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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
A Metallic Diet.

The London Lancet has just record
ed remarkable case. The body of an
Arab, who was stowaway on ship
which had just arrived, was found in
the hold and was conveyed to the Sea-
mems hospital at Greenwich, where
post mortem was made. The physicians
noticed that the body was greatly
emaciated, and on opening it there were
found in the alimentary canal twenty
trouser buttons, three cog wheels, APP
parently portions of watch, two
inch steel screw which was bent
double, one-inch screw, six pieces of
lock, the largest half an inch long
and half an inch broad, circular
piece of brass, several pieces of iron
wire, some bits of brass and lead, and
two key TALES on ring an inch long.
The man had eaten these things when
ctar-Uinn
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
THE VERY LATEST.

THE newest thing in chirography is the
most indecipherable.
THE newest thing in note paper is OF
delicate heliotrope, with a silver mon
ogram.
JET belts are novel feature, pointed
in the center and bordered with grad
uated fringe.
THE fairest of the fair now wear yell
low, and look even prettier in it than
the brunettes.
THE latest fad in underwear is to have
velvet ribbon in art colors running
through the meshes of the insertion.
COLLARS and broad bands for the
wrist, of metal open work set with gar
nets of different shades, from black tc
cherry and rose, are new.
RIBBONS to hold fans are fastened to
the shoulders with q bow, and are long
enough to fall nearly to the ground, the
fan being carried in the hand.
A PARAsoL handle unique even if not
particularly feminine is of cork exact
ly initiating the one that flies out from
the champagne bottle. Shades of
Widow Cliquot! who will ever have the
courage to carry it!
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
, THE USE OF spEcTAcLEs.
Difference Between People who Need
Them and Those Who Do Not.

Difference Between People Who Need
Them and Those Who Do Not.
The period of putting on spectacles is
often long deferred by middle-aged peo-
pie, who hate to seem old" or dislike
confessing to themselves that they have
reached one of the significant turning
points of life People have, however,
different ways of accepting the inev-
table One charming woman, who has
passed this visual limit, declares that
her comfort is thereby daily increased.
Il was always SO lazy" she says.
Nevertheless, | had to do a thousand
things l hated. Now when l go out
for an afternoon, l can leave my
glasses at home, and so, when | am
asked to look at photographs, try
new crotchet stitch, or read dear Mary
AIMS last letter. can refuse with
clear conscience. And it is such rest
of mind and saving of tissue!'
Another woman, and a very pretty
one, owns to bit of tacit deception in
wearing her cross.
Il try to put my glasses on with the
air of having always worn them, she
confesses 81 can't help hoping that
people will think me nearsighted from
childhood.
But a dear old gentleman, who can't
see without glasses, actually goes to
the length of declaring that he doesn't
need them at all. He proves his case
by standing at distance from print
and reading it without difficulty.
There's nothing the matter with my
eyes" he then explains, humorously
1.-THE only trouble is, my arms aren't
long enough!''- Youths Companion.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
sTREET-cAR MAxIMs.

If there is no room anywhere the
company earnestly advises trying the
next train.
WHEN seats and straps are all occu-
pied passengers without them will not
need either.
CONQUER the habit of giving up your
seat to the women. If you do not you
will be strapper for life.
THE gripman will increase speed GO
ing around corners, his object being to
brighten old ladies and upset careless
strappers.
NEVER quarrel over strap. Yield
gracefully, and if you can't stand alone
going around curves there are laps all
about you to fall into.
PASSENGERS are not allowed to put
their heads and arms out of the win
dows unless there is no room for their
extremities within the car.
WHEN the guard says: "Plenty of
room in the center of the car, gents, -
stroll up and occupy it. He knows bet
ter than you; it must be there
II, while holding to strap, you step
on the feet of a passenger who is seated,
do not apologize. The sitter is glad
enough to have the seat to take the dis
comforts with it..
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
"wHIskERs" ON A NICKEL
It's the Very Latest Joke Out and It's
Good One.

'What are you doing that for?''
asked New York World reporter of a
downtown elevator boy, who was in
dustriously hacking the edges of a
nickel with sharp knife.
''Puttin' up job on one of de 81
rales, - he replied, as he started the ele-
vator with a velocity that doubled up
the knees of a puny-loolsing man who
wanted to go to the top floor.
fWho are the II rakes?"
He left two girls on the second floor
and blew a chewed wad at messenger
boy on the third then he answered:
''De ralzes are de fellows ,wat pull in
de coin at de elevated station windows.
Dey tink der mighty slick in maxim
change, and de lazy way dey slide it out
makes You tired. But we fellers are on
to 'em. We whites sharp edges on a
coin like dis and fops it down hard on
de wood. De man paws it, but it don't
rake. He tries it again, but his fingers
slip off. It's fun to see him get ratified
when der's big crowd waitin'. Tree
of de fellers had man wild last night.
We mixed up in a seven O'clock crowd
and each of us had cut coin. De ticket
man was slidin' change his purtiest when
a lad chucked down nickel with
whisBers on. He pulled at it six times
and then had to pick it up. After a
few people had passed struck him wild
sharpened dime. 1t took him min
ute to rake it in and gimme change,
and Hollum train went up wild big
crowd pushin' to get through de gate
Den de money slipped all right for a
minute, but another of de gang set
down fixed piece. 1t stuck fine, and
de man was SO mad de station trembled
It's de last joke out-nint' foor''
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
THE INVENTIVE GENIUS.


A NEW device of clamps and catches
holds ham like a genteel wise while
the carver @sthetically slices it.
By the use of new machine pota-
toes may be planted in a straight line
and with the hills at equal distances
apart.
A NEW boot cleaning machine cleans
boots at the rate of pair minute, and
is worked in the same manner as a sew
ing machine.
A NEW motor, utilizing ordinary gas
as well as petroleum, is announced,
compact in form, requiring little space
and no expensive foundations or at
tendance. In one-half minutes time
starting can be accomplished.
IN France anew ''magic mirror has
lately been introduced. 1t consists es-
sentially of glass plate coated with
parent to light coming through from
behind, while being true mirror or re-
Hector to light impinging on it from the
front.
A NORWEGIAN invention for the pro-
duction from skim milk of new ma
terial which has been called lactite, or
mills-ivory, has just taken practical
shape, and a factory for its production
is about to start operations in Iceland.
This new material bears close resem-
blance to real ivory, and, in addition,
can be made in black or any color de-
,irad
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
Money in the Mails.

Scattered on the floor of postal car
on the New York & Pittsburgh railroad,
in which were tons of mail matter, the
clerks found, week or two ago, three
hundred and ten dollars in gold pieces
of various denominations. Portions of
the wrapper were found, but not enough
to identify the address or serve as a
clew to the sender. The one who mailed
the package doubtless thought he could
save the cost of registering or else he
did not know how to put up package.
There is no way of Identifying lost coin,
and the person in this instance, who
shipped his gold in a fimsy wrapper,
will probably never be able to prove
his claim to the money now held by
Uncle Sam. The post Office officials say
that it is common practice for people
to mail money of large and small
amounts in common envelopes and light
WrlDDerS
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
EDUCATION in Ecvnt.

Education is making great strides in
Egypt, and the natives are beginning
to show appreciation of the advantages
of the reorganized government schools.
In 1887 there were only twelve schools
under the minister of public instruction,
with an attendance of 1,010 pupils, of
whom only so per cent. paid fees, and
the total receipts were $4,000. Last
year the number of these schools
throughout the country, as far south as
Assuan, open to all races and creeds,
was forty-seven; the attendance was
1907, of whom 62 per cent. were paying
pupils, and the receipts reached nearly
100000. The increase is significant, as
education is not compulsory. 1t is
rule, however, that all pupils must
learn either English or French, and it is
significant that whereas in 1889 only
Ia per cent. of them selected English,
in 1890 the proportion rose to 90 per
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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
JnrIes in &c South.

Negroes now serve on the juries in
many of the southern states, and in
Georgia they have done so for fifteen
years. 1t is noticeable fact that
when colored men are on trial they beg
for white juries, or at least for a mixed
panel. However, not even in Georgia
are the colored men allowed to cat
with the white ones on jury that is
locked up to finish its deliberations. A
prosperous lawyer in Atlanta, whose
name is Lyons, is colored man who
earned his living by teaching a mulatto
girl, the ward of rich white woman,
while he was student. He is fire.
quently associated with white lawyers
in the conduct of causes.-N. Y. Sun.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
CONCLUSIONS OF SCIENTISTS.

IT has been reckoned that if the
whole ocean were dried up, all the
water passing away as vapor, the
amount of salt remaining would be
enough to cover 100000 square miles
with layer one mile thick.
Mr.. MASON KLINE, a distinguished
scientist of San Francisco, claims that
after examining the smallest fragments
of inorganic matter, he has discovered
traces that lead him to believe that all
atoms, animal and vegetable, are male
or female, and reproduce their species.
IT has been concluded that with bal
loon $50 feet long, with a maximum di-
ameter of 55 feet, a speed of % or 80
miles an hour can be attained. At the
same time it is thought that the prob
lem of flight is more likely to be solved
by means of an aeroplane than with a
balloon.
MAYER has calculated that, if the mo.
ton of the earth were suddenly arrest
ed, the temperature produced would be
sufficient to melt and even volatilize it;
while, if it fell into the sun, as much
heat would be produced as results from
the combustion of 5000 spheres of car
bon the size of our globe.
THOMAS w. KNOX concludes that his
tory has fully established that Capt.
Kidd buried no treasure except on Gard
ner's island, and this, amounting, with
what he had on board his vessel, to
about $40, 900, was secured by the earl
of Bellamont, governor of the British
colonies in New England.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
OUT OF THE USUAL RUN.

A GHOST wearing brown clothes anc
carrying lantern is harassing the
superstitious in Middlefield, Geauga
county, 0.
A RESIDENT of New Moorefeld, O., has
a cat which has adopted an infant
skunk and is as attached to it as to her
own kittens.
OF all the queer things in Georgia,
the queerest is young lady who never
ate plate of ice cream nor drank a
glass of soda water, lemonade or milk
shake.
A MAN in Wichita, Kan, is so DESTROYS
of avoiding trouble that he never al
lows any of his children to visit rela.
.tives oftener than once in every two
we ebs.
BROWN rat with blue tail has been
killed at the Cincinnati courthouse. 1t
was not a new species, but plain,
everyday Norway rodent that had beer
quietly fishing with its caudal APP
pendage in a bucket of blue paint.
A HoNEsDALE (Pa) lady has full
set of carpenters tools, which she use
with remarkable skill in making usefu
and ornamental articles for her home
full set of chairs being among thu
productions of her mechanical genius
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
THE DE LAMAR NUGGET.
TUESDAY, AUGUST A. 1891.
QUEER AND QUAINT.

A CURIOUS advertisement in an Eng
Iish paper says: "This concert takes
place tonight Friday, and not yester-
day, as was enormously announced"
In Bavaria a nobleman who engages
in trade or mechanics, or manual labor,
has to drop his titles for the time being,
but can resume them when he goes out
of business.
IN some parts of Cornwall it is con-
sidered unlucly to have any washing
done in the house between Christmas
and New Years day, the superstitious
believing that if washing takes place
some of the family will be washed out
of life.
AUSTRIA pensions ballet girls of the
Vienna opera Before they secure a
pension, however, they must be pro-
nounced by examiners as neither young
enough, beautiful enough nor graceful
enough to take even the most insignifi-
cant part.
IN Mecklenburg strange custom ex-
lists that when anybody dies the mir
irors of the whole house are Immediately
covered with dark cloth. The feet of
the corpse must be directed to the door,
otherwise the belief is that soon some
body else must die in the same house.
UNDER an old law making it illegal to
shoot at night, a sportsman recently ar
rested in Paris for unlawful killing of
game drew from the courts legal
definition of the days end. 1t was de
cided that night began with the close of
twilight, or when the sun had de-
scended six degrees below the horizon
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
ARTIFICIAL GRIEF.
Hypocritical Signs of Mourning Formerly
in Vogue.

Hypocrltlcal signs OF Mourning Formerly
in Vogue.
Within the memory of the Oldest in.
habitant it was considered an essential
part of the etiquette of fashionable fun
erals to appear to weep. Each mourn
err was expected to carry in his hand
a white pocket handkerchief and to APP
ply it to the eyes more or less frequent
ly-the interval between the dabs be-
ing regulated by the degree OF relation
ship or of friendship which had ex-
listed between the unconsolable and tho
deceased. This bit of hypocrisy has
happily been dispensed with by the
mourning fashionists. 1t is no longer
deemed indispensable to indicate to the
world that what Hamlet calls the
fruitful river of the eye'' is in state
of freshet by hosting the white flag of
affliction at burial.
Nothing can be more fallacious than
the outward symbols of grief. Neither
''inlly suits nor clouds of Grape nor an
overflow of salt water nor the de-
jected 'havior of the visage'' are to be
trusted as signs of unconsolability,
especially if the departed has been
thoughtful enough toleave handsome
legacy to the sable-clad and lachryrnose
mourner. In such case, a Niobe
might, without injustice, be, suspected
of assimilation. 1t is common to
weep without much suffering, and
equally common to suffer keenly with
out shedding tears. There are human
crocodiles who could pour forth eye
water enough to swim in without ex-
periencing a single pang. N. Y
Ledrer
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
How the Forty-Niners Lent Hand.

Men pocleted their pride in Califor-
MIA in those days. l met in the mines
lawyers and physicians, of good stand
ing at home, who were acting as bar
keepers, walters, hostlers and teams
5ers. An ex-judge of oyer and terainer
was driving an OK team from Colorna to
Sacramento. One man who had been
a state senator and secretary of state
in one of our western commonwealth
was doing a profitable business at
manufacturing cradles" while an ex-
governor of one OF our southwestern
states played the fiddle in a gambling
saloon. These things were hardly re-
marked. Everyone went to the slope
with the determination to make money;
and if the mines did not afford it. the
next inquiry was what pursuit or bust
ness would the sooner accomplish the
desired end Thousands who had not
the necessary stamina for the vicissi-
tudes Of miners life, nor yet the
means of going into any of the various
channels of trade, were for time com
PEELED to serve in capacities far beneath
their deserts, until time and means
should justify them in choosing for
Observation-Disclosures u. Gillespie, in
Century.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-08-04
he spent a Restless Wight.

a traveller recently stopped at a
Georgia hotel, where the landlord had
just bought a live wildcat, which was
chained in the yard. The traveller had
never seen such an animal before, and
was rather nervous about it's proxirn-
ity. That night the landlord went
through the house putting out the
lights, and the traveller heard the rat
ting of the chains on the lamps as they
were lowered to be extinguished. He
thought il was the wildcats chain, and,
as the sound came nearer, he was con-
WINGED that the beast had escaped and
was prowling through the house. The
idea was terrifying. Remembering that
his door was ajar, he sprang from the
bed, made dash for the window in his
niglltelothes and jumped to the ground
The proprietor heard the noise, looked
out and, seeing the guest making off,
supposed that he was jumping his
board and chased him, the town
marshal joining in the pursuit The
traveller fed in dire dismay for nearly a
mile, when, hearing the footsteps close
behind, he attempted to climb tree
and was captured. Then mutual ex-
plantations followed, and the guest re-
turned to finish his nap.-Golden Days.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-24

10. Zaraz tez da1a sic s}yszec ko'
menda ,przywdziewac pasy kor-
kawe." Zbieg}em do kajuty, schwy-
cifem pas 1 pa}tot znalaz@em sic
znowu ia rok}adzie. Tu panowaf
scisk ME do opisanla, place. matek
i dzieci, a fala "a fala wypadafy
ma stack z TAXA gwa}townoscla,
re moznaby myslec il rozbija sta
tex ma drzazgi. Po}ozenle podroz-
nych by}o okropnem. Przypo-
mniawszy sobie, II W kalucle 20
stawitem bardzo potrzebne rzeczy
i paplery, zbieg}em do niej, ale
W tel chwlll Stack otrzymaf talk
sine uderzenie, re bojac sic
zmiazdzenia w~yskoczytem z ka]u-
ty, w Etora tez woda wpad4a W
Jednej chwill. Ma dok}adzle po-
drozni byli W rozpaczy. Sclsk,
place., krzyk, mlesza}y sic, a raczej
~walczyfy O lepsze z hukiem tal
wzburzonych. Zaczeto spuszczac
}odzle. ale ME przyszfo to z lat
woscia i dopiero pc up}ywle go
dziny znalazty sig one ma morzu.
Moralny moi stan opisat sic ME
da, a ME podobna tez byfo rzu-
ciG sic wpfaw i mysla}em z ME
wypowledzlanym smutklem, re "a
iaki kwandrans morze pochfonle
| mnie wraz 2 innyml. Ale Bog
%ustrzeg}; znalezl'smy sic ma stafym
ladzie. Ska}v, kamienie, zlmno,
oczekiwanie do 10 z rama, no-ale
lud sta}y, b~ezpleczny. Majtkowle
zachowali sic jak najgorzej - Me
umleIl wcaIe wziac sig do piracy,
ale buffet rozhill bardzo szybko l
popill sic fatalnie. Gdyby kat' stro-
ia zdrzy4a sic o Jake 20 SAM da-
lei cd brzegu zgnelibysm wszy-
Soy tax talk tamo, jak straclllsmy
wszystkie nasze rzeczy."
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-24
BacznOSc!
POLACY CZYTAJClEn!
D0tad n~iebywafe rzeczy!
DARMO

i frankie ~przysfane otrzyma obra-
~ krolew polskich Geo kwartaf
jeden) ten, kt6ry abonowad be-
die L atarnia Europej-
8 k 9, pismo satyryczno.politycz-
nc i humorystyczne-krytyczne.
illustrowane drzeworytami i ry.
sunkaml humorystycznemi.
EURO
PESSKA wychodzi co tydzieh
jake jedyne humorystyczne pismo
pod zahorem prusklm.
Kosztuje W cafych Stanach
ziednoczonych jake W Brazylii,
Kanadzie i Meksyku kwartalnie
jcden dollar, rocznie zas tylko 3
dolary. Eaten taniej wyjdzio ten,
kto %caforoczna prenumcrate zfozy.
&c Latarnla Euro
pc k zsjmuje sic sprawami
ca&cgo swiata i obejrauje d W a
ar kuszo druku ia pieknym no.
zowym papicrze. NzM
Kazdy obraz, kt6ry co kwar.
tai darn las"yn abonentom
dodajcmy, jest p6ltora iokcia wy
soki i lokicc szeroki IA pieknym
wclinowym papiarze.
Jednak4e zobowlazujemy sic
ma zyczonie, zan!ast otrazow kro-
low polskicb, n%adsyiae obrazy
swletych, jakict kto sebie zyczy.
Adres do L atarni E u
rope S k lie pisze sic tax:
r c d akcya i A m n i.
stracya Latarni ENvopejskiej
MIR. TOmasz ~ndOWski
Pozpah (Posen) Germany, Euro
pc.
N. B. Ktoby chciaf blizsEe
wiadomoscl zasiegnaG o Latar.
nj EuropeJsk j, MECH
sic vapyta redakcYi ka&dei gazss
ty polskiej w~ychodzacej " Anne
ryce.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-24
KOMISYA KOLO-
G. JNA,

uchwalona przez Sejm pruskl ma
poparc,e Niemcow przeciwko ,,uols-
kujqcym ich Polakom", Osstasiche
Zeitung, a "a nia ,,Posener Tage-
blatt," kt6re tax gfosza: Dalsze
przeprowadzenle dzje}a kolonizacyi
w Poznanskiem W Prusach Zacho.
dnich ma uledz zasadniczej zmia-
uie. Gel dotychczes gtownie poll
tyczny ma bye zanlechanym wy
tknietym tylko Gel praktyczny,
gospodarczy. Pc z%aniechaniu tego
pierwotnego celu pol'tycznego ma
sic nadal zakupowac juz ME wy1a-
cznie majatki z rak polskich. ale
W ogole wieksee majatki l 2 rak
nlemieckich. Y maJatkow tych
maja bye utworzone male posia-
dtosci, ktorych nabywcy oplacac
beda roczna rente Ga renta ia u
morzy sic %procentem 'po pewne1
oznaczenej liczpie lat = jak dotych-
czasowa landszafta. wv. redo Ia
kupno taklch poslad}oscl wlekszycb
zamiana ich ia male rentowe, 2
tego funduszu stumilionowego od-
bywat sic ma we ~wszystklch pro-
wincyach panstwa pruskiego.
Centralne bluro tel novel ko-
~lonizacyci przenieslonem ma bye
no Berlina. Chodza pog}oski, 10 W
Bvdgoszczy ma bye utworzonym J
ustanowlowym wydzia} tej koml-
syji. Ia zupefna zmiana dotych-
czasowej pratyki kolonizacyinej
przemawla to, re dotychczas ME
ma prezesa (bo dotychczasowy
prezes naczelny hr. Zedlitz = dzls
minister -.sustaplf, a nowy pre-
yes ~naczelny baro" Wilamowliz.
M%oellendrof ,;~zaszczytu'' tego prey.
lac ME chcial. preze-
sem nowym mkt obranym lie 70
stal.
Dai nam Pane Boze doczekat
dalszych czynow spraw'edllwosci
lu lzkiej!