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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
ELECTRIC OVEN STOPS POISON
Broker Who Drank BiehIorde of Mer-
curry Is Saved by New Method.

Broker Who Drank BchIorde of Mer-
curry Is Saved by New Method.
A new method for the treatment of
bichloride of mercury poisoning has
come to light in the recovery of David
II. Beach. a New York broker. The
latest method consists in causing a
Precipitation by applying to the body
the heat of an electric oven at a tenn
perature of about 300 degrees.
Mr.. Beach drank a glass of water
in which. unknown to him, there had
been dissolved twenty-five grains of
b!chloride Of mercury. AS he was
drinking the last of the water he no
ticed the metallic taste and immedi-
ately made inquiry. DR.. Paul Pitcher
of Brooklyn applied stomach pump.
This. however. was ineffective, as were
repeated doses of milk and the whites
of eggs. Then the electric furnace was
tried. After three weeks treatment
Mr.. Beach is attending to business as
usual. the only change being that he
is still restricted in diet. .ya
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
MORMON LEADER DEAD.
Joseph Smith, 80 Years Old, Was Son
of the Founder of the Church.

INDEPENDENCE. Mo-, Dec. Il. -
Joseph Smith, president of the Re
organized Church of the Latter Day
Saints, died at his home here yesterday
at the age of s.. He suffered from neu-
ralgia of the heart for more than 20
years. The u apostles of the Church
were in his home at the time of his
death.
Mr.. Smith was the son of Joseph 5.
Smith, founder of the Mormon church,
and Emma Hale. He was born ut Kirt-
land, Ohio, and received common
school education at Nauvoo. III.
After the main body of the Nor
mons went to Utah Mr.. Smith remain
led with his mother 5 family, kept a
hotel, did farming and studied law,
but never was admitted to the bar
He was opposed to polygamy and in
1860 became president of the Reorgan-
lied Mormon church, which was not
affiliated with the church in Utah.
Frederick NJ. Smith, 81, will probably
succeed mis- father as the head of the
cult.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
SHARED BY AN ECLIPSE.
Superstition Caused the Death of Two
Athenian Generals,

Superstition Caused the Death of Two
Athenian Generals,
In the old days eclipses were looked
upon with superstition and dread, and
more than once they were factors In
battles A lunar eclipse was the final
undotng of the Athenian general Nj
cias and his supporting general. De
mosthenes. The Athenians attacking
Syracuse had won encouraging prelim-
mary successes and at one time almost
had the city in their power. incidence
or overconfdence held them back when
breaks in the defense invited them.
and before the opportunity was im-
proved q Spartan general with a small
force made his way into the city and
encouraged it's militia to new efforts
Nicias and his supporting general.
Demosthenes,j who had come with re-
endorsements. decided to abandon the
campaign and go home while they still
had control of the sea Nicias was sick
and discouraged. On the eve of sailing
a total eclipse of the moon disturbed
him 1t was regarded as an inauspt
cious sign, and Nicias waited month
for q more favorable omen
In that month the Syracusans barri
caded the Athentan feet In the harbor
A futile effort was made to break
through, and then a wretched army
undertook an overland march, was pur
sued, surrendered after three days at
/ tack, and Nicias and DemostheneS
were put to death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
SHTPYARD SECRETS.
Precautions TakAp to Guard Them by


the English Officials.
Every British shipyard that builds
for the navy must take great pfecau-
items that none of, thessecrets intrust-
ed to its care shall leak out Detec-
tives watch all visitors and keep the
workmen under Observation also Plain
clothes officers guard every entrance.
and nobody Swallowed to bring in
even a small parcel unless it is first
examined. for fear that it may conceal
a camera At one OF the big construc-
ton yards one man in every two dozen
IS thoroughly searched from head to
foot each night en@Ieaving. All the
craftsmen engaged on the drawings
of a new warship resworn to secrecy,
and the plans are invariably kept un.
der lock and key when not In use.
These precautions have brought
many suspicious circumstances to
light One night when a new cruiser
was about to undergo her trials two
men crept aboard as she lay at an.
Choir. They were captured and handed
over to the police. Shortly afterHRard.
on the day of her trial, the chief en-
gineer thought it wouidabe advisable
to have another look at the interior of
the turbines before steaming to make
certain that no rubbish had got inside
to injure the delicate turbine blades.
But worse than rubbish was found.
When the turbines were opened two
heavy steel chisels were discovered In
side. If the machinery had been start.
ed the damage would have taken
months to repair.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11

Samuel Sterling, 90, known as the pio-
neer educator of the country, died in Chi
cago Monday. He was a native of Yer
mont, a graduate of Middlebury, and the
oldest college alumnus in the country.
For several years before the Civil war he
was president of the Howard college, now
in Birmingham, Ala, and the Judson col
ege for girls now in Marion, Ala. During
the Civil war Mr.. Sherman was president
of the Milwaukee college, now known as
the Milwaukee Downer college.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
GERMANY SHY ON GLASS EYES
England May Have to Import Them
Via America.

German made glass eyes may soon
have to be imported by England via
America. as the supply on hand is al
ready exhausted, and the suspension
OF commerce as we'll as patriotic rea-
sons makes it impossible to get them
direct from Germany.
a dealer declared that mitraileuse
and shrapnel fire had caused many leg
wounds. and for this reason there
would soon be a large demand for ar
fifsSRl legs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
Queer Things That
Turn Up In the News

In the schools of Australia boxing
has been introduced as regular exer-
else for schoolboys.
Harvard men accustomed to dine at
Memorial Hall Commons" threatened
to strike" unless they got less apple
pie.
Mrs. Frank Smith, Jamaica, N. Y,
ties hose in trees to protect peaches.
She turns on water when boys appear
and gravity does the rest.
A. 1000 foot fall from q balloon and
the electric current of trolley wires
which he struck in his descent failed
TO kill Henry Miller, a seventeen-year-
old aeronaut of Weehawken, N. ].
Weary of cribbage, rhuml and five
hundred as games to while away the
time between the fires, the fremen
OF Brazil, Ind, have constructed a
huge loom and viii weave shawls, TIA
bic runners and rugs. The loom is of
their own design.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
Cause For Regret.

'Do you find that set of books you
bought Interestingly
Not very" confessed the man who
tries to improve himself.
"Do you regret your bargainr'
"a little. I'd feel better about it if
the man who comes around to collect
were as good an entertainer as the one
who sold me the books Exchange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
Short, All Riqht.

De Tanque Oh. believe In short
life and merry one. Wigwag-Well.
1 guess you'll get the benefit OF the
first half OF your theory, all right
Exchange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11

In the year 1913 a flock of 81 hens,
owned by Edward Doane, of Pitts
field, produced 4,371 eggs, an average
of III for each hen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
Other Mems Eyes.

We can only see a very little bit at
time; and we must. ! think. learn to
believe that other men see bits of truth
as well IS Observation-Disclosures.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11

fremen responded Although several
NEARBY buildings caught fire, the blaze
was confined to the building in which
it started. h@
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11
Elementary. Watson.

=
Does Wombat own or rent his
house?" -a-, s.,. .-s ss..,.
"Rents it,. ga .aasas Ii .s r.
"How do you knowT' 4s@
~ know all right. He scratches
matches on the paint" Louisville
CouriertJournal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-11

Avelino Monies, Mexican millionaire,
has decided to live in New Orleans,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
THE NAN WHO LAUGH

The man whose ha! ha! reaches
from one end of the street to the other
may be the same fellow who scolded
his wife and spanked the baby be-
fore he got his breakfast, but his
laughter Is only a cradle of thorns
under the pot. The man who spends
his laughter through his life-before
a late breakfast, when he misses the
train, when his wife goes visiting and
he has to eat a cold supper; the man
who a laugh when he finds a button
of his shirt, when the furnace goes
out at night, and the twins come down
with the measles at the same time
he's the fellow that's needed. He
neve tells his neighbor to have faith;
somehow he puts faith into them. He
delivers his homilies; somehow the
sight Of his face. the light of his
blessed daily life, carry convictions
that words have not power to give.
The blues fee before him as the fog
before the west wind. He comes into
his W home like a food of sunshine
over a meadow Of blooming butter
cups. and his wife and children bloom
like June roses. His home is redol.
emit with sympathy and love. The
neighborhood Is better for his life, and
somebody will learn from this that
laughter is better than tears. The
world needs this a Why are there
so few of them? Can he be created?
Can he be evolved? Why is he not
In every house, turning rain into sun
shine and winter into summer all the
around until life Is a perpetual
season of joy?-Armour Chronicle.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
A MEET IN MAY

The third annual track and field
meet of the Minnesota-Dakota Inter
collegiate Conference will be held May
% and 20 at Huron, S. d., according to
action Of the conference games COM
mittee held in Brookings Thursday.
The meet was scheduled for one day
last year, but the unexpected full list
of entries made a one day event in
effective. The interest being shown
in the 1914 conference meet already
warrants holding a two-days session.
C. w. Hochstetler of Huron, an
nounces also that the Huron CONNER
cial Club has put up a guarantee Of
$500 to insure the financial success
of the meet. Prof. Hochstetler ran the
meet last year with no financial back
ing whatever, and made good. With
business men, the meet this year is
assuming proportions of great magni-
tude.
The games committee also made a
few minor changes in the track SEIZED
ule. 1t is quite possible that the jave-
lin will be substituted for the hammer
throw. The list of officials was dis
cussed but no definite action taken.
Several points in the rules were
brought up for discussion and deferred
for future action.
The following colleges and universe
ties are members of the conference
and are planning to enter teams in
the Huron meet: Carleton, Gustavus
Adolphus, Hamline, Macalaster, st.
Olaf, st. Thomas, Dakota Wesleyan,
Huron, South Dakota State. University
of South Dakota, Yankton, Fargo,
North Dakota Agricultural, University
of North Dakota, and Luther. The
North Dakota School of Science and
the Aberdeen Normal School as as
sociate members have the right to
compete.
The first track meet of the confer
was held at Mortified, Mimi, in
1912. This was not a very successful
meet, either in the matter of finance
or of interest, or of records made. 1t
then seriously doubted whether it
was wise to make any further attempt
conducting an annual athletic meet.
However, an invitation was accepted
Huron college, and the 1913 con-
meet at Huron was a success
every respect. Teams from twelve
were entered and in spite of
ain the event paid out. Practically
every record of the first meet was
The greatest number Of
Joints were captured by the Univer-
.ity of South Dakota.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
OF

There Is considerable wasted har.
mony talk being INDUCED in. 1t is USE
less for republicans, no matter what
their fractional alliances, to talk har-
mony while the things to be agreed
upon remain unettled. There is bellig-
erency under the surface, and that bel
Igerency is liable to break forth at
any moment. The real desire for mar
mony a only come when the great
majority of republicans over Iowa have
come to more thoroughly realize the
greatest enemy they have in politics
Is free trade. High tariff, reciprocity
or a tariff built along middle of the
road lines, may be the fad or fancy of
the several factional adherents, but in
the main all are ~unalterably opposed
to the doctrine of free trade. The
adherents will only become united
when desire to overcome the old
enemy has outgrown the spirit of vim
dictiveness and revengefulness.-Ana-
mosa (Iowa) Eureka.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
ALTON

The teachers from here attended the
teachers meeting at Elkton.
Lylah Soden has been quite sick
with an attack of appendicitis.
F. e. Feuerheims have moved to
Brookings.
Mrs. James Klimes spent a few days
visiting her sister, Mrs. Welsh.
Mr.. August Miller who has been
visiting at his sisters, Mrs. L. Luze's,
returned to his home in Saskatoon,
Canada.
Miss Elna Olson has gone to Brook
ings where she viii take a course In
dressmaking.
Mrs. e. Honan has gone to Rochester
to consult the Mayos.
Miss Marie Wunsch and pupils gave
an excellent program at her school,
Friday evening. The program was fol-
lowed by q basket social.
Miss Hazel FELTON, has been staying
with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
Soden. of Bushnell.
Miss Edna Coping spent Saturday
and Sunday in Brookings.
Edward Puhr spent the week end
a. home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
A REPREHENsIBLE CORPSE

Now what ex-senator Albert Jere-
miah Beveridge has delivered a funerai
grafton over the republican party, let
the cortege move on. Thus far the
corpse has been acting in an indecor-
Gus manner, utterly unbeftting funerai
ceremonies. No reputable corpse
would kick I'D such a rumpus over a
trifie like interment, although 1t Is
to be admitted it might have a per-
sonal preference as to who should con-
duct the services. In this case we can
hardly censure the ~decendent for It's
The circumstances seem to in
dicate the postponement of the burial
until more propitious conditions OBJ
tain.-Burlington Hawkeye.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
AN EDITORS EASY LIFE

1t is easy to be an editor, the Normal
Bulletin says. To run a newspaper
successfully a man has merely to be
able to write poems, discuss the tariff
and money questions, umpire a base
ball game, report a wedding, saw wood,
describe a fire so that the readers will
shed their wraps, make 81 do the work
OF $40, shine at a dance, measure
calico, abuse the liquor habit, test
whiskey, subscribe to charity, go with
out meals, attack free silver, wear
diamonds, invent advertisements,
sheer at snobbery, overlook scandal,
appraise babies, delight pumpkin
appraise babies, delight pumpkin
raisers, minister to the afflicted, lead
the disgruntled, fight to a finish, set
type, mould opinion, sweep out the
office, speak at the prayer meeting,
and stand in with everybody. And in
addition to the above essentials the
editor has to print a paper once
a week.-Publishers' Auxiliary.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

OF expense entering into the cost of
production, 1t had cost him just Is
cents a bushel to raise the corn on
that land. The sale brought him,
after deducting all the expenses of the
acre, a clear profit Of $45. This is a
1air sample Of intensified farming, 1t
II a great deal better, it would seem,
TO get $45 per acre off 100 acres, which
could be handled at the same ratio of
expense, than it would be to get the
same total amount from twice that
much land. In other words $4,000 from
100 acres is worth more than $4,000
from ZOO acres that is only half farmed,
n this the farmers are beginning to
realize.-Mason City Qowa) Times.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
FOLLOWED BY A BAD EXAMPLE

After all, there is n pretty conclus-
i've answer to the claim that the local
taxing bodies, and not the state execu-
tive council, are to be blamed for the
increase in taxes. Why did not the
executive council itself set an example
for the local bodies by reducing the
state levy in the same proportion that
the council had increased taxable
values? And the answer is that the
state executive council needed the ad.
ditional money-in fact, that was the
reason it had raised the valuations.
How are the local taxing bodies to be
blamed if they followed the example of
the states executive council?-Iowa
City Press.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
March

Hogs-Market slow, sc under yes.
terday's average; bulk of sales, $3.50
OSLO; light, $8.50@8.75; mixed, s8.45
9S.75; heavy, $S.3O@8.72k; rough,
sS.309S.45; pigs, $7@8.55. Cattle
market steady to strong; beeves, $40
$50; Texas steers, s7.15@8.15; west
ern steers, $6.85@8.10; stockers and
feeders, $5.5O@s.1O; cows and heifers,
$3.75@8.50; calves. $500. Sheep
market steady to strong; naticve, $4.7O
@6.25; western, $4.80@6.3O; yearlings,
$5.7OQ7; lambs, native, $6.7O@7.7O;
western, $6.7O@7.75.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
CREDIT TO A

The late Senator Cullom is quoted
as saying that Abraham Lincoln wa
the greatest man he ever knew and
that Senator Orville H. Plat of Con.
necticut, was the most useful and in
.f1uential member of either branch of
congress he had ever known. The Da.
kotas were peculiarly indebted to the
late Senator Plat. Senator P%ettigrew,
then delegate from the territory of
Dakota, gave the entire credit of
statehood to Mr.. Plat, saying that but
for him admission could not have been
accomplished at the time it was &C.
complished.-Huron Huronite.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

the third season that Arthur has work
ed for Mr.. Cotton.
Mr.. Thompson of Iowa, moved on
the Douglas place this week.
o. D. Plumb and family visited in
Preston Sunday.
Carrie Pesh is visiting with her
brother Ed Pesh.
Walter Plumb is on the sick list.
The little children of MI. Schmidt
are all on the sick list.
Floyd Cotton made a trip to Airing
ton last Saturday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
HE MAY WELL TREMBLE

Now that President Wilson has made
bold to openly repudiate the Panama
tolls plank of the Baltimore platform,
can it be wondered that Champ Clark
spends his nights trembling for the
fate of that Single presidential term"
plank which occupies so prominent a
place in the same declaration of demo
cratic faith?-New York Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
WITH THE
CHURCHES

tThe items In this column are furnished
the Register by the press correspondence
churches and societies have the same
privileges In the use of this column.)
The Guild will meet with Mrs.
Roberts Thursday, March 26.
The subject for the Sunday morning
sermon at the U. p. church will be
"A Threefold Vision Of the Future"
Regular services in the evening.
st. Paul's Episcopal church, Fourth
Sunday in Lent, March %, 1914: 11:45
a. m. Sunday school. On Wednesday
evenings at 1880 there is regular
Lenten weekday evening prayer and
address. All are welcome.
@ O @
First Presbyterian church, next Sun
day the pastor will preach from the
theme: "The Progress of Christianity.
In the evening he will speak on 1.-THE
Question Of Religion and the people
who were not counted In last Sab
baths Go-to-C Church campaign" II
you ave no other church home you
are most earnestly invited to come and
enjoy our services. Go-to-church Sun
day was most gratifying in it's results
and yet it left something to be desired
but 1t had the effect of calling our at.
tention to the matter of church attend
ance. We wish here to express our
gratitude to the Commercial Club for
its endorsement of this movement and
we believe that the appeal was not
without Its effect.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Sunday service at II o'clock a. m.
Subject, Matter" Wednesday even
Ing meeting at 8 o'clock. Reading
room open Wednesday and Saturday
from 2 to 4 o'clock p. m. Everybody
welcome. Corner 9Th street and 9Th
Baptist church, Sunday, March %.
Preaching at 1880 a. m, Sunday
school at IL m. The evening subject
rs before announced. Travel Studies
n the Alps-and Mt. Blanc"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

FOR SALE-Improved seed corn,
Minnesota No. 13 and Golden Jewel.
1913 field yield was Sc bushels per
acre. All seed for sale was picked first
two weeks in September. We won the
following premiums with our 1913
crop: first and second at Brookings
County Fair; first at Prairie Home
Corn Show; first In County Acre con.
test; and first at Bookings County
Institute. Can furnish a few samples
OF ten extra choice ears for seed plots.
Fred Killing and Son.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
WHEN FARMING PAYS

Recently q corn contest was held In
southwestern Iowa. the contestants
limited and participated in to four
counties. The cash prizes were for
the young men who raised the most
corn at the greatest proft on an acre
Of ground. The cost was given in each
case. and the nrst prize winner found
that after paying s. per acre rent for
the land. counting the blowing. cul-
ttvAting and gathering. and every item
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
PREsToN-oAKwoop

Rex Shoemaker IL reported some
what better.
Mr.. c. H. Fisk was seen In Oakwood
township last Monday.
Mrs. o. d, Plumb and daughter Ruth
visited with Mrs. Ada Ackerman last
Monday.
H. G. Alderman and family visited
q w. r. PlumbAs one DAY last week.
Arthur Fish commenced working for
NJ. Cotton lat Monday. This makes
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

FOR SALE-Eight room house, well
located, with electric lights, cistern,
good well Of water. Lot is 5Ox2OO.
The price is reasonable, as l am leav-
ing the country. s. F. Walters.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19
HELPS A LOT!

1t must comfort a wheat grower to
be told how much money he can make
at something else If the tariff kills his
business.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching.
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds. Great
laying strain. A. o. Bortnem.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

FOR SALE-Thirty varieties of gar
den seeds for $1.00 at the Brookings
Green House. A. B. Holmes, pro-
prietor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

Good Hay for Sale-Inquire of o. G.
Oyloe.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

FOR SALE-Concrete mixer In good
condition. My only reason for selling
the machine Is that 1t is too small for
my large contracts. John Dokken,
cement contractor and builder.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-03-19

FOR SALE-White Plymouth Rock
cockerels. Phone R-234.