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The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

ers into family histories, II put into a volume.
would form valuable addition the graver
records OF government Some matters touch
ing Benedict Arnold which were perhaps we'll
enough known century ago but which have
lapsed into forgetfulness. found not long
ago by a revolutionary daughter" who for GER
tain reasons trying to find something to
tighten Benedcts black history.
When IL is said with truth that man is
enough to keep his contemporaries and a follow
ing generation two from any attempt to find
anything that might redeem the traitors soul
from utter backness. Benedict Arnold's name Is
botted out of the revolutionary roll of honor on
the walls OF the chapel at West Point. On some
monuments and on many page of history Ar
nold's name appears. but nowhere may it be seen
separated from the title traitor"
The English. who to have proited by
Joined their ranks British officers would hold
no fellowship with him and his memory is exc
Grated in England to-day. The British loyalists
who left the colonies at the outbreak of the revo-
lutionary war and went their way into New
brunswick showed Arnold when he afterward
went to dwell among them that they held him in
nothing short of loathing. Arnold has been ik-
ened unto Nero and Nero has gained by the COM
parison. Nero merely fddled as Rome went up
in flames while Arnold is pictured as smiling
exultanty at the burning under his orders of his
birthplace and at the subsequent putting of many
of the surrendered Americans to the sword.
1t is told that when New London and Groton
we're attacked and burned Arnold, commanding
the attacking forces, had word of reproof for
the officer who, upon receiving the sword of Col
William Ledyard the American commander in
token of surrender. murdered the colonial soldier
with the weapon which he had presented hilt on
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26
IRRIGATION is OLD METHOD
FIourished In Valleys Of Euphrates
and Nile, Where Civilization Was
Born-lnsures Crop.

Farming by irrigation is the oldest
method of farming of which we have
a record. In the valleys of the Eu-
pirates and the Nile. where civiliza-
ton had its birth, there irrigation
fiourished as at no other time in the
worlds history. The millions Of peo-
pie who were sustained on a compare
lively small arta could not have ex-
listed except under a system where in
tensive cultivation and certainty of
yield existed.
Irrigation made Egypt the granary
Of the world. 1t will make of arid
America the greatest empire the
world has ever seen.
Under irrigation there is a certainty
of yield. one year being like another,
the farmer controlling the moisture
just where and when he wants 1t, SO
that under the system of intense cul-
tivation the tendency is to smaller
acreage and better class of farming,
and under proper climatic conditions
for strictly high-class crops. Nature
furnishes the soil and sunshine and
the canal furnishes the rain. The
farmer has only to apply the water
to the soil and the sunshine does the
rest
Different crops require different
quantities of water for their proper
growth. grain. alfalfa and beets re-
quiring much more than fruit or po-
tatoes. There is no secret in irriga-
ton. The farmer who can tell when
his crop needs rain can in a few
weeks learn to irrigate.
Under irrigation the soil is prac-
tically inexhaustible.
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The family was to leave on the two
o'clock train from. Broad street station.
SO the mother was all In a furry as
she hurried the children in a certain
West Philadelphia home.
Now. children. get everything ready
before luncheon" she said. Don't
leave everything until the last min
ute"
And the children said they wouldn't.
Luncheon ended. they hurried into
their wraps and started. In the hall
the mother said:
''Edward.l you didn't brush your
teeth"
Yes. ma'am. I did"
But you couldn't" she said, you
didn't have time. Why you just got
up from the table"
Il know that" said Edward: but we
were in such a hurry brushed them
before I e.''-Philadelphia Times.
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Why does Great Britain buy Its
oatmeal of us7

Certainly it seems like carrying
Goals to Newcastle to speak of export
ing oatmeal to Scotland and yet, every
year the Quaker Oats Company sends
hundreds of thousands of cases of
Quaker Oats to Great Britain and
Europe.
The reason is simple; while the
English and Scotch have for centuries
eaten oatmeal in quantities and with a
regularity that has made them the
most rugged physically. and active
mentally Of all people. the American
has been eating oatmeal and trying all
the time to improve the methods OF
manufacture SO that he might get that
desirable foreign trade.
How well he has succeeded would
be seen at glance at the export re-
ports of Quaker Oats. This brand is
recognized as without a rival in clean
illness and delicious flavor. 81
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cors, rames like the names OF those officers who
served in the revolutionary war and which nave
a Mace on the walls of the old chapel. probably
will appear in letters OF gold upon black basis
of the Detroit surrender. state simply that Gen.
Hull's action was considered cowardly. The fact
that he was tried and sentenced to be shot for cow
ardice is generally omitted. Hull was ordered to
20 to his Massachusetts home and there await the
execution of his sentence. Old age executed
him many years afterwards. II is probable that
the concentrating society will content itself with
simply emitting Hulls name from Its list. by which
Hull's conduct. characterized as cowardly by
competent court. could be made to stand as
warning to all the generations OF young soldiers
Occupying a considerable part of the wall space
of the beautiful old West Point place OF worship
there already many black marble memorials
bearing the names of all the general officers OF the
revolutionary from Artemus Ward OF Con-
necticut to George Washington of Virginia. Upon
one Of these tablets the cadets as they file In on
Sunday something which tells better than the
words Of trumpet-tongued eloquence of the black
ignomny which attaches to the name of traitor
On one of the slabs occupying a place between
two honored names there appears black blot
Above and below 1t show the tips of gold letters
Enough Of the lettering is visible to let the OBJ
server know after moments study that which 1t
is intended in the main to conceal. black block
of marble set in transversely across the golden
capitals blots out forever from the roll of honor
the name of Benedict Arnold. tDaitor.
Touching the treason of Benedict Arnold
there is a liele-known story which had for the
scene OF its action the four years of the war OF
secession. In response to the first call Of Abra-
ham Lincoln for troops a young man appeared at
Detroit recruiting Office and enlisted. He went
to the front and in the of six months was
made a commissioned officer. He was of a retiring
disposition. always courteous to his fellow officers
and just to his men. but he sought close friend
ships He was noted throughout the command as
man whose devotion to duty amounted to pas
sion. He once sought and secured change in
command In order to have a more frequent hand
In the heavy fighting.
This soldier rose to the rank of a major. He
was offered Al one time colonecy. He declined.
He fought In every battle Of the later Richmond
campaign and was in at the end at Appomattox.
The major headed his battalion in the great pa
rade OF the returning victors up Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. Then there came the final mastering out
Of the troops. Less than a month afterward the
colonel of fighting regiment received letter
bearing Toronto postmark: II served all through
the war under an assumed name. l trust that I
did my full. duty. wish you to know that did
what did in order that l might in some way
make atonement for the deed of one of my family.
Sir am a Canadian by bipth and my name IL
John Benedict Arnold"
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INSOMNIA
Leads to Madness, II not Remedied In
Time.

Experiments satisfied me, some q
years ago." writes Topeka woman,
that coffee was the direct cause of the
insomnia from which l suffered ter.
ribly, as well as the extreme nervous.
ness and acute dyspepsia which made
life a most painful thing for me.
II had been a coffee drinker since
childhood. and did not like to think
that the beverage was doing me all this
harm. But it was. and the time came
when l had to face the fact, and pro
tect myself. therefore gave up coffee
abruptly and absolutely, and adopted
Postum as my hot drink at meals.
II began to note improvement in my
condition very soon after l took on
Postum. The change proceeded grad.
ually. but surely. and 1t was a matter OF
only few weeks before found my.
self entirely relieved-the nervousness
passed away, my digestive apparatus
was restored to normal efficiency, and
I began to sleep, restfully and peace.
fully.
These happy conditions have con.
tinued during all Of the years, and ]
am safe In saying that owe them en-.
tirely to Postum, for when I began tc
drink 1t ceased to use medicine"
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellville. I'm pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
interest.
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The Importation Of eggs to Japan Of
late has shown a great increase. this
being attributable to the shortage in
the domestic supply. Teh imports for
the first five months of 1907 were val.
ued at $165.304: for the first I'VE
months of 1908 they were valued at
s216,104.54. and for the first 1--WE
months of 1909 at 331s.360.5O. Under
present circumstances it is figured by
those who are supposed to be in posi-.
tion to know that the import OF eggs
into Japan will soon reach more than
100000 a year.
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Little Julia was taking her after.
noon walk with her mother. Her at
tention was attracted for the first time
to a large church edifice on one Of the
street corners.
"Oh, mother," she exclaimed
whose nice big house is that?"
That, Julia. is Gods house." ex
planned the mother.
Some time later it happened that
the child was again taken by the
church, this time on Sunday evening
when services were in progress
Julia. noticing the brilliantly lighted
windows. drew her own conclusions.
''Oh, look. mother" she called out,
God must be having a party"
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Farmer Brown and Farmer Jone.
were near neighbors. and many a dis
pute took place as to who was the ear
lier riser. Both maintained that each
excelled the other.
One day Farmer Brown determined
to put the subject to test. Rising very
early one morning. about two o'clock
he proceeded to visit his friend. Great
was his astonishment when he saw
Mrs. Jones hanging out the clothes ir
the garden.
Farmer Jones about?" he asked
WELL" replied the lady, he was
the first part OF the mornin', but
dunno where he be now
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

NJ offset to Arnolds treatment OF the unlucky
Americans who met his forces along the banks
of the Connecticut Thames
Gen Arnold had met Gen. Warren in the early
spring of 1775 and had formed strong personal
liking for him when Warren was killed 1t was
found that he had left no means for the support
and education Of his four children. Arnold be-
came deeply interested in the matter and brought
the children's condition to the attention Of the
continental congress. which promised to do some
thing for the little ones. but dillydaed over the
matter. Arnold had idea that the congress
might not act quickly and SO he wrote a letter
of tender solicitude to Mercy Schollay. who was
caring for the Warren children. their mother hav-
ing died some time before. In this letter Arnold.
nearly Impoverished himself. sent an order for
$500 with instructions that he should be drawn
contribution OF the traitor saved Elizabeth. 10
seph Mary and Richard Warren from desttu
ton Arnold was not satisfied with this but he
wrote squirting letters to Sam Adams and John
Hancock, of the committee which had the pro-
posed congressional appropriation in hand. Then
he sent home some money and said: Send Rich
ard who is old enough to the best school
that can be found slothe him handsomely, give
him all that he needs and call upon me for any
future expense
How much food for thought may be found in
one of the letters of Benedict Arnold. traitor
written to Miss Schollay just before his treason
the children on the prospect that the money from
congress would be speedily Forthcoming. "A
country" said Arnold. should be ever grateful
to the patriot who lays down his life in its de-
Tense. Greater love hath no man than this"
What surging thought must have whelmed
this mans brain he wrote these words. That
letter received Just at the time that Arnold
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

An acre-foot Of water is a term used
in irrigation to designate the amount
OF water used for the irrigation of the
land. An acre-foot of water is water
enough to cover one acre of land one
foot deep with water. and that is a
good deal of water. 1t is not enough
to irrigate that acre ordinarily. For
general farming purposes the mini
mum amount ordinarily required is
two acre-feet. There are places in
the west where on sandy soils they
use FIVE acre-feet for raising alfalfa
There are places where they use even
as high as ten acre-feet.
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

Worse than that" said the clerk.
They are representatives Of genealog-
ical societies. Those people watch
hotel registers like hawks and as soon
as they come across a man with q
name that indicates ancestors they
nab him. What they want il the job
OF growing his family tree. 1t 10 q
kind of attention that tickles most
folks. A fair proportion of the people
tackled fall into the game. provided
they have the ancestors and the
money to pay for tracing the connec-
tion."-New York Sun
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26
Her WEIGHT INCREASED.
FROM 100 TO I4O POUNDS.
Wonderful Praise Accorded
Perunathe Household Remedy

Mrs. Maria Goertz, Orienta, Okla
homa, writes:
"My husband, children and myself
have used your medicines, and We al
ways keep them in TIL house in case Of
necessity. was restored to health by
this medicine, and DR.. Hartman's in
valuable advice and books. People ask
about me from different places, and are
surprised that can do all Of my house,
work alone, and that I was cured by tho
doctor Of chronic catarrh. My husband
was cured Of asthma, my daughter of
earache and catarrh Of the stomach, and
my son of catarrh Of the throat. When
was sick weighed 100 pounds; now I
weigh 40.
shave regained my health again, and
cannot thank you enough for your
advice. May God give you long life
and bless your work."
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

The brood SOW that is expected to
farrow should not be made fat. She
should be kept in healthy. thrifty
condition. in good flesh. but not fat.
Corn is fattening feed. and corn
alone is not good feed for the brood
SOW. Chops and wheat bran In equal
parts is better-in fact. is an excellent
feed. Shorts and bran with some corn
is also good. Glover hay cut fine is
good to feed with corn. II dampened
the hay will be eaten better: Damp
ened with very slightly sailed water
makes 1t better. Finely cut un-
feed.
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

never to brush against or even touch
one another. For one dog to step
over another is a dangerous breach
Of etiquette unless they are special
friends. 1t is NO uncommon thing for
two dogs to belong to the same per-
son. and live in the same house, and
yet never take the slightest notice of
each other. We have a spaniel SO dig
nified that he will never permit an
other member Of the dog family to pill
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

to his conqueror. This is the mid
night scroll and that upon 1t may ap-
pear small tracing In letters Of
light is a matter of interest. though
II may do nothing toward the redeem
ing of a name.
1t was a Daughter of the Revolu-
ton. Mrs. Gilbert w. Warren Of
Ilion. N. Y. who brought attention
to n well-nigh forgotten fragment Of
Arnold's history. Mrs. Warren. who
died recently. was a descendant Of
Col. William Ledyard, who was killed
with his own sword after he had sur
rendered II to an officer serving I'M
der Arnold. Naturally Mrs. Warren
would not be moved by any heredi-
tary love for Arnold to start her dig
ging up nice things about him. 1t
happens. however. that Mrs. War
ren's husband. who survives her. is
collateraIly descended from Gen. 10
seph Warren. who fell at Bunker hill.
This fact led to the discovery OF
something which was used as n sort
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

How much can you realize from
bushel OF corn fed to hogs? In other
words, how much pork can you mako
out of bushel Of corn? The old al
lowance, and the basis on which win
ter feeding is still figured, is ten
pounds Of hog for bushel of corn.
Do you get more, and II SO, how? Let
US hear how to get the most money
out of corn fed to hogs. Compare
notes and figure a little-and let us
have the fiRnres.
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

began negotiations with Clinton.
School histories say that after the
revolution Arnold passed all his time
in England. He lived. however. for a
long period In st. John. New Bruins
wick. There he engaged In CONNER
cial pursuits. sending out trading YES
sells to the West indies. His neigh
bors, though. as has been said. were
largely refugees; had stood by KING
and crown. They gave Arnold to I'M
derstand that they did not like MS
company. They hanged him In emgy
once or twice. taking care that the
effigy bore the word Traitor In
large letters. One night Arnoid's
place OF business burned. 1t was
heavily insured. The companies re-
fused to pay. openly charging that
either Arnold or his son had acted
the incendiary. The case went into
the courts and the Insurance COM
panies finally paid. Arnold pocketed
the money and left the town. the oc-
casion of his leaving being made one
of tremendous rejoicing by the inhao-
itants throughout all the land.
II will be interesting to note wheth-
er in the new chapel which Is being
erected at West Point the name OF
Gen. William Hull will appear on the
wall with the names Of other officers
who served In the land forces OF the
United States during the second war
with Great Britain. Gen. Hull surren-
dered Detroit to the English and aft
erward was court-martialed for do
ing It.
The Society of the War Of 1919. II
Is understood. will have charge OF
the work Of placing the tablets In
West Points new chapel. The ON
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26
Parts Of the Rack.

apart My rack is built with 30 on .
side Three sticks are left out at
each end. forming a door. AL holes
should be bored with a 1A-inch bit
This rack will easily hold ton of
hay. 1t may be used on a wagon and
moved frequently. or 1t may be built
solid with timber under each corner
feet high.
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26
Canine Etiquette

In their relations with one another,
dogs have a keen sense of etiquette.
A well-known traveller makes this I'M
expected remark about a tribe OF
naked black men. living on one of the
South Sea islands: in their every
day intercourse there Is much teat is
stin. formal and precise" Almost the
same remark might be made about
dogs Unless they are ON very init
mate terms. they take great pains
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

In feeding skim milk to calves II II
good thing to add to the skim milk
a spoonful of oil meal porridge at first.
increasing the amount as the calf
grows older. till at the end Of ten
weeks 1t is able to take a pint of the
porridge with the milk. When OIL
meal porridge is fed with skim milk
less Of other supplementary feeds
need be given.
The Price Of Mutton.
The high price Of mutton and wool
is stimulating the sheep industry as
nothing else could have done. and
farmers are increasing their f1ocks as
rapidly as possible. The error of SELL
ing a few years ago is fully realized.
and when once more our pastures are
covered with sheep It will mean the
permanent establishment OF the In
dustry.
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

The pure food inspector at Kansas
City recently found a sack supposed
to contain 112 pounds of potatoes ac-
tually to have SO pounds of real pota-
toes and IA pounds of dirt Hereaft-
err the state board of health will pros
ecute the man who sells dirt for tn.
bers.
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low his head upon him; but. with the
egotism OF true aristocrat. he does
not hesitate to make use Of the other
dogs for that purpose.-Henry c.
Merwin, In the Atlantic.
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

Before the man with the aristo-
cratic name had been registered at
the uptown hotel an hour three i'm
Fortunate callers had tried to arrange
for an interview.
II don't know these men," said the
guest to the clerk. "Who are they?
Promoters?"
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PORTABLE RACK FOR FEEDING
viii Easily Hold Ton Of Hay and May
Be Used on Wagon, or II Can Be
Built Solid.

The bed of portable rack should
be built Of 4 by As. with 2 by As ON
or ironwood may be used. Stakes
should be feet long and inches
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26
GOING UP!

You haven't any work now?"
mo. I'm just waiting. began by
opening cab doors. Then opened the
doors of motor cars. Now I'm waiting
till the aeroplanes are ready"
The Lamar register., 1910-01-26

Corncobs immersed in syrup and
baked brown will make q change In
~AvAat rnnAAs
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.fdWord B.Clark

HE headquarters OF the
Daughters OF the Ameri-
can Revolution are situ-
ated in Washington. These
women, who are engaged
in the work of keeping
alive catriotic memories,
have II. a nearly complet-
ad form one of the most
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tricts. shall be connected with the main
office by lines dropping down the Pail
or whether the wires shall be brought
around Kahuku point.
1t is possible that the latter manner
will be preferred for engineering rea-
sons, under which circumstances two
people within about ten miles Of each
other will be talking over a hundred
or so miles of wire.
These and other problems still con.
front the expert, and are tasks which
are the equal of any that has yet been
performed, although possibly not so
delicate. The completion of the coun-
try system on the perfected lines
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employ were handicapped by inexpe-
rience and faced the construction OF
the most delicate system of mechanism
at present known.
Crude fingers worked III where hun
dred tiny wire ends met in a square
inch of surface and had to be connected
to tiny points, each wire to its proper
pointer the whole system is spoilt
until the error is discovered. In the
time that it took to show them how to
do a thing Hummel could do it himself
and the greater part of the labor evi-
denced in the new operating room Is
the work Of his own hands.
Had Able Assistant.
Ioa,, JoI
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HONOLUlU's, AUTOMATIC
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Continued from Page One.)

Continued from Page One)
the man who had tackled the job. He
had but few experts of his own which
he had brought down with him from
the Coast and had to "break in - local
labor. It was almost an impossibili5y
Willing at all times to do their utmost.
the people whom he was compelled to
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planned for it will make Honolulu and
Oahu the possessor of the most won
derful system in the world, which,
added to the perfected wireless system,
completes a group of modern conve
niences which would do honor to any
town, even graduated from hula skirts
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New York Line

The bark FOOTING SUEY Win q
from New York for this port abek
October Is, subject to change. FSgk
taken at lowest rates. For infcrnstis
apply to Chas. Brewer & Co, 81 Kihg
street, Boston, or Theo. Il. DAVIS
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