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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-11-23
TWO BIG POKER HANDS.

Upon Which Two iss.ssippiaDs Bct
Everything They owned.
1T takes something very good to
beat it, tell you" said one of At
lanta's most prominent lawyers the
other day. He had reference to three
aces and two kings, says the Constitu-
ton. Yes, sir" he resumed, blowing
a great curl of fragrant tobacco smoke
high in the air and looking after it
longlngly, as though there were lot
of money going up in it. Eyes, sir, it
takes something good to beat full
house of this variety, but l once heard
of the strangest game of poker that
ever was played, know. 1t was in
the old days and there were two
wealthy old Mississippi planters in the
game. One of them caught just what
have described, three beautiful little
aces and two of the knightliest kings
in the deck. He was dead in it and
sent the bets up right lively, indeed.
After the others had fallen out except
the other rich. old planter the man
with the full house became more en-
thusiastic and sent the bet higher and
higher. They put up everything they
had, borrowed all they could get
around the board, and, being hot
headed old southerners, still held out
against each other. Their plantations
were decided on condition of the bet
and the deeds sealed in envelopes with
everything else they had on the face of
the earth, and they went homo to sleep
over it and decide the next day what
should be done. Neither of them was
willing to call and neither would drop
out. So the envelopes were intrusted
to the county clerk for safelzeeping I'M
til the bet should be determined some
way or other. Neither of the men
ever called as long as they lived, and
when both of them were dead and the
will of the last one of them was to be I
probated, it was found that in the en-
velope of the one there was, together |
with his deeds, straight flush, and in
the hand of the other the three aces
and pair of kings. The sons of the
two men made the changes in owner
ship of the lands as indicated by the
value of the hands held by their fathers
IN that memorable gene
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-11-23

diately applied, as his mother request
ed, for leave of absence, that he might
instantly set out to her relief. His re-
quest was refused. He could obtain no
leave until January.
Despondent and anxious, he moped,
grew miserable, and contracted a slight
malarial fever, which for the next six
or seven years never entirely relaxed
its hold ON him. The pages of his jour
nal for the ensuing weeks show how
dispirited he was, and contain, among
other things, long. wild, pessimistic
rhapsody, in which there is talk of
suicide The plant is of the degen-
eracy among men. of the destruction of
primitive simplicity in Corsica by the
French occupation, of hisown isolation,
and of his yearning to see his friends
once more. Life is no longer worth
while; his country gone, patriot has
naught to live for, specially when he
has no pleasure and all is pain-when
the character of those about him is to
his own as moonlight to sunlight. If
there were but single life in his way,
he would bury the avenging blade of
his country and her violated laws in
the bosom of the tyrant. Some of his
complaining was even less coherent
than this. 1t is absurd to take the
morbid outpouring seriously, except in
so far as it goes to prove that its writer
was victim of the sentimental egoism
into which the psychological studies of
the eighteenth century had degen-
Grated, and to suggest that possibly if
he had not been Napoleon he might
have been Werther
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-11-23
IN 1896. s.,

a MAIL CARRIER was sent out from
Boston, Philadelphia or New York to a
country town only when there was
enough mail to pay him for the trip.
WIEN Virginian started ON a jour
ncy to New York, he made his win and
babe farewell to his friends, as though
he expected never to see them again.
QUARREIs between the boxes and the
pit in the theaters were common, and
the people in the former sometimes spat
down on the heads of the crowd below.
BUSINESS men and politicians gencr-
ally used a cipher in their correspond
ence, lest their communications become
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-11-23
COST or A RAINY DAY.
Toilers Lose Hundreds OF Thousands In
Wages and Retail Trade Suffers.

ToiIers Lose Hundreds OF Thousands In
Wages and Retail Trade Suffers.
"An article the other day mcntione
the losses sustained by dealers in dry
goods in consequence of rainy days"
said contractor to a reporter of the
New York World recently, ''but the
real sufferers by the rainy day arc the
day laborer5 and those who do business
directly with them. Rain means an
idle day to every laborer and mechanic
employed on outdoor work, such as
excavators, quarrymen, railroad build
ers, stone masons, bricl1laycrs, car
penters, painters, furniture movers,
long-shorcmcn, etc. What they do not
earn they cannot spend.
There is no way for this class Of
bread-wiuncrs to regain the day once
lost. They are men who deal with
their grocers. butchers and others on
the week he is enabled to buy certain
amount of the nccessarics and Injuries
of life. ii he works but three days he
must get along with just half of what
he would otherwise have purchased.
The storekeepcr's bu mess falls off just
that much. 1t will be readily seen,
then, that rainy day in Kew York
city means loss Of the working popu-
lation of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars il wares, and this loss in turn falls
upon retail tradesmcn. A rainy season
means distress and deprivation to the
toilers."
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-11-23
NAPoLEoN.s o.apo pENoY.
BAD News from lis Home Made Him
Talk of Suicide.

Talk of Suicide
The agreeable and studious life at
Valence was soon ended, writes Prof.
Sloane in Century. Early in August,
1887. little rebellion, known as the
''Two-cent Revolt" broke out in Lyons
over an attempt to reassert an ancient
feudal right concerning the sale of wine
which had long been in allegiance. The
neighboring garrisons were ordered to
furnish their respective quotas for its
suppression. Bonapartes company was
sent among others. but the disturbance
was already quelled when he arrived,
and the month he spent at Lyons was
so agreeable that, as he wrote bis uncle
Fesch, he left the city with regret to
follow his destiny" His regiment had
been ordered northward to Douay in
Flanders, and there he rejoined it about
the middle of October
The short time he spent under the in
clement skies of that frontier fortress
was dreary one. Bad news came from
home. Joseph had some time before
turned lis eyes towards Tuscany for
possible career. In order to test his
chances of success at court, he had
made application for an empty decora-
ton. The answer to his request had
been a gracious permission to prove his
Tuscan nationality, which was, Of
course, equivalent to rcpulsc. Utterly
without success in finding occupation
in Corsica, an d hopeless as to France, he
was now about to make final desper-
ate effort, and, decorated or not, to go
in person to Florence and to seek en-
ployment CT any kind which offered.
Lucien. the archdeacon, was seriously
i'll, and Gen. Marbeuf, the last in1lucn-
tial friend Of the family, was dead.
Louis had been promised cholarship
in one of the royal artillery schools; de-
prived of his patron, he would probably
lose the appointment
Finally. the pecunfary affairs of
Nine. de Buonaparte were again en-
tangled, and now appeared hopeless.
She had for some time received state !
bounty for planting mulberry trees as
France was introducing silk culture
into the island. The inspectors had
condemned the years work, aud were
the allowance Her letter
put an end for time to all study, his
torical or political Napoleon imme-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-11-23
Notice.

We will sell good Snulh Nonntain
lumber ~ SIG per Thousand feel At min,
or will deliver 10 wagon load lots H.
Drl.amar or Florida mountain, ut SIS
per thousand. AZ W. have no agent
orders f. With Rube Clifford in Del,
mar or mailed us, viii be ptomp,l,
filed. Lumhpr vii he stri tIy cash OF
delivery after this date
c. C LAWSON
DANIEL Mckay.
October 10th. 1895.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-11-23

ENs -. E1-A- w liz
Has enlarged his business
And calls yonr attention
To new stock of go ,ds
Too numerous TO m-nIiop.
Among them We noiire
FIre Pigs Feet and Fish,
And Oysters, yon ran ge, them
By can or by dish,
Prepare d by Mrs. II.
Who knows how T., compound
Sieas TO tick lie ynnr palate
And make y"nrstnn sch grow round.
Then there's pipes and tobacco
Ard fine cigars, lno,
Aud OrnDg . and LEMONS,
Srt ont in tuII view.
He has can goods, galore,
And Sugar ami Tea.
Which hi sell cheap for cash
Tn butli yon and me.
Ffom this time hencefnrlh,
Y"n may think il unite funny,
Bar III DIAL with Dick HAYES
And get the worth Of my money.
)EL MAR. rDAHo.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11
Toll Not Nor snin.

A very untidy and reprehensible per.
son hurried up the steps of big house
early Sunday morning. Her hair was
untidy, and her shoes were run down al
the heel. She talked to herself, too-a
disgraceful habit
Hot coffee and two eggs. Yes, tbs
two eggs for Easter, she whispered as
she rang the bell Her eyes shone. A
plump little rosebud Of a girl opened
the door. The woman smiled eagerly.
''I've finished it, she gasped.
..Well, it's about time, scolded Miss
Rosebud You had no business to keep
me in such suspense. I've worried my
self almost sick. .
She took the bundle and hurried up
stairs
"Please, I" faltered the reprehensibIe
person, please. the money. worked
all night
"Come some other time. said Miss
Rosebud over her shoulder. 'Don'i
bother me now.
The untidy woman went down the
steps. Her lips trembled, but Miss Rose
bud had the loveliest dress Of all the
lovely new dresses III the big church on
the avenue that morning. At least that's
what one young man in the congrega-
tion said, and he ought to have known.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11
AN EASTER FLOWER.
BY BENJAMIN NoRTHRUP.

Copyright, 1895, by American Press Associa-
tion.l
just out of the city there is long
winding road which takes you over the
low hills to the sands on the beach.
/ A brackish stream of tide-water crosses
the road, which is spanned by a stone
bridge. No one now living was born
when this bridgewas built 1t is crack
ed with age, stained and moss covered,
and in the crevices grass, flowers and
tiny shrubs grow. On some of the stones
wandering missionary has painted
signs praising God and calling upon the
wicked to repent before it is too late.
Over the widest crevice this is painted:
blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God
Under this in little grotto some blue
violets had grown, snugly sheltered
from the sun and storm.
1t was late in May or early in June
when she came over the cracked stone
bridge on her way to the beach She
had never been in the country before
She had been in the park once, but that
was when she was very small child,
and she had forgotten almost how it
looked.
Under the shades of the old bridge
the children Of the Fresh Air fund stop
ped for luncheon, and she and the other
little girls took off their shoes and stock
ings and paddledi in the creek. After the
sandwiches and apples, doughnuts and
cakes, she found the violets and dug
them out. She had never seen anything
SO beautiful before. They were prettier
than all the Easter flowers in the east
side shop windows, and they smelled
sweeter. Besides that, she herself had
found them, and they were her own.
All afternoon, while the other chill
dren played in the sands, she played
with her violets, picking the soft black
earth from their roots to see how small
and pink they were. and opening and
closing the half blown buds to see the
fresh blue hid under the green shells.
If some older girl who knew all about
the country and wild flowers, this being
her second sn'nraer in the Fnnd. If this
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

There is pretty account OF the mar
riage of Marguerite of Austria with
Philibert, the handsome duke of Savoy.
tt is called Marriage aux oeufs. 7 She
had come to the castle of Brae, in the
charming district of Bresse, lying on the
western slopes of the Alps. Here the
rich princess kept open house, and Phili-
bert, who was hunting in the neighbor-
hood. came TO nav his court to her
It was Easter Monuay, ana nlgn anu
low danced together ON the green.
A hundred eggs were scattered in a
level space. covered with sand, and a
lad and lass. holding each other by the
hand, came forward to execute dance
of the country According to the an
cient custom, If they succeeded in finish
ing the braule without breaking a single
egg they became affianced.
Then Philibert, radiant with youth
and happiness. appeared upon the scene.
He bent his knees before the noble chat
elaine and besought her hospitality.
He proposed to her to try the egg for
tune. She accepted. Their grace and
beauty charmed tire onlookers. and they
succeeded, without a single crash, in
threading the perilous maze.
''Sayoy and Austria7 shouted the
crowd. And she said, Let us adopt the
custom of Bresse. 7
They were married and enjoyed few
years Of exquisite happiness. Then the
beloved husband died. Marguerite sur
yived him long. but never forget him.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

Since the state convention ia October
nearly l40 societies have joined the
Pennsylvania union.
Kansas City local union il thinking
Of instituting noon prayer meetings in
the business portion Of the city.
Eight languages are regularly heard
in the meetings of Chicago local socie-
ties - Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish,
Dutch, German. Bohemian. Chinese and
English.
One Of the active members OF the
Presbyterian society of Union, 5. O.. n
young lady, made the rather remarkable
record during 1894 Of attending every
Sunday morning service, Sunday school
service, church prayer meeting and
meeting Of her society held during the
whole year.
Scranton is already pushing its claims
for the Pennsylvania state convention of
1896.
Christian Endeavor societies contrib
uted 81, 1877. 10 90 the board of foreign
missions of the Presbyterian church be-
tween May 1. 1894, to Jan. 4, 1895.
Two hundred more Junior societies.
and there will be s. 900 on the rolls
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

from Jne orpnanage ana the capped ana
bonneted women from the Aged Ones
home filled several rows on the right,
and on the left were the men and wom-
en- and children who on ordinary Sun
days sit far back under the gallery over
the vestibule. They teach that Gods
Son rose from the dead on Easter day
for rich and poor alike in this great
church.
The chimes in the belfry had finished
their song, the big A bell had given the
last of its three taps, and the suborgan-
ist in the choirroom had taken his note
from it,
Onward, Christian Soldiers - was
the hymn, and the great congregation
outside heard it sung behind closed
doors Then came the Amen" louder
than the melody. richer and fuller.
The choirroom doors opened, and the
choristers, robed in white and black,
marched out. The great organ in the
chancel caught up the air and led the
singers. First came the trebles, sweet
and high. Then the altos, they came
next. and made second in the harmony.
After them came the tenors, and last of
all the bassos. Then the harmony was
complete:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to
war,
With the cross Of Jesus going on before.
That is the refrain That is what the
whole choir sang as they faced each 9TH
er from the opposite sides Of the chan
eel, and its mighty strains rang through
the church like the strain of a band
marching at the head Of an army into
battle.
After the service came the sermon.
The preacher was an old man, with
white, silken hair You have seen a skein
Of silk on cold day The threads stand
out, one apart from the other That il
the way his fine white hair stood out
from his head 1t was like nimbus
frosted. His voice was low and soft and
sweet. He had sung as treble in that
choir so years before Then he was
tenor, and now for more than 80 years
he had been the rector.
II am going to say something to you
today that I have said to you every Eas-
ter day for 30 long years
That is the way the sermon began.
Christ my children, rose from the
dead on Easter day, but before he rose
he died Some day we may rise and
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

experienced girl had not told her that
violets cannot stand such prying treat
ment, they never would have lived to
reach the town.
1t is not far from down Rye way at
the stone bridge to down Battery way
at the sea wall. Two hours. That is all
if you take fast train, and violets will
live long time when You bury their
roots in moistened earth and let the bios
SONS alone. Therefore, when she reach
ed her home i'll Battle Court, the flowers
were as almost fresh and sweet as they
were in their grotto in the bridge
A cracked stone pitcher became their
new home. and Oh pleasant days they
stood outside on the kitchen window sill
and looked down ON the stone tagged
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11
DESHA'S NEW JOB.

Desha Breckinridge can make the in
come tax extra odious to the fellows who
didn' vote his way Washington Post
Desha Breckinridge's appointment to an
income tax collectorship is not likely to
add to that brash young mans popularity.
Boston Herald.
Now that Desha Breckinridge has been
appointed an income tax collector we trust
be will put up his gun. The tax Is bad
enough. Exchange.
Desha Breckinridge has been appointed
collector OF the income tax In the Lexing-
ton district, and the coroners are prepar-
ing for heavy run Of business kansas
CITY Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

There ara many ways Of coloring and
,rnamcnting Easter eggs IA simple way
. 90 sew them up in highly colored
prints before boiling. There is one way
10 engrave eggshells. Take an egg that
nas been blown and stop up the ends
with wax Then write Or draw amy de-
Iign desired with varnish OK tallow.
Then drop The egg into weak acid like
vinegar I'm u litsIe while the acid will
iecompose the lime ia the shell. except
where the lines are marked by the war
aish or tallow. and the latter will stand
lut III bold relief.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

Till every fragrant chalice
Seemed filed to the brim with wine,
Distilling there into vapor
And rising in clouds divine.
Farther and farther the incense
Its delicate perfume spread,
Like loving thoughts sent earthward
By souls of our happy dead.
With prayers from our hearts uprising,
Which mingled and seemed to reach
Through the space 'twixt earth and heaven
So blending them each with each.
That my soul could feel the presence,
The smile and the tender eyes
OF one who gathers the lilies
In gardens of paradise.
H. f. Blodgett.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

Losing the temper takes all the
sweet. pure feeling out Of life. You may
get up in the morning with q clean
heart, full Of song, and start out as
happy as a bird, and the moment you
are crossed and you give way to your
temper the clean feeling vanishes, and
load as heavy as lead is rolled upon
the heart, and you go through the rest
Of the day feeling like a culprit And
any one who has experienced this feeling
knows that it cannot be shaken off, but
must be prayed of. Presbyterian Ban
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

Join him in everlasting glory in para
disc, but before we shall rise from the
dead we must die We all must die, but
whens Shall we be prepared when our
summons comes? Are we preparel to
die now? Yes, now Why not? We
know not when our time shall come.
Every Easter day for one long guEera-
tion have repeated this warni as /
do today. And among those who heard
me there were many who were not alive
to hear me on the following year Some
of you must die before next Easter day.
When death comes to You, will you be
unprepared? Shall the blood of him who
died that we might live alway 10 shed
in vain in even one sinlge instance? This
-is-for-you-alone-to-say y
Even the choir listened to this The
boys stopped fdgeting, and the men
sat very still The woman in black look
ed at the bunch Of violets on the altar,
and tears fell upon her gloves
That was what he said, although he
used more words then have done and
took longer time to say it, and after
he left the pulpit and Joined tho assist
ant ministers back of the chancel rail
there were more wet eyes than the
washerwoman in that great church,
and there were many promises made for
the coming year that the makers will
not live to keep.
Early Easter Monday the ladies of the
Altar guild were again at work. The
flowers which had been lent for the fes-
tival were returned to their owners. The
chancel stairs were thronged with serv-
ing men and maids waiting to carry
them home. The other fiowers-the cut
stalks from the florists, the bouquets
from the hothouses and the little bunch
of wild violets-were taken away i'll a
wagon to hospital. The sick have their
Easter on Monday
1t was in a long white fioored ward.
Near the end of it stood an iron cot by
window. This was Jim's cot. Jim
was newsboy before a street car had
cut off one of his legs. Before that he
had been in the Fresh Air fund, and he
loved the country with a love that the
real country boy never dreams Of until
he has grown to be a city man.
They carried down this long ward
these fine flowers from the Easter altar
roses, orchids. lilies and still more
roses. Their fragrance made the air
heavy, and the lame boy turned his face
toward the window.
After all had been distributed q
nurse brought to him spray Of wild
violets. They were all that was left
He took them in his hands and pressed
them to his lips Then he said some
thing about the country SO low that the
nurse couldn't catch it and fell asleep.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11
Easter Card.


my hand isn't as good as yours, /" OBJ
served tho wayfarer, who, although be
was being looted, never for u moment
ceased to try to ~ funny.
Very we'll. rcjoincd the robber, enter
Ing at once into the spirit Ut the remark.
III will order il up Detroit Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11

She had no deep attraction
That he could not forget.
He did not think her pretty.
This maiden that he met.
And yet, he's since admitted.
She lift him in dHzc.
For when they played at poker
She had such winning ways.
New York World.
DIR. Caroline Liehig has been appoint
ed surgeon for the Hope division OF tho
Northern Pacific railroad in Idaho. She
u the first woman to receive an appoint
ment as railroad surgeon.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-04-11
EASTER ETcHINes.


Life.
What a bonnet it wasl The very band
box that it came in seemed to appreciate
the value and magniicence it contained
such a substantial, well vanished,
responsible bandbox. Up the steps the
messenger carried it and rang the bell
Her husband felt a chill come such as
that we experience when, according to
the old gossip. somebody walks over our
future grave.
1t was Easter, and if one can't have
new bonnet after the Lenten depriva-
tion and abstinence, when is one entitled
to one anyway?
Mrs. Frontpew tried il on in the par
lor and said her husband was duck.
Never was there husband 50 good
and kind and with such taste
The doorbeIl rang again. Another
messenger boy came up.
''This is Mrs Frontpaw's bonnet, .
said the messenger. ''The other one was
left by mistake. It should have gone to
Mrs. Slyly, next door +"
With blanched face she gave back
the bonnet and looked at her own Bird
for bird, feather for feather, flower for
fower-it was the same as the other.
That is why Mrs. Frontpew was not
in church on Easter and why Front
pew has been taking supper down town
and looks like man upon whom great
woe is fallen
How could he tell? The milliner mere
ly showed him pretty headdress, and
he ordered one made mp like it.
But that's like man.