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The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Hold-Ups Get $2s, 900.

Great Falls, Mont.-Telephone ad-
vices from Malta stock camp in north
ern Montana state that the stage be
tween Malta and Iortman, a mining
camp in the Little Rockies. was held
up Monday night by lone bandit, who
secured SOS, 900 sent out to pay the
miners at Zortman. A posse was
started from Malta as soon as word of
the robbery was received, but the ban
dit probably had five or six hours
start.
One of Kid Curry's gang of train
robbers and horse thieves is believed
to be the bandit. About six years ago
this gang held up the Great Northern
flyer near Malta. securing $4,000.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Few Pointers on Gardening.

To keep vegetables free from insects
they must be kept in fine vigorous
condition. A coating OF hen manure.
say one-fourth inch. II spread over the
soil around cucumbers. egg plants and
other vegetables will add greatly to
the vigor of the plants.
Straw is best for mulching vegc-
tables as 1t does not lie closely. there.
fore will allow a free circulation of
air. 1t retains the moisture nicely.
Weeds and green material make the
poorest mulch. as they will torment II
put ON too thickly.
Before applying a mulch the soil
must he hoed deeply. so as to give OPP
pOrtunity for free circulation OF air.
IL the mulch is removed at intervals
and the soil hoed up we'll the results
VIII be all the better for this extra la
Dor.
Egg plants thrive in loamy soil en-
riched with rotted manure from the
horse stable.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Hints on Seeding Alfalfa.

A deem. loose seed bed is not fav.
orabIe one in which TO seed alfalfs
or any of the grasses, says Field and
Farm Such land may be all right for
planting potatoes. or perhaps corn may
sprout and grow well under such con
ditions. since the seed is large and
strong in vitality and contains much
nutriment to nourish and start the
young plants, but with alfalfa and
other small seeds the ideal seed bed
should be mellow. but finely pulver-
lied only about as deep as The seed is
planted. Beneath the point at which
the seed is placed and covered in the
earth the soil should be rather firm.
but not too hard or compact: such Il
condition as may be secured by cul.
tivating the surface of well Tettled fall
blowing or by discing and narrowing
unplowed beet or spud land in the
spring.
The firm condition OF The soil be.
meath the seed, and good connection
with the subsoil not only Offers favor.
able conditions for supplying the seed
with moisture, but the mellow cover
ing over the seed allows the air and
heat to reach 1t from above, and these
three-moisture. heat and air-are the
essential factors in seed termination.
IL any OF these are lacking the seed
Will not terminate. Moreover, the
mellow surface above the seeds allows
the young plantlets to readily push
their way up to the sunlight. When
they throw out green leaves through
the action of heat and light, the work
of assimilation begins and he plants
grow and soon establish roots deep in
the soil and become able to withstand
drouth and unfavorabie weather CON
litions.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Dead Mans Finger Points to sisnif
cant Passage in Bible.

Trinidad. Colo.-"Had Zimri peace
who slew his MASTER"
With the fore finger of his right
hand pointing directly at this passage
in an open Bible that lay on his
breast, the dead body of man be
Iieved to be J. f. Paddock. was found
on the bed of his room at the Elmwood
hotel by a chambermaid. Paddock
committed suicide some time during
last Sunday night by swallowing a
large quantity of cyanide of potassium.
because his conscience would give him
no rest.
York, where, 1t is understood, he was
well connected and was formerly IN
the laundry business.
He asked the chambermaids not to
modest his room. and it went for days
without being cleaned. A new girl
was put to work this morning on the
floor where the suicides room is To-
Gated, and she forced the door to clean
things up.
Paddock's body lay on the bed with
the open Bible on his breast.
the fore finger of the right hand point
Ing to this passage: Had Zimri peace
who slew his master?"
During his stay in Trinidad Paddocl;
made a confidante of a certain man, to
whom he said that he was terribly
worried over something he had done
years ago. II haven't had moments
peace of mind since that awful night"
Paddock told his friend. land some day
I am going to end it all. The face of
my dead friend is always before me-"
Paddock's statement leads the au-
thorities to believe that at some time
he killed friend, and that he COM
mitted suicide because his conscience
troubled him.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
ALLEGATION. Are seandaIovs.
Nerve in Face Of Death.

Onray. Colo.-One of the most won
1crful exhibitions OF nerve and pres
ence of mind in the face of death re-
corded in the history of western min
ing. occurred at the Camp Bird mine
yesterday afternoon, but the man who
displayed 1t lost his life.
William Peterson. miner. was
working in one of the lower levels.
clearing the track for an oncoming car
directly beneath an open upraise. A
steel pinch bar two feet long was
knocked from stull 1876 feet above.
and fell point down with frightful We
locity.
The bar struck Peterson square In
the hips and all but six inches passed
through his body. The blow knocked
him down, but he Immediately re
gained his feet and pulled the steel
from his body. Then he dropped In a
faint
Peterson was hurried to st. Joseph,s
hospital, where he died at an early
hour this morning. He was one of the
men deported from Telluride during
tine miners strike there several years
ago. "a
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Mexican Earthquake was Predicted.

Washington.-That the great earth.
quake which took place in Mexico
Monday morning and, it is believed,
killed many persons. was forecasted
by the scientists of the American Geo
logical Survey, is the claim put forth
on behalf of the survey. Prof. Charles
w. Hayes, chief geologist. is the man
to whom is given credit here for the
remarkable and accurate prediction of
such disturbance. He fixed the place
and expressed in widely-published in
terview the opinion that the disturb
ances would take place.
Dr. Hayes pointed out Immediately
after the Valparaiso disaster that there
is great fault running through the
earth's crust along the line of the
western backbone of the American con
tinent. He said the California and
Chilean earthquakes We're caused by
the contraction of the crust, causing re-
adjustment along the line of this great
fault"
Between these immense areas of dis
turbance, he pointed out, was the Mexi-
can and Central American section of
the continental backbone. which up to
that time had not been seriously af-
fected. But he pointed out that the re-
adjustment which had relieved the
pressure along the line of fault both
to the north and south of this Mexican
region would inevitably increase the
pressure in the latter region, with the
result that there would be. before
many months. great seismic move
ment there. The earthquake of Mon
day came exactly where he suggested
and In the period which he fixed.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Free Information.

Thousands of families are coming to
Colorado this spring to locate on
farms. Many of them are locating in
the dry land sections OF the state, Of
ten on land on which a furrow has
never been turned.
The methods of handling the soil,
the varieties OF seeds to use. and the
handling of the crops after seeding.
are entirely different from those found
profitable in eastern states. They
should write to the Experiment Sta
ton. Fort Collins. Colorado, for advice
as to the best methods of preparing
the soil. the best crops to plant. carl
cites to use. and best methods Of treat
ing the crops after seeding. This ad
vice will be given gladly and freely.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
But Few Convicted in United States.

Criminal statistics that have re-
Gently been compiled show that the
United States leads the nations of the
world in the number Of homicides per
capita, and that the percentage of con-
victions for murder Is vastly lower
than In any other country.
The average number of murders in
the United States annually during the
past twenty years, from 1885 to 1904.
was G,6s7. In 1896 the murders reached
the high water mark of l0.GG2. and in
1895 there wore 10,500. The percent
age OF conviction was Is, whereas in
Germany the convictions equaled
ninety-five per cent.
The following table will show that in
other countries there is not the reluc-
lance on the part of juries to convict
for murder that there is in the United
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

most wasteful things! When Sam
Hoskins' boy was .workin' up to the
place he seen him an another Teller
frum the city, friend O. his'n. a-play-
in poker one day, an one or t'other Of
EN-. / fergit which twas, lost seven
dollars an so cents, An as to drink
in. while he done most of 1t in the
haouse. he want above takin' glass
at Hoskins' hotel every naow an then.
too!
II rec'lec'. one day. a-settin' on the
stoop at Hoskins' waitin' fur a shaow.
er to blow over. when l was a gittin'
in my hay, an ole Carney drove up in
his buggy. We was all a-talkin' abaout
Freemasons, an as he climbs aout l
SEE to him, SEE ], Be you Freema-
SOM SEE i. No. seq he, L hain't.' SEE
he, but I'm a free thinker SEE he.
an 1 think I'll take a drink. SEE he.
'Ye won't be a free drinker,' SEE Hos
kins, under his breath and winkin' at
me, as he follers him into the ,barroom
to wait on him. an sure enough, he
tole US afterwards, he charged him
reglar city prices. an the ole man
never knew the difference"
by the way, what made the men
leave the place so suddenly asked.
cautiously. thinking to divert the fell
lows gable into more profitable
channels. You know they have all
gone, except the servants that were
brought from the city
wal" said the man with delibera-
ton, Shaping the horses back with
the reins and wriggling uncomfortably
in his seat. they left fur two reasons,
/ guess. In fac. the folks 'baout here
amt over anxious to work up to the
place anyway, though they was allus
willin' to be obligin' an accommodate
ole Carney when they want nuthin'
else fur 'em to do; but naow, it's COM
I'M on haydn time. an s'pose they'd
ruther work at haydn"
The man had turned his back on me
completely and was urging the horse
forward at a rapid gait.
Very generous of them to accom-
modate him when they had nothing
else to do. and then leave his daugh-
ter as they have. just because haying
time is here" l commented. But you
said there were two reasons. What is
the other?"
We rode on in silence for quite a
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Mrs. Eddy Files Answer.

Concord. n. H.-Through her self
appointed trustees. Mrs. Eddy has
answered the charges that she is in
sane and under coercion. made In the
suit brought by members of her fam
lily.
The defendants. Alfred Farlow, Ira
o. Knapp. William ID. Johnson.
Stephen a. Chase. Joseph Armstrong
ana Edward A. Kimball in their an
swer to the bill of complaint deny
that Mrs. Eddy's mental faculties
are so impaired by the infrmities
of age. or otherwise. as to rem
der her incapable of managing
her affairs and protecting her
property against undue influence.
control or fraud of others. or that she
is incapable of taking charge and man
aging the present or any other legal
proceedings. They also deny she Is
in charge and custody of the defend
ants, Frye and Strang. or of any one
else.
Allegations Are ScandaIous.
The defendants say that the allega-
tions in the bill OF complaint are In
large part immaterial. scandalous and
irrelevant and that they ought not to
be called on to make an answer
thereto.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
A Hint on Dry FARMING.

In all probability the time will never
come when the same Yield can be at
tanned from arid farms as from irri-
GATED land, writes John A. Widstoe.
The profit on the investment may be
lnrger. but the acre profit will prob
ably always continue to be smaller
This OF necessity means that TO obtain
the same income the arid farmer must
handle more acres of land. This In
tarn implies more help. The labor
problem is already a serious one. and
will not be improved by the establish
ment and growth OF arid farms. The
arid farmer will. as ii now appears. be
forced to employ steam or other SINH
lar power that will enable few men to
do the work that can otherwise be
done only by many men,
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

"Ye see." he continued. in explana-
ton. ''old Carney wouldn't never give
a cent to anybody that was able to
earn it, an when the parson come to
him an asst him to help the widder, all
he SEE was. Send that big hulk of n
boy up here an I'll give him job an
good pay so'z he kin support his
mother like man. he seq. but
won't give her a damn penny SO long
as he's able to work an earn it. he
seq
But you haven't explained yet why
the men left" persisted. for we were
nearing our destination and my time
was growing short.
I'm a-gittin' to that" he replied.
aye see, Carney was such a mean.
stingy cuss that. what with his drink
in an gamblin' an other vices, the
wilder allus claimed he'd never rest
easy in his grave. When the boy was
killed she carried on like crazy wom-
an. an swore the place would allus be-
ha'nted less the estate did the honest
thing by her an give her enough to
pay her fur the loss of her son. That
night, more fur fun than anything
else. a lot of the fellers that was a.
settin' daown to Hoskins' went up by
the haouse 'raound midnight. but they
didn't see nuthin'. The mex night
that's after you come-they all went
up again. an 1 tell you they all come
back a-fyin'."
What did they see?" asked, with
renewed interest, as sudden idea en-
tered my head.
ITO DE cANTINIrEnA
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
tTo BE coNTINUED.)


Mrs. Eleanor Fletcher Bishop, or
Countess Bishop Nicholas. mother OF
Washington Irving Bishop. who Is
years ago was regarded as a mental
phenomehon and puzzled scientists by
his mind Beading" has been taken to
a poorhause in Montpelier, VT. Mrs.
Bishop was formerly well known
throughout the country and during
the civil war was honored as 'the
Florence Nightingale of America" be-
cause of her solicitude for and at
tendance on the wounded soldiers.
She is the daughter of the late Sir
James Davidson of Liverpool. Eng
land. who was cousin OF Gladstone.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Don, Boy eeeauss It,s cheap.

Never by anything Just because it
is cheapssa says Field and Farm. Many
times dealers are to blame for working
off a cheap farm machine AS the or
binary run of cheap machinery affords
the dealer a larger profit for the SELL
ing than the higher priced article,
some of them handle only the cheaper
kinds, and are always talking and talk
ing to sell such things The best Is
none too good for a farmer. and in the
end II Is the cheapest.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Remarry After Twenty Years.

Omaha, Neb.-Twice divorced, Mrs.
Elizabeth Bransteter has married
the man from whom she was legally
separated twenty years ago. Her first
love was A. J. Young of Havelock. Ne
braska. They had one son, but domes-
tic troubles resulted in divorce two
years after their wedding.
Mrs. Young moved to Wyoming,
when she married Charles f. Branstet
ter OF Cheyenne, in 1898. They went to
Elwood, Nebraska. where she got d.
vorce last February on grounds OF non
support.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Chilean VOLCANO in ERUPTION.

Valparaiso, Chile.-The Puyehue vol
cano, in the province of Valdivi, is in
violent eruption, the phenomenon being
accompanied by awful subterranean
rumblings, earthquakes. inky darkness.
a noisy electrical display. ashes and
boiling water. Torrents of lava have
set fire to the surrounding forests and
the people and cattle are fleeing in
terror
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

Rawlins. Wyo.-Johnson Rose. a bar
keeper at Medicine Bow. is under ar
rest, charged with the murder of Will
liam Feely, a sheep herder. Rose and
Feely had dispute in the saloon when
blows were exchanged. Rose kicked
Feely in the groin. from which he died
at the State Hosrits |.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24
Senator Clark Gets Into Wyoming.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-A special to the
Tribune from Shoshoni says that A.
d. Mcqueen. an authorized agent of
ex-senator Clark of Wyoming. has Of
fered 100000 for the Luman-Win-
Jams copper claims on Copper noun
tain, and 100000 for the Cunningham
group. the acquisition of both of which
would practically control the Copper
mountain district. which is a new and
little developed field in the state. al
though sensational discoveries have
from time to time been reported.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

Records have recently been pub
lished In Savannah showing that cot
ton was raised and manufactured in
the neighborhood of that city as early
as the year 174S is sufficient quantity
as to be the subject OF Official notice.
But Great Britain at that time would
not permit the colonies to manufacture
the cotton, compelling them 20 buy the
manufactured article Of the home
country"
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

Ouray, Colo.-An enormously rich
gold strike is reported to have been
made at Chipita tunnel, in the gold
belt OF the district adjoining the city
limits. The ore was encountered in
an upraise from the tunnel level to ex-
plore a quartzite formation above.
Some OF the ore brought TO town runs
as high as $50 per pound. The prop
erty is owned by the Chipita Tunnel
comDauy
The Lamar register., 1907-04-24

James Edgar Brown says in this
weeks Independent that whereas there
are 129 homicides to each 100000 in
this country, there are only three in
Germany and five in Canada. The ma
tionalities OF the homicides In the
United States are thus divided.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-26
HAD LAUGH ON SAILORS.
cavaIrymep Turned the Tables on
Blue-Clad Hosts.

A Jack tar from one OF Uncle Sans
battleships who was on a recent visit
To Washington related In a conyersa-
ton with a Star reporter an amusing
story OF how several cavalrymen OF
the United States army turned the
tables on himself and several other
sailors, while the battleship was sta
toned at Havana, Cuba.
The sailors, who are up to all kinds
OF tricks. were on shore leave one day,
and invited a number of the cavalry
men to take sail with them. This
struck the fancy OF the army men, but
before the trip was half over every
one of themsha become seasick, much
to the amusement OF the sailors. who
had a good, hearty laugh at their
guests expense. Upon returning to
the shore the soldiers thanked them
for their trip and returned to their
quarters.
A few days later the cavalrymen
1ourneyed out to the battleship and in
vited the sailors who had been so
Kind as to give them a sail to take a
horseback ride about the island. The
sailors consented at once IL devel-
oped that the soldiers had picked out
the Understanding horses at the camp
for the sailors TO ride, and as all know.
the army horses follow the leader as a
drove OF sheep. one big cavalryman
on fine steed at once stuck his spurs
Into his horses sides, and he dashed
off at full speed. The others, on
which were the sailors, followed In a
line. This pace was kept up for about
five miles, at the conclusion OF which
each sailor was either holding on. to
the saddle or had his arms about the
horses neck.
The sailors returned to their ship
In the afternoon. but all were so sore
from their horseback ride that they
could hardly stir from their hammocks
the next day. The cavalrymen came
out to the ship bright and early and
Invited them to take another ride, but
the sailors declined with thanks.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-26
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Roanoke to New York. via Hagers-
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Norfolk. Cafe Dining Car.
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and New York. Sleeper to Philadel-
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Sleeper to Norfolk and Lynchburg
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D. m.
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West and Northwest. Pullman Sleep
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Leave 9:35 a. m. and 1925 p. m.
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Arrive from Norton and points on
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-26
UNFNATERNAL.

The candidate for initiation into the
lnustrious Order OF Whangdoodles
had been tossed In a blanket, subject
ed to haircut with a pair OF sheep
shears, compelled to walk on a gravel
path with his bare feet, and the per-
iormance wound up with his sliding
down an inclined plane and splashing
into tank Of ice water at the foot.
Then he was stood up before a high
dignitary, who thus addressed him:
stranger, you have safely passed
the ordeal Of introduction into this
ancient and honorable order, and we
hall you az a tried and well beloved
brother"
"Brother!" spluttered the shivering
wretch, his voice trembling with In
dignation. Darn yer picture. n you
treat a brother this way I'd like to
know what you'd do to some Teller
you had Il IN for!"-Chicago Tribune.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-26

There is mole Catarrh in this sec
tlon Of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies. and
by constantly falling to cure with To-
cal treatment, pronounced it incura-
bic. Science has proven catarrh to
be a constitutional disease and there
fore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manu-
featured by F. j. Cheney e. Co.. To-
ledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. It is taken in
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blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. They offer one hundred dol
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Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY C CO.. To-
ledO. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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Subject to Attachment.

a Kansas City man recently wrote
TO lawyer in another town of the
state asking for information touching
the standing of a person there who
had owed the Kansas City individual
a considerable sum of money for a
long time.
What property has he that could
attach?" was one of the questions
asked.
The lawyers reply was to the
point.
The person to whom you refer"
he wrote, died year ago. He has
left nothing subject to attachment ex
cept his widow."-Harpers Weekly