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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-09-06


on Tuesday, September Is 1906, at S p. m. at
---f for the purpose of placing in
nomination candidates for the various offices
to be voted upon at the general election to be
held November 6, 1906, next, and for transaction
of such other business as may properly be con-
sidered at which time and place candidates for
the following offices will be placed in nomina-
tion TO wit:
County Treasurer
County Auditor
Register of Deeds
Sheriff
States Attorney
Superintendent of Schools
Clerk of Court
County Judge
Surveyor
Coroner
State Senator
Three Members of Legislature
Four County Justices of the Peace
County Commissioner, First District
County Commissioner, Third District
County Commissioner, Fifth District
10 The ratio as fixed by County Central Com
mittee is based on vote cast for Hon. Freeman
Knowles for Governor at last election.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
OWNS THE OLDEST CLOCK.
Physician Has Eeht-day Time Re-
corder with Long History.

Supulpa, Okla.-Dr. d, W. Avery, Of
this CITY, is the possessor of what is
probably the oldest clock in Oklaho-
ma. 1t is of the tall variety, generally
spoken of as "grandfather's clock"
and is of the same sort mentioned
in Longfellow's famous poem.
The clock was brought TO the terri.
tory by Dr. Avery when he came here,
and was made by his great-grandfa.
Their at least $50 years ago in the town
OF Preston Conn. The works are of
brass, and run eight days.
The case is of solid cherry, while
the face Is made of one solid piece of
brass composition, hammered out by
hand, then plated, and finally hand en-
graved in elaborate style. 1t is some
eight feet tall, and is intended to
stand on the floor. Besides telling
the moment and the hour, 1t has a
second hand, also a calendar dial that
tells the day of the month. The old
clock still keeps as good time as ever.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
SLEEPING MEN BEST THINKERS
Also Act with Wonderful ouickness,
Declares French Professor.

Baltimore, Md.-Prof. Pierre Jouet,
of the Paris Sorbonne, IN a lecture on
somnambuism at Johns Hopkins uni
versity, said that while somnambulists
can see things aud speak fluentiy they
cannot remember what occurred dur
ing the delirium. He sand:
THE somnambulist has not our dull
memory of things. He sees the OBJ
jects he speaks of and really hears,
feels and touches the, exactly as If
they were real.
when patient speaks he has a flu
ency of language and even an elo-
quence that are superior to his nor
nal powers. When he acts he has
precision and quicllness that are won
derful.
THE man who ran TO the housetop
showed more agility than he would
have had in his normal state, eyel If
he had not been paralyzed
In connection with this precision
and certainty of memory we find
some strange mental blanks. You
speak OF patients and they do not an
swer. You try to make your presence
felt, they do not perceive. To make
yourself heard you must dream with
the patient and speak to him only in
accordance with his delirium."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
CURED BY ELoPEMENT NEWS.
Shock Restores Aged Father of Girl
Who Runs Away to Wed.

London.-The elopement of a Lon.
don girl has cured her elderly father
of a painful nervous disorder, includ-
ing agoraphobia-whi may be de-
scribed, roughly, as a dread of open
and exposed places.
The specialist who tells the story in
the Lancet says that the man was
seized with panic when in a wide
street, and could cross a bridge only
in an omnibus, with his eyes shut.
But, after some months, he entered
the specialists consulting-room appar-
entity changed man. "He said he
had a dreadful shock; a terrible trou-
bic. His daughter had run away from
home. and Joined a lover. Still he did
not look shocked. On the contrary,
he appeared complacent and content
ed. Then the story came out.
What | have come for is not to
consult you about my health, but to
tell you that this shock has complete
ly cured me. | have not the slightest
difficulty in going anywhere ! like. |
can go through wide streets, over the
bridges, across Trafalgar square, and
even into the parks. The recovery
came to me suddenly, Immediately af-
ter had the dreadful shock"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
Made by Greeks of Greek Tobacco,
They Are Called Egyptian.

Westinghouse controversy which
pecially in England, as TO the rival
merits of Turkish and Egyptian cigar
cites seems likely to be settled by a
report Of a disinterested but observ-
ant American consul.
Though the United States Is the
great igarette-producing nation of
the world, there are imported into this
country every year more than $1,000
600 worth of foreign-made cigarettes,
some Turkish and some Egyptian.
Turkey is large tobacco producing
country, yielding $4,000 tons of tobac-
CO every year, and the Turks, it is
well known, are a nation of smokers.
The amount of tobacco raised in
Egypt Is inconsiderable, and yet
Egyptian cigarettes are imported into
this country in considerable amounts
every year.
The explanation of the matter as
offered by the American consul in
Athens, is simple. 1t seems that the
Greek tobacco crop last year was the
largest Greece ever harvested-about
200,000,000 pounds. A brand of
Greek tobacco is used for Egyptian
cigarettes.
Why, it is asked, Egyptian? The
answer is that Egyptian cigarettes
are made by Greeks because cigar
cite paper is too expensive in Greece,
where it is a government monopoly
Thus the business has gone over to
Egypt. The most famous cigarette
makers of Egypt are Greeks.
A very large business in cigarette
making has been established in Alex
andria, and it is in the hands of
Greeks, who import their tobacco from
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
WHY FOOD is HIGHER.

Flour costs anywhere from four dol
lars to six dollars barrel of 1876
pounds. according to the price of
wheat. But people don't buy barrels
of -four as of yore. They demand it
in fancy packages, and sometimes get
1t in the form Of prepared foods.
"The -four. that goes into a one
pound package costs about quarter
of cent. The consumer pays much
more, of course, The price for this
one pound package is higher than 1t
ought to be. 1t probably costs eight
or ten cents, where it should not cost
more than five or six The higher
price to the consumer is the result of
the fancy package, demanded by the
widely spreading national vanity, and
further of the fact that the article
must be delivered, service that is de.
manded by the pride of the purchaser
People are spending money now
adays and they are spending 1t fast
Our prosperity depends upon spend
ing. If everybody boarded what he
earned, prosperity would cease. We
would fry in our own fat"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
DUE TO PRIDE AND VANITY OF
CONSUMER.
Government Statstician Declares
Even Common People Want Best
of Everything and Pay for
Fancy Packages.

Washington.-Prde and vanity on
the part of the average individual
rather than in increase in the cost of
raw products or manufacture are the
causes for the present high price of
foodstuffs, according to DR.. lie Grand
Powers, agricultural statistician Of
the census bureau.
People nowadays-I mean average
people, common people If you within
sist upon having the best of every
thing" said DR.. Powers. THE work
ingman insists upon the finest cuts
of meats and he buys better meat,
perhaps, than the salaried or profess
sional man. He doesn't subscribe to
the shinbone doctrine of Edward At
kinson. He has a feeling that he is
as good as anybody else, and this feel
Ing asserts itself in his purchases.
That is vanity.
you remember the time, perhaps,
when a man who wanted to buy a
steak threw his basket over his arm
and went to the grocery after it. But
he won't carry a bundle now. His
meat must be sent to him. That is
pride.
ut is safe to estimate that 1t costs
five cents steak for every cut that is
delivered to the house. The same is
true with other commodities of every
day necessity. The man whose food
is delivered to him by the grocer or
butcher pays the freight.
you may take any article you
please" continued DR. Powers, land
you will find that the margin between
the manufacturer and consumer is
constantly increasing The middle
man, or dealer, is the gamer, to a con.
siderable degree, although he is not
responsible altogether for the high
prices of foods. He must meet the
consumers fancies, he must make his
goods look attractive, and he must lay
them at the door of the household. All
of this costs money and of course the
consumer pays the freight.
people want prepared breakfast
foods now, where they used to be sat
isfied with oatmeal and mush, or pos
sibly dishes or cakes made of -four.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
Increasing Age of HeroInes.

THE age of the heroine in novels"
we are told, has been steadily going
up. There was time when the young
girl of II or 20 was the only possible
heroine of a romance. Now she may
figure in a story, but it will be more
as side character than as the lead
ing lady There are doubtless fash.
Ions in these things. The ugly he.
roine came in about the middle of the
asst century. She is now, poor girl.
no more. She fourished with the
ugly hero, which was surely rather
hard fortune for both of them. The
thought of procession of aged her
Dimes seems to suggest a deeper seri.
BUSINESS than we have been used to.
That, however, may do us no harm.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13

see nothing but the fact that it was
not the informer who was actually
guilty of smuggling.
We had worked ourselves to a eli
max of evaporation, when lad came
in and handed the supervisor a note
He opened the note, and as he read
we saw that it contained surprise.
He hastily turned to Tommy's
Petits Bouquets that lay on the
table beside him, eagerly exam
lining first one and then another,
finally extracting a cigar; he broke
it in u, two, then suddenly selling
both bundles he came out to us in a
towering rage.
Take your rubbish and go to the
DEVIL" he said.
Whats up? What's the matter
now?" we broke out, each in his own
way.
Clear out, l tell you" roared the
furious official; I've had enough of
this foolery."
What do you mean?' calculated
Dickson, and as he spoke he drew out
OlC vi llAS CbiIS DOuiuCLo anu DlOh6
it as he had seen the supervisor do,
and then we saw what Tommy had
done. They were mere dummies of
cigars, and of course we're not dutia-
BILE at all.
I'VE shall just catch the 1928" said
Kingstone in his driest manner. 1--WE
shall find Tommy on the platform
with the luggage. believe he expects
us to dine with him at the Criterion
tonight He wired up to arrange,
know"
Dickson was the only one who did
not look like giving a ready accept,
ance, for he had been specially vic
timized all through
Look here, Kingstone," he said, as
soon as we had got out of the super.
visors Office, did old Traddes let me
see him making up that parcel on
purpose
"Of course he did" replied Kings.
tone. taking him by the arm. and
moving on, He's been planning this
little sell for weeks, Come on, or we
shall lose the tran.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
.TOMMY'S CRATGS
BY G. F. MlLLlN
Ccopyrignt, 1906 by Joseph b. Bowies.}

self, apparently intending to cut us.
That, of course, couldn't be permit.
ted, so some one produced a key, and
we trooped in, charttably bent on
reconciliation.
only bit of holiday fun, you
know, Traddles. Don't take it too
seriously, old man." pleaded Dick
son.
you admit, then, that you took
them out of my parcel?" said Tom
my, opening his mouth for the first
time, and speaking with an offended
air.
81 don't deny it." said Dickson,
"but you know, Traddles, you might
have"
And you were all parties to the
theft?" he interrupted.
Hang it all, Traddles," urged Dick
son, you can't say we stole your
cigars, when the worst we've done has
been to get EN- through the Gus
toms for you"
well" replied Traddles, quite
implacable, and speaking in his
sternest manner, 81 won't say any
thing further on the score of theft,
but I'll show you what I'll do"
And to our amazement he dropped
the window and shouted to a customs
officer who stood on, the other side of
the platform. The man came prompt
ly to his call, and Tommy addressed
him.
Officer" he said, this man admits
having brought these cigars ashore
in his handbag without having Off
cially declared them" Having said
this, he dropped into his corner with
the air of man who had accom-
plished a painful duty.
For the first time in our knowledge
of him, Tommy, the hospitable, So
ciable old joker, had done a really
malicious thing.
The officers manner was very quiet
and very serious. Taking possession
of the cigars, he intimated that Dick
son must accompany him to the SUI
pervisor, and with something like a
groan, the culprit departed We all
trooped after him, and as we left the
carriage every one of us, except King.
stone hurled reproaches at the grim
| figure in the corner, who went on to
town by the train, which started very
soon after we left it.
We tried to make the supervisor I'M
| derstand what had happened; to show
him that the real cuprit was the in
former himself. But although the
officer looked sagacious enough, he
seemed extremely dense, and could
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
RAISES LEMONS IN IOWA.
farmers Wife Has Bearing Trees
Growing in Her Garden.

Bussey, Ia.-Not only does the Iowa
farmers wife produce the fruit with
which to make her pumpkin and goose.
berry pies, but Mrs. b. II, Little, wife
of a prosperous farmer living near
Bussey, has succeeded in producing
the lemons with which she will manu-
facture her lemon pies for Thanksgiv.
ing.
That this particular variety of cit.
rus fruit may be cultivated with some
success in such varied climate as
Iowa offers has been demonstrated by
Mrs. Little.
she has half a dozen lemon trees
growing in her garden. They have
all produced fruit. this year. Some of
the lemons are of enormous size, show.
ing that the Iowa soil is full of the
substance necessary to the production
OF lemon pies.
Many of the lemons which have
npened on the trees cultivated by Mrs.
Little are -, 121A and 1OlA inches in
circumference, and viii weigh nearly
one pound each.
Mrs, Little declares they will make
the finest lemon pies I'm the state, and
That she has made five TO seven pies
from one of her immense lemons. The
lemons are perfect in shape and color,
having ripened evenly, and seem to be
full OF Juice of unequaled flavor
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
His Claim for Helm.

DR.. Lawrence, bishop of Massachu.
sets, says that he received a letter
from man in prison who asked him
for help in getting out Of it. You
ought to come" the culprit wrote for
did great favor for you last win.
ter. When your portrait was being
painted, the artist hired me as a Law
figure, and | stood in your robes for
hours together. 1t was the hardest
job l ever did 81 agreed with him."
the bishop says. There is no harder
Job; but could not get him out ON
that plea"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
GIVEN DOLLAR BILLS.
HOW CANADIAN INDIANS RE.
CElVE THEIR ALLOWANCES
Agent Distributes 100000 Among
Trioesmen Each Year but Carries
Only $So,ooo--hIow He
Does IL.


Seattle, Wash. years age
the Canadian government took from
the tribes of Indians about Athabascs.
lake and river a large tract of land
and In payment for the same Il gives
each year Eve dollars to each indiana
and S25 to the chiefs in one dollar
bills.
The reason for this is that the In.
dams dwelling In the district do not
know the value of money. A paper
dollar looks to him about the same as
blank piece of paper to baby.
Should the payment be made in gi;-
yer, the simple minded child of the
wilderness would punch a hole in 1t
and wear 1t about his neck and thus
great deal of money would be taken
from circulation. Should payment be
liable to lose It,
Once each year n representative of
the Canadian government makes
trip through the country and pays the
Indians. On this trip he takes $50 1000
in one dollar bills and will probably
pay out more than 100000. The
natural question from civilization is.
How does he do it?
AS the Indian knows nothing about
the value of money his method of
financial trade is on the value Of
skins. Everything he buys is reckoned
by skins, and when one talks dollars
to him, his face has the expression of
a blank cartridge. Fortunately for the
government, the Hudson Bay COM
pany has secured the entire conf
dcnce of the Indians during the cen
fury of dealing with them, and the
money paid to the Indians finds its
way into the trading posts of the COM,
pany
Here Is how the government pay
master does his phenomenal stunt of
paying 100000 or more with only!
100000 in his pocket He goes direct
to a district inhabited by perhaps q
600 or 5000 Indians; here he will pay
from $4,000 to $4,000 in treaty
money" Each Indian and his family
is given the five one dollar bills in
payment for his surrender of the land,
and each chief his $25
After making this payment the pay
master takes a rest for a short time at
the Hudson Bay post nearest the pay
station. Within a few days the In
dams have made a line to the post
and there purchased whatever looks
good to them. They whacl1 the money
down on to the trading post counter,
order something worth perhaps so
cents and leave. The company agent
charges the red man with what he has
purchased and credits him with the
balance Of the five dollars, so that in
the future he can trade out the re-
minder of the amount.
Within a week from the date of
paying the treaty money every dollar
of the amount has been paid into the
trading post. The paymaster gives the
post agent a check for the amount and
starts for the next Indian settlement
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-13
Large Number Of Cigarettes Imported.

their own country and in turn ship it
to foreign countries, England and the
United States being the chief market
for the Egyptian cigarettes, which are,
in fact, Greek cigarettes, those bear
ing the title Turkish being imported
from Turkey direct.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
FORGOT HIS INCOG.

Chancellor James R. Day of Syra-
cuse university was discussing at a
dinner his recent edict against theater
going and the use of tobacco by stu
dents holding scholarships.
"Scholarships,'' said Chancellor Day,
ARE for poor students, and he who
smokes and visits the theaters may be
poor, but he is not living up to the
part. =,
eve. should all live to our parts.
70 disguise ourselves, to travel incog-
nlto, is never wise.''
Chancellor Day smiled.
"To travel incognito is too often
associated with something disgrace
full he said. "Witness the story Of
the tramp who, at magistrates early
morning. hearing, did not answer to his
name, sitting absently in his seat as
the name was shouted four or five
times. When matters finally righted
themselves, the magistrate said, an
"EWhy didn't you answer to your
"'Beg pardon, yer honor, but I for
got wot name 1 guy last night re-
Piled the tramp.
What! Numbered the magistrate,
Didn't you give your right name9'
,' No, yer. HONOR said the tramp.
m travein' incog..' -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
SHE ADVISED THE GOVERNoR

Governor Stokes, the bachelor execu-
tive Of New Jersey, was about to pass
into the Mechanics' bank, Of which he
is president, when pretty little girl,
playing on the steps, arrested his in,
terest; Stopping, he asked her name.
I'm Catherine Johnson, eight years
old, - she replied. Then, turning to
the, governse5g; she inquired ..eWhat is
r: "Mr. Stokes.'' 3. . >t*-s ,.l,
~ Dol know your little girlsg'' ::
I'No. I guess not; / have none.''
mo babies-never had any? Babies
are so cute, you ought to have one:''
AS the governor walked laughingly
into the bank the child said: HWhenn
you get some around at your house I I'll
come and play with them every day.
Don't forget to let me know.'S The
governor was not certain whether the
matter was a joke or not, but friend
at the bank entrance settled the ques-
ton by laughing loudly and telling the
other bank offcials.-Philadelphia Rec
ord. :. = -. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
Snakes Haze Net
Terrifying Encounter with Blow Snake.
ID. Lange, in Cbicaro Trihura

Terrifying encounter with Blow. Snake.
Last summer i had an experience
with blow snake. that almost made
me 2, think i had been punished for snake
collections of my boyhood. / was walk
Ing agr along a sunny river bank, when I
my friend called, he is right in front
of you.'' And there he was. His head
and neck as flat as man IS hand and
long. - 49,.
7 set. up my camera and took his pic
ture. Whenever I moved little he
Kissed like q small steam engine. When
| had finished taking his picture, and
he neither retreated nor advanced for
an attack, I poked him with a long
touch, he went thru a grewsome: per
torrance. His mouth opened wide,
showing, all red inside, then he writhed
and wriggled, drawing the twisting
coils of his body thru his gaping, slimv
mouth, from which the forked black
tongue hung as limp as thread. When
he began to. writhe he also emitted a
most horrible odor. In moment the
writhing ceased, but the snake had
completely turned over on his back.
Ills under side presented peculiar liv-
Id green. the, abdomen was depressed.
and the ends Of all the ribs showed
thru the skin: The mouth was still
gaping and the animal lay perfectly
still: I touched him several times, but
ne did not move. He was in spasm
and presented a horrible sight. Thus he
lay for seven minutes; then he slowly
turned around and began to crawl away.
! touched him again with a stick.
and Immediately he went into spasms
again, but, not quite so violently and
without emitting the odor. This time
he remained rigid only FIVE minutes,
and then began to glide towards the
nearest bushes, S.. -, = y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
Never Attack a Man If Unmolested.

Stories of snakes pursuing human be-
!ings are fables originating in scared
imagination. All our snakes. belong to
the, humble folks Of nature as far as
man is concerned. Their only desire is
to be left in peace. The object Of
rafting and Kissing is to warn off any
intruder. The wild animals, and even
range horses and cattle have learned
to respect the warning. They seem to
know instinctively that the warning
might be backed up by the dreadful
poison fangs. The poisonous snakes
must have had a rather easy time or
earth before man.. their arch enemy,
appeared, because until then, practical
~ every living thing was afraid of a
full-grown RATHER. Man always has
waged a relentless war against all
snakes. The possibility Of being sud.
denly poisoned by a creature whose
presence one did not suspect and whom
one could have; no intention to harm,
has worked upon mans nerves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-22
DEAD ON TO THEM

A statesman, in an argument, had
turned the tables rather neatly on his
opponent. Senator Dolliver, in con-
"You remind me of Fort Dodge
doctor, DR.. x. This gentleman once
had a grave dug. for patient, sup
posed to be dying, who afterwards re-
covered, and over this error Of judg-
ment the doctor, was joked for many
years.
"Once he attended, in consultation
with three confreres, another patient.
This patient really, died. After death,
as the physicians discussed the case to-
gether,. one Of them said:
Since quick burial is necessary, we
might inter the; body temporarily.
understand. our brother here has va
can't grave on hand.
CDR. x smiled.
s'Yes,' he said, Il believe am the
only physician present whose graves
are not all filed ''-Harper Weekly.