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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
SACRIFICE.

II seems a dream-I cannot make IL clear
That twas but yesterday. dear love, taas tnou
vert here,
But one brief day ago felt thy pulsing breath.
And this is death.
The world is changed; no. nothing. nothing's
right.
My soul is bathed in deepest, darkest night
A few short hours, and yet the sun s bright ray
Cannot transform my darkness into day
For freedoml All, will Cuba ever know
How her redemption fills my life with woef
Be brave, o heart, like unto him who gave,
As thou, his all, those suffering souls TO save
Rose Van b. Speece
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
rhE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS.
Professor Drrper's sister Sat Thirty Min
utes For Her Portrait.

Professor Drrper's sister Sat Thirty Min
utes For Her Portrait.
Elizabeth Flint Wade has an illus
trated paper on "Phosography--Its Mar
vels" in st. Nicholas. The author says:
The first accounts of this great dis
covery are very entertaining reading.
Professor Morse, the inventor Of the
telegraph, was in Paris when the news
was published. and at once went to see
Daguerre's wonderful pictures. In de-
scribing them afterward he said that
moving objects made no impression on
the plate, for picture taken Of y
crowded boulevard showed it as If en-
tirely deserted. with the exception of .
man having his shoes polished. Tho
mans feet, he said, were well defined,
because they were kept stationary. but
he was without head or body. for these
were in motion.
To America belongs the honor Of
making the first Photographic portrait.
the artist being Professor John Draper.
professor and afrerward the president
Of the University of New York. His
victim was his sister, Miss Catherine
Draper. He powdered her face, that the
likeness might be more quickly inn
pressed on the sensitive plate, and for
so minutes Miss Draper sat--or, at
least, tried to sit--as immovable as .
statue.
The first class in photography was
formed in Boston in tae spring Of 1910
by Daguerre's agent, Gourad of Paris.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, then q
student in Harvard, became an enthusi-
astic member of the class. In his diary,
under date Of April /, 1910. is this en-
try: "On my way home ! stopped at the
shop and got my daguerreotype thar-
nometer. There seems to be a great de-
mand; there were three or four others
there.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
The Editor,a Protest.

The editor of The Clarion was very
patient man. A startling crash from
the direction of the composing room
caused him to push his spectacles upon
his brow and cease writing. When he
found that the boy had let the first page
form fall ON the floor, where it lay in
an incoherent mass. he shook his head
reproachfully and exclaimed:
'Lemuel, do wish that you could
manage to break the news more gently. I"
Washington Star.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
Angelic Acid.

Apropos of acids. there is an angelic
acid. obtained from that most graceful
Of our umbelliferous plants, cultivated
in England in the sixteenth century rs
a pot herb and still used as candied
sweetmeat. From this "herb angelick, !"
Or "root of the Holy Ghost" whose
fragrance was reputed good against poi
son and pestilence, was also distilled a
perfume, charmingly named angel wa
ter. affected by the beauties of the sew
enteenth century. ~ met, )" says Sed-
ley, 1.-THE prettiest creature in New
Springgarden. Angel water was the
worst scent about her. "-Cornhill Mag.
azina
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
A Talented House Agent.

Mrs Homeseeker-You certainly
don't expect nybody to take this house?
Why, the floors all run down hill
Agent "a smart man)-It was built
in that way on purpose. mum, 20 keep
peace in the family. Greatest invention
of the age, mum.
Mrs. Homeseeker--Keep peace in the
family? What do you mean?
Agent-It's all right, mum; nothing
like it. Whenever your husband drops
his collar button, they'll roll down to
that wall. and he'll always know where
to find 'em. London Tit Bits.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
THE ENGLISH NOT PROFANE.
Little had Language In London Outside
of Petticoat Lane.

Little had Language In London Outside
| of Petticoat Lane.
Little rough or rude language Is used
by the English. They even fight with
out swearing and get very drunk and
noisy without employing strong Ian
guage They love to chaff and guy each
other, and the crowds and the street
people who drive horses and peddle
goods and hang about the corners are a
great deal wittier than most Of us give
them credit for being, but they seldom
resort to bad language. never heard
much Of it until I went to Petticoat
lane, and / know q woman who has
| lived here two years and been cofiStans.
| ly about town who tells me that in that
time she has only heard one oath from
an Englishman's lips The worst word
heard in Petticoat lane was "bloody. "
| That, however, is the worst word
could have heard-in English opinion
it is the foulest word there is have
only heard one man use it and he did
not speak it. He was very amy, and
he spelled it.
/ am telling you this because know
that at home in America we associate
it with the English and put it in Eng
lishmen's mouths in our anecdotes, as
| if it were matter of course that 1t
| should be used to give local color to
, an English story. Americans come here
and make use Of the word for the comic
valne that they attach to it. and yet l
assure my readers that il they tried to
think of any really disgusting term they
had ever heard and made use of instead
they could not more startle or shock
these English ears.
English sailors have brought the
word "bloody" to our shores-sailors
and prizefghters and stablemen, and
only such persons cling to it here.
| What we consider = very much fouler
word has vastly wider circulation.
but is not considered as bad as
"bloody." ALI tkis is very strange and
requires q native to explain it, especial.
ly as "bloody" is merely the contrac-
tion Of the oath ''by our Lady, which
was more or less commonly used in the
ancient days when this was Roman
Catholic country.
The people who try to swear without
swearing-who in our country say
"hully chez" and ''by cripes," all use
the word blooming" over here. ~
can't very bloomin well make you buy
this bloomin thing, but I'll ave a
bloomin try at ii, is what I heard a
street fakir say to crowd the other
day. There is no harm in that at all,
and it is much moro typically English
than the word bloody" besides being
! decent.
1t is funny what mistakes nations
make about one another Over here the
very smart thing In reporting the speech
Of us Americans is to make US all and
always call ourselves "Amurricans. 1t
may be true Of us. This whole nation
believes it. But never heard an Amer
ican SO pronounce the name of our coun.
try, and yet I've got quick linguistic
ear, which is thing the English utter
| ly ack.--Julian Ralph in Providence
| Journal
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
bureau of navigation.

bureau Of navigation.
The duties of a navigating officer are
more than sufficient to fully occupy his
time, but, notwithstanding this fact,
he frequently stands his watch at sea.
While in port he is ex officio the execu.
tive officer during the latter's absence
from the vessel.
The illustrious Dewey was, during
the earlier period of his career, an ac-
knowledged expert as a navigator, and
to his excellent ability in maneuvering
may be largely accredited his splen-
did victory at Manila. philadelphia
Times.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
More solemn stili.

1T is a solemn thing" said the
young man, "when woman trusts a
man with her affections"
"It amt as selemn,' said the man
with the dry goods neoktie. 'as when
she won't trust him with his own
wages. indianapolis Journal.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
A Hopeless Case.

A Scottish paper tells story OF an
old Scottish woman who was "unoo'
drouthie, without the money to buy
"a drappie. " "Lassie," she said to her
little granddaughter, gang round to
Donald McCallum and bring me gill.
Tell him I'll pay him i the morning. "
Back came the child with a refusal.
Donald declined to part with his whisky
without the cash. Eager and irritated,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
and play a solemn chorale.

In all my musical experiences have
never heard anything more thrilling
than those majestic harmonies in the
air, which seemed to come straight
from heaven II our churches would
adopt this custom and these celestial
sounds became associated with religious
experiences, they might arouse the dor
mant devotion Of many one who other
wise would pass the church door by
Forum
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12
Chinese razes v,ry I,l~h..

The Chinese are perhaps the most
lightly taxed people In the world In
China all the land belongs to the state,
and trifing sum per acre--never alter
cd through long centuries---is paid an
rent This is the only tax in the ooun.
try, and it amounts to about half a crown
per head yearly. London News
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-01-12

Miss Wildwood Do you believe fksro
IS anything In love at first sightl
Er. Hardacre-- oh. yes. About pfns
times out Of ten there's = diyCre ~ i /
--Exchsngo.
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

From the looks of Jerry Simpsons
newspaper, the Bayonet, It would seem
quite appropriate to change its name
to the Washington Post
We have no means OF knowing just
how Hon. Billy Mason arrives at his
conclusions. but have always suspect
ed him of riding to them on his hob
bies. Washington Post
New York citys daily consumption
Of water is now 265, 000, 900 gallons, ex-
ceeding that Of Louisville. Ky.-Ro-
chester Union and Advertiser
Though one sleeping ear company has
swallowed the other don't forget that
the obliging porter is waiting as usual
TO brush you of at the end Of the trip.
Chicago Record.
II is easier TO pass cheating elec-
ton law than It is to make American
manhood submit to any tampering with
fair ballot.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat
senator Teller and his colleagues
who have tearfully declined to AFFILIATE
with the republican party again must
have omniverous appetites for husks.-
Detroit Journal.
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
PHILIPPINE coNpIrIoNs-

Few men possess more accurate
knowledge Of the conditions prevailing
IN the Philippines than does Jacob G.
schurman, president of the Philippine
Commission. Few men possess the
ability to state so clearly those con-
ditions and deductions TO be drawn
from them Mr.. schurman. in an arti-
Gle in the Independent. AFFORDS a deal
Of valuable Information for Americans
Mucn OF his argument deals with the
missionary question. and in this regard
he makes some pertinent statements.
The persons who go to the Philippines
in this capacity, he says. must realize
that they are contending with a Catho-
iic-educated population that knows
nothing about the fine differences be-
tween Protestant sects and denomina-
tons. Therefore. it would be highly
impolitlc to send missionaries OF diner.
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
THE WEATHER.

New York Herald's Forecast-The
cold wave increased in intensity yester-
day and now covers most of the coun-
try east of the Rocky Mountains, with
its cold centre in Northwestern On
tario. where the temperature last night
was 26 degrees below zero. The wave
will move slowly to the eastward. caus-
ing the mercury to fall to or below 10
degrees Fahrenheit in the Delaware
and Hudson Valleys.
In the Middle States and New Eng
land today, fair weather will prevail.
with slowly falling temperature, reach
ing minima of about TO degrees in the
northern valleys. with brisk and fresh
northwesterly and northerly winds.
On Saturday, fair to partly cloudy
weather will prevail, colder in the
morning. followed by a slight rise Of
temperature. with fresh northerly to
northeasterly winds, increasing and
followed in this section by snow.
On Monday, partly cloudy weather,
with slightly higher temperature, prob
ably preceded by snow.
European steamers now sailing will
have mostly fair weather and fresh and
strong nOrthwesterly and northerly
winds to the Banks.
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday
Eastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey,
Delaware and Maryland, fair; continued
cold Saturday and Sunday; fresh west
10 north winds.
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
BANKS AND THE GOVERNMENT.

BANS AND The GOVERNMENT.
A correspondent asks us: rs it not
the Issue directly by the government Of
the United States notes. or greenbacks.
that puls the government in the bank
ing business?" supplementing the in
quiry with the assertion that 1T is the
natural province OF banks to issue cir
culating notes
We answer that the issuing of paper
money Is not banking, but the exer-
else by the government Of function
like that of coming metal money. the
usurpalon Of which by banks. under
any conditions. is wrong. and should
be prohibited It is no more the mat
ural province Of banks to issue clrcu-
lating notes than it is for them TO run
the post office, maintain an army or a
navy. or exercise any other government
power That they have been allowed
to do Ii in past years is no reason VIII,
they should be allowed to do il for.
ever.
The way TO provide the sound. stahl,
and unimpeachable currency that is de
sired is TO reserve for the government
the sole power to put the stamp O.
money on metal or on paper.-Nev
York Sun.
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
ADJUSTMENTS.
CRANES NEW PLAY.

CRANES NEW PLAY
William II. Crane and his own COM
pany come to the Opera House on jan
uary 10, in "A Rich Mans Son." To
enter society, that is, the exclusive set
in New York, is said to be a much more
difficult task than to find the road to
heaven. Many q man has made a big
fortune in the far West, has moved
East at the solicitation Of the women
folks" in his family, taken a large
house in New York and prepared to
enter beyond the massive swinging
doors labelled Ito society" But the
doors never moved to his touch, and
his money was valueless as a wedge.
This fact is brought out in. the open
ing act of Cranes new play, "A Rich
Mans Son." very smartly. Old Dibden
made his pile in the Northwest and
then moved to New York. There no
one knows or cares to know him. As
his daughter puts 1t: Pop was king
in Minneapolis; he Is nobody in New
York" This new play Of Cranes Is
said TO be intensely amusing, and to be
one of the brightest works the actor
has had in years.
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
BROTHER JOE" KIPLING
IT'S RUDYARD THIS AND KIP
LING THAT WITH ANY WRITING
DODGE"


TITS RUDYARD THIS AND KIP
LING THAT WITH ANY WRITING |
DODGE"
Kiping's fun name, it may not be
generally remembered, is Joseph John
Rudyard Kipling. In his literary work
he has dropped the first two names,
greatly to the orthoepic advantage Of
the remnant, thus proving, what was
sometime paradox, that the part is
greater than the whole. AS Joseph
j. r. Kipling it is doubtful whether
the Anglo-Indian performances would
have arrested such immediate atten-
ton as he did under the unusual and
striking and euphonious collocation Of
syllables represented by his last two
names standing alone. Napoleon Bo
naparte attributed part Of his success
In life to the splendid resonance of the
name that was his by baptism and
birthright. Other people less fortunate
in fathers and godfathers have been
forced to complete renunciation of
patronymic handicaps in the struggle
for popular success. Thus John BrOd
drip and John Hollands became, re-
spectively, Henry Irving and Henry NJ.
Stanley. Others, again, like Mr.. Kip
! ling, needed only the dropping of the
first name and the use of the second
in full to rise from the commonplace
to the dignifed and distinctive. James
B. Taylor and James B. Matthews are
not names to capture the ear of Fame
through any virtue of their own. But
Bayard Taylor and Brander Matthews
are almost as satisfying as Rudyard
i Kipling
i When, however. Mr.. Kipling recent
~ Joined an Edinburgh Masonic lodge
he allowed himself to be enrolled as
Brother Joseph ]. r. Kipling. This fact
prompted the following lines in the
London Academy, which may be copied
with all the more satisfaction that the
author affixes thereto the assurance,
/ This poem is not copyrighted;
BROTHER JOE.
) CHANGED to be at nottingham upon a
little trip;
/ met a fellow Mason there and gave
the man the grip;
What hol" I said, my Rudyard. "
But his look was cold as snow;
/ MY name, you ought to understand,
he said, lis Brother joe"
o. W IL huuydiu Jnls, ana hlpllnE
that, with poems, tales and such.
And Rudyard Kipling is a name that
can't be known too much.
o. it's Rudyard this, and Kipling
that. with any writing dodge.
I But it's Brother Joseph Kipling wher
4 he joins a blooming lodge.
went into a library to get book t.
read,
The man behind the counter asked
What is it, sir, you need?"
! 81 want" 1 said, "the latest thing tina
!, Joseph Kipling's done"
. GO on!" he said; you're having me
Joe Kip? There isn't onei"
o, it's Brother Joe, and Joseph, wheI
insignias are out,
A And knives and forks are busy an,
v the bottle goes about,
. It's Brother Joe from India" where
'er the Masons thrOng.
= But it's Rudyard Kipling only whei
, he writes a blooming song.
n Chicago Times-Herald
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
1887 The Sun 1900
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Paper Of the People,
For the People and
With the People.
Honest in Motive,
Fearless in Expression,
Sound in Principle.

A newspaper is an educator; there
are all kinds of educators, but the man
who spends money judiciously and lib
orally is better able to impart his
knowledge than the man who has little
or nothing to spend.
The Sun is the highest type of a
newspaper.
The Suns reports from all parts Of
the United States are unsurpassed.
The Suns Gable Service Is the finest
known: the troubles in the Philippines
and in South Africa demand competent
correspondents and vast expenditure Of
money and labor in getting the news.
When you get The Sun you get news
and intelligent presentation of facts
with 1t, as well as carefully prepared
articles of editorial writer's of highest
standing. When you read a daily paper,
whose principal recommendation is its
cheapness, you get the dregs-gener-
ally very poor dregs at that.
By mail, Fifty Cents a month; six
months, So; one year, Sc.
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
FIRsT ASSEMBLY DANCE.

Holly and evergreen adorned the
drawing room and parlors Of the New
Century Club last night, being placed
for the first OF a series Of the most de-
lightful functions OF the season. the
Assembly dances. Fragrant pine trees
also played a large part in the deco
ratiye scheme, which was elaborate and
thoroughly in keeping with the holt
day season, and formed the most eff
fectiye background imaginable for the
splendid gowns of the women. Behind
a miniature forest a Philadelphia or
chestra discoursed inspiring music for
the dancers.
The affair was made notable by the
number of beautiful young debutantes,
also the many collegians home for the
holidays.
The dance was arranged by Mrs.
Preston Lea, Mrs. +. l.. Gilpin, Miss
Louise D'a DUPONT, Willard Hall Por-
ter, William G. Spruance, Jr, and
Charles @. Copeland.
Including those in attendance were:
Mr. and Mrs Ash. Miss Austin, Mr.. and
Mrs. William N. Barnard, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Bancroft, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. H..
Belts. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. r. Warner Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Hall Porter. Mrs. II. b. Richard
son, Miss Agnes Richardson, Miss
Eleanor Belts, Mr.. and Mrs. George p.
Bissell, Miss Blair, Miss Bancroft, Miss
Mary Cooper. Mr.. and Mrs A. A. Cur
tbs. Miss Corbit, Miss Chase. Miss Vir-
ginia S. Cooper. Miss Elizabeth ID.
Candy, Miss Elizabeth S. Swift, Miss
Steiff. Mr. and Mrs II. p. Scott. Mr..
and Mrs j. Ernest Smith, Miss Eliza
beth b. Smith. Miss Mary Swift. Mr..
and Mrs. Montieth Jackson, Miss Fran
ces Jackson, Miss Mary @. Jackson,
Miss Ethel p. Candy. Miss Elsie b.
Cooch, Miss Madeline Draper. Miss
Julia S. DUPONT, Mr.. and Mrs. 4. G.
DUPONT, Mr. and Mrs. A. b. DUPONT
Mrs. w. X. DUPONT, Miss Louise D'a
DUPONT. Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Moore. Miss
Morse. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Miller
Miss Mcllvaine. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred s
Elliott, Mr.. and Mrs +. l.. Gilpin, Miss
Gilpin, Miss Mabel c. Jackson, Miss
Margarine Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Lea, William c. Spruance. Jr.. II
e.. Scott Mr.. Silliman, DR.. Edmund d.
Shortlidge. William l.. Scott. r. r.
Cochran. Jr.. A. b. Cooper. Ir.. w. II
Cooper, Jr., d. r. Candy, Mr.. Corbit
Willard Hall Porter Jr., Charles Page
Robert Pennington, Joseph A. Richard
son, John S. Andrews, James N. An
drews, Thomas +. Bayard, Jr., J. ID
Bush, John B. Bird. James f. Nields
John p. Nields, G. c. Williams, DR.
Joseph p. Wales. /. r. Wales, Mr.
Wallace, Mr.. Winslow. Victor b. Wool.
ley, Martin Z. Walker, Mr.. Williams
George A. Elliott, DR.. Walter G.. Elmer
Harry c. Fritz, Russell Gilpin, Hugh
Garland, Charles b. Gray. Ernest Du.
Pont. Eugene Dupont, Jr., LaMottC
DUPONT, Eugene DUPONT Pierre S. Du-
Pont, d. Wendell Hulburd. Harry G
Haskell, Leroy Harvey, G. b. Har.
rington. W. p. Johnston, w. ]. p. Can.
\ by, Charles G. Copeland Frederick
Lenig, Clarence X. LaMotte, ]. w. Mat
thews, Dr. McLester. f. NJ. Munson, Jr.
c. L. Mcllvaine
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
THE WONDERLAND.

Today is the last on which patrons
OF the Wonderland Theatre will be able
to witness the best bill that has been
presented this season by Manager
Dockstader. Every act is clean and
pleasing. In a wife Pro Tem,' Miss
Agnes Ardeck makes a decided hit, and
have proved a great favomte. The
Bachelor Club has also been great
drawing card, and is one of the most
entertaining sketches. seen at the the
atre for some time
Evening journal., 1899-12-30
SOCIAL AND Personal NOTES.

Clinton Cook. of No. 1885 West
street. is entertaining Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles e. Finn and ]. Boone Dukes,
Of Denton, Nd
Numerous Wilmington folk have le-
ceived invitations to a dance to be
given by the young men of Dover on
January 4.
Sylvester ID. Townsend, Jr., attended
the dance at Delaware City last nighr.
Governor Ebe W. Tunnel has accept
ed an invitation to open the annual He
brew Charity Ball on January 10 IN
Eden Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry p. Scott gave a
delightful dinner at their home at Rev
bold station on Thursday evening
Hugh Baker. of this city. a third
year medical student OF the University
Of Pennsylvania has been appointed
demonstration in bacteriology at the col
lege.
Rev. Dr. 4. A. McCurdy. OF Central
Presbyterian Church. has been suffer.
ing with a severe cold for several days
Herman Miers Sypherd, a law stu
dent in the office of Henry c. Conrad
Is spending the holidays with friend.
at Atlantic City.
Philemon B. Whitehead, page in the
United States Senate, of Washington
Conn, is the guest of friends in VIII
mington. He will remain until aftei
the holidays.
John and James McCabe, of Bali
more, arc visiting friends In this city
Miss Marie Shallcross will give a re
ception at her home at McDonough thi
evening.
ID. w. p. Conway, of Bellevue Hos
pital New York, passed through thi
city this morning, returning from
visit to relatives at Dover.
Rev. Luther A. Oates, of Delawarl
City, has gone to Chambersburg, Pa.
where tomorrow. he will preach in tn
church from which he has received
call