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The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
A Bold Step.

To overcome the well-grounded end
reasonable objections Of the more intel-
ligent TO the use Of secret, medicinal COM
pounds, DIR. R. v. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.
Y, some time ago. decided to make bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers of putup medicines for do
nestle use, and SO has published broad.
cast and openly 10 the whole world, full
and complete list Of all tho ingredients
entering inSe-&he composition Of bis widely
celebrated 6edlct6es. Thus he has taken
bis numerSds Patrons and patients into
his full 16n6aence Thus too he has 10
nostrfnS> Of doubtful merits, and made
themLRcmedies Of knotDn Composttton-
by this bold stem d.. Rlercq has shQMD
tfAi t!s lo[mn!as 95e q s3Sh ex ;f
the fullest scrutinY
q fR!s sss E
famous medicine for weak stomach. pid
wherever located. have. printed upon Il n
plain English. full and complete list OF al
fhs ssss fI 5u. sTs
schools Of practice. containing very numer-
pls e Of medicine, endorsing q 10
stron0cst possfble terrns. each and every ingre-
3, e II boots Vii g. meS
10 any one sending address on postal card Or
By letter. to Dr.. r v. Pierce, Buffslo. n; X.
and requesting the same From this little
book It will be learned that DR.. Pierces med
icines contain no alcohol. narcotics. mineral
agents or other poisonous or Injurious agents
and that they are made from native. mcdlci-
nal roots OF great yaluei also that some 81
81. Pisrces Tevorite Prescription for weak.
nervous, over-worked. rundown" nervous
and debilitated women. were employed. long
ycers ago, by the Indians for similar ailments
e6ccting their souawA In fact one of ne
most valuable medicinal plants entering Apto
scrlption was known to tho Indians -
sSauaw-weed." Our knowledge OF the uses
OF not few of our most valuable native. mo-
dicinsi plants was gained from the Indiana
As made up by improved and exact pro-
cesses. the ~Favorfte Prescription" y most
efficient remedy for regulating all the wom-
anly functions. correcting displacements. -
prolapsus. anteversion and retorversion.
peryes and bringing about Z perfect stats q
hsAlth eo,A b. all dAAlsss n nsAisAnAA
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
Judges Salaries.

The argument of w. j. Bryan a
gainst amy increase in judges salar-
les is almost ludjcrous. His argu-
ment Is that the judge lives up to
his salary, and the amount that he
receives largely decides in what Soc
ial circle he will move. Give him
$4,000 q year and his summer vaca-
tions will be spent where he comes
in contact with those who, in taking
a brief respite from the routine of
sive resort. Make the judges SAL
AIRY $4,000, and he will select a. new
summer resort, where he will be
Thrown into association with those
summer vacations. Raise the salary
to $4,000 and he will make another
move and enter a new class. and he
Is naturally more or less affected by
the opinion of the class with which
he associates. According to the same
sort Of argument. the rapid and real
ly wonderful increase in the income
which Mr.. Bryan receives, annually,
Is a final reason why he should new
err again be presidential candidate.
He gets bigger income than amy of
the. judges whom he criticises. If
money converts man into a slave
Of the plutocracy. shepherd. thou
are sternally lost, so far as politics
Is concerned.-Boston Advertiser.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
TOMMY HAD HIS JOKE.

But Probably Something Happened
When Visitor Had Left.
One evening Miss Passe stayed to
dinner and Tommy, as q 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 9
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. 1.-The dear lit
tie fellow is going to try an expert
ment." 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. ut
goes!" he cried triumphantly; cit
goes. You were wrong. papa" Tom
my's father said nothing. but looked
apprehensive.
"Of course 1t goes. child" laughed
Miss Passee. what maze your father
think 1t wouldn't"
well replied the little fellow.
simply. "he said your face would stop
. clock."-The Tatler.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
FEW EARLY MARRIAGES NOW.
Men and Women Await Arrival Of
Years Of Discretion.

The marrying age Is steadily re-
ceding. and 1t is quite within the
range Of probability that Al will be
regarded in the future as the eQuiva-
lent of the present 81.
This is partly due to the keenness
of the struggle for existence; man
desires to attain = position before
marrying. and he Ands the years
slipping by with disturbing rapidly
while he is climbing the ladder,
Both men and women too, fear that
they may be deceived and many
enter into partnership with one who
will turn out to be undesirable.
So they will spend the earlier years
and then the glamor Of his single life
will wear Cd. They will have gained
experience enough to enable them to
Judge character with fair accuracy.
and then will thus be less fearful Of
being taken In"
They will feel that after all. It 10
better to settle down with a partner.
And then marriage will come in mid.
die age. The love making will not be
che same. but It may well be more
old fire-quieter. but more enduring
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
-svaeLARs IN BRIDES BED.
fortunately for Young Couple ThIs
Happened In France.

French politeness is continually nA-
sumipg new and bizarre aspects. The
latest example is the gallantry of tive
burglars toward . newly married CO.
pie.
M. ana Nine. Leroy returned to
their house at Vincennes recently
from their honeymoon trip. To their
surprise they found In the passage Q
large number of parcels.
mo doubt It IL mamma, who haa
sent some things In our absence" SAID
the brida.
The couple went upstairs. but hard
" had the wife cast a glimpse into
the bedroom when she sprang back
with the whispered exclamation
"Burglars!" Peeping round the door.
the husband saw two men asleep
their heads comfortably disposed on
tie dainty pillows trimmed with lace.
The young bride screamed for help.
her cry waking the sleeping rufians.
They sprang to their feet and ap
preached the couple threateningly.
Trsmhlingly the young woman said:
please 90 away. messieurs! Take
what you want. but don't hurt NJ. We
are only Just married.
"Don't be alarmed, little one." said
one OF the robbers with . gallant bow.
"gince you are DO polite. we won't
even take the parcels we had packed
~. We have slept two nights in youl
do do (slang for bed). We didn't
think you wore coming back SO soon.
Then. Just - they were leaving. onG
turned and said. "Ah. yoa we're lucky
= be honeymooners."
Then the delightful pair lisappearsl
into he night
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

A play with an extremely strong
and plausible story and attended by
a moral of much value is promised in
the emotional melodrama, why
Girls Leave Home" which will be
presented at the Opera House on mex
Wednesday. The story has to dc
with a charming young girl who was
led away by an INSCRIPTIONS man by
the aid Of wine. merry-making and
the charm Of bohemian" life. She
is not a bad girl at heart, but is
made Intensely angry by an Older
brother, the head of the house. VINO
does not understand her nature and
tries to drive where he should lead
As her companions are rapidly draw
ing her to moral destruction, Provi'
dence, working through her solicitous
brother, shows her the folly of the
gay life and she turns over a new
leaf. But, at this point, the friends
made during her gay hours. endeavor
to prevent her regeneration. So Tar
do they 20 as to misrepresent mat
tiers to her brother, that he loses his
head and attacks her. The Williams
chloform her and smuggle her inani-
mate body to a roadhouse. and repre-
sent her as dead The brother, VINO
has been imprisoned. believes the
story and in a fit OF remorse Is a.
bout to destroy himself. when, AFTER
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
~ Reliable Sporting News.

1t 10 a curious and significant fact
that men who can be satisfied with
distorted and unreliable news in Of
her departments will instantly resent
the classifying Of sporting news. Those
Interested in the sporting events of
the world long ago discovered that
The Chicago Record Herald is re-
liable authority in this field, print
ing all the news, day by day. year
In and year out, with a steady ac-
curacy and terse completeness un-
surpassed anywhere. 1t has a large
starr OF editors and reporters. who
devote all their time and skill to
this department alone. The Sunday
Record-Herald has separate sport
ing supplement of four full pages
a newspaper In itself-in which the
athletic events of the whole country.
reported by telegraph to the last
moment of going to press, are pre-
seuted with numerous illustrations
All that ii OF interest in baseball
automobiling, yachting, golf, tennis
football, racing. athletics, hunting
boxing and other sports can always
be found IN reliable form in The
Record Herald. Every man on the
sporting staff is an expert trained
to see straight and write the truth
without bias. This is the good and
sufficient reason why The Record
Herald is the favorite paper among
che true lovers OF sport.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
FOUND AN EASY VICTIM.
Boston Photographer Falls to Very
Old Trick.

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, fact
that he carefully impaired to the
artist.
Make the best presentation you can
Of me, gentle SIR" he said in a court
eous way. And while need but one.
q dozen will not come amiss. Let
them be your premier cabinets. for
would not curtail the expere-
The photographer rubbed 1is hands
together in purring way.
81 will try to satisfy you. SIR" he
said. pray be seated"
The subject smiled as the artist
posed him.
II will admit" he said, that de-
sire to look my very best. A hearts
happiness this portrait makes"
81 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 a catchy outward dec
oration."
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., 1909-02-17
NEW BEET CONTRACTS.

The beet sugar companies in the
Arkansas Valley now have out their
1903 contracts and are offering much
more favorable terms than heretofore
1t Is a modified form of the sliding
contract but $3.50 is the lowest price
paid, and beets above 16 per cent
are paid for at the rate Of $3.50 per
ton. FROM 141a per cent to 16 per
cent IS Is the rate and from IL to
14H per cent beets bring $3.50 per
ton. Beets below - per cent are
not taken.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Inen tuc oCnotuTu Ou0GTotoOos
The written language Is SO far from
the spoken in Scotland that spelling
reform is an academic question. A
story which illustrates the many Ola
lects IL told Of an examination al
Aberdeen university. The. examiners
were an English clergyman and .
Lowland Scotchman. The maste. of
the scholars put many questions to
them which were admirably an
swered: the boys brought the Is
raelites out Of Egypt with . simple
directness which Noses would have
envied. Then the clergyman asked:
How did Pharaoh del" The boys
sat dumb. The Lovlander. to make
It more plain, repeated the question:
Hoo did Phawraoh deer Again
there was a dead silence. Next tho
master himself took the matter in
aand-"Fat cam TO Phawraoh at his
hinder end?" The boys answered a.
with ono voice: He was drooned!"
To "dse" means in the Aberdeen dia-
lecs to he in ones bed. These care
full scholars knew that Pharaoh had
not deed"
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

4 Siamese lover must announce his
afst visit to his lady love four months
In advance, and when the day arrives
and he proposes the maiden must wait
decorously for two hours before giving
him her answer. although she surely
has decided before his arrival What
would impetuous American lovsrs
think Of such proceedingsf
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Nov. you ought to be ashamed.
James," said the teacher, after the
children had been assigned to Their
classes. ito have your little sister to
go into a class ahead of you, and
you so much older than she is!"
Nom. Pa says girls has TO ho
smarter n boys"
well, they usually are. But why
does your papa say so?"
PA says like as not girl II be =
old maid an then she'll have { kno"
enough to teach school,"
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

A recent Aght with brtgands In
Chaicidis resulted in the death Of Q
soldier. The brigands sent o2.So0 70
his widow. Bushrangers who held up
favorite Australian omcial disoov-
cred later the identity Of their vie,
tim. They returned his horse. With
his wallet tied about III neck. and
his money and watch t1Ade. Even
the Chinese pirates have some honor,
q consul reports. and will pay for The
hire Of vessels which they have com
manded for THAR expeditions.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Ncoiai has been very much in
pressed with his Sunday school 49,
sons. especially those telling Of the
creation of the world. He asks his
mother numerous questions concern
ing the original state of things. and
does not seem quite satisfied with The
replies. as u evident from receue
prayer he made. which included -
dtion asking the Lord to please tel
me what there was way. way back.
in the years before there was any
backs to the years."-Harper's Week
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Shakespeare derived the character
ohylock from an actual occurrence
which took place in Venice. Accord
ing to the works of George Lott. we
nnd that a wager Of pound OF flesh
was laid between a Christian and q
Jew on the discovery Of Santo Do
mingo. 1t is believed that Shakes
peare took this incident for the plot
Of the Merchant Of Venice.-The Sun
az Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
oesnswhat Involved.

oasDsWhat Involved.
Don't yeu love me?"
YES. dear. but I'm already en-
gagged"
Break your engagement"
"Oh George. that wouldn't b hon
orable. An engagement IL . saored
thing and not lightly to b entered
fnto or broken OF. Besides"
"WelI?"
well. I'm engaged to two men, aaa
that makes It even worse"
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

John Coward. a Pontsfract (Ens)
farmer. had the best of excuses for not
appearing In time to prosecute at the
police court one day this week. He
said he had beer fetched home be-
cause a SOW had got loose. and had
. stern chase Of three miles before
BE- could round up the obstinate beast
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Grandson Of President a Soldier.
Franklin Pierce. grandson Of Pres
ldent Franklin Pierce. has been des
.Snated by President Roosevelt to
take the examination ;o- second liev'
tsnant In the regular army.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

The following are the marriage lie
enses issued since the last p'DpEca'
ton:
Charles Kenlin and Miss Marie San
ford,
c. A. Mooney and Miss Nily NJ
Franklin, all Of the above named are
residents Of Lamar.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

the Denver eye. ear. nose and throa.
specialist, will again be in Lamar at
the R. R. s. rooms for two days only
on Tuesday and wednesday. Feb 20
and "a. Call early.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

The preacher-I was surprised to
see your husband get up and walk
out of church while l was preaching
The wife--Oh, don't think anything
about that! You know he's troubled
with somnambulism.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Spurious Articles In Museums.
It has been said by more thHn one
authority that, II all the articles 10
our museums and some Of the great
private collections were examined End
thoroughly overhauled BY experts y
would be found that . great proper
lion were spurious.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

On the continent of Europe the
longest telephone line is 742 miles in
length and runs between Berlin and
Paris. Then follow Berlin and Buda-
Pesth. 612 miles; Berlin and Memel.
ss3 miles; Berlin and Basel. 377
miles.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
Bring the School Children

to the R. R. S. rooming house. on
Tuesday and Wednesday. February
90 and "a. where DR.. Sapero. the
well known eye. ear nose and throat
specialist of Denver. will examine
their eyes and yours free. Call early
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
Friendly Tlp.

what can do to create sensa-
toni" asked the theatrical star.
"Well," replied the advertising man
aser, ryou might take lessons in ac'f
hs." IS
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Harkins-So you really imagine
that smoking benefits you. Ell?
Larkins-I know 1t does. My moth
er-in-law leaves the room the mis.,ss
I light my pipe.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

UnseIfishnose Of Coed Manners.
Good manners mean good heart, fol-
| Il stands to reason that one can't be
doing things for others. the little
things that 20 to make life easy. rub
of the rough places and make life
more comfortable :o- others. unless
others be thought of before ones self
Chicago American.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Cousins Marry in Germany.
| Among the marriages recorded in
Berlin last year there were 121 OF
blood-relations: 100 OF these were
marriages of cousins.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

New five room house on two cor
ner lots. Soft water. barn, chicken
house, good location, easy terms. In
quire at Margrave's Grocery.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

FOR SALE.-Plum trees in any
quantity at 1c each. Inquire of p.
S. Lynch, Lamar.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17
In Japan.

Japanese children begin to go to
school when six years old. During the
first four years they learn Japanese
and Chinese; in the next four years
every child has to learn English.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

PuIis4 Lays Large Ess.
A pullet owned by Frank Lund OF
North Sutton. N. H.. is responsible for
an egg measuring 8 11-1s NV '--"os
The Lamar register., 1909-02-17

Immense House Cat.
Charles Breed of North Weare, N
H.. has a house cat that measures
from tip of ears to tip Of tail 32h
Inches
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-20
TO FREE RICH WOMAN THIEF
Liberate Mrs. Romadka-Was
MiIlionaire's Wife.

Chicago.-After two years impris
onment in the penitentairy at Joliet
Mrs. Evelyn c. Romadka, perpetratoI
of a string of daring burglaries and
former wife of Charles l.. Romadka.
a multi-millionaire manufacturer Of
Milwaukee. probably will be released
next month. .,.s.{ b sy
Another chapter was added to the
story of the weird life OF Mrs. Ro
madka, which is even more fantastic
than that Of Hornung's fiction charac.
ter Rallies" when it became known
that friends Of her girlhood days, Of
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, Wis, had
petitioned Gov. Deneen and the ILL
nois board of pardons asking for the
liberation Of the former school-teachel
and millionaire's wife.
Undaunted by the wealthy Romadka
family's refusal to assist In gaining
the release of the woman, whose
prison confinement has undermined
her health, her aged father, P. J
Game, who owns a large rubber plan
tation in Mexico, has declared he will
spend his entire fortune In his daugh
ter's behalf.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-20
william Coates : Hero.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. - William
Coates. a veteran employe Of the
Northwestern, died here, hero in
all that the name implies.
He gave up his life in order that a
baby girl might live.
Coates was fagman on the Twelfth
avenue crossing. He was bothered
by a crowd of little tots who persist.
ed playing on the tracks. He warned
them repeatedly and drove them
away. Just as switch engine wal;
backing down the tracks he noticed
them at play near some box cars. He
cried to them and several of them
ran. Then he noticed one little girl
not over four years old standing dazed
in the center OF the track.
Seeing the baby could not get of
the track he started towards her. He
had only time to throw her from be-
tween the rails when he was struck
by the pilot of the engine, causing
conclusion of the brain, from which
he died within three minutes after
being removed to the hospital
The little girl was the only child
of Mrs. Frank Trejcy and her father
was killed by the Northwestern In
this city a little over a year ago.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-20
CRYING NEED, AS he SEES IT.
Companion Of irrita,ed Divines Came
to the Front with Order to
the Waiter.

Joaquin Miller is to establish q
colony of poets in Fruitvale, Cal. Mr.
Miller, discussing this colony recently.
said,
I'VE poets will, OF course, argue
and squabble. That will be delight
full Arguments and squabbles over
Matthew Arnold, Swinburne, Tenny-
son and Keats are pleasant and SEN
sible things, you know. They are
not like political or religious argu-
ments, which in their bitter rancor al
ways make me think Of three Maine
diyines.
while three Maine divines were
supping together, two Of them be-
gan to argue about the comparative
religious merit Of the royal houses
of Stuart and Orange. The argument
became heated. The divines grew ex-
cited and angry.
:. William III. was a great rascal,
reared the first, as he struck the table
with his fist. "A great rascal, and I
spit upon his memory
"The second divine, turning very
red, shouted:
"tNo, it's James II. that was the
rascal. l spit upon his memory
At this point the third divine rang
the bell, and said gently to the waiter:
'Spittoons for two, please"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-20
GREEK FLAG IS SHOT DOWN
ACTION RESTORES PEACE IN THE
ISLAND OF CRETE.
Marines from Russian, French and
British Ships Remove Emblem
Which Caused War Scare.

Canea, Island of Crete. - A we'll
directed shot fired by one Of
the parties of bluejackets landed
from the international squadron an
chored in. Canea harbor brought
down the flagstaff of the Canea fort
and with it the Greek flag that has
threatened to bring about war be-
tween Turkey and Greece.
A combined landing party COM
bosed of detachments from the ships
Of the four protecting powers was
sent ashore before sunrise and the
task Of removing the Hellenic en-
blem was carried out in few min
utes without any attempt at interfer-
ence on the part of the islanders.
Most Of the bluejackets then returned
to their ships, but small attachments
representing each of the four powers
were left behind in occupation OF the
bastion of the fortress to prevent any
attempt on the part Of the Cretans
to raise another flag.
Cretan gendarmes have been post
ed throughout Canea to maintain or
der. a
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-08-20
GIRLS ON 4 STRIKE
One Hundred and Forty-fye Quit
Button Making Shop.
WANT WeIGHMASTER 0UsTED
Mvseatins Factory Girls Charge That
They Are Cheated In weights
BY of6eiaI Of Establishment
Men Cheer Them.

Muscatine, Ia, Aug. Obtaining
that the weigh master cheated them
when weighing up their buttons, las
girls in the McKee-Bliven button fac
tory. went On strike while the men
employed in the big plant cheerea
them as they left their machines.
Button conditions in Muscatine are
booming and the girls assert they
can get Jobs elsewhere if the manage
ment does not comply with their de-
mand and discharge the weigh mas
ter.
The girls work by the piece and
any slight error in weighing the first
ounce may mean big loss to them.
Mckee and Bliven were both lead
ers in the Sunday religious campaign
and their factory Is branch Y. NJ.
c. A. They have the reputation OF
treating their employees with the ut
most fairness.
TOO much prayer meeting and not
enough wages was the complaint Of
one OF the men, when the male en-
ployes were discussing the calling OF
a sympathetic strike.