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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-21
Master Of human destiny am l."

Master of human destiny am H.
In a letter to the editor of Sug-
gestion Dr.. Nicola GigIiotti. an Italian
scholar and reformer, now living in
Erie, Pa, claims that he wrote the
original version Of Opportunity and
that the same was published In several
Italian journals prior TO 1887. DR.. Gig
liotti's original poem was entitled
THE Fate the first line being
4Arbitro 10 sono dell unan destino,"
or in English:
Master | am OF human destines.'
Dir. Gigliotti does not claim that In.
gals Willfully p~lagiarized emporium
ity' but explains that the late sena-
tor often made free TRANSACTIONS of bits
OF foreign verse which appealed to
him, and that after his death, his de-.
voted and loving but undiscerning
widow. carefully gathered up many Of
ihese fragments and included them
among the products of her husbands
pen.
DR.. Gigliotti states that the poem
THE Fate" was not included in his
(Gigliotti,s poems) as he did no con.
slider it possessed sufficient literary
merit. Certainly Opportunity as 1t
came from Ingalls, pen is a very pow
erful and masterful piece of litera,
ture, but II DR.. Gigliotti's statements
are not disprovan, 1t must be acknowl-
edged that Opportunity is only a
very fine translation of .HThe Fate
DIR. Gigliotti's free translation of his
verses are as follows:
The Fate.
Master | am of human destines,
Fame, greatness, love are my ser
wants.
Cities and fields foolishly | walk, !
! knock at every door but once, and II
u to new pathways.
Ii sleeping, wake. If feasting
You Try to kill your troubles with
wine and sin;
Rise and follow me, | am the fate.
Woe
To whom does not follow me. ! give
him horses.
Gold. fame, honor. women and pleas.
ure.
He will conquer every foe save death.
Rise; hang to the opportunity which
offer you.
| am reyeng aful. knock nnbidden
but once at every door.
I stay here. Leave me alone,9 I an
swered, Thought
And thought alone makes every man
happy and strong"
BY way Of comparison Ingalls, yer
sion Ia also given.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-21

r. w. s. Negus, manager Of the
Automatic Telephone Company. Of Al
b~uquerque, has gone TO Chicago and
New York on business connected With
his company.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-21
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" Did you know Il always restored
falling hair. EisSss1IIis:ec::s

cipaiity. He would have gladly washed
his hands Of the whole matter and
signed the bill without hesitation.
holding Mayor Mcclellan responsible
IN case anything should go wrong
But the influential men OF his party
were fully aware of the advantage a
veto would give the Republicans in
the coming campaign. They were
anxious to have the bill vetoed, not
because they cared a rap for the
Interests Of the taxpayers Of the city
OF New York, but because they al.
pected 70 make political capital from
the fact that the Republican governor
had saved the city from a big steal
which had received the sanction of
the Democratic mayor, notwithstand.
ing the protests Of the citizens and
the press.
War en- Gamblers.
The war against the gambling house
Keepers in general and Richard Can
field, the gambler king in particular,
has begun. and District Attorney Je-
rome seems to mean business The
investigation has been started and the
first sensational developments have
brought considerable trouble to one
Of the star witnesses. Jesse Lewisohn,
a wealthy broker, who is said to have
been n of the regular patrons of
Canfield's establishment. Upon the
advice of his attorney Mr.. Lewisohn
refused to testify concerning the gam.
bling transactions at Canfield's and
thereupon Judge Mcmahon, OF the
court Of Special Sessions declared him
IN contempt Of court and committed
him to the LUDLOW street jail. The
was afterward changed
the Tombs, as the Ludlow street
jail Is not The proper place for the
imprisonment of persons involved in
criminal cases, but only in civil cases.
The matter is still pending and the
gambling fraternity and the patrons
Of gambling houses are watching the
outcome of the case with considerable
interest and anxiety.
Jewish Anniversary,
At a meeting of prominent Jews
all parts of the country the plan
of establishing a Jewish university
Dn a large scale was discussed at
some length and with considerable Oh.
thusiasm. Many prominent rabbits
and speakers expressed themselves
favor of the plan and il was stated
hat the object of the movement was
o create a spirit for the promotion
Jewish literature in all parts of
he country and to educate rabbis and
eacherss The university shall stand
N equal footing with Yale, Harvard
md the other great institutions Of
earning Of the country and 1t Is ex.
,ected that it will tend to promote
learning and spread the jew
sh religion in the United States.
-0-
Serapio Romero Of Chilli Is in AL
uQueruue on business.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-21
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Kidney troubles. Try them. Only
SOC at all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-21
Who Wrote
Opportunity

In the June issue of Suggestion,
tChicago), a magazine of the New
Psychology. the startling claim is bold
" made that Jno. ]. ingalls, did not
write the famous sonnet "opportun.
ny commencing
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-21

Reduced rates from all points all
the time to cloudcroft. ASK the
ticket agent.a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
THE PASSING OF PATSY.

mamma" suggested Alice. That's a bully
idea, Allie" assentcd Jim" Into the
house they both ran and Patsy followed
along behind. First they found an old pet
ticoat, which they put around Patsy :
front legs and buttoned over his back
Then the sunbouret and a pink ribbon
around his neck, tied in n big bow under
his whiskcrs, Pink was very becoming to
Patsy's complexion, they thought
They were both !mrr ense.v proud of
their work Patsy was looking himself
over, with a wondering ey preston on MS
wrinkled face, when 'Jim" decided to give
him good look at himself. so he led
Patsy into his mothers room and stopped
him before her long plato mirror. Patsy
held his breath for a moment. Was that a
goat before him, or what was it? lie
shook his head and stamped his foot The
animal before him stamped his foot and
shook his head. My, what a saucy goat
Patsy began to be angry. lie STAMPED
both forefcet: 70 did the other goat The
children shouted with laughter Patsy
could stand such impotence no longer. He
ran for that goat and, lowering his head
butted the enemy with all his might.
Crash! Bang! went the mirror, and poor
Patsy struggled on the other side of II,
with the empty frame hanging ON him,
Alas. Tho enemy had escaped. OF course.
when the children's mother returned she
was somewhat surprised. and though
Patsy escaped punishment the little ones
did not.
| This was Patsy's last straw. "Jim's"
father found Patsy new home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

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The last of the seven times she called out
threateningly You will sorrow for this.
O Foolish Oner Then Immediately
strong wind arose. and blew the Fox Won
an far away to the battle fields. where in
he midst of his soldiers. your brave father
was fighting.
The Fox Woman stood close to the edge
OF the battle ground. and as the soldiers
fell to the ground slain she gathered up
their departing souls and packed them one
after another into her bag. which after a
while began 10 resemble a great pudding.
AT last your father fell in the fighting
His soul also the wicked witch stole and
stuffed into the bag, and when the battle
was ended the strong winds blew the Fox
Woman to the foot Of this mountain,
where she planted the souls under the
roots of the cherry tree.
Having thus revenged herself she made
her way into the presence of your grand
parent, who, with his household, lamented
the death of his son.
You may well weep" she said. "for the
souls of your son and his soldiers are i'm
prisoned beneath the cherry tree. They
cannot r1se to heaven to claim the re-
ward Of bravery. All this have done be-
cause thy daughter denied me trifiing
gift on my departure from your hospitable
abode"
Having said these terrible words the
wicked witch was blown by the wild winds
| to her cavo in the mountain and was heard
, OF no more; but upon hearing what she
said your grandrarent was angered at
your young mother because she had
caused the imprisonment of the souls in
the cherry tree. His anger continued to
grow, and at length he turned your mother
! from his door. bidding her never to return
unless the poor souls were freed from
! their tree prison.
1T Is because of this the once bla ok
| hair OF your beautiful small mother has
become white with grief. though she still
guards with care the small lacquered box
which caused the sorrow" concluded Cme
| "Hai Hail sighed little o Chika, III
! | but knew the way to set free the souls"
! Alas no one knows how to accomplish
that so desirable thing" said Ume. and
went into the house, leaving o Chika Sar
ia gaze sadly al the pink cherry blossoms
Soon the breeze blew the flowers from side
TO side" and again the little girl fanced she
! could hear the murmur of song
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
POUND OF HONEY.

THE busy bee" Is a type Of industry
the world over. but we get a new con-
] ception OF how busy the little insect
really u when we are told that 1t takes
the nectar from at least twenty-five hum
dred thousand flowers TO make one pound
of honey. That Is what an experienced
bcekeeper says. and his estimate Is
founded OH o careful calculation.
Beekeeperp are very important people In
some parts OF the world Take Switxer-
land. for example. where honey 10 q staple
article OF food. bread ana honey being the
standard breakfast. even among the pas
ants The largest hotels there serve II as
the principal Item OF their morning bills
OF fare,
so important is the bee industry IN that
little country that mon are paid to SO
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
A GAME FOR LONG EVENINGS.

memory. can write two hundred names
under some letters. OF course, J 8 ana
rs are not so plentiful
When the three minutes have expired
ono person reads his list while the others
cross of their own lists the duplicates
leaving in the end the names which they
alone wrote.
The one having.the largest list unduph-
cate by the rest keeps that score, ana AZ
the end OF the alphabet or the game adas
| his martial scores together. The one hav-
Ing tho best total wins. This Is jolly
way to spend an hour at home or with
company For prize little globe filled
with honbons is appropriate
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

flowers. shook with the sound OF many
voices singing.
,rhe, tho singing ceased and a voice
snoke from among the many heads of the
Samurai-
Little Cherry Blossom. comrnanoNI
the voice, open the lacquered box, for 81.
length the time has come to free u.s. tha'
Ne NAV seek in heaven our rest ana re-
ward for brave detsis. am tiny hon"r
able father. Seven times my ooeu'en''
haa,,tiful mother refused the box 10 the
~ \yoman. Seven years, therefore, our
snuls have remained imprisoned, and could
only be set free If the box were SUI IL
the possession Of thy dutiful mother. Now
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

~ITIES AND TOWNS is an interesting
I game for winter evenings. 1t requires
\.no preparation further than a large
sheet of paper and n pencil for each
person.
First choose a letter, then agree to write
for three minutes. Each person must
write the names OF all the cities or towns
he or she can think of In that time. begin
ming with the given letter. For instance,
the letter chosen is d. The list may look
like this
Boston.
Brookline.
Brooklyn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
HOW FROGS CAME TO BE.

IND you ever hear how frogs originat-
1ed2 1t Is queer story. but then 1t
- happened a long time ago. when the
world was young and all sorts Of queer
Things were happening. We can, OF course.
believe as much or as little of such stories
as We please. but at least they entertain us.
Now as to the frogs. they came into be-
Ing because a weary, thirsty woman was
prevented from getting a drink OF water.
Here IL the way the story Ia told
Latona was q beautiful goddess. who
lived with the other goddeases and gods on
Mount Olympus. where Jupiter and Juno
reigncd. as you know. She was distin-
suished for many things, but chiefly for
being tho mother Of Apollo and Diana 1t
seems that she incurred the III will Of Juno
in some way and was banished from
Olympus, with no place to put her foot and
no shelter for her weary head, for Juno
had made Terra. the Earth promise that
she should not find rest anywhere
Neptune. the god OF the sea, however.
took pity on the bsnished goddess and In
vited her to the Isle Of Delos, which then
hoated under the water. but rose to the
surface at his command. There she found
peace and comfort, and there she brought
up her two famous children. Apollo to
become the god OF the sun and Diana
the goddess Of the moon
But perhaps you arc wondering what al
this has to do with the frogs. 1t Is SAID
that one day while Latona was wander
Ing desolate and weary with her children
while they were yet babies she came to
a pool of clear. sparkling water. Half dy-
ing with thirst. goddess as she was. she
ran toward the pool TO drink some OF the
cool water. but a crowd OF ugly yokels
surrounded it ard kept her away.
She had I'D 20 this time borne her
privations and sufferings with patience
and resignation, but at this act OF wan
ton cruelty hcr patience gave way and
turning furiously on the yokels she turned
them all into croaking frogs, which they
have remained to this day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
THE SOULS IN THE CHERRY TREE.
ny ANNA MARBLE.

"Nhcn she was told Of the summons OF
tho Fox Woman. your little mother came
forward with misgiving TO greet her po-
litcly and offered rice to her guest
Vow that | have eaten your rice said
the Fox Woman when she had eaten
greedly, give me the little lacquer box
which your honorable lord left in your
keeping"
When your Obedinnt mother heard this
request she turned pale The Samurai had
hidden her a parting never to give to any
one the small and exquisite lacquered box
which he then intrnsted to her care
Therefore She said to the Fox Woman
II cannot part with the lAcqucred box.
Seven times the Fox Woman repeated
her request ana was seven times refused
by your obedent small mother.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

around from canton to canton teaching the
art OF Bookkeeping. 1t Is said that the Ger
man government too. takes special inter-
est In 1t, requiring schoolmasters to pass
an examination in the art.
But the greatest beokeepers In the world
are to be found in this country. There are
mon in California, for instance, who own
from two thousand 10 twelve thousand
swarms OF bees each. md curing the flow-
erng season the! farm cut these swans
to the owners of orchards.
Ono peculiar feature OF bee farming in
the West is the practice OF keeping
swarn,s on floating bee houses. 40 that they
may follow the streams to find new flower
pastures. This. by the way. was demo in
Egypt thousands OF years ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

Soon above the dense clouds little o Chika
beheld the shadowy forms OF soldiers rls
Ing In n thin mist and vanishing In the
moonlight.
When the last OF them had disappeared
the strange blue cloud melted slowly and
% Chika ran to awaken her mother and
old Cme, who were still sleeping soundly.
In tho moonlt garden beneath the
cherry tree the little girl told her wonder
full story. Suddenly the young japanese
mother. whose white hair glistened like
silver threads, pointed to beautiful blue
blossom upon the tree. and at sight Of this
they all wept with joy for ii was the token
that the souls were free at last.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

Suddenly as she sang a strange rustinS
and clanking arose in the branches of the
tree above her head. As she looked up
the sight which she saw almost caused her
to drop the lacquered box in astnnish-
ment.
From every cherry blossom there hah
burst forth suddenly the head of Jap
anese soldier, ard each Of these ap-
peared the murTnur Of the song grew
louder. until the tree. with Its strange
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

O1yO-SO~SO 20
o Chika San. thou shalt open the box
and thy mother Will know that thou hast
released the souls
The voice OF her father died away and
o Chika San no longer afraid. joyfully
pressed spring in the side OF the box
At once the cover sprang open and a
small blue flame burst forth, from which
there arose an incense that soon hid the
cherry tree in a great blue cloud.
Once again there arose the murnur of
the Samural song
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

Softly the music died away, and from the
bamboo house there came the voice OF o
Chlka's mother, and the child quickly
ohcyed the summons.
"Hai, Hal Beautiful young mother with
the white hair. did you call me?" she said
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

TITLE O Chila San lived with her
mamma and her old nurse, Uma. in
a small bamboo house at the foot OF
the mountain.
In the garden there was great
--~ berry tree that doomed beautifully
with pink and white blossoms. dur
q the month Of April.
< Chika san wore a bright red kimono
d a broad sash of BLUE silk, tied be-
nd in a big bow All day long she
aged in the pretty garden whore the
cry tree bloomed. and when the light
nd stirred the branches she fancicd that
g pink and white flowers hummed a
It little song.
) Chika tried to remember tho tune and
ie day she sang it to Old Uma. This Is
w 1t sounded
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
WRITIN COMPOSITIONS.

Got to be particular an never make a blot,
Or Miss Maria'll make you write II over,
like as not:
An don't get any help al home" she
says-"on no conditions
Can't blame q feller-can you now-for
hatin' compositions7
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
THE CAUSE FOR CAWS.

There were three crows sat on tree,
AS full OF caws rs crows could be;
Cawed one old crow unto his mate:--
What cause have we to cav at fatc?"
Cawed tother crow unto tho first,
"Dehold a cause of causes worst
Yon comes "A man In search Of fun
l know because l see his gun"
Then cawed the first unto the three.
IT cav because no gun ! see.
Yet cause have we for cawing now
That gums camera. I VOW"
Then cawed third crow unto the two.
"A cameras no cause. it's true.
Dur pictures now will taken be.
Because We cawed upon this tree"
Then just because there was no cause
To cav they cawed without a pause.
And cause or no cause. you can bet
Those three black crows are cawing yel
LURANA w. SHELDON.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

When Tine heard the melody she said:-
That is the song II tho Samurai' Where
id you wonderfully learn TO sing ii. O 30
anna" . 10 Sama means Young Lady
nd the Samurai are tho knights Of Japan.
Il learned to sing 1t from tho cherry
lessons" answered the little Cir. 1T is
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21
THE TUMBLE BARNARD.

The changeable elf has made the barn
yard animals look very strange. With
one wave OF his magic wand he has
wrought such transformations that the
is the matter with the tumble barnyard?
See IL you can find out why the animals
look so queer and change them back again
to look like others OF their kind.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

Dom sums In 'rithmetic Is bad enough
for me,
An spell!n's not much easier, SO far as
can See
Jogerfy Is also hard, an grammar defni-
tons
Blu. worst OF all the horrid lot Is writin
COMPOSITIONS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

MY Pink Cherry Blossom" replied her
mamma. "Ume has told me OF the gong
you learned beneath the tree. Sing It to
me, If you please
O Chlka San bowed politely and sang the
melody in a clear voice. When she had
finished there were tears In the soft, dark
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

stubby pasture eating thlsues
and stray tin cans until he was discovered
by "Jims" father. Jim wanted goat
and a little cart for his birthday so
"Jim's" father thought that Patsy would
look fine hitched to a little red cart with
a smart harness on him. Patsy was taken
to "Jims" house and introduced to the
family. lie behaved beautifully. His man
ners seemed to be born in him. jim and
his sister Alice hitched Patsy into the
shiny red cart and drove him all around
the town.
They taught him to back and turn
around TO stop when they said whoa,
Pat" and never had a mishap, He was so
mild and tame the children put sunbon-
net on him, Ike the hats the horses wore.
they said He drew a cart full Of dolls and
soldiers az carefully rs II he was carrying
the only heir to a throne.
One day Alice's mother went to the city
to spend the day. 1t became pretty tire
some at home. Jim" and Alice played
everything they could think of. They both
cred the cook until she sent them out Of
the kitchen. At last they were driven to
Patsy for consolation. Patsy was in fine
spirits. lie frisked about tho yard. butting
everything he came to and kicking up his
heels with playfuness. Lets dress him
ND and put him In the house to surprise
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

know a boy who was 80 thin
He blew away one day.
And couldn't get back homo until
The wind blew t'other way.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

Pullin' hair an frownin' just Ike Dad
don't help a mite
Can't etudy up a thing to say by workin
half the night:
Id rather learn a grammar Full OF
awful definitions
Than have to write just one OF those old.
pcsky compositions,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

ATSY started life under very !
h pleasant conditions. Patsy was a
y goat-a small, lively and very |
black goat-with long wavy wh!s-
ers and a vast appreciation OF al
Joke. Patsy spent his first year IN
a st1,hhIv naalllre eating thlStleS