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The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

ment OF waterways had been carried
forward in haphazard fashion in
the past. and that a new method
should be adopted.
Il believe in the deep waterway"
said the president. Il am for 1t. and
I shall use all the power that pos
sess in doing what may be accom-
plished to give you citizens of this
great valley what you so earnestly de-
sire. II is all a part of still great
err movement inaugurated by Theo-
dore Roosevelt. and properly called
by him the conservation of our ma
tional resources.
The projects for irrigation and for
the improvement Of waterways in the
future are not to be for the purpose
of distributing pork to every part Of
the country. Every measure Is to be
adopted on the ground that 1t will be
useful to the whole country. They
are not to be adopted for sending
certain congressman back to Wash
ington or for making certain parts OF
the country profitable during the ex-
penditure OF the money.
I'VE should take up every compre-
hensive project on its merits and de
termine whether the country where
the project is to be carried out has so
far developed as to justify the enor-
nous expenditure Of money and If 1t
will be useful when done. When We
decide in favor of a project. believe
in issuing bonds to carry 1t to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible. 1t has
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Pcrploxod no,her writes: My child
las snel zing its after the morning
81 onge bath. What would you ad.
yise? Some mothers give their
babies a hypoderEiic of morphine for
sncezing. But we have always felt
that this was too harsh a remedy.
GIVE the baby about three tablespoon
iuls of Old Tom gin with a little sugar
and pinch OF lemon peel. The sugar
makes this remedy more grateful to
the child BE sure to keep this prophy-
tactic away from father.
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RASH ALL OVER BOYS BODY.
Awful, crusted, Weeping Eczema on
Little Sufferer-A Score Of Trent
ments Prove Dismal Failures.
Cure Achieved by cutieura.

MY little boy had an awful rash all
over his body and the doctor said 1t
was eczema. IL was terrible. and used
TO water awfully. Any place the water
went II would form another sore and II
would become crusted. A score or
more physicians filled utterly and dis
r;ally in their efforts TO remove the
trouble. Then I was told TO use the
Cuticura Remedies. ] got a cake OF
Cuticura Soap. box of Cuticura Oint-
ment and a bottle Of Clticura Re-
solvent. and before we had used half
the Resolvent l could see change in
him. In about two months he was en-
tirely well. George F. Lambert, 13e
West Centre St. Mahanoy City, Pa.
Sept. &c and Nov. 4. 1907"
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp. 500 Props. Bosten
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

girls and who England and sell
The nobemn will taught better ideas of the
o
o O
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Before he went fshin'." said the
town story teller, he swallowed
bout pint an half of snakebite
remedy, an of course you know what
that is. Well. after the snake bit him
the reptile cut all sorts o capers. kaze
the remedy went straight to its head
Last thing 1t tried to do WIZ to swal-
Ter its tail, an it got itself in the form
of hoop an I'm a liar ef the chill
dren didn't roll 1t around all day"
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

An Atchi,on girl believed she had
been exposed to smallpox. She got
vaccinated. drank vinegar three times
a day and took large dose Of formal
dehyde. and had her home fumigated
Later. when she learned that 1t was
all a mistake and that she hadn't been
exposed. she had a big. long cry. She
was disappointed. -Atchison Globe
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
500 Reward. 500,

The readers OF this paper viii be pIcasrd to learn
that there at least dreaded disease that
has been able % In all It's and that n
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure b the only positive
known to the medical fraternity CAtauh
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure h taken IN
ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mueon
surfaces OF the system. thereby destroying tho
foundation of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and Assist
Ing nature In doing its work. The proprtrtors have
20 much faith in Its curative powers that they cncr
One Hundred Dollars for any that 10 tails 70
cure. send for list of testimonials
Address r. J. CHENEY a CO. Toledo. O
Sold by all Druggists. 7sc.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipatna-
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
GRAFT FOE FOR PRESIDENT

Joseph w. Folk. who broke up the Doodle com.
bine in ST. Louis and rewarded by election
TO the Office of governor. is being doomed for
president In 1912. and It is practically certain
that the Missouri delegation to the next Demo
cratic national convention will carry Folk nstruc.
tons.
Missouri Democrats are free to confess that
they are sick at heart over the fact that Demo
cratic Missouri" is represented at Washington
by Republican United States senator and
that the state government at Jefferson City is in
Republican control. Upon a harmony basis it
is now clear that the old factional fighting has
been abandoned within party lines and that for.
mer Governor Folk will be made Missouris presi.
DENTAL candidate
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

A clerk in a New York law ONCE
was discharged because he tried to
haze a new Office boy. What's the
use of having a college education Il
you can't use 1t in your business?-
Buffalo Express.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

In making campaign speeches." said
the ordinary citizen. II suppose you
never promise more than you can do?"
"Oh, don't carry It quite that far"
replied the politician. but I never
promise more than l can make the
people believe I can do"
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tired all the time and very nervous. l
began using Doan's Kidney Pills. and
after taking a few boxes was cured
and have been well ever since
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Only Archduke
maneuvers of the German
Francis JOSEPH raised Ahduke Francis Fedands wife to the rank of
archduchess with
When
declare
with
Haps5urgs William
delights
The German
caly for her AustroGerman relations.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

of the b | a d d e r
reached its climax
last spring and l suf-
fered terribly. My
back ached an d
panied SO l could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty, fire.
quent Of passage
and painful, | was
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
Our Geographical Center.

II Alaska be excluded from consid
Grafton. Kansas is geographically the
central state of the United States. Il
lies between longitudes - degrees IS
minutes and l02 degrees west. and be
tween latitude 81 degrees and 20 de
grees north
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
NejahborIy Consideration.

81 heard your baby crying nearly all
night What was the matter with it?'
Il think she wanted me to get up and
carr her around. but was afraid i'll
did you'd be disturbed by hearing me
tramping the floor over your lead"
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But sometimes it's right to tell .
white lie. isn't it,"
Perhaps. But I notice that the
person who always tells white lies f1nd
1t isn't long till he becomes color
blind"
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sometimes = Hard Task,

When q man says. and 1 know
what I'm talking about says the
Philosopher Of Folly. the only way
I can get even is by asking him to
prove It,"
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
TO FIGHT YANKEE INVASION

The Countess of Egerton. widow of Earl Eyer
ton of Tatton. whose first husband the Duke
of buckingham. according to report has planned
a movement among titled English women to re-
sist the Yankee INVASION by which the most
eligible of England's unmarried mobiles are being
captured by the daughters of aspiring American
millionaires
The plans of the countess contemplate moth
ing less than campaign of education among
women members of the English aristocracy par
ticularly the mothers. with view TO securing
united and Intelligent action to influence their
sons and brothers against marrying American
girls.
Under the countess plan. II Is said the moth
ers will hGgln inculcafe In their at an
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Scribbler-"So old Skinfiints family
didn't like the obituary wrote" Ed
itor-"Oh. the obituary was all right.
but the fool foreman ran 1t under the
head OF People and Pleasant
Events''
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

DO you own an automobile?" in
quired the unobservant party. The
other shook his head sadly.
No" he sighed. 81 have been a sur
ferer all my life from chronic pedes-
trianism.''
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Chimneys were first used In Europe
in the fourteenth century. None OF the
Roman ruins shows chimneys like
ours. The wealthy Romans used car,
fully dried wood which would burn
In the room without SCOT.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
NAMED FOR PEKIN POST

Henry r. Fletcher OF Pennsylvania. charge
iaffaires at Pekin, is declared by prominent dip.
omatic authorities to be slated for the Pekin
post Charles r. Cranes successor.
The state department recognizes that Mr.
Fletcher has shown good Judgment and discre-
ton and that since he succeeded to the control
of the legation American diplomacy in China has
been entirely independent OF the powerful Japan
csc and British influences at Pekin.
Mr.. Fletcher was appointed to the post Of sec.
rotary of the legation under Mr.. W. w RockhiIl
hen minister. on April rs. 1907. at a salary of
81. 625. When it was decided to promote Mr.
Rockhill to the post Of ambassador to Russia Mr.
Fletcher was made charge daffaires and since
then has been duty day and night In Pehin
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

"How's yer wheat"
First rate"
Pigs doin' well?"
Fine"
That puny colt come round all
right"
He sure did
Glad to hear things is so likely.
Bill. How's your wife Washington
Herald.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Il wonder what order the doctor
gave the military company when he
had to vaccinate them in q body?"
Why. naturally. 1t was Present
arms!'"
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

You know a policeman can always
break into a house when he heanL the
cry OF murder"
Yes. but does he always do IT."
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

influential
position
in
spotlight
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

He
given evidence OF ability which has
esden md Of State Knox
appointed second secretary Of the legation
legation Lisbon March TO- 1905 secretary of
ton a 1907
neld
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
BRAINS CAUSED HER RISE

Former Countess Sophia Chotek. morganatc
wife of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir pre-
sumptive to the Austro- Hungarian crown. has be-
come the ost prominent figure in Europe. Her
greatest admirer cannot say she is beautiful. but
those who hate her most-and they are all wom-
en-must admit that she has brains and tact and
force.
So in all human probability this lady. always
noble in character. to marry whom her husband
once renounced claims to the throne. will reign
as empress of Austria. Morganatic wife. left
handed wife no longer. she will sit on the throne
as empress at her lord and masters left hand
tries of unfortunate events, which made
Francis Joseph the unhappest man in Europe
Onened her NTH O the throne which the good
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Stand for Any "Pork Barrel
Sherman, Cannon and Dickinson
Pledge Aid.
Jew Orleans, Nov. 1.-Ringing de-
nds for IA feet through the val
and elaborate argument in sup
IT of the program for the creation
a deep waterway from the lakes to
gulf have marked the great con-
ntion Of the Deep Waterway asso-
ltion that opened here Saturday.
President Taft, Vice-President Sher-
IN, Speaker Cannon, governors of
Mississippi valley states, innumer-
lie senators and representatives and
mighty throng OF private citizens
no believe in the big river project
Re here and all urge that it be un-
ertaken and carried to a speedy con-
fusion.
President Taft Promises Support.
President Taft, who arrived in New
Orleans escorted by a great fiotilla,
after an Illuminating trip down the
Mississippi river from st. Louis. land
ed from the lighthouse tender Clean
der about eight o'clock Saturday
morning, and was driven to his no.
tel through streets that were cano-
pied with magnolia barnches. palmet-
toes and southern moss. and every
where the notices Fourteen Feet
Through the Valley" and River Rate
Regulation Is Rate Regulation At
the Athenaeum in the afternoon the
president aroused storm of cheers
by promising that If the 14-feet project
proved feasible and advisable. the
present administration would favor
the issuance Of government bonds to
defray the cost
Not for a "Pork Barrel"
At the same time Mr.. Taft made 1t
plain that he would not stand for any
plan to make a pork barrel of the
project. He said he opposed any
such general bond issue of $500 .O0O.-
900 or 81 ,O0O. 100000 for waterways
improvement. the money to be cut
up and parceled out to different sec
tons. He declared that the improve
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

The first time a girl is disappointed
in love she imagines she has moth
ing left to live for.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

been proposed that we issue bonds FOR
$500. 0o0. 900 or $1,000. O0o. 900. and cut
1t up and parcel the money out in this
and that section of the country.
am opposed to any such proposition.
because 1t not only smells OF the
pork barrel but would be . pork
barrel"
Sherman, Too, 10 for II.
Vice-President James s. Sherman
has brought to the people Of the mid
die west the message of the east,
promising enthusiastic support of the
waterway program. I'VE people of
the east depend ON your people of the
west" said he. when we help you.
we help ourselves, SO there is every
reason why we should do all in our
power for you. as soon as we realize
what you want and why you want 1t. :"
Speaker Cannon and Secretary of
War Dickinson are no less outspoken
in their assurances of support, and
many senators and representatives.
among them Senator Lorime- of ILL
nois. the father of the deep waterway
movement, this afternoon made ad-
dresses full of hopeful enthusiasm.
kavanaush Opens Convention.
William X. Kavanaugh of Missouri.
president of the association, called the
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

You don't have to run n boarding
house in order to board train.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Two Items.
Il suppose with all this modern
prison philanthropy. abolishing stripes
and convict uniforms generally. they
will soon introduce dress suits for the
wellbehaved prisoners in our penal
Institutions
Well. you know. they already give
convicts watches and chains"
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Mrs. Windows soothing Syrup.
For children teething softena the gums, reduces b
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
SUFFERED TERRIBLY.
How Relief from Distressing Kidney
Trouble Was Found.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf, 3SS w. Morgan
St, Upton, Mo-, says: inflammation
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Some family skeletons are padded
beyond recognition.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
Damascus Electric Tramw.y.

Damascus has an electric tramwa,
the daily receipts OF which rveraT
SIG.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

ARE YOU LOSING FLESH
through . racking cough that you cannot secm "a
ebeckf bottle OF Allen's Lung BalsAm will cure
the trouble and help you back to heAith.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

Somehow the majority of our habit,
seem to be bad ones.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03
TAFT FOR waterway
TELLS CONVENTION AT NEW OR.
LEANS HE FAvoRs THE
PROJECT.
OR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

esident Promises the Support Of
the Administration, But viii Not
Stand for Any "Pork BARREL
Sherman, Cannon and Dickinson
Pledge Aid.
The Lamar register., 1909-11-03

William X. Kavanaugh of Missouri.
president of the association. called the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
Tleket-printinu Machine.

The ticket-printing machine adopt
ed by the German government is de
signed to simplify the work of rail
road Offices, and makes unnecessary
the usual large stock of many kinds
Of tickets at each station. The APP.
paratus at Cologne--made for 1900
stations-is three feet long. four feet
high and twenty inches wide. 1t car.
ries printing plate for each kind OF
ticket required, and an alphabetical
index-scale shows at a glance the
names of the stations to which tick,
cts are issued. The only stock need
ed is supply of pieces of cardboard
of the right size. When ticket is
called for, a blank card is slid into
place opposite the required station
a handle is depressed and the ticket
drops out, printed with the names Of
the departure and destined stations
consecutive number, fare, route, class
of carriage, and other facts At the
same operation duplicate is printed
on continuous sheet to serve as {
record. Actual gain in time is claimed
clerk having issued as many as 50i
tickets In an hour; there is no delay
from the giving out of the supply 0
certain tickets, and at the end of the
day the continuous sheet gives an &C
curate record OF the business done
With this system in use, there can bt
no ticket roberies, no issue of I'm
accommodation tickets.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
OF the Outstanding Short Interest
Made Themselves Felt In Yester.
days Stock Market.

New York, Oct. 1G.-The stock mar.
ket today showed the effects of the
large reduction of the outstanding
short interest which occurred in con
nection with the rapid substantial RI.
.covery of prices in the latter part of
the week. Requirements for stocks
have been thus materially reduced.
The complexion of the coming bank
statement also formed subject for
apprehension. While the showing Of
the bank statement was unknown I'M
It'll after the stock market closed, in
creased confidence over the money
market position was noted yesterday
and was unaltered.
This feeling was partly due to the
hopes of more accommodating spirit
toward American borrowers on the
part of London money lenders. AS
American finance bills found accept
ance in London during the week, de
|
necessity of protective measures. it is
believed that the London money mar
ket is more solicitous to stop the run
on its gold supplies from other guar,
tiers than to ohstruct the credit of
the American borrowers.
The bank statement indicated the
operation Of some unexplained occult
forces. The actnual gain in cash was
reported at $2470,70o in the face OF
the estimated out-go OF six or seven
Millions. The report of "other banks
outside the clearing hot >es does not
explain the discrepancies. Neithey
have the local trust companies ass. St
ed in relieving the loan account Of To-
cal banks. A $25,208,500 loan increase
being reported by these institutions
Out of town banks have been large
lenders, drawing on their deposits
with New York banks, this without al
| tering the credit position.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York. Oct. 1G.-1WHEAT, Re
ceipts 100000 exports 1896; spot
easy; No. 2 red l.279s asked elevator
anil nominal fob. afoat. World s
shipments were ..lgn enough to
weaken both Liverpool and the do
uestic wheat markets this morning
New York losing "a OF cent Il
tushel in the first hour with the bear
pressure quite conspicuous. Final
prices were " TO cent net lower.
December sft29s; May 1.t2as.
CORN Spot barely steady; No.
TtHc elevator and 704 delivered /;
No. 70a4 Fob. adoat No. yellow
IN. The options market was without
transactions, unchanged. Dec. G9b.
OATS -- Receipts 1880; spot
steady: mixed nominal; white asa
i6ia; clipped white 45Ia @49.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
The Critics DUTY.

1t is sometimes the painful duty Of
Judge to order man to be hanged
by the neck till he. be dead; 1t is
sometimes the painful duty Of critic
to tell an author that his English Is
faulty, his arguments fallacious, and
his imagination a minus quantity. But
1t is never the duty of a Judge to
mingle with the dreadful utterance OF
doom sarcastic remarks about the
prisoners inferior social status; nor
is it ever the duty Of critic to men,
ton an authors connection witt
'gallipots," or to sheer at his poverty
or to insist on the fact that his worh
was originally printed in journal
purchasable for the sum of one half
penny -Arthur Maohen, in r. Pr
Weekly, London.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
LARGE REDUCTIONS WHEAT IS BttR|SH
But Sight Recovery Near Close Yes.
ternay Kept Prie' From the
~ int.

Chicago. OCT. 16.--5iOti R.-Firm.
winter patents s5.l5m $50; straights
4.6om51o; spring patents not quoted;
straights 4.5oGi d75. bakers 5.2oG
$40.
WHEAT-Be arish during the entire
session today although a Slight recoy'
cry kent the market from closing on
the low point of the day. December
ranged ia lower and closed | cent
below yesterday Large realizing
sales by the heavy holders pounded
The martet and no sport was found
in The crhlss which toll of the falling
off in foreign prices toned down by
the continued heavy o1erines of Rus
sian wheat Cash sn,eS to mi!ierS, al
though totalling large amount id
not hold the market, nor did the It'd
Iings that MINNEAPOLIS wheat in ster
TO-DAY totalled 100000 bushels. com
nared with q tot"l OF ten million
effect
No 9 red sl,22; TO : red Liza
1.2o, No, . hard i.l3M1.lJ: No,
bard 1.O9Mt1l; >ecemDer opened
12G&M 1.oG7s; high 1868 .oW
Io51s mi.05Es; closed l,0G1sm l.0s'4 ;
May 1868.
l. cORN--Tbe market was heavy lne
to considerable Selling pressure and
the influence downward in the wheat
market, Commssio- houses We Q
prominent among the sellers. The
range of nrices was narrow. the clos
ing ngrres being "a sc lower,
No. . coz MGl lac; 40. ? white 81 y
ff62; No 3 G1M3l@; Decembe.
opened 49,. M5s high 50; low $50
closed 1914 m5SA NY 61as.
OATS Large volume Of, sales foi
| the wee'. end was the feature OF The
market which, in 6ympatls will
wheat and corn. dropped off. Prices
for the day kent wit in an extreme'>
narrow range, December anw May
closing a lower.
No. . white iola; No, 3 white 50 q
| ii; standard ilGiIA December
opened i0A M409s; high i1ss; low
29fs closed 40; May 1919.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
Turkish Kindness to Animals.

In the matter of kindness to ami
mails it Is said that the Turk canno
be surpassed. Thus at Stamboul this
wandering dogs are treated with grea
gentleness and when puppies CONT
into the world they are lodged with
their mother at the side Of the street
in improvised kennels made out of ole
boxes lined with straw and bits of car
pet. And frequently when young
Turk happens to be flush of money he
goes to the nearest bakers shop anC
buys a quantity of bread, which he
distributes among the dogs of the
quarter, who testify their gratitude by
jumping up at him with muddy paws
and shifting mtzzles.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
Succe ssful Riyetinu of China

Riveting china is an extremely dit
ficult and delicate operation and one
that requires considerable skill and
experience If 1t is to be performed
successfully In drilling the holes the
safest plan is to immerse' the chins
completely In water, SO as to avoiC
fracturing it. No chemical is used tt
eat away the glaze; good sharp drill
with a fine point is all that is needed
For riveting, white metal wire, which
may be had from any large meta
dealer, is used. This wire is com
paratively soft and can be rivettet
without hammering it too heavily Al
the tools required are drill, ham
mer, a supply of wire and a pair o
cutting pliers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-17
&C. EMINENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.
BUTTER-Firm.
CHEES E Firm.
El.EC Firm unc annnI

BUTTER-Firm.
CHEESE-Firm.
EGGS Firm: unchanged.
COFFEE Futures opened quiet at
unchanged prices to decline Of five
points in sympathy with the lower
French cables, but rallied quickly
on support from Wall street and To-
cal trade interests. Trading was quite
active late in the morning, and prices
closed firm at an advance of 10 points.
Sales $3.50 bags; Oct. $685. spot
quiet: No. Rio Sls nominal mild
quiet; Cordova 90 ollie.
SuGAR--Raw steady; fair refining
s377; centrifugal sc test 4.27 molas-
sugar 3.52; refined steady; confection-
TONERS A i.95; mould A $50: cut loaf
sos; crushed SIS; powdered SIS !;
graduated 5.15, cubes $40.