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Renson Property.

The $. r. Co. has block Fl in the town of Benson to the county on which to erect q court house in case the county seat is moved there. The block is back of the Virginia hotel.
 The company sells it's lots at a low price. It owns the entire townsite. The price fixed is si25 for corner lots, sl0O for lots next to the corner, and s1o each for all others; terms, one-quarter down, balance in four e4ual payments. Lots are twenty-five feet front. Cor ner lots are only sold in doublets, that is, fifty feet front for s250.
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$5,OOO REWARDl Proclamation by the Governor.

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. EXECUTIVE DEPT.
 To whom it may concern:
 Whereas, by an act of the Seventeenth Leg slstiye Assembly, approved February Eth, isai the Governor Of the Territory is author ized to offer n reward of five thousand dollars for the capture, dead. or alive of the Apache renegade. outlaw, and murderer known and designated as the Kid"
 Now, therefore. l, Louis C. Hughes. Cover nor of the Territory of Arizona. by virtue O the power and authority in me vested. in order to carry out the purposes Of said act, do here by offer reward of five thousand dollars for the capture. dead or alive. of the above named Apache Indian said reward to be paid upon satisfactory proof being filed with tho proper authorities that the said Indian has been captured or killed.
 In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal Of the TerrI- tory to be affixed. Done at PhpnIx, the Cap ital, this seventeenth day of February, A. D. 1894.
 seal1 Blythe Governor. l.. C. HUGHES
 uHAs. M. BRucK Secretary of the Territory
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THE pEnALrA GRANT.


 EDITOR TIE OASIS: In answer to numerous questions respecting the status of the various private inter- ests within the bounds of the Barony of ArIzonn, or so-ralled "Peralta Grant l will state that each and ey- cry interest acquired by settlement, devc lopment or location made in good faith has ample protection under the law.
 The act of Congress approved March 3d, 1890, Sec. II. provides for man. datory judicial decree by the court of Private Land Claims creating charge against the treasury of the United States in compensation for each and every acre of land sold by the govern ment within the bounds of any grant said court shall confirm. And the act approved March 3. 1887, provides ann pie jurisdiction for the Court of Claims to determine any damages to private rights or interests by reason of apprO- priation to a public use or trespass or on account of constructive contracts on tho part of tue government which covers every possible condition of the settler. the miner. and irrigator who k forced to appropriate and use the waters before the government will al- low him to prove up: nor will it graft him the title for which he has paid unless such public use is proven con- ciusive. Such appropriation Of water must necessarily be made under Terri torial statute which is or becomes a law by the approval of Congress either by act or implied approval The ap- propr:ation to public use by the gov ernment is evident and private grants interests affected thereby become sub- iect matter for the consideration of the Court of Claims under the act of March 3d, 's1, as stated above.
 Our petitions in both suits pending under acta referred to, aver and set forth that there are no adverse claims other than respondent (the United StatesD; therefore, no one upon whom service of summons can be made, ex- cepting respondent, lthe UnitedStatesl since each and every private interest held within the bounds of the grant is seized and held under authority of the government.
 |. X. PERALTAREAyIs.
 ArizoIa, March 24. 1921.
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\ few days ago Dr. Martin of Phos- nix had most, pccnliarcaS Amlner went to his office and told him that about four months ago. from no ap, parent cause one of his ears suddenly became deaf and he was unable to hear through it. He had suffered no pain but wanted the doctor to examine the ear and determine, if possible the cause of the sudden deafness. The doctor made an examination which re- suited in the removal from the drum of the ear of a large wood tick. When removed the little fellow was very much alive and kicked hard against its removal from a most satisfactory berth. The gentleman found that he could hear as well as ever after the insect had been taken ircl the ear.
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MISCELLANEOUS

listed with sale Both situated in the already Gand Valley the fertile and productive soil the rtory; purchaser which be duplicated anywhere Frees sand made upon application to THE OASIS omce.
The oasis., 1894-04-19

We have the agency for Southern Arizona for the Halliday Standard U. $. Solid Wheel. and the Gem Steel Windmills
 The Gem has the best mechanical construction of any mill on the mar ket.
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spot where it had laid the first 1t
would, think, be difficult to distinguish
this act from one performed by man by
the aid of reason"
Anyone who has watched hermit crabs
in a marine aquarium must have noticed
how fastidious the holy friar'' is about
his cell; nay even when he find one that
suits his taste better he will leave his
abode. attach himself TO the living in
habitant Of the shell, If il has one, and
wait for the occupants death. Am0ng
these hermit crabs there are several
cases in which a friendship exists be-
tween the crab and an anemone adam
sia). Instances have been known in
which when the anemone has been re-
moved from the shell inhabited by the
hermit the crab has taken it in its claws
and held IL in place until the companion
was firmly fixed again.
Mr.. Romanes has collected several rec
ords in which even the larvae of insects
have shown marked intelligence. One is
very striking. Reaumur cut off the edge
Of new coat which larva Of a tinea
moth had sewn together out Of elm leaf.
The larva sewed up the rent; and not
only SO, but, the scissors having cut off
one Of the projections intended TO enter
into the construction of the triangular
end Of the case, 1t entirely changed the
original plan and made that end the
head which had been first designed for
the tall
Man is but rarely brought into con-
tact with fishes in the way of study of
life. 1 shall not dwell on the instinct
OF the stickle-back in making its nest
and securing a haren, nor on the curios-
ity shown by the jewellers in the water
when light is brOugn near 10 them, nor
on the habits of the angler fish and the
shooting FISH. It Will not be much to
our present purpose TO discuss the HON.
ing instinct" of the salmon and, there
fore, proceed to give a few stories
which indicate that even fish have pow
ers deserving Of the name-intelligenCe.
That observant naturalist and faithful
historian Of country scenes and Occupa-
tons, Edward Jesse, says: AT Dubson,
near Birmingham, England about thirty
years ago, there was in a small pond in
the garden a large tame perch, which
put everything that l offered him into
his mouth and did not seem to be afraid
of anything. L even presented my finger
to him. which he tried in the most vigOr-
Gus manner to get down his throat, press
ing against the end of it with distended
jaws and with a wriggling motion per-
formed by means of the tail I also
lifted him out Of the pond without scar
ing him. If he was not visible at any
moment when the water was splashed
by the hand he soon appeared and re-
manned some time near the surface look
ing about, after which, if there was moth
ing for him, he went down again-fOr a
large perch always lies at the bottom
commonly upon the ground, where he
rests, like all his species, under the same
circumstances. on the tips of the ventral
fms and the tip Of the tail He was ex-
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tremely deliberate and sober in his pro-
ceedings, moving as little as possible"
II has been a common thing for many
centuries to keep carp i'm tanks, and there
are numberless instances of their becom-
ing tame. Nor is this keeping OF tame
fish peculiar 10 civilized" countries.
Wallace, in describing his visit to Gu
nong Sari, in the Malay Archipelago,
says: Within was an Enclosure with
two square fish ponds and some fine
trees then another gateway, through
which we entered into a park. On the
right was a brick house, built somewhat
in the Hindoo style, and placed on
high terrace or platform; on the left a
large fish pond. supplied by little rivulet
which entered it out of the mouth OF a
gigantic crocodile we'll executed in brick
and stone. The edges of the pond We're
bricked, and in the center rose a fan
tastic and picturesque pavilion orna-
mented by grotesque statues. The pond
was we'll stocked with fine fish, which
come every morning TO be fed at the
sound Of a wooden gong, which is hung
near for the purpose. on striking IL a
number of fish Immediately came out OF
the masses of weed with which the pond
abounds, and follow ed US along the mar
gin expecting food" Add dusky beauties
feeding the eXpectant fishes and YOU
have a scene worthy Watteau's pencil.
The sense of touch and taste seem to
be weak in fish, but there is a sense for
which it would be hard to find name.
That is sense by which they discover
the direction Of water. Every angler
knows how persistently a fish laid on the
rivers bank Will leap always toward the
stream Eels often perform Journeys
overland in search Of water-but here
we ara simply talking about what every
one calls instinct"
If the following story were not vouched
for by people with a name for veracity
to lose, il would we'll be relegated 10 the
limbo Of fish stories" 1t is. however,
given by Ernest Menault in his ''Intelli-
gence of Animals" and was believed by
DR.. Jonathan F'ranI1in-no mean natural
ist 1t was also read before a learned
society. the Literary and philosophical
society of Liverpool by DIR. Warwick IN
1850. who says: when 1 lived at Dur
ham 7 was walking one evening in park
belonging to the earl of Stanford. along
the bank Of a lake where fishes abOunded.
Nv attention was turned toward a fine
jaci Of about six pounds, which, seeing
me- darted into the middle Of the water.
In its flight it struck its head against the
stump of a post, fractured its skull, and
wounded a part of the optic nerve. The
animal gave signs of ungOVernable pain,
plunged TO the bottom Of the water, bury
ing its head In the mud, and turning with
such rapidity that I lost 1t for moment;
! then it returned to the top and threw it
/ self clean out of the water onto the
bank. I examined the fish and found
that a small part of the brain had gone
/ out through the fracture of the Uranium.
It carefully replaced the shattered
/ brain and, with a small silver toothpick,
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raised the depressed parts OF the skull.
The fish was very quiet during the Oper-
alton; then 1 replaced it in the pond. 1t
seemed at first relieved, but after some
minutes il threw itself about, plunged
here and there, and at last threw il
self once more out of the water. 1t con-
tinued thus to act many times following.
I called the keeper and, with his assist
ance, applied a bandage to the fracture.
This done. we threw the fish into the
water and left him to his fate. The next
morning when I appeared on the bank
the pike came to me near where 1 sat
and put his head near my feet. l thought
the act extraordinary. but taking up the
fish, without any resistance on its part,
I examined the head and found that 1t
was going on well.
'T then walked along the banks for
some time; the fish did not cease TO swim
after me, turning when I turned; but
as it was blind on the side where it was
wounded, it appeared always agitated
when the injured eye was turned toward
the bank. On this L changed the direc-
ton of my movements. The next day
I brought some young friends to see
this fish, and the pike swan toward me
as before. Little by little he became
so tame that he came when / whistled
and ate from my hand. With other peO-
pie, on the contrary, it was as gloomy and
fierce as il always had BEEN
If this story We're told of a lion. as in
the classic tale of "AndrOcles and the
cat or bird we should merely think of
It as one of many and our own experience
would readily indOrse it. When il is
told Of a fish it has to suffer the Ques-
tiOning to which all unique experiences
are subjected.
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IlttIc HnNnra,s MI.hc..

Little Howard lives in New Jersey. He
had a birthday recently. and a benevolent
and well-to-do uncle who happened TO be
staying at the house thought he would
find out the child's wishes before giving
him a handsome present Howard" hs
asked, what would YOU like most IN the
world If YOU could be sure Of having it2''
Well" answered the child. 10 the utter
Amusement Of the practical relative, lie
/ could get something that would get
the malaria out Of my system. wOuldn' Z
ask Tor anything morew The uncle,
faint but pursuing, Queried further:
And can't you think of anything else,
Howard that you'd ike 20 have2'
No" answered the boy. unless" he
added, Frightening as an evident memory
OF his last Sunday-school lesson came
over his mind, unless I could have
something that would drive sin out OF
the World."-N. Y. Tribune.
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the following extract from Prof Nose
ley's notes of the Challenger expedi-
ton:
I'm vast abundance all over the rocks,
crawls about a crab, the same as that
already noticed at the Cape Verde islands.
This crab mas been referred to by nearly
all visitors to the rocks est. PauPs). 1t
is far more wide-awake than the birds,
and keep we'll out Of reach, being thus
Of some difficulty to catch. The crabs
are all over the rocks; every crevice has
several in it. You are fishing and you
have put down at your feet a nice bait,
cut with some care and difficulty from a
fish sacrificed for the purpose. You are
absorbed in the sport. A fish carries off
your bait you look down and see two
crabs just disappearing into an imprac-
ticable crevice, carrying your choice NOR
sci with them. You catch a fish and
throw it down beside you. Before long
you find a swarm of crabs around it,
tearing morsels off the gills using both
claws alternately 70 carry them TO their
mouths, and a big old crab digging away
at the skin of the fish and trying to bite
through it,
Curious Instinct in Crabs.
Darwin found on Keeling island a mon
ster land crab. which feeds on the cocoa
nut He says: The front pair Of legs
terminate in very strong and heavy
pincers and the last pair are fitted with
others weaker and much narrower. 1t
would at first be thought quite impossi-
bic for acrab to open a strong cocoanut
covered with the hUsk, but Mr.. Liesk as
sures me that he has repeatedly seen this
effected. The crab begins by tearing the
husk. fiber by fiber. and always from that
end under which the three eye holes are
situated. When this is completed the
crab commences hammering with its
heavy claws on one of the eye holes till
an opening is made Then, turning round
its body by the aid OF its posterior and
narrow pair of pincers, il extracts the
white albuminOus substance. l think this
is curious a case of instinct as ever
1 heard Of, end likewise of adaptation in
structure between two objects apparent
ly so remote from each other in the
scheme of nature as crab and a cocoa
nut tree"
A very clear case of the power Of dis
tinguishing cause and effect is given by
Darwin in his Descent Of Man." as
pointing to a higher mental action than
that which in the preceding passage he
calls instinct: "A trustworthy natural
list, Mr.. Gardner, while watching a shore
crab making its burTow, threw some
shells toward the hole One rolled in,
and three other shells remained within
a few inches of the mouth. In about
five minutes the crab brought out the
shell which had fallen in. and carried
then saw the three other shells lying
near, and, evidently linking that they
might also roll in, carried them to the
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strokes Of the heaTt IS doubled during
such active exercise as that 20 which
the rider subjected himself, 80 that the
lowest estimate we can assume for the
work Of his heart each day was 2l2,000
beats, with work done OF PA foot tons;
and this maintained for days and u
hours and Is minutes, was equal to more
than S54 foot tons without repose. The
experiment, for IL must be looked upon
physiOlogicaly as an experiment, Is not
without its uses. II shows that there
remains much that is as yet unexplained
in respect 10 the cause Of sleep. suggest
ing. indeed. that there Is something IN
persistent motion of the blood, sustained
by VolftiOn OF a resoiute kind, which pre-
vents the nervous system from passing
into that passive or negative state 10
which the term "sleep" is applied. The
practical lesson we are most called to
dwell upon, however, bears on the ulti-
mate influence OF extreme exercise on
the bodies Of these young men who make
themselves the victims of self-inflicted
injury-LondOn Lancet.
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Kirby and Spence, says a writer in the
Philadelphia Press, record that men,
Der of the beetles finding a pellet which
il had made for the reception Of its
eggs too heavy for its own strength,
went OFF to an adjoining heap and OBJ
tanned the assistance of three compan-
ions. "AI four now applied their united
strength to the pellet and al length sue
ceeded in pushing it out. which being
done the three assistant beetles left the
spot and returned to their own quar-
ters.'
Most people must be familiar with the
burying beetles. Buchner writes: "Sev-
eral of them unite together to bury un-
der the ground as food and shelter for
their young some dead animals, such as
a mouse toad. a mole, bird. etc. The
burial is performed because the corpse,
If left above ground. would either dry
up or grow rotten or be eaten by other
animals In all these cases the young
would perish. whereas the dead body
lying in the earth and withdrawn from
the outer air lasts very well. The bury
ing beetles proceed about their work IN
well-cOnsideTed fashion. for they scrape
away the earth lying under the body
so that il sinks Of itself deeper and
deeper. When it is deep enough down
It is covered from above Ii the situa-
ton is stony. the beetles with united
forces ana great efforts drag the corpse
70 some place more suitable for burying
They work SO diligently that mouse
for instance, is buried within three
hours. But they often work on for days
so as 10 bury the body as deeply as pos
SIble From large carcasses. such as
those Of horses, sheep. etc. they only
age"
The following story, given on the au-
thority OF the well-known writers, Kirby
and Spence. is astonishing as showing
N a remarkable degree the power of
calculating. "A friend of Gledditsch
fastened a dead toad. which he desired
70 dry, upon the top of an upright stick.
The burying beetles were attracted by
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the smell, and finding that they could
not reach the toad they undermined the
stick, thus causing it TO fall with the
toad, which was then buried safe out of
harms way"
DR. Garraway Of Faversham commu-
nicated the following to Mr.. Romans:
On bank of moss in the Black Forrest
he saw a beetle alight with caterpillar
which II was carrying and proceed to
eXcavate a cylindrical hole in the peat,
about an inch and half deep, into
which when completed, Ii dropped the
caterpillar and then flew away through
the pines. Il was struck with the
creatures folly in leaving the hole I'M
covered, as every curious wayfaring in
sect would doubtless be tempted TO enter
therein. However, in about a minute the
beetle returned. this time carrying a
small pebble. Of which there were none
in the immediate vicinity. and having
carefully fitted this into the aperture,
few away into space"
Intelligence of the House Fly.
Perhaps one is but little prepared for
an exhibition Of intelligence on the part
of the house fly, whose room we perfer
TO its company. Jesse, however, in that
delightful book "Jesse's Gleanings," gives
a wonderful story: "Slingsby, the cele-
brated opera dancer, resided in the large
house in Crossdeep, Twickenham, next to
Sir Wathen Walters, looking down the
natural history, and particularly Of in
sects, and he once tried TO tame some
house flies and preserve them in a state
OF activity through the winter. For this
purpose, quite at the end of the autumn
and when they were becoming almost
helpless. he selected four from his break
fast table and put them upon a handful
Of cotton and placed it in one corner of
the window nearest the fireplace
Not long afterw9rd the weather be
came so cold that all flies disappeared
except these four, which constantly
left their bed Of cotton at his breakfast
time, came and fed at the table and then
returned TO their home. This continued
for a short time. when three Of them be-
came lifeless in their shelter and only
one came down. This one Slingsby had
trained to feed upon his thumbnail by
placing on 1t some moist sugar mixed
with a little butter. Although there had
been at intervals several days of sharp
frost the fly never missed taking his
daily meal in this way till after Christ
mas, when, his kind preserver having in
yited a friend to dine and sleep at his
house, the fly the next morning perched
upon the thumb of the visitor, who be-
ing ignorant that 1t was a pet of the
hosts clapped his hand upon it and thus
put an end to Mr.. Slingsby's expert
ment."
Naturalists in all parts Of the world
have noticed the quaint, uncanny actions
of crustaceans. notably of crabs. Now
that public acquaria are multiplying their
habits may be more closely studied. The
amount of interest which such study
promises to afford may be gathered from
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NOT a WINK or SLEEP.
4 BicycIist's Ride of over Three Days
without Taking Any Rest.

One of the greatest record breakers
has set all his compeers at defiance, by
the truly marvellous effort Of cycling
from the Lands End 10 John O'Greats
in Sc hours, 10 minutes-that Is. hours
and 40 minutes quicker than the safe
ty' record. We are informed that he eX-
perienced little fatigue, and that TO all
appearances he was not IA any way in
jured by his success; but the most re-
marHable part Of this act is included I'm
the fact that he performed his task
without indulging in one moment Of
sleep. He was 5 days, Il hours and Is
minutes without reclining once or rest
ing or ceasing his active movement Of
propulsion, except for the very briefest
moments We know from the best
experimental proofs that the healthy
heart will beat los 900 times in the TWEEN
ty-four hours, and that the lowest esti-
mate Of the work done by this labor IS
equal to lifting 10 tons one foot, but II
has recently been shown that cycling
tells severely and specially upon the cir
culation. and that the number OF the
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A Modern Application.

Teacher The race is not always 70
the swift Do you understand the inner
meaning OF that?'
Bright Representatives the head fell
ler's tire gets punctured. Street &
Smiths Good News.
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she Mirht sncceed.

Proud Mother-"Did my daughter sing
for your
Opera. Nanage r-''A an
DO you think she could succeed on the
stage?"
Bossibly-eef eiffen a bart nit no zing-
ing in it.''-N. Y. Weekly.
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INC AmerIcnn CIimnte.

Visitor-''What sort of weather did
you have here this time last year,"
Native-''Wall. really now. 1 don't just
remember whether it was a drought or
flOod."-N. Y. Weekly.
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DO SOME ANIMALS THINK.
WONDERFUL INTELLIGENCE SHOWN
BY MANY BRUTEs.

Collection of Astonishing Stories,
Submitted TO n Surgical Operation
KNOWING work of Flies, Beetles
and Crabs.