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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

A local preacher Of the west of Eng
land recently offered up the singular
prayer that the spark Of grace might
be watered with the dew of blessize
from on high."-saturdhy Review.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01
-rAE FASTEST srEMooRApAER.


His Remarkable Speed of -Four Hundred
Words "a Minute.
Writing shorthand came naturally to.
Isaac s. Dement,, the man who broke
his W record OF 1917 words a minute
the other day at Quincy by dashing Off
402 words In the same length OF time,
and thus demonstrating anew his right
to the title OF the worlds champion
ship. His brother, Merrett II. Dement,.
who taught him his first lesson in the
art. was one of the best stenographers
In the country In his day. Another
brother, James 70. Dement,, is one of
the leading members OF the profession
in Chicago. 1t will be seen that the
Dement, family is well represented In
the great army Of stenographers. Mr..
Dement, looks upon s~tenography as an
art and a science, as well al a profess
sion. He has been making hooks and
curves since he was a boy, and has yet
TO find the individual who can dictate
faster than he can write. All public
speakers are alike to him in that he
has never met one who as much as
bothered him. The ones who have test
ed his powers Of speed most fully were
DR.. Phillips Brooks, the noted preach
err, and the Rev. H. v. Reed, who used
to preach several years ago in this city
to a congregation Of pre-millenists.
The latter talked to Mr.. Dement, once
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

In a recently patented horse-detach-
er, to be used in case of runaways. the
shafts are attached to the wagon by
two pins which are drawn by a foot
lever in the bottom Of the wagon-box.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

TAAT WHICH is STILL AoiTAT-
INC FORT WAYNE.
Tas Young Woman silent as to The
Motive-They Were Soon to Have En-
tered Matrimony is Released
from Custody.

.oRT Wayne, Ind,
has recently seen
the beginning of
the end OF a drama
OF the heart In
which are mixed
in equal parts trag-
edy and mystery,
and which forms
the basis Of one Of.
the most e%xtraordi-
nary Of recent
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01
II WHALES STOMACH.
CAPT. DAVIS VISITED THE I'M
TERROR OF FIVE.
How His Cali Direred from Jonah's--
An OF the Huge Animals Were Dead
Fresh Light on Their Habits Is Told
by a Victim.

s. A. SWIM
merton, having sail
ed the sea for many
years, Is now keep
err of ightship No.
20, o fl Noank,
Conn. During his
sea life Capt. Swim
merton W s q
whaler, says the
New York Herald.
Naturally he knows
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

Julia, you said You weren't going to wear
any more dead birds on your hats. y ~
know. but This redbird died a natural
DEATH
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01
WOMAN,s BODY.


These ire the positive forerunners of serious womb complications and unless
given Immediate attention will result in untold misery, If not death.
Lydia L. PinlShams Vegetable Compound WILL beyond the question of a
doubt relieve all this trouble before it becomes serious, and it has cured
many after their troubles had become chronic.
The Compound. should be taken Immediately upon the appearance of any Of
these symptoms above enumerated. I'll is a vegetable tonic which invigorates.
ndstfmulates the entire female organism and will produce the san bene-
fetal results in the case ofanysick woman as it did with MRS. CHAs KING, 1915
Rosewood ST., Philadelphia, Pa, whoseletter W Q attach;
81 write these few lines thanking you for restoring my health. For twelve
years. suffered with pains impossible to describe. Ihad beanngdown feelings,
backache, burning sensation in my stomach, chnls, headache, and always had
black specks before my eyes. / was afraid to stay alone, for / sometimes had
four and Ave faintng spells d day. I had several doctors and tried many pat
emit medicines Two years ago / was so bad that Ihd go to bed and have a
trained nurse. Through her, | commenced to take Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound, and never had anything give M the relief that it has.
1 have taken eight bottles, and am now enjoying the best of health again. /
IA truthfuny say it has cured me" 1890.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

In Vienna the servant girl is not permit
ted to climb ont on the window sill to clean
windows without a safety belt and rope at
tached to it.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

below the Mason and Dixon line, and
retains some southern traits Of mind
and personality; but there is nothing
narrow or sectional about her ideas,
faiths and doctrines. She is gentle
hammered and charming. in a frankly
feminine way
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

ANTf-COLD Powder, CURES A COLD
In the head II In one day. All Druggists refund
the money II 1t fails to cure. rs cts. SURE
CURE FOR CATARRH n HAY FEVER
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

''What did he die Off" s'Hiccoughs." SIN,
deed! How long had he had henri ssOh,
for sixty years, off and onlv
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

To Cure Constipation Forever.
TAKE Cascarets Candy Cathartie. 10c or ESQ.
II Q. @. @. fall to cure. druggists refund money
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
WHEN MARIA JANE is MAYOR.

When Maria James elected to the mayoralty
chair,
There'll be many wrongs corrected thaG a."
now apparent there.
The sidewalks will be carpeted, the Streets
swept thrice n day,
The alleys be as fragrant as fields of new
mown hay.
What with parties and receptions and occa-
sionally a ball,
There will be a transformation around the
city hall,
And each ward in the city will be represented
then
By lovely alderwomen, and not horrid alder
men.
When Maria Jane is mayor, none but ladies'
will, of course,
Be appoin ed members of the city police force,
And in their bloomer uniforms they II look so
very sweet
The gang to be arrested will consider it a
treat.
The stores will be compelled to have bargain
sale each day,
And for chewing gum and soda you will not
be asked to pay.
Oh, great reforms will be projected, all the
wrongs will be DIRECTED,
When Maria James ected to the mayoralty
chairl
William Wet in Chicago Record.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
THE CAR ROLLED ON.
And He Was Still Nickel Ahead of tn
Woman In Black.

And He Was Still q Nickel Ahead of the
Woman In Black.
A red faced woman in a black gown
and black bonnet came aboard Eu-
cid avenue car last Monday and seated
herself next to young man whose face
was concealed behind Plain Dealer.
When the conductor came around,
she handed him a ticket.
''Not good ON this line, ma'am," he
said and handed it back.
The woman in black gave sniff.
''That's too bad,' she said. 81
s'posed it was just as good ON this line
as any other. The conductor told me it
was. And I'm sure haven't got any
more change. I'm goin out to my daugh-
ter's house. She's sent for me. She's
very sick and so anxious to see me.
don't know what I'll do" And she
shifted again.
WELL" said the conductor coolly,
I'm sorry, of course, but no pay no
ride" And he'reached for the bell.
The woman in black looked at the
young man with the newspaper. He
uuot uoI gaze
Madam" he said, "I'll buy your
ticket for q nickel"
The woman hesitated, and the con-
ductor smiled and furtively winked at
fat man i'll the rear seat. The ex-
change was made, and the conductor
passed along.
Il hoped" said the young man,
"that your unfortunate daughter was
better by this time
The woman in blaolzG darted o venom
Gus look at him.
"Oh, yes" he said, eve have met
before, and you are still nickel ahead
of me-"
Then he went back to his Plain
Dealer. and the car rolled on. -Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
Defining Appendicitis,

A teachers examination was held at
Seneca, Kan, at which one of the ques-
tions i'll physiology was as follows:
"What is appendicitis, and what are its
causes and cures?" Below are given a
few of the answers as reported in the
Seneca Tribune:
''It is a disease of the appendix,
which is located somewhere between
the liver and the heart, the organ of the
affections. 3"
Classification of the marrow of the
longitudinal shaft bone"
Appendicitis is sunstroke or over
heating, caused by great heat. The
cure is to get the patient into a cool
place, battle the face and hand with
water. -
us the disease of appendice, caused
by want of exercise, improper food,
clothing and ventilation.
Appendicitis is condition caused
by food substances lodging and causing
blockade in the digestive apparatus.
1t is cured by surgical operation, in
which the obstruction Is cut away. A
theory is given that the appendix was
at one time tail on man and is not yet
evolved off. 1t is cut away by the sur
QeOn -
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
Fascinating John Bright.

Sir Wemyss Reid gives some interest
ing "reminiscences of John Bright in
Cassell's Magazine. The great Liberal
leader often sat in an old fashioned
armchair in the Reform club. He de-
lighted in talk and was fond of repeat
ing poetry. On one occasion he began
to talk to Sir Wemyss about his favorite
hymns, and asshe warmed to his subject
he repeated some of them. It was a
strange subject, perhaps, for a club
smoking room, but it was still stranger
to observe that as he spoke with that
wonderful voice of his the other men in
the room first looked up and began to
listen, and then, as. though drawn by
an irresistible spell, drew nearer to
him, until before long he had them all
sitting, round him in circle enjoying
that music of the human speech" of
which above all living men he was a
master. John Bright reoiting hymns in
club smoking room! ''There," ex-
claims Sir Wemyss, lis picture for an
artist if he only knows how to treat it. I"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
A Big Gold Brick Transaction.

Pascal Lastelle, barkeeper of New
Orleans, worth $4,000, was cheated
out of $1,000 recently by two clever
swindlers, and he has now two small
trunks filled with numerous "gold
bricks" which are excellent samples Of
brass. A few months ago Lastelle made
the acquaintance of two men claiming
to come from Buenos Ayres. They said
they had been in the employ of the Ar
gentine government, had stolen more
than $4,000 worth Of gold bullion,
had struggled it into this city and
wanted to dispose of it on the quiet.
The sharpers showed him the goods,
which bore the stamp of the Argentine
republic government, and pledged Las
telle to secrecy. Lastelle bit at the bait
and paid 500 for purposes of assaying.
The filings proved first class, and on
Saturday Lastelle, after disposing of
some property, paid the balance of the
1000 and received the two trunks full
of bricks. He does not know the names
of either of the men nor aught about
them. -Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
THOUGHT SHE'D MAKE SURE
Did Not Understand TheOsOphy and Sus-
pected They Were Muscles.

Did Not Understand TheOsOphy and Sus-
pected They Were Muscles.
The girl who has recently become in
terested In theosophy was enjoying her.
self immensely, endeavoring in the
most disinterested way, of course, to
convert chance acquaintance to her
new views, and the long and hard
sounding words rolled off her nimble
tongue in the manner peculiar to an en-
thusiastic student.
"The luminiferous ether" she was
saying interestedly as the pale young
woman across the car closed the book
which she had been thoughtfully study
ing and fell to listening to the scraps
Of conversation which surrounded her,
''is really nothing more or less than a
big psychical mirror Everything we
have ever done from the beginning of
the Manvantara, everything we shall
do until we once more reach the repose
of the Devachanic plane, is reflected in
the Akasaic radiance, and"-
At this point the pale young woman
across the car leaned over and touched
the speakers arm.
Pardon my interruption and the
seeming impertinence," she murmured
sweetly, as the impromptu lecturer,
brought to an unwilling stop in the full
tide Of her eloquence, glared at her
wrathfully, "but would you mind say
ing those words you just used over
again?'
"What words?" inquired the theoso-
phist, slightly modified by the implied
compliment to her superior knowledge.
"Manvantara, do you mean, or was it
Devaohan? Oh, I suppose you mean
Akasaic! Well, that's a Hindu Or East
Indian, or Brahmin word, I'm not quite
sure which, and it means-oh, light,
or radiance, or something like that any
way. Are you interested in theosophy?"
she hastened to add, anxious to cover
her lack of definite knowledge as to the
meaning of the word under discussion,
"for if you are"-
'I'm not, thank you, interrupted the
thoughtful young woman more sweetly
and apologetically, 'but 1 couldn't
help hearing those words, and they
made me anxious. I'm just beginning
to study anatomy, you know, and
thought you were talking about some
new muscles, and as I'm going to have
a private examination tomorrow
thought I'd just ask you and make
sure.
But the new convert to theosophy
was not listening, and the acquaintance
who had been delivered from disserta-
ton upon the Akasa-ic ether laughed
immoderately before proceeding to
change the subject of conversation.
Chicago Times Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
FREAKS BECOMING SCARCE.
So Say Dime Museum Men. but They Are
Looking For STARTER.

So Say Dime Museum Men, but They Are
Looking For STARTER.
"If freaks become any scarcer," said
dime museum proprietor few days
ago, "a good many of us will have to
go out of the business. never in my
life saw such a slump. Eight or ten
years ago we could get all the freaks
and curiosities we wanted-real ones,
too, and no fakes. We've got agents
securing the world for them, but they
are as scarce as Strawberries at Christ
mas time.
In give you a pointer" said an
other man in the same line of business
and who was one of the party of three
IF you can secure the freak | have in
mind, you can quit the business as rich
as Barney Barnato ever was.
"Why don't you grab it yourself?'
asked the first speaker.
Cant. If l could, you'd never have
heard of it. !"
"What is it?''
"No, not what is it?' That's an old
one. The freak I've been looking for
can't be located. I've tried for him and
know
Lets have it," said the other impa-
tiently.
1.-THE veteran printer that didn't
stick type with Horace Greeleyr'
L didn't think you were going to
spring miracle on me-" said the other
as he ordered "three of kind. New
York Commercial
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
DOCTORS AND SUICIDE.
Statistics Show Peculiar Bond of Sym
pathy Between the Two.

Statistics Show Peculiar Bond of SYM
pathy Between the Two.
During the last three years, says The
Medical and Surgical Reporter of Phil
adelphia, nearly one-fiftieth of all
deaths among physicians have been by
suicide This is a conservative estimate,
as many instances of death are attribut-
ed to accidental overdosing, as the tend
ency is always to hush up a suicide
whenever possible. But without includ-
ing such cases, the fact remains that
the medical profession is more prone to
suicide than any other. These statistics
may be explained by the development
of morbid fancies in the mind of a doc
tor on account of his constant associa-
ton with the sick and dying, or of an
actual indifference to death, or because
he has the requisite knowledge of how
to die conveniently and painlessly.
Poisoning is favorite method, but
it does not appear from statistics that
the cyanides or morphine have the pref
erence which would exist if epicurean
philosophy were carried into the choice
of drugs. At the same time, physicians
usually put their knowledge of drugs to
a practical execution i'll selecting a poi
son for suicide. But if the mere knowl-
edge Of the painlessness of death by GER
tain means is not determining factor
in leading so many physicians to sui
eide, probably the accessibility of poi
sons is.
Suicide is largely matter of insane
impulse, and such an impulse can often
be ascertained even in the case of those
who have long been Indifferent to life
and have contemplated suicide. If
man must put on his hat and overcoat,
walk to drug store and tax his inge-
nuity for a lie with which to explain his
desire for poison, he may postpone the
fatal act from mere inertia, or he may
meet friend or have his interest in life
aroused by one of a multitude of every
day occurrences or physical exercise may
bring him to his senses. If, as is the
case with almost every doctor, he has
simply to feel in his pocket or walk
across his Office to get deadly poison,
the impulse may be carried into execu-
ton before anything can happen to sup
plant it in the brain.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
Plants That Thrive Indoors.

Plants suitable for indoor window
gardens are: Geraniums; begonias, not
including the Rex sections, as these are
not adapted to house cult are; oleander,
plumbago, cacti, ficus, palm, aspidis-
ira, lantana, fuohsia speciosa, anthuri-
UNI, amaryllis, sword fern, Chinese
primrose, primula obconica, Gala, abu-
tilon, anthericum, Swainsonia, hello
trope, chrysanthemum and azalea. For
vines, English ivy, hoya, passifora,
cobea and jasmine. For hanging plants,
othonna, saxifraga, money musk and
tradescantia. For bracket plants, fuch-
STA speciosa, sword fern, begonia gut
tata and geranium Nine. Salleroi will
be found excellent, also the single petu-
MIA of the flower garden. -Eben E.
Rexford in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
HISTORY OF A CLOCK.
A Very Interesting Personal---very. HOrO-
logical Relic.

logical Relic.
Edward Finehout of Bristol, Ind, is
the devsee under the will of his uncle,
the late Thomas Long, of clock with
history. 1t was built in Geneva in I'LL
and is 1856 years old. 1t was brought
over to this country in 1740 by one of
Mr. Longs direct ancestors, who set
tied on part of the grant of the Ohio
company in what is now southwestern
Pennsylvania. IN the French and In
dian war two years later he fought un
der General Braddock.
During his absence from home his
house was pillaged and burned by
party of French, and the old clock was
carried off to Fort Duquesne After the
war terminated the clock was recover
ed, none the worse for its experience,
and restored to it's owner The clock
continued to tick off colonial history in
its accustomed place until the death of
its owner, who bequeathed it to his son,
Richard Long. The latter removed to
Princeton, N. j., some time prior to
the Revolution. His home was on Mer
GER avenue. One day while the British
and Hessians were in possession Of the
town and were using old Nassau hall
as their barracks a party of soldiers
passed along the avenue and fired u few
shots into the home Of Mr. Long to
avenge an alleged insult One of the
bullets hit the lower part Of the clock,
and the old timepiece has never licked
since that day, though an inscription
on its back says that "the most learned
tinker in the borough labored with it. r"
From New Jersey the clock took a
trip in the early part of the century by
boat down the Ohio and Mississippi riv-
ers to plantation near New Orleans
1t was then owned by the late Mr..
Longs grandfather. There it remained
until 1912, when Mr.. Long took it on
long and perilous journey to new
home in what is now California. Mr.
Long, who settled in Jefferson county,
Ind, about the same time his father
went west, also removed to California
in 1849 during the gold fever. Not be-
ing successful, he returned to Indiana,
! bringing with him the old clock, which
his father had presented to him as a
parting gift. The clock was on exhibit
ton at the Worlds fair 1t is built of
wood resembling walnut, is feet 3
inches high and is i'll Il fine state Of
preservation. The dial, made of beaten
silver, is deliberately decorated, and tho
hands are of carved wood. Throughout
it is made of fine material and shows
skilled workmanship. The weights fall
six feet. The clock required winding
every SO hours. Its history is scrawled
in ink on its back New York Sun
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08

A rich sheep owner named Smith
held up with a rife a Sierra Valley
railroad train recently near Cloudman
Cal, and compelled the train crew to
help him put out fire on his pasture
which had been started by sparks from
the engine of another train. Smith de-
cided that it was the duty of the train
men to help him save his sheep feed,
and, placing an obstruction on the
track, he waited, gun in hand, till the
train slowed down, when he leveled his
gun and ordered all of the men to turn
out and assist him in back firing.
There was no hesitation in complying
with the demand, for the men saw he
meant every word he said. After work
ing several hours they succeeded in
changing the course of the flames, and
the sheep owners pasture was saved. -
Exchange.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-08
THEiDEcoRATiVE JAPANESE.
Home Ways of Summer Life Among the
Mikado's People.

Home Ways of Summer Life Among the
Mikado's People.
Gardens excepted, there are no out
ward manifestations of the old poetry
Of japanese life so remarkable as those
summer houses occupying all the pic
turesque sites of the country. Wherever
there is view worth going to see you
will almost certainly find summer
house built to command it, no matter
how wild or poor the district.
You will find summer houses cling
ing to sea cliffs over the thunder Of
breakers, nesting i'll shadows of gorges
over the roaring of rapids, strutted out
over the precipice fronts like eagles
nests at the verge of dead craters, for
in Japan there will always be summer
guests wherever there is summer beauty,
travellers happy to please their eyes
and rest their feet and to leave some
coppers in payment for the privilege of
the vision and the repose.
The summer house at which am
now staying is typical Of the class, a
skeleton structure of two stories, simply
and strongly built after the manner of
peasants dwellings and at cost of
perhaps $50. Timber is cheap here. On
the other side of Japan such build
ing could not be put up for $500. It
stands on the edge of lofty cliff and
overlooks a little bay near ancient
Moinoseki. From ground floor to roof
it is open ON three sides, and on the
seward side shelter from the sun and
wind is given by trees rooted in the
cliff below, but towering far above the
eaves-enormous pines, with branches
many feet in girth. Between the zig
zags of those mighty limbs there are
glimpses of the sea and fishing sails
Canvas Or straw fitting like white or
yellow butterflies, and the far pale
thread line of the Hoki coast, and Dia-
sens cone thrusting into the clear sky
like some prodigious blue crystal, or,
looking directly down over the needle
foliage of younger pines, you see the
whipping of the bay and bathers laugh
ing among the rocks, and children play
ing with seaweed and shells. You view
the world as a fishhawk views it,
though l presume with vastly different
sensations After a swim it is delight
full to sleep here, the sharp, sweet sea
wind i'll your hair. You are furnished
with bathing dress, sandals, big
straw hat of curious shape to keep off
the sun, barley tea and cakes, smok-
ing box and pillow, and the price per
day of this entertainment is-3 cents!
Tho &c 10 h,,i,, Il ic
food with him and to provide himself
with towels. -Lafcadio Hearn in At
lantic Monthly.