Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-30

Paris Is delayed into putting III"
service a system Of motor omnlhuses
by the high price Of petrol u costs
In Paris 2 IL times rs much as In
London.
A correspondent from Johannesburs
writes AS follows OF The Chinese scare
prevailing In the South African city;
"The white workers In the mines car
ny REVIEWERS; the police are armed
with hall cartridge and bayonea
camped yonder NJ Auckland park IL
q mobile column II mounted men,
ready To move against an enemy ut q
moments notice, The country folA on
the other side 1T the swelling rise are
armed 10 the teeth and live NJ night
In ~barricaded sad fortified houses"
Rugby football In England differs
somewhat frOM the American college
game, but the two sports have n
| trait In comlnan. Referring tn n vic
| torious team now touring England. y.
London correspondent says: Three Of
| the best players have been 81 serious
" disabled ,hat they cannot take the
field again To- England. and Wallace.
one of the ficctest and cleverest three
quarters, 10 temporarily knocked ~
by a heavy fall, The captain and
seven other players had been pre-
viously injured.
That Governor ~Pennypacker made
q snug little fortune from the sale of
HIS Franklinina IL acknowledged by
all bo0kloven's and collectors. The
great mass Of the valuable material
he had collected during thirty long
years he Sua ut rare bargains. For In
stance. he averaged At the sale 337 q
volume for etghty-one copies ot state
laws printed by Franklis. and these
cost him, II was whispered by a WNom.
inent dealer. only - a volume. In
other worda, he made n profit " ~
67S on this section alone Of his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Recud.
Marconi whsat and the Campbell
system Of soil culture are working o
Transformation with the agricultural
possibilities Of eastern Colorado.
wheat fields everywhere In the west.
ern part Of this state are yielding this
year without irrigation from twcnty
to forty bushels u wheat to the acre.
Out at Calhan, thirty miles. east Of
Colorado Springs, where two years
ago not a bushel Of wheat Wal raised.
1900 acres are In wheat this year and
reports from threshing show IN aver
age yield OF twenty-five bushels to
the acre.-Gunnison (Colo.) Republi.
can
Cheerful things in the material line
are reported from Utah. The Thanks
giving homfly Of the Salt Lake Trib-
une reports the great mines Of the
state producing more bountifully than
ever before in It's history, the nam.
moth smelters separating the dross
from precious metals on a scale hard.
" dreamed Of five years ,Eo, and that
there is not a man within the borders
cf Utah who wants work but can
find remunerative employment. Az
for. Salt Lake City. her prospects Tor
growth are OF the brightest character,
and "her people are al prosperous
and therefore satisfied"
The Oxford Press has issued IN
.Biiou editions each Of the four COS
pels separately. and the Psalter &C
cording to the prayer-book version
The size Of each Of the volumes u
only 2 by . IL inches, and the weigh
IL so trivial ~ hardly to be percep
Itible. Indeed II would seem incredible
that these several books Of the Bibl'
in very clear, distinct print, could b.
!. compressed III such small space, AM
only the triumph Of .paper-making Il
the oxfordrfndia pajAr could make !
u possible a, an. The fhickSst Of Ahes1
: the Psalter, containd 4s6l pages. "
! the thickness, including covers, is ~
I a fraction beyond ! ausrtef Of 2
: inch.
The latest consolidation Of Prote'
tant Episcopal churches in Manhatta
|, Is likely to Sc that d All Souls nm
! the Archangsl, keeping the title
! the n and the building Of the othe
All Souls was the Anthem mernoria
and q mission Of meager resource
" then Rev. n. H. Newton took chars
!. in 1867; that remarkable orator an
. liberal thinker made It a center
= great religious interest. andsof 30 p
: cnliar ! congregation that his success
or In 1902 did not succeed In holdin
:. II: SO that Il has run down.
Mrs. John Short. died at Kans'
City Dec. 10, and vas buried at Me
e-scn, Kan. Dec. ID Mrs. Short u
ed in Ration a number OF years M
Ibud mauv frfonds IN that city, 81