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The oasis., 1897-04-10
 ELEVATE THE BENCH.

Il is in the power of President Me Kinley to greatly elevate the bench of Arizona by appointing as justices of the supreme court gentlemen learned in the law, of calm. judicial temper, unerring judgment and per spicacity, correct and upright lives, unimpeachahle motives and fearless spirit, who will administer justice and treat all who come before tie bar honestly and fairly, giving each his full rights under the law and giving anything more to none.
 Pre-eminently meeting all these re- quremcnts Hon. Charles Weston Wright of Tucson, would make a mo- del judge, and DO one act of President McI<inley's administration would do more popularlze it with the people of Arizona than to appoint the gentle man chief justice of the territory.
 Judge Wright is gentleman whose knowledge of the philosophy Of law is profound and extensive, and his large aud lucrative practice is the best evi- dence that 1t is also accurate and practical. Allied to his profound knowledge of the law Judge Wright brings to the work of expounding it q classical grace and fluency which bril- liantly illuminate the dry propositions presented, and an inexhausiiblc fund of humor which gainishes them with life and animation, yet withal a dig nifty which would securely hold the court in that high place in the public esteem which is it's due. and would give it's rulings an implicit approval which would carry with them the greatest force. But few men in any genera. tion are so well qualified for seat on the bench, and President Mckinley can serve the people of Arizona no better than by recognizing this fact and appointing Judge Wright to the post mentioned.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

IN THE Chicago municipal election the democrats advocated wide open town and received the solid support of the sporting fraternity and the Germans, who all oppose restrictions on houses of public entertainment But the democratic platform also ad- yocated free silver. And now that open games and beer ad libltum have won MT. Bryan claims q victory for free silver.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

BY vEToING the item in the general appropriation bill for support of the California state printing office Gov ernor Budd has struck q powerful and long needed blow at one of the most corrupt political machines anywhere in the country. All parties used it and all profited by ifs corrupt man agement. It was sort of an asylum in which printer politicians were pro vided with fat takes at public ex- pense. 1t was instituted as matter of economy in public printing and in the end cost the taxpayers three times what would have been the cost of the old system.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

almost make a cargo for n clipper shir. In his sixty days visit Co Hcrmoslllo he sold more goods than the American drummer who quit the field in three would sell in six months, and not an order was takon until he had been tEere more than forty days. He is now working Guaymas on the same plan. and will doubtless meet with the same success The easy way of doing business and the long credits capture the trade. "A nimble six pence may be better than 'slow shil- ling but it is business done on the slow shilling basis which captures the markets of the world
The oasis., 1897-04-10

A wo1IEN's club in Chicago, num- bering twenty-five members, have adopted boy and are going to raise him. It is needless to say that the entire twenty-five have theories of their own about rearing children, and the hopIess boy is to be experlmented upon by all.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

NEBRASKA is "all torn up" oyer a surreptitious attempt to modify She law suppressing gambling. While the law has been in operation ten years it was originally introduced in the legislature as ''cinch" bill, to bleed the sporting fraternity to pre-. vent it's enactment; but by peculiar train of circumstances was enacted and received executive approval.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

A MONTHLY newspaper called the California Truth has been started at Redlands. Has the truth become so scarce in San Bernardino county that it can be told but once a month Nine years age the writer of this told it there every day, aud some people have not yet got over being mad about it.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

HAD England of three hundred years ago treated Drake, Raleigh, Amyas Leigh and other daring free booters as some Englishmen now want to treat Cecil Rhodes and Jame- son the sun had never risen on the British empire, without considering the proud boast that the sun never sets upon it.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

IN ANOTHER place there is pre- sented by the Cattle Sanitary Com mission a synopsis of the new law concerning brands which will be read with interest by every stockman.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

LAST week Denver outdid her former record in the reception she gave Rob Fitzsimmons. Not since Billy BrJan's visit last fall has there been so spontaneous an outpouring of the people or the Colorado metropolis.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

TIE four New Mexico murderers hung last Friday died without giving away their alleged secret which was averred would implicate Hon. T. B. CatrOn.
The oasis., 1897-04-10
Saturday, April 10, 1897.

BETWEEN wind and water floods and cyclones--the Mississippi valley is suffering greatly.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

TIE democrats derive wonderful amount of comfort from the recent municipal elections throughout the cnuntry. They are welcome toit.
The oasis., 1897-04-10
THE SLOW SHILLING vs THE NIuBLE
 SENTENCE.

Nllu tue ICiuTu or the t uilcu States to the protective system. as embodied in the pending tariif meas ure, the free trade theorists, who have always sneered at the value of the home market to the American manu- facturer, are repeating the old, stereo- typed talk about the markets of the world and the damage the new tarilf bill will work in shutting the Ameri- can manufactures out of those greatly oyerya.ued marts.
 { The real facts at the bottom of the difficulty American traders have in dealing with outside markets are the differences between American busi- ness methods and those with which they are brought into competition abroad. In other words the European competitor of the American in foreign markets operates on a different sys- tenn which captures trade at even higher prices. In the slow, easy go- ! ing countries within which the great manufacturing nations compete for trade, margins are large, and time is nothing. Those who buy foreign goods are so well fixed financially that they pay no attention to prices, buy what they want, and having bought it pay for it at their own sweet will. In fact their revenues come from such sources plantations and mincs-that they are situated so they can make payments only at long intervals, and in large sums. The dealers who SUD- ply them cannot do business on the nmblc sixpence plan, but must in- varably await the tardy appearance of the slow shilling. Trading on that plan the dealer must have long credits from those who supply him with goods, even though his wares cost more. That is where the German, the French and the English iobber put upon their American competitor a competition he cannot or will not meet When the latter sells his goods in the Mexican or South American market he expect the bills to be met upon the usual time given in the United States sixty to ninety days. His competitor gives eight months to year and captures tine trade. With the lowest kind of free trade tariff in the United States, and their workingmen and factory operatives reduced to the lowest possible stan dard of living, still would American manufacturers be sshiisis sshii;siits cut cut Of the markets of the world with the differ ences given in credits.
 Another fault with the American trader who attempts to operate abroad is that he wants to rush things. The American drummer falls into town in Mexico, and if he don't fill several pages in his order book the second day he goes away the third declaring Mexico is mo good" His French ur German competitor will go into the same town, and come away with large orders; but he stays there until he gets them, if he has to prolong his visit into weeks, or even months. TIE OASIS editor has recently noted this very difference at IIermosllo. With in month young man, well known in Arizona, representing q prominent American iobbing house, visited the Sonora capital, to try to do business. If successful there he would go to Guaymas. Within three days he had returned to the United States dis gusted with Sonora and he never went near Guaymas. At the same
The oasis., 1897-04-10
New Lead SmeIier For Sale.

One siNiy-iOn stack lead smcltcr. built by Colorado Iron Works. complete with All ihc latest Improvements. with Root blower. ul sufficient capacity for two stacks. whole outfit entirely nov fncyer hecn in n-rl in sonora. all duties paid. will be sold very
 cheaply, and delivered at fhe line Of tho sonora Railway Apply to rnE OASIS Ofiee.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

TIE Washington Post gives Ari- zona a new governor every day. Never twice the same
The oasis., 1897-04-10

TIE air ship hallucination appears to have become epidemic. Every where people see them.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

TIE much talked about European concert" seems about as melodious as an Arkansas '.chiyaree."
The oasis., 1897-04-10

IN KENTUCKY it costs more not to elect United States senator than all other expenses of the government.
The oasis., 1897-04-10

OFFICIAL PAPER OF MORALES, ARIZONA.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17

you understand why-and that | can have
no regrets. don't believe either, that they
will hang me; and if they don't, we have
a good chance for happiness, you and I,
l think"
She drew his hand suddenly to. her heart
and held it there. 1t was the hrst volun-
tary caress that she had given shim She,
too, was deeply stirred by the solemnity
of the night and scene; even more so than
he; grief for her lost father was crowding
close on the heels of spent excitement, and
threatening a sudden and overwhelming
leap. All that kept il from its rights was
the narrowing of fear, flouted but insist
ent.
The panic did not return, but the long
monotonous hours of that night were the
most serious of John Towards life. He
refused to contemplate the possibility of
another night finding him as cold as the
clay jolting before him, but he thought on
many of the things that troop through the
brains of men in their final hour and
made resolutions as new to him as was the
sudden acquaintance with his inner life.
1t was 4 in the morning when they de-
scended the almost perpendicular trail
leading into the Round Valley Far away,
at the opposite end of the immense valley,
the huts of the Indian reservation, and
the barracks of the company in charge
chung TO the earth like the mounds above
buried Chinichinich chieftains. There
were many farm houses. church, sur
rounded by rude wooden crosses and head
stones, and an occasional CLEAN of mar
ble stood lonely by the white roadside.
On all sides lowered the black, perpendic-
ular mountains
They made directly for the church. The
minister, who had been notified was wait
ing; the grave was dug. Howard lifted
Sally from her horse and half carried her
n hao Of tl,a
bed and chung to him. The men crowded
in and stood, bareheaded, in the narrow
paths. No one of the party made a sound,
not even Mrs. Brandt, who stared stonny
at the coffin, twisting her hands The
minister read the service and made a
prayer. The coffin was lowered by the
gravediggers, the earth shoveled in When
the mound was complete White stepped
forward:
you kindly go to hum. now
We want to have a talk right here.
and akin your pardon, we're better off
without you. The gravediggers amt got
no call to stay neither
The parSon, wondering, but glad to seek
his bed, departed at once the gravedig-
gers shouldered their spades and. sham
bled across the silent fields.
Fellow citizens" said White. There
amt no better place to try man than
by the murdered mans grave. l vote that
if the guilty one is among us we find out
afore the sun gifts over that mountain.
We kin do it,"
The supreme moment had come How
ard was divided between gratitude tina,
il had come so Unexpectedly, and an I'M
comfortable horror He would have given
half of his millions for the conventional
surroundings of a court room. not because
he knew that the law Of the state would
a
longed for the common place. the accus-
toned. The werdness of the scene: the
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dead comrade, had been face to face with
nature and danger for all the days of
their lives. Life was serious matter to
them; they had never had a superfuous
dollar, never Known a cynical moment;
and as the peace and safety of their homes
meant more to them than all his millions
meant to John Howard they had resolved
TO crush a feud which was near to driv,
ing them mad with anxiety.
Panic comes to the braVest men. II over
whemed Howard suddenly; his brain emp
tied itself of every faculty, was possessed
by a frantic desire to escape from these
men who might hang him at dawn. He
thrust his head down between his Shout
ders, peering from right to left. The brush
was little less solid than a wall. His heart
seemed melting through his ribs. The
breath Kissed through his shrunken lips.
Suddenly he became aware that Sally was
speaking to him, that her mouth was al
most at his ear. Are you nl?" she whis-
pered. your hand is as cold as ice''
The panic fled as swiftly as it had come.
He was grateful for the blackness of the
night that hid his wet and livid face from
the woman.
Il had chill, I think. 1 have them
some times"
you don't regret this?' she asked shy
ly You are running a terrible risk, al
though 1 cannot believe that they would
dare to harm you. But 1 should like to
hear you say that you are not sorry"
Il love you more, far more than when
we started down the mountain. Perhaps
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was we'll out of the forest-and you went
towards the corral, where, / understand,
her father was shot.
It was a chance shot, but Howard like
all intrepid Americans, was an adept at
the great national game of bluff AS a
matter Of fact he had neither seen Knowles
on the evening in question. nor suspected
his presence.
Knowles went livid, but he to was an
American, and no craven. He turned Gag
erly to the others, who were staring con-
fusedly at each accused in turn you
seer he cried. "He acknowledges as how
he was there, not twenty yards away; and
we all know 1t was to his interest to put
Ike out of the way. What good does likes
death do me? What had l agin him"
Il did not accuse you, Mr.. Knowles"
said Howard. Il merely thought that as
you were on the premises you might know
more about the affair than you have so
far admitted"
White stepped forward. you knew,
Mr.. Howard, that we believed as how you
was guilty, and intended to lynch you?"
he asked.
Il did, said Howard, haughtily: "But
l have no expectation of being Iynched
You are not the sort of men to condemn
without a trial, l take it. 1 shall conduct
my own case, and 1 think I can convince
you that you will require more proof than
this very interested person can furnish.
That will do for the present I shall at
tend the funeral tonight. At present
shall eat the breakfast which Miss Brandt
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has been good enough to promise me-"
He followed Sally into the house. To
the mountaineers, used to living with their
lives in their hands, no quality appealed
so strongly as courage. This mans
which was one-half recklessness and con-
tempt-overawed them. White turned to
his fellow judges. He must have fair
trial." he said firmly. I'VE must forget
that we have cause to hate him, and
that we was glad of an excuse to believe
him guilty, and to put him out of the
way; and sift this business through Tom
I'm not suspectin' you, of course, but as
he suspicious you much as you him.
you've got to stand trial, too-and every
other man that so much as little finger
pnts to. Am 1 not right neighbors?"
You be" came in a deep growl
Knowles turned on his heel and strobe
away. One of the other men was ordered
to keep him in sight. The others gall
Hoped off to summon the neighbors to the
funeral and subsequent trial. Howard
went to bed and slept until late in the
afternoon.
At 4 o'clock the procession started for
Round Valley. A rough coffin had been
made by two Of the dead mans friends
This was strapped firmly TO a bier, and
carried on the shoulders of six mountain
GERS, who were to be relieved every third
mile. Just behind the bier rode Mrs
Brandt and her son. who was a year
younger than Sally; the numerous small
children had been sent to a neighbor
Sally followed with Howard who had laid
siege to Mrs Brandt's. affections during
the afternoon and won them Behind
came the mountaineers, two and two.
The march was necessarily slow. 1t
was very trying to Howard and. Sally.
She was beginning TO react from the sur
nd ori
at bay, and Howard would have liked
10 droD out of the procession with her
and follow far in the rear. But he knew
that the act would be misconstrued, and
that they would be less free of surveil-
lance than where they were. Besides, the
rough mountain forest road would cause
more than one break in the ranks. h
pressed his horse close 10 hers and took
her hands. But he talked little; the So
lemnity of the scene oppressed him, so sell
dom in contact with the somber hours of
life Night came; the sky was overcast;
not ray of light from
above penetrated the forest The
men ignted the torches they had
brought, and held them aloft, walking one
and one, for the trail narrowed. Howard
glanced over his shoulder more than once
The fiaring line on the steep ascent above
might have been a thin belt of forest fire
1t threw the rest of NE forest into blacker
shadow, shifted the features of the men
until they looked like grotesque demons,
Below there were two torches only; one
behind and one before the coffin, which
was zig-zagged painfully among crowd
ing trees and brush. Howard drew his
hand across his brow and wondered if
San Francisco existed; he might have been
assisting at the birth of continents civ
ilization; that 1t was the year 1895 was In,
credible.
And suddenly he realized his danger
These men, walking and riding twenty
miles at night through the heart of an
almost trackless forest stin the home OF
the panther and the grizzly, to bury a
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snugly in her lap. But this was inconve.
nient! 1t interfered with her fan and her
vinaigrette, and it interfered awfully with
the action of her hands, making her awk-
ward and uncomfortable. This year she
has arranged things differently.
The new matinee girl will wear a small
hat, though very gaudy one Perhaps
elaborate would be a better word. 1t will
be made of velvet and trimmed with let.
and there will be at least three colors in
it. AT the top of the hat there will be a
standing spray of feathers or jet, and at
each side there will be feathers that fall
forward over the hair, front and back. In
the middle will set an Alsatian bow to
match the dress.
This sounds very elaborate. but the mat
inee girl harmonizes the whole in color
and material, until she has a very neat
and becoming little hat
Her hair will be worn a Ia Marlborough.
A Marlborough couture is one that is puff
ed all around the face. This is done by
combing the hair over a wire roll that
holds 1t out from the head and makes a
soft, pretty aureole. In the back the hair
can be coiled low or braided and doubled
under In very girlish style.
one of the main objections to the former
matinee girl was her shoulder puffs. These
stood out too far and were extensively tall,
They quite met the plumes upon the rat
and formed solid wall of feathers and
lace, of silk and jet, through which no
man could see
This is obviated this year by the neat lit
tie shoulder cape, that, while flaring upon
the shoulders, is not high. 1t Is made OF
velvet or silk or any Other material, but it
is no longer than the shoulders and no
higher than the shoulder seams.
The most elegant of these capes are
made of ostrich feathers, almost a quar-
ter Of yard long. These are sewed upon
a foundation of gauze or crinoline lined
with satin, and are allowed TO hang down
as straight as possible. Uncurled feath-
ers are used The capes are also made by
overlapping the feathers, which in that
case need not be so long or as expensive.
The stole effect is very fashionable this
season. Anything that falls below the belt
is stole. Many matinee girls are utlliz-
ing their old boas for stoles. The boa is
cut in two pieces. The cut ends are then
sewed into the shoulder seams of the cape
or dress, midway between the neck and
the arm hole, and are allowed to fall
straight down the front of the dress. This
gives a very fashionable effect.
The up-to-date feather-edge matinee girl
has a cape OF the ostrich feathers, with
stole ends, that are also of the feathers.
These are sewed upon a foundation as
deep as desired The belt is clasped over
the feathers, which are arranged below 1t,
with a few pats of the hand.
The matinee girl will wear soft goods
nothing that rustles-and she will not bur-
den herself with things in her hand or
many hangings al her belt.
She is getting herself up to please, this
new seasons matinee girl, and the chanc-
es are that she ard the theaters will both
enjoy an era of great prosperity.
Helen Ward.
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THE MATINEE GIRL OF 's7.
SHE WILL WEAR A LITTLE HAT
AND SHOULDER PUFFs.

No Spreading PIumes-Yes, She VIII
he a Fenther-Edge Darling, With
the SOfest Effects You Ever Saw
Up-tO-Date News About Her.
New York. Oct. 15.-After the ever in
teresting question of the weather has been
settled, and the ground hog suitably in
terviewed. comes the ever agitating one
of the matinee girl, and the clothes she
will wear. The matinee girl changes ev-
cry season. and you do not know what
kind of a year it will be until you have
settled her in your mind for the winter.
The matinee girl means every woman
who goes to the theater, and every theatar-
going man is Interested in her, because she
is part of him. She is either in front of
him or by the side of him, and in either
case he has her at such short range that
her personality is his also.
1t is settled beyond dispute that the the
alter woman will wear a small hat. Last
year she wore her Gainsborough and her
Marlborough and took it off and held il
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AFTER THE BABY CONES.

From j. B. MBRIDETH,
of Lanier, Tex.
After confinement my wife was
attacked with female trouble and
was treated for a month by her
physician, but got no relief. She
abandoned the doctor and COM
menced to use Wine of Cardui and
Black Draught, and before she had
taken one bottle she was entirely
well / want the world to know
the value of this wonderful medi-
Nine
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From Mrs. SILLRR Sw1NoIEn,
of Jericho, Ark.
/ suffered greatly for eighteen
years from the birth Of my first
child until l commenced the use of
Wine of Cardui and Black
Draught. From that time my
health improved, and now l have
a fine boy five months old, and
my health is excellent. Your
medicines deserve greater praise
than you give them.
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