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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
scALY ERUPTION ON BODY.
fered 10 Years Completely
Cured by Cuticura.

when l was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each of my
lower limbs. ! scratched them with a
brass pin and shortly afterwards both
of those limbs became so sore that
could scarcely walk. When | had
been suffering for about month
the sores began to heal, but small
scaly eruptions appeared where the
sores had been. From that time on
ward l was troubled Iy such severe
itching that, until / became accus-
toned to it, / would scratch the sores
until the blood began to flow. This
would stop the itching for few
days, but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accom-
pany them. After | suffered about
ten years l made renewed effort to
effect a cure. The eruptions by this
time had appeared on every part of
my body except my face and hands.
The best doctors in my native coun-
ty advised me to use arsenic in small
doses and salve. | then used to
battle the sores in mixture which
gave almost intolerable pain. In ad-
dition / used other remedies, such
as iodine. sulphur. zinc salve, IS
Salve, - Ointment, and in fact l
was continually giving some remedy
a fair trial, never using less than
one or two boxes or bottles. All
this was fruitless. Finally my hair
began to fall out and l was rapidly
becoming bald. l used IS -,
but it did no good. A few months
after, having used almost everything
else, l thought l would try Cuticura
Ointment, having previously used
Cuticura Soap and being pleased with
it. After using three boxes l was
completely cured, and my hair was
restored, after fourteen years of suf-
fering and an expenditure of at least
$50 or $50 in vainly endeavoring to
find cure. l shall be glad to write
to any one who may be interested in
my cure. b. Hiram Mattingly, Yer
million, S. OAK, Aug Is, 1906"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
Destructive Yellow River.

Thousands of men work all their
lives at securing the banks of the
great Yellow river in China. Yet
every now and then the tide sweeps
away all opposition and the loss in
human life is greater than any war
ever caused. Nineteen years ago the
river burst its bonds. Day after day
the torrent flowed. 20 miles to the
hour, 30 miles wide and ten feet deep.
The flood has been described as that
of FIVE Danubes pouring from height
for two months on end. For 1000
years the Chinese have been embank-
Ing this river.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Henry Arthur Jones, the noted Eng
fish playwright, was giving the stu
dents of Yale an address on the
drama.
Your American vernacular is pic
turesque," he said, land it should help
your playwrights to build strong. racy
plays. But neither varnacular nor any
thing else is of moment If persever-
ance is lacking.
NO playwright can succeed who is
like man l know.
Il said to this man, one New Years
day:
do you keep diary, Philip
Eyes. he answered. I've kept one
for the first two weeks in January for
the last seven years."
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
Practical Joker Dead.

Goldfield. Nev.-Isaac T. Davis.
known as Tom Davis, died Friday of
paralysis. His home was in Manitou.
Colorado, where his body will be
shipped. Years ago grave could be
seen from the Cog road on Pixies Peak.
above which was a rough cross say
ing that the body of Norah O'keefe
laid there, the child having been de-
voured by mountain rats. Tourists
bought photos of this grave by the
thousands. AS a matter of fact, the
grave contained the body of a one-day-
old burro belonging to Davis. he and
Sergeant O'Keefe. then in charge Of
the weather station on the summit,
framed up the joke. which for years
was not understood. Davis had the
contract for furnishing supplies to the
weather station. His father was the
first mayor of Manitou.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
Enqineers, Wages Increased.

Chicago.-After daily negotiations
which have lasted several weeks, west
ern railroads Saturday decided to give
locomotive engineers increased wages
aggregating between $5,000,000 and
Sc, 900 900 annually The increase will
affect between 1860 and 10000 engi-
neers on all roads west of Chicago to
the Pacific coast, north to the Cana
dian border and south to the Gulf of
Mexico The negotiations were car
ried on between a committee headed
by Chief w. s. Stone of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and
another of the general managers.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
Steamer Ponce Reaches Port.

Hamilton, misunderstanding been
seven days adrift with a broken shaft,
the steamship Ponce was on Frida!
towed into this port by the Elizabeth
Rickmers, a German steamship, which
was on her way from Philadelphia for
Nagasaki, Japan. Despite the fact that
the vessel had been adrift for SO long
a time, all on board the Ponce were
well, and it appears that there were
plenty,of provisions on board and that
the passengers had been well cared for.
The breaking of the shaft took place
in a terrific gale only about three
hundred miles from New York Deem
Der 31st.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If tine right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, 1t is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch. rs 1t can be applied
much more thinly because of its great.
err strength than other makes.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
Capt J. w. Hogun,
ter of Indianola, now

The constant flow of urine kept my
system depleted, causing nervous
chills and night sweats. After trying
seven different climates and using all
kinds of medicine had the good for
tune to hear of Doan's Kidney Pills.
This remedy has cured me. | am as
well to-day as l was twenty years ago,
and my eyesight is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

II you have a friend who thinks he
knows it all ask him to explain the
difference between an Alexandrine
and a woman of Alexandria; masher
and a mashie; adenoids and aneroids;
six of one and half dozen of the
other: neoplatonism and platonic
friendship; macaronic, macaroni. and
Marconi; referendum and referee;
irreligion and birreligion; the jungle
and Port Sunlight; Arminians and
Armenians; carpet knight and rug
headed kern.-Chicago Tribune.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

The longest distance ever com.
passed by human vision is 1873 miles,
being the distance between the I'm
comparghe- park. In Colorado and
Mount Ellen. in Utah. This feat was
accomplished by the surveyors of the
United States coast and geodetic sur
vey, who were engaged. in conjunc-
ton with representatives of other ma
tions, in making A new measurement
of the earth
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

A life convict in the Andamans had
served some long period when an or
der recently came for his release. All
the time he had been in the band. and
had evidently so far forgotten that he
was a prisoner that on his release he
put in a claim for a pension on ac-
count of his long and faithful service
as government servant.-Madras
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians the damage they
will do Is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from thom. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney Co, Toledo o.. contains
curry and IL taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine 1t Is taken internally and made in Toledo
Ohio. ty F. j Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 15c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

With a smooth IRON and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure TO
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Workingmen engaged in diverting
a roadway at Welwyn, Herts. Wales.
unearthed seven Roman urns in
good state of preservation, Roman
spur, two drinking bowls six inches
high one smaller cup. bowl, some
bronze plate, an iron standard and
small urn six inches high.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
Officials Reappointed.

Washington. = President Roosevelt
has sent to the Senate for reappoint-
ment the names of Dewitt C. Bailey
for United States marshal, district of
Colorado, and of Samuel A. Abbey.
register, and John ]. Lambert, re-
ceiver the United States Land Office
at Pueblo.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

A mans good Judgment usually
shows up the day after.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16
LYDIA E. PINkHAM

No world wide
spread ne
of female illnesses
nh
floating Nervous Prostitution Headache General Debility qny yield oi
obee
arrangement of
this
who hundred
times
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

II you are a gay old dog you have
no right to whine.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

RS a wise Satan who keeps his
beard away from the candles.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Economy is the road to wealth PUT.
NAM FADELESS DYE is the road to
economy. Toe per package.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Mrs. wInsIow's soothing syrup.
For chidrep .eetniny sofien- the gums, reduces in
ualninaI.os LAYS pen. CURES wind colo. bottle
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

The last person to forget kindness
is the one who does it.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

pAZU OINTMENT is guaranteed to cnre any cas-
81 Itching. Blind. Bleeding Or Pr,.truding Piles II
To IA days money refnnded- 3oc
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Examine carefully every bottle of CAsToR1A.
a rafc and sure remedy for Infants and children,
and see that It
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Many a man smacks of freshness.
but freshness gets no smacks.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

TO CURE A COLD N ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drug
gis refund money II IL falls to cure. K. w
GROVES signature is on each box. Csc.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Uneasy lies the head that wears a
rown.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-16

Some people believe everything they
hear, and take the rest for granted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

stomach. One caught the old mans gray
queue, whipped It around his neck and
twisted it into slip knot. Then he pulled
it taut, tauter, tauter still-until Chung Wo
choked and his face fell forward on his
breast.
Now knowest thou Of whom we speak
and where she may be found?"
The faintest bobbing Of the sunken head
answered them. The moose was loosened
until the fat president could catch his
breath in quick gasps.
Have mercy, o strong-hearted Ones" he
gurgled through his returning breath.
She sleepeth in Sullivan's alley, where the
houses are high and there are no doors
and the white pigs lose their way in the
burrows of the rats. Spare my miserable
bones. We scourges OF the gods, and l will
take ye to her."
They drove in the close narrow mouth of
Sullivan alley. into which 90 many count
less crimes have poured dark and bloody
secrets. Strolling as nonchallantly as though
on q mission Of pleasure, the party went
half the length OF the alley. slipped into
a cellar and threaded maize OF foul
smelling passages underneath the ground.
They emerged into gloomy, crumbling,
old building, it's hallway lighted by a
Pickering tin lamp. A grim-visaged heather
eyed them susplciously from a shadowy
doorway.
give him the proper signal or-thou
knowest the price," one Of the coolies whis-
pered In Chung Wo's ear.
He murmured a word and the heather
faded away.
Up one flight Of stairs and down another,
through corridors and winding passages
where the sun never cleaned, the old man
led them. There were no lights to guide
them, and secret doors. traps and blind
halls were passed through or evaded only
by the old mans keen sense of direction
All. gladly would he have played them false
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
w. B. MOSES & SONS, Inc, Street, Corner 18th.
had he dared But these were, indeed, des-

had he dared. But these were, indeed, des-
perate men.
At length he paused. "She is beyond this
door," he said, land the key Is In this
pocket"
A coolie took the big brass key from
Chung Wos trousers, fitted 1t into the lock
by the flare of match and flung open the
door.
The room was dark and there was no
sound. They lighted more matches and
saw Loo Puck lying on the mats-asleep.
There were teardrops still wetting her
lashes. The man who had held his knife
against the old mans spine now withdrew
his weapon, and went over to the little girl
He laid gentle hand on her hair and she
awakened instantly. covering as If in fear.
LOO Puck, little one!' he said softly.
and by the f1aring Of a fresh match she saw
him:
"Oh, Lucy Chen! Lucy Chem she cried,
and flung her arms about him. Take me to
Nah Neng; 1 want my little mother!'
Hush, little red rose," her young cousin
answered tenderly. Thou art safe now and
soon Nah Neng shall hide thy head in her
BOSOM
He released himself from the girls arms
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they have an hundred thousand sonsi-helI
us entomb our father under the sacred
peach tree.''
The second cooie looking much like the
| first. entered and fell on his knees beside
his brother. His prayers were not less fer.
vent.
Chung Wo sat considering the matter.
There came upon his chain of rnedita.
lions the subdued sounds of a scuffie in the
antechamber. They ceased quickly, and
third coolie appeared beneath the baize
curtain.
Chung Wo instantly suspicious. sprang
to his feet ''Who let thee in, scum?''
He strobe toward the door. The sharp
point of a knife pricked into his throat and
he stopped
Zone whisper, and thou shalt rot beside
thy fathers!'' breathed the coolie that had
entered first, pressing the knife point In
till drop of blood trickled down the blade
Chung Wo's yellow face turned a mot
tied brown and white; he shivered and his
hands dropped helplessly at his Sides
Another coolie drew a silKen girdle from
under his blouse, and, with the help of the
third, knotted the great mans hands to his
hips
Come with u.s. and hold thy breath
lest thou sicken suddenly" the knife WELD
err whispered switching his weapon Into the
small of Chung's back.
They passed through the anteroom, where
two more coolies were trying to stuff the
bound and gagged secretary into a closet
three sizes too small for him. These left
him, and the party slipped down the stairs
on padded soles. In the street a carriage
with curtains drawn and the door OPEN
ed awaited them. Chung We was thrust
in and three of his captors climbed in with
him, while the others mounted the box.
Now" said the man with the knife, as
the carriage rolled noisily over the paving
stones, where hast thou hidden Loo Puck
Speak quickly and see that thou speak no
lies, lest we carve thy body into fish bait"
Chung Wo was stubborn and crafty. He
knew they would not take his life until he
could gain little time the hatchetmen
would discover the secretary and come to
his rescue.
81 know not Of whom We speak nor where
any Loo Puck may be- he said.
The coolies flung themselves upon him
and pinned their knees into his pudgy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

that guarded the tiny window. The four
panes, each no wider than hands breadth,
were grimy with dirt, the Accommodations of
years. All the windows that spotted the
square court like flyspecks on kaolin walls,
were similar; here and there a little painted
face peered out through the iron bars, smil-
ing sometimes, sad, wistful smile.
But this window was high up; face
pressed against it could not be seen from
the yard below.
The room itself was not so bad, save that
its finery was frayed and soiled with the
musty odor of aging NTH.
In one corner there was low couch COW
cred with mats. On the mats lay little
girl. She was weeping softly, her head
buried in her arms.
The heavy door swung back on its hinges
without warning creak, and man came
into the room-a fat old man with mirthful
features, an upper lip like the foreshortened
snout of tapir, eyes that glstened like
polished shoe buttons and huge creases I'M
der his chin. He wore breeches of green
satin, tightly bound at the ankles, blouse
of wine-colored silk and an iron-gray
queue swung from below his conical cap
with it's red button, signifying his rank as
mandarin.
Art still playing the storm-cloud and
splashing us with rain, little golden fairy?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27
Anti-Su eide rureau
Needed in Vienna
Special Correspondence of The Star.

opecial correspondence OF Inc Star.
VIENNA, January Il, 1907
TN THIS seemingly gayest of cities an
anti-suicide bureau, on the American
plan, such as has been established in
London, is badly needed. The years record
of self-murders shows that Vienna still re-
tains her bad pre-eminence among Euro
pean capitals in respect to the percentage
of her population who voluntarily cut short
their lives.
The figures for 1906, just published, show
that 425 persons committed suicide while
another 707 tried to do it. but failed. The
figures reveal some curious anomalies
which must sorely puzzle psychologists.
More suicides take place in summer than in
winter. In the month of May, when all
nature was proclaiming the joy of living
forty-eight people decided that death was
preferable, and terminated their existence
In drear November when the birds had
mournfully through the leafiess trees, only
twenty eight persons yielded to the convic-
ton that life was not worth living.
The motives assigned for suicide also dis
close some perplexing problems. For in
stance, only thirty-one persons committed
suicide because of poverty, while two more
shuffled of this mortal coil because life had
dealt too generously with them and they
had become satiated with it. Sickness was
the motive alleged in 100 cases, while love
affairs gone wrong drove sixty-three to dis
twenty-three to flee to the other world,
where there is neither marriage nor giving
in marriage.
The oldest victim was a man Of eighty
seven; the youngest a girl of eight What
dire tragedy of childhood caused her to
take the leap in the dark does not appear;
but the bare mention of the fact awakes a
feeling of infinite pity. Poor little mite!
May her soul rest in peace.
The men greatly outnumbered the wom-
en-. There were 313 men who took their own
lives in the last twelve months, and OF
women 113-little more than third as
many. In the methods chosen for making
their exits men showed a much greater par
TALLY for bullets than did women. only
twelve of the latter shot themselves, while
11S men chose that way of Kidding them
selves OF the burden of life. Despairing
womanhood displayed the greater prefer
ence for poison. Thirty-two women and
nineteen men swallowed fatal draughts
Twenty-eight women and ten men selected
the most CHASTITY form of suicide-throwing
themselves from top-story windows
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SELF None but his secretary guarded the
antechember. but. in the secret gathering
nall, where the blood-clan met in its grisly
councils, score Of Ratchet wielders played
fan-tan within sound Of his voice.
Inc secretary pushed aside the green
baize curtain and stood in the presence OF
the mighty one He kowtowed twice. touch.
ing his head to the floor.
Exalted greatness" he said, "a dog of
q coolie stands without the door, he Graves
to infect the air thou brea ..lest with his
diseased bones"
Chung Wo frowned
What doth he wantr'
He hath q complaint. graciousness."
We'll. let him enter. ! will feed his eve
balls to the ravens II he hath not SUFFICIENT
cause"
The coolie entered. young man in faded
overalls, clogs and q jumper that smelied
Of fish and sea water. Three times he kow-
towed before the great one of earth.
What wilt thou. base-bornr'
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and walked calmly over to Chung Wo.
SEEKING the old man roughly by the queue.
he dragged him to the window. Here he
once more whipped the queue into slip
knot around the old mans neck-and tied
Its tassel to one Of the iron bars.
Now yell. thou devil. and pull on thy
halter till the breath Ia ohoked out Of thy
body, II thou choose. See II the beggars
In the street will hear thy cries and give
thee help. Here shalt thou stay until some
of thine own bloodhounds track thee to this
hole"
He picked Loo Puck up in his arms and
the Brotherhood Of Six passed out.
Sitting with Loo Puck on the rice mats
while Nah Neng, the little mother puttered
about cackling like q joyous hen. Lucy
Chen placed In the girls hands a tiny pair
OF golden-threaded sandals. She laughed
like and pleased child and held up to his
lips a porcelain bowl filled with rice wine.
He slipped it solemnly, and thus were they
betrothed.
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he said. noting the girls tears. Come.
come Miss Bright Eyes. It is high time for
the sun to shine. Lift up thy face and let
me see thy smiles"
The trembling figure in the girlish tunic Of
blue made no answer.
"Ah, listen now, fragrant little jasmine
flower. Hear the words of one who hast
much love for thee. and give myself over to
happiness. Behold. have brought brace
lets of Jade for thee and silver bangles to
tinkle pretty tunes against thine ankles!
And here are golden butterflies and star
pins for thy hair, which hath the glory Of
the night in it already. Wilt thou not ac-
cept Of these miserable offerings from thy
lord?' g=s
1T would have only my mother. Nah
Neng, most noble lord" she said between
her sobs.
Foolish onei am thy .ather and mother
also. There II NO other; hast 1t not yet
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Cherished Possessions.

Erom the Taller.
There is probably no house In the whole
length and breadth OF the land that does
not possess some really antique "bit' Of
furniture or china which IL the apple Of
its owners eye and which he will point
to with pride. In most modern house.
holds of any pretensions to taste there are
many such old pieces. family belongings
perhaps which have been handed down
through many generations or pretty things
which have been picked up for the pro-
verbal ''old song on holiday rambles or
unearthed in some poky little shop in the
slums