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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27

Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, Sick
headache. sallow skin and loss oi
appetite. You have never tried De.
Wits Little Early Risers for these
complaints or you would have been
cured. They are small pills but grea,
regulators. L. o. Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27

II you have ever seen little child in
paroxysn OF whooping cough, or if you
have been annoyed by constant tickl-
ing in the throat, you can appreciate
the value Ct One Minute Cough Cure,
which gives quick relief. L. o.
Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27

Small precautions often prevent
great mischiefs. DeWitts Little
Early Risers are very small pills in
size, but are most effective in prevent
ing the most serious forms OF liver and
stomach troubles They cure con
stipation and headache and regulate
the bowels. L. o. Gale
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27
CIothe Yourself.

l represent three OF the largest cloth
ing houses in the country, and can
furnish either custom made or ready
made clothing from 25 to 80 per cent
cheaper than you can buy elsewhere.
guarantee fit and workmanship. Call
and see samples. Office frs, door
south of DR.. Tatman's Office.
NJ. BOICE,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27

Running sores; indolent ulcers and
similar troubles, even though o.
many years standing, may be cured
by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
1t sooths. strengthens and heals. It il
the great pile cure. L. O. Gale,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27
For Sale or Trade.

The Cottage hotel. situated at Mitch
ell, S. D.. has been established Is
years. On account of old age must dis
pose of property. Apply on premises
or address the proprietor.
JOHN GLEASON,
Mitchell, s. D.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27
Advertised Letters.

The following is list of the letters
remaining uncalled for in the Mitchell
postofice at the close Of the week end
ING auoust % 1907.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27

When calling for the above please say
advertised" If not called for in two
weeks they will De forwarded to the
dead letter Office.
SAML. T. GREEN. P. NJ.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-27

BADGER, Aug. 25.-Farmers are
busy stacking their grain.
Mr.. Young threshed last Saturday.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
Travelling with Profit.

That "the Ounce that goes to Rome
is not always the superior of "the
Ounce that stays at home" Is shown by
the following anecdote from Mr.. A. J.
G. Hare's "The Story of My Life"
Gibson, the eminent English sculptor,
used to relate with great gusto some
thing which happened to him when he
was travelling by diligence before the
time of railways.
He had got as far as the Mont Gents,
and while crossing it, entered into con.
versation with his fellow veteran
Engllshman, not an American. Gibson
asked where he had been, and he men
toned several places, and then said:
"There was one town l saw which |
thought curious, the name of which l
cannot for the life of me remember, but
l know 1t began with an r."
'Was it Roncigllone," said Gibson,
'or perhaps Radlcofani?" thinking of
all the unimportant places beginning
with h.
mo, no; 1t was much shorter name
"a one-syllable name. l remember we
entered 1t by a gate near very big
church with lots of pillars In front of
It, and there was a sort Of square with
two fountains"
You cannot possibly mean Rome?'
"Oh, yes, Rome-that was the name
of the place."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
HAWTHORNE, EsMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA MARCH "a 1897

turers in this country are the eelaora Ted
Dupont mills, Della ware; the American
Smokeless Powder Company's works.
at Pompton, N. j., and the California
Powder Company. All of these, 1t is
understood, expect to work on the Gov
ernment contracts as soon as the de-
tails of manufacture are settled.
The Illustrations herewith published
show the general works of the Amerl-
can smokeless Powder Company, the
mixing machines, and the range for
testing the initial velocity of the pow
der, using six-pounder gun. When the
gun is fired the projectile cuts wire
In a screen Immediately in front of the
muzzle.. Then it cuts another similar
screen 100 feet further along. These
wires have electrical connections that
record the exact time in which the shell
trayerses the distance between the
screens and thence the initial velocity
Is easily calculated.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

leading powder makers of this country
for the manufacture of a very large
quantity thereof, the formula being the
one developed by experts at the torpedo
station, Newport, R. l.
Among the varieties of smokeles
powder with which both the army and
the navy have made experiments there
are four general types: First, pow
der that is made wholly without nitro
glycerlne; second, one that contains 10
per cent. of nltro-glycerine; third, one
that contains 20 to 80 per cent. of nitro
glycerlne, and one that contains 40 per
cent. or more Of nitro-glycerine.
The English are using a powder
called cordite, which contains consid-
cradle amount of nitro-g -glycerine, and
so far they have supplied all their new
ships with this explosive. 1t has been
found to give good results, both in bal
llstic effect and in keeping qualities,
though it is not regarded with favor by
American ordnance experts.
Cordite, as its name implies, is made
In strips of about the size and general
appearance of an ordinary clothes line
And this recalls the fact that smokeless
powder, as rule, is not powder at all.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
The Twenty-four Hour System.

On the 1st of May the "a hour system
Of time measurement will be adopted by
the railways, po:toftices and telegraph
stations of Belgium.
In order to meet the national demand
for new timepieces the clockmakers of
Belgium have been hard at work for
several months past OF course the new
system will be universally adopted
throughout the country, as the action of
the railways alone would render this
inevitable. If it proves to be successful,
as it no doubt will, other European
countries will follow the example of
Belgium, and in the course of time the
new system will find its way across the
Atlantic.
There is nothing in the least repug-
nant about the new system, and, since
the day is "a hours i'll length, there is
no good reason, either practical or scien-
tiiic, why the divisions of the clock
should not correspond with natures
measurements. AS the 12 hour system
has been in use so long, there are thou
sands of people who will be loath to
give it up but sentimental considera-
tions should not outweigh practical ad-
yantages, and if tho new system is a
better one the old system should be dis
continued by all means. Atlanta Con i
stitution
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

kerlte, stearin and paraffin. The pro-
portions are kept a secret, and also
the manner of mixing. 1t is understood
that the parafiin is melted and the oZo-
kerite stirred in, when 1t Is allowed to
cool slightly before the stearin Is added.
The compounding is kept a secret with
the makers. The advantage of the COM
position is that it can be used upon
either hard or a soft surface. For use
In cold weather it Is allowed to harden.
1t is then cut into blocks and laid upon
the ice. The blocks are melted together
into one sheet by having liquid wax
poured between them. Finally there
is one smooth, broad, fla wless surface
presented.
The beauty of this block arrange
ment is that the wax preserves the ice
from the sun and keeps it hard. 1t can
scarcely melt except in case of a per-
slstent thaw. Even should 1t do so,
the wax blocks float and there Is no
danger from the water beneath. A
slight sinking of the surface along the
edge of the lake is the only Indication
of the melting of the ice beneath.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

was about forty years ago, When 1t was
said to be about as large as mans
body. There has been much discus
sion as to the cause of the singular
growth. The inside of the parts is
more nearly fiat and the outsides more
oval, as indicating split, but the
trunks are too far apart at the ground.
The smaller trunk Is larger just below
the union than further down, as if q
branch had been turned down and root
ed; but the writer thinks that, as q
fence formerly ran through the open
ing, two saplings had been drawn to-
gether and bound with withe to serve
as stakes to hold the rails in place.
The marked rod gives the dimensions
of the opening more correctly than the
medium sized man who stood back out
of the shade of the trunk. This Is un-
doubtedly case of natural marching,
the union having occurred at an early
age. Very good reasons, derived from
a knowledge of the manner in which
wood is formed, would be adduced
against the idea of split trunk, as also
against the suggestion of a branch
turned down and roofing. No theory
but natural marching will suit the case.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
Mckinley as n Warrior.

Take this story for an interesting in
cident: In the reviewing stand an elder
" woman, whose youthful beauty had
not yet faded, said when Mckinley en-
tered his little glass house: Il haven t
seen him since he was Sheridan's aid III
the Shenandoah valley, | was nursing
the sick and wounded of the Confeder-
ate side at Roots Hill. My patient at
the time was Major Mcneil, whose
beard was something like unto that OF
Mr.. Peifer When heard that the Yam
KEGS were in the neighborhood, shaved
on this beard, leaving Major McNeill
completely disguised. l fooled not only
Major Mckinley, but Sheridan himself.
They visited the house to capture Major
Mcneil, but, failing to recognize him,
departed with apologies. That is per-
fectly true story, and I'm just as good
q rebel as ever New York Press
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
A SUBSTITUTE FOR ICE.
Skating Parties May Now BE Held In
Ball Room.

Dull RpOms
A step toward skating in summer has
been made by the inventor-manufac-
turer Willard, of Paris. This Inventive
genius has been seriously considering
FOR some years the fact that ska ting
tournaments are the most uncertain
things ip the sporting world. No re-
lance can be placed upon Ice. To-day
1t Is firm; tomorrow 1t is water; and
the next day, when the tournament
day has passed, 1t Is Ice agaln--though
nobody wants It, In this country the
indoor skating Kinks alone have been
reliable, and these only where artificial
aid was used to keep them hard. Aside
from the uncertainties of the ice In cold
weather, there are a great many iali-
tudes that never have weather colo
enough for skating.
To obyiate all this, Willard has coul-
pleted a substance which makes skat-
Ing easy not only in winter, but In sum.
mer. 1t is hard upon the surface, CLASSY
and smooth in texture, will float like
cork, and reslsts the heaviest blow 1t
neither fakes nor breaks at the strokes
of the skates, and indeed Is almost like
rubber in this resistance, and so, in
some respects, is superior to Ice.
The composition Is mixture of ozo.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

1t comes in variety of shapes
straight strips, like bamboo rods; hol-
low tubes and the same tubes pierced
with small holes, and little, chunky cyl
lnders and heXagonal grains as big as
an ordinary napkin ring. One variety
Is made like ordinary. cheap upholstery
fringe
1t has been found that for given
chamber pressure smokeless powder
gives q much higher velocity than is
obtained from the black or cocoa pow
1ers. The smokeless, moreover, re-
lulres n smaller charge.
The term ''smokeless" Is not absolute
" exact as descriptive adjective. AT
the moment of discharge of large qua
loaded with this powder grayish film
leaps from the muzzle sufficiently
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
A NEW JERSEY OAK.

The Top Is One Tree and 1t Stands
on I lwo Separate Legs.
Hampton, about four miles from Cam
den, N. j., is a white oak tree that ex-
cites much interest In the neighbor-
hood and among travellers. The larger
body Of the tree is 2x1lh feet in d.
ameter and the smaller is 11ax2 feet. 1t
appears to be sound and quite solid
above the union. The earliest date of
its being observed, says r. Bingham,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
Not Long in Suspense.

The boy who was toiling up the long
and devious hill turned out hurriedly
when near the top to make way for a
fat and frantic wheelman vino had lost
control of his machine.
Say, Bub." yelled the bicyclist, "how
far is 1t to the bottom of this hill?"
II don't know exactly what the dis
tance is" the boy called out after him,
"but you'll be there in about four sec
onds, and there's a crick at the bottom
of it.''-Chicago Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
At Once.

Lord Bareacres-You have called re-
garding the situation Of footman? Was
there not one in the ante-room as you
came in?
Applicant-There was. my lord.
There was man with writ for your
lordship, but l threw him out.
Lord Bareacres-You are engaged
Tit-Bits.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

opaque to obscure the view of objects
On the further side. But the veil that
Is thus momentarily flung before the
battery front is brushed aside in an in
slant by the slightest breeze. In fact.
II seems TO melt away in the air like
escaping steam on frosty morning.
Cor practical purposes, therefore II Is
as good as smokeless.
Among the great powder manufac-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
UGLY MEN EXEMPTED.


Speaking of his antibachelor bill,
Donovan Of Bay said: Il don't know
what the house may do with it. A great
many believe that something should be
done to keep people from going ON in
their single cussedness.
"The bill is in committee now, and
it is more than likely that will add on
few frills before it comes up for a
vote. shall provide for fine, too, for
old maids as we'll as bachelors.
'Then we won't have any penalty for
men who have done the best they could
and have been jilted or are SO homely
that no sane woman would look at them.
These two classes will be exempt from
all the penalties of the bill. Chicago
Times-Herp ID
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

Father-Wait year, my son, and
you may feel very different.
Son (confidently)-Tve tested my love
for Miss Higgins thoroughly and |
know it cannot change. I've played
golf with her and | still want her for
my wife.-Household Words.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
Champion Mean Man of Georgia.

A man in Lumpkin County, Ga, not
only sued person for IS cents, but
rendered bill for 81 to his sister for
sack of flour and some lard used while
she and neighbors were sitting up with
the corpse of his father at his house, be-
sides charging his daughter % cents
for what she ate while visiting him ON
that occasion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

remarkable record. 1t is young coun-
ty, and but few terms of court have
been held. There are not quite 1900
votes in the county, but there are over
1000 criminal cases to be tried, most of
them on indictments returned by the
last two grand juries.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
Not Entirely "smokeIess.. /.

~
Among the requirements of the new
navy, few If any are more pressing
than the demand for smokeless powder
Tor guns of all calibres. Recently 1t
was reported that the navy was about
TO obtain supply of smokeless powder
by contracts with two or three of the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
SM0KELESS POWDER.
SOME OF 1T RESEMBLES CHEAP
UPHOLSTERY FRINGE.

other Kinds Look Like Bamboo-How
the Initial Velocity Is Tested-Pac-
tories Expect to Run for Month. on
Large Government Contracts.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
A Pen on the Finger.

The pen holder here shown is tho
subject of a recent patent. This pen
holder consists of an open-ended hol.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

low thimble. provided with an out.
wardly-projecting stud for receiving
the pen, and the whole supposed to be
fitted on the forefinger
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be had IN the Market.
Mr.. Thomas will conduct nothing but first.
class house. and a cordial welcome will be eX-
tended to all guests
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24
CandeIaria Hall Saloon

Is well-known and finely furnished and is the
most popular resort in Candelaria. The bar is
stocked with the choicest and best brands of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

Twenty-six days are required for the
journey between New York and Sierra
Leone.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

The royal - mo. is . by 3 inches.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-24

With Hall which cannot be equalled in South
western Nevada. For terms, Theatrical Mana
gers will address the Proprietor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-27
Floating Upa River.

Ii was a yexed question in 1890
whether the Pilcomayo river, which
flows for hundreds of miles from the
Bolivian Andes TO the Paraguay, might
be used as commercial highway from
Bolivia 10 the ocean. Our countryman,
Captain Page, settled this question so
conclusiyely that no further effort to
utilize the Pilcomayo is likely to be
made, and ia this work, that cost him
his life, for he died of his privations
after being hemmed in for months by
hostile Indians, he devised plan for
steaming up river when the water was
SO low that his vessel was stuck in the
mud. He was determined to go still
farther, though his little steamer,
which drew only Is inches, rested ON
the river bottom, so behind the boat be
threw up an embankment of earth clear
acr the channel, backed il with palm
trunks ard brushwood, and before long
the water had risen couple of feet,
and the little Bolivia was able to 20 on
her way four miles before she stuck
again. Then another dam was built,
and this process was repeated seven
times, and with the aid Of the dams the
vessel advanced about 80 miles above
the highest point she could reach at the
natural low water stage. -Harper's
Round Table.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-27

The new woman has penetrated even
TO the harem of this ameer Of Afghanis-
tan, where she wears male attire and
does precisely IS she pleases The ameer
picked her up, says q writer in The La
dies Pictorial. On his return journey
from the northern part Of his dominions
a good many years ago. She had been
brought before him by an indignant IA
Their and proposed husband for punish
ment. She would not conform to the
usages of the country and enter the
married state, though she had then reach
ed the age when it became incumbent
upon her to do so. The girl declared
she had run wild all her life and did
not wish to give up her freedom and be
shut up in harem. She sought the
ameer's protection and obtained it.
IAN right, he said. "Since You
wish to be free. free you shall be, but
free you must also remain. That is your
punishment You wish to live like a
man. You shall live like one, and for
your own protection you must wear
mems clothes 4"
On her arrival in Kabul she was civ.
en- the title of sirdar, or chief and was
made the harem messenger. She comes
and goes as she pleases or is ordered,
both by night and day, and no one, even
IN slanderoUs Kabul, has ever breathed
a word against her fair fame. New
York Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-27

May and bring her hack. I rather
guess he's ready by now. too. Maybe
We'll get 10 eat a wedding dinner To-
day. yet-only little late. of course. I"
After some time had elapsed and
neither brother had showed up.- as
the phrase goes In Texas. lin smith
walked TO the place where he had left
Joe. There the poor fellow was, still
tied TO the tree-but dead, The thirty
minutes strain had been too much for
his crippled leg to bear. and IL had
gradually given way. and this had al
lowed the poor fellow to choke 10
death. OF course. Jim lost no time In
rousing the quasi wedding guests. and
in telling the real facts about May. II
Is not the first instance In the history
OF the world where a man has had the
truth told about him too late to do him
any good. A pursuing party was out
after Bill at once. but all was TO no
avail. Some say he committed suicide
shortly afterward in San Antonio; 9TH
ers. that he is still alive In New Mexico;
still others, that he is to-day in the In
sane asylum at Terrell. do not know
what the truth about II is. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Jackson still live In Cottle
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-27
Borrowing Trouble.

Borrowing is poor business at the
best; but of all the unsatisfactory mo
pains occupations, the
very worst in the world is borrowing
trouble. To begin with, it is based on
fancy, crankiness, undue nervousness,
or the mental or moral idiosyncrasies
that should have been trained out of
the individual long before the years of
childhood We're passed. There are few
people in the world more depressing
and dlsheartening then those who are
always seeing some shadow of coming
evil. The world is sombre enough even
at the best, and it is scarcely worth
while to go out seeking for shadows or
to conjure up purely imaginary ones.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-27
The English ofIt

The lady lawyer, Mile. Chauvin,
seems likely to gain her hearts desire
and to be allowed to practice. Lady
barristers will certainly be a novelty.
and there seems no particular reason
why they should not be successful
novelty. THE gift of the CAB has al
ways been "a woman's attribute, and
when to this she adds discretion, know.
ledge and good looks she bids fair to
prove u formidable rival to her male
competitors. Whether her prudence will
be equal to her zeal, her tact equal to
her enthusiasm, remains to be proved.
but in cases where women have conduct.
ed their own cases they have generally
done it efficiently, as those who remem.
Der Mrs. Weldon and other ladies versed
IN the law must acknowledge. A fresh
career will now be open to women, who
are already running neck and neck
race with their male rivals. London
Graphic.