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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-05

Mitchell-Rev. A. Craig Bowdish.
pastor of the Congregational church
~ecently rendered his resignation as
nastor of the church to take effect
September 1. Different arrangements
have been made at the request or MT.
Bowdish, and bis pastorate VIII close
Sunday. Beginning May ] he VIII as
sume the position of general secre-
tary of the anti-saloon league OF this
state and will fill speaking engage
ments on Sunday over the state. He
will continue in this ~capacity unt'l
after election and will then go east
to take a postgraduate course In a
theological seminary. The anti-sa-
loon league Is making a hard fight for
the adoption Of the county o.t'on
measure In this state.
Summit-To be ~snowbound on a
South Dakota train for over twentv-
four noSrs in the middle Of april wa
the unusual fate of 60 passengers on
train No. 3. which was held hero from
2 O'Clock Sunday morning. nn.tS
n.,Yock MISUNDERSTANDING CSIoM1 G.
A r. Fox. representing the ArgHs-
Leader. was on the train and prenared
an account Of the stcrm. which the
signal published as an evtrf. Co.
Fox was also called on to euterta'n
the ~passengers with ,renninisee osas
which he did. as also with his lustv
fife. The blizzard continued all nirht,
but the aspsergers were all well car
ed for.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-05-05

Freeman-The members of what IS
known as the Wolf Creek Mennonite
colony, which owns many thousands
of acres Of highly improved farm land
near here. the COLONY being one or
the richest of its kind in the United
States. have the Canada fever and
NAV decide IN move to the british
northwest bodily. The colonists own
their land in common. and value the
property OF the Wolf Creek COLONY at
s40O, 900. II they decide to remove to
Canada. the property will be sold at
this price.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
A Narrow Escape.

She was a demure little lady, yet
quite proEd to be allowed to so down
street alone in her new red coat and
hat. She returned much sooner than
her mother expected, and appeared a
little flushed and excited, though en-
deavoring to preserve her demure de-
meanor.
Her mother inquired as to her trip
and little Mary proceeded somewhat
breathlessly to relate her experiences.
q was going by the corner" she
said, when a great big man came
across the street and said,
Wouldn't you like to walk with
me?' And said, NO, thank you
cause | didn't know him. And then
he asked me again and l spoke real
loud. l said, No, | thank YOU and
then l walked home just as fast as l
could. for it was a very narrow es-
cape.'-Los Angeles Herald.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
The BEAUTY Hour.

The girls, in kimonos of gold, of
scarlet and of blue, busted themselves
with face steamers, with electrical mas.
sage rollers, with and what.
not; for it was the hour for turning
in-the hour sacred to beauty stunts.
4 have here said a Chicago girl,
the very latest. Behold. Two little
round mustard Understanding but
that-yet all you have to do is to APP.
ply them to your cheeks ten minutes
before you start out and you've got a
deliciously rosy complexion that will
last you all the evening
Sell me a pair
Sell you a pair? Indeed I won't.
got them in Paris and it's true they
only cost two francs fifty. but all the
same wouldn't sell you a pair for a
~iye-dollar bill. They can't be bought
on this side"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
The Ane of the World

An endless number of scientists have
'elved into the question of the age of
ibis good old world, and many have
undertaken to fix its age. But the fact
is hat one of them has ever been
able TO produce irrefutable evidence of
the absolute truth OF his deductions.
Pinned down to hard facts, these men
Of science are forced 10 admit that
their deductions are in great measure
mere ~specu' alton.
Countless dates have been assigned
o the earth's creation. ranging all the
way from 1916 to 1884 b. c, n just
as authentic apparently as the other.
There is in fact no way TO fix the date
with any degree of certainty. For the
most part we are inclined to favor the
date given by the English BibIe-4004
b. c. In this opinion of the creation
such profound scientists as Usher and
Blair concur, although they admit that
It must forever remain in the shadow
Of doubt.
The question of the Oldest race is
40 less speculative.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
TO RESTORE OPAL TO FAVOR
jewelers. Plan to Remove Silly Super
stition Connected with Beauti-
fui Store.

The tendency of late to rid the opal
of the foolish superstition that has
chung to it for SO many years is the
result of a reform movement begun by
the jewelers. and art workers who ap-
preciate its great beauty. At first the
opal was not considered to be in any
way connected with misfortune, but
was supposed to embody all the yir-
tues of the other stones. as it con
tanned all their colors. 1t was also be
lieYed TO share with the turquoise the
sympathetic power of revealing the
owners state of health. If it turned
pale the owner was i'll, and if it brigh-
tened up perceptibly he was on the
road 10 recovery.
The opal's reputation for misfortune
dates back about six or seven centur-
les, when it was used in the crown of
a reigning prince. Through some
chemical process the stones began to
contract and finally dwindled away
and fell out of their setting. This bad
omen, followed by the destruction of
the principality, resulted in the con-
domination of the opal.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
Burgiar-Proof Safe.

The latest burglar-proof safe is an
invention called the c@arrousel or
roundabout safe, which is described
in the current issue of the German
technical journal Promotions. II is
chiefly designed to battle burglars who
work with an oxygen and acetylene
blowpipe.
The roundabout safe is a polygonal
steel structure, which r|evolves freely
On ball bearings. 1t is built into a wall
and when the outer door is closed a
small e-lectromotor is set in motion
and the safe starts revolving cease
lessly and noi--lessly on its axis with
in its tone chamber. ANY tampering
With its motion causes an alarm bell
to ring.
So long as the safe continues re-
yolving the blowpipe can have no of-
feet upon #, as the flame cannot be
applied long enough to any particular
spot to make an impression.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
USED WORDS HE UNDERSTOOD
Clever Idea of Lawyer That Won
Sailor Juryman to His Side
of the Case.

1t was a clever lawyer in a Boston
court recently who took advantage
Of the nautical knowledge he pos
sessed to work upon the mind of a
juryman who did not seem to show
much comprehension of a case of
suing a street railway for damages.
The dull member was an old sailor,
who, though doubtless very keen of
perception along some lines, was nev-
ertheless rather slow in his under
standing of the points involved in the
cas- being tried, says the New York
Journal. The lawyer noticed this and
made his strike with this particular
man. Approaching the jury box, he
addressed himself to this one jury
man and said:
Mr.. Juryman, ] will tell you how it
happened. The plaintiff was in COM
mand of the outward bound open car.
and stood in her |starboard channels.
Along came the inward bound closed
car, and just as their bows met she
jumped the track, sheered to port, and
knocked the plaintiff off and ran over
him.
The sailor was all attention after
this version of the affair and Joined
in a $1,000 verdict for the injured
man.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
COPY OF THE MATTERHORN
Remarkable Work of Art That Adorns
the Estate of English
Baronet.

The largest rock garden in England
is that of Sir Frank Crisp at Friar
park, Henley. 1t is a faithful repro
duetion of the Matterhorn in about
three acres. Seven thousand IONS of
limestone We're brought from York
shire to make it.
The snoW-capped peak is represent
ed by quartz. Below it are thousands
upon thousands of alpine flowers grow
ing in pockets between the rocks and
filling every chink in the trails that
ascend the mountain. There must be
200 different species in bloom at once.
At the base of the mountain is a
miniature Swiss chalet, where one
may sit and enjoy the scene, compar-
ing all the main features with a little
bronze model of the Matterhorn which
Sir Frank had made for the entertain
ment of his guests.
A brook courses down the mountain
side, and just before it reaches the
chalet it forms a pretty cascade and
then spreads out at your feet into a
miniature lake decorated with pygmy
water lilies and margined with pinks,
primroses, g~entians and other alpine
flowers.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
SURELY LIMIT OF PRECOClTY
All Achievements of Smart Juveniles
Fall Before That Recorded
of Job.

A minister. SO often the lone man
at various church gatherings, is some
times placed in positions that try his
patience as we'll as his tact. DIR. John
Kelman, a noted Edinburgh divine, is
credited with a clever evasion in just
such an embarrassing position. Fol
lowing a certain missionary meeting
of the ladies of his parish several Of
them mad fallen into a more or less
heated discussion of the %precocious
attainments of their several sons.
One good lady declared hat her cid
est had mastered his alphabet at the
unusual age of II months. Another
maintained her child's superiority
from the fact that he had been able
to read Caesars Gallo War with
ease when only eight. A third called
upon the reverend gentleman to at
test the feat of her youngest Aon in
repeating the Twenty-third Psalm
when but two years old as the most
exceptional prodigy of them all.
''Weel. ladies' said the doctor,
hesitating and smiling, it's sma use
in bantin' the Jacks when the Good
Book tells rs beyond a doubt that
Master Job outstripped them a by
eursin' the day he was born
Youths Companion.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
Quaint Custom at Gordon Castle.

Gordon Castle is an immense build
ing with a huge square tower and a
frontage of GOO feet. The gardens are
deliberately laid out and the park on
tains large herds of fallow and roe
deer. The Spey flows through the
domain and affords some of the best
salmon fishing in Scotland. The
dukes deer forest and grouse moors
are Is miles away, up in the hills at
Glenfiddich. where there is a fine
shooting lodge, at which the late duke
and duchess once entertained Queen
Victoria. At Gordon Castle a Gus
tom prevails that if any distinguished
guest has special success with his
rod ON the waters of the estate a
model should be made of the biggest
catch and a picture of it painted and
hung up oyer the model. The weight
of the fish, the date of its capture and
the name of its captor are also iadi-
Gated, and many OF these interesting
remembrances appear in different
rooms of the castle.-Western Scot.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
Inns with Literary Associations.

According to the legend, the Span
iards Inn, still in existence, was a rem
devious of Dick Turpin, and it is said
that in the stable there he stalled his
Black Bess. But the Spaniards has
other associations. It's tea garden
was certainly the spot that Dickens
chose for Mrs. Bardell and her party
to take tea in. Jack Straw's Castle is
quite as well known. Washington Irv-
ing mentions it in "The Sketch Book"
In The Tales of a Traveller Irving
makes Dribble, the poor s%cribbler Of
Grub street. say that during his ram
bles he visited Hampstead and occa-
sionally took his dinner at the castle.
1t is with Dickens, Jack Forster, Mac
lise and their friends, however. that
Jack Straw's Castle is most intimately
associated. In the bedroom which
Dickens occupied may still be seer the
chair in which the novelist use to sit.
Westminster Gazette.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21

Poison" and potion" arc doubIets,
he former being an older form of the
after. Both are derived from tho
latin ''potare,' to drink, and poison
n its original sense, signifed merely
something to drink.
While the word human used as
meaning "a human being" is now only
colloquial or humorous, Lowell, in the
Introduction to the "Biglow Papers,
.hided Bartlett for including it in his
Dictionary Of Americanisms." and re-
marked that it was Chapman's habitu-
al phrase in his translation of Homer,
and that it is found also in the old
play of The Hog Hath Lost His
Pear. "-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
NEVER SEE THE SUNLIGHT
Animals That Live Underground Eter.
nally Deprived of the Light
of Day.

The underlife of the caves has a
world of its own. Animals are born
in subterranean cayerns followed out
by streams, develop, reproduce and
die while forever deprived of the sun
light. There is no cave mammal ex-
cept a rat, nor is there a cave bird.
There are no animals that require
much nourishment.
Grottoes with underground rivers
have the most life, an exchange says.
Usually the subterranean life resem-
bles the general types of the country.
1t has entered the cave and become ac.
cimated there, undergoing divers
adaptive notifications. So we gen
orally find, in modified forms. the life
of our time. But in some cayerns
there seem to be the remains of an
ancient animal life hat has every
where else disappeared from terres-
trial rivers and lives only in certain
caYerns.
The creatures of modern species
that have adapted themselves 10 un-
derground conditions are sharply sep
arated from the light dwellers. The
skin is Whitish or transparent. The
eye %atrophies or disappears altogether.
The optic nerve and the optic lobe
disappear, leaving the brain profound
ly modified, Other organs develop
proportionately. Those of hearing,
smell and touch become large. Sensi-
tive hairs, long and coarse, appear all
oVe the body.
These changes are produced gradu-
ally. In animals kept in darkness it
has been possible to see the regres-
sion of the eye and the hypertrophy of
the other sense organs. With fishes
observed since 1900 the absence of
light determined a remarkable arrest
of growth. Their length was about
two inches and their weight less thar
an ounce, whereas similar fish kept in
daylight reached five inches and . 40
ounces.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21

A blind man, guided by a large and
athletic dog. went down the street the
other day. Just as they turned a cor
ner the blind mans dog saw a dog it
knew and darted forward in "a way
that threw the sightless mendicant to
to his feet, however. by a waggish
passer-by, who remarked that he had
heard some remarkable stories of the
feats performed by dogs, but this was
the first time he had ever known one
to pull down the blind.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
PUGNAClTY OF EAGLE OWLS
Many Cases on Record in Which They
Have Made Attacks on
Human Beings,

On his way home INT evening last
October from Karbenni railway
station. In central Sweden, a young
mar when passing through a small
wood Was vigorously attacked by an
eagle owl, relates a writer in The
Field. Alighting on his shoulder, the
bird inflicted some severe wounds
with its powerful beak and claws. and
when beaten of it carried off his cap
in token of victory.
Some years ago several similar at
lacks by eagle owls occurred during
the summer months in the province
of Nester Gotland. in one of which
an unfortunate old mar lost an eye.
A correspondent of the Swedish
periodical Fran Skog och Sio states
that in the part of Vermeland to
which he belongs there was an eagle
owl which became well known for its
repeated attacks on human beings
who CHANGED to come near its abode.
While cutting timber one day a man
was assailed by the bird. which drove
its claws into the upper part of his
body.
lie managed to get rid of it. but 1t
at once came on again. when a blow
from his ak put an end to its further
attentions. A peasant in the parish
of Stammar, Nerike, had a similar
experience in April last. He was
fetching water from a lake close by
his house when an eagle owl sud
denly flew at him. A kick made it
retire a few yards, when it came in
contact with the fence. This seemed
to i%rritate it, for it returned to the
attack, but the man seized it by the
neck, tucked it under his arm and
carried it off home.
On the way the owls mate kept fly
ing around in unpleasantly close prox-
unity. Ultimately the captor had to
dispatch his prisoner, his wife and
children being much scared at its
formidable aspect.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
How Prince Ito Solved a Problem.


When Nine. Sada Macco, the ia
nous Japanese actress, received the
news of the assassination of Prince
Ito at Mito, where she was playing
with her troupe, she burst into tears.
"In my frequent -quarrels with my
husband" said the actress, I'VE some
times asked Prince Ito to judge be-
tween us. One day, when we had a
more than usually violent dispute at
Chigasaki, the prince came in unex-
pectedly, and | asked him to decide on
the question.
HE declined, while proposing the
following solution: Go down into the
garden, both of you, and fight it out
like wrestlers. The one that wins
will naturally be the one who is in the
right
mo sooner said than donel In a
trice Kawakani and ! we're in wrest-
ling trim. My husband was just re-
covering from a serious illness, and
being weak, | soon threw him to the
ground. This amused the prince
Paris Figaro.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
pulp from Olive Mills as Fuel.

Experiments are being made with
pulp from olive mills Tor fuel and il is
said TO burn well. So far this has
heen waste material. but if it can be
used as fuel successfully it may be.
come an important item in The years
business of the mills.
The quantity OF pulp is large enough
ia give the new fuel quite wide use,
and with the maturing of new orchards
aud the expansion of the olive oil in
dustry the fuel may become quite COM
mon.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
Trouble In His Brain Pan.

Doctor" said the little Boston
boy. you are an alienist, are you
not?"
Yes" answered the distinguished
physician, that is the particular
branch of medical practice to which
I devote myself. Can l do anything
for your
You can assist me, perhaps, in
alIaying a serious apprehension that
has arisen in my mind. This morn.
ing, doctor, l found myself saying
'fossiliferous' when | was trying to
say archaeological Does that In.
dictate aphasia, or is it merely tenn
porary heterophemy?"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
GETTING EVEN WITH A THIEF
Japanese Servant Devised Shrewd
Scheme for Punishment of
Cheap Marauder.

\ physician who keeps a Japanese
ing laid in his offices. The Japanese
was greatly disturbed by the work
men, who interfered with the smooth
ness of his household routine. One
day he came to his master with a
look of alarm. One of the workmen
had been stealing eggs from the
pantry.
Stealing eggs" said the doctor,
"how's that?'
Il watch" explained the Jap. 81
see him put something in his coat
that hang in the hall. | look in
pocket and find eggs; | look in pantry
and don't find eggs. | will go take
them back from the pocket"
"Oh. no." said the doctor. That
would be no better than taking them
from the pantry. You must never
take anything from another mans
pocket"
The Jap went away with a look of
disappointment. A few minutes later
the doctor passed the hatrack in the
hall where the workmen's coats We're
hanging and found the Jap beating
the coats with a rug beater.
What are you doing?" exclaimed
the doctor as he saw the dust rising
from the coats.
i beat all the coats alike said the
Jap, and the eggs, they only make
the bad man sorry"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
UNCLE Bella ON WRONG TRACK
Old Gentleman Had Mixed Up in Mat
ter Belonging Exclusively to
Aunt Maria.

81 don't know what we're a-coming
to- said Uncle Bella Cummings. as he
surveyed a sheet of thin paper which
had accompanied a periodical sent to
Aunt Maria by their daughter in New
York.
What's the matter now" asked
Aunt Maria, TRANQUILITY. What are
you doing with that sheet o paper,
Bella, and where are your specs?'
I'm hunting for EN- now said In.
Gle Bella. excitedly, and | suppose this
here shaking the paper. lis a new
map, and the way it's cut up by the
railroads is a shame and a disgracei
| don't see how there's room left for a
decent house-lot in the whole state!"
Well, now. find your specs, and
read what it says counseled Aunt
Maria, abandoning her socks to look
over Uncle Bela's shoulder. Perhaps
they're only prospecting the roads as
yet; maybe they won't be built any
more'n some O these western towns
that's laid out all so pretty on paper,
and nowheres else. Read what it says,
father
1T says faltered Uncle Bella, with
a confused expression on his counte-
nance, Pattern of skirt and jacket
on page 372. Pattern OF evening waist
on page 374. Pattern Of"
Here, you give it to mel command
ed Aunt Maria; and she departed to
spread Uncle Bela's supposed railroad
map on the table, while he was left to
ponder on the wonderful works of man
and Woman.-Youth's Companion.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
Willie Crashed the Idea.

willie" said an interesting young
mother to her first-born, do you
know what the difference is between
body and soul? The soul, my child, is
what you love with; the body carries
you about. This is your body" touch
ing the little fellows shoulder, "but
there is something deeper in. You
can feel it now What is it,"
ooh, know" said Willie. with a
flash of intelligence in his eyes,
that's my flannel shirt"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
Distant Relations.

"Bliggins was referring to distant
relations in a rather disappearing
tone. | wonder whom he meant?'
81 don't know" answered Miss Cay
enne. Judging from their manner, I
should say the most distant relations
he knows anything about are his wife
and her family"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21
Appreeiation.

she had a good husband" said
Mrs. Babbleton.
But she got a divorce from him
Yes. She didn't know what a good
husband he was till she saw how gen
erously he behaved about the ali
mony."
The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-21

The above farms are all located in the rain belt of Kansas. arr
good propositions and you cannot afford to miss seeing these Come
and see me at once and we will look at these right away before
they are gone.