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The oasis., 1899-09-30

Stockman: Senator B A. Packard of Cochise county, who has cattle on pasture on the south side, was in the valley recently attending to the ship meDt of some young stuff. Senator Packard is always a welcome visitor in this city, where as q lawmaker three years ago he stood so manfully by the interest he represented. It was largely 10 his influence and active effort that the livestock laws were amended during his second teim in the upper house of our legislature.
 Demiug Headlight. Windham and Costiio, who shipped 400 head of cattle frum this point ttis week, aud who are large cattle raisers on the lower Gila. report that they have lost by death and thefts Sl5, GOO worth Of cattle since January l, 1899 They are removing their cattle to Colfax cUun- ty. 1t is now high time this cattle stealing was stopped, if it has to be done by making someone jump of the cross bars of a telegraph pole, wearing q hempen crayat.
The oasis., 1899-09-30
His Life Was Saved,

MT. J. E. Lilly, prominent citizen of Hannibal, Mo-, lately had d won derful deliyerance from frightful death. In telling of it he says: "l was taken with typhoid fever, hat ran into pneumonia. My lungs be- came hardened. I was So weak couldn't even sit up in bed Nothing helped me. l expected to soon die of consumption, when heard cf Dr. Kings New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief 1 continued to use it, and now am well and strong. 1 can't say too much in it's praise. n This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and lung trouble. Regular sizes 90 cents and Sl 0o Trial bottles free at L. w Mix X Cos. drug store. Every bottle guaranteed
The oasis., 1899-09-30
MORALES DLUG STORE
0. NJ. CASANOVA, Prop

C. M. CAsANUNA, PrOD This establishment keeps complete stock Of DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, TOILET
 ARTICLES, STATIONERY, SPONGEs.
 BRUSHES. SOAPS, PERFUMES, ETC. Of English French & American special ma nufactures. Prescriptions compounded. Morley Ave. NogaIes, Ariz.
The oasis., 1899-09-30
rIDE- A >D Hons Ns

local butchers.
 Star. Tom Wills and Frank Daily
 tAave d force Of cowboys gathering
 the cattle of the late lnter-Ocean
 Cattle company. They are having
 good luck getting them out of the
 mountains.
 st0ckman: A trainload of cattle
 went out over the Santa Fe. Prescott
 X Phoenix road Tuesday morning to
 eastern points. Johnson X Mcdonald
 were the shippers. They went to
 Kansas pastures and were sold by several of the cattlemen of the valley
 who have ranges in the mountains to the north of the city.
 Cattte in Kansas are dying of warts. an unusual occurrence They become
 literally covered with these unsightly 'excrescences and fall away in flesh and finally succumb. Others have their eyes destroyed or obstructed. be- come blind and die Some think the peculiar affection contagious, and samples for examination have been sent to the department at Washing ton.
 Stockman: On Wednesday of last week T. w. and c. B. Miller, Yavapai county cattlemen, shipped fourteen cars of cattle from Mayer station.
 Two cars came to this city. The Courier of Prescott, says that the Millers Charle. Harveson and Wales Arnold will continue to rodeo and ship until Novem per lst. It is also said that they intend to go out of business.
 A Santa Fe section foreman recently made the following report to the road 1 master: Mac Whorten's bull struck | at the long siding and killed. We found him alongside the track, and as ne was not quite dead then, bor. rowed gun and shot him three times, | zjlling him again Dennis Sullivan l then struck him another blow on the | head with pick and finished him. The bull is now deadn
 Graham Bulletin: CattIemen of Maricopd county have decided to cease payment of taxes on cattle, and have employed an attorney to act in their behalf, says the Stafford Arzouian. The contention is that the Nine. Ieenth legislature passed law that cattle shall be assessed and taxes col lected on them as on real estate. The deputy sheriff will have considerable trouble posting notices on the wild steers unless that recently invented device, the flying branding iron, is used. A stereotyped legal notice will ne put on the iron and the iron is then thrown with lariat Jack once cowboy, but now a liveryman of Phoenix, is the inventor of the flying branding iron.
 Tucson Star; w. R Patterson. the well known cattleman, came over from Phoenix this week and passed through to Wilcox, where he secured ,000 head of cattle from Monk broth. srs. The beeyes were shipped to southern California. Mir. Patterson expects to gather lot here for the coast market. He said yesterday that he had found the cattle in southern Arizona to be in better condition than ordinarily. In the Chino valley, near Ash Fork, he and a younger brother have large flock of sheep on the range. 4 brother is in the dairy business near Albuquerque, N. M. In iact, the Pattersons, down to the LLL.Lz l.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
THURSDAY 49,

They were an ugly sight when they
lifted up their faces-mouth, nose and
cheeks covered with blood.
The Wandorrobos are vassals of the
Masais. They have to hunt for them and
pay them tribute. Each village has a Chief
and he owns q small herd of goats and
sheep. and when the Masais want any of
they simply take them.
These people have some curious supersti-
tions. They had heard that an expedition
was coming to their country, and they
thought that we would make war against
them, so they made up their mind that we
should not enter their country. Their
medicine man" gave it as his opinion that
a black goat buried at the point where We
would enter the country would stop our
progress; in fact, it would cause certain
death. / found this fact out some months
after, through my Masais.
A WAR DANCE.
I stayed at that village for 10 days, and
had all the Chiefs of the tribe from their
different villages collected. / gave them
plenty of game and presents and succeeded
in getting on good terms with them. On
the fifth day of my stay there We're about
$50 men collected at that village, and, on the
suggestion of one of my MaSaiS, they in
tended to honor me by doing their war
dance. The Masais meant it as Il pleasant
for me, but it might have ended in
a tragedy.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
Another Anglo-saxon Resemblance.
TeSIjp's WeeLJly

England has its peace party composed
of men like William Stead, DIR. Joseph
Parker, Frederic Harrison, and others,
who are declaring that England is com
mitting a crime in using force against the
Beers.
A correspondent of the London Daily
NeWs, who claims to speak for q large num-
ber of his countrymen, says that England
is being pushed and dragged through the
mud by "a mob of greedy spectators and
cowardly thieves" and that it is all a CON
spiracy to grab more gold" The letter is
sprinkled with such phrases as "Iow cum
ming and vulgar caddishness" and "hypo-
crisy and slime" Even so gifted and cul
tured a gentleman as Mr.. Frederic Harrison.
the essayist and biographer of Cromwell,
rails bitterly against Chamberlain and the
war party. and declares the war to be mean
and unjust" and sure to bring shame and
reproach upon England.
All of which goes to show the kinship be-
tween us and our English friends in the
matter of our weaknesses as well as our
virtues.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

In the midst of old tones am thinking.
As the twilight envelopes the day.
And HeSperus is blinking and winking,
While the glory of Sol melts away
The shadow of Homer is near me-
AS it was when / thought as a boy;
l feel that he paUses to hear me
While reciting the glories of Troy.
And Horace and Shakspere and Byron,
And Virgil and Goldsmith and Poe
Ny soul with ecstatics environ
AS dream of the lost, long ago.
l ponder again with old Plato.
Thophrastus, Scion. and Thales,
DemetriuS, Socrates, Zeno,
Whose words still resound on the gales
The masters of long vanished ages
In their serried battalions march by,
And hold out clean classical pages,
Bright as stars in a tropical sky.
And the muses. are sporting and blending
Where Apollo is tuning his 'yre,
With Bacchus and Hebe attending
The Olympian gods circling choir.
D, let me forever commingle
With the gods and the heroes of thought,
And toll in the mountains and dingle
Where proud manhood has struggled and
wrought.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
THE EFFECT OF EXAMPLE.
1t Was This That Caused Two Men to Change
Their Names.

Example is a great teacher, even in the
wild and woolIy West" remarked Mon
tana man, "and / recall an incident of the
effect of an eastern custom which was
brought into Montana some years ago. but
is not yet popular, l am glad TO say,
refer to the parting of human name
in the middle. We have a few specimens,
but as far as / know none is indigenous.
But to the force of example. When Mon
tana was a territory j. S. Crosby of New
York, was appointed Governor, and Mr..
Crosby wrote his name j. Schuyler
Crosby In the course oftime Gov. Crosby
made Henry b. wilkins his private secre-
tary, and it wasn't great while before Mr..
wilkins became Fl. Brady Wilkins. The
condition of affairs existed for some time
lonber, and a colored man around town by
the name of Jim Collins got job as jani or
OF the Aoyernors office. Collins's initials
were j. H., and Pm shot if it was 80 days
after he cleaned the Office out the first morn
ing before he vas signing his name j.
Hanson Collins ,"
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
<aka:zS-A TRIP 70 THE
dS<N -zspsDnns,s7
agk a1xsS>g kszzan { ffHSAI STEPPES
A Journey into the Land Of Black Savages.

Masais, which / had brought with me from
Tanga, soon hunted the people up, and
brought them back, assuring them that !
had not come TO make war on them, but
just the opposite; that l wanted them to be
my friends. The Wandorobbos are a
curious people They do not till the soil,
but simply live from hunting and eat such
wild roots as grow in the Steppes. There
is plenty of honey to be obtained there
and they use it TO make a kind of beer,
which is very palatable.
The dress of these people is very primi-
tive. 1t consists of zebra or other hides.
The men have their ears pierced, and put
large wooden blocks in them, while the
women wear copper, iron, or brass wire
in coils. A big coil of wire goes round
their throat, and how they can sleep with
all that load of wire on them is riddle to
me. Their wrists and halfway up the
elbow are also covered with wire. Con-
trary to the Wadschaggas, who are clean
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
By c. NOLTE.
Copyright, 1899. of THE NATIONAL Tn1nvxr
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS
The author was at the head of an eX
petition which started from Tanga, on the
East African coast, TO make general sur
vey of the country and its resources, and
also to observe the character of the natives
In previous chapters he describes the march
to the Kilima-N jaro Mountains, where the
expedition went into camp. The eXpedi-
ton split up into several smaller ones,
each taking different route, the author
marching with over half of the force and
the stores to Moschi. The place of rendez-
vous was the Nasal Steppes TO the south
west of the Meru Mountains.
After a two days march 1 reached the
eillage of Chief Tschangali, where stayed
week for diplomatic reasons. Before en-
tering the Nasal Steppes had to establish
base of supplies, as there is nothing to be
obtained there except game.
After several excursions, which i under
took in the company of Tschangali,
found a suitable place to erect my station.
from which the forwarding of supplies was
to be controlled. / left Somali Sergeant
and six privates there, and they accom-
pliShed their task very well. The Chief
sent about 100 men TO clear the space around
the station, and / had all under cultivation
in short time.
The natives in that part of the country
build special kind of hut. The round
framework is made of straight poles or
branches, and the roof is covered with
tightly-packed layers of grass.
BUILDING THE STATION.
I had several large houses erected TO
serve as store-rooms, for collecting the
banana flour, corn, beans, ETC., which
We're weekly to be forwarded to me. These
houses were built by the natives in few
days. They consisted of wooden frame
covered with banana leaves. Such houses
are cool and comfortable, but they want
frequent repairs, as the leaves shrink con-
sidc,ably under the action of the sun.
We had very hot weather, and / lost one
of my Somali soldiers through sunstroke. !
The man was buried the same night near
the station, and next morning the Somali
Sergeant told me that the grave had been
opened and the body removed.
Isent at once for Tschangali, and inform
ed him about the matter. He promised to
make inquiries Immediately, but told me
at the same time that it was the custom
of his people not to bury their dead, but
take them out some distance from the
village and leave them prey to the hy-
enas, which are plentiful in that country.
This barbarous custom prevails through
out the kilima- y jdaro district and amongst
the Wandoroblos and Nasal.
The superstition of these people is that
a body that is not disposed of by hyenas
will lring bad luck to the village.
When / had seen everything settled at
the station / started for the plains. the
Nasal Steppe proper. After two days
march, mostly through virgin forest, we
saw the sunburnt "Steppe" before us, stretch
ing far away as the eye could reach
THE WANDOROBBOS.
That day struck the first Wandorobbo
village, consisting of about 80 huts. These
people are very shy, and when got to the
village / found it entirely deserted. My
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
TWO PROMINENT BOERS.
Joubert and Reitz-The Commando r in Chief
and the State Secretary.


London Mail.
Gen. Piet Joubert (Slem Piet) is perhaps
| the second most prominent figure among
the Beers Long-headed, shrewd, cold, and
calculating, he is also by no means typi-
cal Boer. He has paid two or three visits
to England. and perhaps is one of the three
or four in the inner Government circles in
Pretoria who realize what war with Eng
land would mean. Still, he in no way
lacks physical courage; he has shown that
time and again. He is essentially a time
server, trimmer, a Sitter-on-the-fence.
When he contested the Presidential election
against Kruger, no one took his candida
ture very seriously, lie was SO obviously
put up as voice-splitter.
His religious tenets are not obStrusive,
and he has never been found out in any
very bad financial transactions. AS a
General in tie field he is cool and clever
and thoroughly expert exponent Of Roer
fighting tactics, which are mainly of the
'snlping order. He has now gone to the
Natal border. at Nolksrust; the next best
Roer commander, Cronje of Doornkop
fame, being on the Marico frontier, toward
Mafeking.
A man who in a quiet. transformations
but deadly effective way has done as much
as anybody to engender bitter feelings be-
tween Boer and Uitlandcr is the present
Chief Justice of the I,ransvaal, Judge
Gregorowski.
An Orange Free State man, of Russo
Polish extraction, he was specially brought
10 Pretoria, inducted into the rites of full
burgherShip, and elevated to the bench, for
the purpose of sentencing the 60-odd re-
form prisoners after the Jameson raid. No
1ranSyaal Judge-KOtZe, Ameshofr, Nor
tice. or JorisSen-couid be trusted to be
sufficiently severe, Draconian, Jeffrys-like.
SO they imported Gregorowski. Right
well he did his work Not only were the
sentences terribly drastic, but the method
Of the man in delivering the death SEN
fences (afterward commuted). and his
trickery in permitting pleading Of guilty
the final scene at the trial one of the most
terribly affecting ever witnessed in a court
Of justice.
The Transvaal State Secretary, Mr.
Reitz, formerly President of the Orange
Free State, where he succeeded but in no
way profited by the example of the late
lamented President Brand, is a pathetic
figure. Old beyond his years -seniIe,
almost, suffering from an incurable dis
ease-at the beck and call and entirely
under the thumb of Kruger, he signs docrl-
ments put before him without reading their
contents; or, if reading them, not under
standing what they are about A shift
less Politician; not rich, as are others in
high office, because he came to the Trans
vaal too late, and most of the pickings
were picked. Besides. he is passing on
est, and almost an old gentleman, to boot.
His sphere is the almshouse, and his need
Il pension. He lags superfluous on the
stage.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

EN- FROM THE NASAL STEPPES.
When | got up on that morning. about
6 o'clock, found that all the men had left
the village. L did not think anything
wrong of that, as they had promised the
night before that they would 20 ont 10 get
some honey for me. / was just having
breakfast when the soldier doing guard
duty in front Of my tent rushed in, telling
me that the Wandorobbos were coming in
force, swinging their spears. / jumped up
at once, grabbing my revolver, and called
my men 10 arms, when the Nasal who had
ordered the performance STEPPED up to me
and told me that the war dance was meant
as a friendly demonstration. / told my
Tlen to stand at ease, and break ranks, but
TO be ready to fire at moments notice, for
did not trust the Masais. They are a
treacherous race.
Slowly the Wandorobbos came on, their
faces painted red. They came in certain
dancing step, taking two long strides for
ward, then halting and throwing their bodies
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
ANDERSONVILLE:

boy was transformed into a soldier; will march
with him over mountains and across rivers; will
camp on the hillside and stand guard in the moon
light and IN the rainstorm will be with him as
videt in the lonely forest. and again in the wild
charge. when. in the mountain-passe he came
face to face with the horseinen of the South
The humorous. the pathetic, the preposterous,
the extravagant phases of war are all told with
the pen of a master. Finally comes grim battle.
the defeat. the surrender the travelling through the
South as prisoner of war; the experiences in
Richmond prisons and at ghastly Belle Isle; then
comes the climax in the prison stocade at Ander
sonville itself, with its 10000 men, its poverty, its
starvation, its death. All these things are told
with the dramatic power of TRUTH and they are
told as only they can be told by one who was there
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

back for moment and thrusting their
broad-bladed long spears forward, while
holding their buffalo-hide shields in the de-
fensive position. They accompany their
war dance by song. They came quit c
close to me, and must confess it was an
imposing sight. just when they were
about two yards from me they halted, and
it was good thing for them they did, for
would not have allowed them to come
closer, nor would have stepped back my
self.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

EkBHOEVER will send US one new subscriber
Wv may have these two volumes for his trcu-
BILE. lRemenber, the subscriber, also,
will receive both volumes, or if he prefers,
two volumes from the other list of books
This is positiveI" very easy way for present
subscriber to get the volumes before they are
withdrawn. Inform some friend of the offers
on this page and he will be glad to subscribe.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
No Trouble About Cholly.
Chicago Tribune.

Cholly-What qualifications must a
fellah have to join your club, old chappie?
Old Chappie-He's got to have either
brains or money. Have you got any
money?
Cholly-Yes; lots of it.
Old Chappie-You'H get through all
right.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

and wash several times a day, these people
seem 10 be shy of water, and are full Of
vermin.
\ SAVAGE ORGY.
1t was not very pleasant task TO have to
ges in f-ic1ily relations with them, for their
odor. especially when the rain hail wet their
skin garments. was somewhat GverTowor-
ing. They arc savages in the fun sense of
the word.
/ shall never forget my first days hunt
ing in the Nasal Steppes, whcnI had al the
men from that village with ne. We got
right in amongst a herd OF Sualla gGzel,os,
and as | wanted 10 give the village ticGi,
l shot II gazeilcs, of which ! gave = e
Wandorobbos nine They ripred oTen Tie
carcasscs in twinkling. and after takirg
out the entrails they put their faces into tie
animal and greedily drank up the blood
which had collected in the abdominal
cavity. They fought over it and pushed
each other away.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
Extreme Case.

Il think my Uncle Jerry" said Aunt
Mehitabel, was the contrariest man l
ever see. / remember of his pickin' up
hot p'tater once when we was eatin' dinner,
an there wasn't no company at the house,
nuther, An what do you s'pose he done
with it,"
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

"Threw it at somebody" conjectured one
of the listeners.
NO. He held it in his hand till it bis
tered him."
What did he do that for?"
"Cause anybody else would "a dropped
it,"
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

DIR. Bulls Cough syrup Ia rertfarIsabIe
medicine. A dry, tickling, hacking cough, the
warning that consumption turks near needs 10
other doctor but DR. Bulls Cough syrup. 1t
positively cures throat and lung trouble
The National tribune., 1899-11-23
IN THE LIBRARY.
BY JOHN A. JOYCE.

Dedicated to Hon. Ainsworth r. Spot
ford.
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

T is impossible. briefly. to give
an adequate description of the
scope and character of this i'm
mortal chapter in the history of
the civil war. 1t deals with
great subject, and one little I'M
derstood, because it was a tragedy
enacted behind the scenes, OBJ
scured by the smoke of battle
in front. While the public was
1 !
The National tribune., 1899-11-23

siege and desperate attack and repulse fixing the
attention upon the ever-changing panorama of
active warfare, the voice of heroes dying in prison
pens was lost. Nonews came from the men herded
like cattle beyond the mountains of the South The
Nation knew little the horrors behind the Stocade
The author of Andersonville has told thrilling
story. If ii has horrors they not of his invention
The book. however, will be found to treat not
only of prison life but to abound in incidents of
the camp, the march, and the battlefield In fact,
there is no better narrative extant of the stirring
experiences of a cavalryman than there is to be
found in this story. The reader of these pages will
go with the author into his life and see how the
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09
PICNICs AT STERLING.
Grounds Thronged With Merry Crowd :
Many New Arrivals.

Sterling Junction, July S.-Three
barges, the "T. ]. Brown" "Mayfiow'
err and FLORENCE" carried rs pupils
and their teachers Of Leominster Bap'
fist church to picnic on the CAM
ground today. There were no sports, or
account of rain. A basket lunch was
served under the roof of the restau.
rant.
Many of the young people journeyet
to the picnic grounds across the lake
where their neighbors, the Fitchburg
Baptist church, were having theil
sports.
The Fitchburg party arrived on &
special train shortly after 8 o'clock,
The sports were carried out in the
morning:
The starter of the races were II. B
Abel, and Clarence Estey served as
judge.
The Leominsters were to play the
camp grounds wonderful nine, but ow.
ing to bad weather, it was cancelled
Both picnic parties left at $40 D. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hastings and Ed.
ward Jerome, with Miss Annie, went
on barge ride to Oakdale today II
one of C. B. Camps hay wagons.
The John NJ. Heath of Lunenburg
has reopened the "corn-popper."
Mrs. A. P. johnson of Worcester is
matron of the Laurel Street church
house.
The. new arrivals at the Trinity house
from Worcester are: Mr.. and Mrs. It
w. Rice and son Karl, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Moffett and Miss Florence
Burrill. 4, E@