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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
A GLOOMY OUTLOOK.

He Was Out Of Eyerytni Includins
Health.
Mr., Riggs, the provision dealer, was
never known to take cheerful view
OF life under any circumstances. One
morning customer, on his way down
town, called at the store to leave an
order, and the following conversation
ensned:
Good morning, Higgsl Fine wealth
er we're having"
Yes, Riggs admitted. with deep
sigh and glance around his rather
dingy shop; Il spose it's what we
might call fine weather--out o. doors g
Ny wife wants you to send her
round some vegetables a busheI of POI
tatoes-n
I'm all out o p'taters jest now" in
terposed Riggs, sadly.
s'H'ml Can you let US have half peck
OF tomatoes, then?''
No; I'm all out of tomayters, lest
now"
Well, how about turnips?' persisted
the would he customer.
IN all out o turnups, Jest now
in that case / must buy elsewhere, /"
said the unsuccessful applicant, turn
ing to 60 oh, by the way, Higgs,.'' he
said, as he paused on the threshold, /
lyon haven seemed very wellsr late;
how is your health at present?'
'Thankee, said Riggs, with The most
utterly respondent air that can be i'm
agined ito tell the truth, Pm all out
. health Jest now. Youths Compan-
ion.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
He Was ohArltabay Ipclfnsd nut Not
Green.

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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
TITLES OF oLDEN TIMES.

The rabshalSeh mentioned in the
book of Kings was the title of the AS
syrian commander in chief.
/ GER1ANY only has preserved the title
of grand duke, there being seven grand
duchies in the German territory.
/ THE town clerk mentioned in Acts
as addressing the mob at Ephesus held
an office equivalent to mayor.
THE name Seleucidas was applied as
a generic title toa long race of Macedo-
MAN kings who reigned in Syria.
/ THE title of margrave was limited to
the rulers of the marches of Branden-
burg, Weissen, Baden and Moravia.
THE Holy Roman empire had but
three genuine landgraves, those OF
Thuringia, Lower and Higher Alsace.
THE kings of Yeman and Muscat
lyle themselves Imaums and claim an
ancestry back to the time Of Moham-
med
THE rabsaris mentioned in the sec
ond book of Kings was an Assyrian
military title, equivalent to brigadier
general.
THERE are three khans- lzhiva, kho-
}yand and bol1hara-who date the or
gin OF their families back to the Turk
ssh invasion of Europe.
A CURATOR was a Roman official in
charge of various departments of the
public service. The title nearly cor
responds to our word superintendent.
RoLAND's BREACH, the natural noun
tain pass leading from France into
Spain through the Pyrenees, is 200
feet broad, 800 feet high and so feet
long.
TINS year is 1858 of the Jewish era,
74o1 in the Byzantine era, 1858 il tlle
Japanese era, 1910 of the 1Iohanine-
Ian and the 117th year of the indie
pendence Of the United States.
TIE barber derives his class title
rom the Latin word barba, a beard.
Rude, uncivilized races were originally
'alled 'barbarians" solely on account
II the unl1crnpt appearance of their
,eard and hair.
TIE Chicago Sunday Post is authori-
y for saying that Chicago has 49, mil
ionaires. The. men standing at tho
cad Of the list are Marsllall Field
nd Phillip D. Armour, both OF whom
re credited with fortunes amounting
D $40, 900, 0o0.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
THE FIRST LIGHTNING ROD.
1t Was Not Invented by Benjamin Frank
lin As Most People Believe.

1t Was Not Invented by Benjamin Frank
lin AS Most People Believe.
! Almost everybody believes that
| Franklin was the inventor of the light
ming rod; and. in this one particular,
I nearly everybody is mistaken The
first lightning conductor was not in
vented by the genius who is said to
have caught the lightning wild and
played with bolts of thunder, y but by
a poor Bohemian monk who lived at
Seuttenberg. who erected his lightning
catcher on the palace of the curator Of
Frcditz, Moravia, on June Is, 1854
The name of this inventive monk was
Prohop Dilwisch. His apparatus was
composed OF a pole slirnoun ted BY an
iron rod supporting twelve curved
branches and terminating in as many
metallic boxes filed with iron ore and
inclosed with a wooden box-1ilze cover.
This was traversed by twenty-seven
iron-pointed rods, the bases of which
were connected with the ore boxes
This entire system of wires was united
with the earth by large chain.
The enemies Of Dilwisch, jealous of
his success, excited the peasants Of the
nelghborhood against him, claiming
that his invention was the cause of the
Try weather that was running their,
crops When the inventor laughed at
them and refused to remove it they
pnt him IN prison and then destroyed
his work.
NJ. Nielsen used a triple-pointed rod
years before Benjamin Franklin ever
thought OF a lightning rod.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
RENTS PIPES FOR A LIVING.
Tho Curious Occupation Followed by an
Old Turk at Constanttn orle.


Old Turk at Constantinople.
In one of the great caravansaries of
Constantinople saw an old Turk fol-
lowing q merchant trade that to me
4 seemed the most peculiar of aay in all
the world, says a writer in the Globe
Democrat. This business was that OF
renting pipes for temporary usage by
the guests of the hotel. His stand was
a little red-curtained bazaar, in which
he sat with table before him. On
this table were ranged the largest va
! riety OF pipes that 1T was ever my OPP
portunity to behold. He had pipes of
all nationalities and many that had no
nationality at all. The German meer-
schaum was not wanting, nor was
! the American corneob absent. Briar
pipes from England were there, and
Irish dhudeens in great numbers. Be-
sides, he had the long, rubber-stemmed
cool-smolling Turkish pipes. and the
little sli1n-stemmed opium pipes of
Chinese persuasion. Behind him,
ranged in several scores Of little wood
en- pockets, were tobaccos Of every con
ccivable variety. He rented his pipes
--sA4 W. 49, '2A4AAi oAAS iS94t own
choice OF tobacco, for the 1erg enlall
sum Of ono seutar3, which IS less than
ono Fenny of our own money. How
ever, the renter was compelled to
leave q s1aall sum of money as security
for the pipe. Count was Kept OF the
number Of pipes in use by a system OF
crosses made on q wooden board, which |
was evidently plain to the. keeper, bit
q dark mastery to all others. lie Ger
tainly aia thriving business. and lsis
money colfer was we'll filed with coin.
He stated TO me that he ecearetl his
variety Of pipes from tTaveles.s. many
Of them having been presented
to hiin ana others purchased; some
few, elleh Is the Chinese end Indian
pipes, he lad sent for. se assel mo
to Gecnlo a-l such pipes as j observed
him to be without. and it was oalyl The
oShel' 1877 5aat mailed him q beauty of
Tho A1ael'}can Indian type. Lis eolIec-
ion g tg Jaig time undoubtedly worth
thousands Of dollars, and no doubt
WILL afdqr his death, be secured for
ome OF the European museums.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
A Peculiar ne,ie,.

u isan old belief Of native Hawaiians
eiiat tile spirits Of their warrior chiefs
inhablt after death the bodies of their
dayorlte horses There is even now a
me white stallion in Honolulu in
sy,. IT. as popularity believed, lives
ene spirit OF Boki, who led rebellion
= lahltl some years ago. At various
elines this horse, splendidIy capari-
soned, is led riderless in state through
she principal streets Of Honolulu.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25

OF them, representing every note in the
scale. The metal il d dull bronze that
is sometimes made from the coin, gold.
silver and copper, received as dona-s
tions ia the temples. The little knobs,
struck in repoussc all over the surface,
have a curious significance; it ii said
3 that the original Of these bells repre-
scented the head Of Buddoll, covered
with the snails that obligingIy crawled
over his scalp and cooled it when he
had headache. The little protrr-
sions arc eonventionalized indications
of the snails.
Rented Flowers.
A florist who has one Of the largest
greenhouses in the city derives no in
considerable profit iron the renting Of
flowers ana plants for private CON
scerts, public dinners, receptions, balls,
weddings, church services, and even
funerals, Che things most IN de-
manel bcing palms and Rubber trees.
The al arrFas for the use Of these plants
for d single evening seem pretty steep
to the uninitiated. he explains why:
You think fifty dollars TOO much for
dressing IS parlor last Tuesday?
Come into The greenhouse, There you
see that palm? That was worth ttlllir-
ty dollars on Monday. / viii sell
il to anybody to-day for ten dollnrs.
Tho leaves are split, and two Of the
stallEs are broken. And that Is only
one instance. We are suffering dam
age Ike that, and we have To charge
q price that win insure as against too
great a loss. Fifty dollars wouldn't
cover tho damage that is done to our
at some of the swell recep-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
Marriage wigs.

When Greek brides hair was not
adequate to the demands Of fashion
she elzed out the deficiencies Of nature
with horsehair. Pericles once had a
citizen OF Athens arrested and nned
for cutting off the tail Of the states
mans horse to supply a marriage wig
for the Offenders daughter.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
FUTURE or The HUMAN FOOT.
Progressive Development In the Art OF
SI-yeInAi1ing.

progressive Development In the art OF
SI-yemAksng.
I The boot and shoe exhibit at the
worlds fair leads one to view with
alarm the prospective fate Of the
human pedals, says the Minneapolis
Tribune. The wild variety Of in
| genious shapes exhibited IN shoes dis
closes the fact that the human foot in
modern times has ceased to have a
shape of its own. It is putty in the
hands of the ingenious artist. In
short. the foot. as to shape and size, is
purely shoemaker's product. If,
! therefore, we. want to know what the
foot of the future is to be we must
study the trend OF the cobbler's art.
In spite OF the fearful variety of
shapes and dimensions exhibited in the
| worlds fair shoe exhibit, there are
certain tendencies of the shoemaking
art that are clearly marked and show
progressive development Between the
shoepaclz and plowshoe on the one
hand and the patent leather ball
room slipper on the other there is a
broad variation in the shape and di-
mansions which the human foot must
assume, and yet there are one or two
principles which apply more Oh less in
common to all of the widely diferen-
tiated styles.
The one principle which stands out |
most prominently in all the schools of
the shoenalzing art is this: That there I
is but one recognized toe on the human
foot. The other excrescences are not
to be countenanced or tolerated. The
definition approved by all shoe mo
dlstes is that the human foot is varia-
BILE aggregation consisting OF four
parts the heel, the instep, the bali
and the great toe. The latest aud gen
orally adopted canon relative to the
proper shape OF the front part of the
shoe is that it should consist of a
straight line drawn from the outer
edge of the bali of the foot to the tip
IT the great toe. 1t is true there are /.
many styles of shoes that do not con
orm rlgidly to the canon, but the vari-
stions are permitted simply on aesthetic
to secure variety, and not at ,
IL that not more than one toe is recog-
lied.
There is said to be only one shoe in
he worlds fair exhibit which distinct
recognizes and countenances five
oes on the human foot. and that is the
vooden shoe from Belgium. That shoe, d
hitch allots 1--WE compartments of a
pace to the toe family, is the excep-
on which proves the rule-namely, a
lat the great toe is the only author n
ed projection on the portico of the
sdal structure. A generation or two | tt
ore Of culture and heredity under b
&c Draconian laws imposed by the
zoe artists will doubtless see the hui Il
an foot simplifed and improved by 7
e gradual elimination of four super
lous, useless, and inartistic frontal st
elections
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
The Ivy Geraniun.

Curiously tenacious of life is that
beautiful plant commonly called the
IVY gcraniun. Branches cut of and
kept partly immersed in water live on
for months, not only with small loss of
vitality in the larger leaves, but even
with some development of leaf buds,
and possibly some growth of new
wood. This occurs, too, without any
sign OF root development in the i'm
mersed ends. The clippings are pc
culiarly fitted for indoor decoration in
winter, as the green of the ivy gera-
mum is SO fresh as to suggest perpet-
ual spring.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25

seannen, most Of them, wore the cam
vas petticoat, and they all wore the
hair in braid down the back, waxing
It TO make 1t curl up at the end AS
many OF the seamen were foreigners
the costumes OF all nations were dis
played on many ships. It was not un-i
I'll 1900 that there is record Of crew
Ia white duck uniforms.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
Revo!ut1onar y uniEor1na-

During the revolution the most elab-
crate of uniforms were designed for
the American officers, and the men
were ordered to wear green shirts, s'if
they could be procured" AS matter
of fact very few uniforms were worn,
everybody wore what he happened to
have and the navy was clothed in mot
ley array. The native born American
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
An Absces. In the Church.

There is negro church In Somer-
vile. and some funny things happen
there. 1t seems that there was a little
recess behind the pulpit which was
need for the PASTORS drcssil,1-rpon
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
Fatlacr of the Navy.

Admiral Paris, 1.-THE Father of the
French Navy, died recently at the age
Of eigaty-seven. His first important
service was performed si1ty--sven
years ago. when he accompanied Du-
mont d Urville in a voyage which added
considerably to our 'lgnowlclge of the
Pacific islands. Unlike most sailors of
the cid school, he early appreciated
the advantages of steam. 1t was un-
der his command that the Cape OF Good
Hope Was first doubled by a French
steamship and he lost an arm at Pondi-
cherry through an accident caused by
a steam engine ashore. During the
Crimean war he was captain of q two
decker, and won the rank of vice adj
miral. He was appointed curator of
the naval museum at the Louvre after
his retirement in 1871. He devoted his
official salary to the improvement of
the collection under his charge.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-11-25
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The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05

dertaking. Severe storms on several
occasions wrought serious damage to
some of the buildings. notably the
great Manufactures and Liberal Arts
building. which last year had the east
wall partly blown down. and this year
part of the roof caved in. causing
heavy loss
In addition to all this there have been
damaging stories set afioat by the enc
mics of the fair. and the actions of the
fair officials have been severely and I'M
Justly criticised in various quarters.
and more than once the committee on
finance has been convulsed with fear
lest operations should have to cease for
lack of funds to carry on the work.
But Chicago pluck has overcome all OBJ
stacles, and in spite of all drawbacks
the day set for the opening found the
great exposition in sufficiently pre-
5entable shape to receive all visitors
1t cannot be said that the fair is COM
pleted. There IS much to be done yet,
in the way of placing exhibits and add
ing details, but the buildings are near
" all completed and in a few weeks
everything will be thoroughly settled
and the great fair will be in full blast
The buildings of the different states are
The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05

Now that the worlds fair season has
fairly begun there will doubtless be a
large influx to our population. but as
yet there is not much perceptible in
crease. Every fine day since visitors
were first admitted to the fair grounds
the South side car lines have done a
great business. and since the arrival Of
the strange people from distant lands
in Midway Plaisance. there has been a
perpetual outpour of people in that di-
rection On Sundays the crowds at
Jackson park have been especially
large. the tickets taken at the gates
showing an attendance per day of TWEEN
ty thousand and over. Up to the pres
ent time there has been no difficulty in
taking care OF the worlds fair traffic.
and it is the opinion of railway and
street car officials. hotel keepers. lead
ing merchants and all who have given
the matter any attention that at no
time during the fair will there be any
inconvenience felt by visitors or resi-.
dents of the city.
The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05
d.cked with banners and streamers of

decked with banners and streamers OF
every description.
The programme of exercises as pre-
pared some time ago was carried out.
Director General George z Davis max
ing the Introductory address and being
followed by President Cleveland. who
in a stirring speech of some length de
clared the great fair opened Other
speeches followed by worlds fair Off
cials and honoied guests. among them
being the duke de Veragua. a descend
ant OF Christopher Columbus. who
with his family recently arrived from
Spain to take part in the opening exer-
cises of the fair. The duke is hneal
descendant of Christopher Columbus,
being removed from the great discover
er By thirteen generations His iull
name is Don Christober Colon de Toledo
de la Cerda Y Gante. His titles are
duke OF Verrgua. marquis of Jamaica
and admiral and adelancado. may Or of
the Indies. He was born in Madl id in
1887. was graduated at the Cnive rsity
of Madrid as lawyer. beca'7e Gfili-
ated with the liberal party. az II 1871
was elected as the representative OF
Arevallo in tie cortes. In 1874 he be-
came a member of the municipal coIE-
The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05
CURRENT COMMENT.

- Democrats are just beginning to
realize how much harder 1t is to build
new tariff than TO tear down an old
one N. y. Press.
Secretary Carlisle will announce
his inan cial policy in definite terms
when the president has fully made up
his mind what it is--Chicago Tribune.
The country needs at the head OF
the treasury department somebody VINO
is not afraid to tell the people exactly
what he means to do. II Mr. Carlisle -
such man. his present manifesto does
not prove tn. Y. sun dem J.
HNo difference whatever should De
made by the department in its treat
ment of the two forms of legal tender
paper money. The late repu blican adj
ministratiOn made none. and surely the
present democratic administration
ought 10 live up to the creditable record
of its predecessor on this most inpOr"
tant point--Boston Herald tdern-j-
Secretary Gresham seems To be
anxious To make the democrats believe
the president did not make a mistake
when ne called him TO the cabinet The
zeal which the ex-repubiIcan jurist has
manifested in filing the diplomatic
posts with democrats viii earn him the
gratitude il not the respect OF MS
adopted party-Cleveland Leader.
The country is steadily approach
ing a realization OF the truth. which
we believe viii be demonstrated To
certainty IN the progress OF practlca!
events. that nine-tenths OF the outcry
raised about the iniquitous tariff was
the product of either rank ignorance or
sheer dishonesty ~ O-s1Glcl.
HThe total expenditures Of the
Eiftv-second congress amounted 10 one
billion and twenty-five million dollars
That Is To sav. it was billioa-doilar
congress. eclipsing the record OF that
one which the democratic press -
veheraently condemned As extravagant-
The New York World. commenting
upon this fact admits that the party
was false TO the pledges upon which
il was elected and that the demo
cratic house. by lis {, -travagance>. hS'i
.-disc--tiiled democracy- II Is CRAFTY
ing To find our democratic conten
porary thus candidly placing the re-
sponslbility for the enormous eNpen-
diture of the last two years where IL
properly belongs - San Francesca
Argonaut
The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05

Gil of Madrid. but soon resigned his
office on account of a change in the
government and devoted himself to ag-
riculture and cattle breeding. He has
since held many public offices, includ-
ing that of the minister of the interior.
vice president of the senate. councillor
of the Monte de Pedal and royal COM
missioner of agriculture. He is. COM
paratively speaking. a rich man. and is
highly respected throughout Spain He
now holds the Office of chief of the
Spanish worlds fair commissioners.
Since his arrival in this country ne has
received much attention from New
York society and has been presented
The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05
with the freedom Ct Tie city of New

with the freedom Ct Tie city of New
York.
The opening exercises were followed
by tour Of inspection Of the buildings
and grounds and gehseral rejoicing
Later in the day the formal opening Of
the Woman's building took place. pre-
sided over by Mrs Potter Palmer, at
which were present the leading spirits
OF the enterprise and many foreign
notables- On the afternoon of Satur-
day, April -. at four o'clock the last
nail was driven in the building by Mrs
Palmer. the nail being of gold and the
hammer of silver, and An elaborate pro-
gramme was carried out The women
are very proud of their achievements in
the great enterprise. and well they may
The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05
THE OPENING EXERCISES.

transacted on the opening day, it being
declared by Gov. Altgeld legal holt
day. and there was a great rush for
the fair grounds
The exercises before the Administra-
ton building were witnessed by an i'm
mense concourse of people, prominent
among whom were the high dignitaries
of the United States The scene was
one never to be forgotten by those who
were present and one not easily de-
scribed The immense plaza and all
the approaches thereto were densely
packed with people of all conditions of
life and every race under the sun The
lagoon was alive with launches and
gondOlas, all gay with flags and colors,
and al the buildings were handsomely
The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05

in better shape for visitors now than are
the fair buildings proper. and among
them are some which are veritable
palaces The buildings of foreign
nations are also very well along
toward completion and but
few touches remain to be added
to place them in readiness for the re-
ception OF the people whose countries
they represent.
The whole city has been in a hutter
of excitement for several days. Many
of the large business buildings are
decorated and a general holiday feel
ing seems to have taken possession of
the people. Very little business was