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The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
Chimes. Temple. Un.art,,.d.

Chinese temples in an excellent con-
dition of preservation have been un-
earthed in the state of Sonora. in Mex
leo. Large stone tablets have been
found n the ruins covered with ancient
Chinese writings, which have been
partly deciphered by an Oriental ex-
pert employed by the Mexican govern
ment. The inscriptions state that the
temples were built between the years
800 and 400 A. d. by Chinese adven-
turers, who had crossed the "unending
sea-" at the instance of Chinese men
of science, who were convinced that
land of great richness existed in the
east.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30

her favorite dolls has place about
the board and the butler, with the ut
no.. gravity, serves each doll with
every dish on the menu. During the
dinner the countess is accustomed to
discourse in the most fluent manner
with her pets. She appeals to them
individually for their opinion, shakes
her head pleasantly after moments
pause and then proceeds with her dis
course. After dinner the dolls are
taken to the drawing room. At night
a maid undresses them ana puts them
to bed. In the morning the same maid
is required to awake them and they
are dressed and washed in the man
ner of ordinary children. Then they
are taken out for an airing.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
Wonder Created by Snow.

Some years ago in the month of
December a jeweler of Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, paid a man to
collect a freight car full of snow in
the mountains and deliver as much of
it to him as he could. On Christmas
day in the jewelers. window was a
huge SNOWFALL, resting on deep iron
tray, and when the news spread about
the city traffic was blocked for sew
eral hours until the novel sight had
melted. Men who had not seen snow
for 40 years, when they emigrated from
the "old country" hobbled out among
the crowds, and people swarmed and
struggled to get glimpse of what
they looked on as sort of eighth
wonder of the world.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
COUNTESS OF CoNTADEs.
RAILWAY TO CHIN A.
Line England Projects From Egypt to
the Yang Use.

Line England Projects From Egypt to
the Yang Use.
One of the great tasks of the new
century is the railroad Great Britain
is planning to build from Egypt to the
Yang Use. 1t is proposed that the
western point of departure shall be
either Alexandria or Port Said. and
that the route. following roughly the
parallel of 30 degrees north latitude,
shall cross the Isthmus of Sinai and
Northern Arabia, skirt the shores of
the Persian Gulf and pass through
Baluchistan to Kurrachee in India.
The length of this section would be u
trifie under $500 miles. and, except at
the head of the Persian Gulf, would
present no physical obstacles that
could not be easily surmounted. Use
of the Indian systems, with link to
be supplied here and there, would
bridge the distance between kurrachee
and Mandalay, whence the Ind an gov
ernment is now building "A railroad TO
kunlong. Careful surveys have de-
veloped a practicable route from Kun
long to the Yang Use at Su Chow.
and from that point line could be
easily extended to Shanghai. Many
sided results will attend the building
Of this line. Besides revolutionizing
the sea route and traffic with Austria
liza, it will provide rapid and safe
means of transit between Europe, IN
dia and China, and will enable cheap
and speedy exchange Of products
throughout the vast region lying be-
tween the Mediterranean and the Pa
cific. Finally. and this is the argu-
ment most frequently urged in its be-
half, it will form England's natural re-
sponse to the Transsiberian railway,
and will conduce enormously to her
power and prestige in the East. Con-
struction of this line is part of the de-
clared policy of Great Britain in Chi
ma. and conservative advocates believe
it will be built during the next decade.
Worlds Work
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
EPIDEMIC OF GRIP
WORST EVER KNOWN
$ GRIP BACILLUS EvERYWHERE-IN THE AIR WE BREATHE,
IN THE WATER WE DRINK, IN THE FOOD WE EAT

are shipped in all directions to
meet the extraordinary demand OF
the grip epidemic.
Everybody laying in a stock of
this valuable remedy in time to
meet the terrible enemy, the Grip.
The extensive facilities OF the
manufacturers taxed to their ut
most to meet the urgent demand
for Peruna.
Almost everybody has the grip.
Almost everybody must have Pc
runa.
Taken at the appearance OF the
first symptoms of the grip, not
only is Peruna a prompt cure for
the grip but 1t prevents those dis
astrous after effects so character
istic OF this dread disease.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30

After five years spent in the Albany
penitentiary Capt Henry w. Howgate.
who robbed the United States govern
ment of nearly 100000. is again free
man. The convict's garb Is doffed and
the former leader in army circles once
more wears a dress coat and mingles
in society. The career Of this man has
been remarkable in many ways.
Capt. Howgate was a soldier in the
civil war and after its close advanced
to place in the signal service, of
which he was eventually disbursing
officer. In 1876 he attracted national
attention by proposing plan to reach
the North Pole. where he believed a
race of civilized people lived. He in
terested congress, but failed to secure
an appropriation for carrying out his
scheme. Then he bought steamer,
fitted 1t out. and with small crew
sailed northward from the mouth Of
the Potomac. The expedition reached
the fringe of the Arctic circle and then
turned back.
Popular in Society.
At this time Howgate was very pop
ular in society. He entertained lavish
ly. But his Arctic expedition set peo-
pie to talking about him. They began
to ask where he got his money. Then
one day, in August, 1881. he was ar
rested on the charge of misappropriat-
ing $4,000 of government funds He
was released on 100000 bail. The case
was drifted along until April 13. 1882,
when he was brought before a judge
and held in 100000 bail additional. In
the meantime his property had been
attached in civil suit and he was un
able to furnish the additional bonds.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
A COUNTESS AND HER DOLLS.

One of the most eccentric of French
women is Nine. Jeanne de Monitors.
Countess of Contades. whom her
friends recently took into cour. in or
der that a guardian should be ap-
pointed for her.
Evidently she needs one. Her house
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30

At this time he asked permission TO
visit his daughter, who had just re-
turned from Vassar college and was
stopping at his wife's house. The per-
mission was given him. and he was
placed in charge of trustworthy ball
if. The two proceeded to the mouse
and Howgate conyersed with MS
daughter awhile.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
Prisoner Had Flown.

The bailiff left him for moment
and few moments later awoke to the
fact that his prisoner had flown. The
escape had been carefully planned. and
although Howgate left with woman,
a treasury clerk. who had been the
recipient of his bounty. he was not
found for twelve years. Then he was
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30

Owing to disagreement in the Col
lege of Bishops of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church, Bishop H. NJ.
Turner, president of the college, has
rendered his resignation.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
CAPT. H. W. HUWGATE.
THE REMARKABLE CAREER OF
AN ARMY OFFICER

Who Has Just Been Released from
Prison-He Served In tho Civil War
lilo Robbed tho Government of =
Large Sum.
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
Bacillus of Grip.

only the grip but prevents it.
Will saved In
am precaution
remedy
demand for it.
before the grip
the following
Peruna q remedy o la
"I have taken Peruna
the
o " find
used in family
all me- IN recommending
daughter Of Judge
i'll with the
able to leave my bed in a week.
the Womans Benevolent
Association Chicago writes uneredw
be 1t again.
should
a sick
ness and perhaps
The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
OWN THEIR ENGINES.

Engineers Who Treat Their Locomotives
Like Human beings.
The railroad engineer who owns
his engine is not in favor with his su-
periors. Complaints about trivial mat
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
MESSAGES WITHOUT WIRES.

Marconl System Works Perfectly
Across Fifty Miles of Sea.
The Belgian packet steamer Princess
Clementine while nearing Dover pier
recently exchanged few words with
Ostend. Across nearly 80 miles of sea
Marconi's instrument licked off mes
sages to and from Belgium congratu-
lations to King Leopold, to his minis
ter Of railways and to the mail packet
department. at Brussels-and the Prin-
cess Clementine was doing her 90
knots in the darkness, the passengers
were peacefully sleeping In their
hunks, and the only connection be-
tween ship and shore was a wire hoop
at the top Of the mast.
It was a demonstrated of the perfec-
tion of the Marconi system of wireless
telegraphy preliminary to the official
trial by the Belgian state officials
which will be formal approval Of the
institution. AS a London Daily Mail
representative who crossed by the
Clementine from Ostend to Dover and
returned can. vouch, the demonstration
was entirely successful.
The land instrument is at La Panne,
on the Franco Belgian frontier, go
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
Epigrams In Fiction.

/ always pray that may never out
live my illusions or my front teeth,
though all else may fail me.
Admiration is like porridge awfully
stodging, but you get hungry again al
most as soon as you've eaten it.
!; A good nose is an abiding resting
place for vanity. You know that it will
outlast your time and that age cannot
wither nor custom stale it's satisfactory
proportions.
The quality of mercy should not be
measured out by teaspoonfuls in a
medicine glass, but should be sent
round in a watering cart by the county
council.
They've no sense, men haven't The
very best of them don't properly know
the difference between their souls and
their stomachs, and they fancy that
they are a-wrestling with their doubts
when really it is their dinners that are
a-Wrestling with them.
1t is the duty Of all women to look
happy-the married ones to show that
they don't wish they weren't married
and the unmarried ones to show that
they don't wish they were New York
Telegram.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
II WOn't RON on.

The egg of the guillemot Is one Of
the most peculiar and furnishes ar
admirable example of the way in
which nature provides for the condi.
tions Of life.
This bird is found on the coast, and
the eggs are usually laid on the bare
edges Of high rocks, from which posi-
ton any ordinary specimen Of the egg
would probably roll of.
But the guillemot's egg won't do
this. 1t has been fashioned by nature
to stop on. The egg is nearly conical
in shape, broad at the base and sharp
at the point. so that It win only roll
in a circle.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06

A sensitive Scot rebukes the London
Daily Chronicle for saying that his
countrymen pronounce man ''mon 2
"The absurd form 'mon,' he writes, sis
the hall mark of Scots yernacular as
written by a southern pen, and its in
trusion has often lent additional sad
ness to comic journalism, even, alas,
to the pages Of our chief humorous
periodical. In the north Of England
mon certainly occurs; in Scottish
speech never. In Scott and Stevenson
one may look for it in vain. The
broad, soft vocalization Of the word in
Lothian dialect lies somewhere be-
tween 'maun' and tmaan,' but as it
cannot be literally symbolized the
word should be spelt in dialect pas
sages simply as in English"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
DENMARK.
Copenhagen.

The negotiations conducted by
!, United States Minister Swenson con-
templating the acquisition Of the Dam
lsh West Indies by the United States
will probably shortly conclude with
the signing of treaty which is under.
stood to provide that the United
States shall pay Denmark between
$4,000, 900 and $4,OO0,000. and that the
status Of the inhabitants is to be de-
termined after the treaty is signed.
either by an act Of congress or by a
decision Of the courts. Denmark shall
cede the islands to the United States
without reservation.
Captain Laub of the Thingyal1a,
who has brought thousands of Scandi-
navians to the United States, has re-
tired from his arduous duties at sea.
In the unfortunate collision between
the Gefion and the Thingyalla in 1888,
when the former vessel sank. Captain
Laub succeeded in bringing his yes
sci safely to Halifax, a distance Of 100
anuatic miles. Captain Laub has
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
A HORSE SHOW JOKE,
Brian Hughes Entered Car Horse
Against ThOroughbreds.

Brian Hughes Entered a Car Horse
Against ThOrOughbreds.
Puldaka Orphan. by Metropolitan
dam Electricity.
Brian G. Hughes, prince of practica
! jokers, recently fooled the wise judges
of the horse show, played with a.credu
| lous public and scored another victory
says the New York Evening Journal
An old street car horse was entered as
| thoroughbred and pranced into the
| arena and underwent the dignifed in
spection Of the learned judges in com.
! pany with the highest class thorough
| breds in the country.
And Mr.. Hughes bought the relic last
September for $11.5O Had the judges
looked twice at the entry in the cata
logue or read it slowly they might have
caught a resemblance in the sound oof
"Puldaka Orphan to pulled a car of
ten" and the latter would have been
the correct pronunciation.
The most gorgeous stall in the stables
was that in which Puldaka was fed
and groomed. Mr.. Hughes spared no
expense to carry his joke through. The
sides of the stall were draped in red
velvet, and two grooms in livery were
In constant attendance on the ex-street
car "skate"
Puldaka was ridden by Miss Clara
Hughes, Mr.. Hughes daughter, who
recently graduated from a convent and
who has inherited her fathers love of a
joke. The mare has been given the
best Of care by grooms and veterinary
surgeons since Mr.. Hughes purchased
her, and she was broken to the saddle
by Miss Hughes.
From bony looking nag that had
lived its life in the harness Of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company PGl-
daka developed into sleek well fed
looking animal that easily passed b.
fore the judges at the horse show for a
thoroughbred. Mr.. Hughes greatest
trouble with the mare was to break her
of the habit Of starting and stopping
whenever a bell rang. Before she en-
tered the ring the horse show yeterina-
ries ands judges examined her thor
oughly and pronounced her fit to com
pete with the. other high class animals
in the arena. This was all the victory
Mr.. Hughes wanted. Puldaka took no
prize, but she held her head as high |
and stepped as proudly on the tanba.k
as If she had never seen anything but
blue ribbons in her life.
Mr.. Hughes once exhibited a tramp
cat at the cat show, and the monde
script feline was awarded first prize
owing TO the extremely long and pic
turesque pedigree which Mr.. Hughes
dug out of his fertile imagination for it.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
WHERE coLoRs CONE FRDM
A1raea. Has = BIRD whose Plnmage
yYlll Not sxVash.

Afraea, Has . Bird whose P1nmage
VIII Not "yWas1l."
saThe man who devotes his life to the
study Of color in all its remarkable
phases occasionally comes across some
queer facts" recently said the senior
partner Of a well known firm OF artists
color men? "The printing OF neWspa-
per color supplement sets thousands OF
unsupported toiIers in motion. The nat
ural earth Of, Sienna and Umbria, IN IL
ally, produces the raw colors, and the
same material fused the familiar burnt
sienna and burnt lumber. Turkey req
comes from the Indian madden plant.
sCarmine' and the lakes are squeezed
cochineal 'Sepia' is, Of course, taken
from the cuttlefsh. sGamboge' is the
yellow sap of a Siamese tree. Ultra
marine is, or should be, made from the
priceless lapis lazuli, while 'prussian
blue which was stumbled upon by ac-
cident, is the burnt product of horses
hoofs and impure potassium carbonate
India ink is made in China, blue
black is the charcoal of the vine stalk
and blister is made from ordinary
wood ashes.
"As you are probably aware, the dis
tinguishing feature of india ink is its
refusal to run when subsequently COW
cred with tinted washes. 1t is what the
diapers call fast color, and for this
reason is exclusively employed by en-
gineers, craftsmen and others.
'Most persons imagine that all nat
ural colors, such as those of birds
plumage, are fast This is erroneous.
The well known African touraco (plan
tain eater is a case in point. If this
bird is caught in a shower of rain, the
brilliant crimson found in his plumage
will run leaving the erstwhile Grim
son feathers a species of dirty white,
that his green feath- |
ers will remain perfectly fast Inquiry |
into this curious running trait reveals |
a marvellous provision of nature. A
careful analysis Of the crimson feath- |
ers shows that the brilliant coloring is |
due to the presence Of a large quantity |
Of copper. Fiber and Fabric.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
chinera Method Of Meaaurine.


Many travellers returning from China
have commented upon the apparently
singular lack of knowledge Of the dis.
tances across their country or between
their towns that exists among the Chi
nese. If at one town you inquire the
distance to the next, you may be told
that it is 20 Ii (one-third of a mile), but
upon arriving at the town you will be
surprised to find the distance back to
the town from which you have just
come is "a Ii and that the cost of jour
neying back again. is CORRESPONDENCE
greater than the cost to go to it.
The Chinese measure distance not by
rule, but by the amount of physical en-
ergy required to traverse them. Their
wage is based on unit of energy, the
amount that it takes them to carry a
given load, one picul one Ii. on level
ground. If the road from A to B is
down hill, the distance is regarded as
less than the actual linear distance be-
cause it is supposed to take less ehergy
to travel in that direction, or, as the
Chinese say, ''the Ii are short 1t nat
urally follows that in travelling in the
other direction, from B back to A, the
road being gradual ascent, a greater
expenditure Of energy is necessary.
'The Ii are long" and in order to get
fair compensation for their work the
carriers must see that the distance and
the charges are correspondingly in
creased. With this explanation what
has often appeared as a vagary of the
Chinese becomes simple and reasona-
,ble.-Leslie's Weekly.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06

miles or 80 from UsJen0. as SOU as
the Clementine left OaGend the Marconi
operator on board sat down in his little
deck cabin. from which a wire runs TO
the hoop at the extended masthead,
and tapped a message to La Panne. AS
the boat ran along the coast to La
Panne and then crossed over to Dover
the instrument merrily licked on, and
before Dover was reached replies had
been received to the messages sent over
the sea.
The demonstration established wire
less telegraphy between ship and shore
up to so miles at any ratasas practical
BILE thing to be used by any packet
boat that aims at being up to date.
When the Belgian authorities have
formally approved the system, it will
be extended to all the other Belgian
packets.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06

The Most stupendous saengerfest.
A musical event Of extraordinary
magnitude and attractiveness will be
the trienniaI saengerfest Of the North
American Saengerbund, to be held at
Buffalo in 1901 during the great Pan
American exposition. On this occa-
sion and for this stupendous singing
feast the grand chorus of male voices
will be increased from the largest pre-
yious number 3O00-to 5000, and lib.
eral drafts will be made upon the
ranks Of the worlds most famous sing
ers. It is expected the saengerfest will
have for its auditorium the drillroonI
of the new armory of the. Seventy
fourth regiment, which will aceommo-
date from 1900 to $4,000 persons and
every foot of whose space will be re.
Quired
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
EngIish ROADS.

After the abandonment Of Britain
by the Romans the roads fell into dis.
use and bride paths formed the only
means Of communication Not until
the sixteenth year of Charles II--that
is, 1916 was any systematic effort
made to improve the roads of Eng
land.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
NORWAY.
FTSsE.A
christiania.

/ Among the passengers on the Tun.
isian, which arrived at New York on
March %, was j. A. Johnson, mayor
of Fargo, N. D., who has been on a
special mission to Sweden and Nor
way endeavoring to increase the emil
] grafton from those countries to North
| Dakota. Mr.. Johnson expressed en-
inent satisfaction with the result of
his visit, and estimated that no less
| than 10000 Scandinavian emigrants
would gross the Atlantic during the
coming season The exodus, he add
| ed, was being stimulated by the dis
] like of the Scandinavian agricultur-
lists for the system Of military con-
scription about to be established in
their native countries. They desire
to leave before the new law shall be-
come operative, and great efforts will
be made to induce the majority of
the 10000 to settle in North Dakota.
rather than in any other part of the
United States.
According to a recent interview,
which q representative of The Han
delsbladet had with Bjornstjerne
Bjornson, the latter contemplates is
suing in the near future a large inter-
national review, which is to be pub
lished simultaneously in Paris, Ber-
lin and London, the purport Of which
shall be to prevent war and further
the maintenance of peace among the
nations. Some of Europe's most ia
nous historians, scientists and lit
erateurs are to contribute articles
regularly.
For the year of 1900 the aggregate
value of Norway's imports amounted
to 326, 714,7O0 crowns, which is 16,319,-
400 crowns more than in 1899. Her
exports amounted to 1855, 500
crowns in 1900, and in 1899 to 1872
400 crowns. Coal was among the
chief imports. The chief exports are
herring and lumber.
The surplus of the Skien and OPP
land Privatbank for the year 1900
amounts to 60,533 crowns. A dividend
of 5 per cent has been declared in
behalf of the stockholders.
Sigurd Ibsen has submitted his solu-
ton of the consular question to Stats
Stein, His report will no
doubt cause much comment and dis
cussion in political circles.
The Geographical society of Rome
has sent the Stokkens family of Sande-
ford a medallion in token of their
services in behalf of North polar ex-
petitions
Sculptor Vigeland is at work on a
bust of Bjornson. The bust, which |
will be of bronze, will be placed in
he national art gallery in Christiania
The Myhre forest in Rendalen has
oeen purchased by A. Bake of Chris
fania for $4,000 crowns.
The new Norges bank building,
which is to be erected this summer,
will cost $4,000 crowns.
Bergen.
One of Bergen's oldest and richest
itizens, Christian G. Sundt, the man
facturer, died March 8. He was born
n Bergen in 1916 and spent his entire Il
life here. He was one of the city's
most philanthropic men, having do
ated 100000 crowns to various char
able institutions. In 1882 he organ
zed the Sundt legacy, with a cap
al of 100000 crowns.
The city of Bergen has subscribed
.096,000 crowns to the Vosse rail
Dad and $4,000 crowns to the Ber-
ems railroad
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06
Here's a Ray of Hone.

Now that the sultan has bought an
automobile and intends to run it him
self maybe Uncle, Sam can collect that
debt, says the Denver Republican, out
Of the life insurance.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-04-06

A Celestial Linguistic Opportunity.
The Chinaman is said to learn Ian
guages easily. His opportunity just
now. according to the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, to learn all the principal Ian
guages of Europe is remarkably good