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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
MODEL LOVE LETTERS
FROM BAZAAR POsTOfFICE
S@eet Scented ksigSasss Sent 40 ID
~suspsetana Raehsiers ard Aai6ens
Enovgh 70 Nett tee.

POlaowing Is u faig sample II sUune
Ut the love missiyes received aa the
Catholic bazaar pustoftic.- b. some d
tbs young men in the town. which
we're being guarded closely by the
recipients. but through q little stras
fGy by the Optic they are published
Ia full.
Ny Dear Ea~vy time / think u: you
my heart f0ps up and down like 4
charn~dasher, SENSATIONS OF exquisite
JOY caper over II ike young gna,s on a
stable r0of. and thrill through IL like
Spanish needles through a pair Oh
tow linen trousers. A. a gosling swim
meth With delight in a mad-puddle
80 swim I In a sea of glory. Visions
Of estate rapture. thicker than the
hairs OF "A backing brush. and bright
eT than the hues of a hummlng birds
piniOn. visit me In my siumbers. and
borne on their invisible wings. your
Image stands before me and I reach
out to grasp II like a pointer swapping
at "A blue-bottle ny.
When | first beheld your angelic
| perfection. I was ~hewIldered. and my
brain whirled around like q humble
bee under q glass tumbler, Ny eyes
stood open like "A eellar~dO0r In a
country town. and lifted my ears TO
catch the siivery accents Of your
voice. My tongue refused 10 wag.
aud In silent alteration drank in the
sweet infection Of love nj n thirsty
man s~walloweth a tambler Of hot
whiskey punch,
Since the light of your face fell
upon my life. | sometimes feel as II
I could lift myself up by my shoe
strings to the top OF the church
steeple, and pull the bell rope for
singing school.
Day and night you are In my
thoughts, When Aurora. blusing like
a bride. rises from her saffron colored
couch: when the jay.bird pipes his
tnneful lay in the apple tree by the
spring house; when the chandeliers
shrill clarion heraids the coming
morn; when the awakening pig arts.
eth from his bed and grunteth. and
goeth for his morning refreshments;
when the drowsy beetle wheels hiS
droning flight at sultry noon-tide, and
the lowing herds come home at milk
ing time. I think Of thee: and. like II
piece OF gum elastic. my heart seems
stretched clear across my bosom
Your hair Is like the name OF a sor
rel horse powdered with gold: and
the brass pins skewered through youl
waterfall I'll me with unhounded awe
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

- aeeaHh~s - =. &Aa - The
carefully prepared program @A@mS
that the mas&Aings wali - tuaa a IL
tsEesa and ~veFy sa@ak~F asm&m IN kas
gtren = definite gsEoaasse to IL iE ~
aenAamre aud Ito sE@zak 4e&nn thT cab
jet &~xslgasd In og s~h*~srA by him
Las V~<a@ l& ia saany s~ss&~as an
ideal rssns ~ aaloa els ana ihs~os. 6ass
II IT, thFaSim-.s heladass Sgsrut a a
guest M sh~ M.4d@aw tise Wla1 pr~>"
delightful
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

Year faHshaad l. smoother uham tn
@ahow Of NJ old eaat: your &yes are
gsoTa0us 20 behold: in their depshs ]
See legsonS % little CapAs hashing.
lfks a eOh0Fa Of ants in Al old arms
er&e6rr. Nhen their fire hit me mpom
M breast, IL penetrated my whule an
aa0nF ~ \ lad u bird shua through
q rotten apple. Your nose IL from i
ehank d Parisien marble. aud yous
mouth IL puekeEed with Sweetness.
Nectar Fingers on yons lips. like hon
ey on a bears paw: and myFiaGs of
anIledged kisses are there. ready 10
ny out aud light somewhere. like blue
birds out Of their parent's nest. Your
laugh rings i'm my ears like the wind
harp's strain. or the blea' Of a stray
lamb On a bleak hillside. The dlmples
on your cheeks are like bowers on
beds Of roses. or hoilows In cafes Ut
homemade sugar.
II these remarks will enable Yum
and pour out the burning elOQaenc@
of my love a. a thrifty housekseper
pouFs out hot coffee. Away from you
[ am IS melancholy Al a sick rat
Sometimes I a hear the June bug
Of despondaney barring in my ears
and feel the cold lizard Of despair
crawling down my back. uneouth
fears, like a thousand minn0ws. nib
BILE a, my spirits; aud my soul is pierre
I'd with doubts as an old cheese Il
bored with shippers. You are fairer
than a speckied rooster. sweeter than
a Yankee doughnut fried In sorghum
molasses. brighter than a topknoi
plamage on a MuscOvey duck.
You are candy. kisses, raisins.
pound CAKE and sweetened t0ddy all
together.
If these remarkss win enable you
10 see the inside OF my soul: aud me
10 win your affections. ! shall be as
happy as a woodpecker on a cherry
tree. or a stage horse in a green past
ure. II you cannot reciprocate my
thrilling passion. I win pine away
like a poisoned bed bug. and fall
away from a flourishing vine OF life
an untiinely branch. and In the com,
ing years. when the shadows grow
from the hills. the philosophical frog
sings his cheerful evening hymns.
YOU. happy in an0ther's love. can
come and drop "A tear and - catch
a cold upon the last resting place OF
yours affectionately.
Roo.
December u. 1906.
LA liendre. N. Mex.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
A Woman's Scream.

A bicyc!ist was scorching along with
his head down. A little child toddled
out into the road and stood directly
in his path, The mother saw the
child's danger, but was too much
frightened to move. Suddenly she
screamed, a loud. piercing scream,
that startled the bfcyclist out of his
wits, and he lost control of his wheel,
hit the curb. and didn't know where
he was for Ave minutes. But the child
was saved. which proves that a woman
Is no always SO helpless as she looks.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

Beginning With January ]. 1907,
those wishing the Daily Optic deliv,
cred 90 them In the city. With pay
ment 70 be made by the year. must
pay for the paper In advance. Sub
scFibeFs will not DO carried longer
than q month. 10 matter who
they may be. All accounts bow run.
ming by the year viii he collected up
% January !. when the new rule will
60 into effect The subscription price
Of The Optic win be; $50 per year
In advance: six months. In advance.
s3.75. or 6 cents per month. payable
monthly.
Very sincerely.
CHAS, h. PETERSON.
Circulation Manager.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
APPRECIATES THE spAnisa.

The following appreciation 0f the
Spanish a by Secretary Taft I'm
his annual report win prove pleasing
10 the inhabitants Of the southwest:
Members Of the Latin race are &C.
ctistomed and no without reason. 10
characterize those OF III Of the Anglo.
Saxon race ~ abrupt and ~conceited
In O view Of our power OF pushing
civilization: but those Of III who have
occasion 10 come close to tho civil
nation of the Spanish n and its do
scendents have borne In upon rs
the consciousness that the Anglo-Sax'
on race has much to learn from the
intellectual refinement. the logical
faculties. from the artistic tempera-
ment. from the poetic Imagery. frcm
the high ideals and from the our
the civilization and progress Of the
"One must know the history OF
these colonies 10 realize the tremen'
dous force that Spain has exerted In
the civilization and progress Of the
world. But nations. like men. suffer
action and reaction. The great pub
lie works that Spain has erected the
world over testify to her patience and
enterprise I'm centuries when We OF
the Angio-Saxon world yer strug.
Cling. with something much less pre-
tentious. The history Of the early
Spanish navigators and Of her early
colonies grows on one az II Is stud
led"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
THE %eRoTAsRlv SPIRIT.

Every teacher, in fact. every per
son interested in the intellectual DE-,
yalonment of New Mexico. should
make It a point to attend the twenty
first annual session of the Territorial
ra,c.&sonal association at Las Vegas
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

The recommendation of the pres!'
dent that the ownership of coal
lands on the public domain remain
with the government and be let out
on royalty plan by private contract
appears to be meeting with genera
approval, Certainly IL does not APP
pear to be a wise policy for the gov
eminent to ALLEVIATE its remaining
coal lands.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
Poor SunnlX of BAIT

heard of a small child who was
puzzling out what Noah and his fam.
fly could find to do to pass the time
In the ark. 1t IA suggested that
they might have tished. Net for
hong" she replied. Why they had
only two worms on board."-n Riso.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

More than 10000 sheep and lambs
have been shipped from Magdalehu
this season As the animals brougn;
an average price of q less than
three dollars a head. a simple arith
metical ejaculation will show that
the sheep owners of Socorro county
are blessed with a liberal share (
the present glorious republican pros,
peritv. Socorro Chieftain
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
The Wary Heiress,

Count Dedbroke I'm going to marry
a girl with an In pendent fortune.
Lord Nocash~ ok out. old chap,
that Il isn't a re with an indie
pendent girl
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
A SUGGESTION,

Hardup-i never guess at anything.
Speculator-That's too bad. II you'd
quit calculating. and guess awhile,
maybe you'd hit something straight.
Detroit Free Press.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

The Deming Headlight has another
good long guess coming. II says the
Japs outnumber the Americans in
population four TO one.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

The people coming to the Pecos
valley the past year have been bring
ing their household goods along to
stay.-RosNel Record.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22
Las Vegas. New Mexico.
December 10, 1916.
December 81. 1906.
La l.iendre. N. Mex.

hope you will spend a whole lot
Of money at the Catholic fair.
Ha! ha, | heard YOU had a new suit
Of clothes. Is 1t on trial: | hope |,
Is. Good bye.
DOT.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-22

1t IL pleasing 10 know that an in
v~cstigatlng committee hat Will IN
vcstignt" fully, fairly and without
bias il tn examine the books of the
pcnitentiary covering the last seven
wears and make IA report to the gov
ernor. Mr.. Hursums friends are IN
tircly confident that a full and fair
investigation will show that he never
wrougpd the territory knowingly I"
the extent of IA single cent.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01

In Andrews 9 Anecdotes Ancient and
Moderl' d7S9y one reads, Should
glass house fire be kept up. without eX-
tinction for a longer term than seven.
years, there is no doubt but that sala
mander would be generated i'll the
cinders. This probably accounts for
the popular idea that saluinandef
lives in the fire. a fallacy so far re
moved from the truth that tue curious
lizard like beast so called cannot en-
dure even the heat of the sun, bus;
skulks away under stones to avoid it..
1t will never lose its reputation fol
fire eating. though, which fingers still
in the heating utensil that is naIneG
after 1T.
WANTED, by Chicago wholesale and
ailorder house, assistant manager
imam or womanl for this county and
adjoining territory Salary $40 and eN.
penses paid weekly expense money ad
svanced. Work pleasant, position per
smanent. No investment or experience
required. Write at once for full par
ticularS and enclose self addressed en-.
velope. COOPER e CO.,
i39 Lake street, Chicago, Ill. !
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
According to Scripture.

A certain tailor Of very strict prin-
ciples was in the habit of eYcusing the
faults Of his assistants only in they
could Justify themselves by Scripture.
One day a woman entered his shop
and asked to see some material, but
refused to buy it because it was too
cheap After showing her some other
goods, the assistant brought back the
same. material, this time asking a high
er price whereupon the customer
bought 1t. Afterward, the proprietor,
who had witnessed the transaction. re
proved his assistant severely. The lat.
ter, remembering the rules Of the ei
tablishment, replied: .Gh, its accord
ing to Scripture all right. She was q
stranger and took her In. -Harper's
[ Weekly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01

Certain birds get their names from
st. Peter according to a writer, the
petrol Gn German Petersvogel, Peters
Bird. bird that skins the waves, Is
named after the apostle who walked
upon the waves Of Galilee. But the
parrots is less simple case. In
Spain and In Portugal, as iii France,
the word corresponding to parrot nj
most certainly represents little Peter,
a familiar name playfully applied be
cause Peter was SO common Chris
tan name. Similarly house sparrow
is niclnamed .pierrot' in France ("
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
OLD INDIAN PIPES.
Esch Feather In = Stem Represented
nn Enemy Siain.

Each Feather In Stem Represented
IN Enemy slain.
4 Il need searcels be told thai III the
pipes of long ago each feather append
ed TO the stem represented an enemy
slain Ii one doubted the record OF
the war eagle feathers, the warrior
then showed the. scalps Of the enemy,
which We're kept as sort OF sacred
proof of his word Such pipes We're
used only on occasions OF peace and
war. Speaking roughly. the best pipes
Df eastern tribes We're in nodded clay,
the best Of the western tribes in slate
pipe stone taken from the famous quar-
ry west of the Mississippi. Before the
great buffalo and antelope hunts, when
herds of game We're driven into pound
or an inclosed area Of snares, it was
customary for the Indians to Whit the
incense OF Precipitation to the spirits OF
the animals about to be slain, explain
Ing that only the desire for food COM
pelied the Indian to kill and that the
hunt was the will of the Master OF Life,
or Master Of the Roaring Winds, who
i would compensate the animals ia the
| next world The pipes used for this
| ceremony usually show the figure of a
\ man In conferes with the figure of
an animal Others show the figures OF
Indians with locked hands. This typi-
| fies VOW Of friendship to be termi-
mated only by death 1t was usually
between men, but sometimes between
a man and waman in which case the
| platonIc bond not only precluded, but
forbade, the very possibility of mar
riage After that who shall say that
the stolid Indian has no vein Of sent-
ment In his nature7
| One Of the most curious pipes I have
seen l bought from a Cree on reser-
vatien east of the refugee Sioux. 1t is
!. in the shape Of war hatchet Of a
1 metal which do not know though |
suspect it is galena mixed with clay,
the edge being sharp enough, but the
back of the Ak being bowl and the
handle pipe stem. The odd lines in
Indian carvings and woven work are
not without meaning. Fighting Mistah
could read legend where we saw
were the circular lines, hollow down
meaning clouds; the cross, meaning the
coming Of the priest; the tree type
Of peace with Its branches overshad
owing the nations; the wavy line, sig
nifying water; the arrow, war. The
/ ordinary Indian can read a tribal sons
or chronicle from obscure drawings OF
the lace Of q rock or crazy coloree
work ON scraped buffalo skin.
Ing
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Be gentleman, and some people
viii not appreciate you.
Defeat is often good thing, as it
shows q man how little he amounts to.
II you want to enjoy the society of
people never become intimate with
them
Rich men are hated and this is the
reason: We poor people are in the
majority
The house is too noisy for comfort
with a child in it and too lonesome
for comfort when the child leaves. And
there you are.
Every house owner should ask him
self this question tomorrow, is my
house nuisance In the neighhorhood :"
Look yourself over.
AS man gets older he finds that
the path from the cradle to the grave
is not near SO long as it was from
soup to dessert when he was a child
Atchison Globe
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
speedr Rates,

Few men could tell, il they were
asked how many feet per second they
walk The average man walks four
feet n second. A dog, on Its ordinary
jog, goes eight feet a second A horse
trots twelve feeta second. A reindeer
over the Ice makes twenty-six feet. A
race horse makes forty three feet a
sailing ship makes fourteen feet.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
Cot the Thorn.

Young Thorne Ito his ideaD And
your name is Rose; What sweet
name Rose Is. RoseI am glad you
like it. But but--but l do not want to
be d rose without ifhorne-
What could a fellow say after that?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
Washington Notes.

on the floor of the United States Senate
this week, and shook hands witff those
of his old friends with whom he had
worked during his twelve years of SER
vice in the upper branch of Congress.
/ Mr.. Pettigrew had a peppery person.
aity, and the Senate never was dull as
long as he could hold the floor In
| greeting the visitor, one OF the senators
said:
"Mr. PettigreW, we wish you were
! back as chairman of the committee on
/ trouble"
Mr.. Pettigrew laughed.
/ II scarcely think I'm much missed"
he said ',From reading the newspapers
and the Congressional Recoru OF late,
don't think You're suffering from a lack
OF excitment Senator Tillman is with
you, and besides, the senate seems to
i be a committee of the whole on trouble"
4 Mr.. Pettigrew declares he has no
4 ambition to return to the senate. He
protests that his desire now is to enjo
life quietly.
The photographic branch of the,
geological survey is making extensive
Investigations into the extent and char
acter Of the great artesian basin under
lying North and South Dakota and
Nebraska. for the purpose OF determine
ing the physical properties OF the
. water, and its influence on plant life
and products of manufacture. Numer-
Gus samples from wells and springs
have been received from the three
states named, and experts are now ana
lyMng Ahem.
Governor Elrod is expected here to
head the South Dakota delegation to
the Divorce Congress, which convenes
Monday. The other members Of the
delegation are Bishop w. IL. Hare G.
w. Case, A. w. Burtt III. X. Warren,
and Thomas Sterling. The different
state delegations will be received Mon
day afternoon by President Roosevelt
4 at the White House Some merriment
{ has been occasioned by the choice of a
chairman by the Utah delegation.
4 They have selected Senator Reed Smoot.
Mr.. Smoot is generally believed to be
thoroughly informed on all questions
pertaining to marriage or divorce
General Baldwin, who has been in
II n ,,ft
has been assigned to command of the
Department of the Dakotas. This
change was occasioned by the recent
: prnmatian Of General Greeley from
J, chief OF the Signal Corps to that OF
major general and his assignment tc
the Southwestern division. General
? Baldwin will not assume his new
: command until March /, when General
. Greeley will relieve him at Oklahoma
!. City
: Representative Burke obtained tht
: passage of his bill this week setting
!. aside $500 acres OF land in Stanle,
county South Dakota, as pasturag,
for the herd of buffalo. owned by Mi
= Philip The bill provided for lease
: of 5000 acres, but it was cut down il
. committee to $500 acres, and insteat
: Of giving use of tract free, the House
!. decided on an annual rental of $50, 81
that a precedent might not be estab
? .lished. Representative Williams o
: Mississippi insisted upon the nomina
s rental.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
She Knew.

Filth You don't know how glad I
an to see you. Clara, dear. Clara Dear
* Oh yes, es, do. Johnny told me he
heard you say you would rather die
than see me again. Boston Transcript
8 See that Automatic CARPET dispiayer
at the New Furniture Store, Any size
room shown carpeted from many
SAMPLES on hand Carpets mad1 10 tit
rssn 81 sMall extra ssst. J. ~. Mid.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01

Butchers the Finest Cattle, Sheep and
Hogs that it is possible obtain
Highest Cash Price Paid For Hides.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-13
Through Darkness to Lisht-Drama In
Four Acts.
Cast of Characters.

Cast of Characters.
Lady Trixley-Miss Augustine Fitz-
gerald.
Mildred, Lady Trixley's step-daugh-
ter-Marguerite De Baum.
Constance Lady Trixley's daughter
Anna Pierce Walsh.
Amanda, Lady Trixley's friend
Miss Myrtle Bambrick.
Hortense, Governess in Disguise
Elizabeth Thomas.
Isabel. Dorothy, Esther. sisters
aunts of Miidred-Rose Barry. Anna
O'Donnell, Bessie Howard.
Cecil, Matilda, their guests Mary
Darmody. Rosa Gillespie.
Zeralda, lace vender Gypsy in dis
guise)-Marguerite O'Connell
Lorlie, Lady Trixley's visitor-Ma
rie Klein.
Frances, Maid to Lady Trixley-Ma
rie Glauber.
Lizette, Housemaid-Pearl James.
Twenty-Five Flower CATERERS -
School Girls.
Angels-Ella Dougherty, Helen Gal
ligan, Oriel O'Connell.
Prison Guards-Stanley Dryer and
Joseph Day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-13
FLAG DAY TOMORROW.

BY proclamation of the governor TO-
morrow will be Flag Day and ii would
be well for people generally not TO
overlook II. In the rush of everyday
affairs Americans are too prone to for
get patriotism. II Is not that w do not
feel this sentiment and appreciate f..
but are too busy breasting the current
of existence 10 turn aside to the culii-
walton of this field which Is apparently
removed from utilitarianism. Drop an
American in foreign country and his
heart will thrill at the sight of the
Stars and Stripes as exultantly as
could be desired. but in his native land
the flag becomes "the Tag"-a some
thing to make gay with on gala occa
sions. bur not more significant than
any other piece OF decoration. II we
any other piece Of decoration. In his
address 10 the Cairo high school
graduating class last week Prof OFT
Of Chicago. touched upon this. To Illus
trate our lack of reverence for things
which We should hold sacred. he spoke
Of seeing the flag used for advertising
purposes and a I political meetings
spread upon a table as a mat for a
water pitcher.
If we see old glory in the midst 81
other banners we take time to give II Z
cheer, bnt the spirit of the shout Is a.
much 10 prove that We are intelligent
enough 10 pick ont our flag a. TO indi
cate any genuine enthusiasm for what
the flag represents. To counteraci thii
Indifference for the flag at home tbs
Daughters Of the American Revolution
. few years ago set aside June Il ss
~FIas Day The day is the anniver
ssry Of = beautiful and patriotic cpl
seae IN the history Of cur Gag and its
annually recurring celebration IL sure