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where's else. You didn't clean care
full
The cook glowered at Peter. ant
when Ben went into the forecastle for
his tobacco he noted the cook exam
lining Peters bunk with careful scru-
tiny. That night the cook approached
the mate.
That there fo'castle hisn't 'a1f
cleaned" he said. hi can't sleep in
SIGH dirty ole. Suppose Hi give hit
good cleanin' tomorrow" The
mate, instead of answering. hurried
down the companion and spoke to
the skipper. Both onicers came on
deck. and the captain gazed Interested
ly at the cook and then. turning to
the mate. tapped his forehead signif.
cantly.
"Humor im." said he.
"All right go ahead and clean hit
again; and the mate watched the
cook as he walked forward.
Directly breakfast was finished the
cook prepared for his task
Him sure cOok'll find it." said Ben,
hopefully.
ASdiA ocA PidCiuAy StcCIcu, AuIly
Impressed with the honesty of the
cook. but Peter displayed anxiety.
He insisted on being In the fore
castle while the cook cleaned it in
spite Of the latter's protestations that
he was much in the way. Again was
the bedding brought on deck and again
was the floor scrubbed and each cram
ny examined. The forecastle fairly
glistened with cleanliness when the
cook with groans of WEAKNESS com.
pleted the work.
"Well?" asked Ben.
"There's NO note there" snapped the
cook savagely.
"Hit stands to reason It must be
there" remarked Ben.
That night dispute between Peter
and the cook resulted in blows.
When the schooner reached London
the crew were obliged to await the
shippers return from the city before
they could be paid and they cast hun.
cry looks shoreward and waited. Ben
however. went ashore to stretch his
legs, he said, and when he was out
Of sight of the schooner entered q
public house and, placing a nve-pound
note on the bar, demanded spirits and
the change.
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PodestriAnisms.

A horse hitched to post on West
street was eating his dinner of oats
from nosebag. The bag fell to the
ground in such way that the horse
could not get at the oats. Then the
horse, after casting one hopeless glance
at the restaurant where the driver had
entered. cast appealing loo6s at the
passersby.
The suburbanites walked stolidly on.
Grave and reverend seignors passed
without look. Marketmen, butchers
and A. ID. Us all trotted along ire
sponsive to the horses eloquent looks
and his impatient pawings on the Bel
sinn blocks.
A husky loafer of longshoreman
happened along. Without a word he
picked UP the bag and adjusted 1t to
the horses nose. And the way that
horse looked his thanks to that husky
loafer Of n longshoreman and the way
that longshoreman smiled back and
patted the horses neck were things
worth seeing and thinking about after.
ward.-New York Evening Sun.
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Tho "Undertaker's Friend.

Both men and women. when they
decide to wrap up" do 30 by increas-
ing the number Of layers of clothing
in front over those on the back of the
body. 1t is great mistake. The main
"telepAone exchange" of the nerves OF
the body lies in the spinal cord situated
in the spinal canal, and this exchange
has immediate. complete and instan-
taneous connection with the skin of
the whole of the back Of the trunk and
is much more sensitive than that Of
the skin in front.
1t behooves us, then, to see that tho
back is covered, II not more, at least
as much as the front, especially be-
tween the shoulders. In men the thin
back of the waistcoat is ''the UNDER
takers best FRIEND" in women it is the
space between the top of the corset
and the centre of the neck. more espe-
clally in that type Of garment popular
ly known as the pneumonia blouse"
London Mail. '.
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humorou. church Notice.

That long face and sour spirit
do not necessarily go with churchly
duties is shown by the following let
ter, written by 4 very prominent
clergyman of this city quite recently
to the Rev. John Lewis Clark, field
secretary Of the American Bible
league:
you are billed. announced ant ex-
pected at the above church next Sun
day. Your face will be fed at least
twice at the dominie's house. sRemem-
Der and put your A No. 1 sermon in
your saddlebegs. and allow plenty of
time for your spawned and wind-brok-
en- plug to get to the church by 1920
a. m."-New York Times.
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'If You reach the age of thirty with
out having had any serious illness you
will he likely to live till seventy or
more" said physician. "All the old
folks I know reached thirty without
any alarming maladies scored against
them.
IRON thirty on all you need do is to
he careful, to observe few simple
rules of health. should say that these
rules-and they are the rules that have
been adopted by the German Emperor
were simple and good:
"'Eat fruit ut breakfast and at
luncheon.
"'Avoid pastry, mullins, hot bread
and butter toast.
Eat potatoes only once dny.
"'Walk at least four miles in the
open air daily.
".Do not drink ten or coffee.
"'Take a bath daily. and wash the
face with warm water before retiring.
"'Sleep eight hours "-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
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RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.

a minister of the Kirk of Scotland
once discovered his wife asleep i'll the
midst of his homily on the Sabbath. SO.
pausing in the steady and possibly
somewhat monotonous flow of his ora
tory, lie broke forth with this personal
address, sharp and clear, but very de-
liberate:
.Susanv'
Susan woke mp with start and
rubbed her eyes. rs did alI the other
-dreamers In the editlce. whether asleep
or awake.
Susan" continued her clerical
spouse. II didna marry ye for yer
wealth, sin ye had none. And, didna
marry ye for yer beauty; that the hall
congregation can see. And if We haze
not grace, I had made but sair BAR
gain wi ye.'-London Tit-Bits.
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PICKING A QUARREL.

4 New York Irishman, who began
work. and who became rich contrac.
tor, died recently. The widow-who,
since her rise to wealth, had put on So
ciety airs and cast of many of her old
friends-came into the room in which
the coffin lay. 1t was full of flowers
and mourners. A prominent floral
piece was an anchor. The widow
gazed upon it. The idea that some of
her cast-off friends were trying to call
up memories of former days came to
her mind. Turning to the assembled
company she haughtily demanded:
4" Who tn divil stint that pick?''
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Fact 1rip bx sailing vess.l.

Capt John w. Taylor, well known
navigator OF Providence. r. l.. has
earned the distinction of sailing his
schooner, the Blanche M. King, from
New York to Jacksonville, Florida, In
record time. arriving in that city
after a run of exactly seventy-six
hours, which is the best time ever
made by sailing vessel between New
York and the ST. Johns river bar. 1t
is veritable steamship time which the
Blanche NJ. King made on her last
trip south. Mrs. Taylor accompanies
her husband on his cruises. Captain
Taylor has been making fast runs to
Southern ports right along, but this Is
his first trip IN this boat to Jackson
VILE and 1t establishes a record, the
average speed of the schooner being
eleven knots an hour from Sandy
Hook to Mayport Light.-Providence
Journal.
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" Els old and stiff in is ji'nts. HID
better do hit in the mornin'."
What's the matter with you lub-
bers!" exclaimed the mate. Hive
been tryin' to get that place cleaned
for a week and now you all want to
do the job. Peters goin' to clean it."
Peter evinced the most laudable en-
ergy in the interests of cleanliness
the next morning. He could barely
take time for his breakfast. SO eager
was he to clean the forecastle.
He brought the bedding up on deck
and carefully pounded 1t with a hand
spike. and then scrubbed each Granny
Of the door with a awab. Ben, who
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4 WITTY DIPLOMAT.

Hon. Joseph II. Choate. our Ambas
sador to Great Britain. was one of the
over-Sunday guests at n certain great
country house, and found next to him
at breakfast n very young. very mex
perienced. but also very pretty, daugh-
ter of his native land. The English
custom of serving boiled eggs in tiny
cups, from which one eats out of the
egg itself, troubled this little traveller
Immensely, and at last, with gasp
of dismay. she turned to the diplomat
with:
"Oh. Mr.. Choate. whatever shall l
do? I've dropped an egg"
"Cackle. my dear, cackle.' came the
answer.
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A RECOMPENsE.

Young Edward, aged six, was quite
tired of staying in the house. His
mother was i'll, and had tried to keep
him in the room with her because her
room was warmer than his playroom.
but his toys were NIL in the playroom.
and he became restless to go to them.
"Good-by, mamma" he said; II will
come back in n thousand years"
Il will be dead and buried by that
time, son.
The little fellow stopped moment
with his hand upon the door. and,
thinking of the Greed, he replied:
Never mind, mamma; you will rose
again" Magazine.
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Outgoing ALL BUT EXTINCT.
Strange Fish That Gave Color to Fable
Of MermaIds,

The strangest of all strange fish
must be the manatee and the dugong.
The latter is the mermaid of tabled
lore The dugorg live in hocks along
the shores of the Indian ocean, the
Red Sea and the Gulf OF Manaar,
where they browse on seaweed and
river vegetation.
They are very affectionate in dis
position and especially is this shown
in the love of the mother for her or
spring. which is much stronger than
her instinct OF self;preservation. The
male will not leave the female If she
ord where the companions OF the mana
tee gathered round and made an eff
fort to withdraw the deadly harpoon.
1t is supposed that the rude ap-
proach to the human outline observed
In the shape of the head of the dug
ong, the attitude of the mother in
clasplng her young to her breast with
one ripper while swimming with the
other, holding both above water and
suddenly diving and showing her fish
like tail when alarmed. gave rise to
the mermaid myth, frst told by the
Arab seamen. Jules Verne gives a
thrilling description Of the capture OF
dugong In the Red sea when its
flesh was desired as food. Natural
lists tell us that the flesh Of the mana
tee or of the dugong much resembles
well fatted pork of pleasant flavor.
and is highly esteemed as food. For
this reason they were much hunted
and are fast becoming extinct.--Field
and Stream.
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HOW HE 1NDoRsEp IT.

Bishop Potter tells of a young and
inexperienced clergyman who had just
been called to city charge. At the
end Of the first month his salary was
paid by check, and he took it to the
bank and passed it in Mt the paying
teller's window. The official looked
at it and then passed it back. Its
perfectly good" he said, but will
have to ask you to indorse it." The
young clergyman took his pen and
wrote across the face of the check:
II respectfully subscribe 10 the senti-
ments herein essed."-Argonaut.
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JACKSON AND HIS BACON.

In recent issue of Harper's Weekly
appeared an interesting account of An
drew Jackson's duel with Colonel .Av-
cry. A correspondent of the Weekly.
writing IN the last issue adds this to
the story:
1t was Jackson's habit to carry in
his saddle-bags when he attended court
a copy of 'Bacon's Abridgement." and
to make frequent appeals to it in his
cases. This precious book was always
carefully done up in coarse brown
paper. and the unwrapping of the vol
ume was very solemn function as
performed by Jackson, who was then
only twenty lone years old. Avery. dur
ing the trial which preceded the duel
procured a piece of bacon the size of
the book, and while Jackson was adj
dressing the court he slipped out the
volume from its wrapping and substi-
tited the bit of pork.
At length Jackson had occasion to
appeal to Lord Bacon. While still talk
ing he raised the bearskin flap of his
saddle-bags. drew out the brown-paper
package. carefully united the string,
unfolded the paper with decorous gray
ity, and then, without looking at what
he held in his hand. exclaimed trium-
phantly, I'VE will now see what Bacon
says"
What wonder that the fiery young
lawyer blaZed with anger. while the
court room rang with laughter at his
expense!
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was at the wheel. displayed great con-
fidence in the honesty of his compan-
ion and smoked compos .dly while the
cleaning was in progress; Ldt the cook
spent every moment he could spare
from the galley watching Peter work
When the work was finished, Peter,
weary and cramped with his task,
came on deck. depressed In manner.
did you find hit?" inquired Ben.
Nav" replied Peter. dissustedly;
didn't see hanything of hit"
Hit must be there" retorted Ben.
with positiveness. Hit can't be hany-
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1905-06-03

r. Hinton Perry tells this story of
a friend of his who is landscape
painter. A model knocked at his
studio door one morning. He opened
it.
DO you wish model" she asked
mo" he answered. Il am a land
scape painter"
She turned to go.
You bet." said she. that am no
landscape."-New York Times.
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A GLurToN,s REGRET.

A glutton once made bet that he
could eat ten apple dumplings at one
sitting. After the ninth dumping.
however. he declared himself beaten
Sadly he regarded the tenth dumping.
which still reposed on his plate. Shak-
ing his finger at it lie said: "Ah, If
I'd known you'd be left over I'd have
eaten you first"
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r. ]. Wynne. the postmaster gan.
eral, tells story about small 10y
who was invited to a party given by
one of his little friends. After eating
ice cream and cake three times, some
body offered him some candy, but the
little chap shook his head and said in
a sorrowful tone: II can chew, but l
can't swallow."-New York TiwaA
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NOT POSTED ON BIBLE.

at happened this way" said James
Carter to-day to Justice Caverly in
court. Il was reading the Bible to my
little son Jimmy. about Cain and Abel.
Cain killed his brother and Cain was Il
murderer. said. Just then Mike
Kane here rushed in and yelled, Who
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uuuuuUuuuuu
DROLL STORIES OF THE
PASSING MOMENT.


is n murderer! l was not thinking OF
him, and said, Cain is murderer
with that he knocked me across the
room and then jumped on me ana
choked me until was nearly dead.
Take 1t back lie said. Take what
| backY / asked. That / am murder
err and killed my brother he SAID. i
take 1t back l said; 1 meant the Cain
in the Bible
"'You're liar he said. The kanes
in the Bible are all right. aren't they.
Then he choked me some more. Yes.
said, they're all right"
"Ten dollars for you. Mike Kane"
said the Judge. "The Gains in the
Bible are not all right. Go and read
it."-Kansas City Journal.
HOGS WANT NO HOLIDAYS.
A professor in an agricultural college
had hobby. He believed and
preached on all occasions that the food
of animals should be cooked. just like
that of human beings. One day, while
out driving in the country, lie passed II
farm, the owner of which was stand
ing in n pen near the road feeding to Il
drove of swine generous quantities of
corn in the ear. This caused the
learned theorist to stop and forthwith
hail the yiolator of his theory: "My
friend. don't you know it is wrong to
give those hogs feed that has not been
cooked? Don't you know that il you
would cook that grain before issuing it
they would digest it in just one-half
the time it takes them as it Is now eat
en:" "Wall. stranger, suppose they
would; I'd like to know what in the
- time is to a hosw-New York Tri-
bune. IH
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kl,.~
those of the lnaJ paim' winch grow
on the banks oil me amazon. They
reach length OF 'h'f'y 10 Ely teet'
and are from zen 10 twsNe ieet IA
breadth.
I"
\ mover way nus 'ee'' "'seoN're II
Denmark LOT raisiis h'''''' l'r u nos
pital. Inc Dhll's'i 'o,es''niei'' ISSUED
Il special stamp worm ''ai' Il GEN.
winch me pup.e vas ,luu ~ NV
and paste OH iel'ei" Aho p,, eeis' ,'"-
worth Of these charity stamps were
sold.
II. x
A clock adapteu 10 me SIGN r'on r.
hospitals IS the in'en.ioii VI !ioie'sFs
Hirth, OF MUNICH. me pushing VI
button cuts Ill sihal, eiec.ric i"inp
placed under inc "!'' VI III e'ee''ic"F
Illuminated CLOCK throwing 'ic sh"oow
OF the race anu its hanuS "po' 'ne gen,
ing in highiy maShiheu s'a'e. 'ttWch
from the neu ., nv ".'' =, u
HeSh'
The l.ondoh eiope re'a'es .n"l ."'E
from the country was Nisi.,hh west
minister ADoey recently WIN 'he par.
ticular oDJect OIL seeihk me 'o'np u.
King EDWARD ~. f"uen' sea,cn i",ie"
to discover H. ana AT last sue askeo
the verger or an attenaaht VI soh.e sor'.
to direct her to II. Inc eAI'ian"''oi, CT
her failure was instantly forthcoming.
I'm sorry. madam ne s"iu' put we
'aven't got EDWARD IL. ere us We Only
have the oda NUMBERS.
r.
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@HZWGX
SWORTH KNOWlNGA

The biggest leaves in the world are
those of the Inaj palm, which grow
on the banks of the Amazon. Thcy
reach length OF thirty to fifty feet,
and are from ten to twelve feet IL.
breadth.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10
500 Reward. 500.

The readers % this paper will.be pleased 70
learn that theirs IL AZ least one dreaded disease
that science has been able 10 cure Ia all It's
stages. and that 10 tAtsrrh- Halls Cetarfb
Cure Is the only positive cure now kno~ . 70
tho medical fraternity Catarrh being . cons.
tituiicnAl dis<ase. requires d constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure IN taken IN.
~ternaliy. acting directly pOn tht blood and
murons surfaces ~ the system, thereby de~.
tr0yine the foundation Of the aisease. and CIV.
consultation and assisting nature in doing. its
work. The proprietors have 10 much faith In
its curative powers that they ohtr I M Hon.
dred Dollars for any case that IL fails to cure.
6end for list u testimonials
Address: r.. j. CHENEY h co. Toledo. Ohio.
Fold By Druggists. nc.
Take Hslrs Family Pills Tor constipation.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10
Bass Arrested.

Deputy Sheriff John C. HIN arrest.
ed Ike Bass In Folsom. He was In.
dicted al the last term OF court for
cattle stealing. and the sheriff turned
him over 10 John Brophy OF the
mounted police force Of New Mexico.
Bass was under bond. but behaved
In such q name lately that his
bondsmen withdrew. Brophy extend
ed all the official courtesy to Bass,
going with him 10 different parties
10 get bond. but failed. Bass then
became abusive TO the officer and
others about him. and was promptly
handcuffed. after which he seized an
opportunity TO strike Brophy with
both hands, inilicting an ugly wound
about the eye and smashing IN eye
glass on Brophy's face. making sew
eral ugly cuts.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10
San Juan County Fair

Aztec's enterprising citizens, with
the aid OF San Juan county's fruit and
produce growers, are going to give a
county fair and carnival to celebrate
the completion Of the d. & r. G. ex.
tension, which connects u beauti.
full valleys with the outside world.
.rhe plans have been outlined, com.
mittees have been appointed and
everyone has his sleeves rolled uD "a
help accomplish what we are striving
for-E COMPLETE display Of the resour
ces OF San Juan county and four full
days OF TN. We aim to make a bee
hive look Ike a loafing place in com
parison TO our fair time.-San Jua-
County Index.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10
Badly Shocked.

During the recent storm In Grant
county the family Of jefferson Chris
itan, which had just moved to Silver
City from ella. were all shocked and
rendered unconscious by q stroke oil
lightning. The members Of the fam
lily, seven In all. were sitting in the
front o Of their house, when the
lightning struck the residence, envel
oping 1t in a sheet Of blue flame. All
Of the people were knocked down
and Mrs. Christian was badly burned
but will recover. The balance were
shocked, but not seriously hurt.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10

The MoQui Indians win give their
annual ssnake dance" and ceremon'
lee lasting three days beginning Aug
ust s0th. on the reservation IN Afr
sona. The festivities held each year
By the MoQui Indians are very wiefd
and interesting. Live r~attlesnakes
are used and for months before the
ceremonies they gather them together
and keep them penned up until tne
ceremonies. after which they ele
again released. This year II VIZ pe
necessary for people who desire 70
witness the dance and ceremonies TO
procure permits from the superinfen'
dent OF the agency At Keams canyon.
Hundreds OF visitors from all portions
Of the east are attendant az these
dances each year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10
Indian Shoemaker.

San Juan Naranjo. a Pueblo In
dian. and a native OF the Santa Clara
Pneblos In Rio Arriba county, arrived
In town Saturday and Is visiting
friends at the United States Indian
Training school here. He was taught
the trade Of shoemaker at the train.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10

ing school and became a fine work.
man. lie now holds the position OF
shoemaker al the United States In.
dian Training school at Fort Lewis.
Colo, and has a large class OF Indian
boys learning the trade. He con-
Quoted the sa6emaking class OF New
Mexico Indians at the ST. Louis ex.
position and his work attracted much
favorable attention.-New Mexican,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10

It's the little colds that grow into
big colds. the big colds that end In
consumption and death. Watch the
little colds. Or Woods Norway Pine
Syrup.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10

Report says Fred Townsend, the cat
tie man. has purchased the Potter
ranch, near Pennington. and will soon
erect a new residence on II.
Halt the Ills that man ID heir to
come from Indigestion. Burdock
Blood Bitters strengthens and tones
the stomach; makes indigestion i'm.
possible.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10
soeorro's eine lnstitute.

socorro county has good reason 10
be proud OF her normal institute. In
point OF numbers In attendance the
institute Is the largest In the territory
this year. and no less an authority
than Hon. Amado Chavez. assistant
superintendent OF public instruction.
who visited the institute a few days
ago. said that II was second TO none
In the excellence OF the work done by
the teachers. This Is q record worth
bearing In mind.-Socorro Chieftain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10

Mrs. f. G. Wilson and family have
left Albuquerque for a camping trip
in the mountains in the vicinity OF
Golden. They win be gone a couple
Of weeks.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10
Running Short.

On account OF washouts on the Ala.
mogordo & Sacramento Mountain
railroad In the timber region no logs
have been brought down from the for.
est and as q consequence the lumber
mill at Alamogordo has been running
on short time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-10

Accidents come with distressing
frequency on the farm. Cuts. bruises.
stings. sprains. Or. Thomas Electric
OIL relieves the pain instantly. Never
safe without It.