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Argentine and Chile Mako Peace.

BUESos AYREs, Feb. 1.-The differences be-
tween the Argentine Republic and Chile re-
garding the frontier have been settled. The
press of the Argentine Republic advocates
reciprocity policy between thss republic ard
Chile, and also urges frank cordialty and friend
chip between the two countries
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NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-The committee of pol.
icy-holders OF the New York Lie insurance
Company has made its report The committee
presents a series of resolutions denounciug
Beers and welcoming the substitution of Me-
Call as president; declaring that the pension
granted the expresident would be resisted:
calling for the restoration Of the services of
Theodore Banta. the former cashier, and de-
manding a change in the law covering nroxier
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Export Duty on Mexican Ore.

City OF MEXICO, Feb. 27.-Hercafter sifted,
concentrated and smelted ores will be obliged
to pay coinage export duties. The government
insists on placing an export duty on ores, al
the Window ruling has shown that this is the
way TO induce smelters and Iefneries to settle
in Mexirn
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VALPARAISO, Feb. 2-.-INew York Herald
specIsI chile has bought two new war ships
from The Armstrong;. one is Of a typo similar
to the Captain Pratt Siege guns are now en-
route foI the forts here ana Taicshusns, also for
the new fort st Quintsros bay. New guns have
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PITTsBURG, Feb 27.-Painter & Sons closed
their pudding department yesterday, and to
day Jones G laughing closed thirty -seven n
pudding furnaces and discharged 800 men.
The firms sllege that the depressed condition
OF the iron trade is the cause for this action
In the current issue of the Iron Age the fact il
cited that never before were prices on iron so
low as now, and that indications are that man.
ufacturers are steadily progressing TO & cheaper
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LONDON, Feb. 27.-The miners of North STAT
fordshire end North Wales have notified the
mas.e-s that they will strike on March L in
order to maintain wages This action is in
co-dsnce with the recent miners conference
held at Manchester. This decision effects 3O0,-
CO men.
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A washington pefaulter EI..s 70 c.,

GRAND FORKS, n D., FEB. 27.-The attorneys
declare that the colonel sailed from New o.
leans for Cuba or South America. The cause Of
his fight Is said to be four acquisitions from,
the state OF Washington Tor his arrest for al
legged financial crookedness there. The smonn,
involved 10 said to be tsG)0
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Fanny Davenport Seriously Ill.

NEW YORK, Feb 27.-Fanny Davenport. who
has been playing CLEOPATRA al the Amphion
theater, Brooklyn, was taken seriously i'll al the
close of the afternoon performance today. Severe
cold and congestion are thrsatensds
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BERLIN, Feb. 27.-Professor Virchow is en-
gagged in writing an article refuting the renewed
charges that there is disease in American pork
imported
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CANNES. Feb. 27.--Mrs. Deacon underwent an
other searching examination roday before a
magistrate in the presence of her husband. The
EXAMINATION is not yet concluded.
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Kentucky Juriss Dead.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Feb. E.-Judge Van r,
Young, presiding justice of the Kentucky supe
rior court, died tonight of pneumonia
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The Humbug Crv of Econoux

wAsHISeToS CITY, Feb g7-In the House to-
dag Dingley Of Maine presented for reference a
preambis and resolution rscitlng that the Demo
cratic party had determined that, in order to
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artist, for one week only. commencing Monday,
February O. at Bake ColsArt tCompany'srooms,
los Columbia streaL
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Law Goula HapidIv Improvt,~.

Nav YoEK, Feb. 27.-It is stated ct Jay Gould
residence tonight that he % rspidly improving
and will leave for the South early NEXT week
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OPoRro. Feb. PA terrific gale is raging in
this vicinity. Many boaIs have been wrecked,
and it is feared large number OF fishermen
have been drowned. The number is placed as
high es 200
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BERLIN, Feb. 27.-T Associated Press,
Copyright, 1892. Despite the quiet aspect
of the streets this morning and afternoon
apprehensions were felt for the evening.
The situation seemed under the absolute
control of the police until nightfall, when
rowdyism renewed its tussle with the
authorities.
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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
ROYAL Ian Dogs.

Mary Queen of Scots had a favorite
lap dog, which is said to have been
present at the execution of its poor
mistress in Fotheringay castle. After
the royal lady had been beheaded this
faithful creature refused to leave her
dead body and had to be carried out of
the hall by force. At that period lap
dogs were the pets of men as well as
of women. DR.. Bolcyn, relative of
the unhappy Queen Anne Boleyn, owned
one which," as it is written, ''he
dotted on" Anne once asked him to
grant her one wish, and in return he
should have whatever he might desire.
Knowing his affection for the dog, she
begged it of him, and, of course, the
doctor had nothing to do but to give it
to her. And, now, madame, - he said,
you promised to grant my request"
81 will" quoth the queen. ''Then, l
pray you, give me my dog again"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
FRANCES FORTS.
Defenses of the Republic Against
Her Gnenies
The Line Of Great Fortresses and In
trenched Camps, the Eastern
Frontier Enormous Arm
aments.

A feature of Frances preparation fol-
the next war with Germany that has
not attracted much attention thus far is
the line of forts and intrenched Camps
guarding her eastern frontier, says q
writer in the Illustrated American II
little has been said about these fortifi-
cations, it is only because little is
known. The government has endeav-
ored to preserve secrecy in regard to
them even more strenuously than il
has denied Information about melinite
and the Lebel rifle. In the modern
system of fertilization much stress is
laid upon the Importance of keeping
the enemy in the dark.
No longer frowning parapets an
nounce to him the quarter whence he
may expect resistance. The present
aim is TO lure him into trap and then
NOW down his regiments by hail-liks
fire from hidden guns. For this purpose
rapid-fire guns will be largely used
The Maxim gun can deliver about seven
hundred bullets per minute. It can be di-
rected by one man, who will show only
his head above his screen and will be
tended by one other man completely
covered. Smol5eless powder being
used, Il regiment would be decimated
and panic-stricl1en in q moment by such
fire and would be in full rout before
the location of the gun could be discoy-
cred. To carry out such Il defense sue
cessfully it is important, of course, to
preserve the most complete secrecy
about the plans of the Notifications.
Therefore only general facts are known
about the line of forts on the eastern
frontier of France.
The Notifications consist of great in
trenched camps and huge fortresses.
The largest forts = Frouard. Font st.
Vincent, Lucey. Wiley lie Sec. d'1Arches,
Remiremont and Giromaguy have
added to their otherwise enormous
ornaments armored towers with the
heaviest cannon. Every frontier fort
or intrenched camp is within gun-slIot
of the next one, is connected with the
others by telegraph and is linked to the
other members of the chain by 4
double-tracl1 railway. The only break
in the railway connection is between
Fort Girornaguy and Fort de Serrance.
Batteries occupy between the forts all
the positions commanding approaches.
The guns of the forts vary in number
for each between twenty and fifty.
Some, however, have as many az
eighty. In several forts there is
room for two thousand head of cattle,
and in all for enormous quantities of
nv
and officers are airy and ample. The
cannons command completely the |
slopes, which are, moreover. SO woven |
over with wires and so mined with tor
pedoes that the stand of an enemy
there and the undermining of the walls
are impossible.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
Caves in Corsica.

Travellers and scientists are greatly
interested in the recent discovery of
wonderful caves on the island of Corsi-
ca. A miner who undertook to explore
them few weeks ago found it impos-
sible to do SO. He discovered various
small caves, close together, which led
to n mammoth cave some distance from
the original openings. The roof of the
mammoth cave was between sixty and
seventy feet high. After travelling
underground for some time he came
upon an immense lake, which made
further progress impossible. Accord
ing to his estimates the lake is situated
under the mountain chain La Revellata,
near Calva, and it gets its water from
the ocean. In support of his theory a
small grotto was discovered on Cape
on level with the sea-.
which is believed to be connected with
the caves. The length of the caves
along the coast is estimated at thirty
miles. A society of savants has been
formed to explore the, place thor
oughly.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
SUICIDE OF SOLDIERS.
Startling Facts Regarding European Ar
mics Effects of Rigid Discipline.

Startling Facts Regarding European Ar
mics -Efects of Rigid Discipline.
DIR. Longer, who was appointed at the
late international medical convention
of London to report about the number
of suicides among soldiers of various
nationalities, published the results OF
his Investigations. From the doctors
report, based upon the military Stats
tics from 1875 to 1887, it appears that the
largest number of suicides occurred in
the Austrian army, averaging every
year 100 to every 10000 soldiers. This
does not include forty cases of foiled at
tempts at suicide, and it represents 90
per cent. of the general mortality
among the Austrian soldiers.
Next to Austria is Germany, which
from 1878 to 1883 averaged sixty-three
to every 10000 soldiers, not counting
ten cases of unsuccessful attempts at
self-destruction. In the Italian army
from 1874 to 1889, on the average, forty
soldiers in every 10000 committed sui
eide every year The French army
from 1872 to 1889 lost in Europe twenty
nine soldiers to every 10000 annually,
and in Algeria it lost just twice as many
by suicide. In Belgium there occurred
twentyfour, in England twenty-three,
in Russia twenty, and in Spain four
teen soldiers to every 10000 committed
suicide.
In previous years in England the
greatest number of suicides occurred
among old soldiers, but since the condi-
lions of the service were changed the
number of young suicides increased in
the army In France, Italy, Germany
and Austria most of the suicides are
young soldiers; in Austria especially
mostly recruits commit suicide in the
in the first few months of their joining
the army.
Soldiers serving term of imprison-
ment seldom commit self-deStruction,
but they commit it mostly when other
disciplinary measures are applied to
them.
The perferred means of suicide is,
among the foot soldiers, the use of fire
arms, while cavalrymen in most cases
use the moose or cut their threats. The
suicides using firearms for their pur-
pose generally shoot themselves in the
head. The native Algerians form an
exception to this rule, because disfgur-
ing the head is considered a great sin
among the Arabs. They direct the ball
to the heart. In the summer season
suicide by drowning occurs very often
among the soldiers.
The cause of suicide in the army is,
in most eases, fear of punishment, but
in the Austrian and Russian armies
aversion to the military service or rude
treatment provokes many soldiers to
self-destruction.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
Sir Arnolds supply of stamps.

Apropos of the recent visit of Sir Ed
win Arnold in Chicago, the following
may be interesting to his scores of adj
mircrs: I o u friend calling on Sir Edwin
the latter remarked in course of the
conversation that he had had no occa-
sion while in America to purchase a
postage stamp. Being Intercepted on
this point, the famous poet said that he
received numerous letters from people
asking his advice, etc. He made it a
rule to answer the ladies only, and as
all letters contained return postage he
was kept constantly supplied.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30

Every real-estate agent in New York
has had more or less experience with
what are known as unrentable build
ings. They are apparently just as de-
sirable as other buildings, but are occu-
pied only for short periods. The own
ers are usually more than liberal to
tenants, but the latter do not remain
Such buildings soon have unenviable
regulations and not unfrequently are
associated with i'll luck. Sometimes they
are believed to be haunted. A building
at the upper end of Second avenue is an
example. 1t apparently has many adj
vantages over the adjoining buildings.
1t is on the corner of very wide cross
street and is cheerful and bright within.
1t is solidly built of brick, is always
kept well painted and in good condition.
For six months it has been vacant. and
prior to that tenants moved out almost
as fast as they moved in. The rent is
low, but the other buildings, that look
old and battered beside it, are occupied
all the time
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
Eenowint, Youth.

A Central American newspaper tells
of a man living in Sau Panic, Brazil.
who is considerably over a hundred
years old and who is growing young
again. He has recently grown new
set of teeth, and his hair, which had
turned gray, is now almost black again.
He is in active business as a horse
trader and occasionally he rides over
ten leagues in a day. He his been
married three times, is now a widower,
and is quite wealthy. The paper cas-
ually remarks in the course of its story
that the old man suffered greatly at one
time with tumor, but this was cured
by being gored by an OK"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
THE CHINESE CAPITAL.
Interesting Information About the
City of Picking.
1t Comprises Four Cities with a Popula
ton OF Million and Hah-Its
Poorly-Built Structures-The
Great Walls,

Picking. the capital of the Chinese
empire and of the province of Chilli OF
the Tunghui river, has a population
estimated at one million five hundred
thousand, says the New York Recorder
1t stands on an extensive sandy plain
and consists of Kin-Ching, the prohib'
tied city, containing only the palaces Of
the emperor and the dwellings OF his
immediate retainers; Hwang Ching, the
imperial city, with a large number OF
court officials; Nui-Ching, the Tartar
city, comprising twelve square miles,
and Watching, the Chinese city, with
fifteen square miles of area. The Tar
tar city is surrounded by wall sixty
feet high and fifty feet thick, the Chi
nese city by one thirty feet high and
twenty-five feet thick. They are built
of stone and brick and filed with earth.
The suburbs include an area of twenty
five miles.
The prohibited city, two miles in cir
conference, is entered by four gates,
each surmounted by a tower. The
buildings are superior to any others in
the empire. The meridian gate leads
to the imperial buildings, and is re-
served for the emperor solely. Five
marble bridges spanning little stream
lead to marble paved court and the
gate of extensive peace, at which the
emperor receives the homage of the
courtiers on great state days. Ascend
ing the stairway, the tranquil palace of
heaven is reached, into which none
can enter without special royal per-
mission The number of people within
the prohibited city is small, most being
Mantchoos.
The imperial city, surrounding the
prohibited city, has wall twenty feet
high, pierced by four gates, through
which no one can enter save by special
permission. 1t contains the tablets of
the deceased emperors and expresses
and the affairs of the gods There are
also the Russian college, military stores,
and King-shan, the artificial mountain,
with each of its five SUBMITS crowned
by pavilion.
The Tartar city surrounds the impe-
rial city and contains the principal gov
eminent offices and the hall of science
erected in 1850. Near by are the Rus
sian Church of the Assumption and the
temple where his majesty and princess
worship their ancestors on the first day
OF every month. The city is in
control of the general of the nine
gates, near whose headquarters is
the high tower in which are the i'm
mense drum and bell that proclaim the
hour of midnight. Not far away is the
white pagoda with its obelisk erected
by Kublai Khan in the thirteenth cen
fury, about which upon one hundred
and eight pillars lamps burn continu-
ously in Buddha's honor.
The Chinese city is the most popu-
lous, but its structures are poorly
built. The houses are of brick, one
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
SHE QUIT SUDDENLY.
The Mortified Young Man and the Elias
tic with a Motto.


tic with Motto.
Tragedy and comedy are very close
together sometimes, says the New York
World, and the same swell which near
~ ended the life of one person upset a
group of dozen merry bathers and
tossed them topsy turvy toward the
beach. One of the number, a New
Yorker, was thrown headlong into a
bevy of girls, and he has distinct i'm
preston of a shapely limb grazing his
waist just as the breaker rolled over.
That occurs scores of times daily, and
the young fellow recovered himself and
went on bathing. A quarter of an hour
later he met a lady he knew and the
pair went upon the beach. Suddenly
his companion started, and murmuring
some sort of an excuse left him.
The bather was very much discon-
certed, and, casting his eyes around to
discover the cause, his gaze fell upon
something dangling from his belt. He
graspcd it, and was astonished to lind
in his hand wide yellow garter of
generous length, one Of those senti-
mental seck-a-beau girdles 50 popular a
few months since, bearing the legend,
Hope on, hope ever" The New
Yorker still has the elastic, and he says
the owner may secure it by calling at
the Stockton and proving property, al
though he fears the inscription is not
in this case.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
Longest Human rgair.

Mercedes Lopez, Mexican woman
living just across the river from this
place, has an extraordinary suit of hair,
probably the longest in the world, says
the Leadvllle Democrat. She is about
five feet in height, and when she stands
erect her hair trails on the ground four
feet and eight inches. When she sits
down and draws her locks about her
they hide her entire person SO heavily
that it is like thick clothing. The pres
ent growth on her head is only little
over five years old, for it gives her such
headaches that she is compelled to cut
it frequently. Every month she sells
large quantities of it to hair dealer
She is the wife of common sheen
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-04-30
CHINESE JUSTICE
The Prompt Mode of Procedure In the |
Flowery Kingdom

The Prompt Mode of Procedure In the
Flowery Kingdom.
In many respects the Chinese are a
most rational and practical race, though
their ways are not those of western
peoples. London Truth relates an in
cident that is characteristic of Chinese
methods in government. During the
recent ''anti-foreign-devil' riot at some
place between Tong-Tu and Kaiping,
the mob destroyed a good length of the
railway that had recently been carried
through the district.
The local mandarin, instead of using
the forces under him to quen the riot,
sent the soldiers to assist in the evil
work. The entertainments were leveled
for some distance and the rails thrown
into the river, and an attempt was
made to destroy the bridges. Mr.. Kin
der, the head engineer of the line, laid
the state of the case before the toatoi
of Ticntsin, who is the head director of
the undertaking. The toatoi sent for
the mandarin.
ITO please yourself and your friends
said he, you have destroyed the rail-
way track. To please me you will put
it back just as it was before. If, in one
month from to-day, the trains are not
running as before, you lose your head
and your family and ancestors are dis
graced.
Mr.. Kinder estimates the damage
and loss by non-running of trains at fifty
thousand taels, which sum you will have
to pay out of your funds to the company.
For labor. all your officials, soldiers
and townsfolks will work as you direct,
receiving no money for their labor, and |
all salaries are stopped until the repairs
are complete. shall appoint board |
of punishers to return with you, with |
power to torture and imprison anyone |
who makes the least disturbance or
trouble"
The mandarin begged for mercy on
the plea that, as the country was all I'M
der water, he could not possibly get
mud and stone wherewith to build the
The toatoi saw the
force OF this plea and he said he would
give him q chance.
he could pull down any of his forts
that he liked in order to provide ma
tcrial for the repair of the railway, and
he would give him three months after
the railway was completed to rebuild
his forts at his (thc mandarin's) own
expense.
In less than three weeks the trains
were running again, and the mandarin
and his agents are now rebuilding the
forts.