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Evening star., 1909-06-13

other in thoroughly unique and uncon-
scious superiority in some peculiar point.
And above on either side. arise the
jagged. rugged peaks grandly, over which
smiles the ever azure sky. while below
can be seen the expanding gleam Of the
BLUSH green waters. Nature has piled
her deft hand In gorge and ravine, forest
and valley, glacier and stream, cliff and
precipice, often half revealed in q mys-
terious haze. The sky and eHater. with
the mountain between. in all their rich
variety Of colorng. form canopy that Is
ever charming in its vaulted glory. The
perpetual, never cloying charm OF the
mountains conspired with the traditions
of this classic region to make the reaim
OF Lucerne a place OF pilgrimage where
homage Is ever due.
Lucerne, indeed. is the point to which
all travellers converge From Constance
and Zurich. from Basic and Often. from
Geneva and Berne. tourists reach Lu-
cerne by three main lines OF railway.
Every train that crosses the Brunig
brings passengers from the Bernese ober-
land. and every steamboat that burrows
the lake is laden with tourists from the
forest cantons. while the ST. Gotthard
line. burrowing through the Alps, brings
it's quota of travellers from the sunny
south. From the time the chestnuts are
opening their tinted blossoms on the beau
tiful quay in the spring until the leaves
begin to fall, the throng Of foreign visit
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How much. please. to purchase this
total book" This from me.
For 81. thank you, and the rest by
degrees till payed for That from him.
20 so sorry. no can do I corrobo-
rate with great chivalry. But this Book
Agent are a very firm literary man; so
he drop that fat Work on my bedstid e
part off with these charitable words:
You shall read this Great Compile and
learn how-do to become Famous. Then
shall come around weekly & collect SOC
till paved for
AT what date shall 1t be paved for?"
Blu. he have already parted off and left
me with this expensive literature. 1t are
a very Taft-shape book bound in sheepish
leather with guilt-colored edges. 1 al
ready feel somewhat prosperous to see it
laying on my bureau. By opening this
Hon. Book / am charmed by very W u
able invoice Of Thought which l receive.
1t relate about many youths Of very Hobo
parentage who. by constant smartness.
start at first round of the ladder and
soonly climb to second story of Success.
DO not be discouraged to start at feet
of the Ladder" Editor Of this Book say.
You will always find a window unlocked
on the second story
This Book pronounce great Hope to
any boy who is poor enough to be am
bilious. It-say. Keep your brain close
to deeds OF Great Men and attempt 10
learn how. Nearly every Life Insurance
President. Poet Marter or Politician now
occupying wealthy chairs in glass offices
was formerly office boys in buildings they
now owns. Folks gets famous by con-
slant application.
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T HE Lake Of Lucerne-the Lake OF
the Four Forest Cantons, the Vier-
4 waldstattersee-mayw we'll be regard
ed, as many do enthusiastically, as the
most beautiful and romantic lake In
Switzerland. Its shimmering emerald
waters are encircled by a chaplet OF
heights rising almost sheer from the
waters edge, and round about its Sc
questered hooks and corners is many
spot rendered dear to the patriotic heart
OF the Switzer. Spreading widely are the
bright green waters of the lake, while far
beyond rise the glistening snowy ranges
OF the Alps. On the left is the far-famed
Rigi, towering above the sweet-scented
gardens Of Weggis. and to the right the
rugged solemn Pilatus, while on the
horizon around appear a chain of snowy
peaks that rear proudly their noble
heads.
The lake is surrounded by its amphi-
theater of mountains. a many chambered
gallery of scenery that in its sublime ma
tive grandeur cannot be rivaled. The
many basined labyrinths separate the
whole into seni-detached sections that
furnish, as each becomes disclosed, a
series Of surprises. each surprising the
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Pray listen. little Boy. If you're
Intent to reach that Golden Niche;
Don't waste your kindness on the Poor
But jump, o jump and help the Rich!'
l chew this information with my brain.
This Author say you must obtain Fame
by constant application" I have made
constant application for all sorted jobs;
but maybe have applied at the wrong
place. So read on.
Frontish-piece of this Hon. Book are
large crane-portrait Of Hon. John ..
Rockefeller with sad & loving expression
like he did what he done to Ameri"a
more in sorrow than in anger. Next
come following brief historical write-up:
LIFE OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
Hon. ]. D. was born on July 1, 1889. OF
pious, patriotick. poverty stricken peo-
pie. After loveless youth he left COL
lege at the age OF Q and accepted an
oDSSuIc pOSt dS OIl1Cc-DCy dI Tue INQUEST
salary Of 81 a week. Little is known Of
his subsequent career; but he must
have advanced rapidly in the esteem o.
his employers. for we find him In the
year 1909 universally known as a lead
ing oil merchant. He lives at larry
town. N Y. where he is loved & sus-
pected by ALL
LIFE OF VIM SHAKESPEARE
(deceasedD
VIM. Shakespeare was born, IL at all. n
the latter part Of the 18th Century. His
works are full OF historical blunde.s
For further particulars see FRANCIS
BACON.
LIFE OF E. H. HARTMAN
Hon. E. H. Hartman was borned in the
10Th Century. but refuses to talk about
it. AS a young man he worked as a
collector for a railroad. Recently he
has branched out into a railroad d-col-
lecting business. He lives in a private
car and moves in a mysterious way. He
is loved and respected by all For fur
ther particulars see GEORGE GOULD.
LIFE OF JAS. A. PATTEN
Born Of poor but contented parents little
James went out at an early age to earn
his bread e. butter. He didn't have no
luck in butter but he was soon able to
corner the bread. He Is called the Yeast
King because he has raised so many
loaves. He lives quietly on his Western
farm where he is loved and respected
by all.
And so onwards through every stages
Of greatness. 1 am completely fascinated
by this Hon. Book SO filed of grand
acheevment & biographies! How nice TO
be included in History! l should more
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next discovered at e Broadway running
the place. Therefore I must find some
gentleman what have arrived at top 'ip
of Fame and ask him some replies.
So I put on my frockaway coat &
lime as possible. Then 1 retire to rich
looking street & hunt up a tell Building
what appear to be occupied by Poor Boy
l seen an eminent looking Building CO
extreme tallness which appear very dig
nified as II 1t had stole something &
wished to keep still about It, Over the
main entry to this place was sign "Chi-
cago, Rakeon & Backaway r. R."
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rather be Famous than almost any other
job. Could I. too. not be mentioned
some day because of my sweet disposition
G. f1rm-tooth stroggle to Success? Would
1t not be nice for Prosperity to see fol-
lowing information about me:
LIFE OF HASHIMURA TOGO
Hon. Hash. Togo was begun in Japan
about 1874. His parents was poor but
perfectly natural. He come to America
to learn intelligence G. was employed
as soup carrier in many board houses
where he stayed until he quit. He got
so famous for his perpendicular char
acter & honest face that he wrote q
book of poetries & died controlling 3
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Business, IL any" are next slam-out
for him.
''Hon. Child" I say-it. Il desire q
earnest wish that I could see the Pres
Of this Co. so that maybe I also can gel
Job OF once Ladd & SO upwards till
owned the Building
When 1 said this Hon. ONCE Boy be,
come peeled with laughter.
You are a species Of Oriental lemon.
he report.
Kindly to respect my color. II nothing
else" I say doggishly.
II am ONCE Boy to this organisation. -
snib that Kidd-person. My salary are 8
weekly which earn by sharpening pen.
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cept the secret scorn of the guide who
gets 81 day to 60 along with them and
keep them from hurting themselves Some
men can satisfy the strange love OF
danger which seems to lurk In every
human breast by taking a ride on the
hazardous railroad or the perilous switch
locks. Some get married, some get di-
vorced, and then marry over again. Some
climb the Andes mountains and some talk
back to a policeman. But. as for me.
go fishing.
II can always tell. Larry. when I'm
about ready to go on my annual fishing
excursion It comes along shortly after
I've decided never to 90 fishing again as
long as live. Why is 1t. anyway. that
as soon as a man makes up his mind he
won't do thing he begins preparing
the plans and specifications to do It? It's
a question that's never been satisfactorily
answered. Possibly to look at me you
wouldn't think it. but I know great
number of valuable things. OF course.
there are some things that nobody on
earth knows-how a Chink laundryman
keeps his books, and what's the reason
a dentist always has canary bird In his
office. and why one year the show girls
will lean so far over when they walk
that you'd think they were getting ready
to steal second and the next year they'll
be reared back with the chin In the air.
like they were waiting for their base on
balls? One year they're emphatically 20
South Bend. Ind. and the next year IT'S
Straight Edge. Mimi, for theirs.
Those are some of the things that no.
body knows the right answer to- And
it's the samN way with this determined
resolution proposition. A man decides to
swear of He wakes up some tired MORN
ing following a busy evening with a taste
Evening star., 1909-06-13
"Wot do you think

about fishin?" asked the House Detective.
We'll. not such a fabulous much" ad-
mitted the Hotel Clerk. Anytime
should feel called upon to put what
know upon the subject into book form It
would not be what you'd call a large
book. OF course. there are few salient
and essential facts regarding old Mr.. and
Mrs. Fish and their large and interesting
family that are very familiar to me. For
example. take the mackerel. I know the
mackerers salt water fish because he
tastes that way for breakfast. The sar-
dine of commerce is a small but pleasing
need one. because he resides in a can Of
oil. except when he's mustard sardine,
In which case he's still headless. but has
a different native element to swim around
in. The fnnan haddie has no interior
department but lives all nattened. out
like a buckwheat cake. AS steady and
consistent layer. the lady shad or shad-
hen has the black wyandotte backed
clear of the nest. while her husband
when cooked for the table. gives a spirit
ed imitation Of a fine tooth comb with
some waterproofing wrapped around It,
But that, Larry is neither here nor
there. It's neither hence nor whence.
It's not even hither or whittier. The main
point is that summer has come. AS &
lover OF nature would say, the fish bite
freely and the woods are full Of jays; or.
as the keeper OF -he summer hotel put
IL the Jays bite freely and the woods
are full Of fish: which is very different
when you come to figure 1t out. Summer
has come and know that I'm due. Every
summer I very carefully make up my
mind that this is the summer when
positively will not go fishing, after which
l very carefully up and go. / can't seem
10 help It, All OF a sudden. some morn
ing. am seized with the desire to snatch
some inonensive f1uke or law abiding
moss bunker out OF his native fluid and
carry him around with me in the hot sun
until he begins TO smell in such a way
as to invite adverse criticism.
II think il must be the call OF the wild
stirring within my veins. Nearly every
body. II you'll notice closely. suffers from
an attack of that call-of-the-wild dis
ease about. once a year. Some men sat
isfy II by going into the north woods.
having visions OF bringing down a bull
moose with a set of antlers on his head
do They don't bring down anything ex-
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career do you mostly owe it that you
have arrived so great:" I ask-it at part
ing.
Il got my education from these" he
say And he show me them loaded dice
what his deary Grandfather had gave
him in antique date OF childhood.
So he slam me outside & leave me full
of muses..
Here is Japanese Poem what can be
poured into any column. no matter how
gas-pipe it is in shape:
MUSICAL SUGGESTIONS TO scULP.
TORS STQNE-CUTTERS WHO
MANUFACTURE FAMOUS STAT.
UARY FOR PUBLIC PARKS
Hon. sculptors
Standing around with chisels
Waiting for some Great Man 10 die %
you can ossify him in immortal stone.
ware,
Soonly Public Squares
VIII be full
OF new faces sawed out Of marble &
bronze.
Soonly We will see popular heroes
Standing on basis OF granite
And looking much handsomer than We
ever thought they would.
Think Of Hon. Jo-Uncle Cannon
Standing patty on a pedistool
Looking grand
And wearing creases In his stone pants
like he never actually had!
Think OF Hon. VIM. H. Taft
Standing in posy publick attitude
With his stomach idealized to look like
chest!
Imagine Philander P. Nocks
With stone forehead Of Napoleon
And cross expression
Like he was forever jerking Hon Castro
back from Venezuela!
In joy-day of future
Some fine sculptuary groups
Will also appear.
Hon. Nelson Aldrich Commanding the
Tariff to stand still.''
Hon. Jim Patten in sweet pose entitled
Bringing in the Sheaves."
Hartman Tickling the Octopus
Would be another
And Serene O'Pain Killing Time
Would look very distracted.
o Fame,
In ordering statues
To show future generations
How Civilization behaved himself in 1900
Please do some Of them works Of art I
snuggest,
And oblige,
Yours truly,
HASHIMURA TOGO.
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in his mouth like a felt insole and a feel
ing that a swarm Of bees have hived n
the back part Of his head and are now
trying to elect a queen by the Australian
ballot system. So he says to himself
never again for mine. Well. for awhile.
it's a very pleasant jaunt. The red-faced
party with the spicy breath, who's sit
ting to the left Of him on the front seat.
remarks that it's been long. dry spell
and he says right of that he never mind
ed a little dust in his throat. The per-
son with the prematurely gray hair. on
the right. complains because the convey
ance travels SO slow, and our swear -off1ng
hero replies that personally he never
cared much for joy riding. anyway. He's
Evening star., 1909-06-13
POOR BOYS WHO BECAME
FAMOUS.
& HASH1MUHA Toe
(Wallace Irwin).

Copyright 1909. by r. r. Collier & Son.
To Editor OF The Evening Star who got
a helping hand feel for Poor & Needy
who will be less so II they put slight ad-
vertisement in the Wanting Column Of
this paper.
Dear Hon. Mr.:
Evening star., 1909-06-13

Book Agent came
approaching TO Inc
yesterday " ! I h
Carnegie Library
expression e. said
he got a History
ev cry Japanese
Schoolboy should
have before he ld-
vance very far into
America.
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Bv Irwin s. Cobb.

HAVE a horrible
fear In my mind"
said the Hotel
Clerk Of the st.
Reckless. Some
thing seems to tell
me that before long
/ shall burst from
my cell and go Ash
ing"
"Wot do you think
Evening star., 1909-06-13
AND I DID,"

way the hour ( am. tastes and smells to
a layman. Also you have a kind OF a
large. hollow feeling inside of you. like
rotunda. All the time you are climbing
into your old clothes the conviction is
growing upon you that you are not going
to shine extensively at this pursuit. But
1t is now too late to retreat with honor
4
Going to the fishing place the train is
almost always crowded and somebody
pokes you among your most cherished
features with a jointed rod, and you sit
down on pocketfu. of unattached liner
ick hooks and are severely bitten. Still
you are not daunted. Nor do you finch
at buying bait for its weight in paper
money from a man who would be holding
up pay cars except he can make more in
his present lire of business. You are COM
mitted to the venture and you resolve to
60 through with it or bust.
80 you hire a rowboat weighing about
1900 pounds and pull out into the stream
near the mouth of popular sewer and
moor just over a cat cemetery. However
you don't notice this until you pull up
your anchor and find you have been inter-
fering with a funeral.
Then. mayhap. you go out further
where the surface of the stream doesn't
look quite SO much like a chowder. And
pretty soon the June-tide sunshine, bright
,and pure, focuses its attentions on the
back Of your neck and your ears begin
to turn red and light up. all rosy and
opaque. like a memorial window. and
your nose begins to pucker and peel in
such a way as to show the material un-
derneath. and your palms develop col
lection Of water blisters that make You
Evening star., 1909-06-13

are merely going fishing. But they only
tell you.. with plying giances. that 70
fish properly you heed a proper equipment
and then they unload the contents OF
another counter upon you and you stagger
away under a burden that no humane
man would put on any horse smaller than
a Percheron.
You'll. have to get up very early to
start for the place where an unprotected
at large some time ago. Personally.
was never fond OF this extremely early
rising thing. It's all right for milkmen
and poets and parties who expect to he
hanged shortly; but I don't care for the
Evening star., 1909-06-13
ROUND WEEKLY AND COLLECT 5oc."

This would be very nice Building for
me to become famous in.
So I get elevated to 9th storey where
looking Ladd was setting engaged in gum
chew q reading Book by title History
Of Famous Home Runs" l suppose this
to be some important book on the Rail-
road business.
Name, II any," require this Ladd after
5 or Is minutes after he was sure I was
there.
'Hashimura Togo" say reverently to
this child, because he was q poor boy &
might become Famous unless neglected.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

think you're holding a handful Of ripe
japanese persimmons In each hand.
But what's the use. Larry? II you've
ever been fishing, you know what It IL
yourself-how. while all around you old,
veteran fishermen, who come out on the
water because they want a quiet place
to color a meerschaum pipe without un-
seemly interruption. are hauling them In
every few minutes. you achieve a total
catch that you could put in your eye with
out seriously interfering with the vision.
and how at eventide. when the sun,
grown weary of cooking the tender ex-
posed portion OF your person. il sinking
languidly to rest IN the gold and purple
west, you return home filled with a great
longing to renew relations once more with
the comforts of an effete civilization. such
as bath tubs and white table cloth and a
neat waiter. who knows what's good on
the bill Of fare. besides Ash.
well. you may say it's the call of the
wild" said the House Detective. .'but
would it hurt your feelin's II I wuz to
name it the call of the foolish?
Not. In the least said the Hotel
Clerk. Coming from you. I'd regard Il
as being in the nature OF expert testi-
mony."
1ndividualism in Foot Ball.
From the Manchester Guardian.
One could wish that league teams would
devote more effort to developing an indi.
viduAl style, one or two OF them have
done In the past. IL every team we're
drawn mainly from the district which ft
represents. and played game distinctive
OF the district. then the final cup-tie
would be thing worth watching.
Mrs. De Crimp (day after election)-
Where did you get the new hat? Mrs
Poll worker-My husband gave me s.
yesterday for my vote.-Brooklyn Life.
Evening star., 1909-06-13

KHR. EDITOR, when I read them
4V1 paragraphs full Of bright & fiashy
hope 1 resolved to become a Office Boy
and learn how-do to get Famous. Be-
cause that Hon. Book, though entirely in
spring to folks enjoying poverty, do not
tell what them Great Men was doing
after they quit being Office boys. It
merely say "Hon. ]. D. Rockefeller be-
gan on the farm as Office boy & he was
Evening star., 1909-06-13

ellis & being Dummy when called for
directors meetings. Therefore you should
not burst into my career. Kindly remove
away"
Il should not go until saw Hon. Presi-
dent" I provoke with samurai voice.
While this loud alteration was going on
between US. door Of glass ONCE crunch
open suddenly & blank-haired gentle
man of Trust appearance & wealthy vest
rosh out with voice to yellup,
why you burst up my once with hell
ish conversation & TALK"
please, Mr. Sir" say-so with humm-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-26
KENNEBEC
LlTCHFIELD.

Miss Jennie Shurtleff, vino has been
visiting at f. N. Adams, returned to
her home in Portland, Monday, maxi
ing her trip all the way by the electric
road. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Tucker are
spending their vacation at Southport,
Me. SIS.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j: Neal and son-of
Lynn, Mass. are spending their vaca-
ton with Mr.. Meals mother, Mrs. Jane
Neal.
Percy Cram and wife and son Mer-
ton of Waterville spend the week end
with Mr.. Grams mother. Mrs. r. A.
Cram.
Ralph Goodwin with two of his
friends from Boston are spending their
vacation on the Cobbosseecontee and
at Mr. Goodwins home.
Dr. w. o. Plimpton and family of
New York are at their summer home
here
James D. Merriman of New York
visited his sister two days this week
Miss Clara d. Merriman of Litchfield
and Mr.. w. B. Fellows of Tilton, NJ
H., were married at the brides home,
Tuesday morning, Aug. "a. Rev Mr.
Sampson of the First Congregational
church of TiIton officiated, using the
single ring service. Only the immc-
date relatives were present.
Miss Merriman received the degree
of Master of Arts from Kents Hill
College. She took special course at
Wellesley, taught in this State and
Massachusetts and for the past seven
1sS of
Seminary, excepting a year abroad, in
1907-0S.
Mr. Fellows, a Dartmouth graduate
and prominent lawyer of Triton, has
been for many years Judge of the Pro-
bate court of Belknap CO., N. H.,
which position he recently resigned to
fill the newly created Office of State
auditor.
STEVENTOWN-Mr Emma Friend
returned last week from an extended
visit with relatives in Vermont.
Fred McGroty is staying at the home
of Geo. E. Spaulding.
Mrs. Ann Weston is on the sick list.
Mrs. K E. Small returned to her
home in F'armingdale, Wednesday, af
ter spending several weeks with rela-
tives in this vicinity.
The following guests are being, en-
tertained by Mrs. a. S. Sheene at ''The
Two Elns": Warren Y. Scott of Wyom-
ing, Mass, who is supervisor of signals
on the B. and M. r. R.: Mrs. Warren
Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis
of Reading, Mass; Mrs. l.. A. Scott
and two daughters, Misses Lydia and
Emma. and Mrs. Carrie Richardson
and daughter Miss Eta, all of Hyde
Park, Mass.
Mrs. Frank Pope returned last week
from Bar Harbor and spent Saturday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brann.