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An Exclusive Elevator.

There Is perhaps no elevator in th~
world more exclusive han that pro-
vided at the capitol for the supreme
court Of the United States. That ele-
vator can be used by exactly eleven
people, and no one else would for q
moment consider entering it except az
a guest of n of these eleven privil-
eyed gentlemen. The fortunate eleven
are the nine justices of the United
States supreme court. the clerk and
the marshal of the court. The elevator
goes from the ground foor of the cap
itol to the main floor. IN which is To-
Gated the supreme court Of the United
States. 1t is a small elevator, so that
with Its conductor, three portly forms
of justices of the supreme court of the
United States would fill 1t. 1t Is one
of the very latest designs of electric
elevators, n is finished in magnifl-
cen style. The interesting thing about
this exclusive elevator is the fact that
the justices. welded as they are to
past customs, nave not yet got out OF
their habit formed before the new ele-
vator was put in place of going from
the ground DOR to the main floor by
means Of the senate elevator.
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err 6isproportionats 20 her oGense, yet
rhe felt she was lighting for what was
more to her than friendship.
Hugh repressed u groan.
Then Miss Kathleen Rertram grew
angry with him. What difference could
1t make to him? Why die he not re-
assure her with the words of love that
she had only checked through an ex-
aggerated idea Of honor? And she
cried Indignantly:
II suppose you have never got your
self into a mess through trying to
oblige a friend. Mr.. Chichester; and
since you evidently think l have sinned
past forgiveness. l will cease to trouble
you With my presence. Good evening""
and she sailed away with n dignity that
only lasted till h reached her cabin.
Shaking off at last the Icy feeling OF
despair that seemed to cause a physical
numbness. Hugh turned and stretched
out his arns to her with a gesture OF
love inc longing. but she was gone,
and he let his arms fall again to his
side with n groan. What had Kit done
In her wish for fun and flirting? What
had he n in his romantic attempt to
gain the owe of his bride before they
were welded? How could he blame the
girl when, after all, 1t was his little
plot, so innocent in intention, that had
turned the comedy into a tragedy?
And how was he to unravel the UNI
tangled skein? Wa he bound to the
young girl to whom he had practically
confessed his love. INC whose heart no
or to the lightminded little flirt who
had %journeyed across the ocean to mar
nv him, and from whom he turned with
a real dislike?
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Blind Telephone Operator.

Boston Transcript: Mrs. Emma Magoon
Post OF North English, Ia, is totally
blind, yet she successfully manages the
telephone exchange for the town and the
surrounding country and has over 800 sub
scribers on the lines she operates. A
striking feature of this remarkable ex-
change Is its system Of bell signals. Each
line is provided with a special bell of q
special tone and those bells are all
mounted in a cabinet a few feet from
the switchboard
There are large bells, small bells, wire
clocks, gongs sleigh bells and high-keyed
bicycle bells. A fine bit of steel wire four
inches long is soldered to each bell ham
mer, and a square sheet of paper attached
to this wire bears the line. name or num-
Der. forming a visual signal for the as
sistant operator, who can see. The bell
cabinet iE SO situated that the paper
squares may be plainly seen from the OPP
e%rator's seat.
Mrs. Post is able to distinguish not only
each one of the forty-ive bells by it's PEI
culiar tone, but also the voices of nun
dreds Of men, women and children whom
she serves. She is q graduate of Iowa
College for the Blind, and was noted at
that institution for quick and retentive
memory
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-11
RUSSIANS AND THEIR PIPES.
How the Bcaus of the Race Dispose o.
Thsir Smokes While DANCING.

Kansas City Journal: Church White
tells the Atchison Globe that in the early
days of Whiting preparations were being
made for a wedding. A man went into
the store to buy a present. ut will be
quite an affair, L suppose said the store
keeper. Not much" the customer re-
piled, with u sheer; only two kegs" And
the incident suggests u comparison. Not
long since there was a wedding In one of
the Russian settlements of Ellis county.
The principles were children of well-to-do
farmers. and the wedding celebration Is
reported by a local paper to have been
Earnished with ~ kegs.
However. the festivities of a Russian
wedding extend over three days. They
are occasions of dancing and drinking and
feas.ing. \ drink which is served to the
women. but scorned by the men, is COM
posed of tea and whisky In equal parts.
1t is as wicked as the western drink known
as stone fence" made of equal parts of
whisky and cider. by the way, the Rus
slams have a custom which may be of
interest to native brides. AT the wedding
festivities the bride is expected to dance
with the men one after another until she
drops with fatigue. 1t is a matter of pride.
with the brides to keep going as long as
possible. and it is not unusual to find a
bride dancing as gay as any of them after
three days and nights of vigorous frolic.
But the brides are magnificent specimens.
considered physically.
Another custom which might be emu
lated by American society is practiced at
these dances. When a girl is dancing with
, a man she always holds his pipe. Now, in
American society men are often puzzled
to know where to put their pipes when
they wish to float away In the deiirium of
a waltz. If the woman partners. like the
Russian girls. would delicately take the
pipes and carry them while the dance is
in progress. it would add much to the joy
of the occasion. A Russian gentleman
once said that it would be regarded as ex-
| tremely rude If n man should continue to
smoke his pipe while dancing with a girl.
Some of the more punctilious of the Rus
sian beaus go to the length OF knocking
tho fire out of their pipes on their heels
before handing the pipes to the girls. But
this Is frowned upon as being superele-
CANT, as we'll as wasteful Of tobacco.
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4 His companion looked at him in
surprise. do you know her, then?"
she ask ed.
ooh. MOI" he cried hurriedly; "only
1 heard the captain had a Miss Bur
ton and a Miss Bertram under his are
as far as Colombo, and 1 guessed that
must be She" and then, to turn her
attention from his confusion. he add
ed: She seems to be having a good
time" alluding to her train OF young
men, n her open filtration with one
OF the ships officers, which he had al
ready noticed was the cause of much
amusement to the other passengers.
Miss Burton flashed an indignant
glance at him from her frank gray
eyes.
She is such a child and has had
such a dull life at home"
~ beg your pardon" he replied, IT
ought not to hav criticised your
friends conduct. which cannot concern
me. All the same, If you will excuse
my saying it. as having so much more
experience of the world thar either of
you, it would be as well If you warned
our friend that she is causing a re-
mark among he passengers"
She is going to someone who will
know how to take care of her." she an
swered, "and 1 do not like discussing
my friends behind their backs"
Two evenings later he was leaning
over lle SnlpS sue WIN MISS Burton,
and a silence had fallen upon them at
the sight of the glorious tropical moon
light on the heaving ocean, a silence
hat showed an intimacy that was full
of sweetness. She, feeling the balmy
air laden with unspoken love, found
the silence fraught with too much
meaning, and said:
rs 1T not beautiful"
Hugh, however. answered with seem
ing i~rrelevance:
Tomorrow we shall be in Colombo"
For some minutes they said nothing,
but at last she remarked:
1T has been a very pleasant voyage"
and her voice broke over"the
place words.
Since Alden" he prompted, taking
her slim white hand in his, and he
folded her in his arms.
Suddenly she drew herself away,
stopping the very words on his lips.
"Oh, stop, M Chichester, before you
say one word more; l must tell you the
truth about myself; 1 cannot keep up
the deception n longer. You think 1
am Kit Burton. 1 am not, I am Kath-
leen Bertram."
Good God!" cried Hugh. recoiling in
horror.
II suppose" ske went on hurriedly,
you think I am very wicked 10 be
travelling under an assumed name and
telling so many lies, out 1t was only to
please my friend Kit. Now, DO listen to
me before you Judge either of u.s. and
she put her hand on his arm as he
leaned heavily Dr. the ships rail- with
averted head. His horror seemed rath-
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and l have never had even decent
clothes to wear before. You may i'm
agine, therefore. how much 1 love you
already for procuring my freedom and
clothes. and even some fun, l hope.
Tn sorry my photo will not be ready
In time to send you, but / hope you
will know me. If 1 should chance to
miss you. l will go straight to the house
Of your friend, Mrs. Grimiey. That will
be all right. I suppose? I am ire
mendously excited. No time for more.
Your ever loving. Kit"
1t was more like the letter OF a child
going away on her first visit than that
marry the man of her choice, and Hugh
could not repress a feeling of disap-
pointment that there was no hint of
anything deeper, but he checked a sigh,
and said half aloud:
How ridiculous to expect her to
really love me, whom she has not seen
since she was a child of nine"
And a smile came to his face as he
conjured up the image of his pretty
little, hot-tempered cousin throwing her
doll at his head because he had sug-
gested that her treatment OF it was
rather drastic for q lovlr5 mother.
Somehow he had always felt an af-
fectionate interest in the I'M
trained motherless girl, SO easy to lead,
but 81 AlIlpoSSIoIC W L LIZ WllcIl
her father married again, and she was
packed off to a boarding school, he be-
gan Il desultory correspondence with
her. partly to cheer her and
her in her work, and partly to cheat
himself into the belief that he, the lone
ly one without. father, mother, sister,
or brother. had home ties in that Eng
land to which his heart still turned.
Then in the great stiffness of the
midday. when all the world seems
sleeping, a thought came to him which
made him start up with unwonted ami
nation.
Bravo! The very thing! I'll go
n join her steamer, under an as
sumed name at Alden, Inc make love
to her till we reach Colombo. I'll see
about it at once" And he summoned
his bearer, and began to give him the
necessary Instructions about his
\ clothes.
Under all his gravity and staidness,
Hugh Chester was at heart still
youthful and romantic, and the flavor
of adventure and romance about this
Idea recommended it strongly to him,
therefore 1t was with a light heart that
he boarded the steamer at Colombo, q
week later, to meet the Palawan at
Alden.
The first evening that he took his
seat. under the name of Hugh Chi
chester. at the dining table in the huge
electric lighted saloon of the great
liner, he let his eyes wander curiously
among the guests, wondering in ar
amused manner If he would be able
to pick out his fancee in the crowd
of ladies present; for beyond a vague
remembrance OF a child with q shock
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-11
Tho Dreams of the Blind.

Philadelphia Record: Some odd re-
searches have recently been made" said
a physician. concerning the nature of
the dreams that the blind have. These re-
earches have proved. roughly speaking.
that they who were born blind dream
nothing wherein sight figures, while those
who went blind at the age of 6 or over
dream quite as normal persons do. An
exception TO this rule was a man blind at
3, who. a year or two ago. got back his
sight. This mar had used to dream that
he could see, and recently he has made
some colored drawings OF things as they
appeared to him in his dreams. The sky.
the color OF grass. hangs, in these draw
ings, IS low as the ceiling of a room.
Streams are as red as blood. The moon,
80 big 1t fills half the heavens. IL brown.
Men and women look like frogs. Alto
gether, the world that our blind friend
saw In his dreams was very nightmare
of a world. He knew the names Of colors
in his blindness. but his ide2 Of what
each color actually was. was strangely
wrong"
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head of brown hair and rather light
eyes, either blue or gray. he had no
idea OF her personal appearance, n
he could not picture to himself what
she might have become as a oma
AT last his eyes rested on the girl
seated on his left, and a wish was
Immediately formed that 1t might be
she.
1t did not AXE Hugh long to get al
Introduction to her. and before the
next day was over they were we'll on
the way to become friends.
The more he saw of her the more
deeply Hugh fell in love with her, and
the more the piquancy of the position
struck him the more he congratulated
the days flew by he could see la she
was far from dlsliking him, but he was
convinced she was too IMMERSED In
these matters to see whittier their
friendly intercourse was leading them:
and he pictured his awakening her to
the true state of the case at the same
time as he should reveal to her that he
vas her real f1ance n no stranger.
Despite, however. their intimate
footing, he was always met by an in
yincible reserve whenever he tried to
ask about her home relations and her
future In India. He felt 1t vas he
one thing that made her perfect. The
childish outSpokenneSs In her letters
was for him alone; for others there
vas a dignified r%eticence.
rs that young lady a friend of
yours" he asked, when he had been
on board a couple of days. as an eN-
ceedingly lively girl with merry blue
eyes nodded gayly and waved her
hand as she moved nearer the band
with her attentive escort of chosen
young men.
Yes" replied Miss Burton, we are
old school friends, and are now both
going out to Colombo under the care
of the captain"
"Oh. then she is Miss Bertram,' said
Hugh. without thinking. and then
saw what Il mistake he had made.
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On a long chair in the coolest OF gar
nents. with a glass of something re-
freshing at his elbow, Hugh Chester
lay. putting cigar smoke lazily from his
lips as he dreamily gazed away from
the shade Of his cool veranda into the
lu&urtant tropical vegetation hat
bounG-S the small clearing in which
his house stood on the high mountains
above Colombo.
Hugh was a successful coffee planter.
and he a not become that without
energy and hard work, and 1t was only
during this hour of heat. when man and
beast u rest IL they would live. that
he allowed himself to dream, ever owe
the letters of the young girl who was
now on her way to Ceylon to marry
him.
The one he held in his hand ran as
follows:
Dear Old Hugh-After all I am COM
Ing out by the 'Palawan' instead Of the
'Somalt,' which will get me out a fort
night sooner than you bargained for. I
hope you will not be sorry; IL you are,
you will have to disguise your feelings.
for | shall have started by the time
you have got this. The reason I have
changed my adamantine mind is that I
have arranged to go out with my old
friend. Kathleen Bertram. who must
go by h a BOAT to join her father. He
VIII meet her at Colombo and take her
on to Calcutta. We shall both be un-
der the care of the captain. so you
need not be anxious how 1 shall be-
have.
You funny old thing. Why should
you think l might not love you when 1
saw you? If you only knew what a
dull, miserable life you are taking me
from here! You may be sure I should
ind anyone charming after the low
ing kindness of my stepmother. And
then, if you saw my clothes! Father has
been quite generous. i suppose he is so
delighted to get rid Of the element of
discord, and is anxious at the last to
make up for years of miserliness. Well,
YOU Know he really has been miserly.
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" France would assume did nos sssrn-
i duties bid his stay"
My lady tossed her purse to the SER
cant as she passed:
Divide this with your men, and
rink a health to-well-the Princess
Unknown"
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Jensen has successfully inoculated
white mice with cancer This will ma
terially aid the pathologist to study the
methods of the growth and communica-
ton of cancer. He carried the cancer
through nineteen generations by reim-
plantation of the cancer cells. He re-
marks that these cells, isolated. re-
tanned their vitality for twelve days at
room temperatures, while at the tenn.
perature of the body they persisted in
twenty-four hours. If ground in a NOR
tar the experiments resulted negatively.
Bright light was rapidly destructive to
the cells and also one-fourth of 1 per
cent. solution OF carbolic acid.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-11

The per capita circulation is nov
$So2l. the highest point ever reached
in this country.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-11
Force Of Habit.

TOTCe OF HABIT.
Puck: The Leading Man-Its hard FOR
a person to forget the past.
The Ingenue-That's so. I've often no.
ticed that you sidestep involuntarily when
a bouquet is suddenly thrown at YOU!
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-30
Nc7U York Stock Market.

NEW YORK, March 29.-Union Pacific made
2 movement in to-days market similar i'm char
acttr although OF less NiolenceD TO that OF
Monday % last week preceding the announce
ment Of tbs plan of the distribution OF the
Northern Securities assets. Bur this isolated
movement failed sigma lv To carry the genera
market with IL ,rFis si,,-,.;.t--rs -
cral market seemed adequately accounted for
m the early dealings by the conflicting move
ment IN United states Steel preferred which
sold Down more than d point below yester
day closing. The general list seemed TO be
held IN suspension By these conflicting move
inenis- but The discrepancy became marked
later IN the da-, whcl the pressure against
United ststes steel preferred was relieved
WITHOUT a recovery however while the rise i'm
Union Pacific became more buoyant.
The renewed strength in the merger secIri-
ties on the curb was the only response that
might be IN sympathy with the rise in Union
Pacific. The general list remained inert unfit
the ally just at the close The source OF the
much Of mystery ever. but there can be
nc doubt that the suspicion has gained a
hold On the speculative community that all
- not Deaceiui IN the process of undoing the
Northern Securities merger. The fear gains
ground that the real point at issue is An adj
vantage OF position in the transcontinenta,
field which threatens to reopen the whole dis.
pute which was fought to so violent termina
traversng OF the history of the formation Of
the Northern Securities Company and by the
republication Of the contention by T. II Har-
Timan IN a public hearing that the transfer OF
his holdings Of Northern Pacinc by private
sale to J. p Morgan & Co. and not by de-
+ post OF the stock with the Northern Securities
I Company for exchange into their stock The
( impression thus set ahoat in Wall street is
that TIE Union Pacific interests are standing
out Tor the return of their original holdings OF
Northern Pacific and the control Of that system
while IL is also felt that there is no more disno
sition to Yield this peaceably than at any other
previous time. Reports Of enormous loans made
on Union Pacific collateral kept alive tbe
curiosity Is TO the absorption OF that stock
but threw no light on the question. 1t was not
until the closing dealings that the narkst
showed any sign Of response to the Union pa
cihc. rise Of over points in ST Paul and
! x IN Southern Pacific then pulled the general
list up 70 last nights level or slightly above
The heavness OF United States Steel preferred
due to the fears Of a statement Of the
earnings for the quarter to be made al The
meeting next week. which is also to act on the
dividend. The session of the Stock Exchange
passed without any announcement OF gold ex-
ports by to-morvow's steamer, although for
eign exchange made a further advance There
was some revival of the crop scare on account
OF dry weather in the Southwest.
The market closed quite firm. Bonds were
irregular Total sales. S1.540 200
United States 2s and new As coupon advanced
IL and IS coupon and old As a per cent on
/ ran
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-30
Hides, TaHo7o, Wool and Hops.

Hops are quoted quiet. though a few sales
are being made at the quotations below. Buy
ers have raised their bids for 1904 contracts
both here and up north Tacoma advices re-
porting bids 1SG20c. Spot stocks are very
small as frequently mentioned of late
The heavy rains have stopped all operations
in Wool, both shearing and buying. in all
sections of the state, and the trade look for
no further movement until the weather clears
Prices remain unchanged.
Hides are steady and conditions remain as
for some time back.
HIDES AND SKINs-Culls and brands sell
about 1sd1c under quotations. Heavy Sailed
Steers. 9iac; medium, SIC; light. T&4c; Cow
Hides. SC for heavy and T94c for light; Stays.
&c: Sailed Kin. &c; Sailed Veal. 10c: Sailed
Calf. lie: dry Hides 15d16c: dry Kip, 13c; dry
Calf. iSc: SheepskIns. shearlings. 25130c each
short Wool 40G65c each; medium. 70d90c: long
Wool, S101 so: Horse Hides. salt, 81 IS for
large and S262 so for medium, 81 25G1 IS for
small and SOC for Colts Horse Hides, dry.
81 as for large and 81 so for medium. S161 %
for small and soc for Colts. Buck Skins-Dry
Mexican, Bic: dry Sailed Mexican. Csc; dry
Central American Sic. Goat Skins-Prime An
goras. T5c; large and smooth. Soc medium.
35c; small 20c
TALLOW-No. 1 rendered. 4Aa415c per ID;
No. g 31.d4c; grease. 2393c.
WOOL-Spring clip-San Joaquin and South
ern. IL months 9011c; do months. sd10c
per To-
HOPs-24d2Tc per ID for California. 1908
and 17isd20c for crop Of 1904.