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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

for New England ports. where they spent July
4, preparatory to repairing to Provincetown
for the maneuvers and sham naval struggle.
In the northern ports the sailors and off,
GERS were granted shore leave in relays from
July to July g. Four ships visited Boston
Independence day. two were at Penobscot bay
two at Portland. Me-, and one each at Marble
head. Mass, Portsmouth, NJ H., Eastport Me
Brockport, Mass. Gloucester. Mass, and Booth
Bay, Me.
With the reassembling of the fleet at Brock
port, Mass, three days after the fourth began
the summers work, which was more pictur
esque than that of any previous year. 1t was
said.
From Provincetown the fleet proceeded TO
sea each week, returning Saturday nights On
these trips OF week each occurred the feet
drills. the evolutions and other exercises
One feature of the maneuvers was the pres-
ence OF the naval militias Of several eastern
states. The members of these militia bodies
are citizen sailors. Each body of militia was
taken out for weeks instruction on the big
ships. Permission to take the reserves on the
voyages was granted through the courtesy
of the navy department
The Proyincetown maneuvers presented the
spectacle OF battleshps at practice firing at
sea under every weather condition for the first
time in the history Of American naval art
Night firing under the same conditions was
one of the important parts of the program
which was carried out to the letter.
President Taft and Secretary of the. Navy
Meyer were witnesses of several of the maneu-
vers of the fleet at and both officials ex-
pressed themselves delighted with the
progress which the sailors have made at
craftsmanship since their world tour.
Two old torpedo boats, Nicholson and
O'Brien, were dismantled filled with cork to
keep them afoat and used as targets for the
gigantic projectiles. Time and again they
were riddled fho rlr hox,f
SO thoroughly perforated that they were
longer unable to keep afoat, they sank to the
bottom of the ocean.
They were towed at different speeds by the
cruisers and thus the gunners of the men-of-
war given an opportunity to gauge distance
and motion at the same time one of the most
difficult feats at which the American tar js
an adept.
The scout cruisers Chester. Salem and Bir-
mingham and the armored cruisers North Car
olina, Montana and New York Joined the feet
at Provincetown and took part in the eabo-
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
HoNoRs WERE WITH FARMER
Mail Carrier Must Have Realized
That He Picked Out Wrong Man
to Have Fun With.

The new mail carrier on the rural
free delivery route glanced at the
name on the letter box by the road
side, stopped his horse. and spoke to
the roughly attired farmer with the
old slouch hat. who was resting his
sun-browned arms on the gate and
looking at him.
Il see." he said. your name is
Holmes"
Yes"
beverly G.?'
Yes, I'm the man that lives here"
ANY relation of Sherlock Holmes?"
grayely asked the carrier.
mo, SIR" answered the farmer. but
I'm detective enough to know that
you're not a very good judge OF hui
man nature. You took me for an igno-
ramus because I've got my old work
ing duds on. I'm Sherlock Holmes
enough to look at a mans face and
eyes before I size him up as a.
Some mail for me? Thanks."-Youth's
Companion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
ITcHED FOR TWELVE YEARS
Eczema Made Hands and Feet Swell,
Peel and Get Raw-Arms Affected,
Too-Gave Up All Hope Of Cure.
Quickly Cured by cu.Ioura.

'T suffered from eczema on my
hands. arms and feet for about twelve
years, my hands and feet would swell,
sweat and itch, then would become
callous and get very dry. then peel
OF and gel raw. l tried most every
kind of salve and ointment without
success. tried several doctors, but
at last gave up thinking there was
cure for eczema. A friend of mine
insisted on my trying the Cuticura
Remedies. but did not give them a
trial until I got SO bad that I had to
do something. I secured a set and by
the time they were used could see a
vast Improvement and my hands and
feet were healed up in no time. have
had no trouble since. Charles T.
Bauer. volant. Pa. Mar. IL. 1908"
Potter Drug & chcm. Corp, Solo Props. Bosson.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
STOP EXITING
AND GET WELL

In the course of my long experience have
noted" says DR.. Guelpa, one OF Italy's best.
known consulting physicians. according to the
New York World, that the beginning of
cure OF sick person always declares itself
when the bodily weight shows decrease
whenever. on the contrary, the weight re-
mained stationary never failed on any occa-
sion to find that the temperature had In
creased and that the particular illness of the
moment had the upper hand"
And so 1t was that Guelpa much to the cha
grin and temporary discomfort of his many pa
tents-and he had one of the largest ellen
teles In Italy = was wont to ruthIessly pre-
scribe diet of starvation" The patient
would naturally protest. He felt weak he
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

rate program. The cruiser Montgomery. which
had been fitted up as torpedo experimental
ship, was also with the fleet and took promi-
nent part in the struggle at sea. its expert
ments proving of great future value.
The great Atlantic torpedo fleet also de-
serves mention in connection with the sum-
mers play at war. The hotilla OF ~ boats
with the cruiser Dixie as parent ship and four
brand new submarine boats with the gunboat
Castine as their parent ship played spectacu-
lar parts alongside of the monster battleships
of fifteen and sixteen thousand tons
Only IL of the 16 battleslsps which went
around the world we're with the fleet of the
Atlantic ocean OF Provincetown. the other
four in Rear Admiral Schroeder's command
neing new vessels. receiving their first expert
ence at firing in this practice
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
The cIothesIine Test.

Let me see her clothes on the
line" said an old-fashioned woman re-
Gently. "and can tell you II she is a
good housekeeper." The test lies in
the way the garments are hung. If
the skirts are scattered around pro-
miscuously the woman let's garbage
stand on her kitchen table over night.
The skirts. like we men, should always
hang together. shoulder to shoulder,
and everything OF its kind should hang
in a row.--Atchison Globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
Physicians Mean Trick.

A doctor was one day stopped in the
streets by one of his woman patients
whose malady was purely imaginary.
The doctor. who was known for his
intolerance of and nonsympathy with
such invalids, after listening some
what impatiently to the woman's de-
tailed account of all her feelings and
symptoms. told her to shut her eyes
and put out her tongue. She prompt
ly did SO. On opening her eyes in a
few seconds the doctor was nowhere
to be seen, and the woman awohe to
the fact that he had left her standing
by herself in busy thoroughfare with
her eyes shut and her tongue hanging
out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

that position. Now, the eliminating, first OF
ALL of these diseased areas is the first duty
Of man, woman and child to themselves. Says
DR.. Guelpa to his recalcitrant patient:
When you are attacked by an illness, do
you not find, my dear friend, that nature re-
moves from you most OF your ordinary desire
to eat and drink? You, however, think that
you know better than nature. You say to
yourself that you must prepare for your sick
ness by putting in stock of food-and per-
haps drink. Foolish man! Does II not occur
to you that nature is trying to teach you how
to act and you won't learn. Far from waiting
till you are stricken with Illness try an occa-
sional days starvation and illness may never
come. You will. by doing this rid your sys-
tenn OF its effete tissues and its noxlous toxic
matters or posons. When you feel that occa-
sional headache; when you feel that "all-over-
ishness" that sometimes attacks YOU when
you are depressed-you call 1t bilious-well,
try bout of starvation and then watch for
results.
How long should we starve, then according
to our Guelpa? He says himself that there
are few persons who cannot do three days
without food. and that. too. with constant pur
gatives. At first general gastric and mus
cular weakness is felt. That is simply the be.
ginning OF the process of elimination Soon a
sense Of comfort begins to be enjoyed. OF
course the body in this period is more prone
to catch cold, matter that must be provided
for by an increase of clothing and a hot drink
now and then.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

body's digestive
and kindred or
gans have their
allotted tasks to
perform. Conse-
quently, the ref
use or worth
less matter re-
mains in the
sy st e m. thus
forming an OBJ
ject of attack
In the case OF
d l s e a Sc. a
source of debn-
ity and a happy
hunting ground
for those nox-
ious phagocytes
that prey upon
{ h e h e a ] I h y
body. first in
trenching them
selves in a CEN
ter of the body
which Is predis-
posed to un-
healthiness and
attacking from
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
A Hot PrescrIptIon.

81 want you to prescribe for me.
doctor" said the sallow-complexioned
man. II have cold feet: what would
you suggest?"
"a ton OF coal. promptly replied
the witty physician. Five dollars.
please"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
US. BAT7zEcsHP AYDlH/y4


the battleship Connecticut led the sh,rs .,
one division From out of the cover of each
opponents guns darted the tiny torpedo boats
and almost as often their courses were
blocked and in some cases the torpedoes and
torpedo boats destroyed"
By nightfall the battle being called
draw" the searchlights of the two sets of
enemies followed each other out of sight and
that Saturday evening foes became friends
upon reaching headquarters at Proyincetown
Every known modern naval device was Civ
en- its inning during the fight. Torpedoes
were dispatched by wireless telegraph this
being an experiment tried in an actual en-
gagement for the first time by the United
States The newly adopted fire control mast
which has been called the inverted waste
basket" proved success. the officers said
The summers maneuvers afforded the first op-
opportunity for crucial test of this invention
dozen torpedo boats made attacks on the
big battleships and officers and men were re-
quired to exert extreme vigilance to also
guard against the little submarine torpedo
boats, four of which with the parent ship the
gunboat Castine, made things lively for the
monster war vessels. Time and again the
flagship Connecticut was compelled to dip her
nets to ward OF the destructive torpedoes
which shot little swirls of foam to the sur
face of the ocean as they sped on their mis-
sion of mimic death.
The grim reaper, burlesqued. stalked every
where during the encounter and time and
again ships declared sunk" de
stroyed" "scuttled" to prevent capture by
the enemy, while admirals. captains, petty of
icers and men were notified they had been
killed" by a well-directed she'll
The battle of the fleets was the play of the
maneuvers. To the able-bodied seamen the
work consisted of fleet drills and exercises in
volving tactical problems and battle evolu-
tions. With their work off Provincetown fin
ished the feet was scheduled to depart for the
southern drill grounds, south of Virginia
capes, for record and battle target practice,
the results of which were ordered secretly
tabulated for the war department.
This shooting will ocupy about two weeks
beginning August 10. At its close the vessels
viii return to Hampton Roads and go to their
home yards for repairs which may have been
necessitated by the vigorous summer cam
paign. The winter maneuvers will take place
In West Indian waters.
Hampton Roads presented great sight
when the big war craft departed from there
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
us. AII.o.s roo..s...

It e ths only relief for Swollen Smart
Ing. Tired. Aching, Hot, Sweating Fest.
Ease. a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Z.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

A feeling of security and freedom
from anxiety pervades the home in which
Hamlins Wizard Oh is kept constantly
depended upon in time of need.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

The Chamber of Commerce of Port au
Prince offers to place at the disposal of cham.
bers OF commerce, producers and manufactur-
ers of the United States and its colonies .
space in its rooms for the exhibition of their
products.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

woud declare. 0uelpa somewhat
after the following
My friend feel wsak-and whyf Simply
present moment body In the starvation
peing from its various
toxic matters diseased you
owing to the calls made digestive kindred
organs Not only do starve friend but
morrow will give purgatfve l
you, Not at ALL All these noxious will
from but
starve AMIGO. When
low the normal-that say a couple days
of toxic matter has eliminated.
have something No,
However, the doctor carried his Investigations
!: !. !
somewhat further. o In
the healthy state, in the normal body which is
supposed to be enjoying good health. this used-up
worthless tissue m oc-
casiona expulsion from the body. 1t is obvious that
when the regulation food the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

Every one should consider himself
entrusted not only with his own con-
duct. but with that OF others.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

Undertake deliberately. but having
begun. perseyere.-Wren.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

ged Massachusetts coast between
July and August 8, the exercises
there having just come to an end.
1t was a great scrap, bloodless of
course, but filled with enough mimic
gore to make an American of the
coldest temperament throw his hat
into the air and yell for Old Glory,
the stars and stripes, President Taft
and all the rest
Drawn up in battle alignment were
so war craft of every size and shape
They ranged all the way from p oar
Admiral Seaton Schroeders 5000 1. 4
flagship. U. s. S. Connecticut, to tn.
t4y submarine torpedo boat Tarah
tula
Divided into two squadrons, oppos
ing each other, these two divisions OF
"our friends. the enemy" broke the
morning mist on opposite horizons
and at the flagship's signals quickly
fell into circular battle formation
opening fire at a distance of several
miles.
On paper it was a CORY struggle.
dozen of the terrors of the sea were
disabled" by Rear Admiral Schroe-
der's edict and several submarines fie.
uratively carried their crews to Dayy
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

Not Worth the Time.
No man resolved to make the most
Of himself can spare time for personal
contention. Lincoln.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing syFup.
ssnnasia,. % % sisss Dsis. ss- sasss - vind "a osiis
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

: YOU had been an
eye witness of the
great naval battle
which was fought off
the port of Province
incetown, Mass, in the
Atlantic ocean, you
would say without hes
itation that Uncle
Sam can lick the
world"
II was a mimic en-
counter. the feature of
this summers maneu-
vers of the Atlantic
battleship fleet, which
- l~rl -er 81. -..
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05

People who admire us are always
pleasant company.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
A CERrAIN MErH0D

torcuring cr.mps diarrhca and dy ysentery sby uhnG
tAinsd the reputation for ~ ~ aa1tos-
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-05
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK.

She-Yes. they are engaged. l
know she refused him twice, but the
third time he proposed she accepted
him.
Her Husband-Served him right.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
STALE EGGS.

The pure food law in this state is
20 some extent = failure, in so far
As The buying and selling of eggs is
concerned II is an actual fact that
St&ls eggs are marketed In this, and
every other town in the state, every
week and We almost feel safe in say
ING every day in The week. 1t is Just
IS essential hat egg users test eggs
before using as it ever was. Every
merchant who handles eggs has his
business place placarded with the law
and the penalty and still it is inef-
fective. We heard OF one man who
lately bought a quantity of eggs and
found over half Of them stale, which
with them selling at two cents apiece
counts up. The merchant might have
known the eggs were stale. but the
probabilities are that he did not, but
the Law holds him equally responsible
with the men of whom he bought
them. The mar who buys stale eggs
Is not going to enter a criminal com
plant against the me: chant, and the
merchant is not very apt to enter a
complaint against the customer who
markets them, ven If he knows who
il is. Therefore, as we before stated
the pure food laws as applied to- the
marketing and sale of impure eggs
is, one might say, imperative, and
the only remedy we are able to figure
out is for the Legislature to- provide
the pure food commissioner with a
sufficient number Of deputies to en-.
force the law by personal visitations
-Canistota Clipper.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

game-and It's a sure thing that the
list has stretched instead of shrink
ing as you swore, lat year, it should
before another ye; rly scrimmage was
due. When you drop into a shop (t
doesn't matter which shop you debut
in as you are going to make the
round IA merry-go-roCnd) you have an
easy, unhurried feeling hat there is
no need to really buy yet, as Christ
mas Is three weeks away. After rub.
bering around and paving over every
thing within reach you mosey along
to the next store. where you paw and
some more. Then YOU take
another day for il and repeat the per-
formance-it is at least n three weeks
run, at the end of which the most
unchristiaL shopper IN the world
thank the Lord that the farce
is over for another year-Salem Pho
leer Register
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

The early shipping talk sounds Be I.
n print rAAn II pans out In pr,c-
C Bu- r. lE worth while to make
q pass ~ doing your Christmas shop
ping sR-y-oA. yes. IL for no other
SEASON rna1 feeling that you are keep.
ing NJ VITA . procession headed in
ne rgs- 1rsctcn- You start out
early n the day. early in the week,
s&rty In the season. with a pulled up
seef1ng that yov win beat everybody
% K this year. To work up q speed
Eou have q written list OF the friends
and relations" involved In your swap
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
Personal and Local

DR.. F. Roys departed Satur ay
morning for Arizona, where he will
spend some time on business. He ex-
poets to return home before Christmas.
Mrs. Thos. Reed, wife of one of the
well known citizens of Arlington,
passed away last week. She was one
of the earliest settlers of that com
munity.
The proprietors of the Lion drug
store have decided that q change of
name and a change of administration
at the same time would be beneficial.
Hereafter this establishment will be
known as the Metr ,politan Pharmacy,
and our aim will always be to run a
first-class durg store in every respect.
We need and appreciate your patron
age. |. Z. Hambly, manager.
H. II. Reeves writes a friend in
Brookings that he and the family are
well pleased with their new home in
California and that he wouldn't trade
his job of raising fruit for any inside
work anywhere. Mr.. Reeves has
about recovered from his serious &C.
cident, in which he was run down by
a reckless automobilist, which was
described in detail In the Register at
the time.
TIE North Western had another
wreck Sunday. An extra freight in
charge of Conductor Bodine struck a
bad piece of track near Doland and
several cars of grain were ditched,
blocking 81 traffic for the day. The
Redf1eld passenger vas unable to- get
through that night. but an extra was
made up at Watertown and run
through to here. The wreck was
cleared up late Sunday night. .
The p~ostoffice department In an off,
cial circular, urges the people contem-
plating mailing Christmas packages
for delivery In rural communities, to
post them as early as possible in order
to avoid congestion and consequent
delay at the %postoffice supplying the
carriers on rural routes. II is sug-
gested that packages containing pres
ents be marked Not to be opened IN
til Christmas day." and be sent sew
eral days in advance.
The ladies of the Relief Corps gath.
cred at the home of Mrs. T. c. Akin
last Friday afternoon to celebrate the
birthday OF Mrs. Atkins mother, Mrs.
Mary Madden. A good social time
was enjoyed and Mrs. Madden pre-
scented with g nice silk scarf from the
W, X. c. ladies'. The w, r. C. have
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

The Military Department gave their
| regular semester ball in the College
Armory on Friday evening. The hall
was beautifully decorated in the ma
tional and the college colors and was
lighted with japanese lanterns which
gave a very pleasing effect. Invita-
tons were general to the college stu
dents and members Of the faculty and
a large number were issued to per-
sons outside OF the college. Music
vas furnished by the local C,chestra
composed OF eight pieces. About rs
couples were present and the dance
began at $40 With a grand march led
by Captain Chrisman. The program
consisted Of twenty-five dances, but
owing to the fact that they could not
be finished before twelve o'clock sew
eral of the last dances were omitted.
Punch was served throughout the
evening and refreshments were SER
we'd at IL o'clock. All present were
well pleased with this event to which
they have been looking forward.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16
STATE COLLEGE r

The members of the faculty and stu.
dent body were entertained at Tues.
days chapel by a :cene from Macbeth,
given by Herman Nagel and Amy
Ladd. The acting showed rare talent
ard hard work on the part of the act
ors and was very much enjoyed by the
students.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

ated $4,000 for the installation of a
sewer system for the Home, but to
install a private system as was the in
tention of the legislature would cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000. The
city, however, has agreed to connect
the home with it's system and main
tain 1t for all time for the $4,000 ap-
preparation, and this proposition rs
just like finding money for the state
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

formed a birthday club to meet from
time to- time on the birthdays of differ
ent members and they expect to have
many good times together.
Col. T. G. Orr left Tuesday evening
for Hot Springs, where in behalf of
the Soldiers Home board he will close
a contract with the city of Hot Springs
for a W system for the Soldiers
Home. The last legislature appropri-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-12-16

E1. Secretary OF State Wipf has been
appointed supervisor q the census
for the eastern h I OF South Dakota.
ard George B. A.nSfel1 VII have
charge Of the work ves; O.. 70 Ms
souri,.