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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-28

poor. because we do not raise the
important Things. We raise only
bananas, corn. %coc0anuts and a few
other things that are not important.
| suppose ii YOU come here YOU could
not live SO long, because 1T is too
hot. We have ony two seasons, not
liketyour country. because yol have
four seasons.
| think | viii close for this time,
so good-bve. Excuse me, | can not
write good because | do not under
stand very much to say.
Your loving friend.
Zosima P%ataiinjug.
T.. S. Please send me your picture.
The NEXT time will send YOU one OF
my pictures so you can know me-
When America took possession OF
the islands education had ..been
ditlused olny around the chief com
mefcial centers, in crude Spanish
form. This letter. from a little
Filipino lady. is the silent product
of what has been accomplished
IN one tiny island See pg. !, Hist,
y Geog. of Tie T, L., found in every
school library in the county, lrac-
tically the same progress has been
made throughout the entire archipet-
age. Did ~Lieutenants Lien, Adams,
Morrison and Harting, and Roy
Slower, Jay Smith, the Ryan Broth,
ers, and over a hundred other Soutl
Dakota boys. together with over two
thousand additional volunteers and
regulars, die in vain. Does not this
little letter suggest that the U. S.
had d mission in the islands? Is She
not meeting it well2 Is anybody
ashamed Of his country to-day fol
the course she pursued i'm the Phil.
lippines? God forbid.
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/, THINGS EDUCATIONAL. J
BY U. W. COURSkN. 4
\ COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT J

Teachers are requested to catalogue
the questions they desire to ask the
superintendent when he comes as they
occur to them. so that after he is
gone. several.will pot be left forgot
ten, to--be answered 10y mail a few
days later.
Don't forget the teachers meeting
at the court house next SATURDAY.
Notes from my scratch book"
continued; The Peck school in Bad
ger township was found in charge OF
Miss Sadie Watkins, Miss DeNheim-
Ell having gone home TO attend the
wedding of IA relative.
Miss Edith Mason was visited or
the fourth day of her term. which
prevented a definite conclusion con.
corning her success.
Mass Jennie Avery who teaches in
Beulah No. 5, has eleven scholars.
She is full of vim and is kindling a
spirit.of progress and hard work in
her pupils that is sure OF good re-
suits.
Miss Florence Dixon. who is teach
ing her first term. i'm Heulah No. %.
has started out to make a record in
the profession. Lacking but a tritle
of having completed the college
course at Dakota University, she
brings to her work an equipment
that gives to her lntuitiNely, the
unqualified confidence of her pupils.
Thoroughly posted herself, and
charged with an electrical ambition.
she is leading her pupils at a rapid
but %judicious rate.
Miss Sylvia Brady. of Nit. Vernon,
a beginning teacher. i'm Union No. 9,
is alert and tactful, and with a little
more experience will mount high i'm
the profession.
Last spring this Office induced IL
number of the boys and girls of tie
county to open correspondence with
some native Filipinos in the south
ern part Of the Philippine archipel-
ago, and promised to publish the
first reply received. provided it was
forwarded to the superintendent.
Following is the first one SEN in.
1t was received by Miss Hazel Wheel
Ell, of Perry township:
"Opon, Mactan Is, Prov. of Cebu.
T. L., Aug 30, 1904.
Miss Hazel Wheeler.
Dear Friend:-I was glad to re-
ceive your letter, but l have been
very busy and could not anwser soon
err. Now | am going to answer your
loving letter which L received from
you. am always so glad to hear
nom you, because you tell me all
about your country. We live in a
little country about eight miles long
and sin miles wide. | 90 to school
every day, but ] can not speak good
English yet. We live close by the
sea and we can see the boats sailing
on it. ] live in tile northwestern
part of Mactan. Our country is very
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-28
No INJURY TO LANDS
Pierre Rowling About the Alleyc,
Injury to State Lands When
Not in Their Vicinity.

The statement is being enlarged
apon by the Pierre crowd that to re-
move the capital would be Il direct
injury to the state lands Pierre is
simply making a. false statement re-
garding those lands. She assumes to
give the people the idea that these
lands lie within the Pierre district,
when it is a fact that a be determ-
med by looking at the map that
these lands are located away owe in
tbe Black Hills country, about 10
miles from Pierre and another see
sion of them are located in Mcipher-
son. Calnbpell and Walwolth counties
gully hundred miles away. What
bearing the capital location can have
3ns these lands so far removed is not
easily understood and Pierre does not
make any great attempt to push the
question any farther than that.
The value of these lands will he con-
srolied wholly by their producing
qualities and not for any proximity
30 the capital Of the state. 1t is the
sheerest nonsense to assume anything
else. This is best demonstrated by
slae fact that land within three and
i've miles of Pierre is now offered for
sale at from SO to $40 per acre. If
the aapital can increase the price OF
Mnds,it ought to be dong something
Tor the. real estate in Hughes county
without attempting TO help out state
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Can You Eat2

y. b. Taylor, a prominent melch-
ant OF Chriseman, Tex, says: II
could lot eat because OF a weak
stomach. | lost all strength and ran
down i'm weight. AN that money
could do was done. but all hope Of
recovery vanished. Hearing of some
wonderful cures effected by use OF
kodol Dyspepsia Cure, / concluded
to try it The first bottle benefited
me, and after taking four bottles,
| am fully restored to my usual
strength, weight and health kodol
Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat
and cures. Sold 10y L. O. Gale.
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Pill Pleasure.

IT YOU ever took DeWitt's Little
early RiseIs for billiousness or con,
stipation YOU know what pill pleas
ure is. These famous little pills
cleanse the liver ana rid the system
Of ali bile without producing IN.
pleasant effects. They do not grippe
sicken or weaken, but pleasant,
give tone and strength to the tissues
and organs of the stomach. liver anc
bowels. Sold by l.. O. Gale.
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The P1Odder.

Just before his death William Cary.
The great shoemaker, missionary and
noted linguist, said about his blogra-
pher: III he gives me credit for being
a plodder, he will do me Justice. Any
thing beyond this will be too much. /
can plod. To this | W e~verything."-
Success.
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lands that are located 10 miles
away. There are other conditions
viii ii will increase the price OF lands
without the slightest reference to
the capital of the state.
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II people had 10 sit ON as uncomfort-
able seats at a church as at the circus,
how they would roar, This is one Of
the things that prove the influence Of
min over matter .AtchiSon Globe.
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Electricity as n Weapon In War.

An inventor of Rome has submitted
for examination to the war office there
an engine called an electric thunderer.
1t scatter advancing troops by means
of electric discharges without killing
them. The shock of battle will bear a
different significance In future. And
instead of beans the defeated army
Will get currents.-London Globe.
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She Why do these women baseball
rlubs always have a man 10 umpire?
He-Thes couldnt get a woman UNI
pire to give ID decision and stick to it.
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AADNT FULFILLED PROMISES
Tie Pierre Promises of Fourteen
Years Ago Remained Untul-
filled to Present Time,

Practically every seat on the lower
floor OF the corn palace building Tues
day evening a occupied, the audi
ence being made up OF mine-tenths
strangers who had come to hear the
capital arguments set forth by
Mitcheli's representative and to heat
the excellent music by the Capital
Band, which by the way is proving IA
verv important factor in entertain
ing the vast crowds that are coming
into the city every day. The praise
Tor the bands music is u|nstinted
and it Is hearty.
The address on shls occasion was
delivered by II. c. Preston, his time
being devoted to a presentation of
the promises that were made by
Pierre fourteen years ago. when she
was a candidate against Huron. Mr..
Preston %anaiyzed the % promises and
prophecies that were made by Pierre
railroads, the settling up vf the res
ervation, tue aid of the government
fpr irrieating the lands on the res
sryation, the increased population in
that section. etc. Mr.. Preston
showed conclusively that not one
promise or prophesy had come true.
He Said that thousands of people
throughout the state had faith in
what Pierre believed would come to
pass, and he admired the town for
attempting to build up that section.
but ..having had fourteen years to
carry out the promises he thought
that it was about tine that promises
be passed up and something more
tangible be given Il show. MI. Pres
ton made no reflection on Pierre for
what site had been unable to perform
ant that she simply was unable to
deliver the goods. He declared that
the capital did not belong to Pierre
nor to Mitchell-lhat it was the
property Of the people of the state,
and that 1T was not a reward of
nillcneu 5 eHOfts TO place. III mere.
out. rather, it was for the benefit of
the people of the state that they
might have tileir head place of BUSH
ness accessible.
Mrs. Florence Gregory-Titfany sang
4 solo during the evening and she was
accorded hearty applause, to which
she responded. Walter Seaman gave
IN elocution number in fine style
that brought a great deal of laughter.
he gave a second selection.
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A Family Affair.

Mrs. Jayworker-So you are going
to leave me, Bridget? Haven't | treat
ed you like one of The family?
Bridgel-lndade We have, mum, an
I've sthood it as long as Dim going
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Excursion Train Brought Crowds

The Milwaukee from the north
Wednesday brought i'm ten coach
loads of people, many standing IN
the aisIes. At 1890 a special train
arrived with ten coaches from Elan
areau and every car was packed to
the limit. Accompanying the train
was the Flandreau school Indian
band an! during the day the boys
furnished some excellent music play
ing marches like veterans. In the
afternoon A.. c. Chamberlain OF
Howard and n. c. Preston delivered
addresses in the corn palace to a
crowd chat flied the building. Both
addresses We're listened to with In
terest aud the sentiments found an
echoing expression in the hearts of
the visitors. The Capital band gave
An unusually good program or music.
The passenger trains from the
south and east over the Milwaukee
Eoad brought in Il large number of
visitors Tuesday afternoon and even
ing the delegates from the southern
part OF the state equa!ling those OF
She northern part. Tuesday night
and Wednesday morning fully 1000
people were brought into the city.
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unique attitude confused the veteran
Fitzsimmonsl


The first time boxed with Jeffries
I was familiar (by sight) with this ia
nous crouch yet I found it most
confusing. The advanced left arm,
swift and accurate of motion, met and
stopped nearly ever rush. Wind and
heart were out Of reach. Swings
glanced off his left shoulder, and such
straight blows as reached the jaw
found 1t protected by mass Of throat
muscles. into which it had receded. On
such occasions as I was able to break
thru his left guard I usually found his
right hand ready. The odd position
further braced and steadied his great
weight Che stripped to 218), and the
left hand, being held palm downward,
was able to shoot up or down with In
credible speed.
Altogether the mans posture rem
dered him almost impregnable.
or course, a shorter, lighter man,
with less stretch of reach, could do
nothing in such position. His taller,
longer-reached adversary could get
past his guard, or, by superior weight,
could break that guard down. Yet be-
tween an adversary Of equal height
and weight (such as were Jeffries and
myself) the crouch would prove
most potent.
In trying this remember never to
crouch so low, that you cannot at once
shift your position or move your feet
with perfect ease and speed. Also re-
member that nearly everything de-
ponds on the quickness and accuracy
OF your left arm. If your opponent
breaks thru your guard you will be
helpless unless you have thoroly ac-
customed yourself to the odd attitude.
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CHAPTER xXXv.
Home Thru tho Snow.

0Oul0 lITu CnO Sl1OWs
There was much to do, and John
Saxton had been back and forth
twice between the ranchhouse and
the village before the sun had crept
high into the heavens. The little
village had been slow to grasp the
fact Of the tragedy at its doors which
had already carried it's name afar.
There was much to do and yet it
Raridan was dead, and eager men
were securing the country for his
murderer; but John Saxton sat in the
room where Wary had died. 1t
seemed to John that the end had come
Of all the world. ! He sharpened his
grief with self-reproach that he had
been a party to an exploit so fool
hardy; they should never have at
tempted a midnight descent upon an
unknown foe; and yet it was Raridan's
own plan.
1t was like Wary, too, and the
thought turned Johns memory into
grooves that time was to deepen. This
was the only man who had ever
brought him friendship. The first
night at the club in Clarkson, when
back, vivid in all its details. He re-
called with great ache In his heart
their talk there in the summer twi-
light; the charm that he had felt
first that night, and how Wary had
grown more and more into his life,
and frightened 1T.
He could not, in the fullness of his
sorrow, see himself again walking
alone the ways they had known to-
gether. Even the town seemed to
him. In these early hours, an unreal
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THE MAIN CHANCE
A THOROLY WESTERN STORY
OF REAL PEOPLE
BIZ MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Copyright 1908. by Bobbs-Merrill Co.

place; it was not possible that 1t lay
only few hours distant, with its af-
fairs going on uninterruptedly; nor
could he realize that he would himself
take up there the threads of his life
that now seemed SO hOpelessly broken.
Saxton had ministered to the boy
Grant with characteristic kindness.
Grant knew now Of Warry's death,
and this, with his own sharp expert
to Saxton, and John soothed him until
he slept, in one Of the upper cham
bers.
Wheaton stood suddenly in the door
and beckoned to Saxton, who went out
to him. They had exchanged no
words since that moment when the old
bishops prayer had stilled the room
where Wary Raridan died. Thru the
events Of the morning hours, Wheaton
had been merely a spectator Of what
was done; Saxton had hardly noticed
him. and glancing at Wheaton now,
he was shocked at the look of great
age that had come upon him.
II want to speak to you minute,
you and Bishop Delafield," said Whea-
ton. The bishop was pacing UP and
down in the outer hall, which had
by men from the Villages Wheaton
led the way to the room once used as
the ranch office.
will you sit down, gentlemen ?'' He
spoke with SO much calmness that
the others looked at him curiously.
The bishop and Saxton remained
standing, and Wheaton repeated.
sharply, will you sit down?'' The
two men sat down side by side on the
leather-coyered bench that ran around
the room, and Wheaton stood UP be-
fore them; and SO they met together
there. the three men left Of the
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four who had come to the ranch-house
in the early morning.
II have something to say to you, be-
fore you-before we co. he said.
Their silence seemed to confuse him
for a moment, but he regained his
composure. He looked from Saxton to
the bishop, and nodded, and he went
on:
"The man who killed Wary Rari-
dan was my brother" he said. and
waited.
saxton started slightly; his numbed
senses quickened under Wheaton's
words, and in flash he saw the ex-
PLANTATION of many things.
went on quietly. .He had wanted
money from me. had refused to
help him. He carried away Grant
Porter, thinking to injure me in that
way. It was that, I think, as much
as the hope of getting large sum for
the boys return"
Gut began the bishop.
There are many questions that will
occur to you-and to others" Wheaton
resumed, with an assurance that trans
formed him for a moment. He spoke
as Of events in ages past which had no
relation to himself. There are many
things that might have been different.
that would have been different, if
had not BEEN he hesitated and then
finished abruptly"if had not been
a coward"
A great quiet lay upon the
house; the two men remained
sitting, and Wheaton stood be-
fore them with his arms crossed,
the bishop and Saxton watching him.
and Wheaton looking from one to the
other of his companions. Contempt
and angerawere rising in John Saxton's
heart. hit the old bishon waited calm
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change, and you must change on the
field of battle. I can imagine the dis
comfort Of facing your old friends;
that you will suffer keen humiliation;
that you may have to begin again;
hut you must do it. my friend, If you
wish to rise above yourself, and you
may depend upon my help
phas1s. but with great gentleness. He
turned to Saxton. wishing him to
speak.
"The bishop is right. You must go
back with US, Wheaton," But he did
not say that he would help him. John
Saxten neither forgot nor forgave
easily. He did not see in this dark
Wheaton's affairs. But the Bishop
of Clarkson went over to James
Wheaton and lifted him up; it was
as tho he would make the physical act
carry spiritual aid with it.
1--WE can talk of this to better pur-
pose when we get home" he said.
'.Yon are broken now and see your
future darkly; but say to you that
you can be restored; there's light and
hope ahead for you. If there Is any
meaning in my ministry 1t Is that,
with the help Of God, a man may
come cut of darkness into the light
again.
There was a moments silence.
Wheaton sat bent forward on the
bench, with his elbows on his knees
and his face In his hands.
They are waiting for US" said
Saxton. 4.s
A special train was sent to Great
River, and the little party waited for
/ 1t on the station platform, surround
ed by awed villagers, who stood silent
in the presence Of death and mys-
terry which they but dimly compre-
hended. Officers OF the law from
Clarkson came. with the train and
surrounded Bishop Delaf1eld, Wheaton
and Saxton as they stood with Grant
Porter by the rude bier of Wary
Raridan. The men answered many
questions and the sheriff of the coun-
ty took the detectives away with
him. Margrave had sent his private
car, and the returning party were hud-
died In one end Of it, save John Sax
ton who sat alone with the body of
Wary Raridans The train was to go
back Immediately. but it waited for
the vest bound express, which fol-
lowed it and passed the special here.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST

vcinity tonight Wednesday,
heather Now
year
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WisconsinCoder in
$685. Is
Upper Michigan
lo"aSnow
Wednesday,
North Wednesday
north portion Tonight winds
South
able
Montana-Parly Wednesday
WEATHER
IT S. A Section
n hours.
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INDIVIDUALITY IN BOXING
-JEFFRIEs' CROUCH
Variations from Established Rules Should Not Be Attempted
Until Correct Boxing is Second Nature Jefres' Crouch
Very Effective Under Certain Conditions.
By Eusnsno
World; Author "Nuscs Building"
Copyright by JosphB Bowle

Every boxer has a style moro or
less his own--a style Of defense, at
tack and pose, into which he gradual
ly drifts or which he has planned out
as most effective for man Of his
build and speed.
1t is not we'll for beginner to as
sumo any particular style" He
should rely wholly on the positions.
motions, ETC., prescribed by his box
ing master. The regulation attitude
and movements are far better in every
way than any novice can mark out for
himself. They are the outcome OF
decades Of study and experience, and
he must, indeed, be most cOnceited
youth who thinks he can improve on
such tactics. For that reason I have
waited until the latter part of this
series before touching on any of the
variations from the hard-and-fast
rules governing the manly art. Do
not devtate from any Of these rules
until correct boxing has become sec
ond nature to you. Do not, above all,
allow tricks Of slovenly or awkward
carriage and motion to creep into
your work; nor imagine that, by such
tricks you are forming a style all
your own. For you are not. You are
merely weakening your attack and
defense.
Individuality in boxing does not
consist In ignoring established max
inns, but In improving on them. And
no one who is not a thoro master of
a subject can hope to improve on that
subject.
What shall now teach. therefore,
is only for the use Of students who
have advanced to a degree of skill
3ustifytng its use. If you are be-
ginner cut out this lesson (not In the
slang sense of the term) and save 1t
until you are sufficiently skillful to
warrant you in studying it.
Nearly every professional boxer has,
by dint of many experiments, laid out
a style Of his own. I shall outline
several of these styles, together with
some blows invented by the best mod
ern boxers. If you find any Of the at
titudes available in your own personal
case adopt them at discretion. You
will, in any event, find the blows easy
to learn and most effective against
men who are not acquainted with
them.
When Fitzsimmons first fought
Jeffries for the championship of the
world, the former expected to meet a
man taller than himself, and trained