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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
DON'T DO IT.
BY Kate Thorn.

From the New York Weekly.
Don't occupy TWO seats in a crowded
railroad car. when YOU have only paid for
one.
Don't throw orange peel or banana skin
on the sidewalk.
Don't carry an umbrella under your
| arm, and let it stick out behind, at the
| risk of punching out the eyes OF some
body who is following in your wake.
Don't tip back in your chair. and bal
ance Your seat on two legs. Don rock
yourself in a rocking chair, as II you We're
on a wager to see how much rocking you
could get into the hour. Keep your feet
still. Let the curtain tasscls alone. Put
the books you look at back iii their places.
Don't strum on the piano. and don't let
your children, either. No matter If your
hostess does assure you that it is no mat
ter, and that it will not hurt the piano,
she doesn't mean it, and she is mad, clear
through, all the time, and not to blame
if she is.
Don't talk over your family affairs. The
world at large does not care whether your
husband drinks milk in his tea, or not;
and it is not q matter of public interest
that Your daughter Sally cannot eat
d~oughnuts, or that YOUR Tommy is so deli
cate that he has no relish for anything
except to stay in tho house, and eat
pound-cake and jelly. Nobody cares
whether you like the smell of onions or
not, and it viii not be @ benefit to any
body to know that you never put these
strong smelling vegetables in soup, be-
cause they scent up the curtains, and
things.
Don't ask any woman her age. She will
want to roast YOU in purgatory for it. No
body has yet been able to clearly explain
why it is that the female of the human
species is so averse to letting it be known
-. -1,,.- sl,n J,1c. l,AA- ~, I'm IA 1i
tant of this mundane sphere, but the fact
remains, and it is not best to NEEDLE in
that sort of thing. 1t stirs up hard feel
ings.
Don't advise anybody in their private
affairs. Let them so it alone, and they
will not nave the chance of saying, wher
they make 4 mistake, Il never should
have thought of doing it, but Mrs. Jones
advised ms to-
Don't get out of temper. When you do
you place yourself at the mercy of al
creation, and any idle wretch has the
power to make You unhappy.
Don't expect all people to be youl
haven't any need of them. Don't sit dowi
in misery if somebody does speak i'll o.
YOU. 1t won't kill YOU. 1t won't shorter
your life. And as a general thing. it Won
affect your character. For all people who
have any worldly wisdom at all know
that no individual can live in this worlC
and not haze ill-natured things said abou
him. 1t is one of those evils which W.
have to take along with flies, mosquitoes
and leas, and thank our stars that it i
no worse.
Don't borrow money of your friends. i
always destroys friendship. Don't ask ia
vors OF your relations. Don't wait for
n dead mans shoes. Don't buy lotter
tickets. Don't dabble in rnining-stock
unless YOU live in Wall street.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

~ M
The directors of the Great Melon Rail-
road company We're gathered round the
board. 1t was a highly important meet
ing.
'G~entlemen." said the president. I'VE
have. as YOU know. accumulated a sur
| plus of $50, coo, 600. AS honest and pains
| taking men, it only remains for us to de-
eide the form in which this shall be dis
,ributed to our Woodworking stockholders
of whom I-ahem.-am one of the larg-
est"
At this moment the superintendent OF
the road was announced.
"Gentlemen. excuse me for interrupt
Ing YOU; but the fact Is, a strike has
taken place at the other end of the road
and is rapidly spreading. The engineers
complain that they have to work nearly
fifteen hours out of the twenty-four,
which makes it impossible for them to do
their duty, thus increasing the danger of
severe accident. The brakemen are paid
starvation wages, owing to the fact that
the ice trust-"Of which 1 am a director
murnured the president-the Goa! trust.
the meat trust-''in which we are all vital
Nv Interested the other di-
vectors-have put up the price of all ne
cessities. Here are the demand OF the
men"
The president, concealing his annoyance
as much as possible, glanced over the pa
DEF llllutu " III, oiib AiASAh ShAN
What is your pleasure? Shall we raise
the wages of these misguided men?"
"Never..' muttered the other directors
unanimously.
Thereupon the president of the board
turned to the superintendent:
You have heard our reply" he said
Make usual efforts to take care of pas.
sengers and shippers. call on the militia
II necessary, and issue a manifesto show
ing how we have worked and labored to
preserve harmony. how unjust the de
mands of our employees are. and how W.
will. If necessary, fight to the death ant
put the dear public to no end of incon'
venience and trouble rather than give VI
one :ota of the rights to which we are en-
titled under the constitution"
Then, turning to the directors. he whin
pered, Gentlemen, l guess we'd better
not cut that melon until after this strike
is over"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
MUSIC HAS POWER.
Musio Has Cured a Variety OF

From tho Philadelphia Record.
A lecture of 40 little interest on ny
Place of Music in the Healing ART was
delivered here a few days ago before doc
.ors of medicine and music by Dr. q. NOR
nan Meachcn. Nj. ID. Il. Sc. The lecture
VAS given under the auspices of the In
.orporated Guild of Church Musicians.
DR.. Meachen argued that there was q
distinct connection between music and
.ncdicine. and declared that the irst re-
corded instance OF a musical treatment
vas for madness. when David plaSeo lAe
aarp before Saul. A subsequent speaker
pointed out that Saul flung his JaNelin al
David.
The lecture was interspersed With musi-
sal illustrations to illustrate DIR. Meach-
EMS theory. AS he mentioned various uls'
eases and physical functions a piano or o
riolin gave point to the argument. BOZ
Instance:
ouickening heart The seventeenth
beat and respiratory century melody.
movements.
1.-The Dance OF the
Bite of %tarantula "arantula-'
spider.
TO GOETHE excita- turne in e Flat"
,;litv and induce and one of Staven-
.on,no,once hagen's Pastorales.
To dissipate nerv- Godard's En- Cou-
aus WEAKNESS. rant.
DR. Meachen quoted cases where music
kind unspecifed) cured a child of scream
,g fits. reduced febrile temperature and
soothed the insane, and where the banjo
cured in three days an apparently nope
ess case of neurasthenia.
Or. Meachen said that music enlarges
The blood vessels and thereby caused the
,lood to flow more freely. whereby the d.
xestion is stimulated. THUS" he said.
the good effect is seen OF an orchestra
At meals" "a.
DIR. Meachen also expressed his bel1ef
mat music is a cure for alcoholism, and
.ited as evidence in some measure the pop
,larity of Saturday night concerts. and,
N conclusion, lie asserted that music must
oot he use as a remedy.
az When absolute quiet must be main
aimed.
(l When the ears are inf1amed.
"a When the patient does not desire 1t.
DR. Churchill Sibley, who presided, said
that he could anticipate a good time COM
,ne for musicians. II can see q Musical
Pharnacopoeia arriving soon with such
prescriptions as 'forty-one bars Of ire
mole to cure delirium tremens." he said.
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leisure to the study OF detective stories,
and so felt himself qualified to speak.
Doggie's was 100 broad a mind to
ignore a suggestion, even though 1t
might emanate from am inferior, Al
the same time. a stro . Na%poleanic cast
of temperament rend y ID him incapable
of publicly acknowledging indebted
ness.
SILLY little ass" he cried. contemptu-
ously. as he flung his books over his
shoulder and started for home.
But it was noticeable that when. on
the morrow, Doggie convened a gath
ering of his Nv particular %cronies, ut
tie Henderson formed one of the party.
Captain Heatherington sat smoking
over the remain of his bclated break
fast. He was moody and discontinued
Inclined to grumble at all the world.
Scarcely recovered from the effects
of a bad touch of enteric. he was still
painfully reminded. by sharp neuralgia
/ twinges, of the day when a Boer bull
let had shattered the bones of his left
forearm.
hcient to account for the hopelessly
pessimistic mood in which his landlady
Surprised him as she entered with the
card. 1t was Il grimy slip Of paste
board. and on it in large school boy
characters, We're traced tie words:
MIX. Llo.N Ell Jo->Lc'
The Cupid Investigation Society.
Captain Heatherington took tn" mis-
sive listlessly. He had no wish to en-
terrain a visitor Just then. But as he
glanced at the card, the expression on
his face became first bewildered. thci
interested.
What does it all mean?" he asked.
Its a young gentleman, sir-a yer!
young gentleman" replied the house
keeper, with q smile.
Doggie entered rather shamefacedly
1t was his first professional call, ane
he was suffering from d keen sense OF
his limitations. All his thinking
had failed to reveal q way in which ne
might hope to introduce his subjec
without iacur~ing the risk of offending
He perched himself upon the extreme
edge of a chair, and sat twirling hi:
cap-tlie picture of forlorn nervous
ness.
Heatherington took pity on the boy;
embarrassment and spoke kindly word
of greeting. And then Doggie made
wild plunge.
II say-you're in love. aren't YOU?
j he aslssd abruptly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

CATION Society paid his second visit.
When he aid so, he was accompanied
by little Henderson, whose young soul
WAS torn by conflicting sentiments.
Proud in the consciousness of his own
importance. he yet dreaded the ordeal
which awaited him.
i've brought Hennie to tell you all
about it, said Doggie, by way of in
PRODUCTION.
The small boy stood up with his
hands behind him, as though to repeat
a lesson.
Go on" said Doggie; tell hin all
about Maggie-don't be afraid
Thus encouraged, little Henderson
proceeded to relate how, acting upon
the instructions of Doggie, he had ques-
toned his sister upon the subject of her
affections.
II asked her why she didn't get mar
ried,'' said the boy. And she said she
didn't know. Then asked her if she
didn't hin Mr.. Freelander a very nice
man. and she said yes"
F%reelander was q local Croesus. whom
Heatherington had long feared as a
possible rival.
After that l asked her if she didn't
like you"
And what did she say" asked
Heatherington. quickly.
She said, of course not, frankie
! N1ldleNeI IIldhSS Nou So
Heatherington's face fell.
But" added Henderson, eagerly, :"
don't think she really meant that, be
cause she sai just the same the othel
day when Mr.. Freelander asked her !
she liked diamonds. And l know sh'
likes diamonds
Little Henderson paused for a breath
out Doggie tapped impotence will
his foot.
The next day / told Maggie that
knew you wanted her to be your wife
At first she pretended not to hear me
and went or with her work. But
kept on talking, and at last l asked he
why she would not marry you, and sh
sa1d-and she said"
Buck up" whispered Doggie sternly
20: I'll pinch you"
She said she could only marry a ma.
who loved her very much indeed cor
Guided Henderson, hurriedly, with tn
, air of one who has come through
, trying ordeal more or less creditably.
Captain Heatherington sat lost j
thought. He was reviewing in his min
events which had panied him far NOR
than his wounds He recalled the ever
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
PERFUMES OF QUEENS.
czarina Said to Spend $4,000 a Year
on Observation-Disclosures Baths.

From the New York Sun.
During her recent visit to Paris Mar
gherita, the queen dowager of Italy.
made extensive purchases of perfumes,
lite essence is violet. This a brought
u a discussion of the perfumes used
by the queens of Europe.
1t is alleged that the cZarina spends
in Paris no less than so. 200 franc an
nually Oh perfumes, creams. soaps and
toilet waters. Violet is her %favorite
also. and large quantities of it are put
up in TASKS especially for her.
She is so fond of perfumes in general,
however, that her rooms are daily
sprinkled with essences of elder, Jas
mine. narcissus or tuberose. Sometimes
the atmosphere is so charged with
| scent as to tie almost intolerable to
other people entering the apartments.
For the preparation Of the Czarina's
toilet waters are especially plucked
between S and Z O'Clock in the evening
because in her opinion that is the hour
when the plants give forth the most
exquisite doors.
dicted the ~ess-boquet, the formula for
which as used by the English royal
family is said to be a secret. handed
down from father to son since 1929
The components are aid to be musk
ambergris, r~osewater, violet, jasmine
orange flower and lavender.
Queen Wilhelmina, of the Neither.
lands, has a less complicated taste
Eau de cologne is good enough fol
her. She uses half a liter a day of it.
She uses considerable fancy SOAP
toilet creams and powder. She takes {
warm bath of seven minutes duration
daily. followed by a old douche. Sh
ia very proud of her beautiful com
pleXion and takes every pains to keel
It unimpaired.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
xfPII.
Ono uallnn- of nNlilller oil q


Considerable amusement was once
caused by a slip Of Emperor Nicholas pen
IN accepting the offers of several compa-
MES of Siberian militia. who volunteered
for service at the front. The petition read:
1--WE humbly lay at your majesty's feet
our desire to be permitted to fight and
die for the fatherland." The emperor, in
accepting, wrote on the margin of the pc
tition in his own hand, II thank you sin
cerely, and nope your wishes may be fully
realized
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

During the last few DAYS of the holiday
rush. tie clerks IN the stores become as
cross as the husband of a SEX Wife.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

OF course YOU have remarked that both
parties TO a light. although both are prob
ably wrong. claim to be in The right,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
EXPENSES.
For One Months Repairs the Bill Wa.
Fifty-Five Dollars.


From the Review of Reviews.
The prospective automobile purchaser
must realize tina even though he buys a
runabout-the smallest type Of motor,
carrying the driver and one other pas
senger-he IS not going to be able to keep
the car in operation for SIS or $40 a month.
1t has often been said. and truly, that it,
is not the first cost OF an automobile that
counts so much as the maintenance eX-,
pense. 1t may be possible for a man with
q small car who motors modestly to get
along will an expense of $40 or $50 a
month If he has good luck and handles
his car carefully and considerably, but
the average cost of maintenance will be
from $50 to $500 and even more a month.
Here are some figures from bills l paid
while the owner of a car of the runabout
type with a single cylinder S-horse power
engine and convertible body carrying two
or four passengers. These are my eX-
penses for seven months, from April to
November, when / covered nearly lO,oOs
miles. My bill for April follows:
April.
1-Four hours time on adjust1nents..$ 200
One gallon of cylinder oil. commence. rs
Two inner tubes Observation-Disclosures. Is 60
Extra fan belt $50
6-Repa:r!ng puncture ............. rs
~10-Repairlng puncture .............. rs
12-One auto jack ................... $50
14EFour hours time a~djusting........ 200
lS-Half gallon cylinder OIL .......... .3S
21--Patching inner tube .............. rs
23-Two hours time adjusting ........ 100
26-Extra spark plug ................ 4.50
90IOne months storage ............. 12.N
Gasoline for the month ............. 1000
Total
By bill in May was 1922 and was made
up chiefly for mechanics time in making
adjustments, as l was not then familiar
enough with the car to do this work my
self.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

When a man has a quarrel with his wife
he is apt 10 imagine he is in a quarrel
with his %neighbors. and a~cquaIntanoes.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

When a woman neglects to put her
hands to her back hair occasionally
she hasn't much left to live for.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

If the mother Of a lot of children Is
Taught" hiding Christmas presents the
girls won't look, but the boys Will.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
SORE FEET.

AS a cure for sore feet the following
recipe Is strongly recommended by an
eminent doctor: Alum, three ounces.
tahnin, one ounce; brown vinegar, one
pint. Mix, and apply a little as lotion
after washing the feet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

Faith is what a oma thinks she
believes because she believes it.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

In giving Christmas gifts. do YOU give
what your friends win Ike, or what YOU
,htnk tlIcl ought TO Ike?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

The police of the city of New York
arrest each day an average of forty
eight meIs who say that they a W. no
occupation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

1t is a pretty conceit to scent ones
postage stamps.
This nay be done in an easy way
by keeping them in a teak wood box.
There are many dainty little boxes
of this material made just to hold
stamps.
If one stoops to Tick" the stamps. it
an even be tasted.
The smoothest path is always on the
other side OF lle
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

The latest Lovely Character scheme is a
room set aside in every home called the
Silence Room. There is no furniture fur
Their than an easy chair in the center, and
notices like the following ON the wall:
II Am Full of Faith" Il Rule the Body"
Fear Not Thought Is Formative" II
Am Happy" Il Am Full of Love- etc.
The theory is that one can go into this
room, sit in the chair and look at the mot
toes and forget the bread in the oven, the
crying baby. the dinner to be cooked.
business cares, etc. and come forth in a
few moments with a soul soaring above
all the petty cares of life. There is no
denying the scheme has its good points
If. for instance. to make a Silence Room
IL is necessary to tear up the spare bed
room. fitted UP for Her kin, the silence
Room does great good. Or If the broken
chairs, weak lounge and other traps that
make up Fathers Den, are cleared out
for a silence room. it would not be a bad
Idea. Fathers Den is the greatest farce
about the house. OF course no one but
daughter Will ever get to use the silence
Room. In theory, father and mother get
In to imbibe the notices on the wall and
get their souls refreshed but In reality,
the only time father goes in is in making
a search of the house for the hammer
aud when mother goes it is to sweep.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

There IS only Que way IN which TO be
original IN your acceptance OF Christmas
gifts: Tell the truth
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

1t IS enough to make a perfect lady of
a doll mad. The dear little girls who have
always cried for dolls at Christmas are
this year CRYING for Teddy bears. and
dolls are left on the shelves TO cry the
paint off their pretty checks because of
the neglect. SO great is the demand for
Tcldv bears which range in price from
IS cents to ST., that the factories can't
keep up the supply, and what makes it
stil more alarming is that factories are
! supplying sweaters, o%Veralls, jackets, etc,
for the bears. Will it be as pretty a sight
when a little girl mothers a bear as when
she mothered n doll? Well, we guess not.
We are on the side of the dolls. and are
OF dolls. baby dolls, boy dolls, girl dolls
and lady dolls. at any time they call the
meeting. We are not much of a talker
hut we are This much better talker than
a doll: We can ak without being punch
ed ia the stomach
There is one thing YOU should put off til
tomorrow that YOU might do toda..'. and
that it sitting down and counting up your
troubles.
a few years ago, there was an old idler
In Atchison, known as Old Billy Bell.
Ever hear what killed him? Nothing IN
terested HIM except mischief, in spite of
his great age, and one day there was a
sensational case in the city court. At eN-
actly the same hour there was a sensa-
tional case In the district court. He could
not attend both trials, and this so grieved
him that he sicllened and died. Mhen we
become old, if nothing but mischief inter
ests us. we shall not object if people re-
gard us as a pest.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

1t was almost a week before the
representative of the Cupid Investi-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
History as II is.

IrO1n die.
The directors of the Great Melon Rail
road company We're gathered round the
board. 1t was u highly important meet
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-07
VAUGHN CASE
is CONTINUED
ON ACCOUNT OF THE ILL HEALTH
OF DEFENDANT CASE is
CARRIED OVER.

On account of the i'll health of John
B. vaughn, who is defendant in the
criminal court upon the charge of
manslaughter, the court yesterday
granted a continuance of the case I'M
til the next term of court. This was
done upon representation of Mr..
Vaughn's attorneys that he would De
unable to attend the trial on account
of the condition of his health. The
case of Mr. Vaughn was appealed af-
ter he was convicted of the charge,
and the decision of the lower court
was reversed and the case renamed
| back for trial 1t was set for yester-
day, but was allowed TO go over to
the next term.
Three others cases were disposed of
in the court yesterday. Two negroes.
White and Williams, were convicted
of petit larceny and each sentenced to
serve 80 days in Jail. and VIII Owens
for grand larceny was sentenced IC
pay a fine of $3.50 and costs or serve
six months in jail
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-07
AS Denaturant Is a Solution
of Nicotine 1t Can
Do No Harm.
AMOUNT OF coLoRING MATTER
TO THE POUND OF TOBACCO
WOULD BE INFINITESIMAL-
BILL AS 1T STANDS OF LITTLE
VALUE TO FARMERS.
By William Wolff Smith.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Those who
fear that the use of denatured aIco-
hol IN the manufacturing of chewing
and smoking tobacco may cause some
deIeteriOus effect can relieve them
selves of such fear. The denaturina
agent provided is a solution of nice
tine and as nicotine Is the active agent
of tobacco it's presence in the alcohol
to be used on tobacco can do no harm
whatever One hundred gallons OF
the denaturant is composed OF eighty
eight gallons Of water and twelve gal
Ions of an aqueous solution of nicO
tine; of 40 per cent strength. Into
this 100 gallons will be put two
fifths of a pound of yellow aniline dye
and two-fifths of a pound of blue
aniline due One hundred gallons of
this denaturant will denature ten
thousand gallons of pure ethyl alec
hoI which quantity is sufficient 10 fla
vor two million pounds of tobacco.
The dyes are merely to give sufficient
color to the denatured alcohol to warn
persons handling it that it is IN
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-07
Sousa's "Thc Free Lance"

John Philip Sousas newest comic
opera, The Free Lance" with book
and lyrics by that well-known liDret-
fist, Harry B. Smith. and with Joseph
Cawthorn as the stellar feature of the
original cast, which appeared in the
original presentment at the New Am
sterdam Theatre, New York, last fall
will be the attraction at the opera
house tomorrow night.
Mr.. Sousa, apart from composing
some of the most stirring march
music. has, in collaboration with 9TH
ers, turned out several successful
operas, but it is the concensus of
critical opinion that in composing
THE Free Lance" he has given the
musical stage of America his best Of
fering.
THE Free Lance" is described as
being genuine comic opera, in which
the hbrettist has evolved as finished
story as he did in his great success,
Robin Hood more than a decade
ago The output of Sousa and Smith
is described as being a perfectly legit-
innate and commendable operate COM
position of the opera cOmiQue style