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Daily camera., 1897-10-07
Aged 20 Years in a Night in a Hole

While going to her home in Gran
berry, one mile east of Hazleton, Pa,
one night recently, Mrs. Ernest Ylrich,
aged 80 years, fell into mine hole.
When rescued the next morning the
woman had aged apparently 20 years.
A ikee1perience for eithermar or won-
an was never recorded in mining his
tory, and that she is not a raving mani
ac is due to her fortitude and eXtraor-
dinary belief in prayer. She was saved
from instant death by falling into a
lake of muck, which had formed at the
bottom of the hole. This substance
closed about her, gradually swallowing
her, until it reached to her shoulders.
1t was nine o'clock when the accident
happened, and the first human being
she saw was at six o'clock in the morn
ing, when miner going to work heard
her moan. 1t required two hours to
reach her. She retained consciousness
throughout the ordeal, but tainted as
soon as raised to the surface. The
woman practically occupied a living
tomb during the time she was pris-
oner. The hole into which she fell is
80 feet deep and n mile in length, and
a stones throw from the village.-St.
Louis be-Democrat
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
As to Mileage Tickets,

If you travel extensively or frequen,Y
through Colorado, you will serve you
interest and convenience if you hoN
'l uf' tn, usard mile tickets, which are
nov gooo Tor passage over the followir :
lines:
Union Pacific Denver & Gulf.
Union Pacific System.
South Eek Line
Courar0 Midland R. R.
Midland Terminal R. R.
Th S enables holders to cover all i'm.
portant destinations in northern, eastern
and central Colorado, including Lead.
vile, Gunnison, Cripple Creek, Colorado
Springs, Trinidad, Pueblo, Clear Cree (
and Gilpin counties, and the Boulder
Fl. Collins s-Greeley district.
They are also good on the Fl. Worth
and Denver Ry.
Rate is $50, good for one year.
B. L. WINCHELL,
Gen. Pass. Agt., Denver, Colo.
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
PATENT COW FOR HUNTERS.
1t Carries Then, Quietly Into the

1t Carries Them Quietly Into the
Midst OF Unh1spcctinG Game.
1t is a well-knOwn fact that birds
and wild animals know what other
animals the have to fear.
The birds that fly from a man or a
dog will hop around COW, even walk
ing right under her.
Man has now taken advantage of this
fact to facilitate the slaughter of birds
and other game.
\ Nebraska man has invented patent
COW for hunters, and the specifications
have been received at the patent office.
The invention presents the perfect
outward semb,ance of a most peace
able and amianie COW, but the forclegs
and hindlegs are, in fact, the two pairs
of legs of two men. They are armed
with guns and have plentiful supply
of ammunition.
The patent COW moves along like an
ordinary, harmless animal until it is
in the midst of lot of birds, when it
comes open and the two men inside
blaze away.
The specifications state that the in
vention consists Of a hollow decoy ami
NAL adapted to be supported and held
in an upright position and operated by
an inclosed hunter, for whom the decoy
forms a concealing shell or blind.
The device, in its makeup, comprises
as essential elements flexible outer
shell Of canvas or other suitable ma
tcrial, decorated eXteriorly to repre-
sent the armal in imitation of which
tie dccoy is constructed, and said shell
Is adapted to be supported or held j. its
Gistended position through the met. I'm
Of collapsible metal framework, W j .ch
allows the covering and FRAMEWORK, OF
the decoy to be folded into a small space
Tor trans sDortation.
Depending from the framework are
hollow portions representing legs, into
which are j. s-2rted the legs Of the con-
cealed sporta.nen, for whom there are
accommodations for two, one at each
end of the decoy.
Formed in the sides of the frame, at
suitable points, are windows or open
ings protected by outward swinging
flap blinds. and through these windows
the sportsman in the rear may dis
charge his fowling piece when the game
has been successfully stalked. For the
firing Of the hunter in front c. the de-
coy there is provided a downward
swinging portion, which includes the
head and neck of the animal, so that,
By simply releasing small catch from
the inside of the framework this re-
leases the swinging front portion, which
Immediately drops by gravity, and thus
leaves the sportsman free.-N. Y. Jour
nal
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
MARRIAGES AT SEA.
They Seem to Be Very Hollow Cere.
monies.


A Los Angeles father whose daughter
went through the ceremony OF mar
riage at sea proposes to test the legality
of that form of marriage. When the
marriage-at-sea business is looked into
it lars to be a very hollow ceremony.
1t simply means thai the male and fe-
male have travelled outside of the juris-
diction Of the state to go through GER
emony that has no other force than that
derived from state laws. Outside of the
three-mile limit there is no law govern
ing marriage, and consequently no law
against any particular marriage cere-
mony. Parties go to sea to escape the
conditions attached to the performance
of the marriage ceremony within the
state. Yet they expect the state to rec
ognize as valid ceremony performed
in violation of the states laws. The
state has a purpose in providing that
minors shall not marry except with the
consent of their parents. That purpose
is mainly to prevent young people who
do not know much about each other
and whose mental and moral condition
not such as their parents regard as
necessary to the assumption of marital
relations, from forming the alliance for
which they are unfit. This purpose, OF
course, is defeated, when the youngpeo-
pie slip out of port and coax good
natured sea captain to humble over
their joined hands some words that
have no legal significance whatever. AS
well might the young people make GER
tain promises to each other and then
declare that they were married.
Marriage at sea is simply contract
marriage with the contract left out. 1t
is kind of bluff on the girls parents,
who justly consider that her prospects
in life are ruined unless the marriage
is recognized. When parties desiring to
marry go from a state which throws
some restraint about marriage con-
tracts to state which asks no ques-
tions they have the satisfaction of
knowing that they are married accord
ing to the laws of the state they were
married in. But when they are mar
ried at sea they have the sanction of no
law whatever. They went to sea to es-
cape law.-San Francisco Bulletin.
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
THE WORLDS RICHEST MINE.
1t Has Produced Gold Worth $3.50, ,OOO,.
in lirfA Nea

900 in Thirty Years.
The richest gold mine in the world
is located under the thriving town OF
has about $4,000 inhabitants, nearly all
of whom are employed III the mine.
There are more than 100 miles of tun-
nels under the city, some Of them &C.
ing at a depth of 1000 feet. me en-
trance to the mine, which is controlled
by a corporation and is known as the
Band, Barton and Albion Councils, is
outside the city.
The region around Ballarat has been
dug over several times by miners. 1t
est, but the trees have been lLopped
down, and the mark of the miners shov-
ell and pick is visible on all sides. Not
one of these workers St"rc!; ray dirt,
and the work was all done il vain.
The rock in which the gold is found
beneath Ballarat is not rich in the yell
low metal. 1t yields but half an ounce
Of standard gold to the ton, and yet the
Band, Barton and Albion mine has
yielded more than $150,C00,0O0 OF gold
since it was opened, 80 years ago. The
work is done so Systematically and SO
thoroughly tilat it is enormously prof
table il spite of the low grade cf the
ore. The supply Of paying quartz
seems practically ineXhaUslible, and
as the vein is extensive, being spread
over much territory, the mine bids fair
to last for centuries.
All of the paying veins in Australia
run north and south, and have a dip
of 25 degrees east and west. In work.
ing the mines shaft is sunk until the
vein is truck. Then the miners work
upward, allowing the ore to fall back
ward and downward to the shaft,
through which it is raised to the sur
face, where il is milled.
The worklnen in the Band, Earton
and Albion are much more comfOrta-
bic than the workers in a coal mine.
There are 10 noXious gases and no
danger from explosions. Pure air is
forced in through various shafts, and
thus into the drivers. The tunnels are
drilled far apart, so that there will be
no danger of the city above, where all
is trade and bustle.-N. Y. Tribune.
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
THE: DAILY CAMERA.
At NurruEanscrt.

What two fruits go best together.
Miss Somergirl?" said Cholly Pierite, as
they bent their steps in the direction of
the rocks.
Il don't know" replied the sweet one,
unsuspectingly. ''What is the best COM
bination?"
why, a date with peach, of course" :"
returned Cholly, with the air of a man
who was making the hit of his life and
he knew it-TOwn Tonnes
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
Too Optimistic.

And were the concluding words OF
the professors lecture to the medica
students. do not promise too much
l knew physician of real ability who
covered himself with ridicule and OBJ
loquy by promising a patient, whose
legs he had just amputated, that he
would have him on his feet within two
weeks.'-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
A Consistent SUGGESTION.

They ought to change the name OF
that club of yours" said Mr.. BIBLES
wife at the breakfast table
I'm what way?"
They ought to call it the Klondike. y
II must say that l don't see why"
starts out to go there, there's no tell
ing when he'll get home again. n."-Wash-
ington Star.
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
He Didn't TRke.

81 went in for amateur photography
during my vacation said the summer
man. '1There was no end of girls for
subjects"
"But how did you make out among
the girls?"
"Oh, 1 got lot of negatives" ."-Phila-
delphia North American.
Daily camera., 1897-10-07

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet
4 J druggists refund the money if it fails
10 cure. Is cents.
Daily camera., 1897-10-07
At the Clnh.

Pete Amsterdam's wife has left
town, so | invited Pete to come here
and have a little game of poker with
us this evening, but he hasn't showed
up
well, a man who will act that way
don't deserve to have his wife leave
town from one years end to the other,
replied Col. Percy Yerger-N. Y. World.
The oasis., 1897-05-01
Whole No. 200
MORALES NOTES.


 Tomorrow Company c will go out for target practice.
 Wednesday County As: e ;sor Heir ry Levin returned home to Tucson.
 This morning Mrs. ". F. Chenowcth went to Hermosillo for short visit. Thursday evening Vim. Lund, of Guaymas, passed Nogalcs cn route to San Francisco.
 MT. and Mrs. Bruce Waring, from the City of Mexico, are registered at the Montezuma.
 The Jcs. Pascholy Co. were busy Friday storing away 400 barrels of the celebrated Anheuser beer.
 Miss IIallie Sprecher, from Rich- view, Illinois, is visiting her sister . Mrs. John Dessart. She arrived yes terday morning.
 MT. John F. Kellner, mounted in- spector in the United States customs service, is over from Buenos Ayres, i having come in yesterday.
 Doctor c. J. Flames, manager of the Empire Smelling Co.,, came down from Rollin this morning and will remain at NoGales until evening.
 MT. A. Richardson, agent for the Los Angeles Times, was at Nogales Thursday morning en route to Minas Prietas in the interest of that sterl- ing journal.
 1 Thursday evening Mir. A. Abbott, manager of the Santa RCsllia mine, came in from the scene of his com nany's operations. in tine Arizpe dis trict Of Sonora, and started for San Francisco last night.
 sFessfs. Manoney ard winkIcr wha 1 have got out Business Directory of Nogales," during the past week, have given general satisfaction in their work. and TIE OASIS cheerfully com mends them to other communities. I Every Sunday and Thursday evening Gutierrez fine orche ;tra discOurses sweet music on the plaza in the Son0 "a side, and on each occasion the square is crowded with people enjov- ng the delightful recreation provided.
 Tuesday Messrs. Mahoney and Winkler completed the Business Di- rectory of Nogales, and distributed it about town. The typngrap phieall '~stt;;i k k was done at TIE OASIS office by Mir. Geo. McCarter, foreman of the estab- lishment, and it is work of art.
 Next Wednesday. May 5th. the fies- ta will begin and run twelve days The grounds are in the usual place. in the Campo de Marti, beyond the Mexics n custom house. There will be the usual refreshment stands, games, etc., and two merry-go-rounds.
The oasis., 1897-05-01
SONORA SETTINGS.
,colieetion of happenings in the State
 over the Linc.


 poex.-At IIermosilo, Wednesday, AnrA 2lst. 1897, to the wife of J. Howard Palmer, son.
 Friday evening Mir. Tom Fea came up from Prietas, and on Tuesday went out 10 Blcoache, where he has engaged with the Cerro dei orc com pauy.
 During the month of April the ex- nortation of Sonora cattle has reached the estimated number of Ie.OOO L. Zeckendorf X Co. of Tue son. have bought and exported 5000 head.
 Mir. Anderson. the Bakersfield cat tie buyer, has big band of cattle over in the Sasabe country, and they are awaiting the United States sani- tary inspector before they can be crossed.
 Mir. Frederick Lancaster. president of the Esperanza Mining Co.,, whose mines are at Guac0mea, is expected to leave New York about the Sth inst, toylsit the scene of tue comrany's operations.
 The Sonora railway has adopted the system of running train agents, to collect fares and tickets oi passenge Ts. Mir. Geo. Barnett is the first to be sls- signed to that duty, running betwe en NOgales and Guaymas.
 At the scene of operations Of the National Mexican Mining < Develop ue co at El piono, everything is running satisfactorily and high grs de 9tas and concentrates arc Fegnlarl9 shipped There is some dimonlty on lccount of the scarcity of good labor ers. When the big canal on the h'a- qui river is completed an effort will be made to secure the laborers now em- poyed there.
 Monday Mir. W s. Smith, manager oi the Esperauza and Francisco mines at Guacomea, received telegram from Mexico City conveying the intel lgence tEat the concessions for which the company have been waiting have been granted; and on Tue ;daY the gentleman went to Magdalena to send out lot of men to immediately re- sume operations, which have lleen suspended some months awaiting tue concessions now granted.
 Wednesday evening Captain A. w. Mcintyre and Engineer Ignacio Bo- nlllas returned from an extensive triI through parts of Arizpc and MOcte- zuma districts of Sonora. where they nave been engaged in surveying and marking the limits of the two great grants of lard owned ny the Soaora Land Co. Thurfday morning Car tain Mcintyre went to llermosillo on lusi ness and will return tomorrow even ing Remaining a couple of days al Nogales he will then start for hi: home in Chicago.
 Wednesday evening Mr. w. s. Smitf returned from Santa Ana, havinl sent party of men out to Guacomea to resume operations on the Espe lanza and Francisco mines. It is MT amlth's intention to go out there him Se'' today or tomorrow and push tn, "o'k as rapidly as possible. Machin 'S Tor new twenty amp mill i "o" on the ground and ai the railwa, @'a'ioo and the work 0 erection vii o7 'OWmenecu immediately DurnI 'le 7rvSene month duscsmea will b ,iS''eo by Mr ! J. Lar easter presi asa' ot .he company
The oasis., 1897-05-01
BLACK JACK KILLED.
The Notorious Desperate Breaths his Last
 After Ruuning Fight.

The Tucson Citizen of Thursday contains the following interesting account: Marshal w. K. Meade was this morning in receipt of telegram dated at Clifton, A. T. which reads as follows: "Black Jack killed by our posse yesterday" signed: Ben Clark, deputy sheriff of Graham county.
 "Thus ends the career of the leader ofone of the most desperate gangs of outlaws which have infested the ter ritorles of New Mexico and Arizona for years.
 This gang was first heard from in August last, when numerous postofiice and stage robberies were perpetrated in New Mexico. From there they were next heard of at Nogales where they attempted the robbery of the Interna- tional, Bank and failed. They were overtaken in the Chiricahua moun- tains by pursuing posse and an encounter ensued in which Inspector Robinson, of the custom house guards was killed, the posse then returned. From that time the robbers have per petratcd numerous robberies in both Arizona and New Mexico, but nothing worthy or note, until in October, when they attempted q train robbery about 100 miles west of Albuquerque, N. M., and at which time Cole Young. one of gang, was killed. Thsy were next heaFd from at Huachuca siding where they sacked tue railroad station, and secure3 nearly S4o0. About the first 1 0f ffclnbegtlie ls'stoiilcc and 2 store Tat San Simon were robbed and the outlaws got of with considerable amount of merchandise. but did not secure much from the postollce. They were next heard from near the line of l Chihuahua, Mexico, where cn the lsth of November Bob Hayes, one of the outlaws was killed by the U. s. mar shal's posse. From that time they ! MtiC tuEdHCO III othSN ANO- berries, and oc the 9 of March the robbery of the postoitlce at Cliff, N. NJ. was successfully carried out. the desperadoes getting away with con siderable amount of booty.
 "U. $. Marshal Hall of New Mexico assisted by local officers, has since been continually on the tral of the gang with the result that '. s. Marshal Hig 1 gins and posse Of five had an encoun ter day before yesterday in the noun tains of western Grant county, N. NJ. about fifteen miles east of Clifton, ir which Sid Moore, one of the outlaws was killed in running fight. It was in Graham county near the above place that Ben Clark aud his posse yesterday ran onto the gang, and in the fight which followed Black Jack is said tC have met his death.n
The oasis., 1897-05-01

It is the intention of Judge D. J.. Cumming to plant chufas upon his Bosque ranche, near Calabasas, and Consul R. H. Long has sent to Alaba ma for the judge for q bushel of the nuts for seed The chufa is small nut which grows on the roots of vines
 like the peanut-and is very useful for hog feed.
The oasis., 1897-05-01

While city marshal of El Paso, in dischargc of his duty of arresting q criminal, who commenced shooting al the officer, MT. J. D. Milton killed q man named McRosc By a jury hi' week MT Milton was exoIorated from all blame, the Jury having Ien dercd its verdict Wednesday.
The oasis., 1897-05-01

opportunity to visit some Sonora min ing properties in which he is inter- ested. He went in Wednesday via Blsbee. During his absence his place at Benson is filled by MT. Howard Marsh
 The National Mexican Mining X Developing Co.,, at Fl Plomo, has now become q regular producer and ships eighty tons per month of ores and con centrates, keeping six ten mule teams constantly on the road between Fl Plomo and the railroad. at Santa Ana. Their crude ore goes twelve ounces gold and forty-thTee ounces silver per ton, and the concentrates yield eight and one-half ounces gold, thirty-eight ounces silver and fourteen per cent lead Eight six mule teams are con- stantly employed hauling ore from the mine to the mill. The company will now proceed to overhaul and re- pair the old ten stamp mill and put that to work. Agents are now in the lower country engaging 100 Yaquis to aug ment the working force. Their fami- lies will accom- pany them.
 The Mining x Scientific Press of last week contains the following: The Grand Central mine, placed on the London market last year by the Ex- ploration Company, has come in for considerable criticism. At the annual meeting of the company in London a few days ago the following statement was made by the chairman: Regard ] ing the Grand Central mine Of Mexico oureonnection with which has sub- lected us to some adverse criticism. the recent results and reports are dls- appoint ng, We regret. The mine was reported upon by two eminent ex- perts, eH whose judgment, and MT. Hamilton Smiths, we were entitled to act, and which judgment was con firmed by Captain Mein in November last. Knowing him so well, and ap- preciating him as fully as l do, l had no hesitation in adopting his views. Captain Mein was mistaken then, and he s:a.a.; bc mistaken now, and ttii5 mine, judging from its past history and that of it's neighb0rs, should again yield large profits. All want to esta- hlish now is that, before joining others in this business, your directors took all reasonable precautions" Now word has reached San Francisco that this week a strike has been made in the Grand Central that will make it worth more than it was estimated at by ! Captain Mein and others when it was purchased by the Exploration Con- pany.
 Ire Empire Smeltlng Co. have just got in place the two hoists on their mines the Fux and IIardshell-and are now ready to crowd extraction of ore. They have large quantity stopped out and great deal more in sight. It. is the intention to have a months supply 2,400 tons in the ore bins at the smelter, before blowing in, so when the fire isagain lighted q long run can be made without running short of rock.
 
 The remaining section of the old plank platform at the depot has thi: week been removed and the cindel
The oasis., 1897-05-01

The remaining section of the old plank platform at the depot has this week been removed and the cinder bank with which it has been substi- tuted Is completed.
 Mir. Fred Sterling of the Sonora railway, is at Nogales doing some re- pair work
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-10-01
DANGER FROM LIGHTNING.
Is 1t Increased or Diminished by the
Presence Of Many telegraph Wires?

There is a somewhat widespread i'm
preston that the use Of so much Wire
for telephone and other electrical pur
poses in cities and towns largely IN
creases the danger Of lightning strokes.
The notion is based upon the concentra-
ton within certain limits of a great
quantity of conducting material, which,
it is assumed, attracts the electricity
and thereby increases the danger OF 1t.
While it is true that the increase or
conducting material increases the at
traction, it is not RI that it increases
the danger. AS a matter of fact, 1T
decreases the danger. for the more sur
face electricity has over which to
spread, the more readily and quickly
it is carried to the earth. A house with
a metal root is not often struck by
lightning, for, while the metal may at
tract the electricity, it also gives it
room to spread out. and it's force is thus
dissipated. This fact was demonstrate
ed by Franklin with his kite long ago,
and lightning rods are put on buildings
to give storm clouds a means of dis
charging their electricity into the earth.
This discharge takes place without the
report that we call thunder, for cleo
TrlclJN MAKES IlO IolSC lS IL lllCCtS
some resisting medium. 1t is a we'll
known fact that there is less danger
from lightning in cities than in the
! country, and this is due to the general
| use Of iron, steel and other metals in
| city buildings. The buildings are tall
| and would seem, therefore, to be spe-
! cially attractive to the lightning; in
deed, they are often struck, but the
metal in them dissipates the force OF
the fluid and carries it harmlessly anG
quietly to the earth. The effect of tele.
phone wires upon atmospheric electric
itv has been under official investiga.
ton by the German department OF
telegraphs, and statistics from 900 cit
les show that the danger from lightning
strokes is fOur times as great in town:
that do not have the telephone as il
those that have it. The conclusion o
the whole matter, therefore, is that al
abundance of wires gives protection
from lightning, instead OF increasin,
the danger. ..