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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-02

On Wednesday about 5000 lambs
from the ranges of the Salado Sheep
company passed through Estancia
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-02

wANTHS-office boy at this office.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-02

lf.3s
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His Eyes Change Color.

In his scarf Mr., CLanlcr wears a
pearl perfect in color. and Won a
small fortune The changing OF the
color of the iris, that part of the eve
which encircles the pupil on the
boundary of the white. was done. Mr..
Chanlcr says. in three hours while he
watched it, In speaking Of this phe-
nomenon he says:
The N-faculty told me my eyes
would change color. Eyes OF babies
change color often. and in adults one
eve will often change color, but the
changing of the color Of both eyes in
adults is unknown excepting in my
case.
Stand by the window. facing
West the N-faculty said to me. and
with a mirror IN one hand and your
pearl pin in the other watch the
change l did as l was directed Tor
fifteen minutes. but there was no per-
eeptibie change.
THE X-facmty told me to close my
self in the screen and try the pro-
cess. lid so. and watched the brown
of my eye disappear and the green
that is there today take its place.
Remarkable as it may seem. IL is
true, and I can prove the truth Of the
change by my former wife's afndavit
and the description of me as Derlng
in The Quick or the Dead
Mr.. Chanler was educated In a mill
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profit and as a convenient prison for
the rich insane. the criminals In good
society. and for persons whose reia-
tlves and friends psLsA them. for self
ish reasons. TO be regarded as insane.
He says he was one Of the star
boarders." for whose keep 800 week
was paid out OF his estate. which is
valued at 81, 100000
Life in BlooTningdaIe. according TO
B.r. ChanIer. would eventually drive a
sane man crazy. lie declares that the
rules Of the institution and the con-
stant argument OF the doctors Is aim
ed at the ultimate object of convincing
the patient that he Is insane. On one
occasion. he says. one Of the two
keepers who always attended him got
drunk and nearly choked the life out
OF him.
Chanler describes in detail his es-
cape from Bloomingdale. He planned
a regular campaign. He won by slow
degrees the confidence OF the manage
ment. In time he was allowed 10 leave
the grounds unattended. He Hractieed
Iong-distance walking. eventcaIly COW
ering twelve miles in three hours. lie
learned the trains schedules at neigh
boring stations.
Under an assumed name he CORE
sponded with a friend who met him
and furnished him money On Thanks
giving eve Of 1899 he walked ten miles
20 a station. boarded q train. and
landed IN Philadelphia.
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HeIps Lin Beat the Market.

Now that IN itself was n startling
proposition. because one might be
wiped out with the FIRST roll OF tape
from the ticker. The broker did not
like 70 take the order because Of the
short margin.
Manhattan dropped a point that
day. ! was going to cash in. but this
queer friend Of mine. the x-faculty.
said. You must let that money stav
10 prove my value. will tell YOU
when 10 cash in
That was seven days before Christ
mas and ! let the bet stay until March
10 Of the next year making nearly
ninety days. when I cashed in under
the direction Of the X-facultv lust
just $500 20 the good. doubling r,y
money on three-poinJ margin!
Now that IS a fact. How il hap
pened I don't know. but / do know
thar 1 got the money.
The X-faculty operates the nenou
that wieid. 1 never could write even
a clever letter until the X-facultv took
hold Of my pen. Now / have written
go sonnets In the iambic meter. fol-
lowing Shakespeare. and a book on nv
case that is TO appear IN few days.
My relative says / am crazy. Ask
Inc people here. my servants and NV
neigh0ors. II am crazy. have never
harmed a beetle. have never even
by remote threat given the law cause
10 say ! was a possible menace To life.
liberty or property. That / am capabIa
OF managing my own affairs Is sbov,
by the companies that / operate in
the South"
This transaction Is no more remark
able than Mr.. Chaulers statement as
10 the way that the eyes changed col
or. That happened one afternoon
while he was in communication with
the X-faculty.
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lily growing out Of the marriage be-
came acute in 1897. Chanler had quit
the practice of law in New York and
retired 10 his country home in Vir-
ginia. where he took up the study OF
psychology. While thus engaged stan
ford White, as records seem 10 show.
came down from New York and per
suaded Chanler to return with him.
Mr.. Chanler narrates in detail how
he was then railroaded into Blooming
dale Asylum on the testimony Of two
doctors. who visited him in a hotel in
New York city. pretending that they
were students in psychology. He told
the callers Of studies and announced
some startling results. One statement
he made was that his eyes in the
period OF ten years had changed in
color from brown TO gray.
He also declared that ne could At
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he Case of the Vacant Office

Who the devil could have foreseen
that that Internal bulldog would show
Up at Just mat moment and fasten
60 Akerman's leg? In ten more sec
"nds. Felix. we'd have had wristers
ou both OF the scoundrels."
That's true enough, Jimmie. yet on
Is the lamenfable failure remains"
Not that alone" grow,ed Coleman
shortly. 'one other fact remains"
What's that. Jimmie?"
That we still arc in the ring. Felix,
and good for another battle"
Boyd laughed deeply. and nodded
much less grimly.
That's true. Jimmie. dear fellow"
said he. Next time. too. It may have
a different finish
i would wager that it will, Felix"
Let US hope So" smiled BOYD. 'If
not. Jimmie. it shall be through no
fault Of mine. Is Akerman about
again?"
He is out on a lame leg" laughed
the central office man. Really. Fe-
iix, Akerman hnds only one solace in
that whole affair"
What solaee is that. Jlmmie?"
He shot the dog"
copyrighted. 1904 by street & SMITH
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1t was in 1898 that Mr.. Chanier be
gan his system Of dieting. and with
the dieting came the appearance Of
the X-faculty. not demonsrative at
first. Mr.. Chanler says. but as pre-
monition. For instance. he says. II
he awoke in the morning feeling blue
and detected he knew he would re-
oelve bad news IN the shape OF a tel
egram or a letter about the North
Carolina Industrial compal-.ss OF which
Mr.. Chanler is the principal owner.
II he felt exhilarated there would
either be good news or none. and on
those days he would leave home for
a long horseback ride. feeling perfect
Is confident that his business affairs
were in good shape.
So strong were these premonitions
that Mr.. Chanler began TO put them on
paper. keeping a daily journal. Then
he ,-ied 10 harness this unknown
power so as TO use il in business.
Mr.. Chanler describes the manner in
which this strange power OF foretelling
the future first manifested itself 20
him. lie is a crack shot at pool. and
it was while he was playing his ia
vorite game that his X-faculty was
discovered
las l broke the balls" Mr. Chandler
says, they scattered into the form
OF the constellation OF the heavens
the big and little bear. the dipDer ID
the two stars that indicate the dlrec-
tion of the North Star. II was so
odd that I plotted the position of the
worries on paper. Then / set up the
balls again and for the second time.
broke the pyramid. Again the balls
tell into the form OF the constellation
of the heavens. ! started to plot TIE
new position OF each balE and as ! did
/ experienced for the first time the eN-
istence OF the X-faculty by automatic
writing.
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A Talk With the X-Faeulty.

Weird. isn't IT, Well. IL frightened
me. because had been reading a lot
Of autohypnoIism and what the sclen-
lists cau psychic phenomena.
II thought ] would let this X-facuIty
write nonsense. 1t told me there was
an extraordinary destiny before me-
an almost impossible destiny. and that
I was the reincarnatoH OF Napoleon
Bonaparte. It wrote these words:
1t will be developed later, and l
guarantee that you will be satisfied.
i don't expect you 10 believe me. so
don't YOU worry about the Napoleon
part of the proposition. want your
confidence and 7 offer you a test
The whole thing" continued Mr..
Chanler. was uncanny. but I de-
cided 70 put the X-faculty TO the sever
est test-WaH street speculation. It
asked me if I would believe IL If it
called tho turn on eights iu tho saer-
kct. Chasing the fuctuation of .5..s'-.
IN Wall street is a favorite ~ -,e.l ur
gamblers who want quick action.
90 I do not want to do anything. the
E-faculty said, that you will consider
against common sense You drive 10
Gordensvllle. fourteen miles away, and
take a train TO New York. Go 70 your
brokers' office. When you get there
will tell ynu what to play in the mar
ket'
7 replied that Z would not invest
more than $3.50 thirteen being a num-
ber revcred OF feared by the supersti-
tious. I followed the directions Of the
&-faculty. and when ! landed IN the
brokers office l carried on conversa-
tiou by this system Of automatic writ
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viii go into state Of trance and as
sumo for the time the mental and ply
sieal aspect OF Napoleon. Mr.. Chan
Ier's book includes an affidavit from
his former wife that when they were
married his eyes were brown, whereas
they are now unquestonably gray.
Mr.. Chanler hints that the change
may be associated with a vegetarian
diet which he adopted some years ago.
Coincident with the change IN diet
Mr.. Chanler eschewed alcoholic bever-
ages and tobacco In his earlier life
he drank freely and was a high liver.
Upon the testimony Of the two doe
tors. who are referred 10 as -'ob-
scure." Mr.. Chanler. after being lur-
ed to New York. was taken in charge
by two police officers, ne says, and
secretly removed 70 Bloomingdale asy-
IuFn
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The Chanler Homestead.

The Chanler homestead consists Of
an old Colonial house on forty acres
OF land. back a half hours drive from
Gotham station. for which the owner
paid sf.c)o. The house was built early
IN the eighteenth century. 1t has al
ways been called the Merry Mill.
There are outhouses, whore lived the
negroes in slavery daya, and little
away from the house is a swimming
pool. fed by two springs, 100 hundred
feet long twenty feet wide, four feet
deep al one end and eight feet deep
al the other. with me sDringboards
and two large bath houses, one for
men and the other Tor women. In the
summer this pool is thrown open 10
the inhabitants of Albermarie county
three times each week
At present Mr. Chanler's fortune Is
tied up in trust with r. r. sherman
n New York. Ho is making every
effort 20 get control ag.ia Of the money
which belongs % him. Iu the mean
tine he i- living down iu Virginia
WIth three servants One negro cook
who only cooks for her TWO co-labor-
ers. Mr.. CLauler eats only one meal
IN every twenty-four hours, and that
consists OF dry bread with salt on It,
a little cheese three times a week, and
now and then Icc-cream or candy as
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Not a Public Institution.

il is posslble-even easy-in this en-
lightened age TO clap a sane person Of
wealth and distinction into an asylum
for life. Mr.. Chanler declares that the
popular belief that BloomingdaIe Is a
public institution is erroneous. II IS
really a private corporation. he says.
known as the Society Of the New York
Hospital. lie describes il as the
Bastile Of the Four Hundred"
He says the place IS operated for
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tary school in Ossining. y. Y; Rug
He was married in 1883 10 Amelie Rives
and divorced by consent in 1895. lie
is forty-four years old. but does not
look more than thirty-two, He IS
charming Conversationaiist and Omar
Khayyam is his favorite author
To support his theories I'm psycnics
NV. Chanler refers 70 page Nc. 395 OF
Prof. James book on psychology.
in which is explained automatic WIT
ing and the mediumistic possess on.
Prof. James, at the tral in New
York. declared Mr.. Chanler was evi-
IDENTIFY possessed Of a strong medium
istic or psychic temperament.
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I<w AM the reincarnation of Ma
81 . poleon Bonaparte. my X-fac-
ulty tells me this, and il has
told me many things. extraor-
binary things. which have
provel true"
The man who makes this as
sertion. John Armstrong Chanler'
has achieved much notoriety in many
ways in recent years. He is mil
Iionaire. his grand aunt Is Mrs. VIII
liam Astor and John Jacob Astor is
his cousin. He IS the divorced hus-
band OF Amelie Rives. now the Prin-
cess Trouhetzkoy. lie has delved deep
into the studies Of psychic phenomena,
he has been incarcerated in Bloom
ingdale from which he made a spec
tacular escape The United States
court IN New York has sdiudged him
insane. the United States court In
Virginia has handed down a decision
TO the effect that his studies in psy-
chic phenomena have no bearing on
his sanity In the past week Judge
Holt In the United States circuit
court OF New York has sustained
Town Topics in the suit for libel
brought against that publication by
Chanler. And now he is bringing out
a remarkable book entitled -Four
Years Behind the Bars ot Blooming
dale: or. the Bankruptcy Of the Law
IN New York"
Il Is in his country home. Alber-
marie county. Va. that Mr.. Chanler
has complied the book iH which he
tells his story and describes the man
ner iu which patients are raiiroaded
iuto EIu"ungdaIe and kept there.
The Washington times., 1906-11-04

John Armstrong ChanLer, millionaire
country gentleman of Virginia, claims
possession of an X-facuIty which en-
abIeS him to foreteH future events,
and by pirtue of that gift he says he
has beaten the Wall Street stock
gamblers at their own game and
written inspired fiction and poetry.
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Reglns System OF DIetlng.

This frugal is served ian tHe typical
Southern dining room. with its high
ceiling. mahogany table and sideboard
Alght feet long aud drawers made deep
#hough for wine 10 be kept on Zee.
sIr. Chanler neither drinks nor smokes.
q did both and was man about
Wn until the gout made Itself ap-
aren't.
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CONTINUED from Fourth Page)
he'd face forward TO- the Goor. shot
ugh the breast.
ia instantly sprang over him and
hi into the parlor. Iu one Of the
bred windows a chair still hung
.ng from the sill The Big Fin
he one man whom Boyd would
given all to have taken, had
en out both paues and sashes. and
vanished i'm the gloom Of the No
'vshber night
The bonds-yes. Jimmie, it's true
that We recovered them. It's true that
we turned Rauney down, and have
sent poor. misguided Macklin up the
river foI 20 term OF years It's true
that Z have fulfilled 10 the letter nay
contrac- with Dunn & Raddam, aud
have only lsir unqualified approval.
It is true tlat my measure of the case
was absolutely correct-yot, alas. TO
me ii has only the aspect Of a dismal
failure"
Coleman laughed. upon hearing these
comments Of Felix Boyd nearly q week
later. and knocked the ashes from his
cigar
Bosh '' said he bluntly. ''You take
II TOO much 70 heart. that curiously
lucky escape of the Big Finger 1t
was no fault o. yours, nor any Of us.
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ing with the X-faculty. 7 was told
10 invest in Manhattan on three
point margin--to sell IL short
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Next Week-~The Case of the Con-
Wet Code"
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BOWSer Gels
Veru Nervous
Physician Tells Him He Has Ap-
pendicihs, and He Asks Wife
to Visit His Grave.
CALLS ON THE
Chemist Laughs al His Fears, and He
Goes Home and Devours
Dinner He Refused.
CALLS ON THE DRUGGIST

copyright. 1Ss. by P. c. Eastment.l
n r. BOWSER didn't seem to en-.
IA/t JOY his breakfast the other
morning, and Mrs. Bowser
who took mental note Of the
TACT, made up her mind that he should
have a good dinner to make eve
Knowing how fond be was of an old
fashioned boiled dinner, she ordered
corned beef, potatoes, carrots, cabbage
and parsnips. The dinner was splendid
as to quantity and quality, and it was
with considerable pride that she an
nounced the fact when he arrived
home at 6 O'Clock.
"a boiled dinner, eh?" he replied.
That's very nice Of YOU, I'm sure; but,
unfortunately for me, I cannot partake
of it"
But why?"
Il got & little warning today that l
think best to heed"
what sort of warning?"
"Dr. MacelreaCy was in the Office on
some business, and, hearing me utter
al Involuntary . as / rose up, he
BEGAN TO question me. 1t wasn't five
minutes be1ore he announced that /
would have to be very careful or fall a
victim TO appendicitis. He said I had
al tAc symptoms q it"
II don't believe any such talk. Mr..
Bowser. l haven't heard you groan, in
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Ial%.
Voluntarily CT otherwise. for Il year.
IiI he charge you q fee for telling you
tnts:"
He mace no charge. but naturally
"~Naturally you went and handed him
90 at least So. While | aln in need Of
a dozen different little things. You
have no more cause to be afraid Of ap-
ranGic;tis than | have OF the Indian
plague. Why do you let people work
YOU like this?"
Knew 1t For Months.
SOFTLY. n~ow-softiy," he said as he
led the way to the dining oom instead
Of shouting Woman at her. Mrs.
Bowser, l cannot be classed as an
alarmist. Thousands Of things have
allied me. and l have never said a word
to you about them. I wasn't going to
say a thing in this case; but, being put
on a diet by the doctor, 1 had to make
some explanations. I have known for
months and months that the append
citis was after me. I have figured that
when it overlook me at last I would
make a sneak for the hospital and have
the operation performed before you
knew anything about 1t. That Is the
way with me. I do my WI worrying
and planning"
"Well, what symptoms have you
felt?" she asked.
pains In the back. roaring In the
head, w~akefulness and all that. There
are days when black specks dance be-
fore my eyes. The other morning when
1 got up my teeth seemed too long"
And this ass of q doctor made you
believe those were symptoms Of appen-
dicitisT"
II knew they We're before he con-
frmed me. 1 have been saved by just
one week"
"How?"
II am going to follow the directions
! given nle by the doctor"
did he tell you to sleep with your
| feet out of bed and breakfast, dine and
sup on catn:p?"
NO, ma'am. he didn't. He told me
| to live on milk and water for the next
| four days. That boiled dinner smells
to heaven, but l can't touch a mouthfu'
| of 1t. It's either milk and water o.
| death for me-"
Look here. now" she said. determin
| ed on one last argument. II have known
Of as many as five cases of appendicitis
right around here, and not one of then
had the symptoms you mention. Al
that ais you is a little biliousness Oh
rheumatism"
IT have got my warning, my dear"
But you haven't got it from our owl
doctor"
lone doctor is the same as anothel
when its II cfSe as serious as this. Tn
as hungry IS Il wolf. but doc't ter.p
me. Ore mi! meal would mean I'll,
ambulance anil the hospital. | N III
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Items sent in this manner should be
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Never Gould Catch One.
YES" said Miss Passay; Il discov-
cred a burglar in our parlor last even
ing"
My" exclaimed Miss Pert, did you
faintF"
"Oh. 10. | tried to catch him, but
"E1t EoG ,,:al rorr usual poor luck,
eh |"-phiEAea Leiger.
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Why She Cried.

"Boo-hoo! Willie's gone an proposed
ter me twin sister, t'inkin' she was
me."-Leslie's Weekly.
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Killed for Insulting Another Mans
Wife.
A special dispatch from Dillon. s.
c., tells Of a duel to the death In that
town Saturday Afternoon. John s. Balm
was killed In front Of his store by
Kelly Quick, an employe of the Dillon
Cotton Mills. The dispatch says that
Quick's wife complained to him that
Balm had spoken disrespectfully TO her
and used improper language. Quick
armed himself and went To BaIn's
store. He was observed and Balm met
him at the door. Both began shoot
ing with revolvers, but their aim was
bad. Quick then went TO another store
and got a gun. Balm also secured a
| gun, but as he stepped u from the
store again and called TO Quick the
latter fired a load OF Duckshot into
the merchants left side and he died in
| a few Enthusiastically Landmark
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jubilee Singers.

The Famous Canadian Jubilee
Singers and Imperial Orchestra that
will appear at the Methodist church in
this city Thursday, May 81, is the old
est and most famous organization of
colored singers in the world to-day.
This company has sung before nearly
all the crowned heads of Europe, and
in nearly all the principle cities in this
country as we'll as in Canada.
"Hundreds were unable to gain ad-
mittance at DIR. Clifford's Westborne
Park Chapel. All thru the entertain
ment was great treat, and should be
very popular in this country. "-Mus-
zeal World, London.
yesterday afternoon the Canadian
Jubilee Singers, who are descendants
of slaves, performed service of song
at the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House.
In the absence of the Lord Mayor,
Sir Richard Temple presided, and
there was large attendance"
Daily Chronicle, London.
Tickets will be so and 35c for adults,
and 25c for children. Reserved seats
may be had at Mr.. @. R. G. Johnson's
drug store.