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The oasis., 1897-04-17
A cobweb Party.

A Cobweb Party.
 Friday evening of last week Benson society were entertained at the res idencc of Mrs. Laura Blacklidge with a novel and amusing device known as "a cobwcb party In advance of as- sembling of the guests some eighteen hundred yards of cotton string, cut into lengths of about one hundred yards each, were run all through the house and out into the grounds, the various lines crossing and turning on each other overhead in labaryDthine confusion which gave the resemblance from which the party took it's name. The strings all terminated at com mon center, and at the other end was attached spool. When the guests had all arrived each was given spool and had to wind the twine until the fastened end was reached. Prizes were awarded the first lady and gen tleman successful in winding up their little ball of yarn" and there were also couple of booby prizes for the last couple. At the given word all began windingfrantically, each de- termined to reach the other end Of the strings first, and the fun evolved was tout of sight Sometimes half dozen strings would be tangled, with as many flushed ard laughing spool holders struggling tounrave the kinks and at the same time look ig askance at their more fortunate ns ghbOrs who were, without obstruction, moment arily shortening their strings, and in their turn the latter would find them selves enmeshed. The first lady to reach the end of her string was Mrs. F. $. Webster, and Ter her reward fer per severance and dexterity was a dainty china pin tray. Howard Marsh was the first gentleman to reach the goal. and he got two prizes-a huge spider rfpin andan immense 'boutoniere" Of hollyhock leaves and marigolds. The booby prizes went to the two school teachers, Miss Golly and MT. Sipe, the latter receiving red ban dana handkerchief with which to wipe his weeping eyes, and the lady getting tin spade bearing the admonition 'ge bury thy sorrow." That the teachers should catch onr after that fashion was productive of great hilarity.
 The cobweb swept away, the com pany devoted their attention to games, charades etc, until the colla- tion was served, when the charming hostess introduced another novelty, to assort the couples for partners at the tables.
 Quotations had been written upon slips of paper, to half the number of the guests present. These slips were cut in half and distributed among the ladies and gentlemen, so the latter had each the first half of the quota tion and the ladies the terminating words. When gentleman found the lady with the missing half of his quotation he had found his partner for supper, which was served at small tables, two or four couples being seated at each.
 After supper the time passed in pleasant conversation until arrival Of trains called away the when the jolly crowd dis {
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tation life in Alabama which are ,. to this part Of the world.
 As heretofore stated, there w,, large audience and all were v.' pleased with the performance Tn. OASIS extends congratulations.
The oasis., 1897-04-17
''slghts. Recreation, Health. Re,

All can be secured on trip to yn, mite. The grandest mountain scene. in the world. Round trip ticket, m, on sale at greatly reduced rates An, good until Nov. 3Oth, with stopors privileges. For information or tlcEa. call on or address
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 San Francisco, California
 or F. $. WEBSTER. Aut
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WHEN admissible it has become fashionable to announce in the death notices published in the papers that appendicitis ''shufiled of this mortal coil. v
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF NooALEs. ARIZONA.
Saturday, April F, 1897.

TIE first month of the new repub- lican administration closed with a treasury surplus Of nine million dol lars.
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4 Fine Performance.

are to be cOmplimented on the success of their presentation of 'Josiah's Courtship,' Friday evening of last week. As stated in the last issue of TnE OASIS, the forms were closed to go to press about time the curtain fell upon the last act. so it was impossible to give full account of the perform ance. But the words of commcnda- tion then youchsafed can be reiterated at this time, and with full emphasis.
 In the part of Josiah Perkins Mr. Mix was at his best, and was remark ably successful in his delIneation of q very difficult character whose alter hating moods ran the entire gamut Of human sentiment.
 In the part of "Thomas Hart" the young lawyer placed in a false posi- tion, Mir. T. F. Grindell ably sustained a most difficult character, in that it was so easily marred by being over done, He was very successful in steer ing clear of that fault, and gave a careful and painstaking representa- tion of the character which was thor oughly appreciated.
 in his delineation of Richard Ro- land, the hcartless and scheming ras- cal, Mir. Win EKey presented a piece of character acting which was fully abreast with all his former efforts in that line, and in every way worthy Of commendation.
 As Harry Sharp the keen detcc- tive, Earl Griswold met all expcctl- tions and gave a careful rendition ofa part which presented but little oppor. tunity
 Marshall Bird was true and lifclike in hir presentation of Joe, the mis- chieyous newsboy.n
 MT. T. r. Brodrick, as Mike" the valet of the hero, was true to life in his delineation of Q harum scarum, rollicking, hard drinking lrishman.
 As Jeff, Miss Priscilla-s factotum, Harry Y. Lewis presented ali exceed ingly fine representation ofthe modern Afro-American, extracting from every situation all the humor possible. and always len rapport with his sur roundings. Harry's speciality, the song and dance, was received with rounds of rapturous applause and a hearty encore. which he was ahlined to decline.
 As Priscilla Brown the aflanced of Josiah Perkins," Miss Theo. Sprecher presented careful and finished performance which added greatly to her former well earned lau- rels.
 As Edna the niece Of Miss Pris- cilla Miss Emma Walker, presented most accurately the character of a sweet, lovely and admirable girl. All she had to do was to act natural, and she did so perfectly.
 As Birdie, the angel wao flirts, Miss Ada Ekey was at her best, and scored another one of her histrionic triumphs.
 Mrs. A. A. Doherty presented a faithful delineation of the character of Mrs. Black the childless widow who had been deeply wronged.
 Between acts there was negro specially by Messrs k. Hughes Long and Jas Conkling which was decided ly feature of the evenings enter. tainment and ellcited the warmest commendatlon. In make up, dialect and every conceivable particular Mir Long presented the old plantation darkey in an accurate and artistic manner, working into the "business"
The oasis., 1897-04-17

Mrs. J. c. Irwin is again yisit,, Nogales, having come in from m north Thursday morning.
The oasis., 1897-04-17
New Lead SmelteT For SaIP'

One sixty-ton stack lead smelettii ii,S sla Colorado Iron Works, compl ele, Tbossf latest improvements with koos FAX. gh sufficient capacity for two al'fs is r.sl outfit entirely new fueyer heee' se " ".oId V sonora. all duties paid, VII, nged. z cheaply, and delivered .ng1 g1u,ssps sonora Railway. Apply 10 hh V'
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

These IRE amazing figures. IL must De
remembered that the "nnabes OF Young
age' in the census returns Include unnae-
uralized persons. A vote OF such 'nasnf-
tude IN ratio to males OF voting age ~hs
never before seen In this country. Ihere
is suspicion that in some precincts boys
of from Is years up We're permitted TO Noee
Increase in population since 1890 IS not
sufficient TO account for the increase OK
vote. The total vote figures given above
do not include a large number OF defective
ballots thrown out by the election boards
The following figures show the mum Der
of votes in 1895 and the number OF mares
of voting age, according to the census OK
1890, respectively in states where tnere
was no special demand for votes: Ma,he'
votes, 11s, 364; males, 2ol, cal; Massachn-
setts, votes, 4Ol, 54s; males, 6eS, ooe' Con
| necticut votes, 174,ass; males, sa4, oes
| New York, votes, ,4e4 s2l; males, Toy,
| e49; Pennsylvania, votes, l,lss,s'o'
| males, ! ,4G1, 500.
For purpose of comparing the total pop
u,nr vote at the 1896 election with the
| +ot,l vote at former elections I have com
piled the following interesting table:
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

Tho net gross Republican plurality IN
tho ffvc states in 1892 was 10, 79i. In 1896
If WAS 33l 1853; iDcronSo 1923, 369. Oh TINS
e,aiI, they make 27l,373 in the city coUh-
Tics and 81, 996 in tho agricultural co"h-
tics OF their whole gain 81 per cont was
-, Tho city counties and Is per cent in tho
agricultural counties.
There can be DO doubt that II the CITY
and town vote could be wholly separated
from the purely agricultural vote IN tho
states named, it would be found that all
the Republican gains over s92 We're mace
in the cities and towns, While IN inc hsii-
,.,,rol districts the Democrats held their
own. 100 ~
In the foregoing calculations 100 conn-
| tics arc classed as city populadon-5o I'D
| Ohio. p in Indiana, IS In Michigan, ~
| IN Illinois and IL in Iowa:
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

1t will be noticed that only of the
a states which participated in both the
!es2 and the 1895 presidential elections
sali to show an increase of the total vote.
AN OF these, excepting Nevada and New
hampshire, were southern states The
greatest gain was in Colorado, where wom-
en were permitted to VOTE and many thou
sonds awaited themselves of the privilege.
ine greatest loss was in Georgia.
Inc remarkable discrepancy between the
number of Inhabitants to the vote In the
various states will attract the attention OF
NE thoughtful reader. The ratio varies
Uom the surprisingly small number of
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

- SN
the women voted, to nearly go inhabitants
to the vote in Mississippi and South Caro-
linn. It Ia remarkable TINT III Ohio, Iowa
and South Dakota there should be FEWER
than four Inhabitants to the vote, wh'!e I'D
Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, West Wy
ginia, Oregon and California the nun, per
of Inhabitants to the vote Is only little
more than four. The average for the Whole
United States Is n small fraction over i've
inhabitants to the vote
The population figures used are DOT
those of the census OF 1890, but the o1ncaa'
and unofficial computations on the mum
Der OF Inhabitants In each state Jan. !:
1896, the total population OF the states Az
that date being "a, 49, l3S-
No feature Of the 500 election was more
| eurpr,sine than the heavy vote polleo- IN
! many states Bryan recei al as many
| votes as his managers claimed ION MN ano
| many more than were conceoeo 10 DIN ~
the opposition, and yet Mckinley carried
| those states in some INSTANCES ny large
| pluralities. For instance
cleveland carried Illinots IN 1892 by
os. 900. Bryan received IS, 242 more votes
than Cleveland. and yet Mckinney pau
| rality was lag, COZ.
| cleveland Carried Indiana by 7,12a
BRYAN received ,OO1 more votes than
! Cleveland, and yet Mckinley carried IN
diana by Il 91S.
Harrison carried Ohio by 1,o7a. Bryan
received 20, 7OS more votes than darrlson'
and yet Mckinley carried Ohio by o., eoo.
Harrison carried Minnesota by s1>eoa.
BRYAN received 1922 more votes than
Harrison, and yet Mckinley carried MIN
nesota by 53,76s. An
cleveland carried Kentucky by 10000
BRYAN received AZ, 429 more votes than
! Clev Gland, and yet Mckinley carried Ken
, lucky by 2S1.
/ cleveland carried California by 144.
, BRYAN received 90, 473 more votes tnan
: Cleveland, and yet Mckinley carried Cai''
fornia by ,S22.
n 1t is a remarkable fact that IN some o.
the states named in the foregoing the
r number of voters in 1896 exceeded the 20
tai number of males Of voting age returned
, by the census of 1890, while In other staee
, the number of voters very nearly equa'e'
= the number of males of voting sge as re
a5 turned by the census
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

ia
Northwest $50 last, at. Gained. s6.l
The wes. Gained. gao. Gained. 40
FocinS ,h Gained CIV" .Ia1heo'.' '''
Inc 80 to,ol returned popular vote at the
=. ,-es,denrial election was 1874 .'o'''
'a'. ararlv IA ooO 600. The casting OF IT,
" ooo 900 votes in single DAY Is 'felnen
oouo. eo.. Nothing like 1t was ever before
dous TO- -, history of the world. Nov. 8 |
seen ore than $4,000, 600 of Americans
lac, "a r., the polls and exercised the SOW
.,oht of citizenship. The total No'e'
e'es =. retnrned by the state canvasslne
s".ords does not aggregate Q"iee
oon mt q considerable number OF de!ec'l'e
v.Mo.s were thrown out. fropap1s VIC
..,her of voters, effective ana 1nehec''Ne.
.1.s something like IA, ooo' how Nnse
.ruy this is one can comPreheh" on1.
an 90 go of some method Of comparison
~ ~ hr;nps great figures within the
oran of the mind. ,,.
r. "A. 600, 900 men were placed IN sinsD
~. no foot apart they would make nnc
,ooss miles in length, or cons,oerao!!
100 than one-half way around ehe "oriu
:. tho eouator Marched IN Piatoois "a
COW the line would reach from Ne" orh
70 San Francisco, with enough w sp 10
,,ace 80 officers to the mile outsioe Wy
IT, II ,he ID. 900, 900 voters were marcheu
o,nnanv order, l6 men abreast ana ten
81. onart they would make column
ese ,ni,es long, or from New ork TO the
.,.o.,or of Nebraska Such a procession,
Marching at the rate of three miles an
honr. would require 90 days and nights to
mass given point, Massed as closely as
r ~on c,n conveniently stand, allowing 5
., ,rct to the individual, the IA, ooo,-
0oo voters Of Inst November would cover
aeld containing more than 212 square
w,,es Of cround-2A square miles OF SOHO
bru,rity II loaded into railway cars
Dsa 200 passenger coaches would be re,
ou,,ed to hold them, or more than eight
times a. many such coaches as there are II
the United States
TOTAL POPULAR VOTE, 1892 AND 1890, WITH PER
CENT OF INCREASE OR DECREASE.
THE last column shows the number OF lnn n
49,. I'm lso6 10 each vote cast in 1896.
ttNaeo9 ON--. ~ =. Lot RatiO
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

pnr,son w,,n ,n;,r''t i2''-, wncn tnr "r'>'-
crea,ev c,r,,,nicu was attended by light
vote owing t. the REGULAR cOnuitlOiiS
which surrounded it. The per cont OF IN
crease of the total NCtc il lS"o over 1917
was all things considered, most eA'raor
binary, following, as it Gld, TIC h'NsuiIE
heavy vote in both 1881 and 1883. Inc
largo incre.,s Sc In the ,utc i'll 1876 over 1877
has olrendy hecn explained. The heaN!
pain OF 1865 over 1864 IS. # course to be
accounted for 10y the light Vnte OF 1864, |
dine TO the war IN 1865 tie soldiers had |
returned from the field, AID the total vote |
was IN consequence much larger
In 1860 the population OF the 1hl'e',
States excluding territories, was in round
numbers 81. 600, 600. The number of votes
Der thousand Inhabitants IN thi't year Wa
15As In Novemb Der, 1896 the population
of the country, excepting territories, -
Estimated by statisticians at 'l,ooo'o oo'
The number of votes per thousand po?'!-
lation was 196 8. showing an increase Oh
! 30 1,er cent In the ratio of actual voters 20
! oonulation since 1860. This increase Is
! due in part to the constantly growing F'!tio
! Of foreign born citizens who become Vot-
| ers In part to the perfection OF poIlo'c''
| organization, which serves TO 1etch "a ihrseI
! proport4on OF the voters to the polls, ana
in part to the Acknowledgement of negroes
and women In the late election the pecui-
lar issues of the campaign and the Keen
interest felt therein by all classes of pco-
ME brought out the largest vote In proper
ton to population known In the hls'or!
of the country.
Analysis Of t!rr election returns SHOWS
that the Republicans found their chlel
gains In 1896 In the cities, while the DEM
| ocrsts obout held their own. or made silgh'
gains. in the farming districts In nearly
all tho cities Of the EoYth, northwest ana
border states from New England to tine
Potomac ard to the Missouri, In cludine
Baltimore Louisville, st. Louis and ran
: sas City tho Republican vote was unusuah!
heavy. Now York city failed TO go Dem
ocratic for the first time In Its history IN
o presidential election. Chicago changed
= from 33, 900 Democratic to 60, OGo Rcpup
= licnn.
8 In order to test tho effect Of the city vot
d In co,nparison with that Of the farming
) districts l have taken Eve states whlci
from geographical position and characte
Of population afford the safest basis o
a. calculation. These are ONO, lndlaha
"a Michigan, Illinois and 1own-all IN IN
s. battle-ground Of 1896, each contaln1n
So many cities and tho farmers In every on
90 reported during the campaign to be frleho
- " to the freq silver idea.
30 In each OF these five st.tes have set J
90 90 a class by themselves all those countlt
IA containing cities or towns of $500 popui'
-, tion or mora.
20 PARTY vorB IN CITY COUNTIES
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

Decrease
Careful examination OF the foregoing
.ot,Ie reveals that the increase in the total
vote in 1896 over 1892 was the largest in
percentage since 1876, when the desperate
character of the Hayes Tilden presidentlal
comnaipp called out heavy vote In com
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16
Number of
1882

There Is no moro instructive or lInpor-
tant phase of our analysis OF tho olec'iol'
returns than that which bears Cd the IN
nueDce upon tho result exercised by tho
foreign population, whether foreign born
or native born of foreign parentnSe. Most
readers will be surprised to learn that very
nearly one-half of all the people OF tho
United States are of Immediate foreign cx-
traction-foreign born or born IN TINS
country of foreign born parents Inc X !
,o,,-;,,c is the total number of foreign born
;nha Infants in the United States III 1880
according to nationality:
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-01-16

Total population United States .62dS,Soo l'"""
Considering the foreign part of our pop
ulation from its political aspect-the modes
of thought, hereditary convictions, princ'-
pies and prejudices-we should 1lnd man!
more citizens who belong within the Tor
eign category. such as the children of for
eipnors whose parents were born in this
country, but whose associations and traul.
| tioDs are wholly or in largo part thosc CO
| their families 1t is safe to say that iuiiy
| ono.half the population of the country is
foreign in this sense.
| According to the census of 1890, the num-
Der of foreign born persons of voting ago
in the United States, emitting terrltor,cS'
was 4, $50, 952, out of a grand total OF 10,
| o4O all. The foreign born voters, there
| fore were little moro than 25 per cent OF
She Yholo number .
| These 1850, 952 foreign born voters are
distributed among the states which voteu
for Mckinley and Bryan respectively as
follows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-11
Wednesday, August II, 1897.
EX|LED TO SIBERIA.
A Thrilling Serial Story of Adventure,
Hardship, Love and Triumph.

WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON is a writer who has been
receiving much favorable from competent critics
story recently published New York paper celebrated r
literary Judgment created little less than sensation IN ne
world of literature -
In EXILED TO SIBERIA" he has supplied an excellent
serial It tells of American boys who, after hnlshng at
college, started of the European continent lhey
visited upon invitation the uncle of one of the boys Ihs uncle
held high place court life and interested IN the
his nephew upon the young mans death ne became
the heir
Once Russia easy for the uncle have the young men
arrested and sentenced Siberia political prisoners
They handsome, educated brave boys characters about
which clever writer most fascinating tale They
subjected terrible hadsps they escaped were
and escaped again They made friends and enemies in high
places They had any number of exciting adventures All these
elements handled in mastery by Mr. Graydon and
throughout faithful and valuable description OF
the wonderful system which enables the Car to rule his vast do
mains with vertable rod of iron.
Subscribe for THE ENQUIRER and watch for the open
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-11
Humurolls 9epartment.

A SWEET REvENGE.-I is claimed
by writer in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer that this story originated in
Cleveland, a claim which may very
we'll be true, because Cleveland-and
especially the East End-has more
precocious children to the acre than
Boston could boast of in her palmiest
days. This particular precocious in.
FAINT lives on a pretty cross street in
that favored locality. Not long ago
she was troubled with an annoying
and persistent toothache. Finally her
mamma took her to dentist, and the
dentist interviewed the troublesome
tooth.
After examining it, he told her that
the best thing to do under the circuR-
stances was to have the tooth extract
ed, as it contained a very large cavity,
and this was the seat of the trouble.
Bracing herself firmly in the chair,
she bade him 60 ahead and remove
the acher. After the operation was
over, she carefully wrappsd the tooth
in paper, and declared she would take
it home.
Next day her mamma noticed that
she was an unusually good girl, and
upon looking around located her in a
window seat, industriously poking su-
gar into the cavity of the extracted
tooth. Her mother demanded the
cause of this strange proceeding.
"Why," she said, "I'm poking sugar
in the old thing just to see it ache !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-11

BEES RAISING SIEGEs.-At one time
several centuries ago, the city of Tam
ly, in the Spanish territory of Xiatine,
was besieged by the Portuguese. The
invaders were winning bastion after
bastion, when the beleaguered citizens
were struck with a brilliant project.
They brought all the hives that they
could find in the place and set them
upon the city wall, building great fires
underneath them. The smoke and
the flames so incensed the bees that
they rushed out in swarms and flew
down upon the enemy, making panic
instanter, causing them to flee.
Very much the same plan was tried,
and with equal success, by statesman
of Thuringia, whose house was sur
rounded one day by a furious mob.
He marched his servants out with all
his beehives and threw them one by
one in the midst of the crowd. A
cannon ball would not have been hall
as effective as were these strange and
unexpected weapons. 1t took but q
few moments to clear the space around
the statesman's dwelling.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-11

EXPOSING POTATOES TO SUNLIGHT.
Potatoes that are to be kept for eating
should not lie long on the surface Of
the ground exposed to the sun, for if
they are greened even slightly, much
of the potato must be cut with the
peel or it will be bitter. The green of
potato is poison. Though the green
tops of potatoes will sometimes be eaten
by cows, they will give the bitter taste
to the milk that is sometimes noticed
in the fall. Cows will not eat enough
of them, however, to do themselves
any injury. When the green of sun
burned potatoes is cut away it carries
with it the best part of the potato, as
there is in nearly everything more nu-
triton on the outer surface of vegeta-
bles than in those less near to the sun
light. For seed potatoes the greening
by sunshine is no disadvantage. II
dries out the potato and makes the
eyes push out stronger than they
would if not so dried.