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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-28

A business meeting Of the First NJ. Z.
church II announced at the veftry April
;Oh
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-28
PROF. DAMON
And the vltapaihIc Healers at
Congress Hall.
Singular Results Of q Mysterious
Power.
THEY CURE SUFFERING HUMANITY BY
A TOUCH or the HAND.

Lecture and Healing Ciinics Daily
Special Lecture Sunday a. p. m. Al
mission rsee.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-28

We're open evenings.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-28

Mr.. Carroll NJ. Warren begs to announce that
he will remain at the old stand with the j. C.
white Coal Co. where he will be pleased to see
all his old customers and friends.
Carroll NJ. WARREN.
Formerly d. Q, Warren q CO. apr2seodim
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-28

In Tbomastou. Apsii 16. Rev. Horace B. Has
kelI of Mllilnocket and Bessie q. Thuriow OF
Stonington.
The oasis., 1900-05-12

accomplish the work wanted. and do it right. Fitness and capacity are to be the tests of merit. With nomination of men of acknowledged fitness and capacity, and with honest and honorable records, the destiny of the party is safe. No true republican has any misgivings.
 Only the men who have been "everything by turns, and nothing long, are at all dubious. The party is better without such gen tlemen.
The oasis., 1900-05-12
IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC coNvEN-
 IENCE

Were the New Mexico & Ari-
 zona, Southern Pacific, and Mari
 copa & Phoenix railways to unite
 in running a daily accommodation
 train betwet n Nogales and Phoenix,
 travel would be greatly stimulated
 all along the line, and the train
 would pay handsomely. A light
 train consisting of a locomotive,
 baggage car and two coaches
 would suffice. Two such trains
 would do the work. Leaving each
 terminus in the morning the run through could be made in about eleven hours, saving the long and tedious waits now necessary at
 Benson and Maricopa. Peol le now make the trip only when con- pelled to do so, whether they are going through from Nogales to Phoenix, or vice versa, or whether Tucson is one of the points of starting or stopping. With such train the stage lines between Tue son and Nogales, now carrying heavy traffic, would get no one to transport. So far as may be con- cerned the cost of such an arrange ment, THE OASIS believes it would be not much greater than now. The time could be arranged so the service between Nogales and Ben son would be just as now, and the crew now on that run could take one of the through runs. This paper believes that such an arrange ment would not only prove great public convenience, but that it would pay handsomely. It recom- mends the proposition for joint consideration by Manager l. A. Naugle of the N. M. & A. railway, Superintendent k. Randolph of the Southern Pacific, and General Sup
The oasis., 1900-05-12
erintendent B. r. Porter of the Maricopa X Phoenix railways.

Ar MAGDALENA, Tuesday, Doc
 tor Chenoweth had the assurance
 to try upon the editor of THE
 OASIS some of the peculiar bull
 dosing tactics with which the Chem
 oweths have made Nogales famil-
 jar during their political career in
 the line city. He was then plainly
 told, and he is again plainly in-
 formed, here and now, that THE
 OASIS editor is and always has
 been in revolt against the peculiar
 political methods of the Chenoweths,
 and shall never hesitate to criticize :.
 and ridicule them when they come
 forward to take hand in public af-
 iairs. Their dominance has never
 been for the good oi Nogales nor of the political party with which they affiliated. They have never been 
 able to present any reason why they should control, save an alleged pull at Washington and an assum- ed relationship with prominent people. They have never been found standing up for the princi- pies of their party when those prin- ciples were upon trial before the people. Upon the other hand they have always put forth every effort to hamper and tear down those who do stand up and advocate party principles and policies. Their conduct of public place and position has been grave scandal known and severely commented on all over the United States, to the det- riment of Arizona's fair fame and the good name of Nogales. Op- position (which is the right of every free American) they have sought to silence by threats and force. Their alleged consequence has been by series of fairy tales which make ridiculous not only themselves, but those who believe them. Now it is the province and duty of a newspaper to prick such bubbles. And threats, and insults, and assaults by Dr. Chenoweth. or any one else, will not deter THR OASIS editor from pointing out their folly, whenever they per- oetrate any, as they have recently
The oasis., 1900-05-12
POLITICAL FUTURE OF SANTA CRUZ
 COUNTY?

Recognition by the territorial
 convention of the regular republi.
 cans of Santa Cruz county seems
 to have very greatly disgruntled
 the element which is republican for
 office only; and grave prognostic-
 ations for the future of republican,
 ism in this part of Arizona are
 put forth with much headshaking
 and gloomy forboding by those em- inent political weathercocks who,
 in hope of attaining office, have veered with every political wind.
 Men who were candidates upon the
 populist ticket shake their heads
 and say that no republican can be elected to office in Santa Cruz county. Men who applied to Col lector Webb for posts in the customs service, passing their claim upon the allegation that they were and had always been democrats, look solemn, and, parrot like, repeat the assertion, (By way of parenthesis it is here asserted that in every instance when tried the men now described have proved very indifferent of ficials.)
 The position taken by those who now control the party organization in Santa Cruz county is based upon two propositions. The first of these is that the party will deserve sue cess, whether it attains it or not. The second is that defeat next fall with ticket deserving success will be far better for the party in the long rnn than wonld be success in electing undeserving, unworthy and incompetent candidates. We hear a great deal in these days about "poor politics" and good politics." It is never "good politics" to abandon principle. It is always "poor politics" to push to the front and incompetent men. As time passes and the people ir their sober judgment weigh men and measures they realize what men have stood for principle in public matters, and who have stood for plunder. And eventually they will give their support to those who have stood upon principle. Now principles of good government gan be made very plain and easy of comprehension, whether applied to national affairs, to state or territorial matters or to county government. The latter more nearly concerns
The oasis., 1900-05-12

the people because brought more
 closely to them.
 The present organization of the
 republican party in Santa Cruz
 county stands for the nomination
 and election to county offices next
 fall of clean, honest. incorruptible
 business men. Men who know
 what is right in public matters,
 and will stand for the right, will
 be sought out and nominated.
 Men who are tainted with a sus-
 picion of jobbery will be invited to
 stand aside. Men who have axes
 to grind and use public office to
 grind them will be relegated to the
 rear. Next fall the republican con-
 vention will nominate a county
 ticket which will present an array
 of candidates .every one of whom
 will command the confidence of all
 the people. Such ticket will be surely elected. Particularly should
 "the push" of Nogales, with their malodorous record, succeed in con- trolling the democratic nomina- tions. Nothing better could hap pen for success of the republican ticket than to have "the push" and their ilk secure control of the democratic organization, which they are trying hard to do. Honest democrats all over the county would vote the republican county ticket solidly.
 The great cry of the whipped and beaten push" is that the county will go democratic because the re- publican organization is now con- trolled by certain men. Their post ulate is without foundation. The county central committee as now organized consists of repre- from every precinct ill Santa Cruz county. At every meet ing held by that committee every precinct was represented, and every vote taken was unanimous. By those votes certain men were sent to Phoenix to represent the county, in the republican territorial conven- ton. Those men were selected by the committee not because they were running things" but be- cause the committee thought them he best men to send. Their work here speaks for the judgment ,f the committee. The resolution | adopted against cession of the arid ands, taken alone, shows that they | represented the county we'll and Effectively. Would the contesting delegation have got through that esolution? Not much, That de- egation was too deeply tinctured with Cameronism. If there is any public question upon which the 'eople of Santa Cruz county are olidly united 1t is against that very to cede the arid lands n ctatac and tarrftoriac +O ba
The oasis., 1900-05-12

How they squeal at being called dowpl
The oasis., 1900-05-12

Published Every Saturday at Nogales, SaDIa
 Cruz County, Arizona, by
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05

accomplished enough TO beat any similar
record in the history of the country in a
time OF general peace.
With his dying. breath the late Governor
Goebel enjoined his associates in the legal
State government the members Of the
Legislature, and all law-sbidiug citizens of
the State 10 suffer rather than to do wrong.
and to avoid conflict with the insurrec-
tionists to the last moment. According 10
our dispatches this last message OF The
dying, murdered Governor will be respected
as far as It possibly can be consistently
with the interests of constitutional govern
ment and the public safety. Only in the
event of an overt act OF aggression pending
final action OF the courts such as an at
tempt to arrest members of the Legisla-
ture. or. on the other hand. judicial man
date ordering out the posse comitatus, can
we think that there viii be an immediate
resort to arms on the part of the sensible
people of Kentucky
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05

Although there seemed TO be a general
agreement among the knowing ones in
London yesterday that General Butler had
renewed his attempt 10 reach and relieve
Ladysmith. and indeed had been fighting
since Friday. nothing to justify such n
theory had been given out officially. and
the censorship was evidently more rig
orous than ever. IL that were possible.
We should be inclined TO join in the Eng
lish opinion. since il seems natural that
Butler would make one more effort before
giving ii up, but for the fact that hereto
fore We have always heard rumors of i'm
portant movements in Natal. by way of
Berlin and Brussels. before any news tran
spired via London and this time CONT
mental sources of Information have been ST
lent, or were SO up TO yesterday morning.
Nevertheless, ii is possible that the British
may have succeeded in stopping the cable
leakage by way of Delagoa Bay in such
well as in other directions; in which event
the London military writer's may be right
after all.
With the curtain drawn as closely as it is
on Buffers movements. it is hopeless to at
tempt any remarks on the military situa-
ton. The English professionals entertain
the idea, the same suggested in these col
umns some days ago. that his next move
probably would be projection of his centre
toward Dewdrop. from Zwart's Kop and
Mount Alice. One authority appears TO
think that. on the contrary he would feint
from the centre and try to turn Jouberts
right with a movement on a longer radius
than the last. One or the other of these
alternatives would appear 20 exhaust his
book of tactical possibilities, as far as can
be judged from the reports. 1t is not worth
while to guess at things concerning which
we have as little reliable information as
We have at present regarding aifairs on the
Tugela.
There is equal darkness as to matters In
the west To all appearance Lord Roberts
is making haste slowly -enforcements
have gone to the Modder, and Kelly Ken
ney. French. and Gatacre appear to be
maneuvrinE for concentration probably
against Stormberg. holding Colesberg
meanwhile under investment. The mill
tary opinion that. ultimately. the serious
invasion of the Free State will be under
taken by way of Jaeobsdal is growing;
but. If correct confederation will not be
apt to come for some little time.
One point of interest in the situation at
large is the location. strength, and pur-
pose Of the flying column from zululand,
which the Beers are said to have sighted
near vrybird, and which, if it amounts TO
anything would threaten Joubert's COM
munications with Laing's Eek. Possibly
there may be something worth watching
in this connection; possibly, also. Butler
may have been waiting for such a move
ment to develop; but this. of course, is
mere conjecture.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05

Mrs. Benjamin +. Taylor, the widow OF a
noted educator, has written a paper on
the subject of language, an extract from
which is going the rounds of the news
| papers. One sentence in this is worth the
attention OF all teachers and others who
are interested in educational subjects:
People may write as many grammars as they
please, but they never will be loved and under
stood and followed until language is studied
as we study botany"
The mistake that has been made in the
study of language in the past-so far IS
it has been studied at all-is precisely the
blunder that would be made by a teacher
of botany who should attempt to su5sti-
tute dried specimens in an herbarium for
fresh plants. There probably never was a
child who was thoroughly interested in
the study of grammar as it was taught in
the old-tme school. For the most part
1t was a matter of memorizing and the
pupil with a parrot-like train had the
best of it Rules were committed to
memory verbatim. with long lists OF ex-
ceptions. and the process of applying
these rules 10 the work of "parsing" SEN
fences was more like a Chinese puzzle
than anything else. 1t may be noticed
in alniost any school in which this method
is used that the pupil with the best
memory stands higher in grammar than
the one win the most logical brain and
strongest Imagination. The power of COM
hitting sentences TO memory verbatim is
one of the lowest faculties of the human
minds, though it sometimes coexists with
talents of a much higher order. This
faculty is possessed by some OF the lowest
tribes OF saVages, who. without a written
language, transmit their traditions from
generation 10 generation by word of
mouth: and it is much more often found
in children than in adults. A good memory
is useful, OF course. but it is not of much
value unless the possessor has brains
enough TO understand tie words which
he is able to repeat. The old-fashioned
method OF teaching took no account of
this. but gave the highest marks to the
student who could repeat a rule word for
word whether he knew its application or
not.
One OF the strongest arguments against
such method is that knowledge thus
acquired is generally useless in after life.
Anyone engaged in routine work will find
that he becomes able to memolize innumer-
able facts relating to his business by
mere mechanical operation of the brain.
Thus, a clerk in real estate Office Knows
many pages OF his ledgers by heart. He
can tell without reference to the account
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05
MAcRUM IN NEW YORK.
He Refuses to Talk About the south
African Situation.

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etai At fre'oria' whose resignation. almost
at the outbreak OF hostiiities between
Great Britain and the Beers. made much
talk in this country. arrived here tosay
With HE xifa and dausbtsr n, Tho ,r,or,
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LOU eheo ""iaues' on Dece'npei 10 last
MIR. Macrum has persistentiy refuseu - BE-
interviewed. although as he put 1t himself
today. he has been bounded by newspaper
correspondents from Port SAID to New
York.
MT. Macrum was sun inclined to silence
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una, ne "ouia ne prepared 10 say HIter ne
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05
A Canadian Optin,ist.
From the Montreal star.J

NIIoul ihe MOutteal sidI-l
In the future Canada has every reason to expecr
more steady prosperity than the United States.
DURING the last great world depression Canada
did not suffer 50 severely as the United States
aud believe that for many years to come
Canada will escape any extreme depression mo-
vided we maintain our protective tariff suf-
fcientiy high to protect manufacturers and
workmen against the Strengthening Of American
goods in this market at times when the United
States is suffering from depression. We have
good reason to hope that Canada will suffer less
from future world depressions than the United
States. because the immense natural resources OF
this country Just beginning to be discovered.
The public lands OF the United States rrac-
tically all taken up. while Canada has vast areas
OF fertile agricultural lands, valuable timber areas
and rich minerals vet untouched Everything
is in favor of Canada in the future. and the Young
Canadian, who has vet to make his fortune, will
have much greater chances Of growing rich ii he
remains in the Dominion than IL he cmisrItes to
the United States.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05
ROOSEVELT PAYNES CHOICE.
Committeeman Favors
Him for the Vice Presidency

the Wee PrFsidcucy.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, FEB 4.-Henry c.
Payne returned to Milwaukee from the East
yesterday afternoon. MIR. Payne has been
in Philadelphia attending a meeting of the
subcommittee of ths National Republican
Committee. which has charge nf the ar
rangements of the June convention. Mr..
Payne says there is a great deal Of talk
now in the East OF nominating Gov.
Theodore Roosevelt of New York. for
Vice President. He is Of the opinion that
II Governor Roosevelt finds that the Re
publican party wishes him to be the Vice
Presidential candidate, he will consent to
accept the nomination. As things look now
in the East Mr.. Payne says. 1t is not i'm
probable that New York will place the
Rough Riders name before the convention
for Vice President In that event it is said
to be altogether likely the convention will
nominate the Governor.
When Mr.. Payne was asked If any at
tention was paid in the East to the plea
that the West ought to have the Vice
Presidency he replied: Have you de-
veloped a man out here?
He says the only Western man he has
heard much of in the EasL as a possible
nominee for Vice PresiaenL is ID. o. stun
ard, of ST. Louis. President OF the Ma
tional Board of Trade. II was evident
from what Mr.. Payne said to a group who
surrounded him in the hotel lobby that
he did not think the West would get the
Vice Presidency. and that he considers the
nomination of Roosevelt as probable. MIR.
Payne said that when it became evident
that the West would not get the Vice
Presidency the sentiment here would be
for Roosevelt, who is very popular out
here
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05
The Cause of IL All.


Lunatic Gin dreary monotone): II cannot put
il on over my head; cannot put it in my
pocket: I cannot it my feet. Il will
not stand on the shelf. and there is no loop 70
hang it up by. Il cannot be lampshade. q
horse-cIoth. or ehest-protector. II does not
look like a bag; it is not smoling-cap. IL
cannot be cover for a ham; it is not
Ar-r-r-r-r!'
Visitor lin asylum: "This is indeed sad
case
Keeper: eyes. sir. one OF the saddest that
ever came under my observation. This young
man was but little while ago possessed of an
unusually brilliant intellect. and mind OF truly
remarkable depth and grasp. lie delved deep
in science and solved abstruse problems in as
tronomy with ease. Psychology vas to him little
more than recreation and metaphysics a mere
pastime. But young lady gave him birth
day present OF her making. and in trying
90 determine the name and use Of il he was re-
Gueed TO his present pitiable condition"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05
THE REPORT DENIED.
No Knowledge of the Alleged British
Note on the Nicarngunn Canal.

No information was obtainable last night
confrmatory of the report from London
that Ambassador sChoate had teiegraphed to
Washington Saturday proposition made
by Great Britain looking to the withdrawal
of her interests in an isthmian canal guar
anteed by the Clayton Bulwer treaty in
return for concessions from the United
States
Officials say that they do not know OF any
despatch on the subject from Mr.. Choate.
The report creates surprise. the State
Department has repeatedly denied that any
negotiations looking TO the abrogation of
the Clayton Bulwer agreement we're in
progress. 1t was asserted by the most re-
liable authority that the treaty has not
been a subject OF discussion between the
United States and Great Britain since the
failure Of the negotiations conducted by
the British American Joint High Com
mission
Recent statements that Lord Pauncefote
of Preston, the British Ambassador and
Secretary Hay had had interviews on the
subject were denied in the most positive
terms. 1t is said that il England has
made any proposition concerning the Mic
aragua Canal and the Clayton Bulwer
treaty it is probably to the effect that the
British Government will offer no objection
to the construction of the canal by the
United States if its neutrality is guaran
iced
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05


The Boer prisoners in hospital still continue
to prosper and fat. speakiie - one
of them the other day. He was an excteingly
interesting man, and the half hours converse
ton was most instructive to me. lie was edu-
cted at stellenbosch, the Cape Dutch University
Centre. and OF the last one would
imagine 10 have any mistaken notion as to Bri-
tain's resources. and yet. he informed me he had
been under the impression that the English Army
consisted of COCO soldiers.
DO you remember the character in one Of Rider
IIaggard's books-"Jess.' | think-Nho had been
TO Cape Town and counted tue British Armyl
Personally l should have believed that
such stupendous ignorance could have possibly
existed.
But surely I argued. ''you must know that
the British Army consists Of morr than coos
You read the paper, you have knowledge Of
the WORLD
Nv friend. the Boer prisoner. shook his head
with wise smile. II lave seen only accounts
of big English army ia the English papers
What would be easier for your commander in
CHIEF to put down an extra hundred thousand
troops on psperg Ii you have 50 many troops.
why p you sending TO Indis. ia. and Australia
aud China for assistapce." / did not attempt
10 cyl lain.