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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
BRITISH SHIPYARDS.
The Thousands of Mon Employed in
Them Across the Water.

Them Across the Water.
OF marine engineers alone there are
over 1900 employed on the Clyde, and
in the boiler shops slightly over 5000
more men, in the shipyards full mus
ter of filters, platers, riveters, calkers,
carpenters, joiners and laborers would
add more than 10000, and over and
above would have to be included an
army of draughtsmen, clerks, time
keepers and counters in proportion.
These. says a writer in Casters Mag
azine, are official figures.
Belfast, where no official figures are
available, may safely be set down as
employing 6,000 men, and about half
that total is the measure of the indus
trial activity in one commercial capital
in Ireland. Taking the extensive re-
pair work into consideration, 5000 men
represent about tine total on the Mer-
sey; in the royal dockyards at Penn
broke, Davenport, Portsmouth, Chat
ham and Sheerness, 23,049 men are EN-
ployed, of whom about n third are in
the engine shops; and on the Thames,
which is, despite its decadence in ship
building, an engineering center, the
total number of men employed in the
industry is approximately S,000-3,00O
shipwOrlsers and 5000 engineers. OF
the northeast coast of England the to-
tai, including the Humber, is not far
short OF 10000, of whom about two
thirds are shipyar1 hands.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
A FREE AND EASY JAIL.
One Prisoner Gave the JaiIer's wife
bicycle Lessons.

bicycle Lessons.
The Nantucket jail stories which
hive been current courtroom topics for
the last century have been entirely
eclipsed by recent stories concerning
the convicts of the Barnstablc Jail, says
the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror.
Mr.. E. c. Knapp, who is supposed to be
serving five years sentence for stealing
national bank funds, was recently seen
in the streets in prison garb, giving the
wife of the jailer, Mrs. G. II. Cash, bicy-
Gle lessons. Mrs. Cash is 30 years old
and has daughter aged IS years and
the convict is said to occupy place of
congeniai companionship in the jailer's
family. Another convict, named Lewis
Rogers, was recently allowed TO take a
COW to Yarmouth and back while the
sun was bright and invigorating for n
pleasant walk.
There is another prisoner, Portu-
gnese named Joe, who is there on COM
{ plant Of Portuguese girl named Rosa.
and her story is that Joe promised to
marry her while he was serving out
previous sentence in the Jail, and that
she often met Joe outside the Jail. II
is pitiful story, because when Joe got
out OF Jail be married another girl, after
borrowing $50 from Rosa. And all this
in Barnstable town, where the Jail is.
The stories OF Nantucket's easy-going
Jail pale into insignifcance in COMPARE
son with our continental neighbor.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
oREECE'S MOTHERLY QUEEN.
OlGa's Simplicity OF Taste Wins for
Her the Love of the People.

olkR'a S1mpnctty OF lastc "ihh Iof
Her the Love of the People.
The queen of Greece is looked upon
rs mother. Simplicity in tastes and
kind disposition have won for her
the name. She has never got over
her own great sorrow - the death
of her eldest daughter, Grand
Duchess Paul, whose departure
from Athens to be married was
more like u funeral than the preface
to bridal. All Athens turned out to
wish her joy. But the faces of the
bride and her mother were biistered
with tears. This being thought bad
omen, the air was filed with iamenta-
ton. The princess was entreated by
the women to turn back and wait for
some more propitious time to begin her
journey. But the princess was mar
ried, and was killed in less than two
years by fall from a carriage that was
going at furious pace. nurse OF
the princess dreamed the night before
the departure for Russia that they
were at the museum and came toa sculp-
ture representing family grouparound
a dying girl. The dreamer thought the
personages very suddenly changed into
the king, the queen herself and the be-
trothed princess The next morning
she told Ter dream to the queen, who
laughed, but believed her, as her bis
tered face showed.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
PAGiNINI WAS MlSERLY.
CIose-FistcdncssW Was One of the Char
nctcristics of the Great Violinist.

t1OSr-EiSteunesNN ne One OF tne tHhf-
nctcristics of the Great yiolinist.
Plunlictt Greene, the Irish baritone,
tells a good story which illustrates the
closeness in money matters for which
PaGanini was almost as celebrated as
for his violin playing, says the Troy
Times. II seems that at the time the
great violinist was giving his concerts
in London he resided in Regent street
quadrant, and when he practiced it was
with n mute on his violin so that nobody
might hear but those who paid for the
privilege of his public performances.
His fame reached his laurdress, who
had n power of approaching artistic
greatness which ought to have promoted
her TO more elevated position than
that of presiding over a washtub. She
was seized with an irrepress!ble desire
to participate in the Wondrous influ-
ence his marvellous bow had over his
magic fiddle; consequently when she
brought home his linen on the next oc-
casicn she sent up her humble and mod
est request that he would be good
enough to give an order for the gallery
TO hear him play at his next concert.
He complied readily and sent her down
a pass or two, but when her account
was settled she was startled to find that
the price OF the two admissions was de-
Quoted from it.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
LIFE IN THE POLAR SEAS.
Plenty Of Benrn, birds and Nsrwhnle
Millions OF FiddIers and irIcns.

Plenty OF BenrE, Biros anu NarWhhle
Millions OF Fiddlers and trlcns.
1t is evident. according to Aanscn,
that the waters of the polar seas are far
from being deserted by living creatures,
sa& t, Journal DIES Debats. Whenever
the sea is open, or partially so, seals,
narwhals and birds abound, and on the
heaps of ice near the edge of the water
the bears are numerous. Under the
ice marine animals are not wanting.
The explorers found an. abundance of
little crustaceans, whose discovery was
the result of an accident.
One day the cook sunk piece of meat
in a hole which he had cut in the ice
with view of thawing it out. This is
q method often resorted to for the pur-
pose of sparing the fuel. Forty-eight
hours afterward, while taking out the
meat, the cook was astonished to find
an immense number of little animals
that dropped upon the surface of the ice
and commenced to jump about like
feas. Nansen, who is a professor of
zoology, had no trouble in recognizing
those little crustaceans, which may be
seen jumping in the sand, and which
are called sand fleas. He was delighted
at the discovery, because the creatures
are good to eat, although they contain
but little nourishment.
A few months later on, when in rs or
so degrees north latitude, in October,
that is to say, at the beginning of the
long winter night, he fished up in lit
tie net with closed meshes Il quantity of
little crustaceans. This proves that life
is by no means suspended under the
ice; on the contrary, it is very active.
In the mud of the bottom. where the
water is shallow, there are numerous
starfish, mollusks. worms, sponges, and
several species of crustacea.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
ABSENT-MlNDED.
This Man Carried Lighted Lamp
Several Blocks.

An amusing case of absent-mnded-
ness was experienced by young south
slider the other evening, says the Pitts
burgh hroniele-Telegraph. The young
man is usually of bright nature, bnt
for some time past his friends have been
noticing that he does some pecuhnr
things. Not long ago he was at recep-
ton, and a few minutes before closing
time he went to the coat box and Sc
cured his hat and coat. Then he walked
upstairs to the dancing floor and picked
sup another coat and walked home with
it on his arm. Arriving ut his home he
found that he had one coat on and an
other on his arm. The next day he found
the ownerof the extra coat and mutual
explanations followed and all was we'll
But that has been eclipscd by his latest
exploits. He had finished his toilet and
started for the street. AS soon as he
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
NOTES AWHEEL.

Sandow, the strong man, has entered
the cycling field, and has already IS
sued challenges to some of the leading
racing men to meet him on the track.
A bicycle riding expert says that the
indications are that the racing season
of 1897 will be one OF small teams, fast
riding, fair play on the part of riders
and a general revival in racing in all
parts of the country.
The latest suggestion for cyclists in
the way of footwear is sandals. They
would certainly be easy, and better
than any other foot covering from
hygienic standpoint, but it is too rad
ical departure to find favor with most
riders.
A great deal of sentiment is wasted
on the good old ordinary" and some
riders try to imagine that they had
more fun in the good old days" They
never had. 1t is all moonshnc; and
they would not ride the old ordinary
again for dollar an hour.
Coasting races will be popular again
this season. Under proper regulations.
COdSllHS Is sdlt SLOub II, put hSh SAi-a
teurs indulge in iniprovised coasting.
the result is always one or more dam
aged wheels, and usually some broken
limbs. The safest place for the feet is
on the pedals.
Professional racing men, who have
been riding in years past for the makers
Of certain wheels, are now very little in
demand. The majority of manufac-
turers have realized that their sales are
best helped by making a strictly high
grade wheel and then advertising in the
newspapers.
There is a great deal of talk always
going on about municipalities, and it is
wonder 10 one has thought Of naking
the name plate permanent part of the
front fork by casting it in the metal.
The ingenuity of a mechanic ought to
be equal to that, and it would prevent
many bicycle from being stolen
Cyclists should never try to pass too
near the head of n standing horse.
Some cross animals delight to nip the
arm or clothing of anyone who passes
within reach. Again, in passing too
near a horse, the animal may be
startled, and in throwing his head up
in fright, may catch the cyclist blow
which may prove disastrous.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
Accuracy of the Musical Ear.

An interesting instance of the accu-
racy with which music that has not
been written can be transmitted
through the ear and the voice is noted
by Miss Alice C. Fletcher in her studies
of the songs of the Omaha Indians. One
of these songs was recorded by means
of photograph, and it agreed in every
particular with the same song as it had
been heard and noted down 12 years
before.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06

Ranchmen near Carbon, Wyo., under
the stimulus of the bounty law, are pre-
pairing to capture wolves and coyotes
in large numbers by using Russian wolf
hounds and Siberian bloodhounds. An
importation of these animals has been
made and others will follow. The ST.
berian bloodhound is the only dog that
can master gray wolf alone, and with
their assistance it is believed the packs
of gray wolves which prey constantly
upon the young stock of the country
can be thinned out. With the bounty
the short will be profitable.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06

The two biggest fire engines in the
world are in Liverpool. These are the
most powerful fire engines known,
throwing 1880 gallons of water a min
ute, and jet 14O feet high. The force
with which the water is elected from
them may be estimated from the fact
that the jet is warranted to kill man
Mt 10 feet"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06

Japanese and Chinese vines have been
successfully acclimated near Alencon,
in northern France, in district where
grapes for wine have never been raised.
Their fruit ripens in the middle of Sep
TENDER, and produces a fair, weak
wine that can be used to "cut" the
stronger southern wines.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06

Mrs. Watts-Isn't it good deal of an
noyance to get your meals at such ir-
regular hours?
Hungry Higgins The irregular
hours amt so bad as the irregular days.
Indianapolis Journal.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
OWYREE co UNITY DIRECTORY

COUNTY NMIssIaNr
First Dlstrict-W. y. y rhoi-. silver rity
Second District-TiInU ny Sii"a. "'aii.;lr.
Third District-Chris U.,en, iii Greek.
SheriT-A. B. Crocheron.
Clerk District Court-E. L. Ballard.
Probate Judge-George II. Handy.
Assessor-Cscar Brunzell.
Treasurcr-J. c. Connors.
Go. Supt. of Public Instruction-F. S. Ieer.
Coroner-Dr j. n. Weston.
Surveyor-F. w. Hulett-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-08-06
skYsCRAPERs PROVED SAFE.
a Scientist Has shown Tint Their VI
brutions Arc Not Dangerous.

brafions Arc Not Dangerous.
Nothing terrifies the average person
who ascends one of the higher stories
of modern skyscraper more than to
feel the building tremble beneath him.
1t is comforting to know that Prof.
Wilhelm Ritter, of Zurich, has demon
strated that there is no danger at all,
and that The architects theory to that
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-28

there is grave danger to the human
ing from all sorts of microbes
germs, which are fonder of the l1i
being than of the dog. This has
amply proven by scientists and
the Board of Health, says Tue n
York World. AS a matter OF lar'
latter body has several well au'n
Gated cases of diphtheria cOnu'1
from dogs on its records. Disease
all kinds lurk upon the lips anu
Of the dog. A dog will wander ~
even though of high pedigree, a11
the course of his journeys VIII
the, acquaintance of dogs OF leSH
gree. From them he will sallu
crobes as well as tleas. linen Hs
return home to his fond mistress
tribute his collection indiscrlnlnSj
Then his mistress will pick MIN
her arms and will hug ana KISS
Typhoid, diphtheria, cancer aIu
eases too horrible to mention may |
from the caress.
Physicians have repeatedly e
against the habit Of kissing uvs9
seemingly to little purpose Eve!
the papers chronicle cases wne,s
disease has m~ysteriously appeal'.
where the source of contagiOn =
known. In nine out OF every @a
cases, dog kissing Is to lame D
ing aside the possibility OF uals
disease entirely, the haDit SHv
stopped by all self-respectlns ""
for what man would care to KISS !,
knowing that they had pre.'O W.
filed their lips kissing a dos'
ter how clean n dog may De- u
how great a ~favorte' II SnO dop
no matter what the temp
kissed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-28
YOUNG PHIL SHERIDAN.
Not Brilliant, but Studious and In
dustrious at West Point.

Up at West Point there is a slender,
smooth-faced young man who is work
ing day and night to emulate the glo-
rious record Of his father.
1t is young Phil Sheridan" He is
already a soldier by instinct. In a few
years he will be a soldier in reality.
So far he has taken but little inter,
est in the athletic sports of his class
mates. He is not a football player.
He is n bad hand at baseball. He
plays tennis and enjoys it. Most of all,
however, he is Il thorough student.
While not exactly a brilliant youth,
young Sheridan is persistent and in
dustrious, and it would not be surprls-
ing If at the end of four years stud
he should be graduate ut the head of
his class.
1t was not only his own but his moth
er's desire that he should become a sol.
der, and by the time he receives hi,
lieutenancy it is possible that we NAV
indulge in Il var with Il foreign power
that will enable him to show his mettle,
Like poets, however, great soldiers
seem to be Il question of birth and in.
stinct. In this connection a prominent
West Point officer recently said:
1T is almost Il certainty that If we
were to go to war now the successes
that we might achieve would net de-
pend upon the sons of our dead mill
tary heroes. l do not know of one who
has been graduated at this college who
has shown any especial brllliancy.
sheridan is as brilliant as my of
them. Military genius does not shine
in times of peace, however. 1t takes
war to bring out a soldiers qualities,
and it is likely that in case of an arm.
ed conflict new generals would spring
up from humble %lieutenants who have
barely managed to scratch through
their examination New York ,Jour.
nal.
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charge against the surprised Apaches,
many of whom, in their efforts to es-
cape, dashed over the precipitous sides
OF the mountain to death. The defeat
broke the spirit of the tribes and peace
was soon made with them. Col. Ran
dali is a man of fine physique and is a
magnificent looking soldier. He is ex-
tremely affable and has thousands of
friends throughout the West. He has
indomitable will power, combined with
extremely good judgment, and no bet
Ter officer could have been selected by
the Government to protect American
interests on the Alaska British Colum.
bia frontier.
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did not blame him, though he was woe
fully late in coming home.
Next morning we found that
mother. was unaware Of the adventure
of the night. She had Sept the s.eep
Of the Just, for which | was profoundly
thankful.
Just as we were ready to sit down to
dinner the bell rang. My mother
opened the door and bowed a young
nan into the parlOr.
II came to beg your pardon for the
disturbance | caused last night" l
heard the voice Of a young man say.
disturbance! | know nothing Of it.
Mil.y!"
came in, red as a peony, and ready
to sink into the floor. -4other handed
me his card. MIR. Charles Bowman.
Artist" II said.
you must tell me all about 1t, Mr..
Bowman" continued my mother, FOR
l don't know what you mea really"
And he tod her just what had hap,
pened. Mothers face grew longer anu
longer as he proceeded with his mar
rative.
stupid men, l thought. Just at the
end he showed a grain Of sense.
when did all this happen?" asked
my mother, eXcitedly. Il went to bed
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-28
Seals w Music.

The wel.-known love of seals for mu.
steal sounds often leads to their de.
struction. When the Eskimo hunter
sees none of his prey about he begins
whistllng, and sooner or later is sure to
attract an appreciative seal within
reach Of his harpoon. Lying at full
length at the edge of the ice he contin.
ues whist.ing low, p~laintive, calling
notes, and presently a few of the ami.
mails VIII draw near TO the spot. lifting
themselves as high as they can out of
the water, and slowly moving their
heads to and fro, as If keeping time TO
the music. By and by one seal. mora
daring than It's fellows. will come yerv
c.ose to the hunter, who then jumps IN
his feet and says the creature. white
its mates make off as quickly as possi.
ble.-Pearson's Weekly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-28
COL. Gee. M. RANDALL.
Soldier Who Will Command Uncle
Sans Troops in Alaska.

Soldier VINO VIII command OHcIe
Sans Troops in Alaska.
Lieut.. Col. George NJ. Randall, who
Is to command the United States troops
in Alaska, has had an ~eyentful car"er
in the army of the United States. He
enlisted in the civil war rs a private in
the Fourth United States infantry in
April, 1861. In October, 1861, he was
made a second lieutenant. He served
with the Fourth until he reached the
rank of major, when he was placed in
command of the Fourteenth New York
artillery. At the close of the civil war
he was made first lieutenant OF the
Fourth United States infantry, and in
the army reorganization was transfer
red to the Twenty-third infantry as
captain. He served as captain and ma
jOr of the Twenty-third during al of
the important Indian campaigns Of the
West and was made lieutenant colonel
of the Eighth infantry in 1894. Col.
Randall has been five times brevcttCd
by Congress for gallant and meritorious
conduct in battle, as follows: Sept. II,
1862, brevetted captain for service at
Antietam, Va; April ., 1865, brevetted
major for gallant services ut Peters
burg, Va; April 26, 1865, brevetted
lieutenant colonel and colonel for gal
liant services at Fort Steedman, Va;
Feb. 81, 1880, brevetted lieutenant col
onel for gallantry in actions against the
Apache Indians ut Turrett; 1890, bre-
vetter colonel for gallant services
against the Apache Indians at Pine,
Arizona, and for distinguished services
in Indian campaigns. During the cam
paigns of Gen. Crook against the Sioux
Indians Col. Randall, then major of the
Twenty-third, was his right-hand nan,
serving ms IL of his staff officers and
commanding his Indian scouts. Ran
dalrs fight against the Apache Indians
ut Turrett Mountain in 1873 served to
close the Apache war, which had been
in progress several years. The Indians
had taken refuge on the summit of I'ur-
rett Mountain, where they were GER
tain no enemy could follow. Randall
surrounded the stronghold at night. He
made his men crawl up the face of the
mountain on their hands and knees.
They reached the summit at midnight,
and at dawn Col. Randall led a fierce
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at 10 O'clock. | hope that Fred came
home at the proper time. Milly."
The young mans dark eyes turned
upon me.
Il don't know just to the minute. but
1t must have been about IL O'clock or
thereabout."
| blessed him for that answer.
Mr.. Bowman's first unfortunate visit
was followed by many more. He be.
came my brothers friend, then my
sweetheart, and now he Il my be.
trothed, Late in the spring we are to
be married.
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and should be glad to have Won /
part in the competition. Twelve do
bottles Of each kind should be sent
examination, and all whisky that h.
adjudged worthy of the prize will
main the property of the undersin
1t Is also required that the carrla,
paid by the sender"
This letter ended the corresponds
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lit for Int

A we!!-known artist received a cir.
GUAR from a whisky firm, inviting him
TO join in a competition for a poster
only II prize was to be given, and
the unsuccessful drawings were to be.
come the property of the firm.
He replied as follows:
Gentlemen: l am offering a prize
IL 81 for the best specimens of whisky