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ONE MORE BODY FOUND.

Trinidad: Colo. March 2.-Workmen
engaged in cleaning up the "main"
Primero mine. in which as miners
lost lost their lives in the explosion
of January 81, early today recovered
the body Of Fidel ArguellO. This makes
SO bodies that have been removed
from the mine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
ENUMERAToRs EXAMINED.

Onowa, Ia. March 2.-Twenty-eieht
persons took the examination held by
Postmaster Prewitt for census enumer.
ators. Those in Onawa were u. D..
BroWn. George Bfdwell and Miss Min
ME Seaton. The work will start Anril
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
BURNED TO DEATH
IN GAS EXPLOSION:

Des Moines. Mch. "a lighted gas
oline stove which John Ratcliffe, of
SHarlen was carrying into the yard ex-
ploded In his arms early today. Rat
cliffe died within a few minutes from
the injuries. He vas a plumber. aged
AZ years.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
FlREMAN Is klLLEp.

New York, Mar. SIN fightine a fire
which Quilted the 10th floor of a 12-
story building on Murray street, occu-
pied by printing firms, Harry Burgess,
2 fireman. was instantly killed today.
The fire damage was estimated at
426, 600.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
ARBITRATION NOW
SEEMS LIKELY N
QUAKER CITY ROW
they Demand That City Be Not
involved in General Labor
Conflict.

auences are being brought to bear on
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit COM
pany to bring an end to the strike.
The big department stores, which nave
suffered from the strike, along with
the thousands of other business houses,
are known to have demanded that the
transit company shall not involve the
city In a great general labor struggle.
* conference is being held in the Of
fees Of the company at which are
present Charles o. Kruger, president of
the company; State Senator Clarence
Vol; vice president: George n. Earle.
IT., the ctty's representative on the
board Of directors, and Richard Y.
Cook, a prominent f%1nancier.
There Is q general appeal for arbi-
tration today. Newspapers demand it.;
various organizations are clemoring for
1t and citizens generally are calling for
an end OF the trouble at once. Inn
portant developments are looked for
during the day.
More Cars Operated.
Determined to demonstrate its abil-
lily to operate it's cara without the as-
%sistance OF the striking motormen and
conductors, the Philadelphia Transit
company today again increased the
number of cars In operation on its va
!rious lines. The company declares that
no settlement involving q recognition Of
RkIlOs SukG OQS116 Will OC
and It retterates that arbitration is not
needed to settle h strike.
Both the labor leaders the city
administration are preparing their lines
for h expected demonstration. Direc-
tor of Public Safety Clay in an inter-
view today said he did nj regard the
proposed sympathetic strike as a
blur and told Of plans for Increasing
the police fore in anticipation Of fur
ther trouble. He said:
Under the act Of May 81, 1850, the
mayor has power to draft every able
bodied man in Philadelphia for service
In protecting life and pronerty. He
nttely. I expect to have lists prepared
OF all citizens who are Of age and At
for such service.
We do not mean to call for the.
national guard until we have exhausted
every power at our command. I have
were among the 1000 summoned
for special duty a week ago,
who can be sworn in at n moment
for police duty in uniform. We have
made arrangements to add $50 to 200
men t6sthe mounted force today. They
win take the places Of the state police
IN case they should be summoned to
South Bethlehem on account OF the
strike there getting beyond control"
General Strike Certain.
The labor unions having decided on
q general strike unless the city take1
some steps to force the company to arr.
bttrate, the sessions OF select and COM:
o councils on Thursday afternoon
are looked forward to with interest. II
member win bring forth an arbitration;
resolution, but whether the political Or
ganiEhtion In control will agree. to take
action cannot be predicted.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03

MoRRIsTowN. S. D.-The member.
Of the Baptist Church society of this
place have purchased ground upon
which they will in the spring erect q
fine church edifice.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
SIOUX CITY LAWYERS
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Washington, March 2.-On motion OF
representative Hubbard, before the
supreme court to-day, Wilbur owen
n William H. Farnsworth were admit
ted to practice. They will submit
tor Of the estate of Frank Jand. versus
the Chicago. Cleveland, Cincinnati q
st. Louis road.
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RoCKHAM, S. D.-The amount OF
business done at the local railroad
depot during the past 80 days shows
ponding period g year ago.
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DIES MONIES, IA.-In anticipation
of a coal miners strike in April, the
state has begun laying In q supply Of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03
WHITE sLAvE ANN pAssen

WHILE SLAVE BILL PASSED.
Guthrie, Okla, March 2.-The Senate
today passed b House white slave bill
which provides a penalty Of 20 wears.
imprisonment for any person guilty Of
pandering. procuring or in any way
engaging In the white slave tra@c.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-03-03

SPRINGFIELD. S. D.-Local busi-
ness men have taken steps to organize
q Commercial club.
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DISCRIMINATING RATE
GOES TO COMMISSION
Omaha Commercial Club Votes
to Prosecute Persons Re-
sponsible for Illegal Act.

Omaha, March 2-The Omaha Com
mercial club today voted to lay before
h interstate commission
an alleged discrimination in railroad
rates on packing house products
against Omaha n in favor Of Kan
sas City. The resolutions adopted fur
Their declared in favor OF vigorous.
prosecution Of the persons responsible
for the discrimination II 1t should de-
velop that their acts were illegal.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
In Quest OF the Ideal

naturally too shocked to breathe. she
insisted cheerily, 81 say ain q it7''
"No doubt; no doubt he managed
by the greatest effort TO puff out, fbut
If YOU will excuse me, / am not an
orphan
"Oh, sure, neither am /, but we
couldn { be any wetter If we was, could
we?' and here she shook her mon
strous hat So vigorously that it spae
tered drops of water in all directions,
one going into the old gentleman s
wide open eye, whereat she shrieked
with pleasure; "Bing, right in the
pepper, hurt?'
"No, naturally not Young woman,
will you have the goodness to tell me
where you were going when you in
truded; when you, ! may say, when you
.honored me with your presence under
my umbrella -
Say, you re hospitable all right. all
right. Well, to tell the truth, I WASH It
quite sure where l was going, but when
| saw you | thought perhaps you could
tell me. I'm trying to deliver this
This proved to be n large bandbox.
which until now the old gentleman had
not noticed, though for some moments
he had been conscious of an unpleasant
obtrusive corner that had kept digging
itself into his plump side Now he
being imposed upon; to shelter a girl
with hat Of prodigious size and a
bandbox as well, it was almost too
much; the old gentleman felt a iusti-
fled rage.
"Delivcr it, deliver it, and to whom 7
trust You do not think I want it.''
''Of course / don't; now, / say, do
try and keep cool. I wouldn t have
come under your old umbrella if I'd
known you were so crusty."' Here she
looked accuslngly pathetic. "Shall ]
go out in the rain again?"
He could as soon have sent kitten
and knowing 1T made him stornly
severe with them both. "Stay where
You are he commanded. "Now, tell
me about the bandbox, And he drew
his eyebrows together and shook his
head to give a properly fierce ex.
preston
fWell, you see I'm a milliner by
trade and | promised, personally my
self, to get this hat to the tousler
what's going to wear it by seven
o clock, but, my goodness, can t find
the hotel whore the old girl lives. It's
the st. Marks. Do you know where il
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"Not cake, you know, with whipped
cream on top; no, ] said not cake.
Hang it all. don t want the whipped
cream; now, now, will you listen TO ME
for minute7" The old gentleman
reddened to danger point and swal-
instantaneous combustion, then hold
ing the walters attention on the point
of his fiery glance, he waved his
pudgy hands In the air and began: t'It
must be like rich biscuit, not sweet
now mind what / say it's not to be
piecrustt or anything of that kind, but
q rich biscuit with the borries crushed
80 that the juice runs down to the edge
and over the side, and you hold on the
arms of your chair to insure proper de-
corum until you are served; now do
you see what mean, and "-here the
old gentleman became positively
threatening, t'have you got it9n
"Oh yes, indeed, sir; get 1T for you
at once"
"Young man, I'd trust you more if
you said no. Remember I've been look
ing for strawberry shortcake like that
going on fifteen years now and / know
it Is not thing about which to expect
cheerful alacrity; however, you go and
see what you can do. III wait" The
waiter started and was stopped at his
second step. "Young man" The
waiter WINGED at this and seemed to
resent his waiterdom being stripped
from him and thus exposing to explicit
directions his shrinking. unwilling man,
hood. "You make the cook understand
TINT it's got to be like rich biscuit;
all right; all right; if you think you
have the idea. you can go, but no mis-,
takes, mind and finally the waiter
was allowed to be off, but with the
Importance of his order willing every
inch of him, even down to his black
broadcloth coat-tails.
The old gentleman settled back in his
chair for what he knew would be a
considerable wait No one, in fact,
could have known quito as we'll as the
old gentleman how long such a wait
a search after shortcake in so serious
and doggcd q way. He did it with the
same fierce enthusiasm that some men
show in their yearly fortnight of shoot.
ing. The season came around and
found him eager to begin, When the
Ieason was not open, so to speak, he
collected data on good shortcake local.
ties, he followed faint scents, applied
the science of deduction to his hunt:
tracked shortcake, anglcd for it, laid
traps for the proper and only kind Of
,hortcake with the combined ardor of
.he collector and the willy craft of the
hunter. OF course the old gentleman
was bachelor; these specialists always
are; they have to be; they have
neither time nor energy to both pos
sess a family and follow a vocation,
and if one is in the grip of a great
idea, one naturally is compelled to mar
row down ones interests and concen-
.rate on The Cause.
1t had begun before the flood. as the
old gentleman would have said, and
then if he had wished to be explicit
IA and he always did wish this-he would
have added. "or in other words during
the dark ages when | was IN my fif-
tcenth year. He had visited an aunt
ono of the proper aunts who live on
farms. excel in pastry, and so make
unwittingly set him astride of his
hobby. Not that he realized it then,
though forty years afterward in elo'
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with me and III get ma to make us
one tonight, -
The old gentleman was in a pitiable
state; he was shocked, incredulous,
weak with JOY and rendered speechless
by the combination. He suffered:
'Young woman, cannot accompany
you to your flat and the next second
he chanted. "With the juice running
down the sides; do YOU mean it!' Fin
ally the little milliner, seeing that he
was unable to act for himself, took com.
maud of the situation. She demanded
the address Of the hotel, and rs soon
as it had issued from the lips Of the
bewildered old gentleman she started
to propel him in that direction.
"Gee whiz, l never heard of any
thing better arranged" she chirped as
Mark s ain u too blocks from here. and
we dom Z live more than three blocks
from the st. Mark IS; think of my not
knowing it and it almost a neighbor of
mine. Did you ever7 I'll just fling
the boxitis at the head bell.hop and be
back under your little weather guard
before you know it; then us for home
and mother. Do you like good deal
! of sugar in the juice7 SO do We Pa
likes it so we can each have three
| helpings, No. never makes us sick.
| bet you ii take four and never feel it. .
Chattering, jumping over the puddles
protecting her bandbox from the rain
and always hauling the old gentleman
masterfulIy along, they finally reached
the hotel and in she flew. leaving heI
captive on the sidewalk. He stood
meekly waiting her return, dimly pray
ing that none Of his friends would take
it into their heads to appear, and in
capable of all thoughts except those
that conferred around strawberry short
cake. In a remarkably short time sht
was back at ME side, and off they
started on the last lap of their trip
When they were only block away the
old gentleman felt a twinge of caution
coursing down his diaphragm; wheI
they came within sight of the shabby
apartment house and she pointed ou
the windows of her domicile the ole
gentleman noticeabls Jagged. Short
cake became shadowy, unimportan
thing; convention and the respecta
bilities of life loomed large; the chat
teriug that still went on at his side wa
something to flee from. He had almos
stopped when violent push was givei
his elbow and the laughing voice said
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''Say, get q move on; what do you
think You re doing, walking back
wardsf / want to get ma started IN
on that shortcake. -
1t was useless, he had to 90 on;
where would he end? She skipped up
the steps, pulling him after her. Ha
put down his umbrella and wild light
appeared in his eye.
1.-THE pusher g broken; I've got to
use my key came to him through his
daze, and as she bent down and fun
bled at the key hole, the old gentleman
gave hurried look around, tip-toed
softly down the steps, piled into a pass
ing cab, and painting "Drive" col
lapsed on the cushions, and for the mo-
mont gave up his pursuit of the straw
berry shortcake.
back of his brain he knows he will.
Some night at the hour of seven he will
go to the little flat, and powerless in
the grasp of his hobby, he will let
"ma" make him the one and only kind
of shortcake, the one which for years
has haunted his mind and which he has
sought for increasingly but without
avail.
Alas for the poor man, few there be,
either, noted chef or efficient cooks,
capable OF making this most delectahle
and palatable of cakes, the lusciousness
Of which fingers on the tongues and re"
calls an enjoyment which is never quite
forgotten; but the mother of the little
milliner will not disappoint him, when
the crucial moment arrives, he will sit
at her table and enjoy most delicious
| feast.
| But, reader. this story has a moral
this it is: That when you have once
mounted hobby, you had best watch
out where it takes you.
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is! That g what | wanted to ask you
IN the beginning; that 8 what / really
came under your chummy little umbrel-
la for.'
The ST Mark g, it was dimly famil
TAR 20 the old gentleman: he thought a
minute, discreetly not noticing the hand
that still lay on his coat sleeve, and
presently st. Mark s cleared itself in
his brain, He had heard only this af-
ternoon that once upon time the st.
Marks produced strawberry shortcake
that person of taste might eat. The
old gentleman mellowed. "It just
| happens he doomed kindly, "that
do know where the st. Marks is, and
| IL am rather wanting to 60 there
myself; in fact IL will walk with
you to the hotel door"
"Oh, naughty, naughty the big
hat was bobbing with fun, "always tell
the truth you're going to the st.
Mfss to aS4 your eons tn seep
from getting wet. Now, 'fess up;
you re Just plain, good-hearted old
dear, aren't you?'
"Nothing- of the sort; don t mislead
| yourself. / am going to the st. Mark g
[ because ! have heard that strawberry
shortcake can be had there. The proper
kind of shortcake, you understand
ike TlCn DlScult, pnc SIIdWDerIleS
crushed and the juice running down
over the Sides
Sure, but can t you get that any
whereof
"Anywherea Young woman, I've
been looking for shortcake like that
for the last fifteen years, and l haven u
found it yet" The young woman IS
face suddenly took on an expression OF
complete motherliness and she patted
the old gentleman IS arm soothingly like
kindly nurse who COOS, "does it want
its dinner then Strengthening her
shoulders with a competent, business
like air, she said: "Well, if this ism T
case for charity. Do you know that
I've got a mother in my flat that
makes shortcake so like yours that you
couldn' It tell 'em apart if you was to
see them side by side. Why, we had
one last night. / bet if / hadn t had
sausage for my lunch you could smell
the shortcake on my breath this min
ute. You want it so it crunches a bit
not sweet like cake, and no foo
whipped cream on top; say, l know the
kind all right. You come right home
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quent moments he drew vivid word
pictures of how the strawberry juice
looked as it lusciously trickled over the
edge with It's varying shades of red and
its thick, succulent prophecy of de-
lights to come: but this it is impossible
20 admit as actual memory, for it was
not until such years afterward that he
recalled these virtues and he is even
now adding to their details. The un-
dramatic truth is that Mt the time
nothing of any Importance happened
unless one wishes to except the amount
of shortcake which he ate. but as he
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21

truth-he suddenly remembered his
aunt 's shortcake and it rounded out his
life with gratifying completeness: HIS
period of forgetfulness is, though at
first inexplicable. really not so strange
when one explains that he had been
occupied in earning his living. acguir-
ing habits and taking on flesh. These
are all important things, they all re
quire time, and to an old gentleman of
any pretensions whatever they are alb
solutely necessary; at fifty-five he
had an income, fair amount of time
on his hands and the memory of that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21

was just fifteen, on rare visit to
farm, and hot from blowing, perhaps
il would be narrow minded and nm
generous TO speak of his appetite
Nevertheless pe swears that under the
table he est,tically curled his bare
toes and exclaimed, "Ncver, never
shall j forget this shortcake We
allow him the toes; the remark we
refuse to accept.
When he wa, fifty. .five-we realize
that from FIFTEEN to fifty five is an
unforgivable jump in the life of hero,
but this tale II ungarnlshed IN its
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
WONDERFUL CURE
Of SORE HANDS
Skin Peeled and Flesh Got Hard and
Broke Blood Flowed in Fifty
Places Single Box of Cuti-
cura Ended Suffering"

About eleven years ago was troubled with sore hans
that when would put them in water the pain would
very nearly crazy the skin would peel of and the eh
would get hard and break There would be blood flowing
from least fifty places each hand. Words could
tell the suffering endured for three years tried everything
that told for fully three years. but could get
relief tried at least eight different DOCTORS but of
hc1 seemed to do any good my hands were bad
whom got through doctorng when first began also
tried nray remedies but OF them did cents
worth Of good discouraged and heartsore, would
o bad mornings when got up to think had to to
work and stand the pain for ten hours and often felt like
giving up my position.
Before started to work mornings would have to wrap
every finger UP separately as to try and keep them soft
and then gloves the rags keep the grease from
getting my work, At night would have to gloves in
Bed In fact had gloves all the time After doctor
ing for three years. and spending much money single box
OF Cutcua Ointment ended all suferngs It's been eight
years used any and don't know what hands
now and never lost days work while using Cuticura Ont-
mcnt. (Slgncd) THOMAS A. CLANC4,
Nov II. 1909, 80 N, Montgomery ST., Trenton, N. J.
Send Potter Drug Chem Corporation, l3l Columbus
Ave. Boston, for latest 32page Cucura Book and
treatment of skin and hair.
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Women

who are nervous, pale, weak and fret
full, can be made rosy, strong and
hearty by the use Of Palmo Tablets.
They make you look and feel years
Younger. Money back if not satis-
factory. SO cents. Book Free Al
dress The 8. p. Fell Co., Cleveland, o.
Schramni-J J ohnson. Drugs, FIVE stores.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-16
INSPECTORS LIKE OMAHA
METHODS OF PROTECTION
Say that They VIII Apply the Rules
in Force Here TO Other
Citiea.

The meeting of the Western Association
OF Electrical Inspectors just closed in
Omaha resulted in a movement to spread
to number OF other cities a principal Of
house protection thN has been IN use here
1t is one Of the rules OF our inspectors, &"
says City Electrician MiohaeIsen. that in
all tiled rooms and in all bath rooms
where there are ground connections the
fixtures must have ground wires. This ia
q Preeaution against the chance that the
fixtures may become charged. and when
they DO person with wet hands or touch
ing the fixture with one hand and a pipe
or faucet with another part OF the body
"ou'd De liable to get heavy shock The
ground wire, however. will always carry
off the charge before II can do any dam
age The Western association discussed
this preeaution, and as a result Il probably
VIII be made part OF the rules in great
many other cities that do not have Il now"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-16
You Can Feel
Your Eczema Heal
(From the American Drug Reporter.)

(Erom the American Drug Reporter)
''Eczema on the head and scalp is, a
common occurrence OF a most common
disease, and II is to be regretted that most
remedies for eczema which produce cures
when other parts Of the body are affected
fail 20 give good results when used for
eczema on the head.
The new drug quintone is different
from other eczema cures offered to the
public, for IL proves an excellent remedy
for all forms OF salt rheum letter, ring
worm. psoriasis and similar skin diseases,
and purchasers report that they can feel
Il heal
As eczema on the scalp causes annoy
ing itching dandruff and falling hair. the
sales of quintone are rapidly increasing
and Il is probably the most popular home
treatment known. All that Is necessary
is TO dissolve two ounces OF quintone In a
half pint OF hot water and let Il cool.
For eczema on the head rub quintone To-
tion well into the scalp with the finger
tips. For eczema elsewhere a cloth sat
urated with quintone lotion is applied for
half hour twice day TO the affected
surface. Quintone stops the itching az
once - Adv.l