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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

A few days ago, gentleman, in
speaking of the owner of certain min
ing property near DeLamar, said "He
would sell very cheap if he thought the
owner would expend lot of money on
it and find nothing, but on the other
hand, if he was certain there could be
100000 realized by working it, he
would not dispose of it for less than
$4,000" Now is this not generally
the case with those having mining prop
erty; we mean poor men who are unable
to develop it? They muy be sure that
they are being paid for everything in
sight together with a good sum for ia
vorable indications, but their dread
that the purchaser may be so fortunate
as to make strike prevents them from
selling. The consequence is that rath-
er than take a fair price that would in
sure them plenty and comfort, they
grub along in poverty from year to
year. doing their assessment" work,
which really is of no benefit to them or
anyone else.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

In another column will be found an
article from the pen of Hon. j. J. Ben
nett, on labor organizations, whic.i we
are sure will be subscribed to by every
fair minded man in camp What pity
that other labor leaders are not so
broad and fair in the treatment of the
labor problem as Mr.. Bennett. But,
unfortunately for tho cause of labor,
it is the turbulent and lawless element
that get to the front as was instanced
at the late Convention Of the Western
Federation of Miners at Salt Lake,
when Ed Boyce was elected to the
highest office in that organization, and
that too in the face Of his incindiary
speech and in spite of the opposition OF
the conservative and fair minded por-
ton of that body.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

w. Roberts made a typical Mexican
and sustained his part in a very cred
ible manner, while Billy Brashar as the
bar tender and all round tough made
the best gun play of the evening. Of
course Prof. Fuller as John Grey, the
schoolmaster. was perfectly at home in
his part, which he has been rehearsing
for the past six or eight years. AS is
usual in such cases, Judge Beeswinger,
in the court scene, soon found out who
had roll and governed himself sac
cordin' to the statoots" Mrs. VIM.
Brashar and Mrs. Geo. Away made
their first appearance in Miss and
both ladies sustained their parts with
out break from start to finish. TAX
ing it all in all the play is considered
the best one put on here by the Thes-
plans and in the splendid manner in
which they produced it have won great
praise from the appreciative audience
which greeted them.
After the curtain was rung down on
the last act, the hall was cleared and
the Thespians tt ieated their friends and
patrons to free dance, which was
thoroughly enjoyed until midnight,
when the crowd dispersed, well pleased
with the whole program.
The Society takes this means of re-
turning thanks to the citizens of De-
encouragement and will strive TO merit
a continuance Of the same. The dearth
of amusements in DeLamar brought
the society into existence in the first
place and they will endeavor to make
each entertainment better than the
preceding one. They intend going in
to rehearsal Immediately for a new
play which will be given some time in
July.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

When the facts are before you, you
must be convinced.
The facts are that the Union Pacific
is leading all competitors, is the ao-.
knowledged dining car route, and great
through car line of the west.
The line via Denver and Kansas City
to Chicago in connection with the Chi
cago & Alton Railroad, with its excell-.
ent equipment of Free Reclining Chair
Cars, Pullman Palace Sleepers and
Pullman Diners, demands the attention
of every traveller to the east.
Ask your nearest agent for tickets
via this route.
L. L. LoMAx,
Gen Pass. and Tkt. Agt.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

Denver to Chicago via Kansas City Ia
given via the Union Pacific and Chicago
& Alton Railways.
Through Pullman Sleepers, Pullman
Dining Cars and free Reclining Chair
Cars leave Denver daily. The Union
Pacific is the great through car line of
the west. Ask your nearest ticket agent
for tickets via this line.
L. L. LoMAx,
Gen. Pass. and Tkt. Agt.,
Omaha, Neb
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04
panioIl.

So strong is the influence welded by
conscience, and so frequently does it
cause the wrong doer to atone for his
sin, that for the past eighty-five years
the Conscience Fund has been officially
recognized as one of the regular sour
ces of revenue for the United States
government. During this time
the consciences of the American peo-
pie have added to Uncle Sans resources
at the rate of about three hundred dol
lars a month, or total sum up to the
present year of something over $780,
000-the amounts of the individual con-
tributions varying from few cents to
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04
Labor Organizations.
BY HON. j. ]. BENNETT.

Labor organizations are all right in
their purpose and intent, the mistake,
and one that causes nearly if not all
of the trouble and failure is the method
pursued by most of them in their en-
deayor to accomplish the desired end.
Their leaders are mostly men of more
than ordinary force and intelligence,
but who, through lack Of proper educa-
ton, have failed to reach the position
in life for which nature intended them.
They are, therefore, a very discomfort
ed set of men, ready to find fault with
all existing conditions and, being elo-
quent and persuasive, they easily play
upon the sympathies of their unthink.
ing fellow workers. They play upon
the worst part of these men, and often
in this way make men criminals who,
if left alone, would be useful and con-
tented citizens. They arouse enthu-
siasm in the breast of the working man
by using such high sounding phrazes
as "the inspiring music of the martial
tread of %, 900 armed men in the ranks
of labor etc. They tell the working
man (often because the people have re-
fused to choose them for positions they
are incompetent to fill that the ballot
is failure, and that if working men
wish to accomplish anything for them
selves, they will have to get outside the
law and win the desired end by force
of arms, thereby branding themselves
as traitors and anarchists and en-
deavoring to strike at the very root of
our civilization For the love of law
and order is the strongest bulwark of
all governmental institutions.
These men also deem it essential to
the accomplishment of their disider-
atum that they shall keep labor and
capital at eternal war with each other,
claiming for labor many things, yet
granting capital no rights at all.
If, instead of all this agitation and
eternal uneasiness, they would look at
the question from a broader stand
point and teach the laboring men the
fact that the remedy for their distressed
condition is in their own hands, they
would really be doing some good in the
world and would reflect honor upon
the positions the iaboring men have
chosen them to occupy.
The working man must be taught to
realize the fact that he is the arbiter
of his own fate, the builder of his own
residence, and that it is matter of his
own choice whether he shall be SOW
ereign or a slave-live in palace or II
prison.
So long as the working men Of Am
erica permit their employers to cast |
their votes for them, so long will they |
be helpless, but when they arise in
their might and, by a silent but most
potent declaration of independence,
proclaim to the world that they, hence
forth, will be their own masters and |
will choose their own servants; then,
and not till then, will their full eman-
cipation be achieved.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04
Get Up aud Rustic

An exchange has the following re
garding the running of town which
has genuine ring:
Either run it with vim or sell out
and leave it. Men who are always try
ing to get out of business will never do
much for any town. One or two things
must be done-run the thing for all its
worth; get up steam and keep it up, or
quit, slide out and let nature take its
course. If you want business to come
to your town, encourage those who do
come. If you want prosperous town,
where people can come who are dis
posed to make homes, then do away
with and bury from sight all jealousy
and spite and work more for common
prosperity and mutual benefit. Wake
up! Rub your eyes, roll up your
sleeves and go to work. Do not work
with fear and trembling but take it for
granted that blood will tell. Leave re-
suits to themselves, borrow no trouble,
but all unite to make it the biggest
kind of town. Go to work.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

Blacksmith Shop and Tools.

Blacksmith Shop and Tools.
/ will sell outright or will rent to ac-
ceptable parties, my large and we'll
equipped Blacksmith Shop in Della
mar.
Two complete sets of tools with two
forges.
Also wagon works outfit of tools.
Will sell all the tools or sell the sets
separately.
Here is chance for bargain!
JOHN ARvIDsoN.
DeLamar, April 9th, 1896. If
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

The NJ. E. church, from now until
further announcement is made, will
hold services with preaching every Sun
day evening. Glass meeting from 6:46
until 7:l5 regular service begins at
7:30, p. In.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

The largest stock, the newest and
finest designs and the greatest variety
of Wall Papers ever shown in Owyhee,
has just been received at the DeLamar
Drug Store.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

The Owyhee Bakery, at Silver City
is delivering bread at Isay & Gombrig's
DeLamar store daily. Four loaves
graham, wheat or rye bread, made by q
white expert baker for % cents. Leave
orders at the store.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

We are req uested to announce that a
meeting will be held at the school house
Wednesday night to perfect arrange
ments for Fourth of July celebration.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04

Shea 81 McLain have just received
the largest and best line of Boots and
Shoes ever shown In DeLamar Give
them a call.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-04
LOCAL NOTICES

Shea & McLain have been appointed
distributing agents for the Brown Shoe
Co.'S celebrated *5* Boots and Shoes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05

inlet country of southern Alaska is also
true, in a measure, of the valley of the
Yukon. There are, however, some differ
ences. In the region of the gold fields
too are so far away that it is only by the
occasional reports of Indians or prospectors
who have made a longer trip than usual
that their existence is known. And yet one
can see, through all the valley of that
great river of the North, abundant evil
dences of the uniformed character of the
country.
The one thing which strikes the traveller,
be he layman or geologist, is the immense
amount of work which the streams are per-
forming. The Lewes river, down which he
takes his way to the diggings, rises, as is
known, in a series of lakes, the largest of
which is over thirty miles long. The coun-
try in the upper lake region is mountain
ous with torrents plunging down through
rough valleys from the eternal snow.
The contrast between this water Of the
lakes, which is clear and that of the
stream emerging from them is remarkable.
The latter soon becomes turbid, being full
than quarter of an inch below the sur
face. A basinful taken out and allowed to
stand clears itself in time, and a thick
deposit of mud is found on the bottom of
the receptacle.
The current boils and flows very rapidly
heard like that of frying fat Upon search
ing for the cause of this sound it is found
to lie in the grating against the bottom of
the boat of the very fine particles of sand
carried in suspension. From the moment
of entering the LeWes river until the end
of the trip this sound is never absent. A
truly enormous amount of material is thus
borne along by the Yukon and finally emp
tied into the immense delta at it's mouth
in NOrtonS sound
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05

look at the section, and, to my unbounded
establishment. instead of joint. ! had a
whole snake. I was paralyzed with aston
snake could grow from a single section,
even if it was a glass snake, but the solu-
ton to the problem was even more remark,
able than my first conjecture. The head and
tail of the snake had set out on a hunt for
the missing joint and, having found it, had
Of the string. And not caring to again be-
come separated from SO important q. por--
ton of its bone and sinew, had preferred
to dangle in midai~ possibly hoping by
some unlooked-for circumstance to regain
its liberty. Touched by SO remarkable an
exhibition of snake sagacity, we united the
string and the glass snake glided into the
yerdant Businesses of the forest. | have
never seen another reptile of the sort"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05

comforting the bereaved. From that time to
the present the society has endured and con-
tinued in the work thus early initiated The
granddaughters and Observation-Disclosures
Of the first founders, who have inherited the
club membership, along with their Quaker
traditions, their fine old family names that
still count in Philadelphia society, are now
preparing to celebrate the clubs one-hun-
dred-and-second birthday. The membership
is passed down through the eldest daughter,
and the methods are not altered from those
first chosen; there is no president nor vice
president, the only officers being two
clerks, treasurer and a committee of thlr-
teen. The prominent work of the club is the
maintenance of House of Industry where
nearly hundred old Quaker women of in
digent circumstances go daily to sew, Knit
and mend in comfortable quarters in the
house on North Seventh street. which the
club has lodged in since the middle of this
century. The women are paid good wages
for their work, and are given a good meal
in the middle of the day, besides being pro-
vided with easy chairs while they work.
The society women provide them with sew
ing, and bachelors send thither for their
mending,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
RATHER EXPENSIVE HOG.
Suit for Possession of a Ten-DOIlar
Animal Costs MissOurian $4,000.


Kansas City Journal.
1t now develops that the famous ten-dol-
lar hog, the subject of litigation between
Noah Kingsberry and John thinner, at Mo-
berly, will cost the latter, the defendant,
not less than 81 coo. The jury awarded a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Kingsberry,
for 81 damages, which leaves thinner, the
defendant. to pay the costs, amounting to
over 81, 900 There are also two SANDER cases
growing out of the hog case One of
probably will be. The full amount of the
costs in the three cases, including attor-
neys' fees to be paid by defendant, will
aggregate the sum mentioned.
The hog case is known on the docket as
that of Noah Kingsberry VS.. John thinner.
The court history of the case would fill a
book, and among the lawyers 1t is regarded
as one of the most famous cases ever
tried in the State of Missouri. 1t was
a suit for possession of hog valued at $40.
Noah Kingsberry and John thinner live on
adjoining farms in Franklin township,
Howard county, near New Franklin. A
year and half ago a hog strayed onto
Zimmer's farm. Kingsberry identified the
hog as one of his, and sent to thinner for
it. thinner refused to give it up, when
Kingsberry began suit for its possession,
giving replevin bond. The court ordered
the constable to take the hog from thinner
and restore it to Kingsberry.
In the first trial of the case, before a JUS
tice of the peace, there was a mistrial, and
a new trial was ordered The second re-
suited in verdict in favor of Kingsberry.
An appeal was taken by thinner to the
Circuit Court of Howard county and when
the case came to trial it resulted in a sec
ond judgment in kingsberry'S favor. Owing
to the alleged misconduct of one of the
jurors the Judgment was set aside and a
new trial ordered. Zimmer'S attorneys at
once entered a motion for change of
venue, which was granted to this IRAN
dolph) county, with the result as given.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
CHAMPION SNAKE STORY.
How n Glass Snake Managed to Get
His Sundered Parts Together.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

New orleans llIIlSS-OeIuOCIdt.
During my early boyhood I heard a
great many stories about the glass snake, -
said Traffic Manager ]. G. Schriver, of the
Southern Pacific Company a day or two
ago, ''but it was a good many years before
l placed any credence in the fact that the
glass snake ever existed. 1t happened in
an odd sort of way (my belief in the fact),
and the existence of the creature was made
manifest during a most delightful outing
spent some years ago in western Texas. In
company with a number of friends l was
camping on the banks of a small stream in
the hill section. and it was during a jaunt
along the banks of the stream that we
came across q peculiar looking snake about
eighteen inches long lying upon the top of
a smooth rock by the creek. / took up a
stick to kill the snake, but before the stick
reached it it suddenly went to pieces, Just
for all the world as If it had been in sec
tons, the several joints remaining upon the
rock, the head excepted, which dropped
over the side of the rock into the grass.
There was no blood spilled. and the joints
looked as If they had been smeared on the
ends with sealing wax. To say | was sur
prised would express 1t mildly. had never
seen anything like it before.
Il concluded to take away section of
the glass snake, for such my companions
termed It. for a memento. wrapped joint
in a piece of paper and took it to camp.
That evening / unrolled it, and after a
good look tied it about the middle with q
stout piece of string and suspended it from
a low branch near the tent. Then we all
went to sleep. In the morning before we
had drank our coffee thought to take a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05

Dover, can understand why "the white
cliffs of Albion has grown into stock
again in France, in many other parts Of
Europe, as far. east as the Crimea. and even
How far it stretched westward into what is
now the Atlantic may never be known, but
chalk cliffs of at least two hundred feet in
thickness are seen at Antrim. in Ireland,
and less conspicuous formations are found
in Scotland, in Argyle and Aberdeen. There
can be little question that all these now iso-
lated patches were once connected in a con-
tinuous sheet, which must. therefore, have
occupied a superficial area about three
thousand miles long by nearly one thousand
broad, an extent larger than that of the
present continent of Europe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
BAD BREAKS.
Phrases With "a Biblical Sound Apt IL
PISS.
Spectator" in the outlook.

Turning from Latin to English, the Spec
tator may record bad break he discov-
cred not long ago on a tombstone in the
graveyard of a country town in Connecti-
cut. The slab was erected to the memory
of a faithful wife and mother who had
reared a numerous family according to the
best traditions of New England. Her
five words: ''She done what she could" The
blunder has not even the excuse of age to
redeem ii, as the slab was erected less than
ten years agO.
The Spectator, who was wheeling the 9TH
er day by the cemetery with a friend "a
wOman), stopped to show it, to illustrate
the possibilities of bad grammar immortal
lied in monumental stone even in this day
of universal education and compulsory COM
mon schools The friend did not seem as
deeply impressed as the Spectator expected,
and remarked: You know the Bible con-
tains great deal of bad grammar" In vain
the Spectator pointed out to her that the
text was evidently the familiar one, She
hath done what she could" and that the
laundering engraver had dropped out the
hath without discovery by any of the de-
ceased woman's family; The friend was not
convinced, and actually went home and
hunted her Bible through to find the phrase
without the hath When the Spectator
last heard. his friend was still hunting.
All Of which goes to show how easy 1t is
something everybody has noted-to impose
on the biblical credulity of the average
person X the form of words is only suffi-
GENTLY imposing In what he supposed was
a merry mood, a friend of the Spectator
ing-school girl with the words: LAS you
know, A bold front is better than a barrel
of beer - Tim. XIV, SD and that girl
actually locked for it in the Bible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-05
ABOUT CHALK.
The Origin of the Piece Familiar to
the School Room.
Chicago Record.

chicago RECORD.
The small piece of chalk which is in con-
slant use In the school room. the lecture
room, the billiard room and the workshop
has strange history, the unraveling Of
which through all it's complexities is one
of the most difficult problems with which
the science of the present day is called upon
to deal. This piece is in reality chip of
an immense block of chalk that once filed
an area the size of the continent 90 Europe
and of which even yet several gigantic frag-
ments remain each hundreds of square
miles in extent. These patches are scattered
over the region lying between Ireland on
the west and China on the east, and ex-
tending in the other direction from Sweden
in the north to Portugal in the south.
In the British Isles the chalk is found in
greatest perfection and continuity in the
east and southeast of England. A sheet of
chalk more than one thousand feet in
thickness underlies all that portion of Eng
land which is situated to the southeast of a
line crossing the island diagonally from the
North sea at Marlborough Head to the
coast on the English channel in Dorset
This enormous sheet of chalk is tilted up
slightly on the west. and its depressed east
ern portions, that dip toward the waters of
the North sea, are usually buried from
sight by masses Of everything sands and
clays. Where the edges of the chalk floor
come upon the sea the cliff scenery is strik-
ingly grand and beautiful.
Any one who has once seen the magnifi-
cent rocks of Marlborough and Beechy
Head. the jagged stacks of the Needles, or
the dizzy mass Of ShaksDeare's cliff, near