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The Lamar register., 1903-12-30

sloomily. Il have kept my word"
he said. You remember my last
speech to you? | said. I am
going to begin new life-to make
my fortune. In twenty years, If have
lone so, | shall return. By that time
I may hore that my crime will have
been forgotten. 1t may be that in
twenty years some of those who know
my wretched story will be dead-I may
even be dead myself. but, if not,
shall return to the country | am now
about to leave behind; for surely in
twenty years the disgrace which now
furnishes my name will be blotted ont
and forgotten. Until then, farewell!
And now" he continued, the term
of my selfimposed Punishment is at
an end. I have kept my word and
have returned"
Mr.. Burritt laid his hand upon his
friends shoulder.
You Judge yourself too harshly,
he said: the word crime is too Sc
we're one to apply to that youthful
indiscretion-sin. II you will-repented
of as soon as committed"
"Repentance," cried the other. I'M
patiently: what is the good of repent
ance? Will it recover lost reputa-
tion and wipe out a stain upon the
past? The fortune | went to seek is
mine. but | would give it all for an
unblemished record. so that | might
not be ashamed TO look any man in the
face All, Silas! 1t is terrible thing
to think that child of mine should
ever blush for her father,"
You are married then?" inquired
Mr.. Burritt. gladly seizing the oppor-
tunity thus offered of changing the
dismal subject. rs your wife with
you?'
Il am widower.' was the reply.
My wife died twelve years ago, leav-
ing me with one child-a daughter"
Tell me all about your daughter"
said Mr. Burritt. "and how you came
to make up your mind to part with her
for so long? l have a daughter of my
own-as well as the son who was born
before you left EnGland-and though |
have been threatening to pack her off
to boarding school for the last four
or five years. never could reconcile
myself to the idea of the separation.
And now she's too old-nineteen last
birthday" and her father shook his
head over his own weakness and smil
ed an indulgent, parental smile.
That's the age of my Agnes within
year" said the other; strange that
we should have daughters SO nearly
the same age!"
He looked at his companion strange
| ly.
Il am in your hands, Silas.' he said: {:
| you can ruin me in my child's eyes.
as well as in the eyes of the world,
| whenever you please
ITO lie continued)
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
MERRY CHRISTrlAS
IN A COURT ROOM

Denver. Dec. 2G.-One Of the most
unique celebrations in this city. or in
the world. yesterday, was that OF
Judge Ben b. Lindsey and his boys
The Judge had fully 200 little chaps.
members of the Juvenile family. in the
Iy decorated and in which n huge
Christmas tree, teemins with presents.
took the place of the attorneys table
directly in front of the judges bench.
At . o'clock yesterday morning the
scene in the room was the most re-
markable in the history OF fuletide
festivities.
Instead of the judicial dignity which
usually pervades the court room. there
was the delightful abandonment OF all
conyentionaities and the place rang
with the laughter and whistling of the
200 healthy youngsters, of whom the
Judge has charged himself to make
creditable men. The boys were treat
ed to a little vaudeville entertainment
and then were given all kinds or toys
and goodies. also clothing, and a bright
new half dollar. And Judge Lindsey
was Just as much of boy as any OF
them.
George Billings sang several solos
which seemed to appeal to the boys
decidedly. as he was applauded very
enthusiastically by them and cncored
several times.
Judge Lindsey extends his thanks to
all the newspapers and the merchants
that helped make possible the celebra-
ton in his court yesterday.
The carrying out Of that celebration
yesterday was only characteristic OF
Judge Lindsey. In his work of boy re-
demption he has originated many ways
of appealing to the little chaps, and
when he hit upon the idea that
Christmas tree in the court room OF
great community would be novelty.
he at once began to work the idea out.
And he succeeded admirably. He him
self said that he had never heard OF
similar celebration.
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Denver. Dec. 25.-The News this
morning says: Startling revelations
concerning wholesale theft of timber on
public domain extending through long
term of years in Summit county of this
state have been made known through
the efforts of special government in
spectOr who has discovered the bare
faced theft of million dollars worth
OF timber and has confiscated property
estimated at $5O0.000 from the posses
sion of one of the many perpetrators of
similar denudation of the public for
ests in the vicinity OF Dillon.
The inspectors own story of the
hardships he was forced to undergo
while unearthing the gigantic depreda-
tions in the heart of the state as re-
lated at the federal building yesterday.
are most interesting:
Not many weeks since" said he,
Information was received concerning
operations in the Summit county for
ests which would warrant a thorough
investigation. Expecting an ordinary
case of forest destruction. set out i'm
mediately After reaching the end of
, the railroad line at Dillon | tramped
around in the knee deep snow in the
+ heavy forest with the mercury at twen-
ty below zero Instead of finding mere
ly the one case | expected, there was
evidence at hand to warrant $50 invest
igaticns.
For years denudation has been al
lowed to go on with more or less reg
ularlty and without molestation. In
1 the immediate region probably $4,000
900 or s3.OOO.OOO worth of timber has
been cut and shipped within com
paratively short period. II the parties
! responsible were saving people they
/ should have amassed sl.O00.O0O at Dill
Ion alone. AS far as the eye can see
| from the car windows nothing but the
stumps OF felled trees were visible.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30

Chicago. Dec. ga severe snow
storm. followed by cold wave, visi-
ted Chicago to-day. The snow com
menced to fall at Q O'Clock in the morn
ing and continued until late in the al
ternoon. the entire fall being estima-
ted by the weather Office at three and
one-half inches.
The storm at first was unac-
companied by wind. but late in the
afternoon gale OF forty miles an hour
sprang up from the northwest and the
mercury fell rapidly. The thermome-
ter stood at fifteen above zero during
the greater part of the day, and at 10
o'clock tonight 1t had fallen to four
below. with the promise from the
weather office of ten degrees below by
daylight tomorrow.
The snow did not cause any trouble
until the wind arose. when 1t com
menced to drift badly. snd many of the
outlying street car lines were serious
ly crippled. The cold is scheduled to
continue through tomorrow, with a
high wind to add to the discomfort.
St Louis. Dec. almost zero
weather prevails tonight in st. Louis
and vicinity. The day opened compar-
atively warm and cloury, but this al
ternoon n decided change set in. the
sky clearing and the temperature fail
ing thirty-one degrees in four hours.
This fall in temperature was accom-
panied by high wind that gained
velocity OF forty miles an hour, doing
\ . .. 4 l. = 4 81
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COLD WAVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
BLIZZARD COVERS LARGE AREA

considerable damage in various parts
oil the city.
At the height of the blow portions
of the east and north walls of the par
TALLY completed $1000.OOO BuckinS-
ham hotel. at West Pine and Kings
Highway, were blown down. causing
damage estimated at $4,000. The
building had been leased for the
worlds fair period by the buckingham
club. of which Miss Helen NJ. Gould is
a member. but the contractor says
this accident will not interfere with
its completion on time. On the world
iair grounds. near by. considerable
damage resulted from the wind. which
blew down scaffolds and wrecked some
temporary structures.
Washington, Dec. ga new i've
story building was blown down to-day
in one OF the most terrific wind storms
that ever passed over this city. 1t
was at first thought that persons who
sought shelter in the structure had
persisted. but six men. who had en-
tered the building left 1t n moment be-
fore the crash. Telephone and tele-
graph wires are down. Seymour also
reports damages by tne storm. The
loss on the building here is 100000.
Omaha, Dec. 25.-The mercury fell
thirty-fivc degrees since 10 n. m. reach
ing zero at O'Clock tonight. The cold
wave is general over Nebraska and
Iowa and lower temperature is prom
ised tomorrow.
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Senator clark's Tenor Voice.

Senator William A. Clark of Nom
tana thinks nature intended him for
a singer. He has tenor voice of high
register and has mastered most of
the tenor parts of nearly all of the
most difficult grand operas. During
the sessions of congress he gives ex-
pensive stag" dinners in his hand
some Washington residence and while
Lis guests are enjoying his costly ci-
gars at the end of the feast he re-
gales them with choice selections from
Wagner, Verdi Mascagns and other
OF the masters. He even initiates the
gestures and stage nannerisms of the
most famous tenors Of the day. all OF
whom he has heard. Senator Clark
really takes his vocal efforts serious
". So do his guests.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
The Irish to the Front.

Two sons of the Emerald Isle were
visiting League Island navy yard one
afternoon last week. What is that
asked Pat of a marine. pointing to the
bow of the cruiser Prairie. He wished
to learn TIE name of the boat. but as
his ponted finger indicated the raft
hanging from the bow. the marine an
swered, THAT is the catamaran." See
that" said Pat. turning to his com
panion tie beautiful vissel is the
Katy Moran. Another Irish name in
the Amirican navy. Shure, she must
have been Jack Barry's swateheart" ="
Evidently highly satisfied, they con
tinued their ghtseeing.-PhilaGel
phia Ledger.
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KNOWS NOT HIS DESTINATION
And Connecticut Man So Declares on
His tombstone.

And Connecticut Man So Declares on
His Tombstone.
character in Putnam Conn, is
Phineas G. Wright, whom everybody
calls Gard" Wright. The old man
has had his tomb and bust erected in
the local cemetery in anticipation of
his death. Beneath his bust is in
scribed, Going. but can't tell where
Mr.. Wright, who is one of Putnam's 5
oldest and richest citizens. now says:
II am not satisfied with the bust 1t
don't look nothing like me-more than
Hottentot. Here I've gone and
blowed $500 or $500 for the image, and
it's the durndest looking plug I ever
saw. But | amt going to make no
kick on the contractor. What's the
use?-the moneys all spent now.
Some people ask if | don't know
where I'm going, what | want . monu-
ment for. Well. I'm going somewhere.
amt 1? I'm honest when | say I don't
know where. Amt | right? If | knew
where | was going | would put it on
the bust"
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CHAPTER !
NV, shalI Find II Out Some Day."

1--WE Shall Find It Out Some Day."
About the beginning of the month OF
April, 1884. the family of Mr.. Silas Bur-
ritt observed certain alteration in
that gentlemans habits and demeanor
1t appeared to those who studied
him that he became imbued with an
air of anticipation-that he started
when knock was heard at the door
and that the advent of the postman
was awaited by him, If not With anx-
ety. at any rate with an amount of
eager expectancy which was. in gen
eral way, quite foreign to him.
1t was also observed that the nearer
they drew to the end of the month
the more these symptoms became ex-
aggerated; and. as day after day
went by unmarked by an unusual oc-
currence, he was observed to shake
his head with half-smile and half
sigh. and mutter as he thought to
himself, Dead or forgotten" After
which, he remained plunged in refiec-
ton for considerable time.
1t was his son Edward-more gen.
orally known as 'Ted"-who happened
10 overhead these words. and they
caused him no small amount of be-
wilderment.
He stood with his sister May in the
hall of Mr.. Burritt's large. old-fash-
Toned house at Dulwich. 1t was about
seven O'Clock in the evening that. as
the brother and sister We're talking in
low voices, the former was interrupted
by the sound of an abrupt. loud, double
knock.
There's the seven O'Clock post
said the girl Il wonder if there's any
thing for father this time' If there
is. Tll-"
But as she turned towards the direc-
tion of the letter box. the study door
was thrown hurriedly open and an
elderly gentleman rushed across the
hall. and extricated from its receptacle
one letter in thin. foreign looking en-
velope, the direction on which was
written in large, scrawling hand.
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The Real Thing in Toothaehe..

"Geewhitaker. Jumping Moses.
But it was the worst case of toOthache
| ever bumped against" he said. 1T
was easy in the early part of the even
ing, but when midnight arrived 1t got
busy for fair. Liniment. hot and cold
water and all the rest of the standard
remedies were applied without avail
Seven thousand devils. with seven
thousand red-hot sledges. hammered
hammered and hammered away at the
throbbing nerve. That tooth stood
upon its head, rolled over the carpet
and hung out of the window. 1t
growled, grumbled. moaned and NUT
tered. laughed. cried. ran. walked. trot-
ted, galloped, sailed. few. dug and ex-
cavated, and did everything under the
heavens but quit and go to sleep like
a decent tooth and stop monkeying
-"
But why didn't you have it ex-
tracted?"
Just as soon as Brown could get to
the dentists he
Great Scott. man Wasn't it your
tooth?"
No; it was Browns"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
Prisoner Well Advertised.

Mabel Parker. on trial at New York
for forgery, created decided sensa-
ton in court. She began by select
ing her own jury. practically. on the
first day. Then, when they were seat
ed in the box, she whiled away the
time by making caricaturcs of them
on stray sheets of paper handed to her
by reporters. These found their way
into the newspapers and she was i'm
mediately deluged with orders for
cartoons. She has sketched the
Judge. the district attorney and her
own counsel, and one of the papers
publishes a poster drawing labeled,
'This is me-"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH
OF TIMBER STOLEN IN COLORADO

The felled timber. including that
loaded on cars for shipment, sawmili
and appurtenances seized, and made
a claim for money due to the trespass-
ers. The property confiscated at this
one plant at Dillon, where twelve men
were working. will probably foot up
$500, 900 when the estimate is com
pleted.
THAT the depredatlons were extern
sive and extended over long period.
is evinced by the fact that examina-
ton of the available books showed that
for ten months. during the past year
one firm alone had shipped by rail for
ty carloads of timber. which probably
was not one-tenth of the entire amount
felled. No later than last winter. ! am
told. a whole acre OF ground was COW
cred with timber which is believed TO
have been felled on public domain and
shipped to paper mills.
.drhe peculiar fact is that the parties
accused of denuding public forests ara
appropriatiug the proceeds to their pri-
yate profit have been so accustomed to
freedom from Inolestation that they re-
gard the appearance of dealers on
small scale as an intrusion on their pre-
serves and the poor man with ram
ily to support. who. mayhap. ls con-
strained to cut an insignificant amour.
of timber to save his flesh and blood
from freezing, is likely to be discoun-
tenanced and oppressed.
Now that the result OF the inVesti-
cations are. made public. Increased in
terest in the preservation Of the public
forests throughout the state is antici-
pated. especially on the part OF
those public spirited individuals VINO
have previously shown interest in this
important matter which so vita!ly al
fects irrigation problems and the asri-
cultural interests of the state.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30

which lAreiy left room for the stamp.
There was a singular look upon his
face, on which astonishment seemed
struggling with come other emotion.
Then he drew a long breath. After
all these years." he said to himself.
So he has kept his word. after all.
He recrossed the hall. re-entered his
study and closed the door. As he did
so both the young people heard the
key turn in the lock. Evidently their
father was anxious not to be disturbed
in the perusal of the mysterious mis-
sive. whatever ii might be. Neither
of them said any more on the subject
a. the time. but their minds were fuli
of it as they each turned to go their
different ways; the one to the billiard
room for little private practice. the
other to the drawing room to try over
the last new song.
II wonder what it was?" soliloauized
the former. land what made the
suy'nor so queer and unlike himself
at the sight of it? However. it's no
good troubling myself about it,
Mr.. Silas Burritt remained shut up
in his study all the remainder of the
evening. and only encountered his
son and daughter at breakfast the
next morning-being Thursday-when
he appeared to have regained his or
dinary manner; Notwithstanding to
two pairs of inquisitive young, eyes
there still seemed to be a certain alb
sent expression-the expression of a
man (not that they described it to
themselves in any such words) who
has been reviewing the past, and
whose thoughts still linger behind him
among the years that have gone by.
There was also a slight suspicion of
. nervousness about him. and several
times he seemed on the point of saying
something, which he put OFF from one
moment to another. AT last he made
up his mind to speak.
My dear" he said, addressing his
wife. II am thinking-that is. l have
made up my mind-at any rate. am
going away for day or so. At least
-" Here he found that he had by
no means miscalculated the effect of
the announcement. for his voice at
this juncture was drowned by a lam
lily trio
where to? What for? How long
shall you stay? How strange.
This last remark. emanating as 1t
did. from his son and heir. seemed to
cause the object of it some little annoy
ance.
Strange, Ted!" slightly knitting his
brows as he spoke. What do you
mean? What is there strange in my
leaving home for a day-on business!
The last words came after barely
perceptible pause.
oh then, 1t IS business. after all!
broke in his daughter May, with an air
of hardly repressed triumph. Il knew
it was. ! said so directly | saw the
letter-didn't l Ted?"
Her father turned round upon her,
rather sharply. What letter."
''The-the letter that came last
night" she stammered. disconnected
by the unusual tone. Then, reassert-
ing herself. Il was in the hall. you
know. when it came, and thought it
looked like business
Her fathers frown relaxed as he
patted her on the shoulder.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
Seen Church Grow.

Rev DR.. William Henry Roberts of
Philadelphia. who has been the stated
clerk of the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church of the United
States of America for twenty years,
said the other day: Since / became
stated clerk the church. which has
now 100000 communicates and
constituency of 100000, has doubled
in membership and in the expansion
of all of it's interests. The church has
missions established in fifteen foreign
countries"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
Col. mosby,s Reeolleetions.

On Sunday Dec. 6, Col John S.
Mosby reached his three-score and ten
and celebrated the day at the res'-
dence of his sister. Mrs. Russell. In
Washington having as companions
Gen. Marcus Wright and Major Bob"
Hunter The colonel bears his years
easily and gracefully. In writing to a
friend he said that on Dec. 6, 1864. he
took dinner with Gen. X. +. Lee at his
headquarters before Petersburg. which
was then within mile of Gen.
Grants headquarters. There was a
leg of mutton for dinner, and it was
such a notable addition to the custom
ary fare that Gen. Lee said he thought
the staff must have gotten it unlaw-
fully
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
Royalty Loo Slow.

Senator HOar does not have a roy
atty upon the sale of his book. recent
ly published. He accepted lump
sum from the publishers, although he
was told by them that 1t would no
doubt be more profitable FOR him to re-
ceive royalty. 1t is known that his
reason for selling the book outright
was because he preferred to make use
of the money now and DID not care to
have it come TO him in small amounts
and for long period. as 1t would
under the ROYALTY system.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
Earthquake in New York.

Ogdensburg. n. Y. Dec. ga dis
tinct earthquake shock was felt here
yesterday. Telephone reports show
that It was noticed all through st. Law
renee county. being severest along the
st. Lawrence valley. Buildings trem-
bled violently at Madrid. sixteen miles
east from here. The earthquake was
accompanied by noise resembling
thunder, which was sufficiently lous
to awaken people.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
NaIur of Mest Point

In a letter 10 the Richmond Times
Dispatch Brigadier-Gcnoral Fitzhugh
Lee. U. S. A., retired. speaks up ear
nestly for the military academy
West Point" he writes. is annually
and quietly filling the country with
trained soldiers OF every branch of the
military service. who are able to or
ganize, drill and discipline the men
who re-enforce the regular army in
the hour of peril and quickly convert
raw recruits into American soldiers.
In the wars of the United States tho
value OF West Point education has
always been distinct and conspicu-
GUS"
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
BEAT WIFE WITH BIBLE.
Court Decides This 10 Cruelty and
Grants Woman Divorce.

The Bible as a weapon with which
to beat wife was one of the specific
acts OF cruelty Mrs. Bertha Jensen.
1881 Artesian avenue, Chicago. told
Judge Brentano in her bill for divorce.
Although married only short time.
Mrs. Jensen declared she had to leave
her husband on account of his cruelty
He chased me out of bed one time
and fired heavy book at me and hit
me with IT., said Mrs. JenGen. He
always slept with the book under his
pillow"
you mean the Bible?" she was
asked.
yes, sir. II was the Bible"
The court granted Mrs. Jensen .
decree of divorce.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
IN HIS SECOND COFFIN.
Buffalo Physician Finally Laid Away
Forever.

DIR. Charles A. st. John of Buffalo
who died last week, was buried in
coffin which had once before CON
tanned his supposed corpse. May
1901. Dr. St. John fell into a comatose
state while serving with the army in
Luzon and was properly inferred. 1t
being supposed he was dead. He re-
covered consciousness. however. ard
succeeded in releasing himself from
his shallow grave. Returning TO MS
Buffalo home. he resumed his prac-
tice, but could not get rid OF the
seeds of the disease contracted IN
the tropics and passed away. He
had brought home with him the CONN
that had been used at his first inter
ment and at his own request he was
laid to his final hest in 1t.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
Anthony comstock ~.

New York. Dec. 25.-Anthony Com
stock, secretary of the Society for the
Suppression of vice. is reported to be
seriously i'll at his home in Summit,
New Jersey. Two months ago he was
thrown down stairs in Bridgeport.
Connecticut. while attempting to ar
rest physician charged with circu-
lating obscene literature. Several ribs
were broken and he was badly bruised,
but he attended to his business until
indications of internal injuries devel-
ppet.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30
Pneumonia Is Epidemic.

New York. Dec. 26.-Pneumonia has
become so prevalent in this city that
the health department has decided to
amend the sanitary code by classify
ing that ailment with the measles.
scarlet fever and smallpox. and max
ing it compulsory on physicians to re-
port every case of pneumonia prompt
iy. This is said TO be without prece-
dent in America or Europe.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-30

A bronze reproduction of the plas-
ter statue of Mckinley. shown above.
will soon be cast and placed at the
entrance of Chicago park. The
statue Is the work of Charles Multi
gan. a Chicago sculptor, and is the
gift of Daniel F. Crilly.
The statue depicts Mr.. Mckinley as
a representative in Congress in the
act of presenting and advocating the
Mckinley tariff bill. "A dignified and
serious piece of sculpture" is dorado