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The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

sell at a close margin of profit in Or
der to attract trade in his general line
on which heavy profits are made.
Blank should advertise hardware in
much the same manner the mail-order
man advertises hardware. and he has
this advantage-he can invite the peo-
pie of the community to visit his store
and see the goods for themselves so
they wiz know just what they are buy
ing.
If, instead of expressing meaning
less generalities in a two-inch space.
Blank had used a little more space
and properly displayed an advertise
ment. something like the following he
would have been sure to have at
tracted attention to his store, and in
all probability would have been sur
prised at the drawing power of his ad-
vertising:
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Wyoming Man Also Made His Coffin
and Carved His Own Tombstone.

Lander. Wyo.-Jerome wilkins died
aud was buried few days ago at New
forl;. little town southwest of Lander,
under very peculiar circumstances.
Despite the fact that he was then in
hts usual good health. he predicted
with the utmost confidence last fall
fhat he should die some time in March.
Accordingly he set about making
preparations for his death and his
fuueral. He made pine coffin with
H,s own hands, lining it with cheap
cloth and carving his name on the lid
with jackknife. He ordered tomb
stone for his own grave and wrote out
the inscription to be chiseled on it.
He made out list of the men whom
he wished to serve as palibearers at
his funeral And finally the first OF
March he took a pick and spade and
vent out and dug :he grave H. witch
,n;s own body was to be buried
I'hen he went home and calmly wait
Cd Tor the end. Within Few days he
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

care for folding" crate. The num-
Der of parts and the cost of manu-
featuring are increased, and one Is
likely to find himself unwittingly in
ringing on some ones patent" Be
sides, the folding feature is of no
great advantage to the busy man, who
has use for the crates nearly the
whole year round. A style of crates
that anyone can build. and which may
be stored away. three crates in the
space of two, ought to be good enough
for the most exacting. We are using
such crates at the experiment station,
and they give excellent service and
satisfaction. They hold a full. round
cd bushel, level full and permit of
n cover being nailed on. or of being
racked up, one upon another. without
crushing or bruislng the contents.
The cubic contents Of such crates, di-
mansions for making which are given
below. are about 200 cubic inches.
while 2.6SS cubic inches constitute a
legal or U. S. rounded bushel.
The crates are made entirely of
light strips of wood-no solid ends,
sides or bottoms being used. Mate
rial, exact measure: Uprights or cor
ner posts-length, 12ia inches; width
2 inches; thickness, u inch. Ends,
1917 inches by 2 by y inch Sides
and bottom, 16B inches by by Is
inch.
This makes a crate 1873 inches
long, 1879 inches wide and 127s inches
high. outside measure and the pieces
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
A MASTODON ON ICE.

is to be taken out of cold storage
shortly after the robins nest again. is
a mastodon, which was discovered in
cased in ice in the Cleary creek region
of Alaska late last summer. The prop
osition is to induce this monster to
yield up its hide. hair and bones for
exhibition at the Alaska Yukon-Pacific
exposition. to be held at Seattle.
Wash year after next.
The flesh will be eaten, as II is not
considered practicable to preserve it
with embaiming fluid by the process
practiced during the late unpleasant
ness with Spain in the case of roast
beef prepared for the fighting men.
Skeletons of the mastodon have been
reconstructed from scattered bones
and exhibited at former fairs. but no
exposition has had the big beast just
as he looked when alive.
The Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition
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Worshiped as Deities.

Snakes. the objects of terror to
most Europeans in eastern lands. are
worshiped in most parts of India. In
some districts there are from $4,000
to 10000 shrines dedicated exclusive.
iy to the worship of snakes. These
shrines, which are invariably in honor
of one of the minor divinities of the
country, possess, in some instances.
Valuable properties for their mainten-
ance and for the cost of the numerous
ceremonies which their keepers have
TO perform. In these shrines the Hin.
aus set up fantastic idols of serpents.
The devotees of this strange religion
make periodical offerings Of dough
and milk and cooked rice to the SER
penis living in the shrine, in order to
receive their favor.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

will be held primarily for the exploita
tion OF Alaska.
Late last summer, while President
]. L. Chilberg of the exposition was at
Nome word was brought in that COM
plete specimen of a mammoth incased
in ice had been discovered by w. T..
Thomas on Cleary creek.
Mr.. Chilberg investigated, and learn
ed that the specimen was practically
perfect, the flesh and hide being intact
except in one small place. which l. e
melting ice had exposed, where son e
animal had eaten away portion OF
the flesh.
Aside from the small hole in it's
back, the animal was in excellent
shape. 1t is probably the finest ex-
ample of the preservative powers OF
cold storage extant, for the animal got
caught long before people knew even
how to keep ice during the summer
months.
President Chilberg learned also that
the mastodon could be removed from
the ice, preserved and shipped to Sc
attic at comparatively small cost.
1t was too late then to send a crew
of men to preserve the specimen but
there was present the consolation that
the approaching cold weather would
freeze 1t solidly and no harm could
come to It until next summer.
Ia-ly next season Prof. Trevor Kin.
caid tie BIOLOGIST of the University OF
Wsshin.trn. will be sent into the in
particle of the creature possible Inc
job of preserving the monster VIII be
a big one for some taxidermist.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

tail the -oods he has to sell. and
quotes the price he asks for it will
attract the favorable attention of the
n,.blic far more often than the one
WHO deals only in generalities. 1t is
this kind of advertising that pays. 1t
ia this kind of advertising that is at
tracing the dollars from the smaller
cities and towns and farms to the mail
order houses of the city. 1t is this
kind of advertising that drew $780,
900. 900 into the Golfers of the Chicago
mail-order houses alone last year, and
1t is this kind of advertising on the
mart of the local merchants that the
mail.order houses fear more than any
other one thing.
But. Mr.. Merchant, whether your
line be hardware, dry goods. groceries.
clothing or other commodities. 1t Is
well to go further than your newspa
pcr advertising. though tais is the
foundation of success. Go TO the local
nrinter and have him make you little
catalogues of your own. They do not
need to be large affairs. but small
folders of four, eight or 16 pages. Put
into these folders the descriptions and
prices of the goods you are carrying.
or leaders in the line. Be sure that
the prices quoted are right. then put
one of these into the hands of every
customer; keep them circulating
throughout the community, and make
a practice of getting out a new one
every few weeks.
You. Mr.. Merchant, can make adver-
Using pay larger returns than tie
mail-order man secures; you can make
it the mainstay of your business. and
you can make it the means of killing
the mail-order competition in your
community. And when you do this
do not begrudge the publisher the
reasonable price he asks you for ade-
quate space in his columns. He VIII
give you better value than any other
commodity You can buy.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
GOOD GARDEN TOOLS.
Skill Rather Than Strength Needed in
Their Handling.

The gardeners work depends more
upon skill than upon strength. The
grub hoe, the pick and the breaking
up pillow for new land need to be
strong, but in the garden a light
tool in good condition will make the
work easie- and accomplish more
than the heavy tool. Keep the hoes
sharp and the teeth OF the cultivator
and horse hoe down to cutting
edge, and good points on the plows.
and keep everything clean and
bright. so that dirt will not adhere
TO them TO double their weight and
lessen their efficiency. The light tool
may not last as long as the heavy
one. and if It seems to be using up
the hoe very fast to grind it every
day, at least 1t is better to wear out
several hoes than one man or boy.
Many a boy has become disguised
with farm work and with the farm
itself, simply because he was given
WORKOUT tools to work with, which
had been condemned as unfit for a
good workman TO use. Put such tools,
says the Northwestern Agriculturist.
into the junk heap, or lay them
away to be used only in cases of ex-
IRENE emergency, and give the boys
good tools and teach them how to
use them and take care of them. and
even If they do spoil them by not
knowing how to use them, IL will be
better than spelling the boys. We re-
member when our father bought us
new hoe, small and slight. suitable
for boy. and in showing us how to
use if he found il worked so well and
easily that il was not long before
he had a new one himself
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
PUT PONIES ON SNOW SHOES.
Novel Experiment on Mountain Trail
Complete Success.

Granite. Ore.-To Elmer Thornburg
and ]. w. Tabor of this place proba-
bly belongs the distinction of being
the first parties to travel over the
deem SHOWS of the Blue mountains
with horses equipped with snowshoes.
Their first venture in this way of trav-
cling was so successful that hereafter
for such trips they will use horses in
stead of carrying heavy packs on
their backs.
The trip was to the Ben Harrison
mine. about 10 miles from this place.
in the Greenhorn mountains. The road
for six or seven miles this side of the
mine is buried under several feet or
snow. Packing mine supplies and pro
visions over this snow on snowshoes
is difficult proposition, and 1t was
to avoid this that the experiment was
made with horses on shoes Inc
horses used were two black ponies
owned by Grant Thornburg. They
weigh between coo and 700 pounds.
The snowshoes were made of boards.
- inches square. one of these being
FIRMLY elamped to each foot OF the
ponies.
Thus dtted. the ponies were able to
walk over the snow eight feet deep
with uerfect ease. They were hitched
to beef hide, in which had been
sewed 500 pounds of mine supplies
and provisions. and this was dragged
Dc hind the team.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

To get rid of Objectionable trees
or shrubs that persistently come up
in the fence corners and out-of-the-
way places. says n. A. Horticultur-
list. cut them on close to the ground
just after the leaves have expanded
in the spring. This is the best time
of the year TO do it. The stock of
sap which has been stored up in the
roots during the winter has been
nearly exhausted, and the new
leaves have not begun to make more.
Hence. cutting off at that time is
practically a death blow. If a few
shoots should appear they will only
be weak. and If cut off when small
the work is done. Try this for the
poison ivy and other nuisances.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
Digs His DUN Graue; Dies.

was stricken with pneumonia con-
tracted, his physician said, when he
was digging his own grave, and within
SO hours he was dead
Il had premonition last fall, he
said Just before he died. that should
die in March and | have not doubted
since then that | should go to my rest
before this month was out. | do not
fear death. On the other hand. l well
come it. am getting on in years and
If should live | should soon be bur
den to myself and the world. 1t is bet
ter that should go now"
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
INVENTION TO PURIFY MILK.
London Man Pumps in Carbonic Acid
Gas and it Keeps 20 Weeks.

London.-A solution of the problem
of preserving milk fresh for an indefi-
mite period seems to have been found
by one Randolph Hemming. The
mortality among babies in London av-
erages 60 per cent. owing principally
to impure milk.
The invention of Hemming consists
in the forced Introduction into
every bottle of milk Of certain guam
tity of carbonic acid gas by means of
special machine.
Already the board of health has
made tests of milk so preserved for
over 20 weeks, and 1t was found to
be just as fresh as when taken from
the COW.
In order to feed the infant, it is
only necessary to open the bottle and
let the carbonic acid gas evaporate.
which requires only few minutes.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
~1c-ss---1f~se--s!3S s.N-'-flN-ea--
% PiTTseuaeERs square"
Chamber OF Commerce Starts Hunt
Because City Is Called Sodom.

Pittsburg. Pa.-Every prominent and
wealthy man In Pittsburg is going
around with n worried look. Fear that
HIS name will not appear in the list Of
the righteous" selected by the Pitts
burg chamber of commerce for its viz
tue banquet is the cause.
Some time ago newspaper in lit
tie town in Iowa declared in an edi-
torial that If Pittsburg had been In ex-
lstence in the days of Seldom and
Comorrah. the city would have been
destroyed long before those ancient
cities. The paper went on to quote
from the eighteenth chapter OF the
book of Genesis. twenty sixth verse.
which says:
And the Lord said. If | find in
Sodom SO righteous within the city,
then will spare all the place for their
sake"
The paper went on to tell how Abra-
ham was unable to find the so right
oous.
The Iowa paper remarked that Pitts
burg could not produce even half
dozen men who would pass muster.
This statement "riled'' the chamber
of commerce. They had an indigna-
ton meeting at which it was decided
they would show the world. at their
annual banquet. just how long the city
IL on righteous men. The banquet
committee was authorized TO select
the list. They have been working on
II ever since. They announce they
have found 2S men who Will pass mus
ter.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
PROTECTION OF CHILD LIFE.
Congress for This Purpose to Be Held
in Brussels Next Fall.

Washington.-The department of
state has received from the Belgian
minister announcement of the second
international congress of EQUITIES de
lait'' tprotection of child life). which
will be held at Brussels from Sept IL
to l6. 1907.
cordance with resolutions passed at
the general meeting of the first con
gress of EQUITIES de lait' at Paris in
1905. There will be two sections. The
first will be concerned with philan-
thropic and social questions. the sec
ond with the scientific problems of in
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

dressed with intentional dsrespect by
any person in my employ says Jose
phine Daskam Bacon in the American
Magazine.
Il have never been left n day with.
out my regular staff of employees,
which sas varied from one to five
chat IL to say, that | have never
been Ian suddenly or without suhh.
cient notice to supply the vacancy.
Il have never had satisfactory
worker leave me except for what
considered a good reason lin the ma.
jority of cases an advantageous mar.
riage).
Il have never lost an unsatisfactory
one except by my own dismissal
have never to my knowledge, or even
suspicion. suffered the loss of a pen.
ny's worth by theft, and my record
for breakage is such that it produces
utter incredulity.
I'm three cases out of four / have
had services willingly and frequently
offered me along lines where it was
not expected or requested. have
had extra money offered by me to off
set extra work occasioned by sickness
refused on the ground that at such
times all the household expected to
share the trouble
And as a climax | am able to state
that once. at least, on my offering a
raise in wages to express my appreci-
alton of competent and devoted serv-
ice was met with the astounding sug-
gestion that as my expenses were
heavy at the time and likely to in.
crease had better not consider it. "
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
co
co TO
BL A N ks
FOR
Hardware, Stoves and
TIM ware
BEST GOODS
LOWEST PRICES

The mail-order mans advertising is
different. 1t is specific. and while the
glowing descriptions given are often
misleading-a thing which Blanks adj
vertising should never be-they at
tract the attention of the reader and
possible purchaser because they tell
about some one thing that he may pos
sibly want.
The mai-order man makes a run
On few things which he is willing to
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

The dry fruit mummies hanging to
The trees. especially the plums, have in
them the seeds of future trouble for
you. They are full of the germs OF
funSous diseases. For dime a boy
may be hired to pick and destroy what
would otherwise cost you ten-dollar
l.. ! later
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
Only One NoxeItu Left

Mrs. Flora Annie Steel, the author.
was asked recently by an American
friend Tor some information about her
sell. Mrs. Steele replied: 81 have
been married, have borne children,
nae Two grandsons. I have. there
fore, lived through the life allotted 70
woman. and the only novelty befc-s
me is death"
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

Get the peas in early. They ger
inmate at low temperature and a
late frost will not hurt them. The
sweet peas in the power garden are no
exception to the rule. If the seed is
sown as soon as the soil Is dry, you
will be able to pick bouquets week
Or two before your neighbors.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
PREHISTORIC MONSTER. PRE-
SERVED INTACT. FOUND.
VIII &c Taken from Resting Place in
Alaska to Yukon Exposition at
Seattle-Big Beast to Look
as u Alive.

Seattle. Wash.-When warm wealth
or comes again n party of men with
well-developed domes of thought is 60
ing to take out OF cold storage the
largest and the Oldest piece OF meat
ever preserved in this manner. They
will lie strengthened for their work by
rolsts from this wonderful bit of cold
storage preservation. and will bring
back to civilization enough TO prove
the almost unbelievable stories they
will tell.
The particular piece Of meat, which
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

Berlin.-The science of the photog-
raphy of the breath was explained at
the annual melting of the Roentgen
ray conference. Cinematosraphic pic
lures of the breathing of sick and
healthy persons were thrown upon a
screen. The inventor of the method
is DIR. Kohler, Wiesbaden. 1t is eN.
Eectcd that the discovery Will rlay an
important part in the diagnosis of tu-
berculosis and other respiratory dis
eases.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

A potato plant cannot produce big
tubers and many of them unless it
has large expanse of leaf. 1t is by
the leaf that it catches the carbon
from the air, which it stores up h
the .ubers in the form of starch.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
A GOOD eusHEL CRATE.
F. n. eaIIou of Ohio Experiment Sta
ton Tells Their Good Points.

The desirable features of crate for
holding or storing potatoes, apples or
other produce are lightness. strength,
coinpactness and convenience in hand
ling. II these points be combined in
style or form of package that will
enable us to store them away eco
nouically when empty-in the least
possible space-we have pretty nearly
tho ideal crate. Personally l do not
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
PEAR BLIGHT.
The Orchard Treatment for CONTROL
ing and Graduating Disease.

Pear blight is not confined to any
one section, but is common TO practi-
cally all parts of the country. 1t is
especially serious in the south. 1t has
been claimed that the Leconte pear
was exempt from this disease. but this
statement has been proven false.
There are no less than five kinds OF
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

FAINT hygiene. The congress will con-
sist of Belgian and foreign members
who have subscribed beforehand the
sum of 20 francs ts3.96, Any institu-
ton for the protection of child life
may be represented by a delegate in
whose name tho subscription should
be paid.
An exhibition of infant hygiene will
be organized and opened during the
congress.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

Il is ten p. m. They are seated in
the parlor. NO" she says. bowling
hee head: PA says | am too young
40 become engaged" 1t is just 1870
-. M. They are still seated in the
parior. Suddenly. from somewhere
upstairs. gruff voice shouts. Hen
r,etta. II that fellow waits little
longer you'll be old enough TO accept
his oposal!"-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

But why do you call your dog
Thirteen"
Don't you see he's lame?"
Yes; but what has that to do with
it,"
why, he puts down three and car
ries one doesn't he?"
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17
NO THoRNS IN HER PATH.
josephine Daskam Writes in Tribute
of the Golden Rule.

Il believe myself to be notably for
tunate in my relations with my do
nestle employees. During period OF
eight years, in which l have employed
household labor in four widely differ
EFT places, have never once been ad.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

Sin Las many tools, but lie is tie
handle which fits them all.--o. w.
r. mes.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-17

The prices given here are of course
mere fiction. but the prices Blank
should quote in his advertisement
should show thu public that he is
giving bargains: they should be prices
that would compare favorably with the
prices of the mai'-order catalogues,
and he should i'm .ess it upon the
public that he not .nly shows them
what they are buying before they pay
for it, but that the purchaser has no
freight to pay. and does not have to
wait an interminable time for the
goods he buys, as when O. iering &c
the mail order houses.
it is specific advertising this. draws
The advertiser who describes in de-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-09
NAY HAVE A TRAINING
STATION AT JAMESTOWN
Naval Bureau of Navigation Recon-.
mended Taking Exposition Grounds
over for That Purpose.
lnv Assncintnl p.n.al

n
WASHINGTON. Noy. S-Rcar Ad-
moral l'rownson and Commander vii.
son OF the bureau of navigation of
the Navy Department. returned firm
Hampton Roads today. where they
inspected the naval training station
at berkeley. Va. They were agree
ably surprised by the extent of the
work being done there. but feel that
the government should provide per
manoBt buildings ut the station. There
are now at Ilerkcly about 1000 men.
and most of them are quartercd in
;ents and small wooden buildings. In
view of the uncertainty OF securing
a large appropriation from Congress,
such rs was made for tie naval train.
ing station on the Great Lakes. II has
been suggested that the government
take over the permanent buildings
on the jamestown Exposition grounds
for this purpose.
The Navy Department. will work
out n plan and II these buildings can
Ike secured nj a reasonable figure will
ask that they be purchased An csti
mate will then be made for an ap-
preparation TO put the buildings in
order and transfer the station from
the present site at Bcrkcly. which ~
not regarded az n suitable one for
enlargement.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-09
VITA THE pARAeRAPHgRs.

a French inventor. believing that II
career of practical usefulness Is stlll
open TO the sundial. proposes; way
to make that device strike the hours
and quarters. The plan itself looks
feasible. for he would turn to account
the well known property of selenium
which readily transmits an electric
current under the influence OF light.
AS he does not explain how he would
secure sunshine on cloudy day,
however. no does not threaten TO
drive tower clocks out of busness.--
New York Tribune.
The chain of friendship is no
stronger than It's weakest link, ana
that is often broken when a mans
leg is pulled too frequently Wash.
ington Post
New York, the metropolis. takes
IN every improvement after the rest
OF the country has tried It out. II
has just got around to sprinkling the
park drives with kerosene Buffalo
Express.
What to do in the present opportu
nity-buy stocks or automobiles
That is tho question. st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
AZ we understand Captain Ainund
sen. he thinks the Pole will hardl,
be found by the hot-air routc.--Wash
inston Times.
Don't he too hard on Wall street
lii has taken the gold cure.-Nev
York Commercial.
a jag has his own way of keepinl
tight money In circulation. -clevelan
Leader
Tho banking situation continue
, sound. but not noisy Chicago Ever
ing Post.
Money talks through woman
hat.--Charlcston News and Courier.