Tombstone epitaph., 1899-10-22
ROY ALLi ENTER rAINED
The American Institute of Mining Engineers Find in Bisbee the Acme
 of their Receptions

To the ordinary man Of busi- lei, life's field presents sn uneb- str lc,ed view. To he astronomer also ID intolerance comes when with his glass he sweeps the heavenly spaces. But q serious task confront s the Miuine Engineer for i. lies with him to truly gui ie the labnring pick when man -eess the hid !en treasures of the earth at hundreds and some thousands of feet below its surface
 A eight of number of noted mem- bers of the American Institute Of Mining Engineers was accorded we Of Bi-bpe, when their ,raia Of private cars pulled into the depot on yester- day afternoon, and the party sllghtsd on the platform. Their arrival was heralded bv a deafening d!n of steam whistles, bell, music by tine band and shouts of the people.
 Seeming somewhat w-sried from their trip over the desert, yet besring upon each face look ot appreciation, they proceeded to the mine under the guidance of the committee of reception and visited the different places of in ierest under ground. After an enjoyable trip Of invest a;iou there and having psrtnken of 4 light colla tion, the party, some seventy in num- Der, returned to .beir cars.
 Owing 10 the necessity oi their leav- ing that same night, the banquet hour had been fixed et 30 but it was almost s 30 be ore the guests put in their appearance.
 Tn time had been well spent by those of the culinary etsf however and also by the cnrp' of assistants in the dining hall, every de'si! being carefully attended tO, aLd the tea [ needed but the services Of the young gentleman walters to be placed in we'll selected courses before the ban queteTs.
 As to the decorations of Masonic Hall and the arrangen eDt sf tine different effects ot its interior, the extreme good taste of the designers was everywhere apparent.
 A baoque, given by a Mining com LGny to Mining Engineers should, i'll it's decoration and embelli-hmeut, b . emblem at,csl anu appropriate, and such indeed it wss.
 The long table-, on which covers were laid for one hundred, were ar ,anged in the form of the letter A, the | initial letter or the name Of the Ter ritOry. The cross piece was eurnOunt ed by bsuk- of ers-chrysanth the nuns and carns ions, Nhi!e I l.om the pendant elertric globes hung the vines O: smll.x. Inter-reIsed between were blocks oi ice, in fitting designs, in the hearts of which were frozen clusters of hDwers, or miniature picks and spades etc. On the snowy linen cliitefeI the en-embie os glars and china scintilIating with reflections Of the starry lights sbove, while an in geniuus arrang~ment of candeiebr made from miners candies and caudiesticks, were placed at regular distances on the tables. Even the cakes, Of which a large number Orsna- ment,d the board, b're the dssi sns of hammer ani ddll and pick and spade. Before each plate was place,i a menu card, hand sketchej and priuted, The walls were covered with fan palms and bunting.
 Atove the word Greeting" at the upper end ot the hall. appeared th" emblem of the a-s JciGtiIn the lett-' S LAM. F. aIth crossed hammers. A the lower or entrance ed was a raised pIa form for the Oiche-trs, screened .y palms and bunting in front of which a design of cross pick and shovel, -e.piendent with elect'ic globrs Standing erect behind eIch third