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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-12
PUBLIC SCHOOL GLADIAToRs.
Brains Alleged to Be Out of Fashion
While Muscle is worshIped.

Brains Alleged to Be Out of Fashion
While Muscle is worshIped.
The ''school board boy" is knocking
at the door, and the young gladiators
turned out at Elton, Harrow and Rugby
are rapidly coming, in their favorit
parlanee, to be nowhere" This
the opinion of DR.. Mitchell Banks, pro
fessor of anatomy at University co
lege, Liverpool, and his reason is, say
the London Daily News, that ''brains
in this country have gone out of fas
ion, while ''the worship of muscle M
bone have been carried too far WEI
might the German schoolmaster ga
that the English boy plays at his wor
and works at his play. DIR. Mitehe
Banks has asked many proud notll
about her son at some public schoa
and has been told with a radiant al
''Oh, he is doing splendidly, getting 0,
so we'll"
This means that he is captain of tho
school eleven, or has got into the frs
football team, or is stroke of the
school boat. Never by any chance ha
he heard OF the boys position in Ii
class or form. or his progress IN
studies, OF the prizes ne has gained.
'In fact" continues this authority,
''the studious boy is regarded with
contempt by the great majority of his
fellows. The very masters have to be
athletes. One knows the usual styl,
of advertisement for a junior master
Must be Church of England and
good cricketSr,' like the crack EN-.
grant ship of former days which wa
advertised to carry cow and an e..
perienced practitioner. >" Hence to,
often the expensive education of til
Elton, Harrow and Rugby boys is foun.
only to have fitted them to go farming
in Manitoba, cattle ranching in Texas.
sheep raising in New Zealand, or bar
tending in Australia
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-12
THE TREAD OF AN INDIAN NuRoE
1t Is as Noiseless as That of Her Grand
father When He Hunted scalps.

1t Is as Noiseless as That of Her Grand
father When He Hunted scalps.
There is in one of the great hospital.
of New York full-blooded Indian girl
acting. as nurse in the woman's ward
says Pittsburgh Dispatch correspoa.
dent. She has the black hair an6
physiognomical peculiarities of he
race, is pretty with the bloom Of youtl
tall and 1.-THE of figure and of mo
prepossessing appearance. She he
been thoroughly educated at Hampto,
institute and at training school an
has all the advantages of an educate,
and intelligent woman.
am told by an ex-patient of the hos
pital that the wild blood of this Mime
haha of the pill and pestle shows but
in one way, and that rather an advan.
tage in room where there are sick
women. At night her tread is abso-
lutely inaudible. She moves as quiet
ly as her great-great-grandfather
might have done on the quest for
scalps-much as cat does when there
is forbidden cream in sight. Durino
the day her step is no more noise
less than that of another woman
though always light and springy.
1t might not be bad idea for some
person to train up whole lot of In
dian girls for gainful occupation, to
which they seem SO well adapted by in
heritance.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-12
A LITTLE OF ALL SORTS

The United States has nearly 200
active geysers.
A WHALE develops 145 horse power
when it 1ops its tail
IHE average length of life is greater
In Norway than in any other country
on the globe.
BARRIERS usually gamble with the
money earned by shaving dead men.
1t brings luck, they say.
THERE is about four hours and forty
i've minutes difference in time between
New York and Liverpool.
SINCE 1910 thirty-seven vessels of
which part of the name was sCity
OF" have been wrecked or lost.
Two HUNDRED dogs are annually
doomed to death in an English uni
Versity for physiological experiments.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-12
WRESTLING WITH ElG WORDS.
English Servants Sometimes Make Queer
Attempts at Nomenclature.


Attempts at Nomenclature.
| English gardeners are almost more
daring than the cooks in handling
long words. This comes, no doubt, O.
their dangerous familiarity with Latin
names of plants, says the Londo,
Globe. Not long ago IN a malapro
competition there appeared the follow.
ing excellent specimen, racy of Kitchen
garden soil; "I'll prohigate' dozen
or two more plants, and then I'll liDcl
them" a combination coachman-
gardener is reported to have invari-
ably alluded to an indispensable por-
ton of carriage harness as the ''lobel;a-
band" Indeed, from motives " ~.
cacy or polieeness, strange liberties a.
taken with the queens English,
for example, when my lady admired
piece of pilot cloth at the local tailor
and was told that it was sometime
inquired for by ladies for peamal
ties" Anything out of the common
nomenclature runs the risk of bein
burlesqued by unskilled tongues. TIL
nurse who called her charges Mi
Burial and Miss Clones" must hav
made their mother wish she had new
christened them Beryl and Joan.
Betsy and Jane they would have CON
off all right. Horses, too, with fin
names get strangely miscalled in tho
stable. One pair known by their ma
ter as Rustem and Sohrab degenerato
first into "Rusty and Soreback.' p a.
fell ultimately into the commonplae
as "the little horse and the doctlor
There is generally Somebody laa
as rule-in each district on whom
finest malaprops are fathered, so;e
times quite unfairly. 1t is she who
reported to have made that speec
about the glories of her fathers hous,
up to the door of which there ran
revenue of popular trees;'' she VIII
asked her daughter to play that little
'malady' she had learned at the ''cem-
etery,' and she again who pronounced
Mr.. Brown as proud as Luther"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-12
RouMANlA's KISSING FESTIVAL.
Queer Annual Fair at HeImagen and
the Strange Origin Alleged.

a Queer Annual Fair at HeImagen and
the Strange Origin Alleged.
| Helmagen, Roumanian country
+ town of twelve hundred inhabitants,
holds it's annual fair on the feast of ST.
Theodore. On this occasion the place
swarms with newly married brides
from sixty or eighty villages in the dis
trict; widows who have taken fresh
/ husbands remain at home. The young
women in festive attire, and generally
attended by their mothers-in-law, carry
jugs of wine enwreathed with flowers
n their hands. The Rumanische
Yochenschrift sa US they kiss everyone
hey meet, and afterward present the
jug to his lips for nip" The indi-
vidual thus RECALLED bestows a small
gift on the fair Cybele. Not to partake
of the proffered wine is regarded as an
insult to the young wife and her
family. She is, therefore, reserved to-
ward strangers, and only kisses those
whom she thinks likely to taste of her
wine. The kissing is carried on every
wherein the street, in the taverns and
in private houses. The origin of this
custom is yelled in obscurity. Some say
that it dates back to the time when the
Turks made frequent raids into Tran
~ylvania, and carried away all the
young women they could lay their
lands on. Such of them as contrived
to escape from captivity, happening to
return to Halmagen at the time of the
fair, kissed their friends and relatives,
and even strangers who congratulated
them on their wonderful deliverance.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-12
SOME FIRST THINGS.

THE first lucifer match was struck in
1884.
THE first black-lead pencil was sharp
ened in 1905.
The first game of cricket, then known
as club-ball, was played in 1900,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-08-12
RIPPLEs OF LAUGHTER.

DID the whole company rise and
drink Howler's health?' 'He didn't
say, but / guess they did, for he isn't
able to sit up this morning"
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
4 succxssruL MUSICIAN.

At an army post In the southwest,
qarrisoned by colored soldiers. the fol-
lowing amusing incident occurred. Sick.
call is sounded daily about s o'clock
a. NJ, and Immediately afterwards all
soldiers who are sick report to the post
surgeon for treatment. One morning a
soldier, who, by the way, was member
of the regimental band, reported to the
post-surgeon. When asked what allied
him, he said: ssYou see have very
bad fever blister on my mouth; don't
want TO go to the hospital, but belong
to the band, and thought if you could
excuse me from playing my instrument
for few days would be all right. !"
The surgeon looked at the man and
could hardly repress smile. There was
no doubt about it, Private Jones's upper
lip displayed fever blister of the first
magnitude. Every well, / will mark
you excused for three days." Time
passed, and the doctor thought no more
about it until, couple of days after.
the adiutant asked him why Jones was
marked Excused" The doctor replied
that be had excused him from playing
his instrument on account of his sore
mouth. ..Well, doctor, said the adju--
tant, "what instrument do you think he
playsa" ssWhy, some sort of horn, I
suppose" mo, doctor, he doesn't play
a horn. He does play the bass drum. !"
Since then Private Jones nor only plays
the bass drum, but he has also the credit
of having "playei" the doctor. Life.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
LIFE AND DEArH.

What's for the babe'
Why. mothers eyes,
Twin patches Of those summer skies
That beamed on him in Paradise.
What's for the childs
With fays to skip,
To taste the honeysuckles' lip
The butterfy's companionship.
What's for the boys
The haunted wold,
The squirrels nest in leafy hold,
The rainbow's tabled pot of gold.
What's for the YOUTH
To dream of fame,
In shifting sand to write his name.
With sigbs to fan q passions flame.
What's for the mans
Courage to bear
The load of wisdom and of care,
And some true heart its weight to share.
And what's for age?
Pains prison bars,
Comfort that every trifle mars,
Dimness and fear-and then the starsl
--George,Horton. in Harpers Weekly
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
The Sturdy Eskimos.

There is marked difference between
the Eskimos of South and North Green
land In favor of the latter. This is true,
apparently, of their physical, mental
and moral conditions. They are q
sturdier race. and their walk much more
graceful and natural. This last charac-
teristic is especially noticeable in the
women. who are comparatively free from
the hideous waddle affected by their
southern sisters. The men and women
are handsomer and stronger. Their in
telIigence seems far greater, and their
ingenuity more wonderful.
1t is remarkable the amount Of cold
these people can stand without apparent
suffering. This is due to curious pro-
vision Of Nature, which has placed
directly beneath the skin q layer of
blubber sc thick as to entirely obliterate
any sign of muscles or chords. Thus
protected, they need much less clothing
than would be imagined. Indee d, the
bottoms of their cooletahs, or coats, and
the tops of their nannokies, or trousers,
meet SO scantily that, winter or summer,
whenever they stoop or raise their arms,
large portion of the bodies of the
wearers are Immediately exposed. So
great is their insensibility to cold that
I have seen them walking uncon.
cernedly, for ten minute or more. bare
footed in ice.cold water, which in lesa
than half that time would have made me
or the average white man almost howl
with pain.
The eyesight Of the Eskimos i
phenomenal. Objects scarcely discerni-
BILE to any Of our party were plainly
discernible to them; and they are unerrine
in their aim when in pursuit Of game,
which, contrary to the usual belief in
civilized countries, abounds in almos
fabulous quantities, at least in many sec
tions of the coast line reindeer, foxe'
and rabbits on the land, and seal, wal.
rus, whales and bear on the water, ant
numerous birds in the air. New York
Independent.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21

bottle aud stained the handkerchief.
| Imagine my terrori dressed myself
hurriedly, hid the ink-stained object In
nv pocket, and, as soon as heard you
stirring in the ante-room, asked you
to let me 60. Some months passed. My
parents died, one of grief at having lost
me, the other by assassination from a
political section. My grandfather was
searching everywhere to find me, and he
succeeded. Now, do you understand
metz
ssYes; but"
ssBut it remains for me to thank you
for having saved my life, aud to return
your handkerchief, unless you will give
| it to me as a souvenir"
tPrincess-"
aYou may call me Olga"
But he did not avail himself OF this
permission. s'I will give you the hand
kerchief," he said, as if he had not
noticed her interruption. ~ am happy
to be able to crafty even whim OF one
who has, sall the gifts from all the
heights. When you marry you may send
it back to me-"
ssHave you not heard" she said i'm
patiently. ssthat / shall marry no one,
since the only man would accept will
never ask metz
"Why will he not?" asked George,
looking troubled.
ssHe thinks me too rich, / suppose.
You know am to have dover Of many
Millions"
ssThen the offer ought to come from
your grandfather, or from you," replied
George.
They stood for moment gazing at
each other in silence; then the princess
burst into merry laugh. "What i'm
propriety you are advising" +" she cried.
ssYou would not take me, would you, If
I said you were the man I mcant?"
"Olga! do you mean it2"
ssMaybe so.
George has now always kind word
and coin for the little Italian beggars.
And he has ceased to be pesslmist.
From the French in the Voice.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
The Lady aud the Big Gray Cat.

sKindly assist me with this basket
careful, pleasel"
The speaker, large, handsome wo-
man, had just entered the depot. Dia-
monds bobbed playfully in her ears, and
the dress she wore would have made
Worth weep for joy.
Passenger Agent Cummings promptly
took the basket. 1t was of medium
size, richly trimmed with satin and
decorated with vari-colored ribbons.
The contents were covered by quilt
beautifully decorated with needle-work.
| 1t weighed in all nearly forty pounds.
Mr.. Cummings was amazed that woman
Of her evident wealth should be carrying
such heavy burden.
Suddenly he felt strange jolting in
the basket. The quilt was heaving up
and down. Mr.. Cummings thought of
babies, dogs, snakes, chickens and mud
turtles all in less than second. It was
with feeling of relief that he deposited
the mysterious bundle on seat by the
side of the woman.
| "Come, Dick" she said, pleasantly.
Instantly the quilt went up with q
| volcanic burst, and out popped, like
whiskered Jack-in- n-the-box, huge gray
cat. It was the largest that Mr. Cum
mings had ever seen. Dick stood nearly
eighteen inches high, and was long and
broad in proportion. HIS weight ex-
ceeded thirty-fve pounds. After show.
ing MIN proudly the lady snapped hel
finger and the hugh cat jumped back
into the basket.
Dick is the Goliah OF his race. He
wore about his neck richly ornamented
gold band bearing medal from the re-.
cent Paris cat show. His owner, th'
lady, never travelled without him close
at her side. Dick was given drink oi
water, which he received with rar'
display Of feline majesty, and then Mr.
Cummings bora him out 70 the Baltimor
and Ohio train, which left at S:lS.-
Chicago News Record
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
The Woman Lobbyist in Washington

| There are some fictions concerning the
Capitol at Washington. Among them
is one that the woman lobbyist is a
power, and that her wiles and arts are
successfully employed on the most emil
nent statesmen in Congress.
It is true that there are women lobby
lists, and that some of them, years ago,
were eminently successful. There is
nothing, however, SO false as the idea
that tho woman lobbyist is frequent
spectacle, or that she has now any indn-
ence whatever on Congressman or on
legislation. The average Congressman
is respectable or self-respecting man.
It must be borne in mind that most mem
bers of the House of Representatives and
of the Senate come from rural commune
ties, and, as rule, no man can be chosen
from rural community to respectable
public position who does not, at least
apparently, walk in the paths of propri-
ETY.. It may be that his reputation is
false, but he is intent on preserving it,
at oil events, and consequently ssit would
not do" in the language OF those who
understand the full value of propriety,
for a man who counts on continuing to
receive the favors of rural cons tituency
to be seen very often in conversation with
a professional woman lobbyist. Nor
would the subject on which she desired
to converse with him be likely to interest
him if he were man of position and
character. No one who is in the habit
of doing business with the National Leg
islature, or whose affairs are of sufficient
importance to demand caution and in
telligence in their transaction, would
employ woman lobbyist. The first
friend he met, if he had no local attor-
ney, would warn him off. Sometimes
poor, broken-down, wronged and mex
perienced claimant, with justice on his
side, and with a story of wrongs re-
ceived from the red tape system preva-
lent in Washington, will fall into the
hands of the fair harpie, who will rob him
of his spare cash, and leave him stranded
and disappointed; for if ansthing beyond
the natural indifference of Congressman
Is needed to defeat just claim, it is the
effort of woman lobbyist. -Harper's
Weekly.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
Amusing Experience With a Squirrel.


ssIn Memphis, said Charles F .Elmire,
of Union City, Tenn, ssthere Is little
park called Court Square, situated in
the center of the city. The parkkeeper
told me that there were over 500 squIr-
rels that made their nests in the big
shady trees. They afford boundless
amusement to the children and to the
weary foot travellers who stop in the
park to rest. One day last week l
bought bag OF peanuts, and while I
sat down on one of the seats eating them,
the squirrels gathered around me like
blackbirds would flock to cornfield i'm
mediately after planting time. con-
cluded to try an experiment. Iblew up
the paper bag, tied string around it
about six inches long and to the other
end fastened 'goober'' and threw it on
the ground. There was an old bob
tailed sauirrel-the father ofthe flock
that tackled it. He picked up the
sgoober' between his paws and started
to open the shell when he discovered
that there was string tied to it. Then
he began to run, still holding the nut
between his teeth. He jumped off about
fifty feet and turned his head around to
see if the bag and string was still be-
hind. They were. Well, Sir, you
should have witnessed the actions of that
squirrel after he saw that the bag still
pursued him. Up tree he went; down
one side and up another, the way he
went. After he had chased himself
about ten minutes, he stopped and
ssorter' turned his head around slow like
to see if the bag was still there. 1t was.
Then he started again, and of all the
running ever saw that squirrel did it.
He moved about among the branches
and limbs like a streak of lightning.
Finally, out of breath, he stopped again
and the expression he wore on his face
seemed to indicate that he was saying to
himself well whatever you are you are
not in it now guess I've got you. !"
But when he turned his head around and
saw that the bag and string were right
there, he tainted dead away."-St. Louis
Republic.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
AN ATRIAL DEcIMATIoN.

A little group was discussing Biela's
comet in country store.
II tell ye," saic Farmer Hardshell,
ssthet was great fall of stars the time
thet comet come along. see more than
thousand drap with my own eyes"
81 didn't see 'em," responded Joshua
Bright; "but looked aout the next
night and noticed the stars was thinned
aout consid erable. Puck.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21

Christopher Benson, ssthe pioneer en-.
gine driver Of the United States, !" as he
is called, Is an inmate Of the Philadel-
phia hospital. Although servant OF the
railroads for fifty-niue years, he is now
dependant on charity. He is eighty-six
years Of age, and still enjoys fair health.
He held the throttle OF the first engine
ever brought into this country the
'sJohn Bull" That was on May 9th,
1929, and over the Albany and Schenec-
tadY Railway. Atlanta Journal.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
WOMEN LIKE PRAISE.


Jack-s'I'll tell you what's the matter,
George. You don't praise your wife
enough. Even if things don't go right,
there's no use growing. Praise her ell
forts to please, whether they are sue
cessful or not. Women like praise, anc
lots of it,"
George-ssAil right. III remember
IT,"
George (at dinner, same day.
dear, this pie is just lovelyl It's deli
ciousl Ever so much better than those
my mother used to make. She couldn1
equal this pie If she tried q month"
George's Wife" "Huhl You've mad'
fun Of every picI ever made, and now
George But this Is lovely"
Georges Wife ssThat came from tht
bakers. New York Weekly.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
A L1TERARY TASTE.

eyes, I've got fine library. It's full
to the ceiling"
.sLucky man; which books do you
prefera"
ssThose red ones over against the
wall. The backs harmonize SO well with
the furniture. Chicago News Record.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
EASILY REMED1Ep.

Wagleigh-"How did you like that
dinner service / sent you to-day, cearg"
Mrs. Wagleigh-"Oh, it is perfectly
lovely but there ale only 191 pieces in
it, and you know the set mamma has
came in 217 pieces"
Wagleigh-"Well, dear, don't let that
worry you. After Bridget has handled
it for a week or 60 it will be in good
many more pieces than that. Puck.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
4 FAvoRITE BREED.

First Boy-s'Is that q good watch
doga"
Second Boy-"No."
ssGood bird-doga"
ssNope."
..Good for rabbitsa"
Snoopy"
.sKnows some tricks, maybe3"
ssNixie."
"What is he good fors"
s'Nawthin, only 70 take prizes at dog
shows. Good News.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21

{ was seven or eight
years since l had seen
my friend George
Breval when I met
him one day at the
Bois de Borlogne, in
the Avenue des Ac-
cacias. We shook
hands, and, as we
were talking over old
times, a little italian
beggar. carrying an
accordion, came up
to ask aims.
SECT away with
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
CORRECTING AN EVIL TENDENCY.

CORRECTING AN EVIL TENDENCY.
stDid you write poem on this sheet
Of paper, William2" said his father.
"Yes. pa" said William, with glow
of conscious pride.
civilian" )" continued his father, with
sudden sternness, 'scome into the
woodshed. Chicago News Record.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Changed His Sentiments-The Re
finement of saroasm-Not Orig
snal--No Danger-Brevity--N
an Enthusiast, Etc., Etc.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
AN uNNrcEssARY PREcAurroa.

Won Schott -ssEh, I say, de Blaize,
why do you shut your eyes when you
pull the triggera"
De Blaize-'sSo won't see the death
struggles of the poor birds. Puck.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
A GOOD SUBSTITUTE.

Mothcr-"My dear, you are losing
yonr beauty"
Married Daughter--ssAm I, reallya"
ssIndeed you are. :"
stMercy! guess I'd better learn to
cook. New York Weekly.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21

To the getting of wealth he had shown no
devotion,
As some men do almost from birth,
But when he was seasick from crossing the
ocean
They say that he wanted the earth.
New York Press.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
NO DANGER.

Mother--ssDo you know why your
pa called Mr.. Blowhard a liar, Temmya"
Tommy-sYes'm; he's smaller man
than pa. Brooklyn Life.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
NOT AN ENTHUSIAST.

She Ia leader of fashion) -"Doesn' t
Wagner's music carry you away2"
He ian independent)-eNo, but my
legs do when hear it."
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
BREvITY.

ssShe ans wered me rather shortly when
asked her to be mine."
ssIndeed? How2"
s'She SAID yes. '"-Washington Star.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
WILLING HANDS.

WILLING HANDS.
Mr.. Honeymoon--ssDid you sew that
button on that coat, darllnga"
Mrs. HoneyLaoon--"No, sweetheart,
/ couldn't find the button, but / sewed
up the button-hole. Is that all rlghta"
Texas Siftings.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21

Chicken raising is a profitable and Inn
portant Kansas industry.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
rHE RErINEMENT or SARCASM.

He--ssThat's one of my standing
jokes"
She--s'Won'ty you sit down2 2"--Truth.
Passaic City record., 1893-01-21
HAD no.

Hicks-"Th man is always blowing
about his work. ("
Snicks-ssYesa"
Hicks-"Yes; he's blacksmith. -
Truth.