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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16

AS a matter of history there was
such a person in Mexico in 1641 and
he was a dishonest collector Of rev.
enues. He was jailed, and, to secure
his liberty, his wife was compelled
to suffer incredible h~umiliations at
the hands of a judge. Don Juan broke
prison, went to his home, found the
Judge there, and stabbed him to
death. Later he was mysteriously
lynched one night before the church,
and from this grew the legend that
the angels had punished him for his
sins.
A striking story of ghostly revenge
is the legend Of Don Juan de Nava,
priest and guardian Of his orphan
niece, a beautiful girl. A Portuguese
nobleman, Don Duarte de Sarraza, fell
in love with her, and she reciprocated
the attachment, but the priest reject
err Don Duarte because he was known
as a gambler. One night the priest
came upon Don Duarte talking to his
niece through her window. Duarte
struck the old man with his dagger,
which was imbedded in his skull, kill
ing him. He threw the body, dagger
and all, into a ditch. Just n year
later Duarte was found dead at the
site OF the crime. Kneeling over him,
n of it's bony hands gripping his
body by the throat, was a skeleton in
priestly garments, with a dagger stick
ing in its skull.
The Ghostly Raven.
Rather a weird legend is that of
Don Rodrigo de Ballesteros and his
raven 1t is said that there is a GER
tain bridge where at midnight when
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Child Seriously Hurt.

Winner.-Rachael, the ~8-year-old
daughter of Harry Musfelt, was struck
and painfully, if not seriously, injured
by an automobile driven by Frank
Rensler, of Springview, Neb. The auto
was going at a very moderate rate
of speed, and no blame has been at
tached to Mr.. Rensler in connection
with the accident. The little grill ran
directly in the path of the machine
and it was impossible to avoid strik-
ing her. Mr.. Rensler had her taken
at once to the Mission hospital, where
a physician IA summoned and pro-
nounced the injury a compound frac-
tufe Of the left leg, with minor in
ternal injuries.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Crop Conditions Fine

Winner.-Crop conditions have new
er been as good in the Rosebud as
at the present time. Abundance Of
fine rain coming at favorable inter-
walls has raised the confidence and
hopes of the farmers and stock rails
ers. The prairie is rich and green,
the corn is tasseling out, small grain
In many sections is already harvested
and promises a rich yield.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Annexation Is Plan.

Timber Lake.-A movement Is on
foot among the residents of southern
Corson county to have the two SOUTH
ern tiers of townships in that county
annexed to Dewey county. Talk Of
the change has been rife at various
times ever since Timber Lake was
selected as the county seat of Dewey.
as this town is but five to fifteen
miles from that portion of Corson
county, while Mcintosh, the county
seat of Corson county, is much far
Their away. The Timber Lake Com
mercial club has taken the matter up
and will endeavor to bring about the
proposed annexation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
PENSION AFTER As YEARS.
Oakotan Rewarded for Services In
the Danish Army.

Sioux Falls.-After the lapse Of 46
years Christopher Olson. who for
some years has lived on a Hamlin
county farm, has been Officially ad.
vised by the Danish government that
he has been granted a pension by that
country for services rendered while
a soldier in the Danish army in the
war of 1868 with Prussia. Olson did
not make application for the pension.
1t appears that the officials of the
Danish government, in going over the
old army records, discovered that he
was entitled to a pension under the
laws of Denmark, and after tracing
him to South Dakota and ascertaining
that he yet was in the land of the liv-
ing they had his name placed on the
pension rolls Of his country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16

Bridgewater.-An action in circuit
court entitled IN. II. Ryan and Louis
Detterman, plaintiffs, VS.. the City Of
Bridgewater," wherein the plaintiffs,
who reside on farms partly located
within the city limits petitioned to
the court to be set outside said cor
porate limits, alleging that they did
not receive equal benefits with the
other residents of the city; but were
compelled to pay an equally high rate
Of taxation. has been decided by
Judge Jones In ;avor of the city. The
case has attracted considerable ss
tention.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Trampled to Death.

Sioux Falls.-Losing his balance and
falling from a haymow, directly under
the feet of several horses and being
trampled to death was the fate which
befell the 6-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Aslin. residing on a farm
in northern Turner county. The little
boy had climbed into the haymow of
the barn to play and lost his balance
and was precipitated through a hay
cnute to the ground floor under the
horses feet. The father was close at
hand, but his son was dead before he
realized what had occurred. This is
the third child he has lost within
eighteen months.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Wrong Man Was Held.

Yankton.-George Hedrick, Of Tyn-
dali, who came to Yankton in a hot
chase after his ~15-year-old daughter,
Goldie, who had left home, caught his
daughter at Harrington and returned
with her to Tyndall. The young man
arrested here and thought to be Sam
Talkin ston, suspected Of enticing the
girI, proved to be a brother and not
the mar wanted. Sam darlington Is
still at liberty.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
To Extend Mail Service.

Aberdeen.-A movement is under
foot at Aberdeen and at Washington
to add new territory to the railway
mail service out of Aberdeen. Recent.
ly $50 miles of railway mail service
was added to the territory under the
jurisdiction of John N. Price, chief
clerk of the service in the Aberdeen
district, but the Aberdeen postal au
thorities have started a movement to
add the territory between this city ami
Sioux City. now operated from the
Sioux City district, to the Aberdeen
district.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Mailman Is CAPTURED.

Sioux Falls.-After having terror.
lied the ranchers and their families
in the northern section of Lawrence
county for several days, a demented
frebug known only as Fast" has
been captured by the authorities after
an exciting chase. 1t appears that
Fast went to that portion of South
Dakota from some point in Iowa, and
it is expected that the county authori
ties will send him back to that state
as mentally deranged.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
KILLED BY A MULE
BARN ON FIRE AND OWNER TRIED
TO REMOVE LIVE STOCK
ANIMALS ARE BURNED.
HAPP ENINGS OVER THESTATE
what Is Going on Hero and There
That Is OF Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Leola.-During a storm here light
ming struck the barn of John Turn
wall, a prominent farmer, near here.
The barn was set on fire by the bolt,
and Mr.. Turnwall rushed into the
burning structure to save two mules
and two horses. AS he attempted to
rescue the mules, one of the animals
kicked him on the head, killing him
almost instantly.
Two other men, who fastened to
the Gene when they discovered the
barn to be IN fire. rescued the body
of Turnwall, but were unable to save
the live stock or the barn.
The property loss Is $4,000 to
$1,000, with insurance of $500. Turn
wall was 60 years Of age, and is sur.
vived by a wife and eight children.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
DESIGN FOR COzY
LITTLE BUNGALOW
Additions Make It Comfortable
and Desirable Residence for
Any Climate.
CHIEF FEATURE IS SIDING
Extra Thickness, Where Required,
Makes II Of Supreme Importance
Interior is Of the Best Forma.
ton That Can Be Devised
by Builders.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject Of building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufactures, no
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. ILL.,. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Wants to Be Postmistress.

Woonsocket.-Miss Margaret Carr
assistant postmistress of the Woon
socket postoffice for the past twenty
years, is circulating a petition for her
appointment as postmstress to succeed
Henry E. Richardson, whose commits.
sion expires next January. Miss Carr
is the daughter OF Cornelius Carr, the
last democrat to be postmaster of
Woonsocket, serving under Grover
Cleveland.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16

the capital of Mexico is by far
w the oldest. It's beginning was
long before Columbus sailed
on his memorable voyage of discov-
cry, when it was the seat of the Aztec
empire. Civilization Of a sort -four
ashed there long before the first hardy
pioneers settled along the northern
Atlantic coast and before the eyes
OF a white man had ever rested upon
the Mississippi river.
1t has been a city Of many vicissi-
tudes. 1t has been held by Indian
and S%paniard, by viceroy, by repub-
iican, by revolutionist, and by north
ern invader. Many Of It's streets are
of the greatest antiquity. Many of it's
traditions are so old that no man
knows whether they originated In the
days of the Montezumas or of the Con-
Quistadores.
AS is inevitable, the City of Mexico
has its own peculiar folklore. its
mysterious legends. There are old
tales that have been handed down
from generation to generation by word
of mouth and are still told by Mexi.
can nurses to the children as they
were told centuries ago.
The Walling Woman.
A relic of Aztec folk lore is the tale
of the Wailing Woman. Once, a long
time ago., the story runs, there was a
very bad woman in the City of Mex
inn Che ooyn hipfh fA ,oNnu al,;I
dren. but children bored her, and, as
fast as one came upon the earth, she
drowned it. Finally her conscience
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
May Get Street Railway.

Mitchell.-Prospects OF a street
railroad system for Mitchell have been
raised by the request Of o. E. Cas-
sem, a local capitalist, that he be giver
a franchise for the construction o.
three miles Of road within the city.
According to Mr.. Cassem, the money
to build the system is in sight and
construction work will be commenced
as Don as the franchise is granted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16

Observation-Disclosures Teeter, a pio-
neer millwright of the Black Hills,
and n of the most expert men in his
line in the country, died at Central.
two miles from this city, in his 65th
year. For many years he was in the
employ OF the Homestake company
and held important positions in Colo
RADIO, Montana and South Africa. He
died Of Bright's disease.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
floor Plan

bathroom opening off the hall, is To-
Gated between the two bedrooms.
The estimated cost of this bunga-
low, using hardwood floors and yellow
pine trim, has been placed at s2,100
under favorable conditions of the mar
ket for labor and materials.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Why Women Leave Homa.

He-Why Is It that the modern
woman spends SO much of her time
away from homer
She-Well. a mi with several
men folk In her family has to leave
home in order to have . rest In an
easy chair.-Judea.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
Keeping Il Safe.

THE next prisoner, who Is accused
Of being a professional thief, wants to
take the stand"
Then don't let him do It. We need
It for the other Witnesses"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16

F all the relatively larger cities
on the American hemisphere,
the capital of Mexico is by far
the Oldest. It's beginning was
long before Columbus sailed
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20
DIZZY, HEADACHY,
S|CK,,' 'CAsCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.


Sick headache. biliousness, dizzi.
ness. coated tongue. foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in tho in.
tsstines. instead of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach. remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear.s stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. ADV.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20
SCHOOL TEACHERS,
Also Have Things to Learn.

For many years l had used coffee
and refused to be convinced of its bad
effect upon the human system" writes
a veteran school teacher.
Ten years ago l was obliged to
give up my much-loved work in the
public schools after years of continu-
GUS labor. ! had developed well de-
fined case Of chronic coffee poisoning
THE troubles were constipation,
flutterings of the heart, humping
In the top Of my head, and various
parts of my body, twitching of my
limbs, shaking of my head and, at
times after exertion, general gone
feeling, with toper's desire for very
strong coffee. was nervous wreck
for years.
"A short time ago friends came to
visit us and they brought a package
of Postum with them, and urged mo
to try it. was prejudiced because
some years back had drunk cup of
weak, tasteless stuff called Postum
which did not like at all.
This time, however, my. friends
made the Postum according to direc-
tions on the package, and it won me.
Soon l found myself improving in q
most decided fashion.
THE odor of boiling coffee no long.
er tempts me. l am so greatly bene-
fitted by Postum that If ! continue to
improve as l am now, I'll begin to
think l have found the Fountain Of
Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy
letter but stubborn facts which I am
glad to make known"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for copy Of The
Road to Wellville."
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow.
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar. makes a delicious bever-
age instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's a Reason" for Postum
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20
Prosperity communistic.

A man cannot prosper in any honest
business without benefiting the COM
munity as well as himself. For he can
not induce men to deal with him with
out Offering them an advantage; and.
taking all the transactions of life to.
gether, the advantages which men offer
to others must, on the whole, be equal
to those which they receive them
selves.
Doing business, therefore, is very
effectual and extended mode of doing
good; and the fortune which is ac-
quired in doing 1t is, in very impor-
tant sense, the measure and index Of
the good done.-Jacob Abbott.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20
Dusseldorf EXPOSITION.

The sum of s1,19O,O00 has been
pledged as guaranty fund for the ex-
position to be held next year in Dus-
Beldorf, and it is assured the co-opera-
tion of museums, organizations and
authorities in all parts Of Germany
The exposition will be divided into ten
main groups, with 50 divisions and 11S
classes, and will occupy over 100000
square yards, extending over two
miles along the Rhine. A plan of the
exposition grounds will be loaned on
application to the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, Washington.
D. G.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20

Henderson also murderer? I did
not think SO. The death OF his mas
ter was the one thing which would
wreck his scheme. In the early morn
ing | interviewed the farmer on
whose car he had driven into Nor
bridge. He told me that, acting on
orders he had received from Hender-
son. he met that person at the cor
ner OF the stables at eleven O'Clock
precisely-fve minutes before the
murder occurred That finally elimi-
mated the valet from the list.
On my return from the farm l ex-
amined the gardens again with great
minuteness. At the corner OF the lit
tie pavilion. about fifteen feet from
where the body had lain. there was a
patch OF bloody snow. This puzzled
me a good deal, until the solution Of
fered itself that the murderer had
the water Of the pond being frozen
hard. Yet his clothing would also
bear the stain What had he worn
that showed SO white to you in the
starlight? Could 1t have been that he
wore no clothes at all?
"A naked mani The suggestion
was full of possibilities.
1T was fortunate that had brought
assistants to help me in Stems cap.
ture. Their presence gave me a wild
er scope. for they were both good
men. l left them to search the pavil-
Ion and laurels for the clothing,
which the murderer might have con-
cealed when he realized how fatal
was Its evidence. AS l walked back
to the house | began to understand
the situation more clearly. The main
drive, curving down the slope Of the
park. was in view of tall man COM
ing up by the yew walk. The muir
derer might have noticed our ap
proach. What more natural than that
he should have bent double as he ran,
thus obtaining the cover Of the left
hand hedge, which was not more than
four to five feet high? Did not this
answer to your description Of the
thing you had seen? 1t would have
been cold work for him. l made a
ASsS W NC oh VIC lpoh-oul III SAllib-
For couple of hours | devoted
myself to speeding those guests who
caught the eleven-thirty train. do
not think trunk left for the station
OF which l have not complete in
yentory. Indeed, the baron's cred
itors have to thank me for the return
of several trines of value. which were
included, accidentally, no doubt, in
the ladies dressing-bags.
after the carriages had started
went in search of Terry, and discnv.
cred that he had not left his room.
Equally to the point, his windows
looked down upon the spot where the
baron made his detour over the grass
while escaping. | became interested
in this young man. The score was
creeping up against him. ladder
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20

from an obliging gardener allowed me
to observe him from the window. A
visit to the housekeeper gave me a
duplicate key to his door. What hap
pened in the room you know. Mr..
Phillips"
But. the motive-why did he kill
his patron?" I asked him eagerly.
81 doubt II we shall ever learn the
truth on that point he said. "As
far as l can make out. Steen was d.
rectly responsible for the ruin and
disgrace Of Terry's father. Probably
the son did not fully realize this when
the baron. with a pity most unusual
In the man. give him the secretary
ship. But of all participation in the
flight he was certainly innocent. for
he was in bed at the time"
I'm bed!" l cried.
Don't interrupt. II you please.
What happened l take to be as fol-
lows: Terry was in bed when the old
man tried to creep past his window.
Somehow he heard him. and. looking
out, understood what was up. Per-
haps that rascal Henderson had told
him the truth about his father; per-
haps Steen had promised him COM
pensation-he had a mother and sis
ter dependent on him-which prom
Use the flnancier meant to avoid.
along with many more serious obliga-
tions, by running away At any rate.
passion. revenge, the sense OF injus-
tice-call 1t what YOU like-took hold
Of the lad. He caught up the first
handy weapon; 1t chanced to be a
dagger paper-knife-dangero things.
l hate them-and rushed down back
staircase and through the side door
in pursuit Of his enemy.
When that had happened, which
happened. the fear that comes to all
amateurs in crime took him by the
throat. He wiped his hands In the
snow; he tore of his sleeping suit
that is how l know he had been in
bed-and thrust 1t, with Its terrible
evidences of murder. into the thatch
of the little pavilion. We found 1t
there a day later Then he started
back to the house as naked as a baby.
He saw us running down the hill.
and made for the side door. bending
double behind the hedge. Who were
We? Had we noticed him? Believe
me, Mr.. Phillips. whether he had held
the murder righteous or no, 1t was
only the rope he saw dangling before
him. Might not the alarm be given at
any moment? He dared not wash
himself. and the stains had dried
upon him. He hurried on his clothes.
shivering in the chill that had struck
home, and SO to the safest place he
could find-the roulette-table."
TT is we'll that he died" l said sim
ply.
1T saved the law some trouble"
remarked the Inspector with grim
little nod at the wall.
CHRONICLES TO BE CONTrNUED)
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20
BREAKING IT, TO HIM GENTLY
Naval Officers Knew Just How to
Treat officious Lawyer Who
Was "Butting In"

Courts martial are not infrequently
held on battleships In the Charles
town navy yard. Sometimes a sailor
will send for Boston attorney to de-
fend him. although this tendency is
discouraged by the officers. Most at
torneys know they have no absolute
right to practice in naval. court. and
can do SO only by permission OF the
court, but occasionally lawyer goes
aboard who does not realize this fact
sailor who was charged with
gambling had retained an attorney to
get him off. This attorney, who had
never had such case before. went
brlskly into the officers wardrobe,
where the court was sitting, and
without waiting on ceremony began
to address the court In a clustering
manner.
Just minute" Interrupted the
presiding officer. "Who are your"
n am Mr.. Rudolph Smithers." the
attorney replied. "and am a member
of the Massachusetts bar"
"Oh, you are Mr.. Smithers, are
your continued the officer. Then
you are the man whom the orderly
wants to see." He called the orderly.
What does the orderly want of
me?" asked the attorney in a superior
tone.
Nothing very much" replied the
chief Justice; "he merely wants to
show you off the ship"
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20
GIVES BACK WHAT IS GIVEN
Life, In the Main, Is Just and Almost
Inevitably Returns Good
for Good.

The echo is the principle OF life.
You get back from the world the mes.
sage you give it.
Neither this nor arg other truth is
true In all particulars; very often
you receive evil for your good and
good for your evil, harsh words when
you sent forth only kindness, and In
justice In return for your deeds hon
est and well meant, but like all truths
1t is true in general.
In fact, the essence OF every truth
Is generalization which the mind
Is able to pick from mass of con.
fusing particulars.
world to you? Then very much fear
that you have given to it a selfish.
narrow, egotistic heart.
Is 1t a tolerably good sort of place,
and do you find men and women as a
rule Just an kindly disposed? You
must have been yourself an honest
and generous nature
Haven't you had days when every
thing seemed to go wrong? You said
you must have gotten out Of bed with
the wrong foot first You have
fumbled all you undertook. your fin
gers have been all thumbs, and ev-
eryoTa about you has seemed smit-
ten with the crouch.
In all this you have been but seeing
yourself as In a glass. 1t is your
ugly mood that dims the shining sur.
face OF a really pleasant world.
Nothing is so unerring as the total
universe, Time and nature seem now
and then slipshod. and do things un.
Just and uncalled for. but they al.
ways make it up in the long run and
pay every soul back hundred cents
on the dollar.-Woman's World.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-02-20
Cheerful Breakfasters.

People are nearly always nice when
one gets to know them and pierces
through the husks OF artificiality,
which they wear before The world. i
detest heaps Of people that l have
only met at dinner. but think l like
everybody that l have ever had break
fast with.-Ellen Thornycroft Fowler.