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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
GOOD VALUE IN OLD PAPERS.
They Can Be Pulped and Worked Up
into Excellent Coverings for
Floors.

Old, torn and dirty papers are usu.
ally regarded as articles without
value, but market is easily found
even for what are apparently the most
hopeless cases. At cost OF about
$3.50 ton they can be pulped. and
worked up into floor coverings, which
with thickness of about one-third Of
an inch have the durability and elias
tic tread of linoleum. When we con.
slider that the old papers cost say
$1.6S per ton the profits to be drawn
from this manufacture when 1t Is in
right hands can be imagined. A new
flooring of this kind must, however, be
oiled, after having been laid down,
with petroleum or any cheap vege-
table oil. This will prevent It from
going moldy, and will also enable 1t
to be waxed or va. nished, whereby 1t
will become as BILE and as bril-
liant as the best inlaid wooden floors
Great interest has arisen In Germany
with regard to this new industry, and
experiments are In progress to test
the effects OF adding other bodies,
such as pitch and mineral pigments to
the paper pulp so as to manufacture
floor coverings OF different colors and
qualities.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
Macadam and Vegetables

With good roads you would not need
to buy your vegetables In the country.
In many parts of New England small
fruits and vegetables are bought from
dealers who send to New York. New
York gets them from New Jersey and
Delaware and the south. Your New
York farmer does not raise Vegetables
in quantities because until recently
roads did not permit him to market
such perishablo product In quaint.
ties. This holds good of the very place
where | live in New England. The
same condition exists in the COW
country and the grain country. Pota-
toes and onions your Dakota farmer
can market in quantities. Therefore
he raises them; but because bad roads
cut him off from the market half the
year he does not raise the more per.
ishable vegetables. Vegetables he
buys from California at fancy prices
another tax for bad roads. In fact,
owing to bad roads there have been
seasons when New Workers were pay.
Ing 81 bushel for their potatoes and
western farmers were glad to sell
them at 10 cents for pig feed and
Stockholders Weekly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
LAND SUITS KNOCKED OUT
Demurers in Eastern Oklahoma Title
Gases Started by United States
Are Sustained

Muskogee, Okla - Judge Ralph
Campbell has sustained the demurregs
in the suits brought by the United
States to set aside various deeds and
leases made by citizen allottees in
the five civilized tribes in eastern Ok
lahoma, and thus settled legal con-
troversy that had been the cause Of
considerable concern in that part OF
the state.
The court reviewed the relation OF
the United States to the five tribes
since they became a nation, and found
that no vestige of title to the lands
allotted them now remains in the
United States. The demurrers involv-
ed the question of the citizenship of
these Indians and the court declared
them to be citizens OF the United
States with all the rights, privileges
and immunities of citizenship. 1t Is
held that the United States cannot
maintain these suits on the principle
that 1t sustains to the individual In
dian trust relation, such guard an
ship being incompatible with citizen
ship, national and state.
Finally the bills were held bad be-
cause numerous defendants are joine
IL esch bin who were connected with
many distinct transactions regarding
as many distinct tracts of land.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
CURIOUS NEEDLES IN EUROPE.
One Made from a Hair and Another
Is Covered with Beautiful
Engraving.

Many years back the then king of
Prussia visited needle mandatory
In his kingdom, He was shown num-
Der of superfine needles, thousands OF
which together did not weigh half an
ounce. and marveled how such minute
objects could be pierced with an eye.
But he was shown something even
finer The workman whose business
1t was to bore the eye in the needles
asked for a hair from the monarch's
head. 1t was readily given, and with
a smile the borer placed 1t under his
machine and made an eye In it. This
he furnished with a thread, and then
handed the singular needle to the as
tonished king.
Another most curious needle was
in the possession of Queen Victoria. 1t
was made at the celebrated needle
mandatory at Reeditch, and repre-
sents the column of Trajan in mini.
ature This well-known Roman column
Is adorned with numerous scenes In
sculpture which immortaliZe Trajan' s
heroic actions in war, and on this
diminutive needle, which was present.
ed to the queen on her visit to the
famous mandatory In December,
1864, scenes in her life are presented
In relief, but so small that 1t requires
powerful magnifying glass to see
them clearly.
The Victoria" needle can, more
[ Nc al
Der of needles of smaller size, which
are also adorned with scenes In re-
lief
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
EXPLANATION is POSTPONED.
War Department Hesitates About
Mrs. Sutton's Request.


. Washington, ID. C.--The officials
of the war department have decided
to postpone action upon the request of
Mrs. Sutton to exhume the body of
Lieutenant Sutton, her son, now
buried in Arlington national cemetery.
Although there seems to be no rea.
sonable doubt that ultimately the
wishes Of the mother will be complied
with, the officials are of the opinion
that the secretary of war, the secre-
tary of the navy, and possibly the
president, should be. communicated
with before final action is taken
These officials are all out of the city.
No instance is on record of the re-
quest Of relatives for the disinterment
of bodies of their relatives having
been refused, but the case of Lieuten-
ant Sutton is regarded as very ex-
ceptional one. - =
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
How the surpIIce Originated.

The old Scotswoman who referred
to the surplice as "sark" or shirt
was perfectly correct For that 10
what 1t originally was. according to
the London Chronicle. After the in
vasion Of the northern barbarians Il
was common custom to wear q
white shirt over the sheepskin or
otter skin then In use. Hence, In the
twelfth century," writes Dean Stanley
In his Christian Institutions" arose
the barbarous name Of superpellicium
or surplice-the overfur. Its name In
dicates that 1t is the latest of eccles-
iastical vestments. and though, like
all the others. generally worn both by
clergy and laity, indoors and out Of
doors. 1t is the most remote In descent
from primitive times"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
Three Sisters win Wed a, One Tim.

Chicago, Illinois.-A triple romance
in which three sisters fell in love sim.
ultaneously. is to have happy end.
ing. when the three daughters of Mrs.
Louise Lamson, 6s6 West Jackson ST.,
are to become brides on the same day.
Perhaps the most unique feature Of
the strange romance is that each SIS.
ter set the date of her wedding with.
out the knowledge of the others, con.
fiding the secret of her betrothal only
to the mother.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
OFFICIAL SYMPATHY

Washington. Aug. --Ambassador
Thompson telegraphs that 1.400 reo-
pei were drowned in the Monterey
foods and many thousands are home
less. Millions Of dollars worth o.
property was destroyed He adds that
The ruin and destruction justified elp
rom Americans. Thompson was in
structed to tender the Mexican foy-
eminent the condolences and sorrow OF
The American government and peop,e.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
CANADA'S NAVY STARTED.
Great Britain to Send Two Third-class
Cruisers Across Atlantic.

Ottawa, Ontario-A dispatch from
London, says it is learned on high
authority that two third-class cruis
ers are to be loaned to Canada by
the British admiralty, one for the
Pacific and the other, Atlantic. These
ships will require refitting and altera,
tians which will be done at Canada S
expense.
The dispatch adds that when Can
ada starts to build it's own warships
the work will be done in the dominion
and representative of the Leading
British ship-building firm is coming
shortly to seek site for a shipyard.
1t is also stated the idea of sub.
marines for the St Lawrence river
and the Pacific have been suggested
and received with some favor. b..
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02
FRUITS or NEW TARIFF
Fiber Blanket Company Annou ses
Increase in Price of Product.

Worcester. Mass.-"The tariff and
its effect" Is the caption on printed
postal cards being sent out by the
New England Fiber Blanket Company
of this city, announcing an increase
in prices Oct. 1. In explaining the
advance the company says it is
due to 1.-The increased duty Oh some
of the material that enters into Il
composition of our nber blanket"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-02

The diminutive chains Of habit are
seldom heavy enough to be felt till
they are too strong to be broken
Johnson.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
Books Received

'Self-Control and How to Secure It" BY Dr.
York.
The Buffers Story by Arthur Train; Charles
Scribner's Sons. New York.
The Lone Trail at Thirty" BY Francis Cor
ham; the Black Lion publishers Boston.
Special Messenger" by Robert W. Chambers;
ID. Appleton & Co.. New York.
The Glpsy Count by May Wynne. the John
Mcbride company, New York
The Earth's Bounty" by Kate v. Maur;
the Macmillan company. New York.
The Fate Of Iciodorum." by David Starr Jor-
dan; Henry Holt & Co.. New York
Fate and the Butterfly" {" By Forest Halsey:
B. W. Dodge & Co.. New York.
The Gun Runner" By Arthur Stringer; B. W.
Dodge & Co, New York.
America and the Far Eastern Question" by
Thomas 3. Millard; MOratt. Yard & Co., New
York. /
Random "reminiscences Of Men and Events
by John D. Rockefeller; Doubleday, Page & Co..
New York.
Hearts Are Trumps." by Alexander Otis; the
John Mcbride company. New York.
'NOrah Conough." by w. G. Henderson: the
Outing publishing company. New York.
''The New Standard SpeIler" By O. ID. An
drews; Laird Lee. Chicago.
Some Assurances OF Immortality" by ]. B.
N. Berry; r. f. FennO & Co.. New York.
"A Crime in Canvas" by Fred n. White; r.
F. Fenno s. Co., New York.
''The Garden OF Girls By Marian A. Hilton:
Tandy- Thomas company. New York
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
+" The Eternal Bow -

Being the Story of t.te Prodigious Hiokey, by
owen johnson. aufhr C. Max Fargrs.
etc Published by Deld. Mead & Co., New
YORK. Price sl-5o.
There is no such thing as q good
hoy; we thought so once. and now
.Sfe know Il. All boys are more or less
bad, ana bad simply means human.
some boys are less mischievOus. less
brutal, less savage. perhaps, than 9TH
ers, but none can be desert bed by the
adjective good
The hero Of this story is one Hicks.
called. always the Prodi gious Hickey.
which, considering the fearful and
wonderful nicknames bestowed on
schoOlboys nowadays, IS mild. Hickey's
schOOlmates have "a fine lot OF names,
tle shrimp Hungry Smeed, Doc Mac
ucO0er. SnoTky Green, Lovely Mead.
fae Gutter Pun. Tfrecrackers. Old Iron
sides. Turkey Reiter ana the trium-
phaRt Egg Head
A dozen stories Of the doings Of
ttis bunch OF boys make up this book.
and the people who have no young
ioys Of the prep" school age viii en-
joy every word Of IT, There is a chap
Ter on scho0lboy lighting which is as
Ile as anything Of its kind in the
language.
The chapter on eating is a most as
tonishing revelation. Hungry Smeed
eats 49 pancakes at sitting and thus
breaks the record. Some very amusing
uhiiosOphizing on the appetities OF boys
goes with this chapter.
Hickey IS the leader IN every act Of
devilment and finally he IS sent away.
but he has become hero 10 all his
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25

the primitive people of the Tennessee
mountains. and the action is furnished
by a bitter feud. which those people
alone, of all Americans, carry out with
an almost Sicilian ferocity
This particular feud is between the
Gentry and Taylor families, and 1t has
almost wiped them out. Old Mace Tay-
lor, his son Andy and his daughter
Betty are left to represent his family,
and of the Gentrys there are but Tom
and his son Nathan.
Old Mace Taylor and Tom Gentry
meet at the crossroads store. The re-
suit is duel and both are killed Andy
is half crazed by this killing and goes
out looking for trouble But, OF course.
Betty is to be reckoned with. She and
Nathan love each other, but she has
been afraid to let any one know it for
fear her father or brother would kill
Nathan. She has also exacted a
promise from Nathan to avoid a quarrel
with Andy. Nathan refuses to quarrel
on several occasions, much to the be-
wilderment of Andy. who is trying to
work up an excuse for killing him, but
finally 1t has to come. They have a
fist fight in the forest. Finally Nathan
has the advantage and is choking his
enemy into insensibility, but Taylor
succeeds in drawing a knife. Nathan
bCtc IL away rum lttii anu tuIO"S II
into a snowdrift, and then gets up and
leaves him.
Later on. in the summer, when Andy
is III and dying of fever. he asks his
sister all about it. and she tells him of
her love. The hatred is all buried in
an instant and Taylor sends for
Nathan to tell him so. Betty and
Nathan arrive too late, but the feud is
ended.
The tale is not exactly hackneyed.
but one can see from the first what is
to happen. The manner of telling is
excellent and the author knows the
people of these mountains well. There
are all too few stories of these primi-
tive people, who are fast disappearing
from the country, and this book is a
worthy addition to the number
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25

the prospective reader OF the book
Those in favor OF the lawless element
would read # just for the pleasure of
reyeling in the matter which always
stirs them to fury
The hero, Ernest Schnaubelt, is a
young, well educated German He tells
the story himself. First he hunts for
work in New York; when nearly hope
less he drifts to Chicago and soon falls
In with Louis Lingg and in no time
he worships him with slavish admira-
tlon. Lingg talks and talks about the
wrongs Of the workingman and
finally when he says that the govern
ing powers must be taught a lesson
Schnaubelt volunteers to throw the
bomb
This solution OF the mystery of the
bomb throwing is plausible enough for
fiction, but the author lacks some
thing; perhaps it is the story telling
gift. and he fails to convince. Certain
crudities in his writing Jar, but he has
a keenly developed sense of observa-
tion, and his pictures of people and
places are very interesting and read
able The portion of the story given
over to the love theme is tiresome and
some of it is positively offensive AS
a story, however, the book is not to
be recommended, and as history, which
the author claims ii is the book has
not the slightest value The great
thing to condemn about the book is
that 1t is sort of underhanded blow
at America and her laws and govern
ment. IT is cowardly and unsub-
stantiated.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
"The Pulse of Life"
By Mrs. Belloc Lownd'

By Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, author Of "Barbara
Rebell.'' Published by Dodd, Mead & Co.,
New York. Price $3.50.
One of the dreariest tales seen for a
long time is THE Pulse of Life" by
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. There is not a
pulse of life in the book There are
only four characters of any Importance,
and it takes a deal OF explaining to
let us know who they are and why
they are here. They are not characters
at all. however; they are puppets, and
wooden, at that.
Sabine, the Austrian archduchess, Is
a new edition of Marie Antoinette. We
are sure of this because we are told
of it so often. She is running away
from a repulsive marriage.
Francis Domville is the representa-
tive of an ancient and impoverished
family. He is costumed as Count
Fersenu when he falls in love with
the archduchess and continues to act
that character.
Anne Leycester is a touching figure.
She has a mysterious gift of healing,
but there is nothing vital about her.
She adores her cousin Paul Feyghine,
who. in turn, loves with all his heart
coldblooded little dancer. Nothing hap
pens; nobody does anything. The two
couples are quite distinct; their life
histories do not cross And were 1t
not for the fact that Anne is the
sister of Domvi11e they might be in a
separate book for all the support they
are for each other. The book is great
bore and one finds nothing to say of it
afterWard.
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mates and he leaves some sore hearts
behind. Bad he may be, but he is so
goodnatured that one can not find it in
ones heart TO fear him and his in
nuence. He lies and steals and sneaks
and commits nearly every sin in the
criminal code. hut a certain sort or
unrealization of the adult way of look
ing at these sins makes US laugh with
the boys at his pranks and forgive
him.
The book is splendidly written, and
one can not but agree with the pub
fishers, who tell US that the work 10
compared favorably with "Stalky &
Co and Tom Brown" 1t has more
humor than either of those books, but
its author is young American, so that
Is TO be expected
One passage which may be taken a.
Hiekey's ethical creed follows:
TO be accused of an offense of which
he is innocent means nothing, for il
simply demonstrates the lower caliber
of the masters intelligence But to
be suspected and accused on mere sus-
picion Of something which he has just
committed-that is unpardonable,, and
in absolute violation OF the laws Of
warfare, which decree that the strug-
gle shall be one of wits without re-
course to the methods of the inquisi-
ton.
There are many more ouotable pas
sages. but il IS difficult to cut them Off
when once begun.
The Eternal Boy" is illustrated by
sketches and chapter headings very
picturesquely and is well printed and
bound.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
GROWTH THE FORMATION BUXTON, IOWA, AN. IDEAL HOT
TOWN

GROWTH and evolution may be, and
" probably are, merely forms of habit.
Such, at any rate, is the theory
advanced by Dr. Francis Darwin in his
recent presidential address before the
British Association for the Advance
ment of Science. He illustrates his
theory by reference to the behavior of
plants that "sleep"-that is, change the
position of their leaves by night.
If such a plant be placed in dark
room the change in the leaves still
takes place regularly morning and
evening, though the alteration of light
and darkness that originally stimu-
lated it no longer takes place. The
plant has formed d habit--has built up
a series of connected actions which it
continues to follow.
Professor Darwin believes that such
a habit in a plant depends on associa-
tion, just as 1t does in the human be-
ing, and that there is germ. OF a
psychic element in it, In the same
way the series of changes through
which an egg goes as 1T develops into
the perfect organism is determined,
Professor Darwin believes, by SINH
lar habit--we may call It, If we will.
the memory of the similar changes
through which the ancestors of the or
ganism have passed in evolutionary
process.
This is no mere fanciful sfnile, the
professor assures US. He believes that
the two things are essentially and
phyically alike. AS memory spans the
period of Inconsistencies that sepa-
rates the man of today from his yes
terday's self, SO the abyss between two
generations is bridged by the uncon-
scIous memory of the germ cell.
And just as habit may be altered
by adding new features, as when a dog
is made to vary and extend the tricks
that have been taught to him, SO an
organism may change during the pro-
cess of evolution by the action Of
efficient causes whatever we may be-
lieve them to be. However this may
be. Professor Darwin is sure that both
Individual growth and racial develop
ment are what he calls "mnemonic phe-
nomena"-alike in essence to our own
memory and habit.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
"The Ring and the Man"
CH WAL LAcI lRS1W -AurNos Nx
obA lAPANEsZ SGHcCr.ncN-- AIk

By Cyrus Townsend Brady. author of "Riehard
the Brazen.' etc. rSblished by Moffat, Yard
Co., New York. Price s1.50.
This last book does not seem like a
real Brady book. It's a curious sort
citement from cover to cover. The pro-
logue of the story is an earnest of
what Is to follow. In this we are told
of George Gormly. q vermonter by
birth. who has drifted out west while
a mere boy of 49, We see him at Kill
Devil camp in Wyoming. There he
falls under the influence of a woman,
perhaps seven or eight years older
than himself, who is married to a
drunken brute who abuses her She
is bored with life and amuses herself
with the boy. The husband is jealous
and forbids him the house and threat
ems to shoot him on sight. The boy
then determines to save the woman
from her dreadful life, and they plan
to run away. There is only one avail
able horse and they are to ride it to-
gether. Just as they are to start the
drunken husband turns up and an ex-
citing scene ensues. He threatens to
kill the boy and lifts his revolver. but
before the boy can draw his weapon
her husband 1t is fearful shock
to the boy, but he determines to save
the woman more than ever, so he tears
a leaf from blankbook and takes the
crime on his shoulders and they fee
into the night. The horse is nearly
exhausted, and after while the cold
blooded women pushes the boy off into
the snow and leaves him to die The
action opens the boys eyes and he is
cured. He does not die, but after
fearful sufferings he reaches the sta
ton. He drifts around Chicago for
a while and then goes to New York to
begin life over again.
So much for the prologue. 1t is
told with all the fervor and dramatic
power which Mr.. Brady has displayed
in the past and the interest begins at
once.
The real tale begins when George
Gormly is A years of age. He is a
bachelor, a merchant prince and a
great power .in the financial world. OF
course, the fearful specter of that epi-
sode of his youth is bound to pop up.
and it pursues him like relentless fate
but after much malicious plotting he is
able TO prove his honor, and the story
closes with an interesting and power
full climax. 1t is an exciting and con-
vincing tale and will add much to its
authors fame.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-25
NEURU TOWN
(From the Review of Reviews

II rom the REVIEW OF R6V1eWS)
HE town has an interesting history.
Twenty or more years ago j. t.
Buxton. pioneer in the coal mining
business in Iowa, was confronted with
a strike among his white miners. He
secured negroes to work in the place of
the strikers, and they proved so salts
factory that they have been retained
ever since. AS the wealth of the Con-
solidated coal company was produced
largely by the labor OF these negroes,
Buxtoh's son, b. c. Buxton, decided to
build and found a negro town and to
name it after his father Buxton was
thus founded in 1901, and today it is
thriving town of more than 5000 inhab-
itants, with larger number of negroes
than any town north of Missouri.
There is practically no crime. "A year
ago saloons We're voted out of the coun-
ty. Everything is done in the town to
encourage thoughtfulness and thrift.
The relations of the white minority to
the black majority are most cordial No
case of assault by black man on
white woman has ever been heard Of in
Buxton. Both races go to school to-
gether, both go to the same soda water
fountains, ice cream fountains and res
taurants, both work in the same mines
clerk in the same stores and live side
by side. There is no social equality
among the negroes; they group them
selves according to character and in
telligence. Buxton is predominantly re-
publican.