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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
WON'T RECOGNIZE PETITION
Secretary of State Declines to Ac-
cept Referendum Petition on

Woman Suffrage.
About four months ago the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
took up the work to secure a petition
containing five per cent Of the voters
of the state to bring about another
vote on the constitutional amend
ment, which, IL submitted TO the
people and it carried, would place the
women OF the state on a par With the
men when it comes to the matter of
voting. The petition asks that the
word male be stricken from the
constitution. When the committee
presented the referendum petition to
the secretary of state at Pierre the
official declined to accept and file it,
claiming that it was unconstitution-
al. It is not known what other step
will be taken by the anton of the
state to secure recognition of their
petition, but doubtlessly they will.
not stop at the first obstacle to gain
their point.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ,NtniNntnlnlnt1nnMMnll
INTERESTING NRWgs@ 8
FROM CORRESPONDENTS.
MT. VERNON.

Mt. Vernon, Feb. % Robert Roam
tree is confined to the house with la
grippe.
Mrs. G.. H.. Smith spent Wednesday
and Thursday with a friend in Mitch.
ell.
Miss Anna Kratz is assisting Miss
Ettwsold with her dressmaking.
Paul Cooper, who is attending the
D. o.. spent Sunday at his home
south Of town.
Leo Saxton: who has been visiting
relatives in Hopper township, r..
turned to his home in Blue Earth.
Mimi, last Wednesday.
Leroy Mabbott came over from
Fulton Sunday for a weeks vacation.
Leroy is clerking in a hardware store
in Fulton.
Mrs. John Momsen left last We'd
nesday for a months visit at the
home Of her parents near Hinckley,
III. i
Mrs. E. E. Weeks went to Bridge
water Saturday to visit friends. She
will 60 to Armour before returning
home.
Among those who were at the hub
Tuesday were W. j. Baker, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. G. Mabbott and Mesdames Z.
V. Rogers Il G. Krohling.
Uncle David Williams returned
Tuesday evening from a months So
joun in Minnesota.
Lola Mabbott, who is teaching
school north of Plankinton, spent
Saturday in Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Henry Howe and children ar
rived Tuesday evening from Fulton
to take up their residence in Mt
Vernon. Mr.. Howe has been here for
some time.
The Mt. Vernon Social club will
give a dance in the opera house Fri
day evening. McGregor, the Yank-
ton harpist, will furnish the music.
The Mt. Vernon public schools gave
an entertainment in the opera house
last Friday evening, which was at
tended by good sized audience.
a about twenty-seven dollars was
taken in, a part Of which will be used
to pay for a handsome flag which
floats w the school house.
A number of young people from Mt.
Vernon attended a party at Joe Poll
north Of town, Saturday even
ing. They report a fine time.
A number of gentlemen were enter
tanned at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. M. Hatch last Wednesday evening
Ia honor Of Geo. Arland. j
George Arland left last Fridayl
morning for Garfield, Washington.
where his parents are now living.
George has grown to manhood in Mt.
Vernon and has hosts Of warn friends
who regret his departure very much. |
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
A Weak Stomach

Causes a weak body. and Invites
disease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures
and strengthens the stomach and
wards off and opercomes disease. j.
B. Taylor, a prominent merchant of
C%hriseman, Tex, says: st could not
eat because Of a weak stomach. I
lost all strength and run down in
weight. All that money could do
was done, but all hope Of recovery
vanished. Hearing Of some wonder
fui cures effected by use Of Kodol, I
concluded to try it. The first bottle
benefited me, and Alternating -four
bottles I am fully restored to my
usual strength, weight and health.
L.. O. Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Our Luxurious congressman.

Minneapolis Tribune: Really con-
gress is growing too luxurious. The
furniture ordered for the capitol
building in the last few years is said
to be sumptuous beyond the dreams Of
luxury. An illustration is the furnish
ing Of chairs costing S55 for bootblack
stands. The sundry civil bill is big
ger than ever in history, and a large
part of it is due to the spending Of
money to surround members with lux
ury. While only 50, 900, 600 are to be
spent to complete ard adorn the cap
itol, there is an appropriation of S4,-
100000 to construct an ''oficen tuild-
ing outside tie capitol park for the
personal convenience of members.
Next thing we shall have congress
voting money for a row Of apartment
houses for members and their fami-
lies, land finally to build palatial
residences for each one. 1t is no
wonder that senator's and members
scott at the plainness and b%arrenness
of the new White House extension,
when they spend money SO literally
to house themselves in marble halls.
If something should happen to dimin-
ish the surplus revenues and start an
inquiry as to the cause of a menaced
deficiency, these monstrous appropri-
ations would rise up in the path Of
many a members return to congress-. |
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

Did 1T ever occur to the general
public that there was too much haste
in funerals? 1t seems always that
when death ensues that the first
thing thought of is the funeral, and
the fist thing inquired about is
when is it going TO be held?" A
man in Chicago the other day had
some trouble with his wife, and be
went into another room and immedi-
ately she heard two shots fired. The
wife looked in the room, saw the ap-
parent corpse of her husband lying
on the floor and Immediately sum-
moned the neighbors, who focked in
TO oher sympathy and prepare for the
funeral. One lady remarked that
perhaps 1T was a good thing the man
was dead, as his wife would ESCAPE
the kind caresses he had been Civ
ing her, The supposedly dead man
Immediately arose and drove the
neigh5ors out of the house. Another
case in Illinois is that of a man who
had been sick a long time, and final
ly calling his family to bis bedside
bid them all good bye. He folded
his hands and apparently died. The
arrangements were taken up at once
Tor the funeral and after the under
1aker had been called in to embalm
the body. the corpse awakened and
suggested that further arrangements
might be postponed. These cases
nay be miracles but they offer a sug-
gestion that there need not be such
a hurry to have the funeral over.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to
treatment by Ely's Cream Balm,
which is agreeably aromatic. 1t is
received through the nostrils, cleanses
and heals the whole surface over
which 1T diffuses itself. A remedy
FOR nasal catarrh which is drying or
exciting to the diseased membrane
should not be used. Cream Balm is
recognized as a specific. Price SO cents
at druggists or by mail. A cold in
the head Immediately disappears
when Cream Balm is used. Ely Broth
ers, Sc Warren Street, New York.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
COLLINS CASH IMPLEMENT HOUSE,

This may seem strange to the farmer, and the weeds
may grow up around my door, but if prices will get your
trade am bound to have it. It will be better for The
farmer, better for the people / buy from and | know it
will be better for. me. Why is it that the catalogue
houses make such h prices, because they. sell for cash.
they have no expense whatever in making collections,
no canvassers on The road selling goods. and consequent
" they can sell their goods cheaper than a man that sells
on time. don't intend to have anybody on the road
selling g%oodssand won't have a collector either, which
will mean a saving of a thousand dollars a year.
Twill handle the very best line of goods that are
madessWhich are the Celebrated John Deere line, and
money can't buy any better.
A farmer buyson time, gives. his note due in the fall,
pays $500 more for a ploW and $1,000 more for a buggy
than he could get them for cash. Why not save this?
Then when his note comes due he says the frost took his
corn crop, he can't pay;i another says the hot wind took
his wheat crop, he cant pay; another says his hogs all
died with the cholera and he. can't pay. One man told
melast fall he had to go to Wisconsin to get a wife,
please hold him excused, and Of course we did. So you
sect has been one continual round Of pleasure and |
have had a plenty, SO if you will take my advice and buy
for cash and don't buy unless you have the cash, you
will always call me the Farmers Friend.
RESPECTFULLY,
~-1
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS
Sample Of Amazing Nerve

Philadelphia North American: An
attorney for the coal trust denounc-
ing the union miners in his speech to
the commission quoted the maxim of
law that he who seeks equity must
come into court with clean hands,
and asked if the hands Of the miners
were clean or soiled with the viola
lions Of the law. Considering the no.
toriously illegal operation of mines
by railroad corporations and the coal
trusts continuous criminal record,
the nerve and %effronvery Of the trust
lawyer in calling the courts attention
to the legal maxim must be admired.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Mr.. Wheeler Got Rid of His Rheu-
matiSm.
lnatiSm.

During the winter of 1898 l was
so lame in my joints, in fact all over
my body, that l could hardly hobble
around, when | bought a bottle Of
Lhamberlain's Pain Balm. From the
first application I began to get we'll,
and was cured and have worked stead
lily al the year.-R. Wheeler, North
wood, N. Y. For sale by L. 0. Gale.
druggist
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Last of a Famous Crew.

William Hill of Honesdale, Pa, is
the last survivor Of the new Com.
moGore Stocktcu's frigate Congress.
which raised the first United States
nag over California in 1876.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

First Medals Given Soldiers.
The first issue Of medals to Brit.
lsh troops was in 1643 by Charles |.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

Fast Time for Motor.
In Fournier's last motor trial against
time, he covered l20 feet in e
second.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27
Advertised Letters.

Advertised Letters.
The following is the list of letters
remaining uncalled for in the Mitchell
postof1ce at the close of the weekend
ing February 25, 1908:
Aasters, Fru Elise
Adie, T. J..
Blek, Ferdinand
Butterfield, E. N.
Carlson, N. G.
Dehn, Aug.
Gibson, Charles
Hamaker, Chellis
johnson, Henry
McCulley, Miss Matte
Mcleod, Alex.
Seaman, Mrs. J. 0.
Sieg, Miss Minnie
Turner, j. L.
When calling for the above please
say advertised" II not called for
in two weeks they will be forwarded
to the dead letter office.
TT. L. Bras, p. NJ.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-02-27

For sale-A matched team of brood
Inquire at M. Miller's dairy.
Iron County register., 1903-09-10
ONE OF THE HEROES.

Here is song of hero:
He is one of the many whose names
Are not and never will be written
pn the scroll We refer to as Fame's;
he has never rushed, cheering, to battle
He has never plunged into the wave
To rescue child or a woman.
fet he ought to be named with the
brave;
Each night he goes home to d scolding,
To hear the old story again
OF the talent he lacks and his failure
To claim the attention of men.
Each morning he goes to his duties
Still striving to win and still proud,
St,ll waiting for Fate to permit him
Some day to work up from the crowd;
Each day he goes patiently toiling
And signing alone, if he sighs-
His sorrows are his and his only;
Hope still is agleam in his eyes;
In srite Of the wearisome scolding
And grumbling he goes to at night,
He faces the world in the morning
AS though all his dreams had been
bright.
With never mortal to praise him
For what he has done or has tried,
He still has an honest ambition
And still in his breast he has pride.
With never the hope of receiving
Approval at home he can still,
With his sorrows all carefully hidden,
Toll on with a conqueror's will;
So here is song of a hero,
But one of the many whose names
Are not and will never be written
On the scroll we refer .as Fame's.
IS. e. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
Iron County register., 1903-09-10
A MANILA PALACE.
Former Home of Spanish Admiral
Now Occupied by Nurses in
American Service.

The nurses quarters" in Manila is a
palatial structure of Spanish and Moor
ish architecture, about 100 feet square,
set in a garden of palms, mango and
banana trees, in the heart of the residen-
tial portion of the city. 1t was formerly
the home Of the Spanish admiral whose
fleet Dewey destroyed, says the New
York Tribune, and the interior is a maze
of marble stairways and coonnades,
mosaic floors and hardwood chairs in
laid with mother of pearl. Unlike most
Manila houses, this one has both an out
er and an inner court. In the latter, a
fountain plays night and day, keeping
the air cool and the surrounding vines
and plants moist and fresh. The doors
are all double, and each contains panel
or small door, which is opened at night
The windows are from ceiling to floor
Glass is very hard to get in Manila, and
so oyster shells, specially prepared, are
used for the window panes. These are
about two inches square, and something
like hundred are used for each pane.
Carpets are also an unknown quantity
in that tropical world, and even drap-
ings are seldom seen. Very little plaster
is used throughout this building, but on
account of the ravages of the trouble
some white ant, hardwood is every
where, and banana leaves and petroleum
are used to polish it. The native boy, eel
muchacho," has unique way of going
about this. Hands, back or knees do not
figure in his method. Wrapping his poll
ishing material about his bare feet he
cheerily skates over the entire floor in
very short time. This interesting
palacio, from which floats the stars and
stripes, is owned by wealthy Chino, to
whom the American government pays
100 Mexican dollars month as rental.
Iron County register., 1903-09-10
TEACHING FILIpINOS.
COIOred Graduate of Yale Relates
Something of His Experience
in the Work.

An interesting phase of the Yale ex.
pertinent in sending students as teachers
to the Philippines lies in the unusual
success which has come to Frederick
Douglas Bonner, Yale '01, colored
graduate of this city, reports the New
York Tribune. Bonner was high stand
man in his class, and has already made
a signal success of his work in the Phil
ippines. Capt Lowe, of this city, sta
toned at Lubig, province of Zambeles.
Luzon, in which town Mr.. Bonner took
school, recently said, while home on
a visit, that Bonner's school was regard
ed by Superintendent Atkinson, of the
Philippines school system, as "the best
in the islands" And this was partly
because of the color of the teacher.
"The Filipinos are all dark" said Capt.
Lowe, "and are little distant to white
men. A colored teacher with an Amer
ican college education is bound to meet
with great success in the islands. 1t is
a great opportunity for the college bred
American negro"
Mr.. Bonner's letters home are of un.
usual interest in their detail of the life
Of the Yale teachers in the Philippines
In them he says:
"The two pictures which I send show
me with my school and the kind of a
house we American teachers live in. It
Is one of the very best houses In the
town. 1t is Nipa Shaka' house, with
bamboo floor built three feet above
the ground on account of the rains NV
furniture is bamboo also The house
has five large, airy rooms and is quite
swell; 1t is considered 'mucho bueno
| have for servants a cook and boy
('mucha choO, who is one of my best
pupils. The cook is a necessary orna-
ment, as he can buy cheaply in the mar
ket My living expenses are little as the
native land owners, who are very friend
ly, bring me oranges from their groves,
bananas, cocoanuts, chocolate rice and
crabs, and all of these things are to be
found in great profusion all around
here. From the front of my house can
see wild game every day on the noun
tains and even close to the village. I
have often counted as many as 100 deer
right around here. Subig is a port and
the ocean lies close to the town.
my daily life is full of occupation
with my teaching. Besides my school,
which now consists Of 120 scholars. |
have taken normal school class even
ings, and twice week have visits from
the chief native dignitaries who want
lessons in English. was surprised to
find how quick the little Filipinos are to
learn. When they get to be Is years old
they are not so bright, and after that It
is hard work teaching them anything. I
have regular classes with the elite ladies
of the district, some of whom are quite
wealthy, according to local standards
and after the lessons they play their
guitars,
Iron County register., 1903-09-10
HAWAIIAN FAITH CURISTS.
Sect Numbering Between Three na6
Four Thousand Members Has
Strange Beliefs

Older even than Mother Eddy and her
Christian Science is the faith cure of
the Hawaiians. They lately celebrated
its semi-centennial, and at this obser-
vance some remarkable stories of cures
by faith, prayer and fasting were told.
From one extreme the natives have gone
to the other, says a Honolulu report.
The old kahunas belived, and the na-
tives with them, that they could pray
person to death. The belief of the
"Hoomano Naauao," as it is called in
the vernacular, is that with prayer life
may be prolonged and by faith in God
all evil may be cured.
There are no frills to the native Chri
tian Science church, though they do
not call themselves by that name. They
say they have beliefs somewhat similar
to Mother Eddy, but that they antedate
her by many years. They believe in the
Bible, every word of it, and that gov
erns all their actions. Those at the head
OF the church believe sincerely that
cures may be effected by faith and cite
some wonderful cures. One of the al
legged cases is that of Delegate Wilcox
who came home from Washington in a
dying condition. The doctors could do
nothing for him and said he had only q
few weeks to live. Two men always ac-
companied him when he went out. Then
the faith curists took him in charge, and
now they say he is getting we'll and
strong. Wilcox himself denies the story
that he Joined the faith cure church.
He is Catholic now
These natives differ from the Chris
tian Scientists III at least one particular
they do not object to any of the faith
calling in doctor or using medicine in
case of necessity. BY this means they
also manage to keep out of the clutches
of the law. They say that If man hasn't
sufficient faith to depend upon God alone
for cure, he can call in physician.
But they say there is a difference be-
tween the spiritual and the material and
that God Furnishes the spirit. not the
body. When the spirit weakens the
body weakens. They say that it is God
LuOo6 WuU are uUWeIl, dnU
that doctors cannot effect cure, it must
come from God. To those that are with
out sufficient faith they will give treat
ment for five days, during which time
doctors and medicines are eschewed. II
the faith cure doesn't have any effect in
that time the medicines may be resumed
OF course, there is no telling what may
happen during the five days that med
ical treatment has been stopped
"Our religion is for the poor and the
sick-for the poor that have no money
for medicine" says Rev. ]. Kekipi, the
leader of the sect. I'VE can cure all that
have faith. Leprosy, tumors, broken
legs, consumption, everything may be
cured without medicine. Many lepers
have we made clean"
The members of this sect number be-
tween 5000 and 1000, and a campaign to
enlist all natives within its membership
Is to be started as result of the semi
centennial anniversary.
Iron County register., 1903-09-10
Two Sorts of FiIipinos.

The Filipiros appear to be divided
sharply into two classes, which, after all,
are really one. One class processes 10y
atty. Some of this class are really as
loyal as they can be; others are buenos
hombres during the day, only to foster
rebellion at night. The other class is in
open defiance of all our conceptions of
law and order. Of the two classes, the
latter is by far less dangerous. In the
past year there have been perhaps
hundred convictions of individuals to
death and life imprisonment for open re-
bellion; few days ago one judge passed
sentences of death and various terms of
duress, from life Imprisonment down to
a year or so, on 2oaot the outlaws But
of those receiving the heavier punish
ments, several were of the outwardly
loyal class, men who secretly fomented
insurrection and ladronism-Arthur
Stanley Riggs, in Atlantic.
Iron County register., 1903-09-10
OIL FUEL IN HAWAII.
II IL Preferred rs a Complete substt-
tute for Coal on the
IslundE.

The substitution of crude oil as fuel
In place of coal in Hawaii is proving an
unqualified success, according to the
Honolulu Advertiser. On Maui and
Haiku, Paia, Hawaiian Commercial
and Kihei plantations are using oil.
On this island Kahuku, Waialua, Oahu
and Honolulu are using It and Eva will
be in few weeks. In this city the
Young building is burning oil and re-
Gently the Rapid Transit company con-
verted all of its furnaces into oil burn
ers SO far as reported the change is
working satisfactorily on all of the
plantations with a uniform reduction
In cost Of, approximately, 80 per cent.
In addition to the saving in dollars,
oil fuel has three distinct advantages
over coal. First, it requires much less
labor to handle it. This is a serious
consideration on the plantations, where
every labor-saving device and process
should be fostered, as the means of
meeting the demand for labor. Any
machine, device or process which en-
ables one man to do the work of two,
even though its operation costs as
much as the two men do, is a distinct
advantage, as it reduces the REQUIRE
ments for laborers by so per cent. in
connection with that particular work.
This is an important consideration now
and it may in the future prove most
vital
Second. 1t is clean fuel Instead of
grimy, dusty and disagreeable spot,
such as the regulation coal firing room
is, where oil is in use the fire room be-
comes a show place, as clean as a par
lor, while the one fireman wears a
billed shirt and standing collar if
his tastes run that way.
Third. 1t is smokeless. Not compar-
atively so, but absolutely smokeless. If
any smoke issues from the smokestack
1t is proof positive that there is some
defect in the burner used or in the ar
rangement of the furnace. An inspec-
tion of the Rapid Transit furnace and
smokestack will demonstrate this fact
w uHJ oAe "llO uGHlltS W prove II.
The last-named advantage is of great
Importance in Honolulu With only
soft coal available, even the few fuel
using concerns in town were becoming
a serious nuisance to all in their i'm
mediate neighborhood. A few more
years of development would have made
us a Pittsburg, so far as the smoke
nuisance is concerned. No smoke pro-
ducer in Honolulu can hereafter plead
that he cannot prevent it.
With cheapness, economy Of labor,
cleanliness and abolition of smoke in
its favor there does not seem to be any
reason why oil should not at an early
date entirely supersede coal in Hawaii
as power-producing fuel.