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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25
ENolANp,s KING.

z Not even In the days Of narrow
minded and hcadstrong King George
I'll did a monarch Of England excr.
else as much authority MS King Ed
ward Is doing now. Queen Anne
raised a wild Storm about her ears for
exercising her prerogatiye In the case
Of The Scottish militia bill Since
then no sovereign has dared 10 cNer.
else the veto power. Hut Edward has
proven the exception. With tact ana
wisdom, he has vetoed the choice of
Premier Balfour of cabinet officers and
lets II be understood plainly thai he
will consent 70 no cabinet officers In.
capable II dealing satisfactorily with
the perplexlng questions Of the day
The English people seem q approve.
partly no doubt because OF the wis.
dom and statesmnnlIke qualities with
which Edward has delighted The na.
tion and partly because there has
been a rebound from the Jealousy 81
kings engendered in the regime Of the
power loving stuarts. and The fact Is
recognized that the executive should
cease 70 become a mere f%igurehead
and be clothed with actual power and
authority To an extent not generally
realized in the United States, the
power Of the people Of England
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

in Macedonia should be prevented.
The sentiment Of the American peo-.
pie Is in favor Of peace, but in mat
tiers affecting the Balkans this u
try has no voice.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

The sultan Of Turkey d hc Is
sorry his soldiers committed the
atrocities with which they have been
charged, but he il sorry they did
them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

The optic VIII NOT. undnr amy circau Y
stances, he responsible for the return or tfs
safe keeping " any rejected manuscript, No
exception will be made 70 this rule, With Fe-
gard IN either letters or enelnsur res Nor wall
the editor enter into correspondence coneesn-
ing rejected manuscript.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

The corn crop IN Missouri and Kan.
a il now considered practically safe,
frost or no frost. and tho country
breathes easier.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25
THE NOMINATION Or SENATORS.

The Democratic state committee OF
New York al d recent meeting adopt
ed q resolution providing that here.
after democratic candidates for Unit.
cd States senator shall be nominated
BY tho state convention Of the party,
and that all democrat members Of
the legislature shall be 4 70 sup
port the candidate so Ii II. WI. This
resolution WINS passed aelief
that In no other way. for the present,
at least. can senators be chosen who
shall actually represent THO will III
the people. The Ohio democrats gave
practical endorsement TO the same
course at their recent state conyen-
tion by nominating John II. Clarke for
United States senator to succeed Mr..
Hanna. This reform. for such Ii
amounts TO. assumes considerable sig
n%ificance when endorsed by two such
states as New York and Ohio. As n
matter OF fact, other states have
adopted this mode Of procedure "a
ISOLATED instances. and In some Of the
strong democratic states, where i
nomination amounts TO an election,
the United States senators have been
repeatedly named by tho state
conventions. The action Of the
New York convention, however,
Is a direct recognition OF the grow.
Ing sentiment for direct election OF
the senators by the people and Ia In.
tended as a step In that direction.
For those most In favor OF a change
10 the constitution providing for d.
rect election OF senator's believe that
an attempt in this direction will BIO
fought at every step by those who
are at the same timo the most inter
estcI and the most powerful influence
In our goyernment-namely, the soma
tors themselves. They realize the
immense advantage Of the present
system OF corruption which have come
20 be recognized rs important factors
In the elections 10 a seat In the most
exclusive body In the world.
The direct clause in the constitu.
tion al only be secured by a sweep
ing and overwhelming sentiment for
IL in the part Of the people OF the
country. hut this sentiment. while II
is growing noticeable, nevertheless re-
guircs time 20 assert itself. and also
requires stimulating force. The dem.
ocratg OF New York believe that moth.
ing would create sentiment along this
line " quickly as 10 have the voice
Of tho people. speaking through the
state convention, assert itself In favor
OF a certain man for senator, have
their state Legislators pledged 70 sup
port the candidate so nominated, and
thnn nave their Legislature fail,
rs rca on Of bribery or some other
cause, 10 carry out the Will Of the
people. Other states would 10 well
70 mllow the example Of New York
Ii thts respect, ana the frequent cS
amples Of corruption in the election
81 senators. which have g disgraced
and outraged The American people.
might be almost Il not altogether
done away With. Otherwise. il win
only Dc a question % time until the
people will demand inc election 81
senator's By their own direct vote,
and on this same issue d great party
VIII be placed IN power.
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49,
FRIDAY EVENING. SEPT. rs, 1908

Henry rlews .still continues To pre-
dict large gold imports from Europe
and the gold continues not TO come.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

The American nation isn't IN dan.
ger Of ace suicide Just yet. In New
York q child II born every nfteen min.
ntess. ill
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

There should be nc delay IN plac.
ing at the disposal Of the government
the lands proposed TO be reclaimed
by the federal irrigation system.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

Il is 70 be hoped that Sir Thomas
Upton, the cyer.pleaaed, appreciates
the hospitality Of Chicago hospitals.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-25

II Ii easy 70 tel that d presidential
election "a approaching withou, an al.
manac Just watch the little. mean
filings nj the president by a class OF
newspapers. Until recently Mr..
Roosevelt has been d very good sort
with the country generally. Partisan
politics has now begun TO get In rs
work. E
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
CEHARS or LEBANON.
Only About Four Hundred of Them
Still Live in Holy land.


Still Live in Holy Land.
There are only about 400 Of the ce-
dars Of Lebanon left. High up on the
rocky slopes Hadrian sculptured his
imperial anathema against all who
should cut these sacred trees. The
Maronite peasants almost worship
them, and call them the "cedarS of the
Lord" and a recent governor of the
Lebanon has surrounded them by a
great wall, so that the young shoots
may not be injured by rowing animals.
Yet, century by century, their number
in number, these few are Of royal
blood They are not the largest of
trees, though some Of the trunks meas
ure over forty feet around. Their
beauty lies in the wide-spreading
limbs, which often cover a circle 200
are tall and symmetrical, with beau
tiful horizontal branches; others are
gnarled and knotted, with inviting
seats in the great forks, and charming
beds on the thick foliage of the swing
ing boughs.
The wood has a sweet odor, is very
hard, and seldom decays. The vitality
Of the cedar is remarkable. A dead
tree Is never seen, except where light
ming or the ak has been at work.
Often a great bough of one tree has
grown into a neighbor, and the two are
so bouRd together that it is impossible
to say which is the parent trunk. Per-
haps the unusual strength and vitality
of the cedars are cue to their slow
growth. When a little sprout, hardly
waist-high, is sold to be ten or fifteen
or twenty years old one cannot help
asking, What must be the age of the
great patriarchs Of the grove? It is
hard to tell exactly. By the and of a
microscope 1 have counted more than
seven hundred rings on a bough only
thirty inches in diameter. Those who
have studied the matter more deeply
think that some Of these trees must be
more than a thousand years DID, In,
deed, there is nothing widely improb-
able in the thought that perhaps the
Guardian, for instance, may have been
q young tree when Hiram began cut
ting for the temple at Jerusalem
Scr1bner's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
WOMEN IN POLAND.
They Are Renowned for Beauty and
Terribly Patriotic.

They Are Renowned for Beauty and
Terribly Patriotic.
Polish women are renowned for their
beauty, for the perfection of their
hands and the smallness Of their feet
They place the fineness Of the hands
above all other charms. II regard my
hands, not my face" said one, and it
is reported in Warsaw that the Vienna
shoe dealers keep a separate case Of
shoes for the delicate feet of their PO-
lish customers.
Polish ladies maintain that when
they shop in Vienna and show their
small feet with the high instep to be
fitted, the tradesmen exclaim, "Ah,
those are Polish feetv'
But their pleasure in this distinction
is not so much a matter Of personal
vanity as Of satisfaction in the superb
GRITTY Of anything belonging to their
country. For they are fervidly patri-
otto. They adore their country and
hate her tyrant, Russia.
The lady Of position rises between
II and IL in the forenoon, and goes to
bed at o'clock the next morning She
drives from one visit to another, but
in reality she is laboring all day for
public interests. Everything, the
founding of a library, a hospital, a
sewing school, is made to strengthen
the Polish cause. Four ladies do not
meet on a charity committee, says
George Brandes, without taking some
measure, under that innocent preteXt
for the national benefit.
AS a consequence of this charm and
spirit the women of Poland receive
from the men a courtesy amounting to
homage. The greatest consideration
for them is a commonplace Of daily
life. Men always rise in tram-car to
give lady a seat. At any public
place q chair may be ruthlessly de-
manded of even the most distinguished
official present, with the sufficient OK
PLANTATION, "For a lady"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

the two were aboard the Warner IN
Dixie's waters, and he takes delight
now in getting out the little old photo
graph and skimming over his logbook
to refresh his memory as to the de-
tails Of a campaign in which he was
glad to be figure,
It was during the first years of the
war, when Banes was one of the
forces that helped propel the Warner,
a steamer then engaged in carrying Of
f1cers and troops between Fortress
Monroe and Harrison's Landing, that
he fell in with Grant. Indeed, Presi-
dent Lincoln was also aboard that vet
eran Of Philadelphia steamboats, on
several of these occasions.
On one Of these trips, when General
tivity ahead to keep him thinking,
Banes rugged up fishing tackle and
taught the General how to catch fish
with a trolling line and spoon. And
later, after the warrior had tired Of
that diversion, Banes opened oysters
those luscious Norfolk bivalves-for
him till the General could eat no more.
It was on that occasion that the emf
nent soldier gave the young engineer
his portrait, with the remark above
quoted.
On another occasion, while General
Grant was aboard the Warner, race
was started between that steamer and
the Philadelphia.
"Look here" said the General, COM
ing down to the engine room and adj
dressing Banes, I'D like to see our
boat win a little social race Of this
sort. You know how to make her do
it, Now go in and show them our
wake"
Banes, aided to the highest pitch by
the stokers, did win that race and Gen
eral Grant was first to pat hila on the
back and say:
81 knew that was the stuff you were
made Of! We couldn't lose with her
engines handled that wayw
Banes was up in the saloon and
breakfasted with Grant that day; for
the great General never considered
anything too good for winner, wheth-
err in the engine room or on the cap
tains bridge. And some Of the fish
they ate together that morning were
caught by the chieftain, whom Banes
had taught his best tricks in the art
piscatorial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
A Turkish Gentleman.

Among the Turkish men, as every
one knows, the transformation Of the
exclusive oriental into the accomplish
ed European is already become the uni
versal pattern Of Turkish gentleman.
Whatever his party, whether he belong
to the old or the young Turkey party,
the Turk of any pretension to style or
to social state clothes himself in GER
tain of the European modes of thought,
as he does, sartorially, in European
dress.
Whatever the laws governing the
standard of manners In Turkish life
may be their results prove them to be
beyond criticism. The Turk has not
only perfect manners, but he also has
this popularity among other eastern
nations: however lowly his birth, once
he has arrived" he is transformed
into an aristocrat Of deeply inrooted
conservative tendencies, who yet pre-
sents, outwardly, most engaging,
sympathetic Elasticity Those whose
lineage has ancestral distinction reveal
most engaging social equipment.
whenever I want to talk to a man
who understands everything, turn to
B Bey,,' said beautiful woman
recently to me in Rome. "He Is as
clever as Frenchman, as versatile as
our American men, and he has the
sympathetic quality Of a woman
Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

In this era Of multitudinous divorces
with alimony a California decision
which is likely to become precedent
Of ex-husbands imprisoned for con-
tempt Of court because they fail to pay
alimony under the decree Of divorce.
The California decision is in effect that
you cannot extract blood from trun-
ip-that if a divorced husband has no
property and no income he cannot be
punished for contempt of court in fail
ing to pay alimony under the decree Of
enforcement. No doubt the authority
will be followed in other States. 1t is
the most unreasonable thing in the
world to imprison an ex-husband for
failure to pay alimony if he cannot pay
it. If he was at liberty he might OBJ
tain employment and earn salary
from which he might assist in the sup
port Of his eX-wife. But in Jail for
contempt of court in failing to pay
what it is impossible for him to pay,
the sentence is simply one Of life i'm
prisonment or for an indefinite term,
during which he can earn nothing and
can supply nothing to the woman from
whom he had been separated by law.
Divorce judgments, like other iudg-
ments, in the courts, should be tenn
pered and enlightened by the inspira-
tons Of common sense. In case be-
fore an Eastern bankruptcy court a
divorced husband listed as among his
liabilities the debt for alimony which
he owed to his former wife. 1t was
held that the amount due on alimony
was a judicial debt which could not
be expunged in bankruptcy proceed
lEings. No doubt the decisions in both
cases are good law. If rich husband
ds divorced he cannot through fraund
in bankruptcy proceedings be absolved
from his debt in alimony. If a poor
devil without a cent Of property and
without wages is divorced he should
not be held in prison as penalty for
failing to do that which is impossible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
The Brides Present.

Congressman James Breck Perkins
happened in a downtown Office the
other day and called upon an old
friend, an alderman. During the chat
an Italian couple came and asked in
broken English if the alderman would
unite them in marriage. With ex-
IRENE grace the alderman performed
the ceremony, and after accepting his
modest fee politely handed to the bride
an umbrella.
The Congressman eyed the proceed
ings gravely, and after Tie couple went
out asked: do you always do that,
Charles"
"Do what? Marry them? Oh, yes"
mo; I mean bestow a present upon
the bride"
"a present! Why, wasn't that her
umbrella ?" gasped the alderman.
"No; it was mine," replied the Con-
gresham, sadly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
A Lady of the Last Century.

George Meredith recently said Of Q
late brilliant and beautiful leader Of
English society, "She did not merely
shuttle the cards; she was one Of the
pack"
An earlier leader, Lady Holland, was
not one of the pack, to borrow the
phrase, and she was inclined to shut.
file her cards-which included princes,
peers, politicians and poets-with more
or less flourish.
She exacted homage; it pleased her
to see distinguished men fetch and
carry in her drawingroom. 1t was
one Of her little habits to drop her
handkerchief for some one to pick up
and return to her on Bonded knees.
One evening at a dinner at Holland
House, when she had dropped her
handkerchief three times in close sue.
cession, Count D'Orsay returned it to
her the third time, saying:
"Pray, my lady, had l not better
take my seat under the tableT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
A GENTLE PROFESSOR.
Two Anecdotes of an Old-'rime Yale
Instructor.

Two Anecdotes of an O1d-'rime Yale
Instructor.
DR.. Dwight, In his Memories OF
Yale Life and Men," gives many
glimpse of the gracious men who made
for themselves a 6ood name at the
same time that they built up the repu-
tation of the university College life
half a century ago was as unlike the
life of to-day as the instruction now
given is unlike the work Of the old
recitation room. DR.. Dwight tells two
stories Of Professor Silliman, one Of
which illustrates the educational ana
the other the disciplinary spirit of the
time.
l had presented myself before him,
on certain occasion near the end OF
my academic course, for an examina-
ton on studies in his department. He
asked me to take a chair near him,
and then, in a way peculiar to himself,
"a way that was very helpful, rather
than embarrassing to the student,-he
questioned me on various points for
half an hour.
Then, rising and going to his table,
he looked at some papers, and select
ing one, said:
81 suppose you would like to have
me give you a certificate that your ex-
animation has been satisfactory, which
you may hand to the president"
I gave him, of course, an Affirmative
answer. He then handed me the pa
per, saying:
''Not doubling that you would pass,
I wrote the certificate before you came
in"
The professor was requested to give
the first vote in the decision of mat
ter of discipline. He took the college
catalogue, which was lying on the Ia
BILE near him, and opening it, he said:
"What is the students name, Mr..
Presidentw
"Jones," the president replied.
"Ah," said he, after turning over the
pages somewhat carefully, Jones Of
the junior class"
eyes," was the reply.
81 notice that he is from Baltimore"
the professor answered. when l was
lecturing in that city his father enter
tanned me most Hospitality at his
house. think l would treat the young
man as leniently as possible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

When you go to a circus and see
what strength and suppleness and
grace the human body is capable Of
doesn't it make you ashamed of your
weakness and your slow and heavy
awkwardness? The mistake that has
been made ever since the renaissance
has been in regarding the mind as the
only important part of man and look
ing upon the body as mere incum-
brance, or, at the best, as senseless
machine to be used without either
knowledge Of it's wondrous mechanism
and without mercy for it's limitations.
1t is a good thing a circus comes
around occasionally to remind us that
a Well-trained body is something a
man may be as proud of as a we'll
trained mind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

In the opinion OF many medical men
it will not be long before electricity is
a recognized factor in therapeutics, es-
pecially in the cure Of nervous dis
eases. One Of the firmest advocates Of
the medicinal faculties Of electricity is
DR.. Arsonval, a well known French
physician, who has lately devised a
new and very successful. method for
the treatment Of nervous troubles.
This method Is shown in the accom-
panying Illustration. The patient Is
placed in a cage made Of one long
wire wound in a spiral round light
wooden frame. Through this wire is
sent high alternating current. The
patient feels no discomfort, and most
stubborn cases are said to respond
quickly to this treatment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18

DR.. Erasmus Darwin a century ago
undertook to embody the Linnean sys-
tenn of botany in an elaborate poem in
the manner of Pope. 1.-THE Botanic
Garden" he called it; but its purpose
was so much better than its poetry
that it inspired at least one notable
burlesQue-"The Loves of the TRAN
gles" This early attempt to gid sci
ence with rhetoric is recalled by the
fairly successful effort of a newspaper
poet who takes as his subject,
Thoughts on Radium." A production
Of this kind is bound to be up to date,
If nothing more. Yet why should not
the wonders of science inspire strong
and enduring verse? The conception
of, wireless telegraphy, for instance, is
of the very essence Of poetry. If such
modern developments call forth no
masterpieces, it is the poet that Is
lacking, not the theme.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-18
Alarm Watch.

Some novel timepieces are being
shown this season. One domestic nov
city is a small watch which gives
railroad time" In place Of the con-
ventional dial there is double-decled
arrangement of figures. The top row
gives the hour, the lower the minutes.
At half after 10 one sees by this clock
1920. A half hour later the Ggure
reads II. The right-hand figure
changes every minute in the lower col
umn, while the one on the left is
shifted every ten minutes, and an hour
is required for the changing Of the
number on top. Six dollars is the price
asked for it.
An imported idea is an alarm clock
contained in a watch case. This is
not the dollar watch with clock works
in a watch case, but watch with a
watch movement. There is an addi-
tional attachment whereby a third
hand on the dial sets the alarm. This
is operated by turning the rim con-
tanning the crystal. At the appointed
hour the alarm is struck, and runs as
long as the spring will hold out.
The watch is not intended to replace
the alarm clock, though it is useful
for travellers who do not require a
loud alarm. It's special utility is found
OH the business mans desk. Here it
serves as a reminder of engagements
of too great an Importance to be trust
ed to the treacherOus memory Of the
office boy. These watches cost from
81 up. One specimen from France
costs from 20 francs, while there are
German watches with twice the power
for 80 marks. They have not yet been
duplicated by local watchmakers, but
their appearance on the market is
merely a question Of time.-New York
Press.