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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

The lew ont n all talk OF
a canal through the lake and republic
OF Nicaragua will be abandoned.
The American Canal.
II a title Is obtained from the pres.
ent new government Of Panama and
the sum of $40. 900, 900 in cash or bonds
be paid over to the present French
company. there is no reason why the
American government can not obtain
possession, by transfer. or the conces.
sion from the new government.
II the work Is commenced at once
within a period Of even years Il
should be completed. The principal
obstruction In the undertaking will
be the great floods from the Charges
river. which empties directly into the
canal, and which must be diverted
elsewhere 10 insure success.
The Bohio dam. which will be 3d.
$40 feet In length, 20 feet wide on the
top and Its height above the lowest
part OF the foundation. will be a most
considerable undertaking. The cost Of
this work alone will be from six and
onc.half 70 seven million dollars. In
addition to these two big pieces Of
work, a cut. known as the .culebra
Cut Of I IL miles IN length, with a
depth Or nearly 800 feet at highest
point, $50 feet wide at the bottom and
slopes of one 10 one, will have to be
excayated. and II Is estimated TO cost
some forty-iye million dollars. A
double step of locks will have 10 be
constructed, having a lift Of So feet
What the Canal Would Mean.
These constitute the principal work
TO be carried out and which when com
pieied will open this route 70 the
world as the most direct and without
change Of ship for passenger or cargo
between the eastern and western hem
~ispheres.
The terminal sites. Colon and Pan.
ANA must be improved as regards
wharfage and sanitation. This will
ali come as the canal Is being con
structed. and there can he no doubt.
as things arc nov gonig. that not.
withstanding The opposition Of sena
Tor Morgan and othIrs. the Panama
canal will be an accomplished fact
within sever years and will be CON
structed by the people Of the United
states.
When finished Il is calculated that
the journey through will be accom-
plish By the largest vessels aioat In
from len % eleven hours, thus saw.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24
THURSDAY. DECEMBER cath. 1909

The committee on insular affairs N
the national house o. Representatives
reported fayorabiy ! bill giving Porto
Rico i delegate in congress.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

There il some opposition among
the people OF Panama to the ac-
tion OF the government which Is try
ing 10 have a constitution adopted as
quickly as the canal treaty was sign.
ed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

Alaska has already chosen It's dele'
gates % the republican national c9n'
vention and they are instructed to
vote for President Rooseyelt's nomlna
tion.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

! Stamp collectors MAJ be aet 10 look.
~ Ing over their old albums by the re
49, ported discovery Of a $1,000 stamp IN
-, . Glasgow collection. The fortunate
"a. posscssor has not collected since
- 1864 but keeps his old books as a
souvenir Of boyhood. Not long ago
w" a who was looking over theii
pages happened 10 catch sight OF a
stamp which she recognized as worth
q small fortune. II IS what collectors
cali a ed Manritius.e and owes rs
great value 10 q mistake OF the engray.
- c'' e.. ~ho substituted epostofice" for
'efAts postpaid II Is one oi the rafcst
v's'u stamps esisnt. A stradisarius fiddle
ner II $1,000 seems cheap enough when
'otd the same price Is paid for a mIaprint
hh on q Bit Of coIored paper less than m
y nsinch square.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

The terrible wreck Of last night viii
make Christmas a day of mourning In
hundreds of homes throughout the
land.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24


Sam Jones of Toiedo did a gpUt
thing when. In The midst Of a talk with
some visitors in the mayors omcl
Friday. he arose and Gu, out Of ]
chart on The wall the abbreyiatlor
Hon" which was printed before hi
name. and threw the bit o. paper In,
the cuspldor. Newspapers that dis
pense with frills have long since Gu
out Hon" in their mention Of sen
ators. representatives and other on
ciaIs. as a piece OF Stiffness. The oni,
effective place 20 use IL is when quo
tatlon marks are placed ON either side
as In the case Of certain statesmen
Springfield Republican
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

We have one good square piano for
sale cheap. Call and see IL at CO
lumbino Music Co. 1916
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

SEQ lne street bags Of real leather
In schaefer.s show window Hand.
some present for your lady. 1881
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

For i useful and elegant gift get
an Ideal fountain pen at schaefer.s.
1884
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

Mrs. Wigs u the Cabbage Patch
fully Illustrated at Mrs. Warnings.
1921
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

Prayer books al Mrs. warnings,
1881.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

Meeting Of the board or directors o.
the Commercial club this evening
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

Turner's meats are tho choicest.
l2.is
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

Ranch eggs ut rapcn's-Phone III
1923
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

According 20 Senator Depew there
are 100000 mlllionaires In the United
States.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24

Nuts for Xmas al picks. i,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-24
DISCUSSES
PANAMA CANAL
Concluded From Page Two.)

etc. that can be utilized to start the
work again, and as matters stand to-
day there seems to be little doubt
that work will be In full swing within
the next few months and all talk Of
a canal through the lake and republic
OF Nicaragua will be abandoned.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13

promised solemnly and have always
kept my word, as this true gracious
woman, so full of faults and beauties,
virtues and failings, has ever since that
day and moment kept hers. 1t seemed
that my love, or what l supposed was
love- left my heart at once, frozen in
the cold CLINT of her eyes as she smiled
upon my first avowal, somewhat as dis
ease may leave the sickened body upon
a great shock. And in its place came
the restful flame of friends love,
which so softly warns without burning
But the burning! There is nothing in
life worth having compared with it for
all its pains and agonies. Is there?
Nov, if you must love somebody"
continued the princess, "there is Lady
Jane Bolingbroke, who is beautiful and
good and admires you and, | think,
could learn to- But here the lady in
question ran out from behind the dra-
peries, where, l believe, she had been
listening to it all, and put her hand over
her mistress mouth to silence her.
Don't believe one word she says, Sir
Edwin" cried Lady Jane. 'If you do,
l never will like you" The emphasis
on the will held out such involuntary
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13

promise In case 1 did not believe the
princess that l at once protested total
want of faith in single syllable she
had said about her and vowed that
knew it could not be true; that l dared
not hope for such happiness.
You see. l had begun to make love to
Jane almost before | was off my knees
to Mary, and therefore | had not been
much hurt in Mary's case. | had suf-
fered merely touch of the general cpl
demic, not the lingering, chronic disease
that kills.
Then l knew that the best cure for
the sting which lies in luckless love
is to love elsewhere, Il; Il Jane, as she
stood there so petite, so blushing and
so fair, struck me as quite the most
pleasing antidote l could possibly find,
so | began at once to administer to my
self the delightful counter irritant. 1t
was a happy thought for me, one Of
those which come to man now and
then and for which he thanks his wits
in every hour of his after life.
But the winning of Jane was not so
easy matter as my vanity had
prompted me to think. | started with
a handicap. since Jane had heard my
declaration to Mary, and had to undo
all that before l could do anything
else. Try the same thing yourself with
a spirited girl, naturally laughter low
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13
AS TO
APPEARANCES
"Old Gorgon Graham" Advises His
Son About Clothes
From Letters From Self Made Mer-
chant To HIS SON." BY George
Horace LOrimcr

Dear PierrepOnt-That order for a
carload of SpOtless Snow Leaf from
old Shorter is the kind of back talk
like. We can stand little more of the
same sort of sassing. l have told the
cashier that you will draw thirty a
week after this, and | want you to
have nice suit of clothes made and
send the bill to the old man. Get some
thing that won't keep people guessing
whether you follow the horses or do
buck and wing dancing for living.
Your taste in clothes seems to be last
ing longer than the rest of your col
lege educa ton You looked like young
widow who had raised the second crop
Of daisies over the deceased when you
were in here last week.
OF course clothes don't make the
man, but they make all of him except
his hands and face during business
hours, and that's a pretty considerable
area Of the human animal. A dirty
shirt may hide pure heart, but it sell
dom covers a clean skin. If you look
as If you had slept in your clothes,
most people will jump to the conclusion
that you have, and you will never get
to know them well enough to explain
that your head is so full of noble
thoughts that you haven't time to both
er with the dandruff on your shoulders.
And If you wear blue and white striped
pants and red necktie you will find
it difficult to get close enough to dea-
no N tad 70 OF h 70
BILE, even If you never play for any
thing except coffee or beans.
Appearances are deceitful, l know,
but so long as they are there's nothing
like having them deceive for us In
stead Of against us. I've seen a 10
cent shave and 8 cent shine get q
thousand dollar job and a cigarette
and a pint Of champagne knock the
bottom out of million dollar pork
corner. Four or five years ago little
Jim Jackson had the bears in the pro-
vision pit alternating and living on
their own fat till one morning, the day
after he had run the price of mess
some one saw him drinking a small
bottle just before he went on change
and told it around among the brokers
on the floor. The bears thought jim
must have had bad news to be bracing
up at that time in the morning. Sc
they perked up and everlastingly sold
the mess pork market down through
the bottom of the pit to solid earth
There wasn't even a grease spot left
of that corner when they got through
As 1t happened, Jim hadn't had any
bad news. He just took the drink be
cause he felt pretty good and things
were coming his way.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13

has said, becomes an Obligation" He
looked straight into the girls eyes as
he said this. and his gaze was altogeth-
er too strong for her, so the lashes fell.
She flushed and said, with a smile that
brought the dimples:
81 thank you. That is real compli-
ment" Then laughingly: much better
than extravagant comments ON ones
skin and eyes and hair. We are going
to the queen at the marble landing.
Will you walk with us, sir?" And they
strolled away together, while the other
girls followed in a whispering, laugh
ing group.
Was there ever so glorious a calm
after such storm?
"Then those NEUROLOGICAL compli-
ments," continued Mary. Don't you
dislike themT'
~ can't say that have ever received
many, none that recall" replied Bran
Continued on page ~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13

DR.. David Kennedy's Salt Rheum Cream cures
OLD Sores, Skin and Scr0ful0us Diseases. 60c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13
Doan's
Kidney Pills
Cure every kidney ill from
Common backache to diabetes.

Mr.: Joseph Clewley, of AZ Church street.
bookkeeper for J. Il. Knox Il Co. Lynn.
Mass, manufacturers of dies and cutting
Tools, says: Il used several prescriptions
from physicians, trying to get relief from
attacks of backache The pain was in the
region OF the kidneys, and the medicine
but 1t always returned. If 1 took cold It
was always worse, and at such times I
was downright sick. l had a severe attack
ana USED Doan's Kidney Pills. The first
box relieved me great deal. Continuing
the treatment short time longer | was
entirely cured, and have had no return OF
the complaint"
For sale by all druggists; so cents pen
pox. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13
IT MATTERS NOT
How Sick You Are or How
Many Physicians Have
Failed to Help You.
Dr.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
will Cure You if Cure is Possible.

Doctors are not infallible and there are
many instances where they have decided
q case was hopeless and then the patients
astonished everyone by getting well and
the sole cause of their cure was DR.. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. A case in
point Is that of James Lettuce OF Cana
3oharie, N. Y, who writes:
Some years ago was attacked with pains
In my back and side that were fearful in the
extreme. could not control my kidneys at
all and what came from them was mucous and
blood. was In terrible state and suffered
intensely. A prominent physician OF Albany,
N Y, decided that an operation was all
that would save me. dreaded that and COM
penced to take DR.. David kennedys Fayorite
I had taken about two bottles, the flow from
the bladder was much cleaner, the pain stop
ped. and was saved from the surgeons knife
and am now WELL"
DR.. w. H. Morse, the famous physi-
dan of Westfeld, N. J., has this to say
Of this great medicine:
IL have known 1t to cure chronic infam-
nation OF the kidneys, where the attending
physician pronounced the case incurabe."
No form of kidney, liver, bladder or
blood disease, or the distressing sickness
% so common to women, can long with
stand the great curative power of this
famous specific. Its record of cures has
made 1t famous in medical circles every
where.
It Is for sale by all druggists in the
Now so Cent Size and the regular
q 90 size bottles-less than a cent dose.
Sample 6oftis-snonsh for trial. free BY mail
Or. David Kennedy Corporation, Rondout, N. Y.
Dr. David Kenuedy's Salt Rbeum Cream cures
OLD Sores, Skin and Scr0fulous Diseases. 60c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-03-13
BURLINGTON
SAVINGS = BANK,
INCORPORATED Is4s.

INCORPORATED 1877.
Deposits, Jan. ], 1903, $S,457 ,69S.69
Premium Account, 7o.9s1.6s
Total Assets, &S,933, 679.3s
TRUSTEES,
CHARLES P. SMITH, WILLARD CRANE,
j. l.. BARsTow, HENRY GREENE,
T. W. WARD, A. G. PIERCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Deposits made on either Of the first four
business days of any month draw interest
from the 1st II made afterward interest
will commence tn, first OF the following
month.
Interest will be credited to deposftors Jan.
uary LIST and July list, compouding twice a
year. There are no stockholders in this bank.
All earnings, less expenses, belong to de.
positors. The rate of interest depends on the
earnings but the law fixes the rate that any
savings bank in the state can pay at not to
exceed three and one half per cent per annum,
until its surplus reaches ten per cent of its
deposit, when special dividend is provided
for.
All taxes in this State are paid by the bank
on deposits OF $4,000 or less. Deposits are
received in sums from 81 to $4,000, and no in.
terest will be paid on any sum in excess OF
this amount. except on deposits by widows,
orphans. administrators, executors, guar.
dams, charitable or religious institutions or
on trust funds deposited by order of court.
Funds may be sent by Dank check or draft
or postal money order and deposit book will
be returned by next mail.
Applications for loans or for information az
to standing of the bank may be made to Rufus
Wainwright, Middlebury, or <. G. Dixie,
Bristol.
CHARLES p. SMITH. President
FREDERICK W. WARD Treasurer.
T. q. ISHAM. Asst Treas.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
CHEWING GUM SCARE
Pat Lohman, at the Bijou
lmagines He is
Dying.

Pat Lohman was the canse Of untold
excitement and trouble at the Bi1ou last
night, about O'clock, all because he
swallowed piece Of chewing gum and
thought he was dying. The kid was sit
ting 11unched up on his seat, entirely
absorbed In the play, so much so that
he even forgot his chewing gum, and at
one particularly exciting part, he sud-
denly caught his breath and down it
went-the chewing gum. Down, down,
until it hit the bottom with a splash.
Then the kid set up a howl, yelling that
he was dying, dying. Somebody rushed
out and told the policeman at the door
that child was dying. The officer told
somebody else to telephone for the ambu-
lance that a boy was dying, and some
body else told somebody else, SO that
when the last somebody reached the
phone he sent in e rush call. saying that
a man was dying or dead Then the ans
bulance began race for life. tearing
through the streets in hope of arriving
before the last gasp.
When it reached the Bijou the attend
ing doctor found the scared youngster
who would not be >comforted and set up
a fresh yell at every breath. The doctor
finally quieted him by assuring him that
he was not dead nor was there any i'm
mediate danger as far as the chewing
gum was concerned. The youngster was
then taken home.
The doctor says that though chewing
gum is not good for a regular diet, yet
there Is no danger if the user only sWal-
lows a piece once in a while.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
VIRGINIA.

-Four small boys have died In Norfolk
from wounds inflicted by toy pistols
Charles Granus, German, Stable him
self 10 death at Newport News yesterday
Store Of Burton 6 Parker burnt at
onancocll; narrow escape of George bur
ton-Details Of the brilliant Colohlai
Ball in Petersburg last night-Alrs. Jon
athan W Stanley frightened TO death IN
Dickinson county by drunken men; sew
erat arrests made - Five dwellings,
burned in a Christmas tree fire at New
nort News Waldo Porter johnson in
Newport Ncws-Deaths: E. O. Ander-
son. ia CUMBERLAND; Horace j. GambriA
In Alexandria: c. w. Chamblin. of Lou
1oun, In Washington: John J.. MoTefleloe:
In Halifax county; Mrs. Fannie Des-
roaux, of Stafford, in Fredericksburg;
Ross Evans in Norfolk county; Mrs
John Roblnett dead-L Richmond,
Treasurer of the Junior Order American
Mechanics. missing from Hampton.
/. Thomas. of Portsmouth while play
inc Santa Claus was badly burnt IN
Albe1na narle-Three Giffep Company ac-
tors in row at Hampton; William FL
listt shot and slightly wounded--lntef
es;ing retrospect of Petersburg in i5os---
NORTH CAROLINA: Suicide of Rob
ert T. Madden In Charlotte: James u.
Aiexa nder also attempted self-destruc-
tfo,7 in the same city--Ftre in the tare
National Bank building of Durham
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
LIONS STILL SuLLEN
But Trainer Bonavita Handled
Them at Yesterdays
Performances.

The lions in the Bostock managerie at
the amphitheatro did not give any such
sensational and alarming performance
last night as characterized the show on
Wednesday night. The lions engaged in
the fierce combat still look somewhat the
worse fer their experiences and are
nursing their wounds. Denver was en-
gagged yesterday in fruitless efforts to
lick the back of his neck where Caesar
seized hin: in the clash Wednesday night.
and is suffering some pain. During the
performances yesterday the lions were
Sullen. and apparently ready to so at each
sther or their keeper at any moment, but
hey were kept we'll in hand. Bonavlta.
The trainer, Went through a performance
yesterday afternoon with the beasts with
sut miShap
The animals are being trained during
thetr winter stay In this city preparatory
TO their road season next year. AS far
as practicable they are tanned in the
training process, but the vocation Of the
keeper and trainer is at all times dan
gerous one. and requires constant watch
fuIness and cool nerves. The animals
are fed and kept as warm as can be. for
fhey are precious property and difficult
to replace when one is lost by death The
performances are witnessed with keen in
terest by large crowds.
The savage battle OF the beasts on
Wednesday was not exaggerated In any
particular so say many who saw the
FRAY and trenlbied for the keeper
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-02
GENERAL.

New-Year reception at White House one
OF the most brilliant events III Nasa
FEDERAL Court at Abingdon, the 18th in. in.
stant, to try the case of King against
Justice. Watkins. and others-W ,otle,,, oote,,,
mills at Knoxville reduce hours without IN, u
cuLllrg Wages-"Creeplng Bear, SHSS-
enne Indian, prisoner at Memphis
awaiting result Of serious injuries in
fitcted by him upon George Niiiard, an
.ex-policeman with a tomahawk- HaT-
vey Logan case goes to Court OF Appeals
at MISUNDERSTANDING Justice Little.
of Supreme Court of Georgia, resigns
Cans gets decisi9n no, over Gardnsr n
by. snot and killed by boy with Parlor i,a
starts homeward from City. Of Mexico
fn City of Mexico by President Dia5--
no longer any doubt that disease affect
ing Mazatlan. Msxico. is genuine Asiatic
plagne---Lieht Hunt and Witfui the
Yche claim against Hope estate settled
ernicably-Texas petroleum advanced IN
price from sle1 to S1.06 pei, barrel
White woman shoots and kills negro
o'Ericu twelve rounds to dispose Of Al
weintg at Buffalo--Concluding cere-
rnony OF durbar, the announcement OF
King Edward as Emperor OF India, a
gorgeous ceremony-Mrs. Maud Kiehl
and her mother arrested at South Onon-
dago n. Y, charged with murder of Mrs.
klehi S husbano--Arrangeme ments per-
fected between Nogeman Steamship Con,>
pany and Seaboard Airline for direct
shipment of foreign freight from port of
Norfolk on bills of lading through from
points OF shipment-congress Co
roma, editor of the Cubano Libre. shoots
and instantly kills Senor Insula. editor of
the Repubiica. at Santiago. Cuba
Hilary Placido, the Filipino who aided
in capture of Aguinal6o. sentenced to life
imprisonment fer murder-Effect Of: coal
famine in Maryland. District Of Co
lunlbia Virginia. and West Virginia
:old in dispatches to Baltimore Herald
San Francisco and Honolulu exchange
a. Clark, Jr.. daughter-in-law of multi
millionaire senator, dies-Negroes of
Boston celebrate emancipation proclama-
bon anniversary in Faneuil Hall-Odell
tnaugurdted for second term as Governor
of New York-Very little interest in
West Virginia municipal elections. No
combinations in many towns