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The oasis., 1895-12-14
o1AnD Saturday, December IA 1895.
NooALEs NOTES.


 Mrs. A. F. Paredes is very i'll with neuralgia.
 Yesterday MT. A. F. Bachellier was in from Gro Blanco.
 Tuesday Capt. L. w. Mix returned from his Sonora trip.
 Mrs. Steve Aguirre and family are back from Tombstone.
 Colonel Juan Fenochlo returned from Hermosillo Sunday.
 Wednesday evening Mir. Charles Taylor the assayer, went south.
 Col. F. Kosterlitzski was up from Magdalena Tuesday and Wednesday. Don't forget the "Woven Web" at the Nogales opera house this evening Wednesday evening Mrs. Jos. Pas choly returned from her visit to Cali fornia.
 Yesterday morning Louis Fleischer returned from his trip to Mlnas Prietas.
 The residents of the city of Calabas- as ar endeavoring to get up adance for Christmas eve.
 Saturday morning MT. A. J. Gris- wold returned from trip to Guaymas and Minas Prietas.
 Last Sunday tipsy individual fell through the big plate glass window of Cazabon's resturant.
 Mir. l.. w. Myers is doing the ma sorry work on Geo. E. Marsh's new warehouse building
 Frost Hickman city editor of the Vidette joined the Good Templars lodge Monday night.
 Wednesday Wm. Birkenfeld the Gro Blanco hotel keeper was visitor at Nogales, on business.
 Pipes are getting to be the fashio So go to Fleischer's and get one of those fine rosewood pipes. ' This week P. Sandoval & Co. have crossed about 20O0 head of Sonora cat tie from the Arizpe district.
 Thursday evening Alberto Barnett came in from the Arizona ranch. He will remain a couple of days.
 Last Saturday MT. J. T. Brickwood went to Tucson, called in jury duty. He returned Wednesday evening.
 4 house of three rooms to rent App ply to Mrs. s. K. Doyle. Crawford treet, opposite Mexican consulate. Wednesday evening Collector Webb returned from trip to Phoenix very ill and is reported in critical condi- tion.
 NUANTED.- D.--several trustworthy gentlemen W or ladies to travel In Arizona for estab- lished reliable house. Salary S7S0 and ex- penses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self addressed envelope. The Donation oppany,. Third Floor, Omaha Building, chicago. Ill.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

What boys are good for and what is good for boys" is the suggestive sub ject announced by the pastor of the Congregational church for next Sun day morning. In the evening the subject will be among the Turks.n Short addresses will be given by MT. and Mrs. Heald on the late terrible events and present critical condition of affairs in the Turkish empire.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

Tuesday night COW strayed into town and fell into an old well near the electric light works. She was hoisted out the next morning, but was so exhausted that she was about to die. The owner claimed her, butch- chered and converted into beef which was distributed in the vicinity of No galtos.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

Sefor Alejandro Suarez of Hermo- sillo, was visitor at Nogales early this week, coming up Saturday morn ing and remaining until Wednesday evening.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

Wednesday evening Doctor A. c. Wright passed Nogales returning to Minas Prietas after an absence of a couple of months in Los Angeles. Mrs. Wright and the baby are re- maining in the Southern California metropolis for the present.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

 Mir. $. on the train. MT. Mills re- mained in Nogales Tuesday and We'd ncsday, returning to Horcacitas. The ladies will visit Nogales number of weeks.
 Moreno Brothers are in daily receipt of large quantities of fine fish, direct from Guaymas, including Spanish mackerel, red snappers, sea bass,smelt, etc.. and oysters. Their shipments of ish and oysters to Tucson and other interior points are large and regular. Monday morning they shipped to Tue son several hundred pounds of Spanish nackerel aud sea bass, beside filling q arge order for Fort Grant. With completion of the north and south railroad to Nogales, Arizona's entire supply of fish and oysters will be drawn from Guaymas through Nogales deal CTS. and Moreno Brothers are in a position to command the trade.
 
 The display of Christmas goods and novelties in the windows of La Moda is worthy of more than passing atten- tion and is of unusual attractiveness. One window is filled with dolls of all sorts and sizes. exquisitely dressed and of ravishing beauty. In another is a wonderful array of elegant dress ing cases, work boxes, toilet sets, etc, while third is filled with fancy goods generally. The place is a yerltable palace of novelties.
 Saturday there arrived from Bill lings, Mortana, Mir. F. Herman, who returns to the employ of the Sonora railway after an absence of four years, Monday evening he went southward and will take the agency at Hermo- sillo, relieving Mir. M. H. Jones who will return to the Nogales station. In his former service with the Sonora railway MT. Herman was for time at Magdalena, and also in the general offices at Guaymas.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

Saturday night there arrived from the east MT. c. H. Harms of Newport, Ky, and from Los Angeles Mir. Arnold, meeting here Mir. Armstead who had preceded them several days, and Mon day morning the party started La Nina Mexicana, in which they are in- terested, expecting to be absent about a week.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

Sunday morning seven carloads of oranges came up from Hermosilo and other points in Sonora. They were consigned to Baltimore, St. Louis and eastern cities. A special train took them to Benson the same day they ar rived at Nogales. Tuesday mornings train brought five cars of the same toothsome fruit, which went forward on the regular freight train.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

Man orders Promptly Attended to.
The oasis., 1895-12-14

Don't shove! the world is wide enough
 For all your friends and foes; Just pushi and wear Fleischer Bros
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

Francis w. Breed. Of Lynn. Mass.
of the largest shoe manufacturers
in the country, having factories in
Lynn, Athol, Rochester. n. NJ. and
other places. takes an unfavorable view
of the future of the shoe industry in the
east, holding out that such cities as
Lynn, Haverhill, Brockton, and other
famous c%enters, cannot much longer
hold their w against the competition
of the west. He said: THE west has
captured the shoe business formerly
held in New England, and that isn't
the worst of it; it is going to old it.
Why? Because the western manufac-
turer can get labor so much cheaper
than we can. / ave seen labor that in
this section would command 81 a day
work for IS a week in many a western
factory. The manufacturer of cheap
shoes in New England will have to move
west If he wants to continue in the bust
ness"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
Snakes at Home Inside a Cow.

Nicholas Gradner, a well-known and
prosperous farmer of near Portersville
Butler county, Pa. was in the city and
told the following remarkable story,
which is vouched for by reliable people.
He said that seven days ago a valuable
COW belonging to the family was miss
ing, and that yesterday the animal was
found dead, lying among the cranber-
ry bushes in the swamp. A veterinary
surgeon named Porter happened along
by that time and said he a a curiosi-
ty to know the cause of the animals
death. He proceeded to hold a post
norton on the body. While he was at
work a four-foot black snake crawIed
from the mouth of the dead COW and
succeeded in escaping in the under-
brush. The doctor was considerably
startled. but he proceeded with his
work, and when ne had reached the
stomach he vas Mortified to find that
ii was fairly alive with little black
makes from six to eight inches In
length. T~hirty-two of IN reptiles
We're slaughtered and a few escaped. II
is now supposed hat the mother snake
in some crawled into the D
trils of the COW while she was eating
and that the little snakes, which are
known to find refuge in the interior OF
the old n followed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
1hayer-. Berry Bulletin for NAY. 1898.

~1hayer's Berry Bulletin for May, 1898,
The fruit and vegetable garden re
Guire richest soils and best culture.
or all farm work it pays best for
work done. and suffers most from neg
lect.
Cultivate often. 1t warns the soil
In early spring. 1t allows even light
rains to penetrate the soil and retains
the moisture for use in
Frequent cultivation stimulates an
early, vigorous growth. The roots
strike deep into the mellow soil, and
the ordinary drouth is harmless.
Remove the winter mulch from
strawberries. Cultivate between the
rows. Stir the ground around each
plant, replace the mulch, and large ber-
ries, and lots of them, may be ex-
pected.
Cultivated berries are less liable to
injury by frost or drouth.
Most fruit gardens are deficient in
potash. An application of wood ashes
will supply this want and is especially
valuable for light sandy soils.
In pruning the raspberry and black
berry. cut OFF the long slender laterals
forming an even, well rounded bush.
Remove all small weak canes from the
hill.
Severe pruning of laterals will not
only improve size and quality of fruit,
but greatly increase the yield.
II any plants newly set fail to live,
put others in their places at once.
This is especially necessary in the
bush fruits which are to remain sew
eral years.
Much labor and profit is often lost
by this neglect.
Currant and go%oseberry bushes are
often injured by the borer. The egg
IS laid about June 1st. Whei. Matched.
the young borer works its way into the
cane, and remains until the following
spring, eating out the pith and causing
death of cane.
AS soon as the leaves start. the af-
fected parts are easily discovered. and
should be cut out and burned at once.
A quarter acre, rich and well culti-
waited, should yield from twenty to for
ty bushels of berries. A bountiful sup
ply for most families, and a nice sur
plus to sell.
Picking, packing and marketing are
important factors in selling berries.
For family use, leave fruit on the
Inc until fully ripe. and pick fresh
for the table.
For market pick every day before too
ripe.
Never allow stems, leaves, dirt or
imperfect berries in the ,ox.
Always have a uniform luality. and
the box well filled.
II you would have a good market. Of
fer only good berries, give good meas
ure and always deal honestly with your
customers.
Remember. it costs no more to raise
good berries; it costs no more to pick
and deliver good berries. Freight and
express charges are just the same, and
when sold good berries always go first
and bring largest prices.
therefore, for most pleasure and
greatest profit, grow only the best.
sparta, WIS. NJ. A. Thayer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
KNOWS s.cooNAMEs AMDFAcEs
sherlock Holmes Starting the Elevator
in the Postal Telegraph Building.

in the Postal Telegraph Building.
Jim Lovett. the elevator starter in the
Postal Telegraph building. at Broad
way and Murray street, has succeed
ing in mastering the names of the 5000
people who work in the offices there.
Lovetts feat would be remarkable UNI
der n circumstances, but is particu-
larry so in this case. because the build
ing has been open only a few months,
and up to a week or so ago new tenants
were coming in daily. each tenant
bringing with him three or four clerks.
says the New York sun. Among the
people in the building Lovett is known
as the walking directory. Clerks, book
keepers, stenographers and typewriters.
as well as the $50 men and girls EN-
ployed in the company's operating
room. are all known TO him. and in most
cases he is able to give an accurate de-
scription of any of them. There are a
couple of dozen John Smiths, and no
end of William Joneses. to say nothing
of a string of Browns and Whites; but
if you happen TO want any Greens. par
ticular Joh Smith or Bill Jones, all
you have to do is to give Lovett a slight
description of him and he will answer:
oh, yes. l know him. Got a mole be-
AAAAAa HIS ACIA Gdts j > Will bldAiks
Blank & Blank. sixth floor. COS. Going
up" and before you realize what has
happened you find yourself in an ele-
vator going rapidly skyward.
In a modest way Jim Lovett is a sort
of Sherlock Holmes.
Il started in life as an elevator man
in a hotel" he said. and being fond of
studying human nature, l made a prac-
tice of remembering the names and fea-
lures of the guests of the house. /
got so that / could cal men by name
who had not been inside of the house
Tor a year, n who had been entirely
forgotten by the clerks and other en-
ployes of the Gus l discovered in this
way that l had a good memory, and I
can tell yoC it has served me in good
stead many a time. l have been in
hotels all over the country ever since,
ana have become a master of faces and
names. My last place was at the Wal
dorf, where ! had charge of the hat.
coat and umbrella stands, and there.
more than any other place | was ever
In, l had to exercise my powers of mem
DRY. | came here as an elevator man,
and in a few weeks secured the place
or starter. There are now about five
hundred tenants in the building, and
clerks and operators some
5000 people. l managed to get the
ofh~ce-holders in my head first, and in
a few months had them all down fine.
Ihen started in on the others, and
now think l a tell you the floor and
number of the room where anybody is
employed"
Lovett is very proud of his accom-
plshment, and takes offense if anybody
~consuits the directory by the elevators
when he is around.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
LINcoLN's HoMELY PHRASES.
Summer Criticised His Speeches for a
Lack of Dignity.

Sumner Criticised His Speeches for a
Lack of Dignity.
1 have said tha some of Lincoln's
more fastidious critics had objected to
certain of hi. off-hand phrases. which
readily took with the multitude, and
which more graphically conveyed his
meaning than those commonly used by
the scholars. Against advice, he had,
in a formal message to Congress, adj
hered to the use of the phrase sugar
coated pill" He argued that the time
would probably never come when the
American people would not understand
what a s-ugar-coated pill was; and OH
this historic occasion he used anoth6
favorite figure of his when he said.
"Concede that the new government f
Louisiana is only to what it should be
as the egg is to the fowl. we shall sooner
nave the fowl by Matching the egg than
by smashing it." But it turned out
that Senator Sumner. for one, was no
better pleased will this metaphor than
he had been with others on previous
occasions; for in a letter to DIR. Lieber
of Philadelphia. next day, he wrote:
1.-The Presidents speech, and other
things, augur confusion and uncertainty
in the future, with hot controversy
Alas! alas!" And still later in that year
Sumner said: The eggs of %crocodiles
can produce only c~rocodiles, and it is
not easy to see how eggs laid by mill
tary power car be Matched. into an
American state"
Years have passed since then, and
the grave has long since CLOSED over the
President and the Senator's who opposed
his policy and his judgment. Posterity
has indicated the wisdom Of Lincoln,
n has dealt charitably with the err
rors of those who in their day lacked
that charity which is now entreated OF
mankind for them. That they meant
Well, that they were patriotic, that they
were sincere, no man can doubt; but
as we turn our thoughts backward to
that April night when the great Presi-
dent made his last public speech to a
silent and wondering crowd, we may
well regard his figure with generation
n reverence. aware now, If we were
not then. that he builded better than
they knew.
In the general jubilation of that hour,
however, there was very little criticism
of the Presidents last public speech.
1t was felt. perhaps. that the man who
had brought us safe through the great
u SAVA5eh anu PoeAchSS' hihh
self strong and patient, might well be
trusted with the adjustment of terms
of reunion. Reunion was then the fore
most thought in the minds of men.
Slavery was dead. peace had returned.
and henceforth the grateful task Of re-
uniting the long-estranged brotherhood
of the states was ours. Is It any won
der that men fairly cried with joy when
this happy contamination rose in their
minds?
But even when we stood under the
light of a new day, joyful as a people.
triumphant as citizens. there was pre-
pairing fer us a p~ortentous and neon
ceivable disaster.-Ngah Brooks in the
Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
N FOLLY.
New York Has Given Away Many of It's
Most Valuable Franchises.

Most Valuable Franchises.
The time has come to call a halt upon
the granting of public franchises in this
a If New York city cannot itself
undertake to operate it's street rail-
roads, and if It is not practicable. or Il
IL is deemed unwise hat 1t should sup
ply gas and electricity, certainly it can
not be urged that it should give away
these valuable franchises without ade-
quate return: and adequate return a
be secured only by granting these priv
ileges to private companies for a limit
ed time. and requiring that at the end
of a stated period-not exceeding. say.
twenty-one years-there h be a re-
vision of the compensation to be paid
to the city. The net earnings Of any
street railroad or gas company, or even
now of any electric light company. are
so well assured that there is no doubt
capital would enter into them ever un-
der severe restrictions. This is also
true of the telephone business. This
is not a new principle. but only the APP
plication to these privileges of the prac-
tice that has always prevailed in re-
gard to the eity's docks. piers. markets,
and ferries. The city of New York has
wisely retained the ultimate control of
its water front, and by a readjust-
ment every year of rentals for its docks
and piers. and at longer intervals of
it's ferry privileges. it is deriving the
benefit of municipal growth and expan-
sion from those sources. The result is
gratifying, even though millions may
have been lost by official negligence or
corruption. The utmost advantage can
at any time be obtained by the city by
pr~aafAes 49, - -
the part of its public officials. These
figures of increased revenue will carry
conviction of the value Of public fran
chises in New York city. The dock de-
partment was organized in 1870, and
since then its gross annual
have shown an increase from '$315, 524
in 1871 to S1,SS9.65s for the year 1894, and
its net yearly which i'm 1871
amounted to $4,000 had increased
twenty-three years later to 81. 500, 600.
The ferry rents. which in the year 1879
We're only $64. AL, have been Increased
to $254. $50. We need only record the
earnings Of the Brooklyn bridge to real
ize what has been gained to present and
future generations by retaining in pub
lie hands the control and ownership of
this great highway. The gross earn
ings have steadily increased from $622,-
6S0.S1 in 1885 to $1.326, 59S.S5 in 1894. The
profits from public enterprises are so
well assured that the public should be
continually IN guard. Only a few years
ago practically an exclusive contract
for underground subways was author
lied by the legislature. without substan-
tial consideration to the city, which will
make it almost impossible ever to in
t%erefere with the monopoly of the Metro
politan Telephone, the Western Union,
and the Edison Illuminating companies.
the virtual owners of this new corpora
ton controlling the subways.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
RECALLS A HEROIC ACT.
The Widow of a Johnstown Flood Mar
tyr Accused OF BlackmaiI.

The widow of a man who gained UNI
dying fame in the Hood at Johnstown in
1889 is accused of blackmail in an an
swer to her suit filed the other day.
She is Mrs. Anna Maizi, whose husband
was the Paul Revere of that terrible
disaster. He rode through the valley
of the ~Conemaugh. warning the people
of the coming of the torrent of water,
and lost his life through his bravery. In
her suit Mrs. Malzi claimed she had
loaned John Noey. who is a friend OF
her husband, at various times about
$4,219, n he refused TO pay any of the
sums back. Noey in his answer relates
an entirely different story. He says he
received $240 from Mrs. Malzi, which he
returned; that Mrs. Malzi owes him
5000, and because he will not give her
any more money she has threatened a
pretended exposure. which he says Is
an attempt at blackmail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

Last Thursday Jim Good. the butch
er, killed a snake between Irwin and
Harrison City that measured eight fee,
eleven inches, say the Snake City En-
terprise. 1t was of a variety unknown
in this section; the oldest inhabitants
say they never saw one like 1t before,
From the head about one-third of the
length 1t was black, and from there for
about another third it was notified
black and red, and from there to the
end Of h tail it was a bright steel
blue. The most curious thing about
1t was the tail, which was divided for
about six inches; in fact, it had a com
plete double tail. Anyone doubling
this can call on jim, and he'll show
them the very club he killed it with.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
The cheapenInr of Nsw.papers.

In New York there is now a Sunday
paper that gives a bundle Of paper. run
through a printing press. for a penny.
1t is too much for too little. A newspa-
per that is worth printing costs money
and a newspaper that is worth reading
is worth paying for. 1t cannot be said
that the ~cheapening of newspapers has
resulted in their Improvement. It has
made them larger in some cases be-
cause they have become mere advertise
ing sheets. Nine cases out of ten the
cheaper the paper the more clap-trap
there is in 1t and the more sensational
it is. Such a paper is issued % catch
the rowing. homeless masses on the
street. The paper that goes into the so
called upper and middle classes is the
paper that strives after the highest
ideals and that meets with the best re-
suits both for itself and for its adver-
tisers. The penny papers IN some Of the
large cities are valued little higher than
the advertising circulars which are dis
tribGted broadcast.-Iowa state Regis
F
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

Mrs. Zoe Larh. wife Of a prominent
and wealthy farmer at Saltwater, o. T..
and killed her stepdaughter. Mrs.
MacHenry. The two women quarreled
and the daughter left the house. When
she returned she was met at the door
by Mrs. Larh. who told her that IL she
came in she would kill her. Mrs. Mac
Henry turned around to leave, but Mrs.
mistook her motion and thought
she was entering the door. She shot
her just above the heart. Mrs. Larh
gave herself up. There is some talk
OF mob law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18

There is n thing that a woman can
do better than anybody else in the
world. She can iron a worn-out hand
kerchief so that every one of it's ragged
holes will be hidden from sight, and
will only appea to view when her hus-
band, who is a minister. takes that
identical handkerchief out Of his pocket
when halfway through the sermon and
calmly unfolds 1t to the eyes of the
whole congregation.-RocFeord Trib-
une.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
OUR NEV GRlST MILL

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Or for bakin purposes. Pat
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LANCASTER Ming CoMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-07-18
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Stone & Hassell.
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