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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-05-11

The recent discovery of an eight
pound gold nugget in Stanley County,
North Carolina, has caused quite a
stampede to that section. 1t is reported
that gold miners from the West are ar
irving in the district and there is an
outbreak OF mining fever.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-05-11

A 800 pound Sturgeon, caught by Bob
Robinson. was shownin Mountain Home
last week. Stake river fish grow 10
very sizeable dimensions.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-05-11

No man ever sold mine by trying TO
backcap some other mans sale. Say
good things about a man's mine or say
nothing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
Actually Stealing Wind.

"Say, officer I wish you'd drive
those hoboes away or run them in, =" re
quested the manager Of a Market stree
cyclery. "They're hanging around tn,
door trying to steal our air all day long
Trying to steal what?"
"Our air-what we use to blow NJ
pneumatic tires with.
"Do you fellows own the air here
Did you rent it with the premises
You'll be accusing somebody Of running
off with your sunbeams next. suppose
those hoboes grab a handful Of air wher
you amt looking, jam it in their peck
cts and run, eh?"
"Well, if you don't believe it, just
come back here and watch"
The clerk led the way to the back
part Of the establishment, where he
and the officer concealed themselves
behind a curtain. In a moment a big
tramp peered in at the door, mopped
the perspiration from his face, slipped
up to the little rubber hose attached TO
the air compressor in the basement,
thrust the nozzle into his steaming col
lar and turned the stop cock. The wind
whistlcd through his clothes, and for a
moment he was the picture Of content
ment Before he could get cooled OF
two more were anxiously waiting their
turn at the nozzle
The officer took him to the city prison
and wanted to charge him with petty
larceny for stealing air, but had t0make
it disturbing the peace.-San Francisco
Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
Deaths From Snake Bites.

The subject Of the prevention Of death
from snake bite is one which has for
many years past engaged the attention
of the government Of India. The annual
reports are interesting, but far from
pleasant reading. In 1891 the mortal
ity under this head was no fewer than
81, $50; IN 1892 it had fallen to 49,
025; in 1898 it rose again to 21,213.
In other words, in 1892, out Of every
IL, $50 persons in India, one died Of
snake bite; in 1898, 1 out Of 10, 424.
The fluctuations arc probably acct
dental, but the state Of affairs is real and
deplorable enough. OF the total num-
Der Of deaths, almost exactly one-haf
occurred in Bengal, (l0,797; next
come the northwestern provinces and
Oudh (4,S47), Madras, q, 49s), and
Bombay O,109)-all showing an in
crease on the preceding years figures
while the one province absolutely free is
the little province Of Kurg, the small
est in India, but still with population
Of 173, 900. chambers Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
hinrrlarc.a WINNING Post.

Since the legislature Of Maryland es
tablished the whipping post in that
state for wife heaters, four husbands
have been dashed for brutally assaulting
their wives. One Of those whipped was
colored, and the other three were white.
The act was passed at the session Of
1882. The first man whipped was
Charles Foote, colored, who was con-
victed Of wife beating Nov. 20, 1882.
He was sentenced on the 1st Of the fol-
lowing December to receive - lashes
and to DO imprisoned 60 days. The
number Of lashes was reduced to seven,
which was the number inflicted.
1t was not until June, 1885, that the
whipping post was again used. Tho sec
ond man received 20 lasbes and the
third 8 lashes. The last time the whip
ping post was used was Oct. o, 1890,
when a man received 10 lashes for as
saulting his wife. Since then there
have been a number Of cases in which
wives were assaulted by their husbands,
but there have been no convictions I'M
der the statute prescribing the whipping
post as a punishmnt for the offense.-
Philadelphia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
..e --..,.----.~ - - -. :. - -;
"MONEY AND BANKlNG.n +.
An Excellent Treatise on the Science OF
Money by Horace White.

One Of the most complete works Of Its
kind ever published in this country is
money and Banking" By Horace
White. It is both historical and philo-
sophical, and because Of logical arrange
ment Of subjects and topics, incidental
definitions and explanations Of words
and terms used, and wide scope-em-
bracing discussions of nearly every kind
Of money and banking system tried or
proposed-it is as we'll adapted for the
use of college students and general read
ers interested In economic subjects as
for professors and experts on financial
questions. A quotation from Mr.. Whites
preface will give an idea Of this latest
and very timely work on money;
"On the 25th of February, 1869, the
government Of the United States made
its paper evidences Of debt legal tender
between individuals Tho nation was
thus sent upon the wrong road, and has
been toiling in a wilderness ever since.
In addition to the injustice which it
wrought, the legal tender act filled the
public mind with misconceptions and
delusions on the subject Of money. So it
came to pass that although we adopted
irredeemable paper with the greatest re.
luctance we were willing to FOUNDER in
it II years after the supposed necessity
for it had passed away. Then, partly by
design, partly by chance, we resumed
specie payments, but the people had to
q large extent lost sight Of the funda-
mental principles of money. The mis-
conceptions and decisions remained, the
most dangerous and widely prevalent
being the notion that mere quantity is
a desirable thing and that the govern
ment can produce quantity and ought to.
cit is the aim Of this work to recall
attention to first principles. For this
purpose it has been deemed best to be-
gin at the beginning Of civilized life on
this continent and to treat the subject
historically. The science of money is
much in need Of something to enliven
it. If anything can make 1t attractive,
1t must be the story Of the struggles OF
our ancestors with the same problems
that vex Us. The, reader will find an
abundance Of these In the following
pages. Indeed a complete and correct
theory Of money might be constructed
from the events and experiences that
have taken place on the American con-
tinent, even if we had no other sources
of knowledge. This may be said Of the
science of banking also, All the wisdom
and all the folly Of the ages, as to these
two related subjects, have been exploit
ed on our shores within the space Of less
than 800 years.
Mr.. White believes that 1t was a great
mistake for the government to engage
in the banking business and that the
normal and proper business Of the treas
ury is the collecting and disbursing Of
public revenue. He sees but little pros
pect Of banking and other reforms or
even for clear thinking on currency
questions until we retire and cancel
the legal tender notes and restrict the
treasury to the duties for which 1t was
originally and solely designed,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
HOW RATIOS WERE FIXED IN 1892.

Proportion Of Values Between Gold and
Silver Is Mercantile Problem.
When our mint was established in
1892 and was about to be opened to the
free coinage Of both metals, the main
question was, What shall tho ratio bei
All agreed that il must be the CONNER
cial ratio. Hamilton, IN his celebrated
report on the establishment OF the mint,
said, "There can hardly be better rule
in any country for the legal than the
market proportion. " Thomas Jefferson
said; "Just principles will lead rs to
disregard legal proportions altogether
to inquire into market prices Of gold in
the several countries with which we
shall be connected IN commerce, and to
take advantage Of them. The proportion
between the values Of gold and 2 IS
a mercantile problem altogether And
so they made the mint ratio 10 to /,
which at that time was the commercial
ratio. Besides, certain powerful CONNER
cial nations, among them England and
France, were at that time coming both
metals free at practically the same ratio.
How different the situation now, when
the commercial ratio is 80 to /, and the
minis of all the commercial nations are
closed against the free coinage Of silver.
Certainly there is no precedent Of any
country, or Of any combination Of coun-
tries, by mere acts Of legislation dou-
bling the value OF the worlds entire
stock Of silver bullion and coin. Yet to
raise the ratio from SO to l to 10 to
would be to double the value Of the
worlds entire silver stock, for the price
Of silver is fixed in the markets Of the
world and is practically the same in all
countries. -Firmsn Smith IN New Or
leans Picayune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
Cn,er.. "no.d Rnads. sOhomo.

General Jacob s. Coxey Of the late
army Of weary walkers was the badly
defeated PopuliHt candidate for gov
ernor Of Ohio. His platform was
Greenbacks and Good Roads" and
he would have boon content with a
modest $500, 900, 900 Of fat currency for
a starter, the money to be expended in
building good roads throughout the
country.
Has Statesman Coxey reflected on the
certain result Of better roadsi Will not
improved facilities for getting to mar
ket mean cheaper transportation Will
that not mean cheaper farm products1
And can 1t DO possible that any true
Populist favors scheme which will
make things cheaperi
1t must be a mistake. What the late
general really wants to do Is to tear up
all the roads now existing. This will
make things scarce and dear. Everything
will go up. Even the chickens will
roost high when the army Of the COM
monwealth is on the march. The idea
that Coxey wants things cheap must be
goldbug Islander, Ton the burden of his
plea for free silver and greenbscks b
the complaint that prices are now TOO
low
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
REAL PIRATES.
They Exist In tho Malay and Eastern Wa
tiers Especially.

They Exist In tho Malay and Eastern Wa
tiers Especially.
As q matter Of fact, there are plenty
Of pirates extant, although they are sell
dom so bold in any sea as to attack ves-
sci flying a European flag. The Malay
and eastern waters swarm with SEEM
ingly commercial junks and proas,
which wear all the air Of respectability.
but arc mono the less on a constant watch
for becalmed traders and cargo ships IN.
dermanned. In the Formosa channel the
outward and homeward bound passen.
gers will see apparently innocent vessels
leisurely drifting in pairs before the
wind. They drag between them a huge
cable, to which is fastened a sveepnet,
and if nothing better turn up, they have
to be content with what tunnies and
turtle they may thus catch of the Pes
catores or the Paracels, or in those wa
tiers, the home Of the cyclone, where
rises the lonely P.edra Blanca If, how
ever, Tonkinese or Chinese rice or
opium boat drifts by and no embarrass-
ing European is near, the nets are drawn
in, the swarthy fishermen get out their
spears and muskets, and combine to
board and rayage the unlucky trader,
cutting the threats Of all on board and
sinking the junk when she has been
thoroughly cleaned cut
Instances have been known in which
Canton or Fuchau pirates have shipped
as seemingly harmless and respectable
voyagers on board even European steam
ships sailing out Of Chinese ports, and
have risen, when the vessel was well at
sea, and massacred her captain and
crew. In such a case one hears Of it, for
European blood is an expensive liquid
to spill in the east, but no mention ever
comes to public ears Of the hundreds Of
craft sailed and owned by natives, which
year by year, in the seas cast Of Singa-
pore, fall victims to tho treacherous pi-
rate Of the Malay peninsula, or Celcbes
or Javan archipelago
A well manned merchant ship, with
a maxim gun Oh board, would be fairly
safe, for they can only attack i'll their
boats, and any quick firing cannon Of the
modern type would be more than they
could comfortably face. A steamer, too,
as long as her engines keep going, is per-
fectly secure, for their best chance is in
those dead Gains which come upon the
eastern seas when the trader is helpless
" fixed while the "water rats" can
bring their dhow or proa close up with
long sweeps and finish off the rest in
their boats. London Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
A Curious Telephone.

81 have a most remarkable telephone
in my house." remarked resident o.
the western addition. "Inoticed that al
times I could hear very distinctly tht
conversation in the next house. Sudden
ly it would be broken of short in tn,
middle Of a sentence, and I could MOI
hear another word. 1t would become au'
dible again just as suddenly.
"By series Of experiments ! have
found out that the sound is conducted
by the water running through the pipes.
When the water Is turned ON in my
house, l can hear all the conversation
in any Of the rooms next door In which
there is running water. When turn of
the water, all sounds stop suddenly.
II told my neighbor Of IL, and we
have put 1t to practical use. When I
wish to speak 10 him, I tap on the win
dow, he turns on the water In his house
and listens while ] talk TO him over the
water pipe In an ordinary tone Of voice.
When l have finished, he turns Of the
water in his house, and turn IL on in
mine and listen. In that way VIC can
carry on long conversations with as
much ease as il be were in the room
with me. Still our houses are about 20
feet apart, San Francisco Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
The Barber was FIFTY.

They said I would find a barber shop
when I got to the hamlet Of Bonneville
and as I rode into the place 1 kept my
eye open for the legendary sign. Moth
ing Of tho sort was to be seen, however,
and l finally stopped at a shoeshop and
asked the cobbler sitting on the steps in
the sunshine if there really was barber
shop in town.
"Why, certainly" he replied, "thi'
is tho barber shop"
"And can get a shave"
"Of course. Come right in. ="
"But whats sort Of a shop do you runf
I asked as I looked about and failed to
see any tokens.
shop is all right, sir. I have no bar
ber's chair, but that doesn't matter. Sit
down Oh my shoe bench, please.
Have you any soap:"
"No regular shaving soap, sir, but
plenty Of soft soap, which is just a.
good. "
"Whorc's your razor!'
81 haven't a regular razor, but one OF
my shoe knives will do just as we'll. In
fact, all my customers prefer a shoe
knife 10 a razor. Just take off your coat
and I'll pin this coffee sack around your
neck. "
told him that I guessed I'd wait till
1 got down to Knoxville to be shaved,
and he looked a bit relieved as he re-
piled:
Just as you like, sir I had fit
come on me the other day while I was
shaving a man, and the first thing l
knew had cut his ear off. feel fifty
this morning, and being as you appear
to be a nervous, oyerparticular man,
perhaps you'd better pass On, as you sug-
gest. Yes, sir Good day, sir, and I
might cut your nose of, sirW-Detroit
Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
UooDs Have Arrived.

Two young ladies attracted attention
at the Waldorf today, not because they
were over pretty or chic, but merely
on account Of their walk They strutted
about with an ungraceful movement Of
their haring skirts suggestive Of a
lameness which was alike in both. As
this could hardly be possible the in
quisitiye ones who noticed them sought
an explanation from a friendly femi-
nine. And what do you think was the
matter? Why, hoopskirtsl THAT walk
is caused by the wearing Of hoops, y
smilingly explained the lady, land
hoops will soon be proper form too
When the modistes tried to force hoops
on us q few years ago, we were not
quite prepared for them. Now, with the
flaring skirts, sloping shoulders and big
sleeves, the old fashioned hoops com
plete the picture, and we will take
kindly to them" The steel trade will
like this announcement better than that
portion Of humanity which hates to see
fashion disfgure the fair ones Of this or
any other land.-New York Letter in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
His Presence Accounted For.

give caught you at last - cried the
enraged farmer as he stumbled over the
old darby who was enjoying himself il
the green middle of the watermelon
patch. eve caught you at last, you ole
thief, you'll"
Boss" said the culprit as he gulped
down the red heart Of fat Kolb Gem,
"boss, 'fo'de Lawd hit wuz all a axerdent
how come heah WIZ walkin long
de railroad DIES ez homes ez coud be,
when long come a freight train, en- TO
could clar de track de engine hit me
en- th'owed me clean over de fence whar
I is now, en- when l fell l landed ker-
blamml on desc heah melons, en- busted
'em all ter pieces, en- when come to /
wuz so hongry dat l DIES pitch in en- eat
up what done busted Atlanta Con
stitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
wonderful Erss Of Insects.

The facets" Of the eye masses Of
some species Of insects are exceedingly
numeroua-.u some casea, in fact the
number is entirely beyond belief. Each
Of these separate facets" is perfect
eye, and they aIo so arranged as to give
their insect owner a commanding view
Of all the cardinal points and every con-
ceiyable intermediate direction at one
and the same time. In the ant, the lit
tie creature which We have had so many
"curious notes" concerning, there are
not TO exceed 90 facets in the great COM
pound eye. II has been argued that this
is natures provision, because the ant
spends s0much Of it's time underground.
This may be true, but what is tho nat
uralist going TO do about Blaps mucron-
alta, the most sluggish Of the European
beetles? This lasJnImCd creature spends
ninety-nino-hundredths Of its time in
the dark, yet las $50 eye facets Meloe,
another insect Of similar habits, has
over 900 facets in each eye mass.
In certain varieties Of the dragon flies
the aggregate Of facets IN the compound
eye often exceeds $4,000. It appears to
be a general rule. notwithstanding tho
exception cited above, that the swiftest
insects have the greatest number Of eye
facets. The swift winged butterG es
have from 10000 TO 1900 in each eye
mass, and the mordelle, the swiftest
and most active known beetle Ga resi-
dent Of BRITAIN, has no fewer than 25,-
600 facets in each Of his enormous COM
pound eyes. st. Louis Republic,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
\ shal,er,s oplnlon Of Society.

Some years ago I knew an elder Of the
Shakers who differed from many Of his
brethren in having thought much about
the social structure Of his sect, though
their communal lifo was rather favora-
bic to thinking in all Of them. We were
talking one day Of the life Of the world,
which I defended, and he said in con-
cessi9n Of NY ground at one point: IF
good society were what it appears to be
Oh the surface, could not find fault
with it. If people in society behaved to-
ward one another from motives Of real
kindness, as they behave now from mo-
tiyes Of politeness, society would be an
image Of heaven; for in society You see
people defer to one another, the strong
give way to the weak; the brilliant and
the gifted will not put the rest at a dis
advantage, and they all seem to meet on
an equality. The trouble is that their
behavior is merely 4 convention and not
a principle. They behave beautifully
from politeness and not from kindness.
From Equality as the Basis Of Good
Society" by W. D. Howells, in Century.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
wHesLs OF RESTAURANT REFORM.
dade to Spin By Jealous Lover Of Truth
In TemptinR siana.

1
A reformer, with cast iron principles
Of justice, can find plenty Of odd jobs to
fill in his spare moments. Firmness, to-
gether with a judicious display Of con-
Eequential Importance, will often make
the laws OF corporations totter, and a
pat argument bring them to the ground.
There was a sign in tho window Of a
New York ice cream "parlor" reading,
"Try our strawberry ice cream with the
strawberries frozen in. " When those
cooling words caught the eye Of the re-
former on a recent hot day, his wilted
spirits revived and he entered the place
radiating peace and good will
Strawberry" he said confidently,
beaming upon the presiding Hebe. Then
he sat back and thought how good the
frozen strawberries were going to taste.
When the dish was brought, he scanned
it closely, but failed to zee any material
signs Of the berries.
"Where are the strawberries?" he ask
ed, the genial expression giving way to
one Of stern inquiry.
There amt none in dish cream, &"
said Hebe. "Only our quart bricks has
the strawberries frozen in.
"What do you mean, then" said the
customer, humping the floor with his
stick, "by putting such a sign in the
window? That is a promise that this
firm is bound to fulfill want some
cream with strawberries frozen in.
insist upon having it. If the public in
general consents to be bamboozled by
that fake sign, 1 don't; so run right
along and get me some frozen strawber-
ries "
Il tell you we don't sell it by the
plate" said Hebe, who was beginning
to show symptoms Of hysteria.
"I'll have a plate Of it," said the
man, cor tho firm must take in that
sign and make me an apology"
The girl then left the field to the pro-
prietor, who approached the customer
with conciliatory smile.
VERY sorry, SIR" said he, "but We
are just out of strawberry ice cream"
docs the sign come down."
at does. 4"
And now the reformer goes three
blocks out Of his way to pass that store
for the sake Of experiencing again the
satisfaction Of an accomplished purpose.
New York Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29
The Irbit Enir.

The Irbit fair, which is held at Irbit,
in the province of Perm, between the
LIST Of February and the LIST Of March, is
not on the great trading route between
Russia and Siberia, and yet it is at Irbit
that Siberia is supplied with manufac-
tured goods for the year, and to which
Siberia sends a large portion Of her furs,
skins, fish, honey, wax, hempseed, lin
seed and even butter. Here, too, is
great market for Chinese tea and
silk and for many products Of cen
trail Asia. Most of the goods left unsold
from the Mini Novgorod fair are sent
on to Irbit, and Siberian goods left un-
sold from the Irbit fair, are, in turn,
sent on to Mini Noygorod. For Russian
goods the traders enjoy some special
privileges for carriage from fair to fair.
The Irbit fair dates from 1913, but up
to the beginning Of the present century
had not exceeded a turn over Of 1000,
600 rubles per anDum. In 1868, how
ever, it had grown to $4,000, 900, and
in 1887 it reached $1,000, 900, which
was the high water mark. BY 1892 the
turn over had declined to $4,000, 900
rubles, and this fair is expected to suffer
a good deal from the Transsiberian
railway, now in course of construction,
which will take Siberian grain and furs
and other products direct on to the Rus
sian railway system. Irbit itself is but
a small place Of 5000 inhabitants, but
during the fair the population rises to
100, 200, and many Of the houses are
open only while the fair lasts. Cham
bers' Journal -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-29

Aprcpos Of the intense love that cav
airy horses have for music, a correspond
ent Of The Admiralty and Horse Guards
Gazette writes that when the Sixth
dragons recently changed their quar-
tiers, mare belonging to one of the
troopers was taken SO i'll as to DO unable
to proceed on the journey the following
morning. Two days later another de-
tachment Of the same regiment, accom-
panied by the band, arrived. The sick
marc was in a loose box, but hearing
the martial strains kicked hole through
the side Of her box and making her way
through the shop Of a tradesman took
her place in the troop before she was So
cured and brought back to the stable.