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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-02
A business man Is

A business man Is
mot the most patient
~creatdre In the
world. He cannot
wait to hear any
ng-drawn-o ON
story Of the cause OF
his aim He
Doesn't care two
straws about a fine
spun theory of how
he should treat him
self. He may be
p~redisposed to scrof-
ula, or consumption:
"That.n he will tell
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-02

THE OPTIc is consistent in matters
political, and independent as well.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-02
COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS.

AssooIATR JUsTioEa-wifbur r. stone, OF
Colorado; Thomas o.. Fuller, Of North
Carolina; William NJ. Murray, OF Tennes-
see: Henry D. sluss, OF Kansas.
Matthew q. Reynolds, OF Missouri. U. 8.
A tforuev Hsf fANaNF =
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-02

Conf Agent, ri fsso. Texas.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-05
Notice Of Dissolution
Of Partnership,

We, the undersigned, doing bushes
at W adsworth, Washoe County, Nevada,
under the firm title of Iu%ccachinini d
C~hiociora, OF the Colunibo Saloon, have
this Both day OF October, A. d., 1896,
agreed to dissolve partnership in said
business, l.. Luccachinini retiring from
the firm. f. Chiocciora will continue
the business at ct the old stand and will
pay all Indebtedness against said firm
and will receive all moneys due said
firm.
In witness whereof we have herennto
set our hands and seals this Both day Of
October, A. d., 1896.
l.. LCCcACHININI,
+. CHIoccIoRA.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-05

BEGAN THE TIN DISHES.
we're broken and he was badly bruised,
but we are glad to learn that he was
not fatally injured. His honor the
mayor is n good natured man and does
not affect any particular dignity, but
the mar WHO wants TO see him IN Off
cial business at his office must leave his
cay use in the street below.
About the Campaign.
The Kicker is III receipt of a number
of communications asking about its pol
icy in the coming campaign, and we
will answer all in one. This paper is
independent in politics, religion, poetry,
agriculture and everything else. No
railroad corporation dictates, and no
syndicate pays its bills. If we wanted
to weave a crown Of laurels for Captain
Kidd or pitch into the memory Of
George Washington, &c outsider would
have to be consulted.
In supporting one candidate we shall
not pitch into another. In this world
of change no man can tell who is COM
ing out on top, and if it happens to be
the nan you've pitched into your posi-
ton is made somewhat embarrassing
for several years subsequent.
We have no decided opinions regard
ing silver or the tariff, but we do stand
pat on tho question of the Monroe doc
trine. If necessary, let LIS go to war to
support it, but during the continuance
of said war we shall be found at the old
stand. as heretofore.
The campaign speaker who strikes
this town and starts in to lie about any
of the candidates will have to leave the
hall by "a back window and get under
cover CT tie woods five minutes later.
As a people we love truth and poker
and insist on a square deal.
A Word to Major Banks.
For the last month Major Banks of
this town has been in the habit Ct ON
ing into the posloffice several times Il
day and firing a pistol through the gem
eral delivery window to attract the at
,ention Of the clerk who serves the pub
tic. While nobody has been shot and
he noise amount TO nothing, such &C
tiors serve to lessen the dignity which
should surround a T~ostoflice, and we
now warn Ire major that be must let
up If be PERSISTS III his course, veshall
esteem il OR Guty and priyilsee TO re-
urn tie fle and lay him up tor a few
weeks. II he wants TO shoot Mt US while
N tho street, We have 10 objections
,ut, astlso regular appointed postmas-
er, sitting il Cur private room in the
lo3tcfice. we demand respectful consid-
ration from The public. AIRY doctor
round toUa WA tegl Major Danl,s that
. bullet il the shruldor Will keep him
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-05
thinking for several successive nights.

thinking for several successive nights.
We Lay Down.
Orr esteemed contemporary down the
street is out with u two column sersa-
ton regarding the little affair at the
bank last Tuesday, and he lies III the
most shameful and bold faced manner.
as usual. The facts in the case are as
follows; We had just left the bank,
after making a deposit CT 5000. AS we
reached the sidewalk a stranger, who
had been leaning against a telegraph
pole, stepped forward and thrust the
muzzle of a gun within a foot of our
nose and ordered us to throw up cur
hanus. Up they went. Under the Cir
cumstances we were ready to throw up
our hat, shoes, wallet and everything
else we held dear ON earth. The man
gave us his private opinion of the editor
Of The Kicker (who is ourself), of the
mayor (who is ourself), and the pest
master (who is ourself), and his Ian
guage was emphatic and to the point.
We had little or nothing to say. We
might have died the death of "a hero.
but we preferred to remain on earth. A
large crowd assembled and witnessed
our humiliation, but we remained pas
sive and placid. When the cuss had had
all the fun he wanted, he walked of.
So did we. We got cur guns as soon as
possible and looked for him, but he
could not be found. There isn't the
slightest question about our laying
down" before that stranger. We think
we know when we have a good thing.
1t was a good thing today down" just
then, and we entered into it with q great
deal of enthusiasm. Things may be diff
terent some day, but just at present we
have very little TO say and would like
to avoid the subject altogether.
He Was n Failure.
A mar who gave his name as Thomas
Dayton registered at the Hotel Royal
last Wednesday and entered the dining
room for dinner. He first made a kick
because there was nc cloth OH The -,
and next because the waiter couldn't
furnish him with a napkin. Then he
wanted a coffee cup with a handle to it
and soup in a bowl, and when given a
knife without a handle he jumped up
and began shooting the tin dishes full
Of holes. His fun was speedily inter-
rupted, however, and he was put out of
the hotel and later on arrested and fined
$50. The Royal hotel is not a rival of
the Palmer house in Chicago or the I'm
perial in New York. 1t is just a plain,
everyday hotel, full of cockroaches and
mutton stew and the odor of corn beef
and cabbage. Tablecloths and napkins
and crockery are all right i'll their way
and will reach us some day, but until
they do it won't do any good to kick.
When a man can sit down with his hat
on and eat his fill for 80 cents and throw
dishes at the waiter and cuss the land
lord as be pays his bill, he has got a
good thing and ought to be satisfied
with it. N. QUAD.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-12-05
.TURDAY. -. DKcEBMER 5. 1896
THE ARIZONA KICKER
HOW THE EDITOR STANDS ON THE
ISSUES OF The DAY.

Jim Wkeeler's Call a Failure-A Warning
to Major Eanks--The Editor He.E Up,
but willing to Admit It-Had a Good
Thing, but Didn't Know 1t.
The mayor Of this town twho is our
gelf) was sitting in bis Office in the city
ball last Tuesday afternoon when a
fjwboy named Jim Wheeler attempted
20 ride his cayuse up the main stairway
TO make .n official call. Jim had a bet
of $25 that he would ride in on US and
jump his %critter over our desk, but he
lost the wager. Hearing the racket on
the stairs we sailed out, and WI min
utes later Mr.. Wheeler and his cayuse
were tangled up in a heap in 1.-THE middle
of the street. He shot at us three times
during the performance, but no one was
hit by the bullets. The horse was able
to limp away, but the man from Big 8
Ranch still fingers in town under the
Doctors care. His jaw and two ribs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18

narrate what happened ms overheard by
me from conversations during the next
few days.
The good bark C. b. Jones, of Brox-
port, Me-, bound from Buenos Ayres Ia
Boston with cargo Of hides and tall
low, sighted the steamer "Good For
tune" of Bournemouth, with flag OF
distress flying. AS all the steamers
boats were gone, the first mate and four
seamen took the bong boat and rowed to
the Good Fortune with the humane in
tention of relieving the signaled wants
of the steamer, bringing a barrel Of
pork and a bag of biscuit. So weak, as
1t seemed, were the crew of the steamer
that they could scarcely lend hand
to hoist the provisions aboard. After
quite long delay the long boat started
to return, but Capt. Jones was aston
ished to see that the boat contained six
others in addition to his own men. And
as they neared the vessel he failed to
distinguish the smiling, CHEEKY face Of
his first mate. Before he could recover
his presence Of mind the men clambered
up the sides, and as he advanced tn
speak with them the foremost intruder
drew q revolver and shot him through
the heart. The scanty crew eagerly
threw up their hands in surrender, but
after they were bound the cold-blooded
monsters murdered them, as we'll as
the captains wife and child. A few
hundred dollars in the captains cabin,
a few watches and little money from
the forecastle and some miscellaneous
articles comprised the whole plumber,
and the ship was scuttled and sunk. In
due course she was announced as over
due and missing, as many another good
ship has been before; but what fend-
ish ingenuity was displayed in destroy
ing the ship and her entire crew, so that
not one should live to tell the tale. Some
prizes, it seemed, Melted them thou
sands, but in the majority of cases
dozen human lives were sacrificed for
mere trif1e.
With my brain almost unhinged by
the horror of being in the power of
these demons, I lay long in sort of
stupor. When I came to my senses I
found myself struggling in the water,
with naught between my life and eter-
nifty but my packing box. 1t foated me
bravely, however, and when the dark
ness had cleared away was picked up
by the Atlanta, of the Cunard line, and
conveyed back to New York.
Whether the Good Fortune-lying
name, as she herself was lie-sunk
in collision with a rock or iceberg, or
whether she still ranges the seas I'M
checked, I know not; but drowning
seems to me all too light a punishment
for the wicked deeds of its crew.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18
Resourceful Children.

Very early in life the child shows by
many indications whether he isto be a
person with resources or without them.
"What shall do neXt?" is a question
familiar to mothers from small boys
and girls, who look despairing around
their store of toys and games, all OF
which have lost their power to interest
and amuse. The child who knows what
60 do next, and who is not dependent
on mother or nurse for continual sus-
gestion and stimulant, is the child who
will probably carry through life GER
tain power of entertaining and pleas,
sng himself-a power well worth hav-
Ing, well worth caltivating
journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18
AN AMERICAN GIRL.
A Bit of q Story Which Has the Merit OF
Truth.

A Bit OF q Story Which Has the Merit of
Truth.
Here's bit of a story that comes
from London and has the rare merit of
truth. There was a certain young
American girl in London who had come
over with only the courage of youth and
the point of pen to keep the wolf away.
She hadn't the easiest time in the
world, let me tell you.
One day she presented herself at the
Office of an editor who had bought
stuff" of her. The great man was
busy, but as she insisted on seeing him
bundle of manuscript in her hand, and
she begged the editor to read it at once
Oddly enough, he consented. 1t was
story.
1t was story about a young woman
writer who purchased typewriting
machine on the installment plan. All
went we'll till the final payment of one
pound was due. She hadn't the money
and couldn't get it. Twice the people
who sold the machine gave her addi-
tional time. At her wits end, the poor
girl begged him to wait just two hours.
She gave him something to read, and
she wheedled him little, and he offered
to wait.
So she sat down at the machine and
ratified off pathetic stsry of her own
struggles with fate and of her fruitless
efforts to raise money to pay for the
typewriter. When she finished she put
on her bonnet and went to a newspaper
office, sold the story and brought back
the money in time to save the ma
chine.
1t was a prettily told story and a
pathetic one.
"By Jove," said the editor, as he
finished reading It. 81 always said you
could do fiction, but you never would.
Come around next week, and I'll let you
know whether We'll publish it,"
The girl hesitated.
eff you please, sir" she said, won't
you decide now?"
"Why?" asked the editor, in surprise.
'Well," said the girl, "you see, the
man who came after the typewriter is
waiting for the money Chicago
Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The insurance upon st. Paurs ca.
thedral is about $475,0O0.
The newly elected president of Ken.
yon college, at Gambler, O., w. F. Pierce.
In but 22 years old.
1t is said that Prince Arthur of Con.
naught, who has just been entered an q
scholar of Eaton, will never reflect
glory upon the school by his brilliant
scholarship.
DIR. O'Donnell, bishop of Raphoe,
has directed that Irish be used in
preaching sermons by all priests wher-
ever in his diocese the population ID
disappearing.
Hong Wo Sing is at 96 probably the
oldest professor actively engaged in ed
ucational work in the world. He occu-
pies the chair of physiology in the school
for the sons of the empire at Picking,
which is the most ancient university il.
existence.
The total enrolment at the Uni
yersity of Michigan is 2,017, exclusive of
the summer school, which has 81 en-
rolled, making the total S,o14. There
are 173 names on the faculty roll. The
heaviest enrolment by far is in the de-
partment of literature, which carries
1904 students.
Not many years ago the Fiji island
ers were considered incapable of civili-
cation, but last year these same men
gave nearly $4,000 to the cause of for.
eign missions. Orders have just been
sent to London for 5000 Bibles, 5000
hymn books and 5000 catechisms, to be
sold in the Fiji islands.
DIR. Eliza NJ. Mosher. of Brooklyn.
who will enter upon her duties us pro
fessor of hygiene in the University OF
Michigan in the autumn, has had Q
thorough medical training in this coun-
try and Europe, and for some years has
had successful practice in Brooklyn.
She is the first woman professor to be
called to the University of Michigan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18

and forwards. Here was predicament
indeed! l knew that if discovered l
should be handed over to the ignorant
police justice who would be utterly I'M
moved by any statement that I might
make. Unless could get off the ship
ut some other point, or the sentry should
once more relax his vigilance, 1 should
probably be caught and sent to Jail as
a vagrant, if not an actual thief. 1t
may we'll be imagined how cursed the
idlc~curic3ity that had led me to place
myself in such TN unenviable position.
But repining was worse than useless.
I determined to reconnoitre the posi-
bilities of escape, and watching my
chance when the sentry's back was
turned, stole away in the darkness.
The steamship, as near as could judge,
was of the typical tramp" class, with
spardeck cut away between the masts
for the better accommodation of cat.
tie shipments. In the forward cut !
stumbled over quantity of stores
which had seemingly not been taken
care of by the steward-hams, barrels OF
-four, canned goods and as nearly as |
could judge, several hundred loaves OF
bread were piled up in disorderly man
ner. Much as marveled at this further
exhibition of lack of discipline, it was
certainly lucky find for me-, and
made no delay in breaking of loaf Of
the bread and munched it greedily.
The greater part of the cut was oc
cupied by q large number of packing
cases, and while making my way ovel
them was surprised to discover by the
hollow sounds given forth that the,
were seemingly empty. Just about TIT
middle of the cut L almost fell into
small space which had been left between
two cases in slowing; and in recovering
my balance l wrenched loose one of tn
boards on the side. Again my idle curl
osity proved my curse, for without an.
set purpose lowered myself down an,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18

was not maintained; for almost every
evening was occupied in carousing, and
never heard the slightest protest from
the captain or any of the officers of the
deck. Finally the fragments of con-
versation which I overheard between
two of the sailors impressed me as be-
ing remarkable, to say the least.
Last cruise, eh, Bill" said one.
"And I'm glad of it, .too," growled his
conlrade.
We'll, SO am I, TO tell the truth. 1t
is wonderful that we've never been sus-
pected in a whole year."
That's the shippers skill-and I, for
one, don't grudge him his half share,
specially as he provided the vessel"
well, you and have near eight
thousand apiece, an it'll be nearer ten
when we quit. That's more THAI we'd
make in year at cattle-punching."
But it's in such mean stuff. Ear
rings and watches are all right, but il
won't be so easy to sell them"
'NIelt down the solid and" here
the speaker walked away, and left Inc
wondering, but still unsuspecting.
On the fifth day out was apprised
by the hustle around me that some.
thing of unusual interest was tran.
spring. To my great surprise no.
ticed that spars and ropes were scat
tered round the deck in seeming con
fusion, that the smoEestack was partly
taken down, that the boats were swung
inhoard and hidden under tarpaulins
and that the English flag was fastened
to the main shrouds, union down. This
of course, knew was a signal that The
ship was in distress and required as
sistance; but when l noted that every
man on board was equipped with two
revolyers and murderous-lookinf
| bowie knife, 1 felt sick at heart, and (
mist came before my eyes
/ Overpowered by fear, kept well hid
den in my packing box. but / win brieA,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18

crawled inside the huge box through
my improvised opening. To my great
establishment, found nothing but a
layer of stone ballast in the bottom;
and reasoned that doubtless the other
cases were similarly equipped, and that
the weight was to keep the boxes from
being shifted in a heavy sea; although,
as they were closely wedged in between
the bulwarks this extra precaution
seemed supurfuous.
Then in an instant had made the re-
solve that was to cause me so much
danger and anxiety in the next few
weeks-but unfortunately no hint or
suspicion came to me in time.
Here, reasoned, was an opportunity
especially sent by Providence for my
benefit. Unless betrayed by some I'M
foreseen complication, could lie un-
suspected in this snug hiding-placc I'M
til the vessel was far from land. The
stewards stores would supply the nee
essary food; and, best of all, some dis
tant land would probably afford me OPP
portunities that my own country seemed
to deny me. l would become a stow
away, brave the captains wrath, and
strive to win his sympathy by working
industriously at any work that he might
set me at. To will was to act; and with
scarcely pang of conscience I conveyed
ten loaves of bread and few cans of
beef and tongue to my hiding-place;
then, piling the rocks around the sides,
found myself in comfortable if not lux
urious quarters. Perhaps I might have
changed my mind had time been given
me, but as soon as morning broke the
steamer was cast loose from the dock,
and in a few hours the increased mo-
ton plainly told that we were out on
the ocean.
determined to bide my time for q
day or two, and, although the confine-
ment was irksome. braved it out until
the sun had risen and set four times.
My reasons for this procras tination are
not easily explained, but IN indefnable
feeling of dread made me hesitate, and
AS the sequel proved-7saved my life.
There were several things which had
noted from my hiding place that caused
me to wonder. In the first place the
Good Fortune (as had ascertained the
name of the steamship to beg carried a
surprisingly large crew, although the
majority of them were not visible until
the second day out. And. for another
thing, the strict discipline that had
always heretofore seen on shipboard
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18
BiEd Music.

In Mr.. Nehrling's treatise on North
American birds, now being published in
successive parts. he calls attep ton to a
singular arrangement Of bird songs, a
kind of daily musical programme,
which nature seems to have fixed. The
robin, he says, opens the music from
the earliest daybreak, singing in a Sc
rious and solemn strain; but the hobo
link. with its cheerful and ro!liclking
notes, does not begin until sunrise,
when the robin has almost ceased. The
morning programme thus proceeds
from grave to gay. In the evening, ac-
rording to Mr.. Nehrling, this order is
reversed, land after the comedy is con.
Guided nature lulls us to repoee by the
mellow notes of the vesper sparrow
and the pensive and still more nelodi
ous strains of the solitary thrush
Youths Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-06-18
Times Change aud We with Them.

"Da-a-arling," she said, and her head
Struggled closer to his manly shoulder
George da-a-arling, do you love me?''
"Helen," he cried, fervently, 81 love
you more than words can tell. Life
seems all too short to spend in kissing
YOU"
The weary cycle of the years rolled
on. Spring came and went. Clark
street was repaved and fell into decay
Aldermen went to Europe, and were re,
placed by others who in turn grew rich
and went away. Again George and
Helen stood together, this time in the
grand hall of their suburban villa
George" she said, don't you love
me?"
"Of course do, old GIRL" he said
"But it seems to me that life is too short
to spend it kissing you."--Chicag1
Times