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The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

After all, there may have been n
little affectation in DR.. English's
~strenuous objection to being called
.he author of Ben Bolt" The poet
Gray professed to think lightly of his
immortal ''Elegy:" but Gen. Wolfe
said, Just before he fell on the Plains
,f Abraham. 81 would rather have
written that poem than taken Quebec"
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

Santos Dumont enthusiastically says
America is the greatest country On
earth. Can he be foolish enough to
believe that this Is news to us?
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

II the packing interests OF the coun-
try continue to advance prices. the
genius of man will have to be called
upon to invent substitute for sirloin
and porterhouse.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney says she
finds that New York high society is
silly. Mrs. Whitney is young woman
who doesn't regard the biggest string
of pearls as the greatest thing on
earth.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

The czar has massed 10000 fresh
troops in China. The force will be
inadequate. however. unless one Rus
sian is equal to a full regiment of
Chinamen.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

To the Berlin charge about the paste
diamonds worn at Prince Henry's ball
at Chicago the Windy City retorts
that, anyway. they were not Rhine
stones.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

II the meat trust shall succeed in
getting control of the henneries and
truck patches, the country will be done
for.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

Susan B. Anthony is doubtless Of
opinion that the tour of Kubelik iI
this country has done the cause Of fe-
male suffrage no good.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

1t is doubtful. II under the law, ade-
quate punishment can be given the
man who spends his Sunday shooting
song birds.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

Future reception committees for
royal visitors will do well to remem-
ber that after Prince Henry boarded
the Deutschland. he slept almost con-
tinuously for forty-eight hours.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30
Percent

That the Chicago Burlington Quincy railroad which passes
portions the West and with the exception of the line to Denver not part
n
This railroads the United States 1t passes
In Wis
consn the earnings in Iowa and Neakn
other valuation determined by commissioners
the various state
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

A San Francisco man named Denni.
swallowed carbolic acid. There wer'
no doubts as to the mans name b,
the time a doctor arrived.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

Cecil Rhodes did pretty well with
his $30000,OO0, but wait till Russell
Sages will Is read.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

Boston papers. forgetful Of John l..
Sullivan. are now alluding to DR.. Hale
as "Boston's Grand Old Man."
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

Emperor William has written play
Not only this. but he has compelled
the public to applaud and the critics tt
praise it.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

The car will probably be Obliged
to recall some of mis- troops from
China to assist in subjugating the OBJ
streperous Russian students.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

The New York man who prayed for
strength to beat his wife evidently
did not believe in faith without works.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

King Edward is going to work the
press by knighting lot of newspaper
men at the coronation.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

1t was the same old Fort Sumter
Roosevelt at Charleston. but the
times have changed since the days OF
the siege.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

King Alfonso is reported to be
Jealous of King Edward. Yet the lat
ter would doubtless be glad to give
half of his years and half OF his
weight to All II 1t were possible.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-30


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Colorado
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Burlington eight mie S1GIO
Colorado, 1900 S23il2
1901, $4,000
with following. which statement
of railroad
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The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

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The Lamar register., 1902-04-30

To win bet a Kansas man ate 9
box Of axle grease. Now his wheels
are creased.
Cecil Rhodes did pretty well with
his $30000.0O0 but wait till Russel
Sages will is read.
King Edward Is going to work the
press by knighting a lot of newspaper
men at the coronation.
Boston papers. forgetfu of John l..
Sullivan. are now alluding to DR.. Hale
as "Bostons Grand Old Man."
The New York man who prayed for
strength to beat his wife evidently
did not believe in faith without works
II the meat trust shall succeed in
getting control of the henneries and
truck patches, the country will be done
for
Emperor William has written play.
the public to applaud and the critics to
praise it.
1t is doubtful, II under the law, ade-
quate punishment can be given the
man who spends his Sunday shooting
song birds.
Susan B. Anthony is doubtless OF
opinion that the tour of Kubelik iL
this country has done the cause of fe-
male suffrage no good.
San Francisco man named Dennis
swallowed carbolic acid. There were
no doubts as to the mans name by
the time n doctor arrived.
The czar will probably be Obliged
to recall some of mis- troops from
China to assist in subjugating the OBJ
streperous Russian students.
Santos-Dumont enthusiastically says
America is the greatest country On
earth. Can he be foolish enough to
believe that this is news to us?
To the Berlin charge about the paste
diamonds worn at Prince Henry's ball
at Chicago the Windy City retorts
that, anyway. they were not Rhine
stones.
1t was the same old Fort Sumter
that frowned down upon President
Roosevelt at Charleston. but the
times have changed since the days OF
the siege.
The czar has massed 10000 fresh
troops in China. The force will be
inadequate, however. unless one Rus
sian is equal to full regiment of
Chinamen.
The great powers of the world are
not so much concerned for the terri
torial integrity of China as they are
about the prompt payment of indem-
nifty claims.
II the packing interests OF the coun-
try continue to advance prices. the
genius of man will have to be called
upon to invent substitute for sirloin
and porterhouse.
While there is room for improve
ment in modern burial customs. the
evening funeral is not likely to become
what the society reporters would call
''deservedly popular"
Future reception committees for
royal visitors will do well to remem-
ber that after Prince Henry boarded
the Deutschland. he slept almost con-
tinuously for forty-eight hours.
The press is an educator whose
claims are beginning to be recognized.
The superintendent of the public
schools of Evanston, ILL.,. has advised
children to read the newspapers.
II the charmed shirts that the Fill
pinos are wearing can go through an
fng or ripping 1t is high time Uncle
Sam imported lot for home use.
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney says she
finds that New York high society is
silly. Mrs. Whitney is young woman
who doesn't regard the biggest string
of pearls as the greatest thing on
earth.
The New York World agrees that It
Is not a bad precedent that Boston
sets for letting good man know how
warmly his work has been appreciat-
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
THOUSANDS THINK
THEMSELVES TO DEATH
This Is Done By Allowing Their
Minds to Dwell on Nor
bid Subjects

Thousands of people actually think
themselves to death every year by al
lowing their minds TO dwell on morbid
subjects
AS rule. the thought that kills re-
lates to something the individual
breads more than anything else in the
world. There is the germ Of fatal
thought in ninety-nlne persons in every
hundred, and the exception is only
proof against the thought disease by
having been inoculated with the lymph
of optimism or philosophy.
The idea that one has some incipient
disease in ones system, the thought Of
financial ruin, that one Is getting on in
life without improving prospects-any
Of them or a thousand similar
thoughts may carry n healthy man to
a premature grave. A melancholy
thought that fixes itself upon ones
mind needs as much "doctoring" as
physical disease 1t needs to be eradl-
Gated from the mind or 1t will have
Just the same result as a neglected
disease would have. The thought dis
ease sometimes cures itself after run
ming its course; so does smallpox. But
who would settle down to suffer from
smallpox ard chance recovery, as thou
sands Of foolish persons settle down to
let the thought disease, which has at
tackled them, do its worst?
Every melancholy thought, every
morbid notion and every nagging wor-
ry should be resisted to the utmost.
and the patient should be physicked by
cheerful thoughts, of which there is a
store in every ones possession, bright
companions-che than drugs and
pleasanter.
There have occurred scores of dozens
Of cases where healthy persons have
thought themselves into having tumors
and cancers-cases which admit of no
doubt whatever that the diseases re-
suited from constant morbid fear.
There might possibly be fewer cases
of cancer If some great doctors could
assure the world that it is not hered-
itary disease, but morbid minded per
sons on hearing that there is cancer in
their families generally do the very
worst thing they can do under the cir
cumstanees - they conceive an awful
dread that they will be afflicted with
1t. They dwell upon the fear constantly,
and every trifing ailment which trou-
bles them is at first mistaken for the
premonitory symptoms of cancer.
The morbid condition of mind pro-
duces a morbid condition of body, and
II the disease does happen to be in the
system it receives every encourage
ment to develop.
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
The Perrexerins Eel.

Young cells in passing up n river
show the most extraordinary perse-
verance in overcoming all distractions
The large flood gates sometimes fif-
teen feet in height-on the Thames
might be supposed sufficient to bar the
progress of a fish the size of darning
needle. But young cells have q whole
some idea that nothing can stop them,
and in consequence nothing does.
Speaking Of the way in which they as
cend flood gates and other barriers, one
writer says: "Those which die stick to
the post; others. which get little high
er. meet with the same fate, until at
last n layer of them is formed which
enables the rest to overcome the diff
Guilty Of the passage.
"The mortality resulting from such
'forlorn hopes greatly helps to account
for the difference in the number Of
young cells on their upward migration
and that of those which return down
stream i'm the autumn. In some places
these baby cells are much sought after
and are formed into cakes. which are
eaten fried. London Standard.
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
olh Arc nnh Annetite.

An English scientist deprecates in
creased eating as a means of keeping
up the strength Of those who are ad-
vancing ln years and particularly OBJ
jects to the repeated and general use
Of concentrated forms OF animal nour-
ishment for the aged. Overnourish-
mcnt in old age is apt to lead to pains
and aches due to the impairment Of
eXcretion, and n long protracted course
Of overfeedlng will end in an attack of
gout. Even artificial teeth are not to
be considered an unmlxed blessing. for
by provision Of nature the teeth be-
gin to decay and become useless just
when the system begins to thrive
without much animal food of coarse
fiber. Indigestion, says the scientist, is
mostly not a disease. but an admoni-
ton. 1T Is the language of the stom-
ach and is mostly an unknown tongue
to those who are addressed" 1t means
that the individual has not yet found
his appropriate diet "There is no food
whatever which is wholesome in itself.
That food is wholesome which is so to
the individual"
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
The Crafty Farmer.

It appears that an old farmer near
Houghton owned large pile Of small
stones. with which he wished to I'll
ditch. but he had already got about
as much work out OF his boys as they
were willing 10 do, especially as It was
nearing the hour for bali game. The
old man was bound 20 have the stones
moved. anyhow, and so, pretending to
have discovered q nest Of snakes in the
ditch, began stoning the place where
the snakes were alleged to be. The
boys. who a few minutes before were
weary and listless. were now all life
and animation. Each threw stones as
fast MS he could grab them. and the pile
was soon in the ditch There are two
morals 20 this story irst when you
set about killing snake throwing
stones is a gladsome occupation; sec
ond In selecting father be careful
not to choose a liar.-Detroit Tribune
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
POULTRY POINTERS.

The best eggs are the result Of a
meat diet.
Weak legs come from forced growth,
high feeding and close confinement.
Use no deformed or weak fowls for
breeding and do not keep the same
cock more than one season.
A molting hen seldom lays. She can
not be supplying eggs while the strain
OF growing new feathers is upon her.
A very fat hen seldom lays anything
but soft shelled eggs. Apoplexy and
egg bound are the result of excessive
fat.
Leaves and hay chaff make excellent
litter for the floors, and by throwing
grain among it fowls are often kept
busy scratching.
Keep the fowls away from the barns,
stables and carriage houses. In such
places they are nuisances; besides they
are more comfortable in a place by
themselves.
Hens must have carbonate and phos-
phate of lime for their shells. and these
viii he found in old plastering, broken
oyster shells and bones, with some of
the meat and gristle attached.
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
ExpInlnine His presence.

A young lldy who had been pouring
tea at a function in a suburban town,
having toward the end Of the affair
become somewhat fatigued. sat down
in a quiet corner of the room, where
she witnessed the following incident:
A young man came in and made his
way to the hostess, greeting her and
apologlzing for his lateness.
"Awfuliy glad to see you. Mr..
Blank" said the hostess. $50 good Of
you TO come. and all the way from
New York too But where is your
brother?"
"I am commissioned to tender his
regrets. You see, we are so busy just
now that it was impossible for both Of
us to get away. and so we tossed up to
see which Of US should come"
"How NIGEL Such an original ideal
And you won."
mo" said the young man absently;
Il lost."-New York Times.
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
ROMANCE or INTENTION
Stevens and His 7 Rail and Cunard's
sCIipptr Ship Model

Robert Livingston Stevens sailed
from New Nort 20 Liverpool before
the advent Of the ocean steamer. In
those days the passage took two
months. and Stevens passed many an
hour, jackkaife IN one hand and a
piece OF wool in the other. brooding
over a problem that had often worried
him-how 10 run railrOad without
stone stringers for tracks. He wanted
TO get IN iron rail that would hold"
and would take the place Of the thin
roadbed. Just before he reached Eng
land his whiting revealed to him the
solution of his problem. and that So
luton took the form Of I rail with
broad base that could be applied di-
rect to a solid wood support. That
T rail is still IN use on all railways
Of the world.
The elder Cunard. who was appren-
ticed as a lad TO Scotch shipbuilder.
Is said TO have amused himself in
whiting the hulls of vessels. Occa-
sionally he would fit one Of these with
masts sails and rigging complete.
Tired Of familiar types, he would ex-
pertinent with new ships, and one Of
these it was that attracted the atten-
ton Of his master, because it would
not maintain its upright position in
the water. Experiments were made
to ballast 1t in order to give it the
proper trim. The clipper-like shape
and graceful long lines of the model
promised great speed. Such is said
70 be the origin of the standard model
of the Cunard and later ocean grey
hounds.-Chicago News
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
BURIED UNDER SNOW
The Great Storm That Overwhelmed New
England in liz

In the spring of 1717 an amount Of
snow fell in New England that has not
been equaled during the three centu-
ries Of its history. The great storm
began In February and buried the
earth to the depth of ten to twenty
feet. Cattle were buried in it and
were found frozen stiff under the
drifts, and hundreds Of sheep perished.
Wild animals grew so desperate from
the cravings of hunger that they be
came nightly visitors to the farmers
sheep pens. Bears and wolves fol-
lowed the deer even into the settlers
clearings and pounced upon them there,
killing them at such a rate that deer
reeves We're afterward chosen in every
town to protect those valuable animals.
Many a one story house was entirely
covered with snow, and even the chin
ncys In some Instances could not be
seen. Tunnels led from house to house,
and snowshoes were in frequent requi-
sition.
Stepping out of the chamber win
dow, some people ventured to explore
the fields of snow. One young man in
NewbWy. Mass. was paying his ad-
dresses to lady who lived three miles
away and had not seen her for week
after the storm. This state of things
could no longer be endured. and, mount
ing his snowshoes he went over the
hills TO enter her house as he had left
his own--by way of a chamber win
dow. AS he was the first person the
family had seen since the storm, his
visit was highly appreciated.
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
his Nightcap.

Young Husband picking up bundle
from table)-What have you here, love
something for me?
Young Wife-Yes. dear. l went shop
ping this morning expressly to buy
them for you. hope you'll like them.
Young Husband - Like them! OF
course I'll like them If you bought
them. But what are theyi
Young Wife-They're nightcaps, dear.
/ heard you tell Sparkles this morning
that you'd go down to the club with
him this evening and get a nightcap,
and l made up my mind at once that
I'd save you that trouble by seeing
that you had some in the house. Just
open the parcel and try them on, won't
you, love?-Pearson's
Evening journal., 1902-09-05

. HERIFFs SALE,-BY VIRTUE OF
- writ Of Ais. Isevan Facias.
70 me directed. viii be exposed to public
sale. az the Court House. on Market street
between Tenth and Eleventh streets. in
tne city OF Wilmington, New Castle
county, state Of Delaware.
ON SATURDAY.
THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1902
At 10 o'clock. a. m,
the following described real estate, viz:
All thar certain lot of land with a two
story brick dwelling thereon erected situ-
ated I'M the city OF Wilmington. bounded
and described as follows. 10 wit:
Beginning at the nOrtherly side Of Third
street between Madison and Monroe
streets. at the distance OF ninety-three
feet from the westerly side of Madison
street; thence northerly parallel with
Madison street along the side OF a four
feet wide alley one hundred feet to the
southerly side OF a six feet wide alley;
lhence thereby westerly sixteen feet.
thence southwestcrly parallel with Madi-
son street one hundred feet 10 the sai6
northerly side Of Third street. and thence
thereby easterly sixteen feet 10 the place
ot beginning, with the RIGHT and use 81
the said six feet wide alley IN common
with others entitled thereto forever bs
MAJ.
Seized and taken IN execution as the
proneriv Of Maggie Houghton and owen
J. tfoushton. mortgagors. and it's. end
sAMTrFr A. M~nANrEI.. sheriff
sherin,s onice. Wilmington, Delaware.
August 3, 1902
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
The newnrd Of kindness.

A kind hearted man in New Zealand
had a sudden shock little time ago.
He was standing on a railway plat
form giving apples to a circus elephant
Gagged In a cattle truck as the circus
was on the move. The train started,
and the elephant, not to lose the last
apples in the basket, promptly seized
the man in his trunk and carried him
along with the train. The train had
to be stopped and the kind hearted man
rescued from the trunk of the travel
ing elephant.
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
A Persian Dinner.

a traveller in Persia thus describes a
dinner served in the household of a
wealthy Persian: "The chief dish con-
sists Of q fowl boiled to rags. surround
ed by a toothsome mass Of rice, hard
boiled eggs, fried onions, almonds and
raisins. There Is a Shiraz wine, clear,
golden red liquid that has travelled
over the mountain passes on muleback
in a huge glass carboy. Among the
dessert mama has a conspicuous place.
This delicacy is somewhat akin to
nougat; It is studded with walnuts and
almonds and is jaw sticking to the
last degree. Like the mango. it is best
eaten in private. for 1t renders the mas
ticator spetchless. II is made Of gum
that exudes from a tree and is said to
be engendered by worm."-ChicagO
News.
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
An Antorrnnh Rennest.

ambassadors receive many queer re-
quests IN the course Of their official
duties. Here is one that was sent TO
Mr. White by n western woman. who
inclosed pieces OF linen. when he was
minister to Germany many years ago:
I'VE are going to give fair in our
church. and l am making an autograph
quilt. | want you to get me the auto
graphs Of the emperor and empress, the
crown prince and Bismarck. and tell
them TO be very careful not TO write
too near the edge Of the squares. as a
seam has TO be allowed for putting
them together"
Evening journal., 1902-09-05
sHERIFF's SALES

= NHERIFF'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE or
> "a wrif OF I.cvari Faclas. to me di-
rected. Will be exposed TO public sale at
the Court House. on Market street. be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets. in the
city OF Wilmington, New Castle county.
State OF Delaware.
ON SATURDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1902
At 10 o'clock. a. m.
the following described real estate. viz.
All that certain lot or parcel OF land.
situate IN the city Of Wilmington aiore-
said with The Mansion House and other
buildings thereon erected. and bounded
and described as follows 10 wit;
Beginning az point on the southerly
side of Beech street at the distance OF
one hundred and ten feet easterly from
the corner formed by the intersection Of
the said southerly side of Beech street
with the easterly side Of Clayton street
thence sOutherly parallel with Clayton
street four hundred and flye feet TO tho
nortnerly side Of new street TO be
opened at fifty feet wide, and called Oak
street; thence caSterly along the said
northerlv side of oak street two hundred
and forty feet 90 the westerly side OF
Rodney street, 10 be opened at sixty feet
wide: thence by the said westerly side
of Rodney street northerly four hundred
and i've feet to the said southerly Side OF
Beech street. and thence thereby westerly
two hundred and forty feet to the place
seized and taken In execution as the
property OF Alfred G.. McCausland and
Elizabeth G.. McCausland, his wife. mort-
gagors, and Patrick Fahey. l. t.. and TO
be sold by
SAMUEL. A. MCDANIEL. sheriff.
Sheriff's 0nicc. Wilmington, Delaware
August 2S. 1902.
~ HERIFFs sALE.-By virtue Of a
- writ of Levarl Facias, TO me direct
20 10 sol ~ he
Court House, on Market street, between
Tenth and Eleventh streets. in tho city
Of Wilmington, New Castle county,
State Of Delaware,
ON FRIDAY.
THE 18Th DAY OF September, 1902
At 10 o'clock, A. m,
the following described real estate, viz:
All that certain lot or piece OF land
with the buildings thereon erected. stu.
ate in the city of Wilmington, aforesaid
bounded and described as follows, to wtt
Beginning at point ON the northerls
side OF Conrad street at the distance OF
one hundred and elghty-siN feet westerly
from the westerly side Of Van Burei
street. thence northcrly parallel with NaI
Buren, street sXty-two feet more or less
10 line OF land OF John Sullivan; thence
along sadd Sulllvan's line In a north
westerly direction fourteen feet sis
inches. more or less to a stake; theme,
southerly parallel with Van Buren, stree
passing through the middle OF the bricl
division wall of this and the house ad
joining on the west siXty-nine feet, mor'
or less. 10 the aforesaid side of COnra,
street. and thence Herewith easterly four
teen feet six inches to the place Of begin
ning, be the contents thereof what the!
may.
Seized and taken I'm execution as thi
property OF James Curan and Mary, hi
wife ,mortgagors, and TO be sold by
SAMUEL A. MCDANIEL, Sheriff.
Sherin's Office. Wilmington. Delaware
August n, 1902