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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.
Missouri Getting Ready for Zig Show

Missouri Getting Ready for q Big Show
ing-Space for Foreign Nations.
The work of the Missouri world s
fair commission is progressing rapidly
and already large warehouse in St.
Louis is filling with exhibits of the
products Of the soil of the state. With
the ripening of the various crops the
work OF collection was begun in south
ern Missouri, progressing northward
with the season. Specimens of grains,
grasses, forage plants, etc., in straw
and threshed, have been secured, in
! Guiding corn. fax. cotton. tobacco and
every other agricultural product as de-
veloped.
Specimens of every kind of Missouri
fruit and berry are being prepared as
they ripen and placed in crystal glass
jars. This exhibit will be added to
from next years crop, this years supply
being kept in cold storage. Already
forty specimens of timber have been
collected, and nearly two hundred more
will be added. The mineral exhibit
will include exhaustive specimens of
zinc, lead, coal, iron, stone, clays and
shale.
= nc lOllOWlnP ScncQule OF allOtmcQtS |
OF space in square feet to foreign ma
tions in the agricultural building in
cludcs grants of increase made since the |
first schedule of allotment determined |
upon some time ago As finally fixed
these aIlotmcnts are as follows: Brazil. |
1900; Argentine Republic, 2,9TG; Chilli
731; Honduras, 900; Nicaragua, 1,1So;
Colombia, 1909; Peru, 1,34226; Saliva
dor, 1895; Bolivia, 1,3422G; San Do
rningo, 912; Porto Rico, 912; Cuba, ,444:
Ecuador, LILO; Guatemala, o7S; Hayti,
DIS; Ccylon, 1854; Mexico, COCO; Ger
many, 11,875; Great Britain, 1886;
France, G,e351I; Denmark, 1854; Swe-
len, 1,7G0; Japan, 3,03S.
The rich and powerful princes of
India, writes Consul-General Ballan-
Inc, arc preparing to send to the
worlds fair large collection of exhib-
is, including artistic articles of gold
md silver, ivory carvings, paintings, !
acqucr and damasls work, embroidery, !,
ace silver filigrce work, etc. Several OF
he princes have decided to visit theft
With their rctinues.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
PERSONAL POINTERS.

THOMAS MEHAN, riverman of New
! York city, has saved twenty-five lives.
MILES DARDEN, who was living in the
state OF Tennessee in 1857, was the
largest man known to history. Clad in
thin summer clothes he weighed 1,037
pounds.
HIRAM LUKENs entered the Doylestown
lntelllgencer Office as an apprentices
June 81, 1889, and he has set type in the
same Office during all the sixty years
that have rolled by since then.
The last male heir of Pulaski. the dis
tinguished Pole who aided the patriots
OF the revolution, lives in Savannah,
Ca, where he earns scanty living ped
ding small wares
ALEXANDER HocKADAY, of Blue River
township, KY, is 112 years old. He
has taken but one dose of medicine.
and as he was nearly 100 years old when
he swallowed it he doesn't think much
of drugs.
A wELL-KEPT secret was that of
George w. NJ. Harper and Miss Nav e.
Ireland, OF MishawalIa, Ind. They were
married twenty-five years ago, and
have lived together all that time, at the
home OF the wife's parents, who knew
Of the alliance, and yet kept the secret.
WILLIAM NJ. DAVENPORT, though
blind, owns and operates a 700-acre
farm in Leydcn, Mass, and is one of the
best judges Of live stock in his county. |
lie earned his first dollar saving wood /
md thrashing, and is now worth from (
$50, 900 to SIS. 900.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
RUSSlA'S GREAT RAILWAY.
1t VIII Cost S1S3, $685. 900. and WI Re
Nearly 5000 Niles Long.

1t VIII Cost S1S3, $4,000, and WI BE
Nearly 5000 Niles Long.
The construction of the worlds long
est railroad is progressing rapidly along
the river valleys and across the steppcs
OF Siberia, says the Philadelphia In
quircr. The western extremity of the
road IS the mining town of MASK on
the eastern side of the Ural range, and
It's eastern terminus is at Vladi vostolz,
on the sea of Japan, making o total
length of 4,7S5 miles, which is nearly
twice the length of the Canadian Pacific.
Its cost, including surveys, grading.
building, stations, rolling stock, and.
indeed, everything needed for its CON
struction and equipment, is estimated
at 1888. S25. 000-an enormous amount,
but proftably invested, and far less
than the cost of a useless European
war.
The country through which the road
VIII run presents no great engineering
difficulties, and across the vast plains it
will hardly require the grading of a
roadbed. 1t is also for the most part
fairly populous, much Of it being verv
fertile and the rest rich in minerals: SO
that along its entire route the road will
open up and develop a country of mar
nificent resources and of almost ine2-
haustiblc agricultural and mining
wealth.
The various results which will even
tually follow the completion of this
great work cannot of course be fully
estimated in advance. but some Of them
NAV he 11DT-tiai1rr
these is that by means of this road |
Russia leaps at q single bound into the
indubitable position of the most fornid- !
able of Asiatic powers. Through this
road England is made insecure IN India,
and, whenever the contest for suprczn-
ICY IN eastern Asia is prccipitated, the
whole northern frontier of China will
&c open at every point to the nlassinc
II Russian troops.
But, altogether apart from its avail
-biiity and Importance in war, It's com
nercial, industrial and political posi-
'ilitics are simply incalcuablc. It will
ring the hidden section of Asia into
I'LL connection with the rest OF the
'orld. The Russian government is I
ow solicitous about keeping foreign ,
IS out of the provinces beyond the {
raj mountains and the Caspian With {
lie completion of this road new era {
Ill begin, travel and commerce will |
llow an unbroken route from the west
Europe to Japan, the ideas of civil G
ton elsewhere prevalent viii be in +
oduced and take root, and gradually a
Csc changes will occur which win /
axe ASiatic Russia n ebara1. n, a., =,
mmon progress of humanity. h
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
SLIPS OF TRUTH.

A HYpocRITE is q man who tries to
fool everybody, but who only fools him
self.
WE viii never find out until we get
to Heaven what it means to live on
earth.
A GOOD man can see farther with his
eyes shut than bad one can with
telescope.
KEEP the devil away from the chill
dren, andhe will soon be driven out of
the world.
A PLEDGE that will save in every part
Of the globe, if kept; 81 will be true to
the truth
NEARLY all people profess to believe
IN heaven, but only limited number
live that way.
THE devils sandals are so constructed
that those who wear them can only
walk down hill.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
HAWAnANS DYING OFF.
Only a Few Genuine Sandwich
Islanders Remaining.
A Merry Race Whose Dances Are Cele-
brated-The Chinese and Kunakas Pop
uIatIng the Island and Becom-
ing Prosperous.

One of the saddest spectacles in
| Hawaii is the rapid decay of the native
race Disease and death have made
heavy inroads among them. More even
| than the Samoans and Tahitians they
seem to absorb all the vices of the
white race. They are pleasure-loving,
indolent, good-natured and honest, but
virtue among them is practically I'M
known. 1t is still the custom to give
q guest the companionship of the wife
or the most attractive daughter; in fact,
the question of morality does not bother
the native Hawaiian, and he frankly
admits it. The Chinese have introduced
the vice of opium smoking, and they
also bring in large quantities of rice
brandy, which the native Hawaiian
loves next 10 cid square fuse" as they
all gin.
The Hawaiian families are steadily
decreasing in size and every census sees
q shrinlSage in the already small num-
Der Of this doomed race. The census of
1884 gave 44,232 Hawaiians and half
castles, that of 1890 3S,654, loss of 5,57s
in six years. The Chinese now number
1920, the Japanese 1924 and the Port
Tguese o,100, Of this large number of
Chinese only about 200 are women.
Hence we find John Chinaman selecting
wives from the native girls, who arc
only too glad to marry Chinese because
they are better treated than by men of
their own race. They are indulgent
husbands and they love to see their
women finely dressed, but when they
return to China there is no record of
any Chinaman taking his Hawaiian wife.
The women are left behind and seldom
is any provision made for the support
IF themselves and their children. The
Japanese mix little with the Hawaiians.
One peculiar thing which is worthy
he attention of the student of ethnol-
'gy is that the crossing of the Chinese
md Hawaiians make better race,
and mentally, than either of
he originals. Some of the brightest
-oung men in Hawaii have Chinese,
2thcrs and Kunaka mothers. These
alf-castes are remarkably shrewd in
while they have the agreeable
of the IIawaiians. The Portu-
ucse are thrifty, but they are a poor
ace. They are now floclsing over to
afifornia, and are going into the fruit
nd vineyard districts, where their
lbor will certainly be better than that
the Chinese, for they are eager to
ny homes and settle. Civilized vices
nd diseases and the leprosy threatens
, wipe out the native IIawaiians in the
ext thirty years. They are disappear
g more RAPIDLY than the Maoris, of
CIV Zealand, and for the same reason.
The Hawaiians, even in their de-
dence, are merry race and their
lnces are celebrated. The hula-hula
probably the most perfect of the
'uth Sea island native dances in honor
the goddess of love- 1t is lasrivious
.ncc which SO greatly excites the ma
'cs that it has been prohibited and is
rfy given now by stealth, but the peo-
e are so fond of it that professional
la dancers are in great demand and
feast is complete without this old
nee, that recalls in many of its fea-
res the dances of ancient Egypt and
.aaoA
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
THE DE LAMAR, NUGGET.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20. 1892.
LEAD MEN iUiirQGO ~ S,OVr.
The Strange Spectacle to BE Seen Where
Once City Stood

Away up among the sagebrush of
White Pine, far removed from the shriel,
of the locomotive and only disturbed by
the occasional prospector, is q strange,
silent city. Once more than thirty-five
thousand people carried on all kinds of
business and traffic there 1t was dur
ing the phenomenal rush to White Pine
in 1867. Many hundreds of buildings
were erected. 1t was wild, new city,
which never slept, and where were en-
acted all the scenes which in the telling
made Mark Twain and Bret Harte
famous This was the story which an
old White Pine man recounted to San
Francisco Examiner reporter:
Now, if you go there said he, ''you
see only few of those buildings, for
most of them have fallen in and dc
cayed. Scattered log cabins yet remain
where mountain squirrels seurry to and
fro at the sound of mans footsteps.
But it is not of this that | started Ont to
tell you, but of second silent city
where hundreds of men lie buried and
where scarcely headstone marks their
last resting place. The headstonos,
where there were any at all, were of
wood and they quickly rotted away
The formation all about there is
largely of limestone. Water pcrco-
lating through it partalzes of the
cases has entirely petrifed the bodies.
So if one were to dig here
and there in the great graveyard he
would find on every hand petrified men.
In many eases they are pctrifed so com
pletely that the entire remains, even
down to the features, are intact The
quiet graveyard. stretching over many
acres, numbers among its slecpcrs all
classes. There are those who died in
midwinter OF pneumonia and typhoid
fever, for in those wild times men could
not take good care of themselves. Des-
peradoes are there also. Numbcrlcss
persons, of all degrees, died with their
boots on.
1.-The men who came there on fortune
bent embraced all classes. There was
the hardened prospector and the tender
foot the professional man. the farmer
for the first time turning his attention
toward mines and the gambling adj
venturer. Death settled upon them, ]
high and low alike. Many an eastern i
family perhaps to this day are waiting {
Tor the return of father son or brother. i
They have dropped out forever, and |
here, caught by the underground Gle
nents and turned to stone, they will lie
i'll the end of time. 1t is a lonesome
lty TO visit now, but twenty-five years a
go it was a humming, roarint, place. not a
mike Creole at the present time only
anger. 1t looks uncanny now and do O
lot often visit it, but when 1 do / am Il
INSTANTLY impressed with the uncer- n
ainty of all human affairs. The old v
7ooden headstones that yet remain are
suggestive q,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
A yyhaIer at the Fair.

The old whaling bark progress, y
which has now reached Detroit on her
way from New Bedford, Mass, to Chi
cago, where She and her contents viii
constitute for the benefit of worlds fair
visitors complete exhibit of the
whale catching industry, has remark
able history. She has made seventeen
trips around Cape Horn, all of them
successful. Forty times has she crossed
the Arctic ocean in search of the whale
and his valuable blubber. In 1869 she
set sail and joined the Arctic fleet. In
1871 terrific storms scattered the feet
and all met disaster except the Prog
rcss," which came back to New Bed
ford with three hundred sailors, seven
five women and three chill
,!rcn, the survivors of the wreck. She
carries six whaleboats, which have all
seen actual service, and each one is pro-
vidcd with u complete equipment of
These boats are sharp
ut both ends, and can be driven at great
speed by six good oarsmen.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
NO5LEMEN IN SWITZERLAND.
Plenty of Titled Personages to Be Found
In the Little Republic

| Plenty of Titled Personages to Be Found
In the Little Republic.
A few years ago the question was
asked: docs nobility still exist in
Switzcrlqnd?' And no one was able to
answer it, Of all the thousands of Eng
tl5h folk who haunt the Swiss hotels
not one, it would seem, had inquired
whether Rudolph Won Erlach, whose
equestrian statue they must have seen.
has any living descendants; not one had
ever heard of the Bernese nobility-a
noblesse which holds itself SO hiph
that 1T thinks but slightly of the
British legation. Yet from the Jura TO
the Lugane there is hardly a canton
there Is perhaps no canton-in which.
according to Temple Bar, noble families
are not to be found. Some of these
such as the Plantas and the Buols of
Graubunden, have turned their energy
INTO modern channels and make their.
fortunes, like the Hausers or the Sell
ers, out of the English and the American
tourist. Others, like the Won Allmcn.
nave sunk into humber rank. But
Che greater part remain in statu quo,
s5llf enjoying in the towns or in the
a social prestige that varies
with their wealth and their intelligence.
For, from the very nature of the case.
oil Swiss nobility is more or less ancient.
and is therefore still venerable in n re-
public which has not yet cast off all
reverence for historic tradition. The
Vaiais, for instance, contains a very
lnclent noblesse, some of whom, as the.
lie Sepibus and the de Cocatrix, bear
1atin names, whether or not they
liam a Roman descent. And a Roman
iescent assuredly is claimed by the
}ernese family of Lentulus, who affili-
tie themselves to that most illustrious
Iouse of the Gems Cornelia. In a con-
'lomerate nation like the Swiss the
of honor have been numer-
us. Some of the nobility owe their
lstlnctlons to the empire or to the
uIes OF Austria; some to the dukes of
ahrringen, the founders of Berne and
rlDourg; some TO the dukes of Bur-
indy; some, who were Huguenots. to
lie kings of France, and some to the
ore modern ones even to the kings Of
NSS~N' -. f..
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-20
A REMARKABLE LIAR.
a Nebraska Woman Who Drove Her Hus
hand to Getting a Divorce.

band to Getting Divorce.
A few days ago William Truesdale of
Beatrice, Neb., was granted an abso-
| lutte divorce from his wife. The rea-
sons he recited for his application to
| brief, she was monumental liar; a reg
ular female Mulhattan. Truesdale
avowed that she told ten Thousand lies
within the three years of their married
life. lie declared that she could not
tell the truth, and that her passion for
tGle-telling and gossiping rendered life
with her unbcarable. Among the
stories that he fled with the court as
coming from her were such as the fol-
lowing: She told him one day that his
mother had been found dead in bed,
murdered by unknown persons. On
another occasion she startled him with
the information that their nearest
neighbor, and his personal friend, had
made an sttcrnpt to crinlinally assault
her. Sht ecurcd fifty dollars from her
husband "a, one time by telling him that
She had just received letter from
lawyer informing her that she had fall |
en- heir to a large fortune, and that the |
lawyer required fifty dollars to secure
it. The believing husband shelled out |
the money and the wife bought herself |
Z new dress with it. Another time she
clarified him with the information that
their little boy had tumbled into the
web and broken his leg. What the In
Annapolis Sentinel regards as one of
the most hcartfess stories that she ere
atcd, and which led to very serious re-
suits, was to the effect that their
had eloped with the hired girl,
lcserting his wife and five children.
The husband repeated the story and it
cost him seven hundred dollars, and he
narrowly escaped conviction for crilni-
lal libel. She was a dangerous woman
or Mr.. Truesdale, and he determined
o get rid of her. The court, after a
ull hearing of the case, granted him an
.bsolute divorce.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-22
Washington Minor Mention.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. March 2l.-William
r. Morrison was to-day elected chairman OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission, Uicc Cooley.
Mr. Hill, who had been absent for the last
week, made his appearance In the Senate cham
Der this morning ami occupied his seat Tor
short time.
The Senate to-day confirmed the nominations
of Charles H. Aldrich OF Illinois, TO DO solicitor
general OF the Department Of Justice, and j. j.
Perkins, 10 be postmaster at Greenville, n. G.
Among tho papers presented and referred IN
the Senate to-day was memorial from citizens
of Philadelphia in mass-meeting assembled
asking Congress TO refuse all appropriations Tor
the Columbian Exposition unless coupled with
the restriction that the gates thereto be aDso-
lutely closed on sunday. A memorial 70 the
same elect from the state OF Mississippi was
presented by nr. George.
The senate to-day passed a bill approprnting
$4,000 for public building az Bedford city,
Va, and a bill appropriatng tiJ,OOD Tor q post
OH building n Fortress Monroe. Va.
The nature OF the reply received from Lord
Salisbury Sunday 20 the last note from the Siate
Department relatiyet 20 the renewal Oi the modns
u'rsndi for the conduct Of the seal fisheries IN
nering Sea Is known 10 nobody in washington
except tho President, the British Minister, and
= very lew officials Of the Department of State.
Even the Republican members OF the senate
Committee on Foreign Relations and the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
who are usually informed promptly OF
any new phase in the negotiations, are IN igno-
rance OF the contents OF Lord Salsburys last
note All sorts Of conjectures are INDUCED III,
but the fact always remains that they age nero
conlectures Tho unusual reticence OF tho o1i-
cials on this subject Is said to be In accordance
with strict instructions directly from the Presi-
dent that the communication shall be withheld
from the public at least until after us submis-
sion 10 the Senate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-22
LECTURE AND CAMPFIRE.
The Entertainment for the Libby-Hiii
Monument Tonight.

The entertainment at the Theatre to-
NIGHT for the benefit of the Private Sol
dlers' and Sailors Monument fund Will be
one of the most unique and enjoyable
that has taken place IN Richmond ior many
long day.
realistic tablesux. With those past middle life II
will serve 10 revive memories OF clouds which,
though very dark, still had their silver lining
IL will bring up scenes and incidents OF times
which. though they tried mems souls, constitute
a priceless heritage 10 the South. 10 the rising
generation IL will prove instructive IN mat II
will teach them the lesson OF that storm
Graded period .iniwhich southern yalor, coupled
with southern iortitude and devotion 10 prin-
ciplo made all the world wonder. Inc Coniede-
rate soldier was sui generis HISTORY lails 10
show his counterpartin in the matter OF combining
determination as a fighter and lightheartedness.
Mir. Royal is SUI generis as lecturer aud To-
night the man and the occasion will meet lie
will lecture on the "Life. Times, and keminis-
censes OF the Private Soldiers oil the confederate
Army" and will speak from yarlod experience
In the Confederate army. Few men are moro
capable than Mr. Royal of ret aiming yiyld ana
accurate impressions of the exciting incidents OF
the camp. the march; ana the Da.Ile ana aeWor ',t
pressiOns aud of explaining the motives that
actuated the private soldiers Oh the oouth III the
great struggle. 80 - -, ,,,..
trated by the Confederate campfire, which VIII
Also bo a part OF the evening programme. Inc
participants in this viii wear the Confederate
eray and sing q number OF songs familiar to
every old Confederate Ii is safe to say that some
of the chorus effects that will be given Tonight
have not been heard since the war. Ihefe
win ne numerous features that canuot well Do
given in detail, and every preparation has oeen
made 10 render the affair a brilliant success. Az
4.3O O'Clock this afternoon those taxing par' III
the campfire viii have fipal rehearsal
Ticsets are on sale at:West, Johnston q Co.'S,
Polk Miller's, X. G. Cabell. Jr., & Co.'S, schen
branch store, S25 east Broad street, ana AZ the
Theaire. Reseryed seats At the Iheatre.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-22

building Sunday afternoon at O'Clock 10 hear
Mr.. :. A. Taggart. Of New York city, one OF the
International secretaries, who delivered an adj
dress on " The Necessity of the Extsnsion OF the
Work OF the Young Mems Christian Associations
IN virginia, United states, and Foreign lands.'
Mr. Taggart spoke very eioQueDty upon this
thefne, ana asked that young mon who we're
able TO contribute 10 much monthly In order 70
extend this work would give him their names.
About twenty responded
committee win bo appointed 10 receive these
contributions and devote them to whatever field
they may think proper.
Mr. Iaggart, accompanied by Secretary Csnd-
Dsh, visited Richmond College yesterday after
noon and addressed the students upon the same
theme. Professor Harris, OF the college, also
delivered a short address, In which he heartily
commended the work.
The.ooys meeting at the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
was conducted by Mr. w. w. Smith and vas
well attended.