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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-08-29
Local and Personal

Col. S. ]. Rudolph was at Elkton be-
tween trains yesterday.
Miss Ada Pratt returned last even
ing from her vacation.
Hall Miles went to Elkton yesterday
to visit his young friends.
r. A. butcher returned this morn
ing from his trip east.
Roy Soule went to Doland last even
ing to spend a few days,
Mrs. e. H. Patterson returned last
evening from her buying trip to Chi
cago.
C. D. Kendall and family returned
home this morning from their visit at
Ignite, N. D.
"The Belle of Barnstapoole," at the
opera house September 6. Benefit CT
the Educational building fund.
Mrs. J.. w. Holiday returned last
evening from a couple of weeks visit
at Rock Rapids, Iowa.
The Belle of Barnstapoole," at the
opera house September 6. Benefit Of
the Educational building fund.
Miss Ruth Mailer came up from
Elkton last evening for a visit with
Miss Amy Kelly.
A. P. Ryger, the dairy expert, left
last evening for Big Stone, White
| Pnnlx ND nthnr'nDint ,,nrfh
Mrs. Albert Erstad returned last
evening from her trip of several
weeks to the Pacific coast, where she
visited a son.
There will be a trap-shoot Friday at
the grounds south of town and every
one is invited. There will be a
special team shoot.
There was an error in the ad. of DR.
]. e. Doran last week, the date of his
appearance here being September 9Th
instead Of September 10th.
DR.. Harry Allison arrived from Chi
cago this morning and will remain IN
Brookings for some weeks visiting hi!
parents.
Mrs. Nellie White, who has been II
California the past year, Is now visit
ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Henry at Volga.
Mrs. J. F. Farrand's Sunday schoo
class had a very enjoyable picnic OF
the college campus Tuesday after
noon, and a very fine luncheon wa
served.
Yesterday morning a threshinl
engine operated by Orville Atkins
went through the bridge on the Med
airy road four miles south OF the city
Mr.. Atkins went down with the engine
but escaped with slight bruises. Tn,
bridge was q new one built after tn.
spring food.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-08-29

Miss Todd arrived from st. Paul
last evening to take a position as
trimmer for Miss Helen Johnson.
'"The Belle of Barnstapoole," at the
opera house September 6. Benefit Of
the Educational building fund.
Typewriter paper at the Register OF.
fee at rs and IS cents per box Of 500
sheets.
Prof. c.. Larsen returned Tuesday
evening from a trip through Iowa and
Minnesota in search Of blooded stock
for the dairy herd of the college.
w. E. Frank of Sturgis, this week
purchased the Ashbaugh pharmacy
and opened up for business yesterday.
The store is at present in charge of
his father, but Mr.. Frank is expected
here today or tomorrow.
The Ladies Aid of the NJ. e. church
will be held in the church parlor
Thursday, September 5. The Septem-
Der committee will entertain. They
will conduct a food sale also.
The post Office will be closed Sun
day and again on Monday. The public
can then get mail for the balance OF
the week for we understand they
won't close again until Sunday, Sept.
Sth.
A benefit for the Educational Build
ing fund will be held at the opera
house September 6. This will be the
operetta, "The Belle of Barnstapoole,'
and it will be under the direction OF
Misses Lila Alton and Nellie Kendall,
which is assurance that it will be out
OF the ordinary. Admission soc, 75c,
and $1.00.
A meeting of the business men OF
the county which was postponed from
last week, was held at the Commercial
Club rooms Monday evening, but on
account Of the short notice the at.
tendance was not as large Is it would
have been otherwise. However, those
who were present from the outside
were unanimous in the opinion that
Brookings county should be we'll rep.
resented at Huron and pledged their
efforts to assist in financing the ex.
hibit. Two towns which were not
represented, sent word that they
would do their share. 1t is hoped that
the county commissioners can be pre-
vailed upon to help in a financial way
and II they do 1t will simplify matters
greatly. The county board Of Mime
haha county appropriated 500 for the
county exhibit and the boards of near
ly every other county that will have
an exhibit at Huron have been gener
GUS in the same proportion. The OF.
hibit Is coming along in good shape
and will be ready for shipment to
Huron the coming week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-08-29

While attending college at Brook
ings Miss Mary Wright was n of
the Spoon Club" the members Of
which were fifteen young ladies. Since
graduating the club has frequently
met at the home of one OF the mem
bers, apparently 10th to give up the
association that proved 30 pleasant.
Last Friday they met at the Wright
home, and spe mt a very pleasant day.
From Bookings there were Misses
Winifred and Marguerite Catlett,
Muriel She irwin, Nellie Kendall, Ada
and Ruth Erwin, Winifred Paul, Amy
Kelly and Halle Hyde. and from Yale
Mrs. Guy Abbott. The other MEM
bers were too tar away to come.-De
Smet News.
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over Sunday and Mrs. Violet Sedan
from Washington, who is visiting
friends in the county, returned with
him.
Miss May Shelp OF B~rookings, visit
ed at the home OF her brother, Bert
Shelp, on Sunday.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation for the kindness and SYM
pathy of our friends and neighbors in
our recent sad bereavement over the
loss of our son and brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. K. Fridley and family.
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EXCURSION RATES
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE FAIR
HURON, S. D.
Sept. 9-3, 1912.

Via The North Western Line.
Daily, Sept. 7th to 18th; return
Sept. 10th, '912. Large list of atrac-
tons. Great exposition Of live stock
and farm products. Apply to ticket
agents.
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into his hand. then, with a hesitating
glance at the timepiece, said, This thing
may be the means of sinking me- and
threw it upon the deck. There were three
or four cabin boys, pale and PROSTATE
with seasickness, and the cabin cook. an
old African negro, under great excite
ment, was scolding them most profanely.
x x
AS / assembled the turret ladder the sea
broke over the ship and came pouring
down the hatchway with SO much force
that it took me off my feet, and at the
same time the steam broke from the
boiler room, as the water had reached
the fires and for an instant ! seemed to
realize that we had gone down. Our
fires were out and l heard the water
blowing out of the boilers.
/ reported my observations to the cap
tain, and at the same time saw a boat
alongside. The captain again gave orders
for the men to leave the snip, and ff-.
teen, all of whom We're seamen and men
whom I had placed my confidence upon.
We're the ones who crowded the first
boat to leave the ship. j was Disguised
at witnessing the scramble, and. not feel
ing in the least alarmed about myself.
resolved that /. an old ..haymaker." as
landsmen are called, would stick to the
ship as long as my officers. | saw three
of those men swept from the deck and
carried to leeWard on the swift current.
Bailing was now resumed. l occupied
the turret all alone, and passed buckets
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take it, 1 scrambled up the ladder and
found that we below had been deserted.
l shouted to those on the berth deck.
Come up; the officers have left the
ship, and boat is alongside"
AS 1 reached the top the turret l
saw a boat made fast on the weather
quarter filled with men. Three others
were standing on deck trying to get on
board. One man was floating leeward,
shouting in vain for help; another, who
hurriediy passed me and jumped down
from the turret, was swept Off by a
breaking wave and never rose.
/ was excited, feeling that it was the
only chance to be saved. l made a
loose line fast to one of the stanchions
and let myself down from the turret,
the ladder having been washed away.
The moment l struck the deck the sea
broke over it and swept me as l had
seen it sweep my shipmates.
grasped one of the smokestack
braces and, hand-over-hand, assembled,
to keep my head above water. 1t re-
quired all my strength to keep the sea
from tearing me away. AS it swept
from the vessel l found myself dang
ling in the air nearly at the top of the
smokestack. I let myself fall, and sue
ceeded in reaching lifeline that en-.
circled the deck by means of short
stanchions, and to which the boat was
attached
The sea again broke over us, lifting
me feet upward as l still chung to the
lifeline. 1 thought l had nearly meas
ured the depth of the ocean when
felt the turn, and as my head rose
above the water l was somewhat daZed
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LAST OF THE MERRIMAC

she done SO, a determined effort would
nave been made to carry her by board
ing. Four small gunboats We're ready,
each of which had it's crew divided into
parties for the performance of certain
duties after getting on board. Some were
to try to wedge the turret some to cover
the pilot house and all the openings with
tarpaulins. others to scale with ladders
the turret and smokestack using shells
hand grenades, etc.
breakdown of engines forced us to
return to Norfolk. Having completed our
repairs May s, and while returning to
our old anchorage, we heard heavy flr-
ing, and. going down the harbor, found
the Monitor. with the ironclads Galena,
Naugatuck and number of heavy ships.
Smelling our batteries at Sewells point
We stood directly for the Monitor but as
We approached they all ceased firing and
retreated below the forts. We followed
close down to the ripraps, whose shot
passed over us, striking mile or more
beyond the ship. We remained for some
hours in the roads, and finally the COM
modore. in tone of deepest disgust, gave
the order: Mr.. Jones. fire a gun to
windward. and take the ship back to her
buoy"
During the month of April 1862. orr
forces. under Gen. ]. Z. Johnston, had
retired from the peninsula to the neigh
borhood of Richmond, to defend the city
against McClellan's advance by way of
the peninsula, and from time to time ru-
mors Of the possible evacuation of Nor
folk reached us. On the 9Th of May.
while at anchor off Sewells point, we no.
ticed at sunrise that our flag was not fiy-
ashore and found them abandoned. Lieut..
Pembroke Jones was then dispatched to
Norfolk, some miles distant to learn the
condition of affairs. He returned during
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the afternoon. reporting. to our great sur
prise, the town deserted by our troops
and the navy yard on fire.
Norfolk evacuated, our occupation was
gone, and the next thing to be decided
upon was what should be done with the
ship. Two courses of action were open to
us: we might have run the blockade Of
the forts and done some damage to the
shipping there and at the mouth of the
York river. provided they did not get out
of our way-for, with our great draught
and low rate of speed. the enemy's trans
ports would have gone where We could
not have followed them; and the Moni-
tor and other ironclads would have en-
gagged us with every advantage. playing
around us as rabbits around a sloth. and
the end would have been certain loss OF
the vessels. On the other hand. the pilots
said repeatedly If the ship We're light
ened to eighteen feet they could take
her up the James river to Harrison
Landing or City Point. where she could
have been put in fighting trim again, and
have been in a position to assist in the
defense of Richmond.
x
The commodore decided upon this
course. Calling all hands on deck, he
told them what he wished done. Sharp
and quick work was necessary. for. to be
successful, the ship must be lightened
five feet, and we must pass the batteries
at Newport News and the fleet below be-
fore daylight next morning. The crew
gave three cheers. and went to work with
a will. throwing overheard the ballast
from the fantails. as we'll as that below
all spare stores. water, indeed, every
thing but our powder and shot.
BY midnight the ship had been light
ened three feet, when, to our amazement.
the pilots said it was useless to do more.
that with the westerly wind blowing the
tide would be cut down SO that the ship
would not go up even to jamestown HATS:
indeed. they would not take the RESPONSE
bility of taking her up the river at all.
This extraordinary conduct of the pilots
rendered some other plan Immediately
necessary. The ship had been so lifted
as to be unfit for action: two feet of her
hull below the shield was exposed. She
could not be sunk again by letting In
water without putting out the furnace
fires and flooding the magazines. Never
was a commander forced by circum-
stances over which he had no control
into a more painful position than was
Commander Tattnall. But coolly and
calmly he decided. and gave orders to
destroy the ship: determining. If he could
not save his vessel. at all events not to
sacrifice three hundred brave and faithful
men. She was run ashore near Craney
Island. and the crew landed with its
small arms and two days provisions
Having only two boats. it took three
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True Generosity.

goes the politest hobo In
= Washington" said the genial-look-
ing man.
'Oh. I don't know; they're all polite
enough when it comes to that" said his
companion. Il never give a nickel to a
tramp In my live without receiving a
thank YOU"
"Oh. thank you's' don't count" said
the genial man. MY man has risen far
above thank you's.' / handed him q
quarter the other day and he invited me
to come in and have a drink with him.
That is what call true courtesy"
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moment he was over the bows of the boat
Lieut.. Greene cried, "Cut the painter! cut
the painter 1 thought. Nov or lost"
and in less time than I can explain it.
exerting my strength beyond imagina-
ton, l hauled in the boat. sprans, caught
on the gunwale, was pulled into the boat
with a boat hook in the hands of one Of
the men. and took my seat with one of
the oarsmen.
The other man. named Thomas Joice.
managed to get into the boat in some
way, cannot tell how, and he was the
last man saved from that ill-fated ship.
AS we were cut loose l saw several men
standing on top of the turret, apparently
afraid to venture down upon deck. and
it may have been that they We're deter
red by seeing others washed overheard
while was getting into the boat.
Il u
After a fearful and dangerous passage
over the frantic seas we reached the
Rhode Island, which still had the tow
line caught in her wheel and had drifted
perhaps two miles to leeward. We came
alongside under the lee bows, where the
first boat that had left the Monitor near
ly an hour before had just DISCHARGED its
men.
But we found that getting on board
the Rhode Island was a harder task than
getting from the Monitor. We We're car
ried by the sea from stem to stern, for
to have made fast would have been fatal !;
the boat was bounding against the ships
sides; sometimes it was below the wheel
and then on the summit of huge wave
far above the decks; then the two boats
would crash together; and once. while
Surgeon Weeks was holding on to the rail.
he lost his fingers by a collision which
swamped the other boat Lines were
thrown to US from the deck of the Rhode
Island. which were of no assistance, for
not one of us could climb a small rope;
and besides. the men who threw them
would Immediately let go their holds. in
their excitement. to throw another-which
found to be the case when / kept haul
ing in rope instead Of climbing.
It must be understood that two vessels
lying side by side, when there is any mo-
ton to the sea, move alternately: or, in
other words, one is constantly passing the
other up or down. At one time when our
boat was near the bows of the steamer.
we would rise upon the sea until we could
touch her rail: then in an instant, by a
very rapid descent. we could touch her
keel.
While we were thus rising and falling
upon the sea l caught rope, and, ris-
ing with the boat. managed to reach
within a foot or two of the rail, when
man, if there had been one. could easily
have hauled me on board. But they had
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Burglars Aid Collections.

CID ENG a moral member of tne
- community. naturally I deplore
burglaries." said the church treasurer.
IF 1 studied the welfare of the church
alone l should encourage them. Ior. next
to the burglars themselves. the people
who profit most from an epidemic Of
small robberies are the churches.
with peace and safety reigning in a
neighborhood. householders leave most
of their money at home when they go to
church. consequently they contribute in
driblets, but just let that same locality
become infested with burglars. and
everybody takes his money to church
and increases his contributions propors
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French Erect Monument
in Memory of Aviator

wings stretching behind the shoulders OF
gods and heroes. He began to feel-for
he was poet. too-that those strange
scientists of 1900 years ago had foreseen
that some day the wings of the bird OF
the desert would be added to man.
At any rate. he watched the vultures
with greater passion than ever, and by de-
grees he began to formulate his the
cries of air currents. He saw how the
birds rose and hung motionless and
moved without beating their wings. He
calculated the heat of the desert, the
warm currents that rose from 1t: he
thought out everything sitting on the
ruins about Cairo. and he concluded
that the theories of those woud-be avi-
ators who sought to construct wings
that tapped were wrong.
& =
In 1881 Mouillard, had an illness which
made it impossible for him to teach
drawing any longer. He managed to pub
lish his Empire of the Air. and to get
to Paris His theories were very well re-
ceived, and the Society for Aerial Navi-
cation made him a member. He had
many compliments, but nobody could
give him money to build model aero
plane.
The inventor returned to Cairo and
found a place as cashier i'm shop. His
WIFE worked in another shop, and to-
gether they earned poor living. The
vultures could rarely be studied now.
but he did find time to write few pages
at night, and by degrees he finished mis-
work on Flight With Fixed Wings"
which has only just been published.
Not long before his death the American
Chanute heard of Mouillards work and
corresponded with him on the subject OF
aviation. To the American the old in
ventor told all he knew. and-so the story
goes'-the knowledge passed from Chanute
to the Wrights.
But In 1857, ten years before the broth
ers mad found way to make the French
mans idea of practical use, Louis Mouil-
lard died. He could not know how stout
and capable were the shoulders on which
his mantle FELL but perhaps he had the
abiding faith of the man who knows his
idea is right and must conquer in the
end. Perhaps his life did not seem 10
him the failure ii must have seemed to
his associates in the shop. who must 60
out wondering today TO see the monu-
ment to the poor cashier, whose only
pleasure was to sit in the desert and
watch the vultures.
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water stood in the ward-room. I went
forward to the cabin and found the water
just above the soles of my shoes, which
indicated that there must be more than
q foot in the vessel. l reported this to
the captain, and all hands were set to
bailinS,-bailing cut the ocean, as it SEEM
ed-but the object was to employ the
men, as there now seemed to be danger of
excitement among them. I kept employed
mcst of the time. taking the buckets from
them through the hatchway on top of the
turret. They seldom would have more
than q pint of water in them, however,
the remainder having been spilled in pass
ing from enc man to another.
The weather was clear. but the sea did
not cease rolling in the least, and the
Rhode Island, with the two lines wound
up in her wheel, was tossing at the mercy
of the sea and came drifting against our
sides. 4 beat that had been lowered was
caught between the vessels and crushed
and lost. Some of our seamen bravely.
leaped down on deck to guard our sides.
and lines We're thrown to them from the
deck of the Rhode Island, which now lay
her whole length against US. floating off
astern, but not "a man would be the first
to leave his ship, although the captain
gave orders to do so.
I was again sent to examine the water
in the wardroom, which / found to be
more than two feet above the deck; and
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and EADER o tic CYL WRMAI
RklR LAST OF THE MONITOR AND THE 1912

hours to disembark. Lieut.. Catesby Jones
and myself were the last TO leave. Set
ting her on fire fore and aft, she was
soon I'm a blazo, and by the light of ou.
burning ship we pulled for the shore.
landing at daybreak. We marched twen-
ty-two miles to Suffolk and took the cars
for Richmond.
y
1t only remains now to speak OF our
last meeting with the Monitor. Arriving
at Richmond, we heard that the enemy's
fleet was ascending James river. and the
result was great alarm: for. relying upon
the Virginia, not a gun had been mounted
to protect the city from water attack
We were hurried TO Drewry's Bluff. the
first high ground below the city, seven
miles distant. Here. for two days. eN-
posed to constant rain. in bottomless mud
and without shelter. on scant provisions.
we worked increasingly. mounting guns
and obstructing the river. The James
town and some small sailing vessels
were sunk In the channel. but. owing TO
the high water occasioned by a freshet.
the distractions were only partial.
We had only succeeded In getting into
position three thirty-twos and two six
ty-fours (shell guns) and We're without
sufficient supply of ammunition. when
on the 18th of May the ironclad Galena.
Commander John Rodgers. followed by
the Monitor and three others. hove in
sight. We opened fire as soon as they
came within range. directing most of it
on the Galena. This vessel was handled
Very skillfully. Coming up within GOO
yards OF the battery. she anchored. and.
with spring from her quarter. presented
her broadside: this under a heavy fire,
and in a narrow river with a strong cur
rent. The Monitor, and others anchored
just below. answered our fire deliberately:
but owing to the great elevation of the
battery, their fire was i'm a great measure
Intellectual. though two guns were dis
mounted and several men were killed and
wounded. While this was going on our
sharpshooters We're at work both
banks. Finding they could make no i'm
preston on our works, the Galena, after
an action of four hours. returned down
the river with her consorts. Her loss
was about forty killed and wounded.
This was one Of the boldest and best
conducted operations of the war, and one
of which very little notice has been taken
Had Commander Rodgers been supported
by few brigades, landed at City Point
or above on the south side. Richmond
would have been evacuated. The Vir-
sinia's screw alone barred his way to
Richmond. otherwise the distractions
would not have prevented his steaming
up to the city. which would have been
as much at his mercy as was New Or
leans before the feet Of Farragut.
Copyright. 1912. by the Century Company