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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-05
TYPICAL AMERICAN STUDENTS.
Two Unidealized Statues on Exhibition In
Boston-The Dimensions Of Each.

Two Unidealized Statues on Exhibition In
Boston--The Dimensions Of Each.
Two interesting statues, the result
of much hard work, were put on ex-
hibition in Boston recently. One was
that of young man and the other that
! of girl. They were designed to
represent the American COLLEGE stu
dent, not the ideal American student
of either sex, but the actual, typical
student, the measurements used hay
ing been the average, or mean, of de-
velopment of students from various
parts Of the country. The statues arc
described by the Rochester Post and
Express as representing fairly well
built young persons, symnetrically de-
veloped, and without serious physical
defects" The figures have an easv
pose, standing firmly and gracefully.
The faces, which were modelled after
composite photographs made from the
students from whom the measurements
were taken, are handsome and thought
full, with marked air of refinement.
The face OF the young man is the hand
somer of the two, but that of the
young woman is nearest the classic
standard. Ia the formers figure there
are some marked departures from the
standard The hands and knee. arc
large, while the wrists are small. The
height Of the male is five feet eight I
inches and Of the female five feet taree I
inches. The male represents weiFht [
OF one hundred and thirty-eight and (
one-half pounds and the female one I
hundred and fifteen pounds. Each
iigure represents measurements talon
IRON forty-two leading parts OF the
ooay and these show the average de-
of each sex at the ago Of
5wenty-one years. IL is worldly ofnote
6hat the typical American student has
a better physical development than
that of the British or German, as is
shown by comparison with measure
nents made recently in those coun-
,ries
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IN FOREIGN LANDS.

GERMANY has recently been import
ing largely of borses from Denmark.
LIVE bees can now be forwarded
through the post Office all over the
French territory.
AN international show of stations
will be held in Vienna October 14-17 at
the instigation of the royal ministry of
agriculture.
A SPECIAL commission has been or
dered by the French parliament, to
study ways and means for improv-
ing the breeds of sheep.
THE mahogany tree thrives in Banga-
lore, India, where a plantation has,
been raised and will be maintained by
the forestry departments
THE importation of sheep from Dem
mark, owing to the spread of foot and
mouth disease there, has been prohib-
tied by the authorities at Hamburg.
TIE agricultural department at
Queensland is distributing large guam
titles of seed among the farmers who
suffered from the very disastrous floods
in that colony.
AN agent of the New Zealand gov
crnment claims that colonial butter
after its arrival in England is shipped
to Brittany and thence returned to
London as Brittany butter.
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A SPRINKLE OF SPICE.

TREEToP-"A dollar for pulling one
tooth?" Dentist-'Yes; you took Gas. ;,
Treetop- '.9ow much thousand do
you charge for that" -Brool;lyn Life.
Str NoEH - ''When viii the next
train lsave?p Agent Can't say; road
il hands of receiver; engine lockcd up
for contempt Of court."-Atlanta' Con-
stitution.
JuDoE-"IIave you any remarks to
offer tiiGt may lead to mitigation Of
your sentence?p Prisoner - ''Yes; I
viii thank You to have a sole put in
r9y cell "-Scifen5lascn.
Ev1Ey sensible snan viii break of
the cigarette habit" said the doctor.
Oh, no, he won't, replied Stringcr.
Why not?" tBecause no sensible
faan is addicted to it, Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
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EccENTRIcITlEs OF GENIUS.
Queer Dol SIS and Ideas of Some of the
Worlds Greatest Men ana Women.

Queer Dol SIS and Ideas of Some of the
Worlds Greatest Men and Women.
We often hear people Offering objec-
tions to certain of their Appropriateness
because they are queer Eccentric
ity. however, is oftener allied to genius
than not, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Among the musicians there have been
found some of the most whimsical of
men.
Haydn could not compose satisfac-
torily TO himself without first having
put on his best suit of clothes and pow
dered his hair. Nor could he gct his
ideas in form until he had placed upon.
his finger diamond ring presented 90
him by Frederick II. Another com
poser. Sacchini by name, declared that
he never had any moments Of inspira-
ton excepting when his two pet cats
were sitting upon his shoulders. In
other lines than music we Gnl that
Tycho de Brahe, the celebrated astron-
o1aer of the sixteenth century, dropped
to tne grouad whenever he caught sight
of a hare or q fox. Ladislaus, king of
Poland, took to flight soon as he saw
an apple. Henry Ill, king of Eng
land, could not bear to be in room
where there was cat, even though he
might not see it. Erasmus, OF Ro5ter-
dam, one OF the most enlightened men
of the period, was thrown into lever
at the sight OF a fish. Bacon, the great
English chancellor, tainted while gag
ing at an eclipse of the moon. John !
H., grand duke of Moscow, fell into a |
swoon at the sight of woman-surely |
the strangest popularity ever noticed |
in man.
Chevalier de Guise was similarly
affected by the sight of rose. even
without smelling its fragrance. Maria
de Medici, the wife of Louis XII, fond
as she was of flowers, generally speak
ing, could not disguise her repugnance
to roses, even painted ones.
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SHOOTING AN ALLIGATOR.
Vengeance on the Thief Who Stole tho



Vengeance on the Thief Who Stole tho
Bullock.
One day after dinner, says a traveller
in Queensland, who has recorded his
! experiences under the title: missing
Friends" we found that an alligator
had taken away one Of the working
bulloclzs, which was lying down few
/ hundred yards from the house. The
tracks showed plainly that the animal
must have taken its victim By the hind
quarters and dragged it along, for the
earth was plowed up where the bullock
/ had been holding back with its head
and forelegs.
1t had been dragged to the rivers
edge and there killed and partly eaten.
As we approached the bank we saw
the alligator by the carcass, still feed
ing, but it dropped into the water like
stone at sight of us.
My employer, Mr.. A., turned to
me with sparkling eyes,
Now IS or chanca,n he cried 'sTo-
night and tomorrow night it will come
again and eat of the bullock. Then
we can shoot it"
The next evening we sought the
spot as soon as darkness began to-fall.
The river bank nearest the water. was
very steep for about thirty yards; then
there was a gentle slope for another
twenty yards, and on that slope the
carcass of the bullock was row living.
We were careful to have the wind
against us. as the alligator is shy, and
would never ascend the bank if it
should smell us.
We lay down fat on the ground be-
hind the bushes, and it was agreed
that | was not on any account to fire
until Mr.. A. should give me the sig
nal by means of touch. Then L was
to Ere into the mouth of the alligator,
while he at the same moment tried to
send ball through its eye.
We lay in this position until mid
night, and then came a heavy body |
creeping up the hill, distinctly audible,
though out of sight. Now and then |
the noise would cease for q minute or
two, then it would come on again, and I
at last we saw the dark mass OF the
come crawling up to the bull
lock and begin tearing at it.
dared not move sufficiently to look
1t Mr.. A., but l nervously awaited
he signal to fire. The alligator turned
his way and that; at one moment it
Utmost seemed as if its powerful tail
night sweep us away.
At length we heard another alliga-
or crawling up the bank, and The first
ne began swapping its jaws fcro-
iously.
Then, came the signal. Bang! went
he rifles. The beast did not move a
luscle 1t was quite dead, and we
onld hear che other one tearing and
olling down into the water again.
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THE DE LAMAR NUGGET,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 1898.
AROUND THE GLOBE.


In China fish are said to be matched
under hens.
JAPANESE children are taught tc
write with both hands.
PARIS now gets it's water supply from
six great springs, which travels
through eighty-three miles of aque-
ducts.
TEE Sandwich islands are estimated
to be worth $36, 800, 900, of which mer-
chants of the United States own $685.
100000.
TIE Irish language is not a CONNER
cial language, though it is still spoken
by persons who have business to trans
net.
THE inhabitants of the Solomon
islands believe that cyclones are pro-
duced by the Tapping wings of some
monstrous, invisible birds.
OF the whole length of the Suez
canal sixty-nine miles are cuttings,
fourteen were made by dredging
through lakes and eight miles required
no labor.
FROM an observation tower on the
Broken, in the Harz mountains, eigh-
ty-nine cities and six hundred and six
ty-eight villages can be seen in clear
weather.
'.BE under the guard of God" is the
Turkish salutation; in Arabia they say:
'sMay God strengthen your morning."
the Zunis say: MAY the light of the
gods rest with thee
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SEE HAD A FlaHTINa pARTNER.

French Women Journalists Have ATascu-
line Side Partners for Dueling Purposes.
A rather curious institution is arts
ing in Paris, that of dueling associates
Of lady Journalists. Recently, says the
London News, the lady known as
Nine. Scveline, who was intimately
connected as a friend, literary helper,
and disciple OF M. jules Wales, con
tributed an article to the Joarnal at
which a NJ. Massard, a socialist, took
offense. He called on NJ Nau, the
editor, to ask for satisfaction. II be-
ing impossible to call Nine Sevcrine
out the answer was that, in virtue of a
fiction adopted for the purpose OF re
leasing NJ. Xau from all responsibility
in such cases, Nine. Severine was sup
posed to be the joint author with NJ.
Labruyere OF all her articles. He had
agreed to be answerable for any
ofense she might give.
M. Massard then sent seconds to M.
Labruyerc, who, admitting that he
was the fighting parSner of the lady,
referred him TO couple of male
The duel, which has taken
place, was a fierce affair It was
fought with foils. In the second
round II. Labruycre received a cut on
the chin, but the doctors saying it did
not signify there were five othor
rounds. The combat was ended by nj.
running bis foil through the
forearm OF III. Labruycre. Honor was
then declared satisfied, and NJ. La
bruyere was driven back to Paris.
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JapaDese Holidays.

The Japanese holidays are the New
Year, the celebration of which lasts
for three days; God Fox's day on the
I'd Of the second month: the Feast OF
Dolls, for little girls, on the Sd OF the
third month; tho Feast OF Flags, for
little boys, on the 5th of the fifth
month; tho Addition mass in the gizth
month; the Tanabata on tho nth OF Che
seventh month; the day OF The carys-
anthemum Towers and the festival Of
Inolco late in the fall. Red boiled
beans end rice is the de1icacy eaten on
TIC I'd Of February. rice cakes wrapped
in oak leaves are Tor the 5th Of Nay.
Sake IS drank or all occasions. but
with q apray OF peach blossoms in the
bottle on the I'd OF March, and a bunch
of chrysanthemrm blossoms on Chrys-
anthemum CAV.
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"REMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON.
The Great HIan Was Furious Over the
Marriage of His Brother.

The Great Elan Was Furious Over the
Marriage of His Brother.
Inever saw Bonaparte in such wrath
as when he learned that his brother
Lrcien had married at Senlis the
widow OF Jouberthon, Paris broker.
He ordered me, says a writer in Cen
tury. to send for the notary ard tell
him to bring his register. When the
notary arrived / took him to St Cloud
ct nine in The morning. Here is weird
for word the dialogue between the
FIRST consul ard the notary: 'Nas it
you, sir, who registered my brothers
narriage?2 YES, citizen first consul
Were you unaware, then, that he was
my brother?" mo, citizen first con
sui" did you not know that my CON
sent was necessary to the validity of
the act?n Il do not think so, Your
brother has long been OF age, he has
filed high posts, he has been q minis.
Ter and ambassador, he has no father
he is FREQ to marry" ''But he has
mother whose consent was nocessary?n
No: he is ofage and a widower." s'But
| an q sovereign, and as such my con
sent was necessary" "You are a SOW .
ereign only for ten years, and your
family is not bound toyou." Show me
the marriage register?p Here It is.
The first consul read it, and ia shut
ting the book was very near TEARING
the page. II shall annul it.. Thai
viii be difficult, for it is carefully
drawn up" BE off with you" The
notary retired without having for a
nnfnanf LOST his cnrnr1c,e,1,ra
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70 HAVE FUN WITH BEES.
just Try IF This Story Is Really Based ON
Gcicntile Trnth.

I > i
Scientific Truth.
It is fact not generally known,
says Science, that if one holds his
breath wasps, bees and hornets can be
handled with impunity. The skin be-
comes sting proof, and by holding the
insect by the feet and giving her fall
liberty of action you can sec her drive
her weapon against the impenetrablc
surface with force that Lifts her body
at every stroke; but let the smallest
quantity Of air escape from the lungs
and the sting win penetrate at once.
/ have never seen an exception to this
in twenty-five years observation.
have taught young ladies' with very
delicate hands to astonish their friends
by the performance Of this Feat, and I
saw one SO severely stung as to require
the services OF a physician, through
laughing at a witty remarl. OF her sis
ter, forgetting that laughing required
breath. For theory in explanation +
am led TO believe that holding the
breath partially closes the pores Of the
skin. My experiments in that dn,ec-
ton have not Dccn exact enough TO be
of any scientific value, but / am satis-
fed that it very sensibly affects the
amount Of insensiblc pe1'spiration.
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WARS DEsoLATIoN.
In Asuncion tho Women Outnumber ths
Men Seven to One.

In Asuncion tho Women Outnumber tho
Men Seven to One
The old town presents q half ORR
entail half medieval appearance-its
few splendid palaces, which belong to
the late dictators and their families
and favorites, sandwichcd among huts
of mud and cane, with bark roofs and
one window apiece Palms, bananas,
passion flowers and other tropical
plants and blooms abound you
meet few people, and those are mostly
women. The grassy streets, according
to Paraguay correspondent, have
sad, deserted look, constantly remind
ing one that the sons and husbands
and lovers and brothers persisted on
the battlehelds or died Of starvation in
hiding, or rotted in prison, as thou
sands did who were ignorant even of
what they were accused, or were tor
tured and murdered by the three ty-
rants who Fhled and ruined the coun-
try. Here women do the work that in
other parts of the world is monopol-
lied by the stronger sex-such as
cleaning the streets, loading the ships,
driving the OK carts, cultivating the
fields, carrying on the markets, etc.,
and tits said that during the long,
hard war, they made the best and
bravcst soldiers. Naturally, where
men are in the proportion Of one to
seven, they are at a higher premium
than elsewhere, and in Paraguay they
are figuratively kept in cottonwood by
their adniring female relatives.
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The FIRST.
the race,

THE first volunteer regiment was en-
rolled in 177S.
TIE first steamer built in England
appeared in 1915.
TIE first licensed public house was
established in 1852.
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FPtTH younsest sa daushter @ Of the late Cor.
ncia A. and George Andrews.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
BROWNIE Redlands. Cal. March 20, ELIZA
Of dEEis JOHN Se q fe% VI eePIsS OF anu
CLARK Johnston, on 2ist inst. EDWARD
Jo6nston Thursday. 23d INST, at $50 n. m.
Relatives and friends are invited 10 attend.
CONNOR~-In this city, on 2ist inst. EDWARD
Funeral from his late residence. No; q 4 street
iriends are invited to attend.
DayIs-In this city 2oih inst. LIZZIE s.. only
chil OF Albert u. and sarah A. Davis, aged l3
Fune al rnursday, the 2sa nst. at o'clock from
The south Baptist Church, corner OF Ocean and
Ga lup streets. Relatives anu lrienus are In
nted 20 atteld.
pONOvAN-In this city. March 81, 1893. MARY
A. DONOVAN. daughter OF Michael and Mar
Funeral viii take place from her parents rest
dence No. az Pekin street. Thursday morning.
at $50 o'clock. Relatives and friends are 1t
yiteu to attend.
GRrENE In this city, the g,st inst GERTRUDE
REYDoIDs, Oldest daug ter OF william H. ara
Jennie X q eene, aged IL ears
fuRSlSs Sanee ,G Spreei TharsdaS March s3 at O'clock
y. IN. Burial private.
JORDAN-In Lonsade. Lincoln. the 2Oth inst,
Funera at Christ Cnur h. Lonsdale. Thursday at
2p.m. Relatives and friends Are invited to at
tend without further notice.
JO-tPn-In this city, the 2ist inst, MANUEL,
infant son OF Frank and lora 10 eph. aged IL
n onths. II days.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
Fitchburg papers please copy
MOORE-In this city ROBBIE ALEXANDER, son
Of Robert and Sarah Moore, aged year,
months. - -
Funeral from his parents residence. 103 Lilac
street, Friday, .fth inst. at = O'ClOtk D. IN.
Relatives and friend. are inv ted TO attend.
Chicopee and Portland papers please copy.
ycgARThN-In East Providence. the 2lst
inst, JOHANNA MCCARTHY, vile Cf John Nc
Carthv. aged ~ years.
Funer a THURSDAY morning. at $50 o'clock, from
her late residence. Orchard street Relatives
ana friends are invited TO attend.
PROFIT-In this city. 2lst inst. at the Home
for Aged Coll red WofGen. PuEBA. widow OF
Nathan Profit IN TIA lOlst year OF her age.
Funeral from tie home. M. 40 East Transit
street, on Thursday, I'D inst. at ~ o'clock
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend.
Ry>N-ln this city. on the 2 81 inst, MAGGIE J..
lughter Of Mary aud the la c John Rynn, aged
4, years and months.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
SAII-BUt SYM Johnston. the 10Th inst
WILLIAM A. SALISBURY, In his 6Sth year.
IuLeral Thursday. I'D met. at l2 o'clock, from
his late residence at Gronitcv lle Relatives
and ftends are invited 10 htte.td.
Woonsockot papers please copy.
| TlRKEL,.-In Oaklawn, on the Goth inst
DENNIs rYHRELL.
| Funeral services Thursday esd inst. at 1 p. m.
from his late residence, GA Ivan, Cranston
Re atlves ana friends are invited tn atte "a with
out further notice. Burial at convenience o.
family.
ZUILL-In this city, March 90. SAMUEL zULI
IN his 3lth year.
| Funeral Thursday, at 2.3O O'Clock. from hi,
| cousins tAmand Drummond) residence, IL Con
cofa street NO carriages.
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extinguished and the war would Be at
an end.
HE Heart Failed Him.


an end.
His Heart Failed Him.
Chaplain Kane. with two trusted as
sistants, was commissioned TO do the
work which the union ironclads hardly
dared TO attempt. He reconnoitered the
position of the Alexandria and the
other vessels in the feet and prepared
a plan by which on dark night he was
TO float down the river In q small boat
and anchor within a short distance OF
the Alexandria with graphing above
the ship. He was TO be provided with
cork Jacket, and expected TO be able TO
get under the ships bow without being
noticed and fasten q torpedo containing
one hundred pounds of high explosives
to the chain cable. 1t was then planned
for the chaplain to be hauled back by Q
rope which he was to carry with him to
two hundred yards of the Alexandria,
when he was TO pull the lock string and
explode the torpedo.
The arrangements were SO carefully
made that the chaplain still thinks he
would have been successful had the
enemy not blown up their own ships in
order to prevent their capture.
Reference to this heroic intention was
made by Capt. William G. Temple, now
Admiral Temple, in letter to Secre-
tary of the Navy Robson.
ION one occasion, upon Chaplain
Kane's own application" said he, "Ad-
miral Porter authorized me to organize
an expedition for the destruction of the
ironclads in the James river, and he
actually reconnoitered their position
several times by himself at very consid-
erable personal risk. When his prep
arations were just about completed
the confederates destroyed their iron
clads, which deprived him of the oppor'
tunity for distinction which success
full attempt would have secured HIM"
At another time Admiral Temple, IN
writing of Chaplain Kane, said that he
found him at all times for religious or
desperate enterprises equally ready 70
preach the Gospel or lead q forlorn
hope on the enemy's breastworlks-"
j. w. STEVENSON.
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Marriage and Funeral Notices, one insertion
soc. each additional Insertion, 15c.
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The whole numper ul males III the United
States is 81, ,067. $50. and the whole numb' r
of females 80, ,554,3SO.
Vegetaranism in the United States does
not discard the use of a meat diet merely
because il Ia unnecessary or harmful, but
also because of the cruelty inflicted on
animals by their wholesale slaughter in
the catering to the meat-eating habit.
This principle is followed logically TO its
end, and shoes made entirely Of felt are
largely coming into use among vegetari-
ans. Not only they claim does the use OF
leather necessitate the killing of animals,
but il is injurious as a covering for any
part of the body, while wooden or felt is II
natural and beneficial protection.
Artificial diamonds are now made in an
electric furnace This is said to be done by
placing 200 grammes of a mixture of cast
iron and carbonized sugar in a crucible OF
carbon, resting In bed of magnesia, the
whole being placed in an electric furnace
OF peculiar construction. After five or six
minutes the crucibe and its contents are
plunged very quickly into cold water. The
interior is then subjected to- high pres
ture, which solidihes the carbon. On dis
solving the metal with acid, anumber Of
very small diamonds are found.
There are at present 1850 cities and towns
In the United States equipped with electric
lights. II IL interesting to note that
Pennsylvania takes the lead, with $50
towns, New York and Illinois following
with ll5 and 1873 respectively, and that in
the first state there are no less than 32 new
lighting corporations which have not yet
commenced business. There are over 80
railways operated by electricity in the
country and 200 more Incorporated hold
ing franchises allowing the use Of electric
power.
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The OIL. 90 N....I.I al air
fax county, Va, for the rebuilding OF
which George Washington drew plans IN
1773, is still standing. 1.-The exterior" sav-
the rector, ''pre>>nts the same appearance
it did when Washington drove mp to it
regularly on Sundays in his famous coach
The interior suffered severely during the
late war. All the woodwork was destroyed
except the cornice, wqich is the only in
terror work still existing from Washing
toms time, The roof was left in ruinous
condition after the war, but the old tim
bers are still there, well protected by a
covering of good shingles. About is years
ago the church was put in good repair,
though not restored 10 its original interior
appearance, through the kindness of a
gentleman then living in New York city.
Much needs to be done to restore the
church to its former antique interior, but
tits comfortable and properly cared for. !"
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PROVIDENCE DIVISION.
Time tables giving full information
as to local and through train service
may be obtained at Providence sta
ti0n and stations as below.
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yxTANTED-AN ENGINEER. ONE WHO TN
w deistandS the asb room business, at Troy
4 -. \ ~ IL 10 -