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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-13

The worst feature abont the in-l
come tax is its inequality. The ex-,
lert Of the income is, 10 most cases,
known only to the individual. and
he can with fair degree Of safety
conceal as much of it as hs likes
from the officials. 81: Louis Globe
Democrat, Rep.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09
COLUMBUS RELICS.
Proposed Reproduction of the Conver
La Rahiin at tI,a Ernrattfnn.

Proposed Reproduction of the Convent
La Ilabiia at the Exposition.
The worlds fair directory is recon-
mendcd ~ its foreign affairs commit
tee to az ropriate fifty thousand dollars
for t. ose OF building at Jackson
park q fac simile OF the ancient convent
of La Rabida, of Palos, Spain. 1t is be-
lieved that this would be the most ap-
propriate structure possible in which to
exhibit the large number OF relics Of
Columbus which IS being collected. If
the project is carried ont, as it seems
probabie it win be, this building and its
contents viii doubtless be n Of the
exhibition attractions which no visitor
will be Cd tent to leave without seeing.
1t wa rs the door Of the convent of
La Rlbila that Columbus, disappointed
and dog.nhearted, asked for food and
shelter for himself and his child. It was
here tact lie found N asylum for a few
years whilc he developed his plans and
prepared tac arguments which he sub
mittod TO the council at Salamanca. 1t
was in = Of the rooms of this convent
that he met the Dominican monks in
oSDAbCs anu IL Wd0 IClC GlSO IAldU lC
conferred with Alonzo Pinzo, who
Afterwards commanded one Of the YES
sells OF Eis fleet. In this convent Column
bus lived while lie was making prep
aratiors Tor his voyage, and on the
morning. That he sailed from Palos he
attended himself the little chapel.
There is no building in the world so
closely identified wish his discovery as
this, and fortunately its architecture is
OF such q character as to permit of a re-
production at a comparatively small
cost, and at the same time furnish q
picturesque view and appropriate group
araong the splendid buildings that win
be erected at jackson park. 1t viii not
only be Of itself a monument to Column
bus, but it will furnish coramodious and
convenient show rooms for the coIlec-
tionG and relics of Columbus that are to
be exhibited. Besides q large collection
OF maps, manuscripts, books and pic
lures that arc being secured there will
be among them public and private col
lections both from Europe and the
United States. Many of the articles be-
ing OF great value, it is proposed to
bring them all together in this build
ing, where they will be secure from fire
and all other dangers.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09
Survival of the Fittest.

The Chinese r a queer people, and
l do not oelieve Americans will ever
understand them. Since Tom Glenn
was fooled by that fellow in California
1 do not believe everything Ihear about
the Chinese; but still we hear queer
things about them all the time. 1
heard some western men talking a short
while ago about them, says a writer in
the Atlanta Constitution. did you
eve see a lame Chinaman?" said a mar
from Deadwood. They all answered
no "Well, I'll tell you why. When a
Chinaman gets hurt or loses a limb,
they kill him. 1t is part of their re-
ligion. know a Chinaman who was
hurt while blasting rock on a railroad
in Idaho. His hand was blown off.
The doctor fixed it and said it was all
right. We missed the wounded China
man a few days ~aftorward, andiaquired
Of some of his friends, and were in
formed that he was dead. Died of the
wound?' we asked. No. said the
Chinaman, 'drinkee tea-killee him."
Did you ever see a lame Chinaman?
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09

streets, which seem to have been rulod
with a straight edge and in it all rail
roads have termini. One is almost
frightened by the height of buildings,
in which all styles of architecture meet
without confusion. About sixteen years
ago We first visited the falls of Niagara
and our first stop was naturally at Chi
cago. Excellent hotels, very attractive
people were there, and as we took a
rapid walk along the banks of the
father of waters we were obliged eon-
tiuually to avoid meeting the descend
ants of the companion of st. Anthony
fpigs). Now these noisy animals have
their W quarter, where they are sold,
and they % longer by their squeals dis
turb the public peace"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09
Notice OF Application to Cut,
Timber From the Pub
lid Lands.

Notice Is hereby given that intend to,
make application to the honorable LandCom-
with the act of Congress of March 3, 1891, for.
permission to cut timber on the unsurveye ed
public lands, situated in Owyhee County,
tract Of land known as Mahogany mountain,
situated on the west side OF Jackson creek
about four miles east of the Oregon state line.
Beginning at apoint on Jackson creek about
two miles above the mouth OF the same apd
running east of said creek two miles; thence
south two miles thence west two miles (
thence north two miles to place OF beginning.
said tract is covered with scattering patches
of mountain mahogany estimated TO aggrez
JACOB WADISHs
DeLamar, Idaho, October q, 1891.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09

An expressive phrase has been coined
to moot the Kansas City situation. 1t
is 80 Whereas Somebody inquiries
after the financial standing of John
Smith. John Smith?" somebody else
replies. "Oh, he is "a Whereas" The
phrase is in common use. A stranger
is not long in learning the meaning. "a
whereas is a man who has had a piece
of property sold out by the sheriff to
satisfy a mortgage. One can readily
trace the derivation by thinking for a
moment of the form in which sheriffs'
sales are advertised. whereas, John
Smith, by his certain deed of trust"
and 70 on and so on. That is the way
the official information starts off, and
that is why John Smith is called ga
Whereas"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09
TALKS WITH MONKEYS.
A San Francisco Man Who Is Believed to
Have Mastered the simian Lingo.

"
A San Francisco Man Who Is Believed to
Have Mastered the Simian Lingo.
A mysterious individual baants Wood
wards gardens to whom is attributed
the gift of conversing with monkeys in
their own language. He is a little old
man, says the San Francisco Examiner,
who has seen about three score years
and ten, but as he is always alone and
speaks to no one very little is known
about him. For nearly a year past the
old gentleman has daily visited that
former popular resort, deposits the en-
trance fee, and as quickly as his feeble
strength will allow, and with eagerness
depicted on his scanned and weather.
beaten countenance, proceeds at once
to the monkey cage.
The monkeys recognize him and set
up a chattering and bowling that would
CRATE or a sensitive persons nerves, but
the old man does not mind it a bit. He
enjoys it and beams on the quadrumana
that make every effort to reach him
through the iron bars, with an express
sion that would lead one to think that
his soul was wrapped up in them.
1l1ei4tJ plC hOl5C ooDSltCS anu IllC OlQ
man gazes into a dozen comical expec-
tant faces pressed against the bars,
with twenty-four pairs of bright eyes
looking at him, and utters q few gut
tural sounds that astonish and please
the monkeys. Heperfectly initiates the
sounds of most of them, and all ar
range themselves in a semicircle and
with great seriousness listen to all he
has to say. Sometimes his tone is SER
ious, when all the monkeys put on a
very abject expression and look as sor-
rowful as a monkey can. Then
again when the tones are different, the
monkeys viii dance about with every
evidence of delight, and all begin to
jabber at once, until the old man
points his finger at one of the largest.
All remain silent while he seemingly
carries on a conversation with one of
the cider ones, initiating all Of the
grimaces and actions of a monkey as
well as any human being could.
Sometimes the conversation lasts an
hour Or more, when the little man bids
his friends adieu until the mCrrow.
1t is said by some that the little man
was once q sea captain, whose crew
were murdered by the natives on the
coast OF Brazil, and he made his escape
to the forests of the interior with no
companions but the monkeys for many
months, and subsisted entirely ON
the wild fruits and other food berries
that he could gather. 1t is supposed
he obtained some knowledge Of
their method of communication during
the months Of his enforced residence in
the wilderness that enable him to en-
gage the attention of the monkeys at
Woodward's gardens.
When accosted the old man will not
'eply, and his mysterious behavior is a
ource of much comment.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09
THE DE M NUGGET.
ENGRAVING WITH DYNAMITE.
Figures Reproduced on Iron by Firing the
Explosive Above Them.

Figures Reproduced on Iron by FIRING the
Explosive Above Them.
Among the many new uses to which
gunpowder and other high explosives
have been applied recently is that OF
engraving. By means of the force gen
Grated by the decoration of these arti,
cles the lines of delicate leaves, grass
and insects have been impressed on the
surface of the hardest iron p%rocurable
in the space of half a second. By old
processes, says the New York Herald,
hours were consumed where machinery
was used and any attempt was made to
secure artistic results. and days where
manufacturers resorted to hand work.
Many recent experiments have been
made, mostly by officers of the army
and navy, which have demonstrated
the efficiency of the methods.
At Newport a few weeks ago a heavy
charge of dynamite was exploded by
several officers who were delegated by
the government to test a new method of
electricity in fuses.
Somehow a small dried leaf without
the knowledge of the officers had
slipped in between the dynamite cart
ridge and the iron block from which the
charge had been fired.
When the experiment had been com
pleted the officers were surprised to find
the perfect IMPRINT of a leaf in the iron.
The most delicate lines were repro
duced with startling distinctness.
A series of experiments, which were
attended with remarkable results, fol-
lowed.
One of the officers who made the first
experiments is now in the city, and he
gave me an account of his discoveries
when l saw him at an uptown hotel
the other night.
81 was rather surprised to find that it
was possible to reproduce the outlines
of p%erishable articles upon the surface
of iron by means Of explosives, said he,
''and was at first sceptical, although I
had often heard that a candle could be
fred though ar oak plank.
when we found the imprint of the
leaf we made several similar tests.
"They took place at the torpedo sta
ton in Newport. We placed several
leaves and flowers between two plates
of boiler iron and hen fred a moderate
charge of dynamite on the upper plate.
"The exact outlines with even the
veins in the petals of the flowers were
reproduced in the hard metal.
'0ther and more extended expert
ments were attended with similar re-
''Another singular fact is that when
exploded under water the imprints are
much finer than those produced in the
open air. Frequently when a wad of
gun cotton is exploded beneath the sur
face of the water the explosive will
sink into the iron foundation so deep
the sunken words and figures will
be reproduced in raised characters on
he iron"
Several manufacturers have followed
he example set by the officers and some
lay probably dynamite will be put in
PRACTICAL use as an engraver.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09
HORSES IN
The Queer Sight Recently witnessed in
Moravia.

The Queer Sight Recently Witnessed in
Moravia.
One of the curious effects of the
unwonted cold weather in Europe dur
ing the past winter was observed in
Austrian Moravia, where the inhabit-
ants are said to be very fond of their
horses, and humauely inclined toward
them.
For many weeks, says Youths Com
panion, the ground was covered with a
thick coating of snow. AS this was un-
usual, and the people found that their
own eyes were ~unpleasantly affected by
the intense whiteness of the snow, it
occurred to them that their horses must
be affected in the same way, andneeded
protection for their eyes.
The farmers, therefore, procured
quantities of goggles and spectacles
with black, blue OF green glass, which
they tied over their horses eyes when
ever they went out.
A market day in Moravia during the
prevalence of the great snow is said to
have been a funny sight. Scores of
horses, dragging wagons through the
snow, or else ~improvised sleds and
sledges, were seen in the streets, and
nearly every horse had on a pair of
blue or green s~pectacles.
White horses were especially comical,
and if they possessed a sense of the
ridiculous, as some horses are thought
to do, perhaps they wished that they
were black or chestnut, for on colored
horses the glasses were not so conspic-
uous.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09

and it was impossible to reform a corps.
The enemy perceived this astounding
confusion; sent forward columns of cav
airy; the disorder augmented, the cor
fusion of the night prevented the rally
ing of the troops and showing them
their miStake.r
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-11-09
The World,s-Fair CITY.

1t is said on good authority that
there appeared recently in u news
paper in Nantes, France, the fol-
lowing description of Chicago: at
is situated at the foot of the falls at
Niagara and receives the waters of the
great lakes. In no part of Europe will
you find SO great a city. It's b~oulevards
are regular and as straight as its
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-10-24
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Chancey M. Depew tells the latest Of his
interViewers that he raised himself from the
business level to the plane of after. dinner
speaking by reading Macaulay's ESSAYS.
Henry George is said to be even more en-
thusiastic in cycling than in the propagation
of his theories of social reform. He has per-
suaded his whole family to learn to Tide, and
he has begun PROSECUTING among the women
and children of his acquaintance.
Mrs. Sophia Brauenlich, business manager
OF the Engineering and Mining Journal, has
personally visited nearly every mine of any
importance In the country and knows its
The German imperial family have ordered
some costly presents to be sent TO the Prince
Of wales on the occasion of his inbilee
to England. "4i"s 'he giitS
The King and Queen iof Denmark win
visit England the latter part of November
nvi stay Of thIee weeks. They will he
htToioS VI sheir uaugnter, the Princess Of
wales ana OF her majesty at Windsor. Vi
In the Augusta statue of the late A.
stephens of Georgia, vice president of the
Confederacy, Mr.. Stephens will be repre-
senleo as Standing erect at a table, his right
tude eATSSenueu IN well-remembered atti-
monthsl III BLK
In the course Of President Watson,s ad
dress at the convention Of tho AO,or,a ~
1siee' hailway Association at Plttsburg. Pa
" az ne SAID that in the development
Oh tne electric rallwry America leads the
world. Three years ago there were on1v 't 10
electric roads In the united States y II =,
there are over. AGO. Nv"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-10-24
AN ALLIGATOR STORY.
How an Old farmers Pot Recoepized
ard Repaid His Kindness,
Jacksonville Times. Union

lJackSonVllle Times Union
IL is not often that one hears of an allga
tor as pet. in fact none has ever been heard
OF SO tame that it could be approached by a
human being without its running off or
showing some disposition to fight.
There is, however, an old man who lives
not dozen miles from Jacksonville on the
St. johns river who has what might he
called an alligator farm. He owns :. tract of
about twelve or thirteen acres and in one
part is low, marshy place which in wet
weather Is filled with water. A deep ditch
connects this with the river
One spring day the owner of the farm
Wnlie walking near the swarm heard a
crashing sound In the marsh grass, and
ooklng over to the centre, saw large ALI
gator moving around. He stood still and
watched the saurian and discovered that il
was throwing up mound of mud and grass
Alter time when the heap had assumed a
shape net unlike that of a hut such as the
gator lay on top.
The farmer came to the conclusion that
she was laying her eggs, and not wishing to
disturb her, left. The next day he visited
the place again, and saw that the mound had
been firmly bedded all around, while the old
gator lay summing herself on log. Each
day he visited the place and carried food to
the old one in the shape of fish and meat.
and as time went on she got so tame that on
q certain hour she was on the lookout for
him and came crawling up to be fed.
One morning he was startled by loud
believing in the direction of the swamp and
Fastening over found things in high state
OF excitement. There, lying in a pool of
water was the old mother, surrounded by
numerous little alligators, some of which
climbed upon her back and then slid off,
seeming to enjoy the fun immensely. At the
sight of her friend bright light beamed in
her eyes and after receiving few caresses
she started off toward the river, followed by
her young.
| Every spring after that the owner of the
place has watched for the old gator which
has never failed to show up and each year
build new mound and raise her young.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-10-24

How the Rothschlds are housed at
Ferrieres. near Paris, may bejudged by their
FIVE establishments. worth 100000, need
in, the earvices of $50 people, The stables
nn55taine ion horses, When Louis Napoleon
Isitad Eerriares the Rothschilds gave a
srand breakfast in his honor, the cost of
which was 100000
Two handsome volumes of poems written
by John Kuskin at various times when he
was between the ages of seven and twenty.
six. have just been published at Landau
They are interesting mainly as furnishing
evidence of the precoci0us genius of the
author. Inc youthful sketches which ac.
company the poems are said to form a ha,Sor
class of work than the poems themselves
Rev. Mr.. Baxter Of England is prohahlv 20
vising bis predictions. Three or four ve,r
ago he delivered lecture in this country on
his hobby, the end of the world. In this
lecture he predicted that that dread event
G. 1a R pace In the year 1901, and that
General bonIanger. who would then be at
the very hight of his power, would ha tbe
a MnI Loretold In the Apocalypse
Nothing has been heard from Mr RsTter
since the death of General Boulanger. ''i
Commissioner Raum of the nension H.
reau says that he has not rendered his ros
ignation to the president with the prdor
standing that it shall be announced after tho
November elections" H4 saws that tho
animus behind the foitnightly attacks unon
him were easily understood. "For mvseIf %
SAID Mr.: Raum, II need only saw that / eniou
the confidence OF the interior, and there - .
great deal at the pension office still for mo 20
DO. III should decide to resign, nv resirns
tlon would be announced in due time and
until 1t Is announced see no reason w6v the
public should worry about it," ''o
The late James Parton used to tell how
early In his career, he was itemizing for
weekly paper; and he noticed that a larpa
share OF the news was devoted to exposing
human trailties. Thereupon he resolved 10
make reform in journalism. He began to
collect matter for new feature In his paper
Good Deeds Done Lately" During tho
hrst week he picked up only a few para.
graphs for 1t, but he wrote flourishing in.
production, and gave good earnest Of the
future. But the next week the stock was
sun small. Nobody rescued anybody else
from watery grave; no legacy was left To
harvard by rich deceased Bostoniap: aid
nobody lost wallet and rewarded the rag
muffin who picked it up; ana so the new de-
gartment persisted of inanition-New York
Tribune, A
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-10-24

Il stand for free raw Materials" said Mr..
Mills dramatically to his first Boston audience.
ordinarily Mr.. Mills stands for a tariff for
revenue or free trade pure and simple, but,
10 Difference to the Massachusetts:Dem
manufacturers perhaps, he appears to be
standing for not quite so much in the Bay
State, Yet we are bound to say that when
Mr. Mills stands only for free raw materials
he makes nothing more than an apparent
concession to the protection sentiment
among his brethren of that state. Free raw
materials means free trade or a revenue tar
III In the near future, and nobody knows
shat better than the gentleman from Texas
The Massachusetts manufacturer NAV i'm
aglne that programme of protection to his
product while his raw material Is afforded
MIN Tree, Is for him an ideal condition, and
so doubtless 1t would be II 1t could be main
tained. But few moments reflection must
convince him that such policy must neces-
sarily be short-liyed. 1t could hardly sur
VlVe single congressional election after the
people understood what it was, because il
would make the manufacturers a favored
class to which all other classes would be
compelled to pay tribute. The miner who
dug the ore from the earth would certainly
object to protection for the manufacturer
OF that ore that was denied HIM. The wool
grower would very speedily protest against
policy that exposed him to the competition
OF foreign countries while the person that
made his product into cloth was shielded
against 1t. In short, every producer of what
we call raw material would be compelled by
his own interests to oppose protection to the
manufacturer, and the great mass of oppo-
sitioD thus raised up would be too strong for
the manufacturer to resist. The free trader
understands this perfectly well, and when
he goes about offering free raw material to
the manufacturer and at the same time pro-
lection for his finished product, he is sim.
ply conducting him into path which leads
to free trade. The injustice of protecting
one kind of labor, while another Just as
meritOrious is left exposed to foreign compe.
tition is too palpable to admit of defense or
extenuation. 1t is too obvious to be con-
cealed. Such policy could not suryive
very brief experience, even IL it could enlist
support enough to get trial, which is verv
doubtful
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-10-24
WRECK Of schooner Allie Cakes. EngIn,

WRECK of schooner Allie Cakes. Engineer
w Office, U. s. Army Newport, II. l., Septem-
Der 20, 1891. To whom 1t may concern. Where
as navigation is INSTRUCTED and endangered by
the wreck Of the schooner Allie Cakes, lying
between the wharf and the west end of the break
water in Hyannis HarbOr, Mass: Notice is here
by given to all persons interested in said vessel,
her cargo ana all other property therein, that IL,
within thirty 800 days from the date of this ad-
tyertsement they shall not have signihed to me
thelr intention and taken preliminary steps 10 re-
move SAID wreck, etc., as soon as practicable, the
same VIII be considered as abandoned and dere.
net ana IL viii be removed by the United States
under authority Of law. Sealed proposals, in
trlpllcate for the removal of said wreck, will be
received at this office until IL O'Clock, noon, on
Monday. the 26th day of October, 1891, and then
opened. The attention of bidders is Invited TO
the Acts Of Congress approved February 49,
1885 and February %, 1887, Vol %, page 1892
and vol. "a, page Ala, Statutes at Large The
United States reserves the right to reject any or
ALL proposals and to waive any intormalities
Full information furnished on application. BY
authority Of the Secretary of War: w. II,
LIVERMORE, Major of Engineers.
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