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The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
olaLHooD OF YESTERDAY.
oId-rashIoned virtues We Might Wen
Wish Revived.

Wish Revived.
Arahella is safely shut away in an
old daguerreotye. and there is nothing
left to her memory but few dead rose
leaves and the fading dreams in the
Home Companion. But we should of
fer TO her memory tribute OF praise
for certain sweet endearing young
charms which are almost lost arts
ai the threshold of the twentieth CEN
tury. True. Arabella was pale, faint
star in the brilliant light OF the new
girl, and yet. looking into that old
dagnerreotype Tin Just the right line
OF visIon). one sees some sweet. old
fashioned propensities which have been
banlshed to the cobwebs and dust of
age. but which even the proud new
girl would do we'll to adopt. II it is
old-fashioned to be modest. then 1t is
a grand good old fashion, and we need
TO dig 1t up out OF the past and give
II genuine nineteenth-century
boom Old-fashioned gowns. old
songs, old plays. are born again after
years OF burial. and delight new gen
orations. Happy IL some old-fashioned
virtues long abandoned and forgotten
might be resurrected and become the
ragei After the cheap jests and shrugs
and mannerisuHs of society a pure.
frank, unspoiled manner is like sun
shine on the waters OF a brook after
the yellow glare of gaslight. Arabella
was wont TO sit in a state o: sweet
receptiyity and absorb the eloquence
of man. which. though perhaps inglor-
ious. was, at least restful Therefore.
she had that pearl OF all manners-re-
pose. The new girl. on the contrary. is
all the time making a palpable effort
to sustain her reputation for. brill
hancy. Now. the conscious effort to
be continuously witty and entertaining
may be as trying to the nerves as
those deadly pauses which occur be-
tween Ideas (nnd which unquestionably
occurred pretty frequently between the
ideas of our lost Arabella). The girl
who is determined at all hazards to
fill up silence, and takes that task
wholly upon herself is sure to become
exhausted. and exhausting. Isn't the
new girl, by demonstrating her power
to do anything. in danger of having
everything thrust upon her?
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The swAMPAs.
p>-sr'y'iea Of rhl. iaE-sioa. c.lsui.t.
Tag naehia@.

Ds-rrtrtieh OF fhis inEraloas Cslruiat
Tag nashia~.
The dcFiee known ~ the sNanpzn 10
a small coHnsiuE table used By the
Chinese 20 facilitate numerical eaieu-
iAfioaa The ChlEese have no figures.
nor any eGuiystent for them. but they
have made use OF the swanpan Tor
many CENTURIES. The merchants ana
manufacturers are usually very exPsri
10 making calculations. ba, the labor
ing glasses are. as ruie. ignorant OF
the slmpies; arithnetirai operations.
and employ the Evnhpan In computing
sycn small amount II Is an IN
Senlous little instrument. divided into
two compartments. an upper aud a
lower. and the compartments are cross
sd b slender bamboo rods. ugntIg
stretched tWinr. or. more frequently.
81 iron wires Two small balls are
strung on each rod or wire, In the
upper compartment. and FIVE on each
wire Ia the lovsr compartment. The
principal use of the upper set Of halis
Ia to double the numerical value OF
the lower ones The balls on the fIrst
wirs to the right represent units. the
next tens. the next hundreds. the next
ihouzcnds and 50 on. In tenfold pro-
sression- by thus using the swanpdn
any SUM expressed In figures may be
shown BY the movable balls with ac-
euraey and surprising rapidity, Chi
nese accountants become so expert in
using the device that. even IN large
commercial transactions. they can com
pute the sum total in less time than
Il would take to write down the rg-
ures. In its construction and use the
s~anpan closely resembles the abacus.
n calculating machine used in mercsn-
tile transactions by the ancient
Greeks and Romans. "Abacus Pytha-
gorieus" was anciently name for the
multiplication table. In our modern
schools kind OF swanpan, or abacus.
is frequently used for teaching small
children addition and multiplication
II usually consists of frame with
twelve wires running through 1t, and
twelve beads or small balls on each
wire.
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was in battery and the enemy's guns
was making 1t hot for us. We was all
doing our part noble, the men working
the guns hard as they could and the
Cap swearing as hard as he could,
when we got yoliey OF musketry
among the gun detachment where |
was number three man, and the num-
ber four man went down. shot thro'
the head. He had just stepped off 10
pull the lanyard when he fell, and the
Cap was sitting on his horse right in
rear OF the gun, while the rest of US
had all jumped clear of the piece as
the sergeant called 'Firer
There was confusion for an instant.
but the horse seen the situation and
knew the thing to be done He sprang
like lightning, grabbed the end of the
lanyard with his teeth, swung round
so as to be out of the reeoil and pulled
off that gun, It was the shot that
saved the day. 1t killed the command
ing officer Of the enemy, his adjutant
general and three aids-and yet some
folks tell you a horse amt humanl"
DO you suppose he is alive today"
asked one OF the hearers.
Il ain't no liar" said the veteran.
"nnd won't undertake TO say whether
be is or not. ~ William Ward Carruth.
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our eyes TO see what they'd be up 70
next.
"The first fight we was in shell
bust mighty near the Cap. and out Of
the saddle he went Just by the con-
cusslon. He warn't hit, and swore 1T
me to go back to my gun when l ran
to pick him UP. He was trying to
mount. but the horse wouldn't let him,
and we could see the beast hold up
one fore leg while he sidled and
swung about on what was left. And
then the Cap quit him and called the
guidon-bearer to let him have h!s
horse, which the bearer was darned
glad to do and run back and get under
a caisson.
And after the scrimmage was over
where do you suppose we found the
Caps horse? why. at the field hos
pitaI, with the brigade surgeon dress
ing his woundi Walked right back
there, SO the surgeon said, like boun-
Nv Jumper. and held up his leg for
treatment. But that amt so remark
able when you think of it, for he'd
seen the men go to sick-call every day,
and of course, he could see the band
ages and smell the ether So there
amt anything so remarkable about
thatl
But what gin him his great reputa-
lion was what happened in another
battle little later on. He'd got all
right by that time, and he and the Cap
was plllnging about as usual while he
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AnMieAL esRvERA.s REooRo.
sp~ia Regard. nlm a, nor rersn,o..
S,rnl Man


S,yAi nan.
Paseual De cervera Topete conds
de Jerez Marquiae de Santa Ana Il
the somewha; lengthy name ana ti..s
OF the Spanish admiral He Is now
So years Old Ne was born IN M
province Of Jerez. where his fataar
Carlos de Cerverl. was man az larus
wealth. owning Eeveral estates. and wa
known as one Of the richest wins
norehants Of spaia. Csryera's mother
Was Marie Porpete daughter ei
Count Porpete y Vslie. OF the royai
family OF Spain. lie entered the naval
academy at San Fernando when Is
years old aud was graduated fnres
years later. In 1864. and was ar-ef.
ward attached to several different
training ships 70 prepare himself fnr
naval warfare Ia 1859 he experienced
bis FIRST campaign in the expedition
sent ou, By Spain agalns; Morocco ana
fof his services was promoted TO h-s.
lieutenant lie waS next attached 10
an expedition sent TO Cochin Chlna
In 1852 Afteruard he vas attached
TO the Spanish legation In this eity
and subsequently vas made a captain
In the Spanish navy and placed N
command Of a ship and sent TO Peru.
where war was ia progress. He re-
mainsd there oaly 4 short time when
the rrn Years War ia Cuba broke out
and spain found Il necessary to recall
her Zee, from Peru In order 10 engage
in a blockade OF Cuban ports. D5lg
tEs the progress OF the Ten Years
War Admiral Cervera vas recalled
from Cuba and made secretary OF the
navy In the Spanish cabinet when he
again entered active service In the
navy he vas created an admiral and
placed In command Of tho Pelays The
mrs, aad ONLY hrst-clazs battieship IN
the Spanish navy. Is construction vA4
undertaken and carried out under his
suSseations He has been adjutani
to the queen regent. aud several years
ago vas az the head % the Spanish
nAval commission sent to London to
confer with similar commissions from
other European powers regarding ma
rinr matters, Ne bears Hrteen medals
esstos>sd upon him By the spanish
government. and SpAln counts him as
her foremost naval man.
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A rctnrt Of Mnli..

Mr.. N. E. W. Sherwood tells this
anccdote in the new volume Of remin-
iseences, Here and There and Every
where: l was present at many din
ners when willis was the life OF the
company. and although did not hear
the famous repartse of the Washington
dinner so often reeorded, | will record
il here II wRs Mrs. Gales, | think,
who. at one Of her own dinners, wrote
a card to her niece at the other end OF
the table, Don't flirt so with Nat VIII
lis" She was talking yivaciously her
self to Mr.. Campbell Willis replied;
Dear aunt, don't attempt my young
feelings to trammel.
Nor strain at Nat while you swallow
a Campbell
probably the quickest-witted couplet
on record.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
New St. Louis headquarters,

The Baltimore & Ohio and Baltimore
& Ohio South Western railroads have
secured a long lease on the magnifi-
cent room at Broadway and Locust
streets in St. Louis for the purpose of
consolidating under one roof the
freight and passenger offices now To-
Gated in that city. The new location
is the ground floor of the American
Central building with 65 feet on Broad
way and S5 feet on Locust street. The
ticket Office will be in the center, 'front.'
ting on Broadway. the freight depart
ment on one side and the passenger
department on the other, with General
Agent Orr's office in the rear. 1t is
quite probable that these offices will
be even handsomer than the B. & o.
New York headquarters, which are the
finest in that city.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
ARTISTIC WOMEN
rhey Are Fond OF Cheerful Surround
t,r.--uou n, I,nnrove your Hou,es

they Are Fond OF Cheerful surround-
ings--How to Improve Your Homes.
Probably at no time in the worlds
history has SO much attention been
paid to the Interior decoration OF
homes as at present No home. no
matter how humble. is without its
handiwork that helps to beautify the
apartments and make the surround-
ings more cheerful The taste OF the
American people has kept pace with
the age. and almost every day brings
forth something new in the way OF a
picture, draping, piece OF furniture
or some form of mural decoration
One OF the latest of these has been
given to the world by the celebrated
artist, Muyille, in a series OF four
handsome porcelain game plaques
Not for years has anything as hand
some IN this line been seen The sub
jects represented by these plaques are
American Will Ducks. American
Pheasant. American Quail and English
Snipe. They are handsomc paintings
and are especially designed for shang-
ing on dining-room walls. though
their richness and beauty entities them
to q place In the parlor OF any home.
These original plaques have been pur-
chased at cost OF $4,000 by ]. c.
Hubinger Bros. Co., manufacturers OF
the celebrated Elastic Starch, and In
order to enable their numerous GUS
toners to become possessors OF these
handsome works Of art they have had
them reproduced by a special process
In all the rich colors and beauty Of
the original. They are finished On
heavy cardboard. pressed and en-
bossed in the shape OF a plaque and
trimmed with heavy band of gold
They measure forty inches in circam-
ference and contain no reading matter
or advertisement whatever.
Until October / Messrs. ]. C. Hubin-
ger Bros Co. propose to distribute
tLese plaques free to their customers.
Every purchaser of three ten-cent
packages of Elastic Starch. fat-iron
brand, manufactured by j. c. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co., is entitled to receive
one of these handsome plaques free
from their grocer. Old and new GUS
toners alike are entitled to the bene-
fits OF this offer. These plaques viii
not be sent through the mail. the only
way TO obtain them being from your
grocer. Every grocery store in the
country has Elastic Starch for sale. 1t
Is the Oldest and best laundry starch
on the market. and Is the most perfect
cold process starch ever invented. It
IS the only starch made by men who
thoroughly understand the laundry
business. and the only starch that will
not inture the finest fabric. II has been
thu standard for a quarter OF CEN
tury. and as an evidence of how good
1t Is twenty-five million packages were
sold last year. Ask your dealer to
show you the plaques and tell you
about Elastic Starch. Accept no sub
sutute. Bear In mind that this offer
holds good short time only. and
should be taken advantage Of without
delay.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
Views of an Expert.

Beeler-'You are the last man I
should have expected to find opposing
the pensioning of government en-
ployes no longer able to work" Heel
er-.When man gets so he isn't able
to do what little work there is in a
government job he ought to be taken
out behind the barn and shot. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
BATTERY HORSE.

amt no liar" said the veteran
TO circle OF comrades at a campfire.
and I'll tell you about a horse we
mad In our battery We was rendy
vooing at place which wasn't nothia'
cut a sandbar. and horses was shipped
out there from the North. Many was
shipped but few was landed. The Black
Prinee. she started out with more'n
three hundred. and just two beasts liy-
60 Out the voyage and was landed ON
the Island. Our captain. he froze TO
one OF EN-. A waIl-eyed. lop-sided
brute he wns-the horse. I mean--but
the captain saw something about kim
that looked promising and he under
took 10 educate him.
We was drilling hard every day.
going thro' the manual OF the piece IN
the sand. and We had a boy for
busler who was trying to sound the
calls-reveiee. stable call. boots and
saddles and all that. The boy made
some progress, but this ere horse he
learned faster than the boy, and in
three days the horse knew that stable
call meant he was to be fed, and
boots and saddles meant he'd got TO
go 10 work In the sand, so what does
he do but pull away from his halter
and go on up the island whenever ne
hears the hugle go Boots and saddles
But the Cap. he got on to this trick.
and SO one day when he intended TO
mount and give us a drill he told ths
eusier TO sound 'stable-caIl' II.
horse woke up his appetite for a square
meal. and you could see how mad be
vas when instead OF feed he was 50;
70 work aying about with the Cap on
him.
was watching him. and said to
the boy. You look out. that horsell
set even with your The boy sniek-
cred. but In n minute. as the Cap was
riding past him and pulled up for a
second to swear at a number ons man
for not handling the sponge-staff right.
the horse he let ny with both hind feet
and caught the boy right in the jaw,
That youngster didn't sound no more
calls right or wrong for q month.
can tell you. but the next day / could
see the horse was sorry. for now he
didn't have no sign OF a warning
whether II was TO be dinner or drill.
Well. we got over to Louisiana ana
the battery was all horsed up. six to
every gun and eaisson. bu, that horse
Of the Caps tfor they stuck together)
could double discount every other
beast In the crowd. He give up nIs
trick Of dodging drills. for he'd learned
,o Ike 'em. and 1t was better than a
circus to see him and the Cap flying
ur and down the line when the guns
was In battery. They was a pair.
tell you, The Cap with his tongue and
the horse with his heels. both ready
TO let fly at any man or beast that
didn't come up TO the scratch. Some
days we boys would swear they was a
psir Of devils together and ought to
be dismissed the service. but generally
W was mighty proud OF EN-, and al
ways watching out OF the corners OF
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
In Sal nIountain,-Sew Rich Mining Dis
trict

Best reached by way of the Rio Grande
Western Railway from Cisco or Thomp
sons Station. Daily stage line from
Thompson's to Moab-here outfits can be
secured at very reasonable rates-thence
by wagon or saddle to La Sal mountains.
twenty miles distant. The formation is
ignigenous and all the metaphoric rocks
abound. Veins of quartz. quartzite. por-
phyry. granite. spar are well defined. The
district promises a great future Send TO
f. A. Wadleigh. Salt Lake City, for pam
phlet.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
,rex,eo.. schools

There are in Mexico fi.5i2 schools. OF
these 5S25 are sustained by the states,
52i2 by the cities and 2.4ie are private
schools. OF the total sG2T are for males.
2 i9i for females and s.Ssi are rniXed- The
actual attendance ut these schools was
$50 746, and the amount appropriated for
the support of public schools nearly $o.-
so otp. Mexican Herald.
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o,ns Brftissfti.

4 s-rvu - the woman's Relief
- Al 70 the soldier % today,
--,3,Tf fhc uofId for alivtng. Il
1870 thAn the hsroiam OF the
Il tss most earnss, uieinbers :, st me
Brro-. M. j. Mrs James Hoase-
r. illness once put a stop 70 nsr
- 4 year or 20 ago, when sna
e. Hfty YEAR OF ags. the time
- mast - most careful Of their
\ ". H8us.Wrarf vas taken seri-
NJ family physician told hor
4 ..l r--h-,i a critical period OF her
4 80 IL very careful. Hts pre-
snAtrratuiGnt did not heua1t her
Il trs.frasHi proved gaavailtns.
4 NJ Williams Pink pills for Pals
n - er1u-lt to her notice. WITH ia
!, rr.l raea thai they Wsfe belpfrl
- a. hsTz. and with rNne~rd
\ TEA he remedy Lat March shs
s-lt ba1 of tke pilia, which gave
~ she vas determined 70 u
I.I f.ss % ulsh the mrdletns, Ens
: ~ a1xss have teefi cousetr-d,
isils llte . neu w1sasn
|Hc ssusart said II have taken
IA blrfs- bet have teen tnsprov.
4 / ias5s The lirsf do-s- do rot to
- kHvs lived Nith1at the pills.
I-talv hFve doae me mere Eeod
Il r5y,isIaa " sBy medicine have
I.aas piuk Piils are soidia hoIr-
Z fs5ss baiki at - ernts . troK o.
Il fir y %. and nay - had OF all
r 81 d-azt 81 taaH frura Dr. VIII
|EsLIrias Co s,heuerfsdy, y. Y.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

In their
r . n . W ed
etrs nEth,
even while
sorrowtn
for thsoss
~ no ~ as
gone At
that time
was laid
the found
a1ion for
the world
famed or
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

To Quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor. take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. AL druggists soc. or 81 Cure gunran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
t-ouM " CURES co@rs
~ tn-a - af an 1fEHKia;a

: q Eaa tsaithlaF IN ssnImfs
utEfsr tn tn thtft week -
zaf e. tha Wsra mutirest. Nhttf
..rt arFl iu tlrr To- ri1aeprT s5s
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
ualr. ca,.rra carr
q izisrasliy rries. 10.

"a h arnr again. Whst war
--- -ses sliii Eaa Ess lsinraornr
ur zss takifaz tfg sfirrua.sn
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used In my house.-D. O. AL
bright. A!.llnburg, Pa, Dec. IL. 1895.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

What does the Dairymen's association
want protection FROM? why. from the
water-works company'S rates..
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

Palestine is to have a daily paper, which
will probably be established at Jerusalem
by a Mr. Yehouda a native of Russia and
u Turkish subject.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

Il rsq4 NJ = staiiar. I Nanf 70
~ ant. Not rIush tiiF iast
= u-t vDa eHtn- bore rttn 4
= asar Hfrarli hfisharlA
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

The number of foreign students at Ger
man universities is this summer 1850.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
n.nutr /. MOOD peep.

Clean blood means clean akin NO
beauty withoutit. Cascarets, Candy Catnar
tic cleans your blood and keeps il clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving an I'M
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
brnish piInples boils. blotches. .blnckheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarats, beauty for ten cents: All drug
gists satisfaction guaranteed ioc. SSc. ooc-
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

..yyhat a lucky fellow Kirby Isl
Az .ucky? If he were cast away on a des-
ert island a basket of groceries and
box OF cigars would wash up after MIN.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

II hired that boy to make himself gem
orally useful" ..Weli?-' He never gets
time to do anything but go out and buy
caramels for the typewriter girls
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

u5l Yea t1-ak. Dfnt... WhFa dzA
49, -. ''iFs asski >, ~As ~
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
. raaf na-.l. WIN c..-.r.ts-

s e c ii &, .'.s! :s!s:i:: ;sissa 's.:s;s :;
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

Paupsrp In London
On Feb. 10 there were 1o6,oss paupers
in London
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14

To Cure Constipation Forever.
TAKE Cascarets Candy Cathartic- roc or go
nc G G fall TO cure. druggists refund money.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-14
,,o,,AN.s HERolsm.

\. R.g,,.sr-Gasf;ts. Rockford, III.
,..rl5il war nsarIy as much hero-
! -, by tho vsoucn ofour uat.on
, n-avy sl.diers. Many n woman.
~ her dead son- bcnrd up the
~. aifrrins comrades, rejoicing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-03
The Kaiser on Bismarck.

BERLIN, Aug. 3..-The Kaiser has ad-
dressed the following imperial rescript
to Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial
chancellor: with my high allies and
with the whole German people I stand
mourning at the bier of the first chan
cellor ofthe German Empire. We wi o
were witnesses of his splendid labo g
who looked up to him in adminira.
ton as master of statecraft,
as fearless fighter in war or peace, as
most devoted son of the Fatherland
and most faithful servant of his Emeror
and King, are deeply affected by the
death of the man whom God the Lord
fashioned as the instrument to achieve
the realization of the undying aspira-
ton for Germany's unity and great
ness. "This is not the moment
to enumerate all of the achieve
ments of the great man. History aloae can
do them justice and will engrave them ell
upon bIazen tablets l am, however, impel'-
ed to give expression before the whole wo d
to the universal sorrow and grateful admir- =
ton which to-day animate the whole nation
and in the name of that nation aud to W
that what he, the great chancellor unu,
Emperor William the Great created l will
maintain and develop and if need he defend
with blood and treasure. In this may God
helD me-