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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-10
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AscNs"'ut ~ ~ ENoVs - ,I' ~
today the first snow storm OF the
season started falling, after having
rained since 8 a. m. and at this writ.
ing Is p. m.) fully three inches Of
heavy. wet snow v the ground.
1t Is too early In the season for this
storm to hurt stock, which Is In fine
condition and pasture Is gccd every.
where.
After spending a few months with
the Rudolph family, Miss Katie A.
Stapp left today for Las Vegas, from
where she will leave In a few days
TO spend the winter months with her
aunt in St. Louis, Mo. Miss Stapp
will be sorely missed from the mus.
ical circles OF our valley. for besides
being Of a most amiable disposition
and character, she Is an accomplished
and very accommodating pianist.
Our venerable pioneer, John Pen
daries, accompanied Miss Stapp ia
Las Vegas. The object Of his visit was
to personally condole with his fellow
countryman, Frank Roy, at the lat
ter's sad bereavement upon the loss
Of his wife recently.
Our public school opened on the
Both ulto., with Fred r. Corbett as
teacher, the present enrolment being
nearly thirty pupils. Our present
school board, composed Of Juan Vigil
Nicanor Rudolph and Valentin Sala
Ear, il to be commended, not only
upon the fact Of having appointed q
real teacher for our public school, but
also upon the very progressive fact oil
having ordered a full set of up-to-date
school desks, teachers desk and chair
+, for the school house, which e ship
ped on the 26th of last month from
Muskegon. Mich.
/ Augustin Mestas. a neighbor Of c
N. Sparks, raised a good crop OF ex
cellent potatoes this fall, demon
strating thereby the feasibility Of rails
ing them In this valley.
Application for a marriage license
was today made before the undersign
ed J. p, by Juan de los Reyes Mar
tinez. to marry Miss Refugio Duran
Some of the merchants in Vegas
whose main traffic depends upon thu
country wagon trade. will feel dull
| during the present spell Of weather
but It Is to be hoped that they vii
survive drought It. r."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-10

Go to Behring's for harness repair
Harness made to order. STA
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
A BARROOM SERMON.

Twenty years ago Los CerrillOs. New
Mexico, was Il place of perhaps five
hundred inhabitants. most of whom
were ignorant of even the most funda-
mental facts of religion and the civiliz-
alton of the far East. Thither to his
first charge went young minister
young, but big and brawny, says the
Kansas City Times. He proved TO be
the right sort of man TO win the conf
dence and respect of the rough com
munity, and his church prospered.
A year later he was removed to Wat
rous, one hundred miles away, and
visited Los Cerrillos only once n month
to preach. One rough night, when 4
melting snow was coming down in
heavy masses, he waited at the station
for train to Watrous. The train was
very late. There was no operator at
the station, and no place TO 90 for
warmth but the saloons. Only the
wind and the shelterless coyotes knew
where the train was. The minister
walked up and down the street. shiv-
ering. Once as he passed a saloon The
proprietor.-"Bilr him.
Come in and get warm, parson.' he
called.
Il can't. Bill; you know why" replied
the minister.
"Yes. know; but they sha'n't bother
you. You come right in and I'll fix
them"
He grasped the minister by the arm
and led him into a big room, where
thirty or forty cowboys and miners
were drinking. Bill raped loudly on
the bar.
"Fellers." he said, ''the parsons laid
out by his train what amt came, an
he's no place TO go but this here gin
palace an poker parlor. He'll sit with
us and swap yarns-the right sort you
understandable thar'll be no drink
sold over this bar and no cards played
till his train comes along. He's our
guest. The parson, gentlemen"
There was not protest from a man.
The young minister was acquainted
with most of them, and soon made
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

friends with TIE others. They talked
of lodes, pay-dirt, methods of drilling,
best ways 10 break broncos, liniments
for healing gunshot wounds, the quail.
ties of various makes of firearms, the
comparative veracity of the Mexican
and the Indian. Finally one of the
"cow-punchers" asked the guest "to
make little talk on the subject of his
profession" Gladly - mounted one
of the card-tables, and in their own
picturesque language, as he had
learned it from them, told them of the
Martyr of Calvary and the compassion.
ate Father. AS he spoke they threw
away their cigars and removed their
hats. Not a sound escaped them
They We're on their honor, and would
have handled roughly any man who
showed the parsOn disCOurtesy.
The minister afterward confessed
that he never spent more profitable
hour himself, or u more enjoyable one.
or one in which profit and enjoyment
seemed to be more completely mutual.
When the whistle of his train was
heard the congregation was Justify
singing hymn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
RUSsIA's SECRET PRESS.

Leo TikhOmiroff has drawn a vivid
picture of the hidden life of one of
these strange undergrounds. 1t is the
office of the paper with which Step
MAX himself was associated, Narod-
naia Nolia-Land and Liberty.
In five rooms, including little
kitchen, four conspirators We're in
stalled-two men and two women.
Maria KrilOff. who passed as mistress
of the house, a woman of about forty
five, had devoted her life TO the
Cause" she had been transported TO
Siberia and had escaped. The other
woman was under twenty. fair and
delicate; name unknown.
OF. the two men, one was Basil Buch,
or Boukh, "the son of n General and
the nephew of Senator" The second
was known only as "PtiZa," The
Bird, "a nickname which he owed 10
his voice.
The men were entered rs Nine. Kri-
lofts dodgers the girl was the nominal
maid of the household. These four
brought out the NarOdnaia VOLTA. The
plant consisted principally of a few
cases of type, small and Il large cyl
inder, jar or two of printers ink,
and Il few brushes and spOnges. The
dvornik-call him the concierge-had
to he hoodwinked from day to day.
Maria Kriotf went upon the bold
plan of sending for him at any and
every hour. and conducting him
through all the five rooms, under the
pretense of hunting for Il troublesome
rat They learned in this way how
to dispose of the plant at from five TO
ten minutes notice. AT night, behind
double curtain of canvas sealed
across the window. the type was set.
The expected happened at last at the
Office of the Narodnaia VOLTA. One
night the police came down on it.
What they had reckoned on rs an easy
seizure transformed itself into Il four
hours siege and battle.
Maria Kriloff drew on the gcndarmes
with her revolver. The office was rid.
died with bullets, but for four hours
the cOnspirators kept their stand. The
survivor was The Bird" who blew
his brains out when the game was
up. He has transmitted no name TO
posterity; he is among the Russian
terrorists who have elected to he moth.
ing but q mcmOry.-From L. rs
Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
A BRAVE QUAKER LAD.

When the question of courage is once
settled, it hardly makes n difference
what kind it is, whether it is on the
battlefield or in the tent. In 1861,
says Lippincott's Magazine, the great
grandson of a Quaker who had settled
on an island in Lake Champlain was
drafted.
1T will be no use,' said the young
man. Il shall never fight. My mother
taught me it is a sin. 1t is her religion
and my fathers, and their fathers! l
shall never raise my hand 10 kill any
one"
The recruiting officer took no notice.
"We'll see about that later" said he.
The regiment went to Washington,
and the Quaker boy drilled placidly
and shot straight.
But l shall never fight" said he.
Word went out that there was
traitor in the ranks. The lieutenant
conferred with the captain, and all
the forms of punishment devised for
refractory soldiers were visited on this
lad. He went through them without
hinching, and then lie was taken before
the colonel.
What does this mcan?" demanded
the officer. Don't you know you vii!
be shot?'
The Quaker smiled a little. He had
steady eyes and a square chin.
THAT is nothing" he said. "Thee
didn't think | was afraid, did thee?'
The prisoner went back to the guard
house. and the colonel sought out
President Lincoln.
why. that's plain enough" said the
President. There's only one thing TO
do. Trump up some excuse and send
him home. You can't kill boy like
tat, you know. The country needs all
her brave men, wherever they are.
Send him home"
So the Quaker went back to the
island. to life and duty as he saw them.
and his children tell the story.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Woman's Privileges.

She can wear her hat ON one ear
without being suspected of a con-
vivial disposition. She can say a
thing one day and contradict it the
next, and no one will call her a pre-
varicator. She can shed tears on the
slightest provocation, which will
merely prove TO people that she is
tender-hearted and sympathetic. She
can look openly into every mirror
she passes without being accused of
more than natural feminine inter-
est in her appearance. She can spend
q good deal of time considering her
clothes and prinking up her person,
and who shall say that it is not
proper attribute of her sex to be
beautiful She can wheedle man
into almost anything by artful meth
DDS, and never lose her reputation for
artless sincerity. Whereas, if man
did any Of these things he would be
spelled in capital letters as frivolous,
unstable, weak, vain, foppish, hypo-
silly.-Chicago Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

one woman in twenty-five but what
suffers with some arrangement of the
female organism, and this is the secret
OF SO many unhappy homes.
No woman can be amiable, light
hearted and happy, joy to her hus-
band and children, and perform the
duties incumbent upon her, when she is
suffering with backache. headache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing.
down pains. displacement of the womb,
spinal weakness or ovarian troubles.
lrritability and snappy retorts take
the place of pleasantness, and all sun
shine is driven out of the home, and
lives are wrecked by womans great
enemy-womb trouble.
Read this letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
I" was troubled for eight years with irregu-
larities which broke down my health and
brought on extreme nervousness and despon-
dency. Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound proved to be the only medicine which
helped me- Day BY day improved in health
while taking II until was entirely cured. l
can attend to my social and household duties
and thoroughly enjoy life once more as Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made
me well woman, without an ache or pain. "
Mrs. Chester Curry, Az Saratoga Street,
East Boston, Mass.
At the first indication of i'll health,
painful or irregular menstruation,
pain in the side, headache, baclsache,
bearing down pains, nervousness or
I" the blues secure at once bottle of
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and begin its use.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Conldn,t Tell Lie.

Hearing a noise in the pantry. Mrs
Jerrums opened the door softly and
went in. Her youngest son was stand.
ing on a chair with his back to her,
helping himself 10 the contents of o
glass jar.
what are you doing. CllfrordT' she
asked.
Clifford turned around.
His face was smeared from chin tc
cheekbone with something deeply and
darkly red, but the light of truth shone
in his blue eyes.
Il cannot tell lie, mamma" lie said
lin eatin' raspberry JAM"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
GREAT CHANGE
from Change In Food.

The brain depends much more on the
stomach than we are apt to suppose un-
til we take thought in the matter
Feed the stomach ON proper food easy
to digest and containing the proper
amount OF phosphates and the healthy
brain will respond TO all demands. A
notable housewife in Buffalo writes:
The doctor diagnosed my trouble as
n nervous affection Of the stomach I
was actually so nervous that l could
not sit still for five minutes to read the
newspaper, and TO attend TO my house
hold duties was simply impossible. I
doctored all the time with remedies,
but medicine did no good
MY physician put me on sll sorts Of
diet. and tried many kinds OF cereal
foods, but none of them agreed with
me. | was almost discouraged, and
when I tried Grape-Nuts | did so with
many misglvings-I had no faith that it
would succeed where everything else
had failed.
But it did succeed, and you don't
know how glad / am that l tried It. I
feel like new person. have gained in
weight and 1 don't have that terrible
burning sensation n my stomach any
more. feel so strong again that 1 am
surprised at myself. The street noises
that used to irritate me so, l never
notice now, and my mind is so clear
that my household duties are a real
pleasure"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Now why was this great change made
in this woman?
The stomach and the brain had not
been supplied with the right kind of
food to rebuild and strengthen the
nerve centres in these organs. 1t is abb
soute folly to try to do this with
medicine. There is but one sure way,
and that is to quit the old food that has
failed and take on Grape-Nuts food,
which is more than half digested In the
process Of manufacture and is rich in
the phosphate of potash contained in
the natural grain, which unites with
albumen and water-the only three
substances that will make up the soft
gray filling in the thousands Of delicate
nerve centres in the brain and body.
Grape-Nuts food is iure road back to
health In all such cases.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Mental Suuoestjcn.

A Macon young man took his girl
to show recently and soon after the
curtain was raised she complained Of
feeling faint. The young man took
something out Of his pocket and
whispered, Put this tablet in your
mouth" She quickly placed it under
her tongue, but it would not dissolve.
However, she soon felt much better.
When the show was over she slipped
the tablet into her glove. When she
removed the glove at home she
found the tablet was a button.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Oil from 6orneo.

After having been refused permls.
sion to use the Suez canal owing to
the dangerous character of her cargo,
the British steamship Batoum round.
ed the Cape of Good Hope in safety
and arrived at Marcus Hook last
night with 1,125,000 gallons of ben
zine in bulk from Borneo. The oil
was produced in Borneo and the by
products extracted there. 1t is the
first direct shipment to the United
Safes. similar cargoes having come
via Rotterdam. where they were
transshipped-Phi Record.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Liquor as an Ally in War.

The details of the Russian retreat
from Mukden toward Tai pass, as Civ
en- by an eyewitness, pictures in the
homely but emphatic language of a
trader, who had followed the Boer
exodus from Pretoria under British
pressure, the utter decentralization of
Emperor Nicholas forces when the in
domitable Japanese concentrated their
strength upon the ancient capital of
Manchuria Whether Kuropatkin
abandoned the city too soon or not
seems to figure less in the story of
the retreat than the condition of his
Interiors, from high officers down to
the plain soldier. This eyewitness
states that many of the commanders
We're maudlin and irresponsible; that
they seemed to care little about the
fate of the issues for which they were
fighting, and that their men in the
ranks, discouraged and dicorganized
perhaps by this condition of their SUI
periors, threw away their equipment,
left their commissary and bolted in
disorder in almost any direction that
enabled them to escape what was to
them then a magnified "yellow peril"
This eyewitness states that, surfeited
by the liquor they had taken, officers
and men alike threw champagne and
brandy into the strees, and in their
besotted condition attacked Cinnamon,
one of whom is described to have
clung to a cart wheel until his hands
cpUlrn1 Hyith hal H.,
slashed and finally his head nearly
taken off. He was an inoffensive
Chinaman, but in their fevered brains
the Russian pictured him as Jap
anese spy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

bylocalapplications as they cannot reachthe
diseased portion ofthe ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inhamed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. Whenthis tube Is in
famed you have rumblingsound or imper-
feet hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the infiam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
arecaused by catarrh, which Is nothing butsu
infiamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) THAT can
notbe ecuredby Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. +. j. CHENEY d Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
THANKS TO PE-RU-NA
Friends Were AIarmed---
Advised Change of Climate.

Miss Mildred Keller rs 18th street, n
W., Washington, d. c., writes:
Il can safely recommend PelIna for ca.
tarrh. had it for years and it would
respond to no kind OF treatment, or if it
did 1t was only temporary, and on the
sightest provocation the trouble would
come back.
~ tons In such a state that my
friends icere alarmed about me, and
4 aCas ddUised to leave this climate
Then trieh Peruna, aud to my
great jog found IL helped me from
the FIRST dose 1 took, and a TeW bottles
cured me.
ut built up my constitution, | regained
my appetite, and feel that | am perfectly
well and strong. Mildred Keller
We have on file many thousand testi-
monials like the above. We can give our
readers only slight glimpse of the vast
array OF unsolicited endorsements Dr.
hartman M receiving.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
A New Wrinkle.

Suit rolls, which are something like
enlarged music rolls, come as q new
wrinkle to athletes, especially base.
ball, lawn tennis and colfing, this sea
son. Really they are intended to keep
out wrinkles in the clothing Besides
a place for pair of shoes an outing
suit and shirt may be laid flat in the
roll and then strapped into neat
bundle. They come of canvas or leath.
er, with handles like those on a shawl.
strap.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

limbs were badly swollen. One doctor
told me it would finally turn TO Brights
disease. l was laid up at one time for
three weeks. l had not taken Doans
Kidney Pills more than three days
when the distressing aching across my
back disappeared, and l was soon ell
tirely cured"
For sale by all dealers. Price. so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
carlna for Flower pots.

Do not empty pots and put them
away dirty, for the chances are that
they will never get cleaned, and when
cold weather comes plants will be
hustled into them, with all their pores
clogged with old dirt, and absolutely
unfit for use. When the plants are
bedded out, put the empty pots in a
tub of water; let soak for few hours;
scrub with an old whisk broom, and
drain dry. 1t takes but little time
and the plants do enough better in
them to pay for the trouble.-National
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
OYSTER Shell Win doWs.

In Manila most of the houses and
Offices have tiny window panes of
translucent oyster shells, instead of
glass.
Arabia has the reputation of being
one of the hottest and unhealthiest
regions on the globe, but all Northern
Arabia has a winter season, with cold
rain and occasional frosts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

There have been few sports in which
Of late years ladies have both literally
and metaphOrically come so much to
the front as hunting; for though of
course, they have from time imme-
mortal been seen in the field, it is only
comparatively in recent decades that
they have become, rs it were, like the
sands of the sea that cannot be mum.
hered for multitude.-Th Queen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

mico County,
says: ~ suf-
fered with kid
ney complaint
for eight years.
Ii came ON me
grad ually. !
:felt tired and
W ea k, was
short Of breath
and was trou-
bled " 4 t b
bloating after
eating, and my
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Chenp Newspapers.

Chinese newspapers, owing 10 the
cheap quality of paper used and to the
low price of labor, both literary and
mechanical, are issued at an extreme
ly small figure. The price of the
ordinary Shanghai journal is four cash,
or about One-tfth of cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Eass.
powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions Swollen. Sore, Hot, Gal lous, Aching
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At
all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac-
ecpt no substitute. Sample mailed FREE,
Address, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
ITCHING SCALP HUMOR
Lady Suffered Tortures Until Cured by
Cuticurn- Scratched Day and Night.

my scalp was covered with little pim-
pies and | suffered tortures from the itch
ing. l was scratching all day and night,
and / could get no rest. I washed my
head with hot water and Cuticufa Soap
and then applied the Cuticura Ointment
as dressing. One box of the ointment and
one cake of Cuticura Soap cured me. Now
my head is entirely clear and fhy hair is
growing splendidly. l have used Cuticura
Soap ever since, and shall never be without
it. (Signcd) Ada C. Smith, 900 Grand St..
Jersey City, N. j."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
5000 Miles of Cars.

There are enough freight engines
and cars engaged in the traffic of
this country to make a string nine
thousand miles long.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Swallow Dying Ont.

The swallow is being annihilated. As
the birds cross France and Italy going
to Africa in the fall and returning in
the spring they are mercilessiy slaugh-
tered for the table and the plume
trade. Their numbers are visibly de-
creasing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

F1TSpermancntly cured. Motifs or rsrvouss
ness after first days use OF DIR. Kline's dress
NerveRestorcr, t2trialbottle and treatise ires
DIR. II. H. KLINE, Ltd. ,s31 Arch ST., Phlls.. ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

Mrs. wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for chlldren
tssthinc soften the gums, reduces inlamma'
ton ,alays pain cures wind collie ,25c n bottles
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

The Hygicnic Institute Of Breslau .
making war or mosquitoes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallIble
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. ".
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

:. Toxic is hundred years older than sN
Petersburg.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

In India threshinr is done by hand or bl
the treating of bullocks. ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

Scotch fishermen have introduced fishing
boats driven by motors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

The highest bridge in Germany is
that crossing the River Wupper at
Mungsten.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
ANoTAER LIFE SAVED.

Mrs. G. W. Fooks, OF Salisbury, Nd,
wife of G. w. Fooks, Sheriff Of Wico-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31
Proportion of enarians.

Forty-one mon and 112 women ous
of every million persons born reacn
the age of 100 years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-31

HE common house ~ Mus.
ca Domestical is a creature
of such secreuve habits,
that although from the
very earliest times he has