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The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
pERILs OF THE TRAPPERs.
How the Famous Scott and Many 9th
ers Went to Their Deaths on
the Platte River.

In the United States the free hunt
ers approach the mountains by three
main routes. 1t was coming down the
Platte that poor Scott's canoe was
overturned, his powder lost and his
rifle rendered usele IS, relates Outing.
Game had retreated to the mountains
with springs advance. Berries were
not ripe by the time trappers were
descending with their winters hunt.
Scott and his furnishing men could
not find edible roots. Each day Scott
weakened. There was no food. Final
ly Scott had strength to go no further.
His men had found tracks of some
other hunting party far to the fore.
They thought that in any case he
could not live. What ought they to
do? Hang back and starve with him.
or hasten forward while they had
strength to the party whose tracks
they had espied. On pretense of seek
ing roots, they deserted the helpless
man. The next spring when these
same hunters went up the Platte they
found the skeleton of poor Scott 60
miles from the place where they had
left him. The terror that spurred the
emaciated man to drag himself all this
weary distance can barely be con-
ceived; but such were the fearful odds
taken by every free trapper who went
up the Platte, across the parched
plains or to the headwaters of the
Missouri.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
SOUGHT AID FROM THE GODS.
Japanese Villagers United In cursIns
Robber to Death.

This bit of local color is from the
Japan Times: "At Shinokubo. . small
village In Soshu, consisting Of only
TO houses, several cases Of robbery
have lately occurred to the great
alarm of the villagers. A diligent
search instituted by them for the Of
fender proved an utter failure. The
community consequently held mass
meeting and unanimously freed upon
cursing the robber to death. A vir-
tuous priest Of the locality was 40
cordingly applied to for the purpose.
He, however. declined to curse the
robber to death, an act too cruel for
y holy man like him 70 resort to, but
promised that he would paralyze the
robber by his powerful prayers, so as
to disable him and lead him to repent
lnce. Thus the priest commenced his
lamentations. But, behold. the robber
continued his subtle operations to the
Indignation of the entire community.
The priest has been condemned as q
worthless fellow. and the villagers
have taken upon themselves the task
Of repairing every day to the village
temple by twos and threes to offer
horrible prayers by which the robber
is doomed to an early and fearful
death"
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

The raid on rats at this time is not
the first of the kind in San Francisco.
In 1852, when the sidewalks In Kearny
and Montgomery streets were as I'M
even as the existing walks In Mar
ket street east Of Front. and were
made up of dry goods boxes laid in
the mud end to end, some high and
some low, the town was overrun with
rats Of all colors-gray, white, brown
and black. At night they would
crawl out of their holes and run along
the uneven walks. They were SO thick
ON the streets during the spring Of tho
year named that women were afraid
to go out after nightfall. and the
men who ventured forth on the poor
ly lighted streets often stepped on .
dozen rodents in walking the distance
of a block. It was no uncommon thing
to see men with crooked canes on the
sidewalk playing shinney, the rats be-
ing used In place of knurs. In that
way many were killed.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
GOOD CHANCE FOR INVENTORS.
Fortune Waiting for Man Who Can
Perfect the Umbrella.

How rich I'd be-" said one UNI
orella salesman to another. eff I had
patented the umbrella" You might
as well talk OF a patent on cooking. "
said his friend. Umbrellas appear
to have existed always. Indeed. wher.
ever excavations have been made-at
Babylon, Nineveh. Nippur-traces OF
the umbrella have been found. The
article is coeval with mankind. Tho
English didn't begin to use 1t until
100. Shakespeare with all his genius
had no umbrella to protect him from
the rain. What you might do would
be to patent some new sort Of UNI
brella-some rain shield built on bet
ter lines. We have proof that the
umbrella has existed for 10000 years
and yet in all that time 1t has not
once been improved. To-day. as It
did two or three hundred years ago.
It turns inside out with strong gust
Of wind and It only protects the head
and shoulders from the rain. Change
all that. want an umbrella that IL
. complete rain shield. Then you will
b . millionaire in six months"
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
DID THE ANc1ENTs sMoKEp
Queer Pipes Are Proof That
They Did.

In England, Ireland, Germany, Swift
nerland and France old pipes made Of
clay, wood and metal, have frequently
been found and they closely resemble
modern pipes.
Certain archeeologists have now
come forward to claim that the an
clients must have smoked, as the exist
ence of the old pipes cannot be ex-
planned on any other theory. Some of
the pipes, they point out, date back to
the Roman and Merovingian epochs.
and, SO far as can be discovered, all
are apparently genuine.
In several old authors, they say, pas
sages can be found which prove clear
ly that certain ancient peoples were
accustomed to inhale the vapor Of
plants, both for the purpose of becom-
ing exhilarated and of curing certain
diseases. Herodotus says that the in
habitants of the great islands of the
Araxes, which is supposed to be the
modern Volga, "were wont to throw
piles of fruit on a fire and then to in
hale the vapor, with the result that
they became as drunk as ever the
Greeks became after drinking wine,
and the more fruit they threw on the
fire the more drunk they became.
Pomponius Mela, the Roman geog-
rapher tells a somewhat similar story
about certain Thracian tribes. They
knew nothing about wine, he says, but
when they feasted they threw seeds
on fire. and the vapor which arose
made them just as lively as though
they had become drunk with wine. A
work, attributed to Plutarch, further
says that these seeds were obtained
from a grass which grew beside the
rivers of Thrace.
Pliny says that the vapor of plants
was used to cure diseases, and he espe-
cially mentioned that in some in
stances it was inhaled through tube,
in the same manner as tobacco is now
smoked. 1.-THE smoke of dried colts
foot and roots. inhaled through tube
or reed" he says, is considered an ad-
mirable cure for a cough. 1t is neces-
sary, however, to take a sup of wine
every time the smoke is inhaled"
From these and other passages 1t IL
evident that in ancient times certain
barbarous races inhaled vapor, and
that in some instances pipes were
used.
A curious fact, by the way. says the
New York Times, is that many OF
the ancient pipes found in Ireland are
very small, and there is a popular be-
lief that they have never been smoked
except by fairies. If the ancient Danes
or Milesians ever smoked them, they
must have used something much
stronger than tobacco. as otherwise
they would have been obliged to fill
them several times in succession in or
der to get a comfortable smoke.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
TOLD BY APPEARANCE.
TAs Occupstions of Mea Leave TAeAv
Impress which Is Easily
DiscernlbIe.

The Manayunk Philosopher says
that by the appearance the occupation
can be told, relates the Philadelphia
Record.
ave know the druggist" he said,
the other night, "by his beard-a short
beard that parts down the middle of
the chin and ripples back towards the
ears in little curls and waves. Behold
q beard like that and you have, be-
held druggist.
ave know the baker by his pallor
aud his corpulence. All bakers are fat.
and they are all pale. What gives them
weight is their constant inhalation OF
-four dust and healthy bread odors,
and their habit of constantly tasting
this and that and some thing else. What
makes them pale is their night work.
Sleeping all day. you see. they and the
sun never have a chance to meet.
you can tell a clerk by the drop of
his left shoulder. and by the lump on
the side of his right middle finger. His
left shoulder is made lower than the
right one by the attitude in which he
sits and writes-an attitude wherein
the left side is depressed and the right
one elevated for long hours at time.
The lump on the side of the middle fin
ger is a callosity that the pressure OF
the pen causes. This lump is at tl'e first
Joint. on the side toward the forefin-
ger, and all clerks have it.
"The ieweler reveals himself by the
way he holds his hands. Unconsciously,
through the daily lifting and setting
down and arranging of many costly,
fragile. tiny things he comes to have
a delicate way with his hands, like a
woman. He curls his little finger and
he walks along with his hands held
little out from his sides. and making
little, graceful, finiching movements in
the air. 10
1.-THE coachman yen tell by the hair
brushed out in front OF the ears and
by his erect carriage. 1t used to be
fashionable to have the hair brushed
forward of the ears. but to-day the
coachman only wears it So"
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
plpIoma.Ist Was Not Worrying.

A story is told in Paris of a diplo.
matist who represented South
American republic few years ago
There had been SO many revolutions
at home that the financiers there had
no time to send him his salary. But
he took this misfortune philosophical
ly, sold all the furniture of the lega.
ton except a bed, table and some
chairs and occupied one room with his
principal attache. who cooked the
meals Anyone who called early or
the minister would probably find hi
cleaning the boots. What would ,cu
have?" he would say, waving boot
expressively. my poor country is IT.
another crisis and has forgotten Us
again. But when ! go back s'an
make revolution and appoint M: "
president. Then we shall have on
:eward for all this selfdenial
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
ECZEMA cURAsLE7 PROVEN
by OIL of Winterereen Com
pound.

There is nothing that will convince
q lawyer except evidence.
Now, here Is some rather startling
evidence of a simple home cure for
eczema which convinced one lawyer,
g c. Entriken, attorney at Moline
u. He tells how oil of wintersreen
compound mixed with thymol and gly
cerine, as in ID. d. ID. Prescription,
cured him in thirty days after thirty
Two years. of suffering.
For 80 years." writes Attorney En-
1riken, 81 was troubled with eczema
,cabs all over my face, body and
,aad 1 could run hair brush over
10y body and the floor woull e.
covered with scales enough to fill
a basket. l tried everything -salves
internal medicine. X-Ray-all. with
out result"
lust a month ago I was induced
70 try d. d. d. Prescription. The
Itch was relieved instantly; so j
continued. 1t is just a month now
and 1 am completely cured. have
not particle Of itch and the scales
have dropped off"
81 can only say again Cure Discov'
cred. / am now starting all eczema
sufferers on the right track.
Cure after cure has been brought
to our attention and always that in
slant relief from the awful itch.
The Up-to-Date Drug Co.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
CAMEL A CURIOSITY.
One with Two Humps Creates = Sen.
sation Among the People of
Cairo, Egypt.

One would hardly expect to hear of
a camel being an object of public at
traction in Egypt. That such is the
case, however, Is vouched for by the
Egyptian Gazette. 1.-THE ship of the
DESERT" or the one-humped drome-
dairy, is very common in the streets of
Cairo and other parts of the Nile
country, but when the geological gar
den at Ghizeh secured a specimen of
the two-humped Bactrian camel there
was indeed a sensation.
The double decked ship of the des-
ert was the most interesting animal
In the menagerie to the native Egyp-
tian who had been familiar all his life
with the one-humped variety.
Strange as 1t may seem, this particu-
lar specimen was bred and secured
from the Rotterdam geological gar
dens. where the well-known Swiss nat
uralist, DIR. Buettfkofer, is rearing the
species with success.
What the dromedary is to Sahara's
parched sands, says the Philadelphia
Record, the Bactrian camel is to tho
dreary stretches of Asia. As the
dromedary may be likened to the swift
and safe passenger ship. SO may the
patient Bactrian beast be referrerd to
as the slower but all the more impor-
tant deeply laden merchantmen, for
centuries on centuries, generation
after generation, these patient crea-
lures have been transporting the
wealth of China, farther India and the
orient generally to Russia and thence
throughout the occident.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
COMMERCIAL PROFESSORS
Men of Money who Labor to tn q
Their Business Into Institutions
of UAefulness.

The truth is. we hear too much
about the commercialism of the pro-
LESSONS. There are men who vulgar
ize them all, no doubt, and who sell
their craft-right for a mess of mill
lions, for there have always been such
men, says Worlds Work. But there
is another tendency of our time that
IL far stronger than the tendency
to get wealth; it is the ten
dency to establish. to build, and
to maintain institutions-institu
tions of any useful and honorable
kind. Men give themselves in the
most unselfish way to build up colleges
and universities, hospitals, museums,
clubs, associations for the advance
ment of trades and professions. libra
ries-there is no end of the list. Men
labor to turn their business into insti-
buttons. Many founders of great COM
mercial houses work for their honor
able perpetuity.
Many manufacturers plan their fac
tories SO as to give them an institu-
tional character and value. The
naturally conservative tendency of an
active people is toward institution
building. Strong men in almost every
department of work show such n ten
dency, often as a dominant trait of
character, and this is stronger mo-
tive than the mere wish to be rich.
The rich man who stands alone, who
has not established something, who
is not identified with some great in
stitution, commercial or public, is not
envied. He is more likely to be pitied.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
DOG INCAPABLE OF DECEIT.
Nature Such That He Cannot Hide
His Emotions.

There is one peculiar thing about
dogs" remarked a well known local
fancier and huntsman. land that is
you never saw one pant and wag his
tail at the same time. A dog is not
capable Of double emotion. He can't
growl and wag his tail at the same
time. for It is impossible for him to
be mad at one end and glad at the
other.
"If a dog il glad to see his master
he will bark and wag his tail. If he
wants to get into the house he will
paw at the door. whine and wag his
tail, but they are all symptoms of one
and the same emotion. But II his
master opens the door he will cease
to show anxiety Immediately by whin
ing and will show pleasure only by
the wagging Of his tail.
"In order to get mans temper
one must watch his eyes, but for a
dogs you have to watch his tail. The
dog is likewise incapable Of deceit
and hence he is nothing of politician
He deceives no one. not even his
master. II he is overjoyed every
emotion is indicative Of that fact, and
his whole makeup gives ample testi
mony to It. If he is displeased or
fingered It is the same way."-Hoiston
Post
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
RED, BLACK OR BLONDE.
Dark-Haired Children Have the Most
IAaginafion. But Resi-HeAasA
Get the Good Marks.

Some curious statistics relating to
hair have been collected by the school
authorities at Lille. 1t is found that
authenticated boys are generally at
the head of the recitation classes, and
blonde girls come out highest as arith-
meticians. But in composition they
are nowhere, says the London Ex-
press.
The dark-haired children of both
sexes have the qualify of Imagination,
and in their compositions know how
not to fatigue the attention, and as
compared to the auburn and blondes
are born stylists.
I dare say the auburn boys and
blond lasses in the Lille elementary
schools are of Flemish-that is to say,
phlegmatic-race. Their hrains do
not grow at once congested when they
stand up to recite, and for that reason
they keep the mastery of the vocal or
gans. In short, they continue to know
what they are about. The dark chill
dren are probably of Celtic-that Is to
say, Gallic-origin. The blood comes
with a rush to their brains, and they
grow confused, splutter and break
down. If they could only be Taught to
remain silent for few moments they
would be all the better for this rush,
as the confusion would have passed
away, leaving only stimulated mental
organs.
Finally, on the subject of hair. says
writer in Truth, | am sorry to say
that the red-headed boys and girls in
the Lille schools are at the bottom in
everything, save in good conduct
marks. Nor are they remarkable for
good health. The dark boys behave
better than the auburn or the fair, and
are more sensitive to praise or blame.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
Register and Globe -Oemocrat 81
ENGLISH TONGUE IN LEAD.
Spoken by 1so.ooo.ooo Of People and 10
Still Calming Ground.

Still Calming Ground.
The United States are by far the
largest of all the civilized nations ex-
cept Russia, which has 10000. 900 In
habitants. The German empire has
56.000.000: Austria-Hungary. 47.000.-
600; Japan. 47.000.000: the United
Kingdom. 42.000.000: France. $4,000
600; Italy. 100000 and Spain. 49,
100000. China has $50. 900 600. but she
does not count in a calculation Of this
sort
Owing to the rapid growth of the
United States the English language is
now spoken by more persons than use
any other civilized tongue. Charles v.
said he spoke German to his horse.
French to men. Italian to women
friends and Spanish to God. In his
days, three and a half centuries ago.
Spain was a land on which the sun
never set, England was only small
spot on the map and the English lam
guage held only minor place in the
civilized tongues. To-day 130.000.0OO
Of people speak English. 100 100000
speak German, 10000 900 employ
Spanish, including the inhabitants OF
the Latin American countries. and
100000 speak French.
Moreover, the lead for English Is
rapidly lengthening. Nearly two-thirds
of all the people who speak the Eng
lish tongue are In the United States
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
mot affect or injure the mining i
tereSts Of Colorado.

mot attect or 1nJure the mining in
terests Of Colorado.
"On the contrary said the Sena.
tor, Il am in favor of the present
duties on coal, coke, sugar, marble.
starch, lead bullion, pig lead, hi1s,.
and wool, and any other product OF
Colorado that is protected under the
Dingley Law; and in addition to
this l am opposed to the provision
in the Payne bill permitting the i'm
portation of 100000 tons of Phillip
pine sugar free of duty, and l stall
do all that in me lies to elimia ate
THAT feature from the bill when it
reaches the Senate. We have groy-
ing industries in all the above mel
toned articles. and atthis time we
especially need the help and protec-
,tion that the present tariff gives
fus. l believe in conservative re-
vision of the tariff, but moi in thu
Or reduction of duties Oh
these articles upon which the wei
fare of my own state is involved
What disposition will be finally
made as to the duties on the articles
l have mentioned. 1, of course. can
not predict. but my Individual efforts
shall be directed toward retaining
the present rates and protection af-
forded us"
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
A Voice from cathay.

A woman was at a dinner party
with an eminent Chinese philosopher.
when she said: May ask why you
attach so much importance to the
dragon in your country? You know
there is NO such creature. don't you?
You have never seen one. have your"
my dear madam" graciously an
swered the great Chinaman, why do
you attach SO much importance to
the Goddess of Liberty on your coins?
You know there is no such lady. don't
you? You have never seen her. have
your
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
THRIFTY, NOT PATRIOTIC.
An Auction In HonE-k ong SHOWS
That ThiA Il the Nature OF
John Ch:naman.

An auction sale in Shanghai of some
spoils from the imperial palace 1t
Picking shows that there is no mania
for curios in the Celestial empire. The
account is from "The North China
Herald" and tael is equivalent to 6o
;ents or SO, according to the price OF
silver.
1.-The imperial sedan chair used by
the emperor on his way to the Tenn
pie of Heaven was one of many curios
offered. Appeals to the patriotism OF
the Chinese purchasers brought .
price of IL taels only. A set of beauti.
full drawings, said to have been made
by the members of the imperial fam
lily with their finger nails, found q
purchaser at 60 taels, while so taels
was Forthcoming for an elaborate
square of imperial embroidery in gold
The same amount was asked for q
small bloodstone vase, and also for .
larger one in cloisonne, dating from
The Ching Tab dynasty.
beautiful embroidered imperial
robes and skirts averaged from 80 tt
so taels apiece. Among the numerous
losses offered, the largest, a massi.'e
brass image, was sold for so taels; -
taels secured a magnificent tiger skin.
while a couple of leopards, SO far from
rivaling their cousin in value, were
knocked down for two taels apiece.
Historical interest as well as intrinsis
beauty brought seven taels each for
four porcelain plates belonging to the
Chingaloong dynasty. Other imperial
relics included a white jade seal and
a brass cup of the Cobb dynasty. each
of which realized ten taels."
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

While walking near pond in the
woods, Bullie Ham, who can tell the
presence of an alligator by the smell
Of the critter. pulled OF his coat and
took q header under the water. While
At the bottom Of the pond Bullie's leg
arose to the surface and waved to the
men near the shore. The warning was
needed by the men catching Dullis's
leg and giving 1t q yank that brought
Bullie to the surface, and with Bullie
came an alligator that measured some
four fsst IN Observation-Disclosures
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

The last remaining portions Of .
famous old elm, which was known to
the surrounding country as Dick Tur.
pins Tree" were removed recently.
Tradition goes that the famous high
wayman used to hover about near the
gigantic branches of this elm. well out
of view Of his prey. whom he used to
20 adroitly hold up" with his horse
pistols, and relieve of whatever loose
valuables they might have. The elm.
which had a circumference Of over
Is feet, stood close to Hyde Vale, a.
most opposite Eye Olde House." While
1t was being cut up q nail, in perfect
condition, was found imbedded in the
center Of the wood.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

"Babies never get seasick. 1 have
carried thousands of them in my
Time" said an American line steward,
"and in rough weather l have seen
their fathers, mothers, brothers and
listers keel over like soldiers before
cannon-ball; but not SO with the
babies. Whether 1t be rough or smooth
at sea, a baby is always an excellent
sailor-rosy, jolly ami with the appe-
tite of horse. Do you know the ex-
PLANTATION of this singular fact? II is
ample as the fact j. strange. Ba-
bies don't get seasicli because they are
accustomed to the rocking of the
cradle. That movement is much like
the rocking of ship. a baby aboard
.hip, therefore, is merely baby in
an unusually big cradle. and there il
nothing odd so him % the rocking,
TOR it is what he has De. IL accustomed
70 all his fe."-Philadelphia Record.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

Two cups of brea'' cough, two cups
Of loaf sugar, two egg. pound
Of stoned raisins and nutmeg and
mace to taste are required for this
sake. The butter and sugar should
be creamed, then added to the dough.
After these have been thoroughly
stirred together the eggs are incor-
oorated, the whites and yolks having
oeen beaten separn ely. The longer
he cake mixture is beaten the more
successful will the results ben. Y
Herald.
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31

do you think scholarship A.
sists a man to pecuniary success?" II
should say not" answered the patron
Of the races. Half the time the book
makers can't pronounce correctly the
names Of horses On whieA tAag vta
tha most uQAAy.s -
The Lamar register., 1909-03-31
statement BY Senator eu0senhein'

Senator Guggenheim today denied
having made q, statement. which ap-
peared In several papers. that the re-
huchion of duties on lead bullion as
contemplated in the Payne Bill would