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The Lamar register., 1899-09-20
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The Lamar register., 1899-09-20
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Tie Literature of Us columns is
eqrIa! 10 fhaf of the best n7aga-
zines IL is interesting TO fffe
as well as fhe parents.
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ti4t sztll4Atl.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken Internally. Price 75c.
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GERMAN BEET SUGAR.
Some Authentic Figures from which
American Farmers Can Draw
Valuable Lesson.

Some figures taken from sugar
trade journal and republished by the
st. Louis Republic show what an as
tonishingly large quantity of sugar the
German beet farmers managed to
raise on comparatively small quanti-
ty of land during the crop year of 1897
9S. In this crop year there were 1885,,
256 acres devoted to the cultivation of
sugar beets. The beets worked
amounted to 1887 ,s91 tons. In the Of
fetal table the average yield is set
down at 1922 tons per acre. Some de-
auctions are evidently made, for the
average really figures out 1868 tons per
acre. Based on raw sugar, the sugar
production is given as /, S44 ,399 tons.
This would make the yield average
3,763 pounds to the acre. These figures,
If the prevailing conditions of sugar
making in the United States could be
relied on as permanent, would hold out
promise of profit to American ag-
riculturists. According to present in
formation the sugar manufactures in
the United States pay 81 to $3.50 per
ton for sugar beets. Placing the beet
yield at 1929 tons per acre and esti
mating the prices according to the
standard quoted, between $40 and s55
would be realized for the sugar beets
produced upon an acre of land. This is
more than four times as much as the
average value per acre for wheat they
raised in 1897. when they had an I'M
usually good demand and a favorable
acre obtained by American farmers for
the market for its sale.
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A NEW EXPERIENCE.
Phebe Ann Was Greatly worried
Over the Actions of the
Trees and Houses.

She is only a little black piekaninny who
lives down in Georgia. She is under a dozen
years IN age and until a short time ago had
passed all Of her life on rural plantation.
Trains and their attendant movements were
utterly unknown. Indeed, what Phebe Ann
knew of anything outside Of that plantation
would not make the beginning OF primer.
She was being educated for house servant
and hence was not permitted to roam to any
great extent. She was busy about the big
house all day and at night retired to the
shack set apart for her family.
Along in the season, for some good rea-
son, 1t became necessary for the family to
move into city. The little negro girl was
wanted, for she had much skill in soothing
the childish woes of the heir to the estates
So it was decided that she must accompany
the expedition From the time she entered
the carriage to ride to the railway station
Phebe Ann was in state of suppressed ex.
eltement. She sat beside Miss Amy" as
she called her mistress, and with staring
eyes took IN all that passed without com.
ment.
When she was taken into the train her
wonderment was amusing. She sat GIN
gerry on the cushions, looked out of the win
dow and generally seemed uncertain con-
corning the possibilities of the future. She
was silent until the train commenced to
move. Then her fear took shape She saw
the landscape passing rapidly before her and
her eyes tilled, her lip quivered and she
SMILED audibly.
What's the matter, Phebe Ann?" asked
her mistress
"0h, Miss Amy" walled the pickanning,
"whah all dem houses and trees a. goin att
A seat on the floor was the only means
possible to quiet the fears of the child.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
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A Pretty story of Giving.

The prettiest story of the giving of
presents that | know anything about is
chapter in the life romance of an
adorable little woman who is the wife
of an ex-senator from state in the mid
die west She was widow when the
senator first met her, and he a widower.
1t was the afternoon of life with both
of them, but he wooed her with the
ar6or of a boy and the persistence o.
a man. At one time she had definitely
made up her mind that her duty forbade
her to marry him, and she told him so.
She was deaf to his pleadinys, and he
went away. asking only that he might
give her some little gift in token of his
unalterable affection. She would .ac-
cept nothing but trife-a book-she
said: and a book he gave her. 1t was
the most magnificent edition to be had,
and on the back was emblazoned the
title: Paradise Lost" But later he
added to his ibrary-their library, in
Paradise Regained. Washing
ton Post
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ing her breath, II told you Hannah Ma
tilda, as Sarah was a-keepin' company
cause | was so jealous. And 0, what
I've suffered this week! | wouldn't live
through it again for any money"
Hannah turned her eyes upon Mrs.
Prentice, and her expression seemed to
soften little, but she made no reply.
For a few seconds there was breath
less silence, then Hannah turned to-
ward the others.
Il want you all to come out and have
a slice of my wedding cake" she said,
adding with some spirit, sit came from
a first-rate city confectioner's, and it'll
taste just as good as if there were a
dozen weddings"
Mrs Prentice allowed herself to be
led out and helped in without a word,
and the minister had unfastened his
horse and was just climbin in when he
was startled by cry: wait! waltz
He turned quickly and saw Hannah
Matilda running down to the gate, her
ample train over her arm. "Here!" she
gasped, Here Mis- Prentice and she
thrust parcel, wrapped in napkin,
into her lap. Its some of the wedding
cake" she added, softly, land there's a
piece in there for Sarah.''
She turred and hurried back as alb
ruptly as she had come, and the minis
ter saw her tall, white figure disappear
ing in at the door as he drove away
RoStop Globe
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wireless TeIegraphy,

Wireless telegraphy is recognized as
subject of increasing practical inter
est. Its full range is unknown, but ex-
periments indicate remarkable posi-
bilities. The apparatus is in perfectly
effective use between two English
lighthouses, ~ miles apart, and be-
tween Boulogne, France, and an Eng
lish lighthouse across the channel,
distance of 30 miles. 1t has been salts
factorily tested with kites sent up "a
miles from each other. Prof. Fleming,
of London, says: "The future will
slowly unroll the scope and limitations
of this new telegraphy. Its practical
uses are indubitable, but it has a wider
interest from scientific standpoint,
in that it opens up vista of fascinating
speculation as to the possible revela-
tions in store for us concerning the
powers and potencies of this myster-
ious ether" Ether, according to pres
ent ideas, is not matter, though it per-
meates matter and all interstellar
space. The largeness of the subject of
space telegraphy, based on the uni
versal ether, is evident-N. Y Times.
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BREAD 1900 YEARS OLD.
Some Ancient Loaves That Were Be-
ing Baked when Pompeii Was
Destroyed.

Sufferers from indigestion are adj
better, they are told. There is in the
museum at Naples some bread which
ought to be stale enough for anybody.
1t was baked one day in August, 10 A.
d., in one of the curious ovens still to
be seen at Pompeii.
More than is centuries, therefore,
have elapsed since il was drawn ''all
hot" and indigestible from the oven.
So it may claim to be the oldest bread
case on the upper floor of the museum.
There are several loayes of it, one still
bearing the impress of the bakers
name.
In shape and size they resemble the
small cottage loaves of England, but
not in appearance, for they are as
black as charcoal, which, in fact, they
closely resemble. This was not their
original color, but they have become
bly, remind one of charcoal biscuits.
When new they may have weighed
about couple of pounds each, and
were most likely raised with heaven, as
is most of the bread in oriental coun-
tries at the present time.
The popular idea that Pompeii was
destroyed by lava is a fallacious one.
If a lava stream had descended upon
the city the bread and everything else
in the place would have been utterly
destroyed. Pompeii was really buried
under ashes and fine cinders, called by
the Italians lapilli. On that dreadful
day in August, when the great eruption
OF Vesuyius took place, showers of fine
ashes fell first upon the doomed city,
then showers of lapilli, then more ashes
and more lapilli, until Pompeii was
covered over to depth in places of is
and even 20 feet.
Other comestibles besides the bread
were preserved, and may now be seen in
the same room in the museum. There
are various kinds of grain, fruit, vege-
tables and even pieces of meat. Most
interesting is dish of walnuts, some
cracked ready for eating, others whole.
Though carbonized, like all the other
eatables, they have preserved their
Characteristic wrinkles and lines.
There are figs, too, and pears, the
former rather shriveled, as one would
expect after all these years, the latter
certainly no longer Juicy But per-
haps the most interesting relic in the
room is a honeycomb, every cell of
which can be distinctly made out. 1t
is so well preserved that it is hard to
realize that the comb is no longer wax,
nor the honey, honey.
A piece of the comb seems to have
been cut out, and one can imagine some
young Pompeiian having helped him
self to il and sitting down to eat it,
when he had to jump up and fly for his
life. One cannot help wondering what
became of the piece-whether the
young fellow took it with him and ate
il as he ran, or whether he left it on
his plate, intending to return for it
when the eruption was over.-Chicago
Times-Herald
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TRICK OF TICKET SELLERS.
How Circns Patrons Sometimes Are
Cheated Out of Their
Money.

'Short-changing' or 'flim-fiam-
ming is practiced by an INSCRIPTIONS
class of ticket sellers" said an old-time
circus ticket seller, ''the opportunities
that the business offers being greater
than that of any other | know of.
Everything is hustle and confusion, a
man loses his head, doesn't think to
count his change, and becomes an easy
victim, when under ordinary circum-
stances he'd detect the fraud. I'll at
tempt to describe to you one of the
commonest tricks of 'fiim-famming' on
an extensive sale: A man approaches
the booth, hunts in his pocket for
change, and finally pulls out ten
dollar bill. The ticket seller takes the
preliminary performance in at glance
and knows to dead moral certainty
that the man hasn't anything smaller.
He looks at the bill a moment, then
sizes up his cash, as if in doubt. Then
suddenly he turns to his victim and
says:
''Ts this the smallest you've got?'
'"The man tells him that it is. All
of this has consumed but fraction
of a minute, you'd say, but in point
of fact it has given the sharper a chance
to fold the bill in such way that
none of the figures are visible, and
there is nothing to indicate what its
denomination is. The bill is passed
deity from the right to the left hand,
in the palm of which is concealed q
one dollar bill folded in precisely the
same manner. IT is the work of only
a second to substitute one for the other,
the ticket seller apologizing all the
while for his inability to make change,
and che victim walks off unsuspecting-
ly with one dollar where he had ten
dollars, and the chances are that he
doesn't discover his mistake until some
moments later. And then he fails to
get satisfaction, for, of course, the
short-change artist denies the fraud
emphatically.
THE ordinary way of handing a man
short change in silver is beautifully
simple. Say, for instance, a man buys
two 50-cent tickets and tenders a five
dollar bill. Three dollars and half
in small change is placed in his hand
hurriedly and he walks off without
counting it. Eventually he finds out
that he's so cents shy but it is too
late to make kick. The short-change
man knows who to 'flim-fiam' and who
to treat squarely. He sizes up his man
at a glance and can come pretty near
telling whether he'll count his money
or not before leaving. That's where
his knowledge of human nature comes
into play.
Ticket selling is profitable employ
ment outside of any illegitimate gains.
A man can always count on finding his
cash five to six dolla-E over at the end
of the day. The per cent. of people
who get excited in the confusion OF
the moment and leave their change on
the counter is always great. This over
plus goes to the seller, and the econom-
ically inclined Snowman doesn't have
to touch his salary during the month"
Atlanta Constitution.
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pITH AND POINT.

Don't trim your finger nails on the
buzzsaw.-R Rams Horn.
An honest man is one who admits
that his badness is due to old age, and
not to Standardization Globe
When a pretty girl has an attrac-
tive mannerism all the homely girls
of her acquaintance stand before the
glass and try to copy it.-Someryille
Journal.
"The antitrust movement is spread
ing to all parts of the country" Yes"
sadly replied Slimpurse, my tailor
has caught the fever."-Ohio State
journal.
The man who weds an angel and finds
her a termagant at the end of year
seldom gives himself credit for hav-
ing exerted so much infiuence.-L. A..
w. Bulletin.
''Do you make special rates to bridal
parties?' asked the looking
bridegroom. "Yes,' replied the honest
hotel clerk. I'VE always charge 'em
double rates. Ohio State journal.
Didn't Signify-"Lo at this man. -
said the attorney, pointing to the pris-
oner. Does he look like one who
would commit a crime?" NO." re-
piled the witness. "But neither do
you. Philadelphia North American.
A Good Reason.-Aunt Sophia And
is Tommy a good little boy at school?"
Tommy Yes, auntie." Aunt Sophia
-''And why is Tommy good little
boy?" Tommy" Cause it's better
fun to see the other boys get licking
than to get one yourself Boston
Transcript.
Poetry, waxed mustache, mystery,
long hair, and a sweet tenor voice will
often make a woman feel as if there
was only sheet of tissue-paper be-
tween Heaven and herself; but the man
with a bald head, wart on his nose
and six figures in his bank account is
the one who scoops her in and makes
her happy ever afterward.- Glovers-
Vile Herald
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TWO or LEES FAVoRITE WIVES.

could kill and the roots and berries
they could find. They journeyed down
one of the side canyons which flow
from the north into the Grand canyon.
Here they accidentally stumbled upon
valuable gold mine, several nuggets
from which he subsequently brought
home and disposed of for large sums
of money, one fetching $40, another
$50. The soldiers kept hot on their
track and Lee and his companions had
several narrow escapes. At one time
he barely got away from the soldiers
on a horse a Mormon friend supplied
him with just as the soldiers arrived.
When Lee and his companions were
satisfied that they were no longer the
objects of pursuit they started back to
their newly-discovered mine. When
they neared the spot they were in
starving condition, and were finally
driven to such desperate straits that
they decided to cast lots to determine
which of the four should be slain that
his body might supply food to his
famished companions. Three long
straws and one short were cut and each
man took one of the straws. The poor
fellow who drew the short straw was
Immediately shot and eaten. A little
later second one was thus disposed of,
and. finally. Lee and his one remaining
companion. learning in some secret
manner that their lives were still in
danger. decided to flee across the Grand
canyon and there seek refuge among
some of the Indian tribes with which
they were more or less familiar. BY
and by they came TO a place where the
canyon forked and Lee decided to take
one route while his companion pre-
ferred the other. The latter eventual
" met some Hualapais Indians who
helped him on his way, and rumor has
it that for long time he lived a
wretehed life in the Verde valley. His
crimes. however, had made him so
afraid that day and night he kept his
gun by his side ready TO be seized should
anyone approach him unexpectedly.
Lee. after many difficulties, succeed
ed in getting out of the Grand canyon
and. striking an old Moki trail. reached
Cataract creek. This he crossed. and
On finding a suitable place camped here
where he remained for some time. He
still had his rifle with him. but no am
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-22

AS matter of interest connected
with the much discussed smoke NUS
ance, it is worth noting that smoke is
not by any means modern annoyance.
About 600 years ago, so Mr.. Durfee said
in recently speaking of the subject,
when the population of London did not
exceed $4,000, its citizens petitioned
King Edward [. to prohibit the use of
''sea coal" and he responded by making
its consumption capital offense. His
successors, however, were more merci-
full to the users of coal, and its employ
ment was resumed; but again in the
reign of Elizabeth there were loud
complaints against it, and, in 1861, John
Evelyn, in his 'Fumifugium, laments
that. lowing to the increase of coal
smoke, the gardens no longer are fruit
full In the centuries that followed
there were a number of parliamentary
inquiries and some legislation intended
to mitigate, if not remove, the evil, but
nevertheless the consumption of BIZ
luminous coal has rapidly increased in
London, and the inquiries and legisla-
ton relative to it have all ended-in
smoke.--Cassier's Magazine
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munition, and being unable to snare
any game ne was driven for subsistence
to the prickly pear, the fruit of the
Amole and such roots and barks as were
edible. Had it not been for the fright
full desert which he dared not cross
without a supply of food and water he
would have attempted TO reach the
Molis. but as it was he was compelled
to stay here and hope that he would be
found by some passing Indians and
thus rescued.
From the oldest son of Kohot, the late
chief of the Yava Supais, | learned
that he was eventually found by mem
bers of the tribe, but was half crazed
for want of food and water. They
blindfolded him and led him down Sc
cret trail to their village in the heart
of Cataract canyon. Here he stayed for
two years, or at least while two crops
were harvested. He taught the Supais
improved methods of irrigation and
showed them how to make powder and
bullets. In side canyon Immediately
below Bridal Veil falls is a we'll
worked mine where argentiferous
galena is found in large quantities.
This was melted up into bullets, and,
on my first visit to the Supais over ten
years ago, l found remnants of Lees
crude smelter still in existence.
Kohot's son tells me that when the
second crop had been gathered from
their fields, Lee traded his rifle to him
for pony and saddle and took his de-
parture under the guidance of a friend
ly Supai who led him over the intricate
mazes of the Coconino forest and across
the Grand canyon to the Mormon set
tlement at Harmony in southern Utah
Here he stayed for awhile and then
moved to the south of Paraia creek,
where Glen and Marble canyons join
in great break of the canyon walls.
Here, with his eighteenth wife, Lee es-
tablished the ferry that still bears his
name; although he here dropped the
notorious name of Lee and was known
as Maj. John Doyle, his full name be-
ing John Doyle Lee.
Lee claims that he returned to civil
ization because his manhood asserted
itself and he was tired of being regard
ed as a hunted criminal and fugitive
from justice. He claims to have acted
under orders in the massacre, and there
fore to have committed no crime. Why,
then, should he be in hiding?
1t was while he was thus living at
Lees Ferry, under the name of John
Doyle, that j. Hanson Beadle, the we'll
informed traveller and writer, found
him. In his book, 1.-The Undeveloped
West" written before Lee was arrested
and executed for his participation in the
massacre, Mr. Beadle clearly evinces the
fact that he regarded Lees being at
the Ferry as still remaining in most eff
fectiye hiding, for he says: IF John
ID. Lee has committed no crime, why is
he hiding in desert, a hundred miles
out of the jurisdiction of Utah courts,
where he can take horse and boat any
minute and in three hours be among
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SOME SHORT STOPS
Sapient Sayings Which SAVIOR some
what of Wisdom Cleaned from
Experience.

What we get out of life is just about the
size OF what we put into it.
Don't judge a man by the seowl on his
face; perhaps it wasn't there before he
saw you.
When a frivolous young lady tells you
how awfully interested she is in the spe-
cialty you've spent 20 years trying to learn,
take her word for it, and then change the
subject.
1t isn't always fair to Judge a man by the
hat he wears; perhaps it isn't so much
matter of taste as of salary.
Don't think that because Mrs Continual
Performance is busy she is necessarily do
ing something. The science of rowing is
to get over the greatest distance with the
fewest strokes.
1t is a mistake to imagine that because
people listen to you they are interested in
hearing you talk about yourself; poverty
isn't the only recipient of charity.
Don't congratulate yourself that because
Busyman didn't throw you out Of his office
he was necessarily glad you had dis
turbed him with social call. He smiled
when you went out-not when you came in.
Detroit Free Press.