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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-04
Tho Confederate Treasury.

General Miles, who retired from the
army recently, tells in his PERSONAL
Recollections'' the following story od
happenings in the camp of his division
the night after the battle Of Sailors
creek, at which a confederate wagon
train was captured, says the Chicago
Record-Herald: after the troops were
in position for the night and the SOL
diers had partaken of their spare meal
of coffee n crackers they grati1edi
their curiosity. by a rigid inspection Of
the days trophies, and several of the
wagons were found loaded with the as
sets of the confederate treasury, which
had been brought out Of that depart
ment at Richmond. Then followed al
most extraordinary spectacle Of jollity
and good humor. A Monte Carlo was
suddenly ~improvised in the midst of the
bivouac of war. Here's the confederate
treasury as sure as o are a soldier!'i
shouts one. Let's all be rich,' says
another. Fill your pockets, your hats,
your haversacks, you handkerchiefs,l
your arms, If o please was the word.l
And the confederate notes and bonds
were rapidly disbursed. If they were,
at a discount, they were crisp and
new n in enormous denominations
Spreading their blankets on the ground
by the bivouac fires the veterans pro-
ceeded with the comedy, and sue pref
posterous gambling was probably never
before witnessed. Ten thousand doll
lars was the usual ante often $4,000!
to come In a raise Of $50, 600 to 500, 900
was not unusual, and frequently from
81, O00,000 to 81, 900, 600 was in the pools
BE prudent, stranger Don't go BEL
You'd your means, my friend Were
some of the remarks frequently heard,4
amid roars of laughter"
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..on. WIN. Win!-

.NH - v v = = v ! WfL aE1ZHtaN
The weapon went crashing into thel
empty fireplace, two soft arms stolef
round his neck, and gradually the del
spair On the mans face melted away,i
as he gazed into the blue eyes, dark
now with anguish, of hts tFuant wife. 4
ooh, my dear!" she cried, brokenlyJ
another minute and oh, Will, i'll
would have killed me. I've been a for-l
rid, thoughtless, selfish little wretchI
dear; but oh, my husband, / have
learnt a lesson now! I'm going to be-
so good in future-indeed, indeed I
ami"
"In future!" A spasm OF pain
crossed Wilfrid Denman's face. My
darling wife, you don't know, and how
can I tell you. An awful thing
She stopped him with a kiss.
q" know she said softly. II know
all. I heard 1t only half an hour ago.
and that was why I came back. Why
didn't you tell me before?"
He crushed her to him then, and!
kissed her all over face and hair.
But, dearest" he said at last
Have you thought? Do o quite real,
lie 1t? Perhaps n time, with luck and
the help Of friends, I may be able to
retrieve poor Roper's errors. But ii
will mean years of pinching and econo5
mining, and I dread 1t for your sake
darling"
With an impulsive movement she
nestled closer to him, love Inc hops
shining together in her brilliant eyes.
Dearest" she m%urfnured, ut Wilt
kcoma hard at first, I know, but sooner,
Fthan lose you, myrhusband, T would en-
dure anythfng-even the poverty OF
rags and wretchedness. I love you so.''
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Repaud's, and I wore a lovely gown
white lace over pink. It's a perfect
dream, and suits me to perfection; but
when Will saw it, instead of going into
raptures as he used to do, he actually
frowned."
There was more than a suspicion OF
tears In the big, baby-blue eyes.
"cDon't you like it, dearie?' I asked
him. Tt is very pretty he said, quite
slowly; but, Winnie you.had that blue
one only last week, and, honestly, l
can't afford it,
MEN are always saying things like
that, aren't they? But really I never
thought Will would urn out like that.
He's SO glum and preoccup1ed, too. ]
can't imagine what's come over him"
Winnie threw out her sweet lips in
a pout that most men would have voted
adorable. She was so fair and pretty
that she had been rather extensively
idolized by her parents, and her big,
hulking brothers, so her little imperious
airs might readily be forgiven her
Cora thought Of this, and wondered
If 1t were possible that Wilfred Den
man had some trouble which he dared
not reveal to this gay, child wife OF
his; and there and then h determined
to question her own husband on the
subject;A confident that If anything
were amiss with the firm of Denman-
Roper & Co. .KsNMauld not be without
some Knowledge Of It,
He feglecfs me: Bo." went on the
petnlant voice. would you believe It,
Cora, we haven't been to the theate1
for weeks-the opera season, too. It's
positively scandalous! And. to crown
all, he actually rushed off to business
this morning without kissing me!
What do you say to that? Don't YOU
think I'm justified In teaching him a
lesson7"
Now the path Of Cora Dainsford's
duty lay straight and plain before her
But h chose to ignore it. The OPP
~portunity for creating a rupture be.
tween those two hearts recommended
itself to her al too good a one to be
let slip. The old thorn rankled anew
and the vindictive element in her ma
ture reasserted itself.
Yes" she said. IT think you are
quite right, dear Wilfred oughtn't te
treat you so. and a little reminder viii
do him good You are at liberty t.
stay here as long as ever you please
dear"
you darling!" exclaimed Winnie
jumping up. and finging her arm.
round the others, neck. 7 knew yo,
would sympathize with me. But, obi
drawing back suddenly-"what I:
lovely goWn!"
I'm glad you like it." she said. i"
donned 1t a moment ago in honor O
a visitor"
"A visitor?" Winnie looked her in
quiry.
Yes. None other than Captain
Marshall, Jour old admirer. He's din
ing with us tonight. Isn't 1t a coin
cidence?'
Mercy" cried Winnie. TITS all o
that. Why do you know, I've actual,
] brought that hapless pink dress witt
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me; so at any rate I shan't disgrace
you at dinner. What splendid luck!"
And, Laughing together, the two wom-
en- made for the upper regions.
The dinner hat night proved an em-
inentIy successful function. There were
several other guests besides Captain
Marshall, friends OF Hubert Datnsfor6
so Winnie gathered from a formal in
PRODUCTIONS but the captain from the
first had devoted himself exclusively to
her.
He was excellent company, this no.
torious flirt and flatterer, and although
Winnie. knew him as such. a pleasurable
thrill went through ner in response to
his honeyed words. It was pure mis-
chief and coquetry, too, which led her
to acqutesce when the captain proposed
a visit to the conservatory.
Silently, her bare shoulder brushing
the sleeve of his coat at intervals, they
strol1ed down the miniature avenue OF
ferns and palms, to where the fountain
Kissed and sparkled In the moonlight.
gether On the edge of the marble basin
and smiled into each others eyes.
The captain was giving little, nervous
tugs at his long ,mustache, a sure sign
that he was stirred. He was one Of
those men who do momentous things on
the spur Of the moment, without fore
thought and with a fine disregard OF
possible consequences.
Similar circumstances had suficed to
draw avowals Of love from his lips on
more occasions than he cared to remem-
Der; nor was he proof against them
now.
In a moment he had forgotten VIII
fred Denman, forgotten prudence. and
was pouring passionate words in the
| ear Of the woman at his side.
Winnie, my darling. I can keep 81
| lence no longer. T love,you; and when
I see you as, you are now / realize that
I can never love anyone else but you!"
His arm was about her, his bold,
black eyes We're close to her face, and
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/. Proverbs up to Date.

Everybody's Magazine: Better swaT ow
your good Jest than lose your good fri end.
Sweet are the uses Of adversely, bitter
are the, uses of prosperity.
The rising generation yves much to the
inventor of the alarm clock.
II vanity were a deadly disease, every
undertaken would buy fast horses.
When the last trump sounds, some wom-
an will ask Gabriel to wait a minute.
A good field of corn is one thing a farmer
doesn't care to have crowed over.
h dead march is not necessarily the
one that the musicians have murdered.
A walk may improve your appetite, but
a tramp will eat you out of house and
home.
The man who cannot be beaten is he
who holds his head up when he has been
beaten
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-04
Is the Enslishman Deterioratina?.

Harper's Weekly: A recent investigators
has compiled some statistics which would
seem to indicate a rather alarming physi-t
cal deterioration in the British people.
The figures. based upon the recruiting,
and medical reports of the army, show
for example, that while in 1889 the popu-|
lation of men in the army under five feet
five inches in height was 1O6 in 1000; I'M
1881 to iii; in lsss to 152. The proportion
of men measuring less than thirty-thres
nche around the chest was, in 1889, sew,
enteen to 1000; In 1898 Is was twenty
three, In}1s71, 1894 per 1000 recruits were
under 120 pounds in weight; In 1900 the
proportion had increased to BOZ per l,Ooo,,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-04

and it is a wonder the elephants were not
killed. 5S
They both picked themselves up and be-
gan to fight. and before they were
through the track was torn up for Inches
round and the table-cloth was torn to
shreds.
country are fed at the end of each meal
by giving them a bale of hay as big as a
couple Of cubes of sugar, but these bad
little elephants went to bed supperless
that night, and after that we did not try
to do a two-track bushes on a one-track
road. Charles Battell LOOMS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-09-04

For ten years the average yield OF
corn in Iowa has bee.+ approximately.
IS bushels to t acre.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
Nets Lure Athletes.

Races through deep snow are an at
tractive feature of winter sports in
Germany, and athletes who take part
in them do not always fare very sue
cessfully.
The reason is because over the ground
which the runners must cross are laid
nets with strong meshes, and as these
are covered by the snow and hence are
invisible the mems feet almost always
catch In them, the result being that a
race instead of being won by the swift
est runner is generally won by him
who Is lucky enough to escape the nets
or who succeeds in freeing himself the
most quickly from their meshes.
Races of this kind always attract
large crowds, and there is much amuse-
ment when the nets begin to get in
their deadly work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
Joy Among COnstabIes.

There is considerable joy in the ranks
of the constables over a decision handed
down by Judge Halsey in the case of
Constable Charles E. Douglas against
County Controller George r. Mclean
concerning payment for services render
ed by the former in a number of dis
charged cases. Some time ago Constable
Douglas, of Wilkesbarre, presented a
warrant to the controller for money he
claimed to be due him for services in
several discharged cases tried before
Alderman Donohue.
The controller refused to approve the
warrants and Mr.. Douglas, through his
attorney, secured mandamus to com
pei him to sign the warrants. In his
answer Controller Mclean contended
that the court had no right to interfere
and Constable Douglas filed exceptions
to this answer. The decision of the
judge sustains the demurrer OF the con-
stable.
In his decision Judge Halsey refers to
the opinion of Justice Mitchell, who, In
disposing of similar case, said that
the controller had a very erroneous idea
OF his duties in believing that the court
has no right to interfere with him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

A story told of Lord Holt, who was
lord chief justice of England in the
eighteenth century, shows what dead
ly enemy to wild superstition a sense
of fact may be. A man presented him
self to Lord Holt and said:
"a spirit came to me from the other
world and told me that in your next
case you must enter a plea of mol.
pros."-that is, refusal to prosecute.
Lord Holt looked at the man a mo-
ment and then smiled.
"Do you believe that such message
is wise for human being to obey"
'It Is absolute"
"And do you believe that the messen-
ger had full knowledge Of the law Of
England|
"Yes, and of all law. By following
this heaven given advice you will be
doing justice"
"Well, you tell your messenger if he
comes again that he should have sent
his message to the attorney general.
The lord chief justice of England never
prosecutes, and if the spirit knew any
thing about the English law he would
know a simple thing like that
Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
THE DELAWARE, SUsoUEHANNA AND
l. SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Time table in effect May 10, 1901.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eekley, Halle
Brook, stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
and Hazleton junction at 90 m, daily
Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
Tomhicken and Deringer at 90 IN, daily
except Sunday; and 7O7 m, 3S m, Sun.
day.
uarwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton ut 90 m, daily except Sun
day; and OF a m, 2 38 IN, Sunday.
Trains leave HaZleton Junction for Harwood,
Cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 30 a
n, daily except Sunday; and 50 a m, 20 m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road
Oneida and Sheppton at 80, IL 10 q m, Al M
daily except Sunday; and Z 81 m, II IN,
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Gran
berry, Han wood, Hazleton Junction and Roam
at 500 p N, daily except Sunday; ana 937
a m, on p m, Sunday.
Trans leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida junction, Hazle-
ton Junction and Roam at IL m, l2 40, 26
p IN, daily except Sunday; and Ii a m, Q A
y m, Sunday.
Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and IL m, 3 A p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at s. 40 p m, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 10 a m, 40 p IN, Sunday
Train leaving Drifton at $40 q IN makes
connection at Deringer with p. h. r. trains for
wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
west.
All trains connect at Hazleton junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Auden-
ried and other points on the Traction Com.
pany's line.
LUTHER q. SMITH, Superintendent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
CHARLES W. FEAR.


A traveller recently returned from
Japan tells of some of the queer laws
in that country concerning divorce:
"a divorce on the part of the husband
is easily obtained. One of the legal
causes of divorce is If the husband
find the wife too loquacious.' Yet in
all my long experience in Japan have
met only one man who discarded his
wife, and | never met with family
where dissension existed, nor have
ever heard of a husband treating his
wife with severity, although the same
cannot be said of some parents-in-law,
who consider their sons wife a mere
chattel. AS general rule, the appear
ance of girls and women testifies of
lightness of heart not always found in
other cliines where their sisters have
more abundant means of happiness"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
Helping Out n Poet.

Shortly after the publication of Ten
nyson's famous poem, "a Vision Of
Sin," the laureate was somewhat star
tied to receive from Mr.. Babbage, the
renowned arithmetician, a letter which
ran as follows:
Dear Sir-I find In a recently published
poem from your pen. entitled "a Vision
of Sin,' the following unwarrantable
statement:
EVERY moment dies a man,
Every moment one Is born"
/ need hardly point out to you that this
calculation, II correct. would tend to keep
the sum total of the worlds population in
a state of perpetual equipoise, whereas It
Is well known fact that the said sum
total Is constantly on the increase. I
would therefore take the liberty of sug-
gesting that In the next edition of your
excellent poem the erroneous calculation
to which I refer should be corrected as
follows:
Every moment dies a man
And one and a sixteenth Is born.
] may add that the exact figures are 1877,
but something must of course be conceded
to the laws Of meter. 1 have the honor to
be, sir. yours. sincerely, c. BABBAGE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
Black Bucks of India.

The black buck of India is a very
graceful animal, weighing between
thirty and fifty pounds. The hide Of
the male when full grown is of inky
blackness on the back, while the belly
is as white as snow, the contract being
very striking. The horns are black and
spiral in shape and in length average
about eighteen inches, although they
have been known to reach twenty-six
inches. The animals are usually found
in herds and are difficult to approach
on foot, as the bucks toss their heads
in the air from time to time in very
graceful manner, and some of them are
stalking.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

The legislator took up his hat to leave
the statehouse. 1t was in Connecticut
some years ago. Tucked in under the
sweatband was a roll of greenbacks.
The legislator counted the bills. HIM!
Five hundred dollars" he said, and put
the money into his pocket. Later in the
day he encountered a man with shift
ty glance of the eye who asked him,
Did you, ah, that is, HIN, did yo'uns
find anything in your hat?" "Yes,
found something in my hat" well,
it was mistake" "It looked like
one" "See here, that roll was meant
for another hat, see?" 81 see." "As
it's mistake, l suppose you are will
ing to rectify ft?" Not l." said the
legislator. "Pm going to send that
money to the conscience fund. Good
morning"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

Husband Ito second wife)-You don't
cook like Mary, my first wife, used to
do, Alice, he said in tones of gentle,
exasperating reproof. No, it seems to
me you can't cook like she used to.
On another occasion he remarked:
you are not so smart at getting
about as Mary was. You don't appear
to catch on where she left off,"
About this time heavy rolling pin
came in contact with his head.
"What do you mean by that you
-" he exclaimed, in agony.
81 am doing the work that Mary neg
lected," she replied.
There was more peace in that fami-
ly afterward.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
NEW YEARS CARDS.
They Originated In Japan and We're
masterpieces of Art.


Masterpieces of Art.
In Japan originated the art of max
ing and the custom Of exchanging New
Years cards. Today both are as obso-
lete in the Flowery Kingdom as is
New Years calling in the United
States. More charming art, more de-
lightful custom, are not numbered
among the good things that have
passed away to suffer, in their time, let
us hope, happy revival.
For more than 100 years the design
ing and coloring of New Years cards
occupied the attention of the foremost
craftsmen and wood engravers of ia
pan. They were made at the command
of the noblemen of the emperor's court.
In size they were from 6 to 8 inches,
and each was inscribed with a poetic
sentiment dictated by the noble giving
the order. They were printed from five
or six blocks, each color requiring, as
in modern color printing, separate
block. The blocks were the property of
the noble who retained or destroyed
them at will. No reprints for another
were ever permitted. A nobleman's
New Years card was like his coat of
arms or his sword. The surimonos, as
Japan's New Years cards were called,
were designed specially to please some
ladylove.-New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
The Picture In the Watch.

The following anecdote is related Of
Jerome Bonaparte: He had been play
ing cards until he lost all his ready
money, then pledged his rings and final
ly laid his watch OH the table. 1t was
small gold one, the back of which
opened with spring. A lady overlook
ing the game admired the watch and
took it up to examine it. On her at
tempting to open the back Jerome i'm
mediately clasped it and said that must
not be done. His wife, who stood by,
insisted upon knowing what was in it,
grew angry, reproached him with hav-
ing some keepsake of a favorite there
and finally, bursting into tears, quit
the room.
Jerome then opened the watch and
showed to all present that it contained
beautiful miniature of his first wife,
Betsy Patterson, with the remark,
you see, hope, that l could not with
propriety let her see it." 1t was no.
torious that he remained deeply at
tached to his first wife long after their
separation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
BORN OF LABOR.
Union workingmen First 70 Propose
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Union WOrkfnEmen First 70 Propose
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
While much general information
about the proposed Louisiana Purchase
Centennial exposition has been given
the public, very little has been said as
to the origin of the movement and the
first general effort put forth to bring
about the holding of the worlds fair at
st. Louis.
Organized labor of st. Louis was back
of the first united move that was made
IN behalf Of the holding of the coming
exposition. On Jan. %, 1898, at a reg
ular meeting of the Central Trades and
Labor union of st. Louis and vicinity
at Walhalla hall, resolution was In
troduced by G. G. Behnke, who at that
time represented the walters union,
which resolution was unanimously
adopted and was later indorsed by the
Building Trades council.
This resolution, after lengthy pre-
amble relative to the purchase of the
Louisiana territory, provided that a
committee of one from each organiza-
ton be appointed to at once lay plans
for the holding of Mississippi valley
international exposition, to the end
that the most important event in the
history of the great valley-the adj
into the domain of the United States of
America-be properly celebrated.
The information Is gained from the
files of st. Louis newspaper that aft
er the passage of this resolution by the
two labor bodies and the appointment
of the agitation committee the work
went forward until the blowing up of
the Maine, which occurred Feb. 10,
1898, ten days after the first bill recog
nizing the st. Louis fair was intro
duced in congress. Despite the wal
which followed, friends of the pro
posed expedition pushed forward the
preparato tory work, with the result that
on Jan. 10, 1899, about a hundred dele
gates representing thirteen states and
territories included in the Louisiana
purchase met in convention and de-
cided to hold an exposition in st. Louis
From this it will be seen that in less
than twelve months after organized Ia
Dor started the movement for the hold
ing of the exposition definite plans had
been decided upon and the celebration
was assured. A great many union men
of st. Louis and vicinity subscribed
for stock in the exposition. The St
Louis Compendium estimates that at
least 100000 was subscribed by or
ganized workmen, of which $4,000
came from the Allied Printing Trades
council, and $1,000 came from Typo
graphical union No. 8.
Whatever success the worlds fail
may meet with, it is worth remember
ing that organized labor first started
the movement which will bring about
the holding of one of the greatest ex.
positions the world has ever seen, the
Louisiana Purchase Centennial exposi.
ton to be held in st. louis in commem.
Grafton of the purchase of the Louisl'
ana territory in 1903 by President
Thomas Jefferson.
CHARLES w FEAR