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The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

A popular clergyman took half
dozen letters from his pocket, says
the Boston Post.
These are anonymous letters he
said. "They have come to me during
the last three weeks. | am continually
receiving strange anonymous letters
questions, usually, that | am request
ed to answer in the sermon of the
next Sunday.
Recently a young man wrote an
onymously and said that when he was
a boy of 16 he worked for grocer.
He stole from his grocer's cash draw
er. little at time, over 5000. Now
he was prosperous and he desired to
return the money. Would 1t be suffi-
cient to return it as conscience money
from an unknown source or should
he make the grocer confession? l
answered that it would be sufficient
to return the money.
Il got a letter last year in wom-
ans hand that asked me to preach
against the sin of murder. One will
hear you,' said the letter, who has
murder in his heart, the murder of an
innocent, white-haired old man.
preached my best sermon against muir
der and l didn't neglect to draw a
fancy picture of an old man with
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Bones of Prehistoric Giants.

A Baltimore dispatch says that n
nurnber of gigantic skeletons of pre-
historic Indians, nearly eight feet tall
are reported to have been discovered
along the banks of Choptark river, in
Maryland. by employees of the Mary
land Academy of Sciences, and are
now at the academy's building. where
they are being articulated and re-
stored.
The collection comprises eight skele-
tons, of which some are those of
women and children. They are not all
complete, but all the larger bones
have Eeen found and there is at least
one complete specimen of a male
adult. 1t is believed the remains are
about 1000 years old.
Signs of the camps of later Indians
also were revealed about ten feet
above the graves which contained the
skeletons. At the point on the Chop
tank where the remains We're found
there are steep shelving cliffs OF sand
and gravel that extend to the waters
edge. Beneath this bank is layer of
marl
The graves are in the sand a few
feet above the hard mar and were
covered by deposits of between twenty
and thirty feet of sand and gravel.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

On a full moon night recently
Jake Linville of Cave Creek killed a
big tom lion under the most uncom-
mon conditions of a hand-to-paw fight
Soon after nightfall Jake heard the
dogs run varmint up a sycamore
tree close to the tent of the great
camp. a few miles up Cave Creek. At
the first alarm he rushed out with
rifle in hand and saw long, quivering
hody crouched along the lowest limb
In the dim moonlight and with his de-
fective vision he aimed between the
blazing eyes of the brute, but the
merest trifle high. The ball split
Tommy's nose and glanced along the
forehead with just sufficient concus-
sion to stun the brute and tumble him
to the ground.
In a half second the giant cat was
on its feet and leaping toward its as
sa:lant, who had no time to slip an
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Precepts Boys Should Study

From place at the cobbler's bench
at mere pittance, William l.. Douglas
has risen to the highest executive po-
sition in the State of Massachusetts,,
that of Governor, and has made him
self millionaire.
His rules and precepts of success
were given recently by him through
the Boston Sunday American. They
are rules that he has tried and tested,
the rules which have elevated him to
the highest position in the gift of the
state, the rules which have won for
him an enormous fortune.
The Governor is interested in boys.
He declares that these rules are given
for the benefit of boys. Here they
are.
What are the secrets of success?
Will l tell the boys of Massachusetts
what l think they are? Recently in
talking to a delegation of bright-faced
boys, told them that they should, in
order to make the most of life, obey
the old maxim, "Stick to your last"
Everything in nature is fitted to do
one thing well and spends its whole
life doing it. You never hear of the
ant going into the honey-making busi-
ness, nor of the bee building ant-hills
for change. Each one knows its
place in the world and sticks to it.,
and that is what boys must do if they
would accomplish great things.
And remember always to keep your
ambition up to the top notch. What
ever you do, try to do it better than
the other fellow. At school make it a
point to stand at the head of your
class, and at play don't be satisfied
until you can jump the farthest or
throw the straightest. Then when YOU
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
IN coLoNEL's TOWN
Things Happen.

From the home of the famous "Keyh-
mel Keeyartah of Gainesville" away
down South, comes an enthusiastic let
ter about Postum:
II was in very delicate health, suf-
fering from indigestion and a nervous
trouble SO severe that could hardly
sleep. The doctor ordered me to dis
continue the use of the old kird Of
coffee, which was like poison to me,
producing such extreme disturbance
that could not control myself. But
such was my love for it that I could
not get my own consent to give 1t up
for some time, and continued to suffer
till my father one day brought home a
package of Postum Food Coffee.
Il had the new food drink carefully
prepared according to directions, and
gave it fair trial. II proved to have
a rich flavor and made healthy.
wholesome and delightful drink. To
my taste the addition of cream great
ly improves it.
my health began 10 improve as
soon as the drug effect of the old cof-
fee was removed and the Postum Cof-
fee had time to make its influence felt.
My nervous troubles were speedily re-
lieved and the sleep which the old cof-
fee drove from my pillow always came
to soothe and strengthen me after l
had drunk Postum very short
time l began to sleep better than
had for years before. fhave now used
Postum Coffee for several years and
like 1t better and fndT'it more benef-
cial than when I first began. 1t Is an
unspeakable joy to be relieved of the
old distress and sickness" Name
given by Postum Company. Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's reason.
Read the little book, Tho Road to
Wellville." in each pkg.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

An explorer in northern Australia
thus describes his vain efforts to
make friends with some wild natives
who ran away from him: I'VE had
hardly begun to move from cover
when we saw several dusky figures
running across the salt marsh into
the mangroves. We started in pur-
suit at a run, but when we reached
the camp we found it. as we expected.
deserted. The fire was still burning
and the haste in which the black fell
lows had left their camp was evidenc-
ed by the fact that they had forgotten
to take with them what must have
been the largest part of their wea-
pons. Boomerangs, spears, throwing
sticks. mulahs. shields. and remnants
of half-consumed meal of roasted
baobab nuts were lying about the
place. We followed the retreating
sayages into the mangroves.
1--WE traced the diverging footmarks
through the dense, dark, eerie, smell
ing inferno with the instinct of sleuth-
hounds. Nothing will ever obliterate
from my memory the Impressions
that hunt made on my mind. The
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Heroine to Be Educate 4.

An Asheville, North Carolina. dis,
patch says that for saving the lives of
a score of passengers and preventing a
wreck by tagging a train with her red
petticoat, Mamie Gibson. eleven years
old bare-footed mountain girl, has
received a reward from the Southern
railway. and 1t is just what Mamie had
said that she wanted most, an educa-
ton.
She has received letter from the
company, agreeing TO give her col
lege education and to see that she is
well provided for.
Mamie lives in a little mountain hit
with her father and mother in the
Black mountains. A big slide occurred
on the mountain while she was at home
alone. She ran down the railroad track,
waving her red petticoat. A heavy
train was stopped by her ten feet from
where the mountain had caved in. Be
low was an abyss several thousand
feet deep.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Through a Man6rove Forest

place seemed to be the very heart
of the huge solitude in which we were
situated Overhead there was dark,
closely knitted canopy of leaves. Only
here and there patch of ineffably
blue sky that appeared to be immeas-
urably distant cleaned through riffs
in the armament of foliage. Through
the apertures the sun shot vertical
shafts of golden light that counterfeit
ed gilded pillars, except where their
masses were broken by contact with
the trunks and limbs of the trees.
Slender flying buttresses vaulted
from the trunks in long series of clip
tical arches. The whole scheme or de-
sign of the jungle might have been
that of an unimaginable medieval
cathedral conceived in a nightmare
and executed in a delirium. II SEEM
ed to be peopled by unseen. silent.
thinking. feeling beings capable of
action, and the twisted and contorted
boughs and branches stretching out
hideous, mud-stained arms that appear
ed ever intent on catching and hold
ing one in their loathsome embraces
intensified the impression" At last.
bahied. they gave up the hunt.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

enter business life this matter of get
ting ahead will become habit.
Now | want to give you another
thing to think about while you're grow
ing up and preparing to win fame and
fortune in the commercial world. 1t
is this: Don't try to do what you like
do what you can. That's good
companion.piece for stick to your
last" Don't let the attraction of some
thing you don't know lure you away
from the thing you do know. Once
upon time young man whose faith
er made pickles, and who had learned
the pickle business from to z, de-
cided that he'd like to go into the
business of making molasses candy.
He didn't know anything about it, but
he liked molasses candy and thought
it would be great fun to make it and
sell it. So he proceeded to try his
hand at the business. The result was
disastrous. His candy wasn't good
candy, because he didn't know how to
make it properly, and, therefore. no.
body wanted to buy. Finally he went
back to the pickle business and made
a fortune, because he certainly did
know how to make good pickles, and
everybody bought them.
Do what you can and stick to it.
That's wisdom. About the most strik-
ing sentence l remember Is this one,
written by the great philosopher.
Thomas Carlyle: "The king is the man
who can" There's a whole volume of
sound sense contained in those seven
one-syllable words. All the elements
of success are there set forth and the
whole secret of greatness sticks out
conspicuously from that simple SEN
tence-''The king is the man who can"
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Proved Beyond a Doubt.

Middlesex, N. Y, July 3,-(SpeciaD
That Rheumatism can be cured has
been proved beyond doubt by Mrs.
Betsey A. Clawson. well known here.
That Mrs. Clawson had Rheumatism
and had it bad, all her acquaintances
know. They also know she is now
cured. Dodds Kidney Pills did it.
Mrs. Clawson tells the story of her
cure as follows:
81 was an invalid for most five years
caused by Inflammatory rheumatism.
helpless two-thirds of the time. The
first year / could not do as much as a
baby could do, then | rallied a little
bit and then a relapse. Then year
ago the gout set in my hands and feet.
suffered untold agony and in Au-
gust. 1908. when my husband died l
could not ride to the grave.
Il only took two boxes of Dodd s
Kidney Pills and in two weeks | could
wait on myself and saw my own wood.
dug my own potatoes and gathered
my own garden last fall. Dodd's Kid
nelly Pills cured me-"
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid
In the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills put
the Kidneys in shape to take all the
uric acid out of the blood.
The gigglers better than the man
Who never laughs bit
To laugh at nothing better than
To worry over 1t.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Troubles of a Clergyman

white hair being slain by a young
chap.
Sometimes. in these letters. ethical
questions are propounded that stump
me- sailor, for instance, once wrote
something like this: Two years ago.
before | got religion, | married
sweet young girl, and we now have
two beautiful children. l am big
amist by rights, for in '97 | married
Malay girl in Port Said. She was
bad one, drunk all the time. and one
night she cut my head open with bot
tie in my sleep. So then | left her.
Since got religion ! have tried TO
look her up, but she disappeared from
Port Said five years ago, the same day
a traveller was robbed of silver
watch and bag of gold. Now, | want
to do the right. thing. Ought ! to
leave my present wife and try to find
and reform the other one. Ought to
confess to my present wife"
81 told this sailor he had sinned,
but. under the circumstances. he had
best keep quiet and say nothing unless
his first wife turned up again.
Thieves. murderers. bigamists.
forgers and what-not write to me for
comfort. 1t is amazing how miserable
all these undiscovered and unpun-
ished evil-doers are. 1t goes to show
how wretched a thing sin is"
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

The venerable economist. Edward
Atkins, who recently told woman how
much she ought to spend on dress
each year, met the other day young
girl.
The gown of this girl was simple
and beautiful, and Mr.. Atkinson, in
his capacity of dress expert, admired
it.
"a grudely gown" he said. "A pref
ty grudely gown"
".But l don't know what 'grudely'
MEANS" the young girl objected.
.Grudely' is an epithet of eulosy,"
said Mr.. Atkinson. 1T is an obsolete
word, preserved in the story of the
northern farmer as extinct flies are
sometimes preserved in amber
But what is the story of the north
ern farmer"
I'll tell you." said Mr.. Atkinson,
smiling. There was northern farm
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
He Liked "Grudely" Beer

er of the old school, who, as he rode
Londonward on his gray mare. espied
one morning a cozy inn. He stopped
before the inn door. and raped with
his cropstick. A pretty maid ap-
peared.
HAS t'ou gotten any grudely good
beer?" t;,e farmer asked.
"'Yes. sir said the maid. as she
dropped l curtsey.
"'TheI fetch a quart. lass said the
farmer.
che G tart was brought in mug of
polished pewter. and the farmer toss
ed 1t off, Fmacked his lips, and said, in
hesitat ing way:
ct seems pretty grudely. Fetch
another quart
This. too, was brought. and the
farmer, after draining it, smiled.
at is grudely,' he said. "A grudely
beer. I'll get down ard have some
Los Angeles Times.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Drum Is orummed Out.

NJ. Maurice Berteaux. the minister
of war. intends to suppress drums in
the French army. The decision meets
the support of such eminent military
authorities as General Faure Bibuet,
former military governor of Paris. who
says drummers are useless in battle,
since they carry only revolvers,
whereas buglers are armed with rifles.
which they can use in fray. He adds
that the drum, in modern armies. is an
anachronism and should be abolished.
In spite of the sentimental pang its
disappearance may cause, 1t is inter
esting to recall how much the late
General Boulanger's popularity arose
from his tablishing the use of the
drum which a preceding minister of
war had abolished.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
CuTICURA SOAP
The Worlds Greatest skin Soap-The
Standard Of Every Nation Of
the Earth.

Millions of the worlds best people
use Cuticura Soap. assisted by Cuti-
cura Ointment. the purest and sweet
est of emolient skin cures. for preserv-
ing. purifying and beautifying the
skin. for cleansing the scalp of crusts.
scales and dandruff, and the stopping
of falling hair. for softening, whiten-
ing and soothing red. rough and sore
hands, for baby rashes, itchings ana
chafings, and many sanative. antisep-
tic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women. especially
mothers. as well as for all the pur-
poses of the toilet, bath and nursery.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
Profits Of the Paeker..


There has been a great deal of dis
appointment because the Garfield re-
port shows that the profits of the
packing industry only amount to
about two per cent of the volume of
business transacted. There is no
doubt, however, that the report is cor
rect.
The census reports compiled by the
government in 1900. before the agita-
tion regarding the beef trust" began,
throw considerable light on this ques-
ton. 1t appears from the census that
the packing industry is conducted on
a smaller margin of gross profit than
any other industry in America. The
gross margin of profit of ST. flour and
grist mills in Illinois. in the census
year, was nearly seven per cent on
the volume of business. The gross
margin of fifty-one wholesale slaugh-
tering and meat packing establish
ments in Illinois was only about one
third as large, or a little more than
two per cent on the volume of busi-
ness.
The millers have not been accused
of being in trust" and combina-
tions would seem impossible in busi-
ness where there are several thousand
mills in the United States competing
acti, ely for the flour trade, but it ap-
pears that the gross profits of the mill
ers are larger than the gross profits
of the packers. 1t may turn out that
the agitation regarding the packing
industry will show the same result as
the devil found in shearing the pig:
"All squeal and no WOOL" - american
Homestead
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
THE MONTHLY TRIAL
HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, BEARING
-r DOWN PAINS.
A Woman Tells How She Hns become Well
and Strong after Years of Misery
Due to Irregular Functions.

A Woman Tells How She Has Become Well
and Strong after Years of Misery
Due to Irregular Functions.
The fact that one woman is bright
eyed, rosy checked. strong and cheerful,
while another is pale, weak and de-
pressed, is due more often than other.
wise to the regularity in the one case
and the irregularity in the other of the
functions that are peculiar to the sex.
When these are disturbed everything
goes wrong; pain and discomfort are
felt all over the body; the sensations are
often terrifying.
For four years. said Mrs. Davis re-
Gently, 81 suffered indescribable misery
from sick headache every month, ac-
companied by fainting spells, shortness
of breath and severe pain in my left side.
There We're also bearing down pains, at
times SO acute that could not stand up,
and my head was full of ringing sounds.
1t seemed MS if everything was going to
hit me in the eyes. / was compelled to
lie down with closed eyes for hours to
get n little relief. When attempted to
arise everything would whirl around and
it would grow SO dark that could
scarcely see any object"
"Couldn't your doctor help your"
Five doctors i'll all treated me, but
got no lasting benefit. Besides used a
lot of advertised remedies. The only
medicine, however, that lad the de-
sired effect was DIR. Williams Pink Pills
and they are truly n godsend to women.
did not have much faith in them when
began to take them. / found myself,
however so much better after using two
boxes that began to believe in them.
They checked right away the decline
into which 1 was going. My troubles
kept lessening and finally disappeared
altogether.
How long did it take for n cure?"
"After l had used several boxes my
health was all right. had taken on
flesh and was strong and hearty. feel
today in spirits more like girl of six
teen than woman of my years"
Mrs. G. II. Davis address is Carmel,
Maine, r. r. D., No. 2. DIR. Williams
Pink Pills are confidently offered to
women for the cure of anamia, chloro-
sis, painful and irregular periods, and
all forms of weakness. They are sold
by every druggist.
a fellow may be crooked and stiii
4
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
T EA

1t is charm; but pray,
what is charm? 1t is some
thing that makes you know
you are strong!
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

1Ny't SUyb.
my nightly rest was broken, owing
to irregular action of the kidneys.
was suffering intensely from severe
pains in the small of my back and
through the kidneys and annoyed by
painful passages of abnormal secrs-
tions. No amount of doctoring reliev-
ed this condition. / took Doan's Kid
ney Pills and experienced quick and
lasting relief. Doan's Kidney Pills
will prove a blessing to all sufferers
from kidney disorders who will give
them fair trial"
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price SO cents per box.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THos- RoBBIss.
Maple Street, Norwich. N. Y, Feb H. 1900.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

a girl can manage to get along with
out dimple if there is plenty Of sun
shine in her smile.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

One might think we are still living
In the stone age, judging from the
fact that most of us are out for the
rocks.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

No chromos or cheap premiums. but
n better quality and one-third more
OF Defiance Starch for the same price
of other starches.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
More Flexible and Lasting.

Some people are so lucky as to fal
in love without hurting themselves.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

The suburbanite may be dead shot
with pistol, but he has been known
to miss train.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

The baseball player will tell you that
a fly in the hand is worth two in tho
butter.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

won't shake out or blow out by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for sane
money.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

Wigg-"So that fellow is an actor
eh? Well. he certainly looks like one"
Wagg-"Yes; it's a pity he can't act
like one"
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
TEA

The moneyback tea Schil-
ling's Best is safe; you'll
like it.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
lmportart TO Mothers.

There are few graduates from tn
school of experience.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance Starch
is taking the place OF all others.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

Pat. phwat be mint by the casus
belli?" Il dunno, unless 1t do be the
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

Many n man has been turned down
while waiting for something to turn
up.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
Women Obtain Mrs. Pinkham's
Advice and Help.
She Has Guided Thousands to HEALTH
How Lydia r. .Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Cured Mrs. Fred Seydcl.

. ! . !. !. . ! !. !
1t is great
~zI3ASN satisfaction for n
NM woman to feel that
mVSyXEN she can write to
M 64 another telling her
~ the most private
= ~ and confidential
- details about her
illness, and know
W that her letter will
WM8m2S be seen by a wo-
SZNMH1Zz1 man only, wo-
man full of sym
SEIETovde1 pathy for her
sick sisters. and
above all, woman who has had
more experience in treating female ills
than any living person.
Over one hundred thousand cases of
female diseases come before Mrs. Pink
ham every year, some personally,
others by mail. and this has been go
ing on for twenty years, day after day.
Surely women are wise in seeking
advice from n woman of such expert
ence, especially when it is absolutely
free.
Mrs. Pinkham never violates the con-
fideece of women. and every tcstimo-
nial letter published is done so with
the written consent or request of the
writer, in order that other sick women
may be benefited as they have been.
Mrs. Fred Seydel. of 412 North 54th
Street, West Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
cover year ago wrote you letter asking
advice, as had female ills and could not
carry a child to maturity. / received your
kind letter of instructions and followed your
advice am not only well woman in con-
sequence but have beautiful baby girl l
wish every suffering woman in the land would
write you for advice, as you have done so
much for me-
Just as surely as Mrs. Seydel was
cured will Lydia T.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cure every
woman suffering from any form of
No other medicine, in all the world
has such record of cures of female
troubles as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Therefore no
prudent woman will accept any substi-
tute which druggist may offer.
If you are sick. write Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn. Mass for special rdvice. 1t il
free and always helpful
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

Your grocer returns your money If you don't
Ike schilling's Best
The Lamar register., 1905-07-05

II is natural when woman is
dressed to kill that she cuts the other
women dead.