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The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Colorado Soldiers Monument.

Denver. May 25.-As soon after the
Memorial Day exercises are over as Is
possible the commission having in
charge the erection of the monument
to Colorado veterans who died in the
Civil War will meet and decide upon
the details of the work. This COM
mission is composed of Governor Nc
Donald, Department Commander Geo.
w. Curfman and John d. Rowland, the
artist. A few days ago the governor
notified the other members that the
money was available for the monument
and that plans for its erection should
be taken up. Yesterday Commander
Curfman and Mr.. Howland called upon
the governor and 1t was decided to call
a meeting as soon after Memorial Day
as possible.
Fifteen thousand dollars was appro-
priated by the Legislature for this pur-
pose. The law provides that the COM
mission must first select a site on the
capitol grounds for the monument and
then advertise for designs.
When the designs are submitted the
most suitable will be chosen by the
commission and the contract let for the
stone work.
1t is likely that the site selected will
be the one upon which the fiagpole in
memory of the Colorado soldiers who
died in the Spanish War now stands.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Possibilities Of a Hot Egg.

A sign. Hot Egg Sandwich" kp-
pealed to the pompous young lawyer
and briskly he entered the restaurant.
AN egg sandwich addressing tie
courteous waiter and looking about
the crowded dining room imperiogs-
ly.
. No sooner had the sandwich receiv-
ed a cursory examination from the
particular lawyer than he shouted in
dignantly:
Here. waiter. this is not what
ordered"
You ordered an egg sandwich, sir
humbly reioined the waiter.
"And this egg, you driveling Ounce"
sputtered the patron as he disclosed
a portion of a chicken lodged between
the slices of bread.
MY dear sir" expostulated the
waiter most generously, you evident
ly are not able to appreciate the posi-
bilities of hot egg. New York
Times.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
DENVER MAN BLOWN TO ATOMS
Merritt B. VALLEY Instantly Killed by
NitrosIycerine or Dynamite on
Capitol Hill in Denver.

Denver, May 25.-By a terrible and
mysterious explosion Merritt B. Wal
ley of 1716 Marion street was literally
blown to atoms al 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. The tragedy occurred on the
vacant lot at ColfaX avenue and Emer-
son street.
Valleys two children, Edna, aged
thirteen, and Raymond, aged eleven,
both pupils in the Emerson school, on
Ogden street, between Fourteenth and
Colfax avenues, heard the deafening
roar and shuddered. Mrs. Valley was
awaiting the return of her husband at
the home of her sister, Mrs. w. T..
Backensto, 919 East Seventeenth awe
Backensto, 919 East Seventeenth ave-
explosion, as did nearly every one in
the city. and with her sister she rushed
into the front yard and watched the
cloud of dust vanish in the air.
The news that Valley was the vic
tim of the deadly explosive came to the
wife and children with staggering
force. Completely stunned by the sad
affair. Mrs. VALLEY is prostrated at her
home.
Whether the explosion was due to
dynamite or nitroglycerine, whether it
was purely an accident or a prerledi-
tated suicide, and If the former how 1t
occurred, are the questions that are yet
puzzling the police and coroner.
Valley came to Denver from Ward,
Colorado, to join his family last Mon
day. He had been working steadily
for several months in Ward, and had
secured a position in this city as engi-
neer at the Tabor block. where he was
to go to work last night. He was in
excellent health and of CHEEKY dispo-
sition. He was deeply attached to his
L L.. 4 In M
financial difficulties. He owns property
at Leadville, which is profitably rented.
and also owns some lots in this city
and has an account at the Columbia
Savings Bank. Accordingly, his
friends say, all possible motives for sui
eide are lacking.
Yesterday morning he started out
from his home, in company with his
wife, for the purpose of looking at a
house at the corner of Twelfth and
Pennsylvania avenues, which they
were contemplating renting. hey
walked together as far as the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Backensto. on Seven
teenth avenue, when Mrs. VALLEY COM
planned of being tired.
You go on and look at the house.
! will stay here and visit for a while,
said Mrs. VALLEY.
"All right" replied Valley. Il will
go on and you stay here and rest. l
will stop for you on my way back"
Mrs. Valley went into the Backen-
sto house and sat chatting cheerfully
with her sister. Valley went down to
Emerson street and turned toward Six
teenth avenue. He had no package with
him that might conceal dynamite. In
less than five minutes the explosion
occurred. 1t is thought that on reach
ing the cutoff on Emerson street, near
Colfax avenue, VALLEY took .--e path
across the lot. Noticing the can or
odd-looking object, he kicked it. There
was flash, a roar and Valleys re.
mains were blown in all directions.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Story Game.

In the story game the company
agrees upon as many nouns as there
are players-each in turn contributing
one. Each person writes these words
at the top of his sheet of paper, and
the game consists in writing short
story, introducing the nouns in the
order in which they have been given.
AT the end of the time agreed upon
they are read aloud by the leader or
hostess. while the others try to guess
,he authorship. For instance, the
nouns proposed are boy, favorites,
horse, wood, girl, dragon. fire, flags.
cigarette, photographs. prize. ring.
One player will perhaps produce
something like this:
81 took a boy to the circus the other
day Among favorites one horse was
easily first; many seemed made oil
wood. The one we favored was rid
den by dashing girl, who looked as
if she could manage a dragon as easily
as the horse Her eyes were full OF
fire. She reminded me of Ouida's
heroine in Under Two Flags'-Cigar-
ette. snatched a photograph OF her
with my kodak as she dashed past.
or course. the horse won the prize
or whatever the blue ribbon is called
for he was, by all odds. the best in
the ring"
Another player writes:
"Ah, how the days of chivalry stir
red me as boy! One of my favorites
was that of horse passing through
a gloomy wood, ridden by young and
beautiful girl. Suddenly great and
eau.a dro oop ruShes forth from his
lair. belching forth fire and smoke
in puffs. as a man smokes a cigarette.
The courage of the maiden falters
and flags, when suddenly nozzle
knight appears. who. with blow OF
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
polNes OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Zen Million-DoIiar Fund for Disabled
Ministers-Would Withdraw From
Christian Endeavor Union.


Ministers-Would Withdraw From
Christian Endeavor Union.
Winona Lake. Ind, May 25.-The
General Assembly. of the Presbyterian
Church yesterday heard. discussed and
approved and recommendations incor'
porated the reports of committees on
foreign missions and Sunday school
work; appointed committee to in
vestigate and report on the feasibility
OF the plan of Justice Harlan Of the
United States Supreme Court for the
erection of central Presbyterian
cathedral at the national capital. and
endorsed project which proposes the
collection OF permanent fund of $1O.-
10000, the income from which Is to
be expended in anniiities for aged min
listers of the Presbyterian church and
their families.
The committee on sustenance was
commanded to undertake the work OF
establishing this fund. The committee
now has a permanent fund of nearly
81 100000 with which to begin oper-
ations. The remainder is to be raised
among congregational contributions.
gifts and an insurance scheme by
which a minister may. by paying about
$24 year for thirty years. draw an
annuity of $500. Before the thirty
years have elapsed it is estimated the
permanent fund will be sufficient to
increase the annuity to $1,000. There
are $50 ministers entitled to share in
this annuity plan.
The assembly will undertake to get
control of its young people by trans
ferring them from the jurisdiction OF
the Christian Endeavor Union to the
direct care of the Presbyterian church.
On the subject of foreign missions,
the report of the board. as read by DR..
G.. n. Lacock of Chicago. showed the
expenditures for the work in Africa,
China, Japan, Korea, Mexico. Persia,
the Philippines. Siam. Lagos, South
America and Syria.
The receipts for the year ending in
April were $1.1S4.77S. and disburse-
ments s1.1sS,422. A deficit of $i1.OOO
in 1904 has been reduced to S3s.762
The report urged special Christmas
and New Years contributions from
Sabbath schools and asked for s15Oo.-
900 for foreign mission work next year
A new church in Korea was recon-
| mended.
Secretary Halsey of the board. who
spoke on the report, said not half OF
the enormity of the atrocities on the
Congo river was known and that day
of reckoning was coming for the king
of Belgium.
The assembly adopted all the recon-
mendations of the foreign missions
board and decided that the fitness of
candidate for foreign mission should
be determined by his presbytery.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Trick With Cards.

Here Is a card trick that any bright
boy can perform, and little practice
will make him so skilful that no one
can detect ii. Hold out the pack face
downward and ask some one to draw
out four cards. Then ask him to look
at then and to think of one of the four.
OF course he must not tell you what
card he thought Of
When he hands the four cards back
TO you you must put two of them at
the top. but you must do this so skill
fully that il will not be noticed. Here
is where your practice will be needed.
Now, in handling the pack, with
draw four cards of any sort, no matter
what they may be, and place them un-
der the two cards that you have put at
the bottom of the pack. Then, taking
six cards from the bottom, spread
them out on the table and ask the per
son If the card he thought of is among
them.
If he says no, you are sure that it is
one of he two that you put on top.
You then pass those two cards to the
bottom. and. Withdrawing one of
them, You lay it on the table, asking
him If that is his card.
II he says no again, take up the
card put it on top of the pack and
then, extending the pack toward him,
tell him to draw his card from the
bottom-and his card is sure to be
ths'e.
If when you lay down the six cards
he says that his card is among them.
you take up the four cards that you
have put on the bottom of the pack
and put them on top. putting the other
two at the bottom. Lay one of these
on the table. and. if he says it is not
his, ask him to draw from the bottom
of the pack as in the other case.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
CROP OUTLOOK GOOD.
Colorado Farmers viii Do Well This
Year,

Denver, May 25.-Crop conditions
are generally favorable on the western
slope, but not so favorable on the east
ern, 1t is said by the weekly crop bull
letin issued by F. II. Brandenburg, the
section director of the United States
Weather Bureau. The bulletin treats
exhaustively of the crop conditions
taking reports from each county. 1t
says that while heavy rains have done
some damage and that cut worms are
active, the general outlook Is good
Gardens are backward but In good con-
dition.
An extract from the bulletin follows:
"In the western counties the weather
has been generally clear. with tempera-
ture about normal, and while some rain
has fallen, the amounts have been be-
! low the normal. On the eastern slope
the temperature has averaged about
one degree or two degrees below nor
NAL, with cloudy weather and numer-
GUS showers; the rainfall. however, has
been slightly below the normal, except
in the Arkansas valley and extreme
southeastern counties. The creeks In
the various parts of the state are ris-
, ing rapidly, and many bottom lands are
under water. Conditions have been
generally favorable to crops on the
western, Du1 rather oh tii'
eastern slope. Heavy rain asld hail on
the 18th and 10Th damaged grain, gar
dens and fruit In the eastern counties.
the Arkansas valley and along the d.
vide. Vegetation has been almost al
a standstill on the eastern slope, but
the various crops remain in good con
dition, except that cut worms are injur-
ing beets and alfalfa in Weld county.
Seeding and planting are well ad-
vanced, especially on the western
slope; east of the mountains work is
being pushed as rapidly as conditions
permit. Winter and spring wheat and
rye continue in good condition, also
other small grain; early paintings of
beets and potatoes are coming up, and
beets are being cultivated in the north
central section. Gardens, while back
ward, are coming on nicely. Ranges
are improving. The condition of fruit
is generally good and prospects excel
lent, excepting peaches; plum, apple.
apricots and pear trees are In bloom
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Fun in an Echo Game.

There is scarcely anything in nature
that exerts the fascination over every
one alike that does an echo. and, com.
mon as it may become, there is al
ways feeling of mystery about it
that holds us with a charm.
or course, we all know that 1t is
merely the reflection of sound from
some object, as the side Of house or
rock or hill; but often we cannot
tell how far away the object is that
causes it. Here is way to tell, every
time. and with little care you may
become quite expert in reckoning the
distance.
Holding watch in your hand, shout
single syllable, as "Ho!" or "Ha!"
and count the number of seconds from
the time you shout until the sound
comes back to you. Now. sound
travels at about the rate of 1925 feet
a second, SO the number of seconds
that elapse multiplied by 1925 will
give the distance in feet Travelled by
the voice in going to the object and
back to you again, and one-half of that
number will be the number of feet
away that the object is.
OF course, the object may be only a
f.w hundred feet away. in which case
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
German Ruler in a FroIic.

The German emperor and empress
can unbend on occasion. A berlin pa.
per prints a letter from a member of
the crew of the imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern describing the Easter day romp
of Emperor William and the empress.
Aher the sailors had received their
Easter eggs and other presents they
wera all sent below while their
majesties hid oranges in the cabins
and in various places around the deck.
The sailors then returned and hunt
ed for the oranges you have found
all but two" said the emperor at
length. and there was a fresh hunt.
Finally one of the sailors saw the en-
peror's pocket bulging- put his hand
into and took out an orange. The
ether oragne was found III the EN-
press parasol.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Get two strong boxes from grocery
store, about two feet by three feet in
size, and nail them enuwise as in Fig.
l. Then nail two boards about four
fee. long across, underneath the boxes,
as shown in the sketch.
First see that your boxes are as
near water tight as you can get them
ard make them so by caulking up all
cranks with oakum soaked in tar, or
fill up all cracks with putty. A good
plan would be to cover the whole bot
tom and sides with canvas and tar it
over, and, lacking tar. paint it. Now
pro,. -~e two wooden coal oil cases,
C C, Wig. 2. with two sound empty
coal oil cans in each. Paint or tar
these cans outside and see that they
are air-tight. Nail the wooden cases
on to tho boards, F F. and also to the
boxes, A B, as shown in Fig. 2. G3
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Money for Portland Display.

Denver, May 25.-E. Lyman White.
Portland Fair commissioner, who has
been touring the state with the hope of
securing a fund of $4,000 to exploit
Colorado at the Exposition, returned
yesterday sanguine of success. He saw
the commissioners Of Summit, Lake,
Pueblo and FL Paso counties, and all,
with the exception of Ell Paso, ex-
pressed themselves as favorable to his
plan.
1t is hoped by Mr.. White that each
of the counties in the state will sub
scribe $3.50 and that other funds will be
secured by private subscription. The
money will be used for an educational,
horticultural and general display show
ing the resources and advantages OF
Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
A Japanese Game.

A game popular with both grown
people and children in Japan is played
as follows:
One hundred well-known proverbs
are selected, each divided into two
parts. each part printed on separate
card. The host has the hundred first
halves. which he reads aloud; one by
one. The hundred second halves are
dealt to the other players, who place
their hands upward upon the "Tata'
mi" or thick mat of rich straw on
which they sit. AS the first half of
any proverb is read the holder of the
second half throws it out. or. if he
sees it unnoticed among his neishbors,
seizes it and gives him one of his own.
The player who Is first out" wins.
1t is very simple game, but it affords
great deal of amusement to the
players. for the quick-sighted and
keen-witted are constantly seiZing the
cards of their duller and slower neigh
bors. This leads to much laughter
and good-natured teasing.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Murderers Again Reprieved.

Denver, Colo. May 25.-Frederick
Arnold and Newton Andrews. the boy
Murderers of Mrs. Amanda Young
blood, were granted reprieve of three
weeks by Governor Mcdonald yester-
day This postpones the execution
from this week. the scheduled. to the
week of June 18th, although. If the
case is taken up by the United States
Supreme Court, as Attorney Willis V.
Elliott hopes, it probably will take sew
eral years for decision.
The reprieve is as follows:
Newton Andrews and Frederick Ar
mold are hereby granted reprieve un-
til the week beginning Sunday. Juno
II, 1905"
II the United States Court refuses to
consider the matter the execution Is
expected to take place about June
18th.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Probably one or two more oil cans
at d may be found very desirable. OF
course. If you can cover the whole
underneath part of the canoe with can
vas and tar 1t over. and thus Ike ,p
out the water from the partitions ID ID
and e E. the boat will travel faster.
The boat will float when completed
up to the stage shown in Fig. 2,
forming raft: but the addition of
the boards H II to cleave the water
will make it much more like a boat.
This is not in any way intended to
compare with a purchased boat or
canoe. 1t is simply a cheap, home
made article. that any boy living on a
lake or river or the sea can make for
himself at the cost of about S1.OO, and
his parents need have little fear of
accidents, as 1t cannot sink SO long az
the empty oil cans are kept air-tight.-.
Montreal Herald.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

the sound will come back in less than
a second, but you may determine the
diEtance, nevertheless, by calling 1t
again as you hear the echo. not before
or after it, but just with it.
With little practice you can do
this. Repeat the call ten or twelve
tines, counting the seconds between
the first call and the last echo. Sup
pose, for example, that the time is
seven seconds, and that you called
the syllable ten times; then that echo
took seven-tenths of a second, and the
distance, found in the same way as
before. is about 1894 feet.
Having amused yourself with the
mathematics of an echo, you may find
diversion in 1t as game.
Any number can play, one being
chosen to tell story. The other
players have names given to them
that will be mentioned in the story.
and the storyteller must not forget TO
call each one of them once or twice.
If he calls a name once, the bearer OF
II must echo it twice; If he calls 1t
twice in succession, the bearer must
echo it only once.
The story should be SO interesting
that the players will forget to echo
their names, or echo them the wrong
number of times, and then they mnst
pay forfeit.
A bright boy or girl might tell a
good story of shipwreck, giving the
players such name as ship. captain.
mate, passengers, masts. sails. wind.
wave, rocks, sailors, lifeboats. etc. II
it is about wolf hunt the name
should be hunter, gun. powder. bullets.
dogs. cave, tree, grass, etc.
With good storyteller, the game
would be very amusing.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Shields and EmbIens.


Now that every boy. and girl, too, Is
wearing an emblem of some sort on
his collar or sleeve, 1t is interesting
to know the meaning of some of them.
They are mostly those used in the
United States army, and it will be a
good memory test to try and locate
Just what the eagle or other emblem
on your new REFER indicates.
A general wears two silver stars,
with the arms of the United States
between.
acknowledgement shows three
silver stars.
A major-general. two silver stars.
A brigadiergeneral. one silver star.
A colonel, a silver spread eagle.
A lieutenant-colonel, two silver
leaves.
A major. two gold leaves.
A captain, two silver bars at each
end.
A lieutenant, one silver bar at each
end.
A second lieutenant. plain straps
without any narks.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Proctor Buys Washington Property.

Senator Proctor of Vermont is be-
coming one of the largest owners of
real estate in Washington. He seems
10 have great faith in the permanence
of values in that city. Recently he
purchased the Glover building, a mod
crn office structure on F street near
the treasury. and he Is also extensive
y engaged in building operations. To
carry these on he has organized a
company and will use marble from his
Vermont quarries in large seven
story apartment house on X street.
near Fifteenth. and also a large Office
structure. to be rented to the govern
ment at the corner of Vermont avenue
and Fifteenth street, n. w.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
He Wasn't a Legislator.

A travelling man who makes" Kan
sas City frequently was dining in tho
cafe of one OF the large hotels when
he thought he'd play a trick on his
waiter. See that man at the next ia
BILE. George?" he said.
The waiter nodded assent. That's
DR.. Alonzo Tubbs. the Missouri legis-
lator. who is trying to stop tipping"
The waiter grew interested at once.
We'll. amt dat too bad" he said.
Abs been waitin' on him too"
We'll. you won't get any tip there"
SAID the travelling man. "Ah sutting-
ly treated him right" replied the
waiter.
"A few minutes later the man at
the other table left and the waiter re-
turned to the travelling man. Well"
said the drummer. what did I tell
yol?" "'Xcuse me, sab, but ah
thinks you tole me er fabrication
said the waiter. grinning. Dat man
amt legislatah-he's a gentleman"
The man had given him a quarter.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Dandelions.

No matter how many flowers come
later, nor how beautiful they are. it
is doubtful If any give the delight that
the golden dandelions do. The name
dandelion comes from the French
words dent de lion." which mean
"lion's tooth" so called on account
of the deeply notched leaves of the
flower.
The use of the dandelion is very old.
and derives one of its many names
from popular game of the Germans.
who call it the chain flower. or ring
flower. Garlands of these are used in
dances, the children holding long
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
The Hop.over Game.

Stand all the players in a ring,
about two feet apart. except one
player, who must stand in the center.
He must hold one end OF a long, strong
string. To the other end tie book.
or any other article of similar shape
and weight. wrapped up in paper.
Now. the player in the center must
whirl the parcel around and around
the circle on the floor. The game is
that any one whose feet are touched
by the parcel or the string must be
it and take his place in the center.
Consequently. in order to escape this
awful penalty, every player must
jump over the parcel or string when
ever it comes around this way.
OF course the book is whirled
| around faster and faster every time
so you can imagine the lively jump.
ing that goes on. And woe to the
slow one! For it is likely that the
string or parcel will not merely touch
his feet. but wind around and round
his ankles. making him a hopeless
prisoner.
This is a jolly game for out OF
doors.