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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
MAIL ORDER HOUSES
Comments From Leading Papers Show That
They Are Making Roadway in
the Country.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS MUST PROTECT THEMSELVES
BY THE "cAT" HOUSE ROUTE.

There was once a rounded donar in the jeans of Farmer Jones,
Which tunefuly jingled with a similar bunch Of bones"
And Farmer Jones that same PUNK took and paid debt he owed:
And sc it went a travelling on a debtor tightening road.
1t visited the editor who sent it on to Gray,
Who owed a bill to jenkins, and he paid the same that day.
And Jenkins bought goloshes for to keep his "tootsies' dry,
And the shoe man paid a grocer by the gentle name of Frye.
Now Frye, who needed -four, paid it over to the mill,
Which, wanting wheat for grinding paid it back TO Jones till"
And thus it was that Jones dollar after paying debts a score,
Went round the whole home circuit some more-and then some more.
But one day from a cat house, in Chicago or Kay See,
There came a whalin' booklet, most wondrous to see.
1t had a million pictures, it told a million tales,
And it had for sale most everything, from nutmegs up to whales.
1t said the retail merchant was a robber in disguise,
And it proved that Ananias was no longer prince of lies.
And Jones, he read that volume and reveled in the same.
He swallowed all it told him, and he went against the game.
He go. it, and he found it wasn't worth a tinker's dern.
The carpet for the parlor, the "alwool" suit for Bill
He found was three part shoddy and the rest in good was nil.
And the swell Fall hat for Susie, couched in words s. sweet and
clear
Was-breathe the whisper gently-of a vintage yester year.
Went off the old home circuit against the cat house game.
The butcher and the banker, the tax collector too
The grocer and the miller and others not a few,
No longer saw the dollar on its debt removing way,
1t had Joined the cat" house profits, it had gone and gone to stay.
Kansas City Manufacturer and Merchant.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
BIRTH RATE I G
And Death Rate Low, According to
South Dakota's Report.

SOuIn OdNOka . VSPS's
The report of the vital statistics bull
letin for October has been completed.
The births recorded for October reach
ed S5S, of which 404 were females and
asa males. The births since July l
being 2,971.
Three hundred and forty-nine deaths
were reported for the month, of which
% were from tuberculosis, 81 from
heart trouble and 10 from cancer. The
total deaths from July l to Nov. 1
were 1,123, an average age Of 33 years.
The marriages for the month num-
Der 324. making 1,046 since July l..
There were no erratic marriages for
the month. the oldest person being
IS, and several brides were but IL
years Of age.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Pies Mother Made,

Mrs. Newlywed-Well, Henry, how
do you like my pies?
Mr.. Newlywed-My dear, they are
just like the pies that my father used
to say were not like his mother used
to make.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
SELL MORE CAPITOL LANDS.
More Sales Are Authorized by South
Dakota Commission.

The state capitol commission has
authorized the state land commits
sioner to advertise a second auction
sale of capitol lands in Mcpherson
county on Dec. Is. He was authorized
also to advertise private sales OF such
lands in the counties of Hyde, Ed
munds and Faulk, the private sales to
be on the same terms and at the
same prices as the minimum when Of
fered at auction.
Since the auction sales a number
of private sales are under negotia-
tion n several tracts have been
disposed of in counties where there
was nc bidding at auction.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-11-30
Didn't Know the Game.

Edith-Papa is immensely pleased
to hear you are a poet.
Ferdy-Is he?
Edith-Oh, very-the last of my low
ers he tried to lick was a football
player.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-05-12
CORPSE RINGS.
what They Are and why They Are
Worn by sailors.

Corpse rings, eh?" said the visitor
"It's curious, a grewsome, name.
What are corpse ringsT
Corpse rings" the collector an.
swered, "are rings found on the bodies
Of drowned Standardization rings.
Look at this thick gold one. Run.
ming around il on the outside. you see,
there is carved In big. plain letters
William Ratline, born in Camden.
Me. 1865. Home. Malabar.' Ratline
was lost off the Needles I'm the big
storm OF 1897. Malabar was communi-
Gated with, but II appeared that he had
no relatives there.
Nearly every sailor when the blues
overtake him imagines he will die OF
drowning. He hates to think OF his
body washing up on n strange shore,
OF his nameless grave and Of the anxi-
ETY. OF his friends when he doesn't re.
turn and no news comes OF him. and
therefore he buys himself an identifi'
cation or corpse ring.
"Some of these rings are costly.
beautiful, strange. Here IN an antique
Egyptian one. n ring Of green bronze
from n rificd tomb. Here l. n wooden
one. carved with little demons. for the
thumb. Ii came. think. from Sene-
gambia. This ring OF ivory Is Japa-
nese. Ii Is OF beautiful workmanship.
The monkeys. holding each others
tails. that go around IL I'm n circle, are
quite perfect. Herald.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
ROSA BoNHEUR's HEIREss
How Miss Anna Klumke Came to Be
Presented to the Great An
imal Painter.

Miss Anna Klumke, who has inherited
Rosa Bonheur's fortune, is about to
publish a paper, says the Brooklyn
Eagle, which shows how it came about
that the great artist made her will in her
favor, and you will be surprised to hear
that 1t was John Arbuckle, the man al
the head of the great coffee industry
whom all Brooklynites know, who was
instrumental in having Miss Anna
Klumke make the acquaintance of Rosa
Bonheur. This is the way it came
about:
John Arbuckle was great admirer OF
Rosa Bonheur and having, some ten
years ago, a fine wild horse in his stud
farm, he sent 1t to Rosa Bonheur A
year later, going to Paris, Mr.. Arbuckle
wanting to know whether Rosa Bon
heur got the horse all right, asked his
friend, Miss Anna Klumke, to 90 to the
chateau with him to act as Interpreter
because he spoke no French They did
not see Rosa Bonheur; she was out, but
the maid showed the horse to its former
owner and said that no one was able to
tame him; that he was let out in the
fields and came back to the stable of his
own accord when he wanted feed
Mr.. Arbuckle was bent on making
Rosa Bonheur's acquaintance and. on
writing to her, she invited him and Miss
Klumke to luncheon, saying they would
be most welcome, but would not get
much more than fresh eggs. Delighted
with his visit, Mr., Arbuckle made sew
eral calls upon Rosa Bonheur and each
time he wrote asking the liberty to GO
to see her she wrote back to be sure
and bring his charming Interpreter with
him.
Anna Klumke, who always had the
greatest admiration for Rosa Bonheurs
work, was delighted to have the occa-
sion to see the great artist. A friend
ship grew out OF these visits and when
Anna Klumke came to America to fill
orders for portraits she and Rosa Bon
heur corresponded. When Anna Klumke
went back she painted Rosa Bonheur's
portrait for the Salon and during the
poses the artist asked Miss Klumke if she
would rot like to live with her, that she
would give her lessons in painting and
that it would be pleasant to spend the
winter evenings together talking about
art and literature. Anna Klumke' s
mother was appealed to by the artist and
gave her consent and Anna was Rosa
Bonheur's constant companion the last
two years of her life
Miss Klumke venerates the memory
of her friend and benefactress and she
spends the greater part of her life col
lecting notes, remembering what the
artist told her, to get up biography of
Rosa Bonheur which will be a lasting
monument to her memory. In the mean
while, she is about to publish Rosa Bon
hours letters to her in America.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
QUIcKNESS is RELATIVE.
People in England Not slow when
1t Comes to Things They Are
Familiar with.

The careful American observer soon
finds that the standard Of quickness is
to be determined in England, as every
where else, by the point of view, says
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, in the
Atlantic. People who go slowly on new
ground may turn out to be quick enough
when wholly at home with any particu-
Ter line of thought
How odious and complicated. for in
stance, seems to an American observer
the computation of pounds, shillings and
pence! 1t seems strange that any ma
ton should consent for a day to en-
ploy anything but decimal currency.
yet with what lightning rapidity does
a London bookkeeper make his compu-
atoms! What life Of tedious formal
ity seems that Of an English house sery-
ant; yet there was no slowness of in
.ellect in that footman in an earps fam
ily who when his young lord fell over
the oanister, and the next of kin called
to ask II the elder boy was hurt. an
swered promptly: Killed, my lord!"
thus accomplishing in an instant the
transfer Of the title appertaining to an
earfs eldest son and heir only.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
LOOKS FOR NINTH NOON
Further Search for Saturn's New Sat
elite Will Be Made by Prof.
Pickering.

The summer vacation OF Prof Picker
ing, the Harvard astronomer, promises
to be busy one. In addition to his close
study of the moons craters, he proposes
to search for the ninth satellite of Sa-
turn, the existence Of which is well estab-
lished, but which no one has ever yet
been able to see. Professor Pickering
discovered it several years ago in an ex-
animation Of the Harvard observatory s
collection OF stellar Photographic mega
tives
From series Of these, which thus far
furnish the only evidence of its exist
ence, he has been able to construct ex-
actly the body's orbit BY means of the
big telescope at Yerkes observatory and
by following his diagrams by which he
can locate exactly the position of the
object on any given night, he hopes to
catch glimpse of this ninth moon of
Saturn, which goes circling about the
planet outside of its other attendants.
When he was at Areguipa, Peru, Prof.
Pickering discovered that the satellites
OF Jupiter were all apparently egg
shaped. One Of these odd moons seemed
to the observers to revolve end over end,
so that sometimes it presented a round
disk to the eye and at others luminous
broadside. For the purpose of confirmig
his conclusions regarding these interest
ing little moons the Harvard astronomer
will visit the Echo Mountain observa-
tory during the present summer and he
hopes that the favorable atmosphere
conditions of southern California will
enable him to gain much-needed infor-
nation regarding Jupiter and his satel-
lites.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
BOTTLE GUN SHOOTS OIL.
Invention of Brazilian Admiral to
Smooth the Surface of
the Ocean.

While the process OF quieting the
troubled waters by scattering oil on
the surface has been known and prac-
ticed for long time, there are con-
stantly new means being devised for
the application OF the oil The latest
thing OF this character is the bottle
gun" which has been invented by
Vice Admiral Guimares. of the Brazil
ian navy, who proposes to scatter oil
ON the water ahead of the boat by it's
means
The gun Is handy little piece,
mounted on pivot carriage, which
is bolted down to the deck, so that
there is no recoil. 1t is made of
bronze, but the chamber at the breech
which contains the propelling charge
is OF steel. The charge, in a brass
central-fre cylinder. is loaded into the
gun from the rear, as It is breech-
loading piece, with an interrupted
screw plug TO close IT.
The bore Of the gun is of much
greater diameter than the, powder
chamber, and the projectile, which Is
nothing more than an ordinary wine
bottle filled with sawdust stepped in
oil. is entered at the muzzle and
rammed home. The advantage of this
Is obvious. since there would never
be any difficulty in providing a sup
ply of these fragile pro1ectiles.
When the gun is discharged the bot
tie is. of course, broken, and with its
contents scattered over the water for
considerable distance If fired
ahead, to form smooth pathway for
the advancing vessel, 1t requires to be
discharged every Ave minutes, but If
the vessel is stationary or lying to one
round every 20 minutes is said to be
sufficient,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
BECOME LIKE THE INDIANS.
White Children in Oklahoma Initiate
Their Red-Skinned PIaymmtes-
A Teachers Difficulties.

The first public school at the Red
Store, frontier Indian trading post,
in Oklahoma, as old as the military post
OF Fort Sill itself. has revealed the fact
thas white children through association
with Indian children have taken on far
more of the customs, manners and
speech of the Indians than the latter
have of their white playmates.
Nearly adj the white children of the dis
trict have been reared among the Indi-
ans, associating with them and attend
ing school with them. They have
learned to paint their cheeks put feath-
ers in their hair, wear gaudy sashes and
brass finger rings and earrings and shoot
the arrow to the mark.
Now that district school has been
established the teacher has met the
greatest difficulty of her life in teaching
these little Indians the ways of civiliza-
ton. They have the highest regard
for authority having had it instilled
by mission teachers in the Indian
school they have attended, but they
insist on preserving the Indian Gus
toms.
They read their lessons aloud in
studying as they were taught to dc in
the mission school, They do many
things obnoxious to the district teach
er, who is seeking their reform, and
they almost absolutely refuse to de-
part from the customs they have
learned
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
ZEBRA is EASILY tanned.
WIG Horse of Southern Africa Is BE.
coming a Valued Domestic
Animal

Among the advantages promised to
the people of South Africa by the
British government is the utilization
as a domestic animal OF the zebra
which is indigenous to that region
An attempt is to be made to domesti-
cate the zebra for use in the recently
acquired possessions. IL is proposed
to catch large numbers of wild zebras
and allow them to breed in captivity.
training the young as draft animals.
No attempt apparently viii be made
to tame and train the captured am
mails themselves, although this has
often been accomplished with selected
individuals.
The zebra proper is very difficult to
tame, but allied varieties, such as the
South African quagga, are more easily
domesticated. At the Cape 20 years
since these were often seen working
with draft horses
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Unanswerable.

At an examination in an English
school the teacher was so pleased with
his class that he said they could ask
him any question they liked Some were
asked and replied to. Seeing one little
fellow in deep thought, the teacher asked
him for question. The boy answered,
with grave face:
"P-please, sir. If you was in a soft
mud-heap up to your neck, and was to
throw brick at your head. would you
duck?"
The answer is not recorded. -Tit-Bit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
HORSE PRIDE.
High Spirited Animal Would Not Al
low Another Horse Help Pull
Hard Load.

He was a fine-looking bay, an excel
lent specimen of horsenesh, and he
looked decidedly out of place hauling
a loaded coal sleigh, says the Hartford
Courant. He was a snappy fellow,
like those animals one sometimes
sees at the circus. He would have
done credit to any good fancier
of horsehesh. He was merely doing
his duty hauling the load of coal
up one of the steep grades on the
East side. He was forced from the
center Of the roadway toward the
curbing. where the slush and snow
were the deepest Like all good
horses, he knew when he was tired.
and Of course he stopped. His driver
appreciated the situation and allowed
the animal a chance to recover him
quite refreshed and ready for work.
He tried to start, but he couldn't; his
sleigh runners were imbedded deep in
the slush. Another sleigh happened
along and, having no load. the occu-
pants rendered their assistance They
tied rope on to the forward end of
the coal sleigh and made an effort to
move it. The rope snapped. This OPP
Grafton was repeated three or four
times with the same result. The fine
locker of course grasped the situation
and eyed the newcomer thoughtfully
Then, at the word from the driver, he
started up the hill and brought the
load safely to the top. Merely horse
PRIDE" said one man who had
watched the performance.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
ABANDONING USE OF MEAT
Consumption of Fruits and Vege-
tables Is on the Increase in
This Country.

Striking though the decline In meat
consumption as shown by the census
report is, none of us will take 1t as
evidence that we eat less generously
than our ancestors. Indeed, says Pear
sons Magazine, Americans as a peo-
pie never Jared better in food than
they do to-day. To make up for the
decreased meat diet there Is but one
way to turn. Have we increased our
vegetable food--our wheat, corn, oats.
potatoes, garden vegetables, fruits.
sugar?
The census gives interesting results.
In 1850 Americans consumed 430 BUSH
els of wheat for each 100 persons; in
1900, 623 bushels-a very marked rise.
Corn and potatoes give very similar
percentages of increase. But the most
surprising change is in the consump-
ton OF oats, presumably on account OF
the improved methods of the manufac-
ture of oatmeal; 80 bushels in 1850
to 1856 bushels In 1900-over fourfold
in 40 years. During the last decade.
however the consumption of oatmeal
has lost ground relatively, dropping
TO 361 bushels for each 100 persons.
This decrease is probably due to the
substitution Of other cereals" and
breakfast" foods. which have IN some
families wholly taken the place OF oat-
meal
Now, take the market garden prod
uct, fruits and sugars. Anyone who
will stop to think OF the present day
grocery store with its rows upon rows
of inviting canned goods-tomatoes
corn, peas, beans and all manner OF
fruits-and OF the excellent displays
of green vegetables and fresh fruits,
from huckleberries to watermelons,
will find himself convinced of the inn
portant part these foods play in our
common diet And then our candy
item, our preserves item; no one
whose memory can supply COMPARE
son Of the candy stores Of 90 years
ago with those of to-day can fail to
be impressed with the increase Of
sugar consumption Here, indeed, the
figures tell striking story. In 1850
each man, woman and child in Amer
ica ate 20 pounds OF sugar; in 1900
Go pounds of sugar. And in the 20
years since 1880 the consumption of
market garden products and fruits has
increased more than threefold.
And here is another interesting
point Ten years ago potatoes out
ranked market garden products more
than two to one, The last census puts
them in tho opposite relation potatoes
falling behind by nearly $4,000 900.
One of the most striking features OF
this increased eating of market gar
den products is indicated by the re-
markable increase of land covered by
glass to supply our modern bills OF
fare with early and late green stuff"
It is scarcely dozen years since this
increase began its expansion and yet
the census of 1900 reports over 300
acres OF land covered with glass in
New York state alone and nearly as
much in Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey. with over 200 acres each in ILL
nois and Massachusetts,,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

This is nice way to serve peaches
when they are little too green and
hard for eating uncooked: Cut them
in halves. pare and remove the stones.
place them in layers with smooth side
up in deep earthen pie dish. with the
bottom of the dish just covered with
water; sprinkle sugar over the peaches
and cover and bake in the oven until
tender, but not soft enough to break.
These may be served hot or cold with
whipped cream or meringue People s
Home Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
one-Man Parish.

The only name on the list Of voters
for the parish OF Hopwas Hays is that
of the assistant overseer himself. Be
sides being the only occupier he appoints
himself oyerseer at the annual parish
meeting, over which he presides and
alone attends. AS assistant overseer he
collects the guardians precepts from
himself and pays himself his own salary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Touched the spot.

Rodrick-So Freddy is after the rich
Gotrox girl? How in the world did he
make such favorable impression with
the mother7
Van Albert-0h, that was easy. When
he saw the mother and daughter together
for the first time he asked II they we're
sisters. Chicago Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

Soak half package of gelatine in
cold water for half an hour, and then
pour over 1t pint of boiling water;
add FIVE tablespoonfuls Of sugar. and
then dissolve, pour into a cup and a
third of hot, rich blackberry Juice;
strain and chill on ice; when cold. but
not stiff. add the well-beaten whites
of three eggs and beat until thick and
light, then turn into mold and set
In cold place.-Wa Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Champion Chimney Teller.

Thomas Kidney, Leeds steeplejack.
claims to be the worlds chimney-felling
champion. He has recently brought
down his one hundred and sixth. Mr..
Kidney, who is 20 years Of age, an
nounces that he will retire when he has
demolished 200 mill chlmnevs-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
The Other Side.

Shell should imagine automobiling
must be the poetry of motion.
He-So 1t is; until the machine
breaks down. Then 1t suddenly be-
comes blank versel"-N. Y. Times,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

The Limousine" is described as a
cross between an automobile and a
sleeping car. There must be something
doing, says the Chicago Record Herald,
when a Limousine goes into muck
pond.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

One cup of raspberry juice, the
juice of one lemon, and two table,
spoonfuls of pineapple juice. Sweeten
to taste, and chill on ice, Home Mag
azipe,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Altoeethsr Too unpleasant.

Would-Be-Actress-In the third act
1 simply lose myself
Manager-Well, let us have that act
frs. -Philadelphia Bulletin.
Gilpin observer., 1905-11-30
Warships coeree the Sultan.

London.-The Mail publishes the fol-
lowing from Mitylene, dated Novem-
Der 9th: Eight warships of the COM
bined fleet arrived here at s o'clock
this morning. Admiral Ritter Won Je-
dina, accompanied by the Austrian con-
sui. proceeded to the government house
at 1880 O'Clock and handed the ulti-
matum to the governor. At / o'clock
this afternoon 800 sailors landed and
seized the customs and telegraph of
flee. Everything is quiet"
The Neue Frei Presse of Vienna pub
fishes a dispatch from Constantinople
saying that the Sultan, through Tewfik
Pasha, the foreign minister, has an
nounced to Baron Won Calice, the am
bassador of Austria Hungary, that Tur-
key accedes to the demands of the pow
ers regarding the financial control of
Macedonia.