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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-05

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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-05

Everything comes to him who waits, Wait 4 little
longer on Us. Don't rush around and buy something
that you Do no, want But have % put up with because
You cannot find what you want. II ! few DAYS, posi-.
BIZ. about he 10th Or 12t, Of April, We viii open ready
for business. We propose 70 show you the largest and
most varied iines'in all New Mexico, and on Top Of that
w propose u make your shopping at this store mighty
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8 and Furnishings, Dress Goods, Notions, Footwear for
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Hats and Furnishings, Furniture, Carpets, Rugs,
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Exact date Il opening viii announced soon.
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The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
ITCHING SCALP
FALLING HAIR
Came Out ConstantIy-Hair Finally
Had to Be Cut to Save Any-Scalp
Now in Good Condition and No
More Itching-Another Effective
CURE BY THE
CUTICURA REMEDIES

al will gladly give you all the infor-
nation concerning my case. i used
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment for a
diseased scalp, dandruff, and constant
falling of hair. Finally l had to cut
my hair TO save any at all. Just at
that time / read about the Cuticdra
Remedies. Once every week / sham
pooed my hair with the Cuticura Soap,
and l used the Ointment twice week.
In two months time my hair was long
enough to do up in French twist. That
is now five years ago, and | have a
lovely head of hair. The length is
six inches below my waist line, my
scalp is in very good condition, and
no more dandruff or itching of the
scalp. / used other remedies that were
recommended to me as good, but with
no results. If you wish to publish
any of what / have written you, you
are welcome to do so. | am, respect
fully, Mrs. w. F. Griess, Clay Center,
Neb., Oct. %, 1905"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
The Discipline of Failure.

The best skating is always on thin
ice-we like to feel 1t crack and yield
under our f~et There is a deadly fas-
cination in the thought of twenty or
thirty feet of cold water beneath. Last
years mortality list cuts no ice with us.
We must make our own experiments,
while DR.. Experience screams himself
hoarse from his bonfire on the bank.
He has held many an inquest on this
darkling shore of the river of time and
he will undoubtedly live to hold many
another, but thus far we have not been
the subjects, and when it comes to the
mistakes of others we are all delighted
to serve on the coroner's jury. 1t isn't
we'll for us to be saved from too many
blunders. We need the discipline of
failure. 1t Is better to fail than never
to try, and the man who can contem-
plate the graveyard of his own hopes
without bitterness win not always be
ignored by the gods of success.-Mere-
dith Nicholson in Reader.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
A Tale From Turkey.

Here is an odd yarn from the London
Times of March 81, 1906, about a man
living in Constantinople known by the
name Of "Solyman, the eater of cor
rosive sublimate:" "He is now 1O6
years old. In his youth he accustomed
himself, like all the Turks, to take
opium, but after increasing the dose
to a great extent without the wished
effect he adopted the use of subllmate
and had taken daily for upward Of
thirty years dram, or sixty grains.
He some time since went into the shop
of Turkish jew, to whom he was
unknown, and asked for n dram Of
sublimate. which he diluted in a glass
Of water and swallowed in an instant.
The apothecary became greatly alarm
ed lest he should be accused of poison
ing the Turk. but his establishment may
be conceived when the next day the
Turk came again and asked for a SINH
lar dose"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
A Fire In Rome.

A lawyer who visited Rome tells
how the fire department grappled with
blaze in the Eternal City. He says:
"The fire was in what we would call
grocery store. 1t seemed a long
time before the fire department re-
sponded, but after awhile | saw
hose wagon dash around the corner,
with number of firemen standing on
the running boards on each side. The
wagon stopped at hydrant, and each
fireman jumped from the wagon with
little roll of hose. The first man
coupled his to the hydrant, and then
each man coupled his section to the
preceding section. Finally they had
water ON the fire, and after another
long period man with a plumed hat
drove up In a victoria. He was the
chief. The captain Of the company
and the chief saluted with much cere-
mony, then shook hands and then held
long and dignifed conversation.
Finally, suppose, the captain told the
chief the grocery was on fire, and the
chief acknowledged it was and com
plimented him on his perspicuity. Oh,
yes, they finally put the fire out, and
Rome still standsp
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Dandies of Parma.

Even the natives of Papua have their
nne gentlemen, their dandies. TO rank
in this class the young man Is com.
PEELED to lace his waist and to have a
nose ornament of polished shell. But,
as an explorer says. very few young
blades can afford to possess one, and
accordingly 1t may be lent either for a
consideration or as a very special IA
vor. The possessor of one of these or
naments could easily buy a wife for It,
and sometimes it is paid as a tribal
tribute by one should he have to pay
blood money or be unable to give the
statutory pig as atonement for a MUIR
der" Papuan husbands, too, have a
primitive way of dealing with their re-
calcitrant wives. A man named Gedon
had shrewish helpmate whom he at
tempted to tame according to this
method: HE would pick up billet OF
wood when she was halfway through q
tremendous scolding and give her a
terrific blow over the back. Thereupon
ensued pandemonium. The other men
and women would gather round, jab-
bering, but they would make no at
tempt to stop the beating once it had
begun"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Unbalanced Ration.

Oilmeal is quite generally accepted
as Il supplement TO skim milk I'm feed
ing young calves. George T.. Williams
expresses the opinion in Kansas Farm
er that its acceptance for this purpose
may very likely be founded upon
wrong presuppOsitions.
Whole milk is the natural and ideal
food for calf. Therefore If any con-
stituent be removed from such milk its
place should be filed by IA substitute
of the same nature-that Is, 10y one
well adapted to assume the functions
of the element withdrawn.
The feeder who mixes oilmeal with
skim milk for calf feeding is substitute
ing a concentrated nitrogenous food
for an almost exclusively oily element.
This Is manfestly opposed TO the prin-
tiple Of natural balance In whole milk.
Furthermore, both skim milk and Oil
meal are already much unbalanced by
relatively great excess Of nitrogen.
Their combination can only make the
food the more Objectionable on the
same grounds.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
BOY Was n Good Listener.

The Smiths were not overcautious In
discussing neighbOrs' faults in the
presence of their little son. A van one
day backed up to the curb, and, much
to Mrs. Smiths disgust, her boy Tom
my assisted an Objectionable neighbor
TO move. The little fellow worked
hard and made himself very useful.
When the last wagonload had been
hauled away and the doors of the va
cant house locked Tommy returned
home, tired and disgusted. His moth
er could not reconcile the boys early
enthusiasm with his present detection,
and she asked him what was the mat
ter.
Il worked and watched around the
house all day" whined the tired little
fellow, but | didn't see them take
any skeletons out of the closets. -
New York Times.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
SEEING A JOKE.
Sometimes One May he Discovered
Where IL Does Not Exist.

Sometimes One May he Discovered
where IL Does Not Exist.
A Joke depends almost entirely Oh its
environment for appreciation. Lots Of
our jokes would fall mighty fiat, 1
guess, in Zululand or Siberia, just the
same as the funny stories of those
countries would be a dead weight over
here. Every country has its own par
ticular brand of humOr, and to appre-
ciate it to the full you must have been
born in that country or lived there for
many years. The Laplanders appear
to us TO be pretty solemn race, but ]
dare say they have their little jokes
about the quality of the oil they some
times have to drink, and other subjects
interesting to their mode of living.
In every country, too, there is a GER
tain percentage of the people who
couldn't see joke however broad il
might be. There are humorously dull
people in Ireland as well as humorous.
ly bright people in Scotland. Why,
some tsme ago | received a letter from
an Irishman saying that he had read
all my books from cover to cover and
he considered they were the most Sc.
rious things ever published. He thought
most of the stories would go fine il
they were dramatized and put on the
stage in the form of tragedies.
AS to the British sense of humor be
ing less keen than the American,
there's nothing in it, English men and
women are just as quick to see joke
as we are-sometimes a good deal
quicker, and | know never want more
appreciative audiences than those l got
in London. Why, they'd start laughing
before l began, and when I'd come on
to the platform and look at them in a
solemn kind of way some of them
would double up with merriment.
Sometimes, however, anticipation Is
a bit awkward-as, for instance, when
a humorous lecturer being unable to
appear his place was taken by min
lister who wished to discourse on the
evils of intemperance. The audience,
1t appears, was not Informed Of the
change there might have been a riot
and when the good man came on the
platform and stated that his subject
for the evening would be the curse OF
rum those present went into convul.
sions of merriment. The more grave
and solemn the lecturer became the
more the people rolled on their seats in
ecstasies of mirth until at last the as
l. L.
bang and retired. Now, I dare say in
that case the real lecturer would hard
ly have created so much amusement as
did his substitute, which proves that a
humorist with a reputation has some
thing of a pull over the unknown man,
though the latter may really be fun
nier.-Mark Twain.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Difficult Haymaking.

One of the most curious sights that
one notices in the agricultural parts of
Norway is the peculiar way of drying
out the hay. On account of the eX-
treme dampness the grass rots if left
on the ground after it is moved. Wood
en- drying fences that stretch for hun
dreds Of yards across the fields are
built, and every night the hay is hung
out to dry, like the family wash. The
sun helps along in the daytime, but it
is only a half hearted help, and in the
neighborhood Of Bergen, where it is
said to rain 3G4 days out of the year.
the hay is almost always "On the
fence" In the lake districts, where the
billy country makes means of trans
portation very difficult, heavy copper
wire is stretched from the top of a
mountain TO the village in the valley
below. Down this huge masses Of hay
are sent sailing through the air, some
times whizZing dangerously near the
unwary tourists head. - New York
Tribune.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Yes. We Are Restless.

"We are a restless people," observes
the Sedgwick (Kan) Paragraph.
Every thin woman longs to be fat.
Every fat woman wants to grow thin.
Every town man longs for the time
when he can retire to the quiet of the
country, and every farmer hopes to
some day quit work and move to town,
where he can take life easy. Country
newspaper men would like to try their
hand on a city daily. The fellows on
the big dailies dream of a time when
they can own a paper of their own.
In youth we long for maturity. In
age we yearn for the happy days Of
childhood. There is no excuse for 1t
other than that we all seem to be built
that way. The grass seems TO be just
little bit greener and thriftier most
any direction from the place you occu-
by right now. Contentment is as near
to happiness as you can get in this
world"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
MAUNDY THURSDAY.
quaint Custom That Went with This
Day In Old England.


Maundy Thursday used to be also
called Shere Thursday, "for that" says
an old hOmily, "in old fathers days the
people would that day shere their hedes
and clypp theyr berdes and pool their
heedes and so make them honest
against Easter day" The derivation
of the word "NIaundy" is less SIMPLE.
Some derive il from the Latin man
datum" a command, referring to the
sacred command given on that day to
wash the feet of the poor, which was
done annually by our kings and queens
until the practice came to an end with
James H., or it may come from the old
French "maundier," to beg, as this has
always been the poor peoples Thurs
day. Most probable of all Is the de
r,vation OF the word from the maunds,
or baskets, Anglo-Saxon ''mand," in
which things were given to the poor
on Maundy Thursday.
On Maundy Thursday, says an old
writer, "the kynges and quenes Of Eng
land washe the feete of so many poore
olde, and geve to every one Of them so
many pence, with gowne and another
ordinary almes of meate and kysse
theyr feete, and afterward geve theyr
gownes off theyr backs TO them that
they Sc most needy Of al the nomber."
Some idea OF the contents of the
maunds or baskets may be gathered
from an account Of 1881, when forty
eight poor men and women, that being
the kings age received zone large old
ling and one large dried cod, twelve
red herrings and four half quartern
loaves, after which was distributed to
them shoes, stockings, linen and woolen
cloth and four penny pieces of silver
and shillings. to each about e. in
value"
Maundy money, as specially issued,
and consisting Of grOats. threepences,
half groats and pennies in silver was
first coined by Charles ii. and has
formed part of the sovereign's Maundy
aims ever since AS most people prob
ably know, by the coinage act of 1870
Maundy money is legal tender, though
usually regarded only as treasure for
collectors. The silver penny, which has
now lost its significance, made its first
appearance under Offa in go, and.
roughly speaking, remained the chief
denomination for 600 years, though 1t
now appears only once year. The
Maundy penny should remind us that
I'm its original and silver form the pen
ny weighs exactly twenty-fOur grains
and gave its name for this reason to
the penny weight.-London Chronicle.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
The Breckenridge News.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1905.
Hlppocr.tlc Era IN Med,cine.


Richard Cole Newton declares that
even in the early days of the Hippo
cratic era the art of surgery eschewed
all forms of superstition and philosoph-
ical conjecture, attaining practical re-
suits by direct methods. At a very
early age the profession of medicine
was fully recognized in Greece and in
many cases was generously rewarded
We read of swlndlers and charlatans
In those days too. Patent medicines
were also sold. The Hippocratlc oath,
which for over twenty centuries has
remained practically unchanged, is an
evidence of the sagaclty, the sense OF
professional honor and responsibility
and the clear thinking of the Greeks
Hippocrates was born on the island OF
Cos In 400 b. c. A large collection OF
writings, evidently the work of many
physicians, whose Identity is unknown,
has been ascribed to the pen of this
leader. The Greeks were wonderfully
brilliant In medical attainments. for
they studied nature and her methods
and shook themselves free from 4
monumental load of Ignorance and su-
perstition. The synchronous develop
ment of mind and body was the funda-
mental rule, both of health and edu-
aation.-Medical Record.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
A Book For the Married.

When the civil ceremony of marriage
is performed i'm France the official who
conducts it passes to the newly we'd
ded pair a little book, which is the we'd
ding gift of the French government.
This book contains an official record
of the wedding and number of blank
spaces for future births, marriages and
deaths in the family. The most impOr-
tant feature of the small volume, how
ever, is contained in about six pages
that are devoted to the special instruc-
tions which the Academy Of Medicine
has prepared on the care of young chill
dren. These instructions number thir-
ty-fve in all. and they refer TO the
feeding and clothing of infants and to
the further protection of the helpless
child. This curious little wedding gift
was inspired by the deep thought which
the government has given to the sub
feet of the reduction OF infant mOrtali-
ty, problem of the utmost Importance
In view of the backward movement In
population In France.-Boston Globe.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20

great mental depression was unable to at
tend ton house work, and life became bur-
den to me. Twas confined for days TO my bed,
lost my appetite, my courage and all hope.
II could not bear to think Of an operation,
and in my distress tried every remedy which
/ thought would be of any use to me, and
reading Of the value of Lydia K. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to sick women decided
TO give 1t a trial. felt so discouraged that
had little hope of recovery, and when began
it only meant temporary relief; but to my
great surprise l found that i kept gaining,
while the tumor lessened in size.
1.-The Compound continued to build up my
general health and the tumor seemed to be
absorbed, until, in seven months, the tumor
was entirely gone and l awell woman. ! am
so thankful for my recovery that / ask you
10 publish my letter in newspapers, so other
women may know of the wonderful curative
powers of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
When women are troubled with irreg-
ular or painful periods, weakness, dis
placement or liberation of the, female
organs, that bearing-down feeling, in
flammation, backache, fatulence, gen.
eral debility, indigestion or nervous
prostration, they should remember
there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. No other medicine
has such a record of cures of female
ills.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She is daughter
in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for
twenty-five years under her direction
and Since her decease has been
advising sick women free of charge.
She has guided thousands to health.
Address, Lynn, Mass.
Remember that it is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that is cur
ingwomen, and don't allow any druggist
to sell you anything else in its place.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Here's "A Smelling Lenson.

Students in London school were re-
Gently asked TO write this: "a glut-
tonous sibyl with her glutinOus hand
complacently seized a sieve, a phthi-
steal ichneumon, nOticeably supercil-
ious, irascible and cynical sergeant. an
embarrassed and harassed chrysalis. a
shrieking sheik. a complaisant prose
lyte and an anonymous chrysolite.
These all suddenly disappeared down
her receptive esophagus. she simply
said: 'Pugh! Not saccharin" She
then transferred billion of bilious
mosquitoes, an unstable bouquet Of
fuchsias, lilies, dahlias, hyacinths and
phlox, a liquefed bdellium, an indeli-
BILE defamatory inhammatOry synchro-
nism and a debatable syllogism to the
same capacious receptacle. Peaceably
surrenderng her daguerreOtype to the
ecstatic aeronaut, she descended with
her parachutc-a synonym for ba-
rouche-and grievously terrified the
stolid, squalid yeomanry already tor
relied by the heat, 101 Fahrenheit"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
FROM THE HOUR OF BIRTH
Mothers Should Use Cuticura
Soap, the Worlds
FaVOrite

Mothers are assured of the absolute
purity and unfailing efficacy of Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the great
Skin Cure, in the preservation and puri-
fcation of the skin, scalp, hair, and hands
of infants and children. For baby ecze-
mas, rashes, itchings and chafngs, as
well as for annoying irritations and
lucrative weaknesses, and many sana-
tive antiseptic purposes which readily
suggest themselves to mothers, as well
as for all the purposes of the toilet,
bath, and nursery, Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment are priceless.
Sold throughout the world Cuticura Soap 25c., Oint
ment Soc, Resovent soc n form Of Chocolate Coated
Pills Csc per vial OF co., may be had Of all druggists.
Potter Drug and Chem. Corp Sole Props, Boston, Mass.
az Mailed Free, The Great Cuticura skin Book
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Men who walked on All Four..

In the kingdom of Poland there was
formerly law according to which any
person found guilty Of slander was
compelled to walk on all fours through
the streets of the town where he lived
accompanied by the beadle, as a sign
that he was dlsgraced and unworthy
of the name of man. At the next pub
lie festival the delinquent was forced
to appear crawling upon hands and
knees underneath the banqueting ta-
BILE and barking like a dog. Every
guest was at liberty to give him as
many kicks as he chose, and he who
had been slandered must toward the
end of the banquet throw a picked
bone at the culprit, who, picking it up
with his mouth, would leave the room
on all fours.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Tree Tint Gives Light.

Among freaks of nature In trees there
stands conspicuous one known as the
Aslatic star tree. 1t Is enormously
tall, growing to height of from sixty
feet to eighty feet, while from the
ground up to a distance of about forty
feet the trunk is perfectly bare. From
that point there spring a number OF
tangled limbs, which shoot out clusters
Of long, pointed leaves, and it is these,
grouped together, that emit at night
clear, phosphorescent light. This gives
the tree spectral appearance and is
livery deceiving to travellers, who fire.
quently mistake the glow for an illu-
minated window of house. The light
is not brilliant, but is of sufficient
strength to allow of a newspaper be-
Ing read by it. 1t does not flicker, but
glows steadily from sunset to day
break.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20
Feminine study of Man.

Man is when all is said vastly Iowa
BILE being and even his faults-indeed,
chiefly his faults-have most unholy
attraction for us. But man the CON
quered is a very different creature
from man the conqueror Tile first is
always ready and longing to afford us
everything i'm the world we desire
ready to sell his immortal soul for our
pleasures. The second grudges us a
kind word.-A Spinster in NJ. A. L.