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The oasis., 1907-04-27
ARIZONA NEWS.

evening who will be arralgned thls morning on the charge of mayhem. When interrupted the Mexican was busily engaged in trying to chew off the proboseis of countryman whom he had on the ground. The latter's wound was cauterized to prevent hydrophobia.
 Graham Guardians: A company has been formed by Robinson Bros, Richard Layton, Wallace Wilds, Nit Smith and others to store the waters of Robinson creek. A re- servoir with 800 acre feet capacity will be built on Mt. Graham and a canal several miles long will be built around the hills to a point in the valley. The expense of the undertaking will be about $S,000, and it is expected to irrigate four or five hundred acres, thus bring ing another large tract under cul- tivation.
 Silver Belt: The Citizens Loan & Trust company, composed of Globe business men, has been or ganized and incorporated to do general loan business on improved real estate. The purpose of the company is to assist builders of homes by advancing the money for construction, in much the same manner of foreign companies who are doing business in this city. The local company, however, in tends to do away with many of the objectionable features of these out side companies. The company is capitalized at $100,000.
 International Americans: Per-. sons buying horses these days should be very careful to ascertain if they carry Mexican brands and if so if they have been admitted regularly to the United States. Failure to do this may result in your purchase being picked up by an American line rider some day and later being sold at auction to the highest bidder. The line riders just now are specializing on this line of work and have within the past few days picked up numerous horses with Mexican brands upon which dnty had not been paid. It is not such hard matter to steal horses in Mexico and then to smuggle them over the line, and this is going on continually to some extent.
 Stafford Journal: Miss Anna Beals a charming young lady of Globe, who spent week or ten days in Stafford, a guest at the Hotel Jones, is now rustcating at the Gibson mills in the mountains south of the city. Anna tells of having shot two large black bears after an exciting experience. She states that deer are very plentiful in the mountains near the mills and that they are so tame that person can closely approach them. The snow in the woods, so Miss Beals says, is very deep, and she has enjoyed the novel experience of picking wild flowers with one hand. while she gathered large snow ball with the other. She expects to remain in the mountains for several weeks yet and is arranging to entertain a number of Stafford friends.
 NuOoo Exo,so;,oor LN;4L;,, tl1o
The oasis., 1907-04-27

Yuma Examiner. Within the next thirty days the government will build ten miles of railway be- tween Araz and Potholes. Per
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homes that are too expensive. but
that is because they do not lit prop
cr1y.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote.
7 never saw garment too fiae for
man or maid; there never was
chair too good for a cobbler Or 4
king; never 4 hous too fine to shell
ter the human head Elegance dts
q man but we va IT'D these Asools
more than they are sgE
times mortgage q house fog the ma.
hogany we bring into IL had rath,
er eat my dinner ofT the head Of a
barrel, or dress after the fashion of
John the Baptist. Or sit On block III
wood" This gets down to the bottom
Of house furnishing 1T ii not the
value of the furniture, But the man
per in which 1t Is used. II We own
the little we have. and are content.
we have more happiness ana enaov.
nent than we could have III 4 cor.
geous house plaatered with an an.
cunbrance too heavy to meet easily.
I have for years advocated the
building Of comfortable low ccsf
houses; houses that persons ii mod.
crate circumstances can build. furnish
and enjoy. 1T Is q great satisfaction
to me to find that my efforts III this
Direction are apprec slated. Letters re.
ceived from different parts Of the
country are profuse III acknowlede.
ments Of benefits received.
The size Of this house il 2s feet a
inches in width. and S5. feet 81 inches
in length, exclusive III porches IN.
der favorable circumstances Ii nav
be built for about $500.
The parlor Is 50 airangad that il
may be shut on entirely from fha
rest Of the house, very good a.
rangement, for two reasons; ii Is NOT
necessary for young folks In build
ing this house to furnish the parlor
Until they get ready, then after tt il
furnished they need not heat L
every day All winter long Ii thew
don't want to. The parlor ii
house designed ike this ii IN extra
room. It may be used when wanted
ane shut off the rest Of the time
wish 1t distinctly naerstood how.
ever, that ! don't favor rooms ii anv
house kept especially for company
No room IL toe good for the family
ID use.
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bag, worn underneath the gold can.
but hanging down the back to below
the waist. Married women wear a
fringe of hair, often curled, on either
side OF the face. Descending from the
top of the head to the hem of the
"piran," leaving the face uncovered, is
the gracefully draped "chadarr-a
large wrapping of finest muslin, filmy
gauze, or delicately tinted chiffon.
Kabul first became the capital of
the country which has played such a
prominent part in Asiatic history
when the illustrious Baber made him
self master of it in 1504-15 years be-
fore his never to be forgotten invasion
in Hindustan. The city stands on the
right bank of the Kahul river and is
about three miles in circumference. IT
was once enclosed within a wall. of
which but few traces are now re-
naming, and had seven gates, but of
these only the Labor gate and the Sir
dar gate are standing. The streets
are tortuous, narrow and dirty, the
houses are built of sun dried brick and
wood, with fat roofs and small re-
cessed entrances. The shops are in.
significant
The present Amir, Habib gllah, was
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born in 1872 at samarkand, in Russian
Turkestan, while his father. Abdur
Rahman, was fugitive there from
Shir Ali, and he is the fourth in direct
succession from the founder of the
dynasty, the Amir Dost Mahonmed
Habib Ullah is smaller in stature
and much salloWer than his father. to
whom he bears marked resemblance.
ne wears his clothes with clumsy dig
nifty, and is evidently particular about
their cut, finish and condition. He is
already inclined to stoutness. but the
heaViness of his features is concealed
IN part by a beard and mustacbe.
In conversation his face lights with
an engaging smile, but he has great
reserve of manner, and ne. unusna1lv
wears an air of abstraction or praoc.
eupation. His knowledge of our Ian.
guage is meager and he understands
English better than he speaks it.
The Amir is an affectionate parent
and at one time was much married
man. At the instigation of the PRIESTS
however, three of his wives were df.
voreed, but even now he is the proud
possessor of four. with numerous ar
ray of eoueubines
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his blood feuds are pursued with no
uncertain energy.
Afghan women, who possess a Jew
ish cast of features, are handsome,
with compilations Of unusual pallor,
but sometimes rosy. They are kept
rigidly secluded, yet intrigues are
said to be frequent; and a bullet or a
dagger thrust more often than not
does duty for the divorce court. Their
costume is of most picturesque de-
scription. Even to plain and awk-
ward woman it imparts some appear
ance of grace. A "piran," or chemise,
extends from the throat to just above
the ankles, with sleeves that reach to
the waist. 1t is of cloth of gold, vel
vet, silk, cashmere or calico, and in
shape not unlike our own Princess
robe. Beneath this are "tom-bons," or
pajamas. These may be of cloth of
gold, silk, cashmere or calico, finished
off at the ankles by a fringe of dia-.
monds, gold or silver. A round cap,
worked all over with gold thread so
that it looks like gold cloth, is fitted
closely to the back of the head.
TIE hair. parted in the center, is
done up in tiny braids, which are
caught in black silk embroidered
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Mr: William A: Radford win answel
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building for the readers of thi:
paper. On account of his wide expe,
| rience as Editor Author and Manufac.
turer, he is, without Goub', the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
AZ inquiries inquire. to William A.. Radford. No
1874 Fifth Ave-. Chicago, III, and odly
snc4os@ tWo-cent stamp for reply.
An eight-room house having a off
ferent construction from the ordinary
is given in this plan. This is really
a combination between a cottage and
a two-story house, the front and side
gables being elevated sufficient to
make room for three bedrooms aud
bathroom, with the necessary
closets, on the second floor. There
is also a chance to make small
store room in the peak of the roof
over the kitchen.
Store rooms are needed in every
house, they are not especially impor-
tant for newly-married folks, but
where thrift and economy receive the
attention that these virtues should
Ing OF the necessary and sometimes
unnecessary furnishings.
There is necessity at certain
times in the year for furniture and
belongings that are not needed at
other times. In summer porch furni-
ture, such as ham1nocks and lawn
chairs are needed but they are in the
way all winter unless some place is
provided to hold them. The cellar is
atbad place because it is dusty where
there is furnace and it is damp
without one. The only way to take
care of these summer things in the
winter time is to have a good store
room. Some families haze several
trunks, suit-cases and other travelling
It is. common in a
good many houses to keep such traps
in the bedrooms. but this is only a
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One of Their Chief Sources of Income.

other people may know them better,
for nothing accurate has been written
that / can find"
Valley Stanley is known from Bos-
! ton to Worcester and throughout all
the outlying country. He is the her
editary chief of his tribe, for, like
kingship, leadership among the gyp.
sizes is usually hereditary. His people
camp at Somerville during the sum-
mer months, though they move about
to some extent as his business as a
horse trader demands. At present he
is living in Everett, while the people
of his tribe are distributed through
out Everett and Lynn for the winter.
Gypsy Held in Respect.
Il would take Valley Stanley's word
where would not take another mans
bond" said an Everett horses dealer
of the chief of the Stanley tribe.
why, / knew his father, Bill Stanley,
chief of the tribe before him. There
was never straighter man in the
horse-dealing business than Bill Stan-
ley"
That is the idea formed of two gypsy
chiefs by man intimately associated
with them in a business that offers
great opportunities for sharp work.
Perhaps you yourself have been
frightened when child by somebody
telling you to watch out or the gyp-
sizes will get you" said the chiefs
son. "That is because people have
the idea that gypsies go in for kid
naping children. They have usually
carried this idea in their minds since
they themselves were children, when
they received it from their parents in
precisely the same way. That is alb
solutely a wrong idea of us. Why
should we kidnap? We have children
enough of our own, quite as many as
we can take care of.
Then they accuse us of being ad-
dicted to stealing. That is lie. We
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TO SERVE WITH ROAST BEEF.
ne" England Yorkshire Pudding
PalatabEe Accessory.

often wished to have on my table
the. famous pudding which accom-
panies the roast beef of Old Eng
land, but in my modern American
kitchen | had no way of suspending a
roast over the batter while cooking.
BESIDES, my taste ran to light fluffy
Things made with baking powder, and
my one attempt at using the old Eng
lsh recipe for Yorkshire pudding
turned out heavy, soggy affair. One
DAY used little ingenuity with my
recipe and since then the pudding has
been a welcome addition TO a roast
2eef course in my home. I take a
pint of sweet milk, a pinch of salt.
three beaten eggs, q teaspoonful of
baking powder, and enough flour to
mahea batter of the consistency of
pancake batter. pour about one
fourth Of cupful Of hot gravy from
me roast into a hot dripping pan,
put the batter in, letting the fat gravy
spread to the sides of the pan, and
then scatter more gravy over the
batter in little puddles, and bake it
10 minutes in hot oven. Cut into
squares with a heated knife and serv-
Cd with the roast beef as hot as posi-
Ole, it is very palatable-Housekeep
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my at-great-grandfathe was q
Bristol man. The Stanley family Is
a good one in England.
Yet we are gypsies, descended
from a long line of gypsies. We speak
the Roman tongue, which is a Ian
guage in general use among gypsies
the world over, though it varies great
ly according to the country in which
a tribe lives.
The next time anyone tells you
that we have no religion, do not be-
lieye it. We have our religion pre-
c1sely as you or any other man who
is not gypsy has his Many of our
people are Baptists; some belong to
other Christian denominations. When
a gypsy does become enthusiastic over
MS religion he makes not infrequent-
~ what you call a great revivalist,
That is his temperament.
This temperament shows again in
the music of the gypsies. Although
this music is entirely by ear. many
great composers have conceded that
1t Is effective and accurate, even
though wild in character The gyp-
sizes in Hungary and Russia and Po-
land are noted as musicians"
MIR. sincIair's Testimony.
What the son of the chief Of the
somerville gypsies says about the
gypsy folk is borne out by Mr.. Sim
clair. He does, in fact, destroy many
cherished Illusion.
"a good many of them are members
of the Baptist church, and speak at
the prayer meetings with all the fer
vor of the other members. Often
times I have heard them exhort visit
ors to their camps about the blessings
and necessity Of a Christian life" he
says.
And he adds that they are not
given to thieving more than any other
poor, ignorant people and the com.
nunity where they are found" Mr..
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To Clean RAD RUGS.

A rag rug, after months of hard
usage, should be thoroughly beaten,
then hung up Oh the clothesline and a
full force of water from garden hose
should be turned on it. After the
rug is well dampened, washing pow.
der must be rubbed into the tufting
and the water continued until the
water that runs off begins to look
clear. Let it drain we'll, then turn on
third stream for final rinse. Leave
it on the line until dry. Unbleached
cotton and linen can be bleached in a
similar manner and save much labor.
Pin the cotton securely on the line,
drench it thoroughly with the hose
and leave it hanging; as soon as it is
dry renew the spraying.
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

from home and consequently are liv,
ing in. the past. Every man who builds
a house without consulting a thor
oughly live up-to-date modern archi.
tect regrets it afterwards. He finds
out after awhile that he might have
a great deal more comfort for less
money! by going aboEt his building
operations in a thorough business
manner. These same carpenters
could easily get in touch with prog
gress greatly to their financial bene-
fit, If they would only write to those
in the thick of the fight and get ac-
quainted
There is one other advantage in
building a house like this, and that
is the one-story kitchen and dining.
room end may, at any future time.
be carried up to the full height and
room made above Tor two more bed
rooms, thus making ten-room house
II the family should need that much
room. There are ve1y few houses
that may be altered after they are
built witt OFT making more expense
than the alterations are worth. It
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THE succULEnT mlNcE PIE.
ingredients Needed For This Nest
Appetising Winter Dessert.

|
Weigh after 1t is chopped three
pounds lean, tender beef. Add to it a
pound and quarter of suet, chopped
and freed from strings, six pounds
tart apples, preferably Baldwins or
greetings, chopped. six pounds sugar,
Lout pounds seeded rslisins, three
pounds currants washed and dried,
one-half pound citron cut in thin
shreds, three pints sweet cider, one
quart of stock in which the meat was
boiled, three pints cider boiled down
mick, three tablesroonfuls powdered
cinnamon, two tables oonfuls cloves,
one teaspoonful each mace, allspice
and nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls salt,
one teaspoonful white pepper, one pint
moIasses, three pints jelly and as
much more juice of preserves or Jelly
as the housewife may elect. Brandy,
sherfy Or rose water may be added
at the last if desired. Chopped prunes
are deemed better than currants by
some cooks, while candied orange or
lemon peel, a little cold tea or coffee
may always be added with advantage.
Ihls mince meat may be scalded be-
lore putting in the brady or simply
canned in glass jars or stone pots
without cooking, its richness insuring
It's keeping. For the fiat dweller. with
no store room facilities, this amount of
mlnce meat might have to be halyed
or CHARTERED, but with good cellar or
cold storage room the amount will be
found Just about right to last the win
ter tor the average family with normal
aDpetites
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TESTIMONY SUPPORTS HIS CLAIM
massachusetts, Lawyer Declares He
Has Studied Habits of the Wander
ing People and Has Found Little to
warrant Conden1nation---Hav Never
Been kidnapers of Children.

Boston.-"Be good children, or the
gypsles will get you"
For hundreds of years mothers
and nurses have used this STYLE of ad.
monitor with refractory children, for
since the advent of the gypsies into
England from the east in the six.
teenta century, popular opinion has
associated them with thievery and
kidnapping and thriftless ways, with
sorceries and lamentations and things
that loom terrible to the childish
mind. Famous writer's have pictured
them as incorrigible rascals, the pub
nc VINO nave seen only the nomadic
features of their life have built I'D
many superstitions around this an
Client people, until to-day to be a gyp-
BY Is to be an outcast, a. nameless
wanderer upon the earth, feared and
dlstrusted by all men save the few
whose dealings with the gypsy folk
nave taught them better.
But have not Borrow and Groome
and Charles Godfrey Leland and Sir
Walter Scott fallen into the error of
accepting prevalent beliefs without
accurate personal knowledge of the
people Of whom they have written?
And have not the gypsies' romantic
charm, their curious lingo, their habit
OF wandering, their superstitions and
lore and their supposed freedom from
humdrum restraints and moral and
legal conventions created in the pub
Tic mind an altogether false impress
sion of this curious people? Those
who have come closest to them assert
that such is the case.
Especially is the popular idea a fall
lacy when applied to the American
gypsy, and it has remained for A. T.
Sinclair, O Massachusetts lawyer to
come publicly to their defense. Mr..
Sinclair is in position to know what
ne talks about. He has spoken the
language of the American gypsy for
rs years, he has given years Of study
to the habits of the oriental gypsy,
and to the subject he has devoted his
best observation. The result Of his
dealings with gypsies and his close
association with them for quarter of
q century is the firm belief that they
are much libeled and greatly mis-.
understood people.
Talk Little Of Themselves.
Many have wondered why the gypsy
has never tried to defend himself, |
why no one Of them has ever attempt
ed to refute the general conception of
his people. When an outsider ap-
proaches a gypsy to get information,
the man who a moment before might
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make-shift plan. Those who depend
on make-shifts fail to get as much
real enjoyment out of life as they
would if they used their head and
hands more in providing conveniences
that are not exactly common.
The idea used to be that only large
houses could be provided with com
forts and conveniences, that small
houses just offered room enough for
actual accessories and that compare
lively poor folks must get along as
best they can, Modern improvements
in house building Is fast doing away
with such notions. In large cities
three Or four-room fats have bath
rooms and places to put things that
are not needed every day A fiat IN
a respectable neighborhood in city
won't rent unless it has a bathroom,
and every year brings more improve
ment and convenience for the family.
The only houses now days that are
built without modern conveniences
are country or village houses that are
designed and built by the local carpen-
tiers, fellows who never get away
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To Save liable Surface.

The o1d-fashioned crochet and straw
mats to save the surface of a polished
table from the damaging effects of hot
dishes are no longer used by the up-to-
date housekeeper. You can now get
sheets of asbestos cloth, which can be
cut up into any desired size and COW
cred with white linen cases. They
can be made plain or embroidered
with an initial or monogram. The
case is made to button at one end,
thus allowing frequent laundering.
These mats, already covered, can be
bought.
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ever the strangers business claims
may be upon his consideration.
But Tom Stanley, son of the chief
OF the Somerville gypsies, relented
somewhat from this rule to explain
certain misconceptions that have long
existed in the minds of the public
concerning the wandering folk.
of course it doesn't matter to us
what people think, so long as we
know ourselves honest and so long as
we play fair in trade and in all our
dealings with the world" he said.
That is one reason why none of us
has ever taken the trouble to contra
dict the many lies that are circulated
about our manner of life and OUR
methods of doing business. But many
times I have been tempted to write
something about our people, that
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! Jack London as . cook.

Jack London's recipe for the cook.
ing of wild duck is SO simple that it
just misses attaining the distinction
of being the easiest cooking formula
known: STUFF the duck with bunch
of celery, or spread the interior of the
carcass literally with celery salt.
Then roast for Il minutes" If you
are duly exact about following this
rule your duck will be blood rare, and,
if you will do nothing to it save dust
It with salt and paprika, it will sim
ply melt in your mouth-February Be-
hemian.
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;
stnclair's conclusions with respect "a
the American gypsy are identical with
report sent him by the governor gem
eral of Russian Central Asia on the
gypsy folk of his country, who have
the reputation of being thieves and
cheats, but, according to the reports
OF our administrative officials, they
behave themselves we'll"
AS to their alleged propensity to
steal children, an idea fostered by
superstition and the melodrama, Mr..
Sinclair says that is all a myth.
All the gypsies in the vicinity of
Boston know me as Lawyer Sinclair
and Tor many years have been con.
suited by them when in trouble,