The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-03

LAMAR. COLORAD O
WAsHINeroN's Birthday, according
to the calendar at that time, was Feb.
IL The calendar was changed in
1852.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD is in favor OF
compulsory voting. Compulsory vot-
ing would be great aid to woman
suffrage.
NJ. DE FREYcINEr. the French Minis
ter of War, has published decree
torhidding surgeons in the French ar
my to make use OF hypnotism in their
practice, or to experiment. with it,
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MARsHAL MAcMAHoN. twice presi-
dent of the French republic, sent his
hearty congratulations to the young
due d,Orleans upon the step he had
taken in going to France in defiance of
the Law.
THE Deicris Land and cattle Com
pauy at Deloris, Texas has been pur-
chased by the Columbia Cattle Com
pany OF New York for 500, 600, The
company's headquarters are ut
Carlisle, Pa
MANY curious authorizations OF food
are reported. but this surely beats
them all. An invoic. of macaroui
seized at New York recently contain
ed an assortment OF shawls, all wool,
and a yard or more wide
TIE Pixies Peak cogway will be illu-
minated the entire seven miles by cleo
tricity. Cartoons will sparkle on top
Of the old giant OF the Rockies, and a
uight train will be run for the benefit
of those who enjoy novelty,
MANY of the participants in the
battle Of Chickamauga, both union and
confederate, have agreed to meet on
the site OF the conflict to settle many
important historical questions.
Wednesday, May rs, has been decided
on.
CANApA's trade with the United
States is greater than her commerce
with Great Britain. In 1888 she sold
US S45, 572, o55 of merchandise and
Great Britain So. O94. 9s4. Her i'm
ports TO this country were to the
amount of s4S, S41. S4s. or S9o.0o0,000
greater than from Great Britain.
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PARIS public schools are over crowd
ed, and the authorities propose to help
70 remedy the difficulty by forbid
ding the attendance Mt them OF emil
dren OF foreigners. There are 90, 0OJ
foreign children in the city, and at
least 5000 OF them are getting French
education free at the public schools,
AND now comes a doctor who says
that nitro-glycerine would have saved
John Jacob Astor's life How unfor-
innate it is or Humanity that all these
suggestions by the doctors come too
late, and that the information necessa-
W save AAAC - away IL pO70N17AcA
of some physician who was not en-
ployed on the case.
COLUMBIA college will presently
journey toward the front rank of
American institutions of learning.
Extensive athletic grounds have been
set apart by the faculty aud S25,-
900 subscribed for their Improvement
The outlook for next years crop of
demon and wizard baseball pitchers
may therefore be said to be promising.
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A CATHOLIC Indian missionary,
Father jerome, of the Benedictine or
der, has compiled prayer book for
the Sioux 1t viii be published by
Bishop Marty, and viii be printed in
the Sioux language. Besides the or
binary catholic prayers the book will
contain a catechism of christian doc
trine and catholic hymns, with appro-
PIRATE music.
The National Museum at Washing
ton. through the liberality OF Mr..
John A Brill. OF Philadelphia, has
come into possession OF two stamps
issued under the act of 1765. which led
10 the American revolution. They