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The oasis., 1901-06-08
Important Notice to Fire men.
HEADQUARTERS. MORALES FIRE DE
 PERTINENT

HEADQUARTERS. MORALES FIRE DE.
 PERTINENT
 Nogales, Ariz June 9th, 1901.
 To the Members of the Nogales Fire Department, wherever It may apply.
 Gentlemen:-It is my pleasure to announce that this Department is ia the 7th year of it's exstance, and Is in very prosperous condition. We owe no debts and with our present source of income have sufficient to carry our running expenses.
 We require another hose cart which should be combination affair, carry ing light extension Ladder, about two hundred feet of hose as reserve two fire axes, two bars, one dozen leather buckets aud two chemical fire extinguishers. With this auxiliary we could quench fires in their ncep tion and thus save a considerable amount of heavy work on the part of the Engine Company.
 We are not in need of funds so much that we wish to impose and collect fines but we do require the personal presence of each and every member, not only at fires, but at all drills and parades and particularly a. meetings.
 There are good men ready to ] in to till every vacancy, and for the pur pose of having members who take an active interest in all parts of the De- partment, the active members have passed a res Jlution that Upon the expiration Of II days after the de livery of the printed Constitution and By Laws, the same shall be enfOrr ed, particularly in regard to the penalties for absence.
 The Chief wishes to inform "wher. ever it may apply" that he will stric- tly conform to his instructions from the companies, ard desires to warn each and all members not to place themselves in jeopardy.
 There are quite d number of the original members whose time for ser | vice under the law tso a> tu ena nle them to receive Exemption Certifi- cate, is only about one year more aud l it is particularly tn their interest, i, 1 that they do npt lay themselves liable to su pensinn and thereby endanger 1 the prompt issue of said certificates, or ven the forfeiture of their rig bts altogether, sincerity hope that each and every one will see that it is to their interest to heartily comply with the requirements for the continued success of the Department, and co operate accordingly.
 Most Cordially Yours.
 T. N Mry
The oasis., 1901-06-08
SONORA SETTINGS.


 relapse. He is now reported improv- ing.
 Messrs ]. A. McPherson and J. A. McPherson Jr have sold to Wm G. Carral of Kansas City, Mo. La Dorada mine about twelve miles east from Carbo, The transfer was made at Hermosillo, Wednesday of the present week.
 All trains on the Sonora railway stop for meals at Torres, going south for breakfast, northward for supper. At Theo. Oldendorf's passengers find first class meals, cooked American style, and at reasonable price.
 Word from SuaQui de Batuc conveys the intelligence that Colonel W. F.. Harlow is pushing vigorously the work on the Oig copper property he has taken in hand out there, and his co-owners are highly gratitied with the outlook.
 It is credibiy reported that all the difficulties of the Sinaloa & Sonora Irrigation Co. (the big canal on the lower YaquD have been settled and that the company will now proceed to carry out the original intentions of the great enterprise-colonization etc.
 The travelling public will find n the U. s. Hotel at Ures, Louis Killeen, proprietor, ample accommodations. In connection with the house is a spacious corral for keeping teams and riding animals of travellers.
 Recently Mir. Miles, an expert from the Risdon Iron Works in San Fran cisco. has been out to Mulatos to test the Bryon mills working there The result of his visit is reported as hay. iDg been very satisfactory. With six mills 100 to l20 tons per day of the Mulatos ores were successfully re- duced.
 Mr. H. H. Douglas Manager of the new company operating the Guadalu- pana mine, near Tecoripa, was into Hermosllo this week on business for his company. Mir Douglas is pushing vigorously the development work upon very fine property, and necess- ary machinery IS in route and will be erected as rapidly as possible.
 At Torres MT. R. E. Cunninham is Up to his eyes in business forwarding lumber, machinery etc. to the Guada- lupana and Zubiate mines. We'd nesday the gentleman informed THE OASIS man that he had in hand and en route six carloads for the Guadalu- pana aud nine carloads for the Zu biate.
 It is currently reported that Los Bronces coal fields, has been sold to an English syndicate for Sl25 ,000, gold The reporter further says that the NacOsari people are interested in the  deal, and the road now building out to Nacosafi will be extended to Los Bronces to supply the reduction works of the Moctezuma Copper Co. with fuel.
 h the Prieto mine of La Dura Min ing Co.,, at La Concentration, just over the Yaqui river, in the northwest corner Of the Alamos district, fine body of vesy rich ore has been devel. oped in the bottom of the mine. To properly develop and work it a new three compartment shaft vii. be sunk to depth of l200 feet, Messrs George Sincox and Frank Lesher have gone out from Minas Prletas to contract the work of sinking.
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NATIONS MAKE MONEY.
Hesss Taxes Bachelors-Greece R1onopo-
lies Playing Cards.

Hesss Taxes Bachelors-Greecs Rzonopo-
Lies Playing Cards.
The Russian government won a
unique reputation for enterprise when
it made small fortune out OF the
Crimean war. For months after the
end of the war old iron, shot and shell
were picked up round Sebastopol For
a time there was regular trade, thou
sands of tons OF metal being sold 1t
was too good a chance to be missed,
and the government stepped in be-
tween buyers and sellers with a tax
of twelve cents per hundredweight.
When the lost shot had been picked
up and disposed of, the treasury had
reaped little harvest of seventy-five
thousand dollars. Humorists have had
a great deal to say about the taxation
of bachelors. Such a tax would not
be altogether novel. 1t is already in
operation in Hesse. There the gov
eminent draws little extra revenue
by taxing bachelors 25 per cent more
than married men. The result of the
law, which was only enacted some
thing over year ago, has been that
many weI1-to-do bachelors have emil
grated to Prussia. Greece has found
a way of raising money on amuse-
ments without a direct tax. The gov
eminent has a monopoly in playing
cards. and from this source draws
considerable annual income. Paris
is glad to increase its revenue by
few dollars year by the cultivation
of a little state orchard in the Luxem-
bourg Gardens, just as it takes it's
share of the profits Of the Eiffel tower.
To the snow of heaven the Prince OF
Palermo owes most of his wealth, for
he has monopoly of it. The snow is
brought at night in baskets from the
mountains of Sicily, and is shipped to
the towns and sold for refrigeratlng
purposes. The Sutton Urban Council
in England keeps down taxes by the
industry of growing peppermint. Last
year about seven hundred and thirty
dollars was saved to the ratepayers
by selling peppermint grown on a
sewerage farm.-Youths' Companion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03
spont.neou. conbu.t,on in HAY.

One of the officials of the weather
bureau has been looking up the subject
of spontaneous combustion in hay. He
states that fermentation in moist hay
may and sometimes does raise the
temperature to 374 degrees F. at which
temperature clover hay will ignite, and
suggests as the best means of prevent
ing spontaneous combustion such ar
rangements as will produce a rapid
and complete ventilation which will
keep the oxidizing and fermenting sub
stances cooled down.
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ART GALLERY.
Postage stamp. Arranged to Portray

Flowers, Insects, Etc.
The British Medical Journal states
Dieu Hospital at Client, Belgium, who
appear to have a surplus of leisure.
have adopted a method of occupying
it that is certainly time-killer. The
parlor, the two refectories, the twenty
eight rooms and all the corridors of
the place have been papered with
postage stamps ingeniously arranged
SO as to portray flowers, insects, pal
aces, rivers, forests and persons, the
latter life size. The style adopted is
the Japanese. Some twenty millions
of postage stamps have been used in
the work, which had been viewed by
many of the Belgian painters. In
commenting on the matter the Journal
says: I'VE are willing to believe that
the artistic effect of this new style of
mural decoration is admirable; but
from a sanitary point of view-which
after all should not be altogether lost
sight of in the decorations of build
ing intended for the reception of the
sfck-we are disposed to think it
little questionable. A severe hygiene
description of wall paper as being
likely 10 harbor the ubiquitous mi
crobe. With regard to postage stamps
in particular, cause has recently been
shown to regard them with special
suspicion as possible agents in the dis
semination of tuberculosis infection. A
French investigator has shown that
the stamps are often infected by means
of the saliva of diseased persons, and
he has uttered a note of warning to
this effect to stamp collectors. He
had occasion to observe a man SUI
fering from tuberculosis who piled a
trade in stamps, and who was in the
habit of sticking them on gummed pa
per after moistening them with his
tongue. A number of stamps which
had been thus dealt with were placed
in sterilized water. The water was
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1 lie o
Tn earliest h " lay h small m b parts story
Of tn bridegroom among those oeye lie F i to be p OF the happy
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Indian Snake charmers.

Capt. r. H. Ellitt, who has been
conducting researches into the nature
and action of snake venom in India,
has arrived at the following conclu-
sion: First, the snake charmers OF
South India are certainly ignorant OF
any method of producing highly de-
veloped condition of immunity; Sec
ond, some few of them appear to prac-
dce the swallowing of venom or rub
bling their limbs with the same, but it
is doubtful if they thus obtain any
protection; third. they confine them
selves almost exclusively to the cobra
and escape harm by their intimate
knowledge OF the methods of handling
this snake.
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Keene's Tunnel.
BY PRINCE T. WOODS.


copyrighted 1900: Daily Story Pub. Col
The rain had poured in torrents all
day Sunday and that night the resi-
dents of Cedarvil1e were lu1led to
sleep by the never ceasing patter, pat
ter and drip, drip of the storm Mon
day morning the wind veered suddenly
into the north and blew a fine. light
snow into the faces of the children
who were hurrying to the district
school on the mountain road. By
noon the snow was falling so thick
and fast that a big bob-sled was sent
up from the railroad for all the able
bodied men who could work to keep
the tracks open
There were only two young men in
the village who had work enough
of their own to keep them at home,
Sherman Keene, the village black
smith, and Dr. Abner Coulson- Not
that DR.. CouIson was particularly
busy, he had only made his appear
ance in Cedarville a few months be-
fore, but he could hardly be expected
to participate in a snow-shoveling
bee
The wind rose steadily all the after
noon and the storm settled down into
a genuine blizzard. Long before dark
it was apparent that the men who had
gone to help clear the railroad could
not return that night. Keene closed
the smithy early and made things
snug at home for the comfort of his
widowed mother and himself Then
he made his way with difficulty
through the storm to some of the
neighbors, whose men-folks had gone
with the bob-sled party, and helped
them with the evening chores. On his
way home he looked in at the widow
Morse, who had come to the door to
greet him. and had seen that she was
provided with plenty of wood and wa
ter against a wild, stormy night He
would not have stopped had Nannette
been at home, but she had not yet re-
turned from the school on the noun
tain road, where she guided the youth
full minds of Cedarville through the
tangled paths of "readin'. writin' and
'rithmetic."
That night, while the storm howled
fercely without, Sherman Keene sat
in his comfortable armchair and oozed
before a great fire of blazing logs on
the hearth in his sitting-room. Widow
keene had long since sought her bed.
Keene dreamed of Nannette, and in
his dream she was always in danger,
what, he could not make quite clear;
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ABOUT PHEAsANrs.


Zen Pheasants Poor Mothers and Rare-
Iy Raise Brood.
The pheasant was originally q ma
tive of the banks of the Phasis, river
of Asia Minor, and was first introduced
by the Greeks into Europe. They are
supposed to have been brought to Eng
land by the Romans; we certainly
know that they have inhabited our
fields and forests ever since the COM
ing of these conquerors, and though
countless generations of these beauti-
full birds have been bred in aviaries,
they have never been domesticated,
for if given a chance at liberty they
will Immediately fly away to the
woods and coverts. They are poor
mothers, and the hen pheasant rarely
rears even fair-sized brood from the
Is or Ii eggs she lays. The females
begin to lay their eggs in April and
hatch them by the end of May. They
are of a uniform olive-brown color and
almost spherical in form. The game
keepers use feeding boxes for pleas
ants, so constructed that the weight
OF the bird upon a little platform opens
a door, when he can eat all he wants,
and when he flies away again the door
Immediately closes, thus preventing
other unlimited birds from obtaining
any of the food that was prepared es-
pecially for him. Any one in England
finding a pheasantS nest, and report
ing his discovery to the gamekeeper,
receives from him a shilling. All the
eggs that are found are Matched under
domestic hens belonging to some of
the smaller breeds; and the keepers
buy up all the broody ones they can
from the neighboring farmers, and
these are kept in aviaries, ready to be
set on pheasants' eggs. These domes-
tic hens are set in little coops in the
open fields, walks being left between
the rows, and branches of fir or other
trees are scattered around for the
young birds to shelter under. These
are fed on rabbit meat, boiled with
eggs and meal, and when weaned seem
almost tame, but soon become quite
wild ON the great preserves. Occa-
sionally pure white pheasants are seen,
but no successful attempt has ever
been made to breed these true to color.
The greatest pleasantly in the world
is the property of the Prince of Wales,
at Sandringham, where from 800 to
500 hens are kept in the most perfect
aviaries that have ever been built
Pheasants roost in trees, and the
cocks crow not unlike the young male
chicken. They fly with great rapidity,
but it cannot prolong their flight to
any great distance; and while many
may be lost to the lord of the manor
r by flying off to some neighboring pre-
serve, he will probably gain as many
from others in return.-English Let
ter to Country Gentleman.
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Frueality In German Army.

Small as is the wage received by the
German soldier, yet the army regula-
lions guard it jealousy, for frugality is
part of the training. Each soldier
places his money in little bag sus-
pended from string around his neck.
At any time during inspection the Off
Ger may demand to have the bags
opened, and if it is found that any SOL
der spends his six cents day wages
too rapidly-think of the wild dissi-
patton which might be had for six
cents a day,-he is reprimanded and
punished. He must make his wages,
small as they are, cover his expenses;
he must not spend them instantly for
beer.
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She had kissed him and called him,
dear Sherman"
but there was some danger-somethlng
wrong with Nannette. The dream was
most persistent, it" would not leave
him.
Nannette and Keene had grown up
together in Cedarville. They had been
lovers, according to- village gossip.
since they played together as children
in the sandheaps in Mother Morse's
garden. Since DR.. Coulson came to
town there had been a growing cold
ness between the two. The doctor
had been very attentive to Nanette.
Sherman Keene resented this and had
demonstrated with Nannette, but the
little school teacher had taken offense
and in words more hasty than wise
had sent Keene about his business, re-
minding him that she was still mis-
tress of her own actions. Keene had
avoided her since that time and she,
perhaps to show that she did not care,
had encouraged the attentions of the
gallant doctor. At all events, it was
with DR.. Coulson as escort that she at
tended many of the socials and enter
tainments that winter. Keene loved
Nannette with all the deep feeling of
LIS SluTQS D0t hC ASAl
that she had been in the wrong in
their quarrel and feared haunting
repulse if he should attempt to rein
state himself. If Nannette preferred
the doctor rather than himself he
would not try to interfere. If Nan
nette cared only for him, surely she
would acknowledge her fault some
day and all would be well again At
any rate, Keene would not intrude
where he was not wanted. As for
Nannette, she seemed to be enjoying
herself.
Keene dreamed on as he sat before
the open fire. and it was not until the
first gray light of morning peeped in
at the windows that he awoke. He
was surprised to find himself still in
the armchair and the vague thought
of his dream, something wrong with
Nannette,'' still haunted him. The
wind was still bowling about, and the
drifting snow swirled and clattered
about the windows. When he looked
out at the storm he cried out in aston
ishment. Never before had such sight
presented itself in Cedarville. Great
mountains of snow were piled up in
every direction. the Morse's cottage
could not be seen for the drifting snow
and the little red schoolhouse up on
the mountain side was buried all but
the chimney. AS Sherman Keene
looked with wide-eyed establishment
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ms Dennitien.

A talesman who was called In muir
der trial in Kansas was asked whether
he had any prejudice against an abb
plea on the part of man accused Of
crime. The talesman replied that he
had not do you fully understand
what is meant by the term alibie" he
was asked II think I do; yes, sir
What do you understand by it 20 The
talesman reflected for a moment and
then, with a hesitancy indicative of
graveness, replied: IAN alibi-is when
the fellow who did 1t wasn't there -
New York Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03
LADY OF BOOKS.
Mrs. Walker the Owner of Many Rare
Volumes


One of the most enthusiastic book
collectors among English ladies is
Mrs. w. Hall Walker, whose beautiful
home, the Gateacre grange, near Liv-
erpool, contains one of the most valu-
able libraries. In addition to rare
books picked up during her travels
throughout the world and a friend
an autograph, Mrs. Walker has the
most complete collection in the world
of the relics and writings of the Sheri-
dan family, says the Philadelphia Led
ger. Her interest in these famous
Sheridans is not purely literary one,
for she is the daughter of Algernon
Brinsley Sheridan of F'rampton court,
Dorsetshire, and the great-great-
granddaughter of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, author of 1.-The Rivals Her
great-aunts were the beautiful Sheri-
dan sisters, famous in London as the
three graces-Helen, Lady Dufferin,
the Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Norton,
and Georgina, duchess of Somerset,
granddaughter of the beautiful Eliza
beth Linley, whose portrait by Gains
borough justifies her great reputation.
Mrs. Walker is a beautiful woman her
self, and has inherited the wit, talent
and the grace of her famous ancestors.
On her mothers side she is the grand
daughter of John Lothrop Motley, the
author of 'The Rise of the Dutch Re
public and, consequently, the niece
of Lady Harcourt.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03
BLACK FOX SKINS.
Rare and Beautiful and Worth Their
Weight in Gold.

Rare and Beautiful and Worth Their
Weight in Gold.
New York women will have an OPP
portunity this fall of wearing the most
exquisite and valuable furs known
among those beautiful adjuncts to
feminine wearing apparel. A big 9Th
avenue shop, which has a large and
fashionable clientele, has a number
of beautiful fox skins that are worth
their weight in gold. Many people do
not know that a black fox skin is as
rare as it is beautiful, and has a value
in proportion to its rarity. The black
fox belongs to the silver fox family;
it is Siberian animal, and probably
not more than two dozen of the skins
are to be found, says the New York
Times. The gem of the uptown col1ec-
ton is one of these black skins. which
sold for more money than was ever
before paid for a single skin. There
is another skin almost equally beauti-
full, and the pair, which will make
mun and a boa for some fortunate
woman, are worth 5000. The skins
are made up according to the individual
taste OF the wearer, the muff twisted
carefully into shape and the skins
tackled in place with the greatest care
not to injure them. There is another
pair of beautiful black fox skins, only
less fine than the first, which are worth
$4,000, and an exquisite gray skin is
valued at $4,000, and, with com
panion skin, the pair are worth $4,000.
Among the skins is one which appeals
particularly to women who delight in
a warm, soft brown, brown fox, SO
uncommon that fur man says he has
never before seen one. This costs
$1,000. For the woman who delights
in sabIes there is a 1000 sable muff.
which is dark, rich, beautiful and
everything that a beautiful piece of
sable should be.
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afterward inoculated in some guinea
pigs, all Of which died with wel1-mark-
ed signs of tuberculosis. Against SO
subtle an enemy as tuberculosis no
precaution can safely be neglected.
The moral of the experiments to which
we have referred is that postage
stamps are not to be recommended
either as hobbies or as mural decora-
tions except under antiseptic precau-
tions."
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This is a true story of a 17-year-old
girl, who suddenly leaped from poverty
to wealth through a will made by an
eccentric old man who made a large
fortune in the butcher business and
then retired to Islip, N. Y, to enjoy
his ease. This good friend of the
beautiful heiress, Miss Fannie L'Hom-
medieu, of Islip, to whom he bequeath-
ed nearly one-half of a million of dol
lars, was Mr.. Thomas E. Broadway,
the second husband of Miss Fannie's
ranaxsother. He died in 1897. and
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the will case has been in the courts
ever since
More than seventy claimants APP
peared to contest the will, but at last
by the decision of Judge Wilmot Miss
Fannie comes in possession OF prop
erty worth $400. 900 She was always
good and affectionate to the aged rich
man. and the best of it is she never
thought of gaining anything by it
However. she has been amply reward
ed for her sweet kindness to an appre-
ciative distant relative.
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Dea.h. from Gun-shot wounds.

Brig.-Gen. George R. Sternberg, sur
geon-general of the army. has prepared
for insertion in his annual report some
interesting comments ON comparisons
Of gun shot wounds received by Amer
lean soldiers in the Spanish-American
and Philippine wars with wounds in
flicted by the heavier bullets used in
the civil war. The deduction drawn
from comparative records is that the
small caliber bullet of today is less
deadly than the sold-time musket ball.
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Shades OF B1avnfsky.
Theosophists in Germany now num-
Der 2.000 Beer may yet become the
fayorite tipple of the Mahatmas--Ex-