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The oasis., 1901-01-05
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Saturday. Jan- 5, 1901.
The Lampazos Mines.


 ,nder the control O. the present prop .,o,ors-Messrs. NJ. Loaiza & O., Dio- oisio Gonzalez and Licenciado Miguel A Lopez, all of Hermosillo. there has heen a marked improvement in the management of the properties, and ,here are now under way many new aaectiye changes, to facilitate the handling of ores, diminish the cost Of mining and reduction, and increase The ores are reduced by the Patera teaching process, so called from the name of the inventor, who discovered ifs principles in Germany. They are first subject to the usual crushing by rock breaker and puverized by Cornish rolls, then the pulp is roasted in reverberatory furnaces, where sulphate of copper and salt are irti- mately mixed therewith, after which if is leached in vats with a solution or nypo.sulphide of soda, which takes up the silver in the form of sulphides. By adding to the solution obtained a certain of sulphide Of calcium the sulnhides of silver are precipitated, dried, sacked and shipped to the United States, selling st twelve dol hrs per pound Under present pro- cesses ores producing forty ounces of silver per ton are treated at a profit, and the improvements now in course of installation will make it possible to treat thirty ounce ore at an equal pro- fit.
 In the way of improvements the battery of Cornish roll is to be sup planted by battery of ten stamps, from the Union Iron Works, in San Francisco. now on the ground and foundations for the same are being made. Then the furnaces are to be re-arranged so the process of roasting the pulp can be conducted by one- half the men now employed. And all operations for handling ore, pulp, fuel, etc now conducted by costly, slow and tedious processes are to be simpli- fled and cheapened As sample, ores are now packed upon the backs oi burros to the rock crusher-from the various miues-at cost Of eighty cents per ton. The canon IS being brldged by trestle, and a mine rail. way constructed around the sides oi canon, passing each mine, and when completed it will convey ores from all the mines to the rock breaker at an average cost of ten rents per ton Fuel, which was formerly handled al considerable cost, after delivery by by the contractor, is LOW shot down achute to the furnace door at a very small cost, and the contractor delivers 1t at the new place for the same oic price
 All these improvements were cOn' ceiyed by Mir. Oscar Rountree, the the present superintendent, who took charge of the property some foul months ago,
 The Lampazos mines were worked all of one hundred years ago, ano their history is very interesting. The first record of their operation was early in the century just closed, wher they were operated by two brothers named Moreno, priests residing ir Oposura. They operated them above aquarter of a century, finally aban doning operated them above a quarter or century, finally abandoning oper ations at the time of thegreat Apache uprising in 1929 Then they laid idle fully half century.
 h 1885 MT. J. c. Schidt took up the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14
Fences.

II the farmer would make repairs as
his fences become broken, or a post
rotted, it would not be very long job,
and he would have the satisfaction IF
knowing that his livestock was on his
own grounds, and when he went TO
look for them, he would be able to
find them without rowing all over the
place. The prevailing custom seems
to be when the fence falls down or
becomes broken to let it lie; before
long it is beyond repair, and useless.
Let the farmer devote a very small
portion of his time now and then TO
repairs of this character, and he will
soon have his land properly fenced in,
and once in proper shape, with little
attention, it would always remain SO
Dangerous to Give Signatures.
In the investigation being made at
Manitowoc it develops aspromised that
prominent farmers of several towns
have been made the dupes Of clever
swindling game and are out thou
sands of dollars. According to the
story told the district attorney it is
alleged that young man about two
months ago was in that vicinity AMI
circulated among the farmers free IF
charge small packages Of German
stock food for which it is said he
claimed to be agent. 1t is further al
legged that he represented to them
that in order to receive his commits
sions it was necessary for him to for
ward the signatures of each person
who obtained a sample package to his
firm in Chicago, which was readily
done by the Gbliging farmers. Now
the farmers have been notified that
promissory notes for various sums
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14
Dust.

Scientific men seem to agree that
without particles of dust in the atmos-
phere for moisture to deposit itself
upon we should have no rain drops
and no rain, all precipitation being
after the manner of dew. The album
dance of dust particles is therefore use
full At the Royal Institution it was
recently stated that in London SUI
burb 10000 dust particles had been
found in every cubic centimeter of air,
and in the heart of the city 100000
particles in every cubic centimeter.
In the open air of the city was found
an average of one micro-organism to
every $4,000, 900 particles. These
facts show that the air has very few
microbes, even when it is very dusty.
They do not live long because they
cannot withstand the influence Of des-
sication and sunlight. Dessication, or
drying up, is one of natures favorite
methods of getting rid of bacteria.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14
THE LITTLE WAVE MAipENs.

The little waves came stepping
Like bashful maidens holding
And courtesying up the sand,
Each other by the hand.
They wore deep azure dresses,
And ribbons in their curls,
And every neck was circled
With tiny precious pearls.
All day they played and chartered,
With laughter sweet and low;
But when the sunset beckoned
They all made haste to GO.
''Now fare-thee-well-we're going"
They sweetly called to me,
And hand in hand went singing
Back to the purple sea.
But all across the acres oaG
OF tidelands brown and bare,
They dropped the pale blue ribbons
Out of their wind-blown hair.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14
HOW CARELESS.

He asked his love to marry him,
By letter she replied;
He read her firm refusal,
Then shot himself and died.
He might have been alive today,
And she his happy bride,
If he had read the postscript
Upon the other side.
Smart Set.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14
Agricultural lore

THE WESTERN POTATO BOOM.
Hail to thee, once humble
Dweller in the earth.
Who with right might grumble
At thy lowly birth.
Now we find it hard to calculate thy
worth.
Higher still and higher
Goes thy price careening;
To thy hearts desire
Thou must now be nearing;
Out of sight thou art, but never out
of hearing.
Crop reports are full
Of thy upstart fame;
Wheat, and corn. and wool,
Compared with thee are tame;
Thou wingless art, but thou dost ger
there just the same.
Where thou art we know not.
Where thou yet mayst be,
Indications show not.
Yet we know that we
Will need a Cresceus if we would
keep up with thee.
Like busted miner,
Who away doth roam,
Takes a coastwise liner,
Sails for far-Off Nome,
And soon returns to buy a railroad
line at home.
Like selling platter
At a fair grounds track;
Some four-minutes gaiter
That not sport will back;
Who finishes ahead and draws down
all the sack.
Like some plain-faced maiden,
In a village small,
Who has often laden
The chairs along the wall
At dances, but who weds the richest
man of all.
Had old Montezuma
For a minute known
Just how much mazuma
Thoudst be worth, we own
We think he'd dug no gold, but
mined for thee alone.
We were wont to think
Long-dead ducks were high
And the stars that twink
Led way up in the sky;
Yet both thou soon wilt pass AMI
distance, by and by.
Canvasbacks on toast.
Once a luxury,
With Murphy roast
A mere side dish will be.
And quail will look like ham served
in meal with thee.
How lofty art thou going
In thy frantic rise?
Soon thou wilt be knowing
The secrets of the skies,
And gaze through heavens gates
with all thy many eyes.
Young Darius Green.
Could he but have hit
On a wing machine.
That like thou cGuldst fit,
Would ne'er have known the pangs
of genius when he lit.
We mortals, slow in rising,
Never learn to fly,
And find it quite surprising
If we get knee high;
Judge then how low we feel to see
thee soaring by.
Yet if we could fling
The dust of earth away,
And On airy wing
Fly and fly all day,
Think thou we'd stand a chance 10
bring thee down.?
Nay, nay.
Still with pride we glow
AS thy flight we scan.
Here where far below
Crawls the earthly man,
For we know thou art a true
American
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14
LOVE AND ROMANCE.
Shelly and Harriet Westbrook-
Sheridan's DueIs.

Lovers of the romantic cannot help
a passing feeling of regret (remarlls
London Tit-Bits) that the days Of
runaway matches are gone, with their
stirring incidents OF chaise-horses
dashed to a breakneck gallop, the
trembling and half-fainting maid and
the lover alternately casting an ap-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14

Wilson Barrett is travelling through
Australia.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

people. and how he endeavored to save enough
cash to make himself Independent of office. His
first employment in the diplomatic ser
vice, Lord kinnOul Ambassador to Portugal,
taking him to that country his secretary
He did not like the land it's inhabitants, the
lively letters he sent home containing more
pressions of disgust than anything else. "The
King is a Beggar. His troops Beggars- The
nobility utter Beggars. But term is poor
enough to express the Beggary of the Plebs-
Let it suffice to say that half a Moidore would
purchase every crime that even Portuguese
could commit. I think this Lisbon the
dullest place L ever saw Life in the War Of
flee. where he found clerkship his return
to London. gave him something more interesting
to think about. but he was not sorry to leave it,
and these letters indicate that what he re-
Sarded as the right kind of event in his career
only came when. in 1913. he appointed
member of the New Council of India, at a sal
airy of 10000 year. Here begin the documents
which cast entertaining light upon the
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

sake of the edge which it gives TO enjoyment
Of these Francis letters. Sir Philips domestic
traits take on an added charm when they are
thought of as showing the other side of the
shield; there is something piquant in the pict
ure of stern participant in public affairs
bending 10 the members of his family in such
letters the volumes before contain. His
brother law Mackrabie writes to him from
America: 'Junius is the Mars of Malcontents.
Who the Devil can he be? .
have read all that correspondence and never
before met with such keen cutting Satire" And
then, later on. we find Francis addressing his
daughter My dear pretty Puss. my own dear
Grinalkin." and writing To her in this playful
strain:
Have you left off purring for good or have
you lost the of your fOrepaw for evil? or
is your back up at anything? or has anybody
affrOnted you, and now | gone will nobody
scratch your head and stroke you? Miaow,
Miaow is that all. poor pussy. come
lap up this cream and wipe your fair round face
claws.
What do you think? | went last night TO
concert. and whom should | meet but my
cdevant flame Lii? remember tell you, never
will do so any more, painted skeleton by all
that's ugly. paS$rc fantc, fctric d dddbfcc-
but wonderfully kind and almost fiattering. so
it's my :urn now My duty to your
Maw-naw.
Surely this sort of thing is the more amusing
when il is taken coming from the Mars OF
Malcontents" There is great deal like 1t In
the correspondence now published. Indeed. from
beginning to end made to see Francis
a in love with his family, and not only
writing but behaving with a domestic devotion
and a naturaness which very pleasing He
married against his fathers wishes, but in the
long the obdurate parent had to relent. it
obvious that the young man had made a
I.l ifa with hath
Mackrabie Such glimpses of his public career
the new correspondence affords involve gem
orally glimpses of its relation To his private
life: his salary official is of the more in
terest because we learn also how he laid it out.
how much he put aside for the upkeep Of his
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

family life of the man. He persuaded two
friends. Chandler and DOyly. to act trustees
for his wife in his absence. and in addition TO
the instructions he left with them there was
drawn up for Mrs. Francis's edihcation a paper
from which we take these passages:
have made the best Provision can for my
sons education 1 need not recommend il to
you to see him often. and tell MIR. Ribouville
freely anything you think amss The girls Will
fall more particularly under your care. Sally
is TO come home at Christmas next. at Mid
summer 1915 at farthest.
l wish you to- live rather a retired, but not
dull and melancholy life.
You have Acquaintances enough. and / wish
you to avoid new ones. In general. prefer
those Friends who live nearest To you. Let the
Girls be taught a grave. modest. reserved ear
riaSe. | dislike HOydenS.
Mrs. Francis did the best she could on the al
lowance of fti;il It's 0d.. which was fixed as her
share of the t1OSo. and the story of her
perience is sometimes quaint. One see the
ailinS but always good humored and often even
gay lady struggling between loyalty to- the be-
hests of her lord and real impatence with af-
fairs they We're. MIR. Chandler and Mr..
D'Oyly We're agreeable in their methods. but
the wife of the former thorn in the side
of Mrs. FRAMES. The two would meet NOM
nally pleasant terms. Mrs. Chandler would be-
gin to offer advice as expenditures. and soon
after the recipient of her golden words would
sit down To the journal intended for her hus-
bands eyes-exasperated as we easily
imagine. by the meddlesome adviser but bent
giving Francis a cheerful account of things.
In the mean time the Councillor in India is
hard at work. making himself as comfortable
as he can in house with only 40 servants,
winning t2O00D in one day at whist. reducing
his gains to t12,OO by further play. fighting his
duel with Hastings. and altogether tasting the
SAVIOR of life. He does not always do the right
thing for his Eliza beth why my dearest man.
she writes must you still send plain thin
book muslin tbs of no use and a great expense
to you. If the muslin Jaconet it would
have done better-however my dearest many
thanks to YOU" But when the deserted spouse,
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
A CHARGE.
BY HERBERT TRENCH.

If thou hast squanderd years to grave a SeIn
Commisson'd by thine absent Lord, and while
'Tis incomplete
others would bribe thy needy skill to them
Dismiss them to the street.
Shouldst thou at last discover Beautys grove,
40 last be painting the fragrant verge,
But in the track, .
Drunk with divine possession, thou meet Love
Turn, at her bidding, back
When round thy ship in tempest Hell appears,
And every sceptre mutters up more dire
To snatch control
And loose to madness thy dcep-kennelrd Fears
Then to the helm, SOUL
Last: if upon the cold green-mantlng sea
Thou cling alone with Truth to the last spar.
Both CaStaWdy,
and one must periSil-Iet ii not he he
Whom thou art sworn TO obey!
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
"JUNIUS" IN SLIPPERS.
SOUVENIRS OF SIR PHILIP FRANCIS AS
A HUSBAND AND FATHER.

THE FRANCIS LETTERS. by Sir Philip Fran
els ana Other Members Of the Family. Edited
by Bcata Francis and Eliza keary. With Il
Note on the Junius Controversy by C. f.
keary. With Portraits. In Two Volumes.
Octave. PIP. Xi. 3i0 S59. l. +. Dutton & Co.
Mr. c. +. keary, who has gone into the sub
ject pretty deeply, is. of the opinion that Sir
Philip Francis was the author of the "Junius'
letters. The rather elaborate note which he
prefiXes to the present volumes has a conclusive
air Ordinarily the whole business would be
voted bore by the reader who has heard of
the famous controversy-and who has not heard
all he wanted TO hear about it? But even an
ti-Franciscan would have to admit that a
belief in Mr.. Kearys view of the matter is
worth holding, temporarily. at least, for the
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

who loves comfort and luxury too. flies in the
faces of trustees. taking a house in Harley
ST. that carried expenditures far beyond her
allowance he knows how to rise to the situation.
In a letter which again appreciate the more
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
Gbe Nemtl1ofls Gribm,rs.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1901.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

Whenever your young novelist with n craze
for forbidden fruit is warned that lie may be
rs artistic" as he pleases, but must also be
decent he squcals with rage against the young
person" 1t is an outrage, he protests, that she
should always be interfering with his right to
he subimely realistic. He might well ponder
the words of Mr.. W. S. Gilbert in a recently
published interview That wise veteran, talk
ing about the young girl in the dress circle"
has the theatre in his mind, but what he says
can just as we'll be applied to letters. Il have
always held that marina rcrrcnta is due to
fashioned as To believe that the fest whether
"a story is iii to be presented To an audience in
which there are m; ny young ladies, is whether
the details of that story be decently told
AT (say) a dinner party at which n number of
ladies and gentlemen present" Mr.. Gilbert
puts forward this suggestion with difidence, for
he S convinced that il will not be received with
approval. But what he adds really to-
clinch the matter. Il have always kept this
test well before me in writing plays. and have
by it," The last clause is the crucial one. lie
has never been incOnvcnicntly hampered. Has
any writer of genuine abilities ever really
been hampercd 10y dread Of the Young Person?
II is only the amateur. the mediocrty. the
GccadeHf. who is perpctually trying To conceal
his own limitations by tall talk about her
paralyZng Influence.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

How are the idols of the hour abused by
the secular lrm," and subjected to the whacks
Of the iconocast, There be those who would
plunge into boiling oil the ridiculous persons
capable OF denying that Robert Louis Steven
son WAS the greatest writer of his time; but
already something queer is happening; even in
high places, even in The Saturday Review"
murmurS are making themselves heard Some
reckless soul, talking of Cervantes and of vaga-
bondage in literature, praises Stevenson. the
yasrant. the irresponsible wandercr," but goes
on 10 insist that when the ''hauntcr of windy
highways by day ana of sordid town slums by
night turned from his careless ways, he
quickly fell To he writer OF bourgeois books
for bourgeois households and Of moral essays
that may be endured by few save the Scotch"
Stevenson bourgeois, The proposition is I'M
thinliablc Obviously this Saturday Reviewer
must be quite mad. TO be sure, there Is mad
ness and there is madness Her madness hath
the oldest frame of sense" quoth the Duke.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-08


1t might he amusing TO investigate the causes
of that modification of the sizes of books which
has been going through the centuries First
the broad sheet OF vcllum, then the folio. after
that the quarto and until reach the
tiny volumes which are becoming more and
more popular in our own day. Roughly speak
Ing, the changes mean the transition from the
library To the open air. from rcpose to travel
Al the present time there are big books enough
in al conscience, and we have library editions
in unlimited numbers but the little book is
nounced VANITY Fair is To appear in the
Temple Classics' series which is slowly
placing all literature at the disposal of the man
who can read nothing unless he carries his
books with him on his Journeys. II is Il com
forting spectacle, this feverish activity to make
literature as conveniently accessible as Il bunch
of keys But Il may be doubted if harm does
not result for the eyes of the readers. Some of
these miniature volumes are exceently printed
paper is transparent, that perusal is, in the
long run, cXhausting. To say the least. A fort
une awaits the publisher who will let illusra-
tons go. spend no money. except when abso-
lutely necessary, ''introductiOnS" and the
like, and concentrate himself on the production
of paper and Typography which will make
book four inches high rs pleasant TO read as any
imposing guartO. The volume need not he too
thick, either. And if ii threatens to become so
umes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-04
THE GRlNNELL NEWS.
3Cnique Entertainment ut College
Chnpel-Two students Have scarlet


Special 70 Times Republlcarl
Grinneil, March a.-on Saturday eysii-
ins al the eoilesf chapel occurred one of
the most unique entertainments of the
5ear. The guests of the evening We're
ne menioers OF The freshman class and
the juniors weres their entertainers The
reception occurred ~ Ghfsstomat THAN
Hall and each found his partner by cor
responding numbers on green 'ldNeliow'
cards wslien haq been given out. Then
an iiis-s' down st;..rs to athietic field
IN the chapel. Inc green's took the
s:sht OF the srand stand and the ''yel-
lows the left. Green was the color of
~ e '''tsli'i y 20 .:cis g contest tbs
team of scranmers with their yellow
lpennanfs An We're scarcely seated
When ne tiiist event, q veiocipede race.
Was announced Following this race
came w.tlklng and hopping events.
lee barrow race broad grin vocal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-04

Dewey and Gen. Miles The president
was escorted by troop A of Cleveland.
veterans of the civil war, headed by
Gen. Sickles. Then came the uniformed
Veterans Union, Union Veteran Le-
lyon and veterans of the G. A. II. This
contingent vas led by the famous rough
rider band, made up of men who formed
part of Roosevelt's famous command
There were inore than 900 G. A. r. and
kindred veteran organizations in lire.
Grand Marshall Greene and lIis staff
We're at the head of the line. The prog
ress of the presidents carriage was
marked by a continuous roar of APP
plause, men and women chereing. wav-
ing their handkerchiefs and clapping
their hands. The president was in high
spirits, bowling right and left to the
cheering crowds. He Was hatless most
of the time. Hanna attracted much at
tention
Following the president came the
West Point and Annapolis cadets Elev-
|enth infantry, Third artillery, Porto Ri
can battalion. marines and three battal-
lions of blue jackets from the United
States warships lying in the Potomac. a
United States cavalry squadron and de-
tachments of the hospital corps. Two
carriages drove rapidly down the line.
containing Mrs Mckinley and her
guests, escorted by Gen. Corbin. Mrs.
Mckinley was cheered continuously.