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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

The millinery opening at Mrs. Stan
dish's emporium Of fashion. yester.
day and TODAY. has been largely at,
tended BY the ladies Of las Vegas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

Marriage licenses have been issued
To A. u. Lewis Of Kern City. Cal. and
Mrs. Jennie Payne Of this city: Esto-
lano Aguilar and Eueenia Armiio.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15
M.lFaD,! HLl!AMI6MI

residence u Mrs. Emma H~ehriager
oa Thursday evening. complimentary
to Mrs Jennie Payne. @ho eoes "a
Kern City. California. 10 make hes
future residence. Cards. music and
ether ainasements were participated
in and a splendid time was had.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

lie Davis. who Is always busy ~
his corner store. today purchased a
wagon load II native eantaioupes.
grown In the vicinity Of Anton Chico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

Madam Harper, e~lairvosant. card
reader and pallaist. n nov being u
suited for veal Or woe m No. 7i3
Eighth street.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

Mrs. ". N. Rice, who has been quite,
III Al the sanitarium. Is able 10 be up
and around again.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

stern 4 Sahsn are IN receipt Of J
carload of furniture: A. J. yenx Of a
carload Of busgies and spring wagons.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

Dance tonight al the Fraternal
Brotherhood hall 10 which the general
public In invited.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

Miss Eva G.. Brown of Chicago mr..
rived In the city n few days ago and
Ii stopping at the New Optic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15
PASSING DAY.

isidro Galiegos will dip 1900 head
Of sheep at the Las Vegas dipping
plant ON the 2ist inst.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

Improvements are n~oaiesshle Oh eS
cry hand. #
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

Forty patients froIn the asylum Cd
loyed the circus "Wednesday alter.
noon.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

A pleasant party was given at the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

- eo,er.
Partly cloudy tonight and SUNDAY.
with showers In north and sas, nor.
"~s" -. 4 a.
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PIccALILLI

One r*ek IT green tomatoes. slice Them thin. aaa ple NJ ~.
cosesfns shh colo ~assr. and let them san1 twenty four hons: then eAep
very me one head n eabhasa. sin onoas Twelve green peppers: then eve
Urn ha vinegar: drain through 4 sieve: add one pint o9 moaasses n N,
hesp"on cloves sispce. two ounces u whie mustard seed and cover
with cold vinegar.
E'srsthss called for IN this reeips ID sold By =
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-15

8 aud 7 Post Binoers and Loose Sheet Hold
ers Tor Sale by The Optic Sales Department
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
MAIL MATTER MOVES RAPIDLY.
From End to End of Continent in
Fortv-E ieht Hours.

rom 6nu 10 EnH OF CO1tlnent III
Forty-Eieht Hours.
When rocks and hills divide Pacific
coast dwellers from Atlantic coast
dwelers and they each other no long
er see they can take zen and paper
and write a few lines that will fly
from one end of the continent to the
other in forty-eight hours. In 1906 ii
first has been made possible to mail
letter in New York city and receive
reply from San Francisco within y
week. The fast mail train leaving
New York on Monday at 2:io a. m, Is
due at San Francisco Thursday noon.
A reply mailed before p. m, is due
to reach New York at $50 a. H. on
the following Monday. The number of
passengers who benefit by eXtraordi-
narily high railway speed is trif!e
compared with the public advantage
represented by a saving of six hours
in the time Of transit of perhaps a
million letters and other mail matter
carried every trip by the fast trains.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
q * S2{z
} Isle of Pdtmos, the ~
! Abode of st. John |
HS: HS S& S&2

The isles of Greece. where burn
iI:g Sappho loved and sung" are for
ever reappearing in history. Even
taS lost known of them all in an
,iqui, hardly mentioned by the pre-
historic writers. but made famous by
tle visions of the best-beloyed of the
apostles. Patmos, is frequently famil-
larry spoken Of though seldom visited
Fer throughout the length and breadth
o! the Christian world many ediices
s-and in commemorative OF St John.
Great and small, humble and grand,
cathedrals, churches and chapels.
they cover a period of history extend
ing from the day when the conversion
CT Cons antine made Christianity the
tiiical religion of civilization down to
thu present time. AT one end stands
the little charel built by the piety OF
,hn simple fishermen of Patmos
above the cave where St John passed
tie long days of his Punishment from
IT, mainland OF Asia Minor. At the
other are the central arch and the
columns of the Cathedral of St John
lhe Eiyire now being erected at the
cost Of a kings ransom and years of
thought and patient toll. The contrast
Between the CAPITAL of the New World
and The barren island in the Grecian
archipelago. between III" wealth Of
he twentieth century and the pro
Tincial village of the Roman empire
IS typitied by the unliAeress of the
.WO structures.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
PRACTICE HAD MADE PERFECT.
Redwood Jsmes "Sp'iIed" Cinnamon,
Eut He Was Proficient

Miss Bre; Hagte. with the aid of
number Of her fathers English
friends, has opened a typew ritiag Of
fee in London. She is proficient
typewriter and an American journalist
calling to have some copying done
complimentcd her on her skill. My
Skill such as it is, is due to Erac-
tice," said Miss Bret Harte. 1T was
acquired very painfully, like the mark
manship of one of my fathers west
crn friends. My father used to tell
of a man called Redwood James, a
character of California. James in
bar one night drew revolver and
shot the ashes from the cigar of
friend on the other side of the roOm
The friend laughed and calmly drank
off the remainder of his cocktail. My
father said to Redwood James: That
must have required considerable prac.
tice.' Practice Redwood James re-
piled. I should say so, young man.
guess | spilled morc'n three dozen
Cinnamon a-learnin' that there
trick. y
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Gave Refuge of ST. John.

High up on the steep hillside of
the little island OF Patmos is still to
BIZ seen to-day the natural cave in
which St. John lived for many years
and wrote his Revelation The
cave, roughly divided into two com
partments, is cut deep into the solid
rock, the walls are damp with the
natural moisture OF the earth, and the
only light comes from a single candle
burning before an ancient shrine.
The city is built around the peak
Of the hill in series of three or four
tisrs. One finds no poorer district
ard TO exclusive quarter. The inhabi-
tants appear to be equally prosperous
Or equally poor-and in either event
equally content The houses are all
alike, square in shape, plain and un-
adorned, of one or two stories in
height, and covered with simple, fiat
roofs There are no sidewalks in the
streets. which again, like the roadway,
are paved with slabs of stone. No
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Became Senator DESPITE Boss.

The announcement made by Senator
Pettus of Alabama. who is now in his
eicn.y,fourth year and is the Oldest
man in the senate, that he is Il Candi-
Gate for reelection revived the story
at the capital of how he came to the
senate the first time. Ex-senator fn@h
was the Democratic boss of the state.
When Pueh was conducting his can
vass for reelection to the senate Pet
tus went to him and asked for his in
dorsomcnt for a local judgeship. Non
sense" said Pugh arrogantly. you
are too old to be a Judge. "Well, by
gum" shouted Pcttus. Il may be too
old to be a judge; | amt too old to be
a senator" And he wasn't. as Pugh
found out when the canvass was over
and Pcttlls was elected.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
"shoxina Queer" in Church.

Vestrymen in a number of New
York churches are complaining of the
quantity of counterfeit coins found in
the collection boxes nowadays. Time
was when Il piece of bad money in
the contribution box was a curiosity.
Persons who We're unfortunate enough
10 get stuck with spurious coins took
cood care not to pass them off on the
church Whether they are less con-
scientious now or less able to detect
the character of the change they ham
Ole is question.
Churchmen hesitate to suspect the
congregation of saving up counterfeit
dimes. quarters and half dollars for
the collection plate as the easiest way
of discharging their church duties and
at the same time getting rid OF bad
money but with all their charitable
intentions there are those counterfeit
coins to be explained away somehow.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
"BuIIs" of ParIiamentarians.

Sir Harry Samuel. a unionist candi-
date for parliament. is the author OF
this bull: "The legislative garden OF
the liberals he said. SIS an arid
swamp" If such a parliamentary au-
thority as Mr.. Gladstone said 1T is
no use for the honorable member to
shake his head in the teeth of his
own words" lesser lights who blunder
in the political arena have no reason
TO be ashamed. Mr.. Balfour once
spoke of IAN empty theater of un-
sympathetic auditors and Lord Cur
zon congratulated his party on the
circumstances that, though not out
Of the wood, we have a good ship"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16


and dedicated in the name of the
saint who lived and worked in the
cave of Patmos, where still today, as
ever before, a single candle burns per.
petually in front of the ancient shrine.
Structures like the Church Of ST. John
lateran in Rome or the far larger
Protestant Cathedral of St John the
Divine rising stone by stone on Morn.
ingside Heights, in New York, are
works far beyond the resources of the
simple fishermen of Patmos, but to
the English church and to the Episco.
pal church of America, which is its
lineal descendant, the island cave and
the chapel over it must always be
objects of special interest. 1t was by
disciples of St. John that the southern
province of what is now France was
converted to Christianity, and it was
from these provinces that the mission.
aries came to spread the gospel in
England. The great Cathedral of St.
John in New York is bound to the
little Patmos chapel by link nine.
teen centuries long.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
MUST HAVE STRUGGLED HARD
Jap Proved He Had "AccImatized'
English Talk.

English Talk.
An American resident of Tientsin
who recently left that Chinese port
for the United States received the fol
lowing letter from a japanese, accord.
ing to the Pekin and Tientsin Times
'Honored Sir: Your department from
Tientsin was of such sudden that ]
was not finding time to wish your
grace goodbye or hapry-So-lucky on
your voyage. | was at pains to find
Your exit, but even after mighty
sweat fullfailed However, you are
Il good lot and helthy Maybe
when your eycellency returns
TO China | write to antici,
pate soft job as boy or other.
wise boss Of your office. having ac.
climatiZed the English talk all over
Il am japanese by birth. but all
my parents were mortal in an earth.
quake two years before was born.
| acquaint foreign man and other
friendly tribes of first choice. | am
magniicently fitted to your lordship's
humble service and | shall not forget
your reverence but magnify mor' and
more your large face.
Il have other selected endow'. -nts,
too volatile to nominate in bulk but
should your highness desire, a retailed
list will be furnished on your satisfac.
tory credentials. TO avoid disappoint.
ment, early application should be
made in good sooth to your respective
ly, O. A."
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
AMERICAN WHEAT FOR NORWAY.
Prospect Of Another Good Ma:ket Cor
Farmers.

American wheat in Norway is indi
Gated as promising possibility
Grains and theiI products are the most
important Norwegian imports. amount.
ing to 90 PER cent OF the total. and ara
valUoi at sl3.O0GOoD to sl5,010,000 4
year. Rye and barley lead, though
tncre is considerable imnOrtar ion Of
maize, wheat and oats. N'hea: flour
Leads Ike list Of flours and meals.
Most oi the grains imported come
from the ports of southern Russia.
the tlours and meals seem to come
mostly from Germany. A large guam.
tity Gown to the credit of Germany
comes from the United States AMI
other countries. and is transshirpei
FROM German points. Wheat -four ls
the only article in the list that shows
or promises well for Uncle Sans land.
The present prospect OF a large crop
indicates an opportunity which is
pointed out as something that might
be made much of were American mill
ers and cereal merchants carefully to
go over the ground. The proximity Of
the two countries. their mutual respect
for each other. the number of Norwe-
gians in the United States, the i'm
proved transportation facilities point
10 particularly large Feasibility OF
a large Norway United States cereal
trade.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
The Co'porter.

One of the Bible societies sent a
notice to 4 western millionaire of the
copper.mine breed who had settled in
the Highlands of Fifth avenue 1t
read: Dear Sir-Our colporter will
call on you tomorrow to learn your
wishes regarding the style of binding
for your family Bible" etc. He read
It several times: then called his Vas
sar-college-educa daughter Of sweet
10. "Millicent," he said, If I'm not
at home when that colored porter
comes around. wish you'd tell him
we want nothing but the finest in the
shop, and don't mind the cog" New
York Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
WORKERS GENT TO PARLIAMENT
English Voters Choose Lskoring Men
70 kiakc Laws.


A cotton spinaor has captured Sir
James FergusSon's scat in Manclies-
ter; a millhand has beaten Sir Ernest
Flower in Bradford; printers have
Eeaded the poll at Norwich, Burnley,
Manchester AID De9tfurd; 4 navy,
who was once emp:cyed in eAcava.
tions for the Manci:esta ship canal. is
member fer Ssolie-on Trent; a railway
guard las a majority of over 1000 at
Newcasile-on Tyne. where Mr. Mocley
once suffered defeat. Al Obscure col
licr has distauccd a minsowncr; a cot
ton operative has vanlriahcd Lord
Goschcn's son at Bolton: stoncma
sons son and q warehouse clerk haze
each won by 800 votes at Leicester
over Sir John Eolltston: laSter in
boot factory has carried Il Wolver
hampton seat AGAINST Sir Alfred Hick-
man; miners have Ecen victorious at
Morpeth and in Gla:norganshire; a
furniture maker who lad begun life in
a mineral water factory triumphs 1T
Leeds, and men who have been cay
penters, shipwriShts, stcelsmeliers,
sailors, engineers. mechanics, pilmen
and even ncwsboys are sent TO par.
Lament il place Of university men,
baroncts with large estates, shipown-
crs, manufacturers. bankers and the
sons of carls.-New York Tribune Ca.
blo
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
"Stateliness" Has Returned.

The social trend of the times IN
London is toward a return TO oIu-
fashioned stateliness. During last
wear girls were given tie same good
time that they had in the tos ana
'7O's, smart women no longer rule me
world and new rich" entertainers
have given nlace TO hosisssos OF the
aristocracy. The return of the CHAP
eron means the disappearance OF
"hoolican' girlhocd. There has been
a falling of in the matter of private
concerts and the craze for fancy
balls seems to be n thing Of the past.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Worse Than Many Bulls;
Elephant in China Shop

ing that the energies of Zcnobia. how.
ever misCiirected. were not malicious.
hurried to neishboring peanut stand,
bCneht bag of dainties, and rein
forced by a curious crowd, ventured
boldly into the store.
Zenobia was still busy. Indeed she
was working with feverish energy to
get thines Strengthened out, and there
was continuous smash as she re-
placed good articles with bad. How
ard put three peanuts on the side of Il
broom and held them cut to her. Ze-
nobia wagged her tail with gratitude
and did SG.72 more damage
EmbolGened. Howard fed her from
his hand. and, walking past her, in
duced her to turn around. That was a
disastrous but necessary maneuver.
She followed him into the alley. up
to the wrecked stage door, into the
;heater. The attendant had just ar
rived and was specializing as to the
whereabouts of Zenobia
There, take your dinged old Gle
phant." said Howard, and he beat a
retreat.
Meanwhile she of the pompadour
had hurried to the home of Sid Hop
per. She was out of breath, and be-
tween that and her excitement could
hardly speak.
/, THE china shop she gasped.
What? A bull in it?''
NO. a-a-a-"
1T must be a bull" declared Hop
per. That's the very worst thing
that could get into china shop
No, this is worse" wEcezed the
girl. ITS an elephant"
Hopper went to the store and began
to figure out damage. To a group of
sympathizers he expressed his aston
ishment
Baby, boy and man, I've lived here
forty year. | was born here" he con
tnued humping counter by way of
emphasis. and not to indicate the en-
act spot, and never anything like this
ever happened before. A bull could
have stood for-but an eleDhant-why,
dog gone my buttons, there amt NO
precedent"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Birds as Allies Ct Earmers.

The Wild Birds Protection society
points out the fact thai ,here is no
bird fairly charseable with any appre.
ciable damage which the owner or
tiller of the soil is prevented slaugh-
tering at any period of the year. 1t
Is claimed that the division of birds
into insectivorous and otherwise is
misleading. Few species are either
entirely insectivorous or entirely
vegetarian. And both hard-billed and
soft-billed birds include mems allies in
the cultivation of the ground
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16

cave, where the shrine still stands.
and a natural alcove in the rear in
which, it is said. ST. John spent most
of his time, working and praying dur
ing the day and sleeping there at
night. In the solid rock of the wall.
close down TO The flooring of the IL
cove is smooth, round stone. WHICH
was used by St John for a pillow. ;i;.d
directly above this, seen when the
light is raised. is long assure run
ming diagonally across the ceiling.
Through this fssurc the spirit te-
scendcd and inspired the "Rere.a
ton"
All this. however, belongs to the
history of nearly 1000 years ago
Since then, in better known parts of
the world, cathedrals have been built
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Carryjnu Out Fate's DEGREES.

There is story of an English judge
who. when a thief arranged before
him pleaded that he could not help
stealing when he had an opportunity,
replied: THAT is just the way with
us; for we cant help hanging thief
when we get hold Of him. Zeno. the
philosopher, who believed in the Stole
doctrine of fate, made similar reply
to a light-fingcred slave who excused
himself for his theft by saying that he
WIS fated to steal: And to be whip
~ 4. too
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
The Great World Map.

Ceographcrs representing the prin.
cipal nations arc at work upon a map
of the entire earth on a scale of l to
100000 and Professor Penck, the
German gcographcr, reports that 60
sheets ont Of i37 planned had been
completed UP to March last. A dis
tance of one mile will he represented
by space about one-siXteenth of an
inch long. r lcre are, Of course, many
mars OF small areas on Il much larger
scale than .hi', hut to represent the
whole face OF the known world on this
scale is an undertaking of vast inter.
CSt.-Tit- Bits
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
DisIocated Heart Replaced.

Vernon Evans, 4 small boy, who was
hit by a brick while on his way 10
school, the wound causing con@es-
ion of TIE lungs, has just undergone
an onera,ion to move his heart back
to its proper place. The blow caused
the lungs to swell, and the heart was
forced flom the left to the right side.
The lungs were relieved OF nearly n
quart of gus. and with this clearing
tho heart fell hack to its accustomed
location.--R Richmond NaD Cor. Phila-
d.lphia Record.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Bank Account for Each Baby.

Thomas Dnsmorc. a well-to-do resi-
dent of Palermo, Me. gives 50 to
everybody born in that place The
money is deposited in a bank to the
child's credit and remains there until
the recipient reaches legal majority.
Mr.. DinSmore was born in Palermo
eighty three years ago. He went To
California in 1S4S. sailing around Cape
Horn, and accumulated fortune dur
ing the Goldhunting craze. In later
years he travelled great deal, finally
settling down in the place of his
birth.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
NOW THE MOTOR FISHING BOAT
Craft Devised to Reach Markets in
Quick Time

Automobile fishing boats are plying
the brine off Great Britain. Connect.
ton among the fishermen on the east
coast of England and Scotland has re-
suited in a motor fishing boat of
eighty tons displaceme mt, sevcnty-five
feet long. twenty-five feet wide, and
fitted with Il gasoline engine of twcn-
ty-tour horse power running at 800 rev.
olntiCns per minute. The engine
which is used only when winds are ad.
verse. or lacking. can give the craft a
speed Of five miles an hour 1t does
not interfere with either the storage of
fish or the manipulation of sails. and
replaces in its weight merely the ex-
tent that the ballast previously car
riCd The idea is TO allow individual
crews to get their catch to market
as soon as do the present fleets of
"drifters,' who employ steam craft
tC collect fish from each member Of
the fleet in turn. The entire catch is
then hurried to port, while the fisher
men remain on the ground and CON
tinuc their work. If the pioneer boat
fulflls It's anticipated destiny Il num-
Der of similar craft are expected to be
bulk;
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16

held rastOrates in Ohio and Indiana
towns. In 1855 he became editor of
the Presbyterian of the West, later
known as the Presbytor and after its
union with the Presbyterian Herald as
the Herald and PIesbytcr In the
general councils of the church DR..
Monfort always eXcrtCd much influ-
ence. and in fact for years the family
has been conspicuous in Presbyterian
circles. A son of DIR. MonfOrt, Capt
f. r. Monfort, is postmaster ct Gin
cinnat.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Insist on Free Rolls.

Restaurant keepers of Berlin are in
the midst of war with their guests
as to whether "broedchen" shall be
in the bill. From time immemorial
Rcrliners have eaten as many rolls as
they desired. but the restauranteurs
determined to put the bread into the
reckoning. They hung up notices to
that effect in their dining rooms, but
their guests tore down the placards
chen
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Only Boy Could Do This.

The other dag an errand boy, with a
medicine' box on his arm, jumped on
the back axle of cab at Teignmouth
Eng. The result was that the wheel
of the Conveyance dragged his box
into the spokes and the boy after 1t.
The boys head was on the outside of
the wheel and his legs inside, and
in this position he was dragged a dis
tance of 400 yards. AT every turn of
the wheel he revolved. and yet at the
end of his remarkable ride he war
nc. hurt.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-16
Tho Island of Patmcs,

horses, or wagons, or traffic of any
kind, with the exception of the trains
Of pack donkeys, ever pass through.
Flights of stone steps in various
places lead upward from one tier to
another until finally second mas
sive gateway is reached which marks
the entrance to the main courtyard
OF the monastery.