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The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
DILAPIDATED FARMHoUsES.

In driving about the country one
cannot help noticing many places
where the owners lack of thrift is evi,
dent in the dilapidated condition OF
much about the house, barn or farm.
Inc fences may need repairing. The
sheds may show signs of weakness.
Gates may have lost a hinge and be-
come useless. The evidence of habit
ual neglect may be seen in many ways
about the place, and the aggregation
of these little things which result
from carelessness or thoughtlessness
goes to give the farm a run down ap-
pearance which 1t does not deserve
and which 1t would not have il care
was taken to keep things in condi-
tion of good order.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
AN1ORHARD&GARD
WITH THE FLOWERS.

Stir the soil often among estab-
lished plants and keep them free OF
weeds.
Stake holly-hocks, dahlias and gladi-
oils before the wind blows them over.
Liquid cow manure is an excellent
fertilizer to make bloom in the flower
garden, when soil is poor. Do not get
liquid on foliage.
Never allow grass or weeds to go to
seed on the lawn; keep the mower go
ing.
Hellebore busted on rose bushes will
kill the second crop of worms and
slugs.
Don't let the pansies go to seed; it
will stop their blooming. The same
rule applies to nearly all summer fiow-
ering plants.
During warm rains. put the palms.
ferns and all house plants. in fact. out
of doors. The drenching rain will do
them good.
An application of kerosene emulsion
each week to the rose bushes will keep
them free from aphis.
Summer pruning of shrubs may be
made this month. 1t is easy to keep
back too luxuriant growth by pinch
ing off the shoots.
If you want carnations for winter
blooming. nip off the buds now and set
the plant to branching out.
The first blooms on asters, verbenas.
stocks, drummond phlox, ETC.. should
be cut so as to encourage branching
and more blooms.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Pennsy produce the real
chorus o
Indiana another that despite malaria swamp pro-
ducs remarkable beauties and Ohio
by good looking girls
in potirs Colorado has contributed peaches
ami California have when
girls who
the
There distinct difference temperament OF girls
om the socaled girls
York California There something
these places that mpel them go
work they have chosen they looking for
their stars
from she looking chance get
The New York girl has cicness spirit
OTTER types possess but the reputation the New girl has
vile world tor the beauty OF her the constant
migration OF the pretty girls from the country New York
for fame husbands or both
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
POULTRY NOTES.

You need not expect your hens to
lay regularly II you confine them to q
diet of corn Vary their food as much
as possible.
There Is simply no excuse on any
farm for not furnishing shade and
plenty of pure fresh water for the poul-
try.
Millet seed is the finest food for
chickens as well as older fowls. Scat
tered among dry leaves it will make a
drove Of chickens busy and happy for
hours Not only is 1t healthful food.
but 1t requires healthful exercise to-
get 1t.
Lime Is cheap. is good disinfactant.
h easily secured. and is one of the best
purifiers. and should be used often as
u wash for coops, perches. nest boxes
and the sides of the house. Don't fail
to sprinkle it literally and often on the
floors of the chicken house and the
coops.
Go out to the hen house and look
at the pan you have been giving the
fowls their water in and see how full
of straw and other litter 1t is. Then
take an old cheese box. split 1t half
way round the side. put the dish of
water on top of that and note the DIFF
ference there will be in cleanliness.
The water pan ought never to be
placed SO that the hens can dig stuff
over the edge into it.
II the poultry house is in such con-
dition as to allow rats to run under
the floor, the farmer may as well give
up the poultry business. They are
worse than any disease the fowls may
have. When the house is built it is
very easy to put wire netting such as
Is used for the small chicks under the
floors. If you have not done this, an
other easy way to keep out rats il to
put in cement floor. 1t may cost lit
tie more than fixing up the wooden
hoor. but 1t is safe against rats and
. wooden floor is not. If wire mesh
is put in with the cement when the
floor is laid it will be all the better.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
PEANUT BUTTER.

The manufacture of peanut butter is
on the increase and is becoming an i'm
portant commercial product. Peanut
butter is made by grinding peanuts
very fine.' said gentleman the other
day, "and reducing the mass to a pasty
substance, portion. at least, of the
large amount of oil contained being
removed. Some salt is added for
navoring and the result is a cheap
and nourishing spread for crackers
and bread, the nutritious value of
which is now recognized by many
physicians. Nuts have always been
known to contain fat and strength
giving elements, and its absolute pur-
i.y makes 1t an excellent product for
the poor, as 1t can be manufactured at
fraction of the expense of cream but
ter. The industry is growing rapidly
and peanut butter is extensively used
in the large cities of to-day"
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
KILL THE WEEDS.

The best time TO root out a trouble
s. me weed is the first time you notice
o4.e growing on your land. 1t will take
Plant, or one little patch of plants
Sume of the meanest weeds that ever
pb:tered the farmer could be gotten
rid of if every farmer would do thus
BIT the farms are large and the farm
els are hurried and the weeds are left
q rowing until there is more time, and
tl.en the seeds have ripened and been
scattered to the four winds to seed all
tl.e farm and all the farms joining, and
weeds. bad weeds, are increasing all
the time. Such weeds as bull thistles,
cGckleburs, ragweeds and burdock
s,.ould be rooted out as soon as possi-
BILE. They are bad. bad weeds. and
wnen they get foothold are very hard
to get rid of. The burdock is the only
ore that the root lives through the
winter, but the seed crop is SO large
and not being destroyed before the
saeds are ripened is the cause of
Spreading the above e-mentioned weeds.
Tie average farmer does not allow
these to grow through carelessness al
together. The main reason is he un-
dlzrtakes too much and has his hands
more than full of work saving his hay,
wheat and oats. and these weeds ripen
aui shed their seeds while he is so
vsry busy. How nice it would be II
every farm could be clear of all the
obnoxious weeds. There are new
weeds being brought into our country
by getting new seeds from other states
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
RABBIT TRAPS.

One of the incidents and expenses OF
orcharding on large scale not likely
to be thought of by the casual observer
is the constant warfare which it Is nee
essary to wage on the rabbits so likely
to work great destruction to young ap-
Pile trees. This is illustrated by the
operations of Wellhouse & Son, of To-
peka, Kan, who are recognized as the
Apple Kings, as reported by L. d.
Coburn. For their orchard in Usage
county they used carload of lumber
in the construction of 100 rabbit
traps; for their three orchards in
Leavenworth county they have 1000
taps, and in Miami county orchard
400 traps. These consist of a box %
inches long, made of ordinary six-inch
lumber, one inch thick. closed at one
end. and with an inward-swinging wire
gate in the other end. which is shut
by contact of the rabbit with a trigger
after he has fairly entered. About four
feet of lumber and four feet of No. IL
galvanized iron wire are consumed in
the making of each trap. which costs,
complete, about 121a to Is cents. This
trap, as now constructed, is considered
well nigh perfect, cost and efficiency
considered, and is the result of 20
years of experimenting in making
traps, and studying the nature and
habits of the rabbits. In this connec-
tion the word rabbit applies only to
tho ordinary cotton-tail and not to the
larger jack-rabbit, which the Messrs
Wellhouse say is not especially
Troublesome to the ample trees.-Ex-
change.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
Harry k. Thaw the Only One
of Gay Cro.Dd That Has
Essayed the No0ei Sensa-
tion of Murder But All
Haze Sought in Startling
Manner to Dissipdte Their
Easily Earned Millions.
Corsy's Lurid Exploits.

Some time afterward Mr.. Corey gave
Mr. Schwab Lucullian feast. The
costliest wines. the daintiest hot-house
fruits and the rarcst flowers were lib
orally provided The walters wore
colonial costumes with powdered wigs.
and the souvenirs were silver card
cases. Previous to this. however, Mr..
Corey had emulated other Pittsburg
rich men by figuring in swimming
party of which Miss Maybelle Gilman,
an actress, was a member. The party
took place at the Pittsburg natatorium.
There were hot birds and cold bottles
and some very pretty exhibitions of
plain and fancy swimming.
At this party an infatuation for Miss
Gilman is said to have sprung up on
the part of the millionaire. An es-
arrangement took place between Mr..
and Mrs. Corey supposedly on account
of Miss Gilman. and at present Mrs.
Corey is in the west, where she is re-
siding with view to securing d.
vorce.
During the course of business in
Pittsburg Andrew Carnegie trans
formed Gibson d. Packer from poor
man into millionaire Mr.. Packer
did not miss his chance to get before
the public. Mrs. Mary |. Vetter. armed.
1t is said, with 40 love letters. pre-
pared to sue Mr. Packer for 100000 for
breach of promise There were many
pledges of affection in the shape of
ieweiry.
Contemporaneously with the Thaw
murder Mrs. Scott Hartje, the wife of
Augustus Hartje. Pittsburg millionaire
paper manufacturer. has begun suit
against her husband for divorce. Mrs.
Hartje says that her husband wore
paper collars for years; that he would
buy $500 horse over the telephone
and the next minute refuse Mrs.
Hartje's request for three dollars for
pair of shoes. Some of the charges of
both MIR. and Mrs Hartje cannot be
printed here.
Frank Galley. nephew of John II.
Galley. partner of Col. James McGuffey,
the millionaire oil producer. of Pitts
burg. distinguished himself by COM
mitting burglary.
The suicide OF young I. O'C. Jones.
the only son OF the millionaire steel
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
THE farmers CREED.

TIE following is suggested by Prof.
leg., as the sort of creed to which
all progressive farmers should sub
scribe and religiously adhere:
We believe in small. well-tilled
farms: that the soil must be fed as
well as the owner, so that the crops
shall make the farm and the farmer
rich.
We believe in thorough drainage, in
deep blowing, and in labor saving i'm
pigments.
We believe in good fences, barns
conveniently arranged, good orchards
and gardens, and plenty of home-raised
hog and hominy.
We believe in raising pure-bred
stock or in grading up the best to be
gotten; they equal the thoroughbreds.
We believe in growing the best
varieties of farm crops and saving the
choicest for seed.
We believe in fertilizing the brain
with phosphorus as well as applying
it to the soil.
We believe in the proper care and
application of barn-yard manure.
We believe that the best fertilizers
are of little value unless accompanied
By industry, enterprise and intelli-
gsnce.
We believe in rotation, diversified
tion and thorough cultivation OF
crops.
We believe that every farm should
own good farmer and every good
farmer will eventually own a good
fa;-l,
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

made affidavit that he cut off her per-
sonal allowance and household allow
ance and put at the head of the house.
hold n butler, who was Objectionable
and very insolent. and over whom she
had no control. He was given the
money to pay the servants. and was
empowered to hire and discharge them.
Mrs Mckee protested. but was told
that she had no power to discharge
him.
Mckee became acquainted with Mrs.
Genevieve Phipps. the wife of Law
renee Phipps. another Pittsburg mil
lionaire. then living in Denver. Nc
Kee and Mrs. Phipps were frequently
seen together. and an estrangement
sprang up between Mr.. Phiops and his
wife. The breach gradually wldened.
and Mr.. Phipps brought suit for di-
vorce, naming Hart Mckee as CO.
respondent Pittsburg society was
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
Kidnaped His Children.

Nut itNS. anu tht hI-
Kee and Phipps factions waxed bitter
in their denunciations.
Kidnapped His Children.
Following the return of Mrs. Phipps
to this country. her two little children
were forcibly taken from the Waldorf
Astoria by Mr.. Phipps and hurried
away to Denver. where he had resided
for some time. 1t was openly stated
that when the divorce proceedings
were over Mrs. Phipps would marry
Hart Mckee. but in the meantime that
eccentric young man had become en-
thralled with Mrs. Hugh Tevis. who
a few years previous had been wed
and widowed within six weeks.
Mrs. Tevis and Mr.. Mckee sailed
away to Europe on the same steamer.
and shortly afterward were married.
Things were rather dull in the Pitts
burg coloi.y for awhile until Mrs.
Phipps went out to Denver. where the
divorce case was brewing.
Mrs. Phipps began contest for the
possession of the children. but event
ually terms were reached under which
cSvorce was granted on the ground
of desertion. Then almost before their
friends had ceased talking about their
case MIR. and Mrs. Phipps made up.
and 1t is said that they will be re-
married. This seems to have finished
the calendar of sensations as far as the
Phipps and Mckee millionaires are
concerned.
Another Pittsburg millionaire who
had n varied and noteworthy career
was James King Clarke. known to his
friends as Jamie
Young Clarke inherited a part of
the millions of his father. Charles ].
Clarke. of Pittsburg. He was in the
habit of spending part of his time
in Washington. and it was there that
he met Miss Esther Bartlett. They
were married on April %. 1899. in
Washington, and with the best man.
Macintosh Kellogg. journeyed to New
York. where they took rooms at one
of the big hotels.
As related by Clarke in the suit for
divorce. which began a month later.
upon their arrival in this city he left
his bride in his room with Mr.. Kellogg
while he went downstairs to look after
some baggage. He was detained for
some time. On his return he found the
door locked, and when it was finally
opened MIR. Kellogg's shirt front was
stained with the violets which Mrs.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Remarkable divorces, remarriages.
breaches of promise. alimony and
chorus girls have hitherto been or
dinary features of their lives. They
seem to have become rich so suddenly
that they have lost their heads. Never
before, however. has any one of them
been accused of murder.
Years before Harry Thaw ever heard
of Evelyn Nesbit or Stanford White he
was eccentric to the verge of crazi-
ness. He was known as a cigarette
fiend. heavy absinthe drinker an ad
mirer of chorus girls and reckless
spendthrift He gave dinners costing
tens of thousands of dollars. and like
the general run of Pittsburg million
aires he always had one or more "af-
fairs" on hand with women OF the foot
lights.
II is strange fact that chorus girls
and actresses seem to appeal to the
Pittsburg millionaire past all power of
resistance. Four of them who have
made New York their home during the
past few years. and whose wealth
amounts to 5000 900 in the aggre-
gate, have become infatuated with stage
beauties more or less widely known
throughout the country. according to
the World of that city
Three of them have married ac-
trcsses. and the infatuation of the
fourth for beauty of the footlight is
being used against him in divorce pro-
ceedings. Although Harry Thaw was
probably the widest among the Pitts
burg high rollers who have sowed in
the wild winds of the Tenderloin.
young Hart Mckee was almost us well
known. but in different way.
Forgot Marital Obligations.
His father. E. Sellers Mckee. a null
ti-millionaire glass manufacturer of
Pttsburg. supplied him with practical
ly limitless funds. with which the
young man proceeded to cut wide
swath. He was handsome. dapper and
fastidious with the red and white COM
plexion of n healthy gir;. Soon after
leaving college he married a Miss SUIT
ton. from whom he separated year
or two afterward. giving her $500. 900
outright in lieu of alimony
In Mrs. McKee's allegations against
her husband she testified that he was
not with her much during the two
years of their married life. and that he
became more neglectful as time pro-
ceeded- Finally Mrs. Mckee left him.
owing to his entire neglect" She
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
MAKING A GOOD MIXER.

The real good milker is made the
first year. But this is not meant that
breeding Is Il matter of no Importance,
but she must be made to do good serv-
ice the first season If she is to keep il,
mp. Letting the calf suck the first sea.
son or permitting it to run with the
dam is very bad way to make good
mixer.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

They say that the cows olfactor'es
are about ten times as acute as tn SO
of man. If this is true, the necessity
of keeping the feeding trough. the
drinking vessel and all the surround-
ings of the COW clean becomes very
apparent.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

man of Pittsburg. few weeks ago. fit
tingly rounds out the record of the
young Smoky City high rollers. He
had lost his mind because of his love
for his first cousin. charming Pitts
burg girl. He killed himself when she
married another :
This almost exhausts the crop of
Pittsburg's gilded youths. but there is
a new crowd growing up. They are as
yet in knickerbockers.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

aires. He iawned upon New ork sew
eral years ago on special train con-
sisting of enc dining car. four sleeping
cars and tso baggage cars, which car
ried the ertire Office forces of the Ma
tional Steel company ant the National
Hoop company. In the baggage cars
were 50 thinks filled with ledgers and
account books and 12 typewriter girls
who took iown dictation as the train
rolled alorS.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

My neighbor is good farmer il
most ways, but as passed his horse,
barn this morning, noticed a largs
pile of manure out in the weather. Il,
was cool morning, but | could smell
the ammonia arising from the manure
pile for long distance. He will loss
one-half to two-thirds the value of tha
manure.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
Wbere Chorus Reauties
Zone From
BY FRANK HENNESsY,
Theatrical r1arsser and Student of Sociology.

City, Pa. Newcastle and Horseleads.
The feminine beauty with the selection
the perfect forms and make the dazzling
of beauty Broadway production
New York doesn't
than girls other locality In aside tendency
to clearer skin there pretty girls
the than the city seeking place before the foogh
and applause
may York girl by glare
of the heater the girl and that fewer the real New York
girls stage glory but the fact that
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Geese and ducks should have water
to swim in during breeding season. az
they mate better in water than on
land. Scoop cut place with team and
scraper and fill with water, IL practic-
able
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Axles run dry with surprising quick
ness in rainy. muddy weather. Look
after them daily. and never apply two
kinds of grease to a wagon. The water
washes 1t out faster in some cases. and
in others | have known the two COM
bine in a paste which quickly wears
out and powders, setting the wheel
by heating.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
Pittsburg Men of Wealth
'UnequaLed in Furnishing
Sensations for the Lovers
of Scandal Aliurements
of Painted Stage Beauties
Fatal to Domestic Peace
and Harmony.

New York.-Now that the crime Of
murder has been added to the eccen-
trio doings of the dozen or more Pitts
burg millionaires. 1t Is probable that
the limit of their capacity for sensa-
tionalism has been reached.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Give soft food, such as boiled oati
or potatoes. mixed with equal parts oil
bran, shorts and ground corn twice a
week for breakfast. but not fun
feed OF soft feed, as they will eat toa
fast and then sit around with a stuffed
crop.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Go over the potato patch with q
harrow when the young plants are be,
ginning to come up. and you will de,
stroy all the weeds and leave the patch
in such fine condition that but littla
hoeing will be needed thereafter. The
potatoes will get the start of the
weeds, and the weeds may then be
kept down with the horse cultivator.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

The eggs of geese, ducks, turkeys
guineas and chickens that are shipped
a great distance will hatch well II they
are turned upside down in the basket
and eft for "a hours and then put un-
der good hen or in an incubator.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

The beauty OF the
New York girAn such
a mass as we see in the
front rows OF the matt
nee seats, and in the
front rows OF t h e
chorus. is due entirely
to the constant Recruit
ing to the whole with
.,retty faces from Oil
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

In orchards badly infested with
cankerworm late spraying with some
form of arsenic. which is most safe
ly used in bordeaux mixture. may do
good II the worm Is still feeding.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

If the small green plant-louse, the.
aphis, infests the trees to any extent,
make a solution by dissolving one
pound of whale-oil soap in ten gallons
of water. and spray with this. First
dissolve the soap in little hot water
and then dilute to the desired strength.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Some farmers SOW clover seed twice.
half early and half late. to insure a
stand: but 1t is a question whether Il
is not wiser to SOW 1t all very early.
In this way the writer has not failed
of good stand in many years.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Mate one drake with five ducks. one
gander with three geese. one gobbler
with four to twenty turkeys, one male
guinea with four to eight guinea hens.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

DOM get your breeding geese, ducks
or turkeys too fat, as eggs from such
stock seldom hatch we'll. Don't feed
TO much corn at this time of the year.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Plant most of the garden in rows,
ana cultivate 1t with horse. You ca,
do more in one hour than you can in .
day With a hoe, and so much easier
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

Give your laying hens milk and
meat scraps every four or FIVE days
II means more eggs.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18

The best man in the business mrst
havs the right kind of a COW to make
a sueeess of dairying.
The Lamar register., 1906-07-18
Married Mothers Maid.

.ohn Aston Moorhead is one of the
latest. He was heavy man on the
Yale football team and also pulled in
the crew. He never did anything else
to Deserve particular distinction. Only
a .ew weeks ago he elcped with his
mothers French maid. They have
not been entirely forgiven yet. but it
is understood that John Alston is be-
Ing treated in New York sanitarium,
hfa father paying the bills. and it is
sFid the little French maid is crying
her way back to sunny France. well
paid. If cash can make 1t good, but
with her foolish little heart broken.
More recently the limelight of noto-
riety has been turned upon w. f.
Ccrcy. one of the best known of the
CT rnegie group of Pittsburg million