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The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

at happen one day when you gone
off for whole week. l work in kitch-
en- at window. l see one white silk
puss cat come creepy, creepy in the
yard. l no see his collar, his neck SO
Auff, but hear one little bell go tin
kle, tinkle, tinkle. Pret-soon missy
come round the corner all creepy.
creepy, too, with chopbone in her
hand, and she call so soft, Come, puss-
cat, puss-cat, puss-cat.' But puss-cat
ne no care for dead chop when he can
catchy grasshoppers.
"Then quick before l think, whoop!
scat! the dogs go scooty cross the
grass, and puss-cat he all stick out and
spit, and then he shin up tree like
hell. And Brindle-Boy, he rush at
missy all mad. and grab her skirts and
stockings, and pull-tug, pull-tug, and
growl and bite like he eat her all up"
"The beast!" exclaimed Barry.
What did you do?''
The little Japanese man drew him
self up with pride till he almost reach
ed his masters shoulder. 1 grab big
broom and rush to save"
What did she do?" Barry persisted.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

One late afternoon, writes Robert
w. Chambers in Harper's Weekly, the
big head forester appeared on the
stream where l was fishing. He car
ried huge bamboo pole in one hand.
a little tin pail in the other. For
while he stood watching me land one
or two good fish. Then peculiarly
polite expression came over his face,
and he begged to know if it would in
convenience me if he fished.
NO, indeed."I said. quickly. Where
are you going to begin?"
There" he replied, pointing to an
incline over which the water rushed
like lightning.
"Ycu can't catch fish there" l said;
for / did not believe it possible that
Ssh could maintain itself in such an
avalanche or water, or that he could
keep his bait from being swept to the
bottom of the shute.
However. he tied on chunk OF lead.
hooked live minnow to the end OF
the rope which served as line, and
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

Very wonderful are the sights that
can be seen through the bottom of
bucket If the bottom is of glass and
the sightser is looking over the side
of a boat into the waters of the Ba-
hamas. An observer writes: TO
describe the coloring of the waters OF
the Bahamas would be to throw dis
credit upon the writer. Nor could the
indigoes, ultramarines, vivid emer-
aids, with intervals of amethyst hue,
according to depth and floor. be done
Justice to save by an experience paint
er. What, then, can be written OF
sights revealed through the bucket?
Even in this little garden patch grow
purple fans and yellow feathers in
clusters, gently waving to the ground
swell of crystal water, intermingled
with lace coral, brain coral and finger
coral; corals not as we usually see
them, dried and bleached, but living
specimens clothed by nature in soft
velvet. with other life of great variety
creeping and swimming among them
-.long-spined sea urchins, sea cucum-
befs, huge gnarled star-fish and fishes
than which no butterfly was ever
more gorgeously arrayed; fishes blue.
green, yellow, red and rainbow tirted,
with elongated fms waited hither and
thither in harmony with their sur
roundings in the submarine kaleido-
scope.
Let us up buckets and set sail east
ward among the islands of coral. For
here all is coral, and not all nice coral
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Seas Of the B a h m a S

either; coral which YOU cannot even
sit down on, and upon which a fall
would be narrowing to contemplate:
coral which tears the shoes off ynur
feet in two days and rasps your boat
to splinters in trying to land; treach-
erous, cruel and unbe autiful coral is
what appears above the surface, raised
in peaks and islands, intersected by
caves of great dimensions. supported
upon stalactite pillars and carpetel
with the old red cave dust. High
palms and fir trees adorn many
islands, others are bare; but all the
great beauty lies beneath the sea-
There are no tarpon here. Most OF
the fishes of the west coast of Florida
are either absent or beautified out of
recognition.
Suddenly a flock of flying fish wa
take the air and, contrary to all we are
told by our naturalists, will change
direction, right left or upward, With >
true flight, like pack of sandpipers.
The great blue bee will test the fish
erman's tackle to the extreme, while
good sport is ever at hand with the
evil-jawed baracouta. The terror OF
the sea appears to be a great serpent
like eel, called the moray. To quote
local authority, woe betide the man
who even permits the moray to sight
him. No use to run; equally futile to
climb the mast; nothing will dauHI
the moray whose ire has once been
reused. He Just drops that man iAto
the sea and tears him to shreds."
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

An interesting contribution to the
proof of the prevalence of perjury IN
court proceedings is furnished by
recent story of the restitution OF $5oO
20 a street railway company OF this
city by the priest of Polish church
in Manhattan, acting on behalf OF
woman who confessed to him that she
had obtained it as her share of YER
dict in her suit for damages against
the company by false testimony.
According to the story she testified
.alsely by the advice of her lawyer.
who told her that if she presented
nothing but the truth in court she
could recover nothing. So she per-
jured herself. OF course the priest
could not be bound to reveal her iden-
tity and he did not, holding that he
had done his full duty to both the
woman and the company in securing
the restitution of the money fraudu-
lently obtained.
The story exemplifies the difficulties
so often met with by the railroad COM
panies in answers to the frequent
damage suits, and justifies, as far as
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Pussy and the Bulldogs

kicking angrily at the chair. Did she
scream bloody MURDER"
The little mans pompous bravery
seemed to suddenly wither away.
What she do? She just put back her
head and laugh all teeth and cry out
Isn't he just too sweet for anything"
all silly like that, and as l lift up
broom to club that dogs head she
throw him lamb chop quick, and ne
stop bitey her feet and she sit right
down on grass and cry, cry. all Whitley.
And Brindle Boy, when he finish that
cnop he come lick her hands so nice.
and missy she kind OF tuck up her cry
and run home. But white silk puss-
cat he no come down out of that tree
for two days, and bulldogs they go
round so sad and cough up white fun
fur all time"
Did they eat her cat?" Barry in
quired as a matter of natural polite
ness. He hated cats.
The Japanese man resumed his
fatuous smile. They try hard" he
acknowledged. They bitey deep and
often, but they no hurt white silk
puss-cat. he live SO far inside. Flea
nor A. Hallowell in Lippincott's.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
heIpIess.

II. c. Barnabee, the veteran singer,
lay, disabled from fall. and listened
to the condolences of a friend.
For years and years" the writer
said. you haven't missed a perform
ance. Now here you lie, helpless as
a corpse"
LAS helpless as corpse" said Mr..
Barnabee; ''or as helpless as two in
ebriates of whom | heard the other
day.
These two men had dined together
and after dinner had sat too long over
their coffee, their liqueur, their
brandy, and so on. When it came
time for them to go home they were
in very bad way. Helpless, in fact.
They leaned on one another, going
with linked arms, but each, as a reed
to lean on. was rotten.
Finally they fell, and with a loud
splash they rolled into a full gutter
A police officer appeared and
grabbed the upper man by the collar
to lift him out, but the inebriate cried
in loud, heroic voice:
No. no. Save my friend Never
mind me. | can swim
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
THE SAGE AND THE COCK.
Growing Not the Main Thing Carlyle
Objected To.

George Edwin Burr ("Chesterfield'D
the Brooklyn politician and raconteur,
tells the following anecdote of the i'm
mortal Sage of Chelsea" The story
is vouched for by Mr.. ]. j. Carlyle
Scott, nephew of the great man, and
is undoubtedly true. A next door
neighbor of Carlyle's, widow, hal
very noisy cock. AS is well known,
the great writer did most of his work
during the night and early morning
hours, and the growing of the cock
at uncertain intervals during the long
hours caused great annoyance. The
owner of the cock was sent for.
Madam" said Carlyle. you raise
chickens, and among your brood is
most vociferous cock" The widow ad-
mitted the fact Now" continued
the immortal Thomas. there is no
regularity about the growing of that
cock, and | find myself listening for
his crow, and cannot go on with my
work until Mr.. Cock sends forth his
summons All this disturbs me great
ly and interferes with my work. Can
noe you suppress the nuisance?"
The widow expressed deep regret
(for Carlyle was venerated by his
neighbors) that his labors. which
were SO valuable to the world. should
be interfered with by her rooster. but
she said her brood would be of little
use without him. Besides. she added.
he certainly did not crow more than
two or three times during the night,
and that was as little as could be ex-
pected of any well regulated fowl.
oh said Carlyle. 1T isn't the
growing object to; it is the d
waiting for it.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Trout an Easy Captiv e

hurled bait and sinker into the foam.
The sinker was carried few yards
down the incline and finally stuck
among the stones.
Now the gracious gentleman shall
see what he shall see," observed the
head forester: and the next moment.
to my horror, he lifted bodily from tho
torrent a huge trout. The fish fell on
the stones, bouncing like football:
the forester calmly gave it the coup
de grace, and lifted it on my pocket
scaies-five pounds. less an ounce.
and 81 inches long.
To see a noble trout of that size
jerked from the element with young
tree for a pole and a cable for line
is peculiarly painful to any angler.
But I said nothing; the good forester
would not have understood. One
thing. however. was certain-no trout
of that size had ever even winked his
eye at any fly l had thrown on the
pools of the Red Valepp. Let the
reader draw his own conclusions and
point his own morals if he has any.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Thousands of Glass Eyes.

The number of men, women and
children in the United States who
wear artificial eyes is almost beyond
belief. Throughout the United States,
all told, 10000 glass eyes are sold
every year, of which 10000 pass
through the hands of a firm of opti-
clans in Chambers street. From 12,-
900 to 5000 of these eyes are manu-
featured in New York, and nearly all
of them are of high quality. The
cheaper eyes are imported. Artificial
human eyes can be bought in Europe
at prices ranging from half mark to
twenty marks. Eyes of higher price
are. however, usually made to order
In America glass eyes retail any
where from SO to s25 each. the latter
price being for the finest product made
to order in this country. special care
being taken to match the colors of
the false eye with those of its natural
mate. New York opticians say that
the glass eyes made here are better
than nine-tenths of those which are
ported.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
The Hysienic Value of Sunday

Sunday is not only religious but
hygienic institution. 1t is benefcent
in its uses, morally and physically.
How workers should best spend the
Sunday is still moot question, but
that it should be time of soul re-
freshment and recreation, a moment,
as Miss Corelli expresses it, for
standing and taking. breath on the
threshold of another week." season
for thought. for intellectual enjoy
ment, for the solace of nature and the
admiration of its wonders and beauty,
no sensible person will be likely to
deny. Whether motoring and card
playing is the best way to attain these
ends must be left to each individuals
judgment.-Lady Violet Greville in the
London Graphic.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Perjury in the Courts

it goes. their complaints of the way
In which many of them are worked
up; a complaint that is often made by
many lawyers. who say that perjuri-
GUS testimony is increasingly encoun-
tered in the trial of cases and particu-
larly those in which the foreign ele-
ment is concerned.
This state of things is encouraged
by the success which, as in the case
cited, is secured by perjured testi-
mony in the suits brought. but not by
that alone. 1t receives its chief en-
enlargement from the immunity from
prosecution and punishment given I
perjurers and suborners of perjury
through the neglect of the authorities
to follow up the evidence and the
clews that would often lead to the con-
viction of1the guilty. This prevalence
of perjury is, indeed, matter of such
consequence to the community-even
more harmful, perhaps, than murder
that it deserves the most vigorous and
rigorous attention of those who have
the power to effect a general reforma-
ton in it-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

The Parisians, always evolving
some new thing in corsets, are wear
ing stays made of what is called
''tricot," corset, apparently, formed
of knitted silk.
The latest tricot corsets are cut very
long, indeed, well away to the knee.
a circumstance which must puzzle
those who are not aware that the
corset is not boned in its extremities.
1t is a knitted silk substance, soft.
vet does not stretch. so that 1t holds
a superabundant figure in with ex-
ceeding comfort and firmness, while
lending itself quite to the movements
of the figure.
The tricot corset. which has been
offering itself. though not in such not
able form, for some time, promises
rather well for comfort. while its ex-
cellence is guaranteed by the fact that
the Parisienne has adopted it.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
The Winter Coats.

If long, tight redingotes AMI
basqued jackets are all the rage, the
little, short, loose paletot has GER
tainly not disappeared, for we see
many editions of it among the new
winter models, and gladly hail its
appearance, for it is so useful and
convenient and looks just the thing to
wear with a simple skirt for morning
expeditions, shopping. etc. The new
"Carricks" are cut in much the same
shape and have capes that come over
the shoulders, but without covering
up the coat completely. They are
fastened to the side seams and so
do not interfere with the grace of the
siihoutte. Many Carricks are unlined
the big pelerine being sufficiently
warm. These outer sleeves or capes
are fastened with automatic buttons
so that they can be taken of II de-
sired.-Paris Fashions.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

White furs are in high favor. Err
mine, in all its exquisite purity and
with the accentuation of its smart lit
tie black-tipped tails, is to be as much
liked as ever. The tails give just the
smart touch necessary to squirrel and
many an otherwise tame neckpiece of
squirrel is made desirable by a judi
cious addition of these tails. White fox
is lovely. either for stole and muff sets
or for facing evening wraps. To so to
the other extreme, black Alaska fox
is smart. The rev skins have been
pointed with white, which adds zest to
this lovely. glossy, flexible pelt.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

to a delicate pink rose in her bonnet.
The pretty woman who wishes to
be prettier and the plain woman who
likes to look less plain will first match
her eyes. Are they brown? Then her
frock or her walking suit Is OF brown,
and its accessories may run from that
shade into all the burnt things-to-
mato. onion, olive-and from there on
into lemon or cream. Are her eyes
violet? Then let her try violet vel
vet gown, with the corresponding
shades of lavender and blue-white.
Are they blue? Nothing will bring out
their color like suit OF military
blue. Is she the red-headed girl with
the green eyes? Then let her be a
symphony in sage-green.-New York
Times.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
New Plants for America.

Thomas H. Kearney of the bureau
OF plant industry, United States de-
partment of agriculture, has been 1u-
thorized to proceed to North Africa
and other Mediterranean coast regions
for the purpose of securing new seeds
and plants adapted to the southwest.
A special study will be made of the
date and new introductions of this
fruit will be undertaken. Alkali-re-
sistant forage crops will be studied
also, and the introduction of seeds of
new and promising kinds will be made
Mr.. Kearney will remain abroad until
next spring.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
WHILE THE
TEA DEEws

Big plaids are inevitable.
Sealsllin makes a pretty pelerine.
Horizontal tucks form the newest
yokes.
Hand work of all kinds is in the
greatest demand.
Really short coats have disappeared
from the scene.
Tuxedo faclngs of black silk appear
on the new waistcoats.
Get little touch of leather some
where about your costume.
Motoring is responsible for warm
err style of winter dress.
Consider n toilet of burnt bread
brown" adorned with dark apple
green,
Heavy silks and voiles constitute
the most fashionable autumn wear.
The softer velvets offer delightful
choice for winter shirt-waist suits.
Pretty girdles are made of chiffon
flowers sewed on bands of ribbon or
gold cloth.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

A sure-to-be-welcomed-with-joy bit
of information is that pockets are
coming in again. 1t is not only that
tho winter coat will show more peck
cts than for many long season. but
actually that the tailor-made dress
skirt will be made with big, roomy
pocket. However. the dressmakers
who have at last consented to make
a skirt with a pocket. are issuing
notices to their patrons who order
these skirts to the effect that the
pocket is not to be used as SUBJ
stitute for the generous Peggy from
Paris" bag or any of the other big
,wrist-bags which the shops are show
ing.-woman's Home Companion,
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14

Exchanging.
Although in Youths bright lexicon
No words like fall may show
The lexicon of Age still holds
The phrase, Il told you So"
First Turkey Belle-Thanksgivin
day and we haven't got single beau
left,
Second Turkey Belle-Oh. l don't
know; we have several warm admir-
ers.
A Football Note.
Though two perhaps makes company
That's very close to heaven;
'Tis also cause of joyfulness
To be on the eleven.
Adam was reviewing the unpleas-
antness.
Il see our mistake he faltered;
we should have said we were paying
an election bet"
Chagrined at his stupidity he went
out and reviewed the returns.
Their Lot
See Mr.. Opossum and wife;
While envy around them is rife
They don't have to look
To get a new cook
One serves them for all of their life.
Bluebeard jerked his thumb toward
the forbidden chamber.
II did it with the same razor they
took to charpen the pencils" he ex-
planned.
Taking the hint, his last wife pru-
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
- .fj1Fs fRo N'THt>olD Brock

IDENTIFY wrote her memoirs VIII iouA
tain pen.
Samson had just slain the Phiiis-
tines with the jawbone of an ass.
"But." questioned his critics. why
didn't Won organize them into rival
football teams instead?'
Faltering a poor excuse, he was
comnelled to acknowledge the supe
riority of tact over brute FORCE.
PAS Advice.
My pa, he SEE. SEE pa to me-
ITO win success-now, mind YOU
lest set your face the way you pint.
And never look behind you.
Now pa may know an awful lot,
But. Jest on that one showing.
Saw. how on earth do you suppose
That pa would manage rowing?
A Preference.
I sing the man of common mold,
For oft I'VE noticed that
who wears the laurel on his brow
Can't buy his wife hat;
Who seeks to elevate the race,
To raise the rent should choose;
Whose footprints mark the sands OF
time
Is sometimes short of shoes.
Since all these things, and more be-
sides,
Too frequently are so,
T sing the man of common mold,
And let the genius go.
Sir Walter Raleigh flung his cloak
in the puddle.
Il know the queen will like it, he
said: "she is getting it dirt cheap,
and only one to customer
Subsequent favors showered on him
confirmed the royal fondness for bar
Landbursh Wilson in New
York Press.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
MACHINE WARNS OF DANGER.
Marvellous Instrument Installed in His
toric Milan Building.

marvellous FIlS-
toric Milan Building.
The fall of the Campanile of Venice
aroused terror in the breasts of all
those who have the care of the old
buildings of Italy. and it was specially
felt in Milan. The authorities, to re-
assure the Milanese about the Duomo,
at once had an instrument fitted up
which registers the slightest move
ment. The mechanism is one of the
most delicate imaginable, and most
wonderful. 1t shows oscillations pro-
duced by the winds. and the most I'M
perceptible inclinations in the pin
nacles. 1t is hung in the highest pin
nacle, and may be called the pendu-
Ium register. In itself it is of great
weight and very strong, thus obviat-
ing movements of its own, and is near
~ sixty feet long, but at the same time
is, as indicated. very sensitive. At
once. when put in position, it showed
the periodical movement of the whole
cathedral through the action of the
sun on the stone. Who would have
believed this We're possible, but so it
is! While, strangely enough, such he
ing the fact. it is also shown that,
through the special way in which it is
constructed. the chief pinnacle resists
the action of the wind better than an
ordinary tower.
Special care has been taken that
the point of suspension of the instru-
ment shall not vary with the years.
Thus Milan feels safe. Her great
church cannot fall without fair warn
'ng.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
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6odssd!it'N'!!lflSSeW

White paint when dirty should be
washed in milk. Colored paints may
also be treated in this way
Glass can be cut with pair of ordi-
nary shears If glass and shears and
hands are all kept under cold water.
Before using clothes line boil 1t
we'll This will keep 1t from stretch
ing and makes it last an extra long
time.
If lamp chimneys are held over
steam for a few minutes, then pol
ished with a dry cloth, they will not
break so easily as when washed.
When storing blankets cut up bar
of well-dried yellow soap and place
the pieces among the folds. This
will keep away moths.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Why He Changed His Mind.

1--WE have an invitation to float
down White river with canoe par
ty,H said a Nevada contractor to a
Nevada lawyer.
I'm too busy to go-couldn't think
of it, replied the lawyer.
"They tell me-" continued the con-
tractor, there is a bar about every
half mile"
"A what?'
"a bar
Every half miller
Every half mile"
How long does it take canoe to
travel half a mile?"
about ten minutes"
81 might arrange to CO. said the
lawyer. Il need a rest. Tell the boys
to hold the place for me. I'll be with
them if don't break ieg."-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Future State Of Ma n

but that as we do well or ill in this
life, it will be well or i'll for us in
the sum of things. What question can
be more practical Even taking it on
the lowest ground, what would our So
cial state be IL vice and wickedness
had only to blk human law? Would
not self-sacrifice be folly and martyr.
dom insanity?
That physical science has nothing to
say to this matter is true. But is phys
ical science our only sure source OF
knowledge? Are our mortal instincts
less trustworthy than our physical
sense? AS 1 have already said, l af-
firm nothing; but l call attention to
the apparent fact that there is in man
something of which the materialist
still owes us an account. All may be.
and in sense no doubt is, the out
come of physical evolution. That
does not seem to me to close the in
quiry-New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1904-12-14
Lininqs to Match Textures.

There is one very distinctive thing
about the new tailor costumes. The
Innings match the textures perfectly in
color. for the old harlequin contrasts
are now considered very bad taste.
Many of the evening coats likewise
show this sensible arrangement,
which gives the garment very swag-
ger air, and doubtless all coats will
in time adopt it. The white satin lin
ings so long used are, however. still
considered the top notch of elegance.
and the fact that they are SO perish.
able gives them an added glory.