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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Bars Down for Irene.

Mrs. Irene McCarty Of Augusta, Me-,
wrote to q citizen of Anacortes. Wash,
saying that she is a real widow" and
having heard of the beautiful scenery and
climate of Washington, she felt inclined
TO migrate thitherward. She asked the
Mtizen's advice. He turned 1t over to
The editor of the Anacortes American to
answer, and he did it as appears here
with:
Come, Irene, como to the land where
The giant peaks of Mt. Baker, of st.
Helena and Rainier peep from beneath
heir bedclothes Of snow. Come where
The silvery streams meander adown the
mountain sides and mingle with the bios
SONS in the vale below. Come where the
Hills are ever green and the wales are
oedecked with natures choicest flowers.
Come where the blue waters ripple peace
FULLY between green, carpeted Islands n
garland entwined hills; come where milk
white sails Of pleasure ships are filled
with the balmiest breeze that ever kissed
a Widows brow. Come in the winter
time, Irene, when the gentle rains descend
and the %feathery fakes Of snow find their
resting place upon the crest Of giant hills.
Come in the spring, When the Johnny-jump-
ups are opening their petals to the rays Of
the smiling sun. Come when the wooing
winds are whispering love tunes to the
aeavy-hearted and all nature seems to
I0AA AH SHS 9NSSI ooLS VI JOS. SOLIlc
when the doves are cooling. when the SONG
oirds are caroling from the branches Of
the hernlock, the spruce, the cedar, and
the fir. Come when the wheat fields are
waving green and the family COW grazeth
upon her native clover field. Come in
summer, when the rose is blushing red
and the specified trout are wont to grab
the passing fly. Come in the fall, when
The Harvest Days Are Over Irene, dear:
when the salmon cannery blossoms and
the sockeyes are in full bloom. Come any
Did time, Irene, but come, for IL ever this
terrestrial globe I'VE birth to a paradise
TOR widows. Anacortes is the place, for
certainty. She is the isle Of every isle
the PRIDE Come on with your candy
Kitchen, your soup house or any old big
at all. You will do well. Irene, and may
haps in the golden days Of June. those
sweet days which make Anacortes the
rosebud of the Pacific, you. while strolling
Up the dewy pathway from the blu waters
TO the crest OF Mt. Delight, may meet a
man, for truly I often meandcr up that
pleasant HILL"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
ELECTRICITY ON RAILWAYS.
Experiment to Determine the superio,

to Determine the Superior
Motive Power.
Chicago Record-Herald: The Northeast
ern railway Of England has become e pi-
oneer in the substitution OF electrical for
steam motive This railroad now
has forty miles of the busiest portion Of
its line equipped with electricity. using
the third rail, and is therefore the first
road to grapple in a big way with the
problem of increased cost OF operation Of
steam rail- and increasing competition
Of electric roads. The experiment is one
that should go a long way toward settling
the question OF superiority as between
electricity and steam, as the conditions
are about as unfavorable to the former as
could be presented by any railroad.
For a large portion of the distance four
tracks are involved, numerous crossings
and injunctions and other special fea,
lures are to be overcome and traffic over
that portion of the road is very heavy.
The Scientific American states that The
trains, which consist OF two motor coaches
with one trailer coach between them. arc
operated by a continuous current obtained
from a single collector rail placed in tho
siX-foot way with q return circuit through
the running rails. The collector rail
weighs eighty pounds to the yard and Is
PioSSo y 1SCS oilA IL 2 IA SiS VIII
ter of the track, and where necessary IL
protected by two creosoted boards bolted
against distance pieces on each side Of the
rail. Under the protected rights OF way
of English roads a third rail needs little
protection, which is far different from the
condition presented by American railroads.
The rolling stock consists of motor and
trailer coaches Of the open corridor ype.
lighted and heated by electricity. Each
motor car is equipped with Two motors
each of $50 horse power. The motors used
in freight service are capable of hauling
a train of $50 tons up d grade Of l in u at
q speed of between nine n ten miles per
hour AT present the accommodating
trains between Newcastle and Tynemouth
will run at an average speed of about
twenty-five miles an hour including stops,
and the express trains about thirty miles
an hour. On a portion of the section pro-
vided with electricity the electrical oper-
alton is for the time being to be confined
to passenger traffic, while on another por-
ton it is to include freight.
The Northeastern's actual installation
and the New York Central's prospective
installation Of electricity nave induced
Bion j. Arnold, the electrical inventor OF
Chicago, to declare that 1904 will be an
epoch-making year in the displacement Of
steam locomotives by electrical motors on
RAILWAYS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Insurance and suicide,

Springfield Republican,: Life Insurance
companies continue to write suicide re-
strictions into their policies and the
courts continue. with considerable una
nimity. to pronounce them void. The Ohio
supreme court is the latest to render such
a judgment, two companies being held
liable for the amount of the policies in
the case of a nan who killed himself
within two months of taking out the in
surance. although the insurance contract
provided that suicide within that time
would invalidate the claim. One thing
would seem to be clear, that II any sui
eide clause Is properly voidable this one
OF the two months restriction is; for the
insured person under this clause offers
particularly strong proof of insanity and
absence of intent to defraud In showing
an inability to wait q few days longer, or
until the restriction is removed, before
killing himself.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Feed tho Birds,

SShNe
Scranton Republican,: The poor bird
are having a hard time of it this winter.
Reports from various sections of the coun-
try indicate that the feathered songsters
are dying off by thousands, perishing from
sold and hunger. They are unable to OBJ
lain food because of the unusual heavy
Inow fall. Reports of the great destruc-
lion of bird life have aroused the Audubon
p~ocieties and their national committee
has Issued an appeal to the public to care
Tor the birds by feeding them while the
nclement weather continues. The appeal
b especially directed to the children. It
points out that birds suffer very little In
The cold weather provided they can Sc
cure food enough to maintain their normal
temperature, but the sleet storms and
heavy falls Of snow cover all natural bird
TODD and hat some help is needed to pre-
vent an excessive bird mortality. The
committee suggests that bones with scraps
IF meat and pieces of suet be hung in
orchards or dooryards, an that broken
nuts nj corn, small grain chaff and waste
from the barn floor be scattered in places
where 1t can easily be found by the birds.
This appeal for help for the birds should
90 needed. Not only are they among the
most pleasing Of Gods creatures, but
heir usefulness Is almost beyond compre-
tension. They destroy insects n pests
and save the farmers and fruit growers
from great loss. In fact, were 1t not for
me birds certain troublesome species Of
insects would in time become actual men
ices to several prominent forms of agri-
cultural industry.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
BIBLE AS ~BooKMAKER.
Volumes of Literature That Have Been
Inspired bv IL.

New York Observer: OF making many
books about books there is no end. Al
most as soon as anywhere there has ap-
peared a literature on any subject the
commentators have arisen to connote or
amend the work Of their predecessors. A
Plato has his critical Aristotle, who builds
upon yet revises his philosophy; a Shake
speare Is followed by an innumerable
train of Caconian or non-Baconian critics.
Emmanuel Rants great thoughts have
proved gernlinal OF endless post-Kantian
philosophers. So it goes. Books make
lures develop literature. Even when
books are burned .1ey are not wholly
lost. An A~lexandrian library may go up
in flames, but today there are thousands
of libraries greater in size and value than
the scorched or scattered tones of the
famous Egyptian book house.
The greatest bo0kmaker IL the bibls.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
ICE SKATING.
Sometimes the leo Is Too Hard 70.
Gnnd Snort

Sometimes the Ice Is Too Hard 80,
Good Sport.
New York Press: A man who was do
Ing some fancy figures on the ice in Cen
trail park during the last freeze remarked
to q party of friends:
II like to skate on a mild day like this.
Out west the Ice is often SO hard we
can't skate on It,"
There you go again. said one Of the
group. When you talk of the west there's
no believing YOU"
When his ]incredulous friends had skated
off the westerner said:
II suppose hat statement has made me
appear to be a liar oftener thar any state
ment l have ever made, II yet it is true.
When the temperature hangs around 30
degrees below zezo for a week. as I have
seen it in Dakota and Minnesota, the ice
becomes SO hard the skates WON'T axe
hold, and in a sense 1t is like skating on
iron or stone.
Most people know little Of figure skat-
ing, being happy IL they can skate
straight forward or backward, and are
unaware OF the Importance the tempera-
ture is to a fancy skater. He will prefer
any day a temperature of 20 to % above
to zero or even 10 above. The principle of
figure skating is the inner and outer edge
of the blade In all one-foot figures the
renewal Of motion Is done by changing
tne edSe. lne sWaylng OF the body and
the fling given to the foot off the ice are
elements in this change Of edge. 1t is
clear that when the ice is too hard the
blade will not sink deeply enough into the
ice to support the body's weight in the
making of turns.
Another story eastern people always
brand as a lie, to the serious injury of my
reputation for veracity, also deals with
Ice and winter. The lake near my home
frnza nyar 0no rJpht IN o~ a-aaaa;--t.
sudden change from rain to freezing. L
went down to skate on it the next morn
ing. I noticed what looked like stones
frozen in the ice, as If boys had been
throwing things on the ice. The lake
was a mile long n ~three-quarters Of a
mile wide. AS I was skating I cut
through one Of the black objects. Exam
lining it I found it was a frog. Then I
saw that the sudden snap had caught the
frogs while they were migrating across
the lake. having been deceived by the
rain hat had preceded the FROST"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
History in Tattoo.

London Tit Bits: There exists in Par,
4 famous professor, Pere Tible, who. to
describe him in his own words, is an cen
graver upon human skin" He lives in
the Grevelle quarter. AS a kind Of per-
manent advertisement he exhibits his left
arm. on which are engraved" in order
all the presidents Of the u from
Chiers 20 Loubet. On the professors
body, 1t is stated. is to be found the whole
history Of France-portraits Of Charlie
magne. Henry w.. Joan Of Arc. Louis
XIV. Ro%bespierre. Napoleon, Gambetta
and othxrs. with escutcheons, faces. t1ae
rophiu lad similar orLss,ents galore
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
WHY WINE FIRST TO HOST.
In America a Mere Formally, in ltaI,
q Real Necessity.

a Real Necessity.
Philadelphia Record: The wine was
opened d~exterously by the waiter, Who
wrapped a napkin about the bottle,
and, before serving the guests. poured
a few drops into the hosts glass.
why did this waiter give you a
little wine before helping h rest OF
u.s." said a man Of curious mind.
"Oh," said the host, that's always
DONE"
81 know it's always done. That does
not answer my question. though. Here,
waiter" the man persisted, you tell
me, won't you why, when ,ou open a
bottle of wine. you pour q few drops
into the hosts glass be1o!r serving
the guests?"
The waiter smiled and arssvered:
ut Is a matter of form, .tr-an old
custom-a politeness. Its origin lies in
the fact that, after the enc, al of the
cork, there might be left u. the neck
Of the bottle a little dusl or a few
specks of cork. The first d., 3 poured
out would, in that event. {, ntain the
We're he served first. might get this
refuse. Hence the host is given the
first drops. He is determined that. II
there Is any dirt in the neck of the
bottle, he, n not n Of his guests,
will take it.
a matter of fact. II you know
how to open wine, you have no diff
Guilty in keeping the bottles neck clean.
The custom, therefore, is a formality In
America. In Italy, though, 1t is a real
necessity, for it seems that over there
they pour a little oil in the necks 81
their bottles Of native wine before
corking on the ground that his makes
the wine alright. No doubt IL does
but it also. in some cases, gives to the
first glass from. the bottle a d%ecidedly
oily flavor. Therefore the first glasa
the host CALAMITY takes"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04

Chicago News: Brown-I feel sorry 70,
smith. His friend Jones broke up his
aappy home.
Grenada he elope with Smiths wife,
Brownie; with his cook,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
NOT uncamman-

Detroit Free Press: IT heard yo,
were at the matinee yesterday" said
the girl as she met a friend in the
evening. What did you think of the
play?"
"oh. 1 liked everything but the end
ing"
What was the matter with it?"
Nothing that I know Of. The PEG.
pie in front of me were putting on their
things and all I could see were elbows
and hats"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-26

your friends love you they are think
ing anxiously about your clothes.
When a man begins to argue that
two can live as cheaD1y as one. it is
his first move toward pulling the wool
over his eyes which ends at the altar.
The average girls idea of being
equal to an emergency is to be prepar-
ed to make a three weeks visit when
she has been invited to remain only
three davs.
We wonder if it is possible for peo-
pie to spend SO much on clothes that
the garments that make up their
washing look respectable hanging on
the line.
Some years ago an Atchison girl had
a very pronounced fad for everything
Indian. She called her home The
Wigwam, made Indian baskets and
Indian rugs. took all the degrees in
bead work and cultivated Indian lore.
She married a year ago. and a curiOs-
ity to learn if she will buy a go-cart or
swing it on her back. is about to be
err.1 fifed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-26
oUAKER REFLECTToNs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Too many eye-openers impair the
vision.
The finger of suspicion has few
good points.
If money is the root of all evil it
must be a bad thing-to be without.
The average young girl prefers
quantity to quality in the matter of
beaux.
It is well to remember that all the
good excuses have already been in
vented.
The money-grubber thinks it's all
right to do good. but better to make
good.
When a fellow takes his best girl
out boating he doesn't always hug the
shore.
Some people seem to think they
can't accomplish anything without
making lot of noise.
Even the fellow who is his own best
friend can't get along very well with
out a few others.
Sillicus-"Life is full of trials
Cynicus-''Yes but there are not half
enough convictions
First Moth-"Have you anything on
hand tonight?" Second Notify es,
I'm invited to camphOr ball"
Skinnum--"It's no easy thing to be
honest in these days of competition. -
Wigwag- it's easy enough after
you get used to It,"
1 know you cannot catch a bird
BY sprinkling salt upon its tail,
But, on the other hand, I've heard
That that's the way to catch a snail.
Mrs. Buggins-''John, you were
talking in your sleep last night You
kept saying: Set 'em up again I
hope you hadn't been drinking" Mr.
Buggins-"No, my dear: I was play
ing tenpins.
They say where ignorance is bliss,
IT'S folly to be wise:
So when n maiden gets a kiss
She always shuts her eyes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-26
JAPANESE WAY OF LIFE.
Methods of Work and System of
Exercise.

Methods of Work and System of
Exercise.
While the military department of
the Japanese nation is now so prom
inently before the eyes of the world,
side glimpse at 4 few of the varied
and represen ative inhabitants of the
mikado's realm, embracing some of
its stay-at-hOme industrial folk, pur-
suing their occupations amid pict-
uFesque surroundings is Of interest.
The American Museum of Natural
History has just received a typical Sc
ries of native colored prints from one
of its explorers. now in that country.
to supplement a new Asiatic collec-
ton.
AS handicraftsmen in almost every
line the Japanese are far ahead of all
their Asiatic neighbors, having adopt
ed modern methods and appliances
generally, though in some interior To-
calities somewhat remote from trans
portation centers the simple native
style of workmanship prevails. Prob
ably the house builder furnishes one
of the most genuine and picturesque
examples of old ways and methods
still in vogue The master builder is
evidently not handicapped by the alb
sence of saw mills. His huge beams
are brought in the rough to the place
of building, being prOpped up at an
angle of As degrees. He mounts the
same. and with an assistant on the
ground proceeds with a handsaw patti
entity to sever the timber to suit his
requirements. One of the odd fea-
lures in the erection of the one-story
dwellings is that the carpenter uses
no nails. the framework being held
together by strong fiber cords. The
guild of carpenters wear distinct
costume, whereby they are recogniz-
ed. consisting of a short cotton tunic,
ornamented in bands Of blue, while
the large symbolic figure in the same
color covers the whole of the back
and shoulders. A young apprentice
has to serve a number of years with
the long fauguing handsaw, before he
can earn scanty wages.
1t is said by many observant trav-
elers and a number of special foreign
investigators who have studied the
matter that the japanese. in eOnse-
quence Of their peculiar and superior
system Of physical exercises, have be-
men in the world. and have attained
the highest form of perfection that is
capable Of being reached by the hu-
man body This is due to their exact
scientific methods OF training, disci-
pine, simplicity of diet and exercise
ed atmosphere Of the gymnasium Lit
tie or no apparatus is used in their
outdoor work Muscle Ditted against
muscle is the ke--note of their scheme
of training. and the development of
the lower extremities. the loins and
thighs, said to be the natural seat OF
strength receives special attention,
BY this plan any and almost every
muscle of the body can be exercised
and developed
one of the favorite and most eff
cient exercises for the arm which is
specially required In the military Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atehison Globe.

IFrom the -Atchison Globe.
You can buy for half price from
some people by showing them the cash.
An Atchison man says the color
scheme of his house is green. owing
to his wife's intensely jealous DISPOSE
ton.
We imagine that If John B. Rookie
Teller felt hungry, it would be such a
new experience he would go to a doc
tor for it.
When a woman goes out in the
morning to see the milSman, she looks
as il she had left half of her on the
dressing table and in the wardrobe in
the house.
We have noticed that when an elop-
ing couple is anxious for the paternal
blessing Il means that the parents
have money.
When the average man says that he
follows the dictates of his own con-
science he doesn't realize that he is
giving his conscience a terrible slam.
There is this to remember in going
visiting; that no matter how much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-26
JAYHAWKER JOTs.

Hail. gentle spring!
1t takes a circus to draw a rain.
Here in Topeka the baseball fan is be-
ginning to blow
In the absence of a rock pile Florence
is OVerrun with tramps.
The first lawn mowers have Swung
around the circle" at Marion.
The life of Mrs Nation clearly shows
that some women have nerves and others
merely nerve.
An Ellinwood shop advertises hot or
cold baths" That's schedule that can
be kept up until July in safety.
The Council Grove Guard Is making a
crusade against the evils Of dancing Next
we shall be scoring communion wine.
A Horton woman advertises a pair of
lost spectacleS and a SO bill. She says
keep the glasses and return the bill
In his search for an honest politician,
Diogenes Bryan might turn his lantern in
the direction OF ex-senator w. a. Harris
Two Herington railroad men have made
S3S, 0OO each out of a Mexican mine. That
beats hauling the Golden State Limit
ed
CONGRESSMAN Murdoch distributed q 900
packages of seeds this spring. But sup
posing he had lived in the Second dis
trict.
The Potwin Bethany Cooking club" has
developed the fact that it's a wise hus-
banc that knowns his own wife's bis
cults.
A Lyon county citizen is the father of II
children A foolish man is often grand
father before wise man thinks OF mar
rying.
The wreck on the Union Pacific at Cal
houn Bluffs simply illustrates that a roll
ing boulder always takes downward
course.
Rabbits ruined an so acre orchard at
Huron for Colonel D. r. Anthony. But
they could away and Auditor Wells
couldn't.
Two Mormon elders labored a week in
Kingman county without securing a con-
vert. Mort Alhaugh intimates that they
were boss busters"
Two years ago a Hiawatha clerk was
getting IS a week now he's drawing 81.
That's about the proper increase, accord
ing to the grocery bills.
A fishing trip invigorates the imagina-
/ ton as we'll as the constitution. Three
Topeka men have returned from an out
/ ing along the Cottonwood.
A 9-years' case of backache at Salina
4 was cured with one treatment. And now
4 the healer sings in page advertisement:
4 why do you tarry, dear brother?"
A Durham citizen is planting out loo
catalpa trees. A great many men in Kan
sas are in need of a guardian. The catal-
pa. is absolutely the most worthless tree
! that grows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-26
LOCAL MENTION.

Miss Earline Lamy returned from
Chicago yesterday, after spending the
winter there studying ceramic paint
ing.
Bishop Millspaugh has returned
from Wichita where he on Monday
confirmed a class of seventeen at st.
Johns church
Rev. H. A. OFT is at Ottawa. where
he is attending the session of the
Evangelical Lutheran synod of Kan
sas. He read a paper today on THE
Fundamental Principles of Christian
Worship"
Unknown persons who stole a boil
ster and springs off a wagon standing
in front of Warner & Potter's imple-
ment house on East Sixth avenue,
Sunday night, brought the stuff back
and replaced it on the wagon where it
belonged last night. The bolster evil
IDENTIFY failed to fit the wagon on which
the thief desired to put it.
little Lon Townsend came into
police court last evening with his at
torney, and submitted to arrest on a
warrant for maintaining a nuisance
which had been out for him about
three weeks. At the time of the raid
on his place. east of the Santa Fe
shops, Townsend escaped through a
window, leaving his hat and coat. His
attorneG made several attempts to get
the clothing from the police, but they
would not give it up. Townsend will
probably be discharged on a promise
to leave the city or quite the liquor
business