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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13
LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE.

The i.ttnde ia about the same as that of
central Tennessee, while the altitude Is
nearly $500 feet, This combination gives
Il peculiar, but most happy, result. Ia the
winter, during the day, the thermometer
seldom fails, in the shade, below 40', while
1t often rams, In the sunshine, to G5'-or
ven more. On the other hand. 10 the
summer the heat Is never oppressive, in
the shade, and no Light 10 too warm for
comfortable sleep. under one or two blank
cts. The sun Will shine nine days out OF
every ten, the year round. This, with tn
Extreme dry ness OF the air, caused by the
very slight precipitation or moisture; the
resinf Us aroma roi ing down from the
pine clad mountains; the large amount Of
electricity IN the air, and the quent
ozone resulting from the s~ltitudel and the
Of the town. land locked by noun
ain aud mesa-these all couspire to pro
duce an atmosphere whi b is a balm to al
diseases OF the respiratory organs. The
percentage Of death from consumption 10
in New Mexico han IL II any here
else in the United statesi and no other
place 10 New Mexico excels Las Vegas In
saiubriry of is clima'e. Asthmatics
exp rience immediate ard permanent re.
lief il .his altitude.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13

Potatoes are selling at two cents per
pound IN Weed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13

Don Benancios Garcia had his arm
badly hurt BY q horse falling on him At
Clayton.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST IS, 1897
BALLooNING TO THE POLE.

An OPTIC reader, who has, perhaps,
been out fishing for some weeks, ana
with the right kind of bait, clips Inc
following from the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, and wants to know how
about it:
LONDON, August 10.-A dispatch 20 tne
Daiig Mail from Copenhagen says tnat
Capt. M%ortensen, of the bark Ansgar'
which has arrived at Omega, a port OF Rus
sia. eighty. five miles southwest OF Arch
angel, has sent a brief dispath TO Inc erect
that on July 18th, two days after Andree
started from Danes leland in q balloon.
in an attempt to reach the nortn poie, ne
passed at q distance of 100 yards q piacR
balloon, which had collapsed from want OF
gas.
The place where the balloon was seen
was two days. journey to the eastward OF
North Cape.
Can't. M%ortensen adds that for some
time before the balloon was sighted the
wind had been blowing strong from the
north.
-rnr. s., A. Andree, a celebrated Swedish
aeronaut n uuv--I.af engineer of the
Stockholm patent Office, tried TO lA-l-a
balloon voyage across the arctic regions
last July, but failed on account of adverse
winds and defects in his airship. With
better equipment now and profting by ex-
perfence, he has confidence that he can at
least survey from above the north pole and
its surroundings. He argues that his
method of exploration will be easier, safer
and surer than attempting to penetrate
~ T.. I-..1 oa,otrr ~ ~ okhor man
For twenty years he has been planning
such an expedition and finally enlisted the
financial support Of the Swedish academy
of science. as we'll as the more or less
active interest of the international geo.
graphical congress and other organized
bodies.
The voyage to the pole, he thought, would
last from thirty to forty hours, though
favorable winds might expedite it, would
even reduce it to five or six hours. His
desire was to spend thirty days In cruis-
lug about the central polar basin, taking q
complete survey of it. With a fair wind,
of average velocity, he calculated that be
could travel about 49, 600 miles in thirty
days.
He intended TO make Inc reUurn journey
towards the Inhabited parts OF North
America, or northern Siberia. The Cana
dian and Russian governments requested
the people In those parts to keep a watch
for the balloon, report its course, and rem
der assistance, if practicable.
The new balloon is seventy-five feet in
and has a capacity of l72,0 0 cubic
feet of gas. Andree expected to be able to
hover in the air at an altitude of about
1000 feet for thirty days, if necessary.
The balloon carries a sale Of 800 square
feet, and has other appliances for steering.
Danes Island, the point Of departure, at
the north western extremity Of Spitz-
bergen, is In north latitude 70. 40, about,
and east longitude 10.30, about.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13

The new residences ia north Ration
are being vigorously pushed toward
G smpletion.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13
This Ia Your opportunity.

This Ia Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
o generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Cntarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Baim) sufficient to demon
strnto the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13
xRwapApERs, MANUFACTURES, ETC.

ufAfEEbt AANUFACTOhihSt EIC.
Las Vegas has two daily and five weekly
newspaper three banks; two building
and loan associations; three hotels, and
many boarding houses; nine churches; a
lumber OF clubs, and all the leading civic
and social societies; a roller -four mill, ca.
pacity. lfty barrels q day, two WOOL
securing establishments, cleaning 1,E00 900
pounis Of wool annually; a manufact ry
Of mineral and carbonated waters; two
wagon and carriage factories; q saddle
an 1 harness factory; electric light plant;
three planning mills; two cigar manufacto-
ries, and other enterprises of less import;
ance.
There are eight large wholesale houses.
whose trade extends throughout the Terrt
tory and iuto the adjoining sections. while
the volume OF this trade, and the values OF
the stocks they carry, eau not be duplicat-
ed west OF Kansas City and south OF Den
yer. Three merchants' brokers have ee-
lected this city as their distributing center.
the amount OF their yearly sales exceed
ing. In the aggregate, the combined sales
OF all other such brokers in New Mexico.
The retail merchants OF Las Vegas are
more numerous. and carry larger and bet
ter stocks OF goods than do The retail mer-
chants Of any other tow In this Territory
or Arizona.
THE DISTRIBUTING POINT.
Las Vegas is the distributing point for
all New Mexico. By the Atch:son
she has connection with KANSAS on
the east. Colorado. on the north. Arizona
and California on the west, ond Texas and
Mexico on the south. Besides these,
she has mere stage lines, connecting her
with tributary territory, than has any |
,ther town In New Mexico. This territory |
includes the entire > ciion east and south
che mountains. and comprises the coun-
les OF Colfax, Mora, Taos, San Miguel,
Santa Fe. Socorro, Dona Ana, Grant,
1hsves, Lincoln and Eddy, with parts OF
7 aiencia and Bernalillo-a country larger
han all New England. This takes IN the
amous Valley of the Rio Grande and the
ess famous. but NOT less excellent, Valley
L the Pecos-the finest fruit sections Of
he west.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13
sANIrARY ~ADvANrAoEs.

Las Vegas is the natural H~anitsrium Of
the United States, combining more nat
ural advantages than any other place in
America. Her thermal waters are the equal
OF the bot Springs Of Arkansas. while her
climate is infinitely superior. There is no
mslaria, no excessive heat or coid-no
2nats, ats or mosquitoes. The air is pure,
dry. rarified and highly elects ified-a GER
tain cure for consumption, IL the disease
be taken in time. The hot waters are a
specific for liver, fkiu. rheumatic aud
blood disorders. Her Monteauma hotel is
the inest hostelry between Chicago and
California. and is situated in a beautiful
canJ on, five miles from town, where this
not springs. forty in number, come boiliog
TO the surface.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13
NEW MHIICOS CHIEF CITY
Her Resources and Attractions
Brief Summary Of Her
Advantages.

LAS vKeAs. msanin ''The Meadows,n
Is the county seat OF San Miguel county,
lies on both sides OF the Gallinas river, and
With Its suburbs, has about 10000 iuhab-
itants.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-13

~
10 the county seat OF San Miguel county,
lies on both sides OF the Galllnas river, and
18th IL .uh,rhs has .ho.t IN mo inbab.
itants.
LAS VEGAS INDUSTRIES.
II has water-works, street cars, arc INT
incandescept electric light plant, telephone
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
msnt station, headquarters Of the Atchison
railway System. New Mexico division, to-
gether With railroad machine shops and
tie preserving works, stock yards, and the
largest sheep. shearing and dipping plant
IN the United States
gEAuTrruI AND prcruRrsouF.
west OF tne river the o'u town mas the
quaint and picturesque Mexican appear
snce doh bonses. narrow crooked
-,sa.. -..w...r-,~,. .mns,
crafts and occunntions. but the plaza
- III - 49,.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
"A BEES RESTLESS LIFE.
It Heeins Work when Three Days Old
 and Dies st Eorty=4ive.


 c. # Reynolds 9l Dos Aaselss one Of the old9sI Iayeling mon in the United states. has 5 ranch of which he enjoys toli.ng even mere than heaoes of che experiences through which he has passed during his half century apaa tAe roaa fbe ranch is near Saa Bl5so, Gal rhe ehief product is honey. Ihis product is euiaea fem two apiaries, which Gle. Reynolds visits every time bis business permits him E6 go tosouth- eln California,
 "ln my apiaries. which arc oared for by my sou sid he. there are l l0 stand af bees Tho honey season lasts from April ta .iul9. Lash season iuy bees yielded 0,oQ0 pounds of honey, which sells in 3bat country in bu1l5 lots at cents | noun3 Two of the hives gage oyer 500 pounds each. For ten years l have been interested in bees in small way, and take greater interest iA them every Eean 4 hive OF stand of bees iswortb S2 t0 Init are the queen, the aeones and llsa workers, total population ot from 20,Q00 to 25s000 bees,
 This very good sized colony : be continued resides in q hiyo or wooden box Ia the hive are dozen frames i8 hy I inches 1a these che bees make or deposit tho honey, g foundation of wax having been first placed in each frame by tho beelseeper, Sc that the bees may havo something 10 build upon. The honey is talseA cut Of tho frames every other week during the honey season. While doing 70 there is little need of protecting the hands. The bees seem to be most inclined to sting cue iu the face, So, as q precautjon, the man who is removing the honey from the hives wears a straw hat from tha brim of which is hung I silkyeil like they have to ao ap in ehe k1ondike country to ward off the summer mosquitoes.
 The queen is an absolute monarch within her douinions. She is the m disputed boss of the job An ordinary bee lives during inc working season on- ly 45 days. Xoung ones are being hatch- ed cut all the time A bee goes 10 work at the tender age of 3 days and hustles like q veteran for 42 days Then 1t is just naturally al tired out, I suppose, for 1t dies. Tho queen lives longer, and When | young queen comes into exist ence in the hive she drives the old queen out Her layal subjects follow her in her punishment, and that iswhat makes fhe swarm.
 Iil southern California Ghe bees make water white honey when the black sage is in blossom When the white sage is iioWering, the honey has an amber tlnge. h winter the bees make no hon- sy Seventy Carloads of the article arc shipped out of San Diego county in good years. Denver Republican
 Rice is tho most important of all Japanese crops The cultivation takes up more tFan half af tie country B total surface If arahls and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

WELL, We can console ourselves
 with the unctious fact that tho Senatorial fight in Ohio between
 Mark Hanna and John K. Mclean was contest between money bags, at any rate. and the general result is Of very little concern to the peo- pie. Neither Hanna nor MeLean ls possessed of sufficient intellectual or oratorical ability to shed lnstre upon such ar illastrious position, and the pity of it all is that the two leading parties in Ohio eoaldn. t put up men worthy of So exalted ! posi- ton as a seat in the United States Senate. Think of Hanna occupying
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

STAINS reply to Secretary Sher- mans note has been received at Washington, and is interpretation is anything but satisfactory to the administrations Ii is now said that President Mckinney and his cabi- met have abandoned hope Of 6 peace ful issue with Spain, in consequence of which activity in the army and navey departments has been re- doubled. Well, we should dislike to be reduced to the painful necessity ef giving the Dons . good drubbing. but if ii has to be done we can make migh.s neat and complete job ol If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

WHAT'S the matter with Hanna2s asks one Of our good neighbors. He's all right, except that the Ohio Legislature has got too many Dem oerats in it for him 10 feel very comfortable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

So shrewd, sagaeions German goes down, after all. LIS q rough sea for the grand old Democratic ship when German ear | successful ly pilot her over it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
.BIREYT4ILISH NOT DF1D.


 o,hauneey M. Depew one of the leading eola-b9g Republicans of New York, commenting ca the fe- suit Of the election iH New York and other States, frankly admits that Bryanism and bimotallism are not dead lie said:
 The election issue in New York has 10 national significance, but with an alarming faIIiag eff of the Republican vote in the State, with heavy losses fH New Jersey, Ohio land other states, the Republican party is confronted with the incon- tFoyeftiBle truth that Organism and bimetaIlism are not dead IL warns them that they must take steps at once, and emphatiealIy, to settle this currency question beyond any hope of fo-opening il.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

ShermeHs seat. e8 Mclean iH the seat once made glorious bg the noblest Roman af them all. Allen C.. Thurman. EeeiIV have intellectual giants given way 10 pigmies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

GoRMAN got left in Maryland, but the people who voted to leave him cut in the cold will be the loosers and not Gorman ~ 1trmkmiuR.
 Very correct. IL will be another instance Of where an intetleetuai giant gives way to an intellectual pigmy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

IT is said that Butcher Neyler will be court-martialed when he reaches Madrid for his treasonable speech made just before sailing for Havana. Let the court martial pro5 ceed. The world has had quite enough of Weyler.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

IN consequence Of tho Spanish war scare, Wall street has under gone another panic and securities went dow accordingly. The bulls and bears are of such q nervous tem= permaent that 1t doesn't require much to throw Chem into aeonnip. tion fits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
PINE BLurr is soon to have a new

PINE BLUFF is soon to have q new weekly paper, -Fordyee Eout
 Yes, We are reliably informed that the plant Of the Fordyce Fo34a is to be moved to Pine Bluff and q new weekly paper started. The paper will be in editorial charge of Mr. E. II. Hummer while Mir. Frank Gray will be the business manager.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

The hasasA q mYSine, has custom of getting inside 4he cod and similar fishes and entirely consuming the in terior, leaving only the skin aud the skeleton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

TuE denunciation of Uncle sam s new silver certificates by a Wiseon- sin preacher because of the new picture thereon of two thinley clad women holding an electric light aloft, representing progress, need cause no alarm. The certificates will be as welcome as ever, if not more so.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

Tri=state Medical Association Meeting at Memphis, Tenn Nov. r and ls For this occasion the Cot ten Belt Route e eiil sell tickets, Pine Blufi 10 Memphis and return at one and one-third fare, s6I5, on eertitiz catc FiaH tickets on saie &eV. #5 t0 is. return limit Sov. Fl.
 ti Bringman, Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

Gray horses are usually tho longest lived. Creams are decidedly delicate and are seriously affected by very warm weather.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08

"Ir's an of year, says Hanna. Yes, an of year for the Republicans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
0 A0 IankhI

PaIa tKas saaeef4siag and aopo
 aad ssan Abandoned tsenaaF.
 s,H Resuitaef Terrifying 901 aiooes
 w Fofa pai8 camp in ny lalt Knee. b#e grew We#5e asla #eseel a1a finally aaas broke out eboxe the knee. It di hargea regt deal aud the pain feeia iag 1AisA a9aa eaa 4aaeae'alHs. Large. hard. parnIespeIs appeared en nay ieg. j suffered in this way for years, and gave ng al hopoe ef over being enfed. My 49ifo Nas Ieedine of casa like n1lne cured bg Hood' eeHapsFillal and aho advised ma to trT t. ] began taking t and when ! had psed 2 IeW bottles ] found relief from my uffering. Oh, how thankful l am fas s relief am aaronger tlan have eget been in my life. I am in the lest of heelth, hayo Q good appetite and am I neg nam altogether 7 ]. p. MoaRs, Lisbon talis. AhdHe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
JAMES ALIEN, t Missouri sebooI

JAMES ALLEN, Missouri school teacher, was assaulted and killed by 1srs 7r~s-.a-~nupils The boys were angry at bei11--~-r-fflffr- m arT0r school, and when the teacher started home they waylaid him, The peni- tertiary doors are standing Wide open for such young rasoals.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
w CHINESE $. RESTtEIERAHi Ig5s X 9IIhf4 ] QUONG WAfI, Prop. .Is EAST THIRD AVENUE
.I5 EAST THIRD AVENUE.

The only Restaurant in Pine BiuIi where people can % and get
 first class meal at reasonable
 price Polite and. courteous
 attention. Regular meals 20c.
 Twenty-one meals for S3.50, Extra for set order .,....
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.

NIL btEf5tFNEF r 2 EFFFf75 p 77 p 2 v Y 7
 WITHOUT Ex0EPTfON
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-08
MO 6 [ sslsA \ Nl5
WoRns AND PHRASES THAT RUM
 WILD AND ARE SHORT LIVED.

Tite Uss of slang as Habia Compared
 to Swearing and the Intemparate Use
 Of ratoEieants Tiis Herln That Results
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-01
THE END.
Two Leading Southern Types.

The two leading types Of southern
population are plainly the Virginian
and the South Carolinian Of the tide
water. For this fact there are both his
torical and photographic reasons. Vir-
ginia was the first and South Carolina
the second southern colony to be settled
by we'll to do Englishmen who desired
to found permanent homes. The intro
duction Of slavery and its application to
staple crops speedily gave an aristocratic
tone to society in both provinces, but
between them, in North Carolina, and
to the south Of them, in Georgia, there
were fewer wealthy settlers and no
staple crops to speak of, SO that from
the first society in these provinces was
more or less democratic in spite Of slav.
cry. Before, however, the gentry Of the
coast could expand and occupy the coun-
try lying between the Blue Ridge and
the Alleghanies and beyond the latter
range of mountains very different
sort of people had moved in and taken
possession. Among these people, owing
to their habits and the nature of their
soil, slavery could take no strong hold;
hence they remained democratic and
distinct from their tidewater neighbors,
Us indeed they are to this day.-W. P.
Trent in Atlantic.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-01
TERMS----$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
SINGLE COPY, THREE CENTS.
NO. 35.

the president of the United States has
to shake hands with strangers by the
hour, and what is perhaps still more
irksome, because affording less variety,
to sign his name by the hour. A cer-
tain share of this latter work, howev-
er, can be done by proxy.
There is one clerk who earns his
salary by doing nothing else but sign
the presidents name to land warrants.
Drudgery-routine work-of that kind
may be easy, but one would think that
it must sometimes grow monotonous.
Other government officials do prac-
tically nothing but write their own
names. The register of the treasury,
for example, may be busy signing
documents from 9 o'clock in the morn
ing till 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
And the assistant treasurer of the
United States, in the same way, sits at
his desk and signs warrants for money.
These are honorable occupations, to be
sure but so is farming, and the day
laborer on the farm has at least the
advantage of the open air and meas
ure of variety.
Every man is sometimes tempted to
think that other men have an easier
lot than he, and it is we'll, therefore,
to look sometimes at the seamy side of
what are called desirable situations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-01

ORIGIN OF Mr.. AND MRs.-In ear
lier times the ordinary man was simp-
ly William or John that is to say. he
had only q Christian name without
any kind of 'handle" before it or sur
name after it.
Some means of distinguishing one
John or William from another John
or William became necessary. Nick
names derived from mans trade or
dwelling place, or from some personal
popularity, were tackled on to his
Christian name, and plain John became
John Smith. As yet there were no
"Misters" in the land.
Some John Smith accumulated more
wealth than the bulk of his fellows
became, perhaps, a landed proprietor
or an employer of hired labor. Then
he began to be called in the. Norman
French of the day the "maistre" of
this place or that, of these workmen
or of those.
In time the "maistre," or "maister,"
as it soon became, got tackled on before
his name, and he became Master
Smith and bis wife Maistress Smith.
Gradually the sense of possession
was lost sight of and the title was con.
ferred upon any kindly mere pos
session of wealth, or holding some po-
sition of more or less consideration
and Importance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-01
PACING WITHOUT A DRIVER.

Pacing horses are said to be coming
into fashion again, and the New York
Herald recently printed an accom-
count of one which really deserves to
be famous. She belongs in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, and has been trained by
her owner-though little training was
necessary-to pace against time with
out driver. This, as The Herald OBJ
serves, is a new departure in racing
methods.
There is no pacemaker, no guiding,
no whipping, no urging, no interfer-
ence or prompting of the mare in any
way. She knows her lines and goes
through them without faltering, and
with every sign of full confidence in
her own knowledge and ability.
She is led to a point about hun
dred yards from the wire, and is in
perfect action when she receives the
word "go' from the starter in the
Judges stand. On getting the word,
the handsome animal quickens her
speed, and around the track she goes
as though running away. She keeps
close to the inner rail, seemingly
through instinct, though, she never
leaves the track, whether it be en-
closed or not.
Every mile is paced without break,
and as evenly as though she were
steadied by a skillful driver. The
novelty of the performance and the
dashing beauty of the intelligent ami
NAL win admiration wherever she ap-
pears, and the finish is always attended
with enthusiastic cheering.
A notable feature of the performance
is that the last quarter is always the
fastest, and no demonstration from the
crowd ever makes her lose her stride,
or even slow up. After passing the
wire, Marion seems to know that her
task is completed, and her bright eyes
search the track for the groom, who
stands ready with cooling blankets a
short distance up the stretch. When
blanketed she is returned to the starter
for recognition, and views the applaud
ing crowds with an air of conscious
pride and satisfaction.