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Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1896-12-11
LUCK IN MINING.

I could have owned half of the
Enterprise mine at Rico for 5000
if u telegram from Denver had not
announced the decision of the doc
tors to use the knife on my baby
hoy for hernia. ]. lost more than
81, 100000, but 1 stopped the
knife and my boy is healthy and
,ugged.
These were the words of a
gentleman seated with group of
prospectors few evenings ago.
which led up to a number of stories
relating to similar incidents, says
the Durango Democrat.
I know a man more fortunate
than myself. however, who grasped
his opportunity, continued the
speaker. Dave Brown of Aspen
gave prospector $75 worth Of
lumber and one-fourth of the
Aspen mine. Brown was then a
stock clerk. He is now million
aire, banker and operator.
1t is not always management
that secures a fortune, ventursa
anosher of the group. 1t was
luck, pure and simple, that made
Dick Swickhrimer millionaire.
He knew nothing about mining,
but a miner tcld him to sink, and
he did sink. He ran out of money
several times but others, who We're
interested in learning what greater
depths he would EN- n,ounter on
Dolores mountain, loaned various
sums, and at last lucky lottery
ticket drew $4,000 and this money
reached the ore in the Enterprise
mine.
Yes, luck has a great deal to do
with it, said the third speaker.
Several people IN Durango had an
opportunity few years ago to get
into the Columbus mine In La
| Platte for few dollars when the
Dutchman who located it owned it.
| knew ons Durango man who had
a good charce to buy the p,ins fol-
less than $500, the price rec eived
who had spent twice as much in
trying to find something like the
Columbus.
Chances like these are often
overlo oked in Durango, said an
other of the group, There was I
| little fellow down there from Nc
Quietly a couple Of years ago show
ing some good looking ore from a
claim which he offered to trade
quarter of for rife and the kind
of gun ne wanted was selling
second hand in stoves for SIS or Sc,
out the little fellow couldn't get a
rife. 1 saw the property last fall
that he offered to trade and saw
some of the ore roasted in black
smith forge. Gold boiled out of ii
very freely and | doubs if all the
guns in San Juan county would
buy quarter interest in that
property now.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1896-12-11
A NEW RESERVOIR.

For several weeks the directors
of the st. Johns Irrigation Com
pany have cen quietly at work
getting matters in shape for the
commenneu ent Of work on the
propos d new r servoir. During
this time careful surveys we've
made by Engineer Stafford, who
prepared plans and drafted maps of
the work according to the land Of
fee requirements. For the pur-
rose of meeting the exprEse OF
constructing the dam and making
a canal to carry the water around
the mesa TO the south and west OF
town, the capital stock Of the irli-
CATION company has been increased
to 10000 shares at par value OF
$40 each.
The promoters of this enterprise
were further encouraged by dona-
tion made by the authorities OF the
Mormon church amounting to
5000. Tt is n,w believed that
the resources of the company are
ample enough to insure that work
IN be carried on this winter with
out halt or break of any kind.
The situation being so encouraging
the directors felt justified in put
ting a force of men at work last
Monday mornlne, under the charge
of Joseph 0. Stradling
At the point where the dam is
to be located the width OF the cano.
is l60 feet. L. is proposed to
build an emban kment Of earth
faced with rock work. The masonry
will be seventy feet thick, and will
be backed by earth for 100, feet
more, making the total thickness of
the dam ITO feet. The height of
the dam will be forty-four feet.
Two outlets are to be provided,
twenty-tour by twenty-four inches
each and are to be placed side by
side and constructed in limestone
cement. The capacity of the reser-
voir will he 49, 900 acre feet. Some
idea OF the body of water to be i'm
pounded may be conceived when it
is stated tnat while this reservoir
is located about mile below the
present large reservoir, that the
water will BE- twenty feet higher
than the top of the embankment of
the old reservoir.
The entire work, including the
dam and ditch, are to be finished
this winter, and enough water, in
Guiding the old reservoir near town,
will then be at the disposal of the
irrigation company sufficient for
watering 10000 acres of land at
st. Johns and vicinity.
This will be enough to support
more than double1our present popu-
lation. It is expected that next
spring we will certainly see an in
fux of new people, and this valley
will be permanently settled by a
good class of citizens.
sO<-A
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1896-12-11
NOTICE.

Ga and after july |, my fare vii
remain the same rs heretofore but
after have succeeded in "knocking
out" 4hc railroad they will NOT be ad
vanced. l.. w. COLLINS.
Phoenix, Tempe Il Mesa Stage
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1896-12-11
Santa Ps, PresGott&
AtthiBol, lopeka& Santa Fe
r AILR DDS
The Shortest
AND Quickest Line
SANTA FE, PRESCOTT Il PHOENIX R.R
TINE TABLE

(Mounta Time is Standard Tims)
Leave Phoenix, north bound. at 80 . m and
Z 30Am m
Arrive at Prescott, north bound, at 2 25 p N
and 80 m. and 2 Is p m an 23) am.
Arrive at Ash Fork, northbound. at 8 80 p m
and 90 m
Leave Ash Fork ,southbound,7 15 pm aid . m
Leave Prescott, south bound, 10 35 pm and
10 80 M, and 10 IS m and 10 As am
Arrive at Phoenix, south bound, at 2 90 9 m
and 6 p m
Dining station at Skull Valley. Connections
made at Jero ne Junction.
Connecting at Prescott with stage lines for
all principal mining camps, at Congress june
tion with Congress Gold Co r R for Congress
and stage lines for Herqua Hala Station and
Yarne.l. At Phoenix with M P r for all
points on the = System, also with RVK r
Close connections made at Ash Fork with
Santa Fe Route fast trains to all points east
and west Treins for California leave Ash
Fork at 80 and s45 p m, arriving Los
Angeles next afternoon at 20 and San Fran
cisco second morning At 10 As. Train for the
east leaves Ash Fork at 6 25 am
GEO. M.SARGENT. G.PA,
FkMURPHY, Prescott, A
Pres. 4 Genl Mgr, Prescott. RE WELLi.
Ew GILLETr, Asst Genl Mgr, Fhosnxi
Genl Agent, Phoenix, Arizona
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
CHEER HIS DECLINING DAYS.
Subscriptions Pouring in to Impoverished
Family of Prof. Crouch.

Family OF Prof. Crouch.
The published accounts of the alb
ject restitution prevailing at the home
in Baltimore of the venerable COM
poser of kathleen Mavourneen," as
he lies on his iron cot passing from this
world to the next, have aroused general
interest among the lovers of music
throughout the country. The other day
was one of the happiest that the Crouch
household has passed for many day,
for each visit of the postman has
brought from far and near not only
words of encouragement for the dying
bard, but more substantial tokens of ap-
probation. The days subscriptions
have amounted to $3.50, an amount of
money that seems fortune to the pow
erty-stricken composer. OF this, $1s5
comes from the music trade of Chicago.
Subscriptions were also received from
the actors fund and some New York
admirers. Mrs. Crouch proposes to use
some of the money to make their barren
home little more cheerful, but the
bulk of the money will be used to make
the declining days of Prof. Crouch Il
little less uncomfortable. It's proposed
to establish trust fund for subscrip-
tions.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
THElcoMETS.
Big Ones THAI; Have Come Close to On,
Sphere.

Sphere.
From all that is known of PERKINS,
comet, it does not seem, says the New
York Sun, to be one of the largest of its
kind. A very brilliant comet appeared
in 1869 with tail 100000 miles in
length, and passed within 100000
miles of the earth without hurting any
one.
The comet of 1911 was computed by
Herschel to be 100000 miles in
length and 100000 in breadth. tire
manned visible to the naked eye for sew
eral months.
Biela's comet, which many persons
feared would strike the earth, first APP
peared in 1926; it came back twice aft
erward, and then vanished.
Donati's comet, with a tail 5000, 900
miles long, was first seen in 1858, when
it was POS, 00O,OO0 miles from the earth.
1t nearly ran into Venus, but did not.
The great comet of 1861 travelled at
the rate of 100000 miles every "a
hours and many persons thought that
its tail came in contact with the earth
June 30 of that year, there being on that
day "a phosphorescent auroral glare"
Much of the knowledge of the compo-
sition of comets is due to the late Prof.
Henry Draper, who was very successful
in making photographs of several of
them,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
SUFFERING FROM THIRST.
Feelings Described by Wyoming Man
with an Experience.


No one can conceive the fortunes OF
a person who suffers from real thirst.
A Wyoming man who was lost on the
plains describes his sensations in a
vivid manner. 1t was before noon when
he began his journey over desert strip,
and before night his horse had fallen
dead and he had drained his canteen.
Then he laid down and tried to sleep,
but he soon awoke in the agonies OF
thirst. II couldn't cry out" he said,
because my tongue was numb and
useless from the pain. When morning
came just beheld the outlines of a
wagon in the distance. With super
human effort 1 gave shrek and then
l knew no more. When 1 regained
consciousness l was on q bunch of hay
near a fire, and two or three men were
looking at me. I learned later that
my scream had been heard by party
of prospectors, who were skirting the
desert in order to make a short cut
to the Montana cattle trail, and that
at first they thought it was some wild
animal, but one of the party insisted
on search, as he had heard man
make just such noise before he died
of thirst in the Mojaye desert. 1t was
weeks before I recovered completely,
and I haven't been more than a mile
away from water, and plenty of it,
since" -
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS.
Aston Library Has 100000 Worth OF
Them-Gem of the Collection.

Aston Library Has 100000 Worth of
Them-Gem of the Collection.
There are 100000 worth of ancient
manuscripts in the Astor library, but
the oldest of these, says the New York
World, is the Evangelisterium, which
is said to have been expressly executed
for Charles the Bald, the grandson of
Charlemagne. He was patron of the
fine arts, and was especially fond of
embellished manuscripts. This rare
and precious manuscript is written on
fine vellum and is an oblong quarto OF
400 pages. The first four pages have
splendid full-length miniatures of the
four evangelists, profusely illuminated
with liquid gold and emerald green
shaded with red and white on an EN-
purpled ground, the pictures covering
the entire page.
This superb manuscript was secured
some Is years ago by the late Mr.. As.
tor, from the famous London biblio-
phile, Bernard Quartrich, who cata-
logued it in 1880 at $1,000. There are
more costly manuscripts in the Aston
Observation-Disclosures, the Antiphonaire
of Charles X, for which am assured
the late ]. j. Aston paid $4,000. But
this old manuscript of Charles the
Bald has, as an antique, no rival.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
THE FISH HAWK.
One That Was Drowned with the Fish It
Was Trying to Catch.


Was Try,ag to Catch.
"The fish hawk" said fisherman, sal
most always carries fish with its head
i'm the same direction as its own. An
ordinary sized fish hawk will catch and
carry off four-pound shad without
any great difficulty, and nothing less
than a charge of shot will make him let
go. I've stood under a fish hawk flying
not more than IS or so yards high with a
fish in his claws and shouted at him un-
It'll the neighbors thought was trying
a new fog horn, and yet never disturbed
him a bit.
"But the fish hawk doesn't always
have it his own way. Sometimes he
lgets caught. I once saw a big hawk,
with four-foot spread of wings, that
was sailing along Monmouth beach.
Suddenly he made dive and fixed his
claws in hsh's back. The fish sounded
The fish hawks claws are sharp and
strong; they sink far and hold fast.
The fish was 36-pound striped bass, a
good deal bigger, in fact, than the hawk
had calculated on and fax more than he
could carry away. He could not free
his claws nor could the fish free itself.
so they struggled there in the water
until both were dead. They were cast
upon the beach, the fish hawks claws
still fast in the fish's back"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
Spending the Vacation.

The entire Smith family took fort
nights vacation during the summer.
It was an unusual thing for them an to
go away together, and they talked
about 1t, individually and collectively,
for weeks beforehand. They were 60
ing to do and they were not going to do
all sorts of things during the precious
vacation period. Big sister said that
she meant to ride the bicycle. Little
sister said that she meant to make mud
pies all day long, and big brother said
that he meant not SO much as to look at
a Latin grammar.
81 tell you what mean to do" cried
small brother, all on fire at the prospect
of SO much do-as-you-pleaseness, I'm
not going to say my prayers"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
AN ARDENT LOVER.
Gen. Grants Grandson, Young sartoris
Jealous of His Sweetheart.

Jealous of His Sweetheart.
Algernon Sartoris, the grandson Of
Gen. Grant, and the eldest child of Mel
lie Grant Sartoris, is being educated al
Oxford. lie came to America last sum
mer TO spend his vacation with his
mother. At Narragansett pier he was
much taken with q young society bud
nearly his own age. His mother would
not hear of marriage so early, and the
lad of 20 years went back to England
disconsolate, but hopeful. Not long
ago he received discouraging news. He
became jealous about the attentions
shown the girl by society men, and
young Sartoris did not wait for his
mothers consent to leave school, nor for
remittances. lie had money enough to
pay his passage to America, and he
came. In fact, it is reported that he
came in the Storage and concealed his
identity. He appeared on the scene
rather unexpectedly, and a week or
more of visiting soothed his troubled
spirit, and he went back to school
where he is now.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
A RATTlEsNAKE DEN.
accidental Discovery of the Subterrane
Home of Many REPTILES.

Home of Many Reptiles.
Rattesnake creek, a small stream that
Gzpties into the Wabash river from tho
nnesh few miles from Lockport, is
one OF the most beautiful and pictur-
esque streams in northern Indiana,
says the indianapolis News.
One of the descendants of q pioneer
settler in that region recently related
the story that gave the name to this
stream. Several miles up from the
mouth of the creek, near where the two
main branches which form the stream
meet, lived Mort Ellis, about so years
ago. The pioneers cabin stood on the
brow of long sloping hill at the foot
OF which was spring which supplied
the family with water.
In those early days rattlesnakes
were quite numerous and especially
20 in the Ellis neighborhood, and the
father cautioned his four little girls
TO be very careful in their play lest
they be bitten One Sabbath afternoon,
as the children were playing in the
yard, one of the little girls, now Mrs.
fAlice Wilson, of Kokomo, suddenly
broke through the ground and fell
into an aperture up to her arms. Her
cries soon brought out the family, and,
in drawing her from the cave, three
trattlesnakes were found hanging to
her clothing. Down in the small cave
could be seen many other poisonous
reptiles. Although it was the Sabbath
and Mr.. Ellis was a devout Quaker, yet
ihe deemed the occasion one of moment
and he sent for several of his neigh
lbors, and with them attacked the den
of snakes, and when they got through
with their work 521 dead rattlers were
piled up in the yard. An examination
disclosed the fact that the spring at
1.-THE foot the hill from which the family
used water was connected by passage
to the snakes den.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
HAS FAITH IN DR.. NANSEN.
Prof. Brogger, of Christianie, Expects Him
Back in the Fran Next Autumn.

frot. DrOgBer, OF Snristiania, EXPECTS Lin
Back in the Fran Next Autumn.
The st. Petersburg Geographical SO.
ciety held meeting the other day at
which Baron Toll, the arctic explorer
read letter which he had received on
March Is from Prof. Brogger, of Chris.
tiana, saying that he had no doubt that
DR.. Nansen had been successful and was
now returning from the north pole
When DIR. hansen left him at Tromsoe
Prof. Brogger wrote, he said he had cal.
culated upon returning in two or three
years. "The news in regard to Nansen
which had been telegraphed few week:
ago, could not have come from Nanser
personally" Prof. Brogger said, "but,
he continued, 81 expect him on board
the Fran, to arrive in Norway next au
tumn."
After reading the letter Baron Toll
added: "We also believe in hansen. i
he does not arrive in the autumn there
will still be time to send an expedition
to explore the new Siberia islands and
possibly Sannikoff land"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
VIOLENT AEAT IN ANTlPooEs.
Many Deaths from Apopiexy and SUM-
stroke In Melbourne.

Many Deaths from Apoplexy and Sum
stroke In Melbourne.
The most violent climatic disturb
ances still prevail in the antipodes. A
second heat wave sent the thermometer
upward, the mercury climbing to a
point never before reached. At Ade-
laide the temperature reached the high
est point yet recorded, while at Mel
bourne deaths from heat, apoplexy and
sunstroke have reached an alarming
number. Numerous serious fires also
took place, started by spontaneous
combustion, and at all the factories
double guards have been placed to pre-
vent combustion through heat general
ing in closely-stored goods. In the
country large ranges of bush have been
set on fire and surrounding settlements
are threatened. At Alexander, Water
loo and Wagga typhoid fever is raging,
the mortality being great. The cpl
demic is caused by impure water, owing
to the wells being dried. up. At Mel
bourne the typhoid epidemic has as
sumed alarming proportions, the fever
wards in the hospitals are full, and
large numbers are turned away. When
the steamer sailed the rivers were all
rising in Queensland. The damage to
the crops is terrible and great destitu-
ton will follow. At Adelaide a gale
lasting "a hours did much damage.
Great suffering prevails at Townsville,
Queensland, which was almost wiped
out of existence by hurricane.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
A CASE OF TELEPATHX.
The Old Lady Appeared In Vision at
the Time of Her Death.

the Time OF Her Death.
A gentleman took house in Ireland
for six months, and was accompanied
thither by his wife and daughters, says
the Realm. The house was furnished,
and had plenty of bedrooms. There
fore, it was decided not to use certain
large, long room, with cupboards along
one side (Which had all been locked and
sealed up with tape), in which things
had been put away. One evening one
of the daughters, going up to her room,
saw an old lady wrapped in shawl
walking along the passage in front of
her. The old lady appeared to know
her way and hurried on without hesi-
tation into the unused room. The girl
called her sister, and they followed
the dame into the room. But all was
silent; no one was there; the dustlying
about showed no signs of footprints.
Shortly after the same young lady
was reading on the hearthrug by fire
light. Looking up, she beheld the old
lady in the doorway watching her.
Greatly frightened, she sprung up and,
rushing downstairs, was found faint
ing at the drawing-room door. At last
the family returned to Dublin. One
day, when a friend was calling, the
curious incident which have narrated
was referred to. The young lady very
unwillingly told her experience. The
visitor seemed very much struck and
asked for an accurate description of the
old lady. For" said she, that house
belonged to two old ladies, sisters, and
when they left their house they went
to reside at Geneva. One of them, an
swering exactly to the description you
have given, died at the time you saw
her appear"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
| Reelaimlne welsh wastes.

Large tracts of sand wastes are now
being reclaimed along the Welsh coast.
Series of parallel fences are put up sea-
ward. closely interviewer with wires
and furze, and spaces between these
posts are filed with earth and road
scrapings. In these various trees, such
as sycamore, willow, pine and alder, are
planted, while the ridges are sown with
gorse and broom seed and planted with
briar
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
An Odd Request.

An eccentric old bachelor, who died
lately at Odessa, Russia, bequeathed
100000 rubles (about $2,ooo,oOo) to
his four nieces on condition that they
first go into service as chambermaids,
washerwomen or coalwomen for Is
months. The local police are charged
with the duty of seeing that the con-
.,ss-fof the will is strictly complied
VIII. So far the heiresses have re-
ceivkd s63 offers of marriage.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
japanese Noses.

In Japan the nose is the only feature
which attracts attention. The nose
determines the beauty or ugliness of
the face, according as it is big or small.
This is probably due to the fact that
differences in noses constitute about
the only distinction between one JAP
anese face and another. In Japan a
lady who has a huge proboscis is al.
ways great beauty and reigning
belle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
NO IRISHMEN SEEK DIVORCE.
Remarkable Absence of That Nationalit,
in Court Causes Comment.

Judge Pryor has just concluded a
months experienced the divorce branch
of the supreme court in New York. In
closing the divorce work for the month,
the judge remarked: 1T is singular
fact that CT more than As divorce cases
have tried this term, in not single in
stance was one of the parties concerned
Irish. would not have taken note of
this fact were it not that almost every
nationality except the Irish has been
represented on one side or the other in
these cases. There must be controlling
influence. This months record is a
greatcredit to the Irish"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19
"pTark Twaino In Good Healtb.

News has been received at Londol
that Mark Twain has completely recVE
cred his health and that he has sail\
from Bombay for Mauritius and Cap
Town. He has sold the copyright of
new work fer $4,000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19

do you take pains with your pic
lures, sir?" she asked the photog
rapher. ~
The picture taker fail Eo grasp he1
idea, for he answered: -
Madam, ifyou have tlpls You should
wait until you get ria 'aA thefo before
sitting for your p7cS +
stabbing the photc With & 4
daggers in her eyes sh -RH
bury Gazette.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19

In India at the time Of the BritishPc
cupation foliated rings were fash
fble. They were so large that Mes.
49, <be caoo-71 ffpoaY. kbav
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-19

Jockeys are not allowed to bet on tn,
,Ssult of races in which they are riding