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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
Boston's Library.

Agreements have been signed lof -
purchase of the old public ilo'a,
building in Boylston street. bo''o., .s.s !
the Frederick L. Ames estate iof W..
600 and the formal transfer VIII J
made some time this month, aec0iu'.'
to the Transcript. Forty-ioul ~.
ago the corner stone OF the hpla. ~.
building was laid, and three yeas ..N. M
the building was completed and NV.
Gated. After forty years Of occupa.s
for library purposes it was aOanuv. ..,.
for the new structure in Copley saa.s y.
Joshua Bates Of England, ss ..a
born in Massachusetts, con' n
$50. 900 toward the building iuuu' =.
TO this amount other donatloas !, ~ n
added. The building cost sSss,"' Sss !,
at that time the number Of boon !. :
the reading room was lo'2ia' ns. rvi
Of volumes in the library, -
Among the contributors OF oooAs .r sal
theodore Parker, 1900 volumes, II Il.
Tichnor. 1900 volumes, ,includirss
liable Spanish collection; tne - An
DR.. Nathaniel Bowditeh Nv y
fathers library of $500 Volum1s s,.sr
$500 in cash for the purchase :, = .,sev;
Abbott Lawrence bequeatnea, ,s.,,a,, ss
Mary &. Townsend, $4,000; = l',, ~.
Phillips, 10000 Mrs sam. SAM auts
Kast, $1,000. In 1856 Josaaa z
gaye,a large number OF books .s
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
Another Hero.

One morning recently Wallace Logan.
who was an engineer on a railroad
train, died to save Others. There was
a wreck near Akron, O., In which Mrs.
Frank Wilson, a Cincinnati lady, and
many others We're injured. Mr.. Logan
was on the engine and he could have
escaped by jumping when the eninge
ran OFF the track, but he knew that IL
he did so great many people would
lose their lives, so he grasped the
throttle valve and stuck to his post of
duty, and he was the only one on all
the train that was killed. He dIed be-
cause he was brave man. Not every
one has chance to be hero, but
when the need for one rises there Is
always some one like Wallace Logan to
fill the place. Everybody has to die
some time, and when ones time has
come 1t would be grand to die as he
did--doing his duty
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES.
English workmen Have Many Objsctoas
to Their Introduction.

English workmen do not view with
complacency the introduction O, ths
American locomotives on the Midland
railway. They are not only an A.
front to their national pride, but thg
see in them a positive menace to ths
engineers trades union, which hs
been one OF the most powerful In u
Europe. The American locomotive
placed on the rails in Great Briua
at a cost Of from 20 to 80 per cent lev
than the British makers can produa
the same sort OF machine. SO TO-
working of the American Locomotives
is watched with much more than ord
nary interest by men on both sides q
the ocean. II the machines can y
made thoroughly adapted to Briasa
requirements at such a saving Of coG
to the British railway companies
means that the British maker nus
produce them at a like cost or e@
be thrown out OF the market ihs
means lower wages to the British
workman, and against that Do VIII
fight with all his characterisG oo'
stinacy, as he has to the introducu@
of labor saving machinery, Even lN
long drawn out and disastrous suln
which made possible the introducaa
OF the American locomotive, mas wv
taught them the whole OF their less0a
There Is even now a proposlaoa =
foot that the union OF locomou"
drivers shall adopt a rule proniOluas
members from handling an AmsfG1I
made locomotive, when the ensns,'ss
union shall reach the CONCLUSION .
does. that the introduction u =
American machine threatens seEi0u''
the wages OF their trade.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
FEARFUL PREDICTION,
OF a Mountaineer on His Firs. Sight of
Railroad.


Down in the Kentucky noun
tains," said an old surveyor. the
gaunt natives who had never seen the
steam kyars' we're very much inter
ested in the building Of the Cincin-
natl Southern Railway, and came in
from miles around to inspect the work,
Some Of the theories and speculations
pronounced were worthy of, record.
At one point the line crossed river
directly into a tunnel through high
mountain The material for the bridge
had been delayed. but the other work
was pushed vigorously on, the tunnel
completed and the track finished up to
the river bank on the opposite side,
leaving a yawning chasm a hundred
feet deep between While the work
was in this condition party OF moon
sinners arrived one day and inspected
the new wonder with awe-struck faces.
At last one old mountaineer carefully
removing a chew OF tobacco from his
right cheek to his left, voiced the gem
eral sentiment when he gravely said .
Wall, that cussed thing may hit that
hole all right for while but some o.
these days she'll miss, an the whole
durn thing will fall in the river"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
CLEAN MONEY.
One Woman Has All Her Currency
Washed and Ironed.

One Woman Has All Her Currency
Washed and Ironed.
"The demand for new bills for shop
ping is on the increase among wom-
en-" said local bank teller to a New
Orleans Times Democrat reporter, "and
is getting to be a nuisance. A great
many women won't handle any cur
rency that Is not absolutely fresh and
crisp, and in the north all the banks
women's custom keep supply con-
stantly on hand for that particular
purpose. Sometimes the bills are hard
to get, especially those of certain de-
nominations, and gold is unpopular on
account of the danger of confusing the
hot generally known, but bills can be
washed and ironed as easily as pocket
handkerchief. A wealthy woman Of
my acquaintance has all her money
laundered before she uses it. She turns
the notes over to her maid, who washes
them thoroughly in hot water with or
d!nary soapsuds and spreads them out
Oh a table to dry. Then she dampens
them slightly and presses them with a
medium hot smoothing iron. II the
bill is not frayed this process will
make ii as bright and crisp as when it
/ first left the treasury. 1t is astonish-
/ ing how dirty money gets. II one
could see the water in which a dozen
commonly circulated bills were washed
IT. would give them permanent aver
sion to the trade Of teller" ... d.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
KEEPING HUBBY AT HOME.
Clever and Successful Rase OF . Young
Kentucky Wife.

Friends of William Wilson, we'll
to-do farmer OF Fayette county, are
enjoying a joke at his expense, at the
same time expressing general admira-
ton for the ingenuity of his pretty
young wife. Wilson, a genial fellow
and popular among his friends, had
contracted the more or less reprehen-
sible habit of staying away from home
good deal Of the time evenings, and
Mrs. Wilson set about putting stop
to the habit. Something like Tort
night ago story to the effect that Mrs,
Wilson had shot and nnortally wound
ed an unknown tramp who had IN
suited her went the rounds Of the
Kentucky press. Several times since
then the body of the supposed tramp
has been reported as found in swamps
and ravines and meadows in the VI
cinity Of the Wilson home. Each
time the report has proved false. The
truth OF the matter is that the
tramp" story was an invention. Mrs.
Wilson became enraged because ker
husband continued his practice of
leaving her alone at home, and to pre-
vent his going away in the future she
coneocted scheme which seems to
have the desired effect. She took
down the rife from its pegs over the
door and, enticing the house cat on the
front porch. shot 1t. The cat bed
profusely She threw away the carcass
and left the blood on the porch. When
her husband on his return saw the
blood and heard the tramp" story he
organized party and went cunning
for the wounded tramp" Mr.. Will
son has stayed so closely at home since
then that his wife a night or two ago
in the fullness OF her pity unfolded to
him the story OF her ruse TO keep him
by the hearthstone.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
LAID HIS BURDEN ON THE TURF.
aAx

LAID HIS BURDEN ON THE TURF.
freemasonry of common joke estab-
lished between this girl and her little
more than boy-servant.
She had read much after a fashion
and would talk Of many things with
the light, facile readiness Of clever i'm
mature womanhood He could claim
acquaintance with but few authors
comparatively, but he could listen with
fiattering Difference and intelligence.
while she vas quick to recognize his
genuine good sense and mental grasp
OF any subject he would venture an
opinion on, though 1t might be ex-
pressed in language little less elegant
than hers. .t ss -.-. .s. ...'
So days and weeks went on and little
reckoned Miss Doris of any harm she
might be doing herself or him; yet, to
the groom's credit be II said never
once did he "presume"-to use an old
time word she doubtless would have
scouted-on his young mistress kind
ness. Still did 1t need a distinct re-
quest on her part to bring him to her
side as now today. .
A word or two did she speak-the
beauty of the sky, the sparkle on the
sea, then question--had he read a
book she had told him of? ~ +
YES" was his answer, half or it, and
that half be did not like at all. An
argument, eager and somewhat hot on
the lady's part, ensued, the groom
sticking quietly and respectfully to his
point, while his mistress drritated per-
haps by the fidgeting of her mare,
which could not brook contradiction In
the matter of a wished-for gallop), re-
sponded sharply, conscious of her own
weakness, and was rapidly losing her
temper when. What happened ex-
actly was never quite clear to either.
Whether or not the mare stumbled or
put her foot In hole, unnoticed by
her absorbed rider; anyhow, she
plunged forward, recovered herself.
aud reared. then with snort OF min
sled fright and indignation dashed
wildly of, dragging from her mistress
careless hands the loosely held rein. TO
Nap on her own neck. bringing on her
self thereby o mad frenzy of alarm! |!
For one second of horror, groom and
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
TWICE SAVED.

Miss Doris and her groom cantered
together across the downs that swept
in broad folds Of many-tinted greens
toward the sea flashing and sparkling
In golden sun-gleams on the horizon.
She, the 17-year-old only child OF
parents married late In life, elderly
now, with settled ways and habits ac-
cording Ill with the latter-day intru-
sion of restless youth-this growing mp
Of the daughter they doubtless loved
but little apprehended.
Fair she was and sweet, happy in her
recent emancipation from school re-
straints and trammels, content with
life. unaware as yet of her lack OF
parental comprehension and control,
her youthful mind attuned to all
maiden fancies in their modern garb
Of universal brotherhood" equality,
the leveling of class distinctions as
preached by her best-loved school,
mate, the daughter of an ardent, we'll
known socialist leader.
He who iode beside her at her own
iNIuNSt, q AC" yCdlS OluNi oAAty' SSN"
looking, manly, with that air OF clear
cut cleanliness common to grooms in
general, not so very long ago the pride
of his schoolmaster, captain OF the
village cricket club, refined, too, for
his class, in speech and manners,
steady and sober in stables and kitch'
en-, as his fellow-servants could have
told.
In very truth were there not the
elements of romance in the air!
Youth, beauty, innocence, with the
scent Of spring, the tanning OF the soft
west wind in the sunshine.
After awhile the girl drew rein, her
companion doing likewise, keeping his
horse a little back as though meaning
to fall into his proper place behind her.
But Miss Doris would have none of It,:
she wished to talk, and talk she would
when she so chose. Many a time had
1t happened of late during their morn
ing rides.
At first the groom had responded
shyly in monosyllables, "Yes, miss,
mo, miss" as the case required, in a
manner little satisfactory to enthusias-
tic maiden attempts at surmounting
class barriers, but Miss Doris had the
courage Of conviction-a little patience
and matters mended themselves.
A social evening" in the parish
schoolroom, including, among other
items, a would-be tragic reading
, turned into hopeless comedy by the
accident Of forgetfulness on the re-
citer's part, gave occasion. The groom
bashfully described similar incident
as happening at like entertainment
in his own village home across the
, county and the ice was broken. the
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
CHARMING REsTFUL WOMAN.
Repcse Is Very Attractive Feminine
Quality.

Quality.
! The reposeful woman is as invigorat-
ing as tonic in this age when women
generally live at pressure that rem
ders them dizzy" Among the most
attractive qualities that any woman
can possess is the charm of repose
The reverse of this is so generally
J true-women are nearly always so
! fdgety, so nervous, SO hurried, that to
find one who moves about quietly and
assuredly, without excitement, and
/ with tranquility unshaken by the
little events of life, is as refreshing as
/ the quiet of the dusk after the turmoil
. of the day, and gives to us something
OF the same restful feeling. So many
women, in their desire to gain admira-
ton, feel that they must be contin-
ually doing something to attract at
| tention to themselves. They laugh
and giggle until we feel like crying out
with the harassed hero of Tennyson's
| poem, 'Prithee, weep, May Lillian"
| they futter about room, they talk
ceaselessly and exclaim and calculate
over every trivial happening; they
fdget with fan or their ornaments,
until they have exhausted their own
nervous force as well as ours with
meaningless movements. Nothing
could be greater fallacy than to i'm
agine this wins admiration, especially
from men. Pettish, fussy and erratic
ways are amusing enough when a girl
is under 20, and the man very little
| more, but after that the grown man
wants peace OF mind and body, and he
turns to the woman who can rise above
the petty annoyances of life and who
| does not demand too much of his en-
| thusiasm. There is a great passage
in one of Tolstoi's novels, where the
young wife of an old man goes to her
husband with all the pent-up story OF
her struggles and temptations and
emotions. He listens to it, and then
gives her only the smile Of man anx-
| ious not to be disturbed. There are
| many times when every woman feels
the same thing. We get, in time, to
uiSdu thoSc VI OuI lElcuuS VIM al .
intense, who are always either in alb
surdly high spirits or preternaturally
blue. They make too great drafts on
our sympathy. for they demand that
We shall feel as they do about every
thing, and 1t Is a relief to turn to the
placid woman who gives us nothing
but the sense of rest and peace. An
other argument, If it were needed, in
favor Of cultivating purposes, is that
1t does more to keep one young than
all the cosmetics ever invented. Irrita-
bility makes wrinkles, worrying Is the
sure forerunner Of gray hairs, excite
ment shortens life. 1t is the quiet
woman OF reposeful manners that the
| years pass by without leaving a mark.
Another thing is that the woman who
can keep calm Is always the one who
succeeds. She is always master OF
herself, and any situation. and she
never knows those awful hours with
which most of US are too sadly famil-
lar, when she has to repent in sack
cloth and ashes the thing she did and
said in the moment of excitement. In
| nature and human nature it is the
great silent forces that are irresistible.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
WRITERS 5 OF pIAv.
They Are Usually Paid a Pa
Gross Recs,n..

=
Gross Receipts
Wonderful stories are told !,
amounts paid to dramatic authors !. =
W. J. Henderson in Scribper,s I,.s ~
were true. they would prove tha, NY
quickest way to get rich was to ss y
successful play. 1t takes tvo -. .aa
however, for q skilled dram,,,..' ''1s
Bronson Howard, to make plar - -
he cannot guarantee that Il v,,,' y
liked by the unfathomable nnh,a
do not know what Mr.. Howard :.
ceives' but the typical pay Of a a,,n.
tic author is 5 per cent Of the pro.. -
ceipts weekly. But there is no A.
standard OF payments. Some a.
wrights get a certain sum down 's $.
the usual royalty of per cent NJ.
ers are paid on a sliding scale q.
noted pair Of collab borators recei,oa !. I
one OF their productions 6 per een, !,
the gross receipts up to $1,000 ana 4
per cent additional of each ope H..
sand over that figure. As their NAV.
drew $4,000 a week for the srst !,
weeks their managers had to nav than
s7OO week for the use Of their yo,s
In the case OF purely theatrical hat
work smaller prices are paid ana 4,
rate Is often fixed at so much ni,s,
SIS being a good fee. For adaptatIo,,
royalties are seldom paid In this conn.
try. A manager usually hires hat
dramatist and pays him a lumn sn
for his work. For operetta adauu.
tions very small prices are paid; tha.
is why the adaptations are usually s,e.
poor trash. No man who can do soo
work can afford to accept the term,
Original operettas, IL successful n7
both managers and authors very well
D'Oyly Carte offered Gilbert and suIll.
van 10000 down for the exclusly,
rights to the Pirates of Penzapces
They declined the offer, accepted Their
customary royalties, and got flsOW /
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
Europe.s Oldest COLONY.

Iceland is the oldest colony possess
ed by any European country. 1t has
belonged to Denmark since 1889. Orig
inally colonized by Norwegians in STA,
1t remained republic till 1892, when it
became subject to the Norwegian
crown. In 1889 Norway and Denmark
were united, and when these two king
doms separated Iceland remained
Danish.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
mad. and spangies

The masses of beads ana ~ ~ ,Iss.
which have been so popular = - "
ing dresses during the winter fr,aastili 4
over white mousseline de 'S,v Sosp, ID
late latest fancy for the evening sossi sss.,Si. !
the seams, which are sasu lna,sb bsps,a
the new tunic. are hidden s M IA
,ace la. the idea being to give ~
of n seamless gown
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
Dutch Courage.

watts--I don't believe this nonsense
about whisky making man brave.
Boozehte-My friend, II 1t wasn't for
the whisky / would not have the
courage to go home.--Indianapolis
Journal.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
wnv She Did !.

"why is it," they asked ss. avn vel,
let your husband 81 ..phs,s,s.1 have hi' she she ~
everything" Becau'., nrs 10 ~
Il like to have some one boston Il Jss'
when things go WRONG
nal. I.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20
CHAPTER VIII.

IOLANTE. screen
ed by the arbor
from the observa-
tion Of the rude
throng around her.
and sickened by
the horrible oaths
a n d bloodthirsty
imprecations that
continually reach
ed her ears, laid
b er head b a C k
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20

Nine. Nevada, the pris,S sIsysc,, Si :
was Miss wixom OF .rOIsd..dausats :
now Mrs. Palmer Is ! s'
Mrs. John Mackay' 4-
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-20

Miss Ada Rehan is said to be worth
at least $4,000.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-18
RoyaIty Has Its TroubIes.

Neither noble birth money both combined
happiness, 1t Is with the man or
woman-with self. and then contingent on being born
right rightly brought up. King Leopold Of Belgium
is whom few Those who think he has all
offer simply do not know his history or
that Of his family There reasons for believing
that his head is uneasy. And they not all political
King Leopolds domestic relations unhappy.
The differences between himself and have long
matter notoriety The eldest daughter like the
sister, Empress Charlotte of Mexico. is in lunatc
asylum. This child, Princess Louise, married to
Prince Philip, of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha- 1t she who
had the scandalous escapade with Lieutenant Kegevitch
of the Austrian lover in the penitentiary
and she declared insane Since her detention her
husband has obtained decree Of divorce The second
daughter Crown Princess Stephane lost her husband,
Rudolph Of Austria, in shocking tragedy at Meyerling
The only born to the couple the Duke Of Brabant,
died in 1867, when only old. He died suddenly
that his death generally ascribed to poison. The
heir to the throne is Prince Albert OF Flanders only
of King Leopods younger brother TALL solderly-look
ing young fellow. He is the only herdrect for his only
brother, Prince Baldwin, his death
under mysterious circumstances which bore str
ing analoges to the tragedy Meyerng which the
Crown Prince of Austria his life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-18
Daily Eagle
I'M MURDOCH, Editsr.


We do not know but that the poor Pops are entitled
to sypathies of people, least those Of that
party who have lost political places
Of its founders. having set the Pop official
since her day any willingness give his
place either when defeated at the expiration Of his
Breidentha having written the law which orig
mated Office worded it that he has been enabled
to hold without reference to political mutations or
verdict people the ballot box. But his
adjutors and conferees not been lucky One by
one ss the political teat has been pulled from their
lips they have set up piteous wall, but by one
they have been pulled OF all Breidenthal who
caters Republican party. and patronizes CORES
pondents President and his Socialisc associates
of the State Agricultural College finally yielded TO
the Inevitable and in yielding only college,
but left the state majority of them losing their
jobs quit or their trumphs Also But Breiden
thai has running mate. His is DR.. H. 2. GILL;
who has been superseded by a Republican named Dr.
Swan secretary Of the State Board Of Health GILL;
having no opening on the outside at mines
elsewhere awaiting him. refuses to vacate his rooms at
taken his keys and other belongings the poor
Pop penchant his position in the hall out
side of his old Office with camp stool. table
and candle he transact business at the old
stand. that the spectacle is pathetic one
Realizing the only party that succeeded in Civ
ing him place and done for, and knowing that
for him position will again be- that
time Of all will him ascending the noble
steps Capitol in sef-conscious dignity he gazes
camplaceny its skyvauting dome, in very despera-
clings the insignia Of his former greatness The
people of Topeka the state officers the political loungers
the City correspondents, ALL jeer
old and laugh at his calamity Such wanton
city proves that there is thrOb to the marble
who counts Of the bands squads shaOls
and herds that go to make up political menagerie
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-18
The Baroness Now Hrs. Paderewski.

The dispatch as to Paderewskrs second marriage has
been settled by his Of the
Baroness Won Rosen is his wife. It is almost twenty
years since the first great into Paderews
life and within twelvemonth left him overcome
with grief and gloom Born in 1861 age
rewsk playing concert in Russia and At
village in serva, at of his he first
Hassal daughter of wealthy Roumanian. who a few
months afterwards became his wife, were the days
when the great pianist struggling for foothold He
and perhaps could not give his delicate wife
the she needed Soon after his twentieth birthday she
died, leaving little behind her For a while Pade-
rewsd utterly stunned by the shock her death.
Then he threw himself passonatey into music