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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

To make colored muslins look like
rev boil one quart of wheat bran in
six quarts of water for half an hour
Strain through cloth. and when cool
wash the dress in this, using neither
soap nor starch. Rinse lightly in
clear water. to which little OK gall
has been added. II colors are to be
set. tablespoonful of the gall is the
usual amount. II there Is no danger
of fading. teaspoonful is enough.
When nearly dry. iron. This prepare
ton of bran both cleanses and stiff
ems the fabric.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Fixing Up the Coy Corner.

IA corner settle made for a room
|th high window ledge suggests pos
bilities for the living room or den. -
be settle is made of white wood
|ameled in light oak color. The
lace between the window and seat
filled in with curtained book
|elves. The ends OF the settle have
carved design which matches the
Jew art" pattern of the paper-a To-
S variation forms the motive. This
at is upholstered with brown plush.
be big square pillows are of brown
nsh and brown gold cloth. One pill
Nv covered with a shadow silk in
III rose. brown and green gives
>te of warmth.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
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Meats for roasting should not be
washed, but should be wiped with a
damp cloth.
The dishcloth in well-regulated
house should be boiled with soda once
or twice a week.
If before grinding the morning cof-
fee the berries be heated for a few
minutes. 1t will improve the coffee.
Boil all tinware and frying pans in
big copper. with soda in the water,
erlodically, then scour with sand.
A novel idea seen recently were
book shelves of ordinary pine. covered
with green burlap. stretched tightly
ever the wood. This made a most
pleasing background for the books.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Ever since fashion veered around
to soft. lightweight stuffs that could
be shirred and draped and tucked and
made into full, wide cost';.hes. manu-.
lecturers all over t'e world have
been working to turn heavy fabrics
into light, stir materials into supple,
without losing the characteristics of
each material
Nobody thought it could be done
with tareta. yet soft finish taffeta has
been achieved. and has leaped into
popularity with single bound. Among
the spring suits none is much prettier
;ran those in which taffeta plays an
iisS'"6iaiih fPf l part r....-
just the least touch of shade" dark
e. in color. and the jacket-a rather
short. jaunty little affairs of the
taffeta, tucked in the prettiest of
Ways.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Cutely turned up across the front is
the spring hat Of bronze-colored
erin" or horseshoe braids. The
crown is softly indented on top. The
brim is broad enough to be quite high
when sheerly turned up in front. and
gives the effect of triangular hat at
sides and back. Folded bands Of rich
bronze-colored velvet, with a five.
lcoped bow OF the same, laid in front
en- upturned brim and resting almost
on the hair. constitute the trimming.
One superb pale rose-colored ostrich
plume almost encircles the hat. 1t
starts at the back and continues
around the crown. but at the left side
it curls over the brim, and hangs
down toward the back.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
SOME ODD BELIEFS AND
FANCIES OF SAILORMEN

singing the while. Yet at one time
there was such firm belief in mer-
maids that it became imperative to
obtain some proof of their existence.
Nothing really satisfactory and
lasting was obtained-because the
relic invariably broke up on a cold
scientist.
Strange Visits.
In Moore's Life OF Byron" it is re-
lated that Capt. Kidd told Byron that
the ghost of bis brother. then in India,
visited him At sea and lay down in his
bunk, leaving it damp with sea water
Afterwards he found that his brother
was drowned at that exact hour and
night
This is the old Teutonic belief in
GoEgers-the ghosts of those drowned
at sea who visit their kindred and an
nounce their own deaths. They always
appear at evening twilight in the
clothes in which they were drowned,
leaving track of water over the floor
and wet covers on the bed The West
country wives, when their men at
sea in storm will not, if they can
- Z. -f--------Ah-.-- ,ao--ta- knock at
There is a queer story related of a
Canadian schooner, with lot of things
in it which could be explained, no
doubt, if only we knew everything. One
voyage a man fell from her foremost
and was killed. Shortly afterwards an
other hand fell from the same mast.
and died. After which there was
cabin into which none would re-enter
ho, ,t,,rv
once been in 1t. The men would not
go aloft in the foremost: they saiS 1t
was not necessary to have any more
hands up there. There were two al
ready. The ship had luck all the
way in, and the crew left her. Nor
could another be obtained, for the
yarn had gone round the town. Even
tually the mate persuaded a new. lot
to ship who had just come of salt
water and were new to the place.
Straddling over the bulwarks, one of
them looked aloft. "Hullo." he said,
why have you got fgurehead on
the foretruck?" ut must be Bill"
gasped the mate involuntarily. He
was sorry he spoke. The new lot
tumbIed ashore at once. And 1t Is a
fact that yet more accidents hap
pened that voyage. which finished
with the laundering of the schooner.
The Flying Dutchman.
OF all legends of sea-phantoms, Van
derdecken is the best known. His
ship is a double-decker, always to
windward. and is sometimes seen in a
fog during clear weather. She is of
ten under full sail in a gale, and has
been seen sailing under the clouds.
Unusual weather conditions explain
most of her wonders, as, for example.
the well-known fact that under some
circumstances a clear reflection of
ship may show, while the vessel itself
is hundreds of miles away.
But there is steamer captain some
where in this world who really has
seen the Flying Dutchman. was
told by the skipper who sailed the an
tique convict ship Success from Aus
tralia to London. for exhibition. that
when in the seas of South Africa one
bright moonlight night, he spied a
steamer bearing down on them. The
skipper said that even to himself his
boat looked like the ghost Of an
ancient wreck and he wondered what
the steamers watch would think. He
soon found out. The course of the
steamer was deliberately altered, and
she stood off at tangent.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
biblical Arithmetic.

To the number of times Paul was
stoned add the number of times he was
ship-wrecked; add the number of
times he was beaten with rods; multi
ply by number of times he received
forty stripes save one; add the num-
Der of fathoms at first sounded when
Paul was shipwrecked; add number
OF days they sailed; multiply by num-
Der of anchors cast out, and the re-
suit will be number of persons on
board the ship that was to carry Paul
to Rome.-Ram's Horn.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Their New Corset.

Women are to no longer wear the
peculiarly low corset. They owe the
change to the Marie Antoinette fash
ions. The straight, high stomacher
front is required to give these bodices
the straight line required from the
bust line to the deep point. Though
built on Queen Anne lines. these cor
sets are luxurious. with no torturing
wood and iron, such as that monarch
and her ladies' endured. The straight
front effect is thus retained. only 1t IS
elongated And there are the support
ers! 1t is said that an old corset of
the day of Queen Anne actually shows
traces of these same supporters.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

We who have had SO much of the
nonsense knocked out of us by living
in great towns are still not wholly
cleared of the ancient fancy that
there is more in the night than dark
ness.
The sallor-out in the darkness and
solemnity of the great grave place.
with only an inch between him and
what comes after-would he not be
callous indeed If he did not think
there was more in the world than
what is seen?
Yet no sailor is superstitious nova
days. writes correspondent in the
London Morning Leader. He would
tell you SO hlmself-like Mark
Twain's honest man. He has no OBJ
lection to sailing on a Friday; he
thinks it ridiculous to believe that
Finn can raise a storm. But If you
are with him 'ong enough you will
find that he has little ritual and
creed of his own which betray him
you will catch him one day propitiat-
Ting the unknown, though in a manner
ever SO small.
but little difference you will find the
lsame superstition in Cornish lugger
'and Chinese jurk. When the
ground swell begins to moan along
the shore the sea wants someone"
say the Danish fishermen. They
think the same in Cornwall. in the
Shetlands, and wherever a regular
tribute of lives is paid to the waters.
The idea that the ninth, or, in some
cases, the tenth wave. was the death
wave was the belief of the ancients
when the Atlantic was the Sea of
Darkness. 1t still survives today in
many widely-separated places.
Whistling for Wind.
Once, when becalmed on Devon
trawler. l remember hearing the skip
per, as he sat with his hand on the
tiller gazing round the hazy sea, con-
tinually whistle for a wind. The
boatmen do the same on the Ganges,
the Greenlanders believe in its eff
cheney, and SO do the Swedes, the
Germans, and indeed nearly all the
worlds sailors. Whistling is wind
raiser. Or another good plan is to
scratch the fore or the mizzenmast
with a knife, holding the handle in
the desired quarter. But only whistle
when there is a calm; to whistle in
a wind may lose you the ship.
1t is not surprising TO find a belief
in Jonahs common to ALL There
must be found in all sea nations
person occasionally of whom it will
be darby whispered in the forecastle,
when ill-luck dogs the vessel "a face
like that would sink any boat"
But 1t is eerie TO find that women.
priests. and lawyers are Jumped
broadly as Jonahs by all experienced
sailors.
A Cornish fisherman spoke to
woman who met him every day, and
wished him good luck. But he never
had any-until he ceased to meet her.
The same fatality in women has
been noticed In Japan among seafar-
ing folk. No Japanese sailor is
pleased to meet a woman when going
to his fishing boat,
From time immemorial sailors
have seen snakes, krakens, and other
monsters. so we may take this to be
sort of habit. These creatures are
still seen, even from steamers. But
the mermaid never. She has gone.
Steamers perhaps have no time to
wait about while she combs her hair,
which she always did very leisurely,
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Felt is almost universally used for
outing hats, and will continue to be
fashionable throughout the summer.
The marquis and Napoleon shape will
reign supreme. and another shape that
will vie with it is soft, hairy felt.
that comes in grays, tans and whites.
in a cap shape that is reminiscent of
the days of Henry VIII, which is al
most universally unbecoming to all
women. Therefore it is destined to
have a short life. The three-cornered
hats are worn almost universally for
horseback riding. They are comfort
able and not easily disturbed by high
winds.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Mp9ude.ir y
;AfaConfidences

Baby-dresses, built on old.time mod
els, are made dainty with narrow
laces. For the tots who can't wear
short sleeves and low neck. come
guimps of lace and insertion to wear
with these dresses.
Shocking. done in three little
points. makes an inexpensive, but
charming. trimming for a two-year-
ole's morning dresses.
soft gray suede is the foundation for
beautiful girdle. which is studded
wiki cut steel beads and ends in a cut
steel buckle.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

The general fact is apparent that
education is force restraining vice
and crime. Where it is purely intel
lectual it restains by teaching the
truth expressed in the homely proverb,
Honesty is the best policy; where 1t
rises to the dignity of Christian
education it teaches not only the re.
straint of the intellect. but the higher
restraint of the conscience. In either
case It is restraining force, a moral
power. over the appetites and passions
of men.-Edward d. Mansfield.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Much Remains to Be Learned.

Sir William Ramscy. the great Eng
lish scientist. said: IAN our progress
since the time of Sir Isaac Newton
has not falsified the saying of that
great man-that we are but child
rem. picking up here and there peb-
BILE from the shore of knowledge.
while whole unknown ocean stretch
es before our eyes. Nothing can be
more certain than that we are just
beginning to learn something of the
wonders of the world in which we
live and move and have our being"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Defined.

Congressman Burnett of Alabama
recently met an aged colored man
who had in his old age learned to
read.
at is a great thing for You to read.
isn't it," said the congressman. you
find pleasant companionship in books
and papers. don't your"
Eyes. sah," was the reply. Reading
am a great thing. Reading" said
the old man, undertaking to define 1t,
Jam de power OBJ hearing with de
eyes,"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

large ribbon bow. Some of the mus
lin lace-trimmed aprons have pretty
ribbon bows attached to charming
epaulets and then, again. there are
pretty overalls. the bodice part box
plated. set into a yoke embroidered
to match the cuffs. 1t is very charm
ing addition to a pretty woman's ap-
pearance.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
St. Bernard Saved Pointer.

Nose. a pointer dog owned nv
Denis o'Brien, broke through the ice
on the river Wednesday, but escaped
drowning through the efforts of a
large st. Bernard dog owned by Ed.
gar Cornwall.
The st. Bernard, which was near
by. grabbed Nose by the head and
pulled him out. The dog is winning
reputation as life saver. having
performed a similar act last winter
Portland correspondence Hartford
Courant.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Snug utility Boxes.

Utility boxes are Indispensable In
summer houses, for they are such
snug, dainty places to stow away ones
lingerie biouses, wash hats and i'm
maculate white lace stockings. Done
in bright Powered cretonne, they lend
a touch of pretty coloring to room
which is irresistible.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

china silk blouse sketched here, has
an Enthusiastically French air. and very
sweet, indeed, will the favored
maiden look who is to wear 1t.
The yoke, collar and sleeve ruffles
are of fine white lace. with trimming
band and straps of rows of fagoting.
The fulness at the top of the blouse
is gathered in under the trimming
band and at the bottom is caught in
with a shirred girdle of the silk The
sleeve is a pretty mousquetaire eff
feet. finished with a dainty lace ruffie.
Fine lawn with delicate all-over en-
broidery, pretty dimities. muslin or
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
New Aprons.

There are many new kinds OF
Iprons, for the demand is increasing
br them. Some are edged with en-
|roidery made in muslin and tied
bund the waist; others have bib,
/ hich is cut in one with the collar
tece; this would be very pretty for
bazaar. with couple of rosettes to
|e placed at the waist, and where the
|pllar piece and the bib unite narrow
)bbons cross in the front and end
|eneath this rosette. Others. again,
Re bordered with lace and have bib,
! hich is attached to a band going
bund. Just as II intended to mark
be decolletage. edged. like the skirt
i the apron, with lace. Those who
ant It for work simply have pretty
bnk muslin made with very deep
|pcket. drawn in at the top beneath
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Leather belts for children come IN
every shade to match, or to tone in
with the little Russian blouse dresses
they are worn with.
Soft. filmy chiffon is gathered into
Eirdles high all the way round. but
especially so directly in front and
back.
Colored spangles are in evidence,
too; silver on white, steel on black
end silver and gold together
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

ornamented at .he
top with motifs of
green embroidery
of a shade harmon
izIng with the
blue.
On each side of
|the front. at the
bottom. the blouse
is trimmed with a,
band of green vel
vet and buttons.
rows of buttons.
and the chemisettQ
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

there wiz be number of these.
Each scout will also have Two sub
merged tubes, from which torpedoes
may be discharged. The scouts
must show a speed Of twenty-four
knots an hour on trial. This is near
ly ten miles an hour more than the
average fighting ship in feet would
be able to make
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Is OF White guipure.
The sleeves are entirely new. On
the outside puffs are let in. and they
are finished at the bottom with double
cuffs. ornamented with motifs of en-
broidery. These flare over puffs and
frills of white silk or chiffon. The
girdle is of velvet or satin.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

These vessels will carry some
small guns. but will depend on their
swiftness for safety. They will be
400 feet in length between perpen-
diculars, forty-six feet in breadth,
and have a mean draft of sixteen
feet nine inches. Each will carry l.
$50 tons of coal Nothing larger than
three-inch gun will be carried. but
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Plans have been completed and
bids announced for three new scout
cruisers" to be added to the United
States navy. They are to be named
Chester, Birmingham and Salem.
The act of congress providing for
them says they shall have the highest
speed compatible with the best cruis-
ing qualities.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

A model Of blue and cream checked
wool has tailor-made three-quarter
length coat rather close fitting, with
plated skirt that clears the ground.
The coat has dark green turnover
velvet collar and cuffs Of the same
color. and 1t is cut double-breas.ed
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
still Wear Separate RIouses.

So much has been said and written
about the going out of the separate
blouse one hesitates to buy or have
made anything bordering on these
lines. From present indications. how
ever. they will be as necessary to
milady's wardrobe as ever.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Jed with gold braid and buttons. and
be chemisette is of white lace. of
Rhich the deep cuffs are also made.
'he latter are trimmed with the piped
d on plated and shirred into the arm
bples.
The plated girdle is OF the material
fimmed with piped band finished
b each side of the front with but
bns.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

The Nebraska man who recently
eloped with his toothless mother-in-
law now heads the list Of candidates
for hero medals.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Postoffiee Lights.

Paris ia to have a special kind Of
street lights to indicate the where
abouts OF branch postofices.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
cHILo's FRENCH ERock.

This little Partisan frook, designed
|or mademoiselle by her modiste. will
be found equally becoming to her
small American cousin. A chic effect
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

|pring and summer will delight the
(eart OF the summer girl. This ex-
|uisite model for to-day is one of the
htest importations from Paris, made
Up in fine white poplin. The vest, col
hr and reveres and lower part of the
|leeves are a delicate shade of green
|ilk. covered with all-over lace. and
|he reveres. sleeve ruffles and ends OF
The sleeves are finished with plait-
ng Of narrow green ribbon. The
Eirdle is Of the green silk. fastened in
'front.' with jeweled buckle.
This blouse would be very effect
We made up in white nuns yelling
,r in any Of the fine white colored
inens, with any contrasting color, as
preferred.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
OF Pastel Blue Velvet.

The fronts. which cross slightly. are
finished with wide bands OF the vely ct.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

/ The skirt Is gathered at the top and
BIS a plain front breadth. The sides
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

and back are fin
ished with an &C.
Gordon platte d
iounce. s @ t on
with a little head
ing and with a
band of th mate
rial pipA = with
black. the ends or
dion plated and
finished " front
W / t h ~t piped
bands, ornamented
with buttons. SIM
liar bands form the
shoulder straps.
The turnover col
lar IS of white
cloth or silk. trim
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

is given by the graceful lines of the
garment. and the busy mother will
welcome the simplicity of the design.
In the imported model pink dim
ity was used, with yoke of fine all
over white tucking. The yoke, collar
and ends of the sleeves were finished
with insertion and edging of fine
French embroidery. 1t would, how
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-26

No 4 baFIss, i "a
No. Il, feed barley,
No. 4 feed barley,
No. l. feed barley. /
No. ] feed barley. ]
No. 1 feed barley,
40 e feed. barley.
No, 2, feed barley, ]
Mo: 2 feed barley.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-26
STORM AFFECTS
STOCK MARKET
VOLUME OF TRADE RESTRICTED
BY THE SEVERE WEATHER.
Higher Prices Prevail at Opening
Among Some of the Favorites-Amal-
gamated Copper Displayed Activity
-Specialties Made Good Gains
Bonds Firm at Noon.

Z New York, jan 26-Some restriction In the
volume OF business Of the Stock Exchange oc-
CURED at the opening today, owing to the disar-
rangement of the transportation and telegraph
facilities. Higher prices prevailed, especially
for the coalers, Amalgamated Copper, ST. Paul
and the Pacitics. but the gain did not exceed
fractional limits. North Western opened 3A
higher and Chicago Fuel point.
The failure of the opening advance to d1slodge
any large offerings encouraged the room traders
to bid prices up more energetically. Purchase
continued in moderate volume, but the demand
was very diversified and there were few specu.
a substantial extent. Amalgamated Copper dis
played the most activity and sold at u, except
its regular and extra dividends. ..-~ ,....-
Stocks were absorbed steadily and quietly but
specialties made the principal gains. Erie rose
1, Louisville & Nashville, Delaware & Hudson,
Wabash preferred and Smelling preferred 2, Chi.
cago Terminal 2N, the preferred 3, Illinois Cen.
trail and Westinghouse Electric 2h, Consolidated
Gas 4, Lackawanna and New York Air Brake
on. There was no pause in the movement at the
higher level. Brooklyn Union Gas fell 8.
Bonds were firm at noon.
The markets hesitation at midday proved tc
be only temporary and standard stocks ali
reached higher level. Rather more activity
centered In the railroad list, especially Unior
Pacific and st. Paul. which sold above 11S ant
174 respectively. In the general list the market
averaged between 1 and 2 points higher, ant
many stocks exceeded that. Lackawanna jumped
8, Minneapolis st. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie 3A
and the preferred and Virginia Carolina Chemi
cal preferred 3. $780,.
Stock quotations reported for The Journal b.
Watson & Co., brokers, Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis. Closing figures are bid.