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The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

YOUNGER officers Of the navy who
i are regularly invited to the de-
butantes' teas in Washington say they
are going to form an anti-mushroom
Merry Widow" hat league. or wear
baseball masks in the future.
1t appears that the so-called pink
teas" are sometimes positively danger
GUS II either Miss Newberry, daughter
Of the secretary of the navy; Miss Oh
ga Converse, the Misses Fremont, the
Misses Goodwin or any Of the other
navy girls turn around too abruptly
when naval officers or others of their
admirers get among them and come
within range of their hats.
These large hats of the mushroom
Merry Widow" species are some
times as sharp on the edges as If they
had been specially stropped. and, in
addition. generally have stanch. sharp
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
NOT AFFECTED BY DEPRESSION
One Big Industry That Makes Its Bust.
ness Grow and Expand During
Year Of Business Depression.

When a manufacturing establish
ment reaches out in year OF depres-
sion and increases and expands its
business, while others in the same line
diminish their outputs or stand still, 1t
Is because there must be some un-
usually good reason for 1t. In this
instance a splendid reputation and a
more-than-ordinary meritorious prod
uct were responsible for the showing
made.
The Mayer Boot & Shoe Company,
Milwaukee, the largest shoe establish
ment in the Northwest, has just closed
its fiscal year. and reports an increase
in sales over the corresponding period
of last year. This exceptional show
ing speaks volumes for the genuine
merit of Mayer shoes, and is directly
attributed to their high standard, and
because of the fact that Mayer shoes
have become universally and popular
ly known as shoes of quality"
The leading brands are "Honorbilt'
fine shoes for men. Leading Lady"
fine shoes for women. "Yerma' Cush-
ion shoes for both men and women
Ohese are exceptionally fine shoes for
people troubled with tender feeD; the
popular Martha Washington" Com
fort shoes, which have the largest
sale of any shoes of this kind in the
world, and the Special Merit" School
shoes "a strong and sturdy line of
seamless school shoes that wear like
iron).
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

WASHINGTON most exclu-
w sive congressional organization in
Washington is the Did You Bite,
Too?" club. 1t was formed here the
other day in the cloak rooms used at
the capitol. The incomplete mem
bership list. which is withheld, con-
tains dozen names. Like the Anani-
as club, the wishes of prospective
member are not consulted. II he is
considered eligible he joins because
there is nothing else for him to do.
The process of initiation is some
thing like this. member, either of
the senate or the house. receives a
letter bearing the return card of a
prominent downtown hotel. He opens
the letter and reads it. If his face
grows red and his eyes flash. it is a
good indication that he is material
for membership. IT, after a moment
of thought. a smile begins to over
spread his countenance and he
reaches in his desk for his check
book, it is a mere indication no long
err. 1t is a certainty. He is then ap-
preached by a member.
Did you bite, too?" smilingly asks
the member of the member-elect.
Il did," the member-elect answers,
in effect.
"Haw, haw! haw!" roars the mem
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

BY German patented process
starch is made insoluble in hot water
by treating it in the cold, with formal.
dehyde and a moderately strong acid.
The product is distinguished from that
obtained from starch and Tornado.
>yde at high temperature by the
fact that the starch grains remain I'M
altered and quite permanent. 1t is not
only insoluble in boiling water, but
1t Is not attacked by soda, I've or other
strong alkalies. 1t may be employed
as a filler in plastic compositions. as a
dressing for fabrics and in the manu-
facture of paper.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

WASHINGTON has an areo club. 1t
w was organized the other day in
the office of Brig Gen. James Allen.
chief signal officer of the army at the
war department. Truman II. Newber-
ry. secretary of the navy, was elected
president; Robert Shaw Oliver, as
sistant secretary OF war. first vice
president: Thomas Nelson Page. sec
ond vice-president, and Representative
Butler Ames of Massachusetts,. third
vice-president.
Among the charter members of the
new club are Representative Parsons
of New York, o. II. Tittman OF the
geodetic survey, Lieut.. Richard b.
rCreery, U. s. NJ. c.; c. l.. Mariatt.
chief of the bureau of entomology;
Lieut.. George C. Sweet. u. s. N, OF
the bureau of equipment; Col. Charles
H. Bromwell. U. S. A.. superintendent
public buildings and grounds. District
of Columbia; Lieut.. +. p. Lahm,
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
Congressman Initiated Into Novel Club

The "Haw! haw! haw" signifies
that the initiation is complete, and
the new member blushingly receives
the congratulations of the older men,
bers Immediately. II he is n good fell
low he sets out to find recruit up
on whom he himself may administer
the work
The organization of the Did You
Bite, Too?" club is the result of a
visit to Washington of two women
from New York in the interest of a
very captivating publicity scheme.
This scheme is now one OF the secrets
of the Did You Bite, Too?" club.
A few days ago the young women
went back to New York. The day aft
er their departure large bunch of
letters came to the capitol, all written
on the business stationery of the no.
tel. Each letter contained a state
ment of the account of the person to
whom 1t was addressed. One was for
five automobile rides, another was for
dinners and suppers, another for nu-
merous bottles of wine, others were
for miscellaneous items and one,
which was received by young con-
gresham, who has plenty of the
wherewithal and doesn't care how he
spends it, was for board and lodging
for two persons for one week.
Those who paid homage to these
young women and wondered at the
lavish entertainment are wondering
no longer. The members of the Did
You Bite, Too?" club know exactly
how they managed it. Now that 1t
is all over, II you can get one of them
to talk club matters he will tell you
it was one of the finest pieces OF
high financing that ever came to his
notice
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

A FTER protecting President-eleci
"a Taft in the 100000 salary voted
to him recently, senatorial hearts
opened up to the conductors of the
senate elevators the other day and
scattered little loose change in their
direction. So that now, IL the house
agrees. the president, vice-president
speaker, the United States judges and
the elevator boys will get raise
The president will have $4,000
more, the judges from $1,000 to $1,000
the vice-president and speaker. $1,000
and the elevator men 5000 additional
year.
Senator Borah, who insurged all
along against the salary increases,
first took up the cudgels for the ele-
-vator conductors. If the presidents
pay was to be doubled, he asserted,
why not remember the hard working
men who ride the senator's up and
down every day?
But the senate warmed up slowly.
Senator Warren coldly argued that,
II the elevator men were to be bene-
flied, a general adjustment of en-
ployes' salaries would be necessary.
As proposed by Borah, the amendment
was beaten. -
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota.
however. sprang the same amendment
after changing the verbiage slightly.
He spoke of our poor elevator boys"
who work the, day long all the year
round for a scanty hundred month.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

II wanted to train n child to be
thrifty 1 should teach him to abhor
waste. | do not mean waste OF
money; that cures itself, because very
soon there is no money to waste-but
waste of material, waste of something
that is useful but that you cannot rep
resent in money value to the waster.
There is waste OF water, waste of gas
and things of that kind. II you would
wish your children to be thrifty /
would beg to impress upon them the
criminality of waste.-Lord Rosebery,
in an Edinburgh Address.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

A little boy had been naughty at
dinner. and had been sent away from
the table just as his favorite dessert
cabinet pudding with butter and
sugar sauce-was being served. About
nine o'clock that evening, when the
other children had gone to bed and
his parents were alone in the sitting
room. a tear-stained little face and a
white-robed figure appeared at the
door.
Mamma" 1t said. bravely, between
sobs. you told me never to go to
sleep when anything wrong had been
done until 1t was all fixed by right,
so I came down to tell you that-that
-that-I-forglve you and papa for
what you did to me at the dinner
table"
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

Prof. Munyon has generously placed
his Cold Cure with druggists through.
out the United States and has author.
lied them to sell il for the small sum
of % cts. bottle. He says these
pellets contain no opium, morphine, CO.
caine or other harmful drugs, and he
guarantees that they will relieve the
head. throat and lungs almost imme-
diately. He gives this guarantee with
each bottle of his medicine: IF you
buy my Cold Cure and II does not give
perfect satisfaction, / will refund your
money" Prof. Munyon has just issued
a observation-disclosures, which will be
sent free to any person who addresses
The Munyon Company. Philadelphia.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
SKIN CURE A SIMPLE WASH
External Remedy for Eczema Sufferers
Greatly SimpIifies the Treatment.

If you are suffering from any burn
ing itching skin disease. the only way
to cure 1t is to go right after the real
trouble-to cure the skin itself.
Thousands of patients have suffered
for months in vain attempts to doctor
their blood when the whole trouble was
bacilli feeding upon the skin and caus-
ing the unsightly blotches and sores.
Skin specialists now prescribe sim
gives instant relief. This remedy is
composed of oil of wintergreen to
which are added healing vegetable
remedies.
This compound is known as D. d. d.
Prescription among druggists, and your
own druggist can probably tell you
more about 1t.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

Mr.. Knox will be our fourth mono.
syllable secretary Of state since 1897.
He succeeds Root, who succeeded Hay.
who succeeded Day. The earlier mon
osyllabic secretaries of state were
Smith, Clay. Cass. Black, Fish and
Blaine. Only one secretary of state
Frelinghuysen-had four-syllable
name. There are seven three-syllable
names in the list and 81 two-syllabie
names.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

Quanah Parker, a Comanche chief.
recently visited an ice plant in an
Oklahoma town. He was much inter-
ested in everything pertaining to the
plant. After he had been shown
throughout the building, he remarked:
White man smart. White man heap
smart White man smarter than God.
God make ice in winter; white man
make ice in ummer."-Judge.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

OF Doan's Kidney Pills and began us
ing them. One box made me stronger
and freer from pain. l kept on using
them and in three months was able to
get out on crutches. and the kidneys
were acting better. / improved rap
idly. discarded the crutches and to
the wonder of my friends was soon
completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
Senate Elevator 'Boys" Given a Raise

Not one of the boys" is under co. but
that did not seem TO make any diner
ence. La Toilette put in an almost
tearsome plea.
When the test came the second time
even Warren had wilted and not a
vote was recorded against increasing
the boys" salary from 1920 to 81,
400 a year.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

A new constable was on duty at one
OF the London police courts. and was
conducting prisoner to the cells.
Mind the step" he said. as they
came to a dark corner.
"All right" muttered the prisoner;
81 knew that step before you were
born"
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM

The following is a never falling
recipe for rheumatism. To one-half
pint of good whiskey add one ounce
syrup sarsaparilla and one ounce
Toris compound, which can be pro-
cured of any druggist. Take In tea
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

paralyZed me ana
affected my kid
neys. My back hurt
me terribly, and
the urine was bad
ly disordered. Doc
tors said my right
kidney was practi-
cally dead. They
said l could never
walk again. ] read
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

On the spot where the first white
settlers of Seattle first set foot, Alki
Point, has been built the South Alki
church.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

For Red. Weak. Weary, watery Eyes.
Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms TO the Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Murine Doesn't Smart. Soothes Eye
Pain. Try Murine for Your Eyes.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

The chronic borrower depends for
spending money on his friends. and
says: why II they didn't lend It. the
chumps would only go and spend It,"
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
INAPPROPRIATE.

Il am glad that Washington's
birthday is a holiday; it gives me
chance to lie in bed in the morning"
George wouldn't like to have you
celebrate his birthday by lying
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

For Coughs. Asthma and Lung Troubles.
use Browns Bronchial Trochcs." %
cents a box. Samples sent free by John 1.
Brown * Son, Boston, Mass.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

What friendly old world this would
be II we all loved our neighbors as we
love ourselves!
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

The Herb laxative, Garfield Tea, aids
Nature in maintaining the general well-be-
ing of the body; it corrects constipation,
pnii6es the blood, brings health.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

A good honest remedy for Rheumatism,
Neuralgia and Sore Throat is Hamlins
Wizard Oil. Nothing will so quickly drive
out all pain and inflammation.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

The recording angel probably
doesn't pay any attention TO the lies
man tells when he is in love.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

The first time a girl is engaged she
imagines that she is as important as
the heroine in a novel.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

Use Aliens FoOt-Fase
Cures tired, aching sweating feet &c. Trial packag
free. A. ). olmsted. lie Roy, NY.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

PILES CURED IN o TO IL DAYS.
PAIO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any ca ~
of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or ProtrudInR Piles in
to 10 days or money refunded. S0-.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

Even girl has no use for the other
side of mirror.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10
ONE KIDNEY GONE
But Cured After Doctors Said There
Was No Hope.

Sylvanus o. Verrill. Milford, Me-,
says: Five years ago bad injury
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

Feed plenty of roughage and only
enough grain to obtain the results you
are after. Prof. ]. H. Grisdale of the
Ottawa, Canada, experiment station,
after tests, declares that If an animal
is half full and he does not get suffi-
cient to keep his digestive organs well
filled and in good healthy condition.
he will not do well, and therefore the
first requisite of successful feeding is
the filling of the animals, right up to
the top notch. 1t is not necessary to
give them an expensive filler. One
of the most successful experiments l
ever saw conducted was where cut
wheat straw made up the roughage
part of the ration. We must, how
ever, make the roughage as palatable
as we can. The methods of making
it palatable are various. One of the
simplest means Is to mix a certain
amount of ensilage or roots. Another
way is to add little bit of meal and
some water.
The Lamar register., 1909-02-10

A havoring that Is used the same as lemon
or vanilla by dissoiving prnnuiated sugar
in water and adding Mapleine, a delicious
syrup $ made and syrup bettcrthan maple.
Mapleine is sold by grocers. II not send &c for
2oz bot. and recipe book cresssat nfs Co., seattle.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-28
Fight Goes On
Without Letup
Mayoralty Candidates Test Limit Of
Endurance in Progress of
New York Campaign,

NEW YORK, Oct. H-with the battle
over the official ballot decided by the
courts and the printing OF the 100000 bal
lots well under way, the candidates in New
Yorks' three-c -cornered mayoralty campaign
prepared today for the final stages of next
Tuesdays contest All along the line the
big artillery Of the contesting forces is to
be kept in constant play from now on, the
mayoralty candidates themselves limiting
their endeavors only by the bounds of
their physical condition and abilities.
william r. Hearst, after day Of rest,
resumed his active campaign today and
tonight win appear with several candi-
dates on the fusion ticket at Carnegie
hall, Upper Manhattan and I'm the Bronx,
William j. Gaynor. the democratic can
didate, with the Tammany endorsement,
spoke last night in Staten Island and is
scheduled to speak today several times. as
is Otto T. Barnard the republican nomi-
nee. some of whose engagements are in the
republican strongholds on the Upper West
Side. The white slavery" issue is being
kept well to the front by the anti-Tam-
many campaigners.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-28
Widow-Brlde Heroine in
One of Life's Tragedies

"Oh, John, John, why should it be so?
Why were you taken from me? Oh, 1
shall die shall die; know this Will kill
me-"
Her violent sobbing smothered further
words
A kind woman placed her arm about the
waist Of the swaying girl.
There, there my child; be brave Let
me help you" she said.
The two strolled into the women's retir-
Ing room. sympathy quieted the weeping
girl and she opened her heart to her new
companion.
we were only married last June" she
said. We were just out Of college, in the
same class at Illinois. John was given a
fine position with large power company
in Colorado, Everything looked so bright
until the accident, and we were so happy.
It happened near Glenwood. A premature
explosion hurled him to eternity. They
brought him home all mangled."
There was another outburst Of weeping.
'oh, it's horrible, horrible. want to
die" cried the girl.
The clatter OF a truck caused both women
to glance through the window. Tears OF
love gushed from the eyes OF the girl
Tears OF sympathy showed in the eyes Of
the older woman. The casket was being
lifted aboard an Illinois Central train
bound for Chicago. The girl ana her lover
were going back to Illinois
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-28
AStor Divorce
Case Under w ay
Absolute Secrecy Maintained About
Suit that Sets All Gotham
AgOg

NEW YORK, oct. H-HearinEs, it is
understood, have already been begun before
Charles II. Young who is said to have
been appointed by Supreme Court Justice
Isaac N. Mills as referee in an action by
Mrs. John Jacob AstoI for a separation
from her husband, with the expectation
that the testimony IN the form OF affl-
davits will all be taken and the referee'E
report presented within a month
The attorneys mentioned in the connec-
tlon, however, have so far maintained
silence regarding the matter and this morn
ing there were no indications that any
statements from them would be forthcom-
ing during the day. Judge Mills is a Judge
in the judicial district in which the Astor
country place at Rhinebeck is situated.
The justice, 1t was learned today, is on
a hunting trip in Maine.
Mrs. Astor is said to be represented by
John II. Cadallader, OF the firm OF Strong
q Cadallader, and Mr.. Astor's attorney is
said 20 be Lewis Ledyard.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-28

1t 10 just one Of the tragedies Of every
day life-one of the heartrending events
which mince sorrow and ,gladness In this
world. 1t is the sad story of death which
for some unknown. unexplainable reason.
has left lovely young bride TO struggle
alone against adversely because her hus-
band has been taken from her.
When the Union Pacific Chicago special
pulled into the Union station at an early
hour in the morning a young woman was
the first to alight. She was dressed In
sombre black. One could guess her errand
as she hastened alongside the long train
toward the baggage car ahead, She was
young and pretty, but her tear-swollen
eyes and her pale, tired appearance be-
spoke OF a sleepless night aboard the Pull
man.
The door Of the baggage car slid open.
A truck was standing ready for it's freight.
In another moment two sleepy baggage
men tenderly laid a long pine box on the
truck. In that sepulcher OF pine was a
casket and within its white walls lay all
that was mortal of man who had tried
and failed, for ne had sacrificed his young
life to his work and the young girl who
faced the world with him.
The few sleepy passengers at the sta
tion were deeply touched by the scene that
followed. The young woman fairly flew to
the truck ana placing her tear-wet face
against the cold planking OF the coffin. was
seized with violent paroxysm OF weeping.
Surely her heart was brea5-S
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-28
SKETCH OF JUDGE SEDGWICK
Judicial Experience Especially Fits
Him for Supreme Judge.
LONG RESIDENCE IN NEBRASKA
Record at Home as Organizer, Builder
UP and Friend of Prog
resa Work on Bench,

Judge Samuel Hopkins Sedgwick was
born March II, 1S4S, on a farm near Bloom
ingdale, Ill., twenty-five miles west from
Chicago.
There were eight boys and six girls in
the family, Samuel was the sixth son and
the eleventh child. The three brothers next
older enlisted and went to the war in 1861.
Samuel was. at that time, 10 years old,
and with his two younger brothers to assist
him was left in charge of the farm, the
father being practieing physician.
When young Sedgwick was II years old
the family moved into the town of
Wheaton, where Wheaton college was and
is now located At this institution he was
educated by that slow process peculiar to
those early days, when young men were
educated more or less on their own re-
sources. Like most of the boys Of the
lime young sedgwick was obliged to teach
chool from time to time to help himself
long.
He graduated at Wheaton college in 1S7C
md entered Ann Arbor law school in 1871
Coming from Ann Arbor he went to
sharon. Wis, where he was principal of the
Sharon academy for two years. While
teaching he continued his study of law
and afterwards studied with his brother
G.. G. Sedgwlck, at Fort Washington, Wis
and was admitted to the bar at Green
Bay in 1874 At this time he went into
partnership with his brother I'm the law
practice at Kewanee, Wis. Coming to Ne
braska In 1878 he settled at York, where
he has since resided.
Lines mp with Progress.
Judge Sedgwick is a man of quiet TEN,
permanent, of industrious habits and steady
purposes, OF a practical turn and always
interested in the substantial progress OF
his own community. He has been an or,
ganizer and builder-up of some of the
prominent business interests of his town
When the waterworks in the early days
Of York were in a faltering and uncer.
tain condition Judge Sedgwlck was instru,
mental in organizing the water plant ant
putting It on a successful basis.
A student of electricity, he was compe,
tent to assist in the organization of tht
lighting at York, and his knowledge and
business skill In these enterprises has beer
part Of their success. He is trustee Of
the Congregational church and is recog
nized as a generous and practical patron OF
church and public affairs.
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