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The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
The Vigil.

see the window of my sweet
The trellised window toward the west.
The odor OF the marguerite
Beneath my footstep harsly pressed
Is faint and rare l hear the beat.
1t almost seems. within her breast
OF her thrice tender heart. and feel
Its vibrant passion stir her rest!
And through the open window borne
In subtle tincture on the air,
The perfumes of the roses worn
At last nights ball a message bear
Unto my heart with passion torn!
Light winged. they wander outward
where
stand. and whisper low unto
The eager ear of my despair!
What if-but vain the thought I fear
The lilac curtains drawn aside,
My sleeping beauty should appear
And l should see her tender-eyed!
Vain phantasy! The white dawn clear
VIII touch her lids to waking wide:
TIL then she dreams: but never dreams
Who watches In the moonlight here!
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
A Lamb.. Club Incident.

Cecil De Mile and a group of fel-
low playwrights were discussing the
somewhat disreputable-looking head
gear of a certain actor, at the Lambs
club the other evening.
"It's queer how hats get their
names" observed De Mile. For in
stance. the derby. of course. takes its
name from Derby-race track: the billy
cock from Sir William Coke. who in
troduced It: the beaver from the fur
from which Its predecessors were
made; the"
But" interrupted one OF his lis
teners. how did that old, disreputable
wideawake brimmed hat of Blanks
ever get the name "wideawake?'"
De Mile thought hard for moment,
scanning the dilapidated headgear
from every point. Then he replied:
This particular hat is probably
called a wideawake because 1t is so
utterly devoid of any nap New
York World.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Perl.S m IL Was True.

He was q doctor witness In an Irisp
murder case, and was very anxious
that the court should let him go htme
Is soon as possible. So he got a f'lend
Of his to plead in his favor. This
was how the friend did It:
"It is this way. your Honor. My
friend, the doctor. has been for three
pears looking aftes two old ladies. II
you don't let him go home tomorrow
he's afraid the ladies will get we'll"
And that's why the doctor doesn't
0Deak to his friend.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
DO WE TALK TOO MUcH7
Opinion Expressed That Americans
Underrate Value Of Silence.

Opinion Expressed That Americans
Underrate Value OF Silence.
In the United States we are prone
to talk too much. We do not sufii-
ciently appreciate the value and beau
ty of silence.
During the after business hours, at
the lunch and dinner table we talk on
and on without ceasing. as though
there was nothing worth thinking
about We invented the first talking
machine, and no American is consid-
cred properly equipped unless he can
talk at all times and upon all sub
jects.
Information must be impaired and
ideas exchanged; it is essential to
mental companionship and develops
our faculties of expression. But there
is no necessity for the endless and
eternal talk in which so many of us
indulge.
There is great force and value in
silence. 1t enables us to think. 1t
forms and expresses character. The
great men of the world were relative
ly silent men; they talked only when
they had something to say, and the
greatest of them said but very little.
We should study the beauty of ST.
lence and develop our thinking power
rather than our talking power.-Ex-
change.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Born Gamblers.

Australia has birthstains besides
those that are so sore a point with
some leading families. All told, the
convict population numbered only q
few thousands. In 1851 the popu alton
Of the whole Commonwealth was only
403.8S. Then gold was discovered and
In ten years there was lecp to 1,153..
s73. Everybody knew somebody who
had made a sudden pile" Every.
body hoped to do 1t himself. Nor was
It only the new immigrants who had
these Ideals. Even those who had
come out few years before. and had
been quite satisfied with a pastoral or
agricultural life, even those left the
slow plow in the furrow. To-day a
Judge speaks of the national curse OF
gambling. We got it into our blood
fifty years ago; we were born of gam.
blers.-Sydney Bulletin.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Patent All Right.

The delicatessen man was out of
bottled milk and his customer had no
pail. There was plenty of milk in the
big can.
"All ride. l got padent," said the
delicatessen man. Il figs plenty GUS
toners desc way" He put one paper
bag inside of another. and into his i'm
provised pail turned quart of milk
Just as he handed It to the customer
in triumph a little white stream be-
gan to spray the inventor. He turned
the milk back into the can.
Going to apply for that patent?"
asked the customer.
Dot padent vas all ride. But |
nefer knew so many holes to come In
one place before"
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Thsrouuhly In Keeping.

In the library Of the Vatican is a
curious manuscript in the shape of
treatise upon dragons. written several
hundred years ago. The script is
twelve inches wide and some three
hundred feet In length, and the curl
Gus parchment upon which 1t is writ
ten is declared by tradition to be thu
tanned intestine of one OF the sci
pents written about.
AS the parchment is without a seam
It is clearly the product Of some enor-
nous animal and It is only charitable
70 the author to accept the statement
that the parchment is proof positive
that he wrote Of actualities. as at
tested by the evidence adduced.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
TOOK THE SHEEP BACK.
Collie Dog Evidently Had His Own
Conception Of Duty.

Collie Dog Evidently Had HIS own
Conception Of Duty.
A story Of a Scotch collie is cur
rent on the Derbyshire border. says
an English exchange. A farmer in
the Peak district, having purchased
. small flock of sheep in the Low
lands, drove the flock the whole way
from Scotland to his farm in Derby
shire with the aid of collie dog
which was lent to him by the Scotch
farmer from whom ha purchased the
sheep. when you get to your home
with the sheep" said the Scotchman.
"let the dog fill his belly: then tell
him to go home" The Derbyshire
man duly arrived at his farm with
the sheep. and was so pleased with
the collie dog and its performance
that he decided to keep 1t few days
before sending 1t back. One day he
was away from home during the whole
Of the day. and on returning in the
evening he found that the Scotch col.
Ne was missing, and also the flock of
sheep. In a few days tidings came
that the dog had arrived at his Scotch
home and had brought the sheep back
with him.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
HIndoo Bathing Festival.

Says q newspaper published in In
lia: THE Mahavarni, the great bath
ting festival Of the Hindoos, was OBJ
served on tho night of the LIST of May
Immense crowds from all parts of the
country repaired to Hardwar to bathe
In the Ganges on the occasion. The
Giving away to Brahmans of rice,
sweets, clothes and utensils on the oc-
easion Is considered meritorious, and
the festival must have proved a wind.
fall to the priestly class. In Lahore
the festival was celebratd in a beft-
ting manner. The road between the
city and the Raw was instinct With
life throughout the night"
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
IN A psEP-sEA AQUARIUM.
Strange and Beautiful Forms and Col
ors to Be Seen,

CFS 10 DC SSen.
You look up through the green wat.
er as If you were a fish yourself and
know for the first time how it feels to
be at the bottom of the sea, says
writer in Everywhere. Great, solemn.
aldermanic-looking cod swim up and
stare into your very eyes; enormous
conger eels writhe playfully around
your head; idiotic looking dog fish lie
piled on one another and blink placid.
ly into your face like so many sheep:
while the skates and the string rays
are fiattened out In painting fiaccidity
upon the gravel at the bottom. Little
silver herrings and golden-hued young
salmon drift about like clouds lit by
the moon and on all sides, against the
rocks that vary the surface of the
tanks. wave the exquisite fringes Of
the sea anemones. Here. above all. is
the supreme beauty of the water
world.
Every variety of fringe and flower
cup Is mimicked here in hues that
fairly rival the roses of the garden.
Purest white, soft creamy yellow, rich
salmon color, every shade of tender
rose and glowing red and royal pur-
pie and vivid green spring from these
rocks living flower. with petals as
delicate as they are deadly. For these
beautiful fringes and ethereal-looking
bubbles of color are so many murder
Gus arms outstretched for food. AS
we watch them swaying gently in the
current. poor little transparent
shrimp comes padding swiftly by. He
touches a rose-cO1ored petal. it flashes
around him. he is sucked into the gor.
geous heart Of the flower and 1t closes
contentedly over his vanished form
They know their danger generally
these poor little creatures. and did
they touch ever so lightly the top of
floating fringe. would spring away
frnm IL with an alactric racOil
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Too "Freckie-Mlnded," !"

John G. Carlisle has discovered
down in the Businesses of Setauket,
l. l.. man with a new attribute. Mr..
Carlisle spends his summers there
and takes a more or less active inter
est In the farming operations. NO."
said the head farm hand to Mr.. Car
Isle in discussing the hiring of a new
man. II wouldn't bother to take on
Frank. He wouldn't suit" Why
not?" We'll. because you couldn't
place no dependence on his stickin' to
the job. He's such freckle- minded
cuss he never stays at any one
string"
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Evidence Of Insanity,

When 1t came to the cross-examina.
ton the witness who had testified
that he believed the prisoner dement,
ed settled himself in anticipation of
possible trouble.
Have you any reason for wishing
to send my client to madhouse?"
asked the lawyer
None" replied the witness.
We'll, what particular thing has he
done that has tended to convince you
that he isn't In his right mind?"
WELL" said the witness slowly,
"look at the fool he made of himself
In selecting a lawyer"
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
FOOLED HIS FATAER.In.LAH.
Story Of Senator EIkIns and Vice.
Presidential Candidate Davis.


Presidential Candidate Davis.
Many years ago the recent demo-
cratic vice-presidential candidate and
his son-in-law. Stephen b. Elkins. were
going through the mountain wilder
ness Of West Virginia. buying coal
lands. 1t was a characteristic pro-
ceeding of Elkins to get the best bed
at every little hotel where they
stopped Try as he would, Mr. Davis
could never pick the best bed in a
room. while Elkins could always tell
at a glance which was the best, and
would throw his bag and coat upon
II as soon as they entered.
At one little town, however, Elkins
was detained down stairs by a man
who knew him. and Davis and another
man OF the party went up to the room
where all were to sleep for the night.
Davis went about from bed to bed and
felt each very carefully. and found
one much better than the rest He
deposited his overcoat and bag on the
good bed and went down stairs. He
could scarcely conceal the satisfac-
tion he felt over his success in once
getting the best of Elkins. The latter
went upstairs soon after, and his prac-
ticed eye told him that his father-in-
law had picked out the best bed.
Boy" he said to the colored man
who had shown him the room. Here
is half dollar. Now / want you to
change those two beds. Just the bed
ding underneath. now, and fix them so
they will look Just like they do now.
Do Won understand7"
"Yes sah." was the reply.
At night. after bargains had been
made. the party went to the room to
go to bed. Davis found everything
Just as he had left 1t. Elkins soon
had his clothes off and was in bed
listening. Davis leisurely got ready
and. pulling down the covers, threw
himself down. expecting to land on
soft and comfortable bed, but instead
II was hard and rough. He groaned,
and there was suppressed snicker
from the corner where Elkins had
retired.
20. Elkins, you have robbed me-"
remarked Davis. pathetically. and
while Elkins declared he did not
know what Davis referred to. his ILL
suppressed laughter connected him
with the charge.-Washington Post.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Excellent Champagne Harvest.

This years champagne harvest IN
France will rank among those of the
most famous years-such as 1865,
1874. 1884, 1889 and 1898. 1t has been
said that tho vineyards of Champagne
cannot produce all the sparkling wine
which is sold under the name of cham
payne. AS matter OF fact. however,
the vineyards produce three times as
much wine as is sold abroad. accord
ing to government statistics. La Marne
possesses $4,000 acres of vineyards,
which produce on an average 300 900
barrels of wine. There are $50 bot
ties OF wine in each barrel, or Is ,OOO.-
600 altogether. The export trade in
sparkling wine varies between 23,OOO.-
900 and 25.000.000 bottles.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13

Why Marstsn Maoe a Contribution.
Russell H. Narston. proprietor of
restaurants. lives in Centerville. Cape
Cod. and when the church committee
were soliciting funds for a clock for
the Congregational Church they hesi.
tated about asking him to give, on the
ground that he was not professor
Of religion NOR even an attendant on
divins- worship.
They finally overcame their scru.
pies. and in reply to their requests he
gave them . very liberal amount, say.
Ing. II want you to have the true
stDa saesiAsL r ~ doat iAsils."
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Carried Il With Him,

A short time ago burial took place
at sea from one of his majesty's cruis.
ers. AS there were no leads with the
stores large pieces of coal were al
tached to the body in their place
All the crew were summoned on the
quarterback for the burial. Just as
the body was being lowered Pat burst
out laughing. Next morning the chap.
lain sent for Pat and asked for an
explanation of his laughter at such a
very solemn time.
Sure now" replied Pat, "Oive
heerd O. many wan goin' below, but
Olive niver seen wan take is coal
with i'm afore."-L ondon Tattler.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Towers Ancient and Modern.

Modern steel-frame construction
makes it as easy to erect tower 60O
feet high as in medieval Italy it was
to rear one less than 300 feet, AMI
modern elevators would substitute 10
a few bell-ringers at the top n village
Of cliff-dwellers in cubical offices ar
ranged in horizontal slices along the
dizzy shaft. The necessity for Sc
many small windows effectually bars
such beauty as the Italian architects
achieved in their more modest under
takings.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
sHREwp SCHEMES OF AhIMALs.
Devices Which Show They Come Prst.
ty Close to 1htnkIno

SSNiSSS vN"fSti SUoW iboy SS"'S 49,
ty Close to Thinking.
They were talking about instinct In
animals. "I saw an exhibition Of
greediness and cunning by a horse"
said one of them. There were two
old dirt wagon horses that had
stopped for the noon meal. The driv-
er had emptied a portion of oats into
a wheelbarrow set at the head Of the
two horses, who still remained in the
traces. The horses were to eat out Of
the common mess.
"Old Mr.. Bay Horse, who evidently
was veteran in the dirt wagon line
and possessor of a good appetite.
would grab mouthful of oats and
splutter them out on the ground on
his side of the wheelbarrow. After
he had collected quite a pile on the
ground he commenced on the common
stock and when he and his compaa-
lon had cleaned out the wheelbarrow
old Mr.. Bay Horse turned to his priv.
ate store on the ground, while his
companion, from the other side OF the
wagon pole. looked hungrily on. but
could do nothing
Il was travelling in the mosquito
country last month" said the other
"and the mosquitoes were terrible.
They attacked cattle and live stock
and would drive them frantic. At one
place a farmer was burning brush In
the field. and I noticed a dozen COWS
and hors, clustered in the lee of the
smoke i'ade by the burning brush.
They would move around as the wind
shifted, always keeping in the smoke
drift. where, of course, no mosquito
could live. And the animals stood
With closed eyes. too"
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Glamour.

Glamour.
have read SO long In the Book of the
Brave,
! hear the tramp of their feet
In the quiet village street.
! catch the sound of echoing cheer
Blown down the night wind. family clear,
And the drums unfaltering beat.
! have read so long in the Book of the
Brave,
Their flags go strea ming by,
Sharp comes the sentrys cry;
The shaded light of my study lamp
Seems low glinmer from some still
camp
Where the sleeping soldiers lie.
! have read SO long In the Book Of the
Brave,
] march where the heroes are;
On my breast feel a scar
I turn to gaze on the rayIess night;
The gloom ts cleft by a beacon light.
And behold-the bivouac star!
Lulu Whedon Mitchell in the Century,
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Woman Writer Reeoanlzed.

Marion Crawford's sister, Mrs. Hugh
Fraser. the widow of the British min
lister to Japan is making her first visit
after many years absence, to this coun-
try and is now receiving much atten-
tion in New York, where her fame
as a writer is well known. One of her
valued contributions to literature is a
volume of Letters From Japan" writ
ten during her husbands residence at
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
TO MAKE cocoANur CREAM.
Simple Process IT, at Yields Excellent
Substitute for Butter.


Substitute for Butter.
The cocoanut is more extensively
used. perhaps. as a food than any
other nut. In certain Of the Pacific
islands 1t constitutes almost an ex-
elusive dietary. Cows, dogs. donkeys.
chickens. in fact almost every living
thing. even certain species of crabs.
live on the cocoanut, ingeniously
working a way to the meat through
the one open eye of the nut. In the
country where 1t grows the cocoanut
is very largely eaten in the half-ripe
state. AT this stage the meat is jelly
like in consistency and may be eaten
with spoon. 1t is very toothsome
and nourishing. The meat of the ripe
nut is very hard TO digest and can
scarcely be masticated sufficiently to
prepare it for entering the stomach.
The best use which can be made OF
the meat of the ripe cocoanut Is In
the preparation of the cocoanut cream,
which Is an excellent substitute for
butter. This may be easily accom-
plished by the following method; Re
move the meat and put 1t through an
ordinary vegetable shredder. Pour
over the pulp twice the quantity OF
boiling water and let stand for half
an hour, then strain through a fine
cloth. and let the milk so obtained
stand for three or four hours in
cold place. A rich cream rises.
which may Be used in the same way
as dairy cream, or like ordinary
cream. may be worked Into butter.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Bury oueIist Despite sI.hop

The bishop having refused burial in
consecrated ground to the body of
Marquis Pickman. who had been killed
In duel. mob of $4,000 people
stormed the cemetery and buried the
body in spite of force Of gendarmes.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13

Machine TranserIbes Music.
An apparatus has been placed on
the market for transcribing music. 1t
writes down automatically the musical
0otes as they are played.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Entertainer Is Converted.

Among the converts made in Lon
don by Torrey and Alexander, was a
well known musical entertainer"
Quenton Ashlyn. who has decided
that ne can not conscientiously con-
hnue in his profession.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13

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SunoA 'uIsId sGvAIs eIs sNooO
s'uIeids CIV $4,000 <uM
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
Object to Steel Building.

The Berlin authorities have de-
clined the request made by the Manu-
facturers' Union for permission to
erect tall steel frame buildings of
American design in Berlin.
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13
A Strange Fact,

she-I see there are four times as
many words in the English language
Is in the French.
He-And yet some women seem
y NE - tan IfsneA
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13

No. l is California express and makes local
stops between Lamar and La Jnnta.
No. is Denver express, stops on flag at Las
Aniihas. Carries free chair car and Pullmans.
No. is the Mexico and California express.
No. and No. both carry tourist and Pullman
sleepers. No. connects at LaJunta for Pueblo
Colorado Springs and Denver
Train No. 50 runs to La Junts and will accom-
modate passengers for Intermediate points.
meets at La Junta with train from Denver car
ries passenger through to Chicago without
change. Has Pullman and tourist sleepers.
No. is Denver express and runs through to
Chicago without change. Carries free chair
and Pullman sleeper.
No. s is local passenger and makes all stops.
Carries chair car and Pullman sleeper. Runs
through to Chicagosvithout change of cars.
fully answered.. Descriptive literature and
time tables folders free by applying to
G.J. GARvrN. Agent
The Lamar register., 1906-06-13

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-04
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expected that there viii be a pretty
general cali for this bulletin.
The annual report of the food com
missioner has just been submitted to
the state officials and sewers a large.
field of work, conducted by the
chemical department during the past
year. 1t deals with aduHerated
foods, misbpanded and adulterated
drugs, patent medicines, paints and
oils and gives the result OF analyses
of nearly three hundred samples of
beverages including Whiskey and
brandies. There will be shown.
several photographs illustrating the
brands of waliskey previously found
on the market in this state.
Mr.. Nickles who has been with the
chemical department for number Of
years and for the past year has had
charge of the food laboratory, resigns
his position to accept government.
work and will sail early in December
from Seattle for Manila, where he
viii enter the government labora-
tories. ,5.s IS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-04
LINTON.
(Reeord 18th. }

The idea of Major Pitts going as far
away from home as Steele without
getting lost or the gobbIyuns getting
him! That's farther away from home
than the old gentleman ever got dur
ing the sixteen years he lived at
Winona, and he hasn't been much of
a traveller since he came to Linton.
Mt. and Mrs. Chas. Newberry and
VIII Newberry left last Saturday for
their new home in Blaine, Washing
ton, to which place Mrs. Will New
berry had preceded them.
Nels Anderson, the weMl-known
weII-drMIer of northern Emmons, VIII
sail about the first of December to
visit his old home in Denmark.
Last week a complaint in an cleo
ton contest case, in which A.. M.
Britts is plaintiff and p. G. Rocks de-
PENDANT, was initiated Plaintiff and
defendant were respectively repubIi-
can and democratic candidates for
clerk Of district court at the recent
election &" -