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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
THE BICYCLE GIRL OF 1897.
which that esteemed peer refers to the
cousin of the duke of Norfolk in glow
ing terms.


A Nova Scotian correspondent of the
Family Herald and Weekly Star writes
Of the great men produced in a section
of that province. She says: Corn
wallis and all the region round about
the Village of Grand Pre-" has been
more prolific than any other part of
the Dominion in turning out smart men
Perhaps the soil so good for potatoes
and apples which have a worldwide re-
nown, may be the cause-who a tell?
| will mention a few of the men whose
names are familiar to every n who
reads. Sir Charles Upper must be
first on the list; his father and grand
father were CORVALLIS men, the for
mer was a noted divine who lived to at
great age; Rev. S. T. Rand, the Micmac
missionary, whose linguistic lore won
for him LID. from Kingston, ID.
from Acadia" and d. C. L. from Kings
College; Sir William Dawson, so well
known in your city that | need only
to say his birth place was Pictou, N. s.;
]. M. Oxley, whose fame as an author
of no mean repute also belongs to us;
Dr.. T. H. Rand of Toronto University
and DR.. B. Rand Of Harvard Univer-
sity, Cambridge, Mass. Prof. w. Eider
of College, Mass; the late B. De Mile,
Principal Grant, all are Novia Scotia's
sons and own Arcadia College as their
Alma Mater. They were nearly all
farmers boys and won their way un-
aided except by pluck and persever-
ance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

omcIais who Drown Thousands OF Poo-
pie for PERSONAL Gains.

pmcimts Who drown THOUSANDS or roo
pie for Personal Gains.
How much Occidental politicians
have yet to learn from the Chinese in
the way of oficial corruption Is set
forth by DR.. Sun Vat Sen in the Fort
nightly. Referring TO the calamity OF
floods. he says: There is an oficial
known as the Hotaochung-tu (viceroy
OF course OF the river). with a large
number of subordinate officers, whose
special duty 1t is to preserve and keep
In order the banks OF the river and
to guard against accidents, by seeing
that the entertainments are adequate
and sound. These officials are, how
ever, practically without salary, n
have purchased their positions at I'M
mense cost. They must. therefore,
make money, and this they IAN DO In
many ways when an
bursts and has to be reconstructed.
Thus 1t is their constant hope that
floods may come, and, far from taking
precautions to prevent these terrible
v~isitations, which lay waste whole
provinces and cost thousands OF lives,
they actually take are to produce q
flood by artificial means II, for the de-
mands of their ruthless cupidity, Ma
ture seems too dilatory in the matter.
When there is not enough rain to make
the river overflow its banks, 1t is quite
common for men to be sent Out to
damage the embankments, and SO
cause IAN accident" This is a source
Of profit In a variety of ways. First.
there is the pay received for repairing
the breach, then there is the profit OBJ
tanned by docking the wages of the
workmen employed and employing
fewer workmen than are supposed to
be paid, and yet another on the cost
Of materials, ETC.: then the lack Of food
consequent upon the destruction Of
causes widespread distress,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
BICYCLE SAVES HIS LIFE.
Colonel Pickett of New Haven, Conn.

Colonel Pickett of New Haven, Conn,
Takes Poison by Mistake.
Colonel Charles W. Pickett, a repub-
lican politician and editor of the New
Haven Evening Leader, had a peculiar
and narrow escape from poisoning last
week.
Colonel Pickett is a sufferer from
dyspepsia and has been taking a tonic
for relief. This tonic he has kept in a
medicine chest at his house, with 9TH
err drugs. Last week, feeling somewhat
in~disposed, he went to the medicine
chest and took what he supposed was
his tonic. In a few minutes he began
to feel i'll, and on investigation dis
covered to his alarm that he had made
a mistake, and, instead Of his tonic,
he had taken fully 100 drops Of nux
vomica. Frightened at his act. Col
onel Pickett mounted his bicycle and
scorched for dear life to the office of
DR.. William P. Baldwin, in Chapel
street, who hastily gave the colonel an
antidote and a ~hypodermic injection,
by which the influence of the poison
was overcome.
DR.. Baldwin says it is the only case
he has ever heard of in medical prac-
tice where death did not follow such
a dose as Colonel Pickett swallowed.
His exertion on the bicycle in his mad
race for life also had a beneficial re-
suit.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

HIS return TO England-if he does re-
turn-Talbot intends to write a book,
which will be illustrated with pictures
drawn by himself. Clifton's expert
ence In San Francisco 10 a thing never
to be forgotten either by him or by
anyone who happened to be In the city
at the time. He was a conspicuous
figure there and tied fast his faith to
white Hat" DAM Mccarthy, the turf
man. 1t was an odd sight to see the
lanky Talbot and his little friend, the
top Of whose tall white beaver came
barely to the big Englishman's should
er, driving about in a blackboard wag-
on drawn by a little hunter which tried
to take every gate and fence toward
which the odd pair drove. One day
the little hunter naturally tried to take
a spiked gate while drawing the buck
board and its ill-mated occupants. She
came down on the iron pickets and,
horribly torn, bled to death. This
stopped the Englishman from driving
hunters. before buckboards. At the
horse show of 1895 he was as much
VI interest as any one or the events on
the card, and visitors went as much
to see Lord" Talbot fall off his horse
as to see any Of the other perform
ances. The big fellow thought he
could do the jumps on his horse, The
Lark. one Of his many purchases from
WHITE Hat" Dan. But almost nightly
he was flung yer the head Of the balky
little mare and buried his aristocratic
nose In the tanbark. He was a mem
Der of the Burlingame country club
and established a gentleman's coach
ing line between San Francisco and
that place. Everything he did, al
though done in the most serious way,
was meant for the humorous writer's OF
the San Francisco newspapers, who
treated him about as the metropolitan
press have regarded-well, Oscar Wilde.
Clifton bears with him a letter of in
PRODUCTION from Lord Litchfeld, in
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Kentucky has burned in its affidavit
that thieving is his regular vocation.
On the other hand. it is not impossible
in these days of ingenuity and inven-
ton to circumvent the designs of Prov
idence in the form of the official brand
er of the state. Skin grating is as
common an operation these days as the
pulling of an aching molar, and the re-,
leased convict could at a reasonable ex-
pense have the brand cut out and new
skin grated in it's place. And thus
would the ends of justice be defeated.
There are arguments on both sides Of
the measure, and the supporters of each
will toss them at each other with We
hemence and earnestness when the bill
comes up for passage. Strange to re-
late the corporations and trusts are
against the bill.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
FEMININE

Poplins are once more in favor az
chest materials.
And soon the lawns will blossom out
in full summer regalia.
Many a woman spent yesterday in
doing up her furs in camphor.
A gift of flowers is always acceptable.
but never more so than Easter.
All white duck wheeling costumes
will be worn by the summer girl.
Trained gowns are undeniably going
to be worn in the very near future.
1t looks as though the Elton Jacket
were going to be run into the ground.
Talms and rubber plants now get an
airing on the front porch or In the back
yard.
Business men declare that they dis
like having dealings with women and
ministers.
Do not wear your street gloves on
the bicy Gle; that is, If you want to keep
them presentable.
When you are really hungry for your
breakfast you can rest assured you are
in excellent health.
Look well at your breakfast table.
even though there is no one but tho
waitress to see you.
The who really loves her
home will never become reconciled to
apartments. no matter how attractive
they may be.
The girl in the shop who looks at the
clock 20 times an hour is not apt to be
the one promoted by her employer for
jealous devotion to his interests.
Philadelphia Times.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

There Is a general idea that those
persons who suffer from shortness of
breath should not take long rides or
indulge In anything which savors OF
speed. ''rhis," declares a well-nown
physician, is altogether erroneous. As
a matter Of fact. long distance riding
at n moderate pace forms n Of the
very finest cures for shortness OF
breath. This malady is usually caused
by some congestion, which prevents
the lungs from being expanded to their
full capacity. Constant, steady and
easy exercise strengthens and tones
up the air cells so that the number OF
those available becomes gradually in
creased, and thus, little by little, the
Inconvenience disappears. The only
care to be exercised Is to not make the
exertion Of a violent nature. New
Your Journal.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

and relief funds pour in both from the
government and from charitable indi-
viduals-relief funds which never, in
anything like their full amount, reach
the people for whom they are intended.
Finally, there is always a promotion,
by way of "recompence for public
services" conferred on the officers un-
der whom an embankment has been re-
paired. All this may sound incredible.
but SO well known is 1t in China that
there is a popular saying which runs:
The best cure for the Hwang Ho and
the best safeguards against floods
would be to behead all the officials and
leave the river to itself"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Legislation That Would Rssult In the
branding OF Criminals.

Legislation That Would Reault In the
branding Of Criminals.
There was recently introduced In the
Kentucky legislature a bill providing
for the branding OF all burglars who
were committed to the penal institu-
lions OF the state. The measure d.
rects that all such convicts shall have
the letter "B" branded on both cheeks
during their Incarceration. The pur-
pose OF the father OF the bill is to for
ever separate such criminals from hon.
est men and prevent them from hiding
their past. The bill will be up for pas
sage or rejection during the present
session OF the Kentucky legislature.
Its probable fate is a problem. 1t has
many supporters and many enemies
Chief among the latter are the optim-
lists who believe that criminals can and
will reform uuder proper influences and
circumstances In such instances, they
claim, the branding would be IN out
rage. 1t would prevent their living a
decent. honest life even II they were so
inclined. 1t would also. they argue.
drive men to more desperate crimes
after their release, for the brands
would be a barrier to a life Of anything
saw crime. OF course. the mark would
be valuable frequently Is a means OF
Identification. For instance. If a Ken
lucky gentleman should be returning
home in the early hours from a socia-
BILE game of American draw at his club,
or some other little entertainment, and
should meet a strange man in the hall
carrying off the family plate and valu-
ables. all he would have to do to veri-
fly his suspicious that the man was not
a burglar would be to look at his
cheeks. II the letter "B" stood out
branded on each side he need doubt
longer. The intruder is a thief.
and to prove his Identity the state OF
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

year; 1893 showed similar characteris-
tics in India. Then came a sudden
change In 1895, and UP to the present
time, with effects the disastrous charac-
ter Of which for India we know too well;
1896. in fact. was just as extraordinary
a year for heat as 1893 was for cold. In
Australia and America the areas Of
heat were unprecedented. The wave
of tropical draught has not yet come
to an end yet, and when it does the sun
spot effect would tend to prolong it
through the period of minimum, which
is due in 1900. At such times it is very
rare for the tropical rains to be plenti-
full or well distributed, which latter is
an unimportant factor in regard to the
growth Of crops. The sun spots, how
ever, may disappear as mysteriously as
they anne into view. and the gloomy
predictions Of this astronomer be un-
fulfilled.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

his eccentricities, a very clever fellow
and a really great traveller. He can
write fine descriptions and good MARIA
tive stories and his pencil sketches are
exceedingly good. His little leather
diary is a most interesting book and
is worth anyone's time to peruse. He
talks as calmly about going around the
world as though he were giving his
order for breakfast. He has been
around it four times. He is as well
known in San Francisco as in Gros-
venor square, London. He has jour
neyed through Russia, Siberia, Peru, to
the most northern part of Alaska, and
in those parts of old Mexico to which
he says no other white man had pre-
viously Travelled. Not content with
the hunts of Lord Lonsdale in British
America for the rare and elusive musk
OK, this young nimrod intends to pene-
trate to the most desolate region of
Athabasca and capture, If he can, one
or two of these rare animals of that
land. He is a fellow of the Royal
Geographical society, and if he sue
ceeds in capturing a pair of musk oxen
alive he will drop all of his other plans
for the time and return at once with
his prizes to England.
If he can get the musk OK dead only,
he will go on north, hoping to meet
some whaler and invade the arctic re-
gions. He homes to reach 2 point
farther north than any n else has
reached. The musk OK, for the capture
Of which alive the London Geological
society has offered a large prize, is an
ungulate of the great family Bovidae,
the most useful to mankind of all the
mammals. These oxen are more near
ly allied to the sheep than to the ordin-
airy OK and would be appropriately
named the musk sheep. They are found
only in Arctic America and In Green
land and are about the size Of small
cows. They have large heads and for
midable horns. The greater parton the
body is covered with a matted brown
hair of considerable length. In setting
SIT 90 this cold and lonely journey,
with no other companions than MS
brother, his valet, and his guide, Mr.
Clifton thoroughly realizes the dangers
and the hardships to which he will be
subjected. He has been through 10Th
before and they seem to have more
charm thar terror for him. Really
you know" he said, l~aughingly, In his
apartments. beans and ba-
con are not a half-bad diet for a healthy
Britisher, and when you're actually
hungry they're positively good" On
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
A millionaire Sues for divorce.

The suit for divorce instituted by
Mrs. Antonio Terry, formerly Miss
Grace Dalton of New York, has begun
in Paris. Mr.. Terry, who is a Cuban
by birth and worth $4,000, 900, is a ma
turalized American. He is defending
the suit, although he has declared his
intention Of marrying Miss Sybil San
derson when he is free to do so. In an
application for temporary alimony Mrs
Terry was awarded $500 a month and
the custody of her child, and after an
appeal had been taken the alimony
was increased to $1,000.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

peer Of England and hereditary earl
marshal and chief butler OF the king
dom, says the New York Journal.
Lord" Talbot, as he is called In the
four quarters of the globe, arrived here
on Monday and went to a hotel, where
he remained until last night. Then
he left New York and proceeded on his
way to discover the north pole. With
him we're his brother Arthur mi his
valet Belts. Clifton is closely con-
nected with half a dozen of the best
families OF the English nobility and is
a very wealthy young man. He is
about 80 years of age, tall, slender and
ultra-English in dress and tanner. 1t
Is said that at one time his income
amounted to something like a million
a year, but that his debts became SO
appalling that he signed over his prop
erty, or the most of 1t, to his creditors,
reserving for his own use the modest
annuity of $4,000. Talbot is, with all
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

"A prominent building owner, with
years Of experience, gave the follow
ing Instructions to his architect: II
have had my experience with kalso-
mine and other goods claimed to be
just as good as Alabastine. I want
you to specify the durable Alabastine
on all my walls; do not put on any
other manufacturers dope, II they fur
nish 1t for nothing. Alabastine is
right. and when I a to use it I
shall cease to have confidence in my
self or my own judgment"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
NOTICE.

From this moment we part for
ever" he Kissed.
She turned upon him haughtily, regal
even in the hour of her humiliation.
mo. Fitzmaurice Maurice-M Maurice, !
she answered. II am accustomed to
exact a weeks notice from all of my
husbands."-Detroit Tribune.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15


Young, of Princeton, regarded every
where in Europe as one OF the few liv-
Ing authorities on the sun. Prof. Je-
vons, likewise an authority OF the sun.
was the first to announce that there
was some connection between sun spots
and panics, revolutions and political
agitations on this earth. This assertion
was laughed at by other astronomers,
who knowing only one star or group Of
stars In the sky, were unfamiliar with
the sun and rushed to the conclusion
that it could have no more influence
upon the earth than a mere planet.
Now, however, Prof. Young, in a lately
published work, comes to the support
OF Prof. Jevons.
"The idea," says Prof. Young. lis by
no means absurd, as some have de-
clared. 1t is a mere question of fact.
II IL spots really have any sensible
effect upon terrestrial meteorology. they
must indirectly affect the crops and so
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

There is a oma in Buxton, Maine,
who is metaphorically kicking herself.
Since Grover Cleveland went out of
office she has discovered that her late
husband was OWL cousin to Mr.. Cleve-
lands mother.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Tho busiest telephone exchange In
the world is in Chicago. 1t is the Wash
inSton street exchange, where the daily
average is 10000 messages.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

The order for the building of forty
locomotives for the Nippon railway, in
Japan. is reported to have been given
to the Baldwin locomotive works OF
Philadelphia.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

'sThat new book reviewer won't do at all. "
s'What's the matter with himY' "He wrote
up seven women novel writers ana dldnt
say that any one of them reminded him of
George Eliot
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

The best augury of a mans success
III his profession is that he thinks 1t Is
the finest in the world.-George Eliot.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

"Easter Is a joyous season. . "Yes; our
choir never feels quarrelsome when they all
have on new clothes"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
OFF FOR THE POLE.
LORD" TALBOT, AN ENGLISH
MAN. AFTER MUSK OXEN.
Has Spent a Fortune Like "a Prince
Rccentric but Clever-writes Well,
Draws Well and shoots s~plendIdIy-
Universally Known.

HOSE in this city
who like the p
! tation of being An
g~lomaniacs will
doubtless mourn
when they hear of
the opportunity
they have lost of
meeting j. Talbot
Clifton, cousin to
the duke of Nor
folk, the premier
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
SPOTS ON THE SUN.
PROFESSOR YOUNG OF PRINCE
TON HAS A THEORY.
Says That In Some U-naeoountabie Man
ner the People OF tho Earth Arc Sub
ject to the Physical Changes on tho
SUNS Surface.

H 70 disturbances
which for some
time have been OBJ
served on the sur
face of the sun are
now regarded by an
eminent American
astronomer as hav-
ing some connec-
ton with recent
terrestrial phenom-
ana He Ia Prof.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

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The age-herald., 1897-10-24
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Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice. having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of simpla vegetable remedy for the speedy and per catarrh asthma, and all throat and lung affections, also positive and radical cura for nervous debility and all nervous con- plaints, after having tested it's wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make 1t known to his suffering feiioWs dSsr Aci!na,ed re!n n ny 1his mo ing I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English with full directions for prepar- ing and using. Sent by mali by address ing with stamp, naming this paper. ". A. Moves, s20 Powers block. Rochester, N. Y. 9-5-eosu-9t