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down With the hose, and, throwing OFT
their Clothing, tho boys jump i, Under
the streatns OF water and get q good
shower BATH, dancing about like q lot o9f
young asavages. After this tffy dress
thefnsslyea and The regular routine OF
thaishlp's day begins VA, u
Ut 4. Every day, when practicable, the boys BOY
Sso In swirnmtbE from The ship, atld every
day, when tho ship Is IN port, there ls
spttlns.iir drill at evening quprtcrrsa--tllll s
ssattins-up drill being n sort Of military ~
gymnastics, Intended to snake t)le Ha 'fltl
carry himself III b proper rllanrsr; alnid not
-sfolich. t ,a#55 Iii 5yB /. i5i
j fOnce month the ships Burgenn gives
1Aicrew a lecture Oh how to keep hcalthy.
1.-The cruise 10 the West indies Isl tfle
tfayprlie phe With the Eastern boys 3lld-
,fng from tic cold at the Northern Writer
tho shin sails Into the eternal summer
Of the Caribbean Sea, where the trade
winds blow steady und the waves siarkI e
nyer coral reefs and wash tho shores Of
islands, which look like the painted scenes
IN a theatre more than Ike rea land
e I3rigft skIcsJ shining seas, pal ms. mo un-
tainsT lnfty erags, cities With bright-col-
oieA roofs, winds heavy with tropical
doors, ''far-oT Isles OF Eden lying IN
dark purple spheres of sea-" arc unrollcd
before the apprentice In one continuous
panorama. M
h When they 70 ashore q thousand new
slghts-"new fruits, new smells, new air,"
and strange and eurlous people--greet
them IN avery part the bays got shore.
liberty, and ore allowed q leerain amotint
OF tpendlng money. Many are the curious
things they buy as nresents for their pa,-
on ts and friends at home, and the letters
OF on apprentice boy during his first cruise
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10 the West indies are mighty interesting
reading, IN, ~
There Is a chaplain Oh each training
shtn, and when the ship happens TO DO at
Zen on a, Sunday religious services are
held OH board. When SHE is in port the
boys ARE landed and marched to church.
Both at the training school and while
on q cruise, II the vessel is II, port, Cath
ole boys are allowed TO attend their own
Church.
Barbadoes Is generally the first island
at which the training ship stops; and here
lhe boyt go ashore for their intrOd uctiOi,
t5 tropical life. Then Port Of spain Is
Visited, and then ST. Lucia, where the
British have their great conlng station;
hen come Martinique, where the volcano.
81 CUNT Pclee.sWl ped out ~ city not long
picturesque Santa Crus. n garden island.
III sugar cane and orange grovasi ST.
Thomas witiits mountains lnl wonder
full harbnr, Its ruined pirate castles ond
groves OF guava--ths place where they
make bay rum. 3s
rhen 1t Is away. over the dancing, glkt
tcning waves To Ean Juan, Porto Rlt1.,
the capital Of our new 1Ycst Indian pos
sessions. and from Lhare. straight south,
across me rCarlDDedP, 10 Ia 80udSid, VI
Tho coastfof venezuela, and to the little.
Quaint Dutch island of Cura coa. 4
Turning north again the training ship
steers for Kingston. jamaica, passing
Into the harbor by Port Royal, the great
az part OF which place suddenly sank be-
meath the seas one day when It wis
pira ties strongh hold. a#
Guantanamo Bay, on the Cuban coast.
will also probably be visited, and the city
OF Havana,
When the clustering palnas Of Key West
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< fiHs lOnSed. 4A Ain u III WuFh, kOOt w. hl
The cruise IL II Kept busy learning tillnEas
pertaining 10 iis profession. XII
In summer the training ships loaf about
the coast Of the United states, and "A y
winter they make q crtlse IA TIE West
indies. IL they are Oh the Atlantic cdaAt
4 /: on tho Pacific they spend tie Winter.
months in vlsitfns Southern California;
Mexico,. or possibly the Hawaiian Islands,
.rhere are old and experienced sailors
or board who set the boys an osaEple
J Of how to do things right, and whom tho
APPRENTICES assist In working the ship.
scamanship in ali its branches, gunnarH,
signalling, something Of steam engineer
Ing and electrical engineering. infantry
drill and ships duties, keep the boys
busy. !. u. . I, y
out OF their hammocks 70 the shrlll piping
az the boatswain's whistle, ana are sent
scanpering UP the rigging and over tn 4,
masthead to Timber them UP for the cay :
\ work. Lii ~ over
M masthead first, and the laggaTds are
1eered By their compan Ions. Y
n Down on ahe deck the men are .Ta shlns
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General sherman's Frlend,

man was tbs guest Of honor at a banquet
after which reception was held, AMONG
the line Of people who aled IN and out
e shake hands With the great va, war h ~
was very familiar, but which no could
not place.
WHO are you?" he asked IN an apol-
ogete aside, as he welcomed tha guest
The man blushed and musnured behind
a deprecatory hand
"Nlade your shirts, sir;
nAh, OF course. = exclaimed thu general,
louuly, turning to the receiving cs Z, mites
behind him. ,'Gentlemsn allow me "a
present Major Schugts, M 7Sen Lipptn'
Gotta,
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cH4RRlEs RIPE,
NsDnIe Peck,

trust In him. Hnt as soon az Floss satT
lshed herself thai Gckle Harod MAS safeIi
" planted Within the corporate limits "a
vedlock she would close the novel, heayss
. sigh of satisfaction and pass into the
land of Nod.
MY! But she was unreasonable,
One evening Floss found upon reach-
Ing home new one from the Clrculat-
Ing Library, It was one Of those love
stories of a by-gone period, Guy Hol-
brooke Livingston was to blame for IT.
Floss had never heard pf Guy Holbrpoke
livingston; which Is another way Of say
Ing it was Guys first offense, Floss
rushed through tho concluding feed Of
The day removed her long-hip-model-A
straight front, scratched her Sides put
an her kimona and hogan to try-out what
was alleged to be 'the book Of the sea-
son.N
a.fora she had covered the tlrst half
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of the commencing chapter, Floss was
breathing deep and slow, and would have
given anything on earth for Just one
look at Air. GUY Holbrooke Livingston.
+ By-em-by she sgt 70 where Cecilia
strolled down the arden. under the wing
of night. 10 meet Othello. Everything
was as still as death, save the contiden-
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FROM LUNCH AND SAT BEFORE HER MACHINE
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tal whsperings of nature. Othello.
awaiting Cecilia over at the ancient grist
MILL which stood behind the weeping vii
lows was put wise to her coming by
zephyrs freighted with a familiar fra
3grance-Cashmere Bouquet. Just as the
lovers met and swapped smacking kisses
and gentle hand-pressers, Floss heard
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world: here. In moral matters. reigninS
over ths good and EVIL that are warrlDg
IN the deplhs OF our consciousness, may
we in irlth discover q Justice exactly
s y ressss n ~ Ii hsSses ~ sa
Bit whence do we derive this desire
if not from tho Justice within us9 and IS
1t not because this justice is 50 mighty
luctant 10 hslleYe In Its non-existence In
The llnlyerS6Y aA8
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Tn Hb will be awarded
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will be
+$
artist
eawmqw q o.
RICHMOND va
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n
MOI W.
Away on the raining ship.
By II. IRVING KING.

AtLtNCl away on a. training ship
with Two ar three hundred otl,er
boys Ia fun Tor the naval ap-.
prentice; he Ia about 10 zee Tie
iii, rnllnd world for which ,hS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

the warning symptoms OF disease, he 10
c~areless1y inviting calamity.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and Other
organs of digestion and nutrition. Il
enables the perfect digestion and assimi-
lation Of food, which makes strength.
and move bilious impurities from the
blood.
II had been troubled with a pain In lower
part Of my stomach for three years, so severe I
thought it would kill me in time,s writes Mr..
Aaron Van DAM Of Kensington) $50 ROTH St,
q big weight hanging on me and got 50 bad that
for q time, but 1t did no good so / wrote to Dr..
R. y. Pierce for advice. which he gave me I'm.
mediately. / followed his directions; used two
bottles Of his medicine and was cured: I had z
cramps las I thoughtl. SO Or. Pierce told me.
I have pleasure in living now; have gained in
weight rs pounds since them"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stiPation. They do not beget the pill
habit.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
The Ruling Passion.

a good woman was dying, a woman
who had been a true wife and a loving
mother, a woman with but one weak
ness-azlo love of gossip.
Although her time on earth was
short, she was critically watching the
attending physician and the nurse as
they talked in subdued whispers of the
result which their united skill had been
powerless to avert.
In response to the summons Of the
dying woman her husband approached
her and bent low to catch the words
which he expected to be words Of love.
Again she turned her eyes, from which
the light was fast fading, upon the doc
tor and the nurse as she said family.
"Do you suppose they r engaged?"
These words were her last.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Benefits From Running.

Running is TIE great beautifier of fig
ure and movement. 1t gives muscular
development, strong heart action and
free lung play. The muscle comes
where it ought to be, the shoulders go
back, the loins hold the trunk well bal
anced. and the feet take their correct
positions. 1t was running which made
the Greek figure. The more active
tribes of American Indians have been
runners from time immemorial, and
from the chest to the heels they are
much more beautifully built than the
average of white men. Running peo-
Pile have usually the firm but elastic
texture which is the beauty Of flesh.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

sAhEEL @aal.a xA44AsA-.&% 4ASIsSlss ~ $1,000. h4Ealaz
INV. Cone, Of Sioux Falls, spent
Sunday in the city with his son, r.
81. Cone. assistant cashier OF the
Commercial and Savings bank. Mr..
Cone is quite we'll known throughout
the state and was the chief clerk of
the house during the first three ses-
sions Of the state legislature.
The Alexandria Journal has again
changed hands, and it is now owned
by William Durkce, who is principal
of the Emery schools, and was the
former republican superintendent Of
schools Of Hanson county. 1t is I'M
derstood that the paper will remain
democratic in politics. Mr.. Durkee
expects to take active control Of the
paper as soon as he can be relieved Of
his school duties.
Walter Bovaird, of Lake Andes,
and w. L. Stearns, of Armour, the
county treasurer, have teen having a
little legal scrap over the ownership
of aquarter section of land in Charles
Mix county. The contest was finished
before the United..States land Office
Friday. J. Morrow appeared for Mr..
Boyaird and ]. T. Matthews, of Ar
mour, appeared.for Mr.. Stearns.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
A humorous snnke.

In Marianne North's "RecollectionS
Of a Happy Life is a description ola
tame snake.
the pretty bronze creature in the great
plait Of hair she wore around her head
and one threatened to go down thus
decorated to a dinner party of rather
stiff people.
But one of the snakes own eccentric
tiles r to distinguish it among all
other reptiles of a similar nature which
have served as pets.
1t was as fond of glittering things as
its mistress herself, and when she took
off her many rings and placed them On
different parts Of the table it would 60
about collecting them and stringing
them on it's 1.-the body. Then it would
tie itself in a knot, SO that the rings
could not be taken of until it was
pleased to unite itself again.
Ancient Legal Statute.
The provision of the Virginia code ex-
empting from service on the grand jury
the owner or occupier Of a grist mill.
says Law Notes, is an interesting exam
pie of a law which has been allowed to
remain on the statute book long after
its usefulness and the condition that
called it into being have ceased to exist.
When the statute was passed, serious
Inconvenience to the citizens of the sur
rounding country might have arisen as
a result of summoning a. mill owner
from his work, but the mill owner is
no longer SO important a member of the
community.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
women ana store Detectives.

''The very thing that newspapers
want to know about the way detectives
work in big department stores are the
things we don't want to tell" said
a superintendent when asked about a
conspicuous shoplifting arrest. 1--WE
should be glad to dispense with them
altogether, but we can't afford to. A
clever woman will outwit the shrewd-
est store detective that ever walked.
We have to work cautiously or we lose
trade. If the detective is a man
and stares at a woman too hard, she
makes a complaint at the desk and
tells other women how she was insult
ed. If the store detective is a woman,
she is likely to get fresh 1 think the
best store detective in New York today
is a maj who used to be a minstrel
performer. He took the job on trial till
good times came again, but nothing
good enough has come, along to tempt
him to give up a $1,000 job, and he is
worth every penny of it.'-New York
Times.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
II. Most Apidinx Lanxuas..

The Most Abad1ng Language
Latin Is the language that has most
enriched modern tongues, for its clear
echoes are heard to this day in every
quarter Of the world. 1t entered large
~, after their conquest by Rome, into
the dialects Of Spain and Gaul, coun-
tries thoroughly ~perrneated by Roman
life and civilization, and has since
played a great part in the history Of
modern languages.
The Roman tongues are practically
Latin in a new dress. Italian may be
called the Latin of today; French and
Spanish are based on n similar ground
work, and English has borrowed large
" from the language of Rome, either
directly or through foreign channels
In very early times Latin colonists In
troduced into Britain names for places.
and in the seventh century many eccle-
siastical words Of Latin origin, such as
altar, priest, candle, were adopted by
our forefathers.
Although it may not be SO flexible
and plant as some languages with
which it has been thus incorporated,
Latin reflects admirably the practical
character of it's people, who felt and
used their power SO that it has been
well called the "voice of empire and
law"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
A Change Of Front.

Wife-How do you like my new hat?
Husband-The idea of paying big
prices for
Wife-Big prices! Why, l made it
myself.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I was
saying, the idea Of paying big prices
for such monstrosities as the milliners
are showing! Now, your hat is a work
of art. Looks as if it came straight
from Paris. Beautiful. my dear!-Lon-
don Telegraph.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Dangerous Experiment.

A man in Rocks county was kicked
by a mule and knocked unconscious
while trying to feed his mules in a new
way. He says that the first thing he
heard when he regained his senses was
his wife saying, "Well, I'll thank God
when he can't find any new expert
ments to try On them mules."-Kansas
City Journal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Forever at Him,

Newitt-Funny! I always associate
your wife with a certain episode in my
own life. There's just n thing she al
ways reminds me Of
Henpeck-I wish I could say that.
There's lots Of things she always re-
minds me of.-Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Parrots.

A dealer in birds in sober and serious
Manhattan advertises that he has in
stock a "large variety Of s~emireligious
parrots, the most profane n only
$780," That's an odd way of appeal
ing to public patronage. If the most
profane parrot is held for sale at 500.
what would be the price Of a parrakeet
that could only say "Good g%raciolsT'
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which made
the accident
possible.
There are a
great many
lives sud-
denly terrni-
mated as q
result of
a1thoughthe
medical cer-
tihcate may
read uheart
failure. =
When a man
takes
! his stomach
and nep1ecfp
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
ON the shore.

,"How sweet it would be to live alone
with you in yonder lighthousep he
whispered, %tenderly.
yes" she murmured abstractedly,
"and do light housekeeping."-Smart
Set.
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still In the Family.

SUIT m tHe HAH11ys %
Jack-My grandfather had a fine col
lection of silver, which he ~bequeathed
to my father on condition that i should
always remain in the family.
Ethel-Then you have 1t still?
Jack-Well--er-my uncle has it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
A Towerlna Legislator.

The Arkansas legislature has one
member who is six feet eight inches
In height, but when the question is
put to him he says he Is five feet
twenty inches tall. He is a school
teacher. S. Rowland Of Valley
Springs.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
!?

The jury returned a verdict of acci-
dental death on the man who fell from
the window ledge on which he had fallen
But the death was really due to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Savage. of south America.

A
Two hundred miles beyond the mouth
of the Rio Meta the Inirida river n
tiers the Orinoco. started up that
stream, says a traveller, with my canoe
loaded with trinkets for exchange with
the natives, who live in a condition OF
extreme savagery, although they are
amiably disposed and usually harm
less. They go entirely nude save for
the loin cloths and get their subsist-
ence by hunting and fishing, chiefly
the latter.
I was much interested in their meth
cd Of taking fish by their use of the
bow and arrow.
For this purpose they employ arrows
six feet in length made of reeds tipped
with iron. While a canoe is padded
gently along in the shadows the marks
man stands ready with his arrow on
the string of the bow. AS soon IS q
large fish is seen, if the approach can,
be made within range, the arrow is LET
fly and rarely fails to strike the prey.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-06
BIG MERGER SCHEME.
Indiana Coal Operators Plan to Com.
bine All Coal Producing
Interests.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 2.-Indiana
coal operators are working on one Of
the largest merging schemes in the
history of the state. The plan is to
bring all of the controlling coal pro.
ducing interests in the state into one
company. Absolute ownership is the
plan to be followed. The coal mining
interests of the state are worth over
;S55, 100000. The plan is to take i'll
those properties lying along the rail.
road lines A committee composed
of A. NJ. Ogle, of Indianapolis; j.
Smith 1alley, of Terre Haute, and
George Seifert, who has large mines
in Sullivan county, is making the
moves and taking options on proper.
ties. Some OF the largest coal min.
ing interests in the state are covered
by options. 1t is said that the deal,
If it goes through, will be far more
extensive than simply the ownership
of mines. The company contem-
plates, it is understood, equipping il.
self with its own coal cars and to
provide enough SO there will not be
the present frequent shutdown OF
the mines because of not having cara
on which to load the coal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-06
Postoffice Safe Blown.


Two safe-crackers blew open the safe
of the Dayton postoffice early last
Thursday morning. They exchanged
shots with Marshal Eric Frosborg and
G. w. March, proprietor of the Com.
mercial hotel, and made their escape
on foot to the country, having been
headed from the depot, where they
were trying to take southbound Min
neapolis and st. Louis train. Most OF
the money and stamps in the Office had
been placed in the bank the night be.
fore by Postmistress Kate G. Warner
A posse Of Dayton citizens is in pur.
suit under the leadership of Sheriff
Henry Olsen. The interior of the post.
office building was wrecked, and frag.
ments of the safe door were blown
through the front window into the
street.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-06
OF INTEREST TO IoWANs
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Sensational Divorce Case in Page
county-BureIars Rob the Post
office at Dayton-Four Men
Killed in a Wreck.

Mrs. E. ]. North Dowie has filed suit
In the district court of Page county
asking for divorce from her husband,
John Murray Dowie, father of Evangel.
list Dowie Of Illinois. She alleges
cruelty and inhuman treatment and
asks for alimony Mrs. Dowie was a
wealthy widow at the time of her mar
riage with Dowie in 1900. She owns
large blocks Of bank stocks in South
western banks, houses and lots and
several improved farms in Iowa. She
has been great church and Woman's
Christian Temperance union worker
for years. She is member of the
board of managers of the Benedict
home at Des Moines. In 1900 Mrs.
North Dowie went to Chicago to in
vestigate Dowieism and there met the
elder Dowie, to whom she was married
a few weeks later. She is sixty-eight
years old and her husband seventy
three years old. At present Mrs.
Dowie is living with a son, Garfield
North in Colorado. The suit will be
heard at the February term of court
and it is understood there will be no
defense to the petition for divorce.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-06
llz.,k>',I
Helping Hin, Out,

The other day IN omnibus was plung-
ing through London from Putney to
liverpool street. Just behind the driver
sat couple. The young woman knew
nothing Of London; the young man
knew little. and the young woman
wanted to know everything. She ascer-
tained that the Brompton oratory was
st. Pauls cathedral, that ST. Georges
hospital was Buckingham palace and
collected a lot of curious misinforma-
ton about the Hotel Cecil, which had
changed places with the law courts.
The driver fidgeted and nearly lost his
way. AS they came up Ludgate hill
the young woman caught sight of the
statue Of Queen Anne. Now. who is
that?" she demanded. The young man
hesitated. But the driver could con-
tain himself no longer. "Don't lose
Eeart, guv'nor," he said over his ghoul-
Her; "don't lose 'eart. Say it's joan af
Arc."-Lpndon Chronicle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-06
FIRE IN ASSAY OFFICE.
Tlue-DamaEe Comparatively
Slight.

New York, Feb. 2.-Firs broke out
Saturday in laboratory on the Sec
ond floor of the United States assay
Office, which is next door to the sub
treasury, and destroyed portion Of
the roof and upper story and some of
the apparatus. Chief Assayer Torrey
said the loss on the apparatus prob
ably would not exceed $4,000 and that
the loss on the building would be NOM
inal. He thought the business of the
assay Office, which amounted to about
rs assays a day, would not be inter
rupted longer than three or four days.
Mr.. Torrey believed that nitric acid,
which is used in testing bullion, was
the cause of the fire. He said it might
have eaten into the wooden flue which
leads from the glass basins where the
gold and silver bars are melted and
subjected to chemical action.