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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
BATTLE OF YEARS AGO
RECALLED IN OLD LETTER
Among Precious Belongings Of His Mother, a Sioux City Man
Finds a Faded Missivs Written by Himself After
Successful Battle With Rebels.

Hidden away among the precious
| belongings OF his mother for nearly
as years. VIM. E. CAN'T. one Of the
best known pioneer lawyers OF Sioux
City, accidentally found recently a
worn and faded letter written by him
during the civil war.
Mr.. CAN'T was then a boy OF IL years
and while his spelling and grammar
was not as accurate as 1t Is today.
he tells his story in a modest, concise
\ way. He describes the battle or rather
| the rout and then victory of the Union
army at Cedar Creek. October 10, 1864.
Sheridan's Famous Charge.
The account of the engagement was
written two days after Sheridan's
famous charge. ny Mr.. CAN'T to his
| mother in Newport. Penn The young
soldier was q e1nb OF the signal
corps. and his description Of the bat
tie reaches the dramatic at times.
When asked to try and recall his
feelings and Impressions at the time,
he said 1t was impossible. az a boys
confused notion of such things were
no different than that OF a boy of to-
day who was in the thick of a trying
situation.
Mr.. CAN'T served through the entire
war. His letter is as follows:
Tho Precious Letter.
Camp Near Cedar Creek. Oct. q, g.
Dear Mother: ] received your letter q
day or two ago. We left Martinsburg on
the 18th and got here on the 18th. When
We got to Newtown we heard heavy firing,
indicating that there was fighting going
on, aud when We got up We found they
had been skirmishing pretty near us all
day. without bringing a general engage
ment.
When firing ceased at night. each army
held the position which they occupied in
the morning. We had orders to be sad
died up by daylight. and we expected to
have q fight. After being saddled for an
hour or TWO we got orders to unsaddle.
The next day, the 18th, we moved our
camp q distance of about 200 yards from
where we were into a piece OF woods. We
got our tents fixed up pretty comfortably
and thought We would have a GOOD time
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
The French Way.

A woman believed to be OF English
nationality abandoned w babies in
Paris a few days ago. and what would
be dismissed in London as an everyday
occurrence of small interest has pro-
vided the sensation OF the momen to
the French capital.
A Paris correspondent points out that
In the French capital when parents
wish to rid themselves OF children there
is re furtive laying of them on the
step and ringing the bell, with a hasty
disappearance under h cover of dark
ness. 1t is open to any parents to take
their children to the Hospice des En-
fants Assistes and cellar hat they
wish to abandon them.
The mother or the father Is not re-
CURED to give any reason or any infor-
nation as to his or her circumstance
or identity. The questions are asked
purely as a matter of form thus:
q. What is this child's name? A. l
do not know.
@. What is your name? A. 1 do
not know.
Tires blen, madame; bon Jour-
A woman who is about to become a
mother can go to the lying in hospital
and declare straightway that she in
tends to abandon her child as soon as
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

In the woods. However. II turned out sc
ferent. About 4 o'clock In the morning
OF the 18th I was awakened by middling
heavy picket firing. BY the time we were
up the artillery began firing.
I started over TO headquarters about 800
yards OF. and when 1 got there I saw
that the fields pike and every bic
place was covered with stragglers, and
l could hear the rebs cheering. I then
struck back for camp. When l got there
L found tho corps had all left. | packed
my things about az quick as any person
would In the same situation. and by that
time the balls were beginning 10 come
through the woods faster thar l cared
ABOUT. and / cut out as quick as 1 could,
Which you may bet was not very slow.
In Great Confusion.
1t was one of the greatest runs ] ever
saw OF iledrd me teams, horses and
all mixed together in the greatst con-
fusion The rebs were following and howl
ms like a pack of internal demons, tho
Sth and 18TH corps being taken by sur
prise. 1t Is said. l do not know how tr,,e
1t 10. that the rebs dressed In our uniforms
and relieved our ptckets, thus getting on
their camp before they knew Of it. The
6th corps lay on tho right and they were
double-quicked into line and held the en-
envy TIL most of the teams got ont Of
the way, when they fell back and for
ward again In line. and SO on for a couple
of miles.
AT last. about this time. when all ap-
peared lost. General Sheridan came up.
He said the rebs had to stay where they
were and he made good his word in ff-
teen minutes You could tell the differ.
ence. He formed q new line and ordered
a charge. and We began to drive them
and kept driving them until they broke
entirely and every man tried to get out
OF the way as well as he could, till night
found US IN the old place.
had q splendid view OF the nght: our
cavalry followed them to Woodstock tho
same night and we captured ~ OF their
pieces OF artillery besides our own. which
we got IN the morning. They have only
about IL left and we will get then, soon
! wa not write any more of the fight.
Believe ME ttuly, w. e.. CAN'T.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
WOMEN ELIGIBLE FOR
THE PLACE OF FIRST
LADY OF The LAND
Mrs. TAFT Is Fine Entertainers.
Mrs. Bryan an Athlete and
Farmer.

Washington. Special: Who will be
the next lady of the White House?
This is about the only question of the
troubled campaign that is bothering the
social set of the capital. just as there
are many men willing to occupy the
presidential chair, so there is an equal
number of women eligible for the place
of first lady OF the and
Mrs. William II. Taft looms up first.
OF all the possibilities. she is the only
one who has Ven been a house guest
at the White House. She once spent
the Christmas holidays there. us the
guest of President and Mrs. Hayes.
Mrs. TAT, is considered one of the most
pleasing of entertainers in Washing-
ton.
Mrs. William j. Bryan is considered
first non the democratic possibilities.
She is a woman of high attachments.
Out In Lincoln she is considered a
horne-loving woman. She is cosmo-
politan. raises chickens. can play a fine
game of tennis. can swim. likes saddle
horses and is an entertaining talker.
Mrs. Charles f. Hughes is also con-
sidered a homebody. Her receptions
are marked by cordially. She is a
quiet. lovabie woman. and is the moth
Ell of the first baby born in the execu-
tive mansion at Albany.
Mrs. Philander G. Knox and Mrs.
Roosevelt are very close friends. and
are frequently seen shopping together.
When she Is at her home at Valley
Forge. Pa, she takes an interest in tho
farm work.. She likes driving horses.
Mrs. j. r. Foraker is not counted in
the running. She is decidedly a club
woman and fond of social activities. 1t
has been said that the senator never
makes a political move without CON-
sulting HIS wife, and If she objects no
action is taken
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks is anoth-
er woman of the aggressive type. She
is a politician of no mean ability. and
can hardly be considered domestic in
her tastes.
Speaker Cannon is a widower and
should he. by any chance. get to be
president the White House will be pre-
sided over by his daughter. Miss Helen
Cannon. She has shown herself to be
a clever hostess. Her tastes run toward
solid reading. and she inherits her faith
cr's liking for anecdotes.
The wife of Governor John A. john
Iimellght. She is domestic i'm the en-
IRENE. Her social functions are said
to have a touch of originality.
Mrs. George Gray, of Delaware. likes
the quiet of her home. She is a highly
educated woman and the years have
but slightly touched the beauty for
which she was famed when a young
woman.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

1t is born. She is expected to give Ger
tain information against the contin-
geEcy of her death during childbirth.
but she is entitled to place his state
ment in an envelope sealed by herself,
and 1t is returned to her unopened when
she leaves the hospital.
What Is the fate of the children so
abandoned? They are put out to nurse
among the peasantry and the working
classes and q legal name is given them.
They are sent to school. taught a trade,
DO their military service. and generally
speaking are given u rance OF becOm-
ing useful citizens.
Their lot may sometimes be one Of
hardship and suffering. for this is to
some extent inevitable. They are, how
ever, vastly better off han they would
be II they We're exposed to the kicks
ana cuffs and seml-starvation of the
squalid homes of cruel and drunken
parents.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
Gypsy Song.

0ypsy song.
In the DRILLING mist. with the snow high
piled,
In the winter night, in the forest wild,
l heard the wolves with their ravenOus
howl,
I heard the screaming note OF the owl:
Willie Wau wau wau!
Willie wo NO NO!
Vito hu!
I shot. one day. a cat in the ditch
The dear black cat Of Anna, the witch.
Upon me. at night, seven were-wolves
Seven women they were. from out of the
town.
Willie wau wau wau!
Willie wo wo wO!
Vito hu!
I knew s,y, them all; aye, knew them
First. Anna, then Ursula, Eve and Kate.
And Barbara. Lizzy, and Bet as Well:
And forming a ring. they began to yell:
Willie wau wau wau!
Willie wo wo wo!
Vito hu!
Then called I their names with angry
threat:
What woulast thou. Anna' wha.
.wouldst thou. Bet?'
At nearing my voice. themselves they
And bowling and yelling. to fight they
took.
Willie wau wau waui
Willie wo wo VOL
Vito hut
johann Coetha
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
A FEW SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE SEWING ROOM.
+~-%-%%AA~A
Make a

Take Il piece OF unbleached muslin
and make it as large as a regular bed
spread. allowing shrinkage: hem it and
tack it On "A quilt frame. Draw any
kind of a design on the cloth With a
lead pencil: get white cotton warp
and put as many threads of the warp
as you can in a small darning needle
and sew II around Il lead pencil or any
round piece of wood. Keep straight on
the work and when you have a piece
sewed cut the threads open n keep
on until your spread is finished: then
bleach the spread as you would any
unbleachcd muslin. After it is bleached
Ii looks like fur.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
Basic Perforation Marks.

Instead of using lead pencils, chalk.
tracing wheels to mar perforations
when cutting out a pattern, run a bast-
ing thread through each perforation
Leave it a good length, knot at each
end. and when pattern is removed null
double folds of material apart, cut
thread in center. and knot ends. Nv
this method the material is not disfg-
ured. ~perforations are exactly where
they should be. and only one pinning
on of the pattern is necessary.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
Got the Number.
From

sistant to Il district physician in tine
canal zone. and being rather poor in bis
Latin. the bottles had been numbered
for his benefit. One day a Spanish la
borer came in for medicine, and the
doctor told his worthy assistant to- give
MN W pms out OF number six. After
he had gone the doctor said:
Gladstone. did you give the man a.
dose of number sixy
oh. no, sab. doctor, numbah six war
finished. so l just give him one dill ont
OF numbah foah and one out Of num-
bah two"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
Make Buttons Secure.

Take a hairpin and lay across button.
then sew over hairpin. When you have
put as much thread through eye as it
will hold, withdraw hairpin. push needle
through near button. pull button up
and wrap thread several times around
between button and goods. Fasten
thread on under side and your button
will stay until garment IL worn out
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

Representative Burleigh. Of Maine. is
whose biography omits the familiar
sentence: Studied law at the -
university" He is q real newspaper
man. the publisher of the Kennebeo
Journal. and has been governor and
state treasurer OF his state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

After five years work. AustralIa's
great transcontinental rabbit-proof
fence has been completed. Its length is
2,036 miles. and the cost Of its cree
ton has been nearly ESQ, 600. 1t ia
furnished at intervals OF i've or six
miles with systems OF traps, in which
hundreds OF rabbits are captured and
destroyed daily. Inside the barrier
there appears as yet no trace of their
presence.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
Hang Skirt Properly.

First put on a skirt that hangs prop
erly and over ii the new skirt, already
finished at the waist. Turn under the
hem all around to meet the edge OF the
under skirt. plnning at intervals of six
or eight inches. Unpin outer skirt.
leaving pins in hem where placed. Re-
nov skirt and the hem is ready to
haste and sew without further trouble.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
Keep Needles for Emergency.

Always have needles threaded both
with white and black thread and be
sure to put in the knot: this last item.
small as 1t may seem. will save a lot OF
time when the children are getting
ready for school or going to work and
perhaps you only have q minute-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

An exchange defines an optim.st =.
lone who looks on the bright side of
everything" That is to say. one who
really believes that his friends will re-
turn all the money they have borrowed
of HIM.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

One OF the most popular materials for
summer is dotted Swiss. and this year
it is SHOWN in all sorts of designs and
'colorA
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
Basic Shields on Corset Covers.

To p%rolong h usefulness and clean
illness OF the corset. corset covers and
shirt waists. basic neatly over the cor
set we'll toward the front a large pair
of stockinet dress shields. Renew fire.
Quently.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

A consciousness Of love and affection
makes plain h path where duty
treads.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24

The product OF the British shipvarn.
to 20 or 20 per cent OF the
worlds output.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
-THE-
Storyof Francis Cludde
Romance Of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY STANLEY ]. wEYMAN.

head she vent away, her husband fol-
loving her obediently.
/ feared that she was grievously Of
Tended. and I got up restlessly and
went across the deck to the rail- on
which Mistress Anne was leaning.
meaning to say something which would
gain for me her sympathy. perhaps her
advice. But the words died on my lips,
Tor as l approached she turned her
face abruptly toward me. and it was
so white. so haggard. so drawn. that I
uttered "A cry OF alarm. You are III"
/ exclaimed. Let me call the OUCH
ess,"
She gripped my sleeve almost fiercely.
Hush she muttered. DO nothing of
the kind. / am not we'll. 1t is the
water. But it will pass off. If you do
not notice it. 1 hate to be noticed" she
addch. with an angry shrug.
] 1 was full of pity for her and re-
preached myself soreIy. What a selfish
brute ] have been," said. You have
watched by me night after night and
nursed me day after day. and have
scarcely thanked you. And now you
are i'll yourself. 1t Is my fault
She looked at me, a wan smile on her
face. "A little. perhaps" she an
s"ered family. But it Is chiefly the
water. ! shall be better presently.
About tina letter. Did you not come
to speak to me about it,"
Never mind III row. | said anxious
ly. VIII you not lie down on the
place" pleaded.
No. no" she cried impatiently, and
seeing ! vexed her by my Importantly
desisted. The letter" she went on.
You will open 1t by and by"
NO" said slowly. considering. to
,eli the truth. the strength of my reso-
luton. II think ] shall not"
you VIII. you Will" she reneatad
with a kind of scorn. The duchess
VIII ask you again, and you VIII give 1t
TO her. or course you will,'
Her tone was strangely querul-
Gus. and her eyes continually
me. But / thought ONLY that
she was III and excited. and 1 fancied it
was best to hu1nor her. We'll. perhaps
] shall" l said soothingly. Possibly.
~ IS hard to refuse her anything. and
yet hope may not. The girl-it may
be a girls secret"
abruptly. her voice harsh and unmusi-
cal. What of her." h laid her hand
on her bosom as though to still some
secret pain. / looked at her. anxious
and wondering, but she had again
averted her face. What of herr" she
repeated.
only that would not willingly
hurt herr" 1 blurted out.
She did not answer. She stood a mo-
meflt; then. to my surprise, she turned
away without a word, and merely COM
me by a gesture of the hand
not to follow walked slowly away. I
watched her cross the deck and pass
.hIoush the doorway into the deck
mouse. She did not once turn her face.
and my only fear was tina she was III,
more seriously i'll. perhaps. than she
had acknowledged.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
SUGGESTIONS ON THE SUBJECT
OF TUBERCW OSZS IN CATTLE
government

Or. C. A. Johnson. government in
valuable paper on the disposition Of
tuberculosis cattle in the current issue
Of the Iowa Health Bulletin. He says
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10

Parable Of the Foolish citizen.


Once there was good man who
labored hard on the farm, and on
each Sunday went religiously to
church. In time he gained sufficient
wealth to move into nearby town,
where all his children were afforded a
chance for acquiring an education.
For all his supplies he sent to a dis
tant city. He opposed every PROPOSE
ton to pave the streets Of the place,
to improve the very schools his chill
dren attended, and when the assessor
visited him he was verify a pauper
for taxation purposes. This man was
a highly moral man, pillar in the
church, and even worked a soap-club
deal In order to secure for the Sun
day school an organ. At last he died.
1t is recorded that he entered the
pearly gates for which he long hoped
and prayed. The streets were golden.
and there was beauty on every side.
He marveled; became enraptured
with all he saw. To some angels
standing by he spoke: This place
must have cost pile of money p"
Yes" replied one of the white-winged
attendants, but it has been paid for
below. Each one coming here must
help bear the burden of taxes Just
then a saintly-looking man approached
with a book, and the new arrival from
the farm took one look at him, and
believing him to be the assessor, bolt
ed out through the gate-and then
woke up.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10
COMMON SENSE

Leads most intelligent people to use only
medicines Of known composition. There
fore It is thai DR.. Pierce's medicines, the
makefs\9f which print every ingredient
entering 0Ao fhem upon the bottle wrap
pers and attest its correctness under oath,
are daily grREing in favor. The com.
position Of Dbl Pierce's medicines is open
to everybody vDr. Pierce being DESTROYS
OF having the search liGht OF inYestIga.
fion turned fully upon his formula, being
confident that the 6etter the compQsl1on
of these medicines Is known the more
Yill their Great curative merits be recog::
nized, Being wholly made Of the active
medicinal principles extracted from ma.
tive forest roots, by exact processes
original with DIR. Pierce, and without tho
use of drop of alcohol, triple-refined and
chemically pure glycerine being used in
stead in extracting and preserving the
curative virtues residing in the roots
employed, these medicines are entirely
free from the objection of doing harm
by creating an appetite for either al
coholic beverages or habit : forming
drugs. Examine the formula on their
bottle wrappers-the same as sworn to by
"Golden Medical Discovery" the great,
Z OASON PuAAhSAs ooOHAteSh oOA1lS dAAA UOWSA
regulator-the medicine which, while not
recommended to cure consumption in its
advanced stages (no medicine will do that
yet does cure all those catarrhal condi-
tions of head and throat, weak stomach,
torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak
lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, IL neg
lected or badly treated lead up to and
finally terminate in consumption.
Take the rGolden Medical Discovery y
fa.k 4 t. -
you if only you give it thorough and
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|, won't do supernatural things. You must
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use for q reasonable length of time to get
its full benefits. The ingredients of which
DR.. Pierce's medicines are composed have
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medical leaders-better than any amount
Of lay, or non-professional, testimonials.
They are not given away to be expert
mented with but are sold by all dealers in
medicines at reasonable prices.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10
NO WONDER.

After considerable effort congress
passed a bill that stopped rebates and
enabled the railroads to keep what
they had formerly returned in the way
OF rebates to favored shippers. The
railroads weakened the bill as much
as possible and no one knows yet how
valuable or valueless the measure will
prove.
But the state legislatures went in to
work in the effort to lower rates. A
number Of legislatures enacted two
cent fare laws and some reduced
freight rates.
Immediately railroad magnates be-
gan to plead for federal regulation"
meaning exclusive federal regulation,
and the decision of the supreme court
In the Minnesota and North Carolina
cases is spoken of by these railroad
magnates with the highest sort Of COM
pliment.
No wonder the railroads want to get
away from state legislatures. The
state legislatures are near to the peo-
pie and quickly respond to public
sentiment, while the national congress
IL more remote and harder to reach.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10
THE PEoPLE7 PsHAWi

The Financial Age, published at
New York. printed in its issue Of
March % this editorial:
HOPES FOR ALDRICH BILL.
"The removal Of the railroad bond
feature from the Aldrich bill provokes
the question: Is currency legislation
something to please voting constitu-
ency, OF is 1t something for the finan-
cial betterment of a people? This
action is considered direct play to
the west and southwest, and 1t may
save congressman or two. There is
another question, of course-even with
this feature eliminated, does the bill
answer the purpose? That question is
of considerable Importance"
In other words, Is currency legisla-
tion or any other legislation for that
matter to be for the benefit of the
people or for the advantage of q
coterie of individuals?
The editor OF the Financial Age eyi.
IDENTIFY thinks that currency legislation
should be passed in accordance with
the pleasure of the financier. Then
railroad legislation should be arranged
by the railroad magnates; trust legis-
lation by the trust magnates; tariff
legislation by the tariff beneficiaries,
and SO one down the line But the peo-
ple-who are the people, anyhow, IL
they are not the men who provide the
Republican party with its campaign
funds?