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The Lamar register., 1891-09-19
QuaErzins-

THE suLET wAT.
The night Is soon to wed the day,
And, tor the virgin pale,
Hath wrought multitude of stars =
Into q bridal yeil.
THE NSGELus.
This scene ! see, this thought feel
Al, distant DAYS are glowing there
Whya Mniets mother bads him kneel
and LISP In love his evening prayer.
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rOErET.
o art Of arts; o gift Of gifts,
Sublimest OK sublime
TO string tho beaded thoughts into
A rosary of rhyme.
THE nAwN.
Upon his tranquil Joyous face
Sorrow has left no dark ming trace:
And yet we know the blessed light
Followed struggle in the night.
New Orleans Picayuns.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-19

Majors Cement Repairs Broken Articles
l5c and 25c Majors Best Liquid Glue l0c- r.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-19

A lie in the heart is as black as it is in
horse trade.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-19

Love never complains that its burden is
too heavy.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-19

The man who wants the earth and com
promises on Rhode Island, is not hard to
The Lamar register., 1891-09-19

Man is not lost by doing wrong. but by
being wrong.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-19

Is your Dog sick. Pamphlet free DOG
Diseases" Spratts Patent, New York City
The Lamar register., 1891-09-19

The day after resurrection will be n
remnant day in which millions will get
left. .ssg>sisa ~ saas
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
SAFE.

Mrs. Tooral-Your cats such splendid mouser. Mrs. Rooral-Yes; she'd make me feel safe without chair or table in the house.-Puck.
 Jack-I wonder why fishes can't talk; some birds do. Tom-My dear fellow, did you never hear of whale spoutingl-Bal- timore American.
 She-Mrs. Shaveinwost says she is de- scended from one of the noble families of Saxony. He-I shouldn't wonder. All the family plate is German silver.-Life.
 After Robbing the Mails.-Blizzard Bill -Wot yer doing there? Dudley Dan I've jest opened letter from girl to her feller She's sending him a kiss and I'm gettin' ov it.-Puck.
 My dear" said the Czsr pensively, as a bomb exploded in the imperial courtyard, s'I could really fancy myself at the seaside don't you hear the booming of the serf!'' Baltimore American.
 Same Old Way.-Graveller-A you say you have hundred souvenir spoonsl Didn't they cost you lots of money? Tray eller-Not at all. The waiter turns his back, and I do the rest.-Toledo Blade.
 "It seems to me that you might make a better use of your time than in loaing around saloons"
 'Great snakess You can't expect man to sit in the parks such rainy weather as | this, can yous"-Indianapol Journal. Mrs. Losing (after his confession)- )-Sc you lost $50 then. How often have | warned you against fast horses! Ben Los I ing-That's the trouble. Mrs. Losing | Whats the trouble? Ben Losing-I took your advice. I bet on the slow ones Puck.
 | Angry proprietor-Are you the careless scoundrel that left the door at the foot O. | this elevator open!
 Elevator boy-No, sir. It was the ele vator inspector. He's just been paying his reg'ler visit to see that everything safe, sir.-Chicago News.
 MT. De Cutter-Why this sudden cool ness, Cla-I mean Miss Beautys A fey days ago you allowed me to infer that had at last won your favor and perhaps
 Newport Belle-That will do, MT. DeCut ter. A new yacht has arrived in the har bor and it is ten feet longer than yours.- Good News.
 Little Girl-I don't like this boardin house. There is never anything to eat They always say it's all gone-the nice des serts I mean. Nurse-That's because yo eat at the second table. I always ge plenty. 'sDo you eat at the first table? ssOh, no, eat with the cook and othe servants at the third table."-New Tor Weekly.
 It was on the train, and he was trying read. There was the usual variety of pas sengers, among them lady with a yer sprightly little girl that had blue eyes, head of glistening gold and had an inquis itorial tongue. She piled him with que. tions and toyed with his watchehain. Tn mother, who was a widow, fairly beame upon him. He was becoming nervous, an turning to the mother, said: Madam, what do you call this sweet little darling 2. s'The widow smiled enchantingly, an , replied with sigh, "Ethel." "Please call her, then. ."-Texas Sitting
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
Calffornia,s Oil Product.

The oil measures of California are by no means confined to any particular portion of the state or to limited area. It is thirty petroleum were made. The press of that period contained numerous references to this subject, and oil was said to have been found literally all the way from the Mexi- can line to the Oregon boundary. It is in the coast range that oil is most found, and it appears to have been impartially distri- buted over very wide area Thus, at the same time that the first discoveries were made in Pico Canon, near Newhall, Los Angeles county, there was great petro- leum excitement in Humboldt county, and at the present moment, when. after a silence of over quarter of century, the oil deposits of the last named section are again receiving attention, news comes that @ movement has been made to exploit cer- tain extensive oil measures in Shasta county. At the same time oil has just been struck at Los Gatos, while the de- posits at Newhall, Puenta, and in the Sespe reigon are receiving still greater at | tention.
 Although the existence of petroleum in | many localities and in considerable quan- | tity has been known for more than thirty | years, the actual development of the de
 posits dates back scarcely beyond 1876. Il l was in that year that the Southern Pacific | railroad was built through the Newhall re zion, affording 8 ready means for the trans portation of machinery and oil. Severn l wells were sunk with uniformly good re
 suits, and the oil was proved to be of goot
 quality. At present there are in the Pict | Canon or Newhall district some forty well
 and the number is constantly increasing
 Many hundreds of thousands of barrels o
 oil have been produced and none of tn | wells have become exhausted. At first tn
 oil was refined at Newhall, but subsequent
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
No. POS

niceties of table-manners are but of mod ern invention. When that rssplendent dandy Leicester sat down at meat with Queen Elizabeth in his own castle, he laid before her fork of pure silver, and this act of courtesy was at the time regarded ss "a monstrous sign of voluptuousness. Montaigne longed for frequent changes of napkins, but he tells that be made but lit- tie use either of spoon or fork. myself re- member easily the evolution of the former and the use of the latter.
 Since learned this latest degree of ''so- ciety," have watched carefully the de- pertinent of my fellowmen in public restsu- rants and at the club, and find that when they are intent upon the meal and are re- moved from the eyes of women they choose instinctively spoon if peas are set before them; then, as though rebuked by the thought of their contemplated breach of the obseryances of good breeding, they abandon convenience for supposed elegance and take the fork. A few brazen individuals defy comment I had intended to make 8 study of the use or growing abandonment of "pushers;" but my attention has been distracted, particularly in public restau- rants, by the graver and widespred faults of undue haste and lack of discrimination shown by men of all classes and condi- tions, and this in spite of my repeated ob- servations upon their conduct.
 I admit that certain authorities might be cited against me. MT. Goblet proclaimed ostentatiously that upon an average he had not, during his life, spent more than thir- ty-five minutes a day st table, including all the meals of the day; and believe that Charles Reade thought it was a sin to give more than the half hour to dinner. But they were impatient, irascible men, always in strife and in litigation. I notice, and with pain, that all sorts of vegetables are still eaten indiscriminstely with the meat, and it was only the other day that saw a well-known townsman, held deservedly in high esteem, tuck a napkin under his chin for the protection of 8 variegated cravat When see such fragrant violations of the weightier matters of the law go unrebuked, the use or disuse of the "pusher" seems 10 me but of secondary importance, like unto the tithes of mint and cumin.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
HAVEN, CONN. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1891.

Members of the Nazarene sect in the town of Gyoma requested His Honor to be al lowed to cruelty one of their number "who was Messiah, and had been called by Heaven to save men," The judge for a moment was dumbfounded. "Friends," he replied, after recovering his senses, "I do not wish to interfere with your relig- ious practices. If your Messiah wishes to be crucifed, let him prepare himself for death. Remember, however, that if he does not rise again in three days, I shall cause every one of you to be hanged" The Nazarenss, it is needless to add, allowed their chief to live.
 An interesting chemical examination has just been made of the composition of London fog, from which it is seen that water is pretty nearly wanting in the Lon don article, less than per cent. appear ing in the analysis. The fact that carbon, hydro cartoons and mineral matter form over S2 per cent. shows that the dark cloud that so continually sentles down up- on the metropolis is largely smoke, which is constantly causing more and more serious inconvenience. With her rapid increase in population, <and the consequent increase in the consumption of coal, London's outlook for clear weather, even at intervals, begins to look gloomy.
 The confession of Charles Lawrence, the assistant cashier of the Keystone bank of Philadelphia, contains some valuable hints for bank examiners: He admits that the individual ledgers were altered twice a year, whole pages being extracted, false balances made, false credits posted to an overdrawn account ,or false checks charged against large account. The extent of all these frauds, SO this unabashed criminal confesses, sometimes amounted to not less than half million dollars. At the same time memorandums of money embedded by the president, now dead, were carried as cash, and every scheme resorted to in order "to swell the assets and to take the place of other bills discounted, which it was thought best not to let you see, as it might excite your suspicious and put you on a more inquisitive examination"
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
THE FALL OF BALMACEDA.

"A A or
 The success of the Chilean insurgents has made them heroes, and they will now be heartily sympathized with and upheld. Had they been defeated they would have had to accept the fate of conquered rebels. It has, however, been evident from the first that they were fighting for princi- pie. Balmaceda was tyrant and guilty of unconstitutional acts, and his attempt to select and foist upon the people his own successor in office was too much. The movement met with the only opposition the Chilean constitution would allow. Bal maceda's ministry was impeached, and the dismissal of it's members was demanded. Later the Congressional party withheld financial support until such time as their demands should be complied with. But Balmaceda would comply with nothing that didn't suit him, and his obstinacy made peace impossible. A junta was therefore organized, with headquarters al Iquiqne; and to this provisional govern ment several of the northern provinces embracing about one- third of the area o1 Chile, gave their adhesion. Most of the Chilean navy also supported the Congres sional party. And after a struggle lasting about six months, and marked by severa armed conflicts, the insurgents have won What use the insurgents will make O. ! their victory remains to be seen. It vii l require great deal of wisdom to settl ! r;ohf R,1t 1ooIaro
 away the best men in the country we ma. reasonably expect that their new govern ment will be better than the old one They have found it hard work to establisl
 liberty and they will find it hard work t.
 maintain it. The lovers of liberty ant
 good government all over the world vii
 wish them success.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31

BRAIN POWER OF CHILDREN. The scientific gentlemen are doing some fine work. Dr. Leo Bu1genstein, of Vienna, has been studying the fuctuation of brain power in children. He collected two
 classes of little girls and two classes of little boys, the children's ages being eleven and twelve years, and set them to work upon easy sums in arithmetic for success sive periods of ten minutes, with five-min- ute intervals of rest. Then the results of the work, the calculations, and the errors
 were carefully tabulated and compared. The total number of calculations made by all the children increased, roughly speak ing, 4,OO0, 5000 and 4,OO0 in the second, third and fourth periods respectively. During the third period of ten minutes, l the increase of work done was not so great as during the other periods. The
 number of mistakes also increased, rough ly speaking, 450, 7O0 $50 in the different periods. Here, again, during the third period, the quality of the work was at its lowest.
 It would appear, then, says Dr. Burgen- | stein, that children of the ages mentioned
 become fatigued in three quarters of an
 hour; that the organic material is gradu- | ally exhausted; that the power of work gradually diminishes to a certain point
 during the third quarter of the hour, re- l turning with renewed force in the fourth quarter of the hour. This experiment, he | claims, demonstrates that continuous work
 for school children of these ages, even
 though the tasks are not difficult, should
 not last longer than th1ee-quarters of an l bo1r
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
Witchcraft in Italy.

From the London Saturday Review.l
 Few English people are aware of the ex- traordinary extent to which a belief in witchcraft is carried in Italy. As an il- Iustration we give the following vivid sketch from the Secolo of Milan, of some little time ago:
 A MEDIEVAL SCENE AT PoRTA TIcINEsE. -%sfWe seem to dream. But yesterday morning here in Milan something occurred which is true in every detail, even the most startling and terrible.
 "In Via Ripa Porta Ticinese, No. 61, in a modest room on the fourth story dwells the family of a journeyman varnisher named Malaterra Frauciosi, with his wife Virginia, aged twenty-five, gloye-maker; and two children, one of whom has been i'll for a month with some obstinate and strange disorder.
 "A female neighbor w.o pretended to some knowledge of medicine declared that the child was bewitched, that it was need less to have recourse to physicians or priests, the only means of cure would be to discover the witch who had done the mischief, and that this done the cure would be immediate.
 'sThe woman, as a great secret, after much entreaty, taught them how to do it. It was to take the clothes of the child, put them in pot of water and heat it. The instant it would begin to boil the witch would be forced by an irresistible diaboli- cal power to appear, and thus be compelled to make herself known. This was done and the FIanciosi awaited in anxiety the result.
 "By chance, just as the pot began to boil, a certain Angela Micheletti, aged thirty-four, living in the Via Tortona, No. Il, wife of & workman, enceinte for seven months, who was on the way with a pair of wooden shoes to have them mended came in. She was friend of the Franci- osi, and called to inquire as to the health | of the child.
 "Seeing her, Mrs. Franciosi cried out, | Give it to the witchp Mrs. Micheletti, | thinking her friend was mad, tried to calm her; but the other, raging, roared | loudly, sHelpi the witchP and in an in stant all the neighborhood was out in { crowd, and attacked Mrs. Micheletti, seek ing to tear her to pieces. The poor wo man fled, pursued by the raging crowd which cried, .Dalli alla stregal Give it tt the witchl9 Mrs. Micheletti, more deat than alive, took refuge in the Church O Santa Maria del Naviglio, and the crowt
 rushed in, crying out and sesing squsr
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
Do You Use a "Pusher,,,


 I have been told by self-appointed su- thority upon all matters of taste that the employment of a piece of bread known commonly as a "pusher," for assisting the fork in securing ssvory morsel, is now tabooed, and that he who thus pursues a slippery titbit around a slippery plste is no better than the man who eats peas with the aid of spoon or cuts lettuce with 8 knife. Little by little, the satisfying of the appetite is turned into feat or legerd- emain, and the obtaining of food is now not SO difficult task as the enjoyment of it according to the rules etiquette. Pleas ure is thus mingled with anxiety. The bashful man often denies himself; and he envies the dog that secures his bone and, careless of remark, devours it natur- ally.
 And yet have heard that the royal fam flies of Germany do not distain the assist ance of the knife; that, looking upon it as the more heroic weapon, they openly pre- fer it to the fork, and they hold the latter implement stifiy, using it simply as har- poon; that thick sauces have an additional zest to them when these are favored by the disguised tincture of steel, and that at court banquets bread is used not enly as c "Pusher,n bur ss 6 Polisher of plates. The
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31

ly extensive works were built at Alameda, and the cured petroleum is now shipped thither for threatment. It is understood that the wells of this district are controlled by the Standard Oil company, and definite information in regard to their output is difficult to obtain. It falls little, if any, short of 400 barrels daily, however.
 At Puente, some thirty miles east of Los Angeles, are extensive oil deposits, whose development, however, only dates back to 1882. There are sixteen wells and they produce about 8 1000 barrels monthly. Most of it is used for fuel and lubricating purposes. These deposits continue into Orange county, where a couple of wells have been sunk near Fullerton which yield small quantities of oil, utilized for fuel Oil in small amounts is found in other parts of Los Angeles county than the locali- ties mentioned. Within few days we'll was sunk inside the city limits of Los Angeles which yields a fair flow of petro- leum. It is thought from various surface indications, that oil exists throughout a large territory west of Los Angeles city.
 The district which yields the largest amount of oil at present is in Ventura county, and is a continuation of the New hall deposits. There are three large com panies operating here, and there are wells in Torrey Canon, the Ojal valley, and Sespe Santa Paula, Adams, Wheeler, and Also canons. The wells already in existence supply some 800 barrels daily, and new ones are constantly being sunk. There is an extensive system of pipe lines in this territory, and large refinery at Santa Paula. Besides the large companies in operation there are many small wells own ed by private parties, and their product is all sold to the large concerns. The crude oil is worth about s1 60 at the we'll, which is much higher price than is commanded in the oil regions of the east.
 The present production of petroleum in California is very nearly 500, 900 barrels annually. The daily output is about ], $50 barrels, divided as follows: Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, 800 barrels; Pico Cannon district, 400; Puente district, 100; scattering, 50. This is an under estimate rather than an exaggeration, since new wells are costantly being sunk with good results.
 While the actual output of the state is over 402, ,000 barrels annually, census bulletin just issued credits California with only 147,0 ,027 barrels, How much an inac- curate piece of @tinformation" as this could have been set afost passes compre- hension, since it would have been very easy to have obtained the exact facts by writing to the chief petroleum producing centtis, which are all within a comparatively limited radius. The output is increasing continually and it is reasonable to expect that instead of ranking sixth in the list of petroleum producing states, as given by the census, California will before long be we'll to the front, thus adding another i'm portant industry to the many of widely varied character that are constantly con- tributing to the wealth of the state.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-31
DeInO1raphy.

o say, immortal gods, what is Demography? Whence cometh it to question our vitality? Can even Berne's professors of geography Establish its foundation or locality? Can spectroscope or chromotype photography Portray its process or potentiality! Have we not had enough bacteriology, Enough of animalcular frivolity, Of merry microbes mordicant morphology, And jolly, jocund germs genetic jollity, But strange Demographists, without apology, Must pry into their origin and quality? Is this the end of modern physiology, To cite cesspool's standard of lethality, To measure microzymes, and make "micrology' A metonymc modus of morality To war with worms, and balance anthropology Against nomadic morsels of vitality: If this, immortal gods, may be Demography, How goes it with the doctrine of Finality? How shall the evolutions of ethnography Survive the last atomical vitality When protoZoie germs swamp anthropography And Nature sinks in zymotised equality.
 London Globe.