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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Roasting p Goose

10 roast goose properly is by nc
means an easy tasl1. These directions.
carefully followed, are said to be cor.
rect:
Having drawn and thoroughly cleaned
and dried the bird, stuff it with mashed
potatoes highly seasoned with onion,
sage, salt and pepper or with equal parts
OF bread crumbs, chopped apples and
boiled onions, seasoned with salt. sage
and pepper. Sew and truss, put on rack
Ii a pan and cover the breast with slices
OF fat salt pork
Place in the oves for three-ouarters
OF an hour. The pork fat is quickly
drawn out by the heat, flows over the
goose and aids in drawing out the Oil.
When considerable oil is extracted, take
the pan from the oven and pour off all
the oil Remove the pork and dredse
the goose with flour and place again in
the oven. When the flour is Drowned,
add little hot water and baste often
Dredge with flour after basting. Cook
until brown and tender Garnish with
water cress. Serve with apple sauce.--
Chicago Record
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Crossing the Atlantic.

Lie best time to cross the Atlantic +"
says woman traveller, SIS in winter
The passenger list is large enough then
Tor company and small enough for COM
fort. Everybody gets y Soquainted with
everybody else, and though the VOYAGE
Is apt to be prolonged no one complains.
L went over in Il mob last summer and
was miserable. The contrast with NV
return voyage was very pronounced.
Another suggestion is to take one of the
SLOW boats. The few crack speeders are
hlled, usually, with the rich society set
who cross to the other side. They con
slder the trip bore and all the persons
on board not on their visiting list detri-
mentals, whom to notice would be
crime. The atmosphere Oh the less fash
lonable boats, for the smart set affects
It's ocean liners as it does its other fads
ana fashions, is much more agreeable
There is sure to be genial, delighted
company, to which one is made wei.
come, and OK which one holds ever after
ward delightful memories. st. Lonis
Republic,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Wired Glass.

As the result of a thorough investiRa.
tion OF the heat resisting qualities of
wired glass instituted by the Philadel-
phia Fire Underwriters association the
latter has made a report which must
be very serviceable to all interested in
this unique product. The report declares
that such glass can be safely used in
skylights and in such situations will
stand Il severe ire and not give way
when water is thrown on it. A wooden
framing for skylight, covered with tin.
all seams lock jointed and with nails
hidden, is superior i'll fire resisting quail
ity to iron framing. Wired glass in
wooden sash, covered with tin, all
seams lock jointed and nails concealed.
can safely be used for windows toward
an external exposure and in fire doors
to elevator shafts and stairway tow
ers, where 1t is necessary to light the
shafts; III office buildings, hotels,
etc, where it is undesirable to have
elevator Shafts entirely inclosed and
dark, wired glass permanently built
into brick or terra Gotta shaft OF
arranged i'll metal covered wood
frame, can safely be used, and, again,
wired glass plates, securely fastened in
standard fire shutters, can safely be
used toward an external exposure-in
this case, the fact that Il possible fire i'll
building all the windows Of which
are protected by fire shutters can much
more readily be detected from the out
side through the wired glass is impor-
tant.-New York Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Nansan's Fran.

Nansen invented the model of the
Fran, making her hull round and slip
perry, like an eel, with no corners or
sharp edges for the ice to seize upon.
She is the strongest vessel ever used in
arctic exploration. He said that pressure
would simply lift her OH the ice, and SO
her bottom, near the keel, was made al
most Hat III order that she might not
capslze while Oh the ice surface, and her
screw and rudder We're also ingeniously
protected. The many experts who said
her design would not save the Fran
from instant destruction We're mistaken,
Tor she met these resistless ice pressures,
and they merely lifted her out Of her
cradle, and she rested safely Oh the sur
face
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
A Man of Resource.

A good story is told of the late Count
Glelchen when he was AN ambassador
IN London. At q dinner party it was
his hard luck to have to conduct to table
lady of taciturn and unresponsiye
nature.
10 all his polite nothings she answer
ed never word. Nothing daunted, he
continued to ply her with small talk,
till at last she slowly turned her head
toward him and deliberately yawned.
Ihe count was equal to the occasion.
All, madam" he said loudly, 81
also have gold i'll my teeth Strand
Magazine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
The Pandects of Justinian-

The pandccts of Justinian, the most
complete BODY of Roman laws ever col
lected, were supposed to be lost, but in
l137, when Amalti was taken and plum
dered by the Pisans, Il private soldier
found copy which he sold to an officer
Tor few pence. The value of the discov-
cry was soon apparent and the precious
volume was taken to Pisa and stored in
the city library. When Pisa was stormed
by the Florentines, in 1415, the precious
volume was captured and taken to Flor
ence, where it was placed III the library
of the Medici.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
The Sketch Climb

The work of the Sketch club dis.
hnct display i'll the recent exhibit at the
Plttsburg School of Design, attracted its
own share of attention. The work sub
mltted included pen and ink drawings
and oil and water color sketches, The
work done by the club is entirely indie
pendent Of the class work done in the
school. Members include both graduates
and students. The club meets each Fri
day afternoon during the winter in one
OF the studios of the school and sketches
from life. During the summer the club
enjoys excursions in the suburbs of the
city and makes studies of landscapes
and outdoor life. For the indoor sketch
ing each member pledges herself to
sit once as a model for the club. The
club has been in existence for several
years The present officers are Mrs. An
ME Il. Mahood, president; Mrs. Myra
U. Robinson, secretary, and Miss Janev
jenkins. treasurer. Each year the quail
lty of the work grows in importance.
while as an incentive to industry the
worth of the club is fully established.-
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Japanese Allows.

1t is said that number of Japanese
recipes for the making of alloys which
nave hitherto been kept a close secret
nave been revealed by workmen engaged
IN making them. Among these is the
shadko, an alloy of copper and from
to 10 per cent of gold. This, when placed
IN mordant of sulphate of copper,
alum and verdisris assumes the con
pered or blue black hue of sword sheaths
ana decorative articles Gnishi-buicbi
Is copper alloy with 80 or 80 per cent
OF silver, of the we'll known gray color.
Mokume Is a compound of several alloys.
About 80 plates or foils of gold, shadko
copper, silver and the last mentioned
alloy are soldered together In this holes
are made, the plate is hammered out
and put into the mordant. The finest
Japanese brass, sinchu, is given as con-
slstlng OF ten parts copper and five of
zinc. The bell metal karakame is made
out OF i parts of copper, / of tin, one
half OF iron and y of zinc.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Eossini's IaZiuess.

Rossini was one Of the most indolent
OF men, and III his younger days used
to 90 most of his composing in bed.
Once he had almost completed trio,
when the sheet fell out of his hand and
went under the bed He could not reach
1t, and, rather than get up, he wrote
another. The lazy man, if he works at
all, does so by spurts, and Rossini, work
ing against time. wrote The Barber of
Seville in 13 days When Donizetti
was told of this. he remarked, 1T is
very possible-he is so lazy The over.
ture to the "Gazza Ladra" was written
under curious circumstances. On the
very day of the first performance of the
opera not Il note of the overture was
written, and the manager getting hold
OF Rosslni, confined him in the upper
loft OF La Scala, setting four scene shift
ers on guard over him. These took the
sheets as they We're filed and threw
them out of the windows to copyists be.
meath
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
"Salting" Mines.

"Prospectors ought to be taught"
said Professor B. Sadtler, that i'll open
ing up a new camp absolute honesty in
regard to valres is essential. a we'll de-
fined lead may not have values at the
surface and yet be a good property,
while all the lying and other dishonest
actions possible will not make a mine
out of u barren lead, and such things
being sure to be detected often have the
effect Of setting back district which is
really possessed Of merit A short time
since went up the Platte to examine
some prospects near Pine Grove | went
through the territory carefully and Sc
lected my samples and was packing
them when a man who has number of
claims i'll the vicinity came up and
threw piece of rock on the pile, with
the remark that he had just picked it
up and it looked as if it might run well.
l knew at once that the rock had not
come from any Of the prospects that |
had examined and said nothing.
"When had the assays made, had
this piece assayed separately. 1t ran
several ounces i'll gold, and the rest OF
the samples ran about 81 in gold. 1t
was one of the cheapest cases of an at
tempt to salt that I ever experienced.
On another occasion the same man
worked number Of Denver people i'll
scheme having for its base an alleged
tin deposit. He simply soaked piece of
ore i'll chloride of tin. He didn't even
know how to salt the ore III such Il
manner that it could not be detected by
the first assayer who saw it, for every
one who was at all familiar with ore
saw at a glance that it was not tin ore. "
Denver Republican.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Haste In Courtshin.

Among the many faults of the hire
teenth century is often reckoned haste
The world, one says, is full of hurry
and hustle. Time is outrageouslv dear
yet i'll the business of courting men are
marvels i'll patience and leisureliness
when compared to what they were in
the middle ages. They liked then to
commence courtship by what is re-
garded now as the next to the last word
in it, "Will you marry me?" and thev
had little use for preliminaries. If the
gentlewoman was wise and yirtuous
she, of course, knew immediately what
to say, for she previously had been in
formed Of her suitor's fortune, as he of
her dowry, and Il few minutes only We're
necessary for the young people to see
whether they We're mutually agreeable
or not-Emilv Stone in Lippiucott's.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
The Question of Branch Banks.

If small national banks are to be en-
oouraged i'll the more sparsely settled
portions of the country, the question
arises whether they should be purely
local organizations or branches of the
great metropolitan banks The old Unit
ed States bank had branches which, by
virtue of their connection with large
central institution, had some advan-
tages over the local banks with which
one instance the objects Of adverse state
legislation. This spirit of local hostility
to a bank located in another city, and
perhaps another state, left memories
which still survive and which account
in part for the opposition to branch
banks
But the experience of England and
Scotland Canada and Australia is
strongly and uniformly in favor of large
central banks with many branches The
banks OF Canada are able to maintain a
singular uniformity in the rates of in
terest III the great commercial centers
and III the remote agricultural regions
because the banks of Montreal and To
ronto have their branches in Manitoba
and the Pacific region and can transfer
the surplus capita! of one locality to
meet the deficiency in another as it can
not be done by wholly independent
banks. The conditions in Canada are
very much like those of the United
States, and the success of the Canadian
banks i'll doing what we recognize the
Importance of having done is entitled to
great weight III our considerations. In
Scotland it is well known that the
branch system has greatly favored those
agricultural interests which in our own
are go much III need of financial
The preponderance of financial testi
monyl Is decidedly III favor of the branch
system, most of the opposition to which
comes. or would come, from local tinan-
clal interests, jealous of strong outside
There is d feeling of dis
trust of all banks which is born of ig.
1t increases rapidly with the
increase OF banks capital ard the ex-
tension OF Its operations, which are sup.
posed tc prove the bank tc be monop.
Age.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
On American Hotel Clerks.

L. +. Austin, in London Sketch SUD-
poses that 1.-The American hotel clerk is
still the dread of the inexperienced tray
eler. When you stand in his presence.
you become at once aware that YOU are
hardened offender and that here is the
magistrate who will appoint fitting
punishment for your crimes He erowls
the number of your room as if it We're
the condemned cell, and you are little
surprised that he does not assume the
black cap and invoke the divine elem
ency on your soul. l used TO think he
suffered from overstudy Of the rights of
man and regarded them as asocial pyra-
mid with himself as the apex.
In the European hotel the traveller is
accustomed to be treated with considera-
ton He stays in the house for his own
pleasure and looks upon the administra-
tors as designed for his service. Such p
theory is hateful to the peculiar repub-
hcanlsm OF the American hotel clerk.
He is something more than a man and
your brother, for he does not recognize
equality, much less deferential civilitv.
The hotel is house not of entertain
ment, but correction, and if you do not
care for the discipline YOU can 90 else
where without exciting i'll the clerk the
slightest emotion Of surprise or even of
inquiry. Should America ever be dis
posed to try the experiment of all oil
garchy junta of hotel clerks might
conduct the business of the country with
an impassive severity which would have
astonished the council of ten. -
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
A Poets Chivalry.

The poetry of Longfellow reveals its
authors sensitive, chivalrous spirit, SO
that those familiar with his verses Will
read without surprise this story told by
Mrs. Phelps-War in her Chapters
From Life
Longfellow was reading aloud apoen
one day to Nine. Modieska, whose eye
filled with tears as the reading pre
ceeded.
II shall never forget, =" observes Mrs.
Phelps Ward, the tone and manner
with which he turned toward her oh, ,
be cried, L meant to give you happl-
ness! And have given you pain.
His accent on the word pain was
like the smart of 4 wound. "
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
A Sermon to Husband.

Ihe average man eats only two meals
DAY IN his own house, and these meals
are the opportunities for social and do.
mestic talk, delightful to the wife. who
mas no such opportunity as her husband
Oh rubbing against other minds all dav.
and important to the children in widen
Ing their horizon, their views of life.
AT the first meal of the day most wo-
men like to talk to their husbands about
the plans of the day, but the woman
who has once received the tlistrait. self
absorbed growl waich emanates from a
male disturbed in the reading OF his
newspaper does not again attempt to ask
her husband this or that on a subject of
domestic interest The back of news
paper is not pleasant thing to contem-
plate across the breakfast table.
Think of this, husbands, when YOU
look round for the casters or other suit
able prop for the back of your paper,
and for the sake of good manners. for
the sake OF your wife's feelings and the
example to your children, remove YOUR
newspaper, reserving it for the train,
omnibus or tram car
Vt course there are occasions when
matters of absorbing interest must be
looked to at once-telegrams of thrilling
import Why not glance at the paper
hye minutes before the breakfast bell
rings If it is really essential that such
news should be seen at once: Special &C.
caslons sometimes justify special be-
havlor, but of your mercy let the news
paper be banished from the breakfast
table on ordinary occasions. English
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Needles,

-, Needles are all made by machinery.
Ihe piece of mechanism by which the
needle IS manufactured takes the rough
steel WIRE, cuts it into proper lengths,
hles the point. hattens the head, pierces
the eye then sharpens the tiny instru-
ment and gives it that polish familiar
TO the purchaser. There is also a ma
chine by which needles are counted and
placed III the papers in which they are
solo, these being afterward folded by
the same contrivance.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Velvet.

Velvet is manufactured by placing in
the loom rows Of very short threads of
the material designed to be employed,
whether cotton OF silk. These are then
caught up by the cross threads in the
weaving and fastened in such a way
that the feecy ends present themselves
all on one side Of the fabric The manu-
facture Of velvet is SO slow that for a
hand weaver yard is considered good
days work. The machine made velvet
is OF course turned out much more rap
idly.
The first submarine telegraph wire
was laid in 1850 from England to
france. Two years la, Scotland and
Iceland We're connected.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Rcvivified Habit.

The convict under sentence of solitary
confinement had utterly collapsed. "For
heavens sake" he begged, 81 must
have rest! My conscience will not let
me sleep-unless-unless, 1 can listen
to the chaplain S sermonn'
Remembering that he had been p.,,lar
OF the church, they We're disposed ~
grant his request
Habit, it must be remembered, is Oft
times more powerful even than drugs
New York Press
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
An Encomium CHaap1v W.

"Boss, (" said the man. "eive me- 2
cents. -
The man addressed reached in his
pocket. and u smile appeared on the
beggar's face.
"l'm afraid, said the man, feeling
around among the coins in his pocket
that l can't give you 1.-THE smile on the
oeggar's face disappeared and sober
look took its placel 2 cents. think I'll
nave TO give you 1.-THE sober look was
now turned into a broad smilel 81
BOSS. " said the beggar, you re a
brick. New York Sun.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
w by?

Why is it that common poet, when
he wishes to compose beautiful poem
on any subject, as Venice or youth, al
ways instinctively begins, so Venice, .
or 80 youth, y when it is we'll known
that no line beginning in that way is
worth cent?
1t is strange, too, that when begin
ner at story writing wishes to make a
sad scene, he always brings in bitter
tears" and breaking hearts, 80 when it
has long been known to the trade that
the reading public can read about bitter
tears and breaking hearts all day and
never miss meal.-Detroit Free Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
No Free Silver Bimetallism.

The free and unlimited coinage of sill
Ver when it does not preserve its parity
with gold, cannot be a condition in t,,, q
pihetalllsm because III its effects it is
directly antagonistic to the system.
Whenever practiced, it always results in
monometallism, and silver at that Such
IS the case now i'll all silver countries
as Mexico and China, and such was the
case Ill the United States i'll the 40 wears
prior to 1884
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Nerve Strain.

"It must be a good deal of strain tc
run a trolley car" said the talkative
man on the platform.
"You bet it is, - said the motorman.
"W'y, when l go along fer two or tree
weeks without runnin over anybody l
git so nervous l can t eat nor sleep. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Billiard Balls.

Billiard balls are first roughly turned
by lathe from the tusk, then left from
SIX months to a year III Il room about
the temperature Of an ordinary billiard
hall. This length Of time is necessary
because the ivory shrinks more i'll one
direction than another and the season
ing must be complete before the balls
are finished and polished.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Old Greek Painters.

The methods of these ancient days
We're totally different from those of the
present day and We're evidently vastly
more durable. Panels of wood were used
to paint on, sycamore and cypress, also
panels OF papler mache, and occasional
ly they We're formed by gluing three
thlcknesses Of canvas together. These
panels We're usually about 4 inches long
by inches wide. The artist used liquid
wax instead of oil to mix the colors,
Which We're made, not from vegetable,
but from mineral substances and We're
OF marvellous brilliancy and permanence
blue powdered lapis lazuli, green
malachite. red oxide Of iron etc. The
colors We're laid on i'll patches, some
what after the fashion of a mosaic, and
afterward blended with an instrument
called the cestrum. which appears to
have been lancet shaped spatula, long
handled, with at one end a curved point.
at the other a finely dentated edge.
With the toothed edge the wax could be
equallzed and smoothed, while the point
was used for placing high lights. mark
ing lips. eyebrows, etc.
The final process, which gives the
name encaustic to this kind of painting,
was the burning in of the colors. This
Was done by the application of heated
surface to the panel, though George
Ebers believes that in Egypt the heat of
the sun was probably all that was need
ed to complete the artists work.
Monthly Illustrator.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
A Good Deal In Him After All,

Well, " said Papa Rushweed, as he
settled down to his just before retiring
cigar, "now that Bella has brought
around her young man l can t say that l
think there is much in him.. -
Guess you didn't notice the dinner
he ate, Jacob, said the practical MAN.
ma.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
A Living Record.

"A White man sued Il black man in
Natal the other day, and while the trial
was proceeding the litigants came to an
amlcable settlement
The counsel for the plaintiff announc.
ed this circumstance to the court.
Ihe agreement must be in writing, :"
said the judge.
We have it here in black and white, -
replied the counsel, pointing to the par
Ties. What more is necessary ?''-Scot-
tish Nights.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30
Skilled Nursing.

Skilled nursing is now regarded as of
quite as much significance us expert
medical ATTENDANCE Those whose means
VIII permit OF 1t generally employ train
ed nurses, and between the professional
assistant Of the physician in the home
and hospital treatment for various all
ments the old conditions of the sickroom
have almost passed away. Baltimore
Herald,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30

Swis; experts have come to the con
clusion that more harm is done than
prevented by roping climbers on gla-
clers Tourists saved from a crevasse
are often fatally injured by the rope
cutting into the body. 1t is now propos-
ed to obviate this by means Of specially
constructed broad belts.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-04-30

Nearly all the royal personages of
Europe are cousins, and not very far re-
moved, as it has been laid down by a
German genealogist has every crowned
head of Europe. excepting Turkey, is
descended from one or other of two sis
ters who lived about $50 years ago