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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
FLORAL SUPERSTITIoNS.
Country Beliefs About the Mlntas
Flowers and Luck.

Flowers and Luck.
There is nothing which grows
around which there is more super
stition woven than the homely
minis. Not only is mint the crown
ing enticement of a julep and a
thing which makes sedate Tables
gambol and roll like six-month-old
kittens; but, according to tradition,
the different minis have supernata-
raj properties, and there are good
and bad minis. Pennyroyal, aside
from its qualification as a flea dis
courager, is said to make a quarrel
some husband and wife stop bicker-
ing if it is given to them by some
friend. Catnip, on the other hand,
when chewed creates quarrelsome-
ness and is said to make even mild
and gentle people fierce. If catnip
is held in the hand until heated and
then put into the hand of another,
it will, so goes the superstition, so
control that person that he or she
cannot leave you so long as the cat
nip is retained in the hand.
Spearmint will prevent illness
so long as it is worn about the wrist.
II spearmint is mixed with salt and
applied to the bite of a mad dog,
the wound will heal, it is said. In the
olden days the children used to put
a bit Of spearmint in the cots on
Christmas day, believing that at the
exact time when the Saviour was
born the mint would blossom.
The superstitions which cluster
around flowers are as many as there
are different flowers. 1t is consid-
cred unlucky to gather flowers out
Of season. as before and after the
season they are said to belong to
the fairies. The first wild flowers
which are gathered by a young wom-
an in the spring should spell the
initials of her future husband, if
the superstition holds true.
Here is a schedule of supersti-
tons about finding the first flower
of the season:
If found on Monday, good luck
all the year.
If found on Tuesday, large I'M
dertakinos which will he ~
full.
If found on Wednesday, a wed,
ding in the family.
If found on Thursday, hard work
with little profit.
If found on Friday, unexpected
wealth.
If found on Saturday, misfor.
tunes.
If found on Sunday, best luck OF
all.-New York Tribune.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01

mrs. Arnold had been calling on
her friend, Mrs. Black, and upon
leaving asked, "Why do you never
come to see me?" Mrs. Black re-
piled: 9" would so much like to. but
some way / don't get time to 20
anywhere now. 1t takes me all the
time to fix ove my sleeves. Lip
%pincott's.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Where He Fell,

Down the p~ostofice steps the Rev.
DR.. Fyfthly carefully picked his
way, and then his feet suddenly
shot out, and he went down right
in the midst of a group of stock
brokers.
"Ah, good morning, doctorl"
laughed the stockholders, recogniz-
ing the minister. "You remind us
of the wicked man whose foot slip
peth." ..-. :.
"Nay," retorted the good minis
ter, "but rather do l seem like the
man who went down to Jericho"
SLOW is that?" chorused the
brokers.
Because he fell among thieves"
murmured the doctor as he got vp
and moved decorously away.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
Accuracy.

The literal quality of the Chinese
mind is well illustrated by a story
in the Travel Magazine. An Amer
lean visiting in Hongkong desired to
buy some souvenir spoons and with
that purpose in mind entered Jew
eler's store.
The selection made, he wrote
upon a piece of paper the inscrip-
ton, "Hongkong, 1906" to have the
same engraved on the bowl. As he
started to leave the store the China
man called him back and asked for
a deposit.
The gentleman gave him 70.
cents, making a note Of the fact on
the paper on which he had written
the inscription.
When he called for the spoon the
next day it was inscribed in the
bowl, "Hongkong, 1905, paid rs
cents"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
ILRICK & MATTHEWS
BARBER SHOP

First-class work of all kinds guaranteed. Three
chair shop Your patronage solicited. West side
Broadway. Miller. S. ID.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-01
COMING OF AGE IN AFRICA.
Initiating the Young as Full Pledged
Members Of a Tribe.

All the peoples in the world have
been giver to marking the coming
of age of their young folk with
some kind of ceremonial. In cen
tral Africa this is quite a serious
business. A few of the customs in
use among certain tribes r hOrri-
BILE. But in the main they show a
kind of good sense.
Among the IaO people the prin-
cipal figure in all the initiation or.
coming of age mysteries is a man
called the rattler of the tails. He
makes play with a bunch of wildcat
tails, wildcats being creatures which
play a leading part in the witch
doctors medicines. This official
communicates all kinds of knowl-
edge to the young ideas Of his tribe
during the couple Of months de
voted to their initiation ceremonies.
He lectures on the customs of the
tribe and on morals. He teaches
unselishness, for instance, and
among these tribes the man who re-
fuses to share his food with anoth-
er is jeered at as "uninitiated."
During these ceremonies the
boys receive new names, and if you
want to insult them past all for
giveness you have merely to address
them by their childhood's names
after they have passed through the
initiation ceremonies.
The unyago, or period of initia-
ton with girls, lasts only one month
and includes all kinds of practical
teaching as to agriculture and
household work, the grinding Of
corn and the like. Many Of the
ceremonies in use are purely sym
bOlical, as when the girls are made
to support a house roof to indicate
that they are to be the pillars Of
their future homes. But there is
also much practical teaching, in
GLIDING a full and blood curdling
recital of the penalties which attach
to,wifely infidelity and particular
instructions as to how best they
may 'feed the brute" and make
pots and pans.-London Standard.
mrs. Arnold had been calling on
her friend, Mrs. Black, and upon
1aoun. oeLoJ sguvl.. ~
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
ONLY GOT BACK HIS OWN.
Umbrella Had Long Been Absent from
its Proper Hall Tree.

Stories about umbrellas" said a
New York physician, when that useful
article was the subject of discussion,
"are as numerous as fish stories, and
often test just as severely the
credulity of those who listen to them.
This is a true one: A patient tele-
phoned an hour after he had been at
my office one morning that he had left
his umbrella on the hall rack: would I
see that it was kept for him? My
servant found it, and that evening
while We were at dinner he called, got
the umbrella mad came in to thank me.
There he told a long story as to how
he valued the umbrella because he had
carried it a long time, and it was just
the right weight and showed a dent
in the silver handle which had been
made by his little boy when he used it
as a hockey stick. saw my wife
smile while the story was being told.
She understood my wink, however,
and we said nothing. But when the
man had gone away with the umbrella
under his arm we laughed, for We had
recognized the umbrella which had
carried out and brought back
more than three years ago"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
SHOWING the Right Spirit.

A little boy had been naughty at
dinner, and had been sent away from
the table just as his favorite dessert
cabinet pudding with butter and
sugar sauce-was being served. About
nine o'clock that evening. when the
other children had gone to bed and
his parents were alone in the sitting
room, a tear-stained little face and a
white-rObed figure appeared at the
door.
Mamma" it said, brayely, between
sobs, you told me never to go to
sleep when anything wrong had been
done until 1t was all fixed by right,
so | came down to tell you that-that
-that-I-forgive you and papa for
what you did to me at the dinner
fable"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

over first to the republic, then to the
United States, and then reverted back
to the territory as ordinary public
lands. The queen and her followers
always have contended that these
lands were private property belong.
ing to the reigning family. When she
was driven from the throne her in.
come from this source amounted to
about $4,000 annually in addition to
a public fund Of $4,000 a year for
maintaining the royal household.
Since that time the jdeposed queen
and her friends and associates have
pressed vainly their claim for recon.
pense before n congress after an
other. The present value Of these
lands is something over $4,000, 900.
but the queen has now scaled down
her claim to the point where she is
willing to compromise for about $780,
900 in hard cash. There is a growing
feeling in favor of generous action to.
ward the former queen, whose years
are now fast declining and many
statesmen say a bonus direct to her
would be worth a good deal more than
the money involved, because Of the
good impression it would create among
the Hawaiian part of the population
Of the islands.
Liliuokalani is a direct descendant
OF n Of the most picturesque char
acters in the history Of Hawaii, whose
story has been told in a thousand
missionary meetings and sent broad
cast in a million Sunday school vol
umes. She is, in fact, a great-grand-
niece of Kapiolani, the island princess
or female chief, who did more than
any other person to bring the natives
to Christianity.
1t was Kapiolani who dared to pluck
the sacred berries which grow at the
brink of the crater Of Kilauea. The
natives had been taught that a person
who picked those berries would surely
die a most horrible death. because of
the supposed sacrilege directed
against the goddess. Pele. Kapiolani
not only gathered the sacred berries,
risking her life in securing them, but
she led a picturesque procession of
her retainers, some 200 in number,
down to the lake of fire below the rim
of the crater. With opened hymn
book, singing praises to the God of
the new Christian cult, she defed Pele
and threw the sacred berries into the
burning lake. OF course nothing hap.
pened, and the supposed sacrilege was
not punished in any way.
Pele as an awe inspiring deity was
compelled to go out of business and
the simple natives flocked to the Chris
tian standard fully convinced that a
new God had arisen who would sure
ly punish unless he were followed
with praise and thanksgiving. This
was the beginning of the extraordi-
nary conversion of the simple island.
ers, the like of which probably never
has been seen or heard before or
since in the history of missionary
effort.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
SEEKS PAY LAND
EX.QUEEN LII OF HAWAII ASKS
MONEY OF CONGRESS.
Is Child Of Royal Line and Traces An
cestry Back to Princess Who
First introduced Christianity
Among Her Subjects.

Washington.-Queen Liliuokalan1,
| former ruler of the Hawaiian islands.
who is still endeavoring to collect
from the United States for the so"
| called crown land which became pubic
| property when this country TOOK pos
| session of the islands nearly 10 years
| ago., appeared before the house COM
| mittee on laws the other day TO urge
her claim.
The queen has no legal claim OF any
kind, and she and her relatives nave
at last been forced to concede TINS
| They are now appealing to the Sener'
| osity Of the American people on the
ground that the former head OF an In
| dependent nation which was absorbed
by this great country should have a
fitting income entirely aside from the
contributions of friends and former
subjects.
The former queen has aged a
great deal in the last few years and
broad white streaks have appeared IN
her coal black hair. There are wrin'
kles in the brown face of the woman
who, when she first appeared in Wash
ington was unanimously voted to be a
decidedly beautiful if dusky matron.
When the queen was dispossessed,
what was then known as the crown
lands amounted to about 100000
acres. According to local residents
these lands were in no sense the prop
erty of the monarch, but belonged to
the state, and properly were turned
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
HE ALMOST REMEMBERED IT.
Bow at Least Had Combination Some.
where Near Right.

Donald had returned from a visit
to the country, and was full of rem
i%niscences of persons and things that
had interested him. Il met a boy,
mamma he said, that had the queer
est name I ever heard. He said his
folks found it in the Old Testament.
1t vast was-let me see-yes, It
was Father William, or William Fa'
Their; I've forgotten just now which.
| But it was one or the other
But, Donald" said his mother,
there is no such name as Father Will
liam or William Father in the Old
| Testament
Are you sure, mammal"
81 certainly am, dear. | have read
it through several times. William Is a
comparatively modern name. 1t isn't
| anywhere in the Bible"
We'll, but-oh, | remember now!"
exclaimed Donald. 1T was Bildad!"-
| Youths Companion.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
LOOKING Forward,

Mr.. Virgins, being in a frivolous
mood, was giving a burlesque imita-
ton of palmistry-pretending to
read his wife's fortune in her palm.
S~ix-year-old Ruth was listening with
intense seriousness, but neither OF
them was noticing her.
"And, finally" he concluded, after
the usual recitals about a dark man, a
light man, a journey, and a large for
tune, you will live to a great age"
Thank God" broke in Ruth, clap
ping her hands ecstatically. "Then my
children will have a grandmother"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
raw FURS..-pR0Fl1S FOR
COUNTRY BOYS.

This is the time Of the year when
the average country boy not only gets
a great amount of sport and pleasure
out of fur trapping, but considerable
profit and pocket money. Raw Furs
in recent years have brought remark.
ably good prices. Fashion has or
dained that every lady must wear
furs, consequently the demand has in
creased. Prices Of furs are higher
than they were last season. NJ. Sabel
& Sons, Louisville, KY, make a spe-
cialty of Raw Furs, and a visit to
their fur rooms is an interesting sight,
for here can be found furs from every
section of the United States. They re-
ceive shipments from all over the
country in answer to their weekly
price list, which they issue every Fri
day. This price list is furnished the
shipper upon application.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
Not Afraid Of q Ghost.

In a village in England, a month or
so ago, a man came running into an
inn at nine o'clock at night and cried
out that there was a ghost in, his back
yard. There were IA men in the inn,
and not one of them dared to go home
with the man and Investigate. There
was a person who dared, however, and
that was the landlords daughter, a girl
of II. Some of the men followed her
at a distance, and she went into the
yard and up to the ghost Tapping its
arms about, and discovered-what?
That it was no more nor less than a
mans white shirt Tapping on the
clothes line in a strong breeze. That's
about the way all ghosts turn out.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
CHILD HAD SIXTY BOILS,
And Suffered Annually with a Red
ScaId-Like Humor on Her Head.
Troubles Cured by cuticura.

when my little Vivian was about
six months old her head broke out in
boils. She had about sixty in all and
/ used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment which cured her entirely.
Some time later a humor broke out be.
hind her ears and spread up on to
her head until it was nearly half COW
cred. The humor looked like a scald,
very red with a sticky, clear fluid com.
ing from it. This occurred every
spring. l always used Cuticura Soap
and Ointment which never failed to
heal it up. The last time it broke
out it became so bad that I was dis.
couraged. But I continued the use of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resell,
vent until she was we'll and has never
been troubled in the last two years.
Mrs. M. A. Schwerin, GA Spring Wells
Ave, Detroit, Mich, Feb. "a, 1908"
Potter Drug + Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

If Doan's Kidney Pills and began u.s.
ing them. One box made me stronger
and freer from pain. kept IN using
them and in three months was able to
get out on crutches, and the kidneys
| were acting better. | improved rap
| idly, discarded the crutches and to
the wonder Of my friends was soon
completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Prot. Munyon has generously placed
his Cold Cure with druggists through.
out the United States and has author
lied them to sell it for the small sum
Of rs cts. a bottle. He says these
pellets contain no opium, morphine, CO.
caine or other harmful drugs, and he
guarantees that they will relieve the
head, throat and lungs almost imme-
diately. He gives this guarantee with
each bottle Of his medicine: IF you
buy my Cold Cure and it does not give
perfect satisfaction, l will refund your
money" Prof. Munyon has just issued
a Observation-Disclosures, which will be
sent free to any person who addresses
The Munyon Company, Philadelphia.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

III wanted to train a child to be
thrifty | should teach him to abhor
waste. | do not mean waste OF
money; that cures itself, because very
soon there is no money to waste-but
waste of material, waste Of something
that is useful but that you cannot rep
resent in money value to the waster.
There is waste of water, waste of gas
and things of that kind. If you would
wish your children to be thrifty
would beg to impress~upon them the
criminaIity of waste.-Lord Rosebery,
in an Edinburgh Address.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
ORIGINAL Weddino Cake.

It is said to be a curious fact that
the wedding cake, that elaborate, in
digestible compound so indispensable
at the modern marriage ceremony, Is
the direct descendant Of a cake made
of water, flour and salt, Of which, at
the Roman high.class weddings, the
married couple and the witnesses par
took at the time Of the signing Of
the contract.-Housekeeping.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

By local applications. as they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion Of the ear. There Is only one way to
cure deafness. and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an nfamed condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is infiamed you have a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when It Is entirely closed. Deaf.
ness Is the result. and unless the can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi.
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten are caused by Cstarrh. which Is nothing
but an inhamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
81. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Z uggsts. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
Come Get Your Medicine.

II that little bit of thre%e-cornered,
half-jointed; pin-headed squirt with a
big automobile and a size three head
on his miserable, slanting shoulders,
who turned the corner of Ferry and
Main streets on two wheels the other
afternoon, and nearly sent three pedes-
TRANS into Kingdom Come, will call
at this Office we'll tear his scrawny
soul to pieces and lick him to a 'fraz.
zle" after the most approved Roose.
veltian methods. He knows who we
mean.-BuffalO News.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
NO MEDICINE
But a Change Of Food Gave Relief.

Many persons are learning that
drugs r not the thing to rebuild
worn out nerves, but proper food is
required.
There is a certain element in the
cereals, wheat, barley, etc., which is
grown there by nature for food to brain
and nerve tissue. This is the phos-
plate of potash, of which Grape-Nuts
food contains a large proportion.
In making this food all the food ele.
ments in the two cereals, wheat and
barley, are retained. That is why 50
many heretofore nervous and run down
people find in Grape-Nuts a true nerve
and brain food.
Il can say that Grape.Nuts food has
done much for me as a nerve renew,
err" writes a Wis. bride.
"A few years ago, before my mar
riage, l was a bookkeeper in a large
firm. became so nervous toward the
end Of each week that it seemed ]
must give up my position, which !
could not afford to do.
Mother purchased some Grape-Nuts
and we found it not only delicious but
| noticed from day to day that l was
improving until / finally realized l was
not nervous any more.
~ have recommended II RI friends
as a brain and nerve food, never hav
ing found its equal. / owe much tt
Grape-Nuts as it saved me from Z
nervous collapse, and enabled me t
retain my position"
Name given by Postum CO., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville,' in pkgs. There's q Reason"
Ever rend the above letter. A nes
one appears from time TO time. The,
insercst.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

table. / will never be without this
medicine in the house. Mrs. SAM'L
LEE, 1923 Fourth St, Louisville, Ky.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, CAT suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and I dreaded it almost as
much as death. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation LENA V.
HENRY, R. F. d. 8.
Thirty years Of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power Of Lydia E.
Pnkham's Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseases. The great vol
ume of unsolicited testimony constant
" pouring in proves c~onclusiyely that
lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound lisa remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
20 many women suffer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

A friend of Pats was caught In a
shower near his cottage and asked
shelter from the elements. Pat opened
the door. One Of the first things the
friend saw was rain coming steadily
through a hole in the roof.
"Pat, boy" said he, for why don't
We fix tn hole in tn roof"
"The hole in the roof, is it?' asked
Pat, spearing for an excuse. "Oh, yis.
| would, We know, but whin tn rain
is comm in l can't fix it, an whin it
don't rain it don't need fixin'."
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
COSMOPOLITAN University,

Statistics o. the University Of Penn.
sylvania show that it has the most
cosmopolitan student body in it's his.
tory. It has drawn more than 1900
students from places other than with.
in the borders of Pennsylvania; Of
these $50 are from foreign countries
of which 81 are from British terri.
tories; At from Europe, SO from China
and Japan. Is from the foreign posses
sions of the United States, and IS
from Latin-American countries. The
Latin-Americans come from q coun
tries and represent at least SO differ
ent towns.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
Not Included.

After the dry goods salesman had
completed his business with Cyrus
Craig, Centerville's storekeeper. he
asked what was going on in the town.
Had any entertainments this winter?'
he inquired.
NO." said Mr.. Craig, mot one. Sa-
lone Howe's pupils have given two
concerts, piano and organ, and the
principal Of the 'cademy has lectured
twice, once on Our National Forests
and once on Stones As I Know Them
but as far as entertainments are con.
cerned, Centerville hasn't got round to
EN- yet."-Youth's Companion.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

There is a divinity in the meanest
man, a philanthropist In the stingiest
miser, a hero in the biggest coward,
which an emergency great enough will
call ont.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13
In Book Form.

"He is going to put his play into
book FORM"
What does that mean.'
Means he'll write 100000 words,
divide EN- into chapters and print 'em
between covers"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

p%aralyzed me and
affected my kid
neys. My back hurt
me terribly, and
the urine was bad
ly d%isordered. Doc
tors said my right
kidney was practi-
cally dead. They
said l could never
walk again. read
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

The first time a girl is engaged she
imagines that she Is as important as
the heroine in a novel.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

ta1nly done me 3
world of good and
I cannot praise it
enough. I suffered
fromirregularities
dizziness, nervous
ness, and a severe
female trouble.
Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has restored
me to perfect
health and kept me
49, A. --As-
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-13

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
aammation, alsys pain, cures wind colo. 25cs bottle.