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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09
{ ARE powERLEss
To Fight Against Disease Ualess They
strike 1t the Underlying Cause.

To Fight Against Disease Ualess They
strike 1t the Underlying Cause.
To treat Dandrun. and Failing Hair.
With i%rritants or oils on which a para
site germ will prosper. Is like ~scooping
water from the ocean to prevent the tide
from rising.
You cannot accomplish a satisfactory
cure without having a right understand
ing OF the fundamental causes Of the
trouble.
You must kill the Dandrun Germ.
Newbro's Herpicide does this because IT
Is specially made to do that very thing.
when the germ IL removed. the hair
has no choice but TO resume healthy
growth and beauty.
"pestroy the cause. you remove the
effect"
Sold by leading druggists. Send Joe. IN
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co..
Detroit, Mich.
E. G. MURPHEv, Special Agent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09

Redmen meet in FratefhaT Bfothef-
hall every Thur lay sleep ut the
eighth run. Visiting chiefs al
ways welcome to the wigwam. H.
l.. Corey, sachem; +. 4. Barnes, chiei
of records.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09

According to the Santa Fe New
Mexican, g. W. Prichard. attorney
general, is arranging 10 retire from
Office in order to devote iis time 10
his extensive legal practice and to
private mining interests. When this
will happen has not been yet ascer
tanned.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09

3. p, o. e, Meets first and third
Monday evenings, each month, at
Knights Of pythias Hall. Visiting
brothers are cordially invited.
b. u, RLA.K. Exalted Ruler.
T. Il. BLAUVELT, Sec.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09

Chapman Lodge, No. ?, A. Y. Z A. N.
Regular communications ist and 3rd
Thursdays In each month. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. &. ID.
Boucher, W, NJ; Charles u, Spor.
leder, Secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09
Professional Directory
SOCIETIES.

T. o. o. r, Las Vegas Lodge, No. 4,
meets every Monday evening at their
hall, Sixth street, All visiting breth-
rem cordially invited to attend. i, La
Due, \. ca G, w, q. Ward,
v, c.; T, NJ. Elwood. secretary; w.
T., Critics, treasurer; G. v. Hedgcock,
cemetery trustee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09

knights Of Columbus meet every
second and fourth Tuesday OF the
month at the Fraternal Brotherhood
hall. Visitors welcomed. ]. E. Nc
Mahan, G. X; Frank Strass, F. 8.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-09

Las Vegas Art Souvenir on sale
at The Optic office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
A ONE-NIGHT PROBLEM.

ITO THE little list of inventions by women, another
H has been added Mademoiselle Ernesta Carston
d Lusi of Brussels in Belgium with such long to
make famous is responsible for it, She is just 15year
old school girl but her invention is something that grown
people interested in and that governments may
awkward attempts of two big tossing straning horses
to turn their clumsy cart about within space,
mademoselle observed first elbow stupid that has
yet invented wagon that can turn right about am
sure think of something to make it easier for the
poor horses' That night she thought the problem
and in theynorning to breakfast with triumphant
smile to that she had invented something
night. It turntable which enables heavy wagon
automobile to turn about easily in tight place, to
revolve, as it were its axis. Her idea
simple and practical that of her friends who
mechanical engineers and knew how draw up working
plans declared that she would make fortune. Her in
vention at patented by her friends and
the Belgium government began to ask her all sorts of
questions about it with view Of buying it for dock
and military purposes. Mademoselle Ernesta when asked
about her invention that 1t just came and every
thing to be going fast about it that do not
understand it at a She is undoubtedly in earnest and
probably will invent many useful things for she has
always been remarkable for observing when things go
wrong that there is often very little why they
should 20 right and that she herself may be able
make them right
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
A SIMPLE BAROMETER.
With Little Patience and Skill Anyone May Become His
Own Weatherman

Own Weatherman.
Nearly everybody knows that the dampness of the
air affects violin strings and that in dry weather they
curl and look feahery Acting this knowledge, it is
easy to have 81 rple and trustworthy barometer Il
Make little wooden frame of three bars two up
rights and crosspiece and fasten at the bottom to
small platform. Next get piece of catgut inches
long and tie it to little hook, which should be fastened
exactly in the center of the inside Of the crossbar.
Then from piece of cardboard cut disk, and
around the edge of it mark number of straight lines
with pencil Fasen this disk by the edge to the catgut
with drop Of sealing and let it hang just like
pendulum.
Twist piece of wire around of the upright
bars opposite the center Of the disk, and let portion
of the wire project toward the disk, thus forming
pointer.
The barometer is complete, and all that is needed
make tests Of the atmosphere mark the face of
the disk. Place it outside Of the window when rain is
falling and leave it there for several hours Then notice
which of the lines the disk is opposite the pointer and
mark that line 'rain.''
To obtain the position which will indicate dry
weather. set the barometer down beside very hot stove
when you find that certain line remains stationary
opposite the pointer, mark that particular spot "dry
The catgut stretches contracts according to the
condition Of the atmosphere. ..--. .-@...- ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

break d O n in
front of another
man 3 place, and
he came out an
grily and said that
he had selected his
site On account Of
the view, and 50
he objected very
much to having an
automobile house
get in the way.
The next people
to make trouble
were the people
who printed the
city directory, be-
cause they re-
ceived many abu-
sive letters from
Btra n ge r s who
came to Bayburg
to do business with
Mr.. Jonas Whistle
bill and failed to
find the h o ule .
where the direc-
tory said that it
was.
Things got 80
unpleasant. at last
that Mr.. Jonas
Whistlebill pro-
posed to his wife
that they move
the house into an
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
AN OBLlGING CHIEFTAIN.

When Livingstone went amongst the Bechuanas, in
Africa his missionary travels he used to preach
them best he could in their native tongue He
thus once occupied when seehee chief to the
meeting The chief corrected Livingstone way Of carry
ing out his mission. Do you think he said you will
get the people to believe simply by talking themf
can't make them do anything without the lash. If
you like, will call my headman, and, with our whips,
will make them all beieve.0 Livingstone would,
of course have nothing to do with such wholesale modes
of conversion that As the result showed he got
better without the of force.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

frehouse f aster.
than the fire en-
CINE could get to
us. -
This was really
a very good idea.
Only it happened
unfortunately that
a man had seen,
the fire and tele-
phoned to the fire.
men and they
started toward the
scene over a short
cut Of which Mr..
Jonas Whistlebill
did not know.
Thus they missed
him on the road
a n d W h en- h e
dashed into the
town all afire and
pulled up in front
Of the irehouse of
course there was
no fire engine there
and the result was
that the wonderful
b Gus was de-
stroyed.
Mr.. Jonas Wits
tlebill wanted to
build another one
at once, but Mrs.
Jonas Whistlebill
thought that she
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

would prefer everyday house that would stay in
place because she losing all her friends they could
not always keep track of the wanderings of moving
house. So that is why the visitor Gayburg will
in vain for the astonishing sight of Queen
cottage travelling around the country at the Of
seventy-fve miles an hour -<sEZ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 49, 1900
state; but something happened to make this an

other state; but something happened to make this
necessary.
One night the family had just retired to bed after
pleasant down the road to pretty spot about two
miles out of town. when Mrs. Jonas Whisebin smeled
fire. She awoke Mr.. Jonas Whistlebill, who dis
covered that the house burning in the and that
the flames were already bursting from IN, the roof.
waste moment, but turned on the power and went
fast he could toward the town. to get to the ire
house, f'for,' said he his wife, 90 to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
AN EDEN FOR BIRDS,

BIRDS could read the papers, here is that ought
to them to spread their wings and hasten away
perfectly peaceful place for their vacation,
if they take such thing John H. Dorrs farmer, who
large of northwest of st. Louis, will
not allow bird his place to be killed He has set
aside large number OF to in underbrush,
in which all kinds of birds, especially quail, find home
thru the winter In the his place alive with
birds.
Hawks which congregate in large numbers on the
farm do very little damage, Mr. Doris says in eompar
with the good they do in killing field mice and rats
The quail tame that they will up to the yard
to the brooing he tell where nearly
every Birds their ways of spreading
good and perhaps in few years Mr. Doris will find
that his feahered vassals will need few set
aside for underbrush for them.
The barefoot boy with cheek of tan has
Without other haunts besides the strawberry hill. He
His - finds the damp lawns at sunset time charm
Shoes. ing place. The editor s'two of him.
: having splendid time in driveway the
evening while father played the hose the grass
and gravel and their toes Indeed most lawn
down the street had barefoot boys and often their
small sisters oo hiding their feet in the dewy grass
It 'tcomfy' thing do! There times when
Young America minus his shoes to have monopoly
of the solid comfort to be had wonder that his
praises have been sung in envy and down the land.
The grown-ups not the only folks in
They So Minneapolis who preparing for the
Prepare freshment of the G. A. R. guest Lemonade
Too. stands in dry-goods and big piano boxes
springing up under numerous shade trees
in numbers. From them Junior merchants Justify
proclaim that they have icecold () lemonade, candy
popcorn and gum for sale. AS these are doubt deli
eacies which old soldiers have special fondness the
little stands may add to the hospitable air of the city
what they take away from it's beauty. ~ /.
s.~a Twenty years ago the japanese government
A Change founded wooden mill to introduce the bust
Of ness into the country. At that time most Of
Market the wool imported from London, but Of
late years Japanese manufacturers find
ing it satisfactory to buy in Australia and looking
the labels the bales Of wool that pile the wharves
Yokohama notices with increasing frequency the
words from Australia But when Uncle Sam will have
completed the Panama canal there indications that
Australia will have sharp competitor in Argentina,
South America. s3s~-~-.'
''Some of the smaller city squares triangular.
eyes, the streets that way. - 81 ~
wis TO know is howe car q ole he
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

admire them. One day he got his best idea; and he
Immediately set to work at it. was nothing more or
less than an automobile house. >@*.@@a -
You see he said to his fellow citizens who gathered
to watch the work. rather would if you
invention. Well, going to be ahead of the auto
mobile am going to build whole house that shall be
both house and automobile Thus shall be able 90
around and the world with all the comforts Of
in every respect.'' s-=...
Mr. Jonas Whistlebill was not only ingenious, but a
great worker, and the house grew fast It hand
some shinged Queen Anne cottage with fifteen large
and everything in it of the highly
description. It had tiled bathrooms and music room
and conservatory and immense verandas.
In every respect it was like any other fine house,
except in Instead of being built foundations in
the ground built immense steel Wheels heavily
tired with the best rubber There than twenty
five of these and those under the front verada
arranged that they could be seered with steel steering
bar that stuck up thru the floor. ->"-~---
tThus,'' said MI. Jonas Whistlebl, ct can sit on
my front veranda and steer the house 60 thru the
country. And if it should rain, have another steering
bar that up thru the parlor floor that sit
inside the sofa and steer quite comfortably
The gasolene motor that to this wonderful
automobile house underneath where the cellar would
be in ordinary house. OF course, it immense
The guaranteed that it would gene
The trial trip of the wonderful house made great
occasion, estimated by the editor of the Bay
burg Palladium that than 10000 people had gathered
from all parts of the country to see it.
It brilliant The house full of
guests and while they looked out of the windows and
crowded the verandas, and while Mrs Jonas Whistebil
played the piano in the music Mr. Jonas Whistle
bill steered the house out of his grounds down the
road and as he got into the open country put on
such speed that at last he going at the rate of seventy
miles hour. -.. ~.
Despite this great speed nothing was shaken in the
house The pictures remained quite steady the walls
the cups Of tea which passed around did
not spill drop, because Mr. Jonas Whistlebil had in
vented most remarkable system of springs and
pensating balances. -
Mr. Whstlebil got great deal Of pleasure for
time but after awhile people began to critcse. One
night the Mayor of Gayburg home late, and just
he turning into the lane that led to his house,
he saw Mr. Whistebll s house. It dark that he
did recognize it the wonderful automobile
and he imagined that he on the wrong road and
turned around again to look for the right The
suit that he got lost and drove around the country
all night and got caught in thunder Storm and the
morning he was extremely cross about it,
Another time Mr.. Whisebls house happened to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29

Mr.. Jonas Whistlebill was
an ingenious man who had
ideas that were out Of the
common, and his townfolk
were very proud of him and
his inventions. He made so
many simple yet wonderful
improvements in the town of
Gayburg that folk used to
come from great distances to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11
Lost Her Perouisite.

There are people who make a boast
of their timidity, and Mrs. Stapleton is
among the number.
II was born so,' she announced with
plaintive pride to comparative stran-
fer one day. L inherit it from my
animals. She never travelled, and she
was in absolute terror of thunder show
ers and of high winds and of hail
storms"
Dear me-" said the listener, trying
to be properly sympathetic. How little
enjoyment she must have had"
''She was just like me in tempera-
ment," said the timid one, pensively.
"She didn't mind her sufferings so
much if they were only understood, and
she needn't conceal them.
Now am in abject fear Of spiders,
and do you know at a place I visited
this summer great spider was crawl
ing up my skirt, and one of my friends
took it off AMI flung it away without
saying one word to me. If l hadn't
happened to turn quickly I should nev-
er have known there had been a spider
near met AS l told her when recov-
cred from my Mysteries, 1 should have
thought she would have known better,
as she was well aware that spiders al
ways make me faint. But L think she'll
never do such a thing again."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11

Santos-Dumont, speaking of the recent
trial flights in his aeropiane, the Bird of
Prey, which has a surface of over 50
square yards, says that The practical
aeroplane will be much smaller and that
it will be for the air what the bicycle is
for the earth. With the aeroDane, the
speed will be Increased in direct proper
ton to the diminution OF the resisting
surface. At the same time, he says, in
creased speed adds to the safety as a
more powerful motor is more easily ma
nipulated. He predicts confidently that
next year people will be able to 90 to the
seashore in their aeroplane, that it viii
be the beginning of a new fad and new
industry. As for the danger. the only
risk, he thinks, will be that of a broken
-rudder, as the machine is immobility II
self His intention is to attach the
guiding rope to his neck and maintain
equilibrium by the instructive movement
of the head, but later this primitive ar
rangement will be replaced by an auto
matte mercurial apparatus. He believes
that the flying machine will become ''tb.
poor mans automobile-aafer, faster and
cheaper"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11

Dressmakers who have difficulty In
pressing curved seams will find roll
ing pin a good pressing board, if a clean
cloth be wrapped around it.
When putting steel or whalebone into
a bodice bend them slightly at the
waist before putting into casing. You
will find the bodice will fit to the fig
ure much better.
When putting on a collar make neck
of bodice or blouse slightly smaller than
base of collar band, and notch bodice
here and there while putting collar on.
BY so doing you avoid wrinkles
All shirtwaist sleeves should be fit
ted with the arms crossed behind the
back of the head as well as in other
positions. A sleeve that is not the nee
essary length from the armhole to the
elbow can never be comfortable one
it will always drag; and in many cases
make the back of the blouse draw and
wrinkle between the shoulders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11
Making Beef Tea.

Every home nurse is supposed to
know how to make beef tea, yet it is
surprising how many failures are to be
recorded in this apparently simple OPP
Grafton. The fault generally is that too
little tim is given to the cooking. The
point to be borne in mind is that, as
far as possible, the whole of the nutri-
ment Of the beef is to be extracted
The best method of doing this is to
proceed as follows: Remove all the
fat and skin from one pound of fresh
gravy beef, cut it up into small pieces
and put it into a stone jar, with a
pint of water and a little salt Re
place the lid of the jar and let it stand
all night. The next morning place the
jar in a saucepan of boiling water and
let it simmer gently-but never boil
for five hours. Strain the fluid through
a collander, but instead of throwing
away the residue Of the meat, pound it
in a mortar into a pulp, pass it
through wire sieve and add it to the
beef tea. Beef tea made according TO
this recipe contains all the fiber and
albumen of the meat, and is therefore
much more nutritious than beef tea in
the form 1t is usually given.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11
WEEKLY |
.H'IIS'T'|0R lAh

1741--Plot perfected for the Coun
D'Etat of Elizabeth of Russia.
1755-Massacre by Indians of Morav!An
missionaries at Guadenhuettvn, Ia.
1774 Robert, Lord Give. hero of Plas-
sey, committed suicide.
1854 Thomas Pym Cope. who establish
ed first line of packets between
Philadelphia and Liverpool, died.
1861 -Federals bombarded Confederate
Notifications at Pensacola u. S.
ship Santee captured priyateer Royal
Yacht off Galveston.
1S66-FiIst national encampment of the
G. A. Il. assembled at Indianapolis.
1S67-Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the
Manchester martyrs" hanged. -.
Jefferson Davis returned to Rich
mond. Va.
S69-Henry Ward Beecher chosen presi-
dent of National Woman Suffrage
Association.
tS71-Grand Duke Alexis of Russia for
mally received by President Grant
-. Steamboat City of London burn
ed near Norwich, Conn; II lives
lost.
iS72-Mrs. Fair prevented by mob from
lecturing in San Francisco.
lSS9-Fire in Lynn, Mass, destroyed S4,-
100000 in property. d. j.. Centennial
celebration of the ratification of the
Constitution of the United States by
North Carolina begun at Fayette
VILE
iS90-Charles Francis Adams resigned
presidency of Union Pacific railway.
iS91-Revolution caused resignation of
President Fonseca of Brazil.
tS02-The Amalgamated Association de-
clared the Homestead strike at an
end . . international monetary con
ference met in Brussels.
lS93-U. s. Supreme Court decided the
great lakes to be high seas.
1S94-Massacre of the Chinese by the
japanese troops at Port Arthur.
1S9S-Marshal Blanco resigned the office
of captain general of Cuba. Brit
ish officials at Manila celebrated
American Thanksgiving. Hawaii
an commission held its first meeting
in Washington. Commercial bodies
in Spain urged speedy conclusion of
peace with United States.
1S99-German Emperor arrived at Wind
sor Castle on visit TO England.
Lord Methuen routed Beers near
Gras Pan. ...Vice President Hobart
died at Paterson, n. j.. British
defeated Beers in bloody battle of
Modder river.
1900-Fifty lives lost in a hurricane in
Tennessee. President Kruger land
ed at Marseilles and given enthu.
Siastic reception.
1901-Harvard defeated Yale at football
by a score of % to 0.
19O2-Labor riots in Havana . Eng
land and Germany united to press
their claims upon Venezuela. j..
Frederick A. Krupp, great German
gunmaker, died.
1903-Yale defeated Harvard at football
by a score of Is to 0.
1904-Kuropatkin appointed to command
tie Russian army in the East.
President Roosevelt visited st. Louis
worlds fair.
1906 Mutiny of soldiers and sailors at
Sebastopol.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11
Nine Millions for Fake sevres.

French authorities have figured out
that every year more than 100000
worth of fake Sevres porcelains are
manufactured, principally in Germany,
at Leipzig, Berlin and Ruhm. and that
there is no way of stopping this falsifi-
cation of a special kind of manufac-
ture of which the French government
has long had the monopoly.
The trade mark of tie Sevres porce-
lains has changed with the successive
reigns and empires, that of the present
bearing the republican insignia For
this reason the German manufacturers
produce the fake Sevres porcelains and
place on each piece a mark of the old
en- time, which is no longer a trade
mark and thus cannot be prosecuted by
the French government.
1t is said that most of the German
product is sold in America, and that
while you can buy a plate of German
made Sevres in Paris for 60 cents. you
have TO pay as much as S34 in London
and New York for the same stuff.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11

at was kind Of you to come quickly
she said, in her usual quiet, self-contained
manner: II wish to consult you on some
matters of Importance"
Il am at your service, Madame" re-
piled Cation, taking a seat and looking
keenly at the marble face before him.
II am going to England" she said.
After the trial, | presume?' observed
Cation, slowly.
Yes" she answered, hesitatingly; do
you think they will-they will-hang the
girl?"
II can't tell you," answered Cation; IF
she is found guity-well-I think she will
be imprisoned for life"
Poor Kitty" said Madame, sadly, sit
was an evil hour when she met Vande-
loup."
A sudden exclamation made him turn
Lis head, and he saw Madame Midas,
white as death, staring at the open
French window, on the threshold of which
was standing a man-medium height,
black beard, and a haggard, hunted look
in his eyes.
"Who is this?" cried Cation, rising to
his feet
Madame Midas tottered, and caught at
The mantepiece for support.
Ito be continued.)