davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-11-11
IT WAS ALL IMAGINATION.
Cold Water Thrown by Matter-of-
Fact Man on Autumn Enthusi-
asst Allays His Ardor.

"When it comes to the four sea
sons, give me the autumn for
mine" observed the man who was
sitting directly in front of the
conductor, according to the Proyi-
dence journal.
Owe heard that before" replied
lis matter-of-fact neighbOr on
the end. There's wine in the air,
l believe, and a tang that's borne
in with the early suspicion Of
frost, and there's a soft, hazy,
dreamy, golden glow resting on
the face of nature, while the gOr
geOusly painted leaves that are
falling and silently drifting away,
like our hopes and ambitions and
aspirations, gives a melancholy
touch to the canvas that invites
retrOspection and harmonizes
with it.
THE outer shells of the nuts
are cracking, the squirrels are
chattering and laying in their
stores and the shriveled stacks of
cOrnstalks stand like yellow,
WORKOUT sentinels in the brown
fields that have yielded their har-
vests. All that has been written;
everything's been written, and
written pretty badly, if the truth
must be told.
"Autumn is great theoretically.
You're roaming the woods with a
dog and a gun, and drinking in it's
beauties-in your mind. When
you hew to the line and foot up
the column the whole business is
IN your mind. What difference
does it make to YOU whether it's
autumn or spring or winter or
summer? What do you get out of
the changes?
"a ride in a trolley to business,
a short walk to a restaurant at
noon and a car ride home. The
only gun you see is in the window
of a hardware store. Could you
load and fire one if you had it,
honest? Probably not.
"a few people; that is, compar
atively few people, are free to take
advantage of the seasons; but for
the most Of us who enthuse over
them it's the same old grind,
whether the weather conditions
are one thing or another"
"Well, Pm not sorry | have a lit
tie imagination anyway" said the
first speaker.
"The Imagination is all right"
concluded the matter-Of-fact per
son, but it won't clothe and feed
you and pay rent even if you over
work it,"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-11-11
Difference Of Opinion.

"Women are very hard to un.
derstand," said the callow philos.
opher.
"Not at ALL" answered Mr..
Meekton. "Henrietta has never
yet spoken her mind to me with
out making herself perfectly
lear."-Washington Star.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-11-11
eating on In Years.

He-How are you going to Gel
citrate your birthday?
She good naturedlyl-I'm not
going to celebrate it! IT'S a sad
afair!-Detroit Free Pcess.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-11-11
But He Can stop II.

Boyce-That bachelor might
just as well have gotten married.
Joyce-Why?
Gle has bought a photograph"
Chicago Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-11-11
Western Kansas Land

We have for sale good, cheap landn Sherman Coun-
ty, Kansas. The land is smooth and level, with the best
water. The prices from $500 to S 1900 per acre. This
land produces corn, both winter and spring wheat, oats,
barley, cane, broom corn, and all other crops tnat are
grown in Western Missouri, or Eastern Kansas.
To appreciate this opportunity to secure a good,
cheap home you must see the land or call at the Com
mercial Hotel, Lexington, Mo-, on Nov. I'd, sd. or 4th,
and l will give you all information about this country.
Excursions Nov. 9TH &2Ist to see land. Low rates.
JOHN N. EAGAN,
Land and migrant Agent for the Rock Island System.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT MAHOGANY
Where 1t Grows. It's Value and How
1t Is Prepared for Ship

The United States is not mahogany
growing country, unless Cuba may
now be said to be a part of the United
States. 1t is tropical wood. It's
home is in Central America and in Gu
ba, Jamaica and Santo Domingo.
These islands give the smallest but
heaviest and prettiest wood. British
Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua
give the most and Mexico the largest
timber. The richer, solid, heavy va
rieties come from the islands. These
will not float. They are susceptible of
a high polish, and the wood has rich,
wavy figure. The pretty figured pieces
of wood are of great value. A six-foot
piece (Which included the crotch of
tree) in a certain shipment will bring
about $500 when cut into yeneers.
No matter where a shipment Of the
wood comes from, or what variety 1t is,
there are always more or less of the
fine, flaky sticks that make veneer
Mahogany is a phenomenal wood in
that 1t does not warp under any condi-
tions of weather. use or age: neither
does it shrink. 1t is of great beauty,
hardness and durability. In no other
wood can these qualities be found COM
bfned with large size, uniformity of
grain and richness of color and figure.
The island timbers are eight to ten
feet in length by twelve inches in
diameter, some from Cuba, however.
reaching thirty-f1ve feet in length by
two feet in diameter. Honduras
squared timbers are as long as forty
feet by two feet in diameter, and the
three-foot and four-foot timbers come
from Mexico. The softer mahogany
comes from the swampy lands. There
are no mahogany forests; the trees are
not grouped that way, the individual
trees being more or less widely sep
arated. Like other trees, the core Is
the poorest part, often being worthless.
A schooner load represents an ex-
penditure of about $4,000. That is not
all for the timber, labor and freight,
a considerable part of it representing
grease" to the Spanish customs Off
Ger, whose favor is not obtained by a
smile. There are no saw-mills in the
mahogany growing countries. The
trees when cut down are squared by
hand. An Indianapolis company is 60
ing to have them hewn into octagon
shape hereafter instead Of squares, be-
lieving it will get 25 per cent more tim
ber out of them this wav
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
California Stock and Oil Exchange
Morning Session.
Mining Stocks.

Following were the sales on the San Fran.
els. Stock ard Exchange Board yesterday:
Arcrr.trnr (.nrnstcoi.a
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
Long Walk on Wager.

A. D. Buck. a civil engineer Of De-
troit, Mich. has started from St.
Louis to walk to New Orleans. This
because he lost wager made last
month in his home city. He and a
friend were discussing the Chicago
Michigan University football game,
which was about to be played. Buck
agreed should the Chicago men lose
to walk from st. Louis to New Or
leans Having lost the wager, he is
now en- route between the cities
named. He is to receive $50 month
for the time he is away, and if he
completes his walk within ninety days
he will receive double pay. He start
ed without a cent in his pocket and
must pick up a living as best he cam
Chicago Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
Music as n Profession.

Unless a man is rich he ought to be
regarded as a criminal If he permits
his sons or daughters to become mu-
sicians. In the musical profession there
are few prizes not of the largest, but
for the largest number Of interpreta-
tive artists the life is one of drudgery
the drudgery of learning, the drudg-
cry Of pushing ones self into notice,
and after all the continual drudgery
of playing or singing just the music
the public wants recommend no
one to enter such a profession unless
he or she loves music to such degree
that the drudgery is q nIeasure.-Sat-
urday Review.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
Injecting Field Mice.

Field mice are as great a nuisance
in many parts of Europe as prairie
dogs are in some parts of the West, or
as rabbits are in Australia. Until re-
Gently no effective means was known
for combating this mouse plague, bu.
since resort was had to the infection
method large areas have been syste-
matically cleared of the pest. The
virulent culture is that Of the organ
ism known as the mouse typhus.
about which there is some contention
that 1t is identical to the similarly
named disease in man. 1t was feared
that the adoption of this method
would result in the infection of fowis
and other farm animals, but these ap-
prehensions appear to have BEEN
grOundless.=Philade delphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
HOW PEOPLE GOT ALONG
IN THE "GOOD OLD TIMES"
Many Of Our Modern COnveniences
and Necessities Were

Many Of Our Modern Conveniences
and Necessities Were
Unknown.
Not until February Of 1912 did the
people Of Kentucky know that Madi-
son was elected President In the previ-
GUS November.
In 1884 one Of the leading railroads
of the United States printed on It's
timetables: THE locomotive will leave
the depot every day at 10 o'clock II
the weather is fair
The first typewriter was received by
the public with suspicion. It seemed
subversive of existing conditions. A
reporter who took one into a court
room first proved its real worth.
In England some centuries ago. II
an ordinary workman, without permls-
other in search of work or better
wages, he was branded with hot
iron.
When Benjamin Franklin first
thought of starting q newspaper In
Philadelphia, many Of his friends ad-
vIsed against it because there was q
paper published in Boston. Some OF
them doubted that the country would
be able to support two newspapers.
land travel in the world was on the
Great North road. in England, after 1t
had been put into its best condition.
There the York mail coach tore along
at the rate of ninety miles day. and
many persons confidently predicted
divine vengeance on such unseemly
haste.
When Thomas Jefferson was elected
President of the United States, on Feb
ruary II. 1901. after one of the most
exciting political campaigns in our
history, the gratifying news did not
reach the successful candidate for as
many days as It now takes hours to
transmit the result of presidential
election to the whole civilized world.
When, in 1909, Richard Trevithick
uttered the following words there
were many who considered him an in
sane, dangerous person: THE present
generation will use canals the next
will prefer railroads with horses, but
their more enlightened successors Will
employ steam carriages on railways
as the perfection of the art Of con-
veyance."
When Benjamin Franklin first took
the coach from Philadelphia to New
York he spent four days on the jour-
ney. He tells us that, as the old driver
logged along, he spent his time knit
ting stockings. Two stage coaches and
eight horses sufficed for all the COM
merce that was carried on between
Boston and New York, and in winter
the journey occupied a week.
Napoleon, at the height of his
power. could not command our every
day conveniences, such as steam heat,
running water, bath and sanitary
plumbing, gas, electric light, railroads,
steamboats,, the telegraph, the tele-
phone, the phonograph, daily news
papers, magazines and a thousand
other blessings which are now part Of
the daily necessities of even manual
laborers.
When the first two tons Of anthra-
cite coal were brought into Philadel-
phia, in 1903, the good people of that
city, so the records state, tried to
burn the stuff; but, at length dis
gusted, they broke 1t up and made
walk of it" Fourteen years later
Colonel George Shoemaker sold eight
OF ten wagon loads of it in the same
city, but warrants were soon issued
for his arrest for taking money under
false pretenses. Success.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26

of Westminster and the Pope of Th,bs+
lives in a greater house than the Pons
of Rome.
He is 'the living Buddha." the ra
resentatite on earth of the pronhst
whose followers are counted IN bune
dreds OF millions. the reincarnation of
But the dark veil is being I,ftsS
for the first time for hundreds os vs ano
a grand lama has fied from an ,nyad
ing army at the gates OF Lhasa-Ch,-
cago Chronicle. ~ni-
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
Health His First Choice.

IF / should designate any single
thing as the basis OF my success In
hfe, said q graybearded merchant,
one who has spent all his mature years
in the busy marts of trade. Il should
say that good health is the first stone
in the foundation of the temple.
Everything depends on that-on its
stability. its endurance. it's vigOr.
Cares are certain to overtake US. men
tai and physical strain must be en-
dured and the ability of the system to
endure without evincing weakness is
the test. Loss OF rest and irregular
meals are unnoticed by the healthy
man, while his weaker competitor Is
incapacitated and must slow up or re-
tire from the conflict
II should say by all means, guard
your health, as the first dollar Of your
capital"
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.
SATURDAY. March 2S-1s m.

-NrTED STATES BONDS.
Bid. Ask. Bid Ask
A or coup. .100M1O6 lzs or CD new. 1872 1921
Is or reg. .1o4l1o5 8s or coup. . = 1o4E
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26

Engaged to Jack! Why. you're the
fourth girl he's been engaged to this
summer"
We'll, don't you think there must
be something very attractive about a
man who can get engaged to four girls
in about two months 2" - London
Punch.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26

Teacher-What does bully spellf
Johnny-Why-er-
Teacher-Come. coneI Suppose q
great. big boy were to strike fellow,
what would you call himY
Johnny-I don't dast ter tell yer
ma Public Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-26
COMMERCIAL NEWS
Continued From Page Forty-seven.

road carloads Of nrst-olass ore. leaving four
carloads on the way in process OF sale and
others to be shipped.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31

A Globe dispatch says: 1t Is known
In this city that a special agent Of
the judicial department Of the govern
ment has been here investigating the
conduct Of n. "A. Tucker, late OF Ne
braska, who was appointed to the sn-
preme bench Of Arizona only re-
Gently and assigned to Graham and
ella counties.
The investigation being made Of
the conduct Of Judge Tucker is said
10 have been brought about by the
entire bar Of the county, with the ex-
ception OF Colonel Eggers.
II Is known that when Judge Tucker
located the federal court In. Globe II
was after an agreement had been
made with him that he was to be fur,
nished with a residence free, In add
ton to his offices. After the resi-
dence had been secured. then the
Judge II said to have intimated to the
board OF supervisors that he desired
that the house be furnished without
any expense to him.
There are many stories flying
around the streets, which, II true.
would place the dignity Of Il. A. Tuck
er far beneath that Of a Judge, even
= Justice of police court. One habit
Of this Nebraskan which has brought
out much comment from attorneys
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31
Grand Canyon in
Words and Color

IAN artist who loved the wilder
ness" writes William Allen White in
the September McClure's, brought his
bride to the head OF the Bright Angel
trail. 1t vas night when they came
to their journeys end. and the man
persuaded the woman not to look up
on the Grand canon until morning.
When the u was high he blindfolded
her and led her ont Of the log hotel
that stood upon the brink Of the
precipice to a point Of rock that
o%verhangs the abyss. For two days
and nights they had been riding
through the desert, fiat, and gray,
with blue mountains f1icking In and
out Of the horizon. with a few EARRING
crevasses and buttes and bluffs to en-
phasize the tranquility Of the scene.
The desert. with Its somber serenity.
had charmed her soul. and left It In
a fine repose. As she stood blind
folded. she could think Of nothing but
the great level stretches OF sand and.
sage and cactus. The man had told
the woman little Of the canon. and
when be took the bandage from her
eyes he held her very tightly as she
looked out across the miles Of tumult
Of form and riot Of color that seemed
to swirl thousands Of feet below her
and around her. As from the clouds
she looked down into an illimitable.
red.tinged. ash.colored hell, abandoned
and turned to stone. con and cons
ago. She stared amazed at the awful
thing for a long minute. and then,
as the tears Of inexplicable emotion
dimmed her eyes, she turned and
cried vehemently at her artist hus-
band:
III 0 ever try to paint that, I'll
leave you"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31
Good Work Of Territorial
Ranger in Lincoln County
One Criminal Dead and Several Missing as Result
Of Efforts Of Young Man to Enforce Laws
Against Cattle Stealing.

Captain, N. NJ. Aug. 25.-The crimi.
nal population az this (~iincoln) coun.
~ received a shock this week from
which they will not soon recover. One
maj dead. two In .ail and two miss.
ing il the record Of the week a. a
result Of the efforts Of M man, Terri.
torial Ranger Lafayette Avent.
Last Tuesday evening Ranger Avent
discovered four men In the act OF kill.
ing a row belonging TO the Angus w
outfit. He had previously found the
COW tied down in a patch OF weeds and
had stationed himself In a position TO
keep the animal In sight and await
developments. About shutdown four
men with q wagon drove up to a point
neal where the COW was tied and leay.
ing their team they approached the
row on foot. Avent In the meantime
had dropped into a gully and under It's
cover approached to within a few
yards Of where the party was now
engaged In skinning the COW BY this
time II was growing dark and the
ranger at once leaped out OF the gully
and commanded the astonished beef
eaters to surrender. Only n Of
them was inclined TO do this. however.
and the others, or rather two Of them,
opened fire on the officer. who re-
turned II with interest: owing to the
darkness. and the fact that the high
weeds hid the parties from view, none
Of the shots took effect. About thirty
shots were exchanged. and in the me.
lee. seeing that the ranger was alone,
the whole patty escaped.
Two Of the party were arrested the
following morning and taken before
Justice Haley at Captain, where they
waived examination and were bound
over to the grand jury In the sum Of
$500 each. Two others Of the party
have not yet been caught. but as they
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31

are known to the officers Il IL quite
certain that they soon will be.
Following close upon this encounter
came the killing Of Rob Rushing. an
extremely dangerous criminal who had
two days before broke jail at Lincoln.
while In the act Of burglarixing the
store Of WEIGH 4 Ellsworth. at Capt..
tan.
II appears that Rushing had made
the threat that he would rob this store
and kill at least two men at Captain
II he succeeded In getting out Of jail.
Therefore. when II was learned that
he has escaped. Ranger Avent was
called upOn to guard the store.
True to his promise, Rushing made
his appearance at the store about IL
O'Clock last night Thursday. He at
once entered the building through a
window In the rear. and proceeded to
help himself TO such articles OF mer.
chandise as suited his taste. While
thus engaged. Ranger Avent called up.
on him 10 surrender. which summons
was promptly met with a pistol shot.
This was answered by a load Of buck.
shot. from a gun In the hands Of the
officer. which put an end to the earth
~ career Of another desperate GRIM
inal. After receiving his death wound
the robber fired the remaining charges
from his pistol. a .32-caliber double
action gun.
At the inquest held this morning.
the coroner's Jury rendered a verdict
that the deceased had met his death
at tn hands OF an officer In the dis
charge Of his duty.
Ranger Avent in each OF these en-
counters has demonstrated the cool
JUDGMENT and %nndoubted valor 80 es'
sential In an officer. Lincoln county
may well feel proud Of such ar officer,
--pecial correspondence to New Mex
lean.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31
LAS VEGAS
LINE SURE
Dr.. r. N. Michaels Sees Prospective
Realization Of Old Ideas In Plans
Of Phelps Dodge Company.
Editor Optic.

Editor Optic.
Torrance, N. NJ. Aug. 28.-Return.
Ing yesterday from a months pleasant
visit to my family in Los Angeles,
Cal, found The Optics accumulated In
my absence. and in the issue Of the
10th, referring TO the proposed build
ing by the Phelps-D Dodge people. a
road through Las Vegas to the coal
fields. As to this, will say that on
my return stopped in Fl Paso to see
Mr.. Simmons. the general manager,
about various developments. Among
others. YOU road was gone into in
detail and can conservatively say the
company is very much interested, and
1t will be built through your city---if
your citizens will meet them in a lib
eral spirit for rights Of way and ter.
minal-all of which ! am quite anx.
ious to see 20 through. They, follow
ing the line Of the original "El Paso
short line" ~intersecting their road at
Torrance as the old survey made 1t.
This will mean the building southeast
to the Pecos. Roswell and the Texas
connection, II not by this company, by
a separate one which will hold close re-
lations to all existing interests. The
plan Of building from Torrance to Las
Vegas: That portion Of the "El Paso
short line | took up with Senator An
drews n 1901 before the location sur
vey Of the Santa Fe Central was made.
urging this al better traffic possible
ties than the route they adopted. Tine
has indicated my Judgment IN this
matter. Had they adopted the sug-
gestion their investment would now
be available for yer or sale. Yours
truly, T. NJ. MICHAELS.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31
Branch Office

Holt 4 Holt, the Las Vegas firm OF
architects and engineers, have opened
a branch office In the Crockett block
In East Las Vegas from which all OF
their architectural business will he
handled. Both branches Of business
Of this enterprising firm have In.
creased TO such an extent that II Is
found necessary to have an office for
each department. This Ia fair esi'
dence Of the progress that the Meadow
City and surrounding country Ia nsk.
Ing. Holt 4 Holt have signified their
intention Of opening 4 branch office in
Santa Fe, says the New Mexican. when
the amount Of work In sight shall war.
rant II.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31
Investigation Of an Arizona Judge

and court spectators, Is that Of sitting
with his feet on the desk, thus allow
ing the attorneys to talk to the bot
toms Of his feet instead Of to his
head.
II Ia common street talk here that
Judge Tucker a found in the back
room Of a saloon with a woman sitting
on his lap. While Globe has been al
ways more or less a wide open town,
still this reported action OF the Judge
was a shock for which 0ur people ere
wholly unprepared,
Another story connects the Judge
with a pretty Mexican girl who Sc
cured a divorce. After the Ease had
been disposed of, the girl expressed
her gratitude u the Judge. when she
received the reply that II could not
refuse a handsome woman like you
anything"
Another story Ia that a subscription
paper was circulated among the law
yers at the close Of last term OF court
for the purpose Of buying the Judge a
%gold-headed cane, and that the sub
scription was taken at the request and
direction Of the judge himself.
Judge Tucker left here after the adj
journment Of court last month for his
old home in Nebraska, but 1t Ia un.
derstood that word has gone to him
that II would be better to return to
Globe before the departure Of the spe-
cial agent to Washington, and make
explanation Of the many stories which
have reached the a Of the agent. and
he Ia expected to arrive In Globe dur
ing the next few days.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-31
Horses Burned.

A carload of horses and mules en-
route from Cimarron. N. NJ. to the
Grand Canyon for = as saddle stock
on the canyon trails, was burned to
death In the Santa Fee yards at Albu.
querque, Tuesday night. The AMI.
mails, twenty in number. were the
property Of Martin Buggeln. the well.
known proprietor Of the Grand Canyon
hotel, who Witnessed the destruction
Of his property. worth $4,000. Fifteen
horses and Ave mules persisted. The
horses that were not burned to death
leaped with frightful ream from
the a and were shot by trainmer to
end their suffering.