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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-06

STRUCK OIL: oil has been dis
-ssered in Torrance. II is said to be
Of good grade aud In considerable
quantities. The lucky discoveries for
reasons beet known TO themselves.
have kept their find d profound se.
eret These facts were developed dur
ing tho hearing u i scrlp contest en-.
hraetng me location q Torrance. Ae
eording IL The evidence of one III tiie
witnesses II Was shown that during
tae drilling III 4 wpil for water. oil
was struck III considerable quantity.
The will Waa immediately casad otf.
md every effort made u suppress tha
facts III The scrip location.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-06

TYR. Il. A. MCKINNEY, graduate Of the
T. American Eclectic Medical college at
Cincinnati, Ohio. - years practical Gxper-
the blood and nervous prostration, also tape
worm and gravel with n new and improved
method called the French method. The doc
tors wife makes all necessary examinations
kihlbefg block: Las Vegas telephone No. 29s.
Office hours . to L. a. m, : to 5 p. M; special
haurs.7 10 9p. m. Las Vegas, \. NJ. s-4l
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GETTING TONY: The long eS.
pectal gasoline launch arrived IN
Carlsbad recently and was immediate
III launched mon tile lake there IA
has been doing i thriving business
ever since II went into commission
u. q Hancher, WHO has the boat Ill
charge. has been rhristoned The
Commodore
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NouNcEME

COMING WEDDING: Invitations
I lie wedding of Miss Elizabeth Ilar
rison, the daughter 81 Mr.. and Mra. a.
q. Harrison Of I'll Paso. but formerly
Of socorro, were Issued this week
The ceremony Is 70 take place on
August II, at the home OF the brile'a
parents IN the Pass City. The groom
Is William Alexander Rawls. Mss
Harrison Ii wen known in socofro.
where she was born and spent man.
years.
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Board and Lodging.

puAR9 aud lodging at newly furnished
= house with bath. 200 railroad Ave, Mrs.
! a. Grief. f-52
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weekly Bank statement.


NEW YORK. Aus. G--Weekiy bank
statement:
Reserve increase s3ia.250.
Reserve. less United States, In
crease. s323.350.
Loans decrease, 1885,, 200.
Specie increase. 1885,, 300.
Iegals decrease. s~l.s5i.lOO.
Deposits decrease. s752,20o.
Circulation decrease. ss2l.4OO.
New York stock Market.
NEW YORK, AUG. G.--stock sum.
mary:
Bradstreet's report says business
and Industrial conditions are irregu.
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Rebekah Lodge, I. o. o. r, Meets
second and fourth Thursday evenings
Of each month at the |. O. o. +. hall
Mrs. Lizzie F. Daley, N. G.; Miss Julis
Leyster. v. g.: Ars. A. J. Wsrts. Sec:
Mrs. Sole Anderson. Treas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-06

Chapman Lodge NJ. 2, A. r. 4 A. N.
Regular communications third
Thursday Ii. each month. Visiting
trothers cordially invited. NJ r.
Williams. w. NJ; Charles H. Spor.
leder. Secretary.
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FOR SA{F-~9id papers at The Optic office. 10
cents u bundle Of 80 papers or . bundles
for ga cents.
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E4Re aALI-A practically new press md
type, at Mrs. Gilchristsi 1889 sixth St, 7'S3
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-06

WANTS A SLICE: fChas. Chad
wick of the Chadwick Sheep Commits.
Sion company Of Albuquerque IS In
El Paso in conference with chas
Hunt, the cattleman. Mr.. Hunt has
d contract TO furnish South Africa
with 10000 head 81 sheep anl Il
large number of burros, horses and
mules. and Mr. Chadwick hopes "a filI
i part 81 The contract.
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT:
hi. and Mrs. II. J.. Alternately III
Aqua GaIisnLss. Mexica, formerly
residents of socorrp, hags announced
the marriage or their daughter, IA.
mile 4. Alternately, 70 Merle II. ste.
wart. The wedding took place on
July %. The bride Is the grand.
daughter Of Colonel and Mrs. u. w.
Eaton and her mother and father
were married In Socorro on July II.
twenty.four years ago. and their
daughter spent most Of her childhood
days there. Mr.. Stewart Is a min.
ing man. now operating in the state
Or Durango. For the present, the I'd
dress III MIR. and Mrs. Stewart # IA.
Gallo AZ EstreIla, ana, I, Agnas cal
ienta.
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L0R RENT--Furnished rooms for light
u housekeeping, 92l Lincoln Ave. $50
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-06
D. s R. 9. System
Santa Fe Branch
Time TsbIe.No. II.
Effective Wednesday April i. le03.l

Effective Wednesday April /. 1903.
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FpR shLE~MAk cows, cheap. Apply to Mrs
} IL. Green. TAI
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FOR SALE.

TO LEr-Furnished house, 5 or 9 rooms, with
bath. sol Sixth street. 7.102
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-06

FOR RENT-Good pasture with plenty of
water, just ontside the city limits. Apply
to Mrs. NJ. Green. us
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
SYLVESTER EVENING.
How the Germans Celebrate the Com
version of Cons tanttne.

How the Germans Celebrate the Com
version of Constantine.
The evening of Dec. 81 is known in
Germany as Sylvester evening. In Eu-
ropean calendars, excepting that of
England, the days of the year have
names, and Dec. 81 bears the name of
Sylvester, who was bishop of Rome in
the time of the Emperor Constantine
and was obliged to hide himself In the
mountains to escape persecution. Then
1t happened that Constantine was smit-
ten with leprosy, for which horrible
disease the physicians could propose
no other remedy than bath In the
blood Of young children. For this pur-
pose 5000 children were gathered, but
Constantine, moved to pity by the
despair of the mothers, refused to avail
himself Of such a sacrifice. In the
night he was advised in dream to re-
call Sylvester and to accept the Chris
tan religion, which he did
This evening is everywhere in Ger
many a time of great rejoicing. Par
ties and balls are given, and friends
gather to spend the last hours of the
old year in observation-disclosures and
dancing and most important of all, au-
guries and divinations. Though these
tricks are as old as the hills, they new
er lose their charm. Hot lead is pour
ed into cold water contained in basin,
and in solidifying it forms itself into
all kinds of shapes and figures, in which
many meanings can be read by the
initiated.
Empty walnut shells, in each of which
burns tiny wax taper, are put to-
gether in a basin of water to swim in
opposite directions. If they meet two
loving hearts will be united in that
year, but if they separate the love af-
fair of those represented by the shells
will come to naught. Young girls
throw slippers over their heads. If the
points Of the slippers face the door the
owners will be married that year; If
the slippers miss the wished for direc-
ton the girls have to remain at home.
Sealed cards on which words of good
omen, Of good advice or wishes have
been written are passed around, read
aloud and considered as indications of
the future.-New York Tribune.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
B. WOLF, Jefferson, Texas.
Nothing TO Keep Him Happy.

"Wish you happy new year! says
the visitor, riding up to the home OF
the Kentucky mountaineer.
Thanks TO- yo' kind wishes, subj
but hit looks almighty bad TO me this.
comm yeah"
Now I'm sorry to hear that. What
seems to be the trouble"
"Well, sub, long last spring me an
Life Bingo happened to have fallin'
out ovah couple O. hawgs, SO we done
had time all sence then, shootin' at
each otheh FUN time to time"
"Oh, 1 shouldn't be cast down over
that. Even If you have feud 1t can
be ended. There's no reason Why
That's jest 1T, podneh; that's jest it.
Life fell often the side o. the mountain
yestiddy, an now I've got no feud at
all."-Judge.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
FANTASTIC CELEBRATIONS.
Mysteries and MOralities at Christi
mas In Middle Ages.

mas In Middle Ages.
During the middle ages Christmas
was celebrated by the gay fastastic
spectacle of dramatic mysteries and
moralities given by personages in gro,
tesque masks and singular costumes.
The scenery usually represented an In
FAINT in a cradle surrounded by the Vir-
gin Mary and st. Joseph, bulls heads,
cherubs, eastern magi and many orna-
ments.
Then there were the Christmas car
OILS or some which recalled the songs of
the shepherds at the Nativity. These
songs were attended by dances to the
rhythm of the various musical instru-
ments. Everybody Joined this merry
making, and the wild music and sing
ing were kept up the nvelong night.
OF these ancient Christmas carols but
few have been preserved to us. The fore
going seemed to be the custom of all
Christian nations during the middle
ages.
In Italy 1t was the custom of the
Calabrian MINISTRIES to descend from
the mountains and discourse their wild
music before the shrine Of the Virgin
Mary. In England and on the CONT
nent the bells are still rung at mid
night. Among other revels of the
Christmas season were the 80 called
feasts of fools and asses, In which ev-
erything serious was burlesqued, in
feriors dressed up as their superiors
and great men becoming playful, the
whole showing the proneness of man
to reverse the order of society and to
ridicule its decencies.
In England Christmas is term at
once for religious and merrymaking
festival for every rank and age, the
festivities commencing on Christmas
eve and lasting till Candlemas, and ev-
cry day being holiday till Twelfth
Night Gan. O.. In the houses of no
bles "lord of misrule" formerly was
appointed, whose duty it was to pro-
vide the rarest amusement and whose
rule lasted from All Hallow eve
till Candlemas. They lived on the fat
Of the land, and all of the tenants We're
invited in to share the general fun and
merrymaking.-Hou Post.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
New Years Calls.

The custom of visiting and sending
presents and cards on New Years day
is recorded almost as far back as his
tory goes. The practice of using visit
Ing cards can be traced back for thou
sands of years by the Chinese Their
New Years visiting cards are curiosi-
ties. Each one sets forth not only the
name, but all the titles, of its owner,
and, as all Cinnamon who have any
social position at all have about a
dozen, it makes the list quite appalling.
These cards are made Of silk or else Of
fine paper backed with silk and are 30
large that they have to be rolled up to
be carried conveniently. They are, in
deed, SO valuable that they are return
ed to their owners.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
A Polish Kissins bee.

In Poland New Years eve is observ-
ed In dance called st. Sylvester's
ball. The dancing proceeds decorously
until the clock strikes IL. Exactly at
that moment the men fall to kissing
their own and their neighbours part
ners, each taking particular pains to
thus salute the one he loves best be-
fore the one with whom she chances
to be dancing can perform that duty.
Those not in the mood for dancing
gather in another room or remain at
home to entertain one another with
stories about the departing year.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
THE NEW YEAR SHOOTERS.

tramping in the front yard, and deep
voice outside begins the 80 called New
Years sermon with a forcing of the
rhyme worthy Of Walt Whitman.
A loud report being the thing desired,
heavy wads are put on the powder and
the gun muzzle held close to the
ground. After the shooting comes the
hint:
II YOU are a man OF grace.
Come to the door and show your face
The door is then thrown wide, and
the company enter, awkward, grinning
and shivering with cold. Some of
them have come from a distance of
eight or ten miles, as the country Is
sparsely settled. and must necessarily
be tired. but they consider 1t more def
erentiai to stand, or II one Ia finally
persuaded to take a chair he sits on
the edge uneasily.
The ruddy. Santa Claus-like old men
exchange laconic remarks ON the price
Of cotton; the youngsterp refer to the
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24

possum hunt of the previous night.
Some one goes to the piano and strums
away in frantic attempt to furnish
amusement. They are stolid until she
strikes up "Dixie." The effect is mag
ical. The callers mark time with mud
dy boots and remark slyly:
"That's the stuffr'
Apples and oranges, cakes and coffee,
are now brought out. At some places
the black bottle is passed around. Then
the shooters with relieved sigh pile
out Of the door. The society manner is
a fearful strain.-New York Post.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
Burgundy. christmas Carols.

In Burgundy carols are exceedingly
popular. Indeed not more cherished is
the Germans Christmas tree, with its
Slittering ornaments and the Christ
Child, or the Englishman's red holly
berries, mystic mistletoe, blazing
hearth fire and smoking plum pudding
than are the ditties sung all through
advent until Christmas eve by the good
folk of that province.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24

New Years In France Is a greater
day for exchanging gifts than Christ
mas. The custom of New Years calls,
once 30 popular In this country, but
now fallen almost into disuse, Is still
supreme in Paris. Great family din
ners, in which the orange figures most
prominently, add to the gayety Of the
day. So crowded are the pavements
on the bOulevards that pedestrians
sometimes have to take the middle of
the street.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
Shooting
In the ~ ew
Year

nACING, whlrling, nerve wreck
* ing as has become the recog-
nized spirit of our times, yet in
the remote districts fingers a
serenity so mistaken we can but mar
vel over the dual nature of this thing
we call American. Customs of the ia
therland have become so grated upon
the newer land one feels the richness
Of the past ever mellowing the crude
ness of the present.
One of the most lovable of these old
customs, redolent with the air of feu-
dalism, is that of shooting in the new
year. We first hear of 1t among the
early German settlers Of Pennsylvania,
where it has long since become obso-
lete, but about 1850 there was gen
eral migration from Pennsylvania
down to the hill country of the Caro-
linas. In rumbly old wagons these
pioneers journeyed, laden with feather
beds and delftware, sprigs of fruit
trees and sturdy babies.
AS the life history is but repetition
Of the race history, there came with
their first strange new year burst of
heimweh. Getting themselves togeth-
er, they celebrated as best they could
In memory of older days, and not once
through all the years that have fol-
lowed have these greetings been omit
ted.
Then tenantry and poorer people Of
the neighborhood gather at some ap-
pointed place about o'clock in the
evening, and the march begins. From
one big house" to another they tramp,
dolorously intoning their doggerel, fir
ing fierce salutes and feasting at the
hands of the gentry.
Though North Carolina could never
boast as many stately mansions as
could some Of her sister states, yet for
homely comfort and lavish old time
hospitality she has never been sur
passed. Each Of the dear old places
has its own name, still lingering there
Swan Ponds, Pleasant Gardens,
Mount Welcome, Ingleside The SEN
timent of all was voiced on one stone
gatepost, which proudly bore the in
scription:
Welcome all
To Buncombe Hail.
Tradition tells us that the owner of
this estate, Colonel Buncombe (of
course he was coloneD, lived in
the "low' country, and when he was
entertaining guests whom he particu-
larry enjoyed he had the bridge, the
only means of escape, taken up and
hidden in the swamps. Most of these
jovial hosts are sleeping now, each in
his narrow bed forever laid, but the
new year has way Of returning, and
the shooters return with it.
| On the last night Of the year, as you
sit over the hickory fire, there comes a
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
An Improxed Diary.

'"This," explained the bookseller, sis
our latest patent diary. We think it ia
the cleverest thing in that line ever de-
vised."
The shopper turns the leaves idly.
"But I can't see where 1t is different
from any other" she observes.
"No1 Well, II you will look at all
the dates after Jan. % you will see
that In each space has been printed,
Got up, ate breakfast, lunch and din
ner and went to bed That insures a
complete diary for the year,"-Judge.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
New Years Day In Russia.

at every country house in Russia
there are feast and procession In
honor of New Years day. Horses, sheep,
cows and hogs are dressed with gar
lands and led to the landlords house.
The idea is that the animals shall be
taken into the dining room. but when
the landlord has handsomely furnish
ed apartment and does not care to
have 1t ruined he sets aside some other
room and allows the mob to take pos
session of It
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
NEW YEARS BREAKFAST.
In Japan 1t Is Religious Rite and
Serious Matter.

serious matter.
To a devout Japanese breakfast on
New Years day is religious rite rath-
err than vulgar satisfaction of the ap-
petite. No ordinary dishes are con-
sumed at this meal. The tea must be
made with water drawn from the well
when the first ray Of sun strikes it, a
potpourri of materials specified by law
forms the staple dish, while at the fin
ish a measure of special sake from a
red lacquer cup must be drained by
whatsoever desires happiness during
the coming year.
In the room is placed an "elysian
stand" or red lacquer tray, covered
rice dumping, lobster, oranges, per-
simmons, chestnuts, dried sardines and
herring roe. All these dishes have a
special Specification. The names of
some are Homogeneous with words Of
happy omen; the others have an allie
gorical meaning. The Holsters curved
back and long claws typify life pro-
longed till the frame is bent and the
beard is long; the sardines, which al
ways swim in pairs, express conjugal
bliss; the herring is symbolical of a
fruitful progeny.
These dishes are not intended for
consumption, although in most cases
the appetite is fairly keen. The ortho-
dox Japanese not only sees the old
year out; he rises at 4 to welcome the
newcomer and performs many ceremo-
MES before he breaks his fast.-London
Chronicle.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
MARK YOU!

The brand of live stock we handle is
guaranteed to be the best fed and fat
test on the market; every care is taken
in slaughtering, cutting and serving.
What else under the circumstances
could you get here but tender, whole
some meat? Let us furnish your meats
for Xmas.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24
LATHR0P & GRAY'S MARKET

Two more steamships are to be
added to the Texas City, Mexico
fleet and the Terminal company
is building more trackage.
The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1904-12-24

Mexico expects to harvest the
record crop of wheat in the spring.
Prices have advanced 20 per cent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-02

Mrs. Geo. Hunter is visiting in the
city from Genesee.
Boys who are out shooting squirrels
these sunny days should remember that
the 22-cal. rifle has good deal of power,
and they should not be fired where there
is the least danger of the bullet finding
the wrong mark. Already at least one
window has been broken cut by stray
shot, and a grievious accident could
occur. So be careful, else you may have
something to regret.
Elsewhere we have the advertise.
ment OF Chas. Bull, Pullman's pioneer
plumber and timer. Charlie" has
grown from boyhood in Pullman, and
the work he does is no experiment, as
he has "plumbed" many of the best res
licences, and his work 10 standing adj
vertisement. He is building onto his
Grand street shops, and is putting in
nice stock of plumbers goods, stoves,
ETC., and solicits your trade.
The Knights of Pythias of Pullman
are busy these days .making arrange
ments for the district convention which
meets here on May 9th. Each meeting
night is also filled with work, as the
membership is growing more rapidly
than it has ever grown before, the lodge
having all the work it can do AS the
sessions each Monday night are quite
extended, arrangements have been made
to serve refreshments every meeting
night hereafter.
Visit our carpet department and see
the new patterns in carpets and art
squares. WATERS FURNITURE STORE.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-02

ALLEN BROS. PUBLISHERS
MILFORD ALLEN, Editor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-02

THE special committee appointed from
the city council recently to investigate
the putting in of city sewer system,
has been working along the line, and
will make report at the meeting OF the
council next Thursday evening. The
committee will recommend the imme-
date installation of a system, the esti-
mated cost of which is $2l0O. 1t is pro-
posed to lay the sewage pipes on Main,
Olsen and Grand streets, using l2-in pipe
for the Main line, and and 8 inch for
other portions. The committee will go
before the council with all necessary de-
tails arranged, so that there need be no
delay in getting the system established.
1t is hoped that it may be ready before
the hot weather OF the summer, when
the stencil from some of the present sew
age outlets is very offensive.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-02
A Word to Advertisers.

A local newspaper must of necessity
depend in very large measure upon
local advertisers for support. When
that support is as liberal as it has al
ways been in Pullman, the newspaper
can do no less than give its best efforts
to the local merchant. Last fall the
HERALD was solicited by Colfax house
to sell it page of space for advertising
purposes. As the space was to be used
in direct opposition to local merchants,
who had treated their newspapers with
great liberality, we refused to sell the
space to Colfax people. At that time
every other paper in the county, includ-
ing our local contemporary, accepted the
ad. This week we again refused the Of
fer OF an ad. from Colfax merchants; the
other papers accepted.
On both occasions we refused the adj
vertisements for the same reasons that
we expect will impel the local merchant
to refuse to send his orders for printing
elsewhere.
We believe in patronizing home in
dustry and in upholding home enter
prises. When newspaper ceases to ad-
vocate this doctrine, it is time for it to
seek support elsewhere. What tempo
rary loss there may have been through
not accepting these ads, we believe lie
more than made up by the better under
standing that exists between the HERALD
and its local patrons.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-02

THE Tribune with a haring headline
Correction" attempts to declare and
prove that no correction is necessary, for
a cow did die long time ago at the col
lege. Poor, shifty thing. Even she
knows, as everybody else does, that the
point to her malignant paragraph was
not that c0W died Farmers every
where have COWS to die and no particu-
lar attention is paid to it except by way
OF sympathy. But this poisoned shaft
was intended to convince the public that
there was neglect and careiesSness and in
competency in taking care OF the college
stock. Everybody who has observed
knows that the stock is in fine condition
and attended with the utmost care. But,
with characteristic venom, she hoped
that her squib would be copied far and
wide, as such squibs usually are, and
that the real falsehood-the charge oil
neglect and smuggling the results
would never be overtsken. Mr.. Foster,
the foreman, was entirely too much ex,
ercised over the matter. He took it and
its authors too seriously. They mean
badly enough but the local public knows
them too we'll not to correctly interpret
the first attack and its correction"