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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
The Father of Arizona.

Charles D. Poston, upon whom the
Territory of Arizona has conferred a
pension of $25 a month, is known as
..The Father of Arizona" He is the
first delegate to Congress from that
section He has been worldwide
traveller, and is full Of stories of China
sea pirates and how he governed his
little kingdom of Tubac.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
Useful Ants.

Our young friends who make collec-
tons of natural history specimens may
make use of the busy ants in the same
way the naturalists do. A beetle or q
mouse, OF any other small animal left
near an ant hill will be found in a few
days to be a nice, clean skeleton, with
its little white bones nicely polished,
the ants having picked off every bit Of
the flesh
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18

AL things come to the man who waits
with the possible exception of the
waiter with the things he is waiting
FOX.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS is THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and Cute Doinrs of +h -
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tie Ones to Read.

Little Dick and Elsie live in little
house not far away from The railroad.
and twice every day an engine goes
past that whistles just for them. 1t
whistles this way: two toots anu then
three toots. Then Dick and Elsie run
and wave their hands to big man in a
blue waist who rides on the engine, for
the big man is their papa
One day tEey had ride on their
papa's engine, and Dick blew the whis-
tie while Elsie rang the bell when their
papa said 50, and they both felt very
big. Once their papa turned handle,
ard the efgtne went "Sh. Sh! Sh!
Sh!-' and Elsie said:
Why is the engine telling us to hush
up, papa? We are keeping still.''
But their papa only laughed. 1t was
the most fun Dick and Elsie ever had.
and they had dinner out of papa's
lunch basket. which was fun, too, and
when they got home their mamma said:
"Oh, what dirty babies mamma has
got"
Then she washed them and gave
them nice, warm supper and put
them to sleep, and they were glad to
get to bed, for they We're very tired.
How would you like to have a ride
like that?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18

Canadian Cheese Factories.
There are in round numbers 1000
cheese factories in Canada.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
Don't Go to Church.

Four-ifths Of the people in London
never enter place Of worship
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-18
Weather Frogs,


Ihey never grow to be more than an
inch long, these little weather frogs,
and like the chameleon they take the
color OF anything upon which they may
be sitting. brown, if upon wood, and
green If upon leaves. If placed in a
jar OF blue water they become blue.
This is natures greatest gift to them,
for by this means they keep hidden
from not only their enemies, but the
lies and gnats which are their food.
But they have another queer trait,
and that is that long before it rains
they jump into the water and stay
there until the rain is over even if they
are under shelter. On the other hand
when the weather is cloudy they know
whether it will clear up or not. If the
sun is going to shine these wise little
creatures will come out of the water
and stay out until the next shower ap-
proaches.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-07
To Honor the Soldiers.

KANSAS CITY, Kss., June 20, 800.
MAYOR, lola, Klaus,
Dear Sir:-lhe states of Pennsyl-
vania and Nebraska are making ar
engagements to receive and take
charge of their soldiers upon their ar
rival at San Francisco ana deiray all
of their expenses from there TO their
homes, thus giving them the advan-
tages of the extra travel pay which
they Will receive by reason of being
mustered out at san francisco.
Kansas is great and prosperous
state; her soldiers have won for them
selves and their state the admiration
of the world; they have fought their
battles for their country and
their flag under tropical sun
and have undergone hsrdehips and
dangers of an arduOus campaign in Il
foreign land, against a treacherous
foe. 1t would be but just and right
if Kansas would pay their expenses
from San Francisco to Kansas, thus
giving to each soldier the benefit of
his extra travel pay and an oppor-
tuniIy of taking much needed rect
upon his return home. This would
bring the regiment to Kansas in a
body and save the possibility of some
of them getting stranded in San
Francisco
have made an-eslimats of the tx-
pense necessary to bring them home
and have made az apporiionmt for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-07

the cities al towns in Kansas hav-
ing nine hundred or more and ind
that 1t would require "A comparatively
small amount from each town and
city to pay all of lheir expenses home.
Your pro rata, as above mentioned,
would be 5000 Ifyou think you can
safely guarantee this amount please
write me Immediately and l will
answer az soon AS receive assurances
of being able TO Tase the necessary
funds. II cannot receive such MS
surances, of course it will be un-
necessary to raise tine amount named.
If receive sucn assurances | will al
once notify you aud you viii kindly
raise the amount MS soon rs possible
and foTw ara it 10 me at the Wyan-
dotle State Bank of this city, go that
the necee sary steps may be taken 10
procure pecial Train and make ar
rangemente to carry out The program
BY the exec ution of this plan we Will
show 10 our now famous regiment our
appreciation Of their valiant services
in a substantial manner,
Lste press dlspStche' convey the
Information that about two hundred
Of our men have started for home on
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-07
ekAlN-o BRINGS RELlsE

10 the coffee drinker. COtiee Or mixing
is "A habit that Is universally indul-
ged in and almost as uuiv,r ally IL
furious. Have you tried Grain-O ?
1t is almost like coffee but the effects
are just the opposite. Coffee upsets
the stomach, ruins the digestion,
effects the heart, and disturbs the
whole nervous system. Grain-O
tones up the stomach, aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. There
is nothing out nourishm7ut in Grain.
o. 1t can't be otherwise - aud 20
cents per package.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-07

Bad management keeps more peo-
pie in poor circumstances than any
other one cause. To be successful one
must look ahead and plan ahead so
that when favorable opportunity
presents itself he is ready to take Hd-
vantage of it. A little forethought
will also save much expense and val
liable time. A prudent and careful
man will keep bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy in the house, the shiftless
fellow will wait until necessity com.
pels it and then ruin HE best horse
going for doctor, and have big
doctor bill to pay hesides; one pave
out 25 cents and the other is out q
hundred dollars and then wonders
why his neighbOr IL getting richer
while he is getting poorer. For sale
10y Campbell d BuFrell.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-07

sick leave. Please answer as soon as
poss bic, as II is necessary hat no time
pe lost, il we arctic show them the at
ton and appreciation that every
lJyal kansan in his heart feels is due
them, upon their arrival at San Fran
cisco.
Hoping to near from you by return
mail, remain, Very truly yours,
; II. WHIsNER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-07

The following item from he Bron
son Record ABOUT lola is refreshil
from the fact tnAt the exchanges
when ut first tod the news about
lola have become so Jealous that they
no longer allow the name of the best
town in the state to creep in. Ana
this too when the big industries
which IO'a's hustling mas secured are
a credit TO the whole State. The Re.
cord will be pensiuned by lola one OF
these days tor the following:
lola is to have a million dollar cement
wOiks and two.milhon sulpheric Acid
llaAt The cement works will be put in
ore.hsli mile south Of town and the
su'pheric Acid plan will be put in between
th- smelters, north OF town.
lola people knew when the symp-
toms were described that Erie had
gas, but they also knew that the cor
respondent who reported the wells
10 the x. G. papers wac q romancer.
Here is the good newe as told by the
Erie Record:
We are able 20 make very fattering re-
port this week OF our gas well. As the
drilers went down the flow OF gas became
stronger and stronger until II was neces-
thry to move the engine away from the
derrick 10 AVOID an explosion. on Monday
the engine was moved and Tuesday morn
irg the well was drilled about seven feet
deeper. hose who know say the well is
very strong one It's capacity has been
tested aud found TO be one million cubic
feeta day or equal a. fuel to more than
fifty tons Of coal day. Arrangements are
bling made TO pipe the gas TO town and the
c'ty Of Erie will enjoy the luxury of gas
fires ,nd gas light the coming winter
While the exact location of the Ce-
ment works has not yet been annOunc-
ed ii is quite certain that it will not be
located on either of the railroads, but
it will probably he built about half
way between them. This will mean
| the construction of anywhere from
three to six miles of railway, probably
the building of what will practically
be belt line connecting the two roads
and running through the heart of the
| gas field. 1t will mean also the addi-
/ ton of at least one aud probably two
/ switching engines and crews to the
resident railway force. Aside from
| the men who manufacture it., some
men VIII be required to handle twenty
| five carloads of cement day. And
| the time will come also, and that
shortly, when every available site ON
.ih9 ueIs INV VIZ "t Il leN WIN i"''"l
les lola Is just uelnhihg TO oe great
ThaI.nvo, ziro ror,narv wlir
49, a. , va - - a., ahiu-
,n.,',, ~ ~ ,tnnn rs , u"! ava, oon. -
,,'ar, a. fr,,,, E,lorad', 'Ths sb innnn ~
comes in the way of an experiment
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Ill 3D.. ,r,apts ,nada ,,hatba, III.
-. ,an ha Ia,ar.,ad ,ro,, i,,s
,i,ii rhsta 10 -, Jaai ~, si,,o -,
GaIorsda IN - - ,he si,,, @' an "a
ooid ,niDa dnnons ,,srs aro said ?" Nv
- ~ 'h't,ss,,'I- - 80 .,i,,,,,ro
,hrnu,n n,,t as sI' ,,ncn vyss,a rrodnnt
VA ,rn,tta Iii ,ba, rearI,
81 casss - IL cnn,no,,ndsd 9Th ca,'
'ar 90 o,id ar Sji,,i,r IN S,,oii mani
- W. a.. = a., s,i,t ~ ,,,,,, -
;,,n"ast,ia Gov 1;,n soaI,ar ;,
,'nndIa ~ Thara ara s,naa ,oi,as
howarar thot ara snnnosad IN hav,
nnits ,ras 1inc and ir i. from thss,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20

a financial agent of the Texas ponI-
Tertiary had warmly opposed the cleo
ton of Gov. Houston, but was particu-
larry anxious to retain his own pleasant
ly lucrative position. Consequently the
governor was soon in receipt Of DetI'
ton in which the mans years Of faith
full service and special qualifications for
the place were set forth in glowing
terms by himself. The governor sent
for him and said: at appears from this
petition that you have been in the peri-
Tertiary eight ycars?" 81 have" was
the reply. And during that time you
have performed faithfully every duty
that has come in your way, 20 the best
of your ability?" 81 have" answered
the agent his courage rising. "Then,
sir" said the governor. with the air az
one comforting priceless favor, 81 par
don you out!"-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
A SOCIAL GATHERING.
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Holmes
Surprise Them.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Holmes were
agreeably surprised at about 1870 Sat.
urday night, when about forty of theil
friends walked up to their door quite
unannounced and signitied their inten-
ton of spending the evening there.
The host and hostess were somewhat
taken aback at first but were never
theless pleased to receive their visitors
and a very pleasant time was had.
A few weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Holmes celebrated the 22d anniyer-
sary of their marriage by inviting
some of their friends, including those
who formerly boarded with them at
their Chamberlain house to social
gathering. This event on Saturday
night was return partly given by
guests of that previous occasion.
They were presented in behalf of
the party with a nice plush sofa in
token OF the esteem held for them.
The evening was passed in singing,
music, and in dancing. Among those
who sang were Mrs. Holmes, Alex
Coutts, Mr.. and Mrs. Pedroni. Music
for dancing was furnished by William
Troup and George Angus. William
Troup did the sword dance and James
Coutts gave an exhibition of clog dane
ing. Mr. Pedroni gave a fine solo on
the either.
The party broke up at midnight
when all united in their expression of
best wishes for their host and hostess.
The Holmes family is one of the old
est Scotch families in Vermont. The
following is a reprint from the Yer
mont Waterman issued some years
ago:
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
Twice They Assaulted Lady,
smith and Were Defeated.
THEIR LOSSES HEAVY
The British, Behind Entrench<
ments, Loss Was Small.

London, Nov. 2O.-A special from
Estecourt today says IA report has
reached there of a battle at Ladysmith
Wednesday, Nov. Is, lasting from
daybreak to , p. m. Many Beers were
killed and many taken prisoners. The
British losses are reported to be much
less. Another battle occurred Thurs
day, the 10th, and the Beers were re-
pulsed. Their dead number hundreds.
The British loss was comparatively
small.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20

| THe hrst came to America in 1913, went back to
Scotland. and again returned and settled in Rye,
gate in 1897
tile married frst Huldah Scales in 1885, second
Sarah Plnnmer. third Achsa Emery in 1854.
The Scotch would frequently nick
name Alexander "Sawney' or SANDY"
and he was often called Sandy Holmes.
He died Jan. 5, 1881. in his Goth year.
His wife died May 6, 1915, in her 10Th
year. Mrs. Lang was married Mar. %
1926, and lived after that in Topsham
VT, and called Aunt Nellie. Four
of her sons and one daughter are lv-
ing. Two of the sons are elders
in the Covenanter Church and all four
are very fine men. Mrs Taylors child
rem are all dead, but has half dozen
grandchildren living. OF the John
Gates family five are living and four
are dead. OF the living, two reside
Ryegate, two in the West and one in
California. In the James Dunn fam
at IL had a fever and inflammation of
of the brain, became deranged, and re-
manned so until his death. James was
Il large, strong, robust man, 6 feet
high and weighed 225 lbs. He mar
ried three times, had two sons by his
second wife and six children living and
two dead by his third wife. Eliza was
twice married, but had no children,
Matthew was killed at the raising of
the Walter Harvey meeting house.
John Hunter, the head carpenter, had
neglected to put suliient support IN
der the high BEAMS the roof timberS
were piled on, which broke the beams
and a gang of men and broken timber
went down together. Many were
hurt. Matthew's leg was broken. He
was carried into Walter Harvey's
house where DR.. Shedd, of Peacham,
bandaged the limb and gave orders not
to NEEDLE with it till he returned.
The doctor did not return for five days,
the leg mortified because the bandage
had not been lOoSened to let the blood
circulate and when he came it was cut
off, and later Il second amputation
followed and he died a few hours after
May II, 1881 inhis Dist year after suf
fering six weeks.
Alexander Holmes, Esq, the last
living one of the family died in Barnet
Jan. s, 1894.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
Mrs. w. e. Barney returned today
r,,,,, =, xrooIxsc ,,t,;f II, Gnhnt

Mrs. w. e. Barney returned today
from a weeks visit in Cabot.
Mrs. II. r. Mills, who was taken
suddenly i'll yesterday, is reported as
better today.
The school commissioners will meet
tonight in DR., Hanson's office.
Arthur Grant of Hardwick is in the
city today,
The X. of p. Minstrel rehearsal to-
night at 7.3O in the X. of p. hall.
Miss Maud Hutchinson of Williams
town spent Sunday in the city. She
returned home this afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Gamble of Montpelier
was in the city today on her way to
Williamstown.
Guy Boyce has finished work for
Mcdonald & Cutler and entered the
employ of the Barclay Bros.
DR.. j. Henry Jackson and Rev. DR..
S. N. Jackson went to Burlington this
morning for short visit.
The city water pipes were flushed
out yesterday.
Miss Edith Averill resumed her du-
ties this morning as bookkeeper at l..
NJ. Averill's store after weeks vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Averill returned
yesterday morning from a two weeks
visit in New York City.
Conductor Stephen Colby of the G.
V. has lost his ticket puncher and the
finder will confer favor by returning
is to the G. V. station.
A. e. Busted and G. F. Kelley, the
Boston spoilers, arrived in the city
this morning.
The committee elected Saturday
night by the Granite Manufacturers
Association to attend the New Eng
land Association meeting in Boston
tomorrow were George G. Mackie,
VIM. Imlah, VIM. Alexander, John E.
Smith and John Cross of Mortified.
The committee left for Boston this
noon.
The fountain on the city park is be-
ing boxed up for the winter today,
and the WIRE fence around the park
was taken down.
City Attorney W. f. Barney re-
turned from Boston yesterday morn
ing, where he has been on legal bust
ness.
c. II. Campbell, John Trow and
Thomas Suitor left this noon for New
York city to attend sale of horses
that is gong on there this week.
James Murphy was arrested Satur-
day night on warrant charging him
with intoXication some weeks ago. He
was arrested by constable Buchanan
and brought before justice Fay. He
plead guilty and was fined S. with
costs of $500, which he paid.
William Reilly has returned from a
few days visit in Montreal.
Mary Stone, of Montpelier, was ar
rested last night by Chief Rowland,
and was brought before Justice Fay
this morning on the charge of intoXi-
cation to which she plead guilty, and
was fined $500 with costs of 1920. |
which she did not pay, and was re-
to Jail.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20

Col. II. r.. Stoughton resumed his
duties at the C. V. freight office this
morning after a weeks illness.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
Made Young Again.

zone of DR. Kings New Life Pills each
night for two weeks has put me in my teens
again writes ID. H. Turner of Dempseytown,
Pa, They're the hest in tine world for Liver,
Stomach and Bowels. Purely vegetable.
NeTer grippe. Only 25c at the Parlor Drng
Store.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
ALEXANDER HOLINESS FAMILY, RYE

GATE.
Alexander Holmes, son of John
Holmes and Nellie Laird, his wife,
was born in June, 1866, in kilmalcolm
Scotland. He married Nancy White
hill in lnchinan, in'June, II 80. She
was the second daughter of Elder
James Whitehill and Mary Mitchell,
his first wife, who was born in lnchin-
an, in l775.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20

every way for having some regular co.."
tematic employ mother"
"My dear, brave girl" and Mrs uou
ley folded her daughter in warm a."
brace. 81 am proud of you. Ka,an
Don't be proud yet. Wait until ce.
to teaching" said, honest Kate, ~ n1t,
write my application at once, for eyery
day is precious, now that Septembe,
is so close at ha.d.'
Her anxiety to get the mail wa. "a.
doubled during the next week; but She
tried not to show it, for fear Jack nould
suspect the calTSc, and she wanted tn
give him genuine surprise,
But as day after day passed without
bringing the reply to her application
she began to look pale and worried.
u can understand why cont get
letter, she said, over and over again.
TO her mother. 1T seems 50 strange"
"Probably the place was flee before
your application arriYed,' said Mrs,
llawley.
"lhen they ought to apprisc me Of
the TACT, sald Nate ut is So late now
that 1t would be useless for me 10 an.
ply to the agency again. The schools
,h,n .,,.a ,,oa,.a ~ ~ !" 4tSs
,ro 1i1,,t +ou H., ,}o,,.,, @,u e'aa
terrih1o disan ,,,' %Dou' - - Ut Is SHoh
.,,,. ~ wan ','.H' W me what
would 1t have been 10 him?'
And at that very moment poor Jack"
was CARVING nDOut with Ii,,, H. ~
,"s "'''", IT," Nun III the
w. ''''e''I vac '' ''' ms S'N'cr wanted 50
1 ,,.". ' ''"N' =, (" ven 7" nun ny Mr..
.l a.' '"l N"s "'''. = ana ne mad
va "7. - ''e'.''' ''''' ','S '"u' POCKET,
Jaw as - :" way '0' 5'''cIi az "o"ltlt
~ '''e 'l'' !, y, iiV"iil's ms neigh
20 ,e', V, :, ''e"N i"u' ol "I'cN bass
"''''i. i'"' oeen iii"oe l" ''e river that
N'ur ','"s'
N"'e "'o'e a. am ~ '"'''''h, and On
vac va; 'Vi' an "nSNtr WAS que she
"''Neu an '''e way ~ '"' ,'""6'' a 'jls'
'" ,s VI WV ','''tN, ~ E'' ''' man hcr'
lNo''"s '-,'' ~ '''' '''H'."' S'ate
- n'i 'i''''' s,'e ru"''' NOT trust mat
uu,S ~ even " mug
4""s '''' ui''. u',' 'SSe' 'i'u' il'r 'Io'Acr
was l'"i'. si''e'ieu'
-, w, " nav Is nc ii'''''' Mile are you
~ sue c',eu'
mae ''i"ue iio ans "eF' pu' S''eh'iY
ore" lr'''' ner pocNe, crushed ana
'eai-s'aii'eu le.'er' ana ,Hrc" II on me
'apie' ,heu' throwing heFsel on the
SOFA, she covered her lace with her
''"',"s anu pVs"' ~ cry siIepliN'
"'s i,""'eS opened .nt Ie''er ana
eau - "iouO' ~ an aS ioiio"s'
Miss Kate Haw,ey:
uo,,i, our noSe OF inquiry IS al nan L. ana IN
fayora Bile answer TO YOUR annlita,i'n ttrsa
weeks ago, and request ted you to inform
me If you would be ready TO enter upon
90. uulioS p'tl,'per = -'[r "a''3s
ceiving neither letter nor teIecran,' SIM.
posed you did not desire the position. 50
offered II TO another lady who is low with
u' 't,.i5 1i'"t i"S ie''eF Aa'-eu ~
Yours respectfully
CHARLES HARTLAAD."
Don't cry; please don't cry, Kate"
said Fan, down whose own cheeks the
tears were streaming. 1T wasn't your
fault, dear"
"What's all this fuss about?" asked
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
NOTICE..

On Aug 81, 1899, the firm of Middlebrook
and Robson, of East Barre, VT, dissolved
John Middlebrook retiring, and
all bills to be settled by j. A. Robson.
Signed: John Middlebrook. j. A. Kobi son
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20
ACQUITTED.
Nicholas Sara in the County Court
Saturday.

In the case of State VS. Nicholas Sara
in county court Saturday, the respon-
dent was acquitted. This is the first
acquittal granted at the present term
of court. +. L. Laird and M. M. Cor
don for the state, and G. II. Swasey
and w. W. Lapoint for respondent.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-20

Miss Gertrude Robinson, of st.
Adams, spent Sunday with friends in
the city, returning this morning.
The Knights of Pythias MINISTRIES
will rehearSe at 1870 this evening at
the X. of p. hall. The rehearsal was
to be held tomorrow night, but it was
found necessary to change the date,
and the MINISTRIES are requested to
lake noticr.