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Chicago a Literary Center.

"You told me yesterday that Chicago
wasn't literary center, didn't you?"
demanded the Chicago man of his friend
from Boston.
eyes, that is what I said, replied
the Boston man.
You told me that we might have a
few fair newspaper writer's and few
Cheap John authors, but that couldn' t
find the name of crackerjack, bang
up poet like Oliver Wendell Holmes, for
instance, or Longfellow, or some Of
those other guys, in the whole city di-
rectory, didn't you?'' continued the Chi
cago man.
Eyes, I said something like that, !"
was the reply
"Well, you're way off, cully,'' went
on the Chicago man, pulling paper
out Of his inside pocket. 80. W. Holmes
lives over here on the West Side, in the
swell part of it, too-Ashland avenue.
We've got three or four Longfellows, a
score OF Lowells and column or more
OF Emersons. But that amt all. You IL
find in the directory dozen Walter
SCOTS, few Tennysons, about page
of Spencers, two Charles Dickenses, one
Thackeray and one Shakespeare Now,
what have you to say about Chicago's s
not being a literary center?''
Well, it's better than I thought, -
acknowledged the Boston man. 'Our
directory wouldn't show such a list of
illustrious names. Chicago Times
Herald.
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.lons and information relative to the
outles and salaries OF the different nosi.
s'ons' apply to H. G. CLARK,
Secretary
Adept u Soil Cultur. sys,.,,

Frank Weller, of this CITY is frn,
oelieVer In a good system of soil
culture and has been influential in pet.
'ing farmers to adopt the method In
letter TO the Lslcher Blade Nir WI
ler writes as follows:
IS. G. McCollom, who FORMERLY 20.
sloed near Mitchell, has now located
upon Ihe Clark farm. six miles east ~
Letcher. Mr.. McCollom is thoronoh h
iariner, and it is his attention tn nse
yn1 eterson compress roller and Hal
.ooh "eeoer and cultivator, and prac.
1lce q system OF frequent and shallow
culItVatlon OF ali growing crops. in.
o,uuins wheat and oats. The ground
WI Dc prepared in The usual way-
.he small grain sown broadcast and
the corn planted in usual manner. ey.
cepI the compress roller will be used
ooth before and after seeding. and the
entire growing crop, including wheat
ano oats, will be cultivated sufficiently
frequent to check the starting of ali
weeds and prevent crusts or cracks
forming, and thus keep the surface
covered with y shallow earth mulch
ana SO conserve the moisture to nour.
lsh the crop. from late in June until
ripe, no matter if the weather does be-
come hot and cry at this time. That
Is the object of this system, to keen the
moisture in the ground, for crops to
draw upon as needed should rains fail
US us before and during ripening time.
The foregoing will readily be recog-
nlzed as similar to the Campbell sys-
tenn OF soil culture, which is reputed to
nave been SO successfully pursued in
different parts of the Dakotas and Me-
braska. Also another progressive
farmer. William Mcdowell, residing 10
miles southwest of Letcher, is also to
pursue the foregoing course of hus-
bandry.
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Sure Cure.

John, said Mrs 'S,uythe, with an
anxious touch i'll her voice, ST am wor-
ried to death about Gladys. You know
the child is not 10, and the way she is
beginning to lace is dreadful. Every
chance that comes she draws in the stays
and makes tiny waist for herself that
could put my two hands around.''
What did you say to her about it?"
asked Gladys papa, yawning.
"Say to her? Why, I told her that
she was injuring her constitution, de-
forming her figure, laying up lifelong
misery and probable surgical treatment
and everything could think of. -
Gladys papa laughed. "You went
about it the wrong way, my dear,'' he
remarked. "Just leave out all that
about deformity and constitution and
surgery, etc., and tell her that she is
growing red nose. That will fetch her.
See it it doesn't. ''-Philadelphia Press.
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Improving Upon Fiction,

"Around the World In Eighty Days.
was romancer's dream only few years
ago. Around the world in 80 days will
shortly be fact.
The Transsiberian railroad is the key
" the sc Gay problem, and the road
will be in operation, it is thought, by
1900.
The best possible connections at pres
ont will enable traveller to go around
the world in II days. The average time
is about one third more. Perhaps the
shortest cut would be this: New York
to Southampton, Southampton to Brin-
disi, by way of the Suez canal, Red sea,
ETC., to Yokohama; Yokohama to San
Francisco, and thence over the Ameri.
can continent by rail
The itinerary over the Transsiberian
route would be as follows: New York
to Bremen, days; Bremen to ST. Pc
tersburg, ~ days; st. Petersburg to
Vladivostok, 81 days; Vladivostok to
San Francisco 8 days; San Francisco
to New York, 4 days; total 80 days.
Siberia lives in the popular mind as a
barren and desolate region. yet it is
rich in possibilities. Coal and iron and
the more precious metals are found
there in abundance. The short summer
is long enough to admit of a good wheat
yield.
To develop this portion of its great
domain is one of the motives that spur
Russia to the most gigantic railroad
feat of this century.
Nor does she mean that the new road
shall ever serve as path for the in
vader Other European tracks are stand
ard gauge The Siberian railroad is sew
eral inches wider, and i'll case Of war no
other nation will be able to switch en-
gines and cars on to the tracks and thus
convey troops to the interior. Youth s
Companion.
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roul.ney Bi.elow on German Education.

Poultney Bigelow on German Education.
The great era of German domination
in things mental was the era of COM
parative liberty, the age of Schiller and
Goethe. Today the universities, the
schools, the men cf ideas-they all live
too much IN the shade of officials A
historian like Mcnimsen d scientist like
Virchow, a political thinker like Del
bruck-such men are made to suffer po-
litical and social persecution. Germans
appreciate greatness but the German
government tolerates it not The great
man must be freeman, and a govern
ment of soldiers cannot endure freemen.
Germans are justly proud of their vast
army, their industrious and honest Off
clals, their excellent educational insti-
tutions 1t is all wonderful, but not to
my taste. Iwould rather live i'll a rough
country and carry u revolver than feel
that a policeman was always at my back.
We Americans may carry too far our
admiration for German education. And
this is directed particularly at parents
who think of sending their boys to
gymnasium or the university. The. Ger
man boy learns an enormous amount,
Out IL Is usually at the expense or his
health, and always at the expense of
time which should have been devoted to
canoeing, fishing, shooting or sailing.
Mr.. Edison once told me that he ad-
mired Germans very much as chemists;
that they were the only people patient
enough for that work; but, 50 far as
other useful knowledge was concerned,
he could say little for them And as we
all know, Edison is an expert on the
subject Of labor value
There are several things which Ger
many could never have production
instance, Golden, Abraham Lincoln,
Henry Ward Beecher and Thomas Edi-
sou. --Harper's Weekly
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H",neseekers Excursion.

May 4th and 18th, 1897, the c., ST. P.
NJ. u o. Ry. will sell Homeseekers Ex-
curslon tickets, to certain territory, at
one fare for the round trip The terri
tory TO which tickets will be sold in
cludes nearly all south and south
western states Extreme limit of tick
cts will be q days from date of sale.
For any further information call on or
address G. L. MCKINLEY, Agent.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Will Dodson has improved the ap-
pearance Of his tonsorial parlors by pa
pering.
Mayor Fullerton went to Armour and
Sioux City Monday morning and will be
absent about week.
Editor Clough of the Egan Express
was in The city as a witness in land
contest case before the land office.
Mrs. Marie Gilbert, who moved to
Louisiana about year ago, and was d
former resident of this city, was mar
ried at high noon Wednesday, a. Ham
mond, TO William Bulzing.
Rev. Frank Durant returned from
Parker Tuesday evening where he held
services Sunday. Mr.. Durant has had
shipped here from Alexandria large
organ which will be used in ST. Marv's
church hereafter.
Corles Newbury furnished the flow
ers and bouttenieres for The Aberdeen
Sir Knights on Easter Sunday and re-
ceived highly commendatory letter
from Eminent Com mander Hauser, ac-
knowledging the good service and the
fine flowers for the occasion.
Z. A. Bidwell received a telegram
Tuesday evening from the United
States marshal requesting him to ap-
Lof IL
Mr.. Bidwell went over to Sioux Falls
Wednesday in response to the tele-
gram.
The Scotland base ball team will
come to Mitchell next Monday after,
noon and play match game of ball
with the University team, game to be
called between and o'clock on the
campus adjoining the University. Both
clubs are strong and very interesting
game will likely result.
There was quite change in the
weather from Tuesday to Wednesday
Tuesday was quite warm, the thermom.
eter standing at So above, with a very
strong wind from the southeast. About
o'clock in the evening rain began fall
ing and Wednesday was chilly, warming
up trihe in the afternoon.
| "Unknown'' at the Grand opera house
Friday evening, with the assistance Of
local dramatic talent, has painted some
new scenery for the house, which will
be seen for the trst time in this drama,
Mr.. Bass is quite An artist in this line
and his work is highly praised by those
who have seen it. Other improve
ments are being made at the house
which will be appreciated. Geo. Nun
ger is painting the woodwork in the
house and the seats in the balcony are
being raised so that the stage will be
in full view, all of which is highly com
mendatory on the part OF Manager
Gale.
| The University students resumed
work on their quarter-mile track west
o: the University Wednesday, the
rain having put the ground in excel.
lent condition for working. The gym
nasium, which the students have
commenced to build, and which they
expect to have completed by the time
the athletic association meets here in
| Nav, is coming along nicely, the found
alton, 24x5O, being finished and the boys
expect TO commence on the building al
once. Information already received il
to the effect that nearly all the colleges
in the state will have representatives
at the athletic meeting.
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Nankton and the Bass Drum.

Il Since the Salvation Army established
aiself at Yankton, efforts have been
made by various people to shut off the
bass drum and one party had the Off
&ers arrested for violating the city Or
Finance. Sioux Falls has alsu had
experience in this line
nd the Argus.L Leader offers Yankton
5he following bit of advice concerning
She bass drum matter:
4 The city of Yankton is just now in
fhe midst OF u light which was maue
Some years ago in Sioux Falls and
Which has been made ia hundreds OF
Gowns and cities before aud since with
put success-au attempt 10 mutfle the
Salvation Army drum. The Salvation
Army people will fight for their drum
Is quick as patriot will for his flag or
q loyal son for his mother. The drum
as part CT the worship and between
Pie Salvation Army and city councils
Rnd nervous people stands that noble
document for which millions of people
Ewould fight if necessary, the constilu-
Etlon OF the United States. The Yank-
Bon case arises not in a desire to perse
eute the army. The Yankton Press
pays that for the most part the people
p ankton are friendly to the army
|and are not disposed to attempt to put
r stop 10 street demonstrations. The
complaint is made by family which
lives next door to the army barracks,
|and If the decision is favorable to the
army the family will be compelled to
Emove, as the wife, a nervous woman, is
|kept awake and disturbed nightly by
E1ne army's drums and shouting. The
legal rights of the army have been
pretty clearly and very often defined.
u Is not at all likely that the drum can
|oe sllenced, and the only alternative
seems to be for the family in question
10 seek more quiet quarters.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
The Man Washington.

Lecturing On Washington before the
Buffalo Contemporary club, Professor
Moses Colt Tyler of Cornell said that,
while the great Virginian's reputation
as soldier and statesman was safe, he
was in real danger from the humorists
of the future. This was owing to the
fact that Washington, the real man, had
never been very we'll known and is now
almost forgotten, having been replaced
in the popular mind by a myth type al
most equally compounded of the heroic,
the priggish and the stiauesque Too
often he was spoken of as person who
never said a naughty word, never did a
naughty thing who cut down that
cherry tree with his own little hatchet,
who never lied, apparently because he
could not, who never laughed out loud,
who never swore, whose behavior was
always dignitied and proper, and whose
conduct was always such as might be
expected of the good little boy in the
Sunday school. These myths of exag-
geration and idulation had their origin
in the extraordinary qualities of the
man, his extraordinary achievements
and the gratitude Of the republic Which
he was instrumental i'll founding Mod
est, reserved and generally grave, the
statement that he never laughed or
smiled during the war of the Revolution
had been shown to lie false. Underlying
these myths were DISC CytFcl Washing.
ton s great reserve, forl.:a!!.ty, thorough
ness and self ccntrcl. New York Times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Te,nperMture.

,.,n or normal temperature. % de
ess. ,o.-
T,ho warmest month was that OF 1887
4 h an average OF " degrees.
krha co]dest month was that of 1855
N an average OF so degrees
Erhs highest temperature was ~ de
! lees on 20, 1856 and 1894.
Fine lowest temperature was - de
: lees on /. 1889.
EAverage date on which first killing
Eost occurred in autumn, Septemh her IL
average date on which last killing
h., occur. d 10 spring, May II.
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average for the mouth. 3 Ul inches.
Average number of daps with .0l of
inch or more, IL.
The greatest monthly precipitation
as & 03 inches in 1892.
The least monthly precipitation was
43 inches in 1894.
The greatest amount of precipitation
,corded in any "a consecutive hours
AS y inches on l6, IL, 1882.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30

Not only acute lung troubles, which
may prove fatal in few days, but old
chronic coughs and throat troubles may
receive immediate relief and be per-
manently cured by One Minute Cough
Cure L. o. Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30

Group aud whuoping cough are
hldhood's terrors: but like pneumon
D. bronchitis and other throat and
nng troubles, can be quickly cured by
Sing One Minute Cough Cure. l.. O..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30

Philetas, poet of Cos, il the third
century B. c., was Of such diminutive
size that his acquaintances humorously
said of him that he was obliged to carry
weights of lead i'll his clothing to pre-
vent himself from being blown away.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
His Arlny Talk.

Hicks-Tell me frankly, when
Smoothebore gets to telling his army
experiences don't you sometimes wish
he was dead?
Wicks-The ideal No, indeed; but
sometimes wish that the war had oc-
CURED SO years earlier.-Boston Tran
script
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wind.

The prevailing winds have been from
le southeast.
The highest velocity OF the wind was
miles from the southeast on the
1894
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30


"'ted States Civil Service Examin alton
Inc United States Civil Service Com
mission has ordered that AN examina-
'oa pe held by its local board in this
Guy on Saturday. June 5, 1897, com
Naenclng at . O'clock u. m.. for grades
" e'erk aud carrier in the postal SER
,''e' Only citzans of the United
'Va'eS can be examined. The age limi-
''''olls lor this examination are as fol-
'o"S: Minimum, clerk IS, carrier 81;
maximum clerk, no limit, carrier 40.
,'o appilcatlon will be accepted for this
examination unless filed with the uu-
a''s'gned, on the proper blank, before
s'e nours OF closing business on Mon
u'S May -, 1897. Applications should
70 NIed promptly in order that time
m may remain for correction if necessary.
=, ~ commission takes this opportunity
VI statlng that the examinations are
n.' In 70 all reputable citizens of the
~ ''oo o'ates who may desire to enter
49,, -. service, without regard to race or
,i. ."eir political or religious affilia
All such citiZe ns are invited to
a5 lp'S. lhey shall be examined, grad.
i,r Suu certified with entire impartial.
coa.;a anu wholly without regard to any
E'ora'lon .ha. save their efficiency, al
evaa! ~ the grades they obtain in the
'ppllcation blanks, full instruc
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Poor Consolation.

The F1iend-Dion the parson S visit
console you?
The Widcwer-Hc's a poor land at
consolation.
The F1iend-Why, what did he say?
The Widowcr-Said she wasn't t dead,
but gone before. illustrated Bits.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
clouds and weather.

Average number of clear days, g.
arlly cloudy days, IA: cloudy days. 8.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30

When cold is contracted, cure it at
once One minute Cough Cure will set
you on the road to recovery in min
"'e' 1t will cure pneumonia, bronchit-
is' Group and all forms of lung and
throat troubles. L. o. Gale.
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nvE HISTORICAL WEATHER.

,,rr D.,a of May for the
Past Fifteen Years.
h.. following data. covering a per.
If ffteeu years. have been compil'
~, the Weather Bureau records
49,, South Dakota. for the month ol
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30

|, ,,, ar normal temperature, % d.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-20
Sutton

A CARD.-We, the undersigned, do here
by agree to refund the money on a 50-cent
bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar
if it fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
BARRON & HAMBLET, Barton.
II. G. PIERCE. ~-
D. w. HILDRETH, Barton landing
II. S. WEBSTER, g
A. E. ANDERSON, Glover.
NJ. B. CHAFEY, Albany.
1T. URIE, Craftsbury.
A. PADDOCK, No. Craftsbury.
@. w. WHEELER, Irasburgh.
j. FRANK RUGGLEs, West Burke.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-20
CALEDONIA COUNTY.


pass in charge of the primary.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
HardWick.
Preparations for the dedication of the
new library building are being made. 1t
will be dedicated Dec. So.
Martin Fay is very ill with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Will Bunker is i'll with nervous
| prostration.
The Klondike fever has broken out IN
| this place. 1t is presumed that record OF
| the winters starvation may cure some of
| the victims.
Charles Strickland was badly hurt by a
falling tree in the woods recently. He was
struck on the head by a falling limb, re-
ceiving a bad scalp wound and injury to
his back.
An interesting union service was held
here on Sunday evening under the auspices
of the w. G. T. u. Mrs. Reed delivered a
very excellent address on the different
branches of the work.
WheelOck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis WEIGH returned
home from Springfield last Wednesday.
Funeral services of Mrs. Bradley were
held at the church Saturday. Revs. Gorse
and Hatch officiating.
The Ladies' Aid will hold social at the
parsonage Dec. 22d, afternoon and even
ing. All are cordially invited.
Miss Georgia Leonard from Oxford
Mass, and Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. A.
Ward from st. Johnsbury were here to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Horace Bradle
Sutton.
Our people extend very cordial greet
ing to Mrs. Emily (Quimby) Parker, who
recently became the wife of our esteemed
citizen, Deacon Coryden Parker. Mrs
Parker is from Sugar Hill, n. H., where
B. church. The marriage rite was per-
formed by Rev. S. S. Nickerson, well
known here, both as a teacher and preach
er.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-20
DIED.

In Wheelock, Dec. 16, Mrs. Horace Bradley
In Wheelock, Dec. 10, w. T. Aldrich, aged
rs years.
In Albany, Dec. IA, John Clark, aged 76 yrs
months.
In Morgan, Dec. 16, Mrs. Lucy Wilcox aged
II years 2 months.
In Providence, R. l., Dec. 8, only daughter
of +. P. Ellis, aged 10 years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-20

Alice Gilbert is teaching in Lowell.
The winter term of the village school
commenced last week with Miss Elva
Parkhurst of n. Troy in charge of the
higher department., and Miss Dolly Trum-
pass in charge of the primary.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-20
UNDERWEAR-
BOYS SHORT PANT SUITS.


BOYS SHORT PANT SUITS.
line is full from CSC
$3.50. We defy competition on this line.
MEMS DRESS GLOVES.
back kid plain kid with wr,cheap
FANCY BOSOM SHIRTS.
during a 45c, 81. 90. H. i, @ 81,
MEMS FLANNEL and JERSEY OVERSHIRTS -. ..1oa
$1.5Okin inc will a a uniform of
each while Others at less here If
goods and will be sold prices named
The
goods before quoted Freeze
first Check the numbers
with thus aiding to find goods
more quickly
Hook up Kate and drive in, furnish htChinS posts free
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-16

part of the afternoon. When they got
ed away on her journey to the Fijis
The skipper was interviewed by an
Advertiser reporter shortly after land
ing and from him received the follow
ing story:
I'VE are bound for the Solomon
group where we intend to start col
ony. We mean business and are not
going there just for fun as it has
pleased some of the newspaper to term
it. There are just a hundred of US
fifteen men in the crew and eighty-five
others, and each one owns an equal
part in the Percy Edwards.
''The scheme of going to the Fijis to
form a colony was first conceived four
months ago by G. L. Reinhardt, car
penter born of American parents in
New Mexico. He set the ball rolling
by advertising for hundred men to
go along, nor was it long before he
had the requisite number and these,
all from the State of California.
Matters were hurried along and the
Percy Edwards, built in Boston, Mass,
81 years ago, was purchased from a
whaling company in San Francisco and
completely fitted out for the eXpedi-
ton. Stores. farm tools, carpenters
tools. handy articles of all kinds, musi-
cal instruments galore and in fact
everything necessary to the starting
of colony in the South Seas.
I'VE set sail from San Francisco on
February 25th with the idea of just
simply sighting these islands and then
sailing away. straight for the Fijis.
When we got close it was found that
there was hardly enough canvas TO last
throughout the trip and then several
leading articles were needed so we put
into Honolulu.
1T is very possible that we will call
at the New Hebrides first, there to
wait until the hurricane season in Fiji
has ceased. When we go TO the latter
place we shall proceed straight to the
residence of the Governor there TO hold
a conference with him. Several of US
have written letters to him in regard
to our proposed colonization scheme,
but answers have not yet been re-
ceived.
eve shall land on the Solomon ISL
ands and start in TO building and culti-
waiting the land at once. OF course we
shall try all means possible to deal
peacably with the natives. We shall
make il understood to them that we
come with no idea of preaching relig-
ion to them. but of making a home.
OF course if they refuse to have any