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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06
MORE JAPANESE
SNAPSHOTS
Smiling Round the World
The Funny Thinss One Sees
By
MARSHALL P. WILDER

NSOpyTi6nts Dy Joseph q. 6OWle1.l
While at the Imperial hotel, Toxic.
we were permitted to witness por-
ton Of q Japanese wedding. that is.
the feast and reception. Like our He
brew friends in America, the Japs
now hire the parlors of hotel. chiefly
because their little doll houses are so
small. 1t was very funny; the women
all like embarrassed images, done up
in their best kimonos and not saying
. word. while the men, in stiff, badly
fitting European store Clothes" stood
around in little groups and talked.
looking like animated tailors' dunn
mics.
One young man picked out 4 native
air on the piano with one finger,
while the children were the only ones
who were at all happy. or didn't look
as II they wished they hadn't come.
Says Mrs. Peace to Miss Sharp. a
caller: MY husband and l never dis
yute before the children. When 4
quarrel seems imminent, we always
send them out"
Miss Sharp: "Ah, I've often won.
dered why they're so much In the
street,"
Hateful thing, wasn't she7
japanese trains are small and slow,
and seem not to think 1t necessary
ever to be on time. Smoking is al
lowed in every class. even In the
sleeping cars.
The bedding is clean and sufficient,
but there are no springs in the beds.
absolutely no privacy. and one tiny
window for the whole compartment,
public opinion being usually divided
as to whether II shall be opened or
closed.
This reminds me of . story my
friend. Col. Cody ("Buffalo Bill') used
to tell. He said that once upon time
an Englishman who had never been
IN the west before was his guest. They
were riding through a Rock Mountain
canyon one day, when suddenly a ire
mendous gust of wind came swooping
down upon them, and actually carried
the Englishman clear on the wagon
seat. After he had been picked up, he
combed the sand and gravel out of his
whiskers and said:
bay ehihA you oNSiao vShOiSr
ton in this bloomin' country"
Ny berth was over the wheels, and
this, together with = roadbed of which
q coal railroad in Pennsylvania would
be ashamed. produced such jolts and
bumps that my brain felt as though 1t
had been through an egg-beater. The
compartment was fall. one occupant
being . German army oficer. who. be-
side being in full uniform, even to
enormous fur-lined overcoat, sword
and spurs, brought in to choke the
little available space q satchel, q
large fiat wicker hamper and a pack
ing box. He also had very indus
trious and far-reaching snore with
him.
The third occupant being a travel
ing Catholic priest and, like the sol
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06
Gam. Of Lsoo.ts Revived.

A club has been formed in western
Canada to play the old English game
Of Ioggats which has long fallen into
disuse In the old country. The pas
time 10 alluded to by Shakespeare.
The game consists in throwing =
pin called a loggat At . stake driven
into the ground. Ths player who gets
his loggat nearest the mark wins.
This IL essentially our French game
Of quoits, which every one in America
pronounces "quates." The difference
IL that We use . heavy disk, or In
many regions q horseshoe instead OF
q pin.
OF Ioggats, Stevens. the shakesper-
ian commentator, who died in 1900,
says: II have seen II played in DIFF
ferent counties at their sheep shearing
feasts, where the winner was entitled
to q black fleece, which he afterward
presented TO the farmers maid to
spin for the purpose of making petit
GOAT on condition that she kneel down
on the fleece to be kissed by all the
rustios prssent."-Springneld Republic
- --~- 80
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

Robert Barr, the English novelist,
was entertained at dinner by North
Woodward avenue family. The men
adjourned to the smoking room and
the hostess fingered to give orders to
the maid.
TO-" said the young girl. Il was 70
proud to have been able to wait ON
Mr.. Barr. He is the first famous man
have ever attended"
And then in a burst Of maidenly en-
thusiasm, she exclaimed:
Perhaps some day / may be called
to wait ON Shakespeare."-
Free Press.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

Corporal punishment formerly had
q wider Significance than mere whip
ping. Henry. de Bracton. chief 5u-
dietary of England in the reign q
Henry ILL.,. divided corporal punish
ment into two kinds. those INFLICTED
with and without torture. The stocks
and the pillory would rank a. corporal
punishment: also mutilations and 9TH
er grim tortures. when imposed not 70
effort confessions bat - penalties.
and the branding in the hand for TEL
ony, which was not abolished u1t0
George m.'s time.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

Liverpool is endeavoring to organ
lie crusade against dies. which. says
Knowledge, are now admitted to play
an important part in the dissemina-
ton Of disease. Their breeding places
in the city have been ascsrtained.
their development history has been
carefully worked out and suggestions
are made as to the manner in which
their extraordinary rate of multiple
cation can be readily checked. 1t will
be interesting to see whether the sug-
gestions will be acted upon. and IL 20.
whether any perceptible diminution Of
these insects in the city will be no
ticeable next summer.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

They had Just established Q 49,
phone exchange in the circus and en-
gagged . pulled and pompadoured
young woman to take charge Of T.
The pride Of the Nubian desert hAA
suffered from an attack At indigestion
aad the Doctor Of the show called -
and asked how he was.
The telephone young woman loo6o4
asound and saw that the noble beuto
ms swapping and snariiag oveg ~
bgoakfast
-Iion's bsayi. sAs ansvs.sa -
SpaG q
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

der, q man OF huge proportions, was
rather interested to know which of
these was to occupy the berth over
ne. for it seemed a nimsy sort of af-
fair, and took particular pains to see
that 1t was well propped up.
was rather relieved to find 1t was
10 be the soldier, for consoled myself
with the old adase that the pen is
mightier than the sword and decided
It would be q worse calamity to have
the church down on me than the army
Even II sleep with all these consider
atoms had been possible, the frequent
stops would have completely put 1t to
Eight, for the moment . train arrives
at Q station, no matter what the time
Of night, the sellers of lunch boxes,
hot milk, tea or tobacco begin to cry
their wares, in tones that are like the
wailings of lost souls. and for penetra-
ton and volume unequalled by any
thing in my experience.
The sellers of tea at the stations will
rive one a small teapot filed with
hot tea, and q tiny cup, all for three
sen. or a cent and q half in American
money.
A. tho rni'rcad stations durinr ~
VA with Russia one was sure to see
partiss Of wounded soldiers returning
from the front; or those who were de-
parting for the seat Of war. These
latter were always attended by .
crowd Of men and women, who waved
small Japanese flags and gave shout
Is the train moved away. This shout
Dis really more of screech than
xood, round cheer, such as would pc
heard in America, for 1t seems as II
there Is some physical reason why
the Japanese people cannot raise their
voices without producing the most
blood-curdling sounds The street
erica are al strident and unpleasant;
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

I'm afraid that you don't apprs-
ciate that composition" remarked the
musician.
NO." answered Mr.. Cumrox; ''fn
al frankness, must say don't 1t
keeps me guessing"
Keeps you guessing"
"Yes always have three guesses
why anybody wrote It in the hrst
place, why anybody plays It in the
second place, and why anybody listenA
to II In the third"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-05-06

the commands of oficers to their men
tinny and rasping-like, while Japanese
singing. to q foreigner. II conducive to
nervous prostration.
I have spoken somewhat of tho sx-
ternal attitude Of these people. OF
their interior attitude of heart and
mind much more might be said, espe-
cially in regard to their late war with
Russia, which was going on at the
time of my visit. This was some
thing they would not talk about. Any
mention of the subject was met with
an adroit change of the conversation
into other channels; but intense
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
General Demand

OF the Well-Informed Of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known.
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
FER bottle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
The Hay Crop.

The area devoted to hay and pas
ture in this country stands next to
corn and is equal to more than one
third of that devoted to cereals. Not
withstanding its vast importance,
think that / am justified in saying
that hay is the most neglected crop
grown on the farm to-day. l think
that there is no other crop that would
respond more readily to better meth
DDS than hay. Hay is neglected for
a number of reasons. In the first
place, the preparation of the seed
bed is often poorly done. often far.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
Modern Farm Methods
AS Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockman

lard, but that 1t is just as wholesome
and ever so much cleaner. But still
we have prejudice against the oil
and won't use it until the Northern
packer has mixed it with more or
less questionable hog fat, labeled It
under a different name and sold It
back to us at a higher price. BY the
way, is it not possible that our objec-
ton to cottonseed oil in food is really
matter of Yankee suggestion? II
there were any way to trace the mat
ter to the bottom this is about what
we would find. And yet, it is as
plain as the nose on ones face that
if the Southern people would assume
frank, open, attitude toward the
subject, determine on the use OF cot
tonseed oil themselves, brag on it and
do all in their power to remove the
prejudices of others, the result would
be a still more wholesome product
than we are now getting at much less
cost.
1--WE are allowing ourselves to be
duped in this matters and we are
paying tribute on commodity that
is absolutely our own"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
HEALTH AND INCOME.
Both Kept Up on Scientific Food.

Good sturdy health helps one a lot
to make money.
With the loss of health ones in
come is liable to shrink, if not en-
tirely dwindle away.
When a young lady has to make
her own living, good health is her
best asset.
Il am alone in the world" writes a
Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. am clerk, and
about two years ago through close APP
plication to work and a boarding
house diet, became nervous in
valid, and got so bad off It was almost
impossible for me to stay in the Office
a half day at time
" A friend suggested to me the idea
OF trying Grape-Nuts, which | did,
making this food a large part of at
least two meals day.
To-day / am free from brain-tire,
dyspepsia and all the ills of an over
worked and improperly nourished
brain and body. To Grape-Nuts 1
owe the recovery of my health, and
the ability to retain my position and
income" there's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
MELVILLE, in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
Barnyard Manure.

The Importance of saving and u.s.
ing barnyard manure is understood
at this time, and yet no one can get
much about in the country without
seeing that there is still waste in this
respect.
A farmer who for many years has
watched and practiced the leading
points in his business, so succeeding
in a very decided way, in talking
about the matter recently said:
'"Barnyard manure is the most i'm
portant form of organic matter to
add to the soils. The production
and proper treatment of barnyard
manure is Just as necessary in good
farming as the growing of a staple
'crop.9 The vital need of some sec
tions of the United States is a great
increase in livestock to produce ma
nure and make possible the growing
of a, greater variety of crops, such
as are required in a judicious rotation
OF crops. Home and Farm.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
FINE WORK FOR WOMEN.

When one thinks of the numerous
possibilities for adding beautiful dec
orative pieces of pottery to the home
in the way Of lamy-bowels, candle
sticks, dishes for flowers or fruit, and
all kinds OF decorative jardinieres it
seems we'll worth while to learn how
to make these at home.
Now that plasta, composite clay or
splasterine can be obtained already
prepared, requiring only the addition
of water. the making of pottery comes
within the scope Of the most unen-
lightened worker. These compost
lions can be obtained in cream color,
terra-cotta or in olive-green, says the
Delineator. A few simple potters
tools-a board, rolling-pin and water
ARE the only requisites. The ma
terial lis moistened with water and is
kneaded on board to give 1t plastic
ity. 1t Is then rolled with rolling
In order to make. a small bowl,
take lump of clay and work thef
knuckles into 1t until it assumes the
form of a birds nest. This will save
d good deal OF shaping when build
ing up the sides. Do not attempt
to add too large a piece at first, or it
will break off, especially If the sides
are high. Work the small bits of
clay very carefully into the sides.
When the pottery made from plasta
is perfectly dry IT is sent to a kiln to
fire. If the green, white or terra
Gotta are not just the colors desired,
the vessel can be. colored with or
binary tnbe oil colors, moisteneaswlth
turpentine and wax finish given to
them afterwards This is really a
very practical and easy method Of
getting what is known as a mat
glaze.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
NEW TYPE OF GIRL.

NY In a long article, London Opinion
laments the extent to which the work
ing girl has ATTEMPTED to copy the
Gibson girl orr mated hy Charles
Dana Gibson and make aoafica b
of herself, and makes a plea for some
artist to draw new type, type that
shall embody all the beautiful old
fashioned qualities and that shall
dress her hair and wear her hair in a
natural way. To quote:
.. ut is quite time that the charming
English Maiden of whom we read so
much and see so little, should pres
emily become the vogue. Just a nice,
fresh breakfast table kind Of asgirl,
with a pleasant manner and natural
fgure.h
Let the girl in the street see that
these possessions have distinct at
traction, and she will quickly adopt
them for her own. Then we shall no
longer shrivel up before her disdain-
full gaze, but bask in the sunshine OF
her eyes. She no longer will be cor
Setted 10 the knees, or have her head
made top-heavy with exaggerated
frames and rolls. Her hat willbe
put to its original use, and will shade
her eyes rather than her shoulders.
She will be simple and womanly,
gracious and kind-in short. she will
be exactly what nature intended her
to be.
No doubt she will, like her prede-
cessor, be eventually caricatured out
of recognition; but, in the meantime
it will be delightful to regain some
of our old ideals of what is most to be
desired in .women-ideals which have
sadly fallen because so many wumer
have gone on false tack MISLEADING
vanity for pride and superciliousness
for dignity, they have entirely lost
their bearings,
at is to be hoped that some one
with due appreciation of their plight
will go to their assistance, and will
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
q ~DreftY..
Things
..aml0We'r
SILK muslin gowns show clot

Silk muslin gowns show cloth
hens.
The new petticoat is a mere rufie
buttoned to the corset.
Filigree is not admitted to the dee
Grated scheme of parasols.
Smart colored effects are obtained
in the dotted Swisses.
The Sleeveless coat-in silk, lace en-
broidered net, or what one win, is to
be picturesque feature.
The heavy filet laces gain con-
stantly In popularity and have quite
SUP erseded the sIrigh and venise
THE idea Of braiding ar entire 0oat
of dark color with white or biscuit
soutache il popular in Paris.
Green is favored in gown trimmings
this year and lingerie dresses are en-
broidered in its delicate shades.
Pretty and new are the jabots made
of fine pleated lawn with a colored
hemstitch like handkerchief, of
course, in washing fibers. They are
black and white with pale. blue,
mauve and yellow edging. II
- The management of the Grecian
draperies, especially in the skirts, is
adroit They are wonderfully plastic
when we'll handled and lend them
selves admirably to the concealment
of bad points and the emphasizing of
the good ones.
A walking suit may mean close
fitting cloth cutaway with trotteur
skirt in ample length, or it may mean
a directoire coat OF Shantung with a
skirt that sweeps the floor by several
inches, and with unabashed assurance
the Parisienne will inform you that
both skirts are short.
The designers of children's clothes
adhere 10 simplicity IN style and The
makers try to avoid the mistake of
overtrimming. They are made dainty;
with hand run tucks. brier stitched
or fagoted bands, inset of fine lace,
or sprays of embroidery, but the en-
4 broidery and lace should be used in
snall Quantities and suggest the idea
fof finish.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31

1t cannot be said too often that it
is wise for our people to plant nut
trees. Consider the destruction of
our forests, and the rapid increase OF
our Population. A scarcity of nuts
and high prices for them can be seen
IN The near future. In all sections Of
our land there are some nut trees
that do well. Pecans for the Gulf
States, chestnuts for the East, hick4
DRY and walnuts for the Mississippi
Valley, etc. Let the soft timber shell
ter belts about the home be replaced
by nut trees. They will steadily
grow into money. Fifty years from
now the income secured through the
suggested change would amount to
millions of dollars.
The States should encourage tim
Der planting, and especially, by wise
premiums, the growing of valuable
timber and nut trees.-The Fruit.
man..
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31

mers buy cheap seed with low per-
centage of termination and not
enough of it is Gown to secure a good
stand. Meadows are left in hay so
long that the yield falls off and many
weeds and fine grasses come in to
lower the quality. There is quite a
general opinion that a variation of
several days in the time of cutting
hay does not make any serious diff
ference in the quality. Therefore in
sections where the wheat and hay
harvest come on together the wheat
is invariably cut first and the hay has
to wait until later-From address
on ''The Culture of Grass Crops" by
H. B. Mcclure, of Dept. of Agricul-
ture, before the National Hay Asso.
citation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
THE TRAVELLER. .

The shades ofsnight were failing down
On a Western Kansas shack,
When, up the alkali dust of the town
Rode a tepdemoot, dressed in black,
On a woe-begone broncho-an IRON
gray,
AT his saddle bow hung a rife;
On his back was sluhg a dress suit
a case. l8f6 KsF
Some so pounds yet trife
To the weight he bore III his tired
brain,
AS he journeyed from day to day;
And these are the thoughts that went
and came
AS he travelled his lonely way;
He thought of his home, by the sad
sea waves;
OF himself as q country Jay;
OF the smell of salt hay and barrel
slaves,
And he heard his father say:
Rory! Rory! Get out the dory,
Don't talk back and don't get gayi
Go and tell the old man Morey,
"A behring's swan into Quincy
Bays
Rogers Payne Scruton, in the Boston
Post.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31
Should Use Cotton Oil.

We ask you to consider one other
matter of no small Importance to the
cotton interests of the South. This is
the use of cotton oil instead of lard
in cooking. In value and healthful-
ness there can be no question but
that this splendid vegetable product
of our sunny cotton fields is as wor-
thy, if not more worthy, of use than
hog lard, and if cotton oil were a
Northern product, its use by now
would doubtless be almost universal
among housewives, so manifest are
its merits. May,w we then utilize this
opportunity ito urge our Southern
housewives to help this Southern in
dustry by giving it the preference
over lard in their kitchens? The
Yorkville Is. CD Enquirer recently
published an article on this subject,
which is SO appropriate here that we
reprint II entire: w
why don't the Southern people
have sense enough to recognize cot
tonseed oil as the principal basis of
practically all the so-called lard they
are now using and go in directly for
cottonseed oil rather than lard?
I'VE confess our inability to give a
satisfactory answer to this question.
The chemist tells us that there is no
harm in cottonseed oil and practical
experience not only tells us that it
measures up to every requirement Of
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31

.
inferior or worthless specimens in
his package. I cannot conceive why
they persist in doing it when it
should be as much to the grower as
it is to the receiver, that few
inferior specimens will often make
a two dollar package sell for one
fifty. have paid 81 per hamper
on a shipment of radishes that could
not be sold for twenty-five cents.
Each hamper contained about TWEEN
ty-five bundles of weeds and grass
and about 200 wormy radlshes in
each bundle.
N.Y. OF course not all growers are SO
careless, but enough are to bring
distrust on the whole business.
The time is at hand when the
Southern grower to be successful
must identity himself with his pro-
ducts. His name and address on his
packages should be guarantee that
they are properly graded and packed.
If the Southern grower could visit
our receiving centres and see how
certain marks and packs were
sought after he would be surprised.
Il Is not surplus Of desirable stock
that gluts our markets at times, but
an accumulation Of unmarketable
trash which is a loss to the shipper
and hardship to the receiver
j. Grounds, in the Southern Fruit
Grower.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-07-31

Washington, she was among the
wealthiest society women there, and
her house was the centre of the most
distinguished and distinctive of the
capitals exclusive Southernand diplo-
matte sets. When In Washington
Mrs Mercer entertained all the dis
tfnguished foreign visitors.
Mrs Mercer's maiden name was
Mlnna Tunis She Is direct de-
scsndant of the last Earl OF Allen
dale Richmond (Va.) STimes-Dis-