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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
IN a eAp FIX.
The Startling Sight Which Met Boz
WANTS Gaxe Next Morning.


Here is a story which, according to
the New York Sun, was favorite in
the repertory of famous Cincinna-
tian:
"On one occasion" he was wont to
say, 'sa friend of mine had been on q
terrific spree which had been occupy
ing his nights right along for two
weeks or more. He managed somehow
to be on deck during business hours,
but when night came he was down in
the hold and everywhere else. One
morning he awoke heavy-headed, half
dressed and lying crosswise of the bed.
When he had gone to sleep or how he
did not remember. There was the odor
of stale beer and wine and tobacco
smoke in the room, and bottles and
cigar butts were scattered all over.
By a great effort he got to his feet, and
for an instant his head felt as if it
would fall off and burst into million
pieces. He cast his eyes around the
room. AS they fell upon the foot of
the bed they encountered a grim and
grinning monkey sitting on the rail.
There was no known reason why
monkey SnOulu De CneIe, UuJ tHcre ~
sat and grinned. watched it intent
ly as he slipped over toward table
where lay loaded revolver. He was
very, very rocky, but he had grip
enough to hold the gun, and with
sudden movement he had it trained on
the si-nian. He was a famous shot, but
the monkey never wavered. 1t simply
sat there winking and grinning- Ny
friend held the pistol down on it for a
second, steadily.
4" Now he said, nervously, if you
are a real monkey, you are in bad fix
then he hesitated a moment-'brt if
you are not he went on, then I'm in
bad fix
'sHe banged away, and it was ten
days before he was himself again.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
Cost Of Silver.

Captain Plummer received letter
this week in which 1t was stated that
the gold bug papers in the East were
quoting him as saying that the DeLamar
mines could produce silver for 25 cents
an ounce. He disclaims ever having
made any such statement, but admits
that he had said, when silver was at
seventy cents, that the DeLamar mines
could still be operated on a paying
basis.
This ia one of the meanest specious ar
guments the gold bugs make. They
take the best mine in the country as an
example and claim because it can still
be operated profitably while silver is
low, that that is proof that the white
metal only costs the western miners 80
much. This camp, where probably the
cheapest producer of silver in the coun-
try illustrates what silver costs. One
mine here is paying fair interest on
the capital. Jack Wilson put in ten
years of his life prospecting that prop
erty without producing % ounce of sill
yer Capt. DeLamar expended small
fortune upon it before he made it pay.
II is one paying mine on mountain
among hundreds of claims which con-
stitute the camp. There are two mills
besides the DeLamar in the camp, built
at large expense, which never paid ten
per cent of their first cost. From ten to
hundred men have put in all their la
bor from one to ten years each TO de-
velop other properties. 1t is true many
of the properties upon which develop
ment work bas been done may yet pay
back with interest all that has been ex-
pended on them, but even counting
every ounce of silver that has ever.been
produced in the camp at S1.29 and the
balance would still be very largely on
the wrong side of the ledger.
If this be true of one of the best cam ps
ever found, how much greater will the
balance be on the wrong side if the time
and labor of all the prospectors who
have worked in this county during the
past thirty years were put against all
the millions the county has produced ?
Look at the DeLamar mines in an
other light. Half or more of their pro-
duct is gold. Were the prodnct all sill
yer, the .chipmunks and wood rats would
soon be in posses ssiop of every building
here.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
WHEN THE MOON is FULL.
1t Is an Event of Rare Astronomical Oc-
currence.

Did you ever see ''ful moon?' asks
writer in the st. Louis Republic. l
know what your answer will be with
out waiting for it. 1t is this: Eyes,
once every month since l have been
old enough to pay attention to such
phenomena" Yet take the position
that you are badly mistaken, and that
in all probability you have never in
your life beheld the full face of our
s'silvery sister world" By way of solu-
tion let us see what it takes to consti-
tute full moon in the exact sense of
the term. A full moon occurs only
when our obsequious attendant is one
hundred and eighty degrees of longi-
tude from the sun, Old Sol and the
earth being in the ecliptic. But the
moons orbit is inclined to the ecliptic
at an angle of five degrees eight min
utes forty-seven seconds, and is there
fore never on the ecliptic except when
at it's modes or crossings.
This being the case, what we call
the circular disk of the moon (full
noon lacks considerable of being an
exact circle, being what astrono-
mers term sin state of globosity,"
and is never a perfect disk except
when "a full moon" happens exactly
as the time when Luna is crossing the
cell ptic, at which time~she must neces-
sarily be centrally eclipted. One of our
best present day astronomers, in con-
cluding an article of much merit on
the same subject, says: "We therefore
conclude that real full moon, one
having perfect circle, has rarely, If
ever, been seem" -.------.---.-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05

Messrs. J. M. Brunzell, Jr., and Sven
johnson took charge of the Boonville
Hotel on June 1st. They have remod-
died and re6tted the house and prem
ises, and will spare no effort to make
this pleasant stopping place.
Teamsters will always find the stable
and corral we'll stocked with hay and
grain.
The table will be found to be FIRST
class.
The bar is stocked with fine liquors
and cigars.
They will endeavor to win patronage
by meriting the same.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05

bodies in contact with him to vibrate.
They hear also through the nerves of
the tongue, but do not at all comprc-
hend sound as we do But the snakes
eyes are very much alive to the motions
OF the charmer, or to the moving
drumsticls of his confederate, and, be-
ing alarmed, he prepares to strike. A
dancing cobra land no other snakes
dance) is simply cobra alarmed and
in posture of attack He is not dane
ing to the music, but is making ready
to strike the charmer.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05

Within the last 80 days nearly 81 ,600,-
600 in fine gold from the mines of this
State has been deposited in the U. s.
branch mint in this city. California
gold mines are now producing consider
ably over one million month, with
promise of decided increase during the
year. The gold product of the State last
year was ST., 500, 600. but since the ces-
sation of silver mining elsewhere an inn
petus has been given to gold mining
here which will, soon begin TO bear
fruit. California has by far the largest
and most productive gold-mining region
in the United States. 1t has suffered to
some extent for lack of capital for de-
velopment of prospects and small claims,
but it is expected that this will now be
remedied. Good 'ru ming" gold mines
are ecarce and in demand. They are
hard to find for purchase, as those who
own them hold on to them.-Scientific
Press.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05

When you want to have nice, quiet
game of cribbage, or a social game of
solo, with good cigar or cool glass OF
Milwaukee beer, you will find that just
the place to get these things is at Miller
& Geiger's. They keep neat and quiet
place and treat every body white.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
Snake Charming.

In India and Africa the charmers
pretend the snakes dance to the music,
but they do not, for they never hear
it. A snake has no external ears, and
perhaps gets evidence of sound only
through his skin, when sound causes
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05

When some of our state exchanges
get their pay for advertising "Medgs's
Royal Bead,n will they kindly send US
one of those Key West cigars they re-
ceived for advertising a guessing con-
test. Many country publishers arc
great suckers. IF they were not honest
what a picnic green goods men would
have
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
DUMB ANIMALS SHED TEARS.
The Touching and Pathetic Way in Which
a Horse solicits Sympathy.

The Touching and Pathetic Way in Which
Horse solicits Sympathy.
Many people believe that horses do
not weep, but those who have had
much to do with these faithful crea-
lures know that on several occasions
they will shed tears as well as express
sorrow in the most heartbreaking man
ner In the west, where the hardness
of the ponies causes the riders to al
most overlook the necessity of provid-
ing for their needs, it is quite common,
when the weather is extremely cold, to
to leave an unblanketed pony tied up
for two or three hours when the tenn
perature is nearly zero, and while its
owner is transacting business or get
ting drunk. In this case the suffering
is evidenced by cries which are almost
like sobs, and the unmistakable tears
freeze onto the cheeks like icicles.
When a horse falls in the street and
gets injured the shock generally numbs
its senses so much that it does not
either cry or groan, but under some
conditions an injured horse will solicit
sympathy in the most distinct manner.
1 remember a favorite horse of my
own, writes correspondent of the
New York Telegram, which trod on
nail long enough to pierce its foot
The poor thing hobbled up to me on
three legs and cried as nearly like
child in trouble as anything can de-
scribe. The sight was very touching
one, as was also the crippled animals
gratitude when the nail was pulled out
and the wound dressed.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
Lost.

On July 4th, between Wagontown aud
DeLamar, single-action six-shooter.
A suitable reward will be paid for the
return of the same to J. T. Mcmahon.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05

The DeIamar NJ. & Bkg. Co. have for
sale, at bargain, two four-horse teams
and one six-horse team, with wagons,
chains, etc., complete.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05

The Chicago silver convention was a
grand one. The large number of dele
gates present, among whom were many
men whose ability is universally recog-
nized, showed that the cause of silver
has friends who viii mover cease their
efforts until the white metal is restored
to its time-honored parity with gold.
The people in the East are rapidly be-
coming enlightened on this subject and
the sentiment in favor of silver is grow
ing so fast that it is now almost an as
sured fact that Congress will not dare to
repeal the Sherman act without giving
us something better IN its place.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
An Extravacant nronarch.

The sultan of Turkey is said to be
the most extravagant housekeeper in
the world. According to a recent esti-
mate his domestic budget runs thus:
Repairs, new furniture, mats, beds,
etc, Is, ,000, 900 francs; toilet requisites,
including rouge and enamels for the
ladies of the harem, and jewelry, 50,-
900, 600 francs; extra extravagances,
65, 1000. 900 francs; clothes and furniture
for the sultan personally, 100000
francs; douceurs and wages, 10000, 900
francs; gold and silver plate, 1880, 900
francs; maintenance of five carriages
and horses, 100000 francs a total of
175, 0O0, 900 francs, or more,than $S8, ,000,-
900.
SEVERAL KINDS OF AN ANIMAL.
The Platypus, of Australia, Which Looks
Like Birds and Beasts.
1t is less than century since the
European hunted the platypus to his
lair, the first published account OF him
having appeared in the Naturalist's
Miscellany of London in 1899. Itwould
be interesting to know the effect that
was made upon the first discoverer of
what Scribner's calls an animated para
dox-than which nature furnishes
nothing more anomalous, in its COM
bination of duck-like mandibles and
webbed feet, the latter further
equipped with spurs like the game
fowl and claws like the true burrow-
ing quadrupeds, mole-like eyes and
otter-like fur, body of musquash and
tail of beaver. One who was addicted
to his cups might recognize in the
creature merely the figment of an al
coholized brain, and an artist regard
him as the prototype of one of those
uncanny monsters which sprawl upon
the floor of ST. Anthony's cave in Ten
iers' bizarre pictures of the temptation
of that holy character. Our earliest
and, in fact, almost our sole accounts
of the platypus are confined to bald
and literal descriptions of his appear
ance and habitat, from which we learn
that he is confined to Tasmania and
the southern districts of Australia; and
although his race has been thought to
embrace two or three species, it is now
generally agreed to consist of only one.
You may repair many times to the
favorite haunt of the platypus before
you see him, and to discover the re-
treat to which he modestly retires on
observing your presence is task i'm
possible, except by accident, to any
other than a black fellow. To these
cunning hunters, however, there are
no secrets of beast or bird; their un-
erring instinct tells them when the
platypus, diving near the edge of the
stream, is in quest of food, or when he
is seeking the submerged entrance to.
his burrow; and they will advise you
either where to point your gun in ex-
pectation of the animals temperance,
or where to dig in the bank in con-
fdence of striking the grass-lined nest
wherein he dwells and rears his re-
lnarkable family.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-23
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

MAPS were invented by Anaximsnder
. Greek, about II. C. 56S.
WEBsTER's dictionary was published
in 1928; Worcester's in 1890
SCHOOLS ut Oxford were established
by Alfred the Great about go.
THE famous Rugby school was found
ed by Lawrence Sheriff In 1867.
THE mathematician, DESCRIBES, ap-
piled algebra tn geometry in 1891.
THE oldest German university is that
Of Heidelberg, founded in 1886.
THE first professorship Of history was
established at Oxford in lT9A
The charter of Oxford university was
granted by Henry II. in ls4a
THE first arithmetic using the deci-
NAL system was published In l%s2.
THE first modern medical school was
ct Salerno in the eighth century.
The first teachers Journal. the Edu-
cational Times, was established In 1887.
The first academy for the deaf and
dumb was opened in Edinburgh IN
1878. ;. =
ITALY has twenty-one universities,
with 600 professors and 1000 students
COLLEGIATE degrees were first con-
ferred by the University Of Paris in
l140.
The first published treatise on alge-
bra was issued by Luca Psciolo IN
1854
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-23

his aggressive, naturally optimistic
temperament. He can be found in
hotel Offices, behind bars, around rail,
road ticket brokers' Offices. in the cdi.
torial rooms of the great newspapers,
and he reigns supreme on the race
course. When he walks abroad one
can always distinguish him BY his calm
disregard Of obstacles, whether ami
mate or inanimate.
One type seen at every turn on the
streets is hardly deserving OF mention
in . picturesque sense, but as o com
mercial factor it is the ruling one.
That is the Hebrew. Wherever you
End Jew you find man who has an
unlimited capacity for adjusting HIM
self to circumstances. Meet a He
brew walking In the street and he goes
quietly along, occupying no more space
than he il entitled to and strictly mind.
ing his own business. In his home life
he il gorgeous, in his business life he
IL energetic and acquiring and on the
street he il inconspicuous.
Last, but not least, comes the Chi
caRo business man. There he goes.
Full. aorid faced. smiling, good.natured.
big. strong, with hearty sympathies
and thorough ideas. he is the natural
outcome Of the survival of the fittest.
He moves along the pavement with .
free natural stride rs though knowing
full well the reserve force stored be-
hind his placid bosom. And as he goes,
Lao ~s~np H. L. -
and Jews along State street to con-
tinue in its tireless sweeping to and
ero. II. II. HEATH.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-23

Most of the electric lights now In
common use belong to one of two
types, the incandescent or arc lamp.
In the former, . slender carbon fla
ment, which offers more resistance to
the current than the metallic con-
ductor, becomes heated thereby until
It CLOVIS To prevent combustion tho
small globes inclosing these filaments
are made alright. and vacuum is Gre
ated therein. The arc light, which Is
much more intense, and is therefore
employed chiefly out of doors, is pro-
duced by making powerful current
with eight or ten times the voltage
required for incandescent lights leap
across short gap between two carbon
pencils. These are nearly half nm inch
in diameter, and are kept about one
fourth of an inch apart by regulating
apparatus. Owing to the great heat
produced by the fame or arc which
spans the interval, the carbons slowly
consume, the positive pole about twice
ss fast rs the negative; 90 that 70
newal is necessary once every night;
perhaps oftcner. Usually the pencils
are adapted to the demands of the
service. since some lamps are required
to burn later than others Hence one
hears of ''eight-hour" and "ten-hour''
carbons The shade used with these
lights is . globe, open at top and bot
tom, like that for gas fixtures
What is called an ''incandescent-
arc" light was placed on the market
last fall This. however, is merely an
arc lamp such rs has just been de-
scribed. but operated by weak cur
rent primarily designed for incan-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-23

IN the Artists Exhibition Of 1893 q the
New York Academy Of Design, there wa
exhibited an oil painting By ]. l. @. Ferris,
entitled Sweet Charity" Its richness od
coloring commanded instant attention,
while the lesson it taught was - impress
dve that one naturally returned 70 Il for Q
second view.
Its subject Is . young lady Of colonial
times who is on IA errand Of charity 70 one
of the poorer families Of the town. She has
. sensible. charming face, which expres0es
with remarkable fidelity the sentiment Of
her errand. There II not . homo that this
charming picture will not ornament Il
must he seen to y appreciated.
''Swect Charity" was purchased ~ the
Publishers of The YosHNx Companion and
has been reproduced in colors In large sase.
14Lx2l
Ii will be sent to all new subscribers to
The Companion who send LIS fog . years
subscription, and the paper will also Be
sent Free from the time the subscription .
received, TO January, 1884, and for fuu
year from that date. TO January, 1895. This
offer includes tho Double souvenir Num-
bers pubiiShed at Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Years. Address,
the YoUru's COMPANION, Boston, Mass.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-23
WEIGHT OF A CROWD.

ut II said to Ee from iso 70 $50 Pes.dl
per square Foot.
The load which Is produced by q
dense crowd Of persons is generally
taken at so to 100 pounds per square
foot, and is considered to be The great
est uniformly distributed load for
which q floor need be proportioned.
says the Engineering NewA That this
value may be largely exceeded in an
actual crowd was pointed out by Prof.
w. C. Kernot, of the Melbourne uni
vcrsity, Australia, in . recent paper
before the Victorian Institute Of En-
gincers. In an actual trial . class of
students averaging 1888 pounds each
in weight was crowded in . lobby con-
tanning l,ssS square feet, making an
average floor load of 1S4.7 pounds
There was still room to have placed
another man, which would have
brought up the loading to 1881 pounds
per square foot.
Prof. Kernot also quoted from
Stoney. w.o placed fifty-eight Irish Ia
borcrs, averaging l4S pounds each in
weight, in an empty ship DOLLHOUSE
measuring 81 square feet floor area.
This was load Of 1914 pounds per
square foot In another test, with
seventy-three laborers crowded into .
hut 0 feet by 8 feet inches, Stonsy
produced load of l4s pounds per
square foot, and estimated that two or
three more men could have been
squeezed in. Itappears from these ex-
periments that while the figures orli-
narily assumed of 80 to 100 pounds arc
scf1iciently correct on spaces ON which
there is no cause TO induce the collec-
ton Of great crowds, larger figures,
say lao to $50 pounds per square foot.
should be used for railway stations
end platforms, entrances and exits 70
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-23
Especial Chicago LIetter.l


Chicago streets are endless volumes
Of wisdom to the student of his kind,
and visitor who. for the first time
and with unwearied mental faculties,
sees the turmoil of State and Madison
streets must feel that he has fallen
into . new and strange world. Amid
the whirl of carriages filled with state
~ danes or vivacious damsels darts
the energetic gamin, il anything SUI
perior to his Partisan cousin in disre-
gard of life or limb and contempt for
anything strange. Il is impossible to
startie Chicago street boy or to con-
vert q Chicago cabman.
There they 60. the cabmen, whipping
their horses recklessly and laughing
alike at the indignant circumstances
of pedestrians or the Mortified excla-
nations of those in the carriages Once
and again an enraged foot passenger
catches q cab horse by the bit and
forces him back. Then in oil the fury
Of insultcd royalty the driver raises
mis- whip and aims deadly blow at the
man on foot Instantly cries Of 70
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-23

morstrance arise and men run forward
to the aid of TIE assaulted pedestrian,
but before they reach him the cab has
vanished, the victim is bowling to q
rose-tinted beauty from the Yves. side
and ten seconds afterward the episode
is forgotten.
A young man with gold-rimmed eye
glasses, q blue necltie. Prince Albert
coat and nonchalant air steps aside
from the bustling throng and earnestly
gases into . habcrdasher's window
where sl.50 shirts are displayed with
tempting 95-cent tickets on them,
while four-in-hands Of variegatcd hues
hang in dazzling rows from brightly
polished steel rods. The young gentle
mans gaze Il intense and fixed.
In a moment . messenger boy alps
20 the young mans side. While mix
ing peanuts with his wad Of chewing
gum he also looks fixedly toward the
object of the young mans vision.
Then alaborers stops and, after glancing
curiously at the two, puts his lunch
box down on the grating and concen-
trates his vision on the curiosity Of the
moment. And now the crowd begins
to grow by twos and thrces. Fashion
sbly-dressed women join its circle I'M
I'll ut last busting policeman and .
newspaper reporter rush wildly up and
ask eagerly: "What is it?"
The 9Hte%k rosy and glide away.
T16H la6Sfef Nfefs to tho A. ID. T. boy,
Wild knows. The boy volunteers the
I'M mation. AAit he was "jes' ssein'
E9H long that guy wuz goin' to STAN
.{he}c," and the guy looks up, with .
"blsfS4X seSt. l was just thinking
about The 1ts!S girl at the lunch coun-
ter. sI"
And thsh heclaps his hand over his
mouth, turns red and gets away 1t .
"late-for-my-train" gait.
One can always tell the difference
between Chicago girl and an Indiana
maiden in Chicago. The lady to the
manor born goes springing along with