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The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
News Was Suppressed.

Reporters at a college fraternity
dinner in an uptown hotel a few
nights ago were rubbing their eyes
to keep awake. under the soporific
speeches of hosts and guest of honor.
A young man, possibly a graduate of
a year or SO, hurried up to the press
table.
Gentlemen" he gasped. ARE any
of you classical scholars? If you are
he didn't wait for reply-'we beg
OF you favor. The Greek motto of
our fraternity was inadvertently spok-
en- by one of our orators few mo-
ments ago. 1t is sacred to us. thing
we wouldn't tell, even to our wives.
We beg of you not to mention the
motto in the paper"
The young man was solemnly as
sured that his wish would be respect
ed.-New York Sun.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Health Observations Abroad.

One of the most pitiful sights in
England is to see young women act.
ing as barmaids in the public drink
ing places, and to see women elbow
ing their way to the bar and then
stand there. shoulder to shoulder with
crowd of coarse, half-drunken men,
and with them partake freely of in
toxicating liquor Unfortunately, this
painful sight is not at all rare, and it
is quite common to see drunken wom-
en- Keeling about in the streets. What
sad commentary on our modern civ
iliZation.
In Copenhagen 1t is the custom to
dress young schoolgirls so that their
arms are almost or entirely bare, even
in weather when Americans appre-
ciate their overcoats. This practice
necessarily chills the blood, and tends
to produce congestion of the internal
organs. and undoubtedly lays the
foundation for colds. pneumonia and
tuberculosis.
tuberculosis is making sad havoc
among the urban population of Nor
way. 1t is pitiful to note how this
plague is decimating this once hardy
race. Sedentary life, indoor confine-
ment and defective ventilation are
undoubtedly the most prolific causes,
for fifty per cent of the tubercular
cases make a satisfactory recovery
when they are sent to some outdoor
sanitarium; and what will. cure con-
sumptiye would certainly have pre-
vented the onset of the disease.
The liquor curse is undermining the
physical stamina of the Swedish race
Liquor drinking among the working
classes is almost universal. One
third of their population die before
the age of twenty-one, and one-fourth
of those who live, are rejected from
military service on account of phys.
ical disqualifications.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
vIee-Presiden. Learned Quickly.

Vice-President Fairbanks is proving
an apt pupil in the role of presiding
officer of the United States senate.
For a few days he was clearly wor-
ried, and on one or two days actually
became ratified. The senate was
about to go into executive session one
afternoon and Mr. Fairbanks intended
to order the sergeant at arms to clear
the galleries and close the DOORS" In
stead, he directed that official to clear
the door and close the galleries.
The first day he made a slip. He
was administering the oath of office
to new senators and, having commit
ted the oath to memory. did not make
use of the book to guide him. AS
result he inadvertently omitted that
part of the oath referring to mental
reservation or purpose of evasion
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Warehouses Oyama. wife of the
Japanese Napoleon, is the Mrs. Aston
of Toxic. A precocious high school
pupil when only 10 years old, she won
an American education at the expense
of Japan. Coming here in her elev-
enth year, she was prepared for Vas
sar college in a Connecticut private
school, at 81 was Vassar graduate.
at 90 the wife of Baron Oyama, and
now, in her forty-second year, is recog,
nized as the most versatile woman
in the empire. She won fame years
ago as an expert fencer, swimmer
and horsewoman. AS student of
botany, zoology and foreign languages
she is in the first rank. The
marchioness is the foremost autho .ity
in her country on Shakespeare.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
BREAKFAST BREADS.

Corn Puffs.-Beat together two and
| one-half cupfuls of unsklmmed milk
and the yolks of two eggs, until thor
oughly blended. Add two cuptuls of
best granulated corn meal. Beat the
batter thoroughly; stir in lightly TIE
whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff
froth; turn into heated irons, and
bake.
with one cup of boiling milk. Beat
until smooth, and drop on a griddle,
in cakes about one inch in thickness,
and bake slowly for an hour. Turn
when brown. II preferred, the baking
may be finished in the oven after the
first turning.
Hominy Gems.-Beat one egg until
very light, add to it one tablespoon.
il desired, and two cupfuls of cooked
hominy (fne). Thin the mixture with
one cupful or less of boiling water
until it will form easily. beat well.
and bake in heated irons.
Sally Lunn Gems.-Beat together
the yolk of one egg, two tablespoon.
fuls of sugar. and one cupful of thin.
ice-cold, sweet cream. Add slowly.
beating at the same time. one cup and
two tablespoonfuls of sifted Graham
flour. Beat vigorously. until full of
air bubbles, add the white of the egg
beaten stifiiy, and bake in heated
irons.
Cream Corn cakes.-Into one cup
of thin cream stir one and one-half
cups of granular corn meal. or enough
to make a stir batter; add one-third
of a teaspoonful of salt; beat well.
drop into heated irons. and bake.
Cream Graham RolIs.-To one-half
cup of cold cream add one-half cup of
soft ice water. Make into dough
with three cups of Graham flour.
sprinkling in slowly with the hands.
beating at the same time. SO as to
incorporate as much air as possible,
until the dough is too stiff to be
stirred; then knead thoroughly, form
into rolls and bake.
Hoecake.-Scald one pint of white
corn meal, with which, If desired. a
tablespoonful of sugar and one-half
teaspoonful Of salt have been mixed.
with boiling milk. or water enough to
make batter sufficiently thick not to-
spread Drop on a hot griddle, in
large or small cakes as preferred.
about one-half inch in thickness.
Cook slowly, and when well Drowned
on the underside, turn over. The
cake may be cooked slowly until well
done throughout, or, as the portion
underneath becomes well Drowned.
the first brown crust may be peeled
on with knife, and the cake again
turned. AS rapidly as crust be.
comes formed and Drowned. one may
be removed, and the cake turned, I'M.
til the whole is Drowned. The thin.
wafer-like crusts are excellent served
with hot milk or cream.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Natures great disinfectant is sun
light. 1t is most interesting fact
that this wonderful light, which pro-
notes the growth of useful plants and
sustains animal life, at the same time
destroys by its very brightness all
sorts of germs which are brought in
contact with it. 1t is this fact alone
which renders the earth inhabitable.
Germs develop with such marvellous
rapidity that they would quickly over
whelm us by their very numbers if
not constantly destroyed by the sun.
little computation will readily show
this. Some germs are capable of such
rapid multiplication that they may
double every fifteen minutes under
favorable conditions of temperature
and food supply. Estimate the num-
Der of germs which might be pro-
duced in a single day of twentyfour
hours, or ninety-six doublings. The
number would be more than thirty
two thousand billion billions, or suf-
ficient to cover eighty thousand
square miles foot deep, or fill
space of more than fifteen cubic
miles. The increase of a minute or
ganism occupying a cubic space of
not more than one twenty-thousandth
of an inch to such prodigious magni-
tude is beyond comprehension, and
practically cannot occur; for while
the germ may grow at this immense
rapidity for a short time, the poisons
which it produces become destructive
to itself. The material upon which 1t
feeds is also exhausted, SO that it's
growth ceases.
Doubtless all have noticed the fact
that mold grows during the night and
in dark, damp cellars. Bright sun
light quickly destroys germs. mold,
and other parasitic organisms. Diff
fused daylight does not act nearly so
rapidly, but accomplishes in the
course of few hours what bright
sunlight is capable of doing in a few
minutes. 1t is clearly evident, then,
that in order that our houses should
be kept free from germs, they, like
our bodies, should be made full of life.
The shutters should be opened, the
curtains raised. and the light admit
ted to every room in the house, clos
cts included, so that the disinfecting
power of light may be exercised in
every nook and corner of the dwell
ing.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
LAWS AID A NECESSITY.
Unpleasant Fact Brought Out by Sub.
lest of Divorce.

Jest of Divorce.
Much is said and written now upon
the subject of divorce. says Miss
Julia Magruder in an article entitled
'Lancelot, Guinevere and Arthur" in
the North American Review. And
much there is to say on the legal side
of the state against the man or wor1-
an who seeks to break the legal bond
of marriage. Perhaps, of all these
arguments, the strongest is that Of
necessity. The law must hold a ma
and woman together. for the reason
that love will not. But for this fact
the impermanence of human affection
which every day confronts us, Love
and not Law might be conceded to
constitute the marriage bond. But
stern necessity compels us to recog-
nize the fact that this obligation too
rarely holds TO be established as
precedent. Therefore-in the present
age of man, at least-we are COM
PEELED to respect the legal bond. The
legal bond, yes-but the mere legal
bond, no,-and when Tennyson
pushes it to the point of assuring.
without doubt or hesitation, that this
will be the one which will prevail in
the eternal hereafter, even his beauti-
full poetry does not save the situation
from an element of the ridiculous.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Point Of Etiquette.

Soon after the train left Lansing
one of the male passengers seemed
to be considerably perturbed about
something. and his seatmate finally
turned to aim and asked him If he
was III.
mo, not ill.," was the reply. but I
find myself in quandary."
las how?"
Are you UP on the rules of eth
quette?"
Fairly so. What is the point?"
well, there sits my divorced wife
across the aisle from us, and | don't
know whether etiquette requires that
I take myself into the next car ahead
and out OF her sight or whether |
should tell her II she doesn't like my
looks she can go herself!
News.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
Col. De Clairmont Has Won Military
Honors in Guatemala.


Col. Lorenzo Alexis De Clairmont.
chief of staff to President Cabrera of
Guatemala and military dictator of
that country, was ticket-taker in Den
yer about year ago. Descended
from Franco-Spanish ancestry, Col.
Clairmont is a soldier of fortune to
the bone. His early life was spent in
Guatemalan wars. He also served the
United States in the Philippines,
where he was wounded thrice in one
battle and won lieutenancy for gal
liant conduct. He left Denver Jan.
5, 1904, sailed from San Francisco
Jan. 16. and entered service on the
picturesque personal staff of Licen-
ciado Don Manuel Estrada Cabrera,
''presidente Constitutional de la re-
publica de Guatemala" Being of i'm
posing appearance and imbued with
the fire and spirit of chivalry and
war his promotion was rapid-first
10 major. then to lieutenant colonel
and then to colonel and chief of staff.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Rothsehlld Declined Fortune.

Baron Rothschild, head of the
French branch of the family, recently
received curious legacy. This was
the fortune of an ancient beggaI
named Abraham Fidler. who died in a
garrett at Nice, and was found to pos
sess 1,250000 francs. He bequeathed
1t to the other millionaire on the plea
that money must seek money" Baron
Rothschild was not of the opinion, in
this case at any rate, and he pro-
ceeded to hunt up the lamented Fid.
ler's relations. three of whom were
found at ODESSA and a fourth at Brook.
Ign. The legatee divided the million
and quarter among them.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Love Soma.

Loves for Youth. and not for Age.
Fen though age should wear a crown.
For the Poet. not the Sage:
Not the Monarch, but the Clown.
Loves for Peace and not for War.
Zen though War bring all renown;
For the Violet. not the Star:
For the Meadow, not the Town.
Loves for lads. and Loves for maids,
Courts smile and flies a frown:
Loves for Love. and saucy jades
Love Love most when Love has flown.
Love n cruel tyrant is;
Stays his victims with a glance,
Straight RECEIVERS with a kiss.
But to slay again. perchance.
Wouldst thou know where Love doth
bide?
Whence his sharpest arrows fly?
In a dimple Love may hide,
Or the ambush of an eye.
Vert thou clad In triple mail,
In desert far apart.
Not "A whit would this avail:
Love would find and pierce thy heart.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
)Mn>MaceretMen*Aey

There are cases where an operation
Is the only resource, but when one con-
siders che great number of cases of
ovarian and womb trouble cured by
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret MerlSley of PTS Third
Street, Milwaukee. Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Loss of strength, extreme nervousness
shooting pains through the pelvic organs,
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
ME to seek medical advice The doctor, after
making an examination. said had ovarian
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this strongly objected and decided
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. The liberation quickly healed, all
the bad symptoms disappeared and l am
once more strong, vigorous and we'll"
Ovarian and womb troubles are stead
lily on the increase among women. If
the monthly periods are very painful,
or too frequent and excessive-if you
have pain or swelling low down in the
left side, bearing down pains, .leucor-
shoa. don't neglect yourself try Lydia
G. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. :,
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
Copyright. 1905. by Daily Story Pub. Coz

For a woman-hater of thirty to sud.
denly find himself irretrievably in
love is a serious state of affairs. To
discover. moreover, that the object OF
cne's affections is discouragingly
apathetic in the matter complicates
the thing to a considerable degree OF
frenzy.
Yet that is what happened to me.
After more or less sprightly exist
ence in which the smiles of charmers
and the wiles of charmers' mammas
had been successfully withstood, had
reached the satisfying conviction that
l was at last rooted and grounded in
the bedrock of a respectable bachelor
hood. To look down from my height
and contemplate the strife from which
had now fully emerged was a pleas
ing thing. And now, in the midst of
this-at the zenith of my triumph
felt 1t seize me.
She was queen-every inch-and
perhaps 1t was her very imperiousness
that commanded my unwilling admir-
alton. l had known her years ago
when she was mere girl, in fact. I
was twenty-five and she, sixteen. One
day carried her across a little stream
on my back. 1t began there. but |
did not know it. Norah Branch went
East and dropped out of my sight
and life.
She had returned now-not the
Norah Branch of my schoolboy days
but Branch-the great artistic whose
bell-like voice was sufficient totkold
vast audiences GREATNESS to the first
faint cadence that fill from RHsahinpfy
and smiled-a plain. womanly smile
that swung me back to far byn>ne
days. clumsily greeted her and
passed on abruptly, as If in haste,
berating myself at my unhappy lack
of insouciance-a quality upon which
l had always taken particular pride.
At that moment it became apparent
that l, Frederick Bennington, had been
struck by the blind gods random
archery and that the wound was a
sore one.
l became foolish. From a sanguine,
carelessly-happy man was trans
formed into a moody, sombre, tomb
like being. Ny fellow club-members
rallied me-advised tours to the CONT
nent, mountain climbing and entire
change of scenery. air. etc. snapped
back at them currishly, the point of
their Jokes too dull for my benumbed
brain.
She sang. l took a box and pelted
her with flowers. She smiled.
scared into the clouds. She held her
hands toward me as the music welled
from her superb throat. stormed the
privacy of the stage where l grew pro-
fuse in my compliments and earnest
in my laudatory adjectives. She
thanked me simply and put back a
stray wisp of brown hair that floated
loose from her magnificent couture.
"Dodo," cried. do you remember
the time l carried you across that
stream"
Her fair brow contracted and she
glanced down studiously.
Eyes. 1t was long time ago." she
said.
But I recall 1t very distinctly" /
said. boldly.
She glanced up quickly, as il in
alarm.
II wonder why?" was her innocent
remark.
You nut your arms around me
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

swept graciously from the stage to
face me flushed and triumphant-her
superb bosom rising and falling with
the intensity of her emotion.
Bravo, little girl" said l. They're
all crying out there!'
She threw her hand toward me dep
recatingly and sighed. Then her head
sank down toward one fair shoulder
as she roguishly replied: Fritz the
Flatterer!" l started. That was my
appellation in the good old days-I
thought she had forgotten it..
But her eyes were glancing into
mine in manner that puzzled me-
l hesitated between two mighty i'm.
pulses. Words to bestow upon this
fair structure deserted me-they were
like clay in casket of precious gems.
was impelled by pair of saucy
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

A correspondent writes to ask II the
story cabled over from Paris about a
French surgeon being sued for having
dropped his eyeglasses and inadvert-
emily sewed them up In a surgical
wound of one of his patients. is in
tended to be serious. We reserve
cur reply until we get the verdict.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

William E. Corey. president of the
steel trust. has been living in New
York for a year. but is still stranger
there. No one sees him at the theater,
he has never knocked down a pedes-
trian with his auto and the most
strenuous reporter finds 1t impossible
to get an interview. I'm point of
fact" says friend of his, Corey has
not discovered the art of making a
chump Of himself"
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

William Standler, a soldier OF the
confederacy and 20 years old. is a
pupil in the Agricultural and Mechan.
ical college at Starkville. Miss. He
never went to school in his youth
and now that his ten children have all
married and set up for themselves
thinks 1t Is time for him to get an ed
ucation. gomeone told him that Cato
learned Greek at so. SO he decided to
enter the college.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
TIE. Eat Up Income.

Lord Lonslow. president OF the
board of agriculture, of England. said
at meeting that in his own district.
the county of Surrey. taxes were so
high and returns from the land so
small that he had made up his mind
to sell most of his property.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

then, Dodo. Do you remember that?"
She smiled.
81 was very silly in those days, Mr..
Bennington" she said.
blushed, unable to meet the thing
to my satisfaction.
A call-boy Numbered in and the
great singer fitted out to face the
sea of critical fellow-humans-her one
sure talisman supreme and ready to
her call-that wonderful voice.
1t was pathos this time-deep. Sob
bling sympathy that seemed to Groom
It's soul into the very hearts of the
listeners. Her rich mellow notes lad
en- with the honeyed tremor Of sad
ness dimmed many an eye ere she
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Have ready three tubs of moderately
warm water; for the first water make a
strong suds by using plenty of Ivory
Soap. In this put pair of blankets
and stir with the clothes stick until
clean; then rinse through the other two
waters, putting little soap in each.
Wiring by hand and stretch carefully on
the line. ELEANOR r. PARKER.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Any possible rumor that Slugger JEFF
fries is to play in piece by George
Bernard Shaw is denied in advance
by the press agent. When there is
smuggling to be done in a play Mr..
SHAW prefers to do it himself
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

A Chicago man after having had
disagreeable experience with a lady
who was able to wipe up the floor
with him advises men to avoid marry
ing girls who are heavier than them.
selves. He ought in all fairness to
have a royalty from the producers of
anti-fat connections.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Why should the Congress of Moth.
lerhood propose to start a newspaper
to spread their gospel? Isn't every
newspaper in the country in favor OF
babies and lots of them? Why
crowd?
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Mr.. Grover Cleveland celebrated the
completion of his sixty-eighth year by
starting of on a hunting trip. The
jackrabbits agree with DR.. Osler that
a man ought to retire before reaching
that age,
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
& NATURES GREAT DISINFECTANT.
1 Let e Sunlight Reach Every Corner of the
House and Destroy the Germs.

plication of this simple curative meas
ure, not only for the purpose of rescu-
ing the victims of pulmonary tuber.
culosis from the certain fate which
awaits them. but as an essential
measure for protecting the public
health.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

The United States circuit court has
ruled that fancy socks must pay duty
as embroidery. II the embroidery
takes the shape Of clocks" would
the court require the hose to be en-.
tered as timepieces?
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14
American Painter selected.

Carl Melchors, the American paint
err, has been selected as a member
OF the international committee for the
organization of the foreign exhibits
at the art exhibition in Venice to be
inaugurated by the kings Of Italy on
April %. The American exhibitors
number thirteen and include j. s
Sargent.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

Mrs. Cornelia Claflin says mans
bones. muscles and nerves are con-
structed to endure for 400 years. We
are not so certain about the bones
and muscles, but some nerves are
built on that model all right.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

A Berlin professor claims to have
discovered serum that will cure hay
fever. And host of sufferers may be
expected to remark next August that
they "hobe ids drue."
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

The Jersey City police departments
decision to place pianos in the station
fouses. for the patrolmen to play on
in their leisure hours. shows what
constant association with the criminal
classes will do even to good men.
The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1905-04-14

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