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The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
1T COSTS TO OUT cRULLERs.
Unfortunate Experience of Young
Vim in u Pnrl. Roy. Bemnery.

This is the hard luck story of man
who eats crullers with knife. 1t con-
Germs him, waiter and manager, the
two latter connected with famous
Park row restaurant, which alternates
scriptural injunctions on the walls With
admonitions to patrons to keep your
eye on your coat and hat"
This young man, who is telegraph
operator, fails to state where he accu-
INFLATED the habit of eating crullers
with knife, but tits habit with him,
fixed and immovable. He must have
knife when he eats erullers. So, when
he entered this beanery the other even
ing, he supplemented his order for
"douphnuts and coffee" with a request
for something to cut the crullers with
The waiter brought him knife, with
which he carved the crullers. When he
had satisfied his appetite he discovered
that he had a check for IS cents.
whats that for?" he queried.
Five fur duh sinkers, five fur duh
draw one, an five fur duh lease o duh
carver" responded the waiter.
"Do you mean to say that YOU charge
extra for knife to cut crullers with?'
was the surprised ejaculation of the
telegraph operator.
"sure," said the waiter. II take no.
tiee dat ev-ry guy wat comes in here
an boosts along his sinkers wild knife
eats about a pound o. butter besides,
All dey wants duh knife fur is to put n
cargo O. butter on duh crullers. guy
wat eats his sinlSers wild his fingers,
which is duh only way to eat EN-, never
touches no butter. SeC?"
The telegraph operator objected to
paving for the use of the knife. not, as
he explained it, because he cared for
the five cents, but because of the prin-
ciple of the thing, it being his under
standing that a restaurant in furnish
ing food to patrons, should furnish con-
veniences for conveying it to the face.
The waiter insisted that a man who
would eat crullers with a knife would
want sponge to drink soup with, and
the argument grew so warm that the at
| tention of the manager was attracted.
This official upheld the waiter, and, in
support OF his position, he advanced a
book of rules, which showed that he
was right. The young man paid the five
cents, and then spent about $1.50 telling
Jerry, the telegraph operators friend,
and the letter carriers guide, about it.
lie is now partalSing of luncheon at
place where everybody uses the same
knife, and meal costs nothing at all,
so long as the bar does not suffer.-N.
| V Journal
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
USE OE YOURS TRULY.
Criticism of the Too Free Use of Corr
diai Terms.

The habits of people in signing let
tiers are receiving some attention, and
interesting conclusions are drawn from
a study of the different ways writers
subscribe themselves. Thecurt Yours"
and yours truly" are found not onl y in
business letters, but in personal notes
as well, for there are plenty of CORE
spondents who don't believe in gush,
and who think that "Yours truly" for
"sineerely" means about all they wish
to convey. Opposed to these sensible
and essentially practical persons is that
class of writer's made up usually of
young and enthusiastic individuals, as
rule of the gentler sex, who throw
words about as carelessly on paper as
they do in conversation. The use OF
the word love by such people is a dis
tressing sign of emotional weakness, Of
carelessness or of insincerity, and pos
sibly arises from the same impulse that
prompts women to kiss each other in
discriminatory. One Boston girl has
taken her own stand in the matter and
at the risk of being considered "cold"
and thoroughly Boston" she sticks to
it. In her childhood she was taught to
sign "affectionately yours" TO her far
away great-aunts and second cousins,
some of whom she had never seen, but
all of whom she tried to like, because
of the claims of kindred, and the word
"afTectionately" came to her as moth
ing at all except polite and necessary
fiction. So she signs 'affectionately" to
people she is supposed to be couven-
tionally fond Of and when she says any
thing more she means it. She thor
oughly approves of Cordially yours,
and this, by the way, is seen more and
more frequently now in notes between
acquaintances who are on distinctly
friendly or cordial terms. After all
"Your friend" when it can be used
truthfully, is n simple and satisfactory
way of ending friendly letters Some
people have the habit of not prefacina
their names with any set form of words
at the end of letters. They stop when
they get through and write their sig
natures without any frills. - Boston
| Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
ANCIENT Roman EdibIes.

The most extraordinary things were
eaten in the reign of Julius Caesar.
Varro, a writer of the time, gives rules
for fattening rats for the table, and the
menu included sharks flesh, thistles,
cacti and sea nettles. The cooks were
exceptionally skillful. One of them
served whole pig, stuffed with
thrushes. mincemeat, yolks of eggs and
spices. and 70 was impossible to see
where the knife had entered the body
Of the animal. Another cook prepared
a turnip in such a way that his employ
er thought IT was a rare FISH he had ex-
pressed a wish for, - CfAcsgo Inter
Ocean.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23

The proper position Of cake in the
oven depends entirely on what sort Of a
stove you use. As a rule, put it firsl on
the bottom of the oven, and away from
the iire-box Watch it carefully; II il
browns faster on one side than on the
other, turn il without shaking. In
baking layer cakes they may be put
first on the bottom and then on the
rack. The register on the outside Of
the stove door marks the heat for bak-
ing roasting, etc. II does not register
the same as thcrmometcr.-Iadies'
Home Journal
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
STYLES IN SUMMER FABRICS.
Large Designs and Brilliant Effects
Sure to BE Favorites This Year.

The counters and the windows of the
shops are now crowded with the latest
imported and domestic fabrics for mid
summer. Brilliant effects continue to
reign. Poppy decorations are num-
bered among the daintiest for organ
dies. The organizes this season have a
bit of stiffening in them. The plain
backgrounds are besprinkled with gay
blossoms and they are as well striped,
Scarlet peoples are found on maze
backgrounds, purple ones embellish
the black muslin and the yellow flower
of sleep is seen on vivid leaf green,
Ducks of all kinds, both white and
colored. are found in the most fascinat-
ing designs. Dresden patterns will be
very fashionable, and the polka dot re-
turns this year as a novelty. Rose de-
signs on barred and dotted muslins are
most alluring. Plaid ginghams will
hold their own. as will also striped dim
tiles and percales. IT is bit early yet
to forecast modes, but everything
points to ruffled skirts, full bodices and
even smaller sleeves than are now worn.
Skirts will be tied back close over the
hips and they will stand out bit at
the bottom. Skirts will be longer and
all the fullness gathered in few inches
at the back. Belts, and especially rib
bon belts. will be feature of summer
modes. Sashes will also decorate the
more elaborate organdies. - Chicago
Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23

Pare and slice six thin potatoes; chop
one medium-sized onion; take a pud-
ding dish, put in a layer of potatoes,
sprinkle over it little of the onion.
Put in a few slices of cold roast pork,
cut fine, sprinkle over it pepper and salt
and put in a few bits of butter. Alter
nate potatoes, onions, etc, until the dish
is nearly full. Cover the contents with
milk and bake in a hot oven over one
hour. Pieces Of any kind of cold meat
can be used instead of the pork. This
recipe is very nice for hot dish for
supper.-Boston Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
HOW WILD ANIMALS DIE.
Hunger Gets Them, Even If They
Escape the White Mans Cum.

Hunger HeIS htF
Escape the White Mans Gun.
What becomes of all the dead birds
and animals? Some of them, fastened
in their exits by yillainous saltpeter,
go into cooking pots or yield up their
blood -dabbed feathers for womanas
adornment. But how about those who
die a natural death?
1t is the rarest thing to find the bod
les of wild animals, except such as have
plainly died in conflict or by accident.
At salt-licks the ground is often COW
cred with the bones of animals who have
been killed in fights with each other.
In tropical countries the bodies OF
dead animals rapidly decay and their
smaller bones are devoured by greedy
beasts of the pig and hyena type. But
the same scarcity of animal remains is
noted in the arctic regions, where de-
cav is almost unknown. Here big beasts
like the Siberian mammoth have been
"cold-storaged" for many centuries,
and actually eaten at the last.
But each succeeding spring does, as
might be expected, disclose skeletons
of birds or animals who have died dur
ing the year and been buried by the
snow. Yet birds swarm by the millions
in summer on the arctic tundra and
seals, reindeer, foxes, walruses and
other land and water animals are
there. Nordeskiold notes this strange
absence of "self-dead" polar animals.
Not one did he see, though there were
plenty of traces of mans wanton waste
of life in. creatures dead of gunshot
wounds. 1.-THE polar bear and the rein
deer" he writes, ''are found in hun.
dreds, the seal, walrus and white whale
in thousands, and birds in millions.
These birds must die natural death
in untold numbers. What becomes of
their bodies?'
It is strange that on Spitzbergen ii
is easier to find the yertebra of gigan-
lie lizard of the Trias than the bones OF
a seal, walrus or bird which has met
natural death.
1t is probable that animals almost
universally hide themselves when they
feel the pangs of approaching death.
| Their chief foe is hunger, coupled with
old age. Distemper kills foxes and
wolves as well as domestic dogs and
cats. Chills and heart disease count
animals as well as human victims Old
animals die of Indigestion, especially
when their teeth become too poor tic
permit of chewing their food.
Tumors, diphtheria and consump
ton are frequent animal complaints
and anthrax, influenza, CHAMBERS and
cholera claim their share. Rabies come
IN epidemics among wild animals as
well as tame ones. 1t was SO common
among foxes in 1880 to 1888 in France
and Switzerland that fox hunts were
organized for the protection of domes-
tic animals.
All this, however, doesn't explain
what becomes of the dead animals. Per-
haps that will cease to be a mystery
when we find out where all the pins and
shoe buttons go.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
How 10 Press SILK.

You cannot iron silk smoothly, so as
TO press out all the creases, unless you
first sprinkle it and roll it up tightly
in a towel, letting it remain rolled up
for a few hours. First try the iron on
an old piece of silk; if it is at all hot the
colors will be injured. Pinks, blues,
yellows. greens and other bright colors
always change color on the application
Of a hot iron. Remember that sill,
should always be ironed on the wrong
side. The "rustiness" can be removed
by washing the silk in cold tea or coffee
Leisure Hours.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23

Last year man died at Birmingham.
England, who had through life the sat
isfaction of knowing that his birthplace
was of a unique character, inasmuch as
he was born on the battlefield Of Water
loo. lie was the descendant of a fam
lily of soldiers, and hisfather, who was
with the Ninety-seventh Cameron high
landers, was killed i'm the memorable en-
gagement at Hougomont. The soldiers
wife had followed her husband out and
thus it happened that the little stranger
made its appearance amid the din and
roar Of battle.-Chicago Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23

An effective door drapery for door
way leading TO a room or hall furnished
in dark tones is composed of series OF
wrought iron chains of graduated
lengths, those at the sides reaching half
way to the floor and shortening toward
the center TO form an arch overhead.
The chains are slender and the effect is
far richer than that of the now so com
mon bead portieres .-Boston Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
A EnnIish Mnste.

Father-What'sa all this2 I'll warrant
you've been buying some more useless
things, just to keep up appearances.
College Junior admit the impeach-
ment, dad-there's couple of Greek
leXicons and a latin dictionary in those
bundles!-Puck.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23

, ON THE CARDS.

"CAN you -fortunes?" she asked
leaning her elbows on the table
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23
yrrmIcrIII nHd Tomnto.

Boil six ounces Of large white vermi-
cell in sailed water for - minutes,
drain and put in a saucepan. with two
quarts of cNrso ame and quart of
tomato puroe boil for ten minutes,
slim. pour irt ? soyp tureeu and serve
with grated parmesan cheese on a plate.
~. Y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-23

Mr.. spokes-What blooming cheeks
Nellie Fosdick has.
Mr.. Spykes-She IL the aCvrsT OF tho
family.-Detroit Free Press
The oasis., 1898-07-02

to make such protest, twenty.s,. cents
 Warehouse receipts for any good. merchandise, or property of any klns held on storage in any public or priv. ate warehouse or yard, except receip. for agricultural products deposited h, the actual grower thereof in the reg. ular course of trade for sale, twent,. five cents. Provided, That the stam0 duties imposed by the foregolno schedule on manIfests, bills of ladlnO and passage tickets shall not apply to steamboats or other vessels plying bo tween ports of the United States and ports in British North America.
The oasis., 1898-07-02

Mexico has larger standing army by l5,000 men than any country 10 Central or South America, with the exception Of Brazil; which has 2s,0OO soldiers or 5000 more than Mexico The next in size are the Argentine, 1O,500, Chile, 5000; Guatemala, 7,OOO, and Columbia. $500. Venezuela, Sal vador, Ecuador and Uruguay have each 1000, Peru, 5000, and the res! merely nominal force.
The oasis., 1898-07-02

Persons troubled with diarrhm, will be interested in the experience n, MT w. Nj. Bush, clerk of Hotel Dor. rauce, Providence, R. !. He says, "For several years l have been almost a constant sufferer from diarrh9a, ths frequent attacks completely pros trating me and rendering me unfit for my duties at this hotel. About two years travelling salesman kindly gave me small bottle of ChamberlaIn, Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhea Remedy Much to my surprise and delight it, effects were immediate. Whenever felt symptoms of the disease I would fortify myself against the attack with a few doses of this valuable remedy The result has been very satisfactory and almost complete relief from the For sale by Jas. B. Alx & Co.
The oasis., 1898-07-02

BRYAN is also opposed to terrIto- riai acquisition by the United States Is it because slavery is dead and no longer grasping after more soil over which to spread its bIighting curse that the democracy has so suddenly become anti-annexationist1 Most of the territory acquired by the United States since 1900 was se- cured by the democratic party Il territorial extension has been 50 good in the past, why is it not gooo nowl
The oasis., 1898-07-02
LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS.

Elwood Hadley, post at Arizola, has been an.hp ai In- dian agent at Sacaton. 's9Fp lad. ley has resided in the t''rritoy something over a yea- = 'r1P News.
 THE OASIS editor has perso ally known Mir. Hadley in Arizona period longer than five years, and the gentleman has resided in Aril-s ona continuously since 1891.
The oasis., 1898-07-02

Stockman: Randolph X Heiser Of Flagstaff, have traded a portion Of their old ranch for valuable spring on the Colorado, known as the Chas. Schultz sprng, thirty fve-miles from Flagstafl, to which point they are moving their cattle. The spring fur- nishes water in abundance for the stock, and also for the irrigation ofa piece Of farming land. The feed 10 that section Is reported as being fne, and where wild hay will be cut next month.
The oasis., 1898-07-02

Star: 1If l had my way l would see that watering troughs for horses were put up at different places and that the animals should wear sun bonnets," were ideas W. L. Lowe ad- vanced yesterday, and they are worth considering.
The oasis., 1898-07-02

| oNt ttu ttutS.
 Conveyance: Deed, instrument, or
 writing, whereby any lands, tene-
 ments, or other realty sold shall be
 granted, assigned, transferred, or
 otherwise conveyed to, or vested in,
 the purchaser or purchasers, or any
 other person or persons, by his, her,
 or their direction, when the consider
 ation or value exceeds one hundred
 dollars and does not exceed five hun
 dred dollars, fifty cents; and for each
 additional five hundred dollars or frac-
 tional part thereof in excess of i've
 hundred dollars, fifty cents.
 Dispatch, telegraphic: Any dispatch
 or message, one cent.
 Entry of any goods, wares, or mer- chandise at any custom house, either
 for consumption or ware housing, not exceeding one hundred dollars in value. twenty-five cents,
 Exceeding one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars in value. fifty cents.
 Exceeding five hundred dollars in value, one dollar.
 Entry for the withdral of aey goods or merchandise from customs bonded warehouse, fifty cents.
 Insurance (lifel Policy ofinsurance, or other instrument, by whatever name the same shall be called, where by any insurance shall hereafter be made upon any life or lives, for each one hundred dollars or fractional part thereof, eight cents on the amount insured: Provided, That on all pol icies, for life insurance only, issued on the industrial or weekly payment ! plan of insurance, the tax shall be i forty per centum of the amount of the first weekly premium. And it | shall be the duty of each person, firm, or corporation issuing such policies to i make within the first fifteen days of every month sworn statement to the collector of internal revenue in each of their respective districts, Of the total amount of first weekly pre- miums received on such policies issued by the said person, firm, or corpora tion during the preceding month, and upon the total amount so received the said person, firm, or corporation shall pay the said tax of forty per centum: Provided further, That the proyi- sions of this section shall not apply to any fraternal, beneficiary society, or order, or farmers purely local co-uper- atiye company or association, or em- ployes relief association operated on the lodge system, or local cooperation plan, organized and conducted solely by the meMber thereof for the ex- elusive benefit of it's members and not for profit.
 Insurance lmarlne, inland, lire. l.: Each policy of insurance or other in- ;trument, by whatever name the same shall be called, by which insurance shall be made or renewed upon prop srty of any description lincluding rents or profits, whether against peril by sea or on inland waters. or by ire or lightning, or other peril, made by any person, association, or corpora JioD, upon the amount of premium oDe-half of one cent on each dollar or fractional part thereof: Pro- sided, that purely cooperative or )r mutual fire insurance conpinies ,arried on by the members thereof 'olely for the protection of their own and not for profit shall be ex- empted from the tax herein provided.
 Insurance Casualty, fidelity, and Each policy of insurance,
The oasis., 1898-07-02
The New Revenue Law. Continued from Sixth page.

tuereOi, stamp or the Value Ol out
 cent: Provided, That but one bill O
 lading shall be required on bundles o
 packages of newspapers when incloseC
 in one general bundle at the time O
 shipment. Any failure to issue suct
 bill of lading, manifest or other memo
 randum, as herein provided, shall sub
 ject such railroad or steamboat com company, carrier, express company, oI corporation or person to penalty of
 fifty dollars for each offense, and nc such bill of lading, manifest, or other
 memorandum shall be used in evi- dence unless it shall be duly stamped as aforesaid.
 Telephone messages: 1t shall be the duty of every person, firm, or cor operation owning or operating any telephone line or lines to make with in the first fifteen days of each month a sworn statement to the collector Of internal revenue in each of their re- spective districts, stating the number of messages or conversations trans mitted over their respective lines during the preceding month for which charge of fifteen cents or more was imposed, and for each of such mes sages or conversations the said per son, firm, or corporation shall pay tax of one cent: Provided, that only one payment of said tax shall be re- quired, notwithstanding the lines of one or more persons, firms, or corpor- atiohs shall be used for the transmits sion of each of said messages or con- versations.
 Bond: For indemnifying any person or persons, firm, or corporation who shall have become bound or engaged as surety for the payment of any sum of money, or for the due execution or performance of the duties of any office or position, and to account for money received by virtue thereof. and all other bonds oT any description. except such as may be required in legal proceedings, not otherwise pro vided for in this schedule, fifty cents
 Certificate of profits, or any certi- ticate CT memorandum showing an in- tefest iH the property ar acculnula- tiOns of any association. company. or corporation, and on all transfers thereof. on each one hundred dollars of face value or fraction thereof, two cents.
 Certificate: Any certificate Of dam age, or otherwise, and all other cer- titicates or documents issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or other person acting as such, twenty five cents.
 Certificate of any description re- quired by law not otherwise specified in this Act, ten cents.
 Charter party: Contract or agree ment for charter of any ship, or yes sel, or steamer, or any letter, memo Tandum, or other writing between the captain, master, or owner, or person acting as agent of any ship, or yes sel, or steamer, and any other person or persons, for or relating to the charter of such ship, or vessel, or any renewal or transfer thereof, if the registered tonnage of such ship, or vessel, or steamer does not exceed three hundred tons, three dollars.
 Exceeding three hundred tons and not exceeding six hundred tons, five dollars.
 Exceeding six hundred tons, ten dollars.
 Contract: Brokers note, or memo randum of sale of any goods or mer- chandise, stocks, bonds. exchange.