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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
Story of the Breaking of the Heifer
BY EDGAR l.. VINCENT.

L. VINCENT.
place on one Of my shins yet. That
would not let me forget quite yet.
II know, but Laddie, it is all so
new to her yet. She doesn't quite
understand about 1t. Now suppose
you were just beginning to learn to
do some new piece of work. Would
you want some n to haul up and
give you a good whack across the
back II you happened to make a mis-
take and do something not quite
right? Wouldn't you kick worse than
little Beauty does? And wouldn't you
be all the time looking out after that
for cuts of that kind? Beauty is a
nice heifer. We do not want to have
her spoiled at the very start"
How would you get at it. then,
father?"
The whip was laid down. l know
Laddie never really liked that way
but there it was in the paper, and
wasn't it all right, if you see it in
the paper?
Come in, and we'll try it, Laddie.
ANo"J you Nio", ~ oCClh IuNNi
to Beauty to have us reaching around
her this way. You just slip around
in front Of her and give her a bit of
something good to eat. Stand there
and talk to her as you feed her. Rub
her nose a little once in a while. In
the meantime | will see what | can do
at the milking. We must remember
to be very patient. All ready now?
Then here goes"
I sit down holding the pail firmly
between my legs. | plant myself
squarely to stand shocks for they may
ONE I speak gently. When the
shocks come | hold on like a leech. But
l do not scold. Laddie does his part
well, and OOH the heifer begins to
forget about me-. The nice bits of
food that Laddie puts up for her take
her attention from what is going on
behind. Now and then | stop to stroke
her sides softly and speak to her en-.
couragingly.
"All right now" I say in the same
steady tone of voice after a time.
That's all for this time"
Got any milk in your pail, father?"
l know there is a smile back of the
question.
Eyes, and some on my clothes, my
boy. But | have got something else
that is worth more-my self respect
and the confidence of the little heifer.
Two or three times more and we will
have her all right. We didn't have
to use the whip, either!"
well, what | would like to know
is, why did they put that piece in the
paper?"
l have wondered about that myself.
Why did they?"-Farmers' Voice.
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FACTS GUARANTEED


Is For nearly q generation the people Of
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housands of cures by this remedy has
ZEN published and confirmed and not
re person has been harmed in the slight
- degree by their use. The pills con-
ain no opiate, narcotic o. %stimulant,
,or any drug which could injure the
mdst delicate constitution.
SFor over a year., says Miss Charlotte
Van Salisbury, of Castleton, MY, II
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of the heart. My skin was pale and sal
low and I was troubled with dizziness,
~tainting spells and fits Of indigestion. I
was very nervous and would start at the
slightest sound. At times a great weak
ness would come over me and Oh one oc-
casion my limbs gave way under me and
FELL to the sidewalk. .
f'Of course l was treated by u local
physicians and also consulted a noted
doctor at Albany, bat nothing they gave
me seemed to benefit me. One day l
read in a newspaper about DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and I imme-
diately gave them a trial. I soon felt
much better and my color had begun to
return. l continued using the pills and
by the time l had taken eight boxes l
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my sister, Sarah Van Salisbury, suf-
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pale and thin and we feared that she
would become a victim Of consumption.
She tried DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People and in n short time she be-
gan to gain in strength and weight.
She is now strong and well and we both
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DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
Monks as ChauffeurS.

The monks of the Grand st. Ber-
Dard will soon make their debut as
Chauffeurs.
After a struggle lasting over a year
they have received the permission
from the Valais and Italian authori-
ties to run a motor cal service be-
tween the hospices of Grand st. Der.
nard and Simplon-their properties
and ~Domodossola and Aosta.
The chauffeurs will be chosen from
the monks themselves, who will wear
cowls.
The cars, which are being specially
constructed to climb the steep gradi-
ents, will at the beginning be EN-
ployed for the transport of supplies
only.
Later, however, the monks intend
to start a service for tourists who
wish to visit their hospices in the
summer season.-Geneva Correspond
ent London Express.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
Rhubarb Growing
Which Pays

Cumberland county, New Jersey, has
OF recent years developed a new indus
try, particularly a winter industry with
many PEOPLE. The raising of rhubarb
increases each season. For the winter
market the roots are left in the ground
until after they are frozen, and then
Grated like so many chunks of rock and
put in an especially prepared house. A
correspondent Of the Rural New York
err tells of one man at Greenwich, N. j.,
who has a house 81 feet wide by 224
feet long, where he raises over 81 GOO
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
THE OLD KENTUCKY HOME.
Sons Of the Bluegrass Will Be There
for a Week,

81 TOT q WCSNs
"Old Home Week." which has be-
come an institution in New England,
has been adopted by the KentuckiaAs,
according to Everybody's Magazine.
Founders of states, dauntless pio-
neers, great by many names and in
many ways-it would be painting the
lily to praise the sons of Old Kahn
tuck; and the loneliness of the Ken
lucky women is beyond all praise.
LAID Of colonies and rivers and noun
Tins and blue grass; raiser of horses
Ewifter than the wind and mint julips
> inimitable; rich in statesmen, big,
fertile; she of the kind heart and the
glad handsome, come, We shall be
dropping into poetry next, and Ken
<tucky has poets enough Of her own.
This is to say, Homecoming for all
> e%ntuckians who have wandered to
NHr lands or foreign shores" is
.leduled for Louisville this month.
Judges and governors by the mile
will be on hand. Henry Watterson is
to make the main speech Of welcome.
Don't you want to come home and
see the folks?" You bet!
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
Girl Baseball Umpire.

Amanda Clement Of Yankton, S. D..
where she is a student, is a capable
umpire at baseball games and fire.
quently officiates in that capacity.
Miss Clement is just seventeen years
old, good to look at, strong and
healthy. She is captain of the cham
pion basketball team of the Yankton
college. At tennis she is admitted to
be the champion oma player Of
South Dakota. Dressed in a natty
blue suit and short blue blouse, with
her wealth Of hair tucked beneath a
CAP, she is an inspiring sight on the
baseball diamond and. what is more,
as an umpire she knows her business.
With the money she has earned as an
umpire Miss Clement says she will be
able to outfit herself for the next year
in college.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury viii surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrlp'
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
win do is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactuf red
by +. J. Cheney d Co, Toledo, o., contains no mer.
GUY, and Is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF tbs System. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t IL taken internally and made IN Toledo,
Ohio. by F.. J. Cheney Il Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c. per bottle.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05

of kicking and stop. Thought l would
try 1t on Beauty, to see how it would
work"
There it was. l did remember that
article, and l know that | thought
then that that man must be a pretty
hard hearted man, and his heifers Of
a different stripe and of a milder spirit
than any l ever saw if they would
stand 1T to be struck that way and
not kick him just about out of the
window. What a way that would be
to teach a nice heifer to stand while
being MIXED! 1t is a shame.
Now, Laddie," l said as soon as I
could get my thoughts together
enough to meet this new situation, Il
guess l wouldn't do that. Seems to
me there is a better way. We never
had any such times about getting our
heifers broke in. Let's think about
that a little"
well, Beauty kicked a blue streak
this morning, don't you remember"
remembered. There was a sore
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
CLEVER DOCTOR
Cured a 20 Years Trouble Without
Any Medicine.

Cured a ~ years roupie Witnout
Any Medicine.
A wise Indiana physician cured 20
years stomach disease without any
medicine as his patient tells:
Il had stomach trouble for 20 years,
tried %allopathic medicines, patent
medicines and all the simple remedies
suggested by my friends but grew
worse all the time.
Finally a doctor who is the most
prominent physician in this part OF
the state told me medicine would do
me no good, only irritating my stom-
ach and making it worse-that l must
look to diet and quit drinking coffee.
II cried out in alarm, Quit drinking
coffee!' why, what will l drink
"'Try Postum said the doctor, i
drink it and you will like it when it is
made according to directions, with
cream, for it is delicious and has none
of the bad effects coffee has"
well, that vas two years ago. and
I am still drinking Postum. My stom-
ach is right again and | know Doctor
hit the nail on the head when he de-
cided coffee was the cause of my
trouble. I only wish l had quit it
years ago and drank Postum In it's
place." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Never too late to mend. Ten days
trial of Postum in place Of coffee
works wonders. There's a reason.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book, The Road to MELVILLE"
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Longfellow Estate Changes Hands.

The famous Longfellow estate in
Byfield, which has been in possession
of the family for more than 200 years,
has been divided and sold, says the
Newbury (Mass.) Dispatch. The
house is now occupied by Charles
Longfellow, eighth in line of descent.
Notwithstanding assertions to the
contrary, it has always been declared
by the Byfeld Longfellows that the
poem The Village Blacksmith" was
written by Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow IN recognition of the smithy
which once stood On this very site,
and was conducted by Stephen Long
fellow. the second Of the name, who
vas born in 1855. Other famous po-
m were written there.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
Guarding the Sky.

From the publicity given in its In
ception, the patriotic company of Ger
man Jew financiers which is to guard
the sky along the French frontier
seems to be interested in hot-airNships.
A wit observed more than a century
ago, hat German philosophy was at
it's cloudiest that to England had
been given the sea, to France the
earth, while the only element left to
Germany was the air. And now the
Lebaudy brothers have the audacity
to threaten that with their balloons!
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BY EDGAH
What now, my son? That's a pref
ty big stick to be bringing into the
stable. What are you going to do
with it,"
Laddie looked sheepish at the words
and seemed somehow to wish he
hadn't done it. Still, like every boy.
he had an explanation of his conduct.
why, don't you remember that ar
ticle you were reading in the farm pa
per the other evening about the way
to break heifers to milk? The man
said to get a good whip and just the
minute the heifer stirred after you
sat down to milk her, get right up and
give her a good cut with the switch.
He said if a fellow stuck to that a
few times the heifer would get sick
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05

suffering was from renal collie. After
l began using Doan's Kidney Pills I
passed a gravel stone as big as a bean.
Since then | have never had an attack
of gravel, and have picked up to my
former health and weight. l am a well
man, and give Doan's Kidney Pills
credit for it."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a bog
Toster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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UNIFORM TEMPERATURE.
A Friendly Talk on How II May Be
Attained.


Attained.
John, go down to the basement and
shut off that furnace; this house is
like an oven
Down John goes to the cellar, closes
all the drafts n returns to Mary's
side to enjoy his evenings rest.
1t is a bitter cold night outside and
John, in his anxiety to keep the house
at a comfortable temperature, had
heaped up the furnace with good hard
coal, opened up the drafts and let
her run" The result was as Mary
said, the house soon was as hot as an
oven, and John had to take another
trip to the basement to close the
drafts he had an hour previously
opened.
Time passed quietly and pleasantly
in this happy home and John and
Mary sat reading, occasionally chat
ting and thoroughly enjoying their
comfortable evening together.
1T is a terrible cold night?" John
remarked, "and | believe the Their
mometer will get away down in the
fOrties before morning. guess |
will sit up until after midnight to
keep the furnace going pretty strong"
You had better attend to 1t now"
said Mary, "for | begin to feel the
cold creeping down my back"
Down to the cellar again goes John
and opens up the drafts which but a
short time before he had closed.
John was naturally a good-natured
fellow, but when he returned to his
coy chair he muttered, 81 wish | had
a machine to regulate that furnace"
Well" said Mary, why don't you
buy one? When was at Aunt Sarah's
in Minneapolis last year she had what
they called a Thermostat in their sit
ting room, and that opened and shut
the drafts to the furnace sc that the
house was always at a uniform tenn
perature."
Why, how could it do that?" said
John.
"Oh, simple enough" said Mary.
1T worked by contraction and expan-
sion of metal caused by the change
in the temperature Of the room. AS
the metal in the Thermostat contracts
or expands it comes in contact with
a metal point which is connected with
an open circuit battery and a spring
motor which is connected by chains
| running over pulleys to the furnace,
so that when either circuit Is closed
the motor is set in motion and the
drafts are opened or closed as may be
directed by the temperature of the
house"
That is certainly wonderful" said
John, but it will keep the house too
hot for some people and too cold for
| others. Different families like differ
ent temperatures"
That is So" answered Mary, but
you can set it to any degree of heat you
| wish between 60 and so and it will al
ways respond just where you set the
index"
You certainly have interested me-
said John, and I will look into the
matter further. II it will do what you
say | shall certainly have one Will
it work on anything but furnaces"
Certainly; hot water or steam
plants and all kinds Of stoves can be
fitted with this apparatus, anything
that has a front and back draft"
Where did you say she got it?"
asked John.
Il didn't say" said Mary, "but they
are made in Minneapolis by the Elec-
trio Heat Regulator Co"
Well, III write tomorrow for one"
said John.
Il know YOU will never regret It,"
answered Mary.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
Strains of Modern Life,

We must admit that the accessories
of modern life in general are placing
xgreater and greater strain on the fac
Mites of the individual.
4 Nils eyes are strained by the in
tense artificial lights, his ears are
worried by the unnecessary din OF
the streets, and his nose is offended
by the vaporization of offensive fumes
of oil or by the fetid air Of the tube"
Z That simpler life appeals to him more
than ever which move him from
the maddening sphere of the invent
ors' activities.-Lancet
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Another Ministerial Prodigy.

Fred Chadwick, an eleven-year-old
curing some reputation as a pulpit or
ator. The announcement of his ap-
pearance always fills the church, peo-
pie coming from miles around. The
lad talks in vigorous fasion and not at
all as one of his years might be ex-
pected to speaE. His father is a ho-
%telkeeper in North Whitefield.
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An Ancient Commission.

The original commission Of Thomas
Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron. was
found several days ago at Winchester,
Va, among some old relics and docu
ments bought by DR.. Charles von
Witt of that city. 1t is deliberately
engraved on parchment, dated in Eng,
land, April, 1888, and is in a fair state
of preservation.
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LOAD OF RHUBARB FOR THE CAN
merry.

worth of rhubarb in a winter. The
one-year-old roots do the best. The
building is kept warm with three heat
ers, and no light allowed, as the light
causes the leaves to develop, and it is
stalks that are desired instead of
leaves. A tin roof assures darkness;
if under glass one-half of the growth
goes 10 leaves. The frozen clods con-
tanning the roots are placed as close to-
gether as possible. then filled with
dirt. This house can be filled twice
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05

fered a long, long
time with my back.
a n d felt draggy
and listless and
all the time. I lost
from my usual
weight, 225, to 10.
Urinary passages
were too frequent
and l had to get
up often at night.
l had headaches
and dizzy spells
also. but my worst
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-07-05
lrnoortanf to M 9th erS
Studies the Ocean Bed.

The prince Of Monaco, acknowl-
edged to be the greatest living author
iry on oceanography, has decided to
establish in Paris an institution for
scaled research and will endow it
with something like 81, 900, 900. He
has spent a great deal Of money in
searching out the secrets of the sea.
His splendid yacht Princess Alice is
fitted up with fine laboratories and
Photographic rooms.
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House of Commons Whisky.

A bountiful supply of Scotch whis-
ky is always provided for the British
house of commons. For the GO mem
bers a vat of 500 gallons especially
distilled for them is always on hand.
It's contents are never permitted to
fall below a certain level. 1t is re-
filed two or three times in a session.
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His Experience.

I'm order to succeed in any line OF
business" said the great merchant,
who was given to the habit of moral
izing, "one must begin at the bottom
Il tried that" replied the young
man with the fringed trousers, land
now I'm on my uppers."
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PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week t.
Northwestern Inventors,

Reported by Lothrop & Johnson
patent lawyers, oil Pioneer Press
Building, st. Paul, MINI. Joseph w
Bragstad, Huron, S. d., clutch mech
anism for display devices; Colburn n,
Christofferson , Hibbing, Mimi, win
dow washers platform; julius Grun
er, Tower, Mimi, computing machine;
Alexander McDougall, Duluth, Mimi.
mining apparatus; Hans o. Olson
Two Harbors, Mimi, nozzle for loco
motive: Christopher Porter, st. Paul
Mimi, water heater; James Simpson,
Crookston, MINI, napkin holder.
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"Before I wrote to you, telling you how I
felt, / had doctored for over two years steady
and spent lots of money on medicines besides,
but it all failed to help me. My monthly pc.
RODS had ceased and l suffered much pain,
with fainting spells, headache, backache and
b~earing-down pains, and l was so weak ]
could hardly keep around. As a last resort
l decided to write you and try Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and l am SO
thankful that l did, for after following your
instructions, which you sent me free OF all
charge, / became regular and in perfect
health. Had it not been for you i would be
in my grave to-day.
I" Isincerely trust that this letter may lead
every suffering woman in the country to
write you for help as l did"
When women are troubled with ir-
regular or painful periods, weakness,
displacemento or liberation of an organ,
that bearing-down feeling, infiamma-
ton, backache, t1atulence, general de-
bility, indigestion or nervous prostra-
ton, they should remember there is
one tried and true remedy. Lydia T..
Pinkham'sNegetabl Compound at once
such troubles.
No other female medicine inthe world
has received such widespread and un.
qualified endorsement. Refuse all SUBJ
stitutes.
For IS years Mrs. Pinkham. daughter.
in-law of Lydia f. Pinkham, has under
her direction, and since her decease,
been advising sick women free of
charge. Address. Lynn, Mass.
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GROWING THE WINTER CROP.
be marketed for the Christmas trade
and the next crop for the early spring
market. The plants sell for IA cents
per hill, or $500 per acre.
For the summer market, when it is
raised in the open field, the rhubarb is
carted to the factories by great wagon
loads, as shown in our first illustra-
ton. This load contains about two
tons, and at the factory it is worth
about five dollars per ton.
1t Is suggested that a little might be
raised in u heated cellars. Let the
fire do double duty, heating the house
and raising a CROP.
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AN ELEPHANT FARM.-The latest
addition to the list Of freak farms" in
this country, is an elephant farm
which Is about to be established near
Pasadena, Cal. 1t will be capable of
maintaining a herd of 300 animals.
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IMPROVING THE PLUMS.-The
plums that have been stung by
the c%urculio. and the wOrmy fruit
of the early summer, should be
picked off. 1t isn't much trouble,
and it doesn't cost n more
to do it now than later. The
fruit that brings high prices will grow
much larger if these parasites are re-
moved.
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POLLUTED WELLS.-The Illinois
state boardof health has been making a
careful examination of a number of
farm wells" in the state, and has
found 40 per cent. TO be polluted. This
helps to explain why the death rate
from typhoid fever is greater in the
country districts than in the cities: