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The Lamar register., 1909-12-29
CHAINED TO WHEELBARROIY

In writing of the Schusselburg prison In Nc
Cures. David Soskice tells Of prisoner who was
chained to a wheelbarrow:
"Schedrin had been condemned to hard labor In
the convict mines of Siberia and for atr:mept
TO escape from there had been sentenced to be
chained to a heavy wheelbarrow. When the order
came for his transfer from Siberia to St Peters
burg no conveyance could be found large enough
to contain him. the wheebarrow and the convoy
of gendarmes Yet. the wheelbarrow had be-
come a part OF the prisoner. the gendarmes were
afraid to leave 1t behind. It therefore de-
cided to place Schedrin with his convoy in one cart
and the wheelbarrow behind in another. For sew
era months, day and night. Schedrin and the gen
darmes galloped through Siberia a troika Ia
threehorsed cart sedge). while another sped
behind them. upon which the wheelbarrow reposed
causing the deepest amazemeut among the peas
ants in the villages through which they passed
Upon the arrival of the prisoner in SIS. Peter and
Paul he was once again chained to the barrow.
and only after he had been six weeks In the
Schluesselburg was he finally detached from It and
given freedom of movement within the narrow
confines OF his cell.
when they unclaimed me- said Schedrn sub
sequently. I could not get enough movement
wanted to run and run. and 1t seemed to me that
could never stop. How strange 1t is that men
who can enjoy perfect freedom of movement never
realize the wonderful happiness that is theIrs!' i"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

Here is a remedy for the extermin-
alton of mites that is said to be an en-
tire exterminator:
To one gallon Of boiling water add
one-half teacup Of milk oil sheep dip"
which has previously been dissolved
and mixed in cold water. This treat
ment. 1t is said. If applied once week
during the hot months and one in fall
and spring will absolutely kill all
creeping things, as they are called.
They are tough proposition and one
that is necessary to fight continually.
If they are to be kept down.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

which arrived at the ONCE of the sur
veyor of customs for appraisement.
1t was dainty silken thing. laven'
der in color. which lay on the table
of Cashier Thomas for two hours.
The garment was sent to the custom
house by the postmaster at Somerset.
KY, who received 1t few days ago
through the mail from Japan. He did
not send in the address OF the owner.
This was aggravating to the young
women experts called in. Il know ev-
cry woman in Somerset" one said.
land I'd just like to know who is 60
ing to wear that"
For half an hour 1t puzzled Sur
veyor Taylor and two or three OF his
men assistants to discover Just what
the garment was.
ut looks to me like the court gown
of the queen of Zanzibar" said Clay
Miller, who measures steamboats, and
superintends the loading of merchan-
disc at the custom house depot.
Don't you men know anything at
all?" exclaimed one of the women
clerks. pushing her way through the
puzzled group. why. it's kimono."
What in thunder is kimono?" In
quired Deputy Sam Barber. They
don't have that kind of thing down In
Bath county. where ] came from"
Finally, when the officials decided
that there was nothing dangerous
about the garment. they started in
fixing the value II was estimated to
be worth all the way from $3.50 to
$50. The kimono was finally carried
to a department store. where the silk
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

Cheered and praised like the suffra-
gette Jail martyrs in England. seven
striking girl shirtwaist makers in New
York City. who had served terms OK
five days each on Blackwelrs island
for disorderly conduct during the
strike. were decorated with bronze
medals in the presence Of 5000 enthu-
siastic followers who gathered at an
East side hall. The medals were given
by the Women's Trade Union League.
Three vassar girls took part in the
ceremony.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

The school census taker stopped at
a little hut in the mountains 81 Ken
lucky, and addressing the mother Of
an unusually large flock of children.
said:
Madam, am taking the school
census. How many children have you
between the ages of six and"
''Lemme see." she broke in; there's
Kay an Mary an Annie an Lucy an
Carrie an Rob an Jake an Will an
Harry an Jim am" She paused
for a breath and her caller made haste
to say:
Nov, madam, If you could just
give me the number"
Number" she snapped; number?
We amt commenced numberin' yit,
thank we. We amt run out O. Names"
Success.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

Don't it seem little strange that
tie United States of America, the
greatest agricultural country on earth
finds it necessary to import thousands
of stations annually from such little
countries as Belgium, France and Eng
land? Wonder If there is not some
thing wrong in American horse breed
ing methods. Wonder il there are not
q little too many horse dealers and a
little too few horse breeders.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

In number of the larger cities
there has been noticed that there is a
greatly increased number of sewer ex-
plosions. and this has been attributed
to the custom followed in garages of
emptying gasoline into the sewers. 1t
is explained that the vapor of the gas
oline collects at favorable points and
is exploded by the heat naturally gen.
Grated in these places. A technical
paper Of New York calls attention to
this dangerous condition and suggests
that some measure be taken to pre-
vent It.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29
A SLAP AT OUR SENATE

One Of the friends OF Representative Martin of
South Dakota was making a strenuous complaint
to MIR. Martin about the manner in which commit.
tee assignments were given in the senate.
"A new senator. however able he may be. has
no chance. said Mr.. Martins friend, but II he 3
a thousand years old he can get the best commit.
tee Job"
That reminds me-" said the South Dakota
member of what Seth Bullock remarked to me
when took him over to the senate one time After
looking them over. Seth said: Gee. Martin! That
looks like soldiers home In there "-Rochester
Herald.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

One Of the jobs becoming timely at
the first touch of cold weather is butch
ering. AS soon as the weather permits
it, every farmer should be living on
meat of his own raising. A light
weight hog is usually made the first
victim. Old meat, no matter how we'll
cured, is not SO good as fresh. besides
many farmer lacks cured meat of
any kind just now. store meat has
been a great expense to many farmers
this year.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29
Tread,riU Justice

and order affirmed with costs. No
opinion" These eight words mark
the close of simple accident case in
volving no difficult questions of law,
which had been in the courts contin-
uously for % years.
1t had been tried before juries sew
en- times. 1t had been argued in ap-
pellate courts 10 times. The final bill
of costs in the case. not including
lawyers charges or the cost Of print
ing seven different volumes of testi-
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

In one of the fairly recent volumes
of the New York Court of Appeals Re-
ports is contained the last chapter of
a famous and extraordinary case.
which is a gross illustration of this
interminableness and an extreme
though Characteristic example of its
results. The court record of the last
chapter of this law suit is curt and
obscure; hardly what one might ex-
pect for an extraordinary case. 1t
consists of eight words: Judgment
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29
CHINESE GIRL IN AMERICA

snapshot of Miss WI Ting Fang. taken while
she was autoing recently. shows the young lady
dressed quite in the style of the American girl
and apparently the acute interest In the
pleasant sport that her girl friends in Washington
might feel. After all, 1t will be the women who
will finally break down all barriers and make the
whole world more nearly akin.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

mony. each of from two to three hun
dred pages. as required in the appel
late courts on the various appeals,
and not including any of the defend
ants expenses whatever. is over $780,
900. A conservative estimate of the
expense of this litigation not includ-
ing lawyers fees probably would be
s., OOO.-George w. Adams in Atlantic.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

The Australian government is offer.
ing a prize OF $4,000 to be supple
mented by a similar amount publicly
subscribed for the invention of fly
ing machine which can be put to prao-
teal military use. The competition
is restricted to residents of Australia
ard models and designs are to be
ready by the end of March, 1910.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

Former Senator Joseph B. Foraker
vehemently denounced the corpora
ton tax before several hundred bust
ness men of Cincinnati. He declared
the tax absolutely unjust and advised
his hearers to refuse to file reports or
to pay the assessment because the law
was unconstitutional and would be
found SO by the courts.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29
Wouldn't Do.

"New-mown hay is a delightful per-
fume. We sell lots of it."
Have you something with a gaso-
line order? l want people to think
own a motor car. not horse. Life.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

IN EVENT OF so much i'm
q portance that In the fu-
m ture 1t may be looked
III back upon as a mile
stone marking the be-
\ ginning of a new era in
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29
CUSTOMS MEN PUZZLED

1t took five men and three women at the GUS
tom house and the silk buyer of Louisville de-
partment store to fix the Value of a kmono
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

A nest egg in bank will keep a man
from brooding over his troubles.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

Twos and Threes.
Stella-Two is company and three
is a
Belia-Divorce.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

The man who is looking for trouble
doesn't have to go far from home.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

II a heifer calf is being raised for
dairy purposes do not feed 1t too much
fattening food.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-29

cloth and re-weaving
II into a very fine,
close. tight blanket.
There were also many
fine chiefs blankets,
the famous blanket
with the black-and-
white cross stripes
which were used by
those Navatos who
could afford them
long before a white
man ever saw them.
But best and greatest
OF all was the fine col.
lection OF soft gray.
and black rugs made
from the natural col.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01
DOINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE

Trenton, N. j., March 3O-Auto.
mobilists are at last getting something
of the kind of treatment which they
have been demanding in the Bradley
Senate bill which passed the House
during the afternoon after the Assem-
blymen from the rural districts vainly
sought to amend it.
The measure allows speed of
twenty-five miles an hour Violations
Of the law must be continued for one
hour to warrant arrest, and it cuts the
fees of justices of the peace in two,
thus making it the least desirable bust
ness which may come to these officials.
This latter thing is designed to stop
persecution on the part of justices.
After long debate this morning the
Martin public utilities measure has
gone to the Senate by the vote of "a to
23, the motion lost being the one to
take from the table the vote to con.
slider the passage of last week.
The House also passed the teachers
tenure of Office act just before adjourn
ment. This measure, which teachers
have been striving for years to get.
provides that no teachers who have
served the probationary period of three
years shall be dismissed during good
behavior and efficiency, without cause,
save where such instructor is en-
ployed for a stated period. The bill
extends these protective features to
principals also.
The House passed bill making it a
kmisdemeanor to send in false alarm of
fire.
The, Senate tonight passed the
Keffer BILL allowing Atlantic City
to issue 5000, o., bonds to build con-
vention hall to house the largest con-
ventions.
| "Absenteeism" in holding office was
,sgiven a jolt by the Senators when they
passed finally the House bill, which
would throw from a State Board a
member Tor wilfully absenting himself
from meetingstfor six months period.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01
HUNT BROTHERS

only sold him. three drinks day on
the verbal or written direction of
Pugh's wife. The law. however, does
not authorize the holder of license to
permit any one to waive or set aside
the obligation imposed upon him by it.
1t was his duty, when he knew the
character OF the man, to absolutely
refuse all entertainment at his bar. If
the wife wanted her husband to have
liquor and she purchased it, it would
have relieved the applicant of the obli-
cation. In this instance also he vio-
lated the law"
Judge Tuller, in reviewing the tes-
timony that Wentz prepared attrac-
tions Saturday afternoon and Satur-
day night lunches. said:
''There is another thing to be con-
sidered in this matter. The 18th Sec
tion of the Inn and Tavern Act re-
quires the Court to prevent as much as
possible, inns and taverns to be kept
for the encouragement. of gaming,
tippling, drunkenness and other vices.
The object of granting a license to an
inn is for the accommodation of travel
ers and strangers and the convenience
of men gathered together for the pur-
! pose of transacting business. 1t was
never contemplated by that act to au-
thorize the icensee to conduct saloon
under the Inn and Tavern license. It
| is not forbidden for the applicant to
deliver liquor throughout his house
upon the order of his guests. 1t is in
fact I think, intended by this act that
the licensee shall have the privilege of
! supplying his guests at table or in their
rooms upon legitimate order, but I
| also think it is not intended to permit
| the licensee to enlarge the capacity of
his bar upon special occasions to in
| crease his revenues. 1t is also in my
Judgment forbidden by the act to in
duce increased patronage by reason of
free lunches or other methods of at
traction to his bar.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01
Escaping Gas Causes Trouble.

The fire department was called out
Tuesday afternoon from box No. 36,
at Giles and Hampton streets.
A family had just moved into a
house on New St., where Thomas Coles
built, and for time resided. An un-
plugged gas pipe had let gas escape
and the family moving in did not de-
tect it. The gas stove was attached
and the lady, wishing to have some
hot water attempted to light the gas
stove. Immediately the escaping gas
ignited and the room was full of flame.
the inside Of the kitchen, the shed,
and the shed of the other half of the
house caught fire and was pretty badly
burned beore the firemen extinguished
the flames. The damage is between
300 and 5000.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01
Here is Reliet for women.

II you have pain in the back,
Urinary, Bladder or Kidney trouble.
and want certain, pleasant herb
cure for women's ills, try Mother
Grey's Australian Leaf. 1t is safe
and never-sailing regulator. At Drug
gists or by mail Scots. Sample package
Free. Address. The Mother Gray 90.
Leroy. NY. SIS 4w
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01
Being Repainted.

The residence Of George Beehler on
Oak street is being improved by paint.
John Cornwell's residence on Oak
street Is also being painted.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01
TWO WIDOWS
CLAIM PENSION.


William Felmy an old veteran of the
civil war. and long time citizen Of
Millville, died recently in that city,
leaving a widow and nine children,
must, if not all Of them, grown up.
Mr.. Felmy was we'll known and re.
spected citizen of Millville, living
quietly and peacefully with his family.
Yesterday there appeared in this
city Mrs. Lee. fine looking woman
and her married daughter. They
came from Philadelphia and she was
not long in disclosing dual life in
which she and the late William Felmy
I were both involved.
Her errand here was to look up evil
dence to establish her claim for a
widows pension as the legitimate
widow Of William Felmy. of Millville.
She claimed to have married William
Felmy In Philadelphia Al years ago,
after he came out of the army; they
had one child, the daughter who was
with Mrs. Lee yesterday.
They separated, but no divorce was
ever secured or it seems applied for
by either party.
The woman soon after married a
man by the name Of Lee with whom
she lived until about three years ago
when it developed that he was already
a narried man when he married her.
About three years ago bees first wife
appeared and had him arrested. con-
victed and jailed for bigamy.
Recently Mrs. Lee heard of the
death Of her first and apparently. real
husband. William Feimy and engag-
ing a lawyer, she came here yesterday
to secure proofs of his death and evil
dence to put In with her claim for a
widows pension.
The existence of this woman was
not known nor dreamed of by the
Millville family until after the death of
the husband and father William Felmy.
Itwas then that the fact was mention
ed to the Millville widow. by sister,
in-law, the wife of Alfred Felmy and it
came as thunderclap from a cloud
less sky.
Mrs. Felmy of Millville has already
filed her claim for widows pension.
It is miserably deplorable affair in
which there will be much sympathy
for the Millville family.
NDo the right thing If you have
Nasal Oatarrh. Get Ely's Cream
Balm at once. Don't touch the ca
tarrh powders and snuffs, for they
contain cocaine. Ely's Cream Balm
releases the secretions that infiame the
nasal passages and the throat. where.
\ RS medicines made with mercury
4 merely dry up the secretions and leave
7 you no better than you were. In a
word, Ely's Cream Balm is real
remedy, not a delusion. All druggists
80 cents, or mailed by Ely Brothers,
56 Warren Street. New York.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01

GA - ToRI Z a..
Bssss the ,1ha Kind You Have Always Bought
S''si'''' q &HAIzU
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1909-04-01

Some little arbutus is being gathered.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-16
SUSPECT PLUMBER
OF FORGERY

Believed by the officers of Spo.
kane and of Helena, Mont, to be
theh same young man who lead a
lively career in the Montana city
on money secured from forged
checks about month ago, John
P. Bond, plumber, was arrested at
the McCaffery plumbing shop this
morning by Detectives McPhee
and Lister. He is being detained
in the city Jail pending the arrival
Of an officer from Helena.
BY using half dozen cog
nomens, among which were "Dr.
Frank l.. Austin, James Lee"
James Williams" ED Morley
and Morley" with other Christian
names, the man the police are aft
er cut quite dash in Helena and.
though the police were hot on his
trail, he changed his name so rap
idly that he got out of town with
large roll of the e. z. marks
money while the police were still
working on some of his earlier
cases.
Bond declares he is not the
man. Information sent here by
Chief Flannery of Helena states
that the forger was a plumber by
occupation and the description 9TH
erwise fits Bond, as the police size
him up.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-16

level north side are under water
as usual.
The worst complaints come from
Peaceful valley, as usual, where
the water is several inches deep at
the crossings on Main avenue. One
indignant citizen reported this
morning that the water from the
hill is pouring down into the val
ley, and he lays the entire blame
for the condition on the street
commissioner. He says that a few
loads Of gravel on Main avenue
would turn the water of Main ave-
nue. to Ontario street, and thence
into the river.
But the city hall can't remember
Peaceful Valley from one rain
storm to another.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-16
REST, FRESH AIR AND WHOLESOME
FOOD FOE OF CONSUMPTION

According to advices sent out as
a result Of researches by the Ma
tional Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis
consumption is a durable disease
and in some places more than rs
per cent of the patients under
treatment have been restored to
health. The essentials for the
cure of consumption are rest, fresh
air and wholesome food.
A large number of physicians
perfect vaccine, or anti-toxin for
tuberculosis, or to find some
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-16
PRATT BEGINS
To SEE LIGHT
ADMITS DIES MONIES PLAN OF
CITY GOVERNMENT IS GOOD,
BUT is NOT YET READY FOR
IT IN SPOKANE.

In an address before the North
east Ross Park Improvement club
last night, at the Minnehaha Good
Templars hall, n. S. Pratt, candi-
date for the democratic nomina-
tion for mayor, saw much more to
commend in the commission plan
of government as practiced at Des
Moines than he did in his talk be-
fore the East Spokane Improve
ment club a few weeks ago. Mr..
Pratt commended most of the fea-
lures of the Des Moines plan, ad-
mitted that it was superior to the
form of city government under
which Spokane operates at the
present time, but he was not yet
ready to adopt it as a whole.
Mr. Pratt stated that rs per cent.
of the ills from which Spokane's
city government suffers at the
present time are due to the injec-
ton of politics into our local gov
eminent.
The meeting was well attended,
and the discussion continued for
two hours, during which the peo-
pie manifested great interest in
the Des Moines plan. While no
expression of the audience was
called for, the chairman, Andrew
E. Powell, stated that poll of the
house he knew would show a big
preponderance of sentiment for
the adoption of the Des Moines
oaea.
The Des Moines plan was pre-
oented in carefully prepared
Daper by C. C. Dill of the south
central high school, who went into
0e history of the commission plan
q government from the date of its
oauguration at Galveston in 1901
q the present time and showed by
official figures that it had been a
success wherever tried. T. A.
Geraghty outlined the Des Moines
charter and urged its adoption.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-16
NEW JUDGE FOR
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE
house today by two-thirds vote,
under suspension of rules, passed a
bill providing for the appointment
of an additional district judge for
western district of Washington.
The bill as first introduced by
Cushman provided that the new
judge be resident of the western
division of the western district Of
the state, but this was stricken out
by the Judiciary committee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-16
FLOOD TROUBLE
REPEATED
NOTHING DONE SINCE THE
RECENT WASHOUT, AND
PEOPLE IN Low SECTIONS
MUST SUFFER CONSE.
QUENCES.

Floods are again threatening the
city today, but the damage which
will result will be of small conse.
Quence compared to the floods last
month, which destroyed thousands
of dollars worth of property, and
washed about everything loose
away.
On North Division street, there
is several feet of water at the foot
of Lidgerwood hill. and some dam.
age has been reported. In Union
park there are a number of ponds
caused by back water, which are
causing considerable discomfort
but have not yet impeded street
car traffic or swamped out any
homes. Crossings even on the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-16

agent such as tuberculin which
will assist in the cure of the dis
ease. Thus far, the experiments
have not furnished a product which
will either absolutely cure or pre-
vent consumption, or render the
patient immune against the dis
ease. Many of these serums have
proved effective in increasing the
resistance of the patient and thus
helping in the cure, but no scient-
list of repute today claims to have
discovered a tuberculin which will
produce a cure without the COM
bined aid of fresh air, rest and
wholesome food