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The times., 1897-04-04
Changes Seen
BY Victoria.

devotion of Lady Franklin, and the deter
mination of the public TO discover fuller
details, led TO the splendid private eX-
pcdition of the Fox, from lS5T To 1853, in
which Sir Leopold McClintock and Sir Allen
Young explored nearly thousand miles
Of new coast-line under conditions of the
greatest difficulty, and discovered the
only document throwing light on Frank
lin fate which has been found. 1t proved
that 10 Franklin belonged the honor of
first discovering the famous Northwest
Passage,
"In 1871 Capt. Hall, in the American
steamer Polaris, entered Smiths Sound
ana reached the highest latitude so far at
tanned, 30 degrees 6 minutes north. In
the following, year an Austro-Hungarlan
expedition, under Payer and Weyprecht,
were carried by drift ice from Nova ZemDla
and discovered Franz Josef Land, the re-
mote region In which the English explorer
Jackson and his party have been at work
for the last three years. The Great British
government expedition Of the Alert and
Discovery, under Sir George Mares, penc-
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cessors have set in order the physical
man. and discovered many curious features
of river, lake ana valley.
The French, since the time Of Able
Hue, have been to the front in the eNplori-
tion of Eastern A sin. Carriers pioneer
Journey by the Mekong, from Cambodia to
China, Prince Henry Of Orleans crossing
OF Tibet, and his journey from French
Indo-China to India, are important III
st tances. The Ameri can Roc khlll did
much to elucidate Tibet and Mongolia
while the labors of the Swedish explorer
Sven Hedin, during the last rev years,
have resulted in n thorough Sclenu1c
study of Eastern Turkesta and It's nor
dering mountains on the west Inc WORK
on China by Baron Won Richthofen is as
perfect an example of the late victorian
methods of geographical research as tho
description of Asia by his countryInah
Carl Ritter, was Of the early victorian
style Of geographical literature BJakls-
ton, Cooper and Gill were among the pio-
neers in opening the interior OF emma 10
European knowledge. The phenomenal
progress of Japan in western civilization
has, of course, led to n vast advance IN
geographical knowledge concerning that
remarkable archipelago; and slower pro-
gress has been made in the rich islands OF
the Malay Archipelago, where the travels
of Wallace have been followed by the re-
searches of many other naturalists.
The interior of Australia has been
opened up, save few patches of desert in
the west and center entirely within the
period under review. Nowhere has more
nv travellers
travellers havereceiveds scantier ecogrition
by the public than those who have made
known the interior of the only entirely
British continent. The names of Eyre,
Sturt, Leichhardt, the two Gregorles
Burke, Forrest and Giles are too unfa-
miliar with English readers, although all
have been honored by English authorities,
and the romance Of their exploits will some
day be adequately told.
''The great island Of New Guinea has
been to o large extent explored by the
British, Dutch and Germans, who admin.
lister it's various divisions, and the present
governor of British New Guinea, Sir VIII
liam Macgregor, has earned Tor himself u
place in the history of the island only
comparable to that of Livingstone in the
history of Africa.
The cruise of the Beagle, with Darwin
on board, may be said to have passed OH
the torch kindled by Cook to the Ant
arctic expedition Of Ross. Observations
made casually in these cruises were syS-
tenatized by Maury, WHO, with the force
of his magnificent enthusiasm, has given
a vitality to bis Physical Geography OF
the Sea- which enables that unique work
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as il he bIowed-a fout and mo- or less
shootin', and nobody kin tell how many
will be hurt. Can't ye understand That?
81 think | do"
wall, mebbe there won't be any BLOWN
tall, and men Dan will hev drink
together. Arter awhile Wen git them
nevis out fur the race, and Dan heH
want to work things so that his critter
will git aGout ten feet to start. Dams
purity straight on most things, but wnen
it comes to a mewl race he'd beat his
own father. If see that he's wOrkin
agfn me I'll git mad and tbar'n be a
fout, and lest who'll be killed and who'll
git away nobody can't say. Wouldn't ike
TO git shot, Teckon?'
mo, of course not"
"Mebhe Dan won't work agin me, COLI
tinued mine host but If he don't / may
work gin him. Ten feet is purity good
start in q mewl race, and / want IT IL I!
kin git it, IL Dan sees I'm tryln' TO git
it tharIl be a fout and a lot Of shootn',
and I can't skassly see no call fur yo' TO
mix in"
1T seems to me that you ought to pull
off race without any jangle,' / said
feeling anxious TO go along.
YES, mebbe it does" he replied, as he
mounted his mewl, but that S Ease yo'
don't know the ways of the kentry. jest
take my advice and stay to hum and II
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the suspicion that it might after all turn
out to tie the Congo. This supposition
was turned into a certainty by Mr.. H NJ
Stanley's magnificent journey of 1877,
when he traced the Lualaba round its great
equatorial bend, and opened up the vast
waterway from Stanley Falls to Stanley
Pool on his way TO the sea. Cameron mad
before made a crossing of tropical Africa
farther south, but no journey in Africa has
been so fateful as that of Stanley down the
Congo 1t led to the foundation OF tine
Congo Free State and the opening up OF
the whole great river to steamer traffic,
affording a base, from which the northern
and southern tributaries could be explored
to their sources.
I'm | SS4 commenced the scramble OF
the European powers for African posses
sionS, and the resulting PARTITION of the
coast line into spheres OF influence, whence
the explorers of each nationality pushed
inland in the effort to secure the H1nter-
land and command the sources OF internal
trade The eremotestdeserts of the sahara,
isolated parts of the equatorial forests and
q purtiopof Somaliland are the only regions
now remaining entirely unknown
Turning to the vast continent Of Asia,
we see Il region in which the motives For
exploration are in some ways different
Asin Africa, the encroachment OF European
powers has pressed heavily upon the ma
tive states from several sides, but altera-
ton of frontiers now proceeds slowly by
treaty. and the attention OF the explorers
is directed mainly to the completion OF
the long-delayed rough surveys of routes
and physical features. w Clifford Pal
grave and Burton have made known some
of the least accessible parts of Arabia,
much of which still remains unknown.
The operations of the survey of India
are perhaps the most remarkable OF the
geographical advances in Asia during the
last sixty years, leading as they have done
to the exploration of the border lands
Of that empire. Much remains to do before
the noble range of the Himalayas is fully
known even on its southern face, for the
political system of the Indian Empire
respects the independence and exclusive
ness of the border tribes, and practically
prohibits exploration by Europeans in many
places. Trained natives of India, employed
on the initiative Of Col. Montgomery, have,
however, solved many problems of geo
graphy in the forbidden lands, traversing
the Himalayan passes, residing in the
sacred city OF Lhasa Itself, and proving
the true course of the Brahmaputra River.
Expeditions of survey officers have linked
the Indian triangulation with that of
Russia through Baluchistan and Persia,
and across the passes of the Hindu Kush.
1.-THE study of Kafiristan by Sir George
Robertson in 1890 was a remarkable in
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rendered real services TO geography. lt
would be impossible tOcnum crate the noble
company of lady missionaries who have
followed hard on the explorer and trader
into the fnmost recesses OF Africa and Asia,
sometimes, as in the case Of Miss Taylor,
who went far into Tibet, even opening up
entirely new ground.
The great names OF geographers atthe
beginning of the reign find worthy counter
parts al the siXtieth anniversary-men OF
the originality of Mr.. Francis Galton, the
versatility and wide knowledge of Sir
Clements Markham, and the scientific
strength Of Dr. John Murray. Nor are the
names of Gen Strachey, Admiral Wharton,
Ravenstein and Bartholomew likely to be
soon forgotten, or their influence on the
progress of geographical science to be
effaced.
HUGH ROBERT MILL, D. Sc, F r. S E
The times., 1897-04-04
THE WAYS OF THE COUNTRY.

In the morning Mr.. Thomas brought
out and saddled his mule, cleaned and
loaded his shotgun, and was about to ride
away VIXEN L asked him if he was going
on q journey.
"only Jest over to scottsville,'' he re-
piled.
Il was thinking of going over there
myself to see if | had any mail. Haven t
YOU got another mule around the placer
i've got the mewl all right he re-
piled, scratching his head ana looking
around, but you'd better jest wait til
tomorrer Bein' yo' ar a stranger yere
yo' don't know the ways of the kentry
and might git inter trubble'
what sort of trouble?''
'.Wall. stranger, let me sorter explain
things to yo'. That ar mewl has got a
gait on him, and I'm goin' over to Scots
Vile to ride him in race agin Dan Car
ter's mewl."
"Then / should certainly like to go over
I don't remember that / ever saw race
between mules.''
"What I'm sayin' to yo'. stranger, is
that yo' don't know the ways OF the
kentry, and had best stick right mere
till tomorrer. In the furst place, men
pan Carter amt any too friendly. He's
a great hand to blow around, and II he
gifts to blowin' too much thar'll be
fout and no mewl race. The fout will
start between men Dan, but befo' it's
through all the crowd will mix In. III
yo' was thar yo'd probably git hurt Is
that plain?
Yes"
IF Dan don't git to BLOWN 'mebbe
will, he continued. II amt much OF a
hand to blow, but can't allus hold my
self down. If l blow it will be the same
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this evenin'."
He came back alive, but be had bullet
in his shoulderand had been stabbed twice,
and as / assisted Mrs. Thomas TO bind up
bis wounds he explained:
Thar was fout, jest as l said thar
would be, and some ten or 'leven men
cum out wuss than | did. Jest as well
yo' wasn't thar, stranger. Yo' don't know
the ways of the kentry, and three or four
critters was akin arter yo' to blow yer
head Off"
The times., 1897-04-04
Needless Susnense.

"Esmeralda," he said hoaTsely, II am
waiting for your answer"
"Oh, forgive me, Tom. l was thinking"
what were you thinking Of"
az was thinking how i would have my
wedding dress made, dear Odds and
Ends
The times., 1897-04-04
Lis Chicago Hnbit.

"why does Parker throw up both hands
when any one meets him on TIE street
at night?"
'Foree Of habit He lived in Chicago
two years ago and was stopped by foot
pads every other night Ohio State jour
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Whnt Va RenIlv Need.

(Fron. the Chicago Times Herald)
1t is eminently right and proper to shut
off kinetoscopic reproductions of the Car
son City fight, but the people ought 70
have a chance 70 see an eX-Vice PresldenS
pro tenn. in the act Of reportingi it
The times., 1897-04-04
According to the World.

Brown-Do you really think there's any
thing in the theosophical theory that peo-
pie die and come to life again?
Robinson-Certainly. Don't you read the
news from Cuba?-New York World.
The times., 1897-04-04
Literary Criticism of the Ta.

Ilterhfy OIIIIVI~0I VI 'E1V
Hobson-what do you think Of the new
tariff schedule?
Dobson-WeH. as reading matter it's a
little brighter than the directory and Is
close second to the dictionary Its way
behindthe Congressional Record--New YORK.
Commercial Advertiser.
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Their Business.

(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
The warships of the leagued powers
are built for business, and are warranted
to kill Christians at any distance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

Mr.. Isaac Horner, proprietor Of the Bur-
ton House, Burton, W. Va, and one of the
most.widely known men in the state was
cured Of rheumatism after three years of
suffering. He says: II have not sufficient
command OF language to convey any idea
Of what / suffered, M physician told me
nothing could be done for me-; n my
friends were fully convinced that nothing
but death would relieve me Of my suffering.
In June, 1894, Mr.. Evans, then salesman
for. the Wheeling Drug Co., recommended
Chamberlainis Pain Balm. At this time
my foot and limb were swollen to more
than double their normal size and it SEEM
ed to me my leg would hurst, but soon
after l began using the Pain Balm, the
swelling began TO decrease. the pain to
leave, and now / consider that | am en-
tirely cuved. For sale by X. d. Goodall,
Depot Drug store.
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Railroad Rates.

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

From the silver city Epterpfise,
0n Monday, TWO AMex' Jams were
drinking together 10 a sale on at Carl
isle. 0ne OF the men MINED Isidoro
RuIz, placed bis arm ar ound the neck
Of the other in a friendly manner, but
a moment after pulled a revolver and
fred two shots, with tho muzzle OF the
weapon close against the breast of his
companion, the bullets passing clear
through the unfortunate victim. The
worrded man chung TO the bar, al
which they were standing, for support.
but the murderer beat him down with
the pistol. Deputy-Sheriff Muse was
near by and arrested the murderer who
was brought to the county jail. Wed
nesday, The unfortunate vicum made
an ante. morton statement that he
could not assign any reason whatever
TOR the assault. The murderer claim
that be had no animosity toward his
victim and that he cannot realize thai
be committed the deed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14
MONDAY EVENING. uyuHF ~ 1897
'0uR DUTY.

IdAfhps. ffde An4ftsbe uOfa@ths8Eoudpn
NofiSual Repiev, which. as has often
beenl pointed out, represents more
faithfully than any other English
periodical the views of the present con
servatiye government, the editor again
diseu sses at some length the Cuban
auest lodsin the Article entitled ssEpi-
sodes of the Month This he does
not because the present deplorable
condition of Cuba or the future die
posit on OF the island materially effects
anyBritish intel est; but in the name
of humanity. civilization, 'and decencn
he protests agalpstthefurthert~oleFati
by he United s ates of the inhuman
methods of Warfare practfsed by
Weyler, not only with the connivance
but with the defiant approval OF the
Madrid authorities. He holds that 1t
is for the United States alone to inter-
pose, since they have repeatedly warn
ed European governments not to med
die with the Green of the Antilles.
The National Reuiew is alive to the
sincerity and feryor Of The agitation 10
this country for the deliverance OF
Cuba. II is compared for depth and
intensity to the Armenian agitation
which ~convulsei England last autpmn,
and is pronounced infinitely more dis
interested than was the Greek passion
TO liberate Crete. The fact is noted
that Cuba is the same distance @frbm
Florida that Ireland is from Wales, or
thai Crete is from Greece. The keUieV
RECALLS with indignation that when con-
scientious Americans ask, "How are
We discharging the responsibilities
which we assumed when we babe Eu-
rope hold alpqe''tbey have bsen tod +,
..You mustn't speak-too loud, or your
cobnsuls 40 Cuba will be assass;nated."
Suc6zan answer. would certainly not
have the effect of pacifying Englishmen
under similar CIRCUMSTANCES. oat
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

Ir,is estimated, and very -eonseFva-
lively too. ttat distributed among! the
beekee pers 10 EDDY coun sy are. l'4oo
hives OF bees. says the Argus. Placing
the average annual production o.
honey at fifty pounds to the hive, very
low, would aggregate 10000 pounds
Al 10 cents per pound this amounts tc
81, 600. quite a nice little item' and
the bee business is yet ! n Its infancy
|srhe bssksspsrs' association, just o.
ganized. Is 4 worthy movement ant
Will result In much benefit and mate
rial good.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14
Articles Of incorporation of the Ca

Articles Of incorporation of the Ca.
baresto Tunnel 8 Development com
pany Of Taos county, N. M, are or
file in the Territorial secretary's Office
al, Santa Fe. The incorporators are H,
N. Brandenherg, G. H Keen, Lionel
Tuck, W.,B. B~randenberg. and George
Summer, citizens Of New Mexico, and
the object for which the corporation IL
formed IL to develop and tunnel
mines, and to conduct a general mining
business. Capital $1,000,000; prin.
cipal, place of business located in the
cifp III Red River N NJ
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

The "Montezuma'' gold mining and
placer company has about fifty men at
work on their lead and placer pro-
perties at Red River. They have one
tunnel in 1863 feet and another 110 feet.
On their placer property there is a
steam pump and whim at work sinking
q hole 8x16 to bedrock, which is
thought to be about fifty feet.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

Warm the joiots, ease the pain and drive
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Vial. Sold by Murphy Van Petten Drug
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14
Lordsburg is to have another saloon,
Col. Micky Hogan 1has rented the
building to the east Of the Liberal Office
and will open up. q wet goods empo-
rium.
Don't Peel Right.

Whenever the liver becomes disordered
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will not-onIy curer but prevent disease. II
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14
A Musr 60.

The following editorial taken from
the New York Sun, sets forth the
Cuban question,in a NUTSHELL #
Il is clear enough. from The statemehts Of
MI. Calhoun that even although he saw
nothing of the war in Cuba from the pa
triot side and held no communication with
the insurgents, everything showed him
that a tremendous struggle was going on.
1T is moi; indeed, n war, asI he told our
Washington correspondent, Of great and
terrific battles. ike Gettysburg and Chick.
afnauga, yet it is one Of int ase bitterness
ana enormous devastation. 1t is a warfare,
apparently, such as Spain herself resorted
to for half a dp4ep syears in sNapoleon'rs
dAy, when so many. OF her peopleswere re-
gplarly organized against the French, yet
inhsmore or less scattered bodies, because
such bodies were bestlsuited to the 2chars
acter Of toe country in which operations
and other
officers, gained signal successes in, such
warfSrs, ahd3hS3 okce ssof Wine aftarwMd
were regularly Incorporated under Wei
li1gton. In the civil wars Of Spain, since
that day, there rave been similar methods
ofearry ing on military operations. The
great conflict 10 Cuba is not ariot, but a
rsvolution; not a fbray of bandits but a
prolonged civil war. Spainys army Of
100000 soldiers proves this.
The patriots, it is true, hold no seaport
ana, we believe, have never held one, ex-
cant, temporarily, Banes, which was soon
wasted from them. But how much more
control Of their coast waters did the con-
federatss possess after being SO widely re-
c9gpized as belligerents2 How much
greater success,s pfoportiepa tely How
noach better at any time were their pros.
pects of fiaal success than are those Of
Cuba, to-day?
%Gommissioner Calhoun puts in strong
,t0rzns his impression that the struggle Is
one Of great vlndictiveness But Ii im-
pIacable, SO that the combatants can never
i've In peace on the lslsnd is there any
doubt that the Epaniards must go?
@
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

1t Is the intention Of the Bland mill
ing company to start up on the fret oi
July. The improvement ~ the old
plant has been steadily progressing
and the additional buildings which
have been erected have completely
transformed it's former appearance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

Acting Governor Miller has issued
commissions to Captain Maximiliano
Luna. First Lieutenant Leon Hertzog
and Second Lieutenant Charles Rolf, Of
Los Lunas, for the formation of a
cavalry troop in Valencia county. The
new troop starts off with a membership
OF thirty six active and wideawake
men. s4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-14

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