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

D'
avoided II riders were more generally
willing to ride with their tires pumped
only to a moderate degree of hardness.
To ride habitually with a soft tire
shortens the life OF the tire. but the
price of a pair Of new tires, as occasion
may demand, would seem to be very
moderate compensation for the comfort
of the body and preservation Of the
machine which follows the use OF tires
not too hard, but just hard enough.
Undoubtedly the total pleasures n
benefits of cycling would be greatly
enhanced IL riders as a class were to
use tires somewhat larger than those
now in general use. But larger tires
would bring Increased liability to pune
ture and leakage and the accompany
ing annoyance. Resiliency Is dear to
the cyclist, but 1t is practically lost
when the tire is pumped to extreme
hardness. The tire manufacturer is
OF possibilities. He must provide the
anti-vibratory feature, and yet knows
that to do so with the idea of offering
the highest possible benefit to the rider
would hurt his business. If he advised
that tires be only moderately pumped
many Of them would come back accom-
panied by criticisms rejecting on their
durability. Competitors would take
advantage of the fact. and the result
would be disastrous. He is. therefore,
forced to advise riders to keep their
tires hard. The exigencies of business
demand that the tires be preserved
without special regard to the health of
the rider or the life of the machine. 1t
is gratifying o .note, however, that the
average of intelligence with regard to
the constructive features of bicycles is
rapidly increasing among wheelmen."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

When "heresy" discussions rage,
there is comfort for timorous people,
who fear the stability Of the truth it.
self, in the warning addressed to an
excitable brother by a Methodist di-
vine. "You think you hear explosions
within the church," he repeated.
Nonsense! They're only noises in your
W head!'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
some Remarkable Facts Concerning
Costly Gems-Mysterious Phenomena
In Persian Gulf-speech suddenly Re-
stored-PlcklDgs from Exchanges.


o M u w III A 4
back from the
village street
Stands the old
fashioned coun-
try seat;
Across It's antique
portico
Tall poplar trees
their shadows
throw,
And from its sta
tion In the hall
An ancient time
piece says 70
oil
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

who owns Cincinnati, anyhow"
shrieks John r. Mclean. The gentle
man who returns from over the Rhine
after midnight could probably tell with
one eye shut.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

If ex-senator ingalls, hadn't been
conspicuously engaged elsewhere, we
would have had our suspicious as to the
authorship of that Gladstone letter to
Westminster.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

Pluck and industry is remarkably IL
Illustrated in the pathetic case case of a
young man in Portland, Mich, who,
knowing that he will be totally blind
in a few months, has invested all of
his available means in a loom, and is
learning to cav carpets as a means
Of support. When trifies annoy you.
think Of this sad case. and take cour-
age.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

The New York s%ubtreasury is short
of $1,000 bills. For this particular part
of Wall street we acknow edge a fellow
feeling.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

Hon. Scorp Drooper of West Virginia
wants a p~ostofnce. If there is anything
In a name It isn't likely that MI.
Drooper will be dlsappointed
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

JIMMY heard Tommy Jones was
i'll nearly all the holidays. Johnny
Yes. and, what's worse, he got well just
in time to 60 to achool.-Boston Tray
alIsr.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

The proposition to put chewing gum
on the free list received a knockout
blow on the jaw.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

4, tear her tat
tered & n
down!
Long a II
waved on high,
And many an eye
has danced TO
That banner In
the sky;
Beneath II rung
h e battle :
shout,
And burst the
roar.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

The mar who thinks for himself will
also think for the lor J procession that
follows him.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01
NOTES OF THE WHEEL
VIEWS AND REVIEWS OF RACES
AND RACERS.
Good and had Points OF Hard and Soft
Tires--very Few New Faces WIN Bc
Seen ON tho Path This Season -
0racey's Performance.

N the current issue
Of the American
Cyclist are some
words Of wisdom
on the good and
bad points Of hard
and soft tires. A
part of the article
reads as follows:
Many OF the
evils charged TO VI
bration would be
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

pIratIon OF tho skin have been known
to affect them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FoH rHa
VETERANS.

An Animal That Was Too Hard for
Grant to Manage-A Pathetic Incident
of One OF the Battles of the Civil
war.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-01

State legislatures propose to contract
the scope OF the kaleidoscope.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08
King Leopold Of Belgium.

King Leopold Of Belgium.
Several times within the past ten
years 1t has been announced that Car
lotta was dying, but now. according to
the statement of the Austrian gmbassa-
dor at Mexico. she Is improving and has
frequently expressed the wish to visit
the scenes Of her husbands last days
on earth. Her physicians, 1t seems,
have favored the trip believing that
the change might resuscltate the mental
faculties which have been practically
dead for so long time, The Austrian
and Belgian courts were In doubt about
the kind Of reception which might be
accorded the former empress Of Mexico,
but President DaZ promised that every
courtesy would be extended her. that
the Mexican people had long ago ceased
to regard her ms an enemy OF the re
public and simply thought OF her as
an unfortunate woman, afflicted with a
terrible malady.
1t has generally been supposed that
Carlotta never knew OF the fate which
Macmillan, whose execution took place
at Queretaro June 10, 1867. Before that
unhappy tragedy Carlottas mind had
become deranged and while she knew
in general way that her husband was
dead, she could never be made TO re-
allze the unfortunate circumstances sur
rounding his death. So II she now re-
allies the tragedy OF three decades back
the understanding has come to her re-
Gently.
The past ten years Of Carlotta's life
have been spent In the Castle Bou-
choute, situated within easy driving Of
Brussels II located In the midst
Of a park ana gardens, lnclosed by a
high wall. The windows OF all the
rooms inhabited by the poor empress
are iron-grated, as Carlotta has had
many violent attacks, when her mania
has made II dangerous for herself and
her attendants.
The only person who can influence
her In any way is Nine. Del Barrio,
who was with her In Mexico, and who
journeyed with her to France, when
the young empress went to solicit the
aid OF Napoleon H.. In the hope that
the French emperor would assist Max
imilian In the great task Of crushing
the Mexican rebels.
Nine. Del. Barrio claims that 1t was
not the troubles Of her husband that
drove Carlotta insane, but peculiar
Mexican poison called the "talayatchi
which was probably given to the
Mexican woman just before the en-
press embarked for the ocean voyage.
This decoction, II Is said. wrecks the
mind without affecting the body. On
this subject Nine Del Barrio has said:
Her. majesty was In state Of great
Leryous excitement bordering on In
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08

placed on The floor lying from north
to south. Upon TIN strange contrast
to the sombre COldness of the stone
reposed a large wreath Of peoples fresh
~ cattle red. The vivid scarlet of the
flowers, the CLEAN or the shining shells
on The walls, the mournrul figure Of
the ivory Christ stretched on the cross
amCnE all those pagan emblems, the
intens. silence broken only by the
slow drip, drip Of water trickling
somewhere behind the cavern, and
more than these outward things, his
own impressive conviction that he was
with the imperial Dead-imperial be-
cause past the sway OF emplre-all
made. a powerful impression on his
mind. Overcoming by degrees his first
sensations of awe, he approached the
sarcophagus and examined It, II was
sClidly closed and mortared all round,
so that 1t might have been one COM
pact cofiin-shaped block OF stone as
far as it's outward appearance testified.
STOPPING more closely, however, to take
a look at the brilliant poppy wreath,
he started back with a slight exclama-
ton. Cut deeply in the hard granite
he read for the second time that odd
name
"THELMA."
To be Continued.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08

and Sioop as he went under 1t. When
he raised his head he remained I'M
covered, for he saw at glance that
the place was sacred He was in the
presence, not OF Life. hut Death. The
ch&n'oet in which he stood was square
in form, and more richly ornamented
with Shell-designS than any other por-
ton ct the grotto he had seen, and
fac uE the east was an altar hewa out
of he solid rock and studded thickly
With 2mher. malachito and mothcr-o'
pearl. L was covered with the incnm-
WcAeaS'hle emhlems Of hygone creed
worked in most exquisite shell-pat-
terms, but on u,--as though in solemn
prices, against the past, stocd Cruc
i'\ If ebony and carved ivory, before
! Which hUrned steadily 4 red lamp,
! luA meaning of the mysterious light
was thus explained, but what chiefly
Interested Errington was the central
object OF the place,--a coiiin,--of rather
a plain granite sarcophagus which was
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08
The Poor
Corlotto

The news recently autographed from
Mexico that special ambassador from
the Austrian court had called ON presi-
dent piaz in regard ~ the possibility
Of the eN-EmpreSs Carlotta visiting
Mexico the coming summer, draws at
tention anew to that most unfortunate
and afflicted OF queens, II has been
;hwty-one years since Carlotta last SAW
Mexico, and with the exception of a
few weeks after her departure from
that country she has been Il mental
wreck, For thirty yeArS she has been
corsid red hopeless muatic and has
been kept secluded in lonely castle
near RI uSSels by her eldest brother.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08
"TIIELMA."
To be Continued.
BICYCLE EYE.

The bicycle will soon affect the entire
human race. The bicycle face has been
exploited and observed until everybody
familiar with the wild and forlorn an
gulsh OF its expression.
But now we have the bicycle eye.
From the nervous tension, and the nec-
essity OF constantly watching for stones.
d.tches and troley-cars the eyes OF the
confirmed bcyclIst are slowly starting
from their sockets. Every year will
add to this deformity until before long
we may expect to see the eyes OF man
kind constructed on the same principle
as those OF the snail-remoyed TO quite
distance from the head. This condi-
ton will make the use OF spectacles very
inconvenient, and will make winking
very laborious and grotesque perform.
ance, II not absolutely impossible. -
Truth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08

Lady--"Let me look at some Gun
links, please"
Clerk-"Ah, yes, | suppose you want
something choice for the young gentle
man who IL to-"
Lady, am looking for something
for my husband"
Clerk-"oh, pardon me. You will
find the plated goods In the rear part
Of the store - Cleveland Leader.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08

Providence Journal--Tn the forthcom-
ing parents congress at Brooklyn,
fathers. az well as mothers, can take
part. The grievances OF the fathers
have scant attention OF late, and II ls
only just that the redress Of these
should at last be undertaken.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08

Racine Journal-The assumption that
the sons Of former presidents were for
some occult reason entitled TO claim
fat Offices over able and prominent
party men Ia now being dismissed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-08
"THELMA. I"

BY Jove" he exclaimed, II have
1t! The girls name, OF course! This
Is some private retreat Of hers, sup
pose,-a kind Of boudoir like my Lady
Winsleigh's, only with rather a dir
ference"
And he laughed aloud, thinking Of
the dainty gold-satin hangings OF a
certain room In certain great man
sion in Park Lane, where an aristocra-
tic and handsome lady-leader OF fash
ION had as nearly made love to him as
1t was possible for her to do without
losing her social dignity.
His laugh was echoed back with
weird and hollow sound. as though
The oasis., 1897-09-18
Dlnlng stntlnns.

Dining Stations.
 Pullman Sleepers are attached tO these trains,
 Connections made at Benson, Arlz., with the Southern Pacific Co. Southern Pacific Company's eastbound train No. ig arrives Bt Benson at 3;ij O. rn.. and westbound train No. % at 1925 in. southbound passengers con take sleeper any time after it arrives from the south at ii:l5 D. m. Northb0und passengers are allowed to remain in the sleeper at Benson until arrival of Southern Pacific train No 70.
 Trains makes connection at Torres with Torres & Prietas Railroad. leaving at ll:0O a. m. and D. m, daily for Colorado and Mnas Pretas.
 Close connection is made ct Guaymas with Pacific Coast Steamship Gompany's steamer .'Orizaba" sailing the 11h Of each month for Altata, Mazatlan. Cape Sc Lucas, Magdalenaa Bay and Ensenada, and with the Occidentai Railroad COmpany,s Steamship Line oI steamess sailing June 10th and 30th. July 21 August 10 and 30 September 20, October lO and 20, November %, and December 10 and @ for La Paz Altata. Mazatlin. San Bias, Man zanillo, Acapulco, Puerto Angel, Salina Cruz Tonala, and San Benit0.
 For particulars address ..
 General Pass. Ag't, Guaymas, Sonora, Mex
The oasis., 1897-09-18
AdI-u-sy
Saturday, Sept. IS, 1897.
HIDES AND tIoIs Ns;

At Tempe last Saturday, James Sturgeon purchased from Jake Miller six car loads Of the bess cattle that ever left the Salt R yer valley. He will ship them over the Santa Fe from Glendale.
 Stockman: The Erie Cattle com many of which W. W. Whitney is president, is increasing it's holding and purchase until its range covers an area equal almost to the entire State of Rhode Island. This company has recently built over seyenty-hve miles of fence along the border of the United States, the entire distance be- ing one unDroken straight line. The fence was built to keep cattle from crossing the line into Mexico.
 Gazette: Pinal county cattlemen now have no reason to complain of shortage of grass on the ranges caused by prolonged drought, as from reports one of the heaviest rains that country ever experienced in years fell Wednesday. Jupiter Plu- yius has been very generous this month and nobody has causes to com plain of lack of rain.
 Gazette: A well known cattleman of the valley estimates the number Of cattle on pasture in the valley at 10000, of which nun Der about l2,OOO are pastured on the south side of the river. This estimate, however, is way above the average, and from the trouble cattle buyers are having in securing stock for shipment, the es- innate must be very much exaggerat- ed.
 Stockman: On August 24th, several carloads of Eureka Springs company's cattle fFem the Dakota faHse were marketed in Chicago by A. G. Me Corkle. They brought s4.O5. These cattle were some of the steers shipped from Arizona to the Dakota range twJ years agn.
 Gazette: The valley is about drained of beef cattle, and cattle buyers as well as the local butchers are looking elsewhere for their supply. This is one of the causes of the rise in the price of beef, which was started few days ago by the butchers of the city.
 Gazette About twenty of the rep resentatiye cattle and stock men met yesterday afternoon at the Adams hotel for the purpose of forming a live stock association. John R. Nor ton was elected as temporary chair man, and George Hoadley as tenn pOrary secretary. Matters of impor- tance to the cattlemen were discussed at length and a committee was ap- pointed to draw up bylaws and res olutions. Just what business was transacted yesterday could not be learned as the association wishes to keep it's plans secret until a perma- nent organization is effected, which will be done the next meeting, on the
The oasis., 1897-09-18

My boy came home from school one day with his hand badly lacerat- ed and bleeding, and suffering great pain" says Mir. E. J. Schall, with Meyer Bros. Drug Co, St. Louis, Mo. q dressed the wound, and ap- piled Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely. All pain ceased, and in short time it healed without leaving scar. For wounds, sprains, swellings, and rheum atism l know of DO medicine or prescription equal to it. 1 consider it a household necessity" The 25 aud 50 cent sizes for sale by Cheno- weth & Mix
The oasis., 1897-09-18

At Prietas you will always find good reoms and comfortable accomo- dations at the Amarillas Hotel.
The oasis., 1897-09-18

Agent for Bolton Drill Steel Co, Kan- sas Iron Roofing Co and the Crane wind- mill.
The oasis., 1897-09-18

Pacific Time.
 Flag stations, Stops on Signal REIN WILLIAMS, Superintendent
Evening journal., 1897-10-07

ducing women drivers, and good ones,
too, in divided sbirts2
In the races at Pittsheld, Me-, q few
weeks ago there were four Of them, but
the better of all OF them was Miss FL
lott
She Is only 21 years old, and is the
very antithesis of Lawson n. Fuller,
the old gentleman driver Of New York
city. Mr. Fuller leans forward and
seldom takes his eyes from his team.
Miss Elliott leans back as easily as
though she were in boudoir chair.
with each little foot poised on the bar
in front of the seat. She seems to know
by instinct just what the horse is doing,
and looks about her with the utmost
uneoncern.
II can feel what trotter is doing
through the lines. just as n helmsman
can feel his craft hauling on the rud-
der" says Miss Elliott.
The race won by the woman driver
was the first ever trotted on a circuit
track under national rules with women
as drivers. Miss Elliott won the race
easily.
Her opponents were Mrs. Sarah Elise
Crosby. of West Brewster, Mass, 80
years old; Mrs Hattie f. Meader, Of
Winslow. aged 26; Mrs. Mary Wood
cock, Of Ripley, 81 years.
Evening journal., 1897-10-07


nor any prompter execution.
Make caches on platforms six feet
high. Wolves.
All distances are gigantic 1t is 1000
miles from Sitka to 1<londilSe
A boat leaving Dawson Sept 20 is
chased to the mouth by freezing water
All wood in the Aleutian Islands
grow ON glaciers In Alaska.
Whole forests break into the sea.
Some streams are bridged by gla-
ciers.
Some wood is beautifully polished by
glacier action.
Avalanches in the interior are un-
known.
Owing to dryness there is not much
suffering from the cold.
Take 4o-iS rifle with telescope
sights.
one small tribe makes $1,000 a year
from silver fox skins. They are worth
$3.50 each.
Exposed portions of the body freeze
in three minutes.
Enough library. one Bible. one
Shakespeare.
snowshoes are not needed in the
mine country.
Buy mines from discouraged miners.
The Klondike river is forty yards
wide at its mouth. Water shallow and
clear.
The Klondixe fever is not dangerous
unless aggravated by Chilkoot chills.
Alaska was purchased in 1867 from
Russia for S72OO,OOO; the purchase was
negotiated by william II. Seward.
It's area In square miles Is 53i, 400.
Population Census of 1s9O), SO,929. Of
whom but 4,416 We're whites, s400 Es-
quimaux and 1875 Indians.
Estimated present population, 100000.
Principal cities. sitka (the capitaD,
Juneau, Wrangel, Circle City.
Principal mountains. Mount Logan,
altitude 19,5OO feet; Mount st. elias,
IS, 100; Mount Wrangel, 1850.
Governor of the territory, James d.
Brady; residence at Sltka.
Principal occupations of the people.
hunting and fishing.
Estimated product Of gold to date,
| $50, 1000 600.
Product Of gold In 1896, Sf,67O, 900.
Klondke in English is Deer River.
The river is so designated on the maps.
Travel to Dawson City by the st.
Michaels, Dyea or skaguay route Is
possible only in June. July and August
Climate in winter severe in the ex-
| treme; winter beginning in September
During June and July continuous
daylight; during December and Janu-
airy continuous night.
Gold was first discovered in Alaska
in 1879.
The Yukon River Is not open until
after the 10th day OF June.
Do not let any one convince you tC
the contrary.
These are cold facts.
Evening journal., 1897-10-07
NEWS OF NEW CASTLE
case of blood poisoning from which he
suffered, the result of a crab pinch.
NEW CASTLE NEWS NOTES.

w. j. Hofmann attended the meet
ing of the Most Worshipful Grand
Lodge of Masons Of Delaware as a dele
gate yesterday.
City Councils meeting tomorrow
evening will be an adjourned one, al
though specifically for the purpose of
elecing a councilman to succeed the
late w. w. Cooper.
James G. Knowles is having the en-
tire woolen mill property fitted with
automatic sprinklers.
An inter-urban whist club is being
projected to play a series Of games dur
ing the Winter.
Work at the state buildings at Farm
hurst was made impossible yesterday
by the extreme dampness of the atmos-
phere.
A little gray kitten which wandered
into the armory of Company II on Sun
day last has been adopted by the COM
pany as a mascot.
Evening journal., 1897-10-07
srSsEX COrNrY conRT.

Georgetown, Del. Oct. Important
criminal cases have come up before the
court since it opened in this town on
Monday Among these cases are the
following: Irwin Wilbank, colored, of
Lewes, charged with felonious assault
upon a little white girl. He pleaded
guilty. He was sentenced to pay a fine
of $500, to stand one hour in the pill
lory, to be whipped with thirty lashes
and to be imprisoned six years. Jona-
than Mason, the charcoal burner, who
was held for assault with intent to muir
der his wife, near Milton, last June, also
pleaded guilty. The courts sentence
was that he should pay a fine of $1,000,
stand one hour in the pillory and be i'm
prisoned three years. George Evans,
colored, of Milford, was arraigned,
charged with stealing a horse from
Peter Wynkoop, taking it to the woods,
sdnning it,taking its hide toMiIford and
offering it for sale. He, too, pleaded
guilty. Evans was fined $3.50 and SEN
fenced to receive twenty lashes and to
remain in Jail four years.
Evening journal., 1897-10-07
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE CONVENTION
TEMPERANCE WOMEN MEET AT
GEORGETOWN.

Georgetown, Oct. THE Women's
Christian Temperance Union, which
also includes the Young Women's w.
c. T. T., of the state, met in annual
session at Georgetown in the NJ. e.
Church yesterday.
The morning session was opened at
10 o'clock in the M. E. Church, with
Miss Margaret Hilles, state president,
in the chair. Mrs. r. II. Matlack, of
Wilmington, was in charge of the de-
votions. The delegates were welcomed
to Georgetown by Rev. " S. Collins,
pastor of the church. which is the seat
of the convention.
The Hilles Union,sof Wilmington, is
represented in the convention by Miss
Carrie e. Rankin, president, and Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Brosius, corresponding
secretary.
The delegates are greatly pleased
with the pretty new church at George
town, which is the seat of the conven-
tion, and with the welcome extended
to them by Rev. Vaughan S. Collins
and his congregation.
Yesterdays morning and evening ses-
sions were devoted to devotional exer-
cises in charge of Mrs. "A. S. Wharton
and the calling of the roll of delegates
Mrs. L. Emma Robinson and Mrs
Elizabeth A. Brosius made introduc-
tory addresses.
At a mass meeting last evening, con-
Quoted by Miss Margaret Hilles, state
president, Chief Justice Lore extended
words Of greeting.