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The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Revised Old Testament.

We were camping at the seaside
The older ones of the party were
much interested in the search for
agates, and the children had come to
feel that the finding of agates was the
chief aim of our existence. One Sun
day Roys mamma was talking with
him about the story of the children OF
Israel. She helped him with the story
till they brought the Chosen People to
the Red Sea, and then, leaving him
to finish, was amazed to hear hin
say: And SO Moses led the Children
of Israel across the Red sea to hunt
agates."-H. A. MacLafferty, In Little
Chronicle.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
To Harness the Colorado.

Arizona engineers regard the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado as affording
one of the greatest fields in existence
for the development of electricity
from water power. In addition to the
immense power of the Colorado itself,
large stores of energy are available in
the summer streams that leap into
the vast chasm. The plan by which
the power of the main stream will, 1t
is now thought. eventually be utilized
is that of picking up" the fall of the
river by means of tunnels. At point
about seventy miles north of Will
liams it is said that fall of 5000
feet can be found in distance but
little exceeding a mile.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
For Monument to Benton.

The Commercial club of Kansas
City has asked the Missouri legisla.
ture to appropriate $4,000 for a
statue of Thomas II. Benton, to be
erected in Kansas City. as near as
possible to the spot where Benton
made his famous prophecy, in 1856,
that this continent would be bound
together by bands Of iron, and that
our products would be carried to feed
the innumerable millions of the Ori-
ent. Pointing with outstretchei
hand toward the setting sun he said: +:
There is the East; there is the road
to India"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Completing the Quotation.

An English correspondent relates
that a man in Scotland wished to have
cut over the door of new house the
text: my house shall be called a
house of prayer" He left the work
men to carry out his wishes during
his absence, and on his return his
horror was great to find the quotation
completed, But ye have made it a
den of thieves" I'VE had a wee
thing mair room, ye see. so we Just
pit in the end o. the verse;" was the
explanation given by the Bible-loving
Scot.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
System in Drinkinu.

1t is told of certain bibulous SEN
ator that somebody ventured to ask
him if he adopted any system in the
regulation of his drinking Decided
ly so." he replied. when | get up in
the morning l put down a layer of
whisky, and to that l add layer of
water. Then 1 superpose a layer of
breakfast" But how about the rest
of the day." he was asked. Just a
series of layers of whisky. Two or
three more meals interspersed, but
no water-not bit. l get along very
tSell."-Augusta (Ga.) Herald.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
EXERCISE FOR FAT PERSONS.
Some Judgment Required as to the
Proper Form.

Don't neglect exercise. but don't
overdo it. Too much exercise will
alone set up obesity. because it weak
ems the whole digestive apparatus.
Doctors don't seem to think of this,
but it is so. sMany bicycle "scorch-
er" has actually increased his adipose
tissue. Among these best exercises
for women are skipping, battledore-
and-shuttlecock, and lawn tennis. The
first is excellent for the tendency to
abdominal obesity to which they are
so liable; the second and third are
good generally, because they put in
action all parts of the body. Walking
up and down stairs will also keep
down fat-and so will scrubbing. For
men, baseball. cricket, football and
golf are good exercises. Indeed. all
the exercises mentioned are beneficial
to both sexes. when dropped short of
fatigue. as also is horseriding. Light
dumbell or Indian club exercise will
do good, and nothing is better as a
fat-preventer than short. brisk walk
before breakfast
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
FRIDAY is A LUCKY DAY.
At Least Great Many Things Go to
Show That It Is.

Columbus sailed from Palos on his
first voyage of discovery on Friday.
and 1t was on Friday that he first
discovered land in the new world.
1t was on Friday that Cabot received
his commission from Henry VIII.-the
first American state papers of England
which led to the discovery of the
continent, and the basis of England's
claims.
The little ship Mayhower arrived in
Providence bay. Massachusetts. on a
! Friday. 1t was on Friday that the
first representative legislative body in
America met at jamestown, Virginia.
II was on Friday that the resolution
declaring in favor of independence
from Great Britain was introduced in
Congress.
1t was on a Friday that Gates fought
his first battle with Burgoyne. which
ended later in another battle and the
surrender of the British forces. vic
tory which resulted in the recognition
of the struggling colonies by France.
1t was on Friday that CORVALLIS sur
rendered, and Perry won his victory
and re-established American authority
on the Great Lakes.
1t was on Friday that Grant began
his attack on Fort Donelson and won
the first signal Union victory in the
Civil War. 1t was on Friday that
Washington. Webster. Monroe. Pierce
and Hayes were born, and many other
distinguished Americans. including the
late Speaker Reed and the present pre-
siding officer of the United States Sen
ate. William p. Frye.
William Waldorf Astor. head of the
Astor fortune. and August Belmont.
capitalist and American representative
of the Rothschilds. have Friday as the
natal day. so. Gladstone and Leo XIII.
Kansas City Star.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Punishment for wife eeatcrs.

The merits of the whipping post
for wife beaters are once mere under
discussion in New York state Presi-
dent Roosevelt. while in the legisla-
ture several years ago. made a strenu.
GUS effort to provide this method OF
dealing with cruel husbands. After
he had collected authenticated rec
ords showing the astonishing preva-
lence of this cowardly practice. he
proposed bill providing for the re-
vival of the whipping post for wife
beaters only" The measure was de-
feated. the argument being that of
the revival of such punishment would
be a return to barbarous methods
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Drilling the Persian Army.

The Persian army. according to
Henry Savage Landor, the traveller.
is painful sight" although there
were some good Cossack cavalry which
had been drilled by Russian officers.
The infantry. however. were a ragged.
lazy. shiftless lot. He asked permis-
sion to see the army drill. I'VE do not
drill in summer. It's too hot" said a
general. DO you drill in winter?" No.
it's too cold" Are the troops. then,
only drilled in the autumn and spring."
Sometimes. They are principally
drilled few days before the shah's
birthday. so that they may look well
on the parade day before bis mai
esty."
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
The Conquest of Arid America

Is the title of one of the most fascin-
ating books ever written about the
wonderful development and boundless
resources of the West. 1t is just such
book as every western man ought to
read himself and then send to his
friends in the East. Recognizing its
value. permission was obtained from
the author and his publishers to re-
print several of its most striking chap
ters. such as THE Blessing of Aridi-
ty," 'The New Colorado" etc. This
fifty-page pamphlet, with other liter
ature about the Sunny San Luis VAL
ley. will be sent free to any address
upon receipt of four cents in stamps to
cover postage. ZEPH. CHAS. FELT,
GIG Majestic Building. Denver. Colo.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
MRS GRANTS APT REPLY.
Practical Philanthropy Urged as the
Proper Thing.

When Mrs. Julia Dent Grant was
living in Philadelphia, in the house at
2OO9 Chestnut street. that her hus-
band surrendered to his creditors at
the time of the Grant and Ward fail
ure. 1t is recorded of her that she was
visited one afternoon by a rich but
parsimonious old woman.
The old woman narrated to Mrs.
Grant the misfortune that had lately
attended a ward of hers. a young
woman who had married drunkard
and who had just been deserted.
though she was penniless and had
two little children.
Il couldn't help but feel for her
this morning when she told me about
her trouble" said the old woman.
ut was well that you felt for her."
said Mrs. Grant. But did you feel
in the right place? Did you feel in
your pocket?"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
vanderbilt,s Magnificent Estate.

- George Vanderbilt's estate, Bilt
more, is already the largest body OF
contiguous land under one ownership
in North Carolina; nevertheless he is
still adding to it. He has just secured
a large tract on the upper Davidson
river, which will become a part OF
Fillmore. On his new purchase are
several water powers. In order to
carry out his scheme of improve.
meuts Mr.. Vanderbilt finds it neces-
sary to excavate part of the bed
of the Swarnanoa river to prevent
oyerflowS.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Andrsw Jackson Relics.

Several patriotic societies OF Lou.
isiana have joined in project to
purchase large collection of relics
of Andrew Jackson, now in the pos
session of Col. Andrew Jackson of the
family of the hero of New Orleans.
The collection Includes a desk chair
which once belonged to George Wash
ington, and which was presented to
Andrew Jackson while he was an occu.
pant of the White House; snuff
box given to Jackson by Lafayette,
and a bronze statue by Napoleon. pre-
sented by the emperor.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
WHEN HARRIeAn BROKE DOWN.
Scene Brought Back His Own Boys
Death.

Ned" Harrigan, who recently re.
sumed his stage career, told an inter
esting anecdote the other night.
Friends had assembled to wish him
luck and the conversation naturally
turned to the profession.
''I'll tell you about the only time
ever broke down." said the veteran
actor, according to the New York
Mail and Express. at was in a little
play where the bad son had gone
away and his mother had to go and
look at his toys and little shoes be-
fore finally giving him up in her
heart.
Il had lost my own son just before
but in rehearsal this little scene had
never touched me. The opening night.
though. when that bit of realism came
on, | went all to pieces, and actually
had to ring down the curtain. The
looking over the toys brought my own
loss so keenly to me that l never
played that scene again."
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
RETURNED WITH A BARE SKIN
How Hunter Kept Promise Made to
His Companions.

Once upon time there was a hun
ter who left his camp quite early in
the morning ana promised his COM
panions that he would return at night
with bear skin.
Late in the afternoon bear found
HIM wandering in the woods and at
once made fierce attack, which was
received with a shot that went wide
of its mark. Then the combatants
closed and the hunter used his knife.
There was n fierce conflict and the
bear succeeded in stripping the hun
ter of his clothing, which was scat
tered over the ground in shreds.
The bear, having received many
wounds, gave up the fight and ran to
hide in his den, while the hunter
limped through the woods to his camp
looking very much like Adam walking
in the garden.
Moral-There is more than one way
to fulfil promise.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
F. e. KENAH.

catarrh and bought bottle to try. 1 am
pleased that did. for it brought speedy
relief. 1t only took about two bottles. and
l considered this money well spent.
You have a firm friend in me. and I
not only advise its use to my friends, but
have purchased several bottles to give to
those without the means to buy. and have
noticed without exception that it has
brought about speedy cure wherever it
has been used. Miss Rose Gerbing.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President of Ths
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
German Ambassadors Monument.

On the busiest street in Pekin. over
the spot where Baron Won Ketteler
met his tragic death in 1900. huge
monument is now being erected in his
honor entirely at the expense of the
Chinese government. 1t is to be in
the form of "polla" or tEiumphal
gateway. and is to extend entirely
across the street. The top stone Is
twenty-seven feet long. three feet wide
and three feet thick. One hundred
and eighty mules were used to draw
it to the street and fifty-seven mules
to draw each of the smaller stones. 1t
will cost China 100000 in gold.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Emerson's Memory Cherished.

Arrangements are in progress in
Concord, Mass, for the observance of
the centennial of the birth of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, May %. The Social
Circle, of which Mr.. Emerson was a
member for forty-three years prior to
his death in 1881. has appointed a
committee to prepare the program.
In the mo. ming there will be exercises
in the town hall for the children and
in the afternoon the exercises will be
in the Unitarian church.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
ONE YEAR FOR 10 CENTS.
A Beautifully illustrated Magazine for
10 Cents a Year.

A new magazine is being started in Col
orado and for the first year will be sent
for lOc year.
The idea is to publish stories Of adven-
ture, engravings of grand mountain seem
cry. sketches of lucky finds in gold
mines. etc. Typical of the West. The
first edition will soon be ready to mail.
1t is real ly an honor to become a sub.
scriber to the first issue of any paper and
here's chance for our readers. Back of
the maga Inc is an old and solid publish
ing company that will insure success.
Send l0c for n whole year. Cubs of six.
Soc: u for 81. Or six years to one per-
son. soc. Tell all your friends. Postage
stamps taken. Send all subscriptions to
the Rocky Mountain Magazine. Denver.
Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Beard Seven Feet Long.

Alexander Wilkie of upper Craigie,
Perth, New Brunswick, is believed to
possess the longest beard in the world.
His exceptional growth of hair began
when he was about twenty-five years
of age. From that time 1t grew rap
idly and it is now seven feet two and
half inches long and still growing.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
kino soIomon's Lady Friends.

A little girl tells what she knows
aboutIking Solomon in the following
essay: king Solomon was man who
lived ever so many years ago, and in
the country in which he governed he
was the whole push. King Solomon
built Solomon's Temple, and was the
father of all the Masons. He had zoe
wives and 200 lady friends, and that
is why there are SO many Masons in
the world"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
IOMEN should beware of contract

XX TOMEN should beware OF contract
=" ing catarrh. The cold wind and
rain slush and mud of winter
are especially conducive to catarrhal de-
rangements. Few women escape.
Upon the first symptoms of catching
1cold. Peruna should be taken. 1t fortifies
the system against colds and catarrh.
The following letter gives one young
woman $ experience with Peruna:
Miss Rose Gerbing is popular society
woman of Crown Point. Ind. and she
writes the following
Recently took long drive in the
country. and being too thinly clad caught
a bad cold which settled on my lungs. and
which could not seem to shake off. had
heard a great deal of Peruna for colds and
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

THE paper tells about Mrs Reginald
Smith nee Jones in the wedding no
tices: what does the nee stand for?"
We'll. the spellin' is bad an | can't
say whether it's his knee or her
knee"
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Advantages of Steel Buildings.

With the modern steel framing a
building can with safety be carried to
seven and half times the diameter
of its base. Thus an ordinary business
building could be erected to height
of 500 feet.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

A spendthrift may often find in his
empty cupboard plenty of food for
thought.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

What is the matter with Charlie?"
81 imagine that it's too much cham
pagne." by the way he groans one
would think 1t was real pain
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

The Chicago lady who put her hus-
bands eye out by throwing pot OF
Iye at him violated rhetorical prece-
dent. She should have hurled the lye
back in his teeth.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
MISS FLORENCE KENAH.
. Kenah, 434 Maria street, Ottawa Ont. writes

Miss Florence L.
whick my
there persenf!y became
without benefit, digestive
Iwasad try although
fhaI ready anything brought blessed
az now have the greatest faith In Peruna" F. E. KENAH
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Cient-How about that account I left
with you to collect on shares? Collection
Agent.oh. collected my half all right.
yours.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

FITS rermnnensIvC no nts Lr nervousne - afte,
hrst day use ot DIR. Kline Grost Nerve Restorsr.
Send for FIRE S2.OO trial pottlc and treatise.
Oh L. H. KLINE. Ltd. 81 Arch St. Philsdelphia Pa
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any other. is put up 16 ounces IN pack
age and sells at same prices as l2-ounce
packages of other kinds!
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Cousin May (hotly)-I think you're
too stingy to ever get married. Cousin
Jack-Well, I'd rather be shrewd than
beshrewed
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Teacher-What is a farm? Bright
Little Girl-A piece of land entirely
covered by a mortgage.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

NOT FISH STORY.
BaNter's Bullhead Cigar is as good n SC
smoke as you can find.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

It's because OF their true merit that
head scent cigar.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Defiance Starch is put up 1G ounces
in package. 10 cents. One-third more
starch for same money.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

The more glasses man look.
through the more queer things he is
liable to see.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Bullhead scent cigar. II you have
smoked one you know how good they
are. II you hive not. try one
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
DEFIANCE STARCH

should be in eve-v household. none SO
good. besides 4 OF. more for 10 cents than
any other brand of cold water starch
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Briggs-Bilkins didn't get along with
that rich girl he married. did he? GrigGs
no. She went back to her family and he
went back to his creditors
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

Economy is the road to wealth.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYE is the
road to economy.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

The widow who knows how to look out
for number one will usually find number
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

1t doesn't pay to quarrel with your
take water.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
W. n. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Eben Answering Advertisements kiadiy
Mention This PaDer.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

II smoking interferes with your work
''Quit working''-and smoke Baxteri
Bullhead-5-cent cigar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-23

The suspended members of the Red
Gross society believe that the old or
ganization can never regain its stand
ing before the public and plans are
now being considered for the organiza-
ton of "a new society. The disgruntled
ones deny the accusation that they are
making personal attack on the veLer-
able president of the society, Clara
Barton, but they have searched the
records of her native town in Massa-
chusetts which discloses her age as
eighty-two instead of seventy three, as
it is reckoned. The dissenters believe
Miss Barton is too old woman to
manage the affairs of the society, and
while this may be true it seems
hardly possible that Red Gross or
ganization apart from the one to which
this noble woman has given her life
could ever win so high place in the
world as has her magnificent society.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-23

e. April bids fair to be the record
month for immigration at the port of
New York and the ever increasing
number of aliens who pour into the
country through thae inlet affords food
for serious consideration During the
eighteen days ending with last Sat-
urday, the records of Ellis Island
show that in round numbers Ga, 900
aliens arrived there which, W it'll those
scheduled for the closing days of the
month, will bring the total for April
somewhat over 80, 600. May, last year.
was the largest month ever recorded
on Ellis Island, little more than 50, =.
600 aliens arriving, but reports from
European sailing ports lead the au-
thorities at New York to believe that
the number will reach 100, 900 during
the same month this year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-23

honored names in American naval
history may be anticipated.
Up to date the battleship Kearsarge
is the only instance where the name
of noted American ship has been
perpetuated in modern ironclad.
Some Of the converted yachts pur-
chased for use in the war with Spain
were given such names as the Scor-
pion, the Wasp and the Frolic but
these can hardly be counted as part
of the fighting force of the navy. The
new practice ship, Chesapeake, bears
an old name. but so far as it was asso-
ciated with the navy in the early
days when France and England made
American commerce their prey, it
seems curious that it was chosen
above other names familiar at that
period, for the Chesapeake was an i'll
fated craft, twice captured and never
victorious.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-23
NAMES FOR WARSHIPS.

When the list of States has been
exhausted in the search for names for
battleships it seems probable that the
present law of Congress, which directs
that the various commonwealth of
the union shall lie honored in the sell
ection of names for armored vessels
of the first rate, will be modified to
allow the use of Indian mama and
those of famous fighting ships of the
past. There is a strong feeling among
naval authorities in favor of this
plan, and Chief Naval Constructor
Bowles has already recommended to
Secretary Moody that the two train
ing ships and the training brig au-
thorized by the last Congress be
called the Hornet, the Peacock, and
the Boxer, respectively. To be sure
the Peacock was captured British
vessel but there has always been a
strong sentiment among naval men in
favor of perpetuating in our own navy
the names of foreign men of-war
which lowered their flags to American
ships, doubtless on the principle that
to the victors belong the spoils, with
the added sentiment that the memory
of the ,poils must be cherished for
ever. Naval officers also desire that
the names of the old frigates and
other ships which gave the United
States the supremacy of the seas early
in the century be revived in battle
ships and armored cruisers. This,
however, will not be allowed until all
the States have been honored and it
will be nece ssary to authorize eighl
new ships of these types before the
list is completed. Only six States,
NAMELY. Delaware. North Carolina,
South Carolina, North Dakota, Utah
and Montana, are actually on the
waiting list, but the vessels called fol-
New Hampshire and Michigan are fast
becoming useless relics of the past and
must soon follow the old Vermont to
thu junk pile. When these have been
provided for, then a revival of the