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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-24

saw no indications that there are any
human beings on this island except
ourselves. We shall not find shelter.
but we can make one. We need q
place in which to sleep, SO as to be
protected from rain or prowlinx
beasts"
True enough" said Jacinta, laugh
ing. I'VE have been SO long without
sleep that l have forgotten I ever
slept"
Glorious YOUTH" murmursd her
mother. 81 wish l could so easily for
get my sleep. am nearly dead for
It,"
Away. then" said Medworth, start
ing to go. Away I go to find a place
where Dona Maria may take a nap"
do be careful" said Jacinta, tender
ly. do not go into danger. Remem-
Der that we need YOU"
Il do not think there Is any danger"
replied Arthur. by the way, can you
use a revolver"
"Jacinta can Shoot" said Dona Ma
ria. She owns a beautiful silver
mounted rifle that hangs in her room
in the castle, with which she shoots
deer and alligators."
Il wish it wSS here instead of in her
room in the castle" replied Medworth.
But since 1t Is not, We must do the
best we can with what we have. I
will leave my revolver with you to
use in protecting yourselves from any
chance i%ntruders."
mo, no." exclaimed Jacinta. I'VE
at least know that nothing threatens
us now, while you are going where you
may need this to save your life"
Nevertheless, you must keep it." he
said. Il will also leave the waterproof
pouch Of cartridges with you. l shall
be gone some time. My wet clothes
are beginning to feel uncomfortable.
and I am going to dry them. If you
are wise, you will do the same"
AS Medworth was starting off, ia
cinta sprang to his side, and taking his
hands in hers, looked up into his face
with her eyes beaming with passionate
love.
DO be careful" she said. Do not
go into danger"
II will be careful. Do not fear for
me- he said, smiling down at her:
and grateful for her tender solicitude,
he gave her hands a gentle pressure, as
she drew them away.
He strobe off, leaving her with q
blush and happy smile on her face and
a rapidly beating Heart.
"My love-" she murmured, as she
watched his stalwart, retreating form.
Come back to me safely! Come
Dack!"
ITn ho continued
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roo MUCH FOR HIM.

The proprietor of q tan yard built q
stand on one of the main streets OF q
Virginia town for the purpose OF sell
ing leather and buying new hides.
When he had completed the building
he considered for a long time what
sort Of sign to put up to attract atten-
ton to the new establishment. Fl
nally a happy thought struck him. He
bored an augur hole through the door
post and stuck a Calls tail into it with
the tufted end outside.
After awhile he saw a solemn-faced
man standing near the door looking at
the sign, his eyes in a round, medita-
tive stare behind his spectacles. The
tanner watched him a minute, then
stepped out and addressed him.
Good morning, sir !" he said.
Morning." said the other, without
taking his eyes off the sign.
want to buy leather?" asked the
tanner.
mo"
Got any hides to sell?'
NO"
"Are you a farmer?"
mo"
Merchant"
mo"
lawyer"
mo"
Doctors"
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PEOPLE IN PRINT.

John L. Snyder, a Seneca Indian, has
received permission to take the New
York state bar examination.
Paul ]. Rainey, a wealthy New
Yorker, is having a wireless system Of
telegraphy installed on his yacht, An.
ona, which will be the first American
steam yacht thus equipped.
District Attorney Jerome, Of New
York, who is at present in the lime
light, pleads guilty to three weak.
nesses-candy eating, cooking strange
dishes, and makiIg furniture.
Chaplain Rev. Francis Doherty, OF
the Seventeenth United States in
fantry, stationed 1t Fort Mcpherson.
edits a little paper called "The Haver'
SACK" which is widely read among
soldiers, and is frequently copied.
George Griffith, the English globe
trotter, who has seven times encircled
the earth, says he mean to travel nc
more, but will build a home on the
Isle of Man and settle down to novel.
writing as a neighbor of Hall Caine
Thomas Lewis, the son of an African
king who is studying medicine at the
Syracuse university, has devised char.
acters to express the language of his
tribe. He proposes to translate the
Bible and to introduce the Christian
religion among the natives. His home
is in Liberia, and upon the completion
of his course he expects to become .
medical missionary TO his people.
]. P. Webster holds the unique dis.
tinction Of being the only mayor Wau.
coma, Ia, has ever had, though the
place has been incorporated % years
He was selected as the first mayor In
1883, ana has continued to serve ever
since. He has just been elected for
two years more, which will make his
record as mayor a quarter of a cen.
fury. He is 80 years old, and the old.
est mayor In the state. He is hale and
hearty.
William Glynne Charles Gladstone,
grandson of the great commoner and
heir to the Hawarden estate, has been
elected secretary OF the Oxford Union
society, a position which his illus.
trious grandfather occupied 76 years
ago. Young Mr.. Gladstone comes OF
age in two or three months, and will
then enter into possession of the
Hawarden estate, which has been
managed during his minority by hia
uncles, Herbert and Henry Gladstone.
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TOLD OF THE TITLED

Lord Charles Beresford Is said te
be contemplating reentering the field
Of politics.
Sir Walter Raleigh was responsible
tor the introduction Of the potato into
ireland. 1t was a native of Chile and
Peru.
King Alfonso and Princess Ena are
both descendants of Mary Queen Of
Scots, as Is every monarch in Europe
except the king Of Sweden and the
sultan Of Turkey.
The sirdar, Sir Reginald Wingate, ia
IN excellent linguist, speaking, besides
several European languages, Arabic
and Hindustani. His hobby is the
collection of dervish weapons.
Lord Leconield, who has just cele.
brated his thirty-fourth birthday, is q
nephew Of Lord Rosebery. He served
with distinction in the Boer war, owns
about 100, 900 acres of land, and has
q rent roll Of $450,000 yearly.
Lord Wodehouse, who has been
elected for Mid-Norfolk, is the young.
co., AlCulUCl " thS y 90
lsh parliament, having completed his
twe~nty-second year last November.
He is the youngest son of the present
Lord Kimberley.
Sir Edward Clarke, the brilliant
member of parliament who is making
his presence felt by denouncing the
idea Of a tax on meat or corn, started
as a jewelers. assistant in his fathers
store. Now his income as a lawyer
Is $150,000 a year and he Is n OF
the few men who have refused q
%judgeship.
Sir John Fisher has been promoted
to the rank of admiral of the English
feet. He practically created the pres
ent British navy, and has impregnat.
ed it with the scientific spirit, and 1t
Is due to him that the naval officers
of to-day must, in addition to being
seamen, be gunners, soldiers, engineers
and men Of science.
Prince Won Bulow, the German
chancellor, who was overcome by q
fainting spell while delivering an ad.
dress in the reichstag recently, Is q
political personality scarcely less In
teresting than was his great prede.
cessor Bismarck. In spite Of his we'll
known and ardent patriotism his
courtesy to France on one occasion
drew from another member of the
reichstag the remark that Herr Won
Bulow thinks in French or Italian and
then translates into German" He was
twice offered the rank of prince before
accepting.
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Always Ready.

The Ameer of Afghanistan Is said to
have made the following statement:
Il am always ready as a soldier on
the march to a battle, in such a man
ner that l could start without any de-
lay in case Of emergency. The pockets
of my coats and trousers are always
filed with loaded revolvers and one or
two loaves of bread for one days food;
this bread is changed every day. Sew
eral guns and swords are always lying
by the side of my bed or the chair
on which l am seated within reach
of my hand, and saddled horses ara
always kept ready in front of my Of
fee, not only for myself, but for all
my courtiers and personal attendants.
at the door of my durbar room. I
have also ordered that a considerable
number of gold coins should be sewn
into the saddles of my horses when
required for a journey, and on both
sides of the saddles are two r~evolvers.
I think 1t is necessary in such a war
like country that tho sovereign, and
especially a sovereign who Is a SOL
dicr himself, should always be as pre-
pared for emergencies as a soldier on
the field of battle. Though my country
is perhaps more peaceful and safe now
than many other countries. still one
can never be too cautious and too well
prepared."-Family Herald.
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They Differ in Length in Various Coun.
tries and bv Land and Sea.
English-speakipg countries have four
different miles-the ordinary mile Of
$3.50 feet and the geographical or nau-
of about one-seventh between the two;
then there is the Scotch mile of 5,928
feet. and the Irish mile of $40 feet;
four various miles, every one Of which
is still in use. Then almost every
country has its W standard mila
The Romans have their mil passnum.
1000 PAGES, which must have been
about 5000 feet in length, unless we
ascribe to Caesars DICTIONARIES great
stepping capacity. The German mile
of today is 24,31S feet in length, more
than four and a half times as long as
our mile. The Dutch, the Danes and
the Prussians enjoy a mile that Is 49,
440 feet long, three and one-half times
the length of ours; and the Swiss get
more exercise in walking their mile
than we get in walking five miles, for
their mile is 9,153 yards long, while
our is only 1,760 yards. The Italian
mile is only a few feet longer than
ours, the Roman mile is shorter, while
the Tuscan and the Turkish miles are
$50 yards longer. The Swedish mile is
7,341 yards long, and the Vienna post
mile is S,796 yards in length. So here
is a list of twelve different miles, and
besides this there are other measures
of distance, not counting the French
kilometer, which is rather less than
two-thirds of a mile. The Brazialans
have a milia that is one and one-fourth
times as long as our mile; the Neapo-
Titan miglio is about the same length;
the Japanese ri, or mile, is two and
one-half times ours; the Russian verst
is ive-eighths as 4ong as our mile,
while the Persian standard IS a fesakh,
four and a half miles long, which Is
said to be equal to the paransang. so
familiar to the readers of Xenophon's
Anabasis. The distance indicated by
the league also varies in different coun-
tries.-Ledger Monthly.
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BREAD DYSPEPSIA.
The Digesting Element Left o,

The Digesting Element Left Out.
Bread dyspepsia Is common. It at.
fects the bowels because white bread
Is nearly all starch, and starch is di.
gested In the intestines, not in the
stomach proper.
Up under the shell of the wheat
berry nature has provided a curious
deposit which Is turned into d~iastase
when it is subjected to the saliva and
to The pancreatic juices in the human
intestines.
This diastase is absolutely necessary
to digest starch and turn it into grape
sugar, which Is the mex form; but that
part OF the wheat berry makes dark
-four, and the modern miller cannot
readily sell dark flour, so natures val
liable digester is thrown out and the
human system must handle the starch
as best 1t can, without the help that
nature intended.
Small wonder that appendicitis, per.
itonitis, constipation and all sorts OF
trouble exist when we go so contrary
to natures law. The food experts that
perfected Grape-Nuts Food, knowing
these facts, made use in their expert.
ments of the entire wheat and barley,
including all the parts, and subjected
them to moisture and long continued
warmth, which allows time and the
proper conditions for developing the
diastase. outside Of the human body.
In this way the starchy part il trans
formed into grape sugar in a perfect.
ly natural manner, without the use of
chemicals or any outside ingredients.
The little sparkling crystals Of grape
sugar can be see on the pieces OF
Grape-Nuts. This food therefore Is
naturally pre-digested and its use in
place of bread will quickly correct the
troubles that have been brought about
by the too free use Of starch in the
food, and that is very common In the
human ace to-day.
The effect of eating Grape-Nuts ten
days n two weeks and the d~iscontin.
uance Of ordinary white bread is very
marked. The user will gain rapidly In
strength and physical and mental
health.
. AThere,s q reason.
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THE POINT OF THE PRovERe.

An old proverb advises the shoes
maker to stick to his last. 1t means
that a man always succeeds best al
the business he knows. To the farmer
it means, stick to your plow; to the
blacksmith, stick to your forge; to
the painter, stick to your brush.
When we make experiments out OF our
line they are likely to prove expen-
sive failures.
It is amusing, however, to remark
how every one of us secretly thinks
he could do some other fellows work
better than the 9TH fellow himself.
The painter imagiAes he can make
paint better than the paint manufac-
turer; the farmer thinks he can do
a job Of painting better, or at least
cheaper than the painter, and so on.
A farm hand in one of Octave
Thanet's stories tells the Walking
Delegate of the Painters Union, Any
body can slather paint" and the old
line painter tells the paint salesman,
"None of your. ready made mixtures
for me; I reckon I ought to n
how to mix paint"
The farm hand Is wrong and the
painter is wrong: Shoemaker, stick
to your last" The fancy farmer"
can farm, Of course, but it is an ex-
pensiye amusement. If it strikes him
as pleasant to grow strawberries at
fifty cents apiece, or to produce eggs
that cost him five dollars a dozen, 1t
- . op,,comont IN he sure
II he can afford 1t, but it's not farm
ing. II the farmer likes to slosh
around with a paint brush and can az
ford the time and the expense OF hav-
ing a practical painter do the JOB
right pretty soon afterward, It's a
harmless form of amusement. IL the
painters customers al afford to
stand for paint that comes OF in half
the time 1t should, they have a perfect
right to indulge his harmless vanity
about his skill in paint making. But
in none of these cases does the shoe
maker stick to his last.
There is Just one class Of men In
the world that knows how to make
paint properly and have the facilities
for doing 1t right; and that Is the
paint Notwithstanding makers OF
the standard brands of ready-prepared
paints. The painter mixes paints;
the paint manufacturer grlnds them
together. In a good ready-prepared
| paint every article Of one kind OF
| pigment Is forced to join hands with
a particle of another kind and every
bit of solid matter is forced, as it
| were, to open it's mouth and drink In
it's share Of f1nseed oil. That is the
only way good paint a be made, and
If the painter knew how to do 1t he
has nothing at hand to do 1t with. A
paint pot and a paddle are a poor
| substitute for power mixers, buhr-mills
and roller-mills.
The man who owns a building and
neglects to paint it as often as 1t
needs paint is only a degree more
| s~hort-sighted than the one who tries
to do his own painting or allows the
painter to mix his paint for him.
P. G.
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SIums Always in East.

"A city's sums" said a globe trot-
ter, "are always in its eastern quarter.
l wonder why?
Take New York. It's east side is it's
slum side. So it is with London. The
east end Is the slum end.
"Of Philadelphia, Chicago. San
Francisco, Canton and Madrid the
same thing holds good as l know from
personal experience.
"The only possible ground / can give
for a city's slums being invariably in
its eastern quarter Is that this quarter
is the one that is exposed to the harsh
and unpleasant rigors Of the east
wind"
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he WENT ON CRUTCHES
Al Medicines Failed Until Df. Will
Uams' Pink Pills Cured His
rheumatism.


rheumatism.
"Some years ago." says Mr.. W. b!
CLARK, a printer, living a. 612 Buchanan
street, Topeka, Kans., II had q bad at.
tack Of rheumatism and could not seem
to get over it. All sorts Of medicines
failed to do me any good and my trouble
kept getting worse. My feet were 80
swollen that I could not wear shoes and
I had to go ON crutohes. The pain was
terrible.
Zone day I was setting the type Of an
article for the paper telling what DR..
Williams Pink Pills had done for a man
afflicted as I was and I was SO impressed
with it that I determined to give the
medicine q trial. For a year my rheu.
matism had been growing worse, but
after taking DIR. Williams Pink Pills I
began to improve. The pain and swell.
ing all disappeared and I can truthfully
sayt that T haven felt better in the past
twenty years than I do right now. I
could name, of hand, q half-dozen PEG.
pie who have used DR.. Williams Pink
Pills at my suggestion and who have re-
ceived good resi- Its from them"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are guaran.
teed to be safe and harmless to the most
delicate constitution. They contain no
morphine, opiate, narcotic, nor any.
thing to cause a drug habit. They do nos
act on the bowels but they actually make
new blood and strengthen the nerves.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure rheuma-
tism because they make rich, red blood
and no nan or woman can have healthy
blood and rheumatism at the same time.
They have also cured many cases OF
anamia, neuralgia, sciatica, partial pa
ralysis, locomotor ataxia and other dis.
eases hat have not yielded to ordinary
treatment.
All druggists sell DIR. Williams Pink
Pills or they will be sent by mail, post
paid, on receipt of price, 90 cents per
box, six boxes for 81. $50, by the DR.. Will.
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. 7.
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LIVELY Australian Weekiies.

The little weeklies of the towns OF
Australia are livelier and more abusive
of each other than the "Kickers" and
"Iconoclasts" of American frontier
towns. The editor sof these rival
Journals must possess a peculiar quail.
ifcation-the ability to slang" the op'
position paper and all connected with
it. Township folks look to the rival
editors to dissipate the local dullness
and provide a weekly feast Of fun and
billingsgate, and the proprietors Of the
PAPER insist on having editors capa'
BILE of satisfying popular expectations
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For a Gardeners, Home.

John M. Hunter of New York, presi.
dent Of the National Gardeners asso-
citation, composed of landscape and
decorative gardeners of the country, is
touring California with the object OF
finding a location for a national gar
deners' home, which is to be estab-
lished in that state. He expresses the
opinion that the Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco, is the most beautiful in
this country.
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TRY THIS ON YOUR PUMPS.
Bunion Plaster Will Prevent That Un-
pleasant Slippinu.

pleasant Slipping.
A smart, u%p-to-date young woman
asked the drug clerk for a box of bun.
ion plasters. 1t caused one to look
with curiosity at her feet. They were
straight and slim in the smartest OF
ties.
THAT is a new trick" the drug clerk
explained when she had taken her un.
embarrassed way to the street. "A
ready-made tie or n Of those new
low pumps is likely to slip up and
down at the heel, or bind the ankle, so
that it chafes either way. Some lady
genius stuc ia bunion plaster in the
back of her shoe and the trouble was
all over"
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Not for Him.

Representative Jake" Beidler Of
Ohio tells this story OF his efforts to
sell a trunk to one Of his dairy hands:
"You are going away" Mr. Beidler
said. LET me sell you this trunk"
what for?" asked the employe.
ITO put your clothes in, Of course"
"An' go naked? Why, Tde be arrest.
ed in q minute"
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II think papa and mamma likes the
baby better than they do me-" said
four-year-old Flossie to the visitor;
cause he lets 'em do Just as they
please
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SAYINGS OF THE TOTS.

Mamma" said little Ethel, who was
looking at the pictures in a Sunday.
school book, how do the angels gel
their night gowns on over their
wings?"
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The Mark Of Success

All ye who's make your mark In life
To this advice should bark
Seek first, II you would win the strife,
To make
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Garfield Tea purifies the blood, regulates
the digestive organs, brings good health.
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Tommy" said the teacher, don't
you know better than to talk aloud In
school?"
But what Is a Teller to dor" Quer.
yied Tommy. "You said the other day
] mustn't whisper"
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It vas the roll Of distant thunder
that caused little Margie to observe:
'They must be cleaning house In
heaven to-day, mamma"
why DO you think SO, dear?" asked
her mother.
II hear the angels mevin' the furnI-
ture around" replied Margie.
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MILES NOT ALL THE SAME.

be c%ontinued.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16
RAGTIME JUSTICE DEAD.
Russian Government Orders All Gov
egnors to Give Prisoners a Fair
and Early Hearing.

ST. PETERSBURG March 13.-The
government has sent Il circular to all
governors instructing them that persons
taken into custody for political offenses
must within twenty-four hours of their
arrest be confronted with the charges
and allowed tn make explanations. The
circular also generally insists on eNpedi-
ton il the trials of political prisoners.
This step on the part of the government
is the result of tremendous outcry raised
against the arbitrary action of the local
authorities. Over 10000 persons have
been arrested in European Russia since
the government entered on its active
campaign aga inst the revolut.onists.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-16
HUNDREDS ARE BURIED
STREETS OF FRENCH MINING TOWN
BLACK WITH MOURNERS.

PARIS. March 13.-Hundreds OF tu-
nerals are being held today at the towns
surrounding Courrieres, where the mine
disaster Saturday resulted in the loss
of over 1000 lives
Snow has fallen, but lines of mourners
fill every road, many of them carrying
caskets as numbers Of hearses obtain
able are insufficient.
At -Montigny rough altar was
erected i'll the open air and funeral serv-
ices were conducted over sixty BODIES.
Another similar ceremony occurred at
Mericourt over the unidentified dead.
The company's latest figures shows
that there were 1912 victims of the exc
plosicn. Mining Director Meyer OF
Herne. Prussia, with his rescue. corps OIL
Westphalians recovered twenty-six more
bodies this morning. The heroic efforts
of the Germans are exciting admiration
and praise.
The American chamber Of commerce
subscribed $1,000 for the relief OF the
sufferers. Ambassador McCormlch
headed the list. (See page l0J