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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
Puzzled by the Law.

Librarian Putnam of the Congress
sional library tells a story of col
ored man who came into the library
a few days ago and asked one of the
assistants for good law book" He
explained that one of his neighbors
intended to sue him. and he wanted tc
get q book SO he could find out the
law.
The clerk gave him a copy OF book
called Every Man His Own Law
yer" The colored man sat down al
one Of the desks and turned the
pages of the book for an hour. Then
he came to the desk of the assistant
and said.
Deed, boss. CANT you git me
sumpin' easier? Dis yere is d fifth edi
ton. CANT I have d. fust edition
Mebbe 1 c'u'd understan' dat. l amt
bin gittin' on right smart with dis
yere fifth one."-Baltimore News.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
ACTOR TOLD uNKiNp TRUTH.
Cruel Speech That Brought Actress to
Earth With a Jerk

Earth With a Jerk.
May Irwin is round parsonage OF
middle years and more than middle
weight: to look at her would not make
one think of willows or slimly bend
ing pines. She is, withal. of a frugal
genius. and economical to a degree
that would evoke pIaudits from Hetty
Green or Russell Sage. She told me
this herself.
1t was when she came from her
dressing room ready to go on for the
second act: I chanced to be on the
stage. Miss Irwin was gorgeous in
4 red dress-arterial red. She swung
around with the remark:
DO you see this dress? Cost $3.50
and hate parting with money. The
first night I had it on Jim Ford spoil
ed it,
Thereat I expressed surprise and
sympathy.
1T was like this" she observed. 81
donned this dress. red being my weak
ness; l thought I'd never looked so
we'll. OF course, I'm fat: but still |
felt that for once was beautiful. Jim
Ford was back of the scenes; I con-
fided to him that I expected to make
the hit of my life. l pirouetted. even
II I am the size of load of hay.
Don't look like peach?' l asked.
mo said Ford. you don't-you
look like a tomato "A. II. Lewis in
Saturday Evening Post.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
GRATEFUL TO cUTIccRA
For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure Of
Raw and Scaly Humour, Itching
Day and Nieht-SuHered
Months.

"I wish you would publish this let
ter so that others suffering as l have
may be helped. For months awful
sores covered my face and neck. scabs
forming, itching terribly day and
night, breaking open. and running
blood and matter. l had tried many
remedies. but was growing worse.
when l started with Cuticura. The
first application gave me instant re-
lief. and when l had used two cakes
of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of
Cuticura Ointment. l was completely
cured. (signed) Miss Nellie Wander
Wiele, Lakeside, N. Y"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
GUESSING CONTEST IS NEW.

Novel Entertainment the Scheme Of =
Clever Woman.
Here is a novel entertainment that
was strictly original with the hostess:
Dainty score cards all decorated by
an exquisitely done woman's head
were passed to the guests. upon
which the following lines were writ
ten (the key is given below each one).
the hostess explaining that the first
letter of each word was the initial
letter in some well-known woman's
name.
HAS Helped Justice.
(Helen Hunt Jackson)
2-Kindergarten's Dearest Winter.
tKate Douglas Wiggins.)
3-Mystic Characterised.
marie Corelli)
4-Even Betters Browning.
elizabeth Barrett Brovning.)
5-Reproduces Beasts.
(Rosa Bonheur.)
6-Ever Spiritually Pondering.
elizabeth Stuart Phelps.)
Little Mems Advocate.
uouise NJ. Alcott.)
S-Has Blessed Slaves.
Harriet Beecher Stowe)
9-Faithful Enthusiastic Worker.
(Francis E. Willard.)
10-Lessens Every Pain.
Uydia E. Pinkham.)
11-Courageous Benefactor.
(Clara Barton)
12-Energetically Champions Suffrage
elizabeth Cady Stanton.)
13-Famed for Courtesy.
Frances Folsom Cleveland.)
14-Always Parting.
(Adelina Patti)
15-Modest Actress.
MARY Anderson.)
16-Loquaciously Belligerent
Gillian Belly
17-Charming Nightingale.
Christine Neilson.)
1S-Cheerfully Destroyed Many.
(Catharine D. Medici.)
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
Ask Me No More.

Ask me no more: the moon may draw
the sea;
The cloud may stoop from heaven and
take the shape.
With fold to fold. of mountain or OF
cape.
But. oh, too fond. when have I answered
thee?
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: what answer should !
give?
I love not hollow cheek or faded eye:
Yet. o my friend, / will not have thee
die.
Ask me no more, lest 1 shall bid thee
live:
Ask me no more.
sealed.
1 strove against the stream. and all in
vain.
Let the great river take me to the main
No more. dear love. for at touch ]
yield;
Ask me no more.
Alfred Tennyson.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
.MiJ5 MteMeDOnoIdl

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself. and no doubt you feel
far from we'll. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which nanifests itself in
depression of spirits. reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything. backache,
bcaring-down pains, fatulency, nerv-
business, sleeplesshess. leucorrhna.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
needed life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result.
The never-failing remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia L. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald, OF Woodbridge,
N j.. writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
make her troubles known to the public but
restored health has meant so much to me that
cannot help from telling mine for the sake
OF other suffering women.
For long time l suffered untold agony
with uterine trouble and irregularities,
which made me q physical wreck, and no one
thought l would recover, but Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me. and made me well and strcng and
feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine it is.n
II you are i'll, don't hesitate to get a
bottle of Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound ut once. and write to
Mrs Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for special
advice it is free and always helpful.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Peruna has always been q great
favorite with the military men, both in
the army and navy.
The strongest kind Of testimonials
are received from officers of high rank
concerning the virtues of Peruna for all
catarrhal ailments.
Only a small per cent. of these can be
used for publication for want of space.
Mr.. Harrison L. Dean, Burnside Post
No. 8, Department of the Potomac,
Colonel encampment No. SO. Union
Veterans Legion, Colonel Green Clay
Smith Regiment No. IT, U. v. u. De-
partment of the Potomac, Military
Order Loyal Legion, Department of
Columbia, Major 34th Indiana Veteran
Volunteer Infantry, writes:
"There Is no longer any question as
to the curative qualities of Peruna In
all catarrhal troubles. It's successful
use by many OF my friends entities II
TO confidence and endorsement
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
chanaed His opinion.

"See this lovely tidy" said Mrs
Bargen, at was so cheap"
"Hm!" interrupted her husband 81
want to recall my remark of this morn.
ing that you were always wanting
something you couldn't get"
"Oh, didn't want this particularly
you see, bought 1t because it was
so"
II was wrong this morning. should
have said that you were always get.
ting something you don't want
Philadelphia Press.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
Seaauils Know Friday.

The gulls seen about the local rivers
and bay seem to known when Friday
comes. Thursday night. when the fish
ing boats begin to arrive at Fulton
market. on the East river. the birds
begin to congregate, and all that day
and Friday they hover about. eager to
pick up the fish which may drop or
which may be thrown overheard from
the sleeps. Generally a morsel Is
espied simultaneously by two or three
birds. and there is a rush to secure it.
New York Sun.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
Mr.. HAYDEN'S VIEWS
GIVES HIS OPINION OF THE BEST
TREATMENT FOR PARALYSIS.
Declares That DIR. wiiliams' Pink Pills
Restored the Use of His Limbs When
All Other Remedies Failed.

Restored the Use of His Limbs When
All Other Remedies Failed.
The premonitory symptoms of paraly-
sis are: trembling of the hands; sudden
loss of power in arms or legs, frequently
| affecting one whole side of the body; stag
| gering; partial or entire inability to use
the fingers; distortion of the features,
sometimes al uncomfortable quivering
of the chin; severe pains; difficulty in
speech. Frequently the first warning is
vague feeling of headache, vertigo and
muscular weakness.
In recent interview Mr.. W. J. L.
Hayden said: "a truly think that DIR.
Williams Pink Pills nre n great medi-
cine for they cured me when physicians
and other remedies had failed to give
me the slightest relief. Too close at
tention to business brought on an attack
of nervousness which finally developed
into paralysis. There were times when
1T was impossible for me to move my
hands or to get up from n chair. At
other times had partial control of my
limbs, but l was afraid to go far from
the house for fear might suddenly be-
come helpless and have to be carried
home.
"While was in this miserable con-
dition, was stricken with malarial fever
and confined to bed for four months.
had the best physicians. but while they
relieved my fever, their treatment did
not entirely drive the malaria from my
system, and they did not help my par
alysis in the least.
81 was well nigh despairing when n
friend persuaded me to try DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. When had finished one box
could see results that encouraged me
My condition kept steadily improving,
and when had taken seven boxes was
cured of paralysis and the malaria was
completely driven out of my system.
For two years now have enjoyed the
best of health and have attended to bus.
iness without any interruption"
Mr.. Hayden's home is at No. 252 West
Both street. New York. DIR. Williams
Pink Pills have cured many similar cases
of paralysis, also locomotor ataxin. They
are sold by all druggists. A treatment
SO simple, inexpensive and successful
should be tried by every sufferer from
partial paralysis in any Of its stages.
Any person who conceals the truth
lieC in ambush
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

what l SUI
fered no one
W i'll ever
know. / used
about every
known RENE
dy that is said
to be good for
kidney COM
pl a n t, but
without d e.
riv ing perma-
nent relief.
Often when
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
Rich African Diamond Mines.

Prof. Henry Miers is lecturing to a
London audience recently said that
there is no knowledge of the depths to
which the South African diamond
mines can be. worked. The deeper they
go the richer they become. Work can
be carried on now to n depth of $500
feet and It is thought that 1t might
be continued to a depth Of 5000 fee,
or even 10000 feet IL engineering dif
.iculties could be overcome.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Among those who have received the highest
award-the Grand Prize-at St. Louis Worlds Fair
was the AZ; Tower Co, the makers Of the FISH
To the Fair will recall their nne exhibit In which
waterproof garments were shown adapted to so many
that almost every department of the worlds
work suggested. The Grand Prize was de.
served tribute TO one of the oldest manufacturing
concerns in the country.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
No. Maude. dear. WHOM pnrrots tai

No Maude, dear. when parrots talk 1t
is not necessarily polyglot
There Catarrh in this section of the country
than diseases together and until the last
few years supposed to be incurabe. For great
many years doctors pronounced It local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing
to with local treatment, pronounced 1t ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment
HaiIs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J Cheney
4 Co. Toledo. Ohio, ia the only stitutiona cure
the market. 1t fs taken internally in doses from 10
drops teaspoonful. 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
hundred dollars for any It fails to cure Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address; +. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
cough cure.-J. W. O'BRIES, 22e Third Ave.
N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

The latest sanitary mattress Is said
to be stuffed with breakfast food.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
TEA

The few top leaves of the
bush and a knowing cook
made tea for the few; alas
for the many!
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
ALL CLASSES
ARE SUBJECT TO
CATARRH.

Young man, If you don't believe that
kissing is unhealthful, just let the
girls papa catch you at it.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
A woMAN's MISERY.

Mrs. John LaEue. of lis Paterson
avenue. Paterson. N. J.. says: Il was
troubled for about nine years. and
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Even a professor OF mathematics Is
seldom able to figure woman's age
q woman's age correctly.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
ELITE suINCLE STAIN.

The best roof STAN on the market
Sample color boards to select from
ASK your dealer or write us. The
Humphrey-Jones Mcr. Co, 1921 Arapa-
noe St. Denver. Colo.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

An isthmus is n neck of land-aud
that is where Panama VIII get the
canal.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Most men who cry. Down with the
trusts! would like to own little
stock in them.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces f
naInmAtIon, allays pain, wind coio. 2Sc bottle
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Money" said the Wise Man. does
not bring happiness" 'Oh, yes Il
does said the sun Wiser Man. eli
you have just enough of it
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

A man who is in politics for tn,
good OF the people usually consider:
his family the people.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

After the first kiss a young man
kicks himself for having wasted SO
much time.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

You can't always tell from the mel
aBcholy woman's sighs how much she
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
ELITE sHINGLE STAIN.

After n man is knocked down by his
enemies his friends kick him.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
so Bu. Macnroni wheat Per Acre,
[G1l7DWQNN

introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agr.
1t is tremendous cropper, yielding in
good land in Wis, ILL.,, Ia, Mich, Ind,
o., Pa, n. Y, so bu. per acre, and on dry.
arid lands, such as are found in Mont.
Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo, ETC., it viii;
yield from 40 to 60 bu. This Wheat and
Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus
1nermis and Billion Dollar Grass. makes
it possible to grow and fatten hogs, sheep
and cattle wherever soil is found.
JuRr SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse.
Wis, and they will send you free u sample
of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great catalog, alone
worth $4,000 to any wide-awake farmer.
NV. n. VI
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

wise girl occasionally induces n
young man she doesn't like to act as
pacemaker for one she does.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

The Telephone Girl-''He used
shocking language" Electrician -
What voltageY
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
IN FIELD OR BARRACKS
PE.RU.NA is EFFlCAcl0US.

The constant exposure to the ele-
ments experienced in an outdoor life is
not SO apt to cause coughs and colds as
sedentary habits.
Those who are brought face to face
with the weather every day in active
life are much less liable to catarrhal
diseases than those who are housed up
lily ventilated
ALL CLASSES rooms. And yet both
| .oe cupIrcT IN of these classes are
Nh. more or less subject
CAIARhH. to catarrh and
- catarrhal diseases.
The soldier as well as the civilian finds
it frequently necessary to use Peruna
on account of coughs and colds.
No one is exempt. The strong and
healthy are less liable than the weak
and i'll, but none entirely escape.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

The man who is unable to bear mis-
fortune Is indeed unfortunate.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
W0MEN'S NEGLECT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Health Thus Lost Is Restored by Lydia
L Pinkhams Vegetable Compound.

How many women do you know who
arc perfectly well and strong? We
hear every day the same story oyer and
over again. ~ do not feel well; l am
80 tired all the time,"
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

To CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
gi,ts refund the money II 1t falls To cure. L. w.
Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
TEA
1t goes to the spot.

A brick manufactures needs the
earth in his business.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

The best roof stain on the market.
Sample color boards to select from.
Ask your dealer write us. The
Humphrey-Jones Mer. Co.. 1921 Arapa-
hoe ST.. Denver, Colo.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR TILES.
Itrhtng Blind. bleeding or PrutrudlnI Ple- You
druggist viii refund money II rAZu OlNTMESl
falls to cure you IN 6 20 IL days. Soc.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

girl may have music in her soul, |
but it doesn't necessarily reach as far |
as her voice.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Write for our Eno~iedse Book, A. sehnling &
Somp.ny. San Francisco.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

COL PAUL E. 6EcKWTH.
Colonel Paul Becith, Tt co retired LIST Reg Minute Men, in
Washington writes:
unqualified of many
in commencing for coughs
coids."-Paul E. Beckwith.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03
TEA

Schilling's Best is packed
in a way to keep it good a
long time; it is never loose.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Any person who conceals the truth
lies in ambush.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-02-03

Some mems wealth is fabulous ant
that OF others mere fable.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-12-06

alighted and had dinner, while the
train ran on to Graymont, 9,77l feet
above the sea and turned. After
dinner we walked back to Georgetown,
enjoying the delightful scenery, the
mining operations and the bracing
air, arriving just in time to catch the
train on it's return to Denver, during
which all the delights of the superb
scenery were again enjoved.
That night Saturday we boarded
the Rock Island train for home. ar
irving here Monday noon. after having
hid one of the most refreshing and
delightful trips of our life, witnessing
new and novel scenes that will
linger in our remembrance throughout
life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-12-06
FAILED.

All efforts have failed to find bet
ter remedy for coughs, colds and lung
troubles than Foley's Honey and Tar.
1t stops the cough. heals the lungs
and prevents serious results from a
cold. ]. N. Patterson, Nashua, Iowa,
writes last winter had a bad cold
on my lungs and tried at least half a
dozen advertised cough medicines and
had treatment from two physicians
without getting any benefit. A friend
recommended Foley's Honey and Tar
and two-t thirds of bottle cured lie.
/ consider it the greatest cough and
lung medicine in the world. "-Brunt
& Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-12-06

1t is difficult to cure cough or
free yourself from the discomforts of
n cold unless you move the bowels.
Bees Laxative Honey and Tar acts
on the bowels and drives all cold out
of the system. For Group, Whooping-
Cough, Colds, and all Lung and
Bronchial affections. no remedy is
equal to the original Bees Laxative
Honey and Tar. A Liquid Cold Cure.
-Brunt & Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-12-06
Live Stock Exposition. Chicago, Dec 18th

The Rock Island system has arrang-
ed to sell round trip tickets at all of
its stations to Chicago for the above
occasions at one fare plus 81. Tickets
will be OH sale Dec. 3-6 inclusive.
good returning until Dec. 10th.
For full information call on nearest
ticket agent, or address JNO. G..
FARMER, Division Passenger Agent
Cedar Rapids, Ia. 45-3
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-12-06
II. l.. COFFEEN
REAL ESTATE DEALER

Has bargains in land near DEBORAH,
also in other parts of Winneshiek County.
He can give you as good bargains on
Dakota or Wisconsin lands as any dealer
in the state. Office with c. S. Boice
over Reeds Hardware Store. References
those to whom he has sold land. Call on
him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
LET US BUILD WELL.

Editor Herald:-The question just
now the most discussed among Os-
kaloosa citizens is perhaps the new
city hall. That n should be built
appears to be the almost universal
opinion, and the difference of express
sions heard concerning 1t is mainly
in regard to what it should cost. The
one great danger ahead Of those hav-
ing charge Of submitting the PROPOSE
ton to the voters is their desire to
make it popular by making it cheap.
They, with their own reelection in
| view, may lack the nerve to ask for
what they feel is really needed and
stand or fall along with it. If Oska>
loosa is to grow, as we all believe it
is, a city hall should be built with the
| city twenty-five years hence in view.
Not alone the Oskaloosa of today.
Before many years we should be a
city Of the first class when a separate
police court will be required, and in
the new building provision should be
made for it. A paid fire department
will also come as one of the results
of continued growth and should be
amply provided for. The vaults for
the city records should be ample for
a generation and no doubtful or cheap
affairs. The Offices and council cham
Der should be roomy, sanitary and
conveniently arranged, and the whole
structure should be substantial, at
tractive and complete in all its de.
tails. There will then ne no need OF
additions, alterations or patchwork
hereafter to keep the building up to
the demands of a growing and up-to,
date city. When these things are
done it will be found that fifty thou.
sand dollars will be none too much
with which to do them. A penny
wise" policy is expensive in the end
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
osKALoosA ILLUSTRATED.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
The Oskaloosa Herald intended to is
sue a ~siXteen-page paper to show
forth the glories of it's home city.
But with the glories not half ex-
hausted nor the demands upon adver-
Using space half met all the paper in
stock had been printed, including
wrapping paper, and thirty-two
pages were sent out, with the prom
Use that next year the Herald will
prepare in time and give to Oskaloosa
an extra that will be memorable. But
the thirty-twopage paper that is at
hand is n that the Herald has reas-
on to be proud of. If it should pub,
lish a much better n it will be com
peting for honors in the free-for-all
class without regard to size Of field,
Oskaloosa is a handsome little clCy
and it has some exceptionally good
newspapers. The Herald would dc
honor to a city much larger.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
FOR MEN ONLY.

The Grinnell Gazette says: II saw
a man and woman come to town the
other day when it was cold. The
man was dressed in a heavy otter
fur ocat, with heavy cap pulled down
over his ears, German socks and ov.
ershoes on his feet and fur lined NIT
tens on his hands. He drove the
team and kept warm. Beside him
was his wife dressed in a thin fall
jacket, with veil-like mosquito bar
over her face and ears and the same
thin shoes she wore last Christmas
while her hands were wrapped in q
little shawl. Say, of that man didn'l
know what to buy his wife for Christ
mas, 1t isn't too late yet for somebody
to pound him on the head"