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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08
For $1,000 . side.

DETRorf Mich. Feb. 8--One of the
greatest how.ing matches in the history
of the country is that which is srhed-
uled to be PLAYED here tonight between
the All Star team of America and thb
Greater New York team The match
is for 1000 side. best four out of
seven Qanles.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08
May Eorfelt a Charter,

AUSTIN, Tex. Feb. San important
railroad suit brought by the state to
declare the charter of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas road forfeited, Is to
come up today. The state railroad
commissioners have had experts en-
ployed on the books for months and
willuse the evidence secured In the
trial today.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

CHICAGO. Feb. g.. Wheat = May
729<; July 7IH
Corn Feb, 3515; May S6%.
Oats.-Feb. 273s; May 2S2s9K.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

The dance Wednesday evening at
Rosenthal hall viii be progrslm dance.
There will not be dance Saturday
evening on account Of the ball being
engaged. 1877
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

J. B. Allen is local agent for the we'll
known Trout tailoring establishment,
successors to Peters 8 Trout, of Toledo;
Ohio. For a perfect tit, goods that
wsar and prices reasonable, see him.
-78-1 lot
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

edocation-in all ths ststzs, Invftiug
them to this convention to consider the
introduction of q military drill system
for public schools Of the United States
in the Interest Of patriotism, subordi-
nation and physical development.
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a S40o.o0o Blaze.

MINNEAPoLIs. Minn.. Feb. 6.-A
special from Winnepeg. Manitoba, says
I the Manitoba hotel and Northern Pa
selfic Offices burned last night. Loss
s400,0O0.
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Ian Maclaren comIna.

LONDON, Feb, 8-Dr. Watson. SO
we'll known under the nom de plume Of
HIan MacIarpn. isto sail for America
today. He will visit friends In New
Haven, where be will preach on the
10th. and he Will then begin his trans.
continental leetuFing tour. Only one
lpefuIe is TO be delivered in New York
and unp ii Brooklyn. His tour will
take him as far vest IS The Pacific
coast.
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Wants "a Know.

WAsfi1NGToN, Feb. S-'rhe control
Ter Of the currency has issued cell for
reports OF the condition of the national
banks at the close Of business Feb
ruary
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

The PREVIOUS QUESTION GAG
Noted Republican Leader Calls
Down Colleagues or OH
Fees and Schools.
EpOcH.MAKING DAY INPOlITts

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tha ss.,rns, ~ . NJ -o-.
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10 n.sssd :, rs,s,s, M y ~ sa~s y =
s,ect,no co.nt, ccre ro,s.,~ssrs I, ,'' ~ - =
msn,he,s ~ ,hs rasss,,.,s. s,ss :
rsnortsd ~ = y NJ 81 80 ss,sr :
h,,l .tha mir, mamie, M, parns ~, !
bs,ao ah,a q as,eod ~ ,nss,;nos ~ q
the corm,,tsa 0osmso,esr ~ ~
nsro raeoo rosod,na ~ nssssrs : ), os'tha VI
bilI with an amendment raiaing ~
salar,as a. connfv comro,sa,onsra ,o'
connsiea of fha t,rst.c,asa' ffan, AKA, r.
seso pey annsm whieh amendment.
however was later withdravn M
Riehardson the Democratic member a.
tha committae renorted against fhe
nassaoe of the hill On motion az M.
Hughes the rules were suspended and
the bill taken IN for consideration.
Mr. Richardson moved to- .adopt the
minoritv report Mr. Catron fhavino
been SO long at Washingtopl asked for
information as to what the salaries
were prior to January flrst. After much
wrangIinS a recess was taken while the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

Don't forfeE that merchants lunch
and snecial supper. 25c. st the Opera
House cafe Tns proof of Ehe pudding
e u the eating. bI-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08
EAeAN ON TOP.
ANOTHER BLIZZARD.
Leadvllle Gets 1t and Railroads
Are Again Blockaded.

LEADvILLE, Colo, Feb. S.-Another
blizzard is prevailing here today and
the railroads are again blockaded east
and west of this city.
ST. LOUIS SUFFERS.
ST. LOUIS, No., Feb. 8.-The cold
spell reached the climax at 8 a. N. to-
day WHEEL the thermometer at the
weather bureau observatory touched
degrees De ow zero
KANSAS CITY, TOO.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 8. Northwest
ern MlssourIfhs morning experienced
the cuIdest weather in the history of
that portion Of the state. Marysyille
reported % degrees bel,w zero In
Kansas City it was below
SOME COLD WEATHER.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. Feb. Ss-The tempera-
ture reached IL below 10 Chicago today
with Is below predicted for tonight. St.
Paul. Mimi, reports % below; Bis
marck, N, D, S6 below, and Winston,
N. d.. 40 below,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The war in
vestigating commission report will be
in the hands of President Mckinley TO-
morrow. The report dismisses the
charges again st the beef furnished the
army. 1t finds that most of the beef
was such as could be properly furnished
as an emergency ration and never was
intended to be any thing else. 1t says
that only two witnesses really testified
against the beef, Gen. Miles and Major
DAILY, chief surgeon. The commission,
1t Is further Understood, points out
mass of evidence submitted TO the
contrary as offsettIDg this testi-
moay The structures of Miles,
made public on the beef and bis public
expressions in other ways, are subjected
to severe criticism. The methods and
manner of loading the transports in
Skaters Cuban expedition are also dis
cussed and the responsibility placed
for results. As to the conduct of the
war the conclusions are that everything
possible was done by the war depart
ment in the limited time it hau to make
Preparations. Thereport says the con-
duct of the war is worthy of great
COMMEMORATIVE; that Secretary Alger
exercised proper diligence. His sub
ordinates were also efficient, experienced
and faithful.
EAGAN ON TOP.
1t was learned at the war department
today that although General Eagan has
been suspended without rank or duty,
he still remains commissary general of
A. n = -
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Money Market.

New YORK. Feb. 3.-Money on call
Hominally 21S@3 per cent. Prime mer
camille paper, 2s4@3A per cent.
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IN QUEER COMPANY,

Mr.. Catron and his two Democrats
supporters voted in the negative.
Messrs. Ancheta and Bursum tried to
amend the bill placing the salary OF
county school superintendent In coun-
ties of the secoR class at 5000 instead
Of $500, but were defeated in both at.
tempts by vote Of 8 to 5.s At this
point, Mr.. Catron stated that Mr.
Burns was opposed to the bill and had
ask ed to be paired with some mamber
10 favor of the bill, bat be had so far
been unable toso pair Mr., Burns, at
which the honorable president, Col
Chaves, knowing. no doubt, that the
bill was all right, said be would pair
with Mr.. Burns. 50, under the pre-
vious question, which was brought for
ward to prevent Mr.. Catron. from dis
cussing the bill, the high salary act
passed, 7 to 3,-Catron aud his two
Democratic supporters in the negative.
as before. It now goes to the governor
and will become a law
IL e. .f7.t
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Santa Fe's shooting scrspe.

New YORK, Feb: S.--ASilver 5s3S
Lead, S4.30.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

But little business was transacted id
the house, which only held morning
Isession.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-08

narRgN5 $500 shoe satin calf skin uHpels machine sew
VEUO tipped toe best shoe ever sold $500 O. 90
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Phrases OF Aneet,onate Directing.

There is a tender sweetness about
one of our common phrases of affec
tionate greeting, simple and unobtru-
sive as they are, which falls like dew
upon the heart. Good night" the lit
tie one lisps it as she toddles off to
bed. Sisters and brothers exchange
the wish; parents and children; friend
and friend. Familiar use has robbed
it of it's significance to some of us;
we repeat it automatically without
much thought. But consider. We are
as voyagers put off from time to time
upon an unexplored sea. Our barques
of life set sail and go onward into the
darkness; and we, asleep on our pill
lows, take no such care as we do when
awake and journeying by daylight. OF
the perils of the night, whatever they
may be, we take no heed. An unsleep-
ing vigilance watches over us, but IL
is the vigilance of one stronger and
wiser than we, who is the eternal
good. Good and God spring from the
same root and are the same in mean
ing, Goodbye" is only God be with
you" Good night is really God
night" or God guard the night" II
would be a churlish household in
which these genue forms of speech
We're ignored or did not exist. Alike
the nappy and the sorrowful day by
day say Good nightl"-American He.
brew.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
SPANISH OLIVES
Come from Spain, with the Exception
OF Those from California.

Come from Spain, with the Exception
of Those from California.
Washington Star: although olives
are now quite extensively grown in
Southern California the bulk of the
edible fruit comes from Spain, from
which country there are about 5000
casks of olives annually imported into
the United States" said large i'm
porter of olives. THE fruit varies in
size from 210 to the nielo, which is two
and one-ffth pounds, up to olives as
large as sixty or seventy to the nielo
Very few olives are nowadays shipped
here in bottles. They come in casks
and are repacked by the importers in
kegs or fancy jars and bottles for dis
tribution to the retail trade The olive
is very profitable fruit to grow, mas
much as an orchard of well-developed
trees practically requires little or no
care. Its fruit can be gathered and
cared for by the most simple and prim-
tive means and the oil and pickles
easily kept and transported 1t is not
hHOWA uOn iOh5 d SOOQ Olif6 tlS6 Will
continue to bear fruit in profitable
quantities, but there are today in Spain,
Italy and France trees bearing bounti-
fully at the age of $50 years. The olive
trees bear equally we'll in the valley
or on the mountain sides, but those on
the lower ground furnish the finest
fruit and richest oil. The trees yield a
large crop once in two years. In the
month of September the fruit begins to
turn blush black, but it is not fully
colored and ripe till October. 1t is
often attacked by small maggots, such
as are found in cherries, and then it
falls from the trees; but, though the
olives are partially spoiled, they are
picked off the ground and an inferior
kind of oil is made from them. The
consumption of olive oil in this coun-
try amounts to about $4,000 gallons
yearly. OF that quantity nearly 100, 900
gallons is the product of California
and the remaining $50, 900 gallons come
from Spain, Italy and France. Thou
sands of gallons of olive oil are adul-
terated with peanut, cotton seed and
poppy oil, and the article is sold
throughout the United States as a
cheap substitute for the genuine OIL"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

Academy, graduating in 1859. He was
Immediately dispatched to the coast
OF Africa on one of the vessels en-
gagged in the suppression Of the slave
trade. While still ranking as midship-
man. he was appointed acting master
Of the Mystic, and attracted public at
tention to himself when he brought to
the United States captured SLAYER, the
Triton, with crew OF ten men.
He was commissioned lieutenant on
the 31st Of August, 1861, and was as
signed to the north Atlantic blockad-
ing squadron from 1861 to 1866. AT
both of the memorable attacks on Fort
Fisher he was present on the Santiago
de Cuba, and when the successful as
sault on the fort was made on the 18th
of January, 1865, he was to be found
at the front, leading the men on that
vessel. On Aug. 5, 1865, he was adj
vanced to the Office of lieutenant-com-
mander. In 1870 he was stationed at
the Charleston navy yard. and again
in 1872. He became commander Dec.
~, 1872, and on March 4, 1886, he re-
ceived the rank of captain. He was in
command Of the Trenton at the Pa
cific station when that fateful hurri-
cane swept over Apia, in Samoa, on
the 10th Of March, 1889, demolishing
even the most powerful vessels by
throwing them violently and with stu
pendous force against the rocks, and
causing the loss of hundreds of lives.
Capt. Farquhar's good seamanship.
daring and great presence OF mind were
shown very strikingly on that occa-
sion, for he extricated his vessel from
the harbor and put out to sea, while
all around him vessels under skillful
management were being wrecked and
their men drowned by the hundreds.
His crew of 45O officers and men es-
capped without the loss Of a single life.
He was made member of the light
house board, and later appointed chief
of the bureau Of yards and docks In
the navy department. The Massachu-
sets Humane society awarded him
gold medal for his gallant conduct at
Apia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
AN ABYsSINIAN SHRINE.
One Dedicated to the virgin Mary In
MeneIek's Dominions.

| DR.. Koettlitz, who accompanied Mr..
Weld-Blumdell and Lord Lovat in
their recent expedition to Negus Men
elek's country. made a journey to Zu-
quala, the famous sacred mountain,
which, he believes, was never before
yisisted by an Englishman. His de-
| scription of the trip is reprinted from
the London Times. Mount Zuquala,
the mysterious sacred mountain of
Abyssinians, is forty miles from the
capital. It is 10000 feet high, and in
the form of truncated cone. At its
summit and in the crater is a remark
| able lake S4 of mile long, which is
veritable Abyssinian Lourdes or Pool
Of Sloan. 1t is the belief of the ma
tives that bathing in its waters will
cure all diseases. Close by are some
springs dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
According to the popular idea, barren
women need only drink of these foun-
tains to lose their sterility. The wa
tiers are regarded with the greatest
worship and must on no account be
SAAPAOtC0 All SOOhluS III any ObnCk
useful purpose. saw quite number
of diseased creatures round the lake
shore crawling about or being carried
on filters. The whole mountain
both sides and the crater-is densely
wooded The place Is studded every
where with hermits' huts, each of
which is inhabited by holy men, who
live separate lives of extreme auster-
ity Also, hidden away in the for
ests, are large number of churches.
got into the good graces of the
hermits by somewhat curious means.
| was being shown over one of the
churches, which are plentifully adorn-
ed with cheap colored Biblical pic
lures, made in Germany, when a priest
with great awe, drew my attention to
gaudy representation of st. George
and the dragon. l endeavored to ex-
plain that st. George was the British
as well as the Abyssinian patron saint,
but the good men were very dubious
until | hit upon the idea of producing
a sovereign. This at once convinced
him of the truth of my statement, and
proved to their complete satisfaction
that was a Christian of very high
order. The whole mountain is curl
Gus in the extreme. / was shown one
tree with three trunks, united at the
case, which is regarded as an emblem
of the Trinity and is hung with human
hair and all sorts of trinkets. There
are, too curious crannies between the
perpendicular rocks, through which 1t
is an act of devotion to squeeze one
self. The sides of these apertures are
highly polished and covered with
grease by reason of the religious ac-
tivity of diseased pilgrims"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
A "REMINISCENCES OF JIM.
He Was Sorry That 1t Was Grlzzl.
Rear

He Was Sorry That 1t Was Grizzly
Bear
Jim was a born journalist and he
lever could forget the ruling passion,
said the night editor, as he thrust the
back of his chair into the holes in the
plastering behind him, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. "Is he dead?"
asked the cub reporter. He's as good
as Dead" said the night editor. His
uncle left him fortune and he's quit
the profession. Lordy, how lonesome
he'll bel When he'd been with us
year or two the old man let him write
the editorial paragraphs and do the
obituaries. There couldn't have been
greater contrast. Jims paragraphs
were just bubbling over with fun, while
his obituaries were the regular cut
and-dried funereal thing, as dismal as
a country churchyard on winter day.
Jim loved to stick to the hackneyed old
terms when he wrote his obituaries,
and the one he never failed to lug in
on every possible occasion was the
grisly hand of death. 1t was laid
upon, or was stretched forth in the
community or fell heavily or did
some other characteristic act. Any
way, it was always on hand when Jim
needed it. And, by George! it nearly
cost him his job. The old man had
friend who went hunting out in the
Rockies and got into close quarters
with a grizzly bear and was knocked
into kingdom come with one blow of
the brute's paw Well, the old man
sent for Jim and told him to write up
the obituary in his best style. So Jim
waded in. He got along beautifully
until he finished the account OF the
struggle with the bear. Then the rul-
ing passion was too strong for him.
1t got all mixed up with the para
graphic instinct. And, by Georgel he
closed the account with sentence be-
ginning like this: The grizzly hand
of death has been laid upon our
friend!'" What did the old man
say?" chuckled the cub THE old man
was hot to his very bald spot" said
the night editor. He called Jim up
to him and gave him redhot Jericho
right off the bat. I'm sorry said
jim Sorry for what?' roared the old
man. Sorry it was a grizzly said
Jim. And that was the end of it. Poor
old JIM"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
three and some with four toes, and
deer, together with various bones and
teeth Of the animals named.
Two Famous Growers.

Mr.. Augustus Hare has known
great many distinguished men and
women, and it is curious to see, in
an interview which a contributor to
the London Daily News recently had
with the well-known writer and ar
fist, how some of the great men of the
past used to growl. Carlyle, of course,
was notorious; Tennyson only little
better. The exquisite poem, Crossing
the Bar" grew out of Tennyson's
growl. He had been very i'll, and one
day when he was conyalescent, was
xsfll sitting grumbling. Suddenly his
nurse said to him: You ought to
be ashamed of yourself, Mr.. Tenny-
son. You ought to be expressing your
gratitude for your recovery from a bad
illness by giving us something. by CIV
ing it to the world" Tennyson, with
out replying, went out, and straight
away wrote Crossing the Bar" and
brought it to the nurse as a peace-of-
fering. Carlyle's savage side was
shown in something Tennyson told Mr..
Hare. Browning one day left copy
of his new poems at Carlyle's house,
and Carlyle said to Tennyson: What
did that fellow mean by leaving that
cart-load OF stones at my door,"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
WHY WE OPEN THE MOUTH.
Attention Sign Which Is Survival Of
Primitive Life,

Primitive Life.
Hiram NJ Stanley advances a new
explanation of the tendency to open
the mouth In surprise and astcnish-
ment. Darwin attributed this tendency
to the intuitive desire for quietness
and ineffectiveness of breathing and to
mere relaxation of the muscles, says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat. Mr..
Stanley finds deeper organic reason
viz, that the open mouth is the at
tention sign and is a primitive and con-
slant reaction with the young Of many
animals for the reception Of food
for example, with birds. Any sound
or other stimulus Immediately causes
the young bird to extend its mouth.
With young infants the same influence
has often the same effect. The mouth
OF the infant under such stimulation
usually assumes the sucking form. and
its smile when the finger is pointed at
it may be either nascent or degraded
sucking. Mr.. Stanley maintains that
the common and highly useful tend
ency of the very young to open the
mouth to all stimuli, visual, aural, ETC.,
continues as a survival in after life, be-
ing especially brought out with stim-
uli of high intensity and unusual quail
lty, and thus becomes a mark OF sur
prise and establishment. 1t is a habit
very common among boys and girls to
open the mouth under any attention.
The rise of smiling and laughter as
connected with wit and humor-at the
basis of which lies surprise-thus de-
clares itself as kind of attention ex-
preston. Assuming that the primary
expression Of the mouth is a feeding
expression, and that this probably has
been modified and evolved in connec-
ton with a variety of attention phe-
nomena. Mr.. Stanley suggests that il
would be worth while to make a de-
tailed study OF expression in infants
and young animals with this point in
view.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
GREAT PRESENCE OF MIND.
1t Is Psyche logically Interesting" from
Another Point of View

1t is Psyche logically Interesting" from
Another Point of View.
Describing the accident to a party OF
tourists while ascending the Schneeb-
leg in Austria when a rope-railway
wagon ran eff the line and fell, with
its occupants, about sixty feet, Herr
Won Ompteda, the German novelist,
who broke rib, wrote to a friend as
follows, says the London Daily News:
1T is psychologically interesting that
none of us screamed as we fell. knew
exactly what to do. l waited until the
wagon was in the middle OF its fall and
then, crossing my arms over my head,
jumped off sideways, for my first
thought was-before all, don't get I'M
der the wagon! The violinist (who
was killed. was standing near me,
clinging convulsively to the wagon and
| was just about to cry to him, Let
loose!' But it was too late. Singularly.
I felt sure that my wife was safe.
somehow believed she had not fallen
and l wanted to stand up and give her
a sign. But could not move. All at
once she bent over me, with blood run
ming out of her mouth, and cried: Mon
petit, es-tu mort?' I said, No, l can
move but l could not move. My
glorious wife thought only of me and
not for moment Of herself. Her left
side is frightfully torn and bruised,
but she is brave and keeps up. am
obliged to lie still. So, enough" Is
this not 'psychologically interesting"
from another point of view?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Well Supplied,

In the negro colonies of the British
colonial empire the extension of educa-
ton has had one incidental result
which, it is to be hoped, will not be
permanent. The creole youth begin to
despise agriculture, and commonly
wish to become parsons, lawyers or
doctors. A British judge once over
heard conversation which is an
amusing commentary on this tendency.
First Old Man-"Yer sons a big boy
and must do something for Twin. You
hab min to make his liyer?" Sec
ond Old Man-"No liver. No, my min
amt glib me TO dat. Me no like de law.
has cousin in Berbice Jail TO cut
tin she fadder; anoder one in Massa-
rum for stealing COW; anoder one in
de sea-wall gang. No; dere's law
enough in de family already"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

a different race of animals. Perhaps
the most conspicuous characteristic OF
the ordinary camel is its extreme slow
ness. Nothing on earth will ever in
duce it to hurry. A $40 note will buy
a very fair specimen, but for mehart,
or racing camel, five or ten times that
sum is required to effect a purchase
The racer, however, can be depended
on for nine or ten miles an hour, and
kept up for sixteen or seventeen hours
almost without stop. The pace in a
camel race is generally fast and furious
at the beginning, when all the animals
are together and seem to realize that a
contest is in progress.