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ing such mist that she could scarcely
see the black head bobbing among the
waves. Rowing with all her strength,
she pulled bravely toward him.
There was now but a few yards be-
tween them. She could hardly wait
until she once more had her shaggy
Beautiful close to her heart. Had he
during whole miserable year of trou-
ble? 80
FIe had almost reached the boat when
low, heavy whistle sounded ominous-
~ near. Lura turned. There, coming
directly toward them, was an ocean
steamer.
Hurry, Beautiful. hurry" she
screamed. Were in the steamship
channel! Oh, hurry, hurry"
She dragged him into the boat, wet,
dripping, painting. She clutched the
oars and pulled for her llfe-their lives,
Beautifuls and hers. III. ~
The great steamer whistled again. It
was bearing directly down upon them,
like monstrous swimming mountain.
Beautiful, seeming danger, crouched to
the bottom Of the dory and whined dis
mally. Lura could hear the steady
thump Of the propeller, then voices
shouted excited warnings. Her strength
was fast being exhausted, and her
poor, blistered hands gave up the race
just as the towering hull of the vessel
swept past few yards distant
The pilot saluted the little heroine
with several sharp whistles, and the
passengers, crowded together at the
rails, cheered Justify One man, more
excited than the others, rushed fran
tlcally across the deck and called to
the captain to lower a boat.
But Lura was quite unaware of all
this tribute to her pluck and bravery.
For as soon as danger was passed she
collapsed completely, and putting her
hands to her face, began to sob con-
vulsively. The oars slipped from their
| locks and the dory tumbled about as it
| struck the steamers swells, but she
did not heed. She failed even to notice
that the steamer had slowed down, and
that small boat was being swiftly pro-
PEELED toward her.
But when pair of familiar arms
closed about her and the dearest voice
in the world murmured, "My little
daughter" she realized the first great
happiness of her life, and each could
only sob, Daddy, daddy" while Beau
tiful, faithful and devoted, showed his
love and gratitude by fondly burrow~
ing his nose between her poor swollen
little fngers.-Helen Follett.
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h Between the. drawing room and the
music room is the square hall, large
enough to hold reception in, vain
scoted almost to the ceiling with old
oak, with carved stone fireplace, a
tall, 1nlaid clock, several attractive
little settees and bright touches of red
IN cushions, lampshades and wall pa
per. The stairway is majestic at
fair, parting at the first landing and
giving domelike effect to the center
of the house.
The prettiest room in the house is
the music room, between the hall and
the dining room. The walls are Gov
cred with light blue satin damask. and
the ceiling is frescoed in a delicate
pattern. The piano is of white wood,
and the chairs are of gilt, and are up
holstered in blue satin. The dining
room is a splendid apartment. The
furniture is of heavy dark oak, there
is wainscoting half way to the cell
ing, and the chairs are high-backed
and heavily carved. The walls are
papered in warm green, harmonizing
with the rug that covers the floor. and
tne portleres are OF tapestry pattern.
The library, which is upstairs, is the
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AMONG THE cHINs.
Men, Women and Even Babies E,rinH
to Excess.

Men, Women and Even Babies DrinH
to Excess.
The most common illnesses among
the Chlns are cholera and other boWe.
complaints, as is not unnatural, con-
sldeFlng the climate, their filthy hab-
its and their RIGHTEOUSNESS. saws
Chambers Journal. Foe if the Chins
have one quality which may be count
ed as a virtue it is hospitality. No
pretext for a feast is allowed to pass
unused, whether it be birth, death.
O. marriage, a sacrifice, "the payment
OF debt, the making of an agreement
the slaughter of an enemy, the shoot
ing of DEER; and feast implies
a drinking bout, sometimes of MANY
days duration.' They drink a LIQUOR
named 'zu," which is made from rice.
mlllet or Indian corn. It is described
as "a most refreshing drink after a
hot march," and is said to- pull one
together more quickly than amy other
stlmulant in times of great fatigue
Its effects do not appear, to be very
deleteriOus, for the Chin usually lives
to good age, though habituas
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-18
VARIETIES OF MUSHROOMS.
Mycophagists Have Tested 800 Species
and Found Them All Harmless.

Mycophagists Have Tested 800 Species
and Found Them All Harmless.
From the New York Evening Post:
In each season when mushrooms,
which are taking each year a frmer
hold on the taste Of the general pub
lie, are found most abundantly, it is
we'll for the timid lover of this article
of diet to- remember that there are ov-
err 800 species that have been thor
oughly tested by mycophagists and
found to be entirely harmless. The
fine books now published on this sub
ject, with colored plates, where the
growing fungi are exactly reproduced,
give the most wary an opportunity to
discover for themselves whether the
specimens they may have gathered
during a country ramble are safe to
use. There are several varieties of
mushrooms which, while gastronomi-
cally disturbing, will not prove fatal
In fact, there is now thought to be but
one variety that is sure death. And
even for this-the deadly amanita an
antidote is said to lie in atrophine
This is an equally deadly poison given
in one-sixtieth of a grain doses in hy-
podermic injections
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-18
An Odd Fish.

In the Pacific ocean, among til
Islands of Santa Barbara and in til
seas of California, queer fish, spend
a lazy life, floating on the surface 70:
the most of the time, and basking id
the sunshine, with part of his body out
OF the water. It is called the smola-
mola" by the natives, and the .smole''
or moon fish by the whites. I'm
like other fish, it has no tail i'm the
proper sense of the word, only a kind
of fringe acting as a rudder. I'll il:
sometimes over ten feet across TIN
fms, and round as bladder. Strangs
to say, it serves as a floating islam
for large numbers Of sea-birds, esptS
cially gulls and cormorants, to resa
upon and preen their plumage. W1fes
chased, the indolent moon-fsf d1yG
like duck, to reappear at distancH
Nevertheless, it would be- easily caughs
were the fish good to eat, but is
toughness renders it only fit to dry
the sun as a substitute for Indfa-ru
Der balls.
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HOW THEY ARE USED.

The lower grade of molasses, which
is unstable, is used as a fuel. It is
sprinkled over the sugar cane from
which, the juice is extracted, and when
put in the fire burns with strong:
heat. One hundred thousand tons were
used last year. s
Waste pieces of cork, when carefully
cleaned and powdered, are used as an
absorbent called suberin. Burnt cork
is an artists pigment; linoleum made
of linseed oil and pressed cork, is a
floor covering and when embossed anE
decorated is Lincrusta Walton.
Stag, the refuse from smelling works
which accumulates at the rate of mill
lions Of tons a year, instead of form
ing mountains Of waste near the fur
naces as it used to do, has entered into,
the construction of roads and has been
made into bricks, paving stone, tiles
and railway sleepers. s.
The tree roots which have bothered
farmers and those who have cleared
away land have turned out mines Of
wealth. LogWood roots yield an excel
lent dye, and those fortunate enough
to have waste land covered with log
wood stumps are making money. Roots
OF, walnut trees are Of value when cut
and sawed and turned into costly
French veneers.
Broken glass and the waste from
glass furnaces are heaped togethar
and melted down, dressed and cut
into beautiful slabs. forming an artifi-
cial marble Of decorative design. De
signs in relief can be obtained while
the material Is still warm and> soft.
Every year q couple Of thousand tons
Of broken glass ,are collected il the
/ streets Of Londorl sass
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favorite room of both Secretary and
Mrs. Gage, and it has only one fault
it is too small to hold the books that
the Secretary would like to have from
his library in Chicago. Mrs. Cages
boudoir occupies the whole front of
the house in the second story. 1t is
furnished in light blue, Mrs. Cages
favorite color, with a dressing room
adjoining, which is a nest of silk
hangings, soft rugs, 1aces and tall
mirrors. ,=r 49,. = =. 49, -a
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Has Catamounts for. Pets.

Mrs. Helen Link, who resides at /
foot of reversing mountain, ne
Reading, Pa, has two catamounts
pets. They are about full grown,
allowed to run at large, and ne
harm anybody They and their fam
dog get along very well together. TT
frequently roam over reversing mo
tain, but always return.
Mrs. Link found them i'm holf
tree near Joanna Heights about /
ago, while she was out hunting. L
were but ten days old and as play
as kittens. One is named Nancy, d
she is striped like a tiger. The ot|
is Josie. somewhat larger.
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the cabinet circle to establish them
serves, and their home will be among
the most attractive of the official
houses which is saying a great deal
IN face Of the splendor of nearly all
OF the residences that have been taken
Dy president McKinley's cabinet Of
f1cers.
The Gage house is the one in Mas
sachusetts avenue on the prettiest part
OF that thoroughfare It is only two
years old. and, so far, it has never
been identified with official Washing
ton. 1t is built of white stone, as is
the home of the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Sherman, and the exteriors of the
TWO mansions are not unlike, having
Deen designed by the same architect.
Inc design is striking and rather or
nate, and the Gage house is made more
conspicuous by the treatment of the
windows, where the handsomest lace
That is to be seen in Washington is
shown. g..
Mrs. Gage is looking forward to her
nrst winter as the wife of a cabinet
ohcer with nothing but pleasure. She
has handsome house, she has good
servants, she has already made friends
with the most prominent persons in
washington society, and she has, by
nature, so much dignity and self-pos
session that she does not know what
| the sensation Of being Hurried means.
she Will know how to make the most
| t1mld woman who will venture into
| her drawing room on reception days
| feel at home, and she will know how
to disarm the most critically disposed
woman Of the "old Washingtonian"
set, which is composed of women who
look upon new cabinet lady as some
one who is up on trial, as it were, for
their favor, and who have established
ideas in regard to the proper bearing.
handshake, etc.
Their attitude reminds one of the
reply that one of the regular Wash
ington correspondents made not long
ago to a cabinet officer who had not
learned yet that the haughtiest person
under the sun is the Washington cor
respondent, and who tried to be a
little stiff with the newspaper man.
The cabinet officer received a cold
stare of surprise, and was answered
thus: why, do you know that one
of the chief occupations of our lives
is to see you people come and CO.,
Mrs. Gage has decided to have col
ored servants, and so far no livery has
been seen, unless the black dress and
white cap and apron of the maid can
be called livery. A cargo of things
from the Chicago home of Secretary
| and Mrs. Gage has not arrived, but
the mistress of the house has scattered
enough of her own rugs and hangings,
pieces of pottery and pictures, to i'm
press her own individuality upon the
rooms. The large drawing room,
where Mrs. Gage will stand to receive
on the cabinet Wednesdays, is beau
tiful apartment, with high ceilings
tinted in light green, and showing
some fine fresco work representing
cupids, garlands of flowers and bow
knots in delicate colors. The furniture
is of satin Of an olive shade, and the
[portieres are of the same material
There is an onyx fireplace and a cabi-
net for curios.
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Preventing the Plague.

Three Italian physicians, Drs. I
tig, Gaeotti, and Malenchini, have
turned from Bombay with a proven
serum for the plague. which they
sert is superior for the purpose to
Yersin's. 1t is not intended to G
says Scientific American, but TO
vent the disease, is more easily
pared than Yersin's, is free from
terra, dry, and harmless to man
beast. It is introduced by injectioI
small doses mixed with sterilized |
er, producing a slight local rash. VI
disappears in q hours. The doc
tried It on their own persons,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-18
Daisies in the South.

A southern man says the daisy was
never known in the south until after
the war. Now every part of it that
was visited by the Union army is COW
cred with daisies. sherman brought
them to us" he said, "and the march
to the sea can be followed in the sum-
mer time by keeping where the daisy
grows. The seed seems to have been
transported in the hay that was
brought along to feed the horses.
This is the only explanation that has
ever been made of it,
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SHE HAD NEVER ROWED so
HARD BEFORE"

-Ance and could no longer bear up I'M
:, der its load of worries.
Suddenly Beautiful Strengthened up.
vgrowled mysteriously, and then as
~sumed an air of defiant guardianship.
'Lura understood. The dreadful Wom-
IAN" was coming.
The cellar door opened with bang,
and face peered down into the dark
ness, while shrill voice piped:
PUT them down there and don't be
all day about it, I.
At that, little old man, from whose
arm swung basket filed with live,
squirming Holsters, shufaed painfully
down the stairs
On the Atlantic coast these lobster
men," as the peddlers Of shell fish are
called. are familiar characters il every
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-18
A LITTLE BLACK DOG.

LITTLE black dog,
running frantically
around the old
stone m a n S | o n,
paused suddenly
pricked up his ears
and listened. Then
came a voice.
"Here Beautiful!
Here I am! Here
at the cellar win
dow! Oh, you dar-
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ASHINGTON Cor
respondence: Til e
Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs.
Gage are settled for
the winter in the
new house that they
will occupy during
the Mckinley adj
ministration. They
are among the first
of the members of
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town and village, and this one, who
was a weekly caller at Miss Smithson's
Select School, was a special friend OF
Lura's.
Feeling the humiliation Of prisoner
unjustly sentenced, Lura crept back in
to the deeper shadows. And then it
was that a most unusual and unlocked
for thing happened.
With groWl and bound, Beautiful
broke away, dashed up the stairway,
and flew straight at Miss Smithson,
clutching his teeth firmly in her apron.
1. was most undiplomatic perform
ance and one quite worthy of the faith
full little friend.
OF course Miss Smithson screamed
at the top of her voice and fought wild
ly, but Beautiful continued the attack
with undaunted valor-until Lura and
the lobster merchant took a hand.
Then he was forced to desist.
''The vicious beast!" gasped Miss
Jane Smithson, as soon as she was free
to survey her torn, disheveled gar
ments. II have said time and again
that I would not have him around"
Then, turning to the old crippled ven
der who was looking dazed and Won
dering, she said: "I'll gladly pay you
if you will take that despicable little
animal where I shall never see him
again."
Lura stood palsied and speechless.
AS in a hideous dream, she silently
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Plenty of Teachers in Belgium.
There are 10000 teachers in the
diminutive kingdom of Belgium.
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HOME OF SECR'Y GAGE
IT'S IN MASSACHUSETTS AVE
NUE., WASHINGTON.

Mrs Gage as a. Hostess First
winter In Capital society-Some Of
the Decorations - New to omcial
v.ife. $3.50
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
Notice of Forfeiture

TO FRANK FIELDING MoCAFFREY, DE
 CEASED, TO HIS HEIRS AND ALL WHO
 CLAIM TITLE UNDER HIM:
 You are hereby notified that I, the under signed, have expended the sum of one hun dred dollars in labor and development upon the Cousin No. 2" mining claim. being the assessment work thereon for the year 1896, it being the work required to hold the same The said claim is situated in Superstition mining district Pinal county, Arizona If, at the expiration of ninety days after this notice, you fail or refuse to pay your propor- tion, S5O.o0, of the expenditure as co-owner, your interest in said claim will be forfeited to me, and you will also ipay the cost of this advertisement. SAM THORPE.
 Dated June 12th, 1897. je1e-smo My address is Goldfield, Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18

zona. Great changes have been made in tho appearance of this part of the valley during the last four years. It was about that long ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. It Is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing like a suffi- eient water to irrigate this vast body of land
 THE CASA GRANDR VALLEY CANAL is forty-three miles in length and covers 60,G90 acres of land, about 7,0Oo of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in- creased. A reservoir covering 1,690 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gal Ions, in the southeast corner of township 6, range 8, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it, but those above suffer by shortage of water during a few weeks in summer.
 It is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of huge reservoir at the Buttes, fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com potent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce it feasible.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
Proclamation of Reward.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,

!
 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENr.> FElO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL come:
 Whereas Official information has been re- eeiyed by me from the District Attorney of the County of Graham, Territory of Arizona, that Augustine Chacon, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed at the May term of the District Court, 169S, at Solo monyille, in the County of Graham, the judg- ment of said court afterward being affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Territory. and the said Chacon being resentenced to be ex- ecnted on the 18th day of June, 1887, and Whereas, I am officially informed that said Augustine Chacon did, on the 9th day of June, 1897, escape from the jail at Solomon vile, inthe said County of Graham. Now, therefore, I. B. J. Franklin, Govern or of the Territory of Arizona, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, do hereby offer Five Hundred tS5O0) Dollars Re- ward for the apprehension of said fugitive from justice and his detention in any jail in the United States.
 In testimony thereof have this twelfth day
 of June set my hand and caused IsEAL.l the Great Seal of the Territory
 to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, he-Capital this twelfth day of June, A. D. 1897.
 By the Governor,
 B.J. FRANKLIN CHAs. M. BRUCE.
 Secretary of the Territory
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
CASA CYANIDE RESERVOIR.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the territory. It covers q surface Of 1890 acres, with an aver thousand million gallons Of water. It is sit- uated fifteen miles southwest of Florence. levee of earth has been thrown tip across a depression ia the plain l. 600 feet in length, l25 feet in width at the bottom and 9 feet in width at top to slope on each side, and an average height of 9 feet. The waste is regu- lated by cast iron pipes feet in diameter, set in solid masonry regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost $l50,000. and sup plies water for 6.Oc0 acres.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
AK UxISHABITABLE DESERT

is in truth the most productive land on the globe, and that there is water in abundance to bring every foot of it under cultivation, only waiting for the magic wand of capital to develop 1t. There is no water-storage scheme on the Pacific coast that has one half the natural advantages and so few engineer ing difficulties as the Butte reservoir. Here nature has built the abuhnents in eyer-iy- ing rock, and all that is left for man to do IS to put in the headgate, the bluffs which form the gorge being only separated by paltry 220 feet. A country is drained through this narrow canyon 200 miles square, representing Massachusetts combined. The rainfall is suf- ficient to fill the reservoir twice year, and the land to be brought under cultivation is practically limitless. This may read like fairy taie, but it is every word true. and has been verified time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
NOTICE.

On and after December Ist, 1896, al meat bought in my shop must be paid for at time of delivery. lam compelled to make this order for self-protection.
 d5-tf G. E. ANGULo.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
MeteoroIoalcaI statlgtlcs.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained station at Florence from 1874 to 1882 The reports covering the period from July, 1880, to April, 1882 gives the follow ing statistics, which may be taken as a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given during the series of six yeas:
 1Qlo Moan Max Min
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
PRICES OF LAND.

Improved lands. with government title and water right can be bought for from SZJ to $50 per acre, according to location and inn pro9ements. in the immediate neighbor- hood and to the south of the Casa Grandee ruins there are thousands of acres covered with heavy growth of mesquite timber yet omen to settlement These are among the choicest i'll the valley. Water in inexhausti- ble quantity is found at a depth of from twenty to thirty feet; in fact, a river seems to be flowing underneath. Here is q splen- did opportunity to take up and improve land with a pumping system of irrigation, which is said to be successful on small tracts
 However, with the completion Of the butte reservoir. purping will be thing Of the past and it is only mentioned here for the purpose of showing what can be done, and to magnify the further fact that what was once considered
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18

NoTIoE.-Any Information regarding the Casa Graude velley will be cheerfully fur nished by Chas. D. Reppy, Immigration Com sr for Pinal county. Florence, Ariz.
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
PinaI County Building & L0ap
 Association.
Pinal County,
Arizona,
Florence,

Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. IT. WHIrrEMoRE, President,
 0. D. REPPY, Vice President.
 D. c. STEVENS, Treasurer HID. CAssIDAY, Secretary and Attorney Directors: Rev. I. T. Whittemore. c. D. Reppy, H. D. Cassiday, D. c. Stevens, J. M. Lille. c. G. Powell and k. I: Bollen. Office: With H. D. Cassidy. Directors regular meetings, first Monday in each month at o'clock D. m
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18

The heat as represented in the above table turing the months of June July and August fs nothing like as unbearaDle as in the Eastern States, and death from
The Florence tribune., 1897-12-18
THE EARLY MARKETS.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is 2 formidable obstacle to the destructive and unsightly scale-bug and the fruits of the valley are all bright and clean. All the agri- cultural products of temperate ana semi seasons giving a succession of crops that double or treble the productive value Of the land