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The oasis., 1893-09-07

Mohayc County Mirc~ Sapt. Me Cowan came up from Fort Mohayc this week and took back with him twenty-five Wallapal Indian children for Inc school at that place. He says tilis is the largest number he has ever had in school at one time. Nearly the whole tribe came in town to talk the school matter over and see the lit tie ones off on the train. Many of the Indians who have heretofore been hos tile to the school are now fayoring the education of the young and in few years there will be one of the largest Indian schools in the west in thls county Supt. McGowan is to be con graduated for the able manner in which he has conducted affairs con connected with the school.
The oasis., 1893-09-07

Arizona Gazette: several Of the young men Of Tempe came down .o the unsophistlcatcd village or Pho>- nix few nights ago and s.iucked the community of about $500 through the aid of a fayorably disposed "tiref.
 But these young men fram Tempe were wise beyond their generation. Instead of taking thelr easily carae,. shekels and painting the town brill liant carmine he, they prudently tucked the greenblcks into the bot tcm osa csracious seek, and sailed foyih and bo gat four fnt baek-aetion twelve inch blows, and a lot of other miscellaneous farming ma hlneFy, with V hich they will pro cced shortly to pl.lyeri2e the scil oi the upper valley. There are said to be no flies in their lm.aediate vicinity.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1893-02-03
INDUSTRIAL BREvITIEs.
Expectation Of American Beef to England
Causes Large Reduction in the
Price to the Consumer.

Germany is building paper houses.
Japan has thousands of them.
A locomotive that consumes its own
smoke has made Its appearance.
The principle Of the bicycle is applied
to the propelling OF small boats.
The rice crop In the South this year 10
estimated to be 225, O,O0o pounds.
The forests OF Germany pay an annual
government revenue Of $26, 600, 600.
In Douglass county, COL, $4,000 fruit
trees are irrigated by one company.
France sent almost 20,0JO,O 900 bottles
Of champagne to this country last year.
The anthracite coal fields produce
more than 45, ,000, 600 tons Of coal every
year.
In only thirty-six OF Oregon's new or
chards there are 1900, 1000 young fruit
trees.
It is said that the iron-pipe foundries
OF the country have formed $40, 600, 600
trust.
1t Is said that 900 rose trees are re-
quired to supply two ounces of altar of
roses.
Edison has 200 women in his employ,
making the most delicate electrical in
struments.
Some 5000 lambs are being fed and
fattened in the Cache Ia Poudre Valley,
COL, this winter.
A single row OF pearls as large as peas
and perfectly round were sold recently
In Paris for $4,000.
The reaI-estate brokers in New York
city sold property worth In the aggre.
gate $45, coo, 900 last year.
The time is not far distant when q
paper bound book, we'll printed and IL
lustrated, will be sold for cents.
Canada takes in proportion to her in.
habitants almost three times as much oi
British goods az the United States.
Denmark, France and neighboring
countries sell about $60, 0,000, 900 worth ol
dairy produce annually to England.
The silver output OF Aspen, Col, the
last year was 9,l0l, 100 ounces, as against
{, 8,000, 900 ounces OF the preceding year
The number OF persons carried by the
railroads OF the United States the last
year was in round numbers 600, ,000, 900
Eixty-fve thousand incandescent
lamps are manufactured every day at al
average selling price Of about rs cent
apiece.
The buttons OF the wedding dress Of {
New York millionaire's daughter recent
ly married we're made OF jewels, and cos
500 each.
At Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, alone
200 men and women are employed il
the lobster industry. Five million is tn,
annual catch, which represents $lSO.0O
In value.
The returns of the salmon pack q
British Columbia shows total of 22l
797 cases, rs compared with 312, I'll case
for 1891, decrease for 1892 OF 9O,4l
cases.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1893-02-03

F&A. MINT. MoRIAH LODGE, No p6--
"A stated communications on first Saturday
evenings after first Mondays of each month. So
journlng brethren In good standing are cordially
Invited to attend. i. +. 6As0N, W. III.
JAY =. Lucas, Secretary.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1893-02-03

TrainaarrIs nd leave Arlington as follows;
kAsr-RouND.
Train No. 2, fast mali. leaves Arlington daily
No. ), Atlantic expross. leaves Arlington daily
At s;J2 r. n.
wEsf-BouED.
No !, Pacific express. leaves Arlington daily
at t2lf r, ".
At l240 A. NJ
HEPPNER BRANCH TRAINS.
Train NO 10 arrives from Heppner daily. c~-
cept sunday, at l;t5P.M.
40 leaves Tor Heppuer daily, except Sun
day, ut 1852 r. n.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked
through 70 all points In the United States aud
Canada.
8. COLLINS, Ticket Agent,
Arlington, Or.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
IN A DRAMATIC AGENCY.
The Business Side of Life Behiad the Foot
lights.
Especial Correspondence ]

Especial Correspondence
New YORK, Dec The illusion of the
stage! How quickly it is injured if not ire
mediably crushed BY a few hours spent in a
dramatic agency! / drifted into one the
other day from curiosity. In these small,
stuffy offices you seethe business side of the
chorus girls temperament. Instead OF the
young person who points her satin toe
seemingly incapable of any emotion more
serious than laughter, she talks shop TO
the agent, goes through a few dance steps
to show her ability, just as peddier ex-
hibits his samples. And that same photo
graph of her laughing through her curls,
which so delighted you in Broadway win
dow, becomes nothing more in her hands
than business ''ad.'
''See that you put it in good place
now" she insists. as she takes it from the
envelope, letting her shrewd eyes run along
the walls crowded with pictures of her
rivals.
There it goes into position-tack-tack-
tack-beside low comedian and a would
be tragedian This legend appears under
meath it, "Gwendoline Fitz Montmorency,
Singing Soubrette, Dance and Character
Artistic. Late of the Merry Pirates"
NOW SEE NeTc, JlIuiuS IL tdhc JoDDlLS,
rather than wait long for a steady" she
says confidentially.
How much:"
Not a cent under $50"
Couldn't do it. these hard times. Might
get you into Baulston' S show for $40. Take
it:''
Costumes supplied"
''No"
'How many needed?"
Lets see-four."
"Travel?''
'Yes, if you suit"
Zone night stands;"
''No."
''Sleepers supplied"
mo: what do you take us for?"
'Well," and the lips. not smiling now,
are puckered thoughtfully, lit amt much
for me after being almost lead in bur
lesque. Give me till tomorrow. I'll see
my husband and let you know by TO-"
She goes. Her curls and nimble feet and
small soprano voice are her capital No
more romance or glamour hovers about
these personal attractions to the soubrette
than will be found around the steak in his
shop to the butcher.
THAT poor little woman looked wor-
They all do. You see, they're paid for
smiling night after night. You can't blame
them for giving their faces a vacation, can
you? Who's next? Nextt'
KATE JORDAN.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
HUMOROUS.

ITS concentration of thought that
tells in our daily endeavor Just watch
the face of the small boy when he is
taking aim at a tramp cat.
Bad Boy (gleefully)-'I had the
earache this morning" Good Boy
What good is that?" Bad Boy-'Me e
mother put cotton in me ears and now
/ don't hear 'er when she calls food
News
Market Mani know Just what
you want: nice spring chickens the -"
Mrs. Allstyle-"No. indeed. ] want the
latest fall styles that are out. Inter
Ocean.
-Ada-"1f von want to get her,
don't be so abjectly devoted. You Sim
ply cheaper yourself in her eyes -
Frank-'Then she will take me. Jen-
ME never could resist bargain -
Brooklyn Life.
pstreetc pathetically)-
Lushley' He is going to the bad so IA st
there will soon be no hope for him. y
wager (who has seen the ticket 10y les:
his watch is beyond redemption now" "
Buffalo Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

| Senators James z. George. of Mis-
sissippi, and a. II. Coiquitt. of Georgia
ani ex-senator S. Il. Maxey. of Texas
| all of whom were officers in the confed
| crate army, are on the Mexican pension
| roll.
| Prof. Cunning. NJ. D.. to whom Mr.
! Gladstone has rendered baronetcv, is
an eminent Irish physician and pro
fessor in the queens college at Belfast
| His daughter married son of ST.
! Charles Russell.
| Mr.. Charles Francis Adams has
written a book entitled ''Massachu'
sets: Its Historians and Its History.
He convicts the state of long practice
of religious intolerance and historians
Of ignoring the discredita bic fact
Van Roberts, a hotelkeeper at
Rush Hill. No, has fallen heir TO $6o,-
00o left him by John Bennett, who
died at Las Vegas. \. NJ. Roberts
saved Bennett from drowning in the
Sangamon river near Decatur. Ill.
twenty wears ago.
Clarence King. formerly director
OF the nited States geological survey.
well known as 4 man OF science and
of letters and conspicuous in the social
and club life Of New York and New
port has become insane and has been
sent TO an asylum.
Prof. Weinhold has been elected
rector of the university of Berlin to
succeed Prof. Rudolf Firchow, whose
term ended at the beginning of the
present semester. DR.. Yrchow has
been appointed member of the uni
versity senate by the new rector.
Charles l.. Nichols. who died re-
Gently at Lyons Farm, y, j.. was the
original promoter of the elevated rail-
road system. He was made secretary
of the New York company. but was
ousted when the Gould management
took possession of the ''watered" cor
poration.
Daniel Webster liked 70 make re-
marks of a character intended to puz-
zle simple minds Stopping to dinner
one day at a country inn. on his way to
Marshfield, he was asked by the hostess
if he usually had good appetite.
Madam" answered Webster. Il some
times eat more than do a t other times.
but never less. ."-Argonaut.
No matter at what time of the day
you call upon Pension Commissioner
Lochren you will find him smoking,
and not cigar either. He is devoted
to his pipe. and it is n ella horate affair
of briarwood. and as large as teacup.
He receives no visitors until he lights
this pipe in the morning. and receives
none after he puts it out at night
Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop, whose
entertaining books of travel are we'll
kno-s, is the first woman ever invited
to address the British house of COM
mons. She had a remarkable expert
ence of travel in Koordistap, and was
summoned before the English parlia-
ment to tell what she had seen of
Christians in that remote country.
Miss Ella Knowles. who was de-
feated for the torneygeneralship of
Montana by small majority, and'wa'.
then appointed assistant by her sue
cessful competitor, recently secured, in
favor of her state before the interior
department in Washington, decision
involving about two hundred thousand
dollars worth of school lands in Mon
tana.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
A REPORTERS FEAT,
How He Offended the Late John Ericsson
of Naval Warfare Fame.

of Naval Warfare Fame.
Especial Correspondence.l
NEW YORK, Dec For some reason
John Ericsson, the inventor of the monitor
type of gunboats, and the Destroyer, which
recently went to Brazil to help wage the sea
battles Of Peixoto, determined when the lat
ter fighting machine was under way to keep
it's building a secret from the public Accord
ingly he had the boat built in sections at a
certain well known iron works. whence it
was taken and put together in shipyard
on the North river, this city. Despite all
his precautions, however, some inkling of
the matter got out, and half dozen MIN
Bile witted young newspaper reporters bent
their energies to the task of discovering the
details of the inventor latest scheme. Sue
cess finally crowned the efforts of one who
has since graduated into the ranks of the
managing editors, and this discovery was
one of his earliest and longest steps in the
right direction.
1t was on Saturday afternoon that he dis
covered that a new vessel had been launched
from one of the North river yards. 1t was
small and might be a steam yacht. He
could not then get near enough to the boat
to discover more than this, but that night
he put III All appearance and soon struck
up an acquaintance with the night watch
man of the yard. The reporters pockets
We're filled with cigars, several of which
were transferred TO the watchman quite
early in the evening. There was also some
worshiping at the shrine Of Bacchus. and
when the reporter proposed to the watch
man a tour through the yard the custodian
yielded a ready assent. After a little the
watchman volunteered some information
about the boat that mad been lately launch
ed and for a consideration rowed the re-
porter out TO where she lay at anchor.
II did not take the inquisitiye young
journalist loug. after he had boarded the
strange craft, 10 learn that he had found
what be had been searching for, and he de
voted all the time left before daylight to
the examination of the boat. the measuring
of its parts and close study OF ali its de
tails. When at last he left the boat, ne
felt well repaid for his time. labor and trou-
bic, and the three column article published
in the paper TO which be was attached a
day or two later was one of the beats OF the
year. Ericsson was very angry at first and
for some wears would not speak 10 The re-
porter or give him any information. bu.
before the inventors death all differences
were patched Up and the TWO became friends
sgalu. j. l. CRANE.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
The Sally griaau or,,ue 1eeembcr 2e 1898.

hours. and if you reduce that number TO six
alithe better. Sleep is simply the relaxa-
ton of the muscles and nerves-then only
sleep in moderation, as well as exercise. In
doience of mind and sonlnolence of body
are always associated with obesity. Eat in
moderation, but do not deny yourself good,
wholesome food. Ii you believe any food to
be fattening, avoid it as you would poison.
Do not eat anything that is fried Fish is
better than meat at all times. AS a general
rule refrain from beer, ale or sweet wines
Milk may be taken now and then. Always
sip liquids, and do not gulp down great
quantities of fluids, which cannot fail to in
crease the work of the kidneys Extra
drinking is very bad for those delicate or.
gans at any time, but especially so when
they are in an abnormal condition. Never
drink water at night before retiring to bed.
l suggest this, as many people fallaciously
do so. / consider it proper as a general
rule to insist upon a certain restriction Of
fluids at all times.
This simple prescription will, if faithfully
followed. serve as guide to fat people on
their journey to the fountain of health.
JOHN WILSON GIBBS, VI. D.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
THE DRY TORTUGAS.
A Lonely Region Pregnant With Death
and DesOlatiOn.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.
DRY TORTUGAs. Florida Reef, Dec. =
The Dry Tortugas are Uncle Sans last pos
sessions in the southeast The region is
pregnant with romance and story. Through
the narrow channels between the keys,
Black beard and other notorious cutthroats
were wont to glide, seeking refuge or a
place in which to secrete their bloody spoils.
Old cannon of a day that is long past are
still to be seen on the bottom in shoal spots,
and ancient pottery is at times washed bare
on Bird key, but the money rumored buried
there has never been found.
On East key 81, 500 in Spanish gold was
discovered few years ago by lighthouse
keeper. He was walking along the beach
and idly kicked up pile of sand, under
which was the hoard. The key is desc
late piece of sand drift, and the place OF the
deposit is now under water. On North key.
not far from East key, treasure is reported
to be concealed. An old Spanish refugee in
Key West claims to have a document, hard
ed down TO him from ancestors, which tells
of hidden mine beside well on the key.
But well and wealth are safe, for many
fathoms Of ocean flow over them.
There was no need that pirate should
D!Fy IL cOrD>c Dts!Ge tNe treasure 70 gudfu
it. There is not key in this group that is
not graveyard full of the bones of the yell
low fever victims and of soldiers and sail
ors who came 10 more or less sudden ends
On Bird key are three white headboarts
The isle IS almost covered by dense mass
Of bushes and cactuses save where the sea
washes up on the white beach Thousands
of black noddy terms inhabit the key. In a
cleared spot III the midst of this jungle the
graves startle the explorer as he plunges
blndly through.
The brig Caspian sailed from Havana
with the dread fever on as an unsuspected
passenger. The disease broke ont, and the
Key West authorities ordered her into
quarantine at the Dry Tortugas. Captain
Mustard, it is rumored died while he was
drunk, trying to keep the fever away.
Welsh followed him the next day
Mark Gaze was an old light keeper on Re.
becca shoals. a lonely reef light. He had
held the post for many years. But one day
he became sick and rapidly grew worse. A
companion keeper put him in boat and
started for the quarantine station at Fort
jefferson, 10 miles away, where he could
procure medical assistance. The night on
which the attempt was made was dark and
stormy. The wind blew a gale. and a flu
rious sea was running. When the little
dingy was half way on its course, Gaze felt
that his end WAS at hand He begged his
comrade to throw him overheard and save
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
G9iT TE Asess.
MIll!Its s,;sll5le
HE POINTED THE WAY
TYNDAll WAS THE EXPONENT OF
LITERATURE THAT PAYS.
He Charmed Vast Audiences With His Fin
isbed Lectures-Ncn Who Could Make
Fortunes If They Would Speak or Write.
Science as a Subject of Popular Interest.
Especial Correspondence. !

NEW YORK. Dec. One Of the ablest
literary men of the United States, and q
very conspicuous editor as well, was asked
recently what he thought the next popular
development OF literature was going to
be and whether fiction as we now know it
was going to hold its place in the estima-
ton of readers of the next century. The
question Was asked day or two after the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29

On the African shore. near the
gulf Of Alden, and connecting the lake
OF Assai with the main ocean. NAV he
found one OF the most wonderful rivers
in the world. This natural curiosity
in ;he shape of river does not flow To
but from the ocean toward the inland.
The surface Of Lake Assal IS nearly
seven hundred feet below the sea level.
and i; IS fed altogether by this
paradoxical river, the latter being
about twenty-one miles IN length II
: said 70 be wonderful fact that this
river of immense volume especially al
high tide furnishes exactly enough
water 20 counterbalance the extraor-
dinary evaporation Of the lake. and
that in consequence the lakes surface
remains at . uniform level yea after
wear
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29

II seems that woman has a very old
precedent in the matter of acting as a
Judge In the time of Henry VIII. a
certain Anne Berkeley, of Yate.
Gtoucestershire. appealed to the king
to punish party OF rioters who had
broken Into her park, killed the deer
and burned the hayr:cks His maies-
tg granted to her and others special
commission 20 try the offenders
Armed with this, she isnpaneied a
4 jury. heard the charge, and. on
verdict q guilty. pronounced sea.snca
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29

When she was u Child. she cried for CaSso1ia,
When she became Miss. she clung 20 Castoria.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
LAUGHANDGROW FAT
DR. J. w. GIBBS SAYS THE IDEA IS AN
ERRONEOUS ONE.
The Physician Who Reduced the Presi.
dents Adirose Lays Down a Few Rule:
For the Corpulent Some of His Dis.
tinguished Patients.
Especial Correspondence

lSpeclaI ICOrreSrOnCence.l
NEW YORK, Dec The prevalent idea
that it is healthy to laugh and grow fat
is an erroneous one. Mirth certainly con
duces to a mans or a womar's sanitary
welfare. but an excess of adipose tissue de
tracts from it. 1t is founded on some chron-
ic disorder of vital function, generally the
kidneys. 1t may be inherited or acquired.
AS rule IL Is natural acquisition. In
ertia, Cverindulgence in the good things OF
life. either solids or fluids, and excessive
somnolence are the main factors which Ell
ter into the proposition. / make the state
ment unreservedly that there never was
a man or woman fatter than their fellows
but that the effect resulted from un.
healthy and abnormal conditions. Let me
recite two famous instances. The gross
corpulency of Edward Gibbon, the histori-
an of the Roman empire. can be traced
from sickly childhood to the period when
the small bones of the big Drained but del.
cate boy were hardly able to support tn,
weight of his unwieldy body, enlarged, as
it was, by lethargy and indulgences at the
table.
Grew Melancholy and Fat.
Samuel johnson. the great dictionary
maker, dated his obesity from the time he
became prey to that morbid melancholia
which reacted on his body through the sed
entary and other habits directly occa
stoned by his early mental troubles. Two
celebrated statesmen of modern times also
come to my recollection rs somewhat sim
liar examples. One of these was Charles
James Fox, prime minister OF England dui
ing the war of American independence
whose immense size was far less the result
of his naturally lethargic disposition than
of his drunken dissipations.
The other is the greatest of living states
men, the Iron Chancellor" Prince Bis
marck, who developed his former bloated
and drOpsical condition from his inordinat
love of the table and the bottle, which
made him chronic invalid until rescued
from that state by the personal care and
treatment of Professor Schwennger of the
University of Berlin.
Now, what is the remedy for this overplus
of fats A simple application of natures
laws. In the olden times man or woman
afflicted with obesity WAS put through
course of treatment which would kill
cart horse There were several methods in
vogue-banting, sweating. semistarvation,
and last, and worst of all, the most violent
kind Of exercise Experience has proved
them all to be failures All would work
fairly well for time. The absorption of
the patients superfiuous adipose would be
effected, but the moment he or she relaxed
In dieting, sweating or exercising, and ven
tured to enjoy, even in moderate degree
the pleasures of the table fat would accu-
mulate faster than it was lost. Semistar-
vation, sweating and violent exercise Gre
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
Minneograph.

300 copies from one original Writing, Drawing
Music Etc. OF typewriter letters 1.500 copies can
be taken from one original Recommended by over
10000 users The EAGLE agent for the sale OF this
machine extra supplies, etc.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
Ru:-, Of Treatment.

For the benefit of sufferers IN general
viii lay down. a few notes OF self govern
ment which. Il followed. cannot bat re-
dcund 10 the benefit OF fas people. Never
yield to lethargy, drowsiness or excessive
sieeu Never nan Navar slsAsa axsr EAx.rs
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-29
|WICHITAEAGIE
Lihographers, Publishers,
Printers, Stohoners, Binders.
And Blank Book Makers.
Job Printing.

Job Printing.
One of the most complete Job Printing Offices in the
State Letter Heads. Bill Heads, Cards catalogues
Price Lists. Premium Lists, Stock Certificates
Checks. Drafts Book Printing Etc. News and Job
Printing of all kinds.
Lithographing.
All branches of Iithographing, Bonds Checks
Drafts Bill Heads Letter Heads. Cards. Etc We
have tirst-cass designers and engravers.
Engraving.
Wedding Invitations and Announcement Cards,
Luncheon Cards, Calling Cards.