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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27
Advocate Of Higher City
-s License for Retail Saloons

humble Inn and 1 modest population
OF an hundred s0nls exAct far higher
licenses than Las Vegas. Saloons are
acknowledged throughout tho dyilis-
ed world as being source Of consid-
cradle revenue to government
Alcoholic beverages are luxuriea, not
necessities. and II II only right and
fair that they should Be heavily tax
ed. am not ,teetotaier nor do
believe In depressing the saloon keep
er In any way. ! am no disciple Of
Mrs. Carrie Nation. The retail liQuOr
business consider % legitimate ~
anv other. and the dispenser - liquid
refreshments entitled to the same
protection ana privileges 40 any other
merchant. do hold. however. .hAt
the man who can afford to buy beer.
whisky, oS any other intoxicant. can
AFFORD to pay little more than he
does toward the upkeep Of the town
ship. From an economic standpoint
the liquor business II Of less beneft
to the community at large than any
other branch of commerce. There.
fore, let us tax II as heavily Al may
be, and increase Its economic value.
We need better streets. parks, and
lighting system and we need them
badly The retail liquor license IL
legitimate source Of revenue. Why
not use il? Let rs have 4 two hun.
dred dollar license instead Of twen-
fty.nve dollar one. and apply the
funds to the much needed improve.
ments. The liquor dealer will not
suffer nor will one man denv himself
a single drink. On the other hand.
there will be improvements In our
town that we have long prayed fof,
and they viii last and We can take our
visitors through the streets Of our
city with more pride in It's appearance
that at present
| nv All means increase the retail
| liquor license, and when they in
crease II let our honorable municipal
council consider the conditions In
Las Vegas not in half the other
towns In the territory and let Them
act accordingly.
have the honor to remain, Mr..
Editor. yours very truly.
WALTER 8. KENNEDY.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27

agement Of the Masonic fair held II,
the Hazards pavilion in the city
from April 2Sth to May 18th, 1902:
Whereas. a Masonic fair was held
in the city Of Los Angeles, in the
state of California. from April 2Sth
to May 18th, 1902. under the auspi.
ces of the Southern California Mason
ic Home association for the purpose
of raising funds for the establish
ment OF a Masonic home.
And Whereas, the success Of the
said fair was largely due to the man.
agerial and business ability as well
as creative genius Of Col. Noble F.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27
EIGHTH ANNUAL DINNER
OF cgNEsGE SOCIETY.

New York. January 27.--The eighth
annual dinner Of the Society OF the
Genesee. which takes place At the
Waldorf-Astoria tonight, promises Ia
be an affair Of unusual brlliiance. Gen.
Stewart l.. Woodford. former minister
TO Spain. is to be the guest Of honor.
and the speaking list includes former
Gov. Frank 8. Black. Chairman w.
W. Armstrong Of -ne insurance In
vestlgating commistee: James M.
Beck, and the Rev. DIR. Robert 8. Mac,
Arthur.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27

Editor Of The Optic:
Dear Sir: have read with much In
terest the report In your valuable pa
per Of the proceedings Of the town
council in their session Of this after.
noon.
II | an not consuming too much Of
your valuable space ana you consider
the matter OF sufficient interest or i'm.
portance, should like to make a few
remarks upon the matter that parti.
cularly engaged my attention: the
question az to whether or not the
present retail liquor dealers license
Of $25 Is adequate.
The council seemed uncertain and
80 have decided to write TO various
other municipalities In the territory
to ask the amount Of their licenses.
Surely the respected members Of the
Las Vegas municipal council are men
OF sufficient business experience and
knowledge to know that the twenty.
Ave dollar license Is ridiculous In 4
city Of SO large a population as Las
Vegas. and are able to levy higher
tax without first appealing to the ex'
ecutive bodies OF other. cities FOR In
formation as to their license rate
thus proclaiming themselves ignorant
as to what would or would not prove
a just tax
There are many things to be con
sidered before fixing the amount oi
the retail liquor dealers license. Chief
ly the numbers OF saloons as com
pared with the population and the
amount Of liquor consumed. II Is st
be supposed that tho council Il in pos
session Of this information. why. then
can they not for themselves arrive a,
a just license rate? Conditions vary
In different towns. Towns are like
individuals. each having characters
tics peculiarly Its own. ! doubt much
" the conditions prevailing IN any
one Of the cities to which the coun
Gil may write are the same as those
OF our own city.
As travelling man. ] should like
TO state that never before In any Eng
lish speaking country have ! found 0
town or city where the retail liquor
license was as small as In Las We
gas. Little towns boasting but one
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27
Investigating Moorish Lack Of
System Of Collecting Taxes

tenn. and trying to regularize It. The
Sultan Il always in need Of money and
will be In better humor to cooperate
with the powers In the work OF re.
form, II he Is supplied with more cash
for foreign luxuries Of which he Is
fond. and which are scandal to his
pious subjects.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27
ARCTIC STORM
SHIFTS FROM
THE TROPICS
Great Cold Wave Csuses lntsnss
Suffering In Central Mexico.
Twenty Members ol Lower Class Perish
From Exposure. Fires Built In Streets
70 Warm nemeless.

Mexico City. Mexico. Jan. 27.--The
great cold wave which has caused 20
much suffering In Central Mexico ana
even on the Gulf coast. has abated.
The police report that night before
last twenty members Of the lower
class perished In the streets from cold
and exposure. The poor suffered
greatly during the remarkable period
Of cold, and the government built
fires In the streets for the people out
at night.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27

II Ia. said that there Ia evidence that
the robbers have stolen IN the neigh.
borhooa OF sixty lorses. many Of
which are still In their possession
Some Of these belong In distant sec.
,ions Of the territory and II will he
quite task to get them distributed
about 10 their various owners.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27
MISSOURI MIDDLE DISMISSED
>FRoM ACADEMY FOR hAZIN0

Washington, d. c., Jan. 27.-Tbe
secretary Of the navy has directed the
dismissal Of Midshipman Chester A. j.
BlOebaum, OF Missouri, In execution
OF the sentence imposed by the court
martial at Annapolis on conviction of
hazing. The cases of Midshipmen
Merriwether and Miller are under con-
sideration at the navy department.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27

Algeciras. Jan. 27.--The plenipoten.
tiaries Of the powers resumed their
sessions today and spent couple Of
hours going over the work of the com.
mittee on Moroccan revenues. The
powers have several important OBJ
jects In examining the Moorish sys.
TEN of taxation, or rather lack Of sys-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27
Diplomats Hold With N. Taisny
That He Was Official Representative

zuela's position. that NJ. Taigny, for
mer French charge d'affairs here. has
been deprived OF his official character
and that he only ranked as a French
citizen at the time Of his forced de-
parture from this country.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27

Caracas, Thursday. via Port Of
Spain.--Twenty-five members Of the
diplomatic corpsst0day delivered to
the venezuelaa government formal
note stating they cannot accept vene-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-27
MlDeHiPMAN MANN
ACQUITTED or HAxlNc

Annapolis. Nd, Jan. 27.--Midship-
man Richard r. Mann, q presidential
appointee and q member OF the first
class, has been acquitted of the
charge Of haxing and restored to duty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27
THE WAR ON REBATING.

Under inspiration from the White
House, the legal department of the
federal government is about to APP
ply the knowledge it has gained in
the prosecution of breaking
Kansas City packers TO the prosecu-
ton Of the law breaking Standard
Oil Company. The offense in both
cases has been the same-the ac-
ceptance of rebates from railway
companies, in defiance of the pro-
hibitions of the Elkins anti-rebate
law. The Kansas City offenders
have been adjudged guilty and fined
SIS, 900 apiece.
Attorney General Moody was
obliged to feel his way when he
began proceedings under this statute
which had been permitted to ac-
cumulate dust from the date Of it's
enactment under the date of his ac-
ceptance of the responsibilities of
prosecuting officers of the govern
ment. He soon showed that there
was existing law for the punish
ment of rebating which could be
used to make matters very warm
for both the g1vers and the takers
Of rebates. Even the members of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion were astonished-and they
might have been supposed from the
nature of their office to fully under
stand the efficacy of the law.
Every suit which Attorney Gen
eral Moody has successfully pushed
under heretofore neglected statutes
has given him an increased equip
ment for further work in the same
line.
After the Standard Oil suits, there
will be suits of a similar character
against the Sugar trust. There is a
furry in the dove-cotes of the re-
baters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27
Notice of Annual Teachers Institute.

The annual State Institute for
Grant county teachers will be held
at Lancaster, beginning Monday,
July 9th and continuing two weeks.
Conductors: Prof. G.. G. Shuttle,
of Whitewater Normal; Prin. G.. w.
Gehrand, of Baraboo; Prin. K. l..
Hatch, of Waterloo, and Miss Gail
Calmerton, supervisor of primary
work, of Ft. Wayne, ind.
The following subjects will be
revised: Reading, Language, Arlth-
metic, Literature, History, Agri-
culture, Library Reading, Manual,
etc.
All who intend to teach in the
county, and especially those with
out experience, are expected to at
tend. CHAS. II. NYE,
County Superintendent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

New York has just set COM
mendable example in the suppress
sion of indecent advertisements and
suggestive posters. Lancaster luckily
enough, suffers little from such in
truslons, but there occasionally ap-
pears opportunity for a kick. y
The practice that obtains in larger
cities of plastering dead wills, va
can't lots and telephone poles with
advertisements of a doubtful moral
character should be promptly dis
countenanced, and in every large
municipality there are organiza-
tons with the regulation of these
as their prime object.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27
THE HANGING OF WINS.

The infection of the death penalty
on Richard G. Wins at Chicago Sat
urday was a salutary enforcement Of
law.
The police force of that city has
been doubled since he committed
his tendish crime; but the pro
liability is that the hanging of
WINS will effect as much toward
the protection Of women in the
streets OF Chicago as the installation
of two Chicago policemen where
there was only one Chicago police
man before.
WINS represented type of degen-
crates of which every city has
representatives, who become a
menace to the community because
they are under no restraint. The
example which the law has set in
WINS case will place members OF
his class in Chicago under the
wholesome restraint of fear.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

The second census bulletin of the
nativity statistics of Wisconsin
shows a very marked decrease in
the German born population of the
state. There were 16, 623 less Ger
mans in the Estate in 1905 than in
1900. The most marked increase
is in Russian Poles of whom there
were 4,165 more than in 1900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

Some New York banks have
forbidden their clerks to enter places
where intoxicants are sold. This
limits the boys to a lunch on sand
witches and cold water in the office
or at least rice and milk in dairy
kitchen. Now if the bankers them
selves will set an example by cut
ting out club bars and high life in
palace hotels the crop of embezzle-
ments and defalcations should
dWindle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

The fireworks for the Fourth
have arrived and DOC" Rhodes
says they will be the best ever seen
in Lancaster. Every thing in this
line has been purchased which is
to be found on the market and there
will be something doing when they
get going on the Fourth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

The announcement of Senator La
Toilette that he will bolt if Fair
banks is nominated will cause many
voters who have not thought much
about Fairbanks to wonder if he
isn't a mighty good man for presi-
dent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

If the amount of public and
private talk these days regarding
reform is any criterion to judge by
public and private morals will soon
be benefited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

Young men who grow too fast
are apt to be hollow in the middle
like some kinds of potatoes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27
Good Pasture.

Ihave 70 acres of good pasture with
running water and good fences. Will
take in stock or rent. Inquire by
'phone.and at my office. DIR. GAULT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

With most people the idea of re-
form simply means getting even
with some one else.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

The following was written by
Gov. Davidson for an agricultural
paper and was copied by many of
the leading papers of the state:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27

forget the big carnival
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-18
.PIMPLEs AND BLAckHEADs.
Apply Soft Cloths Wrung from Hot
Water to the Face-Use Cream
and Cleaning Lotion.

The face and neck should first be
softened by wringing soft cloths out
of warm water and applying; pieces of
old damask are the very best for this
and there should be more hot water
ready to keep the bowlful at certain
temperature. When the skin ie warm
and soft and pink have a cake of the
best toilet soap and wash the face with
the hand rubbing hard; rinse, finish
ing with cold water, and you will find
great difference in the color and APP
pearance of your skin. Now, while
SOFT press out a few of the blackheads
at the time, touching each spot with
drop of half alcohol, half water; this
helps to close the too open pore where
the deposit has been. Fill the face
with cold cream, rubbing it in, but
not hard. and go to bed. Repeat this
every night until the blackheads are
all gone; the pimples will most likely
be gone also, as both are frequently
the result of a deposit Of dirt. Every
morning wash the face in cold water
without soap and fill with cold cream:
wipe of any superfluous cream, but
use as little powder as possible When
the blackheads are cured or washed
out begin with a lotion of a dram
of boric acid in four ounces of dis
titled witchhazel and wet the skin at
night, after the softening, washing
and rinsing, and let it dry in; then
use the skin food to smooth and nour-
ish the skin.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-18
A Valuable Agent.

The glycerine employed in DR. Perce's
medicines greatly enhances the medi-
ctnal properties which it extracts and
holds In solution much better than alec
hol would. 1t also possesses medicinal
properties OF Its own, being a valuable
demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and anti
Torment. 1t adds greatly to the efficacy
OF the Black Cherrybark Golden Seal
root, Stone root and Queens root, CON
tanned In Golden Medical Discovery" in
ssuDduing chronic, or lingering coughs,
bronchial, throat and lung affections,
Tor all OF which these agents are recon-
mended by standard medical authorities.
In all cases whore there is "a wasting
away OF flesh, loss Of appetite, with
weak stomach, as In the early stages of
consumption, there can be no doubt that
giycerne acts as valuable nutritive and
aids the Golden Seal root Stone root,
Queens root and Black Cherrybark in
promoting digestion and building up the
hesh and strength, controlling the cough
ana bringing about a heulthy condition
or the whole system. OF course, it must
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stages 1T will cure very severe, obstin-
ate, chrfntc coughs, bronchial and laryn.
geai troubles, and chronic sore throat
with hoskrseness. In acute coughs it is
not so effective. 1t is in the lingering
coughs, or those of long standing, even
SNv0APAAaCO Wy Dl00Ol0Q from
lungs, that 1t has performed its most
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little book of extracts, treating Of the
properties and uses of the several med
ictnal roots that enter into DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and learn u,b,,
this medicine has such wide range Of
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sent free. Address DR. r. v. Pierce.
1 hunalo, NJ Y. The Discovery" con-
tains no alcohol or harmful, habit-form-
ing drug Ingredients all printed ON each
bottle wrapper in plain English.
SICK people, especially those suffering
rom diseases Of long standing, are invited
correspondence is hold as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address DR.,
X; Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt OF stamps to pay expense Of
for paper-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth
3 OSH2s
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-18
GREATEST FRENCH DRAMAT,sr.

Sardou's Romantic carriage and Hi.
Row with Sarah Bernhardt.
Mile. Sardou. daughter of the dram
atist and academician, was married
recently at ST. Augustin. Paris. to
Comte Robert de Flers, member of
an old French family and dramatist
and critic. The President sent his
son. M. Paul Loubet. to express his
good wishes. NJ. Victorien Sardou was
himself married under the most ro-
mantle circumstances. AS a young
man he worked and starved in gar
ret. and disappointment preyed upon
his nerves till he fell ILL., A young
actress, Mile. de Brecourt, took COM
passion upon him. nursed him back
to health, and introduced his work to
the famous actress. Dejazet, through
whom he was first acted. Sardou fell
in love with and married his benefac-
tress. whose death, ten years later.
was the one great sorrow of his life.
Sardou has made more money than
any other dramatist, and he is prob
ably the only man who ever gave
Sarah Bernhard shaking. The in
cident occurred at rehearsal, and at
a period when the divine Sarah was
less eminent than she is now. They
differed as to the way in which pas
sage should be acclaimed. and Sardou,
losing his temper, seized the actress
by the shoulder and gave her shak-
ing. She retorted by Shaping his face,
and afterward challenged him to a
duel!-London Star
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-18
CHAPTER XIX.

The great storm 1 had an influence
upon all the characters OF this history,
and to this influence some of the stir
ring events which follow may be at
tributed.
1t placed great barrier between the
royalists on the south and the repub-
licans on the north side of the swollen
Orinoco, and delayed the departure of
Philip of AragoI toward the capital
But to no one did it bring such dis
tress and danger, change of plan and
disaster, as to the two young Ameri-
cans and the wife and daughter Of
General Salvarez, who had up to that
time been secure In their underground
retreat
The first day of the storm they were
content to wait quietly in their ap-
parently safe shelter, fearing nothing.
But on the second day, when the
roar of the rushing waters reached
their ears, they began to feel anxious.
not only for themselves but for Sal
varez, for they did not know how far
he had got on his Journey
On the third day their anxiety for
themselves became so great that near
ly everything else was driven from
their minds. Toward night on this
third day the Coroni so far overflowed
it's banks as to send rushing roaring
stream into the secret passage.
I'VE are LOST" cried Dona Maria,
when the water began pouring in and
spreading out over the floor Of the
caverns. "Once before there was a
storm like this. and the caverns be-
came filled with water"
lis there any possibility of escape?"
asked Tempest
Jacinta looked obviously from one
to the other.
The flatboat!" cried Dona Maria,
suddenly. eff we could but reach it.
1t is strong-it can outlive the storm.
1t is not far from the entrance to the
secret passage, if it has not been car
ried away. Nothing could upset 1t. %
''The very .hing!" said Medworth.
Remember, Jack, the large boat at
the wharf Just above? We have seen
it often enough"
"Good!" said Tempest. 1--WE ought
to be able to go to it, even If we had
to swim"
Come on said Medworth. now
thoroughly alert and alive to the dan
gers and possibilities of the situation.
He darted toward the entrance with
Tempest splashing along close behind
him. leaving Dona Maria and Jacinta
huddled together, fearing. hoping, ST.
lently watching and trusting their
brave companions.
The stream of water that poured in
through the entrance was about foot
deep, and the roar of the storm and
torrent about them was deafening.
There was no need for caution. The
night was dark. and SO fierce was the
storm that no sentry was outside OF
the castle or the soldiers quarters.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-18

bottom of the cupboard were fixed
in similar way. The door was made
with one piece of wood, and hung on
with two little brass hinges; a lock
was also fitted to it. At the top shelf
brass rail runs across. supported by
TWO brass staples on either side, and
from it is hung a short red curtain of
sufficient length to keep the dust from
the books. The whole construction
was fastened to the wall by two stout
nails driven through the two holes
at the back. 1t was stained with a
dark oak stain, and with a little pot
on the top shelf with a fern in 1t,
made quite pretty addition to the
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-18
DAME FASHION DEGREES.
What the Lady in the French Capital
Has to Say About Skirts and
Little Coats.

Plated skirts, including the &C
Gordon and sunray plaits, are still
worn in Paris and will be-and are
here and are always graceful. They
seem to be as lasting in fashion as
the ever-present Elton jacket and are
a wise investment for economical
women.
Speaking of Elton Jackets recalls the
fact that long coats save in the fancy
French affairs for formal dressing, are
not being made up at all save for shop
ping, morning wear and travelling.
They are inappropriate to warm wear,
some.
In Etons the short variety, coming
barely to the top of wide girdle, or
just over it. lead, and nearly every
one is made that way In nearly
every costume for no matter what oc-
casion there is some sort of jacket
or bolero or coat in effect, if not in
reality.
A decidedly new touch is the drap-
ing of full sleeves back on the bodice
at their top, so that they seem to be
part of the corsage drapery rather
than sleeves.
In Paris the short skirts are very
short, while the long ones trail around
the feet in the usual distressing Pari-
sian fashion-distressin to the wear
err mean, for in the house trailing
skirts are infinitely more graceful and
artistic than the short ones.
One Partisan house is showing a
new fichu effect in the wide t1owere.'
ribbons mentioned above. Some of
these ribbons are drawn down over
the corsage and under the wide belt,
and in the back the ends extend sew
eral inches below the waist line, form
ing coat tail effects that are dis
tinctively chic.