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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

and disappearing at last from sight far
in the southwest.
And there on the steeple, still fast to
the rope. hung Zeke Higgins and his
pet pony, about twenty feet over a
scaffolding on which men were at work
repairing the old slate roof.
The men soon had Zeke down from
his dangerous position, safe and sound
but scared white as snow.
But they had a hard job getting the
pony down. He kicked and struggled,
and even tried to bite the men who
climbed up after him.
Finally. after Mr.. Higgins had been
carried home and the doctors had
wrapped a lot of red flannel around his
sore stomach, the Mayor of the town
sent for balloon. 1t went up hitched
strong steel cables to the pony and az
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

last landed him safely.
The operation took several hundred
dollars out of the big wallet carried by
Mr. Higgins, but he said he didn't care
so long as the pony never got another
chance to kick him in the stomach, and
he felt very proud of his son.
Zeke never found the kite and is
very sorry, for he wanted much to
show 1t to his friends who were not
there the day it disappeared. He
thinks the kite would have been good
proof of his story, which he delights to
tell.
When anyone now asks IL the tale Is
true Zeke says not a word. He mere
ly takes the questioner out to the barn
and shows the pony and a piece of the
clothes line which he has saved for
that purpose.
Go be continued)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

course of fifteen or twenty minutes he
was in up to his waist. The boys spent
an hour or more trying to teach him to
swim by holding him in various ways,
but the minute they let him go he
went down as if he were made of lead.
He swallowed so much water that they
began to fear a drought in the lake,
and he almost choked his teachers with
the spray he pounded and kicked into
their faces. In his wild scrambles he
managed to scratch several pieces of
skin off Ready, and to kick Heady in
the stomach. So, in order to save
Eist'ry from being punished by the in
dignant twins. they decided to dismiss
the swimming elias. And this was just
as well. since Hist'ry was as blue as
SKINNED milk with the cold and his
teeth were chattering like a telegraph
machine.
The next day Hist'ry came to the
shore with enough life preservers to
float a small army and paddlied round
with these in fine style, until Jumbo,
disguised, stuck a pin in one of the
life preservers and punctured it.
You're supposed to be learning to
swim, not going up in a balloon" he
said.
The dav after that, Sawed-off apv
peared with a fishing pole and a stout
rope, which he fastened around
Hist'ry's waist. The pole snapped in
about three minutes, and the fish had
to be helped ashore by hand to save
him from drowning.
Boobies who was something of an in
ventor, got up an elaborate plan for
! erecting two large posts and stretching
wire across them, and turning
Hist'ry into a sort of floating trolley
car; but the boys decided that it would
take most of the summer to get the
system to working, and that the ex-
pense would bankrupt the club. So
they gave Histry up in despair and
left hikl to his own devices. Not many
days alter they had forgotten him al
together, he announced to them with
great pride that he had been able to
swim four strokes that day before he
sank. 1t was hardly a week before he
could swim eighteen and one-half
strokes in succession. After that he
! considered himself a professional
swimmer. and gave up practicing.
And all this had taken place just be-
fore B. J. had run away. No one of the
eleven was quite so mad at b. ]. for
disappearing as Hist'ry, and he COM
planned bitterly.
How peculiarly unfortunate that
should have expended so much effort
learning navigation and then have B.
j. vanish with such mysteriosity."
Jumbo gave Hist'ry sad look and
said: ut is queer how such small jaw
can keep from breaking, cracking such
hard nuts. But l move that we &c
on our cruise just the same, B. j. Oh
no B. j."
{ And the motion was carried, all ayes
and no nos.
/ But little they knew where that
I cruise was to lead them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

AS soon as the ring is removed, the
weight of the fish forces the float
apart and the fish slides down the line
so quickly that it is impossible to tell
where he came from.
The magician Immediately swings
the line toward himself, closes the
float tightly by replacing the ring, ana
let's the FISH slip from the net into a
globe OF water.
The net is deity placed in the
pocket while all eyes are on the fsh.
The magician may continue 10 catch
nsh as long as there are any left IN
the bait box.
Any boy may white a magic float
like this from soft n
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10

"Hello!" said Nebuchadnezzar Hia-
watha Columbus Jones. Hello! Who
are your"
I'm Miss Nanny Hippopotamus,"
replied the sweet little fairy.
How old are you?" inquired Ne
buchadnezzar with keen interest.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
MAGICAL FISHING
How to Catch Live Fish Out of
the Air.
BY ]. C. BEARD.

Simple Simon went a fishing
For to catch a whale,
But all the water that he had
Was in his mothers pail.
If Simple Simon had known some
of the methods in vogue among Hin
du magicians, his attempt to make a
catch in his mothers pail might have
met with success. 1t is improbable
that he could have persuaded a whale
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
CHAPTER III.

The sun looked as if he had had his
face scrubbed shiny and his yellow
hair brushed for school that morning
at the eleven Lakerimmers set out to
cruise round the lake, and then settle
down for a two-weeks' camp on the
island.
To judge from the smiling faces of
the grown-up people of Lakerim who
gathered to see them off, you would
have thought that the people who
were staying at home were going on
a vacation and not the solemn young
men who got into the war canoe. Per-
haps the townspeople were just a lit
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-10
PICTURES TO PAINT
ADVENTURE No. 4.

NebuchadneZZar Hiawatha COL
umbuS Jones Turns the Skip
ping Rope for Little Nanny
HippOpOtamuS and Learns
About the Games Of the
Country.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
BABIES ON FIRE
With Itching, Burning, Sca|y
humourS
Find Instant Relief and
Speedy Cure
In Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment
When All Other Remedies and
the Best Physicians Fail.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired mothers in warm baths with
Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings
with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin
cure, and purest Of emOllients, to be
followed in severe cases by mild doses
of Cuticura Resolvent Pills. This is
the purest, sweetest, most speedy, per-
manent and economical treatment for
torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning,
bleeding, scaly, crusted and pimply
skin and scalp hum0urs, eczemas,
rashes and irritations, with loss Of
hair, of infants and children, as well as
adults, and is sure to succeed when all
other remedies and physicians fail.
Millions of the worlds best people
now use Cuticura Soap, assisted by
Cuticura Ointment, for preserving,
purifying and identifying the skin,
for cleansing the scalp Of crusts, scales
and dandruff, and the stopping Of fall
ing hair, for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and sore hands, as
we'll as for all the purposes Of the
toilet, bath and nursery. Thousands
of women unhesitatingly recommend
Cuticura Soap, in the form Of baths
for annoying irritations, inflammations
and chafings, or too free or offensive
perspiration, in the form of washes for
lucrative weaknesses, and for many
sanative, antiseptic purposes which
readily suggest themselves. The sale
of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
is greater than the combined sale of the
worlds product Of other skin remedies.
Sold in every part OF the world.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
THE CONDITIONS.

Following are the conditions for
the improvement of political matters
asked for by the people of Albuquer-
que:
First. The publication of the ballot,
we insisting at all times on having
honest primaries and elections.
Second. That this organization at
! all times shall use every effort in its
power to have an equitable assessment
| and collection of taxes without fea,
or favor.
Third. That we positively insist
| upon the most rigid economy in the
| conduct of the Offices of this county
| and that the saalries Of the same shall
be reduced to a fair consideration fol
the time given tine county.
Fourth. That we as a body insis
that our county officials shall not in
terfere in the selection of candidate!
for the legislature, and that the candi
dates for said legislature shall be sc
lected from the best material of tn
lcOunty.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10

DON'T WANT sEM.

The general committee Of the Good
Government league held a lengthy
meeting in the office of Secretary T.
]. Curran in the Commercial Club
building LAST night says the Journal
Democrat and transacted considerable
important business. Committees
were named to take charge of the
several departments of the work or
organization and the general working
plan of the league was carefully and
fully discussed. The working COM
mittee is determined that the move
| firm foundation of good business prin-
| ciples and it is therefore moving slow
ly. During the meeting the commit
| tee passed the following resolution by
unanimous votes
Resolved, That it be the sense OF
the working committee of the Good
; Government league and that of the
I good of the league demands that the
names of Thomas Hughes and ]. A
| Beal be stricken from the member
ship rolls. ~
The members present declined to
/ discuss further action Of the commit
tee. saH'
The interesting feature of the
above is that Hughes is the owner
and Beal one of the reporters of the
Albuquerque-Ci Citizen. Notwithstanding
the fight of the paper against the PEG
pie. both signed the good government
leagues. SEhM2
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 10, 1908,
JUDGE MCMILLAN.

"tG.CfNs
1t is remarkable that the depart
ment of justice is so taray in dispos-
ing of the charges against Ja4ae -
Miilen OF the Roswell district.
The following from the Roswell
Register gives the following on the
case:
THE following telegram rom Den
yer, Colo, was received here on
Wednesday and is in itself explana-
tory of the situation of the case
a5A.ns; Judge -aniei Mcmillan:
Denver, Colo, April /, l903.-Pa-
pers report Mcmillan ordered not To
perform oiileiaI duties pending de
olson. Frest hearing.
II is evident from the above that
Judge Mcmillan is in a serious pre-
di~aIle:.. a1@ t4&t JNe authorities at
Washington are not satisfied at hi
explanation OF the Charges aSainsi
him.
The Register has been informed
that kilograms have been sent to
Washington 10 Carlsbad, protesting
that the petition there in approvei
al OF Mcmillan was signed by ire
sponsible and unworthy persons and
should not be considered
While an order not to perform his
official duties is not equivalent x
removal, il Is a strong indication tina
the department is impressed with the
truth of the charges. The case is one
which should be disposed Of. Lithel
the charges are false and souid be
dismissed or they are true and snoult
be sustained. They have been pending
for almost a year and ample time ha'
elapsed to make inquiry. Ii is cruel,
unjust to the judge to hang thes'
charges up against him. and expos
him TO such general critics IN II the.
are untrue. IL is equally unjust 10 tn
public if the charges are rue to keel
a man of immoral conduct in a plac
duet and a moral life.
The department should act at a
early day and dispose OF the case, $
that the business of the court owe
which Judge Mcmillan ~presides ma
proceed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
A AND TRAIN

The 745 is being overhauled in the
local shops.
Engineer McGraw is reported under
the weather.
Engineer Langston, after enjoying a
brief rest, has reported for duty.
No. 1 passenger train from the
east and No. 2 from the west were
both a couple of hours late.
A number of Foreman Talbott's
bridge crew went down to bridge 1913
to-day to finish some repair work.
The wrecking crew which went
down to Ribera to clear up the debris
Of the wreck has not yet returned.
Chief Engineer r. s. Sumner Of the
Ell Paso e Northeastern, passed
through the city yesterday on his way
to Dawson.
Master Mechanic Barnes Of the AL
buquerque shops passed through the
| city with his family bound for east
ern points IN a vacation.
The report Of a number Of Arabian
horses being killed or injured in the
wreck at Ribera was erroneous. The
engine turned over, and the contents
of two cars laden with furniture were
scattered about. IS zfgl
A great many improvements are be
ing made on the E. p. e r. I. roadway
and it is rapidly being put in good
condition again. 1t is said that wher
the present work is finished the road
bed will be in better condition thar
ever before. Large gangs of men art
being sent out to work at diferen
points along the line.
The committee for the entertain
ment of delegates to the information
al Railroad Y. M. C. A. conference
} which is to be held at Topeka. Apr
80, held a meeting in the parlors o
the city Y. M. C. A. to arrange 10
some place for the delegates to sta
) while they are at Topeka. About ]
600 delegates are expected.
t Waterman F. o. Moore of the Sal
tai Fe, Isleta, desires to give motto
t that on Sunday evening two sma
I boys beating their way over the roa
got past Isleta. The Waterman say
I that as the boys are very young the
G parents may be worried about then
and if they are lear by 1t may SUI
be possible to trace the lads. tt
boys came through Las Vegas. Tht
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

ONCE of the Las Vegas and Hot
Springs Electric Railway, Light and
Power company, Las Vegas New
Mexico, April 1st, 1903.
The annual meeting of h stock
holders Of the Las Vegas and Hot
Springs Electric Railway, Light and
Power company will be held at the OF
fee of the company in the City OF las
| Vegas, Territory of New Mexico, on
| Monday, the fourth day OF May, a. -.
1903, al the hour of 9 O'Clock a.. M,
for the purpose of electing four al.
rectors each to serve for a period OF
two years, and % vote on the folloW-
ing proposition, then and there TO be
submitted, viz:
First. To authorize a board of di-
rectors, and the Missouri Trust COM
panv. the trustee under and by vir-
tue of a certain deed of trust exectu-
ed by said corporation on September
18th. 1902, to issue and sell twenty
(2O) Of the first deed of trust 5 per
cent gold bonds ofthe denominations OF
$4,000 each, for the purpose of com
pleting the electric light plant now
under construction and to provide
funds for wiring the old and new
town Of Las Vegas.
. Second. To authorize said board
and said trustee to issue and sell thlr
ty of the first deed of trust 5 per cen'
! gold bonds of the denomination O
t $500 each, to construct certain ex
r tensions in East Las Vegas, iron
Sixth and Douglas streets, out elthel
Sixth, Seventh or Eighth streets t
: the city limits and to the power house
of this company.
t Said bonds in both proposition
submitted to be sold at not less thai
ninety cents on the dollar, and to y
issued in accordance with Division IL
of Article II of the Deed of Trus
aforesaid, relating to the bonds re
served by the trustees.
8 A. H. DUNCAN,
F. M. CALL,
v. o. SAUNDERS,
4. JOS. E. MERRYMAl>,
y A majority of the directors.
: A. H. DUNCAN,
President.
= F. M. CALL,
q Secretary.
v MARGARITO ROMERO,
n JOSEPH E. MERRYMAN,
F. A. N4ANZANARES,
12S-4w
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10

Laxative BrOmO-Q uinine Tablets
tho remedy that cuEes . cold In one daS
The youngster in the following story
may have been "sniped" but mat
should be said of the writer who
would have his subjects frightened
to quake with fear as in the follow
ing remarkable composition taken
from a territorial paper:
The people living in the vicinity
OF the old Rio GranGe bridge we're
aroused from their peaceful dreams
late Saturday night by the shrlll
whistle of some one concealed in
s-as...,. ..o15 49, 1avS3* n~ 49,.
ling became more shrill and mysteri-
Gus and ming,ing with the roar of the
raging Rio Grande it frightened late
pedestrians and equestrians to quick
en- their pace and tremble and quake
with fear at the strange sound. FL
nally the whistle developed into a
sharp, nervous tremor, giving cyl
dence that the whistler was shaking
with fear. The people who had been
awakened from their peaceful slum-
bers secured a posse and started out
to investigate the strange nocturnal
disturbance. Coming closer to the
sharp whistling they could see 2 GU
pie of candles brightly burning
through the trees. When at lasi
they cautiously and with many mis-
givings approached the whistling fig
ure they found a young man, not I'm
handsome in appearance standing
astride a large sack, whistling with al
| his strength, which had been weaken
| en- considerably with fear.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
ALBUQUERQUE PERFORMERS.

The Albuquerque journal-Democrat
still insists that there Is a wide dir
ference between the law which dis
i~ranchised the people OF the city and
the amendment which took from the
people the right to elect county Off
GERS 10 iii vacancies II any apollo
Ky a be offered for either OF the un
lust enactments, it would be for the
latter. But in both cases the power
that is supposed to rest with ths
American people, that OF eiectins
their own officers Was taKen away
and arbitrary appointments wers
made by The legislature. It matter
not a particle that the people oil Al
buuueraue may nave elected the same
men. or that perhaps the people OF
Raton ana Las Vegas would not
Neither does it matter that an extern
sion of the terms of city officials !
desirable. The power was taken rom
the people and the legislature AFRO
gated to itself the right TO keep men
in office who may or may not nave
wanted tc remain, waom the voter
NAV or may not have chosen. IL is :
violation of the first principle o.
American liberty and the quibpiihg
Of the .Journal-Democrat places ~ =
n most inconsistent light as q re
form journal. The acknowledgements
also knows. or ought to know. INA
me statement made by 4 optl'
some time ago tina II the people ofAi
buaeroue had objected vigorously T"
The first violation OF their h'er'eS
they would never have been caiied y
submit TO the second outrage.
However. the damage a beef
done as far as the extension OF IN
terms az the city officials IS concern
ed. It's an unholy means TO VIVA
ought TO prove a good end
oue has been the chief sufferer, sihc
IT'S acceptance OF unrisnteoas'y eAo
on city officials hat perhaps Il Al
want led TO the naming OF city on
Gers that she certainly did not wan
The acknowledgements thought 10
some reason. has gone far astray .
the n qu~estion.has done valiant -
vice. in the fight for count
reform. 1t seems 10 have its enemie
ON the run and the people down uef
are TO be congratulated upon a pra
tical certainty OF better sovernme'
and equalization OF taxation. II
gratifying to note that II appears
acrs .srse majo
- ~;.f-n-- aud business men.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP.
Cured by One Bottle Of chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.

Cured by One Bottle or chamberlain >
Cough Remedy.
when | had an attack of grip last
winter (the second one) / actually
cured myself with one bottle OF Cham
lain's Cough Remedy says Frank
w. Perry, editor of the Enterprise,
Shortsville, N. Y. This is the honest
truth. l at times kept from coughing
myself to pieces by taking a teaspoon
full of this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on at
night | would take a dose and it
seemed that in the b~riefest interval
the cough would pass off and | would
60 to sleep perfectly free from
cough and it's accompanying pains,
To say hat the remedy acted as a
most agreeable surprise is putting il
very mildly. | had nc idea that il
would or could knock out the grip
simply because l had never tried il
for such a purpose, but it did, and il
seemed with the second attack Of
coughing the remedy caused it to not
only to be of less duration. but the
pains were far less severe, n
had not used the contents of N bot
tie before Mr.. Grip had bid me adieu.'
For sale by all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
HERBINE CURES

Fever and Ague. A dose will usual
ly stop a chill, a continuance always
cures. Mrs. VIM. M. Stroud. Midlo-
THAN, Texas, May 81, 1899, writes:
I'VE have used Herbine in u fam
lily for eight years, and found it the
best medicine we have ever used, fol
la grippe, bilious fever, and malaria
5dc at X. d. Goodall's and Winters
drug company.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10

The Journal-Democrat in quoting
from an article published IN The Up
tic concerning the establishment OF a
sugar factory in the San Antonio val
ley. represents this paper as Obtain
ing the information from nom oth-
than a high official OF the
Santa Fe." While it is he
lieyed that Industrial Commits
sioner Wesley Merritt is interested
= the success of the project, The OPP
tic,g entirely reliable information
came from abusiness man OF TINS
city. A4AA5
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10

Good Friday was observed with the
solemnity due to the day from the
church standpoint, at the Church OF
the Immaculate Conception and the
church of Our lady of Sorrows, MS
morning. The symbols OF mourning
were in evidence, and the worshipers
participated with great reverence IN
the observance of the fateful ANN
yersary. Tomorrow morning at the
west side church. mass Will be op-
served at Z o'clock, the blessing OF
Fire and the Blessing of Water. Will
be performed. Sunday morning,
there will be a first mass at 6 a. M,
a children's mass at s and a solemn
mass at 10. With the dawn OF the
glad Easter the trappings OF GRIEF
will have given way to flowers and
bright decorations in recognition Of
! the cause for rejoicing.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10
said here they were from Kinsley, Ks.

said here they we're from klnsley KS,
but their home was broken up.
F. H. Bartlett, one OF the most
popular clerks who ever handled
a pencil in the Albuquerque
mechanics ofice,is soon To 80
to Topeka where are the headquarters
of most things that appertain to the
Santa Fee. Mr.. Bartlett is to go on the
tenth Of this month and his new po-
|sitiun is that of chief clerk to the gen
eral storkeeper.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10

The optic will not. under any circun :
stances, be resp 5nsible Tor the return cr Il q
safe keeping oil any rejected manuscript, No
exception Will be made To this rule. VIII. re-
gard 10 either letters or encl. sures- Nor Will
the editor enter into correspondence concern
a. rejected manuscript.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10

/. III. Rapp of Las Vegas, architect
spenr Yesterday in the city and ex-
amined the territorial capitol build
ing thoroughly. He will prepare es-
Inmates and specifications for neces-
sary repairs and as soon as these are
submitted to the capitol custodian
committee, bids for making these re-
| pairs will be called for by the commit
fan-\eyr Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-10

In the case Of Edward Hesch VS..
the Consolidated Mining and Smelling
company of Cerrillos, and of J.. W.
Cooper VS.. the same company, which
is now pending in Santa Fe county
and in which the testimony was heard
in the district court at the recent
term. the arguments were made yes
terday in the judges chamber. 3.
M. Read, Esq, and N. B. Laughiin
ably represented the plaintiffs a
the defense was represented by Col
Geo. w. Knaebel. Judge McFie now
has the case under advisement and
] will render his opinion shortly.