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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
AN A. R. AS EARLY EXPERIENCE

Rather a pathetic incident came un- der my notice some years ago." the lady manager said. "In q studio near here there lived young artist. l knew him fairly well. because during his early days in the neighborhood he used to come in every day to luncheon which Is served hot from 1 o'clock, His gen
 tie manners soon made him welcome to
 everybody. and there was great deal
 of competition as to who should wait
 on him, which always amused me as
 the service entirely depends upon which
 table the customer selects After a
 while he came less frequently, and then
 not at all, though we often saw him
 pass our window and go into an artists
 color shop, some doors down One day
 met him in the street, and was quite
 startled at his haggard appearance He
 stopped to speak to me, and remember cd to ask how our new premises, which
 had just been opened in town were
 prospering l said we were sorry we
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22

1 serrated teeth for nearly ten feet iron
 the point To make it still more for. | midable there are side fins or smal yauxiliary blades sticking out at inter.
 Yals of two or three feet; these also arc bristling with teeth. All these weap- | ons-sWords spears and maces-art l used principally with a saving motion l which, especially when the combatants
 are almost naked, is particularly effica- | cious, and yet it is astonishing in what | a skilIful way the Kingsmill islander Will defend himself in a combat with these murderous things; indeed, he ire quently comes off without scratch In Samoa also the sharks teeth is util- l ized in warfare.
 Mariner, in his Voyages in the Pa cific, makes mention of pair of gauntlets made of cocoanut fibre, and furnished on the palmar side with | sharks teeth set edgewise, He tells a remarkable tale of chief of plant pro- portions who always fought with these terrible gauntlets but he disdalned to rip open the bodies of his antagonists, either after the fashion of the Hindus armed with their bagh'-nakh, or tiger claw or yet according to the style of the negro tribes of the White Nile, who
 used a spiked ring round the wrist for the same purpose. Mariners hero was more heroic in his method. His custom was to rush at one of the enemy, seize
 him with one gloved hand, throw him
 violently on his face, steady his trunk
 with one foot, and catching him round
 the neck with both hands, bend him
 backwards until he broKeN
 This was his way WithN equals but
 with interiors he merely took his victim
 Up with his shark tooth gduntlets laid
 him across his knee, an Il bent him
 backwards like stick untH he snapped
 somewhere In the spine. In order to
 protect themselves against the cutting power of these gauntlets, the Samoans
 provided themselves with a broad belt of plaited cords firmly fastened togeth
 CT with twisted cocoanut fibre. This reached from the armpit to the hip and completely covered the left side of the body, that being the side most open to the enemy. Through this plaited armor the sharks teeth, not being long enough in the point, could not penetrate. However the arms and legs were still open to attack, and it seems that be- cause of this fact the art of armor- making made great strides in Samoa, to judge by some complete suits of CO., coanut fibre armor still eXtant, which appear as tough and impenetrable as the famous leather suit of George Fox. London Standard.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
THE FIRST THERMOMETER.

The first sealed thermometer was made some time prior to 1654 by Fer dinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany He filled the bulb and part of the tube with alcohol and then sealed the tube by melting the glass tip. There appears to be considerable doubt as to who first employed mercury as the thermometer liquid. The Academia del Cimento used such an instrument in 1657 and it was known in Paris in 1859. Fahrenheit, however, appears to have been the first to construct in TIA, mercury thermom- eters having trustworthy scales. The use of the boiling point of water was suggested by Carlo Renaldini in 1694,- The Engineer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
DIpHTHER1A DUE TO FOWLS.

The declaration has been made that cats can disseminate both scarlet fever and dphtheria to men. Now the sug- gestion comes from a remote part of Wales that there may ba some connec- tion between roup a disease which is frequently epidemic among fowls and diphtheria According to the Sanitary Record tLondon), Dr Herbert Jones, medical officer of health to the Rhond- da district, vixen Investigating fresh outbreaks of diphtheria in different To- calities found that in several instances there had been immediately preceding and running concurrently with a diph- theria outbreak, fatal epidemic among fowls
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
BRITISH OFFICERS AND MEN

1 The more look into British military
 of the subject-the more I am convinced that the peculiar strength of our army l lies in the intimacy of the relation that exists, and in due degree has always existed, between our reginenta officers and their men. In it's origin this inti- macy, which must not be confounded with mere familiarity, is no doubt as cribable to our political institutions, but it has been nurtured for centuries through innumerable wars until it has
 grown into thing apart. Every Eng
 lishman knows that there are no more
 gallant soldiers than the French, both
 officers and men, and yet the insolent
 old saying that one Englishman was a
 match for three Frenchmen was found-
 ed on experience. Lord Stair was as
 firmly convinced of it in 1743 as King Henry V in 1415 Yet outwardly the
 difference between the rival armies was not great. The French army until the Revolution consisted in General Foy's words, of the populace officered by the nobility; the British army up to much later date was made up equally of the populace officered by the gentry But in the matter of the relations be- tween officers and men there was no comparison between the two, and this was the secret of the British strength.
 As far back as in 1760 British officers harnessed themselves side by side with their men to drag the guns up to the ramparts of Quebec In 17S4 the part ing of the officers, captured at Sara toga, from their men drew tears from the eyes of veterans who would rather have shed their blood" AS far as sounds would convey" says Lieutenant Anbury, i've heard a reteration of God bless your honorsn --Macmillan's Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
SCIENCE NOTES.
Musical Mosquitoes.

The aesthetic side of the mosquito's s nature requires investigations A. M. Mayer found that the antennae heirs of the male mosquito are auditory. By using tuning fork he showed that some of these hairs are tuned so as to respond to vibrations numbering 512 per second. MT, Weaver an electrical en- gineer, while making some experiments in harmonic te,egraphy was surprised to find that at a certain note all the mosquitoes in the room focked to the instrument. He devi ed trap for el C. trocuting them but unfortunately did not observe whether the victims were all males Hiram Maxim, according to the Lancet, made similar observations by means of an electrical lamp which gave off a constant musical note. The instrument was soon covered with mos quitoes
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
RAISE roopsTIrEFs.

! The present high prices ought to giva q great impetus to the raising of food d- stutfs. If the Meat Trust continues td ! hold people by the throat and to roh them it's rapacity will make the raising of foodstuffs profitable.
 There is no reason why sheep, hogs. cattle, chickens and other forms o& flesh meat should not be raised and sol& independently of the Beef TrustL Chickens at thirty or forty cents apecs' are surely more profitable to rase than corn or cotton, and Irish potatoes at a dollar and half a bushel ought to be U paying crop.
 More attention should be paid to the raising of foodstuffs. Talk of money crop" is nonsense. Every crop is a money crop in these days. Food Is the chief need of the human family, and where this is abundant there is comfort and happiness.
 Everything is so expensive that ia purchased for the table that the food question is fast becoming serious one. There is no excuse for this in a country where everything may be raised,-~ Memphis Commercial Appeal,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
A FORGED SALE


 This naturally reminds one of the as tonishing history of one of Friths own portraits painted by himself. The cele- brated R. A. had entirely forgotten its existence until a friend entered his stu dio one morning and asserted that a capital nicture of himself was on view in a small shop in Great Portland street. Its not bit like what you are now" observed the friend, but 1t may have resembled you some years ago. Go and look at it." MT Frith went and found his own image after an estrangement of forty-flve years He determined to buy it, though he had not the faintest recollection of having painted it, "Ah, a portrait said Firth to the woman in charge of the shop, after he had pretended to exam inc several other works. Whose like ness is that?" That" said the lady lis a portrait of the celebrated artist Firth. painted by himself" Why, he must be an elderly man" put in the artist. The woman remarked that he was young once, "Humphv quoth the genial w. r. F.; mot much of pie ture." To this the woman demurred, and asked twenty pounds for the can vas It was Friths turn to appear sur prised. Well" replied the shopkeeper without moving muscle, Tit cost us nearly as much; we shall make very small profit. You see, it is very valua- ble because the artist is diseased!" "Deceased," exclaimed the astonshed painter Dead do you mean?' Yes, sir; died of drink. My husband attend ed the funeral" Fifth bought the pie ed the funeral" Firth bought the pie Chambers Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
RIITONG

Biltong is the name applied to the familiar dried beef of South Africa. Dr. W. D. Halliburton. assisted by several experts. has analysed this well known product. The sample sent him appeared to have been obtained from the hoodoo antelope, probably. Hard and dried, the Boers scrape it with a knife and when grated Dr. Halliburton's correspondent added, 1t is much more palatable than it's appearance is calculated to suggest. This sun-dried meat has been found to possess nutritious properties of a fairly high order, and what is equally to the point, is said to be readily dissestible, this last point determined by experi- ment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
GAswoRKs AS HEALTH RESORTS.

It is a common practice in districts where asthma and bronchitis are preva- lent for people to purchase at the gas- works a small quantity of tar, which is put into gallipot jar or other vessel and placed under the bed, the experi- ence being that gases emanating there from have a soothing effect upon the lungs. It is well known that gasworks are regarded as first-class health re- sorts for children suffering from whooping cough.-Feilden's Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
Heart
 Disease

retards the circulation, weakens the stomach, deranges digestion, pollutes the blood, destroys the nervous force and saps the vitality of the whole system. It causes pains in the side, pal pitation, shortness of breath, smothcring, dropsical swellings, sinking spells, and frequently ends all suffering in sudden death. Why tempt death when a cure is within easy reachf
 My head would get so hot it seemed to be burning up, while my feet were like ice. My limbs would swell and get numb. had to sit in a chair day and night for months and my heart throbbed and pained me terribly. After using three bottles of Dr. Miles Heart Cure l could do good days work"
 J. II. MAcLAX,
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22

Might As Well.--Katie--Mis' Lun- mis, ma wants t know f you can let her have a cup O sugar, two eggs, n little butter.
 Mrs Lummis-Well, I never! Katie Potter, you go home n tell your mother I said if she'd wait till I had time t make it, she could come oveF n take the cake. Philadelphia Bulls letin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22

"Bluffer says he never comes here to lunch because he doesn't care for a table d'hote luncheon
 No his preference is la carte--the lunch-cart up the alley. Philadelphia Rnnnrd
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22

Vindictive-Ma said she would never forgive him.
 Ethel-But she afterward married him.
 Mae-That merely shows that she meant what she said.-Brooklyn Life
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
Dr.. Niles Heart Care

never fails to relieve, and few cases are too severe for it to cure. Sold by druggists on guarantee.
 Dr. Miles Medical Co.,, Elkhart, Ind.
The oasis., 1902-08-16

thoroughly appreciated.
 For Rough and Dressed Lumber of all classes. Doors, Windows, Door Frames, Window Frames. and all kinds of Building Mate rials, go to William G. Dumont, Patagonia, Arizona.
 In another column there appears the call of the republican territorial committee for the convention at Phoenix to nominate candidate for delegate to congress, and no- tice of q meeting of the republican central committee of Santa Cruz. county to arrange for the county conventions.
 Henry l.. Shattuck, of Shellsburg, Iowa, was cured of stomach trou- bic with which he had been afflict- ed for years by four boxes of Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He had previously tried many other remedies and a num- Der of physicians without relief. For sale by l.. w. Mix X Go.
 Monday evening after the south bound train was in readiness to leave Nogales, heavy rains were re- ported in the vicinity of Mazda lena, and the train was held here until six o'clock Tuesday morning, when it was started out. The train from the south did not arrive until three o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It laid at Carbo all night. While there was heavy rainfall, it had done no damage.
The oasis., 1902-08-16

presentative, whom the company may change at will, subjected to approval by the executive commit tee.
 Active members include indiv- iduals interested directly or indi- rectly in mining, who are entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership upon payment of SlO gold annually, subject to approval by the executive committee.
 Associate members are entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership, except voting. upon poyment of $5 gold annually, sub- ject to approval by the executive board.
 Honorary members may be elect ed by the executive committee, and when so elected they shall have all the rights and privileges of mem- bership. This provision enables the chamber to enlist the services
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of eminent gentlemen resident in the region whose influence may be of value to the association.
 The objects set forth are to foster and encourage the mining industry in the region covered, to collect data, statistics and reports (parti- cularly from government sources) maps, plans, etc, to establish a library of mining literature, to es- tablish and preserve a cabinet of minerals. and to generally assist and forward the business of min ing.
 To the plan presented, all pres ent, to the number of twenty-five or more, affixed their signatures, and committee was appoint ed to solicit m m bership. The committee consists of Messrs. R. P. Sharpe, c. O. Richards and Dr. J. McCollum.
 It was arranged that after a care ful canvass for signatures the com mittee will call another meeting of all who sign to complete organiza- tion, elects officers, etc.
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THE REFORM SCHOOL.
An Elegant Structure Now Approach ing Completion at Benson, at a Remarkable Moderate Cost.

Upon this page of THE OASIS there is this week presented fine engraving of the building recently erected at Benson, in Cochise county, by the Territory of Ari zona, for territorial reform school.
 The new edifce occupies com manding position in the south western quarter of the town, upon a site of forty acres donated to the territory by the people of Benson. The structure, which is of stone. presents depth of 120 feet and a length of fifty-fve feet. It com prises two stories and basement.
The oasis., 1902-08-16

Saturday evening of last week the gentlemen interested in the or. ganization of mining exchange in Nogales, assembled at the office oi MT. R. P. Sharpe to receive the re- port of the committee appointed at a previous meeting to frame plan of organization.
 Mir. G. A. Lonsbury, of Duquesne, was chosen to preside and Mir. c. o. Richards was named secretary.
 Upon behalf of the committee, the secretary read the plan framed which was adopted with slight change. The name accepted is the Arizona and Sonora Chamber of Mines"
 The governing body of the cham Der of mines will be an executive committee consisting of seven elect ed members, the president, vice. president, secretary and treasurer, making a body of at lesst eleven gentlemen; and as membership ex- tends to other localities, gentlemen residing there will be chosen vice. presidents, entitled to seats in the executive board.
 Memberships are divided into four classes, viz: representative, active, associate and honorary.
 Representative members are those nominated by any mining company operating in the field described, viz: Southern Arizona, Sonora and adjacent states of Mexico, the com pany so represented paying $25 gold annually, and naming the re-
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The engraving and foregoing de- scription will give the reader an idea of the handsome structvre, which is one of the finest public buildings in Arizona. MT. H. c. Frost. of Tucson, who was the architect of the Nogales public school building, is the architect and superintendent of construction of the reform school. Messrs. Fi- field x Gallagher, of Phoenix, who were the contractors for the state capitol, are the contractors who have built the territorial reform school. Their contract price was $24,7 and for that price they have given the people of Arizona splendid building we'll worth the money paid.
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N0CALES NOTES.

Furnished house to let. Apply to THE OASIS.
 Wedne -dav Mrs. Lulu Wood went to California for a short visit.
 HAY FOR SALE.-Barley or alfalfa, loaded Jn the cars. Address w. H. Walker, Calabasas, Arizona.
 Tuesday MT. Pablo Osterman, of Ell Cajon, was at Nogales. He re- mained here couple of days, and returned to Hermosillo
 Monday MT. R. s. Sturmer, of the Nogales Steam Bakery, opened his new ice cream and refreshment parlor in the Luketich building on Morley avenue, where his customers will hereafter find all his incom- parable wares for sale.
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ing room, a great apartment 4Sx20 feet, which extends the full width of the vestibule and the two offices. All of these four rooms are laid with cement floors. In the left wing of the building upon this floor are also the main kitchen, 25x14 feet, small dining room for the officers of the institution, which dining room Is AXIS feet. There is also a sitting room 14x1S feet. In the right wing are four parlors, each 17x124 feet.
 Upon the second floor in the mid dle front, there are two large rooms one 15x20, the other 15x26 feet In the middle back are two rooms each 20x23 feet. These four apart ments may be divided into dormi- tories. In each wing are four rooms two 12x1S and the other two 12x15, the eight to be devoted to the uses of officers and teachers.
 The basement, which is finished in cement, includes ten large rooms to be devoted to storage, furnaces, etc. The ceilings in the first story are eleven feet above the floors, and in the second story thirteen feet. The basement rooms are ten feet in height.
 The roof is hipped, laid with metal cover, Spanish style model.
 The building is wired for cleo tricity, and laid with water and sewer pipes throughout, so that when the furnishing is done there will be no extra work to make the connections.
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Just Look at Her.

Whence came that sprightly step, faultless skin, rich, rosy com plexion, smiling face. She looks good, feels good. Here's her secret. She uses Dr. Kings New Life Pills. Result-all organs active, digestion good, no headaches, no chance for "blues." Try them yourself. Only 25c at all drug stores.
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Thurs s d a y Mir
 nd Mrs. E. Luke ich went to Los Angeles for a vaca- ion. After enjoy ng a visit of some weeks in. Califor- lia they will re- urn to their home tt Hermo-sillo.
 Monday m or n- ng Bryan& Win CTS, whose sue ession to Charles Beck was noted n THE OASIS of ast week, opened or business with a inc stock of meats n hand. Their Kansas City beef ; particularly ex- client. and after
 h e shortage in neat the p e pie nave suffered, is
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THE OASIS has the largest cir culation and gives the best results to advertisers.
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The stone is a vol canic rock known as Tufa, which is of a very durable quality and will last for centuries. The rock used in this structure came from a quarry near Tucson.
 En t erin g the building through the arc d way shown in the en- graving, the visitor ascends a flight of stone steps into a We sti ule l2x1S feet. Upon each side of the vesti- bule are the offices, two large rooms, each 1Sx164 feet in dimensions. An arched way leads from the vestibule into the main dim
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Furnished house to let. Apply to THE OASIS.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-24
Auction Sale.

l will have a public sale on the
west half Of Sec. 26, Badger town
ship, known as the Everett Smith
farm, 81 miles northwest Of Mitch
ell, on Thursday, Oct. 80, commenc-
ing at 10 o'clock sharp. The follow
ing property will be sold: 30 mich
cows, 3 yearling heifers, % calves.
l team of mules; a Sharples hand
separator, hay rake, corn planter. ,
corn cultivators. riding pillow. set of
double harness. Free lunch at noon
Terms of sale: All sums Of $40 and
under cash, over SO time will be
given on bankable security until Oct.
l, 1908, at 10 per cent interest; 2 per
cent discount for cash. J. S.
Serveson & Son will be the auction
GERS. Jessie Fuller.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-24
Public Sale.

l will sell at public auction on Oct.
p, on section %, known as the Cox
farm, I head OF horses, "A head OF
COWS and steers, 81 hogs, farm
machinery. blacksmith tools, 25 tons
of good hay, a quantity of grain, 40
turkeys. and numerous other articles.
Sale will commence at 10 O'Clock.
Free lunch at noon. One years time
will be given on approved security
at s per cent interest; 2 per cent dis
count for cash. SeverSOn & Son will
be the auctioneers.
N. D. Smith.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-24
A~uctiOneers' Dates.

J. S. Serveson & Son are working
up a fine business in the a%uctiOneers'
line. Their experience, ability and
square dealing are giving their
patrons perfect satisfaction. Follow
ing are the dates on which they
have already engaged to conduct
sales, Oct. %, %, 90, and 80, Nov. 1st
and 9th. All dates of the above firm
can be had at this office.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-24
Property for Sale.

NV a 24-1o4-59, 5000. 90
Sc a 6-104-59, 5000. 90
S = 3-1o4-6o. 5000. 90
Ell 21-1O1-62, 5000. 90
All improved. Terms q cash,
balance 6 percent. Apply at residence
4O4 W. 4th street. Phone No. As.
Frank Weller, Mitchell, S. D.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-24

Scald head is an eczema of the scalp
very severe sometimes, but it can
be cured. Doan's Ointment, quick
and permanent in its results. At any
drug store, so cents.