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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

dishonesty In Bernalillo county. The
president has gone so far as to prom.
ise federal aid to Joseph ". Folk Of
ST. Louis In hunting down the corpo-
rationists OF Missouri, and he will do
as much In New Mexico, for New
Mexico is still a ward Of the nation.
No high political alliances will help
the evil doors In Bernalillo county;
III fact, those who ally themselves
with corruption must with corruption
go down. Said President Roosevelt
In his fine address this week at the
unwilling of the Sherman statue at
Washington. We can as little afford
to tolerate d dishonest man IN the
public service al a coward In the
army. The murderer takes a single
life; the corruptionlst in public life
strikes at the heart Of the common
wealth. AS SOON AS DISCOVERED,
THE WRoNGDOING MUST BE
STOPPED AND TILE WRONGDo-
TsRs PUNISHED New Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
whissIer ana His Model.

James MacNelll Whistler once owed q
female model So for sittings. She was
a Philistine Of the Philistnes. who
knev nothing Of her patrons fame and
was In no way impressed With his
work. One day she told another artist
that she had been sitting to a little
Frcnchman'caiied Whistler. who jump.
ed about his studio and was always
complaining that people were swim
ding him and that be was making
very little money The artist suggested
that II she could get any piece Of paint
ing out of Whistler's studio he would
give her so for II. Although skepa
teal, the model decided to tell her Iii.
tie FrenehmaH'' Of this too generous
offer and selected one Of the biggest
and finest works In the studio. ''Wlint
did he sayy' asked the artist who had
made the offer when the model NJ
peared In d state or great excitement
and looking almost as If she had cons
second best out OF d scrimmage, .IIa
said: Fifty doffars.. Good hea vens'
Fifty dollarst And he got so mad
well. that's how | came In here Ike
this"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
come from his three great newspapers.

come from his three great newspapers.
His warm friendship for the people
is proven by the effort he is making
TO advance their interests. New Mex.
leo is fortunate In having such Z
friend When the battle for statehood
opens, II will be found that Mr.. Hearst
and his friends are among the warm
est advocates of admission. besides,
the advertisement continuously given
to us. will be advantageous beyond
estimate.
New Mexico owes much TO the
Hearst expedition. The Beveridge
crowd anne 10 find fault, s~landered
and maligned ii people, belittled our
resources, and by their untrue report
llbeled the native population. AS a
result their work has been to dis,
courage emigration, to send forth a
continuously repeated reflection on the
character and quality Of our citizen.
ship.
The Hearst excursion came To treat
New Mexico fairly, to treat the people
and their resources Justly. and to re.
port them ~truthfully and honestly.
The result will be this: The Hearst
people will become our indicators and
friends. They will. 50 far as they can.
correct the wrong done by the Bete
ridge committee. Senator Beyeri1ge
came to find fault, and our people felt
i%nstinctiyely from their presence, a
hostile intent and atmosphere.
Mr.. Hearst and his associates came
70 do justice, and on their arrival,
the people felt instantly the presence
Of friends, All honor 70 these later
representatives, men who. with their
coinpatriota. hold In their hands the
future of 4 long suffering, malignca
and neglected people.
While they bear the banner of New
Mexico, and seek to place a new star
on the field 81 our national coIors. NAV
She people 81 our territory show alr
probation for their friendship.
H. Y. LONG
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
HenIey's sunerings.

In fifty four years Of his life--he was
born In lSi9-W. Il. Henley never
knew what q days perfect healiA
meant. When little more than d boy
he was attacked by d disease which
necessitated the ampntation % one
foot. He was told later by the doctors
TINT the sacrifice Of the other leg WIS
necessary were he 10 live. The fame
Of DIR. Lister had reached Henley
and, penniless and almost friendlpss
he determined to try Edinburgh IN
Urinary. Thithcr he Travelled third
class IN physical suffering such as few
have known, and when he reached tile
inlirmary lis whole possessions
amounted 20 q few shillings, His q
fidencc In Lister was justified and liis
leg. was saved. lie was and remained
d cripple, hut neither hopeless nor
helpless. Ills astounding nimbleness
under these conditions suggested TO
Robert Louis Stevenson the physical
sketch OF John Silver.
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what IL Gos.ips

There has been complaint from the
beginning Of history thai ome are
curious" What Is curiosity? II i
the uneasy appetite Of al i'll fed mind.
People fully educated and fully IN
ployed are not curious Civilized WON
nm has inherited the mental growth Of
man and then has had to conflne that
enlarged capacity TO precisely the same
1cld OF activity which was sufficient
for a squaw. Women have been ne
cuscd for centuries OF a tendency 10
gossip" What Is gossip? 1t Is small
talk about other people, The tendency
to this vice Ii d reaction from the per
sistent presence Of our own affairs.
Success.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
The Nehal.r MYnothrsis.

The nebular hypothesis survives IN
name, but with connotations Indefinite
iy diversified. Regarding the modns
operandl OF cosmic change there is no
consensus Of opinion. That there was
in the beginning a solar nebula all arr
agreed. but whether II was gaseous or
pulyerert. whether II shone with III.
terrupted OF continuous light. how II
became ordered and organized. how Il
collected into spheres. leaving wide In
tcrspaccs clear. the wisest are perplex
ed TO decide.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Eugene Field was once presented to
q sister poet" 10 whom he tried TO
shy pleasant things. AT last the lady
inquired condesccndlngly. "Do you ever
write yoursrlfi" "A little" replied
Field modestiy. And what did you
say your name wasi" MY name is
Field Eugene Field" Il have not
heard of you before, Mr.. Field" said
the lady. with oppressive f~rankness.
NO. madam" said Field. NOR ] OF
yon; but you might at least have pre-
tended you Ind. rs ] did. Good inter.
noon"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
The red Sen.

Here Is an interesting theory; Whit
nude The Red sea red? The blood Of
locnsts. Read a few lines from EN-
odns. "And tie locusts went up ovc
all the land OF Egypt and rested IN all
the coasts Of Egypt: very g~rievons
were they. Before them there were no
such locusts as they, neither after
them shall be such. For they covered
the face of tho whole earth. so that the
land WINS darkened. And the Lord
turned a mighty strong west wind.
which took the loc,lsts and cast them
Into the Red sea. There remained not
II locust IN all the consts Of Egypt"
The Red sea today Is no more red tinn
any other sea. It's reddening was tenn,
pornry.New York Press
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
The Game.

thS saIHNs
She plays her game with d ready
hand
And a steady hand and true.
She marked her man.
When the game began.
And she knows him through and
through,
Nothing TO win. and nothing to lose,
And nothing TO choose or care.
"A kiss for the stakes.
And II his heart breaks.
She is only playing fair.
A smile. d rose. ana a maddened fool.
A saddened fool--and wise!
And the woman won!
The game Is done
Dear God! the look In her eyes.
But ali. Time was ere the woman
would,
Ere the woman could. and now
She owes her skill
To the careless will
OF the man who taught her how,
Ethel NJ. Kelley. in November Smart
Set.
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Insect. r..d For Medicine.

The cochIncal insect Il II some cases
recognized ms n medicine and ut one
time had 4 reputation for wonderful
virtues. Honey and wax. often used In
pharmacy. are insect products, while
gals. used III medicine for tile astrin.
gent properties and the rnllic aud tau.
ME acid they furnish. arc also the work
OF insects. London Tit. Bits.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

A Washington dispatch says that
the secretary of the interior yester.
day authorized the letting 81 contracts
for the construction of the works nee
essary to the building Of the big dam
In connection with the proposed lrri-
cation reservoir near Phoenix, Ariz.
These works consist OF a cement
plant, an electric power house, a
steam power plant, a saw.mill and a
telephone system.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Congressman sulzer was recavei,
with cheers when he appeared al dem.
ocratlc headquarters in New York the
other day. Il hope they'll get him %
talk" said one b~ystander. Good talk.
or. Is he 4 injured a young ylsitor
from down east. "Good talkere'
echoed the first speaker; why. he's
got more language than anybody. Man
alive, he's the man who wrote the
libretto for the dictioary."
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M. l.n.i.ia..

SAY. Chimmie. see dat man gettln'
on de car! OATS the postmaster gen
crnl..
Jaw. gwan. lie ain't no general
amt got no brass buttons nor stars
nor not.in'..
..Av, he amt no soldier general. He's
de man wot hands out letters at de
general delivery windy kansas City
journal.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Elijah Dowie. The restorer.' can
cause his fame 10 spread from one ell
Of New York to the other merely by
inducing something 10 sprouI on David
n. mrs bald head.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

When in need Of up-to-date. stylish
lob work at rock-bottom prices. con
suit your own interests and The Op.
tic Office at the same time.
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Beef Cattle For Sale.

Ninety head fat steers and COWS nov
in pasture . i he tie picklor. For
prices inquire T. G dc Baca nj Romero
Mercantile Cos 1921
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

80 man really feels his Importance
until after tis wife caiis lls attention
TO The fact that he is somebody Nil,
waukec Sentinel
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

wANTED-rosition BY experienced
dry goods and clothing salesman,
Speaks Spanish: can furnish refer.
enccs. Address A this office. 1920
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
An snectipu scene.

Mr.. younehusband Darling you have
been weeping What Is II. my sweetest
iose7
Mrs. fo~unehusband Horse radlsh,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Perry Onion pays cash and good
prices Tor household goods. Monte
Carlo Hall. Colo. Phone No. 27l. 143-tf
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Just received-football goods; a
nice line at M. Biehl's, 514 Douglas
Ave. Colorado phone 219. 1914
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

District Attorney Frank W Clancy
hay lie support 81 President Theodore
Roosevelt In his EFFORT to hunt down
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Genuine Mexican chile and fresh
oysters at the Imperial. 1926
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Fried chicken for supper Fridays
at the Imperial. 9-3s
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

wANTED-posItion by grocery
man: ten years experience as solicit.
or. Address II this once, 1920
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

The mining boom Is coming. Geh-
ring is ready with tools and supplies
0y.0I
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

Chicken dinner Wednesdays ami
Sunday at the Imperial. 9-25
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Rates Of Subscription.

Ncws-deaiers should report 70 tho counting
sopm any i~rrcgularity or inattention on the
part of carriers In the delivery Of ne Optic;
News-dsalars can have Tbs Optii delivered
IA their dep0ts In any part 0f the city by the
carriers. Orders or complaints can be made
~ telephone. postal. or In person
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19

The optic. will t.aot. .Iader any cifcun :
stances be responsive FOR the return or Le
afe keeping az sny rejected manuscript No
reception WI. DE made 10 this rule, With re-
ga.ttc either letters or enclosures. Nor Will
the editor enter into correspondence concecu-
tng rejected manuscript
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0S-0I
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-20

The best bread and bakery stock in
town at Keener's. #.
The Little Ticket Store is loaded to
the roof with household goods.
Highest price paid for hides at the
Dan Lance was in town Wednesday
making arrangements to prove up his
land.
Try the celebrated MCPHERSON flour
sour Banner" For sale by Fravel
& Lewis.
II. A. Reeder was in Lewis Monday
strengthening out some lines for P. A.
Ostrander.
l have stray black COW at my
place. The owner can get her by pay
ing charges.-Eugene Avery.
Call and examine my stock OF jewell
ry, chains, fobbs, lockets. rings,
collar buttons, cuff buttons, etc.-W.
G. Keener. If.
The revival services at the Method
list church continue with unabated
vigor. Rev. EASTWOOD came up from
| Larned the first of the week and as
sisted Rev. Mccartney.
Larned is greatly rejoiced over a
statement made by the officers Of the
Missouri Pacific system that some
time they will puta passenger train
on the line sou.h from that city.
ga merciful man is merciful to his
BEAST" so do not let that poor horse
stand out in the cold when you can
keep him warm with Il good horse
blanket like those that Drant keeps.
The crazy man who was confined in
the county Jail recovered his me ntal
balance the latter part of last week
and was turned out. lie said he was
accustomed to such spells. 1t serms
to be the general impression that his
trouble, was CAUSED by an overdose
of whiskey.
The Beeler divorce case occupied
the attention of the court Friday and
Saturday of last week. The court
| granted Mrs. Beeler divorce, 50, DOC
| and her former name, Mr.. Beeler tC
pay costs of suit. This finding MAS
agreed to by the conte1ding parties
out Of court aca Judgment was reu
4 dered accordingly.
The night is Monday.
The date is November D.
The subject is ''Paola and Fran.
cesca.;'
The AFT air is n lecture recital.
| The person is Mrs. Helen We'll, OF
Washington, d.
The sad thing will be IL you miss it.
The fact is you will MOTOR you
will want to near the eminent woman
who has lectured before the principal
colleges iH the East.
The lecture will be given either i,
the opera house or the Conerega
tioual church.
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400 new books Just received at
Kinsley Book Store.
A brother of E. C. Wilson arrived
from Iowa Wednesday.
Fresh creamery butter always on
hand at the City Meat Market.
Car of No. / locust posts just re-
ceived at r. D. Heath & Sons. 1925
T. b. EVANS is Bonded Abstracter
and Ex-Register of Deeds for Edwards
County.
Miley Hawkins was over from Bel
pre- the first of the week looking after
his ranch near town.
An ornament that is useful and that
makes cooking a pleasure-a Mallea-
BILE steel rauee.-A. Hottewitz.
Invite you to examine my stock If
You are thinking of papering or paint
ing your house. o. Wilson.
Lon Goddard visited friends in
KiDsley and vicinity last Sunday.
He returned to Ellinwood Sunday
evening.
DR.. Pearson can be found at his
Office, one door east of Hottewitz'
store, or at his residence, one block
east of the NJ. E. church. IF
Mrs. White, Mrs. Dyer's mother,
who has been making her home with
her daughter in this city for some
time, left for New York state Monday
morning.
Go to Keener's for your gloves,
stockings, socks, pants, overalls.
suspenders and neckties. Cheapest
for the money of anything in town.
Rev. Jones of the Christian church
has gone to- Topeka and is succeeded
in this field by Pastoral Evangelist
Ireland. The latter will remain here
until permanent pastor can be Sc
cured.
Mrs. Helen We'll will give lecture
recital in Kinsley, Monday evening.
November %. Her subject will be,
"Paola and Francesca. by Stephen
Phillips. 1t will be fine. Don't for
get the date.
Miss May Thompson, daughter of
Dennis Thompson. of Franklin, who
was reported ill of typhoid fever last
week, died ON Saturday. The funeral
was from the Methodist church in
this city Monday afternoon at two
O'Clock. Rev. Mccartney preached
the funeral Sc mon. The remains
| were laid to rest in the kinsley Gene
| terry.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-20

Horse Blankets at Draut's from 90c
TO $3 a piece.
A new line of Gents furnishing
goods at the Little Ticket Store.
Highest price paid for hides at the
City Meat Market.-C. S. Ryan, Prop.
Mrs. Will Woods left the first of
the week for visit with friends in
Missouri.
Malleable ranges are not the cheap
est ranges, but they are the best.-A
Hottewitz.
Mrs. G.. W. Beeler and friends
started on their return to Pennsyl-
vania Tuesday morning.
Just arrived-Car of Barbed Wire
and Hog Fencing at lowest possible
price.-R. d. HEATH & SONS.
If you want to buy or sell country or
city property, call and consult us
T. II. EVANS & Co.
Always look neat, always work per-
feet and last a Observation-Disclosures
steel ranges. Sold by A. Hottewitz.
James Boyd is building an addition
to his house in order 10 keep up with
the era of progress in Quality Park.
Mr.. Memo has installed his bakery
plant and is prepared to furnish all
kinds of fine bakery goods. Give
him u call. If
A cold wave struck us Monday,
and Tuesday morning the mercury
WAS down to ten above zero. The
wind was from the north and a little
snow fell.
A travelling man who makes Kins-
ley regularly says that the largest
stock of books and stationery in
Kansas west of Great Bend is carried
by the Kinsley Book Store.
Jake Rapp's niece, who is visiting
him, sprained her ankle badly last
week on a defective sidewalk in the
business part of this city. This af
fords another good opportunity for a
damage suit against the city.
The Kinsley Automatic Telephone
Co. has eastern communication with
Lewis and Belpre, Edwards county,
Staff ord, St. John and Macksville,
Stafford county, and Hutchinson,
Newton, Wichita, Kingman, Pratt
and all intermediate points. 12-1l
The lecture-recital is to be given by
Mrs. We'll at the congregational
church. The price of admission will
be % cents for adults and 10 cents for
children. 1t will be a very fine enter
tainment-one you cannot afford to
miss. Monday evening, November %,
is the date.
Thursday evening of last week.
about o'clock, Oscar Harvey re-
ceived pistol shot in his left breast
while handling small revolver in
his room. The ball entered the left
side and passed around his body and
came out at the back. He was at
tended by DIR. DeTar who pronounced
the wound not serious. He was re.
moved to his mothers house later and
Is getting along nicely.
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LOCAL NEWS.


Money to loan at this office.
A complete line of school supplies
at Kinsley Book Store.
a car of Acme Cement just received
by r. D. Heath & Sons. If
D. S. Kochenderfer, of Larned, was
transacting business in Kinsley this
week.
Buy the Malleable steel range for
perfect service. On sale at A. Hottie
Wits.
Mrs. John Bostwick returned from
Chicago last week very much improv-
ed in health.
Try the best high patent flour on the
market, "Our Banner" For sale by
Fravel & Lewis.
A number of Kinsley people went to
Hutchinson yesterday to attend the
funeral of Col. A. l.. Forsha.
You don't have 10 wait tor any
thing In the line OF building material
when you buy at HEATH & SONS.
Flour. Flour! Flour. Buy Empress
Four and secure beautiful apiece
set of dishes free.-Marsh & Bidwell.
Mrs +. N. B. Hobbs departed
last evening for an extended visit
with Mrs. Fl. N. Barker in Missouri.
w H. Israel will insure your farm
buildings in the old reliable Farm
ers' Alliance company. Call on
him at Lewis, Kansas.
Mrs. S. B. Marsh has been staying
in Topeka for some time and expects
to be home soon to make short Wis.,
it with old friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Helen We'll says, "Paola and
Francesca is the most popular SUBJ
ject in my repertoire Don't forget
to hear it on the night of November
23rd.
Mrs. j. M. Butcher, who with her
children had been here visiting her
brother, Max Herdler, left for her
home in GAINESVILLE, Texas, Saturday
morning.
The bodies of the Malleable ranges
are made of polished steel. They
need no polishing or enameling. Let
Us show you the good points.-A.
HOttewitZ.
Mrs. George Shaw, mother of Mrs.
Abe Hampton, who had been here for
some time visiting her daughter,
started for her home in the eastern
part of the state last Saturday.
The agency for the Kinsley Laun-
dry is at Maxey's barber shop.
Laundry collected every day but
Saturday and delivered the next day
but one. Table linen and shirt waists
q speciality. tt
Harry Barker has been transferred
from the dispatcher's Office in Osawa-
tonne, Kans., to Sedalia, Mo-, where
he has good position in the dis
patcher's office of the Missouri Pa.
cific railroad.
Cranes Sale Days are Wednesdays
and Saturdays of each week. Ten
per cent discount on all kinds of
Groceries on above days. We also
have nice line of Notions. Glass
ware and Queensware in transit, tn at
we call your attention to. Our m otto
is "Honest Prices and Fair Treat
ment." If
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II. M. Schnatterly
JEWELER.

Don't wait for rain and mud,
you will have to get used to that
in Kansas, but come to Schnat.
terly Jewelry and Stationery
Store to buy your Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware.
Wet weather doesn't swell my
prices any.
Watch. Clock and Jewelry
Repairing. All kinds of En-
craving done.