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New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
A Celestial Procession

A MOST fascinating discovery has just been
made by Professor Boss regarding 4
moving cluster Of thirty-nine stars IN the
constellation Taurus. These stars represent
literally a flight Of suns, al drifting IN the
same direction, with average velocity Of
about twenty-five miles second. There
are stars marching IN widely extended
ranks, by a concerted plan, along = prescribed
track, under orders sealed perhaps forever 10
human intelligence" They are all urging
their way onward through the star depths
with velocity compared with which the
sWIttest motions known TO US are as absolute
rest
Each star IN the celestial march IS a glowing
mass Of gas thousands Of times larger than the
globe On which We live. They may even rival
our bright day star the sun. IN al its majesty
and glory. as the sun exceeds the earth Each
star IN the celestial procession may be pouring
forth supplies Of heat and light and swaying
by its attraction the motions Of attendant
earths like our own.
The fact that these stars are constantly uTg-
ing their way through the heavens leads Us 20 a
consideration Of what has been termed star
drift Every star Is IN motion: for the SO
called fixed STAR" long ago broke away from
their mOoTIngs and began TO tiIt at large through
space. IL Is a slow star that moves at the rate
Of only q mile = second. the average speed being
ten miles At this rate, a star traverses more
than three hundred and fifteen million miles
a year. The stars are travelling forever on
Journey II which We know neither the beginning
OF the end As the astronomer poet OF Persia
expresses Il
There was the Door 20 which | found no
KEY
There was the Veil through which / might not
see
Mary Proctor
New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
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New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
FOR MEN
"SEMP-RAY JO-VE-NAY"
Always Young

Delightful after shaving heals the
skin and repleniSheS the cutiole removed
BY the razor.
II not on sale in your community and
YOU wish 10 give "Sempre Giovine
a trial. send soc. for full size package
OF IOc. to cover cost of mailing and ..
/ will gladly send you a sample
briduette with directions for using. -
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The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
ALFALFA A VALUABLE CROP
BY Flowing Under a Crop a Great
Amount Of Nitrogen IL Added
to the Soil.

Nitrogen is found in abundance in
the air. but ordinary crops cannot
take 1t up and utilize 1t in its gaseous
form. The so-called nitrogen-fxing
bacteria which are found in the nod
ules on alfalfa roots take up atmos-
pheric nitrogen and elaborate 1t into
heterogeneous compounds (protein)
which are assimilated and stored up
In the leaves and stems Of the alfalfa
plant. II is this protein which makes
alfalfa such a valuable forage. The
root growth OF the plant and the de-
cay and renewal of tubercles on the
root enrich the soil with nitrogen.
Leaves dropping on also add some.
BY blowing under a crop of alfelfa a
still greater amount OF nitrogen is
added to the soil. In these various
ways alfalfa enriches the soil.
Were 1t not for the fact that the
cultivation OF alfalfa and other leg
umes add nitrogen to the soil we
should. in addition to the utilization OF
all stable manure, be obliged to pur-
chase expensive commercial nitrogen
such as nitrate of soda and guano and
apply them to the land.
To supply the deficiency Of nitrogen
is imperative on our new land. as
there is no cheaper or more practic-
able way of making our soil fertile on
any considerable scale. The various
field crops yield nearly II not twice
as much after alfalfa has occupied
the land as before. A crop of alfalfa
turned under is worth ten tons OF
sugar beets per acre.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

til they will be literally skyscrapers" within a
tury.
cry will be OF sight, domestic AFFAIRS will be
mechanical. even automatic. that you can get al
most anything the family needs simply by turning
switch or pressing button.
The Fat dweller of that distant day will not be
bothered with servants the servant problem. By
pressing a button the Christmas dinner will come
up noiselessiy from the kitchen the mechanical
waiter or perhaps in a pneumatic tube.
After your Christmas dinner is over the dishes
will disappear silently and swiftly as you could
wish. Some sort of mechanical dish washer in the
kitchen will take OF them-or. what is more
likely. they will be made of a cheap composition
and will be destroyed by burning after they are
used once. The antiseptic precautions of the mod
ern surgeon will be common to the kitchens of the
next century and hygiene will be a real science
When you have eaten your Christmas dinner. II
you want to go out for the evening you can press
button and an aerocab will come the landing at
your door Or. II you prefer 1t. you may drop down
the pneumatic elevator to some point so 100 feet
below the surface of the earth and be whirled
through the pneumatic subway a dizzy rate of
speed to your destination Only the speed will not
make you dizzy. You will not be able to feel 1t.
You may sit in your cushioned car. well lighted and
warmed and ventilated by some process yet to be
discovered. and before realize 1t the miles will
speed away and you step out to the opera the
play.
If you prefer to remain at your apartments the
kaleidoscope attached to your telephone may be
connected to any theater you DESIRE and you can
Sit In your easy chair and smoke while you see the
play projected on the wall like the perfect
moving picture All the stage settings will be there
to make the play real. and the improved teIe-
phone will bring every shade and subtle infection
OF the actors voice to your ear.
1t seems certain that this kaleidoscope arrange
ment-the exact word to describe 1t will be coined
after the process discovered-will be one of the
triumphs Of the coming century. 1t will enable you
to see the person you talking a tele-
phone.
Inc hight OF the coming airship probably will be
fha hrc
AIRED worker If he loves the country. have a
villa or cottage at great distance from the city
ana go to work in his own airship at slight cost.
On christmas day in the good century to come
this flight in the air will be the means of many
family reunions that are impossible A few
hours VIII take one to the distant part the
country and the practical cessation of business
during the holiday week will leave all free to fore
gather with the loved and pay deferred visits
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

A political office in a small town in
Iowa was vacant. The office paid
$3.50 a year, and there was keen COM
petition for it. The Democratic can
didate, Ezekiel Hicks. was shrewd
old fellow, and neat campaign fund
was turned over to him. To the as
tcnishment of all, however. he was
defeated.
81 can't account for it," said one
OF the Democratic leaders gloomily.
with that money. we should have
won. How did you lay it out. Eze-
kiel?
"Well." said Ezekiel. slowly pulling
his whiskers, yer see that office only
pays $3.50 year salary. an l didn't
see no sense in payin' 5000 out to get
the office, so l bought me a little
truck farm instead.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
TAKE CENSUS OF IRRIGATION
y Will Give Only the Acreage and
Yield Of Crops and Total lrri.
gated Area.

Washington Census Director Dur
and has given out a statement to cor
rect what he designated as an erro-
neous report as to the data which the
census bureau will collect relative to
irrigation. Mr.. Durand said that it
has been reported that facts and fig
ures relative to irrigation projects.
both government and private, would
comprise new and important feature
of the 1910 census reports and as a
consequence the census bureau had re-
ceived many inquiries concerning the
subject
Mr.. Durand's statement said that a
request of the National Irrigation con-
gress as to what it wanted from tho
census bureau has been taken as the
intention of the bureau toward the
subject of irrigation. The congress
desired the bureau to collect data re-
garding the number of acres under IT.
rigation in 1908 and 1909; the crops.
their acreage and estimated value for
the two years; the number of people
engaged in and depending on irriga-
ton for a livelihood, the capital in
vested in irrigation concerns and the
companies engaged in irrigation in
each state.
Mr.. Durand said that the census bu-
reau's agricultural schedules would
call for the acreage and yield of the
various crops that are under irrigation
and the total irrigated area in the
United States. but was not authorized
to go further. He said also that there
was daily increasing demand from
the public for statistics and informa-
ton relative to water power. The bu-
reau expects to develop data along this
line in connection with its census Of
manufactures that will be valuable II
followed up with a complete and care
full census. the money for which con.
gress is expected to provide In the
near future.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
cultjvatinu Alfalfa.

The cultivation of alfalfa grown in
rows for seed is practiced to some ex-
tent. 1t will without doubt be bench.
cial to the crop. 1t appears that 1t may
be necessary to cultivate alfalfa II
seed production is to be placed on a
firm basis. Experience has shown that
a thick stand will not produce seed
satisfactorily and farmers often let
fields having thin stand produce
seed. Generally after two crops CT
seed have been harvested enough seed
will have shattered on the ground to
give a thick stand and seed production
after more comItete fertilization and
therefore a better yield.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

Invariably the leading characters.
tic Of a good dairy COW is a strong de-
velopment of stomach and udder; not
over development. but enough to in.
dictate ability to do a lot of good hard
work, says the Fatm Journal. Large,
mild and prominent eyes. broad fore.
head, broad muzzle and wide nostrils,
the wedge shape of the body. large
milk veins, constitution indicated by
plenty of room for heart and lungs,
and general appearance. The dairy
COW is bred to yield all that is not
absolutely necessary to her support
in. the milk pail. and If any one will
follow these indications, they will not
20 far wrong in their selection.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

A yearling may be kept well, which
means kept growing at not to exceed
from 50 to $3.50 a month while In
stable, and for much less when at pas.
ture. A favorite ration is a pint OF
ground oats, the same of bran and half
a gill Of oilmeal twice a day. made into
a thin Cruel with water and spread on
the hay feed. II hay is high. feed oats
straw in its place II bright and clean.
Do not give the colts any dusty food.
and see to 1t that they do not become
constipated. Liuseed meal. roots. corn
stalks and apples are useful to pre-
vent this danger. -.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
THE NATIONAL STOCK SHOW.
Prospects for the Greatest Show Ever
Held In the West.

Entries for the National Stock
Show at Denver close this week on
everything but carloads and entries
already indicate the greatest show
ever held in the West. There will be
horses from Canada. from Ohio. from
Illinois. Missouri. Iowa. Kansas and
most Of the western states. Among
the prominent herds of cattle coming
are the Shorthorn herds of Carpen-
ter & Ross of Mansfield. Ohio:
Thomas johnson & Son of Columbus.
Ohio; C. E. Clark Of Minnesota;
Frank Harding of Wisconsin; The
Elmendorf Farm of Kentucky: w. j.
Miller OF Iowa; A. c. Binnie OF Iowa;
]. Z. Bales & Son of Iowa. and many
others. all the beef breeds being rep
resented by the best in the country.
There will be sheep from all over the
United States and Canada, all OF the
breeds being represented.
II is expected that the car load ox-
hibit of feeder cattle will be the great
est ever held and big feeder buyers
are coming from all parts OF the coun-
try to purchase the prize winners.
The business end of the Denver
show always attracts considerable at
tention. The stockmen from the
west bring their choice cattle and
sheep to the show and sell them at
fancy prices and the big breeders Of
the east bring their cattle. sheep and
horses here and sell the best of them
to the western men. This is where
the show is doing a great work. It
is placing within the reach of the
western breeders the best the country
has in live stock and within a very
few years the western men will be
winning the premiums and the east
ern man will be pretty well out OF 1t.
The railroads are making very rea-
sonable rates through the West for
the week OF the show. In Colorado
half rate will prevail while in New
Mexico. Utah. Idaho. Nevada. Wyom-
ing and Montana. the rate will be
fare plus So for the round trip. This
will bring in a great number of stock
men and with the stock show and con-
ventions. Denver will be busy place
during the week Of January Sis. With.
the new buildings being erected and
the magnificent big pavilion COM
pleted last year. the show will be in
shape to take care of the crowds COM
fortably no matter what the weather
may be, but there is usually good
weather at that time Of the year.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Mulch the shrubs. vines and hardy
flower beds with stable manure.
Keep the seed pods picked OF, II
you want flowers.
Treat the lilac shoots as weeds. Cut
of all seed pods II you want flowers
next year.
Mulch the hybrid perpetual lose
bushes; keep the soil underneath
moist.
Pull weeds.
Cut away all but the strongest canes
half a dozen are enough to leave
on the climbing roses. Prune the
June rose bushes.
Gloxinias, fuchsias and tube-ous
rooted begonias are summer boomers.
Let them rest during winter.
See that plunged pots are not al
lowed to dry out. Even in wet sea-
sons the soil inside the pot may be-
come too dry.
Oleanders. lemons, oranges. hydran-
geas, chrysanthemums and nearly all
tub plants are best wintered In the
cellar. Keep growing now.
The SCOT recommended as fertiliz-
er for garden plants is that from wood
ashes. Coal ashes has no value.
Water the sweet peas lavishly about
the roots and be generous with the
blooms. Allow no seed pods, II you
want flowers.
Cut everlastings and grasses as
soon as the flowers are fully opened,
tie In punches. hang head down and
dry In the shade for winter bouquets.
Fasten dahlias and other brittle
stalked tall growers to some support
to protect them from storms of wind.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

George Augustus Sala, who. when the
magazine Temple Bar was being start
cd by Mr.. Maxwell. imagined a quota
tion from Boswell as a motto for the
venture. The thing was intended as
a Joke. but for a long while it was alb
solutely believed to be a quotation
from Boswell. and perhaps there are
still some who would say unhesitat-
ingly that DIR. johnson did say the
words, So seemingly authentic are
they. However. Sala himself always
acknowledged that he invented the
rhrase. and added. that to the best of
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

to him. as II does to the little Johnny of to-day.
The lad of the next century will want a model
OF the latest airshp in his Christmas stocking He
viii expect a working model. too-one that will
sail through the fat like live bird and perhaps
carry his own weight.
Within the last hundred years steam and cleo
tricity have been developed and 1t is entirely
sonable to imagine that within the coming century
men Will travel through the air commonly
they now travel over the land. The automobile.
the trolley car. the railroad train and the horse as
draft animal-all will be gone Men will
the EARTH as the birds do for a resting place for
their homes and the principal source OF food sup
ply but when they want to move from one place
TO another they will mount into the ether.
the birds do and fay swiftly and safely to
their destination.
1t is probable that there will not be a wheeled
vehicle of any kind the streets of a great city
on Christmas day, in the year 2009. Our tunnel
system will have developed until the vast subter-
ranean net work of bores. chutes and pneumatic
tubes will carry on the heavy traffic of the city
without noise confusion. The streets will be
given up to pedestrians-to thoee who walk for
pleasure wish to travel short distances. The
sidewalk as it is now will be mere. but the en-
tire width of the street will be given up to foot
passengers. There will be neither tracks
moving vehicles to annoy.
The suburbanite who does not fly to work in
2009 will be shot through a pneumatic tube trav-
cling the five. ten. or fifty miles of distance in a
space of time that may be only few seconds, and
certainly cannot be more than few minutes. 1t
may be that few people will walk anywhere in
the year 2009. When man learns to fly he will
scorn walking as too slow a means of progress
Perhaps our eat-great-grandchidren, who no
doubt will live In immense apartment buildings
towering half mile from the ground may go
for weeks at time without setting foot to the
earth.
With the passing of the Christmas sleigh there
will be longer any need for RENDERS for Santa
Claus. He, too. will travel by airship. and while
the old Santa Claus will be myth, the Santa
Claus will be real the bewhiskered and be-
furred boys who now entertain the children in the
department stores.
1t is not hard to imagine that the big stores
will develop the Santa Claus idea to the point that
Christmas purchases will be delivered on Christ
mas by airship driver made up imper-
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

Like many other excellent things
dry farming" is named for what 1t Is
not. Instead Of trying to raise crops
on dry land the dry farmer" first
makes his land wet by simple scien.
tific process. He gets his land into
the best condition for taking moisture
and to hold all of this moisture, both
snow and rain. during the entire sea.
son of precipitation.
He then sows his seed and after.
ward does all he can to keep the
moisture in the soil where the roots
of the growing plants can suck it up
instead of allowing it to evaporate.
This he accomplishes by spreading a
thin blanket Of Ene dust over the sur
face of his fields.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

probably will have provided for you a conbna-
ton OF telescope and moving picture machine by
means of which you can connect your room with
the toy department and see the display by wire
or perhaps by wireless-and at the same time you
get prices and leave your order with the clerk by
telephone.
But perhaps the woman OF 20o9 will enjoy the
mad rush of the shops much she does to-
day during the holiday season. and then she will
go to the big store and order her toys and pres
ents. The store could deliver them through the
pneumatic package tubes which will go to all
parts OF the city, but 1t will be more poetic to
have them delivered by Santa Claus.
Christmas eve a score or a hundred Santa
Clauses will set out from the various shops with
their airships laden with Christmas gifts to be de-
livered at the various addresses 1t will longer
be necessary to deliver all goods in the rear" of
the big apartment building. but whether you live
on the twentieth two hundred and twentieth
story Of the big house you will have your own
private airship landing and while the family is
gathered at the door to receive Santa Claus the
airsbp will settle the landing and the cheerful
Merry Christmas" OF the aeronaut will greet you
as he hands in the packages.
The Christmas tree of hundred years from
will be electrical marvel Festoons and
wreaths of rainbow colored lights and "chasers"
will scintillate from its green branches. But the
presents that hang on 1t will be even more won
derful.
who will receive them. There will be dolls that
can walk and with the improved Photographic ar
rangements of another century there will be dolls
that talk and others that can sing beautiful
songs Some of them. no doubt, will be able to
dance gracefully and to do tricks that would seem
miraculous II performed by an automaton to-day.
The mechanical toys of 20os will be marvels of
perfection. The most imaginative man cannot
possibly conceive of the new things that will be
invented in the way of machinery. but 1t is safe
to assume that the wireless transmission of power
will be perfected. Wheels will spin without any
visible motive power. Power may be taken from
the suns rays wireless power stations may be
operated by the the waterfalls, or even the
winds. Before the coal supply is exhausted the
need for coal, either for warmth or power. will
have passed away.
And whatever triumphs men make in the in
dustrial world they impart to their. games and
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
NOT SAID BY DIR. JOHNSON

for anyone who has acquired the trick
to invent retort, or remark, in the
Jobnsonian style. One of the most
elective of these pseudo-sayings of the
doctor is And now, sir" said DIR. John
son, I'VE will take a walk down Fleet
street" There can be but little doubt
that DR.. johnson did make this re-
mark. for he was always walking down
Fleet street. but 1t is not recorded that
he did SO. The saying is due to
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

One of the best methods of keeping
the poultry-house warm in winter at
small cost is to keep the floor well lit.
tered with dirt. cut straw. hay or
leaves to the depth of from three to
six inches. This protects against loss
of heat and prevents cold. currents
from below and may also be used to
scatter the grain in to keep the fowls
active.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
As a Rule.

'Tts the unexpected that always
happens" -
"The unexpected happens very sell
dom, seems to me. Somebody always
claims to have predicted it, whatever
1t is"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

recreation. So 1t is certain that the
Teddy bear and the toy doG Of the
coming century will be mechanical!
marvels. The Rover" dog that the
little boy gets will be life size. He
will prance about on his four furry
legs and lie down and roll over At
the bidding of his master.
Perhaps the most wonderful feat.
ure of all in our Christmas in zoos
will be the changed methods in
our daily life. The housekeeping
arrangements of that time would
seem incomprehensible to the wo-
man of to-day If she could picture
them In her mind. The lack OF com.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
George Augustus SaIa Responsible for
~ Phrase Credited to the Great
photographer.

The Johnson celebrations have
brought out flood of sayings, or
pseudo-sayings, of the great lexico-
Grapher." The wit and wisdom of that
Great man were of the sledge hammer
order, and invariably preceded by
"sir." SO that 1t is comparatively easy
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

"Why are you making those horri-
BILE faces?"
I'm amusing the baby
But the child is screeching.
Eyes; some people can't realize
that they are being amused. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

nus knowledge and belief DIR. johnson
mad never said a word about taking a
walk down Fleet street. There are
other legends about Johnson. however,
which 1t is not SO easy to kill.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15
The War Play Today.

This is very exciting scene. Tn
orderly with dispatches has tu
dropped from a war balloon"
What is that fleecy stuff he
brushing OFF,"
"Bits of cloud"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

Young Woman Customer-Id like
some rice. please. You have different
qualities, haven't you?
Groceries miss-wedding or pud-
ding?-Boston Transcript.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

sut'one Thing InsupportabIe.
To a reasonable creature that alone
Is insupportable which is unreason-
able.-Epictetus.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

senate Santa Claus. A hun
dred years from now. II
you want to avoid the
rush and do your Christ
mas shopping in your own
APARTMENTS. the scientists
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

I sPSoaressIve.
-She-xyhe Doctor says I have heart
failure" Hustling Young Lawyer
Then appoint me receiver at once"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

forts and the Inconvenience OF life in
cottage. It is possible. will drive
most of the city jewellers into the
apartment buildings. which will grow
bigger and taller as the years pass un.