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The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
POULTRY FOR THE CONTROL OF
GRASSHOPPERS

Perhaps we are neglecting the
readiest means for mastering this
pest in trying to find some new
remedy. Perhaps. where a large
crop is threatened. the remedy we
suggest might not be effective. but
we believe the chickens and the
turkeys. II properly handled. would
in a large measure take care OF the
grasshoppers. So long as we feed
the fowls literally about the build
ing. they will not forage much or
far from the feeding place; but If
movable colony houses were provid-
ed. and placed In the field and the
fowls were fed very little. and that
scattered broadcast over a large
acreage, making the fowls hunt for
1t. they would very largely take
care of the hoppers. This should
be done at the very first appear
ance of the hoppers in order keep
down the Increase as largely as
possible. and IT is astonishing to
see now 6nNtOho ~ "DPPN.'
L hundred chix or turkeys can dis
pose OF in oneday. No feed should
be given in the morning so they
will be more ready to forage.
We have always advised dispos-
ing of chix. with the exception OF
those meant for breeders for the
next season. Just as soon as they
are large enough to market. as
the prices later in the season will
not pay for the increased weight
But by the great damage being
done by grasshoppers we believe
farmer will make a mistake by SELL
ing his poultry until this pest is
disposed of. II we had a specially
valuable garden crop. we would
sprely protect 1t by this means.
even II we had to buy poultry and
had to herd them during part of
the day.
W. e. vAPLON.
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
Collins
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

Parliamentary legislation is re-
garded by historians as a great
achiey ement of political progress.
They see in delegated. representa-
tive lawmaking powerful force of
national unity and of uplift from
political barbarian. Yet In Oregon
and some other places " statesmen"
have sprung up declaring this sys-
TEN antiquated and direct" legis-
lation fit to take is place.
GovernQr Hay of the state OF
Washington showed himself stu
dent of the worlds experience when
he declared himself last wednesday
opposed to direct legislation as a
for the parliamentary
method. The place of the Cover
nor's remarks was the annual pic
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
TRACY AN ANCIENT CALLING
m Vogue Since the First Days Men
Learned to Sail the Seas
In Ships.

Only the other day there came the
story of an alleged pirate ship cap
ured in the Gulf of Mexico and the in
:ident suggests that at one time or
mother nearly every body of salt va
ter on the globe has suffered from the
ancient calling. Even the Thames
liver was once a favorite haunt Of
pirates. In the fourteenth century the
ianger was so great that, according
20 a historian. John Philipot offered
to build at his own cost q stone tower
80 kings feet in height, near Ratclif.
provided the corporation of London
would levy sixpence in the pound ON
he rental Of the city and build q cor
responding tower on the opposite side
d the river, SO that an iron chain
might be stretched from one tower
% the other to protect the shipping Of
he river from night attack"
The watch was kept in the following
order: On Tuesday. the diapers and
The tailors: on Wednesday. the mer-
GERS and the apothecaries: on Thurs
day. the fishmongers and the butch
srs; on Friday. the pewterers and the
winners: in Saturday. the goldsmiths
and the saddlers: on Sunday. the iron
mongers. the armorers. and the cut
lers: on Monday. the tawers. the spur
riers. the bowyers and the girdlers.'
Even in 1916 pirate vessels were
captured off the Kentish coast, be-
tween Broadstairs and Margate.
The danger was SO imminent that
the common council agreed to the pro
posal but. as the alarm died away.
this scheme of defence was laid
aside" In 1870 report was circulated
that certain galleys. with a multitude
OF armed men therein. we're lying on
the foreland Of Thanet," and an order
was at once issued that every night
watch shall be kept between the tower
OF London and Billingsgate with 20
men-at-arms and 60 archers"
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
NEEDED TO HAVE RICH FATHER.
Youths Living Expenses on . Rathss
Extravagant Scale.

David Belasco. the great manager
and playwright. complained bitterly the
other day OF man who had duped
him-a man who. pretending to be .
millionaire. had promised to invest
s25o.ooo in the erection Of model"
theater.
He took me In" Mr.. Belasco frank
ly admitted. Il have. suppose. too
sanguino a nature. expect, l sup
pose-in the way of success. fortune.
happiness-the impossible. At any
rate. taken in was.
In my exorbitant demands on life.
said Mr.. Belasco. II resemble q young
friend Of mine, u bankers son. This
lad is very amiable. but very extrava-
CANT His load OF debt is always. like
the load of Atlas. unspeakably huge.
His father said to him last New
Years day:
Now. Sam, want you to turn over
new leaf. No debts In 1909. Ell. II
it agreedr
Yes. SIR said Sam heartily.
His father took out his check book.
How much a year do you need,
Sam. he said. in order to live as you
want to and at the same time keep en-
urely out Of debt?'
sam. after musing, answered with Q
bright smile:
About $4,000 year--and all my
expenses paid"
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
PUSHED SCHOLAR TOO FAR
Everything Would Have Been Lovely
u Teacher Had stopped with
the First Verse.

teacher in a Philadelphia Sunday
school was SO proud Of her flock that
she Invited several visiting ministers
and elders to attend one of her classes
and be encouraged and uplifted by
the observation Of Juvenile proncien-
cy In Scrlptural studianl
The session opened auspiciousiy.
Little girls with yellow plaits and lit
tie girls with black brands lisped their
response In a manner to gladden. the
heart OF any teacher Of young ideas."
Then came the fall which Invariably
follows pride.
Turning to a bullet-headed. freckle-
faced little boy, whose ears seemed
about to carry on his head like an
aeroplane. she asked him to repeat =
verse from the Scripture. but her only
answer was a vacant stare.
Come. come" said the teacher. do
you mean to tell me that you can't
repeat even one verse?"
Nav" replied the small boy. Il
know one"
We'll. then. let, me have IT," said
the teacher. sharply.
And Judas went out and hanged
himself. repeated the young unregen-
crate. Ills teachers lips wreathed
themselves IN a cynical smile as she
said; Very good. and can you give
me another?" The boy nodded vigor-
ously
Sure" he replied.
Let me have 1t. then" responded
his teacher in her softest, purrins
tones.
To her CONSERVATION the little rep
rebate said: 60 thou and do like
WISE" He enjoyed q holiday the rest
Of that afternoon.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

Herr Haser. . rich and infiuentia
banker. frequently had watches pickee
nom his pocket At FIRST he had 70
course to all kinds Of safety chains;
then one morning he took no precau
ton whatever. and quietly aIiowes
himself to be robbed. At night, ON 70
turning from his business, he took IN
the evening paper: he uttered an ex.
elamation Of delight. A watch had
exploded In q mans hands. The vic.
TINS hands were shattered and the
left eye destroyed. The crafty banker
mad niied the watch case with dyna.
mite. which exploded In the operation
Of vinding.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
DESTROY THE WEEDS

This is the time of the year when
most weeds have reached their full
growth in heighth and are now set
ting about their chief business of
producing seed for next years
weed crop. Ditch banks. road sides
fence rows. and neglected cor
ners are now in too many cases a
perfect jungle of ragweeds. sun
flowers. giant marsh elders and
other members of the weed tribe.
II left for q week or ten days too
long. they Will have ripened full
crop of seeds and scattered a large
part on the ground.
Ditch banks are especially favor
lite places for weeds. and II neglect
ed now they will soon have sown
their seeds in the most favorable
places to have them carried to
every part of the irrigated fields
iater on.
This is the critical time. there
fore, to act. Now the weeds now;
let them lie until dry enough to
burn; then fire them when there
is no danger from the fire.
II left until spring. as Is COM
monty the case. but few Of the
seeds are destroyed by burning the
old weeds. as they have been scat
tered long before and are often
protected from the flames by a lay
er OF soil.
b. o. LONGYEAR.
Colorado Agricultural College. Fort
Collins
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

I can do your family washing
easier, quicker aud better; save
rubbing and save the clothes, make
them clean. wholesome and snowy
white: brighten colors. soften wool
ems and kill germs. ] am WASH
WAX, the new scientific compound
that does the work without the aid
of soap or bleach; am used in hot
or cold water. THERE'S nothing
like me. Send ten cents stamps to-
day and I will comebymail in regu-
lar size. You will be glad you
tried NE.
Address washwax Co.. st. Louis. Mo
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

Wednesday was high day It Eton:
perhaps II might be called . saints
day. too. Has ever before one school
sent l.loo Of its sons to light fos
their country in one war! Has ever
school had 130 Of them killed in thu
same war? Elton ID unique. Thers
are other great schools. but Elton
stands on its own plane. Criticise
Elton a. you may: show all its faults;
1t 10 Elton still. Elton may reflect many
Of the proverbial shortcomings Of Ens,
lishmen: certainly It represents pecuk
iarly their traditional virtues.-Satur.
day Review.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
English .. the Universities.

10 an American In England nothina
10 more surprising than the discovery
that neither Oxford nor Cambridge pro
vidss any opportunity for the serious
study Of English. At Oxford. for ex.
ample. there IL only single professor
Of English literature. whereas there
are ten or dosen at Harvard and Col
unhia-@The Forum.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
wild Animals In New York CT


Have the terrors OF the French revo
luton been exaggerated? A French
woman mentioned In Sir Mountstuart
Grant Duff's diary had lived In Paris
through the last 80 years Of the
eighteenth century. and when asked
for her impressions OF the tragic
times OF the terror replied: The
whole affair has been vastly exag
gerated. For my part. | never found
It necessary to abandon my weekly at
home days"
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

Eyes. It took all of five minutes to
really get my ballot marked the way
wanted 1t. ! never vote straight. any
how. I'm sure to always split my
ticket" Il see you are sure to split
your infinitives. too"
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

In . communication to the Royal So
ciety Of Queensland. Douglas Ogilby
records the discovery Of one new &C.
nus and seven new species of fish
Among these are slender dog shark.
Howe's needle fish. long-beaked gar.
nsh, the sombsr leather Jacket and
others.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
Back 10 First PrIncIpIss.

BACK TO FIRST PrtneipIee-
II is said that the means Of heautt.
flying the human form have been hand
ed down for many centuries. Clothing
1t in charity. we presums.-Chsrlesto
News and Courier.
wild Animals In New York City.
II in q remarkable fact that there
are always more wild animals about
that any but the expert has an idea
of. For example. there are within 20
miles Of New York city fully so DIFF
ferent kinds-not counting birds. rep
tiles, or fshes-one-quarter Of which
at least are abundant Or more par.
ticularly, within the limits Of Greater
New York there are at least . dozen
species of wild beasts. half Of which
are quite common.-Country Life u
America.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
Hair Dressing Shop

MI the latest Electrical Appli-
ances for Hair Dressing, Shampoo
ing and Massaging. ManAcuring,
Shampooing and Massaging for
gentlemen.
Call Lamar 90 flor appointments.
Room IL First National Bank Bldg.
Ailiss Bartholomew, Manager.
Miles Bartholomew, Mgr.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

Il wouldn' objeck to de man dat
keeps taIkin' all de time" said
Uncle Eben. 'if he didn' insis' %
th'owin' In a question every ten min
utes or SO dat you's got to answer -
show you's keepin' awake."-Washino
ton Star.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

SENATOR" said the interviewer. 1T
10 rumored that you intend to retire
from politics" well. WE'LL" replied
the senator. IT'S queer how rumors
start suppose this one grew out Of
the fact that I attended church with
my wife last 6unday."-Catholtc
Standard and Times.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20
New York seeomIno civilized.

Light is being let into New York
City. The traditional number of dark
rooms In the tenements has for many
years been $4,000. and now only 101.-
III can be found after careful inspse
ton.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

The thick forest along the banks Of
the SemlIki. in eastern Africa, 10
densely inhabited BY pygmies. They
are cannibais. and when pressed fog
food exchange their children for thoss
Of other families. They refuse to 81
members Of their own families.
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

Find an Incentive.
What makes life dreary Il tie want
of motive.-George Eliot
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

The man who Suilt the first sauer-
kraut factory in this country is dead.
and actors should Join in some memo
rial to the man who started the move
nsnt to divert cabbages to . better
useL
The Lamar register., 1910-07-20

Daily thought.
Be something: anything but mean,
byron.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-29
MANY ITEMS DEALT
WITH BY THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS

Supervisor Kane raised an objection
at a meeting of the board yesterday to
changes in the payroll of the Royal Ha-
waiian Band and Herr Berger will be
asked to explain why he took it upon
himself to act without the consent of
the board, f such was the ease.
Fire Engineer Thurston fled his re.
port for April, showing there had been
three alarms with loss of $23 SIS to
property valued at $134,650.
During the month Of June there were
five alarms with a loss of $4525 to $1,000
worth of property.
y resolution TO appropriate 800 to
meet the bills of the board of agricul.
ture for the inspection Of dairies dur
ing the past three months was intro,
duced but not passed
The matter of the proposed taking
over of the Palama hospital and con
Quoting it as city and county institu-
ton was brought up by Supervisor
Kane and Supervisors Logan and Nc.
ClelIan stated that the proposition had
been given up because of lack of
FUNDS. ne matter was referred 10 Inc
ways and means and health committees
Mareton Campbell superintendent of
public works, informed the board that
B. F. Dillingham; would cancel his offer
| in connection with the proposed widen
ING of Alexander street, and that fur
| Their negotiations would be necessary
Treasurer R. II. Trent IS report show
ed for June receipts of $S6,727.52. dis
| bursements amounting to $4S,395.39
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-29
CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAHAM
GIVES UP SEA LIFE

Capt. Robert J. Graham, formerly
master OF the American ship ". +. Bah
cock. now in distress at sydney. ~ 5.
W. and master of the four mast bark
Erskine NJ. Phelps since she was built
in 1898. has decided to retire. saws The
Tacoma Ledger. The Phelps will now
be commanded by Captain Curtis, an
old employee Of the SewaII feet and
formerly master of the ship BENZ. F.
Packard, now in the cannerv fleet on
this coast. Captain Curtis Joined the
Phelps as mate when that vessel was
on Puget Sound last winter The Phelps
went TO Honolulu to load sugar and ar
rived at New York last month. On
July 4 the Phelps sailed from New
York to load coal for the United ST ties
government at Newport News. Her
destination is Honolulu.
The Phelps is known as the smartoot
ship afoat and the best windiammer
OF the few remaining flying the United
States flag. When last on Puget Sound
Captain Graham was in poor health and
then had practically decided to retire.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-29

'23.125 on 800 paid. fRedeemable
at 103 at maturity. 1870 shares treas.
stock. $4,000 shares treas. stock.
Session Sales.
80 MeBryde, $3.50; Oahu Sug. Co..
31.6250; ) Oahu Sug. Co. 3l.6250: )
Eva, 1925; 5 Eva, 1926: Oahu Sug.
Co, 81 $3.50.
Between Boards
10 Hon. B. & n. Co, %; 80 Hon.
B. & NJ Co., 21.S750; Hon. B. & NJ
Co., 2l.s750; % Hon. B. & NJ Co., % !;
10 Hon. B. & n. Co., %: ) Eva. 1926 /;
30 Oahu Sug. Co, 3l6250.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-29

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-29
SITUATION WANTED.

BY STRONG, healthy Russian: farm
or garden preferred. Russ. this of
fee. s-o-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-03-09
THE GARDENS CHARM.

We read that 1.-THE garden causeth
the things that are sown in it TO
spring forth" and the SMILES, LAS
gardens by the river side" and like
watered garden" are refreshing
mental pictures to those who know
the heat and dryness of the East.
Every garden has its particular
charm, and rarely is one to be seen
from which we can turn without hav-
ing gained a new idea of a color ar
rangement, of certain plants in won
derful perfection. of something which
gives delight and inspiration. The
little gardens about laborers' cot
tages, where the few flowers mean so
much to the man or woman who cares
for them in moments before or after
a long days toll, touch the heart as
no great gardens can, however COM
plete with all that nature and art
combined are able to accomplish.
Every lover of flowers has her own
ideas upon the subject of gardening.
Ny ideal garden is one little dis
tance from the house and so sur
rounded by trees and enclosed by
hedges that the windows of the house
cannot look down upon it. A lovely
out-of-doors room, as it were, neat and
orderly as the rooms of the house;
every plant brought to its highest de-
velOpment, and nature, trained by
man, giving constant and luxuriant
bloom; where the green setting OF
trees, hedges, box edging, and fine
turf, and the colors blending without
a Earring note, fill us with a sense OF
delight and thanksgiving for the
beauty of the spot. A place where
we may walk or talk, read or work,
quite unobserved, with the sunshine
all around, yet seated in cool shade,
the murmuring of falling water, to-
gether with the exquisite notes of the
song sparrow or the liquid call of the
cat-bird, in our ears.
Where can any place On this eartn
be found more exquisite and peace
full? Into such a garden Maud may
have been called by her lover-and to
such a little paradise Solomon may
have referred in his Song of Songs,
where he speaks of "a garden en-
closed. Helena Rutherfurd Ely.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-03-09
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

An electric motor is used in San
Francisco to haul sand for grading
purposes. With drag and cable the
sand is scraped from the hills to fill
the hollows.
Owing to the competition of cleo
trio lines and motor buses, the sub
urban traffic Of the Great Eastern rail,
way of London has fallen off at the
enormous rate of 25,O00,00O passeng
ers year.
Germany has only S,275 millionaires
Tin marks; that is, owners Of $240,-
600 or over OF these ''millionaires,' -
Prussia has over 5,S37. Bavaria 631.
Wurtemburg 243, Baden Isl.
Rent, clothes, service, wines, beer
and tobacco all are cheaper in Eng
lish than in American towns, and
prices of meats, vegetables, bread,
butter, poultry, eggs, much the same.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-03-09
A Home Called Concord"

First, because we were Always con-
cording.
Secondly, in affectionate remenr
brance Of our household friends-Iho-
reau, Emerson, Hawthorne, Margare.
Fuller, but chiefly Bronson Alcott, the
father of that family OF which Louisa
was the star.
Thirdly, because there was no as
cord there.
1t is thus that Annie E. TrimbIe,
writing in the Atlantic on Concord
ance Making in New Zealand" des-
scribes her home. She says:
ITO those wishing to become
thoroughly acquainted with the work
of an author my advice is simple,
concord him" There is no surer
method At once you get his inner
most meaning, and test his best
worth
Having thus advised-she says that
having received great deal of ad-
vice, she is ready to give it freely
she thus prophesies:
If his writing be great, the en-
thusiasm with which you attack the
work will be great, and VIII grow
greater as the work grows. Day by
day, week by week, even year by year
the work and your ardor together III
crease This joy is conditioned, how.
ever, upon the first-rate quality of the
author one coLcords. In the writer's
case it is Walt Whitman, whom she
finds to have "prodogious vocabu
larry"
In gathering index sheets into
bundles she makes a curious discov
cry. While A is an average size. as
also is B, C, E, F, L, and as many
others, it takes j, K, G, V, Y, all to-
gether to make a bundle the size OF
A, and c is twice and S three time.
the size of A. This was surprising un
til one noticed how many of the mos
musical and understanding words
poets words-begin with a sibilant
Zeus, zinc, zones and Zuyder Zee are
the only rs in Leaves OF Grass.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-03-09
WAYSIDE NOTES.

An enterprising clergyman in Phila.
delphia advertises his eagerness to
supply ready-made sermons to those
who need them. His Gil cular con-
tains the titles of several of the SER
mons, some of which are sold as low
as three dollars each.
A Colorado inventor has secured a
patent on an electric f1ashlight to be
used on small arms, even pocket p1s-
tolls. Wherever the searchIight
strikes there the bullet hits, making
the taking of aim unnecessary. This
pistol method was devised by the in
ventor for policemen to use on bur-
glars and other night desperadoes.
The union working women of Bos-
ton have organized choral society
for the purpose of singing labor songs
in meetings. Many excellent voices
have been discovered and so much in
terest is being taken in the work that
the chorus may embark upon a more
extensive program than sounding the
praises of labor in song.
The Schenectady Union is authority
for the assurance that a certain
Texas man offers to pay a good price
for f1eas. Our condemnation cannot
be too severe for one who would rob
a poor dog of his best friends
David Harum tells us that 'f1eas is
good for dog; they keep him from
worrying about being a dog" And
We quite agree with David,