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The oasis., 1896-11-28

LIEUTENANT PIPER saysss"there are too many statesmen In Company G' and not enoughisoldiers; and that It IS about time for.the soldiers to step out and,let- the. 'statesmen'.run the com pany."
The oasis., 1896-11-28

BEFORE 1900 the popocrats will ma MT. Bryan a decidedly pack number. He has already nauseatsd the country, andltheyideclare an'intention Of con tinually administering the Bryan dose.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

BY AID of the x rays the blind arc now made to see. With that new fangled contriyance it will become dangerous for statesman" to think anywhere but in the privacy Of his own closet-and he will have no great security there.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

How THEY do sQuirm--these gentle meu who have made a dirty fight on TIE ,OAsIs editor since'last spring now that they are getting openly that which they have secretly. given ,zhlm many months.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

CHARLTON county, Georgia, never knew there was an election on November 3rd, and no polling place was opened in the entire county. Xvi dently there is a corner of the country which the campaign of education" overlooked.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

CONCENTRATION is the order of the day. Nicaragua, Salvador and Hon. duras have perfected union under the title of the Greater Republic of Central America" h the near future the adjoining republics are expected to iOin.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

DURING the next four months many favorite sons will enjoy the felicity of seeing their names prominently men, tioned for various federal appoint ments,
The oasis., 1896-11-28

ATTEMPTED removal of both the territorial insane asylum and prison from their present locations to cooler climes are predicted, and the coming legislature will probably devote no little attention to both propositions.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

SILVER would be great deal better off if people would only quit talking about it. But the country seems doomed to be talked to death on the subject during the next four years.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

have aroused the demand that some thing be done which will make the party acceptable to men who have al- ways stood for republicanism and nothing else.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

IN MEXICO corporations for develop ment of great enterprises float gold bonds.r- See the "Across the Boroer cnlumnsf0r mention Of such loan recently effected.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

Now THE Bryanites are ringing the changes on the ancient dog and rabbit story in discussing the phenomen . defeat of their idol
The oasis., 1896-11-28

MANY democratic cUngressmen won "practical victories" inEthe recent electinna by being defeated by small maioriti ice
The oasis., 1896-11-28

ONE ,the most painful thoughts occuring';to TnE OASIS man Is of the avalanche of profanity he has started in Nogalcs.
The oasis., 1896-11-28

THEdebt burdened farmer Secretary Morton brands as a figment of di- seased political imagination.
The oasis., 1896-11-28
OFFICIAL PAPER OF xooALRs, ARIZONA.
Saturday, Nov. 2S, 1896.

On. LoRDy. Lordy.1s How Willie EKey do act
The oasis., 1896-11-28

DHALF the newspaper editors in the land have suddenly turned cabinet makers.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

In an account OF a ride on a railway
locomotive. a writer Ia the Arena
describes the man who held the throi-
tie u there were more OF his kind
there would be even fewer railway ac-
cldents than there are. lie said.
some weeks ago % was my privilege
10 ride from New York TO ALBANY on
the engine OF the Empire State Express
The engineer was a little bronzed.
weather beaten man Of near nifty. (
showed my permit. and without woIl
be motloned me 10 the hroman's seat
IN the cab. he ran around his engine
with oil can IN hand then climbed o
his place and waited Tor The conductor a
signal 10 start was watching. too, AMI
back in the crowd ! saw a hand swung
alolt. and the engineer turned AMI
made a quick motion seized the levtf,
aud We were on
For exactly three hours the tell.
graph poles sped past and We rolled and
Numbered onward through towns. VII
lages. cities. over switches. crossing p
bridges. culyerts. and through tunne y
ana yladucts at that terrific rate OF a
mile a minute. The little man at TIA
throttle looked straight out ahead o.
the two lines OF gllstening steel; on
hand on the throttle. the other read,
to grasp the air brake. was nc
afraid. for saw he was not. Tie spok
not word. nor looked at me nor az 'hi
fireman who worked like a Titan. b.
saw that his lips kept moving as a.
forced the dying monster forward,
At last We reached Albany. What
relief u was, My nerves were un
strung. | had enough for lifetime
The little engineer had left the cab an
was tenderly feeling the bearing. ,
turned to the fireman:
"Rnl. why does he keep movini hi
llps when there at the leverg'
'who-th' old man? Why con
you know9 he allus prayt on iast
run. Twenty years he's run on this
road with never an accidenl-the plick-
lest man that ever kicked a guage soc,
he is.'
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29


Henry Norman. assistant editor Of
the London Chronicle. who came to
America 10 tell the truth about the
Monroe doctrine. has made a good I'M.
preston by bis personality and By his
work. He has been paid the high com.
pllment Of having the dispatches which
which be cahled from Washington tc
London Immediately oabled back 70
New York for publication IN the news.
papers OF the Associated Press. When
he reached Washington he went quietly
TO a hotel and began his work. Though
be had beea In Warrington several
days. his dispatches cahlod back from
London and published In Washington
first revealed bis presence. though they
ana not reveal his name. lie speaks
six languages and some one has said
that he knows all countries. has shot
tigers "a the Malay Peninsula. slipped
coffee with Ferdinand Of Bulgaria. has
been the cause Of diplomatic communi.
cations among European governments
knows how 20 make cocktail. has
written four famous books, is a sports
man 10 his finger tips. scents a piece o.
news a mile on, Is a Partisan boulevar
der one month and a desperately hon
est critic OF Japan the next and Is
philosopher. courtler. diplomat an,
journalistic corkscfew By turns
Though Mr. Norman Is an Englishman
he spent his boyhood Ia Paris and wa
educated az Harvard. When he va
asked TO come to America and tell "a
truth about the Monroe doctrine he hal
Just returned from Constaniinopls
where he had been telling some thing
about the sultan aud the Armenia
atrocities Mr.. Norman's greatest fea
was sending telegram from CONSTANT
nople to his paper announcing that N
sultan had accepted the scheme Of Ar
menian reform imposed on him by ID
powers. In getting this big piece O
news he beat many OF the creates
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

Another incident Illustrating the TIE.
mendous results that may follow few
words uttered In moment o. tine !.
related by the Classmate:
lie had done several little errandi toy
the gentleman IN the Pullman car, ans
a. the man got on he slipped a dollar
into his hand
Il like your looks Jimmy" he sale,
kindly. Now. remember that you ,aa
make yourself whatever you wish. !
don't mean by that that you iaay be.
Gene a Vanderbilt u you desire, OF the
prcslden, Of the United Statei; hut
do mean that YOU can be something
better yet-a Christian man. Don't Tor.
get that"
Il was ten years later before the two
me, again. Then Jimmy had just beer
made conductor on an important read.
and In one OF the passengers h, recog.
r.zed his old-time friend. The gentle.
mas had changed but little IN the ten
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

The National Temperance Advossta
tells OF a publican and his wife who a
tended q religious meeting. when o.,
preachers text was. what shall 2
profit a man u be- gain the whole world
aud lose his soul?' and we're convlnc,
Of sin and their need Of a Savior. TIC
wife made no secret Of her desire "a
be az peace with God. but the man triel
to hide his strlvings OF conscience. ~
night In bed he tossed res,lossly about
and sighed and roaned. but his VII,
knew what was The matter. Il was The
public house jim said she aftei q
while. how much do you reckon sou
msio a year by the housc2" I'll q,
hundred pounds" he replied "H,v
Ions Is Il TO rum" Twenty yearo o.
50. Then that means i6.00o %
How much do YOU reckon your soul 0.
worth. JIM Is q worth f6,O0)2" Pin
was quiet for a few minutes. then h,
sale. u shall pa, mp the shutters to
morrow" and went 10 sleep. and u,
mex, day took measures to abandon hh
trp 10 as publican.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29


Mr. A. J Showalter makes strong
plea In The Music Teacher" TO- the
slnglng-school az means Of Bringing
the young men into closer relations 10
the church. lie says.
The singing IN our churches. Sunday
schools. and the weekly meetings esle-
cially the weekly meetings. b. In a cc-
plorable state. Go TO the prayer mees
Ing Of the average city church and you
will realize the truth OF our statement
The young men u they are there arc
occupying seats IN the back par, OF the
room. They listen 10 what is said. take
little or no part In the singing. and then
go home, How cold How formal, How
spiritually dead. and ye. bearing ihs
outward appearance Of life
A singing school sustained by tho
church aud under the instruction Of +,
competent teacher ia powerful instru.
mentality 10 change 40 this and pa.
nvW lie in whole congregation.
Above an other agencies IL is the best
10 start the Young people along the
avenue OF spiritual activity let .
singing school be- organized and sus
tained by the church herself Ia every
city. town. aud hamlet church: let NOR,
than the usual attention be- given %
the young men and soon there vii.
arise from the courts Of Zion an an.
them Of praise that win be- sure token
OF new spiritual era.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29
r,a.r.u,Ai and the n.nI..

The other day, when Padcrcwsh was
dining at a hotel fne nickel plated
banjo was sent In by a banjo player,
with the request that the great piano
player should write short musical
sentiment on the sheepskln head. Pade-
rewski complied with the request. ana
this Is the sentiment to which he at,
tached his signature: II have not thA
pleasure Of being a performer on tais
beautiful instrument; am only a piauo
player" Now the banjo player Is asking
hts friends u the ylrtuoso was gony.
ing HIM
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

A king 10 us he seemed. astride
OF old Black Bet that he used 10 ride
His pockets an stuffed with ginger
cake
That dear old grandmother used 10
make.
A king indeed. with loves rich crown.
Was father. returning home from town.
The locust trees In the old front yard.
Like sentlnels there. were standing
guard.
Their bouEhs above M softly spread
To shade each little ones curly head.
As we stood there as the sun went dogn
Waiting for father 10 come from town.
We knew he would bring us ginger
bread.
For grandmother 10 us Of had said
"i'll fx you little ones sweet a cake
And put Il on the stove 10 bake.
And place on II a sugar crown.
Whenever your father comes 10 town"
So out In the yard We used 10 walt.
Playing around the little gate.
Out In the shade OF the locust trees
Where sung the birds and hummed the
bees
Watching with eyes Of blue and brown,
Watching for father TO come from
town.
How softly ala FAN the evening shade,
How sweetly the twilight did come and
fade
but We we're not watching the soft blue
skies
Adown the lane we kept our eyes,
And watched through the twilight
gathering down
Watching Tor father to come from town
Across the past turn and gaze
Across the past through the gathering
haze.
Through years OF sorrow and years Of
strife
That hang like clouds around my life.
But through the shadows I 30 to crown
Those days when father came home
from town.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

departed she. the GOODIES oi purity and
innocence. siill found a refuge In the
hearts OF some young maiGcns Bu,
after while even she was forced to
leave
And then, with no hand 10 stay lts
deadly leap TO destruction. the world
swept on. and blackness was too light
q word to describe H. state
Jupiter looked dow.i from his throne
on high az the piilml state Of the earth.
but only anger found place In his heart
at the people who dared to destroy
their beautiful garden aud make il a
prison house. dark and drcaT. And In
his anger he called an assembly OF the
gods
Then came one and all-a,ong the
Milky Way, which was the royal road
to the Palace OF Heaven. The abodes
sot the great rose on each side OF this
sllyory pathway, the gods OF lesser
might dwelling remote from the central
sphere.
when all had assembled a hush fell
upon the company Jupiter sat upon
his throne arrayed IN all his dazzling
splendor. Ills right hand grasped the
thunderbolt. which. at his will. he
hurled through the air at w-ong-doers
Juno sat upon bis right aud shared the
throne with him Mercury, from whose
face even luplter's dark trown could
not dlspel the bright. bewitchlng smile.
lowered over the lord Of the counsel,
awaiting his every command. The other
gods and goddesses stood or sat around
the hall, and from all faces an anxious
suspense was reflected.
Could the world In IT'S wickeeness
have known OF the sorrow and anguish
Il caused the high poteniates Of heaven,
would Il have been better and re-
trained from evil doingg Who can tell9
After long silence Jupiter addressed
the assembled host. lie told OF all the
glory that had been upon the earth,
Of al the wrong-dolng and made known
bis determination 10 destroy 80 IN
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29
10. pr,rer Va. An,uer.a.


Ell Perkins tells the following anec-
dote which was related TO him by Blsh-
OF Vincent.
The sweetest death ] ever saw" said
DIR Vincent. was that Of a little boy
How was ~" asked.
We'll. part OF the wall Of a burnt
house. said the doctor. had fallen on
a little seven-year-old boy and terribly
mangled him. Living in the neighhor-
hood ! was called 70 see the stricken
household. The little sufferer was In
Intense agony. Most OF his ribs we're
broken, his breastbone crushed. and one
Of his limbs fractured In two places.
His breathing was short and difficult.
lie was evidently dying. ] spoke few
words 10 him Of Christ. the eyer-preseni
and precious friend Of children. and
then. with his mother aud older sister,
knelt before his bed. Short and simple
was our prayer Holding the child's
hand In mine, ! repeated the childrens
gospel, Suffer little children 70 come
unto me and forbid them not, for Of
such Is the kingdom Of heaven. ne
ditengaged his hand from mine and
folded his We rose from our knees
His mind began 10 wander. He called
his mother I'm sleepy, mamma. and
want 10 say my prayers.
DO 30. my darling. replied the sob
bling mother
Now ! lay me-down-to sleep.
pray thee. Lord. my soul-to keep
III should-d-l-e-
And then h. was beyond the river
OF death
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

lie Vicumtc Hensart de IA VILE
maraue, who died the other day az the
age OF so. had done more probably than
anyone IN this generation to popular.
lac the knowledge OF Breton FOLKLORE
folk-poetry and iolk-musio In France.
His "BarzaE Briez." a collection Of the
popular songs OF Brittany, with the or
iglnal melodies and critical excursus
and notes. Is a standard work. lie was
the first to provide translation Of th'
preton bards OF the earliest cpochs,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

government and hero OF the hour IN
that colony Of England. Creenway g.
something OF a dlotaior-in fact. very
much OF diclator-and n natural
loader ne saw the Importance Of
striking boldly out for the majority OF
Manitobans IN the fight against relig-
ious schools in The province and paved
the way for revolution by thruutlng
aside with contempt the order Of the
imperial privy council Of London,
which was short command 10 him to
restore the parochial schools He Is a
man or strong character and implacable
determination. he was born In Corn
Eail. England. on March 20. 1888. and
was educated On Canada. lie twice
married In the latter country and wen,
10 Manitoba IN 1868. lie was returned
20 the dominion house OF commons Ia
1874, and was unseated Ia the following
year. lie aided materially In settling
and developing southern Manitoba. and
was elected By acclamation 10 the legls-
laiure Ia 1879. He was reelected IN
1883. lsse and 1855. and again In 1892
He formed a government on the roslg-
nation OF the Harrison administration
in 1855 and took The Offices OF president
OF the council and minister Of agrlcul-
iure and immigration. On July %.
1892. he was returned TO power. he Is
a man % tremendous force Of character
boundless energy and progressive Ideas
lie has chiefly Interested himself in
agriculture and immigration matters
a thorough farmer himself. he under
stands the needs OF that class and has
caused the organization OF agricultural
societies and exhibitions. and OF popu-
laiing the country with a substantial
kind Of settlers. His attitude on the
school question has been consistently
aggressive. and Il Is believed he will De-
vlndlcated by the majority despite tho
constitutional right lodged In the pow
orful minority and Endorsed by The
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

years Just passed. but II wa hard 10
persuade him that the hne-looklng
young conductor was the ragged train
boy Of whom he stlll retained q faint
remembrance.
But ! certainly an he" Jimmy as
serted energetlcally. "and I've always
wanted TO tell you how much your
words and your kindness did for me.
I'd been getting into low company and
growing sort o. Wild and reckless. but
your words just haunted me, and got
70 wondering n that kind Of thing paid
] concluded that I'D rather grow up
Christian man. as you said. than
drunken loafer. 70 just stopped short
and commenced over In dead earnest
And all that was the result Of few
sentences. forgotten as soon as uttered
said the gentleman. thoughtfully IT
Just shows what a mighty power for
veal or woe our csanoe words may be.
end how We ought to guard them"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

Tender hearted Bosiouians became 20
excited over viyigoctiou a short time
ago that the professors in the Harvard
Medical School issued a statement OF
what sort OF vlyisccllon was prac,lcad
under their supervision. what iis use
was. aad how q affected tha d. -.
creatures most intimately ,o,> -
The repor, was no, satisilo& asw-
ever.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

! boy eight or nine years old stool a,
the corner OF Brush and Elizal lth
streets the other day with head up anc
arms folded He had three hens fo7th-
ors stuck In his cap. re had a Row
slunS to his back, and IN a culver made
OF buffalo hide ne had three or four ar,
rows In his belt was the family bi Fad
knife. aud in his right hand was a sal
club A. he thus stood. casting hl'
eagle eye about him. O telegraph boy
came along and stopped and looked hlr
over. The Inspection lasted a flll min,
ute and then he asked
Playing lniun?'
Yes"
Got a namo2'
"Rod Cloud"
"Humph No 90"
whats the matters"
You have been eating bread and bu,
tor with sugar on q and forgol to ,slp
on your mouth, Better stay IN the hact
yard and scare the baby You're no biz
lniun,'
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

MhlWlh huu llkhl
vi'ifying the yielding earth which
brought fresh blossom and fruit In
plenty A carpet OF grass continually
renewed Itself and trees we're ever
fresh and green.
II was one long holiday TO the people
Who lived In the Innocence and purity
OF childhood There was no need for
work, for the earth. their kind mother.
gave al that was necessary Tor their
selfare, without need Of their labor.
II was the Golden Age Of the world.
and laughter and music we're MS com
mon then as trouble and misery are
common now
why did this age ever end. you won
derG Il came from the desire TO rule.
Jupiter assembled the throne Of heaven
and earth a code OF laws and morals
vas Instituted and as heretofore the
people had done right from the intul-
lions OF their souls. they we're suddenly
and rudely awakened to the possibility
OF evil.
With this mental conception came as
result a material change The Golden
age was succeeded by the Silver Age
The people did no, suddenly become
eVil' bat there was a gradual dropping
away from the old chiIdllke faith. The
world grew older and the people. who
thus lar bad been aleays young began
10 grow old. too The perpetual spring
gave way 10 the four seasons. aud heat
and cold IN their intensity. drove the
people 10 seek shelter 10 caves
Then the earth did not Yield 20
abundanily aud man was driven 10 SOW
the seed. and for the frrt time the oxen
we're placed under The yoke 20 drive the
furrowE
so age succeeded age the Brazon the
producer Of a varlike race was fol-
lowed By the Ago OF Steel. with the
men hard as thar metal Itself
Then the crime burst upon the world
IKE an ail-dctourlug TIRE sweeping
before Il and annihilatinF truth. honor.
Justice and mercy Fraud and cunning
and violence and greed came into the
hearts OF men. and fathers could not
trust their sons. nor husbands their
wives Not satisfied with what the sur
face Of the earth yielded. the men must
needs alg into the bowels aud cruel iron
and misunderstanding gold had their
birth
Wars then broke out. and the two
metals were used ls woapon1 and the
father was not safe from his son 90 bis
giecd Tor the Inheritance Family love
lay PROSTATE ln the mlre. and 30 sad
and hearircuiing was aii this TO the
newly elected gods that .n fear % con.
tamination they LEFT the earth and as.
conded into heaven. AZ save Asiracl
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

self played In the cast as Creon. The
Real Japan remains. perhaps, his
greatest permanent literary work,
though his Peoples and Politics Of the
Far East" is an authority on the pres.
ent conditions In Asia Mr. Normnn
has visited nearly every country on the
globe and an but six states In America.
and ySi he Is under 40 years Of age.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29

The growth Of tho church Is not keep.
ing pace with the growth Of the cities.
In 50 OF our cities statistics Of six large
denominations show a falling on Of
about 81 per cent.-Rey. w. A. Stan
ton. Baptist, Pittsburg.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29
MISS RosE HOOPER.
A san Francisco eiri Famoas -
Cont far IIer arsai neaatr.

Coast for Her 0reaf Beatty.
one Of California's sweetest lowers
Miss Rose Hooper. the only and Lowell,
daughief OF Major and Mrs Hooper. d
san Francisco. The metropolis Of ihs
west Is noted for its beautiful women
and justly So Other cities lay claim
70 a more than proporti0naie number
OF pretty women. young. middle aged
and old New Orleans. Baltimore. 50.
Louis Chicago and Philadelphia are
forward In this respect. aud are gen
orally admitted as showing much iemi-
nine beauty In the crowded thorough
iarea but no city on earth can con-
pare with tho brilliant town on the BAY
for the almost universal char-l OF o.
women. Aliss Hooper is a lobutanig
that has drawn widespread s.tontion in
San Francisco society. That she Will
be an ornament 10 that bright and gay
life there ls no doubt Even a. a child
she thoroughly oomprehended the dut
les Of an entertsiner and her birthday
parties were models Of youthful ele
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-29
THOMAS GREENWAY.
THE LEADER OF THE MANITOBA
LIBERALS.
tie Has Drned the Imperial Authority
and MAY soon Lead the NanIiobans
to Republican Form Of Govern
ment.

r Manitoba rebels
against British rule
and sets up an in-
dependent govern
ment OF ils own
which ia By no
means unlikely the
man who will lead
the reyolutlonlsts
win be Thomas
Greenway premier
Of the provincial