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The oasis., 1898-04-23

THE war prospects have set peo- pie thinking about how money is to be obtained for war expenses. the first and most gratifying devel- opment in this particular is the dis covery that the United States has more money ill circulation today than at any time in its history, the total money in circulation being SI,756,o58,645, or $246, ,ooo, 900 more than at the date of the Chica- go convention, which declared that no material increase in our currency could be had without the free and unlimited coinage of silver. It is also discovered that the money on deposit in the national, state and savings banks is greater than ever before, and thus people would be in excellent condition to respond to a call for a popular loan in case of necessity.
The oasis., 1898-04-23

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRyAN's at tempt to offset the popularity of Gen. Lee during his recent visit to Washington, resulted in a complete failure, and he has since been un- mercifully joshed by democratic and republican organs for his efforts. Mir. Bry ans services would perhaps meet with more success as soldier than as a criticizer of the actions of one of the bravest and most able ministers the United States have ever had.
The oasis., 1898-04-23

MANY of the Tucson politicians who have iu former years so bitter ly opposed division of Pima county are now anxious to divide. They say our Nogales squabbles are de- cidedly disturbing factor in Pima county politics, and they want to "give us bushel of sulphur aud a bunch of matches and go away and set up little hell of our own"
The oasis., 1898-04-23

IT has been rumored that in sev- eral of the cities of this Territory members of the Arizona militia sent in their resignation as soon as it became definite that their services would be ill demand. While this may be true i'll exceptional cases we believe the boys are all eager to stand by their colors, and should their services be de- manded would enter into the con fiict with the spirit and zeal which has always distinguished the true American. The report was most likely started by some of the blow hards and know-it-alls, who if cal led upon to fight would collapse like toy balloon which had been pricked with pin.
The oasis., 1898-04-23

WHILE diplomacy was conniving and legislators were bloviating the army was being concentrated, and was ready to move as a unit the moment of declaration of war. Sup pose war had been declared two weeks ago. Would actual hostili- ties have occurred any quicker'
The oasis., 1898-04-23

A GLANCE over the Territoria exchanges demonstrates the fact that the mining interests of An. zona are more prosperous than even. While it is true that few of tke prospectors of this region went to the frozen fields of AlasA to search for the yellow metal, the knowing ones showed their wisdom by remaining in a more temperaH zone to persue the search ioi wealth. Taking into consideration the stories of the terrible hardsblp now being encountered by the searchers of gold in Alaska, the stay-at-home has indeed shoWp good judgment.
The oasis., 1898-04-23
eHAruIrous MINING rx,sn,n

A few days since 1'Hp o,I
 editor was shown a letter lro.
 gentleman now in New Yorl |
 which was set forth very M condition of facts which cert,;.I shows an unseemly action by sorI one i'll Nogales, which proved Il trlmental to a good business pm, silion, and has been the mean, alternating and driving away r,l Nogales a gentleman who has d., here manyyears has spent thousas| of dollars among our mercb,u and was preparing to bring hs| and disburse many more thousand
 The proposition was a mine, S,| distance away from Nogales. r| owner had done considerable wr upon the property and had ship-| good ore which paid handsom.r To handle it as it should be world required additional capital and lI was ill New York negotiating i| investment. The parties he v| dealing with wrote to someone \ this region tor information ab,. the property. This gentleman mad inquiries in Nogales and was ta the property was worthless. I'll assertion was written to the pary in New York, and it killed d deal.
 That the gentleman so strui was very indignant goes witho saying, and his letter breathed d rancor and ill feeling town Nogales.
 The moral is that people shoul be very careful in passing upon q merits of mining properties. Tfb| vestors want to know about a giu| property let them employ and pI experts, who are responsible \ .heir reports, which when made q not turn the ire of the injured pro- ,rty owner upon an entire town q people who know but little of hu nothing of his mine, and still lessd hose with whom is dealing.
The oasis., 1898-04-23

NEWSPAPERS are now publishing information "how to get to be a soldier" Should the war be pro longed and France and Austria take a hand, as predicted, items of information "how to avoid the draft" will be eagerly read.
The oasis., 1898-04-23

EVERY generation has to have its war and the present generation in the United States is hankering for the smell of powder.
The oasis., 1898-04-23
THE OASIS has heard an intima-

THE OASIS has heard an intima- ton that the next republican terri torial convention will be held in Bisbee. That hustling city has shown itself well qualified to enter tain territorial gatherings, and when its people start out to get one they always secure the prize.
The oasis., 1898-04-23

THE Tucson Star says the politi- cal pot for next fall is already sim mering at Nogales. It seems to a casual observer that there is quite a fire under the pot all over the ter ritory.
The oasis., 1898-04-23

ALL Europe understood plainly that President McKinley's message to congress meant war. It was only fool Americans who thought it's tone too weak and conciliatory.
The oasis., 1898-04-23
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MORALES. ARIZONA
Saturday, April 23, 1898.

A LITTLE blood letting is as good for nations at times as for individ- uals.
The oasis., 1898-04-23
SECOND HAND ROYALTY.

not only the fountain of the law
 but the dispenser of justice; and ir
 person he was wont to administer justice from the throne. In time
 as kingdoms increased in size, civi-
 lizatiou adv nced, multiplicity ol
 occupations ensued, aud business ol
 dispensation of justice became toe
 onerous for the crown, the King s
 courts were instituted. The judges
 were the Kings deputies. Their
 power emanating from royalty they
 were over and above the people,
 and they handed down" their de-
 cisions. In other words the edicts
 from the bench were the utterances
 of royalty at second hand. And to
 this day in monarchical countries the phraseology of the courts has always been that the judge hands down" his decisions to the under lings below.
 When those divinely inspired men who wrote in the declaration of independence that "all men were created free and equal" in words which should be written in letters of gold over the lintels of palaces and upon the walls of the nurseries of princes, established a govern ment "of the people, by the people and for the people, they refused to create therein any semblance of kingly power or authority and they clearly set forth that the people are sovereign; and executives, courts and bailiffs are but their servants and creatures. Under the regime hey instituted the court was not placed over the people to hand town" the illumination of a power lbove them, but was created by the people 10 administer equal and ex- let justice between man and man. Judges no longer handed down de- ,isions," but they rendered. them.
 Of late years there has arisen in he republic a tendency to ape methods and customs Q far as possible. Nowhere has his tendency been more noted than Il the courts;- and our judges, in heap imitation of the British bench, lave taken to "handing down" heir decisions. So when lack l ones in a time of scarcity of water -oes out and takes more from the ditch than he is entitled 9 take under the pro rata distribu- ion of water agreed, and Tom mith. his neighbor, goes into the osterior court for an injunction ommanding Jack Jones to refrain om washing his feet during the earth of water, so there will be nough to go around, the posterior idge, from the posterior bench, ravely "hands down" a decision lat the washing of feet is detri- lental to the proper distribution of rigation water, and Jack Jones is ijoined from pursuing that laud- 1.. -1 Al
The oasis., 1898-04-23
snURT AND CONCISE.

A Texas exchange prints this: Uncle Sam to Spain-"Get off this continent and
 C U BA little quick about itp'
The oasis., 1898-04-23

Now is the time for patriotism.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-01

Charleston, s. c., March 3O.-The coA-
mercA bodies OF Charleston. the cotton
exchaEye. the chamber OF commerce. tho
merchInts' exchange and theAyoung
mems business league, all met Il Jay and
unanimously adopted resolution& calling
on the senators and Representatives of
South Carolina to stand by President
Mckinley in his efforts to maintain
p@ace. The resolutions adopted which
were signed by the presidents OF the
bodies named, were addressed to Sena-
tor Tfllrnan and are az follows:
As a strong sentiment and desire ex-
lists among the business men Of Charles
ton that President Mckinley be given
fuli time TO complete his plans to MAIN
tain peace with Spain, consistent entire-
ly with the honor OF our country, we re-
spectfuiiy urge our senators and repre-
sentatives 10 support and uphold tho
president in such efforts. Please commu-
nicare this telegram to the entire South
Carolina delegation"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-01
The HAND. WRITING ON THE WALL.
President Mckinley Sees it and His
Cuban Policy Changes.

Republicans Against Compromise
of Decides Him Active
UImaum Indepen
dence Spain President
Time StOOps
CubaWar Preparations
Pleading Aid Other
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-01

You must fortify your system against
the attacks Of disease. Your blood
must be kept pure, your stomach and
digestive organs in order. your appetite
good Hoods SarsapariIla is the med
icine to build you up, purify and en-
rich your blood and give YOU strength.
1t creates an appetite and gives diges.
tive power.
Hoods Pills are the fayorftsa family
cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
He Was Examined.
From the Youths Companion.

Francois Arago, the great French
scientist, was a precocious youth. lie
was prepared for the rigid examinations
of the Ecole Polytechnique before he
was II years old. NJ. De Mirecourt tells
a characteristic anecdote concerning Ar
ago's examination.
The examiner was almost brutal in his
manner toward the young candidates. A
favorite companion of Arago was badly
frightened at his severe questions and
failed to pass the examination. AT
length Arago's turn came.
Young man." said the examiner, stern
~. "you are probably as ignorant as your
companion. l advise you to go and COM
plete your studies before you risk this
examination"
Monsieur" replied the boy. "timidity
was all that prevented my companion
from passing. He knew much more than
he seemed to know"
"Timidity!' exclaimed the examiner.
"'rhe excuse of fools, Perhaps you are
timid also"
Far from it," returned Arago, shortly.
Take care. 1t would be wise to spare
yourself the disgrace of being rejected
"The disgrace for me would lie in not
being examined" said the young candi-
date, proudly.
Aragos solution of the problems set
before him was so accurate and so brill
liant that at last his examiner sprang from
his chair, and, throwing his arms about
the boys neck in delight. eXclaimed:
Bravo! If YOU are not admitted into
the Ecole Polytechnique no one will be
admitted"
And then he began career which added
greatly to the stock OF human knolwedge
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
COLD wINTFfts.
Some Remarkable Records OF Low
Temperature.

From the Spokane Spokesman.
The man who leaves Ris section for
the Klondike with nDion that 1t is
not much colder on tn, Yukon than
on the Columbia, will kmw more after
he has passed one Ninbr in Alaska.
a few years ago the United States
coast and geodetic surve: took a series
of weather observations n the Yukon,
near the Klondike. The average for
December was IL below zero; for jan
uary, II below, and for February, 10
below. For five days in February, the
For 16S days that winter the tempera-
ture remained below the freezing point.
This would I've trying in land of
more sunshine. In Alaska, where, in
midwinter. there are about twenty
hours of darkness to four of daylight,
it is most depressing. After a while
gas and electric lights may be twink
ling on the Klondike, dispelling part
of the darkness, but fo' the present
when coal oil and can les must be
counted as luXuries only within reach
of the rich, the long, dark winters will
be full Of gloom.
However, there are sOnts in the
United States which car make an an
preach to the Yukon record for low
temperature. At Poplar River, Mon
tana, the weather bureau has a record
of 63.7 degrees below zero; at Fort Ben
ton, 80 below: Fort Asfnibcine, 55.4
below; Fort Custer. AS below; Fort
Shaw, 44.5 below; Fort Maginnis. AZ
below; Helena, 405 beFw, and Fort
Buford, North Dakota 1872 below.
One of the coldest and vindest places
in the United States is he summit of
Mount Washington, IL New IIamp-
shire. The government observatory
there has some startling records: In
November, 1884. the wind blew 12S miles
an hour On December 10, 1884, with
the temperature 42.2 degrees beow zero,
the wind blew sc miles an hour on
January %, 1885, with the temperature
so below, il blew 10 miles an hour,
when frost stopped the wind gauge.
In March, 1881 the wind attained d
velocity of 1872 miles an hour, and in
December the same year. of 10 miles
an hour.
The coldest inhabited point on the
globe is thought to he Werchojansk,
Siberia. with a record of 90.4 degrees
below zero. In the winter of 1885 the
temperature fell to S43 below zero in
February, to IA below. in March, and
to 1872 below in December.
The printed type, read before a cheer
full fire, can give no conception of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
WORK OF THE CHURCHES.
Figures Which Tend to Shed Light
on the Subject.

From the Chicago Record.
OF the 1,429, ,6s2, ,129 persons constitut-
ing the worlds population in 1892. ac-
cording to the estimates of NJ Four
ner de FlaiX, 447.0S0,15S were Chris
tians. The Roman Catholics aggre-
gated 2SO,S66,533 the Protestants 49,
237625, and the Orthodox Creek church
9S,016,000. In the United States Of
America, at the census of 1890, the
number of communicates Gncluding
13S,500 Jews and some small denomi-
nations of partly Christian character)
was 23.205, ,9Ol, with 177,363 churches and
church property valued at $67S, PAS, ,S44
Catholic bodies numbered 1901, ,439:
Methodists, 5,121 ,636: Baptists, 1886, ,74O:
Presbyterians, 1,416,204; Lutherans, L.
1921, ,134; Disciples of Christ, S71 ,O17;
Protestant EpiscOpalians, 600, 1854; Con-
gregationalists. $4,000; Reformed Bod
les, 1885, 1858; United Brethren, 245, rs,
and Mormons. 2235S7. For January,
1897, the Independent published the
latest accessible statistics of the same
religious bodies as follows: Roman
Catholics, S,271 300: Methodists $685.
2S9; Baptists, 4,153,S57; Presbyterians,
1,460, ,345; Lutherans, 1,420,905; Disciples
of Christ, 1,003,672; Protestant Episco-
palians, 636,773; Congregationalists
622, ,557; Reformed Bodies ,34S,471 United
Brethren, 27l,O35, and Mormons, 234, ,OOO
Accepting these data, the net gain OF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
VIRTUES OF THE TURQUOISE.
A Number OF Precious Stones Now
Unknown.
From Table Talk,

From Table Talk.
The turquoise is especially rich In
virtues. The Germans claim that by
it's varying shades il turns tell-tale on
the caprices and moods Of its wearer.
Cardau, the renowned Italian physician
and philosopher asserted that tur-
quoise mounted and worn as a finger
ring secured horseman from all in
jury, and added with commendable
caution that he had "a beautiful tur-
quoise given him as a keepsake. hut
never tested its virtues not caring for
the sake of the experiment to risk .his
life" Shakespeare also gives these
lines to Shylocx: He would not have
lost his turquoise ring for a whole will
derpess Of monkeys" An old book
written by Camillus I.eonardus tells
much of interest about Jewels, and
names q number of stones that either
are no longer found, else were crea-
| tions of the authors imagination. This
is most probable when we read Leon
ardus' description of the alecoria, which,
| he says, not alone renders a man in
| visible, hut being held in the mouth
| allays thirst The alecoria, he fur
| ther states, is to be found only in the
| intestines of a canon that has lived
| seven years. Wnen the stone EdS
| become perfect" to quote this author
| ity, "the capon does not drink" How
| ever, it is never largec than a large
| bean. Again, he tells of the bozoar. a
| red. dusty, brittle and light stone"
which is taken from the body Of some
| animal, and is infallible against mel
| ancholy. He credits Queen Elizabeth
! with wearing bozoar. and Charles V
| had four Of them. The four rings.
| however. Of most historical interest
| were those presented by Pope innocent
| to King John. The monarch was urg-
| ed to note with extreme care the shape
\ Of the rings, their number, color and
| matter. The number four, being a
| square, typified firmness Of mind. fixed
| steadfastly on the four cardinal rir-
| tues. The blue color of the sapphire
denoted faith; the green of the emer-
| aid, hope; the crimson of The ruby,
, charity, and the splendor of the topaz,
good works. The rings themselves rep
resented eternity, with neither begin
| ming or end: gold, which was the mat
ter, and. according to Solomon, the
| most precious Of metals, signified wis
dom. more to be desired than riches
| and power.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18

the entire church in six yeas has been
about 10 per cent. on its wPle number
in 1890. The aforementided eleven
churches show an aggregte increase
of 2,067 ,O2l members of whln the Ro-
man Catholic received 1880, the
Methodist 531 ,653, and the Baptist $685.
III. OF the English-speanrg r6igious
communities of the world aboIt 107,-
100000 are professedly C,ristiin, and
about 100000 are of no lsrtiular re-
ligious profession.
The modern Sunday schtol, o whose
culture the brightest genius assidu-
ously devoted, is that de)atment Of
the church in which the phTcipal part
Of preparatory work is dore Many of
its students become devote members.
of the church and effective'vorkers in
it's ranks. The latest staBtics of its
numbers are those compile by the sta
tistical secretaries OF the seventh in
ternational Sunday schoo. convention,
held at st. Louis, Mo-, IL September
1893. In them the numbe Of Sunday
schools in the different ciutries of the
world is given at 224, ,562, { teachers at
2,239,72S and of pupils at 0,26s, ,933.
Forty-seven thousand nd sixty Of
these Sunday schools, 65l91 teachers
and 6,979,9l3 pupils are " the united
kingdom of Great BritainAnd Ireland !;
134, 1853 Sunday schools, 1,3S,70S teachers
and 10. 442, 705 pupils are n the United
States. Canada, Newfoundland and
Labrador, the West Inlies, Central
America and Mexico. R,nan Catholic
schools. with a membe ship estimated
by clerics at 100000, ant non-evangeli-
cal Protestant schools, with a probable
membership Of 100000, are rot embraced
in the returns,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
KANE A CRACK BOXER,
He's the Pacific Coast Champion,
Will Meet Bobby DObbs.

Although not generally known to
Scrantons sporting fraternity, Bob
Kane, of San Francisco, who is to meet
Bobby Dobbs in 20-round boxing con-
test at Music Hall next Wednesday
night, is one Of the most promising
boxers who ever came east from the
Pacific coast. He reached New York
city last August with the Pacific coast
lightweight championship. He had
several matches closed and others in
prospect, but a broken ankle prevented
him from meeting any of his engage
ments except with Billy Steffers, Of
Troy, who was defeated by Kane in
eight rounds.
Kane's confidence in his own ability
is attested in his willingness to go as
many as twenty rounds against as in
Vincible man as Dobbs. DObbs hard
ly knows what defeat means and the
same applies to Kane, so rafting
contest may be expected. Kane has
a style of fighting like McAuiffe,
Dixon, Lavigne and other good ones
who are always working and always on
the offensive. He will be here tomor-
row with his trainer and will show
Scrantonians what he can do.
What ought to be a good curtain
raiser will be the Ground preliminary
between Reddy Connolly and Jack
Livingston" AS recently as a year
ago large crowd paid regular admis-
sion prices to see Connolly get put out
in main bout with Jim Judge Next
week Connolly will be a side attrac-
tion. Livingston" is Judges brother.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
EDWARDSyILLE ElSTEnDPOD.
II Will De Held in the Welsh Baptist
Church Feb. ~.

The Welsh Baptist church of Ed
wardsville will have an elsteddfod On
Washington's birthday, Feb. %, and the
competitions will be as follows:
Choral competition, "Nant y Mynydd,"
Mountain BrookleD, choir not 10 be less
than twenty in number; prize, $l5.
Double quartette, tune No. LAG from
Llawlyfr Moliant; prize, Sc.
Trio, 'The Little Farm Well Tiled"
prize, Sl.50.
Duet "Larboard Watch" prize 81
Baritone solo, "Anchored;" prize. LOO
Tenor solo, 1.-The Shoe Upon the Shore"
prize, S1.5O.
Contralto solo, "He Was Despised q"
(Messiah; prize, 81.
Solo for men over 40 years of age), tune
'Hedd," No. 269; words, No. 1908, Law
yfr Moliant; prize 81.
Solo (for girls under Is years of age)
''In the Secret of His Presence" Gospel
Hymns: prize, 81.
Solo for boys under 1j years of age),
"Only an Armor Bearer" Gospel Hymns !;
prize 81.
Poetry, Ynison Adraddiadol, Testyn,
'NebuchCdonosor Yn dyfod atoi hum"
gwobr Cadar Hardd: prize, a handsome
chair.
each in memoriam of the late John q.
Williams, Mount Hunlock; prize, So.
Englyn, "Klondike;' prize, 81.
Essay for persons under 20 years of
age, Solomon" not over ten pages of
fooscap; prize SO.
Essay tfor females), Welsh or English
"Hanfodion cartref cysurus," "The Ele-
ments of q Happy Homes" not over
seven pages note paper; prize, $l.5O
Grafton, "Araeth," English or Welsh,
"Caniadaeth Cysegr,' Church Sing
ing" prize, 81.
lm romptu speech; prize, 30 cents.
Recitation, "The Beautiful Snow
(children under Is years of age, Standard
Recitations; prize, s2
Recitation, THE Twin Shaft Disaster"
by William j. Nicholas; prize, $3.50.
Welsh recitation, "Yr lesu wrtho hu-
man," Teynog; prize, Sl.50.
Reading at sight; prize. 50 cents.
Adiudicator of musiC-Professor David
James, Wilkes-Barre.
Poetry, essays. orations, recitations and
reading-Rev. d. L. Richards, NJ. D.,
Slatington.
Officers - Philip Williams, president; |;
Richard H. Edwards, treasurer; David j.
Jones, secretary, box II. Edwardsville: I:
accompanist Professor Gwlym Davis.
Chairman of the afternoon session, b.
G. Cobleigh NJ. d., Kingston; conductor,
T. d. Davies.
Chairman of. evening session. r. l..
Newell. Kingston; conductor, Evan J.
Evans.