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The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

Long Bridge over the Potomac at
Washington is being torn down. This
old wooden structure was opened in
1909 and 1t has seen historic events,
During the attack OF the British on
the capital in 1874. II was set on
IRE MS defensive measure and par
TALLY destroyed The first union
troops bound south passed over it,
and some OF them came back over
II after the first battle OF Bull Run.
After the war Long Bridge thun.
dered with the weary armies of the
Potomac and OF the Tennessee. re-
turning under Meade and sherman.
May the new steel bridge be way
for peaceful trafflc only,
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

That coreless apple found In Maine
may be taken as prophetic OF the ap-
pleless Eden OF the future.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30
THE REGISTER
o1oRADo

monument to Capt. James Cook
was recently unveiled In New Zen
land
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

Twice recently The Youths Com.
panion has inadvertently repre-
scented franklin AS Quaker. The
explanation Of this error which
is probably widespread, is that
Franklin. being simple citizen
OF philadelphia. Wore clothes of n
fashion set by the Quakers. plain
gray or drah suit. He continued to
wear this costume while he was in
France. Once when his court suit
was not ready, he appeared in his
republican" garb before Louis WI.
He became the fashion OF France. and
indeed in nearly all Europe and il
WAS At one time the proper thing for
Young republicans and litterateurs to
dress Il la Franklin.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

The best way to prove that n work
Is not impossible is to set earnestly
about It's accomplishment.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30
MAYOR OF SUNBURY
Says Pc -ru- ma Is a Good
Medicine.

Hon. c. c. Brooks, Mayor Of Sun.
bury, Ohio, also Attorney for Farm
ers' Bank and Sunbury Building and
Loan Co., writes:
Il have the utmost confidence in
the virtue of Peruna. It is a great
medicine. l have used it and I have
known many of my friends who have
obtained beneficial results from its
use. ! cannot praise Peruns too
highiy."
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

1mpudence md audacity will often
accomplish more than modesty and
wisdom. bu. their victories are short
lived.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

Hath any wronged thee? Be brave
ly revenged: slight 1t. and the works
begun; forgive it, and tits finished. He
is below himself that is not above an
injury.-Quarles.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

Not long ago woman In New
York library was observed smelling
the books She explained that she
never took those that bore an odor OF
perfumery. but preferred those redo
lent OF tobacco The best books"
she said, are read by men" 1t is
NO doubt reasonable 10 avoid books
and most other things-that are
drenehed in pertumery. but the book
that reeSs with tobacco may lack
every other element OF strength. Like
hams. books must be good before
they are smoked. hut unlike hams.
they are never cured by smoking.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

Society women in Connecticut
town are going to try the silence
cure" for their nerves and have re
solved to stop talking. The strain on
their nerves by this unnatural re-
s,riction however, is apt TO make the
remedy prove worse than the dis.
ease. and the woman-there will
scarcely be more than one who
energies from the ordeal with her
resolution kept will BE- the heroine Of
the age. In the meantime the msscu-
line portion Of the town is plurrins
i,seK on the coming temporary mil,
leniur.
The Lamar register., 1907-01-30

DR.. NJ. Beshoar Of Trinidad has been
elected vice president OF the TubercN
losis League. which recently closed its
annual session al Atlanta. Georgia.
The aeSt meeting Of the league will be
held at Atlantic City. New Jersey DR..
Beshoar is a graduate of Ann Arbor
and FIVE years ago attended the gradu-
ating exercises there. il being the fif-
tieth anniversary OF his graduation
from the medical department Of that
college.
The body Of William s Hawkins.
who was decapitated by an electric
motor car al the MinneQua works at
Pueblo. will be taken to Sydney, Nova
Scotia. accompanied by the young
widow and little child of the deceased
Hawkins was an active member of the
drill team of Camp No. ISL Woodnen
Of the World. and took an important
part in the funeral OF Police Officer
Richards less than two days before he
was himself killed
IL is stated By those in a position
to know thar the fourteen salaried po-
siuous which Simon GusSenheiu- the
great Sneltsr uazuate. resigned from
in order to give his full time to his
duties as United States senator from
Colorado. brought him in $4,000 i
year
Acting Chief of stan Thomas Fl.
Barry at Washington. said that the re
pors that the army department head
quarters are to Be removed from Den
yer Is entirely without foundation.
There Is 10 intention oc the part Of
TIE War Department 70 make any
change
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01

About this time Stephen d. Field
and Thomas Edison In the United
States began experimenting. In 1880
Edison was operating at Menlo PARK
an electric locomotive which pulled
two cars.
Tho First Electric Railroad.
The first regular electric line to bs
established was at Lichterfelde, Ger
many, near Berlin. 1t was only nile
and a half in length and opened fol
traffic in May 1881. The trains car
rled twenty-six passengers, at a maxi
mum speed Of thirty miles an hour.
The first electric car to be operated
regularly in the United States was In
stalled by Deft on the Hamden branch
Of the Baltimore Union Passenger
Railway in August, 1885. That
was barely twenty years ago. 50
great as the skepticism Of the public
and railway men generally that the con-
tract under which the road was built
withheld payment one year so that It
might be determined whether the carr
would run. mo one but knave OF
q fool would undertake such a thing"
said a well known scientist at the
time. Scientists sometimes have trouble
keeping up with the procession. About
the same time small cars were oper'
ated by Van Derpoele at South Bend,
Ind, followed by other small roads In
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01
NAMES OF DAYS.
The Latin and Saxon Terms From
Which They Are Derived.

The Latin and Saxon Terms From
Which They Are Derived. 4.
Our names for each day are derived
rowed the week from some eastern
people, substituting names Of their
own divinities for those of tho clas-
steal gods, as is easily seen when the
names are tahulated:
Latin. Saxon. English.
Dies Soils. Suns day. Sunday.
Dies Lunae. go. Moons day. Monday.
Dies Martis. ...Tiw's day.. Tuesday.
Dies Mercurii.. Woden's day.. Wednesday.
Dies Jovis. 800. Thor's day.. Thursday.
Dies Veneris... Friga's day.. Friday.
Dies SATURN. .Seterne's day. Saturday.
Among the ancients the belief In the
influence of the planets upon the life
Of men was SO strong that many In Sc
lecting their daily ornaments would
wear only the gem associated with the
planet of the day. Thus on Sunday
only yellow gems and gold should
adorn the fingers. Pearls and white
stones. excepting diamonds, belonged
to the Moon day. Tuesday, day Of Mars,
claimed rubies and all stones of fiery
luster. Thursday. Thor's day, demand
ed amethysts and deep colored stones
Of sanguine tint, while Friday, DOM
mated by Venus, reigned over the en-
erald, color Of jealousy, which is loves
shadow. Saturday, dedicated to Sat-
urn, oldest of the gods, had for it's
distinctive talisman the most splendid
Of all gems, the diamond.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01

Edisou Electric Locomotive Operated Ex-
psrimsntalIy 1T Menlo Park. 1880.
Windsor, Canada; Appleton, Wis; Port
Huron, Mich; Scranton, Pa, and
Montgomery, Ala. In the autumn OF
1884 Frank L. Sprague, whose name
is inseparably connected with electric
traction, began to attract attention
with his motors.
Twenty Years Of Achievement.
At the beginning Of 1887 there were
in the whole world less than sixty
miles Of electric railroad track, and
only about one hundred Motors and
motor cars. In 1905 there were nearly
thirty thousand miles Of electric track
in the United States alone.
This change was not accomplished
without opposition, encouragement
and financial difficulties. Mr.. Sprasue
himself, who was 50 potent factor in
working this change, has told the story
Of his first important contract. In the
spring Of 1887, the Union Passenger
Railway company Of Richmond, Va,
engaged him to build an electric rail-
way. The first car was run out one
night while the skeptical people slept,
to make sure it could climb the hills.
It started out in a blaze Of glory and
ANONYMOUSLY was towed back again
by four big mules. But Sprague per.
sisted until on Feb. 2, 1888, In .
drizzling rain, the road opened for
business.
From that time forward the future
Of electric railroading was assured and
events moved rapidly. City after city
adopted the new motive power; horse
cars became things Of the past; in
terurban roads began to gridiron the
country everywhere. and in each in
stance commercial success was
scored. Electric interurban lines have
been money makers from the start.
The greatest development has been
in. the east: but the west Is not-t2r
benind. The Aurora, Elgin and Chi
cago Electric railway (he third-rail
system) which has been in operation
several years, is famous. From one
central power station over two hun
dred miles of road are operated, or will
be as soon as the line to Belvidere 10
completed. Electricity at wholesale IS
sold to cities and villages along the
route for lighting purposes; electricity
for power is sold to farmers. Trains
of elegant cars run into Chicago at
speed which would have seemed i'm
possible q few years ago. Passengers
wave good bye to steam trains on 4
paraIleling railroad, which they pass
easily. A parlor and dining car 10 one
~ the luxuries which the suburbanites
enjoy going to and FROM the city, and
the railroad seems Veritablo gold
mine for It's owners.
The horse car has long since dieap-
reared. Will the iron horse. the greet
steam locomotive, be supplanted aisof
This question occurs to all who can
zee the Significance Of passing events.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01
FROM: HORSE CAR
TO THE TROLLEY
Story Of the Wonderful De.
y velopment in Electric
j.. Traction During tho
Past Twenty
Years.
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION
Gradual Elimination OF Distance
Through the Development Of
tho Electric Locomotive
Chicago to Now
York in Ten
Hours.
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION

During the summer Of 1887, there
appeared in the New York Sun the
following faceious news item:
'"They tried an electric car on
Fourth avenue yesterday. 1t created
In amount Of surprise and consterna-
ton from Third st. to One Hundred
Ind Seventeenth st. that was some
thing like that caused by the first
steamboat on the Hudson. Small boys
relied dynamite" and rats" and
nade similar appredative remarks IN
Ill they were hoarse. Newly-appointed
policemen debated arresting it, but
went no further. The car horses
which were met on the other track
kicked without exception, as was
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01

Probably not for many years to co8de,
As far as heavy freight traffic n con-
cerned, because steam is especially ap-
plicable to the hauling of freight But
tine action Of the New York Central, In
electrifying thirty-nve miles Of its road
leac~,g out Of New York, and the
popular agitation for similar improve
ment in chicago and elsewhere, would
seem to point to time not far distant
when electric railroads will connect
distant cities and greatly shorten the
hours Of travel.
Chicago to New York In Ten HouSsL
In fact such a railway already n
being built between Chicago and New
York by the Chicago-New York Elec-
trio Air Line Railroad company, q
chicago. This company, headed BY q
group OF practical railroad men, pro-
noses to run limited trains, making NOT
more than three stops through to New
FORK or Chicago. in ten hours. The
thought fairly takes ones breath away
ut arst but the project considered
soberly seems practical enough, and
certainly is "a contamination devoutly
TO be wished" The work Of grading
began Sept. near LaPorte, Ind.
Az the new road will be an air line.
with few curves, the route surveyed
Is $50 miller, shorter than the Pennsyt-
vania "Skort Line, and 23O miles
shorter tran the Lake Shore and
New York Central, each Of which runs
trains covering the distance in eighteen
hours. Taking into consideration tho
shorter route Of the Air Line, this .
equivalent to a feurteen-hour serv3c2
With low grades, 4 straight track and
no grade crossings, the seventy-dve
0.iles an -.our average necessary to .
ten-hour service ought easily to b
maintained. Even on the first class
steam roads Of today ninety miles N
hour is not uncommon for short d.
tances.
The Scientific American of Feb. 10,
1905, speaking editorially of the New
York Central experiment, says, "Ths
success Of this installation, of which
there can be no doubt whatever, marks
the first step in the gradual substi-
tuition Of the electric for the steam
locomotive in the operation Of long dis
lance express Trains" The Chicago
New York project may be regarded the
second step. .'~ 49, 1
Mr.. sprague himself says that speed
is "a matter Of finance" "What then
will determine the future?" he asks.
"Chiefly the financial factor, as it must
the future of any other great industrial
problem. When savings in operation
and the increased return for tra@c
will more than pay fair dividend on
money invested for electrical equip
ment, will trunk lines be operated by
electricity"
Professor Charles p. steinmets, ono
Of the greatest authorities on slec-
tr1city, is quoted as saying, There 10
no limit to the speed that may be de-
veloped in electric traction-that n,
there is no limit up to $50 or 200 miles
an hour. Higher speed than that the
car wheels could not stand. They
would hy to pieces from centrifugal
force. Not only can 4 speed Of 12O
miles m hour he maintained ON a
train equipped with electricity, but in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01

First Reg ul.r Electric Railway In Uaitsa
States. Baltimore, 1886.
my opinion it is an entirely feasible
scheme from the commercial point OF
view."
At any rate, the world seems on
the eve Of great things, and no scien-
fist dares say today as was said twen-
ty years ago, "a man is knave or q
fool" The attitude Of the American
public is one Of faith and expectancy.
best expressed by a recent remark o.
an old lady in her last Sickness:
II don't want to de-" she said, II
want to see what they are going 70
do"
OF Course.
Professor "a little distracted I'm
clad to see you. How's your wife7
II regret it, professor, but I'm not
married"
"Ah, yes. Then Of course your wife's
still single" Batter.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
The Pepper Family.

Five Little Peppers In the Little
Brown House." by Margaret Sidney,
author Of the famous Pepper books,
which have gladdened the hearts of
many thousands OF Juvenile readers,
has recently been issued from the
presses of the Lothrop, Lee & Shep-
ard Co., Boston. BY the art of the
author, Margaret Sidney" in private
life Mrs. Daniel Lothrop. who lives
in Concord, Mass. in THE Wayside."
made famous as the residence of Ma.
thaniel Hawthorne, the irrepressible
Pepper children with their many hui
man and lovable qualities have be-
come familiar acquaintance, and the
presentation of situations Is so genu.
inely humorous that all ages are On.
tertained. The recent addition to the
Pepper family is equally as good as
Its predecessors.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
Entertains and Instruets the BOYS.

Rob the Ranger" and "On the
Trail of the Arabs" two books by
Herbert Strong, the celebrated En-
glish writer, recently published by
the BobbsMerrill company. of Indian.
apolis. Ind. are two stories OF ad.
venture that are bound to prove fas-
cinating and instructive to the aver.
age boy, the kind of clean. whole.
some youth who has a longing for
adventures of all kinds. Mr.. Strang
is writer whose stories have at.
tracted the attention OF thousands Of
persons interested in providing boys
with reading that Is at once whole
some and entertaining. and whose In.
formation is accurate and whose En-.
lglish is above reproach. While both
stories are entertaining enough to tie
the most fidgety little fellow to the
hearth-side during its perusal, each
has an instructive and educational
turn that Is truly delightful and com.
mendable
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
MANS LACK OF CALAMITY.
Or. 10 You May Look at u, woman's
unreasonabieneas

H. J. Conway. OF Chicago. president
OF the Retail Clerks International
union. advocated at the recent conyen.
ton In 81. Louis the same pay for
women "a for men clerks.
Wien women. said MIR. Conway
afterward. do the same work az men
they should get the same wages, And
anyone who argues that this Ia I'm.
possible seems 10 me at once as un.
gallant and as Illogical as the famous
husband OF Paint Rock.
This husband was returning home
from market late one Saturday nigh,
with his wife. The wife was burdened
with a huge market basket. a broom
kit OF mackerel-iear knows WIN,
all As for the man. he carried moth.
ing.
Coming 20 a steep Hill. the wife
paused and said reproaehfully:
Jack, II you were a real man.
you'd help me- carry some OF these
parcels
Jack glared at her In disgust and
seorn.
'Aw. how can if' he growled
Amt | got goth hands in my pock.
cts "-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
DRANK WITH HIS FEET.
Clergyman Knew the Beat Place 10
Put the Whisky.

There was no Are In the smoking
car and everybody was blue and trem.
uious with cold.
My feet fairly ache" said a clergy.
man.
Then drummer. winking at his
neighbors. pulled out a flask OF whis.
Ky.
Here's the best thing going for cola
feet, friend. he said.
And the clergyman extended his
hand for the bottle eagerly.
You bet IL is. said he.
He poured n huge drink into the
glass, lifted II toward the drummer
with Here's looking at you, sir" and
then, slipping of his boots. emptied
the whisky into them.
In two minutes my ioe-eold feet -
he said. will be- In warm glow
Whisky poured into the boots warns
the feet like hot stove"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
Good Workers Illy Rewarded.

Sweynheym and Pannartz. the two
Germans who were the first TO print
books In Rome, used paper and types
OF excellent quality. Their ink on
pages printed more than 400 years
ago can vie In blackness with the best
OF the present day. Yet with all their
labors they often lacked bread. In n
petition to the pope they informed his
holiness that their house was full OF
proof sheets, but they had nothing TO
eat.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
BLACK. ITCHING SPOTS ON FACE.
Physician Called II Eczema In Worst
Form-Patient Despaired Of Cure
Cuticura Remedies Cured Her.

About four years ago was afflicted
with black splotches all over my face
and few covering my body, which
produced a severe itching irritation.
and which caused me a great deal of
suffering, to such an extent that was
forced to cali In two Of the leading
physicians Of - After a thorough
examination Of the dreaded complaint
they announced 1t to be skin eczema
in the worst form. Their treatment
did me no good. Finally / became de-
spondent and decided to discontinue
their services. My husband purchased
a single set of the Cuticura Remedies,
which entirely stopped the breaking
out. ] continued the use OF the Cuti-
cura Remedies for six months, and
after that ever splotch was entirely
gone. l have not felt a symptom Of
the eczema since, which was three
years ago. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge, $40
Jones Ave., Selma. Ala, Oct. 2S, 1906"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
HORSES THAT WOULDN'T DROWN


An Albanian who has just returned
from the east. where freshets have
been the rule, tells the following about
. horse which had been attached to
foot bridge crossing a brook. to
Keep the structure from going adrift
The food finally swept horse and
bridge down stream. Later, the
bridge was discovered lodged against
.ne bank, with the horse sitting quiet
~ on the former.
a Dystander who had listened In
tentiy to this tale, remarked quietly:
see suthin'. similyar oncet."
indeed? What was itY' asked the
story teller.
re see, was the reply, ''arter the
moss see was took down stream. mo-
buddy ever 'spected to see him alive
asin. But he was a pow'ful sort o.
brute, an bout a hour arterward we
see him comm up a stream a-pulin'
the blame ole bridge arter him,"-Al
bany Evening Journal.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26


Uncle George was an old colored
man who tried awfully hard to be
good. but II was very difficult for him
TO keep from stealing. As he ex.
planned II. Il just nachaily want TO
take what lay my hands on"
Uncle Georges latest theft was a
pig The more he thought about what
ne had done the worse he felt. About
the middle of the night HIS wife awoke
and saw uncle still kneeling by the
bedside In earnest prayer.
why don't you get In bed?" she
asked.
oh. let me alone" replied Uncle
george; Use tryin' 10 'splain to
heaven JUS how happen to have that
pig. and the more 'splain the wusser
mixed ] GET
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
How 70 inye.t Your SAVINGS.

There is perhaps no more univef sal
desire than that to acquire noS.y,
and for this reason peculiar inte, est
attaches to How to Invest Your sav.
ings." by Isaac r. Marcosson, wh lch
has just been published by the Heiry
Altemus company. of Philadelpf la
This book has many qualities which
make II distinct among books of its
kind. Mr.. Marcosson's book is writ
ten la the interest OF the average man
or woman with savings or funds to in.
vest, and its sole purpose is To furnish
accurate facts and knowledge essen.
tial to safe and conservative invest
ment.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
To Have No Trouble.

One way to avoid trouble is to
make 1t impossible before It appears.
On the day of the Sunday school pic
mic the trolley car stopped to take a
bright-eyed, middle-aged woman with
six hatless boys. Yes, we're going
to the picnic" she chirped. in response
TO the conductors query. but ,ou
won't have to stop to pick up any lost
headgear. I'm perfectly willing to
take care OF six boys; but there isat
money enough to tempt me to h Ok
after six. boys and six hats"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
psternaI Advice

What was the text this morning ?"
asked Mr.. Wibbsley when his little
boy had returned from church.
"A mans a man for a that"
"um. Very good. I'm glad you re-
member IT, Now get your Bible and
turn down leaf where the chapter In
that has II in. so you'll know where to
find II II you ever forget IT,"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
For the Cosy Corner.

An elderly man from the country.
intent on purchasing some furniture.
proceeded to the city to put his skin
for bargaining to the test. On enter.
Ing an odd curiosity" shop he found
himself confronted by the proprietor.
After turning over the stock the old
man purchased chair. A few DAYS
later the purchaser returned to the
shop again with the chair in about
half dozen pieces. The proprietor
looked at them very gravel, and ex-
amined them all over. then suddenly
exclaimed: "Ah. my friend, see
what Is the matter; somebody has
been sitting on it!"-Tit.Bit