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The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

While few menageries or geological
gardens include hippopotam. among
the members of the animal world
which they contain. the general public
is nevertheless quite familiar with the
appearance and characteristics of the
great ungulates. They have been de.
scribed In word and picture by in
Vulnerable naturalists. historians,
and writers. even of the ca est times.
We find unmistakable reference to
them in the records of the ancient
Egyptians, and to-day there is little
doubt that the behemoth of the Bible
was identical with the hippopotamus.
The Central Park Zoo of New York
City. is particularly fortunate in the
possession of three splendid speci-
mems, pair of older animals and
yoGpg one. The pair, Caliph and Miss
Murphy, are well known, not only to
those directly interested in these mat
ters, hut also to the reading public. for
the huge brutes have been described
and pictured in various publications.
Caliph, the great male which is the
subject of the accompanying interest
ing engravings, has been In the Cen
trail Park Zoo since 1889, while his
mate. Miss Murphy, has been included
in the collection for somewhat short
erpperiod. These two have proven re-
markably prolific, and have presented
an admiring public with eight healthy
offsprings. and these. with the excep-
ton of the young one at present in the
Park. have been sold to other menag-
cries. This is not an exceptional case.
for strangely enough these curious
beasts thrive well in captivity, and
breed not infrequentiy. Were it not
for the difficulty formerly experienced
in securing original pairs. they would
to-day be far more common in ZOO
logical parks. Needless to say. 1t is
very difficult to capture the hippipo-
tamus in wild state and transport
the animal uninjured to civilization.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

while l was practicin' sometimes an
set an listen to me by the hour with
tears standin' in his eyes. He got
licked more times when he wus a
young one fer follerin' the band
around than he had fingers an toes
ten times over. He'd go to meetin,
even, to hear the music. He couldn't
play, as | said, but he wus allus tryin'
to. He'd buy a iewsharp. like Glen
here. an work at it till he got his own
teeth all loose an everybody else's
set on aidge. Then he'd save up fer a
mouth organ an rub blisters on his
lips. When he seen he couldn't do
nothin' with the mouth organ he gave
1t away an bought him guitar an
a instruction book.
That wasn't no good. either, an he
traded that to Pete Simpson, the bar
Der. Pete got it down fine in about
month. He could play the Spanish
Fandanso' an 'Napoleon's March an.
pick out the chords fer most any kind
o song. Then Bert 'ud come TO town
an forget all about his tradin', settin'
around in the barber shop listenin' to
Pete. 1t uster make old man Walkiss
hoppin' mad. He allus lowed Bert 'ud
never be wuth the powder to blow him
to blazes as a farmer.
He wus mistaken about that.
though. Bert wus good boy to work
when there wasn't no music around
an he knew more about raisin' corn
an hogs than the old man did himself.
When the old man fin'ly died an Bert
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
First Steam Warship.

The Fulton, built as the Demologos,
was the first steam warship. She
was built in 1914 by Robert Fulton.
In addition to the radical innovation
of steam she was fitted with the
wheel in the center. Her battery was
composed of twenty long 32s and a
submarine gun projecting a hundred
pound shot. There was also mon
ster pump, to be used against the
enemy by filling her with water
through portfolio. In one hull was
the boiler. of copper; in the other
was the engine; the wheel was IL the
fifteen foot space between the two.
She had four rudders, two at each
end. and could go in either direction.
At the end of the war of 1912 the
Demologos was assigned to ihe navy
yard in Brooklyn as receiving ship.
While on this duty she was b,own up.
June 4, 1929, and twenty-six rersons
killed 1t was popularly supposed that
the explosion was caused by old sail
ors who wished to testify thc'r disap.
proval of steam.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
HE COUNTRY STORE
THE MAN WHO WAS FOND OF MUSIC.

got the Dlace he raised bigger crops
than anybody in the township an pls
stock took prizes as'in an agin at the
fairs. Bert got tol'able well fixed sn
the girls begun maxim set at MN
Still, he don't pay no pt1ckler a'esn.
ton 10 'em. All his spare time he put
in at Pete's shop or he'd come arotnu
an asst me to give him tune on the
OIL fiddle. Wunst in while he'd seha
off an buy him a horn or suthin.
but he never made out to do anyta)h
with em in way of playin' 'em.
"Finly one night he went to the
lyceum at Willow Bend schoolhcGse
an there was gal there from FAR
fax, over in Atchison county. that was
visitin' Lew Meakin's folks. She
took lessons on the pianner an Meak-
in hauled over his pianner to the
schoolhouse so's't she could play.
was there that night an I'll never
fergit how Bert whistled and stompe0
when she pounded out 'Silvery Wave
on that OIL square of Lewis. l saw 81
was a gal. but she wasn't no spf;
chicken, an she was built good de-
like a white oak fence rail-about as
long an WIFI COTueTS InoSt any Was
you turned her. Her face wouldn't
have been considered so blame homely
If there had been any homelier ones
around, but there wasn't.
But Bert didn't care nothin' about
that. He jest nachally tried to stomp
a hole in the floor, until she come agin
an give 'em The Maiden's Prayer
Then he raised the roof an conducted
himself disorderly until he got The
Beautiful Blue Danube
Next mornin he went over to Lew
Meakins after seed potatoes. He were
his best clothes an the gal played
'Silvery Waves for him.
"A night or two after that Bert says
to me: You can talk about your horns
an your fiddles an guitars, but to my
notion the pianner beats 'em ALL
1.-TWO months after that he married
the gal an you could drive past the
house most any time O. day or night
after that an you could hear 'Silr0ry
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
PIayed Music to Dead Wife.

Sounds of music coming from the
cemetery in the middle of the nigh;
have terrified the inhabitants of the
Swiss village CT Bregenz, near the
Austrian frontier. Two gendarmes
hid themselves one night behind a
tombstone in order to investigate
They saw a youn- tradesman climb
over the cemetery wall. pull violin
from under his coat. and standing over
u newly-made grave. began to play the
Bohemian Girl" They listened to the
end, and then went up to the man,
who said he had been playing over the
tomb of his bride, who had died the
week before. 1T was the piece she
liked best" he said to the gendarmes.
who led him away.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

Very likely you have not heard of
Chula, Mo. This is not strange. be-
cause Chula has but recently been
placed upon the maps of state whose
citizens insist upon being shown"
and who refuse to give proper cult
walton to their credulity.
II is not exactly correct to say that
Chula has been placed upon the maps,
for on one brigat red-letter day in its
lexicon 1t was thrown upon the maps
in bright red splotch by country
editor. This editor came to the city
the other day as the guest of the st.
Paul railroad. He occupied an en-
tire drawing-room car, ate rich food
and drank sparkling wines an re-
ceived adulations from the colored
porter all the way from Chula and
back again at the expense of a soul
less corporation"
The man who compelled the map
makers to take notice of Chula en-
Joys the not uncommon name of
Smith e. II. Smith.
Smiths great opportunity came
when the St Paul put the Southwest
Limited train into service between
Chicago and Kansas City. The train
passes through Chula on its eastward
and westward flights. and there were
things about it that made a great i'm
preston upon Smiths Imagination.
He watched the fight of the South
west Limited as it tore great holes
in the atmosphere of Chula, and then
wrote this about the train:
THE new train on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railway passed
through Chula for the first time Sun
day night. about three hours after
dark. There was no hesitation at
Chula town. at least none perceptible.
'.here are no high places in Chula
town. hence we question whether she
ever touched the track. She just rip
ped great fiery hole in the darkness
and left the atmosphere heated steam
hot for second. then whistled for
Eiantic or Chicago, we are not GER
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Eia Bear Killed by Enoine.

On the night of Dec. 6, as the At
lantic Coast Line through freight en-
route to Jacks onville, arrived within
ten miles of Ooala, the engineer no.
ticed big black object walk on the
track and then jump off. When the
train came within few feet of the
spot the object again jumped on the
track. The engineer could not ac-
count for the object and did not stop
to investigate.
The next morning the northbound
passenger train picked up a 40O-pound
black bear. This bear was turned
over to the engineer of the freight
train. who has had the skin cured
and is keeping it. The citizens of ST.
Petersburg. where the engireer re-
sides, feasted on bear niea, the mex:
lay Jacksonville Tins s. Union.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

an then take the leg out doors an
exercise it"
Wash don't like music" observed
So. Baker to Marvin Parsons, with a
griu. That's what makes him play
the fiddle so much"
He's fit fer treason, spoils an STRAIT
aeums," said Squire Burkholder in his
lyteum basso profundo. There's
what the immortal bard of Avon says:
The man that hath no music in his
sod"
I'm fond o. music" said Hancock,
tlting his chair back against the salt
barrel, but l amt plum crazy over it,
like Bert Walkiss ulster be. I en- spare
jewsharp most any time an git
along jest about as well. What are
yoU talkin' about music fer, squire?
Vol don't know The Old Hundredth'
from Sam Hill to Pay an No Pitch
Ho..'"
What was that about Bert Walkiss.
Wash?" asked Marvin Parsons
Bert was crazy about music" re-
pl ed Hancock. He didn't play him
self-never could make out to learn
ar rythin'-didn't know enough to pound
a Tin wash boiler with blacksmith's S
rasp at a shivaree-but he had a right
smart o. admiration fer any one that
co AID. He'd come around to my house
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
VEGETABLE THAT KEEPS TIME
Plant Of Borneo Has a Remarkable
Popularity,

F'dHt oi ooTnco 1aS heHaTkapie
Popularity.
There is a venerable old riddle, SO
venerable that it may have gone round
the cycle and become young again,
which asks: when do you get
vegetable timepiece?" The smart nan
who knows 1t all or was expected to
answer: when l get turnip"-tur-
nip being at one time facetious for
watch that wouldn't go. The correct
answer is: When l get up at s
o'clock" Say that aloud and you will
recognize pun that would blush to
blazon into print.
Now it appears that in Borneo Il ere
is plant which is known as the
clock plant. and which in a rough sort
OF way registers the time of day. 1t
has leaves of two sizes, one of which
acts in the capacity of minute hand.
which keeps moving until o'cl3ck
p. m. and the other keeps going ui.il
morning. The larger leaves act as
the hour hand Starting in position
when all the leaves lie close to the
stem, with the points hanging down.
they rise gradually until they turn
toward the top. and then they drop to
their former position. 1t takes the
smaller leaves about one minute to
go through this performance, and .he
longer leaves just about one hou -
The Sunday Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

in captivity. They are fed every day.
usually early in the afternoon, on
fresh grass or hay, various vegetables.
and bread. They have very healthy
appetites, and one can imagine the
quantity of food that a hippo" can
consume, when one considers that the
stomach of large specimen will mea-
sure as much as eleven feet in length.
The hippopotamus is heir to few
troubles. Natural attrition keeps his
teeth, which grow throughout his life
time, within proper bounds AS he not
only spends most of his waking houss
in the water, but often sleeps there
also the frequent dimensions keep
his thick skin in healthy condition.
The water must have a temperature of
not less than fifty-fve degrees, and
must be maintained at this point tie
year around. With the exception of
the usual attention regarding tine
cleanliness of the habitation, other
necessary care includes merely the
preparation of his food and the regu-
lation of the temperature.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
A Washington Feature.

Thomas Nelson Page was pointing
out the salient characteristics of
Washington.
"One characteristic is" he said
the formal dress that all men wear
You don't see the men in Washington
clad in rough sack suits. tan colored
shoes. and lounge hats. Like London
ers, they wear the black and ceremon-
ious frock coat, with its various rich
concomitants.
This fact drew from little boy
| know a quaint remark.
Mamma he said. during his first
drive through Washington's streets,
there must have been a sale
"A sale?' said she. What OFF
High hats said the little boy
Washington Post.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

marvellous boots serving as his motor
fower. says a dispatch from the
French capital. The seven-league
boots were a mere child's toy COM
pared with the motor boots.
The inventor is named Constantini.
who says he means to start for St.
Petersburg in a few days per boot
Great crowds gathered all along his
route to watch his flight over the
smooth pavement of the avenue. The
exhibition was a great success until
he was about to turn toward Bois de
Boulogne, when something went
wrong with the motor. In one boot
the motor hit up a pace of about thir-
ty miles an hour. and in the other
foot the motor thought six miles was
swift enough.
The result of this difference of opin-
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
"house Moss"

One day mother said TO her: Bet
sy, you are getting ver, careless
about your work lately
"Huccum?" said Betsy, bridling.
"Weii. for one thing, about sweep
ing. Now look at the nursery; you just
give 1t lick and promise. and the
work is not half done
What. me MS Thompson? dun
swep dat room ebery day dis week!
| sho did. Mis- Thompson"
Nov, Betsy, said mother, in her
most conciliatory tone, you know you
have been careless-just look at the
dirt under that bed"
Dirt" said Betsy. quickly, Then
STOPPING down and looking under the
bed she broke into broad smile.
-'Lor'. Mis- Thompson, dat amt no
dirt, honey chile, dats jus house
oss,"-National Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
That's What He Is Paid For.

The cares of state don't rest 81
heavily on Mr.. Roots shoulders theS
they kill his love for joke now and
then says the Brooklyn Eagle. The
other day one of a crowd of newspaper
men asked the Secretary for the latest
news in the Venezuelan situation.
Venezuelan situation?" replied the
Secretary with a bland smile. L
didn know there was a Venezuelan
situation"
According to reports Minister Rus.
sell Is having a hard time
We'll. that's what he is there for,
said Secretary Root with another Of
ms expansive smiles. I'VE can't pay
our ministers big salaries, you know.
without expecting them to 10 some
thinS to earn the money"
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

ion between the two feet may be
imagined. Constantine appeared to be
ill at ease. and it was manifest that
he was tired and wanted to rest. He
sat down in the street. probably be-
cause he is very democratic, and
really did not care rap who saw
him sittiar ON the pavement. To show
his friends that he was not proud he
sat down real hard. and then held his
breath for about five minutes and ap-
peared to be engaged in thought.
The boots are similar to miniature
automobiles. They are about fifteen
inches long. and each has four rubber
tired wheels eight inches in diameter.
The electric motors are carried in a
belt. They carry one and quarter
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
A Promising Boy.

My boy" said the frenzied fnan-
cier, you must remember that You
can eat your cake and have it,
But, father" the young man com
hehted' surely l can keep my own
cake and eat the other chap's?"
me light of great joy =hone in
the iathers eyes. He foresaw for his
son splendid future. Seldom in
deed, had he heard the vital principle
Vi hish finance more trenchantly laid
down.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

and sent out their pencils. one at
time. for her inspection.
She had made a number of surpris-
ingly successful guesses, when one
lead pencil was brought to her that
had been neatly pointed in a pencil
sharpener.
That's easy" she said. Hes a
man of secretive and suspicious dis
position and a good deal of shirlk
when it cores to working"
Which also proved to be center
shot.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

UB." said Washing
ton Hancock to the
boy with the vo-
luminous W ool e n
comforter, who had
approa a C h ed the
stove twanging on
a jewsharp. TASK
Rufe over there to
let you have a
piece of good stout
string"
What fer?" in
quired the boy.
ITO tie t h a t
blame thing to your
leg" a n S W e r e d
Hancock. "Fasten
it good an strong
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

|
Blue Danube Judas! That woman
vas homely.''
81 calculate Bert was satisfied" said
the storekeeper.
Il reckon he wus,'' said Hancock.
The only thing ever made me doubt
1t wus one time about a year after
seen him at the county fair standn'
an watchin' feller that had one o.
these dewdads you hitch on to a plan
ner an it plays it for you. First time
I'd ever seen one. too. Bert's eyes
just stuck out of his head when the
feller showed him how it worked an
let him run it himself GOSH, he
says.
Any piece you want says the fel-
Ter. PAWN over passle o rolls o. pa
per that he'd been feedin into the ma
chine. Here's THE Maiden's Prayer
Try that.
Not by iugful,' says Bert. Nor
yet "Silvery Waves" ner THE Blue
Danube Waltz" Anythin' but them.
"An' when he'd played suthin' else
the feller handed him he let out long
breath an looked over at Mis- Walkiss
who was standin' by the pickle booth
an seemed like part of the exhibit.
Only to think he says. If on'y I'd
have waited! Blame my cats! If on'y
I'd have waited.'"
What made you doubt whether
Bert was satisfied" asked Baker.
after little pause.-Chicago News.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Dresses as Man by Permission,

There is one woman in France
Nine. Dieulafoy-who has official per-
mission to dress always as man.
She accompanies her husband on his
famous travels of exploration in the
east and in the dim places where the
two discovered the palaces of Darius
| md ArtaXerxes II it is safer to be a
man than a woman.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Adventure of a Ship,s Cat.

Inc ships cat oil the mail steamer
Ortona had a remarkable experience
on the last homeward voyage of that
Soon after the Ortona left Austria
liza the cat was missing, and it was
thought that it had been left behind;
but when the vessel was thirty-two
days out from Sydney one of the en-
gineers heard faint mewing in the
refrigerating chamber. This cham
ber, which had not been opened since
the vessel started. was promptly ex-
amiIed. and the unfortunate cat was
found lying upon box of butter in a
very emaciated condition.
One Of its ears and portion of its
nose haG been bitten OFF by the cold
but its fur had grown to a great
length during its Imprisonment. The
cat has since Melbourne
Argus.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Bible for Guam Natives,

The American Bible Society has de-
cided to publish an edition of the gos-
pels and Acts in Chamorro, the Ian
suage spoken by the people of the
island of Guam. The translation will
be made by the Rev. Mr. Price, a mis-
sionary of the American board, and
the edition will be printed in japan.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Musician at White House.

Miss Emily Carew, sister of Mrs.
Roosevelt, is visiting the white house.
She is an artist as well as musician
usi spends much time in Italy and
Switzerland. She will superintend
hs musical education of Miss Ethel
t,os evelt, who is the one musical
u I.ber of the Roosevelt family.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Civil War Governors.

There are four governors that
served during the civil war still liv-
ing. William Sprague, whose home
is near Narragansett Pier. R. l.; Fred.
erick Holbrook. of Brattleboro, VT;
Samuel ]. Crawford of Kansas, and
John j. Pettus, of Missouri.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
History Through Golden Gate.

Referring to the transition stage OF
the Orient. Bishop Hamilton said to
.ne Church Extension society of the
Methodist Episcopal church, in So,
francisco the other day: 1--WE n ~
10 see the future history of the world
through the Golden Gate"
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
simpIon TunneI Near Completion.

Masonry of the Simplon tunnel be-
tween Italy and Switzerland and bal
lasting of the line are to be completely
terminated by the end of the present
year and it is hoped that the opening
will take place on April 1. so as to
coincide with the opening of the Milan
exhibition.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Money in turkey Raising.

Mrs. Phoebe Collette of Hinesburg,
VT, last spring set 200 turkey eggs.
from which she Matched 162 turkeys,
out of which they saved lO6 which,
when sold, brought them about $3.50
dollars. They also set 500 hens eggs.
from which they obtained 400 chick
ems. out of which 275 lived and were
solo.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
EousIIy an Iudication.

The young woman at the church
social had declared her ability to read
the characters OF persons by exarnin
ing lead pencils they had sharrened.
To put this claim TO the test the
ptlng men w5nt ia;n another room
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Boycott in BenqaI.

A commercial traveller for large
London firm recently wrote concern
ing the boycott in Bengal: Business
is still at standstill, and for the
present I see no hopeful signs of the
boycott breaking down. Merchants
say they are doing less and less every
week"
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
NEW IDEA IN TRAVEL
PARisIAN THE INVENTOR OF
THE "MoToR BOOT"
Easy to Make Speed, but, of Course,
Accidents Will Happen-Variation
of Speed Productive Of Sad Results
on First Trial Trip.

Parisians had rare treat yester-
lay, when they got the first glimpse
of man with a pair of shiny hip
boots sailing along the Avenue des
Champs Elysees at the rate of about
twenty-five miles an hour, with the
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

A farm hand shucking corn on TIE
farm of Hen y ID. Posey, two miles
above Evansville, Ind. came across
an ear of cor, that resembles a hu-
man hand. 1t has a thumb and forr
fingers covered with grain. Mr.. Posey,
who has been farming for over forty
years, says he never saw anything
like it before Indianapolis News.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Guilty of Espionaue.

A Russian woman, named Zanaida
Smolianmoff, who had moved in the
highest circles in the German capital.
has been sentenced at Leipsic to nine
months imprisonment for espionage
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
French Women Wear 7art.ns.

another sign of the Anglo French
entente Is that women of Paris are
taxing to the wearing of Scottish clan
tar'ans to such an extent that tie
"ia seo~ mills find it hard to keep .p
vita the demand.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
A Memory Bell.

In Japan it is custom for lovers
to present their sweethearts with a
curious toy constructed of strips of
glass delicately adjusted. which are
commonly known as memory bells.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Carry Autos in NAVY.

Motoring is now so popular in the
British navy that some cdtcrrs carry
their cars afloat with them. The
Autocar says Lcrd Charles BerescoyI
is cne Of thcm.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Served on Nelson's FIaosbi,.

Capt. Stubbs. secretary of Liver
pool Orphan Institution, is one of the
few living persons who SERVED On
Nelson's flagship Victory. f'i1
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10
Refuse to Sell Irving sirthpll.,ee.

Sir Henry Irving's birthplace at
Kein'on. Vaudeville which. was -ut
~ a. auction in London, was D.
dawn al $4,000.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

The poise of the strips of glass is such
that the least vibration will set them
jingling. The memory bells are rsu-
ally hung in some window, SO that the
slightest draught will set them in lno-
tion. The delicate tinkling is sup
posed to remind one of the giver. and
hence their name.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-10

Waves or The Maiden's Prayer OH
Blue Danube Judas! That woman
vas homely.'