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The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
sAp INFLUENCE OF DIRT.
Undoubtedly Exercises 4 DeIeterious
Moral Effect.

UndouDteoIy Exercises Q OeIetertous
Moral Effect.
Dirt is contagious. II anybody
doubts 1t let him observe the streets.
Uttered with all sorts of rubbish, they
offer . positive invitation to every
body to toss or sweep his surplus mat
ter into them. If the streets were
kept in q proper state of cleanliness
NO decent person at least would think
Of throwing anything upon the road
way or in the cutters. There is also
moral effect. Cleanly surroundings
beget clean habits. Children going to
and from school are unconsciously in
auenced by what they see, and dirty
streets being standing example of
untidiness In those to whom they nat
urally look for leading, they grow in
different and careless. Thus the toler-
alton Of dirt on the streets becomes
not only a menace to health, but an
influence for evil. Considerations of
this sort may have no place In the
average alderman's mind, which seems
to take Its Inspirations from medieval
times when the public thoroughfares
were the common sewers.-Chicago
Journal.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
TWO puELs NOT FOUGHT.
Bismarck Figured In Both, But Scored
Only In One.

Bismarck Figured In Both, But Scored
Only In One.
Bismarck and Rechberg, the Aus
trian premier, decided to fight duel
upon a certain morrow. why not
now?" said Bismarck; I'VE have our
pistols here" And they agreed to a
duel there and then. But first Bis
marck had to write dispatch to his
government giving the cause Of the
duel. This he asked Rechberg to for
ward in case he (Bismarck) fell.
Rechberg read the report and his pas
sion cooled. What you say is quite
correct" he remarked. but is 1t really
worth fighting a duel for such a rea-
son7" That is exactly my opinion" !"
said Bismarck. and the matter ended
on the spot. That was Bismarck's tri-
umph, but Virchow scored when the
iron chancellor" challenged him.
Here ARE two sausages." said Vir-
chow. "one filled with trichinae. the
other perfectly wholesome. But they
cannot be told apart. Let his excel
lency do me the honor to eat one and
will eat the other" The duel was
not fought.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

The series of article, "House keep.
ing the World Over" by Laura b.
Starr, the initial number of which On
Mexican home life, appears in The
Designer for February, will cause
this already popular magazids to be
more than ever eagerly welcomed.
women who Wear Crowns" by j.
L. Harbour, "Modern Tea-Room
Decoration" by Mary Kilsyth, and
Julia Davis Chandeliers interesting
contribution, "The Feminine Side OF
Rural Life In Pennsylvania" accom-
panied by many illustrations, are
both appropriate and readable. e
Athletics for the Snow. Bound
Girl" is the subject of Bertha Has
brooks discourse "In the Interest 81
Beauty" and the readers Of this
number of The Designer will learn
allow a Man Should Propose" or at
least how Lee McCrae thinks he
should go through the nerve-trying
ordeal. Valentine parties, Wash
ington supper and u Colonial drill
supply the entertainment features,
and the short stories are "Bread up.
on the Waters" . pretty love story
and "Zoe," q Valentine tale. Fancy
work in embroidery, raffis, knitting
and crochet is shown, and the fash
ions give decided hint Of spring.
A special article describes becoming
and comfortable tea gowns and wrap
pers.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Use for Young Turkeys.

1t has been demonstrated that the
turkey is fine destroyer of the boil
weevil. the tobacco worm and the to
mato worm. They get fat on that
sort of diet and keep so with bit OF
grain thrown in once in a while and
attention to their sleeping quarters
The boil weevil gets busy in the
spring, and SO do the young turkeys
The tomato worms are about the fields
at the time the young birds are most
Jealous in satisfying an appetite that
has no bounds. The boil weevil and
the worms go into Information in the
fall just about the time that there is
a demand for fat turkeys that can't
be satiated.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
BATTLE OF KEEN WITS.
Sample Of Repartee at Court Of the
MERRY Monarch"

Sample Of Repartee at Court Of the
MERRY Monarch"
DIR. Isaac Barrow. chaplain-in-ordi-
nary to King Charles II. of England,
was more appreciated by the merry
monarch" for his wit and vivacity
than for his learning. The witty and
wicked Lord Rochester once met his
match in Barrow. Rochester, think.
ing to banter him. with fiippant air
and low, formal bow accosted him
with Doctor. l am yours to my shoe
tie" Barrow. perceiving his drift, re-
turned the salute with MY lord, l am
yours to the ground" Rochester quick
ly returned 1t with Doctor, l am
yours to the CENTER" which was smart
ly followed up by Barrow with my
lord, am yours to the antipodes." !"
Upon which Rochester, disdaining to
be foiled by musty old piece of
divinity. as he used to call him, ex-
claimed. Doctor, am yours to the
lowest pit of hell" Upon which Bar
row, turning upon his heel, with a sar-
castle smile replied, There. my lord,
leave you."
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
TO FIT THE CRIME.
Professor Evidently Approved Of Com
Ing "Execution."

Professor Evidently Approved OF Com.
Ing Execution"
The daughter of the house was
pounding away at the piano like a
human piledriver, and the faces of the
assembled guests bore traces of acute
mental anguish. Suddenly he music"
ceased, and the company, in order to
remove all possibility of its resump-
tion. burst out into a salvo of applause.
The proud and happy mother of the
performer approached the guest of the
evening. old Herr Zwillbier, who was
stamping his feet and clapping his
hands like an unemployed cabman on
a frosty morning. "And what do you
think of my daughters execution, Herr
Zwillbier?" she inquired, smiling
sweetly upon the old gentleman.
Your dorder's vot. matam!" he cried.
Her execution" replied the somewhat
astonished lady. "'Er egsecution!"
shouted the professor. "'er egsecution!
Matam. congratulate you! Ven vos
ZEE to be? Ven vos zee coming of?
to be bresend will efery efford make!"
And in his excitement he shook his
hostess violently by the hand, and
almost burst into tears.-Liverpoo
(Eng) Mercury.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
a Now Alfalfa for the Arid West.


1t il reported that experiments are
now in progress along the line of
the Union Pacific railway with new
kind Of alfalfa that comes from
southern Russia and Is especially
adapted to arid lands. The results
10 far are said to be decidedly en-
eouraging.
There is at least good reason for
hoping that valuable discoveries may
be made along these lines. Alfalfa
10 plant that stands drouth we'll
whom it has once secured good
start, and the main difficulty in its
cultivation lies in getting the seed
changed into a growing and rooted
plant. There is good reason to be.
lieve that variety might be found
that possesses q greater power Of
termination under the conditions of
the western arid lands, than does the
variety to which We are accustomed.
And it is possible also that simi
lar results might be accomplished
by selecting seed through a period
Of ysars.-Pueblo Chieftain.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Sixty thousand acres of prairie
land will be set aside by the United
States government, in the southwest.
srn part Of Pueblo county, Colorado,
for the use of the agricultural de-
partmrnt. The region seems espec
tally adapted to farming without ir-
rigstion, and the government will
conduct extensive experiments,
which are expected to be of great
value to Colorado farmers.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
CAMEL 10 AN ouTcAsT.
Perfect Picture Of Mental and Mora
pspravity, Says Traveller.

Perfect Picture Of Mental and Moral
pspravity, Says Traveller.
ANY ordinary horse on the street
might feel insulted at being named in
the same class as q domestic animal
with that four-legged impassive ve-
hicle. the camel" writes q traveller.
Fidelity in a camel does not exist.
An artist might as well depict q de.
voted crocodile fondling a lost child
as a faithful dromedary standing over
the corpse Of It's fallen master Lock
wood Kipling touched the core of the
matter when he avowed that q man
might as reasonably lavish his affec-
ton on q baggage wagon. In short,
the camel IL an unredeemed boor,
more british than a mule. less SEN
sible Of endearment than even of ex-
tremes Of temperature and weather.
Its virtues are Of the body, its great
endurance compensating for a men
tai and moral depravity that must be
labeled nothing sort Of amazing"
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
coiumbIne Valley.
Mr. Grant Woodsof Big Bend wa

bIr. Grant Woods OF Big Bend waa
on our streets last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Jack OF Clover Mes-
dow spent Xmas in the valley rs the
guests Of MIR. and Mrs. q. II. Doan.
! The hunters sre quite numerous
now days. Hunting is good AZ there
is great focks Of wild geese in the
corntields.
Mr.. and Mrs ". H. Blosser spent
Xmas with the lstter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon Tweedie
Gland and Ruth Bowser enter
tanned a number OF friends at q
watch party last Saturday evening.
Those present were the Messrs. Coy
aud Gland Barnard, Ernest Pearce,
Harry McKibhon, Shad Cole, Orten
and Robert rwesdie and the Misses
Alice Barnard, Lily aud Elsie Bloss-
or, Laura Cole, Jennie LeVere, Net
tie McKibbon aud Edna Mosher.
The evening WAS spent playing
games until about eleven o'clock,
when oysters and pickles Wa. served.
All report n merry time.
Lily and Elsie Blosser came up
from Arnity aud spent the holidays
visiting relatives and friends. They
returned to Amity last Monday.
Miss Sarah Simpson, mother OF
Mrs G. r. Doan and Miss Martha
Simpson, returned from CLARK, South
Dakota, last Wednesday, aud will
probably make this her future home
Mrs. Frank Mckinney is reported
on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. s. Southard and
family spent Xmas day visiting Mrs.
Southsrd's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Martihdale, Of Star.
The entertainment given at the
school house Oh Xmas eve, was q
success in every respect, and espec-
tally the program which was highly
appreciated by all present.. Miss
Mosher certainly deserves much
praise in the manner the pupils we're
trained. Don.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Virtue In "holx WeIIs,u

Practically all the ills to which the
flesh is heir can be cured by one or
another Of the holy wells of England.
It is claimed. st. Ninan's, in Corn
wall. is said to restore lunatics to
sanity. but the patient must be i'm
mersed In the water and held there
until the breath has nearly left his
body. This seems a heroic measure.
But even this is not so severe as the
treatment which must be endured II a
madman is to be cured at Llandegla
Well. in Wales, for after the victim is
nearly drowned he is trussed like a
fowl and laid under the communion
table Of the neighboring church for the
night.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
ErIenda in AfflletIon.

In one Of our homes for aged, in
digent and crippled old men are a
blind contractor and q deaf mason
named respectively Shofer and CRUDE
An automobile snorted by. What be
that?" asked Shofer. CRUDE explain
ed. Its vast, noisy baste, for sure,
commented the blind. NOISY?
didn't hear no noise." said CRUDE "Bui
I seen It right enough. You be sore
afiiicted. Shofer. not to have the use
Of your eyesight." ut don't trouble
me, 1t don't" returned Shofer but
l thanks the Lord every time I looks
at ye I'm spared my hearing" Thus
one mans affiiction is another mans
score.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
A Hundred Year. From Now.

A hundred years from now. dear heart
We will not care at all:
II will not matter then n whit
The honey or the gall.
The summer days that we have known
VIII all forgotten be and flown;
The garden will be overgrown
Where now the roses fall.
hundred years from now, fond heart.
Well neither know nor care.
What came of all 1ifes bitterness
Or followed loves despair.
When all these years have flown. sweet
heart
The grief Will all be DER;
The sea Of care will surge In vain
Upon the careless shore.
A hundred years from now. sweetheart.
We will not mind the pain;
The throbbing crimson tide of life
VIII not have left stain.
This song we sing together. dear
VIII mean no more than means a tear,
Let's build one castle more in Spain.
And one more dream dream here
Lambert Norman Jackson.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

of the factory on display around
town show a very handsome build
ing, and one that will be both use.
full and ornamental.
In the meanwhile tho farmers oi
this vicinity are keeping up beet
shipments at greater pace than
ever and threaten to once more
swamp the factory at Rocky Ford.
The beet shipments from Morse
station were completed last week,
and the total for the season from
that small neighborhood was 1900
tons or nearly half the total from
Lamar for last season.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
The Baby Explains,

Some time ago, a day nursery gave
its little ones an outing at the beach,
AS group of them stood looking at
the ocean, one of them said, in an
awe-struck voice: Say, God must be
awful rich to be able to put so much
salt in the water! l wonder where he
gets all the water from, anyway
why. he turns hose into 1t from
heaven, and lets the water run all
night, q course" came tho unhesitat.
ing answer from a wee maiden exper..
s,ced In garden Irrigation.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Banner Democratic County Cap
turod.

Banner Democratic County Cap
turod.
At last-after writs and counter
writs, motions, appeals, and other
litigations, the Mcpherson returns
from Primero were counted by the
canvassing board this morning, the
canvass having been finished about
five minutes before twelve O'Clock.
The poll book which was left in
Denver by W. E. Morgan when he
returned from losing his suit before
the court of appeals, came in by OK
press on the Denver and Rio Grande
train at eleven O'Clock, and the board
met at once to finish the canvass.
The Bradford returns were thrown
out, and the full vote, giving q plur-
ality of about four hundred and
thirty to every candidate on the re-
publican ticket except Hogg, was
canvassed as sent in by the Nc
Pherson board Of judges. Msupin,
democrat, had plurality over Hogg
Of about two hundred votes.
This ends the matter of the Prim-
ero election for good, save a. it
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
MarmaIade a Partisan Novelty,

A woman just back from Europe
says that in Paris she noticed OH a res
taurant menu one day the two words
lie Dundee" She ordered it. The
waiter wore a smise of suppressed tri-
umph when he came back. "Le Dun
d." he murmured insinuatingly. and
helped her to two tablespoonfrls Of
her old friend, Scotch marmalade. It
seems that marmalade is quite the
caper in Paris now, but it is eaten at
dinuer. and in place of a sweet, with.
cut bread
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Newton Had Je,Iou. Mother.

The bachelorhood Of Sir Isaac New
ton was 4 puzzle to some Of his con-
temporaries. but others knew he re-
mained single solely on account Of his
mother. He thought the world of her
and her affection for him was un-
bounded. but her maternal love was
marred by jealousy. and whenever
her son thought of marriage or
evinced a passing interest in a pretty
face she wept and wrung her hands
and managed somehow to check true
loves course. He finally told her he
would give up all notion of marriage
as long as she lived. After her death
he found himself too deeply absorbed
In his scientific work and too mature
to think Of matrimony.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

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The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

The Pueblo Chieftsin publishes
this week an interview with a "well
posted beet sugar official," who says
the factory at Lamar will be started
q soon as the farmers plant the
bssts. II this "well posted" official
would look at the factory site now
he would see a very good imitation
of start on the factory and it is q
little cool for beet planting too.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
1 Think Of Thee.

I think of thee, I think of thee.
At first dawn of day,
! think of thee. l think of thee,
When from the east the sunbeams stray
When the early lark takes wing.
To carol forth his news of spring,
His notes to me one image bring,
And so / think of thee.
I think of thee. think of thee,
When the sun in the south is high;
l think of thee, l think of thee.
As MONDAY bright draws nigh;
As I wander in the grove.
The trillings of the birds above
Remind me of the one I love,
And SO think of thee.
1 think of thee. think of thee,
When the suns bright beams are gone;
I think OF thee. think of thee
AS evening hours come on;
Where glowing in the distant blue
Shine the stars so bright and true
Their beauty but reminds of you,
And so l think of thee.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Port orferd.. First Twins.

The population of Port Oxford Is in
creasing at $40 gait. The stork be-
slowed its blessing upon the home of
George Forty last Sunday at $3.50 p.
M. and dropped into the arms Of the
happy parents q daughter for each.
The doctor says they are as fine twins
as he ever saw. and that all parties
are doing nicely. They are said to be
the first twins born in Port Oxford,
and the whole town is delighted at
their arrival. Here's to your health
and your family's, George; may you
all live long and prosper" and may
the example you set have many fol-
lowers.-Port Oxford (Ore.) Tribune.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
KANSAS CAN AFFORD TO LOSE.
Tho Arkansas Rivers Orvness Helps
to Bring Real Rain.


Topeka-Recently in an interview
printed in the Star, I. A. Noftzsr,
state senator from Harper county,
declared that it would be better for
Western Kansas il this state should
lose its case against Colorado for
useing the water of the Arkansas
river. He intimated that he did not
intend TO support a bill for An in
creased appropriation for this case.
He said that there has been more
rain in the western part Of the state
since Colorado began using the water
than there was before. Charles
Scott, representative from Ness
county. has the following to say in
answer to Noftzer's statement in re-
gard to the increase in tho rainfall:
"The records also show that thir
ty years ago when there was no
water taken out Of the Arkansas riv
er in Colorado for irrigation or stor-
age, and all the water flowed down
the Arkansas river to the gulf, that
Southern and Southeastern Kansas
was a droughty country and pro
duced less crops than now. That
since then that portion OF Kansas
has become as productive, or more
30, than any other portion Of the
state. Senator Mothers theory is
right and all the people of Western
Kansas who have observed the chang
ed climatic conditions have long
since attributed it to the cause OF
water storage and irrigation in East
ern Colorado. What do the flooded
regions of Southeastern Kansas want
with more water anyway? Instead
Of spending state money fighting
Colorado on the water question,
Kansas should appropriate money
toward constructing reservoirs along
the Arkansas river in which to catch
the flood waters, and thus benefit
Southwestern Kansas and protect
the people, ftom Great Bend to Ar
kansas City. against loss by the an
nual devasting floods"
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
A Pathetic Letter.

A tenement house child of New York
who spent happy day in the home of
Settlement worker, wrote the fol.
lowing pathetic little account of her
visit in letter: Miss Blank lives in
big, beautiful house. There are
three floors and lots of rooms. should
think It would be hard Tor then to
find each other. there are SO many
rooms. 1t is not so hard to find each
other when you live in part of one
room. The floors were hard and
shiny, with little pieces of car pet on
them. No piece was big enough to
cover a whole room"
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Many soIdler.statesmsn.

Seven members of the present house
Of representatives served as soldiers
In the war with Spain. They are
Charles Dick, nineteenth Ohio district:
Ariosta A. Wiley, second Alabama:
Butler Ames, fifth Massachusetts,; Au.
gust P. Gardner. sixth Massachusetts,,
William Hughes. sixth New Jersey;
Francis B. Harrison. thirteenth New
York. and Wyatt Aiken, third South
Carolina. They ranged in military
rank from private to lieutenant
colonel.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
comes up in the contest suits.

COm06 up III INC ctutobt buits.
In one way or another, in the
Primero polling place has figured in
the courts almost steadily rince ear.
ly in October. when the county COM
missioners designated the new place
for holding the election.
Every republican candidate is
now elected on the face OF the re
turns ns canvassed, except Eugene
Garcia, candidate for clerk, who is
about twenty-five votes behind Vigil.
Mr. Vigil will make ont the election
certificates at once = Trinidad Chron
icle. :.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

II is stated that the Deleware leg
islature has placed q valuation of a
quarter million dollars on the sena.
torship. That state Is small but the
nerve Of its,legislstors is not.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

The record crop of sugar beets
in Colorado, during the fall Of 1904,
WAS harvested at Mack. near Grand
junction. this state. A small tract
averaged thirty nine tons to the acre
and the crop brought IS per ton, on
the cars.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

President Roosevelt it is unnounc-
cd will take fall out OF the Stand
ard Oil Trust if anything is left when
Lawson gets through.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

The supreme court has had the
stage to itself, for month now, but
will have to crowd over and make
room for the legislature. It prom.
ises to add to the excitement in Den
YER.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Port Arthur has surrendered at
last but the Cutler mountain mur-
der furnishes the daily papers with
enough sensational lies to fill up
space.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Russia is dispatching third fleet
to the east. They must have am
billions to e1cell Spain's submarine
feet.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

The legislature is now in session
and the politicians are are once more
in the limelight.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
English In Paris.

Anglomania is still increasing IL.
Paris. Formerly one used to hear OF
L. bale. le jeu de paume. Ia raquette
le ballon. ETC.; to-day everybody saws
"mous faisons du sport. du rowing. Gu
yachting. du football. du tennis. du
gslf." etc.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Old man Platt is not 30 dead in
New York but what he easily named
the senator for the next term.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

If every day this year is as pretty
q New Years all weather records
would be broken.