davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-04-24
Farm for Sale.

Farm for sale.
The farm known a. the william Childs farm IL
still for sale. This farm IL situated IL mile from
North Paris Village, with good buildings, $50
apple trees mostly In bearing. with small fruit,
running water In house and nc barn. Cuts % 20
Is tons hay. o OF best small farms In this part
OF the town. Can be sold with part Of purchase
money down. the rect on easy payments.
For terms call on address,
GEO. o. CHASE,
North Paris, Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-04-24

No. 1.-Two Optical illusions.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-04-24

To the Honorable County Commissioners for the
County OF Oxford
The Inhabitants OF the town OF Rumfort by
their selectmen, duly authorized, hereby repre-
sent 10 your Honorable Board that certain new
locations, alterations and discontin usnces are
needed TO better accommodate the public In the
highway, as now Travelled. on the southerly side
OF the Andro., oygin River. which leads past the
residences of Virgil Fuller, y. q. PutnNm and
Wallace Clark; and p ,rticulnrly that portion OF
said highway that Hes betwe n the southcrly end
Of the new Iron bridge Ju above Kumford Falls
anu the residence Of George y. Elliott, formerly
known as the Warren Adams farm, all In said
Rumford.
wherefore your petitioners pray thata fter due
notice your Honorable Board Will view thu
premises, hear the parties. and make such new
locations, alterations and discontinuances In
said highway AZ common convenience and
necessity may require.
Inhabitants OF Rumford. by
He. DUNTOS, Selectmen
VA. THURsTON. OF
JAMES s. MORSE, J Rnmford
Dated at Rumford this 18th day Of March. A
d. 1860.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-04-24

-
overcome arose out of the fact that g
solid masonry dam could not b.
built. To confine the Nile st high
food was impossible. Therefore the dam
hsd also TO be waterway, so that the
river could be allowed to run through
the structure practically unimpeded Al
certain periods. To make this possible
the dam will be built In the shape Of Z
bridge with piers set close together.
When the food has subsideo, but
while the river Is still at It's highest
gates between these piers will be closed
making the structure solid, and confin-
Ing the water as stf.ctually as would q
solid masonry dam. When the parching
summer months come, the imprisoned
water will be released as fast rs needed
The supply, however, will not come
from the top, but from the bottom
where lies the deposit which the river
brings down from the Abyssian mount.
aims aud which deposited on the sandy
soil makes the Nile farm the richest
ground In the world, needing no arti
fetal manure.
To augment the work of the Assuar
Uaul, auUtucI uhm iuWCt uoWu tu0 ttsSt'
at Assault will be built. This will be
simply an ''elevatiug" dam, destined mol
to store the water, but to deliver 1t Il
the irrigating canals between Assault and
Cairo, at q higher level. This dam vii
cost $1,000, 600. It's construction will &C
hand 10 hand with the construction oil
the Assusn dam. Careful calculations
place the cost OF the work ut 90, 000, 900
Under this plan of yearly payments ],
will practically cost the Egyptians moth
Ing, IS the crop yields from the reclaim
ed lands will pay $4,000, 900 annually
while the land tax on the new area viii
be close on to o., 600, 900 yearly. Figur'
ing on this basis the Egyptian govern
ment will therefore have net revenue
after paving the contractors, OF more
than S7, 0O0, 600; or the tax rate will bt
reduced In proportion.
All these enormous advantages would
be lost indefinitely with the firing Of
the frat gun that heralds war agains,
England by the European powers op.
posed to her. Left to itself the Egyptian
government would never complete the
work-Washington Star.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-04-24
STATE OF MAINE.

Dated at Rumford this 18th day Of March.
d. 1890
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
@@@@@@@@@@@ @000WF @WWW0@ @WW@000V0G

yet they brought 25 cents on Thanks giving and the weather was as nice as q hen could want"
 It is possible that one reason for the scarcity of eggs is the fact that Armour Swift and Schwarzchild are heavy buy CTS. They have gone into the fresh egg business with a vengeance. and the eggs they sell to New Workers are scarcely two days older than those sold here. The egg laid in western Kansas is on the table at the Waldorf hotel al most before it is cold. ''I remember the time that it took four days to haul our fresh eggs to Kansas City" said a commission merchant yesterday, but now they get these Kansas eggs 2OOO miles away and cooked before that time passes"
 If Kansas City is not the heaviest egg and poultry market in the country then it is the second, so they say among the commission men. This is all be- cause the meat packers have gone into the business. The market here is al ways within one-half cent of Chicago. Poultry Is much cheaper than meat to- day as a result of packers bringing so much of it to market. Butchers are able to buy good turkeys at S1a cents. which is considerably less than they can get choice beef for, and every cut of turkey Is choice.-Kansas City Jour nal
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
EGGS TO BE CHEAPER.

After having reached zero weather prices, notwithstanding the thermome- ter has been well in the sos, eggs are now on the decline. The fear of a fam- inc has passed, for receipts began in creasng three days ago, and advices from the shippers are that the supply from now on will be constant. This relates only to fresh eggs. Storage eggs are normal and there are train loads of them in the west bottoms. Fresh eggs, which are now so scarce, are almost all taken by hotels and res tauTants. The corner groceryman has to content himself with storage eggs, although the high-class stores are pay ing the price and picking up odd cases Hotels and caterers cannot use storage eggs, because they ruin the delicate pastry and raise the criticism of the patrons of their establishment who are generally ready to protest.
 Artemus Ward observed that it was exasperating to think that the hens quit laying right when eggs were at their highest value. Lee Bower the egg man on the market square, says they quit laying at most inopportune times, and after having handled mill lions of eggs in the many years he has been in the commission business here MT. Bower is obliged to confess that there was no earthly use of their quit ting a month ago. 'The weather was nice, there were the usual number of hens in the country, but the pesky things just naturally quit laying and eggs went up.' he says. They went to 25 cents a dozen, but yesterday were weak at 21 cents wholesale. Eighteen cents is predicted for next week, not because of the good will of the hens, but, according to MT. Bower, because the young bullets have started laying. During the fall bullets are too young to lay and the hens moult. While they are moulting and from four to six weeks afterwards. they lay no eggs. This year they carried this high-handed work on much longer than usual, and too add to the distress of the times Kansas City how!ed for eggs. I never sold so many eggs as I have this fall. The increased demand is most material. Twenty-Five cents is all right for Jan uary. but all wrong for Thanksgiving.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
NEW EXPLANATION OF SMELL.

The ordinary explanation of the phe- nomena of odors and of smells. is pre- cisely that adcp:ed by the ancient Greek phiolsOphcrs. They he'd that smell particles of the odoriferous body were detached and transmitted by the air to the mucous membrane of the nose. The actual contact of these emit ted particles with the nasal memb-anes produced the sensation of smells
 A similar view was held by the an cients, and evcn by Sir Isaac Newton. as to the explanation of the phenome- na of sight Corpuscles were suD1oszd to be darted out in every direction by a luminous body ana t0 fall on the retiua of the eye. By this contact the phe- nomsna of vision is produced. Tha the ory of emission of light has since the time of Huyshens been repiaced by the undulatory clheory of vision. Mole cular motions in the luminous body set up movements in the surrOucdiug ether light waves. These waves travel through the ether and enter tSe eye and there set up corresR0nGirg move mems of the elements of the ratina and these movements are the cauzc. and the only cause, of the phenomena of seeing. The brain intsrprets the sensation by the light of experience.
 NM. Vaschide and Van Meile have lately proposed an undulatcry theory Cf smell to replace the emissive theory. and have enforced it by reasons too special to be recited here. They declare that smell does not arise from direct contact between particles emitted from an odoriferous body and the ends of the oifactory nerves, but that the ciorif- erous body sends out Q set of radia- tions analogous 70 light waves. X-rays. etc.,-analogous but not similar. The arguments of the authors oi the new hypothesis are ingenious, if EJt eU-re- ly convincing as yet. Their theory de- serves and will receive a tn roueh in- vestigation. In the mean lne We may consider the question as an open one. Certain it is that the commonly reeliv- ed theory leaves many thir5s une--- plained.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
SNAP SHOTS.

Some people are not even strong enough to change their own minds
 History is little more than a 1es- of cold politics.
 The trouble with many Texans is that they waste dime spinning the wrong kind of yarns.
 It is safer to marry thrifty woman with only fifteen cents than it is ,o wed a vain belle with S15, ,0OO-Dallas News
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
REAL ESTATE.
WANTED-Takers for J. Ernest Walk
 CTS bargains.

wANTED-Takers for J. Ernest Walk CTS bargains. FOR SALE-Ffve-room house in good locality. Lot, 5Ox150; s1,OOO. FIFTY-FIVE ACRES under Grand canal, all in cultivation; easy price; easy terms. FURNISHED BRICK HOUSE on Ad- ams street; five rooms; quick sale; quick price. MODERN brick house Of eight rooms, elegantly furnished; within two blocks of the postoffice, for rent. FOR SALE-Ideal home. Eight rooms Comfort. convenience, beauty, roses, lawn, shade, electric light, city water, bath. barn, basement, Half acre of fruits and flowers. TEN acres of improved orange land, with Broom adobe house, for sale, cheap.
 A BARGAIN-s1,O ,OOO buys an interest in a first-class, well established bus iness, or will trade for good town or ranch property. for cash values. Best of reason for selling. SIC: Two nicely furnished houses in the country, near by, for rent, with use of horse and buggy. A LARGE unfurnished brick house, near in, for rent at an unusually low figure.
 Lots for sale on all kinds of easy terms.
 Fire insurs nee placed: money to loan.
 See J. ERNEST WALKER,
 The Real Estate Man. 14-16 South Second Avenue.
 Tel. Main 501. Residence phone 3031.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Texas isn't really crowded yet. Tom Green county-45,000 square miles. big ger than all Ohio-has 6.S04 people. In Andrews county the census enumerator found 37, in Dawson county 36 in Cochran county %, in Lynn county r, and in Bailey county just four.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, al- lays all pain, cures wind collie and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twen- ty-five cents a bottle.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
Local BrevitieS.

Cards of thanks, notices pertaining to organizations and societies. church fairs or socials, will not be printed in The Republican except when paid for.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

The grand jury at Chicabo is inves- tigating vice and the police. Chicag g chief of police. Ripley, is journeyine toward Florida. He tells the Memphis reporters that he felt tired and thought he was entitled to rest, and is taking if
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

dorsed by all the leading physicians. It is a product that is indispensable in all eases of sickness or where pure soft water is needed. Telephone your orders to No. All. Delivery free.
 c. J. Rofelty, Mgr.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

It is hereby made known that The Arctic Ice Works of Phoenix, Arizona, has given the right of sale of all dis titled water from its plant to the Arc tic Areated Condensed and Distilled
 Water Company of Phoenix. This water is absolutely pure and is en-
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Miss Frances Marcus, undressing and manicuring parlors. Late of Mrs. Weaver Jackson, Los Angeles. Room $ Nicholson building, North Center street.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Miss Sims, dressmaker. 4S7 Nortl Third avenue.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Mrs. I. L. Warner, TAXIDERMIST eos South Center street.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

N. Porter's for handmade Saddles and Harness at live and let live prices. Mexican handy work. Silver Inlaid Bits and Spurs. 142 East Washington street. Telephone 2245.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Miss Powell. manIcuring, hairdress- ing, chiropody and facial treatment. Scalp treating a speclaIty. Room l, Goodfng Block. opposite Adams hotel.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Go to Ambrose's corral for cheap rig: by the week or month.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Special price for course of scalp treatment at Mrs. Walkers, 14 South Center street.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

I offer for sale my residence in Cap- itol addition. Ten rooms, with ample closets. Independent water and gas systems. Porcelain baths. Spacious porches. Hardwood floors. We'll adapted for entertaining. Extensive grounds, 1,5OO feel stone and gravel walks and driveways. Plenty of fruit. Several hundred rose bushes. Complete irrigation system.
 C. c. RANDOLPH,
 Republican Office.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

FOR RENTING new brick, four room cottages, with bath and sum- mer kitchen. FOR SALE-A choice piece of business property that will bring good re- turns on the investment. This is well located and cheap. FOR SALE-several choice building lots on easy terms. A NICE cottage for sale on payments. Modern improvements. SECURITIES and first mortgages bought and sold.
 HUGH M. CREIGHTON & CO.,.
 no N. Center St.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

FOR RENT Pleasant, sunny room,
 with bath. Call mornings. 40S North
 Third Avenue. Q
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25
LOST AND FOUND.

avenue. Owner call at this office and pay charges.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

FOR RENTING rooms furnished for housekeeping; no children. GAO West Monroe Street.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

FOR RENT-''The Oriel," old theater building at 14 South Center street, has been remodeled and there are now desirable and elegant offices and unfurnished rooms for rent. single and en suite. with privileges of bath.
 None but reliable people need apply.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

Have you seen the new Hotel Broad way, Los Angeles? Everything first. class. On all down car lines. A cordia welcome to Arizonians.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

FOR RENT-Furnished room with or without board. Use of bath. 732 South Center Street.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

FOR RENT-Rooms nicely furnished or unfurpshed; electric lights, bath and telephone. 25 West Monroe.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-25

FOR RENT-Three nicely furnished rooms for housekeeping; modern con- veniences; close in: no invalids; 4ls North First Avenue. NICE front room for rent Apply 546 North First Avenue.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-17
An Old Salts Stories.

The captain Of the brig was much
disliked by his officers; and, being i'll
with yellow fever and likely to die, the
first lieutenant used to drill the ma
rines in the burial service on the deck
over the captains cabin by way Of
cheering him up, the corporal giving
his orders in a loud voice thus: 1.-THE
corpse is now a-coming up the 'atch-
way! Reverse harms!" The skipper
ultimately recovered.
The commander Of a certain gunboat
used to say that, having no doctor on
board, he mixed the medicines provid-
ed in a chest into two bottles, and
whenever any Of his crew happened
to be sick he drew an imaginary line
across the mans stomach, and accord
ing as the pain was above or below
that line he gave him a dose out Of No.
1 or No. 2. He claimed that no man
ever came to him twice, which was
very likely.-"Hurrah For the Life of
a Sailor" by Vice Admiral Kennedy.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-17
Nature a. m Armorer.

There are few departments Of hu-
man life where man has been SO en-
tirely anticipated and at the same time
surpassed by the lower animals as in
the invention of armor.
His cunningest devices of the mailed
fist order were none Of them original.
If you examine a fine and fully devel-
oped suit Of plate armor in the form
which it assumed at its highest zenith
in the fifteenth century, you will find
that the trunk and limbs were COM
pletely inclosed in a splendid fitting.
jointed case of iron plates, all exqui-
sitely polished. The suit as q whole
was a triumphant product of the ar
morers art
Yet II you look at a Holsters tail you
win see at a glance that all these clev-
er devices of mans imagining had
been invented and patented long be-
fore by nature and that the elaborate
workmanship of the Plantagenet
craftsmen who cased knight and horse
for the battlefield or the tournament In
~glistening metal was but a poor imita-
ton Of the inefable skill with which
the unheeded crustaceans of the time
protected every vulnerable portion Of
their bodies from the assaults and at
tacks of their submarine enemies.-
Strand Magazine.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-17
The Boys Got In.

The late Dan Rice, the famous circus
man, was fond Of boys and always
wanted to see a lot of them in his audi
ence. He never gave a performance,
says the Cleveland Leader, when the
hooks and corners were not filed with
youngsters who had come in free.
One story Of this sort was told by
Captain George j. Grammer. At the
time of the occurrence Grammer, who
lived in GAINESVILLE, o., was standing
one afternoon with a crowd of other
boys looking longingly into the tent,
but not having the price of admission.
1t was Mr.. Rice's custom to stand at
the door until the first grand entry Of
the circus people, when he would
leave. On this occasion he saw the
hungry look on the faces Of the boys
and called them around him. "You
want to go in, don't you, boys"
"Bet your life!" shouted back the
youngsters.
"1ll tell you What. All the boys who
are back here in ten minutes with clean
faces and hands get in"
The words were hardly out Of his
mouth before there was a dash for
the Muskingum river, and in less than
seven minutes 200 clean faces and
hands came back to the tent. The
boys went inside with a rush.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-17
Two Critics.

As my BED of Ferns" a large study
from nature on Saranac lake, says W.
j. Stillman in The Atlantic, was the
first thing in which I had attempted
to introduce a human interest in the
landscape I was naturally inclined to
consider it my most important work,
and I was dismayed when Ruskin
came to see me and in a tone Of ex-
IRENE disgust said, pointing to the
dead deer and man: "What do you put
that stuff in for? Take it out; it
stinksw
My reverence for Ruskin's opinions
was such that I made no hesitation in
painting out the central motive Of the
picture, for which both subject and
effect Of light had been selected. IN
fortunately I habitually used copal
varnish as a medium. When Rossetti
called again, he asked me, with a look
of dismay, what I had done to my pic
ture. I explained to him that on Rus
kin's advice I had painted out the fig
ures, and exclaiming, "You have spoil
ed your picture" he walked out Of the
room in a rage.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-17

What . Knight of the Garter Wears.
A knight of the Garter dressed In
the regalia is IN imposing sight. He
wears a blue velvet mantle with a star
embroidered on the left breast. His
trunk hose, stockings and shoes are
white, his hood and surcoat crimson.
The garter, of dark blue velvet edged
with gold and bearing the motto, "Honi
soft Qui NAL y pense" C"Shame to him
who thinks i'll of it'), also in gold, is
buckled about the left leg below the
knee. The heavy golden collar consists
Of 26 pieces, each in the form Of a gar
ter, bearing the motto, and from it
hangs the George" a badge which
represents st. George on horseback en-
countering the dragon. The 'lesser
George" Is a smaller badge attached to
a blue ribbon worn over the left shout
der. The star Of the order consists Of
eight points, within which is the cross
of st. George encircled by the garter.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-17
The Dentist IL Polite.

~ V1Akoo 49, tH-
a. North Side dentist is sure to be call
ed "a mean man" by some Of his wo-
men patrons when they learn of the
trick he has practiced upon them. 1t
happens sometimes that even a rubber
dam will not stop the flow of woman's
speech, and although the dentist, being
a young man, is not averse to q little
pleasant talk" now and then with a
patient, yet II she persists in telling
him her personal or domestic history
during the filling Of a tooth, hindering
the work, while other patients wait in
the anteroom, it's a little trying to his
nerves and temper. The doctor is a po-
lite man; he does not ask the woman
to stop talking, but says gently:
"Open your mouth, please"
There is silence for a few moments,
when the chatter begins again.
"Open wider, please" says the den
fist, more p~ersuasively than before,
and the work goes on rapidly enough
until the patient seeing her opportuni-
ty starts in again where she had left
off in the tale of everyday woes. The
clock strikes the hour Of the next ap-
poiDtment. The dentist seizes the most
terrible of all his instruments, his look
becomes threatening and his voice too:
"Please, now, open your mouth very
wide" The ruse succeeds, and the
startled but unsuspecting woman
stretches her mouth into an abysmal
yawn that precludes the possibility of
even a whisper.
It's a mean trick.-Chicago Tribune.