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BASE BALL NOTES.

The famous team called the "Rounders" failed to make an ap- pearance last Sunday, so the Reds were taken on instead by the Ma tionals The result was If to ' with the Nationals on the long end
 Hannah pitched for the Reds and was hit from start to finish, the Nationals taking a lead at first inning and finishing up with four teen circles of the diamond, while the Reds were struggling to get their seven.
 Busch pitched for the Nationals being hit at will but having splen- did support was able to win the game.
 Bird played an excellent game at short stop, and by the looks of things last Sunday, he will soon be applying for a position on the in field.
 MOreno was not In the game on account of badly spiked ankle.
 Brady will be signed by some League next year on his good field ing ability.
 When it comes to catching Medini is 'there with the goods."
 Raphael is so fast on third base that he wishes position in the field again.
 Bailey was hitting a fine game, bringing in several runs.
 Sunday, July 26, the Nationals wliljourney up to Huachuca to play the team that was here on the 4th of July. There is an excursion
The oasis., 1908-07-25
N0CALES NOTES.

Monday night Mir. Max Muller, manager of the Banco de Sonora, and Mrs. Muller, were at Nogales, en route to California for the sum- mer.
 A heavy rain at noon yesterday raised the arroyo and washed dirt down from the hills into good many buildings close up under them.
 Mr. L. N. Wheaton of New York, who is connected with the Tucabe Mining Co.,, in the Mazda lena district of Sonora, was at No- gales Wednesday evening.
 Thursday evening Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Moore returned from the In dian Hot Springsi in Graham county. where they went early in the the month for rest and recreation.
 Doctor Sneaker, surgeon for the railway company at Verde June ton, has resigned to take effect August first, and will establish in
The oasis., 1908-07-25
TERRITORY OF ARIzoyAj ,

NUtN OF oANI NKIL
 On this 25th day of June. In the year l9ls before me, Phil Herold, Notary Public in and for the Territory and County aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Allen T. Bird and Dane D. Bird, known to me GO De the persons described in, whose names are subscribed tot and who executed the annexed instrument and they acknowledged co me that they executed the same for the purposes and c0n' alterations therein expressed
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF have hereuBto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal n the sald Territory and County, the day and year last above written.
 [SEALl. pHL HEROLp,
 Notary Public My Commission expires February l i9l2
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Notice for Pu blication.
(PUBLIsHER.)

Department of the Interior, L. S Land Office at Phoenix, Ariz.. July T. 193S Notice is here. by given that William A. Parker of Camille. Ariz., who, on June To. l90s, made Homestead entry Serial No. 02l4), No. 1923. for WissEl, SEl4SEl4 NEi4SEl4. Section |. Township 22S, Range lSE., c. & $. R. Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final five year Proof, to establish claim to the land above des- cribed, before Allen T. Bird, Clerk of District Court, at Nogales, Ariz., on the 7th day Of Sept. 1908. Claimant names as witnesses Henry Pyeatt, Robert L. Parsons, Peter Blouser, C. F. Davis, all of Camille, Ariz
 LYMAN W. WAKEFIELD. Register July 25-August 29.
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rate on for the occasion of s87O for round trip. The trip will be made in one day, giving about nine or ten hours in which Go sec the fort. ball game, and hear the Soldiers Band. Brady claims an invention on new way Of sliding; 1t is simple, just start with the other end.
 DOpLsTER.
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practice in Nogales, Arizona, He
 has rented the office rooms in the
 Monteluma that were occupied by
 the late Doctor ]. l.. Nicholson.
 Mr W. ]. Neumann, the photo. graphcr, has replaced the glass in
 the -kylight of his gallery, every
 pane of which but one was smashed by the hailstorm of Monday of last week.
 The Mexican Methodist Church, South, will give next Saturday, the lst of August, at 7:30 ?. m., a Span ish supper, including tamales. The supper will be given to raise funds for renovating the church.
 Tomorrow the Nogales Nationals go to Fort Huachuca to play ball with the soldier nine. The rail- way has given an excursion rate, and many are taking advantage of the opportunity to go along, enjoy an outing and see good game of base ball.
 Wednesday Mir. H. W. Kelsey went out to the front on the new Cananea railway. He reported that the end of track was then about seven miles beyond the town of Santa Cruz, and in sight of Lochiel and Duquesne, which places lie several miles northward. Beyond the end of the track were four grading camps. Thursday there came from the south an out fit to establish fifth, and the sixth outfit is en route. All the grading remaining to be done is quite easy and the work will be pushed to completion within a few weeks.
 One needn't break his neck, or even leg, to get in on the sub- scription list of the first allotment of treasury stock simply because | the books of the Zarahelma Oil | Company are now open to sub- scription to the treasury stock, which is offered at p cents for 8 | shares, but this is not going to | last long at thls price, as only 100,- 900 will be offered in the first allot- ment. Better investigate at once by having the secretary send you a copy of the Company's prospectus. Address B. c. Hill, Secy, home of flee, Nave Block, or P. o. Box 1424, Tucson, Arizona. *
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"Mesesl" Don't tike Some Things.

Frank Alley, the brilliant cores
 pondent of the Bisbee Review and
 other papers iii the Kelly syndi- cate, has been down to Sinaloa, coming and going via Nogales; and
 here are few of his experiences in the line city as related by him in print:
 got middle sized josh on my self that the boys never caught onto. 1 had settled for room on the Mexican side and had given up my old 'dobe dollar Then I con cluded 1 would go across on the American side, purchase some clean clothes and wear them to my room, thus evading duty toward the proud republic to the south of us.
 We'll. l purchased the articles, ambled along till 1 came to bar Der shop where 1 got shave. I asked permission to change my clothes, which was granted. I made the change and as I emerged from the back room the proprietor remarked, where did you get those clothes you just put on?" 1 ex- plained the situation to him, when he replied, "why, you are in Mexi- CO.," Then he made dive to in- form the customs guards, but the line was only ten feet away and l think 1 made it in one jump. | never went back to use up my 'dobe.
 l only discovered one dirty de- tail in Nogales. They have com. bination down at the two depots, gringos by the Way, who insist on transferring all baggage and charg. ing for 1t. Last Sunday morning l went over to get my baggage which consisted of a cigar box full of old socks. I presented my check. A young snotling who happened to have the keys notified me that l could not have my bag gage unless 1 turned it over to him to handle for ? bits gringo I told him it was hold up but ! would have to stand for it and I did. IL is about the smallest, dirty petty larceny system of hold up 1 have ever encountered and the com pany's people should have their attention called to it..
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TERRITORY OF ARI20NA

NOININ OF oANIA JNUH !, Phil Herold, County Recorder in and TOT the County and Territory aforesaid, do netlE certify that have compared the ioycgongcoH with the original articles Ot iucUfpOra ,i.h of the SONORA METAL JClAG lo.. PANG, filed and recorded n my office 25th day of June, 1908, in Book of Ms. ous Records at page sep and same is q full, true and correct copy b " original, and of the whole there0t. Witness my hand and seal 1tli.e day of June, 1905.
 [Seall PHIL Hff3
 County {ee June 27-August 1.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11
A German Class

Will be opened by DR.. +. g. Domnitz,
at his residence 209 East Rio Grande
avenue, Holly Beach, for ladies and
gentlemen who wish to learn to speak
the German language, commencing
October the 5th, and to close the last
week in March. Two lessons will be
given each week, Monday and Thurs
day, at 7.60 D. M, for the nominal
price of 81 90 per month. DR.. Domnitz
is a well known linguist, speaking
twenty two languages, and formerly
was professor of languages at a college
in St. Louis. A number of applications
have already been made, and those
who wish to join this class, should call
on him early for enrolment, as only a
certain number can be accommodated.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11
An Anchor to Windward.

The solemn faced man who drove the
stage between Willowby and Green
field never lost an opportunity to dis
play his knowledge to a new passen-
ger, nor had he ever been known to
suppress his opinion on any subject
no matter what it might be. "They
tell me you're the man that wrote the
story that's running now in n o. the
big magazines. forget which 'tis,'
he said one day to a CHEEKY passenger
who had been e~ndeavoring to ask a
few questions himself.
81 believe | am" admitted the gen
tleman.
1--WE never turned my hand to writ.
ing" said the stage driver, Ticking his
horses in meditative mood. NO, sir,
I've been too much took up with other
things, but / read everything most.
was having a little talk with Bill Sears
about you yesterday. We'd both been
reading your last book before this new
one. Now, do you rely entirely on
what you write for a liying?"
mot entirely" said the author, with
due humility.
That's what l thought when l fin.
ished the book" and the stage driver
looked kindly at the man Of letters.
I'm real glad for ye that you've other
MEANS" he said benevolently. Got
'em well invested, l expect, too. l told
Bill Sears that was most likely the
case."-Youth's Companion.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11
Iauqhinq Gas For Poets.

Sir Humphry Davy was the first to
inhale nitrous oxide. His experiment
was the result of a report published
by a brother chemist that laughing gas,
called by him oxide of septon, was
the cause and basis of all contagion.
Cautious experiments made with the
diluted gas produced no i'll effects, and
Davy proceeded to inhale considerable
quantities of the pure gas. Contrary
to his expectations, the effects were
highly pleasurable. Thrills of pleasure
pervaded his body, and his mind was
filed with ideas and emotions of the
most exalted kind, which, however,
were very indistinct when the effect of
the gas passed off. 1t occurred to Sir
Humphry Davy that the gas might
be useful in promoting poetic inspira-
ton, and he accordingly tried writing
verse while under its influence. but the
recorded result hardly shows a close
connection between the divine af1atus
and nitrous oxide. Davy's expert
ments had the effect of making the in
halation of laughing gas for a time
highly fashionable, SO that In 1902 a
French writer alludes to it as having
become a national vice in England.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11
A Crest BungaIO

Frank A. Mershon of Holly Beach il
building a fine bungalow on Myrtle
Road in Wild wood Crest. 1t is the
largest bungalow on the island and
has several distinctive features abouti it,
one of which is the handsome fireplace
in the dining room. 1t is built in a
novel name and is composed of Pom
peiian bricks. Another unusual
feature is the design of the concrete
blocks of which the porch piers are
formed. The porch to the bungalow is
63ft. long and affords a splendid view
of the ocean and sound. There is a
sun veranda fully as Large as the porch.
The rooms are large and well lighted.
On the first floor are a reception room,
dining room, kitchen, pantry, bath
room and 3 bedrooms, a back porch
and two comfortable sized bath houses.
On the second floor are a large living
room, two bedrooms and a large store
room. In the basement, there is a
laundry with stationery tubs, also a
toilet. The house is wired for cleo
tricity and piped for gas. 1t is furnish-
ed in an artistic wayseverything being
of Mission design and with a polished
Flemish finish. 1t ia artistic in every
detail, practical and beautiful. Mr..
Mershon is noted for the quality Of
material used and the fine workman
ship. Many of the buildings erected
by him are built after designs of his
own and are practical in every detail.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11
Only a Certain Kind.

There is a story told among the peas
antry of Sleswick, the former Danish
province annexed after the war In
1864, of how Prince Bismarck was
COMPOUNDED by the tongue of a shep-
herd lad. Shortly after the close of
the wal Prince Bismarck went on an
inspection tour through the provinces,
as he desired to study the feelings and
sentiments among the people. he
talked with the peasants, getting val.
liable though not always agreeable in.
formation. For days he was annoyed
by constantly hearing dogs called "Bis-
marck." Desiring to know what II
meant. he called out In a gruff voice
to a shepherd boy who had uttered the
dreaded chancellor's name in connec
ton with his dog:
"Are all dogs in this country named
Bismarck"
Zach nein. mein herr" the urchin re-
piled as he doffed his cap; les list bloss
die. schweinhunde" cob, no, sir; it Il
only the pig dogs").@
E-r II ~ III. z
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11

the same sweet wife | have always
known-everything was the anne. ]
come home tonight to find your trunks
packed and you dressed and ready to
leave me-forever''-
His voice broke, and for a moment
Mrs. Merriman seemed to waver; then
she again picked up the suit case with
determination.
"T1l write" she said, from moth
er's."
And so he was forced to let her go.
He stood for some time on the front
steps in the rain, watching the cab as
1t vas swallowed up by the grayness,
and, then he went into the empty
house.
Everything seemed to speak to him
of Polly, of their two happy years of
married life. There was the mission
furniture in the library, the fascinat-
ing bookcases with loaded glass, the
books that they had read together, the
motto over the fireplace on which they
had looked night after night when the
lamp was out and only the flames light
eu tue ululleSS u lue Dig TOOul. luere
vas But he left the library behind
him and went upstairs, only to be re-
minded again and again of Polly as
he tripped yer her Turkish gold en-
broidered slippers on the threshold Of
her pink and white room and noted
her frilly dressing gown flung across
a chair. her cut glass bottles on the
chiffonier. her ivory brushes on Il e
dressing table.
A sudden thought came to him. Why
had she left these things behind2
She had been deliberately locking the
big trunk when he came in that after
noo "T1l send for 1t later" she had
informed him and had crushed the re-
naming articles into her suit cease.
Why hadn't she taken her brushes?
Why hadn't she taken her dressing
gown? Why were the slippers left? Z
AS a dawning thought came to him
his face frightened. He went over to
tie trunk and lifted it. 1t was so light
that he moved 1t easily. Then he sat
down on the floor deliberately and
picked the lock and opened it. 1t was
empty.
Still smiling, he went over to the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11

this remote distance with that empty
feeling In her heart and brain. She
didn't even hate him. Some girls might
have done so after being Tilted, but
somehow she didn't care. She leaned
forward b~reathlessly as be suddenly
raised the light stick which he carried
and made another step toward the
bring of the precipice.
"Don't!" she cried involuntarily
and she stepped around the pine and
held out a protesting hand.
Brierson turned sharply, and his
blank gaze met her own-unrecogniz.
ing, Indifferent.
IL thought l was alone" he said
co~urteously, removing his hat.
I'll thought you did not see that
you were so near the edge of the preci-
pice," she said in a low tone and with
burning cheeks.
He felt about with his stick in a
clumsy, ~unseeing and dislodg-
ed a stone, which went hurtling down
the steep incline with an alarming
crackle of twigs and earth. He stood
III IL lhclcHluS dIllluut uuln Tie cCnOSS
had died away, and then he extended
n hand with a helpless gesture.
Il am sorry to trouble you, madam,
butt am blind. Will you kindly turn
me about into the safe path?"
Something warm came into the girls
heart as he spoke, and her lips culver
ed painfully. She laid a small hand
on his coat sleeve. AS she did SO the
turf crumbled under his feet, and, with
a startled cry, he sank away from her
over the brink of the p~recipice.
Strengthening her grasp on his
sleeve as his weight pulled her down
ward, she threw her strong young
body OIL the ground and clutched with
her free hand at the tough branches of
a stunted cedar.
LET go" he said hoarsely. "You
are risking your lifei" 7s
II shall not let CO." she replied de-
cisively. Except for your blindness
you are a strong manr
YES" he said impatiently, .but you
must release me at once, madaml II
I have beeIl fop9ish enough to jeopar-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11
Po|Iy's Joke.
By PHILIP KEAN.
Copyright, 1908. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

Having packed everything into a suit
Mrs. Merriman said. II am ready
with the air of one being led to the
stake.
Her husband. watching her gloomily
from the top of a trunk, said politely,
"At least you will wait until the show
er is over?"
NO" said his wife. with decision; 81
wish to go at once"
But began the gentleman on the
trunk.
"At once" Mrs. Merriman~ reiterated,
and her husbands gloom relaxed sud
denly into a smile.
"Oh. Polly" he said, you look so
funny when you try to be stately"
She gasped.
Twill you kindly order my cab?'
Merriman slid down from the trunk.
"Ill do anything" he said m%iserably,
"if you will only tell me why you are
going"
But Mrs. Merriman had picked up
the suit case, the weight of which
made her sag dreadfully to n side.
LET me carry that" her husband In
sisted. Its too heavy for you"
But she chung to 1t desperately.
II might as well begin to bear my
burdens Alone" she said, for I shall
have to do 1t hereafter"
"Oh, piffie," said Merriman and then
begged pardon, like a gentleman. II
know how you hate slang, Polly" he
said. II should not forget"
1T is rather late" his wife reminded
him, ito be c~onsiderate of my feel
ings."
ooh, pif"- her husband began, and
then he stopped. "I1l telephone for the
cab at once"
When he had gone Mrs. Merriman
sat down on the suit case and sighed.
The severity died out Of her counte-
nance and was succeeded by a sweet
seriousness. "Oh, dear"! she murmur-
ed.
When Merriman came up to an
nounce the cab. however, she was
standing at the window looking out.
st is raining very hard" Merriman
said. II wish 1t might induce you
She turned around with uplifted
hand. mot another moment" she
said, Twill l stay In this house."
Merriman crossed the room quickly.
"Polly," he demanded sternly, what
is the meaning of this. When I left
for the Office this morning you were
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11

By CLARISSA MACklE.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

Il must give you bact your free
dom. l will not tell you why, be-
cause you would call my reasons alb
surd. In justice to you it must be so.
Try to forgive me-" So wrote Jack
Brierson when he broke his engage
ment, and Miss Abernethy pressed her
white lips together scornfully and sent
back the betrothal ring by registered
mail In a very practical manner.
Then because the long, e%nervating
spring days had robbed her cheeks of
their wonted bloom and the germs of a
convenient malaria" had dulled the
brightness of her brown eyes Rose
Abernethy's guardian aunt carried her
bodily away into the bracing Adiron-
dack region, where they lived the sim
pie life of the woods and inhaled vigor
and peace with the sweet air.
Gradually the cynical lines faded
from Roses face, and when the sum-
mer brought a greater influx of WIS.,
itors to the large hotels she found her
self back in that whirl of pleasure of
which she had always necessarily been
a part.
One afternoon she went to her IA
vorite retreat on the brink of the Fall
ing hill, where a huge bowlder under
the pines afforded a comfortable seat.
Here she had come every day to wit
ness the glorious ~pageantry of the sun
set, and her joy in its recurring splen-
dor was always tinged with dread of
the sheer precipice that yawned at her
feet.
Now she was revealing In the solitude
of the spot when slow, hesitating steps
broke the silence. She turned as a
man came into view, parting the bush
es with a familiar brown hand. 1t
was Jack Brierson.
Apparently he did not see her, for
he continued his faltering advance al
most to the very edge of the hill. Then
he stopped and looked away toward
the west with level eyes and a face SO
stilled from all emotion that its very
tenseness was eloquent of pain.
Rose Abernethy's face paled as she
watched him ~curiously. 1t seemed
very strange to be watching Jack at
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-11

closet and threw the door wide open
It vas full of Polly's clothes.
Evidently Polly was coming back.
With a mind at ease, he returned to
the library and prepared to wait fol
her. With a book and a cigar and the
comfort of his easy chair the time
would pass quickly. But 1t did moi
pass quickly. He missed Polly awful
". and he grew very serious as he
thought what it might mean If she
should never come back. And in the
terror of that thought he wen to the
telephone and called up Polly's mother
Polly's mother, answering sleepily
said that Polly vas not there. had moi
been there, and it was midnight. Why
was he asking her? What had hap
pened to Polly-what?
Merriman quieted her fears. Polly
was out and was late getting home.
But, of course. nothing had happened
And then he hung UP the receiver.
But he could not quiet his own fears.
Polly had never beer so late. Perhaps
the cabman wasn't trustworthy. Per
haps-oh, there were so many dreadful
possibilities.
He stumbled upstairs to get his
street coat. He would go out into the
night and look for her; he would
hunt up that cabman; he-and then he
stopped dead still on the threshold Of
the pink and white room, for there in
the big chair, with her shining hair
falling all about her. with the gold
embroidered slippers peeping from be
meath the folds of the frilly dressing
gown, was Polly. fast asleep!
And pinned to the top of her chair
was a placard on which in big letters
was written:
april Foolr'
AS he gasped in establishment Polly
opened her eyes.
April fool" she smiled sleepily.
How did you get in?" he demanded
as he came and stood over her.
81 had the cabman drive me for four
blocks, and her he drove me back,
and l slipped through the dining room
window. l left it open on purpose. l
had expected to run right In and con-
fess that / was fooling, but when /
came up and found the trunk open l
thought I'd stay here and let you Won
der a bit. And then l went to sleep,
and that's ALL" said pretty Polly.
"Oh, Polly" her husband ~reproached
her, "how could %you-how could you
joke on such a serious s~ubject?"
81 wanted to see how you would
act" Polly told him, 'if you thought /
was going to leave you"
But His voice was very stern.
81 wanted to get even" Polly sat up
and talked fast. "You remember last
year, Bob. You came home and told
me the bank had failed and hat you
had lost your money. You wanted to
see if l could love you if you were
poor, and then you told me it was an
April fool"
Merriman looked crestfallen. 81 for
got that" he said, but
"And what is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the -gander,' said his wife
serenely.
Eyes, it is" Merriman admitted man
fully as he drew his wife into his arms,
"but l think we'd better let such jokes
alone in future, sweetheart. 1t hurts
too much, you know"
Polly put up her lips to be kissed.
Eyes; it does" she whispered. II cam
near giving in when you looked so
miserable"
ooh. Polly, how could your" He was
holding her close. And Polly, repent
ant and beautiful, confessed in his ear:
st was because l was a little April
fool, Bob. We are both a pair of April
FOOLS" a.