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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05
CHA RITy IN THE ORIENT

Crowds of beggars and Ioafers fol-
low in the wake of the invading for
eigner in China, according to Edwin
Wildman in the ~Chautauquan. They
crowd upon you as you leave your
chair, though the coolies deity lower
it half way into the shop you seek to
enter. The merchant. it might be i'm
agined, would drive them away. but
they are in number 100-200-he is
one. Should he attempt to use force
they would stone his shop, spit upon
his wares and sit like sick dogs on
the threshold Of his place, effectually
driving away customers. So you and
| must give him "cum-sha." 1t is n
a few "cash"-there are a thousand
in a dollar-to placate the unfortun.
ates, who, nevertheless. continue in
our train, but peacefully, absorbed
with curiosity.
This condition of beggary, poverty
and disease is not confined TO Canton
and China. 1t is perhaps worse in the
native states of India. Once, travel
ing from Jaipur to Amber, in the Raj
putan, and wearied with the everlast-
ing imprecations of beggars, | permit
ted a youth to follow me on a run
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05
HERE'S A NEW SUPERSTITION

The debutante with the golden hair
rushed up to her chaperon in an al
cove at a Park avenue reception and
without ado grasped her hand and
loosened her fingers from the fan she
held. Then, smiling apolosetically,
she took hold Of the chaperon's we'd
ding ring and began twirling it around
irantically. After the golden circlet
bad spun around the married woman's
chubby finger about ten times this
matron inquired the why and where
fore of the strange action.
oh, it's Jacks next dance with
me-" said the sweet young thing.
That doesn't come near explaining
why you're making a merry-gO-rOund
out of my ring" murmured the other
woman
"Twenty-one. twenty-five, twenty
three" counted the debutante as the
ring still made the circuit. 'Oh, it's
the latest superstition of us girls. Not
that | believe in such ~things-oh. no!
but that. | can't afford to leave a
loophole in the occult when Jack is
concerned. After a girl twirls a we'd
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05

ding ring fifty times around a married
woman's finger the very next man
she meets is the man who'll propose
and the man she will marry. It's the
very latest thing in ssperstitions, you
know
OH" said the matron, with appre-
ciative comprehension. That certain
~ is more symbolic than the SUPER
Stitions of my time"
"Forty-eieht, forty-nine. fifty" con-
Guided the girl. Then she gaSped in
sudden alarm.
"Horrors'' she s%huddered. Here
comes that odious Billy Haverstraw,
He'll be the first one to meet me after
the count! No, he won't. either"
There vas q fiutter of white skirts
and the debutante lodged around a
PAIN. while poor Hdverstraw passed
on with burning cheeks, wondering if
he was an ogre. Then as the chosen
Jack appeared the debutante futtered
into sight again, and the latest
Gotham girl superstition was afforded
an ample trial.-New York Press.
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some eve miles. Stopping. every
now and then in the middle of the
sandy road, he would bite the dust
and offer a prayer for my salvation.
| wondered how long he would keep
it up. My Interpreter told me that
might expect to have his company all
day unless 7 rewarded his persistence
7 therefore ordered him thrown a two
anna piece. The youth rescued it
hardly before il iecked the dust. He
fell on his face in gratitude. then
arose and hotly continued the chase,
continually ducking and saluting to
me. rs it not enough" | asked my
guide. ooh, yes, your excellency,"
he replied, st is so much that he
still follows and prays that you may
be rewarded for your generosity and
that he may express 70 you his graft
tude." And, sure enough, until l was
lost in the palaces of Amber, the for
gotten city, my worshipful devotee
Frustrated himself repeatedly within
a respectful distance. however, of my
elephants heels.
So in all the orient it is well TO be
judiciOus in your charity lest you in
spire too much gratitude.
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The easiest way to make these
blades Is to cut strips Of tin about
one-half inch in diameter and in
length to fit the inside of each of
your half cylinders; before bending
these, cut them into teeth, shaped
like the teeth of a saw; with a pair
Of pincers bend these teeth back, be.
ing careful that they point in the
direction opposite to the blades on
the shaft. Then solder these strips
of teeth upon your half cylinders
along the lines drawn with your pen
Gil.
A cap for each end of the cylinder
must be made Of tin bored in the cen.
ter for the ends of the shaft, and hav-
ing two one-eighth inch holes cut in
each, opposite to each other, those
on the fore end to receive the steam
pipes and those at the rear the ex-
haust.
Before soldering the two halves of
the cylinder together and the caps
OF each end place the spindle in posi-
ton, see that it's blades do not en-
gage the stationary teeth and that
the latter point in the direction op-
posite to the former.
You may find it necessary to solder
a tiny washer or two at n end or
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05
VAST PRODUCTIVITY OF CHINA
One Fact That Has Greatly Impressed
Sir Ian Hamilton,

One Fact That Has Greatly Impressed
Sir Ian Hamilton.
One of the impressions which Sir
Ian Hamilton of the British army OBJ.
tanned while accompanying the Japa-
nese army in Manchuria and which he
describes in his SCRAP Book of a
Staff officer" is the tremendous pro-
ductive power of the Chinese. He
says that he never saw anywhere in
the world men work more Industrious
ly and in some respects more intelli-
gently, and this upon a basis of COM
%pensation infinitesimally small when
compared with that demanded in the
western world. He entirely supports
the contention of the labor leaders Of
the United States that Chinese labor
must be excluded, because he affirms
that if it were permitted to enter into
competition with the ordinary labor of
America it could not fail to acquire an
ascendency over it, not on account of
degraded habits and methods of liv-
ing, but simply because the Chinese
put their shoulder to the wheel of
work with a determination and per-
sistency which workmen elsewhere do
not eXhibit.-Boston Herald.
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The Supply of Dairy Cattle.

In Rhode Island and other states a.
well there are two customs prevalent
in obtaining cattle for the dairy. Mos
large city dairies buy fresh cows, feed
them to the utmost limit, and afte,
they are MIXED out, dispose Of them
At such places they regard the cows
as machines for converting food int,
milk, for they cannot stand the ex
penses that ensue when holding dry
cattle. They obtain their supple,
from the country and kill of tn.
calves. when there are any. The cos,
OF feeding a calf in a city dairy is
measured by the number Of quarts o!
milk it consumes. at the price the
producer could obtain for II in the
market. This cost. at from q TO s
cents a quart, quickly amounts 10 more
than the value of the calf In the
country, where food is cheaper and
~pasturaSe obtainable, most farmers
raise their calves. and naturally Iaie,
from the best cattle. They too often
neglect to purchase good sires 10 head
their herd. n so permit their herds
10 either hold their own or perbaps
to depreciate. ! will say that lie
lieve that the saving Of calves from
good COWS has beeC more prevalent
than the selection of sood bulls. but
| think that a greater number Of farm
ers are now looking tc both methods
for improving their stock. The whole
question, of course. depends rpor
the price of paSturage and the cost OF
foods, as we'll as upon The amount re
allied from the sale of milk. and these
factors determine the methods pur
sued in many city and country dairies
The best methods of improving the
quality Of dairy COWS is without Gouhf
careful selection Of the cattle bred
from, and correct care and feeding.
Cooper Curtice.
Rhode Island Experiment Station.
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parliament" which was ordered to be
returned, though the seat was not
forfeited.
A burlesque bill of costs for a
late tory election in the west" print
ed in the Flying Post for 17l5, con-
tains some very significant items con-
corning old-time English election ex-
penses. For roarers of the word
Church t4O," is one; For demolish-
ing two houses, t20O," is another.
Others were: For secret encourage
ment to the rioters, e40." For a
dozen of perjury men, f100." For
breaking windows. f20,' For a gang
of aldermen abusers, $40 For a
set of notorious lyars $50"
This was not so much of a bur-
lesque, though. as might be supposed.
In the elections of 1921. for instance,
voters Of the opposing candidate were
constantly surrounded by mObs hired
for the purpose. and cut off from the
polling booths, while others were ac-
tually carried off by force and kept
under lock and key until the election
was over.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05
WHY HE LEFT HVRRIEDLy

He was worried as he sat over the
six little bundles that he carried.
They would drop from his arms, or
roll from side to side. But, being
chivalrous, as all men are, he moved
along when the lady in the white
dress entered the Third avenue ell
evated train.
Now his bundles harnessed him still
more. His e~ndeavors aroused his
friends amusement.
did your wife send you shopping?"
he inquired.
20, yes. I've been shopping in
Grand street, but I don't mind that.
All I'm afraid of is losing one of my
bundles"
After the train left Fourteenth
street, he began to count the parcels
again.
There. I knew IT," he cried, in a
tone Of anxiety. 1--WE lost one"
Anything of value in it?" queried
his friend sol%icitiously.
The other paid no attention to the
question.
One, two, three. four. five" he
counted. 81 had six, and here are five.
Ones gone" he observed gloomily.
Cant you tell what it contained?"
Wait. I'll see. That is muslin.
this is braid, this is buttons, this is
tea. and this IS sugar. o, my eye!"
Whats up?" queried his friend.
The man with the bundles glanced
about him %nervously.
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New Turbine Locomotive.

After turbine steamers, turbine 10,
comotives. Prof. Johann Stumpf of
Charlottenburg, Germany, has secured
patents on an adaptation of the steam
turbine to locomotives. He proposes
to divide the turbine into stages, dis.
tributing n on each driving axle OF
the locomotive, and the steam. from
the boiler to pass through the several
stages in succession. A turbine is
mounted on the axle or the outside OF
each driving wheel. With three driv.
ing axles the steam is conveyed by a
pipe from the boiler to the first tur
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-04-05
Farm Butter for Exhibition.

We advise all farmers to take part
IN dairy exhibits whenever they have
the opportunity. Farm butter for ex'
hibition should be made more care
fully than hat for the general trade.
Ihls may not sound like good advice.
put the practice is in keeping with
that followed by the creameries. Some
butter-makers argue that butter for
exhibition should be Just ordinary
butter, the r average of that sent
out to the trade. If all buttermakers
would agree to this plan it would be
the best n TO follow. but we know
for a fact that when creameries ey
h1blt at fairs or even at WOrlL, eyhi
billions they use a butter far above
the ordinary in quality. Thus al the
great worlds fair held in 81. Louis,
Minnesota carried off the best pre-,
mlums. The dairymen of ether states
found fault with the Minnesota cairy.
men, because they claimed the butter
made was far superior to that turned
out by these creameries in Ordinary
times. From the creameries. ipsrect-
ors had been sent out that collected
the cleanest milk from the best farms
and re-sorted that again after they
got to the creamery. using eXtracrdt-
nary care in every step taken In the
securing of the milk.
In the making of that butter every
~precaution was taken that was Lnssi-
BILE to take.
h farmer that makes butter for
exhibition must follow the general tao
tics. The exhibits are not general,
competitive tests Of ordinary DUAL:
ties OF butter; they are a trial OF sklp
IN making butter, and no one expec;,
that they will be of the merely ave.
age quality. When the farmer is nrs
pairing TO make butter 10 send TO an,
exhibit he should make sure first thai
it is perfectly clean, and that the cows
are washed before being MIXED. This
IS done, no matter how clean the COWS
may be. There is a very fine dust
that works off from the skin Of the
COW and this dust may carry with il
bacteria that Will give an off favor
70 the butter. II the COWS are washed,
this dust will not fail into the pail.
The milk should be drawn into a spe
cial pail, n that has al least three
quarters of the top covered. Tho
milk should be used only from the
COWS nearly fresh in milk. because the
butter glObules in such milk are very
.arge, and butter made from them
shows a better grain than that made
from the milk of COWS far along IN
their period of lactation. The cream
should be churneG at a very low TEN
perature, as low as SO degrees. II
will take a long time to churn at this
temperature in the ordinary Cnurn
but the farmer can afford to put a lit
tie extra work upon the prCduct tina
is to enter into competition with other
products. Whoever makes the butter
should make a study Of the process
because there are a great many things
connected with butter.makjng tha.
cannot be given in even an extended
article on the subject.
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THE GOD OF THE HAMMER

A song. If you please. 10 an old Morse god
Who hasn't found sepulture yet.
For multitudes still are needing his nod
And oft at his affairs met.
And the god whom ] mean. as perhaps
YOU m
The one whom this paean is for
who lives through all changes and never
more dies.
Is the God of the Hammer. or Thor.
on Thor, wonderful Thor,
Whose going we could not regret.
The ages have fed to the ranks of the
But u hammers in evidence yet.
Old Odin. the mighty. sank down TO his
rest,
And Raldur. the beautiful. passed.:
Deaths cup to the lips of mad Loki was
pressed,
And Ty is the peaceful at last.
But though all thy mates are but fallen
and dead,
Dim shades in a fabulous sphere.
The man who now lifts DER his neigh
bors his head
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"'Sh!" he whispered. Don't speak
loud. I remember what was in the
package l lost"
What was it?"
"Half-a-dozen eggs. You see, my
doctor has ordered me to drink milk
and egg every night, Just before go
ing to bed, so | make it a rule to
bring some with me from downtown.
Oh! Jerusalem, but I've done it now!"
he groaned.
why, what is the matter? Where
did you drop the eggs?"
Il didn't drop EN- at all. But I
know where | lost EN-. Great Scott!
l must get out at the next station"
"Oh. no-you live three stations
farther uptown"
yes; but | leave this train at the
next station if it costs a leg. I'm go
ing to skip before war breaks out"
He began to edge stealthily nearer the
door.
why are you so frightened" In.
sisted the friend.
You see that lady to whom l gave
my seat?" whispered the other.
Yes"
"She looks smiling and unconscious
now, does't she?"
Yes
We'll. she is sitting on those eggs.
| left the package on the seat"
The friend grinned. The man with
the narcelS bOlrpd &C the train
stopped.-New York Weekly.
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OIdCSSs
the other to prevent the shaft from
slipping back and forth and the teeth
from catching, but if the tin has
been carefully cut the square part OF
the shaft should just touch the inside
of the cylinder head and tail-piece and
thus hold 1t rigid.
Buy five cents worth of one-eighth
inch brass or copper tubing, attach it
to the two holes in the cylinder head
and connect it with your boiler, which
you had better buy at some shop
where they sell mechanical toys,
though you can make it yourself with
out difficulty, or have a tinsmith make
it for you.
The steam will enter at the two
holes, one on either side, and strike
the first circle of stationary blades
which you have been careful to bend
to an angle which will turn it to strike
the first of the circle of blades upon
the shaft; these in turning defect it,
but the second circle of stationary
blades will again turn it to strike the
second circle of blades upon the shaft
at the right angle and so on, until
the steam has done it's work upon
each of the five ~'pinwheels" and it
flies out at the two exhaust holes.
You a mount a fly-wheel or a
screw propeller upon the rear end of
your shaft and you will be astonished
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at the speed with which it revolves.
A boy who has been through a
good manual training school will be
able to make a turbine of brass,
which will be more serviceable than
that of tin, but he should file out his
blades, both the stationary and NOV
ing ones, and make them much more
numerous and of much smaller size
than it Is possible to make of tin.
1t Is not necessary to go into the de-
tails of such a turbine, for any boy
who has the mechanical skill to lEake
one will be able to discover how.
On an ocean steamer-and there
are now many operated by turbines,
the new Allan liners, the boats that
cross the English channel and several
warships and yachts, besides the giant
Carmania-the spindle of the turbine
gradually increases in size. to make
better use Of the expansion of the
steam, and on many three turbines
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Still feels that thy hammer is here.
Oh. Thor, wonderful Thor,
Thy mates are a Shadowy band,
BUT that hammer OF thine. |. is fair to
opine.
Does business yet at the old stand.
Does your neighbor do something that
you cannot do?-
Here's to your health. mighty Thor
Then get out the hammer, make use of
II, too.
And teach him what neighbors are for
Does he show inclination to mount rather
high?-
Who said. charming Thor. you were
dead?-
Why. a hammer will show him the place
he should lie,
Make him eat of humility's bread.
oh. Thor, wonderful Thor,
Perhaps you are dead as they say,
But If IT is so here's one thing I know:
Your hammer descended this way.
"A. J. Waterhouse in San Francisco
Call.
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and to bore a square hole one-eighth
of an inch in diameter in the exact
center of each. With a pair of shears
cut eight radiating Sits in each OF
these disks, and with a pair of pincers
twist the blades thus formed until
they lie like the blades of a propeller
at an angle of about forty-fve degrees
Solder these upon the shaft, spaced
evenly. This is the spindle of the tur-
bine.
Have a tinsmith cut and bend two
pieces of tin three and th~ree-quarter
inches long and of such width that
when soldered together they will
form a cylinder one and one-eighth
inches in diameter. Place your spin
die with its blades in these half
cylinders and with a pencil mark a
line exactly in the middle between
each ring of blades. Upon these lines
must be soldered the stationary
blades.
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Hiqh Praise for Tobacco.

At the University club banquet ir
Washington a few nights ago they
gave Uncle Joe" cannon a cigar
three feet long. 1t may or may moi
have been made of tobacco.
Representative Longworth, return.
ing to his duties in the House after
his honeymoon, brought for Uncle Joe
a cigar made of the best Havana to
bacco and about eighteen inches long
Uncle Joe took it, smelled of it
turned it owe and over, and ~caressed
it lovingly. by gum, Nick" he said
1T looks good enough to put cream
on and eat"
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Dehorninq Cattle.

Our practice is to dehorn all
Of our cattle. We practice the
use of potash as well as the
clippers. We make no difference as
to breed, the Ayrshire being dehorned
as others. l am confident that the
practice of d%ehorning cattle, dairy or
beef, is the only humane treatment
to follow. While dehorning is not
practiced to any great extent in our
state. still our dairymen as a rule
have their herds dehorned.-C. w.
Burkett, Agriculturist N. C. Expert
ment Station.
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are used one operated by high pres
sure steam, one intermediate and one
low pressure.
The turbine is really very simple,
for after all it is nothing but a series
of pinwheels on a shaft.
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bine on the one side, then to the 9th
er. 1t is then in succession conveyed
to the three turbines on the Other
side of the locomotive, from the third
of which the steam pipe leads the ex
haust to the exhaust blast nozzle.
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Good farm butter is o made by
accident.
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II 10 possible to keep a COW always
lean.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-04-19

Statistics show that there are 500.
900 miles of telegraph, telephone,
and electric lines in this country,
which require 81, 900, 900 poles. The
life of a pele Is .welve years, and it
Is made from a tree sixty years old.
To maintain a continuous supply FIVE
times as many trees must be growing
in the forests as there are poles in
use. Experiments are being made
which if successful will very materi-
ally add to the length of the life of a
pole. aud likewise lessen the cost OF
maintaining the three most important
enterprises known to science, viz.
Electricity the telephone and tele-
graphs.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-04-19

The Conference for Education in
the south, to be held at Lex ing ton.
Ky. May 2, 3 and !, should com
mand the earnest attention and sup
port OF every teacher South Of Mason
aud Dixon ; line. The future deyel.
opment and greatness of the South
will depend largely upon the general
diffusion of knowledge among its cit
lzens, thus creating an incentive TO
higher and nobler action. 1t is to be
hoped that Crittenden county will
have a full representation in this con-
ciave. and to that end action should
be taken at once.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-04-19
4 Fellow Feeling.

Frankfort, April Jim How
ard the second Of the Goebel muir
der prisoners To be landed in the
state penitentiary, for completely IN
that crime, on sunday afternoon met
aud grasped the hand Of Henry iout-
sey who preceded him within the
walls Of the institution. follow ing
conviction in the same case. a d
who made a confession. after convic-
ton charging that Howard fired the
.ho, which robbed Gov Goebel of
hi. lie, and admitting that he CNout.
,ey pointed the victim out to the a.
sassiu a. Goebel came on hi. way to
take his seat in the State senate.
That the two noted prisoners had met
became pnblic only when the story
Of their meeting wa, told BY Dr. I.
+. Tallaferro, chaplain of the State