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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
CHAPTER TX.
IF I WE'RE TO DIE TOMORROW.

IF I WE'RE TO DIE TOMORROW.
On the seventh day Of Villon's week
OF wonder. his glory was at its great
est. No fairer day had graced that
radiant month OF June and no more
splendid pageantry had adorned the IL
lustrious reign Of h new grand con-
stable. Mimic battles, fountains run
ming wine, free doles Of food, fantastic
pageants. grotesque dances, all the gor-
geous mummery that the fifteenth CEN
fury delighted in was offered in pro-
fusion to please the fancy and win the
hearts of h people Of Parts. But the
browning triumph vas the great fes-
tival which the grand constable gave
with the kings permission in the kings
w rose garden, the magnificent mas
carado in the Italian manne TO which
all who were associated with the court
were summoned. This revelry which
began at sunset was intended to over
top all possible courtly ceremonials in
the splendor OF its equipment, the Law
ishness Of its display. the richness and
p~rofusion Of its hospitality.
1t was Iaar to the hour of sunset
her Villon sat with the king in the
little room in the gre tower from
which the king loved to follow the
movements Of the heavenly bodies. On
the table by which the king and Villon
were seated lay a large chart Of the
country in the immediate neighborhood
of Paris, and in front of the table stood
three of the kings most trusty COM
manders, the Lord du Lau, the Lord
Poncet de Riviere and the Lord of Nam
toilet.
Villon had been explaining to the king
and to his military advisers a scheme
which had been growing in his mind
throughout the week for the confusion
of the enemy, a scheme for which the
rrernN,, - -.
evening was to serve as a golden mask.
Villon touched a point on the map
which represented a spot very familiar
to him, a little dip in the swelling land,
where he used to play as a child and
gather wild flowers and hide himself.
and imagine that he was a bandit or a
great captain or a fairy prince-any
one or the thousand Illusions of child
hood at its play.
There sire" h said. "If 1 can lure
the Burgundians to that hollow, the day
is ours. The sloping ground above 1t
will mask a thousand men,
Poncet de Feiviere leaned forward
q~uestioningly.
Are you sure of the lay Of the land?"
Vilon answered positively:
Sure. I played truant there when /
was no higher than your sword belt"
Nantoillet spoke as a man who
weighs his words:
"The scheme seems feasible, SIRE
Villon glanced up from the table in
apology.
You may think me a raw soldier" he
said, yet I have practiced strategy all
days"
Du Lau answered him ~approvingly:
My lord, o reason like a seasoned
veteran"
Pleased with the praise vinon turned
to the king.
Continued Next Weekly
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
CHAPTER VIII,

A WORD WITH DOM GREGORY.
1t Is a thousand pities that the ma
fellals tor building up a practical pre-
sentiment Of the real lffe-story of Mas
ter Francois Villon are so slight, that
IN the historical sense they might all
most be said to be n~on-existent. We
know, indeed, a little of Master Fran
OILS early days. partly from some con-
iesslons which must at all times be
interpreted with a liberal sense Of hu-
NOR and CLOSED with an infinite deal
or good nature, and partly from stray
records made by those who do not
seem to have held the vagrant poet
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

Senator Dietrich of Nebraska, grew
facetious the other day. He was talk.
ing about the statehood situation and
said:
I suppose the matter is now in statr
Quay"
Loud laughter from the senators VII,
are with Quay. The fellows on ths
othaE side never cracked a smile.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

The yellow cars run by the statue Of
Albert Pike, the father of Scottish Rite
Masonry author and poet, that stands
at the junction of Indiana ave
u n D street, Washington
Pike long, flowing hair
that is faithfully reproduced in the
bronZe A party of tourists under the
charge Of a man who knew 1t all came
by.
There" said the guide, Stands the
statue Of William F. Cody-good old
Buffalo Bill" NN
What did he do that he deserves n
statue?" asked a young woman in the
party. >Ne
dol" repeated the guide with fine
scorn. why, he fit the Buffaloes."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
He Got IL.

Chicago News: Edith-But Kissing has
again been declared dangerous.
Tom-Well, you know 1 promised to go
through any danger for you.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
a Iatar Hamlet.

Chicago Tribune: "All the worid ,,an
anvil" observed the gifted trase s.and
whom the critics had been abusing, rs"
all the men and women merely knoeA
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

The amount invested in the Siberian
railway is $40l, 100000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
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Arizona republican., 1903-08-30
BISBEE-A

This company is getting into, good shape for a large amount of develop ment work.
 The new gallCws frame is erected and the steam hoist installed. A large metal water tank is in place and plenty of supplies are on the ground to enabl5 steady sinking operations at once tc be resumed.
 The shaft here is we'll timbered and everything done in a business like fashion that seems to show a determi- nation on the part of the officials to gc ahead in a systematic way.
 Plenty of firewood is on hand ani carload of coal will soon be received The company intends to cover in the gallows frame all machinery and to in stall steam saw for preparing the mi ming timbers. A bunk house and other surface improvements are under way and already a steam compressor is be. ing talked of.
 Financially this company is in first class condition and doubtless thei, policy of cal eful and economical ad- ministra ton will enable them to ex- ploit their holdings in a thorough manner.-Bisbee Review.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30

formed the laws of the land make it exceedingly difficult to back out.
 Several years ago a middle aged gen tleman, dressed in the height Of fasc-
 ion, surprised a gathering at an animal show in a Western town by entering the lions cage, and while the beast eyed him with disapproval and suspi- cion, drinking a bottle of wine. The
 audience. thinking he was one of the performers, waited expectatntly for the
 next feat, and was more than sur prised when he turned and left the cage without any excuse or announce
 ment of any sort. There was rumor
 that he had tempted death to pay a
 political wager, but from his friends
 1t was learr ed that his entering the lions cage was one of the conditions on
 which the daughter of a restaurant
 keeper, to whom he had become en-
 gagged. would release him.
 | Then there is the case of the young | New Yorker who became infatuated
 with a daring bareback rider, proposed to and was accepted by her. When he ! came to his sober senses he decided that the easiest way out of the difficulty
 was to have his attorneys settle a sub stantial sum upon the woman, and this was done.
 l The bareback rider. however, was | not satisfied. She did not want money, | but demanded that he afford her repa-
 ration by appearing in the circus ring | at one performance as bareback rid CT. As tEere was no other way out of it. the young man took a course of in-
 struction in bareback riding, and when he became sufficiently accomplished in
 the art, appe ared. with the girl, and 1 gave very creditable performance. ! There is q story from England to the effect that inquiries occasioned by the surprise felt at the marriage of a young i curate to a widow many years older | than himself resulted in the informal ticn that the curate had married the mother to escape the daughter. 1 The curate had become engaged to the
 daughter, who was q frivolous young l person, and who soon convinced her 1 fiance that he had made a grave mis- | take in his choice of a wife.
 He offered settlement for his re-
 lease, but it was refused. He then
 appealed to the girls mother who re- piled that the only way he could escape
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30
ENGINEERS ARE MODEST.
Men on Fast Locomotives Not Given
 to Gossiping.

Of the men WHO sit in the cab of in a race of 100 miles in 100 minutes it is said that they are the most modest individuals of the human family This
 IS q fact said to be clearly shown by a talk with any of tlie Chicago engineers who have any such record. It is evil denced not so much from what they say when questioned as from what they do not and cannot be induced to say. For not two men in a dozen of fast runners are given to talking about what they have accomplished. Much less are they inclined to pass any opinion of the capabilities of any other en- gineer.
 Take it all in all, the men who ride the iron horse in races that are appall- ing are the oldest characters in the jumpers of a mechanic. short time ago a special train was chartered to make fast run down the country. Tho engineer in taking coal at a station, was delayed by the coal chute apron becoming unmanageahle. The man wh1 sat in the cab ahead was as cool as an iceberg, but no sooner had the apron been hoisted out of the way thar he opened up the valve and began a race that for speed and smoothness was one of z. thousand.
 Arriving at our destination" said the conductor who had charge of the train, the engineer found awaiting him telegram from the general superin tendent of the road, who paid him the highest compliment that an official could extend to an employe. The man read the telegram and showed it into
 the pocket of his blouse without a
 change of countenance. No one. from
 looking under the peak of his cap. could tell what sort of a feeling had been awakened even if it affected him at all.'
 A fast runner. being approached by an outsider who wants to know some- thing about the life of an engineer. will | invariably be asked to see so and so, who is another engineer on the same
 run or division.
 Hes mighty good engineer and can tell you more of what you want to know than l can." and then he goes l about his puffing steed feeling for ho. places and poking a long spouted Oiler under the machinery. It is ten to one that the other man will get out of i, in the same way.
 Few engineers who have b, en founJ out as fast runners will make any com l parison of any kind of their runs with
 those of other engineers. There is one l thing, however, about which an en- gineer Of this class is "touchy." Sup
 pose he has made a fast run but has
 but been laid out or delayed from one | cause or another. He invariably want; that delay deducted from the total time of the run.
 Railroad men say that the longer 2
 man runs an engine the longer he wants to. He is in love with his dan-
 gerous calling. and he is a veritable duck out of water when once he real i izes that he is laid off for all time.- ] Chicago Tribune
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30
WILLING TO FIX THE COAT.
But Not in the Way the Owner Mos.
 Desired.

The stranger was leaning against q board fence looking dreamily into space when the proprietor of the place came whistling around the corner with a paint pot in his hand. He stopped his whistling when he saw the stranger and hesitated a moment, apparently undecided whether to be angry or not. Excuse me, sir he sad finally, that paint is fresh."
 "Fresh" exclaimed the stranger sud- denly waking up and jumping away from it.
 Yes, sir. fresh,' returned the pro- prietor looking ruefully at the spot tha, | the strangers coat had made. II put it on not half an hour ago myself You didn't put any sign on it that can see,'' said the stranger sarcasticall!' ; as he tried to look over his shoulder
 at the back of his coat. Sign. sign," exclaimed the proprie- | tor, growing excited. "Of course
 didn't! 1 hadn't finished the job, and
 anyone but a blamed fool with cold in his head can smell fresh paint anyway Smell it" roared the stranger. DO you expect a man in this enlightened | age, to go around sniffing the air? Dc you expect him to try to smell of ev- cry renee ne WdulS lO Sil uOWu OIl NiiSL
 he is tired? Do you expect him to gc abroad in this world with a suspicion 1 that everyone is as interruptions an idiot as you are? No, sir; it won't dc l It"
 Look here!" broke in the proprietor
 When a man comes along and spells
 an artistic piece of work like that" | Artistic, nothing!" cried the strang- CT. You have this coat cleaned. un- derstand, You get some benzine and clean this coat, or"
 You paint over that spot again"
 broke in the proprietor. You fix up what you've ruined or I'll fix you" | He put down the paint pot, took out the brush and began a war dance
 around the stranger.
 Hold on.' cried the latter in dismay as he backed away. I'll fix the fence | if you'll fix the coat"
 1 I'll fix the coat" exclaimed the pro-
 prietor, already beginning to gloat over
 his victory. You fix the fence!"
 "Give me the brush" said the strang- | CT When he had secured it he stop
 ped and asked: How are you going 1 to fix my coat?"
 Paint the rest of it, replied the pro-
 prietor gleefully.-Chicago Post.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30
"SSSSas&~ MILLER 

that the verses in the letter were writ ten by his daughter. He thought some light-headed young courier had sent
 them to her. and not approving of th,
 sentiment of them, he told the young woman what he thought of the matter. Since Miss Gage left the normal col lege she has been thrilled with the idea
 of becoming twentieth century Eliza beth Barrett Browning. Her verses had occasionally crept into the college week ly and had won her the praises of her instructors. This praise made her tasks of feeding the chickens and stopping the pigs seem wonderfully prosaic, ara
 she set about making rhymes when she
 was not making pies or peeling pota- toes. One set of her verses she sent to
 Editor Box, editor of the Ladies' Homo Journal. In due time they came back to the writer. When the father was handed the mail by the rural deliveryman, he opened the letter and found the verses. Fastening
 to the house. he confronted his daugh ter, held the verses before her and shouted:
 Who's this fellow Box that's writin
 this rot to you. Maude? I won't have
 any light-headed Quaker sendin' my
 girl any of this kind of stuff Maude gasped, looked at her father for a moment and then started to ex-
 plain. "Why, MT. Box is the" she began
 1T don't care to know who he is, , said the father. but I won't have any
 of this kind of business goin' on. Some fellow you met up at the college, l | reckon
 The father then sat down. opened the folded manuscript. This is what he read: Oh. long to tread the furrows where the corn and cotton grow;
 I am fain to be familiar with the mat tock and the hoe: For the needle I've but scorning, I would rise at early morning And go forth and turn the stubble with Gee! Hawi Whoa! Why should any lady finger where the fancy work abounds?
 l am yearning to escape the customary metes and bounds: Yea to kick across the traces Cease to loll in frills and laces And essay the role of farmer on his Own Home Grounds. Let me go and be a granger where the beans and barley grow What's the use of any woman staying home to knit or sew When the strenuous life is calling And she might be blowing, hauling, Moving. raking. reaping. breaking, with q Gee. HaWi Whoai Carthage. Mo-. Correspondence Chi cago Inter Ocean.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30

Seven years ago the State Of Illinois granted to the Physicians Institute Of Chicago charter
 There was need of something above the ordi- nary method of treatment for chronic diseases, something more than any one specialist or any number of specialists acting independently could do, so the State itself, under the powers granted 1t by It's general laws, gave the power ,u the Physicians Institute to furnish to the sick such help as would make them well and strong.
 Ever since its establishment this Institute has endeayored in every possible way to carry out the original purposes of is establishment under the benehclcns laws of the State.
 realizing the value of electricity in the treatment of certain phases of disease, created under the spperntendence Of its staff of specialists an electric bolt. and this belt has been proved to be of great value as curative agent. From time to time 1t has been improved until t reached that stage Of perfection which warranted It's present name Of Supreme"
 This belt Is the most effective of ali agents in the cur6 Of rheumatism, luInb2go, lame back, ncry- ous exhaustion, weakened or lost vital functions. varicocele, kidney discrdefs and many other complaints.
 This "Supreme Electric Belt" Is made in one grade only-lC0 guage-there is no better electric Deli made and no better belt can be made. Whenever In the opinion of our staff of special ists the wonderful curative and revitalizing forces Of electricity will cure you we send you free Of all cost, one Of these Supreme Electric Belts 1t Is not sent on trial 1t Is yours to keep forever without the payment of one cent Thia generous offer may be withdrawn at any time SO you should write to-day for this free Supreme Electric Belt" to the Physicians Institute. st is34 Unity Building. Chicago. III.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30
TERLINGUA MINES.

J. O. and F. w. Baylor, who have beer employed at the Terlingua quick silver mines of Texas. arrived in Cliff ton this week and will probably locate here. They have been at Terlingua two years, and are positive that it is the largest and richest cinnibar deposit in the world. Three companies are now operating there, though none of them on an extensive scale. The district Is now producing 800 fiasks per month, which average T6 pounds each. Other companies are at work developing prop critics. and will eventually become ship pers. Terlingua is situated in the big. bend of the Rio Grande, and not far from Mexico. The place is reached by wagon from Maria. Texas. The camp contains about three thousand people. mostly MeXicans. The labor is nearly all done by MeXicans at present, who receive from S1.25 to s1.50 per day which is top prices in that section, and the men are well satisfied as it is much better than they can do across the river in their own country. The Kansas City and Orient railroad, which it is expecr- ed will reach the line of Mexico in about two years, will pass within fifty miles of the camp. and it is likely that branch will be run out to it. Im- mense coal fields exist near the camp. which will be an additional inducement for the building of the railroad One stratum of coal is said to be twenty-six feet thick. and it is fine blacksmithins coal. The coal land is owned by the state. There is also good timber in the same section and d great abundance of fine spring water. There is no water at Terlingua. It is hauled from the
 Rio Grande, seven miles.-Copper Era.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30

friends and always feel that do them 8 service for know how satisfactory the results invariably are. I only wish every family had bottle-it would save much sickness and doctor lls."-Joseph H. Ridgeway. "Feel Better Than for Five Years.s (, MT. James B. Taylor, Roberts, Ind., writes:
 "I am at the present time entirely well. I can eat anything I ever could. I took five bottles of Peruna, and feel better now than I have for five years. l have doctored with other doctors oil | and on for fifteen years, so can recom- mend your medicine very highly for stomach troubles. I take great pleasure in thanking you for your free advice and Peruna."-James B. Taylor. "I Enjoy my Meals as I Used to.n Mr.. J. W. Pritchard, Wolf Lake, Ind. writes:
 "I am pleased to say that have been cured of catarrh of the stomach by Pe- runa. could hardly eat anything that agreed with me. Before I would get half through my meal my stomach would fill with gas causing me much distress and unpleasant feelings for an hour or two after each meal. But, thanks to your Peruna, am now com- pletely cured, and can eat anything I want to without any of the distressing symptoms. I can now enjoy my meals as I used to do, and it is all due to Dr. Hartman and his wonderful medicine. Peruna.
 "It has been one year since I was cured, and am all o. K. yet, SO kno V am cured."-J. W. Pritchard, Dyspepsia is a, very commol phase of summer catarrh. A remedy that will cure catarrh of one location will cure it | anywhere. Peruna cures catarrh wher- | ever located. That it is prompt and permanent cure for catarrh of the stomach the above letters testify.
 If you do not derive prompt and satis. factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving . full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad. vice gratis.
 Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-30
YAVAPAI MINING NOTES
 By ORIcK JACKSON
THE POLAND TUNNEL.

At no point in Arizona is there in evidence a more gigantic or a more laudable enterprise than that asso- ciated to the work of the Poland tun- mel. As a proposition that directly en- courages mining development, that facilitates transportation methods, and materially assists capital in an indus trial channel generally. it has the pro found regard and sincere support of the entire community. Considered in 8 broad sense, it is indicative of whole some benefit-the same to one as to the other-whether it be the individual or the corporation. Neither is it true as so many believe, that behind this pro- feet are it's efforts cemented to one in- terest or to one locality. On the other hand it widens the sphere of industrial advancement in the future and serves as an avenue through which will be fostered a community of interests. f. nancially as well as industrially. Be hind the work of driving this tunnel through a mountain over one mile in distance there is the disposition of an immense amount Of money, the crea- ton Of channel through which labor is sheltered in employment in the future. and the spirit of development and research practically and intell!- gently applied. Nowhere else in the west in recent years is there in evi- dence such magnificent undertaking to benefit all interests. due directly to the universal support behind mines and mining.
 As an illustration that the project will serve the purposes it's supporters are influenced by. what better en- couragement could the mining interests of Walker and Lynx Creek ask, than 1t will give in transportation alone when this tunnel is linked to that of the Big Bug railroad as it will be when com pleted. Or will not the mining prop erty of others be as wholesomely as- sisted in the development of the ground owned and operated by the Poland company? It is to just such influences as this tunnel that it may consistently be said the greatest good to the great est number follows, just as has been demonstrated in a parallel instance where the railroad has in recent years been built to mining interests in this section.
 Very few seem to appreciate the mag nitude of this work. It was originally undertaken over two years ago. and 1t will be nearly q year hence before the tunnel will be open to traffic. Its en- tire length will practically be one and ee-quarters of mile, and it is being driven from both the Big Bug and Lynx Creek sides of that range of mountains which divides the two districts. On th'. Big Bug side. or where the initial work was done, the tunnel is in $500 feet. while from Lynx Creek the bore has reached in and toward the initial point