THE DAILY OPTIC, Bast Las Vegas, New Mexico. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY. lErtracts from Our Expanses. Miss L'zzle Horn, of Ooate, (pent a wetK IQ springer. Thero is much activity just now in the mines oi Uoiiax county. Five car loads of maohinery for the sugar laciory reaobea JSddy. Horn, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fen- neesey, at Eddy, a baby girl Prcf. Selby, of Silver City, is spend log vacation at santa Monica, C'al. Tbe "JNoun rlomestake". mine, at .Lit. l . L i ..... niran umi, is omog worKea witD a small force and good ore is being taken one An excursion of 100 people are ex pected at Springer soon from tbe east to visit the JVizabetbtown mining dis irict. One of the piooeer buildings of Springer was torn down to make plaoe I r tbe new double store building of M iiecK. Mills-Seaberg Co. have sunk a well in front of their new building on Third street, up at Springer. Good water, too. Tbe republicans of Eddy county held a mass meeting, at the court bouse, down there, to ratify the work of the national convention Two of four of the bunting party chr lrft Silvnr Pitt, fnr tha Sanolln country, two weeks ago, returned, and report killing two bears. T. J. Welch, a farmer lust below Eddy, boasts tbe first homegrown watermelon, this year, it having been taken irom toe vine rich and sweet, ha Shields, who has been prospect ing in the Hematite and Red river di triots tbe past two months, returned to Katon and reports everything ail right a t t hn.a nomna Col. G. W. Tnchard and J. E Wharton departed from White Oaks for Socorro, They went to argue the Ozanne divorce suit, which was set for bearing July 3rd. D. B. Powers and family, accom paoied by his two sons-in-law, with tbeir wives, left Maxwell City for a couple of weeks' camping and fishing In tbe mountains. Miss Seena Hansen, sister-in-law of tbe Springer blacksmith, F. C Peter son, arrived there from Rone, Wiscon sin, and will sojourn in that plaoe for an indefinite pariod. H. C. Ritchie, of Haskell, Texas, a jeweler, and residing in Springer some seven years ago, conducting a jewelry and repairing business, has again de cided to locate up there. Messrs. Lieb, Glass and Nash left Springer on a pleasure trip to the mountains. They expect to engage mostly in fishing and hunting and will be absent several weeks. A race between horses owned by Lewis Friday and Samuel Gorman was run at Eddy. The distance was 300 yards and the stake $30. Fridaj's iiorse won oj aoout iwemy ieet. . Mrs. William Ilimilton and daugh ters, cf Allegheny, Pennsylvania, mother and sisters of Assistant General Manager Hamilton, arrived in Eddy, and will spend the summer there. Died, in Oakland, Cal , William E. Lamb, husband of Anne Piatt. Lamb And only brother of Miss Irene Lamb and Mrs Daniel McIod, of San Fran, cisco and Mrs. II. D. Gilbert, of Silver City, N. M- . Owing to tbe fact that the Maxwell grant charges $12 for filing a claim, thn nrnsnnctnrs direct their labors to ward the Red river district, where. Uncle Sam is boss, and only charges $ 1 for filing. S. Floersbeim, tbe largest sheepman in Colfax county, having bis flock some twelve or fifteen miles southeast of Springer, reports bis sbep us doing exceedingly well and is much elated over the late rains we have had. Big fires have been destroying acres of forests in tbe vicinity of Elizabeth, town. Tbe rains of the past few days bave put a stop to it, bnt not before a large portion of tbe Lynch lloom on the Red river side had fallen a victim. The Stockman is iniormea cy m. w. Mills, of Springer, owner of tbe larg est orchard in New Mexico, ' and one of the largest in the west, that he in tends to erect a canning factory at the orchard, thirty miles southeast of that place. H. R. Schumann, the father of Hem atite, has traded one-half bis saloon for one-fourth of "Granite Mountain" lode, and the other half he swapped off for to Sulphide, which camp he intends to boonj. He took his boy with him. 1 Roll Stevens was released from the custody of Sheriff Littrell, up at Springer, he furnishing the required bond It will be remembered that Stevens was brought down from Pueb Joona requisition from the governor, on an indictment in tbe lonrtn juaioiai court of New Mexico, for assault with intent to kill. J. F. Boron, whom the Eddy Argus mentioned as being brought to Edy from Hope, suffering from appendicitis, did not make the anticipated reoovery, and an operation, was considered nec essary. Dr. Rodman, assisted by Dr. Hinchey, performed the operation, which was successful in every way, and tbe patient Is now inuoh better. Tbe Ajx mining and milling com pany, at Elizabethtown, are working night and day. They are turning out fifteen tons of ore daily, which is ver aglng better than $12 per ton. There is now enough ore in sight to keep tbeir ttn stamps dropping for one year. They expect soon to enlarge the mill ten stamps, and will probably add concentrator. Several transactions on real estate have taken place at Elizabethtown, re cently. Jim and Al Nolan bave sold he "Mountain View" and one-third of tbe "Eureka" lode claim to Ohio par lies. These claims are lying in Sul phide, and are A 1 properties. C. J. Javln, who negotiated tbe dea prom ises to bave a mill on the property very soon. Oo account of thiu sale, a trig stream of prospectors went in that direction. OVERWORK - INDUCED - Nervous Prostration Complete Eeoovery by ths Vu of Ayer's Sarsaparilla " Some yeurs uko, us a rosult of too dune attention to business, my health failed. I became weak, nervous, was Uiiablo to look after my Interests, and manifested nil tha symptoms of a do- cllne. I took three bottles of Ayer's Sarsuparillu, begun to improve at ouce, and gradually Increased my weight from one hundred and twenty-live to two hundred pounds. Since then, I and my family have used this medicine when needed, and we are nil in the best of health, a fact which we attribute to Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I believe my chil dren would have been fatherless to-day bad it not been for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, of which preparation I cannot say too much." H. O. Hinson, Postmaster and Planter, Kinard's, S. C. Ayer's S Sarsaparilla RECEIVING MEDAL AT WORLD'S FAIR. AYER'S Pills Save Doctor's Bill. Charles Scbinzing and Wo. Steven were tried before W. F. Blanobard at White Oaks, charged with violating tne nan law. A Valuable Prescription. Editor Morrison, of YVortbinzton. ina., is, writes: "lou nave a valu ablo prescription in Electric Bitters, and I can cheerfully recommend it for Constipation and Sick Headache, and as a general system tonio it has no fqual." Mrs. Annie Steble, 2635 Cot tage Grove avenue, Chicago, was all run down, could not cal nor digest food, bad a backacho which never left her, and felt tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric Bitters restored ber health and renewed her strength. Prices 50 cents and $1 00. Get a bot. tie at Murpbey.Van Petten Drug Co's., Las Vegas and East Las Vegas, and at wholesale by the Browne & Manza nares Co. The Pecos valley, in its entirety, has been blessed with abundant and re freshing rains, during tbe past ten days. Mrs. Rhodie Noah, tf this place, was taken in tbe night with cramping pains I, ,he Bmt & ay diarrhoea set in. She took half a bottle of blackberry cordial out got no relief. Sue then sent to me to see if I bad anything that would help ber. I sent her a bottle of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and the first dose relieved ber. Another cf our neighbors had been sick for about a week and bad tried different remedies for diarrhoea, but kept getting worse. I sent him this same remedy. Only four doses of of it were required to cure him. He says be owes hit recovery to this won derful remedy Mrs. Mary Sibley, Sid ney, Mich. tor sale by K. D. Good- al, DePot Uru 8tore James Scully, of Springer, bas so tar convalesced as to again be upon tbe streets. Just now everybody is beginning to take a Spring Medicine. And it is a good thing to do provided you take Simmons Liver Regulator the best Spring Medicine. It's a sluggish liver that clogs tbe system and makes bad blood. A dose a day of Simmons Liver Regulator will make a new man out of you, and a new woman too. Look for tbe Red Z on tbe package. It is Simmons Liver' Regulator yon want. Narcisco Abreu, who bas been at tending school at St. Michael's college, Sinta Fe, returned to Springer. Ministers Should Use Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. THERE 13 NO PROFESSION, whose labors so severely tax t bo nervous sys tem, as that of the ministry. The de rangement of the nerve centers of the brain by over work, frequently brings on attacks of heart trouble, and nervous prostration. Bov. J. P. Kester, M. D., Pastor TJ. B. church, London Mills, Ills., hlmsolf a physi cian, writes Fob. 20, 1893: "Heart affection and nervous prostration had become so serious last fall that a little over work in tbo pulpit would so completely prostrate me Dr. Miles' that it soemoa certain i must relinquish the work Heart CUTe J th0 "trT t1- Xlanvt. nlnltAt.lnn bpcame ReStOreS so bad that my auditors yj ..t, - would'ask mo if I did not neailll.M... have heart disease. Last November I commenced taking Dr. Miles' New Heart Curo alternately with Dr. Miles' Nervine and derived the greatest possible benefit. I bave Just cloned revival worn or 10 weeks, preaching nearly every night and twice on the Sabbath. I can speak for hours without suffering as I formerly did. Hard working ministers should keep Dr. Miles' grand remodlcs on hand." Dr. Mllos' Heart Cure is sold on guarantee, first bottle will benefit or money rat traded. . Tha Ideal Panacaa. James L. Francis, alderman, CM cago,saya; "I regard Dr. King's New Discovery as an ideal pansoea for coughs, colds and lung oomplalnts having used it in my family for the last five years, to the exolusion of physicians' prescriptions or other preparations." Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa, writes: "I have been a minister of tbe Methodist Episoopal church for fifty years or more, and bavo never found anything so beneficial, or that gave me such speedy relief as Dr. King's New Dlscoverv." Try this Ideal oough remedy now. Piioe fifty cents and $1.00 per bottle at Murpbey-Van Petten Drug Co's. drug stores, Las Vegas and East Las Vegas; at whole. sale by Browne & Manzanare's Co. Miss Nannie Baird, who is spending the summer among relatives in North Carolina, expects to return to her home in Las Cruoes about tbe 1st of August. Do you lack faith and love health P Let ui establish your faltb and restore your health with Da Witt's barsapa rilla. Winters Drug Co. W. R. Ascarate, who has been for the past month at bis ranches In Old Mexico, returned to Las Cruces. "Wake up, Jaoob.day is breaking!" so said De Witt's Little Early Risers to tbe man who bad taken them to arouse his sluggUh liver. Winters Drug Co. Mrs. J. M. Frankenberg, who visited ber sister, Mrs. R. H. Uiggins, of Pu eblo, Colo., about a month ago, died list Tuesday at her home at Lumber ton, N. M. Pass tbe good word along the line. Piles can be quickly cured without an operation by simply applying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Winters urug uo. Amos McKeen of Bonito, Linooln county, is preparing to go to Texas to reside. Pure blood means good bealtb. De Witt's Sarsaparilla purifies tbe blood, cures Eruptions, Eczema, Scrofula and all diseases arising from impure blood. Winters Drug Co. Professor J. F. Cave gave an enjoy able dancing party at North's ball, in (JerriUos. - We are anxious to do a little good in tbis world and can think of no pleas anter or better way to do it than by recommending One Minute Cough Cure as a preventive of pneumonia, consump lion and other serious lung troubles that follow neglected colds. Winters Drug Co. Tbe Madrid publio school, which has sen In session since October, will close Friday, July 10th. It would be hard to convince a man suffering from bilious colic that his agony is due to a microbe with an un- pronouncable name.' But one dose of DeWitt's Colic & Cholera Cure will convince him of its power to afford in stant relief. It kills pain. Winters Drug Co. A. B. McMillan, Albuquerque at torney, and family, ltft for New York. Small in siz?, but great in results. DeWitt's Little Early Risers act gently but thoroughly, curing indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation. Small pill, safe pill, best pill. Winters Drug Co. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Langston and Mrs. T. B. Clements will leave Cerrlllos about July 15tb for a month's visit to the Jemez sod Sulpbur springs. Persons who bave a coughing spell every night, on account of a tickling sensation in the throat, may overcome at once by a dose of One Minute Cough Cure. Winters Drug Co. Tbe infant daughter . of Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy and the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Einsmore died at Madrid. When we consider that the intestines are about five times as long as the body, we can realize the intense suffer ibg experienced when they become in flamed. DeWitt's Colic & Cholera Cure subdues inflammation at once and completely removes the difficulty. Winters Drug Co. Heavy and welcome rains are re ported from various parts of Grant county. . . Eli Hill, Lumber City, Fa., writes: 'I bave been Buffering from piles for twenty-five years and thought my case incurable. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve was recommended to me as a pile cure, so I bought a box and it performed a permanent cure." Tbis is only one of thousands of similar caces. Eczema, sores and skin dis eases yield quickly when It is used. Winters Drug Co. Fred Myers, manager of Hotel Wind sor, at Eddy, left for a visit to Troy, Ohio. Piles, Piles Plies. A Bare care for Blind, Bleed teg and Itching Piles. Dr. Kirk's German Pile Ointment has cured the worst cases of ten years' standing by three or four applications. No one need suffer ten minutes after using Dr. Kirk's German Pile Ointment Our agent, Mr. Goodall, will warrant every box. Price fl.00. Sold at Depot drug store Las Vegas R. J. Steele passed through Springer with a new windmill, which he will put np on his ranob. Buckled ' Arnica Salva. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chill blains, corns and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per fect satisfaction or money refunded. kPrice 25 cents per box. For sale by Murpliey-Van Petten Drug Co., Lai Vegas and East Las Vegas. At whole sale by Browne & Maozanaroa Co. I, is said the Postal telegraph com pany will re-establish an office in Springer at the same old stand. m mn t nrmTiW v. H V . U UTI A I III I llllll UN I I NT XA.M.1KT JJUUX1UIA II J Las Vegas, the Chief City of Nev'Mexico--Some of Her Resources, Attractions and Advantages. .Las Vkoas, meaning "Tha Meadows," is the county seal of San Miguel county, lies on both sides of tha Uallinas river, and, with its suburbs, bas about 10,000 Inhabitants. It bas water works, street ears, arc and incandescent eleotrio light plant, telephone exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert meut station, headquarters of tha Atcbl sou railway system, New Mexico division together with railroad machine shops and tie-preserving worki, .took yards, and the largest sheep shearing and dipping plant In tbe United States. West of the river, the old town bas to quaint and picturesque Mexican appear ance adobe bouses, narrow, crooked streets, native people and customs, baud! crafts and occupations; but tbe plaza and all of the new town, east of the river, con stituts a diatinctive American city. Tbe streets ara wide and well graded, while sidewalks abound, shaded with growing trees. Three parks, filled with grass and trees, add to tbe beauty and bealthfulneis of the place. Handsome and well-filled stores, beautiful residences, and Innumera ble lawns, set in grass and adorned with shrubbery and flowers, combine to pro claim a cultured community, possessed of all modern oomforts and conveniences. A city ball, three public school buildings, court-bouse, Masonic temple, opera bouse. Territorial Normal school 'and Territorial Insane asylum are publio buildings, con strutted of red and whits cut sandstone, unsurpassed in beauty by similar edifices in any town, of equal size. In tbe States An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college, Convent school, Presbyterian MIbsiod school, Methodist manual training school, Christian Brothers' Institute, City high school, threo graded publio schools, a kin dergarten, a commercial school and two music schools, besides "everal private teach ers, are among tbe educational advantages and facilities. Las Vkoas is the natural sanatorium of the United States, combining more nat l BHyaijteges thau any other place In America. Her thermal waters are the equal of the Hot Sprines of Arkansas, while ber. climate is lnnnltelv superior, There is no malaria, no excessive heat or cold, no gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The air is pure, dry, rarined, and highly elec trified a certain cure for consumption, if tbe disease be taken in time. The hot waters are a specific for liver, skin, rbeu matic and blood disorders. Her Montesu ma hotel is tbe finest hostelry between Chicago and California, and is situated in a beautiful canyon, five miles from town, where the Hot Springs, forty in number, come Dolling to tne suriace. The latitude is about the same as that ol central Tennessee, while the altitude is nearly 6,500 feet. Tbis combination gives a peculiar, but most happy, result, in tbe winter, during tbe day, the thermometer seldom falls, In tbe shade, below forty de grees, while It olten ruDS, in toe sunshine, to sixty-five degrees or even more. Un the other band, in the summer, the heat is never oppressive, in tbe shade, and no night is too warm for comfortable sleep, under one or two blankets. Tbe sun will shine nine days out of every ten, the year round, Tbis, with the extreme dryness of I, IUD CIS, UBUOVU l' J U. TCI J DllgU, p. Cliipi- tation of moisture; tbe resinous aroma, rolling down from tbe pine-clad moun tains; the large amount of electricity In tbe air, and tbe consequent ozone, result-' ing from tbealtitude; and the location of tbe town, land-locked by mountain and mesa these all conspire to produce an atmos phere which is a balm to all diseases of tbe respiratory orgaoB. Tbe percentage of death from consumption is lower in New Mexico tban it is anywhere else in the United States; and no other place in New Mexico excels Las Vegas in the salubrity of its climate. Asthmatics experience immediate and permanent relief, in this altitude, In tbe way of health and pleasure re sorts, Las Vegas is unrivaled. Ina radius ot twenty miles, in romantic mountain glens and beside babbling mountain brooks, are tbe Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's, 1 Porvenir, Sandoval's Mintral Hill, Ro mero ltanch, Blake's, Sparks', Kapello, Kociada, and other places, too numerous to mention, where health can be recovered, and life becomes a pleasure to tha enuuye, tbe invalid, tbe over-worked business man. Las Vboas bas two daily and five weekly papers, tbree banks, two building and loan associations, tbree hotels, many boarding houses, nine churches, a number ot clubs, and all tbe leading civic and social socie ties: a roller flour mill, capacity, fifty bar rels per day; two wool-scouring establish ments, cleaning 1,500,000 pounds of wool annually; a well-equipped brewery and bottling establishment; a manufactory of mineral and carbonated waters; two wag on and carriage factories; a saddle and harness factory; a rounai. elec tric Hunt plant, tbree planing mills. and otber enterprises oi less importance, There are eight large wholesale bouses. vrnose trade extenas tnrougnnut tne Ter ritory, and Into tbe adjoining sections; while tne volume or mis traae, ana tne value of tbe stocks which they carry, can not be duplicated west of Kansas uity and south of Denver. Tbree merchants' brok ers have selected the city as their distrib utlng center, tbe amount of their yearly sales exceeding, in the segregate, tbe com bined sales of all otber such brokers in New Mexico. The retail merchants, of Las Vegas, are more numerous, and carry larger and better stocks of Roods than do tbe retail mercbants ot any other town in this Territory or Arizona. Las Vkoas is the distributing point for nearly all New Mexico. By tbe Atchison system, she has connection with Kansas on the east, Colorado on tbe north, Arizo na and; California on tbe west, and Texas bdX Old Mexioo on tbe south. Besides thtse, she bas more stage lines, connecting ber with tributary territory, than has any other town in New Mexico. Tbis territory includes tbe entire section east and south of the mountains, and comprises tbe coun ties of Colfax, Mora, Taos, Ban Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro, Dona Ana, Grant, Cbaves, Lincoln -and Eddy, with parts of Valencia and Bernalillo a country larger than all New England. This takes in the famous Valley oftha Rio Grande, and tbe less famous, but not less excellent, Valley of tbe Pecos tha finest fruit sections of the west. . This Territory Is rich In everything that constitutes the weal in orjNatims. iron, coal, lead, silver, gold, mica, limestone, sandstone, marbles, gypsum, Boda In end ess variety and exbaustless quantities, are among tbe several products of tbe country which Las Vegas commands. Sheep, cattle and lumber abound, so that in each of these prime articles of commerce tbis city Is tbe best market Id New Mexico. 8s handles more wool than all the other towns io the Territory combined, while ber commerce In hides is truly enormous. In the same way, she stands pre-eminent for ber traae in grains, hay, vegetables, and other farm products; whlia her trade in ice, gathered in the neighboring moun tain canyons, extends east into Kansas, wet into Arisooa, and south into Old Mexico "One of my sick headaches,'? you will hear people frequently say, as if the complaint was hopelessly incurable. As a ttatter of fact,- Ayer's Tills hot only relieve sick headache but effect ually remove the cause of this distress ing complaint, and so bring about a permanent core. ASIi tlie recovered ''TrviTTZrTi uvHpf nut'!, uiiioui .rw:-,,w..:....i..'jir-'.v.i (.ulirnt, Itow llit'y ro covL'itu lieulth, cheer ful spirits uuU tow i 1 . jl i i e; they will lull Mm hv taking 811 MONA I.IVhU KliOU I.ATOH. liiviL.iiiii, uinwt.nvM Tha Cheartt.it, Purest and Best Family MeJlclna In Iho World I Per nYSl'KT'IilA, CONSTU'ATIOK, Jaun dice, HllioiiBiittiicks. SK'K II ICAIMt'H IC, Colic, Depression oi Kplrils, OUU STOMACH, Heartburn, etc. This unrivalled remedy la warruuU'd nut to contain a singlo particle of Mk-ukv, or uny mineral substance, but is PUWKLY VKGKTAHLE, , containing tlioso Southern Koots and Herbs which an all-wisa I'lm-hlence lias plucud in countries whcio Liver Diseases most prevail. It will cure nil Disease caused by Derange ment of tlio Llvrr and Bowels. 'i'i.u oYri jAid ul j.iver Complaint aro a bitter or had tnsle in the mouth; I'uln In the Buck, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheu matism; 5our Muniach! loss.or Appetite; bo Loi eis alternately costive and lax; Ilcudache: Loss of Memory, with it painful sensation of bavin ik lulled to (io soineiuiiiK wuieii ouirut to have been done; Debility; Low Spirits, a thick yellow uppeurnnce ot tne Skin and r.yes, a ury Cough ouen-mislulccn for Consumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the dlseese, at others very few; but the LlVKK is generally the scat of the disease, and if not Regulated in time, great Kiiflcriug, wretched ness and DEATH will ensue. Tlio following highly esteemed persons attest to tho virtues cf Simmons l.lvcr Kegulator: Gen. W. K. Holt, Pres. Oo. S. W. K. R. Co.; Rev. I. H. 1'elder. l'erry, Ua.( Col. II. K. Sparks, Al bany, Gu.; ('. Mustcrson, I?sq.. Sheriff llibbCo., Go.; lion. Alexander H. Stephens. "We have tested its virtues, personally, and know that for Dyspepsia, itillousness and Throbbing Ilcndaehe it Is tho best medicine tho world ut cr suw. We tried forty oilier remedies before Simmons I.iver Keguhiior.bulnoncKave usmorothan temporary relief; out tho Rc'TU lator not onlv relieved, but cured tiR." li. TtuxuAi'ii and Mkhsknokk, Macon, Go. , JIASUtV.CTVKCS OSI.V 8V ' i. H. ZL1LIN Ct CO., Philadelphia, Pa. Fred Thome, of Orpan, has moved bis family to Los Cruces and will go to Cripple Creek to look tbe camp over, with a view of locating there. , None But Ayer's at the World's Pair. I Ayer's Sarsaparilla enjoys the ex traordinary distinction of having been the only blood purifier allowed an ex hibit at the World's fair, Chicago. Manufacturers of otber Sarsaparillas sought by every means to obtain showing of their goods, but tbey were all turned away under tbe application of the rule forbidding- the entry of patent medicines and nostrums. The decision of tbe Wot Id's fair authorities In favor of Ayer's Sarsaparilla was in effeot as follows: "Ayer's Saisaparilla is not a patent medioioe; It does not belong to tne list oi nostrums, it is here on its merits " Charles Mills, instructor in the shops at the agrfcultural college, left Las Cruces for his old home at Danville, 111., to Bpend tbe vacation. Dlood-puriliers, though gradual, are radical in tbeir ef act. Ayer's Sarsa parilla is intended as a medicine only and not a stimulant, excitant or never age. Immediate results may not al ways follow its use; but after a reason able time, permanent benefit is certain to be realized I. R. Holt, of Mesilla, will soon go to Arkaosns, where be will buy a borne. He expects to locate near Siloam Springs. ' A person is prematurely old when baldness occurs before the forty-fifth year. Use Hall's Hair Ilenewer to keep the scalp healthy and prevent baldness. V M. R. Mendelson, of La Junta, part ner ot M. Newman, at Uaton. after few days' stay there, left for tbe sou.h. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures colds, croup and wboopiog cough. It is pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale by K. D. Goodall, Depot Drug Store. The only child of Mr. and Mrp. Miguel Archuleta, aged four months and four days, died of pneumonia, up at Raton. 'Last summer one of our grand cliil ren was sick with a severe bowel trouble. Our doctor's remedies had filled, l!,ou wo trioii Cham oeriaio's Colic, Cholera and DUrrboea Rm3dy, which gave very speedy relief. We regard it as the best medicine ever put on the marKet tjr bowel complaints. Mis. E. G. Gregory, Fredericks wn, Mo. This certainly is the best medi cine ever put on tbe market for dysen. tery, summer complaint, colio and cholera infantum in children. It never fails to give prompt relief when used in reasonable ' time and (be plain printed directions are followed. Many mothers bave expressed their sinoere gratitude for the cures it bas effected For sale by K. D. Goodall, Depot Drug OW1B. W. A. Clark and family left Raton for Topeka, where they expect to make their home. Chamberlain's Eyo and Skin Ointment Is uneqituiicd for Kczema, Tetter, Salt Itlieum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped ITandsj Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites, Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids. For sale by druggists at 25 cents per box. ' TO HORSBOWNEBS. For putting a liorse in a fine healthy con dition try l)r. C'ady's Condition Powders. They tone up tho system, aid digestion, cure loss of appetite, relievo constipation, correct kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving new life to an old or over-worked horse. 25 cents per package. For salo by druggists. The "Old Abe" company al White Oaks, have moved their hoist and gal lows frame to the new shaft, whioh is completed to a depth of 100 feet. Slwzctlc-tt. It la wanted for AMERICAN HOMES, FOR AN ANECDOTE. A Richly Iixubtratid Monthlt, tor people who wish to PUN, BUILD sr BEAUTIFY Ikclr HOMES. Filled with Bright Ideas, S3 sm It - -P. firacucal.cornmon sense n Designs h Plans; Ar rangement of Grounds; Decorating, Furnishing, etc., etc 1 ITS? J-fc-aaVOlGS' and leal .A fr'jw to get thi on- $5 fO ANECDOTE. American Homes Pub. Co. Boa 7j. KNOXVILLB, TBNN. fen" viitfn X ,M-t.ni4.i,;i4.i:'.'.':.'o more news of every class IhaoPI anv orner Denver .w. Daily- Cro IV. a'. Ji 'svU'. . i .n io- A' -.- Harper's Bazar IN 1696. The twenty-ninth year of HARPER'S oAZi A K, Degtnmog in January, 181)8, finds it maintaining its deserved reputation both as a rasnion journal ana a weekly peri odical for home reading. Every week tbe BiZAR presents beau tiful toilettes for various occasions, Han doz, Baude, and Ciupuis illustrate and engrave the newest designs from the finest models in Paris and Berlin. New York Fashions epitomise current styles In New York. A fortnightly pattern-sheet supplement with diagrams and directions enables women to cut and make their own gowns, and is of great value to tbe pro fessional modiste as well as to the amateur dressmaker. Children's Clothing receives constant attention. Fashions for Men are described in full detail by a mao-about-ton. Our Carls Letter, by Kathahink Da Kohest, is a sprightly weekly recital of fashion, gossip, eni social doings in Paris, given by a clever woman In au en tertnining way. 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