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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01

to her home and here she was queen.
For her husband, her son, Arthur,
ana her daughter, Miss Maude, she
lived and made a charming home
circle. Notwithstanding this she
found time to live a life of helpful
ministry to the community i'm MANY
ways. Her home was frequently
open te entertain the guests of the
different ORGANIZATIONS; she was a
valued and an active member of the
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist
church: she showed her interest in
the University IN various ways, not
ably the past year by membership
and an active interest in the Wom-
ms Professorship Association: and
she rendered aid to numerous organi-
cations OF which she was not a mem
Der.
Mrs. Haser's parents were COM
municants of that oldest form OF the
Christian Church, the Roman Cath
Ollie, and her early training was in
that faith. AS she grew to woman
hood she showed a preference for the
Protestant church, and her reverence
for the faith of her parents, a rev.
erenee in every way commendable.
perhaps accounts for the fact that
she never definitely united with the
church of her choice, but she was
nevertheless a regular attendant
upon the Methodist church when
ever her health permitted, and those
who knew her best knew that she
led the prayer life, that she was a
devout worshipper, and they recog-
nized her life as one of christian
ministry. Her own word of exhor-
tation it was which finally led her
son into the Methodist church and
her interest was manifested in var
1ous ways. Her last illness was pain
full. She bore her suffering with
christian fortitude and assured her
friends that she had no fear Of
death. What a sense of bereavement
came to this community when the
news came that she had departed!
How our sympathy went out to this
stricken family. Such are the ten
derness Of the relations, so deep the
sense of loss, SO pathetic the circum-
stances, that [ am sure we shall have
greatest kindness to these our great
ly bereayed friends by making our
words few, but they are none the
less appreciative because their num-
Der is small. A good woman has
gone: the community is poorer; we
are all in grief: we can only offer our
poor human sympathy and pray that
the great sympathetic divine heart
will supply what our poor human
limitations prevent us from supply
ing.
DR.. Nicholson's remarks were Of a
tender character and tehy were based
on a passage of scripture that vas a
.favorite Of the members of the fam
lily. What he had to say brought
comfort to the hearts Of the SORROW
ing mes a he ferth the truth Of the
reunion chat is to come latter.
At the concluion of the services a
long line of carriages followed the
remains to Graceland cemetery,
where the rites OF the church were
briefly conducted by DR.. Nicholson
and Rev. Mr.. Wilkinson. The fol-
lowing were the body bearers:
Messrs. F. H. Winsor. c. G.. Rath-
bnu, H. d. Butterfeld, L. W. Sea-
man, j. E. Wells and G. b. Wilt.
MIR. Hager and family will have
the strong sympathy of the people
OF this city in the great loss that has
come to them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
SELECT THEIR DELEGATES
Democrats Held Convention to Name
Delegates to the Aberdeen
Gathering.

III
The democrats held their county
convention at the court house Satur-
afternoon at 9 o'clock. The conven-
ton was called to order by II. E.
Hitchcock. +. II. Winsor was ell
ected chairman, and W. L. LaFol-
lette secretary. Messrs. Cox, Collins
and Hitchcock were appointed d
committee to select the delegates,
presenting the following names
which were accepted by the conven-
ton:
Deleeates-D. W. Collins, l.. C..
Thomas, W. Fl. Saul, William Craig,
Jos. Swift, f. H. Winsor, W. 7.
LaFollette, NJ. j. D%ougherty, S. f.
Goodykoontz, FL. Purdy. Chas. Fer
guson, A. f. Hitchcock, II. G.Hoyt,
Hoyt Cox.
Alternates-Joha Michels, b. G.
Weeks, jr.. +. L. Logan, w. H. Will
kinson, D. NJ. Tiffany, George Kan.
cuff, Fl. Fields, Robert Clark. jr.,
A. Gherkin, Philip Tobin, Fl. f.
Hitchcock, S. T. Greene, 2. Welch,
Martin Gleason.
The ABOVE delegates will represent
Dawson county in the democratic
state convention which will be held
at Aberdeen July 90, for the nom
nation Of state officers.
The delegates present at the con-
vention were empowered to cast
1.-THE full vote Of the delegation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
THREE GREAT RACE DAYS
Fast Time, Good Weather. Close
Contests Made the Meeting a
Magnificent Success.

Secretary Boynton, who had charge
Of the races last week, "a certainly
feel elated over the success that re.
suited from the meeting. He had
Il fine string Of entries in all of the
races and practically every event
was contested for in every heat from
start to finish. Mr.. Boynton had
many interests to look after during
the meeting but everything passed
Off smoothly. There was one good
thing about the races that was high.
ly satisfying to the horsemen-their
money was ready for them immed-
lately after the purses were won, and
they 90 away feeling that they have
been used right by the management.
Castlewood remained the favorite
in the free-for-all pacing race, and
won the third and fourth heats. In
the third heat he broke the record
for the track, making the mile in
gals l-2. In the fourth the horses
scored nine times before they were
sent Off, the driver of Coney making
the most trouble. 1t was paced in
2:l7. 1t was d great race all through
and it is very seldom a bunch of
horses like these can be found in a
$3.50 race. Ccney failed to make the
winning that his mark lead a good
many to think him capable of. At
ter the first heat the horse showed a
better disposition to get to the wire
first, and in each heat he was push
ing the rest along for the place.
The money was divided: Castlewood
first, Miss Hopping second, Betty
Walker third, and ,,oney fourth
1t took five heats to decide the
2:45 trot and a couple Of the horses
got a record, which puts them into
faster company hereafter. Niagara
took the first two heats and then
Kelley disputed the other two with
the Sioux Falls horse, and won
them. the fourth being done in
2:244. a fast clip for a PAS trot.
Niagara took the fifth heat and was
assisted by Kelley breaking during
the first half mile. The money was
awarded to Niagara, Kelley, johnnie
King, and Flossie G.
The consolation race was won by
Kitty o. with Oak Day second and
Rec Jane thri 4, the time for the half
mile being 81 seconds.
There were live entries in the mile
bicycle handicap. Evans was on the
scratch. Patterson aud Ha1ker had 80
yards, and GullickSon and Patterson
had go yards The handicap proved
a snap for Evans, for he had his men
beaten in the first half mile. and
came out the winner in 2:49. Har-
ker second, Ralph Patterson third,
and Gullickson fourth.
A special race was run between
Rusticus and Sue. which was a SNAP
for Sue. She took the lead and
Rusticus was never in danger OF pass
ing her.
Messrs. Stair and Jones gave an
exhibition run OF the motor bicycle
at the close Of the program and their
machines displayed considerable
speed.
Practically all Of the horses were
shipped to Chamberlain for the
races which commenced there on
Tuesday.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
Burd-S

Arthur r. Burd and Miss Bessie
S%wickard, both Of Mt. Vernon, were
united in marriage by Justice Nc
Klnley at his home Saturday after
noon at S O'Clock. The couple will
reside on a farm near that place.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
Music aa a study.

The study of music is equal to the
study of literature and languages as q
means of intellectual growth superior
TO the study of mathematics and in no
way Inferior to the study of the nat
ural sciences. 1t is more available and
adaptable than the study of psychol-
ogy, because, While calling forth the
intellectual powers, it engages the emo
tons and assures that condition nee
essary to the best development of
thought-viz, genuine enjoyment of the
means employed.
1t strengthens the memory, calls rea-
son into lively play, favors habits of
exact thought, inspires the imagina-
ton, enhances the perceptive faculty,
facilitates physical expression, arouses
the emotional nature, cultivates the
aesthetic principle and gives breadth of
mental comprehension. In all these
things music stands in the front rank
of the sciences, if indeed it does not
lead them all. Can any science do
more as factor in intellectual growth
to develop the many sided nature of the
man intellectual?
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21

) 10 reduce the flesh one must have
lhe fortitude to give up Il number of
she pleasant things of life, for a time
Int least, and many of them for good
and all. One must, first of all, become
Il ln early riser and not sleep longer than
teyen hours. Before finishing the
morning toilet exercise for twenty min
hltes with Indian clubs, dumbbells or
swands. For breakfast take no cereal,
coffee or milk, but tea, not too strong,
fruit and toast. Sugar is fat pro-
jducer; so also are bread and all fari-
lnaceous dishes. Not more than half
glass of liquid should be taken at any
meal. For luncheon partake of stewed
pr raw fruit, a salad dressed with vine
gar and oil, green vegetables and a
lchop. For dinner the bill of fare can
comprise fish, mutton, lamb, lean beef,
vegetables, especially tomatoes and
beans. stale bread and a light dessert.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
Early Glimpse. of Greatness.


The Union at Oxford must have been
a fine school Of debate for more than
one student successful in after years
as public speakers. William Charles
Lake, formerly dean of Durham, says
in his memoirs that he has heard Lord
Coleridge say:
well, l have never heard better
speaking anywhere than heard at the
Union''
Dean Lake recalls two speeches
which he heard there at different times.
When he was president of the Union
an unknown gentleman commoner
made striking and very poetical
speech. Especially memorable was his
description Of the Alps.
"Who is this?" asked Lake.
"Ruskin, gentleman commoner Of
Christ Church, was the answer.
The Alps had already set fire to the
imagination of the man who was to
describe them as they never have beer
described by another man.
On another occasion, some years lat
err, Lake heard a brilliant speech Of
quite different character.
''Who was that?"
"a young gentleman commoner just
come up to Christ Church, Lord Robert
Cecil
This was Lord Salisbury, who be-
came the great figure in public life
which on hearing that boyish speech
Lake predicted he would be-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
A Tough Rnwhide story.

A Hopkins man in an early day, re-
,lates that most veracious of all Missou-
ri newspapers, the Hopkins Journal,
hauled lots of cord wood and used raw
hide harness on his teams. Rawhide,
we all know, expands when wet and
contracts on drying out. Well, this man
was hauling an exceptionally big load
one day when thunderstorm overlook
him just as he reached long hill lead
Ing to his home. He was walking be-
side his team that he might pay close
attention to them and did not notice
what the rain was doing for his raw
hide harness until the top of the long
hill was reached when to his utter
amazement the wagon stood at the bot
tom of the hill, the rawhide tugs being
fairly stretched into fiddle strings. He
was puzzled for a moment but just
then the sun came out, and happy
Idea found Judgment in his fertile
brain. He unhitched the team, fas-
Atened the tugs securely around big
Ftree and went in to dinner When he
sreturned the sun had caused the raw
Thfde to contract sufficiently to bring the
wagon up that steep hill with mo-
lmentum that smashed both front
wheels when it came in contact with
the tree around which the tugs had
been fastened.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21

How Cigar Dealers Lose Custom.
This may be good cigar said
man as he puffed at 1t, standing for a
moment in the shop, "but I don't seem
b relish It. Guess my stomacn.s q TIL
be or"
: 'Thats just the way it u.s." remarked
the nhilosophic tobacconist. "About 200
persons come into this store every day.
Some of them spend $40 a week with
me for cigars, and others don't spend
So. lose certain amount of this
trade every week not because keep
inferior goods, but when smokers get
bit out of condition and the cigars
don't taste as good as usual they will
blame the cigars, and off they so to an
other shop.
"But it works about the same way
with ALL My dissatisfied customers so
to some other. mans store, and other
mems dissatisfied customers come to
me. So it eyens up in the end. Out of
livery ten strangers who drop in here
for the first time to buy q cigar l know
sby experience that / can count Oh one
'pr two of them becoming regulars
New York Press.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
Her Husband. Male Friends.

One of the most complicated duties
OF wife is the shuffiing off of her hus
bands male friends, says the Ladies'
Field. Fifty per cent can go at once.
for half a mans bachelor associates
are, according to his wife, not fit for
poilte society, either because they have
no manners or because they wear the
wrong sort of collars. Ten per cent
she may genuinely dislike, or possibly
they may not take to her. Some of the
rest are on the borderland of liberation
but most of them have knack of
dropping off by slow degrees. Possibly
this is the inward and spiritual mean
ing of the farewell bachelors dinner
most intending bridegrooms give,
though they never realize it at the
time.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
How She Moved Him,

The little girl stood by the street let
ter box, weeping bitterly.
What is the matter, my child?" ask
ed the elderly philanthropist, who hap
pened along.
IL wanted to mail a letter." she
sobbed, land 1 hadn't any st-stamp.
So IL dropped two pennies in the
slot at the top, and the-the stamp
won't come out!'
Here the elderly philanthropist burst
into tears.
"Wh-what are you crying about?o
she asked
II weep, my child,' he said, wiping
his eyes. ito think that a nice little
girl like you should try to work me for
2 cents with such an old chestnut as
that. Chicago Tribune
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21

not go SO pitifully soon. She held the
candle high above her head and looked
critically at the slender oval of pale
face, at the shadows under unsatisfied
eyes.
Betty trembled, crept into bed and
lay there, wide eyed. Her heart ached
At bitter memory that crept out of
an old past a fire of shame swept over
her
Already didn't know that romance
had almost come into Betty's life. 1t
knew that she had kept steady compa-
ny with lad about her own age some
twelve years before; knew that one
afternoon they went buggy riding and
that next day young Kimberly shook
the dust of Arcady's main street from
his shoes, but it attached no signifi-
canoe to the fact.
The winter went. Spring came. The
earth sweetened with odors. 1t thrilled
and quivered with expectancy. When
the fresh little folded leaves burst their
buds, Betty brought her machine out
on her tiny porch. She sang as she
sewed
A girl sauntering past stopped just
beyond Betty's doorstep and without a
by your leave" stopped to pluck a
bunch of fragrant purple violets.
"Old maids don't need vlolets," she
said. She fastened the violets under
her firm young chin and came nearer.
isn't it a lonely business getting old
by yourself, Betty? I'd hate it awful;
but, la, I'll never be an old maidw
Too young to be glad of her youth, she
went on her careless way, leaving the
poor little pincushion in tears.
Betty went to church on Sunday
feeling in harmony with the day in
spite Of the last pin jabbed into her.
mot married yetY' asked a young
man who had been away from Already
In voice that Numbered through the
church. We'll, well, I'll swan! AM a
good loollin' woman toov'
"Shes still hopin'." 1t was woman
who spoke, and she fixed the pink rib
bon about Betty's throat with sus-
picious eye, the poor little luxury of a
pink ribbon that Betty had sewed half
the night to possess
Betty flung up her head angrily and
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
VIOLA CENTER.

From The Coon Rapids Reporter.
Mr.. George Higley is on the sick
list.
Will Bryan was Coon Rapids cal
Ter, Friday.
Bert Booton has rented the G. N.
Nelson farm.
j. C. Ia Foy and family spent Sun
day with his father.
Jim Dudley dehorned cattle for Will
Prettyman last week.
Pat Carroll visited his sister, Mrs.
Harry Oliver, Monday.
Floy Clifford and Addah Smith vis-
tied Sunday in Dedham.
F. M. Barrett was buying cattle
north of Coon Rapids, Monday.
DR.. Jewel made q professional call at
the r. T. Gilbert home, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dawson visited
Tuesday at the VIM. Yagar home.
Frank Kibbler and wife visited Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Harris.
Geo. Bickelhaupt and wife spent
Sunday at the J. w Moreland home.
Mrs ]. E. Ridgeway visited her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hendricks Satur-
day.
Mr.. snd Mrs. Knappenberger visit
ed hsr parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp
Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Clifford attended
the funeral services of Mrs. Amos Har-
vey, Monday.
Miss Blake, on account of illness,
was compelled to give up her school
in dis riot No. 8.
Clara Milford, Oda Bonwell and
WillNelson spent Wednesday evening
at the Frank Dawson home.
Rev. Fickiuger and family and Fred
Texter and Miss Jessie Homer were
Guests at the +. Nj. Barrett home.
Elsie and Sam Moreland, Eva and
AIDA Smith and Floyd Clifford spent
Sunday near Dedham with friends.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21

looked into pair of eyes that had
some years before been the very light
of her own-the eyes of Henry Kim
berly.
The color left her face Her hands
clasped themselves nervously. Tears
of distress gathered, but she drove
them back desperately.
"Howdy do, Miss Betty?" said Kim
berly, making his way through the
crowd and holding out his hand.
"Howdy do, Mr.. Kimberley Betty
flung back, disdaining the hand.
She marched past him down the aisle
and turned toward home, looking nei-
Their to the right nor left. There was
a murmur of laughter that grew as
Kimberly strobe after her.
How dared you speak to meY' said
Betty fiercely.
Kimberly had overtaken her in the
quiet lane that led to her home. Now,
Betty'-his voice was firm-"I'm not
goin' to put up with any of your tan
trims. You've got to listen to me- an
you've got to tell me what you meant
by fiingin' them crabapple blossoms in
my face twelve years ago. I've come
good ways to find out. l was askin'
about you. You know Jim Dale's come
out our way. was hopin' you were
happily married, but you amt. You
might have married better an wis
er an richer man, but you haven't.
I've come a long way to find out why
you flung them blooms at me. They
We're so pretty, Betty, like your pink
cheeks, an as we drove under the
trees-Lord, couldn't talk! The words
choked me, an l couldn't get 'em out.
Do you think it was nice thing for
you to do?"
do you think it was nice to give
them to me:" Betty's voice shook.
Kimberly looked at her in amazement.
Didn't you mean it?' she asked
81 meant every word of it, Betty.
mean it now.''
Betty stiffened.
81 wanted the flowers to tell you,
Betty. l thought they would
"They did, Betty laughed shrilly
ooh. l hate crabapple blooms, and
hate the month that brings them, and
l hate the man that gave them-crab-
apple blossoms, that mean
"What?" sternly.
CAS- if you didn't know" scornfully
"What?" more sternly.
Don't you know" sobbed Betty,
that crabapples mean I wouldn't
wouldn't have you if could?'"
Doubt went out of Betty's soul at
sight of Kimberly's face, and a red
rush of joy leaped to her brow.
Kimberly opened his arms. Betty
was never to be pincushion again.
A little brown bird, sore pressed by
the chasing hawk, she swept into shell
ter with glad cry.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
A Real London Fog.

A recent example of London fog was
the cause Of some queer blunders. A
8Bayswater bus got nearly as far as
ZCamden Town when the driver thought
lhe was headed for Portland Station.
= Horses knew their way better.
Al A wagon drawn by two horses be-
BGonging to firm Of grocers in Coventry
.Yas left by the man in charge just out
ode Rugby, ten miles from their des-
anation. The animals started off and
lere quickly lost to sight in the fog
hey reached home without mishap,
Although the fog was SO thick that OBJ
ects could not be distinguished a few
Hrds away The driver, who had to
ID his way on foot. did not arrive un-
five hours later.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-01-21
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. By Sara Lindsay Coleman I
Copyright, 1905, by T. C. Mcclure
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One can't be comforted and deceived
by any such pleasing epithet as bache-
lor maid when one lives in Already.
Spinsterhood is grim fact.
Betty dwelt in Already. She lived
there with her aunt in tiny two room
house and sewed from morning until
night, sometimes far into the night
Betty didn't mind work. There was
some hing she did mind, though.
1t ever occurred to the Arcadians-
for their hearts are kind-that they
made a pincushion Of Betty and that
the pins they eternally stuck into her,
little pricks really meant for pleasant
ries, were to soft eyed, tender, sensi-
tive, brown little thing like Betty &C
tual stabs.
Betty tried so hard not to mind. On
her twenty-eighth birthnight she did a
courageous thing. At midnight she
stole from the house to bury something
very precious to her. In the blackness
about her the wind shouted and jeered,
the rain dashed in her face. Half
laughing, half sobbing, she put the
beautiful thing deep in a heaped up
mound of wet, dead leaves. Cropping,
her hand touched something that she
knew to be a late white rose, and with
shaking fingers she laid it on the flu
neral pile.
She was never going to mind again
One couldn't mind after ones youth
was dead. She was going to be cheer
full and philanthropic pincushion for
the rest of her days. Jeering at spin
sters had been in fashion in Already
long before her birth and babe fair to
remain popular for some time after her
death.
When she had slipped back into the
safeness and warmth of her tiny bed
room she stood long before the dingy.
cracked mirror that never encoura ged
vanity and whispered:
YOU'RE twenty eight, and you've been
to the funeral of your own youth. 1t
would be mighty funny to folks if they
knew-mighty funny-but they don't,
they don't"'
Betty sighed. Beyond her barrier
mountains were cities where youth did