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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-05-14

At the annual meat cutting demon
stration at Chicago, recently, Mr..
O'Connor, scientific meat cutter,
made the following remarks, which we
copy from the Butchers Advocate;
A prime rib is one which does not have
the blade-bone of the shoulder extend
ing down into it, This makes it easy to
carve. The sixth and seventh ribs have
bit of the blade in them, which can
be easily removed, and which makes
them less expensive than those with
out it. The eighth rib has considerable
bone, and, therefore, costs still less,
but is just as good in other respects as
a real prime rib. 1t viii pay to use it,
Mr.. O'Connor says.
The part of the animal above the
prime ribs and running up into tine
neck is called the "chuck," and has
many virtues, with which housekeepers
would do well to acluaint themselves.
The first rib, selling for eight cents a
pound, is equal to the prime rib in nu-
tritive value, but is not so tender. The
tenth rib is called the "chuck roast
and sells for eight cents pound 1t is
often cut in two, and then the ''eve"
part sells for nine cents, and makes an
excellent roast. The chuck steak is al
ways used by butchers, "because," said
the lecturer, they know a good thing
mba,, thatr Can 20 nnnts
a pound.
The top sirloin is the first piece cut
off the hind quarter, and is in great de-
mand for oven and pot roasts. It is
free of all bone, except Il little of the
knee. II sells at ten cents pound.
Then come the sirloin steaks. The
first cut, selling at fourteen cents a
pound, is in great demand, and the
third is very desirable one. The fiat
bone sirloin steak is the best in the sir
loin, and sells with the bone removed, |
at twenty cents.
The round steak, at fourteen cents, |
has more blood in it than any other
part of the animal, and is often bought |
for invalids. The third cut is the best
Top round is sold for beef la mode,
and the butcher will prepare it for that
purpose, if so instructed.
Bottom round is used principally for
corning, and has no waste parts.
The flllet of beef forms part of the
porterhouse roast, and the ill-instruct-
ed are often foolish enough to order it
separately and pay sixty cents pound
for it, whereas they might, if they were
wise enough, purchase the whole por
terhoure roast, and have the butcher
remove the fillet, and reserve the rest
until they were ready to use it, A por-
terhouse roast and the best porter
house steak sells at twenty-five cents
pound.
The leg in the hindquarter and the
shin in the forequurter sell at five cents
d pound with the bone and, at sew
Ell cents without it. at is best" says
Mr.. O'Connor, ito buy the meat and
tell the butcher to send the bone with
it, These pieces are used for soup.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-05-14

opinion of several well known scien-
lists that the ultimate result of the
boring will prove to be of widespread
economic as well as scientific value.
Most significant of all the facts so far
ascertained is that the well grows stead
lily hotter as its depth increases.
1t is the intention of the well COM
pany to continue the boring process
until something entirely new and orig
inal is developed. This may seem to be
Il crude way of putting the statement,
but it has long been a theory among
vol men that if it is possible to go
deep enough some new geologic condi-
ton or economic feature would be
found to exist. At the very least they
tered or the well walls would finally be-
come so hot that water could be pump
ed down cold and pumped up in the
form of steam, and thus the natural
power of the future is obtained. At
any rate, there is material for much
speculation, and the interest becomes
greater in increased ratio as the drill
descends, and startling event is
expected to happen almost any
day. One remarkable feature found
near the surface is now used to operate
powerful engines which do the drilling.
Thus the natural power already issuing
from the well is utilized for the pur-
pose of deepening it.
Taking the temperature of the well
is delicate operation. 1t is a twelve
hour task, although most of that time
is put in in anxious waiting The Their
mometers used are known to scientists
as maximum thermometers. They will
record up to the limit of the hottest
medium in which they are placed, but
the mercury cannot fall below this
maximum point until it is reduced by
mechanical means. They are made on
the same principle as clinical Their
mometer. The hole through which the
mercury rises has little twist in it
just above the bulb. The heat vii!
drive the mercury up the tube until q
maximum point is reached. If the
thermometer is brought into a colder
climate the mercury will attempt to
drop back into the bulb, but cannot OF
its own weight pass the twisted point
1t therefore forms reliable record oil
the highest temperature it has encoun
tered in its passage down the well.
After being brought to the surface the
mercury can be shaken back to the
bulb. Two thermometers are operate,
side by side in the well, so as to account
for any individual variation in the in
struments. They are lowered to dis |
tances 30 feet apart, all the way down
the well. A complete descent of the |
well occupies % minutes, and, of course
the same amount of time is required |
for the ascent. The thermometers are |
lowered and raised on thin steel tape |
on a windlass, and, for the
sake of greater accuracy in the record,
they are left in the well over night.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-05-14

FRANK L. STANTON, in Atlanta Con
stitution.

FRANK L. STANTON, in Atlanta Con
stitution.l
She amt any bit of angel
This sweet little woman of mine;
She's jest plain woman,
An purity much human,
This sweet little woman o mine.
For what would do with a angel
When | looked for the firelight's shine
When six little sinners
Air waitin' their dinners?
MOI give me this woman o mine.
I've heard lots O. women called angels,
An lots of 'em thought it was fine,
But-give 'em the feathers,
An me-in all weathers-
This dear little woman O. mine.
jest amt got nuthin agin EN-
These ''angels'-They are good in
their line;
But they're sorter above me;
Thank God! She will love me
This sweet little woman O. mine.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-05-14

The deepest well in the world will
soon be completed near Pittsburg, Pa.
1t is now more than one mile deep, aud
when finished it may reach down two
miles into the earth. 1t is being bored
in the interest of science. The object
in penetrating so deeply is to determine
just what the interior of the human
footstool is like From a commercial
point of view the well was success
long ago. At comparatively few feet be-
low the surface both gas and oil
were struck i'll paying quantities, but
the company owning the plant deter
mined to dedicate il to science and in
vited Prof. William Haliock. of Colum-
bia college to carry on series of tenn
perature Investigations as the hole is
carried deeper and deeper into the
earth. The results OF these investiga-
lions are very intercstingand it is the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
Augusta, (Ga) saloonkeepers want
the license fee reduced.
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting incl
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
diseases of the skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. Ii Is equally
efficient for itching piles and favorite rem
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill.
blains frost bites, and chronic sore eyes.
For sale by druggists at % cents per box.
Try DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are just what horse needs when in bad condi-
ton- Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
Sold by r. @. Hardwick, druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
ny I. EDGAR JONES.

What better right has any land to glorify
It's past
To faunt its flags in gay festoons from
every roof and mast,
To count aloud its myriad joys--ashieve-
ments Ger and Ger
And look with confidence ahead for count
less mercies more2
To give its thankful thoughts to brave
and patriotic sres,
And kindle on a thousand hills glad free
dom's beacon fires?
Upon this land and age now fall Heavens
gifts in ceaseless showers.
Invention multiplying all our resources and
powers;
The lightning, serving man with strength
with CHEEKY glow and CLEAN
Devices by the millions aiding science.
steel and steam;
While men with active brains direct each
busy wheel or helm,
And stand in conscious power as chiefs
and rulers of the realm.
Then, looking forward from to-day waves.
storms, rough water stemmed,
We see the clearing future skies, with
stars of promise gemmed;
Our hammered stars rejecting these in
pledge of joys to be,
With promised rainbows arching Ger our
country Of the Free
All brave, no slave, but every soul Heaven
crowned on freedoms sod,
With liberty to gain each prize, expand
and worship God.
Ere many years have passed and gone
strange things shall come to pass,
Wise education simplified for every lad
and lass,
Electric power in touch and tune to seize
on every task,
And wonders done before the wish finds
words in which to ask.
All this the present sees in light shed from
great things to be,
As well as from our stored past and sires
who made us free;
On such a day the past and future hand in
hand draw nigh,
And Glory clasps them in her arms the
Fourth day of July.
To make the welkin laugh and ring, be
happy as you may;
This is the nations triumph hour, tits In
dependence day
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02

such a thing, but Mr.. Podgers thought
he knew his boys They were such
good little fellows!
For one whole day the boys with
stood the strain, but the next afternoon
they decided it would do no harm just
to peep into the box. 1t was wonder
full Such All array they had not even
dreamed Of
Teddy handled one of the big crackers
carefully.
81 wonder how much noise it will
make?" he said
"Ohl q awful lot" said 10. Wont
it be fun!"
EYES," said Ted. wonder if we
mightn't just try one?"
YES" said 10; you go ahead and do
it. Papa won't care for one"
So Ted got a match, and 10 lighted
the cracker. That was all in the china
closet.
Lets take it out in the yard" said 10.
But just then Mr.. Podgers happened
to come home. The boys heard his
tread in the hall.
PUT it back, quicki" exclaimed 10,
maybe papa wouldn't like it,"
So they put it back.
In moment there was terrific ex-
plosion in the china closet. Then an
other. Then the closet seemed to grow
too small for the noise. Dishes began to
dash around its interior in wild ecstasy.
1t was like cross between a boiler
factory and an earthquake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Podgers rushed to the
scene. A few sky-rocl1e%s were still
gyrating in confinement.
Two very quiet little boys stood OUT
side the closet door.
Mr.. Podgers stood silent moment,
and Teddy looked up into his face
6oubtfully.
"They's good firecraekers, papa"
was all he said.
And his father went out to find a
Timber pine board.
ELLIS PARKER BUTLER.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
oiRoUlr COURT prREcroRr

TRfoa.-First Monday in February-terin
three weeks third Monday in May--term two
weeks FIRST Monday In september-term three
weeks.
HR1srIAN Fourth Monday In February
term six weeks First Monday in June-tein
four weeks { -rth Monday in September
term six week
CALLowAY.--second Monday in April--term
three weeks ilrst Monday in August-term
two weeks; Second Monday in November
-lerm three weeks
LYoN.-First Monday in May-term two
TeeRs first Monday in August-term two
weeks first Monday in september term two
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
ExDert Advice.

''Who wouldn't be boy again ?" said
the man with bundle of sky rockets
under his arm. 1T is something to be
envied, this exhilaration that comes
with the glorious Fourth"
do you mean that you wish you
could shoot firecrackers and Roman
candles?" inquired a sad-eyed young
ster, with linen trousers and a rubber
around his chin to keep his hat on.
"Why--er-of course"
well, then, mister, you're wishing
the wrong wish. What you want to do
is not to wish that you were a boy, but
that you were some boys tather."-
Washington Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
Walters in a Cleveland restaurant
must shave or resign.
Piiesl Pnesi Itching pies

SYMPTOMS - Moisture intense itching and
singing; most at night; worse by scratching
If allowed to continue tumors form, which of
ten bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore
swAYNEs OINTMENT stops the itching and
bleeding, heals liberation, and in most cases
removes TIA tumors. At druggists, or by mail
for 50 cents.Os swayne& Son, Philadelphia,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02

why Teddy ana 10 HAD No Ftrd-
crackers on the Fourth.

Why Teddy and 10 HAD No Ftrd-
crackers on the Fourth.
The days hefore be Fourth Of July
are always a time Of tension for the
small boy. lie feels that he ought to
begin right away His nerves Jingle.
SO do his fingers And II there are any
explosives within reach Of bis fingers
there is aptto be more or less premature
explosion.
Mr.. Podgers had laid in liberal sup
ply of crackers and torpedoes for bis
boys, as we'll as a large assortment Of
sky-rockets and Roman candles. Some
of the crackers were Of the giant va
riety He cautioned his boys not 10
touch any Of them until he gave them to
them on the Fourth, and he put them
away in the china closet in a shirt box.
Then he went to the Office. No one but
an amateur in faith would have done
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
A Firecrncker story.

He did it in sport;
He alone is to blame;
The fuse was too short,
Now his fingers. the same.
WASHINGTON Star
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
The Glorious Fourth

Il tell YOU" said the enthusiast, call
this patriotic demonstration is enough
to set any mans heart on fire."
"Yes," replied the nervous man, land
his woodshed, too."-Washington Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-02
After the hattie.

Sunday School Teacher FIRST Sunday
after July 4)-Well, boys, I'm glad to
see you. 1 believe you are all here this
morning.
Tommy Tucker Speaking for him
self)-Yes'm, all 'ceptin' three fingers
an piece of an ear.-Chicago Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
Sacred Threads and Cords.

The sacred thread of the Brahmins
is caste distinction assumed at an
early age, and never parted with. 1t
must be made by a Brahmin, and
should consist of three strands, each
of different color, forty-eight yards
in length, doubled and twisted togeth-
er twice, the ends tied in knots. 1t
must be worn next the skin, over the
left shoulder, hanging down to the
thigh on the right SIDE The three
castles of the Hindus are distinguished
by the material Of these threads-cot
ton for the Brahmins, hemp for the
warriors, and wool for the artisans.
The Parsees also wear the sacred
thread, and boys of or are invested
with it, the threads used being made al
ways of fibres of the suru tree. Mon
Ter Williams describes the sacred Cir
die Of the Parsees as made of seventy
two wooden threads, forming a fiat
band, which is twined three times
around the body, and tied in two pecu-
liar knots, the secret of which is
known only to the Parsees.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
Trees IN SECOND Rloasnm.

From the New Haven Palladium
Many apple trees about Essex and vi
cinity are putting forth their second
crop Of blossoms on some parts of the
tree. Apples as large as cherries are
on, one branch, while the next limb has
blossoms. Bonnell, the fruit expert.
says that when the apple bud was about
to bulge open and the sap to gush forth
cold wave, probably at midnight
chilled the sap thus stopping the flow
at that time, but since the weather has
become warmer the sap has again start
ed, thus causing the second blossoming
He also says that these last to set will
mature as soon as the others on the
tree. Flowering ounces have also bios
somed for the second time this sea-
son.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
THE STATE OF KANSAS.
Kansas Banks.

II banks be taken as the bar
ometer by which to measure the
pulse of the business world, then
Kansas is certainly in most
prosperous condition State Bank
Commissioner Bredenthal has com
pleted the compilation OF the returns
of his last call and the figures deduct
ed therefrom are little less than as
founding, During the past year the
deposits of the state and private banks
in Kansas, which are all under his
control, have increased Sc, $50, 1898,
while the loans have decreased $s9l,-
lO5 and the amount of cash now on
hand is So, 9lS, GAO more than it was a
year ago, The borrowed money ac.
count has been reduced over 30 per
cent, while the overdraft, real estate
and furniture accounts show u great
scaling down. In the past six years,
the loans have been decreased about
$4,000 900, while the deposits now
almost equal those of 1899.
The law requires cash reserve Of
20 per cent. The banks now have on
hand A per cent, as against 3s per
cent last year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
An Elephant-nuntlng Aaventure.

A good hunting story is told by a
writer in the British Central Africa
Gazette. A Mr. Wallace, who has a
stockade on the Chomo river, wounded
large elephant, which then charged
him. His cartridges jammed in the
breech of his rife and he had to run.
The elephant followed him, and while
lodging in and out among the trees
Mr.. Wallace stumbled and fell. The
elephant then prodded at him with his
tusks, but these fortunately went in
to the ground on each side, without
inluring him. The elephant then with
his trunk lifted Mr.. Wallace and threw
him some yards away. Mr.. Wallace
lay stilNas II dead. The elephant came
up, pushed him about with his fore
foot, and placed his foot on the body,
but did not press hard, and then went
away. Mr.. Wallace was taken up
eventually by his boys, much bruised,
and carried into camp. The elephant
was tracked for sixteen miles. It
made circuit and died almost ON the
same spot where the accident happen
ed. The tusks weighed So and II
pounds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
Hen-pecked Was This Rat.

An unequal and unique fight between
a rat and hen is the talk of Cincin-
natl. About noon one day, at the house
OF Mr.. Henry Goldberger, a dish con-
tanning scraps from the kitchen was
set in front Of one of the Slated tri-
angular coops in which hens with
small chickens are kept The Stats were
wide enough apart to allow the head,
neck and part Of the hens body to be
pushed out. While the hen and chicks
were feeding large rat of the sewer
or marsh species crept out from the
stable and made dash at the dish
The rat was fully ten inches long,
fearless and strong. When the fright
ened chicks squawked and fled the hen
thrust out her head and seized the
rat by the back of the neck. A fierce
fight ensued, the hen holding on with
strange tenacity, the rat struggling to
free himself so violently as almost to
overthrow the coop.
At last the rat tore away and fled
with bleeding neck. The hen called
her chicks and resumed her meal. The
rats temper was aroused, and he again
dashed in among the chicks, biting at
everything with fierce determination.
Again the hen darted forward her
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22

Topeka, Kan, July l7,-Although
the supreme court said last Saturday
that the act of the Legislature repeal
ing certain statutes, including those
instituting six judicial districts, was
void, about half the laws that It at
tempted to repeal will not appear In
the statute books, Judge W. @. Webb,
who has the contract with the state
for revising and compiling the stat
utes, said 80 this morning, There is a
difference Of opinion among lawyers
on the question of whether he has a
right to use his own Judgment and
omit them and that difference may
lead to protests against his action.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
Horse ATTACKS Women B,cvolo Rider

Horse Attacks Women Bicycle Riders.
From the Scottish American: A most
unusual incident occurred on the Dunn
barton road, near Glasgow, on Tuesday
afternoon, the 18th inst, three lady cy-
clists being suddenly confronted and
attacked by riderless horse. They
had dismounted and stood aside to let
it pass, but instead of doing so it
stopped and attempted to seize them.
Dropping their bicycles in alarm upon
the road, they tried to run past the
animal, but 1t was on the alert, and
twice leaped over the bicycles in its
effort to reach them. They then made
for a hedge by the roadside, and two
of them managed to crawl safely be-
meath 1t out of reach. The third
however, was not so lucky. Before
she could escape the animal had seized
her hat with its teeth and tore it from
her head. 1t next made a snatch at
her back, but was unable to fix its teeth
in her clothes. At this point several
men came to her aid, beat off the ami
nal with sticks, and led it back to a
farm from which it had escaped. One
of the machines was somewhat dam
aged by the horse, but fortunately all
the ladies were able to ride home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
LATE KANSAS NEWS.


WICHITA, Kan, July a. Judge Hay,
maker has dismissed the special pro-
ceedings in aid of execution against
Mary b Lease and Charles Lease
brought by the Jarvis-Conklin Mort
gage company, in its effort to collect
its Judgment against the Leases. The
sheriff in making his return stated he
had been unable to find any property
of Mary d. Lease, Judge Haymalser
held that as it was joint Judgment
the return should be made against
both of them before special proceed
ings in the aid of execution can
be had.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
Mig Insurance Dividend.

Topeka, Kan, July 10. "A New Jer-
sey fire insurance company, which
does modest business, filed its report
with the insurance department yester-
day. 1t showed capital of $500, 900
and dividends of Ss,1Os, 900 paid in
siXty-four years. McNall figured out
the rate of interest on money invest
ed. 1t was II 4 per cent yearly, "And
yet the insurance papers say there is
no money in insurance and berate me
for trying to make the companies live
up to the law" McNall said.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
Kansans Not Too Poor to Ride.

TOPEKA, Kan, July 10. The board
of equalization has completed its
work. Among the most noticeable
items in the various columns of figures
is that which shows that there are
$4,000 pleasure carriages owned In the
state. This means carriage for
every twenty persons in Kansas, which
is thought to be the highest proper.
ton of carriages to people in America.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22

thinking someone had tried to waylaid
Cain and shot the horse, but upon close
inspection of the ground no sign Of any
one being secreted could be found, The
horse was dissected, and no lead or
anything that would go to show the
horse was shot could be found. Two
parties say they saw the meteor, and
say it made quite display of colors,
and they heard the explosion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-07-22
Enforce prohibition.

TOPEKA, Kan, July TO- County At
toruey Jetmore said to-day that he
would bring quo warranto proceed
ings in the supreme court against Chief
of Police Henry Steele and probably
City Attorney Bird. This decision is
the outcome of long fight over the
liquor question and the contention on
the part of the prosecuting attorney
will be that the officers named have
not been doing their duty