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The oasis., 1908-03-28

Liceaga and Bernaldez, and secure data for the purchase of the iurni. ture and scientific instruments for the new $150.000 hospital which the society will inaugurate this year The building, which is situ- ated near the sea, was built en- tirely with funds subscribed by the Spanish colony. It is pro- posed to place 1t in the same cata- gory as regards interior arrange ments, apparatus, etc, with the general hospital of Mexico City.
 Mexican Herald: The Mexican Central is making q series of freight hauling tests to determine the maximum freight tonnage that en ordinary engine can haul over the line with dispatch and safety. The experiments will probably last two weeks. The tests are being made on all divisions of the Gen. tral, and it is almost certain that when the required data is at hand the road will be able to revise it's work and transport more freight in quicker time, and otherwise facili- tate the freight service.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: The coal fields near c P Diaz, in the state of Coahuila, are rapidly increasing their output, according to all re- ports. This is said to be especially true of the mines of the Compaiiia Carbonera de c. P0rfrio Diaz, that have shown an increase in March of more than double that of January. The January output was 200 tons daily, while the present output is 800 tons. as a result of two new mines being opened up. The mines of this company are located four and a half miles from c. P. Diaz. A branch railroad is to be rnn to the mines.
The oasis., 1908-03-28

MINERAL APPLICATION NO. 339. United States Land Office, Phoenix, Arizona, January r, 190S.-Notice Is Hereby Given that William k. Balcom, of Patagonia, Arizona, for himself and his co-owners, William P. Blake and James Kane, has made application for patent to the Santa Cruz, Tlajuana and Santa Maria lodes, Survey No. 24O9, approximately in Town ship 20 S.. II E. (unsurveyedl in the Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona Territory, described as follows: Magnetic variation l3 deg 30 min. K. SANTA CRUZ LODE: Beginning at Cor No. 1; whence U, s. Loc. Mon. No. 24O9 bears N. 75 deg. l4 min. E. 13S it.. thence S. deg. 25 min w. 600 it to Cor. No. ?; thence S. 7S deg 26 min. E. 1500 it. to Cor No 3; thence \ 2deg. p min. E; 6oo it. it. to Cor. No. 1, the beginning TIAJUANA LODE: Beginning at Cor No. 1; whence U. s. | c. Mon. No. 24O9 bears N 75 deg: IA min. E. lSS it.; thence N. s7 deg. 35 min. W. 1900 it. to Cor. No ?; thence s deg 25 min. W. 600 it. to Cor. No.3; thence & S7 deg. 35 min. E, l50O fit. to Corner No. 4; thence \. 2 deg. 25 min. E. 800 ft. to Cor: No. l, the. beginning SANTA whence U. S. LOG. Mon, No 24O9 bears S. S9 deg. l min. K. l632.3 it.; thence N. S7 deg. 35 min. w. 1500 it. to Cor. No Z; thence S. degrees 25 S5 min. E. 1900 feet to Cor No. 4; thence N. 2 deg 25 min. E. 500 it. to Cor. No. ', the begin ming. The Location Notices are recorded in the office of Recorder of Santa Cruz County, as follows Santa Cruz Lode, Book 8, Mining Locations, pages 5-6; Amended Notice of Loca- tion, Book :, Mining Locations, pages 373-4-5; Tiajuana Lode Book 9 Mining Locations, pages 5l5-6-7; Amended Notice of Location Book 3, Mining Locations, pages 3-4; Amended Notice of Location, Book 3. Mining Locations, 372-3; Santa Maria Lode, Book 9 Mining Locations, pages 5l7-lS; Amended Notice of Location, Notice of Location, Book :; Mining Locations. pages 375-6-7. There are no plainly defined adjoining claims.
 LYMAN w. WAKEFIELD, Register
 First publication January 25: last publication March 2S.
The oasis., 1908-03-28
ACROSS THE BORDER.

OHlHuduuh >IbCl pIlScs w lII new buildings going up on every side, there is a constant demand for residences and business houses. The financial stringency that at tended us for several months has almost entirely vanished, and the prosperity that generally prevails in Mexico appears to be again dawning upon us.
 Mexican Herald: An industrial school will soon be esta blished at Guanaluato, to teach the orphan boys mechanical trades. The cus- tom heretofore has been to teach bright boys to become musicians and artists, and the time has come for change to more practical utill- ties, according to the local author ities.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: While making deep excavations in the Universidad church at Guadala- iara, masons found a number of human skeletons in subterranean passageway. Some of the skele- tons were stretched on the floor, others were standing, and others were leaning against the walls. The authorities have already been notified of the discovery.
 Mexican Herald: A disastrous fire is reported from the town of Yuhulica, district of Hueiutla, which reduced several houses to ashes, and also destroyed a num- Der of granaries filled with corn. The authorities and townspeople struggled in vain to extinguish 1t, but on account of lack of proper fire fighting equipment and the high wind which famed the flames the loss was considerable.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: When k. j. Gates, general manager of the Sierra Madre Land and Lum- Der Company was in from Madeira the first of the week, he stated here that the first of the two great saw mills, with capacity of 250,000 feet per day, was complete and turned over to the mill superin- tendent. MT. Gates also stated that this mill would be started up about April 1st, and not later than April 10th.
 Jalisco Times: The owners of the mines at Hostotipaquillo are negotiating with a number of American capitalists who want to buy the properties, and who are forming company for that pur- pose. The price asked is $1 ,500,- O0O. If the deal goes through. a branch railway will be built from the Guadalaiara and Guaymas line, from Tequesquite as far as loStotlpaqulllo, to give an outlet for the mineral products.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: The greater part of jefes politicos of the districts of the state have re- ported that local juntas have been installed for the work of celebrat- Ing Mexico's centennial in 1910, and they are working with great enthusiasm. It has been consid- cred that a proper division of the iGnds raised will be to devote eighty per cent to the localities Where they are collected, ten per cent to the capital of the state, and
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
Johns Christmas Cake.

The wife Of Los Angeles physician
active In foreign missionary work o
the Methodist church. was asked by III,
women Of the congregation 10 contrib
ute n large cake TO their holiday festi
val and bazaar. She consented 10 add
her mite to the enterprise and called
In her Chinese cook, q converted orr
entail.
John" she said, II am agoIng Ia
send n cake over to the church to be-
sold. and | want you 10 bake 1t. You
know NIL that the missionaries have
done for your people In China and
how glad you are that they have saved
you from d"rkacas. want you to
show yoGr gratitude by making the
incest AMI ''i.gest calse you can
The Chinaman got to work, and next
morning the caise' was seat over to the
church. lie tied tho package up so
neatly that the physicians wife did
not think IL worth while to undo IL to
look IL over That afternoon she re-.
ceired telephone message from one
Of the women In charge Of the festival
saying there were doubts among the
committee whether she would he salts.
fed to have the cake 30 into the la.
zaar In the condition In which 1t was
received.
Much annoyed. the donor hurried
over TO tho church. The cake was large
and savory. The icing was marked with
coiored sugar In elaborate and intrl
cate designs Of oriental art. Across the
top also IN large letters was tire IN
scription:
From Mrs. Jessop to Jesus."-New
York World.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
BOOTHS BLOODHOUND.
A Christmas Gift Which the Great
Actor Did Not Appreciate.

A Christmas Gift Which the Great
Actor Did Not Appreciate.
Il remember a Christmas I spent In
Edwin Booths company many years
ago. said the theatrical manager.
He had bought summer residence at
Cos Cob, Conn. the previous summer
and invited me up to play Santa Claus
and do the chimney act His property
was a fair sized lita promontory Of
land bounded ON one side by the Con-
necticut river. on the other side by
Long Island sound, and the New York
and New Haven tracks formed the
base line. IL there is any road affect
ed by tramps 1t is that same New Ha-
ven road, and when / arrived, two or
three days before Christmas, there was
a line of them waiting their turn at
the gate that reminded me of highly
successful advance sale. one tramp
near the gate even offering to sell his
advanced position for 10 cents. Boo,
was much worried about the danger
GUS looking fellows, and 1t struck me
that a dog would be highly appropriate
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17

Probably the youngest grand.
mother Of whom we have record
was a Lady Child Of Shropshire,
England. She had married at twelve
years Of age and had a child before
her thirteenth tear was completed.
This child in turn married while
still very young. with the result
that Lady Child was a grandmother
at twcnty-seren. The most extraor-
binary eases of motherhood were
those Of Mrs. Iioneyweod of Char
ing, in Kent, and Lady Temple of
Stow. When the former died. on
May 10. loco. acc,l ninety.three.
she counted as her descendants six.
tern children. III grandchildren,
@eS grcat-grandchildHcn and nine
Observation-Disclosures. The 9TH
er case was even more remarkable.
Lady Temple. Who died in 1856.
had given birth 10 four sons and
nine daughters ard lived to see
more than 700 descendants.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
COMFORT ron SANTA CLAUS.
How Little EDWARD Provided For His
Chimney Friend.

How Little EDWARD Provided For His
Chimney Friend.
Edward was seven years old and
had not vet been disillusioned out OF
that old vet ever new story Of Santa
Claus coming down the chimney. Just
before Christmas he had proudly writ.
ten a letter fhis first, stating the par.
ticular gifts he wanted. and after his
mother had read 1t 1t was carefully
put into the fire.
Now" said Edwards mother, telling
the lie cheerfully, that letter will 60
right up the chimney and direct to
Santa Claus" %
Edward seemed very much Inn
pressed. I'D
Christmas morning the child was
perfectly delighted with the shower of
gifts and with the glittering tree.
Wasn't 1t good of Santa Claus to
bring me SO many more things than
asked for many letter?, he said at the
breakfast table, clasping his hands In
an ecstasy. After this outburst he
grew thoughtful. then. suddenly jump
Ing up. disappeared into the kitchen.
His mother and father looked at each
other and wondered. Then the mother
followed to see what the inspiration
might be.
She found Edward standing In front
of the kitchen stove pouring out a cup
Of coffee.
why. Edward, dear. what are you
doing?" his mother asked, coffee being
sne of the child's forbidden things
Edward looked up appealingly. 1T is
such cold morning, mother
But Edward, you know never per-
init you to take coffeeg" his mother in
terrupted.
NO, no. mother; | do not wish to
drink 1t. want to give 1t to Santa
Claus. He was so kind to send Inc
more engines and things than | asked
for. May | give him some coffee and
rolls, mother-may ~
Before his mother had time to think
OF u suitable reply the child had put
cream and sugar into the cup; then,
with his little face all aglow with ap-
probation and gratitude, he earnestly
poured the steaming coffee into the FIRE.
There new!" he exclaimed, WITH
satisfaction. That viii 90 right up
the chimney and direct to Santa Claus.
wcat 1t, pother? And 1t viii warm VI
his
- little round belly
That shook when he laugh'd, like
A bowl fun of Jelly
won't II. motherg"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
The Wrong leg.

There is an euterprising Liver
pool tailor who has never been
known to acknowledge that he did
not have anything a possible Gus
toner might ask for.
One day a customer entered the
shop and asked If he had any trDu.
sers made especially far one legged
men.
Certainly" replied the mer-
chant. What kind do Won want p
@Dress trousers" said the man.
The best you've GOT
Hnrrying into the rear Of the
store, the enterpristng merchant
snatehed up a pair e. trousers and
shipped of the right aeg with a pair
of scissors. Hastily turning Under
the edges, he presented them to the
customer.
THAT'S the kind j want. WHAT'S
the price,
"0nc grinea."
@Neil, grae me a pair with the
left Scg Of
A month later the merchant was
pronounced convalcsccnt and on
the high Rad to resovery.-hear-
sons Weekly.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
WHERE THERE'S NO XMAS.
= Spot In the Middle Pacific Where
Dec. % Exists Not.
won't 1t. motl,erg"-Lippincotts

Z Spot In the Middle Pacific Where
Dec. 125 Exists Not.
The Christmas hater may he made
happy. He can have his wish and go
somewhere where there isn't any
Christmas" He will not have to die
to do II either, but be viii have to be
a good sailor In order to fully enjoy
his paradise. which Is not on earth. II
Is on water. Let him start on his
search srons Vancouver, b C.. on Dec.
IS in the direction OF the ertent. As
the DAYS pass and he comes nearer and
nearer the 25th OF the month he NAV
begin to feel uneasy and think himself
the victim OF Joke. Even as late as
bedtime on Dec. 81 he may feel resent
full crer what he fears is q wild goose
sail lie may fall asleep thinking of
the dssagreeable things he will do next
day just because IL viii he Christmas,
hut lie will be disappointed, for when
he wakes In the morning he will find
IL the 10th OF December. The 25th IL
not and has not been. Tt seems to
have passed In the night. 1t is gone
completely-but where! An expert.
tencednayigatorexpIaIns the lapse thus:
In just about the middle Of the Pa
ellie ocean il the one hundred ana
eightieth degree Of longitude. and
when TINT imaginary Kne Is reached
the westward traveller drops one day
out OF his calendar for the year. That
line crosses the antipodes. or point ON
the earth's surface which n precisely
opposite to Greenwich. England. the
place VI which by common consent Of
all natlons the counting of time begins,
II monday. when the sun Is directly
overhead at Greenwich at other points |
TO the westward the time viii be earlf. |
or by ere hour for each Is degrees Of |
longitude. 80 that when 100 degrees IL
reached Il WITH he midnight.
Twelve h1tirs have thus been gain.
I'd, and the other twelve would he add.
I'd If .t!ie journey around the globe
were euupaejed. So by universal agree.
ment the @J,h Of December would t,e
iropped by nil nayigators reaching the
fatal line on the Previous day. and
would be cheated out Of their
Christmas az fire only place on the
sarih's surface whore such n thing
ould happen" Star.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
Puzzled thn puann.

The queen Of Denmark once maid
a visit to the Danish colony In Ice.
land, where the good old bishop did
his utmost to show her everything
which was worth seeing. The Cuccn
paid many compliments TO her hos,
and, knowing that he had children,
asked how many. Now IL happens
that the Danish word for children
10 almost identical with the Iceland.
ic name for sheep" so the good
bishop, whose Danish was not quite
80 good rs II might have been, un-
derstool that her majesty wa, ask.
ing how many sheep he owned and
answered, 1.-TWO hundred" "Two
hundred childrcn!' cried the queen
In amazement. "lIow can vol pos.
sibly maintain such n number ?"
Quite easily" said the pelate.
smiling chccrfully. 'Tn summer /
turn them out on the hills 10 Craze
and wien winter comes | cat them"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
THE STORMY PETREL.
Why the Bird Revels In q TumuIt OF
the Wind and Waves.

l. ### sssS sssUa A6A Waves
The stormy petrol, alias Mother
Carey's chicken, Procenaria pela-
gica, or Oceanites oceanicus, accord
ing as we have reference to the spe-
cies Of the eastern or western At.
lantic, has not got the epithet Of
STORMY for nothing. The bird
appears to revel in tumult Of the
winds and waves and actually does
SO for good and sufficient reason,
This is that its food supply is very
much more abundant when the
ocean is agitated than when it is at
rest. Then the petrol has decid-
ed habit Following ships, which
has really nothing to do with i'm
pending storm. No, it seeks the
ship not because it is AFRAID or lone
y, but simply because the ship agi-
tates the waters. Very likely as il
follows storm may spring up, and
then, seeing the bird SO obviously
delighted, poor superstitious Jack
not unnaturally thought there was
some connection between them.
From this to a belief in a.compan-
ionship in evil was only a step.
The queer notions about the
stormy petrol did not end here. 1t
was bclieyed-and the naiyete OF
this belief is decidedly racy Of poor
Jack--that it carried its eggs I'M
der its wing and Matched them on
the water. 1t was also believed
that it could appear at will in the
neighborhood of a ship anywhere
about the ocean. All this certain
ly pointed to necromatic or uncan-
ny power, and it is not to be won
dered at that the bird became such
an object of fear and aversion to
the poor man before the mast.
The poet Coleridge has left us a
fine picture of the terrifying infu-
ence Of the albatross on the ancient
mariner, but no poet seems to have
awakened to the possibilities of the
stormy petrol as a theme. low
ever, We read much about it off and
on in old chronicles or tales OF the
sea. In one Of these it is recorded
that the sailors, seeing the herald
of storm join the ship TOO near land,
as they supposed, inutinied and re.
fused to proceed. Forest and
Stream.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17
NORTH CAROLINA ! In the Superior
Durham County I Court.
Waller Holiday and II.
n. Snow, IT,, Notice of
VS.. summons.
Piedmont Supply Co.
Piedmont Supply Co.

To the stockholders, creditors of, or deal
ers with the above named defendant,
Piedmont Supply Company:
Take notice that a summons in the
above entitled action was issued On the
9th day f January, 1908, returnable to
the January civil term 1908, January goth
r9oS) of Durham Superior Court, which
said action is now pending in the Supe-
rior Court of Durham County, wherein
upon application Of the above named
plaintiffs temporary receiver has been
appointed by order of the court to take
charge of the property, estate and as
sests of the above med denafend+rt Co,
and you. are hereby notified TO be and ap-
pear before said court and make your
selves parties to such action, if you see
tit to do so.
This the 9th day of January 1905.
c B. GREEN,
Clerk Superior Court.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-17

been compiled from numerous standard
medical works, OF all the different schools
|of practice, containing very numerous
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From thH little book Iit will be learned
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as gift, wired TO friend in New
York, and the day before Christmas
the biggest Siberian bound ever saw
was waiting at the little station for
me. Booth was tickled to death, and
we managed to chain that dog Just
inside the main gate near the lodge.
and then we shook hands. 1t was an
awful big dog. bigger than a little dom
key that arrived on the next train with
gocart as q present to Booths little
daughter Edwina.
Well. We fixed up the presents that
night. i dressed up in fur rugs and
traps az Santa Claus and had arranged
TO drive the donkey into the reception
room and distribute the gifts from the
we'll laden gocart.
''The dog was to remain In the little
shed we had extemporized for him,
but he didn't. He was there on bust
ness. and he attended 10 IL promptly.
The chain broke like a piece Of Irvine.
and i broke for the balcony. which |
just managed TO reach from the cart
or course there was a racket. and
got into the window, and by the time
we had armed ourselves with antique
swords and a Revolutionary musket
the noise had subsidized sufficiently for
us to venture forth.
Tho dog was just seen In the moon.
light disappearing over the stone wall.
hundreds of dollars worth Of presents
were scattered in the deep snow. and
donkey meat and fur were an inch
deep all over the premises."-Buffalo
Express.