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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
RELIGION AND REFORM.

There's are two hundred thousand col
ored Catholics in the United States.
MIcHIGAE's barber shop Sunday-clos-
ing law has been declared constitu-
tional by the state supreme court.
THE Presbyterian church, south, has
fifty missionaries in the land of Sinim,
a three-fold increase in five years.
ELEVEN nations were represented in
in a convention the German emperor
called together, and they unanimously
demanded day of rest.
THE International Sanitary Confer
ence when in session at Paris formu-
lated important measures to prevent
the Mecca pilgrims from spreading
cholera.
LAST year the Church Extension so
ciety of the Congregational churches
furnished SIG, OS3 to aid in the build
ing OF IA churches and $20,1Os to aid
81 parsonagcs into existence.
A BILL has been introduced in the leg
islature of New York imposing fine
OF from ten to one hundred dollars and
Imprisonment from month to year
on students guilty of any form of haz-
ing.
There is remarkable sand dune near
the lighthouse at Cape Henry, at the
mouth of Chesapeake bay. The sand |
from the beach has been piled up near
y two hundred feetat an easy slope on
the ocean side, but on the inland side
It descends in an almost sheer preci-
oice, and particles of sand blown up
,he slope fall over the edge and are
'pread far and wide by the wind. 1t
S supposed that the precipice-like pc
'uliarity of the mound is due to the
lction of conflicting wind currents
hat blow about the cape.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
THEIR JAckkNlFE.


/ The Much Cherished Treasure OF Two
! Yankee Boys.
"A Yankee boy is not much until he
| begins to whittle and owns knife
says Rev DR.. Cyrus Hamlin, in his
autobiography. That is especially true
on farm, and it was great day for
Cyrus and his brother Hannibal the
future founder of Robert college in Con
stantinople, and the future vice presi-
dent of the United States when a
neighbor offered to pay their mother
for ball OF her fine butter with a
knife for the boys. She accepted the
bargain and they received the knife,
which they owned in common.
1t was a homely, horn-handled imple-
ment, but the blade was of the best
steel, and they soon became experts in
its use for purposes of whiting, rough
carving, and making sleds for coastinr
and carrying wood 1t was the most
cherished object which they possessed,
and when it was lost or mislaid there
was woe and distraction in the house
hold until it was found again
Once it was lost in midwinter, and
when, after a long search in vain, it
was found accidentally in the SLOW by
little Cyrus, the boy dashed home
through the drifts with the recovered
treasure in his hands, shouting ecstat-
ically: I've found the knifeI I've
found the knifel''
But an admired cousin of the boys,
Harvard student, who had visited the
farm in summer, had seen the knife,
and judging it probably more by out
ward appearance than intrinsic worth,
thought they might do better; so, after
his return to college, he sent the lads
two fine knives, far handsomer and
better than their old friend These
were brought to them one morning by |
their elder sister, Susan, who came |
early to their room and, displaying the
fascinating objects, said sedately:
These have just come from Henry
Upham, but if you take them you must
give up your old one"
The boys exchanged glances; the
temptation was great; the knives were
beautiful-bu discard their first love!
Never! There was moments pause;
then one whispered to the other. lie
US not do itl' He acquiesced. and turn
ing to his sister, exclaimed, with an air
Of naughty resolve:
Send back those knives to Henry
Upham, and tell him we don't want,
emp
But the mischievous Susan burst out
laughing, and answered: "You deserve
them all, and you shall have them.
1nly did it to try you"
The new beauties were given to
lheIn, and the brothers kept and used
,hem- The old knife was consigned to
'he honorable retirement of a bureau
lrawer, where it rusted peacefully for
,he rest of its existence. Youths Com
1anion.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
MAD ELEPHANTS.
The Males Suddenly Become Dangerously
Demented.

Demented.
When we present the elephant in
possession of such intellectual gifts as
may be his, there has to be considered
the case of the elephant that, being
must" is for a time bereft of its
senses, says Blackwood's Magazine. 1t
is only the male that suffers from this
affection of insanity; but every male is
liable to it some time or other, and,
unfortunately, may be attacked by it
without warning of any kind
Some men of long experience of ele-
plant keeping say that the ''must'
condition is preceded by premonitory
symptoms, and if taken in time NAV.
by diet and treatment, be averted, but,
without presuming to contradict these
better-informed people, can aver that
l have known some of them to be
taken by surprise by the sudden
'musting" of elephants under their
own immediate supervision.
Some elephants become demons of
cruelty when Unjust" as, for example, 4
a commissariat elephant that. during
my time in Oudh, broke away from the
Lucknow lines and went over consid-
cradle tract of country, kill ingmen,
women and children wherever it found
an opportunity of doing so.
do not know the total number
killed by that beast, but it was sadly
large. And of,course, valuable as the
animal was to the government, only !
one course could be pursued in regard |
to it. The sentence passed upon it |
was that of death, and the execution
was carried out, not without difficulty |
Ind danger to the executioners, by sew
,ral Europeans, who followed and shot
t down.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
AN ARTFuL DoDGER.
The Looms Immediateness in Getting
Under Cover.

Inc LOOMS lmmed1ateness In Getting
Under Cover.
Every treatise upon looms dwells adj
miringly upon their wonderful pow
ers of self-protection, says a writer in
the Boston Transcript. There is no de-
nying that all looms ever Matched up
to date have beer" artful dodgers in SUI
perlative degree. The question is often
raised whether they. are quick enough
to dodge bullet. / once had a guide
who drew distinction quite too fine,
as [ thought. He claimed that loon
could see the flash of percussion cap
at the breech of Misunderstanding
piece, and could dodge, but admitted
that with the rifle loaded like all mod
ern ones, at the breech, no loon could
escape a shot rightly aimed. For
my part, I do not believe the inter
val of time between the fire az the two
ends of the barrel to be measurable bv
eyes OF birds or men, or anything short
of chronograph. As to the question,
however, 1T is possible to reason with
tolerable confidence. We know the
speed of a rifle bullet. Cali it
fourteen hundred feet a second.
Imagine your loon at that distance, or
nearer Then reflect how slowly a
BIRDS head must move to use up more
than a second in dropping few inches
under water. Gravity alone would
carry it further than that. 1t is easy
to believe that if the wary bird hap 4
pens to be looking toward the hunter,
the rifle flash suggests danger. A half
second would give ample time to,
dodge, provided the action Begin
promptly. 1t is safe to say that it.
takes a looms weight in lead to kill
him, and we may call it settled that if
loon does not dodge a bullet, at least
the lead goes down in the same hole in.
the water.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
HELP FOR THE POOR.

! THE soup kitchens of France annual
! ~ assist l, 77s,o0O persons.
| The soup kitchens of Vienna feed
every year ass, 900 persons.
| THE first aims houses in England were
erected in London in 1851
THE charitable requests in London
every. year exceed IS, Q00,0o
THERE are over 1900 charitable or
CARNATIONS in the United States.
In 1882 the orphan asylums of France
had 81, 900 children in their care.
The London orphanages are main
tanned at an annual cost of es35, 1000.
THE collections in London churches
on Hospital Sunday average $4,000
In France 405, 900 persons are annual
~ admitted to the charity hospitals.
THERE are in the United States 49,
o45 inmates of the public alps houses.
In 1879 there were twenty establish
ments of the sisters of charity in AT
RIGA.
THE principal Paris founding asy-
lum receives over 5000 infants every
year.
THE oldest pagan philosophers incul-
cate the duty of giving aims to the
poor
RUSSIA is said to have $50, 900 paupers
IN the various refugees provided for
them.
In Paris over 1000 beds in the free
hospitals are maintained by charitable
donations.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
GREENLAND BIHD SKINS.
The Peculiar Methods Employed by the
Esquimaux In Preparing Them.

The Peculiar Methods Employed by the
Issquimaux In Preparing Them.
To the Esquimau woman says DR..
Nansen, the mouth is like third
hand, especially in the preparation of
skins, which is very considerable part
of her work. AS consequence the
front teeth of the older women are
often worn away to the merest stu1nps.
The Esquimau method of preparing
bird skins is extremely peculiar and
therefore interesting, and is thus de-
scribed;
The first step is carefully to dry the
feathers; then the skins are turned in
side out, aud the layer of fat is scraped
away as thoroughly as possible with a.
mussel shell or a spoon, and is eaten,
being esteemed great delicacy Them
the skins are hung up under the roof
to dry.
After few days the last remnants
of fat are removed from them by
means of chewing: then they are
dried again, washed in warm water
with soda and soap three times over,
then rinsed out in very cold water,
pressed, and hung up for the final
drying. If the feathers are to be re-
moved so that only the down is left,
as, for example, in the case of the elder
duck, they are plucked out when the
skin is half-dry. Then it is thoroughly
dried and cut up, and so is ready for
use.
The chewing is very remarkable
process. The operator takes the dry
skin, almost dripping with fat and
chews away at one spot till all the fat
is sucked out and the skin is soft and
white; then the chewing area is slowly
widened, the skin gradually retreat
ing farther and farther into the mouth,
often until it disappears entirely, to be
spat out again at last with every par
ticle of fat ehewed away.
This industry is for the most part
carried on by the women and children,
and is very highly relished by reason
of the quantity of fat it enables them
to absorb. In times of scarcity, the
men are often glad enough to be al
lowed to do their share.
1t lisa strange scene that is presented
when one enters house and finds the
whole population thus engaged in
chewing. each with a skin in his mouth.
The peculiar excellence of the Green
and bird-skin is due to this process
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
THE DE LAMAR NUGGET.
SATURDAY, JUNE z. 1894.
MUSIC.


THERE is music in all things if men
had ears. Byron.
Music is the medicine OF the break
ing heart Sir A. Hunt.
LET me have music dying and seek
no more delight. Keats.
THE soul of art best loved when love
is by.-Rev. ]. B. Brown.
MUSIC washes away from the soul
the dust OF everyday life. Auerbach.
SWEETEST melodies are those that are
by distance made more sweet. Words
worth
Music is the child OF prayer, the
companion of religion. Chateau
BRAND.
Music is the only sensual gratifca-
ton which mankind may indulge in to
excess without injury to their moral or
religious feelings. Addison.
THE man who has no music in his
soul, and is not moved with concord of
sweet sounds, is fit for treason, strata
gems and spoils. Shakespeare
THE meaning of song goes deep.
Who is there that, in logical words,
can express the effect music has on US?
A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable
speech, which leads US to the edge of
the infinite, and let's us for moments
gaze into that. Carlyle.
Music is the mediator between the
spiritual and the sensual life. Al
though the spirit be not master of
that which it creates through music,
yet it is blessed in this creation,
which, like every creation of art, is
mightier than the artist. Beethoven.
UNDER the influence of music we are
all deluded in some way. We imagine
that the performers must dwell in the
regions to which they lift their hear
ers. We are reluctant to admit thot a
man may blow the most soul-animat-
ing strains from his trumpet and yet
be coward or melt an audience to |
tears with his violin, and yet be a
heartless profigate. Hillard
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
HE FELT HuRT.
The Old Gentleman Didn't Like co Be the
Innocent Cause of Sarcasm.

Ihe Old Gentleman Didn't Like GO BE the
Innocent Cause of Sarcasm.
On Michigan avenue car the other
day woman had baby about a wear
old on her lap, and next on herright sat
an oldish man, who was evitlentlyfond
OF babies. The child looxed' at. him
and he smiled and cluclsed in return,
says the Detroit Free Press. He was
getting along finely, when all of a,
sudden the kid puckered his lips and
began to howl.
There, there. Don't cry, my pre-
cious lamb" said the mother, in sooth-
ing tones.
Seems to be afraid of me- observed
the man.
Yes, sir, he do, and l can't make it
out had him out in the country last
week and he saw hogs and horses and
cows right along and never seemed to
care about EN-"
A giddy young woman across the
aisle began to giggle and a man stand
ing up and hanging to strap uttered
d grun "Haw, haw, hawl' and slapped
ms leg. The old man flushed I'D and
looked hurt in his feelings, and seeing
ahother giggle and another haw! hawl
nav! on the way he rose up and went
out on the platform and said to the
This is about the tenth time I've
oeen lnsulted on this road this year,
ana the next hyena that does it is go
.ng 70 get both eyes knocked into,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
An Old Lady's Story of Being Held In
Vashingtoa,s Arms.


In DIR. Mines volume of re:ninis-
cences, "A Tour Around New York, .
the author devotes paragraph to the
attractions.o OF Battery park, and adds a
pleasing little story of time before
his own:
remember dear old lady who
loved to talk about this park and tell
of the people she had met here and the
scenes she had witnessed; and OF these
one man and one mornings adventure
stood out most prominently.
A little thing in white, her nurse
had brought her to the park to wit
ness a civic ceremony, and the crowd
prevented her from obtaining good
view of the pageant.
AS, with childs impatiencc, sic
tried to press through the throng, y
tall and handsome elderly geqtlslaan,
clad in a suit of black velvet a.jG with
dress sword at his side, stopped
down to her, inquired pleasantly
about her trouble, and then lifted her
upon his shoulder and held her there
until the procession had passed.
Delighted with what she saw, the
child thought little about the gentle
man who had brushed away her
trouble, but thanked him when lie
released her with kiss and set her
down upon the ground. As he moved
away, the nurse, in an awestruck voice,
asked the child if she knew whose
arms had held her, and then told her
that it was President Washington.
The little eyes watched him out of
sight, and never forgot his stately APP
pearance.
think dear old Mrs. Atterbury was
prouder of having been the heroine of
this incident than of all the social
honors that afterward fell to her lot.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
YOUTHFUL DIVERS.


turing Coins Under Water.
We were nearing St. Thomas, says a
writer in St. Nicholas; all the passen-
gers we're on deck looking with
interest at the pretty little city,
with the hills at its back, and
a fringe of palm trees at It's feet.
When within short distance of the
shore the captain signaled, down
plunged the anchor, and before the
water had ceased from troubling we
were surrounded by fleet. First came
the fine long boat of the health officer,
with it's gaudily striped awning, flag
flying at the stern, and half a dozen
duslSy oarsmen, who rowed with great
style and precision. Then there were
the passenger boats, the sterns neatly
ushioned, to which fact the owner
called your attention while inviting
your patronage. One of these men
rejoiced in the possession of tall hat,
which raised him far above his fell
lows, while he was further distin-
guished by the name champagne
Charlie" But harlxl harlSl the dogs do
bark.-the rag-tag and bobtail are put
ting out tosseaI Boys, boys, boys and
boys-all eager and ready for divel
Some one started the exhibition by
throwing dime overheard. Insta Mt
ly there We're dozen pair of heels in
the air-one splash and a train of shin
ing bubbles rising to the surface
showed us that the little divers were
on their way down in search of for
tune. The water was so clear we
could see the coin slowly sinking, and
see the little brown body dart after
and seize it. On coming to the sur
face, the one who made the capture
would display the coin in his hand, and
then shrewdly pop it into his mouth.
The cheeks of the lucky boys were
round and hard as apples. 1t was so
pretty to see the ease and grace with |
which they moved through the water;
and they entreated for more so pleas
antly with eyes glistening and teeth
shining) that the rain of silver and cop
per continued to fall over the rail
until the ships stock of small change
was depleted.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
CARIBOU HABITS.
Vegetable Growths That Form Their
Principal Food.

seSetaDle CROWNS That Form Their
Principal Food.
In summer the caribou feeds chiefly
on common plants; it is especially
fond of broad-leafed grass, growing
in wet places and around the barrens
which are SO numerous in various
places in the interior OF New Rrruns-
wick. In September, says Fore st and
Stream, you will find them on the bar
rens, feeding on the reindeer moss, of
which they are very fond. They vii,
dig for it when the snow is nearly or
quite four feet deep. They have
been seen at this work when only their
backs were visible above the sur
face of the snow. When there is
crust on the snow, their operations at
once cease, as they are no longer able
to work. Then they betalse them
selves to the black moss which hangs
from the trees which skirt the barrens.
This they will, however, never eat SO
long as they can get the genuine rein
deer moss. Toward spring they ascend
to the high lands and hardwood ridges,
where they remain until the snow has
left. The dark and white caribou are
often seen together in droves.
Not one out of every ten female
caribou has horns; when they do have
them, they are much smaller than
those of the bull. The horns of the
female have, however, in general,
many more branches than those of the
bull, and they are much more regular
ly and finely formed. The cows carry
their horns much longer than the |
bulls; they have been seen with their
horns in the month of April. The old |
bulls shed theirs from the 10th to the |
last of November; they hardly ever
carry them after the month of Novem-
Der. The young bulls shed theirs from
the 1st of December until the middle /
of February; the younger the animal I
the longer he retains his horns
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02

Lieut.. Blank, of the army, is six feet
four inches tall, and tips the scale at
two hundred and fifty pounds He
was stationed for many years in Wash
iDgton, attached to a scientific bureau
of the government, his writings being
well known to the scientific world.
Much of his writing was done evenings
at home, and he would sometimes carry
home necessary reference books, and
return them to his office at will One
morning he gathered together several,
none Of them very small, and, putting
them under his arm, started for his Of
fee. In the course of his walk he was
brought lace to face with very blacl,
little negro, who, with arms ahimbo,
chin dropped, and his shining black eyes
filed with woader, had planted himself
in front of Lieut. Blank. Before
the gentleman had time to do more
than take in this apparition of dark
ness, the little piccaninny" had
thrown back his head so as to be able
to gaze up into the lieutenants face.
and in tone of comical amazement
exclaimed; "Gude gracious. mister, is
you gwine to school?p-Y Youths Com
panion.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-06-02
rho German ,ylfe-rsentor.

In Germany when a man is convicted
of beating his wife he is allowed to
continue his work, is looked after by
the police, and arrested every .satur-
day and locked up until Monday morn
ing, when he is again delivered over to
his employer. His wages are given to
his wife. If he won't work he is taken
to Jail, where he has to work harder
than outside.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05

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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-08-05
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