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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

surdly made the princess in many
dream castles At last he heard step.
He hastily glanced into IA mirror TO as
sure himself that all was well and per-
ceived with horror that the chrysanthe-
mum had slipped out of place. He had
barely time To clasp his hand upon 1t
when lady entered the room.
She was very thin and nearly six feet
tall. Her features We're unusually
sharp and her eyes small and inde-
scribably piercing. She seemed to be
above thirty years old, and an enemy
might have said forty.
Stuart looked in vain for any resem-
blance to the sweet face of the old pho
tograph, and his heart sank within
him.
Miss Newell?" he faltered.
"No, sir" said the lady, eying him
sharply. 81 am her aunt. You called
about the pocketbook, l believer
Stuart was aware that his manner
was wavering and uncertain, and he
observed that Miss Newells aunt view
ed him with cold suspicion. What could
she fear? He had come voluntarily TO
return lost property.
81 was with my niece when she lost
the purse" said the lady. I'm visiting
here for Thanksgiving. The folks are
all out. The purse was made of lizard
skin. There were some samples of silk
in it, some cards and $50 in money"
FIFTY dollarsw repeated Stuart, and
his voice sounded to his own ears faint
and faraway.
Il said $5O," responded the aunt
somewhat sharply.
"Yes, ,es; of course" said Stuart.
One hand held the chrysanthemum
and the other a handkerchief, with
which he mopped his forehead. His
wits were clean gone. He knew only
that he never could tell this fearful
woman that there had been only So in
the purse.
The truth was clear to him despite
his confusion. A thief had found the
book, had taken out the $40, which had
been in plain sight, and had then toss
ed it away without finding the s. in
the little compartment But how tell
such a tale to this creature with the
gimlet eyes?
II regret that 1 have not the purse
! with me-" he stammered. ut was an
oversight. Being in the neighborhood
Unexpectedly, l thought that l would
drop in and relieve Miss Newelps anx-
iety."
"If the purse is at your lodgings"
said the lady, 81 will send a servant
for it,"
Stuart gasped. His brain whirled in
an agony of thought. If he could put
this thing off till tomorrow, his check
would come, and he could supply the
missing money. Better, far better, that
he should starve during the ensuing
month than attempt an explanation
that wouId leave him forever under
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

tional bank" said Stuart, 'and left
the pocketbook there overnight for safe
keeping. forgot that this was a holi-
day, and the bank would be closed.
Tomorrow
"We will have some one call at the
bank tomorrow" said Dorothy's aunt.
Tomorrow early"
"If my check doesn't come" said
Stuart to himself as he wandered diz-
zily out of the house, Il am lost-ut
terly lost"
But the check came, and Stuart CASH
four tens and a five into the pocket
book, and with five to live upon for
thirty days he looked the future tremu-
iously in the face.
About IL o'clock card was put
down upon his desk. At the same time
the cashier, passing, said: Your friends
are in my room. Go in there and see
them"
The card was John Newells. With
the purse In his hand, Stuart entered
the cashiers office, and his eyes in
stantly beheld vision of loveliness.
my sister has come with me, Char
ley" said Newell, ito claim her prop
erty."
And he proceeded to rush through a
form of introduction.
Wasn't it perfectly funny" said
Dorothy, that some one we knew
should have found It? OF course 1
didn't know you except that your name
had been mentioned by my brother.
But it's just the same, and I'm awfully
glad. Goodness! Where did all this
money come fromT'
She held Stuart's bills in her dainty
fingers.
That's $45," said Stuart I'm weak
whisper. cursing himself meanwhile for
his folly In not learning from Doro-
been. 'The other five was In the small
compartment"
"Oh, N.Y. cried Dorothy. '"Therc
was five dollar bill In there. I'd for
gotten"
THAT makes fifty-five," said Newell.
Stuart was incapable Of speech. His
hand crushed the lonesome bill in his
pocket, but he had not the strength or
the decision to produce it.
"But the fifty was all In one BILL"
said Dorothy.
"Yes, yes; certainly. / changed It."
stammered Stuart II had my rea-
sons"
Dorothy was nervously picking at
the roll Of silks.
81 put it in here" she said. II don't
know why. 1 just rolled them all up
together. Why, here 1t isr'
"Well, upon my word"' said Newell.
''This is funny purse. Fifty was put
into it, and $105 had come out of It.
This beats Fortunatus and the horn OF
plenty. Why, Stuart, old man, what's
the matterr
Stuart was reeling on his legs.
IL might as well tell the whole sto-
ry," he said. I'm an idiot that's all.
Hear me and then forget me-"
So he told the story, and Newell
laughed until he was sore, and Dorothy
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
WILL TEST NEW GRAIN.
Extends Work Of the Experimental
Stations.

StouOsOs
A recent dispatch from Washington
says that the secretary of agriculture
has designated Professor w. M. Hays
of the Minnesota state Agricultural
college and experiment. station In the
bureau of plant industry to direct
work in organizing the state expert
ment stations of the middle north
west Minnesota, the Dakotas, lows
and Wisconsin into a cooperative
union for improving the yield and
quality of wheat and other grains,
grasses, clovers and field roots. Many
new varieties of wheat, for example,
must be originated to secure the inn
proved kinds greatly desired.
Under the new arrangement the cx-
pertinent stations 'of the different
states will each originate fifty new
wheats and test them so as to elm
mate all but the five best. These
seeds will be exchanged and further
trials conducted. Especial attention
will be directed to developing new
sugar beet varieties to mature early
and increase the yield per acre. The
farmers of the northwest who have
undertaken the cultivation of the
sugar beet, according to reports reach
ing Secretary Wilson, are finding the
bi.product left after the sugar has
been extracted a valuable feed for
dairy and other cattle.
The Minnesota station will be ex-
pected to further the new fiber varis-
ties of fax, while the Wisconsin sta
tion will make speciality Of breeding
sweet resistant oats and field peas,
the South Dakota institution macar-
oni wheats, etc. Winter wheat offers
fair test of the advantages to be de-
rived from the cooperation. The
turkey-red wheat, successfully grown
at Ames, Iowa, will be taken to the
South Dakota station at Brookings,
where, after being subjected to severe
freeze, the plants will be permitted to
mature, and the seed from them used
to take the variety still further north
to the Minnesota station to produce
even harder varieties. BY growing
the same stock repeatedly in the
northern climates only the hardest
plants survive and the varieties be-
come thoroughbred la hardness. IL
is found that the winter varieties will
yield on an average five to ten bushels
more per acre than the spring varie-
ties.
An attempt will be made to grow
alfalfa farther north through the
work of the cooperating experiment
stations. Soy beans and even cow
peas promise to be a success in Wis
consin and Minnesota. The North
Dakota station at Fargo, under the
direction of Professor Shepperd, is
making progress In breeding corn
suited to the Dakotas and Minnesota.
The experiments promise not only to
develop the increased yield per acre
by producing better and harder
plants, but also new and important
varieties of plants not heretofore
grown In the northern climates.
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BROOKIRGS and BROOKINsS COUNTY.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.

Two bakeries.
Two dentists.
One state bank.
Seven churches.
Five physicians.
Five good hotels.
Four drug stores.
Six grain elevators.
One national bank
Three barber shops.
Excellent drainage.
One steam laundry.
Brookings Hospital
Two machine shops.
Two cigar factories.
Three lumber yards.
One Chinese laundry.
Three weekly papers
First Regiment Band.
Railroad eating house.
Fine lake near the city.
Best schools In the state.
City OF beautiful homes.
One first-class creamery.
Good water near surface.
Glove and mitten factory.
Local telephone exchange.
State Agricultural college.
Tidball Medicine Company.
$4,000 Presbyterian church.
Brookings Land & Trust Co.
Three thousand inhabitants.
Splendid resort for sportsmen.
Waterworks for fire protection.
One monthly periodcal-college.
Long distance telephone system.
Incorporation three miles square.
United States Experiment Station.
One building and loan association.
Cornell Hose g. Garment Supporter,Co.
Railroads running east, west and north.
FIGURING mill with capacity OF 100 barrels.
Good sewerage system in business portion.
over five hundred scholars in public schools
Electric lights owned and controlled by the
city.
Five hundred students at Agricultural COZ
ege.
Abstract and title guaranty company-in. .
corporated.
$4,000 invested in buildings and improve .
ments in two years.
Fine brick public school building cost SO, 600
IA rooms-finest in the state.
County seat Brookings county-hne court
house, jail and sheriff's residence. Populs-
ton of county IS 900.
Surrounded by the best farming and graz
ng lands in South Dakota-where crops are
sue and water plenty.
Masonic bodies: Commandery, Council
Chapter, Blue Lodge and Eastern star. ODD
Fellows Encampment, Subordinate and
Rebekah. A. Q. U. w. and Degree Of Honor
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors.
Royal Arcanum. National Aid Association
Mystic Circle. g. A. X. and Woman's Relief
Corps, Knights Of the Maccabees.
Beautiful trees dot the prairie In every di.
rection and the city presents charming ap'
psarance, matted as ii Is in the midst OF ne
growth Of shade and ornamental trees.
Brookings invites manufacturing enterprises,
wholesale houses and business OF all kinds.
Her citizens are ready and willing to enoour'
age and assist every helpful industry.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
: School Notes.

The net proceeds of the entertain
ment were $26.25.
School closes Wednesday for the
Thanksgiving vacation.
A final examination In algebra was
given the tenth grade Thursday.
Thanksgiving program will be Civ
en- Wednesday afternoon Ia the pri-
mary grades.
A party Of young people from the
high school gave reception at the /.
0. 0. II. hall Tuesday evening.
Alice Glendenning OF Arlington en-
tered the fourth grade this week and
younger sister entered the aecond.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

said that her aunt would frighten any
body out of his senses, and she didn't
at all wonder at Stuarts panic.
"She's going away today, 80 you
won't meet her when you come again"
said Dorothy. You will come, OF
course" she added, extending her
hand and smiling frankly into his eyes.
"Jack wants you to, and I'm sure do"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
CoucfuHfye.

Maud You think Mr.. Blushrose Is
not as Dashful in the presence OF girls
az he seems to be, do you? How did
you get that impression?
Msbel-I had it from his own lips
Chicago Tribune.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
lnfanftle Pride.

"Pooh! My papa wears evenin' clothes
every time he goes to parties"
''That amt anything. Our minister
wears his night clothes every time he
hes."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

"When / make a mistake" said Mr..
Meekton's wife, II do not hesitate to
confess It."
"Yes, Henrietta" was the reply, "you
can afford to say that You never
make eahy."-Washingto Star.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
IaaIll l !
Iey9I

lay in the shadow of a big box near the
side entrance of Hunnewclls dry goods
store. Hundreds of people must have
passed it before Charley Stuart came
along and picked it up.
Stuart was a clerk in a bank on
salary that just paid for his room in a
lodging house. He had an allowance
of $50 a month from an uncle in Bos-
ton, and it usually lasted until about
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
Further PnrttcuIars.

Miss Saltonstall-Mrs. Smythe tells
me that her father won distinction on
the bench.
Miss Winthrop-Yes. he was shoe
maker.-Somerville Journal.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
The Purse
Of Plenty;
A Thanksgiving Story
By HOWARD FIELDING
Copyright, 1900, by Charles w. Hcoke.
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A Thanksgiving Story
By HOWARD FIELDING

was a dainty pocketbook of
lizard skin, uniquely designed
and tastefully ornamented
with q monogram in gold. 1t
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

LUTHERAN (Norwegian.) Services each
Sunday morning and evening. sunday
School each Sunday.
F. c. NORMAN, Pastor.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

FIRST BAPTIST Services every Sunday
morning and evening. sunday School after
morning service. Prayer meeting Wednes-
DAY evening.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

METHODIST EPISCOPAL Services
every Sunday morning and evening. Sun
day school Immediately after morning ser
vice. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
W. A. CAVE, Pastor.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
SECRET SOCIETIES.

A. +. & A. NJ Brookings Lodge No "a,
meets nrst Tuesday in each month In Masonic
Temple. A. A. HARRIS, w. M.
RF KERR, Sec'y.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28
CITY OFFICIALS.
CHURCHES.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Services sv.
sry sunday morning and evening Sunday
school following morning service. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening.
W. NJ. JENNINGS Pastor.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28

ROYAL ARCH Brookings Chapter No.
., meets the second Tuesday each month In
Masonic Temple, G. II. SToDDART, f. Ii. p.
RF KERR, Secy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
ST. LOUIS CIGAR
| DEALERS ALARMED.
Absorption of Havana-.American
Company by the Trust Consid-
cred a Menace to Trade.

Local cigar dealers and manufacturers
are somewhat worried in regard to the
probable outcome of the new deal, by which
the Havana-America Tobacco Company
was absorbed by the American Tobacco
Company, and the invasion of the cigar
manufacturing field by the great trust.
There is a difference of opinion among
manufacturers in regard to the effect on
the local trade. but tobacco men were re-
luctant to allow their names to be used for
fear 1t might injure them in a business way
In the future.
One of the leading manufacturers OF to-
bacco, in speaking of the matter, said: II
think that the larger St. Louis cigar man
ufacturers will not be particularly injured
by the new move, but it will render 1t diff
ficult for the small fry to do business. The
larger manufacturers will be forced TO get
a move on themselves and hustle for bust
ness. but 1 am not worried over the pros
pect. Manufacturers with limited capital,
however, and dealers will be forced to do as
the trust dictates. Jobbers will also suffer
as the additional expense incurred by man
ufacturers will force them TO ask higher
prices, and the fight between the indie
pendent concerns and the trust will tend
to wipe out the middlemen."
The deal between the American Tobac-
CO Company and the Havana-American
company was a big one, and may be far
reaching in its results. BY it the Amer
lean Tobacco Company. already powerful,
gains control of many of the largest cigar
manufacturing concerns in the country,
among them s. Herscheim & Co., julius
Eilinger 4 Co.. Seldenberg L. Co, Ybor
Manrara and Emilio Lopez & Co.. Further
more, a resolution was adopted at a meet
ing Of the Board of Directors of the trust
allowing that organization to indorse and
otherwise financially back q concern in
which 1t has a substantial interest, without
appearing openly in that concerns business.
The constitutionaIity OF that measure re-
mains to be tested,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
DREAMED OF HUSBANDS DEATH
Mrs. j. ID. Robbins Fears He Has
Committed Suicide.

In an effort to locate her husband. who,
she says. was crazed by an electric shock.
Mrs. J.. d. Robbins Of No. 1910 Obear ave-
nue. called at the morgue Friday morning.
For more than three months she has been
searching for him without avail.
A few nights ago she had a horrible
dream. in which she saw him commit sui
eide. Then. as soon as she could she has
tened to the mOrgue. expecting to find his
body there.
Robbins was employed by the Missouri
Edison Electric Company as an engineer
until two years ago. when he received q
violent electric shock while attending his
engine, and was thrown to the floor. his
head striking a bar of iron. He spent two
weeks in the City Hospital before he was
pronounced out Of danger. By that time
he had given evidence that his mind was
affected, and he was forwarded to the In
sane Asylum. After four weeks he was re-
leased.
Since then his wife said he had been
tightly and often talked OF suicide: IN the
morning of January IS he. left the house
and his wife has heard nothing of him since.
Though she never took his, threats, Of sui
eide with an yesirOusness, she now believes
that he has carried them into execution.
Since Robbins's departure. a child has
teen born to the couple: Robbins Is 30
Years old. weighs 175 pounds and has dark
hair and mustache.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
ST. VINCENT De PAUL CONCERT.
Members of Choir and Singing So
cieties Will Participate.

Members Of the st. Vincent de RAJ
Church choir, assisted by prominent solo:
lists and singing societies. will give a vocal
and instrumental concert at South st. Louis
Turner Hall, Tenth and Carroll streets.
Sunday night, April q. The programme
viii consist entirely of music. :.
The overture will be Flotow's Martha"
played by Kern's Orchestra, Eugene a:
Elmer will be the soloist. Miss Adele. Ohio
harpist and Professor J. V0ellmecke pianist:
The combined ohoruses Of the Aurors and
Baden saengerbunds and the ct. Louis Lie
dertafel viii sing the "Heimkehr." BY
Gelbke, and "0eioebniss." by Meyey-Olber.
sleben. Professor J. VOellmecke win rem.
der several piano solos. Emile Kroemek4
will be heard In q plano sol0-the Igran4
~-..ccrt p~afaphrase hv Dru'.. ''tg..e" ~
the sex;eI frrG. Lucia dIAmmermoor.
Star t Of Ny zl dtss.. 2 o duet tGr scPssno :hd
be sung oy Ms. Ada Aulsr-Mettc and Mise
]. Bloemker, charles Blume, Joxeph Safer
..s.. as4as pess vii. ar:..s u several
numbers. =-
One Of the best numbers of the evening
viii be the cello solo. .'COussfto." from
Goltermann, BY Joseph Kern. Following
this number James A. Fitzgerald will sil
q barytone solo and will be followed by /
chorus Of fifty voices from the pupils Of
the st. Vincent de Paul school. In The on
Folks at Home" and .Dts Abendslocks.rs
German t9,ksens e., Tie Tse, srio o from v, Can r
sung by Mrs. Ada AuIer- Mette and MessFs.
b. J. BlOemker and Joseph Saler. The last
number will be the Gloria from Mo1art's
Twelfth Mas.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
SHORT TALKS WITH
GUESTS AT THE HOTELS.

"Te~as 10 = .te =, or ,L. sieutvsl o.om
in the history of any State In the Union,'
said Colonel Charles Hamilton of Waco,
Tex, vice president and general manage.
cs sha TT-a.z "ent-el Raii-aad. at the Dian
ers.
az don't mean the kind of a boom that
goes up like a rocket. bursts and descends
like a stick. ! mean the solid, Substantial
growth Of every interest in the State that
means future permanent prosperity. Our
people all are making money. The flrmers
have paid of their debts to the merchants
on account of the Dig price for cotton in
the last year, and that gives the merchants
an opportunity 20 discharge their ohliea-
lions. Our catt,emen are prosperous. owing
to the advance in the price Of cattle. and
the excellent seasons for grass and breed
ing. Our banks have more money In their
vaults than they can lend, and, on that ac-
count, they are about the only business men
who are g1umbiing. The oil Developments
in Texas have attracted the attention Ct
the Industrial world to our State, and mil
lions Of foreign capital are flowing in for
f!uythe. development. This means an era OF
fore in its history. Abundantly rich in all
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
BORROWED ENTIRE DEPOSITS.
Bank President Responsible for Its
Failure.

Whatcom, WASH. April 26.-Under order
of the court, Receiver Muir of the Scandi-
navian Bank has filed a report of its affairs.
According to the report the banks presi-
dent. H. st. John Dix. borrowed its entire
deposits and 5000 of its capital on his un-
secured notes. Other officers are the banks
debtors to the extent of 1890.
Thu capital stock Of the Scandinavian
American Bank was $4,000. OF the $50
shares President 81. John held twenty-seven
nominal assets are S3i, ZIG. OF this over S24.-
600 are unsecured notes of its president.
Among other things. the receiver claims
that the books were falsified: 1900 being
never. there. President st. John of the
bank is at present in London. The presi-
dents proper name is H. st. John Dix. He
went under the name OF st. John here. His
father. he claims. is an English aristocrat
and that his brother is one Of the members
of the British embassy at Washington.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
PROVIDES FOR MORE JANlToRs.
Bill introduced by Delegate Swee-
ney-Other Measures.

Mr.. Sweeney on Friday evening intro
cuced in the House Of Delegates a bill to
lie buildings. 1t specifics that the Commits
s.oner of Public Buildings shall appoint not
more than twelve ~janitors for the new City
and not more than six for the Four Courts
and one night Waterman for each building.
Mr.. Stannard. falling to get a permit from
Mayor Wells, introduced a bill to authorize
the Mound City Excelsior Manufacturing
Company to construct a public scale in city
block 341. A clause provides that the privi-
lege may be remanded upon sixty days no.
tice. at any time.
Chairman Sweeney of the Committee on
Ways and Means reported favorably the bill
TO appropriate money to pay damages for
the opening of an alley in city block BIB.
This bill was passed unanimously.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
To INVADE 4 new FIELD.
Standard Oil Interests Experiment
iDu With .itt Boiler fe. Navy.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, April 26.-Steps lave been
taken by the Standard OIL Company to IN
wade another field of industry. The en-
gineering branch of the nav is now the OBJ
ject OF attack and, as the entering wedge.
the oil City boiler works Of on City, Pa.
which is understood TO be controilse BY the
experiments with which are being conduct
ed by a board of naval officers. This board
wards. w. M. Parks and F. n. Bayley.
The boiler is known as the Hohenstein;
It is a straight tube boiler. Of standard
navy length and dimensions and capable OF
producing 1000 horsepower.
The OH City works has spent $4,000 in the
construction Of the boiler, and the com:
partment In which II has been placed and
periments cost 100000 it will be willing to
spend that sum.