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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

Oliver Wendell Holmes professed to
have a profound respect for the Dutch,
possibly on account Of what he used
to call "the European aborigines Of
America" being Dutch. He gave an
aspect Of slyncss to his respect which
inspired the idea that it was not un-
tempered by humor, but he maintained
that the Dutch. III spite Of their stolidi-
ty. had 4 great deal of humor them
selves. For instance" he would say,
'the trumpet story has a Dutch ori-
gin" What is the crumpet story!'
people would ask. And he would tell
them that IT. had many variants, but
the one with which he was familiar
was about a nan who was going to be
hanged and was asked whether he had
any last request to make and said he
would like to have a dozen hot Crum-
pets, very buttery, because he had new
er dared to eat more than n before.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

Miss Caroline Utigard is quite
i'll at present.
Otis Skarloken began threshing
again Tuesday.
Miss Norella Haden visited
friends at White last week.
Mr.. Batcheldor and wife visited
at Mr.. Burnetts last Sunday.
Mrs. A. Guam and children
visited at w. Weinreiche's Sun
day.
Miss Clara Knutson spent the
latter part of last week at Mr..
Gohr's.
There is a great demand for
Mr.. Dickson and his graphaphone
now days.
Miss Hannah Nelson was an
over Sunday visitor at the James
Haden Home.
Mrs. Gohr returned Saturday
after four weeks visit with rela-
tives at Sioux Falls.
a large crowd of young folks
were entertained at the Haden
home Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Minton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Minton visited
friends in this vicinity Saturday
and Sunday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Hind From Birth,

1t would be Of great interest TO know
how much Helen sKelle:, losing her
sight at nineteen months. really retain
ed of the sense of sight. With Laura
Bridgman, q woman Of much less in
t~ellect, there was evidently little or
nothing left, even as q memory. With
her taste and smell were very feeble,
so that communication with the world
was, indeed, through a narrow pas
sage. Her sensitiyeness to vibration
was so fine that without any trace OF
the sense Of hearing she was aware Of
the tolling of a bell. But her biogra-
pher, giving us in detail the record of
the slow steps Of her education, tells
us little of what idea she was able to
form of things. 1t IS SchOpenhauer
who gives one hint Of what we all
want TO know of the born blind. He
says that 4 man blind from birth to
whom sight was given by an operation
put his hand to his eye to grasp there
and not in their place the things he
saw.-LondOn Chronicle.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Notice to Contractors

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the board Of
county commissioners of Bookings
county, S. D., at the office Of the
county auditor in the City Of Brook
ings, until 2 O'Clock p. m. OF Friday,
April 18th, 1907, for furnishing ali
material and labor, and doing all the
work of constructing the Sioux Valley
drainage bitches in accordance with
the plans and specifications now on
file in the Office OF the county auditor
at Brookings s. D..
The work will be divided into two
sections; Section No. 1, will begin at
a point 500 feet south OF the south line
of the right of way of the Chicago &
Northwestern Ry. and include all work
from that point south, and Section No.
2 will begin at a point 500 feet south
OF the south line OF the right OF way of
the Chicago & Northwestern Ry. and
include all work north OF that point.
Bidders will be required tc submit
bids on each section separately. The
board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
Dated at Brookings, s. d. Feb. 9th,
1907. p. j. Murphy.
4l-43 County Auditor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

The Zoroastrian faith acknowledges
Ormazd, Ahura Mazda. Lord Wis.
DOM" as the supreme god, with six
%archangels, Amesha Spenta. and a
company Of angels, Yazata, about him
to rule and guide the world. The in
fernal host Of fiends and archtiends
who war against heaven and strive to
destroy the future life OF mar is led by
Anra Mainyu, the evil spirit. In dis
cussing with these Zoroastrians the
subject of the origin of evil / found
that they look upon the supreme being,
Ahura Mazda. as comprising within
himself the two powers Of good and
evil-namely, Spenta Mainyu, the holy
spirit, and Anra Mainyu, the evil spir-
It. This is similar to the monotheiStic
view held by the Parsis Of India in
opposition to the statement frequently
made that Zoroastrianism is pure dual
ism. They believe also in the resurrec'
ton Of the dead, which their faith has
taught them since early times, and this
doctrine Is connected with the belief
that there will come a saviour or mes
siah, called the SaoshYant.-A. Y. vii
liams Jackson In Century.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

The human body is al epitome in ma
all architecture, all machinery of every
kind. There are more than $40 mechan-
,ical movements known to mechanics
today, and all Of these are but moditi-
cations Of those found in the human
body. Here are found all the bars,
levers, joints. pullcys, pumps, pipes,
wheels and aXlcs, ball and socket
movements, beams, Orders, trusses,
buffers. arches, columns, cables and
supports known to science. At every
point mans best mechanical work can
be shown to be but adaptations Of
processes Of the human body, a revela-
tion Of first principles used in nature.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

News is scarce this week.
VIM. Latham spent Saturday
and Sunday in Volga.
The floods are receding without
doing very much damage.
Alfred Peterson took in the
sights of Volga Tuesday.
Ole Martinson called on A
Messerschmidt's Sunday evening
Howard Latham and Thormar
Johnson called at Aasen's Sunday
Bills are out for auction sale or
the old Carl Anderson place. t
Aasen, prop.
Aljoint debate viii be held to
night Thursday EVENING" be
tween the literary societies ir
districts No. 2 and 3, in school
house No. 3. Subject Resolved;
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Joint
boards of county commissioners of
Brookings and Deuel. counties at the
office Of the county auditor in the City
of Bookings, S. D., until 2 O'Clock
p. m, of Friday, 18th, 1907, for fur
nishing all material and labor, and
doing all of the work of constructing
the Troeien Drainage Ditch, in accord
ance with plans and specifications now
on file in the office Of the county
auditor of Bookings County at Brook
ings, S. d., and also in the Office OF
the comfy auditor of Deuel. county at
Clear Lake, S. ID.
The joint boards reserve the right to
reject any or all bids.
Dated at Brookings, S. D., this 9th
day of Feb. 1907.
41-43 Z. j. Murphy,
County Auditor of B~rookings County,
s. d,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
An Innocent Diversion.

"Poor woman sighed the prison Wis.
itor to the convicted murderess. Does
not the thought OF your impending
doom cause your mind 10 revert to the
days of your innocent childhood? Do
you not wish YOU could be playing
again as you did them
"Why, yes" replied the poor woman.
Y would like TO skip the rope."-Phila.
delphia Press.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Origin Of Ascot Races,

When did Ascot races begin1 They
are mentioned In the first "Racing Cal
endar," published in 1927, and The
usual statement Is that they were
founded by the Duke Of Cumberland
uncle Of George III. But an entry in
the accounts Of the master of the horse
in l712 suggests that they were found.
ed by Queen Anne on Aug. 6, I'LL. The
truth, no doubt, Is that Ascot races
Ike many other august institutions.
gradually developed from a germ, 50
that it is difficult to say when they
really began. At any rate, they were
quite the sort of thing that enthusiast
Of the turf, Queen Anne, would have
founded. She was a thorough Stuart
IN this passion. 1t was her great.
grandfather, James l., who encouraged,
IL he did not establish, horse racing in
Scotland and populariZed it in Eng.
!and.-London Chronicle.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Keen Sense of HumOr.

"There is nothing like a sense Of
humor," said a naval officer, according
10 the Philadelphia Bulletin. in a
woman, in a soldier, in n sailor, In a
clerk, a sense of humOr Is a help and
a blessing through life. At the same
time ven a sense Of humor may exist
n excess. |, for my part. shouldn't
care to have so great a OF humoI
as q British soldier | one heard about
This soldier was ordered to be fogged
During the tlogSing he laughed con
t!nually. The lash was laid on all tn
harder, but under the rain of blows thu
soldier laughed.
"'What are you laughing atT tn
sergeant finally asked.
why the soldier chuckied, I'm
the wrong man."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Has Been Overlooked.

In the grand rush for prairie lands
further west the settler has passed by
a section OF the country which surpass-
es in some and equals In al respect
this class OF land. Northern Wiscon-
sin has good soil, no drouth, running
water, plenty OF timber for fuel, and a
fine climate, and best OF all, close to
markets. A large body Of this land
has been owned by the lumber
companies and is now put on the
market for the first time. The Ameri-
can Colonization Co, Chippewa Falls
owns q large tract Of this land and will
be pleased TO furnish further inform.
] alton to all who are interested.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

Null brothers are threshing for
Try Smith.
Hugh McMiliin returned from
Texas Wednesday.
Mrs. Ray Mcknight was guest
at the G. A. Null home Thursday.
Mrs. John Tretter has been
under the doctors care the past
week.
Frank Glasier is working for his
brother on the w. B. Denhart
ranch.
The agent for Wards remedies,
was canvassing in this part of the
country Monday.
Miss Mason was calling on
friends in North Fountain the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mcknight
were guests at the McMillin home
Friday and Saturday.
Miss Alice Wiegand was the
guest of her friend, Miss Leiben,
stein Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hartley
were guests at the home of their
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Null Sunday afternoon.
The friends and neighbors OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Hooker gave
them a farwell party at the w. B
Denhart home Monday evening
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

The trunklish is one Of the peculiar
inhabitants of the ocean. 1t is called
the trunkfsh because its back is com
pletely covered with bony plates Of q
regular shape, forming a complete coat
Of mail. 1t is protected so completely
that it can move only its tail, mouth
and n small part Of its gills, which
pass through the armor. 1t is quite a
small fish ana is found only in the
warm waters Of the southern tropical
seas.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

"Mother said she thought you were
extravagant, Tom, but 1 proved you
were not"
"You darling! How did you do
that?"
Told her you were with me two
hours last night and only kissed me
once"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

"That the farmers shall send for
their goods" No. 2 taking the
affirmative.
A mock trial that was to be
last Wednesday evening was held
last night wednesday,
School commenced in district
80. 2 after a weeks vacation on
account OF the high water.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Notice to Cattle Owners

Notice is hereby given that a meet
ing OF the cattle owners OF Bookings
county will be held at the office OF the
county auditor at the court house in
the City of Bookings, at l o'clock p.
m. on Tuesday, March 18th, 1907, for
the purpose OF choosing a cattle in
spectOr for said county.
Dated at'Brookings, s. D., Feb. p,
1907. p. J. Murphy,
Hip County Auditor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

Laird-WelI, Sandy, you are getting
very bent. Why don't you stand
straight up like me, man? Sandy
Eth, mon, do you see that field O. corn
over there? Laird-I do. Sandy
Weel, ye'll notice that the full heids
hang down and the empty ones stand
up.-Glasgow News.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
Very

"Just before poor Old Dooley died he
made his wife promise that she would
not marry again"
poor old chap-he always was kind
to his fellow mcn~'-Tit-Blts.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

I have three fine cockerels left anc
to close them out will sell at 81 each
A fine chance to grade up your flock
Inquire at the house.
40 Mrs. Jas. III. Shepard.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
RURAL GLEANINGS

This newspaper desires a correspondent in
every township of the county. II you notice
that your township Is not represented unuer
this heading write us and we will send you the
necessary stamped envelopes and paper.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28
THOUGHTS
Without
Thinking
By y. o. BRANES


broke into the Odd Fellows gather
ing Monday night and | want to tell
some OF you folks who insist that this
is a wicked and unselfish old world OF
what this noble band is doing in the
cause OF humanity. The Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows was founded IN
Baltimore some eighty odd years ago
by some members OF the Manchester
Unity, which is the English root OF
the order, the step being taken merely
to sever another OF the connecting
links between Great Britain and this
land OF the free. Today it numbers
more than a million six.hundred
thousand members and last year 1t
paid out more than ninety thousand
dollars each week in benefits to its
members. This is nearly a hall bill.
lion dollars discussed in the cause OF
brotherly love. You never heard
about that, did you. No. But Mr..
Rockefeller. gives some thirty-two
million dollars back to the people
from whom he wrongfully rung it and
it is trumpeted from every house top
and a picture Of his old bald head
adorns the pages of every paper and
magazine the length and breath OF
this and other lands. The Odd
Fellows teach men to be honest,
upright and good, gather funds to aid
each other in the hour OF need, to
bury their dead, and to care for the
widow and orphan. And they do it.
That's all.
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G YOUR CATTLE HORSE
~ HIDES

Calf, Sheep and All Kinds of
FUR SKINS
To be Tanned for Robes, Over.
coats, Rugs, ETC., to be returned
to you. Left soft, smooth and
moth proof. We guarantee sat
isfactiOn. Send for circula ;,
shipping tags and information.
The Foster Robe g. Tanning
Company
1925 Fifth Street S. f.
MINNEAPOLIS MINI
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all hard, soft or colioused Jumps and
blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone,
STILES, Sprains, all swollen Threats,
coughs etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonder
full Blemish Cure ever known. Sold
by F. l.. Villas. If
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

this and other lands. The Odd
Fellows teach men to be honest,
upright and good, gather funds to aid
each other in the hour Of need, to
bury their dead, and to care for the
widow and orphan. And they do it.
That's all.
A stray dog, particularly a long
angular cur with seven or eight diff
ferent strains of the commonest kind
Of dog in him, Is the most a~ppreciative
animal on the face OF the earth. He
is always smiling and wagging his
tail at you, and his appreciation OF
every loving kick is only equalled by
his appetite. A fancy canine with a
pedigree and a pink ribbon around
his neck is always barking or snap
ping at somebody. Whenever we
start keeping a dog it will be one Of
the commonest kind. Did you ever
notice that people are the same way?
Deliver us from the fellow who is
proud OF his name, his family, his
%antecedents and his nationality. It's
& ten-to-one shot that none OF tine rest
of the outfit sees anything in him to
be proud of.
You and all OF you should go owe
to the opera house Saturday night and
hear Williams Jennings Bryan.
There are several reasons why | say
this. In the first place Mr.. Bryan is
one of the cleanest, most honest and
upright citizens that the country ever
possessed; he has more than the
usual amount OF gray matter and as
he has been a far traveller and ever a
student. A lecture by him, ever were
he not such a peerless orator, would
be au intellectual treat. And again if
you see and hear him it may be that
in after years you will be able and
proud to say that 81 once heard
President Bryan talk" Shucks!
you say. Well, my friend, far stranger
things than that have happened.
When you hear some self appointed
oracle say that Bryan is dead" just
ask him how it is that this political
corpse is listened to by king and
pauper with such rapt attention the
world over, and why his writings
are read by millions and why eighty
| six towns are this year paying five
hundred dollars each TO hear him. !
have always been a republican but
some of the best men ! ever knew are
democrats. Give the devil his due.
The Howard Spirit is authority for
the following, which is good enough
for Brookings or any other town:
On my word and honor, | here and
! now declare, that so long as ! am a
resident of this community it will be
my constant aim to boost it all the
time and every time.
l. | will do what | can for any pub
lie work that has the good OF the COM
munity for its object.
2. / will submit to majority rule,
and won't knock and howl my head
off il things are not always done my
way.
8. / realize that If this community
is good enough to make my money
in, it is the proper place to spend it in,
especially il / ever want to see it
again. Therefore,
4. am resolved that | will buy
everything at home that l can and
will meyer go any further than neces-
sary.
5. will try to always say some
thing good about my town and my
people or Ill keep my bazoo shut
excepting, of course, in the case OF a
public nuisance.
Has Been Overlooked.
In the grand rush for prairie lands
further west the settler has passed by
a section OF the country which surpass-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-28

Null brothers are threshing for
Try Smith.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
Model for Rest Of the Force.

While Oil City cannot, perhaps.
boast OF being a strictly cold-water
town, she can. We believe. lay claim
to having among her residents the
champion temperance man of the
state, il not of the entire country.
Not only has he never drank any kind
of spurious or malt liquors, but he
has never allowed any tea, coffee. soup
or any kind of milk to pass his lips
since he was a child. He is a colored
man, was born in slavery, and because
his father frequently drank more
whisky than was good for him, he re-
solved when boy to never drink any,
thing but water. And he has reli-
giously kept the resolution. He is a
member OF the Oil City police force,
and his name is Major Franklin
Oil City (Pa) Blizzard.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
Potatoes Served Twice.

When we have counted too many
noses and have cold baked potatoes
on hand we just cut them equally in
two parts, take out all the inside. put
into porcelain stew pan with little
hot milk. small lump OF butter, and
pepper and salt to taste. Then they
are mashed to light cream. The
hulls are dipped into sweet milk. heat.
ed and filled with this cream. sprinkl ed
over the top with few cracker
crumbs. moistened in sweet milk and
placed in a hot oven until light
brown. Served hot they are deli
cious
Cold mashed potatoes turned into a
cup OF thin cream. which has been
heated to boiling in granite pan, stir,
red thorough and whipped" until they
are a light pun, are as good II not
better than at first.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
Husband. Ghost Stop. weddlno.

Declaring that her dead hus band
had come TO her in spirit and warned
her against marrying again. Mrs Mary
Lincoln OF Wilmerdine. widow OF
Charles Lincoln, refused to proceed
with her intended marriage to 10.
seph Parker, also OF Wilmerding. and
the guests were dismissed. SAYS a
Pittsbug dispatch to the New York
Times.
little over year ago her hus-
band died After brief period of
mourning she agreed to marry Mr.
Parker. He furnished a house and
Invitations were issued
The other afternoon Mr. Parker
found her in tears Her mother
said that some time during the pre-
vious night her daughter had come
sobbing into her room and declared
that she had just been visited by
the spirit OF her dead husband He
had warned her against marrying
again, she said, and when she pro-
tested the spirit had taken hoiu of
her arms and held her until she prom
ised that she would give up the mar.
riage. She asserted that her arms
aChed from the encounter
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
The Drioht Firstborn.

They we're discussing the law OF en-.
tail-the English law bequeathing the
bulk Of the family property to the
eldest son.
There is so per cent OF logic in
that law" said physician. and IL the
family property went to the firstborn.
whether son or daughter. the law
would contain 100 per cent. OF logic.
For the first born child is practically
always the best-best In brain, in
build, in beauty. in everything.
Why is this SO? II is because mar
ried people love one another more pro-
foundly at the beginning than after
ward: for love, like all things, grows
old, grows weak, often dies.
Mrs. Craigie-John Oliver Hobbies
was a first born child. So was Marie
Corelli So was Richard Mansfield.
So were Joseph Chamberlain. Lord
Kitchener. Max Muller, Henry Irving.
George Meredith.
Look back into the past, and We
see again the prominence of the first
born, among them Mohammed. Con-
fucius, Raphael. Milton. Dante. Goethe.
Byron, Shelly and Heine'
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-09
She Did Not Fear Death.

An old lady on her seventy-third
birthday once said. Il do not mind
getting old. and ! do not fear death.
but live in constant fear Of par
alysis"
For some time have been wanting
to tell you OF the great good your
wonderful Sloan's Liniment Is doing
here" writes Mr. James F. Abernethy.
OF Rutherford College. N. C. In fact.
all your remedies are doing noble
work, but your Liniment beats all. In
my eight years experience with med
icine I fnd none to go ahead OF II.
having tried 1t In very many cases.
know OF one young man. . brick-ma-
son. who suffered from . partial. yes.
almost complete. paralysis Of one arm.
I got him to use your Liniment. and
now he can do as much work as ever.
and he sings your praise every day.
l get all to use it possibly can and
know there is great virtue in It.
have helped the sale Of your noble
remedies about here greatly. and ex-
pect to cause many more to buy them.
as I know they can't be beat"