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The oasis., 1901-12-07
s0N0RA SETTINGS.

stop far meas ar 'tQsfe- lg4 saa'h tor breakfast, asrta@4fi fls supper at Tneo Dlaeaa pssensers iiHd first claSs meals Sad American style. aud ar reasonable price.
 Cap,ain Jsms Sheridan of Her mosillo. has received from AIip- nesom an osmous moose a ead whica as D r9nsfReeu place on s ae bar room at R8inad Ho el
 Ths week Messrs Charles J Klesman aHd II Garfas Salinas ot No , IT AasT and a.Qrney gy frr M sonora Saylusa & Iag taen, Gam haEe a-@n in Hermosilio ou business.
 Al the Gaadaiapeaaa mine. near recofipa. about uidway between Minas Prietas and Ia Buranga, fine hoist is in course Of erection the shat is being sunk with all speed and extensive development work in progress.
 At Los Broaces Messrs z, C. Rounree of La Colorado aad Apa- ricio Porchas of La Barraaca are worki0g tae Carmen mine irom which 3 recent shipment Q seventy tons Of ore averaged a73 ounces in silver per ton.
 Tuesday the second daughter ol Mr. Iheo Cldendor Of Torres st- fered a broken leg 9hiie playing see-saw with aaetaer child Miss Chaalita was up iu ihe aia when the other ehi.d fen off from the lower end ofthe board. h tHe fall the little girls limb was caught under the plank and broken
 MT o. W. Harper formerly at Minas Pieias and Ia colarad4, who went to EcuadoE nearly two years ago to manage a amining prop erty, has returned to Sonora for a short visit, and on the 10th inst, will lead to the altar Miss Relugio Egardia, daug hter ol prominent and well known family in H-r- mosillo. Mr. Harner's bride will return to Ecuador with him.
 Al San Xavier, near La Bar ranca. Msssrs George Wyman, Pedro Penelli, c. c. Rounhee and Colonel Miguel Hernosa are work ing the Las Auimas nine an 'an- tigua" Of meus with < big record q production. They are cleaning out the 9l3 shalt, which is 800 feet deep aud g ieNei al drplh ol 15O igStt and cutting tunnel to drnu off the water in the lower level ! hey have cut ledge oi silver prs fifteen feet ill width, which goes eleven hundred ounces per ton.
 Construction work at Zubiate is progressing rapidly, aud Mr. Oliver president of the ZubIate Mining Go. informs THE OASIS that the rew mill will be all completed and run ming before the first of January It is described at one of the finest and most complete quartz mills iu the
The oasis., 1901-12-07

Huntington mills, five amalgamat- ing pans. tNo settlers, bullion lur- mace, etc, all eoaplete 4 iine hoist which will sink 7,ooo feet Is now in operation, and | large body of high grads ore developed for slopIng
The oasis., 1901-12-07
Nor,les Goif Club

Aitaongh euf recently nfgahiged, aal tsrtieg t with q very f~ p0aya h NogMes GuH cN9 na, e1ia m aet aNl0fc a be >aei4iiteof tac Nae -it
 New members afe 1einl aoafd weekly and mnas spe tdiNt> aie h l.f aage at al fhe sam x mllca m wil llaNtl aifh the feam ehe Ie- F. n faa future Following 1e tGe lWe 4t bi- aes FGaYEEs TOTAL HoLgs
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Under the Hudson River.

The plans of the Pennsylvania Rail- road for entering New York City by a tunnel instead of bridge and of crossing that city in a like manner and reaching Brooklyn and the Long Island Railroad by means of another tunnel, are gigantic, the entire ex- pense being placed at about $40,000, 900. Such an outlay shows how rap idly traffic is increasing, and how capital is looking to a still greater future.
 The chief objects of the work are no doubt to land and take passengers from the heart of the city as the New York Central alone does now, and be- yohd that to tap the great sugar houses and other freight-producing establishments of Brooklyn. In the former the South as well as a good part Ol Iue I6SL OL lu0 COuutTy IS lu- terested, for no one likes to encoun- ter fogs and ice and possible collisions in a wide and busy river.
 General Trowbridge's invention of the cantalever bridge was a marked advance in engineering, but it Is said the new Jacobs plan of bridge at the bottom of deep streams is still more important. Piles are driven down to the rock foundation, and upon these piles a bridge is laid at a depth of about 35 feet below the surface. This bridge will support the big tubes through which trains will be propelled. The plan has never been tested, but eminent engineers pronounce it feasi- ble, and it is to be employed in the new work of the Pennsylvania Rail road. It reduces the cost of crossing the Hudson river at least one-half, and overcomes the difficulties that at tendj tunnel where hard rock does not exist.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Back to Peki1>>How the
 Chinese Court Left Hsian

halted for a little, and as it was opeY. there was time for a good view. She seemed rather embarrassed by the crowds, and stole nervous, furtive glances on either side She looks an innocent, orr 1inary officials daughter, but the paint. powder and aew-gaw spoil pretty face. She was followed by the chiefs concu- bines-wome of muscle and evident will but he was invisible. Then the royal princes of the blood. and finally the min- ister of the grand counsel-Yung Lu. These men had the bearing of refinement so conspicuous by it's absence in the oth- CTS. Then next passed a train of carts with the innumerable attendants that are at once the glory and the disgrace of an Asiatic court.
 By a. m the south gate was reached. It was necessary, according to the feng- shui of the route. that the south not the east gate (which is the direct and near wayJ be the exit from the city, 50 a de- tour was made. At the gates the gentry presented yellow silk umbrellas, and tho Dowager again indulged in scattering her silver sticks The southeast corner of tha city WAS rounded-a halt made in tho eastern suburb to pray in Taoist temple for 0 pfopituious journey-a prayer in which the bittefest foe would willingly join without deceit.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
lhI cKly DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlABAMl
Birminqham's Growth.

The growth and prosperity of Bir' u1ingliam Is we'll illustrated in com parison of figures of the advertising department of The Age-Herald last year and this veal
 : FOn Sunday December 16, 1900, The Herald printed 1920 inches Of actual paid advertising matter. On last Sunday, December 15, 1901, The Age-Herald printed 2,SS9 inches, an increase of over 1000 inches, or nearly double the business done last year.
 But Birmingham has almost doubled it's volume of retail business in the past twelve months. The merchants are prosperous and are advertising their goods.
 The circulation of The Age-Herald has likewise increased tremendously within the past twelve months.
 At the present rate of increase within another year Birmingham will be the greatest business city In the South. and The AgeHerald proposes to be the greatest newspaper in the South.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Rates on Fuel 0iI.

The fuel oil operators are reaching out. They are now seeking low rail. road rates to the Mississippi delta and to all the southeastern States. There is an over-abundance of oil in the Beaumont district, but if it is to com pete with Alabama coal in the south east it must be carried at much lower rates than have thus far been granted.
 The contest for railroad rates in the southeast is in fact the first pitched battle between Alabama coal and Texas oil. Thus far coal is holding it's own. In discussing the subject the New Orleans Picayune says:
 Sooner or later the roads will be obliged to establish rates, but they are in no hurry to do so, and the longer they can stave off the inevitable the better 1t will be for the Birmingham district. It Is not at all unlikely that there will be another meeting of executives shortly for the purpose of taking up the question again.
 Oil is certainly not entitled to a lower rate than coal is, and when oil pays the customary rates on coal it will not be trundled for on this side of the Mississippi. In the Northern oil districts oil is handled by pipe lines and tank steamers, and no at tempt is made to carry by rail the chief products of wells. No doubt pipe lines will have to be laid if Texas oil Is to enter the southeast, the dis tance being too great to admit of transportation by rail. The entire subject is one that the railroads will no doubt treat equitably, having an eye, of course, to interests that will furnish tonnage long after the gush- CTS of Texas have ceased to gush.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
 THE JANUARY SMART SET.

Prince Reckless" by Arthur Grfssom, is the leading story in the January or Christmas number of The Smart Set This is the first novelette, of purely romantic character that this magazine has pub lished, and doubtless it was written with an editorial view to pleasing variety. The story proceeds rapidly from start to finish. and deals with the infatuation of a young European Prince for a beautiful American girl. with his desperate adven- lures in pursuit of her, his mysterious disappearance, and the crime of his equerry. The story has all the elements that go to make popular fiction.
 Alfred Henry Lewis contributes an his- torieal story-article, entitled, "One Eighteenth-Centtry Day" It's characters are beaux, literary and histrionic giants of London at one of the most picturesque periods in English history. Mir. Lewis well-known eleverness was never more in evidence than in the sprightly descrip- tions and witty conversations that com pose his contribution. Elizabeth Duer (Mrs. James c. King Duer) Is the author of a story entitled Sinful Sara" which treats of the dangers and absurdities of gambling in society. and doubtless the prototype of one of the characters, an elderly lady devoted to bridge, WI. be recognized in many social communities. The Enchanted Rug" is the title of another of Edgar Saltus enchanting ar ticfes and "The Hatred of Friends" by Gertrude F. Lynch. Is study of feminine nature that will be forcibly appreciated by many women. An amusing story is Object, Matrimohy," by A. s. Duane, and queer. fascinating tale is What NJ. Maurice PeIot Says" by John Regnault Ellyson Modern Fox-Hunting, by George F. Underhill, an English authority on the sport. will be read with interest by all followers of the hounds. A unique and decidedly amusing story is "A Sem timental Journey, 1902" by Francis M Livingston and other notable tales are "The Lotos and the Bottle" by o. Henry; tries of Aufd Lang Syne;" by Ethel Watts Mumford; "rhe Secret Panel" by Countess Loveau de Chavanne, and "Ex. pert Assistance" by W. Pett Ridge.
 The chief features in verse are .I,e Masque de rArmour,' by Guy Wetnore Carryi; Rebellion" by Julien Gordon; "A Yule Song" by Clinton Scoilard; At Phaedras Tomb" by Bliss Carrnan, and "Awaited," by Charles Hanson Towhe.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Waitina for Trains.

"One jof the most horrible experiences a person can possibly have is to be forced to wait out from a railway station for the movins of train which may be delayed either by a wreck or any other cause" said al elderly travelling man last night.
 sI had such an experience Saturday night 4nd never want another. This was one on the Bessemer dummy line. and all the time I was almost within stones throw of either Bessemer or Birmingham. The fist delay was caused by the engine leaving the track near Bessener. Much time was consumed in getting it in shape again. but finally we were able to leave at 10 o'clock just three hours behind.
 'Wlien near the Fair Grounds in the city we had more trouble with the engine was forced to wait rom Il o'clock to 3.SO before leaving for the city Well, the disagreeabie part of the affair was that the fire gave out in the stove, and 1t was so cold I think the thermometer must have registered not far from the zero mark
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
IrrIoation in Conorsss.

The bill that the arid States havs agreed upon is based not upon a di- rect appropriation, but upon sales of public lands in the respective States. The public lands in Colorado, for ex- ample are to be devoted to irrigation In Colorado, and as they are sold the .proceeds of the sales are to be used to irrigate more acres. Irrigated lands are to be sold at higher price.
 The homestead law stands in the way, but the bill agreed upon boldly authorizes the Secretary of the Inte- rior to withdraw from public entry the lands required for irrigation works and the public lands proposed to be covered by irrigation ditches, and any scheme pronounced feasible may be carried out, provided It's cost does not exceed $10 an acre on the land to be reclaimed. After lands are irri- gated they are to be subject to home stead entry, in areas not exceeding eighty acres, the entrymar to pay $d an acre to the reclamation fund. This fund Is to be used for the operation and maintenance of reservoirs and irrigation works until payments for the land settled upon are made, when all the irrigation works except the reservoirs shall be turned over to the settlers, who are required as body corporate to operate and maintain them.
 This is much better than direct appropriation Dy Congress, although this bill calls for immense advances by the government to be repaid as lands are sold. It will be difficult to avoid corruption in the course of the business, for ,ne engineers are not to be army engineers, and the entire plan offers no little patronage to the party in power. But still the arid lands should be as far as is possible reclaimed, and the bill agreed upon is thought to be about the best that can be devised for that purpose.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Eastmans Have Arrived.

"Of course, you have heard of the East mans, that new organization of honest advocates of living easy I am told they have struck Birmingham in full force and organized one of the strongest bodies rep resented in the country said Harry Grant at the Florence yesterday.
 'f have not as yet been informed just who the officers of the club are. nor have been given list of the members, but I am confident that the list Is quito extensive. I have seen a number of those who have their photographs in the East man Magazine gallery idling about the city. They have a song of several verses which you can hear them iium when the police are not looking I recall only one line
 "I'm an Eastman and don't have to
 work
 'srhe motto of the club is expressed in that one line, as well as it's principles and theories. There is a standing reward for any man who will deliberately swear he ever saw an Eastman engaged in any exercise other than that of throwing hot air. In this speciality they are quite agricultural, being able to drill greater quantity of the more prolific Kind than any western farmer can wheat.
 Some one started whisper recently that the focal organization would go on pardde and would have number of tas- ttiy engraved banners which specially horiefed members would be allowed to drag. No man would dare carry bafiner,
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Wireless Teleuraphy.

The Marconi apparatus in New Foundland is crude and imperfect, but the tireless inventor and promoter in sists that he has received from the coast of Cornwall, 1,S00 miles away, numerous signals. being repetitions of the letter "S" in his code. This letter is represented in the Marconi code by three dots or short strokes of the sending apparatus. As things stand no one can say that the letter IS" was not received at the station In NeN Foundland, and room for doubt Is confined to the eource of the signal. ! As it had been arranged to send the letter IS" each day from Cornwall at hours agreed upon, 1t IS unreasonable to say the signals re- ceived came from vessels not far away or from any other source.
 Assuming that the signals received from the St. Johns station came from Cornwall, 1t follows that the earth's curvature Is not an impediment to wireless telegraphing. But how about snow storms or heavy rain storms? ? would they not impede wave from leither end, either overwhelming it. or
The age-herald., 1901-12-18

switching it elsewhere7 These ques. tions are about as difficult as those relating to deposits in the bowels of the earth. All is theory and conjeet- ure in either case, be it coal oil or electric waves.
 It is much too carly to say that cables and land wires are to be swept away by the wireless system. They may be, and the cable company in New Foundlahd seems 10 think they may be, for 1t has gone to the ex- pehse and trouble to enjoin Marconi from proceeding further in his at tempts to establish a wireless system across the Atlantic. Injunetions will not, however, stay the progress of the Marconi plan if it be feasible and efficient, and 1t does seem to be gain ing friends among prudent and con servative men. The Cunard Company are to use it on their transatlantic steamers, and if one ship can tele- graph to another or to shore without wires no doubt one headland can send messages to another headland when all apparatus needed is brought tip to the highest possible efficiency.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
DEMAND IS GREAT.
Price of Bar Iron May Be increased
 Week.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 "Ali the iron companies of the United States are way behind in the fulfillment of their orders for bar iron" said W. J Orr, a veteran representative of big Richmond industry, at the Commercial last night.
 '"The demand for bar iron exceeds any thing I have ever known In the history of the business. The trade in the gulf states is not what 1t was a year ago. this con dition being due to the uncertainty of the cotton crop and the prices that will pre- vail for that product. There is steady demand for iron and steel products in this section, showing that considerable in the way of building is going on in the Southern states. Last year, however, was record breaker by reason of the very satisfactory price the planters received for their cotton, and we are all prone to compare present conditions with those of a year ago.
 'The principal demand for bar iron now comes from the car manufacturers and ship builders. The amount of the iron and steel products used by these concerns in such that it is difficult for us to keep up with our orders
 II have been called to Birmingham, where meeting of the iron men win probably be held on Tuesday, The chances are that the price for bar iron will be ifi- creased at this meeting. The manufactur- CTS believe that something must be done to relieve the situation, and their first move will undoubtedly be to advance the price,
 In speaking of the iron and steel indus try MT. Orr stated that a new steel plant is to be established in Richmond. This new industry is the result of having two large shipbuilding plants in our vicinity Between the Riehn10nd and Newport News plants 150 tons of raw steel are used daily. This is a sufficient amount to fur nish business for one sheet establish ment."
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Hsian Correspondent in North China Her

Hsian Correspondent in North China Her.
 aid.
 At dawn today trumpeters sounded the call to get ready. immediately the gates of the city were opened and carts. car riers and couries began to move. By 730 the streets were crowded with spectators. Good order was maintained and clear roadway left and kept open by the eaval- ry that lined the streets on either side. The different uniforms--yellow. red, blue +-the variegated banners that fluttered in the breeze, the glittering swords and tridents had a fine scenic effect as the bright sun began to shine on the throng. By 7:45 the advance cavalry passed. Then came the eunuchs in carts, followed by yellow jacketed officers with flowing plumes and prancing ponies. Then the royal sedans. used last year, were car ried past. each cont aiming some impor- tant trophy. Next came the royal mount ed bodyguard, ordering the crowds to kneel, and instantly they Topped onto their knees. Soon the outrders, pullers, bearers of the first yellow dragoned chair were in view. The Emperor was pulled by twenty and borne by sixteen mem 'rerse I decor, ter, sl k eewns His chair was richly draped with embroidered satin and decorated with jade jewels. His maj esty sat bolt upright. with features that were as fixed as q statue. He looked only straight ahead, as If unaware of the lines of his kneeling subjects. or more likely afraid he might not manifest the self possession that is the essential mark of dignity and rank. He was looking we'll and all assert much better than on his arrival last year.
 His chair was followed by that of the "Old Buddha"-as the Dowager Is famiI- iarly called. She was dressed Cor rather "drowned'D in dragoned yellow satin Her face is long and wan. with high cheek bones, big mouth and thick lips Her eyes gleamed like fire. She was as awake and alert as the Emperor seemed inert and in different. Nothing escaped the sharpness of her vision. The begsars re- .ceived tablets of silver and the curious glances of scorn. Every one remarked how careworn she looked. and that she was quite ten years older since last year. Her personal baggage occupied the next few filters and relays of Bearers.
 ] In striking contrast with the weird countenance of the Duwagef was tie young face of the Empress: Her chaif
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

I've wandered to the village, Tom, I've sat beneath the tree. Upon the school house playground, Which sheltered you and me; But none were left to greet me. Tom, And few were left to know, That played with us upon the green, Some twenty years ago. The grass is just as green, Tom; Barefooted boys at play Were sporting just as we did then, With spirits just as gay; But the master sleeps upon the hill, Which, coated o CT with snow, Afforded us a sliding place, Just twenty years ago. The boys were playing some old game,
 heath that same old tree; I have forgot the name just now-youv we
 played the same with me On that same spot; twas played with
 knives, by throwinsso and so; The leader had task to do--there,
 twenty years ago. The rivers running just as stiIl; the wil-
 lows on its side. Are larger than they were, Tom; the
 stream appears less wide But the grapevine swing Is ruined now,
 where once we played the beau, And swung our sweethearts-pretty girls
 just twenty years ago. The spring that bubbled 'neath the hill,
 close by the spreading beech, Is very low-'twas once so high, that we
 could almost reach; And, kneeling down to get a drink, dear
 Tom. I started so, To see how sadly I am changed, since
 twenty years ago. Near by the spring, upon an elm. you
 know cut your name, Your sweethearts just beneath it, Tom.
 and you did mine the safiie Some heartless wretch has peeled the
 bark-twas dying, sure but slow. Just as that one, whose name you cut,
 died twenty years ago. My lids have long been dry;I Tom. but
 tears come in my eyes: l thought of her l loved so well-those
 early broken ties; I visited the old churchyard, and took
 some flowers to strow Upon the graves of those we loved, some
 twenty years ago. Some are in the ehurchyard iald-some
 sleep beneath the sea- But few are left of our old class, except
 ing you and me- And when our time shall come, Tom, and
 we are called to go. hope they'll lay us where we played,
 just twenty years ago.
The age-herald., 1901-12-18
Ahouf Peraona.

About Persons. T. I. Stephenson. vice president and gental manager of the Knoxville Iron Company. Is at the Hillman. He Is hero to consult with the officials of the Repub- lie Company relative to relations ex- isting between the two branches, Benjamin Thompson of Chattanooga is registered at the Hillman. II. W. Mount of New York Is at the Florence.
 S. L. smither and C. P. Jackson of Montgomery are registered at the Rill- man.
 W. P. Jennings of Lynchburg. Va. Is at the Hillman.
 R. A. Magill of Brookwood, Ala. is at the Morris.
 R. A. Harris of New York Is at the Hillman.
 J. M Prestwood and Hal Culpepper of Tuscaloosa are at the Florence.
 
 J. C. Buckley of Memphis is at the Morris.
 E. c. Glenn and Lee spoffofd from White Castle are registered at the Mor- ris
 S. o. Hardness of Lexington is at the Florence.
 W. T. Bush and A. Doggree of De- troit are registered at the Florence. Dr. Charles Cross of Goethite Is at the Florence.
 John Humphreys of Atlanta is at the Hillman. S. M. Neely of Memphis Is at the Hill man.
 R. D. Wall of Memphis Is at the Flor ence.
 E. c. Campbell of Nashville is at the Florence.
 D. F. Hoover, a well known railroad passenger agent from Atlanta, is at the Morris.
 Eugene Ware of Baltimore is at the Morris.