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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-14
EUROPEAN MILITARY AFFAIRS.

THE German cruiser Fake was
launched at Kiel on April 4. 1t has
engines of 2,sO0 horse power, ton
mage of 1850, and runs II sea miles an
hour
THERE is much talk of establishing a
German naval station in South Ameri-
can waters, in order that the men-of-
war may be always at hand to protect
the interests of Germans in revolu-
tionary times
SWISS soldiers are hereafter to be
provided with pocketknife with four
blades, which, besides rendering ordi-
nary service, is to do occasional duty
as ramrod to the new rifle, and as an
opener to timed provisions.
GERMANY's squadron of evolution will
be sent out in two divisions of three
battleships, despatch boat, and seven
torpedo boats each. They will be
manned by $50 officers and 5000 sea-
men. The commander of all will be
Vice Admiral Bernhard.
SOME interesting figures showing the
cost of some of the guns used in the
British land and sea service are fur
nished by recent parliamentary re-
turn. From this it appears that nine
1319-inch guns have been issued to the
navy at an average cost of $55, 9o5. The
1o-inch guns cost $2s, $50 each, and the
5-inch 50, $40.
EXPERIMENTS recently conducted by
Russian military officers are said to
prove that snow can be used to great
advantage as defensive walls. Field
artillery, at a distance of 600 yards,
penetrated only eighteen feet, and in
fantry fire, at a distance of 100 steps,
entered to depth of but nine feet in the
banks constructed for the purpose.
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POULTRY SCRAPS.

PUT turpentine in the drinking water
to prevent gapes.
SOME recommend soaking corn in
kerosene for cholera.
GENERALLY on the farm there is no
necessity for buying extra foods.
POULTRY will readily digest bones if
they are broken fine enough for them
to eat.
WHEN hawks bother the chickens a
few brush piles will afford good pro-
lection.
CURD is good feed for young poultry
of all kinds and can be fed to the laying
hens to good advantage.
A PINT of whole wheat to a dozen
hens makes very fair ration. Now
give it just before they go to roost.
WITH poultry, as with everything
else on the farm, there is always an
opportunity to sell at good prices fowls
or eggs that are of little better quality
than others are offering.
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NOTED IN ART ORIOLES.

DUBOIS, the French sculptor, piqued
that his statue was badly placed in the
Paris salon, smashed it into atoms, in
stead of smashing the committee.
Mrs. MAcKAY's portrait by Nelson
Ter, which was supposed to have been
destroyed, now forms part of the gallery
at Mrs. MaclSay's new house in London.
PROF. PFUHL, of the Berlin university,
has received years leave Of absence
for the purpose of assisting his father
in-law, Prof. Koch, in preparation of
his works for publication.
Guy DE MAUPAssANT, the French au-
thor, is man of forty, cynic and a
hypochondriac. In manner he is eccen-
tric and brusque even toward women.
In his literary work he is a prodigy of
industry.
M. NJ. PoMERoY, fa1niliarly known as
Brick is about sixty years old, bald,
and wears O chin beard. He resembles.
country Methodist parson. Humorous
writing consumes only portion of his
time as he is engaged in mining opera
lions near Denver.
JOHN j. Boyle, of Philadelphia, will
model the figure of an Indian, six feet
six inches high, to stand on the battle
field Of Gettysburg in honor of the
Forty-second New York. The figure
will stand before tent holding a spear.
The bronze work is to be finished by
bureau Bros, Philadelphia.
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FOOLISH MEN AND MAIDENs.

An Expensive Luxury. do you ex
pect to go away next summer?'' Great
Scott, MOI Can't afford it--been en-.
gagged for three months. Epoch.
LITTLE MUGLEY-''Do you admire
handsome men, Miss Amy?" Amy
Indeed I do, Mr.. Mugley." Little
NIugley-''Oh, thank you!'-Harpers
Bazaar.
81 LIKE your cheek!' exclaimed the
girl when Che young man kissed her.
$50 do l like yours, but l greatly prefer
your lips" was the audacious reply
Somerville Journal.
RADIANT Beauty.-Sumway-''Is this
Miss Scadds you speak of beautiful?'
Hunker-"Is she beautiful! Why, sir, 1
never saw car so crowded that she
couldn't get a seat in tn. Y. Sun.
WuLm-'You'll have to wait some
time yet. Sister has only got on her
bonnet" Featherstone (who has in
vited her to go to the play and is ner-
vously waiting Why, what else has
she got to do?" Willie-"She's got to
look in the glass. Cloak Review.
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New nunko Game in Paris.

Paris most popular bunl1o game just
now is played thus: A woll-dressed
stranger with 4 handbag hurries into
a hotel restaurant. near railway sta
ton, eats a fine dinner, and engages
the landlord in conversation. He
praises the cooking, and, after paying
his bill, promises to make the hotel his
headquarters during his frequent visits
to the city. AS he opens the door to
leave he calls back for the landlords
name. When the landlord gives it the
stranger remarks: Curious, that is my
name, too,' asks the landlord to care
for letters or packages to his address,
and leaves. Letters come for the
stranger and are called for by his
valet" Finally package comes and
is also carried off. That is all. The
trick is up, and the landlord and the
tradesman who sent round the package
may settle the loss as best they can. q.
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smile with Yonr Eres

There is one big ''don't'' which nine
tenths of womanllind might with adj
vantage hang up over their dressing
table, and it is this: Don't smile per-
Petually." Is there anything more
wearisone than the person who cease
lessly expands and contracts the lips
over the teeth, without mirth or mean
ing, for that is what the continual
smile eventually becomes. Let any
woman stand before mirror and at
tempt to produce an animated smile of
welcome. She will be surprised at the
witless grimacs that viii respond.
That is what smiling is with no soul
behind it, Learn to smile with the eve
and keep the mouth and facial lines in
repose. We speak OF the pleasing gray
ity of the Orientals. This is the secret
of tia kindly light in the eye, with
quiet expression of the face. There is
no copyright upon it. Let her and him
who viii initiate tn. Y. Times.
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FREAKS OF THE MEMORY.
A Word of Advice to Those Who Are
Studying Oratory.

A Word of Advice to Those Who Are
Studying Oratory.
The human memory is proverbially {
lealzy vessel, and sometimes, like {
filter, it retains the refuse of the mat.
ter committed to its keeping and suf-
fers the more valuable portion to es-
cape. Often in writing or speaking
more especially in spealSing-we vain
| ly ransack the ''chamb ers of the BRAIN
for a much-needed word, while fifty
other words that we do not want OBJ
trusively suggest themselves.
There are specialities in forgetfulness
which are exceedingly annoying, and
make the parties afflicted by them look
like fools in society. Yet these un-
fortunate peeuliarities do not neces-
sarily imply mental weakness Per-
sons Of extraordinary intelligence have
been known to forget their own names,
and there are others who are as oblivi-
Gus of dates as if they had never seen a
mineral Blessed are they who, like
William Pitt or Lord Macauley, can
always find the word or phrase appro-
PIRATE for the occasion.
A prehensile memory, that clings like
an apes tail to whatever it embraces,
is truly a great gift; and yet the faculty
may belong to simpleton incapable of
usefully applying anything that he re-
members. We have seen prodigies of
retrospection who We're absolutely good
for nothing except for purposes of ref
erence.
Let no one who cannot find words"
when he wants them, and the right
words, too, ever attempt the role of or
ator. He will infallibly break down.
In writing, one can afford to wait for
the truant symbol of thought to return
to its place in the mental vocabulary or
take time to hunt for a substitute; but
that sort of thing won't do in the face
of an expectant audience, If you
founder they laugh, or, perhaps, hiss,
and then where are you?-N. Y.
Ledger
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THE DE LAMAR NUGGET.
TUESDAY, JULY IA 1891.
READ AND REMEMBER,

To RENDER cloth or any fabric FIRE
proof dip it into weak solution OF
. chloride of zinc, ten cents worth to one
quart of water.
To SUPPRESS sneeze, a thing very
often desirable, press the finger hard
against the upper lip. 1t will always
prevent a sneeze.
To TAKE iron rust out of linen, hold
the part that is rusted over a bowl filed
with boiling water, rub it out with lem
on juice and salt, or with solution of
oxalic acid. When the spot disappears
rub out the place in hot water.
A SURE Indication of death is obtained
by the injection beneath the skin of a
drop of strong spirits of ammonia.
Should, a red spot'appear, the patient is
in comatose state; should no such eff
feet follow, death has taken place.
To REMOVE obstinate shoppers from
glass bottles, dip a piece of wooden
cloth into boiling hot water and wrap
it tightly around the neck of the bottle.
In few minutes the stopper can be re-
moved, as this method has never been
known to fail
To KEEP steel ornaments from rusting
when not in use, sift powdered starch
through fine muslin, place in paste
board box and plunge the articles of
steel into the starch, quite covering
them. When wished for use simply
brush off all the starch Keep from
Il,
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ECCENTRIC FEMALES.

AN bingham, Kan, woman avoids
the expense of keeping a nurse girl by
lariating her children out, after the
manner of cattle.
A NEwAYGo (ldich. lover gave his
sweetheart sixteen dollars with which
to purchase a wedding trousseau. She
took the money and married another
fellow.
A SNORING woman was recently ex-
PEELED from church in Racine, Wis.
She had not a pleasant countenance
while asleep in her pew, and the clergy
man thought she was making faces at
him.
A BENEVOLENT Atchison (Kan. woman
keeps a bar of soap on board near a
creek that rams through the town for
the use of tramps, and number of
them may be seen at that place every
day washing themselves.
AN extraordinary tenant is Mrs.
Anna Fuchs, OF Vienna, who lived in
the same tenement for forty years and
never quarreled with her landlord. She
took possession at eighteen, and lives
there now as a woman of ffty-eight
years.
FoUR spinsters OF o'Fallon, Mo-, have
become famous by the new paint on
their joint residence. They could not
agree on the colors, SO they decided that
each should have her favorite color on a |
portion of the house, and then they |
drew lots for the portions. The house
is an artistic revelation.
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interior of a sound log which farmer
in Carrollton, Ga, was cutting the other
day. There was no knot or opening
near the place of lodgment by which
the frogs could have entered.
THE smallest COW on record is re-
ported from South GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
less than three feet in height. She had
calf three weeks old, and is giving
over gallon of milk per day. When
hey go to milk her they have to dig a
lole in the ground to set the bucket in.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-07-14
THE ISLAND OF MALTA.
How 1t Came Under the Protection OF
England.

now II Sdine OhOGr inc ITOCecIAOn OF
England.
English occupancy of Malta dates
from the year 1900. Two years before
that Napoleon, on his way to Egypt,
had taken the island, and after a So
journ of few days had left matters in
charge of Vaubois at Valetta, the cap
ital. Bat the Maltese soon revolted
against French tyranny and laid siege to
Valetta, being aided in their enterprise
by Portuguese, Ncapolitan and English
allies. After a siege Of two years
Vaubcis surrendered whereupon the
Maltese, having lost twenty thousand
men in recovering their capital, volun-
tarily placed themselves under the pro-
lection of England, an arrangement
afterward confirmed lin 1910 by the
treaty of Paris. Since then the islands
have prospered under British rule. In
1880 the population was 1874, 802, not in
Guiding British soldiers or their FAM
lies. OF this number twenty -four thou
sand were English and other foreigners.
On account of the gayety of Valetta and
its Gttractiveuess in other ways as a.
winter residence the alien population
has OF late been rapidly increasing.
The island has good university and
lower schools modelled after those of
England. In the schools until lately
Italian was the prevailing language,
though the population is rather of
Arabic than of italian stock. Lately, /
however, efforts have been made to ex-
tend the use OF English, and no doubt
the lapse of time will see the Maltese
pretty effectually Anglicized. = Prof
Calvin Thomas, in the Chau tauouan.
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NATURES FREAKS.

Fort WoRTH, Tex, claims carniv-
orous COW that eats cats, rats and mice.
A GEORGIA man has an egg which
has the exact shape of a young chicken.
A COW BELONGING to a farmer near
Marshalltown, Ia, is the proud mother
of triplet calves.
A FoRTY-YEAR-oLD peacock struts
proudly on the farm of Adam Bohn in
Penn township, Berl1s county, Pa.
THREE live frogs bounded from the
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TRANSFERRING OF LATE.

a CITIZEN of Cordele, Ga, caught a
rabbit the other day that had gold
chain about his neck.
A WOMAN in Slater, Mo-, pricked her
finger while handling insect powder,
and suffered severely for some months.
THE people of Starlight, Grundy
county, Mo. complain thai the man VINO
carries the mail to that town puts young
pigs, etc, in the pouch along with the
love letters, etc.
A RESIDENT of Searsport, Me-, lately
discovered a peculiar phenomenon on
the beach. Large quantities Of CLAIMS
had been forced out of the sand and
were lying in piles in The clefts of the
rocks on Mosman's ledge. He hauled
away more than seventy-fve bushels.
t. II. PULLEN, of Milford, Ca, placed
a note in bale of cotton which he
made, requesting the purchaser to in
form him where it was bought. He re-
Gently received letter from manu-
facturer in Moscow, Russia, stating
that the cotton had been sold there and
purchased by him.
AT a pigeon shoot near Newark, N. J.,
recently, a pointer dog owned by aresi-
dent of Harrisburg, Pa, caught a
wounded bird By springing into the air
after it. The bird was six feet above the
ground when the dogs jaws closed on
it, and the Old trap shooters entered in
the sweepstale shoots said that it was
bhe finest catch ever seen.
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A LIMOGES (France) firm of porcelain
makers have substituted petroleum for
wood in firing their wares, and not only
find that it produces better results but
cheapens the cost.
The steel works at Horde, Germa-
ny, have introduced a new process for
desulphurizing pig iron, and it is said
that many of the large works are apply.
ing for licenses to use the process.
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A Deadly Plant.

The kali mujah, or death plant, of
Java, has flowers which continually
give off a perfume so powerful as to
overcome, if inhaled for any length of
time, full-grown man, and which kills
all forms of insect life that come under
its influence.
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Strange IIeadgear.

Italian and negro women are peculiar-
ly fond of what is commonly known
as the"head handkerchief" and the use
Of this article is a characteristic at
tempt upon the part of both races to
cling to customs learned in a climate
very different from that of New York.
The determined way in which both
races cling to outdoor life is another
manifestation of the same instinct.
The popular name for the italian and
negro headgear, by the way, admirably
illustrates the fate of words in the
mouths of the ignorant or thoughtless.
'Kerchief" means primarily a head
covering. When this article Of dress
came TO be carried in the hand it took
the name of handkerchief, or '.hand-
head cover" and in still later times the
original 'lzerchief' popularity acquired
the name of head-handkerchief," which
is 'head-hand head cover IN. Y. Sun.
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AwTULLY oNE.-Ethel-''I Clara so
very much in love?" NIaud-'I sbouId
say she is. l saw her writing letter
to him the other day and she put Dear
Jack on the envelope. IN. Y. Herald.
AN IDEA.-Clara-"My physician has
advised me to go to Germany for INV
complexion, and don't want to 20 a
bit was there only last year,
Maude-"Why don't You have it sent
over?"-N Y. Sun.
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Speed Of 4 Rapia Penman.

A rapid penman can write thirty
words in minute. To do this he must
draw his quill through the space Of
rod-sixteen and half feet. In forty
minutes his pen travels furlong, and
in Eve hours and third o mile. We
make, on an average, sixteen curves oi
the pen in writing each word.
Writing thirty words in minute, we
must make 44s to each second; in an
hour, $4,000; in day Of only five hours
1000, and in year Of 800 days, 43, ,2Oo,.
600.
The man who made 1,000, 900 strokes
with pen in month was not at all re.
markable. Many men make 100000
Here we have in the aggregate mark
800 miles long to be traced on paper by
each writer in year. In making each
letter of the ordinary alphabet we must
make from three to seven strokes of the
pen-on an average, three and one-hali
to four Franklin Chronicle.
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GREENFIELD.
February I'd, 1891.

teDruary "a, loSl.
L. P. Saxton and Mayor Wilholland
have purchased building lots and con.
template the erection of residences
thereon.
The three entertainments given by
the Model Comedy Co. in the City Hall
the fore part of last week were very well
attended and thoroughly enjoyed. Our
people are becoming educated to the
better standard of entertainments under
the enterprising management of Messrs.
Simons and Mackerly, and literally
patronize deserving company when
they come to fill an engagement.
A masquerade ball is to come off soon
under the management of Mr.. Thomas
Brown and Mr.. George Harris.
A number of our chicken fanciers at
tended the poultry exhibition in Wash.
ington q. H. last week.
Charley White is back in Greenfield
again from somewhere, presumably
Tennessee. ,s.
The Y. M. G. A. is prospecting. Visit
the young men occasionally in their
neat and pleasant quarters and add the
weight of your encouragement to their
honest endeavor at reform.
Miss Minnie Willis, OF Chillicothe, is
visiting Mr.. j. A. Gates and family.
Mr.. Harve Mathews left for Paducah,
KY, last week to take charge of q float.
ing gallery.
Speaking of literary ability, creative
power, Greenfield has a plentiful supply.
A drama has been written by Green
field boy, and is shortly to be produced
by cast made up entirely Of Greenfield
amateurs. The title of said drama is
''The Outlaws Bride, or 81, 600 Reward" {"
and the scenes and incidents are laid in
mountainous Virginia.
It is about time this criticism of the
actions of the town council be stopped.
It takes money for a town to assume
metropolitan airs, and all this talk about
electric light, street cars, water works,
reservoirs, etc., should be squelched.
The council are doing their best and
should not be m0lested.
Mr.. Evans James, who has been very
sick with stomach trouble, is reported
convalescent.
Mrs. Clinton Marshall, of Chillicothe,
is visiting the family of Mr.. s. M. Cald.
we'll.
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NEW MARKET.

r6DIuaIy %, 1o01s
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers spent few
days Of last week in Cincinnati.
Archie Lake, after an extended visit
with his mother, returned to Illinois last
Wednesday.
Stillman Harris died at his home two
miles east of this place on January 23d,
aged n years.
Rev. Roberts, pastor Of the Baptist
Church, has returned from Brushcreek,
where he has been assisting Rev. Dem
yer in holding series Of meetings.
E. v. Barrere has removed to the l.
N. Lemon property.
Protracted meeting will begin at the
Presbyterian Church Wednesday night
of this week, conducted by Rev. Jones,
Of Washington O. 81.
DR.. N. B. vanWinkle and family, Of
Blanchester, visited his parents atS this
place last week.
David Moore moves this week to Mrs.
A. E. McO Oonnaughey's property east ol
town.
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RAIssBoeo.


John Pulse and wife invited all the
children OF their school district to their
home one night last week to eat apples.
Born-To John Shipton and wife, last
Friday, fine baby boy.
William Estle has purchased DR.. Nc
Brides house in the northern part of
the village and took possession of 1t
yesterday.
William Miller and wife, Of Washing.
ton @. H., are here for weeks visit
among their friends.
Miss Elsie Roads, of Marshall, and
Miss Rosa Roads, Of New Vienna, were
guests OF Curless Harrington and wife
last Sunday.
Samuel Stoneback sold his farm near
Barrett's Mills to Daniel McAlister for
5000 per acre, which is certainly a
good price for the times.
Isaac Oates, of Lyndon, was called
here on account Of the serious illness
and death of his brother.
Mrs. Mackerly is visiting friends at
Greenfield and South Salem.
A telephone box has been put in at
Barrett's Mills, which will be quite a
convenience for the citizens of that COM
munity.
George Browning and wife will remove
to Illinois the latter part of this week to
make their future home. They will be
missed by their friends in this vicinity.
Charles Oates died at his residence,
one mile north of town, January 3Oth,
after an illness of ten days with fever.
He was born in Hampshire county, Vir.
ginia, August 18th, 1855, but came with
the family to Ohio one year later and
settled in Paint township, where he has
resided ever since. On the 18th day of
October, 1876, he was united in marriage
with Miss Louisa ]. Roads, who has
since shared with him in the joys and
sorrows incident to this life and now
survives to mourn his loss and meet life's
conflicts alone. Their union was blest
with five children, three OF whom have
gone on before.
Samuel Stoneback sold his personal
effects at public vendue to-day and ex-
poets to make an extended visit soon
among friends in Pennsylvania.
Ella, oldest daughter Of Charles Oates,
recently deceased, is dangerously i'll
with fever. Her sickness began previous
to that of her father.
William B. Roads will occupy the
Kessler property in the west end this
week and DR.. John Mercer will take
possession of the house meke vacant by
his removal.
Please don't forget that our Farmers
Institute begins next Monday at 10 a. m.
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The use of douches and inhalations of
various kinds are often brutal and always
vicious. Why resort to such expedients
when you have sure cure in Old Saul's
Catarrh Cure?
Music. They had been to the opera
and heard the finest music by the lead
ing talent. They went home to hear
the baby's wild solo until it was quieted
with dose of DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup,
which at once removed the fatulence.