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The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Remarkable MonoIith in Chilli.

A remarkable monolith, more than
5000 feet in height, was recently dis
covered in Chilli. The base OF this
stupendcus undersea needle is barely
240 feet in circumference, yet it rears
itself. solitary and alone, to the height
OF nearly mile, its eliminating point
a fiat, circular surface no bigger than
a cartwheel, reaching to within less
than 600 feet of the surface No such
natural phenomenon, on any such stu
pendous scale, could possibly stand
alone on dry land freed from its sup
porting and protecting envelope of
perfectly still water. But even sup
posing that it were possible to lift it
bodily from the depths of the ocean.
and set it up on land, storm. heat
and frost would cause it to crumble
to pieces in a very few years.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
A Heathen Rite in Russia.

A curious account Is given in Ka.
zan (Russia) paper of heather sac
riice recently offered up to idols in n
Chuyash village in the Province of
Kazan. Contributions of butter, milk
salt and meal were requIsitioned ny
the priests from the villagers. and on
a propitious day the whole people
turned out to the river bank where
prayers were offered up to the gods
for rain, and Il swallow, having been
caught and smeared with butter, was
released % fly upwards to carry our
prayers to the ears of the gods" The
proceedings closed with feast, after
which the priests began pushing one
another into the water, and then
Ringing water over the assembled
crowd The story is BADLY told, with
out the least interest in what appears
to be some relic of old-age ceremonial
which may be worthy of the attention
of the learned in such matters.-Lon-
don Standard.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Arabian Coffee,

The Arabian coffee-maker. having
prepared his fire of charcoal, and
placed it near a huge pot containing
water, takes a few handfuls of green
coffee berries, carefully culls out all
imperfect berries and foreign sub
stances. and then places the best of
the berries in an iron ladle held over
the FIRE. The berries are permitted
to reast until they begin to smoke and
are then, while still uncharred, placed
in a email mortar and carefully brayed
with a pestle closely fitting the cup
of the mortar, The berries are not,
however, reduced to a dust. While
TINS process has been going on small
pot has been half filed with tepid
water from the large pot and placed
over the fire. When the water in the
small pot has begun to boil the broken
coffee berries are thrown in and the
boiling is permitted to go on for a
short time, the decoction being stirred
with a spoon when it shows signs of
boi7ing over. The coffee is then
served in small cups without cream or
sugar.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
LOSING AND FINDING
PEOPLE WHO FIND LOST PARCELS
Practice of Looking for VaIuables
Dropped by Shoppers-Some Arti-
Gle Lost by Eight Out of Every One
Hundred Women Who Go Shop


Gle Lost by Eight Out Of Every One
Hundred Women Who Go Shop
ping.
That is a parcel hunter" said u
floor walker in one of the big stores.
He nodded his head toward a woman
wedging her way along the crowded
aisle. scanning the floor assiduously as
she went
They are an odd class" he ex
planned. with the advent of the gift
buying season. which has already set
in, come small army of people who
make an annual practice of searching
the big stores and streets for parcels
and money that are dropped by shop
pers. Pedestrians also have a hobby
of looking for things. and motormen
have long followed the practice in the
| business districts.
You would hardly believe 1t, but
eight out of every hundred women who
go shopping lose something in the
way of money or valuables before they
get home. The average of carelessness
| in men is about one-half of one per
cent-presumably on account of the
| advantages of numerous pockets and
| the Inherent masculine aversion to
carrying things in their hands. When
you consider the thousands that invade
| the big stores each day you can realize
that hundreds of articles are lost.
Some one finds them.
"A number of the parcels turn up at
the lost and found counters of the
various stores, but the vast majority
| of things dropped are never account
ed for. The things picked up range
from a kid glove to a well-fllled
| pockotbook. Oftentimes costly pack
ages of silks and furs are found
The motorman Is also often reward
| ed by profitable finds. He knows by
| experience that women getting on and
off cars with packages in their hands
are more or less agitated. That's when
they drop things. AT this season of
the year, every day at the bar barns,
you can hear the motormen talk of
their finds as they come In from their
trips
A talk with motorman at the
! truth of the floor walkers assertion.
He said: There are even more things
found in the street than on the side
walk. Money and parcels dropped In
the street are likely to remain undis-
turbed longer than if dropped on the
sidewalk. So the motormen has the
field practically to himself. The big
gest find | ever made was a pocket
book containing SIS. rhe owners
name was in it, and when | returned II
he gave me so cents. Another time
found a diamond breastpin at Tenth
and Arch streets. which | sold for $l2
l-Philadelphia Press.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Has Many MiIIionaires.

Brookline, Mass, is the richest city
in America, but there are more mil
lionaires in Uniontown, Pa, than in
any other town of its size, leaving out
health resorts. In fact" says trav-
eler from that place, "millionaires are
SO common there that they cut no
more ice than the average citizen"
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Haunted,

There oame a whisper in the night,
A little cry across the years,
And who heard in deep alright.
Awakened with unnumbered fears
1T lis some deed that L have done,
Ssns sin 1 wrought long. long ago;
But hash! am / the only one?
Thsn wherefore am l troubled SO?
''Fsr All men do some evil deed,
And ali men faiter-some men fall;
DO chests OF Selishness and Greed
Come back. o God! to haunt them all?
"Mayhap some waywardness was mine
Pm vanished days; mayhap l fell.
Must 1 now drink the bitter brine
Must 1 zee eyes that gleam from help
Then came a whisper through the night
A little cry across the years,
And ! who heard, in deep alright.
LAs4cned with wild. unnumbered fears.
II am the ghost of that pure deed
You might have done. but did not do;
] am the ghost of that good seed
Ysu might have sown when Life was
new.
And this II is that haunts you now
Yhat deed undonc that seed unsown;
Toe late. too late, to take the plow.
rhe Spring is gone, the May is tiown"'
And shis ! heard amid the night
This voice that called across the years I;
And when the dawn came silver white.
l was companioned with my tears.
-tsharies H. Towne. in Sunday-School
1nfniss
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
An Odd Barometer.

A common leech makes a good baro-
meter. Fill a tumbler half full with
water, put the leech into 1t, and tie
piece of muslin over the top to Keep
the leech from getting out. All you
have to do to find out what sort OF
weather We are going to have is to
wateA the little animal.
For example, when the day is TO
be flne the ieech will remain at the
bottom of the glass. coiled up in
spiral shape and quite motionless. Ii
rain may be expected it will creep to
the top of the glass and stay there
until II clears of.
If the leech twists itself and Is very
restless there is going to be wind
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Stranae Use for a Dou,

According to the Aftonbladet of Co
penhagen man petitioned the author
tiles to be exempted from paying dog
license, as the animal cured rheuma-
tism by lying on his bed during the
night, Strange to say, the request for
exemption was granted forthwith.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
pipIomat Once Star Pitcher.

Sir Liang Chen Tang, the new
Chinese minister to the United States,
Phillips academy baseball team when
it was regarded as the best organiza-
tion of its kind in Massachusetts.
This was twenty years ago.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Gift to oberIin colleoe.

A New Englander, who does not
wish his name to be known. has given
Oberlin college $4,000 to form a part
of the new half-million fund for the
endowment and equipment of the col
lege. The gift was unsolicited. The
same person gave $4,000 to the pre-
vious half-million fund
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Paris Likes "cake Walk"

Having become somewhat used to
the Loie Fuller fire dance Paris has
now taken up the cake walk and gone
pretty nearly crazy about 1t. The en-
tertainment was introduced by some
negro performers at the Nouveau
Cirque and now lessons are being ad-
vertised for private houses.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
A Pretty Screen.

A beautiful and not especially e1-
pensive screen is one of the attrac-
dons in a woman's studio. The frame
is plain, dark wood, with a dull finish.
The filling is made of India print cur
tains, stretched plainly, with almost
no fullness. The curtains are cut out
10 fit the spaces, no attention being
paid to the pattern, which adds to the
quaintness of the effect.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
How's Tbfs1

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halla
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY q co. Props. Toledo, O.
We. tho undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out any oblga-
tions made by their firm
West TruaI. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo.
o.. Waldinr. Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous urfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free Price
7bc per bottle Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills arc the best
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Twain Not Huckleberry Finn.

1t is a common belief that Huckle-
berry Finn is Mark Twain himself.
Even Punch published some verses
not long ago which were founded on
this idea. But it is not so. Mark
Twain's original in his books is Tom
Sawyer, not Huck Finn. and Mr.. Gle
mems himself is the authority for this
statement.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
MARRIAGE and Morals.

According to Ohio Jail statistics last
year in that state 2,S74 married men
and 6,27S unmarried men were ar
rested, which, the New York Sun says,
is its own sufficient commentary. Still.
it must be remeWbered that tastes and
courage differ. and some men would
prefer to take chances one way rather
than another.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
They Know a Good Thing.

The number of new settlers going
Into the Sunny San Luis valley this
fall is remarkable. II you want to
get some of our choice lands. with
gilt-edged water rights. you will need
to be about 1t.
For particulars write to Zeph. Chas.
Felt, 614-616 Majestic Building. Den
yer Colorado
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
First Rift in the Cloud.

well. WE'LL" he exclaimed, as he
tackled her first pot pie, where did
you get this?" 81 made that out of
Mrs. Shouters cook book" replied
the young wife. Its il" 'Ah!"
he broke in, this leathery part is
the binding, | suppose. ."-Philadelph
Press.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Demand for Canals.

The canal idea seems to be catch
ing. Gov. Odell wants to put $G0.O00,'
600 into canal connecting the great
lakes and the Atlantic, which could be
traversed by the biggest boats. The
next few decades are bound to see
some gigantic engineering enterprises
carried into execution.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Burglars Took the Hint.

A placard reading, will not return
until Dec. g." placed upon the door of
a residence in West Philadelphia, was
so informing to burglars that when tho
family did return at the date fixed
they found the house ransacked and
silverware jewelry and much clothing
missing. The police were notified, but
the thieves he'd left no hints on their
part.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Dairy Products of Canada.

The exports of cheese and butter
from Canada this year promises to
make record. When the season
closes the value of tho products
shipped to Scotland and England and
abroad Will total $30,000,000. Ten
years ago the total was only Sl0,-
000,0OO
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
1}IR{1h'l'|I:R ba1R

storm. If it keeps out of the water
for several days look out for thun-
derstorm.
The indications for frosty weather
are the same as for fine, and for snow
the same as for rain. In fact, leech
is almost as good a forecaster as the
weather man himself.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Girls Studying Farming.

More than fifty girls are studying
scientific farming in the Minneapolis
College of Agriculture. The course
they take includes botany. chemistry,
physics and geology, requiring in the
first two years two terms of each
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Forests In Germany.

Imperial statistics for 1900 show
that Germany had 34,5G9, 1926 acres of
wood, in 1888 there were 3i,353,74S
acres. and in 1893 34.473,29G acres.
The figures for 1900 thus show an in
crease. as compared with 1883. of 216.-
17S acres.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Inhcrits Fathers Talent.

Miss Nellie Hale. daughter of Ed
ward Everett Hale, is winning fame
as an artist. her work showing char
acteristic seriousness OF thought as
well as the vigor and finessc of the
painter.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
To Keep Memory Green.

OF the OLD home of Daniel Webster
nothing is left but the backened eel.
lar, but on his farm there are standing
nearly 1000 trees which he planted
with his own hands. To say that a
man was a planter of trees is to say
much good of him.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Voters Keep Woman In Office.

The office of superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction in Colorado is held by
woman. She is a Democrat The
salary Is $4,000. She has been re-
elected on the Democratic ticket.
though the state has generally gone
Republican.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
To Perpe.uate virehow's Memory.

A number of English scientists have
formed committee under the chair
manship of Lord Lister, to cooperate
with Germany and Denmark in the
promotion of a scheme for perpetual.
ing the memory of the late Prof. Vir.
chow.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Cities Spring Up Quickly.

Eagle City. in Oklahoma, was not on
the map Wednesday morning. but It
was at night. We have changed things
since the time when they took years
to build cities. Now we build them
while you wait.-Baltimorc American.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Must Be in Seats EARLY.

BY order of the Kaiser German Off.
GERS attending any of the royal thea.
ters in Berlin must now take their
seats before the overture begins.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Many School Children Are siekIy.

Mother Gray S Sweet Powders for Children.
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children S
Home. New York. break up Colds in "a hours.
cure Fevcrishncss, Headache. Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms At all druggists. 25c. Sample mailed
free. Address Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
In Winter Use AIren's Foot-Ease.

A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
Portable. nervous and often cold and
damp. If you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores.
25 cents. Sample sent free. Address
Allen s. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
All AQree,

The decision OF a Kentucky Judge
tlrat the gray mare is the better
horse" will stop no clocks. There is
not IAN American citizen who does
not rejoice in the fact.-New York
World.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Expect Hiuh Price,

One hundred pounds is the price
expected for sheet of 119 unused
black English penny stamps issued in
1910, which will be offered for sale
in London. =
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

A serious minded young lady wa
asked: DO you ever think of gettin
married?" Think" she answered. wit
asperity. II worry
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Good Example to Follow

American cities would give the pub
lie reason to be forever grateful if
they would follow the example of the
authorities in Dresden. who have re-
quised clocks to be placed in all cleo
trio street cars.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

Locomotive to Burn Peat.
The managers of the Swedish state
railway has ordered a locomotive built
especially for burning peat in the gen.
Grafton Of steam.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
New Process in Tanninu.

BY a new Dutch process 1t is claim
ed that moist hide can be turned
into leather ready for the saddler's
ard shoemaker's use in from two to
three days.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Where Mater Is a Iuxurx.

Water is so scarce in the Japanese
Island of oshima that it is the Gus
tom for bride to take large tub
of water with her to her new home as
4 kind of dowry.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
LARGEST Owner of American Land.

John S. Billy of Mitman, Mo. is
said to be the largest individual land
owner in the United States. He owns
about 100000 acres, located in seven
states.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Lead Pencils and Erssers

According TO the United States con
sui general in Montreal, Germany
makes the best lead pencils, but the
United States the best rubber eras.
ers.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
OF interest to Andrew carneole

Nathaniel Lincoln of Wiscasset,
Nc. has in his possession the only
picture Of the ship Wiscasset, the
bark which brought Andrew Carnegie
ard his father from Scotland to
America in 1849.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Boats in China.

Next to coffins the greatest use for
lumber in China is in building boats.
and it is safe to say that the numbers
OF crafts run into the millions.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
The Worlds Rarest Shell.

The rarest shell in existence is one
called the Gone of the Holy Mary"
There is specimen in the British
museum. which few years ago was
valued at $4,000.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

'If there is anything in a man trav-
el will bring it out" Yes, discovered
that when | crossed the ocean"
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
London,a Largest SQUARE.

Eaton square is the largest square
in London. Its Urea is 607.OOO square
yet. This is nearly one-sixth greater
man Lincoln's Inn Fields.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
An Inscctivorous IIIuminant,

Here is an insect that carries Ian
tern at night. 1t is called the lantern
fly and Is found in South America
Its huge head is hollow, made of thin
and papery tissue, and painted red
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

What do you know about this
case?" asked the lawyer. Nothing"
replied the witness. I'm the expert.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

Flubdubbe-Do you suppose that cir
Bilkins is to marry is as rich AS she Il
said to be? Pinhedde-No question abou
it-I know Bilkins.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

From Pulpit to Auction Block.
The Rev. Govanus Myers, for seven
teen years Baptist minister at Can
ton, Ohio, has resigned his charge to
become an auctioneer
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

The Father-My daughter. sir. mus
have the same amount of money aftc
she Is married that she had before. Th
Suitor-I wouldn't deprive her of 1t 70
anythinK.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

The man who smiles and smiles" is
liable to see snakes If he doesn't quit.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

What were you about to remark? sh'
asked. "Oh, it's OF no consequence. h,
returned. 'I know that" she retorted
but what was it?"
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

It's because of their true merit tina
SO many smokers prefer Baxter's Bull
head scent cigar.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Woman and the trombone.

1t is said that though the instru-
ment is not very difficult one. no
woman has yet become a proficient
player of the trombone.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

If you don't get the biggest and best
it's your own fault. Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is pos
itively nothing 20 equal it in quality or
quantity.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Boys Take to the Water.

OF 200 boys attending one school
at Dover, England, 100 learned to
swim last winter at the corporation
baths.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Frenchman Fond Of His Tomb.

An eccentric old gentleman named
Chapelain has just died at Monhoudou,
in the Department of the Sarthe,
France. He was very rich, and had
caused a monumental tomb to be built
on piece of land adjoining the Gene
terry.
In this tomb he has for twenty years
past spent several hours a day, often
sleeping there. in order, as he said,
to get used to his future dwelling
place.
At this house ne kept the coffin in
which he was to be buried, and used
il as a bed, while he invariably had
his winding sheet or shroud laid on
the table in the dining room in lieu
of tabIecloth.-London Express.
Clay Butter.
1t is not generally known that in
many parts of the world clay is eaten
or bread as substitute for butter.
This is termed stone butter" and is
used in many parts of Germany. In
northern parts of Sweden earth is
often baked in bread, and is sold in
the public markets on the italian
peninsula as well as on the island of
Sardinia. Persia, Nubia and other trop-
ical countries. Health" says this
practice probably had its origin in the
knowledge that all earths have some
kind of flavor. and take the place of
salt. necessary ingredient in all
kinds of food.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Rose of Two colors.

Japanese florists have succeeded in
cultivating a rose which looks red in
the sunlight and white in the shade.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces
in a package, 10 cents. One-third more
starch for same money.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

II smoking interferes with your work.
"quit working'-and smoke Baxter's
Rullhead-5-cent cigar
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Wax from Trees,

The wax palm of the Andes is a
vegetable wonder. 1t grows to a
height of nearly 200 feet and thrives
rot only on the plains but the noun
tains. The wood is tough and durable
and is employed in carpentry. The
wax comes from the pits between the
trunk and fronds. 1t is yellow or
grayish white. is as pure as beeswax.
and is used for making candles. A
'peon" climbing the tree can gather
from 20 pounds to 80 pounds from
each.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Crowded European cities.

While the average number of per-
sons to a house is eight in London, it
is thirtyfour in Paris and fiifty-four in
Berlin.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

Gerald-This will be the last time
shall ever propose to you. Geraldine
Then ! suppose ] shall have to accept
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

A Denver man probably has the largest
mouth record. He says there ara
three achers in IT.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

NOT A FISH STORY.
Baxters Bullhead cigar as good q Bc
smoke as you can fnd-
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

What do you charge for 10 cents worth
of camphor? Druggist (absently)-Twen-
ty-flye cents,
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

THE BEST RESULTS IN sTARCHISG
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch, besides getting 4 OF. more for
same monsy-Eo cooking required
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

Mitchell to Write Book.
John Mitchell will write a book on
Capital and Labor" to be based on
the great anthracite strike
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
A Modern French "Pied Piper"

At a country fair at Rosenthalles-
Choux, a little village near Durkirk,
France, rat charmer named Ray
surprised the natives by shutting him
self up in a barrel with a hundred
rats.
Several minutes afterward when the
spectators expected to see him half
deyoured by the rodents, the man
opened the lid of the barrel and
showed himself unharmed. with the
rats clustering about his breast. He
said that the rnodulations of his voice
aoted ns a charm upon the animals,
ana prevented them from devourng
him.-London Mail.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

If you are coughing take DR.. Au-
gust Koenigs Hamburg Breast Tea
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31
Spitrack.

Before the invention OF ovens meat
was roasted on spits as here shown,
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

TRUNKS TRUNKS, THUMBS. wrIto for III
suSNNS CataoR. Tho A. L. MEEK TRUNK
BAG CO.. 10th and In wrenee sts. DeDycr. Colo.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

CTnVE REPAIHa every Known make of
u " u stove, furnace range. DEO. A.
PULLEN. EHl Lawrence Bt.. Denver. Phone 7l5.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-31

Fidelity Savings Assn IA, aesssns. sssi se''
SEND FoR PER CENT. DEPOSIT PASS BOOK