The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11

ain is comparatively Slnall. WIN lAe e->-
ception of London and Ireland, ana
personal safety in England and Scot
land is commendable on all sides.
The Emperor of Germany has no use
for the people of this country. Inc
story goes that in a letter to one OF the
English nobility about the Kiel fete he
wrote: There will be no Americans
present: - them ALL
Eastport, Maine, has a genuine new
woman. but Of type not likely to be-
come Fashionable. She regularly does
a mans work on woodpile, handling
the bucksaw and ak with all the Skill
Of the hardest male expert.
A property owner in st. Gall, Switzer-
land, has posted in all the kitchens of
his houses a notice that "the use Of
coal oil in starting kitchen fires is strict
ly prohibited, under fine Of 5 to so
francs, one-half to go to the informer."
Navy officials complain that it is hard
work to get the best seamen nowadays
for the reason that the private yachts
are able to command their services.
And yet the United States navy pays
its enlisted men better than any other
nation on earth.
A man was arrested in New York the
Other day for wearing women's cloth
ing. He says he is 81 years old, and,
with the exception Of a brief period,
never wore anything else than women's
garb. Then. he claims he was arrest
ed as woman masquerading as a
man.
The youngest member of the new
British parliament is 25 years old and
the oldest is 90. These figures may be
said to mark the limits of the age Of
public men in Great Britain. AS a rule
they begin earlier and they live longer
than public men in the United States.
In his address before the British Med
ical Associations congress. Henry
Morris said that the anatomy Of the
brain and nervous system had been al
most wholly rewritten during the past
ten years, all because of the new data
established by modern scientific inves,
tigation.
A pear grower in Blackshear has
made cider from his pear crop with
good results. The cider is sweet and
has very good flavor. If it is allowed
to ferment, hard cider results, which
resembles Rhine wine TO some degree
An excellent vinegar can also be made
from pear cider.
Monsoons are periodical winds which
sweep the northern part Of the Indiar
ocean. changing their direction after
an interval of about six months, an6
hence the term monsoon, the AnglicizeC
form of the Persian mousum, or the
Malay mossin. signifying q season, re
ferring to their periodicity.
Two newsboys of Syracuse, n. Y.
have been arrested for selling papers
in that city On Sundays According tc
an ordinance framed by an intelligent
member of the board Of aldermen. the
only persons authorized to sell newspa
pers on the first day of the week are
licensed yenders of milk.
Professor Emery e. Smith of Cali
fornia has succeeded in experiments il
cross fertilization in producing an en-
tirely new violet, highly scented ant
OF great beauty. In size the fiowe
covers an American silver dollar. 1T
color is a clear violet purple, whicl
does not fade The fragrance is yer,
powerful.
One Of the queerest clubs in tn
world is the Lazy Club" of Vienna
1t is said to have a membership of 1O
and there are thousands waiting fo
admission. No member of this organi
zation can do anything for living
and the slightest suspicion of worl
that rests on a member means his OK
pulsion.
An interesting illustration of the In
dian's clever horsemanship was giye]
| by young buck at Wilbur, Wash,
| few days ago. Carrying in his hand a,
ordinary cup brimful of water he rod
F, on a cayuse at full gallop the length O
| the main street and returned withou
| spilling SO much as drop of th
! water
| There is a curious society in Londo
| called the Grabbed Club" 1t is mad
up of men who have met with q erea
disappointment in life. and the clu
meets once a month. At these time
/ the meribers are not allowed to repea
their hard-luck stories, but on the COZ
trary, form merry company, and Ell
deavor for that time to forget thel
woes. -
The crows had been stealing the pea
Of Monroe, Maine, citizen Of inventiv
turn of mind. That gentleman trie
every known device to no avail. H
then as a last resort placed a chicke
coop among those pea vines and in th