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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18
ONCE FAMOUS. NOW A FELON.
Michael NJ. Keeler Is a Relic of the Old
Tweed DAYS.

Tweed DAYS.
New York letter.
Few who could see poor old Michael
M. Keeler in Sing Sing in his prison
suit and white stripes would guess at
the dreamlike story which lies hidden
behind the fine, strong face with it's
aquiline nose, eagle-like eye and high
forehead. In this old man, now in his
seventy-ffth year, beginning a year in
the penitentiary, is embodied one of
these human wrecks thrown up at in
tervals. in the flotsam and jetsam of a
great city. Keller is the man who the
other day in New York city was sent
to the penitentiary for a year for pass
ing a bad check. Keller is a relic of
the old Tweed days. AS a politician
he at one time stood high in the conf
n of the arch-manipulator of steals
and deals. He fought and bled in the
war and retired with the rank of cap
tain. He was the friend and confident
of Mr.. A. T. Stewart, and as such
Known to every drygoods man in the
city. Between the two, master and
man, there was a bond, the secret of
which no one has ever been able to ex-
plain. But with the death of Mr.. Stew
art in 1881 came the decline. Keeser
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18

What can be the trouble between
the Hartley's? see he's applied for a
divorce"
"He told me all about it. Since she's
got to wearing her hair short and suits
made like his she invariably succeeds
in getting ready before he does when
ever they go out anywhere"
But l don't see why that should dis
tress him"
at doesn't. It's the abuse she heaps
upon him while she's waiting that he
cas't stand."-Cleveland Leader.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18

The Crown Princess Stephanie,
widow Of the Crown Prince Rudolph of
Austria, attracted much attention in
Vienna recently by singing in the
ichurch at SaXenburg, a suburb of the
capital. This was her first appearance
in public. Her voice is a contralto, and
she is said to be passionately fond OF
music. Sne expressed an intention of
singing again in the service.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18

The weights of children and their
staure are topics of interest to mothers.
Surprising at birth the baby weighs
eight pounds, then its length should
be one foot eight inches; at six months
the length is two feet half an inch, and
its weight sixteen pounds; at one year
the length is two feet five inches, and
the weight twenty-four pounds; at
eighteen months the length is two feet
eight and a half inches, and the weight
twenty-eight pounds; at two years it
has increased to three feet in stature.
and to t~hirty-two pounds in weight: at
three years to three feet four inches,
and thirty-six and a half pounds in
weight; at four years the stature is
three feet six inches, and the weight
forty-one pounds; and at five years the
height is three feet eight inches, and
the weight forty-fve pounds.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18

AAeSAS fbS " t'AAA
to him: love was a name to him His
essay on love is a nice compilation of
compliments and elegant phrases end
ing up with icy morality. 1t seems
very we'll fitted for a gift-book or an
old-fashi)ned lady's manual. He says:
The lovers delight in endearments, in
avowals Of love, in comparisons of
their regards. + + 4 The soul of
each detects defects in the other, and
hence arise eXpostulation and pain,
which leads to reunion and the repair
of wounded affection. Meantime, as life
wears on, it proves a game of permuta-
ton and combination of all possible
positions of the parties, to employ all
the resources of each and acquaint
each with the strength and weakness
of the other. : 4 4 At last they dis
cover that all which at first drew them
together-thOse once sacred features,
that magical play of charms-was de-
ciduOus, had a prospective end, like the
scaffolding by which the house was
built; and the publication of the intel
lect and heart from year to year is the
real marriage, fOreseen and prepared
from the first. and wholly above their
consciousness. " y Thus are we
put in training for a love which knows
not sex nor person nor Partially, but
which seeks virtue and wisdom every
where, to the end of increasing virtue
and wisdom
All this is not love but the merest
literary coquetry. Love is different
from this. Lady Burton, when a very
young girl and six years before her
engagement. met Burton at B%oulogne.
They met in the street but did not
speak. A few days later they were
formally introduced at a dance. Of
this she writes: That was a night of
nights. He waltzed with me once and
spoke to me several times. | kept the
sash where he put his arm around me
and my gloves and never wore them
again"
We are all so concerned that a man
who writes about love shall tell the
truth that if he chance to start from
premises which are false or mistaken
his conclusions will appear not merely
false but offensive. 1t makes no mat
ter how exalted the personal character
OF the writer may be. Neither sanctity
nor intellect nor moral enthusiasm
though they be intensified to the point
of inCandescence, can make up for a
want of nature.
This perpetual splitting up of the
passion of love into two species on,
OF which is condemned but admitted +,
be useful, is it not degrading? There
is in Emerson's theory of the relation
between the sexes neither good sense
nor manly feeling nor sound psycbol.
ogy. 1t is founded on none of these
things. 1t is a pure piece of dopmat.
ism and reminds us that he was href
to the priesthood. We are O to imap.
inc that there was in this doctrine anv.
thing peculiar 20 Emerson. But we ar,
surprised to find the pessimism inner
ent in the doctrine overcome Emerson
to whom pessimism is foreign. Boil
doctrine and pessimism are a part of tn,
p%uritanism of the times. They show
society in which the intellect had lon,
been used to analyze the affections. il
which the head had become di~slocatet
from the body. The relation between
the blood and the brain was not quit
normal in this civilization. nor in En-
ersOn, who is it's most remarkable rem
Tesentatiye.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18
A ThOuPhfful Ansu or

whats the first step toward the di,
gestion of the food?" asked the teacher.
Up went the hand of a black-haired
little fellow, who exclaimed with
eagerness: Bite it off! Bite it eff"
American Kitchen Magazine.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18

"An' sure" said Pat, when a man is
tired, he niver meets a cart hat is go
ing the same way as he is"
Iowa produced last year 1922, 900 900
bushels of corn, more than any other
et&te.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18
BOY OWNS RAILROAD.
BUILT 1T HIMSELF ON HIS
FATHERS FARM.
The Rolling Stock Consists of an En-
CINE and Two Cars, and the Line Is
Run at a Proht-The Lad Is the En-
Yineer.
waterbury Comm Letter.)

OBERT NJ. TY-
LER, the son of
William M. Tyler,
has built a perfect
ly equipped rail
with rolling
stock and locomo-
tive on the farm of
his father, at
Bucks Hill, a SUI
of Water
bury. He built the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18
THE KING OF BENIN.
VERY FEW EUROPEANS HAVE
EVEN VISITED 5lIS REALMS.
horrible Sacrifice of Human Beings
Fit Where the Bodies of the Victims
Are Thrown-Killed for "Ju-Ju"-HIs
Majesty's Court.

HE Europeans who
have visited the
city of Benin can
be counted on the
fingers, says a cor
respondent of the
London Standard.
1t has been my
good fortune to be
one of them; and
my journey, made
in December, 1889,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18
MATTER OF INSTINCT.

ATE was a cat and
Leonard Herrick
was a o u There
had been some rare
sport, but Herrick
was of the opinion
that it could not
last much longer.
He had run this
way and that a
and a thousand
timec had fauciod
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18
Useful in One Way.

Does your poetry pay?"
"Well, it just keeps the wolf from
the door"
81 suppose you read it to him.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18

The last Inauguration attended by
the West Point cadets was in 1873.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-12-18
He KNEW NOT LOVE.
EMERSON, THE POET, WAS
BRED TO THE PRIESTHOOD.
Influence of Puritanism of His Day
Art and Music Were Mere Names to
Him-Lady Burton Experienced the
Real Passion.
VERYTHING

VERIFYING in
the world which
must be felt with a
glow in the breast
in order to be I'M
derstood was to
Emerson dead-let-
ter, says John Jay
Chapman in the
Atlantic. Art was
a name to him;
music was a name
The oasis., 1897-06-26
New Concession.

The Mexican Herald Uf Saturday the l2tb says: The department of commu- nications has granted q concession 10 Col. F II. Seymour empowering him to operate, under the customary pri- yileges, the railway built by him be- tween the Torres station of theSonora railway and the mining camp Of sfiB- as Prietas. Colonel Seymour is also empowered to build an extension of the above named railway, such exten- sion not to exceed 100 kilometers iu length and to connect other mining camp aud towns in the state of Sonora. with the existing railway. The con cessionairc must, within three years from Jnne 10th, 1897, announce to the department of communications if he intends to build the extension of 100 kilometers above alluded to- If said period elapses without state ment from the concessionaire that he intends to built the extension, the COZ cessDn as regards said extension, is to become null ana yoid The conces- sion is for eighty-hye years and while it. conveys the usual privileges as to the free importation of material and rolling stock, it carries no subsidy. The government, however, agrees, while the present concession remains in force, not to grant any concession for the construction of a railway within belt of eighteen kilometers on either side of Col. Seymour's road. but without prejudice to prior conces- sions.
The oasis., 1897-06-26
ImrRovrMENIs.


 To keep pace with lts rapldly in- creasiug business TIE OASIS has been obliged to make large additions to It's plant, and during the present week a fine Hoe cylinder press has been pur- clf1std aud Is now en route. It will be set up and in operation within two weeks, and then the terrors of press day" will have vanished. With the press now in use the work of getting ont single issue of the paper is an all-day's job for the entire force, and in order to compass the job the forms have to be locked up Friday evening. With the new press, which is very fast, the entire edition can be turned of within an hour, which will permit holding the forms open until nearly noon of Saturday, thus including the very latest news.
 Beside the new press large bill of new type and other appliances has been ordered, and will be ready for use early in July. With these addi- tions TIE OASIS plant willbecome the finest in Southern Arizona, and can turn out any kind of printing, in the highest style of the art.
 In this connection it may not be amiss to state that Mir. J. R. Sou th- worth's new book, Sonora lustradOs will be printed at TIE OASIS ollie. It will be book of l00 or m Ire pages, each page l0ixl4 inches, printed ou heavy book paper of the finest quail ity, profusely illustrated with elegant and artistic half-toue engravings. The contract calls for twenty thou sand copies and the work is to be ready for delivery early in September.
 As intimated in this article TIE OASIS plant, with the new additions, will be the finest in Southern Ari- znna, and all klcds of work from a one.sixteen;h sheet dodger or a visit ing card to handsome book can be turned out elegantly aud artistlcally There is a demand for that kind of a plant aud HE OASIS has met 1t.
The oasis., 1897-06-26
Excurslon 1icket..

Mr. r. s. Webster, agent for the Southern Pacific at Benson, has noti- fled THE OASIS that for the Christian EndeayoT convention, which assemb bles in San Francisco on the 7th of July, special limited tickets will be sold for 5000 Good on trains leaving Fl Paso July lst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th Round trip tickets $35.0O on sale July 2nd and July 5th to 7th inclusive. Return limit good until July 3lst. The same company will sell Fourth of July excursion tickets between all stations at greatly reduced prices, on July I'd, 3d, 4th and 9th.
 Also tickets to Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin, for the National Educational Association at one-half fare from Fl Paso on July 2d, Sd and 4th, with. re- turn limit extention privilege to August 3lst.
The oasis., 1897-06-26
Whole No. aI4

By reference to an advertisement in another column 1t will be seen that the Hotel Central at La Colorado, (Minas Prietasl is offered to lease. Thestructure is new having been in use only year., and is admirably fitted for the purpose intended. In the hands of the right kind of people the property eau be made to yield fortune.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

An elegant variety of Mexican drawn linen work, consisting of ladies handkerchiefs, mats, table covers and doyleys: Mexican curios, books and stationery, periodicals and illustrated papers. Subscriptions for any paper taken. SONORA NEWS Co
The oasis., 1897-06-26

Star: A species of the nlght-bloom- ing Cereus Echenocactusl bloomed s few nights since in the garden at the bishops residence on Ochoa street. It was a pale, yellow, beautiful flower. It began to unfold it's petals shortly after sundown and by eight o'clock was fairly vel opened Bishop Sal polnte, who is an authority on such things, said it would close with the comiDg of the following day. The good bishop has lived here many years and this flower is the third of its kind to come under his observs- ti0n. On Monday night another va riety of the same plant bloomed in the garden of Mrs. NJ. C.. Samaniego. AL though this plant has been carefully tended for the past seventeen years, this is the first time it has been known to bloom, and then it's fragrance filled the air for but a night.
The oasis., 1897-06-26
NATURAL HISTORY.
Some New Species Discovered in Arizona
 Classified.

Some New Species Discovered in Arizona
 Classified.
 The Phoenix correspondent of the Williams News has been recently in- teresting himself in the enticing study of natural history. He has ex- tended his researches in the direction uf the fauna peculiar t0uur own ter ritory, and publishes accurate and full descriptions of two rare aud in- teresting species. The scientific writer has labeled them plainly, SO that the average reader will have little or no difficulty in identifying either of these animals should they be met roaming at large. Following are the results of the latest research in this field:
 NO. l--THE FRASKLONIAN INCUBUS. This is a large animal, laterally con sIdered. You will notice that it has been preserved in alcohol for better Keeping. Under microseopical examin- atiOn yJa sse thlt 1t scOwls iiercely, yet so far as can be ascertained it never frightened anybody. It's more prominent characteristics are: Bull neck. 2-AlmoSt total lack of intel- lect 3-rOtal absence of good breed- ing i-Mulish stubbornness. D. Self-conceit c. Wrinkles. ScOwls This IS the only specimen of its breed extant and was discovered q couple of years ago by MT. Cleveland, who then resided in Washington but has siuce moved to New Jersey. When in alcohol, As at present the Franklouian Incubus lies dormant for many months. At certain seAsuns however. It has spasms, aud during these intervals 1t storms and prances around and makes noise. It maui- fests at all times q great fear of being disturbed in the possession of the particular trough in which 1t now feeds.
 2-THE wILsoNIAN GIGANTICUs.
 Very closely allied to the previous specimen only mJre active in it's movements and with more breadth to the feet. AL present this specimen is on exhibition before classi ilcation committee of the United States senate. If these learned gentlemen succeed in properly ticketing the ex- hIbt the science of natural history will have been materially aided
 The Wilsonian GiganJicus is of no. madic disposition and often wanders far from it's feeding place. It mani fests certain feline qualities, however, by always coming back, and it's pre- sent great fear is that some of the managers of the museum may sue ceed in cutting of its supply of public proyender. According to the tele- graphic dispatches from the national capital, this specimen is in a very bad humOr and nurses the hallucinatiun that certain of the animals in the Salt river menagerie have not suiii- ciently iudorsed his efforts to keep both feet in the home trough.
 Large, horny, fierce brlstles on up per lip, heavy tread; answers to the name of General If this speciIaen should get lost or broken in transit lt never would he missed.
 Next Week Mts. lemple of Benson,
The oasis., 1897-06-26
SONORA SETTINGS.
coiiection of Happen in the State
 Over The Line.

Mir. Gabriel Monteyerde is acting as agent for she Sonora railway in the absence of MT. c. G. Graham, the reg ular agent at MagdaIcHa.
 Wednesday of last week the new brewery of Schuehc & Grunig, at ierm0sillo, commenced making beer It. will be some little time yet before the finished product will be ready fol delivery
 One day last week carload of melons was shipped from Quay mas, destined to BIsbee, Arizona, by SeiloI lgnacio T. Grierlla. Between Ortiz and Torres stations the car caught fire and was destroyed with it's con tents.
 El Comercio, of Guaymas, states that therc has recently set sail from San Francisco for the Sonora IT etrop- oils. the American schooner Emma Louisa, under commission granted by the Mexican government to Jesse Grant and associates to explore the islands in the Gulf of California
 Fl Comerclo is in receipt of a let. ter from La Paz stating that Seiioi Carlos C. CornejO, the administrator of La Compania Perlifera cc la Bajs California, SGcas5Fess Lower Call. fornia Pearl Eis nery Co.,, has scld in Londor to air Enghsli syndicate, the ceaees ions aud prs perty of the c,m- pap fer tie sum of one haadrec Itho1sand polnds sterling
 e'lle El Paso Times of Tuesday avs: A miner recently from the head waters of the Yaqui and Mayo rivers in sonora, Mexico, re ports some very rich gold strikes Ih,.rc lately. Tn. miner, whose name Is Thomas Sedg- wick, says the ore j. gold and free milling, a sample of which he brought to the El Paso shelter at which place 1t is now being tested. It is sad to be up in the thousands, and Mir Sedg- wick and his partner, who is her, with him, claim that that they have one of the best paying mines in tht whole southwestern country.
 The dredge of the Yaqui River Mining Co.,, mention of which has been made in THE OASIS, was com. pleted on the 18th inst, and it was expected that the work of dredging and sluicing the bed of the river for gold would begin abouth the 18th. The scene of operations is at San An tonia de la Huerta, nine miles down the river from Soyopa.
 Last week MT. II. T. Richards, of the International Irrigation and Inn pavement O., at Hermosillo, began arrangements for starting the loca- tion surveys for the irrigation system in the Sonora River valley, for which he recently secured a concession from the Mexican government. The sur yeys will occupy about two months and construction will be begun about September 18th next The dam head works and canals will be very expen- sive. The whole works will cost about s750, ,0O0 gold or S1, ,5O0, 900 silver, the greater part of which will be paid out for labor and supplies bought in Sonora, and will give Hermosiilo quite boom during construction, which will take about three years. The engineers will arrive in July ana be under the direction of MT. k. J. Rich rfla
The oasis., 1897-06-26

SCHLITz beer is sold as SCILIIE beer, and J. T. Brickwood sells it st 10 cents lMexican) per glass.
The oasis., 1897-06-26

Next Week lIts. lemple of Benson, and her daughter, Miss Ida, who has recently returned from attendance al the territorial normal school, at Tenn. De, will visit their son and brother, Mir. Jule Temple, agent for the N. M. < A. railway at Huachucs, after which they will visit friends in Nogales.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-02
POSITION or THE STATS zEITCNG."

The Staats XcuaG' yesterday morning said
Tho Democratic CITY Convention has been. as was
to I've expected a counterpart OF tho Republican,.
II Is asserted that difference exists. Croker =
dominion no, having been without opposition. AZ
was tho case with Plat. that. on the contrary n
break preceded n between Croker and Shechhn.
hui that I'm this Shcchan WAS VanquiSh"d. IL ~
the same for the taxpayers, whcth'r Shechan or
croker has remained victor, Tor both are ponti.
clans OF the same c1librh. Tine administration OF
Greater Ncw-Nor, cannot hc iutrusted 10 them
Of Tho community and without delivering II into
tho hands Of rcactionsts and corruptonists
And such doliV'rancc would take plac" without
dnubf noncntitt.r like Van Wyck. 'olcr ana
Rilppert shoul MI tn" highest citiccS OF the COM
munltv. Honest. personal character does not make
tho slightest difference. Van Wyck Is Croker =
man Golfer IL McTaughn's man II Ruppcrt has
any similar connections do not know it, AZ
any rate he Is too unmportant to oppos" any bnt
election Of such candidates would mean tho reS-
toration OF the power OF unimprcNed Tammany
Hall. only that It's po"er would be far greater
So far II looks as II Low would not retire. and
Plat would not swallow Low. But we do not
consider such a swallowing impossible. and. on
the other side the citizens Union, instead OF re-
stricting Itself TO u hopeless demonstration OF
principles which would only bring about the vie
acccdc TO m Arrangement similar To tho deal OF
1897, Such an arrangement could not arouse any
enthusiasm with opponents of machine politics, but
would have 20 he accepted for the next best thing
The self government Of such a gigantic city Is az
unsovcd problem. and until n has been solved
the Americans should not boast OF their political
systems.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-02
TRACY SEES PLATT.

AND ou1GG SAYS THE SITUATION AS 1T EXISTS
NOW Will. DE UNCHANGED on ELEc-
TON DAY.
Senator Thomas c. Plat. President Quigg OF
the Republican City Committee and a few other
Republican leaders had a conference With Gen.
eral Tracy, the Republican candidate for Mayor,
yesterday in the law Office OF Tracy Boardman
&. Plat, IN the Mills Building. The character
OF the discussion was not made known later.
but Mr. Qulgg said after he went to his office at
No Madison ave: we talked about methods
Of conducting the campaign"
Mr. Qugg said there had been no conferences.
80 far as he knew tending to bring about an
understanding between the Citizens Union and
the Republican organization Il expect" he
said that the situation II exists tomorrow
will he the situation on Election Day. All talk
about the retirement OF General Tracy In favor
of Seth Low is idiocy. | expect to see the same
candidates for Mayor now in the field still In the
field on Election d. and expect the election
of General Tracy. he ticket nominated last
night Is a characters, Croker ticket do not
believe Mr.. Croker will ange 1t. do not know
that he could make II more presentable to the
voters IL he did change IT,"
When Mr. Qugg was asked IL he had been In
communication tn the representatives OF The
ierman-American Reform Union. who were try
ing To bring abou Mon against Tammany, he
smiled and said: understand that the Ger
man American Reform Union is committed to
Mr. Low"