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The oasis., 1897-06-26
SHOULD BE REAPPoISrED.

It. is reported that Adjutant Gen. eral Ed Schwartz will be an applicant ro be reappOinted by Governor Me Cord. TIE OASIS sincerely hopes Governor NcCord will make the re- appointment. General Schwartz is q soldier with splendid war record. At twenty-two years of age he was the commander of ilghiing regiment on whose banners arc emblazoned the names of two score bloody battles, in which Ed successfully and brilliantly led 1t. As general of Ari- zona he has infused life and soldierly ambition into the National Guard of the territory. and has made 1t what 1t was never before-a really effective force. The gallant officer should be continued in the position so he may cory on the gcnd work,
The oasis., 1897-06-26
Gilbert NJ. Weeks. $

Star: Gilbert M. Weeks, super. intendent of the El Plomo mines in northern Sonora Is here making the acquaintance of our business men. and comforting with them on the i'm. portant question of the establishing of custom house at Sasabe, thereby dlvertIng the business of that district to Tucson. There now appears but little doubt as to the carrying out of this enterprise, and 1t is reasonably certain that the large business of that district will commence being done through this city within three or four weeks
The oasis., 1897-06-26
IS fiE CArCHING ON?

Governor Franklin is busily engaged in going over applications by Yuma conyicts for pardons. He has arrived 80 far at two conclusions. One Is that there are nerhails some men in the penitentiary who ought not to be there, sbut their number is over wheImed by the number of meu on the outside who ought to be there IT Arizona Republican,.
 Can it be possible that the tin horn governor is catching on to the gait of some of bis political associates:
The oasis., 1897-06-26

WHAT in the name of Mars has the Arizona Gazette against the Arizona militia, that it should be all the time ribblng it? Considering the encour- agement they receive the Arizona militia make very good showing, and if ever they are called into active service the rank and file will quickly come to the front rank in efficiency and all soldierly qualities.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

HERE is an extract from an Iowa girls commencement oration; "I am human being, placed in the midst of a great world. Far and wide 1t ex- tends everywhere. Majestic in it vast ness, bewilderIng in it eyer-changing forms, it oyerwhelms by its immensity. Over it bend the eternal heavens, and far away in the infinite realms Of space gleam the lights ofother worlds. And |; what am I? A drop in the sea of life. An atom in the universe of na- ture." Odds against originality of the production.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

TIE OASIS is pleased to note that the school board of Nogales district will retain the services of Mir. T. F. GrIndell, principal, and his capable assistants, Misses Theo Sprecher and Ada NJ. Ekey. In the school year re- gently closed MT. Grindell has brought the Nogales schools toa nigh standard of efficiency, and his work has given great satisfaction to both parents and pupils.
The oasis., 1897-06-26
WHAT DIFFERENCES

Those Arizona democrats who arc trying to do m McCord ought to he ashamed of themselves. The re- publicans have won and are entitled 10 the offices. Let go boys and give the proper people chance. Vidette.
 Why should the democrats who are endeavoring to continue their hold on the public feat by working to prevent appointment or confirmation of a re- republican governor feel any more shame for their effort than do the custom house crowd at Nogales who are holding on by virtue of Grover Clevcland's fraudulent extension of the civil service to cover them
The oasis., 1897-06-26

TUESDAY of the present. week the committee on territories reported to the senate a unanimous recommenda- tion to confirm the nomination of Governor McCord. Slowly but lneyit- ably are the political flidavit-makers being drawn into "the last ditch"
The oasis., 1897-06-26

Los Angles Times: The San Anto- nlo Express moves that the matter be compromised by making Liliuokalani postmistress of Honolulu. From all accounts Lil has had sufficient experience in handling the mails to make her an expert, whether you tBsg le Esst way VI s1lus vt!ael way,
The oasis., 1897-06-26

IE Los ANGELES, Friday of last week, the wife of Hon. Burt Dunlap of Graham county, gave birth to a fine boy; and now Burt is aware that life hac some experiences that are better than being governor of Ari- zona.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

BY REPEATING freight charges the Arizona Gazette can have that meteor described in it's telegraphic columns recently as having fallen within twelve miles of Nogales. TIE OASIS will have the meteor dug up and for warded
The oasis., 1897-06-26
WaAr a blisterino iucuh,

WHAT a blistering incubus gen. eral election is to Arizona anyway. The struggle which commenced in April last year over sending delegates to the St. Louis convention is not yet ended. With statehood it would have all been endcd .g tue 9rst Aon- day iD ysuusSy.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

ARIZONA affidavit makers must have felt small when they learned that the senate committee on territories had unanimously reported fayorably upon McCord's nomination.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

IN the usual enumeration of Salt River valley products political affl- dayits are always omitted. Large rTops are grown there, DUtn with aud without Irrigation.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

MODERN science can propel car riages without horses, can transmit telegrams without wires, and per forms numerous other miracles; but 1t has not yet enabled man to exist without eating.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

THERE are couple oi tin horn" judges on the Arizona supreme bench who should speedily follow the "tin hornr governor into a deserved ob- scurity.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

HAD Gen. Miles always been so easily diverted from his purpose as he was at the jubilee parade in London, he would not now be in chief command of the United States army.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

At the 'serenata" in the plaza on the Sonora side, Sunday evening, two of the musicians became engaged in an altercation. One of them, Luis Leon, was badly bruised by a horn with which his adversary clubbed him. The offending party immediate ly sought safety from 'arrcst ou tue AEispaa ssde U9 tae E1e .J
The oasis., 1897-06-26

TIE Pick and Drill presents the following truth: "A 'nickel-squeezer" is an individual who thinks more of his bank account than his offspring. ' There are just such people right here in NugaIes.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

THE Yuma Sun dubs him q "misfit governor TIE OASIS prefers its own appelation of "tin horn" It fits him better. It is readily admitted that he is a misdt; but the other epithet is more accurate in descrip- tiOn.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

THE Holorook Argus has issued a special illustrated edition descriptive of Navajo county, which Is elegantly conceived and finely executed. It will be of vast service to the young county.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

CABLE accounts of the queens iu- hilee indicate that General Miles and his new uniform were lost in the schuffle.
The oasis., 1897-06-26
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MORALES. ARIZONA.
Saturday, June ao, 1897.

TIE Glla county grand jury has censured the ''tin horn" governor for granting so many pardons.
The oasis., 1897-06-26
New Lead Smelter For Sale.

One sixty~ton stack lead smelter built bJ Colorado Iron Works, complete with all the latest Improvements. with hont blower, oJ sufficient capacity for two stocks, whole outfit entirely new never been in ueeh in sonora, all duties paid, VIII be sold vsrJ 4AoIs ReETaC. a10tg tu pzsE JasRaGaz2
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
THE PROTECTED AERIAL TROLLEY OVER LLowsro FALLS.

through. Their promoters have unlim-
tied capital at their command, and n
of the great street car syndicates has
been mentioned as interested In the
granting of the Yellowstone franchises.
One company seeking a franchise at
Washington proposes to operate an In
cline railway similar to the great In
cline OF Mount Lowe. in California. on
one side of the grand canyon, near the
lower falls. The steam elevator might
be working on one side Of the chasm,
while from cliff to cliff. across the aw-
full gorge, the more venturesome tour
lists looking for new and thrilling sem
sations would be carried by an aerial
railway 1t Is proposed to build, after
the plan Of the great villa Riforma
span of the Bedar- Garrucha aerial rope
way In the province OF Almeria, south
ern Spain. The promoters Of these
schemes believe that the thousands of
tourists who annually visit the grand
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02

ling liquid which flows over hundreds
Of tons Of quartz, trickles through the
mines and seeks It's level. laden with
gold. Is charged with n deadly poison.
cyanide of potassium, a drug which
ferrets out the minutest parts OF the
yellow metal, disolves them and brings
the precious burden to the watts for
conversion into refined gold again.
The cyanide process Is as noiseless
and unerring as the laws Of gravita-
ton, doing It's work as quietly as tine
majestic dance of the hours" unhin-
dered by darkness or weather. by dis
asters of field or flood.
The state mining bureau OF Califor-
MIA was one of the first In the United
States to investigate the merits OF the
cyanide process, and since the earliest
investigation the method has found ex-
tensive application. 1t Is so interesting
that its results are nothing less than
marvellous. This method of extract
ing both gold and silver from ores Is
based on the fact that even n very weak
solution of cyanide Of potassium dis
solves gold and silver, forming re-
spectively "auro-potassic cya.lide' and
"argento-potassic cyanide In the Ian
suage Of chemists.
This interesting process consists oil
treating the ores with a weak solution
of potassium cyanide, usually by allow
ing the solution to percolatc through
the ore, or by agitating n mixture oil
the ore and solution. When this part
Of the operation is complete. the solu-
ton is separated from the solid mate
rial and the gold and silver are precip-
itated In a metallic form. The process
Is modern in its application, though II
has long been known that cyanide o
potassium would eat gold.' During
the last Ave years, however. the pro-
cess has been introduced into almost
every gold field In California and else
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02

where, and more than go. 000, 900 have
been recovered by the gentle flowing Of
waters charged with the magical chem
ical over heaps Of ore. Aside from the
thoroughness Of the perweating wa
ter method, It's economy Is a marked
feature In mining. II Is In great favor
with the gold mining companies OF
New Zealand and at johannesburg,
Africa, as well as in California.
One Of the most advantageous feat
ures of the cyanide method Ia that 1t
al be applied to many gold and silver
ores generally called "rebellious' or
refractory" The rebellious ore is
placed In a vat for percolation, and the
solution IL run, preferably from the
bottom by a pipe, rising slowly through
the ore. The solution containing gold
Is carried through precipitating appli-
ances into the final reservoir, where,
robbed Of It's wealth Of metal. 1t may be
repumped into ore watts and again used
for searching out the coveted metal.
One Of the curious things about the
solution Is that a total percentage not
stronger than an eighth Of 1 per cent
will carry away the gold almost as well
az fluid Of greater strength.
Precipitation is effected by the use OF
fine pieces Of zinc, 80 arranged that
when the rich waters flow over them
the fine gold clusters in rich deposits
over the zinc. for which 1t has an af-
finity. The gold which thus deserts the
waters OF cyanide deposits itself In the
form of fine dust on the plates OF zinc.
The percentage OF gold extracted by
this process Is very large. A parcel OF
fine sulphurets from the Utica mines
yielded an average Of 9S.iS per cent
of the gold value under the cyanide
treatment and similar results have
been experienced elsewhere in the
state. The cyanide plants are being
extended, and the noiseless process 10
everywhere becoming popular.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02

Senator Vest. who has long been
known as one Of the strongest oppo-
nents In congress Of any invasion OF
Yellowstone park, has asked the SEN
ate to request the secretary OF the In
terror for information as to the pro-
posed erection Of a steam elevator on
the brink Of the grand canyon. imme-
diately below the lower falls. Mr.. Vest
has information to the effect that the
interior department is about to sane
ton the elevator scheme. and that 9TH
err privileges for money-making pro-
jects are to be granted at once to com
panies having the backing oil promi-
nent men.
Congress will probably he asked by
Mr.. Vest and other senator's to cheek
these ~invasions of the park 80 that
this wonder OF nature may be retainei
In all Its original beauty, but the Gle
yator and other schemes for carrying
tourists up and down and across the
grand canyon may yet be carried
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
CARLOTTA MCGUIRE.

offcial receipt of Lucy P. Beale OF the
lady board of managers for Virginia
certifying to the historical accuracy
of the reproduction and all its fixtures.
People passing along Stony Island
boulevard are attracted by the quaint
appearance of the old fashioned house.
with its deep porch and tall. massive
columns in front and wooden sides cut
into squares to represent blocks OF
stone. 1t Is painted a neat white. n
the green of the lawn and the oak tree
O make q handsome setting for 1t.
No attempt has been made to i'm
prove" the building, and Sergeant Nc
CURE and his wife agree that there will
be no effort In this direction.
I'VE want to keep 1t as a memento
Of the worlds fair and a patriotic OBJ
feet lesson for those who are unable to
visit the original at Mount Vernon, and
this purpose will be the best served by
retaining 1t In its present shape as long
as possible" says Mr.. Mcclure. Be
sides. | don't believe our girls would
IsI us touch 1t o II we wanted to.
They know every corner OF the big
building by heart and q tell just
where Warrington stood when 10
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02

What Is considered by many travel
ers as the grandest single piece OF
scenery in the world-the grand can
you of the Yellowstone, at the lower
falls--is threatened with invasion by
projectors of money-making schemes.
Numerous attempts have been made
from time to time to secur privileges
for trolley lines and other defacing en-
terprises in the national park, but the
authorities of Washington refused all
offers Of big returns.
A trolley line through the grand can
yon section Of the great government
reservation would pay tremendous
profits, and any number Of Jake Sharps
have been hanging about the interior
department for the past few years with
arguments in favor Of granting fran
chises. But 1t is only within the past
few weeks that the invaders Of the
park have met with any encouragement
from the government officials.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02

talked with Lafayette, where he sat
to read and write. where he slept and
a whole lot OF other interesting things
with which I haven't had time to ac-
quaint myself"
The house Is 81 by AZ feet In size.
Entrance is had through a main CEN
trail hallway, from the end of which
leads a broad stairway divided into
three sections. On the first floor are
the east parlor or music room. the
banquet hall, the west parlor. the fam
lily dining room and Mrs. Washington's
sitting room. The library Is in the
south extension, to which entrance Is
had through a small hall. The first
room on the left opening into the up
per hall is "Lafayette's ROOM" and
here the Mcclure girls sleep. Next
to this Is one large and one small
guest chamber, and then comes the
apartment formerly occupied by Elean-
or Gusts and known as the Gusts
room. Adjoining this is the green
ROOM" which commands one Of the
best views from the house. Across the
hall is a bedroom of medium size
which was the scene of General Wash
ington's death. From this a small
stairway leads to a room above, to
which Mrs. Washington ~retreated when
she heard Of her husbands end, and
made it her quarters until she died
Most of the other rooms are small ant
in the original structure were undoubt'
edly intended for the use OF servants
of visiting guests and domestics EN-
ployed in the house.
Mr.. Mcguire and his wife have Sc
cured a number Of valuable relics an'
are continually making efforts to en-
large their collection, especially In tn
line of colonial furniture, with the OBJ
ject of making the interior Of the hous'
correspond as much as possible VIII
the exterior. 1t is amid surrounding
of this kind that the two little maid
of 0 and IL are being brought up, an
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
STORY OF W DOGS.
Damon Is Dead and stuffed bat Pythia'
still Lives.

Damon Is Dead and stuffed bat Pythias
stin Lives.
A stuffed dog in a glass Casa COM
mon. ordinary street c~ur-adorns the
private apartments of the proprietor
of one of Philadelphia's largest hotels.
says the Philadelphia Record. There
Is a rather curious story connected with
the defunct animal, which the hotel
man tells as follows: One day the dog
came nosing about the lobby and al
though elected several times always
returned, evidently In search OF the
kitchen. Finally, In order to get rid
Of the cur, It was given a large piece OF
raw meat. Instead Of eating the meat
there the canine took the Offering ir
It's mouth and went out into the street.
| Out OF sheer curiosity the hotel man
| followed the animal and saw II take
the beef to another dog, which was
| crouching behind the step. The latter
| stood up on receiving the meat and az
Il did so held one foot OFF the ground.
II was discovered that the second dog
was lame. While the crippled dog was
eating It's meat the other stood guard
to see that there was no interference.
So Il came to pass that the proprietor
took both dogs into the hotel and chris
tened them Damon and Pythias. Da-
mon is the one In the case and Pythias
still runs about, although old age Ii
creeping on apace.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02

canyon would be willing to pay almost
any sum within reason for q ride down
to the depths Ut this gorgeous chasm
or across It. The plans for Q cable tran
sit across the face Of the falls Ia the
subject of the accompanying illustra-
ton. At present It seems the most
likely to be acc0mplished-the most
dangerous to this wonderful national
possession.
The tourist who visits the lower falls
OF the canyon at present ls set down
upon q platform at the edge Of the
cataract--a point reached by a railway.
In the tourist season this point OF van
tage Is always crowded with fascinated
sightseers who watch the advancing
volume OF water. green and clear. flow
rapidly but solidly to the brink and
hen plunge downward In a mighty
mass OF spray and foam. white as the
driven snow. The depth OF the grand
canyon is about 1900 f~eet.--From the
Post Dispatch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
EMPTY PARIS hotels.
Experiencing Hard Times Because the
South bound Travellers Now Go
Through without Stopping.

Experiencing Hard Times Because tho
south Bound Travellers Now Go
Through without stopping.
The great hotels of Paris. especially
those that receive the bulk of their
trade from foreigners, are emptier just
now than at any time since the war.
The modern express trains to the south
of Italy, Monaco and the Riviera, car
rying through sleeping cars. have for
years made the journey 30 pleasantly
and so quickly that few travellers from
England have found 1t necessary to
stop wei at the French capital. But
since Berlin and Vienna entered into
direct express communications with
these parts, booking travellers from st.
Petersburg and Warsaw as well, the
French capital gets beautifully left all
around. Scandinavian, Russian, Aus
TRAN and German sojourners are to-
day as rare In Paris as Englishmen.
Only Belgians and the Dutch remain
true to their old love, but these good
people cannot I'LL the big
les in the Champs Elysee and neigh
borhOod. Not hotel keepers only, but
all the great cafes and restaurants, the
modistes, art dealers and store keepers
generally suffer in consequence of this
absence of visitors. II has been figured
out that at least twenty-five great res
taurants have closed their doors since
1873.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
rhotorr.ph,ng the sea bottom.

M. Bontau, the ~discoverer OF a method
OF photographing the sea bottom, has
succeeded In taking several photo
graphs of the vegetation that grows on
the rocks by means of a watertight
camera and fiash-light. Dressed as o
diver. he takes with him to the bottom
OF the sea a barrel containing oxygen
A pun Of gas from the barrel carries
magnesium powder into the flame of
a spirit lamp. standing under a bell Jar
on the upper end OF the barrel. An.
other puff actuates the pneumatic shut
ter of the camera at the same time. He
has found this method very useful In
exploring coral reefs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02


that contain the precious metal. but
such is the fact, insists the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
1.-THE process of robbing the earth of
its gold has now been reduced to such
a fine point" said Prof. Price. that
the gentle flowing of water over the
ore CLEANS it of its golden treasures,
and this works we'll in cases where the
old chloride and other methods are not
so useful"
But the water of which Prof. Price
spoke Is not so pure as II looks,
though the eye could never distinguish
II from that which is dipped from the
old oaken bucket from a well In the
deep tangled wildwood. The water
used by miners in bringing gold from
piles of mineral-bearing quartz is
charged with a simple chemical which
has the potency to dissolve gold and
hold 1t in solution. In truth, the spark
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
MODERN NURSES.

II Is hoped that the profession OF
nursing will now at least find Its level.
the best type of modern nurse making
no claim to a higher vocation than the
teacher, but wishing to be given her
proper position as a skilled assistant In
serious illness.
Now. on the contrary, 1t Is frequently
limited that the nursing young oma
ia a compound Of vanity. frivolity and
incompetence-such as q damsel who
"cheerfully announced that. as her
father was blind and her mother para
Tweed. It was very dull at home. and SO
she was going to be a hospital nurse"
The daily or visiting nurse Is a recent
development of modern nursing and
meets the needs of many people who
Ana Il in~convenient to have q nurse
stopping In the house and requiring
more or less attention from servants
perhaps already overtaxed. The visit
Ing nurse comes In for an hour or 80
every day to perform those services for
which her skill is needed.
A change OF zone has been remarked
lately In current illusions to nurses
and the nursing profession. For some
years after Mrs. Camp ceased to be the
popular type her successor was ailn-
ded to as II 1he were a perfect being
made up Of cleverness and unselish-
ness, a sort Of human angel with a
cast-iron back" into whose hands Il
was a recognized duty to surrender our
nearest and dearest In times Of slick
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-02
EQuaIity.

Our greatest peril is the concentra-
ton of wealth, and u greatest need
an equitable distribution OF wealth. Po-
litical economists say that the benefits
of the present civilization are not I'M
partially distributed, and 1t Is not
strange that workingmen should agree
tn be restless.-Rev. A. J. White.