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The oasis., 1898-07-09

Ihere IS no one who does not ap- p'eclaJe the elegant Mexican drawn "ueni consisting of ladies handker- ru'eis, mats, table covers and doy- .O'S, Tor sale at the store of the Sono- s, ,a News Co. Also Mexican curious a''sree lewelry, books and stationery, SSS,lOulcals, S1 and Illustrated papers.
 Dutuscliptions 0',t,, received for any paper
The oasis., 1898-07-09
-,rv AND COUNTY.

c,or. Chas. F. Hoff writing to the
 .avv department suggested the name
 ,,;1ona for battleship and Assist
 ant Secretary Allen replied that the
 latter would be considered.
 Al Crittenden MT. John Smith, the .ostmaster and merchant. Is finishing large. fine building which will be a,ted up as a saloon in a style betit- ting the importance of Crittenden as alusiness point. MT. Mark Lulley of vogales. will be associated with MT. smith in the ownership aud manage ment of the new business
 Tuesday Captain Baldwin D. s. A. mustered in the Tucson contingent, ,o tbe number of 70, after Dr. H. W. Fenner had made the examinations. The company is known as the south ern Arizona Company and will be re- ,oforced by those examined anc mus tered in at SOlomonyille by Captain Baldwin Thursday. First Lieutenant Wiley E. Jones, will take the Graham and Cochise counties recruits to Whipple, and these are expected to number thirty-six.
 Citizen: The contract for the stone and brick work for the Eagle Flour mills new building by Mir. Leo Gold smith. was let today to MT. C., Monier, the well known architect and builder. This building will be sit oated on Toole avenue. It will have frontage of 232 feet and depth Of no feet. he main building will be four stories high above basement E twill be completed on or about De- < ,ember lst and will be the finest E milding of it's kind in Arizona. M Arizona sharp Shooters.
 Il Kirk l.. Hart has taken the initial N steps to organize a company Of Ariz- \ Ona sharpshooters which when fully organized will be rendered to the war department for special service. The company will be made up of only crack shots, such as cannot be oyermatched outside of Arizona. They will use long range rifles so as to be utilized n picking on gunners and disabling officers Of rank SO as to demoraliZe. Woundng the enemy instead Of kill- E ng, will be their work Mir Hart is [ one of the finest rifle shots in the N country, no man understands the use oi fire arms better than he, beiugone
 Of the most experts gunsmitbs in the
 country. He has forty sharpshooters already on his roll and can have one hundred in ten days.
 \ The recruiting Of company F of the
 national guard up to it's high stand \ ard was due entirely to his popularity
 and energy.
 N Of the seventy men mustered in by Captain Baldwin for Arizona yolun-
 'eers, Kirk Hart personally enlisted
 sixty of them, thirty-ive of whom he < personally enlisted in Bisbee and < brought them to Tucson, the other twenty-five he enlisted here, so that [ SNtY of the seventy taken from Tue
 son were Hart's personal enlistments, "nlah shows his popularity. This was E tue reason why the company was un- dnlmous in its wish to have Kirk Hart one Of it's commissioned officers. Kirk
 got the men, but others drew the pll1e it will not be so in his company $ O' sharpshooters. Star.
 # Ihere IS no one who does not ap-
 peclate the elegant Mexican drawn
 "uen' consisting of ladies handker- X T
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
B. EAST CARROLL PARISH La SATURDAY NOVEMBER 49,

There is no greater mistake than to
suppose that a macadam road once
laid needs no care. The most econo-
mical method of maintenance is to
give it constant attention.
Any one who can devise a method
to make drivers, especially with heavy
teams, keep out of the ruts, which are
the ruin of all roads, will be a bene-
factor to all who use the highways.
Some of the newspapers of the City
of Mexico are beginning to point out
the Importance to their republic of
having ample means of communication
besides those furnished by the rail-
roads. At present their highway
facilities are very meagre.
The roadsides of this country are
the most neglected of any of the
civilized globe. They are. as rule,
merely seed beds for all the pestifer-
GUS weeds that grow in the country.
Every farmer should keep his own
share of the roads free from weeds as
a matter of policy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
What Should he Taxed.

Some years since 1S73) citizen of
Tennessee, Mr.. Enoch Ensley, max
ing no pretense of scholastic learning
or private interests, but earnestly de-
string the material development of his
section of the country (Tennessee),
and that it should not be retarded BY
the adoption of an unsound system of
State or municipal taxation, published
in the form of q letter addressed to
the Governor Of the State q little
pamphlet entitled "What Should Be
Taxed" which sets forth certain fun
damental propositions in respect to
local taxation, and supported. them
with such homely and clear illustra-
tions as.to entitle the essay to a per-
manent place in economic and legal
literature.
Mr.. Ensley commences by propos-
ing the following rule OF maxim as the
basis for State (Tennessee), city, or
county system of taxation:
Never tax anything that would be
of value to your State, that could and
would run away, or that could or
would come to you" = Appletons'
Popular Science Monthly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
The woodchuck ms Food.

The flesh of the woodchuck is not
of quality or flavor that commends ii
to the palate of the average man, and
if it is not carefully and properly pre-
pared Tor cooking it becomes positive
fy offensive. In the Pennsylvania
Dutch counties, especially Lancaster
and Berks, the cooking and serving
of woodchuck has been reduced to o
culinary science, and 'grounhog
lunches" are among the fayorite
dishes of the epicure there. Under
the manipulation of the thrifty house.
wives and careful restaurateurs there
abouts the woodchuok becomes a
morsel that the most fastidious gour-
met cannot treat with contempt. The
tenderest and sweetest broiled chicken
is not superior to the grounding,
Lancaster style"
Another use to which the wood
chuck is put in that part of Pennsyl-
vania cannot be recommended as
highly as the cooking of it. The ami
NAL is taken alive by patient and ex-
pert trappers and is kept for sport
similar to the once fayorite English
sport of badger batting. Dogs are
trained pnrposely for this. They are
either unbroken bird dogs, or dogs
that are cross between a fox.
hound and a BACKGROUND. These
batting matches are said to rival the
fiercest encounters between blooded
bulldogs, for the woodchuck, when
cofnered, is terrible antagonist. II
once it thrusts its long, rodent teeth
into dog they pass clear through
and lock into the flesh, and the hold
can be broken only by tearing the
flesh away. 1t takes a good dog to
master woodchuck in these matches,
and more than one good one has been
known to have been killed by o wood
chuck before it itself met its fate. -
New York Sun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
Rather Expensive.

Roscoe Conkling once defended q
man who was on trial for arson. Conk-
ling, who was rather new at the bar,
called upon Charles O'Conor and said:
There Is johnson. To be sure, he
was convicted, and the conviction was
affirmed. fnt 1 had a great deal Of
trouble. and only charged him six
hundred dollars, and his friends decline
to pay my BILL Don't you think tho
charge is reasonable and fair?"
Mr.. O'Conor turned in his chair and
said:
We'll, Conkling, have no doubt that
you did the best you could. Six hum
bred dollars is not large bill. But
have no doubt he could have been con-
victed for q great deal less money!
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
He Loved Ills Queen.

Onco / was sent for. says tho Queen
OF Roumania, to the town to a young
man whose leg had been amputated, and
who was in inconsolable despair.
Not having been present at the opera
tiun, did not know VIII CHI leg had been
taken OFF. / sat down on the side of the
bed and remained talking to the poor
follow for q quarter OF an hour, he
smiling sweetly at me all the time.
When arose my ladies Of honor dis
covered that had been sitting on the
stump Of tho lost leg. I still shudder
whenever think Of my stupidity.
you poor fellow!" 1 cried; 1T must
have hurt you terribly"
Il would have borne 1t many hours for
the sake Of listening to your voice." he
replied.-Once q Week.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
Live Up to the spec,ticat,on,.


Specifications and contract for road
may be all right, but the work OF
construction needs to be constantly
watched in order to insure the literal
carrying out of their provisions. Con-
tractors, as rule, do not appreciate
the necessity for being precise in fol-
lowing out details. They are neither
engineers nor scientific road builders,
and little variation in the size of the
stone, the effect of light rollers and
insufficient rolling, or the use of clay
for binding purposes, does not seem
to them to be of much moment. They
know that they can finish up n job
with householder and plenty of clay
for binding and make the surface APP
pear as fine as cen be desired. There
their concern ends. The mud that
works out with every rain and the rap
idity with which large stones show
through the surface do not trouble
them.
Macadam is not perhaps an ideal
road, but there is vast difference be-
tween different sorts of road built
under that pane. If rightly construct
ed and judiciously maintained, thor
oughly satisfactory results are assured I;
but if more or less ,crudely bnilt, and
then indifferently maintained or neg
lected, as is apt to be the case. it is
an expensive luxury likely to cause
disappointment. 1t is folly to suppose
that anyone can build road. 1t re-
quires special knowledge and expert
ence to construct one properly and
rigid adherence to the terms of prop
erly-drawn speciications.-L. A. w.
Bulletin.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
Wide Tire Experience.

I have used set of steel wheels
twoyears, writes j. e. Hollar, and they
proved a success, as they never roll
the mud as The narrow tire with
wooden felloes and spokes, and think
Missouri mud will roll if it will any
where. I used them anywhere and
everywhere, hard roads, dusty roads,
in deep mud, and in soft. Deep mud
is where I found their advantage over
narrow tires the greatest, and III
handling and loading anything and
everything they are better by great
deal than narrow tires.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19

If every man viii see that the road
in his vicinity is fixed the rest will be
easily cared for.
So long as wagons abuse highways
by cutting them ur with narrow tires
so long ought all such vehicles to pay
a tire tax for the privilege.
IF poor roads are good enough, !"
asks the Hope Valley IL. t. Adver-
tiser, 'swho can say at what degree Of
roorness it is best TO maintain them?''
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
GOOD ROADS. NOTES.
Weight OF Road Rollers.

There are sections of the country
(which pride themselves on their mac
adam roads, but which fail to con-
struct them in o scientific manner,
and do not get the results that should
follow such heavy expenditures as
they make. One serious fault is the
lack of proper rolling, light rollers
drawn by two or four horses being
employed. They cannot compact the
stone by such methods, and, conse-
quently, resort to free use of clay
for binding purposes. A smooth
surface is secured at the outset, but it
soon wears and ruts, and gets muddy
with every storm.
In considering the best weight for a
roller the Municipal World states the
case fairly, as follows: ga heavy
road roller is without question an in
dispensable implement in the con-
struction of nacadam streets. Mac
adam roads were, of course, built be-
fore steam rollers were invented, but
crops were harvested before self-bind-
ers were invented. The effect of a
roller in road making is as great an
advance on the old results as is the
use of the seIf-binder on the work of
the cradle.
"There are different kinds and
classes of rollers. The horse roller,
weighing six or eight tons, will do
fairly well if steam roller cannot be
afforded, but the horse roller is not
sufficiently heavy, and has to be used
much longer on given section than
heavy steam roller to produce the
best results. The feet of the horses,
in exerting sufficient strength to move
the roller, sink into and disturb the
road metal, and thereby injure the
shape and quality Of the roadway.
There is danger, on the other hand,
of having o steam roller which is too
heavy. Avery heavy roller will some
times sink into loose soil and create
mound over which it cannot pass.
The same result will sometimes occur
with an excessively heavy roller on
layer of loose stone. The heavy
roller is more liable, too, to injure
underground pipes, catch-basins, cul-
verts, bridges or disturb sidewalks.
"For these reasons, roller exceed
ing ten or twelve tons in weight is
frequently not desirable. In districts
where the natural soil is gravelly, or
of stiff clay, q heavy roller may gen.
orally be operated successfully, but
some municipalities have made the
mistake Of purchasing too heavy
roller and have found it necessary to
use a lighthouse roller in consolidat-
ing the sub-soil and first layers. Nor
if the stone used in the construction |
of macadam streets is OF soft nature,
is heavy roller, say of twenty tons,
desirable even in the finishing courses,
as the crushing effect has been found |
in some cases to crumble and pulver-
ize the stone, rather than merely con-
solidate it.
'.For new work, in which the dirt |
foundation must be rolled, weight |
Of twelve tons is generally the most |
but for picking mp an old |
and reconsolidating it or for
finishing new work, fifteen tons is
better. Where town owns only one
roller it is generally advisable to con-
slider very carefully the work to be
lone before purchasing q roller OF
over twelve tons weight"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
90 When Sampson Heard the News.

LII may not De generally known, Dut
Admiral Sampson is an inventive gen.
JUS as we'll as naval fighter. In the
early days of his career in the service
this genius received severe shock,
from which the admiral never fully re-
covered. Or at least that is what q
number of his associates in the navy
declare. 1t was also in the early days
of the new navy when the incident
about to be related occurred. The ad-
miral was at the time lieutenant, and
was in command of small sailing YES
sci. For many years he had worked
on kind of thermometer, or wind
gauge. 1t was his hobby, and was
nearer and dearer to him than all .selse
in the world. Finally it was complete,
and one day it stood ON the roof OF the
cabin, that !protruded for soma dis
lance above the deck. The little boat
was rocking idly to and fro in calm.
Lieutenant Sampson was below en-
joying siesta. Suddenly gush of
wind rippled the water, the mainsail
boom swung violently across the deck.
Smashl and over into the fathomless
deep went that precious anemome-
ter.
Orderly" called the officer of the
deck.
eyes, sir?" replied a blueiacket,
saluting.
Inform the commander of tho ship
that his thermometer has gone over
board" -
eyes, SIR" The orderly made for
the cabin companionway.
"And, orderly"
''Yes, sir?"
''Break it to him gently. Wash
ington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19

In che American Museum of Natural
History, in Central Pork, New York,
the skeleton of an ancient American
,hinoceros, found in an old river-bed
IN Phillips County, Kansas, has been
mounted. It measures ten feet two
inches IN length, and four feet one
inch in height,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
Doesn't Like tho Music,

It is said that tho Pope is anxious to
bring into general use a severer and
more ecclesiastical style of church
music. He is opposed to the modern
operatic style, and an allocution and an
order on the subject will probably soon
be issued.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19

A Words variations.-"Ict me see, "
said the man who had picked mp an old
volume: don means to put things
on, doesn't itss 1T depends upon cir
cumstances," replied The friend, who
was reading a newspaper. AT pres
ent the Don's sole purpose seems 10 be
to put things OF. "--Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
1Vhr 40. nnilaIt.

III. Chappuis' proposed electric rail-
way through the Simpion Pass is esti-
mated to cost So, 200, 900, and It would
greatly reduce the distance between
Italy and Northern Europe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-11-19
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace Hleepers
between New Orleans and Memphis.
Kansas City, st. Louis and Chicago
without change, making direct conneo.
lions with frst-class lines to ell pointa
The great steel bridge spanning the
Ohio river at Cairo completed. and all
trains freight and passepger) now run.
ming regularly over it, thus avoiding the
delays and annoyance incident to trans
fer By ferry boat.
A. H. HANSON, Gen. Pas. Agt.,
Chicago.
Jxo. A. Scorr. u. p A.. Memphis.
Arizona republican., 1898-11-09
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

The first trip of the season Of the Santa Fe Limited eastbound will be made on November g, passing Ash Fork $50 a. n. that date, and s. r. p. c p train No. will be changed to leave Phoenix at 8 p. m, city time, so as 10 make close conection with the limited at Ash Fork, thus making the run between Phoenix and Chicago less than sixty hours, arriving in Chicago S:15 a. n. Connection can be made With the limited by Having Phoenix every Wednesday, Saturday and Mon day. This will give their patrons the advantage of the best train service be- tween tha two cities ever before offered. Full information eDOut the new train service will be cheerfuliy given at city ticket office fl West Washington street. F. w. GILLETT,
 General Agent.
Arizona republican., 1898-11-09

Iyes of the future president, and as such she gave instructions to two of
 hlS sisters and one brother. This exper- fence is one Of the brightest chapters in Mrs. Heath's life. and she remem- bers all the dstails with the accuracy
 of detail which youth stamps on all questionable minds. Her mental pie Jure of the man upon whose shoulders now rest nations cares is that Of a fair-haired, blue-eyed baby, 21h years old, who wore dresses that came to his knees and white paatalettes reaching thence to the tops of his stout little boots.
 He was healthy. sturdy boy, good natured and smiling" said Mrs Heath when asked to describe him. 'Ha had large blue eyes and verYlight hair, and resembled himself at his present time of life as closely as a child can resem- ble man. His parents were devout Methodists, and 'Willie,' 5 we called him, occupied his portion of the family pew each Sunday. At such times he was dressed with the utmost precision by his eldest sister, Anna, whose duty it was to dress the younger children Sunday mornings, after having pre- pared their attire the day previous
 Mrs. Heath will be T years old next December, and, despite her advanced age, is Q woman of remarkable physi- cal and intellectual force. She is graduate of Oberlin college and also holds a diploma from a medical school, she has never practiced medi- cine.-ChicagO Inter Ocean.
Arizona republican., 1898-11-09

ko., and my companion, who was 2 confirmed sybarite, hired a Scma1i Alab to fan him to keep the mosquitoes away whila he slept. I reposed on aa adjoining couch, and when ! awcke 1a tho morning the ring which l wore ol my fnger was gone. The hotel was tuned inside out the police were sum mcncd, all the Somalf boys in Alden were drit-n n like q flock Of sheep iato tho yard, where their wool was cIcse,y searched and their sCanty clothing minutely examined; but though l of fe3ed egTegious ransom. the P. and c. Nubia sailed that day with me for Ca,- ca-ta. discorsolata and ringle5s VII
 lis n Howard Russell in the 9peeta HOT.
Arizona republican., 1898-11-09

the peace jubilee in Philadelphia, enc
 of the most Interesting and dramatic
 speeches there was made by Captain Bob Evans, who graphically described
 the scene when Cap.ain 1ulate Of the Vizcaya, wounded ard bleeding, was lifted aboard the Iowa, and, loossning
 his sword belt and pressing a faTTcnt 1 kiss on the hilt Of the weapon, offered
 u to Captain Evans. T am sometimes
 ~eckoned a hard-hearted man." said Captain Evans, but I could not take
 that sword, ant l do not believe any one Of you could have taken it" ''0h.
 we don't know said somebody down
 at the ether end Of the table. " 0u 1 don't know what pennsylvacians
 would do. T. WAS a pretty Socc
 sword.
 1 Chicago has finally a system of milk inspection which seems efficient re ports showing that only 8 per cent Of the supply brought into the city is be- low the required tests. Tn 1890, ac- cCrdirg to the secretary Oi the Milk Shippers union, 90 per cent O. the milk sold in the city was impure. The union and the health department un;ts in these protective effor.s, and expecI
 to root cut of the supply the small fraction which still fails to come up to Inc prescribed standards. Samples cf
 the milk ars collected as it is being brought into town on the trains; the cans of the retail dealers are inspected and the same official attention is now
 being extended to the dairies ths n selves and the cattle.
 Ill her new biographical notes cn her distinguished father, tha Gaugh- ter of Thackeray quotes extensively from the letters written home by him when he was Cn his featuring tour in this country. Tn one of th7se letters | hackaray observes Everybody lectures in this country, ana it isn't thought infra dig. Ncr is 9 man thought the worse Of for showing a- little independence. For instance, when I came here they told me it vas usual for lecturers to call upon the editors of all the papers. hat in hand, and ask them to puff their lectures says I, I'll see them ali here l ussd a strong expression, which ycu will find in the Athan&siau Creed. Well, they We're pleased rather than otherwise, and new the papers are puffing me so as to make me blusA.'
 The eccen tricities of J. Sergeant Grams marital venture are the subject of perpleXities and paragraphs in New York. Mir. Cram is Tammany of1ic'a7 who, after 9 long bache.orhood, which was regarded as toe confirmed a habit tC bs dropped, saw fit to be married His bride was young widow, Cne Of the three beautiful daughters Of Sam uel Budd, and that quite accounted for Grams becoming a banedict< The event took place Scpt:mber 2. but il was not published until a weak CT SC ago. MT. Cram was then in iEurCpa, and it was supposed on his wedding tour, when it was discovered itha5 ha was accompanisd, not by his wife, but by his sister, and that his bride had taken up her abode at a hotel so pri- vatsly that nobody knew 1t until his return Cn the UThbria was n=ar, when she paid her bill and left the hotel Probably this is ncbody's business bur their own, but people will talk.