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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12
ECZEMA COVERED HIM.

Itching Torture Was Beyond Words
Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion
Relieved In "a Hours and
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12
A Natural Conclusion,

do you think Bangs will succeed in
the work he has taken up?"
He hasn't the ghost of chance"
why not?"
Because he hasn't the spirit"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

German Proverb.
Though you drive Nature out with
q pitchfork, she always comes back.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

Women Brick Workers.
Prussia's brick yards employ nearly
10000 women.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces In
nammation allays pain, curcs wind collie &c bottle
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

There is nothing like good bust
ness plant for raising money.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12
VARIETY.

Hewitt-I've been pinched for mon
ey lately.
Jewitt-Well. women have different
ways of getting 1t. My wife kisses
me when she wants any.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

On the off days for the horse, light
en- up on the grain feed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

A dog is a nuisance around the COW
barn unless he is wellmannered ami
NAL and fond of the COWS. A dog that
is barking and swapping at the heels
of the cows is a sure way to cut down
on the flow of milk
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-12

Behold the busy little bee in the ag-
gregate: 1t is said that three hundred
billion bees made enough honey last
year to fill a train of cars long enough
to reach from New York city to Buff
falo. At ten cents pound 1t was
worth $25,000,000. Not only did the
little workers contribute that vast sup
ply of pure and delicious food prod
uct to the nation, but as they made
it they treated it antiseptically with
formic acid. thus preventing impuri-
ties or decay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
SATURDAY, APRIL s4, Ieos.
HOLDING rWo sRArs.

Every man, we suppose. who has travelled on a train. and has found 1t impossible to get a seat, has passed seat of which q man was occupy ing one-half while his baggage occu- pied the other. He might have nothing but a suit case or satchel. but. 1t holds. half the seat. and the man assumes that he has pre-empted all of it. It is true that he had only paid for one fare. but that seems to make no dif- ference with some travellers. If asked to make room for another passenger some, win do so. but the car seat mcnopolist will refuse. He may even go back into the smoking car to in- dulge in a. cigar while the entire seat is covered and held by his baggage. and if any one should take the lib- l erty of clearing and occupying half the seat the other would be very much offended
 As we learn from contemporary. dispute which was taken to the courts in New York State, and the Court of Appeals has decided against the smoker. It holds that seats are for passengers, not for baggage. and that no one is bound by the reserva- tion. Tn the particular case the two contestants had come to blows. The conductor, who was appealed to, would not pronounce upon their claims, and though the intruder was obliged to succumb to superior force he succeed ed in throwing part of the baggage through the window. The victor. not satisfied with this result. invoked the aid of the law and wanted damages for his loss and for the injury to his feelings, as well as a judgment that he was acting within his rights in trying to occupy two seats. But the court was generally unsympathetic. 1t considered the feelings of the other man and indicated that the smoking baggage owner could get damages only by separate suit in which he should establish the exact amount of the loss that he sustained because of the window episode.
 Most fair-minded persons. we judge win agree that this decision is in the line of fairness and equity. True, fl affects only the State of New York but 1t should be universal. We do not know what Is the law in other States, or what the common law might decide in such cases. nor do we know certainly what IS the rule with rail roads generally. but the New York decision may cause something Of the kind In other States. If man should but two passenger tickets we sup pose he would be entitled to a whole seat, but certainly 1t is not just or fair for him to occupy two places with one fare. That "ain't fair" as We view it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
TALK OF SIGNALS TO MARS.
Astronomers Gathered In Paris, Ho
 -. .a I-alluaa ta QIra..Alula...

Astronomers Gathered In Paris, How
 ever, Are Inclined to Skepticism. Paris Special to New York Times.
 Prof William Henry Pickering's idea of communicating with Mars with sig nals flashed by a sio,Ooo.ooo set Of cism by the general body of astrono- mers n5w in Paris attending the Inter national Congress to Map the Heavens. The Harvard observer believes that planet shall approach within s5,O0o,oOO miles of the earth, or 5,ooO.oo0 miles nearer than ever before.
 NJ. Ballaud, Director of the Paris ob- servatory, doubts the serioushess of tine proposal.
 says that the establishment of comma nication with Mars is entirely within the bounds of possibility.
 "EVery condition points to the prob mai fife" he said today. but the time probably has not yet come for us sue cessfuIly to signal them. It may be that they long have been signalling us. All cosm ogical studies go to show that Mars Is older and has attained a The Martians are probably infinitely superior intellectually to us. who have not vet learned to conduct the simplest affairs, and spend three-quarters of our resources in maintaining engines of de-
 ''Martians were probably trying to communicate with the earth millions of years ago. before our mammoth and cave men period. Never having re ceived a reply, they possibly concluded creatures of intelligence. In my opln- lon communication will not be estab- ushed In our time. but perhaps will be at far distant day"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
RhinocerOs n Bad Foe.

Edgar Beecher Bronson's Big Game in
 East Africa" in May Century
 While easily stalked. the rhinoceros is a dangerous customer, as most men will agree who have hunted him, espe- eiallv Benjamin Eastwood. chief &C., eouhtant of the Uganda Railway who was nearly trampled to death by one, with the actual loss of an arm above the elbow. If the rbinoceros gets one's scent, he almost invariably charges, often. probably, from sheer curiosity but that does not make him any the easier to dispose Of.
 Moreover he runs. and turns at a speed inconceivable in a beast Of his vast bulk. Against his massive, sIop- ing head the heaviest bullet Is mere flea -bite. leaving no possibility of a stopping shot except with hard nose hall sent fairly into the heart through the chest. An alternative ts to stand absolutely motionles. when. with his bad eyesight there Is a possibility he may mistake you for a tree. aud veer past Indeed. the best ruse in the crisis of any charge is to stand fast and still: for even the unwounded lion sometimes swerves in his charge and retires be- fore a man who has the nerve to walt his coming,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
rHrREArENrNa LETTERS.

The erime--for 1t is nothing less. of sending threatening letters Is be- coming far too common in this coun-
 try. and the most thorough and rigid
 measures known to law and ofncers Of law should be employed to put an
 end to 1t. If such thing is possible. Some of these letters may be sent as
 jokes. however silly they may be, and | however bad we may consider. the
 taste of the senders. Others may be
 bluffs, the writers having no inten-
 tion of carrying out their threats. but they are none the less criminal.
 Leaving out these two classes. and
 considering those which are plainly
 sent with criminal intent, we find
 them becoming more and more fre- quent, and they are not confined to
 any section of the country for we
 read of them from all directions. To write a letter of this nature threat
 ening harm to the recipient unless the terms are complied with. Is the most cowardiy, form of robbery that has ever been thought of. The expecta-
 ton of the sender of the letter is to get money from his victim without
 danger to himself. and thus proves himself a coward as well as a crim- inal The bandit. the freebooter. the stage robber all show courage, be- cause they may meet with resistance
 and run into real danger. Sometimes even they are killed, or captured and punished for their crime.
 But the sender of threatening let- ter cannot even claim the credit of
 criminal courage. He is worse than the snake. for the reptile does some
 times come out into the light, but his human imitator prefers to remain | in darkness and do his nefarious work under cover. If his victim can be frightened into sending him money he escapes with his iil-gotten gains and
 may be encouraged to repeat the -oper- ation. If the threatened person re- fuses to comply with the demand he | may be put to death or his property be destroyed. In any case the one
 who sends the letter is a criminal
 whose punishment should be of such al character as to discourage others. We know there are many difficulties | in the way of uncovering the authors of such crimes. but no pains or ex- penss, should be spared to get hold of some of them and make examples | of them. The crime is becoming far too frequent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
The Reformation of south Hollow.

In "Old Jim Case of South Hollow, Edward Irving Rice's popular book both the man and the place are real "Old Jim" passed away six months ago but South Hollow yet Is.
 South Hollow is not a great big flourishing town; it is one of those peaceful little settlements, 1T. New York State. with one long, winding street leading to the grocery store where the village cut-ups cluster.
 old Jim Case used to drive a three minute horse along this road; and the betting was more active on Sunday than on any other day. All the stores Kept open" too.
 But things are changed now. The most notorious Bad Man" of the vil- lage has reformed the vacant church acquired a pastor the other day; and a new sidewalk has been built so people can go to services without padding iI the mur.
 This news comes from the South Hol- low correspondence of a newspaper in Syracuse, New York.
 MT. Rice'S book. by the way, has al. ready run Into a second edition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
Carnegie lnsfifution Work
B Freaeie ]. IIaskia.

ton laboratory has to deal ana 1t may yet lead to . houDsho1d econuomy at@ most revolutionary in fts nature. teach- ing man the true science of nutrition. - A half century and moro ago Hum. boldt was dreaming. of q time when . general magnetic survey of the world should be made. It was thought by vey should be repeated four tinnss every century. and that the progress sive governments of the globe ought to make it q matter of international effort But his plan never succeeded until the Carnegie Institution came along to take up the work. carrfec on with the charaeteristic thoroughnees of things done by the fnstitution. this work promises to be fruitful of many important results to the world of nay. igation. Hereafter the ironiess ana steelless yacht Carnegie, will sail the seas constantly In q effort to complete the work mapped out by Humboldt more than a generation ago.
 It addition to all Its regular work the Institution continues to help in- dependent investigators whose work poses for which the Instotution vas founded. Over thirty independent fn- vestigators were added to its list last year. in addition to the number al- ready at work. Since the organization of the Institution in 1902 about a thou sand individuals have been engaged in work under it's auspices and there are some five hundred people now so en- gagged. Ten different departments, each with a full stan. are now com pletely organized Six laboratories, for as many different fields or investiga- ton. situated in widely separated io- calities. have hsen constructed and equipped. Work has teen undertaken in imost every branch of human re- search. from archaeology snd astronomy to theremodynamics asad zoology, and the geographical range of the work has covered thirty countries.
 More than 1s0 volumes of collected data, covering well cd to 10000 printed pages, have been published or are in press. In addition to this there were about a thousand short papers pub lished dealing with some phase or oth- CT of the work. During the present nscai year the Institution is working under an appropriation of s6ss,000. Spreading It's activities over practically the whole world, the Carnegie Institu- ton 10 doing work the full scope and possibilities of which cannot be calcu- lated by the present generation.
 4Copyright 1909 by Frederic J. Has, lrin.) 's4 'f
 Temsrrsw--Amer1can Audatoriams.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
MOdjenka's Son .
Boston Transcript.

B0ston IrdhsCrIpI.
 Both as a woman and an actress Modjeska had a secure place in the af- fections and admiration of the people of this country, which evidently owes her far more than her contributions to high and clean art. It Is interest ing 10 learn that the new Manhattan bridge Is going up under the careful supervision of her son, Ralph Modjeska, of Chicago. who has been called as an outside expert to watch the progress of this structure. He IS regarded as standing in the front rank of the bridge en gineers Tn this country, if not in the world. He was at the head of the com mission that investigated the Quebec bridge disaster. and Is contribution 10 the scientific service of this country fot which we are indebted to Poland and its brilliant exiled daughter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

The Jackson News copies from a Fulton CMo) contemporary this inter esting social item: Earl Roberts and Miss Ivy Martin were married at s2.3O wednesday afternoon" Well. inas- much as there seems to have been two dollars in 1t the afair was at least saved from looking like thirty cents. But we suspect that the printer who put the item in type was think ing about next Saturdays pay en- vslope, and wondering If is contents would look like $3.3O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
Letters to ne Editor
HUNTING WITH THE
 OLD FLINT AND STEEL
Correspondest Used rnen With satis- faction With Many Others in
 Alabama for Yenrp After
wingard Ala. April 20, 1909.

wingard. Ala. April 20, 1909. Editor The Advertiser:
 sd o ss n The sa mssmpss ssss ssk As4sa sad Birmingham Ledger in your issue of years after the war I used a flint and and there were many others ih the community. We seldom missed a shot, when powder was dry and flints well trimmed, Great care was taken in tn IS or three shots which was quickly and to the small end of the famrod. In ts tss ,. 4 as. wss rare t9 wip fire ing it out" as we called It. Our rifles were never laid up with powder left in the pans and If. loaded we always Before using i or starting @ out 'on' on hunt. hunt
 Notwith standing the percussion lock was great improvement over the old flint and steel 1t was with reluctance liable. as we termed them. flint and fectly accurate from eighty to 200 yards; owing to the calibre; The usual let in the palm of the hand and cover 1t with powder poured from a horn or other receptacle, most usually nice. silver mountings, which were usually kept as relics in the family from grandfather to father, son, etc, and were prized as relics of great value. The more common method of loading, however. was with a charger. made of cane. horn. bone or other material cut to hold the correct amount of powder for the bullet. These, too. were often carved and mounted and carefully kept. The bullets were made from bars of lead melted and run Into moulds made for each particular gun or calibre. and we .knew almost to a mathematical certainty how many balls or bullets a bar or pound of lead would make. Our ammunition was car ried in "shot bag made from some heavy cloth sufficient for carrying all the patching. bullets and rags for cleaning to which was conveniently att tached the powder horn and charger. as also 3 strap ny which to carry 1t on the shoulder.
 A very popular "shot bag" was made of q coon hide nicely dressed with hair on 1t, and the tail used for a lapel With thls outfit and a good flint and steel rife man was considered heeled for almost any emergency, even when deer bear and partners were in abun-
 1T S. W, Shirley. t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

For a time now we may expect all the newspapers of any note to carry pictures of the Turkish Sultan. It will be the same. whether he loses his throne, his head or both. or whether he is forced to skidoo in search of safer quarters: his ugly face must stand out on the pages of the news papers What do we over here care for Abdul Ahmid. anyway? Let hin. pass out or stay in. all's one to us. We don't think much of Abd Ahm any way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
This is Ny Sand Birthday
David FeImIey.

David Felmley president of the H. linois State Normal University, was born in Somerset county, New Jersey. April '24. 1857. He received his educa, tion in the public schools of New Jer- sey and Illinois and at Blackburn University and the University of Mich igan. He was superintendent of schools at Carrollton. Illinois, from 1882 to 1890. In the latter year he became professor of mathematics at the Illi- nois State Normal University and con tinued in that position until he was elected to the presidency of the uni versity in 1900. pr. Felmley has been active in formulating and developing many important measures of legisIa- tion relating to the public school sys- tenn in Illinois and was one of the originators of the Illinois State Course of Study.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
The south Car Decide.

Chattanooga Times.
 Democrats will win in 1912. Is a news item that Is going the rounds, Win what-a lemon? They will not win anything elsa without they select a fldence.-Montgomery Advertiser.
 This from one of the reluctant sup- porters of Mir. Bryan, In his last race. sentiment respecting the Democratic leadership. Mr. Bryan Is said to be un- decided whether or not he will be a candidate four years hence. We think the South will decide the question for him. and in way that will give the party at least a fighting chance to win.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

For a job that is going on all right that Panama canal does seem to take A woeful amount of inspecting" ob- serves The Pittsburg Sun. But does the brother see the point2 A iunket- ing trip to the canal. with all expenses paid, including wine and other neces- saries, is a pleasant variation from the grind of Congressional and official du, ties. Let them enjoy the fun while it is going.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
This Date in History
April 24'

l7s7-The first distinctively American play, called ''The Prince of Par thia," was produced at the Wal nut Street Theatre, Philadelphia. 17S1-British occupied Petersburg. Va. lS02-Georgia ceded her Western ter ritory to the United States. 1S0S-Father Richard Luke Concanen consecrated as first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York.
 1S45-China issued an edict permitting foreigners to teach the Christian religion. 1s62-Farragut passed the forts below New Orleans.
 1s77-War began between Russia and Turkey.
 l9o1-The Boers evacuated their posi- tion near Dewetzdorp. 1906-The remains of John Paul Jones were reinterred at Annapolls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
He Likes Politics. Napfravll1a praae
l One Marriage in Ten Broken.
 | Edward Ellsworth Ross's .srhe Signif- l cance of Increasing Divorce" in

'. a.f . !.
 Twenty wears ago an Investigation by the Department of Labor showed that S2s.716 diyorcsst had been granted in the United States between 1887 and ,a hsss E and tsat d,S slseFssS :, [; were population The recent census for iss7-19os brings fo light s45,625 d. vorces. and demonstrates that the movement constantly gains in velocity. At present. probably one marriage in ten is broken. and in some States. the proportion may be as high as one in four. Forty years ago the broad con trast was between North and South but the divorce rates of North and South have been converging. whereas. those of East and West have diverged The Central States have two and one half times the. rate of the Atlantic States. while for the Western States the proportion is three and one-half.
 Although the tide of divorce Is ris- ing the world over. nowhere Is it so high. nowhere Is 1t rising so fast, as in the United States, Our rate Is twice that of Switzerland. thrice that of France and i've times that of Ger many.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
Fewer end the Puhlse.

Commissions in the May Century.
 Power IS not where the statutes try to place 1t, but where the controlling influence Is, and 1t depends on the public more than on the commissions whether the law shall finally succeed or fah. If the people are mad enough bad enough and mad enough to ap- point worse ones, corruption and fail ure will not be the result of the law. but the inmitigabie consequences of our incapacity for self government
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

bill has been introduced 10 the Tennessee Legislature ito promote safe and suitable school houses in the state of Tennessee" and 1t should pass without expedition. If there is a class of our people who should be protected as far as Is humanly possible against
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

The Columbus Ledger flatly declines to take any stock in the dictum given out by Prof. John Marshall to the eff feet that whiskey Is not a remedy for snake bites. The Ledger man wants to a-nshin' and wants a sure remedy on hand. if there's any place h Georgia where he may get it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

Walter wellman. 1t is announced, who made such a failure in 1SO5 in his proposed effort to reach the North Pole in an airship. is contemplating another try at the job this summer. We predict that thereIl be another failure, even though he really starts. which Is doubtful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

If there's one thing more than an- other that we would like to have set tied and nailed down. soiidiy. unmova- biy and for all time 1t Is the Meek ienbure Declaration business. Wen never hear the end of it as long as there's any doubts on the subject. and we fear that will be forever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

The announcement that Crazy Snake has been rounded up on a strip of territory thirty by one hun dred miles doesn't mean much, especially as he Is in the moun- tains where he can have about all the freedom of motion he wants. Three thousand square miles of ter ritory Is enough for even a bad Intun to hide in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24

Agriculture hands out the informa ton that the flavor of eggs may be "noticeably influenced by the feed of the hen" There's something for the producers of eggs to get busy about at once. Wonder. by the way. If one might so feed the hens that the flavor of egGnog would be imparted to the egg That would be just bully.