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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
WORK As A CURE.

a few days ago one Of the able
preachers who Ill pnlpits In Cincinnati
-Revered Herbert S. B~igelow--had
something to say on the saving grace
of work. It recalled that earlier wis.
dom Of Carlyle: Get work. Get work.
BE sure It's better than what you
work to get" Mr.. Bigelow said:
am thinking this morning. not Of
leprosy but Of another malady for
which the world Graves a remedy. l
am thinking OF that disease OF the
soul called pessimism. Is life worth
living? mo" said the 5000 who
committed suicide In the United States
last year. l am thinking OF these.
Of the 5000 who will commit suicide
this year. and Of countless others
who would end life but for cowardice
OF approximation. am thinking Of
those who have found life a disap-
pointment, whose days are heavy-foOt-
ed, In whose existence there Ia no
zest, who. at most, are but drifting
with the tide, weary Of the voyage, yet
dreading the end.
II Ia for this disease that | would
prescribe. Yet my formula, like the
advice Of Elisha, may seem too tritt
and commonplace to deserve a trial
The Naamans who want salvation by
mystery will reject 1t with contempt
My specific for the germ pessimism Il
work, congenial work, useful work
well.paid work.
At the extremes Of our society there
a be no wholesome happiness
Those who are lifted above the need
to-work and those who are denied thu
right to work. are alike unfortunate
Between these extremes there ar
countless numbers who are under tn,
necessity Of giving their lives to worl
for which they are not fitted. which Il
not suited to their taste. which mal
contribute nothing to the good o
society. and for which they may have
no respect.
Blessed Ia the man who has a jol
that he likes, and Is not afraid o
losing, and one by which he can serv'
the world while earning a living.
life without labor Is guilt" say
Ruskin. The primal curse is man.
greatest blessing. Service for servic'
10 the great moral law Of the work
day. Labor makes q strong arm, I
quick brain. a stout heart. It c0mpeli
order In the life. and teaches ever
those Of us who have unpleasant task,
how much OF our happiness we owt
TO the doing Of our work.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
PLEASING RECOGNITION.

The New Mexican well says Mel
vile T.. Stone. general manger Of the
Associated Press, In his interesting ar
tIcle in the Century Magazine o.. this
great news gathering corporation tells
In il,a Juk' .iumber that, coc,ta,y. to
re oral belief. the Associated Press
reporters In the larger villages and
smaller cities are far superior to those
of large cities. They are more accur-
ate better informed. more sincere
and have more originality than those
from the big cities. whose chief claim
to distinction Is their bumptiousness.
What he says of the Associated Press
correspondents also applies to other
newspaper workers In the small and
large towns. The mistakes In one
issue Of a Denver or Chicago or New
York newspaper, the exaggerations,
the distortions, the lies. would wreck
almost any country weekly or small
city daily. And yet. there are people.
who flare up over an excusable error
In their home paper and swallow a
score Of them In their big city daily
without flinching. and often not even
noticing them, for the city daily is
only SKINNED over while the home
newspaper Is read
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN,
6o6 Douglas Avenue, Las Vegas, N. M.

August. All allowances made for I'M
provement this year by United States
steel who breaks records. Interna-
tional political situation unchanged.
Some demand for reading In loan
crowd. Expected large subscriptions
will get about 20 per cent OF their
application for Japanese loan. Banks
gained from sub.treasury since Fri.
day 1906, 900.
The market was rather reactionary
todya and declines were scored. There
seemed to be a liberal supply Of
stocks on all rallies and the result
was disappointing to bulls. A sharp
bulge in St. Paul helped the list at
times but it's influence was not last
ing. There was no new of importance.
The money market was not in any way
disturbed but some new apprehension
over higher rates was expressed. The
| closing was weak at about the lowest
prices of the day except in st. Paul
and on or two others.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
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SCOTT AND THE NEWSPAPERS,

The trip OF Walter Scott from Los
Angeles to Chicago mas afforded an.
other illustration OF the wholly UNI
reliable character OF what Ia termed
'the yellow press" Such papers as
the Hearst syndicate. the Denver
Post and the Philadelphia Intelligen-
Ger have been filled with Incidents
that didn't happen, that couldn't have
happened and that insult the intelli-
gence ever OF the kind Of people
whose g~reediness for. sensationallsm
make the yellow press possible.
Those newspaper men along the
route OF the special who met the
eccentric millionaire and told the
truth about It describe him as q quiet
spoken. rather ordinary looking, un-
obtrusive man, who didn't talk about
"me and Bildad," make boastful state.
ments, or declare that he was going
to rescue Rockefeller or show New
York how to live.
Scott has accomplished something
worth while, something that has never
been accomplished before, and what.
ever may have been hisSmotive. as
long as he was able and willing to
pay for his fun and his achievement
he Is not to be ridiculed and GEN.
sured.
This breathless trip across the con-
ttnent for a record strikes us as a
much more sensible manner OF spend
Ing surplus dollars than that which the
pampered children of millions often
take. II beats the Hyde wine .suppers
and almost any one Of the amuse-
ments OF the New York Four Hun.
dred. There wasn't a soul at any of
the stations where the special stopped
who wasn't thrilled a little as the
Meteor blazed In, as the railway men
dashed about for dear life and the
train sped away again with the speed
OF light. II must have been the sport
OF kings for those on board the train
and they doubtless enjoyed 1t as
such.
Strip away all the garbled news
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
SAVING TIM e.

II is a good business exercise 10
study yourself carefully and see how
many little things throughout the day
are interfering with your producing
power. Keep track for a week of the
number Of minutes during the work
Ing hours that are lost: then remove
the cause. Watch your temperament.
energy and health every day. and II
you are not al your best. find out what
you are doing outside OF Office hours
that Is decreasing your capacity for
work: then spend your evenings in a
different way. 1t is often more i'm
pOrtant TO regulate the time spent
away from the Office than the time
spent mt work, says System.
There are many general rules for
the systematic use Of time: hut there
are more definite and specific. til'c.
saving hints. offering opportunities
for better business system, which like
the installation OF an orderly desk,
can be put into operation by the clerk
Of his W initiative. and without
the help Of the boss.
Cut out all unnecessary movements
In your work. Some very little things
will frequently consume a great deal
Of time. As an example OF what Is
means, the writer sat before the desk
OF a man who worked fast and con
stantly. It looked at first Is though
he were making every minute coun,
for productive work. But he had fire.
quently to open the middle drawer Of
his desk. and every time he did Sc
he had to push back his chair, usine
both hands. to get the arms OF the
| chair out Of the way, lean back to gef
his body out OF the way, then Oper
the drawer. take out the scratch pad
pin. rubber band. or whatever he wa
after, close the drawer and finally pull
his chair up TO the desk again. VIII,
didn't he get a chair without arms
or put the utensils in a more conven
lent place?
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

The meeting of the national reel.
prOcity conference in Chicago next
month promises to be OF importance.
The chief object, as announced, will
be TO secure the admission OF Ameri.
can farm and manufactured products
to the markets of continental EurOpo.
Germany's notice of %prohibitory tariff
to be enforced from March | has had
mucn 10 do with the decision to sum-
mon a conference. including manufac-
turers, stock raisers and agricultural
isis
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

paper versions. all the product OF few
erish imaginations, and you have an
ordinary American, possessed OF
more wealth than he can use, devils
ing a means OF spending some Of IL
that despite the unpleasant noteriety
that II gives him, must have resulted
In an experience SO startllngly pleas.
INK that II will be remembered as the
greatest event OF his life.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
The Hume Telephone, whose e,

The Hume Telephone, whose editor
runs a Don't Worry club" has this
to say: Meet your neighbor with a
smile, Have a pleasant good day for
him as you pass and the world will
be brighter for you both. No matter
how discouraging your condition In
life, or how dark and gloomy, 1t could
be worse. There are thousands con.
siderably worse of than you. Then
why sulk or be sad? Try to look
happy and cheerful and you will bet
ter I'LL your mission on earth and
be more missed when you are gone.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
Hote, Guests With Fire Escapes.

Congressman Cochran of Missouri
told a story recently of a w%ell-dress-
ed man who registered at a hotel In
st. Joseph, Mo. He casually remarked
that he never travelled without his
own fire escape, at the same time ex-
hibiting the continuance which he
carried. ''In case of fire." he said,
81 can let myself down from any
hotel window" The landlord said
gravely: sour terms for guests with
fire escapes are cash In advance
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

Crazy temperance people blew up
three saloons in lola, Kansas, Mon
day last. The fanatics who did this
are about as foolish, as lawless and
as criminal as a well be. Their
proper places are either In the peni-
~tentiaries for long terms or in insane
asylums. The liquor traffic in Kan
sas, or in any other state, cannot be
stamped out by such criminal and
lawless proceedings. Between the
Standard Oil company, the railroads,
the temperance fanatics and the sa-
loon elements the people of the Sun
flower State are having a hard time.
regardless Of the fact that they have
fine crops this year and plenty Of
crude coal oil.-New Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

1t should not be forgotten by home
merchants and business men that
with the installation Of its new Whit
lock press The Optic has the best
equipped job office In the southwest
and can meet any outside cOmpeti.
ton In prices and quality OF work
done.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

Ii some of the things the Kansas
City papers have been saying are true
the National banks of Kansas are not
safeguarded for the interest Of the
people as they might be-. For in
stance it Is claimed that all the say.
ing Of ten years made by a crippled
newsboy. amounting to $1,077, were
swallowed up In the failure of the
First National bank. :
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

The important feature Of the seiz-
ing OF the island Of Sakhalin by the
japanese Is that this is undisputed
Russian territory and the holding of
1t gives Japan good grounds to ask
for an indemnity. 1t IL generally held
that no indemnity should be paid u n
less the power asking 1t is really In
occupation of territory belonging to its
opponent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

A Parsons paper voices the senti.
ments of the Whole Kansas State
Editorial association in securing an
Injunction to prevent the Rock Is
land from enticing away from the
Santa Fe General Passenger Agen'
Jerry Black, and that sentiment is
re-echoed In this part OF the world
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

The Albuquerque Business College
Journal, published by Prof. Geo. S.
Ramsey Of Albuquerque, comes to
hand. II is a neat looking little publ.
cation devoted to the interests OF the
college of which the gentleman is
principal. The most notable feature
is the list of graduates OF the bust
college who have secured excel
lent positions.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

1t Is a pleasing sign Of religious
growth that Charles j. Bonaparte, an
eminent Catholic. should have ad-
dressed the Christian Endeavor con
vention at Baltimore. The address
was further proof of the increasingly
practical nature of the religion of to.
day in that 1t was a plea for honest
politics.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

There Is perhaps something to be
said In favor OF the Chinese method
OF preventing bank failures, especi-
ally II the method could be applied
to Kansas. When a bank fails all
the officers are beheaded.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

The following New York STOCK quotations
VERT received by Levy Bros, Members Chi
cago Board OF Trade, rooms 2 and 3, Crockett
block, Colorado Phone 80. Las Vegas Phone
$40, over their own private wires from New
York, Chicago and Colorado springs; corre-
-pondent Of the firms Of Logan b Bryan New
York and Chicago. member New York Stock
Exchange and Chicago Board OF Trade, and
VIM. A. Otis sCo, Bsn&ers am : rokers. Colo
RADIO Springs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

500: poor to medium $3.75 q $3.50;
stockers and feeders $3.50 q $4.4O:
cows $2.65 q $4.75: heifers $2.25 %
s5.15; Gamers $3.50 % $3.50; bulls
50 a $4.15; calves So q $3.50; Texas
fed steers $4.25 a $50; western
steers 1910 n $4.65.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
NEW YORK

{ BY private wire to Levy Bros.)
New York. July 13.-Summary-
Union Pacific dividend expected this
week. B. & O.-The dividend ad-
vanced to 2 IL per cen s~emi.annually
from 2 per cent. Indications point to
sitter money rates toward the end Of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

He-I presume you carry a memento
of some kind In that lOcket OF yours?
She-Precisely. 1t Is a lock of my
husbands hair.
He-But your husband Is still alive.
She-But his hair is all gone
IudRa.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

Governor Folk seems to have found
1t easier TO enforce the laws as district
attorney than he Is finding the task
Of enforcing them from the governors
chair.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

The support Of the Carnegie library
should not be grndging. The insti
tuition Is n good one and worthy OF "A
little extra effort and expenditure.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
Chicago Sheep.

Chicago, July 13.-Sheep receipts,
1000 steady to weak; good to choice
wethers $40 a $3.50; fair to choice
mixed $3.50 % 1928; western sheep
s4.75 a $500; native lambs S. "a
$40; western lambs Sc q $3.50.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

The Minister-Young man, you
should be making preparation for
eternity.
Young Mani am, sir. The girl I
am engaged to is taking lessons at a
cooking school.-Detroit Free Press.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

Las Vegas is having quite a brisk
both as 10 realty and reality,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

Let him that would move the
world first move himself, said Soc
rates.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
New o Stocks.

New York, July 13.-Money on call
steady 2 q 2h; prime mercantile
paper 4 q Az; silver 59R.
Atchison, S6A; Preferred, 1929;
New York Central, 147A; Pennsyl-
vania, 142%; Southern Pacific, 64&;
Union Pacific, 12SB; Preferred, 97h;
Copper, S3s; Steel, 34s; Preferred,
1911 ".
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
Chicago M arkets.

chicago, July 13.-Wheat-July,
S8R; September, S5$.
C%orn-July, Sc; September, 54&.
Oats-July 1925; September. 30A.
Pork-July, $3.50; September,
$12.70.
Lard-July, $.O2h; September,
S.17h.
Ribs-July, $7.55; September,
$7.77R.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

Miss May Sutton Of Los Angeles
won a notable title In England with
out having to marry 1t.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13
Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas City, July 13.-Receipts
5000, including 5000 s%outherns. Five
cents lower. Native steers, $425 %
$500; southern steers, $500 a $500;
southern cows, 1925 @ $3.75; native
cows and heifers, 1925 q 1925;
stockers and feeders, $2.75 a $3.50;
bulls, $500 a $500; calves. 1925 a
$3.50; western fed steers, $3.75 q
1925; western fed cows, $500 q
$4.25.
Sheep-Receipts 1000. Steady to
shade lower. Muttons, $3.50 q $50;
lambs, $500 q H35; range wethers,
$500 q $50; stockers and feeders.
$3.50 @ $500.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-13

Chicago Livestock.
Chicago. July 13.-Cattle receipts,
5000, steady; good steers $5.45 a
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL.

Having passed the last appropriation
bills the Fifty eighth congress ad.
iourned sine die.
The senate will not ratify the S!anto
Domingo treaty unless amended.
a Bill 10 Appropriate $25O,O0O to aid
tn exposition to celebrate the first per
mancnt settlement Of English speaking
people on the western hemisphere IN the
vicinity Of JamcstpWn Va. To be held
on The waters Of Hampton Roads Ia
1907, was passed by both branches II
congress on the ID. The senate passed
the sundry civil and hi" general def
cheney appropriation bills.
The senate Oh the "a considered and
passed three supply bills, the post Office,
pension and river and lafbur bills, az
~Ercghllng an appropriation Of over
1891 900, 600. The Philippine import bill
WaB passed, and also |toy'ral bills OF
minor importance. The hOus@ passed
IN" general deficiency appropriation bili,
the last Of the great supply measures to
be acted upon during this congress-. The
total amount carried Is 81 "a O73.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10

NEWS FROM MISSOURI. ;
Preacher Sues for Injuries.

The $4,000 damage suit OF Rev. A..
G. Boyd against G. NJ. Elliot and 8. J.
Dudley, OF Knobnoster is on trial ut
Warrensburg. The case Is the tcrmina-
ton OF a church fight. II Is alleged
that Hev. Mr.. Boyd wrote IN anony-
M letter detrimental to the charac-
ter OF Dudley's wife and the matter
was aired In the Methodist church. ri
which Rev. Mr.. Boyd was pastor. The
feeling became so intense that the
pastor resigned. With his family, Rev.
Mr.. Boyd went 10 the station to leave
town, when Dudley and Elliot engaged
him in a controversy. The lie was
given and the other men attacked the
preacher, IT Is alleged. Rev. Mr.. Boyd
brought suit against them for personal
injuries.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10

Theodore Roosevelt Of Sew York and
Charles Warren Fairbanks Of Indiana
were lnauguratcd AZ president and vice
president Of the United States.
IN" Floyilla, Ga, bank was entered
and the vaults wrecked with ~nitroply-
Germ. The robbers secured $4,000 IN
cash.
Charles Thomas, accused Of the muir.
der OF Mabel ScOlicld, wnA found guilty
at Dos Molncs, la, after one Of the most
Sensational trials in the crime annals Of
Iowa.
VIII j. Davis, manager OF the Il!ino!b
th'atcr, Building Commissioner George
Williams and Building inspector VII
liam Laughlin were rcindicted In ChIca.
60 III connection with the ~Iroquois thea
ter fire, which cost nearly 600 lives. Da
Wis IL charged with involuntary man
slaughter and the others with neglect OF
Official duty.
CommiaHioner James X. Garfield of the
bureau or corporations has instituted a
rigid investigation Of the operations OF
the oil Industry in Kansas and coptieu-
Gus states.
klathlo HarJo. "a Seminole known Az
Old Fish said to have been the Oldest
living Indian In America, IN dead at tho
age OF ITO. lie was born In the Ever
glades OF Florida and fought in the war
OF 1872 against this country, as well az in
the Seminole wars.
More than 81, 125, 900 Is bequcathed I'm
the VIII OF Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford.
Med with the county clerk Of Santa
Glare county, Cal, Her relatives benefit
To the greatest extent.
HI Osaka Shoshcn Kaisha tcamer
Natcrigcwe, while entering Osaka Ga
pam harbor, ran on the brcakwatcr, ow.
ms 10 dense fog and sank AT once. out
OF the l23 passengers and crew on board
only lG were saved.
Speaker Cannon wa given "A loyIpp
cup by congress at It's closing session.
Thomas II. Carter, Of Montana, for tho
third time took the oath OF United States
senatOr.
British diplomats declare Emperor
Nicholas reform measures can do no
good while the japanese wal lasts.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10
EA-C0nfcdrrntr Grnti0cd.

Representative w. II Prewitt, OK
Vernon county, Is the only ex-confed-
crate In the membership Of the house.
lie asked for and was given the priv
flege, which he stated was a pleasure,
TO second that section Of the appro-
ptiation bill which gives to the fed.
cral soldiers home $j4 800 for the BIZ
onnial period. Mr.. Prcwitt states
that no other one act Of his during
tho session has given him such gen
nine qualification as this one vote.
The regret surrounding it, he says.
Is that the amount was not larger.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10
Curry Ounu nil Lost.

The bill introduced by Senator Cur
~, to prohibit the killing Of quail for
n period of five years, and fixing a min
imum fine Of S., was lost by a vote OF
Is TO 10 North Missouri and south
Missouri differed on the bill. Senator
Farris Of StOddard and Ely Of Dunklln
county declared they had plenty OF
quail in their counties, and they de-
sired the privilege of hunting. Sena-
tors Frisby, Of Harrison and Hicks OF
Saline, claimed in their section of the
state quail were almost extinct, owing
TO the severe cold weather this win
ter
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10
May Sue the state.

J. II Morris, the paroleG insanity
patient from the s.. Joseph hospital
who some weeks ago lost his way in
the snOw On route to his home and
was severely frozen in the blizzard
that then prevailed, died Of his expo
cure. Mrs. MOrris asserts that her
husband was put N the train and
sent to Trenton without even a word
TO the conductor, and she IL contem-
plating "A legal action against the au-
thOritics at tho asylum.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10
FOLK Makes Appointments.

Gov. Folk gcnt to the senate for
confirmation the following appoint
cents Members Of the state board
of charities and corrections, for six
years-David Reese Of West Plains
and II. NJ. Abcrcombic Of st. Joseph.
Members Of the board Of managers OF
the ST. Joseph asylum. for terms Of
four years-P. T. Field Of Cover,
John S. Majors Of Liberty and Simeon
q. Chilean Of Maryvillc.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10
Dcnth Of Nal. Feed.

Maj. Henry A. Pecd, a United States
pension examiner under Cleveland. a
major In the civil var q captain in
the Spanish American war, treasurer of
n Of the Philippine islands and own
err Of the Warrcnsburg Democrat for
some time, Is dead at Warrcnsburg.
lie came home from the PHILIPPINE is
lands several months & much broken
In health, and failed gradually.