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The Lamar register., 1909-07-28
Ancient Staircase in Harvard House

inn. has been known merely as the
odd house on High street." and only
through the recent efforts of an Ameri-
can. who Is a Harvard graduate, has
the house been identified as the home
Of the mother Of the man who founded
Harvard university. This American
found that John Harvard's mother was
Katherine Rogers. daughter of Thomas
Rogers. Stratford-on-Avon alderman,
but where she lived he did not know.
1t was merely as an antiquarian that
he was one day examining the old
house on High street." when he was
genuinely surprised and delighted to
find under a window of the second
story the Inscription, "T. R., 1896. X.
r." Further search among the records
of the town disclosed lease describ-
ing the Garrick inn property as
bounded on the north by the dwell
ing house Of Thomas Rogers" Here.
then, was the connecting link which
held to prove that the old house of
High street. was the home of the
woman who gave John Harvard birth
1t was through Marie Corelli. who
lives In Stratford-on-Avon, that the
house was finally purchased after hav-
ing been withdrawn from the market
because the bids were not high
enough. She was on a summer cruise
on Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht when
she met Edward Morris Of Chicago.
To him she confided her hope that the
house would some day belong to Har-
ward university. Immediately Mr..
Morris grew enthusiastic over the
idea. He authorized the novelist to
purchase the place for him. and in
intrusted her. moreover. with the work
of restoring the ancient building and
bringing 1t back to Its original six
teenth century style.
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and forwards it with lot OF similar
bundles to Washington. where the old
and dirty money is never counted. but
Just ground up and destroyed. He has
thought the whole plan out and says
he can substitute a phony package for
the one with the old bills in 1t. He
has to have some one in the deal with
him. for he would never dare to try to
get rid of the old money. / saw him
this afternoon and tomorrow he will
have to make his regular weekly trip,
and the package already is made up
with $4,000 in good money in 1t. All
he wants is half for his share and
can give him $4,000 in 500 and $500
clean bills and take the package.
only have about $1,000 to my name. SO
1 will have to get some one to go In
the deal with me. You two can come
in for $4,000 each. Are you on? And
wait minute, you needn't agree right
now, but meet me at ten o'clock in the
morning and go with me to the Nine
teenth National and see my friend for
yourself"
The two agreed to meet Cleland on
the morrow and said goodnight. And
what do you think of it," inquired
Floyd as they went down on the ele-
vator. I'm little afraid of it."
We'll. let's look into ii, anyway" re-
turned Solomon. IF there's chance
to pick up some easy money. ]
want it."
On the following morning they were
convinced that the deal was a good
one when they went to the Nineteenth
National with Cleland. and visiting
the safety vault section of the bank,
met Danny Roberts as that young man
came out of small compartment In
his shirt sleeves with a package OF
papers in his hands and a pencil be-
hind his ear. Danny looked the part
of busy clerk and they heard him
whisper nervously to Cleland that sit
was all right" He added that he
would be at the appointed place at
precisely IL o'clock.
The appointed place was small
dingy Office of dilapidated build.
ing on New street. Cleland sx-
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easy 1t is for you. Solomon is wise
old eagle from the crags of the Sierras
or whatever mountains they have in
his part of the county Ostensibly
I'm a Chicago lawyer on here to do a
little legal work and to have good
time. Likewise, ostensibly, you are a
travelling auditor for railroad here
to testify before the interstate com
merce commission. Our friend Rosen-
berg likes my company SO I'll let him
cultivate 1t and in a couple of days
you can get busy. See Danny Roberts
and get the lay Of the land and then
attend to all the other details Of get
ting the bank roll in shape. You go
on down stairs. I'm to meet Rosen-
berg there soon. Well both have to
appear pretty busy during the day but
we can meet late in the afternoon.
Another little game in which Solomon
may win hundred or SO may add to
his good feelings. and I'll put him over
few high jumps while the lights are
burning brightest on the Great White
| Way"
The trio met in the lobby of the
hotel a few moments later and Solo,
mon insisted on having just one drink
before they parted company for the
day and then also insisted that they
dine together that evening. The only
dissipation Cleland would indulge in
that evening after dinner was the the
| alter to which he consented to accom-
pany Floyd and Solomon. After the
theater. however. Floyd was indeed
| the gay man Of law away from home
for good time and he put Solomon
through such PAGES as to endear him
! to the heart of that boisterous person.
This journey through the tenderloin
was followed by another. Solomon
liked the gay life but was beginning
to have pain in his pocketbook. SO
that when the third evening after his
arrival in Gotham, Cleland proposed
another game of cards. saying that he
wanted revenge for his loss on the
train. there was ready consent on the
part of the westerner, who proposed to
make some one else pay his expenses
IL he could. Cleland already had found
TIE drummer telephone number and
invited him to dine and join them in
another little friendly game
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Days by the shore are simply glorf-
Gus this month; the winds have com
menced to sing the requiem, and there
is beauty in nature which seems to
come only with the August moon
But started out to tell OF a hay ride
and corn party that was a bowling
success in every sense of the word.
The hostess appointed common
meeting place. where the great farm
farm wagons with four horses awaited
the guests. After a merry ride of ten
miles. made gay with resounding
horns. campfire was built table put
up on sawhorses with the long boards
that had been brought on the wagon,
and the corn feast began.
The hostess had gotten stunning
corncob place cards, corn-decorated
nut holders. popcorn done up in green
crepe paper to look like ears of corn.
There were boiled ears, roasted ears,
corn fritters (the batter made at
home and carried in a glass jar) with
maple syrup. OF course there were
potatoes-sweet and Irish-roasted in
the Goals. and lots of sandwiches.
plain and flled with minced ham.
The candy was an exact reproduc-
ton OF corn kernels. 1t was given
In little boxes shaped like ears Of
corn.
A secret Of her picnic was revealed
BY this young woman. who is noted for
this form of hospitality. She said she
never asked more than IL to her out
door affairs. and took especial pains to
Keep the guests who were congenial
in groups. and always provided a man
for every girl. If married couples were
not invited.
Then she considered always who
was to be hidden to picnic. for there
are those who loathe outdoor spreads,
and those who hate" formal dinners.
The successful hostess is the one who
discriminates closely regarding guest
and function.
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posite side of the car. The Others
also seemed to notice his presence al
the same time and 1t appeared a mere
chance that he was invited to make
the fourth man in the game.
The play was not resumed after din.
ner. Cleland saying that he had lost
about all he could afford, but the party
stuck together and when 1t came time
to retire for the night. Solomon,
Floyd and Cleland had all agreed to
make their headquarters at the Hotel
Aston during their stay in New York
and see more of each other. The
drummer had told them that his home
was in the city but that he hoped to
look them up during their stay.
What's the game. Floyd?' inquired
Jack Cleland who had visited his
friends room in the hotel ten minutes
after they had reached the big Broad
way hotel.
We'll. old top. you know what we
are on here for" was the reply.
You've got to sell an order of green
goods to some one. You are lucky
because I've already found your man
for you. It must be some one. so why
not our friend Solomon? He's already
delivered himself"
whats the use of bothering with
anything else when we can get what
he's got in a card game?" demanded
Cleland.
But, how about that bet with the
alderman? We've got to make good
on that, you know. And just look how
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Medieval ornaments are outlined
upon frocks with "rat-tail'' braid.
Grecian bands of cut Jet are pretty
As hair ornaments on some young
women.
Channels skin and suede. cut into
fringe, appear on some of the fancy
hand bags.
Lace will be more than rivaled in
popularity by embroidery and braid
trimming.
The faience braids in plain colors
are used almost exclusively on jaunty
jacket suits.
Laces dyed to match the dress are
good trimmings on some of the one
color Jacket suits.
Linens are either very heavy, al
most like Russian crash, or they are
very thin and fine.
Dainty shoes with fancy straps and
ornamental buttons are well liked
by young persons.
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This IL an attractive contest for q
limited number of people. 1t could be
used for large crowd II me questions
were printed or even type-written, %
as to save the hostess SO much writ.
ing. For prizes. a polished wood pa.
Per weight. pincushion of Yucca
palm. or any article Of wooden manu-
facture. A toy az or Ratchet in q
block Of wood for a consolation prize
would be suitable and provoke much
merriment
L Which tree a kissing game could
.. And which its fathers name could
say. Pawpaw.
8. Which shall we wear to keep US
warm. Fir.
l. And which do ships prefer in storm.
Bay.
g. Which shows what iovelorn maidsns
DO. Pine.
g. And in tho hand which carry you.
Palm.
T. And which is 1t that the fruit men
fear. Locust.
g. And from their pipes men shake
Ash.
Which tree is it bad boys dislike to
10. Which is a girl both young and
sweet. Peach.
II. Which like a man. bright. dapper
and neat. Spruce.
IL. And on which do children like to
play. Beech.
10. To which tree turn we for Foods to
wear and stun to burn. Cottonwood.
Il. Now divide you one tree more,
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planned that it was the ONCE Of .
friend who dealt in curb stocks and
was seldom in, but allowed him free
use of the place. The trio were wait.
ing when Danny Roberts, carrying a
suit case, entered. He Immediately
took from the case two packages. ex.
actly alike in appearance and as to
outer signs and seals. Quickly cutting
one Of them open, he disclosed large
bundles of money. 1t took a half hour
to count this out and ascertain that
there was $4,000 in the lot. Fifteen
thousand dollars in large bills were
placed in the hands of Danny, who
hurried away. In Ave minutes the
old bills of perfectly good money
were divided into three packages OF
equal amounts and tied up into neat
paper.bound parcels on the roll-top
desk.
Just at that moment there was q
knock on the locked door of the Of
ice and Cleland slammed down the
top Of the desk and kicked the waste
paper underneath before he went to
answer the summons.
1T was only a customer looking for
my ITienu, ne remarkeu, as ne re-
turned and raised the top Of the desk.
disclosing the three neatly tied par
cells. You fellows had better take
your bundles and separate. We will
all meet at the hotel for dinner"
Solomon and Floyd, acting like two
conspirators. agreed to take separate
conveyances uptown to their hotel and
to meet there later and drink to their
good luck.
Two hours later. when Floyd had
not put in appearance, Solomon began
to feel nervous. He was afraid some.
thing had happened to Floyd and Gle
land, but for another half hour he
did not suspicion anything further.
and then he suddenly decided to go to
his room and investigate his newly
acquired wealth.
"Stung!" yelled Solomon when he
undid the parcel and found a tightly
bound package of tissue paper with a
dollar bill on each outer side. and l
never once thought of the old green
goods game,"
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
Copyright in Great Brittany
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west Of Spokane. In accordance with
the wish Of Chief Oliver Lott, who
lost his life by drowning in a shallow
pool below Sheep Creek falls, a few
weeks ago. The induction ceremonies,
performed by eight chieftains and
headmen of the Occur d'Alene, Kali
spell. Nespelim and ,Colville tribes.
were witnessed by 800 persons, includ.
ing two score Of white, who were
guests at the banquet which closed the
all.day celebration. Chief Sam is a
fine specimen Of the North American
Indian. and his conduct of the red
mems affairs since the death of Chief
Lott shows he has many of the quail.
ties Of leadership. He is &c years of
age. six feet in height and is as
straight as an arrow. HA has won nu.
merous trophies in athletic competi.
lions on various reservations in the
northwest. He is popular with mem.
bers Of his tribe, who have promised
to support him in an undertaking to
induce his people to lead honest and
Industrious lives.
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TO OPEN HARVARD HOUSE.
Tourists May Soon Visit Home Of Uni
versity Founders Mother In STRAIT
ford-on-Avon.

New York.-The Harvard house. IN
Stratford-on-Avon. identified as the
early home of the mother of John
Harvard, will soon be formally opened
to American tourists who visit the
quaint old town. The exercises were
planned for Independence day. but II
the restoration is not completed by
that TIME they will take place soon
after.
For many years this historic struc.
ture. just north of the famous Garrich
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find a good many nests robbed
here. not by owls, which are usually
innocent in this respect, but by rats
and squirrels.
This year we lost egg after egg
from our nest and finally trapped the
culprit, an old rat. with an egg in his
mouth. Some time ago we caught a
squirrel in the act of pulling up and
eating young sparrows from a nest
Some keepers about here will de-
stroy owls, but they are destroying
their best friends in tie way of YER
min Neutrality-suspicious.. London
Daily Mail.
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New Blouse.
For. wear with the suit Of tussor, q
very pretty blouse may be made OF
silk handkerchiefs, masculine, of
course. and If they are large. four
VIII be quite sufficient. Cut. one in
half' and let the two hemstitched
edges come together in the center
'front.' 1t is best to sew a band of in.
sertion underneath these to hold the
edges together and to make a finish
Tor the fastening of the waist.
To make the front wide enough
pieces left from the other handker.
chiefs or else of material to match
may be used for underarm sections.
The back is made of one entire hand.
kerchief. and what is left may be
used for sleeves. Anywhere that the
finish is too severe little insertion a,
lace edging may be used to soften the
enect, and the same may form a col
lar and the finish for the sleeves.
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HEAD OF THE SPOKANE TRIBE.
Jim Sam . Fine Specimen Of North
American IndIan-Is Friend Of
the White Man.

Spokane. Wash.-Jim Sam, athlete,
rancher and friend of the white man,
is now head Of the Spokane tribe on
the Indian reservation. 30 miles north
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The bottoms of sleeves are much
trimmed. while the upper parts are
left absolutely plain.
The Dutch collar, finished at the
'front.' with two tiny rosettes and a
long tab. is exceedingly dressy.
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A Simple Party.

This is certainly a most amusing
affair and will repay hostess for the
trouble of arranging for it. But then
to be a successful hostess the labor
that precedes an event should never
enter into the calculations. There
must be an equal number Of men and
women; eight couples make party
easily provided for.
In the invitations to the girls the
hostess requests a sample of the gown
which they will wear and to the men
the missives request sample of the
necktie; these to be sent in advance
to the hostess. The samples are neat
ly mounted on sample" cards. and
the neckties passed to the girls; the
dress materials to the men. In this
way partners are found for the prog
ressive conversation which will be
passed. and the men are to write de-
scriptions Of the gown. the sample of
which fell to their lot, and the girls
are to write about the ties. material.
style. etc. Five minutes will be given
to these descriptions, and then the pa
pers will be read aloud. The prizes
are to be sample packages Of any
product the hostess may select
The refreshments are to be novel.
inasmuch as the hostess will have the
tea and coffee made by demon
strator" tone of the party who has
been previously asked to do it,. and
the other things are to be served in
boxes marked Samples" There will
be sandwiches of various kinds. olives.
salad. small cakes. etc. The contents
Of the boxes will be spread upon the
table, which is to be supplied with all
the requisites in the way of dishes.
While at the table the room is to be
suddenly darkened and little saueers
containing mixture of chopped nuts.
candles and crackers are to be passed
and eaten. When the lights are turned
on each one is to write down what he
has had, the one nearest correct be-
ing given a sample" cake of choco-
late.
MADAME MERR..
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the design either with black
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For the Hostess
Chat on Topics Of %apy Kinds. by a
Recognized Authority

, you've part of dress and part of
door. Hemlock.
Is. Which tree is never seen alone.
Pear.
Is. And which one is a bright. warm
tone. Cherry.
II. And which in church doth office
hold. Elder.
IS. Which is a town in ireland old.
Cork.
10. For this one do not look SO far.
which tells what charming people are.
Poplar.
20. Which one will allay the pain II
promptly rubbed on bruise or sore. Witch
hazel
q. The carpenter doth use which tree
to make his wall straight as can oe.
Plum.
%. To which tree do urchins call to
show you and shouldn't have looked at
all. Rubber.
%. Which tree on calendars do you find.
Date.
"a. Which Is a joke told many times.
Chestnut.
Is. which do we call an Ohio man.
Buckeye.
IS. And which for soup we sometimes
plan Crab.
q. Which tells where at on land or sea.
Elm.
Is. And on our feet we'll wear which
tree. Sandal.
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MADAME MERE.
MiIdew on PI

Mildew on Plants.
To remove mildew from plants the
best plan is to sprinkle sulphur on the
leaves or spray thoroughly every two
weeks with the Bordeaux mixture
The Lamar register., 1909-07-28
Gambling in Green Goods
By JOHN IRVING DAY
Garnerins the Gold by Unique Method, Originated
and Practiced by "Doc" Floyd

ERE'S hoping that you get
even. alderman" Doc Floyd
raised n goblet of sparkling
burgundy, across the brim
of which he glanced and
smiled at the member of
the High Rollers club who
was host at a dinner he
was giving in part pay
ment of a bet that there
was not a man in the coun-
try with $4,000 who could
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OBSERVE THIS RULE.

4
Hereafter no communications will
be published in the Free Speech de-
partment unless the :. naIpe Of. the
writer is signed. This rule has be-
come necessary because of the wide
attitude the dissertations have at
tanned. The Majority is in no sense
Eeeponsible for the opinions expressed
in this department, but the editor, in
asking the contributors to assume re-
sponsibility for their own views is
asking no more than he himself as
'sumes for the editorials. A cordial in
vitatiOn, then, is extended everybody
everywhere to give their views ON any
subject, so that the ...Free. Speech"
department may become what it is in
tended, an open forum for the discus
sion of all subjects that perpIex us.
We do hope that none will be, SO mar
row as to find fault with The Majority
for offering this free discussion, and
chat those who oppose the views ex.
pressed will adopt the proper course
which will always be open to them
REPLY,
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w

tain employers in St. Louis and Kan
sas City. Since the bill was signed by
the Governor it transpires that it was
amended in 'the Senate, but the
amendment Vas not enrolled with the
original bill, consequently the whole
act is void No satisfactory explana-
ton has been given for the omission,
and the suspicion is unavoidable that
the error was intentional on the part
of some one.
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THE HOLIDAYS.

This is supposed to be the most JOY
GUS season of the year. It istthe time
of giving presents to loved ones, and
to friends-more especially to the
children. There are very many pretty
and useful things, for sale, in fact, the
stores are full of them and cannot seA
near all, and yet many, many people,
in fact but few can get all they would
like, and many will not be able to get
anything worth mentioning.
The Salvation Army is gathering
funds to give a few a Xmas dinner
without ever stopping to think why
they cannot buy their own Xmas din
ners, and not be compelled tp accept
charity. TO answer these questions
opens up the whole problem Of wealth
and poverty, of rich and poor, OF
crime, of graft, Of race suicide, of en-
ployment, price of living, and govern
ment itself. They are all SO intimate
" connected and interviewer that they
are parts Of the whole life problem as
far as material things go to make up
life.
THE FIRST qQUEsTION is, is
THERE ENOUGH FOR ALL With
raw material plentiful from which, all
material things are produced-land,
metals, etc, and machinery and idle
workers plentiful, there need be no
scarcity of those things, Therefore
we can say THERE is ENOUGH FOR
ALL.
\ THE SECOND QUESTION. WHY
CANNOT EACH SUPPLY HIS
NEEDS, is not so easily answered, but
to one who win learn. it will be seen
that few own practically all raw ma
teriaas and machines and the many
work only on the. terms laid down by
the captains Of udustry Therefore
| the reason why lkach and all cannot
supply his needs is because he has not
free access to natures storehouse.
THE THIRD QUESTION, HOW
ARE THE PEOPLE 10 GET At Ma
ITUREs sToREHoUsE? IS II POS
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WORKERS-BE TRUE
TO YOUR CLASS.
editor Maiorit:

editor Majorit:
In his 'If they'll send me to Jail
speech at the Toronto "A. F. of l..
convention the other day, Mr.. Johr
Mitchell of the Civic Humbugation OF
Labor was reported as saying: IT
all the workingmen had been true to
themselves, these would not have
been a non-union product on the mar
6et. By the way, can any Of your
readers inform us what branch or sec
represent at these conventionsg A
ion of Labor" does Mr.. Mitchell
very natural question here woul d be,
why the workingmen have not been
true to themselves? Amongst other
causes for this, we believe the fol-
lowing: That they have been misled
(onconsciously it lay be) by their 50
called labor leaders. Can you prove
this? asks some one. Hear the e.vi-
lence and judge for yourself. Here is
At. the A. F. of L. convention in Bos-
ON in 1903. the following resolution
.xas presented by Delegate L. J. Mi
Kergue of GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, a
delegate from the Federated Trade
Counlil.
Resolution PA. Whereas. the in
terests of the employing class in every
economic contest is safeguardeds de-
tended and advanced by the present
political party in power, therefore, be
it:
Resolved. BY the American Fedora
ton of Labor that we RECOMMEND to
our membership the DISCUSSION
and STUDY of such economic cues
lions and polite issues as will tend
to more closely UNITE OUR FORCES.
The Committee on Resolutions report
ed UNFAVORABLY and the majority
voted to uphold them. Amongst
those who voted Yes We find Com
pers, Mitchell, Shaffer,. Powell Geo.
and Hailes of your city. "Oh," says
some one, '.You are prjudiced against
Mitchell because he is Irish. and favor
Tom Lewis because he is Welsh. " Oh
my fddlesticks. By the way u y
Lewis of Bridgeport, Ohio, also voted
with the gang against to recomm end
to our membership the discussion nd
study referred to in order to "pplte
our forces. Where are they at tod y?
AS to nationality, Hugo and every