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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
TALE OF A BILLIARD BALL.
Trued Till Too Small, Then Used for
Ivory Carving.

In the billiard room half dozen ia
hles were in full hla~' nd through
the hum of conversation the c4lo1, Of
the ivory balls came sharp and clear.
what becomes of the WORKOUT
balls?" asked an idler.
"Well," replied the man at the desk,
when ball is only little off it is
sent to the factory to be trued up. We
get our balls trued up until they be-
come too small for use. Then we sell
them at so much per ounce.
"After their sale they are carved
into various small trinkets, but in the
main they are made into dice. Of the
forty or fifty balls rolling and clicking
here tonight, it is safe to say that 80
per cent of them, a few years hence,
will be working just as hard in the
form of dice"-Duluth News-Tribune
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
The Critical Book Seller.

A lady went into a booksellers shop
and asked for Browning.
II haven't got it, madam" answered
the bookseller. Il make it a rule new
er to stoc kany books l can't under
stand, and l can't make head or tail
of Mr.. Browning. Can you?"
The customer asked for another
book, without comment upon the
salesman's mental limitations.
"Have you Praed, them"
Eyes, madam" this skeptical per.
son assured her, I've prayed, and that
don't help me- "-Bystander.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Dream Guided to Lost Watch.

William Ward of Fern street, Free
land, lost a watch while hunting in
the woods two weeks ago. Recently
Mr.. Ward had dream in which he
saw the timepiece buried in the Snow
near large spruce tree near the pub
lie road leading from Eckley to Free
land.
He went the following day to the
spot indicated in his dream, and found
the lost timepiece-Hazleton Core
spondence Philadelphia Record.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
AdmiraI's Words Carry Weight.

Admiral's Words Garry Weight.
Rear-Admiral Hichborn is one OF the
best-known officers of our navy. His
statements concerning Peruna will
have much weight as they go out in
the world. What he says is echoed by
many other officers of high standing.
What the Admiral Says.
Philip Hichborn, Rear-Admiral of
the U. S. Navy, Washington, d. c.,
writes:
CATER the use of Peruna for short
period, can now cl1eerfuIIy recon-.
mend your valuable remedy to any
one who is In need of an i1vigOrafi1g
ionic. ''-Pk,Hip HichbOrn.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

Nov, wouldn't it be funny" 70.
marked Popley, eff were to become a
little boy again?"
maybe it wouldn't be so funny for
you, pa replied his bright young son.
eff you wuz littler'n me, pa, think
I'd square up a few things."-Phila-
delphia press.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

Deputy Sheriff Swarthout of Rapid
City looked up from telegram he was
reading asking for a man named
Chauncey Johnson, accused of horse
stealing, and saw the man in question
standing before him. The authorities
had been in search of this man for
fhroo vooro
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
What the Admiral Says.
Her Spelling.

Towne-You've got a new typewrit
er girl, l see.
Browne-Yes.
Towne-Is she bright?
Browne-Well, l don't know wheth-
er it's intentional, but she seems to be
a female Josh Billings
Press.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Ling TO CROSS MISSOURI.
illinois Central Believed to Be Max
ina Survey.

ing Survey.
Rep5rts continue to be received at
Sioux Falls of the operations of sur
veysrs supposed to be in the employ
OF the Illinois Central Railroad COM
pary, who are running line through
Charles Mix county with the evident
OBJECT of ascertaining the best place
to cross the Missouri river. 1t is be-
LIVED all this is preliminary to the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

Every once in while woman gets
an idea that her grocer cheats her be-
cause they don't belong to the same
church.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
How He Knew,

Clerk-Here. boy, that half dollar
is no good.
Boy-It is, too. guess l ought to
know-my own father made it.-Fam-
lie Journal, Paris.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

In These investigating Days.
Jaspar-Who is that fine looking man
over there?
Jumpuppe-That? Oh, that is one
of our most highly suspected citizens.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

AK Your Druggist for Aliens Foot.Eass.
81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
y and have just bought another supply. Il
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with.
out it now. Mrs. w. j. Walker, Camden.
y. j." Sold by all Druggists. $50.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

A woman never cares whether she
says anything or not so long as she
has a chance to talk.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething. softens the gums, reduces IN
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
Roberts, 2; sanborn, i; Sphinx,
Turner, l: Union, 1; Yankson,

1. A total of 81.
The Democratic convention will
have a representation of 492 in which
every county will have representa-.
ton. although Buffalo gets onto the
list only by major fraction, not hav'
ing the full so votes. Sully had Just
a shade over the required so, which
also entities that county to one dele
gate. the others showing up with
larger numbers. Their representa-
ton by counties in the convention
will be:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26
At His Word.

At His Word.
She-So these are the china bar
gains you advertised?
Dealer-Yes, ma'am, and they're go
ing for little or nothing.
She-All right. I'll take that blue
dish for ncthing.-Philadelph Press.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

piso's Cure for Consumption is an infa.lip,s
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAAUnxs
Ocean Grove. N. j.. Feb II. 1900.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

sloth, like rust, consumes faster
than labor wears. while the used key
is always bright.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-26

s D N U mo. - 1906.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
a ST. Patrick CotiIion,

A New York hostess sent invita-
tions out for a St. Patrick's cotillon,
March II. Each guest will be asked
to come in irish costume. When the
men arrive they will be given tall hats
IF bright green silk and shillelahs.
The women will be given big punches
OF shamrOcks tied with flowing green
ribbons. The music will be entirely
Irish airs and some very clever fig
ures have been planned by the leader
of the cotillon. One is an eviction fig
ure, when one man occupies the cot
tage and the other men drive him out
by pelting him with imitation rocks
rubber balls. The Irish jig figure, the
Blarney stone, the jaunting car and
other figures will be given.
The favors will be tiny silver pigs
to hang on chains, shamrocks. canes
Of green glass, harps, relics of differ
ent sorts. This season has been one
when fancy dress and romps have
characterized the cotillons and balls
of the society folk. japanese cotillons
where costumes and favors were Japa-
neSe. Folly cotillOns. where any sort
Of costume topped by folly cap and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
SHOULD 4 HORSE
Be CLIPPED?
CLIPPING IN THE EARLY SPRING
RECOMMENDED By LEADING
VETERINARIANS.
All Thinking Men Readily Recognize
Its Advantages.

"A horse is a valuable asset, and
should receive the best care possible.
He should be we'll fed, comfortably
stabbed, carefully groomed and clipped
in the early spring. If he receives
these attentions he will work well
and improve in value. A horse lives
under artificial conditions. In his
wild state he required none Of these
attentions, for he was able to look
out for himself. The domesticated
animal, being worked under condi-
tons that are in themselves artificial,
must be kept in condition for such
work.
The clipping Of a horse in the early
spring is now conceded by all the
leading veterinarians to be as essen
tial to a horses well being as shoeing
him or giving him a comfortable bed
to lie on. Farmers in England and
France have been clipping their
horses for many years, and American
farmers are not slow to realize its
advantages. A clipped horse dries
out rapidly after a hard days work,
and will rest comfortably and be re-
freshed for the work the following
day. An unclipped horse is liable to
catch the heaves, pneumonia and all
sorts of colds, rheumatism, etc. More
especially is this so in the early
spring, when his hair is long and he
is soft" If worked hard he will per-
spire freely and the moisture will be
hold h- hic Iona hnir md tho food
that should go TO nourish him will be
used to replenish the heat that is be-
ing constantly taken from his body
by the mass Of cold wet hair. II
clipped, the perspiration will evapor.
ate almost as soon as secreted, and
when put in the stable he rests com
fortably and his food does him good.
Some years ago a Buffalo street car
company tested the value of clipping
in the following manner They own
ed 500 horses, and $50 OF these were
clipped early in the spring and $50
were not clipped. A careful record
was kept Of results, and it was found
that of the $50 unclipped horses 153
were afflicted with coughs and pneu-
monia, while of the $50 clipped not
one case of sickness was reported.
A man would not expect to enjoy
very good health if he did hard man.
ual work clothed with heavy under
wear, a heavy suit and a fur overcoat,
and after perspiring freely, as he
naturally would, 90 TO sleep without
removing m 1t is just as ridicu-
lous to expect a horse to be in perfect
health if worked under the same con-
ditions.
If you would get the best returns
from your investment in your horse.
treat him right, and be sure and
clip him in the early spring A first
class Housekeeping machine can be
bought at almost any hardware store
for less than s1.0O.-Horse Review,
Dec. 9Th, 1905.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
Properly a Universal Holiday.

st. Patrick's day is a universal
holiday. The world honor's Ireland's
patron saint for the splendid qualities
his people have drawn from his teach
ings.
Irishmen rejoice that they have
kept the splendid traditions of their
race through seven hundred years of
oppression.
But holding to these principles has
exiled them. They are a liberty-lov-
ing people and the love of liberty
has sent them far from Erin.
But other nations have reaped the
benefit Of their exile. The Irish have
contributed to the civilization, the
courage and progress of the world.
There were with Washington one
hundred and twenty-five years ago.
Montgomery died for America under
Quebec, and Sullivan and Morgan did
their full duty with American land
forces, while Barry and other Irish
men few the flag of the American
revolutionists from his ship.
They we're with Dewey at Manila.
They are an important and useful
force In American citizenship.
That's why all Americans are In.
clined to join W. their fellow citi-
nj of Irish birtn or ~parentage and
celebrate st. Patrick's day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
BELL FIFTEEN CENTURIES OLD.
Said to Have Been Used by St. Pat
rick Himself.

The bell of St. Patrick, which Is
preserved in Dublin museum, was
brought to America to the Worlds
Fair and was see by many Canadians
visiting ST. Louis. The bell possesses
an unbroken history of nearly fifteen
hundred years.
1t is Of the type Of those which
were rung by hand from the windows
of the watch tower, and was probably
used by st. Patrick to call the faithful
together.
1t is made of iron, riveted at the
sides and bronzed both inside and out.
side. This was probably done by
dipping the bell in molten bronze. A
sliding plate of bronze at the bottom
of the shrine shows an indented i'm
preston of the mouth Of the bell. The
shrine bears the following inscriptions:
Pray for Domnall O'Loughlin, by
whose order this bell (cover) was
made, and for Domnall, successor to
Patrick, under whom 1t was made,
and for Catalan O'Maelchalland, the
keeper of this bell, and for Cudulig.
O'Inmainen, with his sons. who en-
cased it."-Montreal Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
THE EDITOR
Explains How to Keep Up Mental
and PHYSICAL Viuor,
A New Jersey editor writes:

A New Jersey editor writes:
"A long indulgence in improper food
brought on a condition of nervous
dyspepsia, nearly three years ago, SO
severe that l had to quit work entire,
ly. l put myself on a strict regimen
Of Grape-Nuts food, with plenty of out
door exercise and in a few months
found my stomach so far restored that
the process of digestion gave me
pleasure instead of distress.
1T also built up my strength so that
l was able 10 my business,
which is o%nerOus, as | not only edit
my paper, but also do a great deal OF
outside writing.
Il find that the Grape-Nuts diet en-,
ables me TO write with greater vigor
than eve before, and without the feel.
ing of brain flag with which l used 10
be troubled. AS to bodily vigor-I can
and do walk miles every day without
fatigue-a few squares used to weary
me before l began to live on Grape.
Nuts!" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book. THE Road to MELVILLE" In
pkgs.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
DID GREAT AND NOBLE WORK.
Labor of ST. Patrick Conferred Bless.
jnos on Humanity.

st. Patrick did a great and noble
work in Ireland--great for the church,
for humanity and for his own immor-
tai reputation.
He founded three hundred and
sixty-ive churches, ordained three
hundred and siXty-fve bishops and
three thousand priests.
We are told that he baptized sever
Irish kings at once. Whoever has
read very much about the old Irish
kings and their dispositions will real
ize that it took a very fOrceful mar
to get seven Of them together and
keep them alive long enough to bap-
tie them.
st. Patrick chose for his labors a
race worthy of his enthusiasm and
affection. No race yer received the
gospel with greater joy and willing
E,ess than the Irish people. Innumer-
able religious houses were founded
by the Celtic Observation-Disclosures
them the famous monastery founded
by the Irish monk, st. Columbia, on
the little island of Iona, which was
destined to become a world renowned
center of Christian learning and zeal.
From this little island, for two CEN
turtles, Christianity was spread per-
sistently among the heather people in
all directions.
The Irish sent devoted missionaries
throughout the Pictish highlands. far
off into the forests of Germany where
the Druids were still killing human
sacrifices and into the Businesses of
the Alps. Wherever men were living
as heathens and savages priests to do
missionary work were sent out by the
Irish church-thanks to the sowing Of
the seed by the great st. Patrick.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
FiIipinos Apt Scholars.

This, according to the Chicago Pub
lie, is an extract from a private letter
written by a student of the University
of Illinois:
1.-THE little Filipino who sits next to
me in the chemistry lecture room got
a mark Of 80 in his lecture room work
for the past month. His whole chemis
try average was 50. l think that the
Filipinos are able to govern them
selves if they can do such good work
here"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
News About ST. Patrick.

The sicond nocturn of st. Patrick
tells us that the howly man used to
sit in ice wather livery day long
enough to read tn intire psalter; but
the t~'eologians mostly hold that if
annywan doose not behave ut. or
awnly behaves that he sat in tn ice
wather twinty minutes or that the
wather was timpered a little-the
Latin worruds lawn room fur honest
doubt as to tn ixact timperachoore,
dye see-thin, although, as We say. the
chances is ag'in' i'm. Howly Mother
Church in her charity l'aves US the
right to hope that he may be saved, in
shpite fof his hitheridoxikil opinions"
Vincent Harper in Lippincott's.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
CITY of Women Only.

A travellers tale has it that Nang
Hanu, a Siamese city, home of the
royal family, is a sort of municipal
harem. Its population is composed Of
women and children alone. 1t is in the
center of Bangkok, has high walls
around it, and in it's population of 5000
there is not a single man, though the
king occasionally pays a visit. There
are shops, markets, lakes, trees and
flower gardens, a hall of justice,
judges, executioner, police, generals
and soldiers, all the positions, official
and otherwise, being filled by women.
The only man in all Siam who can
enter the city is the king.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
FOR THE DAYS CELEBRATION.
Entertainment That Can be Given
With Little Trouble.

A clever entertainment for March
is TO celebrate St. Patrick's day with
a unique house affair. which can be
arranged without much fuss and feath-
ers or on as elaborate a scale as de-
sired.
A church or charity entertainment
can reap a harvest by charging a
small fee and additional for meals, or
a larger one might include refresh
ments.
Portieres and window draperies
OF emerald green cheese cloth or
crepe paper will pay for the trouble,
and the cloth can be utilized after
ward in housekeeping uses. Irish
flags should wave from every avail
able space.
OXalis can be used to simulate
shamrock, and a pot enveloped in
white crepe paper, tied with green,
will be a dainty finish to the newell
POST or table center. The green and
white chains of paper, which one can
buy at a novelty store, will come in
handy to form a canopy in the dining
room for the table.
The reception committee, II for a
large entertainment, can be costumed
in harmony with the event. the wom-
en- wearing white dresses, green belts
and stocks, a perky bow or rosette
in the hair, and on the breast an Irish
harp made Of shirred ribbon with
gold tinsel strings.
The maids who serve at the door
or in the dining oom should wear
dainty white aprons and caps, each
crnamented with 4 green ribbon bow.
The men can wear green ties and tiny
Irish flags in buttonholes, or typical
Irish costumes can be hired at the
costumer's. The stores are full of
suitable souvenirs, from Irish potato
bonbon boxes. clay pipes and Barney
hats to Irish jaunting carts and tiny
DOTS Of imitation shamrocks.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
ST. Patrick's Day Card Party.

10Y Sc'o
A card party is always enjoyable,
and the invitation for a card party
given on st. Patrick's day might be
illustrated in water color or line draw
inG, with pictures of toads, snakes,
etc, jumping into the sea and swim
ming away.
The scheme for the house decoration
should be in bright emerald green,
and il is very effective and combines
with white nicely. The Irish flag
should be a prominent feature, and
pots Of shamrocks on each table
would be very suitable.
The tally cards may be procured in
the shape of a shamrock leaf or they
could be decorated with water color
sketches of Irish poetry, or could be
miniature Irish flags. The prizes
should be wrapped in green paper and
tied with green ribbon.
Appropriate prizes would be Irish
landscapes, framed in green: jewelry
in emerald settings or in frog or snake
designs; St. Patrick's candy boxes, or
tiny ferneries with green growing
plants.
The refreshment table may be
dressed in a variety of ways. Either
with white cloth and green decora.
tiOns. or with green dOilies laid right
CT the oak or mahogany. A gigantic
pot of shamrocks in the center, and
with low vases containing the green
blossoms of mignonette or maiden.
hair or asparagus ferns combined with
white roses.
The following menu carries out the
green effect los admirably:
Fish CroQuettes Served on Mounds of
Parsley.
Fresh Peas in Pattia Moulds.
Potato and Celery Salad Served on Let
tuce Leaf with Green Mayonna;se.
Olive Sandwiches ttied with green rib
hon.p
Small Cucumber Pickles.
PistaChiO Ice Cream. GarniShel with
Small ShamrOrks Cut out OF Citron.
Green Punch Cakes in Green Paper
Cafe Noir. with Whipped Cream, Tinted
LiGnt Green.
Green BOnbuns.
There are playing cards with backs
decorated with frogs or shamrocks;
either would be appropriate.
A novel way TO determine the first
partners is TO have VIC tally cards
made in one piece. Cut this in the
center. thus cutting the design,
whether landscape or figure drawing,
just in half. 1t is most interesting to
see what funny combinations happen
when the wrong halves are put to-
geJher.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15
HospitaI for Factory Girls.

The late John Eynon Jacobs of Troy,
N. Y, will be long remembered be-
cause of the provision made in his will
by which free hospital service is to be
provided at the Samaritan hospital for
the employees. in the collar and shirt
manufactures of that city. Many hun
dreds of girls will thus be assured OF
the best care and medical treatment
when sickness overtakes them. Mr.,
Jacobs did not confine his benefaction
to the factory with which he was con-
nected, but the benefit has been open
ed to all the collar workers of Troy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15

The e should carry out the
general scheme. Spinach or green
vegetable colOring will produce any
shade desired. and almond, pistachio
and vanilla added 10 creams and
cakes will produce variety, while mint
ices, bonbons and crystallized foliage
will add daintily TO the feast.
Small cup cakes or cookies iced
with white can be decorated with
Citron shamrocks, hats and pipes.
The darkest citron is used for this,
and after cutting in thin slices lay
in just enough to cover and simmer
until a straw will pierce it; drain and
wipe dry; then cut into shape with
sharp scissors or knife. The hats are
cut into two pieces, and it is better to
cut patterns from stiff paper, which
lay on the citron shape.-The House
keeper.