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The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
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For many years scientists have been
pcrplexed over the phenomena OF II
certain well ut YakutslS, Slbarin. As
ong ago rs 1928 Russian merchant
pegun 10 sink this noted well. and
after working on II for three years
ave IL up as q bad job. having at that
ime sunk it to depth OF thirty feet
without getting through the frozen
ground. He communicated these facts
tho Russian academy of science,
which sent mon to take charge OF the
digging operations at the wonderful
well. These scientific gentlemen
ioilcd away at their work for several
years. bat abandoned 1t when a depth
Il SS2 feet Ind boen reached, with the
earth still frozen rs hard as rock.
In 1913 the academy had the tempera-
ture of the soil at the sides OF the well
iakcn at various depths. From the
iata thus obtained they came to the
startling conclusion that the ground
was frozen to depth exceeding 5000
Get Although 1t is known to meteor
ologists that the lowest known tenn
peraturc is in that region of Siberia,
II is conceded that not even that rig
orous climate coEld force frost 10 such
a great depth below the surface. After
figuring on the subject for over a
quarter of century, geologists have at
last come to the conclusion that the
great frozen valley of the Lena river
was deposited, frozen Just as it Is found
to-day, during the great grinding-up
era of the glacial epoch. Mining and
Scientific Press.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
THE woRKINo WORLD.

One Oregon forest contains 400, 900, 900
feet OF lumber,
a hotel will 10 erected on Pike's Peak.
Ia, 200 feet high
a national union of Architectural Iron
Workers viii be formed
The Musisians' union OF San Francisco
pays SIS dollars at death
The eisbt-hour day has been inaugural
ed in to Danish marine.
Russia's national printing Office publishes
IN every known language.
san Francisco book firms want eastern
goods kept out Of their field.
\ GsO0-foot tunnel drains a sabterranean
lake in the Ceatrulia pa } coal basin.
The label used on white made cigars Mt
SAP francisco is counterfeited and placed
on Chinese goods
England pro iuces nearly all the 56a, ,0Oo
tons OF tinplatea year, and Uncle Sam i'm
ports 359, 00o tons
Tho government of France has prohibit.
ed the employment of engineers aud stok-
ers over twelve hours a day.
Brooklyn retail hardware and stove
dealers kick against manufacturers retail
ing at the sca,e they are compelled to pay.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
A Good Complexion

How few people know what a good
complexion Isl A very young rnan is
apt to think that the girl whose conf
plexion is wonderfully white, with Just
a spot of pink in her cheeks, Is lovely.
Now. any doctor could tell him that u
course of cod liver oil was what that
girl wanted. An elderly man is apt to
think that a woman with a very high
color possesses an extremely good
complexion; nine times out OF tan she
either kacss too tight OF cats too mpoh.
What Is . good complexion. thsn9 4
good cowpaexion Is one that comes and
goes-ucb from TIM rouge pot %: the
powdsr buS-nut one fhat has .
creamy background IN haraony win
the eyes and as1r, ewS wa3Sh there Is
G gnod shading g! pink fhst sScpe.ls
wh.n any emotion Is ten or vh+ch
pales when fright 10 experienced A
rsra 20 slsx!sa csn slvays stAaa 8
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uo,, to rrra, chamoI. sl,In.

Considering what useful thing a
chamois skin is, it Is astonishing that
there is 30 much Ignorance Ms to the
proper way OF keeping it in order and
lengthening IT, term Of service. Cham
ois skins should never be left in water
after being used, but should be wr-ung
out and hung up to dry. being spread
out carefully, so us TO leave no wrink-
les. They should not be used 10 wipe
OF colOrs. rs paint stains from hard
spots and make the skin wear out
sooner. Chamols was never intended
to wipe the face and hands with. which
makes It become greasy. Never put u
chamois skin into warm water; any
thing above luke-warm water viii curl
it up. making it become thick. tough
and useless
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
USE OF MICE TAILS.
The Cunning Rodent. rInd Them Usefui
Wh-a FlShtinx hach Other.


wh-a IIxhtiax bach Other.
Before we had much observed mice
the uso ot their long tails wps ques-
don that had puzzicd Us. We do not
enow Of what service they are to the
icmalc-, but to the bucks thay arc We
go. OF use in their eoubats; for when
hey hght they very oftan face one
another standing on their hind legs
The tail then making. u with kan
sarooz. ths third feature OF tripod.
Their appearance. Whea they thus
stand facing ono another with their
heads thrown back and their paws in
,runl OF their farrs Is On account pDr-
haps OF the resemblance IL bears TO the
posture OF priEe-hShterS extremely
comic- Small mice. also, when at
tacked by their bigger congener5.
raise their paws before their faces. tho
altitude In that casa strangely suggest
lng ono Of doprccation.
Whns occurs when bclilgervut bucks
actually engage. only instantaneous
photography could record. 50 rapidly
iro their movements Presumably.
they try to bite but must consider de-
fensa the better part OF yalor. for they
never appear 10 get hurt much, and
between the rounds Will nibble away
1t the crust which brought them into
he viclnage, only showing their cx-
element by rattllnP their tails against
the ground. Occasionally tail seized
by tho teeth leads 10 one mouse having
o drag his enemy over the floor till
lie latter lets 20.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
HISTORICAL.

Washington, Monroe, Jackson, W. H.
Harrison. Taylor, Pierce, Lincoln, Grant,
Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and b. Harrison
we're at one time or another connected
with the United States Army.
The first gun made for the Confederacy
is now In the possession OF Mrs IL, 1. Mil
Ter of Chattanooga, whose father mnde il at
Holly Springs Miss, in 1851. 1t original
IL had riled barrel and is still In good
condition.
A resident of Bartland, Vt, is the pos
SCISSOR of a Bible for which he has been of
ferod 5000 1t was printed in London,
England in 1876, and brought to this coun-
try by Caleb Cotton, grandfather of the
present owner.
No president of the United States was
ever reelected unless he YVES himself q
soldier or held q chief executive office
during war period Washington, SOL
der OF the Revolution; jefferson gov
ernor OF Virginia during the Revolutionary
War; Madison, president ut tho outbreak
OF tho war with Great Britain; Monroe, o
Revolutionary officer; Jackson, q soldier
of the 1912 war: Lincoln, soldier and
president during the Civil War; GraIs, q
SOLDIER of the Mexican and Civil War.
Tho original political parties IN thif
country ware tie FedeyaLst and tie Anti.
Federaiisr The Deurcc-atic Republican
narty aprayed IN 1894, md took the place
dt the Anti Tedera1ist party when Iefera
son was elccted IN 1890. After 1915 the
Federd party is not heard OF. u 1905 tu
Dsmocratic-Republican party dropped the
Eecaah papio aud accepted the FIRST Is its
ritse. Tho Wigs cs-,o 20 Tbs l-eNt IL 1885,
whom W z Ea----isoa zaa for t5e s.rsr SAaei
In 1880 10 was elected. The Whiss Sers
crushed In iste, and Ii 1880 ths rrssent
HspubNsaS party appeared
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ABOUT CONDENSED MILK.
How to Distin uish the Genuine and Pure
Article.

The general appearance OF con-
denscd milk. when poured from q
spoon, should be glossy-the more
glossy the better. 1t should be ropy or
stringy like very heavy sirup. The
color should be that OF cream; but the
color varies according to the season OF
the yelg in which the milk is cou.
densed. n natural milk not condensed
varies in color. Milk is yellower in
summer, whea cows are on pasture,
than in winter, when they are fed on
dry hay. Thickness yaries with age.
Thicke,llng by age is natural TO con-
densed milk; rapid thickening only
proves that the milk is preserved in
TIE best manner and that il retains in
the highest degree the characteristics
of milk in its natural state. Con
] denscd milk which does not thicken by
age or which thickens very slowly l.
milk abused in the process of condens-
ing. Consumers make a great mistake
in supposing that the thinnest con-
deased milk is the best The thinnest
condensed milk contains the most
water, and of course less of milk solids
or milk uutritiyes- The thickest con-
densed milk II in sound condition. Is
the most valuable. There is n degree
of thickness however that is incon-
venient. II condensed milk is so thick
that Il will not run out when an open
can Is inverted, it is troublesome 10
dissolve. II il is not actually hard
very little stirring in the can will
render it sufficiently liquid for con-
ven ent use. Condensing milk, if pro-
periy done, doas not destroy cream
globulcs, but leaves the constituents OF
milk unal;ered and natural One
method therefore OF determining the
relative quality OF different samples ol
condcn5ed milk is to ascertain the
amount Of butter that can be made
from each
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
A PRAIRIE GRAVE.
The Silent Inhabitant of BoundIess soii-
tude.


tude.
A Dakota farm.
A heaving emerald sea that merges.
Mt its edge. into blue ocean of sky
A range Of low hills fringes the plain
at the northwest and at no other poin,
of the compass is there an object to
relieve the eye.
A traveller sees the same dreary
stretch of grass through which he has
passed for miles; he feels the same hot
wind upon his tired cheek; he hears
the wild geese cry shrilly overhead
and the ducks splash in the wild rice
Of some marsh or slough--everythlne
Is repetition OF sights and sounds
that have made themselves distasteful
by familiarity. Monotony and Solitude
are the twin dcities that reign supreme
The central object OF scene like
this-an object that broke upon my
eyes after long days journey and
filled me with sudden solemn awe
was a grave, a prairie grave. A rude
fence was built around 1t and some
wild roses broke into blossom and
peeped from the rank grass that COW
ercd the mound. There was no head
board-no word had been LETT to iden-
tify the .dead-the dead that now lay
in solitary waste where the silence
was so terrible as almost to speak OF
itself-the dead that had once been the
living and had moved in spheres OF
life.
Perhaps the dweller of that lonely
tomb was man who had loved and
been loved. Death had parted him
from his idol and now. when his loyal
heart was low. he had been inferred in
an isolated wild where never a loved
one could bend over his mound and drop
the mourner's tear. Perhaps fair faces
We're aging while fond hearts hoped
against hope that lover. a son or a
brother would return. And this for
saken grave, if they could but see it
and know its occupant, would tell
them all!
shuddered and turned away.
But then. / mused in a ter thought.
what cares the dead how lie his vast
ing bonesp And those he leaves-may
they not hope and hope and only awake
to the truth when they meet the lost
one face to face in chat country
from whose bourne no traveller re-
turns?n
A human heart is nothing. if not
hopeful, and what can be more satisfy
ing and sweet than divine fulfillment
of hopes we cherish hereP
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
EEMININITIES.

Modcsty is the chastity of merit, the
virginity of noble souls.
Cincinnati women get after their street
commissioners with n broom.-New Or.
leans Picayune.
Mormon widows remember regretfully
tho time when their husband was Young.
New Orleans Picayune.
The smallest part of the cost of an en-
gagement ring is the amount the young
man pays to the jeweller when he gets the
ring.-Somerville Journal.
John Stanley, aged 91, and Louisa
Brooks, aged rs, of Ashland county, N. c.,
were married not long since. John said
neither of them could risk a long engage
ment, and so the contract was begun and
ended in about four weeks.
Keep celery fresh by rolling it in brown
paper sprinkled with water, then in a
damp cloth, and put it in cool dark
place. Before preparing it for the table,
submerge it in cold water and let 1t stand
for an hour. 1t will be found very crisp
A Massachusetts, girl planned the COM
plex machine which makes paper bags; a
New Jersey girl found a way of turning
out horseshoes by machinery, and New
York farmers wife is the patentee of an
arrangement for feeding cattle on trains
The latest '.Ohio idea'' has been en-
volved by q clergyman of East Liverpool,
who has arranged an infantroom, with q
corps of nurses, to take care of the babies
while the mothers listen to the sermon. A
similar annex to theatres would be q
boon alike to players and play-goers.
A man In Milwaukee saw woman fan
down, and he helped her up and spoke
words Of consolation, aud she sent him q
deed to 5000 house. A man fn Peoria
did the very same thing, and the woman
yelled for bar husband, who was near hJ,
aud be came running up and broke the
CONSIDERS nose.
Nay: s:Belle Van Ler would have been
q martyr in the dark EGGS" Stallaf
'What makes you think sop Mav;
s'Why, you know, when she found that
George Bond had Lost all his money che
saia- II nary h.rc people VIII Eey IN
philanthropiat, sud car nos e.nd w1n
not bs cstsrtetieup. So shsu Sivs trisa
NJ, though ~ tsssx NY hssstrn
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
July AND AUGUST.

The most charming summer resorts, OF
which there are over three hundred choice
locations, are TO be found in Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota sud the
peninsula OF Michigan, along the lines oil
the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul Ky.
Nearly all are located near lakes which
have not been hshed out
Tuese resorts are easily reached by rail
way and range in variety from tine "iull
dress Tor druner'' to the flannel shirt COS
tune for every meal.
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
The finest shooting grounds in the North
west are on the TRIBUTARY to the lines OF
tile Chicago. Milwaukee, & st. Paul Ky.
The crop of prairie chickens Will be ex
ception.lly good this year; also duck and
geese In Northern Wisconsin and the
peninsula of Michigan splendid dcei
shooting is TO be had.
Full information furnished free. Ad-
dress, GEO. II. HEAfFoRp, Gen. Pass.
Agt, Chicago, Ill. a..
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MAKING PEOPLE ALIKE.
THE SEWING MACHINE AND
TELEGRAPH DO 1T.
The business of Manufacturing Clothes
on tho Theory That Every Gar.
ment VIII Fit Someone
and Find . Customer.

Some wit remarked that the sewing
making one people OF all that dwell on
the fhoe of the. earth. They are do
ssroying the national peculiarities OF
the dress of men in the countries OF
Europe by giving them the styles of
everyday clothing from London. which
Is the great center OF traffic for that
part OF the world.
Ready-made garments from London
ire sold in the shops OF Amsterdam.
Berlin. Vienna Copenhagen. Christiana,
Stockholm and St. Petersburg. and In
many of the smaller cities, which OBJ
tain their supplies from the great ones
on the list. or from London direct.
Formerly an English sailor could be
readily distinguished from Danish or
{ Swedish one. and each OF these frum
. he other by his distinctive costume.
b # at the present time all OF them are
d essed alike. and quite possibly their
garments came from the same factory.
Fifty years ago the homespun gar
ments OF New England differed f-om
those OF tho Western and Southern
states. ard these again from those OF
Canada. but nowadays. says an ex-
change. the homespuu has beon large
ly driven out by "'sioro clothes. - which
have found their way into the great
majority OF the towns and villages all
over tho land.
Tho business OF manufacturing cloth
ing on the theory that every garment
that Is made will fit somebody aud find
a customer Is Increasing year by year.
and though the coats and trouse thus
created are sold a; n price that >cGes
compel tion on the part OF the weaver
OF homcspun, the trade seems to be n
profitable one for all concerned
In many Of the large establishments
the cutting IS done with great rapidly.
the cloth being piled in thicknessos OF
uBc or two hundred layers. which arc
cut by fine saw that follows a metal
pattern. under the guiding hand of a
sinEio operator.
Thus with the aid Of machinery. one
person can do the work OF Il ty ia the
eating Of garments; the sow ng ma
ch folloEs closely and rapidly, and
IA this WY tho whole world Is clad.
With our clothing OF one pattern.
and th. telegraph laying before Us oy-
cry dag all the news Of the world. we
lre not only dressing alike. but think
ne and talking OF the same things at
tho same time.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
Reduction OF the rsrth,. surface.

A French geologist has made care
ful calculation OF the amount OF solid
mat;or yearly carried OF into the ocean
By the actions OF the rivers OF the
world and other causes He estimates
that the reduction OF the average hight
OF the surface OF the solid land is o. .OO6
inches each year. Making allowance
for the corresponding rise in the oc-
currcnee of volcanic and other excep-
tionnl phenomenn-the general ten
dsncy OF which is TO hasten the process
Of disiRteSraiion-the period at which
the solid land will have ceased to exist,
aad tho surface OF the earth will be
covered with water. has been estimated.
As however. that period IS $500. 900
years distant the prediction need cause
no Immediate disquieiude.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11

Our readers who arc desirous of finding
pleasant places to spend the summer
should Dedr in mind that the Chicago q
facility Tor rapid, safe anu comfortab {
journey from Cuicago to Waukesna, Madi-
sou, Lake Geneva, Neenah, Marquette, St
fau. Minneapolis, Duluth, Ashland, LAKE
Mini, L,tonka, Yellowstone National PARK
and tue mountain resorts OF Colorado and
the lar West. Fast yes tibuled trains,
equipped with reclining chair cars, parior
cars, palace sleeping and dining cars, af-
ford patrons of the Northwestern every
luxury incident to travel by u first class $
railway. Excursion tickets Mt reduced
rates and descriptive pamphlets can be
Obtained upon application TO any ticke,
agent or by addressing w. A. TuRALL,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, G.
& n. w. lty., Chicago, III.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
Dreams.

A New York doctor has studied A.
900 of his dreams, and finds that even
ing and nocturnal dreams'are connected
with events of the day; but the latter
have more of the terrifying element.
The pleasantest and most remarkable
dreams are those of the morning. after
the rest of the brain. Fancy is then
at her best. and gives the clearest
visions. In this connection it will be
remembered that many famous men
have thought over their imaginative
problems in the early morning.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
The Nickel In the sIot.

The nickel-in-the-slot machine is said
10 be not by any means modern in
vention. In the old Egyptian temples
devices of this kind were employed for
automatically dispensing the purifying
water. A coin of Ave drachme dropped
into n slot in a vase set n simple
piece of mechanism like well sweep
in motion; n valve was open for an
instant, and a portion of the water
permitted to escape. This apparatus
was described by Hero of Alexandria,
who lived 200 years before the Chris
tian era
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
About Heart pIseasc.

The changes which go to make up
heart disease take place slowly. and
go on for years without making them
selves known to the victim; and in not
few cases death occurs suddenly from
such disease without existence having
been suspected. On the other hand,
there are persons who think they have
heart disease, when the structure Of
that organ is perfectly healthy They
complain of bad feeling in the cardiac
regions. palpitation. irregular breath
ing, etc. and such symptoms would
naturally suggest disease. In these
cases the trouble is purely nervous in
its character: that is, the nerves which
control the workings Of the heart are
in some way deranged. And very
generally this arrangement is the re-
suit of dyspeptic trouble. Those who
exhibit the signs described should turn
their attention to the stomach and try
and overcome them by careful atten-
ton to diet The quantity of food
taken should be no greater than health
and strength demands, and only sub
stances easily digestible should be
eaten. In some people, even with
fairly strong digestive powers, tea and
coffee cause palpitation OF the heart,
hence their use is forbidden. Tobacco
also gives rise to the same symptom.
OF course this habit and all others
which tend to produce nerve weakness,
should be discontinued. Where trou-
BILE with the heart is purely functional
the remedy lies with the victim. and
by wise restraint n cure is generally
effected. In fact, medical treatment
is rarely needed, except it be to tone
up the system.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
In Japan. .

Washing was and Is still done in
Japan by getting into boat and let
ting the garments drag after the boat
by long string. 1t is an economical
habit OF travelling Japs to get large
amount of washing thus accomplished
by a steamboat excursion, and has
given rise TO the story that once year
they travel TO wash. They have no
instinct for laundry work like the
Chinese, aud think It is complete when
the soap is IN the garment and viii not
wr4ug II out.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
A SIuuple (urc.

A retired farmer who has time to
try experiments and note the results,
says that for the past three years ho
has planted bean or two in each po-
tato hill. and has never seen a bug on
the potato crops where beans were
growing in the same hill. II this is a
protection against the bugs the rem
edy is simple and will pay for the
trouble in the crop of beans.
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
Novel Advertising.

Here Is tho -queerest advertisement
from the Flying Post of July 2. 1893:
1.-The man that eat the live cock at
Islington. and another since. on the
is OF June last, at Stand-up Dicks at
Newington Butts. near the Borough of
Southwark. is to eat another there on
Tuesday next, being St. James day.
with the feathers. bones and garbage.
ANY person may see it performed. pay
ing but I'd. for their admittance.
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WY Masraass nay .. . Failure.

Ono reason Why marriage IL 70 often
failure Is tha4 the aversgo man falls
two or three Of the qualities. which he
attributes to the ideal woman. and
nevcr gets over blaming her after
wards because she doesn't have the
rest Women don't make any such
mistake. They don't expect to find In
tho average man any OF the qualities
possessed by their IDEAL and they
are seldom disappointed
Journal
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
a Fragile structnre.

A system which chronic INDIGESTION hni
depleted and rendered nervous and feeble
is indeed q very fragile structure a ten ).
mert fast topplinS into irretrievable decay
and caus eless anxiety, hypusnondria. hys,
terra and sleeplessness these are some ii
the manifestations of nervousness Th,l
grand invigorating nervine. Hostetter'.
Stomach Bitters- tr;inquilizes by strengthen
Ing the nerves, accomplishing the doubts
result through the medium of renewet
digestion and assimilation. No tonic in ex
istence exhibits such thoroughness, pro
duces SUI h speedily appreclable effects "a
the BItters. 1t Is a perfectly reliable si',,
guard against malaria and dangerous ki !
ney trouble, and remedies complete live
and bowel inactivity and disorder Nervou
invalids should not fail to fortlfy tn Il
systems with this benign protective, wh,c
well merits persistent trial.
Man can use money to make himsel
comfortable. but it doesn't purchase hap
MT
The Lamar register., 1891-07-11
/, urooI,,yn seaudal ,yertea.

What's tho matter with Prospec,
Parlse2 saw him dancing around his
baby carriage yesterday like mad
thought he stopped drinking last Jan-
uary. Is he crazyP'
"Sane Us You are. He was probably
trying TO make his baby laugh"