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The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
EXCITEMENT AT SHANGHAI.
Japanese Send Torpedo Boat Into
Harbor, and an American Vessel
Shadows u.


Shanghai. August 21.-Shanghai was
thrown into a fever of excitement this
afternoon by the arrival of a Japanese
torpedo boat which was sighted COM
ing in from the south at 4:30 o'clock.
She passed Woosung at full speed and
started up the river Ju for Shanghai.
The United States torpedo boat de-
stroyer Chauncey slipped her cable
and followed the Japanese destroyer.
| The Japanese boat was cleared for ac-
| tion. She anchored OF the Cosslo-
politan dock, where the Russian cruiser
| Askold is undergoing repairs. The
| Chauncey came to anchor practically
between the dock and the Japanese de-
stroyer.
A foreign pilot ship reports having
seen a Japanese battleship and two
| cruisers sixty miles outside of Woo
| sung.
There are at present no Chinese men
of war in this port, but the taotai has
| asked that a Chinese cruiser be sent
Immediately. The Russian consul gen.
eral here fatty refused to disarm the
Askold and the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Grozovoi, or to order them to
leave the harbor.
The taotai has notified American
| Consul Goodnow, who is dean of the
| consular body. that China cannot pro-
| tect the foreign settlements. He con-
| tends that Russia ignores the orders
| issued by China and that China has no
means of making her obey them.
Consul Goodnow has called a meet
| ing of the consular body to take joint
action for the protection of foreign in
| terests. The Askold has docked ad-
| jacent to the warehouses of the
Standard, Oil Company, which are
valued at over 81 100000. The Stand
ard Oil Company has demanded pro-
lection for its property from Consul
| Goodnow.
The dock where the Askold lies is
owned by British interests. On one
side of this dock is German and Dutch
property, and on the other side Ameri-
can property.
There are eight American. one Ger
man. two British and four French war.
ships here.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
Want All Passports Recognized.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 22-The Unit
ed States government has again form
ally proposed to Russia the opening
of negotiations for the unrestricted
recognition of American passports.
In accordance with the law of the
empire, only foreign Jews of specified
classes-merchants having business
connections in the country. etc.-are
allowed to enter Russia. but quite a
liberal policy has been pursued in
making exceptions to the rule where
the legitimate reasons therefor are
given.
The exceptions. however. are seldom
made in the cases of Russian Jews
who have been naturalized abroad.
The inhibition is not against the Unit
ed States alone. but extends to the
Jews of every country.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
AS EASY
Needs Only a Little Thinking

The food of childhood often decides
whether one is to grow up well nour-
ished and healthy or weak and sick
ly from improper food.
It's lust as easy to be one as the
other provided we get proper start.
A wise physician like the Denver
Doctor who knew about food, can ac-
complish wonders provided the pa
tient is willing to help and will eat
only proper food.
Speaking of this case the Mother
said her little four year old boy was
suffering from a peculiar arrangement
of the stomach, liver and kidneys and
his feet became SO swollen he couldn't
take a step We called Doctor who
said at once we must be very careful
as to his diet as improper food was
the only cause of his sickness. Sugar
especially, he forbid.
$50 the Dr. made up diet and the
nrincipal food he prescribed was
Crape-Nuts and the boy. who was very
fond of sweet things took the Grape
Nuts readily without adding any
lar CDr. explained that the sweet
in Grape-Nuts is not at all like cane
mr. beet sugar but is the natural sweet
of the grains.)
1--WE saw big improvement inside a
few days and now Grape-Nuts are al
most his only food and he is once
more a healthy. happy, rosy-cheeked
youngster with every prospect to
grow up into a strong healthy man."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
The sweet of Grape-Nuts is the Ma
ture-sweet known as Post Sugar. not
digested in the liver like ordinary
sugar, but pre-digested. Feed the
Youngsters a handful Of Grape-Nuts
when Nature demands sweet and
prompts them to call for sugar.
There's a reason.
Get the little book THE Road to
wellville" In each pkg.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
Shouting Their Praises.


Friarpoint, Miss. August % (Spe-
iaD.-Cured of Bladder and Kidney
Trouble after &c years of suffering,
Rev. II. II. Hatch. of this place, is
telling the public the good news and
shouting the praises OF the remedy
that cured him-Dodds Kidney Pills.
Rev. Mr.. Hatch says:-
Il have been suffering from Blad-
der and Kidney Trouble for &c years
and | have tried everything that peo-
pie said would do me good. But
nothing did me any good except
Dodds Kidney Pills.
81 haven't felt a pain since took
Dodds Kidney Pills. They gave me
health and l feel like a new man al
together. Dodd's Kidney Pills are
the best | ever had
All Urinary and Bladder Troubles
are caused by diseased Kidneys. The
natural way to cure them is to cure
the kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fall to cure diseased kidneys
in any stage or place. They always
cure Backache and they are the only
remedy that ever cured Bright's Dis
ease.
a
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
MONT PELEE TO-DAY.
Site Of the City Covered by Scared
Masses Of Lava.

In conversation with a Montreal Star
representative, Colin Mckay. who has
Just returned from the West Indies.
spoke of visit paid to the scene Of the
volcanic horror of Martinique.
Where the city of st. Pierre once
fiourished," he said. there is a thick
I'd of lava, which is already assuming
.ne appearance of a vast gray granite
rock. About nine years ago l passed
close by st. Pierre in the evening and
saw its white roofs. its towers and Gu
polas cleaning between the fronded
crests and 1.-the gray trunks of the
royal palms, and heard the crash OF
bands in its squares, and the tinkling
Of mandolins upon the French ships
lying In the roadstead. But now the mass
of lava covers completely the gay Paris
of the Antilles with all its life and
color and music gone, as though 1t
were buried under a massive mauso-
leum of granite. There are no ruins
nothing at all to indicate that city OF
25 900 people had once fiourished there.
Before you rises the gaunt and
colossal cone of Mont Pelee. with its
awful head veiled in lazy and pestifer-
GUS vapors, its SCARED, lava-streaked
slopes rent with gigantic assures and
wild gorges, and at its base piled up in
pTlmeNal COHluSlOu udSSes VI thS
blown-out crest and sides. The i'm
preston which the sight of Mont Pelee.
brooding in its uncleanly clouds oil
smoke above its hideous and awful
works, makes upon you is difficult to
define. You are awed, but hardly hor-
rified. In the presence of such evil
dence of natures forces you are so i'm
pressed with the grandeur and majesty
of her efforts that you do not think OF
the blotting out Of such an insignifi-
cant thing as a city Of men and their
works.
ITO the southwark where the suburbs
of the city stretched over level plain,
the earth washed down from the noun
tain sides by the rains has formed a
~ in which grass and trees are begin
ming to grow in patches. In few
years. no doubt, the tomb of the city
will be covered with the vegetation OF
the tropics. and the now giant and
Scared sides of Pelee covered with for
ests of green. All the rest OF the is
land has emerged from its covering OF
ashes in new beauty and greater lux
uriance."
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
TRAVELLING in a House.

An old. dilapidated house on wheels
recently reached Middleton. New York.
from the state of Washington. The
house is occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. B. Lasley. their son-in-law and
seven children, two dogs and cat.
March %. 1894, the party started
from Port Angeles. Washington. on
the trip to benefit Mr.. Lasley's health.
They went as far east as Maine, then
back to Kansas City and afterward
over various sections of the United
States until they reached Orange
county. The total distance travelled
has been $4,000 miles and many spans
of horses have done service along the
WaV.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
Pennsylvania Train Ditched.

Harrisburg, Pa. Aug. 22.-The third
section of the westbound Cleveland
and Cincinnati express on the Penn
sylyania railroad ran into landslide
at Conewago to-day and the entire
train was ditched. The train carried
no passengers and was made up of
6ye express cars. Four of the train
crew were seriously injured.
The landslide occurred just after
the second section Of the train had
passed and before the track walker
had time to warn the third section.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
Death of Oldest Woman.

Mrs. Mary Murphy, the oldest per
son in Pennsylvania if her age was
correctly reported, died at her home in
Kerrtown. a suburb of Meadville. aged
nearly 1874 years. Mrs. Murphy was In
terviewed a few months ago and said:
81 was born in Dublin. Ireland. on
Christmas day, 1910. and came to
America in May 1870, when l was in
my one hundredth year. l was TWEEN
ty-eight years old when the Irish re
bellion took place in 1898 and my first
husband was a soldier. / was thirty,
three years old when Robert Emmett
was executed for treason. Sept. 20,
1903" Mrs. Murphy is survived by her
second husband.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

( did and lived. The pain in my back
was so bad that ! could not sleep at
night. could not ride a horse. and
sometimes was unable even to ride
in car. My condition was critical
when sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
/ used three boxes and they cured me.
Now | can go anywhere and do as
much as anybody. / sleep well and
feel no discomfort at ALL"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price soc.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
Heavy Rain Ends Forest Fire.

Kalispell. Mont, Aug. pa heavy
rain, the first of any consequence in
the past two months, has aided materi-
ally in helping to extinguish the for
est fires which have been raging in
northern Montana for the past ten
days. The outlook is for more rain.
Stockmen are rejoicing over the
storm, as stock has been in distress as
the result of great scarcity of water.
the watering holes In the majority OF
Instances being dry.
The rain comes too late to be of
any great benefit to the hay and
grain crops.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
John w. Gates Loses by Gambling.

Saratoga, N. Y. Aug. 22.-John w.
Gates, his son Charles G. Gates. John
A. Drake and Alphonse Hudson, lost
s33. 900 in the United States Club last
night.
The six proprietors of the gambling
house had $4,000 to divide between
tAem. while $4,000 of the money went
to Joe" Ullman and "Maxey" Blu
menthal who are bookmakers.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

A. C. Sprague.
X dealer. of
il o. = m a !, ILL.,,
rites: "F or
Z w o W h O ! O
years l was do
ing nothing but
b II y in & medi-
cines to cure
my kidneys. |
do not think
that any man
pyar siIffpred as
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

If you don't get the biggest ana best
it's your own fault. Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there IS
positively nothing to equal 1t in quail
ity or quantity.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
CHICAGO on ST. LOUIS AND RE-
IIrnN VIA INION pAGIEIC,

At very low rates. Tickets on
sale until September 30th. inclu-
sive; final return limit, october
3lst.
1t can be arranged to have tick
cts to st. Louis read So!ng VIA
Kansas city, returning via Omaha.
or vice versa.
Tickets to Chicago can read via
st. Louis in one or both directions
II desired.
Stop-overs of ten days can be
had at Omaha and Kansas city by
depositing tickets; no extra charge.
Similar stop-over at st. Louis. 81
fee.
Union Pacific trains make the
quickest time between Denver and
Chicago and Denver and st. Louis.
Write me for full particulars or
rates to any other points.
e X. GRIFFIN, General Agent.
94l l7th St, Denver.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Don't be deluded. Don't go n thous-
and miles far from railroads and mar
kets to find a location. Go where you
can take your tools and stock to start
with. Colorado is and always will be
better than Idaho or Wyoming. We
have good land, absolutely no alknii.
right on the railway line. with splen-
did markets. a good potato country.
water rights dating back to 1855.
which we sell cheap and on easy terms
to good farmers. Conejos County Land
and Investment Company. Zeph. chas.
Felt. president GIG Majestic Building.
Denver. Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
nny other is put up 16 ounces in pack
age and sells at same price as 12-
ounce packages of other kinds?
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Lewis" Single Binder" straight SC cigar.
Made of ripe, mellow tobacco, SO rich in
quality that many who formerly smoksf
lOc cigars now smoke Lewis' single
Binder" Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch Is fast taking place OF
all other brands. Others say they can
not sell any other starch.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
For Your perfect comfor.

At St. Louis Exposition, which is very
severe upon the feet, remember to take
along box or two of ALIENS FOOT
EASE, powder for Hot, Tired, Aching.
Swollen, Sweating Feet. 10000 testi-
monials of cures. Sold by all Druggists,
CSC, DON'T ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE
A mean man never seems to tire OF
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Dealers say that as soon as n GUS
toner tries Defiance Starch 1t is imi
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold OF
boiled.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Cholly-Your dog looks sad. Bobby
Yes: sis says she guessed he knows
named him after you.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

When a man argues with his wife
about all he does is listen.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

whats the most recent intelli-
gence? That of Jones, he has 1us'
recovered from an attack Of insanity"
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
TORTURING PAIN.

Halt This Mans Suferings Would
Have Killed Many Person, But
Doan's Cured Him.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Imitation may be either hattery or
stupidity.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

prize fighter can stand up under
more hot punches that booze fighter
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

What is the use of "A girl being prot
ty II you don't tell her so
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
Stick to Colorado.

There are as good fish in the sea as
ever were caught. but 1t may require
fresh bait to catch them.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

The trouble with some men is that
they have too much room at the top.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

The Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago. send Home
Eye Book free. Write them shout your eyes
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
FEMALE TROUBLE
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS CATARRH,

recognized as being caused by catarrh.
Catarrh of one organ is exactly the
same as catarrh of any other organ.
What will cure catarrh of the head will
also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs.
Peruna cures these cases simply be-
cause it cures the catarrh.
If you have catarrh write at once to
DIR. Hartman, giving a full statement of
your case, and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

Nothing takes the conceit out of n
stuck-up man like n hold-up.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24
MRS. M. BRICKNER.
SO Eleventh Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.

MHWdUKee, WE.
"a shorf time ago found my con-
difion very serious, I had headaches,
pains In the back, and frequent dizzy
spells which grew worse every month.
I tried two remedies before Peruna,
and was discouraged when I took the
first dose, but my courage soon
returned. In less than two months
my health was restored. "-Mrs. M.
Brickner.
t. eason of so many failures to
cure cases similar to the above is the
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

The Mormon qucstion-"will you be
my ffteenth?'
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

In the Dark Ages there must have
been more knights than days.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-24

fact that diseases
peculiar to the
female sex are
n OF commonly
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-27
Street hats at the Leader.

There are certainly a great
many capitalists who believe
the future prosperity of this CO.
untry is assured. In Philadel-
phia, for instance, somebody
has built a new hotel which re
quires 1900 people to run it.
The bed rooms number 1000;
it took forty five miles of car
pet to cover the floor; the cor
ridors are two and a half miles
long; there are 2,700 windows
In the building, and 1000 tele-
phone. Speaking of the table
10000 napkins are required;
10000 pieces of silverware; 49,
600 plates; and 10000 pieces
of glassware. AS to the knives
and forks and spoos the serv-
ants are still counting them.
Five thousand pictures were
purchased to hang upon the
walls.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-27

At the corner of Fourth and
Locust streets Tuesday evening
a girl aged II years turned a
handorgan of ancient manufac-
t ire. A sign upon the organ
read: II am one of six orphan
children and father is blind"
The appeal was very effective.
Figures were kept on the dona-
tions made for the half hour be-
ginnig at 8 o'clock and the half
hour ending at $50. During
the first half hour seventeen
persons contributed an average
of 3 cents each. During the
last half hour fourteen persons
contributed an average of 6
cents each, the average being
brought up by one generous
man who gave a quarter. Sew.
eral peculiar points were MOTTO
ed in connection with the dona-
lions. Nota single woman gave
to the girl. In all twenty-seven
women stopped and looked pity
ingly at the orphan, but not one
dropped a coin of any kind into
the lineup Four of the donat-
ors were colored men. One
was a drunken soldier.
"Catalo" is the rather..taking
name invented to describe a new
breed of cattle to be obtained
from crossing the buffalo with
the common COW. By reversing
the combination they might
have called it"Bufflcat", or still
another chronological arrange
ment would have resulted in
"Cowlow," or "Bullbuff." The
latter, however, is too startling
like "bullbeef'' to sit we'll on
the stomach.
Watch for the tumble
Fair.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-27

It's like a "dip in the fount-
ain of youth" Touches the
cheek so gently that youth
fingers on the face of old age. :"
That's what ''Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea does. 35 cents,
Tea or. Tablets. Elliott & Har-
vey.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-27

The prize winning hens Of
VIM. DeGarmo's are certainly
g eat layers. Since FEBRUARY a
W zen they commenced lay
j lg to October, these two hens
llid 459 eggs. Acarefull count
was kept by Mr. DeGarmo so
that there is no mistake
They are pretty chickens and
positively will not set. Their
owner is proud of his birds and
says thet it is the only trio of
the kind he knows of in the CO.
unity They are called English
Red Caps. Logan Observer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-27

A Hindoo devotee has done a
religious ceremony with IL, 0C0
small silver arrows in his body.
Some American yahoo will prob
ly go him one better and walk to
Zion with IL, 600 brass headed
tacks in his hide. The idiotic
things done in the name of re-
ligion. are the most startling
pieces of imbecility produced by
any age. Dunlap Herald.
Where are you going, my pref
ty maid?
To the drug store sir, said
she,
You see my complexion is get
ting bad,
| need some Rocky Mountain
Tea. Elliott & Harvey.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-27
Ida Grove, Iowa,
October IL, 1904.

L le Olu llIlc SUCK 1IlSuTduCG
Companies are supplying their
agents literally with a list
which is headed, Recently
Failed Mutuals." There are
seventeen named on the list and
the record is a bad one. But is
it true? More than one-half
the number were organized
under Chapter Four and were
Stock Mutuals. The balance
were undertaking to write
their business on the Stock plan
and took Premium Notes. Not
one single one of the seventeen
made any pretentions of being
or trying to be conducted under
Chapter Five Title Nine of the
Code, and most of the so called
recent failures were twenty to
thirty years ago.
Now what are the facts to-
day? The annual report of the
state auditor for 1903 shows
that the Fire Insurance Com
panies Incorporated and doing
business in Iowa are divided as
follows:
1884 Comfy Mutnals Chapt er i've Incorpor
10 State Mntua's Chapter Fiv.- a.ed for
4 Stock Mutuals Chapter Four Profit
IL JOINT Stock Compan;e. Incorporated fnr
profit.
There has never yet been a
failure of a Chapter Five Mu-
tual, unless they undertook to
do business like a Stock Com
pany, and none such exist to-
day. The Mutuals now have to
stand frequent and searching
examenations by the State
Auditor and whatever may
have been the history of the
past, crooked methods can not
now be INDUCED in. The path
way of the history of Insur-
ance in Iowa is strewn with the
wrecks of Stock Companies.
Their numbers are legion.
Many more have fallen by the
wayside than have survived.
OF the insurance written by
Iowa companies in Iowa during
1908, the Stock companies wrote
$96, 754, 100000. The Chapter
Five Mutuals wrote $1O5,978,-
100000. These figures ought
to be convincing to any one.
They show that you can't fool
call the people all the time"
with Stock Insurance.
In the state of Massachusetts
a recent report gives the num-
Der of Stock insurance COM
panies as four and Mutuals as
forty-one, or ten to one. In
Iowa there are sixteen Stock
companies and one hundred
and ninety Mutuals or about
twelve to one. None Of the
state Mutuals have cost the
assured more than rs per cent
of the premium in stock COM
panies during 1908, and they
have adjusted fairly and paid
losses promptly, and their ex-
pense of management is an
average of one-half the cost in
Stock companies. The saving
of Is per cent is left in the
pockets of the assured.
Investigate for yourself. If
you find the truth fairly stated
in this, then place your insur-
ance with us and if our agent
does not call on you write to
the secretary, F. B. Babcock,
and for the Harrison County
Mutual, G. N. Caldwell, secre-
tary.
Street hats at the Leader.