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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
SOUTH DAKOTALAKES
STOCKED WITH BASS

Yankton, S. D., Oct. 23.-Thousands Of
black and rock bass, brook trout, and
other fish from the government hatch.
cries are now swimming about in South
Dakota lakes. ponds and streams, as
the result of numerous applications for
the same from practically all the coun-
ties Of the state. The requests have
to go through the hands OF senator
made to Senator Gamble, show that
within the past two months, Yankton,
Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Faulk, Nc
Pherson, Lake, Moody, Day and many
other counties have been supplied with
fish, in quantities ranging from 100 to
500, according to the request. With the
shipment come instructions how to care
for the fish and advices from expert
government men as to what fish are
best suited to the various localities.
Black bass has been found to do we'll
in this state and with very little care.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
OFFICERS ON THE BATTLEsHlP
VIRGINIA HAVE NO NEED FOR
PAPER BASKETS.
PEDRO DOTEs ON CIRCULARS
Letters, Tallors' Catalogues. Home
News and Many Other Kinds Of
Literature Go to Make Up
"Billy's" Dinner.

New York.-The only actual living
tomb Of literature extant is doing
business daily on the battleship Vir-
ginia. His name, in full. is Pedro Of
Guantanamo, and when the writer
saw him, he was very busy disposing
of the ships literary surplus.
Pedro is an ancient Cuban goat.
Prior to assuming his present duties
as mascot of the new flagship of the
Second Division of the Atlantic Fleet
he performed a similar duty for some
six years on the s%econd-class battle
ship Texas. AS a kid he was trained
ito eat up useless letters, bulky
pamphlets, and out Of date orders,
and in the last few year he has
earned a reputation as the most ca
pacious waste paper basket on earth.
That he deserves the reputation no.
body who ever saw the animal at
work will deny.
An unusually heavy mail was re-
ceived the other day aboard the Vir-
ginia, which is being fitted with vari-
GUS n~ew-fangled ordnance at the navy
JAN NhCn INC ltAlCl Ndill0I tdnl1
aboard Pedro was away paying a visit
to the big white goat, mascot of the
%battleship Louisiana. which is
berthed on the same side of the yard
about 300 yards south of the drydock
in which the Virginia is being fitted
with submerged torpedo tubes. Capt.
Schroeder of the Virginia, most of his
officers, and perhaps a third of the
crew received letters, pamphlets, or
papers of some sort. It was apparent
at once that Pedro's services would
be needed.
where's Pedro?" a young midship-
man asked a junior lieutenant as he
finished reading a bulky communica-
ton in a girls handwriting.
I'D like to know myself" answered
the Junior lieutenant, occupied with
several issues of a county paper from
out west.
The ordinance officer had a large
catalogue sent to him by a powder
firm; the executive officer had a two
pound volume sent out by a naval
tailor. In fact nearly everybody had
mail of some sore they were ready to
dispose of.
The officers were about to send a
marine in search of the missing Pedro
when suddenly the g%ray-coated old
animal was sighted coming at full
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

provision that if you did not care to
live in the house you were priv
ileged to let it in part or whole
We'll, l don't want to let my part
for one" said Miss P%ackenham quick
ly, almost eXcitedly. I'm iist dyin'
for a sight of green fields and medder
lands and SIGH, and | amt slept none
for thinkin' of EN- since l got your
letter.
Mrs. Percival is a widow" said
Mr.. Tompsett. "A very attractive
All, good morning, Mrs. Percival! l
scarcely expected you so early. How
is the little son this morning? Ohio!
brought him with you, l see. Miss
Packenham, allow me to have the
pleasure of introducing Mrs. Alice
Percival and her little son.
Miss P%ackenham rose and looked
round at the newcomer.
"Howdy do, num-" said Miss Pack
enham, extending a dead fish" sort
of hand.
Mrs, Percival," said Mr.. Tompsett,
has as much desire as you have for
the quiet of the country.
You see, Miss ~Packenham, / was
born in the country, and | love every
inch of it," explained the young wild
ow. Il thought that perhaps, If you
didn't care to occupy the cottage
yourself
q do" interiected Miss Paoken-
ham. tartly. so. if you won't rent
out. and | won't give up, l reckon
there's nothing for it but that Wen
have to live together. You kin take your
part of the house and I'll take mine,
so long as o don't interfere with
me-"
It was quite agreeable to Mrs.
Percival. and the arrangement wS
ratified there and then.
The left side of the house abuttl
upon the orchard and the vegetab
garden and all the desirable thina
therein, and the right carried nothin
with it but a quaint old garde
filled with roses and lavender al
tall syringa bushes. The two
cupants saw nothing of eachhQth
However, n day the doc ~rne
walled orchard was left q and
Miss Packenham. absorbed m the
task of wedding out a prim little
bed of sweet peas, was startled
by the sound of an alien footstep
and looked up to find a small figure
with tumbled hair II gFubby pima
fore advancing toward her with Z
h~alf-devoured peach In one hand anC
a big r~osy-cheeked apple in tn,
other.
Here! you get right straight u o
here this minute!" she exclaimed
go right back now and tell your mi
that this is ag'in the agreement, ana
won't have it,"
why doesn't you little boy hell
you to weed?' he inquired "Mrmm!
lets me help her. Don't your littl'
boy know what's flowers n what.
weed things? do. Let's wked Ia
gSyver-like mummy ana y dcea
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
REWARD AFTER 50 YEARS.
Sailor Who Fought in crlmean War
Given Medal by Britain.

Boston.-Fifty-twc years after the
close of his enlistment in the British
navy, Cornelius Doyle. a veteran of
the Crimean war, who now lives at
Ch~arlestown, the other day received
from Capt. Charles Wyndham, British
consul, a heavy silver medal comment
Grating his service In the feet under
the command of Sir Charles Napier.
Mr.. Doyle has lived in Boston so
years. and in all hat time he has met
but one man who was in the Baltic
fleet, Sir Charles fleet, and this man
happened to be n of his former ship
mates from whom he had parted years
before in England. and probably he
would never have received his medal
but for the ~intercession of Maj. Stokes,
secretary of the British Naval and
Military Veterans association. who
put the wheels in motion in England
which resulted in the presentation Of
the medal.
It has taken over a year to get the
medal ready, and this was because its
pattern had become nearly extinct
and the designers of medals in Eng
land had to go through books in the
British museum to find out the correct
pattern which should be used in max
ing the medal.
The exercises connected with the
presentation of the medal were very
brief. He vas accompanied from
Charlestown by a married daughter,
and Capt. Wyndham, after a short
speech, pinned the medal on the vet.
a Maj. Stokes. the attaches of
the consulate and some newspaper
men were all that were present.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
RorHscHlLD AS A WRITER.
English Millionaire Compiling Work
for SIPS a Copy.

London.-Lionel Walter Rothschild
has been for a long time devoting a
part of his share of the Ilothschild
family wealth to the production OF
one Of the costliest books on record
Its subject is extinct birds. 1t aim
to give accounts of all birds that have
become extinct in historical times.
The author, whose private natural
history museum at Tring Park, Hert.
fordshire, is world famed, has spent
about 500. 600 on the work while tho
publishers have expended more than
$4,000 for engraving blocks alone.
They also have been experimenting
for years to obtain an imp%erishablo
paper, MT. Rothschild wishing his
work to endure for all time. because
he thinks It improbable the subject
will ever be rehandled.
1t is stated the publishers have now
obtained for the plates paper they are
sure will take color printing without
md coating and give perfect results.
I costs about SO cents a pound. Only
100 copies OF the English edition OF
The work will be printed. II will
De sold for $l25 a copy. Foreign edi.
ions will follow.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

find I am called All old man by
other people; but l get along myself
without thinking of this or talking
about it, unless some correspondent
asks me to, writes Edward Everett
Hale in the Circle. Thus, I an lame;
but do not say 1 am lame because 1
am 81. l say 1 am lame because l
had a fall, precisely as 1 should have
said it if l were 80 years and 8 months
old at three minutes after three in the
third month of the year. Or. in brief,
If o can get along without thinking
Of yourself much, it will probably be
a comfort to yourself. and it will GER
tainly be a comfort to your friends.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
Red River PrOSpectOr
"The tyranny Of the Roof"

"The Tyranny Of the Roof
We think of the savage tribe as liv.
ing outdoors, and free from the re.
straints which come from civilization
the garment, the house and the
cook. But there is a barbarism which
spends its winters in huts and holes
from which every breath of fresh air
is shut out, and where the sitting at
mosphere is heavy with "old shapes
Of foul disease" Akin to the life Of
the hut n the slum Is the life of the
home of whatever grade where cold is
dreaded more than bad air. The farm
house, the %mlllionaire's palace and the
village grocery alike shelter miserable
sinners against natures laws. The
crusade against the ravages Of con-
sumption has awakened thousands to
the fact that the need fer pure air is
more imperative even than the need
for good food, although it speaks with
a less insistent voice. But, remarks
Youths Companion, hundreds of thou
sands of housewives yet need to learn
the danger of the comfortable double
window and the air-tight stove, and
the healing power of pure, cold air.
steeped in Gods own sunshine. A
woman who was known as the queen
of the Gypsies died recently in Eng
land. She was of great age and amaz-
ing vigor, and a rea Character in
her reserve and her hatred of modern
conditions. She seldom talked, but it
was known that she considered educa-
ton as rubbish, houses as no better
than prisons, and the persons who
died in them as the victims of their
own effeminacy. In a phrase both
telling and memorable, she boosted
herself free from the tyranny of the
roof" That is truly noble freedom
and one which every wise woman may
covet for herself and her children.
Perhaps another hundred years may
see the stuffy bedroom everywhere
s%upplanted by the airy porch, and
find civilized man again sleeping IN
der the sky.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

tackled the naval tailor's catalogue,
next the home papers, then a business
lStter that somebody was very anxious
to lose, then another love letter, and
finally a batch of circulars.
It took an hour for him to finish
with the officers mail. Then, when
the last sheet of somebody's letter
from home had disappeared, he head
ed, still unsatisfied, in the direction OF
the crews quarters for dessert. He
was not disappointed. for every man
from the gunner's mates to the
stokers had saved something from
the afternoons mail for him.
At Sill p. m, just exactly two
hours and ten minutes after the feast
began, he had finished. There was
then not a piece of paper not needed
for. future reference left on the battle
ship. Pedro had done his duty. Ten
minutes later he was sound asleep,
just abaft the armored wall of the
forward 12-inch turret.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
NORTH PoLE7 THAT'S EASY.
Milwaukee Captain" Plans Trip
Then Sends Word He Is There.

Milwaukee. Wis.-Whether or not
there is a jest on foot is still to be
found out. but Capt. Daring, of Mil.
waukee. claims to have reached tho
north pole and found it to be a region
covered by immense ice fields.
Capt. Daring is acknowledged to be
a fictitious name by its bearer, who
has for several months past called at
tention to his balloon and proposed
trip to the north pole. He seemed
perfectly rational. The other day tel
egrams were received in Milwaukee
from him announcing the discovery Of
the pole according to program. Tho
message was as follows;
'Neni, yidi yici, 80 degrees ascend
ed ten miles north of Montreal, Thurs
day, March, a. m, reached 80 de
grees or the pole 1:15 a. m. Sunday
March-'07. Planted American flag and
left record. remained at pole II hour
40 minutes. Time consumed in going
to the pole g. hours Is minutes; re-
turn time, 40 hours seven minutes.
Solid ice field at pole. VIII send par.
~ticulars at earliest convenience. Am
coming on to Milwaukee in balloon
tomorrow if wind is favorable"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
SENT Ex.wlFE A PIGS TAIL.
Divorced Husband and Another -Wont ,,-.
an in Court as Result.

Cleveland, O.-"Exhibit A" in a
case before United States Commits.
sioner Walthen the other day was a
pig tail. It reposed in a satin lined
case and was tied with pink ribbon.
1t was a nice little white, curly, cute
tail, nattily shaved.
Exhibit b" was a note, the tenor
of which was not nice.
Claude Plat and Lula Underwood,
of Wellington, o., twere bound over
to the federal grand jury for send
ing "A" and "B" through the mails to
Mrs, Plat, divorced wife of Claude, in
Cleveland.
Mrs. Underwood was employed by
Plat as a domestic. Mrs. Plat testi
fed to receiving the pig tail and
identified the handwriting of the note
as that of her former husband. Plat
denied having SEM the package. He
said he had butchered a pig and cut
off its tail; then on the night the
package was mailed he had driven
Mrs. Underwood to the post office so.
that she could mail a letter to her
mother.
The defendants were committed to
jail in default of bail.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Because of a poor olive crop in
Spain the demand for peanuts is
brisk, and the peanut growers in the
province of Valencia are holding their
crop for a high price. Peanut oil is
largely used by the Spaniards instead
OF olive oil, and the peanut completes
with the olive at the oil-crushers. The
consular report from which this in
formation is taken does not say
whether or not the Spanish dealers
sell the peanut oil as olive oil. They
may be more scrupulous in their trade
designations than some dealers in cot
tonseed oil have been.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
AAAAAkAAlLAAAAI
THE GOOD MANS
CHILD
By T. w.

Copyright, by Joseph b. Bowles.)


Tompsett, Fisk & Co, attorneys and
councillors at law, were taking down
their shutters preparatory to begin
ming business for the day when a
little faded old maid of uncertain age
and dressed in uncertain garments
crept along in the shadow of the build
ings. A few moments later she was
seated in Mr.. James Tompsett's pri-
vate office. we expected you yester-
day" he said. IN fact, ! may a
that Mrs. Percival and her little son
waited here until five o'clock for the
purpose of meeting you
Folks that has to work for their
living cant chose their own hours
nor their own days, nuther, for the
matter of that. If you'd been cookin'
for a boardin' house for eight years,
as l have, you'd not need to be told
that. l come as soon as | could. But
who's Mrs. Percival anyway? And
what was her and her little son a
waitin' for me for? Never heer tell
of EN- before"
Mrs. Percival,' Mr.. Tompsett has,
tened to explain, rs the-er-lady
who inherits the bequest with you.
Your parents were, l believe, very
good to my former partner, the late
Mr., M%urgatroyd, when he was i'll at
their farm. Mrs. Percivals parents
were similarly good to him and,
having been a man who never
forgot a kindness, he, as wrote
you, left this house at Cape Cod
to you and Mrs. Percival with the
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

taxidermist to be brought back later
as nearly lifelike as stuffing can make
any dead dog.
For ii years Dandy and his mis-
tress had been housemates and com
panions. When he died she grleved
so that she had a couch made for him
In the front room. There he was
combed and groomed and a big spread
of black silk, on which had been
worked in gold letters, Here lies Dan
dy," draped over MIN.
Mrs, Gardner. who is a widow and
lives alone. said that for the first few
days of her loss she could neither
eat nor sleep. Even now she cannot
speak OF it without tears. Most of
her time is spent beside the couch
Fhere her pet lies. The children o,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
SMOKE IN NEW womAN's CLUB.


New York-Liberty without license
is the unofficial motto of the 81, coo, 900
Colony club, 1872 Madison avenue,
which has opened with it's wide white
doors the most direct entrance into
the kingdom of emancipated women
that New York Las yet seen.
Composed of the ultra-fashionable
set, with bars of exclusion which will
keep the membership absolutely with.
in the circle desired, it sanctions the
three indulgences as to propriety o.
which in their relation to the sex tho
church and the laity laws had so much
discussion-wine, card playing ard
smoking. 1t sanctions them, that is
within the limits of good taste.
The member who wishes it may
have wine served with luncheon o
dinner and then only. All manner Of
card games are allowable. but there
will be no playing for money. Except
in a few sacred rooms where it might
prove disagreeable, the postprandial
cigarette is not prohibited.
Add to this the luxurious apart
ments where the out of town members
may establish a residence for a weeks
shopping, a perfectly equipped gymna.
stun, a squash court, a roof garden,
a delightful dining-room which refuses
under any circumstances to call itself
a restaurant, a fine library, u gorgeous
ballroom and baths which would make
an ancient Roman DANA na1a with
envy, and one has the ensemble.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
e EATS UP
THEIR WASTE MAIL

speed across the little bridge in front
of the ferry landing connecting with
the Cob Dock, on the other side OF
the yard. Pedro had e e the let
ter carrier when he came aboard tho
Louisiana, and knew the moment he
saw him that the postman had left
plenty of work for him on the Yir-
ginia.
Up the gang plank he trotted at a
23-knot gait, his mouth watering for
the literary treat he knew was await
ing him. The midshipman showed
forward the missive in the feminine
hand, and Pedro snapped it up. "A
minute later the letter was being at
tended to by the ironclad digestive
organs of the goat. Then Pedro
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
DEAD CANINE LIES IN
STATE FOR SIX DAYS
NEW YORK WOMAN HAS SPECIAL
BED FOR PET DOG DURING
HIS ILLNESS.

New York.-Dandy, a black poodle,
lay in state six days in the home of
his mistress, Mrs. G. G. Gardner, in
east New York. Dandy, whose health
had been none of the best for the last
three years, died a week ago, and it
was not until Friday hat his sorrow
ing mistress could bring herself to
face the thought of parting with all
that was mortal of her pet.
Even now the separation win be
only temporary. Dandy has gone to a
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
Mvsterlous shoek cnrsa.

Kewanee, Hl.-James H. Showers
for eight years a helpless cripple on
account Of paralysis due to spinal
trouble, suddenly felt something like
an electric shock pass through his
body. 1t made him sick, but he dis
covered in a few minutes that he had
recovered the full use Of all his limbs.
Mr.. Showers, who is 60, had long ago
given up all treatment, believing his
case hopeless. He is mystifed over
mis- complete recovery.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18
courtnhIn Id for a Novel.

Norfolk, Va.-Love at first sight in
Baltimore, Md. on Monday, a narrow
escape from a burning house in that
city that slight. and elopement and
marriage in the Little Church Around
the Corner in New York on the next
day, and the departure for a European
tour on Saturday, were the expert
ences that. befell Miss Rose Skinner
of Norfolk, now Mrs. George Bronso1
Howa wife Of a magazine writer.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

If Russia wasn't fighting a revolu-
ton that is liable to break out into
fireworks at several points at the same
time what a lot of fun it could have
fighting once more the Japanese war
in the magazines! Even with its at
tention taken away it is doing fairly
well, for it is a poor week that some
one doesn't write a book to prove
Stoessel a coward
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

The cathedral of st. John the Di-
vine, at One Hundred and Tenth
street and Amsterdam avenue, New
York, now promises to be completed
in 1850, when it will surpass in cost
and beauty any church building in this
country and viii rank with the his
torical ones in Europe.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

The simplest way to- ascertain the
purity Of olive oil is to freeze it.
Pure olive oil has the exclusive prop
erty Of freezing at three or four de-
Srees above zero, whereas other oils
need a temperature of ten degrees
below. But how about the zero
weather?
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

the ne%ighborhood came in to offer
their condolences and sympathy, quite
as they would do for any other friend.
Then one by II they were solemnly
ushered into the chamber of death to
view the body.
AT last l realized that l could not
keep him forever" said Mrs. Gard.
nee, but it won't be long now before
| have him back again"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Hooks and eyes are indispensable
in women's attire. holding the folds
together so neatly without the use Of
the conspicuous button. There are a
number of makes of hooks and eyes,
and the annual outlay for them is
estimated at $64O 1000
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

An Ohio judge has decided that a
man cannot be restrained from saying
silly things in his home. If he
could what man would be safe from
interference
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

Maj. seely Of the British army says
that married soldiers are he braYest
Perhaps war does moi seem like much
Of anything to them.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

England is quite taken with the dis
armament idea for the use Of other
cations.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-04-18

In Dutch Guiana the family 'vnnlth
IL converted into iewelry. which the
wife years