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The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-25

The best that the market affords at the Pack Train Restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-25

Fresh bread delivered to any part oI the city at any time by the Boss Baker
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-25
Fresh Aeat

The Frye-Bruhn Go. keep all kinds of fresh meat constantly on hand. tf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

course, automatically inclining the vertical
rudder.
Now, join these sections together, and there is
a long, cigar shaped torpedo. weighing 1s229h
pounds, 16% feet long, with a maximum diam
eter of 17A inches, The turbine propels. 1t is
an entirely original idea, being an adaptation of
the steam turbine (now much discussed by
engineers) to the torpedo. In fact it is the first
air turbine invented-at least so it is said The
screws are made so that each neutralizes the
others tendency to make the torpedo roll. This
little turbine, which easily be put in
handbag is of no less than $50 horsepower, and
gives the torpedo speed of almost mile
minute 1t takes it sixty and three-quarter sec
onds to make 1900 yards, and at that range 1t
would still have speed of thirty-fVe miles an
hour A distance gear, an ingenious contrtv-
ance, automatically shuts off the air supply and
brings the torpedo to rest at the end of pre-
determined run.
But starting mechanism must be installed
1t is fired from a long, creased tube twenty feet
long. The lower section of the forward hall of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

The head contains the wet guncotton. 1t is
kept in compartment of the ship in which
thermostat allows no unknown rise of tempera-
ture above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. There is
also an exercise head used for practice in time
of peace. The war head is packed with 49,
pounds of wet guncotton (25 per cent MOISTURE
Now. guncotton, a most powerful explosive, mas
two peculiarities. First, it is not exploded by
n simple flame as is gunpowder, nor by an ordl-
nary shock as is dynamite. AT the battle OF
Cardenas a Spanish bullet sped harmlessly
through a war head lying on the WinsloW's
deck. The crew were too busy skipping around
10 notice it. Second, unlike gunpowder, its ex-
ploson is not a rapid burning with evolution OF
gas but an instantaneous defamation caused,
seemingly, by synchronous oscillation of the
molecules of the detonator Consult dictionary;
it can't be described in short words) One may
burn pile of smokeless gunpowder in the open
air and warm toes the blaze. Try that
with guncotton and one will need a search war
rant to find them. Guncotton destroys by a
violent vibration of the surrounding air. To
detonate it, illuminate of mercury must be used.
If wet and confined, its destructive effects are
much greater. These principles are embodied in
tn war head, which is made of phosphor bronze.
A bronze firing apparatus is screwed into the
nose Within this is hard nickel-steel striker.
When the torpedo hits the enemy the striker is
forced against a cap of illuminate of mercury,
decorating a thrty-eight-grain charge of the
illuminate, which in turn detonates six one
ounce disks of dry guncotton lying next to the
wet The wet guncotton is thus detonated.
While slow in the telling, this is really the work
of a very small fraction of a second, A huge
hole is torn in the ship and the surrounding
compartments ripped to pieces: and. whether the
thrush of water sinks her not she is prac-
tically hors de combat. That the country has
lost $1,000 torpedo is nothing to the fact that
| the enemy has lost a $7,000000 battleship.
The air flask is % inches long, of thick forged
steel designed to stand the pressure within of
. $50 pounds of compressed air. 1t is charged
in twenty minutes. A new and highly ingenious
continuance is the chemical burner. This at
| firing is automatically lighted and superheats
| the compressed air its way to the engine,
| expanding it and thus raising its pressure and
| energy The burner is in a coil of piping through
which the air flows.
! The turbine, steering gear and gyroscope are
set in the tall which is of thin sheet steel. At
| tached are. the vertical and horizontal rudders
/ and the two two-bladed propellers. The gyro-
1 scope by its prodigious inertia of revolution,
acts through the steering gear to hold steady
The oasis., 1905-09-09
A POWERFUL ARGUMENT
from Pen of Hon. D. C. Chalmers, Speaker of House in Nine teenth Legislative Assem-
 bIy of Arizona.

Hon. D. U. Chalmers of La Noria, Santa Cruz county, is for Statehood (with a big 8. Mir. Chalmers is one of the staunchest Democrats in Arizona, and a power all over the Territory. This week he handed to TIE OASIS the follow ing communication in which he voices his views. By perusal the reader will perceive that he 4'goes them one better" to put it into his own terse and vigorous language, and that "the blessings of joint-statehood would suit him better than single statehood"
 LocHIEL, Ariz., Aug. 25. 1905. To THE OAsIs:-
 l have been asked by several "why am I for joint-statehood?" I have not hesitated to give my reasons, and, with an idea that they may interest your readers they are herein presented for publication.
 Primarily, 1 am for joint state hood for the reason that if the peo- pie of Arizona and New Mexico accept the opportunity now offered, we will live in state, elect our officers and conduct our own gov ernment instead of having it con- ducted from Washington, as now. We would have voices and votes in both houses of Congress, and in the electoral college as well, which now we have not. And we would have all the taxable wealth of the counties of New Mexico to aid us in sustaining the expenses of our state governn ent.
 Secondarily, l am for joint-state- hood because as yet l. have never heard a single valid argument against jointure, while upon the other hand the cause of jointure fairly bristles with strong and cogent arguments, any one of which can be grasped and compre- hended easily by ten-year-old boy.
 If the utterances of both dele gates in congress from the two territories are to be believed each territory would make magnificent state. Then think of what grand commonwealth the two combined would make. Area we want. Look at the grand, magnificent state oI Texas. Admitted in 1845, con. taining fraction more than 1OO,- 900 population, she is today the fifth state in the Union with nearly four millions souls. If the same ratio of growth continues by 1926 she will lead Ohio, and within forty-fve years thereafter she will be the Empire State of the Union outstripping New York. Without a city of 75,000 inhabitants, she is what might be called sparsely
The oasis., 1905-09-09
Back from the Mine.

Monday evening Major ]. NJ. Cooper, of Washington, D. O., MT. D. L. Fickes, of Scranton, Pa, and MT. J. NJ. Morrison, of Washing ton. D. G., returned from the Rich- field mine, in the Ures district of Sonora, and were at Nogales Tues day. Wednesday morning they started for home, going, however, via Portland. to see the great fair.
The oasis., 1905-09-09
Whole No. 643.

would see these same political bunco steerers just as much op- posed to annexing California or Utah as New Mexico. Show me any part of Arizona where the Mexican vote cuts any figure, and l will show you both parties honor ing Mexicans with nominations and election-and men who now object to annexing "greaser" ter rltory voting for them. find that California at one time elected Mexican lieutenant governor Ro- mualdo Pacheco), who was elevat- ed to the executive chair by the election of Newton Booth as United States senator, and who after fill- ing out his term in that office was twice elected to Congress-and he was an excellent congressman. In Texas we see the people of that state sending both Mexicans and negroes to the legislature--in both house and senate-and they hold their seats too. From Iowa, Min nesota and Michigan the people send their Germans. Swedes and Norwegians to the Congress of the United States, with seats in both branches. Then why damn New Mexico for doing the same thing that Arizona is doing today, as we'll as the other states above in stanced? Show me further where in these United States the white man fails to rule absolutely.
 I have read and heard about majority rule," religious belief no bar" etc., etc.; but suppose those ''glittering generalities" were put into that great platfrom ito catch votes"
 1 have listened also to these single blanket capitalists, showing how it is easier and cheaper to run two state governments than one, but 1 fail to see the point. It is as well to say that it Is a great deal cheaper for merchant with $2O,- GOO stock of goods, employing five clerks and paying $100 rent to split his stock in two, move into adjoining quarters, hire five other clerks and pay another $100 rent. Also for a resident of Nogales to pay all the household expenses of his family and board himself at 1 the Montezuma hotel The man who started that argument" has to tie knot in his neck to keep his head from slipping through his collar.
 The blessings of Statehood are in sight, and it is up to the people of Arizona to say whether or not they were really shamming all these years they have been clamor- ing to Congress to grant those blessings. As for myself 1 would rather live in a republican state than a democratic territory. So l say: Give us statehood, single, double, or ill doses; but
 GIVE US STATEHOOD.
 Yours respectfully,
 n c. Chalmers.
The oasis., 1905-09-09

sent population, and that without crowding. Twice the size of Great Britain, which has one city alone containing five millions souls. Texas has now only thirteen peo- pie to the square mile. while New York has 160 and England 627. Think then of the future of the two territories merged into one great state, and ours the sister state of that great commonwealth, whose magnificent splendors are already dazzling, and whose fu- ture gIories are incalculable.
 Texas now leads in railways, but the rail facilities that will be afforded the people in the new great State of Arizona are far bet ter, and the distances less than in Texas, and equally as good as in California. Many legislative and judicial districts, and many coun- ties in both states are at far greater distances from their capitals than would be the most remote of either in the new State, even with the capital at Santa Fe, from where 1t will be removed by vote of the people in 1910 to a more central and convenient locality.
 For a time 1t was supposed that Texas would be divided into five states, and the act of admission in 1845 provides that 1t can be so divided. Let any man in Texas now dare declare for division, and ''inocuous desuetude" or an asy- lum for the insane would be his lot in short order. l have failed to read anywhere of California an- nexing any portion of her exten- sive domain to Arizona on account of the great distance to her capstal. This argument" of distance from the capital is about as silly as though single statehood advocates should argue that the City of Washington were too far distant from Frog Tanks for the conven- fence of our people, having busi- ness at the federal capital. There lis scarcely any business transacted at state capital (except 'politi- cal, where it is better to walk forty miles than to write a lettero), that a two cent stamp will not transact.
 Remember that in accepting Statehood we are not losing Ari- zona, hut gaining New Mexico. Territorial aggression is and has been always bone of contention between nations, states and men. For years Utah has tried in vain to take a slice off from Arizona, even asking Congress for it; and about thirty years ago Nevada took away from us a goodly slice of our territory by an act of Congress. Look at any old map printed be- fore 1870, and you will see that the northern boundary of Arizona went straight to the California line, and all that area in Nevada that reaches down to.the Colorado river, south from prolongation oi the Arizona northern line, was a part of our territory. There we were deprived of an area greater than that of Cochise county. Now some of our people are kicking (not all-thank Godl) because the general government proposes tc give to us outright an area thirty times as large. For years Texas contended through every court in the land for 'just little more, claiming her legal boundary ex. tended farther. Did any citizen oi
The oasis., 1905-09-09

removed from the capltal2 Then why not accept the millions of acres now thrown by Congress to Arizona?
 l note that the corporations are strenuously opposed to joint state- hood. It has been always an in- fallible test that what the corpora tions most desire in government is what the people desire. Even one president of great railroad in the Phoenix meeting declared that although "the people of Arizona are unanimously opposed to joint statehood, we will not let the Hamilton bill pass Congress, EVEN WITH THE FoRAKER AMENDMENT" ]" IT have read it stated that c. P. Huntington once testified before a congressional committee that he was "a democrat in Texas and a republican in Massachusetts" He was for the corporation, first, last and all the time. and his political principles tor lack thereof) varied to suit the needs of the corpora tions. In their attitude on joint- statehood the great corporations look not to good of the people of Arizona, but to their own interest.
 During twenty years or more l have heard continually preached the advantages of self government and the hardships of territorial vassalage; and now when we have within our grasp the very self gov- ernment for which we have so per- sistently pleaded, there is a cry to throw it away.
 We are given to understand plainly by the powers that be that positively we cannot have single statehood, which means that dur ing the life of this administration at least we shall not have a chance at that self government which we have So long and earnestly urged. 1 think that the offer made Con- gress in the Hamilton bill is ex- tremely liberal, and that we should siege this opportunity to attain self government.
 The opponents of jointure have declared that there are mo politics" lin their movement. They have eliminated politics" Now, politics being eliminated from the question, l 1t seems to me that the people of both territories, republicans and democrats alike, are free to stand for what they conceive to be to the best interests of all the people; and believe they will readily ratify the action of Congress in it's liberal donations to the new state of mill lions of acres of land and millions of dollars in money, together with the power reposed in the people to govern themselves through their own chosen rulers.
 Heretofore we have asked for self-government only. Now we are offered that with an immense addi- tion of domain and quite a sum of money beside, think the people of Arizona should accept the offer; and l believe they will accept it if they are given an opportunity to vote upon the proposition.
 If we are to listen to the cry of those political highbinders who abhor the idea of joining to the body polite "greaser" territory, or those who are against the Catholic religion, rest assured we will never get single or joint, or any other kind of statehood, be-
 cause they don't toant it. You
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
WHAT SHE PLAYED.
The Last Music That Theodore Thom~
Henrd ON

The Last Music That Theodore Thom~
ms Heard on Earth.
During the last illness of Theodore
Thomas, although he was not at any
time unconscious or delirious, he hard
ly noticed the members of his family
as they came and went at the bedside.
But one morning he seemed to be bet
ter.
He made little Jokes with the doctors
and his sons and talked about his
White mountain home. At IL o'clock
he seemed tired. The editor of his
autobiography says that he sank into
a dreamy state, and then reused him
self to say to his wife in a lingering,
ecstatlc voice:
Il have had beautiful vision-a
beautiful visionw
Then he drifted off into silence.
His wife thought he was tired and
went downstairs to luncheon, but chief
ly with the purpose Of leaving him to
rest He had given her chime Of
bells, to be used In summonlng the
family to meals, and because Of his
illness they had never been rung In the
house. Now, because he seemed so
much better, she. played on them a lit
tie bugle call that came into her head.
do you know what you have play
edT" asked one Of the family. TAPS
the call that is sounded over the graves
OF dead soldiers
She rushed back to the bells and
played the call engraved on q metal
plate above them. Afterward she
Found that this was reveille, the sol
dler's signal to rise.
So 1t had chanced that the last mu-
sic Theodore Thomas heard on earth
had been symbolic Of death and the
urrection.-Youths Companion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
THE DAINTY WASP.
Apparatus with which He Mall
His Complicated Toilet.

Apparatus with which He Makes
His Complicated Toilet.
"Wasps are exceedingly dainty in
their habits" says n writer In the Pill
grim, "and, In order that they may
crafty their instinct for neatness to the
utmost, nature has provided them with
set of marvelously delicate combs
and brushes. If we look closely at the
wasp's legs we will find that each bears
on its outermost long joint two small,
movable spines, known as the apical
spurs, and II we examine these with a
magnifying glass each is seen to be
provided with row of fine teeth, so
that the apparatus answers for coarse
and fine toothed comb.
"The tidying up process consists of
various perfectly definite steps, usually
taking place in n particular sequence.
First, 1t passes both front legs over the
face from above downward, and after
repeating this movement several times
draws them through the jaws. This is
to remove any foreign substance which
may have collected on them. The legs
are then passed backward from the
forehead, much as we should smooth
back our hair. The wings are then
stroked again and again from the base
to the tip, although the most careful OBJ
server would fail to detect anything
upon them. The abdomen is next care
fully stroked from base to tip until
every hair points ID the right direction
and gloss as fine as satin is attained
Last of all, each OF the six legs, In turn
is laboriously drawn between two Of its
fellows, so the wasp is once more ready
to face its world"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
Burial Armor and shrouds.

The custom of sewing up corpse in
flannel originated doubtless In the act
Of parliament, 1S and 10 Charles H.,
which was passed for the encourage
ment of the woolen trade and required
all bodies to be buried in woolen
shrouds. Two amending statutes were
passed - 1878 and 1880 requiring at
the funeral an affidavit to be delivered
to the priest stating that the require
ments Of the law had been carried out;
otherwise penalties were incurred.
These acts were repealed by 81 George
Ill, although long before that time the
penalties for noncompliance with the
law had ceased to be enforced. During
the operation of the acts for burying
in woolen the law was sometimes evad-
ed by covering the corpse with hay OF
flowers, notification of which is some
times met with in the parish registers.
Burial in armor was not at all un-
common in the middle ages and was
considered a most honorable form OF
burial. Sir Walter Scott in 1.-The Lay
of the Last Minstrel thus refers to it:
Seemed all on fire that chapel proud.
Where Roslin's chiefs uncoffined lie,
Each baron for n sable shroud
Sheathed in his iron panoply.
Westminster Gazette.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
Loss Of Sleep Means Loss Of
Mind.
Inability to Sleep is Natures Plain
Warning Of an Exhausted Ner-
vous System
DIR. A. w. Chase's
Nerve Pills.

When you overWork any muscle CT
set of muscles they tire and must have
rest What is true of muscle is doubly
true of the brain. as from it emanate5
all power to work. to act. to think The
brain is full of little cells that during
the waking hours are never quiet in
their efforts to furnish to every organ
the power to do its duty. Rob these
little cells of their rest at night-keep p
them at work all the time, and soon
they tire, refuse to act, fail TO generate
nerve force and the system goes to ruin
Bromides, sedatives. opiates only has
ten the end-they do not build up, they
tear down. The true remedy, the only
cure, lies in DIR, A. W. Chase's Nerve
Pills, a medicine that revitalizes, rein
vigorates, and by properly nourishing
these overworked little cells, give them
rest and quiet enables one to sleep nat
urally and easily again.
Mrs Fred Wholeben of Glade Run
Warren. Pa, says;
Il was induced to use DIR. A. w.
Chase's Nerve Pills for excessive uer
yousness. | was so sick / could not
bear noise or much talking. l was
very forgetful-my mind seemed dull
| was listless and tired all the time
The result of the use of box got wa:
remarkable. They toned up the nerve!
and system generally and l work vel
again, am strong-my mind is cleal
and noise and talk no longer bother me
l am much pleased with them and car
highly reccomend them to any one whit
feels as l did. 6
80 cents box at dealers or DR.. A w
Chase Medicine Co, Buffalo. N. Y. Por
trait and signature OF A. w. Chase
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
THE GARDEN KEYBOARD

The planting Of maize and late crop
Ielery Is now In progress.
Cultivation will In part protect from
midsummer drought and keep up
growth.
Green corn, onions from sets, cucum-
bers, early potatoes, caulifiower, cab
bage and summer squash are among
toothsome products that one may now
gather from the well managed garden.
Trees and shrubs thoroughly watered
4 times during the dry weather will
repay the trouble In greatly increased
growth and beauty.
Supply hanging baskets, plant boxes
and vases with plenty Of water Mt all
times.
If the first spikes Of strong gladiolus
are cut when fairly in flower they will
usually throw up number Of new
spikes.
The peony gives the best effect when
massed in the border against shrub
berry.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-05
An Elcnhnnt'r Strength.

Bombcra was the name OF big ele-
phant employed In the construction or
a Ceylon dam Bombera drew from
the quarry the stone to be used, unfas-
tened the chain, rolled the block with
her forehead along the narrow EN-
bankment and fitted it into its place.
If it We're not just even she would
straighten it until it was right, and all
more quickly that stone mason would
have done it and nearly as accurate.
Once some visitors were watching the
elephant when one of them asked If
Bombera could break large stone
with heavy sledge hammer which
lay near by. The rest Of the party ex-
claimed that it was too much to ask,
but the mahout said quietly:
"Bombera can do anything"
He gave command, and the ele-
phant swung up the hammer as If 1t
were a feather and knocked the stone
into bits.
Now take your pipe and smoke it, F."
continued the mahout.
The animal stuck the sledge hammer
in her mouth and walked off as IL en-
joying q morning smoke.