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The Lamar register., 1903-05-06
THE UP-TO-DATE DRUG COMPANY
=LEAPNG DRUGG!STS=
We working earnestly honestly INCREASINGLY give
anywhere in the west
sPEcrAcLEs AND EYEGLASSES.

sPEcTAcLEs AND EYEGLASSES.
This department has offered much real
satisfaction any department in our business. We
are equipped with every instrument necessary to
measure the most minute defects OF vision, and peo-
pie who know realize the necessity of taking
chances when the eye is in question.
Every pair of glasses are fully guaran-
teed and we stand ready to substantiate guar
antee at any time.
No Charge for Testing Eyes.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-06

Assessor Rosacrans is making his
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14

A Needle Flat in the Eye and n BIT Of
Thread VIII DO II I'm a Few
Seconds.

Most girls have had trouble In remov-
ing rings from their fingers. There Is
really no necessity for all this ado about
removing tight ring" said jeweler.
In that, as in everything else, the secret
Of success lies in knowing how to do it.
Here is recipe that have found un-
failing for removing tight ring, and
there is no painful surgical operation
involved, either. Thread a needle fiat
in the eye, using thread that is strong.
but not too coarse. Then pass the head
of the needle under the ring. Care, of
course. must be used in this. and It would
be best to soap the needle before begin
ming. The needle. having been passed
through. pull the thread through few
inches toward the hand-so."
BY this time the jeweler had passed
the needle and thread under the ring on
his own finger and was prepared to H.
lustrate the little lecture. Wrap the
long end of the thread around the finger
toward the nail in this manner. Then
take hold of the short end and unwind It
so. The thread, thus pressing against
the ring, will gradually remove 1t, how
ever tight or swollen the finger"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14

Under this head the Lancaster New
Era sketches vision of the immediate
future, when trolley lines shall stretch
for hundreds of miles without a break,
and when they shall not only carry
freight, but be equipped with buffet
cars and even sleepers. Why not? This
would seem to be the logical develop
ment of this new system of travelling
and the only opposition to 1t that
would amount to anything would prob
ably come from the railroads with
whose business it might be supposed
to interfere. But the railroads are al.
ready changing their views on the sub.
ject They now regard the trolley
rather as feeder than a rival. II
brings them patrons for long-distance
travel, while relieving them from much
of the local patronage which interferes
so seriously with their train move.
ments in the vicinity of large cities
Trains and trolleys should help each
other. There is room for both. and
the public demands the fullest accom-.
mediation on both.-Philadelphia Led
ger
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS.
Effective Method for the Aver
age Houselkeeper.

Now and then housekeeper wants to
know of some reliable way to preserve
eggs in time of summer plenty for the
midwinter season of scarcity, when eggs
are so much in demand for holiday
dainties. Most methods are somewhat
uncertain and some really affect the
taste of the eggs even If it keeps" them
In a general sense of the word.
Those who are studying the subject of
egg preservation otherwise than by cold
storage and In large quantities agree that
nothing is better than water glass. This
is a solution of silicate of soda which has
a consistency something like OIL If but
few pounds are needed the price is
about 25 cents pound But as 1t is to
be diluted nine times its bulk with cold
water, and one pound will cover about
$50 eggs, the cost is not so great. The
eggs must be perfectly fresh, not store
eggs, then stored in cool, dark place,
and experience proves that wood or
earthenware is better than metal, be-
cause after time water glass will cor
rode metal.
The theory Of preserving eggs in any
solution is to keep the contents of the egg
from evaporating through the porous
shell or to prevent air from entering
through the shell to the contents. Any
thing which completely closes the pores
of the shell If it be harmless itself is
good preservative. Some Of the SUBJ
stances used are too expensive even II
efficient; water glass is both effective
and inexpensive.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
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HEROINE OF THE JUNGLE.
American Woman Shot the Biggest
Tiger Ever Killed I'm the
Wflds of India.

Few women can boast of killing two
tigers, three bears, two panthers, and
a number of smaller animals. This is
the record established by Mrs. James
c. Donnet, daughter of John H. White
house, of The Larches, Irvington-on-
Hudson. Mrs. Donnet went to India
some time ago with her husband, who
is an officer in the British army, and
her surprised and delighted parents
have just received from her letter
which shows that their delicately nur-
tured daughter has been teaching the
athletic British girls few things in
the art of killing wild beasts in their
native jungle. The letter is in part
as follows:
II am the proud slayer of the larg-
est tiger ever shot in India. and he fell
at my first shot He measures ten
feet eight inches. has perfect coat
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14

Dancing a two-step to waltz time and
the grotesque positions assumed by the
dancers are the evils attributed to the
college fads that have vitiated the pub.
lie taste.
Some OF. these Students" said g
prominent professor. invent series
of simian contortions or football tactics
and call it the Yale glide or the
Harvard Dip or some other abom.
ination with college name to it. The
public thinks it is all right because the
college men do It, Now we want te
stop all this and bring dancing back tc
the old style, when a graceful carriage
enabled the dancers to express the
beauty of motion to music. The foot.
ball rush type of dancing is disgrace.
''The majority of people now seen
to dance the two-step to waltz music.
added Prof. Duenzeg. This is not right
The two-step is easier to teach, as 1t is
common time, but dancing It to waltz
music Is not correct movement"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
A WEIRD
FILTRATION
By
Margaret echerk
rTo ONE of the most prominent of

ITO ONE of the most prominent Of
this city's residents there once be-
fell the singular occurrence that is re-
lated here, and that he declares to have
been the most startling Of any he ever
experienced. He was staying with his
wife and children at hotel in great
commercial center. preparing to depart
on the morrow for pleasure resort.
1T was rather late in the afternoon"
said Mr.. Goldaracena. in speaking of the
affair, "and / occupied big, comfort
able lounging chair that | had drawn
into the bay window while / went over
the current periodicals.
Although my story was cheerful
and the room was cozy and warm. ex-
perienced an indefinite but distinct
feeling of chill.
"Vainly endeavored to dispel 1t, but
the shadow hung over me like pail,
vague yet insistent, unknown, un-
named, yet vital as death. and freezing
the very marrow In my bones.
There was such keen subconscious-
ness of horror near me that suddenly
tossed aside my book, and with gulp
of terror glanced apprehensively over
my shoulder-expecting to see know
not what
at was ferror tha mora farrihla from,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
DREAMING.

When the heavy clover perfume comes
a-drifting down the wind
(Oh your lips were red and tempting and
your kisses they were sweeD
There's sweetness all about me and a
whisper calls to mind
ooh, the marguerites! the marguerites
that clustered at your feetD
Calls TO mind the ways we walked In. old
time ways surprising fair.
And my cheek will feel forever where a
wind-blown tress OF hair
Gently touched 1t! till. half turning. ex-
pect to find you there!-
Oh. the lips O. you were laughing and
your kisses they were sweet!
oh. the lips o. you were laughing. and your
eyes were all aglint
GLOW the clover blossoms nodded, how
they whispered each to eachD
With the glories of the Junetime; soft re-
fiecting ev'ry tint.
(And you sat perched up above me on
prone and fallen beech)
Ev'ry fieck of sun and shadow that the
branches scattered down
All about us, fiecks of sunshine, gold and
amber, blue and brown,
And they quilted my heart forever as the
sea takes those who drown
Oh, your eyes they tantalized me! and
your lips were In my reach!
Oh. your brow was smooth and fairer than
e'er brow OF maid hath been,
uord. why ever did leave you? Earth
held never one like YOU'D
And the laughter brought the dimples in
your checks and In your chinl
(Never ways my feet have trodden
equaled those old ways we knewD
And your hands were in my hands then.
and your lips were close to mine
Now sometimes. when rapt in dreaming.
fingers seem to intertwfne
With my fingers as they then did. and see
your eyes ashine
And l see your sweet lips coaxing like a
red rose dipped in dew.
~. NJ Lewis. in Houston Post
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
BUSINESS IS Fatal,
Tact and u Calm, Easy Manner Are
the First Essentials of Really
Good Manners.

Etiquette is not mere code of formal
useless rules; it comprises the whole
range of good manners. and consequent
ly good breeding. tact, politeness and
charm. We begin to learn etiquette
when we are told to eat with a fork In
preference to a knife, or our fingers;
to sit with our feet under the table, in
stead of on it.
Many persons have an idea that per-
feet manners, and a knowledge of how
to act under all circumstances, is born
In those called uponto move in good so
ciety, and that it is snobbish to try sni,
obtain it through books. Than this
there can be no greater mistake This
children of the most cultured must SUBJ
nit to long education in etiquette.
Much, of course, comes to them almost
as naturally as speech, through the
knowledge their children possess; but
then the parents must have knowledge
In the first place. 1t is the perfect ac-
quaintance with what is good form, the
consciousness of feeling perfectly at
ease in whatever situation one may find
herself, that gives the easy air of good
breeding so full of charm, so well worth
attaining. Natural tact, innate refine
ment, go far. but they do not take one
all the way. any more than naturally
clever child can get on without any
teaching whatever. But one thing Is
certain-itis is only those who are natural
ly refined, and possess an Unborn tact.
who can ever hope to attain perfection
of manner, for the foundation of all good
breeding is tact.
A tactful person grasps situation In
an instant, and is at once prepared to
speak and act correctly, no matter what
company she may be in. She is neither
too familiar, nor too reserved.
Next to tact, calm, easy manner is
absolutely necessary to the attainment
of an air Of good breeding. Fussiness is
fatal. An over-accentuated politeness
and desire to please is more to be COM
mended, certainly, than the lack of both,
but it is almost as far removed from the
ease of good breeding.-N Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
WOMEN GOOD PEDESTRIANS.
in Parties of from Two
to Forty.

81 doubt If in any country in the world
a woman could travel alone with greater
safety and meet with more courtesy,
honesty and hospitality than in Nor
way" declared a woman who has ira
veled much and who claims as her birth
place the land of the midnight sum-" re-
lates the Brooklyn Eagle. This will
account for the fact, SO surprising to
strangers, of the long pedestrian tours
undertaken by parties of from two to 40
young women during the summer
months This is customary proceed
ing even among the wealthiest families.
count some of these tours among the
happiest memories of my youth.
"On one occasion made three weeks
trip afoot in the mountains In company
with friend-a girl of 10. II was two
O'Clock in the morning before we
reached our first stopping place, but We
felt no fear, and there was not the
slightest danger. Another night-warm
and glorious with moonlight-we
emerged from noble forest after mid
night and came upon a small house
perched on the mountain side. After
continuous knocking we succeeded in
arousing the inmates. They received
us kindly, but apologized for the poor
room they had to offer us, explaining
that (as customary in the country they
had four shoemakers stopping in the
house to make all the shoes needed In
the household for a year. We were a
little disconnected to find that we must
pass through the room where the shoe
makers were sleeping, in order to reach
the one allotted to us, which was Just
beyond and wholly guiltless of anything
in the shape of a lock. Nevertheless, we
slept peacefully enough and undis-
turbed.
Sometimes the tramping parties In
clude members Of the other sex, in which
case it is not considered necessary to
have chaperon. and there is never the
slightest hint of improperly. 1 was
one of a party of several dozen young
men and women making a pedestrian
tour one summer, when two nights of
the outing were spent in large barn.
There happened to be no unoccupied
rooms in the adjoining farm house, SO
the young women of oy party took pos
session of the upper floor Of the barn
and the men the lower floor, hay FORM
ing the beds.
''Yes, the Norwegian women are ex.
cellent edestrians-quite equal to the
men. This is due partly to the absence
until quite recently of street cars, which
naturally necessitated walking, and
partly to their healthful nourishine
food, sensible dress, early rising and
abundant exercise. Gymnastics form
large part of school life and coasting
skating and snowshoe walking are
practiced alike by young and old during
the long winter season."
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
MEXICAN SENORITAS.
Are in Their Prime from II to 20 as
to Facial Beauty, After That
Begin to Fade.

Much has been written of the beauty
of the senoritas of Mexico. Many a
tourist goes to the southern republic
with exalted ideas of the charms OF
the high caste young women with
raven hair, soft olive compilations and
bewitching eyes. Evidently the charms
of it's matchlessly balmy climate and
the wonderful picturesqueness of
scenes everywhere have blurred the
critical vision of many of the writers
when they came to dwell upon the
beauty of the senorltas in general.
A large part of the Mexican young wo-
men have prominent, heavy noses.
This characteristic is more noticeable
among the people in the rural pueblos
in the valleys, says a writer in the
Chicago Chronicle.
From IA to 20 most senoritas are in
their prime so far as facial beauty is
concerned. From 20 to 80 the dark
pigment in their complexion develops
rapidly and nine out of ten of them
ruin the softness of their compilations
Wy lhOi Qlu0tC uoC VI thC NOSbiOS&So oAA
face washes, which comprise a sur
prisingly large proportion of the ma
tional imports from Europe and the
United States.
There is no denying that the eyes
of the average Mexican girl, except in
the Awest classes, have a peculiar
mildness. The long, heavy eyelashes
over the dark eyes give an expression
Of seriousness and pathos that one
never forgets. The hair of the senorita
is seldom fine and fiossy. All the vo-
men in the peon class dock their coarse
hair squarely across the forehead,
while the young women of the upper
class deck their foreheads with an in
finite lot of frizzes and intricate mazes
of finely spun curls.
A curious fact is that some of the
old families in Mexico have followed a
fashion in hair arrangement charac-
teristic of the particular family for
several generations. For instance,
there is the rich and powerful Yorba
family of Chihuahua. Every women
in the family for more than 100 years
has frizzed, curled and plastered her
hair after the style Grandma Yorba IA
famous belle in her day and an ac-
quantance of old Queen Mercedes)
adopted in the last days of Spanish
dominion over Mexico.
The exquisite black lace mantilla
shading the eyes, the high comb and
the coral and pearl jewelry become a
senorita more than they would any
other woman in the world. Perhaps 1t
is the oddness of these graceful charms
that has won the general praise of so
many visitors to old Mexico. The
senorita at the opera with her coquet-
tish fan, her berosed hat and her gorge
curly colored silken gowns looks very
attractive, but at close range only a
few of the women have the freshness,
the vigor and the clear-cut, refined ex-
pressions of American young women of
like station.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
Arctic Relics.

A curious relic of the Baldwin-Zieg-
Ter polar expedition. which returned
last August, has been received by the
Americai consul at Bergen, Norway. 1t
is a message from Mr.. Baldwin, dated
June IL, 1902. from Camp Ziegler,
Franz Josef Land, asking for more
coal. hay. fried fish and sledges.
This message. neatly written on a
small piece of parchment, was inclosed
in a copper tube, which was inserted in
q large cork, shaped like top, with a
copper peg. which made 1t float like a
miniature buoy.
The cork top was picked ND at
vopuajord. Iceland, by a farmer, whc
handed it to merchant. and the lat
ter, carrying out the instructions con-
veyed in the message. forwarded it,
under date May 20, 1903, to Mr.. E. S.
Cunningham. the United States consul
at Bergen.-Philadelphi Public Led
ger.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14

and teeth two inches long. 1t took
16 men to carry him into camp and l
did it all myself and 1t was such a
difficult shot. l am sort of big bug
in camp now. The natives bow down
and kiss the hem of my dress. for
am the first lady who has ever shot
in these jungles. All, am lucky
beggar. So just listen while tell you
about it: =.
I'VE heard a tiger had killed lot
of deer in a piece of bamboo jungle
about six miles OF, SO I got about
40 beaters together and took up our
position near an open space. while
the beaters went into the jungle with
drums and horns, driving six buffalo
in front of them and making hideous
noises After about half an hour,
when the beat was nearly up to my
going full bat, so saw it was a case
of then or never, and although it was
a very blind shot let blaze at the
vanishing stripes as they flashed
through the bamboos.
"A roar and rush told me the mon
ster was hit, but could see nothing,
as the jungle was so dense. When the
shikar came up told him where
I had fired and got down and with
loaded rifles we approached the spot
where, about ten yards from where
fired, lay the very finest monster 1
ever saw and his great striped body
did indeed look like slain king of the
forest The shikar and all but
hugged in our excitement The mon
ster was indeed glorious with his ten
feet eight inches spread out in their
full, his gums rolled up, showing his
enormous teeth and his skin in It's
prime, and oh. SO beautifully black
and yellow.
II had already shot three bears, two
panthers and tiger. besides all sorts
of deer and other smaller beasts, and
when I saw that monster lying there
slain by my own hands it was the
proudest and happiest moment of my
life and I shall never get over the
feeling of exultation."
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
BOTH MIRROR AND WINDOW.

is also transparent or translucent, and
by means of it the plate is made re-
Elective. Thus the glass, while retain
ing its transparency, possesses all the
reflective properties of a mirror.
No notable Improvement has been
made in mirrors for long time, and
for this reason the news that new
method of coating them has been discov-
cred is of more than passing interest,"
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
"coME AWAY FROM THE WINDOW

COME AWAY FROM THE WINDOW"
its very ambiguity-dim,u unformulated,
hideous, unintelligible.
why did the very hairs of my head
stiffen, and the blood Of my body con-
gcal?
There was nothing, absolutely moth
ing, to arouse my fears. The children
were asleep; my wife, busy with pack
ing, hummed softly over her task.
cursed myself for a consummate idiot,
and hauling my chair nearer to the win
dow, endeavored to busy myself watch
ing the ebb and flow of humanity
through the busy streets.
Suddenly seemed to feel eyes upon
me, vividly luminous eyes, whose glori-
GUS effulgence burned upon my con-
seriousness; whose glance demanded and
enforced an instant recognition. l
looked this way and that, and there,
across the narrow way, standing at the
window of large apartment house op-
posite, | saw a woman, young, beauti-
full. and wreathing her lips the sweet
est and most inscrutable smile l ever
saw
Evidently she had been glancing my
way for some time, and as our glances
met, she smiled again, strange, slow,
subtle smile. then dropped her eyes de-
murely.
''She was Of peculiar yet placid cast
OF beauty, her features were of an ex-
quisitely classical type. her skin of
delicate pallor. like the cream of wa
ter lily or the waxon white Of mag
nolia blossom. one was gowned in pur-
est white, the delicacy of her skin be-
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14

No bad man is ever brought to re-
pentance by angry words, by bitter,
scornful reproaches. He fortifies him.
self against reproof and hurls back
foul charges in the face Of his accuser.
Yet, guilty and hardened as he seems,
he has heart, and may be melted to
tears by gentle voice. Who, there
fore, can restrain his disposition to
blame and find fault, and can bring
himself down to fallen brother will
soon find a way to better feelings
within Pity and patience are the two
keys which will unlock the human
heart. They who have been most sue
cessful laborers among the poor and
vicious have been the most forbearing
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14

Glass Retains It's Transparency, But
Possesses Reelection Properties
of Looking Glass.

Here is glass which apparently can
be used either as mirror or window
1t resembles mirror because it has the
ordinary silvered surface. yet it is un-
like mirror, because it is transparent.
On the back of the transparent or trans
lucent plate is coating which consists
of a silvering material, amyl acetate.
gun cotton and fusel oil. This coating
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
Peculiar to Samoa.

Kava. the national beverage of Sa-
moa, is a wholesome and refreshing
drink, though not agreeable to the un-
accustomed palate. A really good cid
kava-bowl is curiosity difficult to OBJ
tain. The frequent brewings coat the
inside with a beautiful opalescent
enamel, which greatly enhances the
value of the bowl.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
ROUGH DANCES MUST GO.
Are Held Up to Scorn by Professors
of the Terpsichorean Art.

Football tactics of the ballroom floor
r1ust stop. No more yale glides' or
Harvard dips" or distorted attempts
to tread a measure in two-four time
when the music calls for three beats in
the bar. Such is the ultimatum of the
American Society of Professors of Dane
ing.
War has been declared by the pro-
fcssors on what they call the invasion
Of their special field by college students.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
Not Welcome in Mexfco.

A correspondent of the Vienna Zeit
writes that, notwithstanding the hon.
ors heaped upon Prof. Adolf Lorenz in
the United States, hardly any atten.
tion was paid to him in Mexico. He
was not invited to demonstrate his
method, and the local German as well
as the Mexican doctors kept aiooi
from him. The Austrian ambassador,
Count Hohenwart, however, gave Z
dinner in his honor.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
Find n Wolf.

Shepherd had Dog whom he placed such great trust
would the flock his sole AS how
his back turned the Cur although well fed and
kindly treated used worry the Sheep and would sometimes kill
The found much his
had been abused and resolved hang the Dog without
When the around his neck he pleaded hard for his life
and begged hang Wolf who had
much harm the flock he had That be- replied the
sterny bu times the villain for all that
Nothing shall you from the fate which treacery deserves
whom am n
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14
The Retort Courteous.

Snapp-He's got scheme for making
money that seems to be all right in the.
ory
Skrapp-Huh! all men with theories
are fools
Snapp-Indeed. That's your theory, II
it?-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-11-14

Miss Fisher-Quite confidential cha,
you were having with Miss Kulcher. ]
fear you'll find me dull by comparison.
Mr.. Blunt-Not at ALL It's relief to
talk to girl who isn't clev-that fs-er
NOT at all! Not at ALL