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Face Powder In Cuba.

In Cuba there has never apparently
been any dearth of face powder ever
among the lowliest. The Cuban WON.
an, octogenarian/ as well as sweet sew
enteen," considers powder a more neces.
sary article Of tho toilet than soar and
water and utterly Indispensable to her
at-tractiyeness. which it is her absolute
duty to preserve. All classes of the
community are devoted to the powder
puff, from the little s%ix-year-old orphan
In the asylum to the lady Of high de-
gree. In any Cuban school teachers
and pupils are alike unsparingly pow
dered, and q powder box is to be found
In every desk and as likely as not keep
Ing company with the chalk used for
the blackboard.
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B.clllu. Prevent, Hanx1nr.

Henry Foster. who was taken to the
Nebraska %penitentiary some nights ago
to cheat a crowd that was bent on
lynching him for the cold blooded muir
der of Thomas Gentleman of Fremont,
has escaped the scaffold through the
agency of a diminutive bacillus that re-
uuires a microscope to be seen. The ba-
cllus is the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. zero
genes, SO rare that physicians in the
state have come across only one other
t%ostance of its presence. 1t enters q
wound, causing the forming under the
skin of gas that is fatal. Gentleman
died from the bacillus. 1t was said at
the hospital that his chance of recov-
cry from shooting was ininitesimal, but
bone of the physicians and experts
could swear before the coroner's Jury
that Gentleman would not have lived
could he have escaped the bacillus, so
the charge of murder had to be With
drawn.
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tennessee was ~unpeucueu lvr ueasvu
In negotiating personally with Great
Britain and was acquitted. On March
B. 1903, Judge John. Pickering of the
FEDERAL court in New Hampshire was
found guilty or the trial Of an i'm
parchment Of drunkenness and pro-
family on the bench and was removed.
On March 13, 1904, William Chase, as
sociate Justice of the supreme court,
was %impeached. He was acquitted on
March l, 1906. Meantime, on Dec. ID,
1904. Judge James H. Peck Of the fed
eral court of Missouri was acquitted
by the senate after Impeachment by
the house. On May 6, 1862, Judge
West III. Humphrey Of the federal
court Of Tennessee was removed for
treason. In 1868 Andrew Johnson,
president of the United States, waA
impeached for high crimes and mis-
demeanors and acquitted. In March
1876. the former secretary of war,
General w. w. Belknap, was impeach-
ed for bribery in making appoint
ments. He was acquitted on Aug. 1,
1876. His was the last impeachment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Phy.tcal Culture.

1t Is a mistake to think that excessive
physical exercise is beneficial. The op.
posite is the fact. AS some one has
said, "Man is not constructed to be q
raining and leaping animal. like a deer
or cat" 10 emphasize bodily develop
mcNt above the mental development Is
a step toward resumption of the life Of
the savage and lower animals. Phys
ical culture is a desirable thing; but, as
in everything else, the extremes are to
be avoided. A person may have too lit
tie bodily exercise and may also have
far too much or violent exercise. One
who is walking a considerable part of
the day would need but little else as
exercise except, perhaps, calisthenics
for the arms, back and chest and on
retiring or rising. And the same ad-
vice is applicable to a woman who does
her own homework. But one confined
over a desk or typewriter should make
q conscientious habit of walking, bicy-
cling and calisthenics every day for an
hour or Observation-Disclosures Trib.
une,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04

the way Of expressing feeling. Writ
ers from time immemorial have taught
us what to expect from the different
colors that fit, across our co~untenances,
and, of course, writer's are never wrong.
Here are some Of the lightning chro-
matte changes that we all have grown
to recognize, and there are several.
counties yet to be heard from:
A man turns green with envy, yell
low with hatred, purple with rage,
scarlet with anger, white from fear.
pink from excitement, saffron from
sickness, black from torture, red from
heat and blue from cold.
Sometimes, too, he is cold as steel,''
"hot as blazes," cool as a cucumber"
"a warm proposition" hard as brass"
soft as mush," Smooth as a board,''
re- rough customer" and "a slick ar
ticle." Then again he is good as
wheat" Sound as q rock,' "strong as
an OK" weak as a cat" slippery as
an EEL" ''sly as a fox" 'mean as a
snake" poor as a mouse" hungry as
q wolf" and dry as a fish."-Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
UNDER THE ROSE.
The Term which stand. a. the SYM
boil of Closed Lips.


Sir 7. Browne. in his Enquiries Into
Vulgar Errors" dated 1916, says of the
old phrase sub rosa, "The expression is
commendable, if the rose from any
naturall propertie may be the symbolic
Of silence" and goes on to quote some
Latin lines which represent the rose
bud folded in its sheath as an emblem
Of closed lips.
He also speaks Of the secrecy to be
observed Gin society and c%ompotation,
from the ancient custome in Symposi.
acke meetings to wear chaplets Of roses
about their heads"
Others derive the expression from the
fable that Cupid gave a rose to Har.
pocrates, the god of silence, as a bride
to prevent the disclosure of the amours
Of Venus
There are many records Of roses
carved upon ceilings in early and in
more modern times as reminders to
guests that words spoken in c%onvivial
moments should not be repeated.
1t is said that in 1926 roses conse.
Grated by the pope were placed over
the confessionals in Rome to denote Sc.
crecy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
MATCHES.
An Accepted Form of Sport In Earl,
English Days.

EIukAlhh Ddyos
That grinning matches were an &C.
cepted form of sport in early English
days is shown by an advertisement an
nouncing a gold ring to be grinned for
by men on Oct. 8 at the Swan, Coleshill
heath, in Warwickshire, which appear
ed i'll the Post-Boy of Sept. II and II,
I'LL, supplemented by the suggestion
that all the country fellows within ten
miles of the Swan should grin an hour
or two in their glasses every morning
in order to qualify themselves for this
extraordinary competition.
Addison gives a detailed account of
n Of these Controversies of faces
telling us that the audience unanimous.
~ bestowed the ring on a cobbler, who
produced several new grins Of his own
invention, having been used to cut
faces for many years together over his
last"
His performance was something like
this: "At the very first grin he cast ev.
cry human feature out of his counte.
nance; at the second he simulated the
face Of a spout, at the third that Of q
baboon, at the fourth the head Of q
bass viol and at the fifth a pair of nut
crackers" Addison adds that a comely
wench, whom he had wooed in vain fol-
more than five years, was so charmed
with his grins that she married him the
following week, the cobbler using the
prize as his wedding ring.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
EAper. TeleKrnpher at Eleven,

Robert 7. Baird, aged eleven years,
the son of Robert L. Baird Of Grova-
n:a. lolds a unique place among the
bright youths of Georgia.
He is a fast and accurate telegraph
operator and has already done regular
work in Western Union offices. At one
time he vas in charge of the Offices at
Vienna as day operator.
Young Baird seems to have taken to
the key iy instinct. When only seven
years old he could sit at the instrument
and send before his father knew he
was acquainted with the alphabet. At
nine years of age he could receive, and
now he is considered a competent oper-
ator.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
New England.

The winter Of 1861 was noted for be.
ing n of the coolest, and, in fact, it
was the coolest one, in the century.
The coolest day Of the winter was Fri
day, Feb. %, and is known as cold
Friday. There had been a heavy
storm of light, fine nov 1t cleared
off cold, and the wind blew a perfect
gale, thus making the cold more fear
full. The air was filled with snow so
thick n could see only a rod or two
In any direction. Men who were oblig-
ed to be on the road persisted and were
found frozen as hard as marble statues.
A very few travellers survived the or
deal. But few had thermometers in
those days to tell how cold it really
was, but what few there were regis
tered 40 to so below zero in Androscog.
gin, and in Aroostook county it was
even lower. P%enobscot bay was frozen
owe SO solid that Sam Randall of
V%analhaven took a horse and sleigh
and, together with the Hon. Martin
XIII, who was the representative to the
legislature from %Vinalhaven, cruised
from Vinalhaven to North Haven, then
to Saddle island, then to Camden and
thence across country to Augusta,
where he left Kiff and returned to vi.
n%alhaven again safely. Portland harbor
and Boston harbor were frozen over
solid. Thousands of the Boston people
availed themselves of the fact, and the
Ice on the harbor was covered with
characterization Journal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
The Co.ter,. curl.


Many east London BARRIERS, who have
been %journeymen in many west end es-
Establishments, declare that young os-
termongers and barmen, with the Pc
culiar rolling curl that protrudes from
under the cap or bowler, are far more
particular about their hair than the
sons Of the a%ristocracy in general.
This same curl, standing forth from a
surface of hair that seems to have
been fatironed, is not achieved with
out much trouble. Scores Of these
young handles of the east subscribe to
a "toilet club" and have weekly atten-
ton given to their distinguishing curl
in q manner that might be expected
Of a patrician beau.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Peculiar Highland R.mea,.,

A popular highland remedy for both
consumption and general debility was
what is known as sudh nan cabar (the
juice of deers' horns). These were
gathered in the hills when the animals
cast them in the springtime. They
were boiled for some hours and the
Juice thus obtained bottled after being
strained. Candy sugar and whisky are
usually added to it nowadays. Crabs
shells pulverzed and eaten on bread
and butter were used for consumption,
asthma and whooping cough in the
Notwithstanding Medical Jour.
nal,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
A hit Of curr.n,. Wit.

An Irishman loves a joke so well
that he keeps the memory of a good
one always green. In a book of recol-
lections by an old member Of the Irish
parliament is an amusing illustration
of Curran's ready wit.
A certain judge, Lord Norbury, was
famous for the alacrity with WHICH he
condemned prisoners to death when
he might have pronounced a more
merciful sentence. On one occasion
when he was dining in public with the
foremost members Of the Dublin bar
he helped himself to some meat, at the
same time asking:
as this hung beefY'
"Not yet" said Curran quickly.
"Your lordship has not tried it."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Wanted Bread, Had Courage.

One day, riding along the road, Gen
eral Gordon came upon a regimental
prayer meeting, which was very Inn
pressive. The men were kneeling or
standing with bowed heads about the
chaplain, who was praying in a voice
OF wonderful compass.
The general checked his horse and re-
moved his hat and waited for the end
OF the prayer. The chaplain asked the
Lord to give the men of Lees army SUI
preme courage to meet the great crisis
that had come upon them, fordtude to
bear new privations and troubles,
strength to fight against the pursuing
enemy. Just then a tall private rose
from his knees and shouted to the chap.
lain: pray for bread, chaplain; pray
for bread! We have courage to spare,
but to fight we must have something to
eat. Pray for bread!" This broke up
the prayer meeting.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Sergeant Martin Is Rer1rea A...
Thirty Years, Service.

Sergeant John Martin Of the Nineti-
eth company, coast artillery, stationed
at Fort Mclienry, who was the only
man out of 277 to survive the massacre
Of the Sioux Indians under General
Custer, was retired from service by q
general order issued by the department
of the east. Sergeant Martin has served
for thirty years, since he was twenty
years old. He will receive three-quar.
tiers of his regular pay.
On June %. 1876, General Custer sent
Sergeant Martin, then Il trumpeter,
back from the camp on the Little Big
Horn river, Montana, to Captain Ben
teen for re-enforcements. Martin said
he had scarcely mounted q hill about a
mile from the camp when he saw Sit
ting Bull approaching.
II knew that it was too late for the
re-enforcements, but l continued on my
mission. l looked back for a minute,
and l knew that my comrades were
doomed. l then hurried on to Captain
Benteen. l met him coming in the d.
rection of the camp. On the Goth we
had an engagement with the same red
skins who had killed Custer and the
detachment. 1t was not until the 9th
that WE reached the field where the
bodies lay. We found Custer leaning
against the stomach of a dead horse.
There were dead men all around him.
He was nearly the last to die, l think"
Sergeant Martin also served in the
campaigns i'll the Black Hills In 1875
and the Yellowstone in 1876 and 1877
under the command of General Terry
and later under General Sturgis. He
has in his possession a handsomely en-
crossed certificate signed by Captain
Benteen which contains the dates of
the various engagements in which he
fought.
Captain Farr, the temporary COM
mander at Fort McHenry, sent Ser
geant Martin a letter commencing his
meritorious work in the army.
Sergeant Martin is married and re-
sides at 1921 Hull street.-Baltimore
Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Trolley p1stnfectant.

An Italian scientist claims to have
established that electric tramways are
great mediums in the d%istnfection of
towns. He points out that the electric
spark, which is SO frequent an occur
renee to the overhead trolley, and the
emission Of light from the car wheel
when the rail is used for the return
current transform the oxygen of the
air into ozone, which has a purifying
and disinfecting influence. The high
discharges, he says, are frequent
enough to influence greatly the atmos-
pheric constituents, especially where
the line passes through narrow thor
o%ughfales. They become antiseptic
agents.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Crab shell. a. B.rometer..

A curious barometer is said to be
used by the remnant of the Araucanian
race which inhabits the s~outhernmost
province Of Chile. 1t consists of the
cast off shell of a crab. The dead shell
is white in fair, dry weather. but the
approach of q moist atmosphere is indi-
Gated by the appearance Of small red
spots. AS the moisture in the air in.
creases the shell becomes entirely red
and remains so throughout the rainy
season.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
The Man In .he Noon.

Probably ever in prehistoric times
men have noticed the face Of the "man
In the NOON" Plutarch noticed it and
even wrote a whole book about the face
In the moon. But, besides this, many
other objects are supposed to be visible.
The dark markings on the surface are
ukened by the Chinese to a monkey
pounding rice. In India they are said
to resemble a rabbit. To the Persians
they seem like the carth's oceans and
continents reflected in a mirror.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Women at Shooting Parties.

Lady .'stalkers" are numerous in
Scotland, and three or four peeresses
have placed quite a large number Of
splendid "heads" to their credit. The
woman who can shoot we'll and under
stands the rules regulating sport is al
ways welcome among the members Of
q shooting party in the covert, and at
a moderate range BETTING her twenty
bore h can be relied upon to bring
down the birds as neatly and dexter
ously as her male neighbors.-Scottish
Field.
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nobb.r. Make Use of Uni. Herb.

Make Use OF This Herb.
In New Caledonia there Is said to be
an herb Which has the rare property
Of revealing ones secrets. 1t is known
as the Datura %stramonium and has
white flowers and rough berries full Of
dark grains. They are treated Of in the
annals of Hygiene and Colonial Med
icine." A person who has swallowed
the tea made of this herb will after
falling asleep tell where his money is
hidden and will also arise and go di-
rect to where his treasure is concealed.
Robbers often use this tea as knockout
drops with which to rob their victims.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Southern Industries.

During the past year,. according to
the Chattanooga Tradesman, there
were established in the south 5,296 new
Industries. An interesting fact in con-
nection with these new industries is
that the manufacturing interests Of the
section are now being diversified as
never before. Among others. plants
were established for the manufacture
Of buttons. brass, pianos, pottery and
paint.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Condensed EGGS!

In Germany they make condensed
eggs! The supertiuous water is re.
moved, and sugar is added. The con.
densed eggs are put up for the market
in hermetically sealed boxes, a pound
box containing about fifteen eggs. This
article finds a good market in South
Africa, but during the present egg
famine they might be imported into
this country with more or less profit
Indianapolis Journal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Speaker. of Inc Hou..

There have been thirty-three speak
ers of the national house of representa-
tyes. Eleven OF them became United
States senators and one of them, James
e. Polk of Tennessee, president of the
United States. The position has been
filled by only n merchant, one physi-l
clan, one preacher, three editors, while
twenty-four of them have been law
yerR.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Repudiated the spell,nx.

Once while in Pittsburg Andrew Car
negie had a telegram sent and stood
waiting until it reached the operator.
He listened attentively to the clicking
Of the key, then Immediately wrote q
new telegram. as follows: 1.-THE other
message mine; spelling the o%perators."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Sleep For Insomnia.

Patient-Can you give me something
for insomnia? Phys!cian-1 can rec
ommend something, which amounts to
the same thing. Patient-For heavens
sake. tell me at once. Physician
There is, in fact, only one sovereign
remedy for sleeplessness. and that is
sleep. Three dollars, please.-Boston
Transcript.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04

Kwoter--Hc thinks he's still youth.
ful. Well, you know the old saying,
aThere's no fool like an old fool.n
Newitt-Yes, and when an old fool dyes
his whiskers there's nobody fooled but
the old fool.--Philadelphia Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
lawrence Barrett,. Memory.

I have seen Mr.. Lawrence Barrett,
the actor, receive 800 visitors, most Of
them strangers. at a party and after.
ward bid them all farewell by name.
making no mistakes as far as I could
discover.-London Express.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Force of Habit.

A London cabman was recently hav-
Ing his frstborn baby christened.
Clergyman-What name shall / give
this child? Cabby Through sheer force
Of habiD-Oh, I'll leave that to you,
str.-London Tit-Bits.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Hurley nm Ne,

Professor Huxley once wrote to Mrs.
w. K. Clifford about men: "They are
very queer animals--a mixture Of horse
nervousness, ass stubbornness and cam
Ell malice, with an angel bobbing about
unexpectedly like the apple in tho
posset, and when they can do exactly
as they please they are very hard to
drive"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Lucky Dog,

Lucky Dog.
"My luck is the best any man ever
had"
"The deuce it is"
eyes, sir. A girl refused me yester.
day. and l see by the morning paper
that her father has lost all his money"
cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
1t Ha. a Wa, Of It. Own,

"What do 1 think of the ocean," said,
Bridget as she was asked hat question!
by her friends. II think it's the most
peculiar thing 1 yer came across
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl. /.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04

We may CLEAN knowledge by reading,
but the chaf must be separated from
the wheat by thinking.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
A stickler.

"say, pa"
swell, what?" ].
"What is the difference between sea-
ing your own finish and drawing your
own conclusions?"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04
Too Late.

advice to a newly married couple /
10 useless!"
"Yes-all the harm is done then"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-03-04

BE who thinks for himself and rarel,
Initiates . q free man.-Klopstock
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-05-25

I to build the branches from the main
trolley line TO the various towns
along the line. Whether or not be
will enter Sumpter, appears to rest
with the citizens of that town.
Despite the fact that the govern.
ment suspended action on the petition
of the Sumptei Valley road, its man.
agement authorized the announcement
In the Evening Herald few months
ago that the road would emphatically y
and unequivocally be extadned TO the
John Day this spring. Last week a
high official announced that part of
the plan will remain In statu quo.
but that only the Upton extension
would hc built this year. This second
knowing cnes ~ u back down on the
part of the Sumpter Valley, and the
suspicion IL now freely expressed that
the first "positive" announcement
regarding the John Day extension
WAS another bluff ut Major Bonita.
II II WAS blum the Major has evi.
IDENTIFY shown his hand aud raked in
the pot.
Major Bonita. all during the initial
stages of his promotion of the electric
road, has met with vigorous orposi.
tion from opposing factions. Three
newspapers In Baker county have
attempted To throw almost every con
vceivabl. obstacle in the way of n
successful contamination of his Ell
terprise. Now that he has landed
the big deal, II will be Interesting 10
note the future stand of these organs.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-05-25
BIG WORK
PLANNED
KOkOmo. Indiana. People viii Develop
Mining Properties Here This
Season.

DR.. q. W. Frederick, of kokomo,
Indiana, l.. NJ. Willcuts, +. l..
Kosmerl and f.. ". Sullivan. Of
Duluth, left this afternoon for their
respective homes 7. X. Clark, of
Baker City, and Eugene Bartholf
have been showing them around the
mines for several days past.
Early in the week they visited the
Burnt River district and yesterday
the Ruby. Cracker Creek district, in
both of which DR.. Frederick and his
associates In kOkomO, are interested.
The Duluth People are merely
looking around" having no money
invested here rs yet. This forenoon
the party inspected the Tabor Frac-
tion. Just before leaving, DR.. Fred
erick said to IA Miner representative:
81 have been inter ested In Oregon
mines for seeral years past and have
heen here numte of times before.
], therefore, know you have the
greatest gold mining region on the
globe. ! Am going home now, but
will be out again at al early day.
We will dN some extensive and rapid
work here this season.
On my return will he In Il position
to tell you all about 1t, but deem it
not advisable to do so now"