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Speaker Crisp Dead.

New YORK, N, T., October 23.-
A special to New York paper from
Atlanta, Ga, says. Charles F. Crisp,
ex speaker of the house Of representa-.
tiyes. died there. TO-DAY.
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Markets Stronger.

WALL STREET, N. Y October 23.-
The stock market showed considerable
strength during the early trading this
morning and prices advanced Il to "a
per cent, L. & n, Chicago Gas and
Grangers leading the upward move
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The Body Taken Back.

WASHINGTON, D. G., October 23 -
A special from fredericksburg, Va !,
says: That the remains of w. L.
Rambusch, the defaulting banker who
committed suicide there, last night,
were shipped to Juneau, Wis.
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st. LOUIS, Mo-, October 23.-L. A.
Coquard & Co., bond and stock brok-
ers, made an assignment, this morn
ing; liabilities placed at 800 900.
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Rioht Under Orover's Eve.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, October 23 -
Assistant Secretary of War Doe, has
written a letter to E. g. Wall,
democratic national committeeman
from Wisconsin, announcing his sup
port of BRYAN and Sewall.
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Me Iican Central Railway.
On account of the Pan American medi
cal congress. the Mexican Central railway
will sell rouud-trip tickets to Mexico City
November 18th, to 10th at the rate Of $40. 81
Mexican money. Final limit, returning
December 3lst, 1896 For additional In.
formation, call on or write to
j.. r. DoNoHoE,
Commercial Agent,
Ell Paso, Texas.
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II you want to buy or sell anything in
the second hand goods line call ON 3.
kaufman, third door east of the old town
postoffice 269-tf
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some Ready Information

The following statistical inforTation
should be cut out and pasted on your Of
fee desk for future and frequent refer
ence:
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II you want to buy or sell cattle wool OF
sheep, don't fail TO see or write ]. Minium,
wool and live stock broker, East Las We
gas, New Mexico. He will save you
money. 222wSydtf
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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio, October 3D.
Hon. Columbus Delano, ex-secretary OF
the interior, died at noon, to day.
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Butchers Liquid Polish and Reviver, the
finest and best floor varnish for sale at the
old town Hardware Store. ID. Winternitz.
279.m1
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At fIopeweII Gold Camp.

At HopeweII UoId Camp.
Those intending TO visit the great gold
camp of Hopewell be pleased to learn that
john J. Pace is now prepared to furnish
hotel accommodations. An excellent table
served at reasonable rates. 258-tf
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Walter Dearden, assayer and chemist
Trinidad, Colo. 137-tf
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For parties, concerts and socials, rent
Rosenthal Bros. hall 50-s-tf
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Native bran at the Las Vegas Roller
mills, at Soc. per 100. 160-tf
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ALTITUDE OF VARIOUS PLACES.
mo- CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL it fails
to sure. 25ss Il
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"doId Nugget, For sale.

Gold Nugget" For Sale.
One Of the best claims in Hopewell Join
ing the site Of the new mill, is for sale.
For particulars apply to
GEO. H. HUTCHINSON,
East Las Vegas
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Highest Of all in Leavening U. s. Govt Report
R3>!A!!!!! g! RRsklaas. RRskassz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
BUSINESS POINTERS.
Mexican Central Railway

Macbeth Water cures stomach
troubles. 209f
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

LyOR RENT-A seven room furnished
Il house with bath, convenient to the CEN
ter or the city. Apply toI K. Lewis.
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EOR RENT-A nicely furnished room.
Apply III Me'n Sueet.
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NOR SALE-A railroad ticket good for
Il Hutchison, " ichita. Kansas City and
Springfield, Mo. Apply here. 30l-3t
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EyOR RENT-A suit of rooms well fur.
II nishsd. with south bay window, on
street car line. Mrs. Eebben, Douglass Ave.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-04

Lovers OF literature will no doubt be
sorry to hear that. following in the
footsteps OF n learned Frenchman. an
equally erudite Italian has now practi-
cally proclaimed to the world that
Alighieri Dante was lunatic. DR.. Du-
rand Fardel is the Frenchman RESPONSE
BILE for this assertion, which was made
long time ago. II has been revived.
with variations and additions, by no
less a person than Prof. Lombroso. who
has abandoned the study of criminals
OF the present in order to diagnose the
mental condition of great men of the
past. 1t was said long since by father
OF the church that there Is no genius
untinged with an admixture OF mad
ness but, according to Prof. Lombroso.
Dante was subject to epileptic fits: and
DR.. Durand Fardel sees in the visions
OF hell, heaven and purgatory the result
OF a maniac's dreams. Prof. Lombroso
furthermore expatiates on the irasci-
bility, the inordinate vanity and the
violent character of the Florentine poet:
and, according TO French writer who
has preached the subject here. IL Is
"henceforward evident TO everybody
that Dante was Mt for the straight
waistcoat" All this, however. will not
rob the genius who was supposed To
have seen hell of his Immortality
Paris Letter to London Telegraph.
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make IN ten minutes would wipe your
rival out OF existence. But of what
avail would 1t be? Rich American
ladies do not marry such as you. Her
relatives would kill you IL you touched
her hand"
Il have kissed II thrice when we
were alone" says Min Toxic. "Yes. /
have kissed her hands three times.
The next time 1t should have been
her mouth. Let me kill this BRIDE
groom so that she cannot suspect me.
and 1t shall be yet. Look! He thrusts
his hand into the bosom OF his tunic
and draws forth a pouch. "Seew he
Whispers, piling bank notes before Lin
Ham. How much for that toy?"
The eyes OF the old man glitter. He
gathers up the heap In his claw-like
hands. and says, slowly:
This sum makes me have enough
with which to return to China and 1--we
there happy for the rest of my life.
After all. what does one more dead bar
barian matter? But l will tell you
this: Unless you can make your rival
take the toy In his own hands, it is USE
less"
II can manage that" Min Toxic re-
plies.
The old Chinese goes to little -ecess
Ia the room, before which hangs a
beaded screen, and comes back, mold
ing in his hand curious kite.
You fly 1t like any other kite" he ex-
plains. when at its full length. YOU
begin to call: Come down, butterny!'
A butterfly descends the cord and dies
away. Follow roser you say. A rose
glides down the string and drops to
ashes. Come down. pretty mousev you
call next. The mouse descends and
runs up your shoulder and is gone.
Then you call for blue bird, for a
white bird, for red bird. for a yellow
bird, a green bird. Thus 1t might end
with the applause OF the people. But
let me work upon this kite ten minutes
longer and add one trifle more. and
then there will be something else to see.
Then you may call aloud: Come to me
out of the sky. bright STAR And far
above you you may see a star .hine.
bright as any in the heavens. At this
moment, he whom you wish to Kill
must hold the cord. for that star brings
death AS It touches the mans breast
life departs from him. Mark me well,
the other things that come down the
cord are innocent as drops of dew.
The star is fatal"
II understand" replies Min Toxic.
Hasten with your work. Lin Ham,"
A little later the old Chinese puts in
to the hands Of the younger man pa
per box covered with shining roses, but
terflies and birds, and says to him:
min Toxic. the great performer. you
have bought OF me a pretty kite, which
brings down from heaven the birds Of
the air, and the flowers the spirits
pluck For all l know, you may coax
the stars down its cord also. 1t Is we'll
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A GENTLEMAN OF re.
He cut a gallant figure

He cut a gallant figure
In bonnie buff and blue;
A goodly sight his buckles bright,
And primly powdered queue!
A more courageous quester
Meier served Sultan nor Shah
Than he, my brave ancestor,
My NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.!
And then in his citation
Did my forefather gay
Speak out the word he'd long deferred
For fear she'd say him Nay"
And when he saw how tender
Within her eyes the light.
He cried:-"In your surrender
read-we win the fight"
And when the freedom-paean
Swept. surgelike. through the dells-'
A mighty clang whose echoes rang
From Philadelphia bells
Loud from stern old steeple
He hurled the proud hurrah,
The joy-peal TO the people,
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sort. but II had. you would not buy
them. Min Toxic"

sort. but II had. you would not buy
them, Min Toxic"
They are speaking in Chinese. for
Min Toxic, though not a child OF Chin
ese parents. has been brought up by
them. You can believe the story that
his father was Russian and his
mother a Tartar when you look at
him.
A little Chinese boatwoman took him
from his dying mothers arms and
nursod him with her own. somewhere
near those quarters where there are
English warehouses and the barbarian
comes to traffic in tea and porcelain,
and he starved and played and swan
about with her own, and early in his
boyhood came to San Francisco. There
he dwelt in Chinatown, and became re-
nowned amongst the showmen of San
Franciso for his acrobatic feats. To-
night he is engaged to assist In per-
Torrance on the lawn before the man
sion OF Benson Blashfield. Esq. Mr..
Blashfleld will have fireworks and
great supper, the browning fea-
ture OF which will be the feats OF
Min Toxic, who. amongst other things.
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WE HAD A JOLLY TIME.

| w Il HAD y JOl4l-1 L lML.
ma was up too, an will you believe IT,,
she wouldn't let me go out the door.
an all the boys were a hootin' an
yellin' an firm of amemition like
sixty!
l thought sure she'd let me go after
breakfast, but she hooked at me stern
like, an said: Johnny, you must stay
in doors fur your father said fur me to
keep you right to home, an I'm goin'
to do my duty by you an keep you right
under my eye"
Perhaps you don't know my gran ma
is one o. them sort tibet never remem-
bers bein' young! Yes, she forgot long
ago that Fourth o. July was made for
picnics an good times. She's also one
o. the kind tibet never goes back on
their word, so cryin, kickin' nor moth
in would do no good, an make her
change her mind one bit. but I sot
down and cried. first an orful mad sort
OF a cry, then an orful sorry cry, an
then / got to sleep an woke up most
starved, an gran'ma give me big
bowl o. bread an milk. fur the girl was
gone. Well, when night come l was
the gladdest boy: fur twas the very
longest day I'd ever 'sperienced!
When ma come home, the next week,
I jest told her all about IL, an she felt
so bad fur me tibet she almost cried,
then she went right to the buttery an
brought me big lot o. fire crackers an
things she got a'fore she went away
you know mothers never forgit fell
ler's wants. She told gran INA all about
EN-; but she forgot-she's got such O
good forgettery.
OF course, 'twa'nt best to let me
know bout 'em fur Id likely used 'em
UP 'afore time. But l went an got the
neighbor boys over, II twas the 18th Of
July. an we he'd a jolly time: fur
mother made lemonade an cake an
Ice cream-tell you / 'preciate mothers
now!
You see father wrote fur her to
keep me to home. meanin' I mustn't
60 off to no celebration, an he would
mt cared, but 'spected I'd go out in
the alley 18th the boys, an mother told
him to jog gran'ma's memory bout the
Fourth Of July amemition up in the
buttery! but he forgot to say anything
about II.
Huh! guess those old forefathers
knew what they was about when they
pinted a day fur boys TO make a big
noise 'Spect We boys couldn't stand il
IL we couldn't yell all we wanted to one
day in the year. an Fourth of July is
Young Americas day, fur a fact. So
a havin' my Fourth on the thirteenth,
was like eatin' ice cream 'thout no ice
in it or drinkin' soda water when the
foam an fizzle is gone. So'f l live to
be hundred, I'll not forget tibet
Fourth O. July tibet l was cheated
plum out off, JOHNNY.
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A PEEP AT PARLIAMENT.
qualified Women Are TO Have the Munici-
pal Vote.

pal Vote.
While Oxford is rejecting the demand
of women for admission to degrees, and
Cambridge hesitating TO grant II, the
house of commons continues to make
progress in the direction of recognizing
the political equality of men and wo-
men, says the New York Recorder.
The remarkable success OF the bill en-
abling women TO act as poor-law guard
ians in Ireland has already been re-
corded. Another Irish bill gave the
house of commons the other day an
opportunity of again expressing its
opinion that women are entitled to the
fullest share in municipal government
The bill was a private bill, promoted
by the corporation of Londonderry, for
the enlargement of the borough bound
aries and various other local improve
ments. 1t was opposed by the nation
alists on the ground that the catholics
OF the borough were, by reason of the
high franchise, excluded from their fair
share of representation on the town
council. After some hesitation the pro-
moters Of the bill offered. as a COM
promise, to accept for municipal pur-
poses, the ordinary parliamentary fran
chise. While accepting this offer, Mr..
Tim Healy pointed out that the parlia-
mentary franchise did not include wo-
men rate-payers. and IL would be a
pity If the present opportunity of ex-
tending the municipal franchise to the
women Of Londonderry we're lost. Mr..
Johnston of Ballykilbeg, an ardent
protestant, agreed with Mr.. Healy, ar
guing that women had secured the vote
in Belfast and that there was no pos
sible reason against their having 1t in
Londonderry. No one dissenting, a
formal resolution was passed, express
ing the opinion of the house that the
bill should be so framed as to enable
qualified women to have the municipal
vote.
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Arctic Exnlnrafinn


The Windward of the Jackson.
Harmsworth expedition will leave
again for the arctic seas early in June.
The Windward will carry budget OF
letters for DR. hansen. on the chance
of falling in with him north of Franz
Josef land. More members will be sent
out to recruit the Jackson Harmsworth
expedition. The Windward will call at
Archangel. The organizers of the ex-
petition are in communication with
Mr.. Andree, the protector of the bal
loon voyage toward the pole, who, I'm
view OF the possibility of his balloon
drifting in a southeasterly direction, il
receiving full particulars of the depots
which have been established by Mr..
Jackson.-London Times.
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ma went up there too. for Uncle Ben's
her only brother. She took along the
baby, the sweetest little sister that ever
lived-an' father, who'd been away a
spell. was agoin' to meet her, an visit
to Uncle Ben's. So you see there
wasn't anybody to home but me, gran
ma an the hired girl. An ma told her
'afore she left, tibet she might go to
the Fourth O. July, an she got her an
alfred purity dress. sky blue. twas, to
wear, an II he'd beads sewed all over
1t; my, it was sumner! l don't see
why mother can't wear sech dresses
stead OF the gray an black ones she
allus wears.
Well, the boys, on our street, lotted
on a splendferous time. We didn't
care bout the doin's at the center; our
celebration was goin' to be held in the
back alley. But what should come the
night fore the Fourth, but a letter to
gran'ma from father an o. my! didn't
she feel big over 1t, she wouldn't let
me tech 1t, an hedn't Use good a right
to read letter from my own father an
he nothin but boy o. hern!
Well, / got up purity early an gran
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throws a rope into the air, where II Is
caught by some unseen power. sends a
kitten up its length until IL vanishes
from sight, sends monkey to find 1t.
follows himself and draws the rope up
after him, and ten minutes after Is
heard calling from the inside OF a
great lacquered box to be let out, and
there he is, indeed, colled up like a
great serpent. Oh, there Is nothing
Min Toxic cannot do. and no one ever
discovers how he does anything.
Now he laughs.
Il know you have what | want, or
can make 1t in a twinkling. Lin Ham,"
he answers. las for money, | ain rich
err than you think. Name your price.
| have told you what l want-to kill n
man without a knife or a blow or
poison-to kill him so that 1t seems to
be done by the hand OF Fate: so that no
one can suspect me-"
lis he a Chinaman?" asks Lin Ham.
"He is an American" said Min Toxic.
"fie has taken the woman | love from
me. This rich man, to whose house l
20 tonight, has daughter. love her
You grin. Why not? l am hand
some; am no Chinaman; am famous;
I am a favorite with the ladies. and
she smiled on me- You grin again!
or course, the rich man would say no.
I did not mean to ask the rich man.
III abe loved me, that was enough. /
could spirit her away where they would
never find us. That Is what l mean to
do"
You are madv' says Lin Ham.
No" says the acrobat. She could
be won. She can be still. IL can Kill
this man."
DO you mean her father?" cries
Lin Ham.
mo. Tonight they celebrate her
marriage" said the acrobat. "To-mor-
row the bridegroom will take her away.
Tonight I must kill him. She will be
a widow for awhile; aferward. mine"
ct is the dream OF a mailman" says
Lin Ham.
"Does II matter 90 YOU" asks the
acrobat. II know that II was you who
made the toy the rich tea merchant
gave TO his wife when he found she
was false to him. The little bird that
perched on her wrist and sang and "
her fingers like q real bird. and Of the
bite she died. I know II was you
who"
"No more reimbursement cries Lin
Ham. 'T admit that have another toy
that, with q slight sdditien. ess,A
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MRS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
literature at the age of eight" and she
has kept at 1t continuously ever since.
She expects to publish three new books
during the present year. One of these
is a novel, and the others are books OF
poems one for children and the other a
long, dramatic story in verse. which
she is striving to make better than any
thing she has ever written" She ac-
knowledges that her methods of COM
posing have undergone n great change
since she was a girl. II consider ten
lines" she says. "a good days work
now, and there are days when do not
write more than two. On the other
hand, have written as many as forty.
but only when l feel inspiration, and
am in the best possible condition"
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made. II any accident happens. that
is the fault OF others. not mine. am
not responsible"
II absolve you from all responsibility,
Lin Ham," replies Min Toxic.
He throws about him a cloak that
covers his theatrical costume. and
carries the box downstairs. where a
carriage containing the parapher-
MALTA used in his exhibition awaits
him, and Is driven to Mr.. Blashfeid's
residence. There they celebrate not
only the glorious Fourth but q we'd
ding.
Early in the evening. the rich mans
daughter. Rosabel Blashfeld, had
been married TO Mr.. Arthur Ware. the
son OF another California magnate.
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FIRECRACkE RS.

To the patriotic small boy the Fourth
of July is a game that is always worth
the Roman candle.-Puck.
Some leave the city on the Fourth for
quiet. while others. following the fire.
works example. go OF for lively time
Philadelphia Times.
The cheapness Of fireworks is likely
TO give young America an exaggerated
Idea OF the value OF democratic reform.
kansas City Times
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A Back Yard show.

One OF the most successful Fourth o.
July evening entertainments 4 ever
Witnessed was given by young people
In an ordinary back yard. and con-
sisted OF tableaux interspersed with
music and recitations. A platform had
been erected at the end of grape
arbor. The fence, prettily draped,
formed the background. and foot flights
we're arranged in front Of the stage. as
was also sliding curtain. On each
side an ordinary clothes-line covered
with shawls served as dressing-room.
and the audience was seated down the
entire length Of the arbor. Awnings
and tents could be utilized for these
purposes. however. Colored lights.
which are so effective in tableaux. we're
here used. and being In open air did not
prove so disagreeable 10 those present
as is the case when employed indoors
Eek.
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Giant frecrackers this year are four.
teen inches long. and contain powder
enough to break q plate. glass window
when exploded on the curb. Small boy,
will not only have to look for theii
fingers on the Fourth. but parents will
have to look for their boys.--Kasss'
City Journal.