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Common School Certificates.

Program of examinations for Jan
uary 80 and 81, and February 1,
1908. .. z-...... 1s@
Thursday, January 30th. -
First Grade Studies.
A. M.-8:0O Enrolment. -
8:15 Geometry. ~
1000 Physics.
P. M.-1:3O Algebra. J..
3:15 Physical Geography or
General History.
Agriculture may be taken at any
one of above periods, and may be
substituted for either Geometry or
Physical Geography. : 7
Friday, January 31st. =
, (Second Grade Studies.)
A. M.-8:OO Enrolment.
$3.50 Professional Test.
$50 Spelling.
. 1000 Arithmetic.
p. Mills Geography. -:
2:45 Composition and Pen
r.. manship.
$40 Reading.
Saturday, February LIST. &.
(Seccnd Grade Studies Continued. }
A. M.-8:00 U. S. History.
IL. 9:45 English Grammar,
1880 Music. rr. :, Tia -
P. Mills Physiology-FIygiene. q
@ r2:45 Civics. .t..s. .tz,
400 Drawing. sd
The examination will be held in
the court house, Thursday, Jan.
3Oth and in the high school building
Friday, Jan. 31st and Saturday, Feb.
LIST. s, 5sxi Ii
Marks Of rs or above from an in
complete examination taken within
two years will be accepted, including
State high school board certificates.
A second grade certificate on which
no mark is below 20 per cent. is ups
on recommendation renewable for
two years if the applicant has given
evidence of ambition to improve by
attending teachers meetings, insti-
tutes and training schools and by
reading books prescribed by the
Teachers Reading Circle board and
other educational books and papers.
Teachers should bring with them all
the credits, including certificates,
which they wish to have accepted.
Dated Bemidji, Mimi, Jan. 1st,
1908.
W. B. STEWART,
Co. Supt. Of Schools.
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All They Deserve

Some people claim they don't get
nuthin' out o. life"
And they are the kind that don't
put nuthin' into 1t to draw interest
on."-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
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Feminine Nerves.

There are nervous women; there are
hypernervous women But women so
nervous that the continual rustic of a
silk skirt makes them nervous mo,
there are no women SO nervous as
thati hi s385
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Interests of All,

One thing ought to be aimed at by all
men-that the interest of each individ-
ually and of all collectively should be
the same, for if each should grasp at
his Individual interest all human So
ciety will be observation-disclosures
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Not the Music Hell owed.

Mrs. Your husband is a
great lover Of music, isn't he? Mrs.
Chatters-Yes, indeed, have seen him
get up in the middle Of the night and
try to compose. Mrs. T.-What? Mrs
C.-The baby.-Stray Stories.
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A Rebuff.

do you think your father would
like me as son-in-law?"
Eyes. believe he would
''Oh, joy! r.
Papa and I never agree about any
thing, you know
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Well Named.

"This is the parlor, eh?" tentatively
remarked the real estate agent, who
was looking over the house.
Yes" replied the old man Kidder,
but I usually call 1T the courtroom.
I've got seven daughters, you know"
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Only two days left of Berman's
mammoth clearance sale, tonight
and Monday.
H. A. Fladhammer, a prosperous
farmer of Spaulding, was Bemidji
visitor Saturday.
Ray Dickinson, the Solway mer-
chant, was a business visitor in
the city Saturday.
Miss Lottie Peterson returned
this morning from Tenstrike, where
she visited over Sunday with friends.
H. Stedman of Blaine, Wis, who
represents wholesale glove house,
spent last night and today in the
city.
August Kilen of Fertile spent
Saturday in the city on his way to
Hibbing, where he will remain for
a time.
Peter Larkin, better known as
Big Pete," left this morning for ST..
Paul. where he will visit with friends
for week.
| A. M. Richards, of the Bemidji
Lumber company, left this morning
for Minneapolis in the interests of
his company.
w. w. Christi of Interna tional
Falls passed through the city this
morning from his home to St. Paul
on business trip.
Mrs. Mary F. Street of Oregon is
visiting in the city and inciden tally
looking after local business matters
in which she is interested.
John Eagan of Cass Lake, who
has a valuable claim east of Little
fork, came down this morning
from Littlefork and went to Cass
Lake this noon.
Ralph Lycan went to Cass Lake
Saturday and witnessed the basket
ball games between the girls and
boys teams of the Fosston and Cass
Lake high schools.
Every ingredient used in making
Hunts Perfect Baking Powder and
Extracts must pass the test of
chemical purity and every finished
batch is inspected and tested.
R. C. Spooner of the Donald
Land and Lumber company, came
over from his home at Deer Lake
Saturday and spent the day in the
city in the interest of the company.
John Dale, one of the stalwart
residents of Turtle River, came
down this morning from his home
and spent the day in the city
looking after some business matters.
Bath parlors in the Masonic build
ing are open day and night. Miss
Blanche Paddock in attendance
daily, p. m. until 8 p. m. Prof. J..
G. Phillips in charge nights, 8 p.
m. until a. m.
John Wilmann returned Saturday
evening from St. Paul, where he
spent last week attending the meet
ing of the county auditors of the
state and also consulting with the
members of the state tax commits
sion.
T. E. Thomas, of the firm of
Hoffman & Thomas, left this morn
ing for Minneapolis, where he will
spend few days on a visit to his
family at that place. He expects
to move his family to this city in
the spring.
Mrs. E. E. Mcdonald returned
Saturday evening from St. Paul,
where she has been visiting with
friends since the latter part of Deem
Der, 1907. She was accompanied
by Mr.. Mcdonald, who went to
Brainerd Saturday morning to meet
her.
John E. Nelson, who has been
engineer in the Crookston Lumber
company's sawmill for the past two
years, left this morning for Kalispell.
Mont, where he will hereafter make
his home. John has many friends
in Bemidji who hope that he will do
we'll in his new location.
Stutzman and Crawford, comedy
sketch artists. arrived in this citv
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II you make money your god, twill
nla pne YOU like devil. Fielding.
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Error of opinion may be tolerated
where reason Is left free to combat II
jefferson. ....---s
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Bookbinder-A Game.

This is a game much enjoyed by chill.
dren and is played by any number. who
sit in a circle. each holding a book laid
fat on his clinrhed fists. which are
held Out in front of him
One. who has been chosen book.
binder and stands in the middle Of tho
circle. goes to any player and. selling
that player's book. attempts to rap his
knuckles. which the holder Of the book
tries to avoid by pulling back his hands
quickly. If the bookbinder succeeds In
rapplng the players knuckles. the one
raped becomes bookbinder and the
first bookbiH!er takes his seat: other
wise he replaces the book aud tries
with so..:e II else
The loosbinder may pretend to seize
a book without actually doing so. aud
If the holder pulls away his hands so
that the book falls he must take the
leaders, place just as II the knuckles
had been raped. The leader can make
this game quite exciting II he runs
quickly for II book and then seizes
another. thus keeping the players con-
stantly on the lookout.
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Stillwell, at Sioux City. Mrs. Cole
left for Sioux City Wednesday noon.
Mrs. Albert Weiland, of LESTER
vile il visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Henry STOPPER.
Mrs. Fred 'Tobey has Just received
the sad news of the death Of her
mothers sister in Iowa, the one Mrs.
Sexton and Mrs. Tobey visited last
summer.
Carpenters are crowding the work
on the Presbyterian parsonage at
Hope Chapel.
James Carlow returned to his work
at Tulare on Monday.
Mr.. Fleming, of Iowa, las been
elected manager for the Farmers
Elevator Co., is trying. to secure a
house to occupy.
Two weddings were called in Holy
Trinity church, last Sunday, that
OF Philip Y, ung and Miss Annie
Steinford. also that of Ozzie
O'Rourke and Miss Odelia Mutzige..
The band boys looked very nice in
their new uniforms on Tuesday ever
ing.
Miss Elva Klotz's school at Free
man will close on Monday, April 81.
She will. be at home for the SUM-
mer.
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o II III
A Maanetic Experiment,

Most persons are familiar with may
nets of all kinds. but few are aware
that the property may be imparte! TO a
body by simply pointing it to the north
pole. The articles required for this "y-
pertinent are a poker, Il ham&sei, Ii
needle and a pan of water.
Take the poker in the hand AMI roint
it to the north, dipping it to the hori-
zon at an angle of about thirty degrees.
Give the poker several sharp raps u,lon
Its higher end with the hammer. This
will cause vibration in the molecules
of iron and the poker will become
family magnetic.
The best test for q weak magnet is Il
needle floating on water. Perhaps you
do not know hat a needle may be
made to float. but it is very simple
The needle must be dry and the water
still. Then, If the needle be laid upon
the surface fiat, it will float readily.
Now take the poker md hold it close
to the needle and you may draw it all
over the saucer, but the poker must
not touch the water. If it should it
would raise by adhesion a little hill OF
water all about it, down which the
needle would slide, thus producing a
deceptive effect Of repulsion. Real re
pulsion instead of attraction may be-
secured by rubbing one end of the
needle on one end of the poker. The
steel will thus become a magnet also,
and when floated the poker will attract
one end of it and repel the other.-Chi'
cago News.
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The Mitchell Capital
FRIDAY, APRIL "A. 1908.
BRAINS VS.. e

Corsica Globe: Senator Kittredge
may not be the best dressed mar In
The senate, nor the handsomest, but
he Is one OF the brainiest-that's
what counts. Brains are OF far more
importance In tie senate than are
1ne clothes and u handsome physi-
0gnomy. The people OF this grand
state want q man to represent them
1t Washington who has sufficient
gray matter In his 'sthink tank" TO
enable him to take a leading part in
NIL affairs there and accomplish
things, for South Dakota, as has
Senator Kittredge; not a man who
would simply occupy a seat in the
senate chamber and carry no weight
whatsoever. Mr.. KiJtredge is one Of
the strongest men in the senate to-
day : one who has influence, and one
who Is doing things. who has made
For himself a great name for in.
dustry, ability and Character. II re-
elected he will still do greater work
In the coming six years; and he is
going to be reelected too-iust mark
our wordl The people have a
voice in this matter and are going
to send the brainy senator back to
WASHINGTON so that he can continue
With the noble work he is now doing
or the prandest state in the union
South Dakota.
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ETHAN.

Ethan, April. 22.-Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Zenphening went to Parkston
Sunday to visit friends.
Charlie Lewis came down from
Mitchell Sunday to visit his chu'n,
Haley Trow. and other friends.
Mr.. and Mrs L. A Oathnut drove
to Alexandria Sunday
Prof. Damon re%considered his
resignation. consulted the school
board, with the result that school
Began again Monday morning.
Only IA small crowd attended the
social on Monday night.
Not a very large crowd attended
the dance on Tuesda, night.
The Easter services in the NJ. Il.
church were we'll attended The
floral decorations we're tine, and those
who took part in the program did
we'll. Many thanks are due those
~ho helped drift the littl+ ones.
The subscription for the foreign
missionary funi was quite large
am much appreciated.
Mrs. Frank Gle teceivei the sad
news on Tuesday evening of tie
death of her neice, Miss. Matte
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&s
Illinois democracy Is having the
time of Its life trying to determine
whether the state convention will
endorse for Bryan or Johnson.
Tuning back the pages OF recent
history there is revealed the old
trouble between Roger Sullivan and
Bryan when the perennial presiden-
tial candidate notified Mr.. Sullivan
that he vas a hlotch on the dent-
cratic party of Illinois and that he
would be doiag the party a service by
resigning from his position on the
state central committee. MIR. Sulli-
van fatty refused to obey the dictates
of the Nebraska gentleman and
when 1t came tn a show down for
strength In the convention that was
held at the time, Mr.. Sullivan dis
playedfa greater humble Of supporters
than Bryan. The latter finally
accep pied the. situation, and . sort OF
tsu.e was PATCHED up between them,
which, however, seems to have
broken out afresh, aud now there is
= strong possibility of Illinois send
inv "a Johnson delegation to Denver
this summer.
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YaIe "spoon Men"

For many years down to 1872 the
wooden spoon was the most coveted
honor of a Yele course. 1t did not
necessarily indicate The highest schol.
,lrshin, VAT it was voted by the gradu
atins ct2ss to the most popular man
Tie "spaol man of a class was its
hero. according to the Hartford Cou-
rant. The other boys loved him. ard
he W"@s almost invariably a person who
just ed that affection. The list Of
spoon men would include some OF
the most e. inent If Yale graduates
There WEI nine members of each
class selected by their classmates. and
these We're known rs cocks" which is
short and English for "cochleaureati.'
To n of these nine was awarded the
spoon, and they all joined in a public
performance called the wooden spoon
exhibition, at which the ceremony of
presentation was gone through With all
the wit that a college class could mas
ter. The last "spoon man" was Robert
B. Lea of Nashville. Tenn, of the class
Of II. He died years ago in Paris.
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attorneys. The crime cannot be a

attorneys. The crime cannot be a
very severe one, and II it is the
is as badly In the mire as
the insurgents could possibly wish
for the senator. There is this
difference between the two men on
the railroad attorney proposition:
When Senator KittredRe became
senator he severed all connections
with the railroads except to finish
some cases which he then had under
consideration, but with our governor
the case.seems to be different. HIS
'siniuence" was particularly felt on
the state board of %eqaliaztion for the
benefit of the railroads as against
the farmers. The Chicago & North
Western rairload. for which the
was attorney for so many
years, escaped throughout the state
with a smaller assessed valuation
than n other company in the
state. And why? There was no
more reason for that road to get
a less valuation than fol- any other
road, but it is an acknowledged fact
that in practically every town In the
state where the North Western has
a competing road, there you Will
find the ,.latter road has a lower
valuation. The difference i'm the tax
paid the state 10y the North-W Western
Is SO marked that it has caused much
comment that is not creditable to
the governor. We are inclined to
the belief that the less the insurgent
press has to say about railroad
attorneys OF their affiliations with
| railroads the better it VIII DE Tor
the insurgent candidate for senator.
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Pounds and WEIGHTS.

Here is u question that will tax the
arithmetical powers of a youth. Sup
pose that for some reason or another
a shopkeeper who sold goods by
pounds and half pounds. but never in
quantities exceeding twenty pounds at
a time, was told that he must transact
all this business with four weights
only. what must these four weights
be? The answer is half pound, one and
a half pound. four and a half pound
and thirteen and a half pound. With
these 1t will be readily seen that any
weight from half a pound to twenty
pounds may be determined in pounds
and half po.nds.-Gateway Magazine
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THE BLUE Jay.
Why Should He Be Selected as Sand
Bearer to Satan?

Why Should He Be Selected as Sand
Bearer to Satan?
1t is said and believed by many that
all the blue jays disappear every Fri
day, and not one can be seen until the
ext day. and this disappearance is ac-
counted for by the statement that the
birds are under 81 cntnpact with Satan
and that they devote each Friday to
delivering him II supply of sand to
heat his caldron mt the point of tor
ture.
But why should the blue jay be select
ed rs sand bearer to Satan when there
are so many birds Of stronger and
6eeter wing? There are many super.
stitions that have a. reasoning basis,
but this particular n has nothing
Whatever to go On.
The origin OF It lies in the fact that
the blue jay Is q most particular home
builder. He knows how to build his
house. and he takes a great pride in it.
He doesn't hang his nest to a limb nor
glue 1t to q tree.
Instead he selects a substantial fork
or crotch OF a limb. lays down a few
twigs Of goodly size and strength. and
on these he superimposes a strong
foundation Of clay. with layers Of pa
pers between. and when his nest is fin
ished 1t is as substantial in proportion
as one Of our modern steel structures.
Thus fitted and finished. It is admi-
rably adapted to the rearing of a
strong and healthy brood. and the blue
Jay Goes about his business With thr
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Riverside, April 23.-J. S Daniels,
of Mitchell, was ia town SUNDAY.
Miss Aurelia Johnson visited
friends in Alexandria Friday.
John Tjomsland went to Fulton
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Carson treated her friends to
ice cream on Easter Sunday and
entertained them with the pramo-
phone.
j. I. knapp vas here the first of
the week and loaded a a with his
household goods, grain and COW and
lett Wednesday morning for Midland
S.. D., wt3ere he will take up his
residence on a claim.
Miss Nina Ellsworth is clerlling
for Mr.. Woodruff in his general store.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Gardner spent
Easter Sunday with her parents and
attended the services at the chmch.
VIM. Koch has in a fine line of
hardware at his store here. Parties
wishing anything in the line of
hardware will do we'll to call and
Inspect his stock. L. M. Carson is
manager.
Geo. Wallis was here Wedne day
and moved a machine shed fcr ". L.
Wallis.
A. e. Albee is enlareing his
dining room by having it extended
to the south. MI. Corcoran, OF
Mitchell, is doing the work.
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WHERE Is THE CONSPIRACY

Canton News: For years there has
been an impression out in the state
that there existed a conspiracy
among the printers which was
resulting in robbing the state in the
matter Of public printing, and that
1t was being done at exorbitant
prices and a lew were sharing 10 the
nnholy profits. Gov. Crawford
believed this and intimated in his
message to. the last Legislature and
IL was freely talked In the Hobbies
and the new printing bill passed
creating the printing commission to
head Off the conspirators. The new
law was put into effect. but the same
houses secured the work because no
Others could meet them in competi-
tien and after a year the printing
commission itself has arrived at the
conclusion that the conspiracy talk
was wholly buncombe. The fact
that no one las ever made undue
profit from public printing, while
many have lost very heavily by
undertaking it.
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Tricky Maoris.

There was quite a large influx Of
Europeans at the opening of a public
hall in one of the Taranal,i villages.
The Maoris seemed to have developed
a craze for change Visitors were
approached by a Maori in this wise
"You got two single shillin' and to
i%kipenny for tie half crown?" And the
change would be given. Others want
ed two %siXpences for a shilling, . shil
linss for q form. and so on. By and
by came dinner time. The visitors
trooped i'll and enjoyed their feel. y
collection WAS taken up. Not a soul of
them had anything smaller than IL
2 shilling piece. That's how the child
Of nature" got home on the civilized
product.
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About Peanuts.

The peanut grows in the ground, new
er above it. The flowers above ground
are sterile, but after the flower with
ers Il stalk from an inch to two inches
long shoots down into the earth and
forms the nut. AS to the native II
try of the peanut. the opinions of bot
anists are divided between Africa and
America. 1t is extensively cultivated
In all tropica! and subtropical coun-
tries. but seems to thrive best in the
southern states of the American Union.
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AS q general rule the iDsurgent
press of the state feel tnal they have
q great license to. attack Senator
XII tredue on the ground of his being
! railroad attorney at u time.
They have not the good sense to
realize that Governor Crawford
resigned a position as railroad at
t0rney lust before he became a can
.gdidate for governor two years ago.
sIn his public address, the governor
admitted that he was q railroad
attorney At y time and that the
Yailroads always employed good
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ETHAN.

Ethan, Apr1l 20.-A hox social was
held at Hope Chapel on Friday
evening. April II. A pleasant time
was enjoyed by all. The proceeds,
which amounted to about $50, will
be used for the church society.
Bids for the management of the
Farmers Elevator Co., will be opened
this afternoon at the Office of the
secretary, S. G. Oathout.
The Worthen Sunday school amuse-
ment society met on Friday evening
at the home OF Roy and Mable
Wurm in Prosper township. A
pleasant hour was enjoyed, though
not q large number wlre present.
We repret to chronicle the fact
that /. Damon, principal of the
Ethan school has resigned. We
understand the board will not hire
another teacher for the remaining
six weeks. The intermediate and
primary departments will continue
until the end of the term.
The people of Ethan and surround
ing country are much pleased to note
THAT their fellow toWnsman, Mr.. q.
e. Drake has announced himself as
a candidate for state representative.
Mr.. Henry Evans and Roy Oathont
went to AleXandriu on Wednesday
and took the teachers examination
~, Ni,,,,Jnu ,rJ Uri1ov
L. a. Oathout made a business trip
to Alexandra on Wednesday return
ing Friday.
Born, on Friday morning, April
IL, to Mr.. and Mrs. August Bauer,
a daughter. Congratulations.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. e.
church will meet on Wednesday,
April %, with Mrs. G. It. Drake.
Quite a number of the young. people
of the church vent out to the Rev.
Frank Stables charge eight miles
In the country on Easter Sunday
afternoon and enjoyed the program
which was given there.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Smith. who
have lived in Mitchell this winter,
have moved back on their farm two
miles north Of town, being unable
to secure a satisfactory renter. We
all welcome Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
back.
Prof. Damon Spent last SUNDAY
afternoon with Henry Evans at his
home In the country.
A prairie fire on tile farm OF Frank
Green just on the edge of town got
away from the boys last Saturday
and called quite a crowd out from
town to night it. No very great
damage done. Another fire was
located south o. town this morning
but was extingulshed without much
difficulty.