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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-12

AN arrangement looking to tho
safe and quick emptying of the
house has been adopted by a Boston
theater. By simply touching a but
ton in any one of the eight handy
places in the theater, seventeen sets
of folding-doors, leading to as many
exits, open simultaneously, actuat-
ed by electrical apparatus. Half
the uses of electricity have not yet
been discovered. The time may
soon come when the necessity of
going out between acts for one
thing and another-especially the
latter-may be obviated by simply
pressing button.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-12
Garry Your Own Light

To obtain light instantly with
out the use of matches, and with
out the danger of setting things on
fire, is an easy matter. Take an
oblong vial of the clearest of glass,
put into it a piece of phosphorus
about the size Of a pea, upon this
pour some pure olive oil heated to
the boiling point, the bottle to be
filled about one-third full; then
cork tightly. To use the light, re-
move the cork, allow the air to en-
ter, and then recork. The whole
empty space in the bottle will then
become luminous, and the light OBJ
tanned will be a good one. AS soon
as the light becomes dim, its power
can be increased by opening the
bottle and allowing a fresh supply
of air to enter. In very cold weather
it is sometimes necessary to heat
the vial between the hands to in
crease the huidity Of the oil, and
one bottle will last all winter. This
ingenious contrivance may be car
ried in the pocket, and is used by
the watchmen of Paris in all maga-
zines where explosive infammable
materials are stored.-MiniDg and
Scientific Press.
BIBLICAL aanits have the follow
ing equivalents: 4 kshekel of gold
was So. A frkin was seven pints.
A talent of gold was $13,SO9. 4
talent Of silver was 1888 80. Eze-l
kiels reed was nearly Il feet. A
cubit was nearly % inches. A bin
was l gallon and 2 pints. A mite
was less than a quarter Of q glass.
A shekel Of silver was about Sc
cents. A piece Of silver, or a penny,
was 13 cents. A Sabbath days
journey was about an English mile
An ephah, Or bath, contains T al.
Ions and 5 pints. A days Journey
was about % 1-5 miles. A hands
breadth is equal to 80 inches. a
fingers breadth is equal to / inc
A farthing was cents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

the deserted house; and see it is in my pos
session."
With the words I suddenly flashed the
diamond before her.
"That is nv earring" she said as quiet
and undisturbed as if the confession were no
condemnation of her previous assertion. her
self-control was marvellous.
"Am still to understand, Mrs. Glaye,
that you still maintain your previous de-
nials?"
"I did not leave this hotel or even my
rooms last night. Your insistence is an
noying, but I do not blame you" She
again sighed YEARLY; but was patient, quiet
and undisturbed; or rather, she did not al
low me to see the symptoms of the struggle
in her heart.
"Your hands are very badly scratched, !"
I said with meaning. yet with polite inter-
est.
every badly scratched" she repeated;
gazing with frown at the slender hands
clasped in her soft silken robe.
I could not help saying:
"Cats are very dangerous pets. j.,
She affected not to see the fine irony, and
answered:
'I have no pets. went to sleep with un-
sullied hands, wake up, and they are as
you see them. Explain why they are thus
distorted and you will oblige me-"
began to see through her cunning game,
and said with an amiable, simple smile:
q" You perhaps walk in your sleep,
madam"
"No, sir; am not a somnambulist; in all
my weary life have been singularly free
from nervousness of all kinds.
What game was she driving at? Was
there no way of compelling her to throw
aside her mask?
care you acquainted with man named
Cyril Durand?" asked, suddenly.
I had pierced her armor at last; her
pIacidity melted into nervous tremor; the
color faded from her lips and checks, and
then came back in scarlet patches; the
fingers of her hands worked tremulously,
aud her voice quivered as she replied.
81 am acquainted with the gentleman.
have captured a criminal after long
race, and his painting breathing. was on an
exaggerated scale similar to the breathing of
the once selt-possessed woman. She had
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

Nobody. Yesterday morning Mr.. Durand
asked me if would join him in fishing off
the head of the wharf at full tide in the
night. told him that was going visiting
with my wife. That is the nearest approach
to the subject, and that amounts to nothing.
but, pardon me, you are a stranger here, are
you connected with the case?"
Il am Detective Fox"
Please come this way, then"
Ihe wharfnger led me under the rooted
IN structure at the head of the wharf, and
pointed to some barrels standing in the
corner.
LOOK among those barrels, please. I
LETT 1t where found it, thinking its posi-
ton might help the Investigation"
Inc 1T proved to be a battered, water
soaked woman's bonnet with a blue spotted
veil still attached to it; flimsy black straw
affair. with big hairpin stuck through the
crown of it."
81 saw it there for the first time this
morning while was sweeping"
1T might have been there for weeks"
Impossible; the barrels were only landed
there from the last boat yesterday. The
bonnet has found its way there since last
night"
The barrels faced that part of the wharf to
the right on which there was narrow path
way. If it belonged to the murdered woman
it was probably blown from her head as she
was dragged along and carried through some
open space on the side of the structure,
which side was composed of pine boards
with opening: between each. On testing it I
found that the hat could easily pass through
the openings. That it belonged to the muir
dered woman was probable, for the lower
half of the veil was stiff with dry blood, and
then it corresponded to the brief account
given by the doctor in his description of the
appearance of the woman. 1 opened my note
book and read: "On her head a straw hat
tied under the chin with blue ribbon" As
will be seen the veil is not mentioned, and so
determined to test the doctors memory on
this point on my return to the house, I
wrapped up the hat, and as the wharfnger
had nothing elseto tell, bade him farewell.
1 now directed my steps toward the hotel,
persuaded that was getting on fairly we'll
with the business. In the first place 1 had
discovered the name of the murdered
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
DONE IN WATER COLORs.
A Bill Collector Does n Requested and
Gets n Big Surprise.

A Bill Collector Does n Requested and
Gets n Big Surprise.
Detroit Free Press.l
Yesterday morning at exactly 10 o'clock
a well-dressed young man entered gate on
Congress street east ana pulled the door
bell of a house. No response. Then he
went to the side door and knocked. No re-
sponse.
Then he returned to the front of the house
and pulled the bell again. After waiting
and watching for a couple of minutes he
went back to the side door. Getting no re-
sponse to his repeated knocks he pulled q
paper from his pocket and was making a
"mem," when second-story window was
carefully raised, pail of water balanced
for an instant on the sill, and then souse it
went over the young man below. He ut
tered yell and leaped into lilac bush,
and from there he reached the fence and
gained the street. just then an officer came
up and asked:
Anything the matter?"
"Oh, only trifle."
"What were you doing in there?"
'Trying to collect interest on chattel
mortgage-that's all. Lady told me to call
at 10, and I called. She was ready for me.
Good day"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
TAKING SPIRIT PHOTOS.
An English Artist Tells How the Latest
Hoax Is Perpeirated.
Dali Mor Rudoat

Hoax Is Perpefrated.
Pail Mall Budget.1
"There are several ways of producing the
modern spirit photograph" said an artist to
me. "This one," pointing TO photograph
of man in chair asleep with spirit
standing near him, "was done BY first pho
tographing man in the ordinary way with
black cloth background. Then another
person draped in ghostly garments stands in
the required position, but a little out OF
focus to prevent the outlines being too sharp
and corporeal. Light is then only on the
spirit, and the same negative as used before
is exposed second time, and all the rest OF
the field being black the spirit only is pho
tographed. OF course, the second exposure
is longer than with ordinary amount of
light, but this adds to the ghostliness.''
but how do you make them impalpable
and uncsnny?"
. "The room must be perfectly dark, and
on the ghost only ray of sunlight falls;
while close to the lens a sheet of fine gauze
if hung, and it is the gauze which gives q
cloud-like, luminous appearance to tine
spirits outlines"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
Keely's Whole Secret Out.

The whole secret Of the Kesly motor has
been explained by the inventor himself.
What can be more lucid than the following:
There is triple sympathetic order of
vibration diverting the positive and mega
tive currents to one general polarized center;
this rotary action is continuous when SYM
pathetically associated with the polar
stream"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
A sure Delivernuce.

Not tinstantaneously, It u true. but In short
saved from the tortures which disordered
liver Is capable of in6icting, by Hostetters
stomach Bitters, an anti-bilious medicine and
aper1ent OF the first rank. The pains in the
right side and through the right shoulder
Dlade, the sick headache, nausea constipation
and sanfon hue Of the skin are entirely re-
moved py this estimable restorative Of tone to
the organs Of secretion and digestion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
CARING FOR THE CATCH.
Hints for. the Sportsman Who Expects o
Hook Strings of Fish.

Forest and Stream
The angler should take care of his fish
after he has caught them. It is discredit-
able to fetch back lot of sun and wind
dried fish, all curled up and stiff. Put
handful of grass or ferns in the bottom Of
the creel and kill the fish as soon as caught
by hitting them sharp blow on the back Of
the head. If the weather is hot, clean the
mornings catch at nooR, and every few
hours dip the creel In the stream.
The best way to keep fish to take homo 10
as follows: Clean them thoroughly, taking
care to remove the gills and the blood under
the backbone, wipe dry inside and out, but
do not wash them, sprinkle them inside with
black pepper, but on no account use salt
Pack in cool, fresh grass and keep them in
the shade. If ice is used it should be put
in tin can, or at least at the bottom Of the
creel, for it spo1ls the flavor Of fish to haya
them soaking in water.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
III III E|g]}gj7 j7fBIIa DARK
DRY OF THE DOCTOR AND THE DETECTIVE.
DIR PHIIIP WOOIE',
Author of "who is Guityq"
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.


Dund
He
Is
dneba
his
physician
many o
amystrious Ella Constant
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
NELgoNIAK.
1083-CHARApE.

In mathematics first we meet
l cannot tell you more,
Else l would show me IndisoTset
And neZt this con before
write this Ine.
To-morrow-Decoratio Day
To Cleveland will GO:
Perhaps on last the train Will stay
And wait awhile: you know
Why decline
To give full and clearer view
or first and ne1t and last:
pll give no t0hoLs, not cen to you,
Whose perfect lists have passed
Ahead of mine. 81. g. BUR0EA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
1O82-FNIGMA.

1082-ENIGMA.
To seven wise men I referred
For the meaning of a word
Though each one answered me with speed,
Ills strange to say no two agreed.
I was reminded of the tale
or the chameleon-rather stale.
A billiard player said he knew
It was carom-was that truef
A printer, Just as confidenE
Said that printing type it meant.
A surgeon said twas what he found
Quite useful when he stitched wound.
Ills dignitary of the church,
Replied priest of deep research.
music teacher answered soft
1t is round, I've taught it oft.
theologian said his school
Considered it a sacred rule;
And still another said that it
Referred to parts of Holy Writ
All these answers made me more
Bewildered than was before.
NKLsoN1AK.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
10S5-ANAGRAM.

IU6O-ANAGRAM,
] am perplexed and in fret;
Pm over head and ears in debit
My creditors annoy me 80
To get their pay for what owe
/ have no peace-where shall got
l have no means with which to pay
Perhaps Pd better run away
And seek home in Canada.
Sometimes think rope or knife
I'll use TO put an end to" life.
know that to economize
And thus save money, would be wise,
! might abandon beer and rum;
ITO leave OFF, smoking would save sonnet
But those I'm owing will not wait,
My reformation comes too late,
Alasi Alasl l am andone,
No hope for help from anyone;
"I notice dtIns," and must run.
NELsoNIAH,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
1086-CIRCLE,
(TUeLUs Letters.)

To the letter most commonly used,
And q creature that's often abused,
Add genus of plants ornamental,
The result Is a raft which one did invent,
When his powerful army 'gainst England was
sent,
And he spared not the poor Continental.
EMMA RINGSTRoM.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
1nQn-SvNcnPArInH
MAY SOLVING.

A last upon the whole must be
One who is sailing on the seaa.
NELsoNIAN.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

Prize tcinners: l. Peg. Swissvale, Pa. II.
c. Burger, Alliance. o. g. Glass, Pittsburg.
Roll Of honor: Oliver Twist William Hughes,
Clement Raymond Esther l. Cook, g. ]. H,
Lillian W. Preece. George M. Smith, Barbara
Ingllis, Dora A. Rankin. U. P. J., J. L Carter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
1089-TRANsPosITIoN

First
Those clad In these, the broken-hearted,
Are mourning for friend departed
Second.
Folks cut up these and think they're jollyy
1 call them boyish kind of folly.
Third
This brings about remorse and worry,
Keep out of it or you'll be sorry.
Fourth.
Upon a road Of hardened gravel
How fast these roadsters sometimes travel
J. NICK.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
1084-HALF SQUARE,

!. To sever. 2 Internal. 8 Ones who beas
with stones. 4 To threaten. 8. To raise. 6
To set in mud. Z. A genus Of quadrupeds. g
A termination. 8. A letter. K L. O. b
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
1087-DoUBLE ACRosrIC.
" Words o| & Letters %

"Words Of Letters"
]. Inevitable. 2 The gar-hsh or sea needle.
8: An ass. 4. A fantastical person. ('Obs.D
PrinldLs-To ape.
FfndLs-Begone.
Combined-A spurious liquor distilled from
the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has been
fermented under pressure many days.
GLAga
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
ANSWERS,

1078-Vociferations.
l07S-Droll, roll.
10SO-Latent, talent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

~ 10S8-NUMERIcAL cHARADE.
1to4
I'm seldom seen. because Pm first;
am unusual and dispersed;
Though underdone. and never dense,
Pm of much value in one sense.
6to1L
Among my meanings may mention
Tumult, discord and dissension,
Or il 'mongst classes you should seek,
You might define me as clique.
Ito IL.
It Is my business to expand,
To give extension, understand.
! like to spread things ont in space
30 rs to MI each empty place.
NELsoNIAH.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
THE FIRESIDE SPHINX

address communications for this departmen
to E. R. CHADBoURN. Lel0fston, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

Most Students an1 women who are
troubled with insomnia are dyspeptic.
and they should therefore eat before
going to bed. haTing put aside work al
least an honr before. If they IRE not
hungry they should simply BIS instructed
to eat. and il the are hungry they
should cat whatever they want. A
glass OF milk and u biscuit is sometimes
all that can be taken at first or mashed
potato buttered. IL possible. the nigh,
meal should be taken in another room
than the sleeping apartment, and for
men in the city it viii be found advan.
tageous to 90 ont 20 q restaurant. Be-
fore eating, however. u bath should be
taken. preferably cold or cool. which
shonld be given with sponge or stiff
brush. and the body thoroughly rubbed
off with coarse towel afterward.-
Somerville journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

Mr.. George F. Fitzgerald, who went
from Dexter to Oakland number of years
ago, where has since been in the employ OF
the Dustin Hubbard Mfg. Co., has nov
left that concern and gone to Bath. where
he has desirable and permanen. situation
with the Bath Iron Works. He was joined
here yesterday morning by his nephew,
Henry fitzgerald, who has been at work at
Oakland but who had been 10 Dover to
visit his family, and they went away to-
gether. Mr.. A. Il. Bodge, who also wen,
t, Oakland from Dexter, will go to Bath,
and none of the once quite large colony of
Dexter people formerly settled in Oakland
ard connected With the Dustin Hubbard
business will remain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

Mr. and Mrs. Benz. Smith, who have
recently moved into their neE house on
Brunswick avenue, were given a house
warming on Monday evening, and it was a
house warming of the regular old-fashioned
kind. Friends assembled TO the number Of
100 OF more AID succeeded 10 having
fine time for long evening.
Mr.. ard MIS-. Smith were the recipients
Of handsome marble French clock, psii
# ornamental vases and an elegant silver
carl receiver, Sits from the assembled
friends. The affair WAS genuine sorprise
were equal to the occasion and entertained
their friends right royalty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

There ia considerable interest in the socia-
Bile arranged for Wednesday night under he
auspices of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance League. II will be held in the
vestry of the Bsptis. church NJ 80, and
the ladies' of the league will hold their bus
mess meeting for half an hour before, COM
mencing at 700. The men are all invited
TO attend the socisble and refreshments will
be served in the course of the evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

The scholars in some of our city schools
are greatly entertained now and then by
smelling matches after the manner of old
times. The teachers allow the pupils to
engage in these contests as sort of re-
ward of merit thus killing the proverbal
two birds with one stone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

Have more thai once been saved by the
timely use OK Ksmp's Bslsgm for the
thfoa. a,d lungs, after ali other remedies
have ben 'ried in vain. The Bslssm stops
decay of the iunss ard curss infGenza and
acute and chroa;c cosgbs. There 10 no
cher rnsdieine in the vor.i that fcts SO
promptly. certs'n'y none that does its work
s, thoroughly n, kemps Baisam. All
druggists sell it. Large bottles soc. and
o.. dac2deoaaw4w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

mere and be convinced that you are mis.
taken" He went to the further side OF
the room and Taggart rose and leaned
against a desk watching him. Mr.. Drake
Crashed the handle Of the safe door and
tried 10 shake it, saying. as he did 80, IN
a careless tone: THAT seems to be all
right" Then he passed his hand along
the wall and thumped. "Ah! he added.
"you have thin partition or hollow
wall here" 80,
at is a condemned chimney, said Mr..
Tacgart, whose agitation was increasing.
| Tho department for the inspection OF
buildings sealed it up several months
ago. We used to have fireplace there,
and Harding had it bearded over and
papered to correspond with the rest OF
the room.
The LAWYER thumped again on the wall
| without any real object except to gam
time for thinking what to do next. he
raised his left hand to a level with his
head, and placed it against the wall. NJ
the same time putting his foot upon
| wall protector that projected from the
| mopboard. Before he had time TO re-
aize what he had done, he felt the par
tition give under the pressure of his hand,
and tie wall protector sink under his
! foot. ard simultaneously rart OF the
| wall swung open IN front az nm, uis,
closing an upright, CHASTITY. emaciated
| form. In the iniinitesimal fraction OF u
| second that it maintained its upright at
titude he recognized the distorted fea-
lures of the missing Harding. and heard
| Taggart gasp, THE third time. and be-
fore he could move his hands the figure
fell face down to the floor. He turned to
see Taggart reel and sink lifeless under
| the window. So great was his astonish-
| ment and horror that he stood for an in
slant staring blankly from ono PROSTATE
| figure to the other. Then he turned to
the opening in the wall. He saw closet
| too narrow to permit of man lying
down in it. 1t was completely closed on
all sides, except the one opened by The
door, whose combination lock he had ac-
cidentall- worked. On the floor were
packages Of paper and parcels that he at
once Judged to be the $50 900 distracted
from the safe. He rushed to Taggart, in
whom he sought to discover signs of life.
He raised his head and chafed his hands
anxiously.
II say, Drake, you owe me u dollar
and fifteen cents" said voice at the
office door. "You forgot to pay your
bill and got tired OF Nativity what
the matter!
1t was the brother lawyer.
Run for pitcher of water and get 9
doctor if you cam" was MIR. brakes an
swer.
When the lawyer returned with watel
Taggart had recovered consciousness anf
was sitting up on the floor, and Mr.
Drake was saying:
Its all right, Taggart, old man; 1T
all clear now. Your money and securi
ties are all in the secret closet that Hard
ing had made to hide them in. He mus
have been at the job when you came
and, having no time to complete it. shu
himself in there without realizing tina
the door could be opened only from thi
side. The miserable fellow undoubtedl,
suffocated and starved to DEATH"
Il told you l saw him." Responded
Taggart faintly.-F. r. Burton in Tn
| Rullatip
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

Vose & Son, the photographers, have in
their rooms a splendid negative Of large
size showing Fort Halifax as it looked be-
fore the repairs were made upon it a mum
Der of years ago. THIS negative is not a
copy but was made from the old fort i'sslf
Prints from it have been sent to various
parts Of the country and still it requires
quite number each year to supply the
demand
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

Sorth Gardiner, and Ogisr of Randolph.
The work If the sabbath xss reported BY
each pastor. Rev. Mr.. Chase of HaiIowell
rad an excellent paper On Lotteries" Ii
was voted T. attend the revival meetings in
Hsllowen next Monday afternoon. Ii was
also voted TO meet az Augusta 10 two weeks
At 10 A. NJ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

A note from DR.. Minor C. Baldwin of
Now York, the wonderful performer upon
the pipe organ, why gave concert here
last summer that is well remembered by
all who were fortunate enough to hear it
informs u, that he is to play at Portland or
the 4th instant, and will be at Skowhegau
SATURDAY evening, Dec. 18th. He hopes tc
stop off here while en- route. We hope he
may arrange to give the people of Water
vile an opportunity 10 hear his remarkable
plsying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-03

Advice of an old nurse-The baby would
be always bright and cheerful if an occs'
eiopai dose of DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup were
administered. Twenty five cents.
In its fioal stages there is no disease more
offensive than cstarrh Of the nasal passages
aud yet Old Sauls Catsrrh Cure quickly
ard pleasantly cures these advanced AMI
offensive conditions