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The oasis., 1902-02-08
NocALEs NOTES.
interesting Items Gathered Around
 the Line Cities.

Rooms.
 Rooms. Elm street. Rooms
 Flewelling
 Doctor Bristol, dentist, Nogales. x
 Saturday last Mir. w. M. Hoey returned from trip to Clifton.
 Doctor Francisco Mimiaga, office opposite Mexican Custom House. Telephone Main 5S4.
 Saturday last Mir. W. H. Demp- sey come up from the Altar district of Sonora, where he is interested.
 Miners and surveyors compases and magnifiers--a good assort- ment at Pelligrins' Assay Office.
 Saturday evening Mir. Aurelio Sandoval went to Hermosillo, re- turning Tuesday Morning.
 United States Custom House manifest blanks for sale at THE OASIS.
 Sunday evening Judge Esteban Maqueo Castellanos, of the federal district court, went to Hermosillo. Reliable Assays and Chemical Determination, A. l.. Pellegrin, U, $. Assayer.
 Theo. Gebler x Son are making a galvanized iron tank of 1000 gal Ions capacity for Mir. R. D. George. Fresh and select Yaqui river oysters, raw, with coffee like your mother makes. 25cts. The Little Night Wagon. x
 Wednesday of last week Miss Cora Wilde, late stenographer in the United Sates custom house at Nogales, died at El Paso.
 The American Dairy, Joe Carbon proprietor, will deliver fresh milk daily to any part of the city Patronage solicited.
 MT. k. H. Hughes has been ap- pointed superintendent for the Ari- zona x Sonora Manufacturing Company.
 Monday Mir. L. J. F. lager of the Montezuma was down from Tucson. Tuesday morning he re- turned to the old pueblo.
 Newest and latest styles of fall and winter suits for gentlemen's wear, Leave your measure with L. B. Fleischer.
 Sunday evening Mir. L. w. Jim mic, the enterprising merchant, went to La Colorado, returning home Tuesday morning.
 MT. R. B. Burnham, the assayer has established his office in his new quarters, on Morley avenue, next to the o. K. livery stable, and he is prepared to give the best values for all work in his line.
 Sunday Mir. and Mrs. L. Schmidt started for California, where they will visit time, and then go to their former home at Hannibal,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22
THE GAME oF PosrnrAN.

"Postman" is a very lively game.
quick movement and a scramble for
places being the life of it. Boys and
girls of every age find it immensely
entertaining. 1t may be played by an
unlimited number, the more the mer-
rier. The only thing to prepare for it
is list of cities anl towns equal to
the number q players. One of the
players is selected as the postmaster
and another as the postman. Having
removed as much furniture from the
room as possible. arrange chairs
around the walls and have the players
occupy them. There must be no empty
chair; this is essential. The postmas-
ter gives to each player the name of
a city or a town, and then blindfolds
the postman and places him in the
center of the room. The postmaster
himself stands where he can overlook
the players. Everything being ready,
the postmaster begins the game by
saying, for example: Il have sent
letter from New York to Boston" The
moment he has spoken, the players
representing New York and Boston, re-
spectively, get up and move quickly to
change places. 1t is the object of the
blindfolded postman to catch one of
them as they run, or to take possession
of one of their chairs. If he succeeds
in doing either, the player he has
caught. or whose chair he has taken,
has to become postman. The postmas-
ter is not changed unless he becomes
tired. If you get a good one, keep him,
for much depends on the readiness
with which he calls the mails between
the cities. This is the jolliest kind of
a game and there is just enough remp-
ing in it to do boys and girls lot of
good.-Los Angeles Times.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22
AN onp LIrTLE KINa.

James the sixth of Scotland, after
ward James the First of England was
not the first youngster to wear the
Scottish crown, but he certainly was
the queerest. He was born in June,
1856. prince royal of Scotland and Duke
of Rothsay. The Queen of England
was to be his godmother, and the King
of France his godfather, and as news
Travelled very slowly in those days, it
was December before the foreign en-
Yoys reached the court to stand spon-
sors at his baptism Queen Elizabeth
sent the royal baby an immense silver
font and the King of France sent
jewel and a bag of gold. The baby
king was dipped bodily in the big font
and never squealed For some time he
lived at Sterling castle for safety. His
unfortunate mother was taken prisoner
and forced to abdicate the throne in
his favor. His beautiful baptismal font
was melted down for funds with which
to fight against his poor mother, and
the bag of gold went in the same way.
While he slept and played in happy
infancy battles were fought and skulls
Were cracked in his name, and he knew
nothing about it. When thirteen
months old he was crowned King
james the Sixth in Sterling castle.
This little royal oddly was six years
old before he could "wobble on his ain
legs" as he expressed it. When five
years old, and still unable to walk, he
was carried into Parliament, a little
bunch Of king, to sit on the throne
bundled in robes of state and make his
first speech to his subjects. He had
learned It by heart and chartered it off
perfectly, but his small eyes gazing
about had noticed a slate off the roof,
and when he finished the speech that
mad been taught him he added a SEN
tence OF his own: There is one hole
IN this Parliament" Though this child
was king Of Scotland, he had a very
unhappy childhood. His tutor, George
buehanan, hated all children, but es-
- iAeANu lnG llltl6 Mig lOi
MS poor mothers sake. 1t was an
oad sight to see him driven joyously
through the streets for an hour or so
eaoh week, holding Lady Mar by one
nand and kissing the other hand to
ms people, a grim guard of honor at
MS pack and a toy sword at his side.
> really learned little lad for his
lnches able to parse Latin correctly.
ms people laughed at him and with
nim' and watched for him as the day
came for his walk and took to him
And who may you be, my
oohihe gentleman" a citizen asked
urn one day "Wha," replied the little
Aing promptly, but your ain high and
nlsnty prince and the lord of this
anu indianapolis News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

carved and very suitable for such a
place, but its chief value consists in
the fact that it is the chair in which
Mr.. Hit sat when he first came to
congress twenty years ago. The treas
ure has been placed in Mr.. Hits resi-
dence on X street.
Former Senator Chandler Of New
Hampshire, president Of the Spanish
treaty claim commission, will present
to Senator Lodge of Massachusetts a
handsome cigar box made Of sixteen
parts OF silver and one OF gold. and
ffttingly inscribed. to Commemorate
the fact that to Mr. Lodge is due the
honor, if honor it may be, Of having
been directly responsible for putting
into the gold plank Of 1869, following
the Endorsement Of international BIZ
metalism, the words which we pledge
ourselves to promote"
One Of the pretty features OF Mrs.
Roosevelt's afternoon reception was
that every time a child passed down
the line Mrs. Roosevelt stopped and
P~'sNN - anu lAeluelAIiy stopped Lne
line to have little talk with the
children. Another very noticeable de-
parture from the old rule Of White
House receiving was that neither Mrs.
Roosevelt nor the ladies receiving with
her shook hands with any one but the
children, combining their greetings to
a pleasant bow. The reception lacked
all of the strict formality and discom-
fort that usually mars a public recep-
ton, and even the stranger seemed
quite at esse. The thousand people,
many Of whom had waited in the driz-
cling rain, were from residents of the
District, with large number of tour.
lists who are passing through the city.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22
CHEAP HOTEL IN PORTUGAL.

Cycling Tourist Finds First-Class Ac-
Communications in Obscure Town.
At the risk of being tedious, /
must mention in some detail one more
of Portugal's hotels This day | was
tired after long days cycling from
Busaeo, which included a needless
twenty miles off toward the mountains
Of Vizeu, due to two places in the dis
trict having borrowed their names
from the same saint l was tired and
in doubt if Santa Comba Dao could re-
ceive me for the night. I could not
learn that there was any regular hotel
in the place, and it was after some
hesitation that l ventured to knock
at the door of a little house festooned
with flowers, in which / was told,
lived two maiden ladies who received
or refused guests at their pleasure,
says a writer in Chambers Journal.
This is the menu these ladies set be-
fore me: Hors d'oeuvre, vermicelli
soup, puchero, beefsteaks with new
peas in she'll, trout, salad, chicken
with new potatoes), sweets and
cheese, fruit and coffee, vim du pays
cred and white) Every item of this
meal was excellent; l feel no shame in
the confession The meal was served
in a room transformed into bower of
flowers. Masses of carnations and
roses filled one side Of it, and on the
other side creeper with purple bios
SONS grew in the house and draped
the door of my bedroom. When the
ladies went to bed, they put fresh
wine, cognac, and biscuits on the
table for me; and in the morning they
provided breakfast and blushed with
pretty pride when | thanked them for
their kindness. They asked me for the
equivalent of Is Sd, and thanked me
cordially when l paid it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

Losses by fire in European cities ara
less than one-tenth of those in the
cities here, though in Europe the fire
departments, except in one or two in
stances, are almost insignificant and
on casual survey wholly inadequate.
With a population of $500, 600, Paris
for years had fire loss less than Bos-
toms. Budapest, with a larger popu-
lation than Boston, lost less than
one-tenth the amount last year that
the Massachusetts, capital did.
Milan, with half a million inhabi-
tants, loses on the average Only $780,
600 a year, and the total damage by
fire in Venice, where 200, 900 people
live. was only about $40, 900. Londen's
loss is only about one-fifth that Of
New York.
1t is not that the fire departments
are SO very efficient in any of these
European cities but because the build
ings are planned on lines which rem
der them practically fireproof Wood
plays some part in the construction of
houses, but brick and stone surround
it invariably, and experience has
shown that elaborate fire lighting
forces are unnecessary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22
IRON MAN rAKrs 4 WIZ

2 9'ot5-"Iiter who eateeed to the
Joys Of fifteen or twenty years ago
pun up many thrilling tales about J
mechanical conbiyance in the form Of
man. such a machine Hercules
the iron Man"-was actually on exhi-
OltIon last summer at a Cleveland mark
ana the Leader tells of one Of tho
walks he took. Hercules is eight feet
hlgn, and when the oil fire inside him
IS lighted and steam is generated he
walks about, pushing a sort Of iron
wheeled cart. He wears a tall hat and
hideous grin. and puffs exhaust
steam through his nostrils. Late one
night some of the campers at the mark
lighted the fire in Hercules after the
resort was closed and the owner of
the figure had gone away. The valve
had been left open when the fire was
put out, and when steam was gener-
ated again the man began to walk
about the park For little while he
surpassed Frankenstein's monster No
one knew how to stop him, and he
walked all over the park, through the
shallow lake, over the tents of the
campers and the side-show tents.
Sleepers in his path had to be awak-
ened to get them out of the way, for
1t was impossible to control the steam
mans movements. inequalities in the
ground, trees and other Instructions
turned him aside, but did not stop him.
He terrorized the park for an hour,
but, like many human being, came
to grief at the bar. He marched up to
1t and knocked it over Hercules fell
with the bar and alighted on his head
on the other side. He stood there on
his head, kicking his feet in the air.
until his steam went down.-Youth's
Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

presidency of the Red Cross as has
been rumored. but remains at its
head. Although advanced in years
she is the same energetic, CHEEKY per-
son as ever Work, she says-respon-
Utility, the laboring for other-keeps
her young, and she proposes to die in
harness.
Ambassador and Mrs. Choate were
conspicuous figures at the social func-
tons of the last week. Many dinners
were given in their honor, and they
were assiduous in making visits. The
ambassador is in fine health and spir-
its, and speaks with enthusiasm of
his stay at the capital
Foremost in our higher national leg
islative body is, of course, the Presi-
dent Pro Tempore of the Senate, Mr..
Frye, senior senator from the state of
Maine William Pierce Frye was born
ct Lewiston, in the state he now so
ably represents, on the second day of
September, 1881. He served in the
AID, 43d, 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th con-
crosses, and was elected TO the United
States Senate in 1881 to fill the va
cacy caused by the resignation of Hon
James G. Blaine, and has served CON
tinuously in the latter body since that
time. He was reelected to the Senate
last year to serve another term begin
ming with March 4, 1901.
No more prominent persistent and
earnest advocate of subsidies to the
merchant marine than Senator Frye
lives. His whole mind and being are
centered up this important subject.
an he says in no uncertain tone that
ship subsidy bill shall pass Congress
at this session. A grizzled old fighter.
ne commands the earnest attention of
The Senate always.
Senator Frye is, besides beins Pres
sdent Pro Tempore of the Senate.
chairman of the committee on com
merce one of the most important of
the standing committees of the upper
house. During the last session he had
charge of the river and harbor bill,
carrying appropriations amounting to
more than seventy millions of dollars.
Mrs. Roosevelt held largely attend
ed informal card reception Tuesday.
The guests were received in the Blue
room by the Presidents wife, who
wore light lowered silk gown with
diamond-tipped pompadour aigrette in
her hair. Miss Alice Roosevelt. who
assisted her mother. wore a gown OF
white wool with Irish lace.
An interesting history attaches to a
chair which Representative Robert r.
Hit has just installed in his library
1t is a heavy oak piece, deliberately
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22
A MODERN VAN pLR pEoKEa.
Curious Tale Of tine Lying italian Brig

Curious Tale Of tine Lying TtaIian Brig
Anita 5.
A Nantes correspondent relates a
curious story regarding the wanaer-
ings of the italian brig Anita S. and
her adventurous skipper, Capt Rosa:
The Anita S. left Martinique on
June 6, 1900, with a cargo of SUGAR
consigned to a house in Nantes, but en-
route the captain borrowed at every
port at which he touched sums of
money, giving as security his ship and
cargo
When he could raise no more and
his store ran short. in order to avoid
being arrested IN port he hailed pass
ing merchant vessels and fishing
boats and bought provisions.
In this way he kept to the high seas
until Sept s, 1900, when AFTER a sue
cession Of terrible storms lie was fose-
ed to put into Santa Cruz. Tenel life.
Hle escaped detection and remained
there in security until May IL OF the
present year. when, after contracting
new loan Of G3.200 Captain Rosa
Of the good snip Anita s.. still carry
ing her cargo Of sugar, resumed her
erring pilgrimage.
For months he remained at sea, and
during that time the firm at Nantes,
to whom the gar was c1rsi ned, con
t1nued to receive reports that the brig
was cruising on the coast of England.
But Captain RCsa's resources gave
out at last. and, finding that he could
raise no more money and tired of be-
ing continually at sea, he returned to
Teneriffe il September and was ar
rested
During his wanderings, says the
London Mail, the Italian skipper had
succeeded in borrowing $4,000, while
the Anita S. is not worth G600. The
cargo Of sugar which left Martinique
seventeen months ago was trans-ship-
ped and has just reached Nantes in an
almost worthless condition.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

The other day the grave closed over
the remains OF Margaret Tomlie. who
died in Kirkcaldy at the age of sc. She
was born on the field of Waterloo the
day after the great battle. Margaret's
mother was the daughter of a corporal
of the I'd Royal North British dragons
(Scots Greys), and her father was a
trooper in the same regiment. On the
day after the battle. June 10, 1915, the
corporaFs daughter and other daugh-
tiers of the regiment sailed out from
Brussels to seek the living among the
dead. The wounded had already been
removed, and only what we're con-
sidered heaps of slain remained. But
the corporaFs daughter rescued the
body of her husband, identifying him
by the initials on his clothing, which
she had worked in worsted with her
own hands. She discovered that he
still lived and with the aid of two
women carried him to a neighboring
house. Overcome by the excitement
of the day, she, while still on the bat
tIeheld, gave birth to an infant. whose
death as an octogenarian is now chron-
icled
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

imam little Alice Aimless sighed be-
VIZ cause she had to work
- u wash the dishes, then TO tend
the bread
,..,sad Of making patchwork for her
tiny dolly's crib,
Her scissors, needle and the spool Of
thread
n.1.red they'd not work for her let
her Zee how good 'twould seem,
-, once and then they said they
Guessed she'd know
n INT always pleasant when mamma
wants something done
Nor her child 10 fret Just cause She
wished to sewi
Accordingly, the scissors cut up" in
awful style,
qbe thread just snarled in-oh, a
dreadful way;
The needle wouldn't use its eye-a
grave conspiracy
And Alice had a very wretched day.
q wonder ii l act like them when
am asked to work:
I'm 'fraid i do"--her face blushed rosy
red
II think the lessons done her good, so
we are satisfied
And scissors, thread and needle danced
off happily to bed.
-Adelbert F. Caldwell.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22


s seas INTO the state Of froghood ~
~ frogs there are many kinds inclnd,na
me giant hoarse-yoiced bnIlfros ' us,a,s
= saia to attain a length Of twa5t 49,"
I'VE W. inches; rhe leopard frog the s re-
. s and the wood frog. All these ~ ~
found in the ponds in spring wbitS T. !
eney 90 If not there already r. a..
o9ail tneir eggs or spawn" With the
elnoieiit help Of true toads and trae-
ooaus they make up the nocturnal dr.
T "a, OF the ponds and marsbes.
"eetAar the nights are thus made
Mucous or meIodious depends entlrelv
upon the audience. The orchestra i
N rune with nature. what If fer,
s s.s voices sometimes drown ont tbe
fainter ones? One must needs sit down
"a ios and become a part Of tie land
seape- Then win the music begin ner-
maps vita bass solo. A few trial
Aotes' then gathering volume ii win
soon wake the echoes. zoom zoom
1oom zaom! Resonant booming
inanlll-ie is worth going miles to
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

The enrolment of lads from the
poorer section of the people in the
army service of Japan subjects their
parents to no small pecuniary embar-
.rassment, but what specially troubles
these poor people is the fact that they
can not afford to give the necessary al
lowances to their sons, for. humble
as they are, this is a matter that
touches their sense of honor. This
was long known to other neighbors.
and these, at the instance Of some
thoughtful members, have decided to
collect a private allowance fund to be
given to the privates enlisted from
their own quarters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22
NOVEL BOAT DESIGNED

The queer looking craft illustrated
below has been designed by James P.
Pool of Brooklyn, N. Y, with the in
tention of improving the facilities for
handling the sails and steering the
boat. In spite of the single sail pro-
jecting from one side of the mast on
a long boom, the inventor provides
a pair Of sails equally balanced on
either side of the mast, and capable
of adjustment in lacking or sailing
with the wind to obtain the maximum
speed with minimum strain on the
mast. The sails are set in swinging
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

public schools an assignment vas
given reporter Of paper that aas
to illustrate it's news matter, to GIT
picture Of the youngster entering the
school building. So the Photographic
reporter stationed himself near the
front door Of Force School, on Massa-
chusetts avenue and awaited the com
ing of the White House carriage with
its precious load. An hour after the
opening hour the watcher gave up the
job having taken no notice Of the
first lady of the lady, who had walked
with her boy from the White House,
entered the building, saw him properly
enrolled and seated, and departed in
the same unobtrusive manner. The
second day the watcher was just as
unsuccessful, for the youngster dashed
into the grounds on a bicycle and was
behind the fence in the yard before
he could be identified And the third
day it was no better On that Coca
sion he rode up in an express wagon
and from it vaulted the fence into the
yard, still inspected by the camera
fiend. With that the reporter gave up
the job.
Mrs. Roosevelt has ordered large
supply of linen from Porto Rico for
use in the White House. All of it will
be embroidered with the coat Of arms
Of the United States. While in New
York Mrs. Roosevelt became much in
terested in the work of the Porto
Rican women, and wishing to assist
the enterprises of the island, as well
as secure. rare linen for the White
House, she gave the order
Members of the rivers and harbors
committee regard the passage of riv-
ers and harbors bill as a certainty of
the present session of congress. Their
present plan contemplates a bill the
passage of which will cost the govern
ment from s60.OOO,0 900 to s65, 900.
Clara Barton viii not resign the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22


The Emperor FTanc.s Joseph OF Aus
tria is very plain in his tastes and
habits, says London NJ A. P. At 9
o'clock in the morning he takes his
breakfast, consisting of some cold
meat, coffee and fresh made bread and
cake. Between II and 1 o'clock he
takes his dejeuner, two dishes of meat
and some ordinary pastry. Dinner is
served at o'clock sharp. All his
meals are served in his library at his
writing desk. Not even a tablecloth is
spread. His personal valet on duty
receives the dishes in an antechamber
on large tray, and puts the tray be-
fore the emperor at his desk. Very
often the emperor takes a spoonful of
soup between two signatures. H is a
very busy man. The emperor doe cot
care much for wine He prefer. a
glass of beer Nor does he indulge in
expensive Havana cigars. A plain
home made cigar, the so-called Vir-
ginia cigar, long and thin, with a
straw running through it, is his favor
lite smoke. These cigars cost only five
kreuzer-that is, about four cents
apiece.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-04-22

A little boy who goes to Sunday
school every Sunday always receives
a nickel from his father to place in
the collection plate. Last Sunday his
father gave him two nickels, saying:
zone is for the Lord and the other is
for yourself" AS it was too early to
start for Sunday school. the little boy
sat on the porch steps in the warm
sunshine playing with the two nickels.
After a while he dropped one Of them
and it disappeared down crack.
Without a moments hesitation and
still clutching the remaining coin in
his clenched fist, he looked up at his
father, exclaiming: "Oh. popl There
goes the Lords nickel"