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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-18

three blllS introduced on the the first
working day oil the legislature nine
We're strictly OF the reform order. SEN
ator Dowdell. who has a record of pop
ullsm extending over many years and
in extreme degree. claims to be nom
plussed and put out of the running by
the radicalism of the body TO which it
is his honor to belong. and states that
hereafter he will be entitled To a place
with the conservatives There was
some surprise manifested that all of
these reform measures should have
found expression on the first day ON
which bills We're introduced, but the
leaders of the movement explain this
by saying that the people have en-
trusted them With the important work
of securing this remedial legislation
ard that promptness and earnest work
rather than diplomacy is what will
count at this time
Primary Bill Is No. 1.
Senate bill No. / is the primary law
patterned after the petitioncCi law of
two years ago, but With some ma
terial changes which make ii more
acceptable to Governor Crawford
and this bin will be known as
istinS conditions it is not expected that
opposition Will appear from any source
TO any OF the provisions of the bill and
1T viii! undoubtedly be ore OF the FIRST
bills to receive the governors sigma
ture.
The anti-pass bill introduced by
Byrne. of Faux. will also he forced to
tho front but its pathway viii not be
so clear The clause of exceptions is
rather broader than that OF the inter
state rate law. but the railway cornpan-
les viii seek To have ii enboGy n pro-
vision BY which reasonable CONCESSIONS
can he made to men Wholly engaged in
the real estate business, making tie
argument that considering the untleyel-
oped condition OF . portion OF the state
allG the railroad extensions which Wiil
eau Tor mueh new settlement in the
districts west of the river. the roads
should be left unlampCred ~ this work
which means so much for tho state ana
Tor their OWN future busifcsa
May Enlarge the Boards.
y rumor says that the board of ..lari-
tles and corrections whicn vas reduced
from five to three AT the session Of
1903 will again be raised TO five partly
for political reasons. and tho san,e
thing may happen to the board of rail-
way commissioners, in being said in tho
latter case that the commission even
with the a>>quisltion OF Geo Rice. who
has already qualified. will still be in
torney, and this can only be obyiated
by the enlargement of the commission.
These are simply current ru,nors.
The state of North Carolina need he,
IN no haste to express a disposition of
Willingness TO accept the money which
IL paid to The state of South Dakota
as advocated by Governor lClrod In his
last message, for a partial canvass OF
the Premiership fails to reveal any
sentiment faNorinG a return of tho So :
'uo Whl"h was conveyed to the uuiyar-
sltN. There are some who say the state
sEould not accept any more gifts of
this character
There is still considerable discussion
OF thtt feature of Governor Crawford 9
message criticising the contingent fund
ol o.. various state Offices. the governors
IN particular, but no definite movement
has so iar crystalized for its repeat
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-18
or g NEW Bills
9 9 Arr: FOR REFORMS
Senator Dowde!l, a Former
Radical Populist, Says He APP
pears as Conservative.
NO. 4 is PRIMARY BILL
1t Is Administration Measure and Wi
Be Rushed to Its Passage-Char
tiles and Railroad Boards
May Be Enlarged.
Pierre s. d.. Jan. 1s-At AN inform

Pierre, S. d., Jam. 16.-At an inform
grouping of conservative members tn
morning the opinion was freely el
pressed that the two bodies are going
to the extreme in proposing railroad
legislation and that it has now taken
on the aspect OF a search to find some
be imposed rather than an effort To
remedy the conditions in response 10
public need.
The conservatives point to Governor
CraWford's message as q Justification OF
their position. He recommends the
anti-pass law, employers liability law,
larger assessment of trackage in cities
and towns than in the country, and
lastly connecting tracks. 1t is claimed
that to seek to go beyond this point
at the present time is unwiSe and rad
ical and may involve the reform forces
i'm dissension which may leave some
pledges unfulfilled
AntiPass Bill to Be Rushed. ,
The senate committee ON railroads
this morning held its first meeting and
considered 8Nrne's anti pass oil which
Will probably be reported back to the
senate Tuesday and given its second
reading, ilt which case it will pass that
body on the following day fl contains
the material cl&use OF the interstate
law on which the newspapers were
barred from making exchange con-
tracts With the railroads and the ques-
ton is raised whether such law could
hnnul u contract already entered into
between the publisher and the railroad
company y hypothetical question i'm
volVing this point was today put ta
several prominent lawyers and the
unanimous opinion was that Il con-
tract made the first of this year upon
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-18

House Committees
Appropriations-Cabl Michaels, White
more, Stokes Larson, Foster, Ellerman,
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Prctop1asm.

All life on the earth appears only in connection with one substance-a wa tery jelly-closely related chemically to egg albumen-and this substance is known as protoplasm. Every living thing is built of this one substance jeIlyfish, trees, whales, men-every- thing that lives. Biologists have suc- ceeded ill doing some wonderful things. Five or six starfsh eggs have been fused into one, from which a monster starfsh has been produced Other starfsh eggs have been separated into eight pieces, from which eight dwarf starfish have been brought forth. Crabs can be made to order, with the large claw on either the right or the left side, and f1atfsh have been pro duced with the color pattern on the underside-New York American.
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Tho Great White Shark.

The man eating fish par excellence Is the great white shark. It is otherwise known by the name of man eater. Oc' casionally specimens are seen on both coasts of the United States, though Its more customary habitat is in tropical waters. This frightful creature attains a length of nearly forty feet, and 1t Is able to swallow a man whole. This fact is proved by an experiment which sailors are fond of making when such a shark is captured. The skull being preserved, they amuse themselves by crawling one after another through the distended jaws. It would be unsafe to do this, however, when the head has been freshly cut off, because under such conditions the jaws will snap together fercely for some time afterward II anything is placed between them. The skull of big shark, by the way, is al ways salable owing to the demand by museums and curiosity hunters. A young sea lion weighing hundred pounds has been found in the stomach of white shark.
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Modest Contributors.

A man was coming up from Chun- chen province with sum of money which had been subscribed for the pay ment of the public debt. He was met by robbers. who took the money and started away. He called after them that the money was a subscription to the fund for the raising of the debt, whereupon they came back and handed him the money and begged his pardon for their mistake, and they gave him 10 yen extra as a contribution on their own part. He asked their names to publish in the papers, but they said they did not want to obtain notoriety in that way and declined, but said they were glad to pay something toward helping the country. News.
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Our Debt to Ancient Greece.

Greece and Rome were at the 0ppu- site poles of the human world. and equally opposite are their influences upon modern times. Rome was praC- tical, hard headed. juristic, while Greece was intellectual. emotional. artistic, abounding in what may be called the forebrain versus the brain behind the ears Rome's empire waS lengthy. ma terial. matter of fact. while Greece banked on the intellectual and spirit ual finding her greatest conquests in the realm of mind rather than in that of matter. Rome produced no great original thinker. her greatest men shin-
 ing, like the moon. by borrowed light light reflected from the sages of Ath- ems. Rome taught men law, order, obc- dience, but the mother of ideas and sentiments was Greece. From the Eternal City we have inherited our jur- jsprudence, but it is from the City of the Violet Crown that we have derived our art, science and philosophy. In q word to quote the substance of Dr. Johnsons saying, eliminate from our modern civilization all that it owes to Greece and the residue would be bar barism.-New York American.
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A Cteaey Trade,

There were oniy three houses in the little hamlet on Cape Cod. but an orator from a nearby summer colony was minded to rC;lse the civic conscience by declaring that trade was the begin ming of wis:.o-o. And" said he, Il as sure you that it is not capital half so much as It Is initiative that is needed In a place like this"
 The three citizens spat collectively and simultaneously. looking straight ahead.
 That kind O reminds me- drawled one without shifting his gaze, 70 Harve Upham an Dan Winsor, down the beach ways. Harye had shanty an Dan had shanty, an they both had some plug tobacco. One day Harve went to Dams an bought 10 cents wuth O tobacco, an the next day Dan went to Harve an bought 10 cents wuth O tobacco off him. They con tinued these sales sev'ral days. They both got all the tobacco they wanted, an Harve fin'lly retired on the dime Youths Companion.
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The Odor She Wanted.

! she paused on the pavement and ,eiutched the arm uf the woman wine
 was with her.
 9"I have found it at last"' she e; claimed. Did you notice itt IL wa: That indescribable violet perfuu.c (which l have been looking for ali these Wears. The woman who just passed us rhad it. Do you suppose she would think l was crazy if 1 went after her gapd asked her what the name of il is: "She would probably think you Werr tnsane," reioiued her companion, "b,.: Eff you wish 10 know SC mucE 1t woulA Rnot do any harm to inquire" She with the perfume had stoppc t for a moment preparatory to crossin" the street.
 "You will pardon me, won't you asked the seeker after rare scents, but would you mind telling me the name of that wonderful extract you have ann
 where you got itT'
 "Certainly not" was the response as the woman threw back her cape and showed beneath a great corsage bou-
 Quet of fresh double violets. = New York Herald.
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Not a Slip of the Tongue.

IL is dangerous to pretend to knowl- edge one does not possess. A man of little education was once guest at a dinner, during which servant stum- bled SC that q roast tongue fell from the platter lie was carrying. 1t was an embarrassing moment, but the quick witted hest saved the day by remark ing, Never mind, gentlemen, it's only 'lapsus lingua.'" This caused much laughter and applause, and instead of being spoiled the dinner was a great success. The boor, wishing to shine as 6 wit himself, shortly afterward gave q dinner, to which none of those pres ent at the first dinner were invited When the guests had been seated a servant entered bearing a beef roast Just before reaching the table he stumbled and fell. The host, leaping to his feet. astonished the guests by eXclaiming, Never mind, gentlemen it's only 'lapsus lingua '"-Kansas City Times.
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Got the Autoqraph.

At CaTlS bad on one occasion Brahms physician. Dr. Grunberger, asked the composer for his autograph for d young lady admirer, but Brahms scoid- cd him for making a nuisance of him self and refused to give it. Some weeks later, at his departure from Carlsbad, Brahms handed to the doc tor an envelope inscribed. With the cordial thanks of Johannes Brahms '' Noticing broad grin on the doctors face, he asked: What makes you look SC cheerful? You don't know yet what the envelope contains" "Nor do care" retorted the doctor. "The en- velope is the main thing. Much oblig. ed for the autographr'
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Brains and Housekeeping.

"I wonder why a brain no bigger than a salted almond is supposed to be good enough to keep house with" re marked matron the other day, "while . nimble and comprehensive intellect is supposed to be necessary in wom an who goes in for a career l find my housekeeping gives employment to every faculty I have. If l don't put out all the brain power l own, things don't go we'll. Memory, executive abil lty, observation, foresight-all are de manded in organizing and running q home Wherever you find the domes tic machine moving without creak or g jar look for the clever brain of somc woman behind it all I've known girls to take the tone that they were thrown away in being obliged to look after the details of house. Stuff and nonsense It wasn't too much mind they had fo' 1t, but not enough. ."-New York Trjt une.
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Poetry With a Stina In It.

On one occasion when William Ham, ilton Hayne was visiting Samuel Min turn Peck at the latter's home in Tus. kaloosa the two poets strolled into the woods and paused to rest beneath the shadows of the pines.
 "Here are your favorite pines. Hayne," said Peck. Lets dream q few poems beneath them"
 The languid summer day had it's ef feet or them, and they were soon snor, ing and dreaming away.
 But suddenly both awoke and both started down the home road at top speed shouting as they ran.
 An army of yellow jackets had dis covered them, and, not being partial to poetry, had forcibly and feelingly resented it's intrusion on their domain,
 Later, at supper, Peck asked:
 Did you make poem, Hayne?'
 No was the meek reply. II made 8 poultice!'
 "So did l." said Peck.
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The Turkish ManoaI.

In most of the houses In Constanti pop1e as well as in other cities of Tur. key heating in winter is done by means of the so called "mangal" This con- slsts principally of Q receptacle fo, burning charcoal. X mangal may bc nothing else than such simple brass or iron receptacle or may be quite an artistic ana expensive article of most rare and valuable workmanship. The charcoal Is first thoroughly burned through, and when it no longer emits any flame or odor the mangal is brought into the room for purposes of heating. Sometimes it happens that proper attention is not paid to the burning charcoal, with not infrequent fatal results.
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The Phantom Fire Ship,

The traditional fire ship of the Chaleur bay, New Brunswick, appear ing usually before storm, has basis a hemisphcrical light, with the flat side toward the water, glowing sometimes without much change of form, but at other times rising into slender, mov- ing columns, in which an excited im- agination might recognize the flaming rigging of ship. The general ex- planation offered is that this object is a manifestation of St. Elmo's fire, an electrical phenomenon, but the reason for it's appearing only on or near the Chaleur bay is not known.
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Why Shells Fly Straight.

Many people wonder why the cone shaped projectiles in their flight through the air do not wabble, but drive straight ahead. This is easily explained. Round the bottom of the shell is narrow band of copper which varies in width according to the size of the projectile. Being made of soft metal, this band is cut by the steel rifling of the gun on the shock of ex. plosion. This action causes the shell to revolve with lightning rapidity, with the result that it keeps steady during it's flight through the air. = London Mail.
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Analoocus.

A teacher had q very dull rup4 whom he found extremely difficult t- instruct in the letters of the alphabet
 "Tbis is letter A. explained t1e teacher for the tenth time as he wrot, tt down on the blackboard And thi: letter E." he went on, putting do~, the second letter of the alpha bet Nov, my boy" he began, kindly anl encourag gingly, as he turned to the stu p)d boy, '1et he see if you can renem Der them. What Is thisT" pointing tt the initial letter of the alphabet. i Letter A. came the slow responst from the dense scholar.
 And this:' questioned the teacher indicating letter B.
 Let Ter alone" returned the pupi instantly, his stupid face lighting III with pleasure at his own quick reply Bohemian Magazine.
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Force Exerted by the Heart.

The force exerted by the heart equals 120 tons lifted one foot. In other words, the work of the heart Is equiv alent to raising its own weight 10000 feet in one hour. A strong man can raise himself but 1000 feet in an hour This enormous force, If exerted by the heart through fixed rigid pipe. would shoot the blood along with each jerk at a rate of POO feet a second. How ever, the arteries, being elastic. are distended by the jerk or beat of the heart, and when the heart pauses after the beat the contraction of the arteries sends the blood along in a steady non. intermittent flow, which averages about one foot q second.
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Looks Eaey. but Try lt.

Did you ever notice jeweler wear ing his magnifying glass in one eye? It looks easy, but try it. The inexperi- enced citizen who tries to look at some thing with such glass is sure to close one eye. He can't look at the magnifed object with the other eye opened, as can the jeweler. This is only another evidence that one must learn all the details of ones trade. What is easy for the experienced jeweler is al! but impossible for the novice.-New York Globe
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Children In piiny's Day.

It was not a modern American writ CT who, discussing the children, wrote of them thus: How many are there who will give place to a man out of respect to his age and dignity? They are shrewd men already and know everything. They are in awe of no. body, but take themselves for their own example" These were the words of Pliny the younger used in one of his famous letters during the first Christian century, but they will strong ly apply to much of the young Amer ica of today.
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To Know Oneself,

How can man learn to know him. self? By reflection never. only by ac- tion. In the measure in which thou seekest to do thy duty shalt thou know what Is in thee. But what is thy duty The demand of the hour Goethe.
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Patmore's Wit.

In the early days of the Franco Prussian war the Emperor William was in the habit of sending telegrams of somewhat religious character to the queen. The late Coventry Pat. more, the English poet, hit this off in the following skit.
 By will divine, my dear Augusta. We've gained a batue-such a buster! Ten thousand F'renchmen sent below. Praise God from Whoni all blessings How.
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How a Stone Varies.

A stone is usually considered to be fourteen pounds, but a butchers stone of dead meat is only eight pounds, a stone of cheese is sixteen pounds, a stone of glass five pounds. while q stone of hemp runs to thirty two pounds.-London Standard.
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The Condition.

"Do you think you could be comfort able on $10.OOO year?"
 "Yes, I believe I could if the people next door hadn't more than $9,OOO a year and my wife knew Chicago Record Herald.
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No Time For Detajls,

An American speeding over the con tlnent of Europe In his automobile ask ed of his chauffeur, Where are we"'
 Tn Paris," shorteds the man at the wheel, and the dust flew.
 "Oh, never mind the details" frrlta- ply screamed the American million. a1re. "I mean what continent"
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Unhealthy.

Man to friend)-I am done with doctors henceforth. One of them ad- vised me to sleep with my windows open. I did so. and the very next morning my gold watch was gone from the bureau.-Fliegende Blatter.
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Pcrxeveranee.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence, and many things which can not be overcome when they are togeth- CT yield themselves up when taken lit tie by little.-Plutarch.
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Yes, Indeed.

"A woman makes q great change in q mans life
 "Yes, and she takes great deal of change out of it too Houston Post.
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A Painful Face.

My face pains me. doctor. What shall l doY' asked the patient
 "Im sure l don't know" replied the doctor. You know I have no way of improving your locks"
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Makina . Distinction.

''Of course you know something about that candidates political opin. ions!" said the trusty adviser.
 "I don't care a rap about his opin' ions," answered Senator Sorghum. "How are his epigrams Washington Star.
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Strikinc Likeness,

"1 want you to photograph me in |. striking attitude"
 Do you mean hold ng out your hand tsking for ncEey :"- New York Press
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The greatest pleasure Is the power to give It.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-06-17
llu6eus on Taxable County Property Expected to
Reach Thnty-FNe Million DOllars-New System
Dws Away With DOdging by Corporations.

was invested in the eompany's bust.
ness
The course followed by the Moran
Bros Co was followed by every
firm and corporation In the county
County Assessor Parish has pre-.
vented further operation OF this
system BY placing au arbitrary as
sessment on property where the
circumstances are such that there
Is reason 60 believe that a correct
statement cannot BE- obtained.
The board Of equalization. which
begins its sessions In August. viii
support the assessor In the stand
he has taken. The beard this year
In addition 90 the county commits.
sioners and the three members Of
the city council of Seattle. viii also
include the county treasurer and
the county assessor
County Treasurer Gormlcy ia in
entire sympathy with the course
pursued BY the assessors office.
states he will support Il In tho
board
The county commissioners have
- Far rendered all possible assis-
lance 10 Parish. in his efforts to
reach the tar lodging brigade. and
are sure te support htm IA MIS- xala-
ations. A this makeA five ont Of
the eight memheFa Of the board Of
equalization. The members assigned
By the eity council wiil ~ power,
iess 20 DO Any harm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-06-17

,...,,.f,ve million dollars viii
-. Ne the figure At which the
''..sal property in Kins county
- 10 taxation viii be assessed
i ysaf,
.s..s and credits which were
- n previous years are nov
-. and net included In this
-. Ultimate. The assessed value
/. = personal property last year
!. .ssus seventeen million dol
t,crease vas brought about
- he taxation of the prep
4 u ne public service corpora,
i slxty per cent Of The actual
- sastead o. al sixty per cent
& ~ value placed upon u BY the
- ~ the corporation, and by
]. ..-.sshle assessment % the
|..s,sx ef the large business con
~ mstAoa IN vogue in making
I. ss,zssmeat in previous years Il
\, ,S,nstraied tn the case Of the
"A. Rrua Co. whose property
4. glv@n 10 the assessors As Nalu.
!. !, .hout q. eoa 0eo rhls state.
.ss under cath sworn 90 -
49, a. the company. In \ pro
80 in The superior court, these
IA. sfficsys sWorc that $500, goo