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to the bar one evening when a minis,
ter whom he knew we'll came by and
said to him: General, that is certain
ly a cheerful looking place in there"
How do you know; have you been
in there?" queried che general as he
lit new cigar. The story is usually
told to illustrate his soldierly way Of
dealing with people who did not inn
medi3sely concern him and to show
his indifference to what people said
about the time he spent in that COM
Portable part OF the hotel.
Jared Rogers, an upstate politician.
met Gov. Dix in the lobby of the hotel
and said some insulting words to
him, whereupon the governor turned
10 Mr. Hitchcock, the proprietor who
was standing near, and said: There
are two things that we can't guard
agalnst-a mad dog and a knave.
Come. let's go up to dinner"
Center Of Political Attention.
When President Garfield was shot
the center of political attention was
the Fifth Avenue hotel. II was Ros-
coe Conkling's headquarters, and he
was the man who would be debating
a few things If the president died.
After Arthur became president he and
Conkling met in the Fifth Avenue
hotel to plan fishing trips on Long
island.
Frank Derraven was a young club
man who had brains. money and
muscle. He was a boxer Of no mean
ability, and was a member of the
coterie that hung out at the Fifth
Avenue With Conkling.
One night. at party in Conkling's
rooms. he was talking of his prowess
and Conkling bantered him to put on
the gloves. The gloves were sent for
and the reception-room of the suite was
cleared. Conkllng and Derraven
stripped to the buff and went at IL.
Conkling got bloody nose and Derra-
ven had his nose broken. When the
people in the neighboring rooms COM
| planned to the management about the
row Mr.. Conkllng apologlzed personal
ly TO the complaining ones and prom
ised the management that the rooms
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those OF the hundreds and thousands
of victims who have gone before. Jim
we must be three millions losers, and
the men who have our money have so
many. many millions that they can't
live long enough even to thumb them
over. Men who will use our money
on the gambling table. at the race
tracks, squander IL on stage harlots,
or In turning their wives and dmgh-
ters or their neighbors' wives and
daughters into worse than stage har.
lots. Men. Jim, who are not fit, meas
ured by any standard of decency, to
walk the same earth as you and Judge
Sands. Men whose painted pets pol
lutte the very air that such as Beulah
Sands must breathe. I've learned my
lesson to-day. | thought | knew the
game OF finance, but I'm suddenly
awakened TO a realization of the dense
ignorance wallowed In. Jim, but for
the loading of the dice, | should now
have been taking Beulah Sands to her
father with the money that the hellish
System stole from him. Later should
;
who knows but that | should have had
the happiest home and family in all
the world, and lived as her people and
mine have lived for generations. hon
est. God'fearing, law-abiding, neigh
BORROWING men and women, and then
died as men should die? But now,
Jim, see a black, awful picture. No,
I'm not morbid, I'm going to make a
heroic effort to put the picture out OF
sight; but I'm afraid. Jim, I'm afraid.
He. stopped as we pulled up on the
sidewalk in front of Randolph q Ran
dolph's office. Here 1t is on the bull
letin, See what did the trick. Jim.
They held the Sugar meeting last
night instead of waiting till tomorrow
and cut the dividend instead of in
creasing II. The world won't know II
until tomorrow. Then they will know
Il. then they will know II. They will
read II in the headlines of the papers
"a few suicides. few defaulters, a
few new convicts, an unclaimed corpse
or two at the morgue; few innocent
girls, whose fathers fortunes have
gone TO swell Camemeyer's and Stand
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Mher. th. nRraven Excelled.

Bloodthirsty. vindictive. treacher.
Gus, crafty. scornful OF suffering,
brave unto death when at bay. more
cunning than the fox and Of infinite
patience on the trail. the Indian has
proven more than match for the
white in the Jungle. 1t is certain that
more whites than savages have per-
ished In forest fighting. But in set
battle the redman is without stead.
fastness and perseverance. ThG
least reverse disheartens him. After
the first mad rush his purpose wanes
and the slightest check is apt to
dispirit his capricious mind.-outing
Magazine
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would be used only for purposes OF
state thereafter.
The Whole House for ParneIl.
Charles Stewart Parnell. the Irish
patriot, was a guest at the hotel in 80
and enthusiastic Irishmen held forth
in the lobbies day and night, causing
the general guests some trouble. One
day Parnell told them that the hotel
would charge them for wear and tear.
whereupon a patriotic Irishman pro-
posed to close up the hotel to all ex-
cept Parnell while he was there.
Adelina Patti was staying in the
hotel in the early sos, and at the re-
quest of a little girl sang "Home.
Sweet Home" for those in the dining
room the night before she sailed away.
Billy Florence, the actor, got out an
elaborate poster when he lived at the.
hotel advertising 1t as the home of the
Hon. Bardwell Slote." and many re-
quests we're made by strangers to be-
shown the rooms by Mr.. Slote.
In the early SOS mushrooms were
high. according to a local paper;
"The Fifth Avenue hotel is bound to
have the best of everything and is
paying three dollars pound for mush-
rooms, which are scarce at this time
of year"
The famous words, Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion" that are popularity
supposed to have defeated James c.
Blaine for the presidency. were spoken
in the parlor of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, where Blaine for years had dis
pensed political power.
"croeshs from the West"
A California millionaire who occu-
pied a suite of rooms with his family
and paid $50 day in 'S4 was written
about as "the Croesus from the west"
In honor of President Cleveland and
his cabinet the biggest political din
ner that had ever been gwen in Amer
lea up to the time was held in the
large dining-room.
For a long time the house was fa-
nous for its amen Corner" where
Senator Platt sat for years on Sunday
and saw upstate politicians, who at
that time exclaimed amen" to every
thing said. Out of that grew an organ
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ard Oi's already uncountable gold,
turned into streetwalkers; few new
palaces on Fifth avenue, and a few
new libraries given to communities
that formerly took pride in building
them from their honestly earned saw
ings. A report or two OF record-break-
ing diamond sales by Tiffany to the
kings and czars Of dollar royalty, then
front-page news stories Of clawlng,
maullng, and hair-pulling wrangles
among the stage harlots for the pos
session Of these diamonds. They were
not quite sure that the dividend cut
alone would do the trick and they
were taking no chances, these mighty
warriors OF the System so their hire
ling senate committee held session
last night and unanimously reported
to put sugar on the free list. The peo-
pie will read that in the morning, and
probably the day after they'll be told
that the committee held another ses-
sion tonight and unanimously report
ed to take It off the free list BY that
time these honorable statesmen will
have loaded up with tho stock that
you and | and Beulah Sands sold, and
that other poor devils will slaughter
tomorrow after reading their morning
papers"
Bob's bitterness was terrible My
heart was torn as | listened. H6
stallSed through the Office and into that
Of Beulah Sands l followed. She was
at her desk, and when she looked up.
her great eyes opened in wonderment
as they took in Bob, his grim, set
face. the defiant, sullen desperation of
the big brown eyes, the disheveled
hair and clothes. For an instant she
stood as one who had seen an appari-
tion.
Look me over, Beulah Sands" he
said, look me over to your hearts
content, for you may never again see
the fool OF fools in all the world, the
fool who thought himself competent to
cope with men of brains, with men
who really know how to play the game
of dollars as It is played a this Chris
tian age. Don't ask me not to call you
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forts OF the management that riot
was prevented yesterday, when a
tipsy person shouted out in the lobby
of the Fifth Avenue hotel that the
army was lot of 'leeches.'
When the Prince of Wales, now
King Edward of England, visited this
country in 1860 he stayed at the Fifth
Avenue hotel. where many social
functions attended by the elite of the
city we're held, and after that there
were many social affairs of great inn
pQrtance held in its parlors. One oc-
curing during war time was presided
over by Mrs. Fish (Which Mrs. Fish is
not stated, whereat collection was
taken up for the amalloration of GER
tain women who had been left desti-
tute by their bread-winners who had
left them for this reason or that, and
the amount subscribed reached a
grand total of 800. Some of the
ladies' gowns must have cost not less
than $500"
Rawhide for President johnson.
President Andrew Johnson, while
there. barely escaped an unpleasant
experience through an accident. A
woman who later made her escape
had planned to attack him. She
learned the number of the room he
was to occupy and lay in walt for him
in the hallway, nursing a grievance
over the loss of her husbands posi-
tion with the government, and when
the president and his party came up
stairs, and man left the rest of the
party and walked into the room SET
aside for the president, she drew a
rawhide and started to lash him. II
was a member of the presidents party
who, for some reason, went to the
presidents room first. The president
had happened TO step into the first
room of the suite with a friend.
Army officers of note made 1t theil
home when in the city, and one night
in the barroom a number of officers
who had been having a merry time
got into a dispute over the never set
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New York.-"President Buchanan
was seemingly very much pleased
over a plate Of fine fried mush, made
from Kentucky corn meal. which the
chief of the cuisine department OF the
magnificent Fifth Avenue hotel had
prepared for his breakfast while he
was in the city last week"
The above paragraph in a publica-
ton devoted to men and affairs, called
The Independent was but very little
different from thousands of others of
the same nature that have been print.
ed in the stretch of time from Presl-
dent James Buchanan to President
Theodore Roosevelt, all of them re-
cording some incident in connection
with important public men and events
and the historic Fifth Avenue hotel, at
Twenty-third street and Broadway
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Beulah; that what tried to do was for
you is the one streak of light in all
this black hell. Benlah, Beulah, we
are ruined, you, your father. and l.
ruined, and I'm the fool who did IT,"
She rose from her desk with all the
quiet, calm dignity that we had been
admiring for three months, and stood
facing Bob She did not seem to see
me: she saw nothing but the man who
had gone out that morning the person
iflcation OF hope, who now stood be-
fore her the picture of black despair,
and she must have thought, 1T was all
for me-" Suddenly she took the lapels
of his torn coat in either hand. She
had TO reach up to do II. this winsome
little Virginia lady. With her big.
calm blue eyes looking straight into
his. she said:
Bob"
That was all, hrt the word seemed
to change the very atmosphere in the
room. The look OF desperation faded
from Bob's face, and as though the
words had sprung the hidden catch to
the doors of the storehouse OF pent-up
misery. his eyes filled with hot, blind
ing tears. His great chest was con-
yulsed with sobs. Again-clear, calm.
fearless. and tender, came the one
syllable, Bob" And at that Bobs
self-control slipped the leash. With a
hoarse cry, he threw his arms around
her and crushed her to his breast.
CTo BE CoNTINUEp)
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began 10 throw over Sugar stock,
right and left, in big and little
amounts. He slaughtered the price,
underwriting Barry Conant's every Of
fer and filling every bid. For 20 min
utes ne was madman, then he
stopped. Sugar was falling rapidly TO
the price Il finally reached. 30. and
the panic was in full swing. but panlcs
seemed now to have no interest for
Bob. He pushed his way through the
crowd and, Joining me, said: Jim,
forgive me. / have dragged you into
an enormous loss, have ruined Beulah
Sands, her father and myself. | think
at the last moment | did the only
thing possible. | threw over the 150.-
900 shares and so cut of some of our
loss. Let us 90 to the Office and see
WI GRE we stand" He was strangely,
unnaturally calm after that heart-crush-
ing, nerve-tearing day. / tried to tell
him how admired his cool nerve and
pluck in about facing and doing the
only thing there was left to do; to tell
him that required more real courage
and observation-disclosures than all the rest
Of the days dolngs; but he stopped
me:
Jim, don't talk to me. My ccnceit
is gone. have learned my lesson to
day My plans were all right. and
sound. but poor fool that | was. | did
not take into consideration the loaded
dice of the master thieves. l knew
what they could do, have seen them
scores of times, as you have. at thelI
slaughter: seen them crush out the
hearts OF other men just as good az
you or / f; seen them take them out and
skin and quarter-slice them, unmind
ful of the agony Of those who were
dear to and dependent on their own
ers, but II never seemed to strike me
home. II was not my heart, and some
how, | looked at IL as part of the
game and let II go at that. To-day
know what It means to be put on tho
chopping block of the System butch
ers. know what II is to see my hear
and the heart Of one love-6nd yours
too. Jim-systematically skewered tC
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which will III all probability be torn
down year from now to make way
for a building with more renting space
in 1t. which is necessary to secure in
terest on the $7,250,OOO which a syn
dicate has just paid the Enos estate
for the property.
The Fifth Avenue hotel was built
by Paran Stevens, who had become
rich in Boston as the owner of the
fremont house. He was looked upon
as tho leading hotel man of the north.
He leased the ground from John Enos,
and when the hotel was finished 1t
began business under the direction of
the firm of Hitchcock. Darling & Co.
That was in 1859, and the firm name
has never been changed.
Hitchcock was a hotel man from
New Orleans, and Darling had been
identified with hotels in New England.
The Co" was the Stevens interest.
Hitchcock died but a few years ago,
and son OF the original Darling is
the Darling OF the present firm.
Hotel Hermit Furlong.
Gen. Charles r. Furlong is the
holder of the reco.1 for continuous
guests. having lived there for 81 years
except the times he had been in Eu
rope. Maj. Whitman comes next with
20 years, and there are several who
have been there for 20 years and
lesser double figures.
Tom" Gay, the head waiter, whom
Millionaire Moffat took to Europe and
later presented with stock ranch In
Colorado, has been there for 80 years;
Jim" Gray has dispensed cheer from
one corner OF its famous bar for 2t
years. But the 'tip-topper." in point
of association, is John Schneider, the
barber, he of the majestic mien and
the white, flowing locks and well-kept
beard. Schneider has been there
since the day the house was opened
although In these later years he has
given most OF his time to dealing II
art which he buys and sells to the
amount of thousands of dollars yearly
These men are all notable in theil
way and are known to thousands o.
men and women who have been o.
who are prominent in the affairs o
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ization composed OF newspaper men
formed for the sole purpose OF giving
dinner annually, to be known and
recorded as the amen Corner din
ner." II there has been any man Of
prominence in the last 40 years who
has not trod the marble OF the Fifth
Avenue lobby at some time or AAothes
he has yet TO be discovered.
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tied argument OF Gen. McClellan's
ed captain, drew a gun and emptied it
at another member of the party, and
although the room was crowded not
person was wounded. Knox resigned
from the army. The incident made a
great sensation at the time.
Mysterious Woman Guest.
II was at about this time that a
beautiful woman from some European
country appeared at the Fifth Avenue
hotel and took sumptuous rooms. She
drove out daily, always heavily yelled,
and soon became mysterious and in
teresting person. She was very charit-
able, and gave aims freely to all men
dicants she saw, and made liberal con-
tributions TO churches. One day she
suddenly disappeared. Government
agents from Mexico had arrived look
ing for the beautiful and mysterious
lady. She was, it appeared. the head
of a powerful band OF criminals, who
were duplicating Mexico's govern
mental papers and gold.
She was known In Spain and Mexi-
co as Rosnalio La Refine des Voleuses,
which means in plain English the
queen of crooks, and was said to be
worth $1.000.O00.
1t was at dinner. referred to as
the famous Peabody" dinner. in the
hotel that the boom for Gen. Grant
for president was started. That
marked an epoch in the history Of the
place.
Gen. Grant and the Minister.
One Of the stories told of Gen. Grant
and his association with the hotel Is
that he was standing at the entran "
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the world. and who have been guests
at the hotel at some time or another.
Southern Leaders There.
Not half. by far. OF the interesting
things that have happened there fill
FIVE big scrapbooks in the possession
OF Mr.. Villas, and they do not cover
the period bSsVeea 1853 ana 1870. and
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OLD DAYS IN
FAMOUS FIFTH
AVENUE HOTEL
Within ITS Venerable Walls,
National Financial and
Social History of Great
Importance to the Entire
United States Has Been
Made More Than Once.
HAS FILTERED
WORLDS. GREATEST

Some interesting oleanings from Ho-
tel Scrap Books Relating Character.
lstlc Incidents Of Celebrated Men
Who Were Guests Of the Hospitablc
New York Edifiee That is Soon TO
Be pemollshsd-ln Its Day the Most
Famous Of American Hotels.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24
I ocal and Personal
JOHN L. MURPHY, C;,y Editor

The w. G. 7. T., will meet with
Mrs. Geo. Sanderson on Friday, Nov.
lat.
Mr., and Mrs. Ed Price Of Fargo,
N D., visited with Mrs. &. g. Tewks'
bury several days last week.
Swell line of dressers at the New
Furniture store.
Itch cured in 80 minu.es by Woo
fords Sanitary Lotion, Never fails
| Sold by F. L. Villas, druggist.
Mrs. s. G. Cornell was operated
upon at the Brookings hospital Mon
day, and is getting along very we'll.
Rev. A. M. Work was down from
Watertown Friday to conduct the
| funeral OF Soren SOrensOn. He re-
turned home Saturday morning.
The Eastern Dakota Medical society
third district, will meet in this city
next Thursday, the 3lst. DIR. Geo
Edward OF this city, will deliver one
OF the papers, his subject being
Typhoid Fever"
There will be foot ball game at the
Fair grounds tomorrow afternoon be
tween the college and Sioux Falls
teams. The Sioux Falls team is Il
strong one, and a good fast game IL
sure to result. The game will be
called at 2:30.
There will be a special meeting ol
the w. Il. G. at the q. A. X. Hall
Monday evening, Oct. 28th, 1907, al
eight O'Clock. The Department In
spect0r will be present. Every mem
Der is earnestly requested to attenc
this meeting,
Clerk of Courts Youngburg hal
issued the following permits to wee
the past week: Henderson Gavin ant
Mabel +. Miller, Bruce; Lou Bergman
and Margaret Clark, Elkton; J. G.
Jensen, Omaha, Neb., and Ella Nj
Cooan, Shell Lake, Wis.
Those wishing to Join the New
University Library club will pleas
call at MIR. A. G. Young's residenc
ut once as the chance for membership
closes Friday noon. The Library will
be open Saturday morning, Oct. N
at Tidball's drug store.
Mrs. A. A. Ness Of st. James
Mimi, was called here last week b
the death Of her grandson, the bah
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ). e. Ness. Sh
returned home Saturday morning
Mrs. Ness sister, Mrs. Axtell Peterso
and two daughters OF FlOy, Mimi
were also here.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24
Talk EYE STRAINS
No. a IMpS OF MISCHIEF
By E. ELLIS GAYLORD, optician

There are six eXtrnSlc mus
l. cles that should hold each
eye in perfect alignment when
looking in the distance and the
two inner muscles should con-
tract a given amount to pull
both eyes in for reading or sew
ing, now in view of the fact
that the third nerve furnishes
power for nine tenths Of the act
of seeing, it is fair to assume
that in case where an undue
amount of nerve force IS used
in trying TO focus or get the
reading so it will look clear the
nerve is 50 exhausted it lacks
power to pull the eyes in the
proper amount. The act OF
accommodation and conveyance
does not come inside or harmO-
nize, hence blurring the letters.
Headaches, dizziness, floating
spots before the eye after read
ing are some of the ways the
eyes have in asking for help.
Those imps of mischief are CON
stantly pulling, and if they
do not pull right, there will be
trouble, let us reason together
GAYLORD, the Optician
Two doors south Of the Postotfice
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24
HARD TIMES IN KANSAS

The old days of grasshoppers and
prosperous Kansas OF today; although
a citizen Of Codell, Earl Shamburg,
has not yet forgotten hard time he
encountered. He says: II was worn
out and discouraged by coughing night
and day, and could find no relief until
| tried DIR. Kings New Discovery. 1t
took less than one bottle to completely
cure me-" The safest and most re-
liable cough and cold cure and lung
and throat healer ever discovered.
Guaranteed by c. ID. Kendall, druggist
soc and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24

For Sale A good heavy black
overcoat, almost new. Inquire of Mrs.
Post at Herman Eichberg's.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24

Nice line of silverware and cut glass
at Peterson, the jeweler.
The public school buildings have
been connected with the sewerage
system.
Don't forget the high school play,
"Sunbonnet," at the opera house
Friday evening this week.
Mrs. O. N, Aanes was very sick
several days the past week, but Is
improving rapidly at present.
Mrs. Claude Davis cut one OF heI
arms quite severely while engaged in
cleaning windows Monday, one OF The
window lights breaking and cutting
several deep gashes.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24
FOUND

Our present stock OF harnesses and
sweat pads will be closed out at present
cost or less on account of room. Geo.
g. Rude, agent.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24

We are low prepared to do all kinds
OF interior and ext arior decorating
and painting. See us at first door
west OF Register office.
Eureka Paint & Adv. Co.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24
STRAYED

Strayed from the farm of Mrs. Min
ME Palmer four red calves. Anyone
seeing or hearing of their whereabouts
please notify the owner. d. Rude
busch.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-24

Family horse for sale. j. p. Olson.