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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
RABBIT now LIVES AT
HOME OF UNCLE REMUS
Little Animal Mysteriously Ap-
pears One Week After the
Funeral of Mr.. Harris.

Atlanta, Ga, Special: "Bre'cr Rabbit
has taken up his abode at the home of
Uncle Remus," not in spirit, but in the
living flesh. And therein lies a remark
able coincidence following the recent
death of Joel Chandler Harris.
Just a short time has passed, fol-
lowing the last tributc paid the noted
author who p~ersonitied animals and
made the shy but sllrewd rabbit stand
out in fame among all the rest. when Il
real live rabbit came to The Sign of
the Wren's Nest" and adopted it as his
home.
Where he came from nobody knows:
where he was going he decided for him
self, for he concluded that the Snap
Bean Farm was good enough for him.
And there he is apparently TO stay.
One Sunday morning the butler
caught n glimpse of him. and thinking
him one of the dcnizens of the wood
which had lost his way and strayed
unwittingly into civilization was about
to throw Il stone at him. Mrs. Harris
saw him in the nick of time and pre-
vented the attack.
And her the children, g%randsons and
granddaughters of the late Uncle Re-
mus resolved they would try to make
a pet of him. Cautiously they APP
preached, food in hand, expecting every
minute he would turn and run to es-
SoPS lllSlt, -DdL Iot 81. Sl iIlA
nearer they went, but Bre'r Rabbit did
not stir until the proffered food was
placed beneath his nose and then-he
ate it.
1t was a tame rabbit; there was no
doubt Of that. But whose, M where
did he come from? Diligent inquiry has
failed to establish any ownership, and
in the meanwhile the unexpected but
not unwelcome visitor had found a con-
genial abode in the coal shed, with the
coal pile for his bed. There he goes
nightly, as he has done since his ar
rival, v%enturing forth by day to nibble
dainty bits of green. play with the chill
dren or chase the cat, q favorite
pastime.
Strangely enough. considering Mr..
Harris %fondness for the animal tribe
and the rabbit in particular. never be-
fore has there been n that claimed a
home upon the Snap Bean farm.
A coincidence is his coming now but
may it not be Bre'er Rabbits tribute
from his kind to the memory of a uni
VerSal friend?
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
FOR
LOST TREASURE
Searchers for Kruger's Sunken
Wealth Have Disappointing
Experience.

South African tradition credits Kru-
ger with having had great wealth
which is scattered about in various
places somewhat after the manner of
the famous Captain kidd's treasure.
Some of kruger's millions We're sup
posed to nave gone down in the sailing
ship D%orothea off the coast of Natal
about the time the late President kru-
ger left the Transvall for Holland.
So strong is his belief even in Eng
land that last year a London syndicate
financed Il ship and sent it to the coast
of South Africa to search for the sub
merged wealth. The Alfred Nobel. as
the vessel was called. was fitted With
the latest appliances for enabling
divers to remain under water and with
all possible modern aids to discover
treasure. The skipper vas a Captain
Gardiner and the crew We're picked
men. They started off - months ago
and are now returning With only q
quantity of old hin which will Ger
tainly MOI compensate the adventurers
for their expedition.
They went first to where the Doro-
thea sank, but could not find any race
Of treasure. SO they made round the
coast of Swakopmund in the hope that
some wealth might be found in the
wreck of the Dunbeth. Here it was
discovered that ever the copper INC
brass fittings had been taken by previ-
Gus visitors. This part of the venture
cost $4,000.
The treasure hunters Their moored
close to the old Dutch East Indian Mid
dleburs. which sank in Saldanha bay.
Here the china was secured and 10
feet of sand had to be pumped out be-
fore even this was obtained. Opera
ions We're next conducted on the wreck
of the Thermopylae in Three Anchor
bay, with no result, n then on the
wreck OF the America off Woodstock,
a suburb Of Cape Town. which was
another disappointment.
The honey available for the specu-
lation being exhausted further treasure
hunting had to be abandoned. The
public in Cape Town We're allowed to
inspect the o. at 10 cents a head to
swell the funds a little, and more
ven was obtained from this prosaic
source than II other. Now the dis
consulate seekers for wealth are on
their homeward ,oyage, to be well
coined by a still more di%sconsolate
syndicate.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
CASSIE CHADWICK
MONEY UNDER BAN
Government Finds the Novelty
Is Being Used to Swindle
Greenhorn Arrivals.

Washington, Special: The printing Of
cassie Chadwick Money must be dis
continued. Chief Wilkie, of tho govern
,ment secret service, will request District
Attorney Baker to suppress the local en-
,terprise. The Federal Book company OF
this city prints the money and sells it to
stores dealing in novelties.
The Cassie Chadwick currency bears a
likeness of the celebrated easy none ad-
ventures, as we'll as a photograph of a
busted bank Two years ago, when it
was designed. a sample was submitted to
Assistant Secretary Keep, of the treasury.
After consultation with Chief Wilkie
and With the United States district attor-
ney of the district, the inventors of this
paper We're informed, that while the nov
city has a good many points resembling a
$500 bill of the United States, 1T was
technically not a violation of the laws de-
claring thai nothing shall be printed in
similitude of an obligation of the United
States government.
Immediately the supposed money came
into great demand, being sold freely to
visitors I'm the city. For some time no
complaints were received Of any improper
use of the fake money. But in the past
few months three complaints have come
from different parts of the country saying
1t has been passed off for real money.
Four or five lays ago Jerry Larkin was
arrested at Clayton, n. y. for passing
one of the novelties for 500. He must
stand trial on the charge.
Secret service officials say that while
the Chadwick bill does not bear sufficient
resemblance to a 500 bill to deceive native
citizens, 1t can be used to impose upon
newly arrived foreigners.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Fern Leaves to PRESERVE Food.

Fern leaves excel all other agents for
packing articles of food, according to Con-
sui General Gucnther, at Frankfort. lie
partment, of which the following is q
summary:
People who nave lived in England
know that the English have used fern
leaves successfully for many years. Nalu-
able fruit, fresh butter. etc. are no longer
seen in the English markets packed in
grapevine leaves. which keep the articles
vine leaves are to be had in abundance.
Everyone posted we'll in botany knows
the high preservative power OF fern leaves
with reference TO vegetable and animal
substances.
ION the Isle Of Man fresh herring are
packed IN ferns and arrive on the market
in as fresh condition as when they We're
shipped. Potatoes packed in ferns keep
many months longer han others packed
only in straw. Experiments made with
both straw and fern leaves in the same
cellar showed surprising results in favor
of ferns. While the potatoes packed in
straw mostly showed signs Of rotting in
the spring those in ferns were as fresh as
If they had just been dug. Fresh meat is
also well preserved by fern leaves.
1T would seem as If the high pre-
servative qualities of fern leaves are due
to their high percentage of salt. No
larvae, maggots, etc, approach ferns, as
the strong odor keeps them away
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Few Babies Ride in Motor Cars.
From the Detroit Free Press.

FROM lEe DclIOll LleS IcSS -
Am / blind or simply unobserving?"
said a man who really as a rule keeps his
eyes open.
Monday" he continued, II saw In an
automobile a baby held in its mothers
arms, and that was a surprising sight to
me. | don't remember ever to have seen
a baby in an automobile before. And now
that ! think of it you don't see many dogs
in automobiles. You see dogs carried in
carriages. but not many in automobiles.
Why is this? Aren't the people that
own automobiles fond of dogs or babies?
or if they are fond of them do they think
the auto would be too fast for them, not
good for them or something like that?
Horses and dogs go together all right,
and you might expect to see dogs in car
r!ages and not expect to see them in the
new motor driven machines; in fact, dogs
may not take kindly to automobiles, but l
don't know of any reason why babies
shouldn't.
And yet 1 venture to say you rarely see
babies in automobiles: young children you
may see, but not babies, and why is this?
Is it because those who ride in autos have
no babies, or is it because they are most
intent on their own pleasure, or is it be-
cause they think auto riding wouldn't be
good for them?
II don't know: but that one I saw Mon
day was the first baby L eve saw in an
automobile.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
A Force New to Science.
From Harper's Weekly.

fTO1l mar pei > NcShlS.
The measurement of nerve force pre-
sents one of the most mysterious and per-
picking problems in medicine. 1t is the
meeting place of science and occultisln,
the ground on which the occult contends
successfully with medicine and conquers
it. Mystics have long declared that the
human body is surrounded by an aura.
depicted in ancient Nominations over the
heads of saints as the halo; many appar-
entity reputable persons have declared
these carnations actually changed ac-
cordinS to the possessing emotion.
The French Academy of Science has in
vestigated the properties of the biometer,
a little machine invented for the purpose
of measuring some unknown force given
off from the human body. The machine
consists of a glass cylinder eisht or ten
inches long and five to six inches wide.
closed at the top, and standing in a mar
row circular groove on a wooden stand.
From the top of this apparatus depends a
single UNFINISHED thread of cotton about
four inches long. The lower end is care
fully fastened TO the exact middle of a
copper needle about three inches long,
suspended from it horizontally, so as to
move in horizontal rotation to right or left
with perfect freedom. About one-third Of
an inch below this is a circular horizontal
card, divided into $50 degrees, which rests
on a glass bobbin having an exterior diam
eter OF two inches and resting itself upon
the wooden stand. This glass bobbin has
been wrapped round with alternate lay
ers of plotting paper and fine iron wire.
The result is to produce a mobile needle
that can rotate horizontally Immediately
above a circular card divided into $50 de-
grees.
Various other c~ontrivances, such as the
sthenometer, have been devised, but all
on the same general principles. The bio
meter consists of a copper needle, the
sthcnonet.r of a suspended straw, both
completely enclosed in glass.
Now, when the right hand is advanced
to within about one inch of the cylinder,
and there retained from three to five
minutes. no one else standing near, and
the eXperimenter neither moving nor talk
ing, the needle is rotated through 20 to 60
degrees. remains fixed for a time. and
then returns to the starting point. The
same occurs when the left hand io adj
vanced. There is no possibility Of illu-
sion. 1t can be done whether the room be
dark or light, cold or not, quiet or noisy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
A Newsy Letter.

TTUT1 tlIG DtIIIICdIUT.
A wholesome scorn OF physical ills is
a good thing, according to the philoso-
ply of q boy in the state school for de-
pendent children, who wrote his father
thus:
Dear Papa: We children are having
a good tim here now. Mr.. Sager broke
his leg and can't work. We went on a
picnic and it rained and we ali got wet.
Many children here are sick with
humps Mr.. Higgins fell off the wagon
and broke his rib. but he can work a
little. The man that is digging the we'll
whipped us boys with a buggy whip be-
cause we threw sand in his machine
and made black and blue marks on US.
Ernest cut his finger badly. We are all
very happy"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
LEARN THE ART
OF DRESSING WELL
Good Taste in Clothes Is a Mat.
ter of Becomingness Rather
Than Styles"
From the Kansas c..y ear

Dressing we'll is not a matter of
what one spends, but of how one
spends it. The vulgarian dresses as he
eats-with the single idea of loading
himself down. 'Flash" in dress always
suggests the curve of the race track
and the green baiZc OF the gaming ta-
BILE. Dazzling rings. SNOWY pins and
Nociferous checks" are not so much
an evidence that a man possesses
money as that his money possesses
him. Il see that Brokerton is rolling
in wealth." said one of his acquaint-
ances to another. Not rolling" quick
ly %retorted the man addressed. but
laundering"
Every man who aspires to be truly
we'll dressed should begin by studying
lures and physical peculiaritics. An
things cannot, in reason, be becoming
to all men. Putting massive mission
furniture into a dainty sold-and- blue
boudoir creates q deafening discord.
Similarly. he of 40 who wears colors
suited to a of 20 violates Il
fundamental law of dress-becomlns-
ness to the individual.
A crimson craNat on q sallow COM
pleXioncd man sharply emphasizes his
absence of color. but it may be en-
trcmcly becoming TO him whose color
is fresh and whose skin is clear. Silk
hats and frock coats on an abnormally
understood man impel the ~irreNerent
remark, Get a Stepladder!' and on
an abnormally tall man, Look out for
the clouds!"
You sec, dressing we'll is not a ques-
ton of buttons and braid, rule II rote,
but of what makes a ma lOOk his best.
1t is as impossible to lay down hard
and fast rules concerning what the in
dividual should Wear as to dictate what
| III should eat. He must learn by OBJ
%Eervation what suits his personality,
just as he must learn what suits his
palate. Trutt1es and swcetbreads are
%delectable to some mouths, but they
taste as ashes to him who doteS on
drilled chops.
Know what becomes You and dress
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. is the secret of feel
ing and looking fit to sour finger tips.
Avoid the tleeting fad and adopt the
matured mode. Cultivate an air" a
poise, an effect in dress that are sub
lily expressive of Your own personality.
Don't be an echo, II trailer, me too
Strive for the positive in color. Posi-
tive colors are usually strong-neutral
colors are generally weak.
Nj young ans idea in dress is tho
college boy, and with minor exceptions
he is Il capital pattern to follow. Most
fashions for men, and certainly all eX-
treme ones, have their birth in the
great universities. Dress is to the av-
erage man a thing apart-'tis the col
lege youths whole existence. He darts
after each fresh fad as a hungry fish
darts after a crumb and his preference
and prejudices powerfully influence
young mems dress the country wide.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
SAuR|AN KINGS
FIGHT TO DEATH
IN BRONX ZOO
Mortal Combat for Supremacy
of Pool RACES for Hours
in Spite of Keepers.

New York.-There was a battle
at the Bronx zoo-a battle to the death
such as is seldom seen outside the depths
and fastnessos of the jungle. 1t was
Tough for tho supremacy of the alligator
pool, and the antagonists We're kings OF
their kind.
Captain a fve-footer. and four cow
alligators We're moved from the aquarium
to the zoo on Monday last. They had
outgrown their tank. and it was thought
for their own salles and the safety of spec
,ators that they would better be in the
pool in the Bronx. 1t was along toward
dusk when they We're dumped in with.
is alligators at the zoo. ''Whitey," king
of the pool. had had his dinner and he,
and his subjects We're sluggish.
the night passed quietly, but when keep,
ers Went to the pool in the morning they
saw signs of trouble. Captain and his
COWS lay on one side of the pool and
ranged opposite was Whitley" at the head
of his crew, slashing the nine feet OF HIM
from side to side and forward and back
ward belligerently.
Smaller More Aggressive.
Without warning the keepers heard 10
crashing in the water and rushed TO the
pool side to find the two kings engaged
In mortal combat. Although ''Whitey'i
was within Il foot of being twice as large
as Captain" the smaller king was not
less agile nor handicapped in the size of
his jaws. In the beginning they backed
away as far as each could get from the
other and then rushed full TIT, head for
heed. When they came together the i'm
pact would raise their two slippery bodies
half out of the pool. AS they backed for
q new rush each would slash with his
great worries for the throat OF his antag-
on!st.
Keepers with poles and hooks tried to-
separate the fighters, but it was futile,
! Their hard heads and backs returned the
--1 49,. t., tLA la, II. ~ l-i,,.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
DISCOVERIES AT kNossos.
DR.. Evans in Crete.
From the London Times.

lilt oIid L HIVE.
May beg a little space to inform those
interested in Cretan exploration OF a Sc
ries of discoveries lately made at knos-
sos? The news from DIR. Evans is exceed
ingly good. He has been working all tho
season in the large house which lies to
the west of the palace, but unfortunately
is deeply buried under the talus of a hill.
With great labor DR.. Evans has now
reached the further limit of this build
ing, and on mis- way has found much. A
magnificent Steatite vase in the shape of
a bulls head, with inlay of cut shell about
the n%ostrils, and with crystal e%yeballs,
the iris being painted on the back of the
crystal. reveals TO us a new technic.
In another quarter, on the north, a great
hoard of bronze implements and utensils,
including Il large tripod cauldron In per-
feet preservation, will much increase our
knowledge of the finer domestic appa-
ratus of Minoan civilization. AS DIR.
Evans speaks of having unearthed a great
number of early vases with these tools
there should be no difficulty in dating the
latter and thereby getting standard forms.
On the south OF the palace a range OF
buildings has been found at a lower level,
largely buried under debris of the palace
itself. The latter included a mass of ivory
fragments. the remain of carved caskets
and of fresco paintings. Inside the south
building itself, under q staircase, a small
hoard of silver vessels has come to light
some bowls and a jug. These will be. vel
coined as first fruits of that work in pre-
cious metals which so greatly influenced
the ceramic artists of the middle Minoan
periods. but has generally disappeared.
We hear, too. of fine vases of various
kinds, one with papyrus plant ornament
in relief and others in the best "palacr
style" Work is also proceeding actively
On the east Of the palace, and every effort
is being made to get into the great dome
tomb found last year, and to find Other
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
A Burns Celebration.
YN-~ .L~ 4,l~~ JC~~-

n 10110OT III
Scotsmen love to honor the memory
of Robert Burns, and il only two OF
them can get together the event is
celebrated in enthusiastic style.
1t was on the anniversary day of the
great national poet that a man was
entertained by a "brither Scot at the
latter's home. The whisky flowed free
ly, and at the wee sma' hoor ayont
the twal" the guest staggered to his
feet with a view to departing. The host
sat still in his chair, and. summoning
his servant, ordered him to find a cab.
"Guid bye said he to his visitor,
IAN yell eXcuse me comm DOT. I'm
afraid q the draughts."
Then, gazing earnestly before him.
he added in a confidential manner
Mon, when we get ootside. yen see twa
cabs Yen take the first; the ither's
mo- there"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Australia,s Rabbit Pest.
rrom the Pittsbure Dispatch.

TTUnl lIe IIllSDUIB DISpdtCH.
In 1852 two rabbits We're imported into
Australia from England. These arrivals
in that continent now number billions
and are a great pest. Five rabbits eat
as much grass as one sheep. From 1878
10 1883 the Australian government paid
out $685. DIS as bounty for the noxious
animals, at the rate of Is cents each, and
from 1883 to 1856 81, 900 for the same
purpose. For some years the rabbits died
by millions, owing to the drought, but
1904, with the rainy seasons increas-
ing. they have again come into notice and
bid fair to become as great pests as in
the past.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
He Knew they'd Fit.

FROM lLVeTy DOuy $ MiSaZilc.
A southern colonel had a colored valet
by the name of George. George re-
ceived nearly all Of the %colonel's cast
off clothing. He had his eyes on a GER
tain pair of light trousers which We're
not wearing out fast enough to suit
him. so he thought he would hasten
matters somewhat by rubbing grease
on one knee. When the colonel saw the
spot he called George and asked if he
had noticed it. George said, Yes. sar,
colonel, 1 noticed dat spot and tried
mighty hard to get it out. but Il
couldn't"
Have you tried gasoline?" The col
one! asked.
Yes. sab. colonel, but it didn't do no
good"
Have you tried brown paper and a
hot !ron?"
Yes, sab, colonel. Use done tried
mos everything / knows OF. but dat
spot wouldn't ON out"
We'll. George, have you tried ammo
MAJ" the colonel asked as a las re-;
sort.
mo, sab, colonel. I amt tried EN- on.
yet, but l knows dey'll fit"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Spinsserhood.

1 nave looked on the king. From out of
the North he came:
Thu world was busy and blind but my
heart took wing
At the light in his face, and the truth
swept out like a flame.
And ! said: Ills the king
a strange. new word,
And an untiedsed joy L bore on my
breast unseen.
All my life dreamed into the voice that
my spirit heard,
Singing: Thou art the queen"
But the king passed by With never a
glance at me:
He was gazing aloft at a star, or down
at Il stone,
With u brow that pondered and eyes that
We're keen to see.
And l wait. alone.
Jane Carmyn, in Atlantic.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Perfectly Plain.

From Youths Companio.
With all the impartiality of the par
tisan Professor Price set forth the COLI
tentions OF both political parties re-
garding the tariff.
At the close of his talk he was sur
surrounded by the fair members of the
Woman's Current Events club.
"Oh. Professor Price" cooed the fair
est, thank you SO nue. for your per-
fectly lovely talk! l understand all
about the tariff now. It's just like a
lovers COMPREHENSIVE f~ree-traders
are the other girls!"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
More Than Truth.

Louise. after being scolded. could
W be r~econciled till mother had as
sured her that II loved her, which re-
suited on one occasion in the following
dialogue:
You don't love me"
Yes. l do love you"
Well. you don't talk like it."
well. how do you want me to talk
IL wan, you te talk to me like you
do When o have company
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Poor. PAPA.

MY five daughters are all married
now"
II suppose you had considerable diff
ficuity in getting so large a number Of
girls off your hands"
No. the difficulty is in keeping so
large a number Of husbands on their
feet"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04
Another Martyr.

Mickey-so he made n sacrifice to
serve de public?
Patsy-Yep; tooll a job as messenger
at $3.50 per week when he could make
twice as much shootin' craps.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-04

The number Of new buildings in
Bnenos Aires has Utmost quadrupled in
six years.