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The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

tending the sway of law over and IN
sitting Christianity into the hearts Of
the natives of new lands, has exerted
IL more potent influence than has any
other nationality.
Of all explorations none appeared al
the time her than those of Portu-
gal. from Prince Henry. the navigator.
to Diaz and Vasco de Cana: yet they
were morally perverted. The coasts
of Africa were circumnayigated and
exploited and The trade OF India made
attainable by sea. Pope Alexander
VI. by the famous dcmarkation bull
of May 4. liJ3. confirmed the posses
sion of the eastern half of the newly
discovered world TO Portugal. which
at once rose to commercial suprema-
cy and the height of its material
glory. BIT trallic was the sole aim,
and the African slave trade a most es-
scn.ial factor in its PROFITS. During
four centuries Portugal was distinctly
foremost in this human traffic, which
by its horrors and immoralitics has
not alone outraRed the spirit of Chris
tianity, but has also, particularly in
America, produced conditions vexa-
tious and portentious to an alarming
degree. U.-. is-lr' IysTrfsn
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

It was in 1868 that the first regular
stage coach began running between
the two capitals, London and Edin-
burgh. 1t ran once fortnight and the
fare was GA, which would be good
deal more than $50 to-day. The time
taken to the journey is not accurately
known, but between York and London
it was four days. This lavish system
of communication was not. however,
kept up. as in 1868 the coach ran be-
tween London and Edinburgh once a
month only, taking fortnight, If the
weather was favorable, to the journey.
In 1854 heroic effort was made to
improve the London and Edinburgh
coach. The Edinburgh Courant for
that year contained the following ad-
vertisement:
The Edinburgh stage coach, for the
better accommodation of passengers,
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

Pekin, the capital of China. is fight
ing the "opium-shop evil Efforts are
being made to reduce the number of
dens and to restrict the smoking of
the drug and to curtail the loaiing
and vice that accompany opium smok-
ing by compelling each shop to take
out license and to pay II tax accord
ing to the lumber of lamps in each
shop. The shops are divided into four
classes and the fees are graded ac-
cordingly from 81 a month to twenty
cents for each lamp, payable on the
10th of every month. The recent
proclamation of the Pekin sanitary
department reads as follows: Opium
smoking is extremely harmful to the
health and the shops where opium
is smoked are the retreats of loafers
Such places should really be alto
gether prohibited. SO that the people
might enjoy more prosperity. and
dens of thieves would thus be done
away with. But as opium smoking has
become such a habit it cannot be got
rid of entirely and at once. The evil
can only be removed gradually.
"There are in the outer city OF Pc
kin many opium shops, and it is evil
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
AesUaoITY IN POINT OF LAW.
Recent Ruling in England Arou es
London Truth,

One of the absurlities of the law
was strikingly illustrated at Shrews-
bury Quarter Sessions on Friday.
when man was charged with steal
ing quantity of leal from the veran-
da of an empty house. The lead. said
the Recorder, was attached to the -
anda and thereby became part of che
freehold. AS part of the freehold the
lead was land in the eye of the law.
Land could not be stolen. and there
fore the prisoner could not be con-
victed of larceny. According to the
Recorder the only remedy of the own
err against a person taking lead from
the roof of building is to bring a
civil action for damages, Truly the
law is "a bass" If IL was correctly
laid down in this case.-London
Truth.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
Labor in Old Times.

Twelve hours in winter and four
teen in summer was an average days
work. But in Lyons in 1871 the print
ers worked from 2 O'Clock in the morn
ing till or Q O'Clock in the evening.
In other trades the working hours
were often from 4 in the morning till
8 at night or from to 10. Workers
gether in the same street. But the
maitre-artisan had Lis own maison.
The ground floor was his shop or
workshop; above was his bedroom,
which was also the sitting and eat
ing room; small room adjoining ac-
commodated his children, and above
was garnet where various commodi-
ties were stored.-From Brisson's
Work and Workers.
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TRAVEL BY STAGE COACH

will be altered to a genteel two end
glass coach, being on steel springs, ex
ceedinE light and easy, 10 go in ten
days in summer and twelve in winter
to set out the first Tuesday in March
and continue it from Hosea Eastgate' s
the Coach and Horses. in Dean street
Soho, London, and from John Somer.
ville's, in the Canongate. Edinburgh
etc. Passengers to pay as usual. Per.
formed. if God permits, by your dutiful
servant, Hosea Eastgate."
In the days Of stage coaches people
sometimes dubbed together and hired
a post chaise for their journey as be-
ing quicker and less expensive, and
Scottish newspapers occasionally con-
tanned advertisements to the effect
that person about to proceed to Lon
don would be glad to hear of fellow
"adventurer'' or two bent on the same
journey to share the expense.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
The Growing of Missouri Corn.

How to grow Missouri corn was the
subject of a days discussion at the
Farmers convention in Columbia, MO-.
recently. II. ]. Waters, dean OF the
Agricultural College. opened the DIS
cussion. Keep plant food on the
farm. he urged. Move managers, stop
the prodigious waite, adopt systematic
rotation. An elastic rotation Is best
but systematic, rut-like rotation is bet
Ter than the present Missouri plan oil
no rotation. At least one year in four
use clover. and as little timothy as
possible. Barnyard manure is the
best fertilizer. Commercial fertilizers
can only be used with profit in MIS-
souri, upon thin or vermont land. not
upon black prairie land. The fertiliZ-
ers should have liberal quantity oil
potash and cheap phosphorus. Little
difference has been shown by expert
ments between spring and fall plow-
ing Much unnecessary work is done
In husking corn. The thickness OF
planting should vary with the richness
OF land. Suckers depend on various
conditions. Experiments have shown
Tor every 100 plants, 4 stalks in
nil, suckers: 3 in a hill, % suckers:
In hill, &c suckers, and / in a hill.
l95 suckers. Some varieties of corn
have more suckers than others. Dent
corn has the least. Tillage is for two
purposes: First. to keep down weeds;
second. to conserve moisture. If land
Is properly prepared there is no need
10 stif the soil for root-growth. Shall
low tillage does not kill the weeds.
DR.. Waters address brought out con
siderable discussion. Mr.. Laushlin
thought the man a criminal who de-
stroyed plant food on his farm. 10
seph f. Wing of Ohio said the manure
spreader was more useful vehicle
on the farm than the carriage. IF no
blackbirds follow along the furrow
know something's wrong. II my boy
can not get enough fishing worms in
a half day to go fishing know more
humus is needed In the land"
George II. Sly of Rockport had for
his subject How Can the Farmer Sc
cure Good Seed?" Mr.. Sly emphasized
the Importance of good seed as fac
tor for increasing the corn yield.
There are two ways. he said, of secur-
Ing good seed. One is by maintaining
a seed plot and the other is by select.
Ing eight or ten ears of corn, TO be
planted In square field. preferably
on the east or southeast side. II you
haven't good seed, said Mr.. Sly. go to
your neighbor and get some. Let new
varieties alone. The problem will be
solved he concluded. by the estab-
lisnment of corn breeding farms
throughout the state"
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
Experience in Threshing.

My experience in threshing has not
been varied. 1t has been the same
thing over and over again and that
has been very expensive to the
farmers in this part of the state.
In as much as the machines do
not save the grain. / have lived
In this ring seven years. We have
mad five different machines in that
time and there has been no choice.
We have employed two-men machines
and they did no better work than the
Old hand feed which we used two
years. The machines -thresh the grain
all right. but do not separate 1t from
the straw, and enough oats go into
the straw stack to doubly pay the
threshing bill. Such work does not
pay very well. Some of the farmers
say the oats are in the stack, they are
ight, and so forth, but would rather
nave them all taken out of the straw.
Then / can do as choose with them.
would prefer feeding them rather
than have them wasted in the straw
and rot In the chaff, which they gen.
orally do.
All the inventors in the country are
'heii prdiHs 10 get tHree-
kernel drop to planter. There are
nut very few threshing machines ex-
hibited at fairs. and where there are
they attract very little attention. for
the fact that they fail to present the
vital point to the farmers, that of
saving or separating the grain from
the straw. Perhaps there are ma.
chimes that will do that Then that
same machine will blow lots of the
oats into the stack. Any old cylinder
and concave will do the Smelling all
right. but 1t is the taking care of the
oats and getting them out of the separ.
ator before the fan blows them into
the stack to be wasted | would like
to hear from others on this subject
]. c. Mahoney. Kane Co, Ill.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

The quantity of potatoes grown in
this locality is not large, and
usually only enough are grown
for local use. Jacksonville. the prin-
cipal city in this locality. has
shipped in large quantities. The pota.
toes that are grown are planted early,
about the 25th of April. Many of our
farmers have the superstition of want.
ing to plant their potatoes on or be-
fore Good Friday. In cutting the DO.
tatoes for seed we usually leave about
.wo eyes to the piece. There are very
few farmers, If any, that plant their
potatoes in hills. Most of them put
their potatoes in drills, as they be-
lieve they get larger yield of tubers
in this way and the work of caring
for them is reduced. The cul.ivator
then needs to run only one way, and
the tops of the potatoes shade the
rows and keep down the weeds. !
have found tina. the best way to Sc.
cure a good crop of smooth potatoes
was to plant on timber soil on which
has been placed no fresh stable ma.
nure.-C. A. Rowe. Morgan County,
III.
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Where Weeds Are Bad.

How to keep down weeds anywhere
is a problem hard to solve. In our corn
fields this question is live one. My
advice to farmers is to pillow the ground
thoroughly the first time. The morning
glory proves to be a bad weed in this
locality, especially on some farms.
Stamp weeds or Butterprints, as they
are sometimes called, are about the
worst weeds we have in this locality.
We find that the state law on weeds is
n dead letter. Perhaps If the law was
enforced it would be all right.-O. C..
Hartzell, Mason County. Ill.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
Red-whiskered Jurors Barred.

Six red-haired talesmen who had
been accepted by the state in the sell
ection of jury to try Sabine Perielle.
charged with the murder of fellow
Italian, were excused by Jacob B.
Goodhart. attorney for the accused. in
the Waterbury superior court at Der
by, Conn. Mr.. Goodhart held that his
client because of his swarthy hue
would not be so likely to receive i'm
partial judgment from men of sandy
complexion as from those of darker
features. The authenticated talesmen
barred by Mr.. Goodhart all have red
whiskers. also of the flowing variety.
Four of them are farmers.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
kr..e OBJECTS TO LONG HOURS.
Spanish Monarch Declares He is
Bcjnu OyerWorked.

t,ne day not long ago the young
xiv : of Spain handed the Duke De
Sai-to Mauro. one of his ministers, a
pslItion which his majesty said re-
fe sed to the eight-hour working day.
IT, dukes dislike of petitions is well
knoNn. 1T is my desire that you at
tent. 20 it Immediately" said the king,
seeirs the minister was inclined to
raise :.ifficulty about attending to an
informal petition. Finding that the
king as very much in earnest, the
petition was unwil!ingly unrolled.
Much to the amusement of all pres
ent, the document was found to be
in the y.ung kings handwriting. 1t
begged IL piteous terms for a little
more leis IRE from national duties and
suggested that he should not be ask
ed to wo;k more than eight hours a
day and .iat he might have his Sun
days off. --.-...l>.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
HAD TO BE IMPRESSED

l should like to know what more l
could haze DONE
We'll, now, it's like this" said the
farmer, with half-apologetic air.
Sometimes there's number of ord.
ers on that book, and Ranny might
happen to forget one of EN-. so what
folks most generally do is fust to
write their names in the book. and
then speak to Ranny about it when
he's up on the trip before the one they
want to so on. Ald then they ask
Lemu1. the postmas or to kind of re.
mind RAINY when lie stops for the
mail. And then we always deem 1t
wise 20 be all ready to start in time
enough SOS we can walk down to the
crossroads and head Ranny off, just
for fear it might slip his mind. allow
ing time to go back for trunk in
case there's one 10 be lugged"-
Youths Companion.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
The windhower or Anemone.


Il will be only short time before
little Annie Mony," as one wee CHAP
called it, will be showing her sweet
spring face in sunny wild spots. DO
you know her when you see her! she
is very likely to be the first flower you
pick this year for 1t Is her wlnsome
face which usually helps the birds 10
tell you that spring has come. is there
prettier flower in the whole vice
world than the first Mayfiower? This
is probably the name which many oil
the children give to the anemone; per-
haps others call it the windflower, and
perhaps still others have seen 1t spell
ed anemony instead of anemone.
They are all of them right. The word
anemone is a Greek word meaning
wind. so we have formed the habit OF
calling it windflower. This is really
the family name for the flower, just as
your family name may be Smith or
Jones. The anemone family is big
one. for in it there are eighty-five
members each with name of their
own to distinguish them from the rest
of the family. Some of the members
OF this !aily are very tiny and modest
indeed looking quite unlike their larg-
er and sometimes more handsome
brothers and sisters But as family
they are very modest and shy and do
not f!aunt gay colors. If you find
them it is because they are so very
sweet that you will make search for
them. Every one of the eighty-fVe
are hardy perennials. That Is they
grow easily and live on from year to
year without replantinS.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

The driver of the Oaktown stage
was a person of much amiability and
a large fund of anecdote. but his
memory was by no means of the best.
The inhabitants of his native town
made many excuses for him, but sum-
nnr visitors found his failing par
ticularly trying one.
THAT man should be complained of
and should lose his position as eX-
press agent and mail carrier!' said
one cxasperatcd man who had been
Obliged to remain in Oaktown over
another night, owing to Ranny Peets
forgetting to call for him.
well, now. guess you didn't i'm
press it on Ranny that he was to
take ye." said an Oaktown man,
moved to mild remonstrance.
Impress it on him!" echoed the
summer visitor Il wrote my name
on his order book in the postofiice.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
John Wesley Gaines on warpath.

Congressman John Wesley Gaines
went on the warpath the other after
noon against the commercial agents
sent abroad by the secretary of COM
merce to study and report on trade
conditions with a view to advancing
American foreign trade. He declared
that such legislation was paternalistic
and designed to offer somebody job
why study trade conditions in order
TO give somebody a job?" Numbered
Gaines. why, in my district there
are 100000 people who need a job
No, 100000" added Gaines hastily, for
an inaccuracy or error in figures is
abhorrent to his precise mind.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

As ordinarily fed. turnips injure the
flavor of both milk and butter. This
has been demonstrated over and ove'
again at our experiment stations. Thi
strong turnipy favor that comes into
the butter is the product of volatile
oil, which can be driven off by heat
ing the milk to 160 degrees Fahrenheit
for short time. This is the tempera
ture at which pasturization is usually
done. There have been great many
men who have claimed that turnips
could be fed cows without injury tc
the milk. Among these dairymen was
the late Mr.. Hyatt of Wisconsin, who
for many years was known as the
"Turnip King" He claimed that tur-
nips would not affect the milk If they
were fed Immediately after milking in
the morning and in the evening. In
this way the food had twelve hours in
which to allow the volatile oil to dis
appear. The difference between VIOLA
tile oil and other kind of oils is that
the volatile oil passes through the di-
Sestive process unaffected and ap-
: ears in the milk, while other oils un-
dergo chemical transformation We
find that the injury to milk and butter
does not apply to turnips only; that
tae same results are attained by feed
ing cabbages and rape, which is of the
c'.bbage family. If man is going to
feed turnips and like succulent things
he should experiment with them grad
ually that he may find out for himself
lust what effect they will have upon
his milk products. A great many farm
ers could feed turnips to their COWS
for the reason that the butter is used
almost entirely in their own families.
and the turnip flavor is not strong
enough to be objected to. 1t is only in
genera! markets. that the turnipy
flavor VI butter is severely criticised
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

Some men keep their cows and
horses clean, but neglect to do
anything to help the cattle keep
clean. Perhaps we have not the same
reason for keeping beef cattle clean
that we have for keeping dairy cows
and horses clean. but certainly there
Is enough to be said in favor of keep
ing any kind of stock clean. Looks
count for something. and any man that
has pride in his farm and his live stock
will keep them clean even IL he can
not see the money side of the ques.
tion.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
SENATORS SEEK COUCH EARLY
Pennsylvania Statesmen Set Washing
tc. Good Example.

FennsJINdiia statesmen Set WdSfih9-
te. Good Example.
Pennsylv.nia's senators appear to
DE in com .etition TO discover which
can be the best eXemplar of the truth
of the old saying Early to bed, early
to rise" sic. Pennsylvanians. and
others for trat matter, too, who have
recently has occasion to see Senator
Penrose. or .>ather to try to see him,
in the evening have discovered that
8 o'clock is lot too early an hour to
expect the seiior senator to be in bed.
Senator KNOBS early retiring inclina-
tions are wei known. Also his get
ting up betimes. When Quay and
Cameron wee the senators from
Pennsylvania It was safe to ask for
them up to midnight, the inquirer be-
ing pretty sU'e to find both still
abroad. They say Cameron saw more
sunrises than any man who ever lived
in Washington and Senator Quay saw
a good many.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
Ex-GambIers Build a Church.

A mission church was opened at
Cradley Heath on a site near to which
was gambling den. Eight months
ago. on a Sunday evening, a man
named Finch found large number
of working men gambling in chain
shop. He exhorted them to do bet
ter A prayer meeting was held the
gamblers formed themselves into
mission corps. and all personally as
sisted in erecting the church. and also
in finding the money.-London Tele-
graph.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
THE ONE .NEEDFVL THING

Acadia College. Wolfville, N. s.,
had as its president for many years
a very able New England divine, the
Rev. A. w. Sawyer who was not
given to much smiling or joking. On
occasion. however, he knew how to
press wit and even sarcasm into his
service with great effect, and he was
very popular with his students
When the large female seminary
building erected near the college was
nearing completion. the financial COM
mittee, of which DR.. Sawyer was a
member, If not chairman. was charged
in stentorian tones by minister.
fluent in speech. but without college
training, with being guilty of deeds
of darkness that needed to be un-
covered.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
THE MODERN BLACKSMITH

village blacksmith in a prosperous
town is as fine as that OF the banker.
In great many instances he has a
good store of books; there are fine
pictures on his walls. The earnings
from his trade are invested in shops
that are equipped with every modern
appliance and in many other way
his general prosperity is made plair
to the world.
Men in the country now are more
particular about having fine horses
on their farms and naturally more
careful about the way they are shod.
There has been almost as much i'm
provement in fitting shoe on tn =
foot of horse as there has been T.:
the work of dentist in repairing the
human teeth
And all this change despite the in
vaslon of the equine field BY the auto
mobile!
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

Dwarf apple trees have never been
very popular in this country. though
they have been now and then doomed
by the men putting them on the mar
ket. The reasons why they have not
been more popular are chiefly that
they are not long lived and fire.
quently are not great bearers. There
Is a place however for the dwarf ap-
pie tree and that is principally on the
farm where the standard varieties
have but Just been set out and will
not come into bearing for many years.
A few dwarf trees should give good
satisfaction. as they should come into
bearing some years before the others.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

This charge of misrepresentation OF
funds was made at the Baptist con-
vention for the maritime provinces,
held at Truro, n. S. The speaker re-
sumed his seat. and for a little there
was painful silence. Then tie COM
paratively slender form of DR.. Saw
yer was seen to rise and move slowly
platform.
The dry old doctor brought down
the house by looking up over his
glasses and quietly remarking: The
good brother thinks there are some
awful works of darkness that need
to be uncovered. About the only
thing l know of that needs to be ~
covered is gold mine"
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
Ransom on lnstalment plan.

curious instance of the spread OF
modern ideas into the most unlikely
places is reported from Sicily, w]Ae
a noted brigand chief. having S3-
tured prominent citizen of Catania.
has consented to his ransom being
paid on the "instalment system" But
the brigand is not quite up to date.
and the advantages of immediate de-
livery are not included in his scheme
so the victim remains a prisoner I'M
til his relatives have paid the last
cent.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

There are French Canadian parishes
in sixty-nine cities, towns and villages
in Maine and supplying these are
sixty-three priests, of whom thirty
three are Canadians, twenty-four arr
Irish. four are French. one Holland
er and one Belgian. The lard D't
parish is that of Lewiston aud Au-
burn. where there is a French Cana
dian population of 1851. Biddeford
and Saco have 111OO and Waterville
$500.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11
L.rine for Bad Men in Nevada.

There being no Jail at this place,
and the deputy sheriff being unable to
compel immediate departure to unwel-
come persons, they have resorted to
the extremity of Handwriting them
with their arms about cedar trees.
Every day this week a trip down
the gulch showed several bad men
with their arms wrapped about tall
cedars, where they were allowed to
remain until the punishment equalled
their Observation-Disclosures correspond
sEce Sacramento Bee.
The Lamar register., 1906-04-11

There is altogether too much word
ing on this Uncle Toms Cabin post
err" said the manager of the show
why don't you abbreviate it to
u. T. CT"
Wouldn't pay" replied the adver-
Using agent. The last time | abbre.
tiated Uncle Toms Cabin that way
It stranded the show in every settle
ment in the far west
What in the world bad effect did
u. T. c. have?"
Why, the natives thought it stood
Tor United Temperance Club"