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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-15
NO USE TO TRY AND WEAR OUT
YOUR COLD 1T WILL WEAR
Y0u OIIT INSTEAD

Thousands keep on suffering
coughs and colds through neglect
and delay. Why make yourself an
easy prey to serious ailments anu
epidemics as the result of a neglect
ed cold? Coughs and colds sap your
strength and vitality unless checked
in the early stages. DR.. Kings New
Discovery is what you .need-the
first dose helps. Your head clears
up, you breathe freely and You feel
so much better. Buy a bottle today
and start taking at once.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-15
REDFIELD SUFFERS FROM
SHORTAGE IN RESIDENCES

Redfeld, S. D.-There is a pro-
nonnced shortage of good houses at
moderate rentals in Redfield. Prac-
tically every habitable house in the
town is occupied, and q number Of
persons who desired to move to
town recently have been unable to
do so because of their inability to
secure q suitable residence.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-15
From Saturdays Daily.

4 IN SATURDAY . DoilS
Vincent McHenry came owe from
Sioux Falls yesterday for a visit with
friends in Mitchell.
Woonsocket Herald:-Misses Celia
and Mabel Heuermann who had
spent "a week here visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gingsberg. returned Monday norm
ing to their home in Mitchell.
Miss Alice Edwards, of Sioux City,
is Il guest at the home OF her brother
II. ii. Edwards, and will visit in Nit
chell for a few days.
Artesian Commonwealth-Advocatc
Miss Edna Gass came up from
Mitchell Saturday morning and visit
ed until Monday evening at the par
entail home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Shelby have re
turned from Austin, Mimi, where
they attended the golden Wedding
celebration of Mrs. Shelby's parents.
G. NJ. Henry. of Redfeld, chairman
of the state tax commission, spent
last evening in Mitchell and Went
morning.
Francis Snyder, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Snyder, was operated up
on for appendicitis last evening. Mrs,
w. A. Hitchcock underwent an oper-
alton this morning.
Miss Hattie Herrick, of Dakota
Wesleyan, went to White Lake las,
evening to spend u few days Il
home.
During the present week the pas
| tor of the First Baptist church, Rev
r. i. Kelley, has transferred h,
| study from the parsonage to th'
church, a room there being rcdec
Grated and furnished with new shelly
ing for this purpose.
Emil Larson. of Forestburg, S. d..
and Miss Alvera Nurnberg, OF Wool
| socket, obtained a license to N arr.
To-Day.
The members of the English club
of Dakota Wesleyan, went TO Park
er this morning, where they will b,
THE Romancers" this evening. Thi:
production was recently given Will
much success under the direction O
Prof. c. NJ. Tull at Science hail.
Miss Elva Landon, of Loomis. Wis
tied today with her sister, Miss Lei;
L.Landon, who will return with he.
10 spend Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Derr and little sol
returned this morning to RUNNING
Water. 5. D.. after a visit in the {
w. Derr home.
Miss Jessie Erion went to Loomi'
This afternoon to spend Sunday Wit
her sister.
Roy A. Townsend arrived honlt
this morning from a business trip /
Aberdeen.
The county commissioners thi
morning awarded their contract foi
road machinery to Gallon and Irol
Works Manufacturing company, G
Gallon, o. The contract calls 70
one 12-foot grader, three 5-foo
frcsncs, three S-foot road drags ant
one road pillow.
Thomas Eastcott, city auditor
now has the dog tags for the comins
year on hand. All CANNES are sup
posed to be supplied with tags b.
May 1.
Rev. G.. e. O'Flaherty, pastor o
the Holy Family Catholic church, ha
been quite i'll this week, but is re
ported to be better today.
Mrs. James Kimble is seriously il
at present at her home, SIS Yves
Fourth emu
fee is running very heavily dow
the Missouri river at Chamberlain a
present, recurring the temporar.
abandonment of the boat transfe
service. The ice has broken in tn
river as far north as Pierre and i
expected to go out at Bismark, N. ID
very shortly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-15

S.. =. Morris left yesterday after
noon on a business trip to Rcdfield
and Minneapolis.
Miss Edla Laurson arrived home
yesterday from Howard, where she
spoke Saturday on the benefits of a
public library to a small community.
Philip %Sheehan, of Aberdeen, for
six years a conductor on the Milwau-
kee into Mitchell, died at his home
in that city on Saturday evening.
John Barndt, present conductor on
the Hastings & Dakota division. was
lone of the pall-hearers at the funer-
al yesterday.
Col. j. r.. Woods. of Sioux Falls.
one of the best known insurance men
of the state and a freqaent visitor in
Mitchell, has been i'll at his home in
Sioux Falls for several days. He was
taken i'll while on the street on Sat
urday afternoon.
w. T. March left this morning on
a business trip to Sioux Falls.
Ms. Lizzie Nicholson left last even
ing for Great Falls, Mont.
A large number of Mitchell Shrin-
The Press., 1915-12-29
THE WIDOW GUSTS.
She Was an Heire5s and Great Catcf
When George Won Her.

She Was an Heire5s and a Great Catch
When George Won Her.
George Washington in marrying IL
great hciresS SET a precedent which
few of his successors have followed.
The pretty. bright eyed, little Virginia
widow Mrs. Gusts, whose lands, slaves,
dollars and mansions We're inherited
from both her husband and her father,
was the greatest 'catch" of her day,
and young Washington was greatly ell
We'd when he persuaded her to say
Yes" This marriage enabled him to
hold his own among the plutocrats OF
the time and to be free from any finan
cial worries.
Mrs. Washington, whose wealth could
have added most to the Splendors of
the White House, never occupied the
mansion. rs ii was finished only four
months before the expiration of John
Adams term. and Mrs. Adams was its
first chateaime. 1t was then referred
to as the palace" and each president
was expected to provide FIR it's mainte
nance and pay for its Inequalities out
Of his salary of $4,000 a year.
At this rate few presidents left the
White House as we'll off financially as
they entered it. SO meager were the
api no, ri tiUnS for the care and main
tcnantc'' of the White House during
- fit h3!f f the nineteenth century
nat %c;.r ri pre- idcntS dep red from
It deeply il CCht and nearly all died
nour- New York World
The Press., 1915-12-29
Watch Your Steo.

Science can tell what sort of a per
son you are from your step. Physi-
clans diagnose lo~Omotor ataXia, pare
sis, palsy, lumbago and other diseases
by the gait. One expert says:
"Watch the man who dra2s his feet
along as if it were an effort. He
would be the first into a lifcboat from
a sinking ship because he ha" no heart
The woman with the dragging feet is
wilmer.
''Watch the woman who hurrleS
along as if she were anxious to part
company with the pavement. Her
steps are quick and snappy. She has
plenty of vim.
"When you see woman planting
her feet firmly on the ground and
walking with a free swing you may
be sure she is wholesome, to be de-
pended upon and capable She will be
your friend on rainy days just as much
as or more than when the sun shines
philadelphia North American,
The Press., 1915-12-29
The River Through Paris.

Small two decked steamers ply on
the Seine as it twists its way through
Paris. You can catch one every fifteen
minutes, and it costs sous e cents
to go from one end Of the city to the
other, a distance of perhaps eight
miles, and then once outside the city
walls you pay 2 sous more. The
Seire river is narrow, dull green and
slow moving; not majestic at all, but
made picturesque by the life that is
upon it. In Paris it is commerce and
artistic beauty combined that border
its banks. Within the boats that are
moored to it's palings are so many diff
ferent kinds Of existence-baths, hos
pitfalls, washhouses, homes, restau-
rants and lodgings. People live half
above, half under the water, and in
some places on the Seine for long dis
tances these boats are moored four
abreast and following ir line like SOL
diers on march. These are the --LATEST
of boats. When they come up the riv-
err freighted their tops are just at the
waters edge. The Seine seldom rises
or falls very much, as it is held i'll it's
banks by concrete walls.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Press., 1915-12-29
international Questions.

International questions constitute
one of the greatest known boons or
the human race. International ques-
lions are so broad that they do not re-
uuire any close reasoning in order to
express opinions about them. That Is
their great beauty. One can strike In
almost anywhere without any great
danger of hitting bottom, and one can
say almost anything about an interna-
tional question without being called to
account except by some one who Is
equally unreliable Local questions are
quite different i'll that respect. Local
questions are much more prosaic and
less romantic. One must be surer or
his data and more consistent in mis-
conclusion. In explaining local ques-
tons there is always danger that the
man you are explaining to knows more
about the matter than you do yourself,
If you must make ignorant statements
do it in the way that best conceals
your ignorance Life.
The Press., 1915-12-29

.AIc%anGer iIaIliltOn was the first
:. rotary OF the treasury 01S0-0o).
AiclHrl IIi!lcgas WAS the first United
Sites t. 2tSurcr. Ii..esaS was appoint
Cd to thh Office July 20, 1I15, when he
and George Clymer were chosen to-
gether i'll the formation of what was
the germ of the treasury department.
Hillegas served alone through PRACTICAL
ly his entire term, however, as Clymer
soon resigned to take a seat as dele
gate to congress. Hillegas' term ex-
pired Sept. II, 1889, and he was sue
ceetled by Samuel Meredith. Both men
We're from Pennsylvania. The treasury
department was formally organized
by act of Sept. =, 1888, but, strictly
speaking. this was merely reorgani-
zation, for the department under vari-
Gus names had been in existence since
1775
The Press., 1915-12-29
Coptrsrjic+orv Sciences.

The infinitely little and infinitely vast
alike battle the understanding, develop
ed as it is by our concrete Unite life.
Creation is typitied by the sphere. A
circle is straight line that at every
point ceases to be straight line and
the earth's surface is a plane that ev-
cry moment ceases to he a plane. Fol
lowing the surface Of the earth does
not carry us to the under side. be-
cause there is no more an under side
than there is an upper side. There Is
only a boundleSs surface. But If 1t
were possible for us to build a globe
on the globe as large as the one we In
habit. would it not have an upper and
an under side?
The rain causes the grass to grow,
and the sun causes the snow to melt,
but we cannot apply the idea Of cause
i'm this sense to nature as whole, Dut
only to parts of nature. Gravitation
caused Newton's apple 20 fall, but
what causes the earth to fall forever
and ever and never to fall upon the
body that is said to attract it?-John
Burroughs in Atlantic Monthly.
The Press., 1915-12-29
Military Retreats.

Once at an evening reception in Ber-
lin some one drew the attention of
Moltke to a magazine writer who had
compared him, after the manner of
Plutarch, to all the worlds greatest
commanders-AleXa Caesar, Han
nibal, Turenne, Marlborough. Freder-
lex, Napoleon, etc. NO said the
great "battle thinker" II have no right
to be compared to such great COM
manders, for l have never i'll all my
life had to conduct retreat'-at once
the most honorable and difficult opera
ton of war, as the Duke of Wellington
himself we'll knew The hero of hun
dred fights who never lost an English
gun, the duke nevertheless kneW-none
better-what is was to conduct re-
treat from Burgos and other places
and even to withdraw behind the lines
of Torres Vedras till his opportunity
again came for making another thrust
London Illustrated News.
The Press., 1915-12-29

One summer Mr. Cakes. an eminent
.nwyrr. sem his VIE" and young dHugh
ter To Il farmhouse in the White noun
tainS for Il vaca ton. shortly after he
received I'LL urgent request from the
little girl to ~end her Il pet donkey 20
use while there She had read about
donkeyS and heard about them. but
was not ut all familiar with their pc
culiar vOcaliSm
The donkey arrived. and the child
had many rides around the vicinity
She enjoyed it all hugely. except the
animal'S strange noises. which inspired
ner with the pHrfoundest pity for his
evident distress.
One day after vainly trying to sub
due his vocalism she wrote a letter 10
her fnther in which she said:
"DeaT EatheI--l do wish YOU would
cone up here soon. my donkey is s.
very lonesome - National Monthly
The Press., 1915-12-29

Dr pean. Il Paris physician. VIZ
called as II physician to attend dur!
Ono nf the AdVrrSaiieS was SO coward
~ that I've ran away after the first shot
unhurt The fom seconds, the -eiuain.
ing romlHtant and the doctor stood
looking III each other with embarrasS
mrIIt and discontinue when DR.. Pean
broke the silence 10y saying gravely. al
know the disease that has suddenly at
tackled this gentleman. And. taking
out his pencil and paper. he drew up Il
report HS follows: AT the first shot
Mr. y WAS taken with sudden attack
Of tarhypnhia that would not yield tn
treatinen; The seconds therefore. on
consultation with the physician, stop
led the duel Thus honor" was
-aIpu.
The Press., 1915-12-29
The Inuincihle YaoAi.

Against all assaults upon his strong
hold the Yaqui Indian Of Mexico has
proved invincible. For more than a
century relentless war has been Waged
against him by the MeXicans, but they
have neither subdued him nor tanned
him. and as for conquering him, that,
it is generally admitted, will come only
with his determination. In the cam
paigns against him the Yaquis most
effective weapon is the poisoned ar
row. His bow is made of black palm
wood, and the arrows are long, sharp
and so poisoned as to cause certain but
not immediate death. Horrible suffer-
ing follows a scratch from the point,
the victim dying in from three to sew
en- days. No antidote has been discov-
cred, although the Yaquis themselves
possess the secret of one.-Boston Her
aid.
The Press., 1915-12-29

church on Friday evening was much
in excess of the seating capacity.
Some of the parts of the cantata were
filled as follows: Mr.. Discomfort,
John A. Richardson; Harry, Holman
Hall; Grimmy the newsboy, Walter
Benson; Amos, Stephen Pokorny;
Baker, Theodore Pokorny; Maggie,
the waif, Francis Pokorny; Mia,
Frances Hall; Amelia, Annie Ser
vice; Peace, Ruth Cahoon; Goodwill,
Gertrude Benson; Love, Mary Westei-
field. Spinsters Jane, Sue
and Martha, Doris Hall, Harriet
Smith, Clara Hall, Alice Service.
Five old ladies-Mrs. Robert L.
Jones, Mrs. Lena g. Bracket, Mrs.
JAS. B. Service, Mrs. John Edwards,
Mrs W. E. Malo. Fairy sylph-
Isabel Service. Magic dolls-Alice
Richardson, Caroline Worden. Freda
Woodwork, Clara Toberman. Chorus
of children, chorus and march, sailor
boys. Santa Claus, Cornell Green,
Jr. The committee on entertainment
was Miss Rosa o. Hall, Mrs. Robert
T. Jones, Mrs. Jas. B Service, Mrs.
W. H. Westerfeld. Decorating COM
mittee: John Edwards, Cornell Green,
w. E. Malo. The work of committees
and those taking parts deserves and
has received unstinted praise. The
usual distribut ion of presents closed
the evenings entertainment.
West Wilmington.
Miss Helen Nichols is still confined
to her home.
Miss Edna Bugbee and brother,
Walter, spent Christmas with their
parents.
Little Blanche Converse has been
quite ill with a hard cold, but is
improving,
Miss Minnie Converse of the
Literary academy, Maine, returns
to-day after spending her Christmas
recess with her parents, DR.. and Mrs.
f. B. Converse.
The Christmas school exercises at
Miss Stanton's school, Riverside,
were we'll attended and were fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton, parents OF
Miss Stanton, were present from East
Hartford
The Press., 1915-12-29
Superior Court.

A short calendar session of the
county superior court was held in
Rockville Thursday, Judge Lucien F.
Burpee presiding. In the case of
Martin M. Hansen against Frank
Goslee, pleadings were ordered filed
in two weeks. There was hearing
on the application for reward in the
case of the state against Thomas
Ducharme, same being denied. Judg-
ment was rendered for $500. OF in the
case of the Savings Bank of Tolland
against Annie F. Conroy, ct al. The
cases of Henry f. Parker against the
town of Coventry, and Edward M.
Yeomans against Charles N. Curtis
have been continued to the next term
of court.
The Press., 1915-12-29
N aiIS.

A nail is a common article of manu-
facture which is turned out by thou
sands every hour in the factory and is
always absent in every household
when it is most needed. Every house
Is full of nails The walls bristle win
them. The floors and ceilings are full
of them. But if you need one to drive
into a wall or to help dispatch box
going by express you might as well
look for Il gold nugget in an ash heap.
When by some miracle nail permits
itself to be discovered it is always
crooked The art of placing it on your
wife's best mahogany table and
Strengthening it out with a poker in
place of the hammer you cannot locate
is an art vet in it's infancy. Some cen
turtles hence it may reach develop
ment hitherto undreamed of.-Life.
The Press., 1915-12-29
The New Zealand Eel.

At recent meeting of one of the
New Zealand acclimatiZation societies
the curator of Il game farm reported
that lie had included cells in. the list of
vermin which caused the death of
young pheasants. He gave his assur-
ance that no fewer than seventeen
young birds had been lost owing to
cells Selling their heads while they
were in the act of drinking creek wa
ter. The deaths of innumerabie young
ducks had Eeen caused by cells, and it
was common thing to see scores OF
ducks minus leg. which had been
dragged off by these voracious fish.
The Press., 1915-12-29
The Oysters Diet.

Some interesting facts concerning the
diet of the oyster have been discov
cred by the investigations of the Eng
lish board of fisheries. The experts
have found. for instance, that the oys-
ter is an exceptionally dainty feeder.
living almost exclusively on a vegeta-
BILE diet Seaweed and the minute pine
pollen of the water are it's staples. 1t
dimes, moreover, only between Il
o'clock noon and 2 in the afternoon
During those hours the oyster opens
his shell, permits the water to flow
through the feeding gill and expels it.
The gill extracts the food desired
Philadelphia Record.
The Press., 1915-12-29

Here is Il description Of the great
composer which was dated May Is.
1S"n, when Il warrant was issued t.
arrest Richard Wagner, one of tht
most prominent adhCrcnts of the rev"
!utionary party, and to deliver him ur
to the royal court of justice. Wagner
is thirty-%t zen or thirty eight years
old. Of miGdlc height; has brown hair
wears glasses: open forehead; eye
brows brown; eyes gray blue; nose
ana mouth we'll prOportionod; chin
round. Particulars: In speaking and
moving he is hdSty." - London Spec
tatOr
The Press., 1915-12-29

An cid fuYrrr who has served five
terms iii various prnitentiarleS ana
who j. now rr"rainin2 from fancy pen
ulaUSEIr in order to enjoy an uninter'
illitrd vncntiun fm II week or twain
trc, rl~ rs the following epigram from
tlIr trrth ot his experience:
- u""pr realized the complete base
ness - rhN nature until one day !
found myself unrOuSriOuSl! raising my
.,,vl r!lr k" cleveland Plain Dealer
The Press., 1915-12-29

The lacebark tree grows in the West
Indies. 1t is lofty tree, with oval,
smooth leaves and white flowers. 1t
is remarkable for the tenacity of its
inner bark and the readiness with
which the inner bark may be separated
after maceration in water-into lay
ers resembling lace. A governor Of
Jamaica is said to have presented to
Charles II. a cravat frill and rutlieS
made of it.
The Press., 1915-12-29
Copy of Resolution Adopted by the
Board of Trustees of the Stafford
Savings Bank:

At meeting of the board of trustees of
the Stafford Savings Bank, held Decem-
Der 23d, the following resolution was
adopted:
1t is with feelings Of keen sorrow that
we are called upon to record tn death on
December 9th. 1915, of our fellow trustee,
Mr. William G Ellis, who for twenty-three
years has heen member Of this board.
Mr.. Ellis was man of strong charac-
ter, marked ability, and scrupulously
faithful in the responsibilities with which
his fellow men trusted him. The mem
hers of this board feel in his death that
they lost personal and valued friend,
and we desire to inscribe on our records
our appreciation of the service he has
rendered to this bank and the wise coun-
sci he has given in the management OF its
affairs.
Voted-that copy of this resolution
be given to the family, printed In the
Stafford Press and inscribed on the Book
of Records of the bank.
CHRlsroPHER ALLEN, Committee
JOEL III REED, on
CHARLES B. PINNEY,) Resolutions.
The Press., 1915-12-29

William the Silent was once saved
by a spaniel. which scratched his face
and awakened him just in time to flee
Spanish soldiers who intended MUIR
der A sculptured effigy of the dog
lies at the foot of Williams statue at
Delft, Holland
The Fruit of Experience.
'aThe longer live in this world" oh
served Mr.. J. Fuller Gloom thoughtful
ly, 1.-The more ] am surprised at the
enormous amount of good advice that
l can get along acknowledgements
Homo Companion.
The Press., 1915-12-29
Reconstructed Man Costs $500.

With exhibitions and catalogues of
artificial limbs now brought TO notice
one gets to calculating the cost of a
reconstructed man. Seemingly li.tle
more than $500 would suffice. p1ir
of artificial legs costs about $3.50 and a
pair of arms about 500. Ears. with
drums. etc. cost $75 each; eyes $50 a
pair and so on Without heart and
brain man is worth about $500
With them--the price might change
London Chronicle.
The Press., 1915-12-29
LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN, PUBLISHER
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$50 year. II paid strictly In advance si.z0'
Resolutions, obituaries or cards of thanks In
serted at one-half advertising rates. Births
marriages and deaths inserted free.
We are always glad to have nstcs items sent
In, but request that they reach US by Tuesday
noon, or earlier. If possible. 1t Is often neees-
.ary 70 abridge items that are received the lat
ter part OF Tuesday afternoon or wednesday
morning. Forms closed Wednesday at 10 g. m.
Communications received without signatures
always committed to the waste basket without
attention.
This paper is mailed regularly to Its suoscrio-
ers until q definite order to discontinue Is re-
eeived and all arrears are paid in full.
We are not responsible for, nor do we by pub
fishing. endorse the opinions of our correspond
ents.
The Press $1.25, Youths Companion
So, both for one year for S3 at The Press
office.
The Press., 1915-12-29
Best Wishes.

Father, l had Il fight with Percy
Raymond today
81 know you did," replied the father
soberly Mr.. Raymond came to see
me about it,
WELL" said the son, Il hope you
came out as well as l did.'-Ladies
Home Journal.
The Press., 1915-12-29
He Had Painted Too.

"My dear fellow" said the artist
"you can't imagine how much work
there was in painting that picture"
"Oh, yes I cam said the young coun
try lad. my father made me paint tile
barn one summer" = st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Press., 1915-12-29
Thoughtlessness.

(Which are the pictures in you1 gal
lery that you value most highly?'
81 Dunno replied Mr.. CumroX.
Mother an the girls told the man to
go round and take off the price marks
I had put on 'em before | had time to
learn 'em by heart Washington Star.
The Press., 1915-12-29
CHYRSANTHEMUMS

The queen of the autumn flowers can
now be seen at the greenhouses in all it's
varying types from the much ad-
mired big blooms to the small button
or daisy lowered kinds in all the colors.
One hundred and twenty-five varieties
will pass review during the season.
ALI Florists Plants and Cut Flowers
in season.
Designs in Natural Flowers for all oc-
casions arranged to order.
Stafford Conservatives
East Main Street
Telephone 15S
The Press., 1915-12-29
Specifcations,

isn't that fine line of the poets
about women's being human natures
daily food?"
Eyes, especially when the dear crea-
lures are peaches and chickens. BAL.
timore American.