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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-13
GAMBLING IN TULIPS.
a Strange Popular Craze in Holland Two
Centuries Ago.

a Strange Popular Craze in Holland Two
Centuries Ago.
Toward the middle of the Seven
teenth century one of the strangest c
popular follies took possession of t.
usually positive and hardheaded Dutc
At that period Holland had grown lrCL
small beginnings into riches and lux
.ury. With a taste for vivid colors Ill,
merchants of HARLEM began to ccnts
their admiration upon tulips. Gardet
were laid out. new varieties sough
emulation became rife aad man.
spread over the people. New foinis,
shades or combinations We're intro
,iuced into the market, and fortune
were made and spent on these lowiF
lowers. Bulbs reached fabulous prices.
and the only similar craze in more re-
.ent times seems to have been the sal
Of the famous peachblow vase in NeN
.ork city at the Morgan sale. Tai
after, however, was confined to few
cornoisseurs, while the tulip Graz,
wept an entire slow-going, practica
Dutch community. One bulb of choice
variety was equivalent to a competcnre
for an entire family, whereas III Haar
lem living was cheap. IN contiguous
city for one plant was given two carts
of grain, four carts of barley, four oxen
~ sheep, two casks of wine, four casks
of beer 1000 pounds of cheese, corr
plete suit of fine clothing and silver
goblet Another bulb was sold for H.
900 forms, or about $1,000 of Gu
money. Once there was in Harlem
left only two bulbs of certain priz"d
variety. For one was offered and re-
fused the equivalent in our currency
Of $3.50, besides a splendid coach and
pair with their trappings. Another
refusal was of 10 acres of valuable lard.
On the registers of another city to-day
can be seen the record of the sale of
1870 tulips for the benefit of an orphan
age, which brought in the amazing sum
of-in our country-$36,0O The
spread Of this craze is study in psy
chology. Finally, when gambling in
tulips began, when brokers bought and
sold "long" and short" the govern
ment decrecd that debts thus con-
tracted should be exacted in the usual
manner. Soon thereafter prices sud-
denly fell. and the mania died natural
DEATH Times.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-13
FUNNY THINGS.

Very Unkind of Him.-Cumso-"That
parrot is a male" Mrs. Cumso greatly
1nterested) "How do you know"
Cumso-"It doesn't talk" = Harlem
Life.
There is something strange about
these, seismic disturbances" said the
thoughtful man; ''the earth yawns, you
know, when it is most active. Dos on
Transcript.
One lady said to another: "Have you
been to church to-day? We had most
beautiful sermon en- training children"
"No, [ was at home doing it, J" was the
reply-Tit-Bits
A Valid Reason. = Magistrate If
you were innocent, why did you run
away the moment the policeman ap-
peared ?" Because, yer honor,
thin cops DO be always arristin' the
wrong an4"-Harper's Bazar.
az have just thought Of another diff
ference between baby and a cow"
remarked Mr.. Bloomfield, as he carried
his youngest, thickly dressed in cold
weather clothes, from the house to the
street car. 81 suppose l must listen
to it, replied Mrs. Bloomfield, resigred-
w. "It'e this: A COW weighs less when
it is dressed, and baby weighs more"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
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Gown GOSSIP.

Sets of trimming, collar, cuffs, vests,
and wings to project over the sleeve
tops are done in embroidery, and are for
sale in the best shops
Many grumblings are already heard
about the new models, and we may
e@pect that with the coming in of set
tied winter fashions some notifications
will be adopted which will do away with
the most serious objections to the new
sleeves
A stylish jacket has "a high faring
collar deliberately braided and Bolero
fronts to match. The cuffs are also
elaBprately braided, and the moderately
full sleeves are slashed at the tops and
black velvet puffs-a set in. The braid
ing on the garment is black, and the
lining Of black satin.
Exceedingly pretty and stylish head
gear is made of an embroidered cloth.
The needleworl is closely and carefully
wrought and used in folds, fans or plait-
ings. A very large circle is decorated
in this way, and pulled in and plated
and caught mp with tiny iridescent but
tons. Quilts or ostrich plumes are the
trimming.
Almost solid masses of braiding is one
of the new fads. While it is admitted
that the Paris designs show work that
is not equaled or scarcely approached by
anything yet done here, it is quite
certain that it will take but short
time until our own maids and matrons
viii fashion as dainty embroideries and
braidings as any of those that come
from the other side of the water.
The ornamentation of waists is a
natural sequence of the decline in
sleeves. There must always be an OBJ
jectiye point in dress, and as this is no
longer possible as far as sleeves go, de
signers are turning their attention to
waists, and seeing how elaborate and
complicated and labored they can make
them in style and trimming,-N. Y.
Ledger.
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"A traveller by mail routes may cover
the distance between New York and
San Domingo city in nine days.
Golden Toast.

Cut bread into even pieces, toast and
butter the pieces and moisten them
with hot water. Boil six eggs hard.
Separate the whites from the yolks;
chop the whites and press the yolls
through q colander or sieve. Make a
white sauce, using one tablespoonful
each of butter and flour cooked together
and then add cupful OF cream OF milk.
When it is well thickened add the
chopped whites and season with pepper
and salt Spread this mixture on the
slices Of toast and cover the top with
the mashed yoll1s. Sprinkle the yollSs
evenly over the pieces till they look very
yellow. Serve very hot.--Good House
keeping,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-13
WHEEL TALK.

Tahiti, until within a few years a
,cannibal island, has advanced to the
point of patronizing bicycle races.
The .surest way to locate puncture
is to lather some soap and smear it
over the tire. A soap bubble will form
over every puncture, no matter how
small it may be, and it can then be re-
paired in the usual way.
Skating and cycling seem to have
special affinity as athletic pursuits, and
a proficient at one is usually a good
performer at the other. The exhilara-
ton attaching to the sense of speed and
the ease of motion pertaining to both
is no doubt the source of attraction.
A California woman is reported to
have ridden over Mount st. Helena on
her wheel. The distance is IA miles,
and the road steep and dusty. No men
ton is made of how many times she
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-13

Their Ideas About Dignitaries Whose
Pictures Arc on Postage Stamps

Their Ideas About Dignitaries Whose
Pictures Arc on Postage Stamps.
Private letters from Kioto bear proof
that the Japanese have their own wa,
of doing things. They recently had
new issue of postage stamps which BOZ
portraits of the the princes who die
IN the recent war. Stamps of two az
of five sen were to be issued. In IL
United States one portrait would ha,
been on the two sen stamp and one O
the five sen stamp, but in japan il VIZ
thought that this would be discriminai
ing against the memory of the one pie
tured OH the lower denomination.
This is why philatelists find that Their.
are two new two sen and one new fly,
sen stamrs-each denomination havir.
one kind in memory of each prince. Blu
even this careful arrangement did nc
prevent a new trouble. Some con-
servativc Japanese are contending thu
It borders on disrespect TO the imperia
family to pollute their pictures will
saliva and then TO blotch them with ink
in the Process of cancellation.
One man has declared in the papers
that he shall decline to receive any mail
matter bearing these stamps. Some
3ostmasters have requested that they b'
allowed to put the canceling mark on
on the edge of the stamp, so as 10 avoid
aefling the princely faces. To OLE
fashioned Japanese it is specially dis
pleasing to see foreigners putting Pc.
traits representing men of divine d
scent into their mouths and putin!
them on the envelopes with cs much II
difference as we employ with the face.
Of Washington, Franklin ard Grant OF.
our stamps. Some japanese, if they u.s.
the stamps at ell, must reverently lift
them to their head, carefully wet the
glue with pure water and then utter
rayer as they reverently attach Their
to the envelopes.
Did it ever occur to an American tina
It was discrimination to place pei
trait on a lower denomination stamp
r this matter was ever discussed It wa
robably agreed that the greater hone
vert with the cheaper stan pa. whiC
re in wider and more general use. 4
FOR attaching any respect to them-G
rou know, without looking, whose pie
lures are on our various stamps Pos
ton Journal.
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Electrlo ewes for tbe I;lInd.

A story halls from Russia about new
instrument for making the blind to
see, said to be the invention of DR.. Eois-
hewsl;i. The principle of the instru-
ment is the sensitiveness to light Of
selenium and tellurium, both of which
Change their quality as conductors o.
electricity with variation in the llg5
TO which they are exposed. In stain
that the blind can "see" by this inst-u
mcnt, a relative meaning only is in
tended. While their actual vision vii
lie unaffected, they will feel the various
effects of changing light by its action.
1t is claimed that DR.. Noishcwski has
enabled totally blind man to find the
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Canadian English.

When Jean Baptiste goes on his trav
els he takes a ticket, with q. check for
his baggage, and enters train. Gle
used to go to the station in a gig, &C
cording to NJ. de Gaspe, but l never
heard him use the word, though know
he patronizes the cab-stand rather than
the ''place de fiacres.'') "All sboaId!"
shouts the French guard. "All right"
says the French passenger. l remem-
Der one day, going down from Mon
treal to Quebec, hearing the guard ask
a swarthy habitant for his "billet:"
"Eh?" said he, puzzled. ''Votre I'll
quette," explained the guard. "Oh, Je
co1nprends. lie voici." 1 have even
encountered a sentence like this: ''Nous
leur donnerons des free ticket" Jean
Baptiste will also tell you, if you desire
such information, that the train con-
sists of 'douze chars ct un engin,'' in
stead of "douze wagons ct I'm loeomo-
tive;" but he still finds time to call the
railway itself "ch'min d'fer," having
cut down the syllables from four to
two.-Contemporary Review.
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THE WORLDS RAILROADS.

Cafe bars have been introduced on the
trains running between Paris and Saint
German, and win soon be placed on
those running to Versailles.
\ shower of toads recently fell on the
railroad track in Topeka, Kan, and so
imPeded the progress of a freight train
that it came to halt.
Two masked railroad robbers gotinto
the pay compartment of the Paris &.
Toulouse express the other day, held the
paynaster at bay with reyolvers, helped
themselves to $4,000 in cash and jumped
of the train while it was in motion. One
was found badly hurt on the track, and
the other was arrested as ne was leaving
"a later train.
All the New England railroads 50 far
heard from report a better business dur
ing the fiscal year to June 30 than in til,
previous year. The Boston g Main
sy5tem, the last to make a statemen
c1rried over 100000 more passenger
than in the previous year and over $780,
COO moro tens of freight.
Germeny'6 fastest long-distance train
is the Ostend-St. Petersburg, which runs
8S1 miles over German territory in 22}.
hours, q mean speed, including stops, OF
1871 miles an hour. On the return jour
ney better time is made, the rate Their
being 40.6 miles, or, in actual running
time, excluding stops, 4311a miles. Tho
train between Berlin and Hamburg,
however, makes 176h miles in hours
Sc minutes. the mean speed being 49.1
miles an hour.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-13
oWYHEE COUNTY DIRECTORY
couNrY coMMIssIoNkRl

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
First Dstrict-W. N. Nichols, Silver city.
second District-Jnhn Scales, DeLamar.
Third District-E. w Tindall Three Creeks.
Sheriff John Joyce.
Jerk hi trict CGurt-E. L. Ballard
Probate Judge-E. Lewis.
NsseSsor-A. b. Crocheron.
Treasurer--S. r. n. Smith.
Coroner-Dr. J. n. Weston.
Surveyor-F. w. HuleIt-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-13

got off and walked, and only time can
tell what damage she has done to her
system by such a toasome and fool
hardy trip.
Eight soldiers of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry, United States army, with four
days rations and accoutrements, have
made the distance from Fort Missoula.
Mont, to Harrison, 1872 miles, in 80
hours, en- bicycles. The trip included
the passage Of the Rocky range. The
average weight of wheels, with riders
and bneraee. was 240 mounds.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1896-11-13
sanctuary for pebtora.

In Scotland there still exists sanctu-
airy for debtors in the abbey and palace
of Holyrood, within its precincts. The
sanctuary is placed under the control OF
bailie appointed by the duke of Ham
ilton. When a debtor retires to the
sanctuary he has "a hours protection
but in order to extend the privilege
longer he must be enrolled on the books
of the abbey.=Chicago Inter Ocean.
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a FAMILY CuRsE.
1t Seems to Have Held On for More Than
Century.

/ 1t Seems to Have Held On for More Than
Century.
For more than 100 years, it was said,
| a fatal spell hung over the Goldsmids.
Toward the close of the 18th cen
! fury there died in London the Rabbi
de Falll, who enjoyed high reputation
as u seer. lie left to Aaron Goldsmid, a
great great-grandfather of the late
member for ST. Pancras, a sealed packet,
| with iniuuctions that it was to be care
fully preserved, but never opened. The
old Dutch merchant who founded the
branch OF the Goldsmid family in this
country was warned that as long as
his order was obeyed, SO long would
the Goldsmids flourish like young
bay tree. If it were disregarded, ill
fortune would for all time dog thefoot-
steps of the race. Aaron Goldsmid left
the packet inviolate for some years.
One day, curiosity becoming ungovern-
able, he opened it. When his servant
came to call him he was found dead.
Aaron Coldsmid left large portion of
his fortune to two sons, benjamin ard
Abraham. These went into business
on the London stock exchange, and vast
~ increased their patrimony. Benja-
min founded naval college and per-
formed many acts of less known gener-
osity He lived long, but the curse of
the cGbalist overlook him. Enormous
ly rich, the delusion that he would Gle
a paupcr fastened upon him, and to
avoid such conclusion of the matter,
he, on April ;, 1908, being in his 55th
wear, died by his own hand. Two years
later his brother Abraham, being con-
ccrned in ministerial loan of G 14,000,-
GEO. lost his nerve, Numbered and
5un9led, sank into condition of helpless
dependency, and on September rs
1910, Il day on which a sum OF e 500.0oG
was due from him, he was found dead
in his room.
The fortunes of the family were re-
stored by Isaac Goldsmid. nephew of
the hapless brothers and grandson of
the founder of the English house. Like
all the Goldsmids, Isaac was man of
generous nature and philanthropic
tendencies. With him it seemed that
the curse of the cabalist bad run its
course. 1t is true that before he died
ne laPSed INTO a state OF chllulShness.
But he had at the time passed the limit
of age of fourscore years, after which
as one of the kings of his race wrote
centuries back, mans days are but
labor and sorrow. Isaac Goldsmid was
succeeded in his fortune and his baron
etcy by his son Francis, on whom the
curse of the cabalist seemed to fall when
he was fatally mangled between the
engines and the rails at Waterloo sta
tion.-H. w. Lucy, in From Behind the
Speakers Chair"
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Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the DeIamar
Mining Company. Limiled, are the owners
OF the Chicago, Wilson and Cash Milisites,
on which Whistles mGsi Of the bnihilne~ ~
the lower town of DeLamsr are situaiets- All
persons contemplating the purchase VI my
building located on said Millsites should
satisfy themselves that the vendor or gent
or mas lease to the soil. Any person pur-
chasing or entering upon said Millsites with
out lease or licen"e from said DeLamar Min
ing Ompany, Limited, will he considered
trespasser, and promptly prosecuted.
JOHN w. PLUMMER,
Manager
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inGows in a room, and after a littla
practice, to distinguish approachipr
men from approaching animals. 1t il
further stated that the inventor is NJ
work upon improvements 10 his device.
which he hopes to make SO efficient that
the blind will be able to tell almost 10
a certainty when they are approaching
opaque or transparent objects.-Pitts-
burph Dispatch
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Two Halves Mako n whole.

Maud saw man shot yesterday.
Claud-I saw what amounted to the
same thing, two men half shot.-Up-
to-Date.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-19

A strike Of ore sisayiug 50 10 tue ton
In golu 10 the latest development In The
Sterling mine 10 the Camp Floyd
district.
The management Of the Dalton aua
Lark Mining mpany has decided 10
manipulate IL two mills by electricity,
instead OF steam, AZ heretofore, which
Il Il esIimated Will effect n saving iu
the cost cooperation Of 70 per cent,
Tho stock oldep OF the Centennial.
Eureka company held a special meet
ing yesttTdAy afternoon, at which
inns tbs actiOu OF the bosTI u directors
u February 18th, IN giving a 100000
option on the property, Was cOncuff, d
In.
Reports reach the MtTour Miner
oiiiCe Of an SIS assay secured from the
Groupings OF n ledge on property owned
~ Sam Newton Of that camp. His
claims are situated Just sAst Of the
Mrrcur mill on the iooIhills
The HsnrletiA Mining company
have force Of men siukiug a new
shan on their property utar the Est
Golden Gate, says the MtTout Miner.
They have n large nssurs vein when
shows = continuous bOuy Uf low grade
ore Tor over 5000 iret Ia length on tht
surface. some well known Montana
men are lnIete-teI ia tbs eulufpTise,
anu have lot 81 $50 contract on their
nrH shsft 10 +. T.. DAVE.
Mercur Minrr NJ. Mahon, la, dis,
posed u the Edward, tue Annie, the
William Wallace, the Stella, tue Stella
M 2 tup DpIln tUp ill Hntts M.
Northern Light, B.uv Rock anu tin
LucAy CbanCe ClaimI situated u
mice northeast Oi tho Eas, Golden
Gate property, to T.. +. Scar, who h.
supIs'ei to bo representing eastern
capitalists. Tne consideration was
g., 900, hail Gafh ana the balance IN
uiu,ty days, The fret isymeut was
mAIo Monday night
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-19

.ostUu tuf0ugbUu. tue cal, tut Sc
business done was quite eubsiautial.
One of the shles Of East Golden Gate
was made on the came conditions A.
those winch bound sale made yester
dAy-iO cents down, caller 30 days.
Daly was released At 1854 while "
sale OF 1000 Liiile P.t'suufs brought
. cents. Suvst King stock got BID
~ SO 30 for 5O shares but holders Di
the stock although offering uUafi lots
OF the stock At 1880 would not part
with a half HUNDRED at the figure
offered.
The closing figures were ~ follows
LISTED STOCKS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-19


From present indications the copper
plant IA shortly 10 be fixed up Us II
were and put into active operation.
o. April lat all parties In any way
connected with the enterprise will AZ
.tmUle IN New York, Mt which time "a
fund fOr the completion OF the works
viii DO subscribed Aud all arrangements
maue Tor the early commencement Of
pefati0ns.
Hon. George II, smith, cou sci for
the MAJ .Sa,hs fActiOn, has b en- IN
own for several Jays aud yesterday
held a conference with Receiver q. +,
Mason anu counsel In TINS city, At
witch lime arrangements were mad
TO have the Interested aalt L,ke pAftIes
represented nj the meeting In NV
York. Mr.. Smith IN looking over the
plant has express d himself n highly
pleased WIN the labOrs VI RBCe Yer
Mason snu his assistant J1bu w. Flint
nAm, auu EA'a that Ia tbs Tealigall n
OF the fact that I will take nut n lew
thousand uOiiarr 10 complete the wofks,
the interested parties have deemed Ii
advisable to eGpeuu that amount ana
commence operations, NJ the same
Ilme giving employment TO large
humber OF men who ars now iule.y
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-19
THE BRIBERY CASES.
DlTIs Doesn't Know How Mach Money
He Has Col From Tho County
ENPLOYgD FOR NEARLY YEAH.
He May Have Received $500, Perhaps a
$1,000, aud Possibly $500, But
lie " AOt sure.

TIE bribery cases against sG.County
Hslectmen BamDergot aud Cahoo ,
held tue rlghl.of.way In Judge Hile,
court again today. f.. G. Davis, the
main witness Tor the prosecution, wa,
on the stand the whole Of the forenoon
and was subjected to very rigid cto,s.
examination. He proved to DO very
Improbable wi,nts, for the county.
His memory was q gigantic Institution
u forgstfulnsss on money matters. lie
admitted having been ia the employ Of
the county since May last, but has no
idss how much he has been paid for his
services, which he says have been
largely sratuitous The amounts re.
csivsd have been divided into fifteen
or twenty sums, and may aggregate
$500 OF 81 800.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-19

The BfiUEyard mine ~ Mefcur was
inundated on Monday with nov
WHtef that for time spufted win such
force that the men wursi x therein naI
10 seok paslurrH more safe. Toe water
was encountered wui.o one OF thr men
wasat work siuklug In the shaft anu
Notwithstanding hisattrmpt 10 plug 10,
1t belchei forth with geyter.like
tapidity until the water In the shai
rose 10 n height OF fiitoru feet. Pumps
we're a. once applied and uit w.
iaJP hard work tho shait was dtluu
up. The owners louE upon this A. n
fufe figu Of the near approach TO n
valu,b,n ore DO ~.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-19

From all other stations nOl mvi'
tlonel above rate will be one single
iArs for the Tounu THO, but Ia uD case
60 exceed rats from point beyOni,
Ticket Will b. sold on following
date; From OgIeu, bingham, spring.
vile, Silver CITY aud intermediate
points, from April SRI t. o h, inolu.
40 Bh inclusive, tickets limited 90
Apnl 10Th, 1896 except Grand juno.
ton, tTuita anu Cisco II y hlch point
Tickets are faIr only DG AIrl d
anu An.