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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
QUARANTINE Is RAISED.
They Needed the Rice and Flour In
Their Business

Their Business.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, May "a. - The
British steamers Tabgoa and Mauni,
from Panama, have been admitted TO
this port after several days quaran.
tine because they have quantities OF
rice and -four on board destined for
Guayaquil. The American minister has
requested the authorities to admit
steamers from San Francisco as there
are no cases Of plague there. Nothing
has yet been decided, however. The
port continues closed to vessels from
Peru, Mexico. India and San Fran.
cisco.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
Killed by a Motor cye,e

Bristol. Eng, May &c. - serIous
motor cycle accident occurred b>re
yesterday, The motor sweryed into
a crowd of spectators, two of whom
were killed and many others seriously
injured. ",
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
Max O'Rell Is De.a

Paris, May 26.-Paul Blouet MAY
oRell) died last night He has been
ailing for several months and never
recovered entirely from the effects %
an operation performed some time AGO
In New York. "eo
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
Cuban Treaty Is slaned.

Havana, May "a. - The permanent
treaty between the United States and
Cuba, In which is Incorporated all the
provisions OF the Plat amendment,
was signed yesterday afternoon.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
DEATH IN A BATH TUB.
prisoner Prefers Death to a Sentence
of Twenty Yaarc

" twenty years,
Mlddletown, N. Y, May &c. - With
twenty years in state prison staring
rim In the face for his attempted mur.
uer OF his wife because he suspected
her OF being unfaithful, Charles Adj
ans, a,prisoner who was to have been
tried at the county court to-day, fooled
inc law by committing suicide by
drowning himself in a bath tub.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
sTATE or SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE STATE or SOUTH DAKOTA,
Department or Insurance

1,OmpanNfS Certificate or Authority,
whereas. The Indemnity Fire Insurance
Company. a corporation organized under
the laws OF New York. has filed In this
Office sworn statement exhibiting its
condition and business for the year end
ing December 81, 1902, conformable to the
requirements OF the laws of this state
regulating the business Of insurance; and,
Whereas, The said company has filed in
this office a duly certified copy OF its
charter, with certificate OF organization,
IN compliance with the requirements OF
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now. Therefore. !. III. c. Shober, Conn
missioner CT Insurance OF the State OF
South Dakota, pursuant to the provisions
OF said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named company is fully empow-
cred, through It's authorized agents. to
transact its appropriate business of Fire
Insurance In this state. according TO the
laws thereof. until the thIrty-first day OF
December, a. ID. 1903
In testimony whereof have hereunto
set my hand ard seal at Pierre. this 23rd
day OF April. A. ID. 1909
1SeslJ III c. SHOBER,
Commissioner of Insurance
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
STATE OF NEW YORK.
A. +. LOSEE,

IT. % AN HUN 7,
Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn To before me this
2Sth day of>JanIary. l'N3.
(Seal1 GEO. III. COREY,
Commissioner for South Dakota in New
York.
eTATE Or SOUTH DAKOTA.
Insurance Department.
!, II. G.. Shoher. Comtnis sioner of In
Burance OF the State of South Dakota. DO
hereby certify that the above is true
copy of the original statement now on
Gle at this office.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and offixed the seal OF this Of
fcc at Pierre, this Goth day OF April, 1903.
(Seal.) n G. SHOBER,
ComnliSsioner of Insurance.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-28
ANIMAL STA eMENr

FOR the year ending Deceml er 3ist, A.
ID. 1902 of the condition OF the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

The weather is a most important
consideration, but, owing to the fact
that science has not yet discovered the
laws Of rain, men are unable to fore
tell It for any considerable period.
Hence there are in use many lists OF
weather wisdom by which the fall of
rain Is supposed to be governed.
"The faster the rain, the quicker the
hold up" is a piece of weather lore
dating as far back as Shakespeare
day, for in "Rlchard H." (act 2, scene
~, John of Gaunt is represented as
saying:
"For violent fires soon burn out them.
selves. Small showers last long, but sud
den storms are short
A further adage on the subject re-
minds lis how
"The sharper the blast
The sooner It's past"
Many items of weather lore have
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

| and use it? You won't? All right,
then. Good night" He turned back
and began to unbutton his coat again.
McCorllle was really doubtful about
| the suicidal intention of this top-hatted
| man who had interfered with his own
impulse in that direction. He had to
acknowledge himself conquered on this
line, too, for the sake of his own peace
of conscience, and having had suffi-
cient proof of his inability to save the
other man by physical force. Besides,
lie longed to be back with his wife
and Connie. So he solemnly promised
to accept the check and consented to
show Norton the little tenement just
around the corner on the avenue that
was his home. And so Norton had the
good fortune to meet Mrs. McCorkle
Norton was young in years, and still
younger in general experience. Much
of his life had been spent on Western
cattle range, in a region where Mrs.
McCorkle's sex was scantily and not
favorably represented. Pondering the
situation revealed by Comics sobbing
message, and by the scene at which he
assisted in the McCorkle home, he be-
gan to think that a woman's word
needs much interpreting and patience.
And that other person was of Mrs.
McCorkle's sex, though in unlike cir
cumstances. Upon which Norton re-
solved to wait for the Interpretation of
events.
The following note reached him at
his hotel next morning:
Dear Jack: If you had not gone off
in a huff you would have learned be-
fore now that DR.. Brereton, who seemed
to be the cause Of your outrageous be-
havior, is going to be my step-papa.
1t was not for me to tell you, but
mamma says L may-now. She would
have told you herself if you had come
up and had cup of tea with her.
You may thank her for this note; l
would never have written it. l could
have shaken you. He thought your
tantrums so funnyn'-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
How he Saved Himself.

A distinguished French novelist,
whose works are extremely popular
with the fair sex, recently found him
self travelling In a railway carriage
with two very talkative women. Hav-
ing recognized him from his published
portraits, they both opened fire upon
him in regard to his novels, which they
praised in a manner that was unen-
durable to the sensitive author. For
tunately the train entered a tunnel,
and In the darkness the novelist, who
understood women, lifted the back Of
his hand to his lips and kissed it sound
ingly. When light returned he found
the two women regarding one another
in Icy silence, and, addressing him
with great suavity, he said: "Ah,
mesdames, the regret of my life will
hereafter be that shall never know
which one Of you it was that kissed
meo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
Fatal Temperature.

At what point does life begin? So
far as regards space Of time, the ques-
ton is unanswerable. Only few
years ago 1t would have been said that
in regard to that seemingly essential
condition Of life temperature We did
not know pretty nearly superior
and inferior limit. Little Of life Is
there below the freezing point or above
the boiling point Of water, and far
above or below these critical points we
should expect even germ life to be
destroyed. When our greatest physi-
cist in 1871 suggested that seeds Of
plants might have been born to this
world in far distant age, the hy-
pothesis seemed incredible, because
the temperature of space, being at
least as low as minus 40 degrees Cent?
grade would be fatal to life in any
Jenner Institute bacteria have been
frozen in liquid air, and even in liquid
hydrogen, and on the application Of
heat, and placed in proper media have
germinated. The process Of life was
arrested, but the nascent life energy
was not destroyed at 200 degrees Cen
tigrade, say, 300 degrees Fahrenheit
OF frost. Experiments are now being
made to find whether long continuance
for months or years in such cold takes
away the vitalism OF those lowest
forms Of life.-London Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
Women Elevator operators.

From Boston comes the news Of an
innovation in the form of the woman
elevator operator. An official in a COM
pany that makes elevators was asked
if he thought there was any likelihood
OF elevator girls for New York.
",rhere aren't any yet" he said, ''but
L see no reason why there shouldn't
be. OF course girl couldn't run the
sort of car that has to be hauled up
and down by main strength with a
rope, but many of the cars these days
travel through eighteen and twenty
more stories under the control of a
man who doesn't use any strength at
all A metal crank does the work, and
child could do the physical part OF 1t
as well as anybody. The operator
simply has to have a level head, and
if the heads a girls, 1t is just as good
as though it were mans, isn't it?'-
New York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
How 7 'TllHErQvAaRElED
"a SMS01 1@,0

Betty and Joan had quarreled and
made up and were now looking at each
other with glowing faces.
isn't making up awful nice?" said
Joan, giving her friend a rapturous
kiss.
isn't it, though, just?" agreed Bet
ty, returning the kiss enthusiastically.
Then they stood back and gazed at
each other. Suddenly Joan clapped
her hands softly together.
'What is it?" asked Betty.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

The story told by Septimus Winner
Of how he drew the inspiration for his
famous songs, "Listen to the Mocking
Bird" and "What is Home Without q
MotherT' is touching. A mother was
wont to stand on piazza holding her
babe 'in the mild September" to hear
the knocking bird singing far and
WIDE" Years afterward he saw the
child standing on the piazza scarcely
realizing that her mother lay dead
From the one incident came the in
spiration of the popular melodies that
have not yet been relegated into OBJ
livion by "Come Back. Bill Bailey"
and his relatives innumerable.-Pitts.
burg Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
A Musical Hoop.

That children delight in rolling ordi-
nary hoops is evident, says the New
York Herald, but how they can find
any pleasure in it has long been puz-
zle to many of their elders.
True, it requires some skill to keep
a hoop upright and to prevent it from
swerving from the right path, but such
skill is rather easily acquired, and
therefore it is somewhat strange that
children who are experts in the art
should continue to roll hoops and ap-
parently enjoy themselves quite as
much as their less skilled brothers and
sisters. Whether they will find equal
enjoyment rolling a hoop similar to
the one shown in the accompanying
picture remains to be seen.
A novel affair it is, since certain
spaces are barred off In it, and these
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

been from time immemoral associated
with what is generally termed a sun
shiny shower"
Although it is said to be of short dura-
ton, 1t is an Indication that it will rain
on the following day about the same
hour.
Among the numerous rhymes, this
one 1s current in some Of the midland
countries of England:
"a sunshiny shower
Never last half an hour
There is a popular fancy that rain
on Friday insures wet Sunday.
perstition-embodied in the familiar
couplet:
"a rainy Friday, rainy Sunday;
A fair Friday, fair Sunday"
Another version of this rhyme says:
Gas the Fridays, so the Sunday;
As the Sunday, so the week"
Sundays rain is in many places re-
garded as the forerunner of a rain
week.
In Norfolk 1t is commonly said:
"Rain afore chutch church,,
Rain all the week,
Little or much"
Rain in springtime is regarded as a
good omen.
"a wet spring, dry harvest"
The possibility Of foretelling rain by
observation Of the sky is referred to
in the following rhymes:
"Ev .ning red and morning gray
Will speed the traveller on his way;
Ev'ning gray and morning red
Will bring down rain upon his head
"A red night is the sailors delight;
A red morning is the sailors warning"
"a rainbow at night is the shepherds de-
light;
A rainbow at morning is the shepherds
warning"
The duration Of rain is supposed to
be governed by the following rule:
Grain before seven, quit before eleven"
Many of the charms used by children
to avert rain are curious. This one is
current in Northumberland:
"Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day:
When / brew and when | bake,
I'll gle you little cake"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

Oh, will be a sailor bold,
And sail the stormy sea;
I'll be an admiral L think,
I'm sure it would suit me.
Perhaps I'll be a pirate, too,
And hoist flag so black;
o., p'raps, I'll stand and hold the
wheel,
And bring her round" or "tack."
OF course, I'll find some hidden gold
In some far desert isle;
I'll often "scud before the breeze"
In quite the proper style.
Then, when I've made fortune great,
\ l shall, of course, retire,
And spin long yarns" about my
deeds,
Beside a roaring fire.
Perhaps you'd like to know just why
I'm going to do all this?
It's cause I've got model boat
From my dear Uncle Chris.
And if I've such splendid ship,
Why, then, it seems to me,
That | must be sailor bold
When Pm a man, you see.
Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

Lets quarrel and then make up
again. It's lots more fun than Catch
me, Robin and Run Round, Rosy"
"Goodl good" cried Betty. cts just
splendid! But whatll we quarrel
about, and who'll begin"
"Oh, anything. Call names, and we
must start even. I'll drop my hand
kerchief."
They stepped back and made their
faces as serious as possible. AS the
handkerchief touched the ground they
began to call the most terrible names
they could think of. But, curiously
enough, neither of them appeared to
get: very angry; one could almost i'm
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
AS Usual.

"Good morning, SIR" said a stranger
accosting Rip Van Winkle as the lat
ter came down out Of the mountains
from his twenty-year sleep, land how
are you feeling this mornlng?"
x am feeling bum-very bum," re-
piled Rip in the usual grumbling way
Of mankind; why. never slept a
wink all night. t.-Boston Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

a prominent man was chatting cer-
tain town councillor the other day
about the doings Of the Council, and
said:
sid sooner put up as a candidate for
lunatlc asylum than put up for the
Town Council"
"Well, you'd stand q much better
chance getting in," dryly responded
the town councillor.-Tit-Blts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

ag1ne they We're using all tnelr seII-
control to keep from laughing.
"Why don't you get mad, Betty Law
ton?" asked Joan at last, desperately.
"Why don't you? I only said eat
when you got really and truly mad"
"And l only called you 'spitfire.'
"It's awful hard to get sure enough
mad, isn't it?" asked Betty, as they
Joined hands and raced across the
yard.
And Joan's sweet face grew little
serious as she answered, Sometimes"
Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
Disappointcd,

$50 you were held up by bandits?"
eyes, and that isn't the worst Of it.
They simply took my money without
detalning me long enough to give me
a start as a magazine writer or lec-
turer." r."-Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

"Wealth has its annoyances," said
the man who keeps dispensing ready
made philosophy.
"That's right" answered Mr.. Cum
rox, in q tone of deep confidence. "If
I hadn't got rich, mother and the girls
wouldn't insist on my eating olives."-
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

"He is trying to get reputation as
the worst pessimist in town"
'He is the worst already"
"O!.no; he's only trying to be-"
"But he declares he knows it will
just be his luck not to succeed
Catholic Standard and Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

Mamma-"You must be awfully
careful, darling. The doctor says your
system is all upset"
Little 'Dot-"Yes, guess it is, NAM
ma, ,cause my foot's asleep, and people
must be terribly upset when they go
to sleep at the wrong end"-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
In Scotland children are often heard

In Scotland children are often heard
apostrophizing rain as follows:
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
And never come back again"
e In Durham a charm prevalent to in
sure a fine day consists in laying two
straws in the form Of a cross and
saying:
"Rain, rain, go away,
Don't come back till Christmas day
1t is said that this mode Of procedure
is seldom known to fail.-Washingt
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
His Oversight.

He-"Why didn't you answer my let
ter asking you to marry me?"
She-"You didn't inclose q stamp
Town and Country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

That word dainty" never being used
to describe the lunch spread for men,
We have decided that it means that
there is not enough to eat.-Atchison
Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

contain little balls OF trinkets, which
make pleasant Jingle whenever the
hoop is set In motion. Here, at any
rate, is genuine toy, not mere circle
Of wood.
In a matter Of this kind, however,
children are the sole arbiters, and con-
sequently with them rests the fate of
this new hoop.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

She-"Really, now, aren't you mar
ried MANI"
He-"No. Why?"
She-"Oh, you have such a settled y
look"
He-"Yes; I've been refused by thir-
teen girls."-New York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

The globe fish-scientifically known
as the tetrodon-is said to be the only
fish capable Of swimming and floating
back doWnwards.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

'Do you think the photographer fat
tered her?"
II suppose so. Everyone does."-De-
troit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

Little Clarence - spa, how many
senses have wew
Mr.. Callipers - "Six, my son-fve
senses and Il nonsense" Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
CompensationB.

COmpensatIOnBs
Madge-"It must be just lovely to be
a millionaire"
Marjorie-"Oh, don't know. There
Isn't half as much pleasure in buying
things when you know you can afford
them."-New York Times,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
The Exception.

Acknowledgements of the law ex- :
cuses no one"
Client Except, Of course, q law
yer."-Town and Country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08
ODE Z zsaanY
~ Sale Of
Life.
The ships Dizzy Mocean.

A young lady in crossing the ocean
Grew i'll from the ships dizzy mocean;
She said with a sigh,
And tear in her eigh,
"Of living I've no longer a-nocean."
Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-08

BY Nixon Waterman.

Are growing tired the long
o
the burden, OH
a o cheer yspana
Men nhavefo the euestw way for oferay
houes own heaven-i nted bowo
low yful lheart ~
On lonely lives of those who lon
path every relouded life some raw
htimpart
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-10

A faded green silk flag, with one
corner torn into ribbons, has been
placed in the collection of the Buffalo
Historical society. 1t is a relic of the
Fenian invaders who crossed into Can
ada from Buffalo on the night of May
81, 1866, and who had to come back a
few days later, after having thrown
Canada into a spasm of terror. This
flag went through what is known as
the battle of Ridgeway, which village
is now more familiar to Buffalonians
as the town back of Crystal Beach.
The flag was formerly presented to
the Historical society by James NOEL
roy, in whose family it had been for
long time, and by D. E. Mahoney. The
exercises were held in the society's
lecture room. About 200 persons were
present President Andrew LangdOn,
in response to a few remarks made
by Mr.. Mahoney, said he was reminded
of an incident that came under his
observation while in the Office of the
president of large New York bank
ct was during political campaign,
and one of the other officers coming
into the room hung up the portrait of
one of the candidates. he said. THE
president Immediately said, Take that
down. We have no politics here It's
the same way with us. We accept
relics whether we approve of them or
not, and we accept this flag for its
historical interest
The flag, which was carried by the
Buffalonians who took part in the in
vasion, is nine feet long and six feet
wide. In the upper left-hand corner
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-10
MADE RICH BY STORM.
Bob Lightning Which Two Miners
Had vainfy Sought for Months

1t will not be an easy task for one
to convince Larry O'Donnel and
Frank Ingersoll, two prospectors of
Sunset canyon, that nature did not
get up the electrical storm which WIS.,
tied that locality this week especially
for their benefit, writes the Los An
Inter Ocean Be it known that thun-
derstorms are extremely rare in Cal
ifornia- Indeed there are plenty of
persons here whose hair shows gray
who have never heard the voice of
thunder. In the mountain sections of
the state thunderstorms do at rare
intervals occur, but it has been a num-
Der of years since Sunset canyon
echoed to the reverberations of the
thunder's voice until the recent
storm.
For number of years prospectors
have suspected that a considerable
vein of iron Gre lay concealed some
where in the mountains in the vicinity
of the canyon, and much prospecting
has been done in the endeavor to To-
cate it. Float bearing traces of iron
is plentiful1y scattered over large
section of country, and the. two pros
pectors above mentioned followed the
what seemed to be promising spot,
they began sinking a shaft, hoping to
cross cut the mineral lode. Patiently
and persistently the men worked all
through the summer and they had a
hole some thirty feet deep with two
lateral tunnels running several feet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-01-10

into the mountain to show for their
summers labor. Unfortunately this
was all they did have to show for it,
for no trace of the mineral they
sought had been found, and their
means had played out
On the day of the storm they con-
they had taken the tools from the hole
and were packing their camp outfit
when the storm came up The fall of
the rain was accompanied by brill
liant electrical display and loud claps
of thunder. Suddenly there came a
most terrific clap of thunder, accom-
panying a binding flash of lightning,
and it seemed to the watching men as
though the mountain was being torn
asunder. A moment later another
equally severe crash followed and a
third clap came little later. The
lightning bolts seemed to be directed
at the shaft they had so recently
abandoned, and when the storm had
cleared and they investigated they
saw that the wall Of the shaft had
been scanned and shattered by the
electrical bolts. They descended to
ascertain the results of the bolts and
found the wall of the shaft opposite
to the lateral tunnels had been riven
and several tons of rock had been
scaled off and had fallen to the bottom
OF the shaft, but, what was of more
interest and Importance to the pros
pectors, the vein of ore which they
had so persistently sought had been
laid bare