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White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-02
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White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-02
An Accidental Beauty.

Tho Improssionst Critic tyicwing the
plcturc)-Oh, what II lovely effect that is
IN tho center of the canvas!
The Painter Wot IN imprcasionist)-
Horrors That's where Fido must have
rubbed himself after lying down on my
palette o-Tit. Bits.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-02
Evidence.

Callcr--I am going to send my little
girl to co0Iling school at once.
Docs sne care for such thingsH"
CHIlcr--Dcar mo, no, hut am sure she
will mako a good cook. Sho breaks 80
many lovely dishes. Chicago Inter Ocean.
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-02

"1hen you dop't haze me Laura, drar?"
mo. Geofgr. like you well enough, but
It wuud be rdiculous for me to marry yoa
You are the first man that has proposed TO
mer'-Chcug0 Tribune,
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-02
THO Clcar Case Bearer.

The cigar case bearer is a new enemy
TO tho fruit grower AS described i'll bul-
letin SO Of Cornell university expert
mcnt station, it is the larya of moth
very like tho bud moth, and the two are
often found together in the same orchards
in western Now York. Tho insect :
very small, but can be seen best when
cnveloped i'll its second cigar shaped
case, which it makes soon after the
leaves opcl, il May. 1t is entirely pro
tected by this except its head, which it
burios i'll the tender foliage The moths
emerge from the cases between June 20
and July 5, when they lay their eggs
in the hairs on tho under side OF leaves.
Tho yOung larvae hatch III two or three
weeks, and at once begin the cOnStruc-
ton Of q case for winter, which by the
middle of September they hayo attached
TO the twigs on the ends Of the branches,
whore they rcmaiu until the buds break
into leaves in the spring
Paris green, with the bordeaux mix
ture, will kill them if applied just at
the time the buds are breaking, There
should be two applications, as new r-
faces Of leaves are formed rapidly. This
is a little latCr than the best time TO
apply paris green for the bud moth. A
spray Of kerosene emulsion applied when
the caterpillars arc most active also de-
struys many Of them. 1t should be made
pretty strong, or diluted with nine parts
uf wafer This also will destroy the
White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1897-09-02

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SILENTLY "oisAped ~ a good olHcef' In
short, lie was not at ali tne sort oi 4
man for his wife, and She d'd not hcea
TO b' as clever as s"e ha'ui'.'y was
70 HAa ti'l7 OUT
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was oId ana c\F'r-ehceu' anu qui'e
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- -r,,ni.iruo;, shc asI,cd her husband.
Gordon hal come the da,. before.
.pron,fe.no, to ne about liye all the
others " Thrr,,. was infinite coutrmpt in
,h,t .alI thc ptbers''-rpn with no
IDEAS.
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-. oIoyc,. face .ho fare of q nau-tbat
!. a nam or tho world. nrmbryo."
She WAS irving to see him in the ltght
,f he,. .l,,u ir.an'n.ro. # is quite hu-
NAN and very feminine to persist in
trytrg TO i3caliza those about one, ana
/ caN a great many dismal failures sue
coed IN rur,u~ enc Of the habit.
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The oasis., 1897-11-27
How to cure Bilious collc.

suffered for weeks with collie and pains in my stomach caused by bilious ness and had to take medicine all the the while until l used Chamberain's Collie, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy which cured me. have since recom- mended it to good many people. Mas. F. BUTLER, Fairhaven, Conn.
 Persons who are subject to bilious collie can ward off the attack by taking this remedy as soon as the first symp- toms appear. Sold by Chenoweth & Mix.
The oasis., 1897-11-27
~oGALH= NOTES.

Yesterday MT James Franklin Dar- nail, the new United States consul at Nogales, Sonora, accompanied by Mrs. DarnaU arrived from the east, and registered at the Montezuma hotel TIE OASIS welcomes Mir Darnall to his new field of labor, and wishes for him the utmost success in the admin istraticn Of his office.
 Absolute purity, delicate flavor, are characteristics of SCHLITz beer. j. T. Brickwood sells it for l0cents glass Mexican money.
 Yesterday evening Mir. Karl r. Mil Ter president, and MT. Goerz, secre- tary of the Franco-American Mining Co.,, came in from Gro Blanco. They made the trip in eleven hours and say that the road can be,put in excellent repair for less than one thousand dol lars. toward which rthey will con- tribute liberally.
 Yesterday morning there arrived from the east Messrs. Matt Reynolds, '. $. attorney in the land court, l.. F. Parker, who represented the people of Nogales before the same court and the supreme court of the United States, Ed. Long of St. Louis, Prof. W. H. Seaman of the New Mexico school oflmines at Socorro, and Lieut.. II. O. Flipper, special agent for the land court. They remained until this morning, and took the train for Hermosillo and Guaymas,
 Prospectors and others wanting tools, mining supplies, provisions, etc., will find everything in those lines very cheap at the store of r. Von Borstel Guaymas
The oasis., 1897-11-27
Dining Stations.

Dining Stations.
 Pullman Sleepers are attached to these trains,
 Connections made at Benson, Aria, with the Southern Pacific Co. Southern Pacific Company's eastbound train No. l9 arrives pt Benson at 3:15 a. m.. and westbound train No. 70 at I2:25 a m. Southbound passengers con take sleeper any time after it arrives from the south at 11:45 p. m. Northbound passengers are allowed to remain in the sleeper at Benson until arrival of Southern Pacific train No, 10.
 Trains makes connection at Torres with Torres & Prietas Railroad, leaving at 11:00 a. m. and D. m, daily for Colorado and Minas prietas
 Close connection Is made at Guaymas with Pacific Coast Steamship Companys steamer ~0rizaba" sailing the 1lh of each month for Altata, Mazatlan Cape St. Lucas. Magdalena Bay and Ensenada; aud with the Occidental Railroad COmpany.s Steamship line of steamess sailing June 10th and 30th. July 20, August 10 and 90, September 20. October 10 and 90. November %. and December 10 and 30, for La paz. Altata, Mazatlin, San Bias. Man zanillo Acapulco. Puerto Angel, Salna Cruz. TOnaia, and San BenitO.
 For particulars address
 J. A. NAUGLE, General Pass. Agt, Guaymas, sonora, Mex.
The oasis., 1897-11-27

A well known cattlemau, friend of THE OASIS, writes from Crlttenden: We have plenty Of calf thieves in our vicinity. The thieves now catch the calves unbranded when from six to ten months old, take them away from the cows a distance of from two to five miles, put them into fields we'll fenced and hold them until they forget their mothers. If we arrest the offenders and take them Co Tue son for trial the people there cry out another calf case, and the unfortu- nate owner Of the stolen calf or calves and his witnesses are put upOu trial instead Of thief 1 wish you would suggest some remedy for theses wrongs can think of but one, and that would be q new county"
The oasis., 1897-11-27

Citizen: Mss Catherine Christ en- tertained the little misses in the darkey and Japanese groups at the late Episcopal church entertainment last evening. The guests were Ger trude Pusch, Herminia Gallego, Zelda Brown, Lucille Drachman, Mary Ru- lette and Alma Katzenstein. By way of refreshments they had chocolate, cake and fruits and were pleasantly entertained throughout the evening by their accomplished host.
The oasis., 1897-11-27
NOTICE.

Legal notice Is hereby given to all those having left watches or other work al pelle- grin's lewelry ore for repairs. 10 call for same and pay charges on or before Dec. lst. 1897 All work remaining then uncalled for will be s i'd Co the highest b dder for ca-h to pay repairs and costs. k, J. PELLEGRIS.
 Nogales, A T., Nov 18th. ise1.
The oasis., 1897-11-27

Pacific Time. Flag Stations. Stops on Signal.
 BEN WILLIAMS, uperintendent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
THE CROPS.

Wheat Harvest Under Way-C0Fn
Growing Rapidly.
Chicago, July 29.-The crop reports
as to the condition of crops through
out the country and the general effect
of the weather on the growth, cultiva-
ton and harvest of the same, were
Tuesday made by the directors of the
several climate and crop sections: The
reports received at Chicago were as fol-
lows:
Michigan-Large portion Of wheat. rye
and hay now we'll secured. Dat harvest
begun. Corn made good growth and is
now in tassel. Timely but unevenly dis
tributed showers have improved potatoes.
pastures and gardens. but delayed work in
few localities.
Illinois-Very favorable week, corn con-
tinues wonderful growth, general tassel-
ing and silking, while early fields are near
ing roasting ears Oats cut and some threshed
with fair yield and fine berry. Winter
wheat and rye tl1reshing continue. Haying
practically finished. Early potatoes being
dug with poor to fair yield. Second cror
of clover. cutstock peas, nillet and broom
corn growing finely. Pastures and gardens
much revived.
Iowa-Corn making good progress and
early fields have reached caring stage with
ample moisture Tor present needs. Bar
ley and oats mostly harvested and thresh-
ing begun. Spring wheat harvest pro-
crossing with some reports of injury by
rust and scales. but probably not extern
sive. -
Wisconsin-Wheat harvest begun and ex-
cellent promised, but chinch bugs making
inroads in western and central sections.
Corn growing rapidly. Oats and barley
harvest under way. Potatoes in good con-
dition. but blight appears in localities.
Haying delayed in north portion by rain.
Tobacco making fine progress.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
IOWA PROHlBlTlONiSTS.
Meet ut Des Aofnen and Name a State
Ticket.

Meet ut Des Moines and Name a State
Ticket.
Des Moines, Ia, July 29.-The pro-
hibitionists held their state convention
here Wednesday and placed in nominal
ton the following state ticket: Gov
ernor, DIR. E. L. Eaton, Des Moines;
lieutenant governor, NJ. W. Atwood,
Baskerville; state superintendent, Mrs.
M. H. Durham; supreme judge, N. T..
Hellyer, Guthrie Center; railroad COM
missioner, A. u. Coates, Perry. The
platform is short and confined to pro-
hibition entirely, except one plank for
woman suffrage and another of fair
ballot and fair count; the mulct and
manufacturing laws passed by the re-
publicans in recent legislatures. The
candidate for governor is pastor of the
First Methodist church of this city, per-
haps the largest church of the kind in
the state.
Des Moines, Ia, July 3O.-E. L. Eaton,
nominated for governor by the prohi-
bitionists, is ineligible for the office,
not having lived in the state the re-
CURED two years.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
NEW TARIFF LAW.
President Mckinley Puts His Name
8 to the Document. q. /.
5 the Vote in the Senate was 40 to so
Speaker Reed Names the House
Committees-Finnl ADJOURN
s<a ment OF Congress. j,

Washington, July 2e.-The tariff bill
passed it's last legislative stage at three
p. m. Saturday, when the senate, by the
decisive vote of 40 to 80. agreed to the
conference report on the bill. The au-
5nouncement of the result was greeted
with enthusiastic applause by the
crowded chamber. The bill was at once
sent to President Mckinley, who signed
it at 4:07.
+ The Vote.
: Yeas-Aldrich. Allison. Baker, Burrows.
Carter, Clark. Davis. Deboe, Elkins, Fair
banks. Foraker. Frye. Gallinger. Gear.
Hale. Hansbrough, Hawley. Hoar,
Jones (Nev), Lodge, Mcbride, Nc
Emery. Mcmillan. Mason, Morrill,,
Nelson. Penrose. Perkins. Platt Conn }.
Platt IN. W. Pritchard, Quay, Sewell.
Shoup, Spooner. Stewart. Thurston. War
rem, Wetmore-40.
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Cafrery, Chill.
ton. Clay. Cockrell. Daniel, Faulkner, Cor
man. Harris. Jones (Ark). Lindsay. NAL
Tory, Martin. Mills. Mitchell, Morgan,
Murphy, Pasco. Pettus. Roach, Smith, TIL
man, Turley, Turner. Turpie. Vest.
.Walthall. White-30.
A currency reform message was re-
ceived from the president and referred
to the finance committee, and then
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
TRUE UNIFO RMI'TY.
Plan Adopted by Pittsburgh Coal
=,=r2& OperatOrs-The Strike.

Plan Adopted by 9P1ttsburGh Coal
OperntOrs-The Strike.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 29.The "true
Uniformity conference of coal oper-
ators of the Pittsburgh district adopted
the following agreement, but it has
nothing to do with the great strike: Ss'
+ The agreement as adopted provides for
cash payment Of wages, 1000 pounds to the
ton, check weighmen on the tipples, min
ers to be credited with the full quantity OF
coal contained in the mine car. abolition OF
company stores, semimonthly pay: days,
uniform price for pick mining in the thin
and thick vein districts and screens not ex-
ceeding one-half inch. 1t also provides
that in case Of the violation Of the provt-
sions and terms of the agreement penalty
Of ten cents per ton on the total output OF
coal mined by the vtolator will be charged,
which penalty is to be paid as commission
subject to the right of further arbitration
or appeal Said penalty when collected is
to be distributed among the signers OF the
agreement pro rata. in proportion to the
total amount Of tonnage or output made by
to. be chosen annually and shall be known
by the name Of the Uniformity commits
sion. It shall be composed of nine mem
bers, the thick and thin vein operators hay
ing proper representation. The members
shall be sworn to faithfully and impartial
~ perform the duties of their office
and will be authorized and empow-
cred to enforce the judgments and
awards It shall also be empowered to
subpoena witnesses with the same force
and effect as board of arbitrator duly
appointed under the act of the assembly OF
the state of Pennsylvania relating to COM
pulsory arbitration. The agreement shall
not become effective unless it has been
signed by 95 per cent. of the operators on
or before January l, 1893. After 80 per cent.
have signed the agreement, il any IS OPP
orators shall be Of the opinion that enough
have signed to render it effective, a meet
ing shall be called in Pittsburgh to declare
it in force.
+: The general strike situation is less
encouraging from the miners stand
point than it was a week ago. Breaks
in the ranks of the river men and gen
eral feeling of encouragement over the
West Virginia situation have combined
to quench enthusiasm in a remarkable
degree.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
STATE OF TRADE.
How 1t Appears to Leading Mer-
chants In ~ States.

How 1t Appears to Leading N1er-
chants In ~ States.
Chicago, July sO.-The Wholesale
Grocer publishes answers from job
bers all over the country to questions
regarding trade. The replies were from
jobbers in ~ states and show an in
crease of so per cent. in the volume o!
business for the first half of 81 as
compared with the same period last
year; 30 per cent. report the volume
about the same, and 20 per cent. note a
decrease. The question if definite i'm
provement in conditions was recog-
nized was answered affirmatively by
70 per cent. Sectionally GA per cent. OF
the jobbers in the southern states, IS
in the eastern. 10 from the western and
IS per cent. from the central states said
Eyes" to the improvement question.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

For the Week Ending July ~.
More than 5000 soldiers were killed
in battle with fana tics near Canudos,
Brazil. u ~
.ss Fire at Y onkers, N. Y, destroyed two
large factory buildings. the loss being
$500, 1000. -.
Jules Bunnell and his bride of a few
days committed suicide with morphine
at Houston, Tex.
Labor leaders issued bulletin say
ing they were confident of success in
the miners strike. = -.
The National Temperance society be-
gan its seventeenth annual camp meet
ing at Ocean, Grove, NJ.
William Cookson Carpenter, the old
est practicing lawyer in New York city,
cied at the age of "a years.
Pasquelle Dadario was hanged in Phil
adelphia for the murder of Modestino
MOTTO, three-year-old child.
A dispatch from Athens says that the
sultan has instructed Tewfik Pasha to
sign the peace preliminaries.
Heavy rains flooded Railway. Fan
wood and other places in New Jersey
and did great damage to property.
Capt. John H. Johnson, Gen. Sher-
idan's chief of scouts during the war,
died in Brooklyn, N. Y, aged 81 years.
Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, the newly
appointed United States minister to
Spain, sailed from New York for Mad
rid.
James Henry, bachelor aged 104,
and Miss Emily Boynton, aged 81. both
colored, were married in Knoxville,
Tenn.
Otto Munchmeyer. United States
consul at San Salvador, committed sui
eide. His home was in Parkersburg,
w. Va.
John T. Lowell, manufacturer of fire
arms, died in Boston. He was one of
the foremost arms manufacturers in
the country.
A deal whereby most of the coal
mines in East Tennessee will become
the property of an English and Boston
syndicate is announced.
''Cap" Hatfield, the notorious outlaw
and leader of the Hatfield-McCoy feud
and credited with killing II men, es.
capped from Jail at Williamson, W. Va.
Mrs. Gertie Bemak Scholtaan is dead
in Jersey, City in her one hundred and
first year. She was born in Prussia.
She saw Napoleon's march through
Prussia.
A. B. LOOMS, president of the First
national bank of Manchester, one OF
the largest land owners in Iowa, and
one of the oldest residents. died there
Wednesday morning, aged IS.
The populist state convention al
Roanoke, Va, nominated Capt. Edward
r. Cooke, of Cumberland, for lieutenant
governor. Other places will be filled
if the democrats decline to fuse
The handsome Carrara marble bus
of President Mckinley that is to b,
placed in the state capitol at Columbus
O., has arrived in New York from
Naples and will be shipped west in Z
few DAYS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
REVENUE RECEIPTS.

They Show a Heavy Decrease for the
Year Just Ended.
Washington, July 29.-The prelimi-
nary report of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue for the year ended June
30, 1897, shows that the total receipts
during that period were $146,61o,5OS Il
decrease as compared with the previous
year of $211, LOG. The states from which
the largest collections were made DUR
ing the year are given as follows: ILL.,
nois. $32,115.622; New York, SIS, AGO.
766; Kentucky, $15,657,e57; Ohio, $12,-
74s,7ss; Pennsylvania, $11.446,317; In
diana, $s,564,363; Missouri. $7.s64.6 s2.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

,Ss BEHIND the eye what IS called the
..retina" is lined with branching blood
vessels, and 2 curious but perfect sim
pie experiment will enable you to see
these. Place yourself II q dark room,
opposite 2 dark-co lored wall; then
light . candle and, holding It in your
hand, shove it up and down before
Syourseyes, al the time looking, not 81
the candle, but the wall beyond. Aft
Ter = little practice you will see appear.
on the wall 9 great branching figure
in black on 2 red dish sur face. Il What
you are looking ats rs the shad ow of
thesesbl blood vessels 81 the back az your.
avn eye.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

Dr. Mclean, in the Excitement of Ia.
lucas Victory, Falls Dead.
Cincinnati, July 3O.-Dr. E. F. Nc
Lean, the noted turfman, is dead. His.
death occurred under the most unusual
circumstances at the Oakley race track
just before the last race Thursday even
ing. McLean's horse, Taluca, won the.
Ohio stakes, the event of the day, and
was run up to $4,000 by John Hoffman.
In the excitement occasioned by this.
the doctor had an attack of heart dis
ease, and expired in ten minutes. The
fifth race was thereupon called off. The.
greatest excitement prevailed, as DR..
Mclean was one of the most prominent
turfmen in the west. He was IS years.
old. wealthy and owned-a big string of
horses. a..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03
TO PLAN A SHIP CANAL.

Deep Waterway Commission Ia AM
pointed by the President
Washington, July 3O.-The secretary
of war announced Thursday the ap-
pointment by the president of Mai.
Charles W. Raymond, corps of engi-
neers, United States army; Alfred No
BILE, of Chicago, and George Y. Wisner,
of Detroit, as board of engineers to
make surveys and examinations for q
deep waterway from the great lakes to
the Atlantic tidewaters. This board
was authorized in the last sundry civil
act. approved June 4, 1897, and is ex-
pected to complete the work UNDER
taken by the deep waterways commits
sion appointed by President Cleveland.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

AREvoLUT1oN in the building of SUBJ
merged walls and piers is promised
from an invention on exhibition at the
foot of Rivington street, New York. A
raft is placed between two scows and
supported by ropes. A solid wall is
then built on the raft, which sinks
gradually as the weight increases. In
this way the inventor claims that he can
build stone wall weighing 5000 tons
and float it to any part of the bay or
beach and lower it in place wherever
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

DR.. KANDr, q German explorer, has
started out to find the ultimate sources
Of the Nile. Having the promise Of
assistance from the Congo authorities
when he reaches their territory, he has
set out from German East Africa, in
tending to make his way to Urundu,
Uhha and Ruanda- There he will as
certain the size Of Lake Akenjaru, and
measure the volume Of water in the
rivers Kagera, Ruvuru, Nyakirongo
and Akenjuru in the dry and wet sea-
sons. He will trace that having the
greatest volume to its source. u. e=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

The great Chulalongkorn, king of
Siam, at his last visit to the Swiss par
lament in Berne, took an album to all
the mem bers, in which he asked them
to draw pig with their eyes shut and
sign their efforts with their auto
graphs. The king, as have many Amer
lean youths and maidens, gained much
amusement from the regularity with
which the statesmen failed to connect
the tail with the body, and put the eye
in the middle of the head.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

The practical value of the eophone,
an instrument about which so much
has been said and written, would ap-
pear to be confirmed by the secretary
OF the treasury's call upon congress
for some $4,000 in order to place them
on revenue cutters. AS is well under
stood, the eophone is sound catching
device, its purpose being the deter.
mination, with all possible accuracy
in fog or darkness, of the location OF
sound, both as to the direction and dis.
fanon
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-03

The director of the gasworks at AK
les-Baines, France, has perfected a
simple system of automatically light
ing and extinguishing gas jets from
any distance. The burner is closed by
steel plate, which is magnetized and
drawn aside while an electric current
is passing through it, the escaping gas
being ignited either by spark from
the plate or the incandescence of a
suitable material The plate falls
back over the burner on being demag-
netized