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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

When Napoleon said Providence is
always on the side of the strongest bat
talions," he proved the falsity Of his
own precept on his last battlefield. 1t is
not without interest to see how this
applied in some of the worlds great
battles. At Marathon there were 200
600 Persians confronting 1000 Greeks.
The Persian army was routed and the
invasion Of Greece was ended.
Xerxes moved on Greece with his
army of millions. Leonidas with his
immortals met them at Thermopylae
and held the Persians in check, but not
until the heroic Spartan and his fol-
lowers were killed. Subsequently, at
Salamis. Themistocles met the Per-
slams in naval battle. Xerxes watch
ed the struggle from a distance and
wept over the destruction Of his army.
Under Hezekiah Jerusalem was men
aced by 1S5, 900 Assyrians who threat
ened to ruin the city. Not one Assy-
rian soldier saw Jerusalem. At Gau-
gamela Alexander the Great, with A.
600 men, fought 100000 Persians un-
der Darius. The Persians were routed
and Darius assassinated by one Of his
satraps.
The siege Of Jerusalem was the
gloomiest event in the history of man
kind. In A. d. 70 the temple OF Herod
was Just completed. The Jews were
never so naughty and so patriotic. They
were never so disorganized. lnnum-
erable factions divided them. But the
feast OF the Passover and the common
danger enabled Vespasian and Titus to
shut them up in the city. John and ST.
mon, their partisan leaders, hated each
other as cordially as they hated the
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
OURAY, Colorado.
THE COMING
MINING CAPITAL.

been taken out while simply getting
ready TO mine.
There is one spring within two
blocks Of the heart OF town which
alone should, and in time will, attract
thousands of invalids. 1t is still just
as nature created IL. Not even a roof
has been placed above 1t. Clear as
crystal, 1t gushes from the mighty
rock, and so hot that It fairly sizzles.
Eminent physicians have pronounced
it specific for disordered stomach.
Yet nature has been so lavish In her
bounties here that the natives hardly
consider it worth calling to the atten-
tion of their guests.
Big mountains seem to produce big
men, and to this rule Ouray Is no ex-
ception. One would hardly look to a
gold mining camp to find a solution OF
the labor problem, and yet at the
Camp Bird mine, referred to before.
the relations of employees and owner
are well nigh ideal. At the tunnel
mouth, nine miles from town. and
within a few feet Of timber line, Mr..
Walsh has built boarding house for
his men that cost over $4,000. and IL
Is equipped with all the conveniences
and luxuries of city hotel. A we'll
furnished library, billiard rooms,
bowling alleys and bath rooms are free
to all. The kitchen is presided over
by as capable a chef as money can
procure and all of these Accommodations
and comforts are as free to the new
est and greenest laborer as to the
manager Of the whole concern. When
one remembers that in addition to this
Mr.. Walsh pays his men the very high
est wages given for this kind OF work
he is not surprised to learn that labor
strikes and black lists are here un-
known. ...
A description of Ouray, without
mention of Box Canon, would certain
ly be repeating the play of Hamlet
with the hero left out. Bottle" Canon
would be a more appropriate name for
this marvellous freak of nature. Photo
graphs Of IL are numerous. but they
convey but a most imperfect concep-
tion of its grandeur. The twilight
gloom, the deafening roar OF falling
water, the little streak Of blue sky
seen thousands of feet overhead and
the great black walls carved into most
fantastic shapes by the waters Of ten
thousand years unite to inspire in the
beholder e sense of his own littleness
compared with the mighty forces Of
nature as not even the mighty Niagara
can do.
Involuntarily we raise our hats and
remain uncovered as we gaze, and the
most skeptical can not help exclaim-
ing: Surely this is no other than
the work of God" J. S. T.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Gold is
Found There.

The recent meeting Of the Colorado
Editorial Association at Ouray and the
approaching conclaye of the Knights
of Pythias at the same place serve to
call attention to the extraordinary at
fractions OF this wonderfully favored
mountain town.
No place in Colorado has 80 taxed
the descriptive ability Of enthusiastic
visitors, or made them realize so forci-
bly, the poverty of human speech. AS
we'll might one attempt TO describe the
fragrance of the rose to one without
the sense OF smell, of one of Beetho-
ven's symphonies to a person born
deaf as to paint with words the charm.
the grandeur, the beauty Of this Gem
of the Rockies" Other places have
rugged mountains and gloomy canons,
others have rocks on which the colors
Of the rainbow have been indelibly
photographed, still others have gush-
ing springs and roaring waterfalls and
glens carpeted with myriads Of fiow-
ers Of every hue, but in no other place
ever visited by the writer are all of
these attractions so concentrated and
on such a prodigious scale as in the
little basin in which is located Ouray.
Nor are it's natural attractions IIs
only ones. Its hotels are large, modern
and reasonable in their charges. Its
streets wide. clean and we'll sprinkled,
its private homes handsome and nu-
merous, its stores well stocked, its citi-
zens enterprising and courteous to
strangers. Its distance from thickly
populated centers and the fact of its
being off the main line OF railway
are the only reasons We can think of
that account for the comparatively few
people who visit it.
To the mining men of London ana
Paris and Berlin 1t Is well known. Its
golden veins, though Of comparatively
recent discovery, are the wonder of the
world, and at the present moment the
awed Parisians, as they tell one an
other of the magnificent entertain
ments and princely generosity of Mr..
Walsh, owner of the Camp Bird mine,
rub their eyes and ask whether alter
dll tue SlOTleS duOul Alduuiu uldy not
have been true.
A few years ago we all read of the
"Silvery" San Juan. Silver mines there
still are in great number, but as it is
gold the world is now clamoring for,
to gold do the miners of Ouray now
devote their principal attention. II
later diamonds and rubies shall be de-
manded, then let the partisans of Col
conda and of South Africa look to
their laurels.
Notwithstanding the enormous
wealth that is daily pouring out or
their hills, one cannot ride over the
district without realizing that its re-
sources have as yet been scarcely
touched. 1t is still virgin ground. In
all human probability the year 5000
will see it still the center of great
mining activity. Within three blocks
of the leading botel a most important
surface discovery was made only last
winter. Many well informed mining
men consider the Camp Bird the great
est gold mine in America today, and
yet its owner looks upon 1t as but a
prospect, nearly all the values having
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Ten
Years


"I am a school teacher,
have suffered agony
monthly for fem years.
MY nervous system
was q wreck. ! sHffer'0d
with palm In my skdo and
had almost every IN
known. Ihsad taken treat
mont from q number Of
physicians who 0ava mo
no relief.
"One spscfaiisf said no
medicine could help ssses
Z must submit 10 nm
operation.
"I wrote 10 Mrs. Pink
ham, stating my case, and
received a prompt reply.
Z took Lydia e. Pknltlsasss,s
Vegetable Compound and
followed H5e advice given
me and now ! suffer no
moro. IF any one cares
to know more about my
0aso, ! will oh6erfHIiy
ans wer all letters. ''--
MISS EDNA ELLIS, Hig-
Hi1SDOsf, Ohio,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Great Battles of
History%
VICTORY NOT
ALWAYS ON THE
SIDE OF THE
HEAVIEST BATTlLIONS

Romans. When their followers were
not lighting one another during the
siege they were opposing the Romans.
Vespasian and Titus cast trenches
about the city. not one stone was left
upon another of their beautiful temple
as the Savior predicted, and 100000
Jews perished in that awful holocaust.
In the Russian campaign Napoleon
lost 475,000 men. His legions melted
and died under the falling snowfaks.
The naval battle of Lepanto between
the Christians and Don John Of Austria
and the Turks was one Of the fiercest
contests of the middle ages. The Chris
tians numbered $4,000 and the Turks
120, 900 men. The Turkish feet was de-
stros ed. its commander killed and the
Moslem naval power was crushed on
the Mediterranean.
At Waterloo Wellington had 10000
men and 159 cannon. Napoleon con-
fronted him with 10000 men and 240
cannon. Napoleon claimed he had We'll
lington in his grasp. But he was fac
ing destiny. A rainstorm of the night
before wrought havoc with the move
ments OF his artillery. Grouchy failed
to come up. According to Victor Hugo,
the sunken road Of Oham ruined the
charge of Napoleon's cavalry. When
the night came Napoleon was fugi-
tive.
In the Boer war the battles of Tuge-
la will be considered memorable. Jou-
bert, with 1000 Beers, defeated Butler,
with $4,000 British, and drove them
across the Tugela river three times.
This is one of the most notable battles
of our time and denoted the invincible
genius of the South African geL,ral.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
ELECTRICITY TRUST.
Corporation Organized to Control
The Plants of Wisconsin.

Milw aukee, Aug. ga trust in cleo
tricity to control every plant and sys-
tenn in Wisconsin has been planned by
Milwaukee capitalists. This company,
the articles of which were filed with
the register of deeds yesterday, can
purchase or get control of everything
with which electricity has a connection.
The articles also provide that the new
company may operate a street railway
by power other than electricity. The
name of the company is the Wisconsin
Traction, Light. Heat and Power COM
pany. Henry c. Payne, John !. Beggs,
Charles f. Pfister and F. c. Bigelow,
all of Milwaukee, are the incorpora-
tors.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

which at one time during Che grow !ng
season was pronounced failurs. and
1t scored at Is bushels to the acre and
graded No. !. Other yields are re-
ported at l6 to 20 bushels per acre. Not
all the wheat in this locality will yield
at these rates by any means, but II Is
safe to say that all of IL will run from
s TO 20 bushels per acre.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Claims Self-Defense.

Prairie du Chen, Wis, Aug. 26. -
Thomas Vavara was arrested here by
Sheriff Hunter on a warrant charging
him with attempt to kill and murder.
The warrant was gotten out by a man
named Ledecker, who claims TO be the
private secretary Of Col. Cody. Vavara
is out on bail to appear for trial Aug.
80. 1t is not thought that Cody and
his men will appear against Vavera,
for Vavara was acting as police and
shot the men in self-defense.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Duluth street Railway Company IL
Again ON n sound Footing.

Duluth. Mimi. Aug. 22.-Two steps
In the street railway consolidation ap-
peared on record here yesterday. The
receivership of the Duluth street Rail-
way company was terminated by or
der Of the district court. the receiver
was discharged, and the company
gave a trvst deed to the Central Trust
Company Of New York, covering first
mortgage per cent bonds to the
amount OF s2.5oc,000, which are to lie
used 10 take up the outstanding in
debtedness and extend the lines OF the
company.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
A BOSTON INSTITUTION.

Among the unique institutions of Boston
is the Peabody Medical Institute, No. Bull
finch st. established nine years before the
death Of the great philanthropist, the late
Mr.. George Peabody, from whom it takes
its name. During the past 80 years it has
The medical publications Of this institute
have millions OF readers, and are as stand.
ard as gold. Their last pamphlet for men
only, % pages, entitled "Know Thyself, " is
sent free by mail, sealed. on receipt Of 6
cents for postage.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
GOOD POLICEMAN
Foiled a Safe Robbery at Aberdeen
Two Arrests.

Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 26.-An unsuc-
cessful attempt was made 10 burglar
ize A. G. Whites hardware store. A
policeman noticed two suspicious char
acters in the rear of the premises,
who fed. leaving behind them a stick
of dynamite and some tools. The ex-
plosive was evidently intended for the
safe. Two strangers were subsequent
IL arrested for TIE crime.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
New York's Passenger station.

Work on the remodeling os the
Grand Central stadon, New York. is
being carried on steadily. The new
waiting room will be 70 by 100 feet and
wide concourse will be built across
both train sheds between the waiting
room and the southern end of all the
tracks. The regular train service has
not been interfered with during the
alterations.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
How Ii Occurs.

watts-I can't understand why so
many of these prizehghters eventually
drift into acting.
Potts-You can't? Now, IL a prize
fighter were to tell you he thought he
could act, and asked your opinion.
what would you tell him?-Indianap-
oils Press.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
CnfYee md Ruhher.

La Crosse, Wis. Aug. 26.-Tha Mex
lean Plantation and Development
company is the name OF new cor
poration just formed here by William
T. Tunke and r. r. Schaettle Of this
city, and Charles r. Seller of Alma.
The company will deal In coffee and
rubber lands in Mexico and South
America.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Buildings struck by Lightning.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 26. - A heavy
electrical storm struck this city yester-
day morning. during the progress Of
which several dwellings and barns
were struck by lightning and damaged
to a great extent. Several horses were
killed. Reports at the Southern Min
nesota division Offices of the Milwau-
kee road state that heavy rain fell all
along the division, doing considerable
damage to crops, which are now be-
ing harvested.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
FEAR FOUL rAY.
Joseph Fortin Dies Under Suspicious
Circumstances.

JOseph Forth Dies Under Suspicious
Circumstances.
Cloquet, Mimi, Aug. 26.-Joseph For
tin was removed from an Eastern Min
nesota railway train in a crazed con-
dition. He was taken to the village
Jail and medical attendance provided,
but it was Of no avail ss he died.
Fortin was sent to stony Brook by the
Western Employment Agency of Min
neapolis to work for o. w. Erickson,
contractor on the new cutoff of the
Great Northern line. There is a sus-
picion of foul play at Stony Brook, as
there Is an alleged blind pig" there
which is reputed to have caused con-
siderable trouble. The remains are be-
ing cared for pending the arrival OF
relatives. who have been notified. 1t
Is probable that an inquest will be held.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
uo,,le La,.c Druggist. Arrested.

Battle Lake, MINI, Aug. 2s.-Kjar-
lang & tIermark, proprietors of the
CITY drug store, were arrested for
selling Intoxicating liquors Illegally.
They gave bonds and the case went
over till Monday.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Tobacco Crop Ruined.

Janesville, Wis. Aug. GA terrific
hail storm swept over Rock county and
Il is estimated that two-fifths of the
tobacco crop is ruined. If this should
prove TO be the case the loss would
reach $50o.000.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Dtd He Dare Tell Her SOe

McQueery-I wonder II anything will
ever be invented to take the place Of
bread as the staff OF life.
Mr.. Newliwed-Well, my wife baked
something yesterday that she offered
me as a substitute. 1t certainly wasn't
bread.-Philadelphia Press.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
THE WHEAT YIELDS
ruREsHIxGs FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
ARE LARGE.

.u sections Are Surprised at the
y..uIt. shown by the Threshings
Yields Are Ahead Of the Esti-
.,.. I'm Nearly Every Instance
One Authority Makes an Esti-
u.,e of 32.OOO.OOO Bushels of
v,..t. While Bradstreet's Man
place. the Yield At 2l,2OO,OOO
Bushels.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
One Cbore one of the wny.

amelia. it's a shame for US to quar-
rel this way before we start out"
"Oh, not at all, Edgar; if we have a
right good quarrel now we won't have
a thing to do but enjoy ourselves after
we get on the train. in."--Indianapolis
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Medicine,

I'm glad to note you're enjoying the
soup. Mr.. Sharpey," said Mrs. Starvem.
"oh, / amt taking 1t as soup,
ma 'am," replied the boarder. i've got
dyspepsia, and I heard hot water be-
fore meals was a GOOD thing. g."-Phila-
delphia Press.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Sues for False Arrest.

Fargo. N. D., Aug. 26.--Louis Dudrey,
who was arrested at Hunter on the
charge of disposing of mortgaged
property and released on the hearing.
has brought suit against the Plano
people for damages for false impris-
onment. He was held in Jail at Hun
ter one night and wants the company
to pay for the agony and mental suf-
fering he underwent.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
The Boxers.

The Boxers have rushed the Christ
ian powers against the ropes, for the
moment, but they haven't by any
means found the solar piexus Of the
latter-petroit Journal.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Lod,e. Cuu Wear shoe.

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-E Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen. hot.
sweating. aching feet. ingrowing nails,
corns and bunions. All druggists and
shoe stores, Csc. Trial package FREE.
by mail. Address Allen S. olmsted.
Leroy. N. Y.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
Uncle E. Is Looking for n Hickory.

Uncle Es Ii Looking for Hickory.
by gum" said Uncle Ezra, IT amt
goin' to answer another advertisement
as long as live. ust sent so cents to
a feller down in Connecticut that put
piece in the paper sayin' he had a re-
ceipt to prevent drowndin'."
And didn't he have it?"
mo! The blamed, cheatin' whelp
wrote back to keep away from the
water."- Chicago Times s-Herald.
place."-Pittsburg Disre.ch.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

Indigestion 10 bad companion. Get rid OF
by chewing Q bar Of Adams Pepsin Tuta Fruit,
alter each meal
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
CAUGHT on THE FENCE.
Reckless Handling Of Gun Causes
n Death

Centerville, S. D., Aug. 26.-Charles
Holmberg, a farmer living five miles
north, accidentally shot himself in the
left breast and is dead. He was twen-
ty-eight years old and single. The
trigger of the gun caught in a wire
fence, through which the gun was be-
ing handed to Holmberg.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

Marriage is often a failure In which
the man signs everything over to his
wife.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30
HANGED HERSELF.

MenOmOnie. Wis. Woman Attempts
to Commit suicide.
Menomonie. Wis, Aug. 26. - Mrs.
Stafford of this city hung herself with
a clothes line. Before life was extinct
she was discovered by the neighbors
and cut down. She is supposed to be
partly insane.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

EXPERT TEACHERS instruct at
the Sioux Falls Is. Dak) Business Col
ege. Catalogue free.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

Reason is a mans guide, but princi-
pie Is his safeguard.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

A Chicago grain speculator has spent
100000 on a mining outfit for Cape
Nome.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

A rural editor says the lay Of the hen
! lays all over that of the poet.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-08-30

not BSeD IdIndSeu Dy Il recent
viborg-John Wolff threshed his VIM
ter wheat and the yield was 20 bushels
to the acre. Spring wheat in this VI
cinity is averaging is bushels per ocre.
Mellette--L. Deloy threshed about rs
acres of wheat for L. Ondell that yield
ed 13 bushels TO the acre.
Virginia, Union County-The Doctor
boys finished their threshing ana their
wheat averaged about 16 bushels to the
acre, and their barley above 80 bushels
to the acre.
Lennox--John Yoang threshed out
small load of oats. scarcely an acre,
and got 90 bushels. WiIkert Buse
threshe6 wheat that yielded 25 bushels
per acre, and there are many farmers
who say they expect full as much.
John Knispel, who lives in Delaware
township, expects his wheat to yield
80 bushels to the acre. The small grain
yield will far exceed what has been
estimated.
Aleandiia-New wheat has started TO
come in. II is of excellent quality,
going 81 pounds TO the bushel, which
makes II grade No. l. The Weld Is
much better than expected. One lot
brought In averaged over bushels to
the acre and another close To IL.
Marion-G. Nicoll who lives mile
south OF town, reports the following
crop WELD, Wheat II bushels 10 the
acre barley 30 oats SS. Peter Enge-
brecht, who lives a mile west anu two
miles north of town. states that his
wheat AVERAGED lS bushels per acre and
his oats went 40 bushels to the acre.
Egar-Tts wheat yield Is deceiving.
z. A. Lunt tk1cshei out 3o-aere tract
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-23

Larlyct.s Cotl.u:l held = larse and tH'huSi-s;;- =
meeting on las. MoE.ly evening AAlSr Inn
cites weIs initiated. t"- apItcaLta e!tctg. ~
I 4 .iers-.iD and several aIIt atoms fe-t4N ei-
Now thqt the cooler ~eatasf mas come tse
councils Of tGe Legion are lieI-illEg i.r 4Cuto
!, .rt and tEutCt Increase Of yJJ InculLefs PC
fore the Gloss. Il the year y 20,
.Iar7.s NgCauziJad the old standby of Grove
council WHO has Elle4 al tie u.hces rom
Chancellor % sentinel. elected treasurer al
tE. last meeting. 10 i'll vacancy -,
Excelsior Cou,Cii met in reg hGr SESSION ldst
Tuesday evening. O,e apple. Go- 10 H!riHbet-
tLiD was received and two candidates were e4eet-
Cd Their. wiu bs eraI limitations a. the LtAL
I cetiaS . -.
;f,.Ga1ce 1T its last regular n2sftlts one can
GEHat.. George VI. GaryIn. was Initiated
HYDE Park Council reports four Applications at
its last meeting and promises to initiate large
council shows substantial increase thus Tar tlIls
Z, anciis meeting tai- week ara: Monday. ST
LUIS. compton Hin and Lafayette LNtSlay.
c.IHa. irving ami Franklin NerneLta>' II 4 :
IEurstav. Unity Friday, tA-C1d'l-l. ttEde +aEh,
Stella. IHauhOa and BGena Vista.
Recorder William Lings OF hiFkWo"d Cocncl!
has r.s .erea as recorder ana moved u the city
.. A LawtOn has been appointed 10 MI out tho
me Ieri6n Of Honor directory. together with
TIE first issue q the Legion tle official organ.
Is Ogy IN. course of distribution.
Sugreno CharCall1r Carlisle IS aFran-ing his
.,g.,s uf fall .isIts and his Programme sf n'er-
toir.Irut notice = which VIII be gwen 'he
councils in a Few days.