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Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
I,epends of Falline stars.

In olden times it was thought that
falling stars were the souls Of the dead
whose thread Of life had been cut short
by fate. This was in Europe, for the
Arabs believed that they were flaming
stones thrown by the angels at the
heads Of devils when the latter ap-
preached too near to heaven. The
Koran reproduces this, opinion, which
is found scattered through all the re-
gions lying under the influence Of Is
lamism, and consecrates it to a certain
extent. Savage tribes possess coarse
conceptions of the phen0menon.mOthe
peoples are more Doetical. In Galicia
there is a. legend which sees in each
falling star a sprite. If the star falls
to earth 1t becomes a lady Of the rarest
beauty, with tresses long, blond and
scintillating. This beautiful creature
exercises a magical charm on all who
behold her. In the silence of the night
she embraces them, until she stiles
them in her embrace. But a certain
formula conjures the peril If murmur.
ed at the moment when the star blazes
out.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
DEWEY,s HEAD. DIDN'T SWELL.
Wasn't Enlarged Any by the Victory
of@Manila.

- L s. p
Washington Post. ..saf ...t. f,,.
A friend Of Dewey's recently Joined
the Admiral at Manila, and in the
course of conversation made Laughing
allusiOn to the many articles named
for him since May 1st. He writes thai
his recital pleased Dewey, and his
bright eyes twinkled as he replied:
|sI did not imagine that little target
practice before. breakfast on the 1sti oil
May would bring a new adjective into
the language, but look here: / have a
Dewey watch--and' It's a number one
watch, too-with ~ case made from
the Maine" Then he continued: Zone
of the manufacturers who had named
a hat afterrme wished to send me one
and wrote me asking what size now
wore" "And your reply?" I asked
tOh, told him the same size as
wore before May 1st." ,..s..-:
1t is not often the privilege of NOR
tails to pass informal conversation
with a live hero and get away carry
ing back to your private life the ideal
/ that you cherished. Dewey is the
Typical, genial, natural American. He
is nervous, quick-Witted man, who
teschews publicity, and who puts @on
no "side" to awe and overwhelm his
interiors in rank and Importance
| One goes out of his presence carrying
the memory of having known man
the idole.of 100000 of people, with
out having been made to feel the in
significance of being one of those mil
lions. $50 .<
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

for the alarm has been given that
there is danger that the big new res
|ervoir in Mountain View cemetery
may give way any moment.
A leak was discovered in the dam
and nothing saved the whole dam from
going excepting prompt work and the
fact that the rain ceased. Every ef-
fort is being made to avert the threat
ened disaster. If the dam should
break away a wave many feet high
will sweep down Cemetery Creek
Canyon from Mountain View Gene
terry into Lake Merritt, a distance of
two miles and over 500 people resid-
ing along the route of the creek would
suffer. Loss of life might not be
averted and the property loss would
be heavy. :, ~ s.4 q 4 - az
Hereafter citizens of Arizona will
know why they are called upon to
pay poll tax. 1t will be. 60 enable
them to register and vote at terri
torial elections. The late legislature
fixed 1t that way. I9q&A
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

Ark. Two of them, Joe King and
Moses Jones, were hanged and shot to
death. The third body was stripped
entirely naked when found. A justice
OF the peace held an inquest over these
bodies and a verdict was rendered by
the Jury declaring that the. men "came
to their deaths from natural causes
or were frozen to death"
The verdict is regarded as a grue-
some joke. There is some doubt as to
where these ynchings occurred, it be-
ing near the state line, and was either
in Little River county, Ark, or in
Bowie county, Tex. The inquest was
held by Texas justice of the peace.
joe King isgone of the negroes who
was whipped by a crowd of whites
"Wednesday near Comfort. Just after
the lynching of Dnekett, a constable
went to Kings and told him that
Duckett had been lynched for the as
sassinatiOn of Farmer S toekton King
replied that he knew all about the
Stockton killingyand said that the far
mer ought to have been killed sooner
and also intimated that others would
be killed before the matter was set
tied. A crowd of indignant whites
had him in charge and took him to
the woods, where he was thoroughly
whipped and released. 1t is not known
where or by whom he was afterwards
strung up, but he no doubt fell into
thee.hands of one of the lynching par
ties that were organized after the
plots of the negroes to start a race war
were unearthed.,
Afterwards Johnson was whipped
by the same crown, who took King
in hand, andeas he has not been ac-
counted for since, tits believed that
he met his death at the end of a rope
somewhere in the vicinity of Red
River M
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
TIMES AND MINING.

Miners selad i'm diving suits are go-
ing to prospect that portion of the
Sacramento river which lies between
Redding and Keswick. This is the
first time such an attempt has been
made. &4 SIS $50
The Isabella company Of. Colorado
has just distributed its quarterly .divi-
Fdend of 6 cents Share, amounting
TO $4,000. This is the largest single
dividend ever declared by a Cripple
Creek company.
Some Montreal capitalists kave lately
acquired a half interest in the gold
properties belonging to the Bullion
Gold Mining company of Rat Portage,
Ont, which holds forty-six mining
properties in the Lake of the Woods
district.
A Spokane report says the famous
Repnblic mine at Republic, Wash, has
been bonded to a syndicate for $4,000
000 Patrick Clark,principal owner of
the mine, is in the east negotiating
the matter, and it is believed that it
will probably result in SALE.
The region around johannesburg,
South Africa, has produced gold to
the amount of $500 100000; California
has produced gold to the amount of
81, 80, 100000. In the former region
there are now 1926 stamps in opera
! tion, crushing about 100000 tons of
ore per month.
Washington - Acting Secretary
Meikeljohn has issued an order stat
ing that gold having been discovered
on the Anvik river and it's tributaries
within the limits of the military res
ervation of Fort st. Michael, Alaska,
all mining claims in the region, in
accordance with the mining laws and
usages, are to be recognized by tho
military authorities in the reserva-
ton. @ S5kgN @sffn
Randsburg Miner:The fellow Aster
mill is running to its full capacity,
crushing about 13Ostons per day. The
water supply is ample to- keep the 80
stamps running all the time without
pumping back near as much as could
be done. The system of reservoirs is
so we'll arranged that the water in the
last one, where the pumping plant is
located, is perfectely clear.
sTehachapi Times: The Toll Gate
Canyon mines are booming and this
storm will give them all the water
they need to work with. The Tate &
Buck mill is running day and night
on good ore, of which they have
large amount in sight in the mine and
on the dump. One who. years ago,
Travelled the rough trail of the old
stage road could hardly believe he
was on the right trail when he heard
the tap-tap of the two-stamp mill and
soon after came in sight of the lively
little camp at Toll Gate.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
STRUCK IT RICH.
Big Placer Find on a Greek Near
Brainerd'S Inlet.

Big Placer Find on Creek Near
Brainerd's Inlet.
Seattle, Wash.-Judge Dillon of
Portland, Oregon. has reached here
from the head of Brainerd's Inlet, on
the southeastern Alaskan coast, with
news of big placer find on a a'creek In
that vicinity. An old sea captain
made the strike and in three hours
took out three ounces of gold. This
wonderful showing was made by
working through less than yard of
placer gravel.
Brainerd's Inlet is half way between,
Fort Wrangel and Ketchikan. The
district has long been known as rich
quartz country, but the miners never
thought Of trying the gravel beds.
Great excitement was occasioned at
Ketchikan when Dillon and the cap
tain arrived there. A stampede was
under way when they took the steam
er. Dillon says the stream is long
one, and that there room for a great
many prospectors. He says that with
such showings on the surface, the bed
rock gravel must be wonderfully rich.
The creek is undoubtedly in American
territory.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
THE CoEIJR D'ALENES.

Washington reports are that the
shipments of ore and concentrates
from the silver-lead mines of the
Coeur d'A1enes aggregated during the
year 1898, 1850 tons. The ship
ments were, for the most part, con-
centrates, SO that it would be fair to
assume that the mines Of that section
yielded in 1898 about one-half million
tons of ore. Speaking in connection
with this the Spokesman Review
says: "The veins from which this ore
was taken are in many respects the
most remarkable mineral-bearing fis-
sures of the world The ledges are
singularly strong and and true, and
the ore chutes have extraordinary
length and breadth: We believe there
is not an instance of a Occur d'Alene
ore chute failing to go down as far as
it was explored"
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
FLOATED THE BONANZA.
Two Millions of British Capital Sc
cured for the Klondike. @


San Francisco-A special from Ia
coma says that Alexander Mcdonald
has arrived from London, where he
and H. A. Ferguson of Tacoma sue
cessfully fioated McDonald's Bonarza
in the Klondike, with over $20OO,O00
capital. To this corporation Il.ey
have transferred several claims which
Mcdonald and Ferguson believe to be
tho richest gold placer ground in 2,ho
Klondike, and probably in the world.
They purchased one of them on Bo-
nanza creek one year ago for $125.
OGO. Within one month they took out
$135, 900 from very small hole in. the
claim, which Ferguson Says will pro-
duce at least $5,OO0,O0O before it is en-
tirely worked out.
In informing the London syndicate
Mcdonald and Ferguson have carried
out plan projected over a year ago
of enlisting British capital to work
their best Klondike holdings on a
mammoth scale. To this end an i'm
mense hydraulic plant, consisting of
six carloads of machinery, has been
purchased and will arrive in Tacoma
next week.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07


when the interest became due. the city
attorney,shaving discovered atechnical
error which made the bonds legally
worthless, ordered the City Council not
to pay it. The business men of the city
Immediately took the matter up. The
good name of the city is our good
name," they said. when Paducal
borrowed this money, she promised to
pay for the use of it. We owe it to the
city, and to ourselves as well, to see
that the promise is made good. A tech
nical error does not lessen our moral
responsibility" A meeting was there,
fore called, and committee appointed
to raise the money for the interest by
public subscription. A city whose busis
ness men maintain SO noble a standard
Of civic honor and duty. as this deserves
to rank as one OF the great cities Of the
country, no matter what the figures OF
the census report may say about the
number of her population. s.-~.. smss !,
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

snBy the end Of another decade Eng
land will be, obliged to accept second
place IS a. commercial nation compared
with the United States. With our vast
and varied wealth Of national re-
sources, with our wonderful power of
production, with the skill of our work
ingmen and the enterprise of American
business men, manufacturers and ex-
porters, the first place as commercial
nation Is within our grasp. sa
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

1.-THE Senate cannot keep its own se-
crets," once said Senator Hoar In a
speech showing the difficulties IN the
way Of eur country's entering into the
struggles and turmoil, of European Dip
lomacy. What secrets, 1t may be asked,
does the Senate have to keep, and why
does 1t fail to keep them? Under our
constitution the national Senate, which
is part Of the lawmaking branch of
the Government, shares with the Presi.
dent In the treaty making power. The
President Or his diplomatic agents may
make treaty, but before it becomes
valid it must be ratified by the Senate.
In dealing with treaty, it is just as
Important, therefore, for the Senate to
keep its own counsels as for the Presi-
dent and his advisers, and in diplomacy
there Is often necessity that It's Sc
crets should not be violated. Accord
ingly, whenever the Senate Is discuss
ing treaty with foreign nation, its
sessions are held behind closed doors.
Newspaper correspondents and specta-
tors are rigidly excluded. The few
officers of the Senate allowed to remain
are sworn to secrecy, and 1t is a point
Of honor with the Senators themselves
not to tell what takes place within the
chamber Experience proves, however,
that secret entrusted to ninety men is
pretty sure to leak somewhere. The
newspapers contain almost as good re-
ports Of what takes place In the secret
sessions of the Senate as in those that
are open. This has led many persons
to believe that the attempt at secrecy
had better be abandoned altogether.
This is pessimistic view. Whatever
1T Is right for the Senate to do should
be persisted in until it can be success
fully accomplished. Strictly speaking,
there Is a distinction between an execu-
tive session and a secret session, but in
popular parlance the terms are almost
interchangeable. An executive session
Is for the consideration of executive, or
presidential, business, and as such it is
usually secret session, although not
necessarily. Besides its work on the
treaties, the sessions of the Senate call
ed to act upon the Presidents nomina-
tions of Office holders are executive ses-
slons, and appropriately secret in order
that the qualifications of each nominee
may lie fully presented and discussed.
In addition, either House or Senate may
close its doors for the consideration of
other kinds Of business besides the sex
ecutive," and then the deliberations be-
come secret sessions.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

! It may not be generally known, but
the longest war in recorded history
was waged on American soil. 1t was
between the Wrangel and Chilcat In
dfans In Alaska. After going on for
800 years it has just been ended by a
treaty of peace.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
HOMESEEKERS' Low RATE IS 4
BIG THING.

ST. Paul, Minn.-The homeseekers'
half fare rate on the transcOntinental
lines went into effect today and the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern were compelled to double their ia
cilities in order to handle the crowd.
Not less than five thousand people
took advantage of the low rates and
the Great Northern sent out an extra
train at noon, while the Northern Pa
cific was compelled to add second
section to it's through trains. The
railroad officials report that many of
of the travellers bought only one-way
tickets, which is taken as an sindica-
ton of an intention to locate perma-
nently in the West.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

An umbrella trust with a capital OF
g, 100000 Is q recent New Jersey incor-
poration. The man who would buy an
umbrella and trust his friend who bOr-
'rowssft to return 1t must now pay the
trusts tax first.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
A LIVELY CORPSE.
Whisky Consigned to Alaska in 9
- q Coffin. q sIfsaD s. -

Seattle, Wash.-A coffin consigned to
Unga, Alaska, by the steamer Excel
sior attracted the attention of the
customs officers while searching the
cargo of that steamer last night, and
they decided to investigate. 1t was
consigned to an undertaken at Unga,
and was 3marked for the body of an
alleged corpse. The coffin was cheap
and had been bought for that pur-
pose.
In very few months whisky-smug-
Cling into Alaska will no longer exist,
as high license law goes into effect.
The smugglers are getting in their
last work, and some brand-new
schemes have been launched.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
AMERICANS INSULTED.
A Mexican Newspaper Bitterly Criti-
cizes the Occupancy of Cuba.

4Correa Espanole, the organ of the
Spanish colony, continues to insult
Americans in Cuba, and says today:
"Civilization has disappeared from
Cuba with the disappearance of the
Spanish flag. No spectacle could be
more repulsive. The American sol
diers have converted the beautiful
park there into camp. There they
eat and drink, and there they wallow
freely, like hogs. in the creek on a
snmmer day.
ooh, what sad page in the history
of the human race is the United States
writing in Cuba and the Philippines.
What step backward in the march of
civilization has been taken by North
America in letting loose its cynical
soldiery on those. unhappy countries" ;"
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

20 The Australian, ballot system Of vot-
ing does not stand in nearly as much
need Of reform as does the check book
system in vogue In many Of our State
legislatures.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

Lillian Russell says she has been too
busy to think of marrying again. This
seems to settle doubt that has linger-
: ed In some minds as to what really was
Miss RusselIs profession marriage OF
fha ara DQ
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
SEEKING HIGHER GROUND.
Afraid of the Mountain View Gene
terry Reservoir at Oakland
~:

Oakland-The people that livealong
the lowlands and in the canyons of
Cemetery Creek, running from Noun
tain View Cemetery in Piedmont into
Oakland, are moving out of their
houses and seeking higher grounds,
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

A Boston paper says icebergs live for
centuries. II there is any moral In this
fact 1t must be that 1t teaches the wis
dom OF keeping cool.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

A Boston poet breaks into song in q
poem entitled 1.-The Lay We Love
.Best,1 OF course. this is a pean to the
helpful hen. s,a .,ls = sxasg d
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07
DREADFUL LYNCHrNG STORIES
They Are Coming in Slowly From
Arkansas.

Texarkana, Ark.-Details of the
wholesale lynching reported to have
occurred in Little River county, Ark.
are slow in coming in. Three more
dead negroes have been found in the
river bottoms near Rocky Comfort,
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

The clergyman who remarked. as he
counted the, buttons in the collection,
II wish Itcould find four Of kind,p
was not necessarily a poker expert.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

The London Globe speaks of '.rhe re-
puted millionaire, W. W., Astor.' Thus
our English cousins trihe with Ameri-
can regulations.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

Now that they are talking of printing
newspapers with the aid Of typewriters
instead Of with type, old Butch Weyler
needn't be afraid Of ever being out Of
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

A new trade corner in what are
known as breakfast foods" seems to
have been conceived on the principle Of
3 the early bird getting the worm.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

He-But, my dear, If she told 1t to
you In confidence you shouldn't tell me.
She (pouting)-Oh! well, IL you don't
care to hear 1t. never mindIPuck.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

: In order tosraise the money to build a
railroad the, city of sPaducah, KY, is
sued municipal bonds for the necessary
amount. The issue was properly au-
sh0riEed and promptly subscribed hut
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

In assuming the white Mans Bur-
den, according to the poet the Cauca-
sian binds himself to carry it by taking
: real estate security from the other fel-
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

The latest returns indicate that all
the nations of the earth, except Spain,
were on our side during the war.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

1t appears Ii Hung Chang's leg all
ment Is arthritic rheumatism. More
trouble with Chinese JOINTS.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

A good way to prevent lynchings Is
b hang a criminal according to law
once In. while.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

gupposing trusts generally have the
country In shackles, a laundry trust is
like putting II In irons. aiA
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

Necessity may be the mother of in
vention, and it's also known who Is the
father Of lies.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

The extravagant theory Of the young
people as to the necessity for keeping
upsa certain style is the. reason why so
many of them put off marriage year
after year, and finally 1riftsi into the
irremediable stage Of ,celibacy.g Girls
without fortunes are supported in idle
ness and luxury by over-indulgent
parents and expect to be thus cared for
after marriage. The annual cost Of
such a girls maintenance is more than,
the income of young man, unless he
be exceptionally fortunate. The fault
lies with parents. Unless they are pre-
pared to give fortune. with daughter
when she marries, they have no moral
right to make her unfit for the position
of wife in the home of a young man
who has his fortune to make. And this
is not trivial mistake, for it is q great,
and increasing source Of personal un-
happiness, and it inevitably promotes
immortality. Instead of thousands of
bachelors and spinsters in boarding
houses in Baltimore, Washington and
other cities, there should be thousands
of modest homes, in which young mar
ried couples would be helping each 9th
er to realize the dreams Of their youth.
The old-fashioned virtue, thrift, domes-
tic economy, saving up for a rainy day,
needs a revival. not especially in the
homes of the very poor, but In those
who have fair incomes and whose am.
bition to make q show prompts them to-
adopt the habits and ape the ways of
the very rich. lAs-A as Esa@
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

f More sleep, with more regularity in
taking it, Is q prime need Of our ex-
hausting modern life. People talk Of
giving rest TO their minds; but 1t is
not likely that the mind itself ever tires.
The brain, or some overworked tract Of
II, may need repose; and it seems a
well-established physiological fact that
this central organ literally undergoes
repair and renewal during sleep. The
slowing down of the blood permits the
deposit Of nutritixe particles, just as
the slowing OF a river permits it to
drop It's sediment There is wisdom as
well asswitsIn the Quixotic saying:
@Blessihgs on him that first invented
this same sleep"
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

sa5Theg New Jersey corporation laws are
soapopular that 1,103 new1companies
went to that State last year for their
charters. These represent a total capi-
talization of nearly one billion dollars,
invested almost entirely outside the
State. New Jersey profits, from the
sale of corporation charters, amounted
last year to nearly $2,5O0,OOO. The filing
of certificates alone brings fees amount
ing TO $162, 900, and the income makes a
Sfdte tax almost unnecessary. Some
people are in doubt whether the dis
tinction is not after all costly one.
Mesa free press., 1899-04-07

: An alleged burglar, arrested while
struggling with citizen whose house
he had entered unbidden, is quoted as
saying that, he expected to get two
years In the penitentiary, "but two
years Is not very long" In busy
man's life two years is mot very long,"
get II Is timeuenough to accomplish
much for good or evil. In criminals
Life two years is allftoo often merely. a
period OF physical restraint to be fol
lowed by another course of crime.
Crime will become less frequent when
criminals are committed for an indie
terminate term "until reformed"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-14
GOING TO BARRE.
North 6rookfleld Team VIII Do Things to
the Yoemen.

North Brookf1eld, July 1S.-The local
base ball team will go to Barre, Sat
urday, for a game. The team will con-
sist of Frank Holland, c.; Mortimer E.
Howard, p; James Gaffney, 1b.; Ash
worth of Cherry Valley 2b.; jeremiah
Kelliher, 3D.. Daniel Duggan, SIS; Tim
othy Murphy, If; William Noon, CT;
Thomas Humphrey, r.f. This is ex-
pected to make strong enough or
ganization to lower the colors of the
Barre boys.
The following officers of Div. IS, A. O.
H, were installed tonight by James
Mulvey of Brookfield, member of the
county board: President, Edward Dom
nelly; vice president, Michael Conan;
recording secretary, Bartholomew j.
Bowling; financial secretary, Jeremiah
j. Driscoll; treasurer, William Conrov.
Miss Nellie Powers Of Marlboro is
the guest Of Mrs. Dennis Mccarthy of
North Main street.
F. r. Doan has returned home
from a two weeks vacation in Nova
Scotia.