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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
The Supply of Ivory.

knowledge and Scientific News
During a recent visit to the London
docks her majesty. the queen. was in
formed that the stock of ivory then
shown, represented, on an average. the
annual slaughter of some , 5000 ele-
plants. This statement has been con-
tradictad in TWO letters in the daily
papers. In one of these Messr.s Hale.
OF 10 Fenchurch avenue. state that at
least SIS per cent. of the supply is
dead ivory" mainly from boarded
stores of African chiefs. who are
shrewd enough to put their commod-
tiles on the market only in driblets.
The most interesting part of the letter
is. however, the statement that the
great bulk of this boarded ivory is
obtained from elephant cemeteries'--
spots met with here and there in the
Jungle. where elephants have resorted
for centuries to die. Much of the ivory
that comes to the market may. there
fore, according TO this letter. be several
hundred years old The marvel is
why it is not devoured in the jungles
by porcupines. as certainly happens
with tusks of the ndian elephant
which are left in the Jungle.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
FAITHS OF THE PRESIDENTS.
Methodists, EpiscopaIians and Presby
terians. but no Rantists.

New York sun: Although the Sap
fist denomination is one of the most
numerous IN the United States, there
has never been a Baptist president.
There have been two congregational
presidents -John ADAMS, the second
president. and John quincy Adams. his
SON.
President Roosevelt is the econd
president of the Reformed Dutch
church. Martin Van Buren, having been
the first.
Willard Fillmore was a Unitarian, the
only Cnltarian president.
Washington, William Henry IIalri-
son, John Tyler and Zachary Taylor
We're l2piscopaiians, as MAS Chester a.
Arthur.
There have been iive Presbyterian
presidents -Aadrew jackson. James X.
Polk, James Buchanan, Benjamin lIar-
lison and GroNer Cleveland.
President Garfield MAS a member of
the Church of the Disciples.
Prior to the civil war there had been
no Methodist President of the United
States. Since 1861 the following presi-
dents a been Methodists: Abraham
Lincoln. Johnson, General Grant. r.. B.
Hayes and William Mckinley.
There has W been "A Lutheran nor
a Roman Catholic president.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03

serious, AS nearly all are related. Cell
b;tcN is the ideal condition, ~ as mar
rlage is recognized as necessary TO the
perpetuation of the society. it is fully
authorized.
a very unusual method of courtship
and marriage has been established.
When u young man manifests "A desire
TO make a young woman his Wifi and
she gives her consent. he takes up ,le
necessities of life and departs for an
other village, Where he must remain for
g wear AID a day without c~ommunica-
uon With his betrothed. If at the end
OF thls time both remain true in their
affection and steadfast in their pun
pose, the hanns are announced in
church.
structures With bare walls and
scrubbed pine benches upon which TO
sit and a plain Wooden tahl. for "a
pulpit. No bell is used, yet the service
hour finds all the inhabitants at devo-
tions. No musical instruments are used
In any of the villages OF churches. All
praise 10 God is by the voice.
They practice feet washing and hold
love feas,s. They oppose war as. in
consistent with christianity. maintain
ing that If people would refuse To go To
War. ambitious rulers would then have
to fight themselves or dwell in peace.
Oaths are inadmissable because for
hidden by Christ, and they object 10
frivolous plays or games as :ecreations
sach as will divert the mind from God.
All address one another az brother or
sister.
The dead are laid away without
music or prayer.
1t is literally tru that the society is
patiently awaiting the coming of Il
prophet. MOI since the death of Bar
bara lehman has there dwelt
among them one inspired, and they
long for her successor. Barbara Helm
man WAS the only prophet after the
death of Christian Metz in 1867. n
was born Il poor, ignorant peasant
girl i'm Lower Elsass in 1895. After the
battle of Liepsic her entire community
suffered II panic. The factory where
she was employed was closed and She
was compelled To secure work as "a
servant She grew melancholy and
consulted many priests. Finally she
heard of Books band and Joined it. Al
is she was inspired for the first Time.
She married George Landmann. when
the inspiration left her. But she came
TO America With the society and tho
power returned in lS49 and remained
with her until her death. No monu-
ment marks her grave; only a small.
wooden slab, as at every grave, tells
the name and age of the deceased.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
WHAT TELEPHONES
ARE DOING TO US
-
Holding the Receiver TO the Left
Ear Is Weakening the
Right.
BECOMING "LEFT-EARED"
" This is to Be Avoided We Must
Make a Practice of Using One
Y Ear as Much as the Other in
Receiving Messages.
"LEFT-EARED'

New York Times Al announcement
is made. which, " true, is an interest
ing Illustration of the minor d,fferenti-
ation of the characteristics due to en-
N~ironmental conditions. So to speak.
We are told that the telephone is Civ
Ing us Il race of left cared people
that is, of people who hear better with
The tett than With the right ear. The
American Telephone Journal says ON
this subject:
Nine out of every ten who use a
telephone hold the receiver that ear.
and many find II impossible to hear
owe" a telephone through the right ear.
Th" fast that the majority of me-, and
women are nsht-h handed and that the
constructors of the fi"s, telephone took
due notice of This Is responsible for
This n"w condition of left-cared people.
Watch a telephone for half a day, and
!. il win be seen that almost every per-
; son who uses that instrument will
place the receiver to the left ear. Or,
even q the Instrument is resting on a
liable. the left ear will he the one used.
Nlen the new Instruments Mere con-
Structed the receivers Mere allowed TO
remain on the left sida. as the users
had become accustomed to- this. All
his has created a race OF left cared
people, tor. having become accustomed
To using the receiver at the left ear.
IL was found that the hearing in that
ear WAS better and more sensitive.
every telephone girl in the exchanges
has the receiver on her left ear. and
& The man who uses his right ear is ur.-
usual.
The observations above recorded
agree With average experience. 1t is
true chat a great majority of the peo-
pie who use the telephone hold the re-
ceiNer To the left ear, but it would not
require a very violent stretch of the
imagination TO assume that this is be-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
What the Mikado Eats.

Chicago journal: The Japanese err
peror's yealiy expense of living is linz
tied. For this purpose he draws
S3.Oo0,000 from the national treasury.
His personal wealth is not to be spent
on his own living, so that So, 000. 900 is
really his salary as manager of this.
country. He is required TO pay out OF
it some thousand employees.
The emperor's daily fare is Japa-
nese. He is perfectly satisfied for
breakfast with a bowl of bean soup
and a few other dishes. But his dim
her usually appears in splendid style,
in some twenty courses, although he
always d%enoun6es it as a useless ex-
t~raNagance. When any official feast
is held-the Notwithstanding
party at the kioshikawa Botanical
garden OF the chrysanthemum party at
the Akasaka palace, for instance-he
viii not spare any expense in preparing
an elegant European banquet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
Value of Personal pro1ertv

Cincinnati Commercial Times.
Rub" Not so fast; jest let mo Illustrate
what | am saving Now spcse /
should come runnin' up to you. real
fast like. an say: "Pard. l lest saw a
stranger runnin' off with yer wife and
Yer horse and yer buggy Dye mean
to say that wouldn't rile We? What
would ye say to me? That's the pint,
Abe-NNall. L s'cpects the first thing
l would ask would be as to which
buggy he stole. the wan with the yellow
or the red wheels. l set Il heap store
on the yaller wheel buggy.
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Xxx

ouinton G!uave slept little that night,
and when he did his mind was sun
occupied by his meeting With Nalerius
under va"ious and extraordinary cir
cnnaslalices TO al of which were at
sached an mpenetrtble and distressing
mystery. the clew to which the dream.
er was forced to seek through a sur
pmslng maze of difficulties without
ever being able to discover.
Awaling suddenly from such night
mare fancies in the cold and sober
lght OF early dawn. silent save fer the
twitttring of sparrows in the caves and
i'm the ~leatless branches, Quinton rec
ogn2ed the exaggerated and absurd
fashion i'm which a thought may shane
and spread itself throughout such a
dream. Seen in the clear light of dav
Was nothing remarkable in his h;yine
mistaken one man for another, or I'm
Naierius being outside hts Cousins
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
The Locomotive as a coai.catcr

ton of the United States is now at the
rate of 100000 tons per day. and the
consumption of coal by railroads is
equal to 40 per cent. of this. or 400
600 ons per day. The fuel bill of a
railroad contributes about 10 per cent.
OF the total expense of operation and
90 to 40 pc" cent. OF the total cost OF
running the locomotives. y locomotives
will consume on an average So. 1000
worth of coal per annum and for a
road having an equipment of 1000
locomotives. the coal bill is approx.
matelN s.. 600. 600.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
Continued Next week.)
A Few Remarks.

Philadelphia Record: The UNDER
taker never drinks to a mans health.
Life is a hurdle race in which a lot
of people jump at conclusions.
Our polteness is often wasted 1pon
people before we really know them.
The early bird catches the worm.
but sometimes it doesn't quite fill the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
A Preferred creditor

Chicago lteoord-lierald: PA, what's
q preferred vreditor?"
The Kind | prefer is the one who is
willing TO take ii for granted that IN
pay MIN just as soon as / can on.
~Neniently spare the money!"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03

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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
Sioux CITY rrihnne.l

Marengo la, special: After clinsing
t~eoaciouslv Ia nnio,a re,;.ious
h.I,~e.
% W. wv 'eieuiies' anu
after i!Nlng as one large fam
lily for over fifty years. the Amana
Communist society. near here. is facing
,.on,,u,sn., ais.a,,,ia, ~, 49, h.,a. ae
49, -. ~ Nv "' -
~ 'a"'
Enough the members of the society
own their own property in common,
and do not require money as a medium
OF exchange, Martha Wilson. a large
taxpayer of Iowa coulty has filed
here Il petition asking The district court
to instruct the county attorney to pro-
coed against the society for exceeding
their corporate rights. In Il word, Mrs.
Wilson alleges that the peculiar re-
ligious dogmas of the society have been
used To free ii from the burdens of ci1i-
Iensh!p: that their communism is u
euise behind which to acquire large
property holdings Without being re-
quifed to pay taxes. And if the petit
tion is sustained the members of the
society viii he compelled To abandon
their c~o1nmunislic scheme and pay
some hundreds of thousands of dollars
in back taxes. For This society of 2.400
members owns the equivalent of one
of the smaller of Iowa, and
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03
Two Alternating.

Yonkers Statesman: Bacon-How
many servants does your wife re-
qire1
coming.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-03

Jones-fNe had Il terrible time today
at the office, II / ann mad clear
through.
Mrs. Jones Well. dear, wouldn't it
be a good time for YOU to beat the car
pet?
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
LOCaILedderS
Repudiated

New York. Mar. 10.-tSpecial.)- =
The most interesting developments
in the subway and elevated railway
strike situation in New York yes
terday was the stand taken by some
of the national labor leaders in re
the local leaders who Or
dered and are conducting the strike.
The first intimation the public had
that the strike was not indorsed by
the national unions came in state
ment from Grand Chief Warren 5.
stone, of the brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers, to which the mo-
tormen belong.
Mr.. Stone insisted that the strike
WAS violation OF the laws OF the ma
tional union, the men having broken
their contract with the Interboroush
company. He ordered the men to
report for duty. failing in which eN-
pulsion from the organization Is
threatened.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
CKn Service Examinations.

The United States civil service
commission announces an examina-
tion for the position of stenographer
and typewriter in the departmental
and Philippine services. to be held in
this city on March p, 1905.
The commission desires to an
nounce that great difficulty has been
experienced in obtaining competent
persons to fill the existing vacancies
in the position of stenographer and
typewriter. and persons with the ne
cessary qualifications are urged to
compete, as the examinations Will be
open to both males and females.
Pamphlets OF information and ap-
plicadon blanks may be obtained Of
E. b. Wilson. the local secretary.
Postonice building. this city, or from
the district secretary at Denver, Col
orado.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10

Mrs. Ammons to Lecture.

Under the patronage of the Wom-
ans Club of this city and at their
expense, the women of the city Will
be accorded the privilege next weel,
of hearing a course OF lectures by
Mrs. Theodosia Ammons. upon cook
ing, the economy of food. the chem
istry of food, food analysis and kim
dred subjects will be treated.
These lectures will take place in
the basement of the CONGREGATIONAL
church. where the demonstrations in
cooking can be carried on with the
best accommodations and will be en-
tirely free to all those who desire
TO attend. The Woman's Club, in
providing these instructive lectures
by Mrs. Ammons, has done so with
the most unselhsh motive, and, as
there is no cost for attendance. the
members arc desirous that all la
dies who arc Interested i'm the matter
attend for the benefit that they may
derive thcrefrom. There will he
demonstrations every afternoon and
the event will be made one of much
prominence in the good work which
this splendid organization is always
doing for the betterment of the sex
Mrs. Emma NJ. Wadsworth, the
madame president OF the Woman s.
Club, is taking a large interest in
the matter of the lectures of Mrs.
Ammons and urges "A fun attendance
upon the lectures.
Mrs. Ammons is one of the fore
most women OF the state and enjoys
a splendid reputation as a speaker on
topics engaging the attention OF
wumaulyind.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
John d. Rob-a-fcllcr.

over in Kansas it is claimed that
John d. Rob-a-feller S larger than the
state, and some people believe him
10 be as large as several states. and
why shouldn't he be? It is the sys-
TEN under which we live that is at
fault and not Rob-a-feller. 1t is the
system that produces such results
that we must fight and not the men
that profit by the system. Did you
ever think of of that?
Tie fec lecture d. tho Auditorium
Saturday evening, 'la.ch II, by
T.ank B5hn of New York, viii set
au right on such questions if you
will only ta1c tie time 10 go and
hear him. He will speak from 1880
to pm. Remember the doors viii
be open at Z and the lecture will
begin at 1880 pm. sharp.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10

The attendance at district court
today has been light.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
THE BLUFF
ANDBLUSTER

There are few men who have kept
abreast of current events in Colo
RADIO who do not remember the blum
and buster of Major II. p. Myton,
the one-time Indian agent at Fort
Duchesne. Myton led one to believe
that he was greater than Uncle Sam
himself. If his conduct of the affairs
OF the agency We're questioned in the
least by state officers, he answered
back with banter and blum.
But all this now seems to have
been a game on his part to hide his
official crookedness. He 1t is who is
charged with having made it possi-
Bile for the Barber asphalt interests
to steal from the people land whose
value is not to be estimated.
It is now ascertained that. in max
ing a resurvey of the lands of the
Uintah and Uncompahgre Indian res
ervations. through an official mis-
take" by complaisant officials there
was left a strip of land three miles
in length and one mile wide out of
the survey and not included in the
lands of either reservation. This
land is owned by the Florence and
Raven mining companies, and on the
end of It Major Myton has located
townslte.
What should be done with such
corrupt officials? Men stand aghast
sometimes at the work of mobs and
individuals in the destruction OF
property: but, we ask, who are lead
ing men on, by their corrupt prac-
tices, to the preparation of such
crimes against society? Men whc
have no regard for the rights of 9th
ers. and who steal the peoples birth.
right through collusion with corrupt
officials
From present Information there
does not seem to be in the annal,
of corrupt practices regarding the
public domain anything which vii
compare with the bold-faced steal by
which a corporation, with no righti
whatever, has taken the richest piece
of government land in the whole
country. one claim alone on thii
three-miIe strip has produced a mil
lion dollars of product already, tha
product being gilsonite. 1t is sais
that it is the richest mine of raw ma
teriaI on earth. and yet, through con
nivance with an Indian agent, thu
public-the goyernment-has beeI
robbed by a great corporation whiel
has no right, title or interest whicl
the people should be compelled t'
respect
We have ceased wondering some
times why men refuse TO have faitl
in the best government in the world
The laws are all right; but the mel
who administer them are all wrong
A day of reckoning is fast ap
proaching. The common people vii
NOT continue to be made fools o
much longer. It will be a sorry da,
for our country when that day ar
rives.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
MUKDEN HAS
FALLEN
YIN KoW, MAR. 1O.-CsPE-
CIAL.)-MUKDEN FELL At 10
O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
THE RUSSIANS ARE PANIC
STRICKEN.
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS
AND ENORMOUS QUANTITIES OF
STORES AND GUNS HAVE BEEN
THOUSANDS OF PRIsONERs
CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE.

ST. Petersburg, Mar. 1o.-tSpe-
cial) )-Mukden at noon on the Sth
was still occupied by the Russians.
Flu pass, - miles to the eastward
and on the Hun river, a vital point
for the Russians in the retreat of the
eastern wing. was bombarded by the
Japanese for an hour during We'd
nesday, Russian artillery replying
vigorously. The outcome at this
point seems to be in doubt. A wind
storm of hurricane force was in prog
ress during the day.
There is no report from Kuropat-
kin later than Wednesday.
Associated Press dispatches from
Mukden indicate shat the Japanese
forces are well north of the city Of
Mukden and that the railroad upon
which depends so much for the Rus
sian army is threatened, if, indeed.
it has not already been cut
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
In the District Court.

This morning at o'clock district
court convened and after a consulta-
lion with the attorneys engaged in
the suit Of Thomas against the Grand
Valley Ditch Company, Judge Ste
yens announced that, as the civil
case would occupy the entire day
he members Of the petit jury were
dismissed until . o'clock tomorro"
morning.
The civil case, which has now oc-
.npied the attention Of the court Tor
rbree DAYS. will be concluded this
afternoon and the case given TO the
jury.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
Cost State
S62,OOO.OO

Denver. Mar. tspeeial)-So
far the Peabody-Adams gubernator-
i5i contest has cost the taxpayers OF
tbe state s62.0OO. William A. Platl'
commissioner OF public printing yes
terday announcedthat the printing
bnls already reach the above amount
Iybicb does not include the printing
of the oral arguments. which VIII
,rgregate an expenditure OF at least
az ooo more. which will bring the
amount up to s65,oOo.
The lowest estimate placed on lHe
expenditures in connection with snV ne
contest is placed at 100000 ana II
is believed it will reach sl25'ooo.
Senator owen early in the conLeS'
introduced a bill to appropriate $9V'-
900 for the contest
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
Ladies Realize Handsome Amount.

There was much interest taken in
the competitive tea yesterday after
noon. in which divisions Nos. l. ?,
9 and of the Ladies' Aid Society of
the Methodist church took part The
ladies' of each division worked en-
Enthusiastically to secure the largest
attendance and realize the largest
sum. Division No. 2 won out, How
ever, each division had splendid
patronage and the gross receipts
amounted to nearly $50. The lunch
con served at each place was elegant
Division No. served at Mrs. J. II
Ramey's; No. . served at Mrs. U. G
Ramey's: No. 3 entertained then
guests at Mrs. E, II. Johnson's' and
al Mrs. j. f. Brinks division No. A
entertained.
The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10
SAVE MONEY

Patronize the new Abstract Com
pany' Reliable, up to date abstracts
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The daily sentinel., 1905-03-10

St. Petersburg, Mar. 10.-(Spe-
cial. THE extent of the disaster TO
General Kuropat5in's army is as yet
unknown here; but the most sins
ter reports receive credit. and the
public believe that Field Marshal
oyama has succeeded in closing the
iron ring around at least a large por-
tion of the Russian army.
Communication with Mukden is
entirely cut off.
All accounts agree that the battle
of yesterday morning must have been
fought under dreadful conditions. A
duststorm of hurricane violence was
blowing, concealing friend and foe,
while through the opening Of the
yellow veil streams Of wounded and
camp followers went toward the
north.
All hope of General Kuropatkin
turning defeat to victory was aban-
doned long ago and the Russian army
is in most desperate condition.