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She had been using foul language, and when | repri-
manded her sharply she answered. II amt no lady.
amt I? Well, you ought to see my diamonds then
you'd know what lady 1 am"
There was l shall forget An aged
to with dslocated shoulder He was
wretchedly clothed and half starved he seemed
fairly reve in the warmth and he received in the
hospital We told that he had never worked
much. He said he not strong, though he gave no
evidence of this. He had been in the hospital about
a month and his arm was healing nicely that the
surgeon said to him day, We'll, you'll soon be
able to get out of here, be careful and knock
that and dislocate it again"
The next morning suddenly heard a cry and
found the moaning over his arm He could not
explain how it had happened. but his shoulder was
again disocated This time it took little longer to
heal but one day the surgeon pronounced him almost
prime and fit and the next day his shoulder was again
out OF joint OF course, we were all very sorry for
him and petted and pampered him great deal
third time his healing, when one day | came
suddenly upon him and found him tugging and twist
ing at the injured in such a way that at first
thought he had gone mad.
Then the cause and the meaning of the various dis
locations flashed upon The man had decided that
the hospital very comfortable and inexpensive
lodging house, and so he had determined to remain
there for the winter OF course. accused him of this
and OF course, he denied It, But planned to keep
sharp watch on him after that. And would you
believe it, the day before he to leave the hospi-
tai he trpped fell and-he dislocaed his shoulder
christened him Sentimental Tommy'-you re-
member where Tommy sprains his ankle to appease
Grzel-for to this day nave been able to sat-
isfactoriy decide for myself whether the last cas-
uaty had been carefully prearranged or whether it
was simply the result of happy accident. Anyway
he managed to remain in the hospital from October
until May.
We had another long drawn out case but here the
suffering was very real and the end. was anything
but comic 1t was again aged man, who had had
pneumonia. For II months worked over him, bat
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ZINC IN PLANTS

RACES OF many metals found in plants but
zinc has hitherto been identified very rarely In
fact its presence has been looked upon as acci-
dental IN many cases, when plants grow in soil
very rich III this metal But recently using very deli
cate methods of analysis, a French chemist NJ Javi-
her, has shown that it exists in about fifty plants
belonging to widely separated botanical families and
growing on different kinds of soil
he has made special study of a species of mold
containing zinc and finds that the metal plays very
important part III the life of the plant, trace of zinc
oelng indispensable to its growth and Development
he addition to culture medium OF millionth
part OF the element increases the growth three to four
times and even one hfty-mionth exerts an apprc-
ciabe influence Results Of the same kind though
not as marked were produced in certain species Of
yeast plant, and in ordinary green plants the
beneficial action of of zinc in the soil was
plainly proved
Besides establishing series of curious facts which
may serve as starting point for many theoretical
questions, these investigations OF practical use
as pointing to the possible employment OF zinc as
fertilizer Similar investigations the metal manga
nese IN plants have already led to the of this sub
stance III agriculture what is called compile
mentary fertilizer with brilliant 1t is pos
sible that the addition of zinc this fertilizer would
still further improve it. but experiments lasting sew
erai years and embracing cultivation large scale
are needed to settle the question.
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SIGNS WITHOUT LIGHTS

= HE prsmstic glass often used to throw
light from the sky into the depths OF dark base
mcnt has been employed by clever French IN
ventor TO make luminous signs that have no other
of light than that diffused about we'll lighted
street either by day or by night The prsms, so to
speak, catch the wandering beams and concentrate
them upon the Observers eye, that the transparent
sign. which lies between, appears luminous. The
signs take various forms, according to the direction
from which they to be viewed. In some ths
prsms are immediately in the of the sign while
IN others they are within box, one side of which
forms the transparency while another is a curved
mirror, which assists in directing the rays In the
day time large signs of this description may be placed
high up the sides of buildings, but in the night they
show to advantage only when they are within reach
of the light dfused from the adjacent buildings and
from ordinary street Illumination This type Of sign
also gives surprisingly good results when used in
corridors that appear dark and gloomy the unaded
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GERMS IN MEDICINES

| ARGE quantities OF disease germs have been
found by a French physician, Doctor Altara. in
various popular medicines, especially those made
in the form of pills. Thus the very means sought
to malady may be the cause of worse one
The diphtheria bacillus appeared be particularly
numerous in pills The substances used make these
medcaments rarely antiseptc, so that the germs
which generally introduced by the workmen who
make the pellets, live and thrive in them The reason
why pills contain the germs in greater numbers than
other medicines is apparently that their manufacture
requires manipulation that germs on the per-
of the workmen have more chances of transfer
ring their allegiance
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but neither he his parents were willing that the
operation should take place.
The English journal is of the opinion that if the boy
wanted to die and his parents were willing the sur
geons should have stood aside and "let nature take
her course That, it says is what would have hap
pened IN England; for the British. it appears are
accustomed to large degree of personal freedom
and impatient of official interference
The same journal goes to say "To perform an
immediate operation without waiting to obtain per-
mission is one thing; but to resort to COM
pulson IS quite another. In other words if the sur
geons had proceeded to anesthctze the boy and cut
on his arm. without saying what they were going to
do, 1t would have been all right: but obtain the
sanction of the legal authorities before going ahead
was an act repugnant to British ideas.
Our transatlantic cousins do not object to success
u fraud but legal compulsion is dstastefu TO them
sIhe time, concludes London authority
scarcely seems ripe for compulsory operations. Ii
IS apparently, however, fully ripe for small boys with
ignorant parents to die OF gangrcne whenever they
may be disposed.
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ing% If | didn't smile should cry at the way you
talk and act said "and l guess I'd never stop
The man gave long look, then he smiled, and
finally he chucked so she'd cry if she didn't smile
we'll, welll Then, still smiling, he put out his
hand, and smiled again. and took it, and we became
friends, and he was very good boy after
| remember two other grabbed men once had in
my ward, but they always did their fighting with
each other. They seemed so afraid that one was get
ting better treatment than the other One day 1
heard this clever bit of repartee
who you looking at?s, from bed number one
AT you," from bed numbfr two
We'll, stop it,
Il guess cat look at a king"
Ugh! But the king can kick the cat"
Yes and the cat scratch the king"
Then fearful of what might happen to the already
overworked allegory hushed them BOTH but the low
mumblings and eye battle kept on despite me-
recall one scrap between two patients that had
a most salutary effect One of the women in the
ward taken suddenly and unexpectedly i'll during
the night We tried our best to locate the cause of
the trouble and could not We examined her and
cross questioned her without She kept getting
worse and worse and seemed have lost all vitality
and all desire for recovery
day two later the woman in the next bed
heard two of the surgeons talking about the case and
she then told them that some one had brought the i'll
woman huckeberry pie, and that she had eaten
every bit of it. The mystery solved. Of course
we asked the woman about it at once, and when she
discovered that her neghbor had tattled she was
fectly enraged She got up in bed and shook her fist
and managed to gasp out, You watt
And from that moment she started to recover She
never stopped glaring her neighbor and whenever
she got chance she would hur maledictions at her
head She was furious that we had discovered her
secret, and the desire revenge seemed to be the
only thing that made life worth living The other
woman fortunately, left the hospital first and it is
to be hoped that they never met
Only once tried to keep woman from talking.
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IN STUDY OF DIGESTION

T HE processes of digestion have been studied a
late by means of the X-ray, the food being mads
Opaque to the ray by mixing bisnuth with il 90
that its progress may be observed by taking successive
photographs. What may be learned by this method
illustrated by the reports Of experiments on
the action OF morphine the stomach. 1t has long
been known that this drug retards digestion but the
A-ray reveals the fact that this action takes pbsre
almost entirely in the stomach When the f5od
reaches the intestine the morphine has no further
effect upon IT. 1t appears, therefore that the NOR
ph1ne acts by retardng the natural churnng motion
that plays such important part in stomach d;oes
ron, and therefore causes the process TO occupy
longer time than usual
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THE RIGHT TO DIE

~ English medical journal is much shocked at the
n report that physicians in Chicago recently OBJ
tanned an order of court to enable them to ampu-
tate the arm OF boy suffering from gangrene. 1t
necessary to cut off the boys arm to save his life
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18

There is more catarrh in this sec
tion of. the country than all other
diseases put together. and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it a local dis
ease and prescribed remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment. pronounced it incur
able. Science has proven catarrh to
be a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the mar
ket. It is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
a It fails to cure Send for circu-
lar and testimonials.
Address: f. J.. CHENEY & co. To-
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.
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heated flue during the night and
height. 1t was with great difficulty
that the settler was able to rescue
his family, but he succeeded in get
ting them all out of the house with
the exception of n child. While the
shanty was burning and it looked
like it was nearly ready to fall in
the settler made a dash into the lit
tie building to secure The remain
ing child. The father never came
out alive, for he barely got into the
place before the roof fell in and he
and the little child were burned to
death. The wife and four children
were left helpless on the lone prairie
in the midst of the terrible storm.
Mr.. Burns said that it was not re-
of the family was rescued.
He gave the report of another iu-
cident which happened during the
storm in the same vicinity. A settler
who lived alone on his claim was the
victim Of the fire fiend, when his
shanty caught fire and was consumed
before he was able to get out with
but very little clothing to protect
himself from the storm. With his
house burned the settler thought to
save himself from freezing and went
to a pig pen and crawled in with
the hogs, covering himself with hay.
It proved no shelter form the cold
and he went to his barn and taking
his horse he rode two miles to the
nearest settlers cabin. He was
very thinly clad and it was stated
that he was so badly frozen that it
was not .lought he could live.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Furchner is in Hospital.

Sioux City Journal: Al Furchner,
foxy twirler of last years champion
Packers, was operated on yesterday
in a local hospital for a tubercular
growth on the breast bone. He will
be in the hospital for at least two
weeks. and after that it will be fully
month before he cal do any actual
work. Furchner arrived in Sioux
City several days ago from his home
in Plankinton, S. D., and after con-
with surgeons decided that
the best thing was to undergo an
He had an attack of
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grip during the winter and after
wards felt severe pains in his breast.
The operation at the hospital was
reported as successful. Doctors are
sure that he will come out all right,
but say that he must give the wound
careful treatment. AS the Cincinnati
is scheduled to report within a
month for TIE spring practice trip it
now appears impossible that Furch-
ner can get in shape to Join the
squad. 1t will be neal April before he
can be epected 10 do any real base
bail pitching.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
DolHGs OUT At PIERRE
n Days Record of What the Legisla-
tors are Doing for the Benefit Of
the People,


Pierre, S. D.. Feb. 1O.-Both
houses wired a request to Gamble
and his delegation to oppose the
San Francisco reservoir in Yosemite
Park. The house passed a bill to
create a board of bank deposits; also
a bill appropriating forty-two thous-
and dollars for printing and binding.
The corrected journals show an
error in the vote announced OF the
herd law bill, the majority being two
instead of four. Hare wanted a re-
consideration on account of the error
but failed to get it.
h senate passed a bill giving
cities authority to construct their
w sewer system, also a bill requir-
ing contractors to give bond cover
ing material and labor for public
buildings. The bill on veterinary sur
gerry as we'll as the one requiring
vocal music to be taught in the pub
lie. schools passed the house. The new
bills were Norbeck's voluntary de-
post insurance, and Bates bill, al
lowing commercial social clubs to
serve liquors.
Bills were introduced in the house
as follows: by Mr.. Peterson of Clay,
to regulate the public service of stall
lions and jacks. By Mr.. Whiting to
legalize the issue of bonds by the
city of Woonsocket; by Mr.. Peterson
of Clay, to appropriate money for
central heating plant and power sys-
TEN at the state university; by Mr..
Arnold, to require manufacturers of
and dealers in farm machinery to
keep supplies at some point in every
county in the state; by Mr.. WOLF
muth, to appropriate $4,000 for a
cottage and $500 for a ladies dor
mitory at the Spearfish Normal
school; by Mr.. Whiting to require
counties to refund with seven per
cent interest to purchaser of tax
titles, where the sale is invalid; by
Mr.. Whiting, to permit of the sum
moning of jurors by mail; by the
committee on military affairs, a bill
for a military code; by MIR. Gable,
one providing a form of bond for
saloons, and n defining the power
and duties of the board of charities
and corrections.
This was fireworks day in the SEN
ate. The p~yrotechnics opened on the
establishment of the inebriate home
at Highmore. Senator Bates moved
an amendment to strike out High
more and insert Dell Rapids and sup
ported it in a fervid speech. His re-
marks We're On the burlesque order
with yelled illusions to the ''crazy
belt, and the ample supply of raw
material for jag cures in convenient
proximity. Senator Thoreson spoke
briefly of the advantages Dell Rapids
offered for the care and employment
O: large numbers of men of any class.
Senator Ewert closed the discussion
referring to the fact that at present
the state institutions were nearly all
grouped in he southeast corner of the
state. On the roll call those who had
supported Dell Rapids lined up for
the bill.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Soldier Balks Death Plot.

1t seemed to j. A. Stone, a civil
war veteran. of Kemp, Tex, that a
plot existed between a desperate
lung trouble and the grave to cause
his death. 81 contracted a stubborn
cold" he writes that developed a
cough that stuck to me, in spite of
all remedies, for years. My weight
ran down to 100 pounds. Then 1 be-
gan to use DR.. Kings New Discovery.
which restored my health complete
ly. I now weigh 17S pounds" For
severe Colds, obstinate Coughs, Hem
orrhages, Asthma, and to prevent
Pneumonia it's %unrivaled. soc. and
S1.OO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by Diehl & Brown.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Human Element in Accidents

Baltimore American: Government
experiments may solve the problem
of preventing explosions in coal
mines. If human care and fore
thought will only cooperate with
science in the great art of proven
ton unavoidable accidents will be re-
duced to an appreciate minimum.
But the first element of the combina-
ton is the one on which least re-
lance can be placed. The tendency
of human nature to take chances
rather than to take trouble is the
hardest obstacle which preventative
science will aver have to overcome.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
IN PRAIRIE HOME
A Settler on the White River Was
Burned to Death With His Child
in Claim Shanty.

When Conductor Burns came in on
his run from Chamberlain he told
of a terrible calamity that came to
a family living up on the White riv-
er, some distance from Chamberlain.
resulting from the severe storm out
that way Monday and Tuesday.
The family consisted of the hus-
band and wife and five children, who
living on a government claim
in that section of the reservation.
Their shanty took fire from an I've
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
NEEoFuL KNOWLEDGE
People Should Learn to De.
tect the Approach of kidney
liSaaeo

The symptoms Of kidney trouble
are SO unmistakable that they leave
no ground for doubt. Sick kidneys
excrete q thick. cloudy. offensive
urine. full Of sediment. irregular of
passage or attended by a sensation
OF scalding. The back aches con-
stantly. headaches and dizzy spells
may occur and the victim is often
weighed down by a feeling of langor
and fatigue. Neglect these warnines
and there is danger Of dronsy
Bright's Disease, or diabetes. Anv
one OF these symptoms is warning
enough to begin treating the kidneys
at once. Delay often proves fatal.
You can use no better remedy than
Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's Mitchell
proof:
Mrs. Leo Hofstetter. 2o1 W.
First ST., Mitchell. s. D.. SAYS: "1
can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills.
as they did me more good than any
medicine l ever took. I first began
to suner from kidney complaint
about four or five years ago. There
was a throbbing in my back. at times
accompanied by headache and spe,Is
OF Dizziness. l tried a great MANY
remedies but nothing seemed to give
me relief and I gradually grew worse,
At last I happened to read about
poan's Kidney Pills. and procured
q box at Diehl & Browns drug store
They proved to be just the remedy
my system required and I feel better
now than before in a long time"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buf9alo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Heyolts at Cold Steel.

"Your only hope" said three doct-
ors to Mrs. M. e. Fisher. Detroit,
Mich. suffering from severe rectal
trouble lies in an operation" "then
/ used DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
she writes, 'till wholly cured" They
prevent Appendicitis, cure Constipa-
ticn. Headache. csc at Diehl &
Browns.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Our Guarantee

Go to your druggist today, and
purchase q dollar bottle, and If you
can honestly say, that you did not
receive any benefits from it, after
using the entire bottle, the drug
gist will refund your money to you
without question or delay.
We will pay the druggist the price
of the bottle purchased by you.
This offer applies to the large
bottle only and to but one in a
family.
We could not afford to make such
an offer, unless we positively knew
what Kodol will do for you.
1t would bankrupt us.
The dollar bottle contains ~ times
as much as the fifty cent bottle.
Kodol is made at the laboratories
of r. g. Dewitt g. Co., Chicago.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18

financial way and will clear a good
sum of money from the entertain
ment and the 80 page advertising
program which the Republican issu-
ed for them.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Washington Once Gave Up,

to three doctors; was kept in bed 70,
five weeks. Blood poison from a spid.
er's bite caused large deep sores tc
cover his leg. The doctors failed,
then "Bucklen's Arnica Salve com.
pletely cured me-" writes John Wash.
ington. Of Bosqueville, Tex. For &C.
zema, boils. burns and piles its SUI
preme. Csc. at Diehl & Browns.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18
Eat What
You want of the food you need
Kodol will digest it.

You need a sufficient amount of
good wholesome food and more than
this you need to fully digest it.
Else you can't gain strength, nor
can you strengthen your stomach if
1t is weak.
You must eat in order to live and
maintain strength.
You must not diet, because the
body requires that you eat a suffice
lent amount of food regularly.
But this food must be digested,
and it must be digested thoroughly.
When the stomach can't do it,
you must take something that will
help the stomach.
The proper way to do is to eat
what you want, and let Kodol di-
gest the food.
Nothing else can do this. When
the stomach is weak it needs help;
you must help it by giving it rest,
and Kodol will do that.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-18

For Sale by Diehl & Brown,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-22
WEST VIRGINIA IS
THE COMING STATE,
Mr.. Price of Warrington
Tells Washington Cores
pondent That This State
Has Big Future.

Washington, Oit. 22.-Andrew
Price, OF Warrington. w. Va, when
interviewed this morning talked very
enthusiastically in regard to the future
of his state. He said among other
things that although the western
part of Pennsylvania was the richest
territory in the world that West Vir-
glnia was simply continuation of
that section and within another gem
eration that this state would become
so congested with people and enter
prises that every village now would
then be a city. He mentioned the
advice given to young men years ago
by Horace Greeley and said that If
Greeley was living today his advice
to young men would be for them to
90 to West Virginia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-22
CHARGES ARE
NOT SUSTAINED
Mrs. Crane Fails to Prove
Packing Conditions Are
Bad.

Richmond. Va. Oct. 22.-The
American Public Health Association
at its meeting last night. finally dis
posed OF the sensational charges
made last night by Mrs. Caroline
Bartlett Crane, OF Kalamazoo. Mich.
regarding the Government system
OF meat inspection. by adopting un-
anhnously and without debate. II
resolution practically declaring that
the charges have not been sustained.
Mrs Crane appeared before the
committee and submitted certain doc
uments, but the ommittee concluded
that neither these documents nor
her statements substantiated the
charges.
DR.. Frederick Moutizambert. Of
ottowa, director general of public
health of Canada, moved the adop-
tion of the resolution. DR.. Cole. of
New York seconded the motion.