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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
A Disappearing Shilling.

Procure a few skeins of thick worst
ed from a Berlin wool shop; next, a
piece of tin bent in the shape of a
fiat tube. just large enough for shill-
ing TO slip through, and about four
inches long; wind the worsted upon
one end of the tube to a good-sized
ball. with shilling in your right hand
You are then ready to show the
trick" Place the ball of worsted upon
the sideboard, or anywhere ont of
sight. Borrow a shilling, which you
must request to be marked. that the
audience may be assured of its iden-
tity; then picking it up by the left
hand, you examine the shilling in your
right hand. pretending that 1t is the
one that has just been given TO you
and, observing. 1T is a good one 3"
place it on the table. Now fetch the
worsted. quickly drop the marked
money down the tube, and pull the
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The universal interest in the Anti
tuberculosis, movement is shown in
every convention held to consider this
not theoretical. The audiences are
popular, not merely professional. The
whole people are intereted.
In a session just closed at Atlanta,
Georgia, many important and interest
ing phases of the prevention and cure
of consumption were considered. DR..
C. P. Amber gave a concise review of
the duty of the physician in charge.
to the patient and family. His paper
was enthusiastically received and
adopted as the sense of the League on
this subject.
His points we're as follows: First.
tuberculosis is not the fatal disease
commonly believed.
While communicable 1t can
be made practically harmless by the
proper course on the part of the
patient.
Third-The chief cause of the high
mortality is late diagnosis.
Fourth-Late diagnosis is caused
by Indifference of the patient to early
symptoms and carelessness on the
part of the physician consulted.
Filthy thorough. systematic In
struction of the patient better results
can be accomplished than by medica.
ton.
Sixth-Instruction of patient, fam
lily and friends, and close observance
on their part of the rules laid down
will practically rob the disease of its
method and means of extending.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

AS some boys are interested in fires
and the way the alarms come in, we
have here given the description of an
amateur fire gong which any boy
can make.
The things required in making 1t
are: % cigar box s inches long. 5
inches wide and inches deep. t2)
The round bell of an ordinary alarm
clock. (3-4) Two screws. 90 The
nut of a bolt. 80 An elastic band.
(7-S) Two round sticks. 6 inches long
and one-fourth inch thick. t9-10) Two
strips of paper each l yard long and
! inch wide. I'D Some string. And
at 12-13-14-15, tacks.
The bell is placed on the nut go
and then screwed in the center OF the
box tight with screw No. p. On an
even line with the lower edge of the
bell on each side of the box fasten
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Get a number of glass tubes, vary
ing in size from a quarter of an inch
in diameter to the slim thermometer
tube. Thrust them into water and see
the result as shown in the accompany
ing picture. The water will rise
higher in the smaller tubes than in
the larger, and it will be higher at the
sides of the tube than in the middle.
This is due to the pressure of the air
on the surface of the water. and TO
what is known as capillary attraction.
this last causing the water to rise on
the sides of the tube.
Now thrust the tubes into mercury.
and an entirely exactly opposite effect
will be produced. as shown in the
darker picture, for the mercury will
have a lower level inside the tubes
than outside, and as it has a tendency
to slip away from the glass surface
rather than to cling to it there is no
capillary attraction. and 1t falls down
ward at the sides and curves upward
in the center. Besides. it will rise
higher in the larger tubes than in the
smaller ones.
A similar experiment may be made
with two fat pieces Of glass, placed
together like a wedge, and held so
by broad rubber band, piece of
wood being placed at the top and the
bottom of the open part. as shown in
the illustration.
Now dip this wedge into water. and
you will find that the water will rise
higher where the pieces of glass come
together than at the open part, thus
making curved surface. Dip it into
mercury and the curve will be re-
versed. the mercury having lower
level where the pieces of glass come
together.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Instead of the above heading
might be written, breathing for life.
For that is really what we do And
since this fact is so easily demon
strated. IL is strange that we have
not more quickly and fully discovered
that in this vital process lies the
secret remedy for a thousand ills, if
not the fable fountain of immortal
youth" Men have lived weeks with
out eating: days without drinking.
and nights without sleeping; but how
long can we live without breathingE
Twenty ounces of food and a few
pints of water will supply the body
one day but, upon low estimate. 1t
requires thirty thousand pints OF air
in the same length of time.
The delicate machine which this
volume of air enters is said to contain
over 100000 900 air cells, or little
workshops. Into the walls of these
there flows. like the sewerage of a
great city. the foul. venous blood of
the body. In these remarkable work
shops it is quickly transformed into
a rushing red torrent filed with life
giving oxygen from the air. What a
wonderful invention! What miracu-
lous process! And yet you are trust
ed with operatingsone of these instru-
ments.
Would You note its magical effect
under proper conditions? Then stand
erect. Open the doors and windows;
or. if you are sick in bed, have them
opened. Lift your chest and chin. and
breathe the invigorating air of hea-
ven. till the muscles of your abdomen
fairly bound with joy. Now, isn't that
tonic. Then take it many times a
day. You can repeat the dose often.
Even as | write the fresh air tickles
my finger tips; for when we breathe
deeply, it goes to all parts of the
body
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

of course the paper will support the
needle and everybody will say: Huh!
That's nothing" But just tell them
TO wait
Within a few moments the paper.
becoming soaked with water. will sink
slowly to the bottom Of the glass. But
the needle will not go down with 1t. If
the surface of the water is perfectly
still. the needle will remain afioat.
The explanation is simple. The CO.
hesion of the molecules of water is
such that the liquid resists the en-
trance of other bodies as long as the
molecules are not disturbed. II IT is
placed on the water with sufficient
skill. it is even possible to make a
fiat ring of metal swim. But the nee
die trick is easier.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
Fly in the Ointment.

81 made an extra ten to-day" said
Mr.. Nippy to his wife. Let's go TO
Hungarian restaurant tomorrow
night for dinner"
You'd better let me have it to take
to Mrs. Jinkson's missionary sale,
replied Mrs. Nippy. 81 haven't more
than a dollar to spend there. other
wise, and Mrs. Unison has sent me q
special invitation"
That's the way 1t goes" said Mr.
Nippy, bitterly. THE minute We get
a little ahead, along come our dear
friends with their hands out. Con
found this thing of giving to the
heather when we need the money our
es.'-Newark News.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
BABY CAME NEAR DYING.
From an Awful Skin Humor-
Scratched Till Blood Ran
Wasted to Skeleton
Speedily Cured by
Cuticura.

when three months old my boy
broke out with an itching, watery
rash all over his body, and he would
scratch till the blood ran. We tried
nearly everything. but he grew worse,
wasting to a skeleton, and we feared
he would die. He slept only when
in our arms. The first application Of
Cuticura soothed him so that he slept
in his cradle for the first time in many
weeks. One set of Cuticura made a
complete and permanent cure.
(Signed) Mrs. NJ. c. Maitland. Jasper.
Ontario"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
She Was Not Beautiful.

AT the Whistler exhibition in Lon
dom" said a tourist, Il had chate
with Joseph Pennell, the well known
artist. Pennell had spent his boyhood
in Germantown with me. and so we
talked of our old Germantown friends.
We talked of a boy who had become
an artist and married a rich woman.
Pencil said this chap was not
altogether happy. He said he would
tell me story about him that would
reveal subtly, in Henry James man.
ner. the cause of his unhappiness.
"A stranger visited the mans
studio one day, and paused, full oil
wonder, before a life-size. full-length
picture of a woman in white Greek
dress.
"Is this" said the stranger. in a
tone Of amazement, your IDEAL
NO the artist answered; it's my
wife,"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The players seat themselves and a
ball is got; then a letter is taken %.
for instance), some player says: My
shis is loaded WITH" and losses the ball
to some player, who has to answer
with a noun that commences with the
letter chosen at the beginning of the
games; in this case b. so player could
say beans" and he then throws 1t 20
another player who has to answer or
pay forfeit. The faster the ball is
thrown, the more fun, some very fun
ny answers being given.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

ball of the tin directly it is in, advanc-
ing to the company and winding up
the ball. which, by little pressure
secures the coin from coming out un-
less the worsted is unwound. Then
put the ball into glass tumbler, hold
one end of the worsted few yards
from the glass, take up your own
shilling from the table. show it to the
company, who will imagine it to be
the one that was marked; say, Pres
to, Fly! Pass" give the end of the
ball of worsted to one of the audience,
request him to ''unwind it," which be-
ing done, the money will fall out OF the
ball.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
White Cats,

1t was once supposed that white cats
are sieaf, but this is not the case at
all. However. 1t does seem to be a
fact that almost every white cat that
has blue eyes is deaf. The curious
thing is that If there is any touch OF
color on the coat, or If one of the eyes
is not blue, the hearing will not be
affected
What is the relation between a pair
of blue eyes and deafness is not GER
tainly known. but that there must be
some strange connection between the
sense of hearing in such cats and the
color of their ewes il not now doubted
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
Boys That Fear No Noise.

Eastern papers are advocating a
noiseless Fourth. Shades of Ticon-
deroga. Bull Run and Valley Forge de-
fend us! 1t is all right to eliminate
the dangerous elements from the
Fourth of July celebration. but who
ever heard of noiseless patriotism? 1t
would be like voiceless oratory. The
small boy is with us.-Leadville Herald
Democrat.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

'If l had wife," said the very
young man. Il certainly wouldn't want
her to be at some woman's club dis
cussing public affairs till midnight
Neither would you want her to
discuss private affairs at home after
midnight" rejoined the man with the
absent hair. but it's pickles to fudge
she would do 1t just the same."-Chi-
cago News.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

To make dancing doll out of your
handkerchief tie knot in each of the
four corners. Tie another knot mid
way between the upper corners. Be
hold little man Twist the two low
er corner knots together. and he'll be
ready to dance for you.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

There was little woman
In a very sorry plight;
For. strange to tell. this woman
Disliked to dwell with light.
She closed her blinds up tightly,
Then craped the windows Ger.
For fear the blessed sunshine
Would spoil her walls and floor.
This dainty little woman
Grew very pale and thin.
Just like the weak potato sprouts
In cellars deep and dim.
All. silly little woman!
You have faded out Of sight.
Because you would not let in
The sweetness of Gods light.
Farm and Fireside.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

One citizen threw a block of wood
at another citizen who was standing
in front OF the Age-Herald office yes
terday morning. and the gentleman
who was a target was inconsiderate
enough to dodge and let the block go
through a plate glass window.-Birm-
ingham (Ala) Age-Herald.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

One of the bankers who transacted
business with Mrs. Chadwick has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for
seven years. He pleaded guilty. and
must have been able to show that his
profits were small.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Somebody has discovered that the
meningitis germ is shaped like bean
and is blue. This fact, with the addi-
tional one that the disease attacks
the brain, indicates that the only way
to fight the epidemic is to quarantine
Boston.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma can,
not go outside of the territory without
permission from Washington. There
are good many prisoners in the ter
ritory, including old Geronimo and my.
self"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Why should the Columbia students
be disappointed by an edict barring
the hiring of pretty manicure for the
university barber shop? Don't they
have plenty of other opportunities for
holding hands?
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

New York is concerning itself as to
the probable insufiiciency of its water
supply when it shall have become a
city of 100000 people. By that time
the proportion Of New Yorks popula-
ton that drinks water may be even
less than It is now.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
Curry AND WATER

Amusing and Instructive Experiment
Which Many of Our Readers Can
easily Garry out-Varyins effects Of
Contact with Mercury and with Wa.
notwithstanding Capillary Attrac-
ton.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
THE WRONG WAY TO WALK
Inelesant and Slovenly Gait Noticed All loo
Frequently.

required of it, it would seem that the
brush best adapted to use in the hu-
man mouth should have short, mar
row head, with short. rather stiff bris-
ties, trimmed straight longitudinally
and convex latitudinally, that each line
of bristles may come successfully into
use as the brush is rotated.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

King Leopold may be leading a
blameless life. but the probabilities
are that the European correspondents
have so many other things to look
after that they can't watch him.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The Massachusetts legislature Is
preparing a new law to prohibit buck
bishops. We are listening for a pro-
test from some of the advocates of
personal liberty.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Mrs. ]. w. Mackay has just paid
100000 for rope of pearls Women
who are envious of her are waiting to
see how they show up on the asses
sor's list
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

A recent cartoon credited Father
Neptune with saying to the Russian
and Japanese fleets that there is
plenty of room at the bottom. Plenty
of room, to be sure. but the location
is damp.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The story that Turkey had leased
Tripoli to a French company for
term OF 80 years is positively denied
Now. aren't you glad that you didn't
get excited over 1t?
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Clara-Have you heard about Grace
Dresser? She has received quite a
large legacy.
Maude-Yes. Her mother was a
ballet dancer.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The Hon. Jim Jeffries still insists
with much vehemence that he is 60
ing to retire from the ring. We know
of nobody who is daring enough to try
to stop him.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

fer short sleeves, says a fashion writ
err Short dresses. 1t may be added, do
not look half bad on those same young
women.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Real estate is declining in value in
the vicinity of English public school
houses lately. They are teaching the
violin over there.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

South Dakota farmer will retire
from business after making sl,50O.000
out of the soil. Yet some say farm
ing doesn't pay.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Musical postal card that plays BE
della" and other ragtime airs is the
latest. Thought there was law
against sending nuisances through the
mail.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

A Kentucky girl refused to tell a
little white lie" so that she could get
married. That girl is worth waiting
for, If 1t takes all summer.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The Illinois Appellate Court has de-
cided that hat trimming is no art.
Family men have always considered it
high art.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Still. what with the beefsteak, the
automobile and other necessaries oil
life. the cost OF living is uncomfortably
high
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

A Minnesota editor is successfully
training jack-rabbits to race against
railroad trains. He says that the bun
MES eau run to beat the cars.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The sign over the stairway of a
New York factory building reads:
"Girl wanted to sew buttons on the
sixth floor" New York always was
good at furnishing horrible examples
for the rhetoricians.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

The deaf can now hear musical com
edy airs. Some people don't know how
to take advantage of the blessings OF
providence
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Fiction reading is declining in Gin
cinnati. and 1t is believed the beer
drank in that town is at the bottom
OF 1t.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26
COLORADO

Saturn has a new little satellite.
Prof. Pickering says. Both are doing
well
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

after divorce, WHAT" asks the Bos-
ton Globe. Usually somebody who
wants to change partners at the next
table.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Very likely the monkey that is to
attend the New York society dinner
will be able to hold up his end Of the
conversation.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Gates have got beyond their depth in
the Chicago wheat pit
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

When once a young man gets mp IN
the world far enough to shave. nothing
can get him down again
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Beautiful oranges grow at Valencia,
where King Alphonso is now. but he is
looking for a peach.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

Chauncey NJ. Depew is now ~ years
old and still in active life. Here is an
other painful jar for Dr. Osler.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

"Old Jones put all his money In the
bank. an the bank busted on him."
And the only reply of the Georgia phil
osopher was: Thank the Lord.
never had dollar ahead in my life."
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

eIYH permaneatiy cured. No at. or Nervousness afee
I'll hrs days Of DIR. Klines Nerve Resecss
Or. Send for FREE %. 90 trial bottle and tpasiles
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-05-26

will use no other. Defiance Cold Wa
ter Starch has no equal in Quantity
or Quality-16 OF. for 10 cents. Other
brands contain only IL OF.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-04-22
TO THE PUBLIC

We desire to announce to the
people of Pullman and vicinity
that we have purchased the coal
and wood business of Frank Bur-
nett. We are aware that Mr..
Burnett has received your conf
dence and patronage to considerable
degree and we hope by fair and
courteous treatment to merit and
receive a continuance of the same.
Any orders for coal or wood Civ
en- Mr.. Burnett will receive prompt
attention from US. We are respect
fully, Potlatch Lumber Co,
Phone No. 545 d. /. Kemper, Agt.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-04-22
NUMBER 80

The Ladies Historical Club
entertained at the home of Mrs.
Minnie Chambers, Wednesday
afternoon, in honor of Mesdames L.
G. Richardson and l.. J. Lindley,
who are soon to leave Pullman,
Mrs. Richardson to go to Grange
vile, Idaho, and Mrs. Lindley to
Cotton. The afternoon was pleas
antly passed with the game of Sher-
lock Holmes, in which the two
guests of honor tied for first prize,
the tie being decided by spelling
match, in which Mrs. Richardson
won,
AT the meeting of the city
council Thursday evening the COM
mittee reported unfayorably on the
application of the Stewart -Clure
Hardware Co. for permission to
build corrugated iron warehouse
on the property back of their store.
1t was proposed to build the struc-
ture from the rear of their present
building to the Grand street 'front.'
age, where a brick front would be
put on.
The Surprise store, being put
in by parties from RitzviIle, will
open for business today. 1t is To-
Gated in the white brick block, at
the corner of Main and Grand
streets. 7. J. Silver Is in charge of
the establishment.
The city marshal reports one
arrest this week, that of young
man named Roberts, whose pro-
pensity for using violent and un-
becoming oaths in public places got
him into all the trouble.
Bryant & Campbell's CARLOAD
of Anchor vehicles has arrived anc
the many new creations in buggiet
are now being placed on view in
their Grand street establishment
J. w. Burgan is in Spokane on
business.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-04-22
WANTED! 1000 FAT HENS.

For few days we will pay 12
cents per pound for good, fat hens.
Remember we pay CASH for every
thing we buy. We buy all kinds
of POULTRY, EGGS, PORK &
VEAL. We buy POTATOES also,
and have for sale SEED Potatoes,
CHICKEN FEED and Poultry
Supplies, international Stock and
Poultry Foods, Etc. Farmers
phone in office; call US up when
you want to sell or buy anything
in our line.
PULLMAN POULTRY Co.