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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

FOR SALE buy. sell, trade wagons.
horses, etc. feeding soc per day.
Old Well Corral. Eugenio Rudolph.
1899.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

Our motto: Best makes Of pianos
and best prices for our customers"
The Columbine Music company. 1916
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

what more appropriate Christmas
present than a nice Upright plano.
Columbine Music company can fur
nish you with them. Call and ex.
anime. 1916
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

FoUND-A purse. Call and Identify
and pay for notice at Bridge sta
tion. 1885
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

+. L. Oswald pays cash and good
prices for secondhand goods. 1910
National venue. Colorado Phone
176. lO-1Os
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Mrs. Waring offers something out
Of the ordinary in her al. Page s.
1921
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

The office of Wells. Fargo & Co.
express will be open evenings from
now until Christmas TO accommodate
patrons.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

Accept our invitation and see the
best assorted line of dress goods. See
Rosenthal Bros. advertisement.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

Ii you like tender. juicy mutton. 90
to Turner's. 1918
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

Rare perfumes for presents. Schae.
fer has choicest variety. 1924
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

A slightly used quarter sawed oak
piano at 1865 to make room. Column
bine Music company. 1915
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

FOR RENT-4.room house, Seventh
st. Mrs. d. D~anziger. Plaza. 1886
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

stirrit's views make nice Christmas
presents. 1880
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-16

Mining supplies are in big demand
Gehring has everything. 1919
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Turner's for fish AMI oysters. l21s
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
DEvILFIsH AT AQUARIUM DIE,

Unfortunately the three specimens of the octo-
pus, devilfsh. which arrived here on Monday
from Bermuda died before they had been in the
Aquarium ten hours. Apparently the change in the
water responsible for the brevity of their ex-
istence after being taken captive. The specimens
Of an interesting size. With their tentacles
extended. they could reach circle three feet
in diameter. When in good health the octopus has
great strength Every has read stories OF men
and animals held in the grasp of its powerful ten
tacles. There is something spectral about them.
Their shapeIess forms. with sweeping arms
suggestive of the of a ghostly figure seen
in the dark depths of sleepy hollow, reaching
for moves about in the water are
enough TO make give them wide berth. Along
the tentacles of small disks These have
the power of adhering with the grip of a bulldog
TO any object which may come within reach of the
wadng in the shallow waters of Flerida, and of
the sensation of being grabbed by this formlesS
object The sensation has been described by
who was within the grasp of an octopus, who says
in his case 1t seemed as If each particular disk
pulling from the bones its portion of his flesh.
1T the most horrible experience l ever had
in the water at Dry Tortugas. 1t only fifteen
or eighteen inches deep. Suddenly 1 stepped on
one OF lhose InlngS. he lmInedlately let three of
his feelers go from the bottom and fastened them
around my legs. 1t was horrible. l could feel
every of those disks on my flesh They seemed
to pull it out. But l managed by great efforts to
free myself"
One octopus at the Aquarium was so weak after
II was placed in the tank that it unable to
swallow a crab that was given it for food. The
crab which fought for its life actually getting
the better OF the octopus, and It necessary to
tear 1t away. 1t is regretted that the specimens
OF the octopus dld not live, as the officers Of the
specimens for some time. They were placed in
preserVatiVe fluid after they died.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
ATMOSPHERIC RESISTANCE.

The Bulletin de Ia SOciets d'Eneouragemsnr
contains two papers Of interest in connection vit1
the problem of aerial navigation IN the first ot
these NJ Barbet describes the latest experiments y
NJ Canovetti. OF Brescia. the resistance Of tne
air to moving bodies OF various shapes. Ino
method. which has already been described IN pre-
viOUs papers, consists in attaching the body un9f
observation 10 small trolley Chariot Uhicn 0e-
scends under gravity along wire $50 metres Iohs,
stretched from the top of the fortncations =
Brescia to point on the plain below the oiIerencs
of altitude being 20 metres. BY comparing ~
times of descent with those observed when me -
sistng body removed. estimate was torAea
OF the cOeffiCieut of resistance. -
From experiments with aerOplaEeS VI Canolets
found that an aeroplane of 2.9 square 9ese1s - 4
weighing 1COO Kilograms, moving at a speeo y. =
metres a second. would require 10" horsepOsN
to maintain II in the air. and that under these -
dlttOnS the problem was impossible, furtneI' - -
more power necessary for driving an 80. as.s
plane through the air than for prOpsluns an go,
mobile of equal weight on road by expeEll44s -
the resistance OF two circular disks ptcssS -
behind the other NJ. Canovett has plotoee - -
form Of the cone OF air entrained By a noVns -
Mature.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
RUINED PALACES OF YUcATAN.

The ruined palaces Of Yucatan show that the
people Of that country had architecture of their
own. and that it queer" in many respects.
Some of these palaces were two and three stories
high, but they were not built like houses with
one story rising directly another The builder
required special foundation for each story Thus
the foundation Of the second extended back Of and
to the top of the first story and this the second
structure reared. When there were three
stories the style of architecture en-
ployed.
One of the best preserved specimens of the style
is the House of the Nuns. which is about two hun
dred feet long and more than one hundred feet
wide in it's ruined condition It has stairway
ffty-six feet wide. which leads to the first story
and then to the second from a platform These
buildings contained rooms the whole space of
each story being great hall.
Another fine specimen is the Temple Of the Tiger,
named because of the sculptured figures with
which the edifice elaboratey decorated. These
terraced palaces are at Chchen Ytza, Yucatan,
and it is believed that the prehistoric builders
lected that place because the two great springs of
the place made it important spot. The springs
are surrounded by the ruined buildings, and in
themselves worthy of more than passing note. The
water in them, according to article in The
-Four Track News stands at a level the year
round and comes from subterranean streams
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

loon he might drift steadily northward from Spitz-
bergen several hundred miles, but he paid for that
error with death. The trial which was made in
the Antarctic from the British ship Discovery
is practically unique in the annals of aeronautics.
Never before successful ascent made under
similar conditions
Leaving Lyttleton, New-Zealand just before the
close Of 1901 the British expedition pushed steadily
southwark heading for Cape Adair. The ice
barrier which skirts the Antarctic continent extends
almost continuously along the sixty-ffth sixty
sixth parallel of south latitude. By far the most
remarkable break in the coast line occurs to the
southeastward of Australia. There is enormous
recess five hundred or six hundred miles deep, and
fully wide. called McMurdo Bay Along it's
western shore lies Victoria Land. Its eastern
boundary is poorly defined. and is represented only
vaguely by ice. The southern side is almost
straight, and extends eastward and westward fair
y close to the seventyeighth parallel of latitude.
Touching first at Cape Adair at the northwestern
corner of the bay Captain Scott skirted Victoria
Land and reached the southwestern corner near
the volcanoes Erebus and Terror. Turning east
ward January o. 1902. he worked his way slow
ly along the ice barrier. which for more than five
hundred miles has height OF from so to $50 feet
Apparently the ice had receded somewhat from the
limits noted by Sir James Ross, who explored the
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
PARROT TAUGHT TO THINK.

NJ Pierre Hachet Souplet, writing on the intel
ligence Of birds and animals. relates a remarkable
accomplishment on the part of a parrot He ad-
mits that the bird was an exceptionally clever
specimen, and he considers it's achievement iudi-
Gates the high watermark of psychicaI possibilities
as far as parrots are concerned.
He had taught Polly to use the words cupboard
and ladder" ana as he climbed the ladder he had
succeeded in inducing the bird to articulate the
word climb" Every day when the bird
brought into the laboratory small cupboard was
opened and Polly helped herself to hempSeed. One
day. however, instead Of the cupboard being placed
where she could reach it, II hauled up near
the ceiling, and the ladder was placed among
eraI other articles in the corner of the room
The question be decided whether the
bird. seeing that the cupboard was out OF NJ.
Hachet SOuplet's reach. would have sufficient in
telligence words it knew in their proper Sc
quence. The first days experiment a failure.
The parrot screeched Cupboard" cupboard
beating it's wings and biting the bars of it's cage
In anger, but it got no further. That day the bird
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
HOUSE OF BEER BOTTLES.

house OF beer bottles is one Of several startling
architectural novelties in TOnopah New. Among
the others are houses made OF straw, OF burlap
sacks trimmed with blue jeans of tin from five
gallon oil cans OF drygOOds and cracker box lumber.
or mud, stone, tents and cloth The for this
notable and original variety of building material IS
simple Tonopah is in region barren OF trees. In
consequence the cOmmOnest lumber sells for S65 a
cedar for fuel costs SO cord. Tonopah Is young
mining camp, and its riches are still mostly under
ground Therefore the need for economy. and
hence the origin Of William F. Peck's glass house.
Peck IS a miner in the employ of the Tonopah
Mining Company, and he has a family. He went
there in July, when houses not strictly neceS-
Sary. Being unable to buy lumber, and empty beer
bottles being available in astonishing numbers he
chOSe and went TO work at odd times. BY October
his house was finished, and the chief expense was
for water with which to mix his mud and plaster
Water costs 81 90 barrel in Tonopah in summer
Ten thousand beer bottles were Incorporated IN
the neat little edihce which l6 feet in the
clear, with ceilings feet high, and contained two
~
That Mr.. Peck had eye TO artistic effect as we'll
as co warmth and convenience is shown by the
neatness Of the workmanship and also his adher-
ence TO a color scheme. The northern and western
exposures are composed Of bottles of light green
hue, While the other sides almost black
The inside walls are plastered with lime which Is
spread TO a depth sufficient to cover the bottle
necks-(St- Louis Post-Dispatch.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

region in 1S45. During the next few days Captain
Scott saw land off TO the eastward of him which
has never before been charted. and also observed
that the Ice barrier itself practically disappeared
and was replaced by slOping ice, which doubtless
covered land The barrier proper is a frozen PACK
thought to Overlie
1t was just after turning back after these OBJ
servauonS toward Mount ErebUS that the balloon
ascent was made. The ship still under con-
Inlet through the ice which reached further south
ward than other to which the Discovery could
penetrate, was now utilized to study the land
hydrogen. compressed in cylinders and brought
from home, was used to initiate the gas bag Owing
to the low temperature of this region. much
greater quantity was required than would have
Deen needed in temperate climates The cable which
heId TINS hoatIng observatory captive 700 feet
long. No satisfactory landing place diScOV
cred, but an admirable view of the region was had
This occurred February 4, 1852 Then the DiscOv-
chOrage in McMurdo Strait, close to Mount Ere
bus, and March "A Gust after the autumnal
equlnoX) she was frozen in, Subsequently Captain
Scott organized sledge parties which explored the
vicinity.
The most important results of the expedition up
to the time the relief ship, Morning, left it last
winter, We're follows:
Ffrst-DiscOvery of new land east OF McAdurdo
Bay.
Second-Discovery that Mounts Erebus and Ter
ror are on a small island and not the mainland.
Th1rd-F1nding good winter quarters for a ship
IN Soulh latitude II.JO east longitude 16642, with
land close by for magnetic observatory
tourth-A record of 90 degrees below zero Fahren-
heit.
and observations of land far off as So 80 incud-
ing peaks and mountain ranges 1900 feet high.
Sixth-Evidence that the vast ice covered plateau
which reaches westward from McMUrdO Bay is in
some places nine thousand feet high.
SeVenth--A large amount of magnetic and bio
logical and deep sea sounding.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
MET A BEAR ON THE BERG.

Meford Roberts and John Jasso two of the crew
OF the schooner Helen G. Whitten who went
astray in their dory on the banks and were picked
up by the steamer Lake Champlain and landed
at Montreal told story of great hardshps They
became lost and for sixty hours were adrift with
out food or water
All this time they were compelled to keep ball
ing the water from their dory, and the weather
was SO cold that ice formed in their little craft
Inc sea was rough, and in order to keep afioat a
drag had to be kept out continually
Their thirst became intense, and falling in with
an iceberg that projected some ten feet above the
sea level. they made an attempt to obtain water
from 1t. Approaching. they were about to make
fast when they were met by ferocous animal
which they supposed was polar bear, and which
raised its paw In such a threatening manner that
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
A Sugaring Experience Which Mad. su
Fletcher Keep His Taphouse Door 81.

Mighty queer what tastes the fo,r1.
ters have" said 'Lias Cookson the $50 Fas7a CT
per and guide, he sat on a stool IN s-o-. traS
cigar case at the drug store and told -. q "a
the Stroller. in The Portland Expr.s.. :. = ss71
is old Doug, the best known trapper az - Ias;s
says that bear an sich are the beS, - -s No
fox ever gets hold Of. Old Dong tiii.SSo SSood thar
OF Maine black bear some time b4cE - den A.
nau ne sOt EN- sRGn tnan ne found thar - ~ sools
Tow OF loNeS dlylu around the den in ,ssle Va
waitin for MIN TO get out OF tbe 1sas - ne oushs,|
Iney could eat up the carcasses Of the Bes5 . ths
IKE pear meat dunno as I Ike IL - - soxa
, "oid Doug shot one bear in the head =.
critter walked nigh fifteen miles OUT me- = az Ia
afterward afoTe he fell down a. 10 we tirsSs
the next day. when old Doug fol0Tvsd .s@ .s@ Aud
ne found that fox had been sha5d@-,.-. ne tral
all the way, and that after the be- = = ne bsa,l
dead, he had made meal OF n bear steat vas inay
But bear themselves Is bout The -
the woods for their special likins 'St 1oizS M
Everybody knows that bear win han
a beehive for months lust a-h0pinr tL-'ls alal1d
will fall down an they can get ~ .sLal ths o.
nave seen EN- watch a tree all s,,~- Money. 4
VIII leave ripe raspberries any time for 80, Ih
But what I was a-goin' TO tell Va,
now bear came down on n Bald Mountssi-s rs aoou
skin. '14eF outer Il
'It was long first Of the suqar,,,
Hen had nigh five hundred trees fanr.5 S5eaS.on q
9-DIIih lhe sap IN sugar house rbs- LS - W
GooI ~; II ana one window The window was ILiS H.. q
IN Jhe gable, and the door was opposite N'sA 3
Hen had seen bear tracks ar0lin5 r. -.
a1ore he got well ter tappn' trees bIr - oreShst Sst
occur 10 him that the bear would tro,ls ~ - ldr
He was wOrkin' late one night keeTi5s N y Hacs
soln under the kettles. when he sorter faIi ls -
9huer the influence of the sweet steam in m as-eT
house and the hot fires. over the ketTias me NE s0s
WOKE up ne see shadOwy form thar h ,sA zen
was a man standin' against his sugar taSls sl.ls
had laid out TO cool -D5 lnat =
What air ye dOin' there2' sez he
The man didn't say noJhin' but ken, -.
gobbbIin down the candy, an that s6r-sr ,s1e LG % q
Hen Fletcher mad as hornet. The corns- ~ sAaG e
sugar mouse Wnere the man was a eatin' tha - cs15
was darBish. but he caIlated he could s - - &
nun. an he ups with club and hings II s1-,s. ~
at the fellows head. = s'Iesl
The feller turned round, and syVhlnr cam. q.
whistle OF a mad bear He stepped oUfer -
Shadder an sun StandIn' on his hind legs nsG
at Hen Fletcher. Hen didn't walt to sbats h. a.-A
He went up the ladder and through ths Vi-s..
sash, glass an all The bear ran into tba ts-i
or half reduced syrup and burned his paws I'm ~
roared with pain Then he got out O. The sapbor-.
and went one way ike a sCaEed sheen an -,
Fletcher, with part of the winder frame Ea---'
TO his head, Went the other way. IL was davIiss,
before the owner Of that sap vent back ThsT II,
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
A MAHoMETAN MISSIONARY.

Some years ago the Chamber Of Deputies num-
bered among it's members a certain DR.. Grenier, Of
Pontarlier. who for some months was one Of the
best known men in France. He rarely spoke in
the House. he had no particularly statesmanlike
qualities but his success was nevertheless very
great The illustrated papers published his photo
graph the newspapers referred to him at least
seven times a week-and all because DR.. Grenier in
addition to being a medical man and a deputy, was
a Mahometan. He had adopted the dress of the
Arab tribes in Algeria and in the course of inter
views had eXpatiated upon the beauties of the
Koran But other persons came before the notice
OF the public; DR.. Grenier was not reelected and
very few even remembered his existence. We are
now Informed, however, that after adopting the
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
A NEW SUMMER COAT FOR MEN

This summer has witnessed many varieties Of thin
summer coats OF wash silk, brought out for the
comfort OF man, and intended strictly for and
not for ornament but nothing has yet been offered
in the way Of coat quite as gay as the new
kimono smoking and office Jackets OF gauze trimmed
Of the Wearer
The gauze ground of the coat is dark. varying
upon shades of color that look black at first sight
ana the mesh OF the material is strong. These
coats are trimmed in bands OF various colors. the
dark, plain ones intended for public appear
ances and the fancy Oneslike that in the flustra-
uon--meant to be worn when lounges in his
smoking den or private apartment Heretofore the
dmono in America has been the distinct property
of woman.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
SUNLIGHT FOR TUBERCULOSIS.

In several places in this country, especially in
the West experiments are being made with the
hope of curing tuberculosis by concentrating the
suns rays upon the chests of the sufferers. The
reflector is generally mirror about three
feet in diameter, sometimes oVerlaid with blue
glass. All the light reflected from 1t is concen-
Irateo upon an area SIX lnches IN diameter. Ihus
intense blue light is obtained, which, It is
serted, is sufficiently strong to pass entirely
through the body, and even TO reproduce a picture
placed upon the back. The patients chest is barred
and he is seated in front Of the reflector The in
light is thrown upon his chest for two hours
or more each day. II is asserted that the light
nerlefrafes the lungs and DESTROYS the bacilN.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

received millet. which it did not care e,-.
seed. which i was very fond Of being i,Clee sle hs
the cupboard. 'oeked ts
Next day Polly was IN greater ,o
ever. and after desperate effort 10 bss.lper t,s
the bars of her cage she finally caS-..s-aA l1ro1s
the cupboard near the ceiling. insfs1Ti--s sEat =.
words der-Ciimb-cupboard . snJ' J'& cans &
ing learned he- lesson the cupboard saoi-sY Il,
down and she was rewarded with so-,. rs Ls or1cs,
NJ. Hachet Souplet looked upon tbis IN 2sesS
proof OF the association OF ideas q, i..ssilelt
mind. as no one had ever taught 49, tle dlrs
phrase she created--(Paris Press parrot {.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

Young Turk" garb Dr. Grenier now dresses like
any average French citizen He practises at Pontar-
ler but refuses to accept payment for his services,
and-perhaps for this reason-he is known as the
good doctor" He is still believer in Mahomet,
however, and it is his habit in fine weather to
stroll in the country with the Koran under his
arm, expounding its verses to the peasants in the
fields He is listened to with much attention, 1t
stretch point when there is money to be saved;
and gratuitous medical attendance with the
Koran. is better than paying doctors bill.-Paris
MdSSeOPer
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
UNIQUE BALLOONING.
Vie5o Obtained of antarctic Regions
from AbOUe.

Balloon ascents for military reconnaissance are
common enough. Some day they will be extensive
ly employed for geographical exploration perhaps.
There is talk of using captive airships for enabling
tourists TO view Alpine scenery easily. But for
polar research they have thus far been practically
neglected. Poor Andree hoped that in a free bal
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
CHAMPION WHISPERS.

France is not only supposed to possess the small
est soldier IN Europe, but it has a citizen whose
beard is the longest in the world The pos
sessing this ornament is a sculptor named Louis
Goulon, and he is an inhabitant Of Montrecon. Time
has whitened it, and doubt prevented any
further growth, but 1t stiu measures a little mora
than seven feet in length The happy possessor of
this beard Is sixty-eight years old At the age Of
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
PIONEER HIGH SPEED RAILROAD.

There is about to be constructed between Man
chester and Liverpool an electric express mono
ran track which will be the pioneer high speed
railway IN the world" says The Sphere"
THE engineers. F. 3. Behr and R. ElliottICooper.
propose TO run single on the single rail- track
ct g speed OF 10 miles hour, the cars running
every ten minutes. The length OF the line Will be
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

about thirty-four and half miles, and the cars
viii take twenty minutes instead of the forty to
forty-fve minutes taken by the present fastest
press trains run by three railway companies.
The earlier mono-rails built by Mr.. Behr such
as the one at Ballybunnion Ireland, steam
lines, and many of these exist in various parts of
the world and give satisfaction
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

they gave up all further attempts to secure water
and got away as quickly as possible
another iceberg and on the third day Were picked
up by the Lake Champlain.-Boston Advertiser.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

got his rife an chased up the bear. He shot hin
near the farm Of Frank Chick. OF Madrid. an
mighty good lOOkin bear he was. too. But Hen
says that after this he'll shut his saphOuse door
when he's bilin' syrup at nigh"
New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

fourteen his beard was over one foot and half in
length and at twenty 1t measured yard. The
sculptor wears part of his seven-footer within his
wastcOat, and it chest protector. Some
persons may think that this record beard is little
too much of a good thing. The sculptor evidently
does not-(Paris Messenger