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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

s FOOD VALUE OF FRUIT
Prejudice Against Its Liberal Use Is Result /
: of Erroneous Notions.

There are many popular but un-
founded prejudices against the dietic
use of fruits. 1t is generally sup
posed. for example, that fruits are
conducive TO bowel disorders. and
that they are especially prone to pro-
duce indigestion if taken at the last
meal. The truth is the very opposite
of these notions. An exclusive diet
OF fruit is one of the best-known rem
edies for chronic bowel disorders.
During the late war, large numbers
of the soldiers suffering from chronic
dysentery were in several instances
rapidly cured when abundantly sup
piled with ripe peaches. Fruit Juice
may be advantageously used in both
acute and chronic bowel disorders.
Care must be taken, however. to
avoid fruit juices which contain a
large amount of cane sugar. Juices
OF sweet fruits should be employed,
or mixture of sour and sweet fruit
juices, or acid fruit juice may be
sweetened with malt honey or mel
tose. natural sweet produced from
cereals. Raisins. figs. prunes. sweet
apples and pears may be mixed with
sour fruits.
Indigestion sometimes results from
the use of fruits in combination with
variety of other food substances;
but fruits taken alone constitute the
best possible menu for the last meal
of the day. The combination of fruit,
sugar, cream, bread, butter. cake and
pie may well produce bad dreams and
bad taste in the mouth in the morn
ing. The use of fresh or stewed fruit
alone without any addition whatever
will produce no disturbance. and will
leave no unpleasant effects behind to
be regretted in the morning. Very
acid fruits sometimes disagree with
persons who have an excess of acid
and those who are suffering from
chronic inflam nation of the stomach;
but with these exceptions, there is al
most no case in which fruit may not
be advantageously used.
The notion that acid fruits must be
avoided by rheumatics is another err
ror which is based on inaccurate OBJ
servations. The fact is, rheumatics
are greatly benefited by the use of
fruit. At the same time they should
abstain from the use of flesh foods of
all sorts, beef tea and animal broths,
and all meat preparations, also tea
and coffee, as well as alcohol and to-
bacco. 1t is, of course. possible for
one to take an excess of acids, as one
may take an excess of starch or any
other food substances. Vegetable
acids differ from mineral acids in the
fact that thew do not accumulate in
the body, but are assimilated or util-
lied in the same way as sugar and al
lied substances.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Grated Nature with Fur.

While assisting in operating a pat
ent hay fork Samuel Crawford of
Sherman. Pa, came in contact with
some of the apparatus and a portion
of his scalp was torn Off Local ply
sicians rendered the unfortunate man
temporary aid and later he was taken
to private hospital in Scranton,
where the staff of surgeons decided to
graft flesh upon Crawford's skull. A
cat was killed and some of it's hide
was attached to the patients head.
In few days the surface commenced
to knit and Crawford gradually recov-
cred and returned to his home.
He was happy until ten days ago,
when the new part of the scalp COM
menced to raise tiger-cat fur, and now
Crawford expects to be compelled to
have his head shaved once week or
wear a wig. OF late Crawford has de-
veloped the habit of prowlmg about
back yards at night and scrapping
with predatory dogs on the side
streets.
Neighbors allege that he has COM
menced to haunt barns in search of
rats. Other stories are afioat, but
some of them appear improbable.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

While that body of sirupy literary
sentimentalists known as the French
academy refused to gild the declin-
ing years of Jules Verne with an cleo
tion to the coveted hall of immortals,
this rarely gifted writer will survive
in worldwide appreciation long after
the pulling poets and itching love anal
ysts who rejected him have been for
gotten. Jules Verne was great beyond
the line posts of single country. The
author of Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea-" Around the World
in Eighty Days" and half hundred
other delightful books may not meas
ure up to the standard of emasculated
drivel required by the academy. but 1t
must have been a satisfaction to the
stricken author to know that the world
had placed upon his brow the laurel
of success.-Kansas City Journal.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Food Value Of Eggs.

Eggs are a very nourishing food
and represent two important eie-
ments. fats and proteids. in an easily
assimilated form. A single egg
weighs about one and one-half
ounces, of which one ounce is white,
or pure albumin. and one-half ounce
yolk. The nutritive value of the yolk
is greater than that of the white,
though its bulk and weight are small
er. Its solid constituents are about
one half of its fat Fresh eggs, prop
erly prepared, are readily digestible
The best mode of preparation is
whipped raw, or cooked for twenty
or thirty minutes at a temperature OF
about 1909 (curdled). The yolks are
more easily digested when boiled
hard, and the whites are also easily
digested when hard boiled. providing
care is used to reduce the coagulated
white to minute particles which may
readily be dissolved by the gastric
juice.
single egg is equal in value to
dozen oysters.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
A Substitute for Leather.

An English inventor has devised a
perfect substitute for leather when
can be used for boots, shoes and LOT
every other purpose for which leather
is employed. The new tissue Is called
wolff. 1t is being extensively USED
in England, having been adopted by
the London Shoe Company especially
for walking shoes on account OF us
GOODNESS and its lightness. Wolff Is
more durable than leather and is
much more waterproof, while at the
same time more porous, which makes
it nonconductor, and to large de-
gree obviates the necessity for wear
ing rubbers which are needed by one
whose feet are clad with leather only
when the slush and mud is so deep
that the feet are half buried at every
step.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Frances Willard and Fashionabl
Dress.

Said Frances Willard in one of her
last addresses, speaking of the ad-
vancement and present status of
women:
But be 1t remembered that until
woman comes to her kingdom physi-
cally she will never really come at all.
Created to be we'll and strong and
beautiful, she long ago sacrificed her
constitution, and has ever since been
living on her bylaws She has made
of herself an hourglass, whose sands
of life passed quickly by. She has
walked when she should have run,
sat when she should have walked, re-
clined when she, should have sat.
She has allowed herself to become
mere lay figure upon which could be
fastened any hump or hoop or far
thingale that fashion-mongers show;
and ofttimes her head is mere ro-
tary ball upon which milliners may
perch whatever they please-be 1t a
bird of paradise, or beast or creeping
thing. She has bedraggled her sense
less long skirts in whatever combina-
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

It has been seriously asserted by
many people that we are naturally
lighter after meal.
Average observations. however,
show that we lose three pounds six
ounces between night and morning;
that we gain one pound twelve ounces
by breakfast; that we again lose about
fourteen ounces before lunch: that
lunch puts on an average of one
pound; that we again lose during the
afternoon an average of ten ounces,
but that an ordinary dinner to healthy
persons adds two pounds two ounces
to their weight.-Kansas City Jour
nal.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Small Boys Questions.

Children's questions are sometimes
even more embarrassing than their
answers. says John Henry Burn in
Children's Answers.
The following were asked by small
boy during ia two minutes converse
ton:
Frst-Do kittens take off their fur
when they go to bed at night? Sec
ond-Who cooked dinner when all the
big people were little boys? Third
Why don't oysters have tails? Fourth
What Kind of medicine is it the
chemist has in the big green bottles
in til front window? Fifth-What
does Canta Claus give little boys
skates for when there amt any ice2
Sixth-When l drink water, why don't
it run down into my legs?
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
DARING LOST Finn A JOB,
Did Unnervins Aerobatie Stunts or

Did Unnerving Acrobatic Stunts on
Top of Towering Structures.
A strong-headed "steeplejack" is
completing the job which Elmer
Wakefield began Thursday.
The "steeplejack" who is at work
now is no better as "steeplejack"
than is Wakefield, but he has more re.
gard for the sensibilities of the peo.
pie who crane their necks to watch
him.
Wakefield is the man who did GYM
nastic stunts" at the top of the 200
foot smokestack of the Western
Union building, which he was sent up
to put fresh coat of paint on.
He swung about gayly at his dizzy
height. '.looped the loop in his chair
like rigging. caught at supporting
rods, threatened TO turn somersaults,
warned the shuddering crowd below
to get ready to pick up the pieces
when he fell' and defied two excited
policemen to come up and arrest
him."
After he got tired of his acrobatic
performance he lowered himself to
the ground. Then his friends took
him home.
The firm which has the contract fol-
painting the smokestack decided that
Wakefield was entirely too hazardous
risk. They admitted that his per.
Torrance was thrilling, but offset that
point in his favor by saying they
were not giving three-ring circus,
but were painting smokestacks, and
when they went into the Barnum bus.
hess and hired big tent Wakefield
would be the first man they woIld
look for. But meantime, they said
they wanted somebody more conserv.
alive.
And they got him. The young man
who went to work on Wakefield's I'm.
completed job Friday morning at
tended strictly to business.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

Every housekeeper should know
that If they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks TO the iron. but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in y pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand De-
fiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Very Dissipated.


There are a good many persons
who might be said to be dissipated
and "all broke up according to the
Japanese use of the word, illustrated
in the following anecdote
"They are telling in Boston Of two
or three Japanese students of rank
who have been in the habit of dining
each Sunday at the residence of one
of the prominent citizens of the Hub.
On recent Sunday one was absent
and when the host asked why, one Of
the guests said solemnly: Oh he
cannot come. He very, very dissi-
pated!' The host thought 1t best not
to make any further inquiry at the
time, but after the meal he ventured
to ask the same young man in pri-
vate. You say Mr. MIN Shi is not
well?'
"'No, he not very well-he very dis
sipated.
HE hasn't been drinking?'
"'Oh, no, no! he no drunk
"'Not sambling?'
mo, no gamble
MAY | ask what he has been do
ing, them
"'Oh, he very dissipated. He eat
sponge cake alice time-he all broke
up now"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
Pats VaIor.

Seeing no other way of earning a
livelihood, Pat took to highway rob-
berry. He bought a pistol, and meet
ing a traveller, stopped him with the
correct formula, Yer money or yer
life"
Seeing Pat was green. the traveller
said: I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll
give you all my money for that pis-
toll
Agreed" replied Pat. who forthwith
handed over the pistol and received
the money in exchange.
Now" said the traveller, "hand back
that money. or I'll blow your brains
OUT"
Blaze away. my hearty" replied
the Irishman; ''niver taste o. powder
there's in minneapolis Journal
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

ton of filth the street presented, sub
hitting to a motion the most awk-
ward and degrading known to the en-
tire animal kingdom, for Nature has
endowed all others that carry trains
and trails with the power of lifting
them without turning in their tracks,
but a fashionable woman pays lowli-
est obeisance to what follows in her
own wake; and. as she does so, cuts
the most grotesque figure outside
jumping jack. She is creature born
to the beauty and freedom of Diana,
but she is swathed by her skirts,
splintered by her stays, bandaged by
her tight waist, and pinioned by her
sleeves until-alas, that l should live
to say it,-a trussed turkey or spit
ted goose are her most appropriate
emblems.'
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

staccato yells. The blood rushed to
his face and head in a burning flood
and he knew that he was running over
stubble ground, yelling like demon.
Then there was a vision in a smoke
cloud A black-bearded face, set
white teeth and an uplifted rifle stock.
a pistol shot in his very ear, thrust
in .quarto of his own light sword, a
wild struggle for a silken rag and the
backs of many men scuttling over the
sky line.
When Grafton really came to him
self the gray-haired colonel was shak-
ing him frantically by both hands.
There were tears in his blue eyes.
"Oh, Billy. my boy. | knew you'd do
it. The son of your father-I knew
you'd do it,
Grafton stared and looked about him
astonished.
Come out of it. Billy. and let us
congratulate you" 1t was the voice
of his tent mate speaking in the fog.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
RECIPES
dozen oyster

Mashed Peas With Nuts.-Soak a
pint of Scotch peas overnight In cold
water. In the morning drain and put
them to cook in warm water. Cook
slowly until perfectly tender. allowing
them to simmer very gently toward
the last until they become as dry as
possible. Put through a colander to
remove the skins. Cook the peanuts
separately. drain from the juice, rub
through a colander, and add to the
peas. Beat well together, season with
salt turn into an earthen or granite
ware pudding dish. smooth the top,
and bake in a moderate oven until
dry and mealy. If preferred, one
third toasted bread crumbs may be
used with the peas and less proper
ton of nuts. Serve hot like mashed
potato.
Graham Gems.-Place one pint OF
cold water in crock, add one egg;
beat water egg and pinch of salt
together. Then add ~ cups of white
-four and 2, cup of graham flour, beat
thoroughly, and bake in a quick oven.
Irish Corn Soup.-Take one pint Of
slice potato cooked until tender. add
one pint of corn pulp obtained by
rubbing cooked dried corn through a
colander. Season with salt, add wa
ter to make proper consistency, re-
heat. and serve.
Split-Pea Sculptor each quart of
soup desired, simmer one cup of split
peas very slowly in three pints of
boiling water for six hours or until
thoroughly dissolved. When done,
rub through a colander, add salt and
a slice of onion to flavor. Reheat and
season with one-half cup of thin
cream or a spoonful of nut meal pre-
pared as directed below. Remove the
slice of onion with a fork. Serve hot
with croutons.
Baked Parsnips.-Wash. scrape and
divide; drop into boiling water, lit
tie more than sufficient to cook them,
and boil gently till thoroughly tender
There should remain about one-half
pint of the liquor when the parsnips
are done. Arrange on an earthen
plate or shallow pudding-dish. not
more than one layer deep; cover with
the juice and bake, basting frequent
ly until the juice is all absorbed and
the parsnips delicately Drowned
Serve at once.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

A juror came before supreme
court judge in Brooklyn with a certifi-
cate that he was incapacitated for
jury duty by deafness. The certifi-
cate was couched in the most tech
nical of medical phraseology, and the
Judge gravely read it through while
the afflicted juror stood by. his hand
behind his ear, in an attitude of panied
attention. Finally the judge looked
up and said softly: I'm sorry for
you. sir, you can 60"
THANK you" said the delighted
juror starting to leave the platform.
back and sit down." roared his
honor. where you will be in readiness
to act as trial juror in this court.
This certificate is lie."-Leslie's
Magazine.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

trees, the air was full of dust and the
earth of the glacis was torn and
plowed by a well-aimed volley. He
opened his mouth and words came
hoarse and involuntary. The line of
lnsn In front of him were kneeling.
tense and rigid. He spoke again.
scarcely knowing what he said. A
solid sheet of fame flashed out over
the parapet and ripping sound like
that made by can on fence pickets
deafened him. Then seemingly from
an immense distance he heard a great
sNelling cheer and succession of short
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

I've been thinkin' back of late,
5 prisin!-And I'm here to state
I'm suspicious it's a sign
of age, maybe. err decline
OF my faculties,-and Wit
I'm not feelin' old bit
Any more than sixty-four
Amt no young man anymorei
Thinkin' backs a thing at grows
on a Teller. l suppose
Older at he gifts. l jack.
More he keeps a-thnlin back!
Old as old men git TO be.
Err as middle-aged as me,
Folks'll find us. eye and mind
Fixed on what We've left behind
Rehabilitatin-lilxe
Them old times we used to hike
out barefooted fer the crick.
Long bout April hrst-to pick
Out some "warmest' place to so
In -swimmin'-Ooh, my-oh!
Wonder now we hadn't died,
Crate horseradish on my hide
Jes' a-thinlSin how cold then
That ere worter must "a ben!
Thinkin' back-W'y. goodness
| kin call their names and see
Every little tad l played
With er fought. er was afraid
or, and so made him the best
Friend l had of all the rest!
Thinkin' back. even hear
Up the crick- banks. where they seem
Still hid in there-like a dream
And me still a-pantin' on
The green pathway they have gone!
Still they hide. by bend err ford
Still they hide-but. thank the Lord
tThinkin' back, as have said)
hear laughin' on ahead
james Whitcomb Riley. in Reader fol
April.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
THE TEACHERS FOE
A LIFE ALWAYS THREATENED BY
NERVOUS PROsTRATIoN.


Misery of Enforced Idleness.
81 had been teaching in the citv
schools steadily for six years" said Miss
James, whose recent return to the work
from which she was driven by ueryous
collapse has attracted attention. "They
were greatly overcrowded, especially in
the primary department of which | had
charge, and had been doing the work
of two teachers. The strain was too
much for my nerves and two years ago
the crisis came.
81 was Frustrated mentally and ply
sically, sent i'll my resignation and never
expected to be able 10 resume work 1t
seemed to me then that 1 was the most
miserable woman on earth. 1 was tor
tured by nervous headaches, worn out by
inability to sleep, and had so little
blood that 1 was as white as chalk.
"After my active life, it was hard to
bear idleness, and terribly discouraging
to keep paying out the savings of years
for medicines which did me no good
'How did you get back your health ?"
"a bare chance and lot of faith led
me to a cure. After had suffered for
many months, and when 1 was on the
very verge of despair, happened to read
an account of some cures effected by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. The state
ments were SO convincing that I some
how felt assured that these pills would
help me. Most people, think. buy only
one box for trial, but purchased six
boxes at once, and when l had used
them up, was indeed well and had 10
need of more medicine.
"Dr. Williams Pink Pills enriched my
thin blood, gave me back my sleep, re-
stored my appetite, gave me strength to
walk long distances without fatigue, in
fact freed me from all my numerous all
ments. I have already taught for several
months, and 1 cannot say enough i'll
praise of Dr. Williams Pink Pills"
Miss Margaret NJ. James is now living
at No. 1873 Clay street, Dayton, Ohio.
Many of her fellow teachers have also
used DIR. Williams Pink Pills and are
enthusiastic about their merits. Sound
digestion, strength ambition, and cheer
full spirits quickly follow their use. They
are sold in every drug store in the
world.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28
FULTON CENTENNIAL.
Ono Hundred Years Since First Steam.
boat Trip.

podt Trip.
It seems hardly possible that II is.
less than a hundred years since Rob-
ert Fulton sent his pioneer steamboat
up the waters of the Hudson. But the
announcement of proposed Fulton.
centennial has sent the newspaper
men to their cyclopedias, and there is
no doubt about the facts.
That was not the first steamboat. to
be sure, for four years before the Cler-
mont was launched Fulton himself
had experimental with small steam
boat In the Seine in France. and other
experiments dated back to 1896. But
the trip of the Clermont is Justly re-
garded as the beginning of successful
steam navigation, and the name of
Fulton justly heads the list of invent
ors in this department of human prog
ress.
1t was Fulton. too. in 1915. who con-
structed the first steam war vessel. a
majestic craft of thirty-eight tons
displacement. yet hardly capable of
meeting on equal terms such a pres
ent-day battleship as the Connecticut
or Louisiana of 10000 tons each.
And it was not until 1919 that the
first steamer crossed the Atlantic. sail
ing from Savannah. Georgia, to Liv-
erpool in twenty-six days, during eigh-
teen of which the paddlewheels were
in use.
The proposed centennial of the Cler-
monts trip is proper observance of
an important historical occasion, and
the honor paid to Robert Fulton is
worthily bestowed upon an American
whose ingenuity and energy wrought
most powerfully and benefcially for
the benefit of mankind and the prog
ress of the American continent that
gave him birth.-Pueblo Chieftain.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

Hon. K. G. Cousins, of Iowa, who
is proudly known throughout his ma
tive State as Our Bob recently
strolled into barber chop for his
customary shave. While the barber
welded the razor over the face OF the
eloquent Congressman. he hummed.
plaintively and pathetically. That
Little Old Red Shawl My Mother
Wore"
When he had finished his work. Mr.
Cousins slowly arose from the chair
and handed him quarter, saying in
his characteristic lazy drawl:
JUS keep the change and go and
buy your mother new shawl."-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

Whenever see youth looking for
"a soft snap" I pity him. There can
be no doubt where he will end. II he
does not change his tactics. II he does
not brace up, take stock OF himself,
and put vim and purpose and energy
into his life. he will surely join the
great army of the "might-have-beens."
20. s. Marden. in Success Maya
zine"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-28

"The man who marries my daugh-
ter" said her proud father, after tell
ing the young man that there was no
hope for him, must have strength
of character. He must have fortitude,
he must have courage. he must be
able to bear misfortune"
81 know it, the boy replied. 81
knew it before you said SO, but even
at that Id be willing to take a chance
on her"-Chicago Record-Herald.