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'What?' said the attendant at the park
greenhouse. "What has become OF 1gna-
thus Cassidy? Tis a sad story. but III tell
you.
"Ignatius Cassidy was well meaning
person, but the boss gardener was the
sore tried man with him. He was always
in trouble and he was always doing some
thing foolish and yet it was the soft. easy
job he had here. Nothing to do but to stroll
down alcIg these banks Of flowers that
look like living wall paper and marvel at
the strange and beautiful forms taken by
vegetation from the tropics.
Here's orchid like polo hat growing.
There's others like beef tongues, and the
trunks Of the palms is wrapped in punches
Of brown whiskers that's enough to make
any harber's fingers twitch to look at.
Here's a flower that looks Just like an order
Of corned beef hash. and down the aisle
there's another that's all blue and green
and purple, as beautiful as any black eye
you ever looked at.
Here's the sage palm. Many a man
stands and gazes at 1t and wishes his wife
had its gifts. On it's top 1t grows its own
millinery. Don't that crown Of It look
Just like little ostrich feathers?
We'll, this Is the Job Ignatius could not
hold because he was always in trouble.
1t started one day when a party OF school
children came in with their teacher.
She's pretty languid looking, but at tho
first scent Of botany she's as active as
banana palm in a simeon. Out darts her
pencils. She stabs 1t at a palm and says
something like:
Truchycarpus bingalarium whooperee"
This profanity goes echoing down the
line OF them innocent, little children, as
twenty pencils fash and notebooks come
out
''Oh. Miss Clinkers. what's thisY ask
twenty ger young bota nists, each point
ing to something different.
And the frightful command OF langua &c
that Miss Clinkers shows as she answers
all twenty questions at once makes It
clear to you why school teachers don't
marry. You picture her delivering twenty
terriflcally fluent truths to you every time
you 60 wrong again.
Then there's a blockade at the orchids.
For eome reason everybody seems inter-
ested in orchids as II it wasn't the COM
monest of things in New York to see some
thing living on something else.
But there's a fat man caught In this
botanical blockade. There's children all
about him and his face turns the color Of
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All tho explanation could got from tho
| porter was that no didn't dare AK The Boss
for II.
Il believe I would have shot him II Il
hadn't been 90 much trouble. did send
him for the manager Of the hotel. who
listened to my story looked at the check
and then listened TO the darby. with whom
he had whispered conference. Finally hs
drew me aside and said;
Now. Mr.. So-and-So, I'm going to speak
plain to you. can't afford to offend Bose
-. Hes taken q liking to your un.
brella and you know he's rather an autorA
IN this hotel. I'm wiling TO dvs you
whatsoever tho umbrella u worth. but don't
dare ask him for It. He'd leave tho place
and take al bis hsnohmsn With him.
''And you mean to say asked In
perfectly sstounded manner, that you
expect mo to give UP my umbrella In this
way without protest.
But whya protest9' he ssked, With DID.
lonatio smoothnsss. You're too olsvs,
. man to antagonize . political boss.'
'He made . mistake there. Next morn.
Ing I had tho boss pointed out to mo.
tackled him 1t the breakfast table, tbs very
table whore We now sit Il demanded my
umbrella. produced the check, offered
to bring tho porter In. was a. tactless a.
. wet dog.
"He listened to me grtmly. Sent upstair,
for the umbrella. said hs was sorry for the
mistake and resumed his breakfast with.
out another look ct mo. All tho tina
was In the hotel he ignored mo.
three years after. Wa about - sure Of
. certain political appointment ~ man can
b. I had had several heart to heart t.lks
with the big men who had It In their powa,
to grantit. when the negotiations stopped
Il had tho curiosity to trace the reasons
for tho change Of front and discovered that
Boss had turned mo down. why, no
body know. Nobody would have believed
mo II had told tho reason why, but Il Is q
true as that am sitting at this table,
It was 1 O. o'clock when the auction closed,
Five minutes later . woman with hat awry
and q generally worried look tackled the
patient hotel clerk.
Tell mo- she gasped, is the ohi1onie,
sold yet9'
THE ohiffonier. madam There are 10
In the hotel. Which one do you meant
-Four hundred!' and murmuring tho
figure over and over she disappeared.
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!. Shall Men Smoke in the Drawing Room2
Atempt TO Introduce Into New York Practise Favored by Some
People in London-Amecan Men Rather Shy Of So Far

a New Yorker who entertains lavishly In
her home all winter long when she is on this
side of the Atlantic, and Is classed among
the American social leaders. "hut it is slow
work. American men who have Travelled
good deal and visiting foreigners who think
they must do always what their host or
the custom. but not 80 the others.
Time and time again have said to my
husband:
DO get the men out as soon as you can
into the middle drawing room; tell them to
take their cigars along
Then would await results, which were
generally, that one man, or possibly two
would come struggling in holding his cigar
almost behind him, and that he would give
1t a half hearted pull once In q while Just
enough to keep It from going out. He
never really smoked 1t, even though several
OF the omen, including myself were smok.
ing cigarettes.
The American man, imagine, never
takes womans smoking seriously. He
looks upon it as q fad Of tho moment and re.
CARDS perfumed cigarette much as he
does a stick OF candy. Consequently even
though women are smoking. to come into
their presence In q drawing room, wear
Ing evening clothes, and then to begin
putting at big cigar, goes against his idea
Of what is good manners.
MY husband told me Of one very good
fellow Of his acquaintance who conflded
that he could just as easily penetrate into q
drawing room company Of elegantly at
tired women in bis shirtsleeves as he could
smoking a cigar. That was his way OF
looking at the custom. But he was not
exactly what one would call q man of the
world.
| During the last winter the few New York
drawing rooms where one found men and
women sitting together smoking after a
formal dinner were those belonging to per.
sons who entertain all the time and in the
most elegant fashion, who are not obliged
when they give a formal dinner, to have
/ caterers from outside come in and cook
and serve it, They are persons who keeE
high priced French chef In their employ
all winter long. and to whom dinner giving
Ia az much matter OF course as attending
an opera performance.
Naturally they constantly receive guests
who, like themselves. have visited nearly
every country on the earth and are as much
| at home with royalty as among everyday
! New Workers, and who therefore ere pre-.
pared to fall into the newest social usages
with an ease which makes the man or woman
to whom one formal dinner a year is an event
op'n his or her eyes"
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As LONo A. TIE BAb LAST0.
y In another CORNER Of the reception room
i denuded Of all except chairs and sofas
l. two moro OF tho prosperous GLASS; having
matched purchases. matohe experiences.
Il never como to this place that I don't
think Of something that happened to me
here
'Queer7'
'Psychio.'
The FIRST landlady rustled her satin gown
little as she listened breathlessly.
Mile Varuni, French woman and clover
we'll, shall never forget what she told mo.
OF course didn't believe her and told her
50, but she went into trance and when
she came to. she said:
There's John in your ufe.'
Il Just laughed and said: Fathers name
was Sam, my ono brother Karl, tho other
James and husband's name is Algernon.
That's all the men that ever had any In
fuence In my life
"She insisted and We had quito = quarrel.
for thought I'd wasted dollar. Whom
I got back to the house and sat down to
think 1t over I ohanoed to look up over
the mantelpiece and saw familiar face
looking down. II you'll believe me 1t was
the face Of my first husband I'd forgot all
about, and his name was John.
There certainly Is something in 1t. re-
sponded the listener as the two. having
rested. pushed their way back into the
crowded rooms and began betting against
each other for the possession Of rug.
The auction story Of the man and wife who
bid against each other In the opposite cor
ners Of the room. unknowing the true state
of affairs ia as old as the hills. The hotel
auction in question went this story one bet
ter. for it furnished the man and wife as
opposing bidders, only they were deliberate
and aggressive combatants. Their last
previous meeting was in divorce court.
The disputed article was brass bedstead,
and the auctioneer took breath when the
bids reached SOS. When his tongue WAS
ready for work again, he began:
TWEEN click-click- olok- -cnok-
tht-th-twen."
'T'hirty,' from the husband.
.Thirty-five.' from ex-wife.
Anybody click clck-et-et-. going going
gone!'
Forty" from husband deliberately, and
he got it.
Later the wife faced him In the corridor.
"You used to tell me that you WOULDN'T
sleep on brass bedstead You Just did
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| others were sitting swapping sxperisnoss
Of tho rapidly dismantling place.
sThe first days ever spent here ware
when Boss - made Il bis headquarters. '
said . lawyer. 'The FIRST thing did was
to leave . very handsome gold mounted
umbrella with tho porter.
Tho next morning presented . check
and tho umbrella had disappeared. Tho
porter did not look % all abashed. but
whispered With an air Of paying me . oom-
pliment,
Tho Bon took 10, DIR; be left bis own In
IN place.
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Joke Factory in Sing Sing Prison

Writing Jokes while locked in cells in
Sing Sing prison may seem to be a strange
way Of passing the time, because the avera re
person pictures convict as being downcast
with gloomy thoughts; yet prisoners in
Sing Sing and Auburn prison spend their
leisure hours in writing jokes. These are
printed in The Star OF Hope, the paper edited
and published by the inmates Of Sing Sing
prison, Here are a few specimen .vs.sn-
made jokes:
Mike OF don't.
Pat-Phoi don't yez
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They were talking over the cups about
:, statement recently made by an English
! writer that the custom Of smoking in the
drawing room after dinner was now en-
coura ged by the smartest London hostesses.
Among the reaso given for booming the
: custom was this:
The time between the end OF a formal
: dinner and the hour Of departure is at the
!. best brief, altogether too brief, some guests
have found, to waste any OF 1t In solitude
apart from the men. Again the cleverest
takers. 1t has been pointed out can't al
ways manage to indulge in tAte-a-tete
condolences at dinner table, even suppos-
ing the persons who want to exchange oon-
I fdences happen to sit next each other,
e'Which doesn't often happen.
Thus many a pair have sat through
solemn banquet English formal dinners
; incline to soemnity-in anticipation Of a
half hour or quarter hour together in quiet
nook of the drawing rooms only to be disap-
pointed because of the lingering Of the men
at the dinner table. AZ result Of these and
other Inconvenience Of the several pre-
vailng systems the more famous hostesses
began to ask, why not have the men bring
their cigars into the drawing room; and
then they went ahead to inaugurate the
fashion
According to the English writer the fash
on took from the start, the men In most
eases meeting their hostess more than half
way. A few of the older men, those more
addicted to story telling and glass OF good
wine thun to flirtations with the fairest Of
women, continue to spread their feet COM
fortably beneath the mahogany and remain
deaf to all hints to exchange good old GUS
tom for an untried new one
Il have found that when men get to story
telling over the wine there is no possible
way of guessing when they will let up.
eaid visiting Englshman, accepting dubi-
ously q cup Of American brewed tea. "Es-
pecially is this true when their host leads
of and is indifferent as to whether the
women guests sit twenty minutes or one
hour alone in the drawing room chatting
forlornly about nothing in particular.
AN unwritten law puts twenty minutes
Is the outside limit Of time apportioned
to an after dinner smoke in the dining room
but. dear me, have known the twenty
minutes to be stretched to double the length
on occasions. with the result that when
-. finally the delinquents did present them.
selves in the drawing room the hour was
:. too late to do anything but call carriages
and get into wraps. For that reason the
. Dev custom Is good one, think
! 'some Of US have been trying to popular
r., lie the same custom over here, remarked
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From the San Francisco Chronicle.
They were exchanging the gossip Of the
mining camps Of Nevada.
Did you hear. said the fellow with tho
diamond scarfpin in his sweater. how they
did up sullivan over in Kawchy"
Really"
Yep. Sullivan's saloon at Kawich is
pustfu natter tnali tne ,'ahk az siolaneld
It's forty.hve miles out IN the wilderness
and wa,et, when there is any in camp. is
went into S,'llivan's the other day with seven
friends aud jnst out OF pure cussedncss they
all ordered water"
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the shabbiness Of one who doesn't care,
and she. though we'll gowned as Is the way
with some women whom their hearts are
breaking, had . disappointed air Of I'M
desired freedom.
she was stepping out Of the elevator as
he was stepping In and IA &c almost touched
face before they recognized each other.
He allowed the car to go up without him
and put forth q hesita ting hand. She
took 1t eagerly.
They stepped aside and oonversed. 1t
was easy to overhear Our Sunday night
suppers." and yes. that is why came,
too
In the cafe . group Of politicians and
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q the subway.
Auction"
Down goes the grip again and the shrewd
smile of the country farmer plays about
the strangers lips and eyes.
Things going cheap. hey? Guess III
stay awhile and take back something to the
old lady II she thought I was anywhere
near IN auction and didn't buy something
she'd never forgive me-"
A half hour later the old gentleman was
bidding on fourteen yards Of red carpet
and having secured It, he confided to the
hotel clerk that he was afraid to take it
home for the old lady hated red carpet and
7 they didn't need it anyhow.
Another old gentleman approached the
desk. He was Of different variety, we'll
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It to spite me! It's Just like your
Husband beat triumphant, hasty,
retreat. ...
Sentiment was not entirely absent from
the auction either.
Two other divorced ones met IN che big
hall on their way to tho parlor, where the
auctioneer was selling q cathedral clock
to . notorious gambler.
He had Just dropped in no explained.
and she had taken great fancy to q green
lampshade and was wondering II BY any
chance
He Ia rather ahabhv IN annAa RI noe Nib
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25
Mike-I never wuz married.

Mike-I never wuz married.
Births. marriages and deaths nov conn
under the heading OF yells. bells and knells
Ofrlcer. to New Man--What brought yH'
here?
Nv Mani am the victim OF the CONF
papers. They stated that a COP Is never a.
the place where he is wanted but he mar
pened to be around wlen | didn't want Nm
and that's my little tale OF misery,
Here's to the good old whisky,
II always brings good cheer;
It's a good deal like wom.n's hTs
~. 49, od SIGHT ~ sirno-s
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HAD THE CH1y1oN1xH DABN bOLDE
'Hls own was q diGeputable affair, cot
ton to the last thread. In order to appre-
ciate tho story you must remember this was
ton years ago and the sway Of boss was
like that Of the Gear Of Japan-I mean the
Mikado OF Russia.
Il was pretty hot and told him a. mildly
a. could that Il be didn't got It back when
tho Boss oame in I'd put Q bullet in his black
head I was brought up in tho South and
know how to talk to tho darby.
mo umbrella when ! returned at night.
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Last OF the Mohicans' In a bold hand
underneath a holder signature. Then he
leaned over and poked tho clerk in the
back with his cane.
Nothing in the whole scene perhaps
showed the loss Of prestige that a hotel
and it's belongings undergo in an auc-
tineer's hands 80 much as that poke which
the hotel clerk that parsonage Of import
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ance, submitted to. The glory had indeed
depated from Israel
The man accompanied the poke with q
question.
'say, old ohsppis, you don't mean to
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19
Great Strawberry Eaters.

The people of La lara are the
greatest berry eaters in America.
Gilbert Oliver is compelled to get
in shipment every morning and
then he runs short every day.
They are just what you need for
breakfast every morning to make
you feel good the balance of the
, ay. Is cents box.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween Frank Brumbly aud Peter
Guymon in the blacksmithing bust
ness in La lara is dissolved by mu-
tual consent, Mr.. Brumbly retir
ing and Mr.. Guymon continuing
the business at the old stand, All
those knowing themselves indebt
ed to said firm are requested to
call and settle at once.
PETER GUYMoN.
FRANK BRUMBLY.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19
Strawberry Plants, Strawberry
Plants.

| have fine lot of home grown
Strawberry plants for sale. Per-
feet boomers. Inquire of
|. N. SLATER,
Del Norte, Colo.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19

Draught beer ON tap next week
at Dunhm and Hendren's.
c. +. Metcalf transacted bust
ness at Concios and Antonito last
Saturday.
The Sewing Circle will meet
with Mrs. Frank Palmer Thursday
May 18th at 30 p. IN.
Zeph Chas. Felt is putting in
7C0 acres of peas and Ito acres of
potatoes at his big place at Ro-
meo.
New building. new fixtures. new
goods, new customers. but you'll
find the same old welcome at Dun
ham and Hendrens. Dew-Drop-
Inn.
Richard Garrett is over from
Pueblo and intends spending the
summer and fall here, looking
after his farming interests and as
sisting his sister, Miss Rachel, in
taking care of her farm.
County Commissioner NJ. B.
Colt, accompanied by Travelling
Auditor Taylor, of the Colorado
Telephone Co., drove up from Con
ejos last Monday afternoon and
spent several hours here on
telephone business.
Manager Robert Lyons, of the
La lara NJ. q E. Co., accompanied
by Mrs. Lyons, drove up to Ala
mosa last Sunday. They were ac-
companied home by Miss Fannie
Sheridan, who will be their guest
for couple of weeks.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19
Bulls For Sale.

Registered short horn bulls for
sale by Sherwin, Wilder & Netf.
Enquire of VIM. NeH, La lara.
Colo.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19


New stock of Wall Paper just
received at the Drug Store.
w. O. Mieir and w. A. Braiden
are doing business in Denver this
week.
f. A. Brownell and wife were
trading in La lara as the wind blew
last Wednesday,
NJ. ID. Maloy has sold his place
near Sanford and left last Monday
for Idaho. where he may decide to
locate.
Sid Lovett went down to Du
range last Monday morning and is
spending the week there, taking in
the races aud the La Plata county
fair.
Charlie Mcdaniel was speeding
his team of steppers up and down
Main street last Wednesday and
had all the boys casting envious
eyes upon the turnout.
John g. Fullenwider and wife
came over from Monte Vista the
first of the week and have moved
out on his farm at Romeo where
he has over 400 acres put in to
peas and wheat.
Durham and Hendren are now
located in their own new building
and are better prepared than ever
to cater to their trade: They sell
only the best foreign and domestic
wines, liquors and cigars and ac-
cord only the best treatment to
everyone.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19
Feed!

Bran, SIPS.
1000 pound lots S1.15.
Oats. for feed, 81. 25.
WALLACE Nero. Co.
Best Coal Oil at the Drug Store.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19

Iast Saturday. and speht q. coupIe OF
days visiting friends.
DIR. Scheussler. expert dentist
and dental surgeon. will be in La
Jara the second week of each
month. Prices reasonable and
work absolutely guaranteed.
All of the incest kinds of lunch
goods at divers. Canned meats.
crackers, cookies. cakes, pies.
pickles and cheese galore. If you're
hungry, or expect to be, that's the
place to go.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-19

Buy La lara Writing Tablets at
the Drug Store.
Remember that you must have
the cash when you trade qt divers.
Durham and Hendren's new
saloon. The neatest place in town.
ID w-Drop-Inn.
Mrs. Thos. McCunnitf and Mrs.
III. o. Ellis drove up Ito Alamosa
last Saturday and spent a couple of
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-29
A STATE OF SIEGE
AGAIN IN WARSAW
TROOPS HURRIED IN AND BLOODY
RIOTS FEARED.
Strikers Parade Streets and Loot q
Large MiIl-Police Powerless.
Cossacks Called.

Warsaw, Aug. 26.-Conditions in and
about Warsaw are again becoming Sc
rious, and as result the city was de-
clared In state of siege last night.
Troops are being hurried in from the
outlying districts and more bloody riots
are feared.
The present trouble is a continuation
of the strike rioting of last month.
The attempt to settle the strike proved
futile. and the labor leaders thereupon
issued a general strike order to all
trades. which has been to great ex-
tent obeyed. Every effort that the
manufacturers have made to resume
operations has been combatted by the
strikers, and operatives who tried to go
back to work have been beaten and in
a number of instances foully murdered.
Yesterday the strikers, emboldened
at their success In driving men from
their work, paraded the streets and
looted large mill on the outskirts
The police were powerless. and finally
the Cossacks were called and freely
charged the mob. wounding nearly 100.
There were innumerable fights dur
inf the late afternoon, and the gov
ernor-general finally determined to sus-
pend the civil administration and place
the responsibility for preserving order
on the military. He Immediately is
sued the proclamation declaring the
city in state of siege and thereupon
Gen. Pomietiefski, commanding the
troops of the district, assumed control.
He issued orders that a brigade of in
fantry and several detachments of Cos
sacks be brought into the city, and
they are now quartered In the central
fortress.
Military are patrolling the streets,
and all residents have been warned to
remain in their homes at night and
day. The Cossacks have been instruct
ed to enforce these orders to the limit
and to freely use their whips on all
who do not obey.
II Is reported that bomb was
thrown at the commander of one of
the regiments, and that three men,
bers of his escort were severely wound
ed. Up to the present time this report
has not been. confirmed, but there is
little doubt, owing to the temper of the
strikers, that they will use firearms
and bombs IL the soldiers carry out
their regular oppressive tactics.