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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

WIDOWS have the btat OF "
Why Is it, many single women ask,
that widows are 80 much more attrac-
tive TO the opposite sex than those
who haye never voyaged upon the sea
OF matrimony? There Is no doubt that
the ordinary unmarried girl is often
most attractive to a man In her igno-
rance Of the world and its ways. II
she let's It appear that she wants to
know little except as he may wish her
to know, her charm, In his esteem, IS
bound to be increased. A man loves
10 be exalted to the position of keeper
OF a girls heart and mind. 1t adds to
his self-esteem and gives him that sense
OF vested interest in another's life
which reaches its climax in marriage.
But widows are In a different case.
They do not allure by their ignorance.
A dull widow repels men. But a spark
ling, bright, conversational and tactful
widow will. II she Is young, prove most
seducing to many members OF h 9TH
err sex. Men most love innocence In
a woman more than aught else. But
there are others to who worldly ex-
perience, especially IL accompanied by
beauty and evident good nature. is a
far stronger lure. American widows
excel in charming mankind. 1t is only
necessary to think Of the number oil
them who have become part and par
eel of English society to realize this.
The American girl gets more than her
proper share of masculine alteration
in the States. Perhaps this makes the
American widows social department
appeal more to English sympathies
and hearts. Unmarried girls may be
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foreign words are very rare in the Gre
tan dialect, while common enough in
modern Greek. The Cretans Of to-day,
in language and person, are the purest
representatives of the ancient Greeks
to be found anywhere. They are tall
and athletic, especially the mountain
GERS. and eager to advance themselves
intellectually. Every petition to the
sublime porte asks for school and teach
ers, but schools cost money and con-
%sequently are not looked Upon favor
ably by the Turkish government. The
women of the mountainous districts are
noted for their great beauty, and the
explanation given Of this fact is sig
nifcant. Whenever a girl of the low
lands gives promise of being exception
ally attractive she is sent by her friends
into the mountains, where the danger
Of becoming an inmate of a Turkish
harem is far less than in the neighbor-
hood of the towns.
The climate of Crete is mild and salu-
brious, the close proximity Of the
mountains and the sea giving it a cool
and even temperature the year round.
The fertile soil Of the lowlands pro-
duces olives, oranges and lemons in
great profusion, and this island, which
was nee called, with Sicily, the gran
airy of Rome. might again become a
prosperous and productive land under a
favorable government. Crete has been
waiting over nineteen hundred years
for such a blessing, and no one can say
how much longer she will have to wait.
After making a gallant fight in the last
Instruction, but thirty years AGO., she
was compelled to make terms with the
Turks by the treachery and interven-
ton OF several friendly powers" 1t
was a case Of history repeating itself.
and history bids fair to repeat itself
again in the present instance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Cydonians, the crest-waving Dorians,
and the divine Pelasgi. Theirs is
Gnossus, a great city, and theirs is
King Minos, who talked nine years with
great Jove."
The very conditions which tended to
the independence and rapid develop
ment of Crete in ancient times, its in
sular position and freedom from out
side interference, have served to keep
quered by the Romans. The Cretans
were the earliest seafaring Greeks, and
in 67 B.. c., nearly eighty years after
Greece had passed under Roman rule,
the sailors of Crete were still indie
pendent. They sailed from n end
of the Mediterranean to the other,
sacked the defenceless towns that lay
near the coast and made it unsafe for
any Roman galley to venture forth. In
the days of Cicero, when Rome claimed
dominion over all the known world,
these daring pirates entered the Tiber
and captured transports that we're
carrying grain to Rome. They had
grown too powerful to be ignored, and
Rome turned all her attention to max
ing an end of them. Metellus, a Roman
general. sailed for Crete with a large
army, and after a number Of sharp bat
ties on sea and land, succeeded in de-
stroying the power Of the pirates, and
Crete was made a Roman province.
Since then it has been constantly under
the dominion of some foreign and OPP
pressive ruler, Roman, Saracen, Byzan-
tine, Venetian, and lastly, the "un-
spcalzable Turk" robbing and misgov-
erning in turn.
When the Saracens wrested the ISL
and from the Byzantine, or Eastern
Roman empire, in 1923, all the inhabi-
tants were converted to Islamism. 1t
was either that or determination. But
in. $50 Phocas won the island back. and
the Cretans returned to Christianity.
In 1904 the Crusaders, under Baldwin,
Count Of Flanders, invested Constan-
tinople and overthrow for a time the
Byzantine empire. The empire was d.
vided among the victors and Crete was
allotted to Boniface, Marquis of Mont
serrat, vino sold it to Venice.
The Venetian rule was but a repeti-
ton of all that had gone before, the
island being looked upon only az a
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others. Rebellions without number
have Lcen fought. but always with the
same result. The island would be over
run with soldiers OF the sultan, the
land devastated, villages burned and
the Cretans starved into making terms
which the Turn never kept.
This state Of affairs has continued
down to u own day. Just previous to
the last rebellion. in 1866. the Cretans
addressed a petition to the sultan pro-
testing. 20
The answer to the petition was that
the Cretans, who had assembled I dis
cuss their situation. dlsperse at once.
They were reluctant to do this. the
governor attempted to force them. they
resisted and the war was on. Perhaps
II would have been just as well II this
petition had received the fate OF a for
mer. When II was handed to the pasha
to be forwarded to Constantinople, he
substituted n OF his own compost
ton, In which his reign of misrule was
praised without stint and the people
represented as peaceful and happy.
For this the pasha was loaded with
presents by the sultan, and that was
the last OF the petition. The result OF
the petition of 1866 was a long and de-
structive war. in the end of which the
Cretans. when the aid of Greece was
suddenly withdrawn. had to accept the
terms OF peace offered by the Turks.
Gambia, once the capital and chiel
city, still has fifteen thousand inhabi-
tants and Is the residence Of the Greek
archbishop. The extensive fortinca-
lions of the venetians are yet stand
ing. but here as elsewhere, they are
sadly cut of repair. The harbor Is al
most inaccessible as the result OF earn
quakes, and the town itself has suffered
from the same disturbances.
Suda Bay. a few miles east OF Canea'
Is a beautiful land-locked harbor large
enough to contain all the fleets OF Eu-
rope. The roads throughout the island
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insipid in their talk and yet attract a
good deal of attention. Not SO the
widow. Experience has taught her the
way to mems esteem, and thence, per-
haps, to their hearts. Who like her
a f1atter and tickle the vanity Of the
average male? 1t is no crime in her,
oh, dear, no! Men are vain and like
to be f1attered, just as cats like to be
stroked the right way; and having a
good opinion of themselves, they are
exceedingly prone to form a high opin-
ion Of the person in whose agreeable
society this little weakness Of the male
nature is recognized n catered to.
This is the widows high art. AS a stu
dent and expert at life she is miles
above the unwedded maiden. For tact
she is not to be beaten. She is
the best OF peacemakers, wen as she Is
often a hostess of the first rank.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

There IL No Crowding and strap-Hnne
Ing Upon These Numbering Vehicles.

There IL No Crowding and strap-Hnng-
ing Upon These laundering Vehicles.
On all the streets OF Paris one OF the
features most noticeable to a foreigner.
perhaps, is the little omnibus stations
SO characteristic OF Paris, The Paris
ian omnibus system, by the way, is an
excellent one when you understand II.
But you usually have to be put of a
bus W or three shines before you APP
preciate its merits. In time you dis
cover that the vehicles stop regularly
at little stations, where those who I'M
derstand the system obtain bits OF
pasteboard bearing numbers on the
precise order OF their application for
them, emitting them In the same order
to the vacant seats In the buses az
they arrive. These little stations be-
ing not far apart, II is a matter OF no
difficulty to obtain these numbers. and
when that Is done the system secures,
as you see, a perfect application OF the
rule, "First come. first served" For
when the bus stops, just opposite the
little station, an official comes out and,
standing behind it, calls off the num-
bers in their order. and the would-be
passengers. as their numbers are called,
take the vacant places. When all the
vacancies are filled the bus drives on,
and those whose numbers come next in
order have, Of course, the first chance
at the vacancies On the filling bus.
And now let me mention another fea-
ture Of the omnibus system which I
think is worthy Of u notice. Each
omnibus and each street car in Paris
for the street a system is practically
the same--is built to seat not carry,
mind you, but TO seat--a certain num-
Der of persons. That number is indi-
Gated upon the exterior OF the vehicle,
and wfen it is complete nc more are
permitted to enter under any circum-
stances. Our glorious American sys-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15
A Dakota Metropolis.

Stranger-You've got quite a thriv-
ing town here, haven't you? il
Native-Yes. The increase in popu-
lation has been 215 per cent during the
past year and a half and ev~erybody's
prospecting. too.
Stranger-Indeed! Yet / don't see
any shops or factories around and IL
doesn't seem to be much of a railroad
center either. What industry do you
depend upon particularly? Farming?
Native-No. we haven't any shops or
factories; we're not On any main line
of railroad and the country in this inn
mediate vicinity isn't very productive;
but IT teisTyeu what we have ggnt.
We've got seventeen divorce courts and
every one Of EN- Is compelled to work
overtime right along Cleveland Lead,
er.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Is, with the heads towhrus nis 80
hand: hence. in making the tuck ne
showed the ends under the band toward
the heads. Grain is handled by tne
shocker by grasping into the heads, as
shown In the illustration. and the tuck
should therefore be toward the heads
SO that It will not pull out.
The applications of roller bearings 70
grain cutting machinery was made py
]. G. Perry in 1869. and his patent. NO.
81 1884, for an improved reaper. showed
and described various ways OF using
roller and ball bearings in haryesters.
Unquestionably the most practical and
satisfactory applications OF roller bear
ings to binders and mowers has been
made by the Mccormick Harvesting
Machine Company. The Particular form
used by them was patented in 1882 and
is now to be found in all Mccormick
machines. The especially valuable fea-
ture OF the Mccormick roller bearing
is seen In the form-or cage as 1t Is
called-which holds the rollers from
running together, and II for any cause
the cage is taken from the shaft the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

are of the most wretched description,
the short portion of one between Suda
Bay and Canea being the only one over
which a carriage can be driven. This
is for the benefit Of the Turkish Off
cials. who debark at Suda Bay and pro-
coed thence to Canea. For the rest of
the islanders, toiling along, beside their
heavily laden donkeys. any kind of a
road is good enough.
All the native inhabitants Of Crete,
Mohammedans and Christians, are OF
the Greek race and speak the Greek
language. On account of their insular
position they have suffered far less
from foreign influences than the Greeks
of the continent. Turkish and other
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

One of the latest styles in bicycle
suits is called THE Lucy" 1t is in
every sense a desirable costume. A
pretty one to be worn by a west side
maiden is of a Bluet cheviot. The skirt
is divided in the back, so that when the
wearer is astride the wheel the gar
ment separates and hangs gracefully on
each side. 1t is really a divided skirt,
but that is not noticeable when the
wearer dismounts. A box plait is SO
arranged that it falls into place direct
ly over the division of the skirt. The
skirt is buttoned down the front, which
is made so as to fold over the seam,
where it also buttons. The opposite
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Of the first points in Europe settled by
man. The Pelasgi, or primitive Greeks
when they entered Greece also 0
possession of the attractive and luxur-
liant island OF Crete, and in the time OF
Homer It was a prosperous and thick
Unsettled country. Its early history Is
entirely mythical and legendary. 1t
was the birthplace and burial place OF
Jupiter. and the wonderful and intri-
cate labyrinth Of the Minotaur, of which
no one who entered could ever find his
way out, was situated in Crete. Cydo-
mia, the ancient city that stood where
Canea now is, was called "the mother
Of ~cities.v In ancient times Crete was a
place OF importance and is described
thus by Homer; There is a country.
Crete, in the midst Of the Black Sea.
beautiful and fertile. wave-washed
roundabout, with a population Infinite
in number, and ninety cities. The races
are different; there are Achaens. the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

rollers will not fall out and get lost.
In order to avoid the Mccormick pa
tent the other harvesting machine COM
pany who claims to be the originator OF
roller bearings in harvesters has cut
out the metal in the ring at the ends Of
the rollers. II the cage is taken out
the rollers slip out and become filed
with grit, or worse. get lost. The
methods of the Mccormick Company
result in an annual saving of many
thousands of dollars to the farming
public. New devices are not embodied
in their, machines until long and Oft
repeated trials have shown them to be
practical. 1t has been the same with
roller bearings as with everything else
Mccormick experimenting is done at
Mccormick expense.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

ries the mentioned recommendations
to the full degree. The material was
gray satin. covered with cream lace. the
seam of the yoke being covered with
q ruching Of white silk muslin. Three
similar ruches trimmed the lace near
the hem, but on the bodice, which was
also lace covered gray satin, the ruch-
ings ran from shoulder to belt. A
chiffon jabot concealed the fastening,
three chiffon ruf1es relieved the plain
ness of the sleeves, and the wide belt
was cerise satin.
Skirts shirred onto the edge Of a bo-
dice belt are extremely pretty. The
bodice thus outlines the figure from
Just below the bust line to just above
the hips, the skirt falling very full
from there. Thus the wide hips, at
present rather favored by f%ancifully
fashionable women. are secured and the
contrasting small waist demanded is
emphasized.
Russet colored rubbers have already
been made for children, but not until
this season has there been demand for
them for adult wear. They are made
most carefully, and are so light that
when once on they are hardly felt. It
IL suggested craftily that the polish of
The =. her Is much more easily
maintained than that Of the russet shoe
and that many summer girls may find
the excuse for dampness serve for the
almost constant wear Of these easily
cared for foot coverings. The rubber
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

A w~indow-seat may be made 50 that the
lid will lift. Then use 1t as wished for
dresses or wraps. Plain pine lumber is
quite good enough. Make the box to suit
the size Of the window. A sofa. to stand in
another part Of the room, may also be made
that you can put papers and other things in
the different spaces. Both should have cas-
tors. The w~indow-seat may be Mt least six
inches higher than the sofa. The top may
be upholstered, padded with excelsior, hair
or cotton. and then covered with dark,
mixed material. Any of the Turkish cotton
goods or the nlw ~.'ticking'' will answer the
purpose. AT the ends of the sofa have two
rolls. These rolls quay be fastened. giving
the appearance of an old-fashionei rolled
arm sofa. Five feet long and two and a
half wide would be a very good size.-May
Ladies' Home Journal.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Boil two ounces of macaroni till
perfectly cooked, then drain and cut
into short lengths. Mix a tablespoon
full of -four into a paste with a little
cold milk and then add more till you
have half a pint. cook this over the
fire for five minutes and flavor highly
with anchovy sauce. Beat up three
or four eggs lightly, add to the mixed
macaroni and sauce seasoned with
cayenne pepper and pour into a creased
p~ie-dish. Bake in moderate oven till
Drowned and set. Turn out to serve
and pour a little anchovy sapce rounj.'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

1t is 'commonly supposed that all saw
ages lead a lazy life and have nothing
else to think about than occasionally
attacking their more peaceful neigh
bors and giving them a hurried send
off to the happy hunting grounds; but
travellers frequently come across real,
hard working people in savage lands.
Look at the two Kashmiri wood car
riers depicted in the accompanying il
lu~stration. The original photograph of
this was presented to the Royal Geo.
graphical society, with others, by Cap
tain H. H. Deasy, who has been recent
ly attempting to reach the sacred city
of Lhasa, in Tibet. Captain Deasy met
these men near Bandipura, in Kashmir.
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tenn, therefore, of riding. on a strap, or
of getting one foot on a back platform
of the street car and clinging to the un-
fortunate individual who has preceded
us and has both feet on, is wholly un-
known in Paris.
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skirts That Hang from Yokes.


Skirts on Jokes seem likely to find
great favor. The yoke is usually made
pointed in front and rounded and
shorter in the back. 1t fits stifly and
close, sheath-like in its exactness of
surface. The skirt that flows from I'M
der this sheath yoke is attached to an
under yoke, for it would never do to
risk pulling the outer yoke out of line
by fastening the rest of the skirt to it.
A skirt thus planned can he worn by
a really stout person and allow them
the full and sweeping lines of a wide
skirt at the hem, while their hips are
not in the least widened. To such
women this sort of a skirt offers a rare
advantage, while to a slender woman
the style is all the more becoming.
A modification Of this idea is shown
in the accompanying picture, and car
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cesaity, Win
the left hand
m a c hine I Q
heads OF the
grain are at the
left hand OF the
man doing the
binding. so In
taking out the
bundle with the
band around It,
whether the man
turned to the
front table or to
the back table he
kept his position
toward the bum
die itself-that
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

BEAUTIFUL ISLAND WITH A
TRoUBLous HISTORY.
rhc Turk Has Peen Its Most Tyranni-
cal Ruler lis Inhabitants Have
Struggled for Liberty Through Several
cenlurics. & p
Especial Letter,

HE island af Crete
lies at the entrance
to the Grecian
archipelago. being
sixty miles distant
from the mainland
of Greece and ITO
miles from Asia
Minor. II thus lay
directly in the path
OF western migra-
tion and was one
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

81 never saw a woman mourn her hus-
band as deeply as Mrs. F~itziones does
Does she really seem bereavedy' "She
hasn't crimped her hair since he died.
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place where taxes could be levied. They
were levied to such an extent that the
population is said to have been re-
duced from $1,000. 900 to 100000 in $50
years. At the end of this time the
Turks. With the hearty cooperation Of
the Cretans themselves. drove out the
vensstHians and a rule even worse Than
theirs had been was inaugurated. They
had exchanged Venetian tax-gathersrs
for Turkish, and the miseries Of relil
gious persecution was added to their
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

"The father of waters is just like all the
rest of our fathers" flows that?'
Spreads himself as If he owned the earth.''
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why McCormIck Changed from q Lofe
to a Right Hand hinder.

When binding was done by hand
the left hand cut harvester was a ne
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FOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRoNs.

Spring and summer Fashions
Widows Have tho Best. of it--Love
Making In China - Hints for the
Household.
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when cooking vegetables do not en-
tirely owe the kettle. It will be bet
ter to let part OF the steam escape.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

Educate Your Bowels With Cascnrets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
l0c. II {. &C. fail, druggists refui-l money.
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side IS made alike to all appearances.
One point in favor Of this skirt is the
fact that knickerbockers are not re-
quired, the weight of the skirt, and
particularly the way 1t is made, keep
ing it down below the boot tops. The
jacket is an Elton. fastened with two
large black frogs across the front.
Black braid finishes the small revers,
and cuff effect on the sleeves. Elk.
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An English Railroad.

The Lopdon and Northwest railway
passes through more than half Of the
nfty-eight counties Of England and
Wales.
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The sweetness OF that tongue Is gone,
And yet she loves you still.
She loved you when you proudly slept
The gayest of the gay;
That pride the blight OF tme hath
swept,
Unlike her love, away.
She loved you when your home and
heart,
or Fortunes smile could boast;
She saw that smile decay-depart-
And then she loved you most.
oh, such the generous faith that grows
In woman's gentle breast;
IT'S like the star that stays and CLOVIS
Alone in nights dark west.
That stays because each other d
Has left the lonely shore.
And tina the %wanderer on his way
Then wants her light the more.
-Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

One result Of the prosperous year en-
joyed by Great Britain last year is the
greatly decreased immigration.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-15

matches 30 exactly the shade of the
russell shoe that the fact Of a rubber
being worn is hardly to be noticed.
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He-Do you believe in palmistry-
that you can tell anything BY the hand?
She-Certainly; now, for example. II
l had a certain kind Of ring on a GER
tain finger Of my left hand people
would lvnow that I was engaged
Truth.