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husband and children, her parents, broth
ers and sisters, how her husband came to
go into the army, and all about his death,
fixing his penetrating eyes on her counte-
nance, as if to determine whether she
was truthful. He said he was impressed
the first time he saw her; felt that he
had seen her face before, and felt that
he was acquainted with her. He could
see by her fingers that she used her
needle; asked if she made her children's S
clothes; said that was very creditable to
her.
Conversation grew very familiar and
Lucy said she felt no more embarrass-
ment in his presence than if he had been
a personal friend or relative. He became
very familiar, and playfully and pleas
antly asked if he might have kiss. She
told him as president of the United
States he might, but no other man under
present circumstances could Kisses
were exchanged; lie said she ought to
t have this appointment; that she was
competent for its duties, then asked If
there was not some other place she
would like; that ne wanted to do some
thing TO help her. They spent an hour
together and she often playfully remind
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the largest swallow-tail found In Mime
sofa, and measures with expanded wings
four inches and more. The wings in all
our specimens are a rich mon-yellow
banded and bordered with black; on the
fore-wings are four black bars, the inner
one extending entirely across the wing,
the outer ones becoming shorter as they
approach the apex. The front margin is
edged with black, and the outer margin
has wide border of the same color, in
which is row Of eight or nine spots
the lowest one being the smallest. The
hind-wing is crossed with a tapering
streak of black; there is also wide
black border enclosing lunar spots
Above and about these spots, and es-
pecially towards the inner angle of the
wing, this border is thickly powdered
with blue scales. The outer margin Of
the hindwing Is scolloped and part
ly edged with yellow; the inner
margin is bordered with brown
ish-black for about two-thirds of its
length, followed by small yellow patch
which is succeeded by a larger black
spot, centered with a crescent of blue
atoms, and bounded below by an irregu-
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look into her case; went on to tell her
what Mr.. Van Horn said, and how many
letters he had recommending Mr.. Low.
She then told him that Mr.. Low was
not a citizen of our place and was I'M
known to our community. Mr.. Denison
then said he should be living within the
delivery Of the postoffice, and the case
should be investigated; that he would
see the president about it in a very few
days; advised her to go home; that it
would do no good for her to remain long
er on expense. Lucy left, feeling that
she had at least got Mr.. Denison to see
the wrong Of giving the appointment of
the bridge to MIR. Low, and that he and
the president had been deceived by Mr..
Van Horn about his being citizen IN
the meaning of the postoff1ce law. When
Lucy left the postmaster generals Of
flee she seemed to feel that she had had
q patient hearing from the postmaster
general, but was not confident of success;
did not wish to trouble Mr.. Denison any
more but she must call on the preSl-
dent once more.
KISSES GIVEN IN VAIN.
..Monday morning Lucy was dressed
in season and ready to take the car for
Washington, fully determined to have an
interview with the president This was
the only tedious time L had in Washing
ton; Lucy went to the waiting room with
hundreds of others. After waiting she
got hearing from the president. He was
very pale and exhausted, but had not
lost his sympathy, for she still urged her
claims over Mr.. Low, ilasmuch as he
was not citizen; had been moved from
another town by Mr.. Burt Van Horn for
political purposes. She said she would
come home and send preof that he was
not resident of this place, etc. The
president said: DO So and we will tend
to your case;' left him with expressions
of sympathy This last meeting, though
not marked, seemed to fix the case in
his mind, and may result In a favorable
action. Lucy seemed better than in the
morning, and we returned to our hotel,
making ready to take the o'clock train
for home.''
This note is written In the diary on
July %: "One week ago today was with
my dear daughter Lucy in Washington.
She was under some excitement of mind
on account of the remarkable interview
she had with President Johnson. but she
was calm, and we went to church and
heard DR.. Gauley and partook Of the
communion as though she had been at
home.''
Nevertheless, Mr.. Low got the office.
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that the appointment be given to him;
that 1t was their practice to give to the
men they wished. Altogether, Mr.. Dem
ison seemed desirous to dismiss her, but
she held upon him to get some ray of
hope. had waited in the vestibule near
ly an hour when she came out in deep
grief, her eyes red with weeping; her
grief alarmed me, but I saw at once that
she was still hopeful, and said that she
would see the president again, for he told
her to come back and see him after she
had seen Mr.. Denison. But she wanted
to go to our hotel ana wash away her
tears urged her right In at once, tell
ing her that her tears were the best az.
gument she could use. She consented TO
try 1t, and no sooner presented herself
than the ushers told her to walk right IN,
as they were 80 instructed by the presi-
dent when she left.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON GETS A KISS.
''It was / o'clock when she went in the
second time, and the president was at
lunch. He soon came in and went d.
rectly to Lucy, and, looking earnestly at
her, told her to come into his private
room. Here none but private officials
are received Sho was seated by him on
a sofa; he sat by her In a most confding
and friendly way; took her by the hand,
and told her to dry her tears; then went
into most minute inquiry all about her
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that time was theslate Leander Colt, who
had fought In the sCiVilswar, had seen his
captain killed in battle. and had brought
the body home5 for interment. Colt
agreed with the widow of his dead cap
tain to oppose Low for the postoffice, and
to divide the emoluments of the Office if
they were successful. 1t was felt that
the death on the battlefield of the captain
would be a strong card to win favor in
Washington. This story Sof the widow S
experience in office seeking is taken from
the diary of her father, who accompan-
led her:
Saturday, July 15.-This is a day long
to be remembered. After breakfast Lucy
and I started with trembling hearts for
the presidents mansion. Lucy had a
card all ready and gave it to the usher,
and we went into the east room to wait.
She thought it quite. uncertain as to our
getting hearing, and suggested that 1
try to find Mr.. Clark, but / did not sue
ceed, and when 4 returned could not find
Lucy, but on inquiry found that she had
gone to the reception room, and that none
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ed him that she was occupying too much
of his time. Once one Of the secretaries
came In and whispered to him that Gen.
Grant wanted to see him. He said Let
him wait, that he wanted rest and must
turn to something agreeable AS this re-
markable interview was about closing he
said to her: Go to the postmaster gen.
eral and tell him If he will reverse this
appointment he would indorse IT. And
then with hearty kiss and most cor
dial God bless YOU she retired from
his presence, feeling that this interview
seemed more like a romance than a real
1ty, and 1t must so seem to all who hear
the account of it, that young and in
experienced and artiess widow, in humble
life, should have so fascinated the presi-
dent of the United States as to hold him
an hour in perfect simplicity of child
hood, is passing strange.
NO ODOR OF LIQUOR.
after Lucy's return from the second
intel view with the president her counte-
nance was in a glow of joy and excite
ment; she hardly got composed while we
wera walking from the presidential man.
sion to the postoffice. I was perfectly
confounded at the relation she gave me
of the interview and asked her If he had
not imbihed too freely of wine at his
u,
or she would have detected it In his
breath. At the postoffice building Lucy
quite confidently entered the apartment
of the building where she had been but
two or three hours before. Having made
a good impression on his secretaries and
ushers, one In particular said to her as
he showed her into the room of Mr. Depi-
son: Now talk up to him; don't be
afraid This seemed to be the common
feeling toward her, not only there but
at the presidential mansion they ali
knew she was soldiers widow and
wanted an appointment. She went be-
fore Mr. Denison confidently and told
him the president had told her to come
back and tell him that the appointment
of Mr.. Low should not have been made,
and if he would reverse it he would in
dorse 1t.
"Mr. Denison evidently. was discouraged
and felt himself IN Bad condition. He
replied with an evident decision of man.
ner that he could not do 1t. Lucy, moth
ing daunted, seated herself and replied
that the president said 1t could be done
This brought Mr.. Denison to see that
he had got to attend to her wants and
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Some Of Minnesota's Bugs.
Annual Prof Otto Lugger Emoo
of Experiment Station

bodies, more or less densely clothed with
scales. The scales differ greatly in form
and size, even in the same insect, ana
yet more so in the different groups, so
that a certain family may even show
forms peculiar to 1t alone. Some Of these
scales are not simply organs that serve
as a protection to the wings proper, but
they possess other functions as well,
hence we find sometimes very highly de-
veloped scales on the wings of the male
only, usually confined to very limited
areas, or even concealed in folds. Scales
are simply modified hairs, which, instead
of growing long and slender, remain short
and grow very wide. Every graduation
in form, from hair to scale, can be found
If we capture with our fingers a butterfly
or moth, and let the insect escape again,
we find adhering to our fingers dust OF
various colors. If we look at this dust
with a magnifying glass, we perceive at
once that this glistening material is not
simply dust, but that it is composed of
scales rubbed off the wings and body of
the captured insect. Numerous beautiful
and highly-colored scales of different
shapes are thus seen. When we study
the wings from which these scales are
removed we see that such scales are ar
ranged as regularly as the scales on
fish, or the shingles on roof. and we
can also detect how the beautiful mark
ings on the wings are produced.
TURNUS TAIL.
Among the numerous kinds of North
American swallow-tailed butterflies few
are as beautiful as this species. which
leisurely sails through the warm air of
June and July. 1t Is not a cannon in
sect. excepting in the lake region of our
state. In the northern part of Mime
sofa, but chiefly near Lake Vermillion,
it occurs In countless numbers, and some
times the shores of the lake are simply
lined with a broad band of these gaudy
beings. They are attracted by all sorts
of putrid matter, and dead fish seems
to possess special attractions.
This butterfly is, with one exception,
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Prof Otto Lugger, of the state univer-
sity, has delved down into the domestic
secrets of the Nepticula Rubifoliella
Anistota senatorial and other klndred
creations of bugology, and embodied the
result in his fourth annual report, which
has just been published for distribution
among the farmers of the state.
But the professor is able to tell the
farmers all about chinch bugs, lady bugs,
and in fact most any kind of bugs.
The professor has been at the state uni
Versity in his official capacity for nearly
twelve years and during that time he
has collected several thousand speci-
mems of beneficial and injurious cater
pliers, moths and bugs which infest the
farmers field at harvest time.
Prof. Lugger has named new large
lady bug that has recently made its ap-
pearance in Minnesota after Bug Mag
e-Shig. the Pillager chief. While her
ladyship is not as ferocious as the name
would indicate, she gives promise, how
ever. of giving the farmers considerable
trouble.
The Red Admiral butterfly Is another
new insect which has been seen in Min
nesota but short time. There are long
legged. short-legged, fat, slim, corpu-
lent and pompous bugs and moths. of
which Prof. Lugger knows all there is
to know. and has in his menagerie in
the building of entomology.
Prof. Lugger believes that the past
winter has been especially conducive to
insect life. He asserts that bugs and in
sects of all kinds thrive during the ex-
treme weather, and after q long, hard
winter they are very prolific. This is ex
planned by the fact that the hibernating
species do not wake up. but remain In a
comatose state during the entire winter.
Open winters always kill off the bugs, as
freezing and thawing disturbs their WIN
ter sleep
Another one of the professors state
ments, which is of interest, is that the
advance of civilization always increases
the bug and insect species. Years ago,
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when the diversity Of the farm was lin
tied and the farms far apart, bugs and
other troublesome insects and mice were
very scarce. Just as soon, however, as
civilization advanced westward and
farms were titled close together the bugs
Immediately got very sociable and ef-
fected a plan of colonization and i'm
migration. The potato bug, which
thrived on Wild potatoes. was not slow
to find out that the Irish variety was
much more palatable, and transferred
his operation from the wilds to the set
tied farm.
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.
Discussing butterflies and moths in his
report, Prof. Lugger says:
Butterflies and moths are better known
TO the casual observer than other in
sects. The former, which are active only
during the day. and which fly in the
brightest sunshine, are frequently SO
beautifully colored as to well deserve
the name winged flowers" The term
''Lepidoptera, which means scale-wings,
is well chosen. as the insects belonging
to the order of Lepidoptera have both
sides of their wings, as well as their
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which contrast strongly with the black,
white, red and yellow colors of the moth
1t never hides, but always displays it's
colors. This is evidently done as a pro-
lection, as these colors are warning col
ors, which tell birds and other lovers of
insects as food that the moth showing
them is not good to eat. The ground
color OF this fine moth is deep blue
black; two large pale-yellow spots are
found on each of the front wings, and
two white spots on each of the hind
wings, the one nearer the base being
much the largest. The shoulder covers
are yellow, and the legs partly orange.
The sexes differ somewhat the male hav-
ing proportionately larger and more con-
spicuous spots, and possesses also a
white mark along the tip of the abdo-
men. The wings, when expanded, meas
IRE from an inch to an inch and a half
SSn
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two days ago. This had saddening ef-
feet on Lucy's hopes, but the president
told her to go to the postmaster general
and inquire and then return We walked
and had plenty of time to confer together.
When we reached there Lucy went 10
with more confidence than she did to the
president. She was not long In getting
a hearing from Mr.. Denison; though very
polite and gentlemanly he seemed desir-
GUS of closing the interview by telling
her the appointment was made to Mr..
Low. Mr.. Burt Van Horn (member Of
congress) had been down and insisted
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but ladies were admitted today. This
was. gratifying intelligence to me, and
returned to the east room to patiently
await the result.
after an hour and half Lucy came
down stairs, her face full of sunshine and
hope. We went out into the grounds,
and she told me with great animation
of the cordial reception the president
gave her and the warm sympathy of his
feelings for her situation; seemed dis
heartened that the president told her he
feared the appointment had been made
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HE GOT THE KISSES
HOW PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHN
SON THRILLED WITH A PRETTY
WIDOW
SHE WANTED AN OFFICE

Sought to BE the Po.tm,.tre.. at
Niagara Fails, n. Y, but After
kissing the President He Gave
the Place TO MAJ. James Low,
Showing a Streak of "Yellow" In
His Make-Up,
NIAGARA FALIis,a March 16 = Maj.
James Low has BEEN made collector of
the port of Niagara Falls. He got the
office without a contest such as marked
his candidacy for appointment as post
master of the former village of Suspen-
sion Bridge by President Johnson In 1865.
Another candidate for the postoffice at
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ODD NEW FLOWER.
Plant With a Russian Name Blooms
In Freezing Weather.

IN Freezing weather..
John Bookwalter, who was recently re-
turned from year and half's travel in
Asia, tells of a remarkable flower that
grows in Siberia. They will grow, it
seems, In the coldest climate from frozen
earth, and bear beautiful blossoms in the
month of January.
In the duration of Its bloom the flower
resembles somewhat our convolVulus
each blossom lasting but a day. The
flower is star-shaped when it opens, its
petals of the same length as the leaves
and about half an inch wide. The an
theirs, which are five in number, at the
third or fourth day, show at their ex-
tremities minute glistening specks which
shine like diamonds. They are about a
sixteenth of an inch in diameter. These
are the seeds. The name is an unpro-
nounceable Russian word.
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A Through Dining Car

On a railway trains means that all pas
sengers on such train can get their
meals at regular hourS-no headaches ow>
ing to irregular meals on such trains. Tho
Northern Pacific transcontinental trains
both morning and evening-run such
through dining cars.
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been from 1000 to 1000 barrels year.
Five or six years must elapse before the
beds can be restocked.
Northern Pacific

Train No. leaves st. Paul at and
Minneapolis at 1886 O'Clock each night for
and for Wadena, Fergus Falls, Wahpe
ton, Cr0okston, Grand Forks, Grafton and
Winnipeg. Pullman sleeping cars for all
these points. Dining car on the Winnipeg
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Free.

To every lady caller this week we will
give a sheet of up-to-date music and
useful souvenir. Gable Piano Co., "a East
Sixth street
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Your grocer will have special sale on
.Pillsbury's Best Flour beginning Mon
day, March 20th. Don't miss 1T.
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THE Won M0HL COMPANY Cincinnati
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-05-12
A Model Labor Union.

The arbitrary demands of the Miners
Union in the Ceur d'Alenes and its sure
defeat and loss Of cause is noticeably in
contrast with the actions of the Loco
motive Engineers, a brotherhood of
men.
Bradstreet's says this of the Brother
hood CT Locomotive Engineers:
The antithesis of labor unionism, as
it is illustrated by a number of organi-
cations in this country, is found in the
methods employed by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers in their deal
ings with their employers. Take the
statement of Chief Arthur before the
Industrial Commission, for instance.
His organization, he says, has agree
ments with 80 per cent. of the railways
as to conditions of work. Strikes are
on the decrease. The strike fund has
not been touched for several years, and
now amounts to 100000. There are two
other funds, one for current expenses
and one for the relief of widows and
orphans. OF the latter, Si2, 900 was dis
tributed last year. The insurance fea-
ture of the order is important, IS, 100000
having been paid on this account. Nine
ty per cent of the 10000 locomotive en-
gineers in this country are Brotherhood
men. The secret of the success of the
engineers is found in the fact that they
have been wisely counseled and that
they abided by such counsel; also, that
they have not been arbitrary in their
demands, but on the contrary, have
shown tendency to moderation, thus
gaining a reputation for rreasonableness|
which in turn has invariably begotten
for them respectful and usually sym
pathetic audience with their employers.
The moral is obvious
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-05-12
Attorney General Hays having issued

Attorney General Hays having issued
a mandate prohibiting the mine mana
gers in Shoshone county from employ.
ing any persons belonging to any of the
Miners Unions in that county, all of the
mines in the C9ur d'Alenes have been
closed down. The fact that several OF
the managers permitted their men to
leave their work in the mines at Gem,
Burke, Wallace and Mullan, seize a
train and proceed to Wardner and blow
up the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill
and return home again and quietly go
to work makes it apparent that what
we have said before was only too true,
that all the deviltry perpetrated could
not be laid upon the shoulders of the
miners. Justice viii not be done in
that county by simply Furnishing such
of the union men as are proven to be
instigators of the crimes committed.
Behind them are a number of mine
owners who if not the real criminals,
were at least accessories before the fact.
We are pleased that the boomerang
causing the shutting down of their
mines has struck them, and have fur
ther hopes that all the facts will come
out which will cause proper punish
ment to be meted out to them.
Attorney General Hays very properly
Saws of them:
"The owners living in Spokane allow
the union to run things and when
property is threatened or riots occur
as result, they wire the governor of
Idaho to send troops to protect their
property. They do not seem to have
the proper spirit about protecting their
own property. Some of these owners
know who the men were who left their
mines to go to Wardner for the purpose
of blowing up the Bunker Hill and Sui
livan mill. They allowed the men to go
out of their mines to destroy the
property of another, and then to re-
turn to work. This conduct on the
part of the owners is nearly, if not
quite, as reprehensible as that of the
rioters themselves. A petty fear Of
losing something themselves has ami
mated them and aiding the criminal
organizations in ruling the district"
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This is Not Bad.

Dan Y. Miller received check Mon
day for 521250 for gold dust which he
washed out of Snake river sand at rest
hours from his ranch work.
Farming and mining in Idaho will
make man rich if he will stick to his
job and work GO minutes to the hour in
all work hours. But he cannot afford
to take three holidays week like the
Filipinos and expect riches. Mr.. Mil
Ter made the s2l2.50 at odd hours and
the saving of odd hours is what counts
in ones faeor.-Blackfoot News.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-05-12

The new Boise Chamber of Commerce
has named committee to take charge
OF the arrangements for the next Idaho
State Fair. We respectfully suggest to
the committee that if it will avoid the
many mistakes made by last years
managers, the Idaho State Fair has
still chance to grow into a permanent
and useful institution; but if they still
persist in making merely race meet,
not connected with any respectable
racing association, it will go the same
way the former Boise fair went, some
fifteen years ago.