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The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Obedience a Helm.

There is woman down in Indiana
who is hale and hearty at the age of
100, and when she was asked to what
she attributed her age and health she
replied, obedience" And this. too.
at time when the women are having
the word obey" taken out of the mar
riage service and in other ways mani
Testing the most supreme contempt for
the old obligation. 1t is not to be be-
lieved that there are many women who
will care to drag out an existence of
100 years in state of obedience, even
If fair degree of health is assured.
The holy scriptures do not tell us how
long the women lived, although we
know that Sarah survived until she
was 121 and was so obedient that the
Lord blessed her with Isaac when she
was 80. And it is fair to suppose that
other good Hebrew wives were equally
long lived and successful. Thus we
see that obedience is of the utmost
Importance to the human race and is
the source of happiness and prosper
ity. Still the women of this age are
extremely stiff-necked and unreason-
able.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Whisky Both Peculiar and Plentiful

Knowing whisky, the kind that
swells the absorber thereof until the
wise guy Solomon is on the bum.
Roaring whisky. the kind that sud-
denly sets the quietest fellow in town
to vociferating and swinging his arms
in unoffending space.
Fighting whisky. the kind that sud-
denly overcomes its victim with every
conceivable species of pathos and
makes of him a pitiful spectacle.
Bad whisky, exceedingly scarce. the
kind that makes man quiet, sullen
and dangerous.
Loving whisky, the sort that causes
him to draw near. put his arm around
your neck and emit breath in your
face that would drive a turkey buzz
zard away from dead coyote.
There are several other varieties
in Tombstone. conspicuously honest
whisky, which causes a man to pay
his debts when under its influence,
then kick himself about it when he
gets sober; then the brand that causes
him to do the agreeable to everybody
he meets on the streets. then go home
and lick his wife until the neighbors
interfere.-Tombston Prospector.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Cock Fighting Once Famed in ENGLAND

arch had cockpit built in Whitehall,
SO that he himself might indulge in
the pastime. But no edicts could put
an end to cock fighting, and it flour
ished under the Stuarts. though Crom-
we'll prohibited it. There is an inter
esting record of the sport in the reign
of Charles H. Cosmo, grand duke of
Tuscany, while paying England a WIS.,
it. went in state to the theater ap-
propriated to cock fighting, common
amusement of the English, who even
in the public streets, take a delight
in seeing such battles, and consider
able bets are made on them"
Cock fighting in England reached its
zenith early in the last century At
that time distinguished visitors were
treated by each corporation to cock
fights instead of fireworks and music
by the local band. Every sporting no.
bleman had his own strain of game
fowl. The numbers that were killed
in the ring were immense In a sin
gle season in one town 1000 cocks
perished. In the Easter week of 1922
in one pit 1SS cocks fought each other
and 900 changed hands in wagers.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Many Kinds OF Fiery Liquid That
Titillate Mans Interior Re-
sions-The Old Sporting Drink
That Killed Father,

The following is a partial list of the
varieties of whisky now in stock in
Tombstone:
Common whisky. the kind that kill
ed father at the tender age of ninety
three.
Sporting whisky, the kind that
makes the game rich and the player
go the limit.
Business whisky. the kind that
makes a fellow who never had any
business in his life hold you up at
every corner and submit a s1,000.000
scheme.
Mysterious whisky, the kind that
causes your neighbor to lead you away
around behind the Gragoon mountains
with an air of profound secrecy. then
confide something to you that was all
over the town the day before.
Social whisky, the kind that causes
a man who has known you for ten
years and has never spoken to you to
single you out and make a confidant
of you.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Chicago Man Would Harness the Ocean

tn" world over, and attracts capital
lists from far and wide.
1t took Mr.. Stodder eighteen years
to study out how to work waves into
electricity. He tried 1t first on tie
waves which wash the beaches u;
Lake Michigan. He made a working
model and patented his invention and
with his papers and his model he
went to the sea coast.
my contrivance." he says, sis in
the form of pier with an undersiae
resting on the water the entire length.
This underside is built of small strins
like a roller top desk lid, which re-
produces each wave as it rolls alolsg
under it toward the shore, and the
motion is transformed into power by
cranks which are connected with this
moving platform and to the machin-
cry above.
"The amount of power so developed
is hardly to be calculated, so immense
are the possibilities. and I honestly
believe that it will be greater than
that of the turbines in Niagara Falls.
If in practice that is found to be true,
1t Is within the realm of reason TO
say that Philadelphia and New York
may be supplied with electricity from
here. All want just now is an oppor-
tunity to show what large model
will do. I would like to build OF e
under some of the ocean piers"
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Bold Snake Captures a Pretty Milkmaid

leak she looked full into it and at
tempted to raise it, when she was hor.
rified by the discovery that a monster
snake had its head in the pail, the
weight of the reptile making it difi-
cult to raise the pail from the ground.
The snake had evidently been drink
ing the milk about as fast as it poured
into the pail.
Greatly frightened by the discovery,
Miss CZerney gave a scream, sprang
to her feet and made dash for her
home. But she had taken only a few
steps when she made the further dis
covery that instead of her ankle be-
ing entangled in the picket rope, it
was the snake which was entwined
around her ankle. The reptile was
coiled SO tightly and was of such
weight that the young lady was
thrown violently to the ground.
Finally gaining her freedom from
the monster. which she was able to
shake off only after superhuman eff
forts, she continued her flight toward
home.
In her haste she stepped on a rusty
nail, which penetrated the flesh to the
depth of about two inches. Blood
poison set in and only by the hardest
kind of work was the life of the young
woman saved.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
The Dress Of Women.

The old Greeks had a proverb ex-
pressing their belief that the mother
should be strong and vigorous in Or
der that the sons might be brave and
mighty in battle; accordingly, in the
palmiest days of Greece, laws existed
which required every woman to en-
gage in the practise Of gymnastics and
to give minute attention to all the re-
quirements of hygienic laws, not that
she might be able to enter contests
in .he arena or to fight battles in de-
feRse Of her country. but that her
sol might be victorious in all the
conflicts of life. in peace as we'll as in
war. To be the mother of sons who
we5e noted for strength, vigor and en-
du ance was the highest honor any
Grecian woman could enjoy.
Do all mothers think of these things
when they treat their bodies very
much as they do a mass of dough in
making bread. molding 1t into such
shape as may happen to suit the fancy
of the reigning queen of fashion, With
oui considering that the artificial
shape produced may be in the highest
degree incompatible with the physical
health and conduce to no small extent
to the constitutional feebleness which
their unborn sons and daughters must
hereafter endure?
Habies are simply buds; hence they
must share the character of the par
ent stock. A weak-waisted mother
transmits to her son or daughter
pr.disposition to kindred feebleness
of structure. The mother whose liver
and stomach are so carried out Of
place that they cannot perform their
functions in proper manner, II the
does not actually transmit to her sons
and daughters a displacement of the
stomach and liver, gives to them .
predisposition to deformities of this
sort.
That a large responsibility rests
upon women because of their neglect
to care for their bodies, and because
of the homage they pay to fashion.
cannot be doubted. The woman who
starts ont in good earnest to learn to
live one hundred years, and who de-
sires that her sons and daughters
shall follow her in such laudable un-
dertaking. will certainly give this mat
ter the careful consideration which
will lead her to take her stand with
thousands of other intelligent women
who hav9 declared their emancipation
from the tyrannous fetters of fashion
and who believe it their inalienable
right to accept what civilization has
so long denied them-the God-given
freedom 20 breathe and move without
restraint.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Holds the Frightened Girl While
He Drinks His Fill of Lacteal
Fluid - Escapes but Injuries
Her Foot.

Miss Marie Czerney, daughter of
prominent residents of Bon Homme
county. had thrilling adventure with
monster snake. as the result of
which she narrowly escaped death by
blood poison, by stepping on a rusty
nail while trying TO escape from the
snake.
The young woman, with a pail in
her hand, went to her favorite Jersey
for the purpose of doing her evening
milking. During the day the animal
had been picketed in tame grass
plot, and at the time of milking still
bore the picket line. The Jersey ap-
peared to be greatly annoyed by flies
and mosquitoes and changed her po-
sition number of times.
AS the COW changed position Miss
Czerney would follow it up, and dur
ing this operation her ankle became
entangled as she supposed in the pick
ct rope. The COW seemed to grow
quieter and after milking steadily for
several minutes Miss Czerney became
concerned at the small amount of
milk in the pail.
Fearing that the pail had sprung a
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
KING OF RoGuEs.
French Police Have Merry Chase for
Cronk

French Police Have Merry Chase for
Crook.
The French police were put to a
great deal of trouble some time ago
in consequence of the exploits of
George Goirand, an exceptionally
clever swindler and robber. Goirard
was veritable king of rogues. and
his adventures make extraordinary
reading.
One of his methods was to inveigle
women, over whom. in spite of his
commonplace and unprepossessing ap-
pearance, he gained a remarkable in
fluence, and use them for his own
ends. A woman confederate who was
caught by the police confessed that
she had obtained a situation as a do
mestic servant at Goirand's sugges-
tion. and nterward rifled the house,
handing the whole of the proceeds of
her robbery over to Goirand.
At one time the latter lived in the
suburbs of Paris, under an assumed
name, in splendid house and
grounds, possessing horses and car.
riages, as well as motor cars, all of
which were paid for out of the pro.
ceeds of servant girls robberies,
which amounted to some G15,00O in
eighteen months. Goirand made
friends with all the gentry and land
owners of the place, inviting them
during the season to shoot over his
preserves, while in the summer time
he went to fashionable watering
places. and associated with persons in
high official position.
All this time the detectives were
looking for him, but he knew far more
about them than they ever found out
about him. OF course, they never sus-
pected for one moment that such an
apparently wealthy and respected
man was the Goirand they were look
ing for. He had wonderful stock
of properties for disguise, including
even different sets of teeth, which
gave his physiobnomy various express.
sions.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Trying to Avoid the Example Set
by Old Thomas McWade of
Boyhood Memory =. Making
Herb independent.

Charles NJ. Schwab, in the cool of
the evening, was pacing Atlantic
City's broad and gay board walk.
Every little while chairman. pass
ing, would give the masnate such
salute as an Emperor would have
envied. -
Why" said some one. do these
chair pushers greet Mr.. Sehwab SO
impressively?
1T is because he tips them with
such generosity" another replied.
But Mr.. Schwab deprecated that
statement. Then, laughing, he said:
NO, am not extravagant IA my
tips. At the same time l try to avoid
the example that old Thomas MeWade
set in Loretto in my boyhood.
Thomas was a mean man, very
mean man. One day he pulled up his
tes :. before the general sore.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
The Value of AppIes,

The apple is one of the most whole
some and valuable of foods. 1t keeps
well in temperate climates and pre-
sents variety of fiavors. suiting itself
to mans needs by ripening at different
seasons s.ad supplying a considerable
amount ct nourishment in the most
easily dig sstible form.
The nu;ritive value of the apple is
about IA 3er cent Its value consists
chiefly in the amount of carbohydrates
and vegetable acids it contains. The
apple contains also a large amount Of
phosphorus.
The old Scandinavians believed that
the gods subsisted solely upon apples.
and that it was through the peculiar
properties communicated by this
queen of fruits that they acquired the
wisdom that they impaired to men.
The acids of apples are exceedingly
useful through their stimulating influ-
ence upon the kidneys. whereby pois.
ons are removed from the body and
the blood and tissues purified. They
are also highly useful as a means of
cleasing the stomach, since the ordi-
nary germs that grow in the stomach.
producing biliousness, headache and
other troubles will not grow in fruit
juice or fruit pulp.
A ripe apple is digested in an hour
to an hour and half, whereas much
longer time is required for the diges.
tion of fiesh-foods and most cereal
foods.
In the case of a person suffering
from biliousness, it is an excellent
plan to adopt an exclusive diet of ap-
pies for day or two One could live
upon such diet for a week without
any injury. and in some cases decided
benefit may be derived from the use of
such special dietary.
apple sayings" are frequent, both
in our country and England, all OF
which testify in favor of the fruit. "In
the west countree" there are four
such:
IAN apple day
Keeps the doctor away"
is the first and briefest Then follow
in the order of their vigor three more:
Apple in the morning,
Doctors warning.
Roast apple at night,
Starved the doctor outright.
Eat an apple going to bed.
Knocked the doctor on the head
A little less aggressive is one of tho
Midlands:
Three each day. seven days a week
Ruddy apple, ruddy cheek"
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Charles M. Schwab Tells a Good Story

Here Herb, hold my horse he
said, getting down.
so Herb, a one-armed man. held
the horse 10 minutes. Then Thomas
reappeared.
Thank you, Herb was all he
said. and he got in and drove off. And
Herb. who had expected at least
nickel. was too profoundly excited
over the old mans meanness to say
a word.
But few weeks later Thomas got
down from his team at the same place
and asked the one-armed man to hold
it for him again.
Herb, primed now, shook his
head.
mo. Thomas he said, I've given
that up. l don't need to hold horses
no more
How's that?' asked Thomas.
why Herb answered, what You
gave me last time has made me indie
pendent
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Woman's Secret Wish.

Miss Frances Willard was great
lover of what she called the big.
blessed. inspiring outdoors" 'Ws
women she said, shall never rest
until we rest once more in our para
disc regained. l wonder if this is not
secret wish in every woman's soul.
1t astonished and amused me not
little, though there was really untold
pathos in it. when bright young
friend of mine responded to my ques-
tion. What do you think l should
really enjoy most of anything on
earth?' with the astonishing state
ment. Well. il spite of your demure
ways and devotion to philanthropy,
really believe you'd like best of all
to put on a gymnasium suit and climb
tree"
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Is a British Princess.

The crown princess of Roumania.
who is now staying with her children
in the Isle of Wight, is a British prin
cess, being the eldest daughter of the
late duke of Saxe-Coburg-the duke Of
Edinburgh of olden days. The crown
princess is a beautiful and accom-.
plished woman. and one of the most
attractive of King Edwards many
nieces. She is very musical, and, like
her late father. a finished violirist
She dresses perfectly. and has many
artistic tastes. In girlhood she was
known in her home by the pet name
of Missy" a name which even now Is
I - forgotten.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Deaths Lullaby.

Lullaby, lullaby, lullaby life
Hush thee TO sleep. to sleep.
Why should you long for the struggle and
strife.
Stay here and mourn and weep.
When you may sink in my arms and
find rest.
PILLOW, your head on the earth's gentle
breast
Lullaby. lullaby, lullaby life.
Lullaby. lullaby. lullaby life,
Close your weariful eyes.
Why should you linger in care and In
strife
Under these sorrowful skies
Come to my arms and win quiet and
peace,
Let all your troubles and fretfulness
cease.
Lullaby. lullaby, lullaby life.
Lullaby. lullaby. lullaby life.
Briefly yon spanGled sun CLEANS.
Why should You love all this fanciful
strife
Chasing the phantom of dreams?
Flee from the quest of but vanishing
mirth.
Come and lie down in the arms of the
earth.
Lullaby, lullaby, lullaby life.
Chicago Chronicle
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20

ing her face among the ones that
Wilton sent, she. added. but you are
genuine aristocracy."
Something like dewdrop could be
seen among these roses. and a match
for it was in either of James eyes. She
had not thought that their parting on
the veranda was to be their last for a
year. She had been almost uncivil
TO Wilton. who was after all her best
friend. Seized by an impulse she did
not stop to define. she selected one of
the most beautiful roses, and enclosed
1t in a box with her card. on the back
of which she wrote:
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
The Food of primevaI Man.

The following enthusiastic recon-
mendation of nuts as an article of food
is quoted from DR.. Allsly:
"The food of primeval man consist
ed exclusively of fruit and nuts, but
with advancing civilization they were
more and more neglected as an article
of food until at last they have come
to be looked upon as only a side dish,
to be used to limited extent, and
tnen only as an accessory to the table.
sort of luxury instead of a food Nuts
are not only exceedingly nutritious.
but easy of digestion if the skins. or
inner Innings. are discarded. They
possess little if any starch, and there
fore are valuable substitute for other
foods in cases of obesity. They COM
pei an amount of mastication which is
given to nothing else. They perform
a function of peptonization in the
stomach, assist in preventing the for.
nation of an excess of bile and act
as gentle laxative. Persons suffer-
ing from dyspepsia will find great re-
lief by making nuts a part of their
daily diet"
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20
Converts Wave Motion Into Elec-
trio Light. Heat and Power
Looking for Capitalists Who
Arc Not Afraid.


Are Not Afraid.
Down at Atlantic City there is a
man from Chicago who has a scheme
to harness the Atlantic ocean and
convert wave motion into electric
slight. heat and power His name is
E. p. Stodder, and he is looking for a
capitalist with lots of courage. Like
Colonel Mulberry Sellers. who lived
before Atlantic City was discovered,
Mr.. Stodder is going around telling
everybody that there are millions in
IT, He Is perfectly willing to take
one million and leave the rest to the
man of money who backs his propo-
sition. The brainy inventors ideas
are large. Not only will he manufac-
ture all the lights for the boardwalk.
hotels and cafes, but he will send his
surplus power, heat and light to Cam
den, Philadelphia and way stations,
and make glad the hearts of all peo-
pie.
Most seekers of capital get 1t in
Chicago or stop in New York looking
for money, but this inventor, in stop
ping at Atlantic City, shows original
ity. He says he selected this resort
because 1t is cosmopolitan and known
The Lamar register., 1905-09-20

This rose brings my parting mes.
sage. Thank you many times, dear
friend--and goodbye. JANE"
By the time 1t reached Wilton Jane
was aboard the Twentieth Century
Limited, well on her way to New
York.
Though Wilton had seldom written,
he had kept her supplied with the
latest American books. and the home
newspapers. OF late, however, she had
year was nearly over she met some
received fewer of these. When her
Chicago friends. who poured out all
the home news and gossip.
And. Oh. Jane" one of the girls
said. your old standby, Wilton Ellis,
has Joined the Widow Oagle's train,
and they do say she means to rope
him in"
Jane was conscious of being closely
watched by all of the party when this
was said. but no sign of such con-
seriousness was visible as she asked,
rather indifferently:
Who is this Widow Oagle. I don't
think she was there when left?"
oh. no. she came in the winter.
Half the men in town have been de-
voted to her. Her husband was an
army officer. killed In the Philippines,
which. Jack Gwinn says, is proof to
him that there is luck in store for all
men. even though it be late in com.
ing"
When Jane sat down at her desk
that evening, she did not seem to be
interested in the illustration she had
begun. She pushed it aside and drew
a picture of beautiful woman. sur
rounded by admirers. while Cupid
dragged away trunk, labeled
Widows Weeds"
Two months later. when she ar
rived in Chicago. almost the. first per-
son she saw was Mrs. Dan Shelley,
who said:
'oh, you wandering Gypsy, how
good to see you again! And I'm CIV
ing dinner tomorrow evening. You
cant say no; l won't listen. And
wear your fetchiest Paris gown. for
there is nothing new in this old
town"
When Jane entered Mrs. Dams
drawing room there was a perceptible
murmur of admiration. Around
her bare white throat were beautiful
strings of amber beads-her only or
naments. In harmony with all these
autumn tints. James changeful hazel
eyes looked out from under their crown
of copper colored hair. So
Nearly all the guests were her old
acquaintances, but among the strang-
ers. the first she met was Mrs Oagle,
who had Wilton in tow.
II seemed Of late that NTrS nogIa.,
songs were a part of every function.
When the guests were about to leave,
some one said:
You leave us tomorrow for the
east, Mrs. Oagle; you won't refuse us
one song?"
Gracefully rising. she went to the
piano.
Just a little parting paessage," she
said, sweetly.
Somehow this recalled another part
ing message TO Jane and Wilton
Their eyes met and were held to-
gether agthe rich voice sang:
THE sweetest flower that blows,
l give thee, as we parts
To you it is a rose.. ~
To me It is my heart
Jane loked away, but looking up
again. Wilton's eyes were still on hers.
as the voice ended in burst of pas
sion: ---'
You think it but rose,
All. me. 1t is my heart"
Something in James look brought
Wilton TO her side. instead of to Mrs.
| Oagle's, where he was evidently ex-
| pected. and the petals of the deep
red rose which had been meant for
him. were gracefully scattered among
the guests as the widow departed.
| Next morning Jane received another
box Of exquisite Sunrise roses.