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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11
RUSSELL SAGE AND FILLMORE
The Millionaire Was Responsible for
the Latter Becor1in= resident.

The Millionaire Was Responsible for
the Latter Becornin= Pre- -ident.
1t was through Russell Sage, the IA
nous New York millionaire, that Mil
lard Fillmore became President of the
United States, according to Frank G.
Carpenter. the well-known newspaper
correspondent, who recently interview
ed the Wall street fnancier.
In his younger days, writes Mr.. Car
penter, Mr. Sage was q prominent man
in New York State. He was a great
admirer of Zach Taylor, but was above
everything a strong Henry Clay man.
He was at the head of the New York
delegation at the convention which
nominated Taylor. and held the votes
of the delegates from bis State solid
for Clay. New York had then. think,
rs votes, and the throwing of these to
Taylor would mean that he would
surely get the nomination. After the
convention met it was evident that
Clay could not be nominated. where
upon the Taylor men asked Mr.. Sage
to come to them for conference as to
whether New York would go for Tay-
lor. Sage did so, and virtually threw
the vote of the State to Taylor, bring
ing about his nomination
In speaking of this Mr.. Sage said: Il
was asked to go to see Col. Taylor, the
brother of the future President, who
was managing his canvass. / saw that
it was impossible to nominate Clay,
but I wanted to know whether Gen.
'Ha vlnr q Sn,1fhorr,
the Northern Wings fairly. Col Tay-
lor told me that his brother was a
Whig through and through, and as l
left him l said that While we expected
to stick to Clay as long as there was
the least hope for him, we would come
to Taylor whenever it became apparent
that Clay could not be nominated
then presented the case to our delega-
ton. They agreed, and when the crisis
dent that Clay's chances were gone I
threw our vote to Taylor, and thus
brought about his nomination. The
friends of Taylor We're so pleased that
| they came to me and said:
NOW, Mr. Sage. you have helped
us nominate the President. and we
will let you nominate the Vice Presi-
| dent
| Il had not thought of that at all, and
| | took some time to consider. Among
other men l thought Of Fillmore, who
was then young lawyer of Buffalo. !
knew him well and thought he would
make a good Vice President. l sug.
gested his name, and it was brought
| before the convention. He was nom.
mated without trouble. He accepted
the nomination. and the ticket was
elected. Zach Taylor died before his
term was half over, and Fillmore be.
| came President"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11

which was Il combination Of groaa
and Il shout.
Met her in the car: Well, l see no
reason why you should be so confused
about it, Edith had become very
naughty.
Jack said nothing. He was swear
ing. He was swearing to himself.
Maud saw that it had gone far enough,
and that it was time for her to speak
Come, Edith" she said. "I'll confess.
When l entered the car yesterday af-
ternoon l recognized your husband at
| once, and was going to speak to him,
but saw that he did not recognize me-
1-we1l, do not know why l did it,
but you know my fault is liking fun
and practical jokes and all that, and I
just thought that it would be fun and
play trick on him, and then tell you
all about it. He kindly helped me-
here she smiled at Jack, who cursed
mentally-'to raise the window, and
then he talked very nicely to me. And
nearly died with laughing and having
to keep 1t to myself When 1 left the
train at Alton 1 intended to tell him
all about it, but the thought of seeing
the expression on his face when he met
me to-day kept me from it. That's ALL,
Edith. 1t was just one of my awful
practical jokes. Forgive me, dear, but
really I could not help it."
Jack had Strengthened up when she
began her tale, and when she had fin
ished added emphatically: Yes, by
George, that's all, Edith. was going
to tell you about it tonight myself"
Edith looked from one to the other
doubtfully, and when she thought of
the unutterable woe depicted upon the
face Of poor Jack and his bad quarter
Of an hour, her sense of humor came to
her and she was forced to smile and
was Joined by Maude, who had had
great difficulty in keeping her face
straight for the last fifteen minutes,
and by Jack, upon whom the smile of
Edith had produced a reaction. They
all laughed loudly and Edith kissed
Maude, and then everybody went into
one of those delightful little dinners
for which the Strongs were so justly
famous.
to her room and Jack was smoking his
pipe, Edith looked up from her book
and gazed at Jack long and earnestly.
He met her gaze with fond smile.
"Jack. Maude is a dear girl, isn't
she?"
'Why, yes Of course she is.''
''She's an old friend Of mine, too, and
7 think a prnaf deal of bar Sha and 7
went to school together. She was al
ways so jolly and so fond of practical
jokes and that sort of thing, you
know
She paused and fingered the cover Of
her book. She was in deep thought.
Jack, don't you think that people
who are that way carry things a little
too far Sometimes?'
And Jack smiled.-Rechester Post
Express.
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Get the Housewife outaoors

Were 1 a man would bring into the
life of my wife just as much sunshine
as l possibly could. l would provide
her with horse and carriage to drive
when the cares and duties of the day
were over, that she could enjoy a
breath of sweet. fresh air, which her
indoor life almost excludes her from.
1t is true that woman's possibilities Of
enjoyment are no less keen than mans,
nor her sensibilities to neglect less fine
ly developed. The true, useful and de.
voted woman, with her husbands in
terests at heart, intelligent and cul.
tured, capable of acquiring every
branch Of knowledge which adorns the
human mind, should have the same
rights and privileges as man, and find
the same encouragement in all that
makes life and home better and hap
pier in the fullest, truest, sweetest
sense.-NIrs. +. T.. Drury, Norland, Me-,
Grange.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11
Hanging China Cabinet

Where is the housewife with an t..
tistic eye who will not thoroughly an M
preciate such an hanging china clos.
or cabinet, as the accompanying sketoS
shows. The design, though II loo,..
quite complicated, will be an easy MOT
ter for a carpenter to construct
good size for a Large compartment II
36 inches high and "a inches wide 4,
smaller compartment measuring 10
inches square is fastened securely -. ~
one side with screws and glue. Any
pretty cornice molding will take away
the unfinished look from the top,
Rods and curtains may be ARRANGED
In each compartment, and brass hooks
screwed into the bottom of each sbolf
on which to hang odd cups and saucers
A dainty finish is a lining to each com.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11
Buffalo Moths.

Buffalo moths may be eXterminateu
by the use of lavender or musk or cam.
phor-in fact, anything with deciueu
odor will drive them away, says Tue
Ladies' Home Journal. Put lltus
gum camphor in the corners anu
around the edges of your floors. heep
the rooms open and as light as poss!p1e
Put camphor among your clothing, us0
newspapers for wrapping, and 'N'
moths will soon leave you.
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To Make a Good whitcwasb.

For a good whitewash for your he'd.
room ceiling put piece of lime weigh.
ing about five pounds in a granite pan
or bucket; pour ON it a gallon of water,
allow 1t to boil and slack until the
steaming is over; take from this two
quarts of the liquid lime, put it in a
wooden or granite bucket, and aGd suf-
ficient water to make it rathe" thin.
Add small amount of pure indigo,
sufficient to give it the proper color;
add a teaspoonful Of salt and half a
teaspoonful of lampblacl1, stir we'll. This
will give you a perfectly white ceiling:
If you wish it colored add one Of the
colorings which you may purchase at
any druggists, stating that it is to be
used with lime--Ladies' Homo Journal
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E.ca1lop.d Asparapu.,

Cook the asparagus, after cutting llto
inch lengths, drain off the water. Ful
a layer in a baking dish, season WITH
bits Of butter and salt and pepper, Gov
er with layer of bread OF cracker
crumbs, then another layer Of aspara
gus, etc. Beat an egg into cupful OF
the water in which the asparagus was
cooked, pour over the top-Whlcn
should be layer Of crumbs, and bake
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11
asparagus on Toast.

Lay the stalks of asparagus III t'0IF
ing salted water for five minutes. "
blanch them. Pour this off and cover
with boiling water. Cook fifteen u
twenty minutes. season With bul'e''
salt and pepper. pour oEer thin stce1
of we!! buttered t;:ist and put seVef"'
bits o. butter "a a2 aHrIrngus.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11
A Disappointed Bandnaster.

Dloa ppOlnteu BandmaSter.
In the Century General Horace Por-
ter's Campaigning with Grant" deals
with the ''Siege of Petersburg and
Raids on Washington" General Por-
ter relates the following anecdote of
Grant:
Earthworks had been thrown across
the neck of land upon which City Point
is located. This intrenched line ran
from point on the James to point on
tie AppomattoN River. A small gar
rison had been detailed for Its de-
Tense, and the commanding officer.
wishing to do something that would
afford the general-in-chief special de-
light, arranged to send the band over
to the headquarters camp, to play for
him while he was dining. The garri-
son commander was in blissful ignor-
ance of the fact that to the general the
appreciation of music was a lacking
sense and the musicians score sealed
book
About the third evening after the
band had begun its performances. the
general, while sitting at the ness table,
remarked: I've noticed that that band
always begins it's noise just about the
time | am sitting down to dinner and
want to talk" ! offered to go and
make an effort to suppress it, and see
whether it would obey an order to
cease firing" and my services were
promptly accepted. The men were
gorgeously uniformed, and the band
seemed to embrace every sort of brass
instrument ever invented, from a di-
minutive cornet-a-piston to a gigantic
dOuble-bass horn. The performer who
played the latter instrument was en-
Gagged within its ample twists, and
looked like man standing inside the
coils of a whisky-still. The broad-belt.
ed l'anl-master was' putting with all the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11
Two Good Disinfectants.

There is no disinfectant better than
floors, beds. and other places, with a
brush. Turpentine paint is good for
painting the bedrooms in the spring
only see that not white lead but zinc
paint is used. A cheaper but equally
good disinfectant is iron sulphate, Or
copperas, dissolved in water. Sprinkle
it freely about the cellar when cleaning
up in the spring. 1t is also excellent
for healing sores, cuts, etc.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11

You no doubt imagine you have great
influence, but as a matter of fact you
represent only yourself. and don't do
that very Well
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11
In Hard Lines.

Rudolf Zeller, the Niennese operetta
composer has been found guilty of
fraud and perjury and sentenced to one
years Imprisonment at hard labor
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How to Swing a Ha m n, o

How to Swing II am mock in the ara.
"If you want to swing a hammock
in a yard Offering but little space" says
the Ladies' Home Journal, ''have Two
brackets or davits made Of two-inch
gas pipe and bent at the blacksmith's'
At the hanging ends hooks are welded
to which hang the hammock. Tue pipes
are fastened securely to the fence by
bands Of iron screwed fast to the
fence. Wires may be strung overhead
upon which vines can be trained"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-11

The insects most troublesome T.,
wheat are the Hessian fly, the weevil
the wheat fly and the wheat moth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10

THE BLOOD or THE MARTYRS
The broad, fat tabletop Of the sum-
init spread out before me like an exer-
else ground for troops or a race-course
for horses.
Yet not all barren and desolate, Tor
here and there among the gray granite
neeped forth the bloom of the young
heather. making a livelier purple amid
the burnt brown OF the short grass.
which I'm its turn was diversified by the
vivid emerald green circling the
'ouacking-quass' of bottomless moss
holes of the boys beneath.
Now this is what / saw. lying Oh my
face. with my chin set over the edge
two men in tattered peat-stainted
clothing running for their lives toward
the edge of thS little plateau farthest
from me.
Between me and them twenty or thir-
Nv dragons were urging their horses
forward i'm pursuit. weaving this way
and that among the soft larry places.
and as many more whose steeds had
stuck fast in the moss, were coursing
the fugitiyes on foot as though the
moor men had been beasts Of the field.
Every now and then one OF the pur-
Isuers would stop. set his musket 10 his
shoulder and blaze away with loud
report and drift Of white smoke,
shouting joyiously as at a rare Jest,
whether he hit or missed. And ]
thought that the poor lads would make
good their escape with such sorry
marksmen. But even while ! was put
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10
III.

THE LITTLE LADY OF EARLSTOuN.
But II was not the will OF God that
should warn my mother that DAY. TOT
even as | ran, threading my way ahohs
the scattered boulders and whin bushes OF
the lower slopes, / came upon that whlch
surprised me almost as greatly as 'n1
shooting itself.
Right in my path little girl was sit-
ting on a green mound like a deserted
ant hllock. She had long yellow nail
and a red cloak was about her, WIN
hood TO Il which came over her hsau
and partly shaded her brow A wooue"
pail had been placed carefully on the
heather at her feet. Now what with
the perturbation in my spirits ana my
head being full Of country tales OF DO
giles and elves, at the first glance TOOK
the maid for one Of these, ana Wouiu
have avoided and given her n wide perrin
as something much less than canny.
But she wiped her eyes with her III
tie white hand and as 7 looked more
closely / saw that she had been cry
ing. For her face was rubbed red ana
her checks all narrowed and begrutten
with tears.
So that I feared no more, but went
nearer She seemed about seven or eight
and very well grown for her age.
"Why DO you cry. little maid?' ! SAID
TO her standing before her In the green
path.
For n while she did not answer, but
continued to sob. / went near TO com
fort her But she brushed her hand I'M
patiently out at me.
do not touch me, ragged boy she
said, cit is not for herd ladies to touch
little ladies'"
And she spoke the words with such
nightly offended dignity that on an
other occasion I would have laughed
Then she commanded herself and dried
her eyes on her red cloak.
"Carrv the can and come with me 10
find nv father" she ordered. pointing
imperiously with her finger. as n ] had
been no better than n blackmoor slave
I'm the plantations.
lifted the wooden pail. II contained
as T think. cakes OF oatmeal with cheese
and butter wrapped In green leaves
But the little girl would not let me so
much as look within.
''These are FOR my father she sara.
my father is the greatest man IN the
whole world
But who may your father be. little
one?" I asked her, standing stock sun
on the green highway WIN lii' e''' 90
nv hand. She was daintily arranging
the cloak about her like a fine lady.
She paused. and looked very grave aho
not little indignant
"That IS not for You 70 know she
said. with dignity; follow me with the
pail" IT,
So saving she stalked away with dig
nined carriage IN the direction OF th'
hin top. A wild fear seized me. one
Of the two men had seen fleeing might
he the little girls father Perhaps h'
into whose back-ahl at all hazards
must not let her go into that way.
could we not rest q while here frst.
7 suggested. Here behind this bush
There are wicked men upon the hills
and they might take away the pail from
you"
roThen my father would kill them.
she said. shaking her head sagely, bu
never stopping a moment on her up
ward way. besides. my mother tod
me 10 take the pail up TO the hill TOT
and stand there IN my red cloak I'll
my father should come. But IL wa
so hot and the pail so heavy that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10

In 1894 there was a great howdy-de-uo
among French antiquities concerning
the whereabouts Of Charles IFS crown
ana the mystery has not yet been SOW
ed v hen he was brought back new
crown was made FOR him az the cost OF
about $4,000. and this was used Tor ms
ov,n coronation and for his SUCCESSORS
until George Tvs accession. lJ WIS
pnown as st Edwards" or the mem
orial crown" At the Heraldic exhibition
OF 1894 Lord Hackney, OF Amherst
showed the skeleton OF crown as haus
bv Sir Robert Vyner for Charles H. anu
stolen by Col. Blood. Lord Hackney Is
aid 10 have bought this from Mefsfs'
Rundan < Bridge. who made the crown
Tor George " A St Edward or mem
orial crown IS kept I'm the IoWer' mo-
cd with false stones. The imitation Jew
els may be explained by the fact thAl
when the Queen ascended the throne we
jewellers TO royalty were supplied WIN
three Old crowns and charged 70 use t"e
stones for new one. The new crown
weighs under three pounds ana mas
many historic jewels, particularly tne
sapphire and ruby given 20 Edward inc
BLACK Prince by John of Portugal. and
worn by Edward at Crecy and By Henry
V. at Agncourt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10
THE YEAR TERRIBLE.

Tb,. is what /. Qulntin Mac Clellan,
saw on the grassy summit or the BEN
nan. a thing. which being seen IN an
bour. changed all my life. and so In
time nv the grace Of God and the chafe
n, circumstances made me for good or
evil the man I am.
was a herd laddie at the time. Keep
ing nv fathers focks and kicking up
my heels among the collie tykes IKE
many another shepherd boy IN the woe
uoorish parishes Of Minnigaff, Dairy
and the Kells.
go him, lad been all his life "indwel-
ler' IN the hin farm OF Ardarroch, which
ei,s on tho purple brae-face above the
,och OF Ken. with a little circumambient
>ard OF cattle offices and dozen red
steamed fir trees. in which the winds ana
the birds sing after their kind. summer
and winter. ....,
~ was the high summer OF the fatal
,.o,r 1e05 when I saw the sight which
mi an end TO my childhood. We'll DO l
mind n that year for among others
nv father had 70 go for WINE mo
hidfng-not that he was any oNer-such-
nous Covenant man. but solely because
he had never In his life refused plte anu
sun IN any ueighbor hard pressed nor
81 IN anv decent chiel who might scarce
lv be able 10 give an account OF INC qu"'
rel he had with the tyrants laws
So. during his absence my bfot1srs
and had the work Of the farm 10 attchd
20 Nc dawn OF day sitting from the east
through the greencry OF the great souen-
ing beeches and frs about the door ever
found airy Of tho three OF rs in our beds.
Fo- ne. was up and away 10 the hills.
Sometimes in the full lambing time l
wonld spend all night on the heathery
fslls or among the links and hidden deHs
~ the mountain Businesses.
And O. but II was pleasant work, and
liked Il well, The breathing airs, the
wide starry arch looked up into. when
night had drawn ITS nightcap low down
over the girdling blue-black mis- the
moon glinting on the breast OF Loon
Ken. the moOr-blrds whaup ana snipe'
olover and Wild duck cheeping and chum'
nering In their nests, while the wood
doves moan rose plaintive from every
c,nsc and covert. II was NJ birthplace
tor a Young lads soul. Though, indeed,
- that time none was farther from guess.
INC n than Quintin Mac Clellan. for as
vent hlther ard thither, pondered
on nothing except the fine hunger the
hills gave me. and chs glorious draughts
~ whey and buttermilk my mother would
serve out 10 me on my return, calling me
,neantlme the greatest and the sillles'
~ Der calves besides tweaking my ears
A. the milk-house door II she could catch
re.
Eos the TINA being say nothing Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10

THAT you cried,' I said as she stopped.
Nay she answered. with an offend
ed look. little ladies do not cry. l was
only sorry out loud-that my father
should be kept waiting"
And your mother sent you all this
way by yourself-was not that cruel OF
herr" | went on, TO thy her.
Little ragged boy she said. looking
at me with a certain compassion. ''yon
do not know what you are saying.
cannot indeed. tell you who my father
is. but am Mary Gordon, and my mother
is the Lady OF Earlstoun."
So I was speaking to the daughter OF
Earlstoun. the most famous Covenant
err In Scotland. and, next 10 my LORD
Viscount OF Kenmore. the chief land
owner In our country side.
"And have you come all the way from
Earlstoun hither?" i asked in astonish-
ment. For the road was at least four or
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10

the sound of the distant crying or man,
Then came the clear imperative cIach,
crack of musket shots-nrst l"o' anu
then balf-a-dozen close togetner' shalP
and distinct as an eager school-Doy snap
,,i,e, his finger and thumb to call the
attention of the master 10 "ioii az
been forbidden TO speak. -.
7 knew well what IL meant IN moineh':
The man hunt was afoot. Inc lolN Vi
God were being pursued IKE me pa
ridge upon the mountain. II might pe lilo1
tbe blood OF nv own father was even
now making another crimson Dl"99oit
upon the moors Of Scotland.
.Down. down, Ashie" l cried Out ui.-
der my breath; Come INTO my -
Gravv And. knowing that was nue., ,l
i'm earnest. very obedientiy 'ie ,i..39
eIrnl. behind. with, however, many lll1le
,rotesting "Gurrs" and chest rumohnss
of mufiied rage. 49,. co.
"It will be Lag himself from the Ger
rvhorn" thought; che will be at ms oia
work Of pursuing the wanderers WIN
bloodhound and trOop-horse.
,rben with the craft which had per-
,,o,,, Ron horn i'm me and fOstered by the
,.ears of watching and hiding, OF open
hatred and secret suspicion cIepI gu au
tiouslv up TO the side OF the iell' lahlns
advantage Of every tummock OF hea'neI
ana boss OF tall bent-grass. Ashle ny
GRAY crawled after me, stiit WIN lil'oi,
hate. but every whit as hatiy pIo.c CIV
49, treritelv cautious as their master.
FOR they. too, had been born In the
DAYS of fear. and the spirit Of the game
nod entered into them ere ever they
emerged from the blindness OF puppy
dom. ..
AS we ascended. nearer and nearer
sounded the turmoil l heard as II were
the sound Of mems voices encouraslhs
each other as they do on the hHislues
when they drive the red fox from MS
lair Then came the baying OF dogs
ana the gathering Of irregular mus
kerry. 49,.
TIN now the collies and l had been
! Sheltered by the grey clints ana hch-
'ened rocks of the Bennan. But now
we had to come out into the open, ln
| last thirty yards Of the ascent were
&c and shelterless-the short messy
| SCALP of turf upon them beng clean
lsbaven as II cut with a razor.
Nv heart beat fast. l can tell YOU
Who read this tale so comfortably by
] the ingle-nook. ! held ii with my manu-
| os crept inward. Ashie and Gray
followed Ike four-footed guardian
| angels behind. now dragging them
selves painfully yard by yard upon their
bellies. now lying motionless as stone
| statues. their moist jowls pressed to the
ground and their dilated nostrils snuinng
the air for the intelligence which only
nv duIler eyes could bring me.
yet knew the risks OF the attempt.
For as soon as ] had left the shelter OF
the boulders and scattered clumps OF
heather and bent, l knew that was
plain 10 the sight as fly crawling over
the shell of an egg. Nevertheless, with a
quick rush l reached the top and set my
| head over.