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The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

Only Boy.
Only a boy with his noise and his fun.
The veriest mystery under the sun.
As brimful of mischief and wilt and glee
~ ever a human frame can be.
Aad as hard to manage as-what?-ah
me!
IT'S hard to tell.
Yet We love him well.
Only boy. with his fearful tread.
who cannot be driven, but must be led.
cats.
And tears more clothes and spoils more
hats.
Loses more tops and kites and bats.
Than would stock store
For year or more.
Only a boy. with his wild. strange ways.
with his idle hours and his busy days;
with his queer remarks and his odd re-
plies,
Sometimes foolish and sometimes wise.
Often brilliant for one his size
As meteor hurled
From the planet world.
Only n boy, who Will be man.
If Nature goes on with his first great
plan:
If water or fire, or some fatal snare.
Conspirc not TO rob us of this our heir
our blessing, our rest. our care
our torment our joy,
"Only boy!"
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

non. Joseph ChamperIain.
relieved Colonial Secretary Chamber.
lain from the necessity of resigning.
1t is reported that the Duke Of
Devonshire at the kings wish acted as
a mediator and played an important
part in patching up the cabinet crisis.
King Edward regards his coming visit
to Ireland as of the utmost import
ance, and the visit could not occur II
parliament were dissolved.
Premier Balfour took the house by
storm. His speech was the most ex-
traordinary and the most vehement
he has ever been known to make in
his long political career. So thorough
ly did he carry the house with him
that the Chaplin amendment to the
budget, which declared that the repeal
of the grain tariff would involve need
less disturbance of trade. was defeated
by majority of 396 votes, composed
of unionists. liberals and Irish mem
bers. The minority who supported Mr..
Chaplin's amendment were almost all
the followers of the government. while
many others of the conservative party
abstained from voting.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
READY WIT CAUGHT MORGAN.
How Compliment Won Recognition
From Financier.

Pierpont Morgan's direct. blunt way
overrldes most people. but one man.
Wall street broker. got decidedly
the better of him in n verbal encoun-
ter. The broker had failed in an ex-
ceedingly shady fashion and Mr.. Nor
gan had been ''let in" for something
like 100000. But the broker contin-
ued to bow to his victim as though
nothing of the kind had occurred. One
morning the millionaire said to him
In his very sternest tone: See here.
Mr.. Soandso. you owe me 100000 and
you're able to pay, but I'll let you off
II you will cease to recognize me
when we meet" why, my dear MIR.
Morgan" was the suave and smiling
reply. II would not deny myself the
pleasure you refer to for twice the
sum named" II is said to be fact
that ever since that brief conversa-
tion Mr.. Morgan has warmly returned
the brokers' salutation, though he
never did SO previously.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Rebuked the Trumpeter.

When Lord Wolseley was COM
mander in chief of the British military
forces he went to inspect garrison
in tie south of Ireland. the chief off,
Ger of which was addicted to sulphur
Gus language. During the interview
the colonel ordered that the trumpeter
sound the charge" but unfortunately
the man blew the retreat" instead.
The colonel was about to let loose q
volley of verbal fireworks when he re-
membered Lord Wolseley was within
hearing. For moment it looked as
though he might explode, but he found
temporary relief in roaring at the man.
"Oh, you naughty naughty trumpeter."
Later in the day he made up for this
moderation by blasting the offender
all over the barracks.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Pedestrian Chief Justices.

Justice Henry b. Brown of the SUI
preme court is as great a walker as
Justice Harlan, whose long tramps to
the Chevy Chase golf links are fire.
quently spoken OF Justice Brown
walks from five to ten miles every day
and now that the sessions of the Su
preme court are over and he has nc
cause to take his daily exercise going
to the capitol he walks about the west
end and out into the suburbs. His
niece. Miss Morgan. who has been
with him since the death of his wife
accompanies him as a rule, especially
II the weather is good.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

to the outside of the ring ana start
again.
Each player can move one space to
the next circle in front or to the side
of the space he occupies, but cannot
move back.
When a player reaches a black dot
or marble" he leaves his pin in 1t to
show that it is "out" of the ring. and
after that, every other marble" he
captures counts him two, for he must
go outside and start over again on
another line with new pin.
1t is generally the best policy to
devote your early moves to blocking
another player. and when this has
brought you near to marble to make
c sudden dash for 1t.
Each player may choose any start
ing point he wishes. and when all the
marbles" have been knocked out,
the player having the largest number
to his credit wins the game.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
MAYOR KERN EXPLAINS ACTION.
Statement From the Chief Executive
of BeIIevilIe, Illinois.


In answers to criticisms of his
action in not using more forcible
means to disperse the mob which
Iynched the negro. Wyatt. at Belle.
VILE, ILL.,, on the night of June 6, Mayor
Kern said:
at is true that I requested the Off
GERS not to use their guns. l did so
after careful reflection. I was con-
vinced in my judgment that to do so
would not stop the citizens in their
determination to get Wyatt. but that
such a course simply would fan the
flame of their insane fury. l was con-
yinced that to do SO would precipi-
tate a battle. was convinced that
many citizens would be killed or
manned in the encounter.
THE officers did their full duty.
They arrested the assassin. They
locked him up in one of the strongest
and most modern Jails in this or any
other country. They exhausted their
possibilities in defending the prison
er. They could not be asked to kill
and lay down their own lives to save
a murderer. The men actually on the
ground were the best judges of the
critical situation.
"You ask me who is to blame for
the lynching. The negro. Wyatt. who
came into this community armed and
with murder in his craven heart is to
blame for it. The negro. Wyatt. who
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
An Experiment In Air Pressure.

This article is not an advertise
ment of a cement warranted to mend
chinaware and glassware stronger
than 1t was before. although the pic
ture looks like it. No cement or glue
of any kind is used in the experiment,
and yet the plate and the wineglass,
in the one case. and the plate and the
bottle in the other. are stuck togeth-
er pretty much as II some material of
that kind were the means employed.
The adhesive force is nothing more
nor less than the pressure of the at
mosphere: precisely the same force
that enables a boy to lift brick or
n stone by means of his leathery
sucker"
Let us take the plate and the wine
glass first. Suspend the glass from
the ceiling or from chandelier by
means of a string tied around its
stem. Have ready an ordinary china
plate, over the inner surface of which
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

Rainy Day Marbles is pretty good
game and can be played by two or as
many as seven: one for each black
dot in the ring" Cut out the pic
ture, with the following directions,
and place the whole thing on sheet
of stiff paper or cardboard.
Each player takes pin and after
1t is decided who shall have first
shot" and in what order the rest Of
the players shall follow, the game
begins.
The object of each player is to
reach one of the black dots. or
marbles" which is then his proper
ty and counts one for him, but at the
same time to keep any one of the
players from reaching one. He can
do this by moving in front of another
player in such way that that player
cannot move forward. In such case,
IL a player can neither move forward
lor to either side. he must go back
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

For days and weeks the sunny
southern skies had been greedily
drinking up the waters of the rivers
and streams of North Carolina. South
Carolina and Georgia. In the valleys
people sweltered as the feverish
earth was subjected to the overpower-
ing sway of the sun, and the rivers
and streams dwindled.
The elements seem to have become
drunken mad with the draughts of
natures wine and began a revel that
knew no bounds of life or property
and swept all before. f.
The peaceville little town of
Gainesville, Ca. and its environs was
The first to suffer from the play of the
monster of the air. With devilish fury
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
MARK 1wain "eot aaek.-

In his "Outre Mer" Paul Bourget de
clared that life can never get en-
urely dull to the American. because
whenever he cannot strike any other
way to put in his time he can always
get away with few years trying to
find out who his grandfather was" TIC
which Mark Twain replied: Il reckon
the Frenchman's got his little standby
for dull time. too. because when all
other interests fall he can turn in and
see II he can't find out who his fathe,
was"
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
STAND BY FREE TRADE.
British House of Commons Rejects
Protection Proposals.

The British House of Commons, by
a vote of 424 to 2S. declared its hostil-
ity to protective tariff. which had
been proposed by Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain. 1t had been supposed
that the ministry would stand by ME-.
Chamberlain and accept defeat. but
Premier Balfour, in speech in which
he declared himself an out and out
free trader, but demanded that tho
party leave his hands united in SO
important a national question, saved
the ministry from its threatened over
throw, averted a political crisis and
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Pretty Dolls of Paper.

The materials required are very
few and simple. A few old fashion
plates (these can, no doubt. be OBJ
tanned from mother), some thin card
board, a little tissue and thick color
ed paper, pair of sharp scissors and
a bottle of gum or paste are all that
are necessary before you start to
work. First cut out the figures from
the fashion plates as neatly as pos
sible and If there is an arm or hand
that falls at the side, cut around 1t
up to the armhole of the dress, as
shown by the dottded lines in the
Illustration, SO that 1t is separated
from the body. 1t may also happen
that the hair falls on the shoulders.
This should also be cut round neatly,
as shown by the dotted lines in the
diagram, leaving just the width of the
neck.
When the whole figure has been
cut out paste 1t on a piece of thin
cardboard, and. when dry. cut around
it with a pair of sharp scissors. II
you desire the doll to stand alone, cut
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Stone Forests.

The regions of the Little Colorado
river in Arizona abound in wonderful
vegetable petrifaction-whole forests
being found in some places which are
hard as flint. but which look as II but
recently stripped of their foliage.
Some of these stone trees are standing
lust as natural as life, while others
are piled across each other Just IL
the fallen monarchs of a real forest.
Biologists say that the trees were once
covered to the depth of 1000 feet with
mari, which transformed them from
wood to solid rock. This mari. after
thealapse of ages, washed out. leaving
some of the. trees standing In an up
right position.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
RUSSELL sAeNro MOVE.
Great Financier Dissatisfied With Sur
roundinss Of His Home.

roundings OF His Home.
Russell Sage is going to move from
the modest little house in Fifth ave-
nue.. New York. where he has lived for
forty-two years. He can no longer
stand for" his neighbors. First some
one put a candy store next door to
him. Then another store was estab-
lished on the other side. At the rear
of the candy store is an immense fan
designed to cool the ice cream parlor.
This fan is right next to three of the
windows of his dining ROOM The noise
it makes is deafening On the Forty
second street side there is a smoking
parlor as Mrs. Sage detests the smell
of tobacco she is compelled to keep
her windows closed. So they are 60
ing to move to the now deserted man.
sion of the late Charles Broadway
Rouss. On one side lives Henry
Clews, on the otner d. Ogden Mills.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Andalusian epcctrc.

Upon a mountain in Andalusia
quaint spectral forms are frequently
seen. Whenever there is a heavy
mist and persons are ascending the
mountain they appear in all their
ghostly splendor and sometimes so
suddenly as to strike dismay into the
hearts Of those who see them for the
first time.
or course. 1t is all trick played by
the sun. When mist partially
shrouds the mountain, the sun is nat.
urally obscured and then he revenges
himself by projecting the shadow OF
any person who is ascending the
mountain until it assumes the form OF
gigantic spectre.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
FLOOD AND TORNADO WORK
RUIN IN SOUTHERN STATES

the blast of death swept down upon
the village.
The destruction of the large cotton
mill by the tornado was the first seri-
GUS blow that had been struck tho
growing industry. Then a series Of
disasters befell. the towns in the val
leys of the three states.
This time the elements hurled back
to the earth the water it had sucked
up, not in rain, but in sheets and
torrents that swelled the streams
until their beds were the confines of
the valleys.
The most serious result, Of course,
is the loss of life. Thirty-four are
known to have been killed. The prop
erty loss is over three million dol
lars.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
ua. Good Grounds for Divorce

A western man is suing for divorce,
basing his case on the alleged cruelty
of his wife. He declares that familiar
pastime of hers was to sit up In
the bedroom all night with the lights
full on, singing and playing violin.
One night she accompanied her music
with the following prayer: 20 Lord,
have mercy on that hog of husband
of mine in that bed my first husband
bought"
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
HIS ACTING AND TALKING.
How Veteran Lawyer squeIehed His
Young Colleague.

During his long career as lawyer
Secretary Shaw gathered a large
collection of Incidents grave and gay.
One OF his stories is of a young lawyer
who was opposed to veteran of the
bar in an Iowa court. The young man
addressed the jury first and in doing
so took occasion to initiate well-known
mannerisms of the other, such as ad-
justing his cuffs, stroking an imagin-
ary imperial, etc. This caused con-
siderable laughter in court. When the
veteran rose to reply he did not neglect
to go through his preliminary motions
with even more deliberation and pro-
clsion than usual. He bowed to the
judge and to the jury and then began:
"Your honor and gentlemen of the
jury. that young man acts like good
lawyer but he talks like blamed
fool"
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
rhink Loubet win Retire.

The purchase by President Loubet
of a chateau and estate in southeast
France gives the impression that the
president will retire to private life
when his term of office is up, The
estate is not far from the presidents
birthplace. where his mother lives.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Pope Leo's Confession.

Hall Caine locates the scene OF the
bravest deed with which he is ac-
quainted at the vatican. THE hero of
was that venerable nonogenarian
Pope Leo. XIII. who, on the occasion
Of our first interview. actually con-
fessed that he had never read one Of
my books"
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
KING LEOPOLD IN DlsFAvoR.
kelgian Monarch's SelHshness Dis.
pleases Parisian Club.


pleases Parisian Club.
La Figaro of Paris states that the
members of the Jockey club of that
city have serious affair to settle with
Leopold II of Belgium on his next visit
to the French capital, which will oc-
cur toward the end of the present
month. 1t seems that when the king
was last there in February. he dined
at the club of q 'canard aux navets,
which he pronounced to be the finest
he had ever eaten, and the next day
the chef of the club disappeared. 1t
was later learned that he had been
kidnapped by the Belgian monarch and
is now in charge of the royal kitchen
at Lachen. Then the Jockey club met
and resolved some disagreeable things
about the old royal roue, with more
to come.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
FAMILY OF LITERARY WOMEN.
Notable Trio Wins Success in World
Of Letters.

Three literary women. all of whom
have made success. in one family is
rather rare. In history of other days
the Brontes were the nearest approach
10 it. To-day there are Mrs. G. X.
Duer, her married daughter, Mrs. Mil
Ter. who signs herself Alice Duer Mil
Ter, and her unmarried daughter, Miss
Caroline Duer. The trio of women
have written several novels and nov
elettes and some excellent short
stories and essays and there is hardly
one of the popular periodicals which
does not contain the name as a con-
tributor of at least one of the three.
Mrs. Clarence Mackey. who is a
cousin. is beginning her literary career
and is said to be at work on a novel.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Chicago Author Given Honor.

At the recent commencement exer.
cises of the Columbian university at
Washington the honorary degree of
doctor of letters was conferred upon
George Horton, the well-known author,
formerly of Chicago, who Is now pur-
suing literary and pathological studies
at the capital.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
De Wet Head. IrreeoneiIabIes.

Gen. De Wet has become the head
of large political party in the Orange
River colony. Every Boer returned
from a British prison camp at once
Joined Gen. De Vets party and it now
comprises a majority of the white pop
ulation in the colony. De Vets ir-
reconcilable attitude gives the British
authorities cause for apprehension.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
More Courteous.

The manners of mobs are improv-
fng. One at Bluefields. w. Va, after
forcibly releasing two men whose i'm
prisonment they did not approve,
courteously gave bond to the sheriff
for the former prisoners. This grow.
ing respect for the law is encouraging.
-Ipdianapolis News.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Game Of slyphs.

Game Of SIyphs.
For active young folks the game OF
sylphs is the latest form of amuse-
ment 1t is in reality electric battle
dore and shuttlecock. The two play
ers hold wand each. these wands
having been electrified by friction.
The shuttlecock is represented by a
butterfly made of collodion. The but
terfy is thrown into the air. and one
or other player approaches the tip of
his wand to the so-called sylph; the
electrified wands repel the butterfly,
which skins away as the wand draws
near. In this way the butterfly is sent
flying hither and thither without being
touched. A very good game, with prop.
er rules, is made from this idea.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Life Of President Harrison.

John l.. GrifIiths is at work on the
life of the late President Harrison.
All the private papers of the presi-
dent. including some unfinished
manuscripts. have been turned over
to him. Mr.. Gri1iths was closely as
sociated with Mr.. Harrison for many
years. rf'
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Talk of FORMING Pepvs Club.

There is talk in London OF forming
a Pepys club in honor of Samuel
Pepys, the two hundredth anniversary
of whose death fell on May 26. though
his life is practically lost to us from
May, 1863, when the growing infiam-
nation of his eyes. to which he SO
often refers, compelled him to desist
from the diary that he had kept SO
faithfully.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

you have rubbed little. butter or
lard.
Now light a piece of paper and let
it burn under the mouth of the glass.
The heat will date the air in the
glass. and as the air cocls a partial
vacuum will be created.
But before the air has had time to
begin to cool. press the inner surface
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
Last Weeks Puzzle.

Below we give the solution to the
Twelve Rings Puzzle which appear
ed on this page last week. The prob
lem was to divide the square tFig.
u into four equal parts of similar
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

shape, SO that each part may contain
three of the rings.
Fig. clearly shows the way out
of the difficulty.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

who tumbles back in the boat after .
hard-fought race is as fit as ever with
in a minute.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

; 1t is cheaper to throw . stone tl.an
q bouquet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
COLD WEATHER ADVICE.
Avoid Sudden Changes of Temporal
ture-Trea emit for Person Be-
numbed by Cold.

Whether only an extremity or the en-
freezing is the same. In all cases avoid
a sudden change Of temperature. If
person is found overcome and benumb-
ed with cold and you take him at once
to fire or warm room you are likely
to kill him. Take him only to shell
tered place or shed, which still feels
very cold to you. 1t will be amply
warm to him. Remove any wet cloth
ing and rub the body till dry; wrap
him in a dry blanket and give slim
ulant such as hot, strong coffee. Re-
move to somewhat warmer room and
raise the temperature very gradually,
advises American Queen.
When frost attacks the fingers or
toes, ears or'nose, stay where the air
is cold and rub them or have them
rubbed with clean snow or, if that is
not obtaina BILE, cold water. Rub con-
stantly until the parts become soft and
their natural color. Do not lose pa
thence Or let your patient complain.
but keep him in the cold and keep rub.
bling until the frost bitten parts are
natural. If he goes too soon into the
warmth, great suffering and perhaps
troublesome sores will result. When
rubbing has restored circulation and
flexibility anoint the parts with oil,
lard, or mixture Of lime water and
oil, and wrap in flannel. If sores are
formed, treat them the same as burns,
by covering with lint or linen soaked
in oil, or, in the absence of oil, cover
with vaseline or with -four or powder
ed starch and bandage with cotton
wool,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
REGIME for GIaze

To make a glaze for ornamenting
cold meat take half an ounce of gelatin
and soak it in a quarter of pint of
water. Boil piece of onion in two
ia blespoonfuls of water to extract the
flavor and put in a good pinch of salt.
Add the soaked gelatin, and when this
is thoroughly dissolved stir in a
spoonful of soy and enough of the rich
brown gravy which is left. from joint
to make the glaze a deep, rich brown
color Stir the glaze over the fire till
it is smooth and very thick; then put it
in jar ready for use. 1t will keep for
several weeks.-Washington Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-17
Death Caused by Mpsquito,

Mosquitoes are now charged with
communicating erysipelas as well as
malaria and yellow fever. A New
York physician has issued death
certificate in the case of IA months
old babe, in which he says death
was caused by erysipelas due to the
bite of mosquito" It is only fair
to. the mosquito to record that the
board of health officers refused to
accept the certificate until a coro-
ner's physician had investigated and
concluded that there was no other
apparent cause for the death than
the mosquito bite.-Youth's Compan-
ion.