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plated followers, he talks free silver.
In the west he used to whang away
on this one silver string" but the
prosperity of the west under a pro-
tectiye tariff and a gold standard has
caused the silver tune to lose its
charm for the westerners.-Timn to.)
Tribune
, 1899-11-16
New Cars for the baltimore q Ohio
Railroad.

Within the past 80 days the BaIti-
more and Ohio Rail Road has placed
several orders for new freight equip
ment to meet the excessive demand for
cars. The South Baltimore Car Works
is building 1900 Baltimore and Ohio
standard box cars with all modern i'm
provements. The American Car and
Foundry Company has an order for
$50 refrigerator cars and 10 improved
horse cars have also been ordered.
, 1899-11-16

Henry A. Salzer, manager of the ia
nous job A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, as also president of the
Idaho Gold Coin Mining G. Milling Co,
of the Seven Devil District. Idaho, is in
great luck. They have recently struck
an immense deposit of gold ore on
their properties. AS a result the stock
of this company doubled in price in
twenty-four hours. Quite a number of
the Salzer Seed Co. patrons are inter-
ested in this mine with Mr.. SalZer.
, 1899-11-16

Col. Bryan. like the funny man on
the American stage. makes local
hits" When he is in the east, the
heart of Americas commercial life, he
lets silver alone and talks on some
thing more to the eastern taste. When
in the south among his silver
, 1899-11-16

General Prosperity. wearing gold
epaulets. is visiting Nebraska for the
benefit of the Pops, who said there was
no such person. Calamity orators have
not inquired for him lately.-Erie (Pa.)
Dispatch.
, 1899-11-16

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y,
, 1899-11-16

The return of prosperous times is re-
ilected in the increased attendance at
all the colleges in Michigan. including
the university, where the advance con-
tingent is rs per cent larger than last
year.-Detroit (Mich.) Tribune.
, 1899-11-16
Ungratefui.

Senator Vest asserts on returning
from Canada that the Dingley tariff
benefits the Dominion at our expense.
And yet the ungrateful Canadians
want us to repeal the law.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
, 1899-11-16

Sevea scientific expeditions are ex
plorlng Central America.
1t is quite natural for a full man to
appear occupied.
, 1899-11-16

Rejected Suitor Giippantly)-"Oh. well.
there are just as good fish IN the sea "A
We're ever caught, She-'Yes. George.
there are, but unless you change your
bait they are safe
, 1899-11-16
Elegant, Clean. Convenient. Roomy.

New equipment makes the Union Pncinc
the most populnr line running both east
and west from l%ienver Nine hours saved
between Denver and San francisco or the
Pacific northwest, and only one night 70
Chicago, st. Paul or ". Louis. Ticket
Office, 81 nth 4treet.
, 1899-11-16

Cousin Clara has Just answered n let
ter l wrote her a year ago" '"That's
queer No: it isn't; you probably didn't
overcoat this week"
, 1899-11-16

The. average woman who begins married
life thinks she lives on love but Il isn't
long before she gets down to three meals
u day, and she doesn't even try to stay
her appetite on the other.-Sew York
, 1899-11-16

Julia, here's u scientist who writes
that smoking assists the circulation. "
"Yes-the circulation Of cash"
, 1899-11-16

FITS Permanently Cured. Nohts o. norvousnoas after
first day use Of DR.. klnss Great Nerve Rcstorsr.
send for FREE; SS.OO trial bottle and treatise.
, 1899-11-16

in every county seat for our Gas Lamp.
Makes its own gas. Better light than cleo
tricity or Welsbach city gas. Cheaper than
kerosene. Retails 50. Big money maker.
Lamp Co, dept. A." Chicago.
, 1899-11-16

Don't you admire football, Clarn?" Il
detest It. Percy's got his coiiarbone
broken, and / can't put my head ON his
shoulder for a month.
, 1899-11-16

The Overland Limited" via Union Pa,
citic for California and the Pacific north.
west. Quickest time and finest equip
ment. Ticket Office, GIL nth street.
, 1899-11-16

"Nhat Is forced merriment2' TITS she
kind a tlmid man gets off when his wife
gives a dinner"
, 1899-11-16
LIKE FINDING MONEY.

The shse use Of the Endless Chain Starch Book in the purchase of Red Cross
only SC you are enabled to gt n large lc package OF Red Cross" starch,
Shakespeare panels, printed in twelve beautiful colors, or one twentieth Cen
obtain he beautiful Christmas presents free.
, 1899-11-16

TSHERE arc women everywhere who suffer almost cen.
stantly because they CANNOT bring themselves to tell
all about their ills to a physician.
Such women can surely explain their symptoms and their
suffering by letter to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass, for the con-
, 1899-11-16

If a woman thinks her husband is the
meanest critter on earth she can brag
about him just as hard as IL she didn't.
, 1899-11-16

l believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs. Lucy
wallace, Marquette, Kan, Dec. l2, '95,
, 1899-11-16

Cured After Repeated Failures with Others
I viii inform addicted to Morphine, Laudanum.
Opium, Cocaine, OF never failing, hAru''za, home
cure. Mrs. NJ. H. baldwin,, Box 1912, Chicago, III.
, 1899-11-16

Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets, All
druggists refund the money II IL fails to cure.
2be. E. w. Groves signature on each box.
, 1899-11-16
Are You Using Aliens root-Ea.eY

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. AT all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy. N. Y.
riggs took his wife to New York last
week for her health" 'Well?" "She
brought him home on a Mattress
, 1899-11-16

When a woman begins a discussion by
agreeing with everything you say, there
is a terrific storm brewing.
, 1899-11-16

hdence reposed in her has been
violated. Over a million women have
been helped by her advice and medicine.
Mrs. Pinkham in attending to her vast
correspondence is assisted by women
only. If Sou are i'll, don't delay. Her
reply will cost you nothing and it will bea
practical help as il was to Miss ELLA E
, 1899-11-16

Under free trade the masses must
get poorer, because they get less en-
, 1899-11-16
n WOIYAN
HELPS
WOMEN

BRENNER. East Rochester, Ohio, who says: II shrunk from
the ordeal of examination by our physician. yet l knew I must
have treatment Nv troubles were backache. neryous tired
, 1899-11-16

Uncle sam-"What is the matter,
little boy?"
Little Boy-'I'm looking for my
father and mother. Nobody can tell
me who they are"
Uncle Sam-"Never mind. little boy.
In your case 1t isn't so much a question
of parentage as of proper discipline
and restraint. Wen look after you all
right"
, 1899-11-16
WAR POEM OF ALFRED AUSTIN

The following poem by Alfred Austin,
the poet laureate OF England. is published
under the title of 'lnfiexible as Fate
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Department Of Insurance.

Company's Certificate OF Authority
Whereas, The
AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
a corporation organized under the laws of
Connecticut, has flied in this office a
sworn statement exhibiting its condition
and business for the year ending Deem
Der 81, 1898, conformahle TO the require
ments OF the laws OF this state regulating
the business OF insurance; and
Whereas, The said Company bls filed in
this office duly certified copy OF its char
ter, with certificate OF organization, in com
pliance with the requirements OF the insur-
ance law aforesaid;
Now. Therefore, l. l.. c. Campbell, Com.
missioner OF Insurance ot the State Of
South Dakota, pursuant TO the provisions
of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named company is fully empowered
through its authorized agents to transact .ts
appropriate business of FIRE Insurance in
this state, according to laws thereof, until
the 3lst day of December, \. ID. 1899.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto
SET my hand aud seal at Pierre, this 2S.h
dav of January, A. ID. 1899. III
Snl.j L4C. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner al Insurance.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
IN cANADA's FREE HOMESTEAD
LANDS.

WetaskiwIn, Alta, April 5th, 1898.
w. F. McCreary, Govt. immigration
Commissioner, Winnipeg. Dear Sir
like the country very much so far;
have seen great number Of farmers
from the states and every one seen
so far says they have done we'll and
like it here far better than where they
came from, and all claim it to be tha
best country for poor man that they
were ever In. and with good crops tiis
season | predict a great rush. There
are some nice claims to be had yet, but
will not last the summer through.
do not find il any colder than in Iowa
and am feeling much better than when
I left there March lst. / think this a
great country for those "ho are suf-
Yerlng with throat and lung troubles.
I have seen men that had as high as
51h bushels wheat per acre and near
100 bushels oats. but they weigh from
As to 81 pounds per bushel, but the
general run is % TO so wheat, so to
rs oats, and stock looking fine; some
cattle running out were nearly in mar
ket flesh. | expect to return to the
states late this fall for stock, etc.: will
write you when l want to go. Thank
ing you all for past favors, | remain,
most respectfully yours,
(Signed) DR.. ID. E. Strevell.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
LiIlputian Pine Tree.

one Of the most remarkable features
Il japanese gardening is the way in
which every plant and tree in famous
garden viii be reproduced in miniature
by q system Of dwarfing which has
been handed down from many genera
tions back. Every characteristic of a
large tree will be preserved. The
foliage, the color and the texture OF
1he BREACHES. and yet the miniature
s0py viii often be not more than from
enc TO three feet high. Professor c. C.
Bessey tells OF a case in the United
States In which nature has eclipsed the
MT Of the Japanese. While climbing
Green Mountain, near Boulder, Col,
Professor Bessey found growing from
\ ereviee In one of the rocks at the
summit small pine tree about Ave
and three-fourths inches high, and
barely quarter of an inch in diam
ater.. 1t was unbranched, and bore a
single terminal tuft OF leaves. The
Ainy tree had made a good fight for
existence amid the inclemencies OF its
exposed situation, for when 1t was
sarefully examined, twenty-five dis
ainct annual rings were discovered.
Such a case OF natural dwarfing I
most unprecedented.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
A Diminutivs Po.v,

What is claimed to be the smallest
recorded specimen OF the equine race
has been on view in Milan, Italy. II
is the property Of the Marchese Car
cano, well-known horse fancier q.
Lombardy, whose four-in.hand Of Shet-
land ponies has been the admiration of
his fellow citizens for some years past.
The creature which the Marchese has
succeeded in rearing is said to stand
only six hands. OF twenty-four inches.
high. The smallest Shetlands are sell
dom under eight hands. But this pony
Is no less remarkable for its perfect
symmetry than for Its minute propor-
tions. The proprietor has a great like
Ing for miniature horses, contending
that they do more work for their sire
than an ordinary ho.,e. and consume
much less food His four-in- hand only
costs him triAs ovsr u csats 6ay.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
Home Life In Porto nia..

The native early morning meal "a 4
Sup Of coffee with milk-addiction 70
the black-coffee habit does not exist
on the island-and a piece OF bread,
Breakfast is served at II or 12 o'clock,
and is seldom elaborate, unless guests
are in the house. Boiled eggs, bread
and coffee satisfy the ordinary man.
but the hungry man eats his garlicky
beefsteak in addition. Dinner Is the
meal OF the day, and Is eaten between
and o'clock. This is the natives
only full, heavy meal, and this fact
may account for his ability to eat a
quantity OF food which leaves the aver
age American a victim for indigestion
and remorse.
The positions OF honor at a dinner
table are, among the older and nom
Travelled residents, in the following or
der: The head of the table to the most
distinguished guest; the rest, In the
order OF their rank and Importance.
ranged around TO the right, the host
occupying the last seat after his guests.
The women sit at the left of the table,
all together. Among the more cul-
tured classes the host occupies the
head. the hostess the foot, the places
of honor being the seats to the right
and left of the host.
The evenings in the home-for In
stance, of an alcalde, the mayor of
town-are spent around the center Of
the marble-topped table, lazily rock
Ing to and fro in the big chairs. The
men smoke their cigarets-the women
never smoke-and a flow OF small talk.
filled with simple jokes and sallies.
constitutes the entire evenings amuse-
ment. Where they have pianos the
daughters exhibit their limited skill on
instruments which are tangled and out
Of tune. One never sees book or .
magazine in these houses, though in
two or three Of the larger cities there
are many literary men. Reading is not
a strong point OF the island popula-
neutrality-suspicious. Of Harper's
Weekly.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
Tn. Sears Taste for Music.

The harbor seal or (this seal Is also
called the "sea leopard" from the fact
that he is often spotted, is, like other
seals, very fond of music; and stories
are told of how he has been attracted
to some spot by the sound of musical
instrument. Says the Edinburgh
Scotsman: A clergyman who lived in
the Hebrides used often to attract seals
by playing on the flute. A few notes
on that instrument, while he was walk
ing along the shore, would bring a
dozen Of them within few yards; and
there they would swim with their
heads above the water like so many
black dogs, delighted with the sound.
There is little church In Orkney
called Hoy, situated near a small sandy
bay. and it is said that when the bells
ring on Sunday for service the seals
come from all round about. attracted
by the sound. The harbor seal feeds
on fish. but sometimes has been known
to catch sea birds; and there is story
told OF one that caught a herring-gull
in its mouth. The other gulls, how
ever, attacked 1t so viciously that, after
diving once or twice with its prey in
its mouth. it was forced to relinquish
1t. The Newfoundland salmon fishers
say that often master seal steals the
salmon from their nets.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23

constructed By the young Nuremberg
locksmith, Peter Henlein. called. for
short. Hele. and the smallest watch
ever made. recently completed in q
Swiss factory. Hele was the first to
employ a spring in watch, all the
parts OF which he made of steel or
iron. His watch weighed a couple Of
pounds. The smallest watch's :ace IL
six milimeters, or about quarter Of
an inch in diameter. and it would take
about 500 OF these watches to weigh q
pound. Yet Its price is in no propor-
tion to the amount of material en-
ployed In its construction, for Il coat
$1,000. This price merely represents
the cost of making this one watch, for
In its production entirely new ma
chinery and tools had to be used. and
invented. In part, which are useless for
any other purpose. a .s
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
Growth of tn. Finger Nails.

The nails of two fingers never grow
with the same degree of rapidity. The
nail of the middle finger grows with
the greatest rapidity, and that of the
thumb the least. 1t has been computed
that the average growth OF the finger
nail is one-thirty-second of an inch per
week, or little more than an inch
and half per year. The growth.
however, depends, to great extent
upon the rate OF nutrition, and during
periods OF sickness 1t is retarded. Au-
thorities differ with regard to the
equality of growth on both hands.
some holding that the nails Of the
right hand grow faster than those Of
the left, but others can perceive no
difference between them. According to
the rate of growth stated, the average
time taken for each finger nail to grow
its full length is about four and half
months, and at this rate woman of
seventy would have renewed her nails
one hundred and eighty-six times.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
fine Art Of Mnrder.

The newspapers of this country are
sccording frequently mysterious cases
of murder In which poison plays a
eonspicuous part. The time was when
thc revolver. the knife, the hatchet, or
fhe bludgeon was used to put an end
20 life, and while these weapons are
xtifi the popular and vulgar means by
which murders are committed, It Is
Sytdent that criminals of the murder
sas class are perfecting their art by
studying the use of poisons.
There are today no less than three
notorious cases OF poisoning. There
b the Dunning murder case OF Dela-
vare, where arsenic was used; the
Rianchini case of Paris, where atro-
pine nearly ended an artists career.
Aad now comes a case in New York,
where cyanide of potassium killed one
vaman and nearly killed man. In
the Dunning and Cornish cases the
deadly drug was put into candy in one
Instance and a bottle of bromo seltzer
In the other. They were sent as pres
eats and accepted In good faith and
used with fatal effect. In the Bianchinl
case the wife is accused Of attempting
slowly to poison the husband by in
Producing doses of atropine in his food
and medicine, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The care which the murderer takes
20 cover his tracks after the deed is
unnecessary in poisoning cases. The
precautions against detection are all
taken previous to the crime, and after
. careful and cool review of the cir
earnstances the prisoner Is able to
administer the drug in such manner
n not TO risk his or her neck.
The fine art of murder has made
Number OF strides since the death OF
II. n. Holmes Of noted memory.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23

Ssuss have been sung to the rosss that
fade. EFa
10 the girls that we've known ana the
vows that we've made. tf
- the things that we've dona In the
sun and the shade,
md The indiscreet words We havs spok.
ma nsv:r . sons. not SO much as I.
- ,..,s ~ poor mortal wsy. met ever
zlss teuehed in the slightest Or even re-
~ the nns resolutions we've broken.
~ each Of Us drifts toward the close Of
the year
We're possessed by feeling uncommon
~ queer
A sort Of kind Of y yearning right
here:
Tou know the sort Of yearning.
We muse cnd we think and We ponder
and slSf,
A. we dream of the days that have soft
~ gone by:
Thea we sadly determine improvement to
try.
And new leaf we find ourselves turn.
ing!
ws'rs really angelic. perhaps, Cor a
week; As
T,th bliss beatinc our friends say we
70 sanity We grow that We feel like a
freak
And really begin to get restive.
Ihen We meet some old sinner who's out
for q time
and we deem just one tipple no very
great crime,
And-ah. what's the use Of prolonging
the rhyme?
tive.
And that Is what comes Of our leaf turn
ed anew,
Having broken II once we feel free to
pursue
NE same old routine that our callow
Il days knew,
ing.
u the questions in order rd like to In
quire
Why men win taboo things they really
when they know In their hearts they'll
os cutting the wire
Ana tne vows they are making be
breaking7
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23

Province Of Ontario, County OF York, $.
J. j. Kenny, Vice President, and p. IL.
Sims, Secretary Of the Brit. a America In.
surance Company. Of Toronto. Canada,
being duly sworn, depose ard say
that the foregoing Is 4 tul,
true and correct statement of the affairs Of
said company: that they have examined the
foregoing schedules. respectively designated
as schedules "A" "B" "C"'aGi "D": that
the same are and each is tull, true and
correct schedule and slater ent OF the sew
eral matters purportGg covered by
said schedules, or any or e;,her OF them,
10 the best Of g y knowledge and belief.
That the said rance Company is the
bona tide ownt' It least One Hundred
Thousand Dol IA, - a pal cash capital, in.
vested in state and United States stocks
and bonds, or in bonds and mortgages OF
real estate unincumbered, and worth dou-
BILE the amount for which the same is mort.
gagged; and they are the above described
officers of said Insurance Company.
J. j. KENNY, Vice President.
i. II. SIMS, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
oath day of January, 1899
[Seal.1 H. ID. GAMBLE,
Notary Public.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
TIE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Department of Insurance.

CompaBy's Certificate OF Authority
Whereas, The
BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
a corporation organized under the laws Of
Canada, has filed in this office a sworn
statement exhibiting its condition and busI-
ness tor the year ending December 81, 1893,
conformable to the requirements OF the
laws OF this state regulating the business OF
insurance. and
Whereas, the said company has filed in
this office a duly certified copy of it, char
ter, with certificate OF organization in COM
pNauce with the requirements OF the insul'-
ance law aforesaid
Now. therefore, !, l.. c. Campbell, Com
missioner Of Insurance of the State Of
SOath Dakota, pursuant 70 the provisions
Of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named Company is fully empowered
through + authorized agents to transact it's
arpropriate business of Fire insurance in
this state. according to the laws thereof,
until the 3lst day OF December, A. ID. 1899.
In testimony whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand and seal at Pierre( this Sis
dav of January, 1899.
GSealI l.. G. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Insurance.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
som. Queer watches.

During the recent watchmakers' con-
ventlcn at Berlin, Germany. there was
"A interesting collection OF rare and
curious watches exhibited, where the
progress OF the art OF matchmaking
,scuId be studied from its first begin
: rfrSs IN the fifteenth century to this
~ Comparison between the earliest
rud the lates. products OF art brings
~rf the enormous progress made In
shts as in every other industry.
:zaorxside OF each other were exhibited
9As fIrrt known specimen Of watch
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the Year Ending December 81, A. ID.
1898, OF the Condition and Affairs of the
COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE
COMPANY OF LONDON,
Organized under the laws of England, made
to the Commissioner of Insurance of the
state OF South Dakota, in pursuance o. the
laws of said state.
Manager--A. IA. Ray.
Attorneys for Service of Process in the
State OF South Dakota--(I information fur
nlshed by Commissioner OF Insurance.
Organized or incorporated September,
1861. Commenced business January, 1871.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23

Annexationists are advocating the
addition Of Canada to this country, and
think 1t can be accomplished in a
peaceful manner without exciting a
quarrel with England. Such questions
call for the wisest statesmaLship, just
as dyspepsia, constipation. liver ami
kinney diseases call for reliable rem
edy like iostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-23
Burglary mt Alta.

Alta, Iowa, Feb. 1.-THE postofiice
at this place was burglarized. entrance
being effected at the rear door. The
safe was blown open and $21S in
money and about $40 In stamps taken.
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