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Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-12-15
ENDORSED AT HOME.
Such Proof as This Should Convince
Any East Las Vegas Citizen.


The public endorsement of IA iOea!
citizen In the best proof that can he
produced None better. nnne strong
or. can bc had When man comes
forward aud testifteS 10 his fellow
citizens. addresses his friends and
ueighbors. y0u may be sure be IL
thoroughly convinced or he would
not do So Telling ones experience
when IL Is for the public good In an
act OF kindness that should be- appre-
.clated. The following statement civ.
en- by resident of East Las Vegas
adds one more 10 the many cases OF
home endorsement which are being
published about The Little onqueF,
or" Read H.
Miss Margarita Ortiz, New Mexico
avenue. Las Vegas. \. NJ, says: i
first read Of Doan's Kidney pills In Il
Mexican paper and as suffered from
backache got box at Go0dall' =
drug store They gave me complete
relief and have not had the trouble
since. recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills TO every kidney sufferer
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-12-15
Spending 4 Billion DOLLARS
FOR new YORKS IMPROVEMENTS
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER INTER
Esrs .ulTtaIllIosAREs BUILDING
MEAT TO PRESERVE REVOLUTIONARY LANDMARKS ALONG
the PALISADES WALL STREETS CHIMNEY CORNER"

New YORK. nee Ia~is New York
tunnel mad: Has soaae new maeTobe
lurking In The subway infected the
whole city With u desire for under
ground travel? Certain II is that nev.
ct before has smeh o stream Gl gold
heen poured forth f0g underground
barroW4ngs On three sides II the
city human na0ies are n1adly digging
Gu new tunnels at a Csssa which u a!.
must staggering. togaAng nnt millions
but hundreds of millions, The Penn
Syivanla tunnel viii Gust sI25 100.
0o0. Thea there is the Curtlandt
street tunnel. 10 which tie, ,o00 400
wili h. expended. the Morton street
tunnel costing $4,000. 900. the Bat.
terry tunnel at . mere 5000 .oO0. and
the Steinway tunnel at $500 0o0 In
fact there viii be tunnels enough for
MI ut prices tO meet any pocketbook.
When they are completed New York
will lay claim tn the title of the
greatest tunnel city In the world. Ba.
II In not only In underground work
that the city is spending millions. Al.
together billion dollars IL being In
vested In improvements. a fact which
naturally causes Father Kniekerbock.
or TO be much interested In things
financial. The General Electric com.
pany In spending s30.0o0.000 on an
extension. the New Haven railroad
$4,000! 900 for electrlfication. the
New York Central s9o.o0o00o on var
ious improvements including the re.
building OF the Grand Central station,
and the Western Union $4,000. 900.
More millions invested In improve.
ments In nearby territory swell the
total t0 the billion mark. at which
point even New York viii have "a
stop for breath.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-12-15

ssaT themselves wkat neeaAs aaang The
pmha1e is beginning 70 realize Bow
ahat while maeA hax aeem aone In tht
way of preserving sites of eiEal war
a@athes. almost bOahAhg has asaen anne
exeeps by . fee patriotic societies En
waFd preserving n. olutaoaasy land
maFks and hai1lsfaeaaH. which are ~
numerous bosh In Sew YORK state and
Ssv~ Jersey. adjacent to Ibe valley Is
shs Hudson.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-12-15
CONSUMPTION CURED

Mrs. Henke, known as
the handsomest woman
i'm Milwaukee, states that
afterphysicians had failed
to give her any perman-
ent relief from that dread
disease consumption, she
tried Duffy's Pure rlalt
Whiskey and has been
entirely cured.
Mrs. Henke thankfully writes:
For six years ! have been ailing
with lung trouble. which kept grow
ing worse until my case became seri-
Gus. employed four different local
physicians, giving each a fair trial.
but with very little success. During
this period | was troubled with dizzi-
ness, cold sweats, cold hands and
cold feet, coughing. ehills and hem
orhaees. which clearly indicated con-
sumption. My physicians suggested
that | move to different climate. /
tried several widely advertised medi-
cines. but with no good results. then
| tried Dufy's Pure Malt Whi>key.
After using one bottle my condition
began to improve. l continued to
use this remedy for two years and am
now in excellent condition. | used
to be so weak that | could hardly
stand up. | am now able to do all
free will and that il may, If desirable,
am a lifelong resident Of Milwaukee,
Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-12-15
Building Lakes

Building lakes seems TO he the lat
est diversion Of our multi.millionaires
and In some respects no doubt It Is
a very satisfactory avocation for a
man OF plethoric hank account pos
sessing as II does limitless possibiii.
ties In the way Of expenditure. Fol.
lowing upon the heels OF Andrew Car.
negie's gift OF lake to Princeton,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
S N Ais IN Fl HARNESS

n RENCH children noted for their inventiveness,
- for the clever and resourceful manner in which
they ''make up' plays and amusements.
There is always fad with such succeeding year.
in the playground. few ago it rolling great
hoops along the paths of the bos and the wide floors of
the Partisan bouevards Again. their fancy toy
balloons Motor next occupied the attention of the
leunesse dorcee of Paris and automobiles miniature
could not be fast enough to supply the de-
somewhat off, and the children, for time past,
have been clamoring for play. So, when few
weeks two sehoolboys made the discovery that they
could snails motor power and gave such interest
ing exhibitions with their pets that De Feuets trained
Heas were cast in the deep shade, sensation
furnished the youngsters of the gay capital.
NJ Georges Saint-Clair, of the staff of the Vol
talre in Paris has told how the discovery made,
and with his little friends he has experimental with
the snails himself
Have you ever snails pulling little carriage,
carriage large enough for you to sit in? he quered,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02

''One day put behind the six great snails had
chosen light cart, generally used kind of peram
buator for the youngest of the family The six snas
drew the cart space Of 20 centmetres Encouraged
by this added eight snails to team and
one Of boys aged A. sat the light cart, nearly
smashing the whole thing For few moments nothing
moved; then at last, under slow but energetic pulling
Of the fourteen snai the cart moved forward eight
timetres.
'Wha will be the result of this discovery, dare
not prophecy but while it unlikely that snais will
be used for anything than toothsome morsels to
tickle the palate of the epicure masked in drawn par
sley butter they make interesting pets and the French
children who have learned of their docility and ability
furnish them with entertainment, have taken to them
with much enthusiasm they had shown for the
balloon and motor cars. ...... . -.
"The photographs were taken by NJ. Louis Pauan
of the Chambre des Deputies, locally known the beg
king by of his adventures with the Partisan
beggars in their haunts and show how the trick
you Americans say. ''-Commercial Tribune.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
THE MANY KINDS OF MULES
Miner Mules Evidently Believe in Ghosts for White
Mule Frightens Them

Mule Frightens Them
All mules not alike There is greater difference
between mules than horses atho they vary less in size
Mules are known on the market cotton mules lumber
mules railroad mules, sugar mules, farm mules evee
mules city mules, and miner mules Miners are cassed
as pit and surface mules The is the cot
ton mule and there Of this any other
They range from thirteen to sixteen hands, are at
their best between and years. It makes little diff
ference how they built long as they are smooth
They bring the southern $50 to $165 each
The best mules are lumber mules ranging from fifteen
to seventeen hands, large heavyboned and rugged Their
value depends upon their ability to draw heavy loads
Beauty cuts figure in prices which range 800 to
$780, Occasionally an extra good pair will bring $780,
Railroad mules lumber mules that have been
somewhat broken down little smaller than those
used in the lumber camps Sugar mules belong the
fancy class Sugar mules smooth rangy with small
head and neck, and from fifteen to sixteen hands
high; they will bring from $3.50 to $780,
White and sorre1 mules never used in the mines
They where the mine shafts long white mule
resembles ghost and frightens the other beyond
control All pit mules must be dark bay or black in
color heavy-boned good weight, twelve to fifteen
hands high They bring from $35 $780, if used for
any other purpose, they would bring within $50 as
much. The government is the best buyer It paws
big prices but demands the very choicest animals on the
market The demand for mules is increasing every year.
Omaha (Neb.) World Herald.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02

my negativs :'#e then let me tell you that It has
not only been done, but have it myself.
''Two schoolboy friends Of mine day play
ing in their garden of the boys who had found
several snals conceived the idea of having snail
They carefully chose five snas large fat one which
they first dropped into pail of water in order to wake
them up and give them the required activity Then they
put in line the garden table, which had rough
wooden surface. At given signal down went the flag,
and the starter of the urged the mousks onward
on g. svr t bt
ahead, following his horns if he really racing
for his lifeor beautiful green leaf Coudorest' fol-
Grand turned to the left hesitated then finally turned
around and went back to the stables which at the
end of the table under green leaf ste. Barbe'
NAMED impassive and superb, without moving way
the other looking On the sRol]in did not
inch, and refused to be driven
But wait One of the boys thought would be only fair
in order to make things equal to throw obstacles in the
way Of the favorite, 'Janson de Sally; however, in
spite of this, he won again.
t'On the following Sunday the boys had brilliant
idea this to put additional weight JAN
sons back she'll So they found round bit of lead
which they placed the top of his shell house. Jan
again won the With such aplomb did he march
off, carrying his burden, that the boys marveed Then
they wondered what would be the max mum weight JAN
could carry. It difficult to balance all the little
bits of lead the poor creature back they deter
mined to put the snai into harness and make them pull
a little carrage-a tin toy, such you by
thousands of the boulevards In the carriage
they piled the bits of lead and their
of the snail harness. With two little pieces of gummed
paper they stuck each side of the shell bit of thread
forming half-crcle, to which they attached safety
PIN which, in its turn connected with the small tin
by another thread The snail moved and the
followed Different weights placed on it from 10
to 500 grammes and still the snail moved on
stopping Another 50o-gramme weight added, and
the snail trotted gayy, perhaps I should say
crawld not mindng in the least that kgr
weight, good 100 times bigger than the poor brave
creature. : .-f~ ->i. '~''*>~ .+:-c
"a few days later, when had leisure Tor making
experiments put instead Of the little tin ear
rage tiny perambulator used for the infant dolls Of
the We had to consolidate the harness, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
A SCARED LION.

the parks just outside Of Newark, remarked that
it must have been sozsething of a scare.
''Scare!'' echoed connected with the park.
II should say it The people made such
din was afraid the poor old fellow would die of fright
before we could get him back to his cage.
"We found him hiding behind tree, and it was
ten minutes before could induce him to face that
yelling mob and get back to where he knew he
He is the gentlest old fellow in the world and never
would have wandered out had he been frightened by
the man who fell into the cage from the cycle whirl
above. Of that upset him, he saw the
door open he naturally out.
Then the people made such noise that his idea
was to fee. The more he the they yelled
when did get him back it hours before stopped
trembling.
TT was shame to the poor old fellow like
that''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02

of the gummed paper and the results truly marvel
Gus, for four kgr. drawn by single snail very
simple arhmetcal rule showed that in order to draw
20 kgr. wanted five snails, and tried then har
ness to the same perambulator five snails.
But just try to obige five snais to 60 the
way at the moment! One goes to the left,
the right stops short, another goes sleep, while
the fifth turns around If try to urge them on,
they simply retire to the privacy of their houses
from which they refuse to emerge.
E'There was, however, way out of the difficulty,
had found good snas like Janson de Sally,
to put instead of the thread india band so
that energy lost, every stretching the
band until the of energy wanted to the per-
ambulator reached, and went the whole machine
cat the time, we improving the harness
part Of the problem, and training carefully
snails. Instead Of the weak Partisan snas had
strong provincial ones sent from the country from
Burgundy and Touraine, and proceeded with
perments. .:...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
THE JOURNAL JUNIOR

would be eftq The clock struck 10 and hurried to bed
soon was asleep and began to dream of earthquakes
depot falling Just it hit the ground awakened
by the striking Of the clock counted the strokes and
found it was o'clock. I hurriedly dressed, ate my
breakfast and fastened to school, just seated when
when the professor in. 'tWha the latest disas
eer7 ne asked. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius "
we responded. nsssNo,' he said "smoke coming
rom Mount Rainier. boy said. emo, he repeated.
1.-The destruction of San Francisco by earthquake
An earthquake!' we repeated. eyes, earthquake,
the professor responded. AS walked home thought
that while had slept and dreamed of earthquakes,
MAD really destroyed city. John Rhud,
Eighth Grade s12 Main street, Bismarck, N. D.
A PLAYHOUSE HOSTESS 49,
One OF my girl friends coming over the follow
ing day. so gathered all my toys and after taking them
to the playhouse dressed myself of sisters long
skirts and began housekeeping. all ready when
LOUD rap came at the door there stood my friend
whom expected. "How do you like these hot daysa"
well, was the reply. 'May take your doll and put
1t on the bed while you and I 20 out to see my nice
nowers?' asked. eyes, let's do that" So put the
doll the bed FFIm have prettier flowers than
you have,'' my visitors answer. elbow do you
knowY You have not my flowers yet,'' remarked
Neither Of us spoke again until reached our
destination Chow do you like these poppies9'' asked
rather cooly 81 don't why you should ever have
shown them to me- was the answer We then walked
back to the house where first played After asking
my friend to be seated began to prepare lunch While
we were eating lunch asked my guest how liked
the rhubard sauce. "It's too biter,' the saucy
mo 1t will never be sweet any way At this my tenn
per flashed up like lightning and catching up glass of
water threw it in her face She cried and angry told
me she should never like again. but whether she
meant 1t or not her visit and quarrel made "the''
event of the month Clara Schwamm
sixth trade Battle Lake, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
The First of It's Kind.

running gear is still in regular in the Celestial
pre- So crude an equipment for transportation be
seen in operation nowhere else in the world The
hold only eight passengers each, while the locomotive is
50 primitive affair that it has difficulty in drawing
this load.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
BETWEEN BEAUTIFUL BANKS.

The event of this month which most enjoyed was
ride up the river upon 'The Elk, launch
this place hardly believed that such scenery was to be
found about Centervile. The river as smooth as
glass and either side grapevnes twined
the trees making beautiful bank of green frightened
at intervals with patches Of flowers. We passed few
small islands and then reached beautiful place called
the bayou among whose many twists and turns might
easily become lost if he not acquainted the
place The next point of interest the clone Tree''
and lonesome it looked interesting
but lonely place and again walled in on either side
by vines, flowers and trees Before of it,
we were at the landing and after getting looking
about, started for home again. The ride home was
fully as interesting and taken whole it was "tbe''
event which l have enjoyed most this month.
Eleventh Grade Wava E. Williams
Centervile. S, D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
Telling Trees by Electricity.

In some Of the forests Of France trees are now feed
by electricity platinum wire heated white hot by the
current stretched between two poles used as
There much less work than with ordinary saw No
sawdust is produced and the charrng the surface of
division tends to prevent decay In the time
required to fell tree by this method only one-eighh
of that necessary by the old system of saving -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-02
Electric Motor Chair.

light electric motor chair, said to be so simple
in it's design that it be easily guided and managed
will be in at the St Louis exposition The most i'm
portant feature is the guard rail- the Of the
chair This is connected with the operating mechanism
and sensitive that the chair brought to stand
still the gpard rail IN contact with any
thing.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1906-08-08

niadze "a granice2 Badania wy
kryly, re wiekszy byl dochod z
eel pred wejsciem w zycie no
wych traktatow handlowych,
wiec w nastepnych kwartalach
bardzo spadnie ten dochod; re
akcye cukrowa "a diva poprzed-
ME lata dopiero teraz sciagnieto;
re do dochodow policzono kary,
nakiadane ma Gale gminy "a ru>
chawki. Wiec to wszystko bynaj-
mniej ME bylo stalym dochodem,
ME Swiadczy bynajmniej o po-
wrocie ekonomicznego zycia. Z
drugiej strony Rad ME oglosii,
ze chociaz ma I'LL milionow zlo-
ia, ale jednoczeSnie kursuje w
pahstwie wiecej niz pozwala II
stawa banknotow "a miliard 10Y
milionow rubli. WlasciWie tedy
ma Rosya zlOta tylko "a 4 MIL
rubli. Zatem jej stan finansowy
jest fatalny predzej MONA sic
spodziewac spadku jej papierow
niz ich drozenia. Ale wszystko
zalezy cd tego, co teraz bedzie;
rewolucya, czy spokoj.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1906-08-08

tach wojennych, drugiej stro-
ny bunt w twierdzy jest mozli-
wy. Ma okretach ustawicznie
trzymaja straz oficerzy rewol-
werami w rekach.
Madryt, 8 sierpnia. - Wedle
opowiadania podroznych urato-
wanych parowca wloskiego
,,Sirio'', kapitan tegoz Paradi, W
chwili pierwszego niebezpieczeh-
stwa, wskoczyl do lodzi ratunko-
wei i zawolal: ,,Ratuj sic, kto
moze!" Powstala nieopisana pa
nika. Walczono z wSciekloScia o
miejsca W Iodziach i o pasy bez-
pieczenstwa. Oficerowie i czlon-
kowie zalogi rewolwerami w re-
kach nozarni w zebach torowali
sobie droge do lodzi ratunko-
wych i pierwsi tez sic uratowali |!
Berlin, 8 sierpnia.. - Manifest
mix Alzacyi i Lotaryngii, ksiaze
Hermann zu Hohenlohe Langen-
burg pragnie podobno zrezygno-
wac. ,Frankf. Ztg." nawet juz
oznajnia re nastepca jego bedzie
obecny sekretarz stanu tych kra-
j6w, Won Keller.
Paryz, 8 sierpnia. = Pojedynek
pomiedzy generaiami Andree a
Negrier odbyl sic w parku przy
rezydencyi ksiecia Joachima Mu-
rata. General Andree chybii, a
gen. Negrier wtedy ME chciai
strzelac. Me pogodziwszy sic,
przeoiwnicy rstapili opola wal
XII"
Charleroi,, Belgia, 8 sierpnia.-
Kosz, w ktorym wczoraj spusz-
czano gornikow do kopalni wegla
w Marchienne zerwal sic runal
w glqb wysokosci 27OO stop.
Wszyscy jadacy zostali pozabija-
nj a ich zwloki do niepoznania
potluczone. ea sf
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1906-08-08

cyom, a wtedy car oswiadczyl, ze
ME pozostaje mu mic innego, nlz
zrezygnowac zlozyc regencye
w rece wiekich ksiazat Wlodzi-
mierza Mikolaja Mikolajewicza.
Wielki ksiaze Wlodzimierz bawil
w Meiningen. Zawezwano go do
powrotu i teraz znajduje sic w
drodze do Petersburga. Jeszcze
usiiuja riaklonic cara, azeby zmie-
nil swe postanowienie.
Petersburg, 8 sierpnia. = Rad
zamierza wydaG manifest do ma
rodu tyczacy sic kwestyi agrar-
nej bez wzgledu ma propozycye
parlamentu. Prawdopodobnie w
takim razie narod ME zechce O.
bierac takich czlonkow parla-
mentu, ktorzy zaproponuja inhe
Nrozwiazanie kwestyi, a wtedy
rad odniesie zwyciestwo. Tylko
kwestya finansowa rozwiazania
tego problemu przedstawia zna-
czne trudnoSci.
Rada robotnicza postanowla
odwolac strajk W Petersburgu.
Me ma to sic tyczyc prowincyi,
ale prawdopodobnie prowincya "a
raz pojdzie "a przykladem stoli-
cy. We wiecej niz polowie fabryk
i tax prace rozpoczely sic ma no
wo. w Moskwie jeszcze strajku-
ia w niektorych fabrykach, ale
objawia sic juz niechec powo-
du, re ME spelnily sic przepowie-
dnie radykalow.
Odessa, 8 sierpnia. - Z Sebas-
topola parowce przyniosly via
domoSc, ze przeszio 10000 osob
opuscilo miasto j jeszcze ciagle
mieszkahcy wyjezdzaja. Admiral
Skrydiow znajduie sic W niemi-
lem polozeniu. Obawia sic trzy-
mac W pogotowiu dziala twier-
dzy ma wypadek bu1tu ma okre-l
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1906-08-08
TELEGRAMY.

Wieden, 8 sierpnia. - Car ro-
syjski Miko}aj przygotowuje SIG
do abdykacyi kazdej chwili o.
czekiwac nalezy, ze rzady Rosyi
W inne przejda rece. Pogloska o
abdykacyi uporczywie sic powta-
RIA. Opowiadaja, re na konferen-
cyl W piatek gen. Stolypin podaF
wal carowi rozmaite propozycye
mogace zadowolnic partye rewo-
lucyjna. Car przychylai sic do3za-
patrywan Stolypina, ale reakcyj-
nj czlonkowie gabinetu gwalto-
wnie sprzeciwiali sic propozy-