davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29
TAX NOTICE.

All persons who W taxes are here
by notified that the second half OF
taxes Tor A. d. 1902, is payable now
and will become delinquent Oh June J.
1903, and il not paid by that date
the penalty prescribed by law vii
be imposed.
Las Vegas, N. NJ, April Is, 1909
EUGENIO ROMERO, Collector,
15O-SOt San Miguel County n. N
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

In 4 big cave ear A~lamogordo
thousands of stalgamites hang from
the rock-ribbed roof. When struck
they give a sund like that Of chimes
of cathedral bells, each one having
a different pitch, and the note being
melodious and beautiful.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

Carmen, the Oklahoma town found
ed by the rient railroad about a year
ago, was swept by a tornado a few
nights ago. Still 365 nights is longer
than Carmen usually lasts.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29
Made Young Again.

"One of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks put me in
my teens again." writes D.. H Turner
of Dempseytown, Pa. They're the best
in the world for liver. stomach and
bowels. Purely vegetable. Never
grippe. Only Csc at all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

Just as the world was given to I'M
derstand that England is going to
quit depressing Erin, along comes the
news that the next big automobile
race is to be held in Ireland.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

Senator Hanna will find that mag
nanimity pays. He has promised to
let the republican convention in Ohio
do just as it pleases about indorsing
President Roosevelt.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29
Weekly Bank statement.

Reserves on all deposits, increase,
3422, 425. .HNlgS8
Reserves on all deposits other than
u. S. inc. $422,175.
Loans decrease $4S7, 200.
Specie decrease, 81, 1885, 200.
Legals increase $2,036,300 {.
Deposits decrease 81, 529, 800.
Circulation decrease $30,70.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

Cuba's surplus of $4,000. 900 last
year is a oreditable showing. Uncle
Sans example has not been lost on
the island he liberated and allowed
to form q government of its own.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29
Il Pays.

Some people," said the Rev. Mr..
Goodman. "can never be made to ap-
preciate the value Of religion"
That's right" replied Pecksnif.
the merchant; they don't know how
to catch the church trade at all"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

A force Of men under Lieutenant ia
vier killed sixty-eight Filipino insur,
gents ut Tabogan, Island of Cepu, this
week. Now that the rebellion has
reached Tabogan it is a down-hill pull.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

Mrs. Potter Palmer, by refusing to
marry the Prince of Monaco, is neg
Iecting the only opportunity she will
eve nave to break the bank at Monte
Carlo.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

He had O vein Of sentiment
And though he was a gentle swain
He found when he a-wooing went
His sentiment was all in vain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

This office is N receipt Of some
very handsome new lob type, the
very latest, AL having the best job
force in the eonntry is better Ielar-
ed than ever 10 turn Gu. the very
highest quality of Work o~btainable. tt
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29
Grain and Provisions.

wheat-July. 10 1-2@135-S; Sc
tember, 70 So.
Corn-May, As 3-S bid, July, 451-2.
Oats-July, "a.
P0rk-July, $17.25.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

Faber: The art Of saying %appropri-
ate words in a kindly way is n that
never goes out Of fashion, and is with
in the reach Of the humblest.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

1he following New York stock quotations
Oere received by Levy Bros. members Chi
cAgo Board Of Trade) rooms and 3 Crock
ett Block, Colo Phone 80, Las Vegas Phone
no. over their oHn private wires from New
York, Chicago and Colorado Springs; cores
pondent of the firms of Logan 4 Bryan NY
and Chicago member New York stock Elk
change aud Chicago Board of Trade, and VIM
A. Otis & Co.. Bankers and Brokers. Colorado
Springs:
Description Oiose
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

No, Maude, dear; the old saying tn
the effect that there is safety In num-
bers doesn't apply to policy.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 29.-Cat-
tie steady: native steers $500 % S..
SO; Texas and Indian steers $500 q
SAYS; Texas COWS $2.35 q 1925; ma
tive cows and heifers $1.9O q $465;
stQckers and feeders $500 % $3.50;
bulls $500 % Sc 80; calves $500 Il
$3.50; western steers s2.7a % 1890,
western cows $500 a $500.
Sheep strong; muttons $3.50 q IS.
so: lambs s475 a $40; range weth
ers 1910 a $50; ewes $40 q SIS.
20.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-29
Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Ills. May 29.-Cattle
steady; good to prime steers $4.S5 q
$40; poor to medium $500 q $3.50;
stOckers and feeders $500 @ $4.75;
COWS $3.50 q $3.50; heifers $2.25 @
$3.50; Gamers $3.50 q s2.75; bulls
$2.25 a $3.50; calves 1925 q $500.
Sheep steady; good to choice weth.
ers $3.50 @ $500; fair to choice mix
ed $3.50 a $4.25; western sheep $4.5(
@ $500; native lambs $500 q $500;
western lambs $3.50 q $500.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

"Oh, Alfred" said his uncle, "what an
awful lot of noise!
You are indeed the noisiest of all the
noisy boys.
Just put that sauce pan lid away, and do
not, l implore,
Keep stamping, tramping up and down,
so near the study door.
"And stop that piercing whistle! o, but
tell me, Alfred, now,
To gain a. little pleasure, must you kick
up such row?
don't mind what you play at, I have
told you so before,
But cannot stand this rumpus when it's
near the study door"
Then Alfred dropped his little chin upon
his little chest,
And from the spirit of his play departed
all the zest.
'What ails you?" said his uncle, "for you
look doleful boy"
80, well, you know" said Alfred, "it's the
rumpus l enjoy!"
Chicago Record Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
SISINNING TIE SNAKE.

A game which is peculiarly Chinese
IS "Sklnning the Snake" thus de-
scribed in The Delineator. The boys
stand face to back in straight line.
All bend forward, each putting his
right hand through between his legs
and taking the left hand of the boy
behind him. They are thus all bent
over and bound together. They then
begin backing; the one at the rear of
the line lies down; and the rest all
back over him, each lying down as
soon as he backs over the one behind
him and all still holding hands Sc
curely. They now form a straight
line, each with his head between his
neighbor's legs and holding a hand
of the one behind him. Then the one
that lay down last gets up and "strad-
dies" over the entire line, each pulling
up the one next to him until all are
standing erect and face about. This
finishes the game.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
CHEROKEE NAMES.

The Cherolees We're the only tribe
of Indians who had written lam
guage, says the Knoxville Sentinel. 1t
Yves invented by Tahlequah or George
Guess, q half-breed native, who lived at
Ross's Landing. The Cherokee tongue
is beautiful one, with soft vowel
sounds. Tennessee inherits from it
some euphonious geographical names,
including that of the State itself. What
We have lost by the substitution of
English names may be seen from a
comparison. The Tennessee River was
the Kallamuchee up to the mouth of
the Little Tennessee. From this point
to the mouth of the French Broad 1t
was called Cootcla, and from thence
to the mouth Watauga, and perhaps
to its source in Virginia the Holston
was known to the Indians as Hogo.
heegee. The French Broad was Agi-
qua, and received the Swannanoah and
Nonichuheh. The present "barbarous
Clinch" had the more euphonious name
Pelissippi. Little River was the Canot.
Little Tennessee was the Tannassee.
and its continent, Tellico. has been
changed from Ptsaliko, or Saliko. Hia.
wassee was pronounced Euphassee;
Cumberland was called by the Indians,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
WHERE DWARFS ARE MADE.

Some interest is being aroused in
Madras at present by the exhibition Of
two dwarfs who are alleged to be over
fifty years of age, and are brother and
sister. These beings are not only
small, but distorted. 1t is believed that
dwarfs are manufactured" in India.
There is practice eXtant in the Pun
jab of elongating infants heads so as
to render them out of all proportion
to the body. The effect Of compression
on the brain renders the victims
idiotic
They are sent around to beg, and in
their peregrinations visit the Madras
and Bombay presidencies. An instinct
akin to that of an animal, however,
still lives in the distorted beings
and invariably brings them back to
their masters. They are known as
"Shah Shuja's MICE" from the name
of the temple where they are manu-
factured. The children, it is stated,
are vowed to the temple by fanatical
women.-London Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

One hundred and ninety-eight years
ago the rock of Gibraltar fell into the
hands of the British by assault. The
Prince of Hesse Darmstadt command
ed the troops, and Sir George Rookie
the fleet, and in the remarkably short
time Of four days the stronghold sur
rendered. Many times the Spaniards
attempted to get back the key to the
Mediterranean, but without success.
though on one occasion they got 500
men within the fort, but failed to rein
force them. In 1926 it was in the
mind Of ministers to give back the rock
to Spain, but SO great an agitatation
arose against the step that it was aban-
doned. There followed a siege by
Spain and France, which lasted from
1927 to 1888. On September 13, 1882,
no fewer than 10000 men constituted
the besieging army, and in the grand
attack delivered on that day 200 heavy
guns, forty-seven ships Of the line and
ten battering ships were employed, and
upwards OF 5000 red hot shots were
fired at the Notifications. Since then
the possession of Gibraltar has re-
mained undisputed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
A dig Medicine Man.

Members of the Council who live IN
the vicinity Of the Snake Council
grounds report considerable doing
among the Snakes" since the return
Of Crazy Snake and his followers from
the penltentlary. They have q pro-
phet by the name Of Wakache. He
claims to be gifted with supernatural
wisdom, and to be in constant consul
tation with the Great Spirit, whose d.
rectlons he imparts to his followers.
An exchange says: "He has been fur
nished from on high with supernat-
ural fire which never goes out. He
has lighted sticks of wood from this
fire and given them to each of the
forty-four Indian towns with injunc-
ton to keep the same constantly burn
ing, which is to be typical of the re-
vival and continuance Of the old gov
ernment customs and laws Of the
Creeks. The prophet calls around his
camp men and women who dance
around his sacred fire and play ball
and perform other old customs Of the
Greeks. including drinking of medicine
and daily bathing in the running
streams. He is also q, healer of the
sick, and that fact alone insures a
large following. City Jour-
nal,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
WISE WORDS.

In great business there is nothing
so fatal as cunning management
Junius.
If you desire to remove avarice YOU
must first remove it's mother, luxury
Cicero.
Desire nothing which may either
wrong thy profession to ask or Gods
honor to grant.-Bishop Henshaw.
would rather sit on pumpkin and
have it all to myself, than to be
crowned on q velvet cushion.-Thoreau
To be free minded and cheerfully dis
posed at hours Of meat and Of sleep
and Of exercise is one of the best pre-
cepts Of long lasting.-Bacon.
How often in this world actions
which We condemn are the result of
that we admire.-Mrs. jameson.
I would say that perfection of mind,
like that of the body, consists Of two
elements-of strength and beauty; that
it consists of flrmness and mildness, of
force and tenderness, Of yigor and
grace.-W. E. Claiming.
1t is pitlablc desecration OF such
nature as ours to give it up to the
world. Some baser thing might have
been given without regret; but to bow
down reason and conscience, to bind
them to the clods of earth, to contract
those faculties that spread themselves
out beyond the world. even to infnity
to contract them to worldly trines-
it is pitiable, 1t is something to mourn
and to weep over.-Orville Dewey.
He only will please long who, by
tempering the acidity of satire with
the sugar of civility, and allaying the
heat of wit with the rigidity of hum
BILE chat, can make TRUE punch of con-
versation; and, as that punch can be
drunk in the greatest quantity which
has the largest proportion of water, SO
that companion will be oftenest well
come whose talk flows out with inof-
fensive copiousness and unenvied in.
sipidity.-Samuel johnson.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
ROYALTY IN ABTSSINlA.
The Bizarre Costume of King MeAelik
on Christmas.

speaking of kings" said a traveller
recently returned from Abyssinia a
short time ago, "people who haven't
seen the king Of kings have no ade-
uuate conception of real royalty.
Don't know who the king of kings
is?' he exclaimed in astonishment at
the lack of information on the part OF
his auditors. "Menelik, King Of Kings
and Conquering Lion Of judah, to use
his full name. King Of Abyssinia is
good enough for everyday use.
st was my luck to be in Ads Abeba
On January Z, the Abyssian Christmas,
and the Emperor invited us to a feast.
After long wait we saw the Emperor
coming from his palace surrounded by
attendants. We dismounted and fol.
lowed him to a tent, and were seated
at his left. He occupied a small chair
of state. He Wore a long coat of fam
tastic colors covered with gold lace.
That was bad enough, but the straw
that broke the back of royalty, so to
speak, was the rest of the outfit-white
trousers and patent leather shoes!
Perched on his head above piece of
white muslin drawn tight about his
brow was q big gilt Panama hat, the
band literally covered with rubies and
sapphires. There was diamond stud
in his left ear and red silk umbrella
fringed in gold was held over his head.
If that isn't royalty, what is?"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
Smiles and Their Meaning.

Some one has suggested that words
We're invented for the purpose of con-
cealing thought, but there are situa-
tions when words are unavailing and
1t is necessary to have recourse to
another method for concealing thought.
This Is where smiles are useful. Now,
there is nothing worthy of remark
about a smile when the natural result
Of O pleasant thought, but the climax
Of art has been reached when one has
learned to smile under circumstances
when language-if true expression Of
thought-would be decidedly objec-
tionable.
Smiles have peculiar charm. They
can accomplish wonders in an argu-
ment, especially if the smiler possesses
rosy lips and pearly teeth. Smile for
the lady" is familiar nursery parlance,
and when baby smiles it is genuine.
But, once beyond the years of baby
hood, one can never be perfectly cer-
tain of the true value Of smile.-New
York News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
ESCAPE OF THE SNAILS.

When the Revue Scientifique says a
thing 1t must be believed. 1t records
snail story that deserves place along
with the best snake yarns.
The prologue is all right. 1t tells Of
n snail cultivator on large scale, who
provides the market with these delica-
cies. He usually has $4,000 of them
feeding in a vast park, which is sur
rounded by a wall about two feet six
inches high. In consequence of the es-
cape Of many glddy snails sort Of
ledge was put on the top, projecting an
inch or two on the inside, so that the
snail crawling up the straight wall
would meet with an obstacle. Still the
slim creatures managed to get away,
and were found securing the open
tountry with all the joyous abandon of
acquired freedom.
After patient research, declares the
Revue Scientifique, and this is the part
of the story which is to be most un-
feignedly believed, it was found that
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

one accommodating snail would blot
himself like a swallows nest under
the ledge, while all those who were de-
sirors Of escaping crawled over his
shell, and thus reached the edge of the
ledge-and liberty. There is sad note
about the poor snail who devoted him
self and allowed his back to be used as
n bridge having been left behind, but
it was necessary for the scientific jour-
nal to emphasize this in order to round
up its story.
Never mind. This accommodating
snail may be sure Of his reward. One
day, deep sunken in his shell, with his
face pastered with strong smelling
garlic and butter, he will lie on plate
at the table of a Partisan.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
Mistress of the Seas.

Few people are aware that Britain's
mistress-ship Of the seas is more than
an assertion, and that it is acknowl-
edged by every nation. On entering q
foreign port marine etiquette requires
man-o'-war to salute the national
flag by dipping its own, and in return
the host lowers Its flag. But no for
eign ship dips the Union Jack until the
foreigner first dips his colors. In all
seas, both home and foreign, Britain
claims to be saluted first, and this
homage is rendered by every nation as
the tribute to her sovereignty.-Tit.
Bits,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
LIVE FOR THE LIVING.
new mound rose near the foothills,

"A new mound rose near the foothills,
And my heart was underneath;
My friends were good, for they strewed it
With blossom and clinging wreath;
"A voice came, borne on the stiffness:
Though the way seem hard, be true:
On-live thy life for the living,
As the dead have lived for you"
] raised my hand unto heaven
And a pledge l made that day.
(The Voice had shown me my duty
And light shown on the way.)
And these, the words Of the promise,
That my constant guide shall be:
'Tll live my life for the living,
As the dead have lived for me-"
The dead since earth was created,
Lived they not for you and me?
They made the world that we live in
Such glorious place to be!
Take mine for your own life's motto
1t will make you strong and true;
And live your life for the living
As the dead have lived for you.
S. W. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
A Morning Curfey.

In two ancient villages, Newport
and Wicken Bonhunt, the curfew bell
is still rung. At Newport it has been
rung for centuries at a. m. and s D.
m., but In consequence Of complaints
made by the villagers of being awak.
ened from their sleep the morning cur.
few has now ceased. Members of the
same family have rung the curfew at
Newport for the last three genera
tioNs. A salary OF $40 a year has to
bs paid to the ringer of the curfew
bell by the owner Of certain ancient
grammar school buildings adjacent to
the parish church.-Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
5fH1ltGtt[EIITTIIIIIIV
ESs I 8

one end and the smallest at the other
(see illustration). If pins of one size
only can be gotten, graduate their
height by sinking some deeper in the
wood than others. To DO SO without
danger of bending the pins, first make
shallow holes with large strong pin
by screwlng 1. into the wood; hat
pin will answer for the purpose Should
n pair if heavy nippers be handy, the
pins may be all of the same height,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

Astonishing effects as tonic and
blood-former are claimed by DR.. Nau-
gler, OF Paris, for balloon ascensions.
He states that an air trip Of two hours
gives a marked increase in the red
corpuscles of the blood, this increase
continuing to be noticeable for at least
ten days afterward, and that five as
tensions within six or seven weeks
impart more benefit to an anaemic per-
son than three months in the noun
tains. The good results begin almost
Immediately, prolonged stay in the up
per air being of no advantage and
possibly harmful. He urges that the
city should give poor people the bene-
fits Of change of climate by provid-
ing u large balloon capable of taking
fifty patients daily on an aerial outing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

but their tops can be pinched off, caus-
ing the row to slant from one end to
the other. All being ready, touch the
pins lightly with quill toothpick.
running the scale first up, then down,
the entire length of the pin row. After
a few trials the child will be able to
play some simple air on the pin notes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

Warioto. "Loushatchee, Hatchee, Sc
quatchee, Ocoee, Conasauga and Wa
tauga have happily" Ramsay says,
ESCAPED the vandal mutilation or cor
ruption which the unfortunate Holston,
French Broad, Clinch and Forked Deer
have suffered"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
MUSIC FOR RAINY DAYS.

A child who wants to possess home
made musical toy which will help to
relieve the monotony of rainy days can
do so by securing a piece of wood
about an inch thick. On the top of it,,
lengthwise through the centre, draw n
straight line as guide. Along the
line hammer common white pins grad
uated in size, placing the largest at
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

In the early morning Leeds eng.
lanO workmen can travel five miles for
a penny by the municipal electric tram.
way cars.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

A series of experiments at the Beth
lehem, Pa, Steel Works has resulted
in the perfection of process for the
manufacture of steel wheels for freight
cars. Heretofore the cost has been too
great, and the freight-car wheels now
In general use are made of cast iron,
with the tread or wearing surface
chilled. The car-wheel problem has be-
come more and more important as the
capacity Of freight cars has been in
creased. Should the pressed-steel
wheel prove successful, it will mean
sweeping but welcome innovation in
rolling stock.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

A flexible metal hose is made at
Phorzheim, Germany, by rolling up n
metal band like a screw thread, the
joints being made tight by cord of
rubber or asbestos. The material is
galvanized steel or phosphor bronze.
The hose is very flexible. Its tendency
to untwist when roughly handled Is
overcome by making it double, with
opposite windings. 1t is intended for
mining purposes, is eight inches in di-
ameter and will stand pressure Of
200 atmospheres.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18

A late British investigation has
show1, that thirteen per cent. of man
ganese makes iron practically non-mag-
netlc. Alloys more magnetic than
commercial iron may be produced with
nickel, silicon and aluminium.
The Journal de L'Electrolyse, Paris,
contains an article describing the kel-
Ter system of manufacturing steel
directly from ore. Two furnaces are
employed; in the first the ore Is re-
duced, the molten cast-iron collecting
on the hearth of the furnace. When
a sufficient quantity has thus collected,
it is run into a second furnace, and
here subjected to heavy current
which reduces the cast-iron to steel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-18
BOULTER'S
GUESTS.
OULTER! Boulter! you've

proved yourself a man at
last. Why, l declare it's
the best idea you've had