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The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
A Gentle Spirit.

'-:he late Frank Croker" said a
Neg York man, bad a quiet and
kin lily manner. He was modest and
dift.dent and averse to giving pain.
.,roker once had the misfortune to
employ for a little while a dishonest
valet. He overlooked the mans
first two or three attempts. thinking
that perhaps there might be some err
rof Soon. though, he was obliged
to speak about the cigarettes. for he
smoked very expensive brand that
he Imported from Cairo. and a half
do:an times running caught the valet
wi.a one of those cigarettes in his
moth.
"Vhen he did speak, the reprimand
wa.' gentle; 1t illustrated well his
gentle and kind nature.
"de opened, in the Wallets presence.
a hox originally of 100 cigarettes, and
potted to the hole that had been
made by the thief of half of them.
Then, with an embarrassed smile, he
sale:
This is going too far. Hodge. We
snake. fear. great deal too much'"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
MaYor punne's Friend.

while in England picking up few
ideas about municipal ownership and
operation OF public franchises" said
Mayor Dunno of Chicago to a group
of callers at the Waldorf-Astoria, Il
came across an extremely friendly
man in Birmingham. He was deeply
interested in everything could tell
him about the United States. l learned
that 1t was due to the engaging quail
ties of an American named Roberts,
whom he had met casually while on
a walking tour in the Trossachs. and
with whom he had kept company for
three days.
Don't happen to know Roberts,
do you?' he inquired. He lives in a
town somewhere out your way
What town does he live in l
asked.
Texas was the reply."-New
York Times
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
LINCOLN SCHOOL IN NEED.
Memorial University in South Has De-
ficit of About $4,000,

thousands of dollars were spent on
Lincoln dinners on the occasion of
Llncoln's birthday this year and ora
| tors everywhere proclaimed how great
was the Indebtedness of the nation to
It's savior; yet Lincoln Memorial uni
Versity has been allowed to run be-
hind, says the New York Globe Ac-
| cording to statement by Darwin r.
James. treasurer Of the institution,
10000 is Immediately needed to bal
snce its present deficit and additional
sums to provide an endowment to pre-
vent future deficit.
Lincoln Memorial university, an in
stitution located near where Tennes-
see, Kentucky and Virginia come to-
gether, was founded for the education
! of the backward mountaineers among
whom Lincoln was born. 1t is a prac-
tical, industrial institution which does
large work with small resources.
Its running expenses amount to only
$4,000 year. Experience has shown
that a student can be supported at 1t
at an annual cost of $50. With de-
mands so modest and results so large.
Lincoln lovers in New York alone.
now that the subject has been brought
to their attention. should promptly
arrange to extinguish the existing debt
and place the university on an assured
financial foundation.
An endowment of 100000 invested
at per cent will produce the $4,000
that is now annually required. OF this
sum. besides the money given for
buildings and the industrial eqnip-
ment, s37 900 has been contributed.
The remainder is greatly needed and,
the institution being one that so
strongly appeals, should be obtain.
able
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
COULD SMELL THE cAMPHoR
Illustrating the Folly Of Looking a
Gift Horse in the Mouth.

Considering that their Offices have
only hall between and that one is a
republican and the other a titular
democrat. says the Kansas City Jour
nal. the associate editor and the ex-
change man agree on pretty well
everything. including politics, except
the relative merits of their favorite
tobacconists. One still goes back to
the Rialto building. while the other
patronizes popular song-writer in
West Ninth.
Recently the West Ninth street
dealer gave the exchange man briar
pipe with an amber bit. When the ex-
change man showed the gift to the as
sociate editor that individual, while
pretending to admire it, surreptitious-
ice he used for chapped lips during
the winter. then exclaimed:
THE man who gave you this pipe
didn't say the bit was amber, did
he"
Sure" said the other. the real
things. Why"
Smell it," was the reply. catch
that Whit of camphor in the cellu-
loid?"
The exchange man smelled and that
evening called his dealers attention.
The tobacconist, too. smelled the pipe
and had packed up the rest of the in
voice, large one. to ship back to his
jobber. when the joker dropped in and
saying anything at 25 cents straight
would do. explained.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17

THE conditions of success in life
are the possession of judgment. ex-
perience, initiative and character"
There is nothing so iiingly as kind
ness. and nothing so royal as truth. "
THE secret of life is not to do
what one likes, but to try to like what
one has to do"
Miss Three-year-old telephoned her
father for pound of candy because
her mother had spanked her"
Industry is cheap. 1t is laziness
that costs. 1t has cost many a per-
son bright career"
THE ability to turn stumbling
blocks into stepping stones is often
worth more in a pinch than a fat
purse"
BE happy over something every
day. for the brain is thing of habit"
Remember. life must needs be
undergone, and cannot be expressed
save in the living
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
COLLEGE Customs.

The young attache of the American
legation sat on the balcony of the Ho-
tel Michaelovitch. watching with in
terest a body of students who poured
out from the college buildings and
with frenzied shouts hoisted red flags.
In an instant the student body be-
came a mass of shouting. struggling
gouging humanity, fighting desperate
ly in groups.
"Whoop, Hurray! Sissboom-ah,' -
yelled the American remembering his
alma mater. Which side is winning
the freshmen of the sophs?"
"Hushi" cried the terrified manag-
er. "or you'll be arrested. Don't you
know that those are students in a
riotous demonstration against the gov
ernment?"
"Why. no." gasped the American. 81
thought it was a college cane rush OF
hazing party!"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17

you an apology for this meeting for
knew and you did not. But apologies
arc not honest for | wrote the play for
the express purpose of meeting you
thus. Let me tell you. The separa-
ton became intolerable and l finally
knew what hot headed fool I had
been and that l never could help low
inr you and wanting you. knew
You would not receive me-the situa-
ton had become too bad. Besides I
had some Pride and you had told me
that | never would be anything but a
worthless idler anyway and had not
the stamina to do anything. So
thought 1t all out how reconciliation
might come about easily and Gatur.
ally. Then l was puzzled how TO get
to you with the idea. In the mean
time you had become an actress and
was forever hearing of your triumphs.
| never could bear to go and see you
there. But 1t flashed upon me that
could write my idea into a play and
get you, somehow or other to play 1t.
Tnen you must realize. | worked many
weary months in the play. Then l
employed Levy to get it to you. did
not dare go to see it at first. but when
it went so well l took courage was
terribly disappointed. You were great
in the first part and greater in the
Guarrels and separation but cold and
formal-but artistic in the last. So
waited. | went night before last and
| knew my hour was come, for you
understood the reconciliation. Is it
not so?"
She was standing rigid with clenched
hands drinking in his words. Their
eyes met, the divine sparks flew. He
held out his arms and she swayed and
fell into them.
So the world lost great actress, but
gained two happy hearts.
You said you employed Levy to
get the play to me-" said Georgiana
one day in a reminiscent mood. Did
you pay him?"
Pay him. replied Paul. laughing.
If you saw my check book you would
think did. | told him he could name
his price if he could get you to ac-
cept the play without royalties and
without price
Georgiana smiled rosuish smile
and whispered something in her low
er's ear.
He started and exclaimed. "The in.
formal scoundrel. He bled both of US.
I'll cane him"
No. Paul" smiled Georgiana
Don't you think it was worth the
price,"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
THE NEEDS OF AFRICA.
Appeals to the People Of All Nations
for Rights.

for Rights.
II is but very little that we ask
the right to work on our own soil,
among our own people, ruled by some,
at any rate, of our own rulers, and to
be permitted to eat and drink what we
deadly poison poured down our
throats, says the Century. Even il for
eign powers should for time be
fiji ancial losers, they cannot eventual
ly be anything but gainers-aided by
a country almost unlimited in its capa-
bilities. and the willing. grateful serv-
ice of 2O.OOO,G0O of people rescued
from the moral as well as physical
death now staring them in the face.
They will not have the obstacles pre-
sented to them in their own country; +;
all will be with them in this crusade.
leaders and people alike are stretch
ing out their hands for aid.
We appeal, not to England, not to
France. not to Germany. not to other
empires and states, but to the con-
sciences of the individual men form
ing such nations. We appeal. not for
a gift or favor but for our right. Even
as the Americans appealed for their
rights, and obtained them by heroic
measures, so do we claim the right for
freedom to worship God" and to wor-
ship Him by sobriety. industry. good
will and all the Christian graces.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
NO CONTRACTING FOR HIM.
Too Many Things to Think OF, Saws
the Man Who Watched.

Over on the east side of the federal
building whistle blew, says the Kan
sas City Journal, one man started a
noisy little engine, another on the
ground pulled rope, still another on
the annex roof pulled another line. a
mason stood on the corner of an un-
finished tower and wig-wagged, and
three other workmen got from under
while the big crane swung in a fifty
foot radius with a small slab of sawed
stone hanging at the end of its ninety
foot cable
Finally the stone was in place and
the man who had been watching the
operation hunted up an audience and
unbosomed himself
No general contracting in mine"
he said. Il don't see how they can
make any money and keep out of the
violent ward. Look at the things
they've got to think about. Take this
man over there with the federal con-
tract. How's he going to know six
men will be idle ten minutes while
that fellow gets his rope and tongs ad-
justed? How does he know the wind
going to be in the southwest and keep
them that much longer? That's two
hours work for one man gone. Then
ths water boy fell down and got his
clo' hes wet. He's got to figure that
bo, S time for the rest of the day
white he dries himself.
at takes brains to get a little old
twc-by-four piece Of work in place
without losing money"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Misinformed.

A member of a temperance society
heard OF man in the southern part
of the city whose wife, in popular par.
lance. had driven him to drink" The
advocate decided to call on the inebri-
ate and his wife and to plead with him
to give up drink. The evening she
called she did not find the topper at
home. but the temperance worker and
his wife talked on other topics. At
last she asked the woman IL it was
true that her husband was driven to
drink.
Driven to drink" was the answer
to the surprised white ribboners ques
ton. why. no, my man is willing tc
walk, no matter how far he has to &C
to get t"-Philadelphia Ledger
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
CHANGED COLOR OF SNOW.
Incident Shows Resourcefulness OF
Henry Irving.

Two actors were dining together In
a New York restaurant. They had or
dered. for their salad course. arti-
chokes. The waiter came and said:
Gentlemen, | regret that we are
out of artichokes.'
Then snow brown" said one of the
actors. In other words. send to the
market and get some artichokes for
u.s."
The waiter bowed and withdrew
and the other actor asked:
What did you mean my showing
brown?' You told the waiter to snow
brown. What did you mean by it?'
Il meant don't give up. Persevere-
Don't fail Do something or other, y
said the first actor. Snow brown has
meant that ever since the first year
of Sir Henry Irvings management OF
the Lyceum Theater.
.Sir Henry was producing a drama
that demanded. in one scene, large
quantities of snow. White paper, cut
fine and packed in a great number OF
little bags of brown paper, was given
to two men perched up aloft and they
were told to snow hard and fast from
the scenes beginning till the curtain
dropped.
"The men obeyed this order too
well. They showed too hard and fast.
Before the scenes end they found
their white paper running out. So
their snowstorm became feebler and
feeblcr and finally 1t ceased altogeth-
er.
1.-THE hero's next speech was:
81 cannot see your face. dear heart,
for these binding flakes of snow.
"And no snow, not a drop. was fall
ing.
"Sir Henry rushed like the wind to
the two supers.
Where's your snow?' he demand
ed.
1--WE have no more white paper.
they answered.
Then snow brown, you fools.
Snow brown" cried Sir Henry"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Twas Ever Thus.

John" said Ma Twaddles. what
IL the meaning of the word 'scatopha.
sous'?"
How on earth should know
srumbled Pa Twaddles. Probably a
new kind of germ. Write to the
Questions and Answers department
% the morning paper and find out.
The department is published on Mon
days. l think. Where is the paper,
apyhow?-had 1t minute ago-oh,
here it is under this confounded die.
tionary. Tommy he continued
wrathfully. take that dictionary up
tn the attic. It's always in my way
and what good is it. anyhow? And
wnen you've done that bring me a
rem and ink and I'll write to the paper
to satisfy your mothers curiosity"
And it happens every day, the edi.
toi says.-Cleveland Leader.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
TRICKS OF THE sNIPE.
Bird Has Many Methods for Use In
Deceivino Hunter.


81 have hunted snipe ever since |
each year | have learned some new
trick of this long billed bird of erratic
flight fame. The 'possum is tyro
compared with the snipe in its efforts
to deceive the hunter.
Il was hunting with George C. Nor
rison near the gun clubs grounds a
few days ago, and for an hour or more
we did not see snipe or hear a
'scaipe.' Just as we reached the bug
gy. with the intention of returning to
the city, snipe rose few feet away
from the ground over which We had
tramped. A second later another got
up and began its quick, tortuous flight
skyward. We bagged both with snap
shots.
THE birds seemingly had laid low
in tufts of grass, watching our move.
ments. and supposed themselves safe
when they saw us preparing to depart.
Mr.. Morrison and started back over
the ground we had hunted, kicking
each bunch of grass and dry weeds as
we went along, and in half an hour
we had raised a dozen snipe and killed
most of them. Occasionally, when we
missed kicking a bunch of weeds,
snipe would rise behind us. dart along
the surface of the ground and then
suddenly move upward in corkscrew-
like gyrations. The only thing akin
to foolishness of which snipe might
be accused is its misjudgment of the
distance a modern choke bore gun will
carry. 1t has score of cunning tricks
of flight as well as the possum-like
trick have Just mentioned. "Indianap
oils News.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
What Is a Week?

n The question seems simple enough
to answer in two seconds. yet 1t has
occupied the Supreme Court of Vic.
storia for two days. The Factories Act
|. provides that no girl shall be en-
! ployed for more than forty-eight hours
'in any one week" manufacturer
was summoned for violating this pro-
! vision; but he contended that the
bweek should be reckoned not by the
calendar, but from payday to payday
that is. from Friday to Thursday in.
elusive. The magistrates decided that
it was the correct Interpretation. and
the Supreme Court has indorsed tbeir
view.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17

Look for the best in others, and
that will bring out the best in your
self"
"A laugh is worth hundred groans
on any market"
There is no bondage like the bond
age to self, none other that SO en-
slaves"
If love is life and hate is death,
how can spite benefit? 1t is easier to
mar than to mend"
People who make it a business to
kill time are allowing time to kill
them"
1T is only in our prosperity that
we throw our friends overheard"
"Sleep-that knits up the ravelld
sleeve of care.
The death of each days life, tired
labor's bath.
Balm of hurt minds, great natures
second course.
Chief nourisher in life's feast"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Case Of Too Many Cooks.

1t Is related of Mr.. Webster that
whea he was secretary of state he was
one day reading at a cabinet meeting
a draft of message he had written
ior the President to transmit to con-
gress. As he went on he was con-
stantly interrupted by one Of the
members who suggested until, losing
patience. he turned to him and said;
sir' you might as well expect seven
mems to lay one egg as seven men to
co"saruct one message"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Wise JUDGE.

I've sailed all over the world. your
honor" said the drunk at the bar
Indeed said the magistrate. with
polite interest. Ever been to Hong.
kong?"
Sure, your honor"
rs the city on the port or starboard
side as you sail in?" queried the mag.
istrate.
"Starb'rd,' sang out the self-labeled
sailor.
You're wrong" finished the shrewd
cadi. "It's on the port side. I've
sailed a bit myself. Three dollars
ne."-New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17

"ere difficult to resist-she scolded
she threatened. she wept. she raved-
but to no avail. Levy smiled know.
ingly but silently.
Finally one day Levy came to mad
ame-as he invariably called her, es.
teeming it more grandiloquent than
Miss, and announced that the time had
arrived when the author would see her
at his office. 1t was with a fiutter
of excitement seldom felt in her ex.
2erienced breast, that she entered the
private office of the theatrical agent.
shown by Levy himself who imme.
diately retired into his outer office
end closed the door.
For a moment the room swan and
che saw nothing distinctly-only a
dark form. Then she saw clearly. ut
tered slight gasp and went white as
chalk.
PAUL" she cried.
He stepped quickly forward.
Yes, Paul" he answered. Il owe
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Iall EnouQh.

Tallmanne-What was the governor
talking to you about this morning?
Shortfellow-He told me he didn't
want me any longer.
Tallmanne-Then you got mad and
left, suppose?
Shortfellow-Not much. I told him
I was glad he didn't, as I'd stopped
growing several years ago. Then he
ordered me to go in and tell the cash.
Ter to give me dollar more week.
Stray Stories.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Woman Makes eooe Record.

MISS Caroline Hazard. who has COM
pleI,d her fifth year as president OF
wellesley college, Massachusetts. has
den onstrated the fact that college
president need not necessarily be a
college graduate. Although she did
not attend woman's college, she pur-
sued with private tutor a course Of
stuoy equal to that at Brown univer-
SHY providence, r. |. Miss Hazard is
woman OF remarkably broad culture
and has shown during her leadership
comprehensive grasp of the needs
OF her college and an intelligent SYM
pathy with the aims and ideas of ner
co-~orkers.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
The Snobbish Snirit

Monsignor Falconio. during a visit
to Philadelphia. praised simplicity.
He condemned the snobbisb love n,
extravaganza and display that manv
people show To illustrate the sno,,
bish spirit he was attacking he mar.
rated conversation that had beor
overheard between two coachmen
And your people," said the coach.
man. drives a pair, too?"
NO. said the second stifiy! "one
hoss only; but VIC keeps goyerness +"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
The New Natural History.

A Woodworking fancy dealer ha6
ransacked the whole shop in his eff
forts to please an old lady who want
ed to purchase a anything
real nice''-for her granddaughter. Fol
the fifteenth time she picked up ant
critically examined neat little
satchel.
Are you quite sure that this is gen
uine alligator skim" she inquired.
Positive. madam" quoth the dea!
er. 81 shot that alligator myself"
"It looks rather soiled." said tn,
lady.
That. madam, is where it strucl
the ground when it tumbled OF tn,
tree"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
The Makinq Of Men,

Courage or lack of II.
Work, and the knack of It;
Grit. or the need of 1t,
Haste. and the speed of IL;
Purpose. or none of II.
Life. what is dono OF 1t,
Work. or the fun of II.
Maketh a man.
Luck. and the trust OF 1t.
Wealth. and the lust of 1t.
Hate. and the sting of IL.
Youth. and the fling of II.
Ease. and the lap of 1t.
Chance. and the hap of it.
Vice. and the sap of 1t,
Breaketh a man
Dress, and the care OF 1t,
Cheer. or the share of IL,
Speech. or abuse of II.
Trust. and the care of II.
Worth. and the wear of 1t.
Do. and the dare of 1t.
Marketh a man.
Do, nor the brag OF II,
Up with the flag Of it:
Life. nor the fear of II.
Taste. the good cheer of it;
Time or the waste OF 1t.
VIII. try the taste of 1t:
Work. that is graced of 1t.
Maketh man.
j. w. Foley. in New York Times
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Jauanese Troops "s.ieker.."

George Kenman, who was with Gen,
Nogi's forces during the siege against
Port Arthur. expresses the opinion
that ability to stick where they have
once acquired foothold is perhaps
the most remarkable fighting charac'
teristic of Japanese troops"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Youth to Honor Jules Verne.

All the schoolboys and schoolgirls of
France are asked to contribute ten
centimes 1.-TWO cents) each for the pur-
chase Of a tribute to the memory of
Jules Verne. who mas entertained and
enlightened them by his numerous
books of fiction. The subscription is
opened by an Amiens newspaper and
money is already coming in.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Marx,s chanae of Name

Tess-Mary Jones is spelling her
name Mae" now.
Jess-Let her. That's about the
only chance she'll ever have to change
her name.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
EVICTION
BY WILLIAM JAMES LINTON

ONG years their cabin stood
Out on the moor;
More than one sorrow-brood
Passed through their door;
Ruin them overcast,
Worse than one wintry blast;
Famipe's plague followed fast;
God help the poor!
There on that heap of fern,
Gasping for breath,
Lieth the wretched kern,
Waiting for death;
Famine had brought him low;
Fever had caught him so
o, thou sharp-grinding woe,
Outwear thy sheath!
Dying. or living here
Which is the worse?
Misery's heavy tear,
Back to thy source!
Who dares to lift her head
Up from the scarcely dead?
Who pulls the crazy shed
Down on the torse?
What though some rent was due,
Hast thou no grace?
So may God pardon you.
Shame on your race!
What though that home may be
Wretched and foul to see,
What if God harry thee
Forth from His face?
Widowed and orphaned ones,
Flung from your rest!
Where will you lay your bones?
Bad was your best.
Out on the dreary road.
Where shall be their abode?
One of them sleeps with God:
Where are the resi-
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17
Motorists in Union.

The Motor Union of Great Britain
and Ireland, the largest organization
of motorists in the world. has 1890
members.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-17

Levy smiled knowingly, but silently.
curious regarding the unknown author
She set in motion every agency Of
which she could think, but in vain
e, erything stopped at Levy. The copy
wright was in Levy's name. The roy.
alties were paid to Levy. And Levy
was a sphinx. She attacked his re-
serve in every way. She begged. she
cajoled-and Georgiana's caio'eries
The Princeton union., 1905-03-30

=. &. A. Dickey went to Elk River
Monday to attend the opening of court.
Mr.. Dickey represented Ed Kornmann
in the appealed case of Brande VS..
Kornmann: The plaintiff secured
judgment in justice court. When the
case came before the district court it
was reversed and judgment was given
defendant for costs. The case of the
town of Blue Hill VS.. Philip Boehn
was set over to the May term.