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The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
The Garden of Friendship.

The countess of Warwick, one of whose predecessors was married to the famous Addison, has a most graceful fancy, which gives delight 10 herself and pleasure to her friends. It could so easily be initiated that it is worth de- scribing in detail. Her hobby is gar dening, and her beautiful garden is situ- ated at Easton Lodge. in Essex. The garden, which is now famous, is ap- preached through an old gateway. around which thick bushes of rhodo- dendrons are placed, and not far away. in an old, half-ruined building. is a large library containing nearly every known book on gardening and botany.
 Adjacent is a Garden of Scripture ], in which grow such flowers as are men, tioned in the Bible, where quotations from texts are placed; rock garden contains lovely Alpine flowers brought with earth from Switzerland; a rose garden has all the old-fashioned plants and all the latest productions of scien- tific rose culture side by side; lily gar cen has classified vareties of nearly every known lily from every land. in- cluding Japan, Mexico and Egypt. and the Garden of Friendship contains q large assortment of various kinds of flowers. the gift of friends.-American Queen.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
\ beautiful Adjustment.

Parke-I have a joint account 'n bunk with my wife now. oyer Lane-Good. You make an thing of it, eh? and sh, Yes. l put the money III a draws if ut."-Detroit Free ffesS
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
PreDOsIerOus.

He-This record says you were Do'- in 1860. II, She-That is correct. How o'N would you say am?
 "Oh. about 30.' .+,, You horrid thingl I'm not 20 ye'' --Yonkers Statesman.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-07-28
Sly nII pa

one-"ell' when you asked pa for ols consent, did you tell him that ly,I'. nb about your salary?
 es' ana he borrowed three pound. on the strength of it."--Tit- Bits
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, 59sc; dry sailed clear rib sides,
cured hams, l1411Ac.
Lard-Market steady; pure in tierces, sc;
50-pound tins, sac; compound, in tierces,
45sc; in 50-pound tins, 4Bc.
Butter-Market lower, fair demand; CO.
shen, l5Ql7c; gilt edge, 2O3AQ22c; creamery,
Gheese-MaNket firm; fancy full cream
cheese, l1@12Rc; 0-pound average, 1I1k@
13c; fancy Elgins, 215q26c.
No. 2, $50; No. 8, s.; 90; kits, No. /, 81 .S5;
No 3 81 90; No. 3, Soc. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks. SIC; 2-pound bricks, &c. Smoked
herring, per box, zoe; Dutch herring, in
kegs, 81. 80. New mullet, half-barrels, 81. So
Salt-Demand IS fair, and the market
s steady; carload lots I. o. B., LIVERPOOL,
burlap sacks, 32c; ditto, l20-pound cotton
sacks, S5c; smaller lots higher.
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
sugar house at 1SdS2c; Cuba straight
goods. 25d3Oc; sugar house molasses. 15GG
Tobacco-Merket quiet and steady;
smoking, domestics, 22a60c; chewing com
mon sound, 24a27c; fair, 2Sd35c; good, sc
Sugar-Equality Prices-Savannah Quo
powdered, Iesc; XXXX powdered, 9.SSc;;
mold A, 46sc; diamond A, 4.4Sc CONNECTION,
ers' A, 4.50c; white extra e, 4.05c; extra c,
S.99c; golden G. yellow, 3sSc; Tone firm.
"
z01kc; standard No. J. lie; No. 2, 16c; No
3, 1bc; No. 4, lic; No. 5, 13c; No. s, 12c; No
z, lie.
straights, S.25; fancy, IS. TO- family. $50 Iso'
Corn-Market Is steady; white corn, lob
lots, 42c; carload lots, 39c mixed corn.
job lots. 43c: carload, 40c; cracked corn
job lots. S5o sack.
Oats-Carload lots, Bic; Job lots 34c
Oats-Texas rust proof, job lots SIC.
Bran-Job lots, S5c; carload lots 75c
Hay-Market steady western, Job lots,
Soc; carload lots, Zoe.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, 800 per sack,
95c; city meal, per sack, SIC; pearl grits
per barrel, $50; per sack, Sl.OO; city grits.
Lemons~NIarkot quiet; new crop Mes
sna, per box, S2.75Gi3 90.
Oranges-Florida, 50. 75d4 90 per box; i'm
ported oranges, S.5092.75; Valencias.
1915.
Apples--Sl 10000 barrel
Dried Fruit-Apples evaporated, SikO
l0c; common, 7dfSc.
Raisins--L. L.. I.75; u box, I.lO; loose,
J0-pound boxes, 6iAc pound
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, $4,000, West Virginia. black, 96D12c;
lard, JSQt65c; neatsfoot, 60mS5c; machinery
20ff30c. lnseed, raw, 35c: boiled nc; lsero-
sene, Georgia test, l0c. water white. lie;
fire proof, Rec guardian. lie; deodorlzed
stove gasoline. l3c.
Lime. Calcined Plaster and Cement-Aia-
hama and Georgia lime In fair demand and
selling at SIC per barrel. bulk and carload
lots special. calcined plaster Si.60 per bar
rel: hair 4Hjc. Rosedale cement 81 .30n
40: carload lots. epecial Portland cc-
ment, rc,ail, $40, carload. lots $40.
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market firm; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston. per bale. 1926;
New York. per bale, $1.00; Philadelphia
per bale, S1.00; Baltimore, per bale S1.OO;
to Liverpool via New York. 40c; Bremen
via New York, 45c; Antwerp via New
York, soc; Harve, via New York, 53c; Am
sterdam, via New York, SIC; Genoa via
New York, SOC; Reval, via New York CSC;
Hamburg, via New York, soc. Direct
Barcelona, SOC; Genoa, acc; Hamburg. 42c;
Reval, 55c.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates Foreign business is more
or less nominal The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at 800
Q4JO Tor range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base A feet,
l6c. Timber rates, 50cQ$l00 higher than
lumber rates. To the West Indies and
windward nominal; to Rosario, S12.OO5D
l300;to Buenos Ayres and Montevdeo, $40 90
Q1l.OO; to Rio Janeiro $l4.00; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, $1130n1L50; TO
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, 4-pounds IS standard
By Steam-To New York, 800; to Phila-
dephia, 800; to Boston, $500 to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market Is
firm. Large-sized, Cork for orders, are
as follows: Rosin, rs Cd; for barrels of 40
pounds and per cent. primage; spirits,
IS Cd; Genoa, rosin, rs 3dn2s Cd; Adriatic
2s 6dM2s Sd; South Ameican, rosin, Csc per
barrel of $50 pounds. oastwise-Steam-
To Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, soc
on spirits; to New York, rosin, SIC per 100
pounds,
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Cabbage.Lisht supply; barrels. &c; bar

Cabbage-.LiSht supply; barrels. &c; bar
Nuts-Aimonds, Tarragona Ice; Ivicas
lie; walnuts. French, lie: Naples 12lhc
pecans. 10c: Brazils, &c; filberts, 1Oc; as
912@lOc cocoanuts, $3;75 per 100
Peanuts-Ample stock; fair demand;
market steady; fancy manipulated, Vir-
ginia per pound, ACC; hand-picked, per
pound, &c; small hand-Dicked, per pound
onions-Crates, S1.25; barrels. $3.50.
Potatoes-Irish, $50 barrel; sacks, $1.75.
Seed potatoes--Virginia second crop $32s /:
Houlton Eariy Rose, $2.75 barrel; New York
state Early Rose, S22S
Shot-Firm; drop to II, $lzO; B to larger,
Iro'n~Market, very steady; swede. 4b6
sc. refined. $40 base.
Advance national list of extras. adopted
Dec. /, 1896.
$2.25; quarter key, $l2g. Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, s2.25. Austin, Dupont
and Hazard, smokeless, half kegs, $8.45;
quarter kegs, $3.50; 3-pound canister, 81.
1-pound canister. 75c. Less 20 to 10 per
Lumber-Demand, both foreign and do
nestle, is firm. Ordinary sizes, S11 COO
300; difienlt sizes, .$13.OOQls00; flooring,
boards, $l5.00q22 90; ship stuff SIG. 5000 90;
Poultry Steady; fair demand spring
three-quarters grown, soc to CSC pair;
full-grown fowls. 50 per pair
dozen. 14c; Country, &c less less 7''''''O' Pei
Hides, Wool. Etc.-Hides-Ine market
firm; dry flint, 1Ol2G11c; dry salt, &c; green
sailed, SIC. Wool-Nominal; prime Geor~
gla, free of sand burrs and black wool,
1Sc; blacks, lie; bury, Sc. Wax, 25c Tai
low. &c. Deer skins. 15c.
Bagging and Ties-The market Is uuic- ;
jute bagging, 2A-pound, 6hc; 2-pound, &c;
1A-pound, sec; quotations are for Job
lots; small lots higher; sea island bagging,
1Aq8c; Standard Arrow ties, steel As
pounds, large lots, 75c; small lots, 90c.
Dry Goods-The market is steady; de-
mand brisk; prints, 4d5c; Georgia brown
shirtings, 44c; %, Aye: IA brown Sheet
ings, 512c; white osnaburgs, 7Q715c;
checks, 4Q5c; brown drillings. 5061ac.
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a DROP IN SPIRITS.
w.RKEr DECLINED Il CENT
! III FOR REGULARS.

Dor,nnd Good, But Sales Light.
Tahtng Doing in the Rosin Mar
rbe Quotations Unchanged
and the Tone ouiet-cotton Steady
,cbanged with Merely Nom
observation-disclosures Mar
49,. ouict and Steady-TeIeGraph-
IL Markets
.,,..rnah. FEB. 15-The markets in the
20. 5eDartments OF trade were dull
F's 3., snirits turpentine dropped to 26la
o. Win a fair demand but light safes.
GEN. - notlIing doing in rcsin, the mar
l II, Esine quiet and unchanged. The trans
Ao' in cotton were light. The quota
a'.,'-'- remained unchanged. and after
" oosn5ne quiet the market became steady
or' tLa rise in futures, but the demand did
OH ...raase. The wholesale markets were
no !'., and steady. The following resume OF
@ ,se inherent markets will show the tone
''e tho ouotations at the close to-day:
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crushed. SC; granulated, 47sc. Freights
TO Liverpool market quiet; cotton. steady;
GRAM grams nomiinallSy; cotton Zee per 100
-- Chicago. Feb. Is. noon.-Wheat May
$40; lard, May, 500; ribs, May, $12la
Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. l5.--'rhe trouble be-
tween Greece ana Turkey over the island
of Crete, was the chief topic of interest.
and the main bull factor in the wheat
market here to-day 1t caused jump of
lls@l92c at the start and kept the crowd
IN a nervous condition afterwards. Eng
fish consols having declined 1916 to |
shorts, who covered with considera BILE
freedom. The regular Mondays statis-
ties also encouraged the buying and hold
ing of wheat. After the opening which
was very strong, prices eased off almost
full cent, but rose ~ from the inside, los
ing part of the Improvement in the last
hour. May wheat opened from 1914 to 75c,
sold between 743sc and 757sc, closing at
75Ad75SsIl2c higher than Saturday Cash
wheat was firm and 1l5c higher.
The corn market exhibited an improve
ment which was due to the improvement
in wheat and to the Cretan war incident
A fairly good trade was noted a the open
ing' but quietness soon took possession of
the pit. May corn opened at 231sc, ad-
Vanced to 24c, closing at 23#dA-1ac high
er than Saturday. Cash corn was easy,
ana hc lower, closing steady to firm, with
Oats were slightly affected by the gene
raj Improvement i'm the other grains. The
trading was irregularly active with no ex-
traordinary feature. May oats closed &c
higher than Saturday. Cash oats were
weak and AMdac per bushel lower.
Provisions-A light run of hogs with an
attendant advance Of 5Gc10c in their price,
extended tirmness to product. The proVis-
ion market also felt the effect of the war
scare. Towards the close, prices advanced
on covering by shorts. May pork closed
25c higher; May lard 121ac higher; May
ribs, 10112lac higher.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening Highest. Lowest Closing.
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CaSh quotations were as tOll0Ws: tIour,
quiet and firm; No. spring wheat, 72Bm
741sc; No. 2 red S33smS51sc; No. corn,
2lMu22c; No. oats, 1874 Ml6c; mess pork,
M95qS0Q lard, $3Sjq3.GOi short rib sides,
$i.C9Gt4.20; dry salt shoulders, $.25Gl4.5O,
short clear sides, a.121&g4.25; whisky,
Cincinnati, o., Feb. 15-Flour, winter
patent, $4.65@4.S5; do fancy, $l2Oni.i0
Wheat steady; sample red, 79n8Sc. Corn,
active; No. 2 yellow 223i d23c No. white.
Z5AQ23#c; No. 2 mixed, 22Ac. oats active;
clear family and back, $780, clear butts,
$50 Lard, kettle, 4Ac; prime steam, 3.S5c.
Dry salted meats; shoulders. 4Ac; short
4$fc; boxed meats Ac additional Bacon.
loose shoulders, Age short ribs, 4Izc; clear
sides, 43sc clear bellies, 5Ac; boxed, hc
ST. Louis. Mo, Feb 15.-Flour steady; re-
ceipts $3.50; patents. A.45d465 fancy.
So. i0n360; choice, $31On3. %. Wheat higher;
ruary. 19Iac; May, 2lsm21Ac; July, 22An
227sc. Oats. higher; February 16l2c nom-
nal; May. 173sc; July, 1870. Pork, stand
ard mess. new, $3.50; old. $500. Lard, prime
steam, 3S2IRc; choice. 3.S1zc. Bacon. shout
ders 4Mc; extra short clear, 46l@c; clear
ribs, 5.05c; clear sides, 4%c. High wines
Baltimore Feb. Is, noon.-Flour dull but
steady; western superiine. 265q30O; fam
lily. &25Gt4.30 Wheat unsettled; spot $50
bid: May S2MmS2Hc; southern by sample,
S9a9Oc. Corn steady; spot, zls425hc}
southern white, PC.
Baltimore, Md. Feb. l5.-flour dun ana
steady; western superiine, $2:65n3.0O; do
extra. s.. 25@3.90; do family, &.25Gt440; win
ter wheat patents, SL75m5.00. Wheat un-
settled. spot. $50 bid; May, S2hNS2l2c;
southern by sample, S5090c; do on grade.
s3Iz6ISSI5c. Corn steady; SPOT and Feb
ruary, 25is025hc: March. 25% d26c; April,
26lz62j4c; May, 27iEM27Ac steamer mix
ed. 2}5sn23Ac; southern white corn. 29c;
do yellow, 26lz02c. oats steady; No. 2
white, 23d24c; No. 2 mixed, 2ln22c Rye
easier; No. g nearby. 4lc; No. 2 western.
4li,c. Hay firm; choice timothy, $1,000
400 Grains freights quiet; steamer to
Liverpool, per bushel, 3U3hd. March;
Cork for orders, per quarter, 3sW3s Sd,
February and March.
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GRAINS, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, Feb 15.-Flour, dull. easy;
winter wheat, low grades, S240n3.30: win
wheat patents. $6OQ5.6O; Minnesota clear,
A.50d5.95; patents, A1OGI4.S5; low extras,
S2.30a3.SO; southern -four, dull and easy;
$3Ha4OO. Wheat, SPOT, market more ac-
tive for export, weaker; f. o. b., 001sc;
ungraded red, 72Q92c options, opened
rallied 1aiHc, fell ls@%c. and closed
steady, with prices nc over Saturday
No. 2 red, February, S1iac; March, S29sc
April, Size May. S07sc; June, SOhc; July
7Shc; September. 759sc Corn, spots mod
erately active and firmer; No. 2 2s19c ele-
Vator, 29l2c a0oat; steamer mixed H$sc;
airy, 2Sisc; May, 29hc July, S0lsc. Oats,
spots, dull but steady; options, DUE and
hrm February, 2lAc; March, 2lhc; May,
23c; mixed western, 2l023c. Hay, steady;
shipping, SOC; good TO choice, 12l5nSOc.
Hides. firm; wet sailed Havana selected,
25 pounds, l20l3c Wool, firm: domestic
fleece, 16n23cj pulled, l8MSic. Beef, steady;
extra mess, S,00M8.00; beef hams, firm at
India mess. $l3.OOd14.OO. Cut meats, fairly
active firm; picitled bellies, 4i2c shout
ders, sc; hams, S4di9c. Lard, quiet and
firm; continent, 4.35c; South American,
1850; compound, 4nfhc. Pork, stronger,
with moderate demand; new mess, $500
300. Butter moderate demand and
steady; state dairy, l0Ml9c; state cream
cry, 13dDc; Elgins, 2ihc Cotton seed
oil, firm ana quiet; crude, 2o42eiAci yellow
prime. 23iAc. Rice Arm and in fair de-
mand; domestic fair to extra, S3sM6c Ja-
pan, 3An4hc. Moasses, steady, with
moderate demand; New orleans open ket-
tie. good 10 choice 23ltZ3c. Peanuts.
quiet; fancy hand-plcked. 3iad3Ac. Cof-
fec, quiet, 5ulO points down. May. s.05ff
9.l0c; september. .9.l5c: November s.l5c;
spot Rio. dun and easy. No q CSC SUI
gar. raw, quiet and firm: fair reclining,
2 elise, refined firm. with far demand;
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ances were as follows: Coin, Sl24.OO3. Si7:
$57, 5SS, $50

currency. S57, 5SS, $50
New York, Feb. 10 noon.-The specula-
i've market was quiet but steady. at the
following quotations.
1jrie ,..,.:....... I4!s Bait & Ohio $50 14ss
southwestern lose Can. Southern o.. Az
u3 pre- ....... l9l3aSt Paul ........ 74Ss
Lake Shore lib Rock Island 66
vs. ", q w. pref d6A Del. & Hudson. .107
20; ny com Manhattan 500. SS3t
90 pref ;..... 271s Mich. Central .. s.
An NJ sugar .ll0& N. Y. Central ). 93l6
new York Feb. 15.-The week opened
with considerable depression at the Stock
exchange. The result of the receipt of
lower quotations from London, and ad-
prevalled IN the Vienna bourse, in con-
sequence of the Turko-Grecian troubles
me foreigners had selling odds in this
pears had fine opportunity TO hammer
the market: This they did with vigor and
success, dislodging stocks held by timid
SPECTATORS. The circumstances consider
ca, however, the effect upon prices was
Dy no means startling. A few Of the
speGlalues which have limited market
az pest yielded somewhat sharply but
IN the general list the losses were a point
or less, and the furry was, soon over
among the important declines were Colo
rado Fuel and Iron. 21a per cent; Leather
preferred, IA Tennessee Coal and Iron
lt2, and American Spirits preferred IL. per
C Ct. mat there was free selling of the
IfdnSeIS, Louisville and Nashville and
lne lndustrlals for the short account was
plainly indicated during the afternoon
when, on adVices that the European now
Sis had decided TO intervene in the Turko-
Ireclan troubles, the market took a sud
usi turn for the better. Prices advanc-
ca Tar more rapidly than they had declined
during the day. and the shorts found much
dlfnculty in covering. Sugar moved up
Is Leather preferred, 2ls; Tobacco 2:
tennessee Coal, 23s; Illinois Steel 2 and
the balance of the list i to 49, per cent
Ihere were two notable exceptions name
~, Manhattan and Western Union which
We're pressed for sale throughout the daY
Manhattan declined from $3.50 to S6s. and
the old story about an issue of bonds
was revived. The sale of about 1000 shares
Of the stock by a broker who usually acts
tor one of the insiders attracted general
attention. The stocks subsequently, rallied
10 81, but closed 1t S7l4, net loss of III
per cent; The strength of Sugar in the
Closing dealings was attributed to state
ments that officials of the company treat
lghtly the investigation now in progress
ing themselves mainly with the talk Of
change in the sugar duties by congress,
The market closed firm. Net changes
show advances of Il tots per cent, Sugar
leading. Manhattan, however lost IL:
western Union y and Missouri Pacific y
per cent. Total sales were 1S9 lis shares
including 1880 Sugar, 16, 800 Leather pre-
ferred and 1880 ST Paul. 1880 Manhat-
tan. 1l,400 Burlington and Quincy. and
1000 Tennessee Coal
me bond market was lower during the
early session, but recovered in the after
noon and closed firm. Sales footed up ST.
New York Stock List, Stocks and Bonds
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higher in some instances, and Fail River
and Manchester private advices We're fav-
orable. In the afternoon session the trad
ing was less active, but the uhdertone
of the market was strong, and prices
of the day. The port receipts for the
week are estimated at $1,000 bales, against
III 600
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THE MORNING NEWS TUESDAY. FEBRUARY l6 1897.


% Miles j
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT, JAN. 90 1897
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DRY GOODS.

New York, I eb. 15.--The general tone of
the dry goods market is steadier A fair
amount Of trading is reported in all de-
partments. Prices, however are without
quotable change.
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--Boundless Affection. He: Sometimes
wonder " you really love me.
She As II / hadn't proved IT, Haven't
/ called you "Dumpsey darllng?'
"Well?"
And that Is name which, until I
met you, ! had held sacred to dear little
EldO.n Clnclnnatl ENQUIRER.
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RICE.

common .........'..'..'....'''.' nominal
Falr 2qo94
GOOD ......sf W412
Rough Coo to 81 per bushel.
The oasis., 1897-12-18
A FEW COMPLIMENTS.

THE OASIS has completed it's third year in that town and is proud of the fact that it is the first paper that ever succeeded in living three years in the border town, and the fact that it is the best paper ever published in the town. THE OASIS has been increased in size and is one of the neatest papers published in theterritory ,-Lordsburg Liberal.
 THE OASIS is now a twelve-page paper It is one of the very best weeklies published in Arizona. Bro. Allen T. Bird certainly knows his business; and judging from TIE OASIS the good people of that thrifty town fully appreciate Bro. Birds efforts in their behalf. Pick and Drill.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

refused simply means exclusion
 from statehood and all the rights
 and privileges which go herewith
 for an indefinite period. With that
 in operation whenever statehood is
 proposed the reply will always be;
 Arizona has local self govern
 ment; that was all she wanted; let
 her be contented with that. And
 it will be generations before she
 will be raised to the dignity of a
 state. The influences which now serve to keep her from statehood are not going to last any great
 length of time, and it will not be
 many years before the inestimable boon due her will be granted. But let the plan now proposed be adopt ed, and when the time comes in which present influences shall cease of operation, there will be on the part of the congress an indifference which will leave the territory in- definitely in an anomalous condi- ton as part of a great republic without any share in its admins tration, subject to its laws, con tributing to its support, participa- ting in its defense, fneeds be, but practically an emasculated province, a people looked down upon by all the rest of the country. So long as we reamain i'll a territorial condi- ton we are heirs to statehood and will continue 10 enjoy all the rights and dignities of heirship; but in accepting this alleged home rule proposition we will part with our exalted birthright for a miserable mess of pottage.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

IN THE expense account required by law in some states an Ohio can didate entered severalitems of twen- ty-fve and fifty cents paid to ovarious persons "just to get rid of them. |" That equals the woman who mar ried the man for the same reason the candidate paid the money.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

GOVERNOR JoNEs of Arkansas, requests the president of the state university to stop the playing Of football by the students at the in- stitution. He says that "the higher civilization which we profess is en- tirely inconsistent with the tolera- tion of such a game. /" In what constitutes "the higher civilization we professY Arkansas isconfessedlt ahead of all competition.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

THE papers in Graham and Gila counties are having a wordy war over the boleto system in vogue at Clifton and Morenci. It is not the very best system for paying labor, but where laborers have to be paid daily, as in some camps, it is the only convenient system.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

SHOULD the American congress kick up such a disturbance as the Austrian reichstrath seems enjoying all European newspapers would teem with articles upon the decad- ence of republican institutions.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

IN A spasm of virtue the joint committee on rules of the house aAd senate suspended the sale of wines and liquors in the capitol restaurants at Washington. Thirsty statesmen kicked so hard that the suspension lasted only twenty-four hours.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

IT IS observable that nearly all the notable addresses thus far at the Mothers national congress in Chicago have come from ladies before whos- names the title of "Miss" is prehxed. This may be accounted for, iacetiously remarks a St. Louis contemporary, on the theory that many of these excellent females desire to show marriageable men what they could do if they had a chance.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

LAST week the Vidette printed a "picter" of the town of Nogales which was fiecked with white spots, suggesting to a friend of THE OASIS that Black Jack had "shot up the town "just before the picter was tuk."
The oasis., 1897-12-18

THE popocratic press continue to howl about the sale of the Union Pacific to satisfy the government mortgage. Yet the government got back all its money. What more could be expected.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

THE democratic party resembles the ancient Hebrews in that its greatest prophets lose caste in their own homes. Observe the fate of Cleveland, Watterson, Whitney, ct. al.
The oasis., 1897-12-18

HAVING paid the debt due Attor- ney Parker the people of Nogales should now turn their attention to the debt due Theo. Gebler.