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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
LOST.

LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN A
bay horse: weight 1900 pounds; white
star in face: white hind foot: brand
- on left hip: $1,000 reward for re-
turn. J. c. johnson 4 Son. 1882
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
E and PILE CURE

E0Ec Knowing what Il was u suffer.
! will Civ. FREE Of CHARGE,
to any afflicted a positive ure for &c,
zema. Salt Rheum, E~rysipelas, Piles and
Skin Diseases. Instant relief Don't
suffer longer. Write =. W. WILLIAMS.
400 Manhattan Avenue, New York,
Enclose Stamp.
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Plaza ..... ......e:3.is an
eaxtane1a -. ....s:ss an
81 Anthony's ....S:gsl an
These ears eonsinas every III
teen minutes all 6sy untii
evening, When the LAST ca
can lie had
i1axA .~+s.. ...-AmT& 10 Pm
csstanets -. ..-ii:oo pm
ia. AnthonyIs ....Ii:07aa pm
The car returning from the SAM
taFtnrn reaches the castaneia al
ms and goes direct TO the hafn-.
This schedule In 10 complete and
takes In 50 many hours of the day
that citizens desiring 10 attend parties
OF functions In the evening may do 50
and he snre of a car home. u In
hoped the people will take advantage
Of this effort 20 serve them.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

FOR SALE Buggy and harness
almost new, also gentle driven horse.
No | Grand Ave, 1913
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05

When business drags. push it
along with more advertising.
Las Vegas Art Souvenir on sale
at the Optic Office.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-05
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE - Two story cottage
tent, comfortable as any house to
live in In winter. Inquire of ID. +.
Griswold at o. T. Gregory's barber
shop. l0-47
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1871
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
SUNLESS WINDOW.
PLANTS THAT WILL THRIVE
WELL IN THE SHADE.
The White Petunla Is Good Winter
House Plant That Viii Bloom
Profuseiy-AIi Palms Grow
in Shade.

The common white petunia makes
really charming plant for use in
shaded window 1t is of the easiest
culture. For winter blooming it should
be planted in the early fall Give it
moderately rich soil, just enough wa
ter to keep the soil moist, and a
weekly bath to keep it's foliage clean,
and it will bloom profusely.
When the branches seem to have
exhausted themselves by the constant
production of flowers cut them back
to within a foot of the pot. In
short time new branches will be sent
forth, and they will bear flowers of as
fine size and as great profusion as
young plant would be likely to give
No plant can be removed more easily
or with better results.
The fuchsia is one of the most sat
isfactory plants for a sunless window.
If it is kept from blooming in the
summer it will begin to bloom as soon
as brought into the house in the fall.
Give it a sandy loan and frequent
showerings.
The Gala is very satisfactory
flower to grow in the shade. Its great,
luXuriant leaves are attractive in
themselves, and when to these are
added the pure white beauty of the
flower it forms an ideal plant for the
sunless window
The white azalea gives vast
amount of pleasure if the room in
which it is kept can be regulated as
to heat and moisture
To grow it we'll the air must never
be dry and warm enough to exhaust
the vitality of the plant. Fresh air
should be admitted daily, and the
temperature of the room should be
kept low
Begonias are particularly adapted
to sunless window and bloom with
great profusion
The rubber plant does we'll in the
shade. So will nearly all of the
palms.
The best ferns for the sunless win
dows are the sword fern and the
Pteris tremula
Asparagus plumosus is another
plant with foliage as dainty as lace
in texture, yet having the merit of
standing heat and dryness of the Mt
mosphere very well. 1t requires a
sandy loan, moderate amount of
water, and frequent showerings 1t
is an especially decorative plant
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
From Clyde Fitch's scrapbook.

Clyde Fitch, at dinner that he
gave in honor of a noted dramatic
critic, read from his library of scrap
books a western criticism on Hamlet.
The criticism, which was dated 1873.
ran:
There is too much Ginning in this
piece. The author is behind the times
and seems to forget that what we
want nowadays is hair raising situa.
tons and detectives.
In the hands of skillful play.
wright a detective would have been
pat upon the track of Hamlet's uncle.
and the old man would have been
hunted down in manner that would
have lifted the audience out of their
cowhides.
The moral of the piece is not good.
The scene where Hamlet sasses his
mother Is a bad example to the rising
generation.
Our advice to the author is more
action, more love-making, and plenty
of specialties. The crazy girl scene
should be cut out altogether and a rat
Ting good song and dance substitut.
ed"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
A Healthy Skin.

There is a great difference between
a healthy skin, glowing and flushing
with life and emotion, and a made-up
complexion of rouge and paints as
there is pronounced difference be-
tween a real rose and rose and
cambria one. If you will observe, you
will see that your skin is reflection
of the state of your health. When you
have rested and feel well the cheeks
are glowing. the eyes bright and the
spirits soaring. Late hours and illness
show at once by bringing to the face a
sallow and drawn expression A SIM
pie line of treatment is to obey the
rules of hygiene, to battle the face
every night with warm water. a com.
plexien brush and some pure soap.
rinsing, drying and rubbing in creme
marquise or orange flower skin food.
Upon arising in the morning, dash
cold water over the face and dust the
skin with good powder A cream
should always be used after ones
countenance has been exposed to wind
or sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26

lem of transportation very prominent
ly to the front. and there is a railway
development in Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan, Alberta and British Columbia.
Such as has never been seen
anywhere. There are at present
over 5000 miles of railway in
operation in that country. and
a conservative calculation of the
lines now in course of construction
places the extent at 5000 additional
miles: a large portion of which will
be completed during the present year.
This means the opening up of a con-
siderably increased agricultural area.
and there is every reason to believe
that in very few years the agricul-
turai wealth of the country will be
developed to such an extent that in.
stead of "A Hundred Million Bushe,
Crop" it will not be out of place Tn
refer to the crop as 900. 600 900 bush.
els OF wheat for export" This NAV
look like drawing the long bow at the
present time. but, in the light of what
has been done by Western Canada
In the past five or ten years. there
is no limit that can be placed upon
what may be done In the five or ten
years Immediately in front of that
lusty young giant OF the West.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Cure for Whoopinq Couch.

Irwin, Pa.-The mine cure" for
whooping cough among small children
is attracting attention in this section.
where the disease is almost epidemic.
In one case Jeanette father daily
takes his ten-months-old baby girl
down into the Penn mine He re-
mains half an hour, comes to the sur
face for the same space of time. and
again goes down and remains another
half hour. This will be repeated daily
for two weeks. The child has a Sc
we're case, and from fit of cough
ing goes into spasms. Pittsburg
physician recommended the mine
cure as the only profitable relief,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
at and Dat Farms, Elbow Valley of Calgary

the combined amounts, together with
er sources, are bound to make finan-
cial conditions very easy in the Cana
dian West until the next harvest ma
lures.
In the last week of August a tour
of inspection was made along the line
of railway in the wheat area by the
Northwest Grain Dealers association
and number of American grain ex-
perts. What they saw convinced
them that not only was the crop a
good average one, but the quality of
the grain grown was admittedly of
the best quality, and more than one
of the visitors stated that although
the yield might have been larger, the
quality could hardly have been i'm
proved. Speaking on this point, Mr..
j. f. Whalley, the well-known wheat
man of Minneapolis, said;
The quality of the crop is excel
lent, and l think the average will be
No. 1 Northern. 1 was up with the
grain men two years ago. and l am
very much struck with the improve
ment that has taken place in these
two years. The growth is certainly
marvellous; there is not better coun-
try in the world than the Canadian
Northwest"
The past few years, in which agri-
culture has been carried on to any
great extent, have brought the prob
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26

after 20 days with somewhat better
report and gave reasons for the faith
that was in them. They had travelled
all through the spring wheat district;
had driven 1,400 miles through the
grain country, besides travelling thou
sands of miles by rail; and they had
visited SO localities and knew where
OF they spoke. They reported: Wheat,
SO,250,0Oo bushels, on 4,75O,OO0 acres,
with an average yield of 10 bushels
per acre. The western division of
the Bank of Commerce also investi-
gated with the following result:
Alberta
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Wheat IN Western Canada
A Good Crop of Excellent Quality Has Been
Raised This Year.

The grain crops estimates from the
Canadian West make a range of from
87,000,000 to lis, 100000 bushels. and
an accurate statement will be some
where between these .fgures-prob-
ably not far from 10000 900 bushels.
This year a larger acreage was sown.
estimated at an increase of from J18
to 20 per cent, and had the average
yield of last year been maintained,
the aggregate would assuredIy have
gone considerably beyond the 100 ,O00,-
900 bushel mark. The exceptionally
large influx of settlers was responsible
to a considerable extent for much of
the increased area, and, there can be
no doubt, is also responsible for a
part of the decreased average yield.
The first crop raised by the new set
tler-ofteA unacquainted with the
conditions of western agriculture-is
not usually prolific, and 1905-06 placed
very large number of amateur farm
ers behind the stills of the pillow; but
with another season or two will help
to raise the average instead of de-
pressing il.
OF the estimates to hand, that of
the Northwest Grain Dealers asso-
citation is the lowest: Wheat, S7,203.-
900 bushels; oats. 1925, 800 bushels,
and barley, 16.9S0.6OO bushels. The
Winnipeg Free Press sent out five
special correspondents, who returned
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Stuffed Apples.

Pare large smooth apples, cut out
the cores without breaking through
the under side Make filing of fine
~ chopped cold cooked chicken. sea
soned with salt, pepper and little
finely chopped parsley. To one cup
of thc,chicken add one-half cup of fine
bread crumbs. Fill the apple cups
with the chicken, with bit of butter
on each. and set in hot oven to
cook till tender. but not soft enough
to break down.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26

upon. This Is less than was looked
Tor by some enthusiastic western peo-
pie. who maintained that increased
acreage necessarily meant an In
creased aggregate. Still. 10000 900
bushels Of wheat Is 5000 900 better
than what was looked upon last year
as a good crop. and we do not think
Western Canada has much cause to
feel down In the mouth because the
acme OF its anticipations on the wheat
crop may not have been realized.
Taking one year with another. that
country has demonstrated that 1t can
be depended upon as a great wheat
growing territory. and has to be reck-
oned with In the markets of the
world.
The yield In oats has been in
creased this year by nearly $500. 900
bushels. the aggregate estimate being
55.725.6 600. with the average at 412
bushels TO the acre. The estimated
crop Of barley Is placed at 1890, 500
bushels. which is slight increase
over the total of-last year. OF fax the
estimate given is 690,1S4 bushels,
which Is material Increase upon last
years figures.
Following are the figures In detail
Tor wheat, oats. and barley in West
ern Canada for the three years last
past:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Th. Age of Machinery.

y.
The thinking. directing mind becomes
daily of more account, while mere
Drawn falls correspondingiy in value
from day to day. That eccentric phil
osopher, Ebert Hubbard, says 10 one
of his essays. where machine will
do better work than the human hand,
We prefer to let the machine do the
work
1t has been but a few years since
the cotton gin, the spinning Jenny"
and the power loom displaced the
hand picker, the spinning wheel and
the hand loom; since the reaper and
binder, the rake and tedder, the NOW
ing machine took the place of the old
cradle, scythe, pitchfork and hand
rake; since the friction match su-
perseded the flint and finder; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint pot and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been introduced to replace hand labor.
the laborers have resisted the change;
and as the weavers. the sempstresses
and the farm laborers protested
against new-fangled looms, sewing ma
chimes and agricultural implements,
so in recent times compositors have
protested against type-setting ma
chimes, glass blowers against bottle
blowing machines, and painters
against ready mixed paints. And as
in the case of these short-sighted
classes of an earlier day, so with their
lmltators of to-day, the protest will
be in vain. 1t is a protest against civ
ilization, against the common veal,
against their own welfare
The history of all mechanical i'm
provements shows that workmen are
the first to be benefited by them
The invention of the sewing machine,
instead of throwing thousands of wom-
en- out of employment, increased the
demand to such an extent that thou.
sands of women have been employed,
at better wages, for shorter hours and
easier work where hundreds before
worked in laborious misery to exc
out pitiable existence. 1t was so
with spinning and weaving machin-
cry, with agricultural implements-in
fact, it is SO with every notable i'm
provement The multiplication of
books in the last decade is a direct
result of the invention of linotype
machinery and fast presses
The mixed paint industry, in which
carefully designed paints for house
painting are prepared on large scale
nv Cnnnia1 anh &c.
provement of the same type. The
cheapness and general excellence of
these products has SO stimulated the
consumption of paint that the de-
mand for the services of painters has
correspondingly multiplied Before
the advent of these goods well-paint-
ed house was noticeable from it's
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as
rule, following the example set by
the weavers, the sempstresses and the
farm laborerS of old, almost to a man,
oppose the improvement. 1t is a real
improvement, however, and simply be-
cause of that fact the sale of such
prod ucts has increased until during
the present year it will fall not far
short of 90,0OO,000 or 100000 gal
Ions.
Hindsight is always better than
foresight, and most of us who deploro
the hortsightedness of our ancestors
would do well to see that we do not
in turn furnish terrible examples" to
our posterity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Pension Head Works SAVING.

Washington.-Comm OF Pen.
sions Warner has worked economies
in the service which have saved the
government $201.346 during the last
fiscal year. He has reduced the ex-
penses of the bureau S92.552, has cut
the expenses of special examiners $50.
3SS. of examining surgeons $4,000.
has made saving In salaries ar d
clerk hire at agencies of 1922. in
rents and contingent expenses of
agencies. 1864. and in the examine
ton OF pension agents has saved
$3.50.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
An odious comnarisnn

Doesn't Scrubbly look cheap beside
that magnificent, well-dressed wife of
his?"
i should say %! He looks Ike .
bar-tender's shirt-stud beside the Koh-
i-noor."-Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Repairing Chairs.

Cane-seated chair bottoms that have
sagged may be made as tight as ever
by washing them with hot water and
leaving them to dry in the open air.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
1904.
81, l6s, 22s 74.211. 26o Is, 7s1 SO;


This year, the lowest returns, as we
have stated, are estimated at: Wheat,
S7,2O3. 900 bushels; oats, 75,725, 500,
and barley at 16,9S0,60O bushels, which
is very satisfactory. if not absolutely
satisfying. To better appreciate this
fact, all that is necessary to do is to
go back % years in the history of
Western Canada. At that time the
agricultural product Of the whole
country was confined to Manitoba,
and consisted of 100000 bushels of
wheat, on an acreage of $1,000 and
1,270,26S bushels of oats. The entire
crop was at that time required for
local purposes. and the export trade
was an unknown quantity. To-day,
allowing nearly 20,0O0,000 bushels of
wheat for local consumption and seed
ing, there will be about 70.000,000
bushels for export, which at 70 cents
per bushel will bring in outside money
to the extent of nearly $50,000,0 900.
The barley and oats exported are
good for an additional $25, 900, 900, and
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26

To give the house pleasant odur,
take some live Goals and sprinkle
ground cinnamon on them.
To peel ripe tomatoes without put
ting them in hot water press the
back edge of the blade of the knife
gently all over the surface of the
tomato, then make an incision in the
skin with the sharp edge of the knife,
and it can be peeled off, and the to-
mato served Immediately.
Dried beans of all kinds are much
better when they are cooked in a.
double boiler.
Food should never be put into the
ice chamber of refrigerator, for it
will become more or less tainted by
coming in such close contact with the
ice.
From mistaken notions many house
keepers wrap the ice in newspapers or
a piece of a blanket before putting 1t
in the ice chamber and then marvel
that though the ice keeps so we'll the
refrigerator is never cold. When 1t
is understood that the principle of the
refrigerators rests upon the melting
and evaporating of the ice, the reason
becomes plain to anyone.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
Alberta.

All OF which goes to show that
wheat crop of nearly if not fully 90
100000 bushels may be safely counted
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26

gists or by mall Trial Size 10 cts. by mail.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street. New York.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
"A Positive
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm

Is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26
HELPS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

To give the house a pleasant odth
take some live Goals and spPinkl
ground cinnamon on them.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-09-20
MARVELS OF
RETARDA1iON
By This System Flowers
Can be Made TO Bloom
at any Season OF
the Year.

Never before in the history of the
world have such striking advances
been made in the realm of horticul-
ture as has been the case during the
last twenty years. Step by step,
patient investigation and skillful
experiment have removed those diff
ficulties and deficiencies of which
the old time gardener was SO pain
fully conscious. Probably few in
novations have had such revo1u-
tionary effect as the introduction
of the system of plant retardation
by cold, which was first practised
in England about eight years ago.
The root idea of plant retardation
is so simple that it is a wonder
that nobody had thought of attempt
ing something of the kind years be-
fore the scheme was put to a prac-
tical test. 1t is fact well known
to everyone that in the natural
world the retarding Of vegetation
by low temperature is of common
occurrence. During late winters,
when the grip of the ice king some
times extends well into the spring
season, all kinds of plant life are
often held in check for weeks.
That this does not in any way cause
injury is very evident from the fact
that directly the warm weather
comes, the buds on the plants split
and the tender green leaves begin
to develop, none the worse for the
experience. All that has taken
place has been a prolonging of the
winter sleep, in which all plants
indulge.
AS has often been the case befor e,
mankind has taken a leaf out of
natures book. The retardation of
plants as practised by the twen-
tieth-century gardener is merely an
artificial lengthening of the dor
mant state, although carried much
farther than is ever the case under
natural conditions.
1t is curious that it is not
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-09-20

tremendous rate when they are
brought into heat, and this is par
ticularly noticeable in the case of
an experiment, tested a batch of lily
roots which had been retarded just
to see how fast they would grow.
These were planted on a certain
day and in one week had made
great progress, being six inches in
height. More remarkable still,
in another week the plants were
fully out in a splendid display of
leaf an fragrant bloom. The whole
process only took fourteen days
from TAFT TO finish. Of course, all
this s.eans an immense saving of
ii n to the flower grower. All
kinds 4 retarded plants are exceed
ingly easy to grow and do not re-
quire any great amount of forcing.
The principal point to hear in mind
in their culture is that all roots
must be we'll thawed before they are
placed in a warm situation, and
that the growing plants should be
oila0Oo II Jill 81 OAAS oN%itSAAAaAO-
There is no doubt that plant re-
tardation has a great future before
X. AS the system extends, the
gardener will be able to turn the
seasons topsy-turvy and produce
Towering plants at any time of the
year. Were it possible to apply this
method to fruit trees, il is obvious
that tremendous step would have
been taken. But in this direction
there is d great difficulty. 1t is
quite likely that an apple tree, for
instance, might be kept from start
ing into growth in the spring and
held in a latent state all summer
through. Then early in the au-
tumn the tree might be placed in q
glass house, when it would almost
! certainly burst into flower and leaf.
With the diminished power of the
sun which is characteristic of the
winter months, however, the de-
velopment of fruit would be an inn
possibility. No amount of arti-
fetal heat would take the place
of the rays from the solar orb.
This applies to all fruit-bearine
plants.
At the present time experiments
are being actively pursued on both
sides of the Atlantic to see whether
it is not possible to discover some
light which would have the Same
effect on vegetation as has the sun.
/ Science is familiar with the com
position of the solar rays to large
extent and it does not seem an IN
reasonable thing to seek for an arti-
7 ficial substitute. AS a matter OF