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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
THE DE LAMAR NUGGET.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER % 1898.
Bengal Tigers Engage In a Fight to the
Death.


A bloody battle occurred at Roger
Williams park, Providence, q. l., just
before noon a few days ago between
two of the finest specimens of the
tiger family in captivity, resulting in
the death of the animal known
throughout the United States as
Prince" the most ferocious tiger ever
captured.
1t was three years ago, says a dis
patch, that Prince was captured after
mangling three hunters in the foot
hills of the Himalaya mountains. He
was the finest speeimen ever caught.
He was marked perfectly and weighed
something like twelve hundred pounds.
Since his arrival menagerie keepers
the country over have visited the city
to see him. A year ago a female,
Princess" was bought, but at that
time "Prince" was considered so fero-
cious that they were not mated. In
adjoining cages they got acquainted
and finally they were put together in
strong steel cage.
The tigers never showed any dislike
for each other until week previously
when Prince began to punish Princess.
She took his ill-treatment calmly, but
when he began the wrangle she was
ready. Prince struck the first blow
and showed his long, white teeth.
Princess laid her ears back and re-
turned the blow and both began to
hiss and growl. After walking around
the cage with glaring eyes and flashing
tails for several minutes, there was
sudden rush and the two came together
in life and death struggle, the feroci-
ty and horror of which was intensified
by the screams and roars of the other
members of the menagerie. They tore
each others backs and chewed each
others necks until the blood streamed
from the long cruel gashes their sharp
ened claws and teeth inflicted.
Prince seemed to have the best of it,
but after a hard struggle Princess
broke away from him and backed away
few feet, leaped upon her adversary
with the force Of catapult, knocking
him upon his side and burying her
claws and teeth in his shoulder. For
half an hour the battle ragged. The
cage and its immediate vicinity looked
like slaughter-pen. Finally Princess
set her teeth in death-grip in her
mates neck and held him until he was
dead. Then she tore the meat from
his body and drank his blood. Almost |
lifeless, she lay in the pond of blood
for several minutes, and then raising
herself let forth a terrible howl, as if /
cheering at victory.
When the noise ceased the keepers
entered the building. Princess sat in |
her cage with one paw upon the dead
Princes head, which was nearly sew
cred from his body. She was covered
with blood and the remnants of her
dead mate, but she stood victress of
one of the greatest battles ever fought
between dumb brutes
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
MAN AND BEAST.

PEOPLE who eat freely of boiled cell
cry are seldom attacked with rheuma-
tiSm.
THE left hand shows the natural in
clination; the right the direction in
which the individual is travelling. In
left-handed people these conditions are
reversed.
HE mountain of the moon is on the
outside of the hand, opposite the thumb
and just above the wrist. When this
mount is prominent the indication is
OF q sentimental disposition.
HORSES that have been broken down
by hard work are put in good condi-
ton in short time by being fed with
infusions OF roasted coffee and ground
coffee beans mixed with honey. This
Is common treatment in Germany.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
KILLED SY T1E CARS.

RAILWAY collisions were responsible
for the death of ESQ employees and
196'passengers during the year ending
June so, 1892.
The number of employees injured
during the year ending June 80, 1892,
was in excess of the number injured
during the previous year. being 2S,267
The number of railway employees
killed during the year ending June 80,
1892, was 1864, being less than the
number killed during the previous
year.
ONE HUNDRED AND sEvEETY-sEvEN
passengers were killed and 1859 were
injured by railway collisions and de-
railnents during the year ending June
80, 1899.
COLLISIONS and derailments were re-
sponsible for the death of 4S1 en-
ployes during the year ending June
30, 1892. Of this number 1856 were
trainmen.
The largest number of casualties to
railway employees during the year end
ing June 80, 1852, resulted from coup
ling and uncou ping cars, 378 employees
having been killed and 10,3f9 in
jured while rendering this service.
TIE number of passengers killed
during the year ending June so, 1892,
was largely in excess of the number
killed during the previous year, being
S76 in 1892 as against 293 in 1891; while
the number of passengers injured was
), 221 IN 1892, as arninSt g. 972 in 1891
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
10 WONDER "a Lost Hia Temper.

Iheard story the other day that may
be new to most of you. An active young
woman entered large shop recent
ly and seeking out the silk department
camped there for a real pleasant time
The salesman was amiable and glad to
show her the different shades and quail
tiles At least he said he was. But lie
had not calculated upon the staying
qualities of his caller. For fully one
half hour she compelled him to hop up
and down a ladder, laden with rolls vi
silk, but none could she find that suited
her. At last he had taken down all but
two rolls, and, as he leaned against his
ladder and wiped away the beads Of
perspiration, he said: well, really,
madam, l don't see that we can suit
you. Excuse me for saying it, but you
really don't seem to know what you
want"
To which she responded: "Well, l
don't want to buy anything to-day. 1
was just looking for couple of friends
and"
Here the exasperated clerk broke in:
Looking for couple of friends? Well,
madam, If you think they're in those
two rolls on the shelf I'll take those
down, too. Chicago Tribune.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
A MELLOW DRAMA.
The Combination story-W oman, Pho
nograph and Sucker How it all
Happened and Ended,

Lset week an interesting event oc-
cured in his neck o'woods. None of
Caldwell's people were directly inter-
ested in the incident, but the whole
community stood right up and took
generous interest.
Somrw here in he Sucker creek coun-
| try verdant swain became enamored
of beautiful combination, half woman
| half photograph, and sought an ALI.
ance, A com mprcal treaty seems to
have been entered upon whereby tho
sucker from Sucker sreek, was to have
| a half Interest in the monograph and a
prospective interest in the woman. The
prospect was an tx parte affair. How
ever, the sucker and the woman and
phono' were to travel together as a
grand aggregation of linguistic mon
strosties. The smoker thought he had
struck bonanzl. His thoughts have
veered a few points since. He put up
$40 for half interest in the machine
aud the privilege of grasping the rest of
the frm by her crisp young ear and
pouring through The auditory canal
down into her palpitating bosom rich
torrents of Smoker creek love. The fem
mime portion of the house was a praci-
cal body, devoted earnestly to the ac-
QUESTION Of he long green, and Sucker
creek love filed not the aching void in
her excheqner. Instead Of succumbing
to the tender passion, she made for
NAL demand on the Sucker creek branch
for more ''stuf," as per the terms and
requirements of certain indenlure
duly made and entered upon. The
sucker insisted on caneelling the con-
tract by marrying the combination. he
woman determined OH coup d etat and
" bile the suck er's head was turned
skipped |! Upon complaint, warrant
was issued and Sheriff Ireton put on
the trail-he retrieved, and the wheels
of justice were set in order. On the
pleadinEs S nth appeared for the pros
ecution and Richards for the defense.
AT 10 a. IN. last Friday, Judge Galloway
invoke ed the scales bearing goddess, and
ordered the machinery Of the law put in
motion. But there was no grist to grind.
The smoker had taken the wings of the
night before, and like the Arab folded
his tent and hnaried the Sucker creek
Stage coach. The woman and the
phono' were wroth. They forthwith
swore out complaint for the appre-
heasion of the sucker, and last hearl Of
he sucker was careening widely down
iato Jordan Valley with minion of the
aw zeaously compiling mileage in he
background. There 3 justice trailed in
h. mud and phonograph woman ont
siIted by a sucker whose life has been
because he loved not too we'll
1nt indiscrimina.ely. = Caldwell Tri-
1nnp
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
THE BLACK SHEEP.
John Turned Out Bad-ue Went to the
Legislature.

John Turned Out Bad-He Went to the
Legislature.
ION one OCCASION" said a story-tell
ing congressman to a group of news
paper men, 81 was in the mountains of
Kentucky and stayed all night with an
old farmer who was considerably above
the average for that section. After
supper we talked politics and religion
for awhile. and finally worked around
to personal subjects. He didn't know
who l was, but was going to spring
it on him, just to see how it would
affect Kim when he found he was en-
tertaining congressman unawares.
How many sons have you?' 1 asked,
when he had been talking family a
little.
=" Six
"'Ah! that's fine lot of boys
eyes, and they are fine boys
"Wave they all turned out well?'
"'All bat one and the old mans
voice saddcred somewhat
"'Ahr l said, not wishing to ask him
about the black sheep directly.
Yes; John is the one; he went to
the legislature
"'OhP laughed, he might have done
worse
eyes replied the father, gloomily,
4 s'pose he might. They wanted him
to run for congress, but he wouldn't do
it. '"-Detroit Free Press.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
JEDaE wAxeM's PROVERBS,

The Amerikin eagel can't rite his
name.
MOST party platforms is ramshaclsly
in places.
SOME statesmen ought to be faimus
fer ther elferts to be.
IT'S long time between eleckshuns
to detected candidates.
UNITED STATES senators has Their
weaknesses like human bein's.
IT looks, sometimes, ez eff the palajum
NV our liberties wuz in the hands NV
monopperlists.
WHEN you find a congressman that
don't like to read his name in the muse
papers pint him out,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23

topher Columbus. 1t is claimed that
he is the great-great-great-
grandson of the man who discovered
America.
THEoDuLF EeoFTRE, of the Canton
Wallis, Switzerland, is dwarf scarce
~ more than yard high. No one
knows his age, but he can remember
the French invasion in 1913, and from
other facts is supposed to be one hum
dred and ten years old.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
For Her Sake.

sit is sad to see the chill of autumn
settling DER The world" she said.
"Why-er-yes, believe it is" said
the young man.
Autumn always fills me with sad
ness" she went on. "Even with you l
know shall be sorrowful when the
frost kills the leaves and leaves the
world SO desolate."
No you WON'T" he answered posi-
lively, 'Tll fix that"
"How?"
"Pll go into the coal business. -
Washington Star.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

THE science of geometry is ascribed
to the Egyptians
THE first magazine for the blind was
prinoed by Rev. w. Taylor in London
in 1855.
PRINTING in raised characters for the
use of the blind was first done at Par
is in 1856.
The Israelites learned surveying
from the Egyptians, who had practiced
it for ages.
The first school for the training of
the blind was established at Paris by
Hauy in 1884.
THE first regular effort to instruct
the deaf and dumb was by Pedro de
Ponce, Spanish monk, in 1870.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
Silently nIrerent.

:. An English lawyer, Mr.. William vii.
lis, was once rather amusinglv inter
rupted in speech.
In addressing political meeting.
mr. Willis found an opportunity of re-
1errlng to Charles Dickens character.
Bariiis, and of exclaiming 'Barkis is
willin'm 80 %
NO, no." shouted a workingman in
the audience, sit amt 'Barl1is iswillin'.
but Willis is bsrLin'r,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
Naming uindoo Babies.

A Hindoo baby is named when it is
twelve days old and usually by the
mother. Sometimes the father wishes
for another name than that selected
by the mother. In that case two lamps
are placed over the two names and the
name over which the lamp burns the
brightest is the one given the child.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23
ODD FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
DUTY OF the Parish to Furnish an UNI
brella for the Preacher.

In country districts in Wales Gus
tom still exists of setting up chest in
the middle of the chancel at the time
of funeral, and before leaving the
church the mourners all file round and
put their offerings in. This is really
intended for the clergyman's fee, says
the Westminster Review, but if the
people are poor he often returns part
of it Ito a widow, for instance)
There is at least one instance that it
was customary for the parish to pro-
vide an umbrella for the use of the
clergyman on public occasions, more
especially at funerals. The parish ac-
counts Of st. Johns, Chester, contain
the following entries:
1923 Paid Mr. George Marsh for an
Umbrell for the parish use... 90 10 6
l7S8 Paid for an U1brell for Mr..
Richardson to read the Burial
service UNDER. .............
1t was general belief that if a
corpse was carried over the fields on
the way to burial it established q pub
lie right of way forever; hence it be-
came customary when for convenience,
or in some cases out of necessity, a
corpse was taken across fields or over
any private grounds, for the under
taker to stick a number of pins in each
gate as the procession went through.
The pins were accepted by the owner
of the land as payment for the privi-
lege of the corpse being carried
through, and acted as an acknowledge
ment that the right of way was grant
cd only for the particular occasion.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-23

Romance of the Bayarian Court.
The gossip of the Bavarian court is
Just now centered in little romance,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23
GATHER THEM IN,

Now is the time to extend a well
come hand to the erring nelghbor
who has never been able to see any
political virtue outside of the party
in which he was born. Heretofore he
would not listen to a word of argu-
ment or solicitation. You could not
convince him of the fact that his
party was beng ledSby aristocratic
scoundrels who were trying to de-
stroy what little we had left of civil
rights. You could not convince him,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23

because he counted you as his politi-
cal enemy. Now he is brought face
to face with statements made by men
of his own party, men in whom they
have confidence, exposing the rotten
ness of their leaders and verifying
what the Alliance and the Peoples
party has been teaching for years. 1t
only remains for us to treat them
kindly and show them that there is
still hope if they will only get on the
reform wagon.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23

That Omaha platform which talked
about several kinds of ruin, and
which caused so much hilarity and
ridicule among the me-too statesmen,
has come to be quite respectable
document lately. Even the western
republicans and democrats quote
from it, and choice extracts from it
are frequently heard in the halls of
congress. The hsyseeds didn't think
it would grow into popularity so fast.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23

The railroad companies are learn
ing how to steer clear of strikes.
They are discharglng nearly all their
shop men, retaining just enough to
keep trains running. Pretty soon
they can begin to hire them again at
a reduced rate of wages.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23

THERE is a poor show for the really
deserving who want homes on the
Cherokee lands. BY the time a lot
of "squsw men, and all the pets of the
interior department are supplied with
land the best of it will be taken.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23

The city of Lawrence is learning
what it is to be at the mercy of a pri-
vate corporation since the council has
been notified that the water supply
will be turned off August 25. 1t
would be too much like paternahsm
for a city to own its waterworks. Bet
ter do without water.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23

The Iowa republicans, at their
state convention last week, turned
prohibition out in the cold like a
homeless dog. They had lost the
last two elections, and now they will
take their chances of deceiving the
voters with "honest money" and
tariff.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23
Shawnee County POpulist Ticket.

WHILE the democratic party is up
at Buzzard's roost in pursuit of
health, the boys here in Washington
are at a loss to know just what to do.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23
POLITICAL MOVES.

Ihey tell us the miners sGrlke or
southeast Kansas and Missouri was q
political move on the part of the
Populists Let's agree that it was.
Everything is saturated with politics
now. How can it be otherwise? The
miners registered their protest
against the conditions under which
they were lsboring, against the
robbery to which they were subjected,
and then appealed to the people for
sympathy. Right here is where the
politics began, not before. The
miners had not asked the consent or
advice of any political party before
they were locked out, but when their
appeal went up it was heard by one
class of people, the class that always
sympathlzes with the oppressed
lsborer. Strange as it may seem,
these sympsthizers were nearly all
Populists. In the locality of the
trouble there were, of course, repub-
licans and democrats who understood
the situation well enough to take the
side of the miners, but scarcely a word
of encouragement was received from
outside except from Populists. And
for the first time in the history of
Kansas the state administration stood
on the side Of justice and instead of
calling out the militia to kill and sub
due locked out laborers, said to the
thieving corporations, "Give these
men their dues or take the conse-
quences of your robbery" Strange,
is it not, that state officers should pre-
sumo to take sides with people who
work9 Awful! 1t may be true that
no direct benefit to the miners has
been accomplished. The strike may
be a failure, as strikes usually are.
But this much has been demonstrated
That there is one political party |
whose pulse beats in sympathy with
the toiler, and whose leaders are try
ing to keep their pledges to the peo-
pie, no matter if all other parties
combine against them.
We are also informed that the re-
cent prosecution OF social clubs in
Topeka is a political move on the part
of the police commissioners and chief
of police. We are not authorized to
speak for these officials on this point, |
but if this is a political move 1t is to |
be hoped that those who are defend
ing the gentlemen" violators of law
will make the most of 1t. For the
first time since the metropolitan po-
lice law went into effect Topeka has a
chief who shows disposition and nerve
to attend to his business strictly, re-
gsrdless of who the consequences
may strike hardest. Here is where
the politics appears in both cases, the
observation of law and the keeping of
party pledges. This is the kind of
politics that is practical.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-23
WRONG, AS USUAL,

4
usually does when it NEEDLES with
the finance question, or any other
subject that 1t knows nothing about.
It calls in question the following
statement of the ElDorado Republl-
can:
On last Friday, August 4, the day that
Clevelsnd'S assistant secretary Of the treas
ury bought 10000 ounces of silver at p
cents per ounce, paying for it with treasury
notes, Grover Cleveland's Wall street
friends, who are fast driving him upon the
rock of monometallism, were sneakiDg out
of their banks, up the back alleys and by
streets, and into the back doors of the
great retail establishments of that CITY,
with their pockets full of gold, begging the
proprietors Of these stores to exchange
greenbaoks, national bank notes, silver GER
tifcates, gold certificates or treasury notes,
:'good Lord, any kind of rag money" for
gold on the basis of SOB of Grover Cleve-
lands yellow gold for $1OO of the peoples
rag money.
Just think of it. Rag money based upon
5O-oent, stove-lid dollar actually worth
more in Wall street than gold.
In disputing the above statement
the Journal says:
Now, what are the faots2 It appears that
it is not fact that the men of the east are
giving $103 of gold for 81 in paper, al
though that seems to be the general opin-
ion. The "mOney that these fellows are
using, and of which they give $1.O3 for 81 of
paper, is not gold. It is the credit Of the
New York banks, generally known as
"Olearing house certificates" and was is-
sued in order to tide the banks and their
customers over the crisis brought on by
reason of distrust in the democratic admin
istration.
And the fact that these certificates, next
to gold perhaps as good as any "money"
that can be issued, shows the fallacy of the
theorists of 'ohesp money" men and fiat
advocates. No one doubts for moment
the ability Of the banks of New York to re-
deem the certificates which have been issued
by them any more than he doubts the
ability Of the government to pay its bonds.
But those certificates are not money" al
though in general passing as such. The
men who hold them want actual money,
real money, not fat, not promise to pay at
some future time. Therefore, they are will
ing to, and do, give from 3 to 5 per cent.
premium for the actual cash, paying for it
in clearing house certificates.
Now, to begin with, the Journal is
mistaken. The necessity for cur
rency is such that both silver and
paper have commanded premium,
and the dispatches say nothing about
the payment of clearing house certif-
Gates for it. This statement OF the
Journal is entirely gratuitous.
Butsuppose it to be a fact. The
Journal goes on to say that mo one
doubts the ability of New York to re-
deem the certificates issued by them
any more than he doubts the ability
of the government to pay It's bonds"
When the time of redemption comes,
even supposing the Journal to be
correct, the fiat dollars are eventually