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The oasis., 1899-07-01
A Communication.
MORALES. June ?, 1898


 EDITOR OF TIE OASIS;
 DEAR SIR:-Apropos of the villain ous attack made upon the editor of TIE OASIS last Sunday, on account of the publication of an article ill your paper of June 24th, in which you state.
 "Mr. Hall, a special agent from the postUilice department, was ID NUgaies un MUuday investigating charges which have been preferred against one of tue postal clerks running between NUgales and BeusOn. he charges were that this clerk allowed the GUS tom house janitur to enter the car and inspect the letters leaving No NugaIes. his has created quite a sensation, and people are wondering where they are at" If their private letters must be inspected by a custom house janitor, and possibly opened by the push or abstracted from the mails. In the opinion of many, this last method of procedure has been adopted ill several instances by the crooked crowd who are making so much trouble in Nogales"
 have to say: That l. and alone, am responsible for Mir. Halls appear ance iu Nogales, and my reason for making the report was that believed, and 1 still do believe, that my private letters and the letters of my firm were being abstracted from the mails and read at the custom house before starting on their journey. l also wish to state that have seen Julio Ullman, the custom house janitor, in the mail car, and have seen him examine and scrutinize letters which 1 have mailed in the car And when MT. Hall came here, l, among other citizens made affidavit to that effect. And, the brutal attack made upon the editor of your paper should have been made upon me, if there is any fault to be found in my conduct. The "pnsh" know where live, and my office number.
 Yours respectfully,
 w. F. HARLOW.
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"YoU are liar" is no reply to definite assertions made ill the col umns of newspaper, subject to all the severe pains and penalties of the law punishing libel, with that newspaper ready to prove in court all it has printed. The court is the place to prove newspaper q liar, and the public will not believe the silly assertions that serious charges made ill print arc lies.
The oasis., 1899-07-01

SUNDAY evening some of the hirelings of the criminal push" who are cndeavoring to override the legal rights ofAmerican citizens, who have defraudcd and robbed the United States government, and are endeavoring 10 rob Santa Cruz county, threatened with bodily violence the printers employed ill THE OASIS office for their part in putting into type the just criticisms appearing in these columns. Is Mo- geles part of free America1
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SINCE the dastardly outrage of Sunday THE OASIS editor has re- ceived from all parts of tie county numerous letters of condolence and commendation. The entire county is indignant at the criminal push" of Nogales.
The oasis., 1899-07-01

WITH the era Of hard times and low prices the Bryanites asserted that prices were low because of the demonstration of silver, that the country was suffering because prices were low. Now that good times have come aud prices of commod;- ties are advancing in pace with in- creased demands and increased wages, they say the trusts are to be blamed for advancing prices.
The oasis., 1899-07-01

A VERY pretty record have our Nogales "push" made in the past two years: Fraud, forgery, embez- clement, perjury and subornation of perjury. Great God! What a crooked crowd!
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LETTERS of commendation from

LETTERS of commendation from all quarters, and personal assurances of approval by many citizens of Santa Cruz county, have come to THE OASIS recently. The people are aroused at the high handed methods of the push, and they are heartily in accord with THE OASIS.
The oasis., 1899-07-01
AMoNDs, MATCHES, CLOCKS, JEwELRY,
 sLvERwARE, NOVELTIES.
Agent for New Nome Sewing Aan

Agent for Now Home Sewing BGa~
 chimes and Supplies. Diamond setting; iewelry made to order; plain and fancy engraving, the most intri- cate watches repaired and made good as new. I have one of the most expert work men in the west connected with my estab- lisment, and am prepared to do anything in my line promptly and as well as can be done in New York. EB- Great reduction In the price of all goods until Ghe Christmas season.
The oasis., 1899-07-01

THREATS of killing, so freely passing around, will not deter District Attorney Harlow from do- ing his duty. nor THE OASIS from printing the news and commenting thereon.
The oasis., 1899-07-01

IAN OPEN door" is what the s'push" want for their own rascal ity; but they want the door closed to exposure. They cannot have it both ways.
The oasis., 1899-07-01
STRAY SPARKS.

THE expose of the jail cells steal 3n THE OASIS last week, jared the ''push" very hard.
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E. y, PELLEGRTN, THE VA TcHMAKER andJEWELER

MORLEY AVE, NOGALEs, ARIZ.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14

bit or a Roman coin into a Neapolitan ice.
His father was a little nervous. however.
and he breathed a sigh of relief when
they got out safely.
on the way over to the Monkey House.
john saw the great obelisk that was
brought from Egypt "A few years ago ana
set up in the park. He said TO his father:
''Oh, papa, that's older than you or 1 or
even Aunt Penelope. isn't it?
Yes. my son." said his father, ana
then he told him lot of interesting facts
concerning it that l won't repeat, be-
cause this is not story about ancient
times but about boy who Is still living
in Massachusetts.
Finally, John walked up 10 the obelisk.
Hands Off said his father. nervously,
but either the boy didn't hear or else he
didn't mind. | prefer to think that he
didn't hear At any rate he put his hands
on the great stone shaft and said, My.
] wish this was a big pyramid of ice
cream. M awful hungry.
In an instant. of course. the obelisk
turned to ice cream of different fiavors.
vanilla at the bottom. chocolate in the
middle and strawberry at the top. Now
If il had been winter time it wouldnt
have been so disastrous a thing. because
ice cream will keep indefinitely in the
winter. But II happened to be warm
ish day In early spring. and the priceless
thing began TO melt. John grabbed a
handful and was just going to eat it when
Il park policeman came running up and
said: IT'S against orders TO deface any
thing in the park. and eating is defacing.
But that wasn't the worst of it. The
hieroglyphics were beginning To run and
We're changing their meanings already. so
Mr.. Smith said: John, clap your hands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14
MUSCULAR POWER IN BEETLES.
Insect That Moved a Quart Bottle of
Milk

The following anecdote of a three
horned beetle, the orital harmon. will
give some idea of its vast strength of
body:
A beetle was brought to the writer,
who. having no box at hand in which
to put it until he could dispose Of it,
clapped the creature under a quart
bottle of milk, which happened to be
upon the table. the hollow at the bot
tom of the bottle allowing the insect
To- stand upright.
Presently the bottle began to move
slowly. and glide along the smooth
table propelled by the muscular power
Of the imprisoned beetle. and contin-
ued for some time to perambulate the
surface. to the establishment of all who
witnessed it. The weight of the bottle
and its contents could not have been
less than three pounds and a half.
while that of the beetle was about
half an ounce; so that il readily moved
a weight l12 times greater than its
own.
\ better notion than figures can
convey will be obtained of this feat by
supposing lad of 10 to be imprisoned
under the great bell of the cathedral.
which weighs u, 600 pounds. and TO
move il TO and fro upon smooth pave
ment by pushing within.
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pertinent for those not in the secret is
TO take some stiff paper and cut out
some figure like these of a. dancer
clown or rooster. Cut the arms and
legs which are to be moved separately.
Now take some tOOthpicks bent as be-
fore. and stick them To the paper fig
ureS with sealing wax. one end being
fastened to the body, the other to the
leg or arm. as you wish Now lay
the figures with the part on which the
toothpicks have been pasted on, on a
flat plate covered with a thin layer OF
water and the limbs will move most
comically. After they stop moving the
figure can be carefully dried and il will
then repeat the performance. Any
number of animals and birds can be-
cut out on this plan. and if property
made will afford endless amusement
and mystify the spectators not initi-
ated.
Dry though tOothpicks seem. il IS
easy to make a river which is we'll
known. yet has never been seen by
living man. if YOU only have fifteen of
them. thus: LETHE.
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HOW TO REGISTER THE
GROWTH OF PLANTS

other end,of the string rest on the short
end of the straw. the plant in growing
will let down the weight gradually. The
weight will push down the straw. the
long end of which will rise up with an
exaggerated movement, which Will
show the rate of growth, magnified. If
you wish to record this growth you can
draw a scale on a fiat piece of board
and note how high your plant rises each
day. OF course, your dipsy weight
should just overbalance your straw.
otherwise you stand in danger of hav-
ing the top of your plant cut Off
In order that you may get some Wis
ible movement of your straw pointer,
you should experiment on quick
growing plant. The lily, the narcis-
sus and the common onion are all very
fast growers. Perhaps the onion
would be the best of the three, because
it is the most common. Select an
onion that is about to flower. The end
of the flower stalk will be slightly bulb
Gus and the neck of this bulb will make
a good place over which to put slip
moose on the end of your string. Ad-
just the weight so that your straw
pointer will point to the bottom of your
scale, and then await results. An onion
will grow over an inch in day at GER
tain periods of its life. This being the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14
ARTIFICIAL CATS.

Householders are familiar with the
shortcomings of even the best of fam
lily cats; the way Tom and Tabby will
scratch the baby. steal from the cook
and make war upon bird-cages and
aquariums. Now. here is a new style
of cat, guaranteed never TO whine or
eat. is clean. is a stay-at-home, frees
the house of mice, and is general, all
around domestic comfort.
1t is an animal in plaster. or in pot
tiers earth, which is covered with a
cats skin, and which IS left in The
society Of cats during a certain time.
after which its eyes are smeared with
sulphur of calcium, to render them
phosphorescent at night Then, it
suffices 10 place this inert feline in the
cellar or in the garnet, or wherever one
fears the coming of mice.
The inventor affirms that these latter.
on seeing the shining eyes of their
hereditary enemy. or smelling the
presence of the cat. quickly scamper
away, and that, after some days of
this management, all the mice change
their dwelling and emigrate to dis
tance.
This Industrial cat is truly a chef
d'oeuvre of ingenuity. 1t will figure.
without doubt, at the approaching ex-
position.
But 1 should like to know. also. the
opinion of the mice as to the new cat
of 1895
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Any boy possessing little ingenuity
can construct device which will en-
able him to watch plant growing. He
may actually see the plant moving up
ward as it grows. if the recording ap-
paratus is made with accuracy The
various parts of this apparatus are TO be
found in any well regulated household.
First, you need an empty spool, next
a clothespin. then the leaden weight off
of a dipsy fishline, short length of
board, a wooden stick and a rye or
wheat straw. These form the principal
parts of the recording instrument.
A glance at the Illustration, which al
most explains itself. will show how
these things are assembled. The spool
is secured at right angles to the end of
the wooden stick by means of a round
nail The spool should turn easily on
this nail. The stick is thrust firmly into
the flower pot containing the plant. The
clothespin should be nailed or glued to
a wooden base, so that it will stand
points upward. 1t is to be used as a
fulcrum support for a lever. The lever
is to be made of a straw. 1t should be
firm and strong and about one yard
long. At about two inches from one
end it should be secured between the
arms of the clothespin by thrusting a
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THIS TIME 1T BECAME WARM, FRESH LOAF.

on the thing and wish it back to stone. if
possible. l can't afford to pay for this
obelisE."
John ran up and did as he was bid. and
wished with all his might that the obelisk
would turn to stone again and by great
good luck it did. Then he licked his fin
gers on the sly and promised his father
then and there that he would never try
To exercise his strange gift again.
Rev Mr.. Smith asked the policeman
not 10 say-a word about the affair. and
not a word has been said until today. but
| think il Is too good to keep.
And now when YOU hear learned men
say that the action of our climate is
wearing away the stone that stood for
ages in Egypt you will understand that
John Smith had hand in it-in fact, a
couple of hands in it, And as his Aunt
Penelope would nave said, 1T was lickin'
good
CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS.
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Some very interesting tricks with
common toothpicks are possible If you
only know how to go about them. Here
are several founded on the simple prin-
ciple that if a toothpick be bent so as
TO break only partly it will try To
straighten out again if water is drop
ped on the broken part. Take four
toothpicks and bend them. Place them
with the partly broken parts together
as in Fig. l. and then drop few drops
of water on them from glass, or
with your finger as the dropper, and
Immediately the bits of wood will
Straighten out, and first form Fig ,.
then Fig. ). If six or eight toothpicks
be arranged in the same way, these,
too, will form pretty figures.
Another Interesting experiment may
be tried by placing one toothpick bent
in the same way ON top of an open bot
tie. Lay a penny on the toothpick and
then drop a little water on the broken
end from your finger. The parts of the
toothpick will open. dropping the penny
into the bottle. Gig. ~
A more elaborate and mysterious ex-
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case, your pointer will rise eighteen
inches in a day. But the onion will
not grow uniformly at this rate. 1t
will grow faster at one period of the
twenty-four hours than at another You
may keep a record and find out how
much it varies. 1t will not be too much
to expect that your pointer will rise
an inch an our at certain periods of
the day. Experiment with all the plants
at your command. and find out which
are the quickest growers.
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Boy Wbo Curned
Books into food

His name was John S. Smith and
he lived in Il little village among the
Berkshires near Stockbridge. I'm not
going to tell just where or you'd all be
writing letters to him asking him how
he did it, and he hates to answer let
tiers.
John Smith was nine years old on
one of his birthdays. lie had also
been eight and seven and whole lot
of other numbers hut il was when
he WAS nine that ne first discovered
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strong pin through the arms and straw
in the manner shown in the illustration.
See that it see-saws easily on it's pivot.
You will observe that if the short end
of the see-saw moves up or down an
inch the long end will move up and
down nearly a foot and half. This ex-
aggeration will be found most useful.
1t enables us to see the plant growing.
For instance, if you tie a string to your
plant, run the string over the spool
pulley and let a dipsy weight on the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14
CHURCH SERVICES,

Phillips Congregational Church.
Corner of Seventh East and Fifth South
streets Rev. George Lindsay. pastor.
Preaching service at II a. m. Sermon by
a member of the assembly excursion
from San Francisco. Sunday school at
1a:15: Y. p c. E. S. AT 6:l5 p. M: Junior
Christian Endeavor Friday at 4:l5 p. m. !;
prayer meeting Wednesday at p. m.
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Sociological Discussion.
Nndianapolis Journall

IInulandpOIlS JOurndI.I
There is not so much difference be-
tween the savage and the white man.
said the superficial observer.
"Oh. yes there is. said the defender of
manifest destiny. The savage fights for
mere immediate loot. while the white
man has his lighting done for franchises"
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Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church.
-s336 South Fourth East street Rev. y.
c. Sweinsberg, pastor. Ascension serv-
ices at IL a. m; Sunday school ut 10 a. m.
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He Was Scared.
cleveland Plain Dealer

cleveland Plain Dealer.)
The doctor looked at him.
You are a dyspeptic." he said.
Then he put his ear to the patient S
heart. and gravely added:
"A high liver?"
Heavens" cried the startled patient.
'"Tain't as high as that, is it?''
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St. Marks Hospital Chapel.-Sunday
after ascension: holy communion at 80
a. m: evening service at 1880: Sunday
school at 3 D. M; daily evening prayer
at els Rev. d. Douglas Wallace. vicar.
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Swedish Lutheran lions Church.
Corner Second South and. Fourth East
streets. Service today at 7:45 p. m. Serv-
ice at Ogden Swedish Lutheran church at
IL a. m. p. Z. Aslex, pastor.
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German Lutheran.-Swedish Lutheran
church. corner of Second South and
Fourth East; Sunday school at 10 a m.
service at IL a. M; public examination
of the confirnants. Friday evening at
7:30: confessionary service. Next Sun
day confirmation and communion; con-
fessionary service at 10 a. m; sehvice at
1n::lO 4. N.
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corner Second South and Second East.
Rev. r. A. Coyle, d. D. of Oakland Cal,
will preach at IL a. m: Sunday school at
1890 D. m: Endeavor societies at 1870 and
Gas p. m; semi-annual addresses before
the Ladies' Missionary society at 7:45.
Special music.
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Third South and Seventh East. Rev. T.
l.. Crandall. pastor. Preaching at II a.
m. and 7:45 p. M; Sabbath school a 12:15:
Junior Christian Endeavor al $50: Chris
tan Endeavor at $3.50 p. m. At the even
ing service the ordinance of baptism will
be administered. Strangers and friends
are cordially invited to all services.
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First northumberland First
South and Fourth East. Rev. Clarence T.
Brown. pastor. Public worship at II a.
m; sermon by the pastor Subject:
Peace" Sunday school at 1890. In the
evening at o'clock a mass meeting of
the state convention of Christian En-
deavor societies will be addressed by
Rev. c. o. Stewart of Chicago.
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Theosophy.-The Philosophical society
meets In room 4oS Progress building at
II o'clock a. m. Subject: THE Secret of
Power Study class Thursday evening
at o'clock. Inquirers are welcome.
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The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Our Savior.-On Fourth East,
between Fourth and Fifth South streets.
Rev. L. Skabo, pastor. Services today
at II a. m: Sunday school at 1890 .. m.
Saturday school from to 5 .. m. Inc
Ladies Sewing society is invited to meet
Thursday afternoon at Mrs. K.
CleophaS'
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Central Christian.-Corner Third East
and Fourth South streets. Rev. w. II.
Bagby. pastor. Sunday school at ga;
am: Rev. o. W. Stewart will preach at
II am There will be no service i'm the
evening on account of the union service
at the First Congregational church. Miss
Jessie Anderson will sing THE Holy
City" at the morning service. The public
is cordially invited.
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Second Church of Christ, Scientist
1165 South Ninth East street. Lesson ser
mon at II o'clock: Sunday school at r.;
Wednesday evening meeting al 100 All
are invited and made welcome. Cars
leave corner of First South and State
streets every fifteen minutes.
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First Presbyterian Church
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Burlington Chapel.-Corner Indiana av
enue and Navajo street. Sunday school
at BIS pm; preaching at I:30 pm; Fri
day evening service at 7:30
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The official train of the Baptist denom-
ination. on its way to the ANNUAL May
meetings at San Francisco. will remain
next Sabbath in Salt Lake City. A mass
meeting will be held in the Salt Lake
theatre at S pm. Addresses will be made
by such eminent divines as Drs. Henson
of Chicago Lonmer of Boston, Fauner
and Morehouse Of New York City and
Segmon of Philadelphia.
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Rio Grande Chapel.-Second South. be-
tween Ninth and Tenth West. Sunday
school at $3.50 pm.
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First gogue. Fourth
East. between Second and Third South.
Service at II am: sermon by Rev. X. A.
MAYNARD: And on Earth Peace" Mrs.
p N Cook will sing Storm and Sun
shine by Dudley Buck Sunday school
at 12:30: Unity circle Wednesday at 2
pm. at residence of Mrs. Watson, 13l
Second East: Shapespeare section at syn
agogue Monday at pm; evolution sec
ton at 1155 East Sixth South Thursday
at pm.
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Y NJ. c. A.-Corner Main and First
South streets. Young mems meeting to-
day at pm. addressed by one of the
visiting Presbyterian ministers: mems
Bible class at pm. conducted by Rev:
Richard Wake. All men are invited and
will be cordially welcomed.
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First Baptist Church.-Corner Second
South and Second West. Rev. III. b.
Steelman, pastor. Services at IL am. and
7:3O pm: Sunday scholl at 12:15: b. Y. =.
L. at $50 pm: Wednesday evening serv-
ice at 7:30. \ welcome to all.
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"A Commercial View of Christianity
will be the subject of the sermon at
am. at the First Methodist Episcopa
Church. % East Third South street. be
tween Main and State streets. The even
celebration of the tenth anniversary o
the organization of the Epworth Leagu
and will be participated in by members o
an interesting meeting, with good sing
ing and good speaking. Union devotion
al meeting of various leagues at pm
Sunday school and assembly at 9:45 a. m
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Divine services at St. Mary's cathedral:
First mass at o'clock; second mass at 9
o'clock: Sunday school at $3.50; high mass
and sermon at IL O'Clock am. Week
mornings: Mass at 1880 am; vespers and
benediction at pm; mass and sermon
at St. Patrick's church at 10 O'Clock am.