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Guns were thrown over shoulders and
Pups Changed against canteens az the SOL
dlers marched away from the great arm
ory IN Michigan avenue. At the sides Of
the meu were the l~ieutenants. who d.
Tected the column into the train sheds and
through the, crowd in the station and on
the walks. After their charges were cared
Tor by the trainmen the li%eutenants min
gled with the captains and majors and
colonies at the gate and sent back words
OF cheer to the mothers and sisters left
behind.
Well could they afford to laugh, for they
were not going to war with q foreign
power. Only to the annual encampment.
Lieutenant Walker. with his sword fash
Ing. Joined the crowd In front Of the gate.
His was the last to take the
train and long had Mercy Fcrber looked
Tor him. At last he marched past. the
men In the rank keeping a fast but rhy-
thmic step up the street and down the
stairs.
II have been looking for you,' said
Mercy as she pushed her way through the
crowd to the gate. and at last was re-
yarded by seeing a very bedraggled lieu-
tenant midst the hurry OF soldiers"
Ii we were last 1t was not the fault OF
the men," replied the lieutenant, lifting
the hat he had drawn from the quarter
master along with his brown suit OF khaki.
Lieutenant Wake was well dressed and
was not In the least bedraggled. you see
we were the last ones to be ordered out.
I trust there will be as little hitch at the
~.encampment as there has been here.
Everything has moved like clock-work. We
are ahead of the schedule" The lieuten-
ant ooked at his watch. Some of the Of
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man a. he climbed to the window and
when he reached the sill she thought he
paused. Another came up. and a third.
and all paused. Then came a four tn. There
was no stop. Into the flames he plunged
and those who stood about laughed and
their voices were shrill and piercing. on
came the man who braved the IRE. Slowly
he made his way through the flames and
at last stood. shriveled and s%corched, be-
fore Winlfred II the flames burned her
she knew i. rot seeing The man who had
come to rescie her from certain death.
She threw herself into his arms and was
carried away. The demoniacal laugh OF
tho men on the window ledge she heard
dimIy and the orders OF the captain be-
came less and less audible TO her and She
stood before her grimy rescuer. Slowly
tho smoke went from his face and gradu-
ally he took the form of one OF her suit
ors. The men from the window Joined
them. One was a fireman. And he was
the first. After him came Cullom and
there was not the manly look on his face
she had seen in times past. After Cullom
came Jerry. Wtnifred turned to the smoke
bcgrimmed man who had crawled through
the flames for her. II was Herbert.
Winifrcd's mother called III girl late
the next morning. And there was no sign
of a fire either In her own room or in the
ncighborhood. She had dreamed.
She mad dreamed and her dreams had
helped her. When she saw Herbert it was
10 answer the question he had asked her
and answer IL in the affirmative.
When the wedding was held Jerry was
the best man. Cullom" Tie left no one be-
mind TO tell where he had gone, Herbert
won a partnership in the store, as we'll as
Wtnlfred, and he has added his name to
that OF Handel and the sign swings in one
OF the principal streets OF the west side Of
Chicago.
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Pointee Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News

\ crank is IL genius whose theories
are impractical.
When reformer meets reformer then
comes the windstorm.
No., Cordelia. all trouble-brewers do
not work in breweries.
some butchers supply homeless ham
Straight from the shoulder.
luna nature with q safety-brako
attachment Is an excellent thing.
The last drop Of water will not como
to the man who waits by a river.
Listening to the troubles OF their
Heighbors affords some people q lot of
pleasure.
A woman is never satisfied unless she
has at least one article that her neigh
Dor can borrow.
gossip get in front of a mirror and tell
1t to yourself.
Perhaps you may have noticed that
lhe more money some men have the
easier it is for them to get a strange
hold on their generous impulses.
III a man shoots putty balls Mt an
enemy he need not be surprised IL they
come back as cobblestones later.
The only reason you can't fool all OF
the people all of the time Is because
some OF the people are not built that
way.
Some OF the charity that begin. ot
home never gets outside the house.
A successful man is one who makes
his mistakes when they don't count
against him.
Clean up the little tasks of today n
you Will be ready for the big tasks or
tomorrow. ~ VI
Don't get the idea under your hat
that other people think as much of Won
as you think of yourself.
Probably there is no personal sac-
flnce SO great as that of the misguided
woman who marries a man % reform
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as far as that goes-happened on the night
of a party when Jerry was Winifred's es-
cort. Herbert was there and a hi. pouty,
but he acted gay enough with the Jenning
girl. After a time Cullom came and that
young man was the favorite from the
start.
There is every inducement for me to
act like the butterfly and go from flower
TO flower" he laughed. II came alone.
and life was prosaic before 1 left the
store. !.
II am glad" the Jenning girl replied.
But why do you ompare girls with
1lowers?"
.or yourself to a butterfly" winifred
exclaimed. stopping in front of the new
conner. What he said was complimentary,
Of course, but It was all lost In the blarc
OF the orchestra and the speaker was
borne away by Jerry for a waltz. Cullom
rat In a chair while the dance lasted and
then his curly head lowed in and out Of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Curious Concentrations.

Ntolik llbS xllloDuIs IlSDAJCn.
A cows hide OF average size pro
duces o thirty-five pounds OF
leather.
h smallest quadruped In the world
Is the pigmy mouse OF Siberia.
takes 10000 tons of copper a month
to satisfy home and foreign demands.
-Four thousand and sixty-one muscles
nave been observed in the body of a
moth.
England possesses twenty-e,ght COWS
for every hundred of the population.
Australia has $50.
a new prize Of 100000 is offered in
France for the invention Of a dirigible
balloon.
In fifty years the average height Of
British men has risen an inch, TO 5 feet
8h inches.
About 200 oysters would be required
daily TO supply sufficient nourishment
for one person.
Dried %currants given to horses o.
~casionally, Instead Of oats, are said TO
increase the animals power OF endure
! ance.
Edinburgh has adopted a scheme for
collecting for charity through a central
Office on the lines of the Liverpool sys-
TEN.
There is a great demand for flax all
over the world. and Il great effort is
being made to induce Americans to Gull
tivate 1T.
The Egyptian" cigarette Is made of
Iurklsh tobacco and paper manufac-
tured IN France or Austria, and is
rolled by Greeks.
Patagonian llamas live for years
without tasting water. and d breed of
cows near L4osere. France. and noted
for tho richness of the milk, takes it
very rarely.
Thread made from the spiders web
Is lighter and stronger than that which
comes from the sil!Sworm. In France
there is a factory used only for the
manufacture of spider thread.
A dredser built OF oak, sixty-eight
feet long. twenty-one feet wide, and
drawing eve feet six inches OF wa
ter. Is now in use IN Dundee barber. 1t
has been In use in the same place for
over 100 years.. and it's engine is said
to have been built by James Wat.
Prince Chun. the brother Of the
emperor OF China. has a son, wlD is
the elnperor's nearest relative injthc
succeeding generation and may elem
tually be emperor. An imperial de-
cree 1t is stated. "bestows upouI the
infant the name OF Pu."
About tWenty-four miles below the
city OF Bordeaux a bed Of rock tint is
stu a menace TO navigation is Icing
blasted out. and Will be entirely re-
moved the present year. For hese
channel improvements 5000, o o was
appropriated by the French So,ern-
ment.
Fishes have no eyelids and necksar-
lily sleep with their eyes open. They
swallow their food whole, haviig no
dental machinery. Frogs. toads and
serpents never take food except that
which they are certain is alive. Ser
will live for six months or longerwith-
out food.
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III I sighed 1t was because I wa. glad
to get away from 10 many people. But
you have been to war and there is every
indication that you will 60 again"

~ 1 sighed 1t was because I was glad
to get away from 10 many people. But
you have been to war and there is every
indication that you will go again.
Would you carer"
o course. Everybody cares when you
90 to war. You might have been killed.
and I guess a good many men were. II
all l read was true. 1t seems there were
other things than battles to fight
There was a Changing OF bells and slow
~ the first section of tho train started on
Its way with the soldiers cheering from
the windowe Of the coaches. The doors
OF the baggage cars were open and in
them were men with stripes on their
The colonels compared their watches with
the conductors ~chronometer.
There were other things than battles
to fight remarked the lieutenant. His
voice was 20 low that Mercy had to benz
her head to tho speaker to hear what he
said. And the other things bother yet
us 1t something worse than ditches?"
Deeper by far. Something that does
not como In the articles of war. / could
study the b~lue-bound book through and
through and It would not tell what 1 want
to know"
The second section of the train glided
past and there were few standing about
the iron gate now. Tho last section Of the
soldiers was o to start. Lieutenant
Walker tuprned toward his car.
What do you want 70 known" Mercy
asked. But she know. She did not see
the crowd beyond the gates nor hear the
cheers of the men a. the bell OF the en-
CINE began ringing.
1.-The thing you can tell. and you are
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
SALARIES OF EuRopE,s RULERS
The Gar of Russia Is Probably tho
Richest Monarch That Has Ever
Lived,
From the London P. O T

one of the most difficult tasks is to
form an estimate of the revenue OF the
worlds rulers, partly because OF the
many sources from which the money is
obtained, and ais because Of the DIFF
fersnt ways in which the wealth is dis
tributed. The car is the richest mon
arch In the world. and probably the
richest that has ever lived. His total
annual revenue is about $500. 900, 900:
Out expenses are proportionately heavy.
and after he has paid for the upkeep
OF his million square miles OF culti-
waited land and forest, as we'll as tn.
expenses OF his mines In Siberia, IL
would seem that he had none too much.
King Edward receives s2,35O,OOO. but
little more than a fourth OF this goes
INTO the privy purse. A stipulated sum
is invariably put aside for household
expenses, salaries. pensions. CHARITIES
rewards, etc. The reichstae allows the
German elnperor about $3.50, 900. He
also has a salary as king of Prussia.
Which amounts to about S3,937. 500. Ha
has great estates and many
at his disposal, but his expenses arc
tremendous The emperor of Austria is
also king of Hungary. and therefore.
like the German emperor. draws TWO
salaries. The amount of each. in his
case. is nearly s2,812,5OO. The king OF
Italy receives abou $3,75O,OOO a wear.
but out OF this allowances are paid to
ne queen uoNabef, 10 the duke OF
Genoa. and to the children of the duke
OF Aosta. King Alfonso has an allow
ance of $1,7S7.500, and as provision ia
made for other members OF the Span
ish royal family outside of this. the
sum quoted is practically all his own to
spend as he pleases. Leopold III re-
ceives about $S75.000. but he has keen
business instincts inc all the world
knows Of the way in which he aug
ments his salary to crafty his Iuxur-
lous tastes. The smallest salary paid
by any power to it's chief is the s62,5OO
allowed by congress to President
ROOSEVELT.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
The Athlete Who studied-

Apropos of Swarthlmore college and
the abolition of athletics. Reginald
Newport:
I'VE all know that college athletics
can be carried too far. I remember an
incident that befell an athletic friend
forget ~which-back in '99.
This chap. training for the hockey
team. went stale. The coach sent for
him and said Indignantly:
You're in q pretty state. Why.
man., you are as pale and soft as put
ty. Been drinking%'
Not a drop said my friend.
Then you are smoking too much
mo. Sir: / haven't touched tobacco
since I went into training
"Studying?' the coach asked.
"'Er-yes. a little my friend ad-
mitted.
"'Good gracious. man, exclaimed the
coach, stop 1t at once! Have you no
regard whatever for your va%rsity""
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Romance Of the we.4

Charles NJ. Harvey. in Il stirrig ar
ticle on h Epic Of the Vests kpan-
sion." recalls in a thrilling maner in
the July number OF the North
American Review the history { h
nee vague. Wild country west 4 the
of the country's strength. He con-
cludes:.
IL. as Petrarch says, 'Histcy is
poetry freed from the incumbrace of
verse then the soul OF the westnust
have been soaring and singing fron the
beginning. The region which sentew-
Is and Clark through darkest Amrica
from the mouth Of the Missouri , the
mouth OF the Columbia; which srted
Moses Austin from ST. Louis { get
from Ferdinand VII. of Spain. panis-
sion to colonize Texas: which pruuced
Becknell and the rest Of the Sam Fe
overland traders, who were to iner-
icanize much OF New Mexico andsome
Of Old Mexico long before Zaaary
Iaylor's guns resounded along tn Rio
Grnnde: which saw John Colteidis-
cover the marvels Of the Yellowone
(and get laughed at when he told bout
them in st. Louis afterward): hich
was with Marcus Whitman and h fell
low colonists moving through outh
Pass on their way to win Oregc for
h United States: which rodexith
Mccartney anu z
tco to the gulf and the Pacific: hitch
stood with Fremont when he raia his
tlag Of the star and the bear aSon-
oma. at the beginning Of h volt.
which placed California under thetars
and stripes: which was present the
meeting of the rails OF Cakes AM and
Huntinston's transcontinental Ills at
Promontory point. In Utah; and hitch
looked on remotely and impontly
while Sitting Bull and Rain in th&ace
annihilated Custer and his army the
Year of a Hundred years'-halh had
poetry. melodrama n tragedy staded
through ITS entire annals.
But have we at last reached III end
of the of the west, d its
grand passion? Hardly. Yesterdr 10
slah Quincy's wild men on thdMis-
souri, held an exposition to whi all
the world was hidden, and to with all
the world came. Tomorrow. begning
with the Indian Territory and ykla-
holna, the emancipated race of tron-
imo. Crazy Snake n Red Clol re-
versing the defeats OF King hip.
Pontiac and Tecumseh, will be tttnR
in the legislative halls at washgton
helping to make laws for the coInent
which once they owned"
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rest OF life. So had Jerry and Herbert. TOO.
Yet the feeling toward Cullom was differ
ent. Perhaps 1t wa because he was new
er and his shortcomings were not known.
Wtntfred put out her light. but her eyes
were wide open when her head pressed the
pillow. When she went to sleep there Is
no one can tell, for the girl herself did not
know. And she dreamed.
There was = fire in tho house and the
cry of strange men filled the yard. The
ladders clattered up to her window. Wini-
fred ran to tho opening in the raj and
was there met by flames. Flames stole
up nehind her n At her side, drawing
nearer and nearer. The clang of gongs
came to her and b heard. or dreamed she
heard. the hiss OF ths water against the
fire. and through tho blaze there were the
sounds OF the captains voice as III directed
the men and told them to climb the lad
ders.
Distinctly winifrsd heard the call Of a
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
Rather Out of Hand

Professor Ogden Chalmers Lorimer.
!oledo's veteran educator. is one Of the
few remaining schoolmasters who stiI
cling to corporal punishment. N|
Il believe in corporal punishment"
he said %stoutly. in Il recent address .r
take no stock in moral suasicn. Good
healthy boys under moral suasion have
hand. VI
There is a friend of mine" said Pro-
fessor Lorimer, with a grim smile. .wbo
is raising n family of six boys with tho
help of moral suasion. The mild iittia
chap argued about the matter the nthae NJ
night at Il club. Ae
And do you believer said. 7 .t,o+
moral suasion is better than cornnrai
punishment for big, husky boys like
yours?'
Yes aid my friend.
And do you mean to say that YOU
have never whipped your boys? r
asked.
las true as I sit here my friend
declared earnestly. I have never stri,ci1
one OF my children except in self-des
'fense.'"
r..
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hcers we're escorting women down the
shadowy walk by the side of the train.
Lieutenant Walker glanced tina way n
minute and spoke to the gate man. That
parsonage pointed over his shoulder to an
other wicket and the lieutenant becl5oned
to Mercy The girl crowded to the edge
OF the people and then ran 10 the gate.
where she was met by the officer and took
his arm to walk along the planks shut
from the mass she had escaped.
Why do you sigh? We are not going
to war. Lieutenant ak said to Mercy.
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IkyaLceSE1W zr mn1DGn
IARRx

Copyright. 1902. by W. II. Hearst.)
Vaughn and sometimes Jerry Drake, and
again the girl looked on both with some-
thing like scorn. Somehow. neither was
an ideal. And this was the state of af-
fairs when Cullom Rogers came into the
n~elEhborhood and went to the store OF Mr..
n to clcrk. Winifred often went to
her fathera store. too. and on one OF her
visits was introduced to Cullom.
All that liz wr.ts.o here-and more, too.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

.he mazes of the Quadrr1le with winifred
at his side.
What he said then canno, be told un-
less the crimson cheek of the girl told.
Anyway. Jerry waited long for Winifred
that night. When she came the lights
were low and most of tho people had gone
home.
Long and late burned the lights in Win
frcd's room. She had heard the voice OF
Cullom n had blushed beneath the
lamps. He had asked her to be his for the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

the only onc.''
Wheels began to revolve beneath the
coaches Of the last section and with re-
newed vigor the men cheered. Some ON
in the crowded station shouted a farewell
and the people took up the cry and scat
tered it as they voiced the adieu. Lieuten.
ant Walker swung to the steps of the
coach as 1t passed and the woman stood
alone.
II Will tell you yes" she said. And he
heard.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
virtuous R.o.

Tit mans indignation was territ.
Those boys" he said, tied a Idle to
a cats tail and chased 1t four mil. I'm
going to have them all arrested"
Was 1t your cat ?" we INQUIRED kntly.
No." said he. 1t was my kettle
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
FoR SMALL CHILDREN.

n lie small small BOY 20 shown in she drawing is wearing a Russian blouse sui.
oradhng iw worth copying, a it varies from the usual style. Short loose trous-
eTs are worn under the Russian blouse, n there is a shield collar worked
with n embroidered emblem. The nodel va sin cadet blue serge. with a arker
fcaloped conara nd embroidery being done in silk to match.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

Deep breathing is of the highest i'm
portance in maintaining the health Of
the stomach, the liver and other abb
dominal organs. When deep. forceful
respiration does not occur the blood
stagnates and disease results. Deem
breathing means strength and health.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

i. Emperor Joseph. Of Austria twice
week holds an audience, when he 4.
accessible to the richest and pooresr
Of his subjects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-05
England Still Hopes to Spring
Surprise in the Olympic Games

years ago. but he is not as fast now as
then
There is a formids bic array Of Eng
ishmen entered for the 1.5O0-meter
race. @. Butterheld, the mile champion;
II. A Wilson, VINO won the trial race
at the Stadium; J. Z. DeaEin. the
southern counties cross-countIy champ
ion; A. 7. Robertson the national and
International cross-ccUntry champion,
and A MacGough ere all entered "a
this event, and II is not believed that
other countries viii have a loolE-in-
England will be well cared for in
The fve-lnile race, ard in the short and
long-6istance walks. Deabin Is the best
OF the five milers. England's Iong-dis-
lance men are counted sure point win
ners in the steeplechase and the three
mile team race
In the hurdles and fel5 events the
English hopes are none too high. es-
recialIy II the Irish athletes refuse 10
compete except as Z separate team
Kenneth Powell. Cambridge, who has
done the n0-meter hurdles in . IS. F.
X. Hussey. the Oxouian, L A., and Os-
wald GraOninss are the piciI Of the hIr-
dIers
J. p. DeEsham is the best man in the
Diameter hurdle. his record beng 8 10
He is not believed 70 be in the same
class with the American hUrdlers-
In the field events England viii be
cutclassed. especially in the weights.
discus and javclin throw. Flanagan.
AIcGrath. Sheridan, and Rose Of the
American team are looked upon as
easy money in these events.
TaaHv and = O'Co0u7r Irish rfncar-
taInties. are pretty good in the jumps,
but neither I'D 10 the mark Of Ray
Ewry the American
T Kirlkwood and + R Nicholson are
the best Britishers with the weights,
cut they Will hardly be placed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-05
SluggerS Hitting at Fast Clip
In the Departmental Circuit
Treasury Leads League in Team Batting-"Duggie'
Mess of Interstate Is Fastest of Individual Clout-
ers-Complete Batting Averages.

The close race for the pennant in the
Departmental League has developed a
large aggregation of classy swatsmen.
Notwithstanding the fact that the pitch
ers and~helders are the fastest that have
ever competed in the league.
''Duggie" Mess, OF Interstate. is the
fastest Of this fast aggregation and
leads the clouters with an average Of
.433; Mccarthy, a Treasurite, his
nearest competitor. has an average Of
-4O6. Twenty-one players are on the
roll of honor. Interstate, in addition
70 having the leading swatsman, leads
with the greatest number on the roll,
five of its players being found among
the fast company
In team averages Treasury leads in
batting, and Commerce and Labor gets
che honors in team fielding. With the
exception of Interior in team batting,
the three principal contenders for the
departmental bunting are found closely
punched at the head in both fielding
and team batting. Treasury with a per
cent of .266 in team batting leads IN
terstate by IA points, and Commerce and
Labor by 10; while the Laborites lead
in team fielding is only Is points better
than Treasury, and "A points better than
Interstate Commerce.
Records of players who have com
peted in five games or more up to Thurs
day:
Team Batting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-05
TURNER AND LYNCH
WRESTLE TO A DRAW
Champion Aggressive, But Makes
Little Headway Against His
Heavier Oppcnent.

Joe Turner. the local mat artist. and
Frank Lynch. who halls from Balti-
League Park for fifteen minutes 10 de-
eide the welterT eight championship
OF the South. but at the. eEDiration OF
the time limit neither man gained a
fail. and the contest was declared, a
draw by Referee DeMar. The bout
was 70 have been 70 a finish, best two
falls out OF three. but, owing 10 the
excessive heat and the fact that the
mat was placed in the sun. the bout
was shortened.
Both men were active, and the bout
was brisuing with excitement from
start 10 finish Lynch was considerably