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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
Gentle, as Well a. Rrnre.

Bravery and gentleness are two
qualities that often dwell side by side
in the same heart, as has been proved
time and again. Still another instance
is found in the following story told
by the Army and Navy Journal, con
corning the late Commander James w.
Carlisle, who was in command of the
U. S. S. "Vandalia" at Apia, Samoa.
during the terrible storm of March 16.
1889. One evening, some years after
ward, on retiring to his room In the
house of his sister, where he was yis-
iting, he found mouse that had fall
en- into a basin of water, and was
struggling for its life. There was
agony and defiance in that little fell
lows eye" said the commander
speaking of 1t the next day. "As I
gazed on the helpless little creature.
thought OF that terrible night on the
Vandalia, and. going to the window. I
gently emptied out the contents of
the basin. / didn't dry him with nv
towel" the commander added with a
smile. "but l did save his life" 4
simple little story like this makes one
realize afresh, with Tennyson. that
''the bravest are the tenderest."
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25

existed in former times may be in
ferred from the facts described by
Hakluyt in his account OF the voyage
OF M. Hore and others to Newfound-
land In 1000. They sailed from
Gravesend until they came to the
island of Penguins, now known as
Funk island, which Hakluyt in his
quaint language described as:
Very full of rockies and stones.
whereon they went and found it full
of great foules, white and grey. and
big as geese, and they saw infinite
numbers OF their egges They draue
a great number of the foules into their
boates upon their sayles, and took
many of their egges, the foules they
fiead, and their skinnes were very like
hony combes full of holes; being fiead
off, they dressed and cate them, and
found them to be very good and nour-
ishing meate"
The French fishermen who in those
days frequented Newfoundland slew
and skinned thousands, sailing them
for food like herrings, and now a sim
gle skin or even eggshell is worth
more pounds than there are days In
the year.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25

From 20 TO 50 Feet In DiamstsR and
= .... More Than $50 Feet Tall.


sga.. More Than $50 Feet Tall
I would like to draw attention TO q
bunch OF immense trees In the noun
tains fifteen to twenty miles from my
place, near Latourell, on the O., r. q
NJ, says correspondent of the Port
land Oregonian. / used to make every
year trip to the mountains, lasting
generally eight to ten days, and 1t
was on one of my last trips, about
four years ago. that l discovered on
the northeast side of the divide, be-
tween the waters of the Bull Run and
the Hood rivers, this bunch Of giant
trees. The like l never saw before
or since. Before | saw these giants
had measured from time to time
trees at home which girdled twenty
nine to thirty feet around about three
feet above the base, but these trees
could not be compared at all with the
big trees l found in the mountains.
They would appear as mere sticks
against those giants. ] honestly be-
lieve that those giants will girdle sixty
to eighty feet around near the base.
and that they are $50 to 400 feet high.
They stand on kind of fiat bottom
and this fiat is well protected from dis
covery, as far as l could perceive, by
the Hood river side up, but from the
main water divide down. These big
trees are, in my mind, somewhere near
the north line of the National park.
but it is doubtful IL they are In it.
There are two species Of the giant
trees. One species has yellowish and
not very rough bark, is straight and
round as candle, has limbs to an
immense height, and has a nice, Won
derful crown. The father Of this very
aristocratic species in our mountains
is surely the emperor Of our forest.
People must not think that this tree
is the so called noble fir" because I
know not only the noble fir" but
many other mountain trees very well.
Nor must they think that this species
is one of the common trees in the
mountains. / cannot say how many
such giants there are. There may be
hundreds. there may be thousands. On
our way home one Of my companions
was drowned in the Bull Run, and,
therefore. | never went to the noun
tain again, but / have always had q
desire to go and investigate further
about those big trees. Cedar is the
second species of the big trees. They
rival in size and grandeur the first
species. But the most wonderful thing
about them seems to be that they
are, in spite Of their immense diam
eter and age, seemingly sound and
hard, through and through.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
New warship Is Tested.

The expectations OF the naval off,
cials were more than equaled in the
speed trial OF the new battleship Ala
bama recently The floating fighting
machine covered the prescribed course
in such remarkable time that the title.
Queen of the Navy" has been con-
ferred upon her. An average speed Of
II knots per hour was made for a Pc
riod of four hours. Although this speed
is not as remarkable as that made by
the Iowa, still the performance Of the
Alabama is considered phenomenal.
During the trial the craft was not
overworked, and after finishing the
course was pronounced in good condi-
tion. Five sister ships, the Massachu-
sets, Indiana, Kentucky, Texas, and
Kearsage. were used as stake boats in
the trial. A triangular course was ar
ranged and the spectacle was witness
ed by many people. The vessel is the
product OF American shipbuilders. It
was constructed by the Cramps at
Philadelphia and guaranteed to do at
least 16 knots per hour. The trial
showed that she could do II without
trouble, and it Is thought that the time
on the trial trip may yet be surpassed.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
TAXES AMERICAN CORN.
Europe Buys This Cereal from Us on
Large Scale.

Europe Buys This Cereal from Us on
Large Scale.
1t looks as though the fight that has
been going on for years TO get Eu-
ropeans to buy American corn has been
won at last. for the exports of this
cereal are now on such large scale
that 1t is reasonable to assume that it
has got firm foothold abroad. For
the past ten years the various secre-
taries of agriculture have endeavored
to show to foreigners the value of our
corn and all sorts of schemes were
adopted to introduce 1t in Europe.
During the famous famines In Ireland
a number of ship loads OF corn were
sent to the sufferers. but they had
such poor opinion Of 1t that they re-
fused TO receive it. The fight was kept
up, however, with gratifying results,
the exports last year amounting to
more than 200,O00,000 bushels. The
demand for this cereal is widely dis
tributed and extends to the northern
half of South America, the British pos
sessions in North America, and even to
Africa and Australia. AS regards dis
tribution, however, the most signif-
icant fact is that from eight to nine
tenths of the total exports are usual
ly consigned to the various countries
of Europe, pre-eminent among these
takers being Great Britain. Germany,
France, Belgium, Denmark and Hol-
land. In these countries, 1t is inter-
esting to note. the use OF corn is most
ly confined, as is the case in the United
States, to the feeding of live stock,
though 1t is also employed to a limited
extent In brewing, distilling and other
industries and In the manufacture OF
proprietary foods and confectionery.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
LONGEST LIVED RACE
INDIANS PUT nv MORE YEARS
THAN OTHER PEOPLE.
Many Indians Attain the Age OF 12S
Years, While .Centenarians Are Quite
Common-.Mention of Some Aged and
Famous Tribe Leaders.

The government census takers, who
have just completed the census OF the
Indian tribes of the Indian Territory,
report number of long-iiyed people
who reside in that section o. the coun
try, says the Wichita tKan.) CORE
spondent Of the st. Louis Republic.
They say that the Indian lives to an
older age than any other class of peo-
pie on earth. Many of them attain the
age Of 125 years. while .o0-year-old
Indian Is nothing out of the ordinary.
Here are few of them arG some facts
about their lives:
White Horse, a medicine chief Of the
Otoes, is now l01 years old, and says
that he feels as young IS when he
chased cowboys and soldiers under Ge-
assertions he is now planning 1000
mile trip across the country to visit
soma of his warrior friends. He is
great medicine man among tre Otoes,
and Is their ambassador q the Great
Spirit, where he makes frequent trips,
according 10 himself. He Also leads III
the violent medicine dances and makes
medicine the same as ne did when a
young chief
Another aged Indian is Looking
Glass, Cheyenne warrior. He is 1O4
years old. and will soon be 105. He
was with Sitting Bull, the great Sioux
warrior. in most of his raids, and he
has passed through seven Indian wars.
He says that he does not remember
just how many white persons he has
killed, but that it must be over 100.
His eyesight Is keen and his hearing Is
excellent He does not speak the
English language.
Nancy Jacobs Is Choctaw woman
100 years of age, who lives alone in the
woods near Antlers. She was cook
for the white soldiers during the civil
war, and remembers all of the big gen.
erals and commanders OF the southern
forces. She has a married daughter
65 years of age, who lives near by The
old woman has outlived three hus-
bands and still does her own cooking
and housekeeping.
William Vann is Cherokee freed
man living near Catoost, who has
reached the ripe old age of 104. He
was once slave. but when the slaves
were set free he was owned by a rich
Cherokee Indian named Rogers, who
gave him his freedom and also right
to share in the lands and funds Of the
Cherokee tribe. Van possesses
unique piece of paper. 1t Is bill OF
sale of himself. 1t was given by his
owner in West Virginia when yann
was young man, and the considera-
ton was $1,000. yann is wealthy
man, and the family is quite an infu-
entail one in Cherokee politics. He is
agile for his age and does not expect
to die for a great many years to
come.
Among the Apaches there are ten or
twelve old women who have passed
the 100 year period. One OF the cruel
features of the Apache home life is
that when a woman has passed her
period of usefulness about the house
she is taken into the country and left
alone by the roadside to die. The white
people have talked the Apaches nearly
out of this cruel way Of treating the
old but in some families they yet be-
lieve that it is the right way to treat
the infirm.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
THE GREAT AUX one-third Natural Size
GAVE UP HER LIFE.
SISTER Alice O'suuIvan Murdered by the
Chinese.

'er Alice O'sullivan Murdered by the
Chinese.
e'ster Alice 0'Sullivan, who was
murdered by the Chinese at Tien Tsin
sau recently solemnly beatified by the
pope as a martyr for the faith, was
,siaent OF Syracuse, N. Y. Blessed
aice oSullivan, as she is now STYLED
Ae martyrology of the Catholic
M' uien' was born in Clonmel, county
c.perary, Ireland, December /, 1886.
- Wss educated In the Presentation
uvent and Joined the Sisters of
ty In her twentieth year. Her
:. ' years in the convent were spent
,s.a france. Then she volunteered In
90 70 go as missionary to China. At
~ aasnai she rendered the community
~ ereatest service, and then was
= eeo ~ TO the convent and hospital
49,, en Isin. Here she labored with
49, 49, success and zeal until she was
ma Datousiy murdered with her com
i.an. ion sisters of Charity. AS she was
eng the chapel she was pursued
- dragged into the kitchen of the
- pial' The Chinese took a caldron
.r voihng water off the kitchen range
N.. poured 1t over her. Then thew
Au,e, Aer 10 death. The Rev. Charles
.ss. f. the Protestant chaplain.
a''e after the massacre: ~The mnr-
outraa the Sisters Of Charity is an
frNA
but as not on a nation or a church,
Or ~ humanity itself. AS Chaplain
IA, ~ british community OF shang-
see,n. nave had many opportunities of
Mssa lne noble and devoted work of
q n. 'aaies In taking care OF the sick
Irish !, hospital. One sister was an
nemora raay esister O'sullivan), whose
md Is cherished with affection
nu,,.', s'A.itude by many OF the com.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25

uore than half a century ago the
-, known living specimen OF the
sr.at auk was destroyed. Now an egg
!, that extinct bird has been sold at
..t seems, perhaps, except to scien-
..... IN he a fabulous price. For 1t at
c..vons, auctions, London, $l,67S was
..d II look spirited bidding to get 1t
a that figure. H.
The great aux was water bird
L.,osely resembling those sea birds
srown as guillemots, little auks and
E.ra9rs which are familiar to visitors
Z. the seaside. All these species, how
|sver possess the power of fight, and
hence they have succeeded in presery-
|,ns their lives in spite of the perse-
s,t,on of man. But the great aux was
water bird. Its power
| n swimming was great. but, in spite
| !, the celerity of it's movements, its
|,nability to fly insured its destruction.
I'M formerly inhabited Iceland, the
Farce islands, and the Hebrides, and
IN Trinity College, Dublin, is a speci-
men that was taken alive in Water
ford harbor as late as 1884. In Funk
island. off Newfoundland, two CEN
turies ago they were so numerous that
the French sailors made Enclosures OF
stones, into which they drove large
numbers of the birds, killed them, and
then salted them down for food.
All that remains of the great aux
now are eighty or ninety skins. which
are preserved mostly in public mu-
seums, and valued, according to their
state OF preservation, at sums varying
from $500 each to that realized by the
last one offered for sale at Stevens,
which was sold for $500. There are
also few skeletons. mostly in public
museums, a good many separate bones,
and about eighty eggshells. The skins
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
GREAT AUK'5 Eggs BRING BIG MONEY

single egg sold for $3.50.
The price still went up, and in
1895 Messrs. Stevens sold one, after
brisk competition for $S25. In 1899 a
specimen realized at Stevens auction
$4,000. Then there was a slight drop
in the value, as it was known that sew
eral specimens would probably come
into the market, but a reaction short
ly took place, prices again rose, and
the specimen figured was the one that
has realized higher price than any
previously offered. Not only have
these eggs been valued by naturalists
and bought for museums, but they
have been made the means OF adver-
Using, such as attracting customers to
billiard room.
The numbers of the great aux that
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
bottom water of Ocean.

Sir John Murray is authority for
the statement that ninety-two per
cent of the bottom water of the ocean
has a temperature under forty degrees
Fahrenheit. Between the shore and
the hundred -fathom line the tempera-
lures were higher. Speaking of the
surface water. he said that eighty
seven per cent Of the maximum tenn
peratures, and seventy-five per cent Of
the minimum temperatures were above
forty degrees Fahrenheit.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
A nafender OF Bincksnakes.

The reporter was advised not to kill
a blacksnake under any circumstance
An honest, reliable man explained
this: "Only few days ago l saw a
black racer whizzing around in cir
Gle, his flaming eyes distended; his at
tention seemed riyeted on something
not far away. advanced, and to my
establishment saw large rattlesnake
coiled up in battle array. The black
snake continued his circuits, getting a
little nearer his victim each time.
After ten or fifteen minutes the rattle
snake dropped his head on the ground.
Almost instantaneously the black
snake pounced upon his victim. After
securely fastening his teeth in the
back of the rattlesnake's head he be-
gan his deadly eoiling. Within five
minutes the rattlesnake was dead; so
don't kill a blacksnake." The color
came into the old gentleman's face as
he was relating the above, says the
Lebanon (Ky) Enterprise. and he
said: Boys, blacksnakes are game,
but they won't hurt you, for had one
for a pet for years, and because my
old woman woke one night and found
the snake In bed she raised an awful
fuss and killed 1t.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
Quincy Girl to Teach in Honolulu.

Miss Clara Uecke OF 41S South 18th
street, the well-known kindergarten
teacher, Is going to teach In Honolulu.
Sandwich islands. Miss Uecke left to-
day for Chicago. whence she goes to
San Francisco. thence to sail for Hon
olulu. The kindergarten In which she
will teach is under control Of the gov
ernment. The selection of Miss Uecke
will undoubtedly be good thing for
the school. for she has had some ten
years experience, with marked success
everywhere. and to her fine capabili-
ties is united charming personality.
The young lady is daughter Of ]. r.
William Uecke, an amploye at the
Gardner Governor works. and she and
Mrs. John Ahern. wife Of the chief cR
police, are half-sisters.- Quincy Jour
nal. Aug. ~.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
bacteria In Earth.

A shovelful Of earth, Mr.. @. Clark
Nnttall tells us, contains eleven thou
sand million Of bacteria. These are
various species, performing such work
as breaking up refuse matter, and not
the least interesting is the new found
germ of earth-smell. This germ sets
free a little understood volatile COM
pound whose vapor is perceived as the
familiar odor of damp soil. The vapor
is evidently prevented by water from
escaping, and increase in the air after
rain, when the odor becomes most
noticeable,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
s'Suicide of Naiions !"

Jean de Bloch. the financier and
political economist Of Warsaw, Rus
sia, has recently issued a pamphlet
on "The Suicide of Nations" in which
he undertakes to show that the prog
ress OF military science has been such
as to make war an impossibility ex-
cept at the cost of the lives of the ma
tions that wage it,
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
An Axrshlra Ganeral.

The youngest of the British generals
in South Africa is Major General SiI
Archibald Hunter. Scotsmen are par.
ticularly proud OF him because he il.
an Ayrshire man and after the Sou.
dan war OF 1928 they presented him
with an eighteen-c carat gold sword OF
honor.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
Foc a Relic Of This Extinct Bird SL678
Has Just Been Paid. """@

and the eggshells are in great demand
and realize at the present time most
extraordinary prices.
The length of the egg is five and
one-fourth inches, it's greatest width
little over three inches. 1t is blotched,
streaked, speckled and scrolled with
black and varied shades of brown and
gray. The boldest streaks adorn the
large end of the egg. The paler
blotches in the figure show the pale
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
nfu.t Tre.t Avn Alik..

Duty of a street railway imposed by
It's franchise from certain town. to
cell tickets in quantities at reduced
rates on each car from that town to
neighboring city, is held, in Rice vs..
Detroit. Y. & A. A. Ry, (Mich.), ls, L.
r. A. "a. to extend to passenger who
gets on the car and offers to buy such
tickets a. point outside the town.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
DIR. Parker. Retirement.

DR.. Parker, the famous London
Congregationalist preacher. pastor of
the City Temple. who has announced
his intention to retire next year, is
70 years old. He has been cop,emplat-
ing retirement ever since the death OF
his third wife last year.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
Oar.man In His Youtb.

The RI. Hon. Sir A. l.. Smith, who
celebrated his sixty-fourth birthday in
England. recently. took part, for
Cambridge. in the university boat
races of 1857, 1858 and 1859.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25

ocherous b 70 W n
markings, and the
lightest sire a k S
are of a leaden
gray. The ground
color is nearly
white, and the sur
face is finely granu-
lated. No two Of
the known eggs of
the great aux are
alike in markings.
Some of the mark
ingS are much
smaller and closer
than those in the
and other spec!-
mems are to be
seen marked in va
ried patterns.
When it was first
learned that the
great aux was an
extinct bird the
price of its remains
began to rise. In
1859 a specimen
was sold as high
as $50; in 1864 four
specimens W ere
sold for s120, SIPS,
$3.50 and 1925, re-
spectively. In 1882
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
puy,,r focca.ins n can,d..

The war office is buying in Canada
f14,0o0 worth of moccasins for the
troops in China. It Is thought that
they will prove more suitable tor cam.
pajgning than boots.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-10-25
nremsrnaven.. s.cr,t,oe. a. Sen.

Since 1894 nearly $50 men living in
Bremerhaven. Germany. have lost
their lives by the wrecking or burning
of ships.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
oddities in New York Names

If you keep your eyes open while riding around the streets of New York on the surface cars you can see many odd combinations of the names of bust- ness men and their trades, some of which are here given: Ashman, h tel; Burns. coal; Best. groceries; Burnham, real estate; Cook. fish and oysters; Coffin, beer and liquors; Coffey, teas and sugar; Forester, real estate; Flood, rubbers, boets. Gutter. pawn broker; Goodrich, carriages; Herb, doctor; Katz, butcher; Love. chemist; McGlean. shirts, etc; Moves. 0 aFer; Proudman, diamonds; Pitcher milk; Rich. perfumery; Silk, dress goods, swindeI, teas and spices: sielzmaR, fish aHd claus; Wood. building mate fials.v-N7ew York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-24
queer Indian Customs.

The Mosquito Indians are not sc- aHainted with the art of kissing, but they sniff CT smell the skin of the cheeks, which answers the same pur- pose. The little child is lifted in the fathers arms, he buries his nose in It's stomach Handshaking is as common as with us, but there is always a tinge Of melancholy in the character of the Indains, which breaks out where we would expect hilarity Thus, after a long absence, sisters and mothers sit down, and, throwing q cloth over their heads, with taesr hands elasped on the head of the person who has returned, cry over him with their dirge-like song. On the part of the wives, 1t is supposed to be improper to show any emotion; consequently they take lit. tle notice of the husband on his return, but =eonfne their attention to others and do their duties ia tae meantime. Hel3,s TangoNe era