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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

The happiest mother In the little
town OF Ava. Mo-. 10 Mrs. 8. Ruppee.
She writes: Zone year ago my son
was down with such serious lung
trouble that our physician was unable
to help him; when. by our druggists
advice I began giving him DR.. Kings
New Discovery. and I soon noticed
Improvement. I kept this treatment
up for a few weeks when he was DER.
fectly well. He has worked steadily
since at carpenter work. DR.. Kings
New Discovery saved his life." Guar.
anteed best cough and cold cure by
all druggists. SOC and 500. Trial
bottle free.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

What about the gloves you
will need for Easter? Better
not wait until the last minute
and take chances of your size
being gone.
Just now we have nearly all
kinds and all sizes. But you
know how the easter rush uses
up a glove stock.
Early in the week we can
take time to fit them as they
should be-Saturday we may
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28
Don't Complain.

II your chest pains and you are I'm
able to sleep because of a cough. Blu,
a bottle Of Ballari's Horehound Syrup
and you won't have any cough. Gel
a bottle now and that cough will no,
last long. A cure for all pulmonary
diseases. Mrs. j. Galveston. Texas
writes: Il can't say enough for Bal
lerd's fIorehound Syrup. The RELIEF
It has given me Is all that Is neces
sary for me to say"
Sold by Center Block. Depot Drug
Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28
MISS SHONTS INVITES FATE
OF COUNTESS De CASTELLANE
Beautiful and Talented Daughter Of Former Chief Of Panama
Canal Commission win Soon Be Proud POssesSOr Of
Tlte-,SOme immigration Problems.
\ Two StOrkS In Spain.

Washington. March 2s. -- Despite
The denial OF Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Shonts. II may be stated with regret.
ful and unfortunate certainty that
Miss Theodore Shonts, the beautiful
and talented daughter OF the former
chief OF the Panama canal commits
sion. will soon be the proud posses
sor Of a title. II IL known that a dc
finite date has been set for the cere,
mony whereby Miss shonts will be.
come the Duchess Albert do Iuynas
de Chaulnes ct do picquiny. IT'S a
weighty name. and o ~high.soundlng
one: but there are many Washington
people who agree with the parents Of
the prospective bride that Il win
hardly compensate for the acquisition
70 the family Of the dissolute roue
who owns the title.
Most people who have had the mis-.
fortune OF meeting the young Due Al.
bert de Et Cetera and who know his
record will agree that such a charac-
terization as dissolute roue Is rank
flattery. II there are any escapades
and indiscretions that have been
overlooked by the due. 1t is due to the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

Monieo Peraltos. Ysabel Peraito.
and =. Gonzales have bet.n lodged In
jail At Captain 20 await action OF
the grand jury Of Lincoln county.
They were arrested a few days ago
by otficer l.. r. Ayent of the Terrific
rial Mounted Police for the alleged
theft OF a bunch OF goats. The trio
were given a preliminary hearing In
a justice OF the peace court at Cant
tan and were each bound over to the
grand jury In the sum Of $500,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

most fashionable churches and will
attract international attention, as
WILL. a few years hence, the-but
why anticipate?
Some irrigation Problems.
The problem OF securing desirable
Immigrants for the south and west,
where laborers and settlers are badly
needed, Is one OF the questions that
Is vexing Uncle Sam: how TO stop
the flood Of emigration to the Cana.
dian Northwest Is another question
quite as urgent. The alluring litera
ture spread broadcast by the land
boomers Of western Canada il having
Its effect and hundreds OF easter,
and middle west farmers are leaving
or preparing TO leave for the land OF
promise. 1t Is likely that the flood CT
emigrants will greatly increase mex
spring, owing to the extension of four
lines Of railroad In the Canadian
prairie country between the lakes and
the Rockies. Five thousand miles OF
railway Is now under construction ami
nearing completion in that territory.
four great transcontinental lines
being represented. During the next
year hundreds of new towns will
probably spring up and the Canadian
immigration agents will continue
their work Of securing settlers from
the United States and England with
renewed zeal. 1t IL likely that many
thousands will accept the invitation.
Meanwhile, the south is clamoring
for laborers. undeveloped portions of
the west for settlers, and Uncle San.
Is scratching his head vainly for a
solution Of the problem thus present
cd.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28
TO PLEAD BRAIN STORMS
As EXCUSE FOR MURDER
Missouri Rural Mai Carrier 90 Ira
Fer LIE for stasbins His Pretty
Sweetheart

Springfield. No, March 2-na.
10 stalled and killed has sweet
hea1 daring q brain storm" incidea,
to an attack Of emotional insanity wia'
h. the plea Of Garland u Moore. whn
win probably be placed On trial fos
his life a. the pFesenI session d tbs
criminal court Atheists will testify
that the young man. who committed
the fOulesi. biOodiest crime In the
history Of the OZARK country. is . vie.
tim o. hereditary insanity. resulting
In mental explosions and Al exaggeF.
ated ego. Many witnesses have beea
subpoenaed who viii testify that In
the family Of Moore's father AMI
mother insanity has existed and II il
On this evidence alone that the atior
neys for the assassin hope to save
him from the gallowS.
On the night Of December 4 last
Garland Moore stabbed TO death his
sweetheart and former 1ancee. Miss
Clara West. At Bois dare. a little
town ten miles northwest Of here.
The murder followed q quarrel In
which Moore demanded that Miss
West renew their engagement. which
has been broken off by the young
woman. His pleading proving useless
Moore seized a butcher knife from
the dining room table and stabb.t h.
sweetheart repeatedly. four times In
the back. once In the breast and once
In the head. A cousin OF Miss West
who had been In the room, rar
screaming for help. When he return
ed the girl was lying on floor In {
pool Of her own blood. HE has killed
me-" she whispered. and lost con
seriousness. dying four hours later
Moore fled but was captured by OF
ficers and lodged In Jail here, wher,
he has been since. The murdere,
girl was a member of one of the bes
known and wealthiest families O
this section. while Moore was a rura
mail carrier.
After his arrest Moore wept viz
lently. declaring that he had bee,
driven to the deed by his unrequitc,
affection of the young woman. an
begged to be allowed to see her dea
body. This request was refus ed b,
the officers. who feared that such al
act would arouse the anger of tn,
people. many threats OF lynching hay
Ing been made Immediately after tn
discovery OF the crime.
Since his incarceration In the jai
here Moore has preserved a mood
silence and refus SEES absolutely to dis
cuss the case. The fact Of the mur
der Of Miss West by Moore Is 50 wei
established that 1t will not likely b,
denied by the defense, and the et
forts OF the lawyers will be ~confinc,
to an attempt to prove Moore insane
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

fact that his forehead Is not suffi
ciently high to enable him TO think Of
them. Compared with him. the Coun'
Boni do Castellane Is an accomplish,
ed gentleman and a paragon OF moral
ity, Shorn of his title, he would be-
come a commonplace rounder. with
1t and because OF 1t. and In spite Of
his u%nsayory record, he Is TO marry
ono Of the loveliest and most accom-.
piished girls OF the national capital.
II Is not surprising that Papa and
Mamma Shonts are not pleased with
the prospect. but their daughter. who
Is less than 20 years of age and made
her debut In Washington society only
last fall, Is az willfull az she IL beau
tiful and In the end will certainly
have her own way. While the dats
is yet q secret. Il Is known that It ha
been set and that tho wedding will
take place before many months. Miss
Freddie" Evans. a well known young
society woman and a friend Of the
Misses Shonts. has confessed that she
has been asked to act as n Of the
bridesmaids. The ceremony will be
performed In one Of Washington's
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28
j. n. Sheridan. United States mine
in"pector was In Santa Fe last week.

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Is a new
remedy, an improvement on the laxa.
tives Of former years, as 1t does not
grippe or nauseate and is pleasant to
take. II is guaranteed. At o. G.
Schaefer and Red Cross Drug Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

~ - asaprlsoEea because 30 49,
@~@Ray u aea& 70 Ill employer ant
refused % r-Rarn 10 sork when ~
prwAenAe9 TIE government viii ii
tempt to pEoS~ tai the Aaw ID i'm Ebs,
aat8oa Il the tharsHeaih aEnenGmenf -
tie ooasti,ution
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28
Found at Last

J. A. Harmon. Of Lizemore, West
Va, says: AT last I have found the
perfect pill that never disappoints me:
and for the benefit Of others afflicted
with torpid liver and chronic consti.
patton. will say: take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Guaranteed satisfactory,
CSC. at all druggists.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

A severe cold that may develop into
pneumonia over night, can be cured
quickly by taking Foley's Honey nd
Tar 1t will cure the most obstiaate
racking cough and strengthen yon-
lungs. The genuine is In a yellow
package At o. G. Schaefer and Red
Cross Drug Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

L. F. Kneipp. forest supervisor Of
the Taos. Jemez and Pecos national
reserves. has been promoted to forest
Inspector with headquarters at Den.
YER
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28
Two Storks to Spain.

1t Is whispered In diplomatic cir
Giles that the report that two storks
are shortly to visit the Spanish royal
family has received official confirma.
ion by the physicians attendant upon
the young queen. In short, twins are
expected. Thereby the diplomats are
given a new subject for gossip and
conjecture. Especially are the repre-.
entatives OF the Spanish American re
publics interested, since anything
that affects their mother country /:
to them a topic OF great interest.
II both should be boys, what then?
Medical authorities declare that the
last born Of twins Is the eldest, and
this scientific opinion Is embraced In
an old Spanish law regulating the
rights and privileges Of pr:mogeni
ture,. The new Spanish law, now In
effect, provides that the first born Is
the elder and hence, in the case un
der consideration entitled to crow
OF Spain. Heated controversies, civil
strife, warfare incident to a struggle
for the throne. are among the posi-.
bilities considered by those who find
consideration OF such topics interest
fng. There remains the probability
that one or both OF the twins may be
OF the female sex, and So ineligible
to the Spanish crow
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

There were nearly 400 bills intro.
duced in the late legislature of which
ZIG became laws. 1t may be said
not a single vicious bill became law.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

Harry d. Nelson has been commits.
stoned postmaster at Victoria. the
town of La Mesa, down In the lower
valley.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

Il. J, Carlin returned to Roswell
from a ten days trip to La Cananea,
Sonora. Mexico on mining business
In which he represents eastern part.
les.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-28

New bunch OF Optic Scratch Tab.
'ts at The Optic office, S cents apiece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
The I1iad's Weakness

him depart as he came, or shall we seize what
he has BROUGHT"
Proteus, in answer, ordered that the man who
dealt SO wickedly with his friend should be
seized and brought before him. His order was
carried out; and Proteus asked Paris who he
was, whence he came, and how he got posses
sion of Helen. In his reply Paris became con-
fused, and diverged from the truth; whereupon
the slaves interposed, confuted his statements,
and told the whole history of the crime At
last Proteus pronounced this judgment:
Did | not regard it as a matter of the ut
most consequence that no stranger driven to
my country should ever be put to death |
would certainly have avenged the Greek by
Staying thee Thou basest of men-after ac-
cepting hospitality, to do SO wicked deed!
Now, then as want to put no stranger
to death, | suffer thee to depart; but the
woman and the treasures must stay here till
the Greek stranger comes in person and takes
them back to him. For thyself and thy COM
panions, | command thee to be gone from my
land within the space of three days, and warn
thee that otherwise at the end of that time
you will be treated as enemies"
According to this account, therefore, the
Trojans could not restore Helen, for the simple
reason that she was not in their possession;
for she was in Egypt, where Menelaus received
her back unframed. 1t seems that Homer
too was acquainted with this original story,
since he tells that Paris came with Helen to
Sidon in Phenicia Qliad vi, 29D; also that
Meaelaus before returning to Troy stayed with
Helen in Egypt odyssey iv., 22S-23o; Had
iv., s5I). But Homer probably thought the
Hcrod otian version less adapted for epic poetry
than the one he followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

WHY did not the Trojans restore Helen to
" Menelaus, and by so doing avoid all the
fatal consequences of the siege of Troy?
This question has probably been asked by
every reader OF Homer's celebrated epic, with
out finding satisfactory answer. Why, in
deed, should the entire population of Priam
have preferred the destruction of their city
and their lives rather than by restoring Helen
to disturb the love pleasures of one of the many
Trojan princess? Such stupidity or reckless
ness on the part of the Trojans seems incredi
BILE, and it must be supposed that for some
good reason not mentioned by Homer they
could not help acting the way they did.
In fact, Herodotus countryman of
Homer's in his version of the Helen legend,
which he claims to have received from the
Egyptians, gives a plausible explanation of
this obscure point. According to this account,
Paris, after carrying off Helen from Sparta,
sailed with her homeward but on his way
across the 4Egean Sea he was driven by violent
winds to the Canopic mouth of the Nile. On
that shore stood a temple dedicated to Her
cules which had the right of sanctuary. Some
of the attendants fled to the temple, and, with
a view to in jure Paris, they accused him to the
Egyptians, narratng all the circumstances of
the outrage of Helen and the wrong done to
Menelaus.
AS soon as Th6nis the warden of that mouth
of the river, received the intelligence, he sent
a message to Proteus in Memphis, to this
effect: 90 stranger is arrived from Greece.
He is by race a Teucrian, and has done
wicked deed in the country from which he is
come. Having begued the wife of the man
whose guest he was, he carried her away with
him, and much treasure also. Are we to let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Discovery of Wine

THE grape, whose purple flood man for CEN
fury after century has converted into wine,
is Persian by birth Its cradle was on the
sunny hills to the south of the Caspian Sea,
and there the ancients ate it and enjoyed its
acid taste. The men of Caubu ground it to a
dry powder and ate it with relish, half as a
medicine, half because they liked it
And then those days went by, and we hear
of the renowned grapes of Palestine, which
grew in immense clusters and weighed fifteen
pounds to the bunch. Noah planted the vine
Immediately after the Deuge; the book of
Genesis mentions bread and wine; and the
1sraelites complained that Moses and Aaron
had brought them out of Egypt into dry and
barren land where there were neither figs nor
vines
From the earliest times the evil effects of
wine have been reported. The sin of Lot is
supposed to have been committed under the
influence of wine, and the evil power of the
vine is we'll illustrated byahe story of the monk
to whom Satan offered a choice of three sins,
one of which was drunkenness The poor
monk chose this, and when he was drunk COM
mitted the other two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
How the Months Got Their Names

THE months of the year obtained their
L names from widely varying sources. jan
uary was named from the Roman god Janus,
the deity with two faces, one looking to the
east and the other toward the west. February
comes from the Latin word februo, to purify.
1t was the ancient Roman custom to hold
festivals of publication during that month.
March owes its name to an old God of war.
Among the Saxons this month was known as
leust, meaning spring, which was the origin of
our word Lent. 1t is claimed by some that
April was named from the Latin word aperire,
open, in Specification of the opening buds. In
Saxon days it was called edstre, in honor of
Eastra the Goddess of Spring, from which
comes our word Easter May was named after
Maia, the Roman goddess of growth or increase
and June was from the Latin inrenis (young).
Julius Caesar himself named July in his own
honor, and August was likewise named by
Augustus Caesar. September is from the Latin
word septem, meaning seven, it being the sew
enth month of the year according to the old
Roman calendar and October, November,
and December likewise retain the names they
were known by in the old Roman calendar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
"A Tempest in a Teapot

THE expression, "a tempest in teapot"
appearance is in the de Legibns" of Cicero
who quotes it as a common saying, " Gratidius
raised tempest in ladle, as the saying is.
The French form, "Une tenn Pete dams nne Uerre
dean" "a tempest in glass of water) was first
applied to the disturbances in the Geneva
Republic near the end of the seventeenth
century.
In England the word teapot" was sub
stituted for the sake of ALTERATION. 1t is said
to have been popularized by Lord North, who
employed it to characterize the outbreak of
the American colonists against the tax on tea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Facts About Coffee

COFFEE originally came from the Island
~ of Mocha, whence in the year 1916 coffee
trees were transported to Holland. This
article of diet was first scientifically cultivated
at Surinam by the Dutch in 171S.
Though coffee was not known either to the
Greeks or Romans, it was used a beverage
by the Persians in early times. The first
coffee house of which there is any record was
opened in ConStantnople in 1871; and coffee
was first brought to France in 1862 by The
venet, the famous traveller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

President WM II. ARMSTRONG,
Ex-C. s. Railroad Commissioner, Philadelphia Pa.
YIceP reSidtHt, COL. A. X. MCCLURE.
Ex-Editor Times. Philadelphia Pa.
Secretary and Treasurer C. NJ MCMAHON.
Counsel. A. l. wANAMAKER, Philadelphia Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Consists of OitCers and
II. A MERRILL Pres City Nat. Bank, Mason City, Ia
JOHN B. BARNES Justice Supr. Court, Norfolk. Neb
VICTOR Du POINT. Ir., Du Pont Powder Works. VIII
nington. Del.
a. G. STEWART, ENAtorney General # Porto Rico
WaUkOn. Iowa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
" Hobson's Choice "

THE phrase "Hobson's choice" originated
L in an English livery stable. Tobias Hob
son the first man in England to rent cut
hackney horses. 1t may have been through
an unshakable sense of justice, it may have
been through laziness, but at all events this
eccentric stable keeper obliged all who applied
to him to rent horse to take the one which
happened to be standing nearest the stable
door. And SO the phrase Hobson's choice
came to mean no choice at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Rules of the Road

ABOUT the beginning of the nineteenth
\ century there was a change in the rule
of the road" in England, and carriages were
supposed to go to the left. In order to remain
mindful of the new regulation drivers were in
the habit of repeating the following quatrain:
THE rule of the road is a paradox quite:
In driving your carriage along,
If you go to the left, You are sure to go right
If you go to the right, you are wrong"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Orange Blossoms

THAT old custom which endures even among
; L the brides of the present day of wearing
orange blossoms during the wedding ceremony
found its origin among the Saracens, and was
first brought into Europe by the returning
Crusaders. The Saracen bride used to wear
the blossom as an emblem of fecundity; but it
was adopted in England without any reference
to its symbolism, solely because of its rarity
and eXpenSiveneSs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Pin Money

THE use of the term pin money, if not the
l. thing it represents, dates from the four
tenth century, when pins were invented.
They were allowed to be sold only two days,
the first and second of January, and were SO ex-
pensive that only the wealthy could use them
regularly. After time it became 4 custom,
however, when woman was to be married, to
give her certain sums of money to be used for
the purchase of pins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Sons Beginning s
Morganatic Marriages

THE term morganatic as applied to marriages
found its origin in ancient custom.
In olden times the bridegroom on the day
after his marriage gave his bride morning
gift (moygdndbe). In the case of a nobleman
who welded wife beneath his station, this
gift constituted the wife's portion, or endow-
ment. 1t was from this gift that the name
morganatic came to be applied to marriages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Don't Care a FIG

THE clause Il don't care fig" is a case of
L mistaken identity. The proper expression
is - | don't care a fico' The word tico means
of the fingers to denote contempt.
used it in its proper significance
when he wrote, y fico for the phrase!'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-18
White Goods
MADRAS sHIRTWAIsT GOODS.

10 1c per yard values reduced to- IOc
per yard values, reduced to- &c
Is and 20c per yard values reduced to- 1Sc
25c per yard values, reduced A0c
India Linons
1Oc per yard values reduced &C.
lc per yard values, reduced lOc
15c per yard values reduced to. x &c
1sc yard values reduced to- o..
25c per yard values reduced to-. &C
Persian Lawns
ALL As INCHES WIDE
Regular Csc per yard values reduced s se
Regular s5c values reduced oc'
pegplar 5Oc per yard values, reduced 4Oc'
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-01

Ring Dyspepsia Tablets do the work.
Stomach trouble, dyspepsia. indigestion,
bloating, etc yield quickly. Two days
treatment free, Ask your druggist for
free trial. sold by Frank Hart's
Drug store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-09-01

WANTED TO RENT-A SMALL COT.
tage or 4 or light housekeeping
rooms; close in. Call at Astorian Of.
Zee or address P. o. Box s62. s-24-tf.