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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

WOODEN dog kennel should be built wit
the bark on and be lighted by bay viii
dow
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

DREssMAKIS6 establishments want meas
ures, but not MEM, o. Picayune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

The greatest blockhead is the one whose
mistakes never teach him anything. Ram q
Horn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

The Only One Ever Printed-Cas You Find
the Worde
There Is q 8 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true Of each new one appearing each week,
from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This
house Ilaces Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
sannles free ss4
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

TIE good cook should be given wide
range.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

IF nobody had a hobby, the world woul
soon stop moving Rams Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

Lanes Family Medicine Moves
The bowels each dag. Apleasant herb drink
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

A STATESMAN can always get pull by
going TO the dentists ofice.-Binghamton
Republican
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

The mightiest host Of this sort is the army
Of invalids whose bowels, livers and stom-
echs have been regulated by Hostetter' 8
Stomach Bitters. A regular habit of body
IL brought about through using the Bitters,
not by violently agitating and gripping the
intesiines, but by reinforcing their energy
and causing flowof the bile into its proper
channel Malaria, Ia grippe, dyspepsia, and
3 tendency to inactivity Of the kidneys, are
conquered by the Bitters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

GENIUS may be swift but patience has the
gurest feet-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

AMAx's character Ia Ike photographic
s<sstve Il IL q blank until Il has been
subjected to the chemistry Of circumstances.
~ nhincton Star ZIG
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

WY is an editor a moral mani Because
be always docs writo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

$50 DARK, and vet so lightr as the man
said when he looked At his new ten Of coal
brakes Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

The Ladies'. .
The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative Syrup of Figs. under all con-
dftions, makes it their favorite remedy. To
get the true and genuine article, look for
the name of the California Fig Syrup Co,
printed near the bottom Of the package.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

For THROAT DISEASES AND CoUeHs use
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs Like all
really god things, they are initiated. 1ht
genuine are sold Ontv in bo1ss.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

"WHAr o red head that fellow has.
'Yepi l guess melancholy must have
marked him for her roan.'-F ack
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

THE BEST medical writers claim that the
successful remedy for nasal catarrh must
be non-lrritating, easy OF application, ana
one that will by its own action, reach all
the remote sores and liberated surfaces
The history of the efforts to treat catarrn
durinr the past few years cbiiges us to ad-
NIT that only one remedy has completely
met these conditions, and that is Ely's
Cream Balm This safe and pleasant rem
edy, which Is to be found at any drug
store, has mastered catarrh as nothing else
has ever done, and both physicians and
patients freely concede this fact. The more
distressing symptoms quickly yield to 1t.
STUDENT lin beer-tavern) What lucky
creature your dog is-likes water. File
gende Blaetter.
For THROAT DISEASES AND CoueHs use
BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. Like all
really god things, they are initiated. The
genuine are sold only in bozss.
A STATESMAN can always get pull by
going TO the dentists ofice.-Binghamton
Republican.
CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
IT Is not very serious matter to quarrel
with an actress. She never refuses to
make up. Boston Post
Is YOUR blood poors Take Beecham's
Pills Is your liver out of order? Use
Beecham's Pills Is cents box
S
DENTISTS are not looked upon as peculiar
ly dissipated. yet they are always filing up
Chicago Times.
Lanes Family Medicine Moves
| The bowels each dag. A pleasant herb drink
GENIUS may be swift but patience has the
gurest feet Rams Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-01-29

STUDENT lin beer-tavern)- What lucky
creature your dog is-likes water.-Fhe-
gende Blaetter.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

laughter and how their eyes bulge out,
And how they ciamor; Gin, gran
pappy, gin, Nonner time" And the
old man responds to the encores till
his legs ache and he tells them bear
stories and about a little dog called
Ponto that he once had, till present
" they fall asleep. The gray wintery
afternoon duskens and conversation
lulls. Perhaps Pap is thinking of his
boy away amongst strangers in Chica-
go. Mother is, that's certain, as she
sits with her hands folded on her clean
white apron. The young man in the
bedroom remembers long ago when
the baby died, and mother sat up all
night herself. refusing to let the boys
"be broke of their rest, and how Just
before the dawn she came into
the room where he and John
slept, awakened them, and said:
"Your little brother is dead" Perhaps
sheis thinking OF that. too. 1t was a
long time before she got over it.
There is no mistake. The young man
in the hall bedroom is homesick. If he
could only bewith them tomorrow
Come in.
"You didn't get your letter, did
your" The landlady held it IN her
fingers. mo; he hadn't been expect
ing any.
1t wasn't much OF letter. 1t was
one of these 1--WE are all well and hope
YOU are the same as it leaves us" let
ters, but it contained the price OF u
railroad ticket and an invitation to
come and eat turkey with Pap and
mother.
He went that night.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

that he had eaten at dairy lnnch
counters, but the real thing. And
crullers, not donghnutg, you under.
stand, but crullers, strips of dough
twisted and dropped into the hot
lard, thence to come forth brown and
putty. John and his wife are going
TO come over from Muchinippi and
fetch little Mary Madeline. and
John was 80 eat Thanksgiving dinner
at pap's and depend upon it
grandma has fixed up cruller babies.
rolled the dough out thin and cut
out the shapes OF men, put currants
In Tor eyes, and popped them into the
lard to be fished out bloated beyond
recognition, but works of art OF un.
doubted merit to Mary Madeline and
little John IVES.
And there's apple-butter in the
house, and that's something you can't
get in your old Chicago-real apple.
butter thickened with boiled cider
and aromatic with cinnamon and
allspice. And there are ounce pre-.
serves and watermelon pickles, the
young mans mouth watered at the
thought. And o. the turkey! Don't
forget the turkey. Big, fat monarch
OF the barnyard with pompous mien,
he has terrorized little Johnny Wes
and sent him howling back to grand.
ma, who has Just give him a slice
OF bread and butter with
sugar on it, and "Did the naughty
turkey takeit away from little Johnny
Yves? Well, we'll chop the naughty
turkeys head right off one of these
days, so we will" And now the de.
ferred vengeance had been wreaked
and the ''eobble-gobble," shamelessly
nude is even now hanging by the heels
despoiled OF his head, which old Watch
Is munching. And when he comes
next into ken he is brown and shiny
and full OF savory stufiing. Some o
his former contents are floating ir
gravy, and Johns wife, Johnny Wes
ma, has already bespoken the gizzard
As for Johnny Wes, he gets the liver
and a slice OF breast and he breaks the
wishbone with Mary Madeline. The
old folks do think a heap of those
young ones. Nothing tickles Pap more
than to get the youngsters on his
knee after dinner. and, commencing
with an adagio pianissimo movement
to work up dramatic climax topres
to fortissimo thus;
WRlky, waiky. walky, walky.
Pace, pace, pace, pace
TEorrT, rRnrrY, TRorrr. rRorrY.
GALLOPI, GALLoPY, GALLOPY, GAL
LOPYl
O. how the youngsters shrek with
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

strincency in the money market, as
the rIillionaires on Wall street say.
This particular Wednesday night
wa. the eve OF Thanksgiving. and aft
er dinner-tha landlady called 1t din
ner-hs sa, in his hall bedroom and
fell a-thiuking. He had got tired OF
the farm. Ii was a dogs life Work
like a horse, and never see anything
or ANYBODY. So one day when
"papn sjawed' him. he ''iawed"
back. and the upshot OF it all
was that be took the old man advice
TO ..pack his duds and git" Chicago
WAS the place for HIM. To make mon
sy one must go where money is. And
to stnrve to death one must also go
where money IS.
To be sure he wasn't quite starved
to death, but still-he thought of the
pile of half-cooked carrots that had
been one OF his side dishes. They fed
carrots to the cattle on the farm. And
words came to him that he had heard
howled by circuit rider on a hot
summer day morning in the little old
meeting house at Pleasant Grove:
..How many hired servants oil my
father have bread enough and to
snare" He could even hear old preach
er Wright quaver his voice as he quot.
ed. and the whinny OF the horse tied
to the rack outside as they kicked at
the stinging flies or playfuliy bit at
each other. He laughed to think now
much the preachers voice sounded
like the horses.
Vet there was something extremely
unfunny in the situation. The like,
ness between him and the prodigai
son was a little too close. Supposing
he were to go back home-but then,
nshawl he didn't have the price OF
railway ticket home. Think about
something else. Still-well, now, Tor
instance, supposing he did have the
money to go down home and Pap
didn't treasure up the hard words
thar had been said, and supposing he
were down there bright and early the
next dav, what would it be like?
Well, Tor one thing. there would be
all through the house a subtle, aro-
matte, spicy warm smell OF deep
dark brown pumpkin pies-not
the gineery, mud-colored poultlces
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
A SIS. 900 Collection of Cats.

DR.. Susan Janeway Cotton, OF Ger
mantown, Pa, owns a unique collec-
ton of cats, which she values at So
600. There are % OF her pets, and
among them are included Skye, Fan
zibar and feather-tailed Turkish cats,
tailless Manx pussies, white Maltese,
yellow Persian and English tiger cats.
All are remarkable either for beauty
or pedigree. She inherited her fathers
fortune, in 1888. DIR. Coltman has not
practiced medicine.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

struck the town with 81 in his pocket,
and he didn't get place for three
weeks, The day before he got posi-
tion he found dime on the street.
He ate that day. He was glad when
the man hired him at So week. He
thought he was on the high road to
fortune then. There are plenty OF
young fellows in Chicago to whom a
steady job at SO a week would be
bliss unknown.
Every Saturday night the landlady
"a fat old landlady who never looked
clean-used to lie in wait for him at
the corner of the stairway that led up
from the conlhole that was courteous.
ly called the dinine-room. She wasn't
rich herself. People with amounted
thousands don't keep mechanic's s
boardine-houses as pastime. Some
OF them drive coaches for fun. but
keeping clearinghouse is not yet
aristocratic. So the landlady was as
anxious to get money as the young
man, for the grocer, who was also in
need of it. was always dunning her,
and the butcher declared il she didn' {
pay something on her bill she should
not have any meat, and the goldman
called three times in one week, and the
landlord. the most deserving OF all. for
he had come here when Chicago was a
bog, had TO have his rent. So, really,
the young man could hardly blame
her for being ready to take his $3.50
before it was hardly warm in his
pocket.
He got paid Saturday nights, aud
after desiucting 81 so for board and
room it was a pretty tight fit for him
during the rest CT the week. About
Wednesiny night there was quite a
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?

1t is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder IS
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest sweet
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lghtest food.
That baking powder which is both puresr and
strongest makes the most digestble and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble?
Avoid all baking powders sold with gift
or prize or at lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
!; CHRISTMAS EVE.

!. Eve, when Santa Clans
~ certain house
.ssIirru's stockings,
:, toaaa a little mouse.
,....,,uas. little fricndiv
4 rarsl aud kini.--
-, :, ss,., slrir said the mouse,
- you wouldn't mind
sre awake tonight,
20 You for awhile.
wslcomc. little frlend,'
k.,,a Rlth a smile
be SLED the stocking up,
- y r,5s,s, could wink,
4 tor, from top to toe,
.s.s,, leit chlnsl
zoa,t bold another thiagl"
y, claus with pride,
-zrc IN rBoasIe's eyes
~ hc replied.
L j,e TO contradict.
80 / implore,-
fs.ir-t stocking there
r II oae thing more
i,s-bsI santa, ..slliy mousci
sros hs~ 10 PAesi
| = AL these years.
L 80 lcsruei the knack-"
=. ms ,l,s stocking down
- hung - high,
.Na pat in Dae thing more,
aJs TO Try
hsrkled to himself.
=. s1i,Iy stole
~ .tsgg Kings crowded toe
sgI utIle hole.
"a, re.sc. good santa Clans
fhiag nore,
"A 54E chat liitie bGic
= ila7a tciqtr-
Cia1, diI laugh and laugh'
4 = -aiiY spuks.
,-aI fzrc Christmas cake
-tr lsflr tokrF9
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

Cleanliness, exercise, and diet are the car
dnal virtues of good health. Take care of
the first two, and If you know what and how
to eat, you need never be ILL., 1t is claimed
that Garfield Tea, a simple herb remedy helps
nature overcome the results of wrong living.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

uleaaa,, tfI Mnti 81. ScE
sa=g q nalrar1ltsfs cure u hcF
sss urltess 4 owe unsFsezS-
VI al br f1r-ugtsl EFatlgatr 70
't ussir . Hlirerslpus cars Of
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
SUNSHINE

SUNSHINE
cosne-, no matter bow
dark the clouds are, when
the woman who Is borne
down by voInan's troubles
turns to Dr. pierce's Fsv-
oriie Prescription. II her
hfe Is made gloomy by tho
chronic weaknesses, DELI
cate arrangements, and
painful disorders that af-
dict her ser, they arc COM
pletely cured IL she's
overworked, nervous, or
rundown she hes new
life and strength.
Favorite Prescription
Is a powerful, invigorating
tonic and q soothing and
strengthening nervine,
f5,srr,4lx- xsas,..f Ma rl-4rfst-flY
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

IA aauEirrfuI cure Tor = bad
n Ra. =. ABlenun. sil Water
n. liIr. y. l.. gives this lcsinusc-
.-rrf aasl D5 hgils CouEh Syrup
= ---s .i l. represented 10 be !,
~ ff-a bad cough.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

In oldcn times the wise men came from the
east; now its fashions for the women that
come from the east
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

fIg17IgL AsruakrEr sSp PIT
1sr ElfyT-. HrsNa-i srossAissi
lrE WszfLahls earziivc pFdpsfiee.-
T. srs
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
A LETTER FROM THE FOLKS

Z didn't have the
price OF q railroad
ticket. II he had he
wouldn't have staid
in Chicago Thanks
gi wing Day It that
dirty old West Side
boarding-house. To
tell the plain, bare
footed truth, he was
down on his luck. He
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
Palma Root Soap free from alkali.

The staff of life Is the staple production of
a firm named Death X Clutch, in Franklin,
ohio. They run flour mill.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

4 CHILD ENJOYS
sat Eay5r, gentle action and
t5crt q syrup ~ Figs. whea
& . iaynuye. aud IL tho father
3 b. stive or bilious, the
,:fv-rg results follow It's use.
! 5 the bcss family remedy
- every family should hAva .
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

s Capiaiu DID Tuu esfeh that
.isi aisAfl DcieSlivs-Se. bat !
y -
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
- 4 I.aillls, "a. go

- IA rverntly foGnd iHshesisiesi
Noant srHrat, Nov II we coald
IA sFple tree wouldn't we make
fe.s sli t1itt
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
B .tmooi. nI,rnIcr>

:, = llke wa see.e they az.
"a q rza-e-
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

ElTS-Au nts stopped free BY DR. kLfNE's GREAT
SayK RysT0RER. No 1T drst days Mar
reous Treatise and ss 90 trial bottle to Fit
Send Dir Kline ISL Arch st, Philadelphia, IA
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

-ftl, rla arr stsan parted. cspec-
81 faTJa=- bipva. 3uTa she latter
43-l
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

s usS-. good rcpaiassoa co
ilga'i uli stsogt him-
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

b. o 5frsi Dollar. EeNent faf
lalsth tb=s cssapt - c4rri 81
aEsET s. co. I'rfs.. I,,i4'7. q
1rs Sod have knnsp 4 J.
is|sfj years. sat h.iirgs hln
aa s}I t'rsi5s5. trs l.asfls1Es
tie o. ezrrg oslt Aav otassa-
7 rl-F fr--.
- Nl rsaie r,7ur-sfts, Tearsiis
d E.aeaa . stsFvhn NAsaA A!r
-5s uAa
zEla t.z1c !, taken Externally. Art-
SPA lA= tatsi xnal ,arerus ssif-
s5Es-A Fsss st-a pss hottie.
1l-e-fst siasessials ffs,..
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

- 2ssgS-z Q-ls. Ear S<asal N sssrt-s
| 7siss a'azlssrspa As1tsts, all epsa pieis
sifass5frs Ls-s tAAzs nz<rkss ranss
z1i-lG a ts1a I. bss2xA;. tsr-.sassass
17ss. irass. n ft-avsr r~Al ss.sss AZ 4
Atissss. = q. PATTERSON. fu
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

A sample tradesmans challenge: eAny
person who can show me that my cocoa Ia
injurious to health will receive ten boxer
gratis"
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

Birds with bright feathers do not always
make good pot-pie
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
~ IIeur. te Sd. L.oule

n t4king The Union PAcide train
n, can stop over four hours at
ADD arrive In ST. Louis a; T;l5
n1fuias. Ticket Office iTuS Lar
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

-lli,l 1alle .,0l,'e o. hlnsclf
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver Oil
Quickly relieves throat and lung d sea-es and
parts vigor and new me- Sold by druggists.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

s~-A 7~- No>a-~& coS-'A- -
d.. Asxd, t. &. S'.e na~~~> 0.,O-
a~Y 5e~A CO.. ~F~S1>' N''
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
u-us. TAlst

ts5l -.i.is- uiis AIs ,heus,tss''
---.---.. b. tte lsene.l s.s,ltale.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
A rHIIn ENInYa

~, g. illlesi ne shai eeaTs
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

% S1ln Tor The complexion.
% lo--ph's old dream. that first
--c lAlriotie song, Hall TO the
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
.How L Wrote Ben Hur.'

ioid by Gen. Lew Wallace, IS scrap from the
goluminous and superb programme Of eminent
xrtters and inte ting articles which The Iouths
Companion announces. 1t retains tts'place in 5S1-
families By the versatility and the Instructive
of its general articles the high character OF all
znries the brightness of its illustrations Then
Il comes every week. and one gets great deal for
81 f5 year. The price sent at once will entttle you
10 the paper to Jan. 1884, Address The foUTH 5
COMPANION, Boston, Mass.
Strange but true-the man can shoot the
gun, and the gun can shoot the man.
Palmn Root Snan 90 Drnyer. Colo.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

The woman with 'the very best husband in
The world,'' is always sure he might be a deal
better II he only would.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

Il regulates and promotes all th.
ihctiqns Of wornsnhood, improves
egriches tho blood, dispeis aches
bTthSs refreshing sleep, and re-
IN and vigor. For every femais
and disturbance, it is the only
s'ire and unfailing that 1t can be
'sn't benefit or cure, you have your
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

WAL CALVES
~ caves. AstTo-s Il. q. inasvr. Bon
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
Fast Trains-Low Rates

To Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, wash
ington, Puget Sound and the entire Northwest
and Pacific Coast, via Union Pacific the short
line. Cars of all classes through without
change. Time and distance unequalled by
any other line. See maps and time cards.
Ticket office, 1903 Larimer st.
weed
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

UNDER MAHER Il CLARK'S Management the
above hotel Is becoming ths most popular hotel in
Denver, ane the headquarters for Stats people.
Rates f1.5o to $50 per day.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17
THE ST. JAMES. DEN

Palma Root Soap absolutely pure.
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

Palma Roof Soar 90. Denver. solo:
The Lamar register., 1892-12-17

W. N. U. Denver. vol.IX. 4S7-No. 81
When writing to advertisers please say that yoa
saw the advertisement in this paper
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-20
A Turkish Baptism.

was once present at the baptism of
a Turkish child and will endeavor to
describe this ceremony, though it is one
with which many people dispense, and
which is neither legal nor religious
The child was only seven days old, this
being the age when it is thought neces-
sary to name him, and was lying on
bed covered with gold wire, which was
tied to the bedstead with diamond pins.
Some salt and sieve being brought by
the nurse, the mother took up the child
and placed it in the sieve, and giving
one end of it to the nurse, she took the
other and shook it slightly, while the
nurse placed her mouth to the child's
ear and called it loudly by the name
given toit. The salt was then sprinkleG
over it, and after slight prayer the
sieve was shaken once more, and while
the salt fell to the ground the child was
ordered to obey his father and mother,
after which it was taken out of the
sieve and placed again in its bed, the
father entering at the same moment
and presenting the mother with a pair
of diamond earrings and the nurse with
an India shawl Century.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-20
cherr, seed rh.s Coz. sas. eoo

In a museum OF curiosities at Salem
Mass, there is preserved a common
eherry seed or stone, followed and fash
ioned like basket Within the basket
are twelve tiny silver spoons. the shape
and finisf of which cannot be distin-
guished with the naked eye. Dr.. Peter
Oliver, who Tired in England during
the early part of the eighteenth cen
tury, tells of seeing carved cherry
stone which wo-fd be wonder e-en Ia
this age Of fine tools and fns workman
ship. The stone v-aS one from COM
mon cherry and upon i. were carved the
heads of ia popez. Sings. queens. eaa-
pevors saints. etc S1z4a.l ~ thsy as1sSt
necessarily hare been. Il Is sunou need
e,n the authority of Pro- Oliver that
with good gizss the heads Of si,c E,0Eses
and kings cosslG readily sss dsstiag aisEs.-i
fszssn tlaose of tas queens and saints ~
tEez- snissrx <u4 exowaA 1ns- eensas-'
NAG whe brought thas Essss 4oDdss -
The Wichita daily eagle., 1892-10-20
Relics of the Clam Eating Man.

Near Astoria, Ore. there is deposit
Of clam shells which cover an area of
over four acres and which is piled up in
some places to depth of more than ten
feet The number of shells in this heap
Is simply inealculable. Thousands of
wagon loads of them have been hauled
away to make roads with. but even that
amount is hardly noticeable as far as
the diminution of the heap is concerned
This immense shell heap is one of the
few of the relics of the clam-eatinc
tribes once inhabiting that portion of
the Pacific coast Many of their rude
tools have been found round about the
place, which must have been the head
quarters of thousands of those unknown
people for centuries. The chief tool
used by the clam-eaters seems to have
been clam-openers made of whales
teeth. There is from sixteen inches to
two feet of soil on these shell beds, and
trees supposed to be five hundred years
old are growing upon them. St Louis
Republican