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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10

All men can dress aiiks BY bee0ming
members Of ). w. Leafs Tailor Club.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10

For reliable life or accident Insurance.
apply to the Travellers Insurance Co. Of
Hartford, Conn. John P. Tate, Agent.
Boise.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10

Mayer, of Caldwell. has just re eceiyed
car load of the celebrated Mitchell
Wagons. They are offered for sale At
reduced prices.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10

Nav stock q fesni's tnFnlahipg soods
- Isay'G s
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10
Monthly staement,

Following is synopsis of the man
ager's report to the DeLamar company
for the month of October, 1894:
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10

Passenger Fare $500.
Leaves Cald we'll, Monday Wednesday
and Friday. Leaves DeLamsr, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday.
Trips each way made in IL hours.
Fruits and other perishable freights
carried at low rates.
VIM. McAvIN Co., Propristors.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-11-10

Payday to-day,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-02-10

were in bright gray harmony with both;
that the frock OF Indian muslin, albeit
homemade, fitted Miss Sally's figure
pcrfcctly-fron the azure bows ON her
shoulders 20 the ribbon around her
waist--and that the hem of It's billowy
skirt showed foot which everybody
knew was the smallest foot south OF
Mason and Dixons line. But IL was
something more intangible that this
which kept CORTLAND breathlcss and
silent
I'm not Miss Miranda Dows," said
the vision, with a franlxncss that was
half childlike and half practical, rs she
extended q little hand, but | can talk
'fahm' with yo about as well as aunty,
and reckon from what Maj. Reed says
heah," holding up the letter between
her fingers, 'as long rs yo' get per-
simums yo' don't mind what kind o.
pole yo' knock 'cm down with"
The voice that carried this speech
was So fresh, SO clear and sweet that
am afraid CORTLAND thought little Of
its oddity or its dialcctical transgrcs-
sions. But II brought him his own
tongue quite Internationally and quiet
". ~ don't know what was in that
note. Miss BOWS, but can hardly be-
lievc that Maj. Reed ever put my pres
ent good fortune quite in that way"
Miss Sally laughed. Then with n
charming cxaggcration she waved her
little hand toward the sofa: ''Thcrel
Yo' naturally wanted little room for
that, connie. but now that yo've got IL
of land mighty pooty II was, togo
can III down" And with that She sank
down at ono end OF the sofa, prettily
arranged white billow Of skirt SO as
10 leave ample room for CORTLAND, and,
locking her fingers over her knees,
looked demurcly cxpectant
"lIut let me hope that am not dis
tui bing you unscasonably," said Court.
land. catching sight Of tie fatcful little
slipper beneath her skirt and rcmcm-
boring the window. 81 was SO preoccu-
pied IN thinking Of your aunt as the
business manager Of these estates that
! quite forgot that she might have a
lady's hours for receiving"
I'VE haven't got any company hours"
Suld MISS 1AllNs hlll we nANNH I Just
now any servants for company man.
ncrs, for we're shorthandcd in the fields
and barns When 20 came ! was hail.
ing up the laths for the vines outside
because we couldn't spare carpenters
from the factory But she added,
with faint accession 81 mischief in her
voice, 'yo' came To tail, about the farm?F
yes" said Courtlund, rising, but
not To interrupt the work on IT, VIII
you let me help you nail mp the laths on
the wall2 have had some experience
that way-and we can talk as we work.
DO oblige me"
The young girl looked at him brightly
well, now, there's nothing mean
about that. Yo' mean IL for sure?"
Perfectly. shall feel so much less
as il ! was enjoying your company
uuhcr false pretcnscs."
"Yo' just wait here. thcn.'
She jumped from the sofa, ran out Of
the room, and returned presently, tying
the strings of long striped cotton
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blouse evidently habilimcnt OF
Sophy's- behind her back MS she re-
turned. - was gathered under her
oval chin by a tape also tied behind her,
while her fair hair was tucked under
the usual red bandana handkerchief Of
the negro houscmaid u Is scarcely
necessary 10 add that tho effect was be-
witching
But" said Miss Sally, cying her
gucrt's smartly-htting frocls coat, 'yo'll
spoil yo'r pooty clothes, surcl Take off
yo' cont-don't mind me and work In
yo'r shirt sleeves"
CORTLAND obcdicntly flung aside his
coat and followed his active hostess
through the French window 20 the plat
form outside Above them n wooden
ledge or cornicc, projecting several
inches, ran the whole length Of the
building II was on this that Miss Sally
had evidently found foothold while
She was mailing mp trcllls work Of laths
between u and the windows Of the Soc
ond lioor. CORTLAND found the ladder,
mounted 60 the ledge. followed by the
young girl. who smilingly waved his
proifcrcd hand tohclp her up,and the two
gravcly set 81 work. But In the inter
gals Of hammcring and tying mp the
vines. Miss Sally's tongue WAS not Idle.
Her talk was as fresh, as quaint, as
original as herself, and yet 90 practical
and 10 the purpose 81 Courtland'a visit.
rs 10 excuse his delight In II and her
own fascinating propinqui.y. Whether
she stopped 70 take a nail from between
her pretty lips whoa Gho spoke ~ him,
~ whether holding on pcrilonsly with
one hand to tho tFcllis while che gcs-
ticulntcd with the hammer, pointing ont
the divisions 81 tho plantation from her
coign Of vantage. she was ms clear and
convincing 10 bis intellect rs she was
aistraciina 70 hls senses.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-02-10

toward him out OF the blue smoke rose
as wildly as on that memorable day
The pictures and letters he had taken
the dead mans breast, which he
- retained ever since; the romantic
md fruitless quest he had made for the
fair original in after days, and the
strange and fateful interest in her
which had grown up In his heart since
then, he now knew had only been
luiled 10 sleep in the busy preoccupa-
ton OF the last six months, for IL all
came back 10 him with rcdoubled force
His present mission and It's practical
object, his honest zeal In its pursuit
and the cautious skill and experience
had brought Co IL, all seemed TO
be suddenly displaced 10y this ro-
mantle and unreal fantasy Oddly
enough, IL appeared now 20 bc the only
reality In his life--the rest was an nco-
hercnt, purposeless dream.
SIS Is - Miss Sally mnrried?" he
asked, collecting himself with an effort.
Married? Yes, 20 that farm Of her
nunt'sl reckon that's the only thing
she cares for"
CORTLAND looked mp, recovering his
usual cheerful calm. "Well, ! think
that after luncheon I'll pay my respects
20 her hnsbandl From what you have
just told me the farm Is certainly an
experiment worth seeing I suppose
your father will have no objection TO
giving me letter To Miss BOWS"
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through tho front hall and porch; no
one was thcrc lie fingered few mo-
ncnta, slight chagrin beginning TO
minglc with his uncasiness-sh might
have been ON the lookout for him-she
or Sophy must have seen him return
ing Tie would ring for Sophy and
leave his thanks and regrets for her
mistress. lie looked for a bell touched
10, but. on being confronted with Sophy,
changed his mind and asked 20 SEQ Miss
Dows. In the interval between her de-
parturc and the appearance Of Miss
sally ho resolved % DO tho very thing
which bio had dismissed from his
thought but an boar before as ill-timcd
and doubtful lie had the photograph
and letter IN his pocket. he would make
them his excuse for personally taking
leave % her!
She entered with har fair eyebrows
lifted IN pretty aurprlse.
u declare o. goodness, thought yo'd
ridden over to the red barn and gono
home from there. ! got through my
work on the vines earlier than I
thought Of Judge Carrots ncphews
dropped In In time 10 help me with tho
last row. Yo' needn't have troubled
yo'self q eend up for mo Tor mere com
panY 4. lnanners. but sophy says 20
looked hqrt Of anxious and particular
whenyo' asked Tor mc--no suppose yo'
want 90 see toc for something"
Mentally obinrgating Sophy. and
villa an unpleasant impression IN his
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1 sally DoMs.
IxAQ EfvT-WNY lEGMaNSvE
4 1<yrS,QS THE S0ytASs:Ss@
- BRET HARTE -

COPYRIGHT. 1882. on me AUTHOR

The door was open 70 the fragrant
afternoon breeze waited through the
rose and jcssamine. So was sidc-door
opening from the hall into long par
Tor or sitting. room that ran the whole
width of the house. CORTLAND entered
IL. II was prettily furnished, but every
thing had the mir OF freshness and OF
being Enthusiastically new. twas
empty. but faint hammering was
audible ON the rear wall Of the house,
through the two open French windows
nt the back, curtained with trailing
vines which gazcd upon n sunlit court
yard. CORTLAND walked 10 the window.
just before II, on the ground. stood
small light ladder which he gently put
aside 10 gain better view Of tho court
yard. as he stood at the open window.
In this attitude he suddenly felt his
hat tipped from his head, followed al
most instantancously by falling slip
per, and the distinct impression Of
very small foot on the crown OF his
lead An indescribable sensation
passed over him. lie hurriedly stepped
back IN the room, just rs u small striped
stoclsingcd foot was as hastily drawn up
above the top OF the window with the
feminine exclamation: Good gracious
mel"
Lingering for an instant, only 20 as
sure himself that the fair speaker had
secured her foothold and was I'M no dan
ger OF falling, CORTLAND snatchcd up
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els hat, which had providcntinlly fallen
inside the room, and rctrcated inglori-
onsly TO the other end Of the paror.
The voice came again from the Windows;
il struck him Us being singularly sweet
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CORTLAND would have preferred, and
half looked for her company and com
mentary on this round Of Inspection,
but he concealed his disappointment
and descended. u did not exactly
please him that Champncy seemed re-
licyed and appeared 20 accept him rs a
bona fide stranger who could not posi-.
bly, interfere with any confidential re-
lations that he might have with Miss
Sally. Nevertheless lie met the Eng
glishman's offer 20 accompany him with
polite gratitude, and they left the house
together.
I'm less than an hour they returned.
IL had not even taken that time for
CORTLAND 10 discover that the real i'm.
provemcnts and the new methods had
originated with Miss Sally; that she
was virtually tho controlling influence
there, and that she was probably re.
tardcd rather than assisted by the old.
fashioned and traditional conservatism
Of the company OF which Champncy was
steward u was equally plain, how
ever, that the young fellow was dimly
conscious OF this and was frankly com
municativc about H.
"You sec, over there they work things
I'm n different way, and, by Joycl they
can't understand that there Is any
athor, don't you lnowg They're always
wigging me MS " I could help u. al.
though I've tried 10 explain the niggcr
business. and al that. don't you know?
They want Miss Sallic q refer her plans
To me, and expect me T. report 20 thcn,
and then they'll submit them t. the
board and wait for its decision. Fancy
Miss pows doing thatq hut, by Jovci
they can't conceive 81 her nt oil over
thcrc-ion't you know"
Which Miss Dosvs do you mean7"
nslicd CORTLAND dryly.
Miss yqlly. Of course" said the
yonng fellow, brislsly. "shc manages
everything her aunt included. She
can make those niggcrs work when no
one CLIO ean "a word OF smile from her IA
eqoprh bho can mako terms with
deaicrp ard Contractor her own terms.
too whm they won't look nj my Rg-
urcs iiyJovci she Eots points out Of
tst sr.ss stssss.rs
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snrprlsc were entirely new In structure
and design. There was no "Reminiscences
Of the usual southern porticocd gable
orxolumns and veranda- Vet u was not
M khcrn either, The fnctory-lilSc ont
liMs 81 facade were partly hidden I'm
Cherokee rose and iessamipc. a long
rooted gallery connected the buildings
and became vcranda 10 one. a broad,
wciI-rollcd gravel drive ted from the
open gate 10 the newest building which
seemed 10 be on ediflcc; smaller path
dlvcrged from II 20 the corner house,
which. despite iss severe simplicity l ma
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under practical pretcxt II was rath.
er late now TO scch out Miss Sally Dow
with the avowcd intention Of bringing
her n letter from an adnlrcr VINO had
been dead three years, AMI whose nom
ory she had probably buried Neither
was II tactful 20 recall sentiment
which might have been wcalguess Of
which she was ashamed Yet, clear.
headed and logical MS Courtland was in
his ordinary affairs, he was nevertheless
not entirely free from that peculiar
superstition which surrounds every
mans romance. lie believed there was
something more than mere coinci.
dcnce In his unexpectedly finding him.
self I'm such favorable conditions for
making her acquaintance. For the
rest--if there was any rcst-hc would
simply trust 60 fate. And SO, believing
himself cool, sagacious reasoner, but
being actually, as far rs Miss Dows was
concerned. rs blind. fatuous and nm.
reasoning as any OF her previous adj
mirers, he rode complacently forward
until he reached the lane that led 70
che Bows plantation.
AGre better kept roadway and
!, .w,'osc careful repair wonld have
4 lighted Drnmmond, seemed 90 augur
III for the new enterprise. Presently
en- the old-fashioned local form Of the
nce--a sInniing zig-zag-gnve way 20
ne moro direct line Of post and rail, IN
The northern fashion. Beyond IL, pres
emily appeared a long, low frontage OF
|modeyp buildings which 20 Courtland's
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CHAPTER IL.

IN EklliELfSS
as Col. Court
land rode DELHI
eratcly toward
"Dows' Folly"
rs the new ex-
pertinent " a $
locally called
although hc had
not abatcd his
romantic cnthu.
siasm in the
least,he was not
sorry that he
was able TO visit
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Col CORTLAND did not reply. The
face OF the dead young officer coming
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-22


repudiated it. 1t was a makeshift be-
cause it was a protective measure. 1t
sought to build up an artificial price
for silver by artificial means. 1t failed
like all such schemes fail. It was in
the way of a sound silver policy and
was knocked out as a sham.
The free coinage of silver at is to 1
of gold is not in the nature of a pro-
tective policy. 1t is free coinage and
free trade SO far as the money metals
are concerned. No tariff is proposed
on either metal. No artificial scheme
toward lifting the price of silver is
involved. It is not designed for the
special benefit of any private industry
but as a financial policy for the benefit
of the whole nation.
The intimation that silver advocates
want their way simply to benefit a
class or to Stimulate one kind of in
dustry or speculation, would damage
the cause materially in the minds of
the patriotic people of the United
States. And it is simply a despicable
evasion to turn the eyes of the coun-
try from the Tomreed tomfoolery and
Ohio humbug designed to hoodwinlz the
people and revive Republicanism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-22
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.

It is customary with our morning
contemporary when in a tight place to
rattle and ramble away in lengthy and
incoherent sentences, to divert atten-
ton from its uncomfortable position.
That is what was the matter with it
on Wednesday.
1t has declared times without num-
her that the real original cause" of
all the troubles in trade, agriculture
and industry, the financial panics, the
labor upheavals and the tramping null
sance. was the decentralization" of
silver in 1873. 1t reiterated this with
endless harpings on the one silver
string before ever the Democratic
party came into national power. 1t
has played the same tune ever since
that change in public affairs.
But every once-in-a-while, for par
tisan purposes, it attempts to show
that these troubles are due to Demo-
ratio ascendancy and the threat of
free trade" which, by the way, has
never been uttered except from Re
publican tlroats and pens. Since the
Democratic Convention our neighbor
has tried to place the responsibility for
the effects which it has itself traced to
Republican causes, on the shoulders of
the Democracy.
In answer to its question as to who
is responsible for the disasters COM
planned of, we quoted from its own
editorials a number of direct admis-
sions and declarations, to the effect
that all the troubles of the times are
due to the 'demonetizing'' act of 1873,
which was undeniably the work of the
Republican party.
A solid column paragraph of tergiver-
sation to which our contemporary
treats its readers, does not meet this
stubborn fact, and the effort to dodge
it is melancholy failure. Judging ''by
the record" the Republican party is
to be charged with the disasters and
miseries which overspread the country
in '9S, and the prime cause of this was
the Staying of silver in '73. If this is
not so, then our contemporary has
borne false witness on the subject for
a dozen years or more. If it is true,
then to charge those evils on the Dem
ocratic party is inky-hued mendacity
and hideous hypocrisy. 1t is, more
over, cowardice to the verge of GRIM
inality.
Let it be understood that the proofs
of what we present and the very charge
which they substantiate, come from
Republican sheet against the Repub-
lican party. Therefore, in its endeavor
to shift the responsibility for the evils
that have sprung from the financial
sin of 1878, it stands self-condemned,
and adj its roundabout subterfuges and
evasions only serve to make its perfidy
more apparent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-22
REPUBLICAN HUNIBUG.

The Democratic. convention resolu-
tons charge that: The Republican
party seek to deceive the voters of the
United States into the belief that they
are friends of silver by linking it with
the heresy of protection. In order to
dodge that irrefutable statement. a Re
publican sophist asks: con what
grounds do the Democrats pretend to
be the friends of silver?"
Wait minute. That is not the ques-
ton. The point to be consid cred is the
Republican party's pretensions of
friendship. The artful dodge will not
answer. Never mind about the Demo-
Gratis till we get through with the
charge against the Republicans. The
Tomreed trick and the Ohio trap ought
to be denounced by every free silver
disciple in the country. They are not
demand for the unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to l, but
that bogus bimetallism which only asks
for ian enlarged use of silver" That
is the dodge by which the Republican
party seeks to deceive the people of
the United States and the few honest
Republican papers are loud in its de-
nunciation.
Now as to the Democrats. Our quer-
list asks:
..Do they not declare everywhere that
to draw any sort of protection around
any one industry is to be unjust to
every other industry in the country
If that is true, how can they logically
do anything toward lifting up the price
of silver?'
According to that logic, nobody can
do anything favorable to silver except
on the principle of protection. Is that
true? Do the advocates of free silver
coinage base their arguments on a high
protective tariff? If so what duty do
they ask to be placed on silver? The
free silver Democrats do not ask for
any duty. We have not heard that the
few free silver Republicans ask for it.,
either.
But the Sherman makeshift was a
sort of protection scheme That was
one reason SHY the Democratic party
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POLITICAL NOTES.

The Mckinley law caused redue-
ton of three cents a pound in the
price of sugar, equivalent to a saving
of about $40 per annum ITO the average
family; and the pending Democratic
tariff bill will increase the price of
is necessity at least one cent per
pound, with a corresponding addition
ito every family's expenses of living
This is one of the things that voters
cam readily comprehend as an argyll
ment in favor of another political
ohlapge.-Sit. Louis Globe Democrat
Rep.l,
The Republicans offset the reduction
of the tariff on sugar by giving the
sugar manufacturers 2 cents pound.
According to ex-President Harrison
the sugar, when it became cheap, must
have become nasty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-22
THE COPPER PLANT ~BoNus.v

There has been a great deal too much
shilly-shallying over that so-called
bonus to the copper plant people. The
city council had no right or authority
in law to give away public money for
private enterprise. That needs no
argument. 1t is not a party question.
1t is a matter of fact. Whether money
should ever be taken out of the public
treasury and given to a private concern
is subject of political controversy; but
the fact that our city council has no
chartered power to do so is beyond dis
pute.
But the $4,000 in city bonds, which
the city council agreed to pay in pur-
chase of real estate. with the under
standing that the sellers would turn
the bonds over to the copper plant peo-
pie, was a different transaction 1t
may be claimed that the spirit of it was
of the same kind that vitalizes bonus.
But the letter of the law was not vio-
lated in the transaction, for the city
has legal power to buy and sell real
estate for city purposes.
If, however. the city council should
turn over city bonds in the sum of
S25, 900 for land worth but $4,000 or
less, the transaction would be open to
the bonus objection, and the officers of
the city engaged in it would be recreant
to their trust and violators Of their
official oath.
The Herald views the matter in this
way: The city council IS not legally
but is morally bound to pay out that
S25, 900 in city bonds, for the purpose
named in the original resolution or
agreement. AS soon as the real estate
is ready for sale the bonds ought to be
forthcoming to buy. But there must
be no deception or fraud in this bust
ness. The city must not give something
for nothing or allow itself to be cheated
in trade.
On the other hand it ought not to be
too exacting. 1t need not be rapacious.
Regard should be had to the circum-
stances of this purchase and sale and
the purpose in view. 1t is an indirect
method of helping to establish an in
dustry here that will be of benefit TO
the community if made successful.
The people who sell the land are not
trying to speculate at the expense of
the city for their own profit. The bonds
are not to go into the pockets Of the
purveyors but to aid the promoters of
the plant And while the city money
must not be diverted to unwise and
wasteful investments, the exact pound
of flesh should not be demanded in the
negotiations The bonds ought to be
paid when land fairly equivalent in
value or reasonably certain to be so
valuable Immediately, is ready to be
conveyed; their need be no straining
after bargain. The business should
not be further delayed.