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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
Mrs. VIM. Culhane returned Tuesday
evening from a visit at Llkton.

Mrs. VIM. Culhane returned Tuesday
evening from a visit at Llkton.
Alfred and Beto Nelson of Stock
holm, We're here last week visiting
at the home of their uncle, Alfred
Nelson.
Miss Ella May Crane of De Smet,
was here this week visiting Misses
Ruth and Ada Erwin. returning home
last evening.
Miss Mary Meek, a teacher in the
Aberdeen Normal, was here to at
tend the wedding Of her brother and
Miss Florence Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Polkinghorn re-
turned to Two Habors, Mimi, Sat
urday morning after a couple of weeks
visit with relatives here.
Bushnell had a very successful gala
day last Thursday and now the sur
surrounding towns are following suit
with their annual celebration days.
The Iowa Day association will hold
its annual picnic and celebration
next Wednesday, June 18th, at the
grounds half mile east of Prairie
Home church.
Mrs. Grace Brooke arrived from Val
ley City, n. d., the last Of the week
for a visit with relatives and many
friends here. Mrs. Brooke is matron
Of the normal schools at Valley City.
Miss May Murphy arrived home
Tuesday morning from Big Stone,
where she has been teaching in the
city schools the past year. She was
reelected for next year, but declined
and will teach at De Smet.
Miss Ulrich, a teacher at Bristol,
has been here this week attending the
graduating exercises at the college
and visiting at the home of Geo. p.
SeXauer. Her brother is a member
Of the graduating class.
Matt Murphy arrived yesterday
morning for a weeks visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Muir,
ply. He has been attending the law
school at Vermillion the past year
and will graduate next June. He ex.
poets to spend the umemr at Pierre.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
Local and Personal

Call up the South Side Dairy for
milk and cream. Phone, Il.
Fred Lawshe returned Tuesday
evening from a months visit with his
brother at Estherville, Iowa.
Rev. A. NJ. Work of Watertown,
has been here the past few days
visiting old friends and taking in
Commencement.
Earnie Ainsworth departed Mon
day morning for Sanborn and Spring
leld, Mimi, where he will visit re-
latives for a short time.
The Scenic will open with two
shows Saturday night, at SID and
$50. all new. A good bill for the
following week. with changes Mon
day and Thursday.
Mrs. Lillian Gaylord's music pupils
will give their annual class recital on
June 25th. Her class is very large
and this promises to be one of the
best. Further notice later.
West Brothers Riding Gallery pull
led out for White Monday morning
after entertaining the young folks
here for several days. In pleasant
weather this entertainment is always
we'll patronized a. Mr.. West takes
great pains to prevent any rowdyism
or ~yulgarity under his canvass IN at
WAYS strives to please in his gentle
manly way.
The fourteenth annual district c.
+ convention will be held here Sat,
urdav and Sunday at the P~resbyter'
ian church. The program will begin
Saturday morning and close SUNDAY
evening. Special attention Is called
10 tho program Saturday and SUNDAY
evenings. Saturday evening Rev. },
p. Anderson OF Huron, will deliver an
address. and afterwards there viii
be a reception. Sunday evening al
seven o'clock the regular c +. meet
ing will be held, led by Miss Myra
Fishback. and at eight o'clock DR.
Mitterling will deliver the convention
sermon.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
BEATING THE LAW.
Sunday Travellers and Inns and Tav-
ems In Scotland.

ems In Scotland.
There Is a law In Scotland generous
to travellers. That law grants them
the privilege of all taverns and inns
during prohibition hours. Thus IL you
arrive In Edinburgh on a Sunday, hav-
ing Travelled, say, from Glasgow, your
innkeeper Is bound to serve you with
any sort Of alcoholic refreshment, al
belt the native Of Aud Reekie must
fret and starve his Sawbath away on
ginger ale, memories and the auroral
promise of tomorrow. But the law Is
merciful. He that hath journeyed
three miles Is a traveller within the
meaning Of the act.
Consequently there Is q vast array OF
ira velers leaving Edinburgh on foot,
on coaches, pony carriages, ETC., for
the trains run not.
They all seek to constitute them
selves as travellers. Just within the
three mile limit, as far as Edinburgh Is
concerned, lies the historic village Of
Corstorphine.
A traveller arrives from Edinburgh.
He knocks at the door Of the village
inn. He is wearied by his long walk.
He Is in sore straits.
The door is opened timidly, cautious
ly, and a voice IS heard, "Who Is it?"
"A traveller" Is the weary answer
"Whaur do We come fromr
II come from Edinburgh" is the an
swer.
"Then We Gamma come in. It's against
the law"
The door is banged ruthlessly.
The traveller thinks awhile. Your
Scotsman thinks slowly, but very
surely.
After dellberation he knocks again.
The formula is gone through.
"Whaur do We come
"Frae Leith," answers the traveller
quickly.
"Then ye may come in. Why did ye
nae tell the truth at irst?"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
THE COCOA TREE.
This Evergreen Is Found Everywhere
In the Tropics.

III tHS tToPtSS.
The cocoa tree is an evergreen and
grows to a height of from fifteen to
twenty-five feet, its leaves being
bright and smooth, somewhat resem-
bling the foliage of a rubber plant. 1t
Is very low branching, and the bios
som are small and pink. The bios
SONS and pods not only spring from
the branches, but often from the trunk
itself. The fruit is a yellowish pod
about the size of Il cucumber and IS
filed with seeds, all strung together in
a pulpy, pinkish mass. 1t is from these
seeds orebeans, each about the size Of
a chestnut, that the chocolate and CO.
Coa of m are manufactured.
The trees bear from the fourth to the
thirtieth year, and it is not unusual to
see on the same tree buds, flowers and
fruit. s--.s - p-~-~-~
When ripe the pods are gathered by
the native women and are allowed to
lie on the ground for a day or two,
after which they are opened. The pulp
containing the beans then ferments
for about a week, the astringent quail
ties of the beans being much modified
and their flavor improved.
After being thoroughly dried the
beans are packed In hundred pound
bags for shipment. When received by
the manufacturer they are carefully
picked over for quality, assorted and
roasted. The nibs, as the roasted beans
with the shells removed are called, are
then fed into n hopper and ground be-
tween stones similar to an old FASH
Toned four mill. The grinding process,
coupled with the friction Of the stones,
which produce a temperature Of some
12O degrees, changes the solid nibs
(withOut the addition of anything into
a thick, heavy liquid. This Is technic.
ally termed chocolate liquor and is
sold to con~fectioners.
This same liquor, subjected to by
draulic pressure. with the resulting
separation into a clear oil, gives the
cocoa butter Of ommerc The remain
Ing pressate when powdered forms
drinking cocoa. The chocolate LIQUOR
solidified becomes cooking chocolate,
and, with sugar, vanilla and spices
added. it Is sold as "sweet" or eating
chocolate.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
Dixie's Land.

The phrase Dixie" or "Dixie's
Land" Is supposed to be derived from
one Dizzy, a kind hearted slave owner
on Manhattan Island in the latter part
Of the eighteenth century. His treat
ment of his negroes caused them to
regard his plantation C'Dixy's') as lit
tie short Of an earthly paradise, and
when any of the slaves were taken
away from their old home they were
always pining for "Dixy's" and singing
and talking Of its joys. When slavery
moved southwark. the same ideal of
"Dixy's" was taken along. and in the
course of time. It's origin being forgot
ten. 1t was applied to the southern
homes Of the negroes. - New York
American.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
Good Judgment.

"Your partner" remarked the privi-
legged friend, .seems to be a nan Of
unusually good judgment"
You bet he u.s." replied the self ac-
knowledged brains Of the firm. "Why,
he never makes a move without asking
my advlce.'-Chicago News.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
A Mean Oues&ion-

Charles-I heard the other day that
Gerald is going to get married.
Edward - Well, why shouldn't he7
He's comfortably well off.
"That's just the whole point. Why
doesn't he remain SOP,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-06-11
Obstinate.

"Why don't you quit smoking. old
chap2 You know 1t hurts you"
Certainly. But every time I make
up my mind to do 1t somebody comes
around and tells me I ought tor
Puck.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
FAsTs TO PURIFY SOUL.
Father OF James Jeffries VIII Make
a Tour to Spread Salvation.

Father OF James Jeffries VIII Make
a Tour to Spread Salvation.
Los Angeles, Cal,-Alexis c. JEFF
fries, father of James J. Jeffries, the
retired pugiIist. has written q book
entitled, The Last Message to a Lost
World" on account of which he said
he would make q world tour to
spread Salvation. He tasted nineteen
days to purify his soul before writ
ing the book. He says he may new
er return from his tour, as he will
not take a cent with him, but will
trust in the Lord to provide.
The worlu that lives by its belly
and he that considers things of this
earth and not the unseen, spiritual
things, is an abomination," said the
vigorous old man. Reminded that
he at one time owned one hundred
acres of choice real estate in this
city, he said: Not a dollar OF It is
mine. l gave that stun away and
went on my spiritual travels.
live entirely by faith and never have
been deserted by the Lord"
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
II DYRASTIES WITHOUT HEIRS
Small German States viii Come Tn-
TO the Emperor's Possession.


TO the Emperor's Possession.
Berlin, GermanY.-Of the twenty
two reigning dynasties that compose
the federation of states forming the
German Empire, no fewer than elev-
en- are threatened with extinction.
the male line OF succession being
very sparsely represented. In some
instances, the lands under the rule
OF these hOuses-principalit
grand duchies and duchies-will, in
accordance with the agreement OF
succession, cone into possession OF
Emperor William as King of Prus-
sia
The male line OF the Meklenburg-
Strelitz Grand Dukedom, for in
stance, is represented to-day by only
two persons-the Grand Duke Adolf
Friedrich, born In 184S. and his only
surviving son of the same name.
born In 1882.
In Neck 'anburg-Schwerin the
Grand Duke Friedrich Franz is child
less Three OF his relatives. how
ever, are entitled to the succession
Duke Johann Albrecht. Regent OF
Brunswick, a childless widower;
Prince Henry of the Netherlands.
husband of Queen Wilhelmina. who
is also childless and would scarcely,
owing to his position, be accepted as
a federal prince, and Duke Friedrich
| who is unmarried and determined
not to marry. All three are older
than :he present Grand Duke. In
the event OF all dying childless or not
succeeding. the dukedOm goes to the
Streitz branch, which. as already
said, is in danger of dyin out. Con-
sequently this province also may go
| to Prussia unless a change is intro
| duced into the constitution permit
ting the Grand Dukes uncle, Paul
| Friedrich, and his son to succeed.
| This, however, is most unlikely.
The other royal lines nearing ex-
| tinction are those of the Reuss, older
line, and the Schwarzburg-Sonder-
shausen. When the present prince
| OF the older Reuss line dies his pos
sessions will pass to the Teigning
4
prince Of the Reuss younger line,
while those OF the Prince of Schwarz-
urg-Sondershausen go to the relying
I Prince OF SchwarzbuTg-R -RudOlfstadt.
In Baden, and Hess the future OF
the successio mis- equally insecure.
/ The only male heir in Baden is
Prince Berthold, boy OF " years,
while in Hesse the heir is q baby 2
I years old.
In Wurtemberg after the death OK
the present aged King the succession
will pass to a Catholic branch of the
family. The only Protestant branch,
that OF the Dukes OF Teck, is pro-
hibited from a succeeding because 1t
is the issue Of a morgantic marriage.
In Oldenburg, where there is =
very youthful heir; in sGxe-Alten-
| burg, where there are only two
young princes in the line Of success
sion. and in SAKE WeimaT, where the
Grand Dukes two cousins are the
only direct heirs, the maintenance OF
/ the dynasties hangs by very slender
| thread.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
NEGROES FAVOR DARK DOLLS.
African Baptists Want White Play
things BoyCOtted.


things BOyCOtted.
Lexington. Ky.-At q recent
meeting OF the Colored National
Baptist Association. composed OF
negro leaders from various sections,
the following resolutions we're pass
ed:
Whereas Our publishing board
at Nashville, Tenn, under the man
agement of Dr.. r. H. Boyd, is pre-
pairing to supply long felt need
in a factory for negro dolls; and,
Whereas, Our people for half q
century because of the uncomeiy and
deformed features OF negro dolls,
have spent thousands OF dollars on
white dolls for Christmas, ETC.,
therefore be 1t
Resolved, That we do here and
now give our Endorsement and hearty
approval of the negro doll factory,
and not only urge the patronage Of
the people of our churches as Bap-
fists, but of the race at large
throughout the United States.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
LEASES To RESTRICT COOKING
Forbid Onions. Cabbage or Other
Odoriferous Vegetables.

Il. Louis. Most Louisans who
dwell In the fashionable apartment
10 1ses IN the West End must give up
gEelT corned beef, steaks smcthered
IA onions and even griddIe cakes, un-
Ie s. they get them at a restaurant,
tor the landlords nave put the lid
on cooking of all "odoriferous veg
eiabies' in the apartment kitchens.
The edict appears in all the aew
leases and reads:
And il is further agreed to and
between the parties that shall the
lessee cook or permit to be cooked in
the said premises any onions cabbage
or other odortferous vegetables or
anything that shall penetrate the
common halls of the premises. either
in Odor or smoke. this lease shall be
void
The real estate agent says the cook
ing clause has come to stay, and
cooking must be limited to those
things which do not give OF an odor
J. l. Epstein. who controls several
fashionable apartments, said:
The new leases are in printed
form and the restrictions they con-
tain are solely in the mutual inter
ests of the tenants. They provide
against the cooking of certain things
which would tend to disturb the
dwellers of the. apartments.
Wyatt Shallcross who is building
several apartments hope to avoid
the smell issue with smell-proOf
walls and passages between the
different apartments.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
JAPANESE FORGE TRADEMARKS
The FOrgers Are Well Financed and
Defy Mild Penalties.

Defy Mild Penalties.
Toxic Japan.-That the japanese
are thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS in the
matter of initiating foreign trade
marks is evidenced by an article pub
Hshed recently in the Osaka Jill.
Every article OF foreign origin that
sells we'll in Japan is initiated, and
this forgery of trade marks has be-
come a profession among certain en-
teTprisin Japanese, who see no
wrong in the practice. On the con-
trary they look upon 1t as an excel
lent profession and speak openly OF
II without shame.
The trade mark forgers are we'll
financed As soon as they hear OF
g foreign made article that sells
we'll, they promptly put an inferior
and cheaper article on the market,
but they are careful to initiate per
fectly the trade mark, packing and
marking of the foreign original, so
that the japanese consumer cannot
tell the difference.
Such a forger may get three
months Imprisonment, or he may
be fined, or only compelled to pub
hsh an apology. He takes his pun
ishment easily in view OF his good
profits, and the mention OF his case
in the native newspaper almost in
variably brings him new business.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
THE INHABITANTS FROZEN.

Sealers Find a Siberian Esquimaux
Village in Which All Were Dead.
Seattle, Wash.-News reached here
lately of the discovery OF a village In
northern Siberia in which all the in
habitants had been frozen.
Sealers tell the story Of 8 party
Of Indians who visited the place,
which was an Esquimaux village,
about the Middle OF June. There
was no sign OF life. They searched
the place and found that every man,
woman and child In IL were frozen
to death. The evidence showed that
slow starvation had preceded death.
With food all gone, the famIshing
Esquimaux had tried to eat their
skin clothing and tent covers, but
the cold soon completed the work of
hunger.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
PHONE JOKER ARNOYS WOMEN
Asks Them TO Stand on Their Heads,
Hold Up Their Feet and Bark.


Pittsburg, Someone with a
rustic idea of fun has been annoying
society women in all parts OF this
citys residential district. Police
men in blue and citizens in plain
clothes have sought him near and
far, but without success, for all his
1oking is done over telephone wires
and he invariably talks from pay
stations. What the police could do
TO him if they did catch him. is not
certain. but 1t is believed he has
kept inside the law. Nevertheless,
the detectives wish 20 capture him,
If only TO prove that no man can
make monkeys of PittsburS police
men forever.
It is the testers custom TO call a
fashionable house on the wire and
ask for the mistress. When the mat
ron answers him, which being a
woman, she usually does, he informs
her politely he is testing the wire
and asks her to aid him in the opera
ton. So silky is his voice that IN
almost every case the chatelaine
complies. At the mans request she
speaks into the transmitter from the
right and left sides alternately and
from straight In front.
Thank you" says the joker.
May | trouble you to say 'Boo!'?"
"Why-er-boO." says the wom-
an. usually before she has time to
think.
Thank you" says the man again.
And now please trying 1t standing
on your head"
"What?" returns the woman, los
ing her presence of mind.
"Or else. pursues the mad wag
at the other end of the wire, kind
ly hold up your foot and bark three
times"
Whereupon the slam Of the re-
ceiveT upon the hook is usually fol-
lowed by an attack of Mysteries.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
Girls Prefer Marriage to School.

ChicOpee, Mass.-Scores of pretty
girls employed In Chicopes cotton
mills are anxious to marry in order
TO avoid attending evening school.
Massachusetts, statutes provide that
minors who do not read and write
the English language iuently cannot
be employed unless they attend night
school The school authorities
state that marriage will not exempt
the girls from night school while
they are wage earners.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
SEES AFTER 20 YEARS.
An English Musician and Composer
Must Learn to Read Like . Child.

An English Musician and CompOsoR
Must Learn to Read Like 3 Child.
London, England.-A remarkable
case Of sight restored after twenty
six years of total blindness is re-
ported from Nottingham. William
Edward Clay, a young musician and
organist, who lost his sight in baby
hood through a severe attack of
measles, is now able to see dimly,
thanks to the treatment Of a Man
chester specialist. DR.. Mellor.
The cure was effected after Clay's
case had been pronounced hopeless.
Now the young man can distinguish
the features of people around him
and can find his way about without
help. He is going to learn to read
and write like little child; already
he can pick out large capitals in the
newspapers.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
NEW CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
Disease Treated Successfully With
Mercury at Naval Hospital.

Disease Treated Successfully With
Mercury at Naval Hospital.
Washington. D. C.-That Tuber-
cuIosis may be successfully treated
with mercury is the claim made by
Medical Inspector e. T. Hibbett of
the United States Navy, who has
transmitted TO the Navy Department
q paper written by Naval Surgeon B.
L. Wright on the treatment of tuber-
cuIosis with mercury at the Naval
Hospital, Newport, Col The medi-
cal inspector says: I'VE are almost
convinced that mercury Judiciously
used, is a specific in the treatment
OF tuberculosis in all its forms. IL
should be borne in mind that some
of the cases therein reported were
at the time that mercury treatment
was commenced apparently at
deaths door, and there can be no
doubt that their lives we're saved"
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
WHISKY SANDWICHES NOW.
Lunch Rooms with Only This Article
on Menu Springing Up in South.

Lunch Rooms with Only This Article
on Menu springing Up in South.
Birmingham, Ala.-The sale and
distribution Of the whisky sandwich
is the latest method of evading the
liquor laws In the State of Alabama.
Loaves of bread cut and arranged to
represent oyster sandwiches are sold
over the counters in lunch rooms.
presumably operated for that pur-
pose, a bottle of whiskey being ar
ranged between the layers of the
bread. 1t is said that questionable
lunch rooms have sprung up all over
the State in which these contraband
goods constitute practically the to-
tai bill of fare.
The discovery Of the whisky
sandwich was made by the warden OF
the Birmingham Jail, who took It
into his head to examine an appaT--
emily harmless innocent sandwich
which was brought TO the jail for
one of the prisoners by q relative.
The prisoner, Charles Smith, ne
gro, had only recently attempted to-
make his escape. The warden was
suspicious that something might
have been hidden in the unusually
large sandwich. Upon opening the
loaf bottle Of whisky was disclosed.
A rigid investigation was then put
on foot, which resulted in the dis
covery that the whisky sandwich is
already an important article Of COM
merce in Alabama.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
an Accomplished Nannygoat.

Washington, D. C.-J. ]. Kenney
has a nannygoat nine months old,
Her owner says she is as fine a rat
ter as any terrier that ever walked
on four legs. When she sees a rat
she goes after 1t like q terrier. Seiz-
ing it and throwing 1t to the ground
she cuts It TO pieces With her fore
feet.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
WEDS MAN SHE HATES.
Marries Him ''For "a Hours Only"
For ChiId's Sake.

For Child's Sake.
Cheyenne. Wy.-''Do you take this
man, John H. Worthington, to be
your lawfully welded husband ?"
said Judge Houseman to Carrie Eth
el Burkhart. Of Denver.
''I do for twenty-four hours only. ."
she answered.
There was a murmur Of surprise
from the dozen spectators.
Mrs. Worthington explained that
i've years ago she married Worth
ington, only to find after her child
was born that he had committed big
amy. She left him. and after four
years succeeded in forcing him to OBJ
tain a divorce and marry her legally
in order to give her child q name.
She said she hated him.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
PATHOS IN POMPEU.
Tomb of a Young Wife Uncovered
Man and His Wife In the Ashes.

AOA1O Va q AAS
Man and His Wife in the Ashes.
Rome, Italy.-The latest excava-
tions at Pompeii have led to most
interesting discoveries. A recent
exploration revealed a well preserved
tomb, erected in memory of the wife
Of a magistrate who had died at the
age of 22 1t consists of a marble
column. surmounted by an amphOra
and surrounded with a circular seat.
Close to the tomb a skeleton was
found clutching a linen bag contain
ing fifty silver coins of the consular
and imperial periods. Ii is appar-
emily the skeleton OF a person who
was overwhelmed by the ashes Of
the volcano while trying to escape
with his money.
The Washington bee., 1908-10-24
Frogs, She Says. Ate Her Chickens

NEVBsi sic oays1 hIo Htr UnICA6ns-
York, Pa.-Mrs Caroline Fergu-
son. living near Margaretta Furnace.
had for some time been missing
young chickens Near the house is
a pond and Mrs. Ferguson declares
she saw a frog leap from the water,
catch q chick which had strayed near
and leap back again with it. The
pond has since been drained and
every frog, dozen or more. slain.
Now no more chicks are missed.