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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-10-27

house a sensation that night, and we
were all little eager; 1t had not been
announced on the boards, but had
floated round society through the pri-
vate channels, and we kept asking
each other who was this new star of
Batsburg? The programme was as
good as could be, but the performers
We're old acquaintances; and while
we stormed the stage with applause
after each item, all felt that Batsburg
owed us u new sensation yet. 1t came
between numbers 8 and loan extra
turn" which was merely slipped upon
the notice board The band struck
up new air, catchy thing that no
one had heard, and yet, / believe, we
all tried to hum 1t and then into the
centre of the wide strip of stage left
bare in front of the back-cloth little
ragged London gamin came swinging
his impudent dirty face turned to the
audience with the sang froid of his in
ute, and then cody looking us over, he
began to shy personalities at our
comments that made the victim shout
claim him success.
There was no doubt about his
reality-he was true arab, apparant-
ly brought straight out of the streets,
without dab of paint on him that
could be diScerned, and supremely
jaunty and insolent. Probably, he
was one of the boys who sold bogus
programmes at the side doors of the
hall, or, for few stray coppers, sang
versions of the songs to be heard in
side, and Batsburg had primed him up
to recognize the front rows of the au-
dience and discourse on their private
affairs and was getting quite personal
when one concluded that the
urchin had been coached by someone
who did know. Batsburg had been
among these people for weeks in CON
nection with the benefit, and. though.
his use of his knowledge might be in
doubtful taste, there was no denying
that 1t caught on-the stalls roared as
each stinging remark, pointed by one
grimy forefinger came clearly across
the footlights through the jaunty
music.
Suddenly the boy began to dance a
kind of double-shufIie and, to the air
which the band still played softly,
broke into a song, Introducing the
names of people in front of him.
His voice was sweet. true boys
voice, but marred by that awful East
End accent, and 1t rang through the
theatre loud and strong. Young
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Quick Yit u Strong Factor.

Some of the nOblemen of Europe owe
their present positions and stations OF
honor to the presence of mind and fore
thought of their ancestors during ex-
tremely critical moments. A hiccough,
for instance, Is the cause of the Kin.
skys' princely rank in Austria. 1t
seems that during the midst of some
great court function at Vienna the EN-
press Maria Theresa had the misfor-
tune to hiccough SO violently as to
cause, not only herself, but her court,
great embarrassment. In the midst of
her bewilderment young Count Kinsky
stepped forward, and with a most
clever assumption of intense mortifca-
tion and humiliation, asked her pardon
for his breach of good manners. The
Empress received his apology with not
only good grace, but gratitude, and be-
fore long the young nobleman was be-
slowed with high court honors and
decorations.
Another story II told how the EN-
peror Napoleon III when out hunting
one day, being a very poor marksman,
fired at pheasant, but instead hit
General Massena, destroying the sight
of one of his eyes. No one could doubt
who had fired the shot. but General
Massena turned round and soundly be-
rated General Berthier, who had been
standing behind him, which castigation
Berthier at once accepted and appeared
overcome with remorse. Napoleon was
grateful to both for thus shielding him,
and overwhelmed them both with
honors and dignity.
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frighten her chaperons.

frighten her chaperons.
Lady Jane is Il dear, good soul, but
she is accustomed to be unwise in her
management Of sigma. She allowed
her new approval of Noel to be read in
the growing maternity of her manner.
Hitherto she had been cousinly in her
treatment of him-she was not his
aunt OF that might have been her atti-
tude-and when things looked very
black in the matrimonial market she
comforted herself aloud with his ad-
vantages. sigma hated the obvious.
Her temper had been decidedly uncer-
tain since Captain Verney had come
into what she henceforth styled his
"Bayswater income" and she sailed
forth this very afternoon in a mood
that was ripe for mischief.
She found 1T at Lady Bloomfield's
afternoon crush where the Bohemian
element was mingling with the severe
ly social, and everybody was discuss
ing the great Benefit night" at the
Bacchante Theatre of Varieties in aid
of the War Fund. The Bacchante is
a very superior music hall. and that
lent a Zest to the way in which every
one was buying tickets-in aid of the
charity!
There was a fat man in long frock-
coat standing in the centre of the
when Sigma arrived. He was Bats
burg. the proprietor of the Bacchante
and the originator of the benefit. but
Sigma hardly glanced at him. There
was no doubt that she was in very
bad mood indeed, and her eyes, roam
ing abo,ft for some evil deed to prove
this, did not alight upon BatsburS, as
the special means arranged by the
Powers of Darkness to help her. 1t
was not with any thought of the fat
man and his glossy curls in her mind
that she sat down at the piano
and volunteered a song. There had
been music going on all of that after
noon; but Signals performance was
entirely different, and everyone listen
ed, and indeed, crowded in from the
other rooms to hear. She has
singularly clear voice, strong enough
to fill concert-room, and trained by
Da Capri. He never thought that his
excellent training would go to help
sigma to give Lady Bloomfield's
guests treat such as that perform
ance of 'Hy'ar there! Clear the road
for Lisbeth,'
They We're q noisy audience when
Signals singing had suddenly trans
Formed them from well-dressed luke
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THE SCANDAL OF SIGMA.
BY WILLARD.

"fwo thousand a year Is not a great
income" said Lady Jane, ironically,
.Still, it rescues dear Noel from abso-
lutte want. 1t was so nice of his god
mother-always n most unassuming
person, too; indeed, l mistook her for
the dressmaker on one occasion when
she came to. call.and l am afraid she
slipped off my visiting list quite Il
year ago"
THAT is pity. since the whole fam
lily are inclined to canonize her now!"
said Sigma dryly. However, she does
not seem to have borne malice, ss she
has promoted Noel to the position of
an eligible"
Hardly eligible. my dear! Two
thousand goes such very little way
unless one lives in Bayswater or the
country. Poor Noelv'
"Oh, did not mean among usr said
sigma, with a laughing sneer and q
glance out Of the window at the re-
spectacle Sloane street trees, decorous-
ly dusty though just in bud. But
possibly some young person in the
middle classes may take pity on him
now, even though it means Bays
waterr'
Lady Jane glanced rather unea asily
at signals straight young back, which
was all that presented itself to her to
Ieip out sigma meaning. And Lady
Jane was often at loss to know
whether Sigma was in earnest or iron
1cal. She was beginning to think,
with despair, that when her youngest
daughter talked sense-the sense of
sloane street and the duchess, ii
meant revolt, and would end In sigma
doing some dreaded and unconvention-
al thlng, such as wanting to take up
profession or refusing a really sound
oner, for instance. Sometimes-since
really laudable manner-she thought
with a sigh, that even two thousand n
year and Bayswater would be better
than an awful scandal, of which she
lived in terror. If Sigma must marry
poor man, better Noel, who was,
somehow, SO satisfactory to all the
1amlly, than one of those younger sons
Win whom the girl delighted to
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DRINK GALLONS OF WATER.
frastice Said to Account for Japs'
hardihood


Inc Nichi-Nichi, u prominent Jap
ailese paper, i'll commenting on the re-
niarkable health of the japanese SOL
9ier IN the field attributes not n small
Gesree of his endurance and immunity
from disease to his habit of drinking
about gallon of water every day of
ms lie. The statement was verified
D! an attache of the Japanese treaty
commission who studied medicine at
darNard and practiced at home.
The japanese soldier is not per-
mitted To drink much water on the
march. He merely vets his lips, rim
ses MS mouth, and takes small
swallow now and then. But in camp
ne drinks freely. \ quart Immediate
~ on rising, more after breakfast; and
several quarts during the evening. OF
course 1t Is largely habit. He has not
studied the systems requirements
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The largest pin factory in the world
Is not as has been stated in the
United States but in birmingham
ENG. where are 10000. 900 are manu-
fractured every working day. All the
other pin factories in England turn
out about 19OOOOOO.
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Wash Inside And Out.

The Nichi-Nichi discourses further
on the subject stating in naive way
the benefit of free indulgence in ma
ture's drink:
Health is a gift of the gods, and
the way to health lies through the do
main of cleanliness. As we wash our
linen so should we wash our bodies
inside and out. Water is the sweetener
life. In its free use you shall be as
sweet and pure as n mountain brook;
as strong as the lion of the sea; as
broad as the wind-swept rice fields.
You shall hold your head in the stars
and your life shall be as peaceful as
summer day"
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Americans Use Too Little.

Your people," he went on, neglect
their needs as a rule, in respect to
both water and air. They do not
drink enough and do not bathe enough.
| would not say they are unclean; it
is only that they are less particular in
their cleanliness. 1t is difference in
the point of view. The Japanese
think daily bath the very least at
tention to the body. Many battle sew
eral times a day-a simple sponginS,
cleansing the pores and giving the
soul a chance to breathe. And the
air bath is equally Il habit My peo-
pie cannot ut first live in the close
American houses. They crave the
freedom and perfect ventilation of
their bamboo cottages. Drinking and
bathing are national traits. We be-
lieve that cleanliness of the internal
tissues Is as necessary to health and
comfort as cleanliness of the skin.
The waste materials of the body are
often poisonous. Their retention Is
the cause of many sleepless nights,
headaches rheumatic pains fits of indi-
gestOn. Water in abundance, inside
and out, is necessary to every human
being"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-30
UNApPREcIATED ELooUENcE
Maiden Speech Of Young Lawyer
Has Most Unhappy Con-
clusieu.

Il il well for speaker to know where
his peroration is going to end when he
begins. heard young lawyer make his
maiden speech. 1t was in defense of a
fellow who was half-witted, arrested on
the charge of stealing hog, the young
attorney having been appointed by the
court.
His defense was that his client was an
Eiot, and unable to distinguish between
right and wrong He closed a howery
se,eech with this peroration:
Gentlemen of the jury, look at my
Client. That low, receding forehead, those
lrsterless eyes, portend that he was de-
Erived by nature of the power to s.
fnguish right from wrong, ignorant of
TIE distinction which exists between his
cvn property and that of others. To
M, as to the two-year-old child, what
ever he wants and can reach belongs to
HIM He knows neither why it does nor
Why it does not. But, gentlemen Of the
jrry, such are the institutions of this,
our free and glorious country, that my
client, idiot though he is, stands for trial
today by jury of his peers"
The culprit got the full penalty of the
law.
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RACES WITH HARD HEADS:
Moorish Tribes That Have Skulls
Which Are Almost Bomb
Proof.

1t is commonly believed that the
southern negro has a thicker skull
than any other race, but, while dark
eys have Uranium almost bombproof,
it is to be questioned whether they
compare to certain of the Moorish
tribes.
These tribes, in the vicinity of Nor
Deco, are Unfortunately proud of their
thick skulls. and from babyhood the
beads of the boys are kept shaver. that
the inherent tendency toward thick
ness Of skull may be increased.
They have developed their heads to
such degree that one of the diver
sions of tourists in Morocco is to pay
one of these youngsters sum equiva-
lent to about half a cent for the privi-
lege of breaking bricks on his head.
The skull forms a natural defense,
and when attacked the Moorish lad
wards OF his opponents blows by low
ering his head and receiving the
thrusts upon his skull.
The thickness of the negro's skull Is
ascribed to the scanty covering Of hair
upon his pate. nature endeavoring to
protect the brain from the rays of the
sun by increasing the thickness OF thu
skull.
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ODDITIES OF INVENTION.

In Germany clocks have been run by
wireless telegraphy. Portable wireless
stations, so light that they can be car
RED by men, have also been devised by
German inventors.
A recent French invention which
utilities electroplating for the deposit
o. extremely thin coatings of precious
metals is said to make possible the
gold plating of lace. without stiffening
the fabric. Silver is used in the same
way.
A machine has been invented for
manufacturing cotton automobile tires.
The tires are woven something like
lampwicks. only they are heavier and
OF coarser texture. They are said to
resist pressure Of 5000 pounds to the
square inch.
Although not yet perfected, the Ma
sorama telephone bids fair vastly to ex-
tend the field of usefulness of the long
distance telephone by rendering audi
bic vibrations too faint to actuate the
disk of the ordinary receiver or even
the microphone Instruments.
An automatic fire alarm recently pat
ented in England sounds an alarm in
. hotel ONCE II seconds after q fire
starts In any of its rooms. The appar
atus is simply an application of the
fact that heat causes expansion, snfn-
cient In this case to complete an cleo
trie circuit
Aluminium Il being used In France to
make alloys Of brass for the construc-
ton OF submarine boats. 1t has beer
found that the admixture of aluminium
produces extraordinary changes in the
color Of the compound. A little alumt-
mum makes it deep gold, and at a point
where between i've and ten per cent.
of aluminium Is used it becomes rose
red. Over ten per cent. of the lighter
metal makes the alloy white.
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TOLD OF THE TITLED.

Lord Roberts doesn't smoke, touches
wine but seldom, and rises at $50
every morning, summer and winter
no matter how late he may have re-
tired.
Lord Sheffield Is the proud possessor
OF photograph of the Ellington crick-
ct club of Oxford, and among the team
y King Edward, then an Oxford un-
Sergraduate.
Princess Louise Of Coburg IL said to
have sold the manuscript of her mem.
cfrs" 10 Brussels editor for 100000
and Leopold has ordered the police to
ma the editor and seize the book.
Baron de Forest is said to be con-
templating the establishment of an en-
Fire In the Sahara desert, and carping
critics declare that the British govern
ment will obtain a political advantage
by the process.
Lord Brassey offered to erect. at his
own expense, large number of wood
en- cottages on the English model for
the sufferers by the recent Italian
earthquake. The offer was accepted by
the government
The duke OF Argyll, King Edwards
brotner-in-law. has enlarged. his liter
airy scope by writing book of nom
sense verse in the form of long bal
lad. His first work. The United States
After the War;" brought him to the
notice of American readers. ~
Sir William Macgregor, governor Of
Newfoundland. is one of the most re-
niarkable men in the British calonial
service, both physically and mentally.
and is the only governor to wear the
Albert medal, which is the civilian
counterpart of the Victorian cross.
The princess of Wied, who is a prom
inent figure in the court circles at
Berlin. ana whose husband is In the
line of succession to the throne of Hol-
land, buys all the ill-used horses that
come to her notice and gives them the
benefit of stay in her well-appointea
stables.
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PASSING OF PoRRIDcE.
Wakes Way for the Better Food Of
Better Day.

~porridge Is no longer used for
breakfast in my home" writes a loyal
Britain from Huntsville, Ont This
was an admission of no small signifi-
canoe to one drought up" on the time
honored standby.
"One month ago." she continues, Il
bought package Of Grape-Nuts food
for nv husband, who had been an in
valid for over year. He had passed
through q severe attack OF pneumonia
ana la grippe combined, and was left
IN q very bad condition when they
passed away.
"f tried everything for his benefit,
INIT nothing seemed to do him any
GOOD. Month followed month and he
still remained as weak as ever. was
almost discouraged about him when
rot the Grape-Nuts, but the result
has compensated me for my anxiety.
I'm the one month that he has eaten
Grnpe-Nuts he has gained 10 pounds
IN weight, his strength is rapidly re-
turning to him, and he feels like a
new man. Now we all eat Grape-Nuts
food. and are the better for it. Our
little 5-year-old boy, who used to suffer
from pains in the stomach after eating
the oId-fashioned porridge, has no
more trouble since he began to use
Grape-Nuts. and have no more doc
tors bills to pay for him.
1--WE use Grape-Nuts with only sweet
cream. and find 1t the most tasty dish
in our bill of fare.
Last Monday I ate 4 teaspoonfuls
Of Grape Nuts and cream for breakfast
nothing else. then set to work and go'
my morning's work done by o'clock
ana felt less tired, much stronger. thar
~ / had made my breakfast on meat
potntoes. etc, as 1 used to. l wouldn'
IS without Grape-Nuts in the hous'
far any money" Name given pl
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich
THERE'S reason.
Denl the little book. The Road z
t1ljzIla,r h pksA
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UNKINDNEss REWARDED.
Baby Thrown Out Found Later to
Have $4,000 Pinned to
Clothing.

A smart motor car with young man
and a pretty woman in it drove up TO
tiny fishing village on the Brittany
coast this week and stopped at road
members cottage, which was empty
for the time being. The young man
sprang out with a large bundle, left It
In the house, jumped into the car
again and drove off rapidly in the d.
rection of Brest. The road members
wife, on reaching home opened the
bundle and found therein a healthy
baby about eight days old. Having
babies enough of her own, she put the
unwelcome infant out of doors and
calmly left it there. A peasant WON
an passing by. hearing the child cry
took pity on 1t and carried it to hei
home Undressing the baby. she
found $4,000 in bank notes pinned tc
it's clothes. but not the slightest indi
cation as to it's identity. She is going
to be devoted second mother to the
child. while the road members wife
bitterly repents her uncharitableness.
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tried to, that all she wanted was sham
poo and plain. ordinary hair dressing.
-oh. Yah. yah; Ich yersteh, was his
ready reply.
Having finished the shampoo. he
turned on the electric fan. necessary
adjunct for drying the hair. at the same
time getting it tangled in such a man.
ner that it would be necessary to drag
out fair portion Of it to straighten 1t
out.
He then began combing it, and, she
observed, that unlike other hair dress
ers, each time he pulled the comb
through her hair he managed to add q
few more tangles, until at last he was
raking it out by the combful.
Finally she protested.
"Oh! Yah, yah; das list all recht, " he
said. and kept rakins it out, and piling
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ment to get subscribers. we send as .
premium, within three days from the
time you subscriber an SS-piece set Of
this limoges"
How can your firm afford to send .
$50 set of dishes with $3.50 subscrip-
tom"
He explained that the publishers had
received 100000 worth of advertising
contracts. and had indiscreetly given a
sworn statement to the advertisers that
the paper had paid-up circulation Of
over $4,000 copies per week, whereas,
in reality, it only had paid circulation
of about $50. 900. and in order to increase
its circulation and avoid exposure, was
making this wonderful offer.
But" said Mrs. Johnson. what
security have for my money? What
evidence have that the dishes, or ey IN
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it in a bunch on the stand in front of


her
She pointed to the hair on the stand,
and again protested, but he affected to
understand that she referred to the
quality of the hair.
Finally. although all she wanted was
. plain hair dressing with shampoo,
to cost possibly rs cents he managed to
give her "marcelline wave" whatever
that is), a German hair dressing" with
tonics and other extras.
Upon completing the job. he was able
to write. in very good English, a bill
for $3.50
OF course, she was indignant, and
made no effort to conceal her displeas-
ure at such outrageous treatment.
whereupon the German. as II still mis-
understanding her. rubbed his hands
with enthusiasm. and said. with broad
smile:
"Es list sehr gut: es list reizend."
When ready to leave the booth. she
noticed the bunch of hair lying on the
stand. and instantly picking it up she
placed it in her hand satchel.
"You have robbed me" she exclaimed,
''and you shall not manufacture any
switches or portions of them from my
hair"
In his disappointment, the hair dress
err forgot himself. and protested vigor-
ously. in as good English as one would
care to hear.
One morning. since beginning these
graft stories, the maid announced that q
man was at the side door. and wished
to see the lady of the house. He waa
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taking orders for a weekly magazine.
Before Mrs. Johnston could refuse,
said: "Show him in" AS was in the
library. and Mrs. Johnston was in the
sitting-room, partially closed the slid
ing door between us, and said: Let
him canvass you. while listen. and see
what kind of worker he is"
He made proposition to send the
magazine for year at ten cents week,
so cents of which must be paid to him,
cash in advance.
After making rapid canvass on the
magazine, he produced a Haviland china
plate. and said: "As a special induce
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time ago this lady told me OF her expert
ence with hair dressing graft. 1t was
as follows,
She had called at New York hair
dressing establishment Being ushered
into a booth, she was placed in the hands
of German, whose wretched English
she could not understand, nor apparent
ly could she make him comprehend a
word she uttered. W
While washing and cleaning her hair.
he kept chattering in broken English
and German. apparently making this
suggestion and that. while working like
. trooper. She explained to him. or
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GRATEFUL TO cUTIcURA.
For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure Of
Raw and scaly Humor, Itching
Day and Night for Many
& Months.

II do wish you would publish this let
ter 90 that others suffering a. I have may
see it and be helped. For many months
awful sores covered my face and neck,
scabs forming, which would swell and
itch terribly day and night, and then
break opefi,. running blood and matter.
I had tried many remedies, but was
growing worse, when started with Cuti-
eura. The first application gave me in
slant relief. and when | had used two
Of Cuticura Ointment, was completely
cured. (Signed) Miss Nellie Wander
Wiele. lakeside. N. Y"