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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

Wages of laborer in 1860:
Wages of the laborer in 1907 (one-
tenth increase):
Outside of the factory or foundry
classes, the average wage-earner, the
clerk, etc, IS no better off now in the mat
ter of salary than he was in 1900. Rail-
road hands are making more money, but
persons employed in ordinary outdoor la
Dor are earning the same as they did seven
years ago. Thus a very large proportion
of the people, especially In New York,
have had to bear the full force of the
marked increase in the cost of living In
the last few years. In consequence 1t Is
estimated their saving power has been
seriously impaired.
According to a calculation made by an
expert in such matters prosperity" has
cost New Workers about as follows:
Increase in rents. per year..".S12,c0.eN
Increase in cos, Of food, per year 0,GO coo
Enhanced cost of clothing ....>... o,W y ~
Increase in cos, of .1C0, g00, COS
Added price of fuel ...........-... 2O,ODO.TO
Grand to,a, s237, GOO, coo
Thus the added burden or ms city
amounts to over a quarter Of a billion of
dollars annually.
Rents nave gone up in the last two years
at least 50 per month per family. Food
has gone up at least $50 per year per in
dividual. Clothing has risen fully Sc per
year per individual. Every family in this
city now pays IS per year more for coal
In the matter of 'lu1urics" there is nc
accurate basis for estimating, bat the sun
of $10O, Goo $50 IS considered conservative
The term includes a wide range of eXpend'
itures-autos. trips to Europe. wine sup
pcrs, theater parties. expensive furniture
gowns, wraps. costly and dainty foods ant
entertainments. 1t is the universal tes
ttnony of those who are in contact witt
the better classes in New York that the,
nave been spending more lavishly III tn
last ten years than ever before in tn
memory of the present generation. Tn
exodus to Europe for the last several sum
mers has been unprecedented. 1t need
but a casual tour through the hotel an
theatrical district of this city at night t
make it clear that almost everybody VIII
has money to spend is spending 1t wit
~princely bo~unteousness and seeming
without thought OF the consequences
TIE lowering CT the purchasing Price Q
money TO the c.ltcat CT SS1s per cent. ha
nea a tremendous effect upon an excep
the we,l-tu-do. Here are the prices !
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

you.d be around to demano an e.
planation."
.Demal,d is hardly tbs word" h
corrected. rs he sat down. "Peseech
would be nearer it. L confess | was
never more surprised in my life than
when / saw you sitting there calmly
chatting away With Mrs. Trenaine.'
Then you have met her? She
thought she vas Mistaken"
You mean she knew me?" he asked
quickly.
:'She asked who you were-she fan
cied she'd met you somewhere
Godfrey laughed Il little dry laugh.
''She has" he said, ''but it's strange
she remembers 1T, for IN swear she
never looked at me--or perhaps he
added, knitting his brows, "she has
some special reason to remember. l
happened to be in the hall of the
Marathon apartment house talking
with Higgins, the ~janltor. when she
and her husband came In from dinner
the night that man Thompson wal
killed there-perhaps you remember
about it?"
I nodded, smiling.
Yes. | remember"
Something In my face caught his at.
tention.
You mean you know something
about it?" he asked quickly. But a
movement of feet across the floor out
side interrupted him. We can't talk
here" he said. will you be at home
toni-ht?'
Then I'll look you up" and he
turned to 90.
Wait a minute" said. I'm not
with Mrs. Fitch any more"
Aren't ycu?"
thon."
AT the Marathono"
"Yes-suite fourteen-Higgins will
show you up"
He stared at me an instant with
starting eyes. Then the door opened
II NJ. Royce came in. followed by
two clerks.
"Ill look for you this evening" I
added. hugely enjoying his st%upefac-
lion.
We nodded mechanically, and turned
away, walking like a man in a dream.
Well" began Godfrey, as he settled
back in his chair and looked around
the fooin, this is about the last place
OH earth I'd have expected to find you"
And yet it's not SO wonderful" 1
pointed out. Il had to change my
lodgings and found that these would
suit"
It's in YOU blood" he went on,
affair OF Miss Hoiladay. You'll never
set it out. But I'm glad you're here.
I've an idea h a We're just on the
threshold of a very remarkable mys-
terry. and you can help a lot"
Then the murder wasn't the end?"
NO; l fancy it was only the begin
ming. Now tell me how YOU happened
to be with Mrs. Trernaine last night
"Trenlaine had an important bust
ness engagement" / said, (which he
couldn't break. He'd promised to take
her TO the theater and had secured
seats. Rather than disappoint her he
asked me to take his place"
And she didn't object?"
She made the best of it, I guess"
SHE emo to be getting a good deal
of fun out of it,"
"She was. She's the most unconven-
tional creature | ever met. She'd in
terest you, Godfrey"
II don't doubt it in the least. But
Trenaiae interests me. too. You don't
happen to Know what this business en-.
gagenlent VASE" and he looked at me
With n queer smile.
NO: I suppose that 1t had something
10 do With his railroad"
His %railroad?"
1 related briefly the project in which
Tremaine was engaged.
We'll. perhaps it was connected with
that" Godfrey said, when I finished
but indirectly-very indirectly. H,
spent the evening i'm Dickie Delroy'!
box at tho OPERA"
Continued Next Weekly
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01
A TRIBUTE TO THE IRON HORSE.
Old Railroad Mans Lament at tho
Growth of the Electric Motor.

Growth OF the Electric Motor.
From the New York Sun.
The locomotive was to the land what
the steamboat was to the river" said a
veteran railroad manager. Someone had
asked him If he was not glad to see
electricity taking the place of steam
in the operation of railroads.
The business has had to come to it,"
he said with a sort Of lamentation in
the confession. $50 had to
give up steamboating and come to the
railroad when steam was the power on
land.
But, personally, it fills me with re-
greet to Sc the locomotive going to
the dead yard. There was always
something human. in my mild. in the
: 1T completed the picture Of a land
scape. II a man had been rambling
In a wilderness all day and suddenly
came upon a bit of view in which
a locomotive was making a whirl with
a long train Of cars, the scene was
inspiring. 1t made the observer feel
as IL he was on the rim Of civiliza-
ton.
The long pail OF smoke or the white
cloud Of steam against the sky added
to the picture. The electric engine can
| never make such a scene.
! form of a station when a locomotive
numbered In with Its train that was an
hour or two behind time? 1t had the
animated nature Of a great horse that
had just come TO the wire after a hard
and close race. 1t breathed like a
Splinter after a long run. 1t trembled
in it's iron harness like a living crea-
ture.
THE electric motor comes to a stand
still in an instant. 1t looks like m
thing decapitated, anyway.
D you remember a picture that was
painted a long time ago called Flight
Of the Fast Mail?' 1t was copied and
brought down to the level of a chrome,
and hen 1t was reduced to a cut and
used as an advertisement. But 1t al
ways had motion. 1t was a conbina-
ton of power and speed. and it was
as graceful as a swallow on Ii wing.
For many years in the offices Of
in towns remote from the big cities
there used to be seen pictures of MD
night races on the Mississippi o,
scenes Of steamboats, wooding VI by
torchlight. People from the back set.
Elements gazed at those old time pic
lures with as much interest as the new
generation visits the art galleries.
Gradually these pictures were taker
down. Railroad scenery took theil
place. The locomotive was the center.
piece.
"Then poets sang the praise of tn.
iron morse. Ever Iotlce now u cFOWt
in a city will look at a moving picture
on a canvas of a railroad train drawn
by a locomotive? The vitascope mad,
1t a reality. You felt like getting on
Of the way when you saw it coming
with all Of i,s speed. with all Of it.
power hidden from the sight, no cleo,
trio engine or motor will ever satisf,
the eye. And as for the feeling o
safety. I shall never lie down in i
sleeping car, no matter how luxuriou!
it may be, knowing it is being hauled
by an electric engine, and feel quite a
secure as I have always felt when
knew the locomotive was at work VI
in front. Me for the old iron horse"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01
Nv.
THE PROBLEM OF THE DIAMOND.

THE PROBLEM OF THE DIAMOND.
I was scarcely surprised when God
frey's card was ~bio.siis IN to me at
the Office ;:ae ;lc::s morning. Both Mr..
Graham and a:-. Royce happened to be
out at the time. so that I had the inner
room to myself. and I directed hat
Godfrey be shown in at once.
II was expecting you." I said. rising
to shake hands with aim. ."rhat stare
Of yours last night warned n.e that
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01
III.
A BREAK IN A CIRCLE.

My acquaintance with the Tremaines.
In the weeks that followed, grew by
tm~perceptible degrees into an init
macy which was one OF the most pleas
ready attempted to give some idea, al
though I realize how cold II mad
equate it is. AS l began to know her
better, I came to wonder more and
more at her complexity, her simplicity,
he swift change of mood. her utter
other thing I saw, and that was her
absolute worship of Tremaine. ques-
ton il he fully understood its strength;
lie a grown, in q way, accustomed to
.xas startlingly apparent. I say start
linGly, because one was vaguely con-
scious of ~unsounded, threatening
depths beneath that sweet exterior,
which promised I know not what of
passion and tragedy. should they be
rudeiy stirred.
AS for Tremaine, I hesitate to say
how utterly l fell under his spell. Yet
this was not in the least to be Won
aetea at. My life had been. on the
bread; my experience Of the world had
been cast in the usua groove while
his had so evidently overleaped them,
had struck out q path for itself into
all sorts OF unexpected places. Why
he 50 eyerted himself to charm and
conquer me I do not yet fully UNDER
~stand-perhaps It was the mere delight
in power, in the exercise of his dazzling
faculties: or perhaps 1t was that he
had leisure, that his mind was not yet
engrossed in the game on which he
staked SC much.
nave said that his life had been
cast in many curious places. Mar
Unique was only the last of these, the
business which brought him to New
York was the forming of a syndicate
to build a railroad through the island.
Through is the right word, for It was
evident that. owing to the islands pc
culiar formation. there would have to
be much tunneiling. But he waved
all such practical difficulties aside and
discoursed Of the great future before
such a roa with an enthusiasm that
was absolutely convincing.
/ remember one evening he got fair
" started upon this hobby of his and
talked uninterruptedly for at least an
hour-facts. details. descriptions at his
f~nger-ends. Cecily. chin in hands, lis
tened intent to every word. and !. with
fresh upon me, can understand how
he won the ear Of even wall streets
suspicious denizens. And, indeed, 1t
was q wonderful prospectus which he
painted-broad sugar with
no market. the Whole trafnc Of the is
land carried upon the heads of women;
the great sand heaps Of the east coast
90 per cent. pure steel. waiting only for
development. but worthless now be-
u no ship a approach them-and
I know not what beside. but all of
which, I have no doubt, was substan-
TALLY true.
Perhaps I am lingering unduly
over this portrait Of Tremaine. but
have never met his EQUAL for
daring, for audacity. for per-
n magnetism, In the DAYS that
followed, / was to see less and less
Of him, but the memory Of those frst
evenings is a living and vivid one.
can see him sitting there vet be
tore me with his wonderful eyes, his
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

Lost i'm the Aust. allan bush, neg,
Port Darwin. for five days. Engine r
Commander L. S. Silk was fourd a.iya
and well by a black tracker.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

NoW York OF some OF INC oFdliiais iSS'"7
Sites now, as compared with a year ago.:
1907. 1906.
White potatoes, per barrel SEQ $l.W
Sweet potatoes, peg barrel =. 10 In
Picked fish. per kit .......-.. GO I'm
Flour, per barrel notwithstanding: Id o.p
Cotton dress goods. per yard .a9A .Mh
Prime beef, per carcass 800. !.5u 40
Jo,tter nor Mound '....... ~ .25
10. no, n,r noInI II ID
Salt, soap and sugar are about the only
staples that have stayed at the same price
during the last twelve months. Apples
are 20 per cent. higher than in September.
1906, and pears nave advanced 20 per cent.
in cost. Nearly all canned vegetables and
fruits and meats and preserves have gone
up 10 to Is per cent. Fresh milk Is now
bringing . cents a quart bottle in the
good neighborhoods, but condensed milk
has not been advanced. Cigars have adj
vanced Is to 90 per cent. Where the price
is the same the weight or quality has been
reduced. All the dairy products are up.
Whistles and wines now cost the con-
sumner more than for a long time previous.
Butter, cheese. eggs, all dairy products
are higher than since the civil war. All
pork products are up from 5 to 10 pei
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

cent. According to a statement made to
the World by Conron Bros, beef. lamb
mutton and pork now cost New Workers az
least a cent q pound more than a year ago
Turkeys will be higher this Thanksgiving
than last, and ducks may cost 3 cents q
pound more. Chickens and fowl are ne
higher than last year. and may go lower
Here is the cost of a Thanksgiving fam,
lily dinner in New York for 1897, as com
pared with 1906:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

From the Washington Herald.
4 $50 nat is a conceit.
a $50 ma is a CONNECTION.
A So hat. Is a sin and a shame and a
perfect justification for going homo.
to mother.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

Purchasing power of 81 in 1907:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

New York of some of tho ordinary neces-
Sites now, as compared with a year ago:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

Wages of laborer in 1860:
Wages of the laborer in 1907 (one-
tenth increase):
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-01

Purchasing power of 81 in 1900:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-02-16
Thirty Years 400.

For the week corresponding with next
in 1877 the paragraphs below comprise
i'm mart items Of occurreuce then neIv.
-,
T., Inc PaSH,nI %! lnt oia"HualIloh 'oai
nu'HPIHN 'H''m'!lE 'h' '"lh"erIaud ana
I"iI'SN lNah.a h IA company, 70 ana ana
n ~ :n, 'p'tIrol oI lhG h4I'Iin"re ana ONO
u M was n Io,Ic of mmnrrGrns,yp COM.
mont nv the Ior,rNN,
n,,.ni., - va,.',, .,,.,,., ,,....l p,,.;.,,,,.
th. 'nn.nlid,t,nn romn,nv Inv thnr bros.
or, nearly Nil of tha 4 and q r. Jirrctorv
.,, ~,
Commissions ) to vote DECLARING il had
..un ripht tn go behind tha | ouisi,I,a rntnr,,"
was occasioned by its later decision by same
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-02-16

That full force the there
from being under thus ABoLHING Com
the Unscientiic, ndiscrimnate
The steadily decreasing basis profit growing competitions and
the of book
keeping coupled with the great growing conducting business
generally MAKE PURsUA THIS COURSE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY
beg remain heartily for UptoDate Modern Methods of Doing
RuSin
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-02-16

Ready cash is the one essential, and
when it circulates freely from hand to
hand in the discharge of obligations is as
much of IA blessing as the gentle dew,
which descends alike upon the just and
unjust Therefore "cash up" and
help to make each other happy. Blessed
are those who pay promptly, because
they in their turn shall be paid.-Balti-
more Sun.
and Stimulnted the determination of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-02-16
From Far Alaska.


Intelligence reached here SUNDAY of the
arrival at Washington, Pa. of il team Of
L ,Iimo dogs. bound from Nome, Alaska,
to Washington, d. c ria National Pike.
1t was figured on at once that the
team would reach here Wednesday,
Tuesday afternoon, therefore, the
JOURNAL opened upcommumcation with
the "Bendrr HOTEL Gruntsvllle. en-
gaging the latter to keep the great paper
advised
Wednesday morning message came
stating that the team was ~, rant, from
Addison, Pa, IT miles beyond Grants
VILE
About noon another that "the team is
here and will leave eastward at l:l5
p m.
About a. p. m the team arrived here
schoOl-children, had gathered at the
Hotel Gladstone. The children would
not give way, it is said, for display
The driver became cross and made Il
squirt out of town.
The JOURNAL was one Of many, there.
fore, who failed to see the team.
The only resource left was to take the
> o'clock electric car. This was done
and the team oyertaken short distance
beyond the Six Mile House
As the car ran up behind them the
dogs SHE'D away, but, meeting the car
coming west, the dogs trotted along
gaIy and III perfect order,
There are seven, all beauties
The sled, or combination sled and
wagon, Is IA small affair, weighing, with
driver nearly 500 pounds
81,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-02-16
The blessing of Ready Cash

Promptness i'll the payment of small
debts AS well as large ones will con
tribute at all seasons to the comfort of
everybody, but more especially now, in
the beginning of the year, when there
are few who do not have something to
pay or to receive. money makes the
mare 90" is an old proverb, originating
very likely on the turf. 1t also makes
business 90 in all its departments.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-22
STATEMENT SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THE
MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
Mir, M.reho III
RESOURCES.
Total ........., 615,o43 II Total.,.".,.,-
OF THE ABOVE AMOUNT OF LOANS AND DISCOUNTS

DISCOUNTS
To Of
nk. @ m None
nk
of Banko
E. VYATES, Cashier Merchants and Farmers Bank
andu
F.
Examine dandf ound orrec.
g. ].
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-22
BROOKSVILLE ITEMS.

The large audience that listened to
Judge Truly last Friday evening was
highly entertained.
A great many of our citizens went
to Macon Wednesday to hear Gov.
Vardaman speak.
There is a good deal of improvement
going on. Mr.. ]. G. Peterson's house
is well under way, Mr.. Jno. Wilkins is
beginning to build two-story resi-
dence. The brick stores are rapidly GO
ing up. and Mr.. ]. L. S. Peterson is
putting up brick warehouse.
We learn that Mr.. Borgess. has sold
his farm west of town to Mr.. Gurler,
the northern man who is buying land
so extensively.
Mrs. Hambrick is enjoying visit
from her daughter, Mrs. Ledbetter of
Shreveport, La. Miss Helen Ham
brick is also at home from school.
Mrs. Jno. Wootten and children and
Mr.. Kelley Wootten have returned
from a trip to the southern part OF the
state and to Louisiana.
Mrs. Lillian Todd of Union, is the
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
w. Memories.
Miss Archer Mcleod is in West
Point at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Meek.
Mrs. Ride Stevenson has been up to
see Mrs. Tindall this week.
Mr.. Milton Wootten of Louisville, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. B. M. Borgess..
Miss NJ. E, Morgan is at home for
vacation.
Miss Fannie Ware of Amory, is be-
ing entertained at Mrs. j. N. Nc. Nor
ries'.
: Miss Bette Tate is in Macon with
F.. Mrs. H. H. Brooks, Jr.
d Miss Annie Bell johnson Is visiting
Mrs, Holman in Macon.
Monday evening there was se'ec'
picnic on Carpenters Lake. 1t was
COTTON up in honor of Mr.. Jas. JamisoI
y of Nashville, who is with the families
! of Mrs. Hall and Mr.. Eris Jamison.
i Tuesday evening, at the home OF hi
sister, Mrs. Alya Parks, MIR. Glove
4 Wilkins gave an elegant reception t.
= the members of the ]. N. G. Club,
Saturday evening Miss Leila Ma.
Grey entertained her friends at birth
S. day party, she being six years OF age
Miss Belle Lanier is in Starkville
a Normal school.
II DIR. Robert of the A. & M. Colleg
was down professionally a few day
ago.
Rev. S. L. Pope has been in the E1
IS Prairie neighborhood all week.
to Miss Walker Morehead is visitin
ou Miss Ruby Porter across the Noxube'
" Hon. Walter Price was in tow
IL Thursday, seeing his friends.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-22

Born Mr.. and Mrs. 7. c. Lyle, of
Lauderdale bouncing BABY boy Thurs
day night, :
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-22

Miss Resale Baptist has been the
guest of her sist r, Mrs. J. E. Rives
this week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-22
Pointer Pups for Sale.

A few high-bred pointer pups, both
sexes, for sale.
]. 7. SARGENT.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-06-22
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL.


Miss Elma Pruit left this week to
visit relatives in Meridian, Jackson and
Newton.
DR.. B. T. Jones and family will leave
shortly for Monteagle, Tenn, to spend
the summer.
Miss Daisy Pruit left Thursday for
Grenada to join house party given by
Miss Dubard of thai city.
Rev. Q. A. Oates, a very much be-
loved Methodist minister of South Nox
ubee, was in the city last Monday.
Mrs. S. M. Bray and children of
Memphis. Tenn, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. N. B. Hester, Mrs. Bray parents
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Utermoehlen of
Columbia, S. c., are spending the sum
mer with Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Deupree
at Deerbrook.
Mrs. Joseph Misso and sisters, Misses
Annie Misses Eva Lockley returned
Tuesday from Scooba, where they have
been visiting friends and relatives.
Misses Annie Mae Martin and Ada
May Zepernick returned home yesterday
after delightful visit of ten days to
their friend, Miss Alice Garner of West
| Point.
Mr.. Jno. P. Hunter, who has been
doing contract on the extension of the
Cochran short line to Stone, Ala, has
returned home and will now make the
canvass of the county for the Office of
assessor.
Friends in Macon of Mr.. Sam King
have received invitations to his mar
rage to Miss Florence Lillian West on
the afternoon of Wednesday, June 26th,
at the First Baptist church, West
Point, Miss. They VII reside at Oko-
Iona, Miss.
MIR. Jno. H. Jones has been very i'll
for several days this week, He was
taken with violent cramps on Tuesday
morning last and when the doctor ar
rived found he was threatened with
congestion. His condition, at this
writing is very much improved.
Mr.. j. W. Deupree has been appointed
by the Central committee of the State
Teachers association to represent NoX-
ubee county in the effort to establish
State Normal School. Mississippi is
one of the two States in the Union
without training school.
i,Miss Stella Smith, daughter of Mr..
Conrad Smith of Aubrey, returned Fri
day from an extended visit to Nash
Vile, Tenn, and several cities of North
Alabama and Mississippi. She was ac-
. companied home by Misses Marian ant
!. Virgie Mosely and Carrie Jordan OF
e West Point, and her couson, Mr.. Lu
clan Smith of North Alabama.