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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05

ny disturbing and emptying the brain
like a pump. However, the ar
rived when the searching Of the 5, "
ants ended. the door opened, disclosing
our host. the two Witnesses, and the
old gentleman.
MY heart beat furiously. I felt my
self become terribly pale. but, conceal
ing my agitation and s%teadying nv
voice, asked to be searched first.
M: Cope smiled at what h consid-
erta me whlm Of a young man. and
proceeded ~methodically to my exami-
nation. l blushed. l became ale
without anyone finding that peculiar
uhdsr the circumstances. When it was
oVes, made two or three steps back
WARD and found myself near Jeanne.
sue Covered her fan and handed me
something with a GOODNESS that was
ollS equaled by my calmness in seiz-
ing the object and placing il in n
pocket of my coat. After which K
teamed against the fireplace. being now
merely a witness and ahove an y.
picion. o
NJ. Coppe's search was u~nproductive.
OF results. There remained nothing To
40 but to visit all the rooms and tben
INFORM the police.
sui my trouble Of mind increased as
! renamed standing by the fireplace.
Wy Drain was in a whirl. and ] felt
me crime weigh on me as though T
We're indeed the thief.
Jeanne at last came toward me. with
.Lat ufdulating step of hers. and gave,
me a look of such passionate gratitnde
Ihat 1t almost seemed to scorch mo
lnen IN AN imperative low tone she
said: Wv e she
DO you still love me?"
! dld not hesitate. l replied firmly:
I'm spite of all that / have done?.,
IN spite of everything"
VIII you marry me?"
II VIII marry YOU"
She ehNeloped me with the same look
sun warmer and more lingering. + fully
comprehend the power of women. above
an law, human or natural, drawn from,
.ne FOUNTAIN head against which NOT h.
ing ought to prevail.
felt strangely happy in this eoufvo-
cai adventure, and / could NOT throw
OH this happiness, for which / had re-
preached myself and of which / vas
terribly ashamed.
AS was struggling with these con-
.ehdlng emotions. explanations were
heard and l saw NJ. Cope reappear
holding a little box.
w have the jewels and the guilty
one. he said very calmly.
i had only time to near this much
and to see the livid face of the valet
the guilty one-when / found thar
Jeanne was gently urging me out on
me terrace where the shadows Law
thickly. There 1 felt my head seizea
with two hands, while two pure lIns.
were pressed to mine, as Jeanne mir
INJURED: e'
The thief adores you. She has
tricked you. To test your love she
gave YOU her own box!"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05

quality is of the finest and it is just the
berry for home use or for local markets
1t is large, of rich crimson color with red
flesh. The plants are good growers and
as Yet have shown no tendency to blight.
In season 1t Is fairly early and the plants
are quite productive, This sort is one Of
the predictions of Matthew Crawford of
Ohio, who has given many desirable var
ieties of Strawberries to the world and who
has the varieties we'll tested by growers
in all berry sections before he makes a
report concerning the new applicant for
public favor. The Pencil is we'll worth
testing by any one who loves good straw
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
THE PENNELl s1RAweERRY.

Most all who grow berries are inclined to
false the sorts that are best suited TO he
demands of the market, but the farmer
with more or less space to devote to small
FRUITS ought to raise one or more kinds
of Strawberries. especially for his own
table. Not all Of the sorts that are best
~ir the market are the most desirable for
the table: indeed, some of the best favored
sorts will not do for the market because
they will not stand shipping we'll. This is
the case with the Penneli. The flesh is
only moderately firm in texture but the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
THE POPULAR RHODE ISLAND

Those who have experimental with the
Rhode Island Reds consider them a breed
of great promise. for they combine the car
cass which makes them desirable market
fowls with good egg production. They
are as good mothers as the old Domin-
laue, nearly as good egg producers as the
Leghorns and the carcass takes on weight
readily without too great expense and has
q most delicious flavor. Taken as a Who'll,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05

theb reed has SO many good points that IL
is at least well worth experimenting with,
not only by itself but for use in crossing
The writer has a male which was used
with common barnyard females for two
years and there has been a decided in
crease in the yearly average Of eggs from
the pullets.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
HORACE BURT. GREAT ENGINEER

In The Story OF How the Engineer Failed in Performins the
Diplomatic Duties OF President of the Union Pacific. Nav Re
Found Explanation of the Fact That He Was No, Chosen 10
head Panama Canal. * Story OF His Career.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05

Is a little crabit): TEL your readers who
nave this trouble to cease trying to raise
plgs-they don't know enongh.' This H.
ra'her startling but our friend goes on to
say, sun testify, that he cannot understand
why farmers do not learn thai the sole
trouble with sows killing their Young lie.
SUITS IRON Intense constipation, which
makes the teats feverish and causes grea,
pam When the pigs attempt TO nurse. The
temper OF the average SOW is not of the
best normal condition and when she is
IN the condition described the pain is SC
great that In her anger she kills the ones
VINO are causing the pain. 1t is largely
the old question of feeding too much corn
without anything in the way of succu-
tents 10 keep the bowels in proper condi-
tion There are all sorts of remedies for
TINS trouble but most OF them are worth
less, the true remedy being prevention.
winch is easily applied by a proper course
OF feeding. Make a start at this now by
seeing that the sows nave considerable in
the way of pasture during the summer and
theh grow some root crops SO as to have
the1n to feed during the winter as soon as
the sows again become Also
try the plan of feeding clover hay we'll
moistened instead of SO much corn slower.
Almost anything which will keep the
Do"eis of the animal in proper shape dur
ing the period of pregnancy will be de-
Sirable
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05

When reconstructed the Erie canal
Will be four times as long as the Sues
canal.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
sows KILLING THEIR YOUNG.

Some of the questions concerning sows
destroying their young were sent to a
veteran swine raiser and his reply was Che
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
GINSENG A THING OF THE PAST

SiiSSCFN1 ~ HIN0 or The PAST
for several years we have repeatedly
urged farmers to go slow on ginseng,
pointing out that the trade in the root was
wholly through the Chinese and that there
was some question as to how they would
LOOK upon the cultivated crop. Inquiry
among those who deal in the roots in New
York city reveals the fact that the demand
has steadily fallen off and lately has
slumped badly because, 1t is claimed. the
|"Chinese say the cultivated root does not
possess the virtues of the wild root. BE
TINS as it may the fact remains that If
there ever was any great amount of money
10 be made In growing ginseng the day
has gone by. Dealers do not care to have
supplies shipped TO them, for they have
little or no call for SO. that The stuff is
begging for a market. AS the trade in il is
confined wholly 10 Chinese there is no
hope OF finding other outlets. All one can
do Is to lay the ginseng away With the
Belgian hare and label them crazes thar
nave died out. The farmers who have
kept 10 the corn and potato crop or 10 any
other crop which has yielded fair returns
has made more money than the grower of
ginseng
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
MARKETING CLEAN Eecs

mAhN lIN0 CLEAN EGGS.
Recently the statement was made b,
one who is supposed TO be an authority
that water on the egg shall hastens de-
composition. In other words he claims
mat the shell of an egg should never be
washed for 1t will absorb enough moisture
TO hasten its spelling. After many wears
OF marketing eggs the writer cannot who'll
~ agree With this statement. 1t is prob
ably true that If an egg was allowed to
soak in water for even five minutes IT'S
Keeping qualities would be impaired. hut
lhat Washing an egg seriously injuries ii is
nonsense. Those who market eggs 10
cfl,ical customers know that soiled eggs
are far from salable. Look over the eggs
when they come to the house and win q
cloth wipe them clean using another cloth
which is dry to polish the shell. There is
no Danger that this will iniure the keeping
qualltS OF the egg. Only a week ago
"hen IN the store of a large commission
man we saw a man with wet cloths wash
ing eggs which had been bought for a lower
pilce IMAM the market Quotations because
taey We're soiled. The commission man
was having them cleaned 10 sell a, a high
er price. If this work pays him ii will nav
the farmer whose fowls lay the eggs.
USES OF CALIFORNIA PRIvET.
Those who know something of the Cali.
fornia priret think of it almost entirely as
one OF the best and most attractive of the
various plants used for hedges ana partic-
ularly around the homes OF the wealthy.
1hefe are too few plants of California
privet on farm grounds and there is no
good reason for the omission of the plants
are moderate In price. are almost sure To
grow except in the very far
north without winter protection. and can
be utilized in a number Of places. If there
IS d portion OF the house grounds to be
divided nothing makes a more attractive
DIVISION fence than this privet. 1t is also
ldeal hedge TO plant around a chicken
YARD setting 1t outside the wire fence and
allowing 1t to grow breast high before
pruning 1t into form. In this way the
plants form shade in summer and are a
"lhobreak to some extent in colder wealth
er. with one good hedge started on the
iafnl one can soon have all the privet
heeoeo II the cuttings are riveted in the
ground, which may be readily done. Pull
the old picket fence between the
grounds and the road and set privet.
mus getting the start SO that later more
OF H. or your own growing, may be used
wherever desired
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
ALMOST EVERYBODY.

The New Mexican says. concerning
Territorial Secretary J. w. Reynolds:
The news published by the. New
Mexican on the reappointment Of Ter.
ritorial Secretary James w. Reynolds
to his present position gave grea,
satisfaction to about n~ineteen-twen
tieths Of Santa FEES inhabitants. Less
than one-twentieth did not like It
but the president will have to stand
the criticism Of the few opposed In
this matter. Said a prominent citi
zen to the editor OF the New Next
can yesterday afternoon: Il Just me-
a man coming out OF your Office. who
was displsased with the reappoint
ment Of Secretary Reynolds. For m,
part, I know that where there Is ont
displeased, there are nineteen pleased
and well pleased ut that. Secretary
Raynolds, ~ very. well liked and hal
certainly made Z good official. HI
has Z nice wife and bright children
The family spends its money here and
the secretary has invested in proper
ty. Besides a good federal official
he is q very good and public spirit
ed citizen. He contributes to pub
lie enterprises and Is never backward
In such matters, as are the grumbler'
and backbiters. only wish we hat
more people OF the stamp Of Ray
nolds' family In town. W. wou'i
be much better or. You car say THU
10 my opinion and II anybody want'
to know who ] am. ! will back Il uI
any was he wants to-"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09

The people Of Las Vegas are VT
ally interested In the uccess oil the
plans concerning the great fraterna'
organization. which the fraternalists
Of the ration expect to establish 81
Las Vegas. The committee that Is In
Las Vegas today comes with abso
lutte authority to take definite action
on any matters that require immedi
ate settlement. They impressed The
large number Of Las vegans who
have met them ms being wide-awake
fair minded. intelligent and progress
i've business men. They represent
5000, 900 people of the United States
and have the power and inclination t
bind this vast multitude on any mat
ter relating to the establishment o
the institution. The committee l.
authorized to carry on immediatel!
plans looking to the opening Of thu
s%anitarium.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
UP TO n PEOPLE.

Professor Hiram Hadley. superin-
tendent Of public instruction. In a re-
cent address at the court house IN
Carlsbad, said;
Our laws are such that the people
are alone responsible for the kind OF
schools we have. They can have good
schools on the same verms they can
have good clothes--by being willing
to pay for them. The laws give them
ample power,
Our poll tax law, u law for spe.
cial levies., etc. are ample and easily
enforced. II the people do not have
sufficient school funds. they have no.
body to blame but themselves.
"The teacher Is the most Import
ant factor In having good schools. A
cheap. poor teacher "A be had for a
corresponding price. But the great
commercial and mechanical demands
Of the age are offering young men and
young women so much better induce
ments that the people must provide
better pay for teachers or jeopardize
the future success OF their children by
assigning their education to incompe.
tent teachers. Which will the people
do?
Carefully examined statistics show
that the college gracuate has $50
times as many chances OF success AZ
the non.graduate has. and that every
day the graduate spends In getting
an education. brings a money return
OF tl0.'
In connection with the above !,
may be said that as the result OF Q
paragraph published In The Optic
some time ago that each day In school
was worth ten dollars In money to tht
pupil, the children In several grades
Of the Las Vegas public schools were
much interested in various problemi
Of a statistical nature bearing on thu
amount OF money that would be made
| during life when a given period O
| schooling was used as a basis.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry, No. 525a.

Department OF the Interior. Land OF.
flee at Santa Fe. New Mexico. De-
cember /, 1905.
Notice Is hereby given that the fol-
l0wing-named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof
In support Of ais claim. and that said
proof will be made before United
States Court Commissioner at Las
Vegas, New Mexico. on January 8.
1906. viz: Hilario Gonzales. Of San
Miguel county. New Mexico. for the
s IL, N w IA. s w IA, N e IA, N
w IA, 8 e Ia, Sec. %, T IA N. X % T..
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Cesario Gonzales, Manuel Martinez.
Pedro Garcia, Bartolo Salas. all Of
Trementina, New Mexico.
MANUEL r. OTERO, Register.
12-45
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
EARLY SUCCESSES OF GREAT
MEN.

No one will deny to Samuel John
son the title OF great. II only because
he was so consummately human. That
most Of his reputation, high as 1t IL.
rests upon his blographer. Boswell,
cannot be gainsaid, but the portrait
would have amounted to little had It
not been for the fine qualities to be
discovered by It.
J0hnson's maturity was slow. and
his earliest came late In
life, compared with those Of other
men Of equal force. He was born In
Lichfleld on September IS. 1903, the
son OF a man Of note locally, but one
destined to lose his property through
too great a love for books. This
taste, indeed. was all he left his son
when he died In 1872. Samuel was
to labor without ceasing for full thir.
" years In order to provide himself
with a bare living.
Johnson tried to earn his daily
bread In various ways, with little sue.
cess. He married a woman with
children older than himself, and cher
ished her tenderly until she died. A.
ter she had departed he set out for
London, being tweny-seven years old.
and, as obscure as ever, entered the
city's gates. i
He worked from hand to mouth,
a booksellers hack. says an exchange,
and yet he found time to write his
London" an imitation Of Juvenal,
as Pope's successful satires and epis'
ties. just then agitating the metropo'
lis, we're limitations of Horace. John
sons work appeared in May. 1888,
without his name. He was not yet
twenty.nine. and yet II was to be
years before he zane into anything
resembling secure fame after his first
success with London"
For the dictionary OF the Eng
fish Language Johnson's greatest
| work, did not come out until 1855
seventeen years later. 'Teh Rambler
! The Idler." "Rasselac," these proceed
ing It by a little, but the journal e
\ the Hebrides" was printed In the
later years OF his life.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry, No. 6078.

Department Of the Interior. Land OF.
flee at Santa Fee, New Mexico, De.
cember l, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing-named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof
In support Of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before United
States Court Commissioner at Las
Vegas, New Mexico. on January S,
1906. viz: Andres .Gallegos, of San
Miguel county, New Mexico. for the
8 w IA. N + IA. w IL, 8 e IA. Sec
20, N w IA. N e IA. Sec. 49, T IA N,
r "a e.
He names the following witnesses
to prove mis- continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land. viz.
Jose Sencion Callegos. OF T%retnentina
New Mexico Dioniclo vega. OF Ire
mentina, New Mexico; Isabel Angel
Of Conant, NewMexico: Jose Ortiz, o.
Chavez. New Mexico.
MANUEL R. OTERO. Register
12-42
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09

! The New sdexican says. Jnnl'
Browning. the Indian football player
who was severely injured In the game
With a Las Vegas team Tnarksgivin;
day, was able to be about today. he
Is quite weak and unable to take M
his work in the school, which 10 tina
or assistant disciplinarian. Brown
ing said today that he would not give
up football as tie result Of his inju'
ries. but expected to enter training
again AZ o AZ his doctor would
allow Il.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
THE MAN WHO CHEATS HIS
WORK.

An employer Of thousands Of men
was asked what thing In all his large
operations gave him the most concern
The nan who does a little less than
Is expected Of him." is the reply. He
Ia the dangerous factor In all bust
ness. The absolute failure we readily
discover and discharge, but the al
most escape detection for months
and often for years. and they make
our losses as well as our fears" and
with a very serious smile he added,
The drip In business Is worse than
the leak"
Thousands Of men fancy they are
fulfilling their duty to their employ.
ers and to their tasks by keeping
hours and performing just enough to
hold on to their positions. They have
an idea that to do more would be to
give larger service than their compen.
sation required. They object to what
they believe would be extra values.
The old man shan't get more than
he's paying for" Is the vernacular.
Possibly Il never strikes these
trimmers that In cheating their work
they are doing double damage, says
the Saturday Evening Post; they are
injuring their employers much, they
are robbing themselves more: they
are. in fact. losing everything in life
| that is worth while. They fare worse
| than II the did nothing at all, for time
with all Its precious values slips en-
tirely from them and leaves no sub
stance or satisfaction. Half doing
soon brings undoing. 1t is the nine
tenths doing or the n%inety-nine and
one-hundredths doing that bleeds
business and saps character.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
Torture Of /. Preacher.

The story Of the torture OF Rev. O
D. Moore. pastor Of the Baptist church
Of Ha%rpersville, N. Y. will interest
you. He says: II suffered agonies
because Of a persistent cough, result
ing from the grin had to sleep st
ting up in bed. I tried many remedies
without relief, until l took DR.. Kins'i
New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds, which entirely
cured my cough. and saved NE from
consumption" A grand cure for dis
eased conditions Of Throat and l. .hgs
At all druggists; price soc and 500
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
The Key that UnIoeks the Door 70
Iona Living.

The men OF eighty-five and ninety
years OF age are not the r0tund well
fed. but thin. spare men who live on a
slender diet. BE as careful as he will,
however. a man past middle age will
occasionally eat too much or OF some
article Of food not suited to his consti'
tuition, and will need a dose Of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
to cleanse and invigorate his stomch
and regulate his liver and bowels
When this is done there Is no reason
why the average man should not live
to old age. For sale by all druggists
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry, No. 643e.

Department of the Interior. Land or
flee at Santa Fee. New Mexico, De-
cember l, 1905.
Notice Is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before United
States Court Commissioner at Las
Vegas. New Mexico, on January s.,
1906, viz: Jose Sencion Galleg0s, OF
San Miguel county. New Mexico. for
the 8 w IA, Sec. l. T 10 N. R "a T.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation Of said land, VIZ:
J. p. Garcia, Andres 0allegos, Mel.
quiades Tenorio. Ines Tenorio. oil Of
Trementina, New Mexico.
MANUEL r. OTERO. Register.
12-40r9A sOi ,isi. ~ i-alc he sto.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09

Those~that sec In the news dispatch.
es announcing a new British ministry
only the evidence OF a change are
superficial. The present a%dministra-
tion desires free trad, between Eng
land and her colonies. with Il tariff
against the wo,.J. rh's w1uhi nr,re
closely unite politically The colonies
that fought an won the Boer war
hut II woul1 loose tor England the
carrying ira te o. the world. und
with that would pass her naval supre-
macy.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09

The New York Times says official
feeling in Washington IL much against
tho foreign engineers that voted for
a Ha-level canal when they might
have known the .president had decided
upon a lock canal" It would be In.
tercst'nr to knew how much this Of.
ficial feeling influenced the decision Of
these distin yuished gentlemen to have
their next meeting at Brussels. about
ne far from the white house as practi-
cable for them to assemble.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09

Ancient w:;chery was believed in by
only a few but the true merit of Do
Wits Witch Hazel Salve Is known by
every n who has used It for boil.
sores. letter. eczema and piles. SOLD
BY Winters Drug Co.. and K. D. Good.
all.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-09

William Jennings Bryan is reported
to have purchased a stool Of Admiral
Togo's. II Mr.. Bryan will now keep
as silent rs the admiral he may yet
make the American people believe he
comes within Tom Reeds definition
Of a statesman, "a politician that II
dead"