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The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
liQht CLOTHING.

Active exercise in the open air. with
the smallest amount of clothing con-
sistent with modesty and comfort. is
most powerful tonic. The direct
rays of the sun have a cleansing eff
feet upon the tissues by Fastening the
assimilation of food products and the
excretion of waste matter.
Karl Mann, the champion walker
of Continental Europe, says that he
owed his endurance in great part to
his habit of wearing a very small
amount of extremely porous white
clothing when making his famous
worlds record. He believes that he
won the race, not only because of his
vegetarian principles. but because he
let nothing come between him and a
plentiful supply of light. He stated
among other things that he distinctly
felt the rejuvenating effect of the first
rays of the sun. when. after a night
of struggling with deluging rain, the
day broke fair and smiling. The suns
rays came as a sort of balm to his
tired muscles, and gave him a new
impetus to make a worlds record in
deed.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Careful PrunIno.

Pruning is not thing that can be
done recklessly. although great
many farmers do not seem to
realize the fact. Too much prun.
Ing will injure the vitality of the
tree. and this injury will be most ap-
parent II severe drought comes on
III the weather is wet through the
growing season. sometimes the tree
that has been pruned too much will
recover Itself. II the tree is pruned
too little much Of Its strength will go
TO the development of wood, and this
means the limiting Of fruit production.
As general thing. unpruned trees
bear but little fruit. Pruning is a
science that must be studied. No rule
can be given in a single sentence
that will be of much value. The man
that makes a study OF pruning will be
able to increase the production of his
orchard without increasing the ex-
pense. and without increasing the
amount of plant food taken out OF the
soil
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could find she addressed word or
two to her Mexican guide. The guide
knows English just sufficiently well
to get himself misunderstood.
''Si. Senorita," he said. nodding his
head as If it were attached with very
flexible strings. my lavandera, she
wash much good clothes"
Does she wash your collars?" asked
the maiden from the Northland.
"Si. Senorita. she wash 'em all
clothes of mine." and the Mexican dis
played crisp edges of the collar as
proof of the good work done.
Does she also wash your shirts p"
queried the girl. at the same time
taking hold of his coat and viewing
the shirt.
Isl, Senorita"-and the Mexican
grew enthusiastic-"she wash 'em
much good. She very good lavandera
You want to see. show you my un-
derclothes.''
The young lady collapsed. They
found her powdering her face in order
to hide the blushes.-Mexican Herald
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The Bicycle as a ores. Reformer.

ITO the bicycle, more than to any
thing else. is due the reform in wom-
ems dress" says a writer. in praise
of the wheel. Before its advent,
woman was liable to be arrested II
she wore a short skirt on the street.
Now she is more in danger of arrest
for wearing one too long. The COM
Portable skirtwaist. loose jacket. alb
sence of corsets and other changes
owe their coming largely to the BIZ
cycle. We hear the rumor that tight
waists are coming in again. Women.
to your wheels! ride down the health
destroying. lung-compressing fashion.
Ride hard. breathe deep. expand your
lungs until tight waists are an i'm
possibility, and long skirts are objects
of contempt"
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
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sweet Glover (MeIiIotus).

There is one plant that is scatter
ing itself over the country as a weed
that deserves more than passing men
tion. In most OF the country where
IT has appeared only during last years
1t is found chiefly along the railroads.
In riding over the Illinois Central
from Chicago to Cairo a distance of
923 miles, one sees sweet clover on
the sides of the railroad all the way.
Sometimes the patches by the road
side extend into the fields and form
great thickets six and seven feet high
One gets the impression that the
plant is all over the state. which is
not the case. A few miles away from
the railroads will be found people that
nave never seen sweet clover. Just
now II spread SO along the railroad
IL Is at first hard to understand, as
sweet clover is not transported as
commercial product. The only con-
clusion possible is that the soil. being
constantly torn by the section men
In grading and making repairs has
lett the road soil in condition where
the sweet clover seed could take hold
and develop into a plant. This was
the more readily done as most seeds
VIII rot take hold Of such soil The
seed OF most of the grasses need to be
protected by a nurse plant to get hold
or the earth. If they fall on bare soil
exposed to the sun they do not germ
mate. or IL they do the germ dies.
Many of the seeds OF grasses are so
light that the little rootlet that starts
pushes up the seed rather than finds
weight above 1t that permits 1t to
force its way into the soil. The NELL
lotus seed. however. finds in the bare
soil Just the place 1t needs. The hot
sun favors 1t. and its seed is heavy
enough to hold itself down while the
rootlet is making its way into the
baked crust. This doubtless explains
why 1t has followed the hard roadside
Our farmers have not yet learned
the great value of sweet clover. This
may be said of those in the North
more than of the farmers in the South.
for the latter have raised this plant as
a field crop and have fed it extensive
ly. In the North its greatest use may
be found in helping to make hard
land soft and mellow. Bare spots in
the pastures could be made to grow
grass If melilotus seed were first sown
on them. II the land is limey the
plant will make a good growth and
VIII send up big stalks while its roots
20 deep into the soil. pushing aside
the soil particles. When these roots
die they leave innumerable channels
in the soil through which soil drainage
is facilitated and air can the more
readily enter.
Sweet clover loves lime. and where
lime is provided 1t will grow to per-
fection. Land that is sour Is not suit
ed to sweet clover. and this is.
reason why in Southern Illinois 1t is
found on the railroads and not in the
fields. The soil on the railroads has
been hauled in from a distance and
is evidently rich in line. while the
soil on the farms in some OF the coun-
ties is so acidy that sweet clover
would not grow If 1t did germinate.
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Stirring Orchard Soils.

The depth of stirring orchard soils
depends on the condition existing
in the orchard. u the trees are
large. and the roots numerous in
the ground, the soil should not
be stirred deeply. the main OBJ
ject being to keep the surface soil
disturbed SO that capillarity cannot
take place. With old orchards that
have never been cultivated the
stirring will have to be very shallow.
because the roots of old orchard trees
lie close to the surface, and II they
are disturbed the tree cannot readily
form enough new ones to offset the
losses. The only orchard soil that
may be stirred deeply is the soil in the
young orchard previous to its coming
into bearing. Deep stirring of the soil
will then pulverize it in advance of
the growing roots and so encourage
its root extension.
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The Hopper Doxer,

Every year grasshoppers or locusts
appear in large numbers in some local
tiles. One of the best means of de-
stroying them is the hopper dozer. IL
lustrated here. 1t is simply kero-
sene pan on runners. and having a
high back to prevent the insects fly
ing over 1t when stirred up by it as
1t is drawn through the grass. The
pan is partly filled with water and
some kerosene is added. This floats
on top of the water and kills the
locusts that fall into it. The hopper
dozer may be made as long as desired.
it sometimes being 16 to is feet long.
when drawn by horses. The runners
may be two to eight inches high, ac-
cording to the size of the grasshop-
ysrs to be caught.
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skimmilk for the Calf.

Skimmilk is a profitable feed for
dairy calves II it is fed properly. This
means IL it is fed warm and while
still sweet. One dairymar says that
it is worth 25 per cent more than cold
milk if it is fed while the animal heat
Is still in it. The great trouble in
feeding skimmilk is to feed n small
enough amount. as a large amount
causes digestive troubles with the
calves, which troubles are accentuated
when the milk is fed after 1t has be-
gun to sour. Sometimes a farmer will
lose number of calves with scours
before he learns that 1t is not the sep
arated skimmilk that has made the
trouble, but the overfeeding of the
milk.
Overlooking of any food will result
in trouble. but on some feeds cows
and calves find it impossible to over
feed. One of these is hay. Milk in
any form may be used in too great an
abundance. The calf owner usually
figures that the cream having been
taken out of the milk it is therefore
very poor stuff, and he therefore tries
to double up on the amount. This Is
the first and great error. The milk in
being SKINNED has not been deprived
II very much of its nutriment. and
the amount given should certainly not
be increased. II anything. it should
be decreased in quantity, as 1t is not
as digestible with the butter fat taken
out as it was with the butter fat in.
Oilmeal IS sometimes added in very
small quantities to take the place of
the cream. but it is not a certainty
established that this oil takes the
place of the natural butter fat in aid
ing the digestive processes.
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I1IAKg&Y1
The Gentle Mixer,

1t is not often that l rush into
print" but just now 1 feel like say
ing something in favor of gentleness
in milking cows. l have seen hired
men that did not know how to handle
cow. or else they did not put their
knowledge into practice. l think some
men are so sour-tempered and SO
brutal in their makeup that it would
be practically impossible for them to
treat COW as she should be treated.
They sit down to milk as If it were
something they didn't like and for
which the COW was to blame. They
would grab the teats and squeeze
them so hard at the outset that the
cow, If of nervous temperament,
would hold up her milk as much as
possible. If they spoke to the COW IT
would be in gruff voice in tone OF
command with the evident purpose
Of inspiring fear. The COW would stop
eating and stand wide-eyed till the
milking process was through. l doubt
If that will give good results in the
way of milk.
The really good mixer is the one
that Is naturally gentle. He speaks
kindly to the COW because he wants
her to feel that he is her friend. which
he Is. BY that telepathy that exists
between minds, the COW knows that
he is her friend and goes on eating
or chewing her cud. The pressure OF
the hands OF the gentle mixer is light
on the teats. just hard enough to draw
the milk. There is no Jerking, which
always means hurting the teat or at
least making 1t feel uncomfortable.
The gentle milker is the only one
that should be allowed to touch the
teats of COW: but the trouble is that
we are so short of hired hands that
we have to take any kind of a mixer
we can get. have read in the Farm
ers' Review that one of the objections.
to the mechanical milking machine Is
that 1t is non-sympathetic. Well,
think 1t cannot be more unsympa-
thetic than some of the mixers have
known. and If it comes my way 1 will
give 1t chance. II it dries up the
cows. l know of men that can dry
them up quicker. l have in mind one
man that worked for me. He was not
swearing man, but was one that
kicked the cows and pounded the
horses whenever they did not act to
suit him. He spoiled the temper of
one OF my horses and destroyed the
confidence of some of my cows. II
we get the milking machine 1t will at
least not curry the cows with the
milking stool. Ellis. Cald-
well Co.. KY. in Farmers Review.
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HORTICULTURE
RHEss7S SSYa@
Using Dynamite In the Orchard.

Sy'SbhAo w stS SfSp1tes
From time to time instances come
to our notice of the use of dynamite
In the orchard. Sometimes 1t is
stump of tree that is taken out
by this means and sometimes 1t is
the hole for the tree that is being
prepared by the use of dynamite. The
men that use 1t say 1t is easy to use
In either case and performs its work
thoroughly. So 1t is, hut the danger
Is great, and many a man has lost
his life trying to use this agent. In
the case OF quarrying rock 1t is quite
necessary to use powder and dyna-
mite, but In orchard work It is not
necessary. The trouble is that many
a careless man imagines that he is
very careful. and as consequence
OF this misplaced confidence in him
self he either loses his own life or
Injuries some other person. The dig
ging of holes In which to set trees
is not such great task. anyway.
The users of dynamite claim that n
stick of dynamite placed in a hole
In the earth and exploded will loosen
the earth for five feet around
and for two feet in depth
That may be true, but we see
no great advantage in loosenins
the dirt to a greater depth than is
stirred up by the plows that we're
used in the preparation of the orchard
soil. II the soil is of the clayey tex
ture the loosening of 1t bs;ow the
depth to which the rest is loosened
Will simply make a place in which
water can settle and become stag
nant. II the soil is sandy 1t will need
no such general stirring up to permit
the passage of roots.
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Going to School Out Of Doors.

An educational reform movement is
that there is decided effort in the
direction of a better acquaintance
with nature.
One of the objective points in a true
educational system must be to open
the eyes of the child to see the Won
derful things that are happening in
the nature world about him. and to
discern the divine Intelligence which
works in every leaf and flower. in ev-
cry passing cloud. in every ray of
light.
Vacation periods might be most
profitably spent in regular. organized.
systematic out-of-door study. Such
use of vacation days would be far
more profitable than aimless sport
Part of the time might be spent in
vigorous exercise. or labor calculated
to encourage bodily development. Ex-
posure to life In the air has a most
beneficial effect upon the growing
child.
Every child ought to be taught to
swim. Swimming schools should be
connected with every public school;
also an outdoor gymnasium. in which
the children may expose large part
of their bodies to the action of the
suns rays. By this means only can
the skin be made vigorous and
healthy. A healthy skin is the best
possible protection against disease of
the lungs and other internal organs.
In summer time the child should
spend every moment possible in the
great out-of-doors. absorbing life and
energy from the living world about
him.
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To Breathe or No. to ar.,,,.,

"a Parody.)
To breathe or not to breathe, that is the
question.
Whether tbs nobler for our sex to suffer
The pain and torture of a steel girt cor
set,
Or to take arms against Dame Fashions
tyrannies
And. by opposing end them. To unlace.
to breathe
Once more, and with full breath to saw
end
The sideache and the thousand unnatural
We make flesh heir to-'tis a consumma-
tion
Dcvoutly to be wished.
-Eudora S. Bumstead
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Stones in All Styles.

Women have one great advantage
nowadays in bedecking themselves.
writes Lady Violet Greville in the
London Graphic, for while diamonds
and pearls fetch higher price than
ever 0wo pearl earrings were sold re-
Gently for over 100000. number of
charming. pretty bits of jewelry are
made of new or hitherto neglected
stone. The amethyst. thanks to the
queen. has become fashionable: so has
the perdot. the opal, the tourmaline,
the aquamarine and others. while the
fire opal, moderately priced stone. is
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
BUY a Thermometer.

Every butter-maker needs ther.
mometer. The butter-maker in a
creamery would not think OF try.
ing to do business without a
thermometer. The butter-maker on
the farm can well afford to have sew
eral thermometers, as several may be
purchased for a dollar. The insertion
of thermometer in the cream will
often show why the butter does not
come. 1t will make it possible to
"hurn at temperature that will make
the butter gather in twenty minutes
Or so. 1t will also make 1t possible to
know when the temperature is low
anough to permit of the making of a
ood butter.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
On the Western Trail

Got n price IN his head.
An tn ranch boss, he said
He'd prefer him alive. but would take him
dead
Same oil trouble of course,
Drink an cap r. +. Morse
An a dash rr tn plains on anothe: mans
horse.
Knowed him since he's a lad.
Used I bunk with his dad.
Amt natural tough. but in liquor he's
bad
Fill hi'self to his chin.
Soak hi'Selt TO the skin.
An then Sit around waitin' a chance to
mix in.
Say. TIL youngster could ride
Anything with a hide
on Its back where tn hair was a CROWN
outside.
Roll a good cigarette
on his hOsS ON a bet
When tn eayuse was buckin' an never
lost Yet.
Sittin' there in tn camp.
Sort o. worn out an damp,
An his hoss ga mt an tired II m ninety
mile t.amD
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as effective and brilliant as could pos
sibly be desired. The pale green
stones lend themselves admirably to
summer wear with white dresses, the
amethyst to half mourning, the new
pink stone from New Zealand to
girls youthfulness and beauty, while
the topaz may easily become the prop
erty of the florid brunette. These sim,
pie stones suit all styles; set with
enamel and gold they are quaint, roco-
CO and mediaeval; and. in short. the
humblest of us can have our jewelry
case and be prettily. If not extrava-
gantly, decorated
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Feed for Chickens.

A city lady that had Just purchased
some chickens asked the farmer what
they would eat. He replied tha: it
would take him all his days to tel. her
what they would eat. but that II she
would not feed salt fish and ccbble
stones they would get along all right
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
The Conversion Of a Countess

The Countess of Essex some time
ago visited for the first time an Amer.
lcan slaughter house. As a result she
lost her appetite for flesh foods and
has eaten none since. Describing her
visit, she stated:
i can't tell you how everything
was stained deep with blood; how
ehere arose from the drenched dark
noors the peculiar odor of blood.
AS | was hurrying away. three
peautitui lambs were led in by man
VINO mad long. shining knife. Filled
WIZ pity and indignation said:
HOW can you be so cruel as to
death?'
why madam said the man, you
wouldn't eat them alive, would Won p"
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Health Culture.

Health Culture is an aim for ALL
an aim which will make each stronger
and saner, and wiser. and healthier
and better. 1t will make each in the
end more helpful to all. To be sound
in wind and limb; to be healthy in
body and mind; to be educated, to be
emancipated. to be free. to be beau
tiful-these things are ends towards
which we should all strive, and by at
tanning which all are happier in them
selves and more useful to others.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Dangers Of an II-kept Refriaerator.

Dangers Of an IlI-kept Refrigerator.
Most people seem to think that all
that is necessary in order to keen food
from spelling, is to put 1t in the re-
frigerator. That this is not an in
fallible safeguard, and may even in
some cases do more harm than good,
Is shown by writer in Good House
keeping, who says: ''If raspberries
are put in the refrigerator, they will
almost certainly be smitten with mold.
The sagacious housekeeper comes to
find out that raspberries are as surely
spoiled by a sojourn in the ice chest
as they would be by being dropped
into the garbage barrel. Small fruits.
such as raspberries. cherries, straw
berries and currants, are much better
Kept on broad tray. carefully spread
out so that the air can circulate
through them.
People are sometimes poisoned by
the peculiar deterioration that goes
on in refrigerator. knew child
in midsummer to sicken and die un-
der circumstances that appeared no
less than mysterious in view of the
extreme sanitary precautions that had
beer taken with everything pertaining
to the little one. My own by no means
ungrounded suspicion was that the
milk which had been so carefully ster-
ilized for its use had later on been
defiled by the thick, strong, and COM
plicated smells that infested the ice
chest in which it had been kept. and
whose walls were never thoroughly
dried nor exposed to the suns rays.
refrigerator that is ill-kept, is
grave for the food that is put into il.
and mot seldom) brings to the grave
the people who use it.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Beauty Hints.

All women desire a beautiful COM
plexion. Too often, however. their
interest in the subject of complexion
is confined wholly to that portion of
the skin which is ordinarily visible.
particularly the face and hands. This
solicitude for clear, transparent skin
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Through tn snow an the sleet.
An he took liquor neat
For tn stun seemed L be both his drink
and his meat.
l dunno, Somethin' hot
Passed between 'em-a shot.
An tn other man drawed summat slow
er'n he ought.
Well 1t wasn't much loss,
But tn big buckskin hoss
That he TUX when he skipped was tn
pride OF tn boss.
Taint because that galoot.
That he killed was a beaut
OF shot. had an idee he knew how to
shoot.
Eff he jest hadn't TUX
That especial oil buck
Skin TIL boss broke hi'self 'twouldn't t
matter-wuss luck,
Got price on his head
An tn ranch boss. he said
He'd prefer him alive, but he would take
him dead.
Cause a man ain't much loss.
But it's time, says the boss.
That all plainsmen was learnin' a hoss Is
a hoss.
j. w. Foley in New York Times
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26

AS the man who eats little eats
most, because he lives longer to eat:
SO he who works wisely, and there
fore not too hard. really gets through
more work, because he lives longer to
work"
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life's Sands Runnino Out.

Ut. Piiis-See that squeezed-in
waist! That's what they call an hour
glass GIRL What do you think of
her?
DR.. Bills-Well, if she keeps I'm that
sor. OF iacing, l should say her sands
OIL lie Will not be long in runpi-c nut
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26

We cannot cheaper the cost of gar
den produce by shutting OF on the ma
1nre supply.