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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Inheritance of Health.

There is, it is true, as great an in
equality in the Inheritance Of health as
in the. heirship Of wealth or brains.
Some are born with fortune of vigor
and soundness so large that not life
time of eager squandering will leave
them poor, and others enter the world
paupers of need so dire that no charity
from medicine can ever raise them to
comfort, but most Of us have just that
mediocre legacy Of vitality which rem
ders us undistinguishable units in the
mass. It lies in the hands Of each to
improve or waste that property, as he
chooses, for there are self made men
physically as we'll as financially; those
who. because Of ancestral wasteful-
ness, have only sixpence Of health
and turn it into fortune, and there
are spendthrifts Of health who come
to as sorrowful case as spendthrifts of
gold. The body Is the realm where q
wise and frugal ruler brings happi.
ness as surely as foolish one insures
distress, and wisdom here, as else
where, lies in learning and obeying
natural laws.-North American Re-
view,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Exposition All Right,

A number OF prominent Nebraska and
Iowa gentlemen were appointed a COM
mittee to examine the exhibits, amuse-
ments, grounds and general features OF
the Greater America Exposition.
These gentlemen in their report de-
Glare the Exposition far beyond their
expectations in excellence. They com
mend it as in every way worthy of
public patronage from an educational
as we'll as an entertainment stand point.
They speak very highly of the Ma.
chinery hall, of the Manufacturing and
Agricultural buildings. They mention
the new and novel things not seen be-
fore, showing that the beautiful grounds
and buildings, the music, the art dis
play, the Indian Congress, etc, are not
the only features to this truly magnif-
cent Exposition.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
What Is a DayH

Nine persons out of 10-yes, 900 out
of every 1,D00-if asked how long it
takes the earth to turn once on it's axis
would answer "a hours, and to the
question, How many times does it turn
on its axis in the course of the year
the answer would be 1854 times. Both
answers are wrong.
1t requires but 23 hours and Sc min
utes for the earth to make one complete
turn, and it makes 3664 turns during
the year. The error springs from a
wrong idea of what is meant by day.
The day is not, as is commonly sup
posed, the time required by the earth
to make one turn on its axis but the
interval between two successive pas
sages of the sun across the meridian
that is to say, the time which elapses
after the sun is seen exactly south in
its diurnal course through the heavens
before it is again seen in that position.
Now, in consequence of the earth s
revolution in its orbit, or path round
the sun, the sun has the appearance of
moving very slowly in the heavens in a
direction from east to west At noon
tomorrow the sun will be short dis.
tance to the east of the point in the
heavens at which it is seen at noon to-
day, SO that when the earth has made
one complete turn it will still have to
turn four minutes longer before the sun
can again be seen exactly south.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
A Pet Whale.

On a small island in the middle of
the South Pacific lives planter, the
only white man on the island-which
Is full of brown skinned folk-who
cuts and dries the meat Of the cocanut,
which he sells to trading vessels.
When any stranger stops at his is
land he will give him Of the best that
the island affords; he will get up great
concerts and dances Of the islanders;
above all, he will take him out to see
his pet, which is perhaps the largest
and oldest animal that was ever pet
ted by any man.
This pet is sperm whale, nearly 70
feet long. He came through the mar
row entrance into the little harbor,
which Is walled in by q coral reef,
when quite small, and remained until
he had grown so large that he could
not get out If he wanted to.
The great creature comes up to be
fed when the planter blows horn, and
after his meal Of barrel Of chopped
meat or fish performs some ponderous
and amusing tricks, apparently know.
Ing what is expected of him.-Stray
Stories.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Texas Old Name

Probably the fact is not generally
known that Texas was at one time
and for many years called the "New
Philippines" The first settlement In
what Is now Texas was made by
French emigrants in 1856. During the
next 25 years there was an intermit-
tent struggle between the French and
Spanish for supremacy, resulting in
favor of the latter, and in 1914 the
name Of the New Philippines was
given to the country. This was it's Off
sial name in Spanish records for many
years and until the name Of Texas,
from tribe Of Indians. gradually
came in vogue.-Indianapo Journal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
THE BALkY HORSE.
A Simple scheme OF the Motorman
That Made Him Go,

That Made Him Go.
People near the New York entrance
OF the bridge saw balky horse frus-
trated with delightful ease the other
day by man who openly confessed
that he had no practical or theoretical
knowledge of horsemanship. He was
the motorman of Fourth avenue car
bound toward the terminal at the
bridge The horse was one of those an
gular, cockeyed, ungainly beasts that
no amount of currying and feeding
could make respectable.
1t had stopped square in the middle
of the track and had spread it's feet
apart as though its mind was made up
to hold the street against the world In
few minutes four trolley cars were
backed up behind the cart and more
were in sight down Center street. Mo-
tormen, conductors, truck drivers, as
sorted citizens and policeman stood
around and gave the usual advice. The
driver kicked the horse and two or
three men called to the policeman to
stop him. Then they in turn made hu-
name suggestions about starting fire
under the beasts stomach. A woman
said that it would be easy enough for
any one to coax him along with lump
of sugar.
The motorman of the fifth trolley
car, which had by this time reached the
end Of the blocked line, walked up and
surveyed the situation.
"Whose car is this" he asked, point
ing to the first car that had come up
behind the wagon to which the balky
horse was attached.
''It's mine, said another motorman,
who was lingering brass motor handle
as though he would like to brain the
horse with it.
The motorman from the rear hoisted
the cars front fender and strapped it
in place, folded against the dashboard
"Now,'' he said to the motorman
who had claimed the car, ego ahead,
very easy. ;" Then, turning to the dis
consolately profane driver of the horse,
he said, "Get up and take hold of the
reins.
The car ran forward until the fender
reached the tailboard of the wagon.
"Now, /" said the self appointed master
Of ceremonies to his fellow motorman,
"start up as fast as you durn please,
and don't stop until you get to the
BRIDGE"
The car started. The wagon started.
The horse in the shafts simply had to
start. He slid and showed back for a
few inches and then broke into help
less gallop. The car came banging along
behind, giving the horse no chance to
change his mind and balk again. The
spectators cheered. The ingenious mo-
torman looked the assembly over with
sneer.
"Sayl" he said. "Sayl Some people
are dead slow, eh ?''-New York Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
HEARSE DRIVING.
lIen Steadily Employed at 1t In the
Larger Cities,

Hen Steadily Employed at 1t In the
Larger Cities.
In smaller cities and in the country
the hearse driver may between times
drive other vehicles or engage in some
other work, but in city Of great popu.
lation like New York, where, In the
natural course of things, many deaths
occur daily and where many hearses
are used and kept constantly employed,
hearse driving is regular occupation.
There are many hearse drivers in the
city who have been thus steadily en-
ployed for many years. Only careful
and skillful drivers are employed in
this capacity.
The letting of hearses is a long estab-
lished custom in this city. Many livery.
men own from one to dozen hearses
and let them to sections and undertake
ers Perhaps half of the undertakers of
the city do not keep hearses, but hire
Ct the livery owners. So it commonly
happens that in answering calls from
one source and another the hearses
owned by the iverymen are constantly
employed. It might be that all the
hearses owned in a stable, whatever
their number, would be called for day
after day and week after week, as regu-
larly as SO many carriages or other
vehicles might be, and so it comes
about that hearse driving is here
steady occupation, just like any other.
While hearses are commonly driven
to and from the various cemeteries in
and about the city, they are sometimes
driven out of the city to various nearby
cities and towns. Hearses have been
driven to greater distances, but they
are not often driven more than 12 or Is
miles away.-New York Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
The Enormity Melted.

There was especial opposition to the
disturbance Of the old Granary burial
ground adjoining the Common in Bos-
ton, through a portion Of which the
subway runs. 1t was necessary to re-
move the remains Of 91O persons in
tered there. One elderly man of
Scotch descent made great fuss over
what he termed "the enormity of mo-
Testing the bones Of his ancestors"
After much argument, delay and per-
suasion the venerable Scot was in
duced to agree that if the city would
construct a tomb according to his
ideas he would consent to the removal
without causing further trouble. On
the day the vault was completed the
guardian of his progenitors was taken
over to inspect this new repository.
"NoW," said DR.. Green, a former
mayor, who had charge of the work of
removing the bodies, "you can set g
day and the remains can be brought
over and deposited here"
"Whatw exclaimed the old gentle
man. "Have that nice new tomb lit
tered up with those old bones? Never!
Close up the old tomb and let 'em be!'
Thus did be secure, without cost, a
new family tomb.-New York Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Odd Thing. In whisky Making.

"There are lots of queer things about
the whisky business" said an expert
the other night, "and one of the queer
est is the peculiar quality that dis
tillery, for no apparent cause, will lend
to its output. The thing has never
been explained, but, nevertheless, it's
an undeniable fact. knew distiller
who sold his old plant and moved to a
more desirable locality, where he tried
to put up an exact duplicate. He even
went so far as to smash a couple of
windows that happened to be broken
in the old establishment, but it was
no go; he couldn't make the same kind
Of whisky to save his soul.
"This same difficulty has DESTROYED
the usefulness of many a valuable
brand. Another singular phenomenon
is the impossibility of making good
Bourbon whisky east of Kentucky as
q good rye west Of the Alleghanies.
speak in broad terms. Apparently
the feat has been accomplished
a few times, but Investigation
has always developed the fact that
the makers Of seaboard Bourbon were
Of blue grass origin and the chaps who
succeeded in turning out an inland
rye were aliens from the east. A real
Kentucky colonel will not touch rye.
He considers 1t almost as deleterious
as wator."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
A Bit of Sunerstition.

One Of the most literally patronized
Of the Pennsylvania many passenger
trains Is the st. Louis express, which
leaves the Broad street station each
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The regular
gate for the train is No. Il, but at this
season Of the year the rush of people
to get aboard is so great it becomes
necessary to open two gates. No. 13
being the nearest, it is the one selected.
The saunterer happened to be in the
station the other afternoon when the
gates were thrown open. Instantly
there was a rush for No. IA and the
crowd became jammed around it for a
distance Of 30 feet in each direction.
Gate No. 13 was practically neglected.
'"This way for the st. Louis express" !"
called out the ticket puncher at the
gate. "This way for the st. Louis ex-
press"
But, although his voice was good and
loud, none Of the passengers who were
struggling around No. IA seemed to
hear 1t. Out of probably 100 well
dressed, intelligent men and women
the saunterer saw but three leave the
pushing throng around No. II and pass
through No. 13. He asked the gate
man why 1t was.
"Don't know" was his answer, "ex-
cept it's superstition. Afraid to start
on Journey by passing through a gate
with 13 as its number, suppose. It's
this way every time, and will be,
guess, as long as the number on the
gate Is left as it is. believe that the
most Of the people would rather miss
their train, If it came to that, than take
chances with their superstitious fears.
Funny, isn't it?"-Philadelphia Inquir-
or
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Neither Could Bend,

The late Mrs. Kelley, the actress
used to tell an anecdote of Queen Vic.
toria on the occasion when she had the
honor of being received by her majesty.
On being presented she excused herself
from making low courtesy by saying,
"Your majesty, l have rheumatism in
my knees and cannot courtesy"
'Mrs. Keeley, % replied the queen,
81 can't, either. And the veteran ac.
tress was put at her ease by the homeli-
ness Of the remark and it's common
touch OF nature, which made the two
women kin
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
ireland Called Many Names.

Few countries have suffered so many
changes of name as Ireland In the time
Of Ptolemy the island was known as
Scotia. Diodorus Siculus calls the island
Irs, or Irisi; in the "De Mundo," cred
ited by some scholars to Aristotle, it is
called 1renne; In the ''Argonautica of
Orpheus' it appears as Irinus; Strabo
calls it Irene; Caesar, Tacitus and Pliny
mention it as Hibernia; Mela called it
Juverna. The native names in Celtic
are Ir, Fri. or Erin. Plutarch mentions
1t under the name of Ogygia. The name
Ireland is no doubt derived from the
native Ir or Fri but when it came into
general use is question concerning
which scholars are much at variance.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
The Crioket's Chirp.

The variation of speed in the chirp.
ing Of crickets depends so closely OF
temperature that the height Of the
thermometer may be calculated by OBJ
serving the number Of chirps in min.
ute.
At 60 degrees F. the rate is 80 chirps
a minute, at 70 degrees F. 1870 per min.
ute, and the rate increases four chirps
to the minute with a change of one
degree.
Below temperature Of so degrees
F. the cricket is not likely to make any
sound
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
The return Of the R.tion..

In the civil war onr soldiers faced
privation and hunger A little story in
b. Clay Trumbull's book, "War Mem
pries of Chaplain. tells of the spirit
In which they sometimes did it.
While before Petersburg doing siege
work in the summer of 1854, our men
had wormy hard tack served out to-
them. 1t was severe trial to the men.
Breaking open the biscuits and finding
live worms in them, they would throw
the pieces in the trenches, although the
orders were to keep the trenches clean.
A brigade officer of the day, seeing
some of these scraps along our front.
called out sharply to our men:
'"Throw that hard tack out of the
trenches" Then, as the men promptly
gathered it up. he added, "Don't you
know that you've no business to throw
hard tack in the trenches2'
Out from the injured soldier heart
there came the reasonable explanation,
"We've thrown it out two or three
times, sir, but it crawls back"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Her Theory.

Mrs. Mild-You seem to differ from
the usual idea about coddling a man
to win his consent. According to your
theory, scolding is the best medium
for winning satisfactory results.
Mrs. Wild-That, my dear, is in ac-
cord with one of the laws Of nature.
Everything has got to be blown up
before it will come down.-Richmond
Dispatch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
We PULLED ARosE- IN SUMNER TIME.

We pulled rose in summer time
Beside true lovers gate.
Our lips sent up 80 sweet chime
That twilight fingered late.
Now look how Is the year grown old,
How leafless hedge and treei
'Tis said that even love grows cold;
So here Is rosemary.
Elizabeth Alden Curtis in Connecticut Mag.
azine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Not Her Style.

''The ideal'' exclaimed the eensa.
tional actress as she beat an angry tat
too on the floor with her slipper.
"What's the trouble2 Can't you gel
your divorce q
eyes, but that lawyer has offered Il
secure it without publicityr"-Wash'
ington Star.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
Easy Plan.

"That young man," said the citizen,
pointing to sharp featured youth
across the street. ''has made fame both
for himself and this his native vii
lage."
Gas to how7" asked the stranger.
"Simply by sending kilograms Of con-
graduation or coincidence, as the occa-
sion called for, to prominent persons. I"
Indianapolis Journal
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04

"And how did you come to marry
him?'
Il didn't come to marry him." an.
sWered the womanly little woman in.
dignantly, che came to marry me."-
Chicago Post.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04

The title Of majesty" was first CIV
en- to Louis XI Of France. Before that
time sovereigns were usually styled
"highnees.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04

In India elephants over 12 and up to
45 years Of age are deemed the best
to purchase and will generally work
we'll until they are so years old.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04

A beggar is usually touching OBJ
ject.-Berlin (Md. Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17
Yellow Fever.

The yellow fever situation is
tightening. At Jackson, Mississ-
ippi, the situation is unchanged
with no new cases reported.
Only one suspicious case has
been reported from New Orleans
There is no yellow fever at Mia
mi, Fla.
Key West, the seat of the dis
ease, reports 80 new cases in the
past "a hours and one death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween G. j. Frasher and w. A. Fin.
ney, under the firm name of Frashel
& Finney, confectioners, is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, Mr.
Finney retiring. George J. Frashel
will assume all Indebtedness of the
Arm and collect all outstanding &C.
formerly. G. ]. FRAsHER,
w. A. FINNEY.
Ardmore, 1. T., Sept. 10, 1899.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17
CHICKAsAw LEGISLATURE.
Tsckiina the kaotty Old Problem OF
Marriage License.

Tsckiina the kaotty Old Problem of
Marriage License.
The Chickasaw's have q hankering
notion that intermarriage to secure
q share in the allotments must stop.
Something of a sensation was
sprung in the house by the introduc-
ton of bill this morning proposing
to raise the price OF Chickasaw mar
risge license from $50 to $1,000. Such
bill was before the legislature last
winter and was detected, but the bill
proposed to raise the license to $500
instead of $1,000.
Recently there have been a number
of marriages in the Chickasaw coun-
try under the Chickasaw law of inter-
married citizens, who have been liv-
ing in marriage from ten to thirty
years, where they married under the
laws of Texas, Arkansas or other
states.
On account of the Dawes commits
sion refusing to enroll the intermar-
ried citizens unless married under
the Chickasaw laws. these citizens
have secured a Chickasaw license
and remarked under the Chickasaw
law, so that both husband and wife
might be enrolled as citizens and en-
titled to allotment, instead of the
citizen by blood only.
So many marriages of this sort
having been consummated within the
past few weeks. some of the legisla-
tors will endeavor to raise the license
to $1,000 as stated above, and shut off
these intermarried citizens, not mar
ried under the Cbickasaw law, from
their share in the allotment of lands,
An important bill was passed by
the legislature appropriating money
to be used by the United States
Indian agent in the removal of intrud-
ers in the nation. This will cover the
case in future, and all persons failing
or refusing to comply with permit or
other tax laws of the nation will be
removed from the nation by the
United States Indian agent at the in
stance and upon complaint of the In
dian authorities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17
Indians Feast.

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. 16.-The
Iowa Indians are preparing to en-
tertain visiting Indians from the
Kiowa and Comanche reservation.
The feasting, dancing and pony
smoking will begin today and con-
tinue about ten days. The camp
will be located about four miles
south of Perkins on the allotment
of an Indian named Charles
Springer. The Kiowas are already
there. The Apaches and Conan
ches are expected, but it is not a
certainty that they will be present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17

Herbine is well adapted to the
cure of fevers of all kinds, because
it thoroughly cleanses the stomach
and bowels of all bilious humors,
and expels all impure secretions of
the body. Price so cts. City Drug
Store, w, B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17

E. e. Turner, Compton, Mo-, was
cured of piles by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve after suffering seven
teen years and trying over twenty
remedies. Physicians and surgeons
endorse. it. Beware of dangerous
counterfeiters. w. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17
Newspaper Man sues Railroad

Paris. Tex, Sept. 16.-J. Y.
Schenck, formerly engaged in the
newspaper business at Antlers, L.
T.. instituted suit in the district
court yesterday afternoon against
the St. Louis and San Francisco
Railway company for $4,000 for
personal injuries. The plaintiff
alleges that on the 1st of last Oc-
tober, while he was afflicted with
partial paralysis and was going on
he started to enter pas
senger coach at Antlers, when the
brakeman stopped him and de-
manded that he show his ticket;
that he told him he did not have a
ticket, brit had a mileage book and
would show it to him when he got
a seat, as he could not get it out of
his inside pocket while standing on
crutches: that the brakeman re-
fused to wait, and that while he
was supporting himself against the
coach reaching in his pocket for
the mileage book the train started
with sudden jerk, throwing him
down and inflicting permanent in
juries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-17

The great success of Chamberlain
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy
in the treatment of bowel complaints
has made it standard over the greater
part of tie civilized world. For sale
by City Drug Store and T. n. Cole
man.