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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

The question Of good roads in this
county and In the Territory is always
with the people. They cannot give 1t
too much attention, says the New Mex
lean. And much attention will be
given to the subject at the coming
good roads convention.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

will cover the cost which Japan was
put 10 In whipping Russia, Likewise,
Russia must give up her control OF
her railways In M%anchuria, eyaeu.
ate that province, take her naval
forces out OF Eastern waters for q few
years, keep the number OF her troops
on the border down 10 a figure TO be
hereafter fixed, and open V~ladiyostok
to all the nations OF the world on
terms OF equality.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Few. even In Las Vegas, have an
idea OF the ire OF crops raised this
year without irrigation. BlanA
wheat, oats. chill and even corr may
be found far advanced In almost every
mountain valley In San Miguel county.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

The New York Herald complains
that the agricultural departments x
penses have increased enormously in
the past few years. When you think
what Holmes got out of it, the won
der Is Il was not worse.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Mr.. Lawson Is said to be suffer
ing with pen paralysis and Mr.. Bryan
has a sore throat, rain Is In sight In
the suffering crop districts and the
country Is experiencing a sensation
OF relief.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Japan's diplomacy Is simple, direct
and decisive. She tells Russia and
the rest of the world what she is going
to demand from Russia as the price
Of peace. She must have Port Ar
thur, Dalny, the island of S~aghalien,
and all Of Russia's warships which
are impounded In Chinese and Philip.
pine ports. Japan's protectorate over
Korea must be acknowledged. Rus.
STA must pay an indemnity which
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Citizens should make IN especial ef
fort to support the benefit to be given
for the Las Vegas Blues Wednesday
Either the team must be better sup
ported or It cannot be maintained.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

so to 80 pounds. were taken out late
last week. No killing wethers are
here today, but they are worth $4.25
to $3.50. The low time has prob
ably been passed for the present.
]. A. RICKART.
L.. S. Correspondent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

The embassy that China Is sending
out to study forms of government
ought to be warned to steer clear OF
Philadelphia and New York.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Work has begun on the cutting of
ties for the new railroad through or
near Ration and 1t Is said the actual
construction will begin within a
month.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02
The --.
gMARKETJ
II t,,J1ev~-
Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas City, Aug. Cattle re.
co!pts 10000. including 1000 south.
erns, steady 10 loo lower; native
steers, s4.00m5,G0; southern steers,
$2G5Ma,50; southern cows, $4,000
ESQ; native ows and heifers. $4,000
5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.75M4..
rs; bulls. s2,15M375: calves, $4,000
6 %; western steers, $3.5oG 500; west.
ern cows. S2, 00M 400.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

The Equitable bookkeepers are not
having the snap OF some book pub
fishers In New York. ,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Heavy showers in many parts Of the
territory yesterday were worth the
weight OF the water in dollars to the
ranges and cultivated fields.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

II Mr.. Rockefeller does not smile
over Tom Lawson's trip to Kansas,
then he has no sense Of humor, that's
all.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02
Kansas City Sheep.

Sheep receipts 5000, strong to 10c
higher; muttons, $i.0OM5,25; lambs,
s5,00m6.56; range wethers s4.25d5.-
%; fed ewes. $3.75M4.35.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Norway has developed a bloodless
revolution and 1t only remains for
somo genius to invent a buzzless mos
quito.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Soietyhrd cmfwyp etaoinc shrdcmt
Society journalism In New York is
making the old reliable yellow brand
look a pale gray.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Keep the idea of the Northern New
Mexico Fair constantly In mind.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

There are several bets up as to
whether VIM. z. Curtis wrote In his
first Las Vegas article Governor
Thompson of Alabama. Here Is the
explanation: Curtis, without doubt,
wrote Thompson" instead Of "Jelks'
ard 1t went through the first edition
which Is sold at Las Vegas news
stands. Then some we'll informed per-
sou detected the error and 1t was
changed for the second edition which
reaches Las Vegans a little later. 1t
IA a fact that the newsstand edition
says Thompson" while the mail edi-
tion. says "Jelks."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Reports received at the office of the
cattle sanitary board from inspectors
IN every part Of the territory say that
heavy rains have fallen and that the
ranges are in the best of condition.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-02

Hai.gan0n. seif.s0aKng fruit Jars. st01o arr
glass, . sn00iaify during tho season 0aN o -
0ifs0r ph0nO and got something that YOU wan
and oannof6 0 worry w0N Without.
GIBSON @ SElTZ
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to buy something, so dad picked up a
little jim-crack, worth about ten cents,
and gave the Turk tive-dollar gold
piece, and while the Turk went In be-
hind the curtain to get the change told
dad now was the time to skip, and you
ought to have seen dad make a sprint
out the door and around corner, and up
another street, while | followed him,
and we got away from the danger of be-
ing stabbed, but dad got his foot into 1t
again before we had gone a block.
Nobody in Constantinople ever hur-
ries, or goes off a walk, so when the peo-
pie saw an old man, with fez on his
head, running amuck, as they say here,
followed by beautiful boy, they began
to crawl into their holes. thinking dad
was crazy, but when we were passing
sausage store, where about 20 dogs were
asleep in the street. and dad kicked half
a dozen dogs and yelled "get ost, you
hounds" that settled it. and they knew
he was wrong In the head, and they
yelled for the police, and we we're pulled
for fast driving. and taken before a
Turkish justice of the peace, followed by
the whole crowd.
The Justice did not wear fez, but
had on turban, so dad did not give him
any signs, but after jabbering while
they sent for an interpreter, who could
talk pigeon English, and then dad had
q trial, and acted as his lawyer. told
about how dad had tried to be kind and
genial to another mans wife, and how,
in his hurry to get away from the mur-
derous husband he fell over a mess Of
dogs, and that he was distinguished
American, who was in Turkey to nego-
tiate loan to the sultan.
Say, that fixed them, and they all
made salams to dad, and bowed all over
themselves, and the justice Of the peace
prayed to Allah, and the Interpreter
said we could go, but to be careful about
touching Turkish woman or dog, par
ticularly dog, as the Turks were very
sensitive on the dog question. SO we
went out Of the courtroom, and wan
dered around the town, and you can bet
that dad didn't look at any more wom-
en-, though they we're everywhere with
wells that covered their faces SO nothing
but their eyes could be seen.
Gee, but you never saw such eyes as
these Turkish women have. They are
big and black, and they go right through
you, and clinch on the other side. Dad
says the facilities for getting into trou-
BILE are better in Constantinople than,
any place we have been. as the men look
like bandits and the women look like ex-
ecutioners. Dad thanked me for help
ing him out of that scrape by claiming
he was the agent Of financial syndicate
that wanted to lend money to the sultan
II had said dad was collecting agency.
to make the sultan pay up, they would
have sentenced him to be boiled in OIL
Well, we thought we had been In trou-
BILE before, but we are in 1t now worse
than ever. We heard at the hotel that at
IL o'clock in the morning the sultan
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ming burglary, but when you both
went to the lodge one night, and stayed
till near morning. and dad came home
with red Turkish fez. and told ma that
you and he had joined the shrine which
was the highest degree in Masonry, and
you and he were mobiles, and all that rot,
was on to you bigger than house, and
you couldn't fool ME when you and dad
winked at each otner. and talked about
crossing the hot sands Of the desert.
Well, dad brought his red fez along,
cause | think he expected he would
meet shriners all over the world, that he
could borrow money of. When we
struck Constantinople. and dad saw that
every last one of the Turks wore red
fez he felt as though he had got among
shriners, and he got his fez out of his
trunk, and he wears 1t all the time.
Dad acts as familiar with the Turks
here as though he owned harem. We
go to the low streets, about as wide as
street car. where Turks are selling
things, with dad wearing his fez, and
he begins to make motions and give
grand hailing signs Of distress, and the
Turks look at him as though he had
robbed bank, and they charge enor-
nous prices for everything, and dad
pays with a smile thinking his brother
Masons are fairly giving things away.
He looks upon all men who wear the fez
as his brothers. and they look at him as
though he was crazy In the head.
y The only trouble Is that dad insists
on talking to the women here without
an introduction, and a woman in Turkey
had rather die than have a Christian
dog look at her. Dad was buying some
wormy figs of merchant, who was
seated on the floor Of his shop, and CIV
Ing him signs. when curtain behind the
Turk was pulled one side, and woman
with beautiful eyes, and her face COW
cred with veil, came out with cup OF
coffee for the Turk. Dad shook hands
with her, and said: your husband and
belong to the same lodge" and he was
going to go inside and visit the family,
when the woman drew small dagger
out of the folds of her dress, and the
Turk drew one of these scimeters, and 1t
looked for a moment as though I was
going to be a half orphan, particularly
when dad put his hand on her shoulder
and petted It, and smiled one of those
masher smiles which he uses at home.
and said: MY good woman, you must
not get in the habit Of jabbing your hus-
bands friends with this crooked cutlery,
though to be killed by so handsome q
woman would indeed be sweet death, >
but the blum did not 60. and the woman
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by HON. GEORGE w. PECK

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK
(Ex-Governor OF Wisconsin. Former Ed
itor OF Pecks Sun. Author Of "Peck's
Bad Boy" etc)
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph b. Bowles
Constantinople, Turkey.-My Dear
Old "Shriner"-We got out of Russia
just in time to keep from being arrested
or blown up with bomb. Dad wanted
to go to Moscow, because he saw pic
ture once of Moscow being destroyed by
fire by Napoleon, or somebody, and he
wanted to see II they had ever built the
town up again, but felt as though
something serious was going to happen
in that country IL we didn't look out,
and so persuaded dad to go to Turkey,
and the day we started for Constantine
pie we got the news that the Nihilists
had thrown bomb under the carriage
him and the carriage into small pieces
not bigger than slice of summer sau-
sage, and they had to sweep his remains
up in dustpan and bury them in two
quart fruit jar Wouldn't that jar you?
When dad heard about that you
couldn't have kept him in Russia on a
bet and SO we let the authorities have
all the money we had, giving some to
each man who held us up, until we got out
of the country, and then we took the
first long breath we had taken since we
struck the God-forsaken country of the
czar. IL the bombs hold out do not think
there will be quorum left in Russia
in year, either czars. dukes or any
thing except peasants on the verge of
starvation and workingmen who have
not the heart to work. wouldn't take
the whole of Russia as gift, and have
to dodge bombs night and day.
Say, old man, you never dreamed that
knew all about you and dad joining
the Masons that time, but watched you
and dad giving each other signs and
grips, and whispering passwords into
each others ears, in the grocery, nights,
after you had locked up. thought, at
the time. that you and dad were plan
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HENNERY.
THE FIRING" OF LISKUM.
Virtue of Submissive
ness.

Liskum was the butt of the So
cal" room OF the daily on which he
worked, says the Brooklyn Eagle He
was a dried-up wrinkled little chap
who might have been either 20 or go
years of age. Whatever went wrong
about the Office was laid to Liskum
and whatever was attributed to him he
accepted without a murmur. only smil-
ing crinkly little smile that won
the hearts of the whole staff. For,
joke him as they might. every re-
porter on the paper had tender spot
for Liskum.
One day TOmpkins. the star" re-
porter came in to find the group about
the big stove In the local room indg-
nantly discussing something.
"Liskum has been fired" some one
told him. There was a great fass
about the Third ward story in this
mornings paper"
why. | wrote that myself" said
TOmpkins. "Liskum had nothing To
do with it." And with that he start
ed for the managing editors room.
Mr.. Rockman sat by his flat-topped
desk: Liskum stood opposite him.
Tompkins slowed down in an apollo
getic way, for lie remembered that he
had violated precedent by entering the
editors room without knocking.
Come in, Tompkins.' said Mr..
Rockman. you are just the man I
want to see."
Liskum turned his crinkly smile ON
Tompkins, but spoke not a word.
Il have Just dismissed Mr.. Liskum
for that Third ward story" said the
editor.
~ heard So" replied Tompkins, "but
l wrote that story myself. He had
nothing to do with it."
."I know that" said the editor.
THAT Is why dismissed him. A for
midable delegation of Third ward poo
pie came here this morning, and made
1t very plain to me that something
must be done to soothe them. knew
you were such a fiery chap 1t would
never do to let you face them, so I
brought Liskum In and Indignantly
dismissed him from the reportorill
staff. am just now engaging him as
assistant city editor"
Liskum turned another crinkly smile
on Tompkins, and the star reporter
went back to the big stove In the city
room.
Boys he said, 'the old man is all
right
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disappeared behind the curtain, and dad
had the frantic husband to deal with.
have never seen human being look
as murderous as that Turk did as he
drew his thumb across the blade OF his
knife. drew up his lip and snarled like a
dog that has been bereaved OF promis-
ing bone by brother dog that was
larger. The Turk looked through his
teeth, and his eyes seemed to act like
small arc lights, that were to show him
where to cut dad, and dad began to turn
pale, and looked scared.
Give him the grand haling sign Of
Distress" said as dad leaned against
a barrel of dried prunes. Dad said ne had
forgotten the sign, and then l told him
the only way out OF It, alive, would be
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Tin Tags to Build Church.

Norfolk, Val. p. Withrow, a mer-
chant, of Hollis and Ellenboro, N. c.,
proposes to undertake to build church
at Hollis with tobacco tags. He calls
upon every tobacco chewer in America
to aid him in this work, and tells them
that they can contribute their part to
this nterdenominational church by
saving their tobacco tags, instead OF
throwing them away, and sending them
to him at Hollis post office, N. q.
withrow bought and sold $1,000 worth
Of tobacco tags last year, which fact,
he points out, will give very clear idea
OF how easy 1t will be to collect enough
tags to build church, providing he re-
ceived the cooperation Of chewers Of to-
bacco.
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| plaint, with . nose like an eagle, and
eyes like shoe buttons He looked az
though death would be q relief, and yet
he seemed afraid OF 1t, and there was no
sound OF welcome. such as there would
be IL Roosevelt was riding down f-ichI-
gan avesue at Chicago. on the way to
the stockyards to pray to Armour, in
stead OF to Allah.
You could have heard a pin drop.
said: Dad, this is too solemn, even for
sultan. Let's give him the university
yell, and show that mummy that he has
got two friends In Constantinople, any
way" Here she goes" says dad, and
we leaned over the railing, Just as the
sultan's carriage was right in front Of
US. and not ten feet away, and in that
oppressive silence dad and opened up,
~ Rah Rah- Wisconsin, zip-boom-
Ah," and then we started to sing,
"There'll Be Hot Time In the Old
Town Tonight"
Well. II any man In the crowd had
touched on bomb. there could have
been no greater CONSERVATION. The sui
tan turned pale, as pale as so yellow a
man COuiu, anu DeCdIne Idiut, anu lcit
over into the arms OF general who sat
beside him, the Bazi Bazouks on horse
back began to ride up and down the
street, the crowd scattered, the sultan's
carriage was turned around and rushed
back to the palace, with the ruler of
Turkey having a At, and about hun
dred soldiers came up on the veranda.
where dad and | had broke up the pro-
cession, and they lit on dad like buzz
yards on a dead horse. and took posses
sion OF the hotel. and began to search
our baggage.
One Turk choked dad until his tongue
hung out OF his mouth, and another took
me by the ear and stretched II out 80
II was long as mules ear, and they
took us to >bastile. and dad says It is all
up with us>now, because they will drown
us like mess OF kittens In a bag, and all
because we woke them up with foot
ball yell. In the wrong place.
Well, we might as well wind up our
career here as anywhere. Good-by. old
man. You will see our obituary In the
papers
Your repentaut
HENNERY
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would pass by in carriage, with an es-
cort, on the way to mosque, to pray to
Allah, and everybody could see the sui
tan, so we got place on balcony, and
at the appointed time the procession
came In sight. II was imposing, but
solemn, and the people on both sides OF
the street acted like they do In America
when the funeral of great man is pass
ing. No man spoke, and all looked as
though they expected, II they moved, TO
be arrested, and have stone tied to
their feet and thrown into the Bos-
phorus, the way they kill one OF the sui
tan's wives when she fiirts with nIstrsn-
ger. ~
We watched the soldiers, and finally
the carriage Of the sultan came. and In
It was dried up man. With liver COM
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by all the luxuries that wealth could
bring. Her home, "The Naples" was
palatial in all its equipments, one of the
most valuable suburban residences in
Tiffin, and she had retinue of servants
to do her bidding. Yet with all her
wealth she failed to get into society in
TifHn because Of her dissipated habits.
Her death was due to alcoholism.
The maiden name Of Mrs. Hoyt was
Charlotte Guss. Her father was poor
tenant farmer living near this city.
With him she resided until she was 16
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Mrs. Charlotte Hoyt Forgot Her
Family When Making
Her Will
HAS STOOD THE TEST OF THE COURTS
The Woman Had Been Poor Girl But Be-
came the Wife of Two Millionaires. Both
ofWhom Treated Her Handsomely
When Divorces Were Granted

Tifiin, O.-Because he was the lover
OF Mrs. Charlotte Hoyt, the wealthy and
abandoned wife Of Reuben M. Hoyt, Of
New York city, millionaire manufac-
turer of perfumes, Judge ]. F.. Bum, a
lawyer Of this city, by the verdict of
the jury in the Hoyt will case, just de-
cided in the courts here, has come into
the possession of an estate valued at
100000. Except as the affianced hus-
band, Judge Bum was in no wise related
to Mrs. Hoyt, whose death occurred two
years ago at her beautiful suburban
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home, "The Naples" in this city. To
give him her fortune. she disinherited
her sister, Mrs. Eva E. Hill, and her
stepbrothers, Frank and Rufus Guss,
and other relatives.
The case was one of the most inter
esting will contests ever tried in the
courts Of northern Ohio. Its hearing
occupied over three weeks. Engaged in
t were over dozen lawyers, some Of
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successful Lion breeding in Dublin.

Successful Lion-Breed1ng In Dublin.
Few. II any, menageries in the world
can show more remarkable record of
lion-rearing than that of the Dublin
zoo. From the old lion-house. which
was recently replaced by magnin-
cent building to which Lord Roberts
has given his name. lions bred within
its walls have been consigned to al
most every quarter of the globe. Up
wards of 200 cubs saw the light In
the old lion-house. and sum Of near
ly $4,000 resulted from their sale to
other menageries, both at home and
abroad. One lioness, whose career IN
the gardens extended over period OF
IS years. gave birth In her time to
no fewer than 55 cubs, which realized
the sum OF R1,400.
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Of age, she married him. He lavished
on his young wife all the pleasures and
advantages that love and wealth could
bring. With her, he made several trips
abroad, and at Paris she was educated
In the French language and pursued
other studies, becoming, In fact, high
ly cultured woman.
During one Of her visits In Europe
she met Reuben M. Hoyt, Of New York,
a wealthy young manufacturer Of per-
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Strict.

'Yes, the doctor has put me on the
strictest kind of diet"
Indeed. What Is it,"
"well he says mustn't eat anything
I don't like. and not any more than
want of what do.v-Tit-Bits.
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Bolt on Barbed Wire Kills Cattle.

Kansas City, Mo.-During q recent
thunderstorm in Brown county bunch
OF cattle on Asa Hull's farm backed up
against barbed wire fence for protec-
tion. A bolt Of lightning ran along one
of the wires and killed eight Of the cat-
tie.
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them men eminent at the bar In Cincin-
natl, Toledo and Tim, and during Its
trial the courtroom was crowded. The
evidence brought out story that was
not only interesting. but romantic in
many Of its features.
Charlotte Hoyt at the time OF her
death was only IS years Of age. She
had welded two millionaires and had
travelled the pace that kills. She was
beautiful and cultured and surrounded
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she-I never could quote line Of
poetry!
Hs--I've noticed that, IT'S one of
your greatest charms, detroit Freq
Press.
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years of age. The desire to see some
thing Of the world prompted her to
leave home, and she engaged in teach
ing In Michigan, finally drifting to Chi
cago, where she entered a wealthy Jew
ish family as governess. Her beauty
attracted the attention Of her employ
er's partner, Morris c.. Stettheimer.
who, as jeweler, was wealthy, and in
January of 1887, when she was 10 years
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Dad Wears His Masonic Fee in Con-
stantinople-They Find the Turks
Sensitive on the Dog Question-A
College Yell for the Sultan Sends
Him Into Fit.