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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-03
Tho Builders.

The Builders.
All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls OF time:
Some with massive deeds and great,
Some with ornaments of rhyme.
Nothing useless is. or low:
Each thing In its place is best:
And what seems but die show
Strengthens and supports the rest
For the structure that We raise
Time is with materials filled:
Our to-days and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we build.
Truly shape and fashion these:
Leave no yawning gaps between:
Think not, because no man sees.
uch things will remain unseen.
In the elder days OF Art.
Builders. wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part:
For the gods see everywhere.
Let us do our work as we'll.
Both the unseen and the seen:
Make the house where gods may dwell
Beautiful, entire and clean.
Elesc our lives are incomplete.
Standing in these walls Of Time,
Broken stairways. where the feet
I'm as they seek to climb.
Build to-day. then. strong and sure,
With a firm ample base:
And ascending and secure
Shall tomorrow find its place.
Thus alone can we attain
To those turrets where the eye
Secs the world as one asst plain
And one boundless reach of KY.
: Henry w. LonYfelloW.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
WHEN CARPET BECOMES BARE.
Devices by Which Its Usefulness May
Be Prolonged.

In the case of a bare carpet three
courses may be followed. A new one
may be substituted, the old one being
relegated to room of less conse
quence; or a square may be put on top
of the old; or a manipulation of the
widths may be attempted, banishing
the worn parts to obscure corners un.
derneath rugs or pieces OF furniture,
where they will scarcely be seen and
not trodden upon.
A word of advice may here be given
about regulating the wear Of stair car.
pet.
Each length of 1t should always be
at least half yard longer than actual.
ly required, to permit Of changing the
tread. In laying such carpet for the
first time have the surplus half yard
at the top.
After the first time 1t Is taken up,
when relaying pull 1t over the step q
few inches, and so on until the surplus
half yard Is all at the bottom; then
the carpet could be reversed and this
process repeated, with the result that
some years will be added to the life
Of the carpet. .
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Iron rust can be removed with salt
mixed with a little lemon juice.
For clothes that fade, put one ounce
sugar of lead In pail of rainwater.
Soak overnight.
A spoonful of vinegar put into the
water in which meat or fowls are
boiled makes them tender.
To clean decanters put teaspoon
ful of salt in each decanter, moisten
with vinegar, shake well to clean the
inside of bottle, then rinse thoroughly
with cold water.
When mixtures have been burned In
granite ware half fill the utensil with
cold water and add little washing
soda or soap powder. Heat slowly
to the boiling point, then empty and
wash as usual.
When a broom is beyond use for
sweeping purposes 1t will be found ex-
cellent for scrubbing the kitchen floor.
Go over the floor with the broom and
hot suds, then mop with clear water.
Never use a good broom for this pur.
pose.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22

A YEAR and four months after the
"a United States senate decided that
some investigating ought to be done
into the way customs revenues were
coming in at New York the clerk Of
the senate finance committee awoke
one bright morning and determined to
act at once. He, A. B. Shelton, did So
He took trip to Providence, r. 1.
august to Z, 1907, inclusive), and
charged it to the government. The
total, including carriage hire, car fare,
telephones and baggage" cost the gov
eminent $3.50.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island Is
chairman of the finance committee and
Mr.. Shelton is his secretary. Provi-
dence, r.. l., is given in the congress
sional directory as Senator Aldrich's
home.
The trip to Providence was duly en-
tered in the itemized list of receipts
and expenditures of the senate" "On
business of the senate finance commit
tee" Is the way 1t appears In the
record under authority of senate reso-
luton of March 3. 1906" s
On September s, 1906, A. B. Shelton
again bethought him of the New York
customs revenue. and resolved to act
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
Congressman Listen to Suggestions

ferred to the appropriate committee.
Committees, too, have come to pay
heed to these petitions and memo
rials. The written suggestions that
come in are looked upon as sort OF
barometer to public sentiment. And
what member of congress is not al.
ways anxious to learn the drift of pub
lie sentiment in his district touching
any public question?
An examination of the files OF the
senate and house shows that the petit
tions and memorials come from all
kinds, Of people.*fIt frequently occurs
that more than 10000 names are rep
resented on the petitions that reach
the senate in single day.
Over In the house the petitions are
even more numerous. From 1000 to
$1,000. names are represented on the
petitions that reach that body daily
during the first weeks of congress.
AS rule the petitions sent to con-
gress are not worked up" The peti-
tions generally show on their faces
whether they are ready made"-that
is to say, whether they have been So
,licited., Senators and representatives
say that 80 per cent. OF the petitions
that come to them are not the result
Of any organized effort on the part OF
persons or corporations who want to
get legislation through congress.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on Ankles
-oplates Alone Brought Sleep
Eczema Yielded to Cutlcura.

II had eczema for over two years.
I had two physicians, but they only
gave me relief for short time and
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions I used to no purpose. My ank.
les were one mass of sores. The Itch.
ing and burning were so intense that
/ could not sleep. could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus.
band said I had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times had the best nights rest In
months unless took an opiate.
used one set Of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment, and Pills, and my ankles healed
in short time. 1t Is now year since
I used Cuticura, and there has been no
return Of the eczema. Mrs. David
Brown, Locke. Ark. May IS and July
13, 1907"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
House to Have a "Homespun Brigade"

the next time he went back to South
Carolina he brought back bolt Of
cloth and presented 1t to the speaker.
Uncle Joe" had 1t made into a suit
which made him the envy Of every
man in the house. Since that time Mr..
Aiken has been able to get recognition
and postoffices whenever he wanted
them, but he has been besieged by a
score of members for cloth enough to
make suit like Uncle Joe's."
Last spring when he went home he
engaged the old woman to make all
the homespun she could during the
summer. The result was three suit
ings. These Mr.. Aiken brought up
to Washington and presented to
Representative Ryan of New York.
Representative Lee Of Georgia and
Representative Griggs of Georgia.
These three, with the speaker and Mr..
Aiken, will form the charter member
ship of the "homespun brigade" Other
applicants will be admitted when the
old woman turns out some more jeans.
1t is costing Mr.. Aiken lot for uni
forms, but he doesn't mind that for he
gets everything else he wants.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
White House Aids Have No Sinecures

official receptions at the White House.
When young Grant was one Of Mr..
Roosevelt's aids he was engaged in
engineering work during large part
Of the day at the Washington barracks.
Young Lee drilled a troop Of cavalry
over at Fort Myer when the president
had no need of his services, and the
other oficers. past and present, did
not do things pertaining to their mill.
tary calling when they were not In
the midst OF things social.
President Roosevelt is the easiest
man in the world to get along with.
SO all the aids say, and they are tied
to him In affection, but notwithstand-
ing this one is told confidentially that
the aids think their part in the social
doings is a little undignified. At big
reception they have to open an aisle
through the throng Of people and then
march ahead OF the president like
trumpeters who are sounding march.
The position has its glamour at first.
but the, glamour goes, so. people who
know say, and the aids soon get TO
yearning for the regular hours Of going
to bed and getting up and for the hard
ships Of post lifa
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w ASHINGTON.-If one is inclined
W to doubt whether the American
people are interested in the proceed
ings Of congress he should become a
reader of the Congressional Record
and note the number of petitions and
memorials that come up to the legisla.
tive body daily from every section of
the country. From two to four pages
Of every days Record are filled with
the suggestions from the people. And
I'll may be said that congress is dis
posed to listen to these petitions and
memorials. There was a time when
such communications were treated
lightly. Not so now. The first thing
every senator and representative does
when he reaches his office in the morn
ing is to have his secretary compile
the advice that has come in from con-
stituents during the last "a hours. The
documents are then presented to the
senate or house as the case may be,
are printed in the Record and then re-
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Frozen soufhe.

A frozen dessert which is sort Of
first cousin to the souffie family--in-
deed, 1t bears the family name-will
be found welcome change when one
is tired of the more usual creams and
sherbets.
Soak one-half box gelatine in one
half cup cold water. Beat the yolks
of four eggs with one-half pint sugar.
and add one pint fresh pineapple juice
and another one-half pint sugar. Strain
into pan and put the pan inside an
other pan containing shaved ice or
Ice water. Dissolve the gelatine in
one-half cup boiling water and strain
It into the mixture. Beat this without
stopping, and as II begins to thicken
add one pint of cream which has been
previously whipped and drained. Mold
and freeze.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
Search for piamonda.

Since 1880 many American dia.
monds have been authenticated. but
none before has been found I'm place"
Most of those In the United States.
Guiana, and Brazil have come to light
through the breaking down." or vast.
ing away, Of the original rocks. which
allows the diamonds to be washed into
brooks and river gravels, as in South
America. Many have been found in
the glacial moraine Of Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan and Wisconsin, whittier pre-
historic glaciers had swept them
from some point in Canada. Search
is now being. made for the original
resting place of these stones by sew
eral surveying parties, along the line
Of the new transcontinental railway
from Quebec to Winnipeg. Review Of
Reviews.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
Millions In Oats and Barley.

Nothing will pay you better for 1905
than to sow a plenty of big yielding oats
and barley with oats at 40c to Soc buS
(Salzer's new Emperor William Oats av,
eraged so bu. per acre more than any
ly while Salzer's Silver King Barley which
proved itself the biggest yielder at the
Wisconsin Agricultural Station during
1907 il you had planted so acres would
have given you in 1907 just $3,500.00 on 30
acres. 1t is an enormous yielder.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., L.
Crosse, Wis, and. we viii mail you. the
only original seed !catalog published IN
liam Oats, Silver King Barley, Billion Dol.
lar Grass which produces IL tons per acre.
Sainfoin the dry soil luxuriator, etc., etc.,
and IL you send l4c we add package oi
new farm seeds never before seen by you.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
The Bird Told Her.

Henry eyed the canary solemnly.
Then, threateningly, he pointed his
finger and said emphatically:
"Chirpy, think a heap OF you, but
some things Nv just got to stop Or
well, 1t won't be good for you. There's
not a single thing I've done lately but
what mas found out. And It's always
the same-she says little bird told
her when wanter know how she's
heard about It. a
Now, Chirpy, you're the only little
bird around here now. I'm Just goin'
to go straight. through the pantry from
top to bottom, and II ma hears about
this from any little bird, Chirpy--
why you're goin' to deckerate the In.
side of the cat. that's ALL"
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Senate Investigation from Car Window

with vigor. So he took another flying
trip to Providence, r. !. This time
It cost the senate contingent fund
$51.05.
On October 3, A. B., Shelton hap
pened to think of going to New York
on his way to Providence. R. l.. to in
. vestigate the revenue receipts. and ac-
cordingly took a three-day trip to
Providence via New York" Cost,
$46.10.
On November 4 Mr.. Shelton tried
the scheme of investigating the reve-
nue. receipts by going first to Provi-
dence, R. l.. and returning on the third
day "via New York city" Cost, $54.55.
On December the experiment Of
going direct to Providence and re-
turning through New York was re-
peated 1t must have been success,
for 1t took but two days to be back in
Washington, and 1t cost the govern
ment but $43.75.
But on January 8. 1907, the first
method of investigating New York's
customs revenues-namely, from the
car window-was resumed, and Mr..
Shelton ran on to Providence and
back without disembarking in wicked
Gotham. Cost to Uncle Sam, $36.95.
Now, isn't 1t funny that Mr.. Aid.
rich's secretary should have to go to
Providence, r. L., every time he
wanted to investigate the New York
customs revenues? And isn't 1t funny
that an investigation authorized In
March, 1905. should not begin until
August, 1906? And should not cease
until January, 1902 And should not
then produce any report?
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
MexIco,s VIaorous PresIdent.

President Diaz. when 10 years old.
was one day chatting with some Amer.
ican tourists in the military college
at Chapultepec, says his biographer.
when he noticed climbing rope hang.
ing near him.
Il wonder II could climb that
now!" he exclaimed, and to the amaze
ment Of his guests, threw of his coat
and went up the rope hand over hand
to the top-a difficult exercise for q.
cadet. &
When he came down he turned to
the Americans. smiling, and said:
Nov you can say you have seen
q man OF 10 years do at."-Youth's
Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22

= ROM the confessions Of man with
j army connections 1t may be said
that all is not Joy with the military
and naval attaches Of the American
service who are on duty in Washing
ton with White House duties as side
issues Of the regular routine. The
places of aids to the president, social
aids washington calls them. are much
sought, but 1t is declared that after
a few months Of It most OF the social
stan oflicers get tired unto death Of
their work and long for the sound OF
boots and saddles" at q frontier post
or an order for a march in the Phil,
ippines-
1t must not be supposed that the
military and naval aids Of the presi-
dent have nothing to do except to at
tend him personally whom be Il giving
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
VEGETABLES IN NEW aulsz.


To serve cold turnips attractively
heat cupful OF soup or good stock;
add cupful OF bread crumbs and sim.
mer for Ave minutes. Add the mashed
turnips, two or three tablespoonfuls
Of cream and the requisite amount Of
salt and pepper. When thoroughly
hot turn in the beaten yolk of an egg;
cook for minute or two longer and
serve quickly.
II some Of the large stalks of cell
cry have been left from dinner and
the cook does not desire to make them
into soup stew them until tender In
slightly salted water; then drain them
through colander and chop fine. Add
cream, melted butter, beaten egg. and
salt to taste. and to each pint of the
mixture one level teaspoonful of ba-
king powder that has previously been
sifted into little flour. II the batter
is not of proper consistency, little
more flour may be added. for the mix
ture must be thick enough to drop
properly from the end Of a spoon into
the deep fat In which 1t should be
fried
Even the radishes left on the table
may be served attractively II this
formula Is followed: Let them cook
until tender In just enough boiling
water to cover them. Keep the sauce
pan securely covered until the rad
ishes are done; then uncover and re-
duce the liquor one-half. Add an
equal quantity Of milk, and, when at
the point of boiling, stir in the neces.
sary amount of -four and butter to
thicken the sauce appropriately. II
you have never tried this experiment
In cooking radishes the result will be
certain to prove a pleasing surprise.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22

r HEY are going to form home
spun brigade" In the house and
go back to first principles. Repre-
sentative Wyatt Aiken of South Caro-
lima is the organizer of the brigade.
During the Fifty-ninth congress Mr..
Aiken came up from his home in Alb
beville with his rotund figure clad In
an old-fashioned homespun suit. One
day he was passing through the speak
er's lobby and encountered Uncle
Joe" Cannon.
Aiken" said the speaker, where
the devil did you get that jeans? Do
you know, 1 haven't seen any of that
cloth since was boy In North Caro-
lima"
Mr.. Aiken explained that an old
woman in his district had made 1t, and
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22

were again urged to surrender their
old certificates, In a descending ratio,
for those of the new complete" con-
solidation. AS they were anxious for
anything which promised to give them
dividends on their investment they fell
in line with the suggestion. At the
time of the final consolidation the pro-
moter disappeared = leaving behind
him wake OF hardship, privation and
suffering.
There are many and varied planes
and attitudes In the contemplate craft
Of swindling women, and the smaller
the swindle the more contemplate 1t
often is, Almost innumerable frauds
are worked IN this field in petty way
nearly all Of them based on an initial
fee OF some sort which is to give them
the benefit Of easy and lucrative work
at home" After the fee Is paid the
work furnished is ,either impossible In
its requirements or 1t is not furnished
at all. Poor women in almost every
state in the union were defrauded by
an Apron club" concern which
claimed to be organized on co-opera-
tive basis and for the philanthropic
purpose of affording those who coined"
to earn easy money at home. The ini.
tiation or membership fee was 81. The
swindlers operating this scheme were
prosecuted and convicted by the fed
eral government and In the trial It
developed that many of the victims
were widows who had believed that .
membership in this club would permit
them to earn living for their families
without the necessity of being absent
from their little children. The letter
copying" scheme Is another develop
ment Of easy and profitable work at
home" swindles. Some Is of these
petty swindlers were recently closed
out In Chicago, and Detective Wool
bridge. who handled the cases. found
that large and pitiable number of
the victims were invalids, some of
them bedridden.
There is one way by which poor
women may know when they are being
offered a swindle In the game Of work
at home" II 1t develops that there
Is any kind of fee demanded at the
outset 1t Is safe to class the proposi.
tion as fraud, although the demand
may be in very plausible form-a
deposit" against materials sent" or
a membership" in an organization.
Many Of these schemes are concerned
with so-called art work" and make
that fiattering appeal to women of re-
f1nement and appreciation"
When It comes to an investment of
any sort the promoters Of which ap-
peal to women who are comparatively
or actually, poor. to float their enter
prise. is it'not fair to assume that the
thing is a swindle? II the investment
had merit In the true sense of the term,
could not its promoters readily obtain
capital for 1t from business men with
their eyes open? The promoter who
makes 1t business to secure lists of
women in order to inveigle their saw.
ings from them Is, on the face Of Il,
open to grave suspicion OF fraud.
JANE ADDAMS,
Hull House, Chicago
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
Baked Bean Salad.

Peel and slice fine eight small on.
ions, pour cold water over them and
press hard with the hands to remove
the strong taste. Drain well and put
in the salad bowl with three cups cold
baked. beans. Toss lightly. add a tea
spoonful salt, half teaspoonful pep
per, two tablespoonful salad oil. .
teaspoonful Of white sugar and a small
cup Of vinegar. Mix. Garnish with
olives, green or the ripe black ones.
hard-boiled eggs sliced and lettuce.
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ples. bearing down sensations, etc.)
On June 20th. 1907. four and one-half
years later. she said: II haven't had
kidney trouble since. ! repeat my
testimony"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents q boz.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
Woman Not Ia Demand.

Mr.. Arnold Shanklin, Just returned
from Panama, says that men who 60
to Panama seem to think a wife one
Of the first necessities, but generally
they are provided with sweethearts.
who either como to them properly
chaperoned or they 60 back to the
states for them. The government
builds nice six-room houses for the
married men. and there IL very
pleasant social set being formed. He
did not seem to agree with Miss
Helen varick Boswell that old maids
or bachelor girls are wanted there.
the inference being that the right
sort Of men are either married OF
about to be when they go to Panama
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22
Salaries Of Bank PresIdent..

The salaries df presidents Of banks.
even those In the largest cities, are.,
as rule. very much less than the
salaries Of railroad presidents. James
Stillman. president of the National
City bank. Of New York. gets only
SIS. 900 year. t gt
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ney troubles. IL that
relief lasting? Let
Mrs. James M. Long.
Of 113 Augusta st..
6taunton. Va. tell
you. On January 31st,
1908, Mrs. Long
wrote: "Doan's Kid.
ney Pills have cured
me" (of pain In the
back, urinary trou-
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THE TIME TEsr.
That !. Whist Prove. rru. Merit.

Doan's Kidney Pills bring the quick.
est OF relief from backache and kid
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Extensive beds Of Holsters are to b.
planted soon In the waters OF British
Columbia. and II 70 expected that in
four or nve years the iobster-taking
Industry will be established on Isrge
The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-22

\womsn's clubs. i
pswell has been -
.Htring Of womsn's
MOL PlnamG1z --v
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business in the CITY n Toled6,. County and stAss
sts.ys,sId y snS sna{ 4 osid nsm yin pay the sam q
ease Of cATAHsn that cannot be enrsd By the uss o.
A 49, PRANK .. CHENEY.
sworn % before me and subscfib4d IN my presence
shis sth day Of December, A. D., ises
ssM NorAsr PusL1o
Airecty on the blood and mucQus surfaces OF ths
systsm- Send for tsstimgn!s!ss Re, =. ..-.... =
Sold by all Dvuegisss, 80. ~ 4 \ " sII.1' n
Tsks HSirs Family Fnis ior esdssip4sisa.