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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

so IL is with an evil report started on
It's travels by a whisper or a nod. You
do not know how many regulations II
may destroy; how many families 1t
may divide; how many lives render
unhappy. Cultivate the same kind OF
disgust for the scandal monger that
you have for the hog wallowing In the
gutter. Those who wallow in the
slime and filth OF small talk arc none
better than the genuine article. Shun
the man or woman whose nose ais al
ways bent to catch the SCENT Of some
dirty story about other people, those
human or inhuman crows and buzz
yards who feed on the carrion OF gossip.
Mark this: 1t is generally safe to
silently suspect the person who is al
ways suspicious OF others. There is a
''screw loose' somewhere In suca a
nature. Like the cuttle-ish which
hides itself in a cloud of its crea-
ton these human scavengers will seek
to divert attention from their falliDgs
by continually harping on the short
comings of others. The female whis-
perers generally belong to a class who
have no families OF their own and SO
occupy their time in regulating the do
nestle relations of others. They call
themselves .friends of the family" and
on their weekly visits they SOW dis
union aud discord and set the whole
neighborhood by the ears.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
None But Ayers at the Worlds Pair.

Ayers Sarsaparllla enjoys the ex
traordinary distinction of having been
the only blood purifier allowed an ex-
hiblt at the Worlds fair, Chicago.
Manufacturers of other Sarsaparillas
sought by every e to OBTAIN a
showing Of their goods, but they were
all turned away under the application
of the rule %forbiddipg the entry of
patent medicines and nostrums. The
decision of the Worlds fair authorities
in favor Of Ayers Sarsaparilla was in
effect as follows: ssAyer's Sarsaparilia
Is not a patent medicine. It does not
belong to the list Of nostrums. 1t is
here on its merits"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
A GOOD MONOPOLY.

Those people of New Mexico who
are disposed to find fault because
many of the great railway corporations
are "monopolies," do not stop to con-
slider the benefits that the consolida-
ton of railway interests bring. 1t
cannot be denied that railway
monopolies are the cause of very OBJ
j%ectionable features, but the merltor-
ious ones should not be forgotten. 1t
is not many years ago that a traveller
making a journey Of a few hundred
miles had to "change cars" from one
to a dozen times. The little roads had
separate depots in every town and city,
and to "change cars" meant an ON
nibus or other conveyance, and often
no conveyance at ALL. to reach the
distant depot Of the connecting road.
Trains were u with no reference to
the convenience or interest Of through
passengers, and timetables were ar.
ranged to suit local travel, regardless
of the leaving or arriving time
at the termini, to say nothing about
the stage connections. The trav-
eler over these one-horse roads
invariably found when he arrived
at the terminus of one road,
he would either have to lie we from
night until morn, or morn until night,
before the next train on the other road
departed. Travel was one round of
annoyance, and to study out all the
slime points" ia q trip of a thousand
miles required a mathematical head.
Since these numerous small roads have
been consolidated into large corpora
tions, all these annoyances have ceased.
A person can step aboard a train at
Las Vegas and 60 into New York by
changing cars only once-at Kansas
City, st. Louis or Chicago, and the
transfer requires only a few steps.
The traveller simply enters a palace
coach and whirls along thousands OF
miles before he needs make a change.
A lady or little child can now travel
with less difficulty from Las Vegas to
the Atlantic or to the Pacific than an
experienced traveller formerly travelled
a thousand miles. The public would
rather accept the "conditions'' of the
monopolles than to return to the an
noyances of travelling as il was twenty
years ago. Then if we had no rail
way "monopolies' nearly half of us
would not be in New Mexico to-day,
and as we would rather die here than
live in paradise, we have much to be
thankful for.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

roads lose nothing, but gain q great
deal. SO does the public.
A large military post, several rail-
roads, some small manufacturing inter.
ests, a great many health seekers dur
ing the winter months aud a fair
amount OF business produced by adj
%jacent agricultural and stock districts,
make the city q busting centre OF
commerce and consequent activity.
There is nothing to be seer between
I'll Paso and there except the cactus,
mesquite and tornello bushes and
trees, with here and there a little town
and a big court house. Del Rio Is the
best town between the two cities. At
Langtry, where Fitzsimmons and
Maher had their minute and millnowy
contest, the following sign Is IN sight
from the car window: "Ice cold
beer and law west OF the pecos.n AS
we needed neither, we went on and
cease before the patience of the
reader fails tho OBSERVER.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

system Is very much like a camel. II II
really astonishing how much abuse II will
stand. Sometimes, however, something
worse than usual will be eaten, and will go
through the stomach into the bowels, and
there II will stick - that's constipation.
Nine-tenths of all human sickness Is due
TO constipation. Some of the simplest
symptoms are coated tongue and foul
breath, dizziness. heartburn, fl~atulence,
sallowncss, distress after eating, headaches
and lassitude. A little thing will cause
constipation, and a little thing will relieve
II. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a GER
tain cure for constipation. They are tiny,
sugar-coated g-anules,. mild and natural in
their action. There is nothing injurious
about them. Sold by druggists.
Address with 81 cents In one-cent stamps, to
cover cost Of mailing only, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo. N, Y, and get Z
free copy Of the Peoples Medical Adviser"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
special Notice.

LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIo-Delivered by mail,
post paid, $1,000 per annum; $500 for six
months; $2.b0 for three months, by car
rier, 2b cents per week.
VhGAs WEEKLY OPTIo-32 columns, de-
liyered by mail, post paid, $500 per an
mum, 81 80 for six months, 81 90 for three
Sample copies OF both daily and weekly,
mailed free when desired. Give postof1ice
address In full, including state.
OORREsPoNDENOn-Containing NEWS, solicit
ted from ali parts OF the country. Com
munications addressed to the editor OF
iii OPTIC, to insure attention, should be
accompanied by the writer's full name
and address, not for publication, but as q
guaranty OF good faith.
Extraordinarily be made by draft money
order, postal note, express or registered
letter at our risk. Address oil letters and
kilograms to THE OPTIC,
East Las Vegas. New Mexico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
PROPERTY FOR SALE:

House and lot, next to Central Hotel
cheap.
Store house, on leased lot-good
business property.
Ranch, 1854 acres; under ditch;
good wire %fen,e; fish tank, eight feet
deep-two miles from Las Vegas.
Restaurant, complete fixtures; seven
rooms, three Misunderstanding good
business.
Two good lots in Dallas, Texas-to
trade for Las Vegas property.
Small ranch, 16 acres, under ditch,
tank, all wire fence, 4-room house,
stable, II mile from Las Vegas-a bar
gain.
Ranch, 800 acres, 1876 cultivated,
los pasture, good orchard, 4-wire
cedar post fence, river water, large 6.
room house, furnished; one half cash,
n half notes or trade. Il mile from
depot.
All letters Of enquiry promptly an
swered. Cfice, New Optic hotel.
GEO. H. HUTCHINSON & Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

-LM.lM-
The female tattler would almost
seem to be a permanent institution OF
every small community. A large
amount of time has been spent in
%rldlculing and denouncing her, still she
will flourish and gossip end tattle. And
nc doubt she will continue to SANDER
and lie as long as people are found to
listen and believe. Little better than
the tale bearer is the one whose ears
are always cooked to receive evil re-
ports about their neighbors. Scandal
is like a piece Of counterfeit money, he
who passes it is as bad as he who COINS
it. Don't imagine that .they say
throws al the blame off yonr shoulders
when you repeat a lie. To aid and en-
courage a crime is nearly as bad as
committing the crime itself. When
you hide behind the excuse that some
one else said it first you add cowardice
to There are some people
SO mean that they feel a sneaking sat-
~isfaction when misfortune befalIs their
best friends, and their stingy souls feel
nothing but envy and malice when
any n else has a little good luck. II
is SAID that a pebble thrown into the
Atlantic creates a wave that does not
resi- Til il washes every shore, and
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
Suffrage Convention.

A Territorial mass meeting Is called by
the National American woman suffrage
association, to be held In Albuquerque,
April 2Sth and Goth, for the purpose OF or
ganizing a New Mexico suffrage associa.
ton.
The question of woman suffrage is ag-
gressively before all the people of the great
west. The glorions example OF Wyoming,
where women have voted upon every ques-
ton that men have for thirty years, has
answered every objection of the opponent.
She has demonstrated that none of the
fancied ills that theorists declared must
follow the enfranchisement of women,
have proved true in the actual experiment.
Wyoming is to-day an unanswerable
argument for the advantages OF a govern
ment that knows no sex. The
progressive spirit of New Mexico will
not permit her to lag behind her
neighbors in this line of march. The
time to act is now.
We earnestly request all the friends of
the cause to be present at this mass meet.
ing and to participate in its deliberations
Entertainment for delegates will be pro.
vided in the hospitable homes of Albu-
querque. Friends wishing entertainment
will please address Miss Cora Armstrong,
$3.50 South Broadway, Albuquerque, N. NJ.
An interesting program will be provided.
Come onel Come ALL! Let this be an
earnest and enthusiastic gathering which
shall make an energetic protest against
existing conditions-a fit prophecy Of a
new time coming, when there shall be a
higher and truer civilization.
MRS. j. d. PERKINS,
Hillsboro,
President.
Miss CLARA CUMMINGS,
San Marcial,
Corresponding Secretary.
MRS. MARTHA G. RAYNoLDs,
Las Vegas,
Treasurer.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
Law of

II subscrlbers order the discontinuance
of newspapers The publishers may con-
paid.
If Subscribers refuse or neglect to take
their wspape from the oftce to which
they are sent, they are held responsible un-
til they have settled the bills and ordered
them discontinued.
If subscribers novel to other places with
out informir X the publisher, n the news
papers are sent to The former place or resi-
Aence they are then RESPONSIBLE
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
Malls.
Malls on the star routes leave Las Vegas

a Vegas to Fort Summer, includin
Anton Chico, Los Colonais, Eden, Santa
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and ar
rive on alternate days of a week..
Las Vegas to Fort Bascom. including
Boil Ranch, Liberty and Endee, tri weekly,
on Monday. Wednesday and Friday, OF
each week, and arrive on alternate days.
HapelIo. San Ygnacio and Rociada, tri-
weekly, on tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, of each week, and arrive on alternate
Las Vegas TO L~esperance, once a week,
on Saturday.
Conveyance on Fort summer line, is by
two-horse blackboard, on Fort Bascom and
Lesperancv by private conveyance
usually spring
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

Medicine all the year around, because it puri.
hes. vitalizes and enriches the blood, and
therefore gives strength to resist bad effects
from all blood diseases, Malaria, Pneumonia,
Colds, Catarrh, Rheumatism, etc. Serious illness
has often been prevented when Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has been taken in time.
Hood Pills are the best after-dinner pills
assist digestion, prevent constipation. 25c.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
Summer Mountain Resort.

now receive guests for the summer
The most picturesque scenery in America,
fine fishing and hunting. Best of hotel ac-
commodations in New Mexico. For terms
for board and lodging, apply to the Ro-
nero Mercantile Co., Las Vegas. Carriage
leaves their store, southwest corner Of the
plaza, every Saturday and Tuesday morn
ing at 8 O'Clock; fare for the round trip, 81.
For further information, call at the above
establishment. 30tf.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
To HeaIth-Seekers.

The Blake Ranch, on the head Of the Ric
Sapello, is now prepared to receive a limit
ed number Of boarders. This ranch il
located in the heart of the mountains, amid
the most beautiful scenery in the world,
where brook trout and wild game offer
ample diversion for the nimrod or anyone
seeking outdoor sport. 1t is located only
twenty five miles from Las Vegas, and
within eight miles of the Rio Pecos, and
only three miles from the headwaters of
the Rio Gallinas. Address,
Address Mrs. j. P. Blake, Rociada, or in
quire for c~onyeyances and rates OF w. Il.
Critics, East Las Vegas, N. M.
~. p. BLAKE,
77-tf Rociada, N. M.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
The Park House.

Las Vegas Hot Springs, N. NJ. We still
have a few choice rooms left for those who
come early. The most popular house at
the spring.. Mr.. Bob Britton, late from
the east. has charge OF the kitchen; every
thing is prepared in best of style. Rates,
So cents per meal. Seven dollars per
week. Table supplied with the best the
market affords. Rooms by the day, 30 to
rs cents, $500 to $500 per week.
MRS. KATE DENNIS,
14S-tf Manager.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
stockholders. Meeting.

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Las Vegas Masonic building association
will be- held at the Masonic Temple. in
East Las Vegas, N. NJ, April 9th, 1896,
at 8 O'Clock p. nj for the purpose Of elect
Ing a board Of directors to serve for the
year and foi the transaction Of
such other cuisines a may legally come
before such meeting CHAs. ILFELD,
A. D. HIGGlus, President.
Secretary. 143 90
EAST LAS VEGAS, NM, April 18th, 1896.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
TIE Denver Republican sums up a
column editorial on the applicants for

LIE DenVer HepuOHcdN suuS up q
column editorial on the applicants for
statehood as follows:
The east has no reason to fear the ad-
mission of the proposed states, for their
influence upon national legislation would
be small, and besides, national Legislation
does not come as close home to the people
as state legislation. The interests of the
people of Arizona and New Mexico in re-
spect of domestic legislation should receive
the first consideration. Both Territories
are amply able to maintain state govern
ments, and their inhabitants desire state
hood. To continue them any longer under
Territorial governments would be to vio-
late a fundamental principle of American
liberty and of the union as we'll. If Justice
is done they will be admitted, and it is any
thing but creditables to the people of the
east that because of narrow sectional pref
udices they seek to keep them out.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

A fourteen-y ear-o old girl, adopted
into the family Of Capt. Rabb, Grant
county, was accidentally and fatally
poisoned by eating "Rough on Rats"
some of which had been spread on
bread to exterminate mice.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

AT 4 o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
the funeral services for the late A. M.
Codington we're held at the family
residence, 213 South Arno street,
Albuquerque. The body will be sent
to Topeka for burial.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

The task Of transferring the New
Merican's extensive plant to its new
quarters, at the northwest corner of
the plaza, has commenced at Santa Fe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 90, 1896

COMPLIMENTARY mention of this
paper IN the Lincoln News, down the
country
La edicion del semanario de Las Vegas
Optic en- POGO TEMPO contendra un de-
partamento en- Castellano. Esto bera ell
papel mas popular como nunca.
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104 Papers for Only 81.
Sample Copies Free. Address
A. H. BELO & Co., publisher.
DALLAS or GALVESTON, TEX.
Haarrper's Bazaar
IN 1896.

The ltwenty-niDth syear otslHARPER's
BAZAAR, beginning in January, 1896, find
it maintaining | S deserved reputation botf
as a Fashion journal n a weekly peri
odical for home reading.
Every We elk the BAZAAR presents beau.
tiful twoilettes for various occasions, SAN.
DOE, BAUDE, and CHAPUIS Illustrate and
engrave the newest designs from the finest
models in Paris and Berlin. New York
Fashions epftomize current styles in
New York. A fortnightly pattern-sheet
supplement- with diagrams and directions
enables womensto cut and make their own
gowns, and is OF great value to the pro-
| fessional modiste as well as to the amateur
dressmaker. Childrenss Clothing receives
constant attention. Fashions for Men are
described in full detail by a man about
town. Our Paris Letter, by KATHARINE
DE FOREST, is a sprightly weekly recital
of fashion, gossip, AMI social doings in
Paris, given by a clever woman in an en-
PERTAINING way.
American women. Mrs. Gerald, by
MARIA LOUISE Pool, is a striking story OF
New England life. MARY E. WILKINS, in
jerome, q POOR Man, discusses the al
ways interesting problem of the relations
between labor and capital. Short stories
will be written by the best authors.
special Departments. Music, The
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Doing, Women and Men, report and dis
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Answers TO 4 correspondents. Ques-
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The Volumes Of the BAZAAR begin
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
CHURCH OFTHE IMMACULATE CON.
CEPTION.
FATHER T. p. o'KEEFE, Pastor.

Masses will be said at $3.50 and 900 a.
M. Sunday school at 8 pm. Vespers and
bonediction, OF the Blessed SACRAMENT, at
7:3O 2. m. Daily morning mass at $3.50 a.
m. Sermon, at high mass, at 900 a. m.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

Nos. 8 and 1 are solid vestibuled limited
trains, composed of dining cars, Pullman
palace drawing room cars I'M chair cars
between Chicago n Los Angeles, San d.
ego and San Franci co.
Nos, ! and 2, Pacific n Atlantic express.
have Pullman raIace drawing room cars,
tourist sleeping cars and coaches between
Chicago and Los Angeles, San Diego and
san Francisco.
Nos. l and 2, Mexico and Atlantic express.
go and Albuquerque, and Pullman palace
cars and coaches between Chicago and the
City of Mexico, e. COPELAND,
Gen. Agent, Ell Paso Tex.
W.. BROWNE,
T. F.& +. A., Ell Paso, Tex.
CHAs.r JONES,
Agent, Las vegas,N M.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
IrRsr METHODIST e <IsooPAL oHURcI
HARTMAN J. HOOVER, Pastor.

Sunday school at 0:45 a. m. Preaching
at IL a. m, followed by thirty minutes
class meeting. Epworth League at 700 p.
IN. Evening service at 1880 p. m.
The pastor and members extend, to all,
the welcome OF this church, and will be
pleased to see you at its services.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

THERE is a good deal of speculation
in political circles as to the direction
IN which Senator Matthew S. Quay, of
Pennsylvania, Will turn his support, in
the event of the balloting at St. Louis
being protracted, and his own pros.
poets failing to develop. Rumors have
been current during the past two weeks
that a change had come over the spirit
OF his dreams as a result of the strong
manifestation of Mckinley sentiment
in the country and congressional dis
trict conventions, and the selection in
different parts of that state of a num-
Der OF Mckinley delegates to the
national convention. The senator,
however, has himself put a quietus
on these reports, while at the same
time refraining from expressing any
definite predictions tor any candi-
date. There seems to be no question
of the fact that he has an agree
ment Of some kind with ex-
Senator Platt, Speaker Reed, Mr..
Clarkson and others of the anti Nc.
Kinley combine, and that, even if he
wanted to, he could not at this stage
oil the game 60 over to the Ohioan
without a breach of faith. At the
same time, there is a feeling among the
prominent politicians who are reckoned
as his henchmen that the party in that
state should be protected In some way,
so that il Mckinley is nominated on
the first or second ballot, they should
not be left outside of the breastworks.
But the senator himself is doing the
sphinx act, and apparently guarding
any surprises he may have in store for
the eve Of the national convention.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CHURCH.
REV. NORMAN SKINNER, Pastor.

Preaching at IL a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Society Of
Christian Endeavor at Gas p. m.
All people are cordially welcomed.
Strangers and s%ojourners are invited to
worship with us.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

The camel IL a
beast Of great
strength and en-
durance. Nothing
hurts II until the
~proverbiai "last
straw" Is added to
. Its burden. The
human lucrative
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

Postage Free to all subscribers In the
United States, Canada and Mexico.
Address HARPER & BROTHERS,
p, o. Box 959 N. Y. City.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-23

MISS CLARA CUMMINGS,
San Marcial,
Corresponding Secretary.
MRS. MARTHA G. RAYNoLDs,
Las Vegas,
Treasurer.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-11-12
A PATHETIC INCIDENT.

Suicide Follows . Futile Attempt at Rec
onciliation Between Husband and Wife.
NEVADA, Mo-, Nov. TO- Mrs. Thomas
Harrison, q young wife, swallowed
strychnine in the presence OF her es-
tranged husband late Sunday after
noon and died in great agony in his
arms The tragedy occurred on their
farm IS miles northwest Of this city.
Six months ago they agreed to sep
arate. She went to live with her
parents and he with his. On Satur-
day afternoon, knowing her husband
would be at their old home, attend.
ing to stock, she drove over there,
taking a little girl with her They
talked over matters for few moments.
She told him she had come back to live
with him, but he demurred and she
then swallowed the fatal dose. He
lifted her into the buggy and drove
hastily to a neighbours house, but she
died in terrible commissions In her hus-
bands arms, before she could be lifted
out of the buggy. 1t is one Of the sad
dest occurrences In the history Of this
county.