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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03
Paderewski's Hands.

Paderewski, the famous pianist, says
that his fingers are as precious to hin
as life, for he could W play if be
lost any of them, He rHakes insurance
from time to time to cover Special
risks. as when he is going on a long
journey by land or sea, but apart from
these his two hands + regularly un,
derwritten from year to year.. He pays
$4,000 annually in this way, with the
result that if anything went wrong
WITH n of his precious hands at any
t % so that he could no longer carr
al income by his playing, he would bt
paid $4,000 cash down by the under
writers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03

Frank Pettigrew is probably the
best advertised man in South Dakota.
After spending several years in numer-
Gus business ventures that is reported
to have turned him in several millions
he returns to Sioux Falls. He no
sooner sets his foot inside the state
than all the newspapers take a jab at
him at once. The boys must have all
been sharpening their lead pencils at
the same time. Why is the whence
ness?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03

Governor Elrod has more than a
passing interest in the coming Of the
japanese peace commission to this
country as A. Sato, the chief of staff,
graduated in the same class with the
governor at Asbury university, Green
castle, Ind, in 1882, and the governor
has among his other keepsakes Of col
lege days a book presented to him
with the autograph of Sato,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03
Parliament's silent Member.

yiscount Bridport, who recently
died DIT the age Of 90, was a membat
OF the British House of Commons who
left a record Of having sat in that law.
making body for twelve years, asking
Iddring that time but n question
With this record, one would hardly
Expect to find that he is of the saml
tbl6od Of the great Lord Nelson.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03
RELICS OF CAPTAIN KIDD
Still Preserved on Gardeners Island,
One of HE Hiding Places.

Still Preserved on Gardeners Island,
One of HE Hiding Places
One Of the most romantic places in
the United States is Gardeners ISL
and, which lies off Greenport, on the
shore of Long Island, near the eastern
entrance to Long Island Sound. In a
manor house on the island are pre-
served several relics of the old bucca-
neer, Captain Kidd, which were no
doubt part of the cargo Of the ship
Quiddar Merchant, for the taking of
which Kidd was hanged. The relics
were given to an ancestor Of the pres
ent proprietor Of the place by no less
a person than Kidd himself.
The Gardiner who was lord of the
maHor in Kids time was eating his
dinner one evening when one of his
servants anne running to the house to
inform him that a strange vessel had
anchored off the shore and a band of
fierce looking men lad landed:
Close behind the servant came a
short man clad in the picturesque
garb Of a gentleman seaman" Of the
day. He had waving plumes in his
hat, rapier and dirk by his side, and
wore a fierce black mustache streaked
with gray. He was accompanied by
two aides, and announced himself as
Captain William Kidd.
At that terrible name the quiet and
peaceful manor house became the
scene of great excitement. Only the
lord Of the manor and his wife pre-
served their composure and their dig
nifty.
Mr.. Gardiner asked what had pro-
cured him the honor Of the pirates
visit. Kidd replied that he had land
ed a quantity Of goods which he had
hidden in a hollow to the west of the
manor house, and he asked hat they
be allowed to remain there until he re-
turned for them, threatening that if
he did not find them intact upon his
return it would be a bad day for the
Gardiner family and all that was
theirs.
Then the pirate ordered that a pig
be roasted for himself and his COM
panions. There was nothing for it but
to obey, and while the meal was cook
ing Kidd made himself most agree
able to his involuntary hosts, regal
ing them with gossip of the great
world and telling something Of his
OWL adventures.
When the pig had been eaten, Kidd
sent one of his aides to the hollow
where he had stored his goods. When
the man returned he handed to his
captain a roll Of cloth which the pi-
rate, with a profound bow. presented
to Mrs. Gardiner. 1t was a roll of
beautiful brocaded silk interviewer
with threads of gold.
Mrs. Gardiner then ordered the cap.
cider. Tossing the cider off to Mrs.
Gardeners health, Kidd drew from
his pocket and threw into the empty
fagOn a large diamond. Then he
handed the drinking vessel back to
his hostess.
treasured with care by the GARDENERS
ever since that day, and are still in the
island manOr house. Il
Afterward when Kidd had been cap
tired ana while waiting to be sent to
England for trial he confessed to hav-
Ing hidden a part of his ill-gotten
goods on Gardeners Island and they
were found and lken to Boston,
where they became the property of
the crown. In the hiding place were
found bags of silver and gold, pre-
cious stones and bales of valuable mer-
chandise.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03

The return of Frank Pettigrew to
South Dakota seems to have stirred
'em all up. We supposed That our
brethren of the press were educated
beyond the point of superstition.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03
Very Low Rates to Denver, Colo.,

Via the Norte-W Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold August IL and
Is, with favorable return limits, on ac-
count of various meetings. Apply to
agents Chicago & Western R'y.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03

'Your daughter" remarked the call
or, 'is quite a musician, IL she notT"
sNot by o long shot," answered the
unappreciative father. "She's only q
pianist"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03
ST. BENEDlCT'S ACADEMY

St Joseph, Stems county, Min
nesota. A school for girls, with
which is connected a boarding
school for little boys. For cata-
logue apply to the Directress.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03

Another chapter in the Koch MUIR
der trial has been closed and Koch is
acquitted. cit was a costly struggle
for a life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03

Honest men do not become offended
when asked to pay cash. The dead
bx8ts are the fellows whose feelings
aES cot on a hair trigger.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-08-03

Both Montana and Oregon have en-
dorsed South Dakota's pure food law.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
SECRETS OF THE HAND.

Things That Are Revealed to the
Touch of the Blind
The handshake of some people makes
you think of accident and sudden
death. Contrast this ill boding hand
with the quick, skillful, quiet hand of
nurse whom l remember with at
lection because she took the best care
Of my teacher have ciasped the
hands of some rich people that spin
not and toll not and yet are not beau
tiful. Beneath their soft, smooth
roundnesS what q chaos of undevelop.
ed character.
All this is my private science of
palmistry, and when tell your for
tune it is by no mysterious intuition
or gypsy witchcraft, but by natural,
explicable recognition of the embossed
character in your hand. Not only is
the hand as easy to recognize as the
face, but it reveals its secrets more
openly and unconsciously People con-
troll their cOuntenances, but the hand
is under no such restraint. It relaxes
and becomes listless when the spirit
is low and detected, the muscles tight
en- when the mind is excited or the
heart glad, and permanent qualities
stand written on it all the time
AS there are many beauties of the
face, SO the beauties Of the hand are
many Touch has its ecstasies The
hands Of people of strong individuality
and sensitiveness are wonderfully mo-
bile. In a glance Of their finger tips
they express many shades of thought
Now and again l touch a fine, grace
full, supple wristed hand which spells
with the same beauty and distinction
that you must see in the handwriting
Of some highly cultivated people /
wish you could see how prettily little
children spell in my hand. They are
wild flowers Of humanity and their
finger motions wild flowers of speech
Helen Keller in Century
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
MOTHER or PEARL.
The Industry OF InlayIng 1t In pre-
ciOus Woods


The Industry OF InlayIng 1t In pre-
ciOus Woods.
The sole curiosity for sigI1tseers in
the city of Hanoi, town of the French
Tonquin, is the industry of inlaying
mother of pearl in precious woods. In
fact. one street, called the Street Of the
Inlayers. is given up to the trade. The
Workmen are genuine artists, combin-
Ing artistic perception with great man
ual skill. Furnished with rude tools.
but with great patience and skill, these
workmen produce articles of great
beauty. They have applied the princi-
pie of division of labor. or specializa-
tion to their work The cabinet MAX
ers first put together the various parts
of the materials to be incrusted The
joining is done without the aid of nails
and with a nice system of doyetailing
and use Of paste, of which lacquer is
the base. From this cabinet maker the
wood passes into the hands of the de-
signer, who makes sketches for its or
namentation on rice papeR
These designs are transferred to the
wood by the inlayer. whose duty it is
to choose the pearl that will best serve.
to bring out the beauty of the design.
The mother of pearl is obtained from
large species of shellfish, called casque,
caught chiefly upon the shores Of the
island Of Poulocondar.
The inlayer cuts the pieces of pearl
into little bits and chooses the combi-
nation of colors which win make the
contrast necessary for the artistic sue
cess of his work The iridescence is
heightened by the use OF pearl dust
furnished by a kind of mussel taken
from the brooks of that region. When
the bits of mosaic are chosen the in
layer tries to give them the form of the
design chosen and disposes them as a
mosaic in the wood. The crude morsel
is made translucent by pumice stone.
The pearl is then fixed in Il wise, and
the labor of patience begins. Kneeling
before the wise, he shapes the pieces
with file no larger than an ordinary
color crayon. When the pearl is shaped
1t is necessary to trench it in the wood.
This is ordinarily done by children
fourteen or fifteen years old. The bits
Of pearl are then set in the grooves
and fixed with paste The whole is
gently heated to melt the paste and SO
ill the interstices The design is then
polished vanished and given the fin
ishing touches. The work has been
counterfeited, but never successfully
| New York Herald.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
The D.nger. of orchid hunting.

The most beautiful region the orchid
collector meets in his travels is along
the Orinoco, the Rio Negro and the
Amazon, in South America The seen
cry at times passes beyond the beauti-
full and becomes so grand as to be al
most terrible. Everything is on such a
great scale The rivers are the largest
in the world, veritable seas at high
water, the vegetation luXuriant beyond
comparison and the animal and fish
life startlingly strange. There we find
the Cattleya schroederoe, a magnificent
orchid with white flowers, which
blooms about Easter time. But the
dangers and veyations Of a trip on
the Orinoco, for instance, would hardly
be believed. Miles and miles back
from the coast in the district where
the orchids are found the Indians are
in wild state and are foes to all white
men, They Turk in the bushes along
the banks of the river and shoot poi
soned arrows at you if you happen to
venture within range of their blow
guns The center Of the stream is the
only safe place During the rainy sea-
son the mosquitoes swarm on the ORR
noco in clouds. and sleep is next to inn
possible. Even the grass when you
venture ashore is your enemy. 7Har-
per's Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
ENGL 18Th GOLD LEAF.
The Reason Its Manufacturer Pack
1t In Bibles

The Reason It's manufacturers Pack
1t In Bibles
James, said the English gold manu-
facturer, 1--WE are bout of Bibles. Co
downtown and buy six dozen
James in due course returned with
the Bibles in handcart They were
taken from him by three men, their
covers were torn off, and the pages
were trimmed with sharp knives down
to a certain small size. Then these
little reduced papers were sewed to-
gether into a multitude of small books.
The small books were distributed
among the hands, and in them the
firms output of gold leaf was packed
between every two Biblical leaves a
leaf of gold
1t seems irreverent, not to say sacri-
legious, / know said the head of the
firm, s'but we Railways do so. We have
done so for generations Gold leaf is
Railways put on the market in little
books made of Bibles.
why? I'll tell you why. Gold leaf
must be packed between printed in
stead of plain pages, for the reason that
it would slip out of plain pages, which
are too smooth for it, whereas the in
dentations made by the types on the
printed pages are just sufficient to hold
the leaf in place firmly. That's why
printed pages are used.
Eve choose among all printed pages
Bible ones, for the reason that the
Bible is the best printed book a-going.
The type is more evenly set, and the
printing is finer than in any other
work, and we need the best typesetting
and printing in our business. you know,
for any roughness or uneyenness is apt
to tear the gold leaf.
''That's why all English gold leaf is
packed in Bibles. It's necessary
thing to do, but all the same I've of
ten wondered that the churches ave
never gotten after us gold leaf manu-
facturers for our hirreverenee''-Lon
don Chronicle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18


no connection IL iiel. Gaind between the
sick girls fancy ana himself
InstinctiVely he knew the truth.
@Poor little giI.l, = lie 1as1sa1l Lonely,
struggling, with nothing TO feed her
love of companionship apd romance
upon but the sense OF fellowship with
the unseen occupant of the next ROOM
It is we'll that she hasn't seen this ugly
mug Of mine he concluded grimly.
So he fell into the way of stopping
to inquire about her Of the nurse each
morning and then Of sending great
punches of violets. upon which the sick
girls half conscious eyes rested later
on with dreamy pleasure
Who picked them We're her first
intelligent words when the fever left
her and she became herself Then,
realizing where she was and what had
happened, she laughed weakly and cor
rected herself, Who sent them, /
mean y
At the reply faint color crept into
her cheeks, and she murmured some
thing the nurse did not catch
Then came the days when she sat
up, feeling like new creature come
to new world, though in appearance
she was more than ever like d fraiI
child.
Come in. / think she would like to
thank you, said the nurse when one
| day the man stopped to make his usu-
al inquiry, and moment later he was
/
heart humping al the gaze of two
| dark fringed eyes that reminded him
of violets.
| She stammered out her thanks,
scarcely knowing what she said, SO
great was her astonishment, for, in
| fact. the Knight In Spain, whose face
she thought she knew as well as her
own, was dark ana most uncompro-
misingly ugly. Besides, he was old
forty if he was a day-and- and
In another moment her surprise was
forgotten. A big, strong hand was
| holding hers, and the voice that she
liked SO much was speaking. There
was vibrant tenderness in it that she
had never noticed before-that seemed
| personal, that suggested, outlandish as
the idea was, that to her of all the wo-
men in the world would he ever speak
in just that tone.
1t was on their honeymoon that,
| longing to hear over and over again
the beautiful truth, he questioned:
| You're sure you don't regret marry
ing an ugly brute like me?''
/ She laughed softly, laying her cheek
against his. but she did not speak
| With quick pain he pulled the face
down where he could look into the
depths of those dark fringed eyes. His
lips touched her hair, and he muir
INJURED brokenly, "Oh, little Miss
Mousse
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
Discovery OF the 1chtlyo,, mr..

Ichthy osaurus is name much jest
ed with because it rivals the mastodon
as most widely known fossil, dating
back to its discovery by Sir Edward
R. Home, between 1914 and 1919, in
the marine deposits of Lyme-R Regis.
England. The name, signifying Fish
lizard shows that this animal i'm
pressed KONG, it's describer, as having
ishlike backbone combined with a
shoulder girdle of the lizard or saurian
type. This term could not have been
more happily chosen, because, while re-
tanning the skeleton of an atayistic and
extremely ancient lizard, the ichthyo-
saur evolved most strikingly modern
external likeness to certain very fa-
miliar animals of the sea-Henry Fair
field Osborn in Century
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
His Waterloo.

Sister Sue-It's no use. Gertrude
says she'll never speak to you again.
You know how sensitive she is about
her hair. Loveboy-But / don't under
stand. Gertie's hair is my one admra-
ton, 1t is the precise tint of auburn
that Ter Sister Sue-Well, what
did you say to her when you called to
take her out in your automobile? Love
boy-I was rather astonished to find
her on the steps waiting for me. So
sang out, s'Hello, ready!''-New York
Times
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
Proprietary Right.

Little Edith had spent an afternoon
busily searching with nimble fingers
through the soft fur of her pet kitten,
says Lippincott's Magazine. When she
was through she came to report to her
mother.
''Oh, mamma, she cried, 81 found a
little flea on kitty, and caught itv'
what did you do with it," asked her
mother.
why, I put it back on kitty again,
Of course. 1t was her fea.'
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
Funny Stories

"Ha, hav' said the jovial man as he
slapped an acquaintance on the back
I'm glad to see you. have one of
the funniest stories on record. and
you are just in time
I don't care for it, was the can
did reply. You see there Is often a
pathetic SIDE even to hunor have
just been out with my architect, and
he showed me three of the funniest
stories I ever saw. If hadn't been
paying for them I'd have laughed my
self silly"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
A Fine Opentns For Yo

A Fine Opening For & Young Man
Yes" said Mrs Malone to the old
friend who was picking up the threads
of family history, my Bobby, he's
travelling with a circus now''
Pretty hard work, isn't it," inquired
the interested caller
Never a bit of it, returned the
proud mother of Bobby. Hes living
like a gentleman, he islands in his
pockets, as We might say-for it's a
handsome salary he gets, and every
blessed thing he has to do is to lay his
head in the lions mouth a matter of
some two or three times day or there
about. Youths Companion.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
knew one of Them.

"Of course, Mr.. Sophmore, you are
familiar with all the great plays" re-
marked Miss kulcher. Now, do you
consider Goldsmith's as clever as Sher-
idan's ?''
"Goldsmith?'' replied Sophmore. ssHe
must belong to some minor college.
Why, there isn't another halfback in
the country that can touch Sheridan of
our varsity. -P Philadelphia Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
eyes" That Meant ono.

Harry What did Kate say when you
proposed to her? Frank She said yes.
Harry Then she is really going to mar
~ your Frank-Oh, dear, no! What
put that into your head? The question
asked was, do you prefer to remain
single rather than accept me7''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
when Man Ceases to Be Useful.

The moment man reaches the stage
where he thinks more of his dinner
than he does of his duty. more Of his
coat than he does of his character,
more of his standing in society" than
he does Of doing his plain duty as a
man and citizen that moment he
ceases to be a factor in the preserva-
ton of the state.-Rev. z. b. Gregory.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
1t Helps.

Money doesn't bring happiness
3 No, but it isn't necessary that it
should. II you have money and want
happiness you can afford to go after
ii. Houston Post.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
Both Sides OF 1t.

Giles So you've got place in that
banking house? suppose 1t was be-
cause you knew the president? Har-
Disparity that and partly because he
didn't know Exchange.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
Almost the Limit.

Jagged Jake Did ye hear what hap
pened to me old pal, Rusty? Musty
Nose What's de trub? Dead? Jagged
JakeW orse'n dat. Water on de knee
Princeton Tiger.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
It Depends.

She DO you think that a woman can
truly love but one? He-Well, if that's
the only chance she has yes Detroit
Free Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18

All the noted people the world has
produced have been workers. Still,
there are a few who do not believe
work is respectable Atchison Globe.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18

It sometimes happens that a father
knows almost as much as his son.
Chicago News.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18

Creatures of the Unfathomed Deep.
Such fierce carnivorous fishes as ex-
list in the depths of the ocean are un-
known at the surface. There is the
ttblack swallower," which devours 9th
er fnny creatures ten times as big as
itself, literally climbing over its vic
tim, first with one jaw and then with
the other. Another species is nearly
all mouth, and, having no power Of To-
comotion, it lies buried in the soft ooze
at the bottom. Its head alone protrud-
Ing, ready to engulf any prey that may
wander into its cavernous jaws. There
is a ferocious kind of shark resembling
a huge eel. All of these monsters are
as black as ink Some of them are per-
fectly blind, while others have encr-
nous goggi;lg eyes. No ray of sum
light ever pierces the dark, unfathom-
ed caves In which they dwell. Each
species is gobbled by the species next
bigger for there is no vegetable life to
feed on.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-18
The Spoiled Children of the World.

The Spoiled Children of the World.
Burmese children are the spoiled chill
dren OF the world, according to " G..
Scott O'Connar. In his book, The
Silken East" he says that they are
never punished by their parents, who
universally adore them. They grow up
In the open air with all the grace OF
young, unchecked life THE sheer joy
Of life abides in them,0 says he, "and
they seem to live perpetually at play
in the village street, where they play
game of ninepins with the great seeds
Of a jungle creeper; in the monastery
where they lie upon the floor and
scream out their lessons with lusty de-
light; in the river, in which they splash
and plunge before they can walk; at
the play, where they crawl about
among the feet of the prima donna and
the posing kings, and at the pagoda,
where they hold flowers before them
with faces screwed up to gravity, with
laughter pent up behind it. And if there
be any dispute about the good looks Of
their elders there can be none as to the
prettiness Of Burmese children. .