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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18
MERCHANTS ARE WARNED
Lottery Law Which Goes Into Erec
First of Year Provides Sentence
for Violation.

Sioux Falls, Nov. 11.-Busipess
m3n of the northwest have been
ned to prepare for the new lot
~ law passed by the sixtieth con-
,.sss and which goes into effect on
..nuary 1. 1910. The provisions Of
rs. act are not generally known and
ar CT such strict nature and carry
so l.rge a penalty that it is believed
a ND of warning may be a benefit
to ablishers and others who use the
mails.
Re use of the mails to advertise
No is known as a gift enterprise or
ans gaming chance or lottery scheme
is barred and the penalty for viola
TO-. carries with it a penitentiary
sentence and a fine of not more than
$1,000.
Law Not Broad.
T.e present laws on the lottery
~ stion are not as broad or compre-
10 i've as the new act, which is as
fellows:
%.>o letter, package, postal card or
G dlar concerning any lottery, gift
e-.. prise or similar scheme Offering
pres dependent in whole or in part
aii.n lot or chance; and no lottery
tie..et or part thereof, or paper, GER
tiucate, or instrument p%urporting to
be or to represent a ticket, chance,
share or interest in or dependent up
on the event of a lottery, gift enter
prise or similar scheme offering
prizes dependent in whole or in part
upon lot or chance; and no check,
draft, bill money, postal note or mon
ey order for the purchase of any tick
ct, or part thereof or if any share or
chance, in any such lottery, gift en-
terprise or scheme of any kind, o.
fering prizes dependent in whole OF
containing any list of the prizes
drawn or awarded by means of any
such lottery. gift enterprise or
scheme. whether said list contains
any part or all of such prizes, shall
be deposited in or carried by the
mails of the United States or be de-
livered by any postmaster or letter
carrier.
Liable to Fine.
Whoever shall knowingly deposit
1..--Sl-1 E|-. ~I-11
knowingly send or cause to be sent
anything to be conveyed or delivered
by mail in violation Of the provis.
ions of this section, or shall knowing
ly deliver by mail anything hereir
forbidden to be carried by mail, shall
be fined not more than one thous
and dollars, or imprisonment not more
THAN two years or both.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-18
WILL LIVE ON a CLAIM.

Roy Metcalf mas been IN the
for several days a guest Of his b
er, W. G. Metcalf, and left Wei
day evening for his claim In th
.cinity of Belle Fourche. Roy
arrange for the erection Of his
shanty and then will return 9
side Of the state and travel q
road for : Wholesale house unit
opening of spring,when be
gin the simple life on his claim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17

he slept in the barn, and so he worked for days.
 Tt was warm standing inthe sun, and it was tiresome, but after a few days the tramp found a way of resting himself He took with him to the field stake three or four feet lorg, which he would plant there, then resting the strap that he wore around his waist on the top of it, at the back This, to be sure, was in the nature of lapse, but later he more than made up for this by showing some signs of activity.
 ssWhen he first took the field the crows kept entirely away from it. they had never seen anything like this; but when they had become little used to the sight of 1t they ventured nearer and then the spark must have burned little brighter in him. as it does in all of us when We really have something to do- the tramp raised his arm
 .'The crows had seen the empty sleeves of stuffed scarecrows blown about idly in the breezes, but there was something very different in this ponderous and menacing movement, and thereafter, as then, whenever this amazing image but !. ever so little raised its great arms the crows fled.
 '.When the corn was well up the great tramp, now not only well fed but with some of the grateful Farmer Gwillbin's i. money. Tn ms tpOckel-tnOuBH ne Hdu ue- clined less ragged suit of clothes which MT. Gwillbin had offered him in addition made his way southward toward the Massachusetts state line, and disappeared but do you know, in the next summer he came again to Storkville Center and to Farmer Gwi1lbin, and in garb which would once have see1aed impossible more extraordinarily grotesque than be- fore, and this year MT. Gwillbin regularly hired him for the growing corn season, paying him a regular wage; not a large sum, but something.
 ..IIe came back thus the next season. and the next, making four seasons alto gether: but after the fourth season he was never seen again in Storkville.
 "A most extraordinary man. and though I have known men engaged in various strange occupations, he was the only man ever know or heard of who hired out as a scarecrow."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17

three-quarters of the way around, and that top now turned upward like the bent up top of giant tomato can.
 He was quite the most extraordinary tramp that had ever appeared in Stork- vile Center, or I doubt not, anywhere else in the whole wide world, and when he walked in at Farmer Gwillbins gate and around to Farmer Gwillbins kitchen door, the folks there so regarded him, but MT. Gwillbin saw In him something besides.
 Despite his grotesquely exaggerated tramplike appearance he had not the fully graduated tramp's utter listlessness. He was certainly leisurly in movement, yet his lesurely way had in 1t something of the nature of deliberation which im- plies thought. and 50 indicated in this case the absence of full surrender to idleness. MT. Gillbin was a man of discernment.
 "It was early summer and the corn was just coming up.
 ''The crow is sage bird with many likeable qualities, and as might be ex- pected the Vermont crow has the super for intelligence that marks likewise the human inhabitants of the good old Green Mountain state. The Vermont crow Is not easily fooled, and 1t takes something more than an ordinary scarecrow to
 
 Tt was warm standing in the sun, and ing completed a scarecrow to which he had devoted much thought and labor, but when he saw that tramp loom up at the kitchen door and saw how far be- yond anything that he could construct that tramp was as he stood, and when he noted too that glint of intelligence in tho tramp's eye. why Farmer Gillbin-quick to sec and quick to act-said:
 "'Our corn is coming up. If you'll go out and stand in the field a few days we'll give you all you can eat and a good place to sleep
 .'The tramp took him up. This wouldn't be lying by the roadside in the shade. but 1t woould mean plenty to eat. and freedom from dogs and place to sleep, and--he had that spark in him.
 "So they gave him food and then MT. Gwillbin led him to the cornfeld and placed him. At noon the tramp came in to dinner and at night to supper. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
ASSIMILATION OF
 IMMIGRANT RACES The Immigration Commission Makes An Important Report CHANGES VERY RAPID After One Generation In America For egners Take on the American
 Type and Lose Character
 istics of Race.

Washington, December 16.-That the physical form as well as the habits of living and ways of thinking of the de- scendants of foreigners who immigrate to America is different from that of their ancestors Is the conclusion of the immi- grafton commission as embodied in the preliminary report of that body which to- day was presented to Congress. The dis covery is regarded of importance in an- thropological science as indicating the development of distinct American physical type in persons of European de- scent.
 The investigation which has brought this fact to the surface were undertaken soon after the appointment of the commis- sion, and 1t was conducted in scientific manner by tho comparison of measure ments of the bodies of such immigrants and their descendants at different ages and different circumstances The investi- gation was placed in the hands of a com mittee composed of members of the com mission. and Prof. Franz Boar of Colum- bia university was engaged as expert The inquiry was confined to New York city, and so far as the present report shows, was restricted to Sicilians and East European Hebrews A later report will give the details of the Investigation among Bohemians. Hungarians and Scotch.
 Changes In Type.
 The report indicates that the descendl ant of the European immigrant changes his type. even in the first generation, all most entirely. Children born even a few years after the arrival of the immigrant parents in America develop in such way that they differ in tye essentially from their foreign born parents. These differ ences seem to develop during the earliest childhood and persist throughout life. Every part of the body is influenced 'n this way and even the form of the head, which has always been considered as one of the most permanent hereditary fea- lures, undergoes considerable change.
 In an official synopsis of the commits sion's report attention is called to the fact that even the most stable racial charac- teristics seem to have changed under the new environment, and this fact Is com mented upon as follows:
 The American Type.
 ''This would indicate the conclusion that racial physical characteristics do not sur vive under the new social and climatic environment of America The adaptabili- ty of the various races coming together on your shores seem. If these indications Ahau be fully borne out in later studA. to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
much greater than had been antici-

be much greater than had been antici- pated.
 If the American environment can bring about an assimilation of the head forms in the first generation, may 1t not be that other characteristics may be as easily modified, and that there may be a rapid assimilation of widely varying nationali- ties and races to something that may well be called an American type"
 The commission feels that 1t is too early to pronounce absolutely upon this ques- ton.
 "The investigation is by no means complete and moreover considering the importance of the subject it should clearly be conducted on a larger scale and in different surroundings in various parts of the country, and perhaps also be checked up by certain investigations made upon the same races elsewhere V
 Among other results noted, 1t Is sh own that the American born children of the long headed Cicilians and those of the round headed east European Hebrews have very nearly the same Intermediate head form. The children of the long headed Sicilians are more round headsd, the children of the round headed Hebrews are more long headed than their parents. Similar changes are traced in the development of the faces of these types.
 Rapid Amalgamation.
 The amalsamation Is most rapid dur ing the period immediately following the arrival of the immigrants. Tho difference in type between parents and children manifests itself almost i'm mediately after their arrival hore. Among individuals born a long time after the arrival of the parents in America the difference Is increased, but only slightly as compared to the great difference that develops at once. Up to this time the investigations have not been carried so far as to determine what happens in the second generation of immigrants. but 1t seems likely that the influences at work among the fol- lowing generation born in America will be further accentuated. The commis- sion has also made the discovery that as a rule there is a falling off of tho size of families after their arrival m the United States and, coincident with this discovery, has come the moro tir- portant revelation that as the number of children decreases the size of the individuals increase. This fact Is dis coverable among the children of the well-to-do, as well as those of the poor.
 Another result of tho investigation Is the development of the fact that while removal from Europe to New York has had beneficial effect, upon the physique of east European He brews, the result has been just the op- posite upon tho Sicilians, the oonclu- sion being that bad as they are, the surroundings in New York are better, for the Jews than in their city homes in nld Uorld Wbfla ha cra m r, ad quarters which the Sicilians occupy in New York city are not so desirable as their rural surroundings in southern Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
IN sToRkvILLE CENTER.
Only Man Col. caIIiper Ever Knew
 Who Hired Out as a scarecrow.

From the New York Sun.
 There appeared one day in Storkville Center, vt.." said Col. Calliper, telling, as he likes to do, of his early life spent in that favored community. "a tramp who certainly was the raggadest and in ap- pearance generally altogether the most extraordinary specimen that, % far as habiiiments went. had ever been seen in that locality.
 He was . little above the average stature and he was a little inclined to politeness. and for clothing he wore garments that were still too big for him and were past description for their varied shades of fadedness and their jigsaw puzzle variations in rents and tears and on his head big beaver hat badly battered as to its cylinder and bent as to its brim and with its tan aat aut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
GEORGIA WASTES
 HER SWEETNESS Millions Spent for Honey That Could Be Made At Home POPULATION OF ATLANTA Over 14o0oo Is Claimed By the City In New Directory-Hoke Smiths Political Plans Are Causing
 Much Discussion.
POPULATION OF ATLANTA

Atlanta, December 16.-(Special.)- Georgia is wasting her sweetness upon the desert air, according to letter just received by Governor Brown from J. J. Wilder of Cordeie, Ga, an expert in bee culture.
 Mir. Wilder declares this state is send ing outside of its borders every year some $4,5Oo,0oO for honey. which could Just as well be made right here at home in the back yard, on top of the house, under the trees and in many out-of-the-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
Convincing Argument.

From the Dellneator.
 Anna Margaret had a great many toys. and her mother thought she ought to give some of them away before Christmas to less fortunate children. Anna Margaret was willing to part with the broken trunk and the cracked set of dishes and the one-legged Teddy bear. and few other toys that were in the same dilap- dated condition. But when it came to her pet baby doll, the one that went to sleep with her every night, she re- belled. Mamma assured her that Santa Claus would undoubtedly bring to her another doll, even better. She refused to be comforted.
 Mamma" she walled. If God sent you another baby. would you give me away?" She kept her doll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17

When shopping, call and sample our fine line of Merita Chocolates, and Fancy Oan- dies. The best quality ever of fered to the trade. Free sam ples every day. Clarke Bros, 3O9 N. 20th street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
Not to Be Daunted.

From Puck
 ''Sir, wish to make your daughter my wifew
 The old man hesitated. Hadn't you bet ter see her mother first" he asked, gent ly, after thinking a moment.
 I've seen her mother and it doesn't make any difference-Pm willing to take the chancesi' exclaimed the youth, with ell the ardor of honest love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17

affairs and without direct criticism of the present administration discussed things as he considered they should be. By many the address has been regard ed as significant; others give 1t no such interpretation.
 There has been a marked scarcity of late of discussion regarding the former governors purpose and many have taken the quiescence to mean thar he has oth- CT plans than contest for the gover- norship. But it seems to be generally accepted, nevertheless, that in some way or other he will be heard from again politically at no very distant date.
 Governors Appointments.
 While the recent appointment of new board of trustees for tn, state sani- tarium by Governor Brown has caused considerable gossip of a political nature, the governor has made the positive statement that the recent investigation of the state sanitarium by legislative committee. following charges from var ious sources, did not figure in his ac- ton one way or another. He has stated that he made the appointments solely from a standpoint of what he considered the best interests of the institution and the state.
 While the law does not require that these appointments shall follow the lines of congressional districts, the governor thought they should be distributed as nearly as possible throughout the various sections of the state, because there is scarcely county in Georgia but has one or more inmates in the institution, and every part of the state is directly interested.
 He had abundant material to select from, including 50 to 60 applications from some of the best and most prominent men in the various sectiops of the state, all of whom seemed anxious to serve, though the position pays but $150 year and travelling expenses. The new board will hold it's first meeting at the state sanitarium in Milledgeville tomorrow when 1t will elect officers for the insti- tuition. So far as is known practical ly all of the present officers will be re- tained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
sEABOARD ANNOUNCES
 LOW XMAS FARES

Full information at City Ticket Onics. woodward Bldg. Phone 2ss2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
Hoks emIth's Plans.

Tho recent speech of former Gov. Hoke Smith before the Atlanta City galesmen's association on the subject of newal of gossip concerning his political intentions.
 MT. Smith spoke generally 'Vpon state
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
Improve the Quality.

In poultry. as well as in butter and
milk, the farmers wife can establish
a reputation for having the best. Let
her see 10 1t that eggs over a week
old are never marketed, and when
she kills and markets birds let them
be In prime condition-well-fatte
and carefully dressed and cleaned.
There are people in every city and
in nearly every village who want
such products little better than the
common run of only half-decent quail
ity, and these people are always will
ing to pay a good price for good artl-
cles They want eggs to be absolute
ly fresh and cleansed from filth and
impurities which do not make the
egg appear appetizing, and they want
their fowls TO be fat and carefully
prepared for the table. Particular
patrons are always willing to pay for
the extra care and labor required TO
bring about these conditions. and Il
Is a profitable field OF work which
should receive more attention than Il
does.-R. b. Sando. In the Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
Where The New Gold Goes.

This years new gold, of which
there will be more than four hun
dred million dollars worth, will be
quickly absorbed by the great banks
of the civilized nations and the ma
tional treasures; while perhaps a
quarter CT it will be used in the
arts, Six of the bigger banks of
continental Europe increased their
accumulations of gold by some $780,
100000 in the year ending with
June 10, and now hold the huge
amount of 1864, 100000. the Bank
of France alone having on hand
$40, 100000, an increase over the
previous year of S11S, S,030,000 In
preparation for war contingencies, as
we'll as anticipating that IL peace
continues there will be need of an
ample backing of enterprise by
means of credit, the great banks of
the world are very keen in securing
all the gold they can lay hands on
India is the sink of the precious
metals" so also is Egypt given to
boarding gold, and Lord Cromer.
who has governed the country. and
should know what he Is talking
about, says that the Egyptians
hoard $50, 100000, or Sl50,OOO,OOO,
of the yellow metal every year. An
almost incredible statement. but
Lord Cromer is a serious man, and
knows the Land of the Pharaohs.-
Mexican Herald
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
Mating Breeders.

The subject of mating the breed
ing pen would doubtless attract more
ready attention in "fanciers' jour
nall than in farm paper. but never
theless II Is matter that is deserv-
ing of more attention than 1t gets
from the farming class.
We do not mean by this that the
farmer should go out into his poultry
yard with an American Standard Of
Perfection" in his hand and carefully
pick out only those birds of the high
est fancy" quality, although this is
good thing. But by all means the
farmer should breed from his few
best birds rather than indiscrimin-
ately from the whole bunch of good,
bad and Indifferent fowls running
around in his barnyard.
The fancier who gets to the top is
the one who carefully and closely
picks out each year only his very
choicest specimens and breeds from
these exclusively. As natural re-
suit, his focks become better and bet
ter each year. Following out this
same practical idea, the farmer who
is breeding for heavy egg-productio1
should pick out his very best layers
TO be used as breeders, and in the
course of few generations the habit
of prolifcacy will become firmly es-
tablished in this family.
In the same way the man who fS
breeding for grea' size and good
market points in his fowls should an
nua1ly pick out his largest and best
developed specimens and breed only
from these. 1t will not be long until
this man will have a reputation for
marketing the biggest and best
chickens in all the neighborhood and
he will get better prices than his un-
progressive neighbor. Not only this,
but when one markets. say, one hun
dred chickens at ten cents per pound,
1t is at once clear that the lot that
averages eight pounds each will bring
$50, while the lot that averages five
pounds each will bring only $50.
The difference in weight is not un-
common between the carefully Sc
lected flock and the unculled one,
and the difference of $40 represents
an amount obviously worth looking
after.-R. B. Sando, in the Epito-
mist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
Chick Foods,

Properly prepared chick foods are
The cheapest and easiest to feed
There are several good brands on
the market, but some are inferior as
they contain too much corn and not
enough bone and muscle-producing
elements. Therefore, in buying
chick feed do not, purchase food
that contains over fifteen per cent. of
corn, as your young chicks must have
the bone, frame and growth before
the fattening process Is to be begun
or the fowls will never reach the size
and weight they should. This is one
of the reasons why we find so many
small and inferior fowls on the farms
where the chickens are not properly
looked after, and where about all
they are ever fed, outside of what
they pick up, is corn.-Indianapolis
News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-12
VagabOndage.

Many men these days are heard to
declare they will not be the slaves
any longer of stenography and the
telephone, captives of the rolltop
desk and the lettered ground-glass
door. They will search out fresh
fields ant pastures new, beyond the
reach of the long arm of business
and the importantly of sleeve-pluck-
ing strangers.
A vacation in vacation season, with
a mans full duty discharged. is more
than justifiable; II Is a thing Ere
body as the SOUL" to use the Ian
guage of the Book of Common Pray
er. But here and there one comes upon
cases of restless souls who would
do we'll to remember that man
may be in bondage to a rowing dis
position as we'll as in captivity to
the routine OF the office or the mill.
Custom. Wordsworth has reminded
us, lies upon us with a weight
heavy as frost and deep almost as
life," and he who has formed the
habit OF ieserting his job at the
slightest provocation of pleasure will
find that, like other habits, 1t is not
easy to shake of.
"Mandalay" Is the poetic express
sion OF the wan,lerlust of the man
who comes homr from the temple
bells of the East, condemned to
live unwillingly amidst clean and
shaven race" and finds, to his dis
comfiture. that there amt no buses
runnin' from the bank to Mandalay."
Philadelphia Ledger.