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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

"DAH's a good deal in mekin' iudicious
chico OBJ yoh field OBJ endeavor," said Uncle
Eben Industry an perseverance and
gwine tor hop de hanl-organ grinder AT
plays in front OBJ deaf an dumb asylum"
WASHINGTON Star.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

DRoPsY is dread disease but it has lost
its terrors to those who know that II. H,
Green & Sons, the Dropsy Specialists of
Atlanta, Georgia, treat it with such great
success. Write them for pamphlet giving
full information.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

She-our Chinese laundryman speaks
German.
Hole must be a Dresden China
man. suppose.-Truth,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

THE POETRY OF IT.-She-"I'd rather be
poet than anything in the world.n The
Poet-"Ycu might be the next thing to one.n
She-"Oh, tell me how The Poet-"By
becoming Mrs. Poet" (He got her, De.
Lroit Free Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29
PORTABLE SWINE BOX.

A Continuance Worth Its Cost Every Time
1t Is Used.
In moving swine some method be-
sides leading or driving is often neces-
sary. To accomplish this, make a
strong box 416x21lx116 feet, with an
opening at one end Set the box in the
pen doorway, and with a little corn in
the end of the box entice the hog in.
Let the door in the rear end down and
secure with peg, as shown in the cut.
Two men can easily load a 2OO-pound
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

-"Amelia, dear, do you believe
that love is blindW Amelia-"Yes, George,
darlingn George-"Then, dear, do not
see any Feed of keeping the gas burning."-
Harvard Lampoon.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

Chow DO you like your new watch dogl"
Bragg-"He's first class. The least little
noise attracts his notice, and instead of
barking like most dogs he just crawls under
the bed Chicago Inter Ocean.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

GLOW DID you like the way the room
was furnishedm Gan very well, except
there was no folding bed" Didn't you see
anything that looked like oncl" Eyes, and
that's why knew it wasn't one."- Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

JIMMIE-"My little sister knows the Ten
Commandments" Robbie-"Humph,t that's
nothing; pll bet my little sister knows
twenty of ,em. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

He "Well, for my part like a picture
that tells n story" She-"Mrs. Witherby's
portrait must salt you, then. 1t makes her
positively handsome. Harlem Life
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

ais YOUR new maid competent" Mrs.
Muchcoin-"I can't tell whether she's that
or French, she talks so brokenly. " Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

LovERe-"I assure you, Herr Meyer, ! can.
not live without your daughter" Herr
Meyer-"Oh, you overestimate my-in'
come. n-Fliegende Blaetter.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

HALF-CURED eruptions will return. Eradi-
cate them with Glenn IS Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

Why is hexameter like June bugl Be
cause each has six feet Fliegende Blaetter.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

''Do YOU take the daily papers2" asked the
pewly-installed janitor of the apartment
house, NO" replied the lady, to whom he
was talking, tive subscribe for it, but the
people in the next fiat take it Wv Washington
Star
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

A CHARITY bawl-"Sag. mister, gimme q
ntckelW
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

"JoHNNIE," said the teacher, "is jackass
a biped or quadrupedn "Please, sir,n said
Johnnie, "that depends on the jackass." ~
Scranton Truth
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

A THING as insignificant as a banana pee
has caused the downfall of strong men.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

mo, GERALDINE; landscape done in oil
isn't necessarily kerop (c)ene. Buffalo
Courier
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

"Do YOU consider him man ofvcracity"
"Hey" 81 say do you consider him man
of veracitym "Well, there's no tellin' what
he might do if he was mad and had gun"
Texas Siftings.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

Chow is Business, Mr. Architectl"
"Wretchedl And what makes it worse is
that we have to use more expensive build
ing material, because it sometimes takes
two or three years to sell house.n-Flie-
gende Blaetter.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

THE wheelwright ought to make gooc
spokesman Philadelphia Record.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

''OF course you believe in the millen-
num- said the irritable mans friend ITO
be sure" "What is your idea of is'" 9TH
be tilno when every lawn-mower wlllhave
a music-box attachment Washington
Star.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

A RELIC of lost race-the empty pocket
hook.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

ONE great advantage of artificial
Matching is the freedom from vsrmin
on chicks
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

AN open lettor-V.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-06-29

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is q Constitutional Cure. Price &c.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
MERELY TO AMUSE.

GALL l want" said the opera singer,
sis notes for notes; large notes for
high tes."-Vogue.
THEY'VE each got touch of brim-
stone in their tempers." SIS that so?
Then they ought to make q good
match. IN. Y. Press.
MAUDE-'.Why don't Laura marry
Dick Hobson? 1 thought she liked
him" Clara -"She does, but she says
it shall never be said of her that she
was Hobson's choice."-N Y. World.
MRS. NEwLYwED-''I'm sure we arc
going to have warm weather now"
Mr. Newlywed What makes you
think SOP" Mrs. Newlywed = why,
the heater is working just splendidly. y,
Philadelphia Record.
do YOU think that woman is fickle?"'
said Kiddins. Certainly not replied
Kaddins. you can always depend
on her. She announces that she will
do as she pleases, and keeps her word
religiously. Washington Star.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
A KANSAS PONY.
Members of the Family Can Ride Him
But He Hates Strangers.
an urn,

Members of the Family Can Ride Him
But He Hates Strangers.
There is q, man who lives rear An
thony, Kan, who makes coasidera BILE
money out of u well-trained pony. No
one knows the history OF the animal.
which is half Indian and half Texan.
and which can run mile against an
average thoroughbred.
Its master and any member of the
family can ride it anywhere with ease
and it appears to be the best behaved
pony the world has ever seen. But it
objects strongly to being ridden by
strangers, and when times are hard its
owner will get into a crowd and offer
bets unfortunately that no one can
ride the pony dozen blocks. Those
who know the pony are much too dis
Greet to take any chances, but if there
are strangers present there are always
takers, and when the stake is put up it
is to all intents and purposes the prop
erty of the pony owner. The very best
of riders fail ANONYMOUSLY when they
try to exhibit their skill on this pecul-
lar little creature.
1t does not waste any time on ordi
nary bucl1ing, but proceeds demurely
for few PAGES at rocking Chair gait
Then it swings suddenly around, eithe:
to the right or left, with every liml
stiffened out. with the rider generally
going off at a tangent to his utter as
tonisiment. When this trick fails thu
pony has another one which is still
more bewildering in character, and ii
these fail it has a way of slipping down
on its launches at an inopportune mo-
ment, which disconcerts even an expert
cowboy.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.

THERE are stars whose diameters are
greater than that of our whole solar
system.
If human dwellings were constructed
on the same proportionate scale as the
anthill of Africa private residences
would be a mile high.
The eggs OF the Florida chameleon
are Matched by the heat of the sun. 1T
kept in dry sand at temperature Of
not less than SO degrees f. nor more
than 105 degrees f. they should hatch.
ACCORDING to Clark, the equatorial
semi-diameter is 30, 1926, 202 feet--3963.-
1906 miles, and the polar semi-diameter
is 20,S54, 1895 feet-395O. 1888 miles One
degree of latitude at the pole--6s. 40T
miles; one degree of latitude at the
equator-6S. 704 miles,
KRUPP, of Prussia, claims as the re-
suit of his own experiments that while
only ten to fifteen per cent. of heat.
units are utilized in the modern steam
engine, if the coal is powdered to an
impalpable powder and exploded in
cylinders, after the manner of an ordi-
nary gas engine, seventy-fve to eighty
per cent. of the beat units may be
realized
LEAVES of the TALBOT palm in Ceylon
sometimes attain the length of twenty
feet, with width of eighteen feet.
They are used by the natives in making
tents The leaves ct the double cocoa
nut palm are often thirty feet long,
while those of the Inaja palm on the
banks of the rivers of Brazil are some
times fifty feet long and ten to twelve
feet wide.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY

ALL men were born free and equal.
and the only titled nobility that emmy
man kan klaim he haz got to derive
from hiz own good deeds.
Emmy one who will allow himself to.
run after vain misery's will soon loze,
hiz konfdense in truth, and very
likely bekum either bawling fanat-
lex, or pitiable lunatik.
IT IL seldum, if ever, that the world
haz lost genius for the want ov an
opportunity to use him; but it haz.
often been the case that an opportu-
nifty haz been lost for the want ov a.
genius.
AN antiquarian IL too often person
who spends hiz whole life stocking a
junk shop, and when he Gums to die
the sale of his traps and kalamitys
won't more than half pay hiz phuneral
expenses.-N. Y. Weekly.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
RIGHT 70 SHOOT BURGLARS.

Some Late Court Decisions About the De.
fense OF Property.
The right of householder to shoot
at a fleeing burglar has been discussed
recently in several newspapers and
legal periodicals.
| A correspondent of the London
Times says he saw burglars escaping
from his house after stealing some
plate, and he fired two shots after
them. Later in the night he met one
of the burglars and secured some OF
the stolen silver. He would then have
shot at the burglar running away with
the remaining booty if he had not left
his revolver at home.
The correspondent afterward doubt
ed whether he had the legal right to
use his weapon when the burglar was
running away, and he consulted two
or three judges who were his friends
he was advised that he might shoot a
burglar fleeing in the dark to prevent
his escape from arrest.
In an English court recently a house
holder was tried for assault on the
complaint of a self-confessed burglar,
whom he discovered in his kitchen and
whom he shot in the body. The bur
glar in his testimony appeared to
think that the householder took an
unfair advantage in firing from dark
room into the kitchen, where the thief
was pursuing his occupation by candle
light. The judge, however, directed
an acquittal.
The Pennsylvania supreme court has
reversed the conviction of manslaugh-
ter in the case of Waynesburg citi-
zen who shot and killed thief as he
was leaving his stable. The burglar
had stolen a part of set of harness
FROM the stable on a previous night,
and had promised TO deliver the rest of
it to an intending purchaser, and SO
returned to the stable to complete the
theft.
The citizen called on the thief to
stop, and fred shot in the air. The
thief turned and seized the household
er, who then again discharged the re-
volver, inflicting fatal wound.
A Pennsylvania jury on some pecul- !
lar theory convicted the defendant,
but the supreme court intimated that
he had right to pursue and arrest the
thief.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
CARRIED IN A GOLDEN AEARsE.



lowed by 100000 Mourners.
Orano Kosho, head of the Otani sect
of Japanese Buddhists, died recently,
and his funeral was the occasion for q
wonderful outpouring of mourners.
The late leader was in his seventy
sixth year and had since the age of
eleven been prominent member in
his sect. In the course of his life he
had rendered valuable services to the
imperial court, and these were recog-
nized in 1872 by the emperor, who con
ferred upon the prelate patent of no.
bility and a pension. The funeral of
Orano Kosho was one of the memorable
events of Kyoto Elaborate prepare
tions had been made for the
ceremony, no expense being spared,
and ten Thousand people com
posed the funeral cortege, which
was reviewed by one hundred and fifty
thousand more. The members of the
imperial family were present, with
a vast number of high officials. The
funeral services began at $50 in the
great temple of Kyoto, and the pro-
cession to the crematory was formed
an hour and half later, the entire
route being lined by swarms of people
DESTROYS of paying the last tribute of
respect to one who was universally
loved. The hearse was made of wicker
work covered with gold and the jour
ney of two miles occupied over two
hours The high priest came immedi-
ately behind the hearse, shaded from
the suns rays by an enormous crimson
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

PROF. ERNST HAECKEL, tie German
Darwin, - is sixty years of age. and has
been connected with the University of
jena thirty-three years.
SENATOR CoLQUITr died poor man,
Notwithstanding all the golden op-
portunities presented by his long
membership in the millionaires' club.
JOSEPH JAhEs CHEEsEMAN, the presf-
dent of Liberia, was born in that
country. His parents were sent out to.
Liberia by the American Coloniziation
society and were among its early
founders.
Will. CARLETON says the total output
of poetry in 1898 is nearly three mil,
lion poems. Spring was the theme of
two hundred and fifty thousand, de-
spair one hundred thousand and dis
content ten thousand
JOSHUA THOMAS, of Baltimore, who.
was member of Gen. Lees staff, has
given to the Maryland Confederate
home the camp-chair used by the gen.
eral. 1t is much-worn folding chair,
captured originally from United States.
troops
THE shah of Persia is exceedingly SUI
perstitious. He always carries with
him when he travels a circle of amber.
which is said to have fallen from
Heaven in Mohammed's time and
which renders the wearer invulner-
able; a caslzet of gold which makes
him invisible at will, and star, which
is potent to make conspirators in
stantly confess their crime.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
WHERE DIVORCE is EASY.
No Absence from Business Needed to Get
One Among the santaIs.

NO absence nom BuSinesS needed to Get
One Among the santals.
l never realized how simple marriage
and divorce could be until reading in
my Daily Graphic the other day let
ter from its lady commissioner on the
customs of the Santals-oue of the alb
original tribes of India.
Permission to wed must be obtained
from the circle headman. A price
usually three rupees), with new sari
each to her mother and grandmothers,
is paid FOR bride, but for a widow
only half that sum, the argument being
that widow will have to be re-
turned TO her first husband in the next
world. These formalities | presume
are dispensed with in the case of a
Bazaar marriage," which is, however,
equally binding.
The young man watches his oppor-
tunity, dips his finger in red paint or
earth, and when the girl is out walk
ing or shopping makes mark upon
her brow. If the girl declines to live
with him she is compelled to obtain a
divorced much more simple ceremony
than that gone through before Sir
Francis Jeune, says the Gcntlewoman.
The pair upset a jar Of water and tear
i'll half three leaves of the sal tree in
the presence of their neighbors, say
ing as they do so: Now become we to
one another even as brother and sis
ter"
How cheap divorce would be if this
were the custom here! But what would
the lawyers do then, poor things?
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
MOST BEAUTIFUL OF BIRDS.
The Quezal of Guatemala, Whose Piu-
mage Rivals the Rafnbow's Brlllfapcy.

The Quezal OF Guatemala, Whose Piu-
mage Rivals the Rainbows Brlliiancy.
In the Smithsonian building at Wash
ington is exhibited one particularly
perfect specimen of the most beautiful
bird in the world While it's colora-
ton is as brilliant as that of any hum
ming bird, its superior size renders it
more attractive to the eye, says the
Star. This is the quezal of Guatemala.
It's plumage vies in brilliancy with
the rainbow and shines with a metal
lie luster. Until within the last few
years it was unknown to science,
mainly owing to the fact that it is a
hermit among feathered creatures, de-
lighting in the silence of deserts It
dwells on mountain heights above
seven thousand feet in elevation. The
quezal was the royal bird of the Az
tees. It's breast is q brilliant scarlet,
while its green tail attains length
of three feet It's size is about
equal to pigeon. It's plumes
were utilized anciently for the
adornment of headdresses and
for the famous feather pictures
vi O41C 4flC-AiCiho. U ltCollCo IA iiOlOo
in worm-eaten trees, which it enlarges
with its bill so as to form a comfort
able and roomy residence. The young
are Matched totally naked. It is the
hardest of all birds to prepare for
stu1fing, because the skin tears like SO
much tissue paper and the feathers are
implanted to so slight depth that
they readily fall out A specimen isvery
apt to be spoiled by falling against a
branch on being shot. Up to 1880 nat
uralists did not know where the auezal
was to be found. The few specimens
which had fallen into their hands were
obtained from the Indians of Guate-
mala, who kept the secret. About that
time, however, a collector visiting that
country got on the track, went up into
the mountains and shot number of
the birds. IL is said that in ancient
times the skins of all birds of this
species that were killed belonged by
law to the king, and nobody outside of
the royal family was permitted to wear
the plumes. The quezal belongs to the
family of trogons. This genus includes |
forty-six species, tbirty-three of which |
are American. All of them are very
beautiful
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
CURIOUS USE OF TOBACCO.
People Who Smoke from the Age of Five
Years.


All the Lushai smoke inyeterately,
even children of five years of age, and
their children reek with rank tobacco
smoke, says a writer in Gentleman S
Magazine The men use short pipes
made of bamboo; the women use a
more elaborate one, the bowl of clay
communicating to stem with re-
ceptaclc for water. through which the
smoke passes to a long, slender mouth
piece of ornamental metal. The water
in the receptacle, when fouled by to-
5acco juice, is elnptied into small
goUrds stoppered with plug of wood.
These gourds are carried by the men
in cotton bags with other necessary
articles for travelling. and a mouthful
of the contents is occasionally slipped
and the mouth rinsed Herewith, when
il is spat out.
II is considered polite to offer sip
from this gourd to g friend, as a pinch
of snuff was formerly in Europe. A
friendly native will do so even to an
Englishnaan, but the writer has never
heard of anyone except Maj. Levin
who has had the courage TO accept the
compliment. That officer, when depu-
ty commissioner of the Chittagong
hull tracts, rendered himself thorough
ly familiar with the habits of the Dor
der tribes. and is probably the best
authority on all matters regarding
those dwelling near the Chittagong
frontier. The writer purchased and
brought to England one of the small
gourds which are here spoken OF, the
contents of which, with disastrous eff
fects, were spilled over the papers con-
tanned in his dispatch box.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
THE PAWNiNG HABIT.
Once Contracted 1t Is Difficult to Over
come.

come.
'sPawnbroking is a habit" said one
who sits under the shadow CT the three
balls to a Buffalo Express representa-
tive. Eyes, mostly habit. The patent
medicine habit is nothing to it. After
anybody has hung up something with
me few times he's pretty sure to be-
come a regular customer. He does
business with me just like clocIsworlS
after that; always goes broke just SO
long before ray day.
s'Two OF the best people l have are
husband and wife, and neither knows
that the other ever heard of such a
thing as hooking a watch I know
that from the way they acted, and l
was pretty much surprised one day
when the woman brought in the pawn
ticket for her husbands watch. She
didn't look as if anything unusual had
happened. and I sized up the. situation
and gave her her own watch instead.
That was what she wanted. Next day
the husband came in with the ticket
for his wife's watch. 1 gave him his
own and he never knew the difference.
You sec they had hidden their tickets
in the same place. They have brought
the watches around promptly ever
since, which they wouldn't have done
by any manner of means if I hadn't had
my wits about me. Now, one Of those
church pawnbrollers down in New
York wouldn't have known enough to
do that, and would have lost two good
customers as well as made trouble in
an estimable family. 1t takes brains
to run my business
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
1t Looked Tint Way.

Whoever has seen the Washington
monument in Baltimore, with the
crouchi bronze lion at its base, will
appreciate the story they tell about
the rustic hunter on his first visit to
town. He scanned the shaft for
some time, running his eye from the
base to the point on which the statue
stood and back again, and then fastened
ms gaze on the crouching lion, us il
fascinated. His lips parted, and his
cl5y friends drew near to hear his crit
iclsm. At last out came the words:
by Jinks, he's got the old man freed,
amt he?" N'S7
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-09
A CIPHER TELEGRAM.
The neighborly Country Operator Thought
It Was Useless.

The Heighborly Country Operator Thought
It Was Useless
Another of the many good stories
told at the expense of the ''cipher tel
egram" of the modern business world
came up the other day, said the New
York Tribune.
A city broker, whose house is in New
Jersey, was obliged by illness to lose a
day from his business, so he sent word
to his clerk at the Office to let him
know by telegram something of the
days transactions.
The hours wore on but no telegram
appeared, and the broker began to be
mystifed, not to say provoked, at the
unaccountable negligence of his faith
full clerk. The telegraph Office was a
nothing to be done but to wait for the
messenger, who didn't come.
Next morning the unhappy subur-
banite stopped on his way TO the sta
ton to make inquiries at the telegraph
Office. The operator was an old town
gossip. with an interest in everybody's
affairs, and greeted his visitor in
neighborly fashion.
Good morning, sir; all well, hope?'
eyes; all right. l say, didn't you get
telegram for me yesterday
Telegram for you? Let me see.
Why, yes, l believe | did. But I
couldn't make nothing ont of it, SO
didn't think twas worth while to send
it up"
WEAR wooden clothing the year
around.
KEEP the feet comfortable and well
protected.
EXERCISE in the open air whenever
the weather permits.
In malarious districts do your walk
ing in the middle of the day.
SEE that your sleeping rooms and
living rooms are well ventilated and
that sewer gas does not enter them.
The increase in the number of regu-
lar annual American visitors to London /
is attributed in that city to the fact
that the London hotels Of the better
class are trying with some success to