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Sage (RUSSELL an American capi- N Y)

RUSSELL, an American capi- N. Y., and in 1853 was elected to Congress by the Whigs. In 1863 he removed cery store as clerk. In 1837 he went into business, gradually building up a large a small business for himself, but gradfortu a small business for himself, but gradtalist and philanthropist, born in Verona, series of philanthropies. She died in which $30,000,000 were devoted to a long SAGE, RUSSELL, an American capi- she had at her disposal $70,000,000, of to New York and entered the brokerage fortune by speculation in securities SAGEBRUSH death he had acquired $70,000,000, after having devoted large sums to various philanthropic institutions. His biggest do- RUSSELL SAGE nation was toward the Russell Sage Foundation, whose purpose was to inquire into the sources of poverty and seek their elimination. He died in 1906.

SAGEBRUSH (Artemisia Ludoviciana), a low irregular shrub of the order Compositæ, growing in dry alkaline soils of the North American plains. The name is also given to other American species of Artemisia.