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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-30
TeRRAPIN FARMING.
How the Market Is Supplied With Thi
Great Delicacy.

How the Market Is Supplied With This
Great Delicacy.
Terrapins, the now greatest delicacy
known to the epicure, are little low
er in price this year than they were
last, although their comparative scar
city makes them one of the most prec-
ious Injuries. 'Counts"--that is, ter
rapins that measure six inches or over
which brought fifty-fve dollars per
dozen last year are now selling for
fifty dollars. The largest specimens
are highly priced for their flesh, and
have brought even this year as high as
seventy two dollars per dozen The
more common varieties, which have
not changed materially in price, sell
for fifteen to twenty dollars.
Terrapin farming, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, as it is technically
dubbed by the trade, has proved itself
lucrative business. Of late years
many have entered into it and have
earned good living by plying their
strange trade. One of the most noted
of these farms is situated on Hog Is
land, Va, which is located at the
mouth of the Coan river, where all the
advantages of water and surroundings
necessary for the rearing of the AMI
mails, are at hand. The farm covers
about two and one-half acres of land
and water, and is surrounded by a
board fence, which effectually pre-
vents the terrapins from escaping.
The interior is divided into lots.
Marshy ground is afforded the animals
for burrowing in the mud when cold
weather sets in.
The summer months seem to be the
favorite time for the terrapin to lay it's
eggs. This operation is performed in
peculiar way, which admirably demon
strafes tho sagaeity of the animal. The
female first digs hole in the sand
with her claws and hollows it out cley-
crly in the form of an inverted cone.
In this she deposits her eggs, one layer
at a time, and having filed the cavity
she covers it over carefully, and,
with her hard breast shell, packs the
sand down over the nest. She usually
lays obout twelve eggs, this being
fair average. The heat OF the sun
matches the eggs, and after they have
been in the ground about two months
and a half the little fellows dig them
selves out of the sand and take to the
water, where they proceed to obtain
nourishment as best they can. When
the cold weather comes on the terrapin
hunts his winter quarters, which are
generally located at the bottom OF the
pond. The older ones sleep all the
winter at the bottom and the younger
ones live around the edges of the
bank. AS a natural consequence the
terrapin only requires care during the
warm weather. Then they must be fed
regularly with fish, crabs and other
food of which they arc fond. Such
farms are stocked at any season of the
year. Whenever the animals are
caught they are placed within the in
closure, where they find the quarters
all prepared for their reception.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-30
A SIGN OF MISERY.
Abundance of Obsolete Gold COINS IN
England Has Sad Meaning

Abundance of Obsolete Gold Coins In
England Has Sad Meaning
ANYONE who has collected old French
or old German coins still in occasional
circulation, say the thalers Of Frederick
the Great, or the forty-franc pieces ot
the first Napoleon, knows that Berlln
and Paris are not the cities to ind
thcm in. The capitals have the latest
issues from the mint. 1t is either IN
remote villages or in some locality
where want asserts itself as factor
in outlay that the old coins come TO
the monetary surface. Honburg OF
Baden or Wiesbadcn was the likellest
place in which to find the debased
coinage of King Frederick-not lately
but thirty years ago, when the gaming
table drew them from the stockings.
So at this moment handful OF gold
pieces at Monte Carlo shows larger
area of sovereignties than a money
changers entire till in the Palais
Royal Within the last week the same
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-30
nIourning CoIors in RussIa.

Black is the almost universal mourn
ing color in Europe, but there are a
few exceptions. For instance, in Rus
STA black is never used for covering
collins, the cloth being OF pink shade
when the deceased is child or young
person, a crimson color for women and
brown for widows. Italians do not
use black cloth, white being used in
the case of child and purple velvet in
the case of adults.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-30
An Australian Sea serpent.

The latest sea serpent story is from
Australia Two men recently made
affidavit at Liverpool, New South
Wales, that they had seen in the tall
sedge grass near that place an. enor-
nous serpent. They declared that to the
best of their knowledge and belief it
was between forty-fve'and fifty feet in
length, and ''as large in circumference
as common salt barrel"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19
silver An the Arts.
Go be Continued)

It win surprise many readers o"ie",
that of the 100000 of silver uSeu
annually in the arts in the uiDuu
States more than one-fourth S2,SVVVg
is manufactured into solid spoons anu
forks, and that the proportion
elgn countries Is about the same
Guiding these millions Of dollars Noiu
of the meal, about $5,0O0'OOO gre ueD
In the silver smiths art; S2,5Oo,oVV AZ.
used for plated and silver ware anu
about $1,5OO,OOO are applied N uen'
tistry, photography, surgery, ec' ine
figures are based upon the est1nA0
Of the president of the largest snt~a
manufacturing company In this cout .rat
and are certainly the most accurate Cir
are obtainabie. And now. having lie
estimate of how much Of the pre ~
metal Ia used in the arts, u o. ~
comparative general applicauon.
can more easily advance In the ah Vs.
sion of the probabilities of how fO
can be extended In this direction
Prank Leslie's Weekly
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19
Part

yes" he said, simply, yet with q
strain of retroSpection in his eyes, as IL
determined tc control himself and speak
nothing but the exaggerated truth
ives, J almost think it began that first
evening, rude, brutally rude as l was
to you / would not own It'll strug-
gied against il, for / did not want to
marry. l had no thought OF it l
am selfish, very selfish, l fear, ana
l preferred to keep clear Of all ties ana
responsibilities, which toe often become
terribly CALLING on small means. / am
no hero-but now-you will forgive my
hesitation and-and reluctance, VIII you
not? You are generous, 1 know, ana
my frankness will not injure me with
you, will it? You will believe that /
loved you almost from the first, though
/ could not all at once make up my
mind to marrying on small means? And
that l understand-that-
that all seems different to me-that
nothing seems Of consequence except
to hear you say you love me, as--as
l have thought sometimes-Maisie~
you will not be hard on NE"
He stopped; he could have gone on
hiuSA IUhScis dHu buclC was hotiAhS
now outwardly TO interrupt him. She
had stood there motionless, listening.
Her face he could scarcely see, ii was
half turned away, but that seemed not
unnatural. What then caused his sud
den misgiving?
"Maisie," he repeated more tim!dly.
Then she turned-there was a burning
spot of red on each cheek, her eyes
were flaming. Yet her voice was low
and quiet.
Hard on you!" she repeated. II am
too sorry for myself to think or care
much about you. / am-yes, I may
own it, 1 AN so horribly disappointed.
1 had really allowed myself to thiLk Of
you as sincere, as, in spite of your I'M
manly Alterations, your contemplate
conccit, an honest man, a possible
friend 1 was beginning to forgive your
W-bred insolence to me rs q stranger at
the first, thinking there was something
worthy of respect about you after all.
Butch, dear! And to try to humbug
me by this sham honesty-to dare to
say you did not think you could have
cared Tor me enough to risk curtail-
ing your w acknowledgements, but that
n0w-it Is too pitiful. But, oh, dear
1t is too horribly disappoining!"
And, as she looked at him again he
saw that her eyes were actually full
of tears.
His brain was In a whirl of bewilder-
ment, bitterest modification and indiC-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19


nation For the moment the last had
the best of II.
"You have Il right to refuse me, to
despise my weakness If you choose
whether 1t is generous to take advan-
tage Of my misplaced confidence In you
In having told you all-yes, all, is an
other matter. But one thing you shall
not accuse me of, and that is, of living
to you. / have not said one untruthful
word. / did-yeS I did love you, Mary
Fforde-what I feel to you now Is
something more like"
He hesitated.
Hate, I suppose" she suggested
mockingly. "All the better. 1t cannot
be a pleasant feeling to hate any one,
and l do not wish you anything pleas
ant. If I could believe" she went on
slowly, If l could believe you had
loved me, l think I should be glad,
for 1t would be what you deserve. l
would have liked to make you love me
from that very first evening IL I could
Just to-but unluckily I am not the
sort of woman to succeed in anything
of that kind. However,"
She stopped; steps approaching them
were heard through the stillne IS. Maisie
turned. II have nothing more to say,
and / do not suppose you wish 10 on
tinue this conversation. Goodbye, Mr..
Ns,orreys"
And almost before he knew she had
gone, she had quite disappeared. Des-
pard was a strong man, but for a mo-
ment or two he really thought he was
going to faint. He had grown deathly
white while Maisie's hard, bitter words
rained down upon him like hail stones;
now that she had left him he grew
so giddy that had he not suddenly
caught hold of a tree, he would have
fallen.
1T feels like n sunstroke," he said
vaguely TO himself, ms he realized that
his senses were deserving him, not
knowing that he spoke aloud.
He did not know either that some
n had seen him stagger aid almost
fall A slightly uneasy feeling had
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19

and that national banks required to
substitute notNs of that denominations;
fourth. that the two and a half and
five dollar gold pieces shall no longer be
coined, but when received at the treas
ury shall be recoined as eagles and
double eagles; fifth, that the holders of
standard silver dollars shall be able to
exchange such dollars on presentation
for notes Of the same legal tender quail
titles as such silver dollars, which shall
be held for their redemption.
This amendment created much inter-
est, 1t beng naturally assumed that it
furnished perhaps the first concrete and
specific compromise. proposition grow.
ing out Of the continuous session.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19
LCIAN cARLISLE's SOLUTION
In Order TO Nepotism He
Thought "thc Old Gentlemanr Must

~
Thought "thc Old GentIeman- Must
Go.
The politicians and officials at the
treasury department are telling q story
on Chief Clerk Logan Carlisle, illus
trating the cid maxim that it Is a poor
rule that won't work both ways. When
tile numerous removals were taking
place among the clerks in the classified
service recently an elderly lady called
upon the chief clerk, says a writer
In the New York Sun. She stated her
case clearly and distinctly. She had
been Il clerk I'm the classified service.
had always performed her duties in
a manEer satisfactory to her chief of
division, and was not, Of course, an
offensive partisan. Upon close ques-
tioning by the curious chief clerk the
lady admitted that a near relative was
also III the employ of Uncle Sam.
Now, madam" said Mr.. Carlisle,
firmly, but kindly, don't you know that
the department issued a circular some
time ago calling for a statement from
every clerk as to the number and near
ness of his relatives in officeT"
Inc duy duIIiltteu tuit she ilau r-
ceived n of the circulars in ques-
ton.
"And don't you know that II was i'm
tended to use the infer nation resulting
from the issuance OF these circulars to
make judicious o ais of persons who
have close relatives drawing salaries
from the government and fill their
places with needier applicants. thus
more fairly distributing the favors?"
snow, Mr.. Carlisle, let me ask you
a question" responded the lady, in a
tr1le Iabkee style. You say that the
circulars were issued for the purpose
of removing people who have cthe:
members Of their family In Officer
"Yes," replied Mr.. Carlisle.
"And must all the people in office
who have relatives In the service Of
the government submit to remoyal?"
Yes" again replied the chief clerk.
"Weil, then, Mr.. Carlisle" cried the
lidy with a triumphant air. how is it
that you and your father are both
holding office at the sane time?"
For a moment Logan was staggered
at this new view of the situation. 1t
took him but a few moments, how
ever, to collect his thoughts.
Madam" said he, Il acknowledge
the logic Of your reasoning. In n very
short time the old gentleman viii have
TO CO."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19
'RY TAs. ~

! and glance back, herself unoDserVeu
He looked so fearfully white" sne
| said: ''do-do men always look ike ina
| when girls refuse them. wonder!
For Maisie's experience Of such things
| actually coming to the point was, al
| should be the case with all + women,
| but small
Il thought used to think wouid
| enjoy seeing him humbled. But he did
| seem in earnest"
And then came the glimpse OF the
Young fellows physical discontinue
! Mais;c was horribly frightened; throw
| ing all considerations but those OF nu'
| mainly to the winds she rushed pach
again.
..Perhaps he has heart disease
though he looks so strong" Ii thought,
land If so-oh, perhaps L have kiheu
| him"
She was beside him in an instant
| A rustic bench, which Despard was 700
| dizzy to see, stood near. Inc giri
| seized hold Of his arm and half drew
! II round her shoulder. He let her do
so INCREASINGLY.
TRY TO walk a step or two, MT.
Norreys," she said, Il am very strong
| There, now as he obeyed her mechan'
icaIly, here is a seat" and h some
how half pushed, half drew him on 10
il. please smell this" and h took
| ont q little silver v%inagirette of strong
| and pungent contents, Il am never
| without this, for papa Is so dehcate
you know"
Despard tried to open his eyes, tried
| to speak, but the attempt was not very
| successful. Maisie held the vinaigrette
| bottle to his nose; he started back, the
| strong essence revived him almost ut
| once. He took it into his own hand
| and smelt it again. Then his face grew
crimson.
Il beg you pardon a thousand times,
I am most ashamed, utterly ashamed
| Of myself" he began.
But Maisie vas too practically inter
ested in his recovery TO feel en-
barrassed.
Keep shifting at that thing" she
| said; you will soon be all right Only
Just tell me-" she added ~anxiously,
| there isn't anything wrong with your
| heart, is there?"
For if So" she added to herself, Il
must at all costs run and see IL there
is a doctor TO be had"
Despard smiled-a successfully bitter
smile.
"No, thank you" he said. az am
surprised that you credit me with pos
sessing one" he could not resist adj
ding. THE real cause Of this faintness
is a very prosaic one, I fancy. I went
a long walk In the hot sun this morn
ing"
"Oh, indeed, that quite explains It,
said Maisie, slightly nettled. Good
bye again, then" and for the second
time she ran off.
"All the same, I will get Conrad or
somebody to come round that way"
h said to herself. Il will Just saw
l saw a man looking as if he were
fainting. He won't be likely to tell"
And Despard sat there looking at the
little silver toy In his hand.
Il did not thank her." he said To him.
self" l suppose 1 should have done so
though she would have done as mucb
or more, for a starving tramp ON the
road" W
Then he heard again steps com:rg
nearer like those which had startJei
Maisie away.
ihey a apparently turned Off else
where the first time-this time tbev
came steadily on.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19
II Wa. Dinerent Now.

"And she rejected your"
"Yes."
"Are you going to commit suie'os'
Not much"
.Ah, you still have hope, then-sO'D'
to try againy'
Mike"
but you told me you cenidnt u"
without her." M
Eyes, II was true ut that que In
I've had an Inheritance OF m
since then!"-Chicago Tribune
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19
Part Nv,

AS DeSpard heard tho S,ans -
nearer he looked ound nneaSi,r Iii
vague ldea OF h~urrying of SO as tn .es.
cape observation But when he tria,l RI
ssa l up ana walk he found that any
uilhg IKE quick movement was bevona
nlm sun. So he sat down again or
deavoring to look as IL nothing was III
ing. ' rest
announcer moment or two and n voun,
man appeared, coming hastily along the
PAIN by which Despard had bjmsolf
MADE MS way into the shrubberv. He
was quite young, two or tbraa ond
twenty at most, fair, slight. and hov;sbl
looking. He passed by Mr.. Norynvs
with but the slightest glance in b,s
direction, but just as Despard was con-
graduating himself on this. the now,
stopped short, hesitated. n tben
turning round and lifting his hat. came
up to him. Ne
Excus me- he said, do you know
Lady Margaret - by sight? Has sbe
passed this way?"
lie spoke quickly, and Mr.. Norreys did
not catch the urname
NO." he replied, II have not tho
n OF the lady's acquaintance
Deg your pardon" said the other
I've been sent 20 look for her. and 7
can't find her anywhere" Then no
turned, but agar hesitated.
There's nothing the matter. IL theraa
you've not hurt yourself-or ANYTHING,
0 look rather as IL a cricket ban had
hit you, you know"
Mr.. Norreys smiled.
Thank you," he said. az have cot n
ir1ghtful pain in my head. / was ont
TOO long In the sun this morning."
Inc b~oyishlooking man shook his
head. ns
Touch Of sunstroke-eh? stun,d
thing to do. standing in the s1n this
weather. Should take n narasol. 7
always do. Then i can't be of any
serviceT' any
Yes" said Despard, as a sudden idea
struck him. IF you happen to know
my sister, Mrs. Selby, by sight. I'd no
eternally grateful to you IL Q wonId
ten her I'm going home. III whit for
ner at the old church, would q myY,
Don't know her, but IN find her
Out. Mrs. Selby OF MarkersIea. I sun
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-19

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-04
CRANK DAY.

One Crank Makes Demand Upon Edwin.
Gould Another Fatally sboo,sa Man In
New York.
New YORK, Oct. 3l.-Mr. Gould was
sitting in his private Office in the West
ern Union building yesterday, when
he was disturbed by the sudden en-
trance of stranger. AS he looked up
from his desk he saw a slight under
sized man, shabbily but neatly dressed,
with pale face and n small, black
inustache. The CLEAN in the man
eve told Mr.. Gould he had crank to
deal with even before the fellow spoke.
The crank walked steadily toward
Mr.. Gould, and when he got close to
him, said in threatening manner:
''Give me that IS, 900, and give it To
me quick, or give me the tip on the
market
'Sit down just minute" said MIR.
Gould, until get the money out OF the
safe"
The crank sat down and Mr.. Gould
stepped to side door. He opened the
door and out walked Detective William
Clark, of the central office.
Come with me and We'll get the
money" said the detective. The
crank bowed his head and walked out
of the office with the detective. II,
the hall Clark put the handouts on the
wild-eyed young man and half an hour
later he was at police headquarters.
At police headquarters the crank
said his name was Mongolia Andrews,
and that he is "a years old. His object
in going to Mr.. Gould was to be repaid
81. 900 he had lost in Rosedale, Kan,
while working on railroad on the
Gould system. When searched there
was found note in Andrews pocket
addressed to Edwin Gould, which reads:
When Western Union goes to i0O want TO
get small smash at bucket shops Please
answer. ANDREWS.
SHOT BY A CRANK.
New YORK, Oct. 3l.-Yesterday o
crazy man, emulating the example Of
the man who Saturday killed Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago. fred two shots
from six-barreled revolver into the
stomach of q man whom. he, in his in
sanity. imagined had done him wrong.
The man who was shot was Frederick
Matthies. The man who did the shoot
ing is said to be named Thomas Brad
ley. Matthies is superintendent of
construction of the new Postal Tele-
graph building, Broadway.
KNOWN IN KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, No. Oct 3i.-Mongolio
Andrews is we'll known IN Kansas City.
He is q telegraph operator who lived IN
Kansas number Of years
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-04
ANTIQUITY OF WIGS.
Hannibal IL Said to Have Worn One WheI
He Crossed the Alps.

Hannibal il Said to Have Worn One When
He Crossed the Alps.
A passage in Polybius has been cited
to prove that Hannibal wore wig, but
this seems D little doubtful They
were probably invented about the time
of the first Roman emperors, for we
are told that Ohio had kind of scalp
of fine leather with locks of hair upon
II so well arranged as to seem natural.
When wigs were introduced into En-
gland the clergy inveighed against
them as being indecent and unnatural,
and even cut their own hair shorter to
express their adherence of the fashion.
ut was observed, however" we are
told, by the more discreet part of the
world, that periwig procured many
persons a degree of respect to which
they were strangers before, and the
judges and physicians thoroughly I'M
derstood this, and gave their wigs all
the advantages of length as well as
size" The popularity of the fashion
now seems to us inconceivable. Gran
ger mentions country gentlemen who
employed painter to put number of
admirable portraits by Vankyke into
perukes.
"All persons, says Sir John Sinclair,
in his "Code of Health" fought to
wear o wig after sixty. 1t Is alike ex-
cellent for the old, the tender and the
studious.- 1.-THE invention of wigs,
eaye nm old writer. els of so great use,
and saves men SO much trouble, that 1t
can never be laid aside; it helps to dis
guise the thief, to make an i'll face
tolerable, the tolerable handsome, and
to ease the lazy Of trouble. illus
trated London News
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-11-04
TREASURY STATEMENT.

Classification OF Assets md Liabilities ms
shown October I'll.
WASHINGTON, Nov 2.-The statement
of the United States treasurer, showing
the classified assets OF the treasury and
demand liabilities, is as follows:
Assets-0old coin and bullion sl63. Gi,7i;
silver dollars and bullion. 1854 lSl0se silver
dollars and bullion, act July H. 1899. tiSs, 7s5
1873. fractional silver and minor coin, slS,55S,.
f9h United States notes, "a, 1SS,ss7; United
States treasury notes ti,si66J6 gold certif'
Gates, G,17TsIl: national bank notes, Oil ,i6i-
S66
Deposits with national bank repositories
General &C count si2 81, 53i; disbursng oflcers'
balances. q SO, 500 Total eTs6 27l7ia
Liabilide Gold certificates. t7s.oOo, ioe sill
yer certihc1les, tls34ii50t United States
treasury notes, tia2,7sAiss currency certih-
Gates, e22 as, 90; disbursing onlcers bal Inces,
agency accounts, etc. eiabss.eos