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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

of Calabasas and vicinity witnessed the rare and unusual sight of a lunar rainbow.
 This week and last the ranche of Mir. George w. Atkinson at Calaba- sas, has been busy scene, the work being in progress of breaking to saddle twenty-five horses for use in the fall round up. MT. Atkinson says he is "going to find all those cattle the board of supervisors says he has, and drive them out of the county"
 D. s. Bryant, H. s. Methven and c. o. Foltz, party of Chicago mining men, art interested in the Arizona Hydraulic company. They are engaged in working the i'm mense placer deposits below Orc Blanco in Santa Cruz county. The fields are being worked by means of hydraulic machinery, and the operations are on large scale. The company expects to realize big returns from the placers.
 It is probable that the Red Bird group of mines in the Washington Camp region will be taken in hand by Los Angeles capitalists, and brought to the front as producers. A letter received by THE OASIS from Los Angeles, Monday, is to that effect. The group includes half dozen very valuable claims upon which considerable work has been done already, showing consid- erable ore. They are the Red Bird, Nabob, New Deal, Little Joker and Pay Streak.
 It is credibly reported that deal is in hand for the sale, to strong syndicate of southern capital, of the Zeckendorf properties in Santa Cruz county, including the Mowry mine in the Harshaw region; the Salero mine in the cafion of the same name; the Goldtree and War saw mines, in the Tyndall district, Santa Rita mountains; the Old Glory mine, in the Gro Blanco country, and other properties. Many of these properties have been noted producers in former years and, worked upon large scale, can again be put into that rank.
 About two weeks ago Mir. A. H. White, of Washington Camp, met with serious accident which has laid him up ever since, and will continue to do so for some weeks. He was travelling horseback on the road between Harshaw and Pata- gonia. Reaching the house of Mir. Sorels, he dismounted to enter. Just as he did so, his horse shook his head through the bridle reins,l which in falling caught the ham, mer of his revolver in his belt, dis cnarglng the weapon ana lnnlctlng painful wound in the leg, the bullet passing down through the thigh. Doctor Findison is waiting upon the injured man, and, while he is steadily improving, it will be several weeks before complete re- covery.
 From Mark Lulley, who was in Nogales early this week, THE OASIS learns that work upon the Wander ing Jew property is progressing finely. The shaft is now down about fifty feet, and the ore body which was about ten inches in width, when THE OASIS editor visit ed the mine three weeks ago, now
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MOLESKINS FOR LADIES.
The Sharp Weather Causes a De-
mand for Furs.

Its an i'll wind that blows nobody
any good and the bracing sharpness
of the past few days has quickened the
business Of some of the leading furriers
of the West end. A wet summer fol-
lowing on a long winter, and having for
its probable successor an early and
severe season, is responsible for sab1es
squirrels, m1nkS, chinchlllaS, etc, being
figuratively aroused from their LARS
in the fur deposit chambers-for imne-
date wear
At one well known Regent street house
it was ascertained by a Daily Chronicle
representative yesterday that patrons
were sending from all parts of the coun-
try for their fur coats and jackets to
be forwarded to them. The manager
stated that the existing sharpness in the
air had advanced their usual sales. 1T
is, a rule he said, lin October when
the principal business begins, but the
last winter was so protracted that ladies
were wearing their furs up to the end
of April, and now are inclined to have
something newer lii muffs. collarettes
and caDes for a change.
Among the wealthiest class Russian
sables are most in demand, and are
steadily supplanting those of Canada.
Within the past ten years their value
has doubled, owing to their increasing
scarcity. IN the same period and from
the same causes the prices of all furs
have increased, sealskins alone being
/ now 25 per cent. dearer. The modest
mole is the latest victim called upon to
Sleu -lS SKIN IN the ca use OF IaS1lOn.
The demand may be merely tempe
rary freak. but here is moleslzin
! jacket. valued at e75. Each square i'll
/ this, of about four inches. represents
enc mole's skin. and it has taken just
one thousand to complete it. In Paris.
! gray squirrel is being much worn at
present. and it is most likely to become
q eavorite here"
Motoring furs and complete dresses Of
fur are in demand at a fashinabIe fur
riery establishment in Bond street
Some Of the coats for motor driving
are extraordinarily striking. that made
of leopsrd-cat skins somewhat resem-
bling 4 fresh mustard plaster soangled
with ink blots. Another of puma skin
was said to have the useful merit OF
being impregnable to both driving rain
i and piercing wind. A handsome and
swish cloak and skirt, entirely composed
of many thousands of sables' feet, and
trimmed with sable, Looked suDerbly
+ rich. Upon a similar garb in moleskins
the small price of e1o5 was placed b5
the management. though il was adorned
with a collar of cl.snchilIa. The latter
skin, owing to the action Of the Chilean
government. has very much Increased
in price. To curtail the export, and pre-
vs1k ~ determination of the true chin
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green frog was quite grown up, while
the turtle was as yet a mere infant.
Consequently he looked up to his friend.
whose advice he considered good on ev-
cry subject.
I should like to live to be a hun
bred" the turtle said
You might and you might not" the
frog went on. Some turtles have a
very hard time. If one could be sure of
dying decently of old age in the mud
banks, life would be well worth living,
but we children of the wood and stream
never ca14 be certain of ending our days
in peace. We may be killed by others
of our kind or die. a dreadful death at
the hands of erueI men and boys, who
enjoy our death Struggles With strange
zest. They have queer name for it.
They call it sport 1t was not always
so. Once, back in the golden age of the
world, men and the wood creatures
were friends, and each could under
stand the thoughts of the other Men
admired us-the beaver for his skill in
building. the lion for his strength, the
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their endeavor to rend the veil which
holds them in darkness.
1t is now a frequent thing for the bet
ter educate and liberal japanese to
travel about with their wives. the null
tiplcation of railway lines tending to
accustom them to this western famili-
arity. Among the less wealthy classes
the women have already taken many
of their rights The farmers wife helps
in the field and in return obtains an un
usual authority in the household. The
merchants wife assists her husband,
frequently keeping the accounts, while
in the greatest industry of the empire,
silk worm raising and the manufacture
of silk. her power is absolute.
With the emancipation of the women
has come the commencement of a truer
home life-a life which father. mother
and children all share. One of the signs
of this DEVELOPMENT is the Introduction
of the family picnic. which is rapidly
becoming an institution In the rural dis
tricts. Many of the quaint customs and
pretty ways of the Japanese that are
now rapidly disappearing before the
march of western civilization are no
where more evident than among the
children's sports and pastimes. The
fiowery kingdom has often been called
the children's paradise, and if the sac
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BODY's DAILY FUEL SUPPLY.

Man needs a certain amount of food
to run his body, just as an engine needs
coal. water, oil and repairs. Starch is
py Iar the most in portant part of mans
diet, this coal being about four Hines
the required quantity of .'oiI and re-
pairs" Starchy foods should be dex-
trinized, however, as they overu,orlx the
stomach. The easiest. most annetizing
and best way to secure the recessaTs}
starch is through the use of that tho
oughly cooked cereal Toasted USt.es r
Flakes. 1t makes an ideal starch dex-
trinized food-ideaI in thar II Gives AZ
amount of energy required. idaoI he
cause being delicately sweeta,,e5 With
Malt Honey, it tempts the na1a+e. ;dssi
because it furnishes tho Starch desx, tN-ir'
lied for rapid and easy assimiIa ton.
thus saving the stomach this work
Genuine packages show the Rattle
Greek Sanitarillm
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mails have no souls and that when we
die we will just go to sleep and never
awaken. 1 think it is better so. for I'm
so tired of being hunted and stoned
that I shall be glad never to see man
any more when perhaps they have kill
ed me miserably at last"
The little mud turtle shuddered at
this He knew that all, birds and
beasts and creeping things lived in NOR
tai terror of men, but had never before
understood why.
He did not see why so small and hum
BILE a creature as himself should be per-
secuted, but he meant to be very, very
careful to keep out of their way. He
said:
You don't think they would harm a
poor little mud turtle like me?"
There's no telling" the frog answer
ed pessimistically.
Why should they care to hunt me if
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INGENIOUS FLIM-FLAM.
A Scheme That Has Puzzled Even the
Up-to-Date Barkeeper.

THE thing in the way of f1im-f1am now,
and the real thing" said an old detective
lis away ahead of any of the old tricks
know anything about 1t has been worked
but once in New Orleans. far 1
know, but if it has ever been worked in
any other place 1 do not know anything
about it. The business of finding pocket
book. springing the pigeon as it is call
ed; the lock trick. which. by the way, is
one of the smoothest of the whole list. and
all the others are cheap and clumsy in
comparison with the clever scheme that
was worked downtown barkeeper a
few evenings ago. 1t shows one thing,
and that is that the criminal classes are
quite as active mentally and otherwise as
men who are engaged in the decent call
ings of life. They are probably more ac-
tive mentally than the men who are
ground into narrow grooves because of
ceaseless toiling in effort to keep the
wolf away. The new fiin-ham scheme is
wonderfully simple. and is worked with
paper money 81 and q s. bill are need
ed OF course bills of higher denomination
could be used hut the two men who work
ed the trick here used the bills of the
first denomination-a 81 and S. bill. 1t is
worked in this way: One of the men will
write in thin lettering on the back of the
IS bill what is supposed to be a list of
his laundry. For instance, in this way:
One shirt two collars, two pairs of cuffs.
He will go into saloon when there is a
rush on in order to further minimize the
possibilities of the Ddrk6eper S uetecJlnS
the scribbling on the bill, and will call for
drink.
1.-THE money is put in the drawer, the
man gets his drink and his change and
walks out. Directly his partner walks in,
calls for a glass of beer and tenders a 81
bill in payment. The barkeeper throws out
1 95 cents in change. You made mistake
old man. the purchaser VII say; I gave
you a So bill. a polite wrangle follows
The fellow is insistent, Gays he only had
i one piece of money. and that was a s.
bill. and he remembers TO have jotted
down a list of his laundry on the back OF
it. He calls for the boss. tells hin of the
dispute, and asks him to see # ne has a
4 So bill with one shirt, Two collars two
pairs of cuffs written on K in pencil SURE
enough. the bill is found and the nIar gets
his s4.95 in charge. This IS the scheme
they worked on the man down town, and
he had no idea he had been swindsrd until
he thought over it for some tisae, and
then the whole plot dawned on him. IL is
a clever scheme, but one that will not last
as barkeepers are awfuly quick t. get Or
to tricks of this sort.'-New Orleans
| Times-Democrat.
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Inquiries Answered

Mrs G. E. T writes: Would you
greatly favor me with a recipe of steamed
brown bread, also, if not asking too much,
a good recipe for cookies?
BOSTON BROWN BREAD.
Mix and sift together one cup of entire
wheat flour, one cup of graduated corn
meal. one cup of rye meal, a level tea
spoonful of salt and a dessertspoonful of
soda. When thoroughly mixed together
stir in a scant cup of molasses and two
cupfuls of sour milk; turn this into a well
buttered mould, filling two-thirds full:
butter the cover and see that it fits close
ly; bind a strip of buttered muslin about
the seam when it is fitted on. set the
mould a block of wood or muffin ring
in a kettle containing enough boiling wa
ter to half way cover the mould; cover
and steam from three to three and one
half hours. If the water boils down. add
more boiling water without checking its
boiling. Some add raisins or dates to
this bread
CREAM COOKIES
Cream together one and two-thirds of a
cup of sugar and half a cup of butter;
add one cup of sour cream and three
eggs well beaten. Sift half x teaspoonful
of soda with three cups of flour and add
to the other ma terials. Do not roll too
thin and use as little -four as possible in
rolling and cutting, keep the dough very
cold and your cookies will be much nicer
and require less flour
PEANUT COOKIES.
Shell sufficient peanuts to give YOU one
pint of meat; rub off the inner brown skin
and chop them fine using a food chopner
fuls of butter with a cup of sugar; add
three well beaten eggs, two tablespoonflls
of milk, fourth of a teaspoonful of salt
the chopped nuts and flour enough to
make soft dough. Roll out, cut in rings
and bake in moderate oven until nice
brown
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MeII, bless M,
lyou seem to be in
trouble % II was
his friend the frod.

are compelled to do, he was no longer
one of US, and enmity came between US
and has grown ever since. We children
of the wood and stream kill only when
we need food, but men kill for the love
of killing, which, as I said, they call
sport. Yet l have heard that men con-
slider themselves very good-so good
that the great God, who is the God also
of the children of the wood and stream,
has made him a beautiful home in the
sky, where he will live forever in hap
piness after he has done all his killing
down here and dies himself. They say
that we will not go there because ami
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WISCONSlN'S KIRMESS.

The real kirmess of the west belongs to
the village of Little. Chute, Outagamie
county, Wis, and is the annual event to
which hundreds of Dutch living in the
country around look forward for months
1t has given more Importance 10 Little
Chute in the eyes of some than Milwaukee
has ever gained by other things. Little
Chute's annual kirmess has just ended
The kirmess was brought to Little Chute
by the Rev Father Van den Brock. who
came over in the early '40s with party of
Dutch immigrants and founded at Little
Chute the second Catholic mission in the
Green Bay diocese
When he started the custom it was made
a respectable celebration of the harvest
gathering. The rule was that all merri-
ment should cease al shutdown and the
r,riest who had q great deal of power in
fhe new sc ttlement, was able to enforce
this rule to the letter.
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hide carefully away?" quevered the
turtle.
We'll, but you won't" the frog went
on. You'll forget all about it. and
some day small boy will come along
when you are prowling about. and you'll
be popped into a basket and carried
home. Small boys like to make pets of
turtles
The turtle shivered under his horny
carapace and quickly withdrew his lit
tie, knobby head under the shell. He
began to move his four fnlike feet as if
he meant to run away so the frog con-
tinued encouragingly:
You need not fear the boys just now.
They are ali at school at this hour
Il wish you would teach me to dive
and swim as you do" the mud turtle
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rifice of more mature lives to make
the little ones happy means anything
the name is appropriate. AT the same
time, even in Japan, childhoods days are
not all given to play. The Japanese girl
has to look forward to eventually hav-
ing the care of a home, and is carefully
trained when young for the RESPONSE
bilities which are soon to be hers Some
of her lessons partake very much of the
nature of play. and the child revels in
learning babycraft and hairdressing.
music and bouswifery, very much as an
American girl revels in caring for her
dolls and providing them and herself
with the good things of the table.-Phil
adelphia Press.
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oven until the sugar on top becomes like
a thick syrup.
PUMPKIN FRITTERS.

PUMPKIN FRITTERS.
Use long, oval but not too large
pumpkins for this. Cut them in long,
square fingers, place them in a dish,
sprinkle with salt and let them stand
for ten minutes. shaking the dish once
or twice during the time. Drain the
pieces, wipe on a cloth and rub them
over quickly with flour. Put some fresh
beef drippings in a frying pan or use
vegetable oil; and when hot, put in the
pumpkin a few pieces at a time, and
fry a nice brown. When done, dust
with salt and serve on hot dish garn-
ished with parsley.
PUMPKIN BUDDING
Pare half of a large pumpkin and cut
into slices: boil until quite soft; drain
off all the water and heat until fine:
add a pint of milk one-third of a cup
of sugar; grated peel of small lemon;
two ounces of currants. washed and
picked and three we'll beaten eggs.
Whip the whole together a few minutes
and then turn into a dish lined with
good rich paste and bake in moderate
oven.
PUMPKIN PIE.
For three pies take a quart of rich
milk, three eggs, three large table
spoonfuls of sugar, half teasopoorfu1
of salt and ginger, cinnamon and nut
meg to taste but not destroy the golden
color. Then stir in enough finely sieved,
stewed pumpkin, to make thin mix
ture or batter. Turn into dishes lined
with a good rich paste and bake in a
moderate oven until the custard is set.
PUMPKIN PRESERVED FOR WIN
TER Use.
Cook and sift it as for pies and add
to it nearly as much sugar as there is
pumpkin. Put it in lars like marina
laGe. This is better than the dried pun
/ kin Another way is to cut it in slices
or cubes ana boil it tender. then put
boiling hot into glass jars and seal.
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chilla, heavy export duty has been put
in force An impressive golfing coat
for lady was made of 1000 hares' ears
and finished off with a collar and cuffs
Of otte--
All stored furs at this establishment
are in a large refrigerating chamber.
where the temperature is kept contin-
ually between 80 and 40 degrees. This
is an American scheme for warding OFF
the devastating moth. and is new to
this country. The more general custom
fer protecting valuable furs is more or
less regular beating, which is said to
injure the pelt and crush the hair, while
chemical Dreservatives discolor and de-
preciste them. Freezing, however. kills
all life in both moths and their larvae.
and has proved a complete success
London Chronicle
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WOMEN OF JAPAN.
Emancipated From Ancient Restric-
tions in Mikado's Land.


The most interesting part of life in
Japan is the emancipation of her wom
en-. The removal of old time restric-
tons has given the interesting women
of the mikado's realm the opportunity
to show how bright and progressive
they are under some of the influences
of western civilization" In former
times the Japanese wife occupied the
position of an upper servant rather than
the partner of her lords joys and sor-
rows.
But now that the country is becom-
ing civilized" this is passing away and
the women are taking their places by
the side of the men Already there are
Japanese women doctors, teachers, mer-
chants and writer's. and soon there will
be Japanese wives in the American
sense of the term. These women of the
Island empire have not the freedom
and honor of their western sisters. but
they suffer from far less restraint than
the Spanish women and receive consid-
cradle encouragement from the men in
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pleaded. Then I SHOULD have q better
chance to get away from the boys"
Il will gladly give you lessons. but
you are more likely to be captured on
land than in the water. You are too
you over on your back, he can leave you
there for a week. for you will not be
able to right yourself or get away"
Il shall be careful promised the tur-
tie. Now for the lesson
OF course, the turtles efforts at swim
ming made the frog laugh. Turtle float
ed about the water; directing his move
ments. as the frog showed him, by the
movements of his feet.
After the lesson they were hungry
and sat down to catch some water bugs
for luncheon. The frog captured a fat
beetle, which proved such a delicious
and satisfying morse1 that he became
quite loquacious after the meal. He
proceeded to enlighten the turtle in re-
gard to his race
suppose you know" said the frog
that turtles and tortoises are the
same Some folks call them one thing
ana some the other. I've heard that
somebody in France gave them the lat
ter name because kind that lives over
there has very curious twisted fore
leg, and the French word stortis' means
twisted Tortoises are not animals;
they are reptiles Sc you are related to
the lizard and the water snake and all
their kind Some turtles are called ter
rapins and are priced by gormands in
the man world. The terrapin is the only
reptile which they consider fit to eat
1t is very hard to kill turtles, for they
have great vitality. The head of a tur-
| tie has been known to move MANY
hours after the animal has been sun
posedly killed. Some turtles or tor
toises have distinguished themselves
There is a story told of one that ran a
race with hare-a hare is a sort OF
rabbit, and you know how they can lear
along-but the tortoise won the race"
He must have been a wonder" OBJ.
served the turtle. Gould I learn to rur
like that?"
Il don't know any of the particulars.
the frog went on, but you might &c
into training. They always do fol
races
How is that done?" the turtle asked
anxiously. He was not fond of exertins
himself
Practice running. You and 1 nigh
go out on shore and have a race" tn,
frog advised.
The turtle clambered out, and tn,
frog hoped after him. Soon the turtl
was so far behind the frog that h
| hi fr;e
| thing else was coming down the road
It was boy, and when he saw the mut
| turtle struggling along he picked up
| stick and turned him over on his back.
I'll come home this way and take i
to keep as a pet" said the boy Poo
turtle struggled despairingly, but hi
| feet and his short tail only wriggled in
effectually in the air. Presently h.
heard something hopping along tn
road. -ssrssc .os ~ases}s sssa.4-s.,-s
well, bless me- You seem to be il
troubled" 1t was his friend the frog.
Yes" walled the turtle; "a boy di,
it. He's going to take me home witt
him when he comes back"
"Oh. oh, that will never dol" croake,
the frog in CONSERVATION. IF you don
mind a bit of Earring. perhaps I cal
help you to get upon your feet"
chilIa n heavy exDort d11tv has heen M