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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
A SMART CRIMINAL.
Why He Secured an Easy Job in
the Warden's Office.

The train stopped for few moment.
at small town and young girl got in
She was tall, slender and pretty, true
! village lass dressed in neat gown
but one which, nevertheless, bore evi
dence of home manufacture. The
coach was rather crowded and she
looked this way and that for seat.
Then her bright glance rested upon
two men seated in the rearof the coach.
and she gave an exclamation as she
came toward them.
"Why, George Conner" she said, as
she stopped near the younger of the
two men and extended her hand cor
daily.
He was a good-looking young fellow,
dressed with great taste, and was evil
IDENTIFY friend of aud lang syne with
the young girl. BY his side was seated
an older man with coarse features, a
hard expression resting upon his face.
He wore a SLOUGH hat He was power
fully built and would evidently be a
hard man to handle where physical
force was called for.
"Why, little Grace Shaw" exclaimed
the young man. But he did not rise,
nor did he extend his hand. he reached
over with his left hand and turned over
seat
Wont you sit down here9" he
asked.
with pleasure. 1t is so long since
have seen you. George"
Eyes, about ten years" Then allud-
ing to his companion, he said:. This
is-this is my friend, Mr.. Charles
Grove"
The young woman bowed stiffiy, but
she made up her mind that she would
not like the companion Of her old friend
There was something forbidding about
him TO her.
What have you been doing. George,
since you left town.
ION, little Of everything and good
deal Of nothing"
- IL was unlzind not TO have let any
OF your old friends hear from you all
this time"
well. a man is so busy. or rather so
occupied ia town with doing what little
be has 70 do. that he"
"Forgets old friends" she added, re-
proachfully.
well. not exactly. Bus tell me about
yourself"
There IS nothing 70 tell am
.cer ching school but yOu, we have al
ways wondered all Of us. how you
sere getting on. Some cf Us said that
you were always 50 smart that you
would do very well in New York Have
you done well2'
The young man laughed
ASK my friend here" he said
ole has done very well" said the
grun man. every we'll indeed lie
Is going ~ retire from business for
few weeks Just now ana rest up bit"
How lovely. Have you made your
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
DOES ITS WORK QUICKLY.
The Terrible Celebrity with Which the
Guiliotine Takes Human Lie

The Terrible Celebrity with Which the
Guiiiotine Takes Human Life
The striking thing about the ex-
ecution of valiant was the appalling
quickness of it all. Action was so
rapid, says a writer in the New York
World, from the instant he appeared
in the doorway of the prison TO the
moment the knife fell that it was al
most impossible to distinguish the
slight chain of incidents He flung
himself eagerly against the plank, was
strapped to il, and in the flash of a
glance the plank was pushed forward
on the platform of the guillotine- An
snstant's vision of recumbent figure,
face downward; in the same moment a
head, with two staring, wide open
ewes. whiried almost defiantly, as it
seemed. and with a slight zigZag
movement, to the rightward, while
simultaneously the pinioned body
rolled inert, conyulsive, into the
capacious basket, also At the
right-hand side OF the guillotine.
The swiftness, the mechanical prompt
ness Of the business fairly stupeaed the
spectator. IL was impossible 70 real
lie that 4 human life had ended in less
time than il would take to draw full
breath The guillotine had done It's
work well There vas scarcely . sense
Of horror in the sight Twenty-fOur
hours later no one could have ASCENT
ed Paris with perhaps the most i'm
pressive vengeance society has ever
taken upon the revolt The Mardi Gras
festival was being kept up as no Mardi
Cras known since the bonanza days Of
the empire. In spite Of the London
weather" as IL is called, all the gay
cites and graces known 70 French fun
making were ostentatiOnsiy visible In
every quarter. Pagcants Of jewellers
filed the streets ia theatrical garO.
The concert halls contributed a cayal-
cade Immensely successful IN merry
making. Scores upon scores u higl
ciari0fs bedeelfed With every fantas-
tie device known 10 stage management
aad crowded witb the bedizcned hours
Of the scene kept the population H.
delight from early morn
ing 70 midnight -
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Reindeer in sweden.

The number of reindeer owned by =
Laplander in Sweden varies to con
siderable degree. The poor may have
from so to 200 reindeer, those better
off from 500 to 70O and the rich Lap
landers will keep 1000 and even 5000
reindeer. There is some difficulty in
collecting statistics of the number OF
reindeer, as the Laplanders will some
times be unwilling or unable to give
any correct statement. According to
the latest statistics the number of rein
deer in Sweden would amount to 1885,
22O, of which 81, $50 were in the prov
inee of Jemland, 10000 in the province
of Yesterbotten and POS, ITO in the
province OF Norhottcn.
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e. EEcTRICITY IN CHINA.
The Growing Demand for tho New
Method of lighting Cities.
At First Much Opposition Was offered to
the System. But 1t Soon Became
Very Popular with
the People.

The streets are very narrow in Can
ton, as is the case with all Chinese
! cities, says writer in sThe Electrical
| World" being from say six to twelve
| feet wide, and filed with hanging
| wooden signs. Through these signs the
| electric wire must twist and turn, be-
cause on no account would China
man allow a sign to be moved to
make room for the wire, as it would
certainly mean bad luck to his bust
ness. In many cases the insulation
has been strongly reinforced with
rubber and tape, to prevent abrasion
from the swinging signs.
The streets of Canton are divided
into sections of a few blocks each, and
each section is shut off from all others
o'clock in the evening. The populace
is so turbulent that for many centuries
the authorities have made it practice
to hold all the people of any section
responsible for any riot or tumult in
that section. The result is that the
people have got in the habit of regu
lating affairs in their section without
any reference to the powers that be.
fhe electrician of the Canton plan
had an occasion to see the effectof TIL
in an instance where a store wanted
lights, but the wires could not be run
because one man objected to having
a hole cut in his mouse for securing &
pole. The man wanting lights in
formed his neighbors, and a delegation
waited on the individual and soon
induced him to withdraw his objec-
tion.
AT first there was considerable OBJ
lection to the plant being put up, but
now it has become very popular, and i
used in houses and stores; even fruit
and nut stands use them in the streets.
The wires being led from the nearest
house. The light is now SO popular
that thousands of lamps could be put
in all over the city if the station was
large enough to supply them, but its
limit is now reached ard difficulty is
experienced in building larger one.
as the franchise for the entire Canton
province is in the hands of one man,
and he wants to make too much out
of it.
LC OAAA4toC <tA ACoS PSORAO W - |
pect private commissions on rything |
they Lave hand in, and the manage
ment of the company, one and all, |
manage to steal something. One man, |
who has the handling of the money, !
viii hold back needed supplies and |
wages; another, less fortunate, viii go
to the station and steal coal and oil,
and if there is any objection the en-
gineer is told that it is none of his af-
fair. In fact, though the plant is
success from an electrical and mechan-
ical point of view, it is kept running
under considerable difficulty. In Can
ton two attomnts were made to steal
the street wires soon after the station
was started, but, unfortunately for the
the wires were alive, and
though no one was killed no attempts
have since been made.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
ROSA eoNHEuR's PETS.
Her Lions Love Her and Are FondIed and
aressed with Freedom

Her Lions Love Her and Are FondIed and
Caressed with Freedom.
Rosa Bonheur loves the animals she
paints, and is in turn adored by them.
She showed her recent purchase, a
magnificent lion, who purred and
writhed like gigantic cat when his
owner fearlessly stroked his mighty
head. Then, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, showing the head of
most superb specimen of the African
lion transferred to canvas with start
ling realism, she tells the story of
Nero. He was her first pet lion and
was reputed untamably feroeious and
lived for several years in the garden at
By. At last one day Rosa Bonheur
was about to travel and disposed of
Nero to the Jardin DIES Plantes. She
parted with him reluctantly, for he
was a great pet, and would greet her
always with peculiar little note of
welcome.
When she returned from her wan
derings, two years later, she went to
see her Nero and beheld a sad sight.
The poor creature had not been so
carefully tended as he was used to be
at By. Ophthalmia had set in, and
the splendid brute lay blind and ailing,
unheeding the curious crowd that
stared at him. Rosa Bonheur watched
him for a moment and then called;
"Nero" The effect was magical. The
lion rose to his feet, uttered his accus-
toned note of welcome and sprang
toward the well-beloved voice with
such impetuosity that the shoes
against the bars sent the sightless
brute rolling, stunned, back on the
floor The great artist took him back,
soothed his last days with attendance
and petting, and finally he died in her
arms at the foot of the staircase at BY,
his huge paws clinging to his mistress
as if imploring her not to forsalse him
in his death struggle, and his last mo-
ment being feeble attempt to lick
the hands that held him with such in
finite Tenderness. "You see" said
Rosa Bonheur, as she meditatively ruff
fled her new lions name, ito be really
beloved by these wild beasts you must
really love them"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
KEPT UP WITH THE HOUNDS
a Pennsylvania Steer with Turn for
Speed and Fence Jumping.

A Pennsylvania Steer with Turn for
Speed and Fence Jumping.
F. White, who lives on the highlands
of Elkland township, Lackawanna
county, owns four fox hounds and d
Devonshire steer named Pete. says the
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegrap The
steer became attached to the hounds
when he was a calf, and in the follow
ing fall he got in the notion of run
ming and believing after them when
ever Mr.. White started the pack on a
fox chase. Pete would race behind the
hounds till a fence stopped him, and
there he would stand and low till the
pack went out out of sight over the
hills, when he trotted back 10 the barn
yard and acted as If he was lonesome
till the hounds returned. The other
day Mr.. White put three hounds on
fox s track in swale on his place. He
stole out of the back way with the
dogs, and Pete, who was in the barn
yard when the hounds gave tongue,
lcaped over the fence in jify, few
down the road. sprang over q stone
wall and dashed after the baying
brutes before they had run the fox i've
minutes. The dogs drove the fox into
a swamp, where the steer couldn't 20.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
The Growth of n CITY.

Pittsburgh, which used to be little
town squeezed down into the narrow
triangle of the junction of the Allie
ghany and Monongahela. has grown
into city of unusually large area in
proportion to It's population. The city
engineers were cutting streets through
dense woodlands more than twenty
years ago, and farms, miles from the
city hall, were held at speculative
prices. The city line is now more than
Six miles from the Ohio eastward, and
its length between the Allegheny and
Monongahela is between four and Eve
miles
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
FAIRY TALES OF CHILDHOOD.


Bow dear to my heart are the scenes OF m
childhood,
With fairies and giants and wondermen
fraught;
How often wept for the Babes IN the VIVID
wood
Covered over with leaves which the It'll
birus brought
And sweet Cinderella, whosesiste-s would Will
her
Till the fairy god-mother sent her to the ball
What JOY when she fitted the little glass slip
per
And married the good. handsome prince sfte
all
MY hair, It would stand right up straight from
my forehead
When Blueleard found blood on the ke,
which his wife
Had used TO peek into that chamber so horrid-
But wasn't l glad when they took Blue
boards l.fe
When she thro' the woods to her grandmoth-
er sped:
How frightened felt lest the big wolf would
eat her
When showing his teeth while she lay on the
bed
And Hoppe my -thumbl What smart little
fellow
He was to strew pebbles to ind his way
home;
1 guessed his bad uncle felt swfully mellow
When Hop and his brothers would back again
come.
Bold Jack and Beanstalki I shivered when
The giant said: "Fe-f.fo-fumi smell blood .
And held in my breath till Jacks Ratchet could
sever
The stalk SO the giant fell down with a thud
And Jack, Giant Killer. SO brave and defantl
He wasn't afraid of old ogres bit;
He shook his wee dst at that two heac ed giant
Who, running to catch him, fell into Jacks
pit
Puss in Boots; How listened In awe to that
story
And wondered II cats long ago were so wise;
Ana dear Sleeping Beauty-who slept in her
glory
Until the nice prince came to open her eyes.
And tiny Tom Thumb, on his mouse-horse
rider
With his little sword needlel o, wasn't he
cute;
How bravely he vanquished that terrible
hero he was OF most noble repute.
Beauty and tn beast also gave me pleasure,
And Sinbad, the i,A.or. and Forty Thieves,
too.
And Aladdin, whose wonderful lamp was
treasure,
And the wooden Horse flying aioft in the
blue
Enchaniment and fairies and magic and
witches,
Hobgooins and dwarfs, genii. giants and
elves,
Kings, princesses, princes and queens and such
riches
Those story books mustn't be closed on the
shelves
H C Dodge in Goodan's Sun
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
I'HARACTER In SCRAWLS.
Ii n q Fad to Describe the Writer
nom His Writinga


A fashionable fad just now is char
u cter-reading from handwriting, and II
really astonishing what clever hits,
lila the way of personal slrits, an expert
lila that line frequently deduces from
l|lalf sheet of note-paper covered with
Nhe writing of the person whose vir-
iues and foibles are under discussion,
lays the New York Tribune. Whether
H. is chance or actual knowledge it is
impossible to say, for these wizards OF
Nociety are very loath to communicate
heir methods, and take pleasure in
tnshrouding themselves in mystery as
much rs possible, recognizing the fact
hat to impress people with their wis
lom and TO keep up their prestige they
must affect the occult.
While the majority of character
leaders confine themselves simply to
the salient characteristics expressed by
the writing, some go even further and
profess to read past events by the
writer's method of combining his let
ters and words. This, however, is of
I,ourse mere jugglery-but that GER
tain amount of ones disposition and
character is iegible to those who read
between the lines" seems to be almost
an acknowledged fact. Certainly,
when one hears a clever exponent of
at give brief synopsis of the differ
emit distinguishing qualities that he
sees expressed in handful of notes
and letters. and one recognizes many
Iof the peculiarities and qualities which
are mentioned, it is impossible not to
feel interested. Many of the deduc-
tions drawn are wonderfully true; and,
after all, when one considers that the
written characters are direct emana-
tions from the brain. it seems a plausi-
BILE enough theory that these queer lit
tie shapes and combinations that we
call letters and words should mean
much more than at first meets the eye.
How can tell?" said one of these
experts, when Intercepted about his
theories Il cannot explain it to you;
it is the general appearance of the
writing, and il is almost impossible to
analyze. There are q few salient
points, however, that l can give You.
For instance, even letters-that is, a
word written so that the two copybook
lines, one above and one below, touch
the edges of each letter; this means
honesty. A hopeful disposition shows
itself in the tendency of the lines to
go upward. The way people cross
their is is very indicative indeed
where there is firm stroke with sort
of slight hook at the end, it means te-
nacity of purpose and viii power. Elk
ecutive ability is often shown by the |
words running themselves out into a
sort of scrawl, but the merest devia-
ton will often change the meaning of |
one line into quite another character
stic, so that it is quite impossible for
anyone to understand all the various
shades of meaning unless he has
tudied the subject for long while.
3ut when you do understand it more
II less, and can discover the hidden
meaning of it, it is quite wonderful
low interesting ones daily correspond
nee becomes = far more than the
.-rifer ever dreams of -
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05

AN inmate of an Armenian convent
has recently died after being there nine
ty-eight years without once going out
side the convent walls. Her recorded
age was lis years.
A FAMILY of high standing, and of
considerable weight, dwells in Walla
Walla, Wash. 1t is known as the Pref
tijohn family; it comprises ten persons,
and the average weight of the members
is 244 pounds, and the average height
feet 6 inches.
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and Pete galloped around the edge till
Reynard led the hounds to the upland,
when he made the snow fly with his
hoofs and quickly joined the dogs.
Within an hour the hounds made the
pace so hot for the fox that he began
to play tricks on them to throw
them off the scent. He ran on to
bridge and then leaped off the.
end; but he didn't fool the dogs there,
and they continued to gain on him.
Then he took squirt on wall, and
down ut Charles Grams farm he scooted
through the front yard. ran over a pile
of cordwood and started across
meadow, with Oram's farm dog in hot
pursuit The hounds and the steer
We're not far behind when the fox and
dog had got to the meadow fence, and
in the adjoining field the former gained
on them fast. Grams dog was yelping
furiously and logging it at the top of
his speed when the steer gave a below
and ran past the hounds. He had
caught sight of Grams dog, and he
seemed to know that the yelping cur
had no business in the chase, for he
plunged at it with lowered head. ran
it off the track, and drove it to the
fence, where he caught it on his horns
just as it was trying to escape between
the rails. The steer gored the dog to
death in hurry, when he flung the
carcass from his horns and ran like
wildfre toward the hounds in the next
field. By that time the fox was jaded,
and almost as soon as the steer had
caught up to the hounds the latter
overhauled tired Reynard and shook
him to death. Then the steer began
to below, and when Mr.. White reached
the spot the hounds had torn the fox's
hide into strips, while the steer looked
on contentedly.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05

The Ainu, an unciyiiized tribe on the
Island Of Yezo, are not at all fond Of
bathing. Indeed, they share the Chi
nese idea that It 10 only dirty people
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-05-05
fortune then. George9"


fortune then, GeorReY
4 We'll, am on the road.
HE is going to live in one OF the big
gest houses IN the state SAID the 0ruf
man.
How fine"
Smart boy IS George cbucbied thu
other man.
Suddenly there was jolt as the trair
stopped, and newspaper which hae
been carelessly spread over the knee:
OF the two men fell to the hoor- The
young girl gave an exclamation OF ter
ror. for there sat the men handcu1feo
The young man recovered his suave
manner.
Don't be alarmed. Gracie," he said
You can now understand what he
meant when he said he was going to a
big house. l am going to take him
there l am United States marshal
and he is a criminal. That is all. so
cheer up, my girl"
The other man gave grunt and a
snort
swell, / am blowed,n he said.
what has no done?" she asked, eye
ing him with terror.
"Oh. not very much. He is o gener-
ally bad man. He would as soon bur
glarize as andbag a person; he would
as soon pick your pocket as run faro
bank; he would just as soon enter a
front door and help himself as he
would to climb porch He is simply
a good all-rornd crook, and / am TAX
ing him to JAIL"
"Whewl whewl" whistled the other
man, regarding the young fellow with
amazement
"Eat don't be alarmed, my dear. He
won't be ugly to-day. He knows that
I've got him and he'll keep quiet Just
hand me that newspaper, will you?
1t is as well that people should not
know what bad company I'm in"
well, I've good notion to punch"
began the other man.
How long is he sent up for?" asked
the young lady.
only FIVE years, but he deserves ten,
and | wish they had given it to him"
as it possible?'
Eyes. In 1883 he robbed house of
six hundred and ffty-three dollars; in
1885 he escaped from Jail; in 1856 he
sa ndbagged man and took his watch;
two years after he was running a
crooked gambling house, and now he
is sent up for forgery. He is capable
of all the small vices, and good many
of the big ones"
BY this time the train had arrived at
the station where the young girl was
to leave the train.
"Well good-by, George" she said ris-
ing.
'Good-by. Gracie.n
I'm so glad to have seen you"
"And I, also. You are becoming
such a sweet, pretty girl"
You don't think SOP"
Indeed do.p
m so glad that you have done well |
IN the city, ana Will tell all your old
friends
Yes, do
BE careful OF that man VITA you.
Aren't you AFRAID OF nlm?
"Oh, no."
We'll, good-oy.
'Good-oy.
DE EXTENDED MS lett mana.
SNAKE! ne salo.
She put her pretty mana In MS ana
ne gave IL a pressure that made ner
olush'
Sorry can't snake with the other
hand, he SAID, but duty, you know,
1uty-
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-03-17
A Memphis Tragedy.


MEMPHIS, TENN.,-"Have you seen
my glove I? l think l dropped it,
said Mrs. Bette Wrench, a recently
divorced woman, as she stopped in
front Of a saloon dooron Main street
last night.
Before the man she addressed
could reply she whipped out navy
six shooter and shot him through
the thigh. The man sprang to his
feet, and as he did so another bullet
was sent through his stomach, bring
ing him to earth.
In his recombent position he shot
the woman through the hip, and she
fell within a few feet of him. In
these positions both shot at each
other until their weapons were emp
ty. The result was that the wo-
man received another shot through
the arm and is serio sly wounded,
and. the man was dead. The victim.
j. w. Deming, a saw filler from West
Virginia, had alienated Mrs.
Wrench's affections from her hus.
band, and then deserted her.
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Of every description. plain or colored
promptly done at lowest prices.
POSTERS,
PAMPHLETS,
5ILLHEADS,
CIRCULARS,
LETTERHEADs,
SALE BILLS, &C.
NhATNkss, TASTE AND DEsPATcH,v
our motto. Call and ascertain
our rates.

The boys huddled in one corner,
and Joe muttered something about
the parcel of candy. Even the baby
hushed its wailing.
John Milo strobe in with stern
agonized face and sank beside the
sofa where they had laid his child.
sOh, jamie, my girl, my precious
child !" he gasped, looking into the
face now 80 like the one which he
had last seen framed by the cofiin-lid
aim SO glad you love me a little,
dad-so gladl" she smiled joyfully,
while the grayish pallor crept higher
over cheek and brow. al can 90
easier, now you love me, dad; and |
am--going-to-iRd-my-moth I"
The smile still fingered on the
white face, but the heavy lids closed
over the eyes which had looked their
last upon earth.
jamie had hidden them all good
by forever