Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-08

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Thanksalsino Not tire Same
The Thanksgiving dA> juss passed
shows that the feast Is saih quite al
Aent In New YORK, even If iike ev
erytbing else il Is becoming mod
ernized away from its ancient spirit
| II vas rather a stupendots feast
hich inok place last Thnrsda*
sinct. AMONG other THINKS ,t'Oo. .o'a'
pounds ut tarkes we've consumed 81
cs,st uf something like n third of a
million dollars, Som" idea nj sho
bulk of the light and dark meat eat,
en may he gained from The estimate
that the turkeys packed In row
eight deep would fiil the driveway
and pruun.nades "f Dro0kiyn bridge
from end 10 end The 35H'0 free
dinners that were served by public
and private institutions throughout
the city would have fed n dozen good
sized towns or prolonged the siege
Of Port Arthur something like two
years and a half Perhaps the most
enthusiastic OF these dinners was the
annual fixture at the New York Ju'
venile Asylum. where 500 good citi.
gems in embryo. the members of the
institution taken from the Siums.
stuffed their elastic insides To reple-
tion AT a regular Old.fashioned meal
a, the schools country home. Feed
the Boy" would seem 10 be the mot
To there. not only food but knowledge
and the results obtained in making
good citizens show that the latter Is
taken as speedily as the former. But
in spite q all this Thanksgiving In
not what II was. As old Patrolman
Kremmelbein of police headquarters.
who has been in his official capacity
no one knows just how many
Thanksgivings. says Times is
changed. A few years ago we'd give
out as many as 200 permits for
Thanksgiving masquerade parades
like the 'Mackerel Rangers and the
'slickville sienderfoot Army" said
he. but now We don't give a dozen.
Times is surely changed"
Odd Consignment Of Bricks
A strange consignment OF $4,000
precious bricks whicn are being
carefully guarded ty the police was
received In New York this week.
They were not gold bricks. as the
unwary might suspect. but plain,
small white bricks. Of an old fash.
ioned appearance. straight from Hol.
land. from kiln which has been
making them without change for $50
wears They are to be used by the
Sens of the Revolution In their work
Of repairing in its original style the
old Fraunces Tavern at Broad and
Pearl streets, so that II may present
the same appearance as 1t did when
Washington bade farewell to his Of
ficers there Since then the first
wall has been torn out to make
show window for astore which after.
ward became a saloon. and In the
work OF restoring 1t as a club house
its patriotic owners were confronted
with the problem Of securing small
white bricks for facing 1t in the orig
inal style A fruitless search re-
vealed the fact that these We're not
to be obtained in this country and
the Sons were almost despairing
when. ii was discovered that fifteen
miles outside of Rotterdam the iden'
tical factory which made the original
bricks 2O6 years ago was still doing
business at the old stand. and the
bricks were ordered accordingly.
The Real Alchen,ist
New York now has a real alchem.
ist in her midst, and II the asser-
tions of one John Raffel be true
Wall street can shortly give up MAX
ing money and take to making gold
Everyone can be as rich as he likes.
apparently, for the process of acanir'
ing the yellow metal is simple one,
according to Mr.. Raffel. All that IL
necessary to bury chunk OF copper
with some "doradium" and eighteen
weeks later to dig up the lump or
nure gold. Silver can be transmitted
too. but 1t takes one year and eight
cen weeks, according to the profess
or and therefore is not likely to be-
come popular. OF course the secret
of the whole thing lies in the dora
dium." the makeup of which Mr.. Raj
fel keeps to himself.