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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
1t Cured the Cough.

A woman Of mature are went into q
bacl1-country drug store and said to the
assistant:
"I've got cruel bad cough, surely.
I've heard that bronchial troches are
good things. Have you got any?"
The assistant pointed to small box
on the table and said:
Yes there they are"
''IIow much is it?" was the inquiry.
The price was paid and the old wom-
an took her departure. At night the
assistant missed a box of glycerine
soap (three cakes). A couple of days
afterward she returned to the shop and
said:
Il want you to take back two of
them things had t'other day 1 took
one of EN-. 1t was mortal hard to
chew and awful to swallow. but it
cured the cough. boston Globe.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
How the Romans Gorred.

The Romans in the time of Cicero and
Augustus took an early breakfast, from
three to four o'clock in the morning, a
luncheon at twelve to one, and at about
three o'clock the c@na, or principal
meal of the day, corresponding with
our dinner. A Roman dinner at the
house of wealthy man consisted
chiefly of three courses. All sorts of
stimulants to the appetite were first
served up, and eggs were indispensable
to the first course. Among the various
dishes were the guinea hen. pheasant,
nightingale and the thrush The Ro-
man gourmands held. peacoel1s in great
estimation, especially their tongues.
Macrobius states that they were first
eaten by Hortensius, the orator, and
acquired such repute that single pea
cock was sold for fifty denarii-the de-
narius being equal to about seventeen
cents of orr
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
1T PUZZLES THE NATuRALlsTs.
No One Knows Exactly Why Manx Cats
Are Born without Tails.

The peculiar breed of cats found in
the isle of Man differs from others only
in that they have no tails, and the lack
thereof is the insoluble puzzle to nat
uralists Since it has become the fash
ion to explain everything by the prin-
ciples of evolution, two theories have
been offered--onc, that owing to the
limited range and lack of dense forests
the original cats had no use for tails,
and consequently 1.-THE tails, not the
cats) gradually atrophicd for lack of
use and became documentary; another,
that the primitive Manx cut off all their
cats tails and in the course of time de-
veloped a tailless breed. One thing is
certain, the cats are there and they have
no tails.
The highbred Chinese cat is splendid
proof of what may be done by kindness
and culture. If you were to repeat to
a well-to-do but untraveled Chinaman
the current saying with us that cats are
selfish creatures, utterly devoid of affec-
ton, he would be very much astonished,
and, if the owner of thoroughbred,
probably indignant. The Chinese cat
appears capable of intense attachment
to one person, and ages of selection and
careful breeding have the species up to
a high standard. The Chinese claim
that one of these cats-and any cat to
some extcnt-is a valuable clock In
the morning the pupil of its eye is
broad band; it contracts regularly till
noon, when it is a mere hairline, and
expands again as regularly till night.
So when Chinaman wants to know
the time of day he picks up his cat and
looks
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
A MOUSE IN HER HAT.
But She Was Not frightened So Much
the Clerk.


A recent San Francisco dispatch
says: One day this week a lady went to
q Fourth street store to make some
purchases. She engaged young clerk
in conversation concerning various
articles. While talking to her the
clerk CHANGED to look at her hat. 1t
moved slightly. Then he looked again,
and again the feminine headgear was
perceived to be in motion The young
man turned pale and his tongne did
clcave to the roof of his mouth. Like
one suffering with nightmare, he
wanted to scream, but could not. All
the time the lady's hat kept moving in
n peculiar way, The young man kept
his gaze on the hat-for some reason
unknown to himself he could not do
otherwise. Presently he saw one side
Of the hat raise up; then pair of
sharp, bright eyes peered out The
next instant out from under the hat
jumped mouse. 1t landed upon the
pale young clerks shoulder and he ran
into the street yelling Ike a Comanche.
''Ughl what was that" screamed the
lady.
st was a mouse, and he jumped out
of your hat" answered the pale young
clerk between his chattering teeth.
And SO it was. The lady had taken
up her hat carelessly, put it on and
worn it to the store. On the way, she
said, she felt something moving in her
hat, but thought it was the breeze
moving in her hair. She was greatly
at the developments, but not
SO frightened as the pale young clerk.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
Not What ,rhex Ate.

1t is customary for the railroad COM
panies to treat witnesses well when
they are subp@naed to court. When a
witness for railroad company has to
leave his work to testify, says the Phil
adclphia Press, the company pays him
fully for the loss of his time in case the
legal witness fee is not so much as the
witness would have earned in his usual
occupation In addition, witnesses are
given an order for their dinner at
restaurant near Sixth and Chestnut
streets. The other day when the agent
for the Reading railroad went to
pay for the checks turned in by wit
nesses he found one for the unusually
large sum of two dollars.
''What in the world did the witness
eat" asked the agent, that his check
should be two dollars?"
''It wasn't what he ate" replied the
caterer, ''but what he ordered made his
bill SO big. After he finished his dinner
he ordered whole chicken in box to,
take home with him.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
HOW A STEER TOOK REVENGE.
Getting Help, 1t Proceeded to Punish a
Cow Which Had Hurt 1t

Getting Help, 1t Proceeded to Punish a
Cow Which Had Hurt 1t
A COW and a steer-the latter two to
three years old-were the only occu-
pants of the barnyard where an occur
renee described by the Popular Science
Monthly took place. A batting of hay
was put to them, the COW taking pos
session. The steer wished to share it,
but the COW, like some higher animals,
was selfish, and was bent on taking the
whole of it, and as often as he would
maneuver around from side to side to
get bite she would drive him off at
the point of her horns The steer was
SO persistent that at last the old cows
patience gave way, and. making q de-
tcrmincd and vicious charge on him,
punished him severely, though he was
her own offspring. The steer felt bad
" hurt, not only in body but evidently
in mind as well, and Immediately start
lane toward the pasture, where were
the rest Of the stock, believing ven
gcance at every step in language which
was Tnmistakable to the bystander
and which the mother well understood.
as she ceased eating and listened in
tently to the threatening of what was
to come. When these died away in the
distance she resumed her ration, but
with evident apprehension. In due |
time the steer was seen returning, |
bringing with him companion larger
and stronger than himself. AS they APP
preached the rumblings of rage and re-
venge could be again heard, which |
grew louder as they came nearer. The
cow took in the situation at once and
was now terror-striclen. AS her assail-
ants rushed into the yard she lodged
them and rushed out at life-and-death
speed and away toward the rest of the
stock in the field, with her pursuers
close in her tracks.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
MISERY OF a CAMEL RIDE.
sore Bones and Fail the Fate Which
Usually Befalis Novice.

/
Usually Befalis a Novice.
There is something inexpressibly re-
pelling in the supercillium triste of a
camel as he looks scornfully at you
with his nose in the air, says a writer
| in the London Spectator. But J over
came my repugnance and mounted one
after receiving careful instructions how
to retain my seat while the brute wa.
getting up. 1t was well enough while
he walked, but when he began to trot
a brisk pace 1 devoutly wished myself
astride on q humber animal. But how
was 1 to stop him? There was no bri-
die, only rope attached to the left side
Of the orutes mouth. At that rope !
rugged, with the effect merely of MAX
ing my camel trot to the LETT. I had
been told that if I wished to make him
go to the right must hit him on the
eft side of the head with very short
tick, with which l had been provided
Tor the purpose. But that was more
easily said than done. How was l.
from my giddy perch, to reach the
creatures head across that long stretch
Of neck? tried it and nearly lost NV
1"''iNS ~ my Puiu9-IlO joke aJ Il |
height of some ten feet above the peb-
bly, sand. One of the officers, however,
saw my plight, stopped, uttered some
gurgling sound, and then the camel,
exposing its teeth and protesting vigor-
ously, lInelt down, and L. dismounted,
vowing that never again would
choose that mode of locomotion. NV
delivercr, who exchanged his donkey
for my camel, laughed heartily at my
discontinue. But 1 had my revenge
speedily, for in the eSuberance of his
gayety he allowed the camel to rise I'm
especially and was pitched head over
heels on the ground. He was not hurt
and he joined in the laugh against him
self as heartily as he had laughed at
me-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
A Vinninous BnsIness.

One of the most prosperous industries
in Paris is the sale and disposal of horse
flesh for food. There are in the city of
Paris $50 shops for the sale of horse
flesh, and in the course of this year
more than $1,000 horses, 81 mules and
275 donkcys have been killed and eaten
by the Parisians. The most singular
point about this traffic is that the price
of the flesh is equal TO that of good beef,
20 cents a pound. 1t is only fair, how
ever, to add that two-thirds of this
meat has been converted into sausages,
so that it is more than possible that the
are ignorant of the source of
their toothsome dish. 1t is now easy to
understand how it is that good horses
are SO scarce in the Paris nscres; at 20
cents a pound a fat horse would be
worth more when he was dead than
alive.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
ANAcHRoNIsMs ON CANVAS.
One Painter Armed the Children of Israel
with Guns.

One Painter Armed the Children of Israel
with Guns.
The anachronisms of painters would,
according to the St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat, make a curious chapter in a col
lection of literary and artistic oddities.
THE famous italian painter, Jacopo Tin
toretto, in one of his most celebrated
pictures, the Fall of Mamma" when
representing the children of Israel
gathering mama in the Wilderness.
took the precaution to arm several of
the men with guns. He was not out
done by Cigoli, another famous Italian
artist, who represented the aged Simeon
at the circumcision of the Saviour as
wearing q pair of enormous spcctacles,
while Verrio, in picture of Christ
healing the sick, fitted out the by
ISLANDERS with three-corpered cooked
hats and full-bottomed wigs. The
noted Durer dressed the argel who ex-
PEELED Adam and Eve from Paradise in
gown with fiounces, and in his picture
of Peter denying Christ represented a
Roman soldier as smoking long Low
Dutch pipe. The Dutch painters have
been famous fortheir anachronisms. One
represented the wise men who visited
Christ as wearing cavalry boots, spurs
and long sabers; another represented
Abraham as about to shoot Isaac with
a blunderbuss. Berlin, in a picture of
the Virgin and the child, shows them
listening to man playing the violin.
The French Dubois, in picture of the
Last Supper, placed on the table COB
let filled with cigar lighters while Tar
rant, to complete the list, represented |
the expulsion from Eden, the unhappy
pair being driven out into swamp, |
while not far away man with gun
was shooting ducks.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
Big Game.

Inc magnifying power of mist has
OFTEN been described, but perhaps never
IN IN, a more striking manner than by Mr..
PIke IN his account of his travels in the
barren Ground of Northern Canada"
we were travelling in thick fog and
saw an animal, apparently at some
distance, bounding along the horizon
at most remarkable pace. All down
the line there were cries of Musk oxr
Wolf? Guns were snatched from the.
slelghs and the dogs charged at gal.
Top IN pursuit of the strange amin al.
AFTER a. rush of ten yards the quarry
disappeared. The first man had put his
1oot on it, and it turned out to be one of
tne small mice SO common in that coun-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
ADRIFT ON THE OCEAN.
The Remarkable Voyage of Desertes
SchOo .er.

The Remarkable Voyage of Deserted
Schoo
Some of the caprices of the ocean are
inexpllcable. March 81, 1891. an
American three-masted schooner, the
Wyer G. Sargent, of Sedgwiclk, Me-.
was abandoned by her crew off Cape
Hatteras, hopeless wreck But the
deserted vessel did not break up or
founder. On the contrary, she hung
together with amazing tenaeity, and
from that day to this has been fioatinr
aimlessly about in the path of coiu.
merce between our ports and Europe.
She has been sighted and reported
during these twenty-one months by
twenty-five different vessels-to saw
nothing of those which passed peril
ously near her in the night or foggy
weather. She was last seen few DAYS
ago by British steamship nine hun
dred miles due east of Bermuda. The
dismasted hull was still in good condi-
ton The name on her stern was dis
tinctly visible and a rusty anchor
dangled from the bow. During the
year and nine months that this mast
less and rudderless hulk has been drift
ing hither and thither, the sport of the
elements, scores of strong ships, well
manned and well found, have sue
cumbed to the fury of the winds and
waves, some of them not leaving a soul
to tell their story, while a deserted
craft, without a rag of canvas has
come safely through hurricane and
cyclone without number to lie a deadly
menace in the path of navigation
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
MISSING LINKS.

The London museum contains the,
first envelope ever made.
WITHIN thirty years over twenty.
thousand lives have been lost on the
coast of England
A sAwMILL was stolen bodily in Han.
cock county, Ky, few days ago. Not
a trace Of the machinery could be
found
A VERMONT lumber dealer advertises
That he has for sale fifty thousand
shingles made by "the only Christian
shingle-mal5er in the state
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28

the exhibition, who was corpulent
man, with a white beard, looked up
the priee-list. and said: One hundred
English pounds, which are equal to.
two hundred and fifty Persian toman
l answered; The price of live ass is
at the most five pounds; why should
this be SO dear when it is only the pic.
ture of an ass9' The director replied.
Because it causes no expense and eats
neither hay nor oats I said: Although
1T causes no expense, it can, on the
other hand, neither carry burdens nor
give man ride We both laughed"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
A Good Story of a Bad Check.

A pretty good story is told of a check
for four hundred dollars drawn By q
prominent Newton gentleman. In his
haste the maker of the innocent little
piece Of paper neglected to place his
signature upon it. The oversight was,
first. not observed by the gentleman
receiving it in the discharge of an obi
CATION; in the second place, the inpor-
tant omission was not perceived when
the paper was depos ted in Il bank no.
many miles outside of this city; in the
third place, the Boston bank which
acts as correspondent for the country
institution did not discover the error,
and, in the fourth, the great and critical
Boston clearing house did not even dis
cover the error. In other words. il
passed through all the banks until the
clerk Of The Boston bank for which 1t
was drawn was called uron to inspect
its signature in order to ascertain
whose account the amount was to be
debited from and found the SIGNATURE
missing The story seems hardly credi-
bic, but it is fact,-Newton Journal
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
Disguised Baldhen,ls.

Five elderly men, evidently strangers
in the city, walked up to the box Office
of downtown theater the other nirht
and purchased the requisite number Of
seats way down front, please" just as
they entered the theater-thcy were a
tribe late and the curtain had been up
fifteen minutes-the comedian was
singing topical song, one verse of
which called the attention to the fact
that most occupants of front seats are
destitute of hirsute adornmant. Every
man of the five was almost as bald as a
billiard ball, and tho words of the sonr
fitted them SO well that the audience
simply yelled. For a moment the five
stood irresolute and their evident cn-
barrassmcnt only served to renew the
shouts of laughter. The usher turned
down five seats, handed the checks to
one of the party, but without word
the five replaced their hats wheeled
"about face, and solemnly tramped
back the aisle and out of the house
while the audience yelled some more.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
THE DELaMAR NUGGET.
SATURDAY. JANUARY % 1898.
MODIFIED PRESCRIPTION.
A Remedy Only Good for Patients who
Are Upholsterers.


Are Upholsterers.
Mr.. Oscanyap, in his book, ''The Sui
tan and His People," says that Turk.
ish physician was called to visit man
who was very ill Of typhus fever. The
doctor considered the case hopeless, but
prescribed for the patient and took his
leave. The next day, in passing by, he
inquired of a servant at the door if his
master was dead
''Deadl'' was the reply; mo, he is
much better"
The doctor FASTENED upstairs to OBJ
tain the solution of the miracle.
"Why," said the convalescent, 81 was
consumed with thirst, and l drank a
pailful of the juice of picked cabbage"
''Wonderfull' quoth the doctor; and
out came the tablets, on which he made
this inscription: 'sCnred of typhus
fever, Mehemed Agha, an upholsterer,
by drinking pailful of picked cab
bage juice"
Soon after the doctor was called to
another patient, a yaghlikgee, or dealer
in embroidered handkerchief, who was
suffering from the same malady. He
forthwith prescribed "a pailful of
picked cabbage juice" On calling the
next day to congratulate his patient on
his recovery, he was astonished to be
told that the man was dead. In his be-
wilderment at these phenomena, he
came to the safe conclusion, and duly
noted it in his memoranda, that cal
though in cases of typhus fever picked
cabbage juice is an efficient remedy, it
is not to be used unless the patient be
by profession an upholsterer."
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
DO Won rlr1 &.

Beside dusty road that follows the
Swannanoa river in North Carolina il
a gate that opens on path leading co
a spring that has been walled up with
brick and protected by a canopy. Be-
side the gate is marble slab bearing
the picture of a drinking cup and the
following inscription:
Rein up, ye thirsty passcr-by,
As you are nov, so once was 1;
Stop short aliSit you're not the first,
Who 81 tits spriag has qucnched his thirst,
Grid up your loiIs drink once drink twice;
Pass on and think of .Tohn 6. Rice,
For thirsty man he walled the spring,
And then for Heaven did plume his wing;
He asks no thanks-his life's long span
Proves that he loves his fellow-man
N Y. Sun.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
BINDING A SHARK.
The Remarkable Escape of Pearl Diver
from Fearful Death.

from Fearful Death.
A successful diver must possess great
courage and nerves of steel. Such a
man, connected with large wrecking
company, was visiting the pearl fish
cries in the gulf of California On one
OF his trips in quest of the pearl oyster
he had narrow escape from fearful
death. Frank Leslie's Magazine tells
the story. He had been instructed
never to Stir from the bottom until he
had looked up and around. Fortunate
ly he needed the advice. Having filed
his bag, he glanced quickly about, and
caught sight OF huge shovel-nosed
shark watching him. In an emergency
men think fast. Near the diver was
large rock. He moved quickly to the
other side of it, hoping to dodge the fe-
rocious monster. But the vancouver
did not work; the shark watched every
movement, changing his position by
slight motion of his powerful tail
Time was precious, and the diver con-
ceiyed the idea of binding the shark by
stirring up the mud. Under cover of
that he might escape. He worked for
dear life, and had the water thick with
mud in less than half minute. Slip |
ping around the rock again he rose to |
the surface, having barely strength
enough to reach the side of the boat.
and was hauled on board Just as the |
voraci9ns man eater made a rush for
him.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28
Tho shah's Little Joke

I'm an art exhibition of London. .
wrote the shah of Persia in the journal
he kept during his last visit to Europe.
we were looking at painting repro
senting an ass. | asked: What is the
price of this painting? The director Of
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-01-28

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cat cap|
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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-06-23
CROP CONDITIONS,
The Condition of State Crops Al Re-
ported BY the State Crop
Service
Outlook Encouraging, With Every
Indication of a FIRST Ola IS
Yield.
Larson, Hare and Mcdonald Elected
Members Of the School
Board.
SUMMARY and Reports by Counthes.

Summary and Reports by Counties.
The temperature curing the week AT
eraged six degrees above the normal.
In tire northwestern part OF the State it
was only one degree above, gradually
increasing to eleten degrees above in
the southeastern>section Excepting in
the northeast quarter the precipitation
was slightly bekw the normal.
The very wssm weather Of the first
three days, With high and hot south
winds. caused some damage to grain,
particularly H. the central counties, but
the line showers from "Wednesday to
Saturday, with lower temperature, came
just in time'and proved cfnmuch benefit,
greatly r%ereedying the i'll effects of the
h0 weathsr of the disstipart of the week.
During the storm CT the 14th some hail
fell, but the damage thereby was very
slight.
All grsia is gromingrrapidly and we'll;
(Torn .is 'tnaking rapid progress and of
|.good stand. and a 'tine hay crop is ,as.
:sured.
Normal temperature and rainfall, land
departrr res therefrom for past week and
sincesN arch 1st:
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-06-23
First Publication June q. 1885,
Summons.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA-County of Bur.
bills; Justice Ct the Peace. William I a. Holl La0
Pack; plaintiff, rs: John NJ. Carnahan. DEFENDANT ode
The State Of North Dakota sends oreet;n~. ~
John NJ; 9Gsrnshan. defendant. You lV are Sere iS
the City of Bismarck. in said c conf e m ny once ths IN N
da . OF June. A. D. 1898. at 2 O'Clock in the after.
named plaintiff. William 4. H%ollembaek'a V who
GG! s3 to recover of you the sum Of Fourteen
dollars and Sixty five cents for goods. wares onI
merchaR %as*, sgd and delivered to YOU at Bis.
your order between November 20. 1883. and and upon .fn,1
~; isss, and for which you promised at an agreed
Pic to pay said sum. no part Of said amount
i ha so been en-; paid 81 And yo9 are hereby notified that
!. so ~ la! 10 appear and answer said complaint
as above required. said plaintiff will taksl ;ndr
s me nj ssainst yo9 for the sum of Fourteen and n
~, 1883, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, to-
g te with the costs of this action. Given under
my hand this 10th day of June, a. b. 1898.
Tat. EDGAR TIBBILS,
County, North Dakota. e"
70 the Sheriff or any Constable of said Burleish
Co9nty, Greeting: Make legal service hereof,
and due return.