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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
1.-THE WILD GEESEAl
BY Stanley j. Meylnan.1 ~

You will be in haste??" Colonel John
continued. He saw that the sweat
stood in beads on the mans brow. and
the lads face was tear stained.
Nv far to CO." the man muttered.
He spoke with a slight foreign accent,
common. THE top of The morning to
YOU"
Plainly he wished the two riders to
pass on. but he did not slacken his
| speed for a moment. So for a space
they went abreast, the man. With ev-
cry twenty PAGES, glancing up sus-
piciously. And now ana again h boy.
as he ran or walked, vented a sob.
The Colonel looked about him. The
solitude OF the valley was unbroken No
cabin smoked, no man worked within
sight, so that the haste of these two.
their sweating faces. their straining
steps seemed p%ortentious. Shall i
take up the lad?" Colonel John asked.
Plainly the man hesitated. Then,
You will be doing a kindness" he
painted. And, seizing the lad III w
powerful arms, he swung him to the
colonel's stirrup, who, in taking him,
knocked of the others jockey cap.
The man snatched 1t up and put in on
with a single movement. But Colonel
John had seen what lie expected.
You walk on a matter of life and
death?" he said.
1T is all that" the man answered,
and this time his look was defiant.
You are taking the offices, father??"
The man did not reply.
ITO one who is near his end. 1 sus-
pect?"
The priest-for such he was-glanced
at the weapon Colonel John wore. You
can do what you WILL" he said sui
lenly. IL am on my duty"
And a fine thing, that" Colonel
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
Not undisputed.

From Youths Companion.
The case before the court was one in
volving the ownership of a tract of land.
and the attorney for M of the parties
to the suit was cross-examining a wit
ness. Now. Mr.. Grimshaw." he said.
the property on which you live was
originally a part of the % acres in dis
pute, was it not?"
Eyes. SIRE"
"And your title is based on the original
title to that land. I presune?"
Eyes. SIR"
How long have you resided there?"
over q years."
Have you had-now. mark me-have
you had 81 years undisputed possession of
that property?"
The witness hesltated a moment
Remember. Mr.. Grimshaw." said tho
lawyer. raising his voice. that you are
under oath. Have you had 81 years unI
disputed possession of that property"
st has been disputed once. only
once" answered the witness. IT found
q nest OF bumblebees in my back yard
one day last summer"
In the general laugh that followed thi,
answer the lawyer subsidized.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
CIGARET OUTLAWED BY
EIGHT WESTERN STATES
%*<+<+<++*++%%+++
APPALLING

Exclusive of imported goods.
the people of the United States
consumed last year almost s.
100000, 900 cigarets, an increase
of practically 1000, 900 over
the Year before.
See what that means:
There are in this country
about 2o,000.0 900 men and boys
boys old enough to smoke.
Five and a half billion cigar
cts means about $500 smokes Il
year for each man and each boy,
or eight smokes a day.
Several millions of men and
boys do lot smoke cigarets at
all. sc those who do smoke have
to consume many O than
$500 a year.
AS a matter of fact, thousands
of cigaret smokers get away
with as many as 40 a day-14.-
900 a year. That's going some.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

about a thing until it has become a
come along and hammer it into the
statute. The first cigaret hammering
that was done in the United States oc-
CURED i'll Wisconsin and Indiana five
Years Wisconsin and Indiana
didn't need anti-cigaret laws nearly so
much as did some other states, but
they got them, and the others didn't.
That's another queer phase Of law. The
ones who need a thing most are never
those who lead the howl that makes the
thing come. Cigarets were doing 100
times as much harm on the East Side
of New York as they were doing in
| Wisconsin and Indiana. but New York
hadn't much to say. New York, serene
in its smoke, cuddled it's tuberculosis
and remarked only that children less
than IS years old should not smoke
cigarets. and that dealers should not
sell children cigarets. Then it inhaled
another cloud of blue and forgot to en-
force the law.
Wisconsin meant business and led the
procession. Wisconsin and the whole
West usually mean business, whether
it be cigare,s or tariff that is before
the House. Cigarets We're put in the
opium class-absolutely barred. In
diana, a few months later, came along
with a similar law. and Missouri fol-
lOWeu WllIi IL IIlllueF one. NEBRASKA,
Illinois and Michigan Clipped in.
The whole thing seemed very funny.
Passing an anti-cigaret law seemed al
most as ridiculous as 1t would to pass
a law prohibiting Il woman from wear
ing more than three pounds Of false
hair. Like the periodical measures to
tax bachelors and old maids, such news
invariably Went into the freak columns
as part of the product of the silly sea-
son. ".
Hero in Iowa. ..
But eventually tile laugh began to
wanc. Business was not laugEing-not
even %lccturing. Business was going right
ahead in it's discrimination against
those who smoked the things that inter
fered with business. Men with yellow
foretingers and thumbs became more
and more conscious of the fact that in
job hunting they carried a handicap.
Last winter business was heard in
the Iowa legislature. Somebody pro-
posed a law prohibiting the manufac-
turc, sale or use of cigarets in Iowa.
passed the joke stage. The wisdom of
the few had dribbled down into medioc-
rity. Therefore, a majority was easily
counted in both houses. The governor
approved, and on July / the law be-
came effective. Iowa had crushed out
the cigaret, precisely as she had
crushed out the legal sale of liquor
not because She listened to the pleas Of
Performers. but because she needed the
commands of business. Re-
While Iowa was putting out the fire
on the cigaret Minnesota was also fill
inS up the sprinkling an. A similar
bill received the Endorsement of both
branches of the Minnesota Legislature.
Governor Johnson looked it over. He
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
Devil fish weighing up to 200 pound,

Devil fish weighing up to 200 pounds
are sometimes caught in Japan. These
fish are amphibious: they are often
seen webbing on their tentacles like
giant spiders in search Of patches Of
sweet potatoes. The natives kill them
with clubs. In the water they are
caught in jars lowered to the bottom.
which the octopus enters thinking
them a good retreat from which to
catch its food.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

Being in want of a steais, reliable
servan a lawyer advertised as follows:
"Wanted-A girl with simple tastes:
must not be extravagant: no flashy
clothes; not Eighty; mustn't CAD about
or exchange remarks with any casual
pedestrian Some friend sent him a
baby.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

How a water supply was furnished 1T.
Gre eras+ on M,u ire IL Da aen,a ls,aad; IL IA p Nara
Mechanics. a submerged pipeline, 4,160
feet long, was laid from the Rhode
Island mainland, the average depth of
water being IS feet. AS may be mag
ined this feat was attended with nu-
merous difficulties, all of which were
successfully overcome.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

For the year ended March 81, 1908.
the municipal gas department of Birrn-
ingham, England, was able to contri-
butte s347.754 to the reduction of city
taxation.
The first Sunday newspapers APP
pcared in 1748.
In India there are nearly 26, 600, 900
widows
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

In the vocabulary of the grocer the
word butterine is usually pronounced
with the last syllable silent
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

In the Russian army the death rate
year is almost equaled by the
number of assertions.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

The condition of the Cologne cathe-
dral is again causing serious appre-
hension.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16
The Baby.

How strange 1t seemed to wake last nigh.
And hear the baby breathe-the room
Under the night lamps shaded light
Wrapped softly in gentle gloom!
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

What mystic wonder stirred us then.
With Joy and love what mingled awe
Before this little slumberer, when
The 1ower-like face we dimly saw
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

A moment there we hung appalled,,
Fearing to read in life's long scrolls
Fate of this soul that we had called
Out of the Vastly deep Of souls.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-16

Perhaps the Lord Of Being bent
That instant to our udden PRAYER
For still the low breath came and went,
But peace and blessing filled the air,
Harriet Prescott Spofford, in Harper,
Bazaar.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27
Regular Feeding Economical.

Mn EN- sometimes have a headache when thoy
u-AN do not got their meals regularly. irregu-
lar feeding may produce similar oroc,
on your horse. Amy who has driven cor
tain horses regularly has noticed that some
days. II given hard work. tho horse painted moro
Hwcatcd more freely than on Others. II dis
Greet. he made the work lighter and tho amount
of work performed By both and horae was
decreased Tho horse not wo and. II this
ndiNpoaition which leasonod bis efficiency due
TO faulty feeding the iosa vas ono ~hlch might
have hcon prevented Those which ~ IA
popular 10 cali theoretical fellows bat ~hioh SC
should cali practical men, because they don't
guess "a, things. have by weighing tho teca aud
tho horses for long periods. found that Of tao
horaea working ia tho same team. therefore doing
practically the same work. II ono n Tod regularly
aud tho other srrcgula;ly tho ono receiving his
feed regularly ~ili keep In tho same condition on
less feed or IN better condition the feed
Regular feeding saves feed.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27

destroying the cattle We simply know that this
is a fact. No matter what you may think OF the
question; matter how hard YOU may believe the
task. or how many many difficulties you may see
TN tho way. the writer knows that the ticks can DC
cleared out Of any given area, because he has done
IL repeatedly.
The quarantine line around tho Ave counties
named will cause some hardships 20 some people
living near tho line but each citizen should read
lly see tho necessity for Il and bear tho slight
burden imposed Tho State and United States
inspectors are working In this territory. aud un-
lesa uck-infcs;cd cattle are prevented from going
into Il. tho work can never 10 completed This.
and this only. n tho reason for this quarantine
So 10; every good citizen Join hands IN support
ing e.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27
This Week and Next

CXTy = DO NOT give you thls week iuat what
wv wc promised last week TO give: but wc
trust that oursy*hststutions havo not been
for tho worse gIndc"d. our creates, trouble righ,
now Is to and space for all tho snaaonabs and
Take our tao ls,a OF Farmers Bullc,ina for CT.
ample wo doubt II 40 could do thousands Of
cur readers any service moro real and more ro-
,cntiaiir helpful than do by calling ,hoir at
irn,ion this splendid list Of authoritative ,gt
,soa on farm and household subjects II thcy do
poi srnd and got Huch Of these bulletins as thcy
nool wcu. hat ~lli not be- our taul, you know
VIC ,fus, every farmer ~ho sccs this issue ~lu
read and Study and pot into practice tho arti-
clio starting tho crops 'iEh, So~. 10, 10 urge
you osec more. dont pan, your crops this spring
in soli tha, IA only halt-prcpafoa. and shpu doat
walt uuui they In tho grass" TO begin cult.
waiting ,hom You simply throw a~ay money IL
you DO either OF these thtnxn
Thea. II you have any cotton out Ia tho wealth.
of--~oil II you have you iuas forge, 10 shelter
T. arc sure; and hero again yoa arc simply
ihru~iHg assay money tand mighty hardearnod
money! every day you oeeloct lt
wa dtdnt all tho good poultry matter Nc
F''" '' "HF '"V'AF} "p"eaa' "F A's IN" good gar
d~a matter In our Garden Special" You wiii and
something Of prons on both ,hcso pages
Mrs. Hattn talk this week is on n subject o, the
greatest aud mos, vital lmpaiicnco: and no ono
~ho II charged with the feeding of children should
tail 10 read u,
Next week NC shall havo Mr.. Mooros article
plain TALKS on successful cotton growing by w
L. covins,on and r. l. BENNETT. moro hog ,aiks
more roy bean talks and In our $500 Moro a
Year serte8 an inspiring and practical ieaaon on
hay making
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27

MAIN r. AhB ~ Uts1Ssfl*5 s6Rh Week. ia @NoAA"F
WH column. tho cattle quarantine notice issued
~ by tho State Live Stock Sanitary Hoard ot
Mississippi.
w. hope every Gasrttr reader will Join hands
with tho state and Federal workers and assist in
graduating The cattle fever tick from thcsc ave
counties of Beaton. Marshall. Tate. Tunioa. and
pesoio. when this territory iH once FREQ Of ticks
m IL will be ia two or three years. there will then
have been pufncicn, sentiment made In favor ~
tho determination Of tho cattle tick for the work
to 20 on with increasing force until In the course
Of years there all not be- single fever tick iof, In
the State.
Tho cattle fever tick in tho greatest obstacle
In the way Of profitable cattle raising in this
territory. and u parasite doing much damage
and that Is easily eradicated not continue TO
levy his toll on the cattle industry without bccor-
Ing a reflection ON tho intelligence OF our people
We know the cattle fever tick In doomed To ex-
tinc,ion for the simple that II docs so
great damage and /. nj the same timo easily
eradicated That ia all any man need know 10
convince him tina, the tick must p-, IL. would
have tai go even II the difficulty of Graduating him
were ten times great. An Intelligent people
viii not continue 10 submit To tho ravagcs OF these
cattle ticks
Let every Gazette reader be assured that the
ticks can be easily eradieated. That a pasture
be cleared and kept clean for less than f.
lection sufficient TO prevent them from literally
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27

II tho farm horse Ia TO mako long drive the
amount OF feed should bc reduced To one-hait
tho usual amount. II moro n TO bo required OF
The muhcloa Teas can be- dono BY tho stomach
and IL Is always better to have the fccd remain
tho muscles. leap can be- done by tho stomach
II he Is not able 60 digest II. Moreover. tho
feed given your horse this morning viii not be
digchted aud taken up by tho body In time To
help him do this forenoon's work
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27

Let no farmer complain of tho price of eowpcaa
use that an excuse for failure TO plant every
acre of corn and atubbio land In this greatest of
nl Southern lognmcS. Really. when YOU como TO
think Of g. IN IL not little strange Ca hear n
farmer complaining OF the high price OF "A farm
product Moreover. cowpeas are worth for sow-
ing all any man will have to pay for them
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27

EzI r ARE PUBLISHING this week. ia ano,hot
NN column. tho cattle quarantine notice iSsact
$4,000 by tho State Live Stock Sanitary board o
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
) or WOMEN FOR WOMEN AND THE HOME x
Rest When Idle--Donf Loaf

person

fave you evers stopped o think what a prohHess mess the average person
r makes of hsle leisure time?
Few American people yet have learned how to rest Their idea of
relaxation is confined to mere cessation from work. They have not learned to
what extent intelligent occupation of idle hours makes for health, happiness and
success.
Both science and nature draw a broad distinction between resfng and
Ioafng. One keeps the mind active and the body young. The other creates
lethargy inertia N discomfort.
Inactivity has 10 part in Natures program When a plan. or tree stops
growing the process O dissolution begins Nations decay from the moment
they cease ito progress. Even a machine loses its efficiency when left unused.
The human body is nc exception to the rue Nothing is more enervatng
absolute fdeness Every waking our that is absolutely wasted exerts .
deerforatfng influence IN the faculties.
Almost without exception. men an women who enjoy healthy old az have
led active lives. Loafers are easy victims to dsease.
There is n % greater deIuson than the idea that success in life Is measured
entirely by what is accomplished during working hours. Many a failure is a
result Of msused leisure.
Look around anong thu successful men you know. How many of them
merely stagnate ron the time they finish ne days work until they begin
another?
Also there is n satisfaction in idIeness The man who makes 10 practical
USE of hse EVENINGS holidays almost invariably is dscontented.
Pas down any city street, the evening n see a row of men sitting Idly
in front of a cigar store o a saloon. That is their idea Of resting As a matter
of fact they are becoming incapable of interesting themselves in n restfuI
amusemen They have n more initiative than so many cabbages
These are 10 the men who do the worlds work. who win the victories and
prmeates their activities Effort becomes a burden when it should De a delight
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
England Was Troubled with the Fly Problem Fifty Years Ago,
but Sanitary Measures Alb ated the Nuisance-They
Use No Screens in That Country Now.

mute than this. The insect, moreover,
is equipped with spines. hairs, folds,
cavities, and projections innumerable
for microbes to cling to. In addition.
each of Its six little feet has the sticky
pad which we used to call a sucker,
adhesive enough to hold the fly on a
window-pene. and therefore just the
thing for picking up germs by the hun
Gred. One may we'll credit reports of a
single fly, filthy from a swill barrel and
loaded with 5S2, 900 bacteria of one spe-
cies alone. Moreover. the fly, living on
infected food. takes the microbes into
its W digestive tract, carries them
about for days and deposits them by
thousands in the "fy-specks.' There,
for example, bacillus tuberculosis may
live for two weeks.
1t would be bad enough if the fly
merely crawled about in the sputum
of a t~uberculous patient or the dejecta
of a case of typhoid, and then simply
infected the food on the way to Il
mouths. 1t does worse than this: it
a culture of the deadly germs in
the food which we are to eat tomor-
and by the time tomorrow arrives
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
Woman and Occupations

> WERE as been a onsiderable amount Of discussion of late in the press
and in the magazines sin regard to III number of women who are enter
Hs ne trades n professions. Professor Thomas-who is connected
with the University Of Chicago-in a magazine article devotes himself to a on
dderation of this subject Part is as follows:
I'll is idle. indeed. to speak Of the exclusion OF women from the occupations
They are entering them from the top ard from he bottom. The n-conditionej
arr being forced into them the wen-conditoned-those whom men have
been edueathng while deplorIg the useo of their ducatton-are aIready entering
them N considerable numbers at the top. And they are finding new n char
way Of giving to society that reserve of affection and nurture which
have heretofore reserved for the child n the home.
In the year 1900 there were more han 100000 women painfully enploved
IN ue United States Gas against 2275SS6 men) the rate of increase between
i8o ad io OF the nunbero of women SO employed was much greater ha hi
Increase for the employment of men Cr women, s2s per cent:
me 2s per cent?. n the number of pine gainfuny employed increased
rapidly in the decade than thu female population saws the writer 4, tA
American Magazine. So. whether we wbh it or not, the old order is already
hanging rapidly. 1t is too lateto theorize or this point 1t means simply tbs
the ole idea thai all women should live on III activities OF men an shouad
INIT their own interests to the bearing and rearing of children has gone to
pieces"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
Not a Word in Protest Against
Wholesale Slaughter of Our
Feathered Friends.

pending upon the second, and the trio
leading to an inevitable conclusion. In
other words, we have but to consider
the crop degradation naturally wrought
by insects, the insect depreciation nat
urally wrought by birds, and the bird
depreciation most unnaturally wrought
by man.
c. L. Marlatt, assistant entomologist
of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington. has seen clearly what this
%portends. I'm no country in the world
he has said. do insects impose a
heavier tax on farm products than in
the United States. The losses result
ing from the d~epredations of insects on
all plant products of the soil, both in
their growing and in their stored state,
together with those on live stock, ex-
coed the entire expenditures of the ma
tional government, including the PEN
sion roll and the maintenance of the
army and navy"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
Its Sight Is Bad and Is Attracted by Odors and Not by Open
Doors or Windows-Moral Is, Adjust the Ven
tlation in Your Kitchen.

fly, or even such painstaking studies
as those OF Daniel D. Jackson, in New
York city, who. by means of fy-traps
placed in various places, showed a re-
markably close coincidence between the
prevalence of flies and the onset of fatal
cases of typhoid fever. The convincing
evidence is that flies have been caught
with the goods.
1t is a pretty clean fly that Ices not
bear a thousand germs. A fairly dirty
II will carry fifty thousand. A fly
just back from swill-pail or pig-pen. at
the height of the season for flies and
germs, carries a load approaching the
record number in a drop of city milk
and this is we'll into the millions.
Common opinion has 1t that the fly
meditates profoundly on the conduct of
life, knows what he wants and why he
wants it, and deliberately joins the as
sembly around the top of the kitchen
screen door to wait for the chance to
dodge in when the cook comes out.
AS a matter of fact, the fly is no such
rational thinker. He has one supreme
motive in life. and that is-to o to-
ward the strongest smell. He enters
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
TRAVELLING WITH BIG HATS.


1t certainly is a tremendous problem
this season TO know how to pack a
large hat for the vacation trip. Of
course, If o have only one large hat
settle the matter by wearing it. Prob
ably you will not like to do this, if it is
laden with plumes. In this case wear
a large chiffon veil over the entire hat
this will protect the hat from train dust
and dampness.
But in this season of large chapeaux
nearly every woman and young girl
possesses several large hats. and the
thoughts of carrying a huge hat box
detracts from the pleasure of the trip.
But what is she to do?-the portion
allotted for hats in her trunk is many
inches too small. Really the remedy is
easy-fasten it to one of the trays in
your trunk Don't pack all sorts of
light garments and ~handkerchiefs
around it to keep it in place, but faster
it. A very ingenious woman the other
day fastened her hat to the tray with
thumb tacks-these did not injure the
brim and kept the hat secure. Hats
can easily be packed in the tray of
your trunk as chapeau heights are gen.
orally limited, and if quilts should prove
a disturbing element they are easily re-
moved and replaced.
Don't worry about your large hat,
take it with you and don't carry a hat
box: