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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Too Early.

There is an interesting anecdote
given in the Boston Herald Of a Mr..
Capen, an old resident of one of the
seaport towns of Massachusetts. He
is now employed as driver of the coach
which conveys travellers from the
trains to the hotel.
One Saturday evening in the latter
part of September three men arrived
on the afternoon train from Boston.
Mr.. Capen was sitting on the drivers
seat of the coach, waiting to take
them to their destination. They looked
about the station, and evidently were
not favorably impressed by the sur
roundings, for n man was heard to
say:
What a desolate country! We GER
tainly have come to the iumping-off
place this time. | don't believe we
can even get a Sunday paper in this
place. can we, driver?"
There was silence for Il moment.
and then Mr.. Capen drawled out,
"Wal, not tonight"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
THINNING OUT Tie CITIES.
Rural Delivery. Which Is Expensive,
Has That Effect.

Rural free delivery seems destined to
entail a cost of 100000 a year TO
the government. writes a Washington
correspondent. Legislators are not wor-
ried over the necessity of appropriating
his enormous sum, however, since they
think that rural delivery tends to thin
out the population of the cities. Any
scheme that works to this end they be-
lieye is worth investing government
money in.
Senators and Representatives of States
having large cities look upon this vast
appropriation for rural delivery as an in
justice to their constituents. They in
sist that q reasonable division of postal
revenues shall go for pneumatic tubes
inc other facilities for quickening the
mail service for the congested centers. A
single building in New York City con-
tains $500 persons during the working
day, and they are nearly all letter writ.
ers. Their average use of the postal
service probably equals that Of $1,000
people in the rural counties. 1t is neces-
sary to make 33 collections a day in
some of the New York buildings to get
the accommodating mail out of the way.
An inspector, DESTROYS of establishing
a rural route, has to exert himself to
the utmost to count in 100 families which
could be served in a ride of - miles.
There are hundreds of routes in opera
ton to-day for the accommodation of a
much smaller number of households, and
in making rural delivery universal, with
in limits Of practicability, which is now
the aim Of Congress and of the depart
ment, it will be necessary to include a
great many routes of considerably less
than 100 families. II is generally agreed
that rural delivery does not pay" but
this is a consideration over which the
American people lose little sleep. They
like an efficient postal establishment, and
they intend to fight for it.
The rural delivery service should be
as near complete as, with a constantly
increasing population, it will ever be,
by 1910. To-day there are in operation
81, 1856 rural routes. which cover nearly
100000 square miles. 1t is estimated
that it will take about $4,000 additional
carriers to cover the available territory
not now supplied, which amounts to
100000 square miles. When the SER
vice reaches its limit it will cost $780,
0O0,0 per year.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
YOU have NO RIGHT
To Suffer from Constipation, Bowel
and Stomach Trouble.
}. What is the beginning Of sickness
\. Constipation.
D. What ia Conatinaftop9

Q. What is the beginning Of sickness
A. Constipation.
y. What Is Constipation?
A. Failure of the bowels to carry off the
waste matter which lies In the alimentary
canal where 1t decays and poisons the en-
tire system. Eventually the results are
death under the name OF some other dis
case. Note the deaths from typhoid fever
and appendicitis, stomach and bowel trou-
BILE, at the present time.
y. What causes Constipation?
A. Neglect TO respond to the call Of Ma
ture promptly. Lack of exercise. Excess
sive brain work. Mental emotion and i'm
proper diet.
9. What are the results of neglected
Constipation?
A. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease. IL causes rheuma-
lung and heart troubles, etc. 1t Is the one
disease that starts all others. Indigestion,
dyspepsia, diarrhea. loss Of sleep and
strength are it's symptoms-piles append
citis, and fstula. are caused by Constipa-
ton. Its consequences are known to all
physicians, but few sufferers realize their
condition until IL Is too late. Women be-
come confirmed inyalids as a result Of Con-
Q. Do physicians recognize this?
A. Yes. The first question your doctor
asks you is Are you ConstipatedT' That
Q. Can 1t be cured?
A. Yes, with proper treatment. The
common error is to resort to physics, such
as pins, Sails, ulipeTal wafer, CasIoT OIL,
injections, etc, every one Of which Is in
furious. They weaken and increase the
malady. You know this by your own ex-
p%erience.
q. What then should be done to cure It?
A. Get a bottle OF Mull's Grape Tonic at
once. Mull's Grape Tonic will positively
cure Constipation and stomach trouble in
the shortest space of time. No other rem
edy has before been known to cure Con-
stipation positively and permanently.
. q. What is Mull's Grape Tonic2
A. 1t is a compound with 40 per cent
OF the juice OF Concord Grapes. 1t eXerts
a peculiar strengthening, healing influence
upon the intestines, so that they can do
their work unaided. The process Is grad
ual, but sure. 1t is not a physic. 1t is
unlike anything else you have ever used.
but 1t cures Constipation, Dysentery, Stom-
ach and Bowel trouble. Having a rich,
fruity grape favor, it is pleasant to take.
AS a tonic Ii Is unequalled, insuring the
system against disease. 1t strengthens and
builds up waste tissue.
q. Where can Mulrs Grape Tonic be
had?
A. Your druggist sells 1t. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the 30
cent size.
Good for ailing children and nursing
mothers.
A free bottle TO all who have never used
II, because we know 1t will cure you.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
After Alfonso.

Ralph Peters, the new president and
general manager of the Long Island
Railroad, has a new joke which he
declares was cabled TO him from Paris.
1t has to do with the recent attempt
to as~sassinate King Alfonso of Spain
when he was riding through Paris in
Il carriage with President Loubet OF
France.
Whom are they after?" Mr.. Petc"s
declares the king asked the president.
After you, my dear Alfonso re
piled the French chief executive, with
out n smile.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

Dean Hole was famous as a joker.
His chief verger at Rochester Cattle
dral was a gentleman named Miles, the
original of Dickens Tope, who had
been connected with the cathedral for
seventy-three years. Mr.. Miles was
the youngest Of twelve. Said Dean
Hole day:
Miles, what a pity you eve saw
your eldest brother!"
81 did, sir, often"
But you couldn't" replied the dean.
why not, sirT' queried Miles.
Because" said the dean, there
were always ten miles between you"
=-TIt-RitS.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

R4mER2!n7AEISNy1N1I,

While the rounds Of the assessor al
ways show a rather poverty-stricken peo-
pie, it nowhere shows as it does in the
matter of household goods. A compari-
son of this class of property with the
census figures shows the amount which
is listed to each person in the different
counties as follows:
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
How They

Together the lovers cast their lot,
And were joined in holy wedlock;
But it was a failure, so they got
A divorce to break the deadlock.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
Patient Editor.

First Artist-Did the editor make an
Offer for your sketchesI
Second Artist-Yes; he said he'd give
me new drawing paper for the sheets
| had spoiled.-New York Telegram.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

By the will of Charles Parsons. late
president of the State bank at st. Louis,
10000 is given for the endowment of
a Martha Parsons professorship at Par
sons college at Fairfield, Iowa. The
estate is valued ct mere than Sl.eoo .naa.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
That's What.

The man who really knows it all.
And never tells it. we adore:
But he who only thinks he knows
And tells it, is n bore.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

Is not that a record Nineteen cOuntleS
which show less than a dollar per capita
of household goods. This would mean
that with an average family Of five there
is less thar FIVE dollars of taxable house
hold goods on the premises.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

True bravery is shown by performing
without witness what one might be capa-
BILE of doing before the world.-Rochefou-
cauld.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

We are never without a bottle Of Piso's
Cure for Consumption in our house.
Mrs. r. NJ. Swayze, Wakita, Okla, April
IL. 1901.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
h They Said.

She gloried in her auburn hair,
Which was a fiery crimson shade;
Some said it was made to order
Others said twas freddy maid"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18
I0I45

The genuine has d date and number
stamped on tho label-take no other from
your druggist.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

Mrs. winsiow's Boorunq srnUr for children
ksethinE; softens the gums, redrccs Inflammation. Al
lays pain. cures wind collie. Is cents . bottle.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-10-18

In the case of State of South Dakota
On relation of Charles II. HELLER VS.. Mar
shall Vincent, settles the question of the
length of an official appointment. In
this case A. A. Hinckley, sheriff of Mar
shall County died December Z, 1904,
while holding the Office and after having
been reelected at the November election
to succeed himself. The county board at
a meeting Dec. Is appointed Marshall
Vincent to fill the unexpired term, and
on Jan. 5 following appointed Charles
II. HELLER for the full term beginning.
with that date. Vincent refused to sur
render the office, claiming it by his APP
pointment. Suit was brought to GUST
Vincent, and the supreme court holds that
he is legally in the office; that when the
appointing board acted to fill the vacan-
cy it had exhausted its powers, and that
such an appointment would hold until the
next general election for the selection of
such officer.
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ion Ramer attended q meeting of the
committee Of revision held at Mitchell
last week. The committee consists of G..
II. Lugg, of Parkston, Superintendent
7. +. Olander, of Brookings, Superintend-
mt w. f. Eddy, of Brown County, State
superintendent Ramer and Deputy State
superintendent LANCE, and was appoint
ed by the county superintendent at their
annual meeting to revise the state course
IF study in the common schools. The
committee agreed On al outline of revi-
sion and the different branches of study
were assigned to prominent educators
who are to report at a meeting to be held
in November. The final conclusions of
The committee will be brought before the
annual county superintendent meeting
u December for final action.
The state board of regents OF education
net in Sioux Falls Tuesday with the
heads of all the normal schools Of the
state and State Superintendent Ramer 20
consider the new hve-year normal course
which has been arranged for the state.
Their work also included consideration
II the study courses of the sectarian
schools, which are by law placed on an
equal footing with the state schools,
where the course Of study covers the
same ground as tina, pursued in the state
schools.
The filings in the land Office ut Pierre
for the month of August only reached
II, and for September the record was
doubled with 145 filings. This was caused
by the railroad agitation prospects in
Stanley County, and with the matter as
sured, the probabilities are that the Octo-
Der filings will far exceed those of Sep.
TENDER.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway Company has fled with the sec
rotary of state a resolution of extension
Of a line of that system from Madison to
Cotton. This is the line which has been
considered as being a move on the part
OF the Milwaukee to head Oft the Dakota
Central, the Sherman independent line
north from Sioux Falls
The Washington times., 1905-09-10
SOME POSTSCRIPTS.

Laplanders not infrequently cover i5e
miles day on their skates.
Paris has the biggest debt of any city
in the world. II amounts TO $iO0. coo COO
There is q movement on foot in Mel
bourne 10 put stop TO Sunday funerals.
The most costly tomb in existence IS
that erected 20 the memory of Moham-
med.
a French land owner is forced by law
to divide his estate equally between his
children.
There are nearly 22,OOOOOO horses IN
European Russia No other country in
the world has so many horses as Russia.
The combined salaries of the presi-
dents OF the fourteen leading universe
ties in the United States do not equal
the amount paid TO the head Of one life
insurance company.
Most people think white grapes make
white wire and dark grapes make red
wine; il is a popular error. Red wine
is made by fermenting grape juice and
grape skins together, and white wine In
made BY fs-mentiug grape juice alone.
The Washington times., 1905-09-10
Where Byzantine Is Preferable

One thing we have learned by the
experience of the past, and that is
that for the exterior decoration of
houses standing side by side fat OF
Byzantine ornamentation is better
than relief carving no matter how
high the merit of the latter. 1t is not
that the ByzantInes did not use relief
but that they knew where to put II.
In the Gunton Temple the brackets
of the cornice al the top of the tower
are monstrous heads excellentIy
carved and full of quaint strength.
This article ought not to close with
out remarking that the Irish deveI-
oped in bronze work, enamels and
stone carving. an ornamentation of
knotted interlacings. which may be
Byzantine, but may also be original.
1t is found in connection with the
double spiral motive which was quite
The Washington times., 1905-09-10
Bush asBig as d House

California has many hydrangeas, but
it is a question If there is another in
the State or the world tfat comes so near
covering house as that of A E Anick,
at $40 West Thirty-ninth street. says the
Los Angeles Times
Eight years ago Mrs. Amick stuck into
the ground by the side of her doorstep
q slip of hydrangea about foot long.
TWO years later she broke a piece Of It
of and stuck it on the other side Here's
the result.
The old plant is nearly the whole
thing in the picture. the second one be-
ing IN the background. but all the
blooms in sight are on the two roots.
There are more than 1000 Of them. some
a foot in diameter. and the two plants
cover the front of the cottage for dis
atnce of about twenty-five feet in length
and 4 dozen feet high. as may be seen
by the flowers that have made il their
mission to decorate the grill along the
cornice of the portico- They have closed
up the front entrance and viii have -
be cut away to make room TO get in.
Los Angeles is noted for its hydran-
geas. but this one of Amick's probably
takes the prize. There is an object les
son in it for all ambitious growers OF
the plant; il grows on the north side
CT the house and never gets any but the
early morning sun. 1t has had no spe-
cial fertilization. but has been well sup
piled with water. All specimens of the
same plant that have attracted the at
tenticn of the writer for their size and
beauty have been grown under exactly
these conditions.
Some of the blooms are delicate blue
and some pink. but they are nearly all
blue. while last year they were all pink.
A neighbor has small bush blooming
beautifully. grown from cutting taken
from this one. and none of its flowers
show any blue.
The Anicks are 10th to cut the beau
tiful plant, and have put il off from
time to time until they have practically
no use OF their front door. and they
have now DEFINITELY, determined to cut
ii back so that il viii take several years
for il TO catch u again.
The Washington times., 1905-09-10
Washington Has Rebeiled Against
Tudor.

IuQ0I.
What we call Colonial is really the
style that prevailed at that time in
the mother country, and the Italian
effects in il are clear to everyone who
has studied architecture. This fact
was obviously deep in the heart of
the man who planned the Western
High School, for though 1t is Colo
NAL, it is also full of Italian Renais-
sance feeling. The English of that
time resented the preference shown
by their nobility for Italian architects
and Italian fresco painters. as the
readers Of Philip" by Thackeray
may remember.
But now il is seen that they were
men Of marked ability, and what they
did has come to be regarded with
exultant eyes. The Englishman, al
ways boastful. considers Colonial
architecture as wholly and solely
/ English. whereas the best of It is Ital-
! ian.
The position which Washington oc-
cupies in the United States gives to
what is done here great Importance,
: and our revolt from the new canon
that all high educational buildings
/ and all semi-ecclesiastical structures
must be in the Tudor style may
spread far and near Our Western
High School is our declaration of
/ architectural independence from the
; dictates of the big cities on this point.
There is no doubt that our architects
will be adamantine in this, for Tu-
! dor is not well understood. and the
! Smithsonian Institution with it's hor-
rible structure is an object lesson
never to be forgotten.
Richardson, of Boston, revolted
from the Gothic and worked in what
he called Romanesque. but which is
really Byzantine, with wonderful
force and freedom. He had one fol-
! lowerer here in Washington, who
built the Gunton Temple, which is
also In green stone. IL is on Four
teenth street on the same block as ST
Andrews, and is splendid edifce
i full of exquisite details.
The Washington times., 1905-09-10

versal agre N [
among Americans to
build churches in the Gothic style.
There is a feeling which has not yet
been adequately expressed by any
writer that Gothic artitecture lends
itself more freely than any other to
the working out of devotional
thought
This is not a new idea by any
means. Congreve toward the end of
the seventeenth century declared that
Gothic architecture was petrified re-
ligion, and Sir Christopher Wren tried
In St. Paul's Church in London to
blend it with the classic. Ever since
those days there has been silent bat
tie between the two styles-the neo-
classic and the Gothic-for the mas
terry.
When St Paurs in New York was
built il was in some things so akin
to the much admired Colonial style
that an impression prevailed that a
national style was going to be devel-
oped based upon the Colonial. But the
Gothic fingered in mems minds, and
suddenly Trinity was erected in New
York and created a profound impress
sion which has never passed away.
What is curious about this matter is
that the two churches were built by
the same people-the trustees of Trim
ity parish.
Early Buildings CaricatuTes OF Gothic
Washington was very little place
in those days, and had no sentiments
to declare and no churches to build.
And in Georgetown, which was the
great place, there was abundant cuI-
ture, but no money. Otherwise, there
might have been a church still more
Colonial than the st. Paul's of New
York 1t was only after the war OF
secession that Washington had archi-
tectural aspirations; but the first eff
forts at ecclesiastical architecture
though they were Gothic, were hid
eous in the extreme.
Recently, perhaps through the in
fluence of the many rich men wht
have made this city their winter
able change. There are some Gothic
churches in Washington which arr
purer in style and far freer in execu
ton than Trinity itself, as for exam
pie ST. Andrews, on Fourteenth
and r streets, and ST. Thomas, OF
Eighteenth street. IL is obvious tina
the architects were completely mas
tiers OF the style, Tor both or then
worked out the difficult problem o
building large churches on sites IA
too small. Had they copied existing
buildings, as was done in the day
of Trinity Gothicism, they. must hav
come to grief. because, the condition
being disimilar some of the borrowei
features would of necessity have beer
changed, and the result would hav
been as incongruous as the patches o
a crazy quilt.
X ~
st. Andrews Represents High Ideal.
This is not superstition. for Their
The Washington times., 1905-09-10

Gothic Appeals to Latent Religion.
1t is strange that Americans prefer
much more impressive from its
Quaintness, but the fact Is undenia-
The Washington times., 1905-09-10

bic, and the only explanation posi-
BILE is that the people of this coun-
try have vast fund of latent religion
to which the Gothic appeals with
irresistible force Otherwise who
could fail to be enchanted with the
triple columns with their great sin
gle cap, and the archivoIts of the
arches with their richly carved ribs
which architects call the intrados and
extrados- The motive that domi-
mates in all the carving is the fiat
tened acanthus leaf with knotted in
terlacings.
That the latter were borrowed by
the Byzantines from Assyrian ruins
is certain, for the arts OF the Eastern
empire were eclectic and annexed
their motives from everywhere. In
true Romanesque there is a return to
Greco Roman art, where the acanthus
leaf, especially in Corinthian columns.
had TO be treated in relief, with beau
tiful swellings and dearessions. This
was far beyond the power of the
workmen who were employed by the
rude successors to Roman dominion.
whereas the fiat Byzantine was easily
rendered. Actually the work on Gun
ton Temple is precisely like that done
in Constantinople itself
The Washington times., 1905-09-10

st. Andrews Represents High Ideal.
This is not a superstition. for there
Is such a church in Washington in
the heart Of the city. The architects
The Washington times., 1905-09-10

called CadiZ. The Irish knotted in
terlacings are found also as orna-
ments of their manuscripts, and are
there carried to an intricacy that is
marvellous. Irish pirates and traders
The Washington times., 1905-09-10

visited Constantinople, it is true, and
may easily have learned the interlac-
ings there But somehow there is
spirit in the Irish interIaces so supe-
rior even to the Assyrian sacred
The Washington times., 1905-09-10
Revolt Against Tudor in the National Capital
Is Being Felt Throughout the United States
and aRecrudescence of Gothic Tinged
With Italian Renaissance Is
Likely to Be the Result.

Of st. Andrews and st. Thomas not
only knew their Gothic by heart, but
they knew also the great law of the
unit Of proportion, and this gives an
exquisite symmetry to their struc-
lures. The writer's preference is for
st. Andrews because of its materials,
which are red brick, terra Gotta, and
red sandstone. st. Thomas is built
of small rock-faced stones of basalt
of an inferior quality If compared
with similar stone used for the pa
rochial buildings Of st. Patrick's.
These are admirable specimens of
what is called Tudor, but this is really
perpendicular Gothic modified to suit
the new conditions of that new Eng
land that arose in the days of the
Tudor kings. In France, fifteenth
century Renaissance is also a modifi-
cation of ford Gothic. 1t was only
in Italy that an absolutely new style
arose, and the influence of this style
did not make itself felt until the mid
die of the eighteenth century in Eng
land.
The Washington times., 1905-09-10

lie architects of the
United States seem to
have admitted that
there is an almost uni
versal a gre e N e n t
among Americans to