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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-23
Democrats
Of Ohio

COLUMBUS, o. May 23.--The dem
ocratic stats convention viii meet
here tomorrow and Wednesday to
choose delegates At large to the ma,
tional convention and 70 nominate
candidates Tor secretary 81 state, judge
Of the supreme court, n member Of
the board Of public works and q dairy
and food commissioner. The dele
gates are slow in arriving ana few
Of the party leaders are expected 70
put In an appearance before tomorrow
What course the convention will take
with regard to the several matters
upon which II Is called to act appears
at this stage to be very uncertain.
Even the politicians supposed to be
best acquainted with the situation hes
itate to venture a prediction. Com
p~aratiyely little attention is being paid
SO far to the nominations for state
officers. What interest is manifested
in the convention centers In the selec.
tion OF delegates 70 the st. Louis con.
vention and the adoption 81 . plat.
form. Haarst has been pursuing an ac-
tive campaign in Ohio and n OF his
followers has been chosen for tenn
p0rary chairman. The striking feat
ure Of the situation up to date ap
pears to be the utter lack OF interest
taken In the convention by those here
tofore looked upon as the leaders O
the party. Even Tom l.. Johnson o.
Cleveland Is not displaying his wonted
activity. He has declared his opposi
tion TO the Hearst movement. but has
made no active fight and expressed
no wish to 90 as q delegate g the ma
tional convention. II Is freely bEsdIct
ed that unless the opposition awakes
from It's apathy Hearst will surely sue
ceed III his efforts to control the con
yention.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-23
A Lesson in Health.

Healthy kidneys filter the impuri-
ties from the blood. and unless they
do this good health is impossible. Fo-
ley's kidney cure makes sound kid,
neys and will positively cure all
forms of kidney and bladder diseases.
II strengthens the whole system. For
sale by Depot Drug Store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-23

The lesses Of Springer Lake, in
conjunction with outside assistance.
are making preparations leading to
extensive improvements at the lake;
4 club house piers etc.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-23

WIN. Holmes LEFT Springer for Colo.
RADIO points where he viii remain .
few days.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-23

Frank Cline and Andy Robertson
left Albuquerque yesterday morning
for a few weeks outing at Jemez
hot syringe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-23

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Santa Re Tine Table.
East Bound.
No. . (daily)-Arrives 1:45 p. M;
departs 2:1o p. m.
No. s (daily)-Arrives 1870 .. M;
departs. lao q. m.
No. 4 (iaily)-Arriyes Abs q. NJ;
departs 4:40 a. m.
West Bound.
No. / (daily)-Arriyes 1:35 p. M;
departs 200 p. m.
No. Z (daily)-Arrives 5:l5 p. M;
departs 5:4s p. n.
No. 8 daily)-Arriyes $40 =. M
departs 5:45 a. m.
Nos. 3 and california Limiteds1
solid Pullman trains, with dining com
partment and observation cars.
No. 2-Has Pullman and tours
cars to Chicago and Kansas City, an,
a Pullman car for Denver Is added a
Trinidad. Arrives at La Junta lO:2
b. M, connecting with No. s. leavinl
La Junta at $40 a. M; arriving q
Pueblo $500 a. M; Colorado Spring
6:35 q. M, Denver $50 . ~.
No. S-Has Pullman and tours
cars to Chicago and Kansas City. Al
riyes at La Junta 1O:3e q. m. connec'
ing with No. 603-leaving La Junt
1910 p. M. arriving at Denver at 60
p. m.
No. HAS Pullman and tours
cars for Southern California points.
No. Has Pullman and tourii
cars for Northern California point %
Pullman car for Ell Paso and City
Mexico. Connection for Ell Paso. Der
ing, Silver City and all points in Me,
leo and Southern New Mexico an
Arizona.
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

20 dine IN state, varying the menu with
the ants that are attracted by the sap.
The red-beIIied wOodpecker IS the bird
most 10 be dreaded. for he loves oranges
and eats them in the most approved
manner-the manner INDUCED in by all
Southeruers. That is. the bird drills a
hole In an orange. puts I'm his long pro-
bosis, and sucks away the juice OF the
fruit This bird s. 10 be extsrminated.
Our dear little chiclzadees, sometimes
called titmice, are the stsnCh friends OF
the fruit grower, and like some of the
woodpeckers they. too, stay by their
Northern friends despite the cold. Their
winter food consists OF noxious insects,
and more especially insect eggs, while
a large percentage OF plant lice IS CON
stunned.
They also eat the eggs OF the common
tent caterpillar. the forest tent cater
pillar. and the fail cauker-worm. They
work from the peep OF day until their
microscopic eyes can no longer discern,
and during that time they are able TO
discover a lot OF hurtful insects that
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

OF woOdpeclzers, and puts them in the
front rank OF protectors Of orchards, as
well as OF fruit and flowers
These birds, armed with a pair OF
wonderfully made feet for climbing.
few tail feathers that materially help,
and a bin and tongue equal TO the choic-
est tools of the Cabinetmaker. accom-
panied by the most acute hearing are
equipped for climbing. distinguishing
the lay Of a hurtful tree-eater, with MS
bin drilling right into the very heart of
the insect, and then with his long and
wonderfully made tongue, pulling him
out Of his nest.
So. while some other birds with less
reputation as thieves pick the bugs and
other insect life from the outside OF
vegetation. this saucy bird, with its
m0notou0us peck, peck. peck seeks
those larvae or grubs which are beneath
the banks or In the heart Of the tree.
The doWny ana hairy wOOdpeckers or
the East not only work all summer, but
refuse 10 leave their work at the APP
pr0ach OF cold weather working even
harder IN winter than IA summer. Their
The Washington times., 1904-10-16
Flat Life For Horses.

Ground space is so valuable in the
CITY Of New York that, ike many 9TH
er buiIdinE there. stables have long
been built upward i'm many stories Win
stalls for the horses on floors above the
ground. so that there are now in the
cftv thousands of horses that may be
said 90 live in hats Stables OF six
stories are no longer considered remark
able. and in many of these horses ars
now stalled on three floors, three upper
stories being reached by ruuWay5
All of these tall modern stables have
an elevator big enough and strong
enough TO carry TO the upper doors any
vehicle, ard in at least one downtown
boarding place for horses The elevator 10
used for the animals also
out OF 100 horses kept in this stable
there are perhaps a score that are more
or less often hoisted TO LheLr rooms. OF
stalls az night, and they also prln8
down some horses -u the same way = ne
horses like il ana stand STEADY on tne
elevator platform and are noisted WITH
cut trouble. I'm fact they have one nile
horse that viii not travel from lus
ground Hoos 20 it's stall In any other
way When This horse comes ID ana -z
uuhu0ked at uisht Dc walks straight over
10 the elevator ana waits go pc lo-stt-
an. and when iL il cast loose IN us stan
I'm the morning 10 makes s-ralsAl t1r ne
elevator again.
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

future political map Of Europe re-
marks Mr.. Davies. IF tire reader Will
consult any good atlas he viii accept
my statement that the outline OF the
frontier Of Russian Finland, where II
adults on Norway and Sweden. is one
of the most suggestive snd astonishing
things iu the map or Europe.
''Tae LuIea-Ofoteu line runs its whole
length az about "a distance of FORTY 20
nifty miles on the Swedish side OF the
Russian boundary line, following 1t with
curious regularity and leaving broad
strip of Swedish territory between It
self and the said boundary.
Follows Two Rivers.
THAT boundary follows the line Of
the Tome River and the NIuonio River
right up 20 the divide. Now at that
point the Russian territory makes a
most extraordinary little arm Outstretch-
ed across the high ana barren helds 10
the Norwegian frontier which Is at no
great distance from the sea.
This remarkable outline OF frontier
was permitted TO Russia In the early
part Of the nineteenth century after her
conquest OF Russian Finland from sWe-
den-a conquest. IL is interesting 70 re-
member, which was made by sudden
and mastery stroke without any dec
laratiOu of war.
why, It must be asked, did Russia
provide this extraordinary little mar
row band. this little arm or finger which
stretches across "a piece OF absolutely
desoIate and useless. uuinhabited field
1 do not think it is possible for anyone
who looks al the map 20 hesitate for one
moment IN the reply.
1T was that Russia might bring hei
The Washington times., 1904-10-16
Government Experts Take Great Pains to
Learn What Are the Preferences
Of Representatives Of Many
Feathery Tribes.

National Museum. Another instance Of
the great benefit these feathered friends
are 10 humanity Is in the report of a
scientist on the Rocky Mountains To-
Gusts during their outbreak I'm 1S74-1SII.
One scientist saw a loug-billed marsh
wren carry thirty lOcusts 10 young in
an hour.
At this rate. for seven hours a day, a
brood would consume 30 locusts per
day, and the passerine birds Of the east
ern half of Nebraska, allowing only
twenty brcods 70 the square mile would
destroy daily l62. 771.O00 OF the pests
The AVERAGE locust weighs about if-
teen grains and is capable each day Of
consuming its own weight IN standing
forage crops, corn and wheat.
The locusts eaten by the uestliugs
would, therefore, be able 20 destroy In
one day 1887 tons OF crops which at
SO per ton would be worth 81. 753 go.
Scientists have made it their particular
business 10 discover just what sort of
bugs and worms certain kinds of birds
like best the climate 70 which they are
adapted. and their very interesting way
OF going about Kidding fruit trees Of ru-
iuOus pests.
Just a half days observation down the
Potomac River at Marshall Han, made
by a Government scientist, gave some
startling figures showing the amount Of
protection given crops by the inOnensiye
little house wren
What Wrens Eat.
Just for the sake Of convenience. and
because Government scientists viii do
queer things, the nest OF q mother wren
was transferred from the branch OF a
tree 20 a tin baking powder can, and
the new house nailed four feet from the
ground 10 the side Of a tree 10 AFFORD
better pryinE.
In four hours and thirty minutes the
mother Of the three young birds made
[ no visits 10 the nest and fed them III
1 insects, the exact menu consisting Of ]
white grub worm, soldier bug. 9 miiIers.
/ @ spiders, Q grasshoppers, 15 May flies
Z and "a caterpiIlars.
The next day, I'm the space of three
hours and I'VE minutes. these young
commands were fed siXty-seven times.
Z OF course. the old wren was between
times taking her nip at the fruit and
I corn near by, but bugs and other things
I OF the creeping kind formed more than
two-thiris of her food, while the UttIa
ones were kept strictly on the animated
/ diet.
/ The same kind OF q record has been
I kept for the Government of the cat bird.
the old chief feeding the young nearly
I altogether on bugs, while she herself
raids the orchard Tor nearly uine-teuths
I or her diet.
I friend 10 some OF the forty-five species
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

no other bird is able TO see. The Cali
fornia bush-tit has proven himself in
valuable by Kidding olive trees Of the
scale that infests them. Nuthatches are
about the same size of the chickadees,
and are famed as being the most expert
climbers in all birddom- These three
birds. say Government scientists, do
work for the orchard that could not be
performed by man, and they should
have protection
Fur-Lined Stomachs.
The most hurtfuI insect TO forest and
orchard are the order of Lepidoptera,
which comprises butterflies and moths,
with their larvae OF caterpillars. and 10
the black and yellow billed cuckoo goes
The reputation OF being their worst enc
mics.
Cater?iuars of the most hurtfuI sort
form IS per cent. of the diet of these
pretty birds One stomach contained
more than go tent caterpiliars probably
a whole colony in the young stage. In
another 47 heads Of the fall webworm
were counted. and on account of their
The Washington times., 1904-10-16
Fur-Lined StOmachs.

The great white bear already lies at
full length across it; nothing but the
tips OF her toes remain inside that mar
row strip of Norway which separates
her from the sea"
Reason of Russia's Policy.
Mr. Davies inumates that Russia-s
policy i'm Finland '-is only TO be eN-
planned by her intention to get q foot
hold close 10 or upon the Atlantic
coast. BY the Outstanding of Finland,
she can make line through her own
Finnish territory from Tornea, already
connected with ST Petersburg. up the
TOrne and Muonio Rivers 10 the limit
OF her territory north OF Sweden.
Finland had been a loyal province
with no desire TO escape Russian rule.
What then. asks our author, had Rus
STA 10 gain by the sudden extinction OF
the liberties granted nearly hundred
years before 20 this admirable people,
What had Russia TO gain by suddenly
turning more than 100000 OF subjects
loyal TO the Gar and among his most
usefu; dependents into nation OF sui
len though helpless foemen2
Hot Selfish Scheme.
Those who attribute this action to
the wanton and stupid barbarism OF
Russia, to the narrow minded blgotr5
Of the Orthodox party in Russia, or 20
the garden roller policy or her MILL
tary despotism, do small justice 10 the
sagacity which has always marked her
advance in Europe. The step was a
cooIly calculated. deliberate part OF her
policy. 1t is the pushing forward or her
truly Russian frontier the advance OF
| her military system, by the substltu-
I lion OF an advanced guard OF genuinely
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

the Norwegian coast since the soil is
too arid for an agricultural population
to supply their needs. Another result
viii be the extinction OF the Lapps.
HOmad race at best. half civilized,
wholly improvideut, and absolutely
without control II liquor be within
reach.
Contact with civilization kills out the
Lapp, partly by inteTmarriage. by which
he is gradually absorbed in the stronger
races, more swiftly and completely by
"a literal killing out. The reindeer is the
Lapp's chief wealth and means Of sup
port. He Is easily tempted 20 part with
his reindeer for ready money with which
TO get liquor, and when far gone iu
drink viii sell his best reindeer for
bottle or two of ''brandvin."
Reindeer Diminishing.
In twelve years the reindeer in a Lapp
district known 10 Mr.. Davies have dI-
minished from $1,000 TO an approximate
1000. The increase Of wolves. because OF
the diminishing number OF Laps 70
wage war upon them, IS given as the
reason for the decrease OF the reindeer.
The demand for meat by the miner and
railroad navy VIII cause high prices
for reindeer, and the result viii be their
steady disappearance. The Lapp, with
rare exceptions, can live BY no animal
save the reindeer. no other animal can
subsist on the MOSES OF Lapland and
/ Upper Sweden. Swedish ethnologists al
low only NIFTY years for the survival Of
/ their interesting little neighbor
Influence on Political Map.
yet even more interesting than this
/ sad result upon one OF the races OF
Europe Is the possible effect upon the
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

border as near as possible 10 the At
lantIC Ocean, and wait upon events 20
give her her outlet across that narrow
strip OF Norway which alone bars her
from a deep water harDOT at NaTyik. on
the Of0ten Fiord. The craftsmen of
that frontier line-Iong ago in their
graves-wers as farsighted as Russian
treaty makers have always proved.
THE feeling has long been strong
among the more thoughtful and less
reckless OF the Norwegians that Rus
STA aims at possessing the upper por-
tion OF Norway which viii give her her
WiEhed-for outlet. The harbOr Of Mar
vik. IN spite Of its high altitude, has open
water all the winter through. and even
II an exceptional winter should block IT,
navigation could be easily kept open
by ice ships.
The Harbor Sheltered.
The harbor is fueIy sheltered by high
land, and the water is deep enough 20
hold IN parts a fuIl-sized battlesAip-
That Is exactly what Russia desires ana
needs And Russia has always had a
way OF getting what she needs and de-
sires. and she has always shown her
self capable OF waiting.
Russia knows how 10 help on her
opportunities, but she never needs 10
hurry them. And her opportunity viii
probably come before the century which
we have just entered upon is closed. II
is by no means difficult to imagine a
combination OF circumstances which
( should put Il within the power OF Rus
STA 20 realize the ambition by which her
northern empire shall stretch across
/ the whole OF the map OF the Eastern
/ Hemisphere from the Pacific 70 the At
! lautic.
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

chief food consists OF an ant, 2 pesky
little thing, whose chief object seems TO
be to protect plant lice. that Infest rose
bushes, fruit trees, and shrUbbery in
general
The woodpecker visits a tree. locates
the larvae OF a wood-boring beetle, drills
I'm after IL, then departs. but only tenn
pOrarlly, for he soon returns and nnds
the hole he drilled filled with these ants.
which ne proceeds to devour. About 3
per cent OF the woodUecker's food con-
sists Of ants. while the rest is made up
Of insects that are ruinous TO orchards.
In one stomach examined were found
1900 ants. and in another 5000 of a very
minute species.
Yellow Pirates.
The Yellow beIIied wOodpecker hasn't
so many friends, as he has a way Of
drilling a series Of holes that entirely
surround tree, often killing IL the sec
Ond year. His habit IS 10 depart, after
attending 10 his carpentering. but re-
turning at a time when the holes are
hlled with sap, upon which he proceeds
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

sad result upon one OF the races OF
Europe IS the possible effect upon the
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

An age which lives on records and
which can console itself for the unparal-
1eled discomfort OF a rainy season by the
reflection that no one else has been
quite so wet and miserable since the
Flood. ought 20 take an interest iu the
Arctic railway, says the Rev Gerald 81
Davies in a recent number OF the Corn
hiH Magazine
Few Americans are aware that an
Arctic railway exists. but IT seems that
a year ago last mouth-in july OF $685.
in fact. King oscar Of Sweden formally
opened for passenger traffic railroad
wen within the arctic Circle, running
from GeIIlvara. ln Swedish Laplsuu,
across the divide 10 its terminus az Mar
vik, ia Norway. on the Cfoteu F50rd-
A line southwark from GeIivaTa 20
Iulea. al the head Uf the Gulf NJ Both
mia, had been working since ISL The
traveller who prefers 20 40 by land
rather than by water can now reach
these regions with no more serious sea
passage than the Dover 10 Calais cross
ing.
Iron in Lapland.
The line owes its existence. we are
toId 10 deposits Of iron ore. iu the
eastern portlon OF Swedish Lapiald. OF
txtraordluary richness. The MAIN
BERG" or ore mountain OF GeIlivaTa.
Yields annually something like "a million
tons OF iron ore which contains 60 20 20
uer cent? OF pure metal. Richer stiu are
fEe dep8slts of LuossoVaara M NliTuua.
where the ore Is quarried direct from a
hin over 5000 feet high, and is even OF
better quality than that on GeiAyara.
The quantity Of irOnstone In this hiI
has been estimated AZ nearly z5o.oJ3,0'-
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

Russian troops for the Finnish corps
d'armee. who. however loyal In the
main. would not be expected 70 nsht
with a good stomach against their
Swedish ueighbors when some day such
services are needed. The action has
brought Russia appreciably nearer 70
her goal"
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

~ HERE are 10000 specimens Of
insect life, embracing bugs of
4 every conceivable sort in the
Eles OF the National Museum. ana
about the first question asked is, what
is the use of that? no one scarcely
cares 70 make study OF buEsr
But the knowledge of the habits Of
the various families Of this collection
IS worth millions and millions of dol
lars 90 the United States every year
The different plant life upon which they
feed and the means Of their destruction
IS one OF the very prettiest studies in
natural history. and Government expert
meuts prove some of our birds, that we
thought idle souEzters. are put in a class
with the greatest beuefacU0rs of man
kind. The field that the bird covers In
a single season. and the destruction and
des0latiCn that would exist without
them. is better understood when Gov
eminent biologist tells you that a young
pair of European jays We're fed a half
million caterpiHars in single sea-
son. and that caterpillars are about
the most destructive pests that In
fest garden, field, and orchard He
says from two 20 three broods Of three
r
that from them they are Matched
until they leave the nest they are
fed from daylight until the cleaning.
on au average of a meal every two min
utes, so YOU can easily reckon the gi-
gautic slaughter Of insect life In their
behalf. and what an OoZing. creeping
mass the earth would be without them
But, then-and both these biologists
reason in out-there would be no birds
10 speak Of if there were no bugs for
them 10 eat
SparTows and Ants.
over by the Agricultural Department
one hne morning thousands Of winged
white ants appeared. swarming over the
sidewalks, and in their midst were a lot
OF English sDarrows. All OF the birds
but one good. fat mother bird. few az
the first alarm. but she continued 70
work away. She would pick up a dozen
ants al a time and ny 20 her nest in
the gutter Of a house.
A lot Of JWitJeEing. and down she
would come again, right In the midst
OF the ants until, iu the space or FIVE
minutes. she had carried 20 her baby
birds 152 white ants. That this mother
bird was working for the good or man
kind could not be better Illustrated than
Government officers have done iu telling
how these little ants have a habit Of
tunneling into woodwork OF buildings.
Injuries done in this way made 10 nee
sssary in 1886 10 remove the wooden
moor In one Of the largest rooms ia the
The Washington times., 1904-10-16

tons. and now that the line IS open 10
the sea it IS proposed 10 make this
mountain disappear at the rate OF
j 800. 600 tons "a year. II this takes place.
the world viii be presented In $50 years
with a demonstration of the kind which
II can best appreciate, that capital, If
not faith, can remove mountains.
Arctic Circle a Fraud.
Mr. Davies says the Arctic Circle In
Europe is a little bit OF a fraud Elk
cept In winter the northern districts of
Sweden and Norway are anything but
icy. Rugged and iuferUIe they certainly
are. but the man I'm seach OF snow and
Ice can md more Of IL and reach IL
more easily 10 Switzerland, ia the
TyroI. and in Spain. The scenery along
the line is. IN fact, disappointing. the
engineer naturally selected the line OF
least resistance in laying, and this. Of
course. leads over the enormous -A1yr"
peat m00rs which surround the Gulf Of
BCthuia ana through vast tracks Of
forest land the character OF the couu-
try being monotouousl avoiding the pic
turesQue portions, and merely becoming
more poverty stTickeu rs IL approaches
the Polar zone. This IS true principally
ln Sweden; the Norwegian portion OF
the line. descending 10 the sea level and
winding about the precipitOus cliffs Of
Ofoteu Fjord, passes through scenery
as magnificent as anything in Norway.
Extinction Of Laps.
The immediate results of this new
railway, We are told. viii be the build
iEE up OF the great iron centers ol
GeIlIvara and Kiiruna-a population tha
VIII be dependent on supplies brought
W from the Gull OF Bothnla or from
The Washington times., 1904-10-16
Nesting

Il. Grasshopper5 ., Drone Honey