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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01
HUNDRED NATIVES PERISH.
Terrific Squall Sinks Many Craft ID
Aongkong Harbor.

Hongkong Harbor.
Hongknng, Jan. 2S.-A terrific rain
squat broke over Hongkong during
the morning and in the space OF ten
minutes sank over fifty Chinese craft
in the harbur, more than 100 natives
being drowned. There were no CAS-
ualties among the white population.
Launches from the shore rescued
many occupants of swamped boats
The barber was Uttered with the
wreckage from the sunken junks. Dur
ing the squan the river steamer Paul
Bean broke adrift, but she was brought
to an anchor without sustaining any
damage,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01
Friday, Jan. Is.

The Academy of Music at Washing
ton was completely Quilted by fire
Thursday.
President Roosevelt has sent to
congress message favoring model
insurance law in the District of Co.
1umbia.
While the general condition of for
mer Governor Higgins of New York is
more favorable there is apparently but
slight hope for his ultimate recovery.
An official decree announces the
turning over of the palace of Cardinal
Richard, archbishop of Paris. to the
ministry of labor. It will be used for
Office purposes.
DR.. B. E. drummer Of Omaha, one
of the best known physicians and sur.
geons of the West is dead from the
effects of a naralytic stroke which oc.
CURED last March.
The central part of the city of Po-
lotsk, in the province of Vitebsk, Rus
STA, one of the most ancient cities of
the empire, has been destroyed by
fire. The damage done is very heavy.
Saturday, Jan. 26.
The house Friday passed $50 pen
sion bills in one hour and fifteen min
utes.
Admiral Beranger, former Spanish
minister of marine, is dead. The end
came suddenly and was due to heart
disease.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the
last of the children OF Rev. Lyman
Beecher, sister of Henry Ward
Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Is dead at Hartford, Conn.
Sir Francis Henry Evans, M. p,
director of several companies and a
partner In the firm of Donald Currie
e. Co., managers of the Union Castle
line Of steamships, is dead in London
Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate
that weather conditions are more nor
NAL than for some time past, which
helps retail trade, and in other de-
partments the preparation for spring
trade is active.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01

A liar Is sooner caught than a Grip
provrb.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01

Inquire Of the young people; they
know everything.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01

be desired by the city to purchase the
plant at that time.
According to decision by Judge
Lochren of the federal court the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company loses its suit to enjoin the
city of st. Charles from preventing it
installing telephone exchange there.
The court holds that under the legis-
lative act of 1893 cities and villages
have authority to admit or keep out
telephone companies as they may de-
SIRE
John T. Byrnes, an attorney Of
Litchfield, has been disbarred by the
supreme court. He is charged with
willful misconduct in dealing with cli-
ents. The case was prosecuted by
the state board of examiners at law
and a hearing before a referee had.
A report of testimony was submitted
to the supreme court and the court,
after considering this, handed down
decision disbarring Byrnes.
A meeting of the ri-County Good
Roads association was held at st.
Cloud last week and it was decided to
hold a big convention of the farmers
of Stearns, Benton and Sherburne
counties at St. Cloud on Feb. % and
%. Members of the Minnesota Farm
on one day and invitations are to be
extended to President Hill of the
Great Northern and Governor Johnson.
The oasis., 1907-04-13
AMENDMENT

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
 At u Special meeting of the Stock kholders Of the RiCHFIELD MINING COMPANY, held at it's Office in the Directors Room of the First National Bank, Brickwo1d Building in Nc gales Arizona, al 10 o'clock 4 M., on the 23rd day of February, 1907, duc notice of which and the object thereof having been previously given to all the Stockholders pursuant to the provisions of the Articles uf Incorporation in that respect by unanimous vote of all the stockholders present, either by proxy or in person, representing majority of the stock of the Company. Articles One CD and Four (4) of the Articles and Amended Articles of lncor pnrati0n were amended as follows:
 ARTICLE l. The name of said Corpora ton shall be the RICHFlELD COPPER COMPANY and it's principal place of traashcting business shall be at No gales. santa Cruz County, Arizona, with il branch office at the City of Washing ton. D. c., and at such other places as may be determined by tae Board Gf Directors.
 ARTICLE l. The amount Oi the Capital Stock oi the Corporation shall be FIVE MILLION ($5O0O,0O0) DOLLARS divided into FIVE MILLION (5OO0,000) SHARES of the Par Value nf One (Sl .00l Dollar each, fully paid up and forever nol- asscssable.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have affixed their official signatures and the seal of sad Company at Washington, D. C.. on the 2Sth day of February, 1907.
 (signed) SAMUEL T HAFFNER, [SEM.l President
 tsigneD ptLEYs L. FIcKEs,
 secretary
The oasis., 1907-04-13
LUNAcY iHQUESTs
pr. ferguson Writes Probate Judge
 Concerning insanity Commitments.

Concerning insanity Commitments.
 Probate Judge NJ. Marsleler has received q circular letter from Dr. Ray Ferguson, superintendent of the territorial asylum at Phoenix, calling special attention 10 certain features of the law with regard to lunacy inquests. These features always ave been observed strictly by Judge Marsleller's predt cessor, Judge O'Connor, and slnce the expiration of the term of that gentleman by Judge Marsteller, but Dr. Ferguson says that they have been ignored by the probate judges of some Ari- zona counties and he desires 10 re- duce to minimum the number of patients committed in the future and also to receive only such patients as legally may come under his care. A portion of Dr. Fer guson's letter follows:
 Section 1 makes 1t necessary for two physicians to examine and certify to the lunacy of person before the commitment Is valid.
 Section 5 empowers the board of control to Adopt forms of commit ment and to regulate the admis- sions to the asylum. The board Ina, acted on this by adopting the present form of commitment blank, wherein the examining physicians are made to certify that the case is not one of idiocy, imbecility, simple feebleness of mind or dellrium tremens, the rule being that the above are not proper eases for treatment at this institution. Section further states that no person not complying with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board shall be received into said asylum or be permitted to re- main therein" :"
The oasis., 1907-04-13
srAIr oE MARYLANn :.

On this 2Sth day of February l911 before m the undersigned. Notary Public in and for the County 0f Frederick, personally appeared Samuel F. Haffner President of the Richield Mining Company. who l know to be the identical person whose name is affixed to the foregoing instrument, President, and acknowledge the execution thereof by him, for the purposes and conditions therein expressed, and desired that the same inc recorded as such. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and fixed my official seal of my office in the said County and State on the 2sth day of February l907.
 (Signcd) CHAs B. T. lIENDRIcKsoN, ISEAL.l Notary Public. My commission expires May ist, 1908.
The oasis., 1907-04-13
STATE or PENNYsLvANIA 1

COUNTY or IACkAWANNA
 On this 2Sth day of February, l90z before me the undersigned, Notary Public in and for the County of Lackawauna, personally ap peared Da,bys l.. Fickes, Secretary of the Rich field Mining Company who know to be the identical person whose name is affixed to the foregoing instrument, as Secretary, and acknowledge the execution thereof by him, for the purposes and conditions therein expressed, and desired that the same be recorded as such. IN WITNESS WHEREOF have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal of my office in the said County and State on the 2Sth day of February, I907.
 (signed) DALBYs L. FICKEs. HENRY w. MULHoLLAND,
 TSFAL1 Notary Public.
 My commission expires Jan. S, l9ll.
The oasis., 1907-04-13
Chicago Men Acquire the Lcadville
 Property.

The Leadville property in the Turquoise district Is now tied up under an agreement with kaufman Brothers of Chicago, who have taken an option on the stock of the company as well as that held by Messrs. Holmes, Fitch and Store beck, who were the original owners and who own the controlling inter- est of the stock. The price at which the stock was taken has not as yet been given out to the public but 1t is said to be from 60 to 75 cents. It is understood that as soon as the property passes into the hands of Kaufman Brothers that John Gleeson will become the manager of the property, This property Is acknowledged to be one of the best groups of claims to be found in the district and at the present time there is opened up number of bodies of high grade ore. Besides bonding this property B. $. Kauf- man has a bond of claims belong ing to Warnekros, Payla and John son.-Willcox News.
The oasis., 1907-04-13
TERRITORY OF ARIzoNAl,
CorNTy OF SANTA CRuz

NVININ UF NTtIL
 l. Phil Herod, County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aforesaid, do hereby certify that l have compared the foregoing copy with the original Amendment to articles of incorporation of the RICHFIELD MINING COMPANY, filed and recorded in my office on the 9th day of March, 1907, in Book of Mis- celaneous Records at page --- ct sea; and that the same is full true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof
 Witness my hand and seal of office this 9th day of March, A. D. 1907
 [SEAL.l FILL HERoLD, March l6-Aprl %,
The oasis., 1907-04-13

Paradise Record There is on exhibition at the store of Powers & McCord, at Portal, chunk of native copper, weighing 3l8 pounds. It was found on the surface of the ground near Dunn springs, by W. H. Smith, on claim owned by him. The chunk appears to be all copper, as 1t gives clear metal lie sound, when struck by a hammer. Dunn springs are in the Chiricahua mountains and is known as the old Scott White ranch. If the Chirica- huas are going to produce native copper they will get out of the Cop per Queen and into the Calumet & Hecla class.
The oasis., 1907-04-13

PHIL HEROLD, County Recorder.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
A Daring Young Adventurer with a
Thrilling Career.

Captain John Smith Of Willoughby,
Lincolnshire, was the man to whom
the success of the first English perma-
nent settlement in North America was
directly due. Though only twenty-six
when the expedition sailed with MN
on board. he had already enjoyed such
n succession of thrilling experiences as
was the lot of few men even In the adj
venturous age of Elizabeth. At the age
of sixteen he had entered on military
career in France and the Low Countries.
In 1000 he sought service against the
Turks who were then at the height OF
their power and had only lately ceased
TO threaten Vienna itself. On the way
70 the east he was thrown overheard
as a HuguenOt and was rescued by a
nitrate. from whom his lnexhausdole
resourcefulness enabled him to escape
after a time. He then entered the Aus
trian service and soon signallZed him.
self by series of brilliant exploits.
One of these. the defeat Of three TURK
ish champions In single fight, earned
him his we'll known coat Of arms,
"three Turks heads in shield" from
SIgismond Bathori. prince Of Transyi-
vania. Later he was taken prisoner by
the Turks and owed his escape to the
interest with which he inspired a TURK
Ish lady. Whatever might happen,
as Gardiner says, "he was always able
to turn it to account In the worst dan
gers he knew what was the right thing
TO be done."-London Outlook.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
ABUSE OF INDOORS.
We Rely Too Much on the Protection
Of Our Houses.

We ReIy Too Much on the Protection
of Our Houses.
Houses were made for shelter, not
for confinement; for freedom, not re-
stralnt. They were intended to enlarge
our sphere of activities, not to dimln-
ish them.
They foster the family and make
progress possible, but we should not
abuse their protection. We have crawl
ed away into their still and comforta-
BILE recesses. slept in their dry, clean
chambers. toasted ourselves over their
sheltered fires. read by their untiicker-
inc lights and eaten from their Oounu-
full boards so long that we are grown
pale. timld, peeyish and thankless
withal.
We have kept ourselves away from
the wind and the sun and the lashlng
rain from the feel of the earth under
foot and the sense of the leaves and
stars overhead until we no longer know
the keen and simple joys OF being
alive We have set up barriers against
the inclemency of nature ana covered
before her severe austerity until now
we have forgotten how indispensable
is all her kindly nurture, how tonic bel
rugged ways, how full of solace hel
assuaging calm.
Houses were only made to live IL
when it is too cold or too hot or TOT
wet to live out of doors. Any other time
out of doors is best. To sleep out o.
doors for a month is better than trll
10 Europe. - Bliss Carman in Crafts
man.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
NEW YEARS IN THE ORIENT
The Greetings and the Presents IN
China and Japan.

Tho most wonderful ceremonies con-
nected with the new year occur IN oni-
m and Japan. \ Chinese city presents
, husv and attractive spectacle on
Now Years day. The streets are
tbronced with people dressed In gaia
attire The mandarins are known by
the red. blue. white and gilt balls on
tbeir cans. Gentlemen Of rank and
wealth are carried in palanQuins. When
friends meet they greet each other
with "Kung-hil Kung-hi! when
means. Il respectfully wish you JOY
But instead of shaking hands In the
American fashion each grasps his own
hands. lifts them as high as his cmh
and with sweeping motion throws
tbam down as low as possible, bend
ing the body ut the same time. Ihls
Is the mode of salutation among the
Chinese. At the dawn of New Year
dav the visits of congratulation Degln'
and New Years gifts are sent 10 par
ticular friends, always accompanied by
. visiting ticket of red paper, on when
IRE written the name of the donor ana
q list Of the presents sent. These con-
siSt usually of silks, fine tea, sweet
meats. ornaments of personal wear
TOYS and souvenirs of various kinds
In Japan the custom is to send letters
ON rice paper to those in distant places
conveying the formal expression OF the
New Years greetings. Presents OF
cooked rice. roasted peas, oranges anC
FIGS are offered to every One.-Leslie''
Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
PRECOCIOUS JOHN DAVY.
Childhood Incident Of the Author OF
"The Bay Of Blscay."


An interesting anecdote Of the youth
of John Davy. who composed the ia
nous song THE Bay of Biscay." shows
how decided and precocious was this
musicians aptitude for the art he ulti-
mately practiced with artistic II not
financial success. John Davy was born
near Exeter In 1765. At the age OF six
he evinced a passion for music, which
he sought every means Of gratifying
He was in want Of a musical instru'
ment and determined to provide him.
self with one Of however rough ma
ture So from q neighborlng smithy
he purloined twenty to thirty horse
shoes. From these he selected as many
as formed a complete octave and, hav'
ing suspended them in an upper room
amused himself by initiating upon
them the chimes Of the neighborine
church of Creditor.
By these and other means he OBTAIN
ed a knowledge Of music which some
thirty years later enabled him to pro
duce many dramatic pieces and suct
songs as Just Like Love" THE Deau
of the Smuggler" and "The Bay o
Biscay," only the last Of which has re
manned popular.
After twenty years work In Londol
Davy died In st. Martins lane In 1874
He was buried in st. Martins church
yard.-London Chronicle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09

Thomas Carlyle, 1.-The sage Of Chel
sea" died without winning much per-
sonal popularity, a fact, however
which is forgotten in admiration of his
genius. Carlyle exerted greater in
fiuence on British literature during the
middle Of the nineteenth century and
ON the religious and political beliefs
of his time than possibly any other
British writer He never wrote line
that he did not believe and in regard
to style he certainly had no superior
From the position of schoolmaster IN
an obscure village this great Scotsman
rose to be a leader in the world OF let
ters-London Standard.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
Facts About Building Stone.

Almost everybody knows the rule OF
the masons that stone used in build
ing should be so placed that 1t will lie
as it lay in its natural bed when quar-
ried. But Francis W. Hoyt in the En-
cheering News says that this familiar
rule is not always to be depended upon
and needs in many cases to be supple
mented with other precautions. There
are three planes Of fracture known to
ouarrvmen. The rift is the direction
in which the stone splits most easily
the grain that which is next easiest
the head that which offers the greatest
resistance. In a paving block the two
sides represent the rift fracture, the
TOD and bottom the grain and the ends
the head. But in a quarry the natural
bed is sometimes considerably inclined
to the plane of the rift; hence the I'M
perfection of the ordinary rule for plac
Ing the stone in building.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
A SOCIABLE COMPANION.
The chatty Traveller Who Charmed
Ralph Waldo Emerson.

II Is related that Ralph Waldo EN-
erson was once on his way to Calitor
MIA when he was Joined by q man VINO
was altogether so sociable and chatty
that an otherwise tedious journey was
rendered quite cheerful. This mans
name VS. Sackett, and he told MI
Emerson that he resided in San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Sackett indicated all the
noints of interest along the way, re-
lated q lot OF amusing anecdotes and'
best of all, was also an attentive u.s.
toner. The consequence was that MI
Emerson came to the conclusion thal
Mr. Sackett was as charming man
nc he had ever met, and it was in this
nositivc conviction that he accepted
Mr. Sackett's invitation to dine Wltn
him Immediately upon their arrival IL
San Francisco. The next morning Mt
Emerson was astonished and annoyed
70 find in all the local papers thls
startling personal notice: professor
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the emlnen
philosopher, scholar and poet. is IN oul
CITY as the guest Of ]. Sackett, th'
we'll known proprietor Of the Busl
Street Dime museum. Matinees ever!
half hour Admission only 10 cents
The double headed calf and the dol
faced boy this week"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09

st. Augustine, Fla, founded by the
Spaniards in 1864, is generally said 10
be the oldest European settlement
within the present limits of the United
States, but some twenty or thirty
wears earlier Coronado, the Spanish
conqueror and explorer, leading an ex
petition from the City Of Mexico north
ward. had founded some sort or
Spanish colony at the ancient Indian
village of Ysleta, In Ell Paso county
Tex. In the southwest it is therefore
claimed that Ysleta IS the Oldest Euro
pean settlement in the United States
st. Louis Republic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
And Do Not Let the Past Spoil the
DAYS That Are to Come.

DAYS nat arc " OO''S'
There is nothing more depressing
than dwelling upon lost opportunities
or a misspent life. Whatever your
mast has been, forget it. If 1t throws
n shadow upon the present or causes
melancholy or dependency, there IS
nothing In it which helps you, there
is not a single reason why you should
retain It in your memory, and there
are n thousand reasons why you should
bury 1t.
The futures your uncut BLOCK Oh
marble. Beware how you smite It.
Don't touch it without a programme
Don't strike a blow with your chisel
without a model, lest you ruin ana
mar forever the angel which lives
within the block. But the past marble
which YOU have carved into hideous
images which have warped and twist
ed the ideals of your youth and caused
vou infinite pain, need not ruin or maj
the uncut block before you. ms Ii
one of the merclful provisions tina
every day present to every human De
ing, no matter how unfortunate hl'
past. a new uncut block of pure mar
BILE. so that every day every human be
ing has a new chance to retrieve TIT
past to improve upon it if he will.
Nothing is more foolish, more posi-
lively wicked, than to drag the skele
tons of the past, the hideous images
the foolish deeds, the unfortunate ex
perlences Of the past into today's worI
to mar and spoil it. There are plent
of people who have been failures u
to the present moment who could d
wonders in the future if they coui
only forget the past and start anew
| Success.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
EloWerpots.

All new howerpOts require TO Dc
soaked In water and allowed to dry
thoroughly before being used. The SOIL
does not hang well to the sides OF gar
den pots unless so treated. Dirty pots
are open to the same objection. Let
any one try to put plant with fresh
soil into a pot which has been used
before and left unwashed, and ne VIII
find in a few days, when the soil be-
gins to dry, that 1t leaves a space and
does not adhere as it should to the
sides Of it. No plant can possibly
flourish under such circumstances. The
roots of a plant draw to the sides OF a
pot naturally in search of moisture
and growth of course Is checked II q
current Of air Is allowed to pass be-
tween them and the sides. Some plants
exhibit this tendency In such remark
able degree that few roots are to DC
seen, except a network on the outside
of the soil next the pot.