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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07

rabid bargain-seeher is no place for her.
where anything and everything Is pur-
chased that is offered: and. "a a rule par
gains OF any actual worth are only found
in lirst-claSS business houses
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-07
Friendship Defined.

Chicago Record.
"Penelope. what is your idea OF friend
ship"
ut Is letting n woman tell you her trou-
bles when you are dying 10 tell her yours"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
The Artist In Sand, Kioto.

We passed dollmaker's shop, in
which sat couple OF girls manufacture
ing little puppets that to the life resem-
bled the ridiculous little boys who were
eagerly looking on and who probably
served as unconscious models to the
busy artists, who turned the toys off so
rapidly. l strolled over the way to
where a crowd of children were breath.
lessly bending over man who was busy
at something among them. The man
turned out to be one of those of whom
had often heard, who was engaged in
painting picture of colored sand upon
the ground. One of the crowd was lit.
tie girl with her baby brother fast
asleep strapped upon her back, as is the
way of the country.
On each side of a patch of sand, so
spread az exactly to resemble huge
piece of white paper, stood two lamps,
and on this he drew his picture with
colored sands taken from half dozen
different bags and into which he would
dip his hand now and again, letting the
black sand trickle from his fingers and
go at will, sketching the outline Of a
fish or man or anything else. and then
he would color the sketch. sometimes
doing two colors ut once.-Strand.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
No Use For the Metric System.

We have little to learn or gain by
adopting the measures of continental
Europe. Three-quarters, or nearly so, Of
the commerce and traffic of the world is
carried on by some form of appliance,
whether moved by wind, water or
steam, which has been built from Eng
lish measures by some English speaking
people, and the proportion is all the
time increasing.
Why adopt another and more incon-
venient system which will render all
systems of screw threads, gear teeth,
foundry patterns, shop drawings, etc.,
obsolete, as we'll as shelving the most
valuable collection of mechanical liter
ature in the world and requiring
all it's tables to be translated into q
foreign measure, merely to obtain the
advantages of decimal system which
we already have to all intents and
purposes in a far more convenient
form than we should obtain from
the introduction of the meter and
its derivatives? Besides these two unit
measures-the inch and the foot-ws
also use the cubic yard, in civil en-.
gineering, for excavations and earth
work, but for mechanical purposes we
could get along very we'll with no other
unit but the inch. Maya
zine
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Outdoor Air.

Few persons stop to think of the
great difference between indoor and
outdoor air. In every dwelling por.
tion of the air has already entered the
lungs and is in the nature of excrement.
The outdoor air alone is tolerably pure,
but perfectly so only at high attitudes
and away from cities.
We talk about climate cure, about 60
ing to Florida or Nice for health, but
we venture to assert that any invalid
may secure greater improvement with
regard to the air he breathes by proper
ventilation of his dwelling room and
by living out of doors most of the time
than he can by going to any new eli
mate and neglecting these conditions.
Many poor inyalid's salvation might
be found in his own garden, while he
may go to the ends of the earth in
search of health and die in the closed
room to which he has retreated in the
fear Of outdoor ali. ir.-Philadelphia Led.
ger.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Dress and the Man.

American men, as a rule, are SLOW
enly, untidy and careless" according to
a writer in the New York Tribune. ga
certain set, it is true, that has leisure
and means, is we'll dressed and thor
oughly groomed, but with men Of affairs
the distinction between Americans and
Englishmen is marked. In England the
same class look, as whole. decidedly
superior, and it is simply their clothes
and the way they are worn and the gen.
orally scrubbed look of their faces that
make the difference. 1t is useless to
ignore clothes as a powerful factor in
our lives. If the tailor does not actually
"make, the man," he certainly has a
great deal to do with the semblance.
One of the great causes of untidiness
among men who can afford to dress and
appear we'll is the lack of proper valet
Ing. In England every we'll to do man
has his clothes taken care of by serv-
ant, and if he has not his own espe.
cial man there is always some one in
the household whose duty it is to see
that his coats are we'll brushed, his
trousers cleaned and pressed, his shoes
polished, hats brushed and all the de-
tails which in this country-except the
shoes, perhaps-a busy man is supposed
to see to himself.
In America man arrogates to him
self certain credit in not caring for
clothes-''he has no time for such non
sense'-the consequence being that
when conventionality demands a recog-
milton of its claims, it requires an espe-
cial effort, which is often apparent.
Many political and business men will
say that it is distinct disadvantage to
dress we'll in this country. Older mer-
chants regard punctiliously dressed
clerk with disapproval. Public men say
that their constituents distrust "frills,"
while large majority simply do not
want to take the trouble to dress, and
yet these very men like their women
kind to be well dressed and grudge no
expense SO far as the latter are con-
cerned, while they themselves wear
slovenly clothes and do not even try to
look fresh and neat.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
The Founder of German East Africa,

Carl Peters, the German who has
done more than any other man to give
his country the doubtful glory of colo
nial empire, appears at present to be
in disgrace with his government for
reasons that are not obvious He was in
high favor during the opening of the
Baltic canal, and in the many talks
had with him Twas much impressed by
his knowledge aud his vigorous manner
of presenting it. He is the founder Of
German East Africa, and it was he who
fitted out the German expedition for
the relief of Emin Pasha OF course in
Germany he vigorously abused all things
English, especially when they conflict
ed with the interests of colonial Ger
many, but aside from this pardonable
political humbug no man knows Eng
land better or appreciates her services
III Africa more highly than Carl Pc
ters. He is just now in London fitting
out another African expedition, about
which he throws considerable mystery.
He deserves success, for he has great
physical strength combined with men-
tai equipment Of the first order. He has
travelled in every part Of the world and
has mind ready to acknowledge what
is good in different systems. It is mel
ancholy to reflect that this man, only
40 years old, and who yet has lived
long enough to see the German flag car
ried into the heart of Africa. thanks to
his courage and enterprise-that such a
man should be by Germany turned
adrift, while the colonial Office in Ber-
lin is numbered up with set Of bureau
cratic pedagogues, the whole volume Of
whose learning and training is practi-
cally valueless. Harper Weekly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
The Toastmaster's Nervousness.

Years and years ago, when the Press
club, of more or less blessed memory,
was in existence, British newspaper
man-only they call it journalist on
the other side-was at the club one
evening. He had been in Washington
for some time and was leaving next
day. Mr.. Karl Decker made speech to
him.
''Mr. Soandso," he said, "you have
spent some time with US, and you have
made many friends. We have become
attached to you. You are going away
tomorrow and we may never see you
again, but in order that you may al
ways have something by which to re-
member us, on behalf of the Press club
I present you this ring"
And then he struck the call bell on
the reading table near him. The Eng
lishman looked just trife bewildered
for bit, then he reached out his hand,
thanked the club and pocketed the bell.
And-bless his simple English heart
next morning he told another newspaper
man how kind the Press club had been
to him and what a lovely presentation
speech Mr.. Decker had made.
'Mr. Decker must have been awfully
nervous, you know" he said, "though
he didn't show it, for he said, Il present
you this ring, and, don't ye know, it
wasn't ring at all; it was bell. -
Washington Post.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
lEZE MAJESTY.

"'" subject of the King of B.Ieium
| Played It.
1t is a curious reflection that mon
VINO Will face death with impunity are
YET absolutely aghast With fear when
brought into the presence of the great
ones OF the earth. "such great divinity
doth hedge king" that few men would
venture to assert their independence or
the right of their manhood if sover-
eisn's View were opposed to theirs
lhls Is, HI doubt, an inheritance
lrom the days Of feudalism, when the
monarch was indeed the liegs lord Of
all the people. Among the few, how
ever, whose LANES have ccme down ia
an admlrlng posterity because they had
tne stamina to rely on their own rights
ana assert their own desires must be-
nehtlot.ed tie name of M. Vanden.
orlesche. aubject Of the king of Bel.
gium.
Some time ago he saw piece of
ground at Ostend the position of which
pleased him. AS Acil had it, it CHANGED
70 be directly i'll front Of the kings vii
H. inns fact. we may be sure, did not
make IL less desirable i'll the gentleman S
eyes. He called in the aid of architects
and builders and preceded to erect
house on 1t after his own heart. Unfor
tunately, however, his majesty looked
out OF the windows OF his villa one day
and found that his subjects home, if it
had not emulated Aladdin's and sprung
up III a night, at all events interfered
with his view, as did that miraculous
structure with the view of the other
sovereign.
The king naturally demonstrated at
this want of consideration in q subject.
and, no doubt, expected that the remon-
strance would have good effect. So, in
deed, it seemed, for NJ. Vandendriesche
engaged number of workmen, wno
proceeded to pull down the edifice, which
had only recently been finished.
Alas for the credulity of the human
mind, even when that mind belongs to
u potentate Of the earth AS soon as the
foundations Of the building had been
razed to tie ground, and the king, no
doubt, congratulated himself on that
uninterrupted view of the country which
he had had befole, he was startled to
lind that an increased army of builders
arrived to augment the number of those
who had been employed.
Oddly enough also. huge quantity
OF bricks and mortar appeared on the
scene. These bricks the masons began
to use III the most nnaccountable man
ner possible, piling :hep one on top Of
the other with mor1ur between. It look.
ed as it they Were building wall.
They We're. Slowly, as is the manner Of
masons in every country Of the world,
the wall grew by inches. Instead Of a
villa IL story fireproof building was
erected, which etfectually prevented his
majesty from seeing the country which
lies on the other side Of the property of
his recalcitrant subject. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
IN The SHADOW.


Oh, she will have the deep, dark heart, foe
all her face is fair
As deep and dark as though beneath the shadow
of her hair,
For in her hair a spirit dwells that no white
spirit Is,
And hell Is in the hopeless heaven Of that lost
spirits kiss.
She has two men within the palm, the hollow
of her hand
She takes their souls and blows them forth n
idle drifted sand.
And one falls back upon her breast that Il his
quiet home,
And one goes out into the night and is as wind
blown foam.
And is there any home for him whose portion
Is the night?
And is there any peace for him whose doom In
endless fightp
o wild, sad bird, o wind spent bird, bird
upon the wave,
There is no home for thee, Wild bird, but IN
the cold sea gravel
1.-THE Hill of Dreams" by Fiana Macleod
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Elaborate Scheme.

81 wish one word from me would
strike that mSn blind and deaf and
dumb for the rest Of his life
"What crime has he committed7'
"None that know Of.
"What has he ever done to you?'
Nothing"
"Then why do you wish you had the
power to injure him 50 horribly"
$50 could generously refrain from
exercising it. This would give me q
claim on his gratitude and could strike
him for loan. Isn't it beastly shame
that a man who can originate scheme
like that should be suffering at this
moment for lack of a paltry, miserable,
dad-dinged quarter Of dollar?''-Chi-
oago Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Electric Bitters.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited
for any season but perhaps more gener-
ally needed when the languid, exhaust
ed feeling prevails, when the liver is
torpid and sluggish and the need OF a
tonic and Alternative is felt. A prompt
use of this med icine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers.
No medicine will act more surely in
oounteracting and freeing the system
from the malarial poison. Headache,
indigestion, constipation, dizziness,
Weld to Electric Bitters. Soc and 81 90
ner bottle at S. h. Scallin's drug store.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
His View of Our Women.

According to the Rev. DR.. F. E. Clark,
American women are thus referred tc
by the Swami Vivekanenda, the Hindoc
who was SO popular with women while
he was in this country: "When wom-
an tries her best to find husband, she
goes to all the bathing places imagi-
nable and tries all sorts of tricks to catch
a man. When she fails in her attempts,
she becomes what they call in America
an old maid and joins the church.
Some Of them become very 'churchy.
These churchwomen are awful fanatics.
They are under the thumb of the priests
there. Between them and the priests
they make hell on earth. They make
q mess of religion. With the exception
of these the Americans are very good
people. They loved NE so much. loved
them. felt as though I was one of
them. New York Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
From Her Point of View.

the dentist said something about his
little bill, but the woman looked at
him coldly.
II owe you nothing" she said.
"Why, madam" protested the den
tist, "you surely won't deny that you
had tooth pulled in my oficep'
cit is more than likely that did, :"
she admitted. "At any rate you gave
me gas, and when regained conscious
ness the tooth was gone. I am quite
ready to give you credit for having re-
moved it"
"Then, do not see why you should
refuse to pay me-"
The naughty creature still regarded
him coldly.
"It looks to me-" she said, Every
much like an attempt to defraud."
'Madaml' he exclaimed.
Not to use any harsher Language" Z"
she went on, cit seems like obtaining
goods under false pretenses and also ex-
tortion."
II do not understand you," said the
astonished dentist $50 far / have had
nothing from you.
My maid informs me-" asserted the
naughty creature, "that while under
the influence of gas did not spare my
voice"
"She is right" admitted the dentist.
"On at least one occasion your voice
landed up in the top register
$50 my maid told me,'' said the
naughty creature. 'Until heard that
I had intended to pay your bill upon
presentation, but when I was finally
convinced that you had basely taken ad-
vantage of my helpless condition to ex-
tract from me some of the high notes
for which am in the habit of receiving
not less than $3.50 was tempted to
have you arrested for larceny
Then it was that he recalled that she
was an opera singer of some note, and
he hastily withdrew, lest in her excite
ment she should pitch her voice high
enough to add another item of $3.50 to
her bill for entertaining him while at
work. Chicago Post.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Money to Slice Up.

Awoman puzzled Boston clerk con.
siderably recently. Her husband is q
bank president in Newburyport. The
national banks receive their bills IN
sheets Of 10, which are cut after being
signed. The generous president gave
one of these sheets to his wife, and she
naturally started at once for Boston.
After making some purchases in one Of
the large stores she drew the bills out
of her pocketbook and calmly said tc
the clerk, ''Lend me your scissors, and
Twill pay you," thereupon cutting of
bill. The astounded clerk at first re.
fused to receive such money from SC
open manufacturer of currency, but
finally the matter was explained .-Bos-
ton Record.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Ether and Plants.

Ether. it has been discovered by q
Danish experimenter, has on plants an
effect exactly the reverse of that which
it has on animals, and instead of put
ting them to sleep will awaken them
even from that deep slumber which or
dinarily nothing but the arrival Of
spring can disturb. The plants to be
etherized are placed in airtight boxes
or glass cylinders, according to size, and
exposed to the fumes for from "a to SO
hours. By doing this in the fall the &C.
tivity which otherwise would not begin
for months is started, and the plants, on
removal from the etherizing chambers
to hothouse, at once leaf out, bud
and blossom in most surprising way.
AS yet only willows, hyacinths and
lilacs have been tried, and in many in
stances we'll developed flowers were
produced before Christmas. With lilacs
the success was especially great, but
this is believed to be due simply to the
accidental hitting in their case of Just
the right amount Of ether to administer.
1t is believed that further experiments
will reveal the best procedure to follow
with other plants and that the discovery
will be Of vast Importance to florists,
enabling them to control with accuracy
the out Of season blossoming of any
plant. The process is inexpensive and
easy of application, the only danger
connected with it being that of fire, as
the ether fumes are ready to burst into
flames on small provocation.-New
York Times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
MUSEUM CRANKS.
People Who Want to Dispose OF Alleged
Valuable Relics.

People Who Want to Dispose Of Alleged
Valuable Relics.
The amateur collector of curiosities
generally has an exaggerated idea Of
the value of his treasures. No sooner
does he get hold Of something which he
considers unique and interesting than
he fancies that every museum in the
country will jump at the chance of pur-
chasing it from him. With this idea he
is continually calling upon museum
keepers and trying to persuade them
into exhibiting his so called rarities.
The curator of popular northern
museum has been much worried in this
way during the last year or so. Only
the other week white haired old man
came to him and showed him dagger
which was said to be the weapon used
by King John in stabbing the boy
Prince Arthur. The dagger was quite q
modern affair and showed no signs Of
age, but the old man stuck to his de-
scription strenuously.
"My dear fellow" he said to the Gu
rator in patronizing tones, "if you are
so blind to your own interests as to re-
fuse this dagger, it is no concern of
mine. 1t has been in our family for CEN
turies, and we are descended in direct
line from Hubert de Bourg, the noble
man who refused to allow Prince Ar
thurs eyes to be burned out with red
hot Cons I'll give you one more
chance, and if you won't have it I'll
take it elsewhere
Needless to say, he had to take it
elsewhere.
Another crank drove up to the mu-
scum gate one afternoon on dray, to
which was strapped big, cumbersome
writing table. The curator hastened
out to meet him and was just in time
to prevent him bringing the piece Of
furniture bodily into the hall.
On being asked for an explanation,
the visitor said he had decided to pre-.
sent the museum with priceless treas
ure in the shape of q writing table used
by Sir Francis Bacon. He had been pre-
serving it for long time, he said, in
order that he might write its history,
which he had at last completed in a
manuscript volume Of 500 sheets. The
curator, who is, of course, an expert,
examined the desk and declared it to
be worthless. 1t had apparently been
used in a schoolroom until it had got
too rickety for service and was then dis
pensed with. At any rate, it couldn't
have been more than 70years old. This
report was communicated to the visit
or, who thereupon took to raving like
madman and became so violent that
he and his treasure bad to be moved
along by the police.
Royal relics are much in favor with
amateur collectors, and, though some of
the curiosities submitted to the museum
recently have been thought worthy of a
place on the tables, the majority have
proved to be hopeless rubbish. London
Tit-Bits.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Poker at the CAPITAL.

Some of the stories of the big games
of the "old days" are taken with large
grain of salt. Many of them were SINH
lar to the game in which ex-Congress-
man Tom Ochiltree was engaged not so
very long ago. Ochiltree was discovered
one morning coming down Fifteenth
street. looking very blue. A friend
meeting him inquired what the trou-
BILE was. "Oh, Twas in one of those big
congressional games last night" said
the Texan
"Well, suppose from your looks that
you lost" said the friend
"Well, I should say did, responded
Ochiltree. 81 lost $50, 900 in one sitting
last night, and the worst part Of it is
that 49,. rs of it was cash. Washing
ton Cor. Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
Not an Accident.

Caller (on crutches and with band
age over one eye)-l have come, sir, to
make application for the amount due
me on my accident insurance policy. I
fell down long flight of steps the other
evening and sustained damages that
will disable me for month to come.
President of tho Company-Young
man, have taksn the trouble to in
vestigate your case. and find you are
not entitled to anything. 1t could not
be called an accident. You knew the
young woman S father was at home. -
London Tit-Bits.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
AMI ...si..'G SONG.

From Lu,.,: -, t. us. my lover came.
Robin I;.,;,. Ills name.
] was rus, -. n.id he,
And gath, rcd .It,' t. ulii of my tree.
was u rotis, most .uir and red.
] am u roe. Whu.c .weets are shed.
would I.iy .,.v. fl III London town
Had never lightly ridden down.
We're there no Roses there that he
Must come aud !ilut k and shatter mef
Ny leaves are suar that We're 30 green.
Ny leaves are wet with tears Of teon
Would God that had never met
My lover, that has heart to set
Against my breast 80 sharp sword.
Would God, instead Of belted lord,
That had loved some meaner clay,
Who loved me on to judgment day.
From London town my lover came
And set q country heart atame,
Then left it lone TO quench or burn
Because y queen must serve his turn.
Nay, but what boots me my disdain?
Would God my love would come again.
Mora Hopper
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-09
She Knew.

Young Mrs. Torkins had read the
paragraph through twice. Then she
broke into ripple of laughter.
"What are you laughing att" in
quired her husband.
Something funny
"How do you know it's funny?" was
the bantering rejoinder.
"Humph! can tell by looking at it.
It's about two men who meet on the
street. They stand there and say lot
of things and at last one of them says,
well, the drinks are Oh me-. And that
shows that it's funny. Washington
Star