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SOUTH BURLINGTON.

Mr. and Mrs Albert 'omstock and
daughter. Ciertic, Of Montpelier are visit.
ing at A. T. Comstock s.-Mr. and Mrs
II. +. rillcy and Grant and Kate Com
stock visited at George Drinkwater's in
Jericho Saturday and Sunday.-Mrs
Emma Barton Of Rutland is the guest
Of her cousin. Mrs. Alison Rolins.-Mrs
Mabel Richardson is moving from hen
farm here, to the city, where she will
spend the wintcr.-Ezra Ioag, who
works for r. ]. Butler. cut his foot WITH
an Ak while Sharpening fence posts last
week.
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POINTERS.

OWNERS OF FARMS who wish to hire
help or To sell farm should use this cole
Imn Nearly 6000 copies Of this paper are
cold every issue and your advertisement
would be read by many possible buyers
s7.wtf
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FOR SALE.
by the bargain Finder.

go acre farm, twenty minutes
drive from the beautiful town Of Ran
dolph. r. r u, telephone correction.
Meadows smooth and free from stone,
will keep 80 cows. Ample wood and n
fine sugar bush OF 400 trees near the
house fine two story house cost
$500 with ell. good old fashioned
barns and clio, running water in house
and barn. trout brook on the farm
beautiful lawn and shade. Taxes low.
As ii dairy farm or for keeping summer
bCarders this place is we'll adapted.
Price Of farm and farming tools $500.
stock fair
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
WILL TRY AIRSH|PS
IN ORIENTAL WAR
San Francisco Air Navigator Is
Wanted by the Japanese
Government.
BoMsARD FROM CLOUDS
He Declares That the Problem I
Solved and Expects to Go to the
East to Take Part in the
Fighting.

st Louis special: Airships in prac-
fical use may participate in the war
between Russia and Japan. Doctor
August Greth of San Francisco, inven-
tor and navigator of the california
Eagle" which mas repeatedly made
successful flights, has received a tena-
tive proposal through representatives
of the Japanese government. and IL ar
rangemnts are perfected as suggested,
his craft will be shipped to the orient
10 he used in exploding dynamite and
other high explosives over the ships
of the Russian fleet and over the cities
and forts within the circle of HOSTILE
ties.
DIR. Greth is in st. Louis. having ar
rived there from San Francisco for the
especial purpose of Investigating the
merits of the different airships which
are housed at the a%eronautic c%oncourse
OF the exposition grounds, and to study
the features of the machines.
In a conversation yesterday the fam
Gus aeronaut. whose giant strides in
The field of aerial navigation in the last
year have attracted the attention of the
scientific world, Doctor Greth said that
it is true that he had been approached
by men very close to the government
of the mikado, and practically repre-
senting Japan, who had made a definite
proposition to take his airship to the
SlEIlC VI III yOiii VIZ III
japanese armies and navy in the fur
Their progress OF the wal.
These men, of whom / speak, are
Well known figures in the commercial
world, and have a very close connection
with the diplomatic affairs of their own
country. They visited me at my work
shops and laboratory in San Francisco.
and thoroughly demonstrated to them
that my airship is practicable for the
purpose desired, n made a complete
test of the apparatus for their benefit.
Dynamite Air Cruisers.
The tests fully satisfied them that
my machine could be used with the
greatest success in sending high eX-
plosives from the air against battle
ships or forts of the enemy, and the
proposal to aid the Japanese followed
the close of the demonstration.
II cannot state that this proposition
came direct from the Japanese govern
ment, but / will say that If the negotia-
tions are closed as they have been orig
mated within the e two months l.
with the airship, will be Ell route across
the Pacific to fulfill my part of the
contract.
While the representatives of Japan
we're Investigating the airship. I dem
onstrated TO them the possibilities of
an invention i have formulated for
discharging projectiles and high eX-
p~losfves from airships. or Sky cruis-
ers," as the wal vessels will come to be
called. / nave perfected a mechanism
which provides for firing twenty fifty
pound charges OF dynamite or nitro
glycerin, and is SO constructed that
correct aim and range car ~. secured
as easily and as successfully as If we
q on board o.. is. -ruiser one O.
the navy's big guns with a well trained
crew.
Pm case I go to the far east, this
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
chestnuts Cure for Liquor Habit.

Philadelphia Record: There should
be less drunkenness at this season OF
the year than at n other time" said
a specialist in w disorders who
has a private sanitarium for the treat
ment of wealthy dipsomaniacs. 1T is
lot generally known-in fact, I claim
the honor Of the discovery-that roast
ed chestnuts are a good antidote for
liquor. The average man who drinks
under high nervous pressure, not for
the sake Of ~sociability, but because the
alcohol stimulates him to a greater eff
fort, is the one whose nervous system
is most quickly undermined. He may
never get drunk, but there is a on
slant demand for over-stimulation that
works damage in the end. No sooner
does the effect OF one drink wear of
h there is a craving for another.
Now, If that man would eat a few
roasted chestnuts instead of taking an
other drink when the feeling comes on
him, he would find hat the substance
Of the nuts. having quickly absorbed
the liquor already In the system, had
appreciably decreased his longing for
more alcoholic stimulant. 1t isn't a
theory. l know 1t to be true"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
The First Matches.

Chambers Journal: The first really
efficient }ucifer match must be placed
10 the credit of John Walker of Stock
fon-on-Tees, who in 1921 placed them
on the market under the name of
''congreves," in compliment to Sir Will
liam Congreve, the inventor of the war
rocket. These matches We're sold for
n shilling a box, which contained, be-
sidesa few dozen of the matches, a lit
lie piece of folded sandpaper, through
which ach splint OF WOO had to be
drawn before 1t could be made to
lnfiarne. An original tin box. stamped
with the royal arms II bearing the
word "Congreve," is preserved as a
curiosity IN one of the London muse
ulns.
AS in the caSe of all other industries,
this was initiated by hand labor alone.
The splints of wood were no doubt
originally dipped in the igniting com
position one by one; but subsequently,
they were tied up in bundles and
dipped ell bloc, the workman giving
each bundle n twist with his hands
so that the enc of each splint would be
free to 10Y TO a certain extent. and
absorb a little more of the
than it would If kept still. The next
advance was tc fix the splints in a
it's neighbor, and his frame containing
about fifteen hundred matches. would
be brought down Oh a marble slab upon
which the composition was spread. The
tipped matches. slill Il .heir frame.
would then be dried in air for a few
hours. and afterward placed in a heat
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Fools AHo sooYaaAysss.
Fortune letter. VIA s..inJts ,hs v.ey
peor Should he eaaisasa

peor Should be eaalsasa
to3t1uh Spectator Nh4n Fortune
letters .windle the seer Apt ignorant
y would make them suffer 7maft(y fer
n Certainty The ingenuity ~ a pfotes
aieRal fortune-lsller Is Ia ttselt edu
cattve The craft with Which she
throws out yelled hints. the sueilety
with which she pouaces 10 ,ny lucky
shot and the diplomacy which she escs
10 EFFORT confessions are often mRsalh-
cent
Observe the rupt. tar-away laok with
which she asks you abruptly Who
Is Ethel There Is Il possibility that
YOU know some one OF that name. In
which case the odd are that YOU Will!
afford her some clew for Intelligent
a~nticipatlons. II. however. you lndig-
nantly deny any such acquaintance
she can always fan back uron the very
safe statement that the name VIII be
familiar TO you later On.
Such procedure reminds us of the
famous dodge OF Disraelt. who. when
ever he met a man whom he did not
know. but felt he ought to know. In
CURED suavely, How is the old COM
p~laint?'"
Playing this little comedy one day in
Pail Mall he was met with the discon-
certing reply, Complaint, never
had an ache or a pain in my life"
whereupon he put his head on one
side and said with a sympathetic sigh,
All. I mean the wife" The secret
of the success OF most charlatans Is
that, II they 60 on making a sufficient
number of shots. come of them are
bound eventually TO hit the mark.
We remember the case of a clairvoy-
ant who told n fair client that two
good spirits We're watching over her
and that their names We're Juliet and
Jane. The visitor declared that there
we're no such persons. But when she
came home and told her mother of the
episode she was reminded to her
amaZement, that those We're indeed the
names of two sisters Who had died in
infancy.
Fortune-telling, we should say. Is a
harmless paStime so long as it is not
taken seriously. But what about edu-
Gated and most respectable folk who
take 1t very seriously? We are accus-
toned to pity DR.. Johnson because he
could not pass a lampost without
touching 1t, but what shall we say
OF people who forego important enter
prises on days which they imagine to be
uniucky. who deliberately make them
selves the sport of chance or resign
their reason to designing adventures.
We would not fly in the face of ancl-
ent beliefs. the origin of which may
nave been forgotten, nor do we forget
that the founders of Thirteen clubs
have often persisted miserably. But the
person who really cares about omens,
unlucky days. upsetting salt and all
the rest should know that he is a fool.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Possibilities in Poultry Raisina.

One of the troubles with the men who
fall in poultry raising results from
their desire to raise fancy stock. They
argue that they see nc reason why they
should sell eggs from poultry Matched
from eggs they paid from 80 to so cents
each, in the open market at from 25 to
40 cents a dozen. IF Smith sells me
eggs for So for 13. why cannot l sell
Jones egg from my fowls at the same
price? They forget that smith has
spent the best part of his life in learn
inc to breed fowls of high degree. If
one is going into the breeding of fancy
poultry with an idea of show room
exhibits, they should be prepared to
have a good bank account to stand
the drain until they turn the corner.
The demand of the public is not for
eggs from high bred fowls at from
81 to So q sitting, but for fresh laid
eggs from we'll and properly fed fowls
at from Is cents to 40 cents q dozen.
according to the season and the quail
lily of the g Just figure out the re-
turns on the investment and see IL you
can n anything else which will meet
them. Supposing o buy ten laying
pullets at 81 each a total cost of $50.
You feed these pullets q year at a cost
of $40 or more. If they lay as well as
they should for the price paid for them.
each of them Will give you IL dozens
of gigs in the year or 100 dozens from
W SAPl'oSAhS ~ .
$40 of these eggs in the year and from
them hatch 40 pullets. selling the re-
lnainder 1.400 eggs at two cents each.
You now have 40 pullets to feed for
six months, largely on the range, at q
cost of 80 cents each or SAG. Your
cash investment is therefore $50 and al
the end Of a year o ave the original
twenty pullets. now eighteen months
old and worth at least all you paid for
them, but we will say worth only SIS.
Your 140 pullets raised. are worth what
YOU paid for their mothers. or 50 each,
$3.50: II you have old $2S worth of
g A total expenditure of $50 and
n total valuation of s30S. Isn't this a
good interest on the money invested?
Properly Feeding Heifers.
While it is generally understood that
the intelligent farmer will give his
pregnant COWS the best Of care, the fact
remains that few farmers give the heif-
'ers who are about to calve for the Arst
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Wheat From Canada.

Minneapolis Tribune: Thu announce
ment in yesterdays Times that the
Pillsbury-Washburn II Washburn-
Crosby companies will grind large
quantities of Canadian wheat in bond
this winter is a reminder that the time
is not far distant when the flour manu-
| facturers of Minneapolis will a to
depend upon the fields of Canada for a
| considerable share of their raw ma
terial.
This will be necessary, not because
the yield of the spring wheat states
has reached and passed the high mark;
not by reason of any probability that
good milling wheat will be as scarce in.
the northwest for II considerable
series of years as it has this. but be-
cause domestic consumption of flour in
the United States is increasing at a
far greater rate than wheat production
and as an arithmetical proposition the
| time must come when our great export
| ing mills must seek a larger base of
supplies.
Canada is the convenient source and
in fact the only available one. and to
Canada the millers must look. The
bond expedient is not satisfactory in
its present form, as Mr.. Edgar has ex-
planned, but il is now the only re
purse
With good wheat crops in the north
west for a few years to come, the ques-
ton may not become acute at once, but
far-sighted perSons-and millerS are of
that type-wili not be quieted by n
big crop or two or three. They will be
reminding congress that they are en-
titled to such a Measure of protection
for their great manufacturing indus
tries as would be afforded by freer ac-
cess to the wheat fields of Canada.
That it is "a condition, not a theory
that co%nfronts the milling industry is
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Mr.. vanderbilrs $1,000 Pew.

New York Journal.
The success of Mr. inc Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt in renting a half of Mrs. Il.
H. Warder's pew in St. Johns Episco-
pal church vas a matter of dollars and
cents, it is true, but in addition to this
1t meant a large amount of diplomacy.
The price is placed at 81, 500, and Rector
Mackay Smith is credited with having
been the negotiator. To rent a pew In
st. Johns church is almost a patent of
nobility for a newcomer to Washington.
Possibly this may be traceable to the
fact that within Its walls no less than
nine presidents of the United States
have at various times leased and occu-
pied pews during their terms of office.
h last president to lease VIA is pop
ularly known as the presidents pew in
st. Johns was the late Chester A. Ar
thur.
President and Mrs. Cleveland have
several times attended st. Johns
church. The latest occasion was upon
the marriage of Miss Mary Letter to
George Curzon of England, nearly two
a g n the two occasions when
they occupied the front pew in st.
Johns church during the first Cleveland
administration We're when ex-Secretary
Whitney's daughter Dorothy was chris
tened and when Miss Endlcott was mar
ried to Joseph Chamberlain of England.
The Vanderbilt pew is the second
from the front and directly behind that
of the rector. the Rev. DIR. Mackay
Smith, between whom and the Wander
bilts there is a tie of relationship. No
matter how distant it may be, it has
proven sufficiently close to prove the
lever that lifted the Vanderbilts into
the elect of the congregation.
Secretary of State n Mrs. Olney at
tend service at st. Johns, having by
that same mysterious process Of diplom-
aey secured a. pew upon their arrival in
Washington. Ex-Postmaster General
and Mrs. Bissell also attended service
regularly there. The British ambassa-
dor and Lady Pauacefote are among
the pew holders. and invariably walk to
and from church every Sunday morn
ing.
The next thing in order after it was
learned that the Vanderbilts had that
pew was for all the fashionable Jen-
kinses in town to HE them to the church
in order to have a good look at the Van
derbilts and. In fact, subject them to a
system of surveillance. To these Jen-
kinses is due the all important discov-
cry that when the plate was passed at
Sunday morning service MIR. Wander
bilt laid upon it two neatly folded $40
notes.
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ed chamber to complete their dessica-
ton. Manual labor, as will presently
be seen. is now almost wholly dispensed
with in the manufacture of matches.
for the charging of matches made the
industry q Very unhealthy one, and the
work people. if not in the best OF
health, ran the risk of contracting a
terrible disease, known as necrosis OF
the Jaw bone. the vulgar name for
which was 'phossy jaw" With i'm
provements in manufacture, this evil
has now been
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Home Made Farm Cart.

While most farmers have n wheelbar-
row In which To Cundl odds and ends
n hand cart would be better and cost
less. New material need not be used
II II has Il lot of odds and ends In
lumber; even boxes may be utilized
TO make such n cart as described.
while the box OF the cart may be made
n desired shape 1t should be deep
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
One At a time.

Detroit Free Press: Son (contem-
plating neutrality-suspicious.. did you
furnish your house on The installment
plan when you and mother We're mar
ried?"
Father: Yes, we bought a few dish
es and a couple of hairs the first year.
carpets the next and curtains the year
after. Oh, yes, we furnished on the in
stallment plan-that is, in small depos-
its"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Help From Farmers Institutes.

AS evidence thai farmers are becom-
Ing better informed on their work.
many men who had earned consider
able money as institute workers "
been obliged to drop the work because.
as II of them frankly said. the farm
erS know more than we do" 1t is not
charged that speakers at farmers In
stitutes are not We'll Informed, for they
are, as a rule. The time was, however,
when n man with a glib tongue and a
superficial knowledge of farming or
up institute work; but of late years,
as farmers became more familiar with
the technical part Of farming, the insti-
tue speaker must needs be not only a
good talker. but know what he is
talking abou and keep ahead OF the
armer in Knowledge. These farmers
Institutes are productive of immense
benefit and there should be one In ev-
cry farming district. The writer has
done institute work for many years and
knows that his best success has come
not from his prepared speech or paper,
but from the discussion which resulted
from the asking of questions by think
ing farmers. Here is a point for the
farmer who seeks for knowledge. Ask
the institute work.: questions. Most
of these speakers nre sincere and On
est and If they mo answer your
question they will say so frankly and
seek to obtain the Information for you
farmer in the room. You in turn may
be able to give from your experience
just the help some fellow farmer neers.
Learn not only to listen, but to talk
and in this way help yourself and
Others
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Strono in Death.

Philadelphia Press: so Skorcher
is dead?"
Yes. he collided with another auto
mobile yesterday and"
WAS instantly killed, eh?"
mo- instantly. He lived long enough
to offer to bet that the other fellows
machine vas damaged worse than his"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Shall We siIo Frosted corn7

The early frosts his year caught
many farmers asleep and much corn
was frosted. Numerous questions as
to the a~dvisability of using this frosted
corr In the silo come to this depart
ment and there seems to be but one
answer In the light of the expert
ence OF many farmers, the frosted corn
can be made to give its fullest value
only when placed in the silo. Remem-
Der that some of Its food value Is lost
and that making silage of 1T will not
bring it back, but 1t will prevent any
further deterioration. The longer the
corn remains in the field after being
frosted, the more water will need to be
put in the silo with it. How. much
water must be used is hard to say and
we can only try to furnish what we
think has been lost by the plant in be-
ing frosted. The water should be
thrown over the corn as evenly as pos
sible while it Is being cut preparatory
TO placing In the silo. If there is no
silo then one must make the best of
h he las and be prepared to lose
much of the feeding value of the corn
and try another year to get it cut be-
fore the frost catches 1T.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

The fastest train in Europe is run be>
tween Leeds, England. and Edinburgh,
il covered in 4 hours 10 minutesran
average OF nearly annie a minute.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Drowning II.

Chicago News: Rodrtck-'Did you
ever hear Grafton eat soup?"
Van Albert-"Never! Does he MAXI
a noise?"
Rodrick-"I should say so. The man
in the lunch room has to start the
photograph every time Grafton be-
gins"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
When / Get Time.

When \ get time
[ know what I shall do:
I'll cut the leaves of all my books,
And read them through and through.
When 1 get inc
I'll write some letters then
That 1 ave owed for weeks and weeks
To many, many men.
When j get time
I'll pay those calls ] owe.
And with those bills, with countless bills
L will not be so slow.
When I get time
Iii regulate my life
In such a way that L may get
Acquainted with my wife.
When get time
o glorious drearn OF Bliss,
A month. a year, ten years from now
But / can't finish this
l nave no time.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

and somewhat faring at ends and
sides. Low wheels should be used II
possible. but II the wheels one has
are not quite low enough. this may
be remedied by having the blacksmith
bend the axle so that the body of the
box may be as low as desired. AS a
rule 1t is best to have this hand cart
made of strong lumber even though
1t be a bit old, for many times consid-
cradle weight win rave to be carried
in 1t. The Illustration shows n cart
made after the name suggested and
from the cut n can readily work out
the details although the shape may
be changed If wished.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

The legislature OF Alabama passed a
bill exempting ex-confederate soldiers
from the payment Of peddling licenses
anywhere in the commonwealth.