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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
ALFRED MINES. 10 4 lecture before

ALFRED MINES, 10 u lecture before
the National liberal club, in London
last week, said that when he was in
Japan, twenty-five years ag', hs saw
. great FIRE, but the govsrnm NJ would
mot permit the use Of a fire q CINE, 90
che ground that it would throw the
firemen out OF work. They do things
differently now.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

EX-GOVERNOR MORRILL,, Of Kansas,
once said that his ambition was to
create in Kansas the largest orchard
in the world and leave it as q mont
ment to his memory. That hope is
about to be realized, as he has turned
his farm over to a man with tie stipu-
lation that 65 600 fruit trees, mostly
apples, are to BIZ planted there.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
OPTIC TELEPHONE NO. :

Tur Optic will not, under any c%irculn-
etancs.. 81 r~esponsipls f9r tue leLurn or
che safe Keeping Of any rejected manu-
script. NJ exec pt,on will be made " TOYS
rule, with re- ara 10 eitusr letters or in-
elusures. Nor will the editor enter into
correspondence concsrning rsjecred mao
uscript.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

George E. Robin, the well-known
mining editor Of the Advocate, is quite
sit k at his nine residence in the Hills
horo district. II Is feared that Mr..
Robin was slightly loaded while work.
ing 10 one of his lead properties.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

News-dealsrs should report to the count
inR-room sny irreguiarity or inattentiun
ON the part OF carriers IN the delivery OF
The OPTIC. s-deaiers can have tH
OPTIc delivered 10 their dspots IN q y
part OF the city by the carriers. ORDERS oi
complaints can DO made by TELEPHONE
postal, or In person.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

With the Salado coal ii Ids on the
north and the promising Jarrilla min-
ing camp on the sou b, he Sacramento
mountain products will have q good
market at Ls Lnz
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

Gov PINGREE, OF Michigan, is said
to have an ambition to become pre-
sident OF the United States, and 4
plant the white lot back Of the white
house in potatoes.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

Dont Tobacco spls aad Smoke iOur Life Away.
20 quit tobacco easily and forever. be rag
aetic, full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-T6
Bae. the wonder-workef. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 500 or 81. Cure guaran
tccd. Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
special Notice.

AZ vmo1s DAILY UFTIc-Dvlivered by MAJ,
post paid, $1,000 per annuM ~ car.
munInn: az.6u for unrae -noAuns ~ o"A
riar ~ cer.~ Y1T Week.
y so~ESxB WEEkLr OPrIo-3l columns, de-
livered Dy mail, post paiu, Sl.uv per an
num-, loo Tor SIX Inontns, 10; fOr thres
months. Single copies IN wfappers % Cents
Sample copies OF DoLn uaiiy AND weekly
mailed freo wnen Desired. GIVE postomcS
address In fuIl, lnciuul;.E state.
observation-disclosures NEWS, DollCl'
ted from ali parts OF Tine cCunvry. Cum
municarions addressed TO the eultor "
THE OPTIC, 60 insure attention, envulu DC
accompanied W the writer's ruli nAuls
and address, not Tor puDiicarion. nut as .
guaranty Oh good Initn.
x-EMIrTAECEs- MAY W maze Dy dra- Il. money
order, postal note, express OF reSistvrou
letter at our RISK. Aduress all letters anu
telegrame 10 TnE UPTIU,
iGast Las Vegas. Nov mexico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

H. B. Holt, Harry Miles, Oscar Lob
man and E. E Banner are applicants
for the position Of cour. clerk under
Judge Parker.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

La Luz will have a big celebration
on the arrival of the Northeastern to
that place from FL Paso, about the
time the peach trees boom in the
spviDg.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

Hon. w. s. H pew-ll has donated
to the Mcthodists Of Hillsboro q suit
able lot near Grayson square for a
church parsonage.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

To secure proper classification, adver-
easements should be hanued In mot later
chan ~ O'CLOCK A.. m.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

r. e. Tracy ard brother, George, OF
EDDY, will plant 100 acres to corn this
wear, q tract Of land having been Sc
cured Adjacent to Mr.. Tracy's orchard.
Ksfir corn and Milo Maize will be the
varieties.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
Connections with main inns and branches

Connections with main line and branches
as follows:
At An,onito for Durango, Silverton and
all points in the San Juan country.
At Ala mosa.fr Jimtown, Creede, D !
Norte, Monte Vista and all Joints In toe
san Luis valley.
At Ssllda with main line for all points
eas' and west, inciudn e Lesdv,lle
Az Florence with r. & =. G. K. II. for
the gold camps OF Grippe Creek and Vic
tor
At Pueblo, Colorado Sptir gs and Denver
with all Missouri river tues I r all loint-
east
Through passeng srsfrom Santa Fe will
have reserved berths In sleeper from Ala
musa II desired.
r further information address the IN
dersigpsd.
T. j. HELM, General Agent,
Santa Fe, n. NJ.
g. K. HOOPER. 9. p. A.,
Denver, cole.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
LLr r a pRrorvnTa.


Jack........... chairman, silver citv
Mn. chafin. /. .nrat district Fast 7 az Vegas
T !, 0tero ....sccond i~istrict A'huanerdue
R.q Heaf ~. third dfefrirt. i etroue
j. z. Htrkle.. nth district Tovre- pere 500
T. .LARre...... secretarv. y ~ ssr F.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
What You Need

When your strength Is gone, you
have no appetite, are tired, weak and
without ambition, is Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla to purify and enrich your blood,
stimulate your stomach ind give you
strength. Hoods Sarsaparilla, IL the
| One True Blood Purifier.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12

Entered at Inc EAST Las vegas, N. M,
postomce FOR through the
malls as second clnss q Alter.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
COURT OF PRIVATE LAND oLATMs,
FEDERAL

Joseph r. Reed. of lows. CHIEF Jnstice.
AsacuIATE JUsTTCNs-WiN,ur F. stone. or
Colorado; Thomas O. Fuller, or North
carolina; William NJ. Murray, Of TeDnes-
see; Henry q. 'sluss. OF Kepsap.
Matthew q. REYNOLDS. Of Missouri. q. q.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-12
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN, Il, 1898.

soyylcIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
kITTERY TO CARIBOU.
One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

Novelty and Nonsense.
Hanson Gray, of Bangor, died Friday,
aged seventy years. He was for several
years foreman OF Holly Hose company.
He leaves wife and three daughters.
Patents have recently been granted to
Maine inventors as follows Charles A.
Mann, Bangor, means for draining car
roofs; Joseph NJ. Strout, Portland, dental
matrix retainer.
Mrs. Mary A. Stuart, aged eighty
years, who lived with her sister, Mrs.
Frank Macomber, at Dexter, was fatally
burned Thursday Her dress caught fire
from the kitchen stove. Her sister, re-
turning from moments call on a neigh
Dor, found her dead in the dooryard.
john Anderson, cook OF the schooner
"Olive Pecker", who was convicted last
December of the murder of Capt. Whit
man and Mate Saunders on the high seas,
is to have another trial. 1t has been
court and the case will come up before
that tribunal April IL.
The first day OF fishing at the Bangor
salmon pool resulted in the catch of two
good fish. The first WAS caught by George
Wiley, Of Veazie, at $50 a. M. The fish
weighed eighteen pounds. At noon the
second salmon was captured by w. w.
Fogg, OF Bangor. 1t weig he'd ten pounds.
The fish brought S1.25 pound.
The largest saw ever manufactured in
Maine was turned out at the establish
ment of M. Schwartzs Sons in Bangor
recently. 1t was sixty-six inches in di-
ameter, and was destined for Will
liam Engel & Co.'S mill in Orono.
Two more saws of the same size are now
being made for Morse & Co.'S mill in
Bangor.
A new wooden mill company is being
organized by Messrs. T. w. Beattie and
J. d. Beattie, of Oldtown. They are at
present connected with the Odtown
Wooden company. The plan is to build a
mill on the BodWell Water Power CO.
property at point on the river just be-
low the present site OF the Oldtown
wooden mill. The machinery fors Il four
set mill has already been purchased
and it is the intention to have
mill erected large enough to add two
more sets as business warrants
1t is believed among the Maine ice men
that higher prices will prevail the coming
season than for number of years. With
80 per cent. OF a full crop on the kenne-
bee, 80 per cent. on the Penobscot and
but 40 per cent. on the Hudson, there is
believed to be reason for this talk. The
stock on the kennebec is held almost
wholly by six or seven large concerns,
and great part of 1t has been put up on
contract to supply retail routes IN the
large cities. Very little can be called
speculative.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
M. E. MALONEY'S
I'D il a
OF THE
CARRIAGE BUSINESS.

OF THE

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
Hospitality Entertained in Portland
An Interesting Meeting.

An Interesting Meeting.
The Ellsworth delegates to the meeting
of the State board of trade in Portland
last week George II. Grant, F. ;. Lord,
and b. T. Sowe-report an interesting
meeting, and a hospitsble reception at the
hands of the Portland board
The business meeting was held in the
afternoon at the city council chamber.
Nineteen boards of trade were repre-
sented siXty-one delegates being present.
The topics as announced in The AMER
ICAN last week were ably discussed. One
of the most interesting discussions was
that of "'Our Merchant Marine; its Deca-
dence and Restoration, which was
opened in a comprehensive paper by Dep
uty Collector E. G. Plummer, of Bath.
Col. l. K. Stetson, of Bangor, presented
a resolution expressing, as the sentiment
of the State board of trade, hearty APP
prevail of McKinley's statesmanlike atti-
tude in the war crisis. The resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Banding presented resolution
calling for government aid for the Paris
exposition of 1900 with an appropriation
of not less than Il 100000. This was
unanimously adopted.
In the evening there was a banquet at
the West End hotel with the usual after
dinner speeches. Messrs. Grant and
Sowle spoke for Ellsworth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
Correspondence.
Strong Talk on Game Laws.
WEST FRANKLIN, April 2, 1898.

1SNS'
To the Editor of The american:
THE AMERICAN still persists that the
Illegal killing OF game in Hancock county
is great. 1t may be so, but doubt it. II
it is a fact, am not surprised.
In the first place | believe certain parts
OF the law are unconstitutional. If II man
legally comes i'll possession OF a deer he
has constitutional right to sell that deer
in any market he pleases, without inter
ference. If some poor mems boys bad
shot the COW moose as did those rIch
mems boys, would Mr.. Carleton have
used all the eloquence at his command in
their behalf? ! think not. Some of the
papers would have come out with haring
headlines, More Poschers Caught.
"Four Months in JAIL, etc.
Another reason why people are not
more interested in TINS so-Caied pro
lection OF game is that they are unable
to get into 1.-THE ring, aud are unable to
get any OF the stuff that makes the pro-
lection of game most dear.
Now II conundrum, hoping that Nj.
Carleto can answer: Why is it that lum-
berln8 crews are allowed to employ
hunters to shoot all the game they want,
some killing rs many rs one hundred
deer in Il winter, with wardens in the
vicinity, and no arrests made? OF COURSE
the werdens would not receive hush
money.
claim that the Illegal killing of game is
not per cent. as much in Hancock county
as in those counties where most Of the
money is received for the purpose of pro
lection. These commissioners and war
dens are themselves killing the goose
that lays the golden egg. Give us con-
stitutional law, one based on fairness,
with equal punishment for rich and poor.
Then complaints would be less, and the
great majority OF people would uphold
and respect 1t. I. r. Is.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
An Answer to "Bagaduce".

CASTINE, April 2, 1878.
To the Editor of The Americdn:
In your issue Of March 30 "Bagaduce"
asks a "pertinent question" in regard to
the meeting OF the Bagaddce District
Sunday school association.
The executive committee Of said dis
trict was not forgetful of its duty, and
arranged to hold a meeting at Castine
about The middle of February, but as the
time approached the measles spread In
Castine to such an extent that the town
schools and normal school We're practl-
cally broken up, and it would have been
foolish to call meeting under the cir
cumstances, which were understood
throughout this section OF the county
and, we presumed, in Brooksville, but it is
evident that they did not reach the ears
of "Bagaduce".
The memb ers of the committee will try
to do their duty as they see it,
CASTINE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
POISONED THEIR COFFEE
Demented Cherrytieid Servant Nearly
Murders Her EMPLOYERS.

Demented Cherryfieid Servant Nearly
Murders Her. Employers.
Isaac Phinemore and wife, of Cherry
field, had a narrow escape from death last
Tuesday by drinking coffee in which
Ruth Gray, aged sixteen, had placed Paris
green.
The girl had been employed in the
Phinemore family for some time. Re-
Gently she has developed symptoms of in
sanity. A short time ago she tried to
burn the house, but after setting fire to a
bundle of rags became frightened and
gave the alarm.
Soon after breakfast Tuesday Mr.. Phin-
emore was seized with vomiting and
severe pains in the stomach. While in
this condition the girl came and told him
that Mrs. Phnemore was ill and wanted
assistance. Hurrying to the house
he found his wife suffering from symp-
toms of poisoning. He at once admin
istered an emetie and sent for physician
but before his arrival Mrs. Phnemore
had begun to recover and by night was
considered out of danger.
1t was at once suspected that the girl
had put Paris green in the coffee, and
being charged with doing so, she con-
fessed.
Owing to the mental condition of the
girl it was decided not to institute Grim
inal proceedings, but to notify the town
of Harrington, where she has pauper
residence, to remove her from town and
provide for her safe keeping.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

boro, Tenn, Gentlemen. For many years
l have been a continual sufferer from
that most dreadful disease, chronic
catarrh. 1t spread to my lungs.
gave up hope of ever being
better. Took to my bed and was be-
lieved by my friends to be about to die.
thought would try Pe-ru-na. ! did
so and in a few DAYS felt better. have
continued to take it and am now practi-
cally well. Can do as hard days work
as any man. Yours truly. j. w. Draper"
Pe-ru-na unrelentingly seeks out ca
tarrhal poisons and exterminates them.
Pe-ru-na is sold by all druggists. Free
advice will be given any one who will
write DR.. S. B. Hartman, of Columbus,O.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY "NEMO".
[Copyrighted by Dave & Tabor. |

The demon that has been steadily and
relentlessly forcing Spain toward it's final
national plunge, is preparing to close the
compact, wherein SPAN as a nation four
centuries ago chose wealth rather than
wisdom, and pride rather than progress.
Even leaving out of consideration for
moment the present conflict in Cuba, the
evidences of certain national doom can
easily be read.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.
WEDNESDAY, April 6, lS9S


MAINE LAW RKGARDIHG WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
A bushel of Liverpool salt shall weigh 80
pounds, and a hushel of Turks Island salt shall
weigh 10 pounds.
The standard weight of a bushel of potatoes,
in good order and fit for shipping, is SO pounds.
The standard weight of a bushel of beans In
good order and fit for shipping, is 50 pounds.
Of wheat, beets ruta- baga turnips and peas, go
pounds; of corn, % pounds; of onions, -
pounds of carrots, English turnips, rye and
Indian meal, 80 pounds; of barley and buck
wheat, T. pounds; of oats, 81 pounds, or even
measure by agreement.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

To render the thought more definite |
will make three groups of Weaknesses,
anyone of which will be fatal to a nation
in the long run.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

Eczema, scald head hives, itchiness of the
skin of any sort, instantly relieved, permanent
ly cured. Doan's Ointment. At any drug
store.-Adut.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
COUNTY TAX FOR 1898.

The to assess the The
O in the
rated place sand timber rand land:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

"De man dat amt got muffin ter do,''
said Encle Eben, "ceppin ter kill time
gin rally needs mo- help dan de boss OBJ a
fac't'ry."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

Much more might be written, but why
multiply words? Spain is being hurried
to her doom by the binding forces within
her. Her brutality in peace and in war
make her unworthy Of kinship with the
sisterhood of progressive peoples. She rs
a survival of bloody times that have for
many nations long ago passed away. 1t
will indeed be a strange historic parallel
if the AngloS Saxon race that first cnrbed
her career in the western world, shepld
also be the one to finally expel her!
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06
Country Produce.
Beans.

Improved Yellow Eye, per bush. ......... :. 81
Pea, hand picked, per hu........... ....... 3.25
Peas:
Improved, per bu (seeeA.......... ..,-......2 20
Butter.
Creamery per Observation-Disclosures. -
Dairy 20 -
Cheese.
Best factory mew) per h .....,.........l24 l6
Best dairy new. ..........................l 10
Dutch 5tmportedJ .....- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Eggs.
Fresh laid, per doz ...z......... ............ IA
Hay.
Best loose, per ton..........., ....... 94lo
straw.
Loose ............. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. / as
Balct. 10 II
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

CONSUMPTION
Often Yields to That King of
Remedies, Pe-ru-na.
Pe-ru-na is the Greatest
Known Cure for Catarrh.
Consumption is Caused by Ca
tarrh of the Lungs.

sHE above
Swords tell
the whole
story. To
cure con-
sumption,
cure the
c 4 II S e -
C q t h..
Pei u-na
cures ca
tarrh and
s o cures
D II s u m p
on. r he
Dllowi ng
!, t t er will
iplain j t.
lf.tsGains-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

About the beginning of the sixteenth
century Spain, possessed of religious
fury adroitlv mingled with greed, expelled
the Jews and the Moors and contiscated
their property. 1t thus inflicted as severe
national injury to itself as France did
later when it drove out the lIuguenots;
for it stripped itself of its best farmers
and mechanics. In l6O9, believe, it gave
agriculture a further fatal blow by eXpel-
ling the Christianzed Moors. As a conse
quence the very basis of national prosper
ity is remarkably undeveloped in Spain.
The crudest implements are still in use,
and great regions that the Moors had
rendered productive, fell back to wilder
ness.
Similar short -sightedness characterized
her abroad. When Pizarro landed in Peru,
the strip of land fifty miles and more
wide, stretching from the ocean front to
the foot hills of the Andes supported
prosperous population of many hundreds
of thousands. The patient Peruvians had,
by vast irrigation works. made this sandy
desert blossom like the rose. In some cases
they had constructed aqueducts hundreds
of miles long, and even pierced noun
tains in order that this region might be
watered. The desert is once more tri-
umphant. The conquerors seeking and
esteemng those things only that could
be gained by the sword, neglected the
real essentials of prosperity, and to this
day the evil results are felt. Mexico was
similar victim The strange creatures
whom Montezuma ruled We're exceedingly
progressive. But their works and plans
and agricultural gains were scattered to
the winds by their bloodthirsty conquer
ors, and to this day the spiritless Peon
seems sunken beyond all hope of revival.
| Thus everyw here, at home, abroad, Spain
has prepared the way for her own undong.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-06

For centuries after the destruction of
the Roman empire by the Goths and Van
dals, the human intellect was practically
benumbed. A pail of darkness was over
all the mobiles We're almost as unlearned
as their serfs, and the serfs We're utterly
hopeless. Aspiration lay like a giant
chilled by the cold. But since that time
stimulation of thought has caused the
great heart of the world to throb with in
creasing power, until the feeling of a COM
mon humanity thrills in some degree even
those most separated by birth and wealth.
But against the tendency of the people
to think and act, hope and accomplish
the proud and stubborn spirit OF Spanish
graudeeiSm has stood ont resOlutelY. The
rising tide of human aspiration cannot be
withstood. If a government, even though
hodr with age or Crusted with heroic
deeds, tries to turn a deaf ear to the cry
of the poor for life and liberty, for educa-
ton and for hope, the cry will not die out,
but its pleading tone will be turned into
the fierce and fateful growl of cornered
beast.
Thus it has been with Spain. Far more
organized than nihilism in Russia, is
anarchism in Spain. The nation is honey
combed with lawless sentiments. The
men in power are under the hopeless ne
cessity of guarding against the home pop
ulation as if it We're an invading army.
No other government in Europe, not even
Russia, is in SO serious condition. Spain
stands revealed before the world as not
having controlled the growth of hope and
thought, but as having withstood it. The
inevitable disaster draws nearer each day,
and is not delayed by the fact that Span
ish statesmen welcome foreign eompllca-