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The oasis., 1899-02-11


 and pump repairs on short notice. Address Nogales, A Arizona.
 Those visiting Phoenix will find elegantly furnished rooms, centrally located and convenient, at l24 West Washington street, opposite the court house plaza.
 Sunday MT. Fred Becker went to the Cananea mountains, where he is to be employed in the mining opera tions of w. C. Greene, Wm. Cranz and associates.
 For Dice, clean shave or an artistic hair cut go to P. P Bustamante, Calle Elias, Nogales, Sonora: fourth door from Hotel Cazabon. Good barber. careful attention.
 Reliable assays at fair prices. Call for price list and sample sacks. High est cash prices paid for gold and sll- yer in any form.
 A. l.. PELLEGRIN & Co.
 Thursday night was ladies' night at the Athletic club. A large number of people were present and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Dancing and card playing were the order of the evening.
 If you want any of the famous Hermosillo oranges-best and sweet est grown on carthage to Franco Brothers, Nogales, Sonora. Fresh fish and oysters received from Quay mas daily.
 Sunday Doctor Purcell, county health officer, was a visitor at No- gales. He went to Calabasas Monday The doctor is making the official round of the county vaccinatiDg school children.
 The new Palace saloon seems to have filled long felt want in Nogales judging from the happy and in- terested crowds which c0ngregate there nightly. There's charm about the place which tells.-
 Jos l.. Rodriguez, an employee of Theo. Gebler, went to Hermosillo Fri day morning on pleasure trip. Mr. Rodriguez is well known amateur photographer and expects to get some good views of the carnival.
 MT Maurice Breen has presented the Dewey club with bat which was sent him from Ireland This bat is a fine specimen of it's kind and all who desire to see it may do so by con . sulting MT. Kelsey, or any other mem- Der of the club.
 People holding meal tickets on the King restaurant found the place closed when they came down town for their breakfast Friday morning Lack of husiness caused the cees ial to close his doors to the eating public. NOTICE TO FIREMEN - The annual parade of the Nogales fire depart- lnent, in full uniform, will take place as usual on Washington's birthday.
 Respectfully yours,
 R. H. CLARK, Sec. L. Zeckend dorf x Co of Tucson have forwarded TIE OASIS, by their representative in Nogales, Mir. A. Allende, a very handsomely illumin- ated catalogue for 1899 It is work of art, for which many thanks are vouchsafed
 At Nogales and in the vicinity Sun day night snow storm covered the ground with feecy deposit to depth of couple Of inches Monday night was very cold, the mercury
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woman can get any number OF moths
and exercises, and she must dede
what is best and most necessary or
her.
Excessive exercise is injurious ad
should be avoided. Excessive exerse
and no exercise at all produce simar
results. Stop exercising just befe
nature calls out strongly agaist
further. bodily activity. Just re'h
the tired point and stop befSfex-
haustion. No law can be laid don
as to how much exercise shoul6e
taken at one time. Every iDdivical
must be guide to herself. A wonn
should exercise chiefly with Int
weights and mao; sci; movemeis,
and never, when out ?ot training, ~
the limit on her Strength.
The most important gymnasiumor
women in this country is under le
management of Watson l.. Savage,l.
D., medical director of Columbia III
versity. Glasses begin with the n
dergarten, and progress to the pit
graduate course. The women he
the use of the gymnasium and evy
privilege and advantage which is O.
corded the men.
Every woman who enters is ce.
fully examined in order to discer
just what form of exercise will oe
most advantageous to her.. In ces
where women or children are very IL
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The hospital soldiers the Philippines is located
Corgdor Of the regular with fifty hospital
corpmen sent the Senator from Manila to Corregldo
been the Spanish and it native village of
about 800 persons. a
Of about six haned oil
sides by commanding hills mountains little bay in front was
closed high through which
could view Manila Bay and the
towering peaks habb buildings and two capable
being bohouse and rude blacksmith shop
Two companies of voun
teersw sent guard. 49astg.
undergrowh rapidly cut and c@ted the houses were
cleaned up into dining hall and cookhouse
tabshed very short tents erected for patients
and ward soon in place An apohecary shop was
next fitted drug made and in ten
days time they were ready toreeeiye patients
damming the mountains writes of the hos
pta corps the Chicago Record made reservoir holding about 5000
gallons wae which we aSTn camp IN Pipes Pa % from f b @
dy daily finally and began the work
200 sick under
While only miles separate corregidor from Manila the change
would only difference
miles, The dry and there always good
stiff breeze
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The Corner Stone of Health.

Exercise" said q physician the
other day to the editor of contempo-
rary, ''is the corner stone Of health.
1t differs essentially from work, III
which the fundamental idea is that OF
labor. On the contrary, the idea of exer-
ciseis based upon activities undertaken
for the benefit of the body or mind,
some form of exertion intended topro-
mote health OF furnish amusement.
Work is essentially toll, even though
it be congenial. Exercise, on the other
hand, is purely recreation. If exer'
else be taken only from sense ofduty
it loses the distinguishing features OF
exercise and becomes work. A course
of exercise, say cycling, should be
carried on by easy stages. Exercise is
tonic, and therefore benefit is not to
be derived from single dose. If ac-
tive exercise is necessary rs hygienic
measure, what form is best? You can
not persuade your patients to run, it
is so uudigni6ed; or to saw wood, it is
too laborious. But if you can persuade
them to ride wheel you have cured
them, if it is exercise they need. "
The wheel was then discussed from the
therapeutic point of view in this way:
"Active exercise may be divided into
three classes, those requiring strength,
speed and stamina, and they all in
crease in common the circulation of
the blood. Exercises requiring the ex-
ertion of strength are more fatiguiug
than those of speed. Cycling can be
adapted to the requirements of the en-
feebled invalid. Scientific American.
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Animals IA Prototypes.

The ill-fatcd Empress Elizabeth
of Austria has been called "human
swan'by one who loved and admired
her. There was the long nose, wide
at the nostrils; the beautiful brown
eyes, showing little or nothing of the
white; the long neck and the per-
fectly willowy figure to bear out the
esemblance. The Queen of Italy is
birdlike, even in that little fault OF
manner with which the critical charge
her, the bridling and bending, the
fussiness and want Of repose, and the
parrot-like mouth that sinks in be-
tween nose and chin. 1t is very curl
GUS, this resemblance of human beings
to some animal, but in no regard is it
more pronounced than among the
crowned heads of Europe. The czar
has often been likened to a bull ter
rier, with his snub nose, round, prom
inent eyes and full lips, and in the
face of the German emperor people
have traced resemblance to a mad
foxhound, especially in that. portrait
where lie is looking back over ons
shoulder with all anxious; hunted ey
preston. OF course everyone knows
that in the Marquis of Salisbury's
head and face is represented perfect
English, mastif-a resemblance of
which the great statesman and pre-
mier is said to be proud, as indica-
of his own character. = Boston Her
aid.
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Perrin Wa

In connection with the death of Sir
Lambert Playfair, the story has been
told of the way in which, when sta
toned in Alden in the early '5Os, he
heard of the vpresence of French
frigate in the Red sea, whereupon he
rode over to Perrin and hoisted the
union jack. The sequel to this story,
as Sir Lambert Playfair himself used
t. tell it, is interesting. The French
government complained to the British,
the British government referred the
matter to the East India O. mpany's Of
fcials at Bombay, vino wele at that
time responsible cor the administra-
tion of Alden. The officials, not liking
to report that the whole thing was
merely all idea of Sir Lambert Play
fairs, directed clerk ito look up
Perrin" The clerk, on looking up
Perrin" in the archives. made the as
tonishiug discovery that Perrin had
actually been occupied in 1899 owing
to the alarm caused by the Napoleonic
occupation of Egypt. The British force
hal been withdrawn as soon as Egypt
was evacuated by the French. The
company's officials thereupon made the
triumphant reply: "We do not under
stand the French objection. Perrin
has been British for over so years. 1t
was first occupied in 1799." And with
this explanation the French had to
be content. News.
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A Great ENGINEERING Work.

One of the grandest engineering
works ever conceived has just been
1naugurated by the laying of the
foundation-stone, at Assuan on the
Nile, of vast granite dam, which is
destined to hold the waters of the his
toric river in check. This huge wall
will be more than a mile in length,
seventy-six feet high in places, and
thirty or forty feet in width, so that it
will form bridge across the river as
we'll as dam to conserve its waters.
The effect of this obstruction will be
the formation of reservoir with an
area OF about 67O square miles, hold
ing !, 1000, 900, 900 tons of water; and
it is estimated that this mighty volume
will be the means of bringing $500
square miles of desert land under
cultivation. The so.called cataracts,
which are in reality rapids, will dis
appear, and lock at each end of the
granite wall will form gates for the
passage of vessels up and down stream.
The work has been planned by Sir
Benjamin Baker, will be undertaken
by Mr.. Arid, and will probably be
completed in about four years time.
It is regarded as the greatest engineer
ing enterprise undertaken i'll the land
of the Pharaohs since the building of
the Pyramids.-Chambers's Journal.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

There is at Werda in Dahomey a
temple in which 1000 snakes are fed
by the priests.
Squatters who have recently pene-
trated the interior of New Zealand
report the discovery OF a tribe ofaborig-
inal dwarfs.
Florida housewives use oranges in
stead of soap i'll scrubbing. floors.
They cut the fruit in two and rub the
pulp on the floor. 1t is found to be
very cleansing
Far away from civilization gesture
language is still extant in Australia.
Some of the tribes possess such an
excellent code that it is almost as eff
cient as The spoken language.
A queer exhibition was recently held
in Berlin, Germany-that of the Vege-
tartan society-ia which sixty chill
dren were shown who have never
touched other nutriment than vege-
tables.
A man who was convicted of seven
highway robberies in Cotania, Sicily,
was lucky enough to be tried before q
tender hearted Judge, who thought a
life sentence too severe. He therefore
was easy with him, letting him off with
only 1S9 years Imprisonment.
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Paternal ISeprOOf.

"My father was nice, level-headed
old gentleman, said n Washington
man who has struck his gait and set
tied down after few years of CONT
nent-wide tumultuosity, when they
we're all telling hard luck stories the
other night, "but he was addicted oc-
casionally to savage sort of humor.
Member that time I got the western
fever, about ten years ago? Vel, I
went west The old gentleman gave
me $500 with which to go west aud
get sick thereof, and Off l started.
He said to me before started:
Z" Young fellow, 1 know whereof I
talk, and I tell you that I wouldn't t
give twenty cents for all the west that
the setting sun ever shown upon.
But, go ahead. Shoot your wad. Go
on out west.
"Well, as I say, away I went.
was broke by the time got to Chicago.
wired the guv'nor for $50, aud got
it. I wired him for $50 more aen
reached Cheyenne, and got it. When
reached Sacramento wired him for
another S1OO. Got it. About week
later I woke up one morning on the
sands of the Pacific ocean, in front of
the hotel del Norte, Monterey, with
ont soumarkee / wired collect
message to the gou'nor, saying:
Broke on the brin', of the Pacific. ,
'sIn couple of hours l got the old
gentleman reply. 1t read:
keep right on going west.
s'That wa, all-no mun.no nothing.
Translated, the message just invited
me to walk into the seething waters
of the misnamed Pacific and submerge
myself. Well, it was good thing,
that dry message. | hoofed it to San
Francisco, gotta job, and went to work,
and took tumL.o to myself from
that time on. Washington Post.
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About PrIyate Mailing Cards.

Many a printer who wants to use,
either for himself or for customer,
the private mailing card authorized
by the Government, will be glad tc
have explicit information as to the
printing allowed on the face of the
card. There has been sonic misun.
derstanding en- this point, even though
the law was supposed to be perfectly
understandable.
In answer to On inquiry addressed
to one Of the assistant postmasters-
general, the following was elected:
"The words required by law to be
placed on the address side should be
plainly and neatly printed, without
scroll-work or other ornamentation of
ally kind" Aid, fortunately, that is
in the interests of both economy Of
labor and good Typography.
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the ball than we four. There's small con-
nection, to my thinking, between the
way we do our hair and this unchrls-
tian war. So pitt away YOUR silly
fears, Prissy, and be sensible.
NIilly was older than the others.
She lived in Boston. Her sharp, posi-
tive way aud words had great deal
of weight with her companions. So
Prissy dropped the matter and was
soon engrossed in trying on her new
blue satin slippers.
Not so Polly.
fWhat will William Foskitt think?"
she kept asking herself over and over
again, until her heart grew SO heavy
that but for the shame of self-betrayal
she would have torn the mass of rolls
and ribbons from her head and braided
her soft hair in its accustomed bands.
At last each head dwas dressed. Then
the girls sought comfortable chairs
against whose high backs they could
lean propped up with cushions and
pillows. The candles were extin-
guished. Wrapped in blankets they
established themselves and iur time
talked of the morrow's gaieties. But
finally wearied nature claimed her
due. Tile moon peeping in through
the open window at the mild August
midnight saw four sleeping beauties.
Hign in an elm tree opposite this
same window sat great white owl.
For long while he had been keenly
observant of all that was going or
within the chamber What he thought
Of the proceedings can never be
known, but true it is that he clowly
descended from his perch and with
noiseiess movements stepped inside
the window. Gravely scanning each
bedecked top knot he selected Polly's
as the most to his liking. With futI
tering whir of his big wings he mad61
swift and sudden descent upon it, div:
ing his strong claws sharply'within i
and, after careful balancing, settling
down into steady position.
AID poor little Polly! Alas! her
light slumber, already disturbed by
uneasy thoughts of possible disloyalty
to- her lover, had d rude awakening.
A confused sense came over her Of
being carried off by the top of her
head; stab, pain; startled con-
sciousness of the near presence OF
some awful thing, some heavy weight.
Then she gave piercing shrieks which
brought the terrified girls to their feet,
the household to the room.
Candles being hastily lighted re-
vealed to the incredulous eyes of all
the huge white owl sitting on Polly's
head, blinking wisely and evidently in
no mind to leave his dainty resting
place.
Muscular hands carefully dislodged
him. Polly's golden hair was soon
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- -. H. - ,-----~- ~.s. uutouSn O
fine mesh. A hard rubber block E is
made with grooved edge to support G,
which is held in place by brass bands
D D; thin brass plate, suitably fast
ened to the hard-rubber piece E, and
projecting, provides means for fasten-
ing by the screw T to the movable
arm of the sounder A. The best means
of doing this is to remove the screw
holding the armature of the sounder and
clampering by the screw F both arm
ature and the fastening plate at bot
tom of Z. The sender, in this ar
rongement, consists of the usual in
duction coil. discharging into two
nickel balls of four inches diameter,
as shown in Fig. 8. It will be noted
from the sketch that there is triple
gap. At each side of the transmitter
knobs the gap of 1916 inch, and the
gap between knobs is 3-16 inch.
The arrangement shown has proven
all that can be wished for if one does
not desire the printing telegraph, as
provided. for in some appliances.
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Homes in Porto Rico,

What interests the traveller in Porto
Rico more than anything else are its
beautiful homes and gardens, and the
owners seem to vie with one another
to make their places the most attrac-
tive. 1t has been said that the De
Leon estate near Ponce surpasses all
others in its grandeur. Situated on a
hill overlooking the city, with its
many quaint houses, painted in all the
colors of the rainbow, and surrounded
with gardens of palm trees aad other
native plants, the place forms picture
almost beyond description. The houses
are furnished with great taste. There
is an absenca of carpets, rugs and heavy
hangings. Most of the furniture is
made from the native cabinet wood,
and the lounges and chairs have caned
seats, which are seldom upholstered.
The floors are usually hardwood or
stone. New York Tribune,
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line minimum Time IUr Drain work
ers to exercise is two hours week,
divided into four days in the week.
Their exercise should be before the
perspiration is reabsorbed by the
body. Do not lounge around until the
suit and the skin become dry again.
"For nervous tempcraments slow
exercise is the best, while the rapid
exercise is recommended for the phleg-
matte. For women with disposition
toward melancholia light competitions
and outdoor games are the most bene-
fetal form of exercise.
Addressing his normal girls on the
subject of food DR.. Savage said.
Never exercise just before or after
meal. At least one-half hour should
be allowed before and two hours and a
half after eating. Masticate the food
thoroughly; do not hurry through your
meals, and eat rich foods with great
discretion. Drink plenty of water be-
tween meals, but avoid excessive
drinking at meals. One glass of water
should be sufficient. It is better to
use hot drinks at meal times, and do
not drink ice water at any time. A re-
freshing drink to take during the in
tervals when exercising is made by
putting cooked oatmeal in water; let
it soak and settle"
In one of his talks on breathing DR..
Savage strongly advised his girls to
breathe through the nose while walk
ing or doing ordinary work, and only
to breathe through the mouth when
extreme physical effort makesit neces-
sary. "Do not take short, quick gasps
for normal breathing" he said;
"breathe so as to fill every cell with
pure air. The largest aud strongest
animals in the world breathe from six
to ten breaths per minute, while the
smallest and weakest breathe from 200
to 300 per minute. The manner in
which we breathe is one of the most
important factors in developing human
strength. It is agood practice to take
a long, deep breath and hold it in the
lungs few seconds; each day increas-
ing the time of holding the breath un-
til one minute or one minute and a
half is reached. Breathing exercises
increase the exterior chest and develop
the interior.
Chapters could be written on sleep
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WIRELESS TELEcRAPHY.
A Simple Apparatus by Which Damon
strations May Be Made.

For some time we have noted the
progress made in experiments with
wireless telegraphy: Two weeks ago
the London Times received message
from France across the channel, using
the Marcrni system. Some of our
readers may be able to experiment for
themselves by following Elliot Woods
suggestions in the Electrical. World
and Electrical Engineer:
The accompanying three sketches
show a simple arrangement adopted
by me for demonstrations in wireless
telegraphY. Heretofore the general
purpose has been to provide suitable
Taper for the coherer in order that
the metallic particles may be dis.
turbed and the circuit broken. In
the arrangement shown the sounder
is made to do the twofold work ol
answering the signals ind decohering
the metallic filings. I am unaware OF
any similar arrangement; hence pre-.
sent this one.
Referring to the sketches, Fig. !
represents thereceiving station, which
in this case is made up of two wings"
B B, whose length is six inches each.
The knobs used are of inch diameter.
The "wings" are supported by glass
pillars on suitable base, on which
the sounder A is placed. The coherei
G is glass tube q inches in length
and SIG inch diameter, containing
suitable terminals connected to the
two wings, as shown. The coherer is
in series with the wings B B, the relay
ordinarily used, and the battery.
IN practice the wave falls on c, the
relay closes the circuit of the soundel
A, and the coherer, being carried on
the movable arm of the sounder, Is
brought down with the arm when the
circuit through the sounder is made.
In consequence of this, every move.
ment of the sounder arm de,oheres
tile metallic filings, and there is
prompt and certain action in response
to every signal of the sender.
The construction of the coherer is
shown in detail in Fig. 2, and approx.
imately full size. The terminals G G
are turned down to fit the interior o!
the tube G. The space between (aboui
{ inch) is half-filled with iron filings
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fRE COMING OF THE WHIT owl.
by MARY SPRAGUE.

"Be sure you come tomorrow night
with your brothers, then. Twill be
merrymaking long to be remcm-
bered, What do you think of this;
Polly? Two officers from General
Washington's own colony, who lately
came Oh to Join the continental army,
ere staying at Isaac Merrick's and have
promised my brother to be here. They
say that open war will soon begin, and
we'd better make the most of this
ball. There! the last knot is united!
Come right in! Supper is all ready.
You, too, Daniel. 'Tis moonlight
how. and the road will be all the
lighter an hour hence"
So, we'll laden with Polly's finery,
they disappeared within the hospitable
tavern.
Two hours later, Daniel ing we'll
on his homeward way and the house
hold tasks disposed of, the FOUR maid;
ems bade the family good night and
repaired to the large double bedded
chamber where they were to sleep: ;.
Several candles were lighted and
placed OH the high, narrow mnntel-
piece, whence they threw fantastic
shadows over the spindle-legged fur
niture and the opposite wall,
''Now, Milly," began Anna i'll her
brisk fashion, 'syou do my hair, and
let Polly and Priscilla see how we do
ours. 'Tis all with rolls and cushions,
which we made today, and with puffs
and curls wonderful to behold. I've a
full supply of powder, too"
SO saying she brought forth from
cupboard large paper bandbox piled
with numerous articles ready for use,
at which the girls looked with spark
limo o. eoon had her beauti-