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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07
WORK FOR THE IDLE.

AKRON, Ohio. May IA new town
called Garden City will be built three
miles west of here where work will be
given to unemployed men, -Four
thousand acres are being cut into fve-
acre tracts upon which idle families will
be placed to grow celery.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

Buy your paints, white lead and oils at
Wagner & Myers Masonic Temple. 124.tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

Wy yANTED--Positio of any Kind by re-
w liable young man. City reference
this Office Ate
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

TsR RENT furnished cottage. See DR..
IL Olney.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

A GENTS WANTED-For War in Cuba, by
at Washington. Endo, sed by Cuban patri-
OTIS. In tremendous demand A bonanza
for agents. Only 81 so. Big book, big COM
missions Eeerybody wants the only en-
dorsed, reliable book. Outfits fres, Credit
given. Freight paid D.op all trash. and
make $500 month with War In Cuba. Ad
dress to. day. THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
GERM. 352-356 Dearborn St.. Chicago. l22- 30t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

EOR SALE.-A good paying business.
a. On account of III health, | will sell my
stock of new and second hand goods at
cost [145-tfl w. E. critics.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

Parties going to Mount
ain resorts or pic-nics, will
find 1t to their interest to
call at cOOLEY'S, Bridge
St. for rates-Fine Livery.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

ljNOR RENT--A very cosy front hall bed
~ room. Two minutes walk from post
on1-e Call at TIE OPTIC offics for informa-
tIon. It 4
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

EOR SALE.-A No. @ Remington typo
A. writer. Apply at the express Office. 1862
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-07

ENOR SALE--A handsome. black walnut,
Il marble top bed room set. French plate
gloss In dresser. For Information call at
this Office l25-tf
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
SCHOOL FOR The BLIND.
One of the Best Appointed schools of its
Kind in the Union,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug, l3, 1897

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug IL, 1897
EDITOR HERALD Dear Sir:-The
9th session of the Tennessee School for
the Blind commences September |, 1897.
This is one of the best appointed schools
of its kind i'm the United States. 1t is
situated in the city of Nashville, on the
west bank of the Cumberland, amidst
beautiful, spacious, and well kept
grounds.
1t contains one hundred rooms and is
heated by steam, lighted by gas, and in
short has all the appliances and con-
veniences of a tirst-class boarding
school. There are no open fire places,
no CRATES nor stoves, and when candles
are used by teachers or servants they
are placed in lanterns. There is both a
day and night Waterman and every
possible precau ton is taken for the
safety of the building and the inmates.
The Board of Trustees require the Off
GERS and teachers to devote their entire
time to the school work and to make
every effort in their power to promote
its advancement and extend its useful
ness, and also insist that the moral,
mental and physical training of the
students shall be systematic and
thorough, and that the curriculum be
kept fully abreast with the most adj
vanced thought of the day. 1t is State
Institution, n part of the public school
system, and therefore offers to every
blind child in the State of Tennessee,
between the ages of seven and seven
teen years, an opportunity to procure
an education as good and in every re-
spect as complete as that received by
their more fortunate brothers and sis
tiers. To this Is added a most excellent
Il aiming in both vocal and instrumental
music. Its splendid choir and band
have gained no small recognition from
the public, its friends and patrons.
Girls are taught to sew by hand, to
manage a sewing machine, to cut and
fit dresses, bead work, knitting, and
crocheting; while the boys are taught
piano tuning, broom making, mattress
making, and chair Gaming. All of this
with board, washing, and medical at
tendance is absolutely free. Parents or
guardians incurring only the triiling
expense of transportation to and from
! the school and Furnishing suitable cloth
! ing.
Believing that all good men and
women in the land desire to help the
! unfortunate, | have felt that by adj
dressing you, the blind children in
your neigh borhood would be sought
| out, and tn cir parents persuaded to at
once make application for their admis-
sion. Knowing by long experience
that an education to the blind means
independence and respectabiity, and
the want of it dependence and ulti-
mately the poor house.
The applicant must be sound in mind,
moral in character, free from epilepsy
and all contagious diseases, and unable
to attend the ordinary school. a doc
tors certificate to this effect should
always accompany the application.
,s,,,.t Ton IL, la Il
dressed to the Superintendent
Trusting that you will do all in your
power to help us reach these poor
children, have the honor to remain,
Your most obedient servant,
j. V. ARMSTRONG, Supt.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
gu aranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS
A Demon Mother.

Ideal Powell Banks, the rich wild
ow of a well-known cotton plan ter,
has confessed that she murdered her
fOur-year-o son, Albert Powell
Banks, says a Quitman, Ga, dis
patch. She told minister that she
wanted to be hanged as soon as pos
sible.
She said the boy was so ugly and
so dull that she was ashamed to have
him grow. She visited relatives in
LOwndns county last Friday, and on
the train returning made up her
mind to murder the little fellow.
She passed pond on her way to her
residence and threw the boy into it
He held to her dress so strongly that
she was afraid the struggle would at
tract somebody. She went about as
usual until last night, when the DO dy
was found.
Mrs. Banks is possessed of con.
siderable property and has no other
children. She originally came from
the North. The boy was not de.
formed, but his face was distigureC
from birth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

there Is already an increasr OF from
10 tn % per cent.
Mark Hanna'S ''prOSpeWtY' adds
$4,000 GOO annual tax to the revenue
and giving an increase Of three and
One-third Of a cent per pound bonus
TO the trust. 2,l00 100000 pounds of
sugar have been imported and stored
by the retiners, bought at the lower or
Wilson rate; to be sold, without
benefit to the Treasury, at the Ding
ley-Aldricb rate. There is pros
perity for Havemayer, Rockafellow,
Hanna u Co. and all the Republican
contractiOnists who are in the swim.
The great need that has so long
existed for Democratic newspaper
at the Capital of the Nation is now
most ably supplied by The Times,
with its three great editions, Morn
ing, Evening, and Sunday, already
larger by many thousands than any
daily south of Philadelphia, and
rapidly growing in circulation and
popular favor. For this, the thanks
of the Democratic party is due Hon.
Stilson Hutchins, who has for many
years ranked among the greatest of
American journalists. The Times
is a great newspaper and will be a
most potent factor in the future
politics Of this country. Mr.. Walter
5. Hutchins, "a chip of the old
block is editor, and Hon. John H.
Oberly, manager.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
TOTAL RANSOMS PAID.
why There is Discomfort Over the Big
Amount.

Why There is Discomfort Over the Big
Amount.
Our pensions paid since the close
of the war in 1865 to the close of the
fiscal year 1869 aggregate $2,004,-
1881.
The entire cost of maintaining the
army and navy during the four years
of our civil war was only $3,027 1888,
37l. or about One-third more than
has been paid in pensions since the
war closed. 1t is reasonable to as
sumo that on cur present pensions
basis the country will pay more for
pensions than it paid for the entire
cost of four years of war.
A generation after the war closed,
the number of pensioners on the pay
roll of the Government is nearly 25O,
600 larger than the number OF
soldiers and sailors actually engaged
in the war at any one time from be.
ginning to its close.
If these pensions were entirely
honest there would be less discOn-
tent among those who pay the cost
of them, but it is a well-known fact
that a very large portion of them are
dishonest, and tens of millions are
paid annually to those who rendered
no special service to the Govern
ment and have no just claim upon
its bounty for pensions. The one
important duty the soldiers of the
country have not performed to them
selves is that of purging the pension
list of bummers and pretenders.-
Philadelphia Times.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
ACROSS AMERICA AWHEEL.
Two Young Men go From Rhode Island
to California on Bikes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-two
lads from Pawtucket, r. l., came
into town yesterday on their wheels,
having ridden across the country.
They are Walker G. Burchell, aged
10, and Thomas Massey, aged Is.
One had never been west of New
York, and the other had never been
out of Rhode Island. They have a
vivid appreciation of what "Ameri-
ca" means. Burchell intends to
spend the winter in Trinity county,
having started out in the world to
seek his fortune. Massey will go
with him, They had no designs on
a record,
Their fastest time was l03 miles in
one day, in New York State. They
were detained in Utica three days by
heavy rains, and in Iowa they had
to carry their bikes over the black
lone roads, where the wheels would
not turn. East of Omaha they stop
ped at hotels. West of that point
they camped out. They only car
ried forty pounds of baggage. Can
teens on their backs were cheerful
companions in the desert. Once
they were chased by wolves, aud in
Nevada tramps relieved Burchell of
his cap, revolver and money while
he slept. The boys slid from the
summit of the Sierras with sage
brush drags behind them. Now
they are going to hunt gold in Cali
fOrnia's hills. They are off for
Trinity awheel.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

ONE of the political sensations the
past week was long letter in the
Washington Post from the pen of
Senator Chandler, of New Hamshire.
Senator Chandler is said to be a gold
bug, but if he keeps going at his pres
ent pace he will soon land in the free
silver camp. In his letter he warns
the people at length not to be de-
ceived by this fall in silver; that it
is certain to fail when every nation,
under the lash of England, is de-
monetizing the white metal; that
there is not a first-class market in
the world now open to silver. He
refers to the crime Of '73, and advo-
Gates this glorious country, which is
the freest and most independent ma
ton in the world, investigating this
question for itself. He closes his ar
ticle with a prayer for the people of
this country to stop and think.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

But few Of the new members Of the
present Congress have made a more
favorable impression than the bril-
liant and gifted Representative from
the Memphis district, Hon. E. w.
Carmack. The opportunities have
been rare when any member, under
the depotic rulings of Car Reed,
could be heard on the floor of the
House, but not withstanding this,
Mr.. Carmack managed to get in two
most admirable short speeches on
the tariff. At the closing hours of
the session, when the motion was
made to pass the bill recommending
a Monetary Commission, he succeed
ed in Offering an amendment to re-
fer the bill to the Committee on
Banks and Banking, with instruc-
tions to report in favor of free coin
age. OF course it was voted down
by the House of Reed, but Mr.. Car
mack got in his work all the same
1t is the general impression he will
hold his seat, now being contested
by Colonel Patterson, who, notwlth-
standing his bargain to turn Tenn.
essee over to the Republicans in con,
sideration of getting the Republican
vote for himself, failed to carry out
his part of the contract and hence he
has already been overpaid. Their
the Republicans don't need him. Il
must be sad thought to this retired
statesman, since the recent vacancy
from Tennessee in the Senate, tha'
he ever hardened to the seductive
promises of the emissaries of Great
Britain and following off after the
Man from Buzzard Bay and the Wal
street gang to get "ruint."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

What promises to be an entertain
ing piece of litigation will be in
stituted in Chattanooga within a
few days. The taxes assessed by
Hamilton County against the Gin
cinnati Southern Road amounted to
$4,000. Seven thousand dollars OF
this amount has been liquidated
but the officials refuse to pay the
remaining $4,000, upon the ground
that the appropriations made by
the county for the Centennial and
several other purposes are illegal
The County Attorney purposes tc
bring suit for the $4,000 in the
Federal Court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

A BLOODY race war took place at
Palarm, Ark, last Saturday evening,
as a result of which two negroes and
one white man were killed, and two
other white men seriously wounded.
The trouble originated in the at
tempt of the sheriff to arrest negro
on the charge of murder.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
A Little Two Much,

NO" said Mr.. Clarity, thought
fully, "Oi will not go to Alasky, Oh
don't think. 1t looks loike livery
man is not only his own cook, butch
er and baker, but his own doctor
and undertaken. By CORY! that's
poetry isn't it?n-Enquirer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

A YOUTH in Sever county, Tenn,
who had acquired the bad habit of
speaking disparagingly of young
women, was caught by party OF
them and given a ride on a rail. He
received his just deserts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

THE Count of Turin and Prince
Henri of Orleans fought duel with
swords near Paris last Sunday morn
ing. Both contestants were wound
ed, the injuries of Prince Henri
being quite serious.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

WILLIsToN PALMER-if he don't
die in the meantime-will serve a
term of 209 years in the Georgia
penitentiary, for killing two prison
guards.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

THE Klondike excitement in West
Arkansas has been superseded by
the remarkable finds of pearls in APP
parently ineXhaustible numbers in
the lakes and bayOus of that sec
tiNn
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

Don't neglect cough because the
weather is pleasant; before the next
storm rolls around it may develop into
a serious difficulty beyond repair. one
Minute Cough Cure is easy to take and
will do what its name implies. A. b.
Rains lY
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

THE sea wall ut San Francisco is
blocked with wheat waiting to be
loaded on ships, and vacant lots in
the vicinity will be cleared up to &C
commodate shippers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

The largest fleet of vessels that
ever left England in ballast has
cleared for American ports to get
cargoes of grain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

FARM SMITH, who lived near Ross
vile, Tenn, went coon hunting, and
then rested his head on steel rail
and slept. A train did the rest.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

MARK HANNA and his party of
pleasure seekers had an exciting eX-
perience on the wild northern coast
of Lake Superior one day last week.
Their yacht got stock on the rocks,
but, after sixteen hours, it was extri-
Gated and the earth resumed its
revolutions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
NEWS AND COMMENT.

THE pension roll of the United
States has almost reached the 1000
600 mark.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
WILL BE GARROTED.


MADRID, Aug. l6.- Michele An
giOlillo, the anarchist assassin Of
Premier Canovas del Castillo, who
was tried by court martial yesterday
at Vergada, was found guilty and
was sentenced to death. Upon hear
ing the sentence the assassin turned
deathly pale and had to be assisted
from the court room.
AngiolillO will be garroted within
the prison.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

To the Klondike in balloon, for
the purpose of transporting food and
clothing, is the latest. Aeronant
Dew Stevans has been engaged by a
New Yorker, and he says he will
start on the trip in two or three
weeks
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

THE Canadian Government has
officially announced that it will col
lect a royalty of 10 per cent. on all
gold taken out along the Yukon
river when the amount taken does
not exceed $500 a week, and 20 per
cent. when more than $500 is taken
in a week
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20
SnSniciOnS.

Isaacs-"Haf a cigar, COhen?"
Cohen-"Vat's der madden nit
it?"-Truth.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-08-20

SENATOR JAMES GEORGE. of
Mississippi, died last Saturday at
Mississippi City. Senator George
was veteran of the Mexican and
civil wars, a staunch Democrat, and
at the time of his death was II years
of age.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

Nearly all the Central and South
American republics have commenced
accumulating gold so as to change
to the gold standard next year. Mex
leo, China and a few negro colonies
are the only free silver countries left.
Evidently the free silverites are
choice in their company. President
Diaz, who has ruled Mexico SO long
and faithfully, has ANNOUNCED that
he has but one more ambition; To be
able to put Mexico on a gold stand
ard before he dies.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01
For Sale or Rent.

EIs NEl. and Sw1, NEl4 ard Lot OF
- - Al. Chas. A. Martin.
SWlt OF IL - "a, H. b. Chandler.
SWit OF % 81 IL. Wesley Clawson.
Eis NyUt4 and Nj SwI4 OF lI-223- 46, c.
G. Lynch.
Ell Mel. and Nw1, NEis a6 and SEit
SEi4 % - -, Jno. W. Mcdonald.
VIZ NE14 and Ell NWi4 OF 10 - "a.
Eyerson NJ Brown.
SEl4 Of - 9:2s2-4l, Jesse Edmundson-
SWl. of "a A, F. T. Brook.
Also $500 FIRST mortgage on SEA 20 2l-45
made by Z. A. Ellis Title TO this
can he secured without delay.
Parties using any OF the above describ-
ed lands Save r. A. Ellis landl are tres
passers. Address,
GEO. B. CONES,
Meade. Kansas.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

The roar and howl raised by the
Denver Republican and Times over
the federal appointments in Colorado
is proof positive that President Nc
Kinley is making no mistake, but is
putting the right man in each posi-
-tion. The good work is still going
on rapidly.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

The great event Of the week in this
country has been the dedication OF
tomb of General Grant. No event in
the history of this nation ever drew
such large crowd or was followed
by such grand pageant as this re
moval of the body of General Grant
to its last resting place. His place
in history as one of Americas great
est heroes is secure. aud the cereno-
nies of to-day show that the years
passing sine, his death have only
addst. to love and esteem in which
his memory is held by his country
men on both sides of the great civil
strife.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

inches of rain fell the first
Of the week at Guthrie, Oklahoma,
in forty eight hours, causing terri
bic flood which washed away large
portion of the city and drowned e
great many people. Rain is all right
sometimes, but there is such thing
as too much of good thing.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

A new batch of Colorado appoint
ments was sent TO the senate by Pres
ident Mckinley this week. This was
the signal for another wall of agony
from the Denver Times and Repub-
lican.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

= Our climate is such that whenever
we do have anything of a storm here
We always wonder what part of the
country to feel pity for, as it is sure
thing we get nothing but the tail end
of the storms of other sections. The
breeze hers this week was no excep-
tion to the rule.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

The Denver Republican in a col
umn editorial last week made the
idiotic claim taat Mckinley should
allow Teller to control the official
patronage Of this state. 1t was the
impression Of most people that Teller
supported Bryan, but perhaps this
was shrewd political maneuver of
his to insure the election OF Mckinley
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

The Greeks, through poor general
ship, are getting the worst of the
struggle with Turkey. Modern in
ventions have not done away with the
necessity for leaders, that much is
certain.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

The senate has decided to put of
consideration OF the tariff bin several
weeks. That body is so close poiit-
ically that 1t will probably take all
summer to pass the bill.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

The great flood in the Mississippi
valley is still raging, and the lower
portions are now the sufferers.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

After long and tedious struggle
the republicans in the Kentucky leg
islature have at last got together and
elected United States senator. He
is Deboe, the caucus nominee The
senate is now a tie politically with
Vice President Hobart to decide.
Rather closel but the republicans
can stand it if the other fellows can.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

Irving Howbert has Just returned
from a foreign tour, and says in an
interview that Coloradoans will have
quit selling mining stocks and go to
mining. This is the situation in
nutshell. Whenever the stock brok-
ers and loan agents of this state quit
swindling the eastern investors and
commence treating them fairly, they
can get all the money needed to de-
velop the resources Of the state.
The Lamar register., 1897-05-01

Rnssred at the Postoffce at Lamar. Colorado.
IS Second-cl8ss Mail Matters
The oasis., 1897-04-17
Whole No. 2o4

school teacher who is too old to endure exposure and too weak to sit a horse. The examiners asked the candidates where Cape Flnisterre was and nobody but the school teacher could answer the question. The rest of them were pretty sure that it was nowhere along tbe line between Arizona and Mexico and that Chlnaman and mescal brandy which the inspectors have to look out for, do not go that way. They were asked also the location of the Strait of Sunda, and to explain the yagaries of the trade winds. The schoolmaster made some intelligent observations on these points, but the cowboys and miners were completely floored. They are able to detect an illegal Chinese immigrant with half an eye half-open, and by tasting con- traband whisky can tell the distillery 1t comes from, but of book "larnin'," like Nat Fulmar, they are ''short.u
The oasis., 1897-04-17
BENSON ITEMS.


 Mrs. A. A. McGlnnis, who has been very i'll, is now recovering. Mir. Frank Trask and family are visiting his parents.
 Mr. George W. Bryan is recovering from severe attack of cholera mor- bus.
 Mrs. Dr. ]. V. Gafr from Tucson. Is visiting Benson, tue guest of Mrs. II Walker.
 Tuesday evening Mrs. Temple started for Tempe to visit her daugh ter, Miss Ida, who is attending the territorial normal schpel A very interesting Easter pro- gramme is in course of preparation for the presentation at the Methodist church on Sunday
 Mrs. James Roberts was very i'll last week. Mrs. Sam Friedman has also been on the sick list. Both are now very much improved.
  lire yuu goiag csst or north thIs summer. If so, don't forget the famous ''Sun- set Route" The closest connections with all lines east or north. The quickest time. The most perfect service. The finest road bed, aud fewer changes of cars than via any other route. Tickets always on sale at the !!e%cst possibie rates. For in- formation or tickets call or address. T. H. GOODMAN, G. P. A.,
 San Francisco, Gala,
 or F. s. WEBSTER,
 Benson.