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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-07-21
When curates Were Wanted.

When Curates Were Wanted.
When one learns that curates are in
creasing 50 much more rapidly, than
benefices. wonder is excited ;,s tp he
condition Of affairs in the eighteenth
century. when enterprising ladies Of
feretl livings to clergymen willing to
marry them. An advertisement to this
effect appeared in the London Chron-
icle in March. 1853 The lady was
rather particular too. The curate was
to he young. have a small fortune. be
well recommended as to morals and
good temper land be firmly attached
to the present happy establishment"
The living was not rich-below f1OO
per annum--but the fair one was young
aud agreeable There seems touch
of humility in the direction that an
swers may he left at the bar of the
Union Coffee House. Strand. directed
to T. H." Confidence was created by
the assurance that "the utmest Sc
crecy and honor may be depended
on."-LOndon Chronicle.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
Indians to Work on Road..

Thirty Cochiti Indians were put at
work January oath by the territorial
good roads commission, the Indian
bureau having decided to assist in the
construction of territorial good roads
wherever these pass through Indian
pueblos or grants.
The Indian camp has been estab-
lished at La Baiada. twenty miles
south of Santa Fe. and the Indians
will be employed by the territorial en-
gineer in reducing the thirty per cent
grade of the road over La Bajada hill
to less than eight per cent Five miles
farther south convict camp will be
established and eighty convicts from
the penitentiary will be sent there.
Another camp of free labor is at
work at Thornton. also on the Santa
Fe-Albuquerque road, the object being
to give employment to such home
steaders in the Estancia valley who
need work to tide over the winter. This
camp has Just completed five miles
of the worst stretch of sand on the
road, building a fine clay highway
over the sand
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
HARM DONE BY ovERPLANTING
One Common Fault Of Practically All
Amateur Fruit orowers-Re-
quirements Of Soils.

The one common fault OF practical
ly all amateur fruit growers is the ov-
explaining of their land. The fertil
ity of the soil. annual rainfall or irri-
cation, and variety, materially govern
the distance apart which plants should
be set. On rich, moist soils, where
heavy growth is a certainty, or the
dryer soils where the conservation
of the moisture must be practiced,
the upright growers" (plants which
produce erect canes) should not be
planed closer than six feet apart each
way in the hill system; or three feet
by eight in the continuous row sys-
TEN. In irrigated sections where
moisture can be supplied at will, the
plants may be planted closer. How
ever. it is not advisable to plant them
more closely, since what may be
gained by an additional number of
crates is frequently lost by the de-
terioration in the grade of the fruit.
On similar soils the why growers"
(plants such as the Logan, Phenom-
email. Evergreen. Himalaya Giant and
Early Mammoth, which produce long
PROSTATE vines or canes), should be
planted In rows eight feet apart, and
the plants from 16 to "a feet apart in
the rows. using the alternate system,
thereby affording greater feeding
area for the roots of each plant.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
UTILITY OF FALL IRRIGATION
Watering Of Ground in Winter Often
Produces One-Haif to Three
Fourtfs of Ton Of Hay.

The value of winter irrigation has
been set forth on many occasions
Many are so situated that they can
not do any winter irrigation because
the water is turned of from the canal
after the growing season and not
turned on again until irrigation is to
begin in the spring.
Natures way of breaking up and
disintegrating the solids in the soil is
by freezing and thawing and our dry
soil does not freeze very mach. Every
farmer knows how loose and easily
worked Is the soil after the ground
thaws out In the spring. and bow often
they wish they could keep 1t that way
all summer. But is everybody doing
all possible to promote this condition?
Winter irrigation will help very mate
rally. The effect of late fall irriga-
ticn on alfalfa is very noticeable.
Ground irrigated in the winter often
produces one-half to three-fourths of
ton more hay at the first cutting and
during the past summer the first cut
ting of alfalfa from winter irrigated
land ran as high as three and one-half
tons the acre. The effect on all other
ground is quite noticeable in our dry
springs.
With long. dry winter and spring up
to the first of May with but little
moisture one would suppose that there
would be no difference between the
ground irrigated and that not irrigat-
ed. but the crops on irrigated ground
come up much quicker and make at
least one-half more growth during the
summer. One reason perhaps is be-
cause they get the start of the weeds
and keep them choked down. Many
springs we have an abundance of
moisture and every old range man
knows that the best grass follows a
soggy winter. Some farmers have
no water with which to irrigate in win
by all means. All the surplus reser-
voir water should be turned on to the
land in the fall and run the risk of
entirely refilling during the winter.
Saving the moisture by tillage is al
most as important In the growing of
a banner crop under irrigation as 1t
is for the dry farmer. The condition
OF the soil during the growing season
In regard to the amount Of water. its
freedom from clods. its mechanical
condition on most OF our soils have as
much to do in making the crop as the
fertility of the soil. OF course we
must have both to grow big crops
year after year. The soil must be
loosened to good depth to allow the
water from heavy rains to settle away
quickly and not stand on the top to
form crust; to take In more water
when irrigated and SO make less in
number the irrigations with less
chance for the ground to bake.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

Buckwheat is both stimulating and
heating, which renders It an excel.
lent grain for winter feeding, but II
being of fattening nature, should be
fed In moderation.
1t contains more protein egg.pro-
ducing material than does corn, but
the percentage of digestible matter is
not SO great, buckwheat having about
81 per cent. and corn 81 per cent.
Buckwheat contains rs per cent. of
protein and 54.S per cent of carbohy.
drates and fat. having a nutritive ra.
ito Of II. and corn 6.3 per cent. of
protein and rs per cent. of carbohy.
drates and fat. and has a nutritive ra.
ito Of LIP.
This proves that buckwheat is a
slightly better egg producer than corn.
being more evenly balanced, but IL
must be fed in larger quantities to
gain that effect.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

Grade stations should be put out of
business. 1t is not that there are no
grade stations that are good invividu.
ais, but according to the laws of
heredity and probability it is impossi.
BILE for the grade stallion to produce
as large a proportion of colts of the
desired type as the purebred one. On
the other hand, in the majority
OF cases 1t is more profitable to use
grade females for breeding purposes
than purebred ones. The investment
is much less, consequently there is
less risk. The grade animals are Just
as good workers as the purebred ones,
and unless one is producing breeding
stock the progeny will sell about as
we'll.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

ria la Major. which in Moorish time was a
mosque and still retains some of the familiar
cupolas. and going to its right descend to the
Two lower bridges. the Puente de San Miguel and
a specimen OF Moorish bridge building. tho Pu.
ente Viego. finally descending to the lowest
Moorish mill. past which the river dashes in
seething rapids and from which the view to the
great bridge above. which seems suspended in
the clouds. is sight to be remembered.
When you ascend to the town and stand
upon the public promenade with Its walled plat
forms and look down upon the clustering roofs
OF the old town. the fertile titled land spread out
below. the river GOO feet under you and the
purple mountains standing out clear and bold
against the blue sky feeling the fresh. exhilarat-
Ing air blow upon your face. you well imag-
Inc that the jewellers In Ronda cannot help be-
ing what they call themselves in their proverbs.
En- Ronda los hombres Ochenta Pollones"
In Ronda the men at so are chickens" for
they have every inducement to preserve their
vitality and vvacity. though they take good care
not to overwork themselves in their flour milling.
fruit growing and vine cultivation the wine from
which. an excellent brand. may have something
to do with the Andalusian gaiety of spirit. SO
unlike the reservedness of many of their coun-
trymen.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
Towns to be Consolidated.

An Albuquerque dispatch says: AS
sample of the way the people of
eastern New Mexico do things. the lit
tie town Of Plateau. n. NJ, seventy
miles north of Roswell. will be moved
bodily to the town of Kermit. few
miles distant. The two towns have
been rivals. but the leading spirits
have come to an agreement to COM
bine. The postoffice. a half dozen
stores. residences and everything will
be put on rollers or skids and pulled
over to Kermit. thus establishing a
good sized town.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

A terrible enemy has wrought havoc
with the beautiful chestnut forests on
the French slopes of the Pyrenees
during the last 25 years. It is a kind
of mushroom. which seems to poison
the trees. Three years suffice to re
duce beautiful tree to a hollow,
branches. broken stump. The con
tagion first appeared In the lower
Pyrerees in 1884. and 1t has since
progressively invaded the central
Pyrenees, where whole forests of
chestnuts have been destroyed. The
only effective remedy thus far discov.
cred is liquid sulphuret of carbon an.
piled to the roots of the trees, but the
cost is almost prohibitively high.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

Mark Twain, when he worked in Ne
vada, on the Virginia City Enterprise.
inserted in the news a good many
clearinghouse jokes.
In revenge. the humorist's sensitive
fellow boarders in Virginia city decid-
ed to put up game on him. They en-
listed the landlady's help, and at the
Thanksgiving dinner at the boarding
house Mark Twain. by dextrous piece
Of Straightforward was served. apparent
ly direct from the fowl. with a turkey
leg of painted wood.
You've changed your poultry dealer.
haven't you ma'am?"
why. no. Mr.. Clemens. What makes
you think sou
This turkey" he answered. giving
the wooden drumstick a little whack
with his knife: it's about the tenderest
morsel I've struck in this house for
some months."-Detroit Free Press.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

dozen. You cannot find an ALASKAN
who will find fault with Alaska and SO
every one is satisfied. the mining
camps at Dawson. Fairbanks and
Nome. or the cabins out along the
creeks. miles and miles from what we
call civilization hold only happy
housekeepers. women who know more
about canned goods and what can be
done with tin of beans than any
body on either continent. says the
Housekeeper
Everything that comes to their
doors is canned, milk. eggs and pota-
toes. as well as the vegetables that
we all use. In the larger camps fresh
vegetables are brought in by steamer
in the summer and until the shops
bloom with a wealth of succulent
green things. but only the anecdotes
OF these delicacies reach "the creeks"
The gardens at Dawson are famous.
for almost any vegetable will grow II
the housewife will bother to plant It.
Although the season is SO short the
sun shines night and day the cabbage
keeps the same hours
Condensed milk is the arctic house
keepers standby and you would not
believe how much was used unless
you saw the pile of empty tins. Ev-
cry woman has to learn to make muf-
fins and cake all over again until she
knows jus, the proportions Of milk
and water that will produce the light
and feathery result Canned eggs Of
fer similar course of study and SO
do timed potatoes to the woman who
must serve three palatable meals a
day from canned or dried foods.
1t is a wild. free life these arctic
women live. They know how to shoot
and can keep the larder replenished
when the men are busy. They can
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

We have a cream separator and
keep five cows at present. We think
the separator is paying machine.
writes d. d. Mitchell. in the Journal
of Agriculture. Every farmer keeping
three cows should have a separator. II
will pay for itself in three years, and
then you will have the use OF it sew.
eral years for nothing II taken care of
1t pays. You get all the cream and
make one-third more butter. and bet
ter butter. and the cream is easier
churned. 1t saves the cost of labor
because there is no milk to freeze and
you don't have to dig the cream OF
with something nor do you have to
wash crooks or milk pans. II you
want to raise calves you don't have to
warm the milk. It can be separated
and fed to the calf with the natural
heat from the cow.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
Cleaning Rusty Tools.

The best way to thoroughly remove
rust from tools is to send them to the
grinder. or some one who has wheel.
This gets rid of rust much more effec.
lively than the slow and laborious
method of rubbing with emery paper.
The stone. emery and leather wheels
remove the rust and polish the steel
with much less labor. If this cannot
be done, the work of removal by rub
bling with emery paper will be great
ly facilitated by thoroughly soaa,inq
for sometime in paraffin Oil. For rough
and ready work in partly cleaned
tools nothing will act more quickly
than gasoline rubbed on several times
ct short intervals.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

looking forward to a career for 1t not
unlike that of aluminium. Its greatest
probable use is as reducing agent
in metallurgy; 1t may be of great aid
in refining other metals. owing to the
readiness with which 1t combines with
oxygen and sulphur.
1t often forms. moreover. with i'm
purities compounds in which their
presence is less Objectionable. Its
combination with oxygen produces
great heat. and this may possibly be
utilised in the, same way as the sim
liar property OF aluminium, in gener-
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
MOTOR CAR CIVILIZATION.

Let wild people rush up against Mr. Auto
and they will not want for a lesson. The auto.
like war. is rounding up and quieting and sooth-
ing wild Comanches and Mohicans. Around
greatest cross streets no longer sees
ancient jackass stunts. no hollering or shrieking
and running; everybody is all attention and as
fear of the Lord is the beginning Of all wisdom.
a military attention in army of wild whites
is the beginning OF that blessed discipline which
we need.-New York Press.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
USE FOR CALCIUM is FOUND

been made of it; in the pure metallic
form it has been simply laboratory
curiosity-a metal with the sheen of
silver and the hardness OF aluminium.
very malleable and q good conductor
of heat. but rusting so fast in moist
air as to be practically impossible to
preserve.
Numerous uses are now proposed
for 1t. most of them rs an element Of
various alloys. Enthusiasts are even
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
WOMEN OF THE ARCTIC

Every spring hundreds of brides Journey to
Alaska and fully as many young women go north.
with more or less trepidation. to be married. SO
that the number of homes in the neighborhood
of the arctic circle grows larger each year The
trepdation only lasts while the brides are "chee-
chalkos." or tenderfeet After they have watched
the ice go out and are real Sour doughs" they
want no sympathy because fate sent them to a
country where coal is $50 a ton and lemons 81
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
Irrigation Experiments with Onion.

Comparative tests of the furrow and
flooding methods of irrigation at the
Texas Experiment station resulted in
estimated gains in yield per acre by
the flooding method Of 1920 to z OOo
pounds Of onions. The increased
yields secured from irrigation, as com.
pared with dry culture, indicate that
irrigation is profitable even in sea.
sons when the rainfall is sufficient to
produce good crop.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
pEeENERATEp THROUGH TIME.

Though "Snooks" a name Is hardly beaut
full its origin is respectable enough. Kindly
people picked up little founding boy at Seven
oaks and started him in life after baptizing him
william Sevenoaks." He became lord mayor
of London in the reign of Henry ". was knighted
and died in 1882. He left benefactions to his
native place that were doubtless misused. as was
his name which degenerated to Shocks.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

u
passage which has been found to lead to the sub
tcrranean galleries which report had always To-
Gated as being under the CASTLE we have not full
information. but II seems reasonable to sup
pose SO.
Ronda itself is two towns in one. There is
the old Moorish town. whose winding lanes play
strange freaks Of ups and downs. full of quaint
small houses with heavy walnut doors and heav
tiy grated windows. sheltered by the old Arab
towers and walls. perched on a spur Of the hills
circed by the Guadeeyin which girdles It as the
Tagus does the city OF Toledo. There is the new
town. which Is more or less typical Spanish
town of badly paved streets and low white
washed houses. but which is the most interesting
TO the neighbors OF Ronda. since It contains the
Plaza de Toros. where the Andalusian bull pro-
vides brave sport during the annual Feria, one
OF toe most interesting fairs in Spain. and which
Possesses this striking advantage-that the car
cHsses OF the tired old hacks bestridden by the
picadores can be cast over the precipices which
fringe IL and left to the scavenging Offices of the
vutNres. which It pleases the inhabitant to point
out to the unwary stranger being the more
Aingly eagle.
ff you can conceive a great rock cut In twain
by vast chasm having on its north part the
new town and the south the old. you have
Ronda. Between the two halves at a depth of
nearly 400 feet bolis and swirls the turbulent
river which still to turn the Moorish
mills. where corn is ground In the way
it was done fve-seven-nine hundred years ago.
Looking down on them from the bridge
OF Porte Uuevo. which straddles with one single
span the narrowest part of the black gulf, the
mills look like toys and the iniilers like ants.
The bridge Itself is marvel $50 feet across and
of Immense height 1t cost its architect his
life. for. falling from the parapets he dashed
to pieces in the depths below. One may pass by
the quantity interesting old church of Santa Ma
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

The county commissioners Of Luna
county have set February Is as the
date for the court house bids. Last
fall bids were made and ranged from
$4,000 to $4,000. The contract was
awarded to Mr.. J. c. Huff of Ell Paso.
Later it was discovered that the bonds
we're not legal. SO the bids were can
celed. Now. however. the bonds have
been issued and sold.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

also take big pan Of pay gravel and wash II
until the specks of gold free from dirt. In
their fur park and buckluks they can trot beside
the dog sled on the winter trail and when the
Journey Of several hundred miles is over they
play Mendelssohn Chopin the piano
that takes up half the room in the little cabin.
I'VE never Sleep" declared a happy arctic
housekeeper. 'In the summer 1t is light for "a
hours and 1t is not worth while to go to bed and
in the winter. when 1t is dark for "a hours. we
have to be doing things to forget the darkness.
there Is no chance to sleep"
But wether they sleep not they look fresh
and unfagged like the days they go forth to SO
joyfully meet
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
ating intense local heat for welding
and similar operations.


The Sybarites were the Inhabitants
Of the ancient city of Sybaris. in
southern Italy. founded 72o B. c. They
were SO greatly addicted to voluptu.
business and self-indulgence that theii
name became a byword among the
peoples of antiquity. The word "Sy.
barite" is used. at the present day. to
denote person devoted to luxury and
pleasure.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

1.-THE American eagle" said the ora
tor. knows no fear"
Yes" replied Mr.. Sirius Barker.
"the American eagle is mighty lucky.
Any bird that isn't good to eat has
right to congratulate itself these
days. Evening Star.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
Can BE Made Of Value as an Element
Of Various AiIoys-other Pos
sibiIities.

Calcium is by no means a new
metal; 1t is abundant In nature. be-
ing the metallic base OF all so-called
lime compounds. and therefore form
ing an Important part OF all animal
skeletons. the shells OF shell fish. etc.
Until recently. however. no use has
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

What is a farm" asks one OF the
governments bulletins. A farm Is
something we all wish we had. and
wouldn't know how to run II If we had
1t, says the Denver Republican.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

A fool and his money are soon part
ed, but it's different with a lazy boy
and a warm bed.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

All things come to those who wait
on themselves.
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
RlErzH De SAN t1icLfL, Ron0H 8

able Il TO rank favorabIy with its sister |
cities of the province Seville and Cor -S Y
dova
Ronda has always been n town of
horse tanners and smueglers traits
doubt derived from the Moor for the
hndausan has in his blood something
OF the oriental which is reflected in his
speech. his manners and customs all the terms
OF farming and husbandry he employs Arabic while
the dance and music he revels in has distinctly east
ern character lie invariably has his
idea OF treasure finding and. many their cost
Vie has succeeded In interesting with his Spanish Pris-
oners Treasure" tale many who have been bit
ten Now. however. 1t seems II there some
ground for the treasure seekers hallucinaon Treas
sre has been stated to have been found and in spot
where II might reasonably have been expected to be-
The castle OF the Moorish king In San Pedro
Honda. built in 1919 by worthy fellow. Al Motabhed
who had the pleasing habit Of converting skulls of
is captured enemies into jeweled drinking from
which he could drink his wine and who often have
gone forth to cool his heated head on the platform
which to this day hangs the vast chasm of the
Tajo seems ready to reveal its There is already
one subterranean passage known. the Nina dc Ropda
which leads by stair OF 1865 steps, for every day
IN the year. TO groto below which excayated Inv
Christian slaves at their Arab masters bidding SO as
70 provide the city with water a siege which
gave rise to the proyerb. "Dos guarde del zao,e
de Ronda. since In such the poor slaves wouId
We set to the endless task Of raising water from the
3 10 brap,
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02
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I HE report that Mr. Perrin OF
Baltimore has discovered dur
ing excavations under his re-
cent purchase. the Casa del
~ Rey Moro at Ronda. what may
h EV prove to be a valuable con
~ tribution to the history Of
the Moorish occupation OF Spain. in
the shape OF treasure. mosaic and
tombs will no doubt direct fresh at
tention to the town of Ronda itself.
Ronda in the days when the Moors
were alI-powerful in Andalusia.
province which was the first and the
last to own their sovereignty. was
place of supreme importance from
the fact of Its situation on an almost
impregnable rock. and though 1t does
not rank with Granada. which holds
that Jewel In Spain's crown. the Al
hambra. 1t yet preserves sufficient
trace OF its former greatness to en-
The Lamar register., 1910-02-02

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