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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

aas Just been retired from further.
service, and the officials OF the line
owning the engine think so much OF
ii that instead of having it consigned
to the strap heap. which is almost in
yariably the end of all locomotives,
they will have it taken care OF and
preserved as a memento of the early
days of the line. says the Ell Paso Her
aid. The engine Is No. l, which for
several years has been in service on
the FL Paso & Southwestern, formerly
known as the Arizona & Southwest
ern, when the road only raj between
Bisbee and Benson. This engine,
which has just been retired from sery-
ice and is now at Douglas. is good
for a good many years of service yet
with repairs Of the ordinary yea and
tear, but it is entirely too small to
handle any of the trains on that line.
II was first constructed in 1853.
Chief Engineer W. b. Story of the
Santa Fe has returned from a trip to
Humboldt county. California. He says
a survey has been completed on the
east side of the Eel river, and with the
idea Of determining the comparative
advantages of the two sides Of the
river in the location Of a route for the
new road he is now having a survey
made on the west side. While the
work is progressing rapidly and salts
factorily, the rough character Of the
country is such that he does not ex-
pect to have the surveys in shape to
warrant the placing of any contracts
for construction work this winter.
While the Santa Fee is busy with its
surveys. the California Northwestern
is losing no time in the work Of ex-
tending its line northward to Eureka.
President Foster says the construction
Of ten miles of road from Willis north
ward, which has been under contract
for several months past, was to have
been completed by September Is. but
on account of little delays it will not
be finished and ready for operation
before the middle of next month. The
company has thirty or forty survey
ors at work locating the extension to
the northward.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

son, on a scale Of magniicence and
grandeur never before attempted. a
gorgeous spectacular production Of Je-
rusalem and the Crusades. This
beautiful production, arranged BY art.
ists Of note and ability in the amuse-
ment field, is a historical pantomine,
correct in the most minute particular
and showing in is entirety over
twelve hundred characters Of the
tenth century, when Peter the Hermit,
Godfrey de Boullion, and other famous
historical characters marched from
France at the head Of hundreds Of
thousands Of Christian pilgrims and
wrested from the Egyptian infidels
the Holy City Of Jerusalem.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
USE ALIENS FOOT EASE

N# #AsE
A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Your feet feel swollen. nerv.
GUS and damp, and get tired easily.
II you have aching feet. try Aliens
Foot-Ease. It rests the feet and
makes new or tight shoes easy. Cures
aching. swollen, sweating feet. blist.
ers and callous spots. Relieves chill.
blains, corns and bunions Of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try It to-
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
dealers. 25c. Don't accept any sub.
stitute. Trial package Free. Address
Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
Do cood-lt paws.

A Chicago mar has observed that,
Good deeds are better than real estate
deeds-some Of the latter are worth
less. Act kindly and gently, show
sympathy and lend a helping hand.
You cannot possibly lose by IT," Most
men appreciate a kind word and en-
courage most more than substantial
help. There are persons in this com
munity who might truthfully say:
my good friend, cheer UP. A few
doses Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
will rid you of your cold, and there Is
no danger whatever from pneumonia
when you use that medicine. 1t al
ways cures. ! know II for 1t has helped
me out many a time" Sold by all drug
gists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for children. Mother Gray, for years
a nurse in the C~hildren's HOME IN
New York, treated children success
fully with a remedy. now prepared and
placed in the drug stores. called
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children. They are harmless as milk.
pleasant to take anG never fail. A
certain cure for feverishness, consti.
patton, headache. teething ana stom.
ach disorders. and remove worms. AT
all druggists, csc. Don't accept any
substitute Sample sent Free. Ad
dressAllen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

him through the train shouting the
lame Of MI. Pam. The f%nancier fell
into the trap head over heels, and,
stopping the boy paid the charges
asked. and ripped open the envelope.
On the inclosed slip Of paper he read:
Compliments Of the newspaper men.
Did You really sell that stock? You
are an easy mark, Mr.. Pam
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

In making her general mining ex-
hibit at the worlds fair Virginia will
erect a house entirely from stone min
ed within the states borders. In adj
dition to the building, there will be
another classified exhibit embracing
all minerals and precious stones
Astounding in the state. The cost Of
the materials and construction Of the
building is estimated at 500, 900.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

Connecticut pocket cutlery manu-
facturers are preparing to make a
collective exhibit of their wares at
the worlds fair. At former exposi-
lions the manufacturers have made
individual exhibits and this is ex-
pected to be the largest and finest
ever assembled at one place at one
time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
CHRONIC SORES
Signs or Polluted Blood.

There is nothing SO repuisive looking and disgusting as an old sore.
You worry over it till the brain grows weary and work with it until the
patience is exhausted, and the very sight OF the old festcfins. sickly looking
place makes you irritable, respondent and desperate.
Achronic sore sthe very best evidence that your blood Is in an unhealthy
and impoverished condition, that your constitution ID breaking down under
the effects Of some serious disorder. The taking Of strong medicines, like
mercury OF potash, will sometimes SO ponute and yitatc tie blood and i'm.
pair the general system that the merest scratch OF brnse rssulitia obstinate
non-healing sores Of the most offensive character.
Often an nheitedta breaks out in fightfui eating boes upon a eiinbs
or face In old age or iniddlc1He. Whenever a sore refuses to heal TIE ~
is always at fault, and, while antiseptic washes, salwes, soaps and powders
can do much to keep down the inflammation and cleanse the sore it Ell
never heal permanently till eblood itself has been paaded and lacda u
germs and pobons DESTROYED, and with ST. s thiscanb be aeconpishes 50
- polluted blood is purified and iaG sofatcd. Sai w'cI
IN nch, pure bioodis again cicuiatn. free E roas 81
NNN the body the flesh around tie old so.e heair n . ~ "
OOO and the place heals over.
SIS. s. Is both q blood purifier and tonic that puts your blood in ordes
and at the same time tones up the system and builds up the general health.
II you have chronic sore write NJ. No charge for medical advice.
M SWuTy secowso co.. AnAsrA. c..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
Ringing Brothers.

The Ringing Brothers have mill
ions Of dollars invested In their stu
pendous enterprise. and In addition
to the most complete and startling
arenic performance in the world. the
Ave famous brothers present this sea-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

mighty heap er jugs gwine ter de
house whar you work at now"
"Cose dey is. Dis is de time Marse
Tom most in%ginrully backslides en-
gifts turned out de church. --Atlant
Constitution.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
"Watch the Kidneys"

when they are affected, life Is In
danger" says DIR. Abernethy, the great
English physician. Foley's Kidney
Cure makes sound kidneys. For sale
by Depot Drug store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

Our greatest need now is a local
newspaper and a laundry.-Farmville,
Va, Herald.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
Another Oldest Locomotive.

After fifty years OF ~servicethe oldest
locomotive in the southwest and prob
ably in the United States. that has
been in actual service all the time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

The first typewriter, which was pat
ented by C. Thurby in 1912. will be
exhibited at the worlds fair by the
United States patent Office. The type
keys r set around the periphery Of
a horizontal brass wheel, and in order
to print a letter It Is merely necessary
to punch n Of the buttons, which
causes the type to descend through q
little tube and make a mark upon a
slip OF white paper.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

Alaska will have three buildings at
the worlds fair--one OF modern and
the other two Of typical Alaskan ar
chitecture. The latter, which are to
be fifty feet square. will be built by
Sitka natives. The modern struc.
ture will be fifty by 100 feet. The
buildings will stand or the north side
Of Forsythe venue near the forestry,
fish and game palace.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

German and other foreign exhibitors
are preparing to send their exhibits
to the worlds fair by all-water route.
instead OF by steamer to New York
and then by rail to st. Louis. Vessels
Of $500 tons burden, drawing about
fifteen feet OF water vii be used. For
several months In the year vessels
Of this size may easily ascend the
Mississippi river to st. Louis.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02
TRACK AND TRAIN

Machinist Handwright IS taking a
lay-off today.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-02

The melancholy days are here when
work in the Santa Fe shops has
ceased to be rushing.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04
old-Fashio1 ed 3 sligion.
Fall River Herald.

Fall River Herald.
It is true that good many people
have lost faith in late years. They
have been swept from their feet by the
display and glitter and manifestation
of worldliness and they have despaired
of reaching any OF the so-called classes,
upper, middle or lower, through the
channel of fifteen or twenty-five years
ago.. All this accounts for the place
which the brand-new pulpit instruct
ions have made for themselves-the
church with the fiddle and the Jews
reserved for golfers on the way to the
links, and the theory that every body
is as good as saved, even If everybody
hates salvation. There has been no
end of drivel about the ''drlft Of
the times" away from religion.
But, as intimated, unless the signs are
misleading, religion has not lost its
hold, and the old-fashioned religion
has not been side-tracked for good-or
for evil. Moreover, it would not be
surprising if the first to return to this
kind Of religion were the butterflies Of
fashion. We mean the butterflies with
brains, who have never been satisfied
with their gauze wings and diluted re-
leion, let in through a billiard room
in the vestry and sensational minis
ter at the altar. They can see for them
selves, this upper crust, that there is a
plane which they must occupy with
the crude and vulgar and osten;atious
so long as they do not care to climb
higher, and that there are circles which
they cannot enter while they choose to
to devote their liyes to the worship of
mammon. Their ambitions, If not tie
promptings Of an inner consciousness,
that cant be sllenced with externals,
will drive them back to the old church,
and already it is driving back the bt t.
ter element among them.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04
"Skim-Milk Brains. I"
Trenton IN. J.) Gazette.

Trenton IN. JD Gazette.
According to DR.. Francis Burke
Brandt, principal of the Central High
School, Philadelphia, high-school teach
ers find that pupils are frequently sent
to them from the grammar schools
with what might be called "sklm-milk
brains"
That good many boys and girls are
graduated from the grammar schools
possessing only theoretical knowledge
Of the studies that they have pursued
is undoubtedly true, and this will be
the case as long as the present system
of teaching ia followed in the public
schools.
These persons are very properly
dubbed fad!sts, an appellation ttat they
resent, but the Appropriateness OF which
IL realized more and more by the best
educators Of the country, who are gr:d-
ually turning back to the simple meth
DDS of teaching employed III tie dis
trict school OF fifty years ago ard in
many instances of to-day.
statistics show" says Dr.. BraDdt,
"that about G,O0O.OO0 children in the
United States between the ages Of fiji
teen and nineteen years do not attend
high school. They are lost somewhere
In the grasp of commercialism."
1t is significant fact that In this
commercialsn that swallows up 30
many boys and girls "skim-milk brains"
are not wanted; theories are not des'r-
ed. Practical common sense, rein
forced with a thorough knowledge Of
reading, writing and arithmetic, Is
what counts IN tie sphere OF business
activities, and for that reason the
methods Of teaching in the public
schools should be so simplified as to
obviate the possl lbil:ty Of sending
pupil ont into the world with "skim-
milk brains," excepting in rare i'm
stances.
It Is now left to the business or com.
merciAl college to fit the youog man
or woman Tor a work that they rhouid
be made capable of performing hy the
public school teacher.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04
Brain Leaks.

Selected.
All honest work is ennobling.
The clean heart never grows old.
Doubt is the dutiful slave of the devil.
Content is the soil in which love
grows.
A fool with money is never without
fattery.
Religion may make a man sour, but
Christianity never does.
Men who neglect opportunity are
the men who rail at fate.
If all children were alike it would be
easy to give adyice to parents.
The heart that is a harbor for hate
never sees the white sails of peace.
Beauty is only skin deep, but the
average man is not much of digger.
It's wise man who can keep things
running smoothly during house-clean-
ing time.
We are yearning to see the champion
biscuit-maker and the champion kind
lingsplinter.
Truth needs no frills to make it
powerful, but 1t sometimes does to
make it attractive.
A man cannot think a single thought
with his biceps, but he can move
mountains with his brains.
A man never sees an old pair 0i
trousers hanging in a closet without
feeling in the pockets to see If he can
find q coin.
A lot of people who can sit tor hours
without stirring in theatre seat can
not sit forty minutes in church pew
without getting the idgets.
We have often wondered If the wo.
man who wears her heels m the mid.
die Of her shoes really imagines that II
makes her feet look smaller.
Don't worry about yesterday, because
1t is gone; nor about tomorrow, te.
cause Il Is not here nor about to-day
because there is too much else to be
done.
The middle-aged man who can read
the letters he wrote during his court.
ship days and not feel silly is ekher toe
young for his ago now or was too old
for. his age then.
Suggest to your wife that she yisil
some distant friends for . few days and
Il she doesn't immedistaly say shat she
has nothing to wear you viii Know be
yond doubt that you have treasure
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04

II have been troubled for some time
with indigestion and sour stomach. !"
says Mrs Sarah w. Curtis, of Lee,
Mass, "and have been taking Gham-
berlains Stomach and Liver Taniets
which haye helped me very much 60
that now can eat many things that
before I could not" II you have any
trouble with your stomach why not
take thes3 tablets and get we'll! For
sale by e. T. Wbitehead 8 Co, Scot
iacd Neck, ard Legge:ts Drug Store,
Bobg6od. s~s
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04
DO YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU EAT?

II you don't your food does not dn
you much coed. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure ls the remedy that every one
should tske when there is anything
wrong with the etomach. T T1ere is no
way to maintain the health and strength
of mind and body except by nourieh-
ment. There is no way to nourish ex.
cept through the stomach. The stom-
ach must b kept healthy, pnrs and
sweet or tho strength will lot down and
disease will set UT. No appetite, los,
Of strength, nervousness, beadache,
constipation, bad breath, sour riangs,
riding tndise ea1isns dyspepaia and al.
asenssA tgRshIal r 9l3 by
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04
10 MOTHERS IN THIS TOWN.

Children. who are delicate, fsverish
ana cross will get Immediate relief
from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children. They cleanse the stomach,
act on the liver, making sickiy child
strong and healthy. A certain cure
for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c.
Sample free. Address, Allen s. Ohm
sted, Leroy, N. 7.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04
KoDoL GIVES STRENGTH

by enabling the digestive organs TO
digest, assimilate aud trans orm ALL Ut
the wholesome food that may be estea
into the kind of blood that nourishcs
the nerves, feeds the tissues, hsrdens
the muscles aud recuperates the organs
Of the entire body. Kodol Dyspspsia
Cule 'eppes Indigestion, Dyepepsla. Ca
1erEk q - slopaeh an1 elkslonsseh
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04

time. The medicine only is obtained by
each patient at her own drug store.
Those desiring to become regular
patients have only to send address,
duration of disease and treatment
previously received, and directions for
the first months treatment will be sent
1T once" =
Over half the women have catarrh in
some form or another. And yet, prob
Miss jennie Finley. 20 Madison Street,
Memphis. Tenz,. n popular young society
LADY Of that place, writes:." Three years
only sick abed occasionally, was unable 10
enjoy life, and lacked vitality and strength.
Four bottles Of Peruna changed my entire
physical condition. My head stopped aching.
driven out Of my blood till felt like a new
and well woman once more. It is a truly
great medicine and well worthy the good
things Its friends say shout It, end It Will al.
ways have my Observation-Disclosures Finley.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04

Miss Helen Rolof, Kaukauna, wIs..
writes -" Several times during the past two
years or more my system has been greatly in
need of q tonic, and at those times Peruna
has been Of great help in building up the
system, restorinS>ny appetite and securing
restful sleep. know great number OF
peculiar to the sex, and with the best results"
-Helen Rolof
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04

MY LAST GLASS.

/ - = 0Ao0o SoD4AO0e
Selected.
| have drank my last glass.
No, comrades, thank you, not any
for me;
Ny last chain is riven henceforth I'm
free; ~
! will go to my homo and my children
tonight
With no fumes OF liquor their spirits
to blight
And with tears in my eyes I will beg
my poor vile
To forgive me the wreck I have made
of her lie.
have never refused you before. Let
that pass,
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass.
Just look at me now. boys, in rags and
disgrace,
With my bleared, haggard eyes and my
red, bloated face;
Mark my faltering step, and my weak
palsied hand,
And the mark on my brow that is worse
than Gains brand;
| See my crownless old hat and my el-
bows and knees,
Alike warmed by the sun or chilled by
the breeze,
Why, even the children will boot as
pass;
But I've drank my last glass, boys,
! have drank my last glass.
You would scarce believe, boys, to look
at me now,
That mothers soft hand was pressed
on my brow
When she kissed me and blessed me,
her darling, her pride,
Ere she laid down to rest by my dear
fathers side;
But with love in her eyes she looked
up to the sky,
Bidding me meet here and whispered
"Good-bye."
And I'il do it, God helping! Your
smile let pass,
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
I have drank my last glass.
All! / reeied home last night; it was
not very late,
For I'd spent my last sixpence, and
landlords don't wait
On a fellow who's left every cent in
their till,
And has pawned his last bsd their cof-
fers to fill.
Oh the torments felt and the pangs
/ endured
And I begged for ono: glass, just one
would have cured,
But they kicked me out of doors.
let that, too, pass,
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
l have drank my last glass.
At home, my pet Susie. with her rich
golden hair,
L saw through the window, just kneel-
ing in prayer;
From her pale, bony hands her torn
sleeves were hung down;
While her feet, cold and bare, shrank
beneath her scant gown;
And she prayed, prayed for bread, just
mere crust OF bread,
For one crust, on her knees, my poor
darling rlead,
And I heard, with no penny to buy
one, alas!
But I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass.
For Susie, my darling, my wee six
year-old,
Though falnting with hunger and SHY
ering with cold,
There on the bare floor asked God to
bless me!
And she said, "Don't cry, mamma
He will for you see
believe what I ask for!'' Then, so
bered, I crept
Away from the house and that night
when slept
Nexs my heart lay the pledge. You
smile! Let it pass,
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
I have drank my last glass.
My darling child saved me. Her faith
and her love
Are akin to my dear sainted mothers
above!
in the race,
And sobered I'll go to my last resting.
place;
And she shall kneel there, and weep
ing thank God
No drunkard lies under the daisy.
strewn sod
Not drop more ct poison my lipa
shall e'er pass,
For I've drank my last glass, boys
I have drank my last glass.
TO MOTHERS IN THIS TOWN.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04
MISS JENNIE FINLEY.

Miss Lucy n: Riley, ss Davenport street; =. ss;
my Endorsement to thousands Of other
women who have been cured through the use
OF Pernne. / suffered for hve years with
severe backache, and when weary or worrieu
IN tho least had prolonged headache: This
fan caught a bad cold and was advised TO
take Peruna for it. Imagine my astonish..
n,ent and pleasure to find that after taking
Two bottles not only was my cough gone, nut
mad no more backache or headache. am
now in perfect health, enjoy life and have
Lucy N. Riley.
ably not . tenth of the women know
that their disease is catarrh. To dis
tinguish catarrh of various organs it
has been named very differently.
One woman has dyspepsia, another
bronchitis, another Bright's disease,
another liver complaint, another con.
sumption, another female complaint.
These women would be very much sur
prised to hear that they are all suffer
ing with chronic catarrh. But it is SO,
nevertheless.
Each one Of these troubles and great
many more are simply catarrh-that is,
chronic Inflammation of the mucous
lining, of which organ is affected. Any
internal remedy that will cure catarrh
in one location will cure it in any other
location. This is why Peruna has be-
come so justly famous in the cure of "a
male diseases. 1t cures catarrh whef-
ever located. Its cures remain. Peruna
does not palliatc-it cures.
"Health and beauty" sent free by The
Pcruna Medicine CO., Columbus. Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-04

Miss Louise Bertse1, 1917 Second street,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes :-'.Ny health was
excellent until about six months ago, when
socially, and the doctor ordered an entiro
change Of scene and climate. AS this was an
absolute 1mpossibility at the time, had to
was induced by q friend. who gave Peruna
such good recommend to try Pcruna. cnt-
not tell you the condition of my nerves when
I began to use 1t. The least noise irritated
me, and felt that life was not worth living.
but Peruna soon changed me into well
woman, and now do not know l have
herves."-Louise Bertsel.