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The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
Manufacture of Watch Classes.

In the manufacture of watch glasses
the workman gathers with the blow
ing tube several kilograms OF glass.
soitening this by holding it to the
door OF the furnace, he puts the end
OF the tube into communication
with a reservoir OF compressed air.
and big sphere is blown. 1t IS, OF
course necessary to get the exact pro-
portion of material at the commence
ment OF the operation, accompanied
by peculiar twist OF the hand and
an amazing skilfulness. The sphere
ought to be produced without rents,
and in such dimensions that 1t is OF
the requisite thickness. Out of these
balls the workman cuts convex discs
of the required size. This is delicate
operation. A "tournette, kind of
compass furnished with n diamond in
one of it's branches, is used. The dia-
mond having traced the circle the
glass is struck on the interior and ex-
terror sides with stick and tine piece
Is detached. The discs, which are
afterwards traced, are obtained very
easily. They are seized by the thumb,
passed through the aperture already
made and detached by the pressure OF
two fingers An able workman will
cut 5000 glasses a day.
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So Cruel OF Them.

A couple who did not move in the
most exalted social circles of River
mouth. Mass, were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony upon the day
which followed the funeral OF the first
wife of the groom The conventional
sense of propriety in the neighborhood
was shocked by this haste. and upon
the night of the wedding there was a
gathering to serenade the pair. The
charirari was at its height when the
bride appeared darkly at the window.
'.Ain't you ashamed" she cried in hot
indignation. Ito come here making q
disturbance like this, when we had q
funeral only yesterday"
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ne rortur.. .f IN. 1nau,.it,on

Inflicted by the dread Torquemada have
abominable prototypes in the shape OF
chronic rheumatism and neuralgia. Attack
these agonizing complaints before they
reach the chronic stage with the superb
blood tdepurent Hostetter's Stomach Bit
from the life stream. 10 procrastlnate is
to encourage the growth OF incipient rheu-
matism. which rapidly tfghtens Its grip upon
the system. 1t is the very octopus of dis
eases. and painful indeed is the clasp of its
dreadful tentaclcs. Be prompt, therefore,
take time by the forelock always remem-
bering that both rbeunatism and gout, close
relatives. are dangerous as W ell as painful.
Debility .chills, fever. bilious remittent. dys-
oas and kidney disease succumb to the Bit
ters. Appetite and the ability to sleep well
are improved by 4,
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The Wonders of the Camera.

Never before in all the history OF
mankind, says Professor Flammarion,
have we had in hand the power to
penetrate so deeply in the abysses of
the infinite. Photography, with its
recent improvements, takes fair pic
ture of every star, no matter what its
distance, and sets it down on n docu-
ment which can be studied at leisure.
A star of the fifteenth, sixteenth, or
even the seventeenth magnitude, or a
sun may be separated from us by so
great a distance that its light requires
thousands, perhaps millions, of years
to reach US, notwithstanding it's in
credible velocity. The unaided eye of
man would never have seen it, but the
camera collects this feeble light, and
after prolonged exposure reveals its
image.-Outing.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
Tho Practical Man and the Soien-
ttst.

For the sake OF illustrating the diff
ference between the practical man and
theorist, let us suppose two persons
to visit the northern peninsula Of
Michigan seeking for iron. The one
runs along blindly. takes up with
every good show, and mines The re-
suit is. he either makes happy strike
by mere accident, or spends thous-
ands OF dollars in useless search: The
other has studied the laws Of electric
ity, and knows that certain ores OF
iron are magnetic He understands
also that these ores viii exert their in
huence through any amount OF super
incumbent earth. Consequently he
provides himself with a dipping-needle
and compass, and by the operation Of
these tells where a bed IS located. its
depth, and probable
amount of material. To prevent be
ing deceived by the magnetic schists in
that region, by means OF his dipping
needle and compass he traces up the
bed until he finds an outcrop. Thus
have been located, at little expense,
many of the mining regions OF that
locality. What an achievement is
this. and how much better than the
blind guesses OF the so-called practical
manl-SCienee Monthly.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Frup'

i. Druggist, Watertown,
is the opinion OF a man
a drug store, sells all
comes in direct contact
kien;s and their families,
better than anyone else
les sell, aud what true
have. He hears of all
and successes. and can
bdge II know OF no
j Coughs. Sore Throat,
ss that had done such ef-
fectiye work in my
family as Boschec's
II. German Syrup. Las,
~ winter a lady called
IS. at my store, who was
suffering from a very
She could hardly talk.
beT about German Syrup
few doses would give re-
b. had no confidence in
bcines. ! told her to take
u If the results were not
! would make no charge
ew days after she called
6or it, saying that she
k be without il in future as
|had given her relief. Q
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SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
INTERESTING MATTERS FOR IN
oUiRINO MINDS.
New Dynamite Gun--The Practi-
cal Man and the Scientist
Manufacture of Watch
Classes--The Won
dsrs cf'hs Cam
era,
A New Dynamite Gun.

While DIR. Joel G. Justin OF Syracuse
is still bent on using shells charged
with dynamite in powder guns, and
while Mr.. Louis Gathman of Chicago
is engaged op thesame problem, Lieut..
James w. Graydon, formerly OF the
United States navy andnow president
OF London, is deyoting himself TO the
system OF propelling enormous charges
of the high explosives with gun in
which compressed air is the motor.
The weapon is supported at the
breech end on fixed trunnions fifteen
inches in diameter, which are bored
for the passage OF the compressed air.
Toward the muzrle it is carried on
movable trunnions engaged with two
forged steel arms or levers. These
levers have sliding fulcra and are
actuated by hydraulic plunger for
the purpose OF eievatinc or depressing
the gun. The breech is closed by
means OF a steel screw block with in
terrupted threads. as in heavy
ordnance. A peculiar feature OF this
gun is that it can be loaded at any
degree OF elevation within its working
range, and ito rate OF discharge j.
stated to be one round minute.
Piyoted to the breech trunnions
there l. loading slide or tray for
the reception Of the proiectile. This
slide, at all times when the barrel is
elevated above the horizontal line,
rises by hydraulic press urc TO receive
the proiectile from a tram trolley. By
opening a valve the slide is then made
to descend with its load. and is
brought into line with the barrel OF
the gun, On each SIDE of the barrel is
fixed a small doublr-acting hydraulic
cylinder. the plunsers of which not on
~ control the movement OF the load
ing slide. but also by their continued
action draw the prolcctile DIP into the
barrel. where II Is held. The breech-
closing block, suspended above the
trunnions by counterweights, then de
SENDS. and j. also drawn into the
brccch by the crosshead OF the by
draulic plungers and locked
IL has thirty-two compressed reser-
voirs. carried in four sections of eight
each, two on each side Of the gun car
riAee. These reservoirs are each ten
inches in diameter and four feet high,
and arc tested TO pressure OF four
tons square inch.
Filled with air compressed to 5000
pounds square inch, or about l.
34Oth OF its original volume. the ca
pacity OF each az the workilg pressure
j. about II, 900 cubic feet of air,
weighing / 100 pounds in its com
pressed condition Any number out
Of the four sections may be discharged,
according to tho range desired or the
weight OF theprolectiic. The discharg-
ing valves are peculiar arrangement
Of the piston type, aud are packed on
the hydraulic system. The carriage
on which the barrel is mounted Is con-
strncted OF steel plates. with trunnion
bearings Of cast iron, secured TO it by
means OF turned bolts
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Underground Travel by the Great
head System.

The cars are supplied with long
itudinal seats, lit by electricity, and
luxuriously cushioned, the passengers
facing each other. The locomotive is
an electric motor, picking up its
electricity from a central rail through
which the electric current is conducted
by a copper wire; and inasmuch as,
for each track, there is separate
tunnel only trifle larger than the
train( which fills almost the whole
space, except only at stations) each
train acts as n piston, driving out,
from station to station, the air
through which the preceding train
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passed. The stations are connected
with the open air not more thar
three-quarters OF a mile apart; any
foul air which gathers in the tunnel is
thus expelled by each passing train.
Indeed, the air in the tunnel is oil a
more equable temperature, and is kept
more constantly moved and freshened,
than the air on the surface; and
frequently on dark and murky DAYS
1t has been noticed that the air and
atmosphere, strange rs it may appear,
are far more pleasant in the tunnel
than on the street surfaoe-Forum.
An Invention to Stop Cock Growing.
In the suburban districts OF London
much annoyance has been caused, and
unneighboriy squabbles induced, by
cock-erowing at untimely hours. A
correspondent says eontrivance
has been devised whereby the nuisance
complained OF may be obviated, peace
secured, and harmony restored. 1t is
very simple one Let a lath be
loosely suspended over the roosting
place OF the aggressive bird, and
Immediately he rears his head and
stretches his neck as preliminary to
raucous blast he receives n rap on
the comb which checks his preiorm-
ance aud fills him with astonishment.
After repeated attempts. attended
with "A like disconcerting result, ne
subsidies into agentle melancholy, and
ruminates, possibly, over the degener-
acy OF the times, till, the day being
sufficiently advanced, he is allowed to
roam abroad.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
A Remarkable Machine.

One of the novelties of the st.
Pancras Exhibition in London, Eng,
was a sausage machine driven by
electric motor. In conjunction with
this machine it has been proposed to
employ an electro heating attachment,
whereby the sayory dish can be de-
livered cooked and smoking hot to
the purchaser. 1t begins to look as
il the shrewdi Individual who conceived
the idea of a universal pigutilizing
machine, into which the animal
could be put at one end, to emerge at
the other cured hams and blacking
brushes, was no visionary, but only a
prophet a little in advance OF his
times
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
Can You FIND the worda

The only one ever printed. Can you find the
wordi Each week, different inch display is
published In this paper There are no two
words alike In either ad., except One word.
This word will be found in the ad. for DR..
Harter's Iron Tonic, Little Liver Pills and
trade mark. Read the ad carefully and when
you find the word, send it to them and they
Will return you book, beautiful Autographs
and sarnule
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opposite degree will blur. This is the cause Of
nine-enths of all eye diseases, and when prefent
competent person should be employed to test tho
eye. Then take cut A and look at type the size of
this advertisement at different distances and you
1t perfectly the lens OF the eye is perfecy
in shape Print, and objects near and at distance
should show the same through the slot B in every
position when turned as when looking through me
ptn-hole A. To make q more complete test OF your
eyes send 2 cents for eye chart and different ciIcu-
lars defects of the eye, call in person on b I.
PRICE Co, Rooms 81 and So Ktttredse bpd's,
Denver, Colo.
We make a speciality of treatment of the eyes
without the of surgical Instruments or tnjur.
ous medicines Consultation free. Cut this out and
paste on q card-you may not see 1t again.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

ISvALIDs, aged people, nursing mothers,
overworked, wearied out fathers, will find
the happiest results from iudicious use
of DR.. Shermau's Prickly Ash Bitters.
Where the liver or kidneys are affected,
prompt action is necessary to change the
tide toward health, ere the disease be
comes chronic-possibly incurable, and
there is nothing better TO be found in the
whole range of mate-'id medtcd. Sold
everywhere
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TIE smallest is The best
COPYRIGHT 10!

LNc oNfdtteSG Is Itc Ucot
in pills, other things being equal.
But, with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
let's, nothing else is equal. They're
the best, not only because they're
the smallest, and the easiest to take
but because they do more good.
They cleanse and regulate the liver,
stomach and bowels in a way the
huge, old fashioned pill doesn't
dream of. Think of trying to regu-
late the system with the ordinary pill.
It's only good for upsetting it.
These are mild and gentle-but
thorough and effective, no pain-no
gripping. One little pellet for laxa-
tive three for cathartic. The
best Liver Pill known. Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels are prevented,
relieved and cured.
Put up in sealed vials-a perfect
vest-pocket remedy, always conven-
lent, fresh and reliable.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. It's plan peculiar to DR..
Pierce's medicines.
You pay only for the good you
get. Can you ask more2
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Mr.. H NJ. Bostwick, 1925 Sixteen tn Street, the
Denver Gun and Ammunition dealer has lately
issued q catalogue that should be in the hands
of every hunter and sportsman in the state. 1t
flls twenty pages and has complete list of
Rifles, Shotguns, ammunition, Fishing Tackle,
etc, with the actual prices and discounts. This
euterprising dealer gives as high y per cant
off Of manufacturers prices ONE lines of
his goods
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Test Your Eyes.

one at q Itms.
II you suffer from
Headaches, Granulaton
of the lids, aches and
pains in the Eyeball or
base or brain, the causs
will be shown by dia-
gam b.
Make a perfectly
round hole as indicated
on cut A, and where
white mark on cut b 10
make q perfect slot thy
size of white mark. B
is a stenopic slit for
testing the eye on print
near, and also objects at
q distance. objects at 9
distance when looking
through the slit while
turning tho cut, will, II
the eye is imperfect, IN
action, show perfect In
iona degree and in the
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Denver manufactured articles are fast
coming to the front. The jackson -Crose
Manufacturing Company are now shipping
hay presses to Oklahoma Territory, Ar
kansas and other surrounding states and
territories
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she cluns to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
Grand Cheap Excursions.

Every Sunday via the "Santa Fe Route
to Palmer Lake, Colorado Springs, Mani
tou, Cascade Canon and Green Mountain
Falls. Train leaves Union Depot at s a. m.
returning arrives at Denver p. m. Ticket
Office No. 100 Lawrence street.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

The New Era Medical Company have
lately opened branch ofice at 42s Six
teenth Street, Denver. They have per-
formed some wonderful cures in Los
Angeles, California, and already have over
100 patients in Denver
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

The wine cup, the wine cup, bring hithei
And fill ye it up 10 the brim,
Its headaches were banished forever,
When science discovered COALINE.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Fellows who paint the town red over
night are liable TO feel blue in the police
court next rnorning
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

FITS.-All Fits stopped free by DR., kLISE's GREAT
Nerve Restorer. No Fit after hrstday use Mar
veilous Treatise and 500 trial bottle free to
Fitcases. Send TO DR. Kl-eg11 Arch st, Phila-, Pa
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give my eNper rience for the benefit of 9TH
crs, sent 81 to Il. X Delno & Co. Column
bus, Ohio, and received fine machine for
plating with gold. silver and nickel The
plating is done so nice every person wants
work done. 1 get all the knives forks and
jewelry l can plate l made q the first day:
in one month l had sl0J clear profit. My
Brother makes l5 to sis per day selling
platers. ANY one can do as much by writing
to the above firm for circulars.
IuCY WILSON
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

There is less tile about the Derby than
there is about the silk hat but the latter
is more fashionable.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Secure business Education at Home.
A full Business Course given by mail. Perfect sat
Isfaction low rates; Bryants College Buffalo, \. V
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

The yilest sinner may return everything
except an umbrella.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Original ideas are the lighthouses on tn
sea of journalism.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

A friend in need is a friend who gener
ally strikes you for a quarter.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

E. B. wALTHALL & CO., Druggists, Hors
Cave, Ky., say: Halls Catarrh Cure oures ever
one that takes it" Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

"Hnnson's HInGic Corn Snlve."
Warranted to cure, money refunded. Ash
your druggist for II. Price Is cents.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Nothing in the world will produce such
activity in real estate as an earthquake.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

If it wasn't for the crauks the wheels of
civilization would not revolve.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

An elastic stove pipe coupling would do
more good than seven long sermons.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

The proper way TO hold contribution
box is at aims length.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Have you Dog? Pamphlet free DOG
Diseasss.n spratts Patent, Now York city.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Majors Cement Repairs Broken Articles
l5c and 25c. Majors Best Llauid Glue lOc.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

II the night owl stays out long enough
he become an early bird.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
How a Girl Made Money.

Wanted-The name of the gunsmith who
made the welkin ring
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Whoever reaches heaven must work
their passage. There are no through
tickets,
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

The independent man is very often in
dependent circumstances.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Won by scratch-Relief from mosqui-
to bites.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

Sudden wealth may make fool of the
! man who possesses it; it always does of
B his wife.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
!! !5ss aIs,sa sssa. Tts ss1 Thcmpscns Eye Water.

AEEETS make 100 PER CENT profit, my corsets,
esN " Belts, Brushes Curriers' & medicines. Sam
ftpes FREE Write now. Or. Bridguan 81 Bvay. NY.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
paiellEsS Pensions

send Tor digest Of PENSION and BoUNTY LAWS.
PATRICK OFARREIL, WASHINGTON, D. O.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

All kinds of reliable foot covering for
man, woman or child for less money than
same grade of goods can be bought for
elsewhere.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-27


Famines were formerly much more
common thar during the last half cen
tury, aud many notable calamities Of
this nature are mentioned by histo-
rians. Not including the seven years
famine in Egypt mentioned in the
Old Testament, the first great famine
noted in history was in Italy, y. Y.
43o. Thousands OF persons driven
mad BY want threw themselves into
tho sea and rivers to escape from
further suffering. A. p. Az there
was a great famine in Egypt, and an
other in Rome and the vicinity in A..
d. 262. In 272 famine prevailed in
tho British Islands, and the people
ate grass, roots and the bark OF trees;
thousands died in Scotland from pri-
walton in A. d. 800, and ovor 10000
persisted in Britain four years later.
In A. ID. $50 famine prevailed all
over tho south Of Europe raging worst
in Italy, whsro parents ate their chill
dren, and Ia 1889 England, Scotland
and Wales were again ravaged, also
In 500 thousands starved, and in 945,
when crops failed for four successive
years. In 1916 an awful famine ragged
throughout Europe, and again from
1898 to 1195, whom crop failures
caused terrible suffering. In England
and France the people alto the flesh
OF dogs and cats and many cases oil
cannibalisn were recorded. There
wero famines in England in 1851,
1915, 1885, 1914 and 1865. and a
general distress prevailed also in
both England and France in 1893
I748, 1889 and 1875. Tho great
Irish famines OF 1914, 1916, 1922
1881 and 1916 were in consequence
OF tho failure OF the potato crop and
no doubt in each thousands OF people
starved to death. European calami
ties OF this kind, however, dwindle
into insigni6cance whom compared
with the colossal dimensions OF ia
mine in the crowded countries o
Asia. In 1887 over 100000 human
beings starved to death in northwes
India, and in 1860 another famine
carried off 100000. In 1865 1000,
900 people were supposed to hav'
starved in Bengal and Orissa, and il
1868 tho death roll from famine il
Rajpootana exceeded 100000
Even as late as 1877 about 50o,00(
persisted in Bombay, Madras ant
Mysore. Tho worst calamity OF thi
kind ever recorded took place in tn
years 1877 and 1878 in China. Com
plete crop failure took place in al
the northern provinces, and the mum
Der Of those who persisted from wan
of food was estimated at 100000
As tho internal communications of tn
country ara improved, the danger c
wholesale starvation is much lesseneo
1t is not likely that, save in Russii
Persia and China, there viii again b
such dreadful loss OF life rs has bee
experienced from the failure Of crop,
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Tungsten is a metal belonging to a
raro group that, until recently, was
little known outside of chemical lab
oratories. Its practical value has
been discovered but lately, whom ex-
periments proved that small pro-
portion OF it mixed with steel made a
composition OF extraordinary elastic
properties, especially suitable for the
lining Of very hcavy guns, which are
subjected to so enormous a strain in
firing that steel lining is soon frac-
tured aud spoilt. The German gun
factories absorb most Of the tungsten
found in the world, and from being q
mere curiosity seen only in the lab
oratory Of the chemist this rare metal
has acquired considerable value
Wolfram generally occurres in com.
bination with iron in Europe, but il
is also found in Sheelite, or tungstate
OF lime. 1t is in the latter form tina,
it occurs in Otago. The metal itsel
is of a white color, extremely brittle
and heavy, the specific gravity being
1871, that of gold being 1913. 1t viii
thus be seen that tungsten is very
heavy motal, being only very slightly
lighter than gold.