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ALL WAS EXPLAINED.

The card on the doors OF the hotel said.
Breakfast at O'clock" but it was an
hour later before the meal was ready The
clerk said the omnibus would leave for the
depot at $50, hut 1t was almost an hour
late. The train to Wooster was down TO
leave at O'Clock, but il did not 20 until
9:45 IL was TO arrive at Wooster in
forty minutes, but it was thirty-five min
utes late when it drew up All these things
made the colonel mad, and when he gotoff
at Wooster to take the branch line he
wal';ed up to the ticket agent and said:
sir, ale things run in this country for
the benefit of the public or of individuals"
individuals mostly" was the reply
whats the rnattar?"
"0ur breakfast over at SINNERS was an
hour late"
very likely. The cook over there prob
ably oversight himself"
And the bus was late.''
Don't doubt it. / know the driver,
and if he gets down to a game of poker
he's apt to he Late
Ard the railroad train was three
quarters of an hour late, and the conductor
would give no excuse for iti" continued
the irate colonel.
''Just like Dan Smith, smiIingly replied
the agent "He is couTting mighty nice
girl over ut Wooster, and he probably sat
up later than usual. I've known him to be
an hour la.e. Anything else?'
Sir, yoar road advertises train at l
O'Clock today
Yes, l know
q doesn't say . nor 2, but 1 O'Clock. g
''one O'Clock, SIR
well, sir, Will that train leave this
depot at L O'clock or Rot?'' demanded the
colonel
THAT depends" replied the agent. III
Iin around here it will leave at o'clock.
If so over to Hill Top on business it may
be or O'Clock before iu leaves. Want
to get away at l oclock?''
Il do, sir! Not only that, but want to
get away at once-this minute right off
quick"
And never come back?"
''NeVer! Neverl"
well, ehere's the road, and the walking
isgood- Goodbye, old man!'
The times., 1897-08-22
The Possibilities of English,

AT a boarding stable on the South Side
there is an enploye who is undershot like
prize bulldog. his trousers tight above
the knee and wears his shirt open in the
breast.
This employe was absent from his post
of duty for about month. lie reapreared
one morning this week. A patron who came
In to have his pacing mare hitched to the
road cart asked him where he had been.
"0h, l just been in the bleacher that's
all," was the reply. 81 got out one day
wit ne peaches feelin Johnny Wise, and 1
meets boy in blue. told him how it wuz,
and gotta wallop with the bat. Hedrove me
over to the Irish clubhouse, and the whole
thing fixed ME up fer a month in the sum
mer cottage. I couldn'tdig up, so l had to
DO my whirl.''
The man who received this information
was more or less puzzled. He went to the
proprietor of the place and got a trans
lation
1t appeared that the employe after
drawing his w ges one day, had become in-
toxicated. He met policeman and began
to abuse him. The policeman dubbed him
and took him to the police station. where
the magistrate fined him. He had spent
all his money, SO he had to serve his time
in the bndewell. Chicago Record
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The Power OF Habit.

1t is an evident fact that the body, when
it has long been slave to EVIL passions,
finds Ii next to impossible to break its
chains The mind may passionately de-
sire righteous living, but the abused ner-
vous system, fallen into iron habits, re-
fuses the Souls behest.
Canon Gore writes that he was once
present at the deathbed Of d pickpocket,
q man who professed himself to be sin
cereiy peni.ent, and who believed in the
forgi yeness OF sins
He had said goodby to this world, and
the clergyman sat by his side waiting
for his last moment to come. Suddenly the
sinking man exclaimed, in hoarse and
painful whisper
Look out for your watch!'
Trey were iiis last words. He had died
in their utterance, and the clergyman 8
watch was found in his lifeless hand. He
had nor been able to resist the nearness Of
an article that could be stolen. His en-
feebled win could not prevent the muscles
from falling into their old habits. but his
mind---his soul, shall we say-protested
to the last : Youths Companion.
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everything was all right, and he'd remain
right there
WHAT'S the row about now?'' he de-
inanded, as he made ready to get up
IL don't want to be buried in this
dismal SPOT she answered
What you want to do is TO make a kick
OF s1me sort every fifteen minutes All
winter long yuu were talking about the
seashore. Here we are. We have
commodious and picturesque COTTAGE we
have an ocean at our door; we can swing
in the hammock or disport IL the surf
What on earth are you complaining about?"
Nothing she said, realizing that he
was .'sot
Then talk sense. You have gained at
least five pounds In the last week, and 1
never saw you look happier. AS for me-
but, by George. 1 feel like ten-times
wiDnerl lust hear that surf ba billing away,
and feel that ozone blowing in at the win
dows, There are thousands OF people who'd
think this next dvor to heaven. III tell
you what wen Go after brea kfast: well
go down On the beach and hunt the jolly
clam and have a clam-bake all by our
selves. l was saving it as a surprise to
YOU"
An hour later they walked forth upon
the sands to pursue the hunt. Mr.. Bowser
was In jolly mood, and Mrs. Bowser had
secretly determined to "hang on and
leave the going home to destiny.
Mr. Bow ser had heard and read of clans.
He had even seen bushel or more in q
fish market. CLANS, to the best of his
kno nowledge and belief, inhabited the sea,
but came out on the beach to sleep in the
sands. His first move was to begin digging
in the dry sand for sleeping ciams A fter
he had worked for half an hour and turned
up bushel of old shells he began to doubt
if it was good year for CLAIMS, but at
Mrs. Bowser's suggestion he pulled off his
shoes and began wading around in the
water to feel for them with his toes.
Alter Soshing around for long time he
found a clam, and was SO wildly excited
tnat he fell down twice In getting ashore
withit, Itwasa young clam, one that was
wandering around in search of adventure
and had strayed from the famil ly fireside :
and as Mr. Bowser held 1t up to view, he
exultantly shouted:
Want to go home, do you! Look at this,
Mrs. Be wser -justlook att! Mymouth was
watering all night for a clam-bake, and
now we've got it!''
''sure it's clam?' she anxiously quer-
led.
Il know it is. Yes, you can bet your life
it, s regular clam, and Wen bake him
right here on the beach and have a regular
picnic. Talk of going home just as we are
beginning &c find out the romance of the
seashorel To bake clam
I'VE must have fire, of course,' she fin
ished.
s.Of course. You put him on the fire and
bake Kim. and that as easy as rolling off
log. You watch him while build fire. >,
Mr.. Dowser was gathering driftwood
when man appeared on the path leadIn r
out of the marsh He was followed by an
The times., 1897-08-22
Whiskered Fortunes.

Eyes, George" she said. as she fcndIy
gazed upon the bearded face of the wan
derer, 1--WE have been very poor since you
went away"
Wen change all that now, little wo-
man" said the smiling niineT. But. here.
I'm as hungry as a wolf. Where is din
ner: "
ALAS. George" she answered. Il have
no money TO buy the necessary insreii
ents-"
''No money!" he echoed. Here. where
are your scissors"
With steady fingers he rapidly shipped
off hislux onant beard
MY darling" he said, as he handed her
the whiskers, run with these tothe nearest
bank. Properly washed, they ought tG
clear up cool five hundred in the yellow
dist. And wait. my darling this after
noon will take bath. and If the debris
Geesn't yield Z couple o. thousand L m 4
hoNTiing kyotel" cleveland Plain Dealer.
The times., 1897-08-22

had surrendi eed, and in very few days
Sherman and Joseph f. Johnston had
brated paper, under which it was proposed
that peace should be made, nd that the
seeding States should resume their rela
tions to the Government.
'.Tlis treaty if IL had been carried out,
would have obyiated reconstruction, under
what is known as the reconstruction acts
Of Congress, for 1t covered the entire sub
ject OF restoration OF peace and return of
the Southern states to the Union and of
their Sena tors and Repres entatives TO
Congress. This anmistice was repudia ed
by President Andrew johnson and his
Cabinet on the ground that these military
commanders had exec eded their power i'll
undertaking to settle the terms on which
the errinG States might resume their po
litical f1actions with the general Goy-
eminent.
1t may be admitted that these generals
vent a little further than they had the
right To &c, but IL cannot be denied that
uiey displayed a profound craftsmanship
ia their comprehensive yet terse, settle
ment of question which afterward so
sorely disturbed Congress. 50 nearly caused
the conviction upon impea chnent Of the
President, and so completely bankrupted
the Southern States.
Mr.. Davis being advised that President
Johnson had brought an end to the
arn,isuice, and repudiaued the Sherman
Johnston treaty, immediately began efforts
TO prevent the capt ure of himself and tic
treasures OF the Confederacy; the gold and
silver of the Confederacy and that of the
Richmond banks was loaded into wagons
and the President OF the Confederate States
with his cabinet ministers, started South
with 1t. guarded by three brigades Of
cavalry Dibbrell's, Vaughn's, and Dukes
When We arrived at Washin gton, Ga
1t became apparent to Mr.. Davis that he
could not, with such retinue, escape the
vigilance of the Federal cavalry, which
was rapidly closing IN on him from every
direction, so the money kegs, belonging
to the government We're opened and the
silver was divided among the boys, each,
without regard TO rank, receiving S26. 90,
and they were granted indefinite fur
loughs Mr.. Davis, with his family and a
much smaller escort, pushed on further
South. and was, few days afterware
captured by the Fe5erals.
Meanwhile the officers Of the banks
sought the aid of the Federal commanders
to retnfa their specie to Richmond. and
from them obtained a permit TO return with
It TO Richmond. and also a guard of sol
.liers to piotectiton its return trip.
Some of the officers and men OF Gen.
Vaughn's brigade became apprised that
train of specie was being carried North
under Fede;ai escort, and they Jumped,
to the conclusion that it was the property
Of the Confederate government which
the Federals had captured. They con
Guided that their four years of hard serv-
ice for the Confederacy entitled them 10
a share of this gold. provided they could
succeed in securing it from the Federal
guard. With them the War was not yet
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over, and they acted upon the idea that
anything was fair In war.
They organized an expedi tion with
the view OF capturing this money and fol-
lowed the train until a favorable oppor.
tunity CT attack presented Itself; they
charged the train, captured and disarmed
the guard, and proceeded at once to knock
the heads out Of the kegs containing the
gold, and to fill their foraging sacks
with shining twenty and tendolIar gold
pieces.
'.Severul Of them got away with as
much as 100000 apiece, sone were CON
tent with $50, 900, and still others with
less amounts, depending upon the carry
ing capacity of their forage sacks and
saddlebags.
lone fellow began to fill his sack out
of the first keg he came to, which proved
tp be a keg of silver He was happy when
he lugged off his bag fun of silver dol
lars, but wien he met his COMPANIONS
later ia the rendezvous. where they stoppe
to count their money, and found that,
while he had such a large bulk and heavy
load OF money, IL only counted up about
$1,000, his comrades, who We're gold bugs
disdaiDing the silver kegs had secured
such large sums in gold, he became greatly
disturbed over his ill-luck and greatly OF
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tended at tie refusal or the others TO divide
their geld with htrn--his predictions for
free silver had cost him many thousands of
dollars and he determined To turninfor mer
Upon information furnished by this silver
king several of the goldbugs were ap
pretended and compelled to give up their
booty, but number Of them were wise
enough To keep Oh going unt til they got safely
away fIom the scene of their capture.
Two Of these mens officers of Col. Meals
Sixteenth Tennessee battalion, went with
their money, amounting TO $50, 900, to
Western town and established a banking
house. the town grew to DC great city,
and these bankers became men OF great
wealth
Il have heard it said that they subse
quenuy lost their heads in a real estate
boom similar TO that W hich about the same
time struck Chattanooga, and dissipated
the fortunes they had built up on their
captured gold
Two others. whoInI knew invested their
booty III the cattle business, and became
wealthy cattle kings, while another be-
came wealthy planter in Texas.
.'rhe Richruond banks spent large sun
of money IN a vain effort to recover their
if'nes sih'' uelsce ebe ilitH w ITO udu got len
.e. Some wenty years after the war Was
over they got information that the bankers
and booinersofthe Western city were among
the men who had captured their money,
but they had no way of establishing the
truth of the Information, the witnesses 20
the transaction could not afford to tell
on them. and 50 their effort to get sorues
thing back from this source came to moth
ing.
Il give yon this unwritten chapter Of the
civil war to show how handful of rebel
soldiers were seized with the Klonf1ikc
fever long before the Yukon was known,
or Alaska had become the property of the
United States louisville Courier Journal
The times., 1897-08-22
THE BOWSERs' TROUBLES.
CLAIMS and Hoboes at the Seashore
Make Things Lively.

The Bowsers had occupied their sea
shore cottage just week when Mr..
bowser awoke one morning and summed
up the situation as follows:
"Seashore cottage only an old shanty.
"A good deal of sanleness about the At
lantic Ocean
Millions OF flies and mosquitoes. and
more being born every second.
- row with q blamed old hog every
time we stir out.
Made a hg mistake in coming down
here, and am ready to 60 home.
''WiIl wake up Mrs. Bowser and tell
her SO. and we'll get out today ana set
the Old crib afire after us
He WAS about to call out to Mrs. Bowser,
when She quietly asked:
Mr.. Bowser, do you think our dead
bodies viii ever be discovered here AMI
given burial in the sands?'
In the hundredth part OF second Mr..
Bowser changed his mind and his program
The seaShore--the shanty-the Atlantic
oeean-the flies and mosquitoes and hog
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DIVIDING CONFEDERATE COIN.
What Became of the Gold and Silver
Shipped From Richmond.


Judge Lewis Shepherd, one Of the leading
lawyers of Chattanooga, and for two years
the attorney for the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad, gave correspondent of the
Courier-Journal the following Interesting
story, the details OF which have never be-
fore been printed, and for the truth of
which he and Judge Ealin, also OF Chat
tanooga, both vouch Judge Shepherd
was an officer in yaughns Brigade, us
was Judge Eakin, and they We're both
with the army at the time the Incidents
narrated occurred
when the Confederate government
abandoned Richmond as its capital, all
its archives and treasures were sent, under
strong military escort, To Charlotte, n c.
The banks of Richmond sent away their
treasures under the protection of the same
escort President Davis and his cabinet
also came TO Charlotte and established
temporary headquarters.
Before they reached Charlotte, Rich.
mond and Petersburg had fallen, and Lee
The times., 1897-08-22
Method In Madness .

A murderer, who had been attended by
q nhvsIcian, addressed the following note
~ the latter from the jail: Dear Doctor:
Please make out your bill and send u to me
right away Mytrial comes off next week,
and am To lie in sane at that time, and VIII
SO continue until J reach the asylum 1
want 10 pay my debts before 1 lose my
rnind."-Kansas City Star.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

The Boise Sentinel put out special
illustra ted number, June TO- which does
credit to the enterprise of the plucky
publishers. Inside of the covers it
contains 36 pages Of reading matter
and illustrations, all descriptive of
Idaho, with tersely written biographies
of prominent citizens, brief history
of the state and we'll prepared articles
relating to her leading industries and
interests. Here is the kind of printed
matter to distribute to advertise our
splendid state and her magnificent
possibilities. Owyhee county was nei
ther overlooked nor sighted in this
publication.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

F. P. Bunell, representing G. w.
Holdridge, General Manager of c. B. Il
O. Ry., is having a machine built for
their mines at Flint. The machine is
built on the plan of frue vanner but
on much larger scale, being s feet
wide and 16 feet long, having heavy
belt made of No. canvas which will
travel at the rate of 3 feet per minute.
The upper surface of this vanner is
placed on a shaft so it can be placed at
any angle that the nature of ore may
require for the best separation. MIR.
Bunell has been experimenting with
ore in the Flint district, and thinks
this machine will give very satisfactory
results.-Nampa Leader.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

1t is a big send-of for War Eagle
mountain that the Poorman mine is
making such fine showing for deeper
mining. Sixteen inches of $500 gold
ore has been encountered in sinking
the deep shaft. The mine managers
on that mountain have spent piles of
money prospecting around in old levels
and have apparently been afraid to go
down below them. The fashion now
onght to be to go deep. That is the
fashion now on the great old mines on
the mother lode in California and it is
a success. Now let some one start that
Sinker tunnel and old War Eagle will
have veritable boom.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

j. T. Conroy, Walter Moore and Jim
Smith left DeLamar on Tuesday for IA
jaunt of several hundred miles through
Idaho to the head waters of the Clear
Water, in the Bitter Root Mountains
They will go up the Payette to the lakes
cross the Salmon and thence on north
east into that wild and almost unex-
plored country. Mr.. Conroy, a few
years ago, provided pack horses and
conveyed party of explorers into the
region for which they are now heading
and it is the memories OF that trip
which has prompted the present one.
They will spend the summer pros
pecting.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

James Doherty is back from the
Queen river country with lot of rich
gold and copper specimens and report
that that is a rich mineral country, but
that the veins are small, none of them
sufficiently large to interest big com
pany. Messrs. Cowd9n, Dinio & Co.
have a very rich little vein of free mill
ing ore and are now putting up five
stamp mill. Doherty says there are
plenty of opportunities for such enter
prises and that this is distinctively
poor mans mining district. Men with
money enough to put up little mills
and able to do their own work can
make money
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

Whenever the voters of nation take
it into their heads to ballot according
to their consciences, and those con-
sciences are not formed or influenced
by mechanical party sympathies, a bet
ter day will dawn in national politics
and in national conditions. The silver
republicans are now enviably situated
in respect Of a conscientious and pa
triotic movement towards independent
and enlightened politics, and the lib
eral membership of all parties is glad to
see them in an attitude that can but be
benign and helpful to goodgovernment.
Lewiston Tribune.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

DR.. Piumer went out yesterday to
make preparations for leaving the
realms of single wretchedness, and a
handsome little squad of his DeLamar
friends will go over to Boise on Sun
day to meet and accompany him to
Idaho City to brace him up until the
agony is over. His wedding will take
place at the home of the brides parents
near Idaho City at noon, next Tuesday.
The happy couple will then go to Port
land where they will remain until after
the Fourth The doctors professional
duties will not permit of long absence
at the present There will be a big
house warming when he and his bride
arrive in DeLamar.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

The Florila Mountain Company,
last week, began work upon tunnel
started just above their mill level to
cut their mines upon the mountain at
a depth of about 1900 feet below the
crest of the mountain. This tunnel.
when completed, will have length of
about one and one-fourth miles. 1t is
however believed that the work will
not be pushed vigorously upon this
tunnel until the drift upon the lodges
now being run from the upper Black
Jack tunnel has been carried far enough
north to determine the character of
the ore in that drift A contract is
about to be let for the extension of this
drift 600 feet north from its present
face. This work will probably be let to
the Black Jack Company, as it is to be
done through one of that Company's
tunnels and can be done by power sup
piled by one Of their compressors.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

Mr.. w. W. Fisk, superintendent of
the Big has gone over to Boise county
to assist Mr.. Norcross in arranging for
mill which is to be placed upon one
of the prospects belonging to the Old
Glory Gold Mining Co., in that county.
He expects to be away four or five days
longer. In the mean time everything
is running along very smoothly at the
Big l, with Mr.. Mitchell, the foreman,
in charge.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25
Optic nistic.

Therefore, we may rest our souls in
peace with the reasonable certainty
that the Democratic cloud of depression
will soon be utterly dissipated and an
era of prosperity come, such as the
country has seldom witnessed. In due
time an international monetary con-
ference will meet and so adjust the
financial question as to satisfy all
classes. At any rate it is fair to believe
that these things will happen and it is
folly to complain because they have
not happened sooner than in reason
they could be expected to-"
What a happy frame of mind Brother
Reese Davis, of the Caldwell Tribune
must perenniaily possess when he can
remain in the goldbug camp and week
after week and month after month feel
that the promised wave of prosperity
will be due in few days. The forego-
ing is a clipping from his last weeks
editorial leader. 1t is a sample of the
from his optomistic mind
from the time of the st. Louis conven-
ton, one year ago. The wave has not
struck the country as he has predicted.
1t "has not happened sooner than in
it could be expected to-" That
is both good AM bad.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-06-25

All over the world, during the week
may have been heard the echoes Of one
of the greatest celebrations of modern
times-the celebration of the Queen of
England's jubilee. For sixty years that
good and grand woman has held place
in the hearts Of her subjects and com
manded the respect of all enlightened
people more sincerely and spontan-
eously than ever before human being
was paid the tribute of affection. Yet
this grand woman has never displayed
any of the attributes of greatness in
the way of being the intellectual su-
perior of womankind or in originating
or carrying out any great measures for
the improvement of mankind or of her
loyal and loving subjects. What then
has been the measure of her granduer?
1t has simply been that she, as the
head Of great and progressive people
has set them an example of unvarying
virtue and adherence to the right that
has never failed. She has ever demand
ed that those who wished to win her res
respect shoul follow the example she
set. As wife and mother she has
been only good and loving, and as a
ruler she has stood steadfast for the
right. John Bull has been a rough old
bruiser, ready for fight and conquest,
has conquered all the seas and large
share of the land of this old earth, but
has adored the virtues of his queen all
the time.