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The oasis., 1896-12-19
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The oasis., 1896-12-19
A Group of Lead and
 Silver Mines

/. group of eleven mines situated within radius of IF miles. Distance from railroad miles. Good wagon road to all the mines Width of veins from 2 to feet. Low aver age assays: Sl4 gold and silver and 20 per cent lead. Flux ore high percentage Of Iron over silica, Lead ln forms of cerusite and carbonate, requiring no roasting. All the lodges have work on same from SO to ZOO feet deep but still require development work to put said mines in working order. Water ln sufficient quantity for q twenty ton shelter which con be put in center ofproup Wood abundant Capital required 350000 gold Terms far and reasonable
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

ed for the protection Of American ship
builders would stand in the way of a
private yacht owner flying the flag of
ms ancestor as well a IS of hic country.
The result of this conviction was the in
PRODUCTION in the Senate last Wednesday
OF special bill 1883 by Julius Caesar Bur-
rows OF Michigan, giving the steam yacht
El1da rating as an American vessel. The
bill was referred TO the committee on
Van Deusen was not discourage by this
action. He applied to Commissioner of
Navigation Eugene T. Chamberlain. for
merly of Albany for a definition of his
own status and the status of his yacht.
Mr.. Chamberlain was discreet. He said
that, as an American citizen, Mr.. Van
Deusen was undoubtedly entitled to APP
ply TO the American consul al some an
adian port for certificate of ownership.
Chamberlain's opinion was that such a
certncate might justify the flying of the
American flag on the Ellida, although 1t
would not of necessity confer rights, eth
er OF inspection or registration.
Van Deusen is, therefore, in the posi-
ton OF owning a maritime nondescript
He can fly the black flag of piracy, and
none other. His yacht cannot be inspect
ed, except al the Individual EXPENSE of
the underwriters who may insure the YES
sci. The yacht has no status with Can
adam authorities any more than with
American, and the result Of the existing
law is practically to deprive Van DeuSen
of one of his birthrights. of course, no
such preposterous result as this was con-
templated by the trainers of the law, yet
the fact remains that the committee on
commerce is so jealous of its technical
construction. or SO fearful of possible mis-
Interpretation of favorable action, that it
declines TO furnish relief.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
vERITABLE jim THE PENMAN."
Wonderful Skill of a Writing Master
in Forging Bank Notes.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Many stories of skill in initiative PEN
manship are told, but the following, re-
lated by an English authority, is probably
the most wonderful authentic case ever
recorded:
In 1866 Robert Stewart, famous mas
ter of penmanship, executed a five-pound
Bank of England note with such marvel
Gus accuracy and reality that he was
waylaid in the streets one night and rob-
bed of the note by a ruffian who had seen
it in his possession a few hours previous
ly. Stewart, indignant at the treatment
to which he had been subjected, gave
chase to the thief, and with the assist
ance of the police succeeded in recover
ing the sham note.
At the subsequent police court proceed
ings no one seemed to have the slightest
suspicion as TO the genuineneSS of the
note, which was handed round to the
various persons engaged in the case.
A few weeks later Stewart, who was a
personal friend of the cashier of the To-
eel sle-on-Tyne) bank, took the
note to him one morning and asked that
received five soVereis'ns, and left the bank.
An hour or two afterward he paid I.
second visit to his friend, the cashier,
and taking him on one side, confessed
that the note was a forgery, and refund
ed him the money. The cashier, whose
surprise was great refused to believe the
note was counterfeit, and was not con-
WINGED until Stewart had executed another
one in his presence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
POISONED By MONEY.
The Cashier of the New York Excise
Board Comes Near Losing His Eye
From the Phlladelnhia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
New York, Feb. 23.-Grant Whalen,
cashier of tho city excise board, has been
badly poisoned by coming in contact with
thousands of dollars of the citys money.
Cashier Whalen handles more money in
the course of year than any other of
the city's employees. Every saloon keeper
in the city, both great and small, is
obliged to bring a 1.-THE of his profits to
the city fathers, and all of this enormous
revenue literally passes through the cash.
ier's hands.
A large part of the bank notes which
reach the cashier are so filthy and dirty
looking that one would hesitate almost
TO touch Them Mr. Whalen counts the
money over two or three times. He is a
nervous man and has a habit of strokine
his face constantly He put his hand
work and scratches his nose or strokes his
mustache. 1t was this way that the
poison germs reached his face.
The first signs of poison were noticed
about two weeks ago. The skin of Mr.
Whalen's face became irritated and in
hamed with curious rash. In a day or
two this began to itch violently, so that
MIR. Whalen was kept awake at night
The poison spread over the neck, and in
few days the cashiers head was also
completely covered with this curious rec
Inflammation. Several of the doctors of
the board of health, whose offices are
next door, pronounced it poison, but were
at q loss for what name to give it.
The victim of this curious maladv grew
worse rapidly instead of better. The skin
became covered with Scabs, which peeled
on leaving an almost raw surface The
neck and face and even the inside of the
ears Were covered with this painful growth
The poison spread over the cashiers face
20 his eyes and threatened to destroy his
sight. The skin about the eyes became
so swollen that they were almost closed
up, which caused the poor fellow to
blink in a very funny way. The doctors
OF the board of health, who were mean
time in attendance, became alarmed at
this new feature of the disease and ad-
without delay. 1t is due to the very
careful attention that Mr. Whalen receiv-
ed that he is not to-day totally blind
the cashier was seen last week ana
was then convalescent. He sill unre
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
A YACHT WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
No WeII-knOwn Flag That MIR. Van
Deusen Can Fly, Except That of
Piracy.
From the Boston Gazette.

From the Boston Gazette.
Washington, Feb 14-Amazing as the
statement may read, it is true that in this
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, an American citizen is not per-
mitted to fly the American flag. Here are
the facts hope the digestion of them will
send blood to the head and fire to the eye
of American newspaper readers:
On Jan. p. 1886, Robert Thompson Van
Deusen. a citizen CT Albany N Y, and
yachtsman known in all American ports,
decided that he needed a larger yacht
One was offered for sale or exchange in
Montreal. He left Washington, where he
had been spending part of the winter, and
in Montreal became the owner of the
steam screw yacht Ellida, built in 1891 by
rs feet long, steel framed two-masted of
a gross tonnage of 3E52, and at that time
owned by Benjamin Naylor of Noyan, in
the province of Quebec. Mr. Van Deusen
congratulated himself on the possession
of the E.lida, and returned to Washington
in his customary calm and complacent
frame of mind. To-day this good American
and enthusiastic yachtsman is one of the
maddest citizens in the United States
Van Deusen'S troubles began when he
wanted to secure for the yacht an Ameri-
can register He discovered that in order
to ny the American flag on the mast of
the Ellida 1t would be necessary for him
to secure the consent of the congress and
the President of the United States 1t ap-
pears that the representatives in congress
of American shipbuilding interests repre-
scented primarily by Senator Frye of Maine
chairman of the committee on commerce
had previously secured the passage of a
law making il incumbent upon American
citizens who bought a vessel built by for
eigners 10 wreck such a vessel within
three miles of the coast line of the United
States, to have this wreck purchased bv
an American citizen, and to require OF
such citizen that he spend i'm repairs on
said wreck three times the amount of the
original purchase price in order to enttle
such vessel to the privileges and obliga-
lions of American ownership.
However. that did not worry Mr. Van
Deusen. As a descendant of Peter Her
cules Wendover, who was a member of
congress, after having been high sheriff
of New York, and who, according to
Preble was the designer of the American
flag. Van Deusen felt that no law design
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

great bandages about his neck and ears.
These latter appendages were, besides,
stuffed with cotton and salVes, put the
swelling had gone down considerably on
the casters face and about the. eyes, MI
Whalen's face looks very much as II ne
were recovering from the smallpox. II
is marked all over with little red spots
which have been left by the scabs; His
eyes also look very much intlamed, ana
he still wears a pair of smoked glasses
for fear that even an. ordinary bright light
would strain the eyes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
VISIT
OUR
Second Floor

and see our Navy and Black Serge
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Ladies Spring Capes, black, navy,
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Children's Gowns, square yoke,
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Closing out our stock of Stamped
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-24
THE "eIKE" AND THE DOG.

Facts Point to the Belief Tia. the Wheel
Is E1terminatirc the Canine.
Is the bicycle destined to eventually
sxterminate dogs? From a thorough
canvass Of competent authorities ii
would seem that it is.
AS positive proof Of the fact that the
bike Is discriminating the canine race
and running the trade of the dealer.
therein it may be authoritatively stated
that whereas three dogs were formerly
sold against one bicycle, the ratio ha.
been reversed and six bicycles are now
disposed of while three dogs are chang
ing owners. And this is an ultra-con-
SENTATIVE estimate.
One Of the prominent dog dealers in
this city said: Before the bicycle grew
into its present popularity had large
and prosperous clientele of customers,
principally society people of both sexes
who would scorn to purchase anything
but the highest-priced and most blue
blooded animal. Then tine bicycle craze
began to spread, and as it did found
my customers falling OF in numbers
and dogs decreasing in demand. Peo-
pie have no further use for dogs as long
rs they have a wheel. Formerly they
would go out either for quiet stroll
or good, brisk walk, and in sdch cases
a dog is an absolutely invaluable com.
panion- Now they go out on their ma
chimes. and the animal who used to be
so welcome becomes only a nuisance
This 70 especially the case since so many
women have taken TO the wheel"
Every breed of dog has been affected
from the big Newfoundland to thu
twisted-tailed pug. 1t is common Cos
sip in sporting circles that prominent
dog dealer formerly doing business or
Beekman street was driven out of II
through loss Of trade occssioned by thu
constantly increasing use Of the bicycle
Another interesting proof Of the fac
that the canine race must succumb t.
the silent steed" Is found in the sta
tistics of those cities where bicycle
have 10 be registered. In Rochester. y
v the city clerks last report showed
that the number of machines registered
was 21,13o, as against 2.sls dogs
Aside from the fact that many people
do not care 70 go 10 ;he expense Of pay
ing high price FOR bigh-bred dog.
the majority OF whsel-owDers appre
ciate the fact that dog has q natural
autipathy toward wheelmen and wheel
women, and consideration for the feel-
ings and comfort OF their fellow cyclerr
has caused many owners o. wheels and
dogs 10 dispose % the latter
Now the value of the dog has 90 de-
creased that when he runs away no a.
tempt Is made 20 fad him. and once II
the hands OF the experienced oog-cs.ch-
or his days are surely numbered Ths
bicycle IS evidently 20 blame. for wer.
gthe dogs owner not 100 busy with b.
wheel he wonld find tine 70 20. a. Il
the past. 10 the pound and redeem bin
but as IL Is owners Of lost doss nou
often regard the n0urd e. an eA<x ans
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-24
A TALK WITH BISMARCK.
Teutoafc BLOOD, He Says, IL the Only
Basis of National Success


A gentleman who was at Friedrichs
ruhe few weeks ago has printed an &C
count of his visit. Bismarck, he says
was looking very well, but complained
Of severe neuralgia in the face. 1T was
painful" con tinues the writer. Ito see
how his eyes and his whole face sudden.
" became as If pstrified. and he had te
press his right hand against his face
till the spasm was over. Every word
he speaks, and especially the first to his
servant in the morning, gives him in
tense pain, and the muscles of the face
rest ali night; but the pains become less
severe during the DAY"
The conversation was partly in Eng.
lish. partly in German. II the courss
OF il Prince Bismarck said:
II find that nations succeed only sc
far as they have Teutonic blood IN theii
veins. and so long a they retain the pc
culiarities Of the Teutoric race. Ths
English were . really great people onl,
when drinking was fashionable among
them. The Irish are feminine race
full of sentiment but little accustomed
to use their understanding
Il understand. believe. every m
ten; but the negroes are the only race
to which / feel an antipsthy ] canno,
conquer. for they strike re &c earicz-
lures of the whites. The United States
in the life of which they are OF essen
tial importance. has eachs;ae4 M. a..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-24
CRUELTY IN PERSIA.
1alefactors Are Punished In an Inhaman
Manner.

Nalefactors Are Punished In an Inhaman
Manner.
Most travellers in Persia have seen by
the roadside the little pillars in which
robbers have been built up and left to
starve, and must have heard fairly cred
ible accounts of cFuciiNions and other
cruel punishments. Nowadays these
things do not happen, but there seems
no reason to doubt that extraordinary
barbarities attended the execution oil
the Babees in Teheran. I have been
myself told by nominal chief, who had
been an eyewitness, with whom
camped in Ears, that some were sho1
like horses, some cut to pieces with
knives and whips and some made to
carry torches in apertures made for
the purpose in their bodies. by in
formant may have exaggerated, but it
is certain that extreme cruelty was the
rule. Nothing that is related is beyond
belief. To this day robbers are starved
to death in cages in China and patri
cides are sliced to death Qing-chih),
while the purest and highest morality IS
the ideal set before the individual Chi
naman and the imperial government
alike. No tortures that ingenuity could
devise sufficed to shake the constancy
Of these martyred men, women and
children, who died repeating the IA
miliar Arabic text: verify, we ara
Gods. and to Him we return" In the
provinces, as we'll as in the capital, all
suspects were hunted down. A relative
of my friend, the nomad chief. was par
ticularly active in this service and con.
ceived the idea Of handing over Sc
many captives to tradesmen of diff.
ferent guilds, whose professional in
stincts might devise some distinctive
and characteristic torture.-Nineteentb
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-24
YACHTING ON THE LAKES
Much Interest Is Being Taken in
the Sport.
Associations and Clubs Arc Numerous
and Progressive, and Many Fine
Boats Have Been
Built.

The yachtsmen on Lake Erie ar,
hardy sailors. They are expert, too
and alert, as they have need to be, for :
cruise on this most treacheroue of tn.
great lakes often makes continuous de
mands on the shippers skill. Theil
mistress is shallow vixen, and, being
shallow, is capricious.
The breeze that from the south bear.
upon Lake Erie ever so high at morI
may at night sweep from the nortt
with whirlwind fury. With all hel
fickleness,i however, this almost small
est of the great "unsalted seas" ha:
charms that lure the cruising yachts
men from one extremity Of the lake ts
the other.
Four great cities contribute to the
yachting fraternity. At the eastern enc
of the lake is Buffalo, with protected
harbor, and open sailing for miles tt
the west. Nearly at the center of the
southern shore is Cleveland, with g
protected harbor and an open cruising
ground east and west. At the western
end of the lake, few miles from oper
water on the Maumee river, lies Toledo
with many enthusiastic Corinthian sail.
or men; and to the northwest, beyond
the mouth Of the Maumee, where the
Detroit river flows into the lake with
gentle force, Detroit yachtmen sail back
and forth from lake to river and rive,
to lake the livelong season. In these
four cities are the more prominent
yacht clubs, and in addition are thoss
of the smaller towns. Sandusky boasts
quite fine organization; Put-in-Bay
has sufficient enthusiasm among the
islaad residents to support a small cs1h
and there are one or two clubs of sSene
prominence on the Canadian side of the
lake.
From time to time desultory attempts
were made to unite the clubs in an as.
ISOLATION for the purpose of holding
general regatta. In 1888 this partially
succeeded. Races were held at Putin.
Bay and well attended. But disagree
ments arose, and that was the end Of
interclub yachting for a number OF
years. In 1894 another organization wa.
proposed and perfected. The excite
ment over the races on the Atlantic
coast for the Americas cup spread t.
the yachtsmen on Lake Erie. Friend.
of the sport did all in their power to at.
tract yachtsmen to the Put-in-Bay re
gatta, given by the Interlake Yachting
association, the new organization, and
the result was the best attended and the
largest regatta ever held in the history
of fresh-water yachting. Over so OF
the finest yachts of the lake assembled
at Put-in-Bay and cast anchor not
half hours sail from the historic spot
where Commodore Perry sank the Brit
ish fleet on September 10, 1913.
The total number of yachts on Lake
Erie is about 15o-rather an insignii-
cant showing, no doubt, to seacoast
mind. To the lake yachtsmen, how.
ever, It speaks encouragement, for il
means that in five years this feet ha.
grown from a mere half dozen boats.
Ten years ago the keel boat was
theory and a myth, so far as the lake
builders were concerned; now it is the
most popular type.-Harper's Weekly,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-24
Monument TO John Hancock.

On the western side Of the cid Crarary
burying ground stands shaft hidden
from view by mass OF cloth II - the
memorial slab to Gov. John Hancock
and viii be unveiled for public view
with appropriate cerenones Septezn-
Der 10. The slab is is feet high. Of Ten
nessee marble, with a base Of pink
granite. II is in the form OF Greek
stella, the top having q decorative render
ing Of the Hancock coat Of arms. just
below Is a wreath OF oak leaves sur
rounding has relief of Hancock, taken
from portrait By Copley. now in the
possession OF oae of the family. This
head was nodded by Mr.. H. Cairns. the
sculptor The likeness is said 20 Be vsry
striking. The inscription reads: This
Memorial erected A ID. HDCCCxCv-. BY
the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, 20
Mark the Grave OF John Hancock
Bostsn Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-24
MAMMOTH OF THE MOUNTAINS.
Vertebra Of . Prehistoric Monster Forty.
Four Inches In Circumferenee.

Vsrtebra Of . Prehistoric Monster Forty.
-Four Inches In circumference.
The great Cripple Creek district, dur
ing its history Of but few years, ha.
been prolific in surprises to the delivers
after hidden wealth. The district Seems
20 be able to produce anything from
nugget of gold to the petrified remains
of the mastodon. The discovery made
by party of prospectors the other day
on Thirty-nins Mile mountain will Ger.
tainly prove most interesting to scien.
lists, and the find" will prove TO be az
great a curiosity as il the nerve of the
heads Of certain of our municipal de.
partments. Woolly elephants, the
megatherium and other mastodons,
relics of a prehistoric age, are rather
out of our line. but we can produce them
II demand should arise. Boundless are
the resources of the great gold camp
and if the world doesn't see what il
wants here, all it has to do IL simply to
ask for it.
A few days since party, consisting Of
c. S. Wftherspoon, J. W. McBeth, W.
White and T. Burge, was prospecting
upon the northwestern slope Of Thirty
nine Mile mountain. Wishing to fad
watsr to drink, Witherspoon started up
q shallow gulch running up the side of
the mountain. The eye of the prosptc-
tor. long trained by experience to tho
closest of observation Of the earth over
which he passed, was caught by what
appeared to be an unusually large bone.
Mr.. Witherspoon at once cleared the
debris from his find. and to his great
amazement discovered that he had IN
earthed section Of the vertebra OF
some gigantic animal, far exceeding IN
size anything which to-day tTeads tbs
surface of the earth
The party at once began a series Of az.
plorations, and was pswarded by turn
ing up large portion Of the remains
of the prehistoric monster. At tia time
when D. S. Hall left tie party 20 sections
OF vertebrA had been uncovered. When
It is stated that one Of these sections OF
backbone measured ~ inches in cur
cunrference, the hugensss OF the mas
todon il Obvious. One thigh bone was
unearthed which measured In length
- inches and 40 inches in circumfer.
ence at the hook joint One of thu
bones Of the lower foreleg was 80 inche.
IN length. while the torpal point wa
90 inches IN circumference. One SEQ
ton Of RIB was found to be 80 inches 10
length and IL inches in Circumstance.
The DISCOVERIES will continue the
search until al that remains Of ths
gigantic fossil has been brought u
light They expect TO cause h TO be
mounted, when it will Be sent TO eitbe,
q state or national museum II kppob-
able that this relic Of bygone ages will
be exhibited TO the Cripple Greek pub
lie previous 70 its consignment to its
ultimate resting place n one Of the edu.
cationA observation-disclosures Times.