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The San Francisco call., 1903-01-25
Boxer Mcconnell Holds His Own

Boxer Frank Mcconnell showed no ati-
ditional signs Of Improvement yesterday
at St Mary's Hospital The most hone
ful view the physicians take IS that the
injured boxer is holding his own
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HIM X I TIJASS,
Rear Admiral L. s. Navy
TOPEKA KANS ne

TOPEKA, KANS., Dec 13 1902.
Dear Colonel ONeil: Your printed notice
Of the McKinnon memorial came duly. I am
glcd to be identified with the movement
Please notify me OF your plan OF work
knew intimately and loved dearly Chap
lam Mckinnon He a frequent visitor
at my house in Manila. Very sincerely
WILDER s. METCALF
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sAN ERANcISCn nec. 14. 1f

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IA, 1902.
Dear Colonel: l regret that 1 was unable
to be present December l or (, and 1t Will
be impossible for me to attend Tomorrow
evening but l assure you that l am heartily
in favor of the purposes OF the committee,
and I will gladly do anything in my power
to assist. Your truly,
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-25
HOTrT- MI copONADA

CORONADA BEACH, Jan. 9, 1903.
My dear Colonel: / am just in receipt of
yours Of December 80 notifying me Of my
appointment as a member Of the McKinnon
memorial committee | shall be most happy
to aid the movement in any way possible as
l had great admiration for Father McKinnon
Awaiting definite instructions, l am yours
cordially, C. McC REEVE
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nerves are shattered and the sufferer perhaps an
invalid and cripple for. life.
Sometimes it develops slowly, little shifting
pains are felt at intervals in the muscles and
joints, just severe enough to keep one anxious
and uneasy. But the disease is all the while
taking possession of your system, and unless you
stop its further advance will wreck your consti-
tuition and make your life veritab1e torment.
Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid and
other corrosive, irritating poisons in the blood,
which are carried through the circulation to the
renotest parts of the system. Every muscle,
joint, membrane and nerve in the body becomes
saturated with these dangerous poisons and coated
with fine particles of insoluble caustic matter and
the deep piercing pains that only Rheumatism
can nfict are felt with every effort of the blood
to force its way through the and tender parts
The longer the blood remains impure the greater
will be your suffering and your chances of
cure are lessened with every days delay.
There is no other way of escape from the
clutches of "The Pain King" except through
the publication of the blood and removal of all
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RHEUMATISM
"THE PAIN KING"

felt the of Rheumatism will question ITS
of
onof
thirtthe in p
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Colonel Thomas F. O'Neil: It appears to me
TO be entirely proper that Father McKinnon
should be commemorated by the erection nf/a
monument GEORGE G PARDEE
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The Sunday Calls
New Literary pOlicy

\ SUNDAY he
Pacific Of ga Girl Who Dale,
York dramatic critic publish this splendid novel
of its sectiOFebruary and
Is inclusive Also bear in mind other remarkable literary
follow rapid Immediately after the
completion Wrote" Call viii publish
sensational problem story "rhs LeOpards Spots by Thomas
succession "The Gentleman
Indiana by Harrington; Tainted Gold by Mrs
Williamson; Turnpike by Fergus Hume; The Miss
issipp "The Thirtsenth
Whok etc. addition TO these novels there win
published issue Sunday story
from the work of Of the day. for example
William Wallace Phillips;
berts Merry Christmas" by Daskan; Yel-
low Mail Story" by e Fathers
v Jack 1ondon Dodge
asxsm: GA Woman Bonds" by Edward Lefevre etc
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IN A FIERCE DRIVE WITH LORD BADGE,
ELLIOTT TAKES THE LISSAK HANDICAP
Tommy Burns Pilots the Crack ThreeYear-Od and His F
Superb Finish Alone Wins the Prze--Durazzo Runs a
Good ThirdLady Kent Matt Hogan and ST. Sever in Front

ONCEDING weight TO all other
Z starters and fighting the finish out
4 4 with the tenacity of bulldog, FL
- lott, with Tommy Burns IN the
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urse; selling: 4year-olds up; value first 1925
Wtlst u Il. z. Str Fin. Jockey op. cL
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TAE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY ATLANTA, Ga.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-25

Gentlemen:-I was attacked by acute rheumatism
in my shoulders, arms and legs below the knee and
was practically helpless. could not raise my arm
to comb my hair. Doctors prescribed for for over
two months without giving any relief. saw
s. s. 8. advertised and decided try it. Imnnedt
ately felt better, and remarked to my mother that
had at last found relief Ioontinued its and
am entirely well. MRS. ALICE HORTON.
3l1 18th St. Bowling Green. XIV.
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THE CALLS RACING FORM CHART

RACETRACK Saturday showery
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
A Rats Teeth.

The rat is remarkably well equipped
for the peculiar life lie is ordained to
lead. He has strong weapons IN the
shape of four long and very sharp
teetl-two in the upper jaw md two
in the lower. These teeth are wedge
shaped and by a wonderful provision
of nature have always u t.ne. sharp
cutting edge. On examining them care
fully the inner part is found to be of a
soft. ivoryliKc composition. which can
easily be worn away. ANA the outside
is composed of u aiass.ike enamel
which is exceedingly hard.
The upper teeth worii into the under
SO that the centers of the opposed teeth
meet perfectly in the act of gnawing;
hence the softpart is being continually
worn away. while the hard part keeps
a hard, chisel-like edge all the time, and
at the same time the teeth are con-
stantly growing UP from the bottom, so
that as they wear away a fresh supply
is ready. Should II of these teeth be
removed by accident or otherwise, the
opposing tooth will continue to grow.
and there being nothing to wear it
away it will project from the mouth
and be turned upon itself, and il it be
an under tooth it will often grow SO
long as to penetrate the skull.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
The Polar Rear

The animal par excellence which the
hunter, the amateur arctic traveller and
the young explorer hopes and dreams
of killing is the polar bear. The reason
for this is the magnificent trophy
which the great white skin makes.
This feeling was nc. less strong centu-
ries ago than it is now, for we read.
that one of the early Icelandic sea row
ers to Greenland quarreled with and
killed his bosom companion because he
had slain a large bear instead Of leaY-
ing that honor to his chief. With the
modern repeating rifle the bear stands
no chance against the hunter, no mat
ter under what conditions they may
meet, and If he is hunted in the native
way, with the assistance of dogs, there
is hardly more excitement than in kill
ing musk oxen, except for the wild,
heller skelter dashAover the ice to over
take the animal after the dogs strike
the hot scent.-Leslie's Monthly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
UnGertukers.

In England in 1614 undertakes were
men of influence who undertook for a
consideration to get such persons re-
turned to parliament as would prove
submissive to the royal will Of King
James I. The three chief undertakes
of 1914 were Lords Bacon, Somerset
and Neville. They undertook to bride
the chief speakers and men Of infu-
ence in parliament that year over to
the side Of the king, with but partial
success. Then there were undertakes
in Ireland in 1908. They were English
and Scotch c%olonists sent to north Ire
land and were each allotted 1000 acres
Of land. They were men Of capital and
undertook to pay a mark a year for
every six acres and to admit no recu.
SAM for tenants. Hence the name as
applied to them. But neither the his
tories nor the dictionaries give any rea-
son for calling the men who bury u
dead undertakers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Sioux Falls Musical Festival.


The musical people Of Sioux Falls,
with w. W. Norton at the head Of
the enterprise, have arranged for a
grand festival which will take place
in that city on April "a and IS. The
man attraction will be Thomas
Orchestra, assisted by six solo singers
OF great prominence in the musical
world. Three performances will be
given: Friday evening and Saturday
afternoon and evening. tits a gigan-
tic enterprise, and blt for the help
which is assured from surrounding
towas it could hardly be carried out.
Mitchell people are taking an interest
in the success Of the musical festival
and arrangements will be made for a
delegation Of people to go over and
attend. 1t is not very often that
the people in the west will have such
an opportunity to hear this celebrate
ed orchestra and the singers who ac-
company 1t, and the occasion should
be embraced by as many as possible.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
SOLD A BUNCH OF CATTLE
. F. Raymond Shipped Eighteen
Head of Thoroughbred Here
fords to Manitoba.

The fame of G. 4. Raymond as a
successful breeder OF thoroughbred
Hereford cattle is not confined to his
own state. nor to the limits of his
own country, as has just been evil
denced by a shipment Of stock he
made Tuesday. He received an
order FROM. s. j &C. Ross, of Mendo-
cha. Ontario, for a carload Of his
thoroughbred Herefords, and Mr..
Raymond shipped them over the
Milwaukee road today. The ship
ment consisted Of 10 head, ranging
from 6 to lS months old. In the lot
were II bulls and seven h%eifers, and
they were as fine a lot of young
cattle as was ever shipped out Of the
state. Mr.. Raymond's ranch is To-
Gated about one nile east of town and
he takes especial pride in presenting
some most excellent cattle to the peo-
pie who go OUT to inspect it. Since
starting in On the thoroughbred scale
Mr.. RAYMOND has made a splendid
success of his business, and it is by
keeping UP the high standard of his
stock that his name associated with
the Hereford class means all that
the term thoroughbred implies.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Resolutions OF Respect.

F 49,. t~FlfGE -.. EAA#". .HEa- .H.. g-48E
Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty
God in His wisdom to call our es-
teemed brother, John Colvin, from
our earthly fraternity, thereby our
lodge has lost a worthy brother and
the community an honorable citizen;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the sincere sym
pati1y Of Mitchell Lodge No. SO, a.
o. U. W., is hereby extended to the
family and friends of our departed
brother in their hour Of atfliction be
it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
t tbat q e copy Sh be s ssetfd to f the oq bfer,eGs uHsi
family and that they be published in
the local papers and the South Da-
kota Workman. A. B. Nickel,
John j Gleason,
G. r. WEIGH,
Committee.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
London. Highest Level.

The highest part of the city Of Lon
don is the middle of Pannier alley, run
ming between Newgate street and
P~aternoster row. Ben Jonson tells us
that in his day this was a stand for
tripe sellers and earlier still for bakers.
The exact spot is Indicated on the east
wall by a stone monument consisting
of a boy sitting upon a pannier, or
bakers basket, holding in his hand a
bunch Of grapes. On the pedestal is the
following inscription:
When We have sought the city round,
Yet stil this is the highest ground.
Aug. 81. 1858.
Were we to include Greater London
then Hampstead heath would be the
spot, for it is 424 feet above sea level,
or 81 feet above the cross of st. Paul.
London Standard.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Governor Made Proper Veto,

9F4 AhSA WdNOs AAOVS1 ASCtUs @
: One of the bills adopted by the
late legislature was the requirement
that records of all real estate trans
fers should be kept in the county
auditors Office, this in addition TO
their being filed in the register Of
deeds office. The bill was left over
for the signature Of the governor,
and after investigating the necessity
OF it he promptly put his veto on it.
As a general rule the county auditors
now have more work than they can
attend to and in the past few years
the legislature has increased their
duties in various ways, and this
bill would have amounted to a great
deal OF work in the course of a year.
1t is alleged on the part Of some that
the bill vas worked through by the
blank book houses, for il It had
become a law there would have
been a great increase in the demand
for the books that the auditor would
need TO keep track OF the transfers.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
FOR A RACING CIRCUIT
Meeting TO be Held in Mitchell to Re
organize Circuit Formed Last
Year.

~ -.#HL. ..i.g.. ..H#=I rE#-.re-
Last year there was u pretty fair
racing circuit organized in a number
of towns in the southern part OF the
state, and some very excellent meet
ings were held. 1t is the idea to re-
organize the circuit again this spring
and for that purpose Secretary w. w.
Davis. Of Chamberlain, has called a
meeting of the horsemen to be held
in this city on Monday evening,
March 80, at The Mitchell.
Mitchell was not in the circuit last
year and no race meeting was held as
a result. 1t is to be hoped that the
gentlemen interested in this sport
will see to it. that a good race meet
is provided for this summer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
STATE HEALTH IS GOOD
Suicides Don't Cut Down the PopuIa-
ton, Which is Increasing Too
Fast for Teachers.

Minneapolis Journal: Race suicide
is not troubling South Dakota. On
the contrary If race suicide were a
little more prevalent out there,
school boards would be saved a lot Of
worry. II the race didn't insist on
propagating itself so fast-ir the great
domain, the per capita production
of which Doane Robinson never
wearies Of telling us, there would be
no need of SO many school teachers.
If % many school teachers were not
needed ii would be easier to keep the
schools running, because the supply
would be nearer the demand. There
seems to be no remedy for the trouble.
The teachers insist on following
President Roosevelt's advice and
getting married. Every time a South
Dakota teacher marries there is one
less teacher and a prospect for a lot
0 pupils.
For South Dakota is a land where
many are born and few die.
The census OF 1900 computes the
South Dakota birthrate at 81 8; that
is, for every thousand people in South
Dakota there r 31.S births a year.
As South Dakotans quit this terrestrial
sphere at the exceedingly small rate
of is per thousand per year, there is
a net gain of 24.3.
To add to the complexity Of the
situation immigrants are pouring in
with large families, and among them
lie thousands OF vigorous men who
make their first object in life in the
new country to deprive the district
school of its teacher.
We don't believe in race suicide,
but we do hate to see race propaga-
tion accompanied by inability to
educate the chilrden.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
ToRTUREs.
Cruelties of Punishment inflicted ON
Offenders In Morocco.

Offenders In
In Morocco the torture or Offenders,
real and suspected, has been and is
still much p%racticed. Much ingenuity
is shown in the intliction Of pain-such
devices as the rubbing of red pepper in
to the eyeballs, tying up the wrists at
a height from the ground, etc.
At the death of the late sultan a pre-
tender proclaimed himself the rightfuI
heir to the throne and had a certain
success. When presently overcome by
the legitimate authorities, he was
seized, thrown down, when chillies
We're applied to the inside of his mouth
till it swelled with pain, and he was
desired to shout out his titles and quail
tiles as much as he pleased, being of
course unable to utter a word. After
that he was thrown into Jail to rot there
till he died.
A refinement Of cruelty is the torture
of the iron glove MS it is called. A
lump of quicklime is placed in a mans
hand, which Is closed up into a fist.
Then tie fist is tightly bound with
leather thongs ard plunged into a tub
of cold water.
The agony o becomes extreme.
The torture Is continued for eight or
ten days until III the end modification
ensues and probably death. Again, Il
form of lying up" is TO chain or fasten
a mai to Il wall. with bis arms extend
ed SO that he can only escape strangu-
lation by standing on tiptoe.-kansas
City independent.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Tie Time to Do The Counttur

Tie Time to Dc the Counting.
In the old days Of Impetuous warfare
caution was not regarded as SO much q
virtue on the part of a military com.
mander as at present. In a battle be-
tween French and Austrians, in which
Marshal Bugeaud commanded the
French forces, an officer of the staff
said to the marshal: '"The enemy are
advancing. Shall | send a party to rec
onnoiter and see how they
areT" No" said Bugeaud; well
count 'em after we've beaten 'em."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
OLD Maids and climate.

The unenlightcned frequently make
the mistake of thinking that lack of ops.
p%ortuuity is responsible for the exist
ence Of single women. but l lay most
of it to climate. The New England eli
mate Is not conducive to matrimony
or even ~loyemaking. And even after
the crucial moment has passed and the
single woman has drifted from girl
hood to spinsterhood, q cold climate,
raw winds, chill rairis and snow tend
to Increase the loneliness Of it. There
may be old maids in the south, but I
never heard Of them being called by
that name. i have known some single
women, schoolteachers, anywhere from
seventeen to fifty, and some of their
grown boy pupils YER eternally and
perennially in love with them. A sin
gle woman who has made up her mind
not to marry has a hard time to keep
her resolution in the south, for she is
always assailed to break it. The very
climate breathes love. All, there it is!
AS I said, old maids are surely a mat
ter Of climate.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
A Natural Ambftfon.

Clergyman OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, my
little man, what would you like to be
when you grow up?
Johnny-A clergyman, sir.
Clergyman-Now tell me why tou
would like to be a clergyman, my hoy.
Johnny Observation-Disclosures sir, all
the ladies would make a fuss over me
and get out all the best things to eat
when l came to see them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Taking Care of the Heart.

A physician writes: Life would be
prolonged by a little more attention to.
the heart, by paying a little respect to
the most faithful servant we eyer have.
Much good might be done also if par.
ents would teach their children the
danger of overtaxing the heart. They
should teach them to stop and rest a
few moments during their play when
they begin to feel the violent throb-
bling of their hearts, against the chest
wall"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Absentminded,

DR.. Price-Price-This prescription will
cost you about Is cents at any drug
store. If that doesn't cure your cold,
I'll try another. Five dollars, please.
Patient-Why, you've got a cold
yourself. doctor. Taking anything for
it?
DR.. Price-Price-Oh, just a little sug-
ar and lemon.-Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Horribly Practical.

The Aunt Ceiling the story Of Sleep
ing Beauty)-What do you think did
the prince give the kings daughter to
awake her? Well, how does your man.
ma wake you up? What does she give
you in the morning?
Elsie-A spoonful of cod liver oil,
Auntie.-Town and Country.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Proof Positive.

stranger-Haye you a good catarrh
cure?
Druggist-Yes, sir; / have the very
thing you want.
S~tranger-Can you recommend it?
Druggist-Sure. l have catarrh my
self. and I've used nothing but this
Preparation for nearly twenty years.
Chicago News.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
A STRANGE LEGEND.
Origin OF q Curious Custom Observed
by Bulgarian

by Bulgarian Masons.
Nine master masons who were en-
gagged in building a citadel in the time
OF the Voivoid Neagoe found IN re-
turning to their work each morning
that the portion Of the wall which they
had completed the day before had fall
en- to pieces during the night and was
lying in a heap of ruins In the ditch.
Manol of Curtea, the head mason, In
formed his comrades one morning that
a voice from heaven had warned him
in his sleep the night before that their
labors would continue to come to
naught unless they all swore on that
very morning to immune in the struc-
ture the first woman, be 1t wife, moth
er, daughter or sister, who should ar
rive with the morning meal Of one
OF either of them. They all took the
oath, and the last man had hardly been
sworn when Manol's own wife appear
ed, carrying her husbands breakfast.
The oath was kept, and the woman,
known In the legend as Flora of the
Fields" was murdered and her blood
and flesh Incorporated with the wall Of
masonry.
A curious practice of the Bulgarian
masons (the above scene is laid in Bull
garia), which survives to this day, tes-
titles to the vitality of the legend. To
insure the solidity of the houses they
build they measure with a reed the
shadow of the first person who passes
after the digging of the foundation
has been completed. When the foun-
dation is commenced, this reed is buried
under the first rock, usually the corner.
stone.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
His strong Point.

"Some people say, you know" re.
marked the spaniel, that when human
beings die they take the form Of ami.
mails"
"Well, if was ever a human being"
replied the cat, II must have been a
bird fancier."-Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
Enjoying Venice.

81 just asked Mrs. Nouveau-Riche If
she enjoyed Venice, and what do you
think she said3"
"Give it up.
''That they only stayed one night, as
the streets were flooded and people had
TO go about in boats"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20
The ObIising Friend.

"You know that Griggs and l both
love you. Can't you make a choice to-
day?"
"a choice, indeed! When do make
q choice, you can rest assured that 1t
will not interest you!"
Thanks! I'll tell Griggs."-Exchange.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-20

Turkish Diplomat a Christian.
Stefanak Musurus Bey. the new
Turkish ambassador in London, is a
Christian.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-21
DAVIS GETS APOLOGY
Turkey Eats RumbIs Pie Because
She Cannot Fight United
States.

COnstanunople, Dec 20-The porte has
agreed 10 the demands Of the United
states government and has ordered the
governor of AleNandrette to make ample
apology TO Consul Davis for the insults
and assault TO which he was subjected
BIZ the policy of AlcXandretta while he
was escorting TO a departing steamer a
uaLuranzed American citizen named At
tartan, who had been liberated from
prison through the intervention OF Mr..
Davis.
United states Minister Leishman ar
rived at a friendly understanding with
IeWtik Paslla the Turkish foreign min
lster, VINO aereed to the demands of
Minister Leishman.
The porte notified the United States
legdtlon orally and IN writing Of the in
structions telegraphed to the vail of Alep-
20 10 order the governor Of Alexandrctra
70 Call on Consul Davis Immediately uDon
MS arrival at AleXandretta and offer TO
ann a complete apology. The porte also
mas promised to punish the police Of
Iiclals who assaulted Consul Davis and
VIII allow Attarian TO depart unhindpred
The United States cruiser San Fran
cisco, with Rear Admiral Cotton which
LETT BeyroOt Friday. is expected to ar
rive there today, and when the Turkish
government carries out the programme it
mas formulated the AleXaudretta incident
may be considered closed. Tt is felt that
delay or complications are not likely but
Rear Admiral Cotton has received in
SlrucuOuS TO meet all eVentualities.