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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14

English SPAWN Liniment removes
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses; also Blood
Sr&vins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeny, Ring
Bone, Stiles, Sprains, Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by the use of
one bottle. A wonderful Blemish Cure.
Sold by Spedden & Paige, druggists,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14

An opportunity will be soon given
local theatregoers to witness the big
laugh producing hit of this season,
Lena Rivers" dramatized by Beulah
Poynter, from Mary j. Holmes novel
of that name. Mrs. Holmes is prob
ably the most popular of American
fiction writer's and over ten million
copies of her books have been read
in the past twenty years. LENA
Rivers" leading in popularity.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14

has lately taken unto himself a spouse.
You aren't fair. You pass Judgment
upon the whole sex when all that you
really know about them Is what you
have learned from the few whom you
have hired to work for you"
I'm judging from all the women
that ! yer knew. My mother died
when | was Il baby, and | have no sis
tiers. Just look at the girls OF my set.
They dance and sing. but what earthly
thing are they good for"
If that Is the case it is about time
that you made some new acquaint-
ances."
Seeing is believing with me-"
There was a pause In the CONVEX
sation. The two men were season.
ing their argument with periods of
thought and smoke. They were good
friends, though differing widely in ma
terial circumstances and usually in
convictions. One, Frank Sheldon, was
rich and single; the other, Stewart Van
Cleate, was rather poor and married.
Both were young. The silence, which
had lasted for several minutes, was
6nally broken by Van Cleate.
"Humph!" he said. dra wing his pipe
slowly from his mouth. i've got an
idea"
How unusual!' Sheldon laughed.
"My wife is dying for a piano." the
other ven on, paying no attention to
thn r. sllar, ..nnl I flfnty .nn boon, %
get her one"
wish | saw how to get a house
keeper" came lazily through the to-
bacco smoke in reply.
THE two things are connected in
my idea. You say ome are all alike
and that it is impossible to hire a
good ho~usekeeper. l dare you to back
it up with u bet"
"a bet..s On a ~housekeeperY'
YES"
well. fire ahead. What is it?'
simply this-that | Il produce a
housekeeper who will prove entirely
satisfactory to you ana that aunt Of
yours who lives with you"
what are the terms?" Sheldon ask
ed abruptly.
III | win you buy me a piano. If l
lose | pay the girls wages. Is it a
goy"
Indeed it is. I've got to strike out
upon the housekeeper market again.
and II you want to make an employ
ment bureau out Of yourself I'm sure
l don't care. But you'll lose"
Don't be too SUR Of that. But. by
the way. there must he a time limit
t this. You might like her, bur she
might not like you, you know. Sup
pose We say that she is to stay for
three weeks. longer If you want her
to and can persuade her to do So"
Agreed. But. really. I'm awfully
sorry for you. hate to see you lose"
Sheldon said In mock concern. F,
You'd better spend your time visit.
ing the piano dealers" the other re-
torted good %naturedly.
Two days afterward "the girl' nut
In her appearance and was hired. Shel.
don ~transacting that business himself.
for he had learned by sad experience
that where servants were concerned
the more his TOO exacting aunt could
be kept In the background the better.
THE girl" was at first shy and
doubtful about her work. but day by
day she grew more skiliful until. at
the end Of the third week. sheldon was
forced to admit that she realized his
highest ideals. And then he fell In
love with her!
II was while she was busting the
books IN the library that he asked her
to be HIS wife. He had hardly begun
his fervent avowal Of love when she
Interrupted him.
mir. Sheldon. I cannot let You n
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14

or age of men or women; the book
has been popular with the last three
generations and the managers claim
that it is no unusual thing to see
three or four generations in one fam
lily come to- the theatre together "a
e the play.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14
1o-HEAD OF CATTLE-1o

colts.
19-HEAD OF CATTLE-19
Ten mich cows, four will be fresh
in January, are giving milk at present;
six will be fresh in March and April,
Also milking at the present time.
Nine spring calves, six steer calves,
and three heifers.
MACHINERY.
One narrow tired buggy with two
boxes; one steel truck wagon with
rack; one 6-foot cut Mccormick bind
err; one Mccormick hay rake: n
hay buck; one four-horse patent even
err: two corn c~ultivators; one disk;
II bob sled; one Van Brunt 20-shoe
drill: two Mccormick mowers; one
gang plow; n Deere sulky plow; two
drags, one steel and one wood; one
corn shelter; one full set Of black
smith tools; one No. 4 Sharples cream
separator; one grindstone; two sets OF
harness; about Is tons of hay, most
wild hay: fifteen acres Of corn and
other articles too numerous to men
ton.
IS Shoats. rs Chickens, 18 Tons Hay
FREE LUNCH AT NOON.
TFRMS-All sums of $1,000 and
under, cash. On sums over $1,000 one
years time will be given with interest
at the rate of S% on b1nkable paper.
MRS. A. MARTiNSON & SON,
Proprietors.
S. J.. Rudolph, Auctioneer.
n. r. Haroldson, Clerk
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14
SALE

Having rented my farm and going
to move to Brookings | will sell at
Public Auction my personal property,
two miles north and two and one-half
miles west Of Brookings, three miles
eaest and one mile north of Volga.
VIII be opened at 10 O'clOc a.. m.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14

The interest in the play LENA
Rivers" is not confined to any class
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14
Thursday, Oct. q 1909
The Following Property:
7-HEAD OF HORSES

One bay team, three years old, mare
and gelding; n gray team, five and
six years old, both mares; one gray
gelding, three years old; two spring
cn1tu
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14
EXCURSION RATES.

National Dairy Show, Milwaukee, Wis,
October 1924, 1909.
Via The North.We stern Line.
Tickets on sale October IA, Is, 16,
IS, 10 and 20, good returning October
26. For tickets and full information
apply to any ticket agent, The North
Western Line.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-10-14

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20
ALL WRONG
The Mistake is Made by Many Homo
lulu Citizens.

Don t mistake the cause Of backache.
To be cured you must know the cause.
1t is wrong to imagine relief IS cure,
Backache is kidney ache.
You must cure the kidneys.
The following statement shows you
how:
Samuel E. Vaughn, retired, COL South
St., lola. Kans., says: EFFor some years
I was afflicted with kidney complaint
and finally diabetes set in, making my
condition critical. The kidney secre-
tons were very unnatural, deposited a
sediment and were at times too profuse,
then again scanty. I also had severe
attacks Of pain in the small of my back
and sometimes I could hardly get
around on this account. I was very
nervous and often had such terrible
dizzv spells that I was afraid TO walk.
I tried a number of remedies, but ]
never found more than temporary re-
lief. Finally I had the good fortune to
hear Of Doan s Backache Kidney PHI:
and I procured a supply. The content:
of three boxes rid me of diabetes, great
lv relieved the pain in my back and
toned up nv whole system. - Estate
ment given in June. 1909
On January %, 1909, Mr. Vaughn
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

iber, or in all by gunships, the United
States is still ahead of Germany.
'HClowes, in his Naval Pocket Book
for 1908, in comparative summary of
the fighting ships, puts the United
States, with ffy-three, ahead of Ger
many, with ffty-one. Germany has
two all-big-gun ships completed, while
we have the South Carolina and the
Michigan, and early next month, Janu-
airy. viii have two more-the Delaware
and the North Dakota. But taking the
list of ships built, building, provided
for and projected, Germany is equal,
if not ahead, of the United States.
''This should be of little concern to
cur people, for we should not enter
lIto the scramble to see which country
shall have either the most or largest
sh; ps Our interests should lie princi-
pally in maintaining an adequate navy,
having more concern about the quality
of the ships and seeing that in pro-
viding and planning for each, the best
naval architecture prevails and that
our officers and men are well trained
in gunnery."
The Lamson Makes 2e7 Knots.
The new OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lam
son is having her final test off Cape
Henlopen. In the trials already made
the vessel has shown an average speed
of 29.7 knots an hour, II knots above
the contract requirements. The maxi
mum speed developed was 81 knots an
hour, but the officials in charge of the
test believe the Lamson can exceed
even this rate of speed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20
Fine Record With New Torpedo.

The officers and crew of the destroy
er Paul Jones. which has just been at
target practise in Magda1ena Bay, are
elated at the record made with the new
Bliss-Levitt torpedo. L is unoficially
reported that the marksmen of the
Paul Jones made ten hits out of a pos
sible eleven, under the direction of
Lieut.. S. NJ. Davis.
Test Warship Efficiency.
WASHINGTON. December 4-In an
attempt to determine the comparative
efficiency of warships of the same class,
the navy department has handed down
an order for the standardization of
trials of vessels prior to their accept
ance by the government. All the YES
sells of class, the regulations provide,
shall be tried over a measured mile
course. at as nearly the same dlsplace-
ment. trim. condition of bottom and
weather as possible. The displace-
ment and trim viii be those of average
cruising condition for each class.
The trials viii consist of progressive
runs in order to obtain the necessary
points for laying down the curves of
speed, indicated horsepower and speed
revolutions.
Standardization plans conducted
uniformly in accordance with the fore
going plan the order says, twill fur
nish comparative data of great value
TO the department in the elimination
of the least efficient propellers and
thereby increase the general efficiency
of the feet. -
America Still Second Naval Power.
According to Mr. Pittman Pulsifer,
author Of the Navy Yard Book, pub
Ished bv congress. the United States
i stin the second naval power in ships
actually in commission. Mr.. Pulsifer,
who was until last March the clerk OF
the senate committee on naval affairs,
i an acknowledged expert in naval
matters. Last year he maintained sue
| cessfully in the lace OF CONSTRUCTORS
opposition that the United States was
the second strongest naval power. Thi;
wear on being questioned on this point
he said:
! perhaps the most prominent fea
ture in the naval world IS the struggle
Of Germany to overcome the effort o.
Great Britain TO maintain two-powe
navv. As the nayies now stand, con
sidering only ships in commission, tn
| relative position Of the powers has no
changed during the year. In ship
completed, considered either in mum
| bers of the larger craft, total displace
| ment, or armament Of the largest cal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20

added to the above: 81 always keep
a box Of Doan s Baekache Kidney Pills
on hand and whenever they are used,
great benefit is received. l am glad to
confirm my former endorsement of this
remedy"
Doan s Backache Kidney Pills are
sold by all druggists and storekeepers
at so cents per box (six boxes $500
or will be mailed on receipt of price by
the HOLSTER Drug Co., Honolulu, whole
sale agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
Remember the name, Doan' g, and
take no substitute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26
The Law Against Hats.

The introduction of a bill into the
Illinois legislature to regulate the
size of women's hats would be fun
ny. were it not for its serious side
The subject offers much food for the
jokesmiths, though when the tax
payer considers how little has come
from the present session of the leg
islature the humor of this freak bill
is bit sour.
The legislator who proposed il
needs hot towel laid on his head
This antidote for brainstorms can
be obtained at any barber shop and
is usually applied for the asking
without extra charge.
1t is unfortunate that a man must
make himself ridiculous as substi-
lutte for being distinguished.
And to think of the people of Hi
nois actually raising the salaries OF
Legislators recently and paying fol
having the lawmaking body turned
into farce comedy.
The fool killer should begin work
at Springfield at once.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26
State School Sensation.

Illinois supports a state normal
school at Charleston. The president
of the institution allowed the students
the use of an assembly room, where
they held reunions and danced, under
the supervision of the school authori-
ties. At once the fierce spirit of ia
naticism aroused by Billy Sundays
ministration in Charleston brought
down upon the head of the honored
president a fierce tumult of wrath. 1t
was believed that George II. May of
Windsor was the author of letter
ridiculing the efforts of these religious
people, and he was therefore ducked
by mob of the students. Now, the
Bloomington Bulletin says that sensa-
tional disclosures are expected to fol
low within a few dayss because the
federal authorities have taken the
matter in hands
A threatening letter sent through
the mails during the recent vacation
period of the school to May was turned
over to the states attorney, and he in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26

unconscious Dick hurried forward TO
meet her
She WAS not a young woman given
to exacgeratc trifles. hut she was not
Il stole philosopher either No doubt il
is II small thing to have ones evening
pleasure married hit. but it seems un-
duly important at the time.
Iuckless Dick was doomed to fur
Their disgrace. He had barely repaired
the disaster Of the shoes by sending Il
messenger posthastc to his home for
the other pump when something worse
happened.
his partner. somebody brushed against
Dick There was Il sharp cracking of
broken glass. and the next instant the
couple was wreathed i'm beautiful vio-
let smoke that gradually filed the
rom
Nobody had leisure or desire to OBJ
serve the beauty of it's color though.
there was mad. wild rush for doors
and French windows.
The accident filled Sues cup. and it
hrimmed ovcr-only little. but too
much. In her anger she stamped her
foot and cried: "Dick Kendall. your
Observation-Disclosures apparently extends
only to me and not to your profession.
1t is plain that you care more for
chemistry than for me. and it would
be thousand pities to disturb your
DEVOTION
She stripped the ring from her finger
and he took it in bewildered silence
Before he could reply she had turned
her back and the next moment was
| r"ikina M the corridor with Dicks
pet aversion, JnarieS Maule, whom
everybody called THE model Maui"
l in apt description of his mental equip.
| ment.
Miss Sues words had been uttered
| IN the hearing of many persons. Next
| day the news of the broken engage.
mcnt was all over town.
Dick tried to placate the girl. but
! with characteristic lack of policy he
! did not wait for her anger to cool off
The result WAS that the breach seemed
| final TO him. In his simplicity he be.
| lieved every angry word she said and
| did not realize that the girl was eager
| to forgive as soon as she had punished
| him Il little.
Dick was abSentminded about little
| things. but not about great ones. With
Il heart full to breaking. he made hi:
| preparations to leave the place.
A week afterward Sue stopped al
| DR.. Murray's house to accempan!
Mrs. Murray and the doctor on a drive
! into the country. DR. John was MOI
| there when she arrived.
Il hope he hasn't gone to bee
again." said Sue. smiling She wa:
cheerful for she had made up be-
| mind to write to Dick. forgiving hin
and asking him frankly to forgive her
No said Mrs. John. Didn't
tell you where he was going this morn
ing? He went to drive Dick Kendall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26
FIELD OF LITERATURE

The National Magazine fer May
While the National Magazine always
fulfills its policy of embodying the ma
|tional spirit and giving information
concerning all national affairs each
month, every issue breathes the special
spirit of the month named on it's cover
page. The keynote of the May mum
Der is sounded on the back of the
lfrontispiece in the eloquent tribute by
the editor to Mothers day, which is
celebrated May 8, the second Sunday
in the month, when it is suggested that
every human being wear white flow
er in honor of "the best mother who
ever lived-your own
Administrations at Washington may
come and go, but the inimitable Joe
Chapple, editor of the National Maya
zine, always adjusts his Washington
| and never fails to give those intimate
touches and interesting bits of infor
nation in chatty vein, which revea
a veritable moving picture, and dt
more to inspire interest than would
seem possible at a first casual reading
His description of the routine of Pres
ident Taft's daily work at the White
house in the early days of the admin
istration gives, in a few lines, a cleal
glimpse of Washington public men
he even tells how the White house
table is spread for luncheon, doilie.
being used instead of the plain dam
ask table CLOTH
Other notable contributions to thi
issue occur in the series of articles
THE Story of a Great Nation" il
(which is included the story of tn,
weather bureau, by Willis E. Moore
director of the bureau, who gives
remarkable sketch of the work tina
is of especial interest in view of tn
bareback" incident of the inaugura
ton of 1909. The STORY of the Pape
Mail Bag" is told by A. l.. Lawshe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26

third assistant postmaster general.
The Nations Great Library is most
captivatingly described by Herbert
American Consurs'' far-off foreign
fields are contributing fascinating il
Illustrated articles on their work.
THE Cowboys of Alaska thrill
ing story of reindeer Cowboys" re
veals a new phase of American life
never touched upon before. The
sketch is deliberately illustrated, and
brings Alaska to the national frontier
The concluding chapters of the ser
ial, THE Adventures of Floyd Ireson,"
which has attracted general interest
appear in this issue.
An appreciative sketch of Sam
Walter Foss. Yankee Poet" by Rev.
Peter MacQueen, will be eagerly read,
as will the verses by Charles WINSTON
Hall, "Who Marches Next Memorial
Day?"
The short stories are attuned to the
merry month OF May; THE Strike 1T
Putney,' by Miss Montgomery, author
of Anne of Green Cables" is a unique
skit of real life. "Blub,' the Porto Rico
story, is well illustrated by Kirkpat-
rick, and the author is to be congTatI
lated on the keen interest sustained
Throughout this tale Everyone of the
stories has touch of the real natural
life in them
The Illustrations for May are of I'M
usual interest, notably the pictures of
the members of the new cabinet and
their wives, for they have not been
overlooked In every way this issue
indicates the broad, home-like spirit
of the National, which gives to mat
tiers that are usually considered too
serious and dry for entertaining
reading just the touch that makes the
magazine eagerly sought for Every
page in the May National is interest
ing and entertaining, and there is
abundant variety. The National is
moving down front on the news stands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-26
Traffic of the Trans-ISthniian Rail-
ways, 1908.

Traffic between the eastern and
| western coasts of the United States
by way of isthmus railways and
steamship lines amounted to prac-
tically $50,000.000 in value in 1908.
| marked increase over any earlier
year.
Two railway lines now carry
freight across the narrow neck of
land connecting North and South
America: one at the ISthmus of Pan
| ANA, the other at the Isthmus of Te-
hauntepec. One of these railways
| that of Panama, is 40 miles in
| length; the other, at Tehauntepec, is
100 miles. The one at Panama,
owned by the government is, of
course, largely devoted to work and
traffic growing out of the construc-
| ton of the Panama canal; the one at
Tehauntepec. 1870 miles in length,
| constructed chiefly with British cap
ital and controlled in part at least by
| the Mexican government, is built es-
pecially for the purpose of handling
freight between the Atlantic and Pa
| cific, and, although opened only at
| the beginning of 1907 carried during
| 1901 and 1908 between 100000. 600
and $70.000,000 worth Of merchan-
| disc passing between the Atlantic
and Pacific ports of the United
States.
The figures, relating to this COM
pararively new traffic route between
| the eastern and western ports of the
United States, are compiled from re-
ports received by the bureau of sta
tistics of the department of COM
merce and labor. They show that the
Tehauntepec railway. which crosses
the Isthmus OF Tehauntepec in the
southern part of Mexico carrying the
freights received from the steamship
| lines plying between the greater
ports of the United States and its
eastern and western terminal, car
| ried in the first year of it's operation
I-1907-between 25,0OO,OOO and
$50, 100000 worth of merchandise {:
and in the second year-190S-nea
| ly $3S,0OO,0O0 worth. The Panama
railroad, engaged chiefly as above
| suggested in work on behalf of the
Panama canal. carried in 1907 about
$I1, 100000 worth of merchandise
| originating in the United States and
bound either for other parts of this
country or for foreign countries, and
in 1908 about $9,500,000 worth.