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The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
REAL AMERICANS IN KENTUCKY.
Whole Counties Without Resident Of
Foreiqn Birth.

There are counties in Kentucky
where there is not a single resident OF
for ign birth" declared r. L. Baker OF
Louisville, according to the Milwaukee
Sentinel. THE residents are the de-
scendants of the old families who
cane to IL yntucky when that state
was known as the dark and bloody
ground and who fought to make the
sts .e what it is to-day. They have no
lard to sell to foreigners. they have
no business to do with them, therefore
thu foreign population settles else
WI ere | presume the same condition
of affairs will be found in these Esme
co mites fifty years from now.
Not anywhere else in this country
can there be found settlement which
is more truly American. When YOU
stop to consider the number of nation
alities one meets gathered together in
almost every part OF the country. the
way these Kentuckians have managed
to keep to thexsselves is little less
than marvellous. Kentucky is unlike
am other state in the union. anyway.
In two counties there they have never
he'd coroners inquest. They have
coroner in each county, but they con-
ter d that II is not necessary to hold
an inquest over the remains OF man
who is killed If you know how he was
killed. They always know how the
dead ones are killed. In these same
counties | do not believe they have
ever held court without company or
two of militia. The people are not
assassins. but they have so long been
accustomed to settling their own
truubles with the rifle and the shotgun
th5t they cannot accustOm themselves
to the vengeance of the law in place
of that of the individual"
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
l1AKg!2Y1.
Siiase as a Feed Reserve.

The man that has good many
mich cows knows the advantages OF
having always on hand large supply
OF good feed. One of the great OBJ
stacies in the way of successful dairy
ing Is the unevenness of the season.
Some years there is an abundance OF
pasturaBe and an abundance of grass
in the meadows. which is made into
cheap and nutritious hay. But there
are other years when the pastures are
dry and consequently short, and the
crops in the meadow are so small that
before the winter is half over the
farmer has to buy feed or sell part Of
his COWS. Too often the profits of
one season are eaten up by the losses
in another season.
AS usual thing the farmer or dairy.
man that is caught short on his feed
tries to keep along by feeding straw
mixed with ground feed. He imagines
that he is saving the loss that would
be occasioned by the purchase OF hay
at fancy prices. In fact he is losing
heavily in the feeding of such make
shifts. for the amount of fiber that has
TO be digested is SO abnormally high
that the little nutriment in the straw
costs too much to make it pay to try
TO get it ont.
How much better for the farmer to
have always on hand large supply
OF nutritious feed such as silage.
There are years when the weather con.
ditions are such that an immense
amount of silaee can be grown on
small area of ground Some of our
cnterprisins dairymen carry silage CON
tinually in their silos. and when the
corn crop OF one year is being harvest
ed they are still using silage from
the lot put in the preceding year.
The more silos built the better is 1t
for the man that is trying to conduct
business profitably. Doubtless silage
carried for two and three years will
be found to be as good as silage used
at the end of a few months. One dairy
man tells me that he prefers silase
year old for his cows and that they
always drop on their milk yield when
he changes from old to new silage.
showing that they find the old silage
the more digestible.--John Stinson,
Bureau Co, H., in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Recipe for a World

Take one man, a woman and a gar
den. Add an apple and good fresh
snake. Stir gently until the pot be-
gins TO boil. then drain OFF the apple,
and keep adding children. Simmer
on a slow fire, then put on ice. Alter
nate between the two extremes, CIV
ing the whole good, sound basting
when needed. turning slowly in a
proper space. Keep adding time until
the mass is of the consistency of a
mud pie covered with ants. Multiply
the inhabitants and garnish with vii
lagos. towns. cities and empires. Now
introduce a little theology and enough
devil sauce to spice. Keep adding bat
tie, murder, sudden death and n good
layer of cant. Put plenty of salt in
the water and sprinkle with bad soci-
ETY.. When your world is finished
throw it in the fire and begin all over
asain.-Leesburg (Ohio) Buckeye.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Striking at ANY Rate.

President Paul Morton was enter
tanning at Manhattan Beach $50 agents
OF the Equitable Life.
An agent from the West asked Mr..
Morton if he believed that advertis-
ing benefited life insurance.
Good advertising" the other ar
swered, benefits every form of busi-
ness"
But what is good advertising"
said the agent.
Good Advertising returned Mr..
Morton. sis the kind that strikes
home. the kind that gives you a
friendly feeling toward a concern. 1t
makes you believe that it will be
pleasant and profitable to deal with
the advertiser
"A Detroit grocer, in my boyhood
inserted in the papers an advertise
ment that 1 think was a good one. I
still remember it. 1t ran:
Twins are come to me for the
third time. This time a boy and a
girl. beseech my friends and pat
rons to support me stoutly.r
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Protecting Fowls from Lice.

Fowls are hard to protect from lice
largely on account of the number Ct
fowls that must be kept by any one
man who expects to make much money
out of them. II a thousand-pound
steer or horse has lice the treatment
of that animal for the parasites is lot
great task; but it is far different
If thousand pounds of chickens have
to be treated. That might mean. as
many as 200 fowls to be washed,
dipped, or otherwise handled and cared
for.
There are several ways of killing
lice, but the most thorough way is to
wash the fowl with soap and water.
A poultry exhibitor said to the writer.
IF the man that has lousy hens will
wash them as the Snowman does his
} birds he will have no trouble with lice.
provided he does not again permit
them to come into contact with other
birds that are lousy" His method OF
washing was to make a strong lather
of soap and water and scrub the birds
thoroughly. The lather was worked
into the feathers and under all of them
and was again and again washed OF.
This kind of treatment gets rid of the
lice and leaves the birds absolutely
clean.
The next best thing is perhaps grease
put under the wings, under the tail
feathers, and on top of the head.
Sooner or later the lice on the bird will
take refuge in the places mentioned
and will become covered with grease,
which will in turn cause the stoppage
of the breathing pores of the insects
and hence strangulation. This is the
current opinion, but whether all the
lice do thus commit suicide is a ques-
ton that is hard TO settle. Certain it
is that the application of grease does
greatly reduce the number of lice in.
Testing the fowls
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
A Responsive Audience.

A well-known player. whose forte is
romantic comedy, tells an amusing
story in connection with the produc-
lion. some years ago. of an unsuccess-
full comedy. This comedy was a dire
failure. drawing but measer audi
ences. The record in this respect was
reached when the curtain rose on a
Wednesday matinee in Brooklyn. with
fifteen persons in the house. In the
front of the house there was but one
Occupant-a young girl in the second
row. In the first row of the balcony
sat one young man.
The play opened with scene on
the deck of yacht, and as the lead
ing man emerged from the cabin and
gazed into the empty gulf before him,
he spoke his first line:
THE sea is purple: have You, too,
noticed it?"
Whereupon the voice of the young
man in the balcony responded: 81
don't know about the young lady
down stairs. but | can see it very
plainly "-Harper's Weekly.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Coal Ashes as Mulch.

have believed for many years that
coal ashes make a good mulch, and I
"till hold To the opinion, but with some
modiiications. It is true tnat the ashes
viii for time prevent the growing OF
weeds. especially during the early part
OF the season. But in the ashes weed
"eeds will ultimately grow up and de.
salop enormously, I might say that
II ashes are put on piece of ground
"a the summer the weeds will probably
oot appear during that year, for the
reason that the seeds OF weeds will not
uave time TO fail upon the ashes and
Sprout before cold weather comes. But
the next year. look ou;
Last winter put ashes between my
COWS of current BUSHES as well as be.
tween my rows of Strawberries. The
ashes were spread or fully six inches
deep. SO deep that thought it impos.
sible for any weed to push through.
During the first part OF this summer
sae weeds did. not appear. but after
midsummer SLOWED a sudden yigor.
The ashes then seemed 10 helm instead
OF hinder them. was away from
nome for some time in the middle of
- S"V'' anu NiSh CaIue Dack
those weeds were five or six feet and
. had to pull up the stalks to make the
presence of the weeds in my currant
catch less obvious to the neighbors.
in my strawberry patch the result
was the same. The weeds grew up
ond in addition every strawberry run.
ner that got onto the ashes sent down
4 good system of roots and developed
giants right amid the ashes. am go.
lug to follow the matter further and
see how deep l will have to pile the
cral ashes to prevent the growth of
weeds. | am sure, however. that coal
ashes are great help for few weeks.
out they will not accomplish much as
. permanent destroyer.-Albert Bates.
OuP1ge Co.. ILL.,. in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Anthrax Amonu Cows.

Not long ago a man that
has n large herd of cows
and peddles milk in the city of Nash
vile, Tenn, discovered that many of
his animals had anthrax. The board
of health took up the matter and had
the diseased cows slaughtered and
their carcasses burned. The rest were
vaccinated and a rigid quarantine
maintained for n time, with the hope
of preventing the spread of the dis
ease to other herds. Anthrax is a
most deadly disease and is communi-
cable to man. As soon as ii appears
in neighborhood every precaution
should be taken against it. If the ami
mails are buried they should be sur
rounded with q:iicklime, that is. un-
slaked lime, that all germs may be de-
stroyed. If the carcasses are buried
without this precaution the germs will
work up through the soil and the grass
and other auimals feeding there or
eating the dried hay cut from that
place will take the disease.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
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money has always been visible
product OF methods. In the first cen
tuiy A. d., under the emperors Au-
sustus Caesar and Tiberius in Rome,
the property of criminals was confis-
Gated and converted into moLey,
which was lent free of interest to
those POOR who could offer security
for twice the amount they wanted to
borrow.
1t was in the second century after
Christ that the humane custom OBJ
tained in Rome of permitting slaves
to deposit extra earnings to create a
fund for the final purchase OF their
freedom.
Legion (Regimental) savings banks
We're also provided under the Roman
emperors for the accommodation Of
the soldiers.
Copper was the first metal used in
important money transactions, the
Roman 'as" being originally pound
OF copper, just as the modern English
pound sterling was originally pound
OF silver in the time OF William the
Conqueror Tin the llth century,, al
though to-day the silver pound ster-
ling is only about fiye-eights OF a
pound in weight.
The word 'coinage" comes from the
Latin cuneus. a wedge or die with
which to stamp the metal.
The oldest coins have a stamp on
but one side.
Gold arrow heads. gold knives and
swords. gold rines and bracelets snd
golilen chains Were made long before
gold was used as money However,
gold was used rs money in Chins as
early as 2257 b. C.. but was no: in
common use. that j, to say. the debt
or could not be compelled 10 pay it.
The permanent use of gold as legal
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01

money cannot be traced back farther
than the time of the Emperor Julius
Caesar in Rome in the first century
D. c.
For the next thirteen hundred
years. 1. e., until the Roman empire
ended with the fall of Constantinople
in 1904 A. D., no prince or Pope, or
other potentate within the Roman en-
pire (Which meant pretty much all of
the civilized world), was allowed to
coin any gold, except the Roman en-
perors.
The coinage of gold was reserved as
sacred prerogative by the emperor
of Rome as chiefs of the Roman state
and high priests of the Roman relig.
ion.
Money was sometimes legally de-
based. The Roman denarius, for in.
stance, was first coined in Rome at
the rate of six coins out of an ounce
of silver; in b. c. PIG seven were
coined out of an ounce of silver; in
40 A. D., under Augustus Caesar.
there were eight to the ounce; under
Nero. eight and one-half to the ounce;
under Hadrian, nine to the ounce; un.
der Gallus. fourteen to the ounce, ana
by the year 475 A. d. every bit of sill
yer was gone and the denarius was
made entirely of copper.
The Latin name for money, pecunia,
is derived from pecus. a flock, and it is
probable that the English word fee"
is connected etymologically with the
German word Vieh, meaning cattle
Cattle were also used as money in
early colonial days in our own coun.
try. We find law passed by the
Colony of Massachusetts in 1868 or
derinG that no man should pay taxes
in lanli cattle. At this time tobacco
was used as money in Virginia.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Calls Enolish Women Frivolous.

A writer Il the Standard of London
boldly asserts that the intellectual
level OF English women has been low
cred in the last fifty or sixty years
and bases his conclusion on state
ment that English women nowadays
read only ,he lighter forms of liter
ature. They read French novels and
plays and sensational English fiction
generally. Their grandmothers. he de-
clares used 10 read Scott's poems and
romances, and they also read history
for its own sake. Such girls now
would regularly read Freeman
Froude, Carlyle and Stubbs.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
o,d.Time irish Gentleman Dead.

Robert Jasper Martin. J. p, who
recently died. was one of the fine old
Irish gentlemen who inspired Levers
novels and was both writer and com
poser OF "Ballyhooley' and 'Killaloo"
and other famous songs. He was a
Galway squire of immemorial family,
brilliant raconteur and prince of
diners-out His favorite anecdote was
the one recounting the way he man
aged to get 4 conservative elected by
teiiing his tenants that he had made
mere money out of one rotten song
than he had from them in his whole
lifetime" and that he thought they
ought to vote for his friend, which
they did. His proudest reminiscence
was that British army had marched
in.o conquered town-said to be
Khartoum-to the tune OF "killaloo."
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Small Files in Milk.

ship my milk TO the
city. usually sending about four
cans. One day, few weeks ago. |
received all the cans back because in
one there were number of tiny flies.
hardly visible unless they were in
great numbers. | felt badly to have
every can returned when only one was
at fault. for l had taken great care
with my milk and rather. prided myself
on my cleanliness. Just how the aies
got in the milk do not know. for it
was all carefully strained and then
put in the tank to cool, and fresh
water pumped in. Whether the flies
were in the can. or whether they came
while the milk was in the water cool.
ing, | do not know, and | have won.
dered II other farmers have been
troubled in this same way AT any
rate, | made up my mind that there
would be no mere flies in my milk.
so now | use two sets of cans, and
after take the milk from the cooler.
strain it again into clean cans. have
had no further trouble with the little
pests, although il means some more
work and a double number of cans to
be used.-S. l.. Langworthy in Farm
ers' Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Trv the Soothing Penance.

Did it ever occur to you that your
unruly child is probably in highly
excited condition. and it may be part.
ly due to this that he persists in
seemingly sheer obstinacy to your
commands? A whipping at such a
time does more harm than good. In
stead. try making him lie down on
the bed as a punishment. 1t will
calrn his nerves, give him rest, and
afford him an opportunity to think.
Most children have a sensitive. ner-
vous organization. They are ten times
more likely to be good if kept in a
calm and serene mental atmosphere.
Chicago Journal.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Cost of Raisinq Fowls.

The cost OF raising fowls is hard to
estimate, because the farmer feeds his
fowls with material that would be
wasted If he did not give it to the
poultry. Where men live in the vii
lages and keep poultry, they roughly
estimate that it costs one dollar per
head to raise chick and bring it to
the laying period This is about the
cost estimated to keep fowl a year.
In making the estimate of one dollar
per fowl, one might say that the esti-
mate is too large. but it must be re-
membered that when the chickens are
growing there are invariably losses.
and these must be averaged up as
part of the cost of raising the ones
that survive. 1t is not q hard matter
to make fowl. after she has begun
laying, produce dollars worth of
eggs year, or even half dollar more
than that. We doubt If the cost of
raising a fowl on the farm is more
than half dollar, and our farm fowls,
If rightly handled. should in a year pay
for themselves, and pay an extra dol
lar in the way of profit. We are GER
tain that on many farms they do this.
but the owner does not appreciate this
because he keeps no account either of
receipts or expenditures. More. care in
the raising of poultry will reduce the
cost per hcad.-Warren Wilson, Union
Co. o.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Her Awful Threat.

On the sand at Windsor Beach lit
tie girl had n dipper full of water,
with which she wet the sand and
built marvellous things.
The water in the dipper was drawn
into its hollow handle, according to
the habit of dippers, and, overbalanc-
ing the bowl, tipped it over. When
this had gone on at intervals of near
ly an hour. the little girl got angry.
She sat up and put the dipper down
hard. Then she said threateningly:
III you do that again, dipper. I'll
cut your tail off and make basin of
you!"-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Fattenjnu Fowls.

1t is time to begin thinking OF fat
tening fowls for the fall mar.
ket and for the Thanksgiving
table. When we are getting
them ready for market we give them
a thorough cleaning, to get rid of all
vermin, and then confine where they
will have plenty of fresh air, but very
little exercise. We pay special atten-
tion to see that they are kept free
from vermin now. for they have not
n fair chance to look out for them.
selves when confined. Pure air in
great abundance is very essential. but
exercise will work off the flesh you
are trying to lay on them. Corn is
one of our best fattening foods, with
some oats and buckwheat. A variety in
the food tempts their appetite and
gives better results. DuriTg the last
ten days we feed nothing but soft
foods and these we feed in great
quantities. In confining the fowls for
fattening, we separate the cocks and
hens, and in case any individual fowl
is inclined to be 'scrappy" and persists
in bothering his neighbors and worry
ing himself about them, we put him in
coop by himself Anything which
tends to worry the fowls or to work
off flesh must be watched for and
avoided.-Cora II. Porter. Grant Co,
Ind, in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
The Ouceresf p,N

Mary said Kansas City, Kan D
man to his wife recently, II had a
queer dream last night. 1 dreamed
you had pair of wings st. Peter had
lust given you and was trying to fit
them on you. Wasn't it queer that
your wings didn't fit you?"
Yes" she replied, but that wasn't
the queerest part"
What was?"
"The fact that you were they..".shs
repiied.-Kansas City Tines.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
The Combination Cow.

There is incessant warfare between
the specialists in COW breeding and
the man who wants a COW that is both
a beef-maker and milli.maker. First
the combination COW was called a
general purpose COW. then a dual pur-
pose COW, and now some one has hit
upon the name given above. While
the specialist is right in some things,
he is wrong in others. Certainly the
man that is producing milk with the
idea OF selling 1t must produce that
milk from the COW that will make it as
cheaDly as possible, and this he will
find among the distinctly dairy COWS.
But there is place for the comhina-
tion COW. On the high priced land in
Illinois and adjoining states the man
who is producing beef cattle is learn
ing that 1t is impossible to make
money by producing beef cattle alone.
He must utilize the milll-giving power
of his COWS as much as possible.
Therefore he wants a COW with beef
form and deep powers of milk-giving
These kinds of cows are in existence.
They are not suitable to go into the
dairy, but are suitable as an adjunct
to beef making
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Dean Emerson,s classieal eun

When the final score of the 1909
Dartmouth-Harvard football game was
announced in Hanover the old town
went mad with joy. A big bonfire
was built on the campus and a mass
meeting held in the old chapel.
Speeches were called for from the
members of the faculty. among them
Dean c. F. Emerson. a former wearer
OF the ID" He was greeted with an.
plause which became thunderous
when he made this reference TO the
stadium and its Roman prototype.
Wen, boys. we called to see 'em
tcoiiseum) and stayed with 'em (Sta
dium)."
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
oRAToRY HAS TO BE PAID FOR.
The Money Value Of Noise and Silence
in Parliament

in Parliament.
Belgian statistician has amused
himself by calculating the cost to the
country of parliamentary oratory, and
that of noise. and even of silence in
parliament. for, according to him,
each second of sitting costs the
same amount, and silence is paid for,
during the sittings. as dearly as
speech, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
He calculates that each hour of the
sittings of the Belgian chamber costs
1886 francs, each minute 12143 francs
and each second something more than
francs. Starting from this basis he
calculates that the words of the pres
ident at the opening of each sitting,
Gentlemen, the sitting has commence
ed costs about france. A laugh,
for which. when uttered in his pres
ence, he could find no reason. was
timed by him to cost francs 10 CEN
times. Marks of approval on many
benches" cost as much as f2 or e3;
suitably prolonged movement" can
not be produced at less than is or o5
francs. ''Ironical cheers at the left"
are exceedingly costly, while loud
approval at the right runs to a price
beyond all reason. He notes that a
few days ago the applause from the
government benches at the end of a
speech of the railway minister cost
exactly 65 francs 40 centimes, and
that sitting of three hours. which
was occupied by three Indifferent
speakers, cost 2S,G79.50 francs, or
close on to e1,OOO. Patti could be
heard in Brussels for such sum, he
declares: or grand opera, claque and
all, be had for less.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
cabmen Fiaht Traction Line.

The Irish town of Limerick has
population of 3S,OG0, and the distance
from one end of the city to the other
is two miles. Cabs charging gen
erous fare have heretofore been the
only means of conveyance. A recent
project for street railway line was
rejected. On the evening of the cor
poration meeting. bands paraded the
streets to emphasize the objection OF
the cabmen and the working com.
munity in general to the innovation.
The Lamar register., 1905-11-01
Diplomat as We'll as Artist.

The late Walter Smith the artist
was busily engaged upon the portrait
of a member of Boston's 400. lady
severely plain in feature, but whose
vanity in that respect was well
known.
A visitor to the studio remarked:
You haven't caught Mrs. Beacon
Streets expression at ALI"
NO" replied the painter. but fiat
ter myself I've caught her notion OF
her expression"