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The oasis., 1901-06-08
Whole No. APO

 special illustrated edition of THE OASIS.
 My return journey to Opodepe was without interest. I stopped over night with MT. Manuel Vasa- vilbaso, and obtained from him no small amount of information about the surrounding region.
 MT. Vasavilbaso has been located at Opodepe eight years and is en- gagged in merchandising, cattle rais- ing and the production of mescal, His stock rancho is in the mount. aims about seven miles west of the town, and is supplied with water from a big spring at the summit, two miles farther west. The water is piped to the branding pens through an eighteen inch pipe, and is sufficient in volume to supply all
  the wants of several thousand head of cattle. They come from all parts of the range to the watering troughs at the home ranche, which is in very beautiful little valley.
 The mescal production of MT. Vasavilbaso ranks with the heaviest in Sonora, but three others beside paying the same first class license1 He has 500 acres of land cultivated to the magey plant, and beside gathers large quantities of wild ma gey, having an exclusive concession to do so from the owners of large land grants covering a great area. He has two vinaterias, one at the plantation, the other near town. The former, and larger, produces "vino", the first destillation, the other, "bacanora", the second dis tillation. His monthly output is some 5000 gallons and meets with a wide sale, Repositories in Guaymas Hermosillo, Nogales and Tucson, of the goods, Additional will be shortly es- tablished at Naco, Douglas and Bisbee.
 At Opodepe there is also engaged ill merchandising MT Julius Bounan a gentleman we'll and widely known in Sonora and Arizona.
 A salient point of interest at Opo- depe is an old church, fully 25o years of age. It was once very pretentious structure but is now in a sad state of dilapidation, although services are regularly held. The evening of my stay the bell n the crumbling belfrv rang for vespers, and from all quarters with prayer books in their lands were seen vending their way o the ruined edi6ce.
 Sunday evening Dave O'neall, ong one of the foreman at the Cres- on mine at Minas Prietas, came along and I had quite visit with aim we had not meet before in a couple of years. He had been fore nan at the Picacho mine in. the
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CONTINUED ON THE LAST PAGE.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
WAR WITH KOREA.

WAR WITH KOREA.
The trouble between the United States
and Korea dates back to 1866. A trading
vessel named the Gen. Sherman. bearing
American papers, in that year made her
last trip from Chee-Foo, China, to Ping
Yang, Korea near which the ship was
captured and destroyed and her pas
sengers and crew massacred. Official no
tice of this outrage was sent to the navy
department by Admiral Bell, then i'll
command of the Asiatic squadron, whose
force, however, was insufficient to Sc
cure redress from the hostile Koreans.
Two years previous QS64) the Koreans
had become involved with France because
of their having put to death several
French missionaries. The French had
sent out an armed expedition, but it was
poorly prepared and badly conducted,
and was compelled to retire. These cir
cumstances greatly emboldened the Ko-
reanS, so that in 1867, when Commander
Shufeldt visited Korea to save If any
remained. the passengers or crew of the
Gen. Sherman, he was able to accom-
plish nothing and had to return. 1t was
learned later that two survivors of the
crew of the Gen. Sherman were in prison
in Korea, and in 1868 Commander Febiger
sailed for Korea. In the course of this
trip a boat from the Shenandoah, his
snip, was fired on by the natives. This
visit was also fruitless of results.
On April 10, 1870, Admiral Rodgers sail
ed from New York to take command Of
the Asiatic squadron, which consisted of
the flagship Colorado 45 guns; the Be-
nicia. u guns; the Monocacy. guns, and
e the Palos guns. Among the incidental
results of this expedition was the care
full survey of an extensive part Of the
coast of Korea. The king of Korea was
jr[ormed Of the approach of the expedi-
Ion. and sent three officials with a let
ter to the Americans. The burden Of this
epistle was that the Koreans wanted to
be let alone, and that the crew of the
Gen Sherman had been killed for COM
uniting piracy and murder.
Up to that time the Korean authorities
had practically denied all official knowl-
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OF Large Size.

BOOKS
The highest price ever paid for a book
was S24,750 for an original copy of the
PSalterium, published by Faust and
Schoeffer in 1853. 1t was bought in 1883
by Bernard Quoritch of Sir John Thorold.
in England. The next highest price was
$19500 for a Mazarine Bible, published at
Mentz in 1850. bought by Quaritch of
Thorold as above
The most costly publication ever is
sued by the United States government
was the report of the Wilkes exIe 1ition
to the South Seas and around the world,
which was accompanied by famous nat
uralists. The publication was Limit d to
an edition of 1C0 copies. which was new
er finished. 1t cost $242, $50. exclusive of
the expenses of the expedition. Eighteen
volumes quarto and eleven folio. with
aliases and maps were finished up to
1o6l' when congress refused to give any
more money for the work
The most extensive history is that of
Gibbon, covering the events of the
world for 1,2OO years.
The largest history ever published is
The War Of the Rebellion, issued nv
the United States, in 10 o1tavo volumes
OF 1909 pages each. with q gigantic atlas
In thirty parts. The books occ,4uy thir-
~ feet of shelf room AMI weigh enc
quarter OF ton. The series, limited to
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something pathetic in the aspect Of q
bird SO powerless to escape from or
resist the assaults OF man, and whose
flesh and eggs afford such irresistible
spoil. Driven to isolated and remote SKIER
ries, deprived Of the power Of fignt--a
popularity paralleied only by the PEN
gums Of the Southern seas-laying but
one solitary egg in the year, there IL
little wonder the garefowl should have
rapidly become extinct when once its
favorite haunts had been discovered,
which, unluekly for it, lay not far remov-
ed from the teeming fishing grounds.
Yet, although it outlived its epoch, and
would be reckoned stupid in comparison
with its more alert winged congeners,
1t need not be commiserated on it's ina
b1iity to fly. for no bird was ever more
admirably suited to its environment.
Awkward on land and scarcely able to
shuttle along without falling remove
him to his proper sphere, the ocean
waste. and what a transformation scene
ensues. The language of the poet, 1.-The
garage Of his wings" acquires new sig
nificance, for these hitherto useless mem
bers become powerful paddles, deftly aid
ing the strokes of his broad Hanged feet
to drive him through the surging pillows.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
American Wars. Re-
beliions, Insurrec-
tons, Riots, Strikes.
Cr0QbZes Of Our OOpm.

edge of the fate of the Gen. Sherman and
her crew. Other Korean delegations Wis
tied the squadron, all expressing them
selves as thoroughly satisfied with the
peaceable character of the expedition.
and willing that a survey of their coast
and rivers should be made. The ships
proceeded up the Fleuve de Sci (Salt
river, and on passing some forts were
fired on by the Korean forces. which
numbered about 1000. The fire was re-
turned, and in about ten minutes the
forts were Silenced and the enemy driv-
Ell from them. The fire from the forts
was severe, but owing to the ignorance Of
the native gunners only one man in the
squadron was wounded, and the only
damage was a leak IN the Monocacy,
which was soon repaired.
In this encounter the Palos and the
Monocacy were engaged. together with
several steam launches Of the surveying
party. These craft rejoined Admiral
Rodgers. with the Benicia and the Colo
RADIO, and an expedition was formed to
return and destroy the forts. This force
consisted Of 945 men. with the Palos and
Monocacy. June II the Americans de
stroyed the forts near the mouth of the
river, burned the neighboring houses and
continued to advance until they reach
ed the forts which had opened fire on the
expedition June 1. The Americans storm
ed THESE forts, ana In the first onset took
them, with a loss of three killed and
seven wounded. Lieut.. Mckee was kill
ed as he entered the entertainments The
Korean COMMUNICATIVE chief was killed
as he entered the entertainments. Adj
miral Rodgers, q few days later, released
! the prisoners, whom the Korean author
tiles did not appear willing to receive A
formal protest against the warlike ac-
tons Of the Koreans was made by Mr..
Low hn Ay~an o4,,fc
found by the Americans showed that the
Korean government had planned the
surprise of the United States ships and
that the native rulers were astonished
at the failure of their forts to annihilate
the vessels at the first fire. On July 8
the American squadron left the coast of
Korea.
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Question Box

A PRIZE FOR ANSWERS.
A prize Of a choice story book will be
sent to the first person to send in cor
rect answers to the questions annexed
Address replies to Puzzle Editor, care
Daily Clio b e, st. Paul. MINI.
ANSWERS
To questions two weeks agoi
157.-It is said that the origin of "wid-
oWs weeds" dates from the early
stormy times when woman, if left with
out her natural protector. was often a
good deal ait the worlds mercy, so in
many cases she entered a convent
though without taking vows, and assum-
ed the nuns habit until circumstances
or inclination induced her to resume her
ordinary life, when she also resumed
her former style Of dress, and SO dis
158-The residence of the president at
Washington has been called the White
house for years and years, and now nc
one thinks of using any other name. al
though executive mansion Is the Of
fetal term. The name white house Is a
reminder of the second war with Eng
land Aug. a. 1914, the British army
captured Washington and burned tho
pubic buildings. the presidents mansion
be1ng among those to suffer. 1t was
damaged to some extent, and to hide the
fre stains was painted white, and white
It has been painted every year or two
ciALSO IIc nOll1S OI w dSn1flRCOn 9 4nOCns
er was called the white house and this
may have suggested the name, but the
fact dhat the mansion was so asSiduouSlY
painted white after the war of 1877
brought the term into popular use.
1s9-The expression ''It takes nine taf-
orS to make man" brings us to the con-
Slderation Of the universal custom of tie
ringing OF ehurch-be1ls-a practice regard
co as almost sacred IN most minds as Ee-
INK one or the ceremonies attached to
the Christian faith. Its origin. however.
is very sIperstit1ous one, ard the ring
ing of bells was formerly practiced from
belief IN their efficacy 20 drive away
evil spirits. The 'tailors'' in the above
phrase is a corruption of the word tell
ers. or strokes tolled at the end of q
son kneH is tef1ed, the idea having orig
keep off hostile spirits from the now lie
parting one. In some places the depar-
ttre of an adult was announced by nine
strokes in succession; six were rHng fer
woman; three for child Hence. il
came to be said by those listening for
tho announcement: Mine tellers make a
man
AS this custom became less general, anu
the allusion less generally understood
there was an easy transition from the
word 'tellers" to the more familiar one
'tatlors." At the present day in some
places it is still the custom to toll nine
times for man.
16o.-"Please pass nae the salt" i.
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Sunday Study.

j e s u p p ar o h A p ostl e g.
The International Sunday school lesson
for April IS, is found in John XXX, 1929
The golden text is the 18th verse: "Bless-
ed are they that have not seen. and yet
believed" The subject is the first and
second appearance OF Jesus to his disci-
pies. The time was Sunday, April 8, and
Sunday April Is, A. D. So The rlace was
Jerusalem. To realize just how the disci-
pies felt on evening of the resurrection
day, one must put himself as much as pos
sible in their place. The stories that came
to them first OF ChriSt'S being risen were
looked upon as idle tales, but when 1t
was said that He had appeared to Peter
and when the two disciples came in from
Emmaus with their statement unbelief
began to waver and q tuInult of wonder
and joy took it's place. Still they were
only half convinced, and needed just the
evidence which in the evening they re-
ceived
The people of that time had strange
beliefs. They believed In spirits which
were neither angels nor demons. but
simply souls which had been created
the bodies for which were not yet ere
ated, or the bodies belonging to which
were dead. the souls reappearing upon
earth in a visible but impalpable form
1t was thus that the apostles thought
they saw the spirit Of Jesus after his
death. ''They supposed that they beheld
a spirit. says the text; that is to say
they did not believe that he was risen,
and thought they saw only his specter
his immortal soul, his spirit When the
Pharisees said of st. Paul, "a spirit
hath spoken to him or an angel (Acts
$3.50, they meant by the word Esprit,
EITHER q soul the body of which had
sneYer yet existed, or an apparition of one
aof then dead prophets or saints Such
Z appaFftiehs were often seen during sleep
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
Under Difficulties
FROM
LOWLY LIFE.

they ventilated their hives was especial
Iy ingenious. 1t stood to reason that a
multitude of insects living in dwelling
with one small door must have some way
of renewing the air which they breathed
He first proved that bees would suffocate
in corked bottle. Then. casting about
for solution Of the ventilation problem,
he found that number of insects We're
always buSily vibrating their wings at
the hive entrance Frequently there were
as n-ss1y as twenty posted there at once,
and they seemed to change guard regu-
larly and keep UP the work night and
day. Some stood outside, facing the
door, and more inside, facing outward
By studying the mechanism of their
wings he found that they were 50 formed
as to maintain a constant circulation,
giving oxygen forced into every Granny
of their dwelling.
The origin of the wax was another
mooted point among the bee students
Some naturalists thought that the in
SectS gathered their wax from plants
while others maintained that it was a
secretion from the pollen which they ate,
being disgorged from the bees mouth as
fast as needed in it's building.
Huber first found that bees setting In
new hives went to making comb at once,
though they brought home no pollen.
while the bees in old hives gathered pol
len. abUndantiy, though they built no
cells. SO he put swarm into a new
hive, made them prisoners with a netting
over the entrance and fed them honey
alone with drinking water. Within a day
they had begun making comb, and when
the comb was removed they quickly re-
placed it. This experiment was kept up
long enough to exhaust any supply Of
wax that the insects may have carried
from their old home When fed upon
fruit and farina they made no comb at
all, though the food kept them healthy
and happy for more than a week. Fur
Their experiments and close watching by
wax came from between the rings of tho
bees abdomen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
The Strange
Things People
Believe.
), /. SMIpersGdjon@..,

lines he would stick
To the facts with the persistence Of a
Rocky Mountain tick.<
When he made a call for subjects he was
met with -frozeIsl seares
His solicitations failin' to anglue us from
our chairs,
Fur We had an intuition the importe
greaser might
ReSurrect some painful features we had
rather hide from sight,
Every teller in the nneetin in a QtIiet frl-
stinctive way
Showed his feelers in his pockets, an hA
showed EN- there to stay,
An the entertainment seemed to be a
fizzlin out until
81 was suggested that the parson test
the paw reveaier skill.
The suggestion was the signal for up
roartous applause
An a universal hoWlin' fur the minister.
because
We regarded him as bein' jest as near a
saint as it
Was expected that critter in the NOR
tai flesh could, gits
But the parson made rather haSty exit
through the deorc
With a blush upon his features 1eakin:
out from every pore,
An was foilered by q "bong-mo'' from
OF Arizony Red
"They amt none sof us infailible" the
hoary sinner saidi
Denver Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
What There Is in
a Drop of Water

/ SANDOW TORTURED BY DROPS OF
WATER.
One Of the Chinese modes of runish+
menr, pecially when q confession is
wanted from criminal, is to place him
where a drop of water will fail on one
certain spot Of his shaver crown for
hours.
The torture this infiicts is proved by the
experience of Sandow. the strong mail.
When he was in Vienna a few years ago,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. a school
teacher told him that he would not be
able to let a haaf-lHer of water drop on
his hand until the measure was eX-
hauSted. A half liter is only a little more
than a pint. Sandow laughed at the very
idea So the measure was procured and
a hole drilled in the bottom sufficient to
let the Ssater escape drop by crop.
The Experiment began. Sandow ohatted
gaily at first. The schoolmastef kept
count of the number of drops. AT about
] the two hundredth Sandow grew little
more serious. Soon an expression of pain
crossed his face. AT the third hundred his
hand began to swell and grow red. The
Pain grew more and more excruciating.
Then the skin burst. Finally, at the four
hundred and twentieth drop, Sandow ace
knoNledged his defeat. -
Many interesting experiments can be
made with, water. Compressed it exerts
whatever 1t encounters, while drop by
terrible force tearing and rending whats.
ever it encounters while drop by drop u
wears away the hardest rock.
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FRIES.

A copy Of choice story will be sent
to the first person to send in answers 20
all the puzzles.
The boy or girl who sends In the best
original puzzle this week will receive a
copy of a choice story. The puzzle will
be printed in duo time, with full credit
to the writer. All puzzles should be
written on one side Of the paper. Write
names distinctly. Do not write questions
on one side and give answers on the
back.
Do not send any but original puzzles
Puzzles copied from other papers are not
original
Replies will be numbered In order of
their receipt by mall
Address all communications relating to
matters appearing in '"Tha Family
Sc Paul, MINI.
ANSWERS
TO puzzles of two weeks ago:
Ne-Boil them. Roast it well. Tapfoca,
peaches. o, anges.
151.-O Mankato, Co Winona. go Still
water. az Duluth, CO. Faribault
1o2.-North Carolina.
Answers were received in the following
order: Lizzie Harnly $50 Iglehart street.
st. Paul; William Seebrook, Hudson, Wis
PUZZLES
To be answered May 12:
Bessie Burlcy, The Buckingham, St.
Paul, submits the following:
Q56)
(A) What is that which Is invisible
but never out Of sight? OBJ What part
Of London is in France?
Martin Lamparter. 40 South Robert
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HNna%~~1Vn ~ - intellectual m
T~UHNXLVWs K GVIVUHpW { and Exercise Young

street. st. Paul, submits the following
charade:
Q5O
am composed of eight iette~s My l. q.
3 Is every gamblers aim; RI 1. 2, 3 4 he
will endeavor to raise should he fan in
pecially If successful in either of above;
my 6, 7, he may consider himself if fail
ing in all of the above. My whole is q
Continuance used on all vessels, some We
hicles; also as stationary apparatus.
Eta Pierce, Hudson. Wis, submits the
following:
What belongs to yourself. yet is used
by others more than yourself?
Q59).
My first is found on the ocean wave,
In the spring, the pit and the mine;
My second below earth's surface you
have,
Where seldom the sun can shine
My whole your dinner. table must grace,
And seldom fails to obtain a place.
SOLVING A FEW RIDDLES.
Feet have they. but they walk not
stoves.
Teeth have they, but they saw not
saws.
Eyes have they, but they see not-pota~
toes.
Noses have they, but they smell not
teapots.
Mouths have they, but they taste not
rivers.
Ears have they. but they hear not
cornstaIks.
Hands have they but they handle net
clocks
Tongues have they but they talk not
wagons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
"Scatter
Sunshine
All Along
the Way"
CHE International
Sunshine S0eiefg.

prayer: ST have been confined to my
bed day after day and year after year.
with pain nearly every moment. I have
prayed long and earnestly for a wheel
chair. / am to have it at last Ono
of the members Of the order gave me
SIS, and the Tribune Sunshine society
the other $40, 50 / am to have my chair"
THE SOURCE OF TRUE JOY.
Not getting, but giving, says the Sun
day School Times, is the source of true
JOY in ones life 1t was One who knew
man, and who knew what was in man.
who said, "It is more blessed to give
than to receive" and every child of man
who has tested the truth has found that
those words of Jesus are true words.
1.-The secret OF true living is not IN pos-
session, but in disbursement Whether
the accNhlllations of mind. purse or
other possessions, a man lives as he
shares 1t is better Ito love than to be
loved: to give than to get. Who. then.
can fail Of a blessing?
ITS OBJECT.
The object of the International Sur
shine society is to: incite its members to
the performance of kind and helpful
deeds, and to thus: bring the sunshine of
happiness into the greatest possible num-
Der of hearts and homes
THEY THAT GO.
Beautiful feet are they that go
Swiftly to tighten another's woe,
Through the summers heat or winters
snow.
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Sabbath Lessons.
Notable Days.


and the Jews considered them as real as
any other
This was the second time that the dis
ciples had supposed Jesus to be a spirit,
the first occasion being when he walked
upon the water MAT 1925. The Jews
of Christs day We're very superstltious,
but in both Of these instances they may
Well be pardoned for being frightened,
for it is not possible for the ordinary
body to walk upon the, waves or to come
into room when the doors are shut
Even In this day. when people have COM
paratively little belief lin the manifesto
lions OF spirits either good or bad, such
eAhloitiens would Try the stoutest nerves
81 Promis
The Christian Endeavor topic for the
week beginning April Is is fidelity to
pledges, IT promise" The text is found
IN Psalms Ky. 1-43 lxiy Is; cxvi. 12-14.
Inc second clauselef the Christian En-
deavor pledge is 81 promise, and on this
clause OF the pledge the entire structure
rests. Everything depends upon the
KEEPING of the pledge. .2eIt Is useless and
worthless unless it is kept. This will
apply to all pledges, whether made to
COD or to man. -All--yows should be
performed All promises should be
kept. All debts should be paid. when
thou vowest VOW unto God. defer not
to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in
fools; pay that which thou hast vowed %
l. The Christian Endeavor promise
should be kept, because of the person
to whom it is made. That person is
Jesus Christ. Trusting in the Lord Je-
Gus Christ for strength, L promise Him.
2. The Christian Erieavor promise
should be kept because our personal hon
or and character are at sake. Nothing
tests the true honor and character better
than solemn pledge. The man who is
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1--WE ALI. TURNS"

The cabin was Of the usual pattern
with cattle stalls to the left as you en-
tered, an oren chimney, round table
one chair, a big box ard one bed to the
right. The legs of the bestead, an old
four poster, had sunk into the earthen
floor.
How many of you sleep there, little
grip said the tourist
"Feyther and mother, myself and me
foiye brothers and sisters" answered
Biddy. VINO was about twelve years old
'Oh. but there's not room for eight OF
you!''
But there is, sorr. -Four sleeps at
the top and four at tho bottom" chimed
in the child.
.Still even four abreast could never
turn
eve don't turn, yer honor When
feyther wants to turn, he SEE, Turn,
and we all turns