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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
WHAT WAS IT
The Woman Feared7

What a comfort to find 1t is not "the
awful thing" feared. but only chronic
Indigestion, which proper food can re-
lieve. - ~ D
A woman in Ohio says: =
II was troubled for years with indi-
gestion and chronic constipation. At
times l would have such a gnawing
In my stomach that actually feared
,I,had, al dislike to write or even
think of what / feared.
fTSeeing an account Of Grape-Nuts
/ decided to try it. After a short time
/ was satisfied the trouble vas not
the awful thing feared but was still
bad enough. However. T. was relieved
of a bad case Of dyspepsia by chang
ing from improper food to Grape-Nuts.
"Since that time my bowels have
been as regular as a clock. had also
noticed before. I began to eat Grape
Nuts that was becoming forgetful of
where I put little things about the
house, which was very annoying.
But since the digestive organs have
become strong from eating Grape
Nuts. my memory is good and my
mind as clear as when was young
and I am thankful" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Real
the little booklet, "The Road to Well
ville," in packages. There's reason.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
WOMAN KNEW HUMAN NATURE.
Personal Experience Counted In Her
Endorsement Of New Pastor.

A Philadelphia congregation was
called upon not long ago to choose
pastor. The last three ministers had
been persona non grata with most of
the parishioners; and before selecting
another the congregation did some
pretty hard thinking. There was one
woman of experience whose voice car
ried particular weight. Preacher after
preacher was invited to the pulpit for
a trial sermon, and all. in the final
analysis, were rejected by the female
arbiter. At last there came along
possible incumbent who met with her
approval.
THE reason / am sure he will give
satisfaction" she said, sis because he
has the right kind Of wife for
minister. She allows him to rant
around all he wants at home and
doesn't sass back. I found out long
while ago-shortly after l was mar
ried myself. in fact-that man who
hasn't that privilege at home works
off his spleen elsewhere. A minister
vents it on his congregation. That
was why we couldn't stand the last
preacher. This one will be all right.
We won't hear a peep out of him"
And upon that unique recommends
ton the congregation really did give
the man call. According to last ac-
counts both he and the congregation
were doing well. The wife has not
been heard from.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

In South Africa, where the thunder
storms are terrific. lightning often
strikes ironstone beds, and blue flames
sometimes firing buildings-are al
legged to play about such outcrops two
or three hours after storm.
The practical limit Of deep-sea div
ing, under the best conditions, Is
placed by Hill and Greenwood of the
London hospital, at thirty-fve to forty
fathoms. "A special study of eight
years has shown these PSYCHOLOGISTS
that the chief danger to the diver
arises from the nitrogen absorbed by
the blood and other body fluids, and
that 1t is the absorbed nitrogen thai
produces the i'll effects OF rising toe
quickly. The breathlessness and op
preston felt by the working diver are
results of poisoning by carbonic acid
instead of direct effects of the great
pressure. With special air pumps and
extra precautions the experimenters
descended thirty-five fathoms in
scotch loch. and. rising very slowly,
were none the worse for the expert
ence, but the oxygen required for regu
lar working at such depth is so great
In amount that pneumonia and convul
sions are commonly produced.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
One Of the
Essentials

Of the happy homes of to-day is vast
fund OF information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the worlds
best products.
Products Of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only. but of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed Of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
She waded Through the Cold Water

IL times she waded through the cold
waters for a distance of several rods
with youngster on her shoulders.
When the last one was safely landed
the teacher hurried home and changed
her clothing.
At the supper table the boys and
girls told about the plucky school
ma'am, and Miss Malahan was kept
busy accepting the thanks of appre-
ciative parents. They assured her
that she can be the entire school sys-
TEN of North Goshen just as long as
she desires to remain.
All the streams in Litchfield and
Berkshire counties have been at
freshet height for two days, the re-
suit of the incessant rain. At Hancock
a horse was attached to footbridge
to keep the structure from being car
ried away. The current pulled the
animal off the bank. and horse and
lumber floated downstream together.
Several hours later the horse was
found seated on the bridge where 1t
had fioated ashore.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
RABBIT PLAYED 'PossUM.
Lay as II Dead in Hunting Pocket for
Barroom Scene.

York, Pa.-Fully realizing that they
throw themselves open to the scorn of
the president of these United States
as the veriest nature fakirs. Henry A.
Snyder and William Lutz. of this city.
and a number of persons who were in
the barroom of Faulkner's hotel at
Yoe, nevertheless boldly relate this
tale of rabbit which ''played pos
sum-" but which is now dead.
Snyder fired at the rabbit one after
noon as 1t scampered across a field,
and 1t somersaulted several times be-
fore 1t lay apparently lifeless. The
gunner banged its head with his gun
stock and tossed It into his coat
pocket, already bullying with num-
Der of others. He and Lutz then start
ed for the hotel.
In the barroom Snyder. Lutz and
others were looking directly at Sny-
der's cunning coat which he had
flung across chair, when out scram.
bled one of the dead Dummies. Inter
ested only in the fact that 1t was
alive, the dogs were after it before
the men recovered from their sur
prise. They caught 1t a few rods
from the door, and when the gunners
came up the dogs had made sure that
it would play 'possum" no more.
There was not a shot mark on 1t.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
Mrs. Waters Drew Forth the Poison.


the child's limb had begun to swell
and 10 turn black.
Mrs. McMakin had two chickens
killed and split open. and the warm
and still quivering bodies were bound
upon the wounds.
DR.. w. F. Rolens and DIR. L. E. Ro-
lens. of Dixon, galloped from town to
the farm, and saw at once that heroic
measures were necessary to save the
life of the child, as its breathing was
beginning to be labored and the heart
action had almost ceased.
They were afraid to administer
whisky to a child so young. but resort
ed to other powerful stimulants, in the
meanwhile lancing the punctures.
when again Mrs. Waters heroically APP
piled her lips to the wound and drew
the venom out.
For several hours the child did not
rally. but gradually under the power
full medication 1t recovered, until now
it is well out of danger
The conclusion of the doctors under
the circumstances is that Mrs. Wa
ters' prompt action in Withdrawing the
venom with her lips was the only
tnihs 'iia' 'o'eu e"e Aie VI iei uaush
ter.
While Mrs. Waters was engaged in
Withdrawing the venom from the bites,
Mrs. McMakin went in search of the
snakeT which she found hiding be-
meath a rose bush.
Armingi herself with stout switch
she bravely attacked it, the usual an
tipathy and fear which woman has
for a snake giving way to anger. The
copperhead coiled itself and showed
fight. but the brave woman attacked
it again and again, and although the
reptih, returned the attack she sue
ceedet in killing it.
When measured 1t scaled a trif1e
IfiofN ethan, 20 inches. an unusual
Lengthy d. a. Missouri copperhead. Its
skin has been preserved.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
MAKES A SPLENDID SHOWING.
Missouri PacIfic's Gross Earnings In
crease, and Expenses Decrease.

The Missouri Pacific system Unclud-
ing the st. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern and the Central Branch)
operated last year for 66.S per cent,
as against a ratio of 67.9 per cent.
In the preceding year. which. on its
face. is very creditable showing
and which improves upon examina,
ton. Gross earnings were $4S.703.342
the largest In the history of the com
pany; net earnings were SIG. 1SS,27z
To net earnings add $3.2S3,2S2 other
income, and the total available income
is $19,471, 555, of which taxes. inter
est on funded debt and equipment
trust obligations, and sundry Other
charges consumed COS per cent, or
11,773,452. The $7.69S.103 remainder
equaled 80 per cent. on the outstand
ing $77,S17.S75 capital stock.
That this result was not obtained at
the expense of the property is shown
by the following percentages: Gross
earnings increased 9.3 per cent; ex-
penditures for maintenance of equip
ment increased 81 per cent; expendi'
lures for maintenance of way and
structures Increased 9.S per cent; the
cost of conducting transportation In
creased 90 per cent, general ex
penses increased II per cent. The
secret OF the company's showing lie In
the small increase : the cost of CON
Quoting transportation. Expenditures
for maintenance increased In greater
ratio than gross earnings, but as
against an increase of 9.3 per cent. In
gross earnings is IN increase OF but
2.6 per cent. in the cost of conduct
ing transportation.
There is obviously nothing In the
showing made by the company for the
last fiscal year to account for the fact
that the stock is selling at the lowest
price since 1900, when 1t was non
dividend bearing security. 1t has
earned and paid its per cent. year
since then. The price of the stock
must be supposed to he due, partly. to
financial conditions affecting all Sc
curities, and partly to the fact that
In the last two or three years there
has been no organized effort to sup
port Gould securities. They have been
left to find their level with investors.
Since the appearance OF the annual
report the transfer Office of the com
many has been fairly overwhelmed
with the opening Of new accounts In
odd lots.
Much that passes for patience is
81, la, nj
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
LIPS OF MOTHER
SAVE CH|LD's LIFE
DEVOTED PARENT SUCKS VENOM
FROM WOUNDS OF A DEADLY
coPPERHEAp SNAKE.
WAS BITTEN THREE TIMES
Two-Year-old Daughter Of Missouri
Woman Only Saved by Latter's
Presence Of Mind-ReptIle :
Ia Killed.

st. Louis.-Bitten three times by a
copperhead snake, one of the deadliest
of American ophidians, Gertrude Wa
tiers, the two-year-old daughter of DIR.
H. B. Waters, of this city, owes her
life to the devotion and rare presence
of mind of her mother.
Mrs. Waters and her daughter were
on a visit to the home of Mrs. John
McMakin, Mrs. Waters mother. on a
farm a few miles south of Dixon, Mo.
Mrs. Waters was sitting on the veran-
da of the house, talking with her
mother, while the little girl played in
the garden.
For a moment the child wandered
around the corner of the house and
was out of the sight of its mother.
Suddenly the screams of the child
brought Mrs. Waters to her feet in
terror. She ran around the house and
found Gertrude on the ground and
close to her a snake coiled. striking
at her repeatedly. Its head shot for
ward with deadly precision, but its
fangs, by good fortune. did not enter
the child's flesh at every stroke. else
there would be different tale to tell.
The mother dashed at the snake,
which glided away, and she grasped
her daughter up and ran to the house.
There mother and grandmother barred
the child's leg, and above the shoe top
found three punctures in the tender
flesh where the snakes fangs had en-
tered
Without hesitation Mrs. Waters ap-
piled her lips to the wounds and drew
forth the poison. As she spat it out 1t
was discolored with. the venom, which
had hardly had time to enter into the
circulation.
Time and again she sucked the
wounds, until she was exhausted by
the effort and the emotion the terrible
event had caused, when her place was
taken by her mother.
Meantime doctors had been tele-
phoned for. but before they arrived
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27


A. Barton Hepburn, at the conven-
tion of the American Bankers Asso-
citation at Atlantic City. said of a GER
tain argument:
But that argument. fails to cheer.
On the contrary. 1t fills us with gloom
and foreboding. 1t is like the cry.
Intended to be reassuring. that came
to the farmer across the turnip field.
"a farmer, on a frosty autumn af-
ternoon, went out into his turnip field
and began to gather turnips. The
early sun sank in the west, and as the
blush dusk came on, the farmer per-
ceived, at the other end of the field.
two men who. laying down bag, be-
gan to dig with frantic haste.
1.-The farmer watched the pair in
some perplexity. What could they be
doing? And he was just putting his
hand to his cheek to shout and ask
them their business. when one of them
rose up and yelled. loudly and re-
assuringly:
Don't let us disturb you: we are
only prigging a few ourselves
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
BABY iTcHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered with Infiamed
Skin-Doctors No AvaiI-Cured
by Cuticura Remedies.

my baby's face and neck were COW
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
a year. l took her to a number of doc
tors, and also to different colleges. to
no avail Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me by Miss G..
did not use 1t at first, as / had tried
so many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last l tried Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement.
After using three boxes of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with the Soap
and Pills. am pleased to say she is
altogether different child and the
picture of health. Mrs. A. G. Brestlin.
III N. Lincoln ST., Chicago. ILL.,, Oct.
20 and 80, 1906"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

Samuel Shadwell, atouchy. old man
living in an Indiana village, had a
pane of glass broken in his houseScne
night not long ago and next day he
had a ten-year-old girl named Minnie
Dayton arrested for it. ,.vy
When the case was called in court
he was asked how he knew it was
Minnie. He admitted that he didn't
see her. but heard her giggle. When
asked II her giggfe was 'different'from
that of any other girl he said it was,
but he couldn't tell why. Neither
could he. initiate the giggle, and he
lost his case.
We all know what a girls giggle is,
but II any of us were asked to give an
imitation of It we'd probably fail. A
boy may litter, but when 1t comes to
giggling only girl can do that.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
SHUT UP ALIVE IN HIS TOMB.
Miner Buried 300 Feet Underground,
with No Hope Of Rescue.

Mahonoy City, Pa.-Alive and un.
hurt, but in darkness that will never
be lifted, Michael McCabe, a miner.
is awaiting certain death by starva-
ton 800 feet below the surface of the
earth in the Draper colliery near here.
While McCabe was at work he fired
a blast that blew away one of the
mine pillars and fleeing in the wrong
direction got into blind shaft. A
fellow workman managed to get out
of that wing of the working before
the roof caved in.
The mine breach extends to the sur
face. where it yawns 60 feet wide
right in front of McCabe's home.
where his wife and six children vain
ly hope for his rescue. Mine officials
say 1t may be a year before 1t will be
possible to reach the place where the
man is shut up. There is no com.
munication with him, but there is lit.
tie doubt that he is alive.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
TEACHER CARRIES HER,
PUPILS ACROSS STREAM
PRETTY MISS WARES THROUGH
WATER WHEN BRIDGE is
CARRIED AWAY.

Winsted, Conn.-When it came time
to dismiss the II pupils in the little
school at North Goshen the other aft
ernoon, Miss Katherine Malahan, the
pretty teacher. discovered that foot
bridge over which the children had to
pass. had been carried away. She
tried to summon help by telephone.
but the line was out of order. The
water in the usually placid stream
was rising rapidly and visions of pass
ing the night in the lonely school
house with her charges doomed up
clear and distinct.
Miss Malahan realized that 1t was
up to her to get the pupils out of
danger. Rolling up her skirts and
making them fast with safety pins,
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
II : :,s s;:. . s.. Thompsons Eye Water
.N3rx Much Alike.

"See here Pat" said his employer,
didn't you tell me that when you
was out west the Indians scalped you?
and now you have your hat off / see
you have an extraordinary quantity of
hair! You certainly told me so. didn't
you, Pat?"
"Oi did sor," answered Pat, but OF
bear in moind now that it was me
brudder, Moike. It's thot much We be
aloike, that OF think Ohm Moike an
Moike be me-"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
Why Streets Are Straight.

"There is no mystery about the
streets of New York." complained the
aesthetic stranger. 1T is all straight
up and down. North, south, east,
west; all straight paths. No cross
cuts and alleys, no zigzag turns and
twists and cowpaths. as in London
and Paris. Just long. straight, unin-
terrupted roads"
Built that way purposely." a ma
tive explained. when the average
New Yorker has to go home. he needs
a straight road"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury Will surely destroy the sense Of smell
entering I. through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip
tons reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do IL ten fold to the good you can possibly de
rive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by y. j, Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o., contains mer-
curry, and is taken internally. acting directly uron
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls CAtarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine It Is taken Internally and made In Toledo.
LID by Druggists. Price. 75c. per bottle. z.
Take HaIl's Family Pills for constipation.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

Playing cards that have been used
again and again would doubtless show
on meteorological examination an ap-
palling selection of heterogeneous.
and on enumerating them there surely
would be found the organism which
works for evil side by side with tina.
which works no mischief.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
30 Apt TO Forget.

A waiter, at the end of dinner.
presented his bill on a silver plate to
well-dressed couple. The man
poked over the bill. frowned. shook
ais head, and said:
But you charge US for three plates
II soup here. We only had two
Plates"
"Ah!" said the waiter, with g re-
proachful smile, but monsieur forgets
The plate spilled down the lady's
aeck." .att
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

A new directory by the Royal OBJ
Bervatory of Belgium shows that there
are 1856 astronomers and somewhat
Dver $50 observatories in the world.
OF the observatories, more than 100
are in the British Isles, with nearly
rs many in the United States, the
number in other countries being much
lmaller. :.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

DO you believe there is any fu-
ture for me in politics?"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum;
but in these days Of graft you want
to take mighty good care not to be
one of those fellows who start in with
a fine future and come out with ter
rible past."-Washington Star.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

vigOr and Cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased..
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not unconi-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. Iftlie
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

One of the inmates of Towcester
workhouse. woman aged 81 years.
has applied to the board of guardians
for an allowance of tobacco. She said
she had smoked II years and missed
her pipe so much since entering the
house she could not digest her food.
The board decided to comply with her
Reconsideration Globe.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

Dick-If you, are afraid of microbes
why don't YOU kiss your girl over the
phone? you. can't catch anything by
kissing a girl over the wire.
Tom-Oh, yes. you can. / kissed
mine over the phone the other day.
The old man grabbed the receiver and
caught the dickens.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
Compromise.

Wifey-But why don't you want me
to buy your neckties any more?
Hubby-Well-er-I rather buy
them myself than have you go to all
that trouble.
Wifey-But I like to do things for
you.
Hubby-Oh, in that case I'll let you
look after the furnace this winter
Judge.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

Two deaf mutes were conversing.
Well, said the first mute. philoso-
phically. I'VE all have our troubles.
How true that is, said the, second.
Il have to tie my wifeS hands every
night SO she won't talk In her sleep"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27
Asthmatics, Read This.

, II you are afflicted with Asthma
write me at once and. learn of some
thing for which you will be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. ]. r. RAIDER.
S22 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

During thunderstorm remarka-
BILE incident happened at house near
Deal, England. the lightning imprint
ing perfect photograph of flower
vase on a mirror before which it stood.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

Every man has his appointed day
and way; life is brief and irrevoca-
BILE. but it is the work of virtue to ex-
tend your fame by your deeds
Virgil.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DIR. kline's
trial bottle and treatise. DR.. r. Ii. Kline,
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

The average man can forgive almost
anything except a friends success. u
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-11-27

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
tfouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty EE
cent and one-dollar 4aiIF IN. s:.:.s::.s7a
size bottles. You may u! Hit .:i5s X;
have sample bottle asi l&S
by mail free. also a Home o. swnmpRoos-
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DIR. Kiliner & Co.,
Binghamton, MY, be sure and inenti-'a
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Roct,
DR.. Kilner's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Biughamton, N. Y, on every
bottle. 80"