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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-03

Once a farmer had one thousand,
eight hundred bushels of wheat, which
he sold, not to single grain merchant,
but to one thousand, eight hundred
different dealers, a bushel each. 4 few
OF them paid him in cash, but far the
greater number said it was net CON
venient then, but would pay later. =
few months passed and the mans bank
account ran low. allow is this?" he
said. "My one thousand, eight hun
dred bushels of grain should have kept
me in atfluence until another crop is
raised, but have parted with the grain
and have instead only a vast number
of accounts, so small and scattered
that | cannot get around and collect it
fast enough to pay expenses" So he
posted up public notice and asked all
those who owed, to pay quickly. But
few came. The rest said, Mine is only
a small matter, and | will go and pay
one of these days." forgetting that
though each account was very small,
when all were put together it meant a
large sum tie the man. Things went on
thus; the man got to feeling so bad and
rolled and tossed about so much in his
efforts to collect, that he fell out OF
bed and awoke, and running to his
granary found his one thousand, eight
hundred bushels of wheat still safe
there. He had only been dreaming
and hadn't sold his wheat at all. Moral:
The next day the man went TO the pub
Usher of his paper and said, Here, sir,
is the pay for your paper, and when
next years subscription is due you can
depend upon me to pay il promptly. J
stood in the position Of an editor last
night, and l know how it feels to have
ones honestly ealn ID money scattered
all over the country i'll small amounts"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-03

We cannot come, bur we can often stay our
progress ihithcr, DlNensc, iiBe everything
else must haze n beginning. All chrnuic
melnd!es tend 10 shorten lie, "nd render it Il
species OF mariyrdom while they last. Ma
la'iu, kidney complaint, chronic indigestion
REIMBURSEMENT have small beginnings and
may br silyc'l at the Oatsct with IOstctter's
stomach Biftcrs. This excellent tonic and
alternative ~ nd'ptcd alike To the prevention
of disorders Ofthe system and to their re-
mnv;I, .anh its curly use cannot lie TOO
strongly advocated. TO renew appetite and
insure tranquil rest. there is no -urer and
plcnsanter means tran the Bitters. The
Effects ofovarw0rl, and exhaustion. mental
"a pin! slcnl, are couniernctcd by IL. and the
busy merchant, u" tired clerk or operative
and the brain weary student, author or
new ,per man. derive from II present. RELIEF
md .-iu.r cn'rgy.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-03
why They Uihked.



The princely j. Pierpont Morgan sat
in his Office languidly forming railroad
combines.
Are you in favor Of a policy Of al
nexation:" inquired Chauncy NJ. De
pew.
"Of course l am" replied the princcly
j. Picrpont Morgan. Il want the Unit
ed States to annex the whole con
tinent."
What cool would that DO you?"
Al own the United States Govern
ment and the more territory it owns,
the more I control. If [ owned some
other government might feel differ
entity"
"By George!" exclaimed Mr.. Depew,
lit makes Il great patriot Of a man to
own government, doesn't it?"
They winked.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-03
Nt,rit'E.

To the Honor ,hlr Geo. RI. Stewart Er'ge
Of "a. iii>:r,ii C"urtp: III" 3Td Ji,iir.iYi his
f'.i. state Of IDAHO; Chas. VI. i."ys, NSl.
district Attorney ia mud FOR The sHH,t .Iudi-
ci''l % strut; t!tr ifprnr,!i" 30 rlS ~ Eoun-
y t''iuAni -:,iuncrs "i the Counties Of Adn and
uN Yh"c. STATE of idaho, and all others Y.hOm
10 NAV concern, Greeting
Nuficr Is hrr' nv given that tlir uudcr-
signed. convicted at The regular ~cpt"m nrr
Term, i6ij,;ot the District CoHri ofihe -hir I
IudicHl district in Hnd Tor the Counts Of
Ada, state ii idriO, upon 81 'liang" Of venue
from The shin" Court in and for The County
OF Nwrhee. STAT" OF idaho Of H." c'i!nc Of
Mti- laughter will apply t. The Honorable
Rnurl # i'nri"us. ut ~ regular meeting in
Oct1ber 1897, for Il pardon.
W. II. THOMAS.
Dated August 18th, 1897.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-03
THE AMERICAN MACHlNIST.
Ills Work Esteemed the World over
wherever Machines Are Used.

l. l3 " LStetf.itu tit ~ VIM w.
wherever Machines Are Used.
The fame OF the American machinist
extends everywhere; his ingenuity in
planning and his skill in execution are
known wherever man uses machines
and tools. If there is any one branch
wori. in which he eXcels more than in
another 1t is in the building of special
machinery, by which is meant ma
ta;res rot kept in stock or regularly
manufactured, but specially devised
ard made for special uses, says an eX-
Change.
For instance, man designs some ar
Ii !e of use which he works up by hand,
or by the aid of machinery. To pro-
GIce this article in quantities, at such
= cost that il can be sold at q profit,
special machinery is required. The
designer or inventor takes the article
10 the builder of machines and says:
Gan you make machine that will
make these things, and viii you guar
aatee il to work?" It is altogether
rrch0ble that the machine builder an
s~crs yes to both questions, because
here is practically nothing that he can
not do.
Special machinery is built co. wide
variety of uses. As the knowledge OF
Anerican skill in this direction, now
!onG f-n.iliar, has spread, orders have
come from all over the world and spe-
oial machinery is sent from here also
fer use in enterprises installed or
conducted by Americans in foreign
countries.
Such machinery, for various uses, IS
shipped from this country almost every
where. One big machine shop that
is largely engaged in the pro-
6nction OF special machinery sends
T.o5o5!y 4 third OF lis work out CT the
country. 1t has sent machines to every
land.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-03

When II dog banks at night in Japan,
the owner IS arrested and sentenced to
work q year for the neighbors who were
disturbed The dog is killed. Perhaps
this accounts for the superstition that
when a dog howis at night death will
shortly occur.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-09-03

5oth the above excellent publication
ami the N"GGET, combined, s. per year
in advance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

-She-'I can sympathize with you.
was married once myself" He-"But
you weren't married to woman
London Tit-Bits.
-He-"I love you better than my
life" She Considering the life you
lead. cannot say that am surprised"
Indianapolis Journal.
Mr.. Windbag -"I think Miss
Newoman is every inch a lady," Mr..
Wiseacre-"Yes, indeed. She is per-
feet gentleman."-St. Paul Dispatch.
-Frances--"Yes, he is pursuing lit
erature." Gertrude Indeed. And
is he very successfully" Frances-"No.
1t is still long way ahead of him.
Cleveland Leader.
-Mamma-"No. Johnny; one piece
of pie is quite enough for YOU" Johnny
It's funny; you say you are anxious
that should learn to eat properly, and
yet you won't give me chance to prac-
tice. Louis Journal.
Once upon time two Ordinary
Men went and sat through concert
of Good Music; not because they liked
it, but because it was the Right Thing
tc do. "Ah," suddenly cried one of
these, in burst of emotion, ''love is
both like and unlike symphony; it is
as inharmonious, but it doesn't last so
long" AS for the other, he has no
part in this fable.-Detroit Journal.
Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, who
had very thrifty wife, was fond of tell
ing story of his bailiff, who had been
ordered by her ladyship to procure a
sow of particular description. The
bailiff, one day, burst into the din
ing-room at Wimpole, then full of COM
pany, and proclaimed in high glee: II
have been at Royston fair, my lady,
and have got sow exactly of your
ladyship's size."-Household Words.
Fully Prepared.-''So you wish to
leave to get married, Mary? 1 hope
you have given the matter serious con-
sideration?" "Oh, have, SIR" was the
earnest reply. I've been to two for
tune-tellers and a clairvoyant, and
looked in sign-book, and dreamed on a
lock of his hair, and been to one of
those astrologers, and to meejum,
and they all tell ne to go ahead, sir.
/ amt one to marry reckless like, sir"
Household Words.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21

how two hours or so might be needed
for a freight to go IL miles on such a
night, but three hours and over. So
slow run had never been known on the
road.
what was to be done? To admit
my uncertainty meant the loss of my
job, and to brave it out any longer
seemed almost criminal. In my despair
finally decided to tell the train dis
patcher the plain truth-that l had
been asleep at my post, and that No.
PAL probably went by more than an
hour ago. The fact would be known in
a few hours, anyway, | argued, and
would then be arrested for causing
death, convicted of criminal negligence
and sent to prison.
ct was then AIS. 1 drew long
breath and went over to the telegraph
desk. Headquarters was again calling
to ask if the train had arrived. and
broke in abruptly:
"'You may as we'll know that'-but
the sentence was never finished.
heard faint putting and grating, and,
looking out, saw the engine of the be-
lated train opposite my Office window.
My heart leaped up about a foot, and,
taking firm grasp on the key of my
instrument, announced:
mo. PAL h-e-r-e!'
"Deep snow, a terrific wind and the
blowing out of the cylinder head on
the engine had caused the delay.
Maybe all's well that ends well, but
that experience put an end then and
there to my practice of sleeping while
on duty."-N. Y. Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
SLAVONIAN LAUNDERING.
Mangle a Clumsy Log Propelled by
Frail Women.


There was once a girl who, as an old
song put it, "sold her old mangle and
bought pianner," but she lived in Eng
land, not in the southeastern part of
Europe, so it is probable that her man.
gle was less primitive than the queer
instruments of torture still in use by
the women of Slavonia and Servia and
it's operation less heavy task.
Slavonia is in Austria, or rather in
the extreme south of Hungary, but near
~ all it's people are Servian. Its plains
stretch for miles in an endless expanse
of perfectly fat country. Its mud is
fathomless. Its women's daily task of
securing and fighting against the dirt
that the "men folks bring in from out
of-doors on their shoes is never done.
Between times there is the mangle.
This is a stout plank about seven feet
long, raised to a height of two feet
upon rough-hewn logs. The middle of
the plank is gripped by framework
rising from the floor to height of five
feet, with three great beams running
across it, the whole fastened together
with pegs. Upon the plank are laid
two rollers and on these rests half
log of wood just fitting between the
sides of the frame. This weight is
smooth on it's under surface, rough
hewn above and is provided at each end
with three pegs which serve as handles.
The ironer, when ready to begin,
takes sheet, for instance, winds it
tightly around one of the rollers and
puts an old ironing cloth around the
outside. Then, lifting one end of the
log and placing the roller under it, she
works the weight to and fro until all
the wrinkles are presumably smoothed
away. Then the sheet is removed, fold
ed and put away and the next ironing"
perhaps another sheet or three or
four towels, or half dozen handker-
chiefs-substituted. The second roller
acts merely to balance the log. although
two ironers can work the machine, one
at each end. AS for ''starched things"
they are another story-not yet pub
ished in rural Slavonia.
The woman who irons is as pic
turesque as her tools when she wears
her Slavonian peasant costume. Her
shoes are fiat and heelless; she has no
stockings, but winds linen about her
ankles and binds it in place with thongs,
leaving space of two inches or so bare
below the edge of her killed skirt of
coarse, undyed linen. Her yellow
sheepskin jacket is ornamented with
patches of red and purple leather,
quilted on with bright yarns, and her
L 81 IN Iaf
Almost as often, however, she is
stripped of her finery, except on Sum
days, and wears at her work clothing
of western Europe's unattractive work.
a-day pattern.-Rock Island Union.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
Large Movement of Settlers.

The first week in this month witnessed
the largest movement of settlers to North
Dakota known to the history of that state
1t is doubtful if a larger number of actual
settlers was ever before moved at one time
in this country than the Great Northern
Railway took out of St. Paul on April 2.
The train consisted of 152 cars of passen-
gers, household goods, farm implements,
ETC., and was divided in five sections. The
total number of men, women and children
was 1,557. They came from various states,
Indiana, Virginia and Missouri contribut-
ing more than any other. Many of them
are known as DunEards, or German Bap-
fist brethren, and went to join colonies pre-
viously located in the Turtle Mountain and
Devils Lake regions of North Dakota, where
their brethren have been very successful.
Many of the newcomers will locate on gov
eminent land, of which millions of acres
still remain open to settlement. The Dun
kards are American born and English
speaking, an industrious farming class, and
have already proven themselves an import
ant addition to the population of North Da-
kota. They have now long the Great
Northern Railway no less than seventeen
settlements in that state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

M. Jules Claretie is putting the
finish strokes to fantastical tale
called 1.-THE Eye of DEATH" which will
Politiques ct Litteraires.
Mr.. Clinton Scotland began a serial
in the February Chautauquan. 1t is a
historical novelette, which he has named
THE Son of Tory" The scene is the
Mohawk valley; the period, the Amer
lean revolution.
Mrs. Oliphant is a rarely bright
woman at 60, Miss Braddon still pro-
life novelist in her Goth year. and
Ouida as capable as ever of writing
startling romances, although she con-
fesses that she is So years old.
Says London literary weekly: Miss
Mildred Howells, daughter of Mr.. Will
liam Dean Howells. the American nov
elist. has a studio in her fathers home
in New York, and has done some clever
illustrating for books and magazines.
-Sunnyside is suffering changes.
The new owner, Alexander d. Irving,
is building an addition to it, and he has
closed up Sunnyside lane, all of which,
Tarrytown tradition asserts, is in d.
rect opposition to the known wishes of
Washington Irving.
The best description of mountain
scenery was written by man who had
never climbed a mountain, and Miss
Nora Hopper, the most distinctive
Celtic of the new Irish school of writ
ers, has never so much as set foot in
the Green isle in her life.
-Germany's new poet, Johanna Am
broslus, is being we'll treated. The
empress has paid the expenses of her
trip to Italy. The poor woman has
had a life of drudgery, but her genius
has lifted her out of it at last. for her
books are not only popular, but profit
able.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21

with the hour, lis, and an office tenn
pcrature of so degrees, was more than
my weary frame could resist. l fell
asleep, knowing, of course, that G.
would, according to our arrangement,
look after my roll calls. After. what
seemed to me about like 20 minutes.
but what was really more than two
hours, l was awakened by the sharp
clicking of the telegraph instrument
near my head.
"'Qk 49, was being made with great
rapidity. the call of my Office preceding
it. knew it was the train dispatcher,
the abbreviation meaning Quick! we
want you to hold train'
81 answered the call, and the COM
mand came back quick and sharp:
"'Hold No. 241 for orders
40. H. said l, and Immediately hung
the proper signal. red lantern, outside
the door.
Then I came to my senses and looked
at my watch.
twenty-five minutes past three!
And l had heard no train in almost
three hours. Had No. 241 got past?
wondered. found that it had left N
at 40, and the run from N to H
usually took about so minutes. knew
the storm would probably delay the
train somewhat, but two whole hours
1t wasn't likely. Then l heard No. 2s4
reported from P, and knew she had
received orders to meet No. 241 some
where between P and H.
what if No. 241 had got by me and
was trying to reach P for the down
freight? In that case the two trains
were bound to crash together in the
storm: there was no help for it. My
excitement was increased by the re-
peated calls of the train dispatcher to
ask if No. 241 was in sight.
"'Not yet,' answered, trembling lest
my hopes were in vain.
'Three thirty-five, and no train. l
went out on the platform and listened.
Not sound could be heard above that
of the wind, and an engines headlight
wouldn't have been visible ten rods
away.
81 went back, grounded one of the
wires, so as to cut out A office, and
called G., hoping to find whether No.
241 had reached there. No answer.
Then l remembered that from three to
five was G's time to bunk off, and
knew it was useless trying to get him.
''Ten minutes more, and the freight
had not arrived.
"'Sure it hasn't gomez asked the train
dispa tcher, eXcitedly, as though doubt
ing me.
"'Sure.' said I.
"'For Gods sake, don't let it get
by you!' he urged.
swell, four o'clock came, and my
courage was giving way. l could see
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
Used by the Champions.

The popularity of the Winchester repeat
inc shot gun is deserved, for although it costs
very little, it has repeatedly out shot the
highest priced handmade guns. Thou
sands of shooters who used double-barreled
shot guns now use the Winchester repeater
because they found that they could bag
more game and make better scores at the
trap with a Winchester. What stronger
recommendation could any shot gun posi-
blv have than to be used by j. A. r. Elliott,
champion live bird shot of America; Rolla
@. Heikes, champion of the world at fly
ing target; Ferd Van Dyke, Capt. b; A.
Bartlett and many other of the best shots
in the country. A Winchester repeating
shot gun and Winchester factory loaded
shells form a combination which cannot be
eoualled. Send to the Winchester Repeat
ing Arms Co., New, Haven, Ct., Tor their
large illustrated catalogue free.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
500 Reward 800.

disease that science has been able to cure il
all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
Of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address Z. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
Service on the Great Lakes.

The Northern Steamship Company will
inaugurate the fourth season of passenger
service Tuesday, June 18th, when the first
ship eastbound is scheduled to leave Du-
luth. The sailing days from Duluth will be
Tuesdays and SATURDAYS. The first west
bound sailing from Buffalo will be on June
18th. The sailing days from Buffalo will be
Tuesdays and Fridays. The North West"
and "North Land' Of this company are the
only exclusively passenger steamships on
the Great Lakes and have done much to at
tract tourist travel to the northwest. The
freight service of the Northern Steamship
Company will begin April goth, when the
first boat is to sail from Duluth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
Breakfast Biscuit,

A nice breakfast biscuit can be made
as follows: Slightly warm pint of
sweet milk, stir into it half cupful of
melted butter and half teaspoonful
of salt; sift a quart of -four with two
heaping teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, and stir into the milk; make stiff
batter; drop from spoon into but
tered pan, and bake in quick oven
Albany journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
Ought to Have.

"Is it fact" asked the cynic one
day, that you improve each shining
minute?"
Yes" answered the Busy Little Bee
modestly.
"How long have you been doing
that?'
Always"
We'll, you ought to be having bet
ter time than you seem to have If that
is the ase."-Detroit Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
A Di.agreeable Consequence.

you say you hate to visit your rich
relatives? Why? Don't they treat you
well?"
''Oh, yes, they always do everything
they can to make it pleasant for us, but
my wife never gets through complain
ing until about two weeks after each
visit, because we are not as well off Us
they."-Cleyeland Leader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
Not Included.

Chappy-Yaas. my ancestors were all
intellectual and
Miss Maud (earnestly)-Too bad you
were not one of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
RelYinx Her Sex.

First Little Girl--And isn't your cat
afraid of mice?
Second Little Girl-Oh, no; not sin
gle bit.
That's queer. And she's lady cat,
too, isn't she ?"--Trifies.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21

Nothing humiliates a man more than a
woman to find it necessary to take him down
a peg.-Atchison Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21

Too much sugar will spoil what might
prove an excellent dish.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21

He Was Stayer.-He-"Pm going to kiss
you when CO." She-"Do it now while I'm
still young. Town Topics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21

A woman likes winter, because she can
wear a long coat and hide her old Dress
Washington Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-04-21
A TELEGRAPHER'S STORY.
The Close Shave That Came of
Sleeping on Duty.
Predicament of a Night Operator at n
Lonely Railroad Station Who
Was Instructed to Hold a
Certain Train.

ELEGRAPH opera
tors are usually
reminiscent f e | J.
lows, and the vet
Grams among them
delight in telling
their experiences.
OF course, some of
their stories may
be a tritie exagger-
ated, but they gen
orally possess at
least one unique
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-05-26

HATED INTO DEATH.
An Aged Maryland Couple Lived In q.
lent Antipathy for Twenty Years.

An Aged Maryland Couple Lived In -
lent Antipathy for Twenty Years
BALTIMORE, May 24.-Twenty years
ago James A. Hooper, an uncle of the
present mayor of Baltimore, lost his
money and some of his wife's in a real
estate speculation. Mrs. Hooper
thought him responsible for the losses
and refused to speak to him. He re-
ciprocated the treatment, and as the
years passed the bitterness increased
They ate and attended church to-
gether, but all efforts of their children
to reconcile them were in vain, and
not word was exchanged.
When Mr.. Hooper became sick re-
Gently his wife's hatred did not sub
side. Several days ago he died, aged
"a. and she refused to give the re-
porters any information about him,
saying that nothing would get in the
papers about him If she could help it.
He was buried yesterday. Mrs Hoop
er is so years old