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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10
SEATS AT THE TABLE.
How . Guest Evened Up Things with HIS
Landlord.

How /. Guest Evened Up Things with HIS
Landlord
A short time ago, between GAINESVILLE
and Columbus, the train stopped At
small village.
on the guard crying ont Fifteen
minutes for dinner" the passengers, OF
whom there happened to be q large
number. rushed into the dining apart
ment and took their seats at the table,
one of them depositing his carpet bag
on the chair next to him.
At the usual time the landlord, pass
ing around to make his collection,
called upon the aforesaid passenger for
his payment for dinner.
aHow much?" asked the passenger.
eighty cents, replied the landlord.
sEighty cents for dinner2 Why,
that is extortionate.
mo, sir. it is not cxtortionate Amt
that your carpet bag?"
YES, sir. that is my carpet bag,
ssWell, that carpet bag occupies seat
and of course must charge for it.
ssOh, is that the case? Well, here IS
your eighty cents.
Turning to the carpet Dag, bhe pass
sengcr remarked:
ssWcll Mr.. Carpet Bag, as you have
not had much TO cat, suppose we take
something, at the same time opening
its mouth and turning therein half
a ham, a roast chicken, plate of bis
cults and sundry other articles, amid
the roar of laughter of the other pas
sengers.
The prevailing opinion among the
passengers was that the carpet bag
had gained glorious victory.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10

ssWhat name does the pale-face pris-
oner give9" sternly asked Powhatan,
the war,ilso and powerful Indian chief.
lie say replied one Of the braves,
respectfully salutlng the ruler of the
tribe, '.his name is John Smith.
ssJohn Smith, roared the Infatuated
chieftain. Does the palc-face chump
think he can keep his real name out o.
the papers by work pg the Jonn smith
racket on me! Fetch him here FL
John Smith him! Now brain him with
the tofl.a aawllr
1t was at this critical moment that
Pocahontas, with her hair in curl-pa-
pers, came rushing out of the family
wigwan and saved the prisoners life
by marrying him on the spot. She
thought he was We're de We're. Chi
cago Tribune.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10
Nnt sure 90 LIlnse1f.

Over onfdence has been the ruin of
many a man. 1t is better not to boast
but rather to remember ourselves, lest
we also be tempted. So thought ven
cradle negro.
lie bad applied for work.
80 you want to do chores for us?"
said tho gentleman on whom he had
called.
"'Deed I does"
well, Idon't know. You look as il
you were honest"
Colonel, I'll tell yer de troof bout
dat''
Very good"
well, yer see, speclss Use pufflckly
homes, but KANT be sho."
why not?"
''Kase amt had 'nough sperience.
Use wifstood watermelons all right
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10
Stub ENDS of Thought.

The pulpit isn't any nearer Heaven
than the doorstep.
Most men love women because they
love themselves.
Ambition is concentrated seifshness.
Mammon does only O cash business
The birds sing by car.
A woman cannot hide her heart
throbs.
When q man begins to exploit his
honesty, doubt it.
The Lord couldn't make anything
moro beautiful than q good woman
Now money is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things are
want.
Take care of the heart, the head will
take care of itself. Detroit Free Press.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10
AN tcEL1NDIc INCIDENT.
Primitive Hs6desof GealinS rith Criminals
in the Northern Islands.

Primitive Modes Of Dealing with Criminals
in the Northern islands.
The laws of Iceland. according to a
writer in Iearson's Weekly, are so
fully recognized that the services of a
police officer are hardly necessary;
criminals arrest themselves, and the
authorities have little trouble in Sc
curing the punishment Of an offender.
a young Icelandic friend of mine,
says the writer. going across the desert
from Reykjavils, met man riding a
pony Such meetings are rare in these
parts, and. like ships on the sea, the
two hailed and spoke. And this was
the manner and substance of their con
versation:
whats your name?"
stefan
"Whose son?"
"Thorstein's SON"
"Where are you going?'
''To prison" sS
"N hat for?''
Stealing a sheep"
No one taking your
mo, the sheriff was busy, SO he gave
me my papers-the warrant for the
arrcst-and sent me on to prison by
myself"
The men exchanged snuff and kiss,
and parted. A week later the young
Icelander was returning to Reykjavik,
and near the same spot he met the
same man.
''Whaty'' he cried "Stefan Thor
stein! Way, you said you were going
to prisonp'
so / was, and went, but they would
not let me in"
'Why not?"
Because had lost my papers, and
the sheriff said he could not take me
without my warrant"
$50 they won't have you in prison?,
mo"
"And you are going home again?"
eyes"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10
Bits of Advice.

Don't wait for the wagon while the
walking is good.
Don't grieve over split milk while
there's one COW left in the pasture.
Don't say the world is growing worse
when you are doing nothing to make it
better.
Don't tell the world your troubles.
You can't borrow ten dollars on them.
Don't let the grass grow under your
feet. The cows can't get at it there. =
Atlanta Constitution.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10
A PRISONERS SET OF TEETH
The Novel ard Profitable Investment of u.
Firm OF Bankers.

The Novel ard Profitable Investment of a.
Firm of Bankers
A wel1-llnown firm of bankers in
London have just made a profitable in
yestment. According to the London
Telegraph some time ago a man who
had dcfrauded them of large sum of
money was taken into custody, convict
ed and sentenced to a long term of
penal servitude. Prison fare did not
agree with one who had lived on the
fat of the land. The change affected
him in many ways, but he complained
more particularly of the injury the
food caused to his teeth. They were
neither numerous nor in good condi-
ton when he was sentenced, and, as
they rapidly became worse, he applied
to The governor of the prison for new
set. Being told that the government
did not supply prisoners with artificial
teeth, at the first opportunity he wrote
} tao banking iirra in question, offer
ing if they would send him new set
to tell them something to their adj
vantage. Tlereupon the bankers,
thinking the offer might be genuine
one, sent the governor of ths prison a
heck for five pounds and asked him to
provide tho convic; with a set of arti-
icial teeth In due course the convict
iept his promise and sent the bankers
certain information by means Of which
they were enabled to recover no less
than fifteen hundred pounds of which
they had been defrauded.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10

amusement the antics Of the other,
who had to do considerable Juggling to
land the potato in his mouth, arose and
in leaving said in very good German.
Pardon me, gentlemen, but If you will
eat those potatoes with your fingers, as
the Americans do, you will find it much
easier
Bowling politely. he departed, leav-
ing the Germans dumfounded.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-03-10

'noneh, but amt neoper mad no face
ter-face temptations wild chickens. -
Washington Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

sing so sweetly In the streets, about
Cornelius Vanderbilt's new stable,
which is going to ne over one hundred
feet square and correspOndingly beau
tiful, about the young men at Fort
Adams and the War college, and the
militia camp at Quonset and-hours
and hours a day-about summer dress
and dress in general.
There is freedom here to do as one
pleases in the democratic atmos-
phere OF the place, and the richest
are often the most free and easy in
their ways; and, on the other hand, one
can be as formal as the laws of the
Modes and Persians. At least. I sup
pose the Modes and Persians had laws
for clothes as well as other things.
The Hindoos do.
1 believe l could tell by glance at
the feet of female Brahman OF the
stricter caste just what time of day
it is. If morning, and she Were
visible at that hour, she would have
tan shoe. with or without trimming or
edging of black-more likely without.
If noon, and the tide is right, she
wears under her bathing cloak pair
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

ingless tabs and piercing OF materials
should be avoided: that the lines which
carry weight should be emphasized
as for instance the shoulder straps Of
evening gowns ana the vertical Hzc.
general; that there should be no mean
ingless water tables and string courses
without relation to the construction
no founces or belts or ruf1es; that the
shaft-that's the sl1irt-should be plain,
and its entasis-that's the delicate
curve-accurate ly drawn. and it's bot
tom plain, and Doric or with a simple
narrow base, and its spreading capital
that's the bodice-lavish with deco
ration These are a few of the things
they would learn and NAV they get,
What style would come nearest
realizing these principles? The Greek
draperies would. and their simple lines
add strength and beauty 70 any pass
able figure. The best examples of the
empire would. with their severe skirts
and elaborate bodices. Some of the
medieval robes would meet the
aesthetic requirements. and modern de-
signs from their own inner conscious
nesses and from such ample material
can surely draw something worth
while.
Anyhow. any woman Is AT liberty 70
wear what she thinks pretty, these
DAYS Ellen OSBORN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

oq;7;i.T,peyi IN aqain. aren't you? They are
with the fall. There doesn seem inu''
doubt Of that h;.t
The gown IS the most oeau'iiui " n'--
- simplest. most wholesome anu most
natural. The jacket and blouse skirt
arrangement of this July of our Lord.
1894, is chic and trig, and trim and
neat, and all that: but there is state
l. beauty beyond it.
In the fall the simpler modes are to
return to US. 1t requires some faith to
see the tide setting that way, for sum-
mer is always time of frivolous gown
ing.
Fete dresses like these are common:
! turquoise blue Chine MORE, with a
design of soft yellow and pink roses,
the leaves Of paler blue, looking like
the silvery undersides of poplar leaves;
the skirt with side basques of yellow
lace caught in ia bsof black satin: the
corsage bodice of black chiffon with
bands of gold and black passementerie;
the yoke and vest of blue glace; the
pulled elbow sleeves caught with
with lace; the hat black trimmed with
roses and q great bow of pale blue.
Or white silk striped with black and
bOrdered with a roll of black velvet,
surmounted with one of geranium
pink; the waistband pink velvet and
black satin ribbon. crossed and tied at
the back in a long bow; the bodice ac-
Gordon plated black chiffon, with a
Vandyked yoke of ecru lace; the sleeves
OF striped silk finished at the wrist by
fold of pink velvet and frill of
chiffon; the collar pink velvet, with .
diamond buckle.
Or this: An ivory satin, slightly
draped on ore side, and finished with
founce of chiffon and FIVE rows of but
ter-colored lace insertion.
Or this: MORE antique in dark blue
with pin spots of old gold and Chine
design Of tiny single flowers in yellow
and pale blue; the bodice of old gold
satin with accordion plated blue
chiffon with trimming of metal and
jet; the collar of satin, chiffon and
lace; the skirt basques finished with
shot blue and gold silk with puff of
the silk at the top: the hat black straw
with pink-tipped daisies and big black
MORE bow 5..s4
All these costumes are too fussy and
mussy and complicated and unreasona-
BILE. If L were going to build ten per
feet dresses regardless of expense I
would get from painter some general
ideas of color in n series of water-color
sketches. And would ask a sculptor
to model one or two fgurines for the
free flow OF drapery and then l would
have dressmai1er and an architect de-
sign the gowns together, the former to
plan and suggest, the latter to veto.
Dressmakers ought to study archi-
lecture anyhow. If they did they
would learn a few things They would
learn that construction should be
decorated, but that decorations
shouldn't be constructed: that mean
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

ed. Judge. with stuff left over after
the fumigations incident 20 the cholera
scare in that region a couple Of years
ago
Here you are. HoTvdy,- cried Whip
saw, as soon as we got aboard Nov
Sill yodr lungs with this fresh air. and
it VIII add . year TO your life"
y endravored 20 follow this good sd-
vice. bat unfortunately we were stand
ing in the lee % the captains pipe.
What il was that filed M lungs with
! do not know, but I viii swear that II
was not air l have lot got done
coughing yet
! hastily moved 20 windward % tia
skipper. but even there the air was not
trst-rate- However. II does not contain
20 much solid matter as the New York
air which on q windy day Is sad 70
weigh nine pounds 70 the cubic foot
Therefore / was preparing % enjoy Il,
mildly, when the slzipPe- suggested
game q cards
50 we ali vent into the cabin. and
the skipper p-pdueec . greasy pack
and box II chips We played poker
The old salt sag with his back against
the mas ana smoked that PIPE TIE
vsp5r which Z proSincet VS. rcna-zse
bie not only fJ- g. quality. bat Tor -
quantity In few minutes the skip
-ze- Eo-e was the CalF visible part q
hi-a- The remainder was herg1d the
veal About ever seco13 deal be cane
oct through he smoke cloud. AID he
never brought less than taree q a
kind with hin When hs withdrew
the pc: always scco7Q2r.ed hin,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

Of sandals which can be kicked off like
Dutch ishermaid's shoes at the
waters edge. II in early afternoon
she appears in formal calling or car
riage dress. plain black shoe. or one
with patent leather garnishments,
will peep beneath the hem of her
chiffon or silk. II the sun has fallen
and a myriad of stars make points Of
light upon the dark surface Of the sea,
she will wear a tiny slipper, cut very
low in the vamp, and with consider
able tumble home" in catching
phrase. st the top of the heel, and Il
good deal more sheer" ut the bottom.
And its color will be just the color of
her dress.
1t is a mistake 10 suppose that ten
mis- gown can be thrown together by
anybody. An imported tennis gown
that l have seen at one of the little
club matches fulfills the idea Of beauty
and GOODNESS by a rather original de-
vice. 1t is a cornfower blue serge =,
and there Is no belt about the waist,
but the skirt material is carried up
ward to the bust line, and straps OF
the some material pass over the shout
der. so that il looks much like q butch
er's apron. This dress laces down the
back-presupposing the maid, YOU see
and is worn with blue and white silk
blouses Over all, after the game Is
finished and as the sun sinks lower in
the west, is worn a silk-lined blue coat.
If I've said it once. I've said and
written it a dozen times. nature never
made waist line. and the prettiest
dresses are those that require no belts.
I'm glad the one-piece gowns and the
kind that hang from the shoulders are
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26
HOW ARDS SEA TRIP
His Holiday Trip for the Purpose
OF Getting Some Air.
He Goes on Yachting Excursion to Es-
cape from the Ovsrheated City, and
Then Escapes Back Again as
Quickly as Possible.
COPYRIGHT. 1894. I


Ny friend, John W. Whipsaw. is a
very sympathetic man. When / am
looking sick he never fails TO speak
about it; and he does it in such an
earnest manner that he often persuades
me that am in very bad way, though
L should never have suspected it my
self.
Il had an old dog once" he said to
me, the other day, which used to look
just as you do in hot weather. He
wasn't much of dog, anyway. but he
was worst in summer. Why don't you
go out of the city for a day or two and
take the ARP"
at is getting rather hot" said /.
now that you mention it. But / don't
mind hot weather. On the contrary /
like IL"
Nonsense" he rejoined: ''it's killing
you, Howdy, my boy. You look like
the little end of nothing whitfield out
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

me At four O'clock The skipper said;
well, boys, we amt going 10 get
any breeze to-day. Suppose we try thu
fish here. You might as well stop row.
ing"
am not = very good sailor. but I
knew enough 20 obey the captains or.
ders. He didn't have to give that ona
twice
So we fshed. and the skipper caught
one. Then be caught another, and By
and by ne had half a dozen had had
several bites, but they were on the
back Of my neck, which was turned
toward the coast OF New Jersey. When
il got too dark To fish any more the
skipper took his string" into the gal-
ley and put It into cool place. Then
he proceeded TO cook some other fish.
which had been caught dnv before yes.
terday, bat they tasted quite good
After supper we drifted "a toward
the shore, and / asked the shippers
boy. privntely, what he would take to
set me ashore on the Highlands Ho
said four dollars, and / nodded and
winked. Then we quietly deserted ths
ship. The other fellows didn't know
anything about IL. They were shak-
ing dice in the tomb of Rameses XIII.
l Preached the city in safety. Two
days later Imet Johnny. he said that
had made the mistake Of nly life IN
missing the rest Of the trip, for they
had had a glorious time. But that
statement was no news TO me-. / had
known Johnny for n liar ever since !
first came 10 New York.
HOWARD EIELDx0
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

sweeps. you could pull her down there
in no time"
There's exercise for VOC, Ho7vdT,'
said ny friend Its Just what y0a
need"
became a galley slave. j. seemed
better 70 die chasing that breeze than
% suPinely roast within sight q j. l
took one # the sweeps. and Hsrr-s and
Jimmy Blood took the other. They
handled il very skillfuuy FIRST Jimmy
held IL while Harris went below fu- 4
bottle q beer, and then Harris ~
TUNED the favor Il vas elere-lT
done Almost any other men would
have dropped The car overheard after
the tenth bottle apiece. bat thess two
did not Thev didn't cone aszT g
Not eTe1 the blade Of tAs. car g0t Se.-
But mine did I u1uls.ened the blads
with the briny deep. AID tE- res. e Z
with . combination q persP-r@ta0z 30:
tcarx
We chased .ha. breeze clear oat taso
tie ocean Ro-eas eTiGsntIy sa~ me
coming aad didn't ElSe t1e -OoAls q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26
Howard FELDMs.
soms Valuable Aevios which should re
Needed by Toung Mothers.

More than ons-half Of the humar
race die before scschiug the age o.
five years Mortality is highest among
infants.
Th& most rapid development take,
place in infancy. and II demands Al.
most the entire physical energy Of the
system. The infan. j. as poorly fittce
TO cope with disease. as he is 20 beai
privatiou, fatigue. exposure, or pro
ionged fasting.
The lack OF care. and misdirected
care, valeArly called "coddiiug." are
responsible for large share % the
sickness and death among infants
Lack OF care occurs mostly among the
very poor. COddling il a fault o. the
Uell-tO-do.
A young child should invariably 10
clad from its neck 70 its hands and feet
with a covering Of wool, which In sum
ner may lie as tb,a as possible Bare
.ees or arms ara not conducive e
health. Sty.e. in tire case Of childreu
AZ least, should be thrown 70 the
winds. unless il be a heaIfhful stvi-.
Pure AR is as necessary, and constant
notion is "a natural, 70 young childrep
,s 20 frisking lambs Plenty Of slees
= Indispensable
DO not be afraid % hear baby cry
Il j. not a mere joke 70 saT that crying
develops the Lungs and the lung "a.
2acity.
Young children should - fed al
regular Intervals Nothing 40 con
3uces % weak stomach as The prae-
tee OF giving child food simply oe-
ssuse i cryA
Young children require bathing
once 10 twenty-fou~ hours IN warm,
not hot. water This Keeps he fune.
tons q the skin ia an active condition.
by which means much 81 the waste
matter generated IA Tie building pro-
cess Il thrown or
No process Of hardening ehild q
Logical which consists "a a. bmittug Il
20 exposufs or fatigue les energies
are mostly devoted 20 tAs grovsins
process. sHd j. viii iHauiR. naturally
Ga al ths sxsrcizs necessary 70 ia de-
velopment
Toe IA ms ~ children are often }et,e,
rellsv~d ~ external heat ,aan oT ias
u.e q druxs. snd in the abeenoe %
doctor thss remedy AaouI4 iEvarlasIy
b. tired GrsG
Rsussn DR. that children are oft~n~f
ore-f@d than snosrfsd. szd that nabs
sozne;iaa~s er3es shsa is rot Annxry.
On tas other han8. vouuy ehildrsr
can uot express their WAITS ia speech
aa iAat prolonged erysny without AZ,
1afr.t e4uas -feTev.ahneAa. or nav
atarr f7mPtoru q troBbls-ls b~s. IN
- tae Esyzsraaa. -YoutAf
....lsa ga
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26
Heat from the Earth.

In an address recently made before
the Chanbre Syndicate des R~oduits
Chimiques in Paris NJ BerthelOt pro-
poses TO utilize the central heat Of the
earth by sinking shafts 70 depth %
four thousand meters 1t the bottom
Of these shafts ne believes that tenn
Perature of one hundred and sixty 70
two hundred degrees centigrade would
be found, and the pressure developed
could be used for running machinery
NJ Berthelot believes also that az this
depth 1c would reach source OF
thermo-eiect-ic energy almost without
limit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

An Ingenious inventor has provided
himself With 4 pair u bicycle for his
feet The wheels are about four inches
n diameter and are strapped 70 his Zee;
like skates They have rubber tires
ana glide over the concrete pavement
With greet ease. They are very superior
20 the common roller skates and the
owner moves along almost ss fast -
- hicyelist. ADerlrzn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26
JAUNTY YET SIMPLE
Summer Levity and the Reform
That Is Coming In.
Dressmaisers Should Study Architecture
Gay Gowns in Newport-Telling the
Time o. Day by the Shoes-A
Smart Tennis Gown
COPYRIGHT. 1874


Newport is quiet. Some people like
quiet; some don't
We are still talking about the fifty.
pound sea bass that Aleck Fluddey
caught nearly two weeks ago. about
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's reading before
the Town and County club last week,
about the strong-voiced darkies whQ
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26
ADLAI Is A SCHOLAR
Gladstone and Horace as Viewed
by the Vice Pre- sident.
Etevenson's Scholarly Traits-Edlai Knows
How to Talk When Necessary, and
He WI Spend the Summer
with q Great Listener.
COPYRIGHT, 1891

HAT quaint lit
tie Maine resort
known as Sor-
rento will this
year have a sea-
son comparable
IN brillia cy
with that of the
most noted sum
uler-time Mecca
in the land. The
vice president Of
[ b Q L n i t e d
States has made
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-26

Ihen Baby YVES sick, we gave her Castc-..
When she was Child, she cried for Csstoris-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
Vlaa she ha. Children, she gave them Castc-iA