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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

Mrs. L. C. Woodson gave a highly
enjoyable party TO her many LADY
friends down at Las Cruces.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

Thegenial Major Earnest entertained
quite a number of Silver Cityltes at his
popular inn near Ivanhoe last Sunday.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01
AYERS
The Only Worlds Fair SarsapariIIa.
Ayers pills Regulate the Liver.

Until an appointment is made, Otto
Young is officiating as policeman vice
Frank Harris, resigned, down at Albu-
QuerQu3.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

E. w. Carr arrived at Rincon to take
the position in the railroad office made
vacant by the departure of l.. D.
Mosher.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. l.. Cooper, of
Pennington, were the guests of Col.
and Mrs. Williams at AA.ec.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

Mrs. Duper, an old and respected
resident OF Las Cruces, died at that
place.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

+. w. Parker of Hillsboro, passed
through Rincon for Santa Fe, to attend
the session Of the supreme court.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

Miss Maggie Fountain will go from
Las Cruces next week, to again engage
in business in Hillsboro.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

FL. Leimbacher and wife rejoice over
the advent Of a daughter, up at Ration.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

John B. Bryan and Wallace Bird
returned to Las Cruces, from a months
trip to the Sacramentos.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

Mrs. w. H. II. Llewellyn intends
leaving Las Cruces shortly for a months
outing 10 the mountains.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01
SOCIETIES.

MONTEzUMA LODGE NO. 22s.
SExENNIAL LEAGUE-Regelar meeting
~ Second Tuesday evening Of each month
at 10. o.. ". hall.
N. b. RosEBERRY. sec'y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

third Thursday evenings OF each month, in
tne Masonic temple. Visiting brethren are
fraternally invited.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

began to disappear and my general
health improve. l persisted in this
treatment, until the sore was en-
tirely healed. Since then, l use
Ayers Sarsaparilla occasionally as
a tonic and blood-purifier, and, i'll
deed, it seems as though l could not
keep house without it."-Mrs. S. A.
FIELDS, Bloomfield, la.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

Las Vegas Commandery, NO. 2. Regular
communication, second Tuesday each
month Visiting knights cordially well
coined G. A. RoTHoEB, &c.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-01

MANuFACTURED ONLY DY
J. II. ZEILfri C CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Here is d secret for those of the boys
who are fond IF hunting. 1t applies to
all animals. as every animal is attract
ed by the peculiar odor in a greater or
less decree: but il is hest adapted to
land animals, such as foxes. minkS,
sables. martens, wolves, hears, wild
cats. etc.
Take one-half pound strained honey.
one-uuarter drachm musk. three
drachmS of oil of lavender and four
pounds of tallow: mix the whole thor
oughly together. and make it into forty
pills or balls, and place n of these
pills under the pan of each trap when
setting it. The above preparation will
most wonderfully attract all kinds of
animals. and trappcrs and others who
use it will be sur of success
TO catch foxes, take oil of amber
and beavers oil, each equal parts. and
rub them over tho trap before setting
it. Set in the usual way.
To catch mink, take oil of amber and
beavers oil and rub over the trap.
Bait with fish or birds: by putting up
a stick slanting. with bait stuck on top
of it SO that it is over the trap and
high enough so mink can not quite
reach il.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Those autumn days before the snow
came. these thunderous winds since.
bring back so many little Genes of
the old pioneer life that We lived in
Ncrthcrn Iowa on Il farm.
One cold November day brother Don.
who was an excellent marksman. and
who kept the family in fresh meat the
year round, spied a huge black animal
making due south along the ridge Of
ground to the westward.
We all ran (, src it, and pronounced
il q timber wolf.
The wind blew Il gale and the ami
nal seemed to outstrip it. Don
iumncd on the tieeteSt horse and
sratching his rife, followed.
Before he overlook it, they passed
out of sight. About fifteen minutes
later he came lone with Il broad smile
upon his face. He had been chasing
a great ball of climber Weeds as we
called them. | do not know their
true name, the other always suited
them so we'll, ! never heard a diff
ferent one. But they grew upon
breaking corn fields, and when dry,
roll for miles and miles. Often a dozen
of them clasping arms aud flying along
| together. frightened teams and chill
| dren. if not older people. They look
like live things.-Rcrtha Packard Eng
LIT.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
JOhnny's stills.

Gust look at that boy" exclaimed
Grandma Peters, with a contemptuous
sniff, dropping her knitting in her lap
and peering out the window at Johnny,
who was painfully stalking about the
yard on stills.
them things, when it would be a sight
easier to walk on the ground? It's
perfectly ridiculous and her knitting
needles few faster than before to
make up for lost time.
Mamma looked out the window, too,
and laughed good-naturedly.
at does look rather useless, doesn't
it, grandma? But l guess boys always
have a time Of walking on stills and
it's very innocent sort of fun if they
don't get hurt"
Grandma gave another little milf.
Boys are queer" she said.
Johnny kept on practicing every day,
till in a short time he could go quite
fast. while grandma would look out
now and then and say how foolish it
was.
One day it rained and rained from
morning till night, and Johnny had to
stay in the house because his every
day shoes leaked SO badly, and nam
ma said it was too cold to go bare
footed.
Just before supper time mamma dis
covered that the tea caddy was quite
empty; and what was to be done, fol
how could grandma get along without
her cup of tea?
"Ill go after it, mamma" said John.
ny.
But you'll get your feet wet" sale
mamma.
mo. l won't get my feet wetr' cried
Johnny: and running out into the shed
he got his stills and was soon stalking
off in the wet grass.
So grandma had her cup of tea the
| same as ever. and after that she die
not say anything more about the stills
Exchange.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
wheat for Young Chickens.

The Boston Cultivator says: ut Is
surprising that so much soft food IL
given to chickens, and that, too. by
those who ought to know better.
Whole wheat will be readily eaten by
chicks a few weeks old. and before
that time the grains pounded or
cracked are better than anything else.
Because the chicks are little, 1t does
not follow that their digestion Is
weak. The first twenty-four hours
they live on the remains of the yolk OF
egg, which Is extremely hard to digest.
Unless their naturally strong digestion
has something to work on the chick
soon becomes sickly, Greyhound"
and die. Wheat is atall times the best
feed for making hens lay. In spring,
il fed to young chickens, the hens will
thrive so on their wheat that they will
often begin reproduction before the
chicks are old enough to care for them
selves"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
Living ON MIX for thirty Days.

DR.. H. f. White recently tried the
experiment of living thirty days with
only sweet milk as nourishment. AT
the beginning. says the Dairy, London,
England, he had no difficulty in chang
ing his diet from solid to liquid. Dur
ing the thirty days of the experiment
he lost five and a half pounds in
weight, but he lost no strength. He
probably lost weight because the
weather was warn and because he
took a good deal of exercise. He rode
a bicycle considerably during the time,
and used sixteen-pound dumb bells
and other heavy weights during the
day. On the seventh day of the exper-
ment he ran several foot races with a
skillful runner, and was beaten in each
race. On the thirtieth day he ran
some more races with the same per
son. but did better than in the first
races. This fact proves that he lost
no strength.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Among the neighborhood stories told
and implicitly believed in the Massa-
chusetts town of w. is one which we
should be slow in asking any reader
to credit, but which is interesting as
an example of the local wit in story
making. The wife of Deacon Saun-
ders. an excellent citizen of the place,
is said to have possessed n parrot of
exceptional intelligence and remarka-
BILE conversational powers.
On one occasion Mrs. Saunders was
making cucumber pickles. She had
the cucumbers in a dish on the kitchen
table and was stirring a kettle of hot
vinegar and spices over the fire with
a wooden spoon. While thus engaged
she CHANGED TO turn about and saw the
parrot making off with of the GU
cumbers.
"Ha, YOU rascal. you've been steal
ing pickles. she exclaimed, and threw
| the wooden spoon. dripping with boil
| ing vinegar, at the bird.
1t struck him on the top af his head,
and though ii inflicted no serious in
| jury, it's effect was to take the feath-
| crs entirely off the top of the birds
| head. leaving him bald for a season.
Some time afterward a minister
from another town came to preach at
the w. church and took dinner at Dea-
| con Saunders. He was quite bald. AS
| the family and the minister sat down
at the table the parrot, who had the
freedom of the room, came up and
! perched on the tall back of his chair
and eyed the top of his head with a
close and highly interested scrutiny.
And then the bird called out harshly:
"IIa. you rascal. You've been steal.
ing niCkleS,'@EXchange
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
HIGH PRICE FOR POTATOES.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, pay high prices for new
things. They recently paid $500 for a
yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 80
bu. new oats, $500 for 100 lbs. of pota-
toes, ETC.. ETC.! Well, prices for pota-
toes will be high next falE Plant a
plenty, Mr.. Wideawake! You'll make
money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat
in % days after planting. His Cham
pion of the World is the greatest yielder
on earth and we challenge you to pro-
duce it's equal.
II you will send IA cents in stamps
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will get, free, ten
packages grains and grasses, including
Teosinte, Spurry, Giant I~ncarnate
Glover, ETC., and our mammoth cata-
logue. Catalogue SC. for mailing. w.n.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
A Russian Sled.

Riding down hill on a cake of ice
would seem TO us very amusing, OK
.ept, perhaps, to the spectators, who
might enjoy it as Il sort of ~frozen-tub
race. AS Il matter of fact. though,
a cake of ice in the hands of a Rus
sian boy will make a very good and
ranid sled. He saws out a block that
is longer than it is thick, and about
high enough for Il comfortable seat.
Then he scrapes out a hollow like Il
saddle Il little back of the middle of
he upper surface. aud upholsters it
with straw or rags. II is then ready
for it's first trip down hill. and if the
rider is skillful he will make very good
time on it. But carrying it back to
the top of the incline would be too
aard work for even a Russian boy,
md pushing it up hill would be about
Is bad. A clever lad once thought of
| better way, and all other boys have
opted him ever since. He found a good
we straw, and began blowing through
t at the front of the block with the
nd of the straw close to the ice. Soon
he had a little hole in the block, as
leatly drilled as a steel tool could
ave done it.. In the course of an hour
md Il half he had driven Il hole slant
wise through the ice, coming out at
the top just in front of the saddle.
4 rtout string passed through the hole
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
Orders.

It is reported that a short time ago
an order was issued on n of the lines
of the PENNSYLVANIA company for all
section men to come to tho office on a
certain day and have their yes en-
amined. The following day Il number
of men appeared and passed the eX-
animation. Just before the man who
had charge of the tests left the office
a messenger boy came hurrying in
with a small package neatly tied up
and addressed to the eye inspector.
rhe latter opened it. and was surpriS-
ed to find a glass Y wrapped up in
tissue paper. and also an oid-fashiOned
silver watch.
Tho contents of the package proved
n puzzle to the Inspector until he UNI
folded Il hastily scrubbed note. which
on being deciphered was found to
read us follows:
"Oye inspector-Dear Sir: The day
before yesterday at hume | got word
to come down and have me Use looked
after for cular blindness as We call it.
I had IL ties and 10 ralcs to put down
beyond the sand cut and as jerry Sui
Ivan and Dominick Cody We're laid up
since the wake that wuZ holded over
Danny Doherty my hands war too
/ short to spare me. Twas lucky that
the right oye was first in my head was
/ put oUt with Il blow of II pix and me
glass oye that is a perfect figure of
! the eye that was not put out is sent
/ to you tugether with my watch for the
discrimination. | Guild spare the glass
DYE better than the DYE in the head
and is she is cular blind ii get one that
amt. Yures Truely, Anthony Dris.
cOll."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
Woman as n Hostess.

Whatever the aesthetic or ensuo
attractions, the ultimate fact is that
when people assemble socially they
meet to talk. In popular definition
'sOciable" means conversation" and
%'unsociaI' means Silence" The sue
cess of any social gathering will be
largely decided by the prevailing spir-
it of the conversation. And in this,
more than in any other feature of the
occasion, the personality of the hostess
should appear. No matter how many
gifted conversationalists there may be
present, she should not permit an out
slider to create the atmosphere of her
house. Even the most diffident wOm-
an, who glides u~nobtrusively through
a throng elsewhere, should courage
ously assert herself when the respons-
Utility of entertaining rests upon her.
In her admirable fearlessness she may
recall the terse self-annOuncemtnt of
Rob Roy, "My foot is on my native
heath, and my name is MacGregor.'-
Agnes Fl. Morton in Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
MehitabIe's Last Appearance.

Uncle Jack loved Dottie, but he did
not love Mehitable, while Dottie loved
Uncle Jack and Mehitable, too.
Mehitable vas a very pretty doll
when she was new, but now with the
color all washed from her cheeks, with
her nos worn down to her race by fire.
quent bumps. with only one arm and
no feet, she did not present an attract
i've appearance, yet to Dottie she was
as beautiful as ever.
One Sunday morning Dottie went to
chuhch with Uncle Jack. She held his
hand very tightly as she walked up
'the aisle, and with the other arm she
Rugged Mehitable under her cloak.
No n but Dottie knew that Mehit-
able had come TO church that morning,
and she did not think it wise to tell
any one.
Dottie and her dollie kept as still as
two mice until the people arose TO sing
the long hymn; then Uncle Jack lifted
up his little neice so that she could
stand upon the seat. If he had known
that Mehitable vas there, l am very
sure Miss Dottie would have stood
upon the floor, with only the back Of
the next pew to look at.
When Dottie glanced about she saw
SouSlt L dI ludlce sSNcIdl stdtS away
| Susie smiled ut Dottie and DOttie
smiled at Susie-it was sc pleasant to
see each other again.
Then Dottie though that Susie would
like to know that Mehitable was at
church, and as Uncle Jack was singing
and would not notice, she drew Mehit-
able from under her cloak; but Susie
was too far away to see plainly, and
so Dottie raised Mehitable as high as
( she could and rested her on Uncle
Jacks shoulder.
Uncle Jack felt the little girl leaning
against him, and without looking from
his bymn-book he put his arm around
her and drew her close to him, There
they stood-Uncle Jack singing sc
earnestly that he was unconscious OF
that frightful doll perched upon his
shoulder and Dottie smiling and point
ing TO Mehitable.
frankie Dexter, who sat in the sea
behind, tried not to laugh, but wher
Dottie made Mehitable bow TO Susie
the laugh did come-and it came 81
quick and loud that it made Uncle
Jack start, and the doll fell from hi
shoulder.
1t was funny to see him snatch Me
hita bic and thrust her into his pocket
and her set Dottie hard down on tn
reat, and frankie Dexter laughed
again. and his papa took him u o
church.
Dottie behaved beautifully all tn,
rest of the service. but she never say
Mehitable again.-Youth's Companion
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Animals, when wild constantly die
q lingering death from injury to the
rkin, whether caused, as usually hap
pens in tropical countries, by wounds
%ggravated by insects or by cutane-
uus disease. Hence the pains which
they take in making their toilet. and
In the use and selection OF "cosmet-
,cs."
Among birds, the saltwater species
rften seek fresh water to wash in;
different land birds choose different
tariffs in which to dust and also wash
in water. and nearly every tropical
animal, including the tiger, battles
either in water or mud.
Perhaps the best-known mud-bath-
IRIS are the wild boar, the water butfa-
- and the elephant. The latter has an
Inexpensive advantage over all the
ether animals in the use Of its runk
fer dressing wounds. 1t is at once a
syringe. Il powderiDg puff and a hand.
Water. mud and dust are the main
appliances" used, though it some
times covers a Sun-scorched back with
grass or Ieavcs.
Wounded elephants" writes Sir
Samuel Baker. have a marvellous
| Dower of When in their wild
state. although they have no gifts of
surgical knowledge their simple sys-
tenn is confined to p~lastering their
wounds with mud, or blowing dust
upcn the surface. Dust and mud com
| prise the entire pharmacopae of the
elephant and this is applied upon the
| most trivial and the mast serious oc-
Casions. They have been seen. when
in a tank, 10 plaster up a bullct-wound
with mud taken from the bottom
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
Issued.

Washington, D. c., Special-North-
western patents issued last week:
James w. Fuller. st. Paul, laundry
blue; Leonard C. and U. G. Gillett,
Brownsville, Mimi. mechanical move
ment: George r. Huff and &. Fl. Yer
non, ST. Paul. Mimi. saw-filing ma
chine; Erik NJ. Lundholm, st. Paul,
Mimi, sterilizer for surgical instru'
ments, etc: Alexander McDougall, Du-
luth, Mimi, coating w~ater-bottOms OF
vessels; Augustus S. Miller, Minneap'
oils, Mimi, mop wringer; George Nj
Parsneau, st. Cloud. Mimi, belt stretch.
err; Clarence J. Garland, Seattle, Wash,
(t~rade-mark), salves.
II. ID. Merwin, patent lawyer, Pioneer
Press building, ST. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

At the last fancy dress ball at Co
vent Garden, n of the most conspicu-
Gus persons present was Mrs. Langtry,
who was attired in a "serpentine" cos
tune of great originality. THE
Lily's'' domino was of black satin,
yelled in black gauze, spangled with
metallic particles. The fluffy, frilled
and glittering cape that adorned her
shoulders was fringed with small
snakes, while more reptiles of portent-
GUS size adorned each breadth of the
flowing skirt. Down the front from
chin to hem fell a perfect school of in
fantile snakes, while all around the
hood that shielded her famous feat
ures from view wriggled a mass of
these shining worms. Around her slen-
der waist a boa constructor clasped
his cleaning folds, while on each of
her black-glOved hands a smaller edi'
ton of the same creature was discern
ible.-London Letter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

You have heard, perhaps, of the trick
by which an amateur juggler eats a
lighted candle right before the eyes of
the spectators. 1t seems a somewhat
wonderful feat, but it is simple enough
when explained. The piece of candle
is made of an apple, neatly pared and
trimmed and the wick consists of a bit
of almond which burns on account Of
the oil that is in it.
Here is a trick that is better than
that, however. 1t is nothing less than
swallowing a night-light, wick and
all. together with the oil in which it
floats. The night-light is cut out of an
almond, a little pointed bit Of it serv-
ing as a wick, while the oil is well imi-
tated by what is known as white
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country nan all other diseases
put together, n until the last few
years vas supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease, and pre-
scribed local remedies, and By constant
ly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has
proven Catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarnh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken
Internally, in doses from ten drops to a
~teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
tenn. They offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists; 75c.
Halls Family Pills. Csc.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
A paper Fish.

Here is a little experiment that illus
trates a principle of natural philoso-
ply. Cut out of ordinary note paper a
fish, like the one shown in the cut, and
let it be a good-siZed one. In h cen-
ter cut a circular opening, a, commune
eating with the narrow canal, alb, open
ing at b.
Now, let plenty Of water run in the
bath tub and'place the fish in 1t so that
it's ventral half may be thoroughly
wetted and it's dorsal half remain dry.
Pour into the opening at a a good-sized
drop of oil, and this will at once seem
to spread itself over the water. AS il
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07
FnrecastPrs.

Some people are so Influenced by the cleo
trio currents of the atmosphere that they
can ~foretell the coming of a thunder storm
with perfect accuracy, and others there are
with nerves so sensitive that they are cure
of having neuralgia from a low and fretful
state of the nervous system. Now. why
can't the latter be warned in time and
know that an ounce of prevention Is worth
a pound of cure. To use st. Jacobs Oil
promptly will ward of an attack. or If
attacked, will promptly cure. Such people
can do for themselves what others do from
weather prophecies. heed the signals and
save the wreck and disaster.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-05-07

Is practically useless. The human organism
Is provided with n canal which sometimes
becomes choked up, namely. the bowels.
through which much of the effete and waste
matter of the system escapes When they
are obstructed -constipated, in other words
--Hostetter's stomach Bitters will relieve
them effectually, but without pain. and in
stitute a regular habit of body. This medi-
cine also remedies malaria, bilious, dyspep-
tic, rheumatic. nervous and kidney trouble,
and strengthens the entire system.