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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-01-08

Hail Christmas!--ify you must, bu
il we prefer crisp and blithssoms
day.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14
BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

An observing groucher says: When
1 was young people had bad colds,
soaked their / ct in hot water and got
well. Now they have the grip. take
ouinine and feel sick all summer.
Then they had sore throat, wrapped
a piece of fat pork in an old SOCK, tied
it around the neck at night and went
70 work next morning. Now they have
tonsilitis, a surgical operation and TWO
weeks in the house.
Then they had stomach acne ano
took castor oil and recovered. Now
they have appendicitis, a week in the
hospital and six feet due east and west
and six feet perpendicular.
They worked then; they labor now
In those days they under
clothes; now they wear lingerie.
They they went to restaurants; nov
they go to a cafe.
Then they broke a leg; now they
fracture q limb.
People went crazy then; now they
have a brainstorm.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14
THERE'S TO YOU DAD"

We happened in a home the othel
night and over the parlor door saw
the legend worked in letters of red
What is Home Without a Mother.
Across the room was another brief
God Bless Our Home
Now, what is the matter with Goo
Bless Our Dad?" He get up EARL
lights the fire, boils an egg, grabs his
dinner pail and wipes off the dew OF
the dawn with his boots while many
a mother is sleeping.
He makes the weekly hand out for
the butcher, the grocer, the milkman
and the baker, and his little pile is
badly worn before he has been home
an hour. He stands off the balif and
keeps the rent paid up.
If there is a noise during the night,
dad is kicked in the back and made
to go down stairs and kill him. Moth
er darns the socks, but dad bought
the SUCKS III luc uIoI piuNV, oLiu liC
needles and yarn afterwards. Moth
or does up the fruit; we'll dad bought
it all and the jars and sugar cost like
the mischief.
Dad buys chickens for Sunday din
ner, carves them himself, and draws
the neck from the ruins after every
body else Is served. What is a Home
Without a Mother" Yes that is all
right; but what is a home without a
father? Dad, here's to you. If it
wasn't for you we wouldn't be here.
You've got your faults-you may have
lots of 'em-but you're all right and
we will miss you when you're gone
Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

of which was very interesting, but ]
must not tresspass farther upon your
space to describe them.
The parade ended at Tournament
park, where a chariot race, after the
manner of Ben Hur, was held, the
winner receiving a prize of S!,oo0.
Other contest were held during the
afternoon and another OF Pasadena $
Tournament of Roses came to al. end,
Everything passed off smoothly without
any mishaps of any kind The crowd
in attendance was estimated at ~ 900
to 10000. Although the crowd was
SO great not a drunken man was Seei
anywhere. = Pasadena has a,strict pro
hibition law and it is well enforced.
r. y. McClenon.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14
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long practice and special skill to operate.
Than machines which cannot be adjusted
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You can adjust the OLIVER to any
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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14
THE MAN IN

Every magazine contains an advertiS-
ing picture of a man in overalls look
ing longingly at another man seated at
an office desk. Sometimes there is a
stone wall between the man in the
overalls and the big fat fellow at the
desk, who sits dreamily lingering his
watch fob and gazing in we'll fed good
humor at the world in general. The
moral of the picture is that the man in
the overalls is in a most unhappy con
dition, while the man at the desk is
at the acme of human happiness. The
idea sought to be given is that the
stub pen is easier to WELD than the
spade, and the adding machine is more
dignoied and astrovratic than the
corn pillow.
Many a boy has been fooled by such
pictures. He imagines that true hap
piness can only come through a roll
top desk, and that the plate glass
front of an office building will protect
him from all the unpleasantness of life.
Later he discovers that there is no
slavery more irksome than the Office
stool. The never ending monotonous
grind of Office work stiles and dwarfs
him. The way to promotion and wealth
is as hard through Office grind as
through other lines of effort. There is
an occasional boy who develops into
a wonder but there are not many, or
we would never hear about those who
do. Nine times out of ten it is the
boy in overalls who furnishes the CAPT.
tai and brains that keep the stub pen
and the typewriter artists at their
grind. If the picture above referred
to were drawn true, nine times out of
ten it would be the man at the desk
who cast longing eyes at the man in
overalls, not the reverse.-Arlington
Sun.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

The Redfield Press has the follow
ing to say of the citizen who fails TO
shovel off his sidewalk: "Remember
when you fail to clean your sidewalks
of snow you break a city ordinance,
you are not doing the right thing by
your neighbors and that you are dig,
ging a pitfall for yourself in that you
or some of your family may slip at
some future date on the ice resulting
from the melted snow and break their
precious necks. This idea of cleaning
that part of the walk you use, leaving
the rest buried is selfishness itself.
Circumstances may be such that it is
inconvenient or inopportune to have
your walks cleaned, but the policy Of
bringing the wrath of your neighbors
Oh your head as they founder through
your drifts or are forced to the middle
of the road is not conducive to the
general peace of mind Of the public.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14
COW GAVE TRAIN SIGNAL.

Railway men-conductOrs, engineers.
and brakemen-are SO accustomed to
communicating with each other by
means of gestures that the habit OF
looking for such dumb signals becomes
a kind of second nature. In this con-
nection a western railroad official tells
of an amusing incident in that part of
his state where it is common for cattle
to be run over that the manager Of
one "jerk.water" line required his en-.
gineers to report all such accidents,
with full particulars as to place, time
and circumstances.
One day a complaint was received
at headquarters that a valuable COW
had been killed on a certain day and
by a certain engine. The case wa
referred to the proper department, bur
reference to the files showed that the
engineer had failed to report such an
accident. Accordingly he was sen for
and asked why he had omitted to re-.
port the matter.
Il didn'a know | hurt the cow" he
said.
"Then you remember hitting her."
Yes, and | slowed up and she rolled
over on her back; but she waved her
feet for me to go ahead, and so | con-
cluded that she was all right"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

The report indicates inadequacy OF
the law to accomplish without cause
for complaint the exclusion of Chinese
who are barred by the statute. The
smuggling of Chinese into the United
States goes on, although many are
unprecedented in the vicinity of the
land boundaries and deported. OF
the Chinese arrested SO per cent were
taken into custody in the districts i'm
mediately connected with the land
boundaries. Every effort has been
made by the bureau to prevent the
smuggling into the country Of Chinese,
and an improvement is shown in this
work over previous years. .s
To Prevent Congestion.
The report urges the government to
take effective means to prevent the
congestion of arriving aliens in the
great centers Of population. During
the year 80 per cent of the aliens ar
irving at the United States ports were
destined to New York; over IA per
cent to Pennsylvania; owe Z per cent
each to Illinois and Massachusetts,;
and over 4 per cent to New Jersey.
It is pointed out that some of the
states, particularly in the south and
west, are vitality interested in securing
settlers. yet the new law" says the
report, does not, in terms and &C.
cording to the literal letter contem-
plate in the exception more than that
the said states should be allowed to
place in foreign newspapers and mag
azines advertisements describing in
general terms the opportunities for
settlers and wage earners within their
limits" 1t is recommended that n
gress authorize the extension of the
work of the division of information,
SO that arriving immigrants may have
definite information concerning vari-
Gus desirable localities in the United
States, to the end that they may To-
cate in such places as will afford them
prompt and remunerative employ
ment.
Considerable space is devoted to
the report of Judge Richard X. Camp
bell, chief of the division of naturaii-
cation. Every effort has been made
by the division not only to eliminate
fraud from the naturalization of
aliens, but to secure absolute COM
pliance with the law. Cooperation
has been effected, through the de-
partment of justice, with the United
States courts throughout the country.
1t is recommended that a sufficient
appropriation be made to organize a
force of examiners to investigate every
petition for naturalization.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14
BY GU M.

Marrying a woman for her mummy
is vera mulch like setting a rat-trap,
and batting it with yure own finger.
1t is highly important, when a man
makes up his minde tew bekum a ras-
kali, that he shud examine hisself
klosly, and see if he amt better kon-
structed for a phool.
argy in this way: If a man is right
he kant be to radikal; if he is rOng
he kant be too conservatiff.
| beleave in the universal salvashun
ov men. but l want to pick the men.
l beleave in sugar coated pills. l
also beleave that virtue and wisdum
kan be struggled into a mans soul
bi a good natured proverb, better and
deeper than tew be mortised into it
with a NORWOOD mallet and chizell.
The pure don't grow emmy more than
a mountain spring dus.
Rize arly; work hard and late, live
on what yu kant sell, Civ nothing
ava; and if yu don't die ritch,-and
go to the devil,-yu ma sue me for
damages.
Marin for love ma be a little risky,
but it is so honest that God kant
help but smile on it.
l think I had rather have a noze
seven inches and a half long Tin the
clear, than tew be the handsomest
man in our country; for in the first
cas- / would work hard tew shorten m
noze bi some other qualities, while
in the other case / would never be
told by my looking glass that i was
phool.
Anvil human happiness is conserva
till; 2 thirds of the pleasure in slid
ing down hill consists in drawing thu
sled back. don't serpose thar woult
be emmy fun in sliding down a hill
%thirty-four miles long.
avn ov us komplain ov the shortnes'
of life, yet we all waste more TIM
than We use.
That some people are fond ov brag
cling about their ancestors, and thei
great descent, when in fack their graf,
descent IL just what's the matter o,
them.
We are told THAT an honest mar
is the noblest work ov God"-but thu
demand for the work has been so linn
tied that | have thought a large share
? of the fust edishun must still be il
the authors hands.
:. never bet any stamps on the mar
who liz always telling what he would
: have did If he had bin thare; | have
notised that this kind never git thare
. Success in life is very apt tew max,
us forget the time when we WASH
" mulch. 1t is jist so with the frog OF
the jump.-Josh Billings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

resentatives Of different interests are
here, but none other have yet called
to sign up the authorized register with
the secretary of state.
The pure drug bill which has been
introduced in the legislature Is the bill
prepared by the state druggists as
ISOLATION, and will be pushed in OPP
position to the Wheaton bill, which
will come along in a few days.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

John Ernster, formerly of this city,
who is now located in Cavalier, MINI.
is here this week to look after the
case he has in circuit court.
Miss Martha Gunderson of Chicago
and her brother. Timer Gundersou
of Odin, Mimi, who have been here
visiting A. L. Sveen and family, lef,
Monday evening for Hettinger, N. D
where they win visit a brother.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

Politicians then paid good hard cacl,
or support; now theJ send government
garden seeds.
Yes, times have changed-and We
change with the times.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14

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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-14
You Can Easily Operate
This Typewriter Yourself

Don't worry your
correspondent.
Don't write him
anything by hand
that takes him time
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-06
BOYS CLUB IS GROWING
NUMBERS HEAR ADDRESS ON sswHo
 WAS SAM.0
Enthusiastic Meetia. of Youngsters ip the Y. M. c. A. Auditorfum Sunday Afferneon--Choir
 xs Formed.

Although the skies were clouded and there was an indication of rain in the atmosphere. more than seventy boys at tended the meeting of the Boys Sun day Club Sunday afternoon at the Y |. M. c. A. Joe McIver, president of the club. presided, and J. Leo Holloway gave fifteen minute talk on Who Was Sam r.
 In his address, MT. Holloway told tho story of Samuel when hc was asleep in the temple. and how the Lord called him and he answered. Speak not for thy servant haafeth." He then en- eouraged the boys to have backbone and courage to do the right thing at any time.
 At the conclusion of the meeting s. E. fleming. director of the boys work. asked the boys if thoy were willing to answer as Samuel had done. About twenty responded by raising their right hands. Of the seventy-two boys pres ent the As had twenty-nine and the Bs forty-three.
 John Murray and Gulley Zirkie or- ganized a boys choir to sing at the meetings. Twelve boys were enrolled and they will practice after each meet. ing Sunday afternoon.
 June Pierce will address the meeting of the club next Sunday. His subject will be "A Clean Life"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-06
PICKETT SPRINGS, Bottled in bond, c ane Bourbon made in OwenshOro, Ky.
 quarts &4.O0, express prepaid. I. Friedman q Co. Pensaeola, Fla.
Iron and Steel Revie,v.

Birmingham, Dec. 5.--(Special.)- Southern furnace companies are hold ing a firm price for their product. The reports of concessions on the quo- tations in order to secure business has simmered down to resale Iron, iron | that has boen in the hands of brokers or spectators. A fifty cents per ton | reduction is made also for little Iron by the makers to be delivered dur ing December but all other sales are on a basis of S15 per ton, No. foun- dry
 There is a little iron being accumu. lated just now by the furnace compa- nies but In the face of inquiries that are coming in and other indications the belief Is expressed that there will be need for a large quantity of iron In the next thirty days when the buy ing will start in with 6 vengeance
 One interest estimates that during the month of January Southern fur mace companies will be offered con tracts that will require moro than a quarter of a million tons of iron to i'll. Practically all companies in this ter ritory have orders on their books that will cover large proportion of the probable make for the first quarter of the coming year.
 The railroads are handling q large quantity of iron out of the Southern territory. Much iron Is being shipped yet on tho old orders. iron sold al prices greatly under those now pre-. vailIng. This business will soon bc wiped of the books. however. anc then the profits will be moro inter. esting Thero is large quantity oi the higher priced product sold. too by the larger iron companies In thii district.
 The mako in the Southern territory continues ct very high rate. The output in Alabama during the pas month was greater than 1t has beer during one month in the history of tho industry almost The official figures will be out shortly and will show a production moro than i7s.5o0 tons
 There Is rot any great amount pi res sale iron to be had at the best. the brokers still being as confident as the manufacturers that there Is going to be a strong demand when the buying starts in again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-06

concession made on December iron that a little bunch of that product will be disposed of. The amount for sale at s145o per ton, No. 2 foundry. Is limited. Tho inquiries that are be- ing received in the South smack of d need for much of the product during the first half of the coming year The foundries and machine shops, the cast iron pipe makers and other con. cerns are to enjoy steady melt and In several instances the probable needs have not been covered by a good doal. As far as can be learned there is no intention of cutting down the production in the least, in fact in some quarters prcparations are being made against any possible fall down in the steady output. This confdence Is easily apparent upon the least i'm quiry into conditions throughout the district.
 A prominent broker in speaking Of the iron market conditions and the concessions reported throughout the country, said that there was much be- ing given out that was not true ana that many of tho rumors were false. He said that he had delved doeply in- to the matter to locate some of the iron that was reported going out at s14 per ton. No. 3 foundry but had been unable to get any. He received a commission to dispose of small quantity of iron at $14b0 per ton and he was able to sell the same at $i4.75 per ton. making the additional twenty five cents per ton. While the market is little quiet so far as the selling goes, the future indications are suffi- cient together with what iron has al- ready teon sold to warrant the fur mace companies feeling as confident as they do.
 The actual work on the big develop ments in the Birmingham district pro- posed by the Tennessee Coal. Iron 6 Railroad Company and the American Steel and Wire Company, subsidiary companies of the United States Steel Corporation. is scheduled for the com ing week. This means much for the entire South. A report that met with denial was one that tho Tennessee Company intended to erect a million dollar cotton tie plant in this section.
 AS stated by a high official of the Tennessee Company, but about fifty thousand tons of steel cotton ties are now used in the South and the freight rates as compared to the water freight rates out of Pittsburg, with storage places at Memphis and Natchez are not conducive to the erection of any such plant for a while at least. The high officials of the American Steel and Wire Company will spend a cou. pie of days in the Southern territory this week or next and arrange for the rushing of all work on the biz plant mentioned
 The cast iron pipe people are being quoted assaying that conditions are steady and prospects fine. Unautho- rized statements arc to be heard that the prospects with the pipe people warrant an operation of plants through the entire coming year.
 Charcoal iron in Alabama is selling slowly but steadily. $22 being the price. The furnace companies produc. ing this class or iron have orders on hand or in sight that will take up every ton produced for quite & while.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-06
Army Has New Target.

San Antonio. Tex. Dec 5.--(Special.) In order to better the markmanship of the army, the war department has adopted for general use. and will in- stall at the Leon Springs Military Reservation near this city, a new kind of target While with the old targets the results had to bc estab- lished by counting the holes made in them by the bullets the new ones will collapse very much in the fashion oi a wounded man, being mounted on pivots for that purpose. The new targets also run on rails and for this reason the movements of infantry, cavalry and artillery deployed or on masses, can easily be simulated.