davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
A Tree of Many Pow ers,

The ash tree is rich with superstition.
The old charlataps Of the middle ages
used 1t in their love potiOns, and the
damsels of ancient times believed that
it would enable them 10 make their
swectbcarts true and help them TO dis
cover their future husbands. The in
habitants of Iceland still look with
dread upon the use of mountain ash as
fuel. Their belief that ii will make
enemies of all who gather round =
hearthstOnc ON which ii burns is deep
seated and was once almost universal
In Europe.
Superstitious seekers after good luck
may still be found invoking the spirit
OF the even lcaved ash, after the man
ner of the ancient tree worshipers,
with the verses:
Even ash. I do pluck thee,
Hoping thus to meet good luck.
II no luck | get from thee
| shall wish thee on a tree.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Atlantic BilIOws.

The authorities of the United States
photographic bureau have ~endeavored
10 ascertain the size of the Atlantic
waves. From careful observations
they learn that in height the waves
usually average about thirty feet, but
in rough weather they attain from
forty TO forty eight feet. In storms
they are often from 800 10 COO feet
long and continue TO move about ten or
eleven seconds. while the longest yet
known measured half a mile and did
not exhaust itself for twenty three see
Opls.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18

As u matter of genuine fact N
in nine cases out of ten, are better
travellers than men are. To begin
with, IL not SO Stodgily accurate, al
though that lay 10 manner OF means
follows. they are more fluent In mod
ern languages. They chatter in them,
say the male things. Ergo, they are
the more c%olloquial, the reader 10 cir
cunnyent the wilcS and extortions OF
kellner or OF sarcou.-L.ondon Gentle,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18

~ .,nr ~, I,,rt - y" ,,.t1-
.,i, a. - .,l,
~ ',.. ,. - NH
,nr ",'I''' h.,
.., t. ...,.,.
...n,
49,, ..
'''' ~
- ..,. .
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
The PHILOSOPHERS sport.

A balloon trip gives one a sense OF
utter and complete stiffness and also
u beautifully serene feeling of aloot-
ness from men and tlresome matters,
q contempt for the guinness OF earth
and an uubounded sense Of soclabillty
and c~amaraderie with those with
whom one is basketed aloft in those
few square feet OF wicker. 1t Is a
philosophers JOY, ~ballooning, the sport
Of the scientific, and the idea that il
provides Il new thrill or Curdles the
blood of jaded and sinful butterflies
may be good enough for the halfpenny
press, but not for the wiseacres of the
Aero carbohydrates.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
April 4-Is
Notice of Hearing Petition tOI
Letters of Administration

state of South DAKOTA,
sc. ln County Court.
County Of Brookiues.
In the Matter OF the Estate Of
Emma Pammel Hanson,
Deceased.
The State of South Dakota send- Greeting to
Niela Ebbeson Hansen, Eva Pai6I0el Hansen
and Carl Andreas Hansen, heirs at law and next
Of kin Of Emma Pammel Hansen, deceased, and
10 all whom these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that y f. Hansen has
fled with the Judge of this Court, a petition
praying for Letters of Administrator of the
Estate Of Emma, Pammel Hansen, Deceased
and that Friday the 18Th day OF April, 1907, al
10 o'clock A NJ, of said day, being a day of
regular term OF this Court, to-wit; Of the Marcel
term, 1897, AT the court room OF saia court il
the City and COUNTY of Bookings has been sci
for hearing said petition, when and where any
person interested may appear and show cause
Why the said petition should not be granted.
Dated at Brookings This Nh day Of January
4. d, 1876.
Attest
r. +. fo1ngburg, Albert MatSon,
Clerk. judge of the County Court
Seal
HALL, LAWRENCE RDDDLE-
Attorneys for Petitioner.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
The Power of Intuition.

..The power Of intuition usually spok-
Ell Of as being 81 mysterious is really
not 50 at ALL" said a woman recently.
at IS merely the ordinary method OF
reasoning from observation intensified.
The so called intuitional person differs
from the one of more commonplace
powers In possessing a keener sens4-
tivrncSS To facts. She or he, for IL is
absurd 10 assert that this power is ex-
cluslvely feminine. observes a thou
sand things'that persons OF duller sense
fail 10 see and that are beyond the con
troll of the most >killful actor."-New
York Tribune.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Lucky HOrs~shOes.

There is IA right way and 4 wrong in
the picking up of Il horseshoe. | was
walking with Il country bred boy along
a Somerset lane and saw one lying in
the crumblinc summer rut. There Is
q horseshoe said T.. The lad sprang
forward. but stopped suddenly before
his fingers touched the iron. "But
won't pick it up said he, "or l shall
spoil your luck 1t may perhaps have
been only Il point OF etiquette, but he
assured me hat a horseshoe of my
finding could bring luck neither To him
nor 10 me ii he touched ii before me
London Standard.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
ButterdIes THAT Live ON Fish.

The butterfly WAS blue and transpar-
ent. As through blue glass it's tiny
heart could l." seen beating inside Its
body, and the professor read = news
paper article through It's lovely blue
wings. This" he said, "is the ptero'
poda, - Mediterranean butterfly. II
eats fish. ON it's tongue are rows OF
pointed hooks. They serve as teeth.
This beautiful creature would turn NJ
its nose AT "A garden of roses and lilies,
but IL would feast ecstatically upon ::
putrid eel. Now and then a p%teropoda
il found on The Florida or the Califor-
mia coast. II is only abundant, though.
In the Mediterranean.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
How Trees Are Balanced.

A tree grows In perfect balance on
every side. When n large branch
shoots out on one side. one OF equal
size or two smaller appear on the other.
The roots are balanced in the same
way. a large branch on . side being
matched by a large root. The center
Of gravity is thus always perfectly
maintained.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Not h He seemed.

Romance has flung a deceptive halo
over the old yeoman farmer. He was
certainly not a coed tiller Of the soil,
but lazy. old fashioned and unenterpris-
ing. No houses were SO much in need
Of repair, no gardens so i'll kept. no
fields so overgrown with weeds. as
those OF the small proprietor Of the
eighteenth century.-London Country
fife.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
..pneumonia's Deadly Work

had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Conner, of
Rural Route 1. Georgetown, Tenn,
"that ! coughed continuously night
and day and the neighbors' prediction
-consumption-seemed inevitable,
until my husband brought home a
bottle OF DR.. Kings New Discov sry
which in my case proved to be the
only real cough sure and restorer oil
weak, sore lungs" When all other
remedies utterly fail, you may still
win in the battle against lung AND
throat troubles with New Discovery
the real remedy. Guaranteed by &
D. Kendall, druggist. SOC. and ST 90
Trial bottle free-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
An Extraordinary Forest.

The most extraordinary forest in the
world was discovered by DIR. Wei
witsch and occupies a tableland some
six miles IN widtn near the west coast
Of Africa. The REGULARITY Of the trees
IL that. though their trunks are $
much as four feet in diameter, they at
tain the height Of only a foot. No tree
bears more than w leaves. and these
attain a length OF six and a breadth OF
two feet.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
EGA NOTICES


state Ot south Iaku-t,i
Comfy Of Hgocslrf-.
In the matter < the estate Notice to
OF Mary +. Smith Decreased. Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Administrative II ~" Estate OF Mary r. Smith,
Deceased, 10 the cred tors, and all persons hay
ing claims acaiLsr the said deceased, 70 exhibit
them. with the necessary vouchers, within fouI
months after the Irs' publication Of this notice
"a said Administrator AZ her residence IN tho
tity IF Brookinr-, in aaid County of BroOkings
and state of south Dakota, or AZ the office OF
her attorney, Messrs. Eall, Lawrence \ Roddlc
in said City OF Bookings, county and state
aforesaid.
Dated at Bookings, south Dakota this Isl
day u april 1907.
EVA 81. WLMSEN,
administrator Of the Estatr of Mary
+. smith, Deceased.
Hall, Lawrence ( Roddle,
Attorneys for administrator.
B9ocsings, South Dakota.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Which Was 1t.

The governor was puzzled. "Look
here" he said. turning to his private
secretary. can you tell me whether
this note comes from my tailor or my
legal adviser: They're both named
Brown"
The note WAS as follows:
tried on Thursday. Come In. BROWN.
Toledo Blade.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Plague of Inventions.

Human ingenuity is a plague to mod
ern life, and there is some excuse for
the view of a great man who regarded
the inventor of railways as a curse 10
his race. The truth probably Is that
no invention Is at first perfect. and we
have to suffer from Its transitOry i'm
Observation-Disclosures Lancet.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Doing Business Again

"When my friends thought wa:
about to take leave of this world, on
account OF indigestion, nervousness
and general debility" writes a. a,
Chisholm, Treadwell, y. y, land II
looked a. il there was no hope lett, ]
was persuaded 10 try Electric Bitters
and ! rejoice to say that they are cur
ing me. ! am now doing business
again a. Of old, and am still gaining
daily" Best OF all tonic medicines.
Guaranteed by {. d. Kendall. Sc,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
The Truth.

A teacher in explaining the different
kinds Of sentences to her class, asked
what 1t would be II she said, 81 am
looking for a man."
IL don't know" said the boy ut the
foot Of the class, but l think 1t would
bs the truth. "-Lucerne Standard.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18

what kind OF a dog is that!' asked
the inQuisitive man.
Il dunno jes' what kind OF n dog he
is" answered Mr.. Erastus Pinkley,
"but he's got good stock in i'm. Dat
dog is so many kinds OF dog dat dar's
got to be good dog somevhere."-
Washington star.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Notice OF Sewerage COnStruc-
ton

Notice is hereby given That the City Conn.
Gil of the City OF Bookings, South Dakota, has
under consideration the passage OK a resolution
declaring il necessary 70 construct a complete
sewer system in Sewerage District No. One of
said city, as defined by the provisions of Ordi.
Relating to Sewerage Districts, approved March
q, 1901, according to the plans AID specilica-
tious for such sewerage system DOW on file in
which are now on file in the office of the City
Auditor of said city and that all property
owners along the lines of proposed sewers may
Chamber in the City Hall of said city, on the
18th day Of April, A. D., 1907, at eight O'Clock
p. n. of said day, and may then and there maize
objections TO the construction of such sewers
and TO the final passage of such resolution.
Dated at Brookings, South Dakota, this LIST
day Of April, A. D., 1897.
III CITY or RROOhINGS.
Attest;
o.. ii. Stoddart, BY r. NJ. kremer,
City Auditor. Mayor
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
NeiGhborIy.

She-I have moi seen you for an age,
Herr Doctor. Notwithstanding that we
live only a few streets apart here in
Berlin. l learned with much regret that
you've been III. Herr Doctor-Who told
you that? She-My brother wrote me
from India.-Eliegende Blatter.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Notice Of Hearing Petition Of
Letters Of Administration

state or South Dakota
County Of Brookings.
In the Matter Of the Estate of
Charley W. 6ustafson,
Deceased.
The State Of South Dakota sends Greeting 10
the unknown heirs at law and next If kin of
Charley W.. Gustafson. deceased, and to all
whom these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that G.. F. Newstrom
has fled with the Judge of this Court, a petit.
ton praying that Letters of Administrator of
the Estate Of Charley W. Gustafson, Deceased
be issued to F. f. Youngburg, of Brookings,
South Dakota, and that Monday the Is tday
of April 1907, ct 10 o'clock A. NJ, Of said day,
being a day of a regular term OF this Court,
to-wit OF the March term, 1907, at the office o:
the County Judge, in the City of Bookings,
County of Brookings and State of South Da-
kota, has been set for hearing said petition,
when and where any person interested may
appear and show cause why the said petition
should not be granted.
Dated at Brookings, South Dakota, this ith
day of March, A. d. 1907.
Albert Matson,
Seal OF the county Judge of County Court.
court Brookings
County, South
F. Z. iounsburg.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18
Sensitive Canine

Baxter-That dog of yours Is not a
full blooded Boston terrier, is he? Blk
by-Hush, old chap; don't let him hear
you. He thinks he is,-wOman's Home
Companion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18

Speaking Ct the irony Of fate, why IL
Il that = rams friends sometimes for
~ An- out h.s enemies neverf--Te
III trex.) Typn-cript.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18

Do you ever look back over your ears
and think how many times you have
made . fool OF youneifl We de-
Mancos Times Tribune.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18

Danger 10 near ct hand when the
'kjdheys are sick. Kidney-E Elites will
NuYiiy and strengthen the kidneys
{. aNdsTestove them 10 their normal And
heA11hy oondstiou. Is cents. Sold 4
KendaSl'S pharmacy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-04-18

Every one sings as he has the gift
and marries as he has the iuck.-Frem
the Portuguese.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

wv Dllly uouIu uoS UAOhO "P dA
my nests.
Mrs. B. Well, so they did me,
Mis- Reed. I always did despise
hound dog upon the face of yea'th.
yea 'th.
Mrs. r. And them thta was hatch
est, squallinest, thievishest things ever
was about one; but Billy will have
'em, and think in my soul his old
Troup's the beat of all creators l
ever seed in all my born days, a
suckin' o. hens eggs. He's clean
most broke me up entirely.
Mrs. S. The lackaday!
Mrs. R. And then that was hatch
ed out, some took to takin' the gaps,
and some the pip, and one ailment
or other, till they most all died.
Mrs. S. Well, I reckon there must
be somethin' in the season this year
that amt good for fowls; for Lar
kin Goodman's brother, Jimmie g
wife's aunt Penny, told me she lost
most all her fowls with different sorts
of ailments, the like Of which she
never seed before. They'd jist go
long lookin' right we'll, and tilt
right over backwards (Mrs. B. The
lawD and die right away MRS. r.
Did you everD with sort o. some
thin like blind staggers.
Mrs. B. and Mrs. R. Messy on
me!
Mrs. B. I reckon they must have
eaten somethin' didn't agree with
them.
Mrs. S. No, they didn't, for she
fed 'em every mornin' with her own
hands.
Mrs. B. Well, it's mighty Gu
rious.
A short pause ensued, which was
broken by Mrs. Barney with, "And
Brother Smith married Mournin'
Hooer!" It came like an opiate upon
my senses, and I dropped asleep.
The next morning, when we rose
from our beds we found the good la
dies sitting round the fire just as l
left them, for they rose long before
us.
Mrs. Barney was just in the act
of circulating, "And Brother Smith
married Mournin - when she was
interrupted by our entry into the
dining-room. We were hardly seat
ed before Mrs. Reed began to verify
her promise. "Mr -," said
she to Ned, "didn't you say, last
night, that them was two men that
cot married to one another9"
eyes, madam" said Ned.
"And didn't you say they raised
a fine parcel of children?"
eyes, madam, except Billy. said,
you know, that he was little wild. ="
"Well, yes; I know you said Billy
wasn't as clever as the rest of them.
But we old women we're talking about
it last night after you went out, and
none of us could make it out how
thew could have children; and l said,
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07


was dead o. winter, and I had moth
in but dried verbs, sich as camomile,
sage, pennyryal, catmint, horehound,
and sich; so I put hot rock to his
feet, and made him a large bowl o.
catmint tea, and I reckon he drank
most two quarts Of it through the
night, and it put him in a mighty fine
sweat, and loosened all the phleem,
and opened all his head; and the next
morning, says he to me, says he,
Sister Shad-you know he's NIGH
ty kind spoken man, and always was
so fore he joined society; and the
old man likes joke yet right we'll,
the old man does; but he's a mighty
good man, and 1 think he prays with
greater lifty than most any one of
his age | most ever seed, don't you
think he does, Mis- Reed?
Mrs. R. Powerful.
Mrs. B. Who did he marry?
Mrs. S. Why, he married-stop,
I'll tell you directly. Why, what
does make my old head forget so?
Mrs. B. Well, it seems to me
don't remember like I used to. Didn't
he marry a Ramsbottom?
Mrs. R. No. Stay; I'll tell you
who he married presently. Oh, stay!
why, Til tell you who he married!
He married old Daddy Johnny Hoo
er's da ter, Mournin'.
Mrs. S. Why, la messy on me, so
he did!
Mrs. B. Why, did he marry a
Hooer7
Mrs. S. Why, to be sure he did.
You know Mournin'.
Mrs. B. Oh, mighty we'll; but I'D
forgot that brother Smith married
her; I really thought he married
Ramsbottom
Mrs. R. Oh, no; bless your soul,
honey. he married Mournin'.
Mrs B. Well, the law me; I'm
clear beat!
Mrs. S. Oh, it's so; you may be
sure it is.
Mrs. B. Emph, emph, emph, emph!
And Brother Smith married Mourn
in. Well, IN clear put out! Seems
to me I'm gittin' mighty forgetful,
somehow.
Mrs. S. Oh, yes; he married
Mournin,' and I saw her when she
joined society.
Mrs. B. Why, you don't tell me
so!
Mrs. S. Oh, it's the truth. She
didn't join till after she was married,
and the church took on nightly
about his marrying one out Of society.
But after she joined they all got
satisfied.
Mrs. R. Why, la me! the seven
stars is way over here!
Mrs. B. Well, let's light our pipes,
and take a short smoke, and go to
bed. How did you come on raisin'
chickens this year, Mis- Shad?
Mrs. S. La messy, honey! ] have
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

AOllllH UuC ShlH dlu UOuo, anu ouo
died; but, poor Greater, she died
mighty happy; and I think, in my
heart, she made the prettiest corpse.
considerin', of anybody I most ever
seed.
Mrs. R. and Mrs. S. Emph! (sol-
emnly).
Mrs. R. What did the doctors
give her for the fever and ager?
Mrs. B. Oh, they GIN her bun
dance o. truck; I don't know what
all. But at last she got over it,
somehow or other IF they'd have
jist GIN her sweat o. bitter verbs,
jist as the spell was comm on, it
would have cured her right away.
Mrs. R. Well, I reckon sheep-saf-
from the onliest thing in natur for
the ager.
Mrs. B. I've always hearn it was
wonderful in hives and measly all
ments.
Mrs. R. Well, it's just as good
for an anger; it's a powerful sweat.
Mrs. Clarkson told me, that her cou-
sin, Betsy's aunt Sally's Nancy, was
cured sound and we'll by it, of hard
shaking ager.
Mrs. S. Why, you don't tell me
so!
Mrs. r. Oh. bless your heart, hon
ey, it's every word true; for she
told me so with her own mouth.
Mrs. S. A hard, hard shakin'
ager
Mrs. R. Oh, yes, honey; it's the
truth.
Mrs. S. Well, I'm told that if
you'll wrap the inside skin of an egg
round your little finger, and go three
days regular to young persimmon,
and tie string round it, and every
day tie three knots in it, and then
not go ag'in for three days, that the
agers will leave you.
Mrs. B. I've often hearn o. that,
but I don't know about it. Some
people don't believe in it.
Mrs. S. Well, Davy Cooper's wife
told me she didn't believe in it; but
she tried it, and it cured her sound
and well.
Mrs. R. I've hearn Of many folks
bein' cured in this way. And what
did they do for Lucy's cough, Mis-
Barney?
Mrs. B. Oh, dear me, they GIN
her powerful chance o. truck. [
reckon, first and last, she took at least
a pint o. lodimy.
Mrs. S. and Mrs. R. The Law!
Mrs. S. Why, that ought to have
killed her, if nothing else. If they'd
jist GIN her little cumfy and ale
campane, stewed in honey, or sugar,
or molasses, with little lump o.
mutton-suet or butter in it, it would
have cured her in two days, sound
and well.
Mrs. B. I've always counted cum
fry and alecampane the lead of all
verbs for colds.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07
BALDWIN.

"annoyed and embarrassed" the
president that he had president
Hobart see Alger about it, and after
ward in person practically demanded
that the "alliance" cease. Mcmillan.
the statement says, was regarded by
Mr.. Mckinley as a strong admins
tration man, though as Alger recalls
he supported Thomas B. Reed for the
nomination.
The story strangely confirms the
popular notion of the whole Alge1
episode. Having yielded his own am
bition to be president and delivered
the votes of Michigan, Alger took his
reward in the war portfolio. Having
entered the cabinet, not as an eff
cient man for the place, but as a pol
itician, his shortcomings as depart
ment chief were overlooked, but his
alleged disloyalty as politician was
regarded as serious. Alger says Nc
Kinley had many engaging qualities
but "lacked backbone 4" McKinley's
estimate of Alger is not available.
y y y
INTERESTING ITEMS.
The mines of the world employ
about 100000 men.
Taking the statistics for the entire
world four and a half persons to the
thousand are either deaf, dumb, blind
or mentally deficient.
The contractors who are boring a
tunnel through Lookout Mountain for
the Southern Railway report that g.
600 feet have been completed during
the thirteen months and fifteen days
of operations.
BENJAMIN F. Shively Of Indiana takes
the field as an aspNant for second
place on the Democratic national ticket
in 1908, but the printing Of his name
as Shiverly makes a frosty opening
for his boom.
Up to date it costs an alien $35 in
fees to become a nationalized Briton,
and he must wait five years and then
produce evidence as to character. A
government bill is to be introduced to
reduce the fees probably to S..
%
George Trollope, an English actor
of considerable note, has forsaken the
stage and will enter the Catholic
priesthood. Strange rs 1t may seem,
the first play in which he appeared
was "The Sign of the Cross"
The late Hamilton Aide was a GU
riously versatile man. He was the au-
thor of many novels, verses and es-
says; he was a more or less popular
composer; he turned out divers sue
cessful dramatic pieces and he paint
ed landscapes described as pleasing.
The blood of antipathetic races was
in his veins. He was the son OF an
English mother and an Armenian
Greek father.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

horses were in waiting, and we bade
the good ladies farewell.
BALDWIN.