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of training, the crews will be separated into
the several classes.
Capt. Meuller believes that the combined
working of the old and the new oarsmen
will better drill the youngsters than any
other manner of instruction, and he has
put up his notice that on May p all The
crews will be of their respective classes.
He has in mind especially the juniors, and
II is his aim to produce a crew from this
class good enough to be sent TO Philadel-
phia on July 4.
Mr. Claude r. Zappone has not yet re-
turned from his trip to New York, where
ne has been advocating the interests of the
Potomac River Association. Among the
scullers of the club who are how at work
are MCGOWAN. HecoX Hernon, Reddington,
DAILY Blackstone and Britt Capt. Meul'
Ter has been too busy with his crews to
devote a moment to his SOULS, but once
the float officers take up their work sys-
tematically Capt. Meuller will be greatly
augmented in his work.
Lieuts Heath and Gordon have shown
their anxiety for the progress of the sea-
son, and both of them have been assisting
Capt. Meuller in the working of the crews.
The Analostans, although at present indi-
cations may not be said to be favorable,
are also anxious to send junior eight to
Philadelphia to the Peoples. The men are
for the most part too busy to attend the
practice with any regularity, but by the
1st of June Capt. Robinson hopes and
expects to have his crews going together.
Last years captain, Mr. Nevins, has as
sisted Capt. Robinson not a little in the
schooling of the new men. Mr. Nevfns has
always been arduous worker for the
club and this season, which has started
out so full of promise for the Blue and
White should be no exception.
The club is still making steps toward Sc
curing an adjoining piece of property IN
order TO increase their capacity for boats
and also for the many new members who
have been held on the. waiting list for too
long time. The club house is small, and
the space and lockers are all taken. There
are no accommodations for those who are
anxious to be on the roll of the Blue and
White, and therefore the club thinks 1t
best not to admit them until the house is
capable of receiving them.
The juniors have been working earnestly,
if not Systematically, and there are many
who have designs on the positions in the
crew. The new members rival the old in
their pride the new Glass boat, and
the youngsters are anxious to make up
crew good enough to go to Philadelphia,
and therefore christen the new boat.
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Roller Skating Around World.

PARIS, May 20.-Two remarkable Ameri-
can tourists. Messrs. George Crawford and
William Clark, who are travelling round the
world on roller skates, have just arrived
at the Hotel de Paris Rouen. Attached
to the skates are light steel supports, which
reach to the travellers knees and are strap
ped to their legs. On a good road they are
able to travel ten miles an hour though
the average speed is eight miles. Spain,
Persia and British India are to be included
in the itinerary.
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This made a total of to 2, which, added
to the score of 3 to 3. In favor of Chevy
Chase in the last match makes the total
s to 5, in favor of Chevy Chase. giving
them the prize.
The handicap was finished on the Chevy
Chase links yesterday between G. T. Laf-
ferty and A. f. King. 1t was won by Laf-
ferty in 10. He had to gain - strokes
handicaD.
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Lowered World Auto Record.

NEW YORK, May 20-At an automobile
meet at the Morris Park track today Louis
Chevrolet lowered the worlds record for
mile, flying start. by covering the distance
in 81 AS seconds. The previous record OF
80 seconds was held by Barney Oldfield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
"TECHo JUNIORS WIN.
Defeat Strong Columbia Stars in Five
Innings.

Innings.
In fast and snappy game the Technical
High School Juniors defeated the Column
bia Stars of Mt. Pleasant yesterday after
noon at the Church League diamond. by a
score of to .. The alI-around team work
of the Juniors, with the pitching of Middle
kauf, were the features of the game. The
Juniors held the Stars safe until the fourth
inning, when the score was tied. Tech"
came back in their half of the fifth with
what proved the winning run. By mutual
agreement of the captains the game was
called at 3:15, which closed the game at
the end of the fifth inning
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z. NJ. c. A. ATHLETICS


it is in this fine moral atmosphere that the
athletics of many men go on from day to
day. Company X of the District National
Guard is rapidly coming forward toward
first place. 1t is composed entirely of asso-
cation men. Capt. F. E. Skinner is IN
command. and this assures the hlgnest et-
fcency. Then the Young Mems Christian
ASSOCIATION Is governed py men VINO 5 anu
hlsh in the social ana business NE OF the
capltaI CITY OF the hauGl ana are:
>, W. "oou"drui plesiught, JoIii 70 % i Lal
ner, first vice president; Henry b r Mac
Iariahu' second vice PRESIDENT, IepTse otIs
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Secretary Loeb's recent experience with
Jack abbit while going between the camp
of the President and the railroad station
has afforded much amusement TO the men
of the plains temporarily residing in Wash
ington. Many of them have tales to tell,
but one in particular gave an interesting
account of the manner in which the west
eruers have jack rabbit drives.
While in Europe the skin of the rabbit
is a thing of value, and the total collection
of skins a commercial industry rated at
several millions of dollars annually, the
animal in the northwest United States Is
regarded as a pest to be ruthlessly eXter-
mirated. 1t may be that the Pacific coast
states are now possessed of too much
wealth to take time to skin and market the
thousands of rabbits slaughtered there, but
ii is expected that some one some day WILL
start an industry to make the American
rabbit a commercial object, elevated from
a pest to a potential bank account. His
skin and hair have uses and values pro-
portionate to those of other animals. His
flesh can be made to figure in cold storage
warehouses and the canning industries. His
hind foot, mounted with silver, has value
as a luck token among the superstitous.
When every part of the bullock was put to
a commercial value, the way was paved
70. the industrial future of the present de-
spised jack rabbit. The following account
of a Jack rabbit drive in oregon IS given
by one of the participants:
"When a schoolboy thought 1t rare sport
to lump up and down on a brush heap and'
with other boys, pepper bunny as he
scooted' for safety 1t was considered
re Z lna al
rabbits. and perhaps a hare, as the result
OF one days tramping. In 1880. in Mis-
sissippi, 1 was initiated in rabbit coursing
on horseback, and learned how to knock
over a bunny while In motion without
knocking off the ears of the horse. which.
In the excitement, one was liable to mis-
take for the game. 1t was not until went
70 Oregon recently that l saw enough jack
rabbit slaughter to satisfy me for a life
time and do not believe shall have the
heart to kill another bunny as long as
live
1--WE started from Pendleton one morning
on special train for the mouth of Butter
| creek, where the drive was to some on
| There were 300 men and boys. OF assorted
| ages and sizes. on the train. Those VINO
missed the special train came little later
on an accommodation train, and were let
| of at Mile Post No. 100, about half mile
| from the center of interest. From Happ-
ner and lone. to the westward. another spe-
| cial train came with several hundred men
| and boys. Out of the bottoms of the Big
and Little Butter creeks and the Umatilla
| came other hundreds in wagons. carriages
| and varied vehicles. afoot and on horse
| back, until 800 men were assembled in ad-
| dition to q throng of sightseers, mostly
| women and children.
/ g.yr>x.z
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WON BY CHEVY CHASE.
Match for Seniors With Columbia
Yesterday.

The return match for seniors between the
Chevy Chase and the Columbia Coli CLUBS
was played on the Chevy Chase links yes
terday afternoon and was won by Chevy
Chase as follows:
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MIDDIES WIN OUT.
Field and Track Meet Against Haver-
ford College.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, May 2O,-In a field
and track meet held here this afternoon the
midshipmen defeated the team OF Haver-
ford College by a total score of 66 to AZ.
Most of the events were very closely con-
tested, and It was not until the program
was half completed that the navy looked a
fairly sure winner.
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Many of the prominent rowing officials
of the city were surprised last week to re-
ceive summonses to appear in court Their
fears and trepdations were removed when
informed that they were wanted as wit
nesses and not as defendants. Several
weeks ago an appeal was made to the Dis
trict Commissioners through the columns
of The Star, and the appeal has wrought
the desired effect.
Since the establishing of certain compa-
MES along the river front, two years ago,
the rowing and boating fraternity have
been hampered and disturbed by great
masses of floating gas and coal tar. This
Shiny ooze, cinging to all craft, makes the
boats unpresentable, boating unpleasant
and swimming insanitary. BY joint work
of the boat clubs and the Corinthian Yacht
Club the matter was brought up before the
authorities. Last year the affair grew less
troublesome, and the boat men let 1t drop.
With the beginning of the present season,
however, when the outrage became more
evident than ever, an appeal was again
made, this time through the columns of
The Star. Soon after this the District
Commissioners visited the shores and
found that the evil was even worse than
depicted. The offenders have been ranged
up in the courts. one fined, and the other
on bail pending a trial by jury. Since this
action has taken place the river has been
freed OF the clnSllg grease ana tLe podt-
ing has once again become genuine de-
light.
X
A general slump has been felt through
local boat houses, due to several causes,
all the clubs feeling the little lessening of
attendance. There is no lack of interest,
but in many cases the interest is for the
present restrained on account of business
and examination times.
In great contrast to this stands out the
work of Baltimore during the past decade
The activity there is wonderful, and 1t is
safe to say that Baltimore has never borne
the same feeling to boating in the last
twenty years. The crews are already
working regularly, and every day several
shell loads of aspiring oarsmen go out and
drill themselves in the many fine points of
the art.
Murray a. Russell, coach of the Arun-
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The beginning OF the drive and the
slaughter pen were three miles apart The
latter, or Death trap, was a corral, 100
feet square. inolosed by closely woven
wire fence eight feet high. and having arms
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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The camel is the only cud.chewing
animal that has kept its front teeth :
these teeth are particularly useful in
dividing the tough. prickly shrubs
upon which the camel browses. 1t is
a most remarkable feeder. and will
eat what other animals shun. such as
plants with thorns like spears and
daggers that will pierce the boot of
the incautious traveller. Some of these
thorns are as thick as a mans middle
finger. but they seem to contain salt.
of which the camel is fond.
Apart from what the animal can find
in the desert. its keep is most inexpen-
sive. for it is satisfied with a cake of
barley. few dates, or handful of
beans. In the absence of all other
food an Arabian camel has been known
to eat coal once a day; and a Bac-
trian camel has even eaten its own
pack-saddle, old bleached bones, leath.
err straps, gloves and an old waistcoat.
The Bactrian camel is covered with
thick. woolly hair. exactly the color OF
the sand and stones with which 1t is
surrounded; its hair is used by the
Tartars in making their tents
Camels are protected by seven cal
losities. or hard pieces of flesh; one
of these is on the breast. two on each
OF the forelegs. and one on each of
the hind legs; thus it can sleep with
out injury with it's knees bent under
Its body and its breast resting on the
ground.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

fourth the length above the funnel,
as at B. Replacing the funnel. hold
your finger at the bottom of the tube
and pour il full of salt, and your
salt artist is ready to draw.
Hold the funnel off at one corner
OF the table and let it go. when it
will swing off at curve, the sand or
salt marking the line of its motion.
Now fill the funnel again. and. hold
ing it that the opposite corner of the
table, let 1t go, when it will duplicate
the first curve from that corner. If
you do this from all four corners you
will have a pretty symmetrical de-
sign.
II you will now remove the funnel
unite the knot at b, and make the
knot at some other point, the curves
will be different. and you may make
an infinite variety of designs by start
ing from different positions on the
table.
You may think that this is great
fun, and so it is. but it is more than
fun, as the curves really represent a
discovery made by a Frenchman, and
they are called after him. Lissajous'
curves.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

When the gold is on the willow and the
maple buds are red.
When your feet have grown so heaNS
that YOU fear they're made OF leau,
When the fever's in your system and you
are lazy as the deuce,
And your ever ready answer is mufhed
What's the use2'
Then It's time to hang the Kettle ana pre-
pare for making soap.
Just beside the ash-f illed hopper on the
orchards sunny slope, ,,
Then the seasons full Of trouble IN inns
semi-southern cline.
For 1t brings the awful something known
as 'gardenmakin' time
Fallow ground with clods to crumoIe'
paper bags OF onion sets,
Rake and hoe and soil-stained garments
and soul that sorely frets
At the prospect OF exertion even OF the
mildest kind.
And your humping over makes you SORT
o. dizzy like and blind.
Beets and radishes and lettuce, pease ana
seven breeds of bean,
Peoples, marigolds and larkspurs Tor tine
walks and in between.
These the things inseparnble from the
days that reek with rhyme
These the tragedies that trouble us IN
'gardenmakin' time"
Baltimore American.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Walking-one of the most popular
and beneficial exercises-is well dis
cussed in Good Housekeeping:
Very stout or slouchy people allow
the abdomen to lead" Brain work
ers. worriers, all nervous and physi-
cally uncultivated people. let their
heads lead; the head is further ad-
vanced than any other part of the per-
son. Dyspeptics whose thoughts are
centered on their stomachs, often I'M
consciously lead with the waist line
just over the offending organ. Oc-
casionally a weak-willed person per-
mits the knees to lead. When a thin.
bad walker moves rapidly. there often
seems to be a race between nose and
knees, and you watch to see which
will arrive at the goal first.
When young woman's skirt and
young mans trousers show a bullying
shape over the knees, their owners
are leading sedentary lives or have
never learned to walk correctly. This
part OF the lower limbs should be kept
straight, and the ball of the foot. not
the heel, should touch the ground
first. When the head is bent for long
hours over sewing machine or ledger
or onion bed, it is not an easy matter
TO pull it back to its proper position
and make 1t stay there, and it seems
so much more easy and comfortable
to let the chest sink than to hold it
up to its right place: but the demands
Of health and beauty are identical in
the matter of head held easily. not
egotistically, back, and a chest kept
in the highest and most advanced
position.
1t is a striking TACT that this atti-
tude of head and cnest is expressive,
not only of health and grace. but of
the finer mental qualities. The en-
barrassed boy drops his head; if he
would hold his head up, his nervous
ness would disappear. The shy girl
thinks that every one in the room is
looking at her and her chest sinks;
but If she would hold it up-assume
the attitude of courage, though she
have 1t not-she wouldn't care wheth-
er they looked or not. The self-con-
scious person who knows he is stiff
and awkward, and who knows that
his stiffness and awkwardness are the
direct results of his self-conscious-
ness. should imagine that a strong
string is attached to the upper part
Of his chest and held by an invisible
hand above him. All he has to do is
to let his body depend from that
string and keep his head well back OF
it. and his mind and body will alike
become easy and free. The most
graceful walker | ever knew told me
that she habitually walked by the aid
of this invisible cord.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

DR.. S. H, Arnold gives some interest
ing facts and good advice in regard
to that daily friend, the tooth brush:
Nearly all brushes are made from
bristles taken from the wild hogs of
Russia or China. The handles . are
common beef bones. They are made
mostly in Japan, France. England and
Germany, and by one firm in the
United States. Probably English
brushes are the best made and worst
shaped. The French are next in quail
ity, but far ahead in form. Germany
ard Japan are generally imitators.
Some of the most expensive English
and French. and all American brushes,
are made in factories under more or
less sanitary conditions. but the cheap
err grades, including all German and
japanese brushes, are made in the
huts of the peasants, where cattle,
dogs, swine, fowls and humans are
herded in common. The bristles and
bone are given out by the dealer and
taken into the country, where they are
assorted by the aged and young chill
dren and diseased persons, the strong
err members of the family working at
more remunerative employment.
These cheap brushes are often in
the most unsanitary and wretched sur
roundings imaginable. and 1t is a sig
nifcant fact that after being made
they are seldom sterilized before
using.
The English brushes are generally
very much too large to be efficient.
The French are better shaped, but are
apt to be too long of head. making
much waste to the brush, and are too
long of bristle.
A wide brush is not advisable be-
longitudinally to the tooth. Long bris-
ties are not the best, because they
bend when the brush is thrust back
between cheek and teeth. and stay
bent till the brush is withdrawn, thus
missing the interproximal spaces so
much in need of cleaning. Soft bris-
| ties become softer when wet, and
utterly fail to enter the spaces at ALL
If the surface of the bristles is con-
caved longitudnally to fit the labial
curve of the teeth, then when the
brush is reversed and used on the lin
quail surfaces, only the ends of the
brush engage the teeth; hence. more
teeth are missed than cleaned, and
the user is deceived into thinking he
has cleaned his teeth because he has
| brushed them.
Studying the brush over and what is
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
foER

the elastic 90. so that 1t is little
expanded. In the middle of the elas-
tic fasten the other screw (No. 81
with a little string. Near the point of
the screw (No.S). the one end of the
string I'D, pass the other end
through small hole 2ia inches from
either side on the lower edge of the
box. Now make holes one-fourth inch
from front edge and l inch from top
and bottom respectively, two on each
side. Stick CD placed in the two
upper holes and stick 80 in lower
holes. One end of each strip (9-10)
is glued on the lower stick (S) l inch
in on each side. and the other two
ends on the upper. the same. On the
cover l inch from the top and l inch
in from each side, and then l inch in
from ABB, making it in squares. The
two 1-inch squares are to be cut out,
so that the strips will show. On one
strip are the numbers of the fire
boxes, where the alarm is rung up.
and the other strip is for the time
the alarms come in.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
Japanese Card G5r1e.

A game popular with children in ia
pan is played as follows: One hun
dred well-known proverbs are selected,
each divided into two parts, each part
printed on a separate card. The host
has the hundred first halves which he
reads aloud, one by one. The hundred
second halves are dealt 10 the other
players. who place their hands upon
the "Tatami," 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 II out, or,
If he sees ii unnoticed among his
neighbors, seizes it and gives him one
of his own. The player who is first
"out" wins. 1t is very simple game
but it affords a great deal of amuse
ment to the players, for the quick
sighted and keen-witted are constantly
Selling the cards of their duller and
slower neighbors. This leads to much
laughter and good-natured teasing.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

II you tell your friends that you can
make a needle swim. they will prob
ably laugh at you. But the trick is
not at all difficult. and there is no
catch about it. either. Fill an ordi-
nary goblet with water to the brim
and place 1t on a firm base so that 1t
will not tremble. Then select fine
sewing needle and cut a piece Of let
ter paper into small oblong so that
1t shall be little longer than the
needle. Set this piece OF paper gently
on the water. Put tiny drop of oil
on your finger and rub the needle
with it. Then lay 1t carefully on the
PAPER.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Some very curious natural curved
designs may be made with sand or
salt and a funnel.
Get a nice piece OF wood about
three inches in diameter. and in the
center of it make hole large enough
for the funnel to rest. Fasten three
pieces of stout Irvine near the edge OF
the wooden disc. equally distant from
each other. so that when their other
ends are united in a knot. as at A in
picture, the funnel will hang in bal
anced position in the wooden rest.
while held in your hand at the knot.
Then on two hooks in frame, as
shown in the picture. placed about
four feet part, fasten two strings,
and let them be united with the 9TH
er three at A. When this has all been
done the funnel should hang with its
center as close to the table as pos
sible.
Now remove the funnel and make n
knot in the strings at about one
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

A French scientist of note maintains
that a large number of the nervous
disorders from which girls suffer are to
be attributed to playing the piano.
He shows by statistics that of one
thousand girls who study this instru-
ment before the age of twelve, no less
than six hundred suffer from nervous
disorders, while of those who do not
begin till later there are only two
hundred per one thousand, and only
one hundred per one thousand among
those who have never worked at it.
The violin, he says, is equally inju-
rious. AS remedy he suggests that
children should not be permitted to
study either instrument before the age
of sixteen, at least, and in the case of
those possessing delicate constitu-
lions, not till later age.