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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
MIGHTY MEAN
Got In His Knock in a WAY That
Was Underhanded and
Vlllainous.

The mean customer halted on
his way 10 the door of the restau
rant and accosted the German
proprietor. relates the Providence
Evening Tribune and Telegram.
Your cooking here is all right"
he remarked. all right. | rarely
get Il poor dish here, and never
one that | have to send back: and
I've been coming here off and gu
for years. Some day, when | get
time, I'm going TO ask you to give
me Il recipe to take home"
Il am glad TO hat you say So"
replied the owner of the place,
bcam!ng and throwing out his
chest. Most of the gentlemen
who are accustomed to taking
meals here regularly hat told me
before that they yer satisfied.
We mean to hat the best. What
was it aloud that you haf on your
mind"
Il want to find out" said the
mean customer. how you make
an oyster stew without oysters"
That" sputtered the Dutch.
man, ''iss as old, alretty yet, as
the first tam church fair you haf
helt in this impolite country"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
School Tasks in Switzerland.

A Geneva correspondent of a Lon
don paper thinks the sums done in a
Swiss school sufficiently extraordi-
nary to telegraph some OF them TO his
journal. The father Of a schoolboy.
aged eight, living at Chaux de Ponds.
sends TO the Impartial the following
problems as specimens of the home
work the youngster had recently been
set to work out at the cantonal school.
Multiply 5.l01, 500. 253, go by $780,
252, 015, los. The boy obtained the fol-
lowing nswer: 1909, $50. 153.
242, 093. 1915. Divide 71,1l1, 2S3, 81, 600
by 24,53S, 7l4.2l2. After some hours
work the youngster obtained as an
swer 2.910,555,525. The mere reading
Of those terrible figures should make
every small boy glad he does not live
in Switzerland.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
MACHINE HELPS TO COUNT
Device That Registers the Tens in
Adding a Column Of
Figures.

AL invention of recent date is
an adding device, which was de-
signed to assist a person in add
ing one or more columns of tig-
ureS.
1t consists of a disk which reg
listers the tens in the columns,
the latter being quickly ind ac-
curately added without unneces-
sarily burdening or taxing the
memory with a multiplicity of tig-
ureS.
Printed on the face of the disk
is a series of numerals represent
ing tens in consecutive order from
l to %. the disk being held in the
hand and rotated. In use the disk
is held in the left hand. with the
forefinger~ resting in the notch or
depression represented by the
higher mineral, 26 in the present
instance.
In adding a column of figures
the tens are registered on the disk
by moving the finger from one
notch to the next as they appear
in the process of adding, the units
only being carried from one figure
or group of figures TO the next.
For instance. if it is desired to
add 50. 81. 6S and 46 one would
proceed as follows for the first
column: Six and s are Il; the 10
is registered on the disk by mov-
ing the finger in the first notch
and the 4 units carried. Four and
! are II; move the finger to the
second notch and carry the 1.
One and Q are 10: move the finger
to the third notch and put down
30"
Now the register has registered
3 tens. so there are 3 to carry to
the next column and so on. Any
number of columns of any length
may be added in like manner. not
more than ls units heing carried
in the mind at one time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
Artificial Storm at Sea

The inhabitants of Aboukir, near
Alexandria. were recently treated td
q wonderful spectacle. 1t became
necessary to destroy some 16 tons OF
powerful dynamite, and the explo
sives-suficient to blow up a town
were taken 10 sea and placed beneath
the water. Something like a subma,
rine earthquake followed the explo
sion, which was heard for miles
around. A waterspout shot into the
air to a height Of about 1000 feet, and
fell back in dazzling spray. Stimuli.
:%aneously the sea became a whirlpool
II seethinS water. as Il asitatei by
I hurricane.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
MADE IN So. DAKOTA SOIL
Newcomers Find Many Locations in Which to Repeat Successes
OF the Pioneer Settlers OF the State.

like that Of his neighbors, has grown
into a comfortable, well furnished
home. His farm is fenced and highly
hoe and scythe, and around him have
sprung up villages and rel cities,
teeming with life and prosperity. This
Is the record of the older part OF South
Dakota. and it is being duplicated to-
day in other sections Of the state. In
it may be found an explanation Of the
increase in land values; of the fact
that the holder Of a farm is frequently
surprised to learn that there are eager
purchasers for his holdings at as much
as $50 or $75 an acre, when It was only
a few years ago they cost him nothing
but the entry fees.
State Is on the Jump.
South Dakota is on the jump. The
last census, taken in 1905, gives the
state a population of ass, 1S5, and this
population is we'll distributed instead
of being massed in one or two large
cities. In other words, economically
speaking, it is a healthy population.
The largest city in South Dakota has
only 12,2S2 people, while there are 200
cities and villages ranging from 5000
down to 100 proportion Of the entire
population finds employment on farms
and ranches, adding daily and yearly
to the material wealth and prosperity
Of the state.
81 don't farm any more" said one
man to me as we sat on the porch OF
his comfortable home in a thriving
town of 5000 people. 81 don't have to.
l did for a time and made money al
1t. This money I kept putting into
land, and in a short time accumulated
an extensive tract. Some Of this |
rent out, and some has been sold at
prices which have made me independ-
ent. AS you see, we live in comfort
and don't have to worry about any
thing"
And this mans history has many,
many duplicates all over South Dakota.
The state is full of men who have
grown wealthy in the same way, just
as thousands of others are doing now.
In the western section Of South Da-
kota is to-day the richest farming Sec
ton of land hat awaits settlers in the
United States. Part Of this Is free
homestead land; other parts have to
be bought from owners, but at prices
that are simply nominal. The drum
mer, whom | have quoted above in this
article said to me:
Il recollect some years ago when ]
| could have bought land in the eastern
part of this state at SO and SIS an
acre. | didn't do it. Why? Well, II
| looked too cheap to me. To-day that
same land is selling for anywhere from
$50, to $50 an acre. 1t isn't worth
| cent an acre more as far as productive
ness goes, than it was ten years ago
but as population comes in land values
go UP.
I'm not going to be left again, how
ever. I've got a section Of land out
here in the western part Of the state
and what I missed in the eastern part
l am going to make up in the WESTERN
Herbert Vanderhoof. in Minneapolis
Journal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
IMAGINARY DISEASE
CASES THAT CALL FOR OPERA
TONS OF FAKE" NATURE.
Hallucinations Cured by Humoring
Whims of Patients-singular
Case Cited in Illus
tration.

: According to a Detroit surgeon,
there are many sane persons who, be-
lieving that they are threatened with
som dangerous disease, insist or IN
dergoinS severe operations in order
that their lives may be saved.
We do not really perform these
operations" he explains in the News
Tribune, but have assisted at many
imaginary ones TO crafty the whim
OF a patient suffering from some form
of hysteria.
w had a young girl here a year
ago with a most obstinate attack of
hysteria which took a very curious
form. She would never lie down in
her bed, but invariably sat bolt up
right with her back against the foot
rail, constantly turning her head from
side to side like an attenuation.
L had watched her do this many
times, and one day | asked her why
she continued it. to which she replied
that there was a string in her head
which pulled it from side to side,
and that until it was cut she would
have no rest.
This remark gave me an idea. and
| asked if she would allow me 10 ey-
anime her head. She was perfectly
willing, and after an inspection last
ing 20 minutes l gravely announced
mat she was quite right, and that the
only cure was a slight operation in
order 10 sever the string.
She claDped her hands with de-
light like a child and declared that il
vas what she had told several doc.
orr, but that they had all laughed
n her. Would l perform the opera.
ion at once? thought it better,
however, TO defer doing so until the
morning, after I had consulted the
visiting surgeons.
Having explained the circum-
stances, the imaginary operation was
agreed upon and the following morn
ng the young woman was led into
he surgery, placed upon the operat.
ng table and anaesthetics were ad.
niniStered. Part of her luxuriant
brown hair was cut off and a portion
If the back Of the head TWO inches
above the nape of the neck was shaved
smooth.
Then, in order that there should
be something 70 show for the imag.
mary operation. the scalp was lanced
until the blood ran. leaving a cut
about two and a half inches in length.
This was bound but not strapped and
The patient was conveyed back TO her
bed, where she remained for 40 min
utes before returning to conscious
ness.
Meantime l had taken a piece OF
an ordinary E violin string about four
inches long and soaked il in water un-
til ii resembled a raw sipew, the OBJ
ject of this, of course. being to show
the patient the actual string taken
out Of her head. When she returned
to consciousness she was told how
entirely successful the operation had
been and shown the string which had
been the cause Of all her trouble, after
which she fell into a natural sleep and
awoke perfectly restored. From that
day to this she has been entirely
cured Of her hallucinatiOn"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
FACTS ABOUT THE BANANA
Ripened During Shipment Are e.
Good as Ripened Under
Tropical Sun.

There is a vast amount OF lgno-
rance prevailing among intelli-
gent people concerning the
growth, production and market
ing of bananas. Many people i'm
agine that the natives in tropical
climes step out of their huts in the
early morning and pluck and eat
bananas fresh from the plant, the
same as they would oranges and
other fruits. Bananas ripened on
the plant are not suitable for
food.
Bananas, even after travelling
5000 miles in a green state, are
every bit as good as bananas
ripened under a tropical sun.
This is probably true of no other
export fruit. The plant of which
bananas is the fruit is not a tree,
nor is it a bush or vine. 1t is sim
ply a gigantic plant, growing TO a
height of from Is to 20 feet.
About Is feet from the ground the
leaves, ofttimes eight feet long.
come out in a sort of cluster from
the center of which springs a
bunch of bananas.
These do not grow with the ba-
nanas pointing upward. natural
~, and if the stem grew straight
they would hang exactly as seen
in the fruit stores and grOcers
windows. This. however, is not
the case; the stem bends under
the weight of the fruit, and this
brings it into directly the opposite
position. with the large end Of the
stalk up and the fringes pointing
toward the sun.
\ word of explanation concern
ing some banana terms: Each ba-
mana is called a finger" and each
of these little clusters of fingers
surrounding a stalk is called a
"hand:" the quality and value of
each bunch depend on the number
of hands it has. Some NAV won
der how the fruit is cut from the
top of a plant - feet from the
ground.
The native laborcrS cut the
stalk part way ny its height: the
weight of the fruit causes the
stalk TO slowly bend over until the
bunch of bananas first nicely
reaches the ground. then the
bunch is cut off with the ever
ready machete and carried to the
river or railroad for shipment.
The plant at the same time is cut
close to the ground. The banana
is a very prolific producer of itself
and at every cleaning Of the land
1t is necessary TO cut down many
of the young plants. or suckers"
as they + termed. in order that
they may not become overcrowd-
ed up to a certain limit: the fewer
suckers on a given area the larger
the fruit they will produce.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
o FAR IN A
Noble Birds April Record Over Twice
Size of Grim Reaper's,

Size of Grim R~eaper's.
The report Of the bureau OF vital
statistics for the month Of April,
which has just been completed, shows
75S births and 329 deaths. pneumonia
being the most fatal with Al deaths;
heart failure being next, with SO; tu-
be~rculosis, II; accidents. Is; cancer,
10; suicide. 4.
There we're PCT marriages and Ct
divorces, five of the divorced couples
being residents of the state and 81
non-residents. There were Isl ma
tu~ralizations.
On account OF politics or some other
equally potent reason the clerks Of the
counties Of Bon Homme, Charles Mix,
Day, Fauly and Sully did not get their
reports in, and they are not included
in this summary.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07

An old Indian from the Southwest
has been in Washir gton for a while
and spends a good deal Of his time in
the senate gallery. He seemed to pay
special attention to Senators Spooner,
Teller and Beverage. The other day
he felt that he ought to express his
thoughts to some one. 30 he picked
out Capt. Riley, the veteran who runs
the elevator. "Senat he Spoon. heap
good talk" he said. Riley agreed
with him. After five minutes Lo got
another idea shaped mp. "Senat he
Te,iah, heap good talk, too" Riley
assented to that also. BY the time
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07

for September"
This didn't please me, though l
couldn't have told why. AT college
I'd always thought Grady a fine
fellow, and l was puzzled at the
sudden aversion / felt to him. Yet
not for the world would l have
said a word against him. To ma
lign a man without evidence and
just cause is the act of a cad.
What time r you going
west" l queried. There was "a
California trip in prospect, and |
wondered how soon she'd get
away from Grady. \ surprise
was in store for me.
Papa says the Gradys are GO,
ing with us. | expect, from what
he says We'll start about the first
of October"
You'll be making an end of
your conquests soon, Ethel" l
said, feeling as if I'D been shaken
in Il train collision. | laughed
nervously. perhaps you'll be
marrying Grady"
"Pcrhaps.w She actually smiled.
At that moment | could have
fought Grady at ten PAGES or less.
"1ou see a girl can't always catch
a matrimonial fish. Why, it won't
be long before l lose enough of
my limited attractivencss to be
down in your class of hOmely girls
the only sort you could ever
love-
had told her Of my distaste for,
and distrust of, pretty girls.
did l say that asked, guard
eddy.
Il am sure you did," she an.
nounced positively. Confound il,
| could not contradict her.
But you have many years of
tractiveness before you,' | admit,
ted. feeling forced into a cOmpli-
mrnt justified by facts.
AS if | wanted them.." she
cried, scornfully. "Why. | would
give the world to have it disre.
garded, TO be seen as myself, and
to have others care for me-, if thc}
cared at all, for what ann"
Really, | had not supposed
Ethel capable of such sentiment.
| began to look at her in Il new
light. Was it possible? But
there | stopped. OF course it
wasn't.
Il can never tell just how it hap
pencd. | know We were sitting
nearer to each other than the limi-
tationS of the willow seat.
And, Robert, we're still
friends, aren't we?" | remember
hearing her say, as n remembers
things which occur in a dream.
eyes, awkwardlv land |
promised not TO fall in love with
you.' Was my arm about her
waist?
But II didn't make any prom
Use" Her saying that. | remem,
Der very, very distinctly. for it was
superlatively sweet to my ears.
DO you absOlve NE from my
promise?" | asked.
There was no answer in words.
but l knew that l was absolved.
| no longer feared the result of
the western trip, and when met
Hartley Grady next day l shook
hands with him so enthusiastical.
~ that he seemed surprised.
In spite of her being a pretty
girl, l love Ethel dearly.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
Judqe Declares Bonds Valid.

The suit brought by George V. Ay.
ers & Co. ct al. against the Hidden
Fortune Gold Mining company was de-
cided at Deadwood in the circuit court
by Judge Rice, who held the first
mortgage bonds to be valid. The
lien holders come prior to the bonds
to the extent Of $500, 900.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07

the elevator got 10 the bottom of the
shaft on its return trip the brave had
another sentence ready. He said:
"Senat Bev. not worth cuss." and
stalked away gravely.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
STATE HOLINESS CAMP MEETING
viii Be Held Through Ten Days Near
CITY Of Mitchell.

City Of Mitchell.
The fourteenth annual camp meet.
ing of the South Dakota State Holi-
ness association, auxiliary to the ma
tional, will be held In the beautiful
natura lgroye on the James river near
the mouth Of Rock creek. three or
four miles east Of Mitchell. July Is
to %.
Rev. ]. L. Glasscock Of Cincinnati
will be the evangelist. Mr.. Glasscock
is an able preacher and a man Of
large experience.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07

M. z. Guthrie, a young attorney Of
Pierre, Is suffering from q painful 40
cident which may cost him the use Of
one eye. While getting breakfast for
himself at his homestead the lid aew
of a can which he was using in max.
ing coffee, and the scalding liquid wal
thrown into his face. severely burn
ing him. =.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-06-07
Costly Then.

Familiarity breeds contempt,
but it costs money if bred in .
courtroom.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-12-08
TIE SAVANNAH inEA.

a wealthy and prominent citizen 81
Savannah. Ga, recently talked viii
"a Herald reporter and expressed hi
views Very frankly, and we give gu
readers the benefit of a few exoersts
One opinion is as follows:
the very worst use to which 10,
can put q Negro is to educate him.
s.FIlroig houtt the State you will Sal
white Children performing manual Ia
b2r. picking cotton in the country.
'etiag IS naesssnger boys iii TIE
towns, while the little lcolored chi.
drsn arc to be seen loaded down witt
books on their way to the school
houses. This Is not the rightful or!ae-
but reversal thereof and it is harm
full to beth races
q Il think the Negroes the best IA Dor:
ers to be had and wouldia',tt sivs
.tsaen for any white nottingham fol
the peculiar work ~ have to do II
the South IN the Gotten fields. the
lumber taIaEs, as long as I have men
they discoain i ny othess natIonality !
he conceptien Of an Afro Ameri.
can sss 9 human being entitled to ali
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-12-08

and is not there to this day. if any
dependence can be placed upon the
oificial statistics of illitefacy. Nc
black majority ever dominated a sin
gle Southern legislature: the South
ern States were dominated by white
adventures from the North. who were
backed by the federal government
and military governors appointed by
the President. The adoption by a
state of a constitution recognizing
certain conditions was made a prec-
edent to the readmission Of a state.
The remark about leaving the state
TO prescribe the conditions other than
color for the exercise Of the franchise, >.
is decidedly humorous. Louisiana had
already prescribed such conditions as
the following. NO Negro Shall sell.
barter or exchange any article of mer-
chandise without the special written
permission of his employer . and other
states had prescribed as bad, or worse
conditions. The fourteenth and ff-
teenth Amendments were absolutely
necessary to rescue the Afro-Ameri-
can from the Peonage which the
Southern states established so soon
as they were allowed to prescribe
the conditions
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-12-08
SATURDAY, DECEMBER s, 1906.
NOT PREMATURE.

The st. Paul Pioneer Press has an
editorial headed "Tae Nation Will
stand by the Fifteenth Amendment Q
which TIE APPEAL appreciates
vsry highly On account CT it's kindly
Spirit although it is compelled to els
sent from come OF the admissions
made therein. THE APPEAL cannot
admit the adoption OF the amendment
IN It's present form was premature. ;,
any nlc,1a than ii would admit that
the abolition Of slavery was pre.la-
t';re. On he contrary, ii asserts that
witNant the adoption of all three
siae nSsanents. re obstruction would
faTe haea indefinitely postponed. Tie
al at re Az egi sa,2 vote forced the rebel
st-stes hack into their proper rela.
tons to the federal government. AMI
Il remains to be PROVEN, though II
has often been IMAGINED, that thai
result could have been attained in
any ether way. Nor was the imme-
diate result 81 place the intelligent
Write population of number of
Southern states under the rule Of a
black majority: which, dominating
ti,a LEGISLATURES proceeded to hold d
esGruiyal cf eytravagance, corruption
end imbeeility. That Intelligent
WlE-isse8 population never was there.