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The Lamar register., 1906-09-19
TOMMY HAD HIS JOKE.
But Probably Something Happened
When Visitor Had Left.

But Probably Something Happened
When Visitor Had Left.
One evening Miss Passe stayed to
dinner and Tommy. as a great favor.
was allowed to have dinner with the
company. Growing restless at des-
sert, he was sent out of the room. but
in few seconds he returned with a
little dresden clock from the sitting
room mantelpiece.
Gracious, child exclaimed the
mother, what mischief are you up to
now?"
Coin to try a speriment," replied
Tommy with importance.
Miss Passee Uttered, THE dear lit
tie fellow is going to try an expert
msnt." she gushed How clever of
him"
While Miss Passee was speaking
Tommy had carefully placed the clock
on the table in front of her. With
mysterious gesture he laid his finger
on his lips and enjoined silence. No
one stirred.
After about two minutes Tommy's
strained expression relaxed and he
clapped his hands in exultation. 1T
goes!" he cried triumphantly; ut
goes! You were wrong, papa" Tom
my's father said nothing. but looked
apprehensive.
"of course it goes. child" laughed
Miss Passee. What made your father
think it wouldn't"
well replied the little fellow,
simply, he said your face would stop
a clock."-The Taller.
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19

Interest will cease on the above
orders after Oct. 10, 1908.
J. T. ADKINS,
County Treasurer.
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19
FOUND AN EASY VICTIM.

Boston Photographer Falls to Very
Old Trick.
A man went into a Boston photo
grapher's gallery the other day. Men
have done this before and survived
even though taken from life. The
man was on the usual errand, a fact
that he carefully impaired to the
artist.
Make the best presentation you can
Of me, gentle sir" he said in court
eous way. And while l need but one.
q dozen will not come ar'iss. Let
them be your premier cabinets. for I
would not curtail the expe'.E..'
The photographer rubbed ais nands
together in a purrng way.
81 will try to satisfy you. SIR" he
said. pray be seated
The subject smiled as the artist
posed him.
81 will admit" he said. "that de-
sire to look my very best. A hearts
happiness this portrait makes"
II fully comprehend" said the artist.
The sitter glanced at his vest.
Seems rather dull and tame to
me-" he said. Ought to be bright
ened up little. Here. suppose you let
me wear that watch and chain of
yours Just as catchy outward dec
Grafton"
So the smiling photographer passed
him the gold watch with its heavy
chain and the sitter donned them with
perceptible pleasure.
"That'll go fine with the rest of the
makeup" he said. and moment or
two later after the photographer had
stepped out to get dry plate or
something he returned to find that the
watch and chain had gone with The
rest of the makeup to parts unknown.
And all this happened in simple old
Boston.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19

81 have noticed said the serious.
sGhand philosopher. that a woman
will get a golf dress when she has no
Intention Of playing the game
That's So" admitted the man with
tho low forehead.
And" continued the offhand philos-
spher. she will get ball gown whom
NE cares nothing about dancing. and
. tennis dress when she wouldn't
play tennis for fear she would freckle.
and bathing suit when she has no
kea of going into the water, and q
Hiding habit when the very thought
4 mounting a horse gives her chills.
and"
YES" interrupted the man with the
6w forhead, but when she gets q
wedding dress she means business.
Ever notice that?"
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19
SOAKED SEED IN BRANDY.
Vermont Woman Tries exps~amsn
With Unexpected Results.

Vermont Woman Tries expsran emf
With Unexpected Results.
An Item appeared In the Barre
Times one day early last week which
told how to raise lettuce in forty eight
hours by soaking the seed In brandy
over night and planting It in sand
lime. One reader tried 1t. She soak.
cd the seed and planted it. according
to directions. Then she watched for
It to come up. The item said It would
grow full-sized lettuce heads in forty.
eight hours, but, this didn't come ur
in that time.
The season being so backward, and
several attempts to persuade lettuce
to come up In the garden having fail.
ed. the woman said she'd give 1t lit
tie more time. Twenty-four hours
were passed and it hadn't come
through the sand. The woman began
to think she had been fooled. More
she thought about it the farther she
got from that serenity of temper
which is so admirable In woman, and
finally she threw the whole mess into
the chicken yard.
The chickens liked it. They thought
a special feast had been prepared for
them, and they greedily ate 1t until
It had all disappeared, and then hud
died down in one corner of the yard |
20 bask in the sun. But the sun had |
q bad effect on them; they grew dizzy. |
and were unable to move about with.
out tumbling over each other. This |
was too much for the good woman.
and that's how the Times came to
hear of it. When it was explained to
her that the chickens were not used
TO brandy diet the receiver was hung
up with bang-Burlington Free
Press.
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19
In Drowning Cases.

In Java 1t is supposed that. IL q live
theep is thrown into the water. 1t will
Indicate the position Of q drowned
Derson by sinking near It. A curious
sustom is practiced in Norway, where
hose in search of drowned body
row to and fro with a cock in the
boat. fully expecting that the bird will
wow when the boat reaches the spot
Where the corpse lies.
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19

Interest will cease on above war
rants after Oct. 10, 1905.
}. I. ADKINS,
County Treasurer.
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19
chamberIain's Cough Remedy Acts
on Natu res Plan.

The most successful medicines are
those that aid nature. Chamberlai n's
Cough Remedy acts on this plan. Take
ii when you have cold and it will allay
the cough, relieve the lunge, aid eIpec-
toration, open the secretions and aid
nature in restoring the system to a
healthy condition. Thousands have
testified to its superior excellence. 1t
oounteracts any tendency Of a cold to
result IN pneumonia. Price. % cents.
Large size, so cents. For sale by all
druggists.
The Lamar register., 1906-09-19

Reporter-"Well, to make long
oory short"
Editor-"A good copyreader u nse-
0sary."-Cleveland Leader.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Saw Coming

beats me in wrestling'' And saying this he jumped
All the family amented the lost one that night but at
dbreak the next morning another Of the brothers went
out to the shore and standing in the light of the rising
out and high sounding Again the stranger youth ap~
peared wrestled Again he victorious and took
the defeated one away in his cloud.
So it every day until all the brothers had
been carried off except the eldest who wrestler.
But he resolved to his brothers if such thing
were possible and he said to his mother and sister:
'Do not weep I will battle for strength. I will
become strong and will 60 and find my brothers,
So he bathed for strength in the water and
powerful than any of his brothers had been One day,
he bathing for strength at the mouth of the creek
trees coming down striking against each other they
were swept along by the current: They came straight
Upon this all the trees and bushes in the forest and
all the birds in the trees began to call out to him in de-
rsion saying els this the who is trying to obtain
power for himsef9 His power is weak -
Eldest Brother mortified at this that Jumped
right back into the water again. and the fallen trees
rushed at him. But they to him they proved to
they together Hoated away without harm
ing him. After he had been in the water little longer
he looked and saw great masses of ice coming down
the creek toward him, striking together with grinding
noise as they approached. ...-
Again Eldest Brother jumped out of the water and
started away But the birds and the trees AMI
the bushes again began to laugh at him and call him
coward, and into the water he went once more.
III This t time he n thought he going to be crushed
something soft and white like cotton and passed harm
lessly to the sea. 49,. =.
Then rocks floating down with fierce noise but
Eldest Brother stood his ground this time and did
away. And 10! the rocks nothing but brittle
hollow things which crumbled to pieces when touched
them. t.l.- :,.zs -.t III. -F- ~.
That is the wayl That is the way!' shouted all the
trees and the birds in approval =.
AS he came out of the water Eldest Brother saw,
standing the beach, Short stout man. with remark
ably snewy limbs, who called out to him: tCome here
grandson and let how you stand punishment
At first Eldest Brother thought Of running away, but
clustering up his be came and stood before the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
WHERE COULD SHE SLEEP?

A woman who boosted that she never slept we'll had
travelled much that she had all sorts of places
81 can It sleep in New York account of the ele-
waited trains that within block of Cousin James,
house. she explained to friend day; and Phil
adephia there is electric light that shines from tho
corner right my bedroom wall, and never wish to
have blinds closed.
"In Boston my friends live on street thru which
the milk carts very early
''In Washington, at the Duncan's, there's dog,
and he's liable to bark at any time, keep expecting
to hear him, when he doesn It.
'*In Buffalo, at Henry's, THERE cuckooclock that
keeps waking up. When I'm with the Salsbury's
just lie and listen to the sea- booming and splashing all
night long, And at dear Annals of there are the
babies'
~ should think you d love to 60 to the Hender-
sons'," said the sympathetic friend "Rght in tho
woods and farm animals, like hens, anything to
disturb you.''
raised her eyes to heaven my DEAR tried it once
and the quiet fearful! never closed my eyes
till daylight!"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

THE CLOUD-WRESTLER
EAR the town of Skidans lived eight brothers with

~ EAR the town of Skdans lived eight brothers with
~ their mother and sister. All the boys were
- strong lads except the eldest. The younger ones
could hunt and fish and very fond of wrestling but
the eldest brother lay around the house and neither
gagged in the work the athletic sports of the Others
The younger brothers wrestled with all the boys in
Skidans and threw them by One day of
them said: 81 wish stranger would along and
wrestle with believe the greatest wrestlers
in the whole world Then outside the
cried challenge call, ''H-uui!' loud he could.
As he finished his challenge cloud rushing up
out Of the ocean and out of the cloud stepped tall
Did you challenge metz inquired the stranger youth.
81 did," replied the younger brother, and at it they
went
The younger brother put up good fight, but the
stranger youth too much for him and he thrown
finally.
AS as the younger brother the ground
the stranger youth said CHOW you my slave and
get your freedom only when of your brothers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

strange man. The had knotty stick in his hand
and with he struck Eldest Brother tremendous whack
It took all the youth could do to keep from running
when he the stick rased but he stood his ground and
when it hit him he did feel it at ALL while the stick
broke to pieces. Then the took branches OF
wild crabappe tree and hit the youth with them but they
also failed to hurt. Finally the took up handful
of long seaweed to strike him. Eldest Brother laughed
at that but when hit him he knocked several feet
away and almost fell to the ground.
He hurt when he thought he was not going to be
hurt at all and not hurt when he expected it.
But he made whimper and smiling for another
beating.
"You will do, ," said the CHOW let how
you can wrestle. I am called Strong Man,
They seized each other and wresed all the beach
up and down-sometimes getting the better of It
and sometimes the other, until finally Eldest Brother
threw Greatest Strong Man.
When estSrong Man picked himself up he said:
"Now you stout of heart and stout of limb. Chak
lenge him who stole away your brothers,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Easy
for a
Sultan

Many thirsty American, standing at the
A Use foot of the Mount Blanc glacier has wished
For that the great field of solid ice could be
Glacier Clipped up to tinkle in glass of water or
lemonade. The American liking for iee-cold
drinks is gradually gaining foothold abroad and Yam
keeed business has at last worked system by
which the great glacier be used nexhaustble
ice mine 1t win be dynamited and these pieces cut into
cubes and carried to the valley beneath by
guage railway. Little by little man ingenuity is finding
4 use for everything in leture ].
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
THE PRIZE BUTTONS.

WING oversight the stock Of prize buttons has
~ entirely out More have been ordered, but it
will be two three weeks before the order for
be filed. Meantime, the checks for prizes viii be
sent each week, and the buttons will follow later.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

There all kinds of convenient things
Easy about being a sultan, but Junior photo
for raphers will best appreciate the power
Sultan the sultan Of Morocco has in getting pictures
he wants. The dusky rulers hobby just at
present photography and his favore subjects the
wild animals which make up his menagerie. When the
animals refuse to take keep poses he wants. the sui
the at hand take hold of the
beasts and hold him still for mnute. Sometimes
it is servant and again is the prime minister who is
tho victim Of the sultans Evidently there
pleasant situations in the world than dwelling close
TO the sultan of Morocco.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

Saying this, Greatest-Strong- Man Wene
away into the woods, and Eldest Brother
returned to tell his sister and mother that
the lost boys would soon be restored to
them. But they laughed at Eldest
Brother, for they did not know how strong
and brave he had become, and they still
thought of him as the boy who had lounged
around the house while his brothers hunted
and fshed and engaged in athletic sports.
EARLY the next morning, however, he
went out and stood on the seashore and
cried the challenge cry of "Hu-u-u-i!"
loud and long. Up from the sea came the
cloud with red streaks in it, and out of the
cloud stepped the youth who had made
slaves of the younger brothers.
"Come and wrestler said Eldest
Brother. The stranger youth laughed.
"What! with you9' said he. "You, the
weakest of all the brothers? I have made
the strong ones slaves. will make short
work of you' And they began wrest-
ling.
It was hard fight, but no harder than
the one Eldest Brother had had with
Greatest Strong Man. And after while
the stranger youth said, "Let me 60, and
I will send back one of your brothers,
"No," replied Eldest Brother; II
want them all'' And so they wrestled
some more.
Every once in a while the stranger
youth would offer another Of the lost
brothers to be let off, but each time Eldest
Brother refused to let him 60 unless all the
brothers were liberated. At last the
stranger youth had promised all except tho
youngest brother.
This one, he said, he would not let 60
on any accout, and he put forth all his
STRENGTH for the final effort Rnt Eldest
Brother was too much for him and sud-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A NEW KIND OF DOLL.

A good anecdote concerning Mrs. Clarence Mackay
appears in the tPersonal' column in the HaI
per's Weekly Mrs Mackay, it seems wanted to make
birthday present to good little girl who went to school,
ttIU give you doll, - she said.
The little girl thanked her.
ttWhat kind of doll do you wantf''
stTwns, please
And twins it was,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

MS head struck the ground Then he gave up and
tod Eldest Brother where he could find the boys and gave
him magic password which would liberate them.
Before night all the brothers together again in
the house with their mother and sister, all praised
Eldest Brother and wondered at his great strength
AS for the stranger youth he mortified at his
defeat that he changed into rock the shoEe which
still to be and is called by the natives around Skdans
Wrestling Rock When going to rain the cloud
the red sreaks in it is to this day. rolling up from
the and when the rain follows the people that
cloud weeping for the stranger youth who
became the Wrestling Rock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Hard
On
Mimics

TO the Junior with aching tooth, the for
Very ceps of the dentist look AZ G. bio az
Hard house, and the feel Of them cutching around
Pull the tooth gettinq good hold ia really xuoraa
than the pull itself But how would it seem
to have aching tooth pulled out by pair of mules1
BRAZIL famous elephant in Of the circus companies
touring the country, had such toothache that she
knocked out the side of her before they what
the trouble Then when they discovered the
of her fury and the veterinarian tried to pull the TOOTH
the circus practically went to pieces his continued
failures Finally farmer standing suggested the
Of his two mules and they actually hitched to
the tooth and set to work to pull it out Most Of
would prefer the most unsympathetc of dentists
this but they say Brazil went back to her with
contented look.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A VERY BIG BOAT.
U7HEN Robert Fulton launched the "Cermon
~ probably never dreamed that within thre

w HEN Robert Fulton launched the "Cermont,'' he
w probably dreamed that within three gen.
erations, steamship would be built whose smokesack
alone would be big enough to swallow up the Cermont
masts and all Yet that is exactly what the Allan
tic liner "Lusitania'' could Figures little to
most of us, but few comparisons will bring home
forcby what has developed since the day when Robert
Fultons faulty steamboat pulled and wheezed up the
Hudson.
In the first place. the Lusitana travel farther in
day than the Clermont could go in week The
Lusana has twenty-five boilers with 900 horse power
while the Clermont had boiler and a twenty-four
horse engine The Cermont had for only 120
passengers the Lustania carry 2o0o The Lustania
is long three ordinary city blocks and
TALL from her keel to the top of her smokestacks,
twevestory building.
This, with other big boats that have been built by
the various lines in the carrying trade the Atlantic
little short of magical when compared with the simple
start made by Robert Fulton Judging from what has
veloped in the past century, the widest flights magma
ton could hardly picture what may be accomplished facts
in the twenty-frst century.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

The best way to learn a foreign language is
Hard to go to the country where it is spoken, for
On mimicry is the easiest way in which to learn
Mimics such things. Americans who live for two
three months among English people, uncon.
sciously take less of the English Any,
body who has lived in the family with sufferer
knows only too well how easy it is to acquire that habit
even tho attempt is made to do There are over
10000 suffering pupils in the German schools the
authorities upon investigation decided that the majority
of cases the result of micry pure simple.
rule was then passed. forbidding any pupil to any
suffering boy girl. Suffering in the German lam
guage certainly is very serious matter
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25
Nutp. SribG (im Glepbantsn.

- Nutp. 6ribl (im Glephantsns
bnus our Muma): Wumu, fam mol
ni6t aud einmal bes G~lepbdnten
.3abnbiirite feben2
9efonbere auffafs
2sbrer: .Das psrftebt man
unter 9lafitsrn9" S9iilsr: .2eute,
bic Stiide fdreibsn, bic gu ermGbigs
ten preiien ssgeben tpsrOen."
= Rod unt6er. o.: sd
babe sebDrt, sic nOlen 5rduIein
26fer beiratben9" g.: 50, 6as mill
i9, i'd min isbt gu ibr ssben unb is
fragsn, oh bus @erii4t pubr it!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

-RObsL @ssnt: Sic baden ri
duf Sbrer Sour pirtli9 nit Der
Sodtsr zines SunbeH berIobt, neil
sic feline anbers M6gli6teit fuben,
ben aniturm Der 9Onturrsn3 absu.
f6Iasens Dus bat benn Sbr prins
5ipul gu elmer fDlden aufopferuns
sefast2" 9ef6dftsreiienbsr: .@ar
ni9ts, er bat mir blob fir msinsn
@erlobungstug bic Speien seitriten.
neil mid ba Gfsn unb Srinteu nidts
nefpitet h1tte."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

ausrebs sic: r@eitern
46snO bit On aber feit iiBenseblie'
benz" gr: rSu, mir buttsn sben Self
IiBung!"
= 3um 8stfpiel. 2sbrer:
Transparent nennt man etpas, mo
man bur9Isben fam. Was TT alfo
transparsnt9 GriB: Sine Better,
Serr 2sbrer.
= Rod f9Iimmer. o.: Sd
Iage Dir, nit meiner Grau 1T ss
fiirdterli6. SeOe WO9e feBt fie einen
anberen tSut uuf! g.: limb meine
ieben Gag einen unbern &Opf!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

gosbaft. @irtb: ~@us psrs
miFen sic in meiner Weinturte9"
@ait: r0is Auenenansube!"
SIN Babe. mas feblt benr
sissntlid ben S0dtsrn bonn @ebsims
ratb So6mutb2" %, bic leiben an
bp6graOissr SsiratbsfGbistsit."
= SIM empo o. rSaben sic Bel
Sbrsr 4utomobiIfabrt bic 8iaa bes
(. gsiebsn. bic 10 nett an Der StraBe
Iiest2" so, bas mar cine 8iGa. i'd
belt lie fir sinsn WstIenitein."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

- S9mst4eGbaft. 8iirgsrs
meiiter (aus Der propinS): Sd tperbe
mir bic Greibsit nebmen. = fagen
sic bies Der Grau 9rGfin! 9o9,
apropOs, piFen Sie ni4t, eri4etnt
man in GROCER Soilette9 0iener;
Darum ni6t gar - tein S9etn! SIN
@ertruusn = bic Sruu @rdfiH bat
g'fust, morsen abenO tdm' niemdnS
@'f6eit's!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

- 8sim 2isbbabertbea'
ter. @prftanosbame, gu benz mits
pirtsnben germ: rSm atpsiten Qtt
baden sic Sbre partnerin, bas
Srdulsin 8obnenftensel, gu tiifsn.
urb TN britten gtt Oeraebren sic cine
9dnieIsberpuitste. 0as Sfen pirb
felbftberitGnbli9 muir martirt!"
Ssrr Gdii9teru): ~DGr's ni9t BEL
fer -. umgete6rt2"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

- 8etber Table d'hote. 9aIt:
rSerr Doctor, als 4rat empfsblen
sic alien g%atienten, m0sGi9ft penig
su siIsn, unb sic ielbit fpeiien fir
bret!" Qr5t: nMertsn sic benn
ni4t, bub id mid aus DeIti9mers
umbrin9en piu2"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

Die s~tn3igs M0stt9s
tsit. .@as lift oas fir elm abideus
Ii9ts 6rausn5immer9" nGie iunss
Trau BON grofsFOr 9riiblsr!!" rRa,
bic lam er nur aus 3ertreutbeit sss
beiratbet babsn!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

aritit. Dent Dir, aribert,
infer 6Iodi, Der miIerabIe Suub, bat
mir in Der 2aube bus gauge Wauus
ftript msiner nsuen @sbi6te ssrriIs
fen" u@ieiO2 Suit bu fe ibn
horneleien2"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

- 2ogtf6. o.: Die 9egens
IdB. finb ~nOtbpenOts gum Slid in
Der Gbe. Was benz einen 9utten
feblt, ioG Der anbere befiBen! O.:
r9dns rs6t; barum babe i'd mir
aud cine 9raut nit 5psibunoerttaus
Isnb Srunteu @erm0ssn geiu6t!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

= @erieben. rSie, Der Spibs
msper lift Elm ,Sauptterl. sic pifen
ia, Der arbeitet in alien mDgli6en 4rs
titeln: S9reibmaf9inen, 4utpmobis
len, 9rammppbonen, 9arleben, Son>
berfationsleriias unb natiirIi9 aud
@erii4erungen. Reuli4 iteae i'd Jpn
elmer Dame Dor. bic nit einem etngss
bOrensn Snber psrbeirutbet 1T. Dus
tbut Der Sptbmeper @r er3GbIt Der
Dame bon Der inoiiden Site, bic
Dittpen gu Oerbrennen, unO iiberrebet
iie riattg bu5u. ii4 9ssen Geuer bers
fihern gu laifen!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-10-25

= @Orf9Iug 3ur Cite.
Srau: rS9on tpieber tommit Su 10
IpGt nab Saufe - unb i6 babe nod
ietn Quss susetbun!" @atte: rRun,
10 bride bod ieBt lpeuigitsns zines
5u!"