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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
Afreotion of Two belgian Horses.

Every one at Brussels, says French
paper, will remember two superb white
horses, whose tails swept the ground
running by the side of each other in the
Russian style. Whether driven or rid
den they always went together, and
were so fond of each other they could
not be separated, even to go to the far
rier. For twenty years these two noble
animals had never been parted until
about three weeks ago, when one of
them died. As soon as his body was
lying dead in the stable his companion
became detected, and when it was
taken away he refused to eat. In vain
was the attempt made to deceive him
by putting another animal at his side,
as this was all to no purpose, for he
would not touch his oats, and in a week
he died.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
HE MEANT WELL.
The Narrow Escape from Death of a
Temperance Lecturer.

The Narrow Escape from Death of a
Temperance Lecturer.
Some weeks ago, writes a Wisconsin
correspondent of the Youths Com
panion, young temperance lecturer, in
his travels from town TO town, fell in
with an Indian, who made signs for a
ride. He was allowed to get into the
buggy, and pretty soon it appeared that
he was intoxicated.
The lecturer, who believed in being
instant in season and out of season, be-
gan forthwith to labor with his passen-
ger. He dwelt upon the disgrace and
death which follow the use of liquors,
and wound up by entreating him to for
sake his cups.
The Indian did not understand word
of the exhortation, but judging the lee
turer by himself, thought from his
pleading eyes and earnest manner that
he wanted a drink. Accordingly he
drew large black bottle from under
his blanket and offered it to the white
man.
The lecturer was elated. He had made
a convert, he thought. He took the bot
tie and dashed it to the ground, where
it flew into thousand pieces.
The Indian could not have been
angrier if his scalp had been threat
ened. He sprang from his seat with
tremendous war whoop, seized the
white man by the arms, dragged him to
the ground, beat him in the face, and
was reaching for his knife, when the
lecturer managed to break away and
ran at his best speed for the next town,
where his wounds were dressed.
According to his own version of the
affair he meant well, but showed a lack
of Judgment
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
The Great Spider Grab.

The Japanese waters are frequented
by many species of the crab family, and
have the honor of developing the largest
of all the crabs, the inachus Kempferi
or spider crab. These grow to an enor-
nous size, and from the point of one
large claw to the other with we'll
grown crab the distance is fully ten
feet, while the front legs are quite five
feet long. The body is triangular in
shape and small in comparison with the
length of the legs. Clarence Great
house, when American consul-general
to Japan, sent good specimen to the
state mining bureau, that is veritable
curiosity. The front legs are five feet
and three inches in length, while the
body is at least two feet wide. At the
end of the great long spider-like legs
are sharp, knife-like protuberances and
the front legs have powerful pincer-hke
claws, armed with sharp teeth. As it
is placed against the walls of the mu-
scum it looks like a gigantic spider.
These crabs are eaten by the Japanese.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
SERViLE lMiTATORS.
According to " orth This Epithet May Be
Applied to American Women.

According to " orth This Epithet May BE
Applied to American Women.
There are no women in the world
who think so much about dress or de-
vote so much time to it as Americans.
The result, however, writes Kate
Field, is hardly commensurate with the
expenditure of time and money. To
think about dress does not necessarily
involve what is necessarily involve
what is seriously called thought When
monkeys act like men we do not accuse
them of thought. We attribute to them
a wonderful power of imitation. In
dress we are nothing but monkeys.
We have not yet acquired sufficient
taste or knowledge to make our own
fashions, so we wait for the modistes of
then adopt their ideas regardless of
consequences France is the most ar
tistic nation in Europe, but we should
take our France with discretion. What
is suitable for one is not necessarily
suitable for all, and it is well known
that costumes prepared for the Ameri-
can market are 'slouder" in style than
those intended for home customers.
American patrons are sought because
they are willing to pay extravagant
prices, but their judgment as rule
does not command respect.
One day in Paris Worth talked to me
most vehemently on this subject He
said women were fools to act like a
flock of sheep; that he as an artist al
ways consulted individual physique, but
he found the greatest difficulty in MAX
ing his clients wear what best suited
them.
because I invent beautiful cos
tune for young and graceful woman,
should it be worn by fat dowager?
But the dowager will have it in spite of
all entreaty. Nowadays there are no
old women and very few middle-aged
ones. AS for fat women, they don't ex-
list.
'All want to wear tight-ftting white
gowns, and beauties they lookl If there
be color that displays erowsfeet and
overlooking figures that need reefing it
is white. But, goodness gracious!
there's no use talking. | have given it
up To live in peace / must let obsti-
nate women have their own way.
"People say 1 set the fashions. ]
don't. A clever actress studies her
own peculiar style, appears in some
thing admirably suited 10 it, and all the
rest of your sex blindly copy her. It's
really too dreadful, and I'm sorry to say
your countrywomen are the greatest
sinners in this respect, though some of
you possess exquisite taste. When an
American is thoroughly nice she is
charming" There is no reason why,
with training, all American women
should not be thoroughly nice" in
dress
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
NOM AND THEN.
Boys Have a Much Better Time NOW
Than They Used to Have.

Boys Have Much Better Iime NO"
Than They Used to Have.
Under the old Puritan system, says
the New York Evening Post, the boy
was treated as sort of unregenerate
human animal, to be whipped, cate
chized and watched at church, as though
he were a Gagged beast of prey. The
Puritan literature teens with this
A'exegesis'' of boy character, and with
the evidence of how closely the theology
of the time was in contact with the
boys integuments. Even in much later
days, and in city and country alike, the
Sunday-school, with its religious teach
ing, was deemed almost the only organ
lied means of subduing the boys sinful
nature. By contrast it is suggestive and
cheering to read now circular just
sent out by an international committee
to organize boys clubs, headed by Pres
ident Carter, of Williams college, as
chairman. 1t shows that, though the
work has been in progress only three
years and half, and chiefly in New
England cities, more than thirteen
thousand boys of the lower class have
been gathered into rooms where at
night they have the benefit of music,
gymnasia, libraries, penny savings
banks, and certain forms of purely sec
ular instruction, and the rigidly ortho-
dox president of an orthodox New
England college leads the work. Think
of Jonathan Edwards as the leader of
an international organization of boys
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
Frozen Bass.

1t is fact that bass in Lake Erie,
frozen in the lake and washed upon
shore in cakes of ice, when winter
breaks up, are found alive and Topping
when the sun shines on them warmly
enough to extract the torpidity from
them. An old fisherman says bass pack
together in crevices on the reefs in
winter, and are frozen in, instead of
seeking deep water as many piscatorial
theorists assume
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
Adaptability of American women.

French and American women, ac-
cording to Max O'Rell, have certain
striking points of resemblance, es-
pecially in the matter of tact and
adaptability to circumstances. If a
French milliner were to be placed
among cultivated people for an hour
she would be able to talk, walk and be-
have like the most refined society
woman in the room. The same is true,
says our French critic, of an American
woman of no social advantages, who
would in an amazingly short time per-
form the honors as mistress of the
white house with ease and grace. Eng
lish women rarely adapt themselves
easily to social positions to which they
have not been bred.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
IN A PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
Amusing Incidents Which Have Occurred
Before the Camera.

Amusing Incidents which Have Occurred
Before the Camera.
One old gentleman often came to me
to have his picture taken, says a writer
in Lippincott's Magazine. He wore a
white cravat about five inches in
height, and he held his head above it. /
always tried to get his head down,
SO as to obtain view of his face
without looking up in his nostrils, but
he never let me- AS soon as | placed
his head in a good position he would
say that that was not natural, and up
would go his head. 1t was this gentle
man who was told by a crazy woman on
the Jersey ferryboat that when he died
it would not be much trouble to bury
him, as he was already laid out.
A lady once brought her three chill
dren, hobby horse, a drum and doll.
They were to be taken in group. The
size selected was three and one-fourth
by four and one-half inches. The girl
Angelina was to hold the doll, but the
family had not decided whether Charles
Augustus was to ride the horse and
William Henry was to hold the drum, or
vice versa. They had agreed to let my
superior Judgment decide that momen-
touS question.
AS both the boys wished to mount
the horse, decision was no easy mat
ter. | then learned that the mother did
not want the, children close together, as
all the ''dog-ra-types'' were taken. She
wanted Angelina in the middle of the
room, one of the boys by the "winder"
and the other boy on the other side of
the room.
1t was a brilliant idea; but how my
camera was to reach them all, thus
spread out, was more than | could see.
told her that it could not be done;
explained to her the capabilities OF
the lens, the concentration of the
light, and so forth, but she did not I'M
derstand me- She said that she had
been told that [ was disposed to be &C
commodating, but that l was just the
same as the rest of the ''dog-ra-type"
men, for three others had refused to ac-
commodate her in this way.
Another lady brought her three chill
dren to be taken in group, and when
| asked her if she wished them taken in
any particular position, she showed her
good sense by saying that she only
asked that they should not look like
three candles; she did not wish them all
standing straight.
An old lady, after sitting about half
the time required to have her picture
taken, raised both hands, and ex-
claimed: ''Stop it! stop it, l winled!"
AS an elegantly dressed young lady
was preparing to sit for her picture,
she asked: ''Where must l look?" and
before 1 could answer, her escort, a.
very diminutive specimen of man,
stepped in front of the screen and said
in squeaking voice: 'Look at me"
The scene was so ludicrous that the
lady burst into hearty laughter and it
was some minutes before she could
control her features for sitting.
After that, 'Look at me" soto voce,
was for some time a byword in the
gallery.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-21
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
LIVINGSTON AFFAIRS. !.
Moving for the Cooke City Road Reor-
gnDizing the Fire Depart,nent

Moving for the Cooke City Road Reor-
gaDizing the Fire Department,
LIvrHasToN, Dec. 13 Especial A meet
ing of business menn was held In the rooms
Of the Livingston club last night to adopt
some means to secure railroad from
Ga,dner. the terminus of the Park branch,
to Cooke City. After much discussion q
committee Of five were appointed TO secure
bonus from mIne owners and others who
are interested to aid certain parties in get
ting bill passed through congress that
would allow the construction Of d railroad
through the National park to the Cooke
City mines. 1t is proposed that 10 per cent.
be paid when such bill is passed and the
remaining 80 per cent. on the completion
of the railroad
An effort is being mads to reorganize and
fully equip the volunteer fire department. iii
this city. With this end in view largely
attended meeting was held in the rooms OF
the city council last night. The chair ap-
pointed committee to confer with tho city
council and ascertain tho amount of aid
that can be obtained from the city. The
meeting adjourned until after the regular
session OF the council, when the work 81
will be completed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
Through English Glasses.

LONDON, Dec IA Santiago dispatch
to the Times says President Harrison's q
message has had the effect of a bomb shell.
1t is regarded in official circles as a breach
of diplomatic usage. The foreign office
has sent all the Chilian legations for pub
ication n circular rejecting official and
public opinion on the rubiect. The official
gazette publishes the notes exchanged be-
tween the Chilian government and Egan.
These corloborats the declarations CON
tanned in the circular sent the Chilian lepa-
tions. II appears that the foreign office
asked Egan on Nov. 8 to supply tho prof
fered testimony to substantlate the grave
charges against the Chilian officials. A
months delay i'll complying with the re-
quest prevented HARRISON from knowing
the result Of the inquiry into the Balti-
more affair the knowledge OF which, It ia
believed, would have altered his message
entirely.
Tho Ferro Carrie has published tele-
gram saying that ninety sailors of the
Uuited States cruiser Boston were allowed
to go ashore ut Monteviueo recently, and
they immediately started on a drunken
spree, The men, the telegram alleges,
were guilty OF riotous conduct. and got
into several sorimmaRes with the police, in
all of which the sailors were the aggres-
HOIS. #.l.+
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
GRABBING THE GOOD LAND.
squawmen Arc Getting ALI the Good Site
on the Crow Reservation.

squawmen Arc Getting ALI the Good Sites
on the Crow Reservation.
MILES CRY. Dec. b. Special. Tho
Stock Growers Journal says: A great deal
Of dissatisfaction exists in Yellowstone
county over the bungling way in which tho
purchase Of a portion of their reservation
from the Grow Indians has been conducted.
The treaty with the Crows was made last
year. and in March was ratified by congrea,
but a clause was put in just before
the passage of the bill by which any
Indian or half.breed was allowed to mak8
his selection of a hundred and sixty ncres
in the ceded land, and was given sixty days
to make the selection. Under this clause
the squaw men, many Of whom are quit0
wealthy, took up land, not only for their
half-breed children, but ran in all the In
dians they could. and even some Gree half
Breeds who had taken refuge here after
Rei's rebellion in Canada, and the feeling
is growing 80 strong that is tho opening ID
delayed longer than spring, "booming''
parties will be formed and 60 in and possess
the land.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
BY Defeating Frank Howson He
Remains Champion We'll
te--Weight
A Rattling Fourteen Round Fight
Near Chicago Early Sun
day Morning.
Tho BritIsher MadsE Game struggle,
But Got thsz Worst of II
all Through.

| CHICAGO, Dec 49, Tommy Ryan is still
the champion welter-weight of the world.
He retains the title after fourteen-round
fight with Frank Howson, Of Sheffield,
England, which took place near here this
morning. From professional and scien-
tidc standpoint the contest WAS beauty.
The battle was remarkable for fairness.
Nota call Of "fonl'' was made. not an
word exchanged BY the contestants
Ryan merged from tho fight unscratched,
while his opponent has one eye nearly
knocked out and one cheek laid open.
Howson, while quick % a cat, was handi-
capped by his inability to hit hard and too
much training. Ryan displayed great gen
eralship. The fight was for $1,000 side
and the iter-weight championship. and
was Witnessed by about 300 people. Ryan
was the favorite in the betting. George
Siler was referee. Harry Gilmore and
Tommy White were Howson's seconds, and
Jim Manning, of Buffalo, and Henry
Baker, of Michigan, acted for Ryan. The
fight WAS under Queensbury rules
Time was called at 1924 q. m, After spar
ring for an opening, Howson got in right
handler on Ryan's neck that Jared him for
a moment, the round ending with severe
left uppercut on the Englishman. In the
second round, Howson received q blow on
the cheek from Ryan's left and countered
on the latter's ribs. Ryan gave his appo-
nent two rib blows and as time was called
Howson seemed winded. In the fifth Ryan
sent the Englishman to the ropes with
hard left-hander. the round closing with
three blows on Howson's ribs. In the sixth
the Englishman planted right and left on
Ryan's ribs, the latter returning The COM
pliment with a blow that closed the English
mans left eye. In the seventh and eighth
Ryan placed severe short-arm left-handed
blows on Howson's ame eye and sent him
to his seat with several hard body blows,
receiving one good rib roRster himself.
In the tenth, evidently thinking his op-
ponent was getting tired. the Englishman
started in with both hands, but received a 4
blow on the cheek that brought frst blood.
blow after blow. ON Howson's badly dam
aged eye and laceratsd cheek, When the
thirteenth round closed Howson's eye was
entirely closed. In the last round after
Ryan had received couple of hard right
hand swings on the ribs, he feinted with
his right. AS Howson slowly turned his |
face to dodge Ryan gave him a left swing
on the jaw. The Erglishman rolled up his
eyes, gasped and sank to the floor, COM
pletely knocked out. While not rendered
insensible. he was SO badly marred he could |
not get up and the fight was given to
Ryan.
Ryan's next fight will be in San Fran
cisco, with Denny Needham, for the cham
pionship.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
NO AMALGAMATION.
The Chicago Club Objects to Being
Dropped by tho Association.

Dropped by tho Association.
PnrhADELpHIA, Dec 13.--The Press to-
day publishes the following: Up to yester-
day it looked as though the one league,
twelve club scheme would be certainty.
President Williams, of tho Chicago club,
arrived here last night and an extended
interview with Wagner Brothers opened
their eyes to the game being worked. Tho
scheme provided for the retirement of tho
Boston and the Athletic clubs, refnnuing TO
the Chicago Association club all the money
it had expended, anI tho addition of Louis
vile and st. Louis to the league circuit.
st. Louis was to have the privilege of
charging % cents admission and playing
Sunday games. In conversation with tho
Press reporter. Mr.. Williams said: "rhe
Chicago club did not join the Association
TO be dropped in two months. We have
ample funds and IL necessary can stand IN
extra assessment. We do not propose to
get cut and don't son how We can DO
forced out. All Talk about amalgamation
between tho organizations is bnsh. II they
did amalSaMate another association would
spring mp, think that when the members
oil tho association get together you will find
at least six clubs against the proposed
amalGaniatiou."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
Big stakes "a l,e Run for.

NEw YeaN, Dec. 1a.--The secretary Of the
New York Jockey club announces large
number Of stakes to close Jan. 4, for the
spt'aa and fall iaeetings OF 1892, all ages
Matfouolitaa handicap, one ana one eighth
miles. &..UD gaeh, hals forfeit, $4,000 added;
also Nshto Plains handicap, Mount Vernon
aud lGsSex stakes, Pelham Bay handicap.
Mauhattnn and Country Clubs handienps.
Nnsl mnatinr, 1SS4~- Matron stakes for two,
year-olds of $50 each, with $4,000 added,
uni u race which Will ho worth as much
money IA the futurity. Those already closed
are: Great, Eclipse stakes, $4,000, Laroh-
mont, Anticipation, Galliard, Iiartow ana
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
BLAINE MAY RETIRE.
Reports That He VIII Declare in Favor OF
President Harrison.

Reports That He VIII Declare in Favor OF
President Harrison.
| New York. Dec. 13.-The Mail and Ex-
press publishes the following from Wash
ington:
| Within the last twenty-four hours Secre-
tary Blaine and President Harrison have
had most important conference. and it is
stated that one of the chief topics discussed
was the coming appointment of secretary
of wnr. Mr.. Blaine is reported to have told
the president that the appointment of Mr..
Stephen B. Elkins to the vacancy would be
most eminently satisfactory to him and at
the same time be good appointment for
the country.
In connection with this interview Mr.
Blnine's friends now say that if Mr.. Elkns
gets the war portfolio IL will be closely fol
Sw'a by Mr. Blaine paD0 Of bis shnGoheemeat poslement
from the presidential race in 1892.
This is confirmed by the fact that
Mr. Blaine has ut last spoken Of this
subject. IN conversation with friend
within the last week he distinctly stated
that he was not now and would not be u
candidate for the nomination ut Minneap-
oils next June. This was the plan Mr..
Blaine Ind adopted instead of q card. but
IL ID now again ninde public in rumor shape
that just before the new year Mr.. Blaine
will issue letter, already carefully pre-
pm, ed, giving his reasons for retiring, and
strongly declaring in no uncertain words,
in favor " Mr. Harrison. Them when III
reality 1892 is ushersd In, there will be but
one candidate before the republican party.
Yet there is feeling among tho senators
thnt the man TO be selected bv the president
for hs cabinet is not Mr. Elkins, but F,x-
Gov. Cheney, OF New Hampshire. His
naine IL still really the only ono mentioned
by gossip, but tho fact is tho president hns
not intimated TO any one hia preference,
and the delay in sending in the name is due
To the fact that the president haa not yet
decided Oh his choice. The recent inter
views may hasten tho nomination.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
Both wnline to he Reasonable.

LONDON, Dec 13-,rhe Standards Rome
correspondence says: Explicit declarations
have passed between France and the Vatican
with the view of promoting cordial rela-
tions between the government and the
papal see. On the part of France it was
stated that the government did not desire
to attack tho POPE, but the question of in
ternal order constrained the government to
maintain its own authority. To this the
Vatican replied that it did not desire to
foment rebellion, and had advised the
French bishops to be prudent. but did not
impose certain line of conduct in regard
to such delicate question.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14

LONDON, Dec. 13.Vessels arriving al
Queenstown report terrific weather on the
Atlantic. Buildings have been unroofed at
the Welsh seaport of Llanlly, and Dr.. Rees
was fatally injured by the roof falling on
HIM. Along the Yorkshire coast there has
been severe snow storm. Suspensions of
railway service are reported. Floods are
reported in many parts of Derbyshire,
and many streets are under water in Mat
lock. In Todmorden valley damage
amounting to thousand pounds was done
by high water. and scores Of houses were
flooded and bridges demolished. At Cam
bridge two girls were crushed to death,
falling walls burying them.