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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
PROFESSOR EpE's DEFENSE.
He Explains Why Protest Was Filled
Against Miss Edserton's Appear

He Explains Why Protest Was Filled
Against Miss Edgerton's Appear
ance.
Prof. Ernest f. Eide Of Centerville,
who was a target for unpleasant criti.
cism and almost mob violence at the
recent state high school oratorical con.
test at Yankton, believes he is entitled
TO a fair presentation of the case. as
wrong statement is going the rounds
or the press. The schools of the
state" he says, were united on the
proposition that high school contest
must represent high school work: otfl-
erwise the contest would be a farce.
Miss Jessie Edgerton. the Yankton
contestant, was graduated from the
fankton college of oratory. learned
her recitation as a college student. re-
cited 1t in public as a college student,
and yet professed to represent the
high school. The school men were
unanimous in declaring that, as a col
lege graduate, with a college-prepared
recitation, Miss Edgerton should not
enter the contest. Hence a protest
was fled"
Prof. EIDE simply represented the
interest of the schools by making the
protest, and the conduct OF the Yank-
ton students in forcing hilh to leave
the hall is condemned by every one.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
SMITH REELECTED.
Schlosser of Sioux Falls Defeated for
Head of the A o. u. w.

Head of the A o. U. w.
The Ancient Order Of United Work.
men grand lodge elected the following
officers: Fred B. Smith, Hecla, grand
master workman; F. NJ. Simmons, HUI
ron, grand foreman; Olaf Nelson,
overseer; G. A Skinner, Watertown,
guide; L. b. Blaine, Ashton, receiver;
Alexander Frazer. Lead, inside watch;
c. Cardinal, St Onge, outside watch.
There was a lively contest over the
office of grand master workman be-
tween Smith and Postmaster George
Schlosser of Sioux Falls. The net
gain for the order has been 1,4l0 men,
bers.
Mrs. Mary F. Newell Of Sturgis was
elected grand chief of honor by the
grand lodge of Degree of Honor.
The semi-annual meeting of the
South Dakota board Of dental eX-
aminers was in session at Lead. 1he
next meeting will be at Redfeld in
July.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
HOME FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
Two Unknown Persons Of Wealth viii
Give IL to South Dakota,

Two Unknown Persons Of Wealth viii
Give It to South Dakota.
South Dakota is to have new
charitable institution, home for the
crippled children of the state, which
will be erected by two persons Of
wealth whose names are withheld
from the public. This generous offer
has been made to w. b. Sherrard, SUI
perintendent OF the South Dakota
Children's Home in Sioux Falls. OF
course the offer will be accepted Supt.
Sherrard has been asked to permit Hle
building to be erected on the grounds
belonging To the children's home.
Miracle & Miracle have disposed of
their lumber and fuel business, the
transfer being one of the most impoI.
tant made at Sioux Falls this year.
The purchasers are the members of q
new company which will be incorpor-
ated under the name Of the Iowa and
Minnesota Lumber company. The
headquarters for the present will be
at Sibley. Iowa w. J. Bruce & Co.
of Sibley own the greater portion Of
the stock in the new company, and
other wealthy Iowa lumbermen are
also interested. The general manager
of the new company will be w. j.
Bruce of Sibley.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
BACH is PLEASED.
Work Of County Auditors and Preos
Has Now Borne Fruit.

Has Now Borne Fruit.
G. j. Bach, commissioner OF school
and public lands, has sent the follow
ihg letter to the county auditors of the
state:
II desire at this time to call your at
tention to the fact that by the splendid
efforts of the county officials through
out the state, and especially the coun-
ty auditors, backed up by the liberal
support of the press, we have succeed
ed since Jan. / in reducing the unin-
vested perEant school fund to $685.
400, thereby placing large amount or
this fund out at interest for the bene-
fit of the common schools, and ] wish
to ask for a continuance Of your eff
forts in the future, and feel that can
assure you that If can have your
earnest support for the next six
months as have in the past. that ev-
cry dollar Of this fund now lying idle
in the treasury will be invested, there
by saving the taxpayers of the state
large amount of taxes.
"We have secured school and rnu-
nicipal bonds which will reduce the
amount of idle cash in the treasury ia
at least $4,000 within short time.
we are frank to acknowledge thu
fact that mad 1t not been for the hearty
cooperation of the press OF the state
aud the different county officials such
would be an irnpossibility."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
sNoWsToRM IN MONTANA.
Considerable Loss Among Sheep Is
Threatened.

Butte, Mont, May 19.-Reports tell
OF a general snowstorm prevailing
throughout Montana. In the eastern
sections of the state the snow is wet,
and unless the temperature should
fall the storm will benefit the crops
and The range. In the north. however
a blizzard has been raging for several
hours and the Great Northern COM
pany is experiencing considerable diff
Guilty in operating its trains. Stock Is
suffering greatly and considerable loss
among the sheep is theatened.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
Sentenced at sturaIs.

Sturgis, S. D., May s1e.-McGrath,
the soldier who broke into Anderson
& Sons hardware store, made plea
of guilty of grand larceny He re-
ceived one year and five months. The
man Brown, who cut up Jim Bulls
last fall out at Red Owl, pleaded guilty
to assault. He received one year.
Temp Inlay, who shot at the soldier
in Lewis restaurant in this city.
pleaded guilty to assault with danger
Gus weapon and got one year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
RUSSIANS NOT WANTED.

They Have an infectious Disease OF
the Eyes That Bars Them.
Grand Forks, N. d., May l9.--Nine-
teen Russian immigrants who arrived
here two days ago are held here await
ing instructions from the commission.
er of immigration at Montreal, and
probably will be deported all the
members of the party being affected
with trachoma, an infectious eye dis.
ease. The party came from WINNIPEG
and was held here pending the arrival
OF A. c. Duddleson, who represents the
United States immigration depart
ment at that point. The immigrants
came on without submitting to the
customary medical inspection.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
Prof. Foster compIImented.

Through the chairman of the com.
mittee of membership, Prof. H. B. Eos.
ter OF the state university has been
invited to become member Of the
Archaeological Institute of America.
Though still a young man. DR.. Foster
has already gained eminence as lin
gust, especially as Greek scholar,
and the invitation, which he will ac-
cept. is a fitting recognition OF his at.
tainments.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
OUTLAW OPENS FIRE.
Kills One Constable and Seriously In.
jures Another.

Douglass, Wyo., May 10. - Deputy
Constable Yoland was instantly killed
and Constable Graham seriously in
jured by an outlaw named Smith, who
is being pursued by posse. The of
ficers attempted Smiths arrest on the
ground of being a suspicious chaTac.
ter. AS they were about to search
him he drew a pistol from his hip
pocket and began firing. Before the
officers could pull their pistols both
were senseless on the sidewalk. There
were no witnesses present, and Smith
made his escape into the darkness.
Smith, it is believed, is wanted for
several murders and other serious
crimes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
Plcknocket Sentenced.

Sioux Falls, s. d., May ia man
giving his name as George +. Earle,
who was arrested April last on the
occasion of President Roosevelt's
visit to Sioux Falls for picking the
pockets of man during the crush.
was sentenced to year and six
months in the Sioux Falls peniten-
Gary.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
SENT TO ASYLUM.
Wife of Prospective Millionaire Comes
to an Unhappy Fate.

Milwaukee, May 10. - Mrs. Emma
Lonstorf has been committed to the
county insane hospital. Her husband,
heir to the Lonstorf millions, aban-
doned her. The wife claimed this was
done at the instigation of her mother
in-law. She sued Mrs. Margaret Lon
storf for 800, 900 for the alienation Of
her husbands affections. Later she
was committed as insane and then re-
leased. Otto Lonstorf, the husband,
is with his mother in Europe.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
LITTLE CHILD KILLED.
Older Brother Attempts to Handle a
Loaded Gun.

Appleton, MINI, May 10. A dis
tressing accident occurred at the resi-
denee of Jerry Nissen yesterday. His
fwelve-year-old son attempted TO
take loaded shotgun from the wall
where IL was hanging, when n was
accidentally discharged, the entire
charge entering the head of another
son, three years old, who was stand
Ing near, blowing the top of his head
on and killing him instantly.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
Scouts the Idea.

Crookston. Mimi, May 10. - Mr..
Strassburger refuses TO believe that
his daughters body is in the river or
that the skirt recently found was part
Of heI clothing. Every effort has been
made to locate the lost girl
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
FATALLY scALDE0.
Woman Slips While Carrying Quantity
Of Boiling Water.

Kenosha, Wis, May 19.-Mrs. Flora
Pfeuller, aged forty-three years, died
in this city yesterday morning as a
result of being scalded by boiling
water. While carrying vessel OF hot
water she slipped and fell, the water
fatally scalding her. The deceased
was one of the best known women IN
the city.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
MAN SHOOTS A BOY DEAD.
Points Shotgun He didn't Know
Was Loaded" at Child.

Duluth, May 19.-Mareau Padgorsh
yesterday shot the head off Stems
Paezkietzaga, three years old. The
boy pointed stick at Padgorski, and.
pretending it was gun, said he would
shoot. Padgorski then pointed a
shotgun at the child and instantly the
gun was discharged Padgorsh de-
clares that he did not know that the
gun was loaded. He was arrested, and
at police headquarters the child's
father clamored for the life Of Pad.
gorski.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
Church Dedicated.

Sioux Falls, s. D., May IA hand
some new Methodist church building
was dedicated at Alexandria yeste".
day. DR.. A. d. Traveller of Chicago
participated in the dedication exer.
cises.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-21
Home From the Philippines.

Fort Meade, S. D., May 10. - The
first squadron of the Sixth cavalry,
consisting of headquarters, band and
two troops, are now here from the
Philippines. Col. Smith 10 in COM
mand
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
MADE TO STAND PULLING.
The Great Tensile Strength of the
Governments Paper Money.

The Great Tensile Strength of the
Governments Paper Money.
''The way some cashiers pay out
small bills in exchange for large ones
must make other men as tired as it
wearies me- remarked an observing
business man to another Washing
tonian as they watched the cashier OF
a fashionable uptown cafe pull at and
strip the ones and twOs in exchange for
a ten as though he were pulling a piece
of mOlasses candy over a hook and
hated to let go.
1T does" 0cquiesced his friend, who
happened to be a United States treas
ury expert. The way some cashiers
jerk, snap ami pull at bills as they pay
them out is utterly absurd. The old
adage about pinching a silver dollar
until the eagle screams pales before
the way the up to date flip cashier
jerks the long green he handles.
I'm this connection l will give you a
fact that is not generally known, and
that is the weight a new treasury sin
gle note, and four notes in Il sheet, will
sustain without breaking. The figures
may be accepted as official and ac-
curate
"A single treasury note measures 31s
inches wide by IA inches long and
will suspend Il pounds lengthwise and
81 pounds crOSSwiSe. Notes are printed
four to Il sheet \ sheet will suspend
1OS pounds lengthwise and III pounds
crOsSwiSe.
"The remarkable strength of Unit
ed States treasury note may thus be
seen at Il glance. and | venture to say
That not one person in Il million would
have guessed the great tenacity of the
paper which, when properly printed
and stamped, becomes good money"
The cashier had interestedly listened
to the treasury experts explanation of
the weight sustaining and necessarily
resisting power of wear and tear Of
our paper money, and then he said:
You see, it is this way: Bills stick
together, see, and we cashiers have to
make up any shortage out of our own
pockets, and that's one reason why we
snap and jerk the bills so hard. so we
will not pay out two for one, as might
be done. Again, a two dollar bill is fire.
quently mistaken for a five. and vice
versa, and by counting out our money
as If it were drops of our lifeblood we
are less liable to pass out one for the
other" Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
Trick Candies.

THE trick cigar has its counterpart
In confectionery" said a candy manu-
facturer the other day. THE callow
youth who delights in giving explosive
cigars to his men friends demands
something similar for the candy con-
suming sex, and we have to meet the
demand.
THE possibilities of a cream choco-
late or piece of nougat are limited.
but we have few contrivances. We
make of very hard candy an imita-
ton of tooth with a gold crown and
hide it in a cream chocolate. You can
imagine the rest-a party of women
munching candy, one of them discover
ing something hard and finding a gold
crowned tooth loose in her mouth!
Similarly we initiate bone collar
button in a hard white candy, hide a
candy shoe button in a piece Of nougat,
put bit of cork in a caramel or fill a
candied cherry with led pepper. So
long as the sanity experts don't weed
out these alleged jokers the candy man
has to put up these trick candies for
them."-New York Times.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
Honey.

According to u writer in Health, hon
ey is a valuable medicine and has
many uses. 1t is excellent in most
lung and throat affections and is often
used with great benefit in place of cod
liver oil. Occasionally there is a per-
son with whom it does not agree, but
most people can learn to use it with
beneficial results. Children who have
natural appetites generally prefer it to
butter. Honey is a laxative and seda-
tive, and in diseases of the bladder and
kidneys 1t is an excellent remedy.
1t has much the same effect as wine
or stimulants, without their injurious
effects, and is unequaled in mead and
harvest drinks. AS an external appli-
cation it is irritating when clear, but
soothing when diluted. In many places
1t is much appreciated as a remedy for
Group and colds. In preserving fruit
the formic acid 1t contains makes a
better preservative than sugar sirup,
and it is also used in cooking and con-
fections. Honey does not injure the
teeth as candies do.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
NAPoLEoN'S AWFUL HAND.
One Theory of the Great Mans Fall
ure at Waterloo.

ure at Waterloo.
Napoleon, according to Alexander
Dumas, lost such battles as he did lose
because he wrote such a fiendish hand.
His generals could not read his notes
ard letters. typewriting had not been
invented, and the trembling marshals,
afraid of disObeying and striving to in
terpret the indecipherable commands,
lOitered, wandered and did not come up
to the scratch, or not to the right
scratch. Thus Waterloo was lost. Can
not you fancy GrOuchy handing round
NapOleOn's notes on that sanguinary
Sunday? Il say" cries the marshal to
his aid-de-camp, lis that word Gem
blOuX or Wavre? Is this Blucher or
BulOw?" So probably GrOuchy tossed
up for it, and the real words may have
been none of these at which he offered
his cOnjectures. Meanwhile on the left
and center D'ErlOn and Jerome and
Ney were equally puzzled and kept on
sending cavalry to places where it was
very uncomfortable Though our men
seldom managed to hit any of the cav
alters, firing too high and did no sort
Of good. Napoleon may never have been
apprised of these circumstances. His
old writing master was not on the
scene of action. Nobody dared to say,
Sire, what does this figure of a cent?
ped mean, and how are we to cOnstrue
these two thick strokes flanked by
blOts" The imperial temper was pep.
perry; the great man would have torn
off his interrogator's epaulets and
danced upon them. Did he not once
draw his pistol to shoot a little dog
that barked at his horse? And when
the pistol missed fire the great soldier
threw it at the dog and did not hit him.
The little dog retreated with the hon
Ors of war.
Such was the temper of Napoleon.
and we know what Marlborough
thought of the value of an equable
temper. Nobody could ask Bonaparte
to write a legible hand, so his generals
lived a life of conjecture as to his
meaning, and Waterloo was not a sue
cess, and the emperor never knew why.
Of all his seven or eight theories of his
failure at Waterloo, his handwriting
was not one. Yet if this explanation
had occurred to him Napoleon would
certainly have blamed his pens, ink
and paper. Those Of Nelson at Copen-
hagen were very bad If your guns
are no better than your pens" said
Danish officer who came in under
flag of truce before the fight and was
asked to put message into writing.
you had better retire. Andrew Lang
in LOngman's Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
THE COLORADO APACHE.
As an Accurate Man Tracker He Has
No Equal.

AS trailer the Colorado Apache has
no equal. He possesses the acute in
stinct of the hound combined with an
accurate sense of vision. A turned
leaf, a heck of gravel cast aside, the
displacement of pebble from it's bed
all are clear, readable pages.
They ask few if any particulars of
the man they are to follow. They will,
as they progress on his track, gather
up for themselves one by one little
items as to his personality, which are
nearly always verified in the end.
When following a trail over the iron
capped rocks and stony arroyas of Ari-
zOna, his face is a picture of intense
concentration. Not a syllable escapes
him. His pace varies from no visible
cause. At times he almost runs; then,
with a rapid glance behind, he glides
along slowly and with eyes glued to
the ground possibly for hours. Here
and there may be a few stretches of
sand, but dry sand leaves after the
footstep only an indentatiOn, closing
after the pressure, so that to the mex
perienced eye it might have been a
horse or Il mule that made it and not a
man. - Man Trailing With Human
BlOOdhOunds" in Outing.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
SICKROOM PHILOSOPHY.

Never contine a patient to one room
II you can obtain the use of two.
Never play the piano to a sick person
II you can play on strings or sing.
Never stand and fidget when sick
person is talking to you. Sit down.
Never complain that you cannot get
a feeding cup if there is a teapot to be
had instead.
Never read fast to sick person.
The way to make a story seem short
is to tell it slowly.
Never judge the condition Of your
patient from his appearance during a
conversation. See how he looks an
hour afterward.
Never put hot water bottle next to
the SKIN Its efficiency and the pa
tents safety are both enhanced by
surrounding the bottle with flannel.
Never allow the patient to take the
temperature himself Many patients
are more knowing than nurses where
there is a question of temperature.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
.A..sement Rings.

The custom of giving engagement
rings ranks back to long before the
Christian era. With the ancient Egyp-
dans engagement rings were always
OF iron, to indicate the mutual sacri-
hce of liberty Of the contracting par
ties.
one OF the very earliest adornments
OF betrothal rings was a loadstone.
which symbOlized the attractive force
which drew a maiden from her own
family circle into that Of her husband.
1t Is believed that the fourth finger
has always been the brides ring finger.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
Hot Cross Buns

In its early days, when, it is to be
hoped, it was more tOothsome than it
is now, the hot cross bun played some
part in converting the people of these
islands to Christianity Pagan England
was in the habit of eating cakes in
honor of the goddess of spring, and
Christian missionaries found that
though they could alter the views of
the people in reference to religious
matters they could not induce them to
withhold from the consumption of con-
fectionery. SO they put the sign of the
cross upon the bun of the Saxon era
and launched it upon missionary enter.
prise which has extended through the
Intervening centuries and survived till
now.-LOndOn Tit-Bits.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
Cuckoo Customs In England

There are or were not long ago in
different parts of England remnants Of
old customs marking the position which
the cuckoo held in the middle ages. In
Shropshire till very recently. when the
first cuckoo was heard. the laborers
were in the habit of leaving their work.
making holiday of the rest of the day
and carousing in what they called
cuckoo ale. Among the peasantry in
some parts of the kingdom it was con-
sidered to be very unlucky to have no
money in your pocket when you heard
the cuckoOs note for the first time in
the season.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
Wonderful Insect Vitality.

1t is q standing puzzle to the ento-
molOgists how frail little insects of the
mosquito and butterfly order can brave
the cold of an arctic winter and yet re-
tain their vitality. The larva of the
milkweed butterfly has been exposed
to an artificial blast 6S degrees below
zero. Taken out Of range of this arti-
icial blizzard and gradually "thawed
OUT this same worm was able to creep
IN less than half an hour afterward.
Butterflies have been found fitting joy
ously about in the highest latitude man
mas ever penetrated, and the mosqui-
toes Of Alaska and Greenland are
known to be the healthiest specimens
Of that race Of little pests.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
The Title of '1Mrs."

The title Mrs. was in olden time ap-
Piled to unmarried as we'll as to mar
ried women and to young as well as
old. Sir Walter Scott spoke of Joan
ma (unmarried) as Mrs. Joanna Baillie.
Although it was not perhaps so univer-
sal to address quite young children as
it was those over twenty-one by the
title of Mrs, yet it was frequently
done. The most ludicrous example of
this occurs in the register of burials
for the parish Of St Margaret, West
minister. The burial of Millions second
wife and that of his infant daughter.
named after her, who died at the age
OF five months, are both recorded in
that register, the name in each case
being entered as Mrs. Katherin Mil
ton, without any mark of distinction
save the letter "C'' for child" after
the second name. Even in the reign of
George H., as we read in ''Pope's Let
ters," unmarried ladies used to be
styled Mrs.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-04
Ancient Rules For Carving.

Our ancestors fully recognized the
value of good carving, and many were
the rules by which a carver was ex-
pected to be governed. The ancient
"Boke of Kervyng." among other
things, admOnishes him to touch venison
only with his knife and to "set never on
fyche, fesch. beeste ner fowle more
than two fingers and a thumbe." Fin
gers he was naturally obliged to use
since forks were luxury of later date
and were not in private use until James
is reign. Piers Gaveston, the favor
ite of Edward H., had three silver
forks for eating pears, but this was re-
garded, no doubt, as a great and spe-
cial luxury.