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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
One Mans Awful Mistake.
MAGGIE.

81 made the awful mistake of. making
love to my own wife one day last week !"
said w. T Mason as be drew chair up
to the charmed circle where sat the
story tellers in the Lindell rotunda
~ bad been down in Kankakee on a
business trip and took the night train
for Chicago, where ] reside The coach
was chuck a-block, with the exception
OF one double seat, which was occupied
by stylish-looking woman, who sat by
the window and had her veil down. L
received permission to occupy the seat
with her. and we were soon chatting
pleasantly. Thought her voice sounded
familiar, but fate had ordaip ed that |
should make an ass of myself. l tried
to get her to put up her veil, bat she
objected that the cinders got into her
eyes. To make long story ehort I
struck up desperate Irritation with her. |
Bhe admittedthat she was married, but
said her husband was a graceless scamp,
who was always flirting with other
women and neglecting her. OF course, |
sympathized with her and told her that
a man who would neglect SO charming
a woman ought to be kick ed TO death by
a blind mule. Was married? Certainly
not. Well, we finally reached Chicago
and handed her into cab Then she
lifted her veil. 1t was my wifel This
story stops right here.n -Globe Demo-
crat. l.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
AMUSING SIGNS AND ADS.

s'PHYsIoGNoMIcAL HAIRcUTTNGn is
the announcement of Boston barber
who is little more than up to date in
his methods Ones hair and beard are
trimmed by him to suit the features.
THE sign over Boston store reading:
Pickles and New York Sunday Papers"
is outclassed by one recently discovered
in a Georgia village which advertises
SAX Handles, Ink, Pens and Cheese"
SOME years ago in Vermont widow
er who lost little girl had the follow
ing epitaph placed on her tombstone:
go sleep with ma, Alminy S. Soon pa
will come and sleep with thee" Since
then, however, he has buried three
wives and is healthy yet.
THE following advertisement APP
peared recently in the London Morning
Post: ga lonely gentlewoman, tired of
adverse fate, capable of enjoying life,
desires to be adopted by wealthy couple
or old gentleman. She is cultured, of
good appearance; would prove trusty
and agreeable companion, ETC., etc"
IN side street of an Italian town a
sign hanging in front of physicians
office reads in part as follows: 1.-THE
said Prof. Ricca will use for his saJves
n making them live snakes and large
wolves, bears, monkeys lar
nots, weasels and numerous other wild
animals alive and in good condition"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08

Nor person has been killed in a
Maine railroad wreck since 1889.
BERLIN has the widest train roof on
the continent-that at Anhalt station,
which is 1913 feet inches
On the Bangor & Aroostock railroad
there is one stretch thirteen miles long
without curve, said to be the longest
straight piece of track in New England.
In New York the trains on the eleva-
ted railroads always creep around the
curves. In Brooklyn they always turn
them at a rush. That is one thing,
something, in which Brooklyn is not
slow.
NUMEROUS metal ties have been in
vented and many roads have tried them,
but all have proved unsatisfactory. The
principal objections to them are their
cost and their nonelasticity. A track
laid on metal ties wears out rolling
stock much faster than one laid on tim
Der.
THERE is one way of telling the speed
of railway train which old travellers
claim is almost infallible Every time
the car passes over a joint in the
track there is a distinct click; count the
of these clicks in twenty sec
onds, and it is said you have the num-
Der of miles the train is going per hour,
as the length of the rail is uniform.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
ART ETcHINes.


TWENTY-FIVE pictures by modern
French painters, now exhibited at the
st. Botolph club, Boston, are insured
for s24s. 600.
A CAST of Phillips Brooks face was
obtained by the sculptor Bartlett imme-
diately after his death, and it is said
that its resemblance to the original is
excellent.
M. MUNKAcsY is at work in'his Neuil-
ly studio on picture of such dimen-
sions that the canvas has to be raised
and lowered by machine for the pur-
pose. 1t is thirteen feet high and forty
five wide.
SIR GEORGE READ, president of the
Royal Scottish academy, says Whist
ler's portraits attract because of their
shadowy nature. "They are not peo-
pie" he says, "but ghosts" The inn
pressionist always did claim that he in
fused spirit into his work.
ACCORDING to the last report of the
science and art department of the
British government there were under
its auspices in 1891 207 art schools, with
1876 students; 1,OG3 art classes, with
52,715 students, and 6,2I2 elementary
at which 1,170,3 children and
pupil teachers are taught drawing,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
ON SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.

THE higher the barometer the less a
man weighs; the lower the barometer
the smaller he feels.
TIE calculation of the astronomer
Bailey proved that the weight of the
earth is 6,O49, 1886, 900, 100000 tons.
IN human body there are about 263
bones The muscles are about 500 in
number The length of the alimentary
canal is about SO feet
AN excellent method for waterproof
ing the surface of a wall is to cover it
with solution of soap. After twenty
four hours coat of lime solution is APP
piled. This process is repeated several
times, and is claimed to make the wall
perfectly watertigtt.
IT is popularity supposed that it is
civilization that increases and aggra-
Yates nervous diseases, but DIR. Brinton
says it diminishes them. Among the
lowest African races, which might be
to be devoid of nerves, he
found such diseases very common.
If the sun were all coal, and that of
the best quality, the entire mass, if
emitting the heat now sent forth, would
be burned up in less than 5000 years.
Nevertheless, astronomers tell us that
The sun may be depended upon for a
few millions of years in the future.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
SWORD AND GUN.


Col. BoYKIN and all the officers Of
Maryland's crack regiment, the Fifth,
have resigned owing to trouble grow
ing out of conflict of authority at the
Inauguration of Cleveland.
THE extreme range, three hundred
and sixty yards, of an English war bow
of the middle ages was almost as great
as the effective range, four hundred
yards, of musket in our Mexican war.
THIS is not military country, and
officers of the army and navy take care
not to be found in uniform when off
duty The proper attire for social af-
fair of official character is, Of course,
full dress uniform, but no officer APP
pears at private gathering in such at
tire if he can avoid it.
CAPT JOHN c. DoUeHERrY, of Jack
son, Mich, is anxious to restore to
friends of the owner a sword taken
from line officer of an Indiana or
Illinois regiment who was killed at the
battle of Malvern Hill. The only mark
of Identification to be found on the
well-preserved sword is the initials
Fl. w. c." scratched on the butt of the
handle
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
AMERICAN LAWMAKERS.


SENATOR HILL will spend some time
on the California coast at the latter
part of the year.
SENATOR CocKRELL is the only man in
the chamber who has had an unbroken
term commencing as far back as the
year 1877.
NINETEEN United States senators use
but five letters each in spelling their
names. The list begins with Allen and
ends with White.
SENATOR w. d. WAsHBURN, of Mime
apolis, is called Commodore" by many
of his constituents He owns a line of
pleasure steamers that ply Lake Mime
tonka.
HENRY L. DAWES, who has retired
voluntarily from congressional serv-
ice in both houses that covered the
period during and since the civil war, is
as sturdy of figure and health apparent
ly as he was at fifty. He is approaching
the age of seventy-seven.
Mr. CARLIsLE's new private secretary
is Capt. Samuel N. Gaines of Kentucky.
Capt. Gaines was gallant confederate
soldier, was educated at the University
of Virginia, and has since been connect F..
ed with Kentucky journalism. He is a
brilliant writer and very attractive
man socially.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
FOREIGN PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

WEST INDIAN people eat alligator
eggs.
IT is estimated that about 100000 pc
destrians and 10000 vehicles cross the
London bridge every.
A CAUTION has been issuedby the au-
thorities of Berlin against Hamburg
factory butter, which contains from
1871 to 1917 per cent. of water.
AMONG several semi-civilized tribes
the women do all the counting, and
among the zuni Indians they control
the situation after marriage as the
children, inheritance, ETC., belong to
the wife.
WITH nothing but a jackknife, Adolph
Sjohrim, a Marquette Swede, has con
structed the frame of clock represent
ing an ancient castle. He used various
kinds of wood and worked on the job
for two years.
FRANCE has larger stock of gold on
hand than the United States, but
it has also per capita debt Of s116 80,
while that of this country is only sl3.S4.
Great Britain's per capita is sS7.79;
Ttaly's, s76. 06; Austria's, S70.s4; Ger
many's, S37.03, and Ipssia's, S39.79.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
The New Silver Advocate.

! AT the Ogden Trans Mississippi Con-
gress plan was formulated for starting
new paper in the East whose mission
should be to educate the masses on the
subject of free coinage, by showing the N
that it was to the interest of producers
everywhere to restore silver to it's time
honorrd position as the money of the
world. Realizing the powerful infn-
ence the bankers and capitalists of the
East were exerting to delnde the peo-
pie, through 81 bsidized press, it was
resolved to confron. them In their own
strongholds by publishing a paper adj
Vocating free coinage and giving it the
widest posi- BILE circulation in the con-
gresslonal districts where there was a
possibility of defeating the gold bugs in
future elections. Col W. H. Harvey,
OF Ogden, was chosen TO manage this
new publication. Col. Harvey at once
to Chicago, and on the 26th
OF June had the plant established and
the initial number of the paper issued
The NUGGET is in receipt of copy. The
paper is illustrated and handsomely got
ten up, and contains as leading articlc
paper written by j. S. Dougherty, of
Texas: "Will Free Coinage Give Us
Prosperity ?" The entire paper is re-
olete with arguments which will strike
nome.
1t is the duty of every friend of free
coinage to give this publication, " hich
'ears the very appropriate name,
'Coin," hearty support. The NUGGET
will receive aud forward subscriptions.
he price is only So year. /
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
NAMES NOT MENTIONED.

A LOUISVILLE barber cuts hair with
razor more artistically than his rivals
with shears.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD boy in Georgia is
said to weigh ninety pounds, wear No.
hat and a No. Shoe
A RESIDENT of Henry county, Ga, is
the owner of a hens egg that weighs
quarter of pound and measures eight
inches in circumference.
A wAsHERwoMAN sent lately for mon
eys due her with this explanation, de-
livered by a glib little girl: Mamma
says she hopes it won't put you out, but
she hasn't got cent in the house and
she must have her bangs cut"
A DEAD bullfrog owned by resident
Of New Haven, Conn, is claimed to be
one of the Oldest and largest frogs in
this part of the world. The animal is
known to be at least fourteen years old,
and measures eighteen inches from
head to foot, twelve inches across the
back and weighs four pounds.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
FASHION DEGREES.

| MoTHER-oF-PEARL fans are once more
heralded after being carefully laid away
for many seasons.
A NEW navy-blue serge has a single
thread-stripe of deep green, and is pro-
nounced very stylish.
MEDIUM tan remains the favorite
color for gloves. While other shades
are sold, this is the standard, and there
is more demand for it than for all other
colors combined.
WHILE narrow-toed shoes are seen in
the best shops, they are not by any
means meeting with the favor that
those who make speciality of them
would like to believe.
A FEATURE of some of the first draw
ing room gowns was that they were not
made in pairs; one, for instance, being
white and the other pink, which can
not be called a copiable vogue.
TIE young woman of the day scarcely
considers herself up to the times if she
does not possess number of waists en-
tirely unlike any of the materials in the
skirt with which she wears them.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
IMPORTANT FOREIGNERS.

Mr.. GLADSTONE would be the favorite
boarder in an American private hotel
He is found of rice pudding and prunes-
MoDJEskA carries in ''Henry VIII"
handkerchief which is said to have been
the property of Queen Isabella.
Whether this is true or not the hand
kerchief is one of he rarest pieces of
old Spanish lace in existence.
THE dethroning of Liliuokalani leaves
but three real queens in the world.
They are Queen Victoria, Queen Will
helmina of Holland, and Queen
Ranavalo ILL.,, of Madagascar. All the
rest of those who claim the title are
either in exile, are acting as regents or
are the wives of kings
THIS year Louis Kossuth will be "a:
Neal Dow, SO; Ferdinand de Lesseps
and David Dudley Field, 80; Gladstone
and Oliver Wendell Holmes. "a; Pope
Leo and Senator Morrill,, SO; Harriet
Beecher Stowe, 81; Allen G. Thurman,
30; Verdi, 10; Bismarck, Gen. Early, q.
W. Couldock and Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton, 78.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
MUSICAL MISCELLANY.

THE Harvard faculty will hereafter
refuse to allow the Freshmen glee club
to give concerts out of town.
THE students of the University Of
Michigan meet every Saturday morn
ing for the purpose of singing college
songs.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN is said to have
struck million notes on piano in
eight hours The performance was the.
result Of a challenge.
MARsELLAIsE hymn is ascribed to
Rouget de Lille, a French engineer
officer in 1913, intended to cheer the
conscripts at Strasburg.
WALTER B. ROGERS, the popular cor
netist, has been appointed leader of the
S venth Regiment band of New York,
to succeed the late c. A Cappa-
DR.. JOHN A BRoADUs relates that
Ole Bull once said to him: "If quit
practicing on my violin for day no.
tice the difference; if 1 quit for two
days my friends notice the difference; if
l quit for week everybody notices the
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
INDUSTRIAL FIGURES.

CANTON, China, exports 10, OOO, 900 fans
every year.
The largest Canadian fish hatchery is
at Sellirk. 1t has a capacity of 1907
100000.
EERoPE has $4,000 match factories,
and they yearly produce matches valued
at s5O,O00,00O.
IT is estimated that during the last
five years the turpentine gatherers of
Georgia have destroyed 5000, 1000, 900
worth of pine timber.
THE largest vineyard in the world,
according to a correspondent, belongs
% Senator Stanford, of California. 1t
consists of $500 acres of bearing vines.
IN one of the Comstock mines a new
water wheel is to be placed which is to
run 1,150 revolutions minute, and to
have speed at its periphery of 10,so5
feet per minute. A greater head of
water than has ever before been applied
to a wheel will be used.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
SPORTS AND sPoRTsMEN.

DETROIT capitalists are turning
Whitefish lake, in Michigan, into a
large fish pound.
Mr.. CARLISLE is the only member of
the cabinet who is not an enthusiastic
fisherman.
The biggest of fresh-water fish, the
arapaima, of the Amazon in South Am
erica, grows to six feet in length.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-07-08
WANTED SOMETHING EASY.

The people of DeLamsr have petit
toned the postal department and hal
the name of that postotfice changed to
Regain ; and no wonder. since the Cap
tain's wedding. The people conldn't be
expected to write it "de la MARI after
being used to the old style so long, aud
they wanted something easier.-Weis
Signal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-28
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Quaint Little Frocks For
Wee Maidens in Flow
cred MuSlinS.


After I'll tho giraswno wears with cor
rect grace the old fashioned gown of the
renaissance, says the New York Sun, is
tho girl with the long curls and the short
skirts. She wears it, too, even as in the
old days, with the low neck and short
sleeves, as few grown up bellies may dare.
Rare indeed arc the arms that may be
exposed in broad daylight to a cold and
critical world without blushing at their
own temerity.
But the pink, dimpled beauty of the lit
tie lady, just out Of babyhood, is most
fascinating in the sprigged muslin frock
she wears, with its pretty tucker Of
needlework drawn up about the low
neck and its full pulled sleeves, or in fig
ured gown Of challis, or silk, with rufles
of lace broadening over the shoulder and
narrowing toward the folded belt, show
ing between a gathered baby waist low
in the neck and with sleeves finishing
with rufaes of lace just above the elbow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-28

Then there is the high art little maid
in her liberty gown of silk or wool in
green OF yellow or bronze. It is made
with a straight, square yoke for a waist,
to which the skirt is shocked, and with
stiff caps over the pulled sleeves. Above
these is a square necked guimpe of sheer
est lawn, hemstitched and brierstitched
in tucks and showing the little throat
above.
And there are, too, the dear little
Dorothys and Elizabeths in their figured
muslins of huge patterns and finished
with the ichu of fine muslin crossed and
tied at the back. All modes and fashions
in vogue among grown ups are quantity
copied both in design and material for
the little tots, 80 that the wardrobe Of
the nursery is not a replica of that ar
ranged for the social world in which the
mothers of the little maids live, move
and have their being.
These mothers study their little daugh-
tiers with jealous eyes, determine the
particular style which is most in keep
ing with the children's individuality
and display quite as much solicitude in
conforming to this style as in emphasiz-
ing their own good points. Foolish moth
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-28
NOTICE TO

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received at the once of
Ine Board or Street aud Water Commissioners
MONDAY, Septamber II. 1895. at 10 o'clock, A. d..
ORIENT AVENUE.
from jackson avenue to Bergen avenue, n-accord.
snce with plans and specifications on file In the
once or the CHIEF Engineer, corner OF Jersey sv-
enae and Mercer street, where blank forms Of bid
ana agreement or Sureties must be obtained.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES..
About .o9o cubic yards Of earth excavation.
About 100 cubic yards Of SAND or gravel I,ilinr.
About $3.50 square y ards OF macadam paving.
about 2.0W lneal feet OF new curbstcne.
ABOUT $50 square feet of new bridgestone.
About 5000 square feet Of new tagging,
Abont Ky square yards OF repayins.
About y nneal Ieet or reset curbstone.
ABOUT 2,O0u square feet OF relatd tagging.
Time allowed for the compilation IT the work,
ihe Jnnking 'of the above Improvement and
award OF the contract therefor win be subject 10
me femopstrance OF the owners of the property
for,
Proposals must be enclosed IN sealed envelopes.
endorsed. PROPOSALS for lmprovement Of osiens
man OF Committee on streets and sewe,s,H and
handed TO the Clerk Of the Board in opeu meeting
wnen caiisd ior in the order Of business relating
No city official will Re accepted as surety, nor
VII 2 snostislIi on Of sureties be allowed.
section 3 Chapter lS4. Laws OF 1891, uuaor the
tersns VIII ereof no contract shall be binding upon
bondsmen offered by the contracibr have been an.
proved as TO suficiency by this Board aud as to
Iorm by the CORPORATION Counsel, the President OF
!, l Soaal nasing power to examine the proposed
~ order OF ths Board of Street and Water Com
missioness.s
GEO. 7. BoUToN,
Dated Jersey City. August IS. 1898.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-28
SETON HALL COLLEGE.
Preparations for the Opening on Sep
tsmber O.
Special to The Jersey City News

Special to The jersey City Netus.
SOUTH ORANGE. August 28. l893.-Va-
cation days of SAton Hall College are
nearly over. On Wednesday, September
8. the students will assemble at chap 81 in
the morning and tue fall term will be-.
gin. Bishop Wiager will make appro-
pirate remarks to the students prspara-
tory to their application TO studies for the
day. Several changes have peen male
in the corps OF instructors.
In the studies the only addition is. az
has been mentioned Ia The JERSEY Cry
NRws, the new military training. The
uniforms will arrive soon after school
opens. Lieutenant Lenahau. the ap-
pointes to the position of Military In
structor, will arrive at the college thls
week and make arrangements for the
armory and other necessaries. The
armory will probably be in the ipirmary.
IL Is expected that nearly two hundred
aud fifty students will be enrolled this
term. Last term 1S7 was the total num-
Der.
The students will work hard for the
college prizes, most OF which have been
founded long ago and competed for zach
year.
Although college opens on September
9, the course will probably nor really be-
gin until the following day, as students
have TO receive their books, and several
other matters require attention on the
first day.
There will be many more to Join col
lege, the authorities told q NEWS repor-
ter. In a few weeks. The military course
is an inducement which many will take
advantage of.