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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-07-16
BEARS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
They Are More Plentiful Than They Were
Forty Years Ago.

I Z
'Itmay sound strange and inaDroba-
ble," said Phin Anderson, a veteran
woodsman OF northeastern Pcnnsylva-
mia, to a New York Sun man, .'bubiti3 a
fact, nevertheless, that bears arc be-
coming moro plentiful every year III the
lumber regions of Pennsylvania. Ihavc
a theory to explain this which may
seem paradoxical, but 1 believe it is cor
rect, all the same. There arc more
bears to-day in Pike, Monroe, Clinton,
Potter and other backwoods counties in
Pennsylvania than there were forty
years ago, fer the reason that the woods
have gradually disappeared. l have
been laughed at scores of times for al-
~vancing such a theory, but no oncin the
backwoods denies that bears are more
plentiful, and certainly no one can deny
that woods are much less in area than
forty years ago. 1t is very plain to nc.
When the timber was thick the bears
were compelled TO skirmish more for
food and had to depend to o great OK
tent on roots and bark and on the rather
scanty supplies which tho shcopfold9
and pigsties of the scattered settlers af-
forded. The clearing away O tho woods
has been followed by the appearance in
limitless areas of all kinds of berries,
which bears especially relish and on
which they thrive. While bringing
about such a condition, the cutting
away of the timber has in no way af-
fccted the character of the dense
.swamps, in the confines of which bears
find safe places for hiding and cludn g
dogs and hunters, and for bringing forth
and rearing their young. Tho rocky
lodges, with their ravines and caverrG,
still remain, and there the bears find
winter lars as secure and comfortable
as they were when the forests grew +.
above them. Besides, the clearing up
of the forests makes room for a large
collection of sheep pastures and pig
sites, and thus adds to the field for for
age. You may set it down fer a fact
that bears in Pcnnsylvania-and not
only in Pennsylvania, but in every cast
ern state whore bears arc found-arc
more numerous and bigger and fattor
than they were in our grandfathcrs'
days, and will keep on being that way
longer than anyone now on earth will
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-07-16
A CANINE ROBBER.
The Four-Footed Assistant of !
Mexican Bandit.
Travellers Seized by the Huge Brute and
Held His Master Relieved
Them of Their
Valuab1es.

70 over a year the people living
within a radius of twenty miles of this
place, says a City of Mexico correspond
ent of the st. Louis Globe-Domocrat.
have been in a state of semipanic over
h strange attacks which have been
made upon travellers who are compelled
to be out after nightfall. There APP
peared to be some demon who took de-
light in mangling belated people and
robbing them. No deaths occurred, but
in each instance the party attacked was
suddenly grasped by the throat by some
apparently powerful animal, which was
so strong jawed that it shut off tho air
at the first grasp and caused tho victim
to faint. When consciousness returned,
in every instance the victim found him
self lying with a bleeding throat and
his pockets riflcd of all their contents.
One man who had occasion to be out
after dark says that it appeared to be
some long animal when it came leap
ing upon him, ard he had barely time
to notice this ere he was borne to the
ground and held with q grasp of the
awful jaws. Manuel Pcncz, q wealthy
ranch owner, made himself an armor
to protect his throat from attack Of
whatever it was that caught hcpeoplc.
Taking the heavy leather stirrup piece
from his saddle he cut a collar and
fittedit to his neck in such q manner
that it fully covered his whole throat.
Then, with a pistol in each hand, he
rode through the dark roads toward the
city. He was in sight of the lights of
the city and began to feel that he had
safely passed the danger when he saw
an animal leaping toward him. He
had just time to notice The animal whom
1T Ieaped at his throat and bore him
from his horse to the ground. His
armor served well, however. and the
animal could not get a grip on his
throat.
Penez had his revolver ready, and
pressing it against the side of his assail-
m fred a shot which rolled it over.
Then, just as he was rising, he was
again attacked, but this time by a man
who struck him with a club. The blow
was not severe enough to do much
harm, and in the hand-to-hand conflict
which followed Penez got the better Of
his adversary and stunned him. lie
boundfthc man and brought him to the
city. An investigation showed that
the animal was a great Dane hound,
which had been trained to pun down
the people without killing them. His
master sent him after the victims, and
when they were rendered unconscious
he would rob them with inpunity, and
then return to his homo without fear of
detection The prisoner appeared to
mourn the loss of his dog greatly, and
did not scen to care what became of
him since the animalwas deal. An in
vestigation revealed the fact THAT the
man lived i'll the outskirts of the city,
was evidently a tomato wonder. In
his cabin were found the fruits of sew
eral recent robberies, and evidence srf-
icient to show that the prisoner made
'obbery his regular nightly occupation.
An effort was made TO get him to tell
something about himself and the dog,
he stubbornly refused to talk. T;
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-07-16
COINED EY BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Five-Do1Iar Gold Pieces Which Arc Now
Rarities-Too Soft for Use.

Five-Do1Iar Gold Pieces Which Are Now
Rarities-Too Soft for Use.
County Commissioners Ballard, of San
Francisco, is the posscssor Of Q rare and
curious gold coin which fell into his
hands in California in 1870. Il is q
Mormon fvc-dollar piece, and fer many
years has been employed as 4 charm or
bangle On Mr.. Billiards. fob chain. TIKI
owner himself was a '4ocr. and tool
part in the carly gold ez4itcmclt ii
California He told a New York Re
cordcr mar that tho Mcrnacns, who
were among the earliest in the goll
fields. returned to Salt Lake with grca.
quantities of the precious yellow dust.
Much gold also found it's way to UTAH
through other avenues. Brigham Younm.
who was at that time running a little
government on his w account, cstab-
lishcd a mint and coined probably one
million dollars in flvc-dollar gold pieces.
These ccins very o found their way
to California and passed current. At
that carly date, N1r. Ballard says, the
coins were welcomed as q grcas
convenience in matters of exchange.
The metal in the coins wa unalloycd-
50 soft and pure, in fact, that it wor
away very rapidly. On this aecoun
they oon disappeared from Circulation
almost as rapidly as they had appeared.
On m side of Mr.. Billiards. relic arc
two claapcd hands, probably symbol
of brothcrly love, while around the
margin arc the letters, &c. S. L. G. p
G.," standing for sGrcat Salt Lake Cal
ifornia Pure Cold" Below the claspce
are the words, five dollars anG
the date 1880" On the other side, in
center Of the coin is the all-sccirs
syc, and below that a beehive, whip
lround the margin are these words.
Holiness to the Lord Mr.. Dallar,
las hadscmc trouble in keeping hiscoin
)ncc he accidentally lost tho keepsake.
out was lucky enough to find it again
Another time a thief got into his hous
took all the money from his pocket
book except this ~odd-loolziag coin.
at a glance, resembles q trunls
heck. This was more than twenty years
Igo. Mr.. Ballard then attached it to
is morocco fob chain, which is anchored
an old-fashi3ncd silver walsh the
movement of which is also dated 1910.
mother Of these arc coins is preserves
n the National museum at Washington.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

Saws the New York Press: "Some-
hing of surprise was created III
London recently when large manu-
facturer of boots and shoes in Leeds
,npeared before the Parliamentary
Labor Commission, in session at tie
British metropolis, to testify in the mat
ter of the importation of American
footwear into the kingdom. He de-
,lared that United States makers were
ifty years in advance of British man
ufacturers, mainly by reason OF tho
use of improved machinery and that
Tho backward state Of the British out
nut was caused by the opposition of
trades unions and other workingmens
organizations to the introduction OF
labor-saving devices. The manufac-
turer also gave it as his opinion that
American boots aud shoes were not
onlv of n better qhality, c.ass for
class. than those of English make, but
that the ruling prices were lower. I'm
nortation from America had assumed
enormous proportions, and despite the
low prices, American manhfacturers
were making good profits"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

A large percentage Of accidents on
street railways arc due to passengers
attempting TO get on or off the moving
cars. Similar accidents are of frequent
occurrence on steam cars, and the
cause is in nearly every case the mis-
sing of the step or losing the hold OH
the handles. A device has been de-
signed for the purpose of throwing
the person away from the car should
he lose his hold and to push him to ono
side out of the path Of the following
car should he miss the step and fall.
The device consists of plate or board
extending from the top part of the
fender to point near the track rail
This plate projects latcrally from the
car fender, 10 which il ia made adj
Unstable by means of vertical slots,
corresponding slots being made in the
fender. Should passe niger miss his
grip of the handle of the car the guard
throws him clear of the step, and in
case he slipped or stumbled in leaving
tho car the dependent part of the
guard would push him out of harms
Way.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

"From my various patents" says
Edison, $50 far rs the patents them
lclves go, / have stood an actual loss
in experimenting and in lawsuits OF
1900, 900. l should have been better
,faif / had not taken out any patents.
do not mean to say that | am pau
per, as you might think from my talk
but my money has not been made out
If patents or out of any protection
Ihe patent office has given me. lmade
il all in manufacturing, and l have
nado quite enough to pay for my
experiments and to get good
living, which is all l care about
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

The grain trade from the port of
New York for the year 1891 was the
largest in ten years, being seventy and
half millions of bushels. This rep
rcsents a shipping tonnage of close
upon two millions and n quarter, and
t is not satisfactory to find, confesses
lie New York Press, that these millions
If tons of American produce are almost
entirely transported in foreign bot
.oms. Only twenty-five cargoes
JAILED under the American flag.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

WE are not 50 sure about the cor
rectnesS of the code OF ethics which
fOrbidS lawyers and doctors to solicit
business or to advertise themselves as
specially we'll qualified to handle a
certain class Of cases. II man in
tends to build house and lets it be
known, contractors and builders can
call on him by the score and solicit
the job and nothing is thought OF it.
And yet they are all honorable men,"
Merchants are, as class, men OF
brains and intelligence and stand
about as well in the community as do
their fellows who practice law and
medicine. Imagine, il you can, the
absurdity Of merchants having a code
of ethics which forbade them to insert
anything in the newspapers save the
simple announcement Of name and
place Of business, At this point, too,
it might be we'll enough to pause and
reflect on the effect such code would
have upon the newspapers themselves,
The builder who seeks the job OF
building your house points with pride
to such and such cditices as samples OF
his handwork. They stand as eloquent
witnesses to his assertions that he is
Il skilled and capable workman. Doc.
tors and lawyers, however, cannot do
this, at least not openly, and If done
at all subjects them to professional
shame and disgrace. Seriously, we
have no sort Of sympathy with char
latans, quacks and pretenders in any
of the callings Of life; but we fail to
see wherein there is anything inher-
emily wrong in either doctors or law
pcrs advertising in modest, sensible
way, nor in their soliciting patronage
in the same manner. The mere an.
tiquity of custom more often COM
mands our respect and fealty than on
account Of any inherent merit the
custom itself may possess,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

The retirement of privates from
the regular army Is of tho most in-
frequent occurrence, says the WASH
ington Post, from the simple fact it is
seldom they ever remain long enough
in the service to reach the age of sixty
two years. Private Thomas Kelly of
Battery X at the Washington barracks,
however, has added another to the list
and well earned bis retirement, which
has already been announced. lie
landed at Boston harbor, and in 1862
enlisted in Company ii Of the Thirty
ninth Regiment of Massachusetts
Volunteers. His reg ncnt was as
signed to the Fifth Corps, under Gen
cral Warren. The first battle that
Kelly was in was that at South Noun
tain and the second was at Laurel
Hill, Va, where he was severely
wounded. Having been left on the
field he was taken prisoner, and that
ended his appearance on tho field SO
far as open hospitalitics wer1 con-
cerned. At the close of the war he
received an honorable discharge and
returned to Boston; but he had grown
used to being soldier, aud in le's
than year thereafter he enlisted in
the regular army, aud has served con-
tinuously since.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

THE step taken In Washington by
Mr. Richard Mansfield, the actor, in
ordering his manager hereafter TO
discontinue the use Of lithograph and
printing displays in windows or on
walls and billboards, and to confine
his advertising exclusively to the
newspapers, is as novel as it is radi-
cal. The amount OF money annually
expended for costly printing for open
air and window displays Of theaters
IS enormous. The expense has been
growing steadily greater as designs
have become more elaborate and con-
sequently more costly. 1t has be-
come so great, indeed, that no COM
mensurate return is experienced from
1t, and managers and stars have long
been talking about cutting 1t off.
Mr.. Mansfield Is the first to take
positive stand in the matter, and his
reason for his action is summed up in
this one caustic sentence: "A man
who does not read the newspapers
never attends the theater."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

Some of the Maine coast dwelers
are no better off in respect to school
and church privileges, states the Chi
cago Herald, that the people of the re-
mote Aroostook wilderness, who
never see anything much except trees
and bears. A man who lives on
Great Diamond Island, Portland lower
harbor. has three children of school
age, but there is no school on Gerat
Diamond and therefore lie appealed to
the mayor of Portland for assistance
in the matter. 1t has been arranged
that the children shall be transported
daily, at the city's expense to Peaks
Island. where there is a school. 1t
isn't every poor family who have a
private steamboat at their disposal
daily, Us in this case, and the children
enjoy the distinction about rs much as
they do the trip.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

One great fault of Eastern and
Western farm lands, maintains tho
Chicago Times, is not lack of richness
and fertility. properly speaking, but
,hc lack of readily available plant
food. The food is in the soil in abun-
lance, but it is not ready for the
plants to use. All vegetables have to
iecompose and then pass through a
chemical process and mix with the
soil to be in the best condition to feed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

Tho people of the United States,
comparing themselves with other ma
tions, ought 10 feel well satisfied with
their lot, says the New York News.
While our national debt per capita is
only $l4.6j, or, including state and
county debts, 500. 46, that of France
is 1885 ; of the Netherlands, 1856;
of Great Britain, SS7. 70; and of Italy,
s76.06. Another favorable feature of
our financial condition is that while
the aggregate pubic indebtedness of
foreign nations nearly doubled be-
tween 1880 and 1890, that of the
United States was reduced nearly one
half. Taken altogether, the world is
about fifty thousand million dollars in
debt,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

The Indians of the Iowa tribe are
all told but 100 of them, about twenty
five families, between this and seed
ing time that they will receive S25, 900
worth of seeds, implements and $1,000
worth of live stock to each family.
This alonc seems pretty liberal, but
besides the stocking up of their farms,
continues the New Orleans Picayune,
they are TO be paid 800 per capita
annually for fifteen years, or over
S4O0 to each family. They have each
a good farm, which by leasing, will
bring at least $500 apiece each year.
Then to make sure that no injustice is
done to the poor Indians, the Govern
ment pays for the education of their
children and exempts them from taxa
ton. 1t is not bad 10 be an Indian.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04
THE LABOR WORLD.
JAPAN women load vessels.
MACHINIsTs have $50 unions.

JAPAN women load vessels.
MACHINIsTs have $50 unions.
INDIANA miners earn SIS a month. ...-
NEW York insurance clerks are organized.
THERE are 30,O 600 Brotherhood engineers.
WARSAW, Poland, has women car conduo.
tors
New South WALES bakers work eight
hours.
NEW YORK cloakmakers average Is and
20 week
SEVENTY THOUSAND workmen are idle In
Vienna, Austria
LONDON, England, will have Worlds
Labor Exposition.
A WORKMAN was fined in Germany fos
calling another an Anarchist.
WEST VIRGINIA miners will strike against
q reduction to three cents a bushel.
THERE Is a woman in Oregon who has
worked twenty years at stone cutting.
AT Pittsburg, Penn, 700 flint glass work.
ers won a strike against change In rules.
THERE were nearly TOO lives sacrificed by
mine explosions in Europe and America last
year.
The textile workers. national convention
was called to meet In New York City on
March IA.
ONE HUNDRED MILLION Chinese are en-
gagged i'll the culture, preparation, sale, car.
riage and expectation OF tea. -. .,-----
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

of supplying the governor with
commodious official residence
in addition to giving him $4,000
year. Ex-Governor Long was in the
minority. lie believes that the prescnl
salary is amply sufficient, and that whal
il wants in pecuniary adequacy is mad,
up by the honor of the position. The
public have come to the conclusion.
however, that the chief executive of th,
state should he paid at least as well az
the mayor of Boston, and the legis-
ture has evidently resolved to meet the
popular demand in this respect. Tn,
next governor will receive salary O
$4,000 a year.
Notes and Gossip.
Miss Eva Turner, pupil of the Bos
ton school of Acting, made her profcS.
Sionnl cntrce at the Bowdoin Square
Theatre the present week.
That talented Young Irish comedian
Mr.. Carroll johnson, will be seen in hi
latest success, The Gosooon," at the
Globe Theatre during the week ol
March IA
1t pays to be huhorist There i,
Marshall T. Wilder, said to be rated al
aS posse-Sor of $50, 900; and it was
only 10 years ago he was working fol
Bradstreet's Agency in this city for Sl2
n month,
Mr.. I'd. a. Perry, formerly on the
editorial staff of the Boston Herald,
and one of the best authorities on thea
trical matters in this country, has ac-
ccpted the post Of managing editor OF
the New York Dramatic News.
\ curious antipathy is that Of young
lady in this city who is said to be un-.
able to look at the moon or place her
self in its light, without experiencing
feeling of extreme faintncSS, which in
crcases to nausea unless she is able to
withdraw from the exciting cause.
The subject of bridge across the
harhor to East Boston is again being
agitatcd.
There are 2oO Greeks in Boston, an
an entertainment will be given shortly
to provide means for them toward cree
ting a house OF worship.
OZNuLA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

A LARGE part OF the plunder OBJ
tanned by the highwaymen who held
up a United States mall-wagon in
Chicago consisted of currency inclosed
In registered letters. The Postofiice
department expressly disayows entire
responsibility for the safe delivery Of
registered mail, but does agree, in
consideration of the fee paid, to use
special and extraordinary care In
handling such mail, The extraordin-
ary care in this instance seems to
have been confined TO putting several
hundred thousand dollars Of registered
mail In q pouch, throwing the pouch
into a wagon, and intrusting the
whole to one unarmed man, who
drove the wagon through some Of the
darkest and loneliest streets Of the
city. .- .. -..-..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

The microscope has revealed many
wonders, among others that the COM
mon caterpillar has 1000 muscles in
his body; that the drone bees eyes
each contains 1900 mirrors, and that
the large, prominent eyes of Tie bril-
liant dragon flies are each furnished
with $4,000 polished lcnses.-[St
Louis Republic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

One of the best proofs of French
economy is the general use of con-
glome-ate fuel. Fuel is dear in France,
and they use briquettes or little bricks
of coal dust, which are clean, do not
waste, are easily handled, occupy ten
per cent. space, and burn freely where
coal dust could not otherwise be used.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

What farming in Colorado often
means may be inferred from this
Glenwood Avalanche item: "E. Nip
pie of Spring Valley has his ten-mile
water ditch nearly completed. The
water is brought from DEVILS Den,
a few miles from Gypsum Creek. The
ditch has been two years in build
inrr -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

A French physician claims to have
discovered a means of obtaining an
imprint of any hand that has touched
piece of paper, or of foot that has
trodden the floor. For this purpose
he relies on the use of chemicals which
render visible slight traces of per-
spiration or sebaceous deposit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04
VOL. XIX.

. An Englishman acknowledges that in
the matter of hotel elevators, at least,
the United States can surpass his na-
tive land, for in England the cliffs"
run with exasperating slowness, and
only few people at a time are per-
mitted to enter one.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

The number of men killed and
wounded on the railroads of this
country in 1889 was more than twice
the loss of the Union army at Gettys-
burg, there having been killed over
5000, while the number of the manned
and crippled was over &c, 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

Maryland, it is said, will be the
oyster of the Worlds Fair. The head
quarters of that state at Chicago will
be a building seventy-two feet long,
forty-eight feet wide and ilfty-six feet
nigh, made in the shape Of tho famous
bivalve. The drawings
for this oyster house have been COM
II nlnInl
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-04

The study of penology presents
many perplexing problems, and among
them there is none more difficult of
solution, AYERS the San Francisco
Chronicle, than this-when and under
what conditions should person who
has committed crime be sent TO re-
form school, aud when to the penilen-
tinry2