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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

and sold for S. and Sc, most of the
business being done through the ped
der who had been the means Of
bringing the saws to Mr.. Halves.
At first the blacksmith made the
tools only at odd times when he had
nothing else on hand, but the demand
became SO great that he had to make
special arrangements for their manu-.
facture, and the industry grew into
one of rather imposing proportions.
Mr.. Halves had been engaged in
the manufacture of the squares for
several years before it occurred to
him to take out a patent ON the new
implement. He did this ultimately
and began the manufacture Of them
in earnest, erecting a factory for this
purpose.
The plant has been enlarged sew
eral times, but steel squares are now
made on the site where the first one
was laboriously formed by the old
blacksmith.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
Rotation of Calendars.

An evening contemporary has been
informing its readers that they can
use the same calendars every twenty
years-when the dates of the month
fall on the same days Of the week.
thereby avoiding the expense Of FIVE
almanacs for the present century. But
here is something better than that.
Persons who have the double advan-
tage of ancient family and careful
forefathers, by turning up the calen-
overwhelmingly they are not
printed ones, for The twelfth century,
by Solomon ,Jarchus, will find the days
and dates coincident with the present
century. Such persons can save the
expense of buying for 100 years.
Again those with a frugal mind, who
have preserved the almanacs Of the
nineteenth century, will avoid an out
lay for calendars of the century COM
menc!ng Jan. l, 22O1. as the dates for
the 100 years following will be COIN
:ident with those Of the last century.
But life is scarcely long enough for
such economies.-London Chronicle.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
HAD AN VNWELCOME VISITOR

John Philip Sousa has had some ex-
periences decidedly out of the ordi-
nary, but he himself is authority for
the statement that he met with the
most unusual. and perhaps the most
terrifying, in a quiet little town in
provincial England.
1T was almost as bad as Edgar
Allan Poe come to life," says he.
when relating the happening. 1T was
before opened at the Alhambra last
Spring, and the tour had been most
trying. On the night in question l
had turned in the very first minute
| could get away after the evening
concert, and l remember | was so
tired that l never touched the fruit
and sandwiches always left in my
bedroom. l slept like a log, of course,
though once l Weakened (as | recalled
the next morning.. thinking | heard
the plate pushed about on the lunch
con table. l think l sat up in bed
and looked around, but I'm sure | saw
nothing, and l was asleep again an
instant later.
Next morning l was conscious of
the entry of the nan with the hot
water, but what brought me really to
my senses a his exclamation that
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
Eminent Doctors Praise Its ingredients,

We REFER TO that boon to weak, nervous,
suffering women known as DIR. Pierce'S
Favorite Prescription.
DR.. John Fyfe one of the Editorial STAFF
Of The ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
Of Unicorn roo (HelOniGs Dioico) which
Is n Of the chief ingredients Of the ''Fs-
vorite Prescription:
"A remedy which invariably acts as q utter.
tivity Of the entire reproductive system"
He continues sin Helonias we have a medica-
ment which more fully answers the above
purposes mar any other drug toith Witch I am
dcqudinfsd In the treatment Of diseases Do
culiar to women 1t Is seldom that a case Is
seen which does not present some indication
for his remedial agent" Dr.. Fyfe further
says: The following are among the leading
indications for Helonias Unicorn root. Pain
or aching In the back, with leucorrhRa;
atomic (weak) conditions OF the reproductive
organs OF women, mental depression and ir-
ntaoility, associated with chronic diseases Of
the reproductive organs Of women, c~onstans
sensation Of heat in the region OF the kid
neys; menorrhagia Cdooding), due to q weak.
ened condition Of the reproductive system;
smenorrh9a suppressed or absent monthly
periods,,. arising from or accompanying an
abnormal condition Of the digestive organs
and anemic (thin blood habit; dragging
sensations In the extreme lower part Of the
II more or less Of the above symptoms
are present, no invalid woman can do
better than take DR.. Pierce's Favorito
Prescription, one Of the leading ingredi-
ents Of which Is Unicorn root, or Helonias,
and the medical properties Of which il
most faithfully represents.
OF Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient Of 'Favorite Prescription"
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., OF BEN
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
1T is an important remedy in disorders OF
the womb. In all catarrhal conditions .
and general enfeeblement. 1t Is useful"
Prof. John M. Scudder, M. D., late Of
Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root:
I'm relation to its general effects on the
system, there 70 no medicine N vss about toAicA
there 70 such general unanimity of opinion. Is
is universally regarded as the tonic useful In
all debilitated states"
Prof. Bartholow, NJ. D., Of Jefferson
Medical College, says Of Golden Seal:
Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, menor.
rhasia tfooding1 and congestiye dysmenor.
rh1s painful menstrustionJ."
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription faith
fully represents all the above named in
gradients and cures the diseases for which
they are recommended.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
0UEER BLESSING OF beasts

One old mar passed me with q
strange glitter in his eye. His left
hand was thrust into his breast and
his shifting. restless glance made me
shudder. What was the secret thing
he carried in his bosom for a bless
ing? Strangely attracted, l moved to-
ward him, but a soft sibilant hiss
made me see snakes and I gave him
a wide berth.
A small pig followed the padre as
he wound his way through the crowd.
San Antonio Abad is always followed
by a pig, and in some Italian city
there is a famous painting called
1.-THE Saint and His Page" the page
in this case being a pig A woman
behind me couldn't understand this,
but an Irishman explained 1t to her
satisfaction by suggesting that the
pig represented gluttony and to cast
out that devil was the greatest mira
Gle of all.
There was q good deal of kicking
and jumping about to begin with, but
whether the beasts we're hypnotized
by the shining crucifx that preceded
the padre Or their dumb souls were
touched by the Lord Himself, I can
not tell. I do know that as Il e little
procession came out of the church
door a silence fell over the square.
The animals stood ~immovable. Even
the parrots stopped their chattering
and I heard quite clearly the sound OF
a humming bee among the red bios
SONS of a tree.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
FLAJTIME OF BACHELOR BILL

Our uncle Bills a bachelor. an it's an
awful shame
'Cuz he knows stories about bears an
knows EN- all by name.
An growls list like a really one an
makes you think a bear
Is underneath tn table, but Of course II
isn't there.
An wen he takes you on his knee he
talks list like a book
An after vile your eyes get big n
you're a-scart to look
Wen he says: men a bear come out an
list went Boo-oo-oo!"
Becuz you almost think a bear Is really
after you.
An ZEN he plays wild Indian an hides
himself s~omewheres
Vile we look In tn corners an behind
tn parlor chairs.
An peek in tn dark closets n p'tend
we're on a scout
Till after vile he makes a hoop an en-
comes rushin' out
LIST like he's on tn warpath; an US chin
nern run upstairs
An hide in mammals closet an he makes
us think at bears
Are comm in to get US an he growls list
like he's one.
An my! we're turble scarf IN yet it's
awful lots O. fun.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
STEEL SQVARES FROM .SA VS.

The first steel square was made by
Silas Halves at South SALISBURY, VT,
ninety-fve years ago, and the indus
try is still carried on at the same
place.
Halves was a blacksmith and wheel
wright and was called upon to do
some repairing to the cart of a ped
der. These fellows were always re-
luctant to let any hard coin get away
from them and whenever possible
they paid their bills by making some
sort of trade.
On this particular occasion the ped
dler had in his cart a number of saws
which had been discarded as worn
past redemption and Halves, conceiv-
ing the idea that he could make use
of them, took several of them in lieu
of payment for the work he had
done. He cut these lengths of metal
up into suitable sizes and made
squares and rules of them.
The tools became popular at once
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

Away back in the forties George
e. Brickett and Moses s. Wilson were
classmates in college and woe also
dominates. In after life 10th be-
zane eminent and highly respected
members of the medical profession.
Many thousand people in Maine and
al over New England will remember
DR.. George E. Brickett as surgeon in
charge Of the Cony United States
general hospital at Augusta, Maine,
Turing the civil war. DR.. Wilson prac-
iced medicine In Lincoln, Maine, for
Upward of fifty years.
Both Brickett and Wilson were de-
.idedly of the "wideawake" class Of
Students. Wilson, especially. was Of
/, wild. rollicking nature. not in the
east inclined to serious" thoughts.
4 revival of religion Of more than
Usual interest, was In progress. and
many Of the students were drawn into
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

A traitors hand has aided him. I
suspected n before. My suspicion has
been verified"
you suspected one Of u ~people?",
Eyes; l suspected Francisco. Did It
not seem strange to you that Francisco
should ask to have the rebels execu-
ton delayed till midnight"
Now hat you speak of 1t, it certain
ly was strange; but I vas SO anxious
about Garza's daughter I gave the
other matter but little thought. Fran
cisco said that Salvarez, his wife, his
daughter, all begged for twelve hours
more in which to say farewell-to pray
together"
Gomez pointed grimly to the dead
sentinel.
well, they have prayed to some ad-
vantage, it seems, and have said fare
well-to us, not 10 M another"
But the knife" exclaimed Philip.
Where did Salyarez obtain the
knife"
Where, indeed, unless from Fran
cisco?"
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The FilibuSterS of Venezuela.
Or the Trials of a Spanish Girl.
By SEWARD W. HOPKINS
Copyrighted 1850 By Robert Bo.ners ss,a
Copyrighted 1850 By Robert Boaner's ss,a
CHAPTER XTV.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XTV.-(Continued.)
Jacnta's beating, bounding heart was
crowded with a food of emotions. Her
father would be saved. She also and
her mother would be taken out OF the
power of the c%onquerors. She would
escape from the hateful alliance with
Francisco. She would be with m
the brave American-her hero.
A low whistle broke in upon her
meditations. Salvarez and Jacinta,
quickly s%natching a moment when the
sentinel could not see, sprang to the
window.
A pistol and a knife were thrust
through the bars.
My pistol" said Medworth. phil
Ip's knife. The coast is clear. But
don't shoot if you can possibly help it.
Use the knife if you must; it is silent"
Salvarez grasped the instrument of
his salvation and breathed a blessing
upon Medworth.
Jacinta caught his receding hand in
hers and kissed 1t.
Hurry" said Medworth. Hide the
weapons. Shall l attract the guard?"
Yes" whispered Salvarez, drawing
back from the window.
Immediately there arose outside the
window a low, peculiar cry, startling
and weird, sounding like neither the
cry of man nor beast. The sentinel
heard it.
He saw the three prisoners standing
in apparent fright, gazing toward the
window.
What is it?" asked the guard.
Jacinta, whose excitement might cas-
lily be taken for fear, pointed with
trembling finger toward the window.
"Something-there." she said.
Again the wall. beginning in almost
nothing, rising, swelling, until it SEEM
ed like the dying cry Of a demon.
With a murmur of surprise and
alarm, the guard sprang to the window
with his gun, ready to fire.
Like a flash, Salvarez was upon him.
The desperate general hesitated not a
moment. The knife flashed in his hand,
the doomed man. and then descended.
The sentinel %groaned, staggered, gave a
~despairing look at his eXecutioner, and
fell at Jacinta's feet a corpse.
Gomez" said Salvarez. They fol-
lowed him from the room, and in the
%twinkling of an eye they had disap-
peared through the sliding panel.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

On Jan. II every person Of San
Antonio, Mex, brings q favorite beast
to be blessed in the square before the
parish church. says a writer In the
New York Tribune. The streets are
narrow, and the patient file of horses
and burrows wended their way to-
ward the blessing. Last January I
witnessed this curious spectacle:
Dogs, of course, were more numer-
Gus. One dear little dirty, three.
legged cur, dingy white and yellow,
with precocious eyes, was held in a
baby's arms. The prettiest creatures
were the turkeys. There is a pecu-
liar affinity between a peon and a
turkey. The Aztec name is always
used, although the Spanish "pavo' is
easier to say than "%gaulajote." This
combination of letters, when pro-
nounced by the knowing, sounds ex-
actly like the turkeys talk, even more
characteristic than our english "gob-
BILE, gobble, gobble."
While waiting for the padre I saw
half a dozen men and women squat
ting, their arms %carelessly thrown
over those red waited, imposing
fowl. There we're also parrots and
p%aroquets, pigeons and ducks and
swans, a dozen Of them, ungainly and
serpentlike, out of their native ele-
ment, and a pair Of peacocks also.
Sheep, more black than white, for
black sheep are the fashion in Mex
leo, added to the biblical effect.
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Right In the Swim.

Having obtained a situation there
he couldn't escape going to Philadel-
phia to live. On Chestnut street he
met an old time friend, to him ex-
planned the reaso for his appearance
in the charming City of Brotherly Love
and said:
"I've taken lodgings on Spruce
street. Have l done the right thing?"
Certainly. certainly. my dear fellowi
You couldn't have done better. you
know. You're right In 1t, In fact. Why,
the trolley cars u up Pine street on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
and com down Spruce street on Tues
days and Saturdays."-New York
Times. !.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
CHAPTER XIV.

Namampa, the Hero Doctor.
While Medworth and Tempest were
exerting themselves to save General
graduating themselves upon the fact
that Don Juan's daughter, if not free
from the clutches of the royalists, was
at least temporarily safe. owing to a
slight illness, the truth was that Lola
was in so feeble and dangerous a on
dition that Don Juan, Philip and Go
mez were all very much alarmed about
her.
While the exciting scenes attendant
upon the escape Of Salvarez were being
enacted, it might well be wondered
that neither Philip nor Gomez should
have been in the council room, or any
where rear to prevent the successful
Issue of Medworth's plot.
Don Juan, who, Notwithstanding hrs
vaulting ambition, sternness and pride,
really loved his daughter, was torn
with anguish and bitterly condemned
himself for bringing her against her
will to a place that now threatened to
be the cause of her death.
Nearly the same anxiety was shown
by Philip, and he did not conceal it.
Gomez, felt, In his own way, a great
anxiety, but he skillfully concealed the
true state of his feelings and appeared
rather the sympathetic friend than the
bafled lover.
After a conference between the three
Mattazudo was dispatched for Namam-
pa. the herb doctor who lived three
miles distant. Mattazudo's eyes gleam-
ed with triumph as he bore away to-
ward Namampa's hut.
Gomez, perhaps, discovered the mis-
chief in M~attazudo's looks, for he
started to warn the half-breed against
any more t~reachery. But Philip stopped
him.
Don't go, Gomez" he said. 81 wish
to speak to you In the council room"
Then turning to Don Juan, he said:
MY dear Cara, remain here with your
daughter, and let me know when this
herb doctor comes."
Philip and Gomez left together, and
went at once to the council room.
How is this?" said Gomez, pausing
at the door. "The room where SAL
rarez is confined left without a guard?
l saw one there when I left an hour
ago"
Strange carelessness," muttered
Philip. THE most dangerous enemy
we have left unguarded.
AS If actuated by a common impulse
they raj to the door of the room Sal
Tarez had occupied. All was silent.
They entered. and looked hastily
aroun the large apartment.
There, under the window, lay the
guard, his face upturned and distorted
with the agony of his sudden death.
by heaven" exclaimed Philip, SAL
Varez has escaped. What was this man
doing here? Did Salvarez 60 out by
the Window"
Gomez shook his head in q gloomy
way.
mo. He could not have gone
through the window. The guard was
enticed In here to be killed. But how
did Salvarez obtain q weapon, and how
lid he know we were out OF the way!
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

The Notre Dame church In Paris,
which has heretofore been lighted by
candles. is to be supplied with electric
lamps Ut q cost Of $4,000.
C~ovetousness II never satisfied TN
its mouth In Allied with earth.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03
Explaining Il.

Senator Tillman breaks out and
says the railroads are all robbers"
"He talks like a man who has been
up against a sleeping car porter"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces t,
nammation, allsys pain. cures wind colo. Csc bottle
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He who looks for shadows sees
them.
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No Doubt.

No Doubt.
Shelf it weren't for my money
where would you be-"
He-"Probably a bachelor"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

Time devoted to the foundation
often saves rebuilding.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

Perhaps the longevity Of most actors
may be due to enforced walking as a
means of exercise.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

There Is more Catarrh IN this section OF the country
tnan al other diseases put together, and until the lass
rev years was supposed 10 be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced II q local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing
70 cure with local treatment, r. ,nOunced Il incursble.
science has proven Catarrh 10 be a constitutional dis.
ease and therefore requires constitutional Treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by r. j Cbenev
&Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on
the MARKET IL Is taken internally in doses from 10
and mucous surfaces of the system. They oner one
nundred dollars for any case It fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
address; F.J CHENEY q CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Take Halls Family pills for combination
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-05-03

Garfield Tea purifies the blood. Gar.
field Tea cures sick headaches.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General interest Taken From
Different County Papers.

Billy Sunday, the noted evange-
list, is now heaving side body blows
at the devil over at Worthington,
MINI. 1t is limited that since Dan.
Schells defeat for the senate over
there, that he concluded his town
was going to the bad, so he called in
Billy to help him fix it.
Floods the body with warm, glow
ing vitality, makes the nerves strong,
quickens circulations, restores nat
ural yigor, makes you feel like one
born again. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. 35 cents, tea or tablets.
H. M. Hitchcock & Co.
The drawing of the grand jury in
Brown county reveals the fact that
not one member of that body is
chosen from Sleepy Eye, altho it is
the second largest city in the coun-
ty. Perhaps there are some cases
from that town to be investigated,
and if so New Ulm will have the
bulge on her sister town.
Samuel F. Fullerton, executive
agent of the state game and fish
commission, says there was 5000
deer and 200 moose killed in north
ern Minnesota last month. AS the
period for hunting big game is only
from Nov. 30th, twenty days, it
means that 400 deer were being
killed each day. ''The killing of this
large amount of big game does not
in the least mean the inauguration
Of the determination of deer in Min
nesota," says Mr.. Fullerton. st
is a demonstration that deer are
more plentiful in Minnesota than
ever before. This foliage in the
woods was exceptionally heavy, and
the great tracts of cut-over timber
lands with short underground of
hazel and willow, have given the
game feeding grounds in plenty.
Itasca is the great county for deer,
second is St. Louis, Aitkin and Bel
trami also contain a good many
deer. Cook county, the one hardest
of access, contains the most moose.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

The Morgan creamery association
held its annual meeting recently,
and according to the Messenger, the
annual report showed 1.-The total
amount of milk received during the
past year was 1,738, 381 pounds; but
ter fat 68,585 pounds, separator
cream 5,437. Total amount of butter
taken out by patrons $685. pounds,
cream sold in village 1,113a pounds.
The following officers and directors
were elected for the ensuing year:
P. H. Nielsen, reelected president,
Lars George elected treasurer; John
Welter reelected secretary. Nels
Frederickson was reelected on the
board of directors with Lars Benson
and Nels Hoffbeck.
1t is apparent that the election of
George Ross, a popular resident of
Springfield, to the office of probate
judge of Brown county, at the re-
cent election, is causing some trou-
BILE. Mr.. Ross was commissioner
from the Springfield district and he
is obliged to resign his office in or
der to accept one with a better
salary. He is also mayor Of Spring
field, and he is obliged to resign
that office. This means two vacan-
cies, and Springfeldites have been
engaged in whole lot of discussion
as to who should succeed Mr.. Ross
in the two offices. Two places ought
to make room for two men, and
Springfield always get the best.