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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-17
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

This Country rs Seen Through the Eyes
of Citizen of Illinois.
+. K. Hammerbacker, a citizen Of
Rantoul, Illinois, has been making a
trip through the Big Sioux Valley Of
Eastern South Dokota and In writing
to the Weekly News, his home paper,
trys TO convey to It's readers some idea
Of the magnificent possibilities of this
section backed up by what he mas
actually seen here. He says In part:
II was invited to drive out into the
country, aud, although l have my
doubts about you and your readers be-
lieving me, / saw as fine farms, good
land and luxuriant crops as ans we
have at home. These farms sell at
from $40 to $50 per acre, and from the
looks Of the crops honestly think the
land is as good as our s75 land. The
Dakota lands, which so many Of our
people have condemned as worthless,
are from 100 to $50 miles west OF this
part OF South Dakota. | saw corn
six or seven feet high, tasseled out and
beginning to ear; barley just ripe and
being cut, which looked as IL it would
yield forty bushels TO the acre; timothy
being cut and stacked as good as any l
have ever seen ia Illinois, and wheat
and oats standing up above my waist
and as thick as it could stand on the
ground. / was assured that the wheat
| examined would yield from twenty
to twenty-five bushels per acre, and
the oats from fifty to sixty bushels.
l never saw thicker or taller grain or
longer heads. But what surprised me
most of all was an orchard of fifty
apple trees which the owner assured
me yielded last year over 400 bushels
Of the finest apples. Only about one
half of the trees are bearing this year.
But those that have fruit on them are
loaded down. The buds Of the early
trees were injured by the late frost
last spring, so Mr.. Coats, the owner,
told me. had been Informed that
fruit would not grow in Dakota and
this was certainly revelation to me.
| also saw strawberry beds, raspberry,
currant and blackberry bushes. plum
trees, In fact almost every variety of
small and hardy fruit.
"At present there is quite a move
ment In the sale of farm lands in this
part Of Dakota. Hundreds OF FARMERS
from Iowa are selling their farms at
from $40 to $50 per acre TO Illinois peo-
pie and coming here and buying farms
from $25 TO $50 per acre. II our
Illinois farmers are determined to
leave Illinois, think it would be to
their interest TO go to eastern South
Dakota and look around there before
buying in Iowa, for 10 my opinien they
can buy just as good land in this part
Of Dakota as they can in any part Of
Iowa In my candid opinion farm
lands about Sioux Falls, and in fact
in all the Sioux valley, in the next five
years will be selling at as high prices
as anywhere in Western Iowa.
81 leave here tomorrow for trip
farther up the Sioux Valley and ex-
pect to stop and visit in and about
Brookings for several weeks. Please
send my paper to Brookings until fur
ther orders.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-17

April IS, 1899, killed in action. Manila.
Guy Jones, private, Company H, April Is, 1893,
killed in action, Manila.
Harlowe De Jean, private, Company L. April
rs, 1899, killed in action, Manila.
Oliver NJ. Davis, private, Company d, April n,
1899, typhoid fever, Manila.
David C. Dean, private, Company L, April Is.
wounds received in action, Manila.
William Fahrenwald, private, Compsny G, May
Is, 1899, dysentery, Manila.
Daniel K. Colleran, private, Company @, May
IS, 1885, killed in action, Manila,
Charles X. Prouty, private, Company c. June
l2, 1885, typhoid fever, Manila.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-17

OR Il telling
shots fired and
more hits re-
ceived than any
other vessel In
the feet, the on
ly one W hich
had a man kill
ed In the fight.
the first to draw
Spanish fire, the
flagship Of the
commodorecom-
manding & and
the scene of all
the signaling Of
orSers for bat
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-17
LED THE SEA BATTLE.
scHLEY AND HIS FLAGSHIP BROOK
LYN At SANTIAGO, JULY 8.

Burst From Sunday quiet Into a Bus
tie of War-schIey's Quick Com
mands-How He Foiled the Escape
of the COlon-The yiEcaya Fight.
[Copyright, 1899, by G. L. Kilmer.l
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-17
BR00KINGS and BROoKINeS COUNTY.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.

One feed mill.
Electric lights.
One state bank.
Seven churches.
Five good hotels
One steam laundry.
One national bank.
Excellent drainage,
Two lumber yards
Five grain elevators.
Three weekly papers.
Fine lake near the city.
One first-clsss creamery.
Good water near surface.
State Agricultural college
Twenty-Five hundred souls.
Splendid resort for sportsmen.
WaterwoTks for fire protection.
One monthly periodical-college.
Long distance telephone system
Fine brick public school building
Incorporation three miles square,
One bailding and loan association.
Railroads running east west and north.
FIGURING mill with capacity Of 100 barrels.
Abstract and title guaranty company-in- =
corporsted.
County seat Brookings county, population II
l2,oO-hne court house and jail.
Surrounded by the best farming and graz =
ing lands in South Dskota-where crops are
sue and water plenty.
Masonic bodies: Commandery, Council
Chapter, Blue Lodge and Eastern star odd
Fellows; Encampment, Subordinate and
Rebekah. A. o. u. w. and Degree of Honor.
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors.
Royal Arcanum. National Aid Association.
Mystic Circle. G.. A. Il, and Woman's Relief
Corps.
Beautiful trees dot the prairie in every d i
rectton and the city presents a charming ap
pearance, matted as il is In the midst of a fine
growth of shade and ornamental trees.
Brookings invites manufacturing enterprises,
wholesale houses and business OF all kinds
Her citizens are ready ana willing to encour-
age and assist every helpful industry.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-08-17

Land is rapidly advancing in price and
now Is the time to invest. Big profits are
sure to be gained by investing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-27
man OF REASON
Pulpit Presentation of the
Philosopher Socrates.
PROPHET OF the seieree CT Mor1Iiry-A Gift
OF Greece 10 all minkiri-wss
III Treatej.

Socrates, the Prophet OF Reason"
was the subject of Rev. William NJ.
Kincaid's sermon At Central Union
Church Sunday night. The text was
Acts 1924, Then Peter opened his
mouth and said, OF a truth. see God
is no respecter of persons"
When we are carried back 20 an
cient Athens we see in our minds eye
the glory and splendor of her art and
of her civilization. Rome, which We
call the Imperial City, Is with all her
grandeur, but a satellite shining with
the borrowed glory OF ancient Greece.
But with all the wondrous beauty OF
the creations Of Hellas, her noblest
product stands forth in the person OF
Socrates. the prophet OF reason. He
is her most permanent gift to the
world. When the glory of the Par
thenon has departed and Phidlas'
name is forgotten, the name OF Soc
rates. the advocate OF high morals and
duty, will shine forth brightly.
He began life in the midst OF pow
erty as an humble stonecutter. When
a young man he left the calling OF his
| boyhood. Afterwards we find him
bearing the battles bTunt; We see him
an actor on the stage OF statecraft, an
actor of highest integrity; we see him
devoting himself 10 the Improvement
of the youth of the city, to exposing
shame and rebuking pretensions. For
forty years he trod the streets OF the
capital OF Greece endeavoring 10 do
good. Naturally such man was dan
gerous 20 the powers that were. His
daily life was a living rebuke to many
who wore the robes OF state. At last
we see Socrates led forth from the
courtroom with the sentence OF death
upon him, after a trial in which he
was totally indifferent 10 his fate.
The last scene comes and the light ot
reason drains the fatal hemlock in the
midst Of his small, but devoted band.
Greece abounded in artists, poets
philosophers and singers. but their
one great prophet they put to death.
He died like n saint. The walking
conscience had trod the streets toe
long. He was put 10 death for elevat-
ing morals above all other sciences
He came out of a realm whose one
word was beauty, peopled by beings
who knew not the divine ought" He
left the stool of the sculptor for the
| path of poverty, he sacrificed great
ness TO goodness. And now, In the
dying days of the nineteenth century
1t is our duty 10 pay our tribute TO Soc
rates, the prophet % reason. Oh. FOL
one hour OF that voice that distin-
| guished the true and the false, be-
tween those who believed and those
who only pretended that they believ.
ed. One hour of this man to preach
the gospel of rectitude. the sanctity o.
common things, the holiness OF tn;
life that is. It is we'll to remembei
that in the front ranks OF the proph
cts OF the misty ages stands Socrates
the light Of reason.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-27
4 MUSICALE.
Notable Program by Pupils of a
Popular Teacher.

Saturday afternoon at o'clock the
following program was rendered at the
studio OF Miss Patch:
Selections from II Trovatore.
Misses Marshall and Patch.
Solos. Melody from Lucretzia Bor-
gia. ,. Folk Song. 3. The Lore
lei. i. Xmas Song.
Marguerite Creighton.
waltz -.........-... $3.50. NoNara
Margaret Castle.
Duet-Little Solo.
Emily and Mary Rice.
SOLOS,. Dancing Stars 80. GODDARD
>. Cavaleria Rusticana .Mascagni
Vera May.
Duets-Little Solos. Alexandria
March. Holy Night.
Violet AthertOn and Miss Patch.
Solos,. Melody nom Opera. ..
Musette. 3. Air from Stradella.
4. Hunting Song.
Juliette Atherton.
Duets. Bohemian Song. .. OPP
/ cratic Airs. 8. Dance Melody.
/ Misses Bertha and Celia Marshall.
! Solos,. Waltz Ia Chopin. .Novara
/ >. Consolation 1900. Mendelssohn
Dorothy Castle.
Duets. Selection from Norma. ..
/ Rule Brittania.
Misses Marcellina and Patch.
Solo-Nocturne ...... Meyer-Helmund
Celia Marshall.
Solo-Fragrant Rose .......... Bohr
Daisy L;shman.
Duet-Selections from BeIlini.
/. Misses Blanche Soper and Vera May
: Solos-(A Waltz. Op. CT. OBJ
Waltz. Op. 20. ........... Chopin
Mary Rice.
Duets. Consolation. 2. Morn
Ing sung 4NAAAsiA
Misses G. Smith and Patch.
Solo-Spring Song ..... MendelssohI
Elsie Sanders.
Duets-waltzes .. Straus.
Misses Vina and Celia Marshall.
Solo-Slumber Song ........ SchubeT
Blanche Soper.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-27
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TO OUR
FRIENDS AND PATRONS.


you tried any OF those
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Order one for your Sun
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GERMAN BAKERY.
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-Headquarters for genuine ginger
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-09
DEMOCRATS EN EVERYWHERE
HOPEFUL.

There are many evidences that the drift
of sentiment is toward the Democratic
party. The elections in 1S9S showed
biz gains in Congress. So far this year
the results have been gratifying. The
peoplc are tired of this war for conquest.
they are tired of trust domination and
they ar etired of Hanna and the cor
upton that Hannaism implies.
Unless the trusts and syndicates have
a greater grasp on the country than
hey have ever had before, the people will
lrive the present money changers out of
the civic temple which they make I'M
clean with their trafficking in manhood
and principle. The people are learning.
The Washington Post. after giving an
Interview with Senator Daniel on other
matters. adds:
Senator Daniel has lately returned
from New York. and he said that in talk
ing with many Democrats he was struck
with the hopeful tone in which they
discussed the prospects OF the contest
next year. They were seemingly i'm.
bued with the most ardent belief that
the campaign of 1900 would be favor able
to their party. and many spoke of it
as Il battle already won."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-09
WHO'S To BLAME.

News from Madrid says that Gen.
Martinez CampOs has insisted upon the
appointment of a parliamentary commits
sion to investigate the conducc OF thu.
war mad to place the RESPONSE
bility. carelessness and neglect all
through the war gave rise to
the most disastrous conditions. but no
more dangerous than comes from neglect
of the health. 1t is every ones duty t.
guard his health as a precious possession.
1t is easier to keep it than regain IT..
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters taken hon
estly will not only create health, but will
preserve it. 1t is the medicine you
know, which for fifty years has made
weak stOmachs strong, and rid the
American people of that terrible dragon,
dyspepsia, and all the evils such as con
stipation, biiousness, kidney and liver
troubles. malaria. and fever and agile.
which follow in its train. 1t is an in
fallible purifier and nerye tonic as we'll
Its cure is certain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-09
WORSE AT THE NORTH
THAN AT THE SOUTH.

The Atlanta Constitution quoted at
length extracts from sermon OF an
address recently delivered by Rev.
George ID. Baker in a Philadelphia
church Il few nights ago. We have
not seen the address, but the extracts ii
the Constitution give facts that will
confound those fervid orators who en-
laoy the Georgia lynchng 20 d"nouRce
the South. Mr.. Baker says amt says
truly that the responsibility primarily
rests at the doors of Massachusetts
which was the first colony in America
to legalize the slave trade and slavery
by legislative enactment. 1t was also
the first colony to send out a slave ship.
The South. as shown by statistics, IS
better to the negro than the North. Here
are some facts about the negro IN the
North which Mr.. Baker gave uut:
I'm our own State, where the negroes
form only > per cent of the population.
they furnish 16 per cent of the mai"
prisoners, and 81 per cent of the female
criminals. In Chicago, while they form
only ~ per cent of the population, they
furnish 10 per cent of the arrests. III"
negro population, constituting about ii
per cent of the entire population of the
nation, furnishes 81 per cent IF ali its
murderers, and 66 per cent of its female
homicides, and here is something most
appalling.
The rising generation of negroes far
outstrip in crime the generation mat Is
passing off the stage. Two-thirds Of
the homicides are negroes under twenty
years of age. Now. as Il defense against
this carnival of crime, lynchng has been
to to surprising extent.
Between 1856 and 1895 there were
l 800 lynchings, against 1,O4O legal exc
cutions. Most of these lynchings wei',
in the South--about so per cent. and
this has been due to the
peculiarly exasperating crimes against
women committed by negroes in the
South 1t would seem that this extent of
crime among the negroes. especially in
the matter ofm urder and criminal as
sault. has largely increased since the
abolition of slavery"
The moral of all this Is that those
good people who are so anxious to shoot
the Filipinos in order to get a chance ~
convert those who escape our GaIlin,
guns should first send missionaries tn
the negroes at our doors and help 10
raise them in the scale of morality. The
best way to begin at that is to follow the
scriptural injunction, beginning at Je
rllsalem." Let the negroes in the North
South. 1t is easier and cheaper to hcir
them than to shoot and Christianizc the
Filipinos.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-09
is MIR. CARNEGIE TO INITIATE
JEFFERSON?

There are many rich men in Ameri-
ca, who obtained their wealth honestly.
who are as much opposed to the illegal
combinations called trusts as the hum
blest citizen. A .'plutocrat'' in sentiment
may be poor in purse while some of the
richest in purse may be truly Democrat
ic. jefferson, the great champion of
the people, was a large landowner and
belonged to aristocratic circles. it is
often the case that the man of humble
birth despises the bridge upon which he
walked TO fame and is the enemy of his
kind while the man born to wealth and
culture initiates jefferson
The able articles by Andrew Carnegie
against the imperialistic policy of the adj
nsinistraticn and his great philanthropy
in establishing nHhlic. libraries, have
caused many to hope that he would
Tend his great influence to restoring the
government to the paths of justice and
honor which marked it until Mark Han
ma threw over the Monroe doctrine in
order to get subsidies and other special
privileges for his ships and his friends.
The following special from New York
to the Pittsburg Dispatch, stating that
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie had sold his In
terest in 81 the Carnegie works to his
associates closes thus:
1T was reported in Wall street today
that Mr.. Carnegie's antagonism to trusts
was the cause of his selling out. and
that he intended to take a prominent
stand with the party which i'll 1900 shall
take the most aggressive position against
trade combinations. Neither this nor
the story of the international trust could
be confirmed todaxsat the office of the
Carnegie Steel Company
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-09
EXPANSION BY THE SWORD AID
VI @ j aNOC.ATED.- y -. u, .a-~

IS ~ - 5
They had a big expansion mass-meet-
ny in Chicago on Monday, when Imre
rialism went with a whoop. A Methodist
preacher in his prayer said among other
things of like kind:
''Thou art our only source of strength
and rejoicing us. therefore. with
humility as with Il garment--forbid that
we should boast of our 'far-fiung battle
line yet we would shirk no responsibility
nor refuse to enter any door of oppor-
t,mity which Thou dost open, nor hest
tate to bear any burden which Thou dost
impose"
The trouble about that prayer is tina.
the Lord did not to tell us ito enter any
door" to slaughter and conquest, ard
did not command us ''to bear am bu.-
den' that was undertaken, 10 quote
Bishop McCabe. for the sake of conquest
pure and simple The patriotic bishop
rebuked the Chicago preacher whcn lie
declared they love their country the.
same as we do ours, ami they wait
to be free"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-09
Strange is Passing Strange
That H Wfo Suffer do Not Use
Mrs JOE PERSONS
Hopewell, Mecklenburg
County, n. c., Dee. 1, 1896.

County, N. o., Dee. /, 1876.
Last June | suffered terribly from
some bladder trouble which was SO Sc
we're and extreme that the physicians
said an operation would have to be
performed and the stone crushed. l
dreaded it so much and had so much
faith in Mrs. Joe Persons Wash that
] determined to try it first and see
what it would do. | applied it three
times a day and in thirty-six hours
the inflammation subsidized, the swell
ing and enlargement were reduced
and the stone passed without any.
trouble. The stone was large and no
one can know except those who have
so suffered what it was. / do not be-
lieve / could have stood an operation,
and believe | would have died had it
not been for Mrs. Joe. Persons Wash.
If any one is suffering from this blad-
der trouble let them try it. My pain
would be so great that | would have
to be put in tub of hot water to re-
leve those terrible paroxysms of pain.
1t made perfect cure of me. Oh.
that everyone could realize what a
medicine is within reach and try it.
how much suffering would be relieved
Mrs. Person herself does not say as
much for the Remedy as it deserves.
Mrs ABNER ALEXANDER.