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The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
ERRORS ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE..
To the Editor.

To the Editor:
noticed somewhere recently
would not say positively that it was in
YOUR columns-an article on the White
House which contained several mis-
statements.
In the first place it was stated the
White House was first occupied in
1909 and that it's first occupant was
President Madison. The fact is, its
first occupant was President Adams,
who took up his residence there in
1900.
The original mansion was begun in
1892. In 1914 it was burned by the
British and rebuilt in 1918.
Another of the errors in the article
referred to was the statement that
ready-prepared paint is used on the
White House to make it beautifully
white.
| noticed this especially because 1
have used considerable paint myself
and wondered that canned" paint
should be used on such an important
building when all painters know that
pure white lead and linseed oil make
the best paint.
1t so happened also that I knew
white lead and linseed oil-not ready.
mixed paint-were used on the White
House. because l had just read a book
let published by firm of ready-miXed
paint manufacturers who also manu-
facture pure white lead. In that book
the manufacturers admitted that for
the White House nothing but the
best and purest of paint could be
used" and said that their pure white
lead had been selected.
Above all people, those who attempt
to write on historical subjects should
give us facts, even if it is only date
or a statement about wood, or brick,
or paint or other building material.
Yours for truth,
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine SO Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes it hard
20 keep awake and do things in day
time. To take ''tonics and stimu
lants" under such circumstances is
like setting the house ON fire to see
If you can put it out.
The right kind of food promotes re-
freshing sleep at night and wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way of
eating. to Grape-Nuts, and says;
For about three years / had been
great sufferer from indigestion.
After trying several kinds of medi-
cine. the doctor would ask me to drop
off potatoes, then meat, and so on.
but in few days that craving, gnaw-
ing feeling would start up, and
would vomit everything l ate and
drank.
When / started on Grape Nuts.
vomiting stopped. and the bloating
feeling which was SO distressing dis
appeared entirely.
My mother was very much both
cred with 6iarrhea before commenc-
ing the Grape-Nuts. because her stom-
ach was SO weak she could not digest
her food Since using Grape-Nuts she
is well, and says she don't think she
could live without it.
1T is a great brain restorer and
nerve builder. for can sleep as sound
and undisturbed after supper of
Grape Nuts as in the old days when
/ could not realize what they meant
by bad stomach" There is no
medicine so beneficial to nerves and
brain as a good nights sleep. such as
you can enjoy after eating Grape
Nuts"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's O reason"
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
INsuRoENT LEADER KILLED.
Cuban lnsurrectionists Capture Small
Town.

Havana.-The killing of the insurrec-
t;onnry leader. Gen. Quentin Baldera,
Thursday, in an engagement between
rural guards and band of his follow
crs is regarded as dealing the insur.
rection heavy blow.
The government is acting with en-
crgy in sending rural guards and vol
untCers against the Santa Clara rebels
and in dispatching $50 more men to
defend Pinar Del Rio asainsC Pine
Guerrero.
TIE capture of San Juan De Marti-
nez by Guerrcra's band was not a great
surprise, though it was not expected
10 occur so soon. The place was pro-
tected by small detachment of rural
guards, while Guerrera's strength was
much greater.
The taking of Pinar Del Rio Will be
quite another matter, since there are
in that vicinity twice as many troops
as the insurgcnt Pine Guerrero can
muster. 1t is regarded as more than
probable that the troops VIII take the
offensive and If possible draw Guerrero
into an open fight
Insurgent forces commanded by
Pine Guerrero have captured San
Juan De Martinez, the terminus of the
Western railroad, and have occupied
the town and railroad station.
There was no bloodshed. The small
force of rural guards which held the
town fled at the approach of the inslr-
gents.
a force of rural guards and Tolun-
teers have left Cienfuegos, province of
Santa Clara. to engage 300 insu, gents
who have left Las Lajas under com
mand of Col. Guzman, mayor of that
town,
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
Women as Inventors,

In reply to the charge that women
are lacking in mechanical ingenuity
it is asserted that many of the most
valuable inventions patented by men
in reality represent ideas conceived
in the brains of their wives. their
sisters and their daughters Eli Whit
ney's famous cotton gin is said to
have been merely the application of u
device first thought out by a woman
the widow of Gen. Nathaniel Greene.
The "Coston light" which is used by
our life-saving service, and by mar.
liners all over The world, for signaling
at night-it burns like red fre-is "A
woman's invention, says the Techicai
World Magazine. So likewise, is tho
paper bag with a satchel bottom
which was the idea of Miss NJ. +.
Knight. The machine by which
comb foundation" as 1t is called, for
bee hives, is made. was patented by
Frances A. Durham. in 1881. 1t : es
bees half the labor of honeycomb con
struction by turning out wax sheets,
which. suspended in the hives, serves
as basis to build the combs upon
but the most wonderful point about
the contriyance is that. the cells out
lined In relief on the wax being all
of worker" size, those of them that
are utilized by the insects for nurs-
cry purposes will produce only work
er bees. thus avoiding the propaga-
tion of idle drones.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
Forty-Five Tunnels.

San Francisco.-The Western Pa
cific is perfectng plans to enter Cali
fornia. and when the road is completed
it will be one of the greatest railroad
engineering feats in modern times.
The engineers in charge have in
structions to keep one object in view,
the straightest line with the least
grade. To accomplish this forty-five
tunnels will be bored in eastern Cali
fornia between Oroville and Beckw,th
Pass. Instead of going around noun
tains the Western Pacific is going
through them.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
WELLMAN MAY START.
Nearly Ready for Balloon Voyage to
North Pole.

London.-Walter Wollman, leader of
the Wellman-C Chicago RecordHerald
Arctic expedition, telegraphed from
Spitzenbcrgen, August 14th, via Ham
merfest. Norway, that the completion
of the balloon has been greatly delayed
owing to the magnitude Of the work.
Many minor defects have been iiscov-
cred in the mechanical parts of the air
ship and these are being repaired as
last as possible. The motors WORK ex-
cellently and the balloon part of the
airship is in good condition.
Mr. Wellman says it will Oe possible,
weather permitting, to get away
toward the pole during the first week
Of September. The buildings erected
will provide a valuable plant for next
years operations if start is not made
this year.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
BENEFIT of Our Hcndcrs.
Personal.


aunt" Mahala Lewis. who was
ago. and who claims to have seen both
Washington and Lafayette, dled
at Ottawa, Kan. recently.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson re-
Gently arrived unannounced in Omaha
and made a personal inspection of the
packing plants. He left the city with
out telling his destination.
Mason S Peters has been nominated
for congress by the democrats of the
Second Kansas district in place OF
Manford Schoonover, who had been
named by the convention but declined.
national purity conference under
the auspices of the National Purity
Federation is to be held in Chicago
October 8 to IL.
Col. Charles b. Hall, Eighteenth in
fantry, has been detailed as command
ant of the United States infantry and
cavalry school at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, TO succeed Brig. Gen. Bell, who
has been appointed chief of staff.
Albert G. Lane. of Chicago. former
president of the National Educational
association and of the Illinois State
Teachers association, is dead at his
home in Chicago.
Brig. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief
of staff of the army, and Clifford
Pinchot. chief of the forestry bureau,
were visitors at Sycamore Hill recent
ly.
Edward NJ. Ames. of Altoona, Pa,
has been elected commander-ln-chief
of the Sons of Veterans.
Cash NJ Cade of Shawnee, Ok,
member of the national republican
committee, has rendered to the presi-
dent his resignation as receiver of The
land Office at Guthrie, Ok.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
Proposed Insurance Law.

St. Paul.-Millions will be held in re-
serve for the policy holders of life in
surance companies and the cost of in
surance WI be materially lowered if a
bill approved by the insurance COM
siuners meets with the approval of the
various Legislatures next winter. The
bill, which requires an annual appor-
tionment and accounting of surplus OF
life insurance companies, strikes at
the root of all the evil of life insurance
company management by holding their
officers accountable for the enormous
eurpius funds accumulated under the
deferred contracts under which nearly
ell OF the large companies operste.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
French State Monopoiies,

State monopolies are more than
ever in favor in France as a means
of raising revenue to the prejudice of
private enterprise. A committee OF
the chamber of deputies has been ap-
pointed, with a foreign minister of
finance as chairman, to collect infor-
nation on the possible working of
monopolies on sugar and petroleum
refining, the rectification of alcohol.
and insurance
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29

Prof. Frank A. Perret, an American
who was with Prof. Mattucci in the
royal observatory on Mount Vesuvius
during its recent eruption. promises
TO perfect methods OF predetermining
outbursts of volcanoes. American
genius has accomplished a great many
things that appeared more difficult
than this undertaking 1t would be
no surprise to hear that Prof. Perret
has found a means Of robbing We.
suvius of some of the terrors it has
held for neighboring humanity since
the days of the elder Pliny.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
Ano,h.r Triumph for x-Rays.

So successful has the application OF
the X-rays been in the tratment OF
children suffring from ringworm, that
the Metropolitan Asylums Board, Lon
don, has been enabled to discontinue
the use of one of the two institutions
reserved for such cases.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29

By following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package of
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars cld
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it, IL OF. for 1oc, sold by
all good Grocers.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29

The Caldwell tOkla) Advance has
recently heard a horrible story of a
girl who thoughtlessly jerked her
head back to avoid being kissed and
broke her neck. This is a proper
warning to girls. -..
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
ro Survey Alaskan Boundary.

Fremont Morse and l.. Netland, in
charge of the Alaskan boundary com
mission, have left for Yakubat bay
where each with party of nine men
will survey a strip of the boundary.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29

The Parisians profess themselves
unable to see any beauty in the dele
their capital, and are ungaIlant
enough to say so. But what can one
expect of a people who prefer absinthe
to whisky?
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
Innorfanf TO Mothcrs.

Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A,
n safc and remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29

state
Complete returns from the Alabama
democratic primaries show that Hoke
Smith. former member of Cleveland's S
cabinet. carried 11S counties of tn,
state This practically insures his
c.ection as governor.
The jury in the case of Doss Gal
braith. the alleged leader of the
Springfield, Mo. mob which hanged
three negroes last April. failed to agree
on verdict and We're discharged.
Finance Minister Kokovsoff has au-
thorized the Associated press to deny
the oft repeated reports that Russia
intends to enter the foreign market
for a new loan this autumn.
Gen. Quentin Bandera, the famous
negro leader of.HaHana province Cuba.
was killed by; rural guards recently
while at the head Of small body Of
insurgents.
Joe b. Dodson, prominent poll
tician of Springfield. Mo, has been
arrested charged with making false
amdavits on an entry at the govern
nient land Office.
The Russian emperor has decid I'd
to distribute 10000, 900 acres of crown
lands among the peasants on easy pay
ments in the hope of solving the agra
rian question.
The heaviest rainfall ever recorded
at Kansas City damaged property and
caused great inconvenience recently.
The precipitation was six inches in
three hours.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

one OF the best cold creams is made
OF rOsew0ter. two ounces OF almond
oil, half an ounce OF spermaceti and
half an ounce OF white wax. Melt
the wax and spcrmaceu i'm a basin set
into a dish OF boiling water. II the
mixing is done with an egg beater the
cream will be lighter and pieasanter
70 use. As the fats CONCEAL remove
from the heat and pour In the almond
Oil; then beat and very slowly add the
rosewater. The cream when done
should have the consistency OF whip
ped cream. II desired. a few drops OF
violet extract may be added before II
congeals. Keep in a glass OF earthen
Jar. The addition OF a quarter OF a
dram OF liquid benzoin just before the
mixture cools helps 20 keep il sweet
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24
CARING FOR OLD TREES.
Row Their Period of Existence May
Re Prolonged

Some valuable Information regarding
the care and treatment Of old shade
trees is given by y u. Futton. super
intcudcnt OF the clifton district OF the
park system and one OF the most prom
inent horticuitur.~ts iu the state OF
Maryland. says the Baltimore sun
when nature has reached the limit
OF time 40 which she can send the In
MIGRATING sap over a large surface a
surgical operation has become a neces- /
sity for proioug.ug the life OF the tree"
be said. "The head must Dee shortened
TO within the line 90 which the sap can
easily reach. The application of stimu-
lants viii not accomplish this.
After the branches are shortened
IN. however. q little pcr~uader i'm the
shape of bone dust and wood ashes. the
enc I'm the autumn and the other fin the
spring. would act as an excellent tonic
Please kindly bear in mind that there
are many grand old trees now passed
into a state OF dccrcpitude that would
have thrived for a good many years
had the proper attention been given
them at the right slime Dead wood is
a load that no tree can carry without
injury and should Doe promptly re
moved
why is IL necessary 90 put bone
dust ia holes and scatter ashes on the
surfacef
The bone is needed there. and 81 IS
not desirable that &c should Doe carried
or by rains or melting SHOWS Scatter
soil on the surface after The bone is put
a. D.
back OF a wooden rake. Scatter good
coat Of Canada hardwood unleached
ashes in the spring Il viii leach down
and VIII not wash away.
How Tar 10 cNtcndF
Take q line and tic 10 loosely around
the tree so that 70 viii turn ON 60. hay
ing one free end. Describe circle six
or eight feet from the bole OF tree.
leugthen the line @ foot FOR each circle
and continue to fifteen or eighteen feet
from the tree. Make holes about four
inches deep and about a foot apart
on each circle Put about gill in
each hole. by counting YOU Will ind
that there are several hundred. and
you will readily ascertain the quantity
required. Incidentally. n YOU have
some aged fruit trees which are not
bearing satisfactory fruit or not car
rying 90 maturity what they do bear
they viii respond to the treatment rec
commended Tor forest trees.
"The planting OF SO called English
ivy TO climb ON young healthy trees IS
not 90 Doe commended. Ou the health
or old trees having rough. thick bark
ivy has no uUurttsia bile effect when the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

gift OF God means the giving OF the
spirit Of Christ through our lives TO all
the world Rev. Everett Dean Ellen
wood. Universalist. Atlanta, Ca.
PaPaI Influence.
The influence Of tho papacy Is more
far reaching than that OF any earthly
ruler. Kings and emperors and civil
magistrates exact eternal compliance
with the laws OF the land. They can
not control the sanctuary of the heart
The sovereign pontiff, though he has
no army TO enforce his commands,
makes and interprets laws which bind
the consciences Of men.-Cardinal Glib
bOns, Roman Catholic, Baltimore.
Error.
Every human being begins in a mis-
take. Error is the lOamy soil out OF
which truth vegetables and blossoms.
The history Of philosophy. science and
theology illustrates this principle with
distinct cogency that is unanswer-
able. so that we need not be too much
afraid OF being in error provided we
cling to our error with a tenacity that
is not simply tenacious, but that Is also
honest and inteliigent-Rev.D DIR. Charles
II. Parkhurst. Presbyterian, New York.
Importance OF Moments.
Our future is fixed largely In the first
twenty years OF life. Certain tend
encies, habits. convictions and char
acter!stics. physical mental and moral,
shown then appear through the whole
after career. Moments then are worth
years afterward and opportunities for
tunes. One moment, crucial and trem-
bling with destiny. Ia this period may
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24
How TO Cure the Tobacco Habit.


II man really wants 90 he cured or
the tobacco chewing habit and hasn't
enough viii power OF his own 10 ac-
complish IT, it is said that the stems OF
the weed known as plantain. used
as a substitute. viii help greatly in ef-
fecting a cure. says the Detroit Free
Press There are two kinds OF plan
tain. looking nearly alike. said a
physician who advocates this remedy.
One kind has stems TO the leaves which
are green % the ground. The stems Of
the other kind are red OF purplish near
the ground. The last Is the one 10 use.
He advised gathering quantity TO
have on hand and chewing whenever
the desire for the use % the weed Is
felt The doctor was confident that
with perseverance In the use OF this
plant any person could overcome the
craving for tobacco. He said he had
known cases cured in a week.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

nave wrapped up in il the outcome OF
all the years OF time and the cycles OF
eternity. - Rev. Josephus Stephan,
Methodist, st. Louis.
Value of n Fathers Love.
You fathers cannot afford to let your
children grow up without weaving
yourselves into the memories OF their
golden youth. Make the days or child
hood happy and pour your love without
stint into the young hearts, and these
early impressions will, next to the love
of God. whence they flow. save them
when grown 10 mans and woman's
estate from losing faith in the human
heart, help 10 deliver them from the
curse OF selfshness, be an Eden IN the
evening when driven forth into life's
wilderness, will be a safeguard to them
In times OF temptation and conscious
help amid the stern realities OF life
Rev. DIR. Madison G. Peters, Baptist,
New York.
The Wanderer.
Have finished my lIfe7 Am 7 donef
Is my heart blood thin and cold
That gnaw the bones OF the town.
Am { empty and old?
My flags are the chimney's CRIME
Tossed on a iaEguid breeze
Have ] dreamed OF the roaring rhyme
A storm through the treesy
The snow In the streets II black,
Profancd with the ci;y's sin.
know OF Z starlt track
Where Gods hand has been
Have | finished with snow and sun.
with the wind on the open plain.
That ! starve In the barren town
Is my lie In Vasn2
Mrs Whitney
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
OF All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
OF All Denominations.
Unless mau believes in himself and
IN the future he can - nothing.-Rev.
w. NJ. Lawrence. Baptist. Chicago.
A. We Build.
We are builders Of body. soul and
character whether we Will or not. Our
house is being built by CIrselves and
our work will be tried and passed upon
by the Master builder.-Rev. Q. ..
Jones. Episcopalan. Atlanta, Ca.
Reform.
The voice Of reform, which Is the
voice OF God, speaks only 10 the one
who has ears 10 hear, and often when
the men OF a nation are too engrossed
In money making II speaks TO wom-
an-Rev. Robert Hopkins. Congrega-
tionalist, Cleveland. o.
Reverence aud wisdom.
Reverence must still be the crown
ing element OF wisdom, We ascend the
mountain path of knowledge TO have
our heads bathed at last In mystic
clouds. In the presence Of the Infinite
awe and humility alone become the
wise hearted.-Rabbi Leon Harrison.
st. Louis.
The Greatest GIFT.
Gods greatest gift to the world OF
living men could only be the gift OF a
| life-a warm, sympathetic human life.
a life endowed with all the possibili-
| ties for transgression, yet absolutely
| without sin. The acceptance OF this
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

FeN We no Nlofes
ASK me uo more The moon may draw
the sea.
The cloud may stoop from heaven and
take the shape.
With fold to fold Of mountain or OF
cape.
But Oh. too fond when have I answered
thee2
Ask me no more
Ask me no more. What answer should I
givc2
] love not hollow cheek OF faded eve.
Yet. Oh. my friend. D Will not have thee
die
ASK me no more. lest J should bid thee
i've.
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more; thy fate and mine are
sealed
s,rove against the stream and all In
vain
Let the great river take me 90 the main
Ne more. dear love for az touch
yield
ASK me &c more.
-TennysOn.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24
Mother Soma.

White little hands.
Pink little fcetl
Dimpled all over.
Sweet. sweet. sweet
What dOst thou wall forg
The unhnown. the unseen,
The us that are coming.
The JOYS that have been?
little fingers that feel
For their home on my breast.
Little lips that appeal
For their nurture. their restt
Why. why dost thou weep dear?
NAY. stifie thy cries
TIL the dews OF thy sleep. dear,
Lie soft on thine eyes.
Alfred Austin.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

ING manner. Soak blotting paper in a
strong solution OF saltpeter aud water
Dry before the Ere or in slow oven
Cut the paper I'm strips two inches wide
and burn one wlen necessary They
should always he kept en- q dry place.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

Dreams. books. are each world. and
books. we know
Are a substantial world. both pure and
good.
Round these. with tendrils strong "a
flesh and blood
Our pastime and our happiness will grow
Wordsworth.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24
How TO Clean Porcelain Bathtubs.

All porcelain bathtubs and basins In
which soap is used will get covered by
a thin, hard coating that is extremely
difficult 10 remove even with hot water
and soap. and the plumbers advise
strongly against the use OF sand soaps
or scourers. The following method will
clean easily and thoroughly, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch: On a wooden rag
pour a small quantity of naphtha. rub
the tub quickly. aud when all the sur
face has been gone over go over with
hot water and soap. Polish with a
chamOis skin. aud beautiful luster
will be the result
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24
ThIrtv.one persons prowned.

Antwerp. March IL Thirty one per-
sons were drowned owing To equinoc-
tial tides overlooking or bursting dikes
on the Schedlt river.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

Asthma may often be relieved by
burning In the patients room saltpeter
papers. They are made In the follow
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-24

Tramp (outsidc the gate) Madam
may I ask does your dog bite?
Mrs. Jaye Gin the garoen) Yes. he
does. and please don't come in, We
are very particular about what we feed
him CasselTs Journal