OF the court house
by additions OF porch, painting
etc.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-11-05

Ii You want some first class
photo work call on Miss Oviatt
at Miller Nov. 18th. Dist, over
Sutphen < store. 47t2
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-03
Reflections.

AS rule, men will not admit that
they are weak or lacking in
will power, and failure to see this
trait in our makeup is probably
the reason why we SO readily yield
to temptation. But to recognize
our weakness is to know our dan
ger in advance and this in itself
should be an element of strength
in time Of temptation.
John D. ROCKEFELLER says
that religion has been of SO
much comfort to him that he would
like to go on the platform and tell
people about it. According to Miss
Tarbell there are a good many
other people who could take the
platform and tell about the dis
comforts brought by the Rookie
Teller religion.
ACCORDING to an exchange,
an Atchison man at last found
a way of getting fifteen stanzas OF
verse he had written into the pa
per-he committed suicide.
Now here's scheme that might
be worked by all poets whose man
uscripts are rejected by the editor.
by emulating the example of this
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-03

be hit over the head with old Dame
Fortunes broom, or how often he
has paraded down the main 'drag'
with her lovely daughter, Miss
Fortune, he will still continue to
toe the mark with grin on his
face that would tickle blind man
to see; he treats her frowns with
contempt till in disgust she gives
him the mitten, which means in
his case that the world is his to do
as he pleases with. According to
his code, to be frowned or smiled
upon proves that he is not worth
less, for it is we'll known that an
insignificant person is never both
cred by anyone.
To acquire cheerfulness does
not mean that man must spend
years of his life pouring over old,
dried up volumes, neither does it
mean that man must visit all the
ancient mud piles of the world.
Once acquired, I don't suppose ii
will Of itself alone make a man a
millionaire or buy him yacht;
but it will entitle him to the best
stateroom on board that yacht, and
the seat of honor at the million
aires table. Two Of the best STEP
ping-stones to success in any walk
of life are cheerfulness and a
sprinkling of blarney well and
adroitly used. Now, if you are 60
ing to be a success you must
distinguish between hot air and
blarney; remember that hot air
is invaluable only on the frozen
steppes of Siberia, and even
there it meets with frost, while
barney is a precious metal wher-
ever found, and if skillfully used
will give you stand in with the
cook. If you can ask any more
than that you must be hard to
please. Ii you can blarney away
with grin on your, face and do it
with the skill of Dublin car driv-
er, I'll guarantee that you will
ride in the band wagon the rest of
your life. 1858.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-03
GladStOneaSa Statesman.

aper Read Before the Oh IutduQla Circle.
The career of Gladstone as a
statesman is naturally interesting
to us. His grand efforts in behalf
of struggling Ireland during his
life aroused our sympathy, as do
the struggles of all people of what
ever country in trying to secure
for themselves greater freedom and
voice in their own government.
The majority of the people of this
great republic have watched the
efforts made in behalf, of Ireland
with as much care and interest as
the Irish people themselves. For
this reason the name and fame of
Gladstone, truly called "the grand
old man, is as familiar to us as
the career Of some of our own lead
ers in politics and statecraft.
There have been many men who
have given their lives and brains
in the interest of Ireland. The
martyr, Robert Emmett, executed
at % years of age, whose eloquent
words spoken just before his ex-
ecution ending with the words that
have passed into history, "When
my country takes her place among
the proud nations of the earth,
then, not until then, let my cpl
taph be written is but one of
many. But it fell to the lot Of
Gladstone to carry the battle into
the English Parliament and open
the way for future champions of
Ireland to carry on the efforts SO
nobly but unsuccessfully COM
menced by him. There is no doubt
that the eloquence of Gladstone
will some day bear fruit and secure
for Ireland better conditions at
least than she low enjoys.
Time does not admit of our CIV
ling in detail the many measures
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-03

and cultivation of land in Ireland.
This bill was passed, but only after
a fight in the House of Commons
requiring all the influence and elo-
quence Of the great statesman.
Gladstone's last effort to have a
home rule bill passed just before
his retirement permanently from
public life is within the memory
of us all. This bill was very mod
crate in it's demands and Glad
stones friends hoped to see his
years of public service crowned
with success by its passage. Dur
ing one of his great speeches on
home rule, Gladstone declared that
unless something was done to bet
ter the conditions in Ireland there
was but one thing for the Irish
people to do and that was to emil
CRATE to other countries as rapidly
as possible and depopulate Ireland
This startling statement seems as
true today as when it was uttered
years ago. Emigration seems the
only remedy.
As the characters of great men
are often not fully understood until
a considerable lapse Of time, Glad
stones career will shine with
brighter luster as time goes on.
He was a strong advocate of peace
and on every occasion fought
against the extension of territory
by means of force.
Gladstone's settlement of the
Boer War when he was prime min
lister by allowing them to retain
their independence, and his earn
est opposition to the seizure and
extension of territory by force all
through his life seems as if he
foresaw and dreaded what would
result from such acts in the future.
He no doubt remembered Rome
fell, and all the harder because Of
the great height to which she at
tanned.
As stated by him in the House
of Commons in opposition to the
Afghan War, the seizure of terri
tory and the attempt to make
might right could only end in dis
aster in the course of time.
The taking away of Gladstone
from public life in England was
soon followed by the Beers loss of
independence to which they were
entitled by all laws of justice and
right, and which must react on
England in the future. Had he
been at the helm of state his in
fluence might have secured better
conditions for the heroic Beers.
Gladstone is enthroned in the
hearts of the friends of Ireland all
over the world. No lover of justice
and freedom, no one who believes
in the right of men to govern
themselves, can help feeling all
honor to the memory of Glad
stone. 1t. j.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-03

like all the rest of the good things
of this world is always appreciated.
$50 where you will, in any society,
high or low, rich or poor, and you
will find the jolly fellow welcomed
with open arms. He may not be
as rich as our friend Andrew, or
as handsome as-myself for in
stance, but in spite of such slight
,handicaps he is everyone's favor
ite. This world would creak and
groan dismally were it not for him
and his ability to oil the running
gear and besides the old lady
could never get along without him
for partner in her dizzy waltz
around the sun.
There may be some luxuries we
could dispense with, but the good
natured fellow is the one luxury
we could not do without. You may
meet him for the first time at
ball where his good nature endears
him to everyone; he'll give the
reigning beauties the go-by with
the most delightful sang-froid i'm
-aginable to make their less fortunate
sisters happy for the time being.
Again, you may meet him at a
christening where the fond mother
lis over her depth trying to pick out
"a hand-me- down rom-the- clouds
name for baby, who with the
charming inconsistency OF child
hood, cheerfully yells for his grub
and doesn't care a darn whether
he has a name or not. You'll find
the jolly fellow suggesting the fun.
niest names he can think of, with
the demure air Of a miss, until
everyone is actually choking with
laughter and in the midst of the
melee, through some happy Incl
dent, baby is fitted with name
which ever after will bring broad
grin to the face of the worst cynic
and make him declare again with
Youthful enthusiasm that this is
good old world after all.
1t seems to be the jolly fellows
special business in life to tighten
another's burden and drive dull
care away. Some people have the
ability, more's the pity, to look up
ON the world through glasses other
than roso colored, and they say the
world is no good, never was, and
never will be; but what they say is
like the words of the old song,
1'The divil's dead and buried in
Killarney'-all jolly and belongs
on the roof. There may be troub-
les in the world for all [ know, but
one thing is certain, that to the
best of my knowledge there are no
prizes offered for the discoverer of
them. Some men may have real
troubles, but when we come to
think of it, so has the man in the
moon for that matter, and it ever
you should chance to take rub
Der at him you'll never see him un-
less he has the same old smile on
his mug, especially when he's
<.shot."
No matter how down in the
mouth a man may be, or how deep
seated or long standing his troub-
les are, word or look into the
jovial fellows pleasant face is
enough to make the heels Of the
worst pessimist on earth itch to
beat tattoo on the floor, and be-
fore he knows it he's dancing the
old familiar Griffin town" step
with all the keen relish of a roll
licking son of the green isle.
To be able to take everything as
It comes in a cheerful manner, de-
notes strength of will, and happy
is the man who can do SO, for his
fellow men are attracted to him as
the needle is to the pole. No mat
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-03

the influence of Gladstone during
his long term of public service
He entered the House of Commons
in 1882 at the age Of % years. His
first authentic public address was
made during his canvass as can
didate for the House Of Commons
in 1882. This was at time when
the question of freeing the slaves
in the West Indies was being agi-
tated in England. We find Mr..
Gladstone against the immediate
emancipation Of the slaves, for the
same reason that was put forth by
many persons in this country, that
it would only exchange the exist
ing evils for others that were
weightier; that it would be re-
lapse into debssement ifnot blood
shed and internal strife, and that
the slaves were not competent to
make good use of their freedom
without first being educated to be
self-reliant and industrious.
The House of Commons decreed
the abolition of colonial slavery
in spite Of his opposition and al
lowed the slave owners a money
compensation. The fact that up
to that time the world recognized
slavery and that his own father
was large owner of slaves in the
West Indies, partly accounts for
Gladstone's position on this ques-
ton at the commencement Of his
career.
In 1913 Gladstone was the au-
thor of the bill putting into effect
the parliamentary train as it was
called, train that travelled the full
length of all lines twice a day at
the rate of fare of one penny per
mile, which was very low at that
time. This was a great saving
and convenience to the poor. In
1916 he took an active part in the
fight against the tax on grain, and
was instrumental with Peel and
others in securing the repeal of the
corn laws and establishing the en-
actment of the free trade policy
that followed, which did much to-
ward making England a great COM
mercial country.
In 1852 Gladstone visited the
prisons at Naples. The terrible
condition and inhuman treatment
Of the prisoners brought forth sew
eral papers on the subject by him
and opened the eyes of the world
and the Italian people. The agi-
tation caused by his writings on
this subject was the commence
ment of the great movement made
by the Italian people to better
their condition. The great italian
liberator, Garibaldi, declared that
Gladstone's writings were the
trumpet call of italian liberty.
We now come to Gladstone's
position in 1862 in relation to the
civil war in the United States. He
declared that Jefferson Davis had
already succeeded in making the
Southern states an independent
nation. This lost him many friends
in both countries, and was con-
sidered by many to be the one
dark record in the career of Glad
stone and as UNFOLDING slavery.
He publicly acknowledged in 1857
that he had been wrong and had
not thoroughly understood the con-
ditions. Through all the contro-
versy that followed regarding the
Alabama claims, Gladstone was q
warm friend and supporter of this
country. This was no easy posi-
ton for him to occupy, as large
number Of English people were
vigorously opposed to paying these
claims.
In 1869 the bill for the dis