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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-09-06
Jim JenrIe- strong Arm.

Mai. Hughes admiration for the
once-mighty John J.. Sullivan is so
well known in sporting circles that IL
no longer excites curiosity or comment.
The major does not regard the present
day champion as being In the same
class as the once-great fighter. and
his contempt sometimes leads him
astray. He and Jeffries recently met
in the same city, and, of cmourss, the
conversation drifted around to the
prize ring and the pugiists.
why" exclaimed the maojor, you
fellows were not in it with Sullivan.
You should have seen him in his prime 2.
He had the toughest arm that ever
saw. The muscles were like iron, and
1t was impossible to indent the flesh
why. Sullivan, in his palmisst days,
never had an arm such as mine,' re-
piled the champion.
why that's ridiculous" retorted the
major.
"well. feel this arm. then" and JEFF
fries held out his left.
The major felt the arm and found It
as hard as steel. Then he thumped IL.
with no better result. He might as
well have struck a brick wall for all
the impression that he made. He tried
hard and long: then. turning to the
champion. ne said:
"well, I never expected to see an arm
like that / must admit that you have
Sullivan beat block, and take off
my hat to you"
The crowd laughed, and the major
felt uncomfortable.
"well, it's on you, major. said one of
the sports. "You were feeling Jeffries'
game arm. It's done up in :, plaster
of Paris cast"
The major treated. louisville Couri-
er Journal
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|. JAPAN
RUSSIA

In spite Of denials TO the contrary
and assurances Of good feeling among
the allied Powers, the fact that jeaI-
ousy and suspicion exist In proven BY
several more than suspicious incidents
In the far East. Previous to the pres
ent outbreak In China II was the Rus
sian bear and the English lion that
were slaring at each other with q to
rocity that portended . mighty con-
hict. Now. however. with Russia best
situated to pour troops into Asia by
way of her Siberian railway, II Is
Japan that feels her position on the
continent in jeopardy and her teeth
are beginning to show.
During recent years Japan hes in
creased her lighting capacity both In
land and naval forces. with secrecy
banning the astutsness Of even Rus
sia's diplomats.
Japan has recsntly placed several
loans In England. Her minister to
London. Mr.. Kzto Taksaki, 10 on
visit home, and recently delivered an
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In olden times when person y
it was customary to toll the chu
bell a certain number Of times 70
dicate whether It was a man. Won
or child. For a woman 1t was TOY
three times and for a man thrice u
times. The stroke of a bell was ul
a teller" and hence 1t was nine
ers for a man: Or. as folks SAD
those days. mine tellers man
man" This saying. which was
tinued long after the tolling Gun
was abolished, finally became con1
ed into the present saying. mine !
ors make a man." which is devoa
both sense and reason.-June LAa
Home Journal.
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CHAPTER TX.

"a dangerous accomplishment--eh.
Pussie?" called Harry Reynolds. one
afternoon. a few weeks later. as he
handed across to Grace a slip Of paper.
on which was written her own name
more than that. her own autograph.
Since the morning OF their memora-
BILE talk in the library she had deiiber-
ateiy struggled to forget his fault. and
TO this his own manner had greatly
helped her.
He, had seemed 30 unconscious OF
any wrong; had been 20 gentle. 90
strong, 90 tender: had 20 evidently
taught himself to forget that shadow
resting on his path. that she recalled Il
now more as a dream than ~ q reality.
Doubtless some strong. some terrible
temptation had assailed him. She.
knowing all. would pity. rather than
blame him. She doubted not. and %
her heart grew tender again.
Only In these latter days Harvey
Barclays hopes rose higher. Some
how there was change toward him
in Miss Hawthorne's manner. She well
coined him most kindly, she urged his
oftener coming.
Here. at least. he 10 free from
temptation" she argued TO herself. "if
fIarry's suspicious concerning him are
1 true"
| And 70 she fought against half
instructive .distrust which had hitherto
marked her manner with tinge OF
coldness not all his winning warmth
could overcome.
He was seated now beside her when
Harry spoke.
Latterly, she fancied. Harry. too. had
been more cordial with him,
On the other aide Of the room mi
Helen. toying with little boy.
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very eyes, But IL shall not be--you
hear me?--it shall not bel"
He smiled bitterly. ~

very eyes. But It shall not be--you
hear me?--it shall not bel"
He smiled bitterly.
flush, Helen!" he said; some one
will hear you. And listen before you
utterly condemn me. I love but you
And as he spoke the words his voice
sank to infinite tenderness, How
could this child attract me when you
were near-you who need fear no ri
val? But when I said, just now that.
I was desperate used no stage phrase.
I spoke the wretched. miserable truth
how wretched, how, miserable. your i'm
agination canno. conceive. ! must
have money, Helen, before another
thirty days has passed over my head.
and that, too, in no small amount. /
need not marry this girl; do not care
to tie myself up in any matrimonial
knot: but once II is noiscd abroad that
I am engaged TO her / can, without
difficulty raise the amount necessary
20 me. Help me, Heleni"
IT confessed TO you, Harvey, the des-
perate means I had to use before TO
give you the money of which you STOOL
in reed. You know the risk I ran.
You know whether I am hesitating In
in assuming them. But that was Diff
ferent sort Of help. don't love this
girl, heaven knows. but / do not ra'e
her sufficiently to wish her such fate
as to link her life with yours. No
don't interrunt me; / know what you
would sny-that I would once have
married YOU. You are right I would
marry you now-to-day-this hour:
but I know you, for all that-know
how weak. how selfish you are, and.
God help me. love you only the better
for the knowledge. But do not fancy
me posing In tine attitude Of good
woman. with you I will at least not
play so easily-detected a role. 1t is
not for Grace Hawthorne's sake, but
swear you and Grace Hawthorne shall
not marry; neither is il for your sake.
but for my own. Ask of me any sacri-
flee, Harvey, ard I will make il; but
her feet shall never tread on my naked
heart; she shall never filI the place
once hoped to make you my own"
Congratulate yourself, rather. ma
belle, to the good frtune which dss-
tined you to a happier fate. vcur lines
have fallen in pleasant places. WHY
begrudge me similar apportionment?
Don't let us waste time in sentimental
titles, Helen, he added, with a touch
of hardness almost brutality. in his
manner. when 7 said, q moment ag,
I will marry the girl. What matters
all it's length and breadth and dertl.
You must help me, or must do with
out your help only. in the latter casA
Twill marry the girl, What matters
1t, after all? Can not see you often
er? Why should you care?"
Ito BE COntinued)
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sea and the Pacific. in cb,r.
Arabia, Persia, Mesopotamis =
Caspian sea, Afghanistan ana -. y
There have been since 1850 H.,
teen years when 1t has not hs.'
corded in one or the other A. !
countries. The last outbreat
plague In Europe was in 1878 AMI !,
on the banks of the volga.
The plague broke out IN ~,
epidemic form in 1898 In Tonl,.
Hongkong. Within a short i.
reached and laid firm hold Of Rons]
Kurrachee and Poonah. The ~
still maintains its grip in these ~
as well as In Hongkong, Amor
Formosa. Its march has been ~. \
westward.
After appearing at Suez, Aler,,4.|
and Port Said, 1t finally reachss i
rope. In Vienna, in October 1sss b
Cured the deaths of Herr Barises }
DR.. Mueller, of the Vienna Bae,a-s1
gical establishment. Last winte, s
plague broke out in Manila, HoDol,1
New Caledonia. New South Walls :
in Oporto.
1t reached the Brazils last Y
claiming victims by the hund,l
Modern science has so advanced n
ever.that in countries with proper =
itation the plague is not 80 ar
dreaded as In days of old.
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The Former Preparing q
any outbreak by the Lat's

address upon England OF 50
mentary q tsnor a. to suggest
further favors In pecunisry di'~
viii be highly acceptable.
II II scarcely necessary to -
that the Tsikishima, the larss1
deadliest Of sea monsters. Is hulHl
to Join Japan's by no means dssp
feet. The Fiji and the YsshimA
huge battleships, have been rsaw
some time. Almost every docI
In England. Germany and Franz
been pressed into service to nsp
crease Japan's navy. The y
States contributed two cruissn
Kasad and the Chitose. Nor 49,
dockyards oe Japan idle. Al
ships ara manned BY crews 70
no command will be more cn
than that Of 'CIeAr for act:cai
cry man cf them has been tsups
knows thai Japan's discomntur
rstsocsssion of Fort Arthur ~
Lao Tong rsainsula was the W.
thslr Toe. Russia
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nerhohm rree.. othello.

Beerbohm Tree will not, in his
makeup for Othello, affect the negro
visage OF most OF his predecessors. but
viii present the Moor as of a copper
complexion, dressing the part in all the
barbaric splendor of the Oriental. Ma
cready made UP quite black and in
this he was followed by Henry Irving
and Wilson Barrett. Salvini, however.
will be more the model Of Mr.. Tree.
The italian actor got his ideas thus. as
related in his autobiography:
''At Gibraltar spent my time study
ing the Moors. I was most struck by
one very fine figure. majestic in walk
and Roman in face, except for a
straight projection Of the lower lip.
The mans color was between copper
and coffee, not very dark. and he had q
slender mustache and scanty curly hair
on his chin. Up to that time had al
ways made up Othello simply with my
mustache. but, after seeing that superb
Moor. added the hair on the chin and
sought to copy his gestures. movements
and carriage"
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UNAFFECTED GIRL.
A Tribute to Helen Gould by a d
gresham.

gresham.
Would you have an idea Of her n
sonality? II so, think of a good 70.
woman In your own town who Ia
her parents and her home, who h
voted to the church, who thinks q, 3
poor on Thanksgiving day and Chu{
mas, whose face Is bright and maa,}
unaffected, whose dress is elegant +
its simplicity, who takes an interest
all things, from politics to rellpd
whom children love and day Labor
greet by reverently lifting the hat 4
who, IL she were graduated from
home seminary or college, would n
ceive bouquet from every 10y
town. II you think OF such wu
woman, and nearly every commuiI|
has one land SO times out Of 100 4
Is poor), you have fair idea Of thai
preston made on a plain man fuaj
country town In Indiana by Miss Gu
Helen Miller Gould is just a q
threshold Of her beautiful career, vi
a promise is there in her life and vd
for the coming century! She
pledged her fortune for a Hall Of VI
on the campus OF the New York
versity, overlooking the Harlem m
1t will have tablets for the names d
distinguished Americans, and ~
will be the descendants OF those WI
names are inscribed thereon. Ths
man heart is the tablet upon va
Miss Gould has inscribed her ria
and her Hall of Fame" Is as hn1
and high as the republic itseli-c
gresham Lands. in Success.
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Americau Honey,

The demand for American horal
increasing. England Jeing the y
buyer. Iowa produces 10000 pow
annually. and numerous other su
produce half as much or more
finest honey is gathered from "
where white clover and basswooa
accessible, but in quantity 1t fals
hind that derived from goldenrod
buckwheat blossoms.
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Sag Of RrookiYn Bridge

There has been the usual sun.
drop of two and one-half feet ID
level Of the Brooklyn bridge span,
to the heat, which has, as usual y.
summer. expanded the cables
legel of the center Of the span u
coldest day In winter Is taken
standard from which the measursn'
Is made.
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Coffee Liberalization.

A visitor recently returned from Bra
Eli says that the whole country is per-
petually intoxicated by coffee. II IL
brought to the bedside the moment one
awakes. md just before he drops to
sleep. at meals and between meals, on
going out and coming in. Men. women
and children drink 1t with the same lib
erality. and It is fed to babies in arms.
The effect is apparent In trembling
hands. twitching eyelids. yellow. dry
skin and chronic excitabiiity. worse
than that produced by whisky.
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A slight Confusion Of Term.

At a prayer meeting In London. at
which people OF various sects took part.
one Of the speakers thus tersely ex-
pressed himself: What mean to say.
gentlemen. In this: II mans heart IL
In the right place, II don't matter what
sex he belongs to."--London Truth.
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lost all--until debt and ruin stare him
In the face. I besought him to go to
his father--to you. He said that nc
would rather die than have you know
the truth. II will die, rather than she
shall know IT, he declared. and OH
Grace. have done wrong to come 70
your"
wrong" echoed the girl. ard,
STOPPING. she pressed her cold lips on
the dropping head.
God reward you. Helen, for your
confidence in me Oh, thank God! that
need. Helen? Don't hesitate! Tell me
the sum-"
Five thousand dollars" sne an
swered. slowly.
Grace drew breath, almost OF re.
lief. The amount appeared small to
what her fear had conjured up.
You are sure--sure this is enough ."
she questioned. her brain wearied and
bewildered with the effort TO reconcile
the story she had heard with her
knowledge of him who had been her
hero always. Harry disgraced through
his own act. Harry--a gambler. Har-
ry hesitating to come to her.
Yes. am sure" Helen was an
swering. and she heard the voice. as
from distance. "And you will never
let him suspect. Grace--even by your
manner-that you know? He will new
eT do 1t again-F am confidept OF that;
and now that the BURDEN Is lifted.
doubtless he, will be himself again.
Goodnight. dear, and God bless you!"
mechanically Grace Hawthorne met
and returned the kiss--mechanically
followed her to the door and locked
and bolted II behind her.
Then she walked slowly back. and
sank into the chair from which she had
risen.
She was no longer alone.
Around her, on every side. were
strewn the pieces of her fallen idol,
shattered and dishonored In its fall,
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"THE BLACK DEATH. "
FAMOUS PLAGUE OF HISTORY
IN LONDON. v
Has Brought Death to Millions Awful
Ravages of = Disease which 1t IL
Feared May Spread to America Through
the Persons OF Travel.

The awful bubonic plague, which has
been ravaging India, where its victims
have been numbered by scores of thou
sands, has invaded London. according
to report made to the Marine Hospi-
tai service at Washington by our rep
resentatives in England, and fears are
felt that 1t may be transmitted to Am
erica through the persons of travellers
or shipment of merchandise, Already
four cases have been discovered IN
London. and two deaths have re-
suited.
The bubonic plague Is the same dis
ease that has been known in history
as the Levantine plague the Oriental
plague, the Black plague and the
Black Death. 1t has ragged repeatedly
in Asia, Africa and Europe in the last
IS centuries. Manettio. an Egyptian
historian, who lived at the beginning
of the third century, B. c., described
pestilences, supposed to have been the
bubonic plague, as having occurred in
the reign OF the most ancient Egyp-
tian kings.
The plague prevailed In Athens 432-
429 B. c. Thucydides had descrined II
and had the disease. Hippocrates, too,
noted 1t. Athens Is said to have lost
more than onethird of its population
in .one epidemic. 1t appears to have
been known in Syria, Egypt. and Ii
bya during Trojan's reign early in the
Christian era.
The first we'll authenticated invasion
of Europe occurred about 543-546, the
pestilence appearing at Constantinople
and spreading to Italy and Gaul. The
next great inroad began about 1886,
and proceeded from Tartary to the Cri-
mea and Sicily, whence it reached
pretty we'll over the continent of Eu
rope and across into England. At ir-
regular intervals. for more than three
centuries. it swept this city and that
with appalling havoc, reappearlng
again and again at the same spot.
Among the most impressive death
records of that period are the follow
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You cannot make little money 20 a
long way by taking trip to Paris with
IL.
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{ In driving a nall. woman either
drives II crooked or hits her finger.
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figures in the London plague SO prom
inent in English history. 1t is known
that this number Of deaths was out of
population of 460, 900, and that nearly
one-third OF the denizens of the Eng
lish capital fed from the city in fear of
death.
In the eighteenth century the plague
prevailed extensively in Europe, the
most notable epidemic being in Mar
seilles in 1920. when from 10000 to
$4,000 persons were carried off.
In 1721 1t appeared In Toulon and
spread over Provence Out of a pop
ulation of 250,OO0. s7.659 are said to
have died. Sicily was visited in 1743,
at Messina. where the mortality was
between 10000 and $4,000. In It'll 1t
broke out In Moscow. and more than
$4,000 persons-nearly one-quarter Of
the population-were carried of.
During the sixteenth century China
was nearly depopulated' with the
plague. 1t is said. while In the single
year 1903 no less than 1000, 900 lives
were lost In Egypt.
An isolated epidemic appeared in
Greece in 1928. It appeared in Egypt
between 1888 and 1s45, the last plague
epidemic observed in that country and
marking It's great eastward recession.
There was an epidemic of extreme Sc
verify in Cairo in 1885, during which
there died number of the inhabitants
equal to the whole adult male popula-
ton.
In 1910 Delmatia, in 1S41 Contanti-
nople, and In 1912 and 1914 the eastern
part Of Egypt were its western boun-
daries.
Since 1850 the western limit Of the
plague has been the Canary islands,
while its eastern limit has been the
island Of Formosa. of the coast Of
China. where 1t now prevails. Since
1850 the disease has oscillated, now
east and now west. hatween the Res
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"And what Is Il you have to say to
Grace tonight" whisered voice In
his ear.
He turped-Heien, standing directly
behind them, had heard all. Without
answering. he slipped her hand within
his arm and led her through the bril-
Iiantly-liglted rooms. across the spa
cious halls. through the apartments
opposite. until they reached the con-
servatory. whose cool shadow already
appeared a relief--no weary dancers
having yet found their way there. For
the moment It was as deserted as some
tropical isle. The sound Of the music
was borne but family TO their ears.
Amid the green leaves Of the rustling
plants FLASHED falling waters. One
-throated bird sang softly far
above their heads. II was like scene
from fsiryland, into which two mortals
had wandered.
what does all this mean. Harvey"
she said. breaking the moments 81
lence.
He slipped her sioved hand from his
arm. and with folded arms across his
breast. stood facing her.
1T means that arm a desperate
man, Helen: 1t means that I am no
longer to be toyed with; It means that
the effort you once made to save me
failed to arrest the tide that Is bearing
me on Its swift current to ruin: IL
means that I see but one plank to
cling to. and that plank Is marriage" /"
Harvey" she exclaimed. and In her
voice rang honest suffering-"you are
deceiving me, You love Grace Haw-
thorne. You have made me but your
dupe. Your visits have been to her,
and III have been 20 blind that have
lulied q sleep my nrst suspicious and
let you play your love farce before my
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-06-15
India's Appeal.

Famine, from lack of rain, is now smit-
ing sixty millions oi our fellow beings. Al
this moment, death by sheer hunger and
thirst threatens one-sixth OF that number.
Thousands are starving each twenty-fouI
hours. In that stricken land, the heavens
are as iron and the earth as brass.
Birds of the cir drop lifeless from the
burning sky. Hundreds of thousands OF
cattle have already persisted. In the alb
sence of food and water, tiercest animals
let 20 their hatreds, and helpless lie down
together to die. The decaying hodies OF
men and beasts pollute both plains and
rivers.
And the woe has not yet reached its worst.
Face TO face with even such horrors still
stand countless children, and women, and
men, whom food will save. ThanA God,
relief may almost instantly pass, by cable,
from this land of plenty to that India of
Starvation. Accordingly, ony gifts of
money are solicited.
What, then, shall we dc? What viii
you do? For our answer we are clearly
responsible to both God and man. Ought
not America u send quickly at least a
million dollars? In the famine districts
are efficient, devoted men and women, not
only American but also European, who
are already engaged in the actual rescue,
but who are pleading for larger supplies
Surely such supplies can be provided, and
yet the customary gifts to long-establlshed
agencies for the uplifting of the people of
India not be at all lessened.
Meanwhile, the government of India is
organizing relief on a scale unapproached
in the history of the world. Both treasure
and life are given without stint in the saw
ing work. On May 14tb, the number of
starving aided officially was 5,795,0O0
That official daily aid will be steadfastly
continued and increased, yet it will be
unable to keep pace with the awful need.
The death-rate is by far the greatest in the
native provinces, where the government
has least influence and control. Only the
united efforts of all the humane, thu coop
er ating goodwill of all the nations will suf-
fee.
In this emergency, the Committee of
One Hundred gladly puts itself at your
service, the service of the cause.
Messrs. Brown Brothers Il Company, the
wel-known bankers, so Wall Street, have
freely consented to receive and acknowledge
all gifts sent to them Every expressed
wish of donors will be faithfully carried
out, and the Committee, on its own part,
will earnestly seek the BEST most efficient,
most economical agencies for the distribu-
ton of undesignated funds.
Together and at once let us move to the
rescue. We can feed the starving. There
Is not minute to be lost. From two to
five cents day will save life.
WILLIAM K. DODGE,
Chairman.
l.. 7. CHAMBERLAIN,
Chairman Of Executive Com.
JOHN CROSBY BROWN,
70 Bible House Treasurer.
New York