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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
(contisued Next week.)
"Thanks: I'm nHn

A good story is told of Il well known
Blitish Journalist who. while i'm Berlin
had the misfortune to offend the kaiser
by publishing information about ihe
emperor OF Il lather Intimate nature
lie was ordered to leave Germany
he U a respite @. two weeks dmr.
ing which he could wind up his affairs.
put ne was a marked man: the police
Swallowed him plight and day, and he
determined to escape the continual es-
pionage.
AT last he hit upon the expedjcn, .,
placing a stuffed dummy of himself be-
fore a window, with it's back towards
the street, and While the police jealous
~ watched the dummy he was daily
Slipping out by a side door and eoin.,
unmolested abou his business. dis
guised in a pair Of blue goggles and an
old SLOUGH hat.
The dummy sat in a chair. with oc-
casional Interruptions, from . In the
morning till 10 at night. and was pulled
inside by a string at bed time.
On the morning OF the journalist.
departure the figure was turned with
Its wooden face toward the street. dis
playing a small placard for the ed1-
fcation of the police, reading:
I'm off"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
AN UNUSED VEGETABLE

Although satisfy has been cultivated for
several centuries. and was recognized as a
delicious vegetable by the 18th century
cooks, it is so little used AS a food TODAY
mat comparatively few persons in this
country even know how to prepare. 1T. In
fact. most of the women YOU NEE, will
assert without hesitation that it is both
plthN and tlSteless. when it is really one
or the dalhi1est and most tasty of vegeta-
bles. If properly prepared by "A cook who
understands its pcculiarities. 1t is true
that it can't be ookcd i'll the same care
less way that one might boil u beet or a
potato; but. If YOU are willing to show it
some of the attention to which il is en-
titled. it will respond in a manner that
will surprise those who have never e.-
perienced the delight of eating we'll cooked
satisfy.
There are Two kinds of satisfy I'm the
market. the black and the white. and both
are good to eat, although the latter is
generally more tasty. In buying it, there
fore, 1t is well to select the white satisfy
To prepare it. scrape the roots and throw,
them, the moment that this has been done.
into some cold water to which a little vim.
egar has been added-two tablespoonfnl,
OF vinegar to a pint of water being abou,
the correct proportions. Keep the root,
submerged for fully five minutes. after
which they may be cooked by any one of
several recipes.
me simplest way ts to put them into
boiling water with a littls salt, and leave
them to cook until they are tender. They
are then drained and served with melted
butter or with a white sauce.
Another dainty way of preparing them
is to saute them. To do this, cut the nre-
viously submerged satisfy into slices about
a quarter of an inch in thickness. Then
saute them In good butter, seasoning with
salt. pepper chopped parsley, and, at the
last moment. a sprinkling of lemon tuice.
Satisfy may also be fried deliciousIv 81
prepared as follows: Clean and soak the
roots, then boil them until tender cnt
them into pieces about three incbes In
length. dip in batter and fry in deem fat
Draining them we'll. and seasoning them
with salt and pepper, before serving on a
folded napkin. A sprinkling OF chonned
parsley and a few drops OF lemon mice
will improve the flavor.
The satisfy may also be made into fritz
ters that will prove extremely dainty ~
served as an entree at dinner. To prenar o
them. CRATE the scraped roots very five
and mix with a fritter batter composed az
-four. milk and eggs. Salt slightly, and
fry in deep fat.
To scallop satisfy, boil the prepared roots
until they are tender, then season them
with butter, salt and pepper, and abonr
half Il teacupful of rich cream. Place this
mixture in q baking dish, cover with a
layer of bread crumbs, season with salt
and pepper. dot with butter. and balsa
until Drowned.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
IHE nADDeNlNG nl5(UuNE Altitude

i've been thinkins." announced the
Mere Man. lazily blowing q smoke ring,
gazing dreamily through it into the fire,
"of getting married"
The Bachelor Girl started, and then
bent hurriedly to take a stitch in the
glove she was mending.
For how long?" she inquired sweet
ly. CHANGING sidewise through a curl
that hung yer m eye.
"What?" The Mere Man put down his
cigaret and gazed at her in surprise.
For life. of course"
II mean how long have you been
thinking of it," explained the Bachelor
Girl, turning family pink beneath the
curl. Has it-has it become a habit
The Mere Man REDEEMED n cleared
his throat.
oh" he responded, trying to speak
with careless ease, .of course, I've
known the girl for several years. but
'Of curse you have!" broke in the
Bachelor Girl, swapping her thread with
an impatient little jerk. "And mean
time you've kept her guessing and wait
ing. That's the m%addening masculine
attitude"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
THE MARATH Hon MYSTERY
A o OF MANHATTAM.
BY BURTON e. STEVENSON
Author Of "The HclIadey Case" Cadets Of oasconyr Etc.

I'VE don't need it," declared God
frey co"liden,ly. as he arose to &c.
We've got a chain about Trenlaine.
Lester. that he can't break-and Well
compei Miss Croydon to forge the last
But in my dreams that night I saw
MN breaking the chains. tra1npling up
ON them. hurting them from him.
tried TO hold them fast with all my
punE strength. for i fancicd that. once
free, he would sweep ven the earth like
Il pestilelce. Then. suddenly. IL was
not I~relnaine but Cecily l was holding;
she turned to look II me with a coun-
lehance so terrible that ii palsied me;
llei eyes Scoiched me With a white heat.
burnt me through n through. Then
she raised her hand and struck me a
heavy blow upon the head-again-
again-iill. blindly. In agony l loosed
my hola of her and fell, fell.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

sympa,hetically, he's likely to get the
cold shiNers or 81 warning chill and
never to take the plunge at ALL"
Yes" agreed the Bachelor Girl.
Love. like pudding. or coffee, or any
thing else, gets cold and stale if it is
left standing too long outside the Win
dow. A mar fancies he has only 10
light the fire in a girls heart and 1t
will keep on flaming, while he wanders
off TO amuse himself and think it over;
but It's the foolish. reckless, impulsive
people, who marry in the first flush and
enthusiasm OF romance. who get all the
real happiness out of life"
And have all the matrimonial indi-
gestion afterward," added the Mere
Man wryly.
Marrying a girl after ten years OF
courtship and-and contemplation
went on the Bachelor Girl, ignoring the
Interruption. rs like buying a doll tina,
has stood in the showcase too long. She
may look just the same at a glance;
but her faith in men is apt to have be-
come fly specked and her ideas to have
become stiff and her opinions set, and
all her fresh sweetness is gone. And
marrying a ma who has been "a bache-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
He Got Around II.

The difficulty of saying a suitable
thing about an unprepossessing person
was once cleverly ~surmounted BY the
great Duke OF Wellington. AT a nan
propose the health Of the lady mavoro
ess. whom he had never seer. n
duke got up n proposed the toast,
describing the subject as the medei
OF her sex"
Now. the lady happened to be n
very plain. wizened little woman. m
the h Lord marlborough afterward
asked the duke how he could describe
that ugly little creature as the model
Of her sex.
why" said the duke, 81 thought !
dld very well. I had never seen her
hke-and some models are blamed
GGlvl" -
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

BIRTHDAY JINGLEs. )

The Scotch have some jingles in re-
gard to birthdays, which run thus:
Mondays BARN is fair o. face.
Tuesdays BARN is full O. grace,
Wednesdays BARN is the child O. woe,
THURSDAYS BARN has far to go.
FRIDAYS BARN is loving and giving
Saturdays BARN works hard for a living.
But the BARN that's born on the Sabbath
Is bonny and lucky. aud wise and gay.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-02-13

According to Franklin the road to market was
"pan even more than century ago
The years have brought succession of improved
methods Of travelling on this same old road, however
and now the former weary time and distance have been
almost obIteDated
Just as steam and electricity have shortened the dis
lance between londo0u Liverpool Paris and Ma,seIer
New York and Chicago so has Newspaper Publicity
shortened The distance between YOUR MARKET and
YOU,
You can still travel from one city to another by OK
team and YOU have fair chance of reachng your des
tnation SOMETIME But you would not willingly
choose the OK team for a thousand mile trip It last
express train were available
Soft is in travelling on This road to market" You
might find your market SOMETIME by using the OK
Gait sort Of publicity 1.-The poster and sign board aot
but why not eliminate time and distance and annoy
ances and dSapDontme0tS by taking the fast express
to YOUR MARKET-THE MORNING J0URNAL-Whcb
is yDHIed by MODERN aggressive and adequate news
paper advertising?
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
MOTOR BOAT CRUISE ON.
Start for Thousand Islands Made
Nineteen to Make Trip.

The biggest motor boat cruise that will be seen
IN America this season started yesterday morning
from the Columbia Yacht Club at West ssth
street. when about dozen boats wended their way
up the Hudson, toward Poughkeepsie, on seven
to eight day cruise to the Thousand Islands The
cruise held under the auspices OF the American
Power Boat Association. and the arrival In the
Thousand Islands is so timed that the boats viii
arrive about a day two before the Gold Chal-
Ienge Cup races begin in Chippewa Bay on Au-
gust 20.
Nineteen boats entered for the cruise, several
coming from various points the river which viii
Join the cruise en- route. The largest part Of the
New York delegation got away at 10 o'clock The
first days to Poughkeepsie To-day the
boats will go to Albany. entering the Erie Canal
tomorrow and proceeding to Osweso. thence to
Alexandria Bay, dsbanding on August 1s The
Gold Cup Challenge races will be held on August
20. 81 and % IN Chippewa Bay. The cup is held
by the Chippewa Bay Yacht Club. and Chip III
was built this year TO defend the trophy. Her most
formidable competitor will be Dixie II. the re-
cent international cup victor. which shipped to
the st. Lawrence last week
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
NERlcAN LEAGUE STANDING.

chicago. Aug r-Uith the same easy grace that
has marked their many defeats this season, the
Yankees proved again to-day that they are just as
soft ever, and when the game ended the score
showed that Chicago had won, this time by
of 10 l.
little sympathy. however. is proper in the down
fall of the visitors to-day for there was general
shifting in the lineup. caused by the absence Of
Conroy and Moriarity. who had gone to their re-
spective homes. the latter owing to the illness OF
his brother. Chase was sent to cover third base,
while Sweeney took Chases place at first.
Lake started in TO do the pitching. but after the
sixth inning. in which the White Sox sent the ball
spinning about the field with telling effect-which
with two nasty wild throws by Ball and two clever
double steals the part Of the Chcagoans, let the
home team pile up four runs-he was retired in
favor Of Billiard who managed to keep the White
Sox from further scoring
In the third inning single by Tannehil a sac
rifce & safe bunt and a single by Dougherty gave
Chicago runs which turned out to be plenty 10
give them the game in themselves The visitors
were retired in the easiest kind Of way in every
inning with the exception Of the fifth when a base
on balls a bunt by Keeler and single by Chase
gave the New Workers run, and saved them
from q shUt-out-
Walsh pitched again to-day, and was quite as
effective as yesterday, when ne also won his game
The score follows;
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Nesc Conditions for Nert Amateur
Cham ponship Tournament

Programmes for the fourteenth annual amateur
championship tournament Of the country have been
sent out by ". Fellowes Morgan, secretary OF the
United States Golf Association New conditions
will govern the coming competition. which will be
held over the links of the Garden City Golf Club
September Il 10 49, This makes solid week Of
competition. and 1T is the only tournament in the
country that will require six days to of.
The conditions will interest devotees OF the game
the country chiefly for their novelty On
Monday. the first day, there will be an eighteen
hole medal round, sixty-four players TO qualify.
On Tuesday morning there will be another eighteen
holes of medal play and the thirtytwo contestants
having the best scores for the thirtysix holes
will qualify for the cha mpionship.
Match play will begin that same afternoon with
a round of eighteen holes. but for the next four
provision for alI-day matches in every round save
the first approaches nearer the ideal system.
rather the system favored and regarded as the
best by majority of the countrys leading players
AS all close followers Of the game IN this coun-
try are aware match rounds for the last few years
have consisted OF eighteen holes except the hnal
which has always been the double round. What
brought about the change the signing Of a
petition by one hundred OF the leading amateurs
of the country. The sgners of the petition
ouested the adoption of the conditions named.
and when the matter brought up at the last
meeting Of the United States Golf Association It be
came law without dissenting voice
In accordance with usual custom the women will
receive a gold medal, the runner-up silver msdal
and the other serni-hnalfsts bronze medals The
contestant making the lowest thrty-six-hoIe score
in the testing round will receive special prize In
the event OF a tie ties for the last place
Monday or on Tuesday morning, the contestants
so tied shall continue TO play until one Of them
shall have gained a lead by strokes at any hole
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
Dax,is Cup Trial Matches Here
England Decides to Send Team to Meet America for
Right to Challenge Australia.

session OF the Davis cup. the emblem of tnterna-
tional supremacy in the lawn tennis world
Gable messages have been passing between Presl-
dent Dwight and the English Tennis Association
for several weeks. and the matter rs settled
The English team. NJ ]. Rtchte. j. c. Harte and
T. Powell will sail for America late this month. and
the international match will be played the courts
of the Longwood Cricket Club Boston. about the
middle of September. Five matches will be played,
four in singles andsone in doubles. The team win
ming the match will be sent to Australia and the
challenge round will be played there. beginning
November IS.
The American team has not been named. and
probably will be until after the championship
is played at Newport this month However. it will
probably include Beals c. Wright, Raymond D. Lit
tie and F. B. Alexander
Some surprise caused yesterday by the de-
cison of the Euglishrnen. for, after the failure of
America to make entries in the Olympic lawn tennis
tourney. won by Ritchie. the plan fell through
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
SIXTH RACE-For rnaidsns years old s4oo added
Five and a half furIongs Start good. Won driving
Time, 1:1oS Winner ch. c, by Hastings-Lady
Rosemary. Belmont.
DoRY GOES TO RACE IN HOLLAND.

George Gardiner Fry of the American Yacht
Club, sailed for Amsterdam yesterday on the
steamer Rotterdam. taking with him his eighteen
foot dory Tautog. which is TO meet the fastest
Dutch dories on August 20. 20 and "a In series
OF international for challenge cup given
by the Amsterdam Yacht Club This is the first
time In the history of yachting that an interna-
tional race for dories IN which America will be
represented has ever been definitely arranged, and
Mr.. Fry's Tautog holds the championship in
her class Of the Yacht Racing Association OF
Long Island Sound American yachtsmen who are
particularly interested IN the success OF small
boats awaiting the result OF the coming
test with keen interest
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
SWEET MARIE BEATEN.
Jack Leyburn Wins Philadelphia
Match Race in Straight Heats.

Philadelphia, Aug u--Jack Leyburn, owned oy
State Senator James p McNichol. of this city. won
the match race with Sweet Marie, owned by Will
lam Bradley, Of New York, to-day, In straight
heats and incidentally established q new record
for the Belmont track.
Ieyburn trotted the first heat in z:o5%. two sec
onds faster than the record. held by Cresceus. OF
the course. The second hea. also made IN bet
ter time than the old record. Leyburn negotiating
the distance in 23osA- The track was in perfect
condition, and 1t was the general opinion that had
Jack Iseyburn been pressed IN the second heat he
would have done better than 2:o5A, the geidins
went to the half fraction faster than IN the first
heat.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
WASHINGTON, 8; DETROIT, 2.
GLIMPsES OF THE GAME.

RigIer's decision at first base in the sixth inning,
from scoring at least run, for Wiltse could
have talIied easily on Bresnahan's long fly It
WAS close decision. but Rigler surely didn't give
the runner the benefit of the doubt He was in
hurry to get out OF the rain.
Joe Tinker is still as pesky hornet when
risytng against the Giants In the six innings
terday he managed TO crowd in two hits, one of
them q double steal base. make five assists and
one put-out and every assist OF the difficult
| order.
Mike ponIin would never catch Honus Wagner
he had 70 Pirate and Cub pitchers for the re-
u1ainder of the The Giant captain has had
g bad slump in his batting recently.
was beaten on Monday, though he held New York
TO brace Of hits. while Pfester won yesterday
allowing McGraw's only two safe raps.
If IT hadn't rained and we had won both games
the Giants would have been in front this morning
But this is the fourth time within month
have had TO be satisfied with being the runner-up
when q victory would have meant first place.
'The Giants bum mud hens mud iarks
Let's have a drfnki" said OF the marines who
was trying TO get a glimpse of the game while the
rain coming down In sheets. He not far
from the truth. the recent games on rainy c~s's
show.
New York has much the better of Chicago in ths
| number Of games this season. and has already
/ taken more than all last season
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
WILL RACE AT GOSHEN AFTER ALL

Middletown. N. Y. Aug u.-At meeting Of the
directors of the Orange County Driving Park As
eociation to-day n decided 70 hold the Goshen
meeting of three days on August Is. a and n
President Hook announced On Monday tha, III.
meeting had been called Of owing 10 the scarcity
OF entriess but additional entries havs since been
received. thus assuring satisfactory cArdA
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
PRINCETON FOOTBALL PLANS CHANGE

Philadelphia. Aug. 11.-WfllIam W. Roper
coach OF the Princeton University football team.
announced to-day that the management had
scheduled a game with the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute for October II in place OF Swarthmore
College. which recently decided TO abolish athlet-
les for the coming year.
Mr.. Roper also said that the football candi-
dates would be called out September 25. which
is later than usual owing 10 request of the
faculty that athletics begin at time concurrent
with the opening or the college term
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12

News confirming the cable dispatch from London
regarding the visit of English lawn tennis team
TO this country in connection with the competition
for the Davis cup and giving further details re-
garding the coming matches was given out last
night by President James Dwight of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Association As
nounced. the English team will come here and play
a team of Americans to decide which shall go to
Australia as challenger OF Australasia for the pos
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
BOSTON. 3; ST. LOUIS. 0.
EvELANp WINS AND LOSES.

At Cleveand-First game RH.E
cleveland .............1 0 Q 0 0 0l 4 2
batteries philadelphia, vickers and Schreck:
cleveland Falkenberg, Liebhardt, Foster and N
Clark.
sacor5 eanoe RHE
C,lsveIand ssyeIip e11e...1 / o ? xR u /
TohiIa SeIphia .......-.2 o % Il 2
F3atteries-Cleveland, Berger, Rhoades. Bems and
n Clark; Philadelphia, Nickers. Dygert. Plank and
Powers. Umpire-CoDnolly-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12
HASTE At SOUTHAMPTON.
Quick Work in Running off La1cn
Tennis Tourney after Slo50 Start.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Southampton, Long Island, Aug 1.-THE con-
tinuation of the lawn tennis singles the turf
courts OF the Meadow Club here to-day found
the field narrowed down to thirteen survivors
out Of the ffty-fve who began the competitions
yesterday afternoon In the rapid running OF the
matches something like the procedure that obtains
in the English meetings observed
As a whole form held its much 20 the de-
light of the gallery of cottagers. who were out in
force during both the long morning session and
that OF the afternoon But even skill with the
racket almost met its match in some OF the
competitions. A s Dabney. the great Harvard
team player was forced TO the limit of three sets
before he overcame George H. Nettleton. 4-5.
SO, so.
Then Wallace F. Johnson. the young Phila-
deIphian found the same number of sets necessary
before he successful in dsposing OF Harry
Torrance IT.. 81. Id. sS For remarkable re-
suits this respect the victory OF Alfred Stnau.
the former Yale pitcher stood out. He had all he
could do to defeat Frederick De Rha1n. Harvard.
in forty-three games by the score Of s-3. s-10.
81. And at that, De Rham was twice within
stroke of taking the match in the third set.
OF the other winners who preserved the unbroken
line as TO form Robert Leroy, the Columbia Uni
versty player. made IT evident that he is again
to be considered as q likely hnalist when the as
pirants for the national honors reach Newport next
week.
The summaries follow:
Meadow Club men. singles (PreIiminary roundp-
l0sy %0Rss dsfsaeS asfsstea 6qd aaf b d.
? B Hawk defeated 7 Harris, 81 81; v. 9.
Frederick Watson. jr. defeated r. Livingston al.
90; 2 P Hague defeated Il. G. Clark, 6-I 6-I;
A s. Dabney defeated T c. Trask. IS. s-6: Robert
Leroy defeated D. Hoffman, So. 60; Norman @.
Johnson defeated Goodhue Livingston "a e2 ss.
Wallace F. johnson defeated c. q Lee S-1. 60.
Harry Terrence. tr defeated @ 7. Richardson. Sc.
e-1; J.. a Coson defeated Joseph Swan. 60. 6-S:
Richard z Forest defeated Benton BuckwaIter. "a
6-3 A. L. Hoskins defeated Newton Rae, g., -
defsuited: Frederick C Inman defeated @. Randall
6-l. 6-2: Richard H Palmer defeated S. Peabody.
Jr, 60 6-2; James Breese. jr. defeated N NJ Niles
by default; w H. Blasdon defeated John Reid. jr.
Ga, eS; Alfred stillrnan defeated Frederick Der
Ga, SO, 81
First round-Dean Mathey defeated ". Scott Cam
e-1. 6-1: J. D. z. Jones defeated Frederick p
Fox. 81. 6-1: T. W. SullOwsy defeated Dr. P 2
Hawk e. e.; Herbert L Westfal defeated Frank
b. Nasue. Sc. -; A. s. Dabney defeated George
H Netteson. "a 60. So Robert Leroy defeated
dsfsated Harry Torrance jr. -. -. 50; Gustsvs
Colston defeated R n Forrest. 60 sI2; Frederick
c. Inman osfeated A L. Hoskns. 81, e.: Richard
II. Palmer defeated James Brsese. tr, 6-l. 81:
Alfred stiiluan defeated ". Il. Blazdon. 5-2 &c
William J. CIothier from Morris T. Carnegie
default: STANLEY Hsnshav defeated Edmund Rogers
e. Sd.
Second round-Henry ". slocum defeated Dean
Mathey. T-5. eI; william J. Clothier defeated Stan
ley Henshzw. To. s3
New-York tribune., 1908-08-12

London. Aug 1.-THE British Lawn Tennis AS
sociation has finally agreed to the American sug-
gestion to play the preliminary round for the
Dwight F. Davis lawn tennis challenge cup
test in America. This will be for the purpose of
deciding whether American or English players
shall go out to Australia TO meet the holders of
the title. Consequently NJ. j. Ritchie, ]. c. Harte
and K Powell the English team, Will sail for
New York the end of this month