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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
MANILA IS A SURPRISE.
The American Consul Says Visitors
Arc Not Prepared for the
Beauty of the City.

Manila is n surprise to most Ameri-
cans, when they come here and find
many well-paved streets, large, com
mercial houses, beautiful drives. mag
niicent residences. and evidences Of
thrift everywhere. 1t is true that dir,
and filth oAist to a lamentabie extent.
but even these conditions are being in
proved, and what Gen. Butler did for
New Orleans Gen. Otis is gradually Gc-
completing for Manila. Ii has neysi
been lie custom TO use the first sto..
OF the residences, or even the cclnu.er-
cial houses. for n place of living OF Luci-
ness. The first floor is sort G cellar
which is usually used for the stables
aad store.ooms. This is true even il;
the hes, houses. The dampness Of the
climate and the thieving ard inceu-
diary Propensities OF the natives have
made this style of architecture 4 necea-
siiy. The windows Of the houses AZ;
barred with great cagelike iron stiuc-
lures that swell out over the street,
and a house is usually surrounded 10y q
high, IRON picket fence, or stone wall
studded with broken bottle-glas i'm
be,!a,d in mortar.
TIE native is in evidence everywhere.
He is your servant, your day laborer,
your blacksmith, carpenter, farmer.
stonecutter, cook, and, in fact, repre-
sents to the Philippines what the cool,
class does to China, the negro 10 tLc
south; only. as you study his character
and take note of his works in artistic
intellectual, commercial and muaicr
lines you are compelled 10 admit than
possibilities exist in his makeup TIA,
do not in other native races. 1t Is con-
tinually dinned into your ears that he
is lazy, but not hopelessly. This is II
climate of lazy conditions. The Eng
lishman who has become acclimateG
n1'er thinks of raising his hand, e2ccFt
for tifin and a whisky and soda, from
IL until o'clock. He never walks 4
step outside of his Office during bust
ness hours or after. His carriage is al
ways at his door. and, if not, the streets
are lined with two-wheeled gigs. called
calls, that stand ready to bump you
over the pavements ard drag you Giag
onally back and forth across street
car tracl.s for 30 cents (MeXican) 4"
hour. The American is about the onli
one who walks in Manila, and he Is
rapidly learning better. While the
sun is in evidence it is foolish urder-
taliing 10 brave its rays. Indoors, with
or without punka, the heat is ret cp-
pressive at this season. The natives.
however. do not notice this condition.
They work, heads barred. all day in
the streets and rice fields, Indifferent
to the burning sun. Its only effect
upon them is to make them move slow
ly and 10 moderate their activity.-Ed-
win Wildman, in Leslie's Weekly
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
CAME OFF HIS PERCH.
Rooster DodGed Missiles. But n Wom-
nm with n Broom Brought
Him Down.

\ rooster belonging to College
street man got out the other evening
and flew about the yard. dexterously
Guiding every attempt to catch him till
the owner gave il up. and left him to
his fate Next morning the rooster
was perched high in tree apparently
stiff and stark. The owner was CON
science. ricken. IL ought TO have
gone OH after dark and got him. He
froze TO death last night and am to
blame have got TO get pole and
knock him out OF that tree. shall be
arrested for cruelty" he said TO his
wife. So he went out. armed with
couple Of sticks of wood. says the Lew
iston (Me } journal.
These he threw al the frozen rooster
for an hour without success. and
guod-siled crowd Of neighbors stood
about. suggesting ways to get the bird
down. One weni and gui II revolver
and shot away at it for some tire. but
the bird still sat there irimovab!e. its
head canted little. and its eyes look
ing binary You Internal copper! Do
you expect TO knock frozen bird out
of tree with revolver? The bullets
would go right through it. and not
bulge it,"
After half an hour of these vain at
tempts the wife of one Of the neigh
bors came out with q long-handltd
broom. and. waving it, said "Sh-sh-sh-
sh-sh" Up flew the rooster. growing
loudly. and lit upon the ell Of the
house and finally. after victorious
crow. settled down into the barn door,
and ran in among the hens.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
ONLY A QUARTERBACK.
de Looked Like n Dude. but When
lie Lifted Something
Came Loose.

The old saying tina, appearances are
deceptive" was very triiely exempli-
fled one night recently. says the Phila'
1elphia Times. Owing 10 the delay
caused by the snowfall, the cars of thu
Seventeenth street line that run down
Chestnut were blocked for some time
in the northern part Of the city. When
the first of line Of Ten appeared AT the
junction, they again found progress
lmpeded. This time il was The switch
ing rail which was frozrn light. aH'
the united efforts of the mutoruirI
could not move il. There were mo-
many people in the cars. hui those who
were each in turn applied his strength
% the switching iron. Even bnrit
uegro Of Brubdignangian proportions
Jailed ignominiously. There remained
only one of the crowd who had not
made the attempt and be was. in the
parlance of the street. "a bloomln
dude" He had spent his time in the
EAR attentively chewing the end OF his
stick and reading the advertise meni'
with q self-consciuus air. lie was Ike
unto the flowers. gorgeously appartled
long brown paddock coal surmoun''
ed an unimpeachable dress sniI aud
a large bunch of viulets danglrd from
his buttonhole He got OF and gaIfd
dreamiy al tire proceedings. NhrH
the negro failed. dives,ing himself OF
the long coat. he threw il to- a motor
man. and. giabhirg the iri ,. WI ap
parent ease. he forced Bach me rail
and held it calmly IN place while the
seven cars passed over il. Then for fhr
first time the people noiiced ain IN
looked-for breadth Of shoulders aud
depth Of chest. Say mi>iei ti''i YOU
Sandow?" qnrried little earnn. moi
quite" laughed the dude. 81 only
played quarter Tor Yale couple OF
years." which again goes 10 prove that
appearances are not only deceitful. but
untruthfIll
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16

derings. The women of this tribe ar,
all particularly hardy and intrepid
Frequently they take TO the road h>
themselves as brigands, and lnckIrss
indeed is the traveller or trader whn
falls into their hands. Not content
with robbing him, they pinch. sconrg,
and scratch him.
When girl is born in Montenegro
the mother says 10 her: 81 do moi wish
thee beauty, but courage; heroisr
alone gains the love Of men" Ani
courage the. possess in abundance
While their husbands are away ON ex
cursions the women in the intervals o.
caring for the fields and flocks. take Ia
the road and do little looting on their
own account
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
TOWN THAT CURES Badness.
Those who Go Away and Lose Their
Hair Return and Get
II Back.

IF I had money" said NorristowG
man. according to the Philadelphia Rec
ord. I'D exploit the little village of
Naretown. on Barnegat bay. Ware
Town Is not wonderful on account q It's
excellent fishing and cunning Gul en-
account Of its power Of curing bad
ness. Cal me, if you will 'a' Nmt
The fact remains that rot h.. tad
I'd mai j. 20 be found With lies
al Nar2iOwn, and any bald 81 anger
WHO goes there to live and .is gets
out headed as often Us r's.''., o..
tie o., and in the black gfa,s 4caG-
u,s b-sins TO thatch up lirI ""ai
and IT, q YEAR has crop i,..' rat
.nirg li!I smooth! When WAS Gown
as; H. ~ | met man naHtG Henry
aa..uri-- you know they're all Cam
3mrIs Pretty much down there. Well.
lpn!A though an old man. had head
OF rhiel soft brown hair like a boys.
ard g. sid it was his third crop.
1--WE. hid he lived away frcm Ware
iuwr 50, q got bald. but he came back
each - q and so did his hair. believe
thar ~ pare. strong winds. that smell
OF ri:t- AID the sea cause tbs thiCg.
and II had money would get to-
g:ther colony OF bald-teaG- take
them down to Wareiown. kse? them
out al day and every day fishing in
the ssi.ncr. ducklng in The winter,
witlou' ual hats. ard in a year world
discharge them cured. could easily
Il 4 hand
IL be had it. would pay that"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
IN THE BERMUDAS.
There Is n Plague of Csta and Spar
rows and Too Many Worth
less Ours.

People arrivingin New York from Der
muda say that the island is overrun
by cats and sparrows. The Nuisance u
the plague has even been discussed il
the ,lcnial legislature al Hamilton
Visitors from the United States seek
ing the balmy climate of Bermuda ar,
complaining especially of the "ca'
gangs" which nightly disturb then
sleep. says the New York journal.
When he dog tax bill came up befor'
she legislature. DR.. T. A. Outerbridg
one of The members of the council. pre-
posed an amendment. In doing 50 h'
said:
IL should like to see the bill recasi
and heavier tax put upon dogs. b'
cause we have too many worthless cur
in bermuda. | should also like to 81
a inN put upon cats. You may laugh
but if there is any useless animal il
thi. world it is a cat. Cats may he
some use in some countries. but the
are of no use here. They do no, XII
rats. They do destroy our native birds
al have not seen a bluebird in SIN
weeks. and there ought to he plenty
Of them here now from America. |
have not seen one this year, and before
long all our native birds will be exter
minated between the cats and the
sparrows"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
A PERSEVERANCE TEST.
with Female Applicants for
Employment.

Many girls are employed at the West
ern Union Telegraph company's main
office in filing dispatches and ether
work requiring no great skill Now.
although they get only the current
wages Of workSers in such employ
neuls. there are always r,an! aai!i-
rAnts for every vacancy In view of
this fact the company has adopted an
interesting method of dealing will APP
pIicaiions Every girl applying is ques-
Toned as to her age. education and res
ldence Furthermore. her height is
taken. The facts as TO the applicant
are then iiled for future reference and
she is advised in case she is really anX-
ions for a place to return at the end of
ionr months should she moi hear from
the company before that time. The
reasons for this advice is that the list
Of applications is destroyed every four
month, says the New York sun.
Many applicants never come a sec
Ond time: some. however. come q sec
ond third or even fourth time. and.
although the officers of the company
hold uui 10 special hope &c any appli-
rani they 10 say that here. as else
where perseverance often succeeds.
The requirement that the applicant
shall appear in person each time is an
Ingenious means of wedding out those
applicants that lack the perseverance
which other things being equal. is like
y :" make girl more useful to the
company than girl with less o: that
quality
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
WOMEN OUTLAWS.
Young AmazOns of Kurhfstnn VINO
Take to the Road as
Urignnds.

The Kurdish women are also devoted
to an outdoor life. Quite us eniPrrrlN
ing and interchangeable as he men in
their race. they are ever OF the alert
sEeady TO leap to the saddle. where
though not graceful riders. they are Il.
home and able TO keep up with the m'i
in their adventurous wanderings. So! p
the New York Tribune.
A recent traveller in Kurdistan teii'
OF meeting a girl Of the Eulbassi irih'
who had Just killed with spear II iur!
who insulted her. This young Aiu"""i
was dressed like man and served the
chief. Fazullah Etfendi. AS his faithful
henchman, following him in all his wan
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16

The attest news Of Emperor Menelek.
.ays The Manchester Guardian. touches
nj. interest in surgical operations. H.
The hospital at Adds Aheba aiiarl:D
d the hussinn mission. be is couliuuai-
IS Watching the surgeons al iL,ir wGrh
rheir skill often calls from him express
,ioHs of admiration. His great desire
rs to act the part of an assistant-for
example. 10 hold the limb when an am
putaiion is being performed. He never
misses an operation.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16

In Sweden yarn is not allowed TO be
sold If II contains .00O9 per cent. OF
arsenic. carpet has been condemned
by the inspectors because it contained
.OO0ih part Of a grain Of arsenic in l6
snnnrt inches.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16

We will order any magazine, paper
or other periodical you may want, ar
list price, thus saving you the price of
money order, postage, etc When in
need of anything i'll this line, leave
your orders at this office.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16

TILLA REBEKAH LODGE, No u, niee's
" the Sc ond and fOurtn wednesday ~
each month ut Odd Fs'l'w'S Hail.
Visiting members IN good rihnling cur
daily invited.
FRANCES CRossoS. y. g.
MAY3MINGo, Secretary
OELAMAR MINERS UNION. WEsrER
OFederA;ion oil Miners
II. W. WARREN, Pres.
j. II. MoRCuM Sec.
Meet every Monday night.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16

The guinea pig grows more quickly
than any other quadruPed Ii is fully
grown when six weeks old. and begins
to bear Young at two months.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-16
0 WYHEE co UNITY DIRECTORY


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
Fest pistrict-rim Shea.
Second District-henry scott.
Third District--John McNan.
Clerk of District Court-E. l.. Ballard,
9herif-Oscar Brunzeil.
assessor-Chris Olsen.
TreBsurer-John c. Connors.
Proba Judge-Geo. II. Handy.
Supt. OF Educa ion-F. S. Heer.
DELAMAR PRECINCT.
,.,. r p. ! John d. Harris.
justice oil ieace John Lamb.
Constable-James W. Pascoe.
LEGISLATURE.
Senator-J. G. Watts.
REPRESENTATIVES g. /. Bixby;
The times., 1899-03-17
Gomez and the Cuban Assembly.

The absolute frmness of the Admins
tration in dealing with the various emer-
gencies that arise in Cuba and the Philip
pines is to be warmly commended Ever
since the ratification of the Peace Treaty
by the Senate the President has shown no
weakness that could imperil the success
of American government in the colonies.
The latest proof of his determination to
enforce the rightful authority Of the Gov
ernment is in the instructions TO General
Brooke to suppress the mischievous Cuban
Assembly. The method is left to the dis
cretion of that officer, but he is not in
doubt as to the intention of the Admins
tration to tolerate no more disturbance
from that source.
The political demagogues who dominate
this Assembly have fostered the delusion
that America would not dare proceed
against what purports TO be the representa-
tive of the civil power OF Cuba Il was
this that led them to denounce and reject
the scheme which originated with General
Garcia TO pay something TO the Cuban army
and to demand an extravagant sum for
which they proposed to mortgage the fu-
ture of the island. They believed they
could win the support OF the Cuban army
and people in any conflict with this Gov
eminent and they have been rash enough to
bring matters to crisis. They were driven
to this by the attitude of General Gomez.
who reached a harmonious understanding
with the Presidents representative. They
have abolished his office OF Commander-in-
Chief and informally declared him traitor.
The end OF their programme was to force
an issue that would cause our Government
to withdraw its troops and leave the island
independent
1t happens that General Gomez is the
popular idol in Cuba and around him have
rallied not only the soldiers. but all classes
Of the people, including the business men of
Havana. In effect he stands for Cuba, and
is recognized as the leader and su-
preme authority. The Assembly has
retained the support of a few officers
who are mere politicians than soldiers.
and who would welcome a conflict
with the Americans, who have neglected
them in the distribution of local offices,
and IL has a mouthpiece in newspaper of
Havana. But there will be no general SYM
pathy with the body if General Brooke
The times., 1899-03-17
ACROSS WARS CHAsM.
Spanish and American Red Cross
Societies Working in HARMONY.

The American and Spanish branches OF
the Red Cross Society have joined hands
in an endeayor to ameliorate the condi-
tons of the Spanish prisoners now held by
the Filipinos. The request for co-opera-
tion. which came from Spain, was quickly
accepted by the American Red Cross, and
both will work in conjunction to secure
the release Of the prisoners and to ale
viate their sufIeTings.
The many conflicting reports make 1t
impossible TO determine the exact status
OF affairs in the Philippines. so far as the
captured Spaniards are concerned. Ii has
been stated that they are well taken care
of and fed by Aguinaldo's forces. ana
again that hundreds are daily dying from
starvation and disease. and subjected 10
all sorts of inhuman treatment.
An effort viii be made to learn the truth
and the Red Cross societies OF both nations.
may then go to work intelligently- Cen
eral Barrett. who has had charge OF the
Red Cross work in Porto Rico for sew
eral months, has been asked to make a
trip TO the Philippines and report on what
is needed there. In a message TO the Red
Cross Society. General Otis promises to Sc
cure the release OF the Spanish prisoners
as soon as possible. and expresses the be-
lief that this will be accomplished soon.
The times., 1899-03-17

chooses to prohibit its meetings. Under
the influence of General Gomez the Gu
bans have accepted the opinion that Amer
lean rule has for its object only the well
fare of the island. They have no fears OF
forcibie annexation. They realize that
the course of the Assembly must delay the
establishment Of purely Cuban govern
ment, and they will welcome its dissolu-
ton.
This Cuban Assembly was created by
. General Gomez, who, as Commander-in-
Chief of the Army, was the virtual dictator.
1t was solely to prevent the appearance Of
a dictatorship that he caused its organiza-
ton. While he cheerfully resigns his office,
his sword being no longer needed, he still
maintains all the influence his position and
his record give. By his declaration that
he recognizes but one government-that of
the United States-he overthrows and de-
stroys the Assembly he created from a
patriotic motive. Its practical suppression
by General Brooke will diminish the power
of the demagogues for mischief. They may
keep up an agitation for the election of
the Americans, but they will be impotent.
Even General Gomez was not able to lead
the people or the soldiers into a display
of resentment over American occupation.
The times., 1899-03-17
St PniricI.,s Dny

AS no one else is likely to forget that
this is st. Patrick's Day, we hope that the
fact will not be lost upon one who has
left our Potomac River bed and the ex-
cellent board at the White House and be-
taken himself to the sunny cline of
Georgia.
There are two out of many reasons why
we should wish Mr.. Mckinley to open his
heart to the sentiments of the occasion.
One is that st. Patrick-more power to
his memory-is the patron saint OF that
Emerald Isle from which sprang the noble
family of the McKinleys. If it had not
been for him, perhaps the climate might
not have been favorable to the growth of
the clan, and it might have been their mis-
fortune from generation to generation
never to have any children. In that case
We should not today rejoice in the posses
sion of a Chief Magistrate with veins full
of warm blood from the old stock, and
handsome, benevolent face to match, with
its geographical suggestions of Kerry.
The second reason why we wish the
President to reflect upon the day is because
he is in position not unlike that in which
landed on the Old Sod. The country is
a moral wilderness. made so by the devas-
tations of Algerian wild beef cattle pes
tilential in their decomposed, putrescent
ravages. and by legions of snakes whose
Shiny, sinuous progress is marked with
bill posters bearing the legends of Anti
expansion. God Bless the Tagals.
Down With the American Flag" "All
powers OF government are derived from
the consent OF Hoar. Hale, Schurz, Pulit-
ger, and the late Grover Cleveland and
many more poisonous remarks too numer-
Gus to mention.
Not to take up Mr.. sIcKinley's time with
a long story, he ought to see the drift
of these observations Why should not
he accept the role of a St. Patrick and
clear his island of the snakes and other
vermin that infest it from Alpha to Omaha
and from Detroit up to the backstairs of
the Executive Mansion? 1t is noble mis-
sion we suggest to him. A few sticks of
dynamite thrown into the War Depart
ment would do a world of good. and give
the embalmers a little extra business
Perhaps he may take the hint. who knows?
Time flies fast in these days, though not
as fast as in Ireland, where the pretty
girls, the praties. and the poteen make
hours into seconds-worse luck to them
that stay away. Nobody knows what may
happen by next St Patrick's Day. Per-
haps by then the Tagals will be subdued
and there will be nothing left for the
anti-expansionists but an unpleasant sense
of being out in the cold. Then. possibly
the venerable Senator Hoar of Massachu-
sets may make a pilgrimage to the tomb
of his Filipino republic" and, standing on
the ruins of Malolos crate:
Let Luzon remember the days of old.
Ere the trescherous Yanks betrayed her.
When Aguinaldo sported that collar of gold
Thai he stole from 4 man from Grnnadai
The times., 1899-03-17
a Little Hindoo in Chicago.
From the Chicago Post.)

(From the Chicago Post)
There is a dear little brown Hindoo boy.
a leftover from the Worlds Fair. who is
being educated in a South Side public
school. His name is Kalid. or part Of it is
the only part one can remembsr-aud he
is fast forgetting all about the Hindoo gods.
In place of Brahma and Buddha he is
learning TO love the memory of Washing
ton and Lincoln. How their austere vir-
tues compare with the good qualities OF
India's spectacular deities one cannot say,
as Kalid is only seven times one. and is
not very well up on the subject of compar-
ative religions. Wednesday was a holiday
for him, and Kalid spent his day riding on
an extremely Occidental bobsled. Tommy
brought him in TO play in his back yard.
and when TOmmy'S mother asked Kald.
just to hear him talk why he had not gone
to school that day. the child. opening wide
his great eyes. said: wi. Jorshe WaShin-
tons is born today. so We don't go TO
school" Asked his idea OF our great man.
Kalid showed the thoroughness of his
training in a pretty drawl: Wi he is the
father Of all the country. Wi. he was first
in war. and then he was in peace. and then
he was in his cOuntrymen." What a bleak
hero our iIlustrious Washington must be
to that dreamy Oriental His mother and
father are deyout Hindoos. and listen 70
doubt with disgust to our national mythol-
ogy. / think myself Kalid is bored by
Washington. but he is too respectful to his
masters to resent the badness OF the his
tory they prescribe.