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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-01-18
Weight of the Body.

Quartelet obtained some weight rec
ords of note, but no reliance can be
placed in them in the light of modern
observation. He concluded from such
statistics as he could get that a new
born infant was, on the average, one
twentieth the maximum weight in
middle life; that during the first year
after birth the increment of weight is
about one-tenth of all that is added
subsequently, and that between the
fifteenth and twentieth years more is
added to the weight than during any
other five-year period of life. How
ever, individual instances differ SO
widely that very little reliance can be
placed in the results he obtained.
That Quartelets statistics of weight
were incomplete and unsatisfactory is
shown by the fact that he did not de-
tect the interesting law recently rec
ognized, viz, that the weight increases
slowly, or even diminishes, when the
height is increasing very rapidly, but
increases rapidly when the height re-
mains nearly stationary
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-01-18
Samoan LuxurIes.

Apia, the capital Of the Samoan
islands, is famous for its consumption Of
beer and umbrellas. 1t is no unusual
thing to see a nearly-naked native walk
ing hatless through the streets with a
silk umbrella spread over his head.
The use of the umbrella is to
protect the carefully oiled and dressed
native head from the effects of the
suns rays. Hair dressing is the
sole toilet operation with the Sa-
means, and upon this they bestow
a vast amount of time and ingenuity.
An American about to depart from Apia
asked what he should present to the
wife of chief who had entertained
him. lie was assured that nothing
would please the lady better than an
umbrella. With some misgivings as to
the stock of umbrellas likely to be car
ried by the merchants of Apia he Wis
tied shop, and was astonished to find
a large collection of the best European
umbrellas. He learned that they sold
well at good prices, and that the ma
t.ves were extremely cXacting as to the
quality of that particular article. AS
for the lady, she was delighted with the
Americans gift. -.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-01-18
Queen vlctoria's Journeylnss.


When Queen Victoria travels she does
SO in a comparatively transformations
way. She wears no jewelry and is
clad simply in black, which she has
worn, except on state occasions, since
the death of Prince Albert. When she
arrives at a railway station there is no
crowd to greet her. A strip of red.
cloth is laid on the ground from the.
train to her carriage, half dozen life
guards with drawn swords attend her
merely as matter of form and then
her carriage whislks her away without
attracting unusual attention. There is
very little of the pomp and circum-
stance of royalty about her when she
goes on a journey.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-01-18
THE DE LAMAR NUGGET.
MONDAY, JANUARY lS. 1892.
THWARTlNG CATTLE RUsTLERS.
Pounding on Their Sales and Compelling
Them to Prove Ownership.

Pouncine on Their Sales and Compelling
Them to Prove Ownership.
Attempts to Illustrate cattle rustlers
on the western ranges have met with
so many failures that the cattle raisers
have started off on new tack with a
new law in Wyoming that permits
them to pounce upon the proceeds of
the rustlers' sales in the markets and
compel the proving of property before
they can get their money. With that
protection the cattle men have partly
protecting stock on the open ranges and
have employed inspectors to watch the
rustlers in the markets.
Under the law which was passed by
the late legislature the stock commits
sion was organized. All of the money
realized from the sale of all estrays and
cattle of unknown ownership shipped
to Kansas city, Omaha and Chicago
must be sent to the commission. Its in
spectors look after the interests of the
small owners and keep the rustlers
from imposing on the buyers The
money received is known as the estray
fund, and it has amounted this season
to more than fifty thousand dollars.
The commission holds the fund until
proof of ownership of a share has been
established. Cattle raisers are supplied
by each county clerk every six months
with lists of estrays that have been
sold for which the commission holds
the money. If cattle raiser can claim
any of the estrays he contests with the
rustlers before the commission. The
claim must be entered within year,
because the money is turned over to the
general fund of the state at the end of
that period. The commission will not
pay any of the money to the rustlers
except on the peremptory order of
court.
At present all cattle bearing
rustler's brand, or believed to be of a
rustler's brand, according to the in
formation obtained by the commission,
are seized by the inspectors in the prin-
cipal markets and sold as estrays or cat
tie of unknown ownership. The rustlers
swear and threaten, but they are asked
in simple terms to show clear titles to
the stock. The results have been so
satisfactory that the commission has
taken a holder step, on the ground that
bill of sale is not sufficient to estab-
lish ownership and that any man who
buys bunch of cattle from anyone be-
lieyed to be a rustler is worse than a
rustler.
Three men who had cattle with re-
corded and recognized brands bought
small punches from an outfit that, ac-
cording to the belief of the commission,
belonged to rustlers, and shipped some
to Chicago. They received the money
for the cattle with the proper brand,
but the money for the cattle with the
brand was sent to the com
Bills of sale from the sup
posed rustlers have been sent to the
commission at Cheyenne and suits at
law have been instituted, but the com
mission refuses to return a dollar of
the money. The argument is that by |
bills of sale and collision
the rustlers might foil the efforts of the
to prevent them from steal
ing cattle . |
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
Alaska's Value to the United
States.

At a comparatively insignificant
EXPENSE to the Government we have
learned more of Alaska's geography
and topography, its people and its
resources, in twenty-five years than
Russia learned or tried to learn in
one hundred and twenty-six years OF
possession. Our people have drawn
more money and products out ofthe
country than the Russian people did
and our Government has received
more revenue from the country than
the Cars treasury ever derived
from the same source. For the
twenty years preceding the year 1860
the gross receipts of the Russian
American Company from all sources
in Alaska were about $1,000 900,
ont of which dividends were paid
amounting to 81 500 600 and 81 ,25O,-
900 to the Imperial Government in
the shape orimport duties on Chinese
teas purchased with Alaskan furs.
During the twenty years, from 1870
to 1890, we drew from Alaska pro-
ducts of various kinds to the value
of over $50, 600 900, while the United
States Government received cash
revenue of over SG,oOO,OOO.
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06

/ raised all the celery plants 1pat
grew on our place that year, my
fathers seed-bed proving a total
failure. as l was sure it would.
I have used the same method since
with unvarying success Indeed, it
seems impossible to fail, as every
condition necessary to termination
is met by the plan. Warmth and
moisture are the first requisites to
start the germ into growthi then as
it pushes roOtlet downward, the
soil while lying snugly about it must
still be light enough to be easily
penetrated. Light is not necessary
until the ascending stem has reached
the surface.
It takes somewhat longer to pre-
pare a bed IN the manner described
than it does to prepare it in the
usual way, but the greater expendi
ture of time is much more than com
pensated for by the certainty Of She
results.-Emily E. West, in Ameri
can Farmer.
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
The True Peoples Money.

The true "people's money" is the
best money; that is, the money
which will buy the most ofwhat every
man needs, and which will be worth
the same this week as it was last, the
same next year as this year. There
is no security for savings OF any
kind with any other standard of
value, no safety for loans, no inter
est on bank deposits. The man who
declares cheap money in any form
to be the peoples money" is the
worst possible enemy of the people ,
for, his policy, if carried out by the
Government, would rob the people
of a large portion of their hard
earned savings; would cut down their
wages, and would throw the whole
business of the country into con-
fusion and doubt, sending paralysis
and disaster into every industry and
into every branch of trade and COM
merce. The worst sufferers would
be the toilers of all kinds, the people
of moderate means, and the poor. II
the advocates of free coinage were
honest in their contention that the
country's welfare. would be enhanced
by having both silver and gold as a
basis for its currency, they would
consent to the coinage of a silver
dollar worth 100 cents; but this they
refuse to do. They refuse to accept
an honest collar, and nsist upon a
dishonest dollar. rnsy are not
serving the people, but are serving
the devil, and the issue which they
raise, far from being a political one,
is a moral one Ofthe first magnitude.
The Century for Nay
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
Dairy Notes.

Cut before it is too ripe, there is
no better fodder for dairy COWS than
alfalfa.
Butter and cheese are two farm
products the price of which has not
declined in the past forty years, but
rather risen. Both are much higher
now than the average a half century
ago.
Air and heat are the great enemies
of butter flavor. They change the
delicate lactates INTO the repulsive
butvric acid. The true method is to
have as low temperature and allow
as little access of air as possible.
Some of the cheese factories in
New York make a pound from nine
pounds of milk, and others use ten
or twelve. There is an active in
quiry as to the cause Of this differ
ence of 25 per cent.
It is not an unusual thing to find
one herd of 10 cows giving on the
same feed as much as another of 90
The moral of this is that the man
who owns the 20 is losing every day
the cost of the rations for 10 COWS
and that he is candidate for the
poorhouse unless he changes his
breed.
The discussion as to the value Of
corn-cobs,ground with the grain, fol-
feeding purposes, has broken out
again. A great many practical men
declare that they can find no nutri-
tive value in the cob. Others think
that It's only value is in separating
the particles Of meal so that the gas
trio juices can reach them readily.
Others think that the value is in the
potash which the eobs. contain.
Others assign a high value to the
ground cob.
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
HEALTH HINTS.

RELIEF FOR LUNG TROUBLEs.-Sim- /
ple remedies are always gratefully /.
welcomed. and no cheaper and more /
grateful one could be possibly offer
ed than the following taken from
the Scientific american; 1t has long
been known that the pine needle pii.
lows would alleviate persons afflicted
with lung trouble, and a Florida cd
itor relates an incident in support OF
the fact as follows: During a visit to
the home of a most estimable lady
living on Indian River, this editor
was told ola discovery that had been
made which may prove boon to SUI
ferers from lung or bronchial troub-
les. This lady having heard that
there was peculiar virtue in pillow
made from pine straw, and havlng
none of that material at hand, made
one from fine soft pine shavings
and had the pleasure Of noting inn
mediate benefit. Soon all the men,
bers of the household had pine shay
lings pillows, and it was noticed that
all coughs, asthmatic or bronchial
troubles abated at once alter sleep
ling a few nights on these pillows.
An invalid suffering with lung
trouble derived much benefit from
sleeping Jon a mattress made from
pine shavings. The material is cheap
and the Christian at Work says it
makes a very pleasant and comfort
able mattress, the odOr of the pine
permeatlng the entire room and alb
sorbing or dispelling all unpleasant
odors.
HoT-wATER BAGs.-The inestima-
BILE value of hot and cold applications
lin various forms ofdisease cannot be
too strongly emphasized. Until the
advent of the rubber hot-water bag
we never knew how to conveniently
and comfortably apply the heat OF
cold. No family should be without
one-it is better to have two or three
in the house. They are made in va.
rlous sizes and shapes, of one to
three quarts capacity-more and
less. Bags are made for the spine
the head, the back, in the form OF
belts and so on. Persons subject to
neuralgia of the stomach experience
great relief from using a hOt-wateT
BAG, belt or bandage. Every kind
of stomach and bowel pain is much
helped by putting on the hot-water
bag. In cold weather they are such
boon to persons with weak circula
ton. Old people complain most
bitterly Of the cold. The back-the
feet cannot be kept CT even gotten
warm. Hot water at the back and
feet will give them great comfort
The same bags may be used to make
applications fcold water or pounded
ice for splitting" headache. There
can be found no quicker and better
| cure
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
The Orchard.
Pruning should not be done after
blossom time.

Pruning should not be done after
blossom time.
In pruning small orchards the
thumb and finger we're declared to
be the best implement that could be
used at the California State Horti-
cultural Society.
Nitrate of soda has been found
very effective for root lice on peach
trees. A quart to each tree is good
for the tree on general principles,
and destructive to the lice in partic-
ular.
Women can prune as well as men,
and often better, but are apt to find
it firing to stand on the rounds of a
ladder. Ladders made with broader
steps are better for them.
At a recent meeting Of the Amer
lean Pathological Society, at Wash
ington, D. c., one man exhibited 1886
varieties of apples in behalf of the
Virginia Board of Agricultural.
All fruits, nearly, are known to be
frmer and do better when grown
upon a stony soil or a limestone soil
than upon rich land, and a dressing
of potash with lime in the form Of a
soluble phosphate will improve them
in this respect.
The common expression is that
the fruit business is sure to be over
done, but it never has been. 1t is O
good deal with fruit-growing as with
the learned professions. "TAere is
always room at the top" and this
applies as well to horticultural as to
craftsmanship. It always pays tc
excel.
It is a waste of time and labor tc
plant young trees in an old orchard
to replace dead ones. The ground
is already occupied with millions Of
roots from the old trees, and the
Young ones have a poor show to gel
started. But farmers seldom think
of this, and then wonder why they
do not flourish.
Fruit trees should not be sprayed
while in blossom. The right time
lis Immediately after the blooms have
fallen. Paris green and London pur
pie must both be deposited on the
| fruit to have any-efTect, and as the
petals cover the fruit this cannot b'
done until they have withered anc
fallen from the trees. Then, too, i
the blossoms are sprayed, bees viii
gather honey from such poisonous
aowers, taking in enough poison t.
faint the honey, if not to kill them
| selves
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
Sowing Celery or Other Small
Seeds.


One spring my father brought
home dollars worth ofcelery seed,
which he proceeded tosow. watched
the operation, and, when it was fin
ished, remarked that I would buy a
five cent paper of seed, and from it
would raise more plants than he
would raise from tina seed-bed just
made.
He told me to ego ahead"
The seed purchased, l selected an
old. unused hot.bed to SOW it in. It
was too late in the season foo using
glass. but / knew the soil would be
good. After DIGGING it over and
raking it light and fine, / took out a
painful Of the earth, and with piece
Of board leveled and smoothed the
surface Of the bed. With a piece Of
lath for a marker, I made straight
shallow burrows by pressing its edge
lightly into the soil. In these the
seed was sown, and scarcely covered
By sitting on the painful OF earth
saved for the purpose.
The bed was next thoroughly
dampened with quite warm water
applied with whisk broom, SO az
not to disturb seeds or soil, after
which the whole surface was covered
with old boards. A few days later
lifting the boards, the seeds were
found to have germinated. The bed
was again moistened with warm
water as before and the boards re-
placed, though they were now raised
about balf an inch from the surface.
~ tie plants increased in yisor, the
boards we're raised higheriuntii their
esion being no longer needed
msss removed endrely.
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
American Tin Plate Sup
plies this Market.

"The Abercarne tin-plate works IN
Monmoth have been closed. AT the
Abertilley works the operatives have
received months notice of the
close of contracts. Three thousand
hands will thus be thrown out OF
EMPLOYMENT" Such is the news
brought by the cable from London.
Like squatters, these people occu-
pied property to which they had no
rightrul claim, and when we, the
rightful owners, saw ct to assert
our rights to these markets of the
United States, which we're monopol
lied by foreigners, who is response
BILE for the suffering involved? Is
not our own a wise policy, which
places it beyond the power of any
nation on earth to legislate our work
ing people out of employment?
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
Another Sam To- Russia.

The second ship from Philadelph q
with food for the starving Russian
went down the Delaware river IN
saturday. This makes the third
ship from this country engaged in
this merciful work first, the r.
diana from Philadelphia; second, the
Missouri from New York; and third
on Saturday, the 0onemaugh from
Philadelphia.
It's worth while to reflect mo-
ment on what all this means. The
United States have nothing to gain
from Russia-and least of all the
kind-hearted persons whose eontri-
buttons have enabled these three
cargoes to be sent out. Each of
these three ships is charged, in addi-
zion to the cargo OF food with as
Idisin,orested a desire to help suffer
linz manity as it isl possible to
ina gne.
~, have ut shipldads OF food to
the Irish once or twice, when they
were in distress, and our English
friends, with their usual cross-eyed
way of looking at American acts
have charged that kindness to
"Ameriean politics" Now that we
are trying to feed some of the starv.
inc Russians the London newspapers
will probably say that those who
4 have sent these ships out are trying
to conciliate the Russian vote,
and they will be about as accurate
in the Russian case as they were II
the Irish case.
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
observation-disclosures Habit-ln all
the World there IS but one cure
Dr.. Haines' Golden Specific.

It can be given in a cup of tea or coffee
without the knowledge of the person taking
it. eaecting speedy and permanent cure,
whether the patient is a moderate drinker or
an alcoholic wreck. Thousands Of drunk
ards have been cured who have taken the
Golden Specific in their coffee without their
knowledge, and to-day believe they quit
drinking Of their own free will. No harmful
effect results from its administration. Cures
guaranteed. Send for circular and full par
ticniars. Address in confidence, GOLDEN
spcRnc Co, lsS Race Street, Cineinnatii o.
1-zz-Iy,
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
stranrth ana Health.

II YOU are act feeling strong aud healthy, try
Electric Bitters. n "La Grippe has left you
weak and weary, use Electric Bitters This rem
edy acts directly on Liver, stomach and Kidneys
Gently aiding those organs to perform their fuee-
ions II yon arc nhictod with sick headache,
Ven win ana speedy and permanent relief by
iskina Electric BIners One trial will convince
vsu mat thia is the remedy you need. Large
beosaos snly Sc asDs, Massh,l u DRY store
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
Ne Use Alcohol

Dure alcohh to make WoLFF's ACME
BuAcK1Eaf Alcohol is good for leather
Il is good for the skin. Alcohol is the CHEZ
ingredient Of Cologne, Florida Water, and
Bay RHf i we'll known face washes.
we think , IS nothing too costly touse
Ia a good ley her preservative.
Acme Backing retails at zoe.
and at that price sells readily. Many
people are 50 accustomed to buying dress
ing or Backing at SC. and l0c. bottle
that they cannot understand that black
ing can be cheap at zoe. Wewant to meet
them with cheapness if we can, and to &C.
compHsh this We offer a reward Of
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
/ IRON AXLE HORSE CART
5o.OOO Of wmeh are now in use.

10000 OF winch in use
R Disk rows double bearings and two leayers
Toor No Wheel Rakes Star Spring Tooth IIar
with steel "A Drag IaTrows the farmers Delight
o. Improved Pow Adjustable Carriage Poles No Duplex reed
Mn will he sold very cheap Slower Windmill, 10 Sets
Single Buggy Harness Set Harness Lnseed and Machine
Oil by the barrel Plows and pow casting in any quantity
The above showo old style vehicles implements They
represent only fresh from factory and paint
bop solicit correspondence quote prices which will make
for YOU to call stands good for May
and June.
WIN. H. MURPHY,
FARMINGTON, Dh y
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06

All contracts are based on yleio
of seven tons to the acre. The mill
will be enlarged to full 200 tons per
dav canacitv.
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
Sorghum in kansas.

The Kansas Farmer SAYS that an
English Company has bought the
sugar mill al Medicine Lodge, and
is making contracts with the farmers
for cane delivered at the mill at the
fallowino prices per ton:
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
Matchmaker and Jsweler.
MILFORD. DEL.

rfr yrbsmehl comes TO Milford, with the best
Of ere rentals and his reputation as a workman
Is second to none in Delaware. His stock speaks
for its self
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06

for a recipe which will enable US to make
WoLFF's ACME BLAcKING at such a price
thata retailer can proftably sell it at lOe Q
bottle. We hold this offer open until
Jan. LIST, 1898.
WOLFF & RANDOLPH, philadelphia
Milford chronicle., 1892-05-06
WATCHES,
CLOCKS

Watches Of every grade, from low priced IN sil
yer cases to the highest grade in the finest gold
al vv,rranted 10 be good time-keeper or no safe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

not been for the age Of the veterans as they
thropged the porttcos smoking their pipes
and reading the papers. Many OF them,
however, preferred TO satisfy the inner man,
and at many points little knots OF men
could be seen busily engaged In devouring
watermelons, oantaleuDs and all kinds of
fruits, while
"DoUBLE-JoINTED, Bow-LEGGED PEANUTS
came in for large share OF patronage,
barber5' chairs with talkative topsorial
artists, who found ready and willing listen
ers In the old soldiers, were located at
many points and to all appearances did a
good business. The ubiquitous vender Of
medals and buttons aud other g. A. R. de-
ready buyers. Later in the day and coward
evening the camp began rapidly
to fill up with arriving posts,
and by tomorrow morning
there will be few beds unoccupisd. Thouo
sands OF persons swarmed to the barracks
and camp admiring the gayly decorated
tents arranged with military precision,
bunting and flags fhittering from every
point where it was possible TO attach a
piece, and wondering how It was possible to
change fiat piece Of turf into scene OF
such busting activity IN so short a time.
A TELEGRAM FROM THE PRESIDENT.
Vice President Morton received the fol-
lowing telegram this evening:
Loon LAKE. N. Y, Sept lS, 1892.
Hon. LeUt P. Morton, Washington, D. c.:
1t Is now quite certain that will not be able
to take any part in the grand army exercises,
and will be very glad IT, as second officer of the
government, you will take the duties assigned
TO me on the official programme, that al possi-
BILE honors may be shown to the veterans who
may gather this week at the national capital
BENJAMIN HARRISON.