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The oasis., 1901-06-08
WAYSIDE NOTES.

Arizpe district, but the mine IS now closed and he was out ot employ ment. Milt Quenuer, another old hand at Minas Prietas, and Dave have a fine copper prospect about thirty miles southeast from Opodepe and they had come out there to look 1t over, Quenner had then gone to Bacoache, where his family are living, and will go from there to La Cananea. O'Neall was on his way to Arizpe on business whence he will return to the mine and inaugurate development work. 1t is az antigua, rich in gold and copper. All their friends will wish Dave and Milt may find bonanza.
 About nine miles west from Opo- depe are the Nopalera and Constan- cia mines, two very promising gold and silver properties recently de- nounced by MT. George J. Stein from Kansas City. MT. Stein is pushing development work vigo- rously upon both properties, and is reported making fine showing.
 Monday morning Vasavilbaso started for Posa, in route to Her. mosillo and Guaymas. He will also visit Nogales, the latter part of the week. His mezcal depository there is under management of Mir. Riesgo, his father-in-law, gentle man who formerly resided in Tucson and is we'll known in that city.
 At evening there was show in Opodepe and Dave O'neall was there with his best girl. He offered to "bet one hundred dollars that she had on six bits worth of clothes" with no takers.
 From Dave I learned that MT. James Douglas has gone from Pica- cho to Nacosari to take the man agement of the Moctezuma Copper Co.,, in the place of Doctor Richards who has gone to Europe for his health, which is very much run down from hard work. Doctor R has taken a five months leave of absence.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
HOW A ROBBER ROSE TO WEALTH.

The Duchess of Cleveland, mother
Of Lord Roseberry, tells a good story
of her father, the Earl of Stanhope.
One night when the earl was walking
alone in the Kentish lanes a man
jumped out of the hedge, leyeled a
pistol, and demanded his purse.
MY good man, I have no money
with me-" said Lord Stanhope in his
remarkably slow tones. The robber
laid hands on his watch.
NO, Lord Stanhope went on, that
watch you must not have; it was given
me by one l love; it is worth e10e.
If you will trust me | will go back to
Chevening and bring you a e1O0 note
and place it in the hollow Of that tree.
| cannot lose my watch"
The man did trust him The earl
did bring the note. Years after Lord
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
TO GROW SILK WORMS.
Congress to BE Asked for Funds {,
Provide for a New Industry.

Congress to BE Asked for Funds to
Provide for a New Industry.
For the purpose of making expert
ments In the raising of silkworms and
the production of raw silk, Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson proposes to ask
Congress for an appropriation Of $1O,-
900. If successful in this endeavor and
II his experiments turn out well, it is
his hope to establish in the United
States an industry which will keep
within our borders a considerable por-
ton of the S45,OOO, 900 which is an
nually paid 10 foreign producers for
raw silk. 1t is the belief Of the promo
ter Of the scheme that the south will
prove a most fertile field for silk
farmers and that eventually the in
dustry will be conducted there and in
the west on extensive lines. The SCI
snce Of raising silkworms is most in
teresting. The silkworm is the larva
Of a moth and may be regarded rs
truly domesticated showing no desire
20 escape from confinement II kept sup
piled with food The eggs OF the silk
worm are nearly spherical and about
the size Of turnip seeds. Each female
produces on an average from 300 to 400
Of them, about 10000 making an ounce
in weight The eggs, when about to
hatch, are spread out on clean paper
thinly, and over them are laid small
pieces Of ordinary mosquito netting,
over which are scattered a few finely
cut mulberry leaves. The newborn
worms at once pass through the
meshes Of the net in search of food,
and the whole can be easily removed
to the place where they are to pass the
drst stage of their existence. When
at length the worms begin to lose ap-
petite and throw out silk, It is time for
the grower to construct little arches
Of twigs between the shelves for the
spinning OF the cocoons. When this
has been done the worms promptly
mount into the branches and begin to
spin. Care has to be taken to prevent
any two or three Of them from making
q double or treble cocoon, which would
be unfit for weaving.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

Queer as some kinds OF business are.
the work of the drummers who trav-
ell in those lines seem queerer yet. 1t
might not seem odd to know that big
houses deal exclusively in glass eyes
or in telescopic adjustable cofiins, but
when a commercial traveller goes out
on the road to work UP these lines
there appears something weird about
his occupation. The fascination OF a
glass eye in persons face is remark
able. AS a rule it looks as II it stared
at you, whether it does or not, there
is an unconquerable desire to stare
at it. But there is something still
more uncanny about the one-eyed
drummer who opens his sample case,
takes out scores of eyes and fits them
into the sightless orifice in his face to
show you just how natural they look
The drummer scarcely can carry glass
eyes representing all kinds, because no
doubt his home house has sample
stock Of 10000 eyes, and no two alike
This Of course, is because the eyes
of no two human beings are exactly
alike, and this is sometimes the case
with the eyes Of one person. So the
drummer can give only a hint of the
great variety the trade affords. The
finest quality of glass eyes come from
France and German, principally the
latter country. America has learned
everything in the art except how to
glaze properly. We get the shape and
the color, but our glaze is soft and
worn through easily. Possibly most
persons with natural eyes couldn't tell
the difference, but an expert can, and
80 can person whom fate has decreed
shall go henceforth through the world
with one glass eye, How the German
and the French do it is a trade secret
that is guarded iealously. The glass
eye isn't solid, but a thin shell of
porcelain with the iris blown in the
center Some of the most expensive
have the white about the iris hand
painted daintily, with even the delicate
blood vessels showing The drummer
has the most difficulty in fitting gray
eyes, for the markings are so varied.
Sometimes house has to send abroad
for the correct thing, which is made es-
pecially to order. A drummer in glass
eyes keeps at work pretty actively, for
the life of an artificial eye is only two
or three years at the most, end seme-
times only as many months. AS a burnt
child breads the fire, so Goes a person,
with a glass eye, If he has had expert
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
A TYPICAL sucKEr.sHoP.
How These Concerns which Prey on the
Unsophisticated Are Run.


Unsophisticated Are Run.
The typical bucket-shops are gener-
ally dingy and i'll lighted, because they
are located in old buildings whose
landlords are particular regarding the
tenants ability to pay and care moth
ing for the tenants business. A quo
tation board occupies one side of the
room, as in stockholders offices
throughout the land, and the custom
ers sit before it and study the QUOTA
tions from the New York Stock Ex-
change. A ticker" whirs and clicks
away impassively, and a clerk chalks
the quotations on the board or else
records them by means of cardboard
numbers Uptown the quotations
come by telegraph from a wire direct
from the downtown" office. In GER
tain instances bogus quotations are
given, but this seldom happens in the
metropolis-the patrons would not tol.
crate it-thougl it takes place in in.
land towns. When a customer desires
to buy" certain stock-it Is really to
bet on q rise in the pr;ce-he gives the
cashier his money, Or theoretically his
margin and receives ticket" or
receipt, wherein the firm acknowl.
edges having purchased certain mum.
her of shares of a certain stock for
the customers account and risk, at
the last quoted price. Thus, if you
wish to 60 "long' of FIVE shares of
Atchison stock at -, you deposit So,
and receive your receipt showing you
have purchased the five shares at 45lk
the fraction representing the bucket.
shop commission for buying, which Is
the same that is charged by members
of the New York Stock Exchange.
Should the stock rise to 4G you would
cash in," or take your profits--receive
the difference between 451s and 457s,
the last eighth being deducted for the
selling commission, so that on a one
point rise you make 1915 on your five
shares. On the other hand If the price
declined "A point to 441s you are
wiped you lose your entire So. The
commissions for buying and selling
are houses "rake of" and you really
have a run of only S719 cents for your
dollar. In the smaller bucket shops,
where they take orders for two shares
and even for one share-they deduct
both commissions at once, so that your
ticket would read, Bought one share
of Atchison at 45A," instead Of 451s,
as in the others, or 45, as 1t would he
in a legitimate Office. Should the price
decline to 44A you are "wiped"-the
shop allows for n decline of but three
quarters of a point, so that you get
only a 75-cent run for your money.
Where stocks fuctuate more than n
fraction in a day-and all active stocks
usually dot is very easy to be wiped
out. If you sell a stock short the
procedure is the same-Edwin Le-
fevre. in Harper's Weekly.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
How He Got His Job.

The young man stood before tho
great steel magnate. a moment later
the latter looked up.
He stared at the rough clothing, the
muddied shoes and the unkempt hair
Of the youth.
well" he said.
The youth retained his presence Of
mind He wanted q job because he
needed it.
Sir he said, 81 have came"
He got no farther. a smile irradiat-
ed the magnates face.
That's all right" he sad "the job
is yours. l was afraid at first that
you might be one Of these worthless
college graduates"
And When the youth, the yaledic-
torlan Of his class and the pride Of the
university, again faced his mirror he
winked expressively at his own rehee-
tion.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

ence. Coming from the cold outdoor
air into a heated house and stepping
up to the fire to warm is likely to re-
suit in the eye cracking and dropping
out of the head. False eyes, like false
teeth, are taken out at night, thereby
increasing the chance Of breakage or
loss. So, altogether, the business OF
a drummer in glass eyes is likely to
be brisk all the year round. Then
there's the man who sells telescope
coflns, which win n a corpse Of any
height and width. His certainly is a
CHASTITY calling, but not much more
so than of the fellow who travels with
skeletons and bones for students, hos
pitfalls and museums. Flea powder and
flea traps are out of the ordinary lines
of commercial travelling, yet there are
men who make a good living by sup
plying smaller houses with such things
and the same may be said of push
ers' for rat and mouse poisons. Down
among the farmers of Long Island are
men who GO about with samples OF
fish, which, because Of the phosphorus
they contain, are guaranteed to be the
finest kind of fertilizers for worn-out
land. In Africa American drummers
of certain lines have the whole con-
tinent for their field exclusively II
they get an order once in six months
they are well repaid for their labor
These few men deal in iron bridges
like that which an American nrm re-
Gently built over tho Atbara River
taking the contract for rapid work
when Englishmen would not touch H.
There's a man in England who has
travelled through the British isles with
mummies to dispose Of to museums at
from $3.50 to $500 each. He strayed
into this line accidentally for at the
time he was doing nothing, and Z
friend, a civil engineer in Egypt, had
a chance to buy Job lot Of Ptolomies,
which he forwarded to England with
instructions how and where to sell
them. Then there are drummers In
battlefield relics-swords and guns,
bullets and cannon balls dug up on the
field of Waterloo. Possibly they were
dug up there, but If so, it was becaust
they were planted few weeks before
Still It's far more likely that they ac-
quired their rusty look in soil far from
the blood-soaked field These partic-
ular relics hnd ready sale to the
tourists in Belgium who want to take
something home with them. New
York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
water Cure for stIn Muscles.

The simplest temporary cure for a
stiss- neck or any similar attack OF the
muscles, says a physician, is a free
drinking of water. A large glass full
of water every half hour, or even of
tener, should be taken, and the treat
ment kept up for at least half day.
This, it must be remembered, only
cures the effects, and unless it is kept
up for a long time will hardly get at
the cause, which is now generally un-
derstood to be an excess Of uric acid in
the blood. The use Of a very large
amount Of water has tendency to
dilute the blood and increase the sup
ply of the lubricants about the sheaths
of the muscles, 1t is the deficiency OF
those lubricants that produces what
are known as stiff necks, stiff should
ers and the like.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
How America was PeonIed.

Among the theories to account for
the peopling Of this continent the one
nsOst generally accepted is that man
came here across Bering Strait from
Asia, The principal argument against
this is the lack Of resemblance in cul-
ture and customs between the abor-
igines Of this country and the races
OF Asia. It is held by many writer's
that the difference is too great to war
rant us in believing them to have a
common origin.
In a recent article on this subject a
writer claims that the difference may
be readily accounted Tor by the fact
that all the Asiatic arts ard customs
would have been literary frozen out
OF a migratory people in their getting
around Bering Strait. AS they moved
northward they weuld, in the course
OF generations, lose the characteristics
OF their life, one after another, especi.
ally agriculture and the having of
domestic animals; and as they got
nearer the Polar Circle their whole
energies would necessarily be devoted
to keeping warm and finding food.
According to this theory the people
that first crossed Bering Strait lost all
their culture before they got here; but
in moving southwark they developed
again into improved ways Of living.
All this, however, consumed genera
tions Of time, and during that long in
terval all trace Of their original Asi-
attic customs was obliterated and their
new customs were different.-Phila-
delphia Record
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
60. ,zs..' - -'-,--.- - 49,
Winter RailroadinR In Russia.

Southwestern Russia had an "old-
fashioned" snow storm last winter in
which travellers were accumulated and
held so long at certain small stations
that II was very difficult to get food
enough for them. At one station there
were over 20O0 passengers, waiting to
be forwarded and 5000 laborers en-
gagged in digging out the road. In
some places the snow was thirty ieet
deep All this was about n the lati-
ture Of Paris and Vienna. Regular
rescue trains with sleGgey we're fitted
out, provided with provisions, wraps.
overshoes, etc, asa sent In search Of
the stalled trains, whose passengers
were usually carried by them to odes-
sa. .... ..--
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

All over the country, in every State
and Territory, the terrors of the law
should be made more formidable to the
kidnapers. The stealers of children
and those who go no further than to
threaten parents with the loss Of son
a daughter should expect no mercy.
Their punishment should be swift and
exemplary.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

Stanhope was at a city dinner and
next to him sat a London alderman of
great wealth, a man highly respected.
He and the earl talked of many
things and found each other mutually
entertaining. Next day Lord Stan
hope received a letter, out of which
dropped a e10O note. ct was your
lordship's kind loan of this sum-" said
the note, that started me in life and
enabled me to have the honor of sitting
next 20 your lordship at dinner"
The United States is now ahead OF
Germany in naval strength by about
5000 tons, and thus is entitled to
fourth place among naval powers.
Nearly all the organizations for de-
bate in Kentucky bear the name Of the
Henry Clay Debating Club"
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

2 a wireless telegraph station is to be
established on the Nantucket lightshlp
and another on the nearest point Of
land. In this way it is expected that
vessels bound for New York City may
be reported at least twelve hours earl
fer than they can be reported now
from Sandy Hook light. -
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

1t was the quietest Fourth we ever
experienced. We would like to see the
Commissioners abolish the shooting of
all kinds of fireworks next year and make
it an ideal holiday.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

In most Northern States the rush is
from country to town. In the South.
ern States the country population has
increased sixty-hva per cent; cities,
@hirty-fye per cent, in ten years.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
,n.nns..lon. ter prLt..A ol.l.sn.hln.

? Qualifications for BSltish oitisSnshiR
Before foreigner can become a ciL-
zen Of the United Kingdom he must
have resided In Britain or have been in
the service OF the crown for Ave years.
Having this Qualification. and having
also the intsntion OF residing parma-
nently In the United Kingdom. or serv-
ing under the crown, he may apply TO
EAe Home Secretary for naturalization.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

"A California community recently
lynched at one seance five men accused
of horse stealing. This reads like the
good old dime-novel days
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

1t is well, when somebody chatters
about the successful business men
who never went to college, to ask the
chatterer what those men are now
doing with their own sons. Do they
send the boys into the shop or factory
or counting house at the age Of ten or
twelve, or do they keep them in school,
and later in college, till they are well
grown up? 71's@1rtss .s0s -.',aA
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

p. Here's another weapon that will
A-aa- s-s'sssA -Sssa- - 49, -er-a.s--s.r-
likely serve to deter other nations
from going to war. It is a revolver re.
sembling in shape a small carbire.
1t was Invented by a Swiss army Off.
Ger, and will soon be issu d to the
troops Of that country, The weapon
has bore Of 7.95 min, and fires forty.
eight shots in twenty-elght seconds,
which are warranted to kill at 1000
yards.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
Parlor Car Seats Is cents additional
each way.

This Time Table shows tho time at
which trains may be expected to depart
from the station named, but their de-
parture at the time stated is not guaran-
teed nor does the Company hold Itself
responsible for any delay or any consc-
quences arising theretrom.
OTTo MEARs, A. II LEWIS
Pres. ANA Gon'l Mgr. Gen'l Pass ACT
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06

All excursion trains returning from
Chesapeake Beach in the evening will
not stop at District Line Station, but will
transfer passengers TO special street cars
at Dcunwood, two miles west OF District
Line Station.
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
sussoRRr1oS RATES

KrteraA as - PoG efRoe fsV irsasRtSstoN
a Are,,SA ~ wadlh e SSosAd-olssS raaes-
The suburban citizen., 1901-07-06
Elective Sunday May 26, 1901
Subject 20 change without notice.
WEEK DAYS,
WEEK DAYS
SUNDAYS.
.IMPORTANT.

Extra sections Of above trains are run
when necessary.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
LOCAL MARKET REVIEW.

The local market possessed no features Of
an extraordinary character yesterday The
aey Is usually duh one in heavy lines.
out the vendors We're out in the wards
early and found the climbing Of the mer.
curry good Incentive to the disposal Of
tue fruit products, Tho vegetable dealers
were rapidly handing out their goods from
the outskirts Of the old market grounds.
and all in all, the closing OF the week was
not an inactive period
indications at present point 20 small
apple yield, aud before the season Is end,
60 they may not be easily obtalnable.
mere seems TO be an absence Of new
Araut and eantaloupes are beginning to
grow somewhat scsrcer
Some new California fruit was In e,i.
sss1szdAS. Lamsae In thAsa coaasa.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
CONTINUED puLtNess PREVAILED.
New Orleans Buyers Won't Pay Prices
and Factors R.Lmao 20 Sacrllce.

/ New Orleans Buyers Won't Pay Prices
p and Factors Refuse 70 Sacrifice
New orleans, August 3--Continued dnll-
nose prevailed In the market today IN ugh
ehe sales reported for the short hours az.
aregated some 500 bales. However, OF
that amount. about GEO bales we 9 sold
safer hours" last evening and fail, TO
enter yesterdays record, The demand for
snedium and low grades IS slack and huy
ers are not taking hold OF thuse qualiu Q
at the current level 81 prices raglprs,
on the other hand, are not Inclined ,o
make sacrifices pending the receipt Of the
II, consequence the market today closed
steady at previous quotations.
Ifsuallv Saturdays short 81 Sslun Is fair
IN acfive In the market for contracts Int
fotlay has been an exception 30 he ru =
aud but for a piddling trade IN octobrr
4hcre Was nothing o. any conSe iuelice
dolng. Added 30 the fact that the trade
Vhe receipt Of the bureaus crop conuiuon
report Liverpool Is closed hard aud tast
on account OF the bank holiday, and as a
rreult the influence OF Transatlantic senu
ment Is removed krom the msfhe's On ms
rms market opened points hisher for
AruuNt contracts hut win the Other 30
eitions or from Go points AMI dulins
az. forenoon moved sluEgisny oNer maze
rnyv ranre ether way There WIS no
xplftt shown by either bulls or hears anu
fhe market fairly drifted ~ close, when
rhe comparison with yesterday PRICES
showed not lrrxcs ~ 10 poul,s ON an
enxe the current month, which stood at an
advance OF 4 points.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
HEAVY STAPLES.

ANNUNIrION,--P Powder. per keg. "a %.
blasting powder, 81 6S per kee; dron shot
per sack 81. fa, buck, 81 %,
RACON--Egtr9 short clear ln sacks on,
"a Zoe, regulars lOAc, boxed. Nc higher:
bellies iOl4pluAic,
BAGGIN6 AND TIES Raggsng. slh
7,tc; lAlh, Sc, Arrow ties, less than ear,
load lots from Houston, S1.eo.
CANDY wrapped, basis ~ No y
Oiaae9tc per M, No 4, full weight, BASIS
81, 7Amflac per 10; special Sizes, itac high
or. mixed. Uistlac, Us to quality
tANDl.E S- Star. full weight i0ise: Gran
lite. fun weight, lie, Electric Lights alsc
CEMrNr Portland. 81 1913 ~; Rosen
dale 81 9ofi2 go.
EoFFEI' Rio. fair SmSAc, prime Ql
exc; choice, 9ipmH9icl PeRbcrry, i2N6fl2lbc
Coraoya iSc Roasted conecs Arhnckie',
Ariosa basis lOoib eases iltac delivered
Apsx. i2-9oc; Lion, Lei Gold Seal Aoohs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-04
GRAIN AND HAY.

Carload lots T. q. b. cars from mlliers
denlrrs charge from store 5dlioc more per
100 lbs on bran sMic per hushel on oats
and corn and lQsfiSc per 1uo his on hay
BRAN-per iod lbs, 81 12efl Is
WHEAT SHORTS Per 100 lbs. Sl,i5St
"a
CORN M . sacked. 76T7S
CORN CHorS Mixed and pure. 81 asa
l45.
OArS--Per bushel, 5leiS4c.
HAY--Alfalfa, SlSlo0di5.oO, choice tim,
othy, So ONf,2s.Oo; South Texas prairie
hay S6o0daD0, North Texas and Terri
tory hay, S14.5OfifS.00.