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The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
MR.. AENHEck's IDEA OF 1T.
Well Known Saying Revised Accord.
ino to His Opinion.


Mrs. Henheck looked up from the
paper she was writing on The De-
velopment of Modern Slang and Its
Influence Upon Our Daily Conversa'
tion."
MY dear" she said to her husband,
who had come in from the kitchen to
tell her that the dishes were washed
and put away. what is the conclusion
of that atrociously vulgar saying which
begins with There is sucker born
every minute?'
why, Henrietta, l don't call it to
mind at present"
Surely you do. my pet, 1t is part
of the argot of the street They say
There is sucker born every minute.
and then | think the rest of it refers
to what the-the suckers do. But that
part of it | forgot. What is it they
all do?"
Hiram Henkeck steeled himself for
trouble, but he felt 1t was the chance
of his life.
Let me see,' he mused. 1t goes.
There is a sucker born every minute
and they all-they all
Yes. yes. dovey. got that down"
And they al! get married! d!"-Chica,
go Tribune.
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CHAPTER I.
The Girl.

The Girl.
The day was dreary when she was
born, not only because the rain was
falling in a drizzling fashion and a
mist hung over the hills, but because
she was born. Her mother, having
soft heart. felt all her tenderness
awaking for her weak daughter, and
gathered her into her arms with half
plying caress But her mother did
not live long, and some of her friends
went SO far as to say that it was well
she did not, for she would have spoiled
the girl.
Her father-well, there was no dan.
ger of her father spelling the girl
with tenderness. He considered her
birth one of the blows fate dealt him,
and he said he had had many blows
from fate. He said fate was against
him; people said he was shiftless; they
said also that there was hardly a
doubt that the girl would be the same.
None of the Johnsons amounted to
much-at least that branch of the fam
lily. Lemuel Johnson, this mans
brother, was rich, rumor said, and they
did not blame him for having nothing
to do with his shiftless brother. He
lived in a fine house in New York;
was enterprising and shrewd; how
could anyone blame him for dropping
this ne'er-do-well brother?
His brother thought differently.
Lemuel was rich: fate had been good
to him: it was but right that he should
help him; 1t was an unheard of thing
that he had never offered to help him,
especially when this added burden was
laid upon his already too heavily laden
shoulders. OF what good to him was
girl? Girls were of little use. Had
she been boy-but she was not
boy. and she was motherless from the
time she was three weeks old.
With a pathetic appreciation of the
fitness of things her mother named
her Dolores. And from the time she
was taken from the dying mothers
arms her large brown eyes. shaded
by long curling lashes. looked out upon
the world with a strange gravity and
a knowledge of what it meant to be
brought into the world unwelcome and
uploved.
She seldom cried. She never cooed
al other and happier babies do. And
ns she grew older silence grew upon
her. She said little and the neighbors
seldom ran in to gossip with her as they
did with each other, for there was
no use; she took no interest in them
or their gossip: no one could talk
easily with her eyes upon them. So
when she grew old enough to attend
TO the household matters herself, they
left her alone; even the children of
her own age dropped her as though
she had been dead.
She was an excellent cook, and kept
the house well. In these things her
father had no fault 70 find. He sci.
dom spoke to her: II the food were
well cooked he never found fault; he
never praised 1t or her: he ate his
meals in silence. and went out of the
house. She saw him only at meal
times; his evenings were spent at the
tavern; hers were spent at home
mending his clothes or doing whatever
was to be done.
And to every one in the villaSe-out
OF 1t she knew no one-she was sim
ply that girl of Johnson's.'
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ROAD ACROSS THE DESERT.
Arid Colorado Plain viii Soon Be
Traversed by Fine Boulevard.

Arid Colorado Plain viii Soon Be
Traversed by Fine Boulevard.
Work is now in progress in south
ein California upon boulevard In
tended to pass through the Colorado
desert in a straight line from the pro-
jected town of lockwood to Calexico.
on the Mexican border. 1t will be 100
feet wide and thirty-five miles long.
Along either side of the boulevard
and down the center will be rows of
trees to shut off the glare of the des-
ert sun. Also on either side will be
small canals, which will not only irri-
gate the shade trees, but also will be
utilized to lay the dust, when the road
is completed. 1t will require only two
men to care for the entire thirty-fve
miles.
The rapid growth OF trees in the
desert country will insure magnifi-
cent avenue in very short time. AT
the international line 14.month-old will
lows are growing on the banks of the
imperial canal seven inches In diam
eter and thirty feet high. The boule-
ward will give access to the towns Of
lockwood. Grawley, Imperial. Sills-
bee, Calexico. Mexicala. Mexicula and
many new villages.
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LEo's ONE UNKiND SPEECH.
Only Time the Late Pope Was Known
to Be Bitter.

All his life the late Pope Leo was
noted as wit. but his humor was of
the kindly sort 1t is said that only
once did he utter a retort that cut
deep. This was in the case of no.
Lleman who boasted that he would
put the future pope Cleo was then
oardinaD at a disadvantage. They
were fellow guests one evening and
after dinner the count offered the cardi-
ual his snufrbox. The lid opened with
spring and disclosed an exquisite
Venus painted in terribly frank fash
ion. Cardinal Pecci looked steadily
at the painting for a moment, then
he leaned his head to one side slightly
as il to get better focus. the other
guests meanwhile standing breathless.
Finally the cardinal raised his eye
brows in questioning fashion and said
to the count sweetly: Madam la
comtesse?" ("Your wife?'o
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CHAPTER III.
Her Learning.

Dolores was sitting on the door
steps one evening Her father was at
the tavern as usual. and as her house
hold duties were finished she sat in
the mellow moonlight that flooded the
mountain with radiance. She was no
longer listless. Her lips were parted;
her eyes larger and darker than usual;
her face raised to the starry heavens,
was full of light. On her knees lay
an old astronomy, and one slender
finger marked the place of her read
ing.
She was lost to herself and her sur
roundings: she did not hear the heavy
footsteps approaching along the mar,
row path; she saw nothing until a
rough hand pulled the book from under
her fingers. A deep oath smote the
air.
Curse ye." her father muttered be-
tween his clenched teeth. Curse 'em
as invented books an learnin. Thes
is ther way ye waste yer time while
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BARBER WHO WAS A KING.
tlervous Customer Jumped at Con.
clusion and Fled.

cIusion and Fled.
A queer reminiscential CLEAN crept
into the eyes Of the barber. with the
long, low, rakish forehead. as he sud
denly rested his razor hand while
shaving the Adams apple of the lean.
nervous-looking man in the chair.
II was King Louis XIV. OF France
last night said the barber, Suddenly.
the razor still poised about half an
inch above the lean customers Adams s
apple.
The customer blinked and breathnd
hard. The shaved side of his face
became nearly as white as the still
lathered other side.
Wait a minute" he said. placing a
shaking hand on the barber's shaving
arm. He up sat straight in the chair
with a wild look, and then made bolt
for the door.
"Wow!" he yelled as he went. What
an escape! King Louis XIV! Bug
house, He wouldn't have done a thing
to me-" and, win the towel stream
ing in the breeze and one side of his
face still lathered. he loped down the
street.
The barber with the long. low, rak-
ish forehead went to the door and
stared after the galloping customer
with amusement.
We'll. I'll be dad-binged!" muttered
the barber. Now what kind o cogs
has that feller got in his conk? was
on'y tryin' to tell him that l was King
Louis XIV. at the BARRIERS masquerade
ball last night, and look at him goin'
after Salvators mile record!"-Wash'
ington Post.
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tablished the loneliest and most dan
gerous mail route in the world.
The mail carriers travel on foot
over sixteen hundred miles of the
route, and one stretch of nearly eight
hundred miles through a desolate. un-
inhabited country has to be covered
by single postman. The Yukon mail
carrier must travel with his dog
sledge along river piled up with
blocks of ice like the boulders on a
hillside.
The river is several miles wide in
places, and sometimes the surface is
so broken by hillocks Of ice and snow
drifts that its winding course cannot
be distinguished from the land. The
carrier then has to don his snowshoes
and break new trail for the dogs
over the trackless waste.
Theodore Blum started to do this
one morning. 1t was on the Yukon
flats, Just inside the Arctic circle,
where the river is nearly fifteen miles
wide.
He carried long Er pole with him.
his dog team following him. and when
he felt the ice giving way he threw
down the pole and rested his weight
on it. But even though his weight
was thus distributed it did not always
save him from ducking. He broke
through no fewer than six times in
his endeavor 20 cross the river, and
narrowly escaped being frozen before
he could reach one of the shelters.
Ben Downing. the most famous of
the mail carriers. narrowly escaped
death at the close of last season. 1t
was spring time, and the sun an hour
snow and made travel difficult SO
most OF his travelling was done in the
night.
He left his station at O'Clock in
the morning. putting laced moccasins
on the feet of his dogs to prevent the
sharp ice crystals from cutting them
He had made twenty miles and was
going along at a clipping pace. his
hands on the bars of the sled. when
he heard the ice crack under his dogs.
He halted them with a word and
planted his feet rigidly to break the
momentum of the sled. This sudden
throwing of his weight in one place
broke the ice. and down he went.
The sagacity which comes to the
dogs from daily going through such
experiences enabled them to drag
him on to the solid ice. and away they
went again. faster than before. be-
cause Ben had his feet wet and knew
they were freezing. A few miles more
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
MUCH ARID LAND RECLAIMED.
Irrigation Has Proved Of Great Value
to Idaho.

to Idaho.
As result of the most successful
engineering. work yet done for the
reclamation of arid lands. 100000
acres of land in Idaho have been
thrown open to settlement. These
lands lie in the valley of the Snake
river. in Lincoln and Cassia counties.
Through what is known as the Twin
Falls canal, the waters of the Snake
river are to be lifted 3S feet, and
through 100 miles of main canal and
1000 miles of laterals spread over 700
square miles of desert.
By this enterprise sources of agri-
cultural wealth in Idaho, which have
long lain dormant. will be developed.
According to plans 26S.000 acres Of
land from the Public Domain will ul-
timately be brought under irrigation.
According to the terms of the con-
tract with the state and national gov
ernments the canal on the south side
of the Snake river will be 65 miles
long, 80 feet wide on the bottom at
the head. gradually narrowing to 15
feet at the other end. 1t will have a
grade of one foot in 5000, will carry
water Q feet in depth and have ca
pacity of 5000 feet.
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and he knew they had already frozen.
Then they began to bleed, and for
ten miles the blood spurted out of the
lace holes of his moccasins with every
step, and left a red trail on the frozen
snow.
At length he reached one of his
lonely stations. The first thing he did
was to strip off his wet clothes; then
he wrapped blanket around his nak-
ed body and in a temperature of 60
degrees below zero hunted up wood
and made a fire.
The following night he travelled
nearly fifty miles until he reached
Dawson City. He handed over his
mail. went limping about his business
as IL nothing had happened, and then
went home and had fever.
He was in the hospital for two
months. and had to have his toes am
putated. Yet he is still in the same
business, and really enjoys its haz-
ards.
Two mail carriers on the short run
to Atlin did not arrive last winter
and a search party was sent out They
found the tracks Of the sled leading to
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NapoIeonic Authority.

Frederic Mason. who has just been
elected a member of the French acad-
envy, is famed as one of the greatest
living authorities on Napoleon. He
represents in its most acute phase the
French Napoleonic cult. His collection
o. Napoleonic relics is second to none
except that of Prince Roland Bona
parte. He has spent lifetime In con-
noting the minutest details. of Napo-
Icons public and particularly private
life. But NJ. Mason is more than a
mere antiquarian and commentator
upon unpublished documents. He has
magic touch which gives life to the
personages whom he discusses and it
is said that his election to the acad-
envy represents most important liter
airy acquisition to that august body.
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| dreary garden short distance up the

dreary garden a short distance up the
mountain.
Dolores was standing in the door.
way, her arms hanging down in front
of her. her fingers clasped listlessly
together. The sunlight was on her
dark head: her brown eyes were look
ing straight before her, and there was
a light in her face that fairly trans
formed it. Usually there was little
light In her face. Her lips were part.
ed as though she had been speaking OF
pleasant things.
Young Green took off his hat, and
ran his fingers through his fair hair.
The wrinkle of perplexity appeared
and deepened between his brows.
johnson is she your daughter?'
The blacksmith Strengthened up In
surprise. No one had ever before
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CHAPTER u.
The StranQer.

inc Stranger.
When Dolores was twenty her father
awoke to the fact that she was no
longer child. The knowledge of her
age and comliness came to him sud
denly one day.
Johnson was a blacksmith, and
young Green. whose father was judge
In the town across the mountain. was
riding up the valley when his mare
-ast shoe. and he stopped at the
shop to have 1t replaced.
The day was warm and sultry, and
after a few minutes young Green asked
for some water. Johnson sent him to
:he house for it, saying that Dolores
would give 1t to him. Green returned
n a few minutes. There was a strange
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
MaryIand's Ex-Governors.

Maryland has three living ex-eov-
'fnors-William Pinkney White, John
lee Carroll and Elihu E. Jackson, Mr..
White has been honored by his fellow
citizens by election to many Offices
mayor of Baltimore. comptroller and
attorney general of the state, United
States senator and several positions
of minor Importance. He and the two
other ex-governors are all passing the
closing years of life quietly.
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Explaining the Situation.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
explains the advance in the price of
meat by an incident that recently oc-
Cured in a hotel.
See here" said an indignant guest
to the proprietor, your waiter
charged me % cents for tomato. Is
that right"
NO, it isn't right" replied mine
host amiably, but that's what we
charge"
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conaer Was Diplomatic.

1t is said that at the close Of Presi-
dent McKinley's first term he deter
mined to appoint John Barrett minis.
ter to China, the post being held by
Mr.. Conger. The incumbent. hearing
of this. obtained leave OF absence and
hurried to Washington, called upon
the president and said. after the usual
greetings: Mr.. President, has my
course in China been satisfactory
"Oh, most satisfactory" responded Nc.
Kinley with characteristic amiability.
Then, Mr.. President" continued Con.
ger, can I count on remaining in my
position and make my arrangements
accordingly" Mr.. Mckinley rather
felt that he had been put in pocket
but Mr.. Conger won reappointment.
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Oiu yC SSh A'Si
expression ON his face, and he did not
enter the shop at once; he stood in the
doorway. watching the hammer fall on
the glowing iron.
Green had a college education, and
his friends were to certain extent
like all other young fellows, fond of
hunting and all athletic sports, but a
strength like this mans he had never
before seen. Green was man. and
men admire strength. The mouth was
sullen under the scant gray mustache;
the eyes were small, and showed
possible cruelty of nature-brute cruel.
ty; the forehead was low and narrow.
There was not an Intellectual line IN
his face.
A wrinkle of puzzled thought ap-
peared between the young mans
brows. He turned and looked long
and earnestly up the path that led to
the tiny unpainted house set in its
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The Need of Character.

Senator Hoar of Massachusetts ut
tered the following admonition at the
Worcester summer school: "Consti-
tutions and states. congresses and
laws, police and elections. all break
down and come to grief unless behind
them and underneath them there be
human character. You may have all
these things. but there will come a
time when you must depend upon
some individual to do right"
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PERILS OF CARRIERS
Hardshps and Dangers Almost nconceivabe Have to be
Surmounted by Those Who "Tote the Mail" in
Alsska-Frequent Loss of Life.

what had been hole in the ice. That
was all.
In the same district the frozen body
of mail carrier vas found and identi-
fled by his watch. He had been lost
three years previously.
Harry Frayne, mail carrier from
Valdes to Eagle. started out last Janu-
ary with the expectation of meeting
the carrier on the next stage. He
found the dogs and the sled. The
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
Sarah s.rnhardt sin youtbfuI.

The statement is made-not on the
authority of the divine Sarah. how
ever-that Nine. Bernhardt will be SO
years old in October. Nine. Bernhardt
says she is as old as she looks, and
in saying this she Snakes safe re-
treat. as the great actress looks 40 or
even less.
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carrier. Tuffin, had abandoned them
when the dogs were exhausted, and
had started Off with the idea Of carry.
ing the mail on his back for the rest
of the distance.
Some Indians found his frozen body
six miles from the summit of Men
tasa Pass. He had plodded with the
mail until he fell in the snow, frozen
to death.
From the lower erd Of this lonely
trail of 1000 miles to Nome there is
often in the local newspapers brief
mention Of the disappearance of mail
carrier. 1t is an episode OF daily life,
exciting no more comment than run.
away horse does in big city.
Leaving all danger and adventure
out of consideration. the calling Of the
Arctic mail carrier is rough and hard.
Do not imagine the carrier reclining
at his ease, covered with warm robes,
while the dogs lope along over
smooth surface.
He has to guide the sled from one
side of the river to the other to miss
the heaped-up ice, the soft places and
the snowbanks.
In a temperature of so degrees be
low zero, which is common. he has to
keep warm, and yet he must not per.
spire. or the moisture will immediate.
ly freeze. His greatest care is as to
his footwear He has two or three
pair OF woollen socks and over them
a pair of moccasins made OF deer hide.
Should these get wet his feet freeze
and he is little better than a dead
man.
After he has made his distance for
the day he arrives at a lonely cabin
under some feet of snow. He has to
put on his snowshoes to break trail
to 1t for the dogs.
The cabin contains a rusty stove
and some provisions for himself and
the dogs. He has to chop wood after
his days work and must first cook
the supper for his dogs.
Then he cooks and eats his lonely
meal and lies down in his clothes to
sleep. There is no furniture. In a
country where fuel is scarce the
temptation to chop it up for stove
wood would be too great
Only men of iron frame can stand
the hardships of such a life. The
others are weeded out after two OF
three trips.-New York Sun.
What the Fly Was Doing.
cnrtaip Snip Sfar in India m to
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pefauIter for One Cent.

The funds in the San Francisco city
treasury have been counted, and the
treasurer. John f. McDougald, found
to be a defaulter to the amount of ono
cent. 1t is due to Mr.. McDougald td
say that he rendered the amount OF
the deficit to the committee of the city
council. but the members refused to
accept it.
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Another mail carriers been frozen
to death, boys"
Yes? That's bad luck! Why. 1t
was only three weeks ago that Ben
Downing lost his toes"
This is the kind of talk the traveller
hears in the trappers huts and rest
houses on the frozen Yukon river and
the Behring coast up to Nome. Along
1000 miles of this ice-bound region
the United States government has es-
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Barrels Made of Paper.

Greece is almost as badly off for
suitable wood for casks and barrels
as is Egypt, and one of the OBSTACLES
with which the wine trade is con-
stantly confronted is the expense
connected with the Importation OF
slaves and casks. The wine mer-
chants propose to solve the problem
by using barrels made of paper.
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The Real Cause,

Maude-"What makes you so aw-
fully nervous, dear?"
Clara-"Why, Fred is to have an in.
terview with papa this afternoon"
Maude-"Oh, and you are afraid your
father will not give his CONSENT"
Clara-No; I'm afraid Fred won't
show up"
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O. LOCATION or ISLANDS in DIsPuTE

The islands near the coast of north
Borneo, whose alleged seizure by an
American warship has brought pro-
test from a British company operat-
ing in north Borneo, are Taganac.
Baguan, Bakkungsan. Lihman, ST.
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baung, Baeran, and Lankyan. AL
though so small their names do not
appear on the map. they are import
ant because of their location which
commands Sanakan harbor and Lab
ukay in north Borneo.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29

Barry of the adjutant generals depart
ment, has been selected for brigadier
general in the permanent service to
till the vacancy caused by the promo
ton of Gen. Leonard Wood.
The Lamar register., 1903-07-29

one of the city's most notable house.
wives. No childish fingers have ever
marred the pristine brilliance of her
mirrors and windows or played havoc
with the handsome bronzes and vases
in the daintily cared-for dining room.
At the home of her brother, where
seven children romp from morning
until night. as may be imagined, the
same exquisite perfection of house
keeping is impossible. One day her
small niece returned home after
tea party at auntie's, and in an awed
voice said: Mamma. saw fly in
Aunt Maria's house. but (thought-
fully 1t was washing itself''-Indian-
apolis Journal
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What the Fly Was Doing.
A certain spinster in Indianapolis,
who has lived alone in her beautiful
and stately home for many years, is
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Lord Lieutenant, will be the spot fixed
upon, and that Lord Dudley's occu-
pancy of it is only trial trip prepara-
tory to the king taking 1t up as his
abode.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-12-18
A Timely Suggestion.

This is the season of the year when
the prudent and careful housewife re.
plenishes her supply OF Chamberlain :
Cough Remedy. 1t is certain TO BE-
needed before the winter is over. and
results are much more prompt and sat
isfactory when il is kept at hand and
given as soon as the cold is contracted
and before it has become settled in the
system. In almost every instance q Sc
we're cold may be warded off by taking
this remedy freely as soon as the first
'nication of the cold appears. There
is no danger in giving it 10 children
for il contains no harmful substance.