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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
Closing Session Friday Morning.

The closing session of this mission
airy convention was held Friday
and while many were forced to
leave on the morning trains there
was a good attendance and the in
terest was not in the least dimin-
iShed. Rev. j. 3. Lombard, of Ged-
des, conducted the devotional exer
cises, that was followed with a brief
address by the presiding elder.
DR.. Carl A. Felt held an open a
lament which offered an opportunity
to the pastors and others to ask ques-
tions, which he answered, with refer
ence to the organization and carry
ing out of the plans for bible and
mission study.
DR.. j. M. Trimble spoke on "How
to do 1t" and laid the foundation for
preparation by prayer, and second
the knowledge of missions, which
was an absolute necessity to perma-
nent interest in missions. He said
ludI d CdllpdlSu LOT huOWluS SuOulQ
be instituted, and the best manner
was a mission study. Methodists, he
said, were not stingy, but they are at
times stringently economical. DR..
Pyke spoke on why Should it Be
Done" and gave as the strongest rea-
son that God wants it done, and that
for the sake of Christ it should be
done. These missionaries and
Christians in China had faced
death times without number and he
wanted it done in order to maintain
the homes.
The meeting came to a close with
the benediction pronounced by DR.
Dobson. The ministers in attendance
all declared that they had been
helped to a wonderful degree by the
addresses that had been given anG
the interchange of sentiments or
subjects relating to their work.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
FIRE At RIVERSIDE
The Wallis General Merchandise
Store Was Destroyed by Fire
About Midnight.

A serious fire occurred at Riverside
Thursday night at midnight, when
the store building belonging to j. F.
Wallis was consumed by the frey ele-
ments. Mr.. Wallis phoned over to
Mitchell Friday about his loss.
He said that he and his family g
tired for the night in their room over
the store building, and that about
midnight they were awakened by the
odor of smoke and when he got up
to discover the cause he found that
the whole of the north side of the
building was in flames. 1t required
some effort on the part of the family
to get out of the building and take
with them just a few belongings, and
barely having time to dress before
the flames reached the part of the
building in which they lived.
1t was practically impossible to
save anything on the lower floor
where the stock of goods was already
in flames, but they managed to get
a very few things out. Mr.. Wallis
carried a large stock of general mer-
chandise and his was the only store
in the small town. He also had the
postoffice in the building and all the
mail was lost. The loss is complete.
but just how much Mr.. Wallis said
he was unable to say. His building
was a two-story affair, and there was
nothing to impede the progress of
the flames, as there is no water sup
ply in the place.
The long distance telephone was
in the Wallis store and the lines and
pole standing near the store we're
also burned and connection broken
through that place. Manager Reeves
sent men over early in the morning
to make the repairs and connection
was restored by IL o'clock.
Mr.. Wallis carried an insurance of
about $4,000 on the stock and the
building. He was undecided at this
time whether he would rebuild. A
great many people in that section de-
pended on the store at Riverside for
their supplies and they hope that he
will resume his establishment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
SOME SHOOTING DONE
A Couple of Unknown Men Exchang.
ed Seven Shots at Each Other
Near Opera House.
Near Opera House.

Seven shots rang out on the night
air Thursday night in the vicinity ct
the old opera house building, ard
they startled the people in that neigh,
borhood out of their ebds and hur-
ried me from the adjoining places
of business. The shooting occurred
a little after 10 O'Clock.
Nobody was at all DESTROYS of get
ting very close to the duelists. One
man who was first on the scene said
he saw two men standing ome dis
lance apart and with drawn revolyers
they were pecking away at each
other in the darkness. No words
were spoken while the shooting was
going on, and after the firing ceased
both men disappeared, but the firing
was fast and furious while it lasted.
The policemen on the night beat
hurried to the scene Of the shooting
and they investigated all around the
place, but they could not find where
any of the bullets landed, the search
continuing this morning.
1t is evident that neither man was
hit by the shots, for no traces OF
blood was found where they were
standing. The whole thing is a mys-
terry and there is no thread which the
policemen could find that would give
the least intimation as to who did
the shooting.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
RECEIVED the MINISTERS
Ministers and Wives Were Guests a
a Reception Given by DIR. and
Mrs. Nicholson.

The reception given the ministers
and their wives in attendance upon
the district missionary convention, at
the presidents home, by DR.. and Mrs.
Thomas Nicholson Thursday evening
vas a most pleasant feature Of the
important religious gathering, which
closed Friday. The guests were re-
ceived by DR.. and Mrs. Nicholson, as
sisted by their daughters. Misses
Florence and Grace, and after a brief
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
CONVENTION OF MISSIONS
II Began Thursday Afternoon with "a
Large Attendance and Fine
Papers Presented.
Papers Presented.

Thursday afternoon a short bust
ness session of the District Epworth
League was held. The committee on
nominations presented the following
names:
Rev. G. ID. Brown, president; Miss
Bessie Watson, Rev. II. II. Weak,
Mrs. E. NJ. Klatt and Mrs. Eva Will
COX, vice-presidents; Miss Clara ia
cobus, secretary; Mr.. John Mott,
treasurer.
The report of the committee was
adopted by the convention.
The opening address OF the mis-
sionary convention vas made by DR..
j. b. Trimble, missionary secretary
of the Kansas City division. DR..
Trimble is one of the most enthusi-
astic of the missionary secretaries
and has brought things to pass in all
of the offices of the church which he
has filled. During the past year rs
per cent of all the missionary litera-
ture distributed by the society was
distributed on his division and about
33 1-3 per cen of the advance in the
missionary Offering of the church at
home was made by his division. DR..
Trimble has a clear vision of the
needs of the great field and a clear
vision of the omnipotence of the
leader which makes him an earnest,
inspiring and optimistic leader.
A symposium on how to meet the
crisis az given. Carl A. Felt, of
New York City, assistant secretary of
the Young Peoples Society, class
movement of the Methodist church,
made a practical and helpful address
on the missionary church. Rev. Jas.
Crowther made a telling address on
"What the Pastor Must Be and Do"
Mrs. w. H. Bacon, of Mitchell, read
a splendid paper on the Relation of
the Lay Member to the Missionary
Problem DR.. j. H. Pyke, of
Tientsin, China, closing the sympo-
SUM by a helpful discussion of "The
Place of Prayer in the Solution of
the Problem" DR.. Pyke has spent
SO years in China, has visited the
nome land but four times, has faced
death a number of times and knows
a.s only such a man can know the
place of prayer in the solution of the
missionary problem.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
M Majority Are RIah. Eyed.

! Most light handed persons are also
right eyed an oculist said. "oI
Course they can use their left eye iu.t
as well MS their right one, but they
think they cannot. For an instance.
in the navy or army recruiting sta
tioRs one of the examinations consists
of reading certain printed letters witt
one eye closed. In almost every ease
where the applicant is right handed
lie will close his left eye first and give
the right tile preference. And when
he comes TO read With his left eye
alone it is more difficult. Now, If that
mans eyes We're 10 be examined by
an expert oculist both would probably
be equally strong, hut the right handed
man always does most Of his one
eyei work with his right eye."-Kan-
sas City Star.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
Why He opsaaes IN. o."

AZ a mem'e.- of our ii council
some years - inveti. tel this
question OF municipal ownership be-
fore we contracted for or electric
lights and found that In every Instance
where the cost of munIcipil Fighting
was reported below that offered by in.
dependent contractors the di.. ere.ce
and more appeared on t;,e general
taxes, and In Hlost places i; ,yas frank
" admitted tina the light ana water
plants We're built by the city. but used
by the politicians Homer E. Stewart
in Warren tO9 Chronicle.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
Na Inslmation n ornft.

a dispatch from Wilkesbarre In re-
gard TO the municipal electric light
plant Of Easton, Pa, the breakdown OF
which has left that city In temporary
darkness, says:
Inere Is no intimation Of graft. The
condition is dine apparently to the fact
that city employees, appointed by men
holding POLITICAL Office. cannot be ex-
pected 10 have the same knowledge AZ
the electric lighting business that akill
ed employees OF private corporations
have. and consequently there is waste
and inetti"iency in city plant which
would NOT l,e possible In q well con.
ductcl private plant"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
Wrestling For Exerei...

Wrestling, the 'microcosmos Of gym.
nastics." is a line form of bodily exer-
else for those who enjoy hard muscular
work after the tedious business hours
of the day and may he practiced-
adapting it to circumstances the
man Of ripe age as well as by the
boy Of ten or twelve. especially the
form known in this country as catch
as-catch-can (Which is about identical
to one formof Swiss wrestling cx-
changed the Geco-Roman or Ger.
man Symnastlcl style for lis one
about twelve years ago. and was
then over forty years old. ana still en-
joy 1t much il my opponent Is Of my
own weight or a little lighter and if it
is deprived Of its potential rousmess
by gentlemnnly spirit of tile part
ners, New York Medical Jouruat
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
submsra.d Aristnorat..

Some curious letters are quote4 by
Mr.. Percival RickcrStaffe the pedigree
searcher, In AN interview with Il repre-
sentative of the London Tribune. One
runs:
u am a plumber and gastiter out of
work. My stummick is empty, but in
my art is the blud Of noble birth. !.
| claim the family title and tenements
which will not he dcnyed the same"
A city clerk wrote:
y have long suspected that am OF
high birth. People tell me that | have
manners above my station of life. Ny
photograph herewith shows that have
an aristocratic east Of face AMI Will
perhaps be clew to my ancestry.
do not ask for fortune, hit l aspire to
lhe pflde OF race .,---A,N-s.-,...u,.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
Preeautions Of on rimn nnetnr,

1t was formerly the practice among
physicians 10 carry cane having a
hollow head, the top Of which was
gold. pierced with holes like n pepper
box. The top contained u small
amount Of aromatic powder NJ Of
snuff. and on entering the hous" or
room where tliscasc supposed 10 he
infectious prevailed tie doctor would
strike his cane on the door to agltate
the powder and Then apply II to his
nose; hence all the old prints Of pllysi.
clans represent them with canes to
their noses.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
Beans to separate son.s,

Anatomists, when they wish 10 sep
arate The bones Of n skull. sometimes
resort to very peculiar procedure.
They I'LL tie skull with small beans
and place it in vessel o: water. The
beans swell and rend the skull apart
at the sutures. The well known Ger
man Psychologist. Grehaut, measured
the force which the beans are capable
of excrtias under these conditions and
found that 1t indicated 1--WE atmos-
pheres, equal to the average pressure
in the boiler of steam engine.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
A Mar,ianA wnrninn

In Germany all marriages have TO lie
contracted before register previous
to the ceremony In church. which is
optional. The law requires public
notice to be given Of the match. and
this notice is generally exhibited in
a box hung up at the town hall or 9th,
er municipal building. The following
official announcement appeared lately
in a small town: From today there is
fixed at the town hall the new box. in
which all those who intend to enter
the married state will be hung"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

Iilave Just received from the quar-
ries of Vermont and Massachusetts.
bought for cash from the manufac-
turers direct. the finest and best line
Of granite and marble monuments
ever shown in clarksburg. will
guarantee better work, better prices.
and the very latest designs in monu-
ments than any marble man in West
Virginia. We do all our work with
pneumatic TOOLS" much better than
can be done by the old way. Come
in and see our stock. Wells Marble
Works. 40 North Fifth street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

In using a cough syrup, why not
get the best? One that comes highly
recommended is Bees Laxative
Cough Syrup. contains Honey and
Tar and is superior to other cough
syrups in many ways. Children al
ways like it because 1t contains no
opiates,. is a laxative and is guaran-
teed to give satisfaction or your
money refunded, Try it, Sold by
Frank c. Bland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
GLASS is PECULIAR
IT Has a Number Of Curious and Con.
Trajectory Qualities.

Il Has Number Of Curious and Con.
Trajectory Qualities.
Glass is one Of the most interesting
as well as one OF tie most peculiar
things In the world It has curious
and contradictory qualities. and many
astonishing phenomena are connected
with 1t. Brittle and breakable as It Is.
yet 1t exceeds almost all other bodies
in elasticity,
II two glass Bulls are made TO strlke
each other at n given force, the recoiL
by virtue Of their elasticity, viii Ge
nearly equal 10 their original Impetus
Connected with It's brittleness are some
very singular facts,
Take hollow sphere with Il hoie
ana stop the hole with the finger. 10
as to prevent tie external and fAbrnul
air from communicating, anu the
sphere viii fly to pieces by the mere
heat Of the hand Vessels made of
glass that have been suddenly cooled
possess the curious property OF being
able to resist hard blows given TO
them from without. but will be instant
" shlvered by Il small particle Of mint
dropped into their cavities. This
property seems 10 depend upon ire
comparative thickness of the bottom:
the thicker the bottom is the more GER
tainty OF breakage by this experiment.
Some OF these vessels, 1t is stated. bnve
resisted the stroke OF mallet given
with sufficient force TO drive naa
into wood. and heavy bodies. sucn as
musket balls, pieces of iron, bits Of
wood. jasper, stone. ETC.. have been
cast into than from height of rvs
or three feet without any effect. yet
fragment Of flint not larger than pes
dropped from height of three inches
has made them ty,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
A Glimpse Oh the MILLENNIUM.

Government ownership, of railroads
and telesraphs and municipal owner.
ship Of public utilities may come some
time, bat will neter come without dam
age to the public Welfare until every
phase OF the management and opera
Zion Of the same Is put on strictly
nonpartlsan merit system ,rd thorough
business principles Mansfield (o1
News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
SWEET MELODY FLOUR,

Coughs and colds contracted at
this season Of the year should have
immediate attention. Bees Laxative
Cough Syrup contains Honey and Tar
and is uneuualled for hoarseness
Group and coughs. Pleasant to take
mothers endorse It: children like t.
take It. Contains no opiates. Move,
the bowels. Sold by F. G. Bland
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

There are many kidney remedie.
but few that accomplish the result
"Pineules" is a kidney remedy tina:
contains no alcohol or opiates of an,
kind, complies with the Nationa;
Pure Food and Drugs Law. guaran
teed to give satisfaction. Thirty
day treatment for s1.OO. Inquire
about .PIaeules." Sold by Franz
G. Bland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
a Pew,e,tul saIve.

A man III Nebraska invented new
powerful double acting salva which
shows powers never before exhibited
:g salves Of any kind. The inventor
accidentally. cut off the tail of tame
wolf. and. Immediately applying some
If the salve to the stump, u new tail
grew out. Then. picking up the old
AN he applied some Of the salve to
the raw end of that, and wolf grew
)ut, hut he was Wild wolf ana had
to he shot. Chicago Tribune.
SWEET MELODY FLOUR. !.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
A Pertinent Question.

II seems TO us well % ask ourselves
not whether we propose 70 run rail-
roads, telegraphs, street ears, water and
gas works. electric light plants and
all the rest of II. hui. whether we in
tend to keep the same sort OF govern
ment that we have had for more than
a hundred years. Editorial in Indian.
apolis News.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
SWEET MELODY FLOUR

When your kidneys are wrong
there is nothing SO good as Dewitt's
Kidney and Bladder Pills. They as
sist the kidneys. Sold by all drug
gists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
use Anestheties In Rnth 60.

Guner--In smgtey they can restore
persons skin by~grafting.
Guyer-What a big differece between
surgery and politics!
Gunner-What is the difference?
Guyer-Why. in politics they skin
people by grating. = Chicago Daily
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

NlHuF ahu Cheerful.
ness soon disappear
when the kidnevsare
out of order or dis.
ased.
Kidney trouble has
becVle so prevalent
that y not unconi.
mon fore child TO be
born amNted with
weak kidueS 1.-THE
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
SWEET MELODY FLOUR

Hurried meals, lack of exercise
are the main causes Of dyspepsia. A
Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after each
meal aids digestion, improves the
appetite. Sold BY F. G. Bland.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

KoDoL for dyspepsia clears the
stomach and makes the breath as
sweet as rose. KoDoL is sold by
druggists on guarantee relief plan.
It conforms strictly to the National
Pure Food and Drugs Law Sold
by all druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

"Preveutics" win promptly checl
a cold or the grippe when taker
early or at the "sneeze stage" Pre-
ventics cure seated colds as web
Preventics are little candy cold cur,
tablets, and DR.. shoop, Racine. via
WIN gladly mail You samples and 4
book on colds nee, II you WIN wrist
him. The samples prove their msrii
Check earlE colds with PreTentic.
and stop pneumonia. Sold In SC and
50 boxes b an dealers
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

UphoIstering ana furniture repal-
ing cheaper than ever. E. e. Allen.
6s4 West Main street. C. R. odel's
old stand.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

Unwise Under Present Conditions.
Until we remove the political lnfiu.
ence that tends toward corruption and
extravaganza believe that municipal
ownership would be unwise.- Profess.
or Sedgwick.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

Municipal ownership is an expert
ment not lightly to he venturpd upon
at the alarm call of politicians who
want TO be elected to Office New York
Sun.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03
Women as. Wen as Men Are Made
Miserable BY KidnsJ and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon The ntind,
lisconragesa and lessensa ambition; beauty,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh. or ii. when the child reaches an
lge wiiea il should be able TO control the
2assage. il is vet afflicted with bed-wet-
ling, depend upon II, thee Of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the FIRST
step should he towards the treatment of
these important organs: This unpleasant
troable is dine 10 diseased condition of
tile kiinevs and bladder and not TO a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made iniser-
aDIe with kidney aud bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
TIE mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp. Root is soon realized. Itissold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar l..l r.
size bottles. You may 1 t!1sIIi;I
have sample bottle ~ 4s!. - ~ -
BY mail free. also Home Of svampRout
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
intending many OF the thousands Of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured In writing DIR. Kilmer s. Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y, he sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake.
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
Or. Kilmer's Swamp-R Root, and the adj
lress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

SWEET NELoDY FLOUR
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-03

by druggists, i'll fifty
cent and one-lollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
iay, ,,,a,t f.-.,a also "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-10
To MEET TONIGHT
Annual Session of the Topeka
PrOvident Association.
One of the Most Worthy In
stitutiOns in the City.

The third annual meeting of the To-
peka Provident association will be
held at the association building at the
corner of Fourth and Jackson street
this evening for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing year and
the transaction of other business ap-
pertaining to the welfare of the or
ganization. Besides the election of
officers and the transac tion of associa-
ton business an excellent programme
will be given and an invitation has
been extended to the public to be
present.
The Topeka Provident Is one of the
city's institutions about which little is
known by the public at large and yet
it is one of the most important. 1t is
about the only place that the deserv-
ing poor can find where they will be
sure of a welcome and care. Hardly
a day passes that some poor unfortu-
nate applying at the police station for
aid Is not sent "just block down the
street to this association where their
temporary wants are cared for.
Old and feeble men and women,
wrecks of better days apply at the city
police station almost daily for aid
which that institution is powerless to
give and they are directed to the
Provident association where they are