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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-07
JULY 9 TO ~

WEDNESDAY, JULY IS.
2: 30-Prelude, Norton's Band and Ochestra.
3 :00-Lecture, Senator A. B. Cummins.
4: 30-Iiterary Hour, Paul E. Voelker.
Z: 30-Concert, Norton's Band and Orchestra.
THURSDAY, JULY IA.
2: 30-Prelude, Nortons Band and Orchestra
81: 00-Lecture, j. Mohammad Ali.
4: 30-Literary Hour, Paul e. Voelker.
7:30-Concert, Norton's Band and Orchestra,
S:00-Lecture, DR.. j. Merritte Driver.
FRIDAY, JULY Is.
2: 30-Prelude, Oriole Trio.
8: 00-Lecture. Colonel G.. A. Gearhart.
4: 3O-Literary Hour, Paul E. Voelker.
7:30-Prelude, Oriole Trio.
S:00-Lecture, Henry A. Adrian.
SATURDAY, JULY 16. EIHT III
2: 3O-Prelude, Oriole Trio.
3: 00-Lecture, DR.. j. Merritte Driver.
7:S0-Prelude, Oriole Trio.
s: 00-Lecture, Rev. 1. Glen Frank.
SUNDAY, JULY II. -.
9: 3O-Prelude, Oriole Trio.
3: 00-Lecture, DR.. Thomas Green.
7:O0-Vesper Services.
Z: 30-Prelude, Oriole Trio.
Readings. Miss Elsie Brown.
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CHAPTER IiI-Continued.

20. Aunt Ray! Aunt RAY" she
cried Historically. Some one has
been killed."
Thieves" / said shortly. Thank
goodness, there are some men In the
house to night" | was getting into
my slippers and a bath-robe, and Ger
trude with shaking hands was lighting
. lamp. Then we opened the door
into the hall. where, crowded on the
upper landing OF the stairs, the maids.
white-faced and trembling, were peer
Ing down, headed by Liddy. / was
greeted by a series OF low screams
and questions, and I tried to quiet
them. Gertrude had dropped on a
chair and sat there limp and shiv-
ering.
I went at nee across the hall to
Halsey's Dol and knocked; then l
pushed the door open. 1t was empty;
the bed had not been occupied!
"He must be In Mr.. Bailey's ROOM"
/ said e~xcitedly, and followed by Lid
dy, we went there. Like Halsey's. 1t
had not been occupiedi Gertrude was
On neT ieet now, pul sho ioahoe
against the door for support.
They have been killed." she
gasped. Then she caught me by the
arm and dragged me toward the
stairs. They may only be hurt, and
we must find Them" she said, her
eyes dilated with excitement.
don't remember how We got down
the stairs; | do remember expecting
every moment to be killed. The cook
was at the telephone upstairs, calling
the Greenwood club, and Liddy was
behind me. afraid to come and not
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
G O Min u F. d
F r 0
p A @ E. O n F.
1T IS NEVER TOO LATE

are more settled. they have a def
mite object in view. The younger
students are more tickle and are
more divided in their desires"
Bruce m. Watson, supe rintendent
Of the public schools, is most en-
phatic in his decision that it is
never too late to go to school,
1T is true" said Mr.. Watson,
that after people become a certain
age it is harder for them to adapt
themselves mentally as we'll as
physically. but it is never too late
to learn. | would recommend study
as daily pleasure.
81 know a man. lawyer, who
gained his knowledge of his profess
sion without a college education.
Later in life. when finances would
permit, he entered college and re-
ceived his degree at the age of fifty
years. He again took up his pro-
fession and is making a grand sue
cess"
ain twenty years experience in
college work." said Mr.. Allen, of
the Standard Commercial college,
/ have had to deal with students
of all ages and | feel that a line
should not be drawn at years. /
find students at 80 years of age
very bright. Their reasoning pow
ers are more developed and they
have a keener sense of Judgment,
while at memoriZing they are not
SO apt. 1t is question of ability
and perseverance, not age"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
LATE HOURS PUNISH
THE FAT FOLKS

II is the wisdom of ancient days
that the fatter you become the
quicker you weary. One sits out
more dances than formerly, the
flesh grows weaker after 1880
a. m, in exact ratio to the length
enlng Of the waist measure. Fat is
robbing YOU of fun, just at a time
when you have the leisure and the
cash for it.
You may reduce that fatty over
plus and so revive your Tagging
energies, if you will, in the sim
plest way. You can take off a
pound of it a day, if you wish,
without causing weakness, or
wrinkles. or calling upon exercising
or dieting for help. For years fash
ionable Tat people have been using
the famous Marmola Prescription,
~ OF. Marmola, y OF. FL Ex Cas-
cara Aromatic, 3la OF. Peppermint
Water, Now these same proper
tons have been combined, most
elegantly, into tablet, the Mar
mola Prescription Tablet.
You may take one tablet or many
daily without injury as an offset
to the fat, and a sure restorer of
that springy, jumpy, lithesome
agility and tireless endurance you
have begun to learn to yearn for
Tender seventy-five cents to your
druggist for case; or write the
distributors, the Marmola Co., 1140
Farmer Bldg, Detroit, Mich. Why
nOt2
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

+ Other White House innovations
since the Tafts' occupancy have
brought life in the official resi-
dence nearer like that in Eu-
ropean court. The presidents
auto bears the national coat of
arms on it's doors. There is a dis
tinctive livery for the stable serv-
ants. For the first time, two ma
jestic buffers now stand on either
side of the public entrance to the
house. The blue room-hand'
soonest in the residence-hasb been
appropriated as the Taft family
room. In it is Mrs. Taft's ivory
and gold piano.
Captain Archibald W. DeClaver-
ing Butt wears his uniform when
he attends Mrs. Taft about Wash
ington.
1t is said that the Tafts, soon
after moving into the White House,
wrote the Washington theater
managers, requesting that no per-
Torrance begin until the presi-
dent and family arrived. Custom
for years has reserved the front
right-hand box in every Washing
ton theater for the presidents
use. The box is held until the cur
tain rises, then sold. OF course,
the management is told in ad-
vance whenever the president is
to attend the performance.
But until the Tafts' time no
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
HEAT E RS
"HlS LAST DOLLAR"
AT AUDITORIUM TOMORROW

A play of the romantic south is
one always welcome, and it is hoped
that His Last Dollar" which comes
to the Auditorium tomorrow will
prove doubly so. The piece is now
in its sixth season of uninterrupted
success and has never been pre-
sented west of the Missouri river,
and few plays on the American
stage today contain a more inter-
esting story than this piece of the
dear old Blue Grass region.
WASHINGTON - William BOWS
and Flo barley. at the Washington
this week, in their playlet. have one
of the big laughs of the bill. The
singing introduced in the act by
Miss barley is particularly good. A
dancing act that is one deserving of
special praise is the offering of the
Williams Brothers.
PANTAGEs-"A Vaudeville Sur.
prise" played at the Pantages thea
ter by Keough and Nelson, is one of
those acts in which the audience is
held spellbound the full time of the
act. Can one imagine a complete
change of all scenery made in full
view of the audience in less than a
minutes time.
ORPHEUM-The bill at the Or.
pheum this week is well worth see
ing by those who appreciate and
look for variety in bill. Starting
with trained dogs. really trained
and well trained, and concluding
with Grigolati's aerial ballet, a dis.
tinct novelty, the bill is a strong
one. In between these two acts will
be found a comedy sketch by Ethel
Alton which is winner, filled with
laughter and unexpected compiled.
tons.
AUDITORIUM - One of the
strongest musical attractions thar
will be seen this year will be at
the Auditorium Sunday night. "The
Prince of Tonight" is the title, and
it is headed by Henry Woodruff, the
we'll known leading man. Like its
predecessors, THE Time the Place
and the Girl" Honeymoon Trail
and "a Stubborn Cinderella" it is
under the management of Mort Fl.
Singer, and enjoyed a run of over
200 nights at the Princess theater,
Chicago.
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The whole park is mile from the
nearest streetcar line.
Washington oldest inhabitants
cannot remember when the Marine
band has not given its summer Sat
urday afternoon concerts on the
White House lawn.
The program regularly began at
5 p. m. An hour earlier the de-
partments had released their
clerks and by the time the opening
chords of the first march were
sounded thousands would be TAX
ing their ease in the spacious
park. Many would bring their
evening meals with them. To make
the affair the more democratic,
the Roosevelts used to sit on the
south porch and have tea served.
When the Tafts moved into the
White House they had the speed
way built to be the Lunetta of the
American court. BY midsummer
last year it was completed. Then
the regular Saturday concert was
shifted to the Lunetta.
The populace cottoned to the
idea at first, and the opening con-
cert brought mammoth crowd.
But the people found themselves
wedged tightly between the band
stand and the crowded roadway on
hot, sunny lawn. They refused
to attend again, and the concerts
were discontinued
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19

When the bill to grant a pension
of $4,000 per year to Mrs. Mary Lord
Harrison, widow of ex-President
Harrison Is introduced in congress.
the indications are it will meet with
opposition on the ground that Presi-
Gent Harrison left his widow a for
tune estimated at 100000.
Harrison's first wife died in the
white house in 1892, and his second
wife. Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dim
mick. was her niece. Mrs Dimmick
made her home with the Harrisons
in the white house. Four years
after the death of his first wife,
Harrison married Mrs. Dimmick.
The eX-president, before marrying
the second time, settled all of his
fortune on his two children by his
first wife, and then set out to make
another fortune. He succeeded we'll
receiving one fee of 100000 from
Venezuela. which country he repre-
scented before the Paris tribunal
hearing the boundary dispute with
Great Britain. Harrison only lived
five years after his second mar
riage.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
SOLID TRAIN OF At
CARS OF LUMBER

CENTRALIA, Wash. May 10
Within the next few days people
between Centralia and st. Paul,
Mimi, will have an opportunity to
see solid train Of AZ cars of lum-
Der making one single shipment
from the Lumber Manufacturers
agency of this city.
Each of the. AZ cars will have an
immense placard on each side bear.
ing the legend Shipped by the
Lumber Manufacturers Agency of
Centralia, Washington. via Oregon
& Washington railroad and Chica.
go, Milwaukee & Puget Sound rail
road" These placards are to be
"a feet long and I feet high.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
BY NORMAN,


NEW YORK, May 19.-Through
a house detectives b1under, a big
department store of New York has
had to pay several thousand dol
lars in damages, and has lost the
patronage of a number of wealthy
customers, which will amount to
as much more every year.
And a society girl who played
leading lady to the detectives role
OF heavy villain underwent an ex-.
perience which she would not go
through again for much more than
the amount of pin money" she col
lected.
The girl drove to the store in
her automobile, about mid-after-
noon. She had piece of goods
which she had purchased a few
days before, and which she carried
to match with some trimming. The
goods were not wrapped up; she
carried the piece loosely over her
arm and so entered the store. She
did not find what she wanted, and
after spending some time at the
counters, walked to the door, to re-
enter her automobile and go home.
SLEUTH GETS BUSY.
The detective noticed her as she
neared the door. He asked her
how she came to be carrying the
piece of goods over her arm. She
explained The detective laughed
scornfully at her story. Taking
her firmly by the arm, he marched
the thoroughly frightened woman
back to one of the offices.
There several of the stores man.
ayers questioned her. Her story
was hooted She told them who
she was. and they laughed bolster
ously. Unfortunately, she did not
have with her a card or scrap
of paper of any kind bearing her
name.
A paper was produced, and she
was requested to sign it. 1t was a
confession that she was a shop
litter. that she had stolen the goods
which she was carrying, and prom
ised that if she were set free she
would keep out of the store and
would make no trouble in any way
because of her detention.
The girl was on the verge of col
lapse from modification and fright
but she refused firmly to sign the
confession. For nearly two hours
she stood sort Of modified third
degree" repeating over and over
again her story of who she was and
how she came to have the goods
she was accused of stealing.
SCORN HER REQUESTS.
She asked them to send for her
own chauffeur and footman, who
were all this time waiting before
the store door. They just laughed
and said she had her nerve" She
asked them to send for one or two
of the clerks who knew her well,
having often waited on her. They
knew she was a thief; they had
caught her with the goods; she
would either sign the confession or
go to jail.
II so happens that the girl is the
niece of one of the highest church
dignitaries in New York, and she
repeatedly asked that her inQuisi-
tors telephone to his home. Finally
near evening. a partner in the store
was summoned. 1t struck him in a
few minutes that possibly some
mistake was being made. He hast
ened to telephone and called up
the residence of the clergyman in
question. The clergymans wife
answered
Beg pardon, but has the Rev.
Blank niece named So-andSo liv-
ing in his household"
"Why, yes, certainly"
"Oh-yes, yes. and would you
please describe her-I will explain
later"
THEN QUICK ACTION.
Upon hearing the description, the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
$1,000

PROF. GRAHAM'S NEW
DANCING ACADEMY
is located on Main avenue,
half a block east of Wash
ington street. Private les
sons every afternoon. Soc
ial dances Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday nights. If
you are looking for a large
hall at a reasonable price,
come and see the academy.
$50 Main avenue
PHONE MAIN 1915
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SLEUTHS bLUNOER COSTLY
IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK

partner waited not to explain, but
dashed back to the room where the
prisoner was confined. There were
profuse apologies and profound re-
grets. all of which were scorned,
and a very angry young woman
swept out to her automobile, still
with her piece of goods over her
arm.
She did her own explaining to
her aunt and to many friends, as a
result of which there are many
automobiles which no longer stop
at the doors of that store. A detec-
tive and two or three other obtuse
gentlemen were fired. and it's a
safe bet that from this time on
there will be no more convictions
on circumstantial evidence in that
particular emporium.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
CLARA MORRIS PROBABLY
WILL BE BLIND
(By United Press Leased Wire)

10y UhIteu PTeSS Leased WITeJ
YONKERS, n. Y, May 19.-Ac
cording to physicians attending
Mrs. f. c. Herriott (Clara Morris)
a well known actress, there is prac-
tically no hope of preventing her
from going blind.
The family physician, DR.. b. M.
Belcher said that everything with
in the power of medicine has been
tried, but despite all efforts her
sight is failing rapidly.
Two famous New York eye spe-
cialsts have been in conference
over her case, and it is probable
that they will recommend an OPP
Grafton for the full restoration of
her sight
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-19
BY ROBT. r. WILSON.

BY ROBT. r. WILSON.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-No
longer do the children of Washing
ton group themselves under the
trees of the White House lawn Sat
urday afternoons and romp on the
grass while listening to the music
of the splendid Marine band.
No longer can the underpaid gov,
eminent clerk quit work early,
walk the brief distance to the
White House, and there, in as beau
tiful a spot as there is in the
United States, meet his Mamie
who is also overworked and under
paid, and listen to the band play
inspiring music.
The grounds now are forbidden
the children. the sweethearts and
the aged alike. The concerts have
been discontinued. Now We nave
the Lunetta.
Don't you know what the Lu-
Meta is? Well, perhaps it does need
a word of explanation. This Lunetta
is the smart waterside drive in
IL. II was Wy thS
royal governors from Spain.
1t was where, in the cool of the
day. the lords of the land might
take their leisure in their fine
equipages.
The United States, in taking over
the Philippines, assimilated more
than the natives and lot of land
for the sugar trust. The Tafts as
simulated the Lunetta for us.
The Washington Lunetta isn't
called the Lunetta, but the speed
way or Potomac park. But it was
frankly Mrs. Taft's idea. 1t is a
splendid boulevard of oiled mac
adam, encircling the walled tidal
reservoir of the Potomac, immedi-
ately southwest of the Washington
monument.
The great sidewalks for pedes-
TRANS is not as wide as the bride
path on the other side of the drive.
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This coupon is good for $40 IL pre-
scented before May 10 as first pay.
ment on tuition at Standard Com.
mercial College, Spokane.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-04


cmmue VIII SeatL J. Burrows hnm f Senator
montG Gbo o SOUTH F of a OF
s in htg %
ptd eft b coming f
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-04

the vision Of which had demented my
unfortunate companion. At a period
when such vagaries of thought most
fully possessed me, and when we had
been at work perhaps an hour and
half, we were again interrupted by the
violent howlings of the dog. His uneas-
mess, in the first instance, had been,
evident, but the result of playfulness
or caprice, but he now assumed bit
ter and serious tone. Upon Jupiter's
again attempting to muZZle him, he
made furious resistance, and, leaping
into the hole, tore up the mould fran
tically with his claws. In a few Sec
onds he had uncovered mass of hu-
man bones. forming two complete skel-
etons, intermingled with several but
tons of metal, and what appeared to be
the dust of decaycd woOllen. One or
two strokes of n spade upturned the
blade of a large Spanish knife, and, as
we dug farther, three or four loose
pieces of gold and silver coin came to
light.
At sight of these, the joy of Jupiter
could scarcely be restrained, but the
countenance of his master wore an air
of extreme disappointment. He urged
us. however, to continue our eXertions,
and the words were hardly uttered.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-04

when | stumbled and fell forward.
having caught the toe Of my boot in
q large ring of iron that lay half bur
led in the loose earth.
We now worked in earnest. and neN-
cr did pass ten minutes of more in
tense excitement. During this interval
we had fairly unearthcd an "bl"ng
chest Of wood, which. from its perfect
and wonderful hardness.
had plainly been subjected t" some
process, perhaps that "l
the hirhloridc uf mercury. This box
was three feet and Il half long. three
feet broad. and two and half feet
deep. 1t was firmly secured by bands
of Wrought iron, riVct"d, and forming
Il kind of open trrllis-w"rk over the
whole. ON each side of tn" chest, near
the top. were three rings Of irOn.-SlN
in all,-hy means of which IL firm h"ld
could be obtained by six persons. our
utmost united rndcavors served only I"
disturb the Golfer very slightly IN IT'S
bed. We at once saw the impossihillty
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-04
TRUTH ABOUT OUR SNAKES.
The Rather and His Kindred Not Sc
Deadly After All.

Romance revels In the peril Of the
unknown. Tapped about with the ar
NOR plate Of civilization, the modern
citizen muses. relishingly, like a child
beguiling himself with ogre tales, upon
the terrors which lie just beyond his
ken. Avid for sensation, he peoples
the remoteness of forest and mountain
with malign and destructive creatures
whence has grown up an extensive and
astonishing literature of snake and in
sect poison ore.
Deadly" is the master word OF the
cult. The rattlesnake Is deadly The
copperhead and mOccasin are dead
w." So is the wholly mythical pun
adder. In hardly less degree is the
tarantula deadly" while varying
lethal capacities are ascribed to the
centipede, the scorpion, the kissing
bug, and sundry other forms OF insect
life. The whole matter Is based upon
the slenderest foundations. L don't
mean by this that these ill-famed spe-
cies are wholly innocuOus. 1t would
be highly advisable to snatch kiss
from a cOpperhead or to stroke a tar
rantula's fur the wrong way. But one
could do it and live to boast OF the
achievement. PscudoScience to the
contrary Notwithstanding, t. re Is no
living thing within the boundaries or
the United States of America whose
bite or sting is sure death or (wlth
one possible exception) even probable
death.
There are five varities Of venomous
serpents in this country: three OF them
Crotalids and two belonging TO the
Flaps family. The Flaps are rather
rare. The Crotalids (rattlesnake,
moccasin and copperheaO are COM
mon and of the widest geographical
distribution. Yet, on the basis OF ac-
tual evidence. the amazing fact stands
out that only about so persons, so far
as Ii ascertainable. have ever died
from snake bite in the United States
Estimates vary as to the proportion
of deaths to bites. Prentiss Wilson be-
lieves that something over 10 per cent
Of all persons bitten by venomous
snakes in the United States die. As to
how many of these Succumb. not to
the venom. but to the misdirected ef-
forts of misguided friends at treat
ment-an extremely important differ
entiatiOn-he lacks the data upon
which to base a reckoning. :. Weir
Mitchell'S figures indicate 81 per cent
mortality of rattlesnake bite. This
would make the venom about as dan
gerous as the toxin of typhoid fever,
which is not generally regarded as a
necessarily deadly" disease. Other
writer's go as high as Is per cent for
the cOpperhead.
All general estimates seem to me to
leave one basic element out of cOnsid-
eration-the unnoted, non fatal snake
bites That q bite resulting In death
will eventually get itself reported Is
reasonably certain. On the other hand
I am satisfied. from talking with
plantation owners in the south, with
ranchmen in the west and with woods
men and hunters all over tho country,
that i'm the rcmoter regions many in
stances of poisoning by cOpperheads
and the smaller rattlesnakeS never at
tain the dignity of being listed, so in
are they i'm their effects. |
Were all these To be recorded | believe |
that the mortality ratio would fall
notably.-Everybody Magazine.