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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

Secretary and Mrs. j. w. Reynolds
have issued invitations for an at
home" on next Thursday evening
from I 10 : o'clock to meet the wives
OF tn" members OF the legislative as
sembly then In the city.-New Mex.
lean.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11
unw;se Under prsser. Conditions.

Until we remove the political influ-
ence that tends toward corruption and
extravaganza believe that municipal
ownership would be unwise.-Profess-
or Sedgwick.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11
Piles Cured in 6 to IA DAYS.

PHO Ointment is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching, blind,
bleeding or protrud1ng piles in 6 to
IA days or money refunded. soc.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

l. .. O. r.. LAS VEGAS LODGE NO.
=. meets every Monday evening at
;aeir hall on Sixth street. All Wis.
iting brethren cordially invited to
attend. R. o. Williams. N. c.,
A. s. Coke. v. G.: A. J. wertz,
secretary: W. f. Critics. treasurer:
c. v. Hedgcock. cemetery trustee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

Nothing has yet been discovered that
thoroughly takes the place of the slim
Mus Of profit In carrying on any bust.
ness NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11
lneapabiIi.y Of City Government.

am opposed to municipal owner
ship because u city governments
have not shown as yet any capacity
for property conducting their business.
Major Henry l.. Higginson.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

Leon Nelson. Trinidad Sanche,
George Mondragon, Anastacio Rael
Amanda all of Anton Chico, N. NJ.
MANUEL n. OTERO,
" Register.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD. NO
log meets every Friday night n
their hal! In the Schmidt building,
west OF Fountain Square, at eight
O'Clock. Visiting members are cor.
daily welcome. James y. Cook.
president: Mass Kate Burchell, e {.
rotary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

A Las Vegas lawyer by the name
of Lucas was In Springer the fore
part of the week on professional
business.-Springer Stockman.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

l.. II. Bishop has sold his saloon
to Frank Croker. Mr., Bishop left
here last Monday for Las Vegas.
where he intends locating for the
coming six months .-Cimarron News,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

REDMEN. MEET IN FRATERNA,
brotherhood Hall every second ana
fourth Monday. sleep ut the eighth
run Visiting brothers always vel.
eome % the wigwam- r T.. nian.
welt. sachem: e. y. O'Maney. chic,
Ut records: y. d, Fries. collector of
wampum.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11
society AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY

FRATkRsAL UNION o. AMERICA.
Meets first ana THIRD wednesday
evenings Of each naanfh IL ah@
AooGmAa hail - ElxrA sGrees. nj
q O'Clock. FEaak Mcclure. y.
a.: W. @. k0ogler. Secretary, Wis
ting members cordially invited
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

EASTERN STAR. REGULAR CON.
mnnication second and fourth
Thursday evenings Of each month
All visiting brothers and sisters are
cordially invited. Mrs. Ida l.. See
hnger. worthy matron: Miss May
Howell. secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

REnEkAH LODGE. l. o. O. ".
meets second and fourth Thursday
evenings Of each month Al the /
O.. o. =. hall Mrs. A. q. Augusta
ONailey. N. c.: Miss Nora Denton.
v. G.; Mrs Mary l. westx. seere-
taFy: Mrs. Sarah Roberts, Treas
ureF.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

CHAPMAN LODGE NO. 2. A. y. a.
- d. Regular communication first
and third Thursdays IL zach
month. Visiting brothers cordially
invited &. d. Boucher. w. d.:
Chas- H. spOgiedeF. Secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-11

D. p. o. l.. MEETS SECOND AND
fourth Tuesday evenings each
month. at Knights OF pythias hall.
Visiting brothers are cordially In
vited. Hail"tt Reynolds. exalted
ruler: T. Z. Blauyelt. secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
GOOD BUSINESS.
Watch Finding Proves Profitable
 When We'll Conducted.

 From the Providence Journal
 J. A. Everett, president of the Amer ican Society of Equity said in Indianap- oils of a certain deal in stocks; This deal reminds me forcibly of an ad- vertisement that once apepared in the lost and found column of several Phild- delphia newspapers. It ran:
 FOUND, yesterday. afternoon, on Chestnut street, near the postoffice. a gold watch. Loser may recover same by call ing at office of John c. Smith. 2S7 North Tenth street and paying cost of this ad- yertisement.'
 Well, John c. Smith sat in his bare office the next morning, and a little before a rather shabby man entered.
 About that watch, sir? he began. He had an anxious, furtive eye.
 "The unsophisticated Smith drew large gold watch from his desk drawer.
 Is this it?' he asked.
 The very thing said the other, hur- riedy. He looked immensely relieved The advertising costs are s., said MT. Smith.
 -''The shabby mans face darkened.
 'Eight?' he muttered suspiciously. Eight, said MT. Smith. That notice has been running a week in seven papers. "The man with some difficulty paid the money. for the most part In silver. Then he hastened away with a few words of thanks.
 MT Smith, after he was gone, smiled to himself.
 " An he murmured, this watch nndlnS is a mighty good business
 And, in preparation for his next wis., itor he put in the drawer another gold watch from a large pine box of them that lay under the table,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

as it was understood that the lines ranged in width from 30 to 150 miles the absurdity of the notion that they could be artificial highways became manifest. That they represent an ex- ercise of engineering skill in the inter. est of agriculture rather than of com merce, and that they consist of belts of vegetation made possible through irrigation, are more plausible sugges. tions, no doubt. They appeal more strongly to popular fancy than the theory that the lines are crevices sim liar to those on the moon.
 If there is little promise that the key to the principal mystery will be found in the near future, at least two disputed points are likely soon to be cleared up. Photography will assist in showing whether the lines on Mars are imaginary or not. When the re- turns are all in from this years ob- servations 1t ought to be possible to say with some degree of certainty whether or not Mars has canals and also whether any of them ever appear double. If MT. Percival Lowell defln- itely settles these questions he will perform an extremely creditable serv- ica
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
PEOPLE OF MARS?
Are Other Worlds Inhabited?
 Theories of Astronomers.

From the New York Tribune.
 Astronomers regard the hundred mil lion stars that stud the heavens as suns. While they have practically no evidence that those bodies have fam1- lies of planets like those which go circling around the central orb of our solar system, they concede that the supposition is at least credible. In size, temperature and other character istics the satellites of other suns may Giffer among themselves, as do the sister planets of the earth. If, there fore, it could be demonstrated that any of the latter was the abode or creatures endowed with intellect 1t would not be unreasonable to believe that housands-perhaps milllons-of other worlds were inhabited by beings akin to man. This stupendous possi- bility, to say nothing of the feasibility of communication, with the residents of Mars-if it has any-invests the study of that body with the profound est interest.
 It Is particularly fortunate that the planet which in it's apparent fitness to sustain life most nearly resembles the earth can be studied more ad- vantageously than the other members of the family to which it belongs. Venus at times comes as close to the earth as Mars does, but 1t then pre- sents its dark side for inspection. Since the irbit of Mars lies outside the earth's, the rudd planet offers brilliantly illuminated surface. to ter restrial observers when Gas is the case this week. the interval between the two bodies reaches a minimum. Be- sides, Mars is not enyeloped, as most of the other planets seem to be, in a veil of clouds, and the absence of such screen wonderfully facilitates scrutiny.
 The suspicion that Mars may be in habited is chiefly attributable to those singular markings on it's surface which Schiapareill called canals" and some of the characteristics of which are de- scribed on another page of the Fri bune. With true scientific caution the distinguished Italian disavowed any intention to interpret these lines by the name he gave them, though he thought that certain changes in their visibility, color and breadth were asso- ciated somehow with the succession of seasons on Mars. Indeed, as soon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Rettors and Bets.

From the New Broadway Magazine.
 In the last twenty years there is only one man who Is known to have been suc- cessful at beating the race track game to a conspicuous degree. That was Geo. E. Smith, better known as "Pittsburg Phil" He was a genius and genuses are rare. He paid for his success with his life. He got so that he was a mono maniac. Te thought, talked and had in- terest only in racing. The passion con sumed his vitality. Nearly all the men who were prominent as big bettors when he was one of the reading figures on the turf have fallen by the wayslde. Mich ael P. Dwyer whose wagers were colos- sal, went broke, suffered complete phy- sicaI collapse and was a wreck for the last few years of his life Riley Gran nan, whose pyrotechnic rise made him a national figure, has been lucky enough of recent years to get occasional em- ployment as a bookmaker's clerk Joe Yeager, who thought nothing of betting $5000 to race, lasted less than one sea son. Of the crop of plungers that fol- lowed this quartet not one Is known to be ahead of the game. "Davy" Johnson who was the biggest bettor last year. has gone broke more times than 1t is pleas ant to recall, and he finished the season with very little money, despite the fact that in Roseben he has had one of the most remarkable horses the world has ever seen.
 The bettor thinks the bookmaker has the best end of 1t. He has; yet com paratively few of the bookmakers wealth CT the financial storms incident to the game. Of 100 who "cut in at the begin ming of last season, less than fifteen were doing business at the end of the racing year. One of the most experienced book makers In America, Eddie Burke, lost six bank rolls In one season. The bank roll In the parlance of the ring, Is the capital back of the bookmaker.
 The public hears much of the winnings made by the bookmakers but the losses are announced rarely. One of the things the public does not appreciate Is that many of the bookmakers are only mana gers or partners in the books they make. Wall street men, saloonkeeprs, business men and politicians frequently subscribe to the bank roll of bookmakers, and oc- casionally a woman Is the packer of a Ibookmaker.
 The bettor also thinks that the horse owner has superior opportunities for beat ing the racing game. There are few owners who have so good judgment in regard to the horses under their charge as have the really observant men who make a business of betting. If anything the opinion of the dispassionate handi- capper or student of form Is more re- liable. The majority of horse owners get financial indigestion from betting on their own horses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
The Woman Who Is Careless.

From the Boston Herald.
 Careless dressing is both extravagant and unfair to ones friends.
 Who does not know some loved one whose constant indifference to appear ance is a petpetual annoyance and nor tification?
 There Is sure to be In almost every home the member who has to be brushed and pinned up before she Is presentable to visitors.
 The neglected stitch in time, loose hooks and eyes, skirts bands that permit the skirt to sag; nothing reveals to the ob- server more accurately than do these lit tie things the woman's true inwardness, her mentality.
 The love of beauty and graceful and pleasing manners tell of a considerate nature, a kind heart
 A carelessly dressed woman Is ire ouently found deficient in her moral sense and she is often indifferent in her treat ment of those about her.
 One can have but pity for the girl who has to coax and fix up a mother who doesn't care" so that her young friends will not have occasion to say unpleas- ant things when they leave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Used Ills Diplomacy.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 Harry Laughlin told at an exhibition same in Toledo billiard story.
 "Once when I had my own parlor in Columbus" he said, q was a good deal disturbed by the loss of chalk. Chalk dis apepared at a tremendous rate, and said to my helper:
 keep a better eye on the chalk, Jim. I'm no millionaire
 'I know the gents wot pockets the chalk. MT. Laughlin,' Jim said, but they are reglar customers. guess you wouldn't want me to offend 'em. would you?
 Well. mo-, said I, T wouldn't. You might give them gentle hint. though. Use your diplomacy
 Jim, I found out later, used his diplo- macy that night He walked up to one of my best patrons who had just pocketed a piece of chalk and he said:
 You're in the milk business, ain't you, sr?'
 Yes. Why?' the patron asked.
 "I thought so, said Jim, from the amount of chalk you carry away. The boss likes enterprise, and he told me 10 tell you that If you wanted a bucket of water now and then you could have one and welcome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
FISH ARE MARKED AND
 CAST BACK IN THE SEA

bearing number. This is attached to a fine silver wire which is passed through the thinner part of the fish near the fin and secured on the under side by a small bone button. The fish do not appear to suffer inconvenience and their growth is not interfered with in any way.
 The thoroughness with which the North Sea Is swept by the net of the fishing fleets is demonstrated says Discovery, by the fact that out of 5039 marked plaice of all sizes 992 were recaptured within a year. This represents 19.7 per cent or nearly one-flfth; but for the medium sized fish the figures are far higher, rang Ing from 2S.4 to 39 per cent for the whole of the North Sea and to 43 per cent in the more northern portions.
 The men of the regular fishing fleet CO., operate by forwarding to the laboratory of the association at Lowestoft all the marked fish they catch. At the laboratory reference to the records easily establish how much the fish has gained in size and weight since the previous catching. Moreover the distance between the spot where it was released and the place where it was again caught gives an idea as to its movements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

From the Pittsburg Times Gazette.
 Catching fish, measuring and marking them and then returning them to the sea with the chance of retaking them later is part of the work carried on by the Marine Biological association of Great Britain.
 By means of a steam trawler the fish are caught in the usual way. Each haul is carefully recorded, the fish are count ed and measured and all details of To- callty, time, number, species, sex and slze are put down, to gether with accurate observations on the water, the depth and bottom of the sea, the kinds and quantity or food available, etc. These data are sub sequently tabulated and charted.
 The method of marking the fish is in- teresting and has been attended with valuable results, The fish chiefly used during the few years the experiment has been in progress have been plaice, because the proposals which have been made to interfere with the catching of them were based on inadequate knowl- edge.
 The fish are marked on the dorsal sur face with a very thin convex metal disk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
His First Appearance.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Little Tommy was at Sunday school in his first pair of trousers, and picture of a lot of little angels was before the class.
 Tommy, would you like to be e little angel?" asked the teacher.
 "No, ma'am," replied Tommy after careful inspection of the picture.
 Not to be an angel Tommy? Why. not?' inquired the teached in surprise.
 Cause, ma am. I'd have to give up my new pants"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
The Doinq of Him.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Better keep away from that old hay seed" cautioned the first bunko man. What for" demanded the other.
 Because I did that old fellow myself a couple of months ago"
 Well, what man has done man can do.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Suburban DeveIopm ent.

There has followed a huge suburban development and a consequent transform alton of the city that will prove one of the greatest surprises with which re- turning "old homers' are greeted. The old town of the Puritans-the "cty proper" as natives call it-on it's crowd- ed peninsula. is today place of the very rich and the very poor, of palaces and tenements, hotels and lodging houses. The fashionable quarter of fifty years ago has become the business district; the mod erately well to do, for the most part, have moved out of town. This migration, which Is said to be more substantial than any similar movement anywhere else on the continent, is due chiefly to the exten- sion of improvement of the surface and overhead electric lines. Through con- nections at the elevated terminals the en- tire surrounding territory within radius of dozen miles or more has been opened; and, in addition, the cars of interurban lines take passengers directly from the city to distant points In the state.
 Free transfer privileges have been ex- tended with liberality that puts trans portation between any two points In the entire system on a single fare basis. In many places, as at the subway sta tions and elevated terminals, even the traditional transfer check has been elim- mated, passengers simply going from one car to another. The passenger from Ar lington Heights, for instance, some nine miles out In the direction of historic Lex ington, may come Into the northern ter minal of the elevated road, walk from the "semi-convertibe" car to the third rail train be whisked out to the southern terminal of the overhead line on the edge of Roxbury. near where the Apostle Eliot preached to the Indians, and there step across the platform to the trolley that will take him seven or eight miles fur ther out, If he wants to go that far. the entire trip of twenty miles or so being made in fast time and with only two transfers both without the inconven- fence and delay incident to the issue of tickets. AS the elevated road Is extended the time of transit between distant points will be decreased still more, of course, and the people who come into the city every day to work will go farther out to live. On the whole, the local transporta- ton problem vexes Boston less than any other big city, perhaps.
 This development of "Greater Boston by street car so to speak, Is one of the most marked changes former Bostonians will observe It has completely altered the appearance of the whole metropolitan district as well of the old town of the last generation. The cooped-up city or twenty-five years ago has gone forever, and in It's place Is a vast aggregation Of communities knit together in business, so- cial and even civic life by the electric lines which had here, In the late eighties, their first extensive trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

MT. Marx Nirmark of Dora nephew of L. Pizitz left Saturday for Brook lyn, N. Y, where he will be married July 27, to Miss Rebecca Golstein of this city. They will return by way of James, town and will be at home at Dora after August TO-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Misses Libbie and Inez Williams will leave Wednesday morning for Livingston, Ala, to spend a week or two with friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Dr. and Mrs. Frank G. Grace have left the Birmingham hotel where they have resided for the past two years and have moved into one of the new Massey apart ments on 2012 Humbolt avenue. Dr. and Mrs. Grace will keep house in the fu ture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Mir and Mrs. Joseph Wallenstein were suddenly called to Cincinnati. Their little son Richard George, had been visiting his grandparents and was taken seriously i'll with typhoid fever. He is now slowly convalescing at the Jewish hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Miss Jeannette Williams has returned from Livingston, Ala, after spending a pleasant time visiting friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Mrs. Herman Jones left for covington Ky, to be with her son Herman who has typhoid fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Mrs Annie T. Wise, assistant principal of the Girls high school of Atlanta, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Eugene Jacobs, on Sixteenth avenue south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

yesterday told of devotion and the grief at the death of one so tenderly beloved, and whose personality embodied so much that IS lovable and beautiful The death of this fair and lovely young woman will be long deplored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Rapid Transit.

All this expansion of the city has been accomplished, and indeed to a large eX- tent caused by the development of the most efficient system of rapid transit yet evolved anywhere. Here, too, is, re- turning Bostonians will notice, a great change It began ten years ago when the Boston Elevated Railway company, which now operates practically all of greater Boston's' local car service, was chartered to lease the surface lines then existing and to construct an overhead system of transportation. The result has been the expansion of "the Hub into a wide spreading metropolis a single communi- ty in fact, If not in name, with million and quarter inhabitants.
 When the Elevated company took over the street car lines a decade ago, there were 3O4 miles of tracks in the system. Today 1t operates little more than 457 miles of track. including the first sub way built in the United States and the first tunnel under the deep waters of seaboard harbor-the tunnel that connects by trolley the island ward of East Bos- ton with the municipality on the main- land. From end to end of this diverst- fled transportation system a f1ve-cent fare prevails, and 1t Is possible to travel twenty miles without paying more than a single nicket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Miss Bessie Noll is visiting friends and relatives in New Decatur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Write to Miss Helen Robinson, Blount Springs, Ala. if you wish to escape the fever. A few more guests can be &C., commodated. Rates reasonable. 7-H-It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

MT. J. Birch Harris left yesterday to be absent for several days on a trip to Tennessee and Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Miss Allie Dixon of Hatchechubbee and Miss Mary Alice Biggers of Meridian, are visiting Mrs. John w. Dixon on Thir- teenth avenue, South Highlands