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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-18
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From ~ W
One week ago tonight, after an anx-
iOuSsyigil of thirty hours, the writer
q @stoodat the deathbed of one who lad
n beensa brother in fact as well as in
name brother in kindly, helpful
@ ASyrnpathy, in large generosity, in pure
where mutual interests
4 were involved. You who knew John Z.
Crennan in the earlier days when, full
jS;sof life and energy and ambition, he
scastlhls lot here in Mitchell, have not
N sssSknOWn him so we'll in the later years
COT his broadening manhood. You
knew him as the energetic young man,
having always an eye to the main
chance, and fully able to cope with all
4 Aasthe world in his efforts to get start
for himself. We knew him better as
II the dutiful son, the helpful brother,
4 the considerate husband, the proud
2 father, whose affections after his sore
bereavement of two years ago seemed
Ito center on the lovely little one that
4 was left to cheer his heart. We knew
u him, too, in the more recent years, as
4 the successful business man, growing
more and more jealous of his honor,
becoming more and more public-spir-
( tied as fortune favored him, and de-
I veloping happy faculty of drawing
! everv one with whom he had business
u relations close to him as friend. No
3 worthy enterprise that might help
build up his town or his state but
found in him willing and substantial
promoter; no needy soul, whether
havinga claim on him or not, was ever
turned away empty-handed. His part
/ in all public enterprises was we'll
known; but his private charities no
man heard of save through the CRATE
full ulrecipients thereof, for he let not his
I right hand know what its fellow did.
4 Since his death all classes have
Joined In generous and deserved trib
ute to his memory. yet no laurel wreath
at the hands of his fellow citizens and
business associates could crown him
with greater honor than was signi-
fed in the tears which coursed down
the cheeks Of one poor German in
Yankton, whose bright, ambitious boy
John had taken into his office to give
him start in the world, and who
himself had been materially helped
when financial ruin stared him in the
face.
Yet John has gone-cut down on
the very Threshold Of career which
promised unusual brilliancy and great
service to every interest in this new
state; gone to join the beloved young
wife, whose early death cast a gloom
over his soul which only those nearest
\ him could realize; gone forever as we
\ count the things of this world, and
left avoid in the hearts of those who
knew him8best, the pain of which time
may perhaps deaden a little, but can
never remove.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-18

"A. y. 1ageE presented OIL OF $4,
90 for recording q mortgage, which
was rejected.
Voted to grant auction license to
M. Fl. Ward for one year.
S. Dwight sheriff delivering ballot
boxes serving notices etc November
election $3.50 allowed 1884 .O5
Refunding orders were issued to re-
deem the S. w. 4 section 1s-1o1-6o
-69.71
Lots Block Applegates addition to
City of Mitchell, s2O6 erroneous sale.
To w. M. Smith $3S 70 to correct
erroneous payment on the S. W. a g.
1912.
The Auditor was instructed to can
eel refunding order No. 173 new one
having been issued instead.
Adjourned to A. M. Tuesday.
End day session called to order at 8
o'clock. Present H. Mccormick, H. B.
Anderson, j. 3. Davis and John Ham
mitt.
Proceeded in settlement with treas
urer.
Adjourned to 1880 p. m.
Afternoon session called to order at
1870.
Settlement with treasurer continued.
Adjourned to a. m. Wednesday.
3rd day. Wednesday January Sth
called to order at 8 a. NJ, present Nc
Cormick, Anderson, Davis and Ham
mitt.
The board having examined the
treasurer's books and semi-annual re-
port and found the statement correct
hisvouchers to agree with the same
and having counted his money and
found that he had on hand the amount
| called for by his balances. Accepted
his report.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-18

Joseph Koch groceries -. 80 so
Knowles Pitwood & Co same. IL 23
F ID Tyler care Co CHARGE. % OF
Deck & Edgely Mdse Co poor. 10 23
G w Hunter meat =. 20 4S
Minnie johnson care Co charge 90 90
j w Belcher meat Co poor.... 90
Thompson Bros coal ...... 3 45
j Hotenberg care Co charge. 800
S II Scallin stationery ....... 90
Pat Coyne labor. r... 20
Booth Bros hardware ....... 90
L A Amsden drayage. ....." 80
g w Davis lumber. As
Leyake Lumber Co rent of Of
fee and fuel for election. 800
Levake Lumber Co lumber. 85
B p Bennett labor on road.... 4 so
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-18

Treasurer's Statement.
TERRITORIAL AND STATE FUND.
July l, 1889, to bal on hand, S 131 IS
Jan 1, 1890, to collected to
date. e................ 1881 .9S
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-18

Annual session of the board OF
County Commissioners of Dawson
unity, South Dakota.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12
THE KrysH1p OF CHRISTIANS.

Christ said: "Whosoever shall do the
will OF my Father, which is in heaven, the
same is my brother and sister aud mother"
How comprehensive and inclusive this is
1t apeaks Of vital kinship which exists be-
tween the unnumbered hosts Of Gods peo-
pie in all the world. There IS q spiritual
unity, unseen by the natural eye, which per-
vades the vast company of the redeemed OF
God.
DR.. Joseph Parker of London says: 1.-THE
Christian religion never divides men-neyer
splits up the human family and belittles our
human relations. The Christian religion
would have US all brought into q common
sympathy, united by common spirit of 10y
atty to the sLme saviour. Be no
longer strangers and foreigners, but OF the
household of God. We are not Isolated in
dividuals; we grasp hands with the ages,
the glorious company of the apostles, the
holy band Of the prophets before them, the
noble army of martyrs uniting them both,
the holy church, throughout all the world
this is the household of God.
.'Beauteous picture! Tender relationship!'
And how sacred ought such relationship to
be held! Think of the great truth that this
kinship was made possible only by the Life
blood of the Son Of God! His blood runs,
as it were in the spiritual veins of all who
are his true brethren and sisters: surely,
this fact ought to make all Christians love
each other with true and tender and for
bearing love. Let us strive to show that We
are worthy of such q kinship.-[ Rev. c. H.
Metherbee..
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Indian Tribes OF the Amazon.

Indian tribes of the Amazonian River
Purus, the Pammarys are described by
DR.. P. Ehrenreich as being pure water
men. Most of their life is spent in their
canoes, and they are conspicuous by
popularity of their skin, which is covered
with black and white spots that cause
many of them to look as if they were
dappled. The same skin affection exists
among other tribes of the western ANA
IONS, and is very mysterious. The
Pammarys are industrious collectors of
caoutchouc and copaiva, and have pro-
vided themselves with many European
articles of commerce. The Jamamadis
make their homes in the forests; are
without knowledge of navigation; are
clever agriculturists; avoid trade with the
settlers, and seldom leave their dense
forests. They are still an uncorrupted,
hospitable, frank, natural people. Their
principal weapon is the blow-pipe, dis
charging poisoned arrows. The most
important nation on the Purus are the
Ipurinas, or Cangiti, who dwell in
numerous hordes, under different names,
in the head-water regions. They are a
proud, warlike race, of vindictive dis
positions, cunning and treacherous.
They are still partly anthropophagous.
Domestic animals are rarely kept among
them; tobacco is taken as snuff; and
poisoned weapons are generally used. In
the region of the source of the Rio Acre
other Indian races of great interest to
ethnologists dwell, possessing richly
carved huts for ceremonies, stone figures
and idols. The caoutchouc trade, with
its reckless gains, exercises most dis
astrous effect upon the Indians; never
thelcss, that element might become Of the
highest importance to the immense but
thinly peopled province Of the Amazon,
if only a judicious and conscientious
treatment was adopted as the means OF
bringing the aoorigines within the bounds
of civ:lization.-Popular Science Monthly
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Why an Iceberg Floats.

Iceberg floats for the same reason that
the lump of ice in the pitcher remains
upon the surface, because its specific
gravity is not so great as that OF the
water surrounding it; in other words,
ice is lighter than water. This lightness
is caused by air being imprisoned in the
water, and in the ice as it is forming
Water shrinks in cooling until it reaches
about thirty-nine degrees Fahrenheit.
From this point it expands as it cools
until the freezing point is reached, at
which time the ice occupies o space
about one-eleventh greater than its foS-
mer bulk of water. An iceberg shows
only about one-eighth of its bulk; one
800 feet high extends over 5000 feet into
the water below.-Boston Cultiuator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12
PRACrICkL RELIGION.

Practical Religion will yet rectify mech
ani>m and toll 4 time will come when q
man will work as faithfully by the job as he
does by the day. You say when a thing is
slightly done, 'Oh, that was done by the
iol." You can tell by the swiftness or
slowncss with which n hackman drives
whether he is hired by the hour or by the
excursion Ii he is hired by the hour he
drives very slowly so rs to make as many
hours rs possible. lfhe is hired by the eX-
cursion he whips up she horses SO Us to get
around and get another customer.
All STYLES of work have to be Inspected
Ships inspected, horses inspected, machinery
INSPECTED. Boss 10 watch the journeyman.
CAPITALIST coming down unexpectedly to
watch the boss. Conductor of city ear
sounding the bell-punch to prove his homes,
ty as q passenger hands TO him clipped
nickel. All things must be watched and in.
specled. Imperfections in the wood covered
with putty. Garments warranted to last
llntil you put them on the third time.
Shoddy in all kinds of clothing.
Ch,omos. Pnrhbeck. Diamonds for
a dollar and half. Bookbindery
that holds on until You reatl the third chap
ter. Spawned horses, by skiIf!l dose of
Jockeys for several days made to look Spry.
Wagon tires poorly put on. Horses poorly
shod. plastering that cracks without any
provocation and falls off. Plumbing that
needs to he p!umbe lmpel feet car-Wheel
that hats the whole train with hot box.
So little practical religion i'll the mechanism
of The world The law of man will never
rectify these things. 1t will be the all-per.
yading influence of the practical religion of
Jesus Christ that will make the change for
the better .-fTaImage.
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The Topsy-turvy Japs.

Located as they are on the other side
of the earth, what wonder is it that the
Japanese should do things in fashion
that looks contrariwise to us2 At any
rate, this is indeed the case, and I will
enumerate q few illustrations of the topsy-
turvy way in which they do things in
that remote and remarkable land. The
Japanese books begin upon the page
where our books end; the page which We
call the title page they utilize for the
colophon or fnis. In the subscription
of letter the japanese begin with the
name of the country to which the letter
is to be sent; then follows the city, then
the local address, and, finally, the name
of the receiver, thus: America, Illinois,
Chicago, 112 Jones street, Smith, John.
This, after all, makes an easier job forthe
postofice employes-this descent from
the general into the particular. In Japan
babies are carried not in the arms but
upon the back. Etiquette compels the
removal of the shoes rather than the dot-
tinp of the hat. Boats are stranded with
their sterns, inseead Of their prows, on
the shore. Instead of saying northeast,
or southwest, the japanese say east.north
or west-south. Wine is always drunk
before, not after, dinner, and sweets are
served before the substantial viands OF
meal. In all books the foot-notes occur
at the top of the page; keys turn to the
left, carpenters plane toward the body IN
stead of outward, and in cash accounts
the fipures are written first and the cor
responding item next. The Japanese
mount the horse from the right side, the
harness is fastened in all parts on that
side. and the name is brushed and made
to grow that way. In his stall the horse
is placed with his head outward and his
food is always served at the stable door
from a tub. In Japan women fall IN love
with actors, but never o man with an
actress. Among japanese women the
penchant is to sew on laces, cuffs, and
frills topsy-turvy and wrong side OUT
Chica1o Neps.
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NTUCS SAITH THE LORD"

The following from the London Common
wealth could be read to advantage by some
preachers on this side of the Atlantic. ''He
that hath dream let him tell dream" in
the proper place, and with the honest dec.
laration that 1t is a dream. But lie who is
the ambassador for Christ, sent with offers
of mercy and forgiveness to rebels under
condemnation, stands in too sacred re'a-
ton to God and to immortal souls to trit1e
away his time in such pucrile and ruinous
folly: as the rehearslng of learned specu 10
tons about the origin Of evil or the evolu-
tions of creatures or post-mortem proba-
ton. He has pressing truths to declare, im-
peratiye demands to make, and solemn ac-
counts to render.
He stands between the living and the
dead; the destroying angel is OH the wing,
and it is only the sprinkied. blood that can
save. These are fearful realities, requiring
instant attention, and If he is true to bis
Master, to himself, and to his audience, he
will not turn aside ke the prophet of Judah,
at the invitation of any theory, however
plausible, to say word that cannot have the
support Of ''Thus saith the Lord" Thus
only can he save himself aid those who hear
him.
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THERE Is SOMETHING WRONG.

There is something wrong if the members
Of your family have to hear you talk III G ass
meeting to find out that you are Christian.
There is something wrong if the people in
your employ speak OF You as an old sklnf1lnt.
There is something wrong If you never 60
to church except when you feel like it. -,
There Is something wrong If you don't
know to-day whether you would 60 to heaven
or not in case of death.
There is something wrong if you don't pay
your debts, if you are able to-.
There is something wrong il you are al
ways splitting hairs with the Lord in money
matters.
There is something wrong if you never
mention the name Of Jesus outside ofprayer
meeting.
There is something wrong if you never
pray except when you have to.
There is something wrong II you never go
to church in bad weather.
There is something wrong If you haven't
got any more religion today than you had
ten years ago.
PLere is Something wrong if you feel spite
ful whenever You see another woman wear
ing q better hat than you do.
There is something wrong ifyou never tell
your husband you are sorry you bloWed him
up for coming into the house with muddy
boots on.
There is something wrong if You are not
a gcCd deal more anxious about getting
other people to heaven than you are to get
there yourself RAMS Horn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12
THE LORDS DAY.

Many pleasurable enioyments are proper
on the secular days OF the week. in which
Christians can and do engage without pref
udice to their Christian profession. But
when their convictions oblige them to object
to these things OH their sacred day, ought
not their scruples to be regarded? 1t must
be remembered who these persons are. They
are the supporters of good government; tLey
are law-abiding citizens; they are those who
seek the welfare of their fellow.men, and
world not deny to others the benefit of their
scruples touching any matter, so long as the
general interests of society and tie convlc-
tons of the majority are not unnecessarily
tramp!cd upon. -,
1t is on this ground that Christians should
be heard in reference to all forms of Sab
bath desecration so common during the
summer months. They object to NIL things
that obstruct sacred work in behalf Of others;
in training the youth in virtuous principles,
and in efforts to rescue the d1unkard from
his evil habits. 1t is safe to afirm-and we
are more and more strengthened in this be-
lief-that the workiDg-man owes the preser-
vation of his weekly rest-day to this very
class that is, to those who hold that this is
the Lords day, and are endeavoring to act
in accordance with that tonviction.-[New
York Christian advocate.
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A Cheerful Old Pickpocket.

For fine and cheerful old pickpocket
commend me to Karl lehman, aged
scventy-fve years, who was condemned
recently in Berlin, Germany, to three
years. imprisonment for stealing q lady,s
nurse while she was fourishing her hand
kerchicf at the Emperor during the pa.
rade of the guards. Lehman remarked
with dignity, more in sorrow than IN
anger, when he heard the sentence; 81
have served the State faithfully during
thirty-fiye years imprisonment and am
obliged to you that it is three and not
six wears. shall no doubt survive this
sentence and get liberated In time to Sc
cure an honest mans burial. " Chicago
Ne,0S.
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THE TONGUE.

''The homeless tongue, so small and weak,
Can crush and KILL" declared the Greek.
''The tongue destroys greater horde"
The Turk asserts, "than does the sword"
The Persian proverb wisely saith,
"a lengthy tongue-an early DEATH
Or sometimes takes this form instead:
Don't let your tongue cut off your head"
''The tongue can speak word whose speed, y
Say the Chinese, ''outstrips the steed"
While Arab sages this impart:
1.-THE tongues great storehouse is the heart
From Hebrew wit the maxium sprung,
Though feet should slip, ne'er let tbs
tongue"
The sacred writer crowns the whole,
Eho keeps his tongue doth keep his soul.'
-New York World.
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JUST after midnight, q compositor in
she Office of the Bombay Gazette, who
had been for three weeks on spree,
imagined he heard a strange noise.
Looking at window over his head, he
saw huge cobra slowly entering the
composing room. He imagined that
the vision was caused by an attack Of
delirium tremens, and that the snake
was merely the product of a diseased
brain. Still he was so terrified that he
had to scream. His cry brought his
associates to his rescue, and the snake
was killed with On iron bar.
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THEODORE TILToN is described by a
lady who recently saw him in the new
Salon in Paris. He has grown stout,
and his long white hair was pushed
behind his ears, and his face had rest
full look peculiar to men of leisure. He
was sauntering around, seemingly un-,
concerned about people or pictures, and'
only caring to while away moment OF
ennIli (,
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CyRrs W. FIELD carries two watches,

Cyrus W. FIELD carries two watches,
one a cheap affair, which he uses, and
the other timepiece worth $1,000, a
gift of friend, which he never takes
from its fob, because, his friends say, he
dislikes vulgar show. People who have
read in the newspapers two-column &C.
counts of the dinners which Cyrus now
and then gives to few hungry lords in
London, which accounts Cyrus cables
over very carefully at his own cost, will
be glad to know that he is so free from
the petty vice Of vanity.
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RELIGIOUS READING.

THIS IS NOT YOUR REST.
Not in this weary world of ours
Can perfect rest be found;
Thorns mingle with the fairest flowers,
Even on cultured ground
Earth's pilgrim still his loins must gird
To seek lot more blcst,
And this must be his onward word
I'm heaven alone is rest"
- Bernard Barton.
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Even the caterpillar has to hump
himself if he wants to make any pro-
gress. ...'
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and David and JACOB anu JoSnua anu oonn
and Jesus.
At last between two trees got a glimpse
of a river and said, what is that" "Ihe
Jordan" was the quick reply. And all along
the line which had been heightened by otner
pilgrims some from America, and some from
Europe, and some from Asia, the cry was
sounded 1.-The Jordan? The Jordan! Hun
dreds of thousands Of pilgrims have chanted
on its banks and bathed in its waters Many
of them dip wet gown in the waves and
wiring it out and carry it home for their own
shroud. It is an impetuouS stream ana
rushes on as though it were fastening to tell
its story to the ages. Many an explorer has
it whelmed and many boat has IL wrecked
Lieut. Moloneaux had copper bottomeu
crafts split upon its shelvinSs. Only one
beat, that of Lieut.. Lynch, ever hVed 70
sail the whole length OF it. At the season
when the SHOWS on Lebanon melt the rage
of this stream is like Conemaugh when
Johnstown perished, and the wild beasts
that NAV be near run for the hills, explaining
what jeremiah says, Behold, he shall go up
like a lion from the swelling or JORDAN:
No river so often changes its mind, for 1t
turns and twists, travelling two hundred
miles to do that which in a straight line
might be done in sixty miles. Among banks
now low, now high. now on rocks, now OF
sand, laving the feet OF the tereblntlS ana
oleanders and acacias aud reeds and pls-
tachios and silver poplars. This river mar
ries the Dead Sea to Lake Gallilee, and did
ever SO rough a groom take the hand of SO
fair bride?
This is the river which parted to let an
army of two million Israelites across. Here
the skilled major general of the Assyran
host at the seventh plunge dropped his lep-
rosy not only by miraculous cure, but srg-
eesting to all ages that water, and plenty
Of it, has much to do with the sanitary i'm
provement Of the world. Here is where
scme theological students Of Elisha's time
wers cutting trees with which to huild a
theological seminary, and an axe head, not
sufficiently wedged to the handle, flew Or
into the river and sank, and the young
man deplored not so much the loss OF the
axe head as the fact that it was not his own,
and cried, "Alas it was borrowed" and
the prophet threw a stick into the river, and
in defiance of the law Of gravitation the iron
axe head came to the surface and toated
like cork upon the water, and kept noat-
ing until the young man caught it, A mir
acle performed to give one an opportunity
to return that which was borrower, ana 9
rebuke In all ages for those who borrow ana
never return, their bad habit in this respecg
40 established that it would be miracle II
they did return it. Yea, from the bank OF
this river Elijah took team OF fire, showing
that the most raging element Is servant OF the
good, aud that there is no need that g ooiia