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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

serves. The same amount Of food
and clothing will be consumed VINO.
ever is elected, and the worst tnat a
happen is the postponement OF new
enterprises affected by political CON
%siderations. Such postponements are
few. and history shows that the vol
ume Of business is but slightly affected
by presidential contests, If at all. A
careful balancing. therefore, of all con.
ditions leads to the conclusion that
1904 will be a better year in many
respects than its predecessor. Times
ought to be good for the coming year,
especially for Wall street interests, rs
1t is scarcely possible to have two pan.
ic years In succession. Much depends
upon our next crops. II they pan out
good, then times will be corresponds
ingly SO. An accurate opinion of the
business situation q only be deter
mined by the corn, cotton and wheat
crops, particularly that Of corn, which
issnow king Of crops. 1t Is food for
both man and beast. Corn and what
II prcdyce1 make the bulkiest freights
for our Plilroads. Abundance of food
for orr people and a surplus for export
Is the real basis OF prosperity In this
country, and we can onty safely meas
It from one crop year to the 9th.
or. am inclined to be optimistic
for the future between now and the
next crop year-furthermore deponent
sayeth not.
HENRY CLEWS.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06
nonrdirg ~. tha pait..a,

According To the Railway Age Or
Chicago, new steam railroad track
built in the United States this year
amounts % 5.T23 miles. Or 30 miles
more than was constructed IN 1902
About onehalf Of this new mileage
has been laid Ia the gulf and south.
western sections. principally In Okla.
homa and Indian territory. Only %
miles are credited 10 New England OF
which 1--WE miles belong 10 Massachu
sets. While this rate OF yearly on.
struction il moro than double what
II was during the years 81 depression
preceding the recent boom, IL is small
compared with the extent Of building
which vent on 20 and i5 years ago,
when new construction on two coca.
sions % above 10000 miles a year.
II Ii no longer Q steam mileage
which threatens the position Of the
established roads. The danger lies
In the direction Of electric line con.
struction.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06
THE YEARS spEcULATIoNs.

The year just closing has witnessed
Sensational declines In the prices OF
securities. Wall street men wear
gloomy faces and talk ''nothn' doin'."
The public Is supposed to have aban-
doned the brokers.
Yet the New York stock ex-
change alone has sold in 1903 some
SIG, SOC, 900. 900 OF stocks and bonds.
says tho New York World. reckoning
these secureties at their par value. A
single city In a single exchange, ieav.
Ing out Of consideration the Consoli-
dated Exchange, the cotton and pro
duce exchanges and all the other con-
veniences for ultra.ciyillzed gamb-
ling, has thus dealt In $4,000 worth
OF securities for every man, woman
and child In the country.
Omit all the mad cotton gambling
In New Orleans, the mining share
speculation In the west, the wheat and
lard deals In Chicago. and this one
exchange OF q single city has dealt
In shares and bonds 10 an amount
u 1000. 600, 900 greater than the entire
stock and bond capitalization 81 all
tho railroads In the country; to an
amount greater by ten thousand mil
lions than the total revenues OF all
the civilized nations Of the globe. to
an amount nearly twenty times as
great as the national debt Of the Uni.
ted States.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06
A TIMELY TOPIC.

The people OF Las Vegas in Common
with every city In the country. have
doubtless been wondering, since ths
Chicago catastrophe. as TO the danger
which would result In case OF FIRE In
our local opera house during a per
formance. Manager warIng. In res
ponse TO a query Of an Optic man
asked that the attention Of the public
be called TO the fact that. on the even.
ing Of performances. the side door,
leading to the street is invariably un.
locked and the temporary steps are
put IN place so that II is available a.
IN exit. This door opens outward
and affords ample and speedy means
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

After q complete investigation" the
superintendent Of the Pittsburg divi.
sion Of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
has found that no employe was res,
ponsible for the accident Of last week
which cost sixty.ase or more people
their lives. 1t was unavoidable"
he says. hut II was admittedly caused
By timbers falling from a w~est.bound
nat car on 10 the east. bound track
10 front o. the express train. was
the fall Of the timber unavoidable!
Was Il unavoidable that the stakes
combining the timber were loosely ix,
ed OF too weak to hold? Is II i'm
possible TO load fiat cars SO thai
freight thereon cannot get loose and
fall on? To ask Is TO answer. The
superintendent verdict is ridiculous
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06
Nothing But Money.

This Phrase has grown quite com.
mon In this vicinity recently, attract.
I've posters with the above catch.li line
being lavishly displayed on fences,
ash.boses, hill boards and windows.
The line Is used by thai very progress,
I've Young manager. Elmer Walters. III
gaining publicity and incidentally dol.
lars for his newest attraction. "A Mil.
%ionaifc Tramp III this production
Mr., Walters has made Il strong stride
To the front, for in this play he sue.
cecded in retaining an the elements III
quick action and broad comedy. SO
dear to the hearts Of the masses, and
eliminated the impossible bombastlc
dramatic situations that have 10 far
characterized this class OF attrac,
tiun. The finale d "A Millionaire
Tramp" is without doubt one Of the
most beautiful endings ever given 10
any play, not . word being spoken for
a, last I'VE minutes before HE last cur
tain.
Here tonight al the Duncan,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06
Listen! Listen!

Now is your opportunity to consult
one OF the most gifted mediums that
has ever visited your city. Instruc-
tions in psychology, palmistry and all
lines OF occult science. Lectures in
private houses or public places upon
any chosen subject, by appointment.
Mineral readings from specimens of
ore a specially. Mrs. Ala Thurman.
Located for one week at us Douglas
Ave. 16
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

making the largest and best equipped
feeding yards between Ell Paso and
Kansas City. An additional freight
track Is being extended to the freight
house to facilitate the transfer and
handling Of freight. Large railroad
scales are being put in also.
J.. H. Williams has completed his
new home and moved his family into
It. 1t is one Of the prettiest and most
modern homes in u city.
Our public schools re-opened today
after q two weeks vacation, with an
enrolment OF $50. There Is talk OF
employing the fourth teacher as the
number Of pupils is increasing rapid
ly.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

Governor 0dell Is making a strenu.
Gus effort to convince New York rep.
ublicans that there Il ! Big difference
between standing pat and standing
Plat.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

Tom Johnson did not attend the
democratic dinner In NewYork ONION
day. His political appetite is not very
good lately.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

Dowie announces that he Will return
to this world III 100 years, He need
not hurry on our account.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

Mrs. L. Poole Wright will close out
all winter stock at cost to make room
for spring goods. lis
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

II you want q fine buckwheat cake.
you can't find better b%uckwheat flour
than Dick has. Absolutely fine. 1-20
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

LOST-At Jewish dance Dec. 10Th,
white silk scarf, Please return to
Rosenthal Bros. 10
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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9Th, 1909.

Japan Ii placing her confidence y
Diplomacy and her cash In warshlps.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-06

Mr.. Bryan has not changed his
views on the money question. Neither
have the voters so far as heard from.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
SILENT BRIDES OF KOREA.
Newly Made Husband May Not Hea,
bis Wife's Voice for Months
After His Marriage.

Here is picture brought from tn
far east only a short time ago which
shows exactly how the silent brides"
as those of Korea are called with so
much reason. look on the wedding day.
1t may be said that although the robes
depicted therein remind one somewhat
of Japanese garments, the broad girdle,
with its enormous knot at the back.
which is found on the island girls
kimona, is not part of the Korean
bellies decoration. while the sleeves
edged with deep white bands are much
larger than those worn across the
straits
The headdress, most important
part of the quaint outfit, is peculiar tc
Korean brides. Made of heavy cloth,
carefully quilted and stiffened with a
sort Of canvas lining, it covers all ex-
cept very little of the hair and rises
about a foot above the head. The large
wooden pins at the back hold the head
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
ES7SSS s.
IMf !5slJ5
THE ENGAGEMENT PROBLEM
It Is One Which, After All Is Said
and Done, Every Girl Must
Settle for Herself

1t is one thing to fall in love and
another to propose marriage. Men may
be wise and cautious, they may have
most sensibIy made up their minds
that it would neither be right nor fair
Tor them TO speak, and they may have
definitely resolved not to say a word
on the subject of marriage till they
have, at least, a prospect of making a
home for wife.
Then there comes an accidental up
BET to their calculatiOns-a word, I
look, blush, a smile. All their fine
reasonings are thrown to the winds,
they have blurted out the love they
meant to keep concealed till the cor
rect moment of avowal came. Susie
has confessed she reciprocates the de-
votion she is told of, and nothing re-
mains but to ask papa'S consent, and
visit a jewelers..
But then comes the side that is not
all rapture. At first, to be engaged is
enough to send any two adoring people
up into a seventh heaven of bliss; but
by and by that ceases entirely to salts
fy. They would like to marry; to be-
housekeeping, and know all the de-
lights of a home which the other
shares The true test of love is not II
the proposing and accepting, neither is
it in the buying and wearing the ring;
it is in the waiting with patience an
indefinite time for the fulfllment of
hope of which the proposal and the en-
sagement ring were merely pledge.
The question again and again arises
How long is it reasonable for a man
o ask a girl to wait for him." If it.
S year, or even two, or three, he may
be justified; for, after all, there is
definite end to the waiting, which
draws nearer every day. But if, after
five years, say, the end looks no nearer
if he is still just as unlikely to be
unable TO support a wife-shOuld he
still expect a girl to go on wasting the
best years of her life on his behalf?
If she really loves him, it will not
matter to her, though she waited for
him 20 years. 1t will be such an utter
impossibility for her to think of any
other man than himself that she will
not feel her chances in other directions
are pSlhS SPOlleu, lOI ii she udy no.
marry him, she would rather not mar
ry anyone else while the world lasts.
She will count any waiting short and
light that has the hope of being his
wife at the end of it, and she will wait
without a desire to be free. If she does
not love him-why, that is different
matter, and she had better not under
take at all waiting which she will
find intolerable.-N. Y. Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
JUST A WORD OF WARMING.
Indiscriminate Kissing of Babies Is
Cruelty for Which There
Is No Excuse.

There are many mothers who give
themselves infinite trouble about the
big and obvious things connected with
nursery management, who strive brave
ly to be up to date in the matter of
plumbing, ventilation and infectious
diseases. but who fail wofully when it
comes to certain details. One of the
most important of these is the disgust
ing and dangerous habit of allowing
every conner to kiss and maui the baby
A baby no doubt, is delightful OBJ
ject and almost irresistible, but that is
no reason why advantage should be
taken of his helpless condition to Of
fer him hygienic Outrages> Mothers
should know that promiscuous kissing
is bad and vulgar habit, productive
of much danger to adults as we'll as to
children. Adults can protect them
selves if they like, but infants cannot,
and SO it is the duty of the mothers to
protect them. l know of case where
a visitor left with clinging kiss on
the lips of a three-year-old girl the
quick germs of mumps, from which the
guest had just recovered.
Ones individual breathing apparatus
may be precisely suited to his own use
But it may be that there turks some
where in his system something tina;
would foul his neighbours we'll of Ifs
were it directly conveyed into it. This
conveyance the breath accomplisheS
more swiftly and surely than the by.
podermic needle could do the work
These things happen daily and hourly
where indiscriminate kissing is toler.
ated.-American Agriculturist.
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have fallen to him by the score, and it
him to decline them.
Taft is nothing if not obliging he en-
joys companionship, and for one Of his
temperament it was fatal So he has
succumbed to the inevitable and has
abandoned Washington altogether for
awhile to see if complete divorce from
the place will do him any good 1t is
high time.
More public men have been killed by
the social game in Washington than by
hard work. Too many dinners proved
fatal to Blaine, Reed, Hobart and dozens
of others who might be named All
three of those men were favorite diners
out, and from their position as we'll as
their personal accomplishments were
constantly in demand. All three of
them would doubtless be alive to-day had
they been permitted to confine them
selves to their public duties in Wash
ington without the distractions Of al
most nightly dinners.
1t is getting to be the practice now
among those who are the targets of con-
tinuous invitations to devote as little
time as possible to each affair to eat
sparipgly and to drink: if possible, not
at all But even with these precau-
tons the society game is great drain
on the vitality of public man who
comes to it with the WEAKNESS and wor-
ries of his day at the capitol or the de-
partment.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01

They have discovered in tba
cerebro-spinal fluid of persons who
have died from the sleeping sick
ness parasites technically known as
trypanosomes, and have ascertained
that the parasites are conveyed from
sick to healthy people through the
agency Of the tsetse fiy. Experi,
ments were tried with MONKEYS Flies
were fed on a sleeping sickness case
and then allowed to bite the animals.
which were found afterward 70 have
become infected with the narasite
The rapid progress of the disease ia
ascribed to the ending of native wars
There is more intercourse between
the blacks now than there was. Fhey
travel far and near in the service OF
the white man or about their own
affairs. Negroes from the uuper
Congo have gone down the stream.
caught the disease there. and returned
home to disseminate it.
South Africa has always been
plagued with a tsetse fly whose bite
is fatal to cattle Now IT appears
that tropical Africa has a worse plague
in fly whose bite is fatal to human
beings. The fly is more formidable
adversary of white men who wish ia
develop Africa than are the most
warlike native tribes. They can b
conquered and pacified, while little
winged insects cannot be-Chicage
Tribune
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01

Her mother died in
1912, and she at once took her mothers
place as the head of the presidents
household, thus becoming the youngest
woman who ever presided over the
white house, except Mrs. Cleveland,
She was noted then for her beauty and
wit, and her career as mistress of the
white house was brilliant. She was
greatly admired by the great men who
in the middle of the last century gave
distinction to the political and social
life of Washington.
Just before her father was elected vice
president she had married James A.
Semple, wealthy planter with large
estates in Virginia. When Tyler sue
ceeded to the presidency on the death
of Harrison she came to Washington
with him for the first time.
Tyler appointed Semple paymaster
in the navy, and after Tyler left the
white house Mrs. Semple lived quietly
on her husbands plantation until the
outbreak of the civil war, when he re-
signed from the United States navy and
became a paymaster in the confederate
navy.
The close of the war left the Samples
impoverished. and Mrs. Semple, leaving
her husband at home, went to Baltimore
where she conducted a school for girls
After her husbands death in the late
'70's Mrs. Semple. then about 60 years
of age. came to Washington to pass her
last days in the Louise Home.
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gear securely in place, the ribbon fall
ing over the left shoulder being decora-
tive only.
Dressed in this costume the young
woman who, since her parents have ar
ranged all her marriage affairs, per
haps never has seen her future hus
band, is led before the priest for cere-
mony which probably has no equal fol-
simplicity At a word from the priest
the contracting persons bow to each
other slowly and solemnly and-all is
over! Then the bride goes home to
await further orders, while the hus-
band, gathering about him all his
friends and acquaintance, departs for
an elaborate feast, which he gives in
honor of himself.
Once married the brides family iden-
tity at once sinks before her new name
and she is never known except as So.
and-So's wife. Her chief duty is to
attend strictly to her own business
not speaking except when necessary
SO firmly is this virtue impressed upon
the young girls mind that several
months often pass before her husband
hears his partners voice, and where 9
father-in-law is one of the family
whole years of almost absolute silence
are said to elapse. Since the son has
no say in choosing a wife or daugh-
ter in choosing a husband, the parents
are held responsible by the community
for the proper marriage of their chill
dren. If man allows his son to reach
the age of 20 unmarried. his neighbors
consider him sadly lacking in his duty
to his Son-Kansas City Star
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01

The Louise home who founded the
principal bank of Washington, and who
among other benefactions presented
Daniel Webster with the handsome
house. since known as the Corcoran
house, and now occupied by Chauncey
NJ Depew.
At the close of the war he was perhaps
the wealthiest man in the country 9f
southern proclivities, and those who had
been left destitute by the four years
fighting came to him in droves for re-
lief Most of the cases were pitlfui.
There were scores of women delicately
bred and used to a life of comfort who
suddenly found themselves widowed
and helpless, with poverty staring them
in the face. Corcoran took pity.on them.
He planned such charity as had never
been conceived before. He established
a home which should be open only to
women of the south. of gentle birth. and
that home. named in memory of his
wife "The Louise Home" is still main
tained through his endowment for the
purposes which he had in mind.
1t is a spacious building. surrounded
by ample grounds. in part of the city
where land has trebled and quadrupled
in value since Corcoran's day. in the
very midst of the fashionable residence
section of the city. Among the inmates
may be found relatives of almost every
eminent southern statesman or soldier,
who spend the days in gossiping among
them selves about the brave days of old
LOUIS A COOLIDGE.
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but who want to shine at summer
camps, where the gentler sex is not
present.
Good. plain, old-fashioned fare is
prepared and the dishes are made up
in the most appetizing manner. Ev-
cry kind of vegetable and fruit that
grows in the garden, bread. biscuit
Old-fashiOned buckwheats. stews. roasts
and soups are prepared by the boys.
The fact that the good things cooked
are eaten by the chefs. sitting comfort
ably at table where the lady teacher
does the honors. is one of the reasons
why the boys enjoy their novel les
sons, and larger number of bows
than can possibly be instructed are
clamoring for admission.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01

Oois re C n / z in
Washington as resembling Lincoln
somewhat not only in personal appear
ance. but also in the homely quality of
their minds. One is known as Uncle
Shelby" the other as, Uncle joe" just
as Lincoln was known Familiarity as
Uncle Abe" And as Justice Harlan
recently remarked when a public man
is known universally as Uncle that
is a pretty sure sign he is close to the
hearts of the people and has the quail
ties that the people like.
AS for Hit he is one of the most in
teresting of all the men in congress,
and he has long been recognized as one
of the very ablest. He has been chair
man of the foreign affairs committee
in the house for great many years, and
it has fallen to him to prepare the re-
publican side of almost every diplomatic
question which has been the subject of
partisan controversy during that time
as. for instance. in the Hawaiian and
Cuban matters just before the war with
Spain. He has had a longer and more
varied diplomatic experience than al
most any other man in public life. hav-
ing served as secretary of legation and
assistant secretary of state up to the
time he was elected to congress. while
before that he was associated with Lin
coin, first as the stenographer who re-
ported the Lincoln-Douglass debates.
and second as one of the official staff
at the white house during and after the
eivil war.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01
Hint for Lovers of Lac

If you have bit of W hite lace that Won
want to give that rich cream tint that So
many admire, mix little cream-colored
starch with the white or add to the drv
white starch little clear coffee or tea
before pouring on the boiling water. The
tea or coffee gives duller tint than the
cream starch. which is apt to be too yell
low. Instead of starch or gum arabic
many persons prefer little powdered
sugar dissolved in the last water the
lace Is rinsed In
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-01

The convenience of the arrangement
of this design is apparent on exam
ination of the floor plans. 1t all de-
ponds on the inmates Of such house.
whether it improves with age, or, on
the other hand, from carelessness and
indifference it is allowed to go to rack
and ruin The principal architectural
feature of the front hall. which is OF,
good size, is an ornamental staircase OF
neat design. The parlor on the right
is quite large, and the hall. parlor, libra
ry and dining-room are all connected
by wide sliding doors, to be thrown
together on occasion The dining-room
is connected with the kitchen through