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The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Interior of q Factory.

not need as many laborers. They are
also men born to the profession, men
whose children will grow up to be
paper makers after them. Every
morning during their lives they wake
up with the one endless routine before
them and they eat and sleep, too, IN
the great paper mill. The paper Is
made from the bark of the koon schon
tree, which is known in America In
der the equally incomprehensible
name Of ''aralia paphyrifeca" ground
up with lime and then baked in q kiln.
When this is done the mass is ham,
mercd out in the form of long rolls and
then cut up into slices, just as the
~confectioner behind the great glass
window cuts up his long and yielding
twist of molasses cendy for the amuse-
ment of a crowd of boys outside and
the benefit of those who come in and
buy.
These pieces are put into a curious
little mortar and pounded together
again with q little hammer that comes
very nea being worked by machinery,
just Us near as anything could In
China, where there are SO many hands
ready to work for a miserable allow
ance of rice. At last these slices are
made into a mass again, and this time
it comes out as soft as dough, which
is placed in q large pot of water till
it is completely dissolved, then with
something very like a sieve they lift
water from this pot, allowing it to run
back again through the bottom which
is a fine net of bamboo. thread, and
there is always a thin white sediment
left in the bottom of the sieve. Sud-
denly throwing the sieve upside down
OH the floor they dislOdge the sedi-
ment, which falls in a thin white film.
A thousand of these are left to lie one
upon the other, then the whole is TAX
en- out in the Jul to dry, and thus it
becomes paper. The process is al
ways the same all aver China, but the
ingredients differ in almost every fac
tory. The common ingredients are
bamboo, cotton, the tow of silk, bark
and the leaves of many plants, the
hair and even the intestines of animals
II you take the inner piece of brown
paper on the wrapping of a pack of
firecrackers and hold it to the light
you will be able to see some of the in
gradients used in making paper.
1T is an easy thing to distinguish the
f%irecracker made in America from
those Of Chinese make. In the first
place, the American crackers are new
err small. They are rarely smaller
than four and a half inches in length
and have short cord fuses, while, on
the other hand, the Chinese kind have
paper fuses, are braided into packs
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Laay,


''Taikin' about lazy men," said the
ma with the ginger beard, "about the
worst case I eve knOwed vas q old
Teller down in Arkansaw that alluz
wore a kind of loop tied in his whis-
kers."
The grocer refused to ask why, but
the man from Potato creek came to
the rescue with o "What fury"
ITO save i'm the trouble of holdin'
up his pipe" explained the man With
the ginger beard. "Yeu see he would
lift his pipe up to his mouth an hook
his thumb through the loop In his
whiskers, an then when he wanted
to talk-you know them lazy fellers
is great gassers5"
'I've kinder noticed that" said the
grocer, fright in this here store"
"Great gassers, an when lie wanted
to talk awhile, he wasn't put to the
trouble of lettin' his pipe down an
liftin' it back agln, cause he would
gist hitch his thumb In the loop, which
I said before he had tied In his whis-
kers."
One lone, single and solitary fly
buzzed against the dingy window
pane, its buzzing making an exact
harmony in fifths with the snore of
the man from Potato creek, who was
leaning limp against the cheese.-Cin-
cinnati Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29

The EIrecracker God.
shiny brown eyes, who played with
them two or three hundred years be-
fore Christ was born? Yet so it it
was. Niter, the principal ingredient Of
gunpowder. has always been found In
great quantities in China, and the an
cient records Of that country prove
that gunpOwder was there manufac-
tured Mt u time when Europe was
a bowling wilderness. except in the
little corner where Rome sat on her
seven hills ere she had become the
mighty empress Of the world. Fire
works were the earliest form in which
gunpowder was used, MS, oddly
enough, its entertaining qualities were
discovered before its destructive pow
ers. The showers of sparks that fall
from rockets have sparkled in Chinese
skies from time immemOrial. The fire.
cracker is said to be the earliest form
of explosive, and was not so much In
tended for boys to use in sport as for
an article of heather worship.
In the mountains Of western China
there is supposed to be a giant devil
of a brilliant red, at the sight of whom
men grow faint with fear. A man
who lived about 5000 years ago by
the name of Leedien found that the
banging of ~firecrackers would frighten
him away, hence Leedien is the goc
Of frecrackers. AL the red frecrack-
ers are intended to be used to brighten
away the red devil, while the green
and yellow one are offerings to Lee
dien. From the simple little firecrack-
er was gradually evolved the destrdc-
tive cannon, which was used by the
Chinese in their war with the Mongols
in A. d. 1882. 1t was introduced into
Europe about 1910. Thus we W to
the Chinese the invention Of the most
useful article Of warfare in the world.
The most interesting sights of Can
ton are the tea factories and the fire.
cracker factories, and the most inter-
esting of the two are the firecracker
factories. These establishments can
hardly be called factories, If we use
the word in the sense of making my
machinery, for all Of the work is &C
complished by hand, and they are.
therefore, called by the English resi-
dents of that country "drecracker go
downs"
On approaching the building one is
not greeted with the usual roar of fur
naces and the many and n noises
that go to make up the din of q fac.
tory, but it is anything but u quiet
place. At a distance it sounded like
the riot of a furious mob compared
with the quiet about Canton, though
Canton seemed noisy enough.
For a mile around the factory the
thousands of inhabitants are all EN-
ployed in making ~tirecrackers. Al
soon rs the children are old enough tt
be anything but babies they begin t
work, and as soon Is their mothers
have finished the Homework they turn
their hands to making ~tirecrackers
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Here. . state Of Thins..

Science, dear Lady Betty, has d.
minished hope, knowledge destroyed
il illusions and experience has de
prived us Of interest. Here. then is
The authorized dictionary Of discomfort:
What is creation: A failure.
What is life? A bore.
What is man? A fraud.
What is woman? Both a fraud and q
bore.
What is beauty? A deception.
What is love? A disease.
What is marriage? A mistake.
What is a wife? A trial.
What is a child? A nuisance.
What is the devil? A fable.
What is good? hypocrisy.
What is evil? Detection.
What is wisdom? Seltishness.
What is happiness? A delusion.
Wat is friendship! Humbug.
What is generosity? Imbecility.
What is money? Everything.
And what is everything? Nothing.
Were We, perhaps, not happier when
We were mcnkeys?-LoDdon Truth.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
The Going Question.

Tattered and torn, footsore and
weary, the outcast paused at the door
of the cottage Nesting there among
the trees.
"Have you"
The woman with the blue Bingham
apron waved him to silence.
EYES," she answered brusquely. Il
have. 1t is none of your business, but
l don't mind saying that I'm skeptical
about the hypnotism part, but her feet
must have been just lovely"
After she had slammed the door the
pilgrim turned with a sigh and went
his. way.-DU0oit Tribune.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29

Milwaukee. June 26. - Creditors of
the West Superior Iron and Steel COM
pany this morning made application
to Judge Ludwig for the vacation Of
the order of the court appointing Mr..
Kelly receiver for the company, the
supreme court haviI & decided that the
superior court of Milwaukee had no
jurisdiction. T. B. Alvord has been
appointed receiver by the supreme
court and is now. in possession,
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Interviewed a Man with rremen..


A journalistic feat Of no little nov
city has just been accomplished Mt
Vienna, where a reporter succeeded in
having an interview with a man suf-
fering from delirium tremens. The
result of the experiment throws even
Zola's description of Coupeau in the
shade. The patient, Il broken-down
actor, declared that he was Baron
Rothschild. and that his constant crav-
ing for dainty dishes made it neces-
sary that he should take weekly trips
across the ocean to New York, a city
brought to the car by flying retrievers.
empty. Drinks were not to be had in
New York, and therefore he was oblig-
ed to take as much as he could carry
before starting In his balloon. and from
from which he shot flies, Benedictine
rabbits and other game, which were
brought to the car by flying retreivers.
The man Ia now an inmate of the Met.
ropolitan Hospital at Vienna.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Cvc1s.tx

st: Paul, June 25. = The Superior
cycling Club of West Superior came
down from the head of the lakes SAT-
urday night and spent yesterday in
the Twin Cities. There were seventy
eight of the members mounted, and in
spite Of the untoward weather thew
made several runs and surprised peo-
pie by the intricacy of their o v
ments In columns. The club includes
many Of the prominent business men
of Its town, and it is claimed that there
are more wheels in Superior than in
any town Of its size in the country.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29

st. Paul, June 27.-In accordance
with the act passed by the legislature
last winter providing for the enlarge.
ment of organized counties by attach
ing to them the unorganized territory
of other counties, Gov. Clough to-day
issued a proclamation granting the pc.
tition of tifty-five residents of Hub
bard county for the attaching to that
county of Il portion of the unorganized
territory of Cass county.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29

Another Newspaper Man CAosen.
Eau Claire, Wis, June 27-The coun-
Gil, ut a special meeting, elected Percy
Atkinson, editor Of the Leader, as
city clerk, to succeed Il. II. Dougherty.
resigned. D%ougllerty, it is said. will
return to newspaper work.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29

Racine, Wis, June 27.-Application
has been made in the United States
circuit court for a receiver for the Ra'
cine Gas company. e. w. Andrews OF
Washington, one of the heavy stock
holders, who makes the application
charges fraud on the part of the pres
ent management. The company is
caDitalized at S1OO.OO
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
south Dakota Editors

Hot Springs, s. D., June 27.-The
South Dakota Press association is
holding its annual meeting here. about
sixty editors and their wives being
present. President Patten delivered
his annual address. and reports of
standing committees were made. The
party will make a circuit Of the Hills,
| returning Saturday.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Explosion Fatality,

Hastings. Mimi. June %. Joseph
Berres Of Lakeville was instantly
killed this morning by the explosion of
a %threshing machine boiier three miles
east Of Prior Lake. He vas thirty
years Of age, unmarried and highly
spoken of,
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
r.nntc Hnrnu Guilty.

st. Paul, June 27.-Fannie Hagen,
the young woman who stole the horse
belonging to Jacob Baldner, appeared
in court to-day and pleaded guilty of
the crime of larceny and was sent to
the workhouse for sixty days.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Easily Remeaied.

Sipper-What, Topey, why 90 de-
jected?
Topey-The doctor won't allow me
to drink any wine.
sipper-Well, you idiot, why don't
you get another doctor?-St. Louis
| Globe-D Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
His Death.

II had a sort of t~hirty-second cousin
who came west some years ago." said
the tourist gentleman. IL understand
he went by the name Of Gunshy Joe.
1 fear that Joseph did not lead Il very
upright life.'
"Right you are" assented Rubber
neck Bill. "Still, I kin say that he
died a upright death, bein' in a verti-
cal attitude ut the time"
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
Minnesota Cadets,

Washington. June %. Among the
cadets appointed to the naval academy
are f. b. Graves, Glencoe, Mimi; w.
McIGnlee, alternate, Montgomery,
MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
A...ult unop Cr,.n,.

Rome, June 4.-Signor Cavolotti's
pamphlet against Premier Crispi has
finally been published. The charges
are mostly those of the bribery docu-
ment.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
He Cared Not for su.pe.aer,.

Robert seems unusually proud to.
day." she said.
"Yes," the Boston mother answered,
he has on his first pair of spectaclss.' -
indianapolis Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
CeleDfale.
British Lion-Excuse my back.
Fourth of July Bravery.

Young Hero from the barreD-
| What's the matter wild yer, sa-a-y
Why don't yer set it off; is yel
askeert?-Lire.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29
st. Paul Man Whipped

Lowell, Mass, June %. O'Bricn
won in one round over Jack Melon
ough of st. Paul.
The Dickinson press., 1895-06-29

q. ~ WRISTS H1av1 AID s1Aua T71Agx1ag
snt iS,s adu agents ass oniy, to Sr oars w sadfa %emor ~
Ioes. Of Brain and Nerve Power; Lost Manhood;
4uiekness: Night Losses; Evil Dreame; Lack Of
Confidence; Nervousness; Lassitude; all Drains;
Loss Of Power Of the Generatiyec -gans in either
eex, caused BY over-exertion, youthful Errors, or
Excessive Zee Of Tobacco. Opium or Liquor.
md Death. By mail, 81 q box; six for IS; With
written guarantee to cure or refund money. Vests
1tNs e8b IRE Sick Headache. B~iliousness,
CONGREGATION. GUARANTEES issued only by
Drenkel & Davis druggists and
sole agents, Dickinson, N. D.
The oasis., 1895-05-11
A SAMPLE OF rREAcnERY. M

While the Arizona Republican is un- der lire i. is just as well to recall the treachery of it's editor to the republi- can party in the last campaign. He was chairman of the republican terri toria committee, and in that capacity called the territorial convention. It is the invarlable custom for the party in power to hold it's convention first. It is due the opposition that it should be so, in order that the position of the party in power may be presented and it's opponents have an opportunity to cOuntervail it. The advantage or holding the government is everywhere considered as giving the other side the right to the latest platform utterance. But that right of the republican party the chairman deliberately threw away by calling the republican convention in advance of the democratic, instead cf after it. as he should have done.
 It is asserted in some quarters that this was by corrupt arrangement. How true the assertion TIE OASIS is not prepared to state. But that 1t was intended to initiate against the republican ticket is plainly apparent m the way the republican candidate was platformed by the democratic convention.
 The point is that the editor of the Republican, like his journal. is open to suspicion and unworthy of public confidence.
The oasis., 1895-05-11
TRUE. NEVERTHELESS.

TIE OASIS is decidedly ''fernenst' the Phpnlx Republican and calls upon the citizens of that town to fOreg0 their patronage to the offending paper. If the Republican did as charged. published telegram detrimental to the people of Nogales and then re- fused to give place to a correction, TIE OASIS has certainly grievance for which there can he no excuse. But we think there must be some mistake as the Republican has hitherto been as fair to outside towns as it is pOsSl- ble for a Phoenix paper to be. This may not be saying great deal. but much must not be expected in that direction. Arizona Citizen.
 The assertion Of TIE OASIS is true, nevertheless, for the editor of this paper wired the Republican denial of the unfounded and damaging arti- cle and the Republican refused to ac- cept it. The editor of THE OASIS then wrote the Republican pointing ont the Injustice of its course, and received a letter from its Phoenix contemporary persisting in it's refusal to publish a denial. Moreover, after all that cor resplndence the Republican seized the other false report that went out from Fairbank and appeared first in the Fl Paso papers. and spread that as far as it's limited circulation would admit The Republican had the letter from TIE OASIS giving true statement of the situation, and it's second publlca- tion of the canard, although coming from another direction, was sheer ma lice.
 It is perhaps true, as the Citizen as >erts, that much must not be expect cd from that directlon"- meaning the Republican; but it is just as well that the general public should be in- formed Of the dastardly qualities of the journal under criticism, and pro- tect itself from the peculiar methods Of the Republican by refusing to sup port it.
The oasis., 1895-05-11
A CORRECT INTERPRET ALTON.

The Star interprets the Monroe doctrine as follows;
 It is believed the Monroe doctrine only insists that while the United States will maintain a strict neutral ity in the broils of other nations we will resist all attempts of European powers to interfere with the constitu- tiOns of states or republics, on this side of the water, in any way which may affect their integrity or prejudice our interests.
 And the last three words quoted by the Star cover the entire contention of those who criticise the Cleveland administration for having permitted for moment Britis1 occupation of Nicaraguan territory. The presence of the British war power at Corinto was prejudiced to American interests in the Nicaragua canal, and the ad- ministration at Washington should not have consented for one moment to the landing of British force.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

MORALES merchants should not overlook one advantage that will ac- crue from opening of the port of Quay mas to merchandise consigned to the free zone. It gives them water com petition for all consignments from San Francisco. The steamship charges and local tariff from Guaymas certain ly are far less than the rail transpor- tation charge direct from San Fran cisco. a)s
The oasis., 1895-05-11
QUITE RIGHT,

Somehow Nogales, through THE OASIS, seems ayerse to the passage of the Santa Fe, Prescott X Phoenix rail- way through Tucson Arizona Ca zette.
 Quite correct. Nogales is opposed to the north and south railroads pass ing through to Tucson for numerous reaSous, the principal of which is that the Benson route would be best for the progress and prosperity of both No gales and the railroad.
The oasis., 1895-05-11
PLUCK.

In promoting the prosperity Of a city pluck is oue-quarter the battle, and the courage to tell the truth about that which threatens Or retards is the other quarter on the first half. Pluck and courage, then, with natural re- sources and good government and good location, are all tlcre Is in the build ing up.-SacramentO Record Union.
 That says in way what TIE OASIS tlas always contended. HPluck, cour- age, with natural resources, good gov ernment and good location, are the elements which make town. All these elements has Nogales. But some of her business mea lack pluck. Get up courage and push our town.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

ELSEWHERE in these columns is printed the decree by President Diaz opening the ports of Guaymas. Tam pic0 and Vera Cruz for transmission in bond of goods to the free zone of Mexico. This means the diversion to foreign steamship lines of a part of the tratfic heretofore going to American railroads. Another Of the keen things done by tue present democratic admi- niStTatiOn.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

GREAT is the power of pap. The Arizona Gazette comes out with the regular gold bug argument against silver monometalism' and legislation proposed by the tsilverites" to 'bene- fit silver mine owners only All that is threshing over old straw, but it has to be done for the sake of office.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

FRANCE and England are dividing and colonizing Africa just as they did North America 900 years ago. And sometime Anglo-Sayons on African soil will frame d new Declaration of Independence.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

NEXT time the president proposes to change the straddle on silver in the democratic plan from the resolutions to the ticket: himself, goldbug for first place, and Steve White silver for second.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

The Star of Thursday notes the presence of two gentlemen direct from Minas Prictas, who stated that there are very many cases of small pox there, and that one of them had just rccov- cred from that disease. The man meant was sick with small pox several months ago.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

GOLD BuG Eckles' effort to bolster monometalism shows he is no better as comptroller" Cf public sentiment than as comptroller Of the treasury.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

THE last legislature, in it's wisdom, took license tax off from merchants and stuck one of ten dollars per quar- ter on butchers. Now, over in the Salt river country they are discover ing that thls tax falls indirectly upon the farmer being taken of from the price of cattle, and there is a kick. But the time to kick was when the bill was before the legislature. The only criticisms leyeled against that bill were in the columns of THE OASIS.
 Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder
The oasis., 1895-05-11
Saturday, May II, 1895.

GREAT BRITAIN has withdrawn from Nicaragua, accepting pledge that the indemnity demanded shall be paid.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

This week the Mexican Gold < Sil- yer Recovery Co.,, Limited, presents a new advertisement in the columns of TIE OASIS. This company owns the patents in Mexico of the MacArthur- Forrest cyanide processes, and will contract for reduction of ores and tailings. The head office in Sonora is at Nogaes.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

Jose Pacheco has sold his half if- terest in their store on Callc Elias to his partner Juan Villaseilor and, with his mother, is going to Los Angeles to to reside, They start next Wednes- day
The oasis., 1895-05-11
Sunday morning, there arrived from

Sunday morning, there arrived from the south three ladies, Mrs. ]. II. Winston, of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. M W. Bollen, and Miss c. O'Connor. of San Francisco, who had passed the winterin Lower California at the Tajos mine, in which MT. Win ston is an owner Arrangements had been made for special train to con vey the ladies to Benson, to catch the Southern Pacific, without having to wait day at Nogales.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

Within very few months the Bos- ton Clothing House has delivered in Nogales more than fifty suits made to order, and not one has required alter ation.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

All-members of Papago Engine Co. are requested to leave their measures for belts and caps with Levy & Gold smith, at once, so they can be ordered right away and reach Nogales in time to permit the company loturn out in uniform on the Fourth of July.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

Ashley notes that there has been great increase, in the past week, in valuable animals in Nogales. "A new family has come in with five great, big dogs"
The oasis., 1895-05-11

Sunday there vas q horse race at "the ranchito," between two horses owned by Jose Heredia and Mauro Reina, the owners riding distance about 400 yards: stakes, two cows with calves. Reina won.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

Thursday Felipe Clarke received nos tice that he had been appointed live stock inspector at Nogales, and the notice was accompanied by his com mission. He has qualified and entered on the duties of his position.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

The amusement loving public of Nogales are guaranteed rare treat in the presentation next week of the great military drama, Through The Lines.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

W. W. Fluelling, electrician, pre- sents his business card in the columns of THE OASIS this week. He is agent for all kinds of electrical machinery and appliances, and is prepared to fur nish estimates and construct tele- phone lines, Whether one mile long or one hundredl electric light plants, etc. Read his ad and write him, you need anything in that line.
The oasis., 1895-05-11

It is stated that Wm. Barker, a we'll known locomotive fireman on the So- nora railroad, who has been acting as round house foreman at Carbo for a month or more, is prustrated with snall pox at Gpaypas,