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The Washington herald., 1907-02-20
FLYNN'S FACE FOUNDRY

Studies s59 and $50 Pennsylvania avenue Ping
Pongs. six post CARDS. and one tine cabinet. sc.
DR. W. II. WALDO. DENTIST. OF 80
East Capitol st, has removed 10 his new
Office, at 1l01 q st. NV. Office hours: $50
TO $780, Sundays. to l2:S0 fe17-3lt
GOOD QUALITY FLOOR OLCLOTH, sc. I'D:
jointless mating, iZsrc up; usual sc grade mere
for 22izc BY the roll curtain poles with ali fixtures
5 feet long &c. KIEEBLAIT S. 18th and II sts. ne.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-20
PATENTS THAT PROTECT

Our three books for inventors mailed On
receipt of cents stamps. r. S. & A. B.
LACEY, Patent Lawyers, > TO 50 Pacific
Bldg. Washington, y. {.
fe7-1t-fa1oC Wat
The Washington herald., 1907-02-20
d.. CARLETON VAUGHAN,

reliable Dentist; not the cheapest, but the best
at the most reasonable pTices-
1012 F st. n. ". Phone 2056.
tai-tf
The Washington herald., 1907-02-20

:. \. Birch A. CO., Sth and X SITS ne
Can save you money on coal and wood.
Honest weight; clean coal; prompt deliv-
cry 'Phone Z. 57S A trial will convince.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04

Many farmers are growing corn
that is too late in maturing. A variety
of corn which has not acquired the
habit of completing it's growth before
killing frosts are to be expected. is not
variety to be encouraged. A
farmer who is growing such a
variety should either discard It, or
carefully and Systematically select the
earlier maturing ears for seed. The
variation in the maturing of individ-
ual plants of given variety affords
ample opportunity for improvement in
this direction. Immaturity is a seri-
GUS fault in corn. 1t injuries its keep
Ing qualities in the crib; it lowers its
feeding value; it prevents the mar
keting Of the crop as may be desired;
1t lowers its seed condition and, I'M
less great care is exercised, entirely
ruins it for seed purposes.-Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
Catalogue Houses Busy.

Thousands of dollars are being spent
with the big catalogue houses Of the
east by the residents of the small
towns in southern Utah. according to
reports brought to Salt Lake by Or
son Hewlett, president of the Manu-
facturers' and Merchants association.
and Lorenzo Jenkins. secretary and
manager of the Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION Of the state.
Messrs. Hewlett and Jenkins spent
nearly week in Sanpete county and
vicinity, calling merchants and farm
ers together to urge greater patronage
of home Industries. Ephraim. Moroni.
Fairview. Spring City. Mount Pleas
ant, Fountain Green. Manti and Ches-
ter were visited and in each place the
greatest enthusiasm was manifested
by merchants over the campaign re-
gently inaugurated by commercial
bodies of the state for a more extern
sive patronage of home industries.
Meetings were called and ways and
means discussed by which the prac-
tice of patronizing the mail order
houses can be done away with. This
practice has reached alarming proper
tons in the southern part of the state.
according to Messrs. Hewlett and
Jenkins. One small town alone last
month received goods to the value of
$1,000 from big eastern mail order
concern.-Salt Lake (Utah) Herald.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04

Those who make habit of answer
ing Advertisements in the cheap
mail order papers are sure to bite a,
the bait" held out to them sooner OF
later. One of the common gratis is
advertising for men to distribute cir
culars" and offering from three dol
lars to five dollars a day for the serv'
ices. These concerns generally charge
fee of from two dollars to five dol.
lars tr registering" and in return
send a number of printed blanks and
names of companies who want adver-
Using matter circulated. After some
dollars worth Of postage stamps lie
wasted in writing to the names sup
piled, the person anxious for a JOE
concludes that he is out Of pocket.
A common form of fraud is the ad
yertising for men to become detec
tives. There are few OF these rank
humbugs doing business. and in a way
SO shrewdly devised that the authori
ties cannot deny them the use OF the
mails. In a few cases fraud orders
have been issued against them. but
change was quickly made to another
city, and the same old graft put In
operation. In these cases Zee IL
charged for commission and badge
and instructions. The bit of nickeled
brass sent out as badge Is familiar
in nearly every police court as
source Of trouble for green young men
who think that its possession givef
them official authority.
Business men should be on the look
out for a new game which has been
played in a number of parts of the
country of late. A stranger enters
store, buys a small bill of goods. not
exceeding ten or fifteen dollars, sayi
that he will call for them later, and
gives a check for $50 or more on .
bank, receiving no change in return
He remains away for few days, then
calls for the goods. He is told that
the check is no good. After roundly
.'cussing" the bank he pays for the
goods, takes the check and goes. In q
few days more the check comes to the
merchant. paid at the bank. because II
had the merchants endorsement on 1t
This was the end to be obtained. BE
on the lookout for this game.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
Fake Spice. Sold to Public.

1t has been found that more thar
so per cent. of the groceries sold by
travelling agents who sell direct to
consumers are of the adulterated
classes. Examinations made of cot.
fees sold by such concerns proved
that there was so per cent. adultera'
ton. The cheapest kind of Santos
is used for a base. and with this
ground cocoanut shells. burnt corn
and chicory are combined. Such con.
coctions are dangerous, and a rank
imposition upon the people. The
spices that are sold by many of the
alleged pure food concerns that have
agents working among the people in
small towns are dangerous to health.
Many classes consist of ground
bark, nut shells and other materials
and favored with artificial flavors
that are coal tar products. 1t is I'M
safe to buy from the concerns that
gain their business through can.
vassers, or who do an exclusive mail
order business.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
MUST BUILD UP BUSINESS.
Country Merchant Can Use the Local
Press to Advantage.

The sentiment exhibited in the nu-
try newspapers for the purpose OF in
ducing people to trade at home in
stead OF sending their money to mail
order houses is good and noble, but
we doubt II it appeals to the multitude
who patronize these mail order
houses.
The best way in which the mer-
chants in the towns and smaller cities
can fight the mail order houses Is to
advertise. They know most of their
patrons personally, can show them the
goods before they buy them, have
many other advantages over the mail
order houses and in almost every in
stance can sell just as cheap, IL not
cheaper.
If the home merchant lacks fore
sight and is too penurious to proper
ly advertise his goods. why should the
publisher exert himself TO keep the
trade at home for him? If solicita-
lions on the part of the publisher fail
to educate the merchant to the fact
that he must advertise IL he wants to
keep up with the procession, then
nothing is left to the merchant but
to learn in the school of experience.
and If the teachings of that renowned
school are of no effect on him. then
there is no place for him and eventu-
ally his place in the commercial
world will be taken up by some
more enterprising compeitor.-Buck-
eye Informer.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
Temper Lost Woman Ausban

All the preliminaries for fashion
able wedding in Paris recently had
been arranged. The party arrived in
carriages at the official residence of
the mayor of the district In which the
bride lived. The woman was escorted
up the steps of the building by her IA
thcr. and close behind came the
fiance. Suddenly an accident hap
pened; he had put his foot on the
satin train of the brides gown. There
was a tearing sound an ugly rent ap-
peared. The brides face famed with
anger. Turning round she flashed
out one word: "Imbecilel" The Of
fender stopped. The thousand apollo
giles which had risen to his lips died
there. He turned pale. then. to the
CONSERVATION of all, fed down the
steps. There was no marriage. The
mishap had proved too sharp test
of the lady's temper, and lost her a
mans heart.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
OLD FARMERS ON OLD PLACES.
In Many Cases They Are the Progress
sive and Helpful Men Of District.

We heard the other day of farmer
that had celebrated his eightieth birth
day on the place on which he was
born. Some of these old farmers have
improved their places and made them
Joy to the communities in which
they live, while others have permit
ted their farms to run down until
they have become places to be
Stunned by the resident who is show
ing his friends the best farms In his
vicinity
The old farmer that is progressive
is great help to any community. re-
marks the Farmers Review. We
know some such. They are men whose
hair has become white with the SHOWS
Of many winters. but they have never
ceased to progress. They are found at
the conventions of farmers and are
often met at the agricultural colleges.
where they go to keep in touch with
the new ideas in agriculture. Such
men exert an influence that is felt far
and wide. When they die they leave
behind them sacred memories. We
often hear people speak of ''old
fogies." but We have run across a
good many young fogies." men who
can not be induced to adopt the i'm
proved methods that have been proven
to be good by science and by expert
ence.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
TRICK THE FOOLISH
SCHEMES OF PREMIUM MAIL
ORDER HOUSES.
STUFF IS OF LITTLE VALUE
Cheapest Kind Of Goods Handled by
These Concerns, and They Are
Sold at the Highest Mar
ket Prices.

There ere dozens of premium-giving
mail order houses operating in differ
emit cities of the country. These
houses reach out for trade in all parts
OF the country. and do not overlook
the largest cities. They gain for their
aides and their agents men. women
and children, wives of lawyers, mer-
chants, church workers and any class
that they can. Some of them make
business catering to the Epworth
leagues. the Sunday schools. the
churches. and have plans by which
the people are humbugged and loaded
down with inferior goods, and the
league, the Sunday school or the
church gets a little cheap furniture.
some dinky-dinky thing almost worth
less for all the trouble gone to.
These premium concerns that put
out baking powder, cheap coffees. gro
ceries of every kind and description.
generally put out the cheapest kinds
of stuff. Recently samples of the
goods that have been received from
them have been sent to the chemists
of the pure food departments in a
number of cites. and universally the
goods were found to be of the rankest
kind. The coffee the cheapest Santos.
and doctored up with roasted cereals
and chickory; the baking powders
were an abomination of cheap acids
and other materials; the extracts
were wholly synthetic. produced from
coal-tar products. and so adulteration
was carried to the extreme. These
goods were sold at the highest prices
and were of such class that no re-
spectacle grocer in any city or ham
let would have them in his stock.
These are the classes that the good
women, perhaps well-meaning, but
not up to snuff. palm OF upon their
neighbors when they become the sec
rotary Of the club" and the kind Of
dope they innocently give to their
husbands and children, and when the
little ones become sickened by par
taking of the stuff, the dear little
woman gladly pays some doctor four
times the amount the abominable
goods cost.
There will be something dropping
pretty quick among a certain class Of
these big companies" Their bust
ness is of the fraudulent kind and
there is likelihood that at no distant
period the government officers will Sc
cure such evidence as will put may
Of the concerns out Of business.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
eRooMs FOR THESE cows.
And Germ Specialist In Charge to
Insure Pure Milk.

Montclair, N. 1.-The recent health
board agitation has prompted some OF
thesdairymen who do business in Mont
clair. to go to great lengths to i'm
press their customers with the purity
of their product.
Every COW in one herd Is declared to
be washed and groomed, and rubbed
of with a clothes brush Just before
milking Then a man comes along
with pals of water and cloths and
washes the udder of each COW care
fully. This operation is repeated by
two other men. the third carefully dry
ing the cows. These men. 1t is de-
clared, are in charge Of a graduated
bacteriologist.
The men who milk the COWS are
clad in snow white uniforms. and be-
fore performing their tasks must have
their nails manicured. They must also
pass the inspection of the bacteriolo-
gist before they are permitted to milk
the cows.
One dealer, who has not made any
claims as yet. says the feet of his
COWS are to be manicured and the
stables are to be perfumed.
Some of the milk produced at one of
the groomed diaries brings Is cents
per quart in Essex county.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
Nuisance In Pittsburg.

Pittsburg is troubled with the Iron
ore dust nuisance as well as with
smoke, and the former is proving the
harder to eradicate. Members of GER
tain residential districts brought &C
ton against one company owning
furnaces valued at s5.0O0.000 in 1904.
Since that time the company has
spent 100000 in the effort to prevent
the emission of the dust and has been
unsuccessful. The Pennsylvania SUI
preme court has decided that the own
ers Of the mills must cease to operate
II they cannot abate the nuisance.
Capital amounting to nearly 100000
900 is affected by the decree.-SprinS-
field Republican.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
Puff WENT HIS BEARD.
Reached Bender's knees-Boys IL
nited It-Firemen Were Late.

Philadelphia.-For so years Abra-
ham Bender. aged 40. let his beard
grow, until 1t reached below his knees.
1t went up in smoke the other day,
though engine company No. 10 an
swered a call to extinguish the flames.
Walter Collins and Lawrence Rich
ardson, boys, are being held for court
in $500 bail each. although Magistrate
Hughes is at a loss as to, whether they
shall be charged with arson or disor.
derby conduct.
Bender's beard was SO long that he
used to tuck 1t into the tops of his
boots, and in cold weather wrapped 1t
about his neck like a comforter. It
was the pride of his life. The old man
likes boys and when Collins and Rich
ardson asked him for a match he re.
piled "Sure!"
Before he could realize It one of the
boys had lighted his whiskers. There
was pun of smoke and a scream,
The engine company was too late.
Bender was not badly burned.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
SPRING RADIsHEs.
A Hint You Can Paste Up for Use
Early Next Spring.

The quickest crop and the first one
to turn into money in the spring will
be early radishes. They are very easy
to grow at a small expense and they
pay enormously. Sow the seed very
early in the spring, the first day the
ground dries on little on top. Then
about a week or ten days later SOW
some more. and again about a week
after that. You will be pretty sure to
hit well on one of the sowings, and a
small patch of them will probably
make you all you need. The rest can
be plowed under by the time you need
the ground for some other crop. and
you will never lose the use of the
ground. The seed can either be sown
broadcast or drilled in rows foot
apart. In either case use about six
pounds of seed per acre. The seed
costs about so cents per pound. and
that is practically the only expense.
as the crop makes itself before you
need to do any wedding.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04

Mr.. Kitamura Naojira. sculptor OF
the marble statue of a female. priced
at $4,000 yen. which is exhibited in
the Fine Arts building OF the Toxic
exposition, proceeded to the exposi-
ton on June IL. at Z a. m. and de-
liberately knocked down the statue
and destroyed the head and arms
with an iron hammer. which he had
originally used in carving the. hgure-
The. reason for this violent proceed
ing was that he considered that the
prize commissioners of the Toxic ex-
position had shown bias In their
awards. and were prone to conhne
high testimonials to artists OF their
own clique.-Iapan Advertiser.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
VALUE OF LARGE BARNS.
They Pay on the Farm IL They Are
Needed.

The'question has often come up as
to whether it is advisable to erect
large barns on the farm. Undoubtedly
it is, If they are needed. The large
barn is by far the most economical in
the long run. The danger of fire and
lightning is a small factor compared
with the convenience of having all the
stock together. He is a poor business
man who does not carry a certain
amount of insurance on his out build
ings. The large barn lightens the
work during cold weather when all
the stock may be looked after at once
without the necessity of visiting a
half dozen small sheds and closing
and opening as many doors to get in
and out. 1t is by far more economical
to erect, and. IL it is really needed, a
large barn should be chosen every
time in preference to several small
ones.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
Lava Put to Good Use.

Residents of the district round We
suvius have put to practical use the
lava which has flowed from the vol
cano in the past and recent eruptions.
Naples and its vicinity appear to be
a world of lava. The streets are paved
with 1t. There are lava staircases and
statues, drinking troughs. bric-a-brac
and even jewelry. The guides make
a profit out of it by pressing coins or
other objects on partially cooled frag-
ments and selling these to visitors.
On the ashy sides of the mountain
there is enough lava to build large
city In appearance it resembles a
shoreless frozen sea of dull black that
shimmers strangely purple in some
lights.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04

boasts of one whose choice of occupa'
ton is perhaps the only one being fol
lowed at any place in the United
States-that of snake dentist.
For nearly 25 years F. b. Armstrong.
OF the country near Brownsville. Texas.
has been in this business. He operates
on a choice clientele Of customers. for
he only handles the business Of his
majesty the diamond-back- rather And
he makes a handsome living out Of his
strange and grewsome occupation; in
fact, he has grown well off in worldly
goods, and is now able to retire com
fortably from following his more or
less hazardous calling.
Mr.. Armstrong actually does dental
work on the big snakes that he han
dies. He extracts their fangs and poison
sacs, and he does this to thousand
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
FARM NOTES.

Don't forget the wood-lot. You are
likely to do this in looking after the
crops. but 1t don't pay. Pick out the
best firewood trees and cut them UP.
The manure spreader will make the
manure more valuable to your land
and is one implement that you really
need.
You will save trouble later on by
selecting seed corn now. 1t takes Is
ears to plant an acre.
Tile drains are easily filled by a
good drag and team hitched to It.
II your neighbours methods are bet
ter than yours it is best to adopt
them.
1t is useless expenditure to invest
in commercial fertilizer that is not
really needed. Study your land be-
fore you purchase.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
Calls for Energetic Action.

There is but one way for the coun.
try merchant to combat mail order
evil and that is to organize and syste'
matically fight and the battle must be
carried on energetically If it is to win.
This has been done in some sections
of the country and can be done in 9th
ers. Where a few years since the
larger portion of the people have
spent the major portion Of their earn
ings with the mail order houses, to-
day they do their purchasing at home
but this has only been accomplished
by hard work by a thoroughly organ
lied body.-New Iberia Enterprise
Leader.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04
People Think Water Is Afre Until
Boys Joke Is Learned.

Boston.-A column of flame spout
ing 40 feet in the air from the water
ing trough In Memorial square, Ded-
ham, created a sensation and almost
a panic among several hundred per-
sons. The spectacle was part of a
demonstration by the E.adham high
school team to celebrate football VIC
tory.
For several hours the pupils at the
school had marched through the town
to emphasize the fact that their team
had won the game. Horns. red fire
and cheers became too tame when the
climax arrived, and some joker with a
stratum of originality emptied nearly
rs gallons of gasoline into the water
ing trough A lighted match was then
introduced to the gasoline.
Developments were instantaneous
and a tongue of flame shot 40 feet in
the air. For a second 1t spouted at
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04

| of them every year. The poison when
extracted is sold TO chemists and ply
sicians who find it highly useful in
medicine. and he also sells many of
the harmless snakes which are in
much demand. also. so that he does
good business without advertising. and
always has more orders than he can
fill.
Armstrong; method OF handling the
snakes and extracting the poison from
the little sacs which lie at the base of
the fangs is unique and original. From
each RATHER he extracts from one to
two tablespoonfuls of the potion, which
is a green, syrup-like liquid, and has
distinctly sweetish taste. The poi
son is comparatively harmless when
taken internally. though Armstrong
would not advise anyone to make
habit of swallowing much of 1t crude
For the purpose of extracting and
saving the liquid poison the captor
uses specially constructed box which
has a sliding glass top. This box is
so constructed that Armstrong can
hold the snake securely while operat-
ing on him, and at the same time keep
an eye on the snakes movements in
the box. The snake is hauled out of
the box in which 1t had been placed
when taken from the fattening pen.
where 1t has been kept for weeks and
perhaps months, and is then induced
to enter the operating box which Arm
strong facetiously calls his dental
chair"
BY their united efforts Armstrong
and his Mexican helper then press
the rattler's head backward over the
sliding top, which forces the snakes
mouth open. The lid is then pressed
tightly against the protruding neck
BY this time the snake has become
furiously angry at his undignified
treatment and is ready to strike at
anything and strike deep and hard
At the opportune moment Armstrong
places the rim of a small glass in the
snakes mouth. the Mexican helper re-
leases the head of the reptile for an
instant and 1t Immediately clamps its
fangs on the rim of the glass. The
terrible fangs dart forth (they are
shaped exactly like the claws of a
the poison is quickly emptied into
the glass.
In its ferocious state the snake
drains its glands of all the poison
they contain. and for a long time II
remains harmless. SO far as danger
from its poison is concerned. Mr..
Armstrong then has little difficulty In
removing the fangs with a pair of
ordinary dentists forceps.
From six to eight of these fangs
are grown by the rattlesnake in the
course of his lifetime. and they are
from one-quarter to a half inch in
length. are curved and as sharp as
needles. The snakes from which the
fangs have been extracted find ready
sale at fancy prices. Armstrong keeps
large let on hand all the time, how.
ever, in order to supply the demand
for the poison.
The Lamar register., 1907-12-04

II the farmer becomes interested in
broilers and wishes to raise them for
the city market he will find 1t safer to
begin in small way rather than in a
large way. The people that 20 to
great expense generally find them
selves caught at some point in the op-
erations the first year or two. Either
they cannot get the kind of eggs they
want to use or they cannot get the
help they need at the right time. 1t
must be remembered that a broiler
does not remain broiler for all time
and that he must be disposed of while
still OF tender age. 1t is better to let
the broiler business grow up with the
rest Of the business. Then all the
different factors will be developed at
the same time.