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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-29
FIRE THREATENS KANSAS CITY
Heart of Business District in Grip OF
Flames Which Cause Loss
Of 100000.

Kansas City, Mo-, Apr. 27.-A fire
which for time threatened buildings
in the heart of Kansas City's principal
business district yesterday resulted
in the total destruction of the Ridge
building, four-story brick and stone
business and Office structure on Wal
nut street, near Ninth.
The fire was discovered in the base
ment of the building The total loss
is estimated at 100000.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-29
Its Features.

On the Rollers there are four Cast
Iron Boxes with Babbitted Bear
ings and Brass Hard Oilers; in. x
in. SIG in Angle Steel Frame;
Steel Shaft, size II in. diameter;
Wheels. size % inches in diameter.
Two Poles for Four Horses.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-29
MEMORIAL DAY IN SOUTH.
Confederate Holiday Is Observed
Flowers Placed on Monuments
of Dead Heroes

Atlanta, Ca Apr. 27.-Confederate
Memorial day was observed yester.
day with all the dignity and reverence
that has characterized this occasion
for several years. Early in the day
the graves of the confederate dead
were decorated with flowers. The
Schools public buildings and business
houses are closed for half the day
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-29
Stewards Body Is cremated.

Washington, Apr. 27.-The body OF
William M. Stewart, former United
States senator from Nevada, who died
here Friday, was cremated Sunday
in accordance with wish expressed
Just before his death.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-29
Nine Die When Roof collapse,.

Madrid, Apr. q. The roof of the ca.
thedral at forbes. in Lugo province,
collapsed yesterday while mass waa
being celebrated inside the building.
Nine persons were killed and - were
wounded.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-04-29
WrIuht in New Feat

Rome, Apr. 27.-Wilbur Wright
made a series of successful flights
here yesterday, making the starts
without the aid of derrick or rail.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Stevenson and Dreams.

Robert Louis Stevenson owed much
Of his inspiration to dreams. In one
passage he attributed some Of his fin
est work to the brownies" who ten
anted his brain during moments Of
Inconsistencies. THE Strange Case
Of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" owes its
origin to q dream. II had long been
trying to write a story on this sub
ject," writes Stevenson, ito find q
body. a vehicle. for that strong sens
Of mans double being which must at
times come in upon and overwhelm
the mind Of every thinking creature.
For two days / went about racking
my brains for a plot Of any sort,
and on the second night l dreamed
the scene at the window and a scene
afterward split in two. in which Hyde.
pursued for some crime, took the pow
der and underwent the change in the
presence of his pursuers. All the rest
was made awake and consciously, al
though l think l can trace in much Of
it the of my brownies"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Dancer In Eye Po~uitices.

Do not poultice an eye in any cir
cumstances whatever. Binding a wet
application over an eye for several
hours must damage that eye, the as
sertions Of those protesting to have
personal experience in this to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. The failure to
aggravate an existing trouble by bind
ing a moist application over an infam.
ed eye, which application is supposed
t remain for an entire night, a only
be explained by the supposition that a
guardian angel has watched owe that
misguided case and has displaced the
poultice before 1t had got in its fine
work. All oculists condemn the poul-
tice absolutely, in every shape and In
every form. Tea leaves. bread and
milk, raw oysters, scraped beef. scrap
ed raw turnip or raw potato and the
medley Of other similar remedies popu-
larly recommended are one and all ca
pable Of producing irremediable dam
age to the integrity Of the tissues Of
the visual organ.-Family Doctor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
A Just Rebuke.

81 am" he said, "deformed. Pads
hide 1t. Still, deformed l am, and !
want to know why writer's always
make deformed persons villains? Take
Quasimodo in Victor Hugo's 'Notre
Dame Why, Quasimodo was little
better than a wild gorilla. swinging
from the great bell and hurting the
priest down from the high tower.
Take the housemaid's clubfoot father
in Ibsen's Ghosts There was a nasty
old man for you-a nasty, perverse,
evil minded old rooster, eh? Take Dick
C%rookback in the immortal Williams
play. Take Nosey the Dwarf in
Hauff's classic fairy tale. Take the
villains in all fairy tales, for that mat
ter. They are a one eyed, lame, lunch
backed, clubfooted lot.
at makes us deformed folks red hot,
this literary imputation of villainy. 1t
causes people to think we really are
villains. Where's the child, after a
course of fairy tales, that can be per-
suaded q hunchback's soul doesn't
match his body?" - Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Eccentric Count Bertrand.

Count Bertrand, who lived in Paris,
was a very eccentric man, and to one
Of his eccentricities he ascribed his
long life. Once a year he would be-
take himself to bed and stay there for
three months. On these occasions he
would see no one but his servant, who
brought him his meals, and even him
he forbade to speak. Just before the
Germans began the siege Of Paris the
count went to bed, and the servant,
true to his injunctions, said nothing of
the events going OF around him. One
day the bread proved SO bad the count
demanded an explanation, whereby, OF
course, he learned that Paris was en-
comprised by the enemy. S%pringing
out Of bed, the count paced the floor,
repeating, what should a Bertrand
do under such circumstancesT Sud
denly he stopped, exclaiming, I'VE
should go to bedw and to bed he went
and stayed there until the siege was
over.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Double Quick Composing.

Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote the over
ture to The Yeomen of the Guard in
twelve hours and that to "lolanthe" in
less space Of time-from 0 p. m. to Z
a. IN. But even this capacity for speed
in composition is eclipsed by NJ. Bonn
pard, who for a wager composed the
music to a song in ten minutes. Mr.. n.
Trotere, however, is the composer Of
whom most quick time anecdotes are
told. His beautiful song "Asthore"
was both written and composed in
forty minutes in Blanchard's restau-
rant. The melody Of I'm Old Madrid"
was the result of a sudden inspiration.
1t came TO the composer while on his
way home from the aquarium. Lest it
should escape him he rushed into a
small public house in Rochester row,
seized a biscuit bag and on it jotted
down the air. But Mr.. Trotere holds
the championship. 1t is said that he
actually composed 1.-THE Brow Of the
HILL" wrote a letter and ran 400 yards
to post it In eight minutes.-Dundee
Advertiser.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
She Followed Instructions.

In a certain city. which shall be
nameless, a literary man had asked
his wife as she was starting down.
town to buy a couple Of shirts for him.
She asked him what kind, and he an
swered, Size 10"
Eyes, but
1.-TWO dollars"
but | want to know
ooh, the color? Well, I've plenty of
white shirts. Get me something tina
won't show SCOT. Now, don't bother
me any more, please. I'm at work"
She did not bother him any more.
She went away and in the afternoon
returned with her purchases.
Here are your shirts, john" she
said, laying them down before him.
"Why, they are coal black, Lucinda"
he exclaimed.
Eyes, that's the only kind that won't
show SCOT. They are just what you
told me to buy. Now, don't bother me
by talking about them. l have got to
go and look after the children"
Being game" John took his medi
cine without protest.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Man With the Conundrum.

The man with the fretful eyebrows
and the sorrowful ears comes to the
desk OF the man with the dispirited
mustache and asks:
why is a maj who goes on an ex-
petition TO discover the south pole
and after many months OF toll and pri-
walton during which he eats all his
canned goods and half Of his dogs and
then returns to civilization with a
fixed appetite for boot heels and hat
brims-why is he like a woman who
has been waiting impatiently since
midnight for the sound Of the latch
key as her husband endeavors to I'M
lock the front door without awakening
the entire neighborhood?"
The man with the discouraged mus
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Odd Names In China,

Chinese children are endowed with
strange Christian names. Their girls.
for instance. are not called Mabel.
Jenny or Matilda, but Cloudy Moon,
Celestial Happiness. Spring Peach or
Casket of Perfumes. Their boys get
less attractive names, being made for
work and wisdom rather than pleas.
ure and dancing. Thus we find a little
t~wo-year-old Practical Industry; three
year-old. Ancestral knowledge; four
year-old, Complete Virtue; five-year
old. Discreet Valor. To their slaves
they give still another set of names
Not For Me, Joy to Serve, Your Hap
piness and Humble Devotion may be
taken as typical exayzples.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03

tache shakes his head impatiently, and
the other repeats the question, where
upon the man with the discouraged
mustache asks:
what is the difference between a
lady reading a hair r%estorer adj. and q
man who asks fool questions when you
are busy? Answer-Because they are
both about ready to die"
"Oh, very well!' shifts the man with
the fretful eyebrows and the sorrow
full ears. The answer to mine is that
both are getting ready to deliver a
lecture, but l wouldn't tell you if you
pleaded with tears in your eyes"
And with a naughty tread he de-
parts.-Chicago Post.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Willie Objects.

Among the representatives in con
gress is one whose lack Of personal
comeliness is the basis Of personal
banter from his facetiously inclined
colleagues.
"Why, WILLIE" said Of them to
the four-year-old son Of the congress
man, how much you resemble your
father!!"
Eyes, sir" responded Willie, with an
air Of resignation. Everybody says
that, but l don't think l deserve it,
L~ippincott's Magazine.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Could Not Be Better.

No one has ever made a salve, ONT
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 1t is the one
perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers,
Eczema, Salt Rheum. For Sore Eyes,
Cold Sores, Chapped Hands it's 81
preme. Infallible for Piles. Only Csc
at G.. d. KendallS.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Harold Chose tn. Easier Wa,

Maynard had been naughty, and his
father, after showing him his fault,
had sent him up to his to ask
God to forgive him for being a bad
boy. Three-year-old Harold was pres
ent. but seemed to take no notice Of
the conversation. 1t was his turn,
however, before many days to receive
punishment, and his father took him
across his knee. "Oh, don't, papa" he
said. II would rather 60 upstairs and
pray."-Delineator.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Not His Hat.

Principal-Johnnie, Pm surprised
that your French is so weak. Now,
think. Chapeau-what is that? What
does your father throw up when, he's
merry? Johnnie-His job, sir.-London
Tit-BitS.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Getting a Start,

did you secure tickets for the play,
hubby?" inquired the New York wife.
II hear they are in demand"
"They are. but l managed to get
feats for two months from tonight.
And, by the way
"Well?'
"You might begin to get ready now"
kansas City Journal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
The Annual Rooter.

DO you know the difference be-
tween an optimist and a pessimist?"
Yes, indeed" answered young Mrs.
Iorkins. "All ! have to do to see the
difference is to observe Charley at the
beginning and at the end Of a baseball
ason."-Washington Star.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
A Sian.

Whenever you hear people referring
to any one as "an original genius" you
may be sure that they are prepared to
make excuse for him.-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
a LEGAL Difference.

The Client-How much will your
opinion be worth In this case? The
Lawyer-I'm TOO modest to say. But I
can tell you what Pm going to charge
you for it.-Cleveland Leader.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
The Unhonored Pronhst.

A visitor to Carlyle's birthplace back
In the seventies said to a native:
Smart man. that Thomas Carlyle"
The native grunted.
Him smart? Why, I went to skuIe
WI him.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03

The soul is the ~perceiver and reveal.
Or Of truth.-Emerson.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03

recipe book for all the things Johns
mother used to make."-Brooklyn Life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Rheumatic
Pains

MY mother is a great suf-
ferer from rheumatism, and DR..
Miles Anti-Pain Pills is the only
remedy that relieves her."
MRS. G.
Roycefeld, N. ].
The pains of rheumatism are
almost invariably relieved with
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills. They
also overcome that nervous irri-
tation which prevents sleep be-
cause they soothe the nerves. To
chronic suffers they are invalu-
able. When taken IS directed,
they relieve the distress and
save the weakening influence of
pain, which so frequently pros
trates. Many sufferers S them
whenever occasion requires with
the greatest satisfaction, why
not you? They do not derange
the stomach nor create a habit.
Why not try them? Get a pack
age from your druggist. Take it
according to directions, and if
it does not benefit he will return
your money.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03

Were 1t not for hope the heart would
brOak.-Irish PrOverb.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-03
Johns Great Loss.

Jonno Gr0at Lose. n
For goodness sake. Harriet. why so
sadY'
THE cooks left. but that isn't the
worst Of It. Eha took with her the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07

swer to her Wish, che door slowly
opened and her xather came out. She
knew he was going to the barn to do
the few chores, and she pictured her
mother inside, getting breakfast over
the shining stove in the big kitchen
The sight Of her father SO bent
and gray. sent q swift pang to her
heart, and with cry she was by his
side, her arms around his neck, and
her lips pressed close to his, while
she cried:
Father, oh, my father, it is I, your
little girl. don't you know your
Eloise?"
"Eloise," he cried, and the sound
was like music to her starved, sad
heart, "you have come back to me-"
and the poor old man sobbed with
joy.
The heavy load was lifted with
Eloise's heart, and they went in TO
see her mother. The welcome was
SO genuine and their pleasure so sim
cere, that she cried and laughed
through sheer JOY.
The tired look left her face, and
the old wgor returned to her step
in the next few days, while the years
positively rolled from her father and
mother, and Eloise wondered more
than once how she had ever stayed
away from this home so long.
The only hard part of her home
coming was the inquisitive glances
and remarks of the neighbors, but she
felt that she deserved this, and bore
it all with a sweet patience quite un-
like the old spirit of the naughty
Eloise.
Then one night when the old brass
knocker sounded, and she went to
open the door, familiar figure step.
ped into the hall, and she found heri
self face to face with Paul Darcy. She
had not seen him since that morning
back the happiness he offered her,
with a laugh. AS he turned to her, the
lanpEght fell full upon his face, and
the look she saw there made her
turn away with blush, but not be-
fore he had caught the answering
gleam in her lovely eyes, and he
drew her unresisting to his strong
arms, where she lay, content that at
last even after many years of suffer-
ing, she had found the Joy that only
perfect love brings.
And in the next room, her mother
and father smiled knowingly at each
other, and understood. for their child
had come back to them, and their
pleasure was in the happiness that
could now be lers.-Boston Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
CAVEAT TO RIDENOUR WILL.
Children Allege That Their Father
Was OF Unsound Mind.

Observation-Disclosures J. Ridenour,
Charles G. Ridenour, Sadie A. VOL
colt, Gertrude. E. Burkett and Molie
Melott have filed caveat to the will
Of their father, Thomas j. Ridenour,
of near Smithsburg, who died recent
ly and left the bulk of his estate to
his housekeeper, Alice s. Lizer, who,
according to the decedent's statement
In his will, cared for him many years.
Some years ago Ridenour was divorc-
ed from his wife, who is living in the
West.
His children allege in the caveat
that undue influence was exerted by
Miss Lizer while Ridenour was i'll.
They also contend that their father
at the time he made the will was not
of sound and disposing mind.
The Orphans Court Judges are
asked to set aside the order admit
ting the will to probate and that the
letters of administration granted to
Attorney Joseph w. Wolfinger be re-
voked.
Ridenour bequeathed to Miss Lizer
the old homestead, $1,000 in money
and all his life insurance. The resi-
due of the estate only was left to
his children.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
ONE HAT IN A LIFETIME.

Boat of Warriors Shield-Other
Quaint Customs of the Papuans.
Papua is fast altering in these days
Of settlement and plantation which
bid fair to make of Australia's WON
derful South Sea colony a rival to
Borneo or the Malay States, but still
there Is much of the country I'M
known, and great deal that is re-
markable for the quaintest of savage
customs.
Gaima. in western Papua, has a
tribe of natives who live and die in
their hats and in little else. These
hats are of plated fibre, very large,
conical shaped and much resembling
the Chinaman's headgear on the we'll
known willow pattern plate of the
nursery. They are securely fastened
to the head with masses of thick,
stiff clay, and so far as is known
are never removed at all. Strange to
say, the sex that clings so obstinately
to the matinee hat in civilized lands
is not the sex that decorates Itself
with the permanent hat of Gaima, the
men reserving this distinction to
themselves.
The enormous rivers watering the
rich lands of Papua are very swift,
and even the amphibious native at
times finds it hard to cross safely.
curious sight was seen recently by
magistrate on patrol duty. Five
men carrying large wooden warrior
shields wished to cross very wide
and rapid river in high A"od stream
that no white man would have ven
tured into. The ingenious Papuans put
all their goods on raft, flung their
shields in the stream, and bestridlng
the shields like mermen riding on
dolphins, worked their way across the
torrent with powerful strokes OF the
legs, driving the raft, the goods and
the Government official safely in front
of them.
The Papuan does not stop at de-
vices as simple as this. In many parts
of the country he builds excellent sus-
pension bridges of strong fibrous
creeper hundreds of feet long and
spans great rivers and gorges by their
means. White carpenters are now at
work in the districts around the capt.
tai, Port Moresby. bridging the rivers
that lie close to the important rubber
and coffee plantations with the or
binary material of civilization, but the
Papuan, looking on at these new fash,
Toned ideas. declines scornfully to
learn from them and returns content
eddy to his ancient engineering of
"bush rope" and stick London Stand
ard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
STATE Of MARYLAND
MARRIED TwENrY.FIvE YEARS.
Mr.. And Mrs. James HI. Groves Ceie-
brate Their Silver Wedding.

siatlT - stfT
Chestertown.-M Mr.. and Mrs. James
"A. Groves, Sr.. of Morgnec, Kent
County, celebrated the silver anniver-
sary of their wedding at their new
home, on Frazier Farm. The house
was beautifully decorated with apple
blossoms, and the table was adorned
with clusters of violets and arbutus..
Supper was served in the evening
and refreshments at midnight. Miss
Marie Romoser and Messrs. George
w. Kramer, Jr., Albert B. Groves
and Richard Baker sang solos.
Piano solos also were given by Miss
Romoser and Mr. Kramer and Ar
thur Groves. Those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Groves, ST.,
Morgnec. Kent County; Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Cordray Loud, Chestertown; Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Lamb, Sr., Tolches-
ter; Mr.. and Mrs. William Shirley,
Landlord; Mr.. and Mrs. William f.
Russell, Chestertown; Mr.. and Mrs
William Lee, Kennedyville Misses
Mary A., Blanche S., Messrs. Albert B.
William B., ]. Wilson, James H., Jr.,
Richard B. and Arthur A. Groves,
Morgnec; Miss Emma e. Groves,
Parkville, Baltimore County; Misses
Bella A., Sarah c. and Margaret
Groves, of Baltimore; Mr. Richard
Baker, Landlord, Kent County; Miss
Nettie Loud, Chestertown; Miss Ber-
tie Lamb, colchester; Miss Helen
Shirley, Landlord; Messrs. Charles
Shirley, Bayard Sutton, Misses Ell
mira and Helen Sutton, Rock Hall;
Messrs. Norman, William and Robert
Lee, kennedyville; Mr.. Thomas Con-
ner, Jr., Misses Julia, Mamie and
Maggie Conner, Millington; Miss
Sadie Huston and Mr.. T. R. Joiner,
COLCHESTER; Mr.. George w. Kramer,
Jr., Lansdown, Baltimore County;
Miss Marie Romoser and Mr.. John
Cleary, Baltimore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-05-07
TILE lHlA1RpIN,s USES.

1t is extraordinary how few COM
prehend the hairpin's full capacity.
For example, the hairpin may be used:
AS gimlet-To bore holes in soft
wood. pasteboard, or plaster walls.
AS an eggbeater-Two or three
hairpins held together will beat eggs
much better than the various ma,
chimes upon the market.
AS pen-Some important letters
have been scratched by debutantes
in dim Conservatives upon the sticks
of fans.
AS snore cure-Fastened to the
lips, it keeps them together, thus
compelling nasal breathing, which kills
the snore.
The hairpin's uses in manicuring, in
the eradication of wrinkles, and in
other beauty operations are perhaps
well known, while no doubt all wom-
en-in these days of women's clubs
are acquainted with its excellence as
crokscrew and cigarette holder
Philadelphia Bulletin.