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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

WeatIier.-Fair tonight and Wednes.
DAY. warmer In southeastern portion.
Maximum temperature, &c; minimum
temperature, 4G; mean temperature,
C1.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

II does NOT seem to be generally un.
derstood that the public library is open
each evening from Z o'clock to Q
o'clock. except Sundays. On Sundays
me hours are from 2 o'clock to s
o'clock.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

The county commissioners have ap-
proved the official bond Of Edward b.
Holt. the recently appointed county
surveyor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

A case Of diptheria has been report.
cd from the outskirts Of the city. The
proper precautions have been taken
TO Isolate the AFFECTED child.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

"A commission was appointed by
Judge Mills to inquire into the sanity
OF Athel Thompson Of Union county.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

Mr.. Ingram left Ilfeld's yesterday
Tor Haryey's ranch with freight and
provisions. An0D
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13

Ladies' and Misses White Hose;
Ladies' Duck Hats at Rosenthal Bros.
V.Uy
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-06-13
"A Kentucky Partner" tonight.

Denver Republican.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
CHING IN FRESH WATER AND FANCY CONDENSED MILK CANS

large and beautiful, are, if anything
inferior in flavor to the wild ones
found along the roadside. Red apples
are, the leading favorites of this sort
of fruit. An instance Of this is the
Ben Davis, one of the hest sellers and
certainly the poorest eater
Artiflcially Cofored Meats
Meat dealers have found that corn
beef. cureu ham and some salt meats
find much more ready sale where, in
the process of curing, some saltpeter
has been added to impart bright red
color. Sausages and other forms of
Minced meat are frequently colored by
analine dyes, as are also the wrappers
of some sausage and ham. These OBJ
tain more ready sale in competition
with uncolored goods. Porterhouse
steak, the most expensive cut of beef
Is in high favor, whereas beef coming
from the sleck, equally as nutritious
anG as palatable. it is stated, if suit
ably prepared, sells at much lower
price.
At this time of the year the high
liver who goes to the swell hotels and
restaurants ana las a particular kind
of game served him because it has a
peculiar "gamey" flavor and tender
ness, may not realize that such game
has, by order Of the steward, been re-
tanned in storage until it has become
in reality partially decomposed. Its
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

Senator Beveridge's book, "The Russian
Advance" is still on sale-stale on sill.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
The means chosen to create the new

The means chosen to create the new
orange may be described by either OF
the words, hybridization or pollena-
ton. That form Of citrus which
grows farthest north Is japanese
shrub, citrus trifoliata. 1t may be
seen in the United States as far north
as Massachusetts. Its use Is only or
namental. Its fruit under favOring
conditions attains the size of wild
persimmon and is globular, tawney
and bitter. In Japan, its home, the
fruit Is converted into conserve.
Three trees of the citrus trifolliata
grow in the grounds of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Each of them
is about eighteen feet tall.
In the Spring when these trees are
in flower bOtanist watches till the
gum exudes from the stigma. This
sign tells him that the ovary Of the
flower is ripening for the reception of
the pollen and the conception of the
fruit. Straightway he clips the sta
mens-those delicate filaments, fine as
hairs, which extend themselves from
the heart Of the flower He clips them
because at their end hang tiny pods
the anthers-in which the pollen, or
the germinal dust, is held. Going to
the orangery Of the department he
gathers the bursting anthers Of the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
FREAKS IN FOOD
CONSUMPTION.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL,

Consumers the world over, and not
alone in the United States, as has OF
ten been asserted by magazine VIII
ers are very fastidiOus in their selec-
ton of articles of diet. Peculiar as II
NAV seem, this selection is not made
with the idea Of procuring something
which will please the palate or which
is nutritious, but more with regard
to the effect upon the eye OF the oD-
ject sought. Sometimes, too, there Is
a hide-bound conception Of how GER
tain food should be and no,ning can
break the public of this fancy. The
Department Of Agriculture, a year or
so ago, found that the English peo-
pie would not purchase consignment
Of American sweet potatoes, the sole
complaint being, that Willie the tubers
were of good color and satisfactory in
every other respect, they were sweet
in taste. The English conception of
how a potato ought to taste was GER
tainly compliment to Irishm N.
Butter, an article Of food supposed
to be purchased for food reasons alone,
depends largely upon its flavor and
perhaps, still more upon it's color as to
its quality when it comes to purchase.
With the fine fruit produced by hor-
ticulturists through modern means
we find that attention has been paid
more to the color and shape of the
product even than to it's quality. The
most productive of blackberries, whileJ
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
Suburban Cooperation.

In Kensington, Maryland, one Of
Washington's suburbs, there is a
group of pretty little cot
tages inhabited mostly by gov
eminent office-holders There is no mu-
nicipal gaslighting or water supply sys-
TEN, and to offset the benefit of the
health and pleasures derived from liv-
ing near to nature, there is some dis
comfort to those who are used to these
city luxuries. One householder, of an
inventive turn of mind, however, has
seemed to solve tie problem for him
self and neighbors. The party who
lived next door to him owned a gaso.
line engine, but he had no deep well
from which to obtain supply of pure
water-the government employee had.
A deal was fixed up between them by
which the inventive genius was TO set
up and install the engine and connect
1t with his pump, so by system of
piping, water could be had by both
parties without the necrssitv Of hand
pumping or a windmill.
This system of water supply has
worked well-so well indeed that the
piping has been laid to couple Of
uelSuUoIS even mOre distant, anu Tle
well, being Of ample capacity, now
supplies half dozen families with
water. 1t is understood that plans are
now being perfected by which the
gasoline engine will be called to do
double duty. In the daytime it will fill
the water tanks, while at night it will
be connected to an electric genera
tor, and thus furnish current for light
ing the immediate neighborhood. The
example set by this resident of Ken
sington could be followed by co-opera-
ton between residents of many rural
settlements. Cooperative telephones
are now a success and cooperative
sewer, water and electric systems
should prove equally valuable and
successful.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
Ploughing as q Great Sport.

In the Minnesota Agricultural Col
lege they are applying the lesson that
Mark Twain's hero, Tom Sawyer, had
impressed upon himself on that Sat
urday morning when his aunt set him
at work embarrassing the fence
that is, that what one must do is
work, and that play may be turned
into work or work ito play. At the
college a ploughing contest was re.
Gently held, and it has been decided
to make such contests a permanent
part of the field day sports.
In reporting the success Of the COM
petition in which the first prize, a sui
ky plow, was won by a freshman in
the school and the third prize by a
senior, the Pioneer Press of st. Paul,
advanced the theory that If, all the
energy now expended in foot ball and
other school and college sports were
directed toward turning the soil with
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
An Adopted English Knight.

An Englishman who visited New
York City short time ago had oc
casion to ask an Irishman the direc.
ton of certain business house. This
son of Erin happened to be going that
way, and offered to guide his inquired
to the place. AS they walked along
Pat, to be friendly, asked:
"And who might We be?'
The Britisher drew himself up with
dignity and replied:
II am the Honorable John Ken.
meth Edgerton of London, Knight of
the Garter, Knight of the Bath,
Knight of st. John. Knight Of the
Golden Fleece. Knight Of the Royal
Legion and of the Iron Cross. And
whom have I the honor of address
ing?"
Pat, for single instant was bewild-
cred with this long list, but quick as
a wink, he threw forward his chest,
and responded pompously:
"Oi am Pathrick Timothy Flanni-
gan of Hoboken, to-noight, lahst
noight, noight befoor lahst, noight be
foor thaht, tomorrow noight, the
noight following and livery other
bloody noight Of the wake, including
Sunday noight, be gorrav'
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
FANCY FOREIGN CHEESES

odor, If smelt before cooking, would
prevent many people from eating it.
Others do not know that when they
boast about the "fine lamb they are
getting. the butcher is serving them
with kid meat. instead. Our peonle
hold in high fav6r certain products
with partfcular names attached to
them. For instance. the amount Of
"Canada" lamb sold here is enormous
This word has the same magic effect
upon lamb prices that the word "Phil-
adelphia" has uDon spring poultry or
that Of w.ong Island" uron fresh 'gs
The housewife. too. in manv parts Of
the country has strong preference
for yellow skinned chickens ur Ter the
assumption that fat lies beneath the
skin. although as inter of fact
chickens store very little fat next to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
A HARDY ORANGE
Crossing the Florida Variety on the
Sturdy Japanese Species.


Botanists. in the employ of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture hope to bring into being an orange
pie tree; an orange tree that will not
perish in the chill of northern winter,
which in December will bear its
wreaths of snow and in May it's gar
lands of bloom, and which when sum-
mer comes will yield fruit as good as
that sweetened and gilded in the south
sun. This may seem to be an un-
natural proposition but it only seems.
No violence upon the laws of Nature
has been or will be attempted. 1t is
simply an effort to make the citrus
tree from which is obtained the sweet
table orange, as hardy and insensitive
to cold as the orange tree from which
Is obtained the bitter unedible orange.
BY crossing a citrus tree which grows
in the north and which bears an I'M
edible fruit with the citrus tree of the
south it is sought to beget plant in
which will be combined the good traits
of each.
Government botanists are confident
that the result Of this citrus marriage
will be a scion that will grow and
fruit at latitude midway between the
northern limits of the sweet orange
and the northern limits Of the line of
growth of the unediblle orange. If
this should be there might be orange
groves in central Virginia, middle Ken
lucky, southern Indiana, southern Illi-
nois, central Missouri and central
Kansas. Think of orange gardens
around the home in Norfolk, Rich
mond, Lynchburg. Lexington, Louis
vile, Cairo and perhaps in Cincin-
natl, st. Louis, Jefferson City and
Kansas CITY.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

the other too light, and that no custo
mer could be found for either, The
matter was adjusted only through the
reshipment of the consignments to the
proper places.
Consumers. of course, are appealed
toin the selection of some foods
through the quantity of advertising
given to particular product. Instances
of this are found among the enormous
sale of breakfast and health foods
that are so widely advertised in news
paper and magazine. Years ago Oat
meal was sold only by druggists and
kept by them merely for the sick; in
deed there was long a prejudice in
England against oatmeal as food for
human beings, although in Scotland it
was the staple food. Even in our
bread the consumer usually insists up
on the pure snow-white bread that is
robbed Of the most nutritious element
constituting the wheat grain.
BIeached-Out Oysters.
Your elders now are complaining
that they cannot get oysters with the
same flavor as they used to years
ago. Instead they seem to get white
tasteless bivalve. 1t is only made pal
atable through drenching with vine
gar, hOrseradish or some other season
ing. The reason for this is that while
the oyster Of to-day is the same as
that of years ago, the dealer, in order
to meet the consumers desire for a
pretty" oyster, has allowed the BIZ
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
Eggs Colored With Coffee.

In England, where brown eggs are
the favorite, dealers 60 so far as to
color the shells of white eggs with
either strong coffee or some dye
stuff. New York likes a white butter
but Chicago and Philadelphia little
darker, while Washington demands a
deep yellow butter, and New Orleans
wants color still darker than Wash
ington. How far this question of COL
or goes may be taken from a little in
stance in which a carload of butter
intended for Washington was sent on
to New York, and the butter originally
consigned to New York was sent to
Washington. The receivers in both
places demonstrated strongly, the one
claiming the butter to be too dark and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

the skin and the color is inherent-not
derived from the fat. On the contrary,
in some European countries there is a
preference for the darker-skinned
chickens. A curious preference, en-
tirely unassociated with tastes, is the
color Of eggs. While in Boston brown
eggs sell for a cent or two per dozen
more than white eggs, the contrary is
true in New York, and if one or two
dirty eggs are visible the price is still
lower. 1t is said that Chicago is indis-
eliminating in regard to the color of
eggs, but that San Francisco prefers
white ones.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

valve in shell to remain for about
twenty-four hours in fresh water be-
fore opening it, thus causing the
white appearance.
And so the gratificatio of taste
in these modern days is Of minor con
sideration; the citv-bred people want
something that appeals to the eye, and
the dealer appreciates that in order
to catch the fancy of customer it is
more important to place a product in
a snowy and convenient package,
than It is to furnish a wholesome or
well-f1avOred food.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

Department Of Agriculture.
sweet oranges and sprinkles the sweet
orange pollen on the stigma Of the
bitter orange.
The pollenation of these trees has
been made for about ten seasons and
each year the fruit Of the. little bit
ter orange has improved till this sea-
son the oranges will be fairly good
table fruil.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15
THE CONSUMERS FANCY
Warrants the Shipper in Packing Extra Fruit
in ExDensiva Baskets

WarTaHtS tne oulpper III rdCkln8 EXtTa rrul
in Expensive Baskets
plows, there would scarcely remain
space for cities to flourish on I'm.
ploughed land.
1t appears that the ploughing con.
test was introduced this year as a
new feature of the field day sports
Preliminaries were held and the best
blowers in the school were selected.
Zach contestant was given a strong
team and a pillow. He was required to
lay out "land" about twenty feet
wide and finish his "land." The con-
testants were allowed to use stakes in
laying out their 'land" In judging,
the straightness, width, depth and
evenness of the furrow, the evenness
of the land and the manner in which
the weeds were turned under, were all
considered.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

Tell me honestly dearie, how could
these doughnuts be improved?"
by making the holes little larger"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

It Is understood that the Kentucky crops
promise an unusual large output Of pure
Cuban tobacco this year.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-12-15

Hodgins' automobile ran away with
his mother-in-law and scared her so
that she's been speeches. ever since.
Hodgins considers the investment a
good ore
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
New Terror for the Fourth.

Such is the degree of personal
liberty in this great republic that a
man may manufacture what he will,
except distilled spirits, and in some
states cigarettes, even to instruments
for the torture OF his fellow-citizens.
Thus the head of the physics depart
ment at Lehigh university, evidently
with intent to join the increasing band
of millionaires, has invented and will
put on the Fourth of July market a
cannon which may be fired 5000 times
at cost of but cents. A popularity
of the instrument is that, however
acute may be the sufferings of those
who cannot get beyond reach of the
sound, the boy who does the firing is
in no danger of death or injury save
at the hands of the distracted neigh
bors.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
Were Good for Both.

Paulding, Miss, May 15th.-(Spe-
ciaD-In this neighborhood men and
women alike are telling of the great
benefit they have received from the
use of Dodd's Kidney Pills and it fire.
Quently happens they are the means
of curing members of both sexes in
the same family. Take the case of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Erby. The latter
voices the sentiment of both when
she says:
my lips cannot express too much
praise for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I suf-
fered with Backache and Female
weakness for four or five years and l
feel that l have been wonderfully
helped by Dodd's Kidney Pills. My
husband, too, was a sufferer for five
years from weak bladder and they
also cured him."
Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy
kidneys. Healthy kidneys mean pure
blood and good health all over the
body. No woman with healthy kid
aeys ever had female weakness.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
MANCHURlA AFTER THE WAR.
Future of Province Promises to Be
MAGNIFICENT One,

Writing of the probable develop
ments in Manchuria when the present
war in the east shall have closed, a
critic says: First of all, Manchuria,
with it's vast capacity, is but sparsely
peopled. Therefore, the immigration
of Chinese into Manchuria, too long
discouraged by Pekin, will be utilized
to create a mighty barrier against
future aggression from the Amur, in
the shape of multitudes of stalwart
yellow men. Had this been done long
ago Russia, in place of deserts, empty
steppes and great, lonely rivers, would
have been met by a teeming popula-
ton, which would have made it i'm
possible for it to push southwark to
Port Arthur.
"Japan's future policy is to see that
these vast solitudes of virgin soil are
thickly colonized by Chinese, with a
judicious leaven of her own people,
officials, soldiers, advisers and traders.
Under these conditions the future of
Manchuria should be a magnificent
one.
"In a few years it might easily be-
come the greatest wheat-producing
country in the east the greatest lum-
Der field, the greatest gold mining
center"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
Good Times for Youno America.

The boy and his bat is one of the
cheering signs of the day. He is out
for the game of games. He gets into
the open and sans NIT, sans mask, and
usually sans everything which makes
up the players equipment, he goes
into the sport as though the destiny
of his world hung upon his success.
You can find him in the clear after
noon on every vacant lot. You hear
his lusty cry and see him with every
muscle in action. Physically and men,
tally he is the better for it. He ex-
pands. His brain is stimulated, his
tendons hardened and he energies
from the contest bright-eyed and rosy
checked. This is just as it should be.
What the American boy needs is
good, wholesome play in the bracing
air, and there is no play as good for
him as baseball.-Philadelp Tele-
graph.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
conslanment of Volunteers"

During one of the frequent revolu-
lions in Hayti the commander of the
government forces at port au Prince
made a requisition on the authorities
at Cape Haytien for men to aid in put
ting down the uprising. After some
what rough experience of two or
three days the authorities got together
the required number of men and load
ed them on board ship. Then the fol-
lowing message was sent; Command
err Government Forces, Port au Prince
Sir: l send you per steamer Sagi-
nav today 100 volunteers. Please re-
turn the ropes with which they are
tied. Commander at Port Haytien."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
State Highway Commissioner.

Paul D. Sargent has been appointed
highway commissioner for the state Of
Maine by Gov, Cobb. Mr.. Sargent is
a civil engineer and is to receive So
500 year, with $1,000 for an assist
ant or clerk hire and not exceeding
$500 for expenses. His duty will be
to inculcate correct principles of road
building throughout the state, and he
can be consulted by county and city
and town authorities as much as they
wish. Commissioner Sargent, aided
by the county commissioners, must
hold each year one good roads meet
ing in every county of the state.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
Miss Booth at Kansas Citv.

KANSAS CITY-Commander Eva
Booth of the Salvation Army address
ed $4,000 people in Convention hall
Tuesday night, larger audience even
than her father spoke to here, and
which he said was the largest meet
ing every held by the army outside of
London. United States Senator Will
liam Warner delivered the address
of welcome and chorus of 1000
sang. Miss Booth is much distressed
over a report cabled to London that
she had broken down completely, and
she insisted on speaking to refute
this story.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-05-25
Awful CHARGE Made by Girl.

CHICAGO-Accused by his 7-year-
old stepdaughter of having killed his
wife and infant child by pouring kero-
sene over their bodies as they lay
asleep and then setting fire to the bed
clothing, Joseph Leiding was arrested
here on Sunday and is being held
while an investigation Of the affair
is being made, Leiding. who is a
brass .finisher by trade, denies the
story of the child and declares that
his wifes dress caught on fire while
she was using kerosene to start a fire
in the kitchen stove