davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
n ,---r,..:.+-
tbvS:'E:sl:;iI..''':.. :;iI.':..
MlAH&UCKs
@0],s'''

At Gilmerton. near Edinburg. there
is a great deal of sandstone, very soft
and easy to work. In 1920 a black
smith named George Paterson re-
solved to make himself house in the
rock. and after working for nearly five
years IL was finished. 1t consisted of
smithy. dining room six feet high.
seven feet wide. fourteen and half
feet long. with bench all around. a
table. and a bed in the wall. drink
ing room of rather larger size. kitch-
en- with bed in the wall. a cellar and a
washing house. All these things were
formed out of the living rock. each
room being lighted from a skylight.
Over the entrance, carved in stone.
ran this inscription: Here is house
and shop hewn in this rock with my
own hand. George Paterson" Then
followed some verses composed by
Alexander Penicuik. of which two
lines will serve as sample:
On Jacobs pillow nightly lies my head.
My house when living and my grave
when dead
Paterson died in 1875. having dwelt
eleven years in his cave. which be-
came a well-known resort of holiday
makers. Even judges used to take a
drink in the stone parlor.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
The Whirlwind.

This game is played by any number
of persons, all but one sitting in
chairs placed close together in a cir
Gle. The players face inward. and one
stands in the center of the circle. leav-
inG one chair unoccupied. At a signal
earh player changes to the chair just
at mis- right. and then TO the next one.
the whole circle moving around thus
as fast as possible. The player in the
middle tries to secure chair, and
when he does so the one on his right
must take his place.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19

and pulls it away in every direction.
making slight indentation.
Fill glass with alcohol. and get at
drug store some aniline dye in the
form of powder. Drop ever so little
of the dye into the glass. and it will
reach down through the alcohol like a
thread of color This will divide into
two branches. which will again divide
and subdivide. until your glass looks
as if it contained a miniature inverted
plant. growing before your eyes.
If you will arrange mirrors to. throw
the reflection of it on the wall. the
shadow thrown will be much enlarged.
but the process is interesting to watch
in either way.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
.Ours," Not mime"

at is mine," Il tell you. you are
mistaken: It is mine," Divorce court.
which is a terse way of putting the
sad history of many a marriage dis
agreement over the things mine and
thine and the domestic misery that fol.
lows. The way to settle such dis
agreement is for both parties to say
1T is ours" Because of the struggle
for mine and thine the records of his
tory are rolled in blood. nations have
fallen. barriers of hatred have been
raised, brother has fought brother.
Envy, dissension and division have
come because men have contended for
that which is not theirs, but ours.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
conundrums for tn. Wis.

What black thing enlightens the
world? Ans.-Ink.
Name something with two heads and
one body. Ans.-A barrel.
Why is bread like the sun? Ans
Because it rises from the yeast.
If you were to ride donkey what
fruit would you resemble? Ans.-A
pair.
Why can't King Edward be buried
in Scotland? Ans.-Because he isn't
dead.
What is the best and cheapest light.
especially for painters? Ans.-Day.
light.
What is that which is heightened by
being cut at both ends? Ans.-A
ditch.
What coat is finished without but.
tons and put on wet? Ans.-A coat of
paint.
II Dicks father be Johns son. what
relation is Dick to John? Ans.-His
grandson.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19

Plants at the Cape are often rare
and curious. There is one. stunted
and thorny, which. lighted at the end
when green. burns slowly and steadily
like wax candle. That is why il is
called the candle bush. On the slopes
of some of the hills grow trees named
euphorbia. They may reach a height
of forty feet and stand up stiff and
straight as if made of metal. Their
branches are as severely formal as the
arms of n candelabra, and the tree
has on that account. been likened to
the Jewish candlestick carved on the
famous arch of Titus in Rome. which
pictures have made familiar to every
one. Travellers say that they look
quite uncanny when they ride through
a grove of them at dusk
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19

weighing often several tons. Like his
brother. the whalebone whale. he must
be constantly on the lookout for food.
Otherwise he would starve. As many
as IA seals have been taken from a 80.
foot killer" Other fishes of enor.
nous appetites are not uncommon.
The bluefish. for example. thrives on
sardines and other small fish. AS
Stunning that one bluefish eats 10 small
hsh day. 1t has been figured that it
requires 100000. 900. .OOO,O sardines
to feed 1.00O. 900. 900 900 bluefish on
the American coast every summer.
Most curios of all eaters is the hydra
"a strange creature that can be turn.
ed inside out without impairing its
appetite or its powers to eat.-Goldeu
Penny.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19

dropped into water it will spread out.
and not be soluble in it at all, while
in alcohol it will dissolve and leave
the liquid clear.
Alcohol has curious trick when
mixed with water. Put some water
into a graduated measuring tube. and
after pouring 1t into a glass measure
the same quantity of alcohol. II you
mix the two you will find shrinkage.
as the two liquids will measure less
together than the sum of the two
measured separately
Drop into glass about teaspoon
full of the raw white of an egg. and
over it pour tablespoonful of alcohol.
You will be amazed, no doubt to see
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Ex.sandit,s Son READING Law.

Jesse James. only son of the famous
Missouri bandit, is reading law and
taking the three years course in a
Kansas City school of law. This is his
first term. When the course is fin
ished he will practice law. The pro-
fessors of the law school say that
Jesse is a good student Much of his
time is spent in reading in the law
library in the county courthouse
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Raindrops.

Knocking against my window pane
Fell the drip drip of the silver rain
Like tears by an angel wept.
When a teasing wind came rollicking by
And the raindrops fled with a farewell
sigh
But one in n rosebud crept.
II lay like gem on her heart Of gold.
And hearkened the tales that her lover
bold
Breathed to this blushing flower.
Then a sunbeam sped from his home on
high
And carried the raindrop up to the sky
Where he wooed her for one short hour
Sncnt-queen night, came creeping down.
In search OF pearl for her jeweled
crown.
And she leaned DER the sunsets bar.
There In sea of amethyst.
She found the tear that the sunbeam
kissed
And fashioned II into star,
A glittering silver star
Agnes Lockhart Hughes. in Recreation
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Queer Optical Illusion.

See If there is the same optical
Illusion in your case as in Polly Evans
case, boys and girls:
XXXXXXNy
SSSSSSSSSSS
If you look at an 81 or an ~
right way up you will say at once
that there is no difference in size be
tween the upper and the lower halves.
but just turn them upside down. and
the dispropor1ion is very noticeable.
It is the same with the figures --J''
and IS The top half Is apparently
exactly similar TO the bottom half re-
versed. but it is only necessary TO
turn this paper wrong way up 10 dis
pei the Illusion. The eye seems to
eSaggerate the top half OF these let
tiers and figures in some most mys-
terious way. as may be easily proved
For II you make an ~ with the top
half an exact counterpart of the lower
half. the letter will appear topheavy
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Town Clerk for Half a Century.

Ira N. Goddard has been town cier
OF Millbury. Mass. for fifty-two yea'
and is now the unanimous choiGgAj
the Republican caucus for ano@1
term. At the election last Novempe
he was chosen TO represent his distriC
in the state assembly. Mr.. Goddard
10 years old. but looks fully fiftee
years younger. He and his wife WI
celebrate their golden wedding III
year.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
When the Whale Dimes.

The appetite of a whale is phenom-
email. His chief diet consists of jelly
fish. He has simply to open his mouth
and paddle along leisurely in order to
take in jellyfish by the wagonload.
Such is the method adopted by the
whalebone whale. The sperm whale,
on the contrary. captures huge squids
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
joy Ahead.

Jenkins-Aren't you disappointed
that your baby was a girl?
Popley-No. indeed. I've Just been
thinking how much pleasure it will
afford me some day to tell some for
eign duke or count that he can't have
her.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19

the white of the egg cooked. as IL by
heat But you must net try eating it:
that you have cooked II without heat
is enough.
Now prepare basin of water and
when 1t is very still drop some alcohol
or the surface. Where it strikes the
water little pit will be formed. like
dimple in the smooth surface. This
is because the fluid on the surface is
heavier and stronger than the alcohol
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Vital Statistics,

Everyone who is troubled with
"symptoms" will be interested in the
statistics prepared by a leading life
insurance company showing at what
ages different diseases may be expect
ed to stop human machinery. The
figures deal with a period OF fifty
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
AMATEUR CHEMISTRY.

Alcohol is 2 very interesting liquid.
and many entertaining experiments
may be made with it. II you try to
dissolve various substances IN it. for
example, YOU will find that those OF an
oily or gummy nature. which will not
dissolve at all in water. will not only
dissolve in the alcohol. but actualy dis
appear.
FAKE camphor as an illustration If
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Damages for Lessened "capacity

OdHdgcs TOT Ccssehed OdpdO'y
Louis Gurber. Philadelphia mus
clan. sued a street railway compan
tor injuries sustained through the d'
railing of car. He wanted s5'Vo'
On the stand he declared that prev
Gus to his injuries he was able l
drink fifty or sixty glasses of beer
day. but that now the best he can a
is less than twenty. The court inquil
ed Sravely: Would that be elaine
as an element of damage" Gurber
counsel thought it ought to be. and az
parenuy the jury thought so. too. 10
the plaintiff was given verdict o
sl.oOO on account of his reduced ca
pacity.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19

Cdhh VI ViHkGTs
In the early stages of the formation
great crevices may exist here and
there. all to be closed up by changes
in the formation, or new crevices may
be opened by settling of the mass.
Ice continues to come over the falls,
but considerable of it passes under
meath the jam and forms on the lower
side of the structure. In case of a
very heavy flow the river in front OF
the American Falls and way up to the
Horseshoe is covered.
Ice Soon Safe to Cross.
Within few hours after an ice
bridge has formed somebody is sure
to venture across it, and once crossed,
1t IS considered safe. In few days
there will be a well worn path. and
then shanties will be erected along
the route from country to country.
This year there are four such shanties
on the icy structure. and at these tar.
rying places it is possible to satisfy
your thirst. hunger or vanity. for you
can buy drinks. sandwiches, or have
your picture taken with the genuine
falls in the background.
1t has been observed that the tunnel
stream of the Niagara Falls Power
Company has its influence in aiding
the construction of ice bridges in the
gorge. This body of water rushes out
upper steel arch bridge. So great is
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Wonderful Ice Bridges.

Wonderful Ice Bridges.
Niagara ice bridges are wonderful.
This year there is very substantial
one spanning the gorge from far be-
low the upper steel arch to away up
near the Horseshoe Fall at times
Along the upper and lower ends of the
ice bridges changes occur daily. but
on that portion straight out from the
foot of the inclined railway there is
little daily change Some of the
beauty has been taken from this years
bridge by the heavy snowfalls. When
an ice bridge first forms it has a
rough. uneven. beautiful surface, and
a snowfall fills in the crevices. giving
it : smooth appearance lacking in the
beauty of the rougher structure.
People who live near small streams
are quite accustomed to see them fro
zen over. but Niagara ice bridge is
not a result of the freezing over of
thu mighty river. The ice bridge
forms where the current runs at thirty
miles an hour and where the depth of
water is fully one hundred and ninety
feS Tie strange structur" is made
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Trick Learned from Butterflies.

One of the bewildering tricks play
ed by the famous iugslers of India is
that of making boy disappear before
the eyes OF the spectators. One mo-
meat he is in plain view. dancing
around with his bright red or green
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Goose-Bone Science.

NJ. l. Wroten has hanging up in
his office in Easton. Talbot county.
Md. the breastbone of a goose. by
which he says he can tell the kind
OF weather that will happen in less
than fourteen hours. He can look
at the bone at O'Clock in the after
noon and tell whether it will rain,
hail, snow or be clear the next morn
ing. He says that when rain or snow
is coming the bone will become moist
or dark in color; when the weather is
going to be clear. the bone is per-
fectly dry and white. and when a
drop in the thermometer is impending
it will turn purple. 1t is necessary.
he says. to have new goose bone
every year. He has watched the diff
ferent hocks of geese and always pro-
cured the weather goose for the past
thirty-hve years. and has never
known it to fail to accurately Indicate
the character OF the weather.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19

bright days people from several coun-
tries may be seen there in the enjoy
meat Of the winter sport No great
preparation is necessary for the fun.
AL it requires is a barrel stave, and.
lacking this. a good. strong seat in
the trousers, for the ice is very
smooth. and one can plunge down it
at terrific rate. dasbiug out on some
level portion of the ice bridge at the
base
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Growth Of Ice Mounds.

Growth Of Ice Mounds.
When the ice formations are taking
plsce on the trees on top of the high
banks great mounds keep building up
in front of the American fall and at
the side of the Horseshoe Fall in the
gorge. These huge mounds grow
larger day after day. night after night
and ultimately reach a size that de-
notes an effort to surmount the cliff
top. Right down under Terrapin
Point some of the largest mounds ex-
ist. for here the falling waters of the
Horseshoe keep adding to the size
of the big hillocks. Every winter one
section Of the Iace of the Horseshoe
Fall is frozen TO stiffness.
Nearly everybody has heard OF the
Niagara ice mountain. formation
that rears its head from the base OF
the American Fall on the northern
side near the inclined railway build
ing When the ice mountain is at its
best it is the ideal place for coast
Ing. and the crowd that gathers
there is thoroughly cosmopolitan. On
The Lamar register., 1905-04-19
Niagara in Winter
{


There Is no more fascinating scene
in the world than that to be found at
Niagara Falls in winter time. II is
marvellous the transformation that
takes place under the influence of
the wind and weather. The basis of
all the beauty is the tiny spray drops.
waited here and there and consealed
where they fall by winters icy breath.
In summer Niagara has wealth OF
grandeur, but there is something
about the winter scenery that has
popular favor II may be because
there is nothing else to be found by
tourists with which to make compari-
son, for the ice effects of Niagara are
most original and peculiar. 1t re-
quires but a few hours to make the
change. and a spot unattractive in
the evening may lie wonderfully
beautiful by morning.
The frozen beauty of Prospect
Park comes from the american Fall.
AS the spray cloud CT this waterfall
arises 1t is caught by the wind and
driven far back among the trees in
the park. when they get an icy coat
ing that covers every limb. Heavier
the trees are bent to breaking, and
Different trees give different effects
and those that stand closest to Pros
pect Point get the heaviest coating
os ice.
Pretty little Luna Island is buried
beneath tons upon tons of frozen
spray every cold season. Nesting. us
1t does, between the American Fall
and the Great Fall. this island catches
the spray cloud from up or down the
river. and so it is almost continually
under bombardment by the spray
drops. So heavy does the deposit OF
ice become that 1t seems as though
the island might drop into the gorge.
At Terrapin Point. on the far side
of Goat Island. some of the daintiest
ice effects are to be found nearly
every year This spot is close to the
horseshoe Fall. over which the great
er volume OF water passes. giving
forth the largest spray cloud. Swept
by a southeast wind. the spray is
hurled back into the forest depths of
the island and its entire river front
near the Horseshoe is covered by ice
th.t makes a scene resembling fairy
laid. The bridge leading from the
Island shore TO Terrapin Point proper
is so sheeted with ice that it has the
appearance Of being cut from purest
marble. as do also the trees and
rocks all about. Dressed in their
summer green there is a prettiness
about the Niagara islands that makes
Ole long to linger and admire them,
but in the spotless whiteness and daz-
zling magnifcence of winter the ef
feet is awe inspiring.
Growth Of lee Mounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-06
PUBLIC ADVERTISING

cave to the east and having radius OF
1915 feet a distance of 1900 feet TO
point; said last mentioned course or soutn
20 degrees, q minutes, AZ seconds west
being tangent to said curve at the point
Of beginning of said curve; thence sontn Io
feet to point; thence southerly on q
curve concave to the west and having
radius of % feet, a distance of 24S feet
to the point of beginning.
the district of land to be affected by said
work or improvement are hereby speci-
fed and declared to be as follows, to VIII
Beginning at the most northerly corner
of lot 16 block AZ, of Ralph Rogers SUD
division of block Al In Garvanza additi39Ln
at page 81, Miscellaneous Records of Los
Angeles county; thence southeasterly in
a direct line to the most easterly corner
of said lot is; thence SouthweSterly In
direct line to the most southerly corner
of lot 1, said block AZ; thence northwest
erly in a direct line to the most westerly
corner of said lot /; thence northwesterly
in a direct line to the most southerly cor.
ner of lot Is, block Al, said Ralph Rogers
subdivision; thence northwesterly along
its intersection with the southerly line OF
the right of way of the Pacific Electric
Railway company; thence southeaSterly
along said southerly line of said right of
way to its intersection with the north
westerly line of Thorne street.. thence
of beginning; excepting therefrom so
much of said land which is now a part
of any public street or alley
Reference is hereby made to said Or
dinance. on file in the office of the
City Clerk of said city, for further par
ticulars.
JAMES HANLEY,
S-2S, 90 lot Street Superintendent.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-06
Ordinance No. II, ,473


An Ordinance declaring the intention
of the Mayor and Council of the City
of Los Angeles to establish the grade of
Esperanza street, from Sixth street to
The Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows
Section !; That it IS the intention of
to establish the grade of
ESPERANZA STREET,
from Sixth street to Felipe street, in
accordance with the following eleva-
tions:
At the intersection with Sixth street
the grade shall be 2S2.S0 at the south
west corner. and 2S1.6O at the southS
east corner.
At the intersection with Sabina street
the grade shall be 272.00 at the north
west and northeast corners, and 271.00
at the southwest and southeast corners.
the grade shall be 263.00 at the north
west corner, 262.00 at the northeast
and southwest corners, and 261.00 at
the southeast corner.
At the intersection with Stephenson
avenue the grade shall be 24733 at the
northwest corner, 24741 at the south
west corner, 245.S3 at the northeast
corner, and 245.96 at the southeast
At the intersection with siskiyou
street the grade shall be $4,000 at the
northwest corner, 231.OO at the south
west corner, and $4,000 at point on
the east side opposite thereto.
At the intersection with Seventh
street the grade shall be 221.00 at the
northwest corner, 21900 at the south
west corner, and 21SOO at a point on
the east side opposite thereto.
At the intersection with Felipe
street the grade shall be 2OS.OO at the
northwest corner, and 207.00 at a point
on the east side opposite thereto.
At the intersection of the southerly
line of Felipe street with the easterly
lin of Esperanza street the grade shall
be 206.OO.
And at all points between said desig-
mated points the grade shall be estab-
lished so as to conform to a straight
line drawn between said designated
Elevations refer to the top of the
curb, are in feet, and are above plane
which is 255 feet below City datum
Sec. 2. The City Clerk shall certify
to the passage of this Ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published
for ten days in the Los Angeles Her
aid, and thereupon and thereafter 1t
shall take effect and be in force.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance was adopted by the Council
of the City of Los Angeles at it's meet
ing of August 81, 1905.
H ]. LELANDE,
Approved this 28th day Of August,
1905.
9-1-10 lot Mayor.