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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
Mt.sissippi Pearls.

The story of the fresh water pearl
6shing in the Mississippi and its trib-
utaries sounds like a tale from The
Arabian Nights" Since 1900 more
than $4,000. 600 worth of pearls have
been taken, 1t is said, from the waters
of the Mississippi valley, chiefly in the
southern section. A boy found a but
ton shaped pearl neal Muscatine, La.
1t weighed It's grains and was q beau
ty, sud lie sold it to a dealer in gems
for $2.16S. The dealer sold it In New
York later for $4,000. One sky blue
pearl from t'aney Fork, Tenn. brought
$500 ia London. A pearl from the
Black river. Arkansas, which u man
who was fishing for bait found acct
dentally. brought $1,000. And so on.
Shellfisn abound in the inland lakes of
the Adirondacks, and tits said that the
quest for pearls Is to be begun there.
Experts expect the search will be re-
warded by II large and valuable find.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08

Pierre Capital-Journal: One of
the fastest pieces OF rot being circu-
lated by Mitchell is that "coal is
nine dollars a ton higher at Pierre
thar at MITCHELL They must have
a peculiar lot Of coal dealers at
Mitchell, who are giving coal away
to their customers. But of course
Mitchell would give anything away
this year, and if they win by such
tactics, will make it up with inter
est as soon as they get a chance.
This particular "piece OF rot''
was given currency by Pierre
through that reliable ~ sheet, the
State Register, as follows:
II you favor the coal trust and 500
coal like that n year ago vote for
Mitchell.
AS hard coal sold in Mitchell last
year at $40 and 81 a ton the suppo-
sition is that Pierre alone was the
victim of $50 coal located as, it is at
the merry of a single line Of railroad.
and at the jumping off place at that.
This coal item is simply another
Pierre chicken coming home to
roost.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08

Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters of
administration.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
Mortgage sale.


whereas default has been made in the pay
ment of the money secured by u mortgage dated
the 4tn day of December, A. ID. 1902. executed nv
keckle1 Lunschen and Sophia Lunschen, of the
county OF Cedar and state Of Iowa, to Albert
Mockhltz, OF the county of Dawson and state Of
IN the Office OF the register Of deeds Of the county
OF Dawson and state of South Dakota, in Book 81
OF hortgages, on page ls0. on the 23d day OF De-
eember, 1909, at 9 As O'Clock a. m and
otherwise have. been instituted to recover the
DEBT secured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof. ~
whereas. default has been made In the pay
ment OF the interest as stipulated In said mort.
Whereas. the whole amount of said principal
default. JUAN
Whereas. the amount claimed to be due upon
sac mortgage. at the date of this notice. is the
sun OF thousand and twenty-one dollars and
n1ty cents l(S2,O2l.50), to-wit: $2,OO9. 70 priDcir8l
and SILL interest, and ten dollars (Sl0l attor-
ney's Tees, provided by statute for foreclosure By
advertisement.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue OF the power Of sale contained In said
mortgage. and duly recorded as aforesaid and In
pursuance OF the statutes in such cases made
aha provided, the said mortgage will be fore
IN described, at public auction, by the sheriff Of
DAWSON county, at the front door Of the court
mousse IN the city Of Mitchell and county Of Dayt-
soh and state OF South Dakota. on the S0th day OF
day. the mortgaged premises are sit ated in the
county OF Dawson, In the state of So,Ih Dakota.
and are described as follows, to-wit.
Inc north half OF the south half of section ff-
north Of range sixty (60l, west of the 9th p. nj.
Dated at Mitchell, S. D., this 10th day OF June
AID. 1904. ALBERT WoCKNlTz, Mortgagee.
PRESTON " HANNETT Attorneys for Mortgagee.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
FRIDAY, JULY 8. 1904.

Pierre Capital journal: Several
Pierre people ale contemplating try
ing chances in the drawing Of Rose
bud lands. Others will go down
there through the boom a few days
to assist in locating work.
We do not quite understand. what
Pierre people want to pay SIAN acre
for Rosebud lands for when they can
get land ''iust as good' west of
Pierre for fifty cents an acre.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
FIGURES ARE CONVINCING
They Demonstrate the Magnitude OF
Ringling Bros. Wonderful
Circus.

While every reader Of this paper is
satisfied that Ringing brothers cir
Gus and managerie is the biggest and
best on earth. d few facts. and figures
concerning this wonderful tented
amusement enterprise attract more
than the usual interest. The big
show with its three miles OF parade
glories, its famous menagerie, its
beautiful spectacular production of
Jerusalem and the CruSades and its
%uneXcelled arenic attractions, includ-
ing the flower of the worlds greatest
performers and the most remarkable
trained animal exhibition ever pre-
sented to the public, calls for the as
stance of 1880 employees. The can
vas tents that inclose the wonders of
the great circus cover fifteen acres of
ground. Six hundred and ifty ho1s-
es, ali of them perfect specimens of
the equine race. are used to draw
the numerous wagons and to act in
the three circus rings and on the
monster quarter mile h%ippodrom e
track. In the sublime production of
Jerusalem and the CIusades 1900
characters are shown. The charac.
tiers are richly costumed in the finest
fabrics obtainable and a small for
tune alone vas expended for the
silks, satins, ~yelvets, cloth of gold
and silver and for the armor, coats
Of mail, shields, spears, %lances.
horse trappings and Announcements.
The scenery used in Jerusalem cost
another fortune and was painted
especially for the production of
famous artists. The entire produc-
ton is given on the largest stage
ever used for eXbibitional purposes.
In the colossal menagerie are los
lairs, dens, cages and tanks filled
with beasts of the forest, plain and
jungle and a host Of queer water
fowl and animals whose natural ell
ement is the water. The features
Of the managerie include Baby Boo,
GLO d4oo OoOy SlSPldbG ONCl OOll
and reared in America, a pair of
full grown giratfes, the last, of their
kind, and the only r%hinoceros in
captivity. The Ringing parade is
one of the finest ever attempted and
is a g%littering picture of color, ac-
tion and entertaining novelties that
never fails to feed the eye. The
circus is transported in FIVE long
trains of So cars, each car being
from sixty to seventy feet in length
Their carrying capacity is equal to
ITO ordinary cars. The parade and
two performances will be given in
their entirety in Mitchell, Satur-
day, July is. The first performance
starts promptly at 2 O'Clock and the
second at 8 O'Clock. The doors will
be open an hour before performance
time in order that plenty of time
be given visitors to view the i'm
mense %menagerie. Numbered re-
served seat tickets may be secured
on the date OF exhibition, without
extra charge, at the store of L..O.
Gale.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
The Nose In Japan.

In Japan the los is the only fea-
ture which attracts attention. The
nose determines the beauty OF ugliness
Of the face. according as 1t is big or
small. This is probably due to the
fact that difference in noses constitutes
about the only distinction between one
japanese see and another. The eyes
are invariably black. the cheek bones
high ard the chin receding.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
-Portusue.e %co1npositor.

Compositors in Portuguese newspa-
per Offices get about $40 a month. The
editors get no more. but their work is
light, and they have plenty Of time for
outside employment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08

administration.
State of South Dakota, County of DAWSON. AS.
In County Court,
In the matter of the estate of James Dickson,
deceased.
The state of South Dakota sends greeting to
simon A. Dickson, Stewart j. Dickson, Frank
Creqne and Edward Creque, hers at law and next
OF, KIN OF james Dickson. deceased, and to all to
whom these presents may come.
Notice Is hereby given that Simon A. Dickson
has itled with the Judge OF this court, a petition
praY.ng, for Letters of administration of the es-
tate OF James Dickson, deceased-ul d that Satur-
da}, the 9th day of July, 1904, at lG, O'Clock a. m.
OF SAID Jay, being a day of a regular term OF this
coaFt, to.sit of the July special term, 1904,
AZ me Court House, In the City bf Mitchell,
county OF Dawson, has beer set fl : hlaring said
1efltlo'i, when and where any person Interested
ma appear aud SHOW cause why the said petition
D0tei at Mitchell, s.. D.. this ODD tav Of
June, z D. 1904
W. ABBEY.
Attest Judge Of the County Court
Preston " Hannett, Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Juniata E. Bracy. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned ad-
ceased. to the creditors of and all persons having
Claims against the said deceased. to exhibit
them; with the necessary vouchers. within four
to the said administrator, at bis office in the
of Dawson.
Dated June 20. 1904.
+. B. BRACY,
Administrator of the estate of Juniata i. Bracy,
deceased,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertising rates given on application, and will
= found reasonably low.
Business Cards, not exceeding six lines, S6.U
ef year. Each additionall line, Bloc.
BUSINESS Locals, Five cents per line.
Legal Advertisements at Statute Rates.
Cards Of Thanks, Ten Cents per line.
Marriage and Death Notices published free OF
oharee. Obituaries. Resolutions of Respect and
Wedding presents, Five Cents per line.
We club with all the leading publications in the
ountry, at the lowest club prices.
All Subscribers wishing their address changed
hOuld give their former as we'll as their new
address.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05

Slave OF the Lamp, SO to speak, bid
ding him come for ten or twenty min
utes, and then depart: doing this, too,
at any hour of the day and in prac-
tically any place. Was 1T not the great
duke Of Wellington who once asked,
how long it would be before the
French would appear, and on hearing
that he had half an hour or SO to spare,
rolled himself up in his cloak and then,
M there took forty winks. The Fat
Boy In "Pickwick" was the greatest
artist in this respect of whom we have
any record. at least In that felton,
which Is less strange than true. But
IN real life there are highly gifted per-
sons who are able to summon sleep
informally to their aid. BY this means
you may see, n hear, them beguilingI
the tedium Of q journey or a musical
comedy. Not seldom, too, does some
great mind call in the help of informal
sleep to deliver him from the tonguel
Of the babbler and the Wearisome reit-;
Grafton of dull arguments. So it Isl
that great statesmen have been knownl
to drop off to sleep on the benches of
both houses of parliament, and great
judges close eyes upon their bench, and
county magnates at political meetings,
nod s%apiently while the local member
is eXpounding high policy to the yokels.
So 1t is, too, that sometimes when our
good curate's sermon is just the least
bit. But no; that Is not sleep; it is
surely no more than meditation; for see
the rector'S wife herself, a good lady
who is absolutely above suspicion, has
fallen into the same attitude.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05

ly coloniZed along the Amoor, In stanit-
zas, OF Hundreds" have no limited time
of service, and return to the standards
whenever they are wanted, and as long
as they are physically capable.
So of the Cossacks, who are assembling,
none are men experienced in war, who
have seen such active service in the war
in north China, in the expedition tolPe-
king, and in the ~subjugation and the sub
sequent policing of Manchuria and the
Liatong.
The best fighting which Russians have
done recently under the observation of
foreigners was at Tien-Tsin, when by a
sacrifice OF 80 per cent. of their number
they saved T.en-Tsin and perhaps the
whole north of china from the wave of
Boxer fanaticism which there received its
first check. Again, the night before Pc
king was captured, a Russian column un-
aided made an attack upon one of the
gates of the Chinese city and was re-
pulsed.
The Japanese exhibited very soldierlv
qualities on the maEch to Picking and took
a large share in all the more important
sk1rmishes of the advance. While the
other c~ontingents Of the relief expedition
were coming together from the four cor
ners of the earth the Japanese had time
to pick their men and pick them again.
The division that went up to Picking was
a composite division. made up Of the very
best men. selected from the whole army.
They composed a physical elite, and ali
had the blood Of the Samurai. or fighting
caste, in their veins.
When Peking fell the Japanese captured
the north wall with a loss of about thirty
killed, so the fighting could not nave been
very severe. 1t is not likely that a large
force Of the Japanese, say an army OF
l3o,o GOO men, in either equipment or morale.
would onf,,a ~, ~ A. Ill
excellence set by the japanese contingent
in the relief expedition. All the other
fighting Of the Japanese in recent years
has been against more or less disheart-
ened and disorganized Chinese rabble, and
these actions offer no criterion as to the
qualities which the Japanese may show
when met by men, as they will be when
met by the Russians.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05
Advance Weather News.

Boston Transcript: DO we reall,
want to know for a year ahead What
the weather is going to be? Doesn't
uncertainty concerning what the
weather Of the future has In store for
us constitute one of it's charms? OF
course if we could look ahead and know
that the day on which we celebrate a
pleasant anniversary of some sort Is
to be sunny and bright, and altogether
just the weather for a celebration, we
should welcome a scientific year-long
weather prophecy, but to know that a
day in which we want to be happier
and jollier thar at any other time in
the twelve months, is to be stormy, per-
haps blizzardy, is going to take the
good taste all out of anticipation of it's
joys. Still that aspect of the wonder
full possibility of such long range fore
casting will ccupy but a moments
time of the idle born" 1t is the mar
velous power to save life and property
that will be established, If this new
weather bureau with all its ramifica-
tons proves a success, that will occupy
most minds as they contemplate it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05
THE NAVIGATING CLAM,
Tho Thrilling Tale of a Returned Pa,
cific Voyager.

no nrlliing Tale OF a Returned Pa.
cific Voyager.
New York Press: Sailors are proven
bially fine romancerS. One who re-
Gently returned from a voyage in the
South Pacific tells this story Of a mar
row escape from death When caught in
a living trap on one of the little islands
there.
The ship" he said, had stopped at
the island for water, and | was walk
ing along the beach at low tide, look
ing for shells and other sea curiosities.
l reached a rock which at high tide was
under water and started to climb
around it, without thought of danger
and without paying much attention to
the surroundings. AS l turned h
corner Of the rock 1 felt my foot Slip
on something soft; there was a snap,
and the next instant 1 discovered that
l had carelessly walked into one of the
great mollusks or sea clans, which are
to be found at low tide along the coasts
Of those islands.
These CLAIMS are over three feet In
diameter, and the muscles which hold
their great shells together are like steel
springs. When stepped into the open
clam the two shells shut up with a
snap, imprisoning me as in a wise. The
edges Of the stell caught me above the
knees, and at first l thought l would
faint from the pain. Then 1 tried to
push the shells open. l might as we'll
have tried to pry open the doors of a
locked iron safe with my bare hands.
Il had a clasp knife, and, drawing
this out, l attempted to cut the muscle
which held the shells together. But
l couldn't quite reach it, and every time
l made a stab the shells would close
tighter than ever. l have sailed the
seas a good many years and been in
bad places before, but never one where
things looked so hopeless as they did
then. There was no use in calling for
help, although, OF course, l did, for 1
had wandered up the beach nearly a
mile from where the rest were.
But what at first looked like my
greatest peril proved my salvation in
the end. The tide was coming in, and
unless l could escape from this living
trap l would be drowned, l thought.
So l r%edoubled my efforts with the
knife. They We're useless. The tide
kept creeping up. Their it finally
reached the part of the giant clam
where was the muscle which contracts
II expands the two shells. To my sur
prise and JOY, when the water reached
this muscle it relaxed, only a little to
be sure, but enough SO that I could
manage to pull out my leg. 1t was the
tightest squeeze l was. ever in, you
may believe"
We all know the c~lam-eating man,
but this is the first heard of a man
eating clam.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05
The Modern Cellar.

Harper's Bazar: The furnace, big,
black, roaring, ugly--that source of
family anxiety, now sitting, now its|
NAV choked with cinders, with it's dry,
unWholesome throat-no longer exists.
The heating Of the house Is adminis-
tered by a steam heating co~rporation,i
which sends it miles, if necessary, inl
big black pipes, %peddling it to house,
holders at so much per gallon or foot.
Unlike the furnace-man, the corpora
ton is supposed to never oversleep,
and If there Is a Goa strike it is the.
steam heating company that must
hustle for coal. The steam pipes are,
accompanied through the house by cold
air boxes, which renew the fresh air
these pipes are suspended from the
ceiling, which looks as important as
q section of a city street revealed by
the subway. The great convenience
and resultant cleanliness Of having
these necessaries supplied from with
out, and conveyed through the house
overhead instead Of underfoot, reduce
the labor of housekeeping NO material
ly that one ooks back sadly on the
generations of women who have gone
down to their last welcome rest wres-
Ting with ashes and coal dust. AS an
immediate instance, the installation Of
the electric light IN a Long Island coun-
try house eXtinguisned eighty-one
kerosene lamps which daily required
the care of the maids. In consequence
of steam heating, the domestic coal bin
is q mere shadow Of itself, a little mar
row cell under the pavement.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05
A Gift From WASHINGTON,

Bangor, Me, Correspondence New YorA
Tribune: John L. Donohue, an anti
quarian of Rocllland, is exhibiting to his
friends a historical object of much inter-
est In the form of the p"ortmanteau pre-
sented to General Knox of Thomaston by
George Washington, whose secretary Of
war he was. 1t Is a commodious, hand,
seWed leather satchel, about eighteen
inches long, twelve inches wide and SKI
inches deep, with lining of linen, and fitted
interiorly With a double cover, which Is
fastened by a leather strap running
through six brass staples, the outside COW,
ering fastening with straps through
buckles. In this General Knox was wont
to carry part of the pay of the continental
army on his journeys to headquarters. 1t
was made in 1915, and was one Of the most
highly priced treasures Of General Knox
for the many associations connected with
the gift and giver. The portmanteau was,
after the death of General Knox, in the
possession Of the family of Seth Gerry, a
close friend of General Knox, who also
lived in Thomaston, and who purchased
the Knox mansion at Montpelier.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05
Bad Manners of Some Women.

Providence Journal: 1t is no doubt
quite as impossible to indict a sex as it
is to indict a nation; and yet several
recent episodes suggest the question:,
certainly an unpleasant n to ask.
whether the of women have
not deteriorated somewhat with the
growth of their so-called freedom.
There are few critics, even of the re-
dictionary type, who would advocate Sc
riously a return to the somewhat stilt-
ed fashion of former days. What the
older novelists like to call female deli
cacy' was perhaps too much in evil
dence at the strenuous moments Of life.
We do not appreciate today the young
woman who faints too easily. Indeed,
the modern ideal is distinctly athletic,
and a very good thing, too. Neverthe-
less, it would be a pity if Astounding
physical vigor had been achieved at
he expense of the gentle feminine
traces. A girl can ride we'll without
acquiring the air and language Of a
hostler, and she can set out to arn
her own living. it may be permitted to
hope, without becoming a strident I'M
SeXed creature. The most cynical COM
mentator on his kind would not assert
that no good manner are left: but
the statement hat they are less fire.
quent thar they should be, and that
bad too often thrust them
selves upon the public consciousness,
is only too true.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-02-05
EXHIBIT.
Collection Not by Any Means as Un.
interesting as 1t Sounds.


New York Tribune: Few things on
earth sound worse than a Mathematics
al exhibit. The ordinary unacademic
mortal would rather pay q fine than
go to one. Yet only a few minutes are
necessary to convince the visitor to the
mathematical exhibit at the educa-
tional museum Of Teachers college
that there is a responsiveness, q deep
human interest-one might almost say
a rOmance--abOut the history and lit
erature of mathematics here presented.
The exhibition includes 900 rare por-
traits Of famous mathenaticians and
100 autographs of famous mathenati-
clans, all lent by Professor David Eu-
gene Smith of Teachers college; about
40 rare manuscripts and early editions.
lent by George A. ~Plimpton; some val
liable early American books on arith-
lmetic from the library of Columbia
university; ancient and modern COM
putting machines, from. the swanpan Of
,he Chinese la~undryman to the mod
AIn machine which will add columns a
thousand figures long with one turn Of
the rank, and q number of interest
log educational devices.
The oldest manuscript In the exhibit
tion Is a specimen of the first Latin
edition Of Euclid, the work of Cam
panus, bishop Of Jerusalem, who trans
lated It about 1900 from the Arabic. 1t
Is on vellum, beautifully Illuminated.
An arithmetic by Boetius, made about
fifteen years later, is one of the gems
Of the exhibit, with it's diagrams done
beautifully on vellum in colors.
Arithmetic, to the ancient and me-
diaeval mind, meant something more
different from the modern business
arithmetic which enables a man to
compute a years profits and a woman
her annual dress expenditure. 1t con-
sisted Of the theory Of numbers. AS for
algebra, when a student in the middle
ages attempted to solve an algebraic
problem he found himself without the
plus and minus signs, without the sign
Of equality, without any symbols, such
as x, for expressing unknown guam
titles. He wrote everything out. His
results he obtained by the application
Of rules which had been handed down
for generations, the meaning of which
only a few scholars understood.
The first English Euclid dates from
1870, and on it's title page one reads
that it is Faithfully Ono first) trans
lated into the English and mechanical.
until these our daies, greatly missed"