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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-24

Chapman Lodge. No. 2, A. r. Z A. N.
Regular communications fst and Ord
Thursdays In each month. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. @. D.
Boucher. W. NJ: Charles II. spor
ieder, Secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-24

CUTLER RANCH RESORT

In the beautiful Rociada valley
meas the mountains. A delightfuI
place 70 spend the summer. CooA
fishing nearby. Tents for those Who
wish them. Carriage goes 10 Las vs-
gas for the present when necessary.
Regular trip will b made later.
No charge for transportation for par
ties by the month: transportation on
heavy baggage must be paid for atthe
rate OF about Is cents per hundred.
Colorado telephone connects IN with
Las Vegas. For terms wKts o.
phone Cutler Ranch.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-24

Or. Mitchell Miller, DIR. Minnie q. Miller
osTEoPAThs

Offices. oiney Block. Hours: . to 10
a. M: 1880 to $500 p. m. Other hours
by appointment only. Phones: Vegas
Il. Colorado l75.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-24

Optic ads bring results.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Light.

Light is a great thing, when you come
to think OF it. 1t strips the cover from
the hidden. the concealed, the recondte.
Turn 1t on to the dark, and the dark van
ishes. Light is the one and only agency
that has this effect on the dark. 1t alone
| knows the trick Of making the hidden
things plain. the unknown movable.
Light is material or 1t Is figurative, but
1t always operates on the same great
principle-that of dispelllng darkness.
Goethe on his death bed, voiced the need
of many when he cried for more of 1t.
More and better light Is what we arc all
constantly seeking. In matter we have
seen tallow and kerosene give place to gas
and electricity. In mind, we have seen
it open up new and great vistas to the
flicker draws and holds the gaze of n
globeful of men and women laundering
blindy after truth.
In most ways. no doubt, light Is the
greatest agency the world knows anything
about. We are learning the truth OF this
more and more surely with each passing
year We have applied 1T to medicine
and got the X-ray. We have applied it
to economics and got the principles of
class conflict, of poverty and wealth. We
have applied 1T to life insurance and got
housecleanings and the Fowler report,
The year 1905 was significant one in
our history. 1t stood for something like
real moral awakening in the United
States and an increased national deter
mination to weed out the grafters and the
unrlghteously prosperous. The upheaval
was good-sized one. and it was brought
on by nothing more remarkable than the
simple turning on OF the light, What had
hitherto been covered was then uncov-
cred and the country stood face to face
with barred moral obliauity, before that
only dimly guessed at. Public opinion did
the rest.
The lesson Of 1905 Is inspiring and I'M
forgettable The common. honest, every
day people of the country are able to
have about what they want. Iniquty
has way of shrivelllng when dragged out
into the glare. Yoke light and public
opinion together. and you have force
which no other power on earth is able
TO stand long against.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
The Health Of the CITY.

The community Is Indebted to DR..
Ennion G.. Williams chairman and mems
Der OF the special Health Investigating
Committee for the pains they have taken
to investigate and expose the careless
system in vogue OF collecting vital stntfs-
tics. The committee say in general terms
that little or no effort seems to have
been made In the Department. Of Public
Health to have death certificates made
out according to law, and several tables
IRE published to show the "mixed bus
mess methods of that department. 1t
matters nothing to the man who has died
whether or no any report is made of his
taking off and the manner of 1t; but 1t
is of profound Importance to his survivors
that lessons be learned from mortuary
statistics that will help to conserve
health ana prolong life.
But the most impressive feature OF DR..
Wiliams's report is that 1t indicates
deplorable lack OF care and method in the
Department OF Health. The Council can
not afford to be Indifferent to this sub
ject The health of the city must ever
be matter of prime consideration, and
to that end we must have board of
health fully abreast Of the age in scien-
tlfic efficiency.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
heard that stated IN weli-informed ana
rn ef,ny1aihIn ftt,o rtnrs X


heard that stated In well-informed ana
responsible qtiartors."
Minister Liang- Chang's assurances are
comforting. but there Is trouble In China
and tho dIscontented element Will not be
SO easily suppressed as in former times.
The China Of to-day is not the China
OF ten years ago. Tie means or com
munlcatIon between tho various sections
OF China have been vastly Increased. The
people are comforting with each other and
exchanging views and they have come
to a realization o. that fact that the
Chinese are badly treated In western
lands They have real grievances and
real wrongs to redress, and unless the
powers treat them with more consIdera-
tion than In former times there will be
an uprising and the threat of yellow
peril will become terrible reality.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
A Bank Note

If A gives =. his note for 500, negotia-
Die, and payable to a national bank,
waving the benefit OF our homestead
exemption, as to this debt, signed a. can b
collect this note after five years, II y
owns property, real personal This note
was supposed to be endorsed by G. but
was was not; II was fake. Please answer
TINS IN Wednesdays Times Dispatch.
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The statement Is not clear. There is
nothing 10 show who is the payce in the
note. hence the statement does not indi-
cate who has title.
II has good title he can collect tho
note within five years from day OF matur-
ity.. after that period the note is barred
by the statute OF limitation. II the note
Is fraudulent, as is indicated by the state
ment. ut was a fake." and II A did not
know what lie was signing, the note IL
not collective. This feature OF the case
depends entirely on the meaning Of the
expression lit was n fake" and the state
ment does not explain this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
The Law Of Inheritance.

II "A. dies and leaves n will IN thls will
nc leaves real estate to b, G and D. 10
IT was left during her natural life. IL
s s diad without issue it was to go to
to an heir. II this heir dies before the
age Or II, does she and her husband
inherit the property, or will It go back
70 A9 estate? READER.
The statement OF the case is not clear.
Taking 1t for granted that the devise
is to D for life, remainder to her children
living mt her DEATH if she die without
living issue then to the children OF b
and G, the property will 80 to tho chill
idren Of b and G at DE- death. but she viii!
mold 1T until that event. The death OF
the child during her life will not deprive
her OF her life estnte.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
The Yellow Peril.

The Chinese Minister, Sir Chentung
Liang-Chang, assures n representative OF
the Washington Post that there is no
danger whatever Of an uprising in China
against foreigners. He says that all
rumors to that effect are terribly exag-
gerated that the Chinese government
has the situation thoroughly in hand and
will summarily check any uprising
against foreign residents. He admits
that there is political agitation in China,
but that It's real purpose is not to excite
feeling against any class of foreigners
there cts object" says he, sis to create
such excitement as to cause Internal
tional complications with n view OF Grip.
ping if not wholly destroy the present
dynasty" But he gives assurance that
China is fully aware of what is going
on. and is amply prepared to meet any
emergency that may arise. He does not
concede that China is threatened with
revolution, but says that a small
party of discontents is striving desper-
ately to start it. lie feels sure, however.
OF dangerous, and asserts that the au-
thorites at Pekin are able to cope with
the situation now or in the future, with
out desiring or asking interference from
without.
He would not be surprised to see a
| slaughter, such as China has never be-
| fore known, but II sos it will be a
slaughter of the Chinese agitators by the
soldiers OF tho Emperor.
He further declares that the Chinese
army is now most effective, millions hay
ing been expended by the central gov
eminent in the last year In bringing
the army up to proper condition of
efficiency.
/ One of the most significant utterances
| OF the minister is that he has heard
II minated in several well-informed and
responsible quarters that Germany OF
Germans are mainly responsible for q
large part of the threatened trouble ir
China at present, 1.-THE Germans arc
aggressive" SAYS he,
since the dawn of your civilization
the Germans have been the 'disturber.
of the peace and repose of other peoples
and nations within what Is now tn,
Christian domain. They seem always dis
+ ccntented with what they have. 'rheI
energy appears TO demand the who'll
world IN which to hustle. | do not sa,
that they are responsible in any sens
4 for what IS going on behind the scenes i,
2 China. merely tell YOU that j hay,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
"The Sower.o

(Selected for the Times-Dispatch)
"Behold a Sewer went forth TO SOW;
and when he sowed, some seeds fell by
the wayside, and the fowls came and de-
voured them up. Some fell upon stony
places where they had not much EARTH,
and forthwith they sprang up, because
they had no deepness of earth, and when
the seed was up they were scorched, and
because they had no root they withered
away. And some fell among ,thorns; the
thOrns sprung up and choked them. But
others fell into good ground and brought
forth fruit, some an hundred-fold, some
sixty-fold, some thirty-fold."-St Matt.
Kill. 20.
We have before us here a series of fail
ures Let us examine into the causes,
and II possible, find the remedy.
First. We find want of spiritual per-
ception There are persons whose minds
are closed to truth, or whose religion is
all outside. 1t never penetrates beyond
the intellect. Duty Is clearly recognized
in word, but not felt; it never stirs the
deeps of the heart. Truth and the duties
of life are readily subject to failures in
such hearts as these
1t is like wheat dropped by harvest
cart upon the hard beaten road. 1nere
comes along a passenger and his foot
brushes some Of It; then wheels come by
the wheels of traffic or the wheels of
pleasure-crushing it. grain by grain. 1t
is ''trodden down."
There is nothing wrong in the farmers
cart which ruins the grain; it is roll
ing by on its rightful business. The
pedestrian and the passing wheels are
also in their proper places. The road
was made for them and their use. But
the seed is not. 1t is not the wrongness
of impressions which treads religion down,
but only this.-outside religion yields III
turn to other outside impressions which
are stronger.
Again, having no Judgment in the
heart-the impulses quickly disappear.
Fowls of the air devoured the seed. Have
you ever watched grain scattered on the
road? The sparrow from the housetop.
the chickens fromithe barnyard, rush in,
and within n minute not a SHADOW Of It
is left u,
This is the picture-not OF thought or
effort crushed by degrees, until extinct
but thought dissipated, and none can
tell how or when it went. Swiftly do
these winged thoughts come, even in our
purest moods. when we kneel to pray,
down into the very Holy OF HOLES. sweep
these foul and demon thoughts And
the germ OF a higher life, the small
seed of purcr Impressions has fled
where? You know not. Bit 1t is gone,
| lnattentiveness of spirit produced by lack
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
J THIS DAY INHlsTORY
February 18th.


1e94-Several ships of war. etc. lost IN
storm east of Gibraltar. The sus-
sex, on board OF which was Sir Fran
CTS Wheeler the admiral faundcrcd
with the whole of her crew
'T9I--Trinidad. one OF the West Indian
Isles, surrendered to the English. ,in-
der Sir r. Abercromby.
1soo-Action Off Malta. between the Brit
ish squadron. under Nelson, anu LIE
Genereux, French seventy-four, and
frigate, which resulted in the cap
tue OF the two latter
1a15-The King of Candy, CeyIon. sur
rendered to the British, under Cen
eral Brownrigg
1sao-Peruvian diplomats arrived ,t
Paris to solicit the recognition of their
government.
1sa4-Willam Writ died, aged sixty-two.
He early became acquainted with
Jefferson Madison and Monroe, and
filled several important offices under
them with distinguished reputation.
AS public and professional man, he
was ranked among the first of his
time.
1s4a-The Ameers of the Punjab. In In
dia, wholly defeated by the British
troops, under Sir Charles Napier.
1s55-The two British houses of Parlla-
n;ent began to communicate by let
ter.
1se4-A bill providing for drafting into
the army negro slaves belonging to
loyal masters introduced in the House
at Washington, with a provision for
their immediate freedom and the
payment of 500 to their owners.
1865-The War Department announced the
capture OF Columbia, 8. G., by Sher-
man on the previous day.
1875-The Eads Mississippi Improvement
bill passed the House OF Represent
atives.
1as5-Congress passed an anti-foreign
contract labor blu.
1eo4-Senator Camm Patteson CVirginia)
taken Ill OF pneumonia while at his
s. post --. y.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Our Educational Page.

Our Educational Page this week is
fun Of instructive matter. The lending
article is from. the pen of Mr.. S. ID.
Turner, principal of the Colored high
school of Richmond It deals with the
rural schools and urges the Importance
q improving the teachers. Mr.. Turner
Points out that the pay of these teachers
is 50 small that they have no opportunity
Of going from home in vacation to study
ard proposes that for their benefit there
~ established State system of county
h4ttutes for the benefit OF county
s.&ehefs
Another article from ~. II" deals with
the question of nigh schools for the coun-
ties, showing how little has been done
and how much needs 10 he done In this
direction.
pr. Gavin Rawles, superintendent. OF
Isle Of Wight, reports gratifying pro-
gfess OF popular education in that coun-
~.
Five years aga. the local levy was five
cents on the handred; now it is seventeen,
Agitation did it.
Rev, Il, T. parhan makes plea for
hotter teachers. Professor Andrew M.
soule siYss most entertaining review
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
OF the work or the experiment station
ut BlacIssburg, and there are several


Scf the work OK the experiment station
sat Backsbtirg, and there are several i
shorter articles.
III That the interest In our Educational
Page is growing is shown by the fact
that much OF our Educational views was
crowded out into other columns, ana DO
sides we have In reserve enough con-
.tributed matter to ill another page. All
this is most gratifying. In Our next issue,
we hope to begin series of articles on
Kindergarten work and the progress It
Is making In Virginia.
We are nlso pleased that some OF our
contemporaries arc taking lively IN
terest in this department of The Iimes-
Dispatch. The following tribute IS from
the Southsde Sentinel:
IN keeping with It's patriotic and pro-
gressive character, the Richmond Tlmes-
Dispatch announces the creation or
new and valuable department OF It's
Sunday edition to be devoted to the cause
OF education, and presents the first re-
suit in Its issue of last Sunday IL we
may Judge from this, and the assurances
of our contemporary that 1t is not ny
any means UP to the standard which has
been set, we have a right to expect one
of tile most interesting and successful
undertakings ever launched by n Vir-
ginia newspapers; and we bespeak for
the I'D. the generous cooperation and
support of all the friends of education
throughout the State in the conduct
of this department. 1t cannot be denied
that The Dispatch has become a
potent factor in the moral, educational,
political and industrial life of Chez State.
and we cordially felicitate our great big
brother upon the magnificent work that
is being done along these lines
We,only hope that we shall be able to
meet our contemporaries expectations
We will IL all friends of public educa-
ton will cooperate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Open the Doors.

A prominent citizen of this city, who
had the misfortune, 1t would seem, to be
appointed a member Of the Board of vls-
itors Of the Eastern State Hospital, has
for some time past been under investisa-
ton by legislative committee. The in
vestgation hns been conducted in secret,
and all sorts of vague riImors have been
going the rounds. We know not what
the charges are. nor what sort Of evidence
has been introduced, but Mr. Cloves begs
that the doors be opened and that the
proceedings before the committee1be made
public. that the people may know and
Judge for themselves ~
1t is a reasonable request and should
be granted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Confederate Medals.

i see in your Sunday edition, Feb
ruary 18th. an inquiry of an old Confel-
crate veteran. as to where and how no
can get medal OF honor. Mrs. N. ".
randolph. OF Richmond. va, can give
him all the Information he wants. He
must have been n member OF a Cons
pnny. Ninteenth Virginia Battalion. Ar
tlllery, belonging to the Artillery Bril-
gade,. under General crutchfcld, COM
posed OF the Tenth. Eighteenth, Nine
teenth and Twentieth Battalions. They
were In the outer lines at Chapin's Farm
until the fall of Richmond. and were
used as infantry. also noted what John
w. Anderson says. Dr. Pollard did not
say much about Major Hensley's conf
mand the Tenth Virginia Battallon) that
repulsed the enemy at Green's Farm. and
u was not the only time that the Ar
tillery Brigade saved Richmond.
Kindly print the above In yosr Con-
Tolerate column of the Sunday Times
Dispatch, and oblige. Yours truly
j. NJ. GREEN,
Late First Lieutenant Co. D." Ttenth
Va. Battalion Art'y.. now OF the Com
federate Veteran Camp OF N. Y.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
A Miller's Toll.

VIII you please print in your Sundays
Issue What the law is as to the amount
wheat In roller mills? In this county
before they had roller mills they charged
one-eighth toll and the owners share
was made up IN bran and offal to the
was wiped out, according to the grade of
the -four made. as 1t took more wheat
to make the higher grades. Nowadays
some of the millers demand s IL bushels
Of good. wheat TO n barrel OF -four and
allow So pounds of bran over and above
the flour. In other words. they deduct
What standing have the patrons OF the
mill In law and what remedy have they?
r. A. w.
Sec 1850. Code of Virginia. provides
as follows: "All clean wheat of a mer-
charitable quality. weighing not less than
sixty pounds TO the bushcl brought to
the mill shall be ground as
the party bringing the same shall di-
rect. into so much of the best extra, SUI
pcrtine or family -four as the wheat will
produce: and there shall not be taken
for toll more than one-eighth part of
any grain Of which the remaining part
Is ground into the extra or family -four
nor of any grain OF which the remaining
part is ground into super flour or meal.
not more than one-sixteenth of any grain
of which the remaining part is ground
into hominy or malt. IF, however. any
mill cannot. without great Inconvenience,
grind wheat into the best flour for toll,
as aforesaid the owner OF said mill may
elect to exchange -four for wheat at
the following rates. viz one barrel of
super flour for four and a half bushels
OF wheat: one barrel of extra flour for
five bushels Of wheat. and one barrel of
best family flour for five and half bush
els of wheat. the quality Of the -four
to- be determined by inspections IT, re-
quired. =
For every violation of these require
ments in any respect the proprietor OF
the mill can be made to forfeit 5000 to
the party injured.
This answers the questions fully.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Every
Heart Beat.

Forces about 8 ounces of blood
out Of the heart, and sends it
coursing through the veins to
the remotest part Of the body.
This is the amount required by
nature to ilourish and sustain
your body. Every ounce less
than this means a shortage in
natures supply Of building-up
material. Aweak heart cannot
meet this demand, and conse-
quently you suffer. If your
heart skips a beat, or FILTERS,
palpitatcs, pains you, or you
have sfortness of breath, YOU
may be sure that the heart is
working irnperfectly.
DR.. Miles Heart Cure will
strengthen the heart muscles
and nerves.
II had beer. "a great sufferer for
Ia lGasri pr. Miles s Heart cure had
been confined to my bed for four
months. had frequent sinking spells,
sometimes as many as three in day.
to stop beating. nccessitating the CALI
ing Of physician to resuseitate me.
Before finishing the first bottle the
sinking spells had ceased, and took
cure. I now enjoy perfect health. and
am very grateful for this wonderful
medicine. for 1t is the means of my
REBECCA BENNETT,
1919 Yandes ST., Indianapolis, Ind.
Or. Miles Heart Cure Is sold by
your druggist, who Will guarantee that
the first bottle will benefit. II It falls
he Will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Body Heirs.

!. What are body heirs?
2. IL man has farm decided TO hin,
and his body heirs, after his death and
widow Il full right to the farm? ]. F. f.
/. His children.
2. No. A widow can only have a
dover right in the absence of will.
The property goes to the mans heirs,
with the exception of the life estate OF
the wife.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Eiectnent.

"a sold n piece of land b gave a
n general warranty deed to the land. II
refuses to give A possession OF the
land. has justice of the peace the power
to force. Il out? IL the Justice has not
the power to do so. by whose authority
sion?" j. p.
we SUPPOSE this should be 3 sold A a
piece of land. A should bring an action
of ejectmcnt in court of competent ju-
risdiction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
A Wife's Estate.

If wife dies seized and possessed of
real estate without will, does this prop
erty revert to her husband. or is It d.
yided among her sisters and brothers?
CONSTANT READER.
II the husband has had by her issue
born alive and capable of lnheriting he
has an estate by curtesy for life in his
wife's realty and at his death 1t passes
to her heirs. If he has had no child, as
above, by her then it goes direct on the
wife'si death to her heirs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
Legal Descent.

You will kindly publish In the query
column of The Times-Dspatch the law
of inheritance in regard to the follow,
in f The father seil 81 said property
before the children become OF age. One
of the children dies after attaining his
majority, also intestate. Please inform
me who inherits the share OF money
which would have fallen to the deceased?
A READER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-18
The Nations Lovers.

Our hearty congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. We like the
pair. We admire Mr.. Longworth for
loving and winning this typical American
woman We admire Mrs. Longworth for
loving and marrying this plain American
citizen instead of running after foreign
gent with title. We wish them both
long life and abundant happiness.