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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
COUNTESS ENGAGED
TO her TUTOR
Grandchild of Prince Bis
marck Would Wed Man
of Lowly Birth.

Berlin. Special: Details of the roman
tic secret engagement of the Countess
Hertha Von Bismarck, eldest living
grandchild of the famous iron chancel-
Tor, to a young theologian of humble
origin. vino was just about to enter
the evangelical priesthood, have be-
come known. The news Of the engage
ment SO far is known only in the inner
circles of German society.
The young man has been for several
years engaged as private tutor to the
children of the Countess Wilhelm von
Bismarck, widow of Prince Bismarck's
second son, at the castle Schoenhausen,
the estate where the founder of the
German empire once lived. The tutor
had endeared himself not only to the
Bismarck family but also to the Won
Arnim family, OF which the Countess
Wilhelm is n member.
About a week ago the tutor was to
undergo the final stage of probation for
the priesthood by preaching the in
augural sermon in the parish church Of
Schoenhausen. His happiness over the
approaching event was fully shared by
his employers and was. indeed. to take
place under their auspices.
Two days before the appointed day
the superintendent of the diocese called
upon the Countess o Bismarck and
made the astonishing announcement
thar the church authorities could not
permit the young man to enter the
pulpit OF rumorS that he was
secretly engaged to one of the daugh-
tiers Of the Bismarck household.
The countess declined tt credit this
statement and summoned her three
daughters the Countesses Hertha,
Erene and Dorothea. aged respectively,
%, 20 and 16 years. The mother re
peated the superintendent assertion to
her daughters. smiling confident Of its
error. She was amazed when the Coun-
tess Hertha stepped forward and blush
ingly admitted hat she was secretly
betrothed to the tutor.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
DIGNITY 1hen and Now.

Tom Corwln-a name your grandfather
will remember II you have forgotten it
might nave been president OF the United
States (and he would nave made q good
one) had he not early in his political life
established the reputation of being a buff
foon. He was a learned lurist. a states
man of much constructive ability, and q
politician of no small shrewdness, but he
could not resist the temptation to crack
a joke whatever the occasion, and while
he became the peoples idol, he was never
estimated by the popular mind at his real
worth. u.
After he had served a long term in the
public service, and had worn the senate
rial toga he fell in his office one day in
an apoplcctic attack, and as a young law
student lifted him a CHASTITY smile fitted
across his contorted features, and he. whis-
pcred, Caesar had fits.' and died.
Tom Corwin, without too great stretch
ing Of facts. may be considered the found
er of the distinctly American school of
humor-pcrhaps a greater honor han Lav-
ing achieved the presidency-Dut he failed
in his greatest ambition.
Because he lacked dignity at a time
when the American people took their poll
tics seriously.
In all probability Tom Corwin would be
a bowling success today and would Joke
we In reality regard the Office of presidsr:
any more lightly. but because America,
with the world at large, expects less dig
nifty to hedge about its rulers, and looks
more and more to the human side.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
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Photographed while the machine was
in full flight. this picture of the Wright
brothers aeroplane is the first picture of
the flying machine ever published, if in
fact it is not the first ever made.
1t was snapped at Kill Devil Hill. N, c.,
just after the famous brothers had start
ed on what was intended to be a 5-mile
flight, but which ended in disaster after
eight miles had been covered. The aero
plane was going at the rate of about
45 miles when the snapshot was taken.
The machine was travelling with perfect
ease, was about 80 feet from the ground
and was plouShing through a 3O-mlle an
hour coast breeze.
Many attempts have heretofore been
made TO get snapshots of the Wright
brothers aeroplanes while in the air. but
the brothers have successfully. up to this
time, avoided Photographers. The picture
was taken from a distance of but a few
rods and gives an excellent idea of the
appearance Of the aeroplane as it swung
in and around the immense sand hills near
Manteo, N. c..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
The Mercenarv WiU;e.

Craig Wadsworth, the best cotill:on;
leader in America. admitted at a dinner
in New York that men were colder and
more lnercena1y than women.
ut Is born in us," aid Mr.. Wads-
He smiled.
when I was q boy III said, III had
n little friend named Willie. Willie p
peared one day with n f1ne apple.
I'll give you this apple,' he said to
n little girl, for 20 kisses
The little girl was amazed. That
was not at all like Willie. Nevertheless,
she consented.
Shut your eyes, said Willie. 81.
down here and shut Your eyes. And,
mind, If o open them the bargain 10
off,
The little girl obeyed, and slowly.
very slowly. the kisses began to Tall
upon her lips. One. two, three, four-a
long pause-fve, ~six-anOther long
pause seven-pause-eight. nine, ten
intolerable pause.
"'Oh, Willie. hurry!'
"'I'm not WILLIE NJ
The little girl opened her eyes IN.
establishment. and drew back her pretty
mouth from the advancing lips of 9.
strange boy, n very common, shabby
sort of boy. whom she had never seen
before.
why, where's Willie p she cried.
Hes down the street. was the re-
ply, sellin' yer kisses for two apples
apiece. Better shet yer eyes again. The
next three boys is terribly ugly
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
"Many Are Called"

From E~verybody's Magazine.
The ship upon clearing the harbor
ran into a half-pitching. %half-rolling
sea, that became particularly notices
able about the time the 20 passengers
at the captains table sat down to din
ner.
Il hope that all rs of you will have
a pleasant trip" h captain old them
as the soup appeared, and that this
little assemblage Of "a will reach port
much benefited by the v 1 look
upon these twenty-five smiling faces
much as "a father does upon his fam
lily, for I am responsible for the safety
81 this group Of seventeen. I hone
that all thirteen of you will join me
lat.T IN drinking to a nlerry trip.
believe hat we seven fellow passen-
gers are most c%ongeniai and I applaud
The judgment which chose from the
passenger list these three persons for
my table. You and l. my "a sir, are
Here steward! Bring on the ffsh and
clear away these dishes.'
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
WONDERS OF The
HUMAN MACHINE
It Win Do Twice as Much Work
as Other Machies with
Same Amount of Fuel.

1t is the aim Of those who tell us now
what to eat and what to avoid. in h
cumulative ms well rs in the qualita-
tive sense, to make the science of diet
an exact science. Thus the Wtleys and
Chittendens and Voigts do not express
themselves in pounds of meat or quarts
of milk, but they examine how many
calories of heat n gramme of protetd
will afford or o many ergs OF work
are the equivalent of a given amount
of carbohydrate. An enthusiast in tho
cause is Professor Atwater, n an &C
count OF some of the methods employed
by him is both instructive and enter
tanning. The machine on which the
amount of energy which the human
subject develops is measured is a sta
tionary bicycle, but the rider instead OF
; dynamo by working the wheel. and the
amount of electrical energy he thus de-
velops can be precisely measured. The
man and his wheel are placed inside a
huge o and he stays there right and
day; his food is measured, the air no
breathes and expires is measured, the
conditions OF temperature OF his tenn
porary habitation are all measured and
now The box. lined with metal and
fitted With regulators of its heat and
moisture, is Ventilated by air driven
into it. The used air Is drawn through
cylinders containing soda lime, which
absorbs the carbonic dioxide. Thus the
apparatus is complete for ascertaining
how much power goes II the human
machine in the form of food, and how
much comes out in the form of heat
and energy. The human machine in
these conditions showed a remarkable
efficiency. The rider actually delivers
q per cent of the energy contained in
the fuel supplied. The economical
steam engine usually delivers in actual
horsepower only about 10 per cent OF
the total heat alu Of the fuel expend-'
ed. But the human machine has also
to keep its own heat n digestive pro-
cesses going, n these may be taken,
as consuming an additional 20 per cent
of energy. Rene Baehe, who writes on
Professor Atwater's experiments, Is
moved by them to make n stimulating
comparison. The human machine. more
efficient than any other engine, will OUT
last five locomotives; 1t will Keep in
order three times as long as a printing
press and 10 times as long as a motor
car. For a given amount of fuel 1t Will
do twice as much as any other machine.
and In this respect is unapproached.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
women CRIMINALS
WORSE Than MEN
Noted Criminologist Declares
Ogress Must Have Had Male
Accomplish.

New York, Special: The horrors Of tho
Gunness murder farm" at LaporIe. Ind,
have aroused in the foremost crin1inolo-
s'sts OF the world an interest in the crimes
attributed to the widow WHO lured per-
haps a score OF men to her home, only TO
slay them for her own financial gain.
Among The leaders IN these invcstiga-
tons is Cesare Ionbroso, the noted ltai-
ian crilninologist.
He quotes from previous crimes. show
ing the similarity between them and the
horrible occurrences In the Indiana town.
Had Male Accomplish.
Lombroso has satisfied himself, with n
full search into the details of Mrs. Gun
ness crimes. that she had at least one
GccompGce, and that Il man. lie declares
she would have been unable to make away
with her victims without aid. strong as
she was credited with being. The GRIMM
ologist is quoted as follows:
"It is not an Unusual thing in crimin-
ology to find great ferocity and great dis
stimulation in women. They generally COM
NIT fewer crimes than men, but when they
are criminal they are much more so than
men,. 1t is not enough for a woman to
murder an enemy; she wants to make him
suffer. and she enjoys his death.
But, however cruel she may be, Il
woman has not sufficient strength to com
nit alone a large number of murders of
young, robust men. although repetition
may nave made the commission of the
crime more easy. 1t is therefore quite
natural that there must be one, or even
more, man accomplices. r
Inclination to Hysteria.
"knowing thai feminine criminals all
ways mix ero.icism with crime, Mrs.
Guinness must have used to obtain her
accomplices besides the attraction of gain
the attraction of sensuality. The enorm-
ity of the crimes, the exaggeration of en-
ergy which must be assumed I'd. be In
her, the extraordinary type OF face, con-
vince me that there mast nave been in her
a strong inclination to hysteria and cpl
iepsy. as there cannot be any great femi-
nine crimes apart from these character
istics.
.IHow can this more intense criminality
in women which has been shown by the
cases OF Guinness and Weber be ex-
planned?
First OF all, woman is much less SEN
sitive TO pain than men. Compassion Is
directly derived from constituencies: If the
latter is absent the former is also absent.
Woman has many traits in common with
a child; like 1t she is vindictive and jeal-
GUS: only in ordinary cases these defects
are neutralized by rtety. By m%aternity. by
less ardor in the passions. by weakness,
and by undeveloped intelligence.
but II there is diseased excitement of
the psychic centers which intensifies the
bad qualities and seeks vent in evil, II
pity and maternity are absent, IL strong
passions are also present, the desires de-
rived from an intense eroticism, a suff-
GENTLY developed muscular force and Il
superior intelligence for doing evil and
carrying 1t out are present, a born GRIM
inal appears and the woman will be more
terrible than any man criminal"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
You were a Boy Again.

There's a little town where the streets
And the lays are dun and the weeks
Where the gardens blend with the coun-
try-side
And a dozen people compose q throng.
Where the armers horses are hitched in
And rs How do you do. sile?" "How-
And .sHoM are the folks all. down you
way"
il You ~ were a boy o. back there asaaa7
There's n little town where the yards are
And the spires. point to a peaceful sky,
And few are humble, and few are h,ghp
Where the wood smoke rises In thin bluS
wreaths,
And an Old pump stands in the little
Where the school bell rings as 1T used
to ring
All, What If you stin were a boy, back
there?
There's a little town where the nights are
Where a cottage is sinking in slow de-
And where in the graveyard on the hill
A stone that was white is becoming
Where they calmly sleep who had plans
Who sighed DER the childish Ills you
bore,
WHO guided your first steps lovingly;
And what would you offer II you could be
A boy in that little town once more?
There's a little. town near a winding
stream
Where a maiden walked In the dusk with
you,
Where You learned to love and you learn
ed to dream
The glorious dreams that viii not come
true;
Where YOU learned to think that your
destiny N
Was to lead armed hosts or to govern
Inut You pplsod along in the common way.
And what ,would you gladly give today
If you were a boy back there again? Z
Chicago Record-Herald. !,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26

-Four young women have jast won
four scholarships offered by Lawrence
university to its students regardless Of
and mathematics. 1t is said that about
an equal number Of boys and girls con
tested for the scholarships.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
Wouldn,t L;nner.

2 women. OF the congregation OF a
it up for an Anniversary Sunday. The
minister strolled ia while a buxom
Irish girl was decorating the pulpit.
He noticed some tacks, strewn ahout
the floor, and jocularly advised her to
be carefu to pick them all I'M when
she was through with her work. .Yo,,.
know he said to her. that IL I should
step on one of those tacks in the MID;
die of the sermon there is no telling,
what might happen"
Faith, an We wouldn't linger long
on that point" h answered.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
For Purer Air.
From the London Lancet

FTOm The LOndOn lancet,
The injury to and the
amenities Of life, to say nothing as to
the lowering of the vitality Of the peo-
pie, would surely Justify some combt-
nation Of bounties and penalties to aid
in attaining to a higher standard of
purity in the air which we breathe.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
Garden Sounds.

l love to hear the bluebells chime.
And little cowslips moo.
OF tiger-lilies roaring I'm
A constant lover, too.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26

But best of all the garden sounds
To which I love to bark,
Is when at eve l go my rounds
Carlyle Smith. in Harper's Weekly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
REWARDS
her PROTECTOR
Amelia, of Portugal, Pins q
Medal on Pensioned Soldier
Who Saved Her Life.

Lisbon. Special: Queen Amelia has
publicly honored the soldier Valente.
who saved her life when King Carlos
and the crown prince were assassin-
ated.
Alvaro yalente, who is O private in
the Twelfth infantry regiment, was
near the royal carriage when the anar-
chist Costa shot the crown prince. He
rushed up to the assassion as he was
about to fire point blank at the queer
and Knocked up the barrel Of his car
bine. The shot was fired, but the ball
was lost in the air. Valente was him
self wounded in the thigh by a third
shot from Costa's carbine.
When it became known that Valente
was to be decorated by the queen thou
ands Of people outside the
palace. The ceremony took place when
King Manuel returned from parlia-
ment, the queen pinning on the breast
of the soldier the Cross of the Order of
the Tower and the Sword for Merit.
Her majesty then appeared on the
balcony of the palace. with one arm
around the neck Of the young king, and
followed by Nalente.
The crowd below cheered enthusias-
tically, and, when quiet had been some
what restored, the queen, still embrace
ig the king. pointed TO the soldier
In her left hand, and in a voice
zen by emotion said: He saved
. cross conferred on Valente car
With it a pension equal to that OF
ank of captain.
The Weaver of Dreams.
. poet. when L sought the method OF
Ana SesssS Of him his n secret to tmparti;
on chord,
And every magic that may touch the
heart,
These, these are mine. This Is the poets
part"
The painter, when 1 asked of his great
Replied: Why, color tells the story. That.
4 That any poesy. im~agination and a tone
OF mystic music in my p1ctureS-all my
own
A volin.st then I questioned of his fame,
And how he drew his bow across the
n strings
TO win from them his wondrous har-
monies.
:. He also gave his secret, as of poetry
4 And color too, and scent of roses. dreams
and ecstacies.
And deepest SoundingS OF the soul.
And what OF frozen music?" said I to a
friend.
Does harmony and color naught to archi-
lecture lend?.
And grateful odor has not 1t q voice?
Is it not 1owesed. fattered, known or
Abo
And touch? Ha. silk or velvet not a
tongue?
Purple and the linen and tho cool en-
brace of Lace
Are there no symbols for their soft
careSs?
Is passion all tina feeling may express?
So, last l asked a workman of the loom:
What is thine art Of knots and wool
and strings?
What is the secret Of the Orient? What
is
This magic that its weaving brings?'
"'Iis color" once again the dreamer
"'Tis all the melodies of rhymic art,
IT'S all a picture spread before your feet;
A poem-but to walk upon.
A measure joyous for your feet to tread.
You step on lotus and on tulips, and
From Persia's roses press their fragrance.
At every step is velvet sward, and
AT thy touch and fingers ends-what
friends!"
Thus, in the Oriental rug. its lovers find
All poems, pictures. sense and songs COM
bined;
All beauty and expression, knotted. knit
ted there;
All glory of all arts. all art, beyond COM
pare.
w. ID. Ellwanger.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26

The average annual cost for each
pupil for public school education in
Germany is $12.86.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26

of the country papers about a. man
who visited the paying teller's win
dow in a bank and asked for one ~
the new coins with God Bless Our
Home" left OF.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26

Giv the pigs a good start. It's one
of the secrets of hog raising.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26

. ros conferred on Valente car
With it a pension equal to that OF
ank of captain.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26

Atlantic City, N. =, was decided upon
as the place for the next meeting of
the association, which will be held
about IA wear from this date.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-09-16

opinion that, on the whole. New York
roads would be benefited If bordered
with trees. suggesting. however, that
only such should be planted as have
vertically descending roots.
F. Birot, civil engineer and former
conductor of the bureau of bridges and
highways. expresses himself as fol-
lows on the subject:
"In countries where the climate is
damp roadside trees are prejudicial to
the maintenance of the highways, as
they prevent the circulation of the air
ana the drying of the soil. In most of
the southern French regions such plan
tations are, on the other hand, very
useful in dry weather. as they main
tain the roadbed in state of fresh
ness favora BILE to its conservation. In
general. trees should be selected with
high spreading branches. such as the
poplar, the elm, the ash, and they
should be planted generally upon the
outer edge of the roadbox and at dis
tances of 10 meters $3.50 feet. Each
tree should be placed in hole meter
1928 feet deep and 11a meters 4.92
feet square and should he trimmed to
a height of pig meters $50 feet above
the surface.
THE earth about newly planted trees
should be loosened in March and No
vember-in March only after the third
year-and thereafter until their per
manent growth appears assured. Small
trenches should be directed toward the
foot of the trees in order to secure the
benefit of rains Finally the tree itself
should be trimmed annually during the
| first ten years"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-09-16
Rural Carriers and Roads.

1t is only right that the postal au-
thorities demand good roads over
which the rural routes have to travel.
The people owe it to themselves to
build the roads anyway. says the Boil
var Herald. If farmer would fig
ure the time saved to him by having
the mail brought to his door he could
well afford to build and maintain a
good gravel road over every mile Of
the route. Did you ever stop to cal
culate how much you save in time and
money each year by the rural routes
Besides these. think of the convenience
and satisfaction derived rom them.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-09-16
New Dust Killing Machine.

Consul General Robert J. Wynne re-
ports that new tar spraying machine
which the makers claim will do away
with the dust nuisance has been tested
on the roadway in front of the Horti-
cultural hall, Westminster, London, be.
fore practically the whole of the mu-
nicipal engineers, a large number of
county surveyors and suburban engi-
neers and two representatives appoint
ed by the war Office. After the tar
spraying process a second machine
scattered a level layer of granite grit
and chips upon the tar, which when
rolled formed a road with a fine
smooth surface. durable and dustless
A tar macadam road made in this way
costs from IS. Cd. to 4 shillings (S5 to
81 cents square yard as against ordi
nary macadam, which costs on an av.
erage rs. Cd. go cents a square yard
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-09-16
Novel Highway Proposed.

A novel proposition has been made
for the Identification Of the highway
between Thermal and Coachella, in
California. a distance of three miles.
The waste waters from the Coachella
Ice plant are diverted along this high
way and extend almost to Thermal be-
fore they are absorbed by the soil,
says the Los Angeles Times. The
proposition is now made that fig trees
be set along the highway, on the water
ditch, where they would be kept grow
ing by the waste water. Within a
year these trees come into bearing, and
the three mile highway, lined with
bearing fig trees, would not only be a
most attractive drive, hut might be
made to yield a profit Tor road Inn
provement.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-09-16
SPLIT LOG DRAG EFFECTIVE.
Heavy Rains Give Implement q Fine
Chance to Prove Itself.

The heavy fall of rain that the Red
river valley and northern Minnesota
experienced recently proves beyond
doubt the extreme efficacy of the split
log drag as a good roadmaker. The
streets of Thief River Falls and many
of the rural highways leading into the
city have been consistently worked by
these drags for two years. The re-
suits were most apparent and strik-
ing the other week, just following the
heavy rains.
In spite of the amount of traffic
that the streets of Thief River Falls
carry daily, they are In excellent con-
dition, nicely graded and as hard as a
paved street. The country roads that
have been dragged for two years are
as passable as during the driest sea-
son In summer, while the roads that
have not been worked by the drags
are almost impossible.