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The Lamar register., 1900-08-29
JOHN 4. DURsTEIN, secy.
Republican County Convention.

II PURSUANCE Of the action Of the Pr0reEs
County Republican Central GOnuztttrc at q
meeting held at Lamar August - lsso- We bers-
by issue the c&l for e Republican County Con
ss1tioa TO be held q. the conrt house IN Lamar.
Col0. on September :. 100, for tho purpsSe Of
nominating County GsnfaflsixxlauuT from the rd
District and Coan1y Coroner 20 MI vacancy
To elect delegates 10 attend the STATE Con
yention TO De held in Dcuver sept u and susle-
ga.s-s the sescond Congressional District GWEi-
Ye-ltiun al Cripple Greek sept. ) and dslegafes
70 the Senatorial Convention At Las ininaas %
Sept 10. and L delegates to the Legislative
District Cons rltior az Granada on sept IL. and
delegates 20 the Judicial district Gouyention.
For the se4eetiou u Ghatrzian and rnefft-srs OF
the County Central CoEzfniftAe for ensuing year
And for the transastioa Of saeh other buzsuess
as may properly come before said eanyentiou.
For aid purposes the several precincts OF tLs
county will be entitled 70 delegate represaata-
rioa n said conyention as follows;
Ne Lamar No. Holly ,..- II
No. 5 GranadA --.--.. L No. Lamar. Is
No Ssrfh Side Total 20
II Il recommend that primaries BE- bsld on
September isi, 1870. AZ the usual voting places
from TO O'Clock r. NJ
Precinct committee will please take notice
Of the foregoing call and abide By the same.
full Representation i Grzen 4y requested
J. A WILLIAMS, Chairman.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-29

The Denver democratic factions
have decided to bury the hatches
in each other.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-29
Sorrcr OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

In TIE MATTE ~ 1HE RsraTE or ANnzEW J
HnrTKls. DEcEAsEp.
MOTTO F Is k.yshy sit~a. that gu Te--aaE, The
~ 18th day of September, A. u. EiSsl being uezs
% tiS t-snlar dsys q the September trr-a - fis
County Court 81 Pruurrs County. in the state
pf Colorado. ], FanEis D. HnsEel, aliTn ifitstTa-
tFix OF satd estate vii sptsAr before the luare -
said euarfr pres1nt my hnsi sastlsaa-at ~ such
admEuis1rssrtrs pray the sppfusai a the sEtsis
aod Hfin then apPly TO h~ dissharr4i - ssseh
administFatriS. AZ which tiizis and place zay per
son 10 interest r,sy 3ptsar and preseas uigiss,-
tons to the sSs7s. II any there ts.
Dated az Lanrar Colorado, Au<ust h Iata.
FANNIE %. HOTEL,
Administrator cf the Estz.e Of Azarez
J. Hotel. deres-cd.
J. e R1rGuTT. Attorney.
The Lamar register., 1900-08-29

Trains Nad 8 are ysstIhale trains tssur-u
Shie.su azd Denyrr. they viil carr ehRkF car
tad PuliIEzza throazh stthoalt change.
Trains 1nd are i0ea} sHars'ss tFAssz Nsa
sil carry nrzt xnd sses1td eiNss eoNehTs rssurisf
5is-ps-s snd PullEuAn sleEpes~.
Tea per eeat- rsdaetiorl On regular fare 1itl b.
.Ade Wheu rouaa trip ttekSts are psaFeilzsssi-
q. ,. G1EyIx. AE~zt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

A pretty little miss of about II sum-
ners nearly broke up a wedding party
Mt Linwood a short While ago. 1t was
about the first wedding that she had
ever attended, and she felt the lmpor-
lance of the occasion very much. After
the ceremony she noticed that the PEG.
pie went up to the bride and groom and
made remarks to them. She supposed
that they were words Of congratula-
ton or coincidence or something of that
sort, but her ideas of the proper thing
to say under the circumstances were a
little vague. Finally she whispered to
an old friend of the family who was
near by:
what shall l say when 60 up
there?" she faltered.
''Oh, just anything to show them that
you are glad they are married. Just
something complimentary, you know"
In a few minutes the little miss had
made her way to where the happy cou-
pie We're receiving the congratulations
There was quite a crowd around, but
she didn't mind them one bit. She
marched straight up to the bride and
extending her hand, said:
81 wish you many happy returns of
the day
The remark convulsed every one in
hearing, but the little miss left the
church with the consciousness that she
had observed the propreties.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

1T Is astonishing how careless peo-
pie are about sending clothes to a laun-
dry without first searching them for
money and jewelry," said the manager
of a laundry the other day. "Yester-
day woman sent bundle of dresses
here, and in the pocket of one was
$3.50 in bills. We never search cloth
ing for yaluables. The dresses were
put in the washing machine, soap and
water put in, and after the machine
had been running half an hour it was
opened, and the man in charge was as
tonished to see paper money floating
around on the water. The bills had in
some manner worked out of the pocket
of the dress, and, strange to say, not
one of them was torn. We ran the
money through the drying machine
and then ironed each bill carefully.
After we got through you could not
have told that the money had been in a
laundry washing machine for half an
hour. We sent for the woman, and
when she came to the laundry she had
not yet missed her money.
"Not long ago man sent some shirts
to our laundry from the bosom of one
of which he forgot to remove q dia-
mond stud worth $3.50. Our people did
not see the diamond and we did not
find it until he called us up and made
known his loss. Then l put my men to
searching. and we found the diamond
in the catch basin In the sewer" New
York Mail and Express.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Greasing the Wheels,

A Russian paper gives an interesting
insight into the way they do things on
the Siberian railway.
A merchant recently sent a carload
of fruit from Irkutsk to Chita. The
railway charges were 10 rubles. but
the tips to railway officials amounted
to 100 rubles more.
Tipping, or ''greasing," as It is called
In Siberia, is tax from which no pa
tron Of the railway is exempt.
In the case mentioned the first sta
ton master told the merchant that the
loaded car was "sick," or disabled.
and would have to be side tracked for
repairs.
How long will 1t take to make the
repairs" the merchant asked.
'Oh, a week at least" was the an
swer.
The merchant started, for weeks
delay meant the spelling of his cargo,
and, besides, it was ordered for imme-
date delivery But when the fruit
dealer had slipped 10 or 10 rubles into
the officials hand the latter found that
the car was well enough to travel.
At the next station the car fell Ill
again and had to be restored to health
in the same manner, and this process
was repeated every time the train
stopped
Local merchants have become used
to this "greasing" business and simply
add the amount to the price of their
wares, so that the consumer pays the
freight and the tips as well.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
A Defender of Black Snakes

The reporter was advised not to kill
black snake under any circum-
stances. An old, honest, reliable man
explained this:
"Only few days ago saw a black
racer whizzing around in q circle, his
flaming eyes distended. His attention
seemed riveted on something not far
away. | advanced, and, to my aston
ishment saw large rattlesnake coil
ed up in battle array. The black snake
continued his circuits, getting a little
nearer to its victim each time. After
10 or 10 minutes the rattlesnake drop
sped his head on the ground Almost
instantaneously the black snake pounc-
ed upon its victim. After securely fas-
tening his teeth in the back of the rat
tlesnake's head he began his deadly
coiling. Within five minutes that rat
tlesnake was dead. So don't kill a
black snake"
The color came in the old gentle
mans face as he was relating the
above, and he said:
Boys, black snakes are game, but
they won't hurt you, for 1 had one for
a pet for years, and because my old
woman woke one night and found the
snake In bed she raised an awful fuss
and killed it."-Lebanon (Ky.) Enter
prise
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Novel Chinese Clock.

1t must be conceded that In some
qualities Of primitive but practical re-
Sourcefulness the Chinese are ahead Of
most civilized nations. All travellers
agree that if in a district where clocks
and watches are unknown you ask a
Chinaman the time of day he will, If
well disposed, at once proceed to am
buscade and capture the household cat,
and after pushing up the lids and look
ing for a moment into its eyes he will
tell the time with astonishing accuracy.
The explanation is a simple physio-
logical one. The pupils of the cats
eyes constantly contract until midday
when they become like fine line, as
thin as a hair, drawn perpendicularly
across the eyes. After II they begin
again to dilate. 1t Is to be hoped that
If the practice is ever introduced into
this country watches and clocks will
continue to be made, as there will
probably be many who will not care to
run after cat whenever they want to
know the hour or who may fear some
danger to their own eyes from too close
an examination of hers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Hard to Rob Drnr Stnrea.

II amt doing nothing now," said the
young man with the small eyes and
low brow as he accepted an invitation
from an equally low browed compan-
ion to sit at a round table. my last
Job heeled me pretty well, and l don't
do no work unless has to-"
what is itY' asked the other rascal.
The first tough made a significant
motion with his arm to indicate his &C.
qualntance with the art Of sandbag-
ging and lead piping.
ITO tell the truth"-he called It "troot"
this cracksman's work is too risky.
Too much pulling Of guns by the other
fellows, and you've got to have an ex-
pensive outfit, and doing the sneak act
is too risky. Did 1 ever tell you how
started out? 1t was In a drug store,
and 1 thought l could swipe some
brushes or something like that. You
can always hook them things. Well,
got In all right, but l had to buy a soda
--a-r-h!-to get an excuse took my
time swallowing the stuff, and up to
that point the graft worked all right.
"The boss he walked away, and after
awhile he went behind the little place
where they put up prescriptions, and
then l gathered in three nice brushes.
But before | had taken three steps he
was on to me. l found out afterward
that all these druggists have little holes
or cracks in the stained glass in front
of their desks, so they can pipe off all
that goes on in the re."-Chicago
Tribune
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

A portrait traced by nature on q wo-
mans tombstone. says The Scots Pic
torial, has recently been discovered in
Jedburgh graveyard, near the famous
abbey. The stone was erected in 1898
by worthy bailie Of Jethart to the
memory of his wife, Alison Renwick.
The slow finger of time has worn away
most Of the facing on the front of the
stone, and part Of it is overgrown with
moss, which has outlined the features.
Local opinion favors the view that the
face is likeness Of the good old lady
who sleeps beneath, a theory which
has at least the merit Of being difficult
of disproof, since no one living can pos
sibly have seen her.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Wight Grow In NentucISY.

Samuel r. Ireland, lawyer and "a
conteur-by choice the latter-of Wash
ington, is responsible for this story
about a genial and ingenious old pre-
siding elder In the Methodist Episcopal
Church South who was a townsman
Of his back in Kentucky, relates the
New York Telegraph. When he ap-
peared in Mr.. Ireland's offices at Wash
ington one day, the lawyer was cordial
to the old preacher, took him to all the
interesting places of the capital and in
the evening had him to dine at the
home of lady In the official circle
who would rather decorate her table
with quaint, homely characters than
with notables. Spaghetti was one Of
the dishes served, and the old man took
to it with amazing celebrity. Put very
much at his ease by the gracious ways
of his hostess, he asked for and pol
ished off another plateful of the Italian
paste.
Signing contentedly as he finished,
he remarked:
81 wish, maam, you'd tell me what's
the name of that dish I've just been
eating"
That's spaghetti, elder" said the
hostess. IAN Italian DISH"
"So| said the elder. "Well, it's real
good, and l wish before l go you'd
give me some Of the seed. Chances are
that we can grow the stuff in Ken
lucky"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Reading Matter For the Duke

There was an amusing incident in
connection with the late Duke of Edin-
burgh's Australian tour. He accepted
an invitation to visit wealthy squat
ter, on whose estate excellent shooting
was to be had. The squatter was a
self made man, entirely unlncumbered
with book learning and absolutely In
nocent of reading tastes. In making
preparations for the dukes visit 1t was
suddenly discovered that the furnish
ing Of the library had been completely
overlooked. There was no time to be
lost, and so the squatter sat down and
dispatched the following telegram to
the leading Melbourne bookseller:
"Send one ton of books. Immediate
delivery"
The bookseller was staggered at the
receipt Of such a wholesale and uncon-
ventional order, but as the signature Of
the sender would be honored by any
Melbourne bank on a check for six fig
ures he kept his staff working on the
Job until the small hours of the morn
ing, and the ton Of miscellaneous liter
AZURE was happily shelved before the
arrival of the duke.-London Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
A Jacket of Many Garments,

Although Gordon declined to accept
the bowls of gold offered him by the
Chinese emperor after the suppression
of the TAPPING rebellion, yet he con-
sented to receive the yellow Jacket, a
distinction limited to u wearers, who
constitute the imperial bodyguard.
When the presentation of so exalted
an oriental order took place, there was
most remarkable ceremony observed
by the Celestial grandees commission.
ed to personally confer the high mark
Of the emperor's favor.
To Gordon's evident establishment
the operation of DOMINIC the yellow
Jacket In its entirety was q consider.
able undertaking, for between two
and three hours the great but simple
minded soldier was engaged in putting
on one suit and taking off another until
a most extensive wardrobe had been
gone through.
1t comprised silk dresses, robes, Jack.
cts, hats, caps, boots, shoes, fans, cir.
dies, thumb rings of jade and neck
laces for all seasons and occasions.
The yellow jacket in It's actually
was the last item of the raiment bear.
ing It's name in which Gordon was ar.
rayed.-Pearson's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
The Charms of "Monte-Christo."


Lord Salisbury once told the fol-
lowing interesting and amusing Incl
dent at meeting of certain literary
club. zone book" said Lord Salisbury,
"has always fascinated me and on
more than one occasion has drawn me
out of bed very early in the morning
This is Dumas Monte hristo.' A few
months ago | was staying at Sandring-
ham. | had my favorite with me, and
about half past in the morning l got
up and went into the beautiful grounds
and sat down for an hour or two to be
carried away by my book.
81 had been reading for about half
an hour when 1 heard some one say:
What! Are a prime minister's duties
so heavy that he must needs be up so
early in order to studyT l turned and
saw the Prince of Wales. l showed
him the book that had drawn me out
so early, and he said laughingly that
he would read such an apparently fas-
cinating book.
"Three weeks afterward he said to
me: "Monte-Christo" drew you out of
bed at half past 4 In the morning.
may say that it drew me out of bed
at in the morning London Gem.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

In Greek mythology the rose was the
symbol of silence, rs it was said that
Cupid, the son ofVenus, gave the god of
silence a golden rose as n bride to con-
zeal the amours of the goddess of love.
1t was, therefore, sculptured on the
ceilings of banqueting halls and placed
as sign above the doors of question
able resorts Guests at feasts were
crowned with roses to intimate that
their conversations while in their cups
were not to be repeated elsewhere.
The phrase obtained currency in
Greece after Pausanias, the admiral Of
the Greek fleet. plotted with Xerxes to
betray the cause of the Greeks by sur
rendering the ships. the negotiations
being conducted in small banqueting
hall, the roof of which was. as usual,
covered with sculptured roses. The
plot, however, was discovered and or
ders given for the arrest of the traitor
Pausanias endeavored to make his ref
uge in temple which possessed the
right of asylum. Unwilling to violate
the sanctity of the place by forcibly
removing him and still more unwilling
to allow him TO escape, his fellow citi-
zens walled up every entrance and,
by one account, left him to die of star
walton; by another, killed him by I'M
roofing the building and throwing
down the tiles on his head.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
When Surgeons Are of No Use.

"The driver of the stage. which was
rolling down the Rocky mountains as
fast as six mules on the gallop could
keep ahead Of 1t, may have noticed
that was" said the man who was re.
lating his experience, "a little nervous
for after a bit he soothingly said: Nc
use to grip that railin SO mighty hard
stranger. We shan't come to the dan.
ger pint for half an hour yit.'
Then it's on aheadY / queried.
Yes, three miles ahead, and may
say fur your benefit that the hangin or
won't do any partickler good
But don't want to slide off,
sand you won't. If anything goes
it'll be nevis and coach and the hull
caboodle altogether, and as the drop is
plump 800 feet you won't hev no use
for arnica or stickin plaster after.
wards.'"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

l once had conversation, said an
Isle of Man bank manager speaking
of Hall Caine, with two old friends of
mine, farmer and his buXom wife,
who live within a few yards of Greeba
castle, the great Manx authors resi-
dence. Hall Caine had just taken up
his abode in his new house, and l start
ed the conversation by saying to the
worthy farmer and wife:
$50 you have the great Hall Game
near you now?"
Farmer and Wife-Aye, man.
Farmers Wife-And what tremenjus
style they are keepingl It's amazing.
Farmer-And what's he doing for a
living, Mr.. -?
Bank Manager greatly astonlshed)-
What, don't you know he is a popular
author?
Farmer-And what's that?
Bank Manager-Why, he writes sue
cessful books.
Farmer with a fine show of con-
tempt)-The lazy beggar!
l need hardly say, concluded my
correspondent, that collapsed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

A man who is a lawyer and q jour
nalist in one of the smaller inland cit
les Of Ohio tells of an uncle he has in
the region of Massillon. This relative
is one of the pious members of a small
community and, being possessed Of
considerable executive ability, has
been for more than 20 years the super
intendent Of a thriving Sunday school.
His besetting sin, If it might be called
such, is his propensity to exaggerate
stories in order to make them interest
ing to his auditors.
Some time ago he was telling his
lawyer-journalist nephew of how he
cured himself of the ague 1t was sew
eral years ago, and having tried every
remedy in vain, he at last consulted an
old Indian doctor, who advised him, he
says. to go down to the creek each
morning Immediately on rising and sit
in the cold water up to his chin. He
was to sit there one minute the first
morning and then double the time each
day for 20 days. The uncle says he
followed the prescription and was
cured.
The nephew, who happens to be of a
calculating turn of mind, figured out
how long his uncle would stay in his
cold bath on the twentieth day. He
found that the last treatment would
last a few days over six MONTHS
Cleveland Leader.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05

Texas Farm and Ranch says "Poul-
try writer's inveigh too much against
corn as a poultry food. There is no sin
gle grain that can take its place All
corn Of course is not so good as varie-
~, but half corn and half variety is
unobjectionable, and the proportion of
corn may be Increased beyond that ra-
Ito without anything resembling disas-
ter. When fattening for market, corn
is not only the best but the cheapest
food known The universal preference
ri chickens for corn whole or in any
possible state OF con- :ninution should
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Glod He Hod No Revolver

mo" said the man, talking of trav-
cling, you will never find me travel
ing or going anywhere, for that mat
ter, with revolver. l gave mine away
a number of years ago with a devout
feeling of thankfulness that it had not
been the cause of endless reproach to
me. l had been up the Hudson with
my wife, and on the return trip had
in my mind the stories that l had re-
Gently heard of sneak thieves who had
been robbng passengers on the boat.
81 did not know that l had paid spe-
clal attention to them, but in the mid
die of the night, when a little noise at
the window awakened me, knew at
once that those sneak thieves were in
the room, and with one bound-I
couldn't have done it if l had tried at
another time-I landed on the floor
from the upper berth with my hands
on the throat Of the thief at the win
dow. l held on so tightly that my vic
tim couldn't make a sound, and you
can imagine how Mortified l was to
find that l had nearly strangled my
wife. If l had had a pistol, l would
certainly have shot her, and the first
opportunity | had after that l gave
mine away. They are dangerous things
to carry."-New York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
Teaching Boys and Girl. to Swim

IeacntnB bOyS ana O1rIs TO swim.
Besides teaching the young idea how
to shoot the New York board of educa-
ton instructs several thousand young
Americans every year how to swim
The New York vacation schools include
IL swimming tanks in various parts of
the city, which are In charge of 10 in
structors hired by the board. Boys are
given 20 minute swimming lessons on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
and girls are taught on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays. Beginners
are put in shallow baby" tank
where they lie crosswise on a big belt
and practice arm and leg strokes. They
also suspend themselves from an over
head trolley by buckling little belts
around their waists and can then
splash backward and forward with no
danger Of sinking. When they have
learned to swim, they practice in a lar
ger and deeper pool. The first year
they are taught only the breast stroke,
but the full course includes side
stroke, swimming on the back, floating
and life saving From so to $50 girls
are present on each of the swimming
days, and the number of boys is consid-
erably larger. Three thousand boys
and girls were taught to swim last
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-05
A Fish That Eats Dnc,xs

Among the queer things in India Is
the fish that eats ducks. When one
misses some ducks and is told by the
moorgywalla that a fish swallowed
them. one begins to think there can
really be no limit to the lies the Aryan
brother can tell. But early one MORN
ing, soon after the ducks had been let
out and had, as usual, made their way
to the tank, on one side of which
stands an indigo assistants bungalow,
the old khansama excitedly announced
that the big fish had just caught an
other duck and swallowed 1t and could
not keep down with it. The gun was
at once got hold of, and after watching
the antics of the fish trying to keep
down under water he was shot. He
proved to be large boali and had &C
tually got the entire bird down, with
only the legs just showing In his
,Outh,