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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11
n a baggage car know that the springs

in a baggage car know that the springs
underneath are much more stiff than
those of regular passenger coach,
and the consequence is that the sick
persons bounce up and down like a
rubber ball when the train is in motion
adding untold misery to their already
pain-racked bodies. The writer noticed
the other evening a case in point.
A man was being rushed to Rochester,
Mimi, for an operation for appended
tbs, and up to the arrival of the train
in this city was lying on cot in the
baggage car. The baggage-man infor-
med the conductor of the train that the
man conld not stand a ride that far,
and the conductor, most humane
man, ordered the man brought back
into the smoke car where three seats
were utilized and from here on to his
destination he rode in some semblance
OF comfort. But everyone who has been
sick knows that tobacco smoke is not
the most pleasant thing, especially to
a man that never uses the weed, and
so this man had to inhale the fumes
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

The state capitol commission ex-
poets to have 100000 in hand by Jan.
l, for building operations next year.
The South Dakota capitol will hold an
unusual place in the history of public
buildings, in that it will be built with
out cost to the state. The sale OF
public lands set aside for the purpose
is providing amply for the structure
and the people OF the state will before
long have capitol equal to many in
the richer eastern states without the
expenditure OF cent from the public
treasury. The lands apportioned to
the building fund are rapidly appre-
ciating in value. sa~
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

Editor j. ID. Reeves of the Groton
Independent, and who was lined up
on the stalwart side in the late rebel
lion, comments on the primary law
thusly: "On the exact question of
the merits OF such law our views
have not changed. But we don't
know. What we want is to see the
plan given fair and thorough trial.
A primary law is demanded. Let US
have 1.-THE sooner the better"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

The South Dakota Corn Growers
Association has been organized with
A. E. Chamberlain as its president.
Its object will be to increase the inter-
est in corn growing in this state-an
earlier and better variety, increase in
yield and acreage.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11
COURT HOUSE BONDS

There are very few property holders
in Brookings county, conversent with
conditions, who will dispute the fact
that a new court house is absolutely
necessary and that the commissioners
have acted wisely in recommending
that the county be bonded for reas-
enable amount with which to build
the sane.
Let it be understood thai by read
ing the resolution it is plain that the
board does not say the full amount OF
800, 900 will certainly be spent in con-
structing the building. The bonds
cannot be Issued for an amount ex-
ceeding that sum and we believe
that the board will endeavor to get the
court house built for a less amount il
they can find plans and specifi catiC rs
suitable for the needs OF the coun-
ty. The main reasons for having a
new court house are that the old build
ing has outgrown its usefulness and
that the records are in danger OF des-
truction by fire should the building
burn. To replace the records in part
tial form would cost the county almost
as much az new building
and then we would be compelled to
construct a new courthouse besides.
The old building is inadequate for
the demands OF the county officers
and the circuit court. The vaults are
not only unsafe but are too small
Bookings county stands fifth in
wealth in the state, is absolutely out
OF debt and has good surplus in the
treasury. AS the cost to each individ-
ual taxpayer seems to be the main
reason for opposing the proposition
we desire to show the property holders
how they can ascertain just how much
it will cost them. Take your last tax
receipt; on it you will find in figures
the assessed valuation OF your real
estate. Multiply this amount by one
and one fourth per cent and you will
have the exact amount that you will
off the bonds, no more and no less.
For example the average assessed val
uation OF l60 acres in Brookings coun-
ty is 81, 594, multiply this by per
cent and you have $l.99, the cost to
each OF you il your property is assessed
upon that sum. On city or village
property the same rule holds good.
For instance il your property is taxed
an assessed valuation OF 81 900 multi
ply that amount by per cent and
you have $1.25, the amount you will
have to pay. 0fcourse il your proper
ty has an assessed valuation greater
or less than these amounts you will
have to pay more or less as the, case
may be. You can figure this out for
yourself il you will take the trouble
OF looking up. your tax receipt. Any
child that has studied percentage will
be able to figure this out for you and
and will verify the statement we make.
1t may not be known that should this
county be willing to assess herself
two years to an amount equal to that
paid each year for school purposes the
bonds would be liquidated and have
a surplus OF $40 200 in the treasury.
Stop looking at the cost. 1t is
too small to the individual to be con-
sidered for moment. Look at the
needs and the necessity. The safety
OF the records, the advertisement it will
give the county at large and then go
to the polls and cast good square
vote in favor OF the bonds.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

Every voter in South Dakota should
carefully study the proposed amend
ment which is now being published
In this paper andothers throughout the
state. II the amendment is adopted
South Dakota will have . twine manu-
factury in connection with the state
penitentiary and judging from the
experience a. Minnesota we believe II
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

There is crying need for the rail-
roads OF this country devising some
satisfactory method OF taking care of
invalids and those who are being rush
ed to far-off hospitals for imperative
operations. The custom is to place the
persons who are i'll on cot and make
room for them in the baggage car OF
the train. Every one who has travelled
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11
Makes Homely Women Pretty

No woman no matter how regular her
features may be can be called pretty if
her complexion is bad. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup aids digestion and clears
the compilations by stimulating the
liver and bowls. Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup does not nauseate or grippe and
is mild and pleasant to take. Remember
the name Orino and refuse to accept
any substitute. Sold by H. o. Olson
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

of tobacco whether he wanted to or not.
There must be some way Of overcom-
ing the great inconvenience of trans
porting sick people so as to give them
the most possible comfort, and it is
up to the railroads to provide the best
method, as long as they accept such
passengers, and take their money.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

Knocking is usually prompted by
one OF three motives fear, envy or re-
venge. Fear is cowardly; envy pays
tribute to the one who is "knocked;"
vengeance is not for man. Knocking
usually harms none but the knocker
and often greatly helps the one aimed
at. The knocker acknowledges his
own failure or lack OF influence.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

Get Busy! Today, not tomorrow, is
the accepted time. III you would be a
success, be one. No one is stopping
you. Your hands and feet are not tied.
You need not wait till some one drives
up in 40-horse-power automobile and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

would prove profitable investment
as that state has saved the farmers
many thousand dollars by producir G
binding twine at home and it furnish
es employment to the prisoners
throughout the year. This ought to
call out every voter who is interested
in the welfare OF the state at large.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

1t now looks as, If the machine cam
didate for sheriff in Minnehaha county
would have hard Shedding in getting
elected to that Office as successor to
Nye Phillips. 1t seems that popular
sentiment is setting in towards the
Democratic candidate.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

Hon. Robt.J. Gamble has been ask
ed by Senator Dick, chairman OF the
Republican state central committee OF
OF Ohio, to speak during the campaign
in that state.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

invites you to ride with him to fame
and glory. Hard work and a little
common sense will do the trick. Get
busy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-11

Cyrus b. Williamson, Watertown's
new postmaster, took possession the
first OF the month.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
DON'T Talk Much to Your Horse.

A horse who has always been made
to obey quickly will respond to COM
mands from any one, whereas the
creature who has been petted and talk
ed to accords, unless hungry, scant at
tention to any one. We talk to horses
altogether too much, and it is a silly
and dangerous custom. "Whoap' should
mean but one thing and, slip, slide or
fall, should meet with instant obedi-
ence. Not another word should ever
be used. beyond possibly the order to
''stand over in the stall although even
that is best unsaid except the "click"
Of the tongue for increased speed. The
animals attention is kept if you are
silent. He does not know what you
will do next, and as he distrusts and
merely tolerates you, even as he fears
you, his anxiety is always to find out
what you wish done or what move you
will next make.-F. M. Ware in Outing
MAGAZINE
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
A Royal LOcksrnith.

Louis XVI. had passion for the
locksmith's trade, and it Is said that
over his private library he had a forge.
two anvils and a vast number of iron
tools. together with all kinds of locks,
common as we'll as those Of q secret
and elaborate variety. It was here
that the king would conceal himself
from the queen and the court to file
and forge with the infamous Gamin.
who taught him the art of lockmaking.
1t is said that Gamin while teaching
the king his trade took upon himself
the tone and authority Of a master,
and, according to this same master.
the king was good, forbearing, timid,
inQuisitive and addicted to sleep. Louis
had also a great passion for timepieces,
and the difficulty which he found in
adjusting his clocks and watches is
said to have drawn from him the re
Election that it was absurd Of him to
attempt to bring men to anything like
uniformity of belief in matters of faith
when he couldn't make any two of his
timepieces agree with each other.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Hickory Trees.

1t Is rather pity that our hickories
should receive highest appreciation
from us when they are yielding up
their substance in roaring flames in our
hreplaces. For nowhere in the forest
world can we find genus Of trees
that is, as a whole, more attractive
and valuable than the genus hicoria
Most of the hickories are beautiful in
summer when their glossy foliage is at
its best. In autumn this foliage turns
the color of uncoined gold, and when
bare of leaves there is revealed an
eaklike twist to the branches which
makes these trees most picturesque
and beautiful objects in the winter
landscape. We have never made as
much commercially of the nuts as we.
might we'll have done Our Indian
predecessors knew how to make a
most attractive beverage from them.
and the early settlers pressed from
them an oil that was a luxury. The
pecan is the only hickory species that
has been developed and cultivated to
any extent, and this has only recently
begun it's career as cultivated tree
Country Life In America.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Didn't Know the Cipher.

The inability to read a cipher once
cost a notable of France his head
When the Chevalier de Rohan was in
the Bastille his friends, wishing to let
him know that his accomplice had
died without confessing, passed the
following cipher, written on a shirt,
into his dungeon: ING dulhxeccIgu CHI
yxuj; I'm ct u1ge all" The cipher was
not difficult one, being arranged by a
complete transposition of the alphabet.
but De Rohan did not have the c1ew,
and he puzzled over the meaningless
words in vain. A solution of the rid
die meant the guillotine or his free
dom, but the puzzle was beyond him,
and he pleaded guilty because he could
not decpher lie prisonnier est mort;
II ma rien dit
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Cosmopolitan New York.

Speaking of living in a foreign
city where one is disturbed by lack
Of knowledge of the language" re-
marked the New York woman, 1.-THE
man who does my collars and cuffs is
a Chinaman; I don't pretend to talk
with him; the waiter at the Italian
restaurant which it pleases me to
frequent is a Frenchman; the man
ON the corner who sells me my Mexi-
can oranges is Italian; the owner of
the small grocery where they have the
best coffee Is German; the laundress
who washes my lingerie is negress
with a soft and musical but occasion
ally almost incomprehensible dialect,
and the porter who comes to clean up
my studio is Dutch. | don't try to
talk with him. I merely point to
the windows or rugs and then to my
pocketbook.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Origin of CrO0uet.

The origin Of croquet is certainly in
volved in mystery. Some authorities
are of the opinion that it is founded on
the old game of ''pale maille," or pell-
NELL, from which we have the street
Pail Mall. This is described by Cot
grave in his dictionary as "a game
wherein round box bowie is with a
mallet struck through a high arch Of
yron,' and picture Of this in Struts
Sports and Pastimes" shows that
these. had a strong resemblance to the
croquet implements Of today.-London
Academy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Weight of the Sexes at Varying Age

Weight of the Sexes at Varying Ages.
If all the men and women, boys
and girls, and infants-black white,
yellow. brown, or red-in all parts of
the world, could be weighed on the
same scales, the average weight
would be nearly one hundred pounds
avoirdupois. Six-pound infants and
three giants contri-
butte to the average.
Upon the average, boys at birth
weigh little more and girls a little
less than seven pounds For the first
twelve years the two sexes continue
nearly equal in weight, but beyond
that age the boys acquire a decided
prepOnderance. Young men of TWEEN
ty average 1875 pounds, while the
young women of twenty average 10
pounds each.
Men reach their heaviest weight at
about forty years of age, when their
average weight will be about 40
pounds; but women slowly increase
in weight until fifty years of age,
when their average weight will be
100 pounds. Taking the men and
women together, their weight at full
growth will then average from 108 to
$50 pounds; and women from 80 to
1870 pounds.
AS weight increases, the normal
human pulse becomes slower, and
then. as weight grows less, in old
age, the pulse becomes faster again.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Silk From GuncOttOn.

Science threatens to put the silk
worm out of business. French chem
lists have discovered at least three
distinct methods of competing with
the old reliable but extremely DELHI
crate silkworm.
Perhaps the most interesting of
these is the manufacture of silk from
guncotton, which also serves as a
base for the most powerful of mod
ern explosives.
The viscous fluid from which the
silkworm spins his thread is chemi-
cally duplicated by a process de-
scribed in the Technical World. The
fabric thus produced is inflammable,
and in order to remedy this defect it
is treated with an alkali sulphide
solution.
The founders of the new industry
have kept in view not so much the
exact reproduction of natural silk as
the production of a substance which
embraces it's valuable properties.
Natural silk possesses to a large
degree qualities of brilliancy, elias
ITCHY, strength, affinity for coloring
and bleaching materials, and when
handled a peculiar rustling sound,
known as scroop. Perhaps the bril-
liancy and scroop of silk are the
best known of it's qualities, and it is
in these two respects that artificial
silk most closely resembles natural
it's brilliancy being greater and it's
scroop slightly less.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
PAY OF EUROPEAN STATESMEN
Denmark Is Stingiest of All Coun-
(. tries to Her Legislators.

The Norwegian member of Par
lament gets only thirteen shillings a
day, and if the hard worked legisla-
tor takes a day off he loses his pay.
The same Is the case with members
of the Swiss Diet. They are rewarded
with sixteen shillings a day, on con-
dition that they do not absent them
selves from work.
To go further East, we find that
Roumania thinks her lawmakers
worth 81 day. Sixteen shillings q
day is the salary of those who COM
pose the Bulgarian Sobranje, but
members who live in the capital get
only twelve shillings daily.
Denmark Is about the stingiest Of
all European countries, so far as re-
munerating her lawmakers is con-
cerned. Danish members of Parlia-
ment get but six shillings eight
pence day; but, on the other hand,
they have the odd privilege of a free
seat in the royal theater in Copen-
hagen.
While the members of the German
Reichstag are not salaried, yet the
lawmakers of the various German
States do not work for nothing.
Saxe-Coburg members of Parliament
are paid thirteen shillings, of Ba-
varia ten and Of Hesse nine.
At first sight Hungary seems to do
her lawmaking on the cheap plan.
for her members get 5000 a wear in
cash. But they are not so badly off,
after all, for a liberal allowance is
made into the bargain for house
rent. Austria-Hungary's two legisla-
tive assemblies cost the country
about 100000 a year in all. Both
in Austria and Hungary legislators
can travel first class with second
class tickets.
Besides the United Kingdom, Italy
and Spain are the only countries
which pay nothing to their members
of Parliament Nevertheless, the cost
of the Italian Parliament is estimated
at 1000 a year.
In Portugal also the State does not
remunerate legislators, but they re-
ceive free railway passes. and their
constituencies are legally permitted
to pay those who represent them
sum of about fifteen shillings for
each day of the session.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
A PuZZl Orrn BaVIns

DR.. G.. G. Green, of Wood bury,
New Jersey, whose advertisement
appears III our paper regularly, will
mail to any one sending two cent
stamp to pay postage, one of his
new German Syrup and August
Flower Puzzles, made If wood and
glass. l. amuses and perplexes
young and old. Although very diff
cult, it can be mastered. Mention
his paper
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Try silence.

The man who counts thirty in his
mind before he speaks soon discovers
that when he talks he says something
Try silence for a change. 1t builds up
a wonderful reserve force in your phys
ical organization and surely overcomes
your temperamental inchnations to
babble.-Cairo Bulletin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
New YOrk's Rapid Growth.

New York State now has a popu-
lation of little more than $780,
600, or about 10000 more than it
had five years ago. New York city is
growing more rapidly than the rest
OF the State. The annual growth has
been larger, says the Youths Com
panion, than the total population Of
Syracuse or st. Joseph or Memphis
or Los Angeles. or Omaha.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Labeled.

In the Legard house there was a
great dinner. After awhile the maid
was called, and the mistress said:
''Serve the dinner. There is no one
else to come except a relation Of little
Importance"
Five minutes afterward the maid an
nounced in loud tone:
''The relation of little importancev'-
Lo Scacciapensieri.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Levity and Gravity.

Scott played funny trick on the
law of gravity this morning. Mott
What was it3 Scott-Dropped line to
my wife UP in the mountains.-Boston
Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01
Discouraxing.

eShe-Why do you look SO worried,
BERTHE? Did papa object? Bertie-No;
but he said: Its all right YOU'LL soon
find out it's useless to kick when
NeiPs head is set on anything"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-01

Giving aims never lessons the purse.
spanish Proverb.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-07
LAWYERS

l.. H Bentley Geo S. Rix,
DENTLEY d RIX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Lands, Loans and Collections,
Both Phones,
Bentley Block,
MlLBANK so. DAKOTA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-07

THE VITAL statistics of the
state for the month Of October
show 315 marriages; 735 births
Of which $50 were males and 39o
females; 833 deaths and 46
divorces granted. Of this forty.
1ix only ten were actual resi-
DENTS Of the state-the balance
eUming into the state, taking ad-
Vautages Of the divorce laws.
Seventy applications for natur-
oli4ations were granted.