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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
The Feast Of Pumpkins.

.
A pretty variation on the regular
harvest home festival was made last
year by the young people Of a church
in n Of our smaller cities. They
called 1t The feast of pumpkins" and
that useful and cheerful vegetable
formed the basis of the whole affair.
The hall was decorated with two shades
OF yellow bunting-the deep orange
yellow of the pumpkin and the lighter
yellow Of the Hubbard squash. Where
the bunting was festooned it was
caught up with punches of corn. The
husks were torn open or turned back,
showing the yellow grain on the corn.
The mattresses were all dressed in yell
low, with q conventionalized squash
flower made Of tissue paper in their
hair instead OF q cap. At intervals
were great "Jack-o'-lanterns'' made Of
the pumpkins with electric lights inside
instead OF the traditional candle. The
tables were ornamented with pumpkins
followed out so as to form great bowls.
These were filed with autumn leaves
and flowers The water for these dec
orations was put in a bowl which was
placed inside the pumpkin. The menu
included (besides the regular harvest
supper fare) such d~elicacies as baked
pumpkin, pumpkin pudding, pumpkin
bread, and pumpkin ice! The last
named was a very yellow orange Ice
frozen in individual pumpkin moulds.
At the table where were sold The fancy
articles and souvenirs of the occasion,
there were pretty little p~incushions
made to initiate pumpkins, and bon-
bonnieres which were china Jack-o'.
lanterns filed with yellow candies.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
professors the meditating a subtler4
form of attack by modifying the waltz

professors the meditating q subtlera
form of attack by modifying the waltz
step.
Professors propose, but dancers de-
eide. The spirit OF ragtime in the two
step lures them on and will not down.
In spite Of Professor Duenweg's inn
proved waltz movement, which is to.
the ordinary waltz what a List rhap-
sody is to a fve-finger exercise" the.
more graceful measure is not likely
soon to regain the ground It has lost to-
its lievlier rival.
The dancing masters are this year
In session In New York. They are re-
ported as dwelling more on the aes-
thetic and educational features of
dancing. as distinct from It's functions
as a social pleasure. They have dis
tinguished authority on their side. Has
not a Yale professor lauded the Jig OF
a prime form of exercise and made 1t a
part of the gymnastic course?
The opportunity to dedicate a new:
dance to the peace commissioners is
too apt to be lost on the professors.
What will 1t be--a Portsmouth polka,
Komura %quadrille, Mikado gavotte or
Oyster Bay schottische?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06

Lady to see you, sir. No NAME"
ASK her to wait a few minutes,
Williams" said Reuben Power, as he
went on sorting papers, and then pro-
ceeded to ring up the police, with a re-
quest for a special officer.
Powers Detective Agency" vas on
Broadway. A rather decrepit elevator
at the back of a large dry goods store
conducted clients, first to the outer
office, tenanted by the cherubic person
ality of Mr.. Williams. n thence-if
they were found worthy-into the
self-a luxuriously furnished room,
containing a bureau and the usual
complement of telephones. Some cases
of burglars tools and relics Of cause
celebres" We're hung round the walls,
together with maps, diagrams and
photographs dealing with the bloody
deeds which it has been Mr.. Powers
duty to Investigate.
"All right, Williams" he called out,
after keeping the lady a few moments,
according to custom-for, barring an
appointment, 1t was policy with Mr..
Power to be always most particularly
engaged.
The door opened and a lady entered,
ushered in by Williams, who then care
fully closed the door and disappeared
Power rose, returned the rather
strained bow Of his mysterious visitor,
and motioned her t a chair.
MIR. Power, I believe" she began.
"Yes, madam; how "a I be of ser
vice to you?" he replied, and took q
careful note of her appearance as she
raised a thick blue veil she had hith-
erto worn.
She was perhaps thirty, perhaps
hardly so much, blond. with a wealth
of golden hair, blue eyes-the mouth
was a little too large, but the whole
face, if not one Of regular beauty, had
an irresistible charm incapable of an
alysis. There were loyalty written there
and the devotion that would stand by
a mar though all the world was
against him..
MIR. Power" she said, Il don't know
you, Of course, but I have come to see
you about a matter which I dare not
mention to any of my friends. Ny
nameI should tell you-is McLeavy
I am the wife of Rev. James McLeavy
who is no doubt we'll known to you by
name. AS you know, he is minister Of
the church on Twelfth avenue. an6
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
Privileged.
From Harperss Week.,

From Harper's Weekly.
simeon Ford enjoys nothing better.
the hotel business.
"a friend in the west" says Mr.. Ford.
"once related to me the trials and trib-
ulations of the people employed in the
Office of his hosiery to keep in proper
bounds a young man from Chicago who.
as soon as he had registered proceeded
to make things lively. The first ven
ing he spent with them he did the pro-
prietor out OF neat sum at poker: the
next night he returned to his quarters,
considerably intoxicated after having
whipped his cabby; the third night he
gave an impromptu concert in the halls
This was too much for the hotel people;
they askedsfor his key and rendered his
bill. Evidently the amount thereof was
thetically:
Say don't you fellows make any
discount to the clergy?."
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Ten Cent Music Lessons.

FROM l4eSl.e'S Weekly.
Quite the most remarkable school IL.
New York city, and one which has had
no precedent in this country, is the
conservatory of music where children
n adults are taught piano. cello and
violin playing at ten cents a lesson, and
are given the privilege of using the in
struments for practice without extra
charge.
In New York's Ghetto, swarming and
vivacious, there is even among the in
fants an intense love of music. Chill
dren of from 2 to 6 value their instru-
ments as American children do their
blocks or toy trains. When a little old
er the children are earning money by
teaching music, and with the returns
they pay for more advanced lessons for
themselves. Despite the crowded, UNI
sanitary, depressingly unclean homes,
universal negligence of soap and water;
the keynote of the Ghetto is undoubted-
ly music-a owe Of melody and a con-
Stunning desire to master the instru-
| ments that produce it. Local teachers
are everywhere; the music school set
side, where lessons are given for twen-
ty cents each, is crowded with both
children and adults; but the greatest
boon to the section is the recently es-
tablished Heinrich Won enc conserva-
tory, where instruction is given for ten
Cc1llS. lie leSSOIS vary Ill lelSll 1iOlU
twenty minutes for beginners to three
quarters of an hour for the more Id.
vanced students. This unique institu-
ton occupies seven good sized rooms
in Clinton hall, dow in the very heart
of the Jewish settlement. 1t was
founded several months g by Mrs.
Clara Won Ende Lehman, and has so
Tar been maintained out of her private
income. The object of the school is
to give the children Of the working
people opportunities for studying
music.
Since February the school has as
sumed the surprising proportion of 800
children and adults, ranging in age
from 5 to SO. At the present time it
has six pianos. which are being pur-
chased on the installment plan. There
are about twelve violins and a couple Of
'cellos. The boys are in majority with
the violins, about 100 of them taking
instruction on that instrument. Fol
the children who do not speak Eng
fish there is a German teacher. There
are six violin teachers and four piano
teachers, besides Mrs. Liebman.
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Success.

Success.
name?" e1' ny
Graye'y she answered: 81 am called Sue
THE house, the lineage whence thy beauty
Failure: my sire; my mother wear,-
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Boston Transcript: Teacher-whicb n
dramatically corrAct: The wages Of
sin ar DEATH or ''t6s wages Of sin 10
Miss Prine-Don't you think, teacher.
that salary 10 . more sja.ant tsru9
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06

For selling beer brewed in Amster-
dam as Munich beer, a London salocn-
keeper o fined $50 and costs the 9TH
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06

and myself as we'll. But 1 may not for
get my duty, SIR"
And with this cruel word she was
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
The Dancing Masters.

From the New York World.
Having thundered against the two
STEP only to see that derided dance
persist in popular favor. the dancing
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
kittybianca

The girl stood on the burning deck
Whence all but her had ned.
6he wouldn't leave until she Got
Her hat on straight. she sajd.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
HE wAIKEp OF AND DovvN AND THE sN9owFAKEs FLEW.

ting that he was simple Bowser, the
pedestrian halted to exclaim:
Here, you, boy-drive on! Don't you
know that you are blocking the walk,
and that you could be arrested for it ?''
Whats struck you, old tramp?" was
the impudent reply of the boy.
Mr.. Bowser had just drawn a full
breath to blast him after the old Bow
serian fashion, when a policeman came
along and took him by the collar and
threw him into snowdrift and called
after him:
That's the kind of a hair mattress
you are looking for, you old fake!'
During the day he was asked at least
twenty times if he had been in swim
ming and left his good clothes on the
bank, or if he had made a change and
gone into the old clothes business, and
nothing but his settled determination
to hang on to himself prevented half a
dozen rows. At noon he ate the sort of
a luncheon he had described to Mrs.
Bowser, and when he started for home
at five o'clock he was as hungry as a
wolf. He departed from his rule and
took a street car, but he had cause to
wish he hadn't. He was hanging to a
strap and wobbling about when he step
ped on a woman's foot, and though ne
at once begged pardon she faced him
and said:
to charity and told how badly the poor
need money, and here is one of you
car! You seem to have a pair of strong
legs under you, and it's your business to
walk
Madam. I have got my old clothes
on replied Mr.. Bowser. II have got
my old clothes on because have start
ed out to live"
'.Weli, you start out of thisE' ex-
claimed the conductor, as he took his
arm and led him to the rear platform
and jammed his back against the rail-
ing.
When Mr.. Bowser reached his own
gate he was so mad that he waited a
moment to jump up and down and then
kick at a passing dog, but he had got
control of himself and worked up a
smile as he entered the house. Mrs
Bowser met him as usual and added:
Il have been thinking of you all day
long. It is very brave in you to start
out to live an entirely new life at your
age, and you can depend upon me to
encourage you in every possible way If
1 spoke diScouragingly last night am
sorry for it, and it shan't happen again
1 have got your simple dinner ready for
you"
So she had. It was big potato with
it's jacket on. and it had been baking
all the afternoon. Beside it was a COB
let of ice cold water. For her own
dinner Mrs. Bowser had fried oysters,
celery, asparagus, canned peas, bis
cult and honey, and fragrant tea Mr..
Bowser looked over at it with smile
on his face but in his heart he said
he would never forgive her II he lived
a thousand years longer. The smell of
those fried oysters as they were brought
on to the table lifted him a foot high,
and the aroma of the tea and the
sight Of the clover honey made MIN
Urigsle around as if he had struck a
tack. He realized that it was a put-up
lob to hurt his feelings, and he stifen-
ed his heart and ate and drank with
stIch gl1sto that Mrs. Bowser was al
most deceived
She naturally asked how he had got
through the day, and he naturally lied
like a trooper when he said that ne
hadn't enjoyed himself so well in 20
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
We Paid 100000.

For the American rights to Liquo-
zone. and the rights in other countries
have sold for proportionate sums. We
mention this fact to indicate the value
of Liquozone-the value to you. Men
have never before paid such a price for
any discovery used in the cure of sick
ness.
We need not tell you that we
proved Liquozone well before buying it.
For years it was tested through ply
sicians and hospitals, in this country
and others. 1t was employed in every
stage of every germ disease; in all the
most difficult cases obtainable. With
thousands of sick ones, considered in
durable. we proved that it did what
medicine could not do. Then. and then
only, did we pay the price.
Since then we have spent nearly
1000, 600 to make Liquozone known
We have bought the first bottle and
given it free to every sick one we learn
ed of. These people told others, and
the others told others. The result is that
Liquozone is now more widely employ
ed than any medicine ever was. And
no one can doubt that it is doing more
for sick humanity than all the drugs in
use combined.
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Traits of the Indian.

He believes when a man is so un-
fortunate as to lose an eye he is en-
titled to two wives. and he generally
gets them The wolf has a regular
name, and is never mentioned as a
wolf, but is accredited with having a
soul and is considered almost human.
An Indian never goes on a hunt soon
after attending a funeral, knowing
that game will detect his whereabouts
readily after being at a funeral.
The medicine man always takes
charge of all in camp when on a
hunt. He places his medicines in the
ground with great pomp before builds
removed while the hunt is in prog
ress. knowing that a shot through
the rnilt of a deer is fatal the Indian
always roasts and eats this part be-
fore he eats his supper after bringing
in the carcass. The Indian has not
vet attained that degree of civilization
necessary to kill, while in anger, his
father. mother. brother. sister or child.
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
Three Million Homes
Know What Lquozone Can Do Try 1t Free ?

we judge from our records that one
home in five, the country over, has
some one whom Liquozone has cured.
Some have been cured of little ills;
some know that their lives have been
saved by it. And most of those homes
still use Liquozone daily, as we do. to
keen we'll
Those homes are scattered every
where Your neighbors and friends
live in some of them. If you viii only
ask about Lquozone there are plenty
to tell you about it. Why will you suf-
fer with any germ disease while mil
lions know how to end it?
Don't you realize that a product
which is used like this must have re-
markable merit? we have never asked
a soul to buy Liquozone. We have
published no testimonials, no evidence
of cures. We have simply asked the
sick to let us buy the first bottle-to
let the product itself prove what it can
do. And we ask that of you, If you
need it. II you are still using drugs to
cure germ troubles, let US, at our ex-
pense, show you something better
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11

''You are right about the theater. It
is no place for such simple people as
US. You were also right about botany
and natural history. I sent over to the
drug store today for some roots and
herbs, and we will now take up botany.
I have also captured two cockroaches
and a house fiy, and we will put them
under the microscope and stick pins in
their backs and learn all We can about
natural history"
Mr.. Bowser turned red in the face
and choked up. Never in all his life
before had he SO wanted to jump up
and down and yell 'womanl" at her,
ped.
"Is it your collar that's choking
you, dear? ~ solicitously queried Mrs.
Bowser. eff was you, wouldn't t
put one on tomorrow morning when
I got up. 1t is a useless piece of
dress, and the day will yet come
when the most fashionable man will
consider an old stocking tied around
his neck plenty good enough for all
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
SOC Bottle Free.

If you need Liquozone, and have
never used it, please send US the cou-
pom below. We will then send you an
order on a local druggist for full
sized bottle-a SOC bottle-and will pay
the druggist ourselves for it. This ap-
plies only to the first bottle, of course
to those who have never used it.
The acceptance of this offer places
you under no obligations. We simply
wish to convince you;to let the product
itself show you what it can do. Then
you can Judge by results as to whether
you wish to continue.
This offer itself should convince you
that Liquozone does as we claim. We
would certainly not buy a bottle and
give it to you, if there was any doubt
of results. You want these results;
you want to be we'll and to keep well.
Then be fair with yourself; ac-
cept our offer today. Let us show you,
at our expense what this wonderful
product means to you.
Liquozone costs soc and 81.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11

purposes"
There was no jawbone of an ass
lying around for Mr.. Bowser to slay
with, and so he had to smile and go
ahead with botany and natural his
tory and keep his wrath bottled up.
He was assembling fairly well when
Mrs Bowser said:
You brought home two bottles of
port the other day, and today, when
a lady called to tell me about several
sick families gave her the two to
take away. OF course, you will have
no further need of wine.'
what" he exclaimed.
'tAnd I rugged a tramp out in one
of your suits and gave him some extra
collars and cuffs. He was very thank
full, and when spoke about his turn
was going naked and live on burdock
leaves next summer. He may call
this evening to get some pointers from
IF he does I'll be hanged if I
what did you say, dear?"
''I=I said, my love, that if he call
ed I'd be glad to talk with him"
Eyes, of course you will 1 spoke
to the man today about turning off
the gas. It's a useless waste. TalloW
candles are plenty good enough for
US. The cook knows what to get for
ed in water and fried, and dish of
Goldfish. Are you going to take a walk
before bedtime, as the pastoral people
of Egypt used to do?"
Mr. Bowser went out and walked.
He walked up and down, and the
snowflakes flew and the wind howled
around his ears, and now and then he
shut his teeth together and hissed
into the darkness and the storm:
You just wait, old lady--you just
waist!"-( Copyright, 1905, by r. c.
(Continued next week.)
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
Kills Inside Germs.

The greatest value Of Liquozone lies
in the fact that 1t kills germs in the
body without killing the tissues, too.
And no man knows another way to do
it. Any drug that kills germs is a
poison. and il cannot be taken inter
nally- For that reason, medicine is
almost helpless in any germ disease.
Liquozone is a germicide so certain
that we publish on every bottle an Of
fer of 81, 600 for a disease germ that it
cannot kill Y ct it is not only harmless
but of wonderful beneht-better than
anything else in the world for you. No
one is so well that he cannot be helped
by it.
The reason is that germs are vege-
tables; and Liquozone-like an excess
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
SIMPLE" MIR. BowsER.
He Continues to Live a Simple
Life.
CONTINUED from Iast week !


Next morning after Mr.. Rowser ba5
made his start to live a Simple Life,
after the lines laid down by the Rev.
charles Wagner. he woke as hungry
~ Dear and upon his descending ia
tne oinlng room and finding a dish of
cornmeal and a glass of water await
ing nm his face seemed to Iengtbep
out foot longer. Tt wouldn't do fo-go
back on himself, however, and he mt
to eat. al
Mrs. Bowser had provided berself
with eggs and bacon and rolls and cof-
Zee and he mentally made up his mind
tnat II he ever came to an end of his
simplicity he would hake her heart
ache for thus tantalizine and defvinc
MIN at the same time.
Are you going to wear those old dIIds
to the Officer" she asked after awhile.
suit. ~
Certainly" was his reply. "clotbes
do not make the man. The people of
this nation are paying out millions and
mlll1onS OF dollars a year for silks and
Droadcloths, when palmer goods would
40 far better I shall be as consistent
In my dress as in my eating''
And how about your lunch at noon ?''
snail seek some restaurant where
l can get glass of milk and a crust
of bread.''
And our dinner tonight?''
If you will kindly have a baked
potato and a cut from a stale loaf Of
bread ready for me, it will be amply
sunc1ent. You can go ahead and gorge
yourself and die as soon as you please -
Mr.. Bowser had a rather bad day of
it. When he got out to the corner he
decided that consistency demanded that
he should walk instead of taking the
street car. He had gone about two
blocks when his feet suddenly went out
from under him and he came down like
a house. Before he could remember
the new role he was playing he had ut
tered about 16 cuss words, and as he
scrambled around on the ice a woman
turned aside and extended him a hand
and said:
Poor old man! You don't look as
if you had anything to eat for three
or four days, and those old clothes
won't keep you from freezing. I pity
you. and yet must warn you against
that awful habit of swearing"
Mr.. zBowser refused her aid with &
grunt, but five minutes later had an
other adventure. A grocer's wagon had
stopped on the cross-wallz, and forget
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
Germ Diseases.

These are the known germ diseases;
all due to germs or to the poisons which
germs create. These are the diseases to
which medicine does not apply, for
drugs cannot kill inside germs.
All that medicine can do for these
troubles is to act as a tonic, aiding
Nature to overcome the germs. But
those results are indirect and uncertain
depending on the patients condition
A cure is always doubtful when drugs
are used. and some of these diseases
medicine never cures.
Liquozone alone can destroy the
cause of these troubles. It goes wher-
ever the blood goes, so that no germ
can escape it. The results are almost
inevitable. Diseases which have resist
ed medicine for years yield at once to
Liquozone. "Incurable' diseases are
cured by it. In any stage of any dis
ease in this list the results are so GER
tain that we will gladly send to any
patient who asks it an absolute guar
anty.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11

Liquozone is a product which, in the
past two years has sprung into world
wide use in the treatment of germ dis
eases 1t is now used by the sick of
nine nations: by physicians and hospi-
tails everywhere 1t is daily used in
millions OF homes in America
The virtues of Liquozone are derived
solely from gas, made in large part
from the best oxygen producers. No
drugs, no alcohol-nothing but this gas
enters into it. The process OF making
takes IA days. and requires immense
apparatus. At the end of two weeks
we get one cubic snch OF Liquozone for
each 1850 cubic inches of gas used
The attainment of this product has for
more than 20 years, been the constant
search.
The main result IS. to get into a Ii
quid, and thus into the blood, a power
sui yet harmless germicide. And the
product iS 60 helpful-se good for you
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11

years. He even went beyond that and
said he had made four or five converts,
and that he was thinking of going out
into the country to live in a cave and
subsist on roots.
Mr.. Bowser fingered over his dinner
as long as he could, and several times
expressed his pity for the rich and
their ignorance in overlooking their
stomachs. and he smiled in q fatherly
way at the cook as they left the table
for the sitting room. When they were
seated Mrs. Bowser said:
The Topeka state journal., 1905-03-11
Cured Consumption.

Mrs B. ". Evans, Charwater. Kan.
months The doctors said he had quick
consumption. We procured a bottle Of
BaIIard's Horehound Syrup and 1t cured
him That was six years ago and since
then we have always kept bottle in the
house We can not do without It. For
cofe1s and colds It has no equal" 25c, 5Oc
and 500. Sold by Rowley & Snow and W.
s. Miller.