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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

hair with one hand and looked at him
keenly.
yes, SIR"
The sheriff's glance wandered off to-
ward the surrounding h%ill-tops. then
back to the woman again.
rs Mr.. Nelson at homer" he asked.
Eyes, sir"
May l see him."
A suspicious look had crept into her
small, blue eyes and her voice took on
an extra degree of sharpness as she
answered, II don't know. He amt
feelin' very well. Juan's been real
sick for more'n a week. He's pretty
low to-day. Can't you tell me what it
is you want?"
NO." he said, Il must see him per-
sonally. 1t is very important"
She dropped the ak then and brush
ing the snow from her barred face and
head she stood close before him.
Mister" she said, Il believe / know
who you are. You're the sheriff, amt
your"
He nodded. When he was first elect
ed to office six years before he had
been proud of his title but that day
its glory had departed and the honor it
brought seemed empty and dead.
You needn't tell me what you've
come for" she said in tones that were
more strident than before. 1.-THE
n~eighbors told me you would be here.
Mister, they've lied to you. My hus-
band never stole anything. He's very
sick to-day. Don't take i'm away this
afternoon. It'll kill him if you do"
tits my duty. madam" he said. firm
ly. Il must see him, anyway. If yon
resist / must go in by force" he added,
as her pale face flushed angrily.
Very WE'LL she replied. quietly.
He hitched the horse to an apple tree
and followed her into the house. The
seven. or eight r~ed-hcaded children
crowded in with them and grouped
around the fireplace in which two large
logs were. smoldering in a heap OF
ashes. Juan Nelson sat shivering in
one corner with both thin hands out
stretched toward the embers. The wo-
mans sharp drawn face took on an ex-
preston Of tenderness as she hurried
toward him and laid her hand gently
on his long black hair.
Father" she slid. heres a gentle
man come to see you"
"A fit or coughing overlook the man
and cut short the ''howdydo" with
which he began to greet the sheriff.
The officer sat- down Fear the window.
where an old dress skirt did duty as a
pane OF glass, and looked 1t his rFss
oner. 1t was all SO different from what
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
PERSONALS.

Rev. John Mcneil, the evangelist,
was a railway porter for years before
he became a preacher.
C. w. Walton, justice Of the Supreme
Court of Maine, viii o retire after a
service of forty years.
Mrs. Langtry possesses a dressing
bag #FA!eh is, perhaps, the ccstiiest Of
its kind. 1t is adorned with gold and
jeweled fittings, and cost $1,000.
John Bryan. an Ohioan, viii estab-
fish a public school for farming on the
Miami river, near Yellow Springs,
Greene county. He will devote $50
acres to the project, hoping to correct
the tendency Of people to rush to the
larger cities.
william Schenck Of Pine Grove.
wis, who has been town treasurer for
10 years. has recently made the first
mistake in his books. md oven this
one is one Of very little Importance.
He is SO years old, and the townsmen
intend to keep him IN ONCE for the
rest Of his life.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Yesterday afternoon a local church was the
scene of a wedding and also Of one Of the
funniest indicents that ever occurred during
the performance OF that solemn ceremony
The bride and groom were both natives OF
sunny Italy, or sunny else. The
minister to ~oficiate had but short notice, and
consequently no ''rehearsals' OF the impur-
tant and impressive performance. could be
INDUCED in. He did find time TO inform the
contracting parties. however. that when he
asked them questions they must answer. and
on this information the funny incident
hinged, for when the blushing and dusky
this man for better OF for worse?' she bland
ly answered 'W0rse."
VIM hne gd m'st wad Y, MAJ ! i 10, m fnee i the ' mer groUmi
spreading through the family OF the bride
and among the few auditors present, until
every one Joined In. The bride. blushing but
a moment before. did not see anything fun
ny about the matter. and proceeded to burst
into tears. These were finally dried and the
CEREMONY was concluded.-Port Townsend
Call
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
COM PETITIoN.
senator o. H. pIast Make. Some Novel

Senator o. II. PIatt Makes Some Novel
Points for Railways.
By Senator o. H. Platt:. Competition
in railroad transportation differs from
every other kind of competition in the
world. / do not say that it is not to be
judged by the same legal rule, but /
say in essence and In character it is
different from competition in any 9th
er business. In the first place, it is
not competition in trade. The railroad
buys nothing of the producer; it sells
nothing to the 1t simply
earliest distributes; that is all. Con-
tracts in restraint of trade may oper-
ate the same with reference to con-
tracts between common carriers as
between merchants; but the two kinds
of business differ in character. 1t diff
fers from every other business. because
whatever the result of the competition
and the rivalry the railroad stays. Ri
cardo Is a great advocate of the doc
trine that competition is the life OF
trade; but he writes from a bankers
standpoint. In banking, capital Is cir
culatory. If competition drives it out
of the banking business it may go into
the manufacturing business. But the
railroad stays whatever the result Of
competition.
If Competition and the survival Of
the fittest' means the physical remoyaI
of the weakest, the pretended law is
inapplicable, for you cannot remove
the railroad. When it's iron rails are
laid down from point to, point, there
it stays; and however many companies
may be bankrupted by competition,
there stands another company ready to
take its place and to be bankrupted in
turn. 1t Is not so on the highways.
1t is not SO on the waterways. If two
rival coach proprletors disagree and
one Is bankrupted, the coaches can go
elsewhere and run on other roads. II
rival steamboat lines disagree and by
competition one Is bankrupted. the
boats can go elsewhere. The. world is
full Of free highways, but the railroad
is not o free highway.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

nsau,,sa, stone. to Do Seen a. inc
diamond Palace.


neautifui stones 60 Do Sean a. the
Diamond Palace.
Every day In the week and every
hour In the day one can see crowds
around the show windows or THm
CHICAGO DIAMOND PALACE. The
cause Of It all is the now widely known
White Topaz. The White Topaz. or
~carbonated diamonds, have come TO bo
recognized as the nearest thing ON
earth to genuine diamonds, so near In
deed is II that the proprietors OF the
DIAMOND PALACE do not hesitate to
place real diamonds in their windows
amidst their display OF White Topaz.
and allow the public to pick them out
at the selling price OF the Topaz.
The latter stones have all the lovely
brilliancy OF the diamonds, sparkling
steadily and with wonderful fire. Tho
thousands Of these stones in the win
dows forms one OF the most gorgeous
displays and has proven an attraction
which is one OF the features OF Chi
cago.
In order to find out the advertising
medium best suited to their business.
this enterprising concern offers to send
a genuine White Topaz to all those
who will cut out and send them their
advertisement. which appears else
where in this paper. together with 25c
in stamps. :.
THE DIAMOND PALACE, like all
successful institutions. has many imi-
tators, who endeavor to sell cheap
rhinestones and other pastes claiming
they are topaz. We caution he pub
lie to be careful, as THE DIAMOND
PALACE, American Express building,
Chicago, are the sole importers of these
stones.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
CUTS THE THROAT OF A CHILD
Mabel Kurtz, Aged.7 Years, the Victim
of an Insane visitors Frenzy.


Of an Insane Visitors Frenzy.
Frank Machemer, an insane lad Of 10
years, at Philadelphia, last week, cut
the throat Of Mabel Kurtz, 7~-year-old
daughter Of Adolph Kurtz, in the cell
lar of the little girls home. She was
removed to the Samaritan hospital,
where she died. Machemer is in GUS
tody. He has for some time been com
fined in the Norristown hospital. He
was brought to the home OF his sister,
a aeighbor and acquaintance of the
Kurtz family, and the demented youth
visited the Kurtz residence and chatted
with Mrs. Kurtz and the little girl.
When he left Mrs. Kurtz went upstairs
to lie down. Shortly afterward she
heard her child scream and on running
down stairs was Mortified to find her
daughter lying or the floor. with blood
gushing from a gaping wound in her
throat. A butcher knife, covered with
blood, was found on the door, but
there was no evidence to indicate by
whom the crime had been committed.
Suspicion pointed to Machemer. but he
could not be found. When arrested
he at first denied any knowledge of the
crime, but subsequently acknowledged
that he had cut the child's throat. He
gave out no explanation whatever for
the deed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

per cont botweenn the thirtieth and
the fortieth year. three per cent be-
tween the fortieth and the fftieth
year. four per cent between the fftieth
and the sixtieth year and Ave per cent
thereafter. Furthermore. It is enacted
that during the first twenty-five years
OF the concession no other line shall be
built from the Interior Of the city to
the suburbs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Iitical consistency. For weakness Of the
back, rheumatism. and disorders of the kid
neys. the tonic and dietetic action Of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters Is the one thing
needful. The stomach Is the mainstay Of
every other organ. and by inyigorating the
digestion with this preparation, the spinal
column. and al Its dependencies. are sympa
thefically strengthened. The dyspeptic and
bilious win find II a pure vegetable stimu-
ant and ionic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

W~illie-"It's pretty hard work to get to
school In the morning when | have to go by
all OF those circus posters
Willle's Uncle-"How have you managed,
Willie?'
.wlllle-"wen, 1 haven't gone."-Detroit
Free Press.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
1T is EASILY DONE.
UNDERGROUND RAILWAY A
SIMPLE PROBLEM.
Raise tho street Lowell y Few Feet n
Build the Tracks Below the surface
Nc runneilng Is Necessary-Like .
Covered Ditch. a

NE Of the finest
and most commo-
dlous railways in
the world is now In
operation in Buda-
pest, In Hungary.
1t is known as the
Franz Josef Elec-
trical Underground
Railroad, and 1t
runs from the heart
of the capital to
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
Font Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life AWAY.

70 quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nefic. full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No
to-Bac. the wonder-worker. that makes
weak men strong. All druggists. SOC. or 81.
Cure guaranteed. Booklet aud sample free.
Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or
New York.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
First Rate Rule.

Hojack-Can you give me a good
rule for playing poker? Tomdik-I
can. GO ahead" Don't poke
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

The editor OF this paper advises his
readers that a free package of Peruviana,
the best kidney and liver cure on earth, will
be delivered FREE to any sufferer, If writ
ten for promptly. PERUvIANA REMEDY Co.,
ESQ 9th St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

He-You say he Is an ignorant man? ?
She-Why, yes; he must be. I heard
some one say he didn't know what
fear was.-Yonkers Statesman.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

..Gracious, Jack. what immense shirt studs
you wear!'' 'Well, you see how buttonholes
act. I'm going to keep up with them IL II
takes a dinner plate"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Plso's Cure for Consumption Is the best
of all cough cures.-George w. Lott, Fa-
bucher. La. August 26, 1895.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
WOULDN'T WE'D FAIR.
nov THE CALIFORNIA SEM
AroR GOT THE M'TTEN.
was ''roo sort" and showered Too Mary
Presents ON the oiri-so. womaniike,
she Set Out TO Win a Man Who Was
Indifferent TO Her.

ECAUsE he loved
SO ardently. for
which reason she
thought him too
soft" Miss Lizzie
Hardin refused
James G.. Fair to
marry T h o m a $
Bryan. That was
a and years
ago. before the
great bonanza days
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

been got up IN the same way, by men
who traded at once ON catholic credul-
ity and on the appetite for the horrible
and the nasty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

FITS PermanentlyC Cured. no fits or nervousness after
first days use of DR.. kline's Great Nerve R~estorer-.
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
On. RI H. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch ST.. Philadelphia, Pa
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

s.Aunt Penelope Is too particular" whats
the matter now ~ II went with her to try
a wheel and she wouldn't have any of them
because there wasn't backs on the saddles.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19
TAKING JUAN NELSON,


HhhH WAS a lVht
lane leading from
the highway back
to Juan Nelson's
house. It was a
narrow, snow-be-
sprinkled road that
stretched a a y
while the tortuous
between the bleak,
denuded woods that
lined 1t on either
aide.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

"Madge Is always ont Of money" .'How
does that happen!' '.She can't resist buy
ing every new kind Of pocket book she sees"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

SIT takes my wife three days to go to q
picnic" ''How Is that?" 'She takes a day
to get ready, a day to go and a day to gel
over it,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Mis- Fitz-Binks Is a perfect poem"
Eyes; magazine poem
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

"Gibbs at last has got his wife to ride a
Wheel "How did he manage itT' Had
somebody start a report that he didn't want
her to ride
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teethjng ,~softens the gums. reduces infam'
nation ,allays pain, cures wind collie. 20 cents a bottle
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

.sAre you ready for the hot weather.
Mrs. Nobbs?' enc; i haven't hid the Their
mometers yet"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

"New York people were disguised with
that earthquake" "WhyF 1t moved
from east to west
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Safest and best. viii not harm eggs or
chicks. Sent postpaid for 25c. Sold by deal
ers or Haines Seed Co.. 1898 18th street, Den
yer, Colo. Samples sent free.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Educate Your novels with C~asosreta.
I0o. nc &C fail, druggists refund money.
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s.My sweetheart Is a decided blonde.'
..That's no novelty; all blondes are decIded:~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. blood pure. soc. 81. All druggists
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

ut is easier to deal with current literature
ls0v than when fewer books were written. "
tsHow do you make that outl' $50 many
books appear now that no one Is expected to
read them nll."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Home Trcntmcnf-Written guarantee eiven-ns
cure no pay. Send &c. stamp for treatise. <euroficc
Medlclne Co. HornelIsville. n. Y. Mention this paper
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

sThe Hardcash girls have relinqulshed
their ambition to be society leaders, '.Tired
OF it already" mo. but they couldn't get
their father and mother to say 'eyther' anu
<uavthar 'HI
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
The herald., 1897-09-19

cliffe and build in its place a magnifi-
cent mansion worthy the grand estate
on which it Is situated.
Ferncliff at Rhinecliffe has been the
favorite residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jacob Astor ever since their marriage.
They pass nearly three-quarters Of the
year there, and their seasons abroad
and at Newport have each year become
shorter and their stay at their lovely
country home longer. 1t is here where
Mr.. Astor found the inspiration to write
his book, where he has his laboratory,
and where he conducts his many scien-
tific experiments. He has built many
adjunctS to the original house, and has
beautified the grounds until now no es-
tate in the country is more magnificent.
Only recently he had extensive golf
links laid out, and even his boat house
Is a very handsome and artistic struc-
ture.
In the midst Of great park like es-
tates in England, there stands an anti
quated stone and wood house, not old
enough to be even colonial, but built
about fifty years ago. when American
architecture was most crude in concep-
tion. 1t was an ugly and almost shabby
structure. 1t Is one in which entertain
ing as it is done at the present day Is
impossible, and where the guests must,
perforce, be crowded and where some. of
with the drawing room.
1t is small and old-fashioned, and. al
though in IT every possible modern con-
The herald., 1897-09-19
demanded and insisted upon the breaking

demanded ana insisted upon the breaking
up Of this barbaric exclusiveness. This
was some forty-four years ago. But as
ports were not opened to American COM
merce until 1859-60 SO that in point Of
fact the tremendous strides of the Jap
anese people along the lines of Ameri-
can and European civilization were madd
during the last thirty-seven years! This
was simply the result Of practical and
systematic work. A commission of no.
bles from Japan was sent to the United
States, to Germany, England and France.
to study the systems Of education.
finance. justice and religion, and the
plans upon which the armies and navies
Of these countries were organized. jap
anese youths were sent abroad for edu-
cation and men of established reputa-
tion in the arts and sciences were brought
from other countries and given honored
positions as professors and teachers in
Japanese schools and colleges. The edu-
cational system of Japan was modelled
on those Of the United States, Germany
and England, while their judicial system
was borrowed from the codes Of Eu
ropean nations. The Japanese navy was
patterned after that of England, and
it's army upon that of the system estab-
lished by Germany. In 1872 Japan made
educa ton of children compulsory, and
in 1876 adopted Sunday and other Off
cial holidays. Only as late as 1889 was
a written constitution given to the peo-
pie, providing for a parliament and a
representative form of government. The
nation was then thoroughly imbued with
the spirit of western civilization. The
L,,:y
there are from 1000 to 5000 miles Of rail !.
road in operation in the empire. To an
American belongs the honor Of having
started the first newspaper in japan,
in 1871. He began with 1900 Japanese
type-characters-bu when last heard
from was using 10000 The world is IA
miliar with the military dash and en-
durance of the Japanese soldiers, as well
as with the tact, skill and tireless energy
and foresight of the military chiefs, as
illustrated from start to finish in the
war between China and Japan-so gall
lantly fought and so swiftly won. A
people who have, in so brief span Of
time, illustrated such fitness for civili-
zation, deserves the serious attention Of
American statesmen and American citi-
zens. The very possibility of conflict
with nation SO resourceful and so en-
thusiastic in the execution of whatever
1t seriously undertakes, should put us
upon our guard. While, of course, the
American Union is far and away superior
to the Japanese empire in all the ele-
ments of defense and offense
and national eminence, and while
the personal equa ton is by long odds on
our side of the fence, and while Japan
must keep aloof wherever American in
terests or American policy says "hands
off," still it is eminently wise in our
people to study the phenomenal growth
as we'll as the ethnographic pecuiarities
of their energetic neighbors on the other
side Of the Pacific. M.
The herald., 1897-09-19

other people Of note who have visited
our shores. It Is really a pity that sc
many have such meager information
concerning our people and their ways
Why, some are so unkind as to think We
have made no advancement whatever.
Some Of our states can be put on an equal
footing in many respects to this country.
For instance, there is the Argentine Re-
public and Chile, whose magnificent
merchant vessels are the best in the
world; in fact, they are veritable float
ing palaces. There are railroads run
ming across the country in every direc-
tion, and in Chile where they are owned
by the government, they are conducted in
a most substantial manner, very similar
to the railroads Of Germany These, to.
gether with many other modern i'm
provements, make them far in advance
ment of any other Spanish-spe aking
country"
IMPRESSED WITH CALIFORNIA
my impressions Of California in gen.
eral, and Los Angeles in particular, are
far more favorable than I anticipated.
This is, indeed, most cheerful and de-
lightful country in which to reside. But
your people here don't fully appreciate
the situation. You should live in the
south or the north of these United
States for a summN or winter, and then
perhaps Californians would fully know
what a good thing is. shall most GER
tainly always remember my visit here.
and only hope that I may have the pleas
ure Of spending another vacation in this
section. think that California has an
exceedingly bright future before her. l.
you could in some way crush the great
monopoly Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
way company, and also the Pacific Mail
Steamship company which controls all
business between San Francisco and
points in Central and South America
then your state would make the advance
mert to which it is so justly entitled, and
at the same time California would be
able to send her products to South Amer.
lean states and receive other goods in re
turn to much better advantage. CheaI
freight rates between the two Americas
is the key note to the situation and moi
until they are secured will the CONNER.
cial relations between the countries b4
a's it should. sincerely hope that the
day is not far distant when this will come
to pass"