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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Teach the Children to Swim.

With the first opportunity the child
should be taught how to swim. The
prejudice, widespread among city peo-
pie against fresh-water bathing, is as
unfounded as the correlative prejudice
against daily cold baths in winter at
home. 1t is true that many children
who are distinctly scrofulous or lynn
pathic. who suffer from nasal and
other mucous catarrhs. who have ten
denotes to tuberculosis, or even suffer
from some form of actual tubercular
disease, are in especial need of the sea
air and salt water bathing. For them
surf-bathing should be chosen In pref
erence to all other. But unless such
clear indication exists, the advantage
of swimming is so great that 1t should
often decide The. selection of coIntry
or summer residence. The advantages
Of swimming are twofold. The shock
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
SEsEfsi


This "scurfy SCALE" or Harris
louse." Chionaspis furfurus, is much
broader than the oyster-shell louse,
much paler, almost white in color. and
much thinner in texture. The cast
larval skins are at the narrow end OF
the scale, and in general the life his
tory is like that of the oyster bark
louise. The larvae also hatch during
the early days of June. and are orange
rather than yellow in color. The male
scales are comparatively very small
and almost snow white. The eggs are
developed In September and are deep
purplish brown, varying from twenty
to eighty or more, but fewer In num-
Der than the oyster-sheIl louise. This
scale prefers the pear among orchard
trees, and the Kieffer is its fayorite
variety OF the shade trees poplars
are most frequently infested, and Of
the small fruits currants are usual
victims. Pear trees are sometimes so
badly infested that their trunks seem
whitewashed. and in such cases seri-
GUS injury or death results. There is
only one brood Of these scales, and the
winter Is passed In the egg stage.
As against the oyster-shell louise and
the scurfy scale winter applications
are unsatisfactory, because they do not
kill the eggs. The scales may be cor
roded and the eggs in large part scat
tered. but many OF them will remain
attached to the TRUNK and will hatch
in due time, while II the scales are at
all massed many will, II weakened,
yet suffice to protect and hold togeth-
er the egg clusters. Insect eggs are
extremely dinicult to kill, even with a
substance so penetrating as kerosene;
hence all applications to this end must
be more or less ineffective.
The weak point in the life history
Of these scales is In the unprotected
larval stage, in which they succumb
easily to even weak insecticides. A
10 per cent mechanical mixture OF ker-
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Adloi Stevenson's
Story of the Man
With q Thirst.

upon doctor, who refused to give him
q prescription because he could find
nothing about his constitution that
was wrong. "well. what am going
to do about 1t. docr" inquired the
thirsty man In tones Of desperation.
He would have been willing to con-
tract the smallpox for the taste OF
bit of hot stun at just that moment.
The doctor was q good natured sort
Of q fellow. and In wise sort OF tone
he dropped the suggestion that there
was q nest Of snakes not more than
mile and half from town. II he
could manage to get bit by snake he
would have to have whisky as an an
tidote, and the doctor w2uld make out
the prescription. The man with thirst
was overjoyed. and started on to the
snake cave. An hour and half later
he returned, tired. dusty and disconso-
late. well, did you do as told your
inquired the doctor. my, dear sir"
replied the man with the thirst. II
called on the snakes. but discovered
ttat every one Of them had their bites
snsssed for SIX months ahead. !
guilt"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

his vacation in the country or on the
water. In severe cases the skin is
red, slightly swollen, and the seat OF
a sharp, burning sensation; II the ex-
posure has been prolonged, or the
glare of the sun very intense, 1t may
even be blistered. After a few days
the soreness and heat subside, and the
red color gradually burns brown. IL
the burn is pretty severe, cooling To-
tions, such as alcohol and water, di-
luted cologne water, solution Of BIZ
carbonate OF soda, or lead water, may
be applied, or the skin may be
smeared with cold cream, camphor
ice, zinc ointment, or a mixture of
lime-water and oil. Some such appli-
cation as this, the sufferer being care
full to keep out of the sun for day
or two, will usually suffice. II tlisters
form, they should be pricked with a
clean needle at the most dependent
part, and when the water has drained
away they should be covered with a
cloth spreai with one Of the greasy
applications just mentioned. Freckles
occur usually on persons Of sandy
complexion, especially those with red
hair. They are not common in very
young children under or years OF
age. or In persons Of middle or ad-
vanced life. They usually come In for
the first time In summer. and are less
marked, or even disappear. In winter.
Persons who freckle do not tan. as q
rule. Freckles, like sunburn, may be
prevented by the wearing OF veil.
preferably red or brown. Medical
books some time speak OF removing
freckles by electricity. or by touching
each one with drop Of carbolic acid
on a glass rod. but such severe reme-
dies are worse than the disease. The
spots will fade out more or less COM
pleteiy In the winter, and will disap-
pear wholly In time. In any case
they are not particularly disfguring.
Youths Companion.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Aptitude for Figures.

Early in life Jimmie Fox OF Fair
Haven, VT, showed q remarkable fond
ness for figures. and now that he is If
teen years old he is an able mathema-
tician. Recently he stood test before
the Teachers Institute at Fair Haven,
and worked out problems that some Of
the teachers could not solve. He has
obtained situation as accountant in
q New York steamship office. His new
situation gives him chance to put in
practical operation his peculiar pow
ers, and yields him a fair salary. He
is saving his money for the purpose OF
fitting himself for a college course. BY
careful economy he expects to have
enough money laid by In few years.
His plan Is to make speciality Of
mathematics, and prepare himself to
hold q professionally In some college. !,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Sndkebites
all Engaged

:. nominAtion OF Adlai z. Steven
wr the vics-prssidency BY the
s.Atic party recalled TO the men,
" the Iowa State Bar association
ssre present at the banquet given
CRY. Ia. July II. 1899. q story
~ NJ. Stevenson at that banquet.
Aepened to bs q guest In Sioux
y The time. at the home Of hi,
hrs. e. 8. McCaashey. Mr..
was quite the lion at the
y which NO wine was served,
zen be was called upon By
=. Crosby. Of oarnaviiio. Ia.
usnt OF the association and toast
- ior the occasion, he aross and
so that, tnasmuch a. he was not
z story. - u'u
story was about a man who
. small prohibition, toxl IL
49, s o. Maine. and while there
d go with . great, abiding thirst
49, There. being no saloons
~ aug stoss There ~ waS
SOah set Whisky only ON the
ION Of physician, Hs called
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
SUNBURN AND FREcKLES.
Why They Come and How They Should


Why They Come and How They Should
BE Treated.
Both of these affections are caused
by the action of the suns rays, but
why one person tans while another
freckles is not easy of explanation.
Both affections are said to be caused
chiefly by the chemical or ultraviolet
rays, but in the case of sunburn it is
probable that the heat also has some
effect. The tan may come gradually,
without any burn, after succession
of slight and brief exposures to the
sun or to high winds-for wind will
tan as we'll as sunshine. Usually,
burned during the first few days OF
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

Zeppelin himself spent an enorm-
sum OF money In the work, and
emperor of Germany and several
the kings and princes of Germany
Jed him materially by furnishing
limited government facilities. Scores
patents were bought and their best
most efficient ideas utilized.
he airship is an immense thing, be-
almost 400 feet long--that is. as
as an ocean steamship in length
about 33 feet in diameter. The
" is Of aluminium, and has been
" described In the Sunday Press
d pictures.
he huge balloon was launched from
noating home to raft, which was
ten In town b. a steamship and
sged well out into the lake. Dur
the voyage the airship proved the
cheney Of its propellers by moving
raft Independently when the tow
vessel had east of the hawsers.
zen the airship finally was in Its
per position the ascent began ex-
'entiy well, much to the surprise of
ny who had prophesied that the
q craft could not possibly rise.
German government had desig-
ed Captain Won Eigsfeld of the
Fonautical Department of the army,
conduct the experiments, and cap
balloons with anemometers and
er instruments had been raised at
'ous points to enable the observers
Keep exact records of the wind velo-
~ and directions during the test.
soon as the hawsers were cast off
snip began to rise. But at first the
"a rose little more rapidly than
tne bow. and the bow propellers
70 De set to work. At once the
oiity OF the airship was perfect,
II ascended majestically, broad
70 the wind. The rudders were
anu Immediately had their effect,
ene airship turned into the wind.
ere u held its position, although the
= tnen was blowing at the rate OF
,ost ten miles an hour. Unfortun-
y 9e crank governing the control
,isnts broke shortly after the bal
naa demonstrated its capacity for
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

scale, and with very primitive meth
DDS. 1t has been totally discouraged
by the officials. whose ideal is a coun-
try OF small proprietors, self-suficing,
each family producing its own food,
It's own raw materials for clothing,
cotton, or silk, the family doing all the
spinning, weaving, and clothing of its
own members; hence the small i'm
portance they attach to trade, and
their negligence, not to say dislike, to
all intercourse with outside nations.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Picters.l Po.t-Csrd Cra.e.

A fresh impetus will be given to the
pictorial postcard craze by the ingen-
ious invention Of an Italian, who has
hit upon the idea of producing a card
which not only depicts scene In coli
ors. but likewise serves as q kind Of
barometer. According as the atmos-
phere varies the colors change on the
cards, and the inventor has so con-
trived that the colors shall be used so
as to give each scene illustrated the
effect that would be produced under
different atmospheric conditions.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

of the cold water on the surface of the
body offers powerful stimulus to the
network of nerves spread over the
skin, a stimulus conveyed directly to
the nerve centers. This first advan-
tage is shared by home bathing, or by
swimming in the tanks Of city gym
nasiums. But in addition to this first
effect the complex muscular exercise
involved excellently initiates the sys-
tenn Of muscular training, on which,
from the age of three years. must be
placed our chief reliance for the invig-
grafton of children.
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cruised around at will. at a good rate
of speed. The next test is to be made
In q few months.
China; n Ruskin Ideal

Archibald Little, In an interesting
paper read before the Liverpool Geo.
graphical Society, which has special
importance in view OF recent events,
points out that the economic ideals
advocated by Ruskin have been to a
great extent realized in the Chinese
empire. The Chinese, he said, have
made Of China vast garden, with not
a weed In it. Their system of manur-
ing is highly sanitary. The streams
are unpolluted, and no underground
drainage lays traps for the unwary.
With regard to the riches lying below
the surface, the same cannot be said.
Mining Is carried on upon very small
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

Recent experiments show that po-
tatoes contain poison known as
solanin. New potatoes contain COM
paratively little Of this poison unless
they grow above the surface of the
ground and have green skin. Gard
eners should. therefore. be careful to
thoroughly earth-up potato-rows.
Old potatoes contain much more OF
this poisonous principle soianin. and
many cases Of serious poisoning have
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

that the little case which II bears
looks like a miniature cigar about half
an inch long. These little cigars may
be found sticking straight up from the
twigs, leaves or fruit on which the
caterpillars are resting. II is pecu-
liar little scoundrel, and ought to be
suppressed. Both thess insects can be
killed readily by spraying with paris
green In the usual manner.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

The Michigan experiment station
asked this question OF come OF the
largest dealers In wool: Els the use Of
inferior twine and too much OF 1t
common enough to make 1t advisable
to explain 70 wool growers the best
grades of twine to use. the amount to
use. etc.," 1t publishes the following
answers:
Answer by NO. 1.-The use OF In
ferior twine, and too much OF 1t. In
certainly a great drawback to the
marketing of Michigan wool, and un-
der all circumstances should the use OF
sisal or binding twine be avoided. as
manufacturers discriminate strongly
against feeeces tied up In this manner,
as the vegetable substance gets into
the yarns and ruins them unless the
wool is carbonized. The latter process
takes the life out of the fiber and also
weakens It, hence carbonized wool Is
only used In inferior fabrics. We think
six TO eight feet of twine Is sufficient
to tie the wool in such manner that the
heeces can be marketed in good shape.
Answer by No. at Is advisable for
the grower to use as little twine az
possible, and such twine should be Of
the best grade. 1t should simply be
wound round the fieeces once.
Answers by Nos. 8. 4. and 9.--Yes.
Answer by No. GA small hard
round twine should be used, tying up
the fieeces once across each way, the
same as you would tie up box, not
using any more twine than is actually
necessary. A thick fiber twine is very
detrimental and most especially that
called sisal.
Answer by No. THE use Of infs-
rior twine Is disadvantage.
Answer BY No. S.--The use Of sisal
twine is very serious injury to wool.
and causes such damage In certain
kinds OF manufacture that manufac-
turers are obliged to use foreign woods
to escape the risk of damage to their
goods. II your efforts can prevent the
use OF sisal twine throughout the stats
IT will make one step towards popu-
larizing Michigan wool.
$40 buAAStAu AuTlucI says oS9AuCo
weight there is still another reason
why buyers object to coarse twine.
The coarse, hard fibers of the twine are
apt to work in among the wool hbers
Manufacturers flnd 1t dificult to sep
arate these foreign fbers from the
wool, and unless they are removed
they work injury to goods manufac-
tured from such wool. We believe the
time has come when Michigan wool
growers should adopt q small twine of
better quality. A small linen twfne
used by nearly all wool growers In
Australia is to ssbe recommended In
every way. While such twine costs
about 25 cents per pound 1t runs near
iy 200 feet to the pound. A pound OF
linen twfne should therefore tie 40
heeces, allowing twenty feet to each
fleece. This linen twine is soft twinc
and should the fbers become MIXED
with the wool hbers there would be
no injury done. Number 10 hemp u
also to be recommended. There are
about sixteen hundred feet Of this
twine to the pound and It can be pur-
chased for about 10 cents per pound.
The only objection raised to the use Of
a small fine twine for tying wool was
that 1t was hard on the wool packers
hands. III,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

Massachusetts, has 262 high schools.
Twenty-Five per cent Of the children
who attend the public schools avail
themselves OF high school privileges,
the percentage rising In many towns
TO thirty, forty. and even fifty per
cent. Is II not most time for "cranks'
to talk about the ave per cent OF the
children who ever go to the high
schoolg--Journsl OF Education.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Flight fGahr Won ZEPPELIN e7AIRSHIp|

|bese pictures show the first tests OF
preat airhsip built by the Count
| Zeppelin in q floating shop on
9 been required to construct it,
Int,sts Of the entire world have
|ched Il with interest, for II was ac-
t.a generally as a fact that this air
\ represented the most advanced
,ractical ideas of the age. Count
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

occurred in the late summer when old
potatoes were used.
In 1892 and 1893 there was almost
Wholesale poisoning among the troops
Of the German army. In this case
1t was found that In old potatoes kept
In a damp place and beginning to
sprout there was "a times as much
solanin as in new potatoes.-Tit-Bits
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
horticultural Observations.

It Is hard work for the farmer to
keep watch for all the insects that prey
upon his crops. yet this hard work
must be undertaken II success Is to be
his. A knowledge of entomology Is
very necessary in nearly every position
in which the fruit grower is placed.
Sometimes the insects that do the most
damage are the small ones.
Secretary Barnard Of the Nebraska
State Horticultural society says that
the ground in both blackberry and
raspberry patches should be stirred
four or Ave inches deep once year by
a one-horse stirring plow or some 9TH
er instrument that will thoroughly stir
the ground, then the soil kept loose by
frequent cultivation. Prune blackberry
In winter or spring: take out all old
wood, and cut back new wood TO three
or four feet. Cut on all side shoots
that hang over the row or they will
make your horsa afraid to walk close
to the row when cultivating. Summer
pruning or plnching Of the blackberry
can be avoided with good results. az
the large leaves on top Of the strong
young shoots will partially shade the
ripsning berries. which Is very bsns-
fcisl. There win be enough fruit buds
below the four-foot mark to furnish all
berries that the cane can ripen with
out this pinching back.
The Vermont experiment station re-
ports that two insects have been very
destructive In Vermont this season.
The first Ii the canker worm. some
times known as the measuring worm.
This 10 q small green or brownish
worm or caterpillar about an inch
long. II feeds on the apple leaves. and
on other trees sometimes. II may be
found spinning down from the
branches on fine silky thread any
time during the day. This insect is
smaller and greener than the forest
tent caterpillar. and does not run Ia
such large farrilies. II does q good
Deal Of damage In some cases, how
ever. The other insect In the cigar
case bearer. 90 called from the tact
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

maneuvering against the wind. and the
craft had to descend Despite its size
this operation was performed with sig
nal success. So gentle was the motion
that those in the gondolas could not
determine the exact moment when
they struck the water. After reaching
the surface of the lake the engines
were started ahead. and the airship
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06

osene and water, kerosene emulsion.
to IL. or whale oil soap, pound In
4 gallons Of water, may be successfully
used. and. as all the eggs hatch at
about the same time. one thorough ap-
plication made while the larvae are
crawling will SO clear tree as to
make 1t safe for two or three years at
least.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
soili.s Crops.

A communication from the Vermont
Experiment Station says: An old adj
age hath It that closing the barn door
after the theft of the horse is not the
best method Of preventing burglary.
Yet 1t is held to be worth while as
discourager of further pilfering.
The dairyman who within the past
few weeks has seen his cows shrinking
and his creamery checks dwindling
feels inclined to shut the barn door
and stop the loss. How may he do this
best? II he has planted soiling crops
like peas and oats, Hungarian millet.
and the like and has been supplement-
ing the dying pastures with green feed
In the barn OF yard, he has closed the
door before rather than after the theft
has prevented rather than cured.
Moreover, the necessity for the sum-
mer feeding Of grain is greatly les
sened. II he has no recourse to soil
ing crops, nothing but buying grain
can lessen the shrinkage. The Ver-
mont experiment station has for many
years experimental with sundry soil
ing crops, and as q result of its work
recommends to Vermont da.rymen the
large use Of summer silage and OF oats
and peas sown at weekly intervals and
fed during July and August
Silags is probably the cheaper food:
oats and peas somewhat the better. II
the former 10 contemplated as steady
summer diet for years. II would be
we'll to consider the erection Of ape
cial summer silo, preferably round.
with q small feeding area, q small
diameter and relatively great depth.
Silage spread over ;Args surface in
summer. spoils rapidly and loses large
y In feeding value. II oats and peas
bs chosen they should bs sown In sue
cessive lots at weekly intervals. the
two sown separately, the peas first
rather deeply and narrowed In; the
oats two or three days later and
bushed In. A better catch Ia likely 10
be secured in this way than II sown
together. TIE crop may bs either fed
green. hayed or put in the silo. Let
those whose July and August milk
yields prove disappointing try silage
or oats and peas next year. They may
not be panaceas, but they will help
greatly TO overcome "tnat tired feel
ing" which afiicts 30 many Vermont
dairymen when midsummer creamery
returns come In.
"vulture hook" is term used when
there are stif projecting feathers nj