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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
Refused Longer to support Him.

RAPID Cry, s. D., Nov. 18.-At Key
stone Charles Maitland shot and Sc
riously wounded his wife. She had
been supporting him for some time.
Upon her refusing to do SO longer he
pulled revolver and tried to shoot. A
tlSssle ensued, and the wife broke away
and ran, when Maitland shot her in the
back She will probably recover.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
Tigers Roaming About in Iowa.

WATERLOO, Ia, Nov. 1S.--Consider-
able excitement is reported in the south.
ern part Of this county over the report
that two tigers were seen in cornfield.
Two men got guns and fired ON the
animals, but could not get close enough
to kill them.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
New Plan For war ON saloons.

FLINT, Mich, Nov. 18.-The saloon
has a new foe in this city. The Con-
gregationalists have authorized the
pastor to throw the church doors open
Saturday afternoons in order thas
farmers and others who come to the
city may find place to warm them
selves and to spend pleasant hour be-
sides a saloon.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
olney Receives Confirmation.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. - Secretary
O1ney has received cablegram from
United States Minister Terrell, confirm
ing the Associated Press reports from
Constantinople concerning the massacre
of 800 persons by the Mussulmans at
Harpoot and the destruction Of a large
amount Of American mission property,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
THE SOLDIERS LOOKED ON
Accounts of Massacre OF Christians mt
Alexaudrette Confirmed.

AIeXAndr8tte COnurmed.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. Is. Later ad-
vices received here from Alexandrette,
Northern Syria, confirm the accounts of
a massacre of Christians in that town
in the presence of 800 Turkish soldiers,
who did not render any assistance in
the suppression of the disorder. Ar
menians and Mussulmans accuse each
other of burning the villages and of other
outrages, which have occurredin North
ern Syria.
The sultan has prohibited the entry
into Turkey of all papers containing ac-
counts of Lord Salisbury's speech at
the lord mayors dinner at London q
week ago.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
TO RAISE LUMBER PRICES.
Combine Formed With q Capital o
@45,OOO,OOO.

s45, 5,OOO,OOO.
SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. l8.-Lumber
prices seem certain to go up with a
bound with the opening of the new
year, for on Jan. the largest combine
ever made will begin to control the
trade of the Pacific coast. 1t is the Cen
tral Lumber company of San Francisco,
the successor to the old Pacific Pine
Lumber company, and it represents a
capital of at least $45, 900, 900. 1t in
cludes every mill of Importance in the
region west of the Cascade mountains
from San Francisco ON the south to
Vancouver, b. c., on the north.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
Got In.o : Merohandise Car.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1S.-Three des-
perate men made an attempt to rob the
Adams Express money car on the train
leaving the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton, Jersey City, at 8 o'clock p. m,
but fortunately for the express company
the men made q mistake and got into
car No 5945 which contained only mer.
chanGise.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
General Jordan sinking.

NEW YORK, Nov. Is. - General
Thomas Jordan, ex- Confederate gen
eral, who is lying at the point of death
at his home, was said to be sinking fast
at midnight and it was not expected
that he would live many hours longer
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
Was an Uncle of Jesse James.

KEARNBY, Kan, Nov. 1S.-Jesse Cole,
aged 81 years, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart.
Cole was brother of Mrs. Samuels,
mother of Frank and Jesse James, the
noted outlaws.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20

Prejudice was originally nothing
more than a Judgment formed before
hand, the character of such Judgments
being best indicated by the present
meaning of the word.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
The Boiler Went Up.

! VANCEBURG, KY, Nov ls.-Twenty
m les south of here large boiler st the
mill OF George w. stamper, Jr., of this
city, exploited, killing two men instant
ly and seriously If not fatally injuring
several otheas.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20

The division of time into months and
weeks is SO old that its origin cannot
possibly be ascertained.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20

San Francisco Sailed for Turkey.
MARsEILLEs, France, Nov. 1S.-The
United States cruiser San Francisco
sailed Saturday evening, according to
programme, for Turkish waters.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
sparrows Served as Reedbird..

There are few restaurants in the city
where sparrows are not served up as
reedbirds 1t has become regular bust
ness and may ultimately solve the spar
row nuisance. e.--Philadelphia Times.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
SHE WAS BORN IN 1892.
Death OF a Wisconsin, Centenarinn Whose
Husbs1d 10 Still Livi.x.

Husbsud Is Still Liviag.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, Nov. 1S.
Mrs. Amelia Darwin, aged 103, died
during the morning, She had lived in
this country for half century, and her
husband, who is still alive, is I07 years
of age. Mrs. Darwin wag born near
Montreal in 1892 and came OF family
noted for longevity. She was married
to Lewis Darwin in 1907 Five chill
dren, whose ages range from "a to 20
years, survive her. Thirteen children
were born to the couple.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
GOT AWAY WITH So, 100000

Brussels Cashier speculated ON the
Bourse and Lost.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 18.-The board of
directors of the Societe Generate, big
banking institution Of this city, re-
Gently discovered that it had been
robbed Of ga, 5000 The cashier was
subsequently arrested in Paris, con-
fessed to stealing the money and at
tributed his losses to specuiations on
the bourse
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
A Universal Debt.

There is not man living who doeel
not owe the world something. Calves
t0n News
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-11-20
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10
How to Clean Lace.

Here in an old Italian recipe for
cleaning lace. 1t is similar to the
way in which our grandmothers
washed their thread lace borders for
caps and kerchiefs, for in those days
all matrons, young or old, wore caps,
and / am assured that this is the
veritable way all French gentlewomen
clean their laces no matter how fine
or how old. Fill large sized glass
bottle with cold water, draw closely
over it stocking leg or a piece of
white flannel, II preferred, place the
lace smoothly over and tack closely:
put the bottle in kettle OF cold
water, with few shavings of cold
soap, and put over the fire to boil;
boil an hour or more; rinse in sew
eral waters; then drain and dry.
When thoroughly dry remove the
lace very carefully from the bottle,
taking care not to break or pull
harshly. then pick out the edge gent
ly with the fingers fold it in quarter
of yard lengths and place it
smoothly in large book with .
weight on top. Very nice lace can
be made to look new by this process.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10

dovn - : ohalr wIlh q Indls>lncs -
a having done sone(hIng very foolish.
~ have made : mistake" he sald.
YEARLY TO himself. s'But che win come
round. A sensible woman such - she h
win not refuse a offer Of that SORT"
But although Raymond had written Of
women, and had made capital out Of his
writings. he had quite failed to grasp the
fact that the sex 10 strangely delicate
organism, liable 70 be thrown out OF gear
by the faintest discordant movement.
Three days later there came letter.
Dear Mr.. Rose; have come to the con-
clusion that the end of your story was. SO
far as / am concerned. incorrect. Owing
to the kindness Of an old friend, my brother
has obtained little work, which will
suffice to keep us from starvation. This
and other considerations, which you will
doubtless understand, induce me to de-
cline your no doubt kindly -meant offer of
three days since. Yours sincerely.
GRACE RAMSAY.
Raymond Rose cast the letter upon the
floor and said bad words, cursing in turn
the various classes of typists, brothers,
and "old friends" Then he packed o
portmanteau and went to Switzerland for
his long contemplated change Of air. He
climbed the Matterhorn and sailed down
the Lucerne, coming back after one
months travelling to his old rooms and TO
his old comfortable ways, also to some old
friends, who declared that he never looked
SO well in his life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10
Remarkable Lake :On An Arctic
Island.

One OF the most interesting of the
results achieved by the Russian
naturalists who spent some time on
the Island of Solowetzh in the North
sea laboratory has been the discovery
Of a remarkable lake on the Island Of
Kildine, in the Arctic Ocean. This
lake, which is completely separated
from the sea by u narrow strip Of
land, was discovered by the Russian
naturalist. M. Herbenstein, who was
struck by finding in the lake fish
which is exclusively marine in habit,
namely the common cod. On the
surface the water is fresh, and inhab-
tied by fresh water animals. such as
daphnids, etc.. this water is brought
to the lake by streams from a neigh
boring marsh. Under the superficial
layer Of fresh water Is found salt
water supporting a marine fauna
sponges, sea anemones, nemertines,
polychaetes, marine molluscs (chiton
aeolis, astarte), starfish and panto-
pods The salt water is believed to
reach the lake by an underground
communication with the ocean.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10

There was not q public library In
the United States.
Almost all the furniture was i'm
ported from England.
Every gentleman wore queue and
powdered his hair.
There was only one hat factory, and
that made cooked hats.
\ An old copper mine in Connecti
cut was used as prison.
Crockery plates were objected to
because they dulled the knives.
A day laborer considered himself
we'll paid with two shillings day.
Virginia contained fifth Of the
whole population OF the country.
A gentleman bowling to lady al
ways scraped his feet on the ground.
Two stage coaches bore all the
travel between New York and Boston.
A man who jeered ut the preacher
or criticized the sermon was fined.
The whipping post and pillory
were still standing in New York.
Pork. beef. salt fish, potatoes and
hominy were the staple diet all the
year round.
Buttons were scarce and expensive,
and the trousers were fastened with
pegs or laces.
A new arrival in a Jail was set
upon by his fellow-prisoners and
robbed OF everything he had
When a man had enough tea he
placed his spoon across his cup to
indicate that he wanted no more.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10

The first boat was log bestridden
by the navigator, who padded it with
stick. following the log with q
stone celt was the next step.
The first tool made by human
hands was celt. or handleless axe
of Clipped stone. With it man can
kill or skin game, hack wood or spike
an enemy.
A handle put upon the celt trans
versely makes it an axe; a handle
longitudinally makes an arrow. The
bow, according to Prof. F. N. Cush-
ing. came long afterward.
: The first house was cave. OF
that there can be no doubt. The
buildings of to-day can be traced
through Greek and Roman sources
back to the Egyptian originals, which
again grow from the forms of the an
cient rock temples.
The first horse had five toes and
was about the size OF fox. The mid
die toe is Left The others have per-
ished from lack of use, though traces
of them are to be found in the
"splint" on the side Of horses leg.
The first bridge was a footlog. A
handrail came next, then the rude
braces which made larger span pos
sible. By the time of Caesar, as
every schoolboy knows, bridges had
become formidable structures.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10

Love and sorrow met In May.
Crowned with rue and hawthorn spray,
And sorrow smiled.
Scarce bird Of all the spring
burst between them pass and sing,
And scarce child.
Love put forth his hand to take
Sorrows wreath for sorrows sake.
Her crown of rue.
sorrow cast before her down
Fen for loves sake loves own crown,
Crowned with dew.
Winter breaihed again, and spring
Covered and shrank with wounded wing
Down out OF sight.
May, with all her loves laid low,
Saw no flowers but flowers of snow
That Knocked her flight.
Love rose up. with crovnless head,
Smiling down on spring time dead,
On wintry May.
Sorrow, like cloud that flies,
Like cloud In clearing skies.
Passed away.
Parsons Weekly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10
II Was q Bullet.

An interesting story is told Of an
unusual experience OF Mr.. Lawrence
Winters, until recently cigar maker
in this city, which occurred during
the late war, but the truth OF which
was not learned until a few years
ago. A large scar on his arm proves
the truthfulness of the story.
He was a member Of the Twenty
eighth Ohio Regiment and during
the battle of Chickamauga was in the
thickest of the fighting. His regi-
ment was standing over near some
woods. and during the battle the ar
tillery of the opposite side was train
ed on them. Trees began falling in
every dire ction and number Of men
were struck by the falling trees. Just
as he was in the act of firing his gun
tree fell and the branches struck
him a singing blow on the arm. His
arm began to bleed and it was found
necessary to have him taken to the
hospital. There his arm was dressed
and as it soon healed nothing was
thought OF the matter. His arm
would occasionally give him a good
deal of pain, but he thought nothing
of that until few years ago, when. it
began to annoy him 30 much that he
decided to consult physician. AZ
ter examining his arm the physician
told him that there was hard sub
stance inside the flesh and said it
would be necessary to cut it out to
give him relief. Winters at first OBJ
jected, but finally gave his consent
and the operation began. After
probing for some time the doctor
drew from the flesh large mimic
ball. The ball was taken from the
I spot where Winters thought the
branch Of the falling tree had made
a wound. He then came to the con-
clusion that he had been shot ex-
actly at the time the branches Of the
tree fell on him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10
Hanged for CannibaIism

? Three scientific gentlemen of Sierra
Leone, one OF them a Sunday school
teacher, were hanged recently by the
British authorities for cannibalism.
They belonged to Human Leopard
Society,"" the members Of which hid
in the bush in the neighborhood Of
villages, clad in leopard skins, and
killed the villagers who came in their
way; these the society subsequently
ate. In their defense they explained
that the murders were committed in
order to obtain certain parts Of
the booty. the hand, leg and heart,
with which to make medicine called
III ju." They were taken from Free
town to the Imperi country, the scene
of their crimes, where in a public
street scaffold was set up, on which
they were allowed to hang for As
hours, the scaffold being left in place
as a warning to other ''leopards.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10
Risks in Queensland.

There are risks and discomforts in
Vulnerable, as we'll as pleasures to
the artist who goes flower hunting in
Queensland. 1t is what bushmen
call bad snake country, though, as
compared with Southern Australia,
much smaller proportion of the
snakes are venomous. Walking down
an alligator path on the Pioneer river,
Mrs. Rowan kicked what she thought
was gray stick from her path, but
which turned out to be a venomous
snake. Sketching some great blue
water lilies as large as cheese plate,
about which scarlet dragon flies
fluttered in their coat of mail, some-
thing touched her cheek, which she
brushed aside in mistake for a worm,
but second glance showed a long
tree snake swinging by its tail.
Among the discomforts is the nettle
tree, which. whether it is grasped
gently or firmly, leaves hands swollen
and singing for days.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10
Fad

A recently published article on the
derivation of the word fad" speaks
of it as being of Welsh origin giving
''ffedd" as the root word. A New
York Tribune correspondent writes
on the subject: The word fad is a
manufactured word, not given by
Worcester. 1t has been in use only
short time, comparatively, and.
while it may be derived from the
Welsh. it is more probable that it is
made from the initial words for a
day. The word tip originated. it
is said, in that way. The story goes
that in an old-time English tavern a
receptacle for small coin was placed
in a conspicuous place over which
appeared the legend, To insure
promptness. Whatever was placed
iE the box was given to the servants.
Other taverns followed the example,
and soon the three words were writ
ten IT. l. p, everybody knowing
what they indicated. Then the
punctuation marks were dropped,
and the word tip was born. Fad
and tip are Of the same class and
kind"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10

Olass In arithmetic.
Teachsr-Suppose. Fritz. You have
stocking on one foot. and you put
another stocking on the other foot.
how many would you have on both
Feet?
Boy never wear no stockings.
Suppose your father had one pig
In pen, and he buys another pig
and puts It in the pen, how many
pigs would there be in the pen?"
dad don't keep no pigs"
The teacher blew q heavy sigh
from his tired lips. wiped the per-
spiration from his scholastic brow,
and went at 1t again with renewed
courage.
Suppose you have one jacket, and
at Christmas your father makes you
Q present OF another jacket, how
many jackets will you have thenr
He amt that kind of father. He
never gives nothin' at Christmas. ("
Suppose your mother gives you
one apple. and you have one already,
what will you have?''
Stomach ache. Our apples are
cookin' apples"
The teacher was not the man to be
discouraged by trifles. He began to
suspect that the boy was not we'll
up in arithmetic, but he resolved to
make one more effort. so he said:
"If a poor little beggar boy has
q cake, and you give him one more,
how many will he have?"
II dunno. / eat my own cakes. -
Then the teacher told the children
to go out and play.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10

A Friend Sends Him One for Mock
ing Bird.

ibid you ever hear about the Bra
lillian knocking bird that Congress-
man-elect John p. Tracy. of the
Springfield (Mo.) district once
owned?" asked Jack Carr at the
Planters recently.
mo? Well, I'll tell you about it.
] was in Springfield and was going to
Texas, and Tracy asked me to get q
Texas hooking bird and send it to
him. He said his wife had long
wished for one, and he thought l
could get it for him. ] promised to
do my best.
The so-called Texas mocking bird
is larger than the northern product
and has long scissors-like tail with
large white spot on each division
of it. 1t is much easier to domesti-
cate than the native of the Northern
States. and its tones when it sings
are more mellow. When | struck
Paris, Tex. l went to see friend Of
mine Who had, / knew, several fine
specimens. l told him what l want
ed, and he showed me several birds
and then asked me which one i
wanted. l told him l wanted the
largest one he had.
He took me into rear room and
said he would show me a Brazilian
bird that beat the Texan.all to pieces.
Then he brought out cage in which
was the largest owl ever saw. Every
feather on it's body was pure white,
and when stretched out its wings
measured over two and half feet
from tip to tip. / saw the joke and at
once decided to send 1.-THE owl-to
Tracy.
j." boxed the bird up and took it
to the express office Then decorated
the box with all sorts of bottle labels,
hieroglyphics Of different kinds and
other mysterious symbols and sent it
to Tracy. He paid $3 or 81 express
charges on it-you know it takes
double charges to send live stock by
express-and took the box home.
"Well, he made the best of it and
kept the bird, and in time be-
came much attached to it. He had
a ball and chain attached to it's leg
so that it could not fly. 1t could
walk easily, however, and for long
time the owl had the freedom Of
Tracy's house and yard.
lone night the bird grew thirsty
and hoped on to the edge of bar
rel that stood under spout at a cor
ner of the house He lost his balance
and fell in and the ball followed. He
tried to get out but could not fly with
the ball attached to his leg, so he
was drowned. The Congressman has
not yet secured genuine Texas
hooking bird"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-10
Signaling in q Fog.

A novel arrangement for signaling
at sea during fogs has been placed
in position on Winter Quarter Light
ship, No. As, now repairing and re-
fitting at Wilmington, Del. 1t con-
sists Of two safety oil engines, sup
plying compressed air to two upright
boilers, which in turn are automat-
ically acted upon by timelocks placed
above. These open and close the
whistle valves alternately every SIS
seconds. No steam power is used,
the power being derived from explo-
sions of oil vapor. The pressure Of
air is regulated at forty pounds, and
gives a shrill blast at each explosion.
The new appliance is expected to
prove effective in maintaining and
operating the fog whistle when coal
might not be obtainable for fuel, and
in transmitting clear tone for many
miles