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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

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bottle, which did
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me than all the
other medicine I
had ever taken.
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL.

Arthur Ilfeld refined from Santa
Rosa on the stage today.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Norris, re
cent arrivals from Louisville, went
out to the Hot Springs today.
Mrs. H. T. Unsell, who has been
visiting her parents here, expects to
return to her home in the Gate City
this evening if No. 2 arrives.
District Attorney Jerry Leahy OF
Ration was among the crowd that
came up on the Santa Rosa stage last
evening. He had been in Santa Fe.
Col. r. E. Twitchell, who had been
down to Albuquerque, was another
of the passengers on No. who reach.
ed the city via the Santa Rosa stage.
E. H. Salazar came up from Santa
Fe this afternoon. He came by train
to the burning bridge and took the
Santa Rosa stage back for the rest OF
the trip.
Territorial Secretary ]. w. Rey-
nolds and wife reached Romeroville
on No yesterday afternoon, and
were highly pleased at the oppcr-
tunity Of riding to the city in one oi
Dams hacks.
When L. M. Parke of Glenmora,
who was expecting his wife from Cal
ifornia on No. 2, learned the train
was caught on the wrong side OF
burning bridge. he engaged q hack
and drove down for the lady. The
young man, while awaiting with i'm
patience the arrival of his wife i'm
proved the time with the aid of his
sister Mrs. Elderkin. by decorating
his rooms at La Pension with flow
ers, fruit and greenery.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11
BIG STEEL PLANT
FOR BRUNSWICK, GA

BALTIMORE, Nd. April LEX
Senator McLauren of South Carolina,
in an iterview printed here, says the
Mohawk Valley Steel company, OF
which he is vice-president. has let
contracts for the building of an i'm
mense iron and steel plant at Bruins
wick, Ga, to cost $10,000,000. Presi-
ident of the Mohawk company is F.
Umstead of New York.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

Rev. Harriet r. Edwards in recent letter from Mt Pleasant Park
Ia,
which
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11
FRENCH TROOPS READY TO
QuElC BOXER TROUBLES.

Yokohama, April 11.-Advices from
Toxic say the governor of French In
do-China has again threatened to in
tervene in the Boxer troubles in the
Chinese province of Kwang ST, and
that Fren4h troops are ready to cross
the frontier.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

LOST OR STRAYED-A bay horse,
figure "8' on hip and white star in
forehead. Return to M. Maibeouf
and receive reward.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

Go and see Patty about new and
second hand heaters. Lots Of bar
gains. 10S-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

COMPTROLLEr OF CURRENCY
CALLS FOR BANK STATEMENTS
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE
comptroller of the currency has Us
sued a call for the condition of the
National banks at the close of bus
mess, April 9Th.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

The City Steam laundry guarantees
q beautiful finish to all work. Phones,
Colorado 80. Vegas 1876. 1922 National
street It'll
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

Il you wish to borrow money it
Will pay you to investigate the plan
Of the Aetna Building association. In
quire Of Geo. H. Hunker, Sec. 129-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11
MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK, April 11.-Close
prime mercantile paper 51a&6 pc
cent; silver, 49M.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11
AMBASSADOR PORTER
VIII NOT RESlG

PARIS, April lit is stated by
those having knowledge Of the facts
that Ambassador Porter has no pur-
pose OF resignins. The only plans he
has made are that after q short rest
with his daughter Elsie, at a point
near here. he probably will resume
his duties ct the ambassey.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

Cut rates on all grades Of photo
graphs at Ragan,s studio. 130-5t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

Get your garden tools at Gehrings
131-6t
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

The peoples paper-Ths Optic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-11

The peoples papsr-Ths Optic.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Cjrcumstantjal Evidence.

Last spring a truck farmer. who
raised large quantities of onions for
the market, was very much annoyed
by having the beds torn up and
plundered again rUl AGAIN. anvs tho
Philadelphia Ledger. he had good
reason to suspect that the culprlts
were some small negroes In the neigh
borhood. Especially did he suspect
one bright, ebony-hued boy named
Rastus. The farmer accused him sew
eral times of being the guilty one, but
each time he denied IL so stoutly that
he was not punished. One evening
on returning to his home the farmer
found Rastus sitting in his doorway
with a skunk which 40 had captured,
clasped tightly in his arms. The odor
which filed the vicinity was unmis.
taxable and penetrating. Rastus, see
ing the farmer approaching, ran
towards him c .erly shouting "Mistah
Jeems, Use cotch the chap what's bin
stealth yer onions, Whew!"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
LIKE a LITTLE QUEEN.
Three-year-oId American Girl, around
Whom Swing Golden Censers.

WhcHn oWilb SoiuSH SCHbSTS
One of the most fortunate of the
children of this century is Katherine
Duer Mackay, the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay.
With the prospects of one day possess.
ing $50,000,000 or more, little Miss
Mackay has started out in life like
veritable princess. She was born three
years ago on the 9Th of February, and
no royal infant could have handsomer
or costlier frocks and frills than this
baby girl possesses. Her christening
robe Of fine lace was valued at $500,
and gold and rare gems we're literally
heaped upon her tiny head. On each
Of her birthdays she will receive a
beautiful pear-shaped pearl. costing
not less than $4,000. SO that when
she Is 81 she will have a marvellous.
ly necklace worth s3l5,000.
Katherine Duer Mackay resembles
her mother very strongly, and now
that she has progressed beyond the
period Of swaddling clothes she looks
like genuine bit Of Dresden, so ex.
quisite is her colorng, SO delicate are
her features and so dainty are her lit.
tie frocks.
An entire suite of rooms is set aside
for this child's own use, both in the
town house Of her parents and in the
more spacious one at Roslyn, l.. l.
Her rooms are bright and airy, she
has trained nurses to care for her, u
French maid and nursery matron.
Her dainty frills and founces are done
up by her own special laundress; in
fact, this infant of millions reigns like
little queen.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
TOOK DEADLY RISKS
MEN OF SCIENCE EXPOSED TO
YELLOW FEVER.
To Determine Question Of contaelon,
Dr.. Cook and Assistants Lived for
Days In Infected Mosquitoes
Spread the Disease.

As the cause of yellow fever 10 un-
known. and as animals are immune to
this disease, It was necessary that all
experiments be conducted upon human
beings who. never having had the
fever, were therefore susceptible. In
order to test tho theory that mosqui.
toes convey the fever from sick to
healthy individuals, It was necessary
for the investigators to submit them.
selves and their volunteers to the bites
OF Insects known to have bitten yellow
fever patients. The investigation
went on, and these men exposed them
selves to certain infection until they
had proved beyond reasonable doubt
that the mosquito was q conveyer of
yellow fever.
An important question still remained
unanswered: Could the fever be con.
veyed by contact with clothing, or con.
tracted by sleeping In a house In
which yellow fever patients had died.
provided mosquitoes were excluded?
This question was tested in the follow.
Ing way: A small house was built,
consisting OF one room, 14x2O feet. II
was tightly ceiled and we'll battened
on the outside. II was provided with
two small windows, 26x34 inches, SO
placed as to prevent any thorough ven.
tilation within. In fact, everything
was done to invite infection, II this
were possible, without the aid OF mos
quitoes. Entrance to the house was
effected through vestibule arranged
after the manner Of an airlock In a
caisson, the vestibule being divided
in It's middle by screen door pro.
tected without by solid door and
having second wire door across the
inner entrance. The windows were
also carefully screened. When the
building was ready, three large cases
filled with soiled clothing from yellow
fever hospitals of Havana were opened
and DR.. X. p. Cook with two privates
OF the hospital corps entered the house
and closed the doors. then unpacked
these boxes, shock out the clothing
and hung it around the room. These
men lived here for twenty days. At
the end of that time they were placed
In quarantine for five days, but they
did not develop the disease. Further
experiments went on for sixty-three
days, and conditions were made still
more trying. but not single individ.
ual developed the iovar.
To settle the question How does a
house become infected with yellow
fever? second house was built, divid.
ed into two rooms separated by wire
screens. Everything In this house was
carefully disinfected by steam. and
then into the large room . number of
infected mosquitoes were introduced.
A susceptible individual entered this
room and permitted himself to be bit.
ten number Of times, and after three
days developed yellow fever Two
non.immunes slept in this house for
eighteen nights In the part Of the
room which was screened from mos.
quitoes and did not develop the dis
ease.-Dr. A. T. Bristow In The
Worlds Work.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
TOAST CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.
Resultant Benefits Said to be Immedl.
ate and lastjnu

Resultant Benefits Said to be Immedl.
ate and Lasting.
Many families that number dyspep-
tics among their members are now
taking what might be termed the
toast cure. toast being substituted for
bread at every meal In many cases
the good results have been rapid. A
woman Of my acquaintance has been
steadily improving. with fewer and
fewer attacks Of indigestion, since
her doctor recommended this simple
experiment. However, the toast
made in the ordinary way, that Ii
sogsy within and scorched outside.
will not benefit.
The bread must be thoroughly
dried out In the oven before toasting,
then brought to Q golden brown. Per.
haps more than one dyspeptic suffer.
er could trace the misery back to
soggy bread. Even second day
bread" is not dry enough for . deli.
cate stomach, and contrary to an err
roneous idea held by many. toast
(properly made) does not cause q
sluggish state Of the system or work
any other evil.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
JOHNNIE ON THE SPOT"
indian Baby Surely Was Entitled to
the cognomen.

indian Baby Surely Was Entitled to
the Cognomen.
Attorney Ben White OF Macon, NO.,
relates an incident which illustrates
the North American Indians rapid as.
similation Of American humor. 1.-THE
allotment rolls for the Chickasaws
were closed at midnight Sept. a." he
says. Children born after that hour
were cut out, but up to midnight every
male member Of the tribe was entitled
to $50 acres Of land, worth now about
$1,000. but which promise soon to be
worth many times that amount. The
evening Of the cath was an anxious
one for an Indian family dwelling not
far from the registry ONCE. An inter.
esting event was anticipated. The
watchers eyes were fixed on the
clock ~ the hands slowly but with
grim certainty crawled around to the
midnight hour. At exactly 11:40 a
brand-new Chickasaw of the male per.
suasion came into this sinful world.
The twenty minutes was worth 81 900
to the family. He was christened,
without any outside suggestion, John.
ME on the Spot have heard the
term used several thousand times.
but 1t never seemed to fit an event
rs strikingly as 1t did that one. There
were plenty Of witnesses to make afr
davit that Johnnie was born before
the 25th. and there was no difficulty
In proving up his claim of 800 acres
Of frst-class land"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Experiments of No Value.

All eggs have a parthenogenetic
tendency, which, as Boveri demon
strated at the last meeting of the Ger
man Society of Naturalists and Ply
sicians, disappears through degenera-
ton Of the controsoma. All that Prof.
Loeb Of Chicago did was to show that
this parthenogenetic tendency could
be stimulated in sea urchins by a nor
NAL salt solution. In certain infusoria
the process of formulation consists
essentially in subtle osmosis be-
tween the sexes. The experiments of
Loeb did not create life, but simply
stimulated blsexual generation at the
expense of parthenogenesis. These
experiments, therefore, demonstrate
nothing as regards the cause of life.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
THE INVENTOR OF VALENTINES
New England spinster Who First Cut
Fancy Paper Hearts.

Miss Esther Rowland Of Worcester,
Mass, invented the modern valentine
in 1S49. She never married, and died
about ten years ago. She was a
graduate Of Mount Holyoke seminary.
and her father had a small book store
and bindery. Wishing to add new
feature of the business, she took
stiff letter paper, scalloped andfringed
the edges, cut heart-shaped holes in
the corners, glued on colored pictures
that came with raisins, tea, ETC., put
around the pictures borders Of the
lace paper that was used on the in
side edges Of fancy boxes, and hand
painted q little verse on them. The
valentines found ready sale; busi-
ness men in New York and elsewhere
began to order them for the next year,
and 1t soon appeared that Miss How
land had developed real business.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Running as an Art and Exercise.

Running as an Art and Exercise.
Running. like many other things, is
an art. 1t is seldom an inspiration,
and to be performed properly should
be learned and practiced. A bad, I'M
tutored style is not only ungraceful.
but 1t prevents player doing the best
work Of which she is capable and
initiates against good plays as pow
erfully as anything can. A good free
style, on the other hand, which entails.
the full use Of all proper muscles,
gives girl additional peace and Sc
curity, with infinitely less exertion,
when once it has been acquired.
Moreover, 1t improves the carriage
and lends grace to all the movements.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
WAS HEARING 1T ALL.
Not Listening, But He Missed Little
Of the Conversation.

OF tne conversation.
She was on the street car, and her
girl friend was with her. She had a
shrill, catarrhal voice, and persisted
In telling her companion all the in.
nermost secrets Of her own and of her
relatives and acquaintances to the re-
hottest degree, in tone that filed
all the space not occupied by a dozen
fellow passengers. She was particul-
arly minute In the relation of the de-
tails attending the presentation of a
ring by Johnny d., whom she is TO
marry this spring"
This episode was finished as tho
car was nearing Cobbs creek. The
passenger who sat, in the seat ifu.
mediatey in front Of her, and wlo
had, in consequence of this proHimity,
been the chief sufferer. turned his
head toward the lady who would not
keep any secrets, and fixed on her n
look that eloquently said:
well, you've broken the record!"
She encountered the look, took In
the situation instanter, and retorted
promptly and incisively:
Are you listening to our converse
ton. sir?"
I'm not listening to 1t, miss" he
replied, in a distressed tone, but, by
thunder, I'm hearing II ALL"
Except for the occasional litter OF
his cosufferers, silence thenceforth
reigned supreme the remainder of that
trip-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Heroic Woman AboiItlonist.

Miss Sarah e. Sanborn, who died
at the age Of so last week in Hamp-
ton Falls. N. H., was once the heroine
of an exciting abolitionist adventure.
Her brother. Franklin B. Sanborn,
with whom she was then living, was
outspoken in his utterances and work
in support Of the abolition cause. An
attempt was made to kidnap him. The
hack In which he was to be carried
away was left standing at the door.
Miss Sanborn seized the whip and
dashed the horses till they ran away; ;
then she helped her brother to escape.
For this exploit the citizens of Con.
cord afterward presented her with a
pair Of pistols.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Secretary cortelyou's Pomradour,

Secretary Cortelyou Is one of the
few remaining men in public life who
affect the pompadour style of brush.
ing the hair, Fifteen or eighteen
years ago it seemed as II all mapkipd
had the pompadur craze. Nhcn
'Pompadour jim" cane Oh u-c stage
every sport that was sport wore
his bristles rampant, The style is
very becoming to Cortolyou, Il ena-
bles him in serious reflection to run
his fingers harrowlike over his head
without disturbing his contour.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Orua DRINKING In London.

The new license act In London has
brought to light the fact that a great
quantity OF drugs that cannot be
brought within the meaning OF the
act as intoxicants are drunk by PEG.
pie. upon whom 1t has the effect of
habitual drunkenness. Among things
that are thus consumed are methylat.
ed spirits and eau de cologne, and the
practice Is especially prevalent
among society people, chiefly women,
who would resent the imputation that
they were drunkards.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
NEVER SAW A HORSE
ALASKA INDIANS UNFAMILIAR
WITH MANS BEST FRIEND.
Tribe Of Matanuskls Knew No Beast
Of Burden but the Dog-Wandering
Member Amused at Seeing the AMI.
mails Eat Grass.

TT Ia hard to believe that there are
persons living in the western hemi.
sphere who never saw q horse" said
Quartermaster John F. Rice at the
Normandie, but such 10 the oase. i
well recollect when with the Aber.
crombie expedition In 1899 We found
ourselves one September Night several
hundred miles from nowhere. Just -
the sun was sinking over the Alaskan
range the camp was startled BY the
report Of rife.
I'VE sprang to our feet. prepared for
any emergency, when our native guide
discovered across the narrow valley an
Indian who had just brought down .
caribou. By the use Of signs and sig.
mails he was induced to come into
camp. After we had tanked him up
with strong tea and loaded him to the
guards with pork and beans his tongue
limbered up and, through one Of the
guides. he informed us that he was .
Matanuski, by the way, the fercest
Ing caribou. At the time we discov-
cred him he was $50 miles from the
encampment OF his tribe, which shows
that the fellow had his nerve with
him. He had never seen a horse and
our pack animals excited his curiosity
and wonder. He declared that no
member of his tribe had ever seen q
horse, all transportation in his coun.
try being conducted by dog teams
hitched to sleds In winter, and BY
pack dogs In summer. What amused
him most was to see the animals eat
grass, and every time they would grab
q mouthful of forage he would almost
90 into commissions, he thought It SO
funny. In an chronological sense the
Matanuskis resemble the Apache In.
dams Of our plains. They subsist on
the flesh Of the caribou and brown
bear, the counterpart of the Rocky
Mountain grizzly, and quite as fero-
cious, and are greatly feared by the
other tribes in Alaska because of their
fierce disposition and warlike nature.
Our guides, who were shore Indians,
seemed to be afraid Of the newcomer,
and he treated them with naughty con.
tempt. Whenever he would shoot a
fierce glance at them they would quail
like whipped ours, and stink away from
his sight.
I'VE found the shore Indians quite a
jolly lot Of fellows. Compared with
the Matanuskis they were quite so.
ciable and inclined to be obliging to
white people. When camped on the
Yukon quite recently I heard q small
band Of them singing the familiar
song, 'There'll Be Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight and that other ten.
der ditty. 'Goo-Goo Eyes Washing.
ton Star.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
ORIGIN OF NUNS HEAopREss.
First Placed on Pretty Head by Gal
liant French King.


First Placed on Pretty Head by GAL
liant French King.
Very few persons, says French
paper. know the origin Of the head
dress which SO many nuns wear. and
which hides NO much of their faces.
Il was formerly the custom for con-
vents to send nuns to the VARIOUS
cities and towns for the purpose OF
collecting aims. and as rule two
nuns. one old and the other young,
went to each place. They wore small
caps, and were popularity known a.
Swallows Of Lent"
On a certain Ash Wednesday two
of them succeeded In obtaining admis-
sion to the kings palace in Paris. and
though the monarch and his courtiers
were at dinner, they did not hesitate
to solicit aims from them. One OF the
nuns was very pretty, and the young
mobiles who were feasting cast such
bold chances at her that she blushed
with shame, whereupon the king rose
from the table, and. taking his nap
kin, folded It in two and placed In on
her head in such a manner that 1t
concealed her bushes. Ever since
that day, It Is said, this kind of head.
dress has been worn by nuns.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Offered His Card,

An amusing incident occurred in
Judge Galloway's court the other day
during the progress of a civil case,
says the Memphis Scimitar. One of
the litigants. a Beal street pawn
broker. Now, Mr.. -" said the
attorney turn your face to the Jury
and tell them your name and place
OF business The witness reached
into his coat pocket and drawing
forth well'worn bit of pasteboard,
said; Here vas mine card" Judge
Galloway was obliged to pound for
order.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
SHE CHOSE THE WRONG MAN.
Tale Told Of a D. A. r. Who Prded
Herself on Ancestry.

An amusing story is told by the
New York lress of the wearing Of
miniatures. A newly rich woman
who had seen her friends exploiting
great.grandmothers and grand.aunts
on ivory. blossomed forth with an
amazing portrait, surrounded by EN-.
eralds and pearls. and dangled her
new-found ancestor at the end OF a
costly chain. Mrs. Suddendough glib.
ly informed her friends that the man
with the inspired eyes and the shock
of glowing red hair was her paternal
grandfather. One day she was in q
gathering in Boston and eXultingly
displayed the portrait, telling the old
story. One bespectaced dame stared
and, after Mrs. Suddendough's de.
parture, she of the glasses said,
What do you think of that? It was
Patrick Henry's portrait and he was
bachelor!"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-05
Decries Statue Of Houston.

The statue OF Gen. Sam Houston Of
Texas, to be placed in the capitol at
Washington, Of which Miss Elizabeth
Ney is the sculptor. is to be dupli-
cate Of the statue which has just
been finished and placed in the capt.
tol at Austin. This statue represents
Houston as an Indian at a time when
he was living with the Cherokee tribe
after his self-banishment from Ten
nessee. Judge John H. Reagan, who
knew Houston intimately. is angry
over the Indian statue and in letter
protests against its duplicate being
placed in the national capitol