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pubic were graVely aSSUled that Judge Williams is c gentleman of sterling worth and gentle birth. " The gentle birth" THE OASIS will not deny, for some of the greatest rascals who ever glaced a gallows tree were of gentle birth. Butt sterling worth" THE OASIS does and has denied; and proved its case by citing witnesses. Nor is the list of shortcomings of the venerable aristocrat yet complete in publication. For instance hls explanation to friends of how he came to be put upon the custom house pay roll and draw a salary without rendering service, has not yet been published but it will be now. Just read this:
 About the time of the first ex- pose of crookedness at the custom house, when the San Francisco Call asserted that among others who were fraudulently placed upon the custom house pay roll, Judge Williams name appeared, he ex- plained that he had never person. ally drawn the salary for which he had receipted, but that the money had gone to help Collector Cheno- weth make good charge made upon him from the treasury de- partment at Washington for the sum of one hundred and eighty dollars or whereabouts, the uncol- lected duty upon a shipment of hides imported from Mexico, which it seems was entered, at valua- ton tar too low, the duty paid up- on that undervaluation, the entry liquidated and the hides sent for ward to their destination.
 Some months later Collector Chenoweth received notice of the undervaluation, and that he had been charged with the amount of duty uncollected. The hides had been entered by the Sonora rail- ways's customs broker, MT. o. Pet itpain. Collector Chenoweth made demand upon MT. Petitpain for the additional amount then re- quired. MT. Petitpain refused pay ment. Then the collecor made a demand upon the railway company through Manager Naugle. That official referred 1t to the attorney oi the company, Colonel Frank Cox Ot Phoenix. Colonel COX came tC Nogales, looked the matter all over and advised Mir. Naugle not tc pay. The railway company had taken the shippers valuation, had paid the duty demanded by the United States customs officials, had forwarded the consignment, collect ed the charges, including duties delivered the property and had nc way tor collecting the further amount demanded. Attorney Cox couldn't see any reason why the railway company should be mulcted for an official delinquency of the
The oasis., 1899-06-24
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MORALES, ARIZONA.

JUDGE Williams is gentleman of sterling worth and gentle birth. Now, wouldn't that kill you?
The oasis., 1899-06-24
WHAT rH,wE THE rAsaNrsf


 zona Normal School, during the commencement exercises at Tempe, last week, Hon. Charles Weston Wright, of Tucson, sought toimpress upon the class that in assuming to direct the development of mind i'll the rising generation they ac- cept a most tremendous respon- sibility; that in discharging that responsibility it will be their duty to themselves and to their youth ful charges to maintain the most | lofty standards of conduct and de pertinent; that their pupils will learn more from the daily walk and example of their preceptors than from the text books used for in- struction; and that should the ex- ample be pernicious great injury will be done the plastic and pliable characters entrusted to their train ing. And yet" continued Judge Wright, "there is in one of our
 Arizona cities principal of a pub
 lie school who today stands brand
 ed as a self confessed perurer,
 who has made affidavit that; to help out friend who IS
 public official, he allowed his
 name to be fraudulently placed up-
 on a government pay roll, and
 swore falsely that ne had rendered
 the service designated, and then
 swore afterward that his former
 affidavit admitting and acknowl-
 edging the fraud was lie. That
 man." said Judge Wright, lis
 utterly unfit to have charge of the
 education of children. Yet the
 people of that fair city maintain
 him in the position he has dishon-
 cred, to the great detriment of the
 rising generation of their growing
 town, and to the burning shame of all the public schools in Arizona. "I wonder, exclaimed the judge in
 burst of righteous indignation, "that the parents whose children
 have to attend the public schools in that town permit so great and out rageous wrong"
 While the eloquent speaker mentioned no names 1t is an open secret that he was threshing over Nogales straw and referred to Professor o. l.. Lewis and the custom house push.
 Every word uttered by Judge
 Wright is gospel truth. And it is indeed wonder, that the parents , who send children to the school l conducted by that principal can tamely submit to perpetration upon l their own offspring of a crime so great. That mans record gives : the lie to their admonition to their I little ones that fraud and perjury l are crimes. They see in his case S that instead of punished they are l rewarded by profitable and hon. , orable employment? What think 0 the parents of those children? Whai 2 .1-:-.1 IL ala.l-..o tINrrr. OL .crr .r-o..lc
The oasis., 1899-06-24
HADD1rIoN, division and silence

will not be the rule in public affaiga i1 Santa Cruz county 6o E OASIS csnoot be .rs1f sils
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
Mn.T0.RaG Sold and guaranteed by all DRUG
uO-sOONV gists to CURE Tobacco Habit
An Expensive Experiment.

A South Side man who is clerk in
one of the leading banks on this side
of the river, was in communicative
mood last night. During conversa-
tion about various things he took on a
retrospective air and said: ''There is
nothing like the faithful discharge of
ones duties, but it is sometimes an
experiment.
On being questioned as to the cause
OF the remark he replied: well, it
reminds me of an experience l had
while employed in prominent Fourth
avenue bank. l don't mind telling it
to you. The head bookkeeper was a
character in many ways. Method was
his hobby. He had way of doing
everything and he never varied from
the rules he set down. Exactness in
his accounts was a particular fad, and
he spared no pains in carrying bis
ideas into effect. One afternoon in
balancing our books it was found we
was short one cent. We searched and
searched, but when it came to the
usual time for going home that cent
was still missing.
"Do you think the head bookkeeper
would allow us to go? Not much.
Several of us had engagements we
wanted to fulfill, but it made no diff
ference. Supper time came and we
were no farther ahead than when we
started. Headed by the bookkeeper
we repaired to neighboring restaur-
ant for supper and then returned to
work. After several hours the miss
ing cent was found and the ac-
counts balanced. But in the fgur-
ing upit was discovered that in search
ing for the discrepancy of one cent
the bank had incurred bill for sup
pers to the amount of $3.50"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
New Years Day in China.

New Year is the national pay day in
China. All accounts must be squared
up at that time, and the man who can't
raise money enough to pay his debts
has to go into bankruptcy. The laws
are such that the creditor can enter
the debtors house and take what he
pleases if there is no settlement. To
prevent such action families club to-
gether and make all sorts of COM
promises to keep up the business
reputation of the clan. New Year is
great day for the pawnbrokers.
Their shops are crowded with people
who want to redeem their best clothes
before the New Year. There are
crowds, also, who want to pawn other
things in order to get money 10 pay
their debts. Pawnbrokers receive
high rates of interest, in which they
are protected by the Government
London Mail.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
Notes of the Crusade.

The liquor traffic will never commit sui
eide.
Drink buries sorrow that rises again to-
morrow.
OF $1,000 breweries in the world, q, 900
are in Germany.
The drink traffic practically bosses the
political and commercial life ofthe country.
1t appears that our army OF occupation
has introduced new vice into Porto Rico,
that of intoxication.
By vote Of the California Senate, no
wine, beer, or other spirituous liquor was
served at the inaugural ball.
Local-option contests In Georgia during
the past year uniformly show increased
majorities for no-lIcense. The year 1898
shows great gain Of ten counties in the
no-license column.
The indulgence in strong drink OF fathers
and mothers OF families is the cause OF
much OF the misery OF childhood.
Strong drink qualities you to become an
undnttful child, an unnatural parent,
cruel husband or disgusting wife.
The liquor law commission in Paul
Krueger's Transvaal has recommended ad-
ditional restrictions to tue excise law and
additional penalties for its violation The
last of the long list Of punishments is thirty
five lashes.
Lord Kitchener, the Egyptian Sirdar,
treats with great rigor the offense Of drunk
snness among his troops. Lord Kitchener's
"cure" consists In compelling the offender
to walk about for hours carrying In each
hand ffty-pound bag Of shot.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
Drunkards Barred Out.

She went reeling across the ladies' wiat-
Ing room and fell in a senseless heap lust
inside the door. The great room was filled
with the usual varied throng-smartly-
dressed young women, inteligent-lo
college girls, earnest, anxious mothers,
quiet sisters Of charity and others with the
hard lessons of life written upon their
tired faces-but not one among them all
stepped forward to lend a helping hand to
this fallen bit OF humanity that lay, like q
plot, upon the dusty floor. Even the big
hearted colored woman in charge drew
herself up straight, with added dignity,
and held herself aloof as, with curling lip.
she touched the electric button at her ell
bow. moment later an official appeared
and smiled significantly us he raised the
PROSTATE form and led it tottering from
the room. No one followed, but oil felt as
If they had suffered an indisnity, and so.
shut out from the kind and the good, this
frail sister went as IL to her DOOM
SAY, has jenkins got job YETI" we
overheard one man ask another while
waiting on the street for q car.
mo, course he HASN'T" was the answer
in gruff tones. Doesn't deserve any.
S'pose anybody's goin' to hire a man
smellin' o. whisky half the timer"
The speaker was red-faced and blear-
eyed, but that did not seem to make any
difference in the expression of his opinion.
In the popular mind there are few weak
nesses or crimes that excite so little SYM
pathy as the habit of intoxication Man
condemns his fellow-men without a hear
ing. Business methods demand sobrietv
and an unclouded brain. To the inebriate
the hard world offers no place of trust or
responsibility. "Out you go,' is the de-
cree of the employer to the employe who
has made himself unreliable and incompe-
tent by the dread curse. Could the
tempted ones realize this truth, they
would hesitate long before forging their
chains.-Union Signal
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23

Most OF the PHOSPHORUS used in the
world comes from bones.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
Tho Century's Curse.

The curse OF modern society which
strikes deep into every class is alcoholism.
Alcoholism must not be confounded with
drunkenness. says DR.. Bienfait, Belgian
scientist. Drunkenness always existed,
but alcoholism, that passion of the masses
for alcohol and its sad consequences for the
individual, the family and society at large,
was almost unknown a hundred years ago.
How did this deadly passion take its rise?
The dominant cause resides in the simple
fact that formerly wine was dear and
spirits anything but plentiful, whereas
within the present century enormous
quantity of alcohol have been dispensed
everywhere. The result has been perfect
flood OF distilled liquors all the world over
within reach of the poorest. Very cheap at
first, alcohol rose in price owing to the
heavy duties placed upon it. Yet the con-
sumption did not diminish. The laborer,
however poor, still intoxicates himself at
the cost of bitter privation to those de-
pendent upon him. Man seeks In the use
OF spirituous liquors that happy dream
state which brings oblivion to worry and
casts roseate hue over everything-n not
that condition of complete inebriation
which sinks man lower than the beast but
the agreeable sensation experienced after
partaking of even a small quantity of al
cohol, and which gives the illusion of un-
wonted strength and energy. That is why
the laborer, exhausted by his work and
future, has recourse to alcohol us to wiz
ard who, by stroke OF his magic wand,
transports him beyond the borders of sor-
did reality. He does not stop to think, poor
wretch, that the awakening will find him
worse off than before.
Nor is the working class alone affected
by alcoholism; intelligent and we'll edu-
Gated people, who ought to set good ex-
ample, are also among its victims The gin
bottle accompanies the laborer, and the
bottle of Burgundy, Bordeaux rum or
cognac is TO be found on many table. 1t
Is present at many a ceremony, many a
discussion and numberless insipid CONVEX
sations. This friend which gradually steals
away health, reason and conscience is
made the contldant of projects, hopes.
despair, joy and sorrow. "Who cannot
cite among the friends at the bar, in the
army, in the civil service, and even in the
medical profession" ask DIR. Bienfait, of
Brussels, "such and such person whose
health is visibly undermined by abuse of
iiquorf" IN DR.. Bienfait's opinion alcohol
is aphyscal, moral, intellectual and social
poison.-New York Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

a Foe to Fight-The Causes wlich Have
Produced an Era of AIcol, oIisin-Alco-
hOl a Moral, Physical, intellectual and
Social POison-The Century's Curse.
We will fight the liquor traffic;
Hes, we'n fight it to the death,
We will lift our voice against it,
Just as long as we have breath.
We will not defend the rummies,
Nor for them apologize
But expose their wretched business,
Till In misery 1t dies.
Would you tolerate lion
Or tiger in your street.
Which would trample or devour
Any child 1t chanced to meet?
Would you send your youth and children
Out upon that street to roam,
And you calmly sit Indifferent
In the shelter of your home?
No. you would 60 out with weapons,
Every man in town would go
And with clubs and stones and bullets,
Give the beast powerful blow:
There would be a great excitement,
You would boldly hunt him down,
And most certainly would kill him,
Friend, do you esteem lion
Or tiger greater harm
Than saloons along your sidewalks?
Does 1t cause you more alarm?
See those rum shops unmolested,
Countless victims they destroy,
And they're waiting, surely longing
To ensnare your girl or boy.
The National Advocate.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all it's
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tiOnal disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much ia tn in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
$3.50 Round Trip Rate. New Or.
leans, La. Mardi Gras Festivi.
ties. February 18th. 1SA0.

For the above occasion the Southern Rail-
way will sell tickets to New Orleans at one
fare for the round trip from Washington,
427.50. Tickets on sale February 7th to 18th,
inclusive; final limit, February 2Sth, 1899
Double daily fast trains leaving New York
40 p. NJ. and 12.05 A. M. Through Pullman
drawing room sleeping car. New York to New
Orleans. Dining car service on both trains.
The Mardi Gras festivities, which take place
in New Orleans this year, will be more largely
attended than any similar occasion hereto
fore. For further information call on or adj
dress Alex: s. Thweatt, Eastern Passenger
Agent 21l Broadway, New York.
Brazil raises about 500, 900 tons of coffee
nnpually
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23

Coughs Lead to COnsumptiOn.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough a
once. Go to your druggist to-day and ge
sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 81
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
gerous.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23

Judge Pelton, of the Georgia Su-
preme Court, recently adjourned
court because one of the witnesses pre-.
ferred, instead of testifying, to keep
an engagement to be married.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
Hunanizing War.

A Russian chemist has discovered a
most powerful anmsthetic, several
times more powerful than chloroform.
Experiments are being made at ST..
Petersburg to see if it cannot be in
closed in bombs, which would have
the extraordinary effect of anesthet-
izing instead of wounding the enemy.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23
500 Reward. 500.

Brazil raises about 360, 900 tons of C
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23

Russia's export of eggs exceeds 1,5O0,-
000, 900 year.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-02-23

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. II. III. KLINE. Ltd. 93l Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26

6s United States senator was wired
from Harrisburg. The action OF Gov
ernor Stone only added fuel to the fire
of enthusiasm. and the plaudits for the
executive were as plentiful as were the
tributes to Quay.
A JUST VERDICT.
Not even Senator Quay's worst
enemy--if he be sane-can gainsay the
fact that the verdict was just. The
odds were all against acquittal. The
district attorney took every advantage
of his privilege to stand jurors aside,
and he held the whip hand when the
10 men were selected. Judge Biddle
also gave the prosecution the widest
latitude and they presented all they
had, which was-nothing.
District Attorney Rothermel, al
though he lost the case, made his repu
tation as a criminal lawyer. He was a
match for the other side at every point.
The only reason he lost was that he
had no case to start with. But during
the entire trial Mr. Rothermel was not
only a great and ingenious attorney,
but he was a gentle man. The case was
a legacy left him by his predecessor
It had been born during the closing
agonies of Graham, and conceived
when he first tasted the bitter cup of
defeat. The trial itself has been re-
markable in many ways. 1t was at the
close of the tenth day that the case
was submitted to the jury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
Laundry In msonk.v

One of the most curious ways of raising
ready money practiced by the impecunious
is the hypothecation of soiled linen. The
bankers are the Chinese laundrymen,
whose places are so numerously scattered
over the city. When a needy individual
has no other collateral to put up for a
short loan, he finds in John a friend in
need, who is always ready to make an adj
vance on a bundle of shirts, collars or
cuffs. Very often the loan almost equals
the value of the security, but John shrewd-
ly reasons that his customer will let other
claims go by default before he will forfeit
the shirts and collars so necessary in max
ing presentable appearance.
The custom of making use of the laun-
dryman as an "uncle" is said to have
originated in San Francisco and was
brought eastward by returning travellers
from the Pacific slope. - Philadelphia
Record
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
PALM VARIETIES oF CUBA.
There Are Twenty-six Different
Kinds on the Island.

Not only is the climate of Cuba favor
able to the planting of crops whenever the
farmer chooses to plant them and the lands
so rich that no fertilization is ever re
uuircd, but nature seems TO have, with a
bencflcent hand, reared many strange
trees and plants to supply the wants OF
man without the necessity of his planting
them himself. First among these are the
palms, some 26 varieties of which adorn
the fields of Cuba, giving shade, food and
life. AT the head of these stands the royal
palm.
The royal palm consists of tall, straight
trunk of very fibrous nature and sup
ports cluster of pinnated leaves like q
bunch of plumes on long stick. The
leaves are large and leathery. These leaves
continue to grow from the center to a
great length. When the leaves cannot
grow any more, they drop to the ground
from the bottom of the cluster, thus max
ing room for the new ones which are al
ways coming out Of the center. 1t also
yields in the proper season yellow flowers.
The fruit cannot be eaten.
The stem of the long leaves is peculiar.
1t is semicircular and embraces the trunk
of the tree and holds the leaf in place un'
til it withcrs and drops to the ground. II
resembles u thin board and Is often OF
great size, and it has a number of uses
The trunk of the tree is without any bark
and its center is very porous, increasing in
density toward the outer surface. From
the hard outer shell Of the trunk canes are
made. The bud or root of the center spire
from which the leaves grow, consists of
tender substance buried deep down within
the cluster of the green leaves and forms {
very palatable food either in the raw stat
or cooked as vegetable. 1t is also mad'
into preserve with sugar.
The royal palm is one of the most com
mon of all the trees in Cuba 1t is me
with everywhere, and in the center of tn
broad pasture lands it often stands alone
Bordering the cultivated fields of ricl
planters, it forms shade avenues which Leaf
to the dwellings. gs.-Scientiflc Chronicle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-04-26
EIennIn Frankfort.

1t is flea time in Frankfort The hot
sun has brought out the little pests by the
million. The man who can take walk
out in Frankfort and go home without
insect company is the marvel Of the house
hold. The sand of the promenade sur
rounding the town is alive with fleas, and,
while the persons who drink the beer OF
Frankfort do not seem to mind the little
pests, abstainers and especially women,
are driven frantic In hotels Of the best
Nrder have seen fleas so thick that from
ones chair one could watch them skipping
about the floor. German Letter, Chicago
Record.