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The Lamar register., 1906-01-03

The baby born on Sept 90, 63 B. c..
to Caius Octavius and Alta, daughter
OF julius Caesars sister Julia. was
destined to perhaps the greatest ca
reer ever filed by mortal man. Placed
in the way of it through his being
the granddaughter of the great Julius,
the youthful Caius was nevertheless
only second to him in the extraordi-
nary talent he manifested.
More than that, the boy and man
together make one of the most diff
cult problems the historian has to
solve AS youth and young man
there is no more bloodthirsty tyrant
on record than this same Caius julius
Caesar Octavianus. AS man OF ma
ture and aging years there is no ruler
more merciful and clement than the
Augustus he had then become.
Which of the two was the real man
it Is impossible to decide. But that
there is greatness behind the changes
his character assumed, no one denies.
1t Is in one of the most interesting
episodes in history that this young
man appears at the beginning of his
career. His grand-uncle had taken
him in hand and given him the best
education. in the closet and in the
field, the age admitted But Julius
was basely assassinated in the inter
ests OF aggrandized wealth in A b. c.,
while the 19-year-old Octavius was in
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
SPORT IN AFRICAN SWA MPS

NAL. The stomachs of most of the
reptiles contained bones of mammals
and fishes and also pieces of quartz
often as big as an apple, swallowed
to aid digestion. In one animal
found a vulture which | had killed and
thrown in to the river-the crocodile
haa swallowed the bird whole.
zone day. traversing one of the
temporary lakes near the big swamps
| noticed, not far ahead of me, a
violent commotion in the water. My
native companions took to their heels
screaming 'Mambai Mamba' which
means crocodile. The two animals
that moved in my direction, the backs
of which only emerged at times above
the surface, appeared to be crocodiles.
Believing discretion to be the bet
ter part of valor, found my men, who
could not be made to stop until they
had reached the shore. l soon be-
came convinced that the animals
were not crocodiles, but big snakes.
Wading back for some distance, sue
ceeded in killing three pythons over
twelve feet In length. They had been
after the eggs of the swamp birds"
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
HIGH SCHOOL BURNED.
Fort Morgan Suffers by Very Disas.
trous Fire.

Denver.-A Fort Morgan dispatch
yesterday says: The destruction OF
the Fort Morgan High school by fire
early this morning has been the main
topic of conversation on the streets to-
day.
The origin of the fire remains a
mystery. 1t was discovered shortly
after / o'clock by passersby returning
from party. The flames at that time
were Just visible near the south door.
The firemen responded promptly and u
large number of volunteers among the
people were also on the scene early.
but the start the flames had secured
made ii impossible to save the building
or its contents. and the Fort Morgan
school was, before 2;30 o'clock, COM
pletely in ruins.
The building cost nearly $780, and
the equipment about $4,000 In addi-
tion, nearly all of the books of the
pupils were in the burned building and
entirely destroyed, the teachers hav-
ing made it point to have the pupils
leave their books at the school in or
der that they might be entirely free
during the Christmas vacation. The
building was insured for $4,000.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
CAREER OF ROMAJ

camp at Apollonia in Illyricum. AL
ready a favorite with his soldiers. he
declined their escort to Rome, and set
forth alone.
From the time of his lsnJing in
Italy there is nothing more DELICIOUS
in the annals of the nations than the
manner in which this youth, afier
learning that he was heir to julius
Caesars titles and fortune, compelled
men and events to his will. His own
mother wished him to deny hiraself
the heirship, which seemed to mean
death. Marc Antony had all of Caesar 8
papers and property, and laughed at
the boy who wished to have them.
Brutus and the rest paid no attention
to him whatever Cicero expected to
make use of him. and was fatterlng
and somewhat condescending. This
was in A B. C.
In 81 b. c., thirteen years later. there
was no one in the world standing be-
tween Octavianus. only 80 years old.
and universal dominion over the
known earth. All his foes, his rivals,
his patrons, had disappeared. He
stood alone from that moment until
his death on Aug. 10, IA A. D.. In
command of more power than any
man in history had ever exerted up to
that time-and it would be difficult to
name one with more who has lived
since.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03

Maj Gen. Won Frobel, a German
military expert With the Russian
army in the late war, writes of Jap.
ane 20 ruses: "In the middle OF Feru-
airy last | was with Rennenkampf's
cavalry on the extreme right
of the Russian army. flag
of truce arrived and handed in
Several letters written in unex-
ceptionable Russian. One was to
Gen. Rennenkampf and contained a
polite request that. since hosilities did
not appear to be imminent. he would
allow his officers to meet the Japa-
nesc cavalry officers at picnic. Feb.
20 was proposed for this entertain
NEXT. but the Japanese hosts were
ready to put II OFF till later date if
more convenient The proposed pic
mic actually took place. and the Rus
sian and japanese officers met Feb.
81. To understand The point of this
little japanese joke it is necessary to
remember that the great Japanese
offensive movement began on the Goth.
but against the Russian extreme left
not the Russian right. Thus, while
both sides were picnicling on the
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
Graces,

GraEes.
AS popular fruit the grape stands
next to the apple. When a man buys
a package of apples or grapes
he generally knows what he is
getting. Grapes on the Chicago
market are of more uniform
character than any other fruit.
During the fall months baskets of
grapes are sold by the thousands.
daily, and almost always the buyers
are satisfied with them. This year
they have been quite high from the
consumers standpoint, this being due
more to the fact that there has been
a big demand for them than to any
shortage of supplies.
Grapes are grown over a very wide
range of latitude, and every year new
vineyards are planted. 1t is now esti-
mated that the area in grapes is in
the neighborhood of half million
acres. California is the great grape
grower, and that state grows about as
many grapes as all the rest of the
United States put together. The larg-
est single area planted to grapes is
that known as the Lake Shore Grape
Belt" in New York and Ohio. This be-
gins at Brocton in New York. and ex-
tends to Sandusky in Ohio, and is
limited on the north by Lake Erie. On
the south it extends to Lake Chau-
tauqua. In this region nearly all of
the farmers are engaged in the grow
ing of grapes. The railroads are able
to fui nish the growers with the best OF
shipping facilities. and every day dur
ing the grape-growing season whole
train loads of grapes go east and
west toward the great cities. where
most of the grapes are consumed.
At the present time there are hun
dreds of varieties of grapes being
grown in this country. They are. how
ever. descended from four chief fami-
lies: Wits labrusca. known also as the
Fox grape; Wits aestivalis (summer
grape): Wits cordifolia, sometimes
called the Frost grape, and Wits vini-
fera. the kind generally grown in Eu-
rope. There are quite a number OF
other species, but none that have
amounted to very much in cultivation.
The entire grape growing industry
has grown up in about So years. In
1920 no more than two varieties of the
grapes now grown were known here.
The greatest advance has been made
within the past so years. Some of the
new grapes have been produced by
hybridization, but the most progress
has been made by cultivating chance
seedlings. In this way originated the
Concord grape, the most famous and
most valuable grape grown in the
United States east of the Rocky noun
tains.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
PosToFFicE REPORT.
SAYS Clerks Salaries Are Too Small
and Discusses Post Cards.

Washington.-ln his annual report.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock says the low salaries paid
clerks in first and second-class postof-
fees is decreasing the standard OF ef-
ficiency. 1t is impossible, he says, to
induce efficient men to enter this
branch OF the service when the salary
to begin with is but 5000 per year. with
no certainty of promotion for perhaps
several years.
Nearly II 100000 pieces of mail were
received at the dead letter office during
the year, including l .GGS that failed OF
delivery in the Panama canal zone.
Over 500, 900 cases of alleged inde-
cent and scurrilous matter received at
tention.
In the summer the influx of Often
sive pictorial post cards became so great
as to call for a special order by the de.
partment looking to the abatement of
the nuisance AS result of this order
many thousands of Objectionable cards
have been withdrawn from the mails
by postmasters and forwarded to the
department for destruction.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
RvsEs OF THE JAPANESE

Iiauho they were fighting at the Dal
in pass.
AT Mukden the stan interpreter
had commandered my Chinese serv'
ant to assist him in translating the
contents of packet of letters which
had just been taken from the bodies
of dead Japanese. From these letters
it appeared that we had Nogl's army
or at least portions of it-in front
of us. We were confirmed in this be-
lief by the Japanese themselves. We
were fighting at very close quarters
and the japanese constantly shouted
to us in Russian that they had come
from Port Arthur.
81 was afterward taken prisoner,
and during the whole period of my
captivity remained under the i'm
preston that we had been fighting
Nogi's army Judge of my astonish-
ment when at last. on my release. |
procured a newspaper and found that
Nogi's army had been fighting in an
entirely different part of the theate'
of war, and that we had been engaged
with newly formed army. called tho
army of the Yalu!"
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
A Good Rotation,

The rotation of crops has come to
be regarded as one of the necessities
OF keeping up the condition of the
farm. Where farm animals are not
kept in considerable numbers, the
growing of one crop is sure to reduce
the fertility of the farm. Therefore
the growing Of several crops is advis-
able. One Of the best rotations for
the general farmer in Illinois and like
states Is that consisting of corn. COW
peas, wheat and clover. 1t always
pays for the general farmer to have
few cows to assist him in the rotations
of the crops by pasturing off the crops
that can be pastured. With the rota-
tion above mentioned. the cow peas
can be soWn in the corn at the time OF
the last cultivation. These will make
a good growth and being legumes will
add to the soil a considerable portion
of nitrogen. After the corn is harvest
ed the cows can be turned into these
peas which will still be green and
can be fed upon them until the frost
CON es. Farmers that turn their cows
in upon the corn stocks would find 1t
safer to have a supply of cow pea foil
age, that the animals may eat of both
at the same time Heavy losses have
been occasioned by pasturing of the
dry corn stocks. The cow peas may
be turned under in the late fall or
in spring and wheat sown. If the wheat
is sown in the fall Immediately after
plowing the clover seed can be thrown
upon the land at the end of winter,
while the snow is still on the ground.
II spring wheat is to be sown the
clover can be sown with it. This Will
give crop of corn, crop of COW
peas, crop of wheat and the next
year following the wheat crop oil
clover and clover seed. The clover
sod can then be plowed under and
corn again put on. This will keep the
land rich in nitrogen and necessitates
only an occasional buying OF some
form Of phosphate.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
FAMOUS MEALS AT WASHINGTO

GUS breakfast in the capital.
For this meal one was served with
some favorite fruit. Then came the
ham-fred-wit the gravy thick in
the dish to be poured on hot boiled
rice. With these were given beaten
biscuit and waffles and a pitcher of
wild honey, and by the time one had
finished he was quite ready and will
ing to shut his eyes and give his soul
up to the Master of all Blessings.
When Chamberlain died. Hancock's
old place in Pennsylvania avenue at
tempted to serve similar breakfasts.
But the proprietor neither had the
hams to cook nor a cook that knew
how to treat such a delicacy. Ard
so the morning meal which made
Chamberiain's place famous has got
to be a common. ordinary affair of
grape fruit and eggs in the nations
capital. just as 1t has everywhere.
Chamberlain chief cook was a
negress-a former slave. born .pd
reared in South Carolina. And ne
paid her $4,000 a year. too.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
Lavino Down Peach Trees.

In some parts of the west the laying
down of peach trees is being practiced
on a considerable scale. A hole is dug
around the tree and this hole is filled
with water. This softens up the
ground and the trees can then be
bent at the roots. They are laid down
till almost level with the ground.
Some coarse material. like gunny sack
ing, is thrown over them, and over this
is piled the earth. In the spring.
after the danger of hard freezes is
past, the trees are taken out of their
protection. This must be done before
growth starts. The trees, when right
ed. have to be propped up and kept
propped throughout the season. The
results have been very good SO far,
and much is hoped for from the ex-
periments carried on.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
The Corn Belt and Corn Roots.

The corn belt is that section OF the
United States in which corn grows 10
great perfection and in which the
yield per acre Is very large. 1t is also
that section of country in which the
land is principally given up to the
growing of corn. The deep rich soil
is the cause of this. There are other
parts of the country that have a rich
soil, but that soil is not deep enough
or of the right consistency to make
the growing of corn a great interest.
The corn plant is supposed to be
surface feeder, and it is true that
most of its roots are sent along the
surface to the ground. But, in addi-
ton, a great number of roots pene-
trate the soil to depth OF three OF
even four feet. 1t is evident that on
thin, though rich, soil, this could not
be the case. This possibility OF deep
roofing seems to be of great value 10
the corn plant; just why we. do not
know. 1t has been a surprise wheh
corn plant roots have been followed
into the ground to find how deep they
have gone. Trenches have been dug
to a depth of four feet around a corn
plant and at distance of four feet
from it on all sides. Then great
number of rods have been run through
the soil to keep the roots in place
and the dirt has then been removed.
The results have shown the corn plant
to have filled all the big cube OF earth
with roots. The corn belt has soil
that permits of this kind of roofing,
and this is why it is the corn belt
On such land drouth has to be very
severe to harm the corn, as 1t can
draw moisture from far below the
soil that is dried out. How much
nourishment it can get from the
depths we do not know. but It'll prob.
able that in very dry weather much OF
its nourishment as well as its mois'
ture is drawn from the lower strata
of soil.-J. Y. Hudson, Illinois, in Farm
ers' Review.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03

From the recent report on opium
in the orient" made by the United
States Philippine commission. are
taken the following paragraphs;
There seems to be in China neither
a public opinion which controls nor
national life which Yields and con-
solidates people. There is no Chi
nese nation, there is merely Chinese
race The family is the unit and the
individual is of Importance only as
part of that unit. Hence arises
kind of family seltishness, desire to
benefit the family regardless of in
Jury done to others. This selfishness
acts as positive force in urging men
to sell opium to others of different
family or clan. For ii is no matter
how many persons are debauched,
provided only those of the debaucher's
family are not harmed but benefited"
The Chinaman justifies his wrong
course "by saying that his first and
only duty is to his family; that not
only is he not his brothers keeper,
but that 1t is also his highest and par
amount duty to benefit his family even
though it be by destroying others
morally and physically. To him the
injury of the many for the benefit of
the few may be a righteous duty. pro-
vided only that the few are his fam
lily"
"It may be said that all people crave
q st;mulant," continues the report.
Blu. are there no other cravings COM
mon to mankind? Are there not crav-
ings for amusement, cravings for
food? And what people on earth are
81 poorly provided with food as the
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
AGRICULTURE
RSyE ~
H., El%;'i,,ss.n;Is,i ansiisss7Z : y, .M.,sSFas
Agricultural Progress.

The census of 1850 gave the number
of farms at 1,449,O73 In that year
New York reported 17O,621, the largest
number of any state. Only two other
states reported over 100000. They
were Ohio. with 143,SO7, and Pennsyl-
vania. with 27,577. In 1900 the aggre-
gate number of farms in the United
States was 5.739.657 an increase in fif-
ty years of 4.290,5S4 farms The same
period witnessed an increase in ma
tional population OF 23,191,s76. In
1900 fifteen states reported over 200,-
900 farms each, as follows: Texas,
352.190; Missouri, 2S4.SS6; Ohio, 276.-
719; Illinois, 264.151; Kentucky. 1884,
667; Iowa, 228,622; Tennessee, 224,-
623; Pennsylvania, 224.24S; Alabama.
223,220; Indiana, 221,s97; Mississippi.
= s220,S03; Michigan. 203,261. The total
increase in acreage has been from
2ss,o0O.0oO acres in 1850 to S41. 100000
in 1900.
The increase in value of farm prop
erty during fifty years is shown by the
following census reports: 1850, $3,967,-
000,000; 1860, $7,9SO, 100000; 1870,
$S.944 100000; 1880, $12,1sO,O 900 900;
1890, $16.082. 100000; 1900, $20,514 ,OOO.-
WV AC aNSldSc Ndlut per ldI
each census year was as follows: 1850,
$2,73s; 1860. $3.9O4: 1870. s3,S63: 1880,
$3.O3s; 1890. $3,523; 1900, 1854.
In 1850 only eight states reported
farm land to the value of $1,000 900
or over. In 1900 there were seven
states each with farm land worth
$s0O.000.000 or over.
In 1850 little farm machinery was in
use. Cast iron plows were about the
only plows to be found on the farms
Grass was moved with a scythe and
grain was cut with the scythe, sickle
or cradle. The threshing implement
was the fail. Since that time almost
innumerable farm implements have
been patented. The value of all farm
implements Gncluding wagons and car
riages) in 1850 was $151 100000. By
1880 this value had increased to $780,
100000. In 1890 the value was $494,-
100000. and in 1900 it was $76I OO0.-
900. The increased use of farm ma
chinery has been largely the cause of
the enormous increase in agricultural
wealth.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
pick or Caterpillar Eoos.

When the trees are bare is the time
to hunt the caterpillar eggs and re-
move them from the branches. If this
can be done in December, it should be
done at that time, because tie days
are mild, and a boy can climb about
the tree tops without being exposed
to the cold winds that will interfere
with the work later in The winter.
The eggs will be found in clusters or
rings about the twigs and smaller
branches. They are easily recognized.
and cutting them out will prevent the
appearance of the colonies next sp;ing.
The sooner the work is done the more
certain will the orchard owner be that
the clusters of eggs will no: be for
gotten. Next spring there Will be a
great many things to do. and it is very
easy not to find time then for work Of
this kind
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
Increasing the Ese Yield.

We have found 1t somewhat difficult
to increase the egg yield per hen,
though We have taken a great deal OF
pains in the matter. With Just a farm
flock it is not possible to use some of
the devices that can be used by the
men that make specially of poultry
raising and have men always at hand
to do any kind of work required. There
is the trap nest. 1t serves to show
how many eggs hen will lay and
when she lays them. but it is of no use
to talk about using that kind Of an
arrangement on the farm. for the rea-
son that people are too busy to attend
to it. We can't keep the children at
home from school to watch the hens
and let them out of their prison when
they have laid an egg.
However, l am certain that the trap
nests are only approximately correct.
They only show what eggs the hens
lay in the trap nests. | was visiting
not long ago an establishment where
they use trap nests. | asked the man.
ager what was done with the eggs
that were dropped outside of the trap
nests, and he said those did not count
Some hens will lay only in certain
nest, and when they cannot have ac-
cess to that nest on account of some
other hen being there, they simply
drop their eggs where they can. The
trap nests increase the number oil
eggs dropped. 1t may be that some
of the hens that have failed to reach a
certain standard laid their eggs else
where than in the trap nests. l think
the trap nests are great help to the
person that has enough leisure to look
after them, but l do not think that they
tell the whole story.
On most of our farms nothing is
done to increase the egg yield. | be
lieve that the most practical method
| for us farmers to use is to employ
egg bands and then make sure that
we kill off all the fowls that have
passed their most useful years and
fill their places with young pullets
Just in the prime of their laying abil
ity. also believe that we can in
crease the egg yield by feeding less
corn and coming nearer to a balanced
ration.
Union Co. Ohio Warren Wilson.
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
Cave Stored Fruit.

A writer on the storage Of
apples for winter keeping says
that the digging of a cave for
the winter storage of fruit is feasible
and is often practiced in some parts
of the country, but that certain things
have to be carefully observed. to make
the practice success. The cave
should be dug in clean dirt and in a
place that will receive no drainage
and no seepage. Sand or gravel is
best of all. The cave should have a
southern exposure. so that the frost
line will be less deep. The top of the
cellar should be Just below the frost
line. Little wood or vegetable matter
should be present. No hay or straw
is needed. The apples should not be
piled too high or the lower ones will
be bruised. Such a cave must be built
so it can be entered at will
The Lamar register., 1906-01-03
CHINESE LOVE FOR OPIVM

INDECENT Chinese, or so destitute or
amusement as all Chinese. both rich
and poor. There are no outdoor games
in China. nor. indeed. any games. ex-
cept in gambling sense. Absolute
dullness and dreariness seem to pre-
vail everywhere. AS these two demons
drive the Caucasian to drink, so they
drive the Chinese to opium. AS an
individual may. by habitual toll and
attention to business, become incapa-
BILE of amusement, so race of almost
incredible antiquity, which has tci!ed
for millenniums, may likewise reach
a point in its development where the
faculty of being amused may have
been atrophied and disappeared, so that
all that remains of that desire Is to
spend pleasure in placidity. And
nothing contributes so much to this as
opium.
"In Formosa the merry Japanese
boys are teaching the placid Chinese
lads to play tennis. football, polo.
vaulting and the like. with view
the japanese teachers say-of improv-
ing them physically and also of de-
yeloping in them love of sports
which will prevent them from wishing
to spend their leisure indoors smok-
ing opium. And the poor who have no
leisure? They often have no food or
so little that any drug which removes
first the pangs of hunger and later
the healthy cravings of appetite seems
a boon to them. Add to this the feel
ing of peace and well being that often
accompanies the smoking of opium
and it is not difficult to see why the
Chinese use it."