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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

Barn warnings are on the taps in the
rural districts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

The event of the season at Foxcroft will
be a spelling match between the school
teachers on Saturday next.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

John Bull appears terribly nervous these
days. A cabinet council suddenly sends g
shiver down the back of the entire nation
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

No Republican will be invited to a
British banquet in consideration of his
services in congress to Great Britain. The
Republican is first an American.-[Indi
anapolis journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Republican convention in Boston
needs no lengthy comment. 1t spoke for
itself
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

Presque Isle Odd Fellows are agitating
The project of erecting an $4,000 block.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

The United States court says strikes are
legal, but they must be peaceable. The
court has commonsense as well as law on
its idc-[Taunton Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

The Republicans gain l6 towns in Con-
nccticut. The manufacturing centers re.
versed their Democratic votes and sup
ported the Republican ticket. AS in
Connecticut, SO will it be throughout the
country II Baltimore American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

Camp Selden Conuor'' is the name the
Coburn cadets have given their camp on
Mupjoy hill, and very appropriate name
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.

Unless Ii Hung Chung has better luck
than he has been having Of late, he stands
good chance of being Ii Chung hung
IWaltham Free Press
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

Neither the president nor any member
of his cabinet has as yet sent q telegram
congratuiating Senator Hill upon his sue
cessful effort to prevent the nomination
for governor from going into the street to
beg for lodgings. Apparently the admin
istration feels just as Mr.. Hill does-un-
willing to talk until officially informed
New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08
AUGUSTA SAVINGS BlIR,
Organized ls4S.
BANKING ROOMS 235 WATER ST.

TRUsTBxs--Wm. 8. Badger, J. II. Manley, L.
c. Cornish, LendM) Titcomb. Is. +. Parrot.
Deposits received and placed on interest liz
first day OF every month.
Interest paid or credited on account on the afn
Wednesday of February and August
Deposits are exempt by law from all taxes, md
accounts ere strictly confidential.
Especial privileges afforded 10 Executors, A
miniktrators, Guardians, Trustees. married won
en- and minors.
aprSdtf EDWIN G. DUDLEY. Trea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

A party given at North Arson recently
was quite a novelty. There were seven
people present, and their united ages
amounted to 504 years. The youngest was
GO, and the eldest 81, the average age being
70 years.
The streets of Damariscotta are now we'll
supplied with street lamps through the eff
forts CT the Village improvement Society.
The following story, is vouched by some
of Dexter's oldest citizens: A certain
clergyman, now residing in another state,
was at one time pastor of church in De1-
ter, and his parishioners decided to give
him a donation party. A certain brother
noted for his singular ways, was asked
what he could give. ga load of tip top
wood" he replied. That evening he drove
up to the clergyman's residence with a
load of small limbs cut out of the tops of
trees. The brethren, who went out to
help him unload, didn't dispute but that it
was "tip top wood.
Orchardists report the yield of apples
this year to be very peculiar. While some
orchards in certain neighborhoods hang very
full, other orchards on the same road have
but very few apples.
The event of the season at Fo1croft will
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

Patrons in cities where letter carriers arc
employed, are advised to provide letter
boxes at place of business or private resi-
dences, thereby saving much delay in the de.
livery Of mail matter. =
REQUEST all your correspondents to address
your mall matter to the proper street and
number.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-08

Approximately, the rate on letter Is tw
cents for every ounce and fraction thereof Il
the United States, Canada. and Mexico, AM
countries. single newspaper is trans
nitted in the domestic mail at the rate o
Jour ounces for one cent. Books are sent a
the rate of two ounces for one cent, and mer
chandise one cent per ounce. For any spe
cific information regarding the classification
of mail matter or postage inquire either
the stamp window or Of the postmaster.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
A Terror to Criminals.

NJ. Bertillon's recent successes in the
Identification of anarchists have drawn
much attention to the Anthropometric
department. of Paris, over which he
presides. He is the Official OF whom
the habitual criminal is most III dread,
for he has brought his system to such
a state of perfection that five minutes
sometimes sufices for the discovery OF
the photograph taken perhaps years
ago, and to which are appended vari-
GUS telltale details, including the dates
of the condemnations which the culprit
has already undergone. The ease with
which this is done is all the more re-
markable owing to the fact that the
department contains upwards OF one
hundred and fifty thousand similar
documents. Everything is SO well
classified that photographs which may
not have been looked at for years are
promptly discovered. Nine measure
ments of prisoners are taken, and the
men employed in this work are SO ex-
pert that it is done in few minutes
After undergoing this process the cul-
prit is photographed. Occasionally re-
is offered, but this is rapidly
overcome. There Is no deceiving n.
Bertillon, who is said to be the special
horror Of pickpockets from the British
side of the channel
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
KErcHUM ALrURAs COUNTY IDAHO

of hunting spurred his ingenuity, and
he overcame his seeming insurmounta-
BILE obstacle. He straps his single-bar-
rel, breeeh-loading hammerless gun to
his right arm, and when he sights
game he swings the piece over the
stump of his left arm, takes quick aim
and fires, generally with telling effect.
His mode Of loading u ss uniqe as his
shooting. He carries the shells in his
hat, and when he wants one bows low,
drops his hat on the ground, pulls out
the empty shell with his teeth and in q
similar manner loads, then pushing
his head into his hat to recover his
head. Despite his afiliction, Simon
has done some of the best shooting in
Bucks county the past year, his record
standing: Sixteen opossums, five
pheasants, five dozen blackbirds, thirty
seven rabbits and twenty4one qusil.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
HIS HEARING WAS RESTORED.

But After Being Cured He Couldn't Even
Bear tho Ticking Of Wstch.
A well-known physician recently told
the following story to an Indianapolis
Sentinel reporter:
"a prominent Marion county farmer
discovered that he was gradually get
ting deaf. He couldn't hear the hired
man blast stumps with giant powder.
He came to my Office and made signs
that he wanted his ears examined. I
examined them, and in an instant, al
most, found that his defective hearing
was caused by the gathering of a waxy
substance in the ears. When I re-
moved that obstruction of the hearing
was surprised at the result. The old
gentleman jumped from the chair
where he had been seated and put both
hands to his ears. He couldn't stand
the noise from the street and the least
sound startled him. He was one Of the
most pleased men ever saw. He went
away and it was several weeks before
saw him again. He called at the Office
with his wife and she did all the talk
ing. She hardly raised her voice above
o WHISPER 0Au every AOW oAO UACA 0AAC
looked at her husband in q timid way.
She said that for several days he would
not allow the least bit of noise in the
house, and that he butchered some
pigs before their time because of being
affected by their squeal His daughter
and her husband had lived with them
for two years and they had to leave on
account Of the crying of their six
months-old baby There were two
clocks in the housA, one in the dining
room and dne in the bedroom. These he
stopped on account Of the ticking The
clock in the bedroom was an alarm
clock. 1t went of one night. He
jumped from bed and nearly broke his
neck by falling head first on the floor.
The woman said that she had to keep
the house as quiet as . country grave
yard for more than two weeks, for it
was that long before her husband be-
came accustomed to hearing. His
however, has gone back to
the farm with her baby, and the clocks
have been started again."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.

lie JOHN w. PLArr. his heirs or assig

Ie JOHN W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that 1 have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (5OO) dol
~ %rS IN labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAuI. lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
y-two miles from ketchum, in Warm
springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county; county; Idaho, as required by section 1924,
;nH me'ised Statutes of the United States. be-
lug me amount required to hold the same
,S1 m the years ending December 81, 1887, to
,h ,nheeember 81, 1891; that your proportion of
";e. ,Ge same is $3.50, being one halt; and if
~. ia.llh ninety 90 days from the service of
tH;s s notice, or within ninety (9) days after
ans t, notice by publication you fail or re-
SxS use 70 contribute your proportion of such
,.;s ;sSnciture as co-owncr. your interest in
nn%alm r.,S clalm will become the property of the
section 1924, FRANK I. LEMON.
Ae%1cnum.. Idaho. July q, 1892.
Flrst publication July 80, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
AaDEcEPTWE TARGET.

It Costs Something to Learn to Hit the
Dangling Ball.
A shooting gallery popularity that
has recently came into popularity con-
sists in a very light and fragile ball OF
blown glass, or in some cases hollow
egg shell suspended from string.
This always attracts the inexperi-
enced marksmen, because the natural
destructiveness inherent in human ma
ture causes him to prefer to shoot at
something which he can smash rather
than at target that gets no harm
from his accuracy.
Therefore, says the New York Sun,
be wastes his three shots, at one and
two-thirds cents a shot, not on targets,
but ON the suspended mark. And he
never hits it.
The experienced man in rifle range
ceitful ball. he knows that it can't be
hit. Probably he knows it from ex-
perience, for it is one Of those facts
that no man will believe until he has
tried it for himself.
The reason for it is that very light
hollow glass ball, OF blown egg if
properly hung on q slender thread,
will dodge any bullet that ever came
from gun barrel. The air that the
bullet piles up in front of it blows the
light mark out of the projectile's path
until it has passed, after which the
target swings back to its original po-
sition.
This is very provoking for the marks
man, who, if he be good shot, has
the doubtful satisfaction of seeingshis
target execute three quick lodges at
the aforementioned price of one and
two-thirds cents per dodge
There is nothing, however, so re-
numerative to the proprietor as these
pendent marks, for the gunners, pro-
voked at their lack Of success, will keep
on and on and on trying to hit a mark
compared to which pin head would
be a barn door shot, and they only
give it up in disgust when the cost be-
gins to tell upon them or when some
wiser friend explains their lack of sue
cess.
Two dollars is cheap price to pay
for the knowledge that one of these
hanging targets is better mark for q
baseball than for bullet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
HOW TO KILL cRocoDlLEs
Shoot Thom or Catch Thorn ON I3ne m
Take an Az.

Shoot Them or Catch Thorn ON I3ne and
Take N Az.
There are two ways Of killing croco-
diles, writes IN ex-resident Of India.
One is by shooting with rifle, but the
most Satisfactory way of dealing with
them, besides being far the most sport
ing, is to bait . good large hook with =
bird or small animal and fasten it by .
chain to good long rope, the end Of
which is firmly p,clested, the rope be-
ing coiled and the bait lain in shallow
water. There must be lots of slack
line, as the crocodile does not swallow
anything at once, but SEXES it and
takes it into deep water to gorge. A
number of lines may Be laid and looked
up in the morning or cool Of the even-
ing.
When hooked 1t VIII take . good
many men to haul crocodile out, and
as he resents the operation and can use
his tsil Is well Is his jaws, ono or two
sportsmen viii find considerable enter
tainment in dispatching him with
speakA
Some crocodiles grow to enmmous
size, and their maaws always contain
round white stones and often trinkcts,
thu relics oi inside passengers The
writer assisted at the death Of . not
extraordinarily large ''snubnoss" which
had six women's rings In her.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15


~. +. TrLLr. his heirs and assigns:
cenSua nSu are hereby notified that l have ex-
f"uSa fs,s 80 the sum Of one hundred 1907 dol
al labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
Siat.m due mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
order I., T. A<1ras Atty county, State of Idaho, in
~. sh,:'Gns of section 9ss4 Revised Statutes tut @ nf
o~;,ed ami enited States, being tn. amount re-
ine IN ~. 70 hoid the same for the year end
HonD DSfafianer Of en- 81. 1902; that your proper
md Il Il mes; .ae same is SO. being one-tenth !;
SSsrvice Of this notice, or vithin n,nety % o. 81
l16 or smer .e this notice by publications You
& sseh ~ hLeiase to contribute your proportion
,Sahl;csaatiosns hlsa expenditure, including eests Of
vii hecc,. your interest in said claim
"a. ~ aader the pro1IsioSs q of said aid section ss:t
Hi,a JOHN G0RNAN.
1pReaeap. 1l1e4 Il, IA
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15

was coming. just as he made the curve
the wheels few from under his machine
and threw him with his head, right
shoulder and right arm on. the track.
I shut my eyes and tried to stop the
car, though knowing it could not be
done in time. By wonderful chance the
boy in throwing up his arm to ward off
the blow held it just right for the car
fender to strike him on the muscular
part of the arm and hurl him to one
side clear Of danger. A bruised arm
was his only injury"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15

ended whisky barrel, says the Detroit.
Free. Press, ~ ~
..Who arrested this man?"f he aake1.
% the prisoner atood up before him.
1--WE did" responded halt :, doseA
citizens standing around
sWhat's the charger
"Hoss stealing" 0
kin you prove it?7
"You betcher life We kini W>ketched
him in the act"
The judge looked ugly.
"Wi1l you swear to it?" he asked.
''Gourse we will; didn't we jist teo
you we ketched him at itP''
"All wight, gents" said the judge.
blandly, as he laid his gun across the
law book, ''I'll fine each an every one
of you ten dollars and costs for con-
tempt of court in fetchin' him here and
dismiss the case agin the prisoner.
You oughter strung him up when yoa
zetched him" .teE s
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
ONLY THE REFLECTION.

Hesribls Thought Produced By the Tecus
Of . Window PAne.
They sat on the sofa. They had Just
come to q mutual understanding, and
he had measured her finger for the en-
gagement ring, and they were in the
first throes of tender reminiscence.
''Do you remember" he said, in q
trembling voice-''you do Aot remem-
Der when you hrst saw meT'
eyes, / do"
ibid sny thrill or throb tell your
heart this happy moment would cpma3
No, that could not be expected"
"Yes, something did seem to whis-
per that we might become man and
wife,
..My darling!t he said, and he kissed
her fondly
.Yes, remember / saw you from the
window, leaving the house, and I
thought how awful it would be to mar
~ : bsndy-legged man; but it was
only the glass in the window that was
uneven and made you look o."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
IN OFFICE sixTY-FouR YEARS.

The Record Of ao OctogenArian Poespapr
ter In the Buckeye staee.
Postmaster General Bisseu has found
q man in the postal service whose ex-
perience has interested him so Rreatly
that he contemplates making use of 4
recent letter written by this man IN
preparing his annual report, says \
writer in the New York Times. w. 81.
Wallace, ST., postmaster at Hammonds-
vile. O., now eighty-two years Of age.
wrote two fair pages of letter paper
recently without noticeable error of
composition and in good, firm hand, to
give the secretary his experience in
brief. He has been sixty-four years in
the postal service, having held office
under thirty postmaster generals. He
began when he was still . boy, and has
been the postmaster 1t Hammondsville
many years. When he was first post
master, and the charge for letters was
twenty-five cents for four hundred
miles or over, he had taken two bush
els of oats, or two bushels Of potatoes,
or five dozen of eggs, or four pounds Of
butter, or two-thirds of buahel Of
wheat, or one and one third pounds Qf
common wool as q fair compenmtioa
in kind for the postage. The postage
on thirty-two such letters, he says,
would be about equivalent to the
price Of q good milch cow. The post
masters were expected to look out thae
letters were written ON one sheet Of NJ
per; It they were On two sheeks tho
postage was to be double. Mr.. Wa2-
lace gives some entertaining accouptD
OF his many long trips over the noun-
tadns before the railroads. were con.
indicating that he was .
travelled man many years before there
was much travelling between the east
and the west. That he Is .. pretty
capable citizen at his age Is plain from
the TACT that, besides being postmaater,
he is the station agent for the Penn
sylvania railroad 1t HammondWala.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
MoToRMEN DREAD BICYCLES
DaAeerous Risks Taken by eomo Ratlsn o
the Popular Wheel.

O0AG010ue 6O8D 1ok00 y 00nn0 ksaQo10 O1
the Popular Wheel.
Bicycles are source of dread to cleo
tric car motormen on account Of the
risks the wheelmen take. 1.-THE dam
ger" said motorman to q Louisville
Courier-Journal reporter, 'sis when the
stsSets are wet and slippery. have
seen the bicycle wheels threw the ma
chimes upside down as quick as q man
esn b thrown BY banana peeling.
Dnly = day dr two ago thought snre
that 1 was going to kill q boy. Ny ear
was coming pretty fast, and the boy,
who was coming out Of another street
at : clipping gait, not only tried to
croes IN front Of the car, but to make .
sharp curve around in front Of the cdr
TO MP thd arsit d3SIin which he exr
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
coNFEDERATEs III CONGRESS.
OAly Twelve Men to Be Fuund IN Beth
Branches-Passlng AwAy.

Oaly Twelve Men to Be Fuund In Bath
Branches Passing Away.
The men who enjoyed prominence IN
the military and civil service Of the
confederaey are rapidly passing IRON
the arena Of national politics, Gays tho
Augusta Chronicle. Below isaa record
Of such as are still in active life at
Washington: The senior United States
senator from Alabama, John T. Nor
gan, was q brigadier general in the
confederate army; and her other sena-
tor, James L. Pugh, was . member 81
the confederate congress. joseph
Wheeler, who attained the rank Of
lieutenant general in the confederate
service, has for twelve years been tho
representative in congress from the
Eighth Alabama district. The senior
senator from Georgia, John B. Gordon,
was likewise . lieutenant general In
the army of the eonfederacy. Edward
G. Walthall, Of Mississippi, . major
general in the confederate service, and
Of late the junior United States senator
from his native state, while not now in
active politics, having resigned for the
balance Of his present term in the up
per house, has been elected for and Ia
confidently expected to take his seat in
that honorable body in March, 1895
The senior United States senator from
Missouri, Francis, NJ. cockrell, was
brigadier general IN the confederate
army; and the other senator from that
commonwealth. George g. Vest, held
positions in both houses of the confed-
crate congress. The present senior
United States senators from both North
and South Carolina, Matt w. Rsnsom
and NJ. c. Butler, were major generals
In the confederate service. The repre-
sentatives from Tennessee in the upQee
house Of congress are IahAm @. Harris,
the senior, and William B. Rate, wAo
is the junior senator from that COM
monwealth. The first mentioned was
q war governor Of his native state aud
the last named was a major general in
the confederate army. And lastly,
Eppa Hunton, who saw service a. brig
adler general in the confederate army,
at present occupies the position Of
junior senator from Virginia in the
congress of the United States. Thus
do we perceive that Of the multitude Of
those who distinguished themselves in
the military and civil annals of the
confederaey only twelve remain in p4-
tional halls. 49,,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-15
ST. PAUL's INSURANCE.

Nearly Half q Million In Money-Many
Precautions Taken Against Lightning.
st. Paul's cathedral is insured, says
''Spare Moments" Out Of the total
proceeds of the fabric fund, for keep
ing the building in repairs, about So, 900
. year-s1, ,25O is expended on q policy
Of insurance against fire. The church
is insured to the extent of $495, 900. So
far as human precautions are of avail,
the cathedral is secure against light
ming on a scientific plan which was
suggested by the Royal society, as far
back as 1869.
The seven iron scrolls which support
the ball and cross, are connected with
other rods. used as conductors, which
unite them with several large iron
bars descending obliquely to the stone
work of the lantern, and connected by
IN iron ring, with four other iron bars
to the leaden covering of the great
cupola, q distance of fifty feet. Thence
the communication is continued down
ward by the rainwater pipes to the
lead-covered roof, and thence again by
leaden water pipes which pass down
into the earth, partly through iron,
and partly through lead. On the clock
tower, looking down Ludgate Hill, .
bar of iron connects the pineapple or
namentation at the top with the iron
staircase which leads up to it inside,
and thence to the lead on the root Of
the church.
The bell tower at the northwest AM
gle is similarly protected. BY these
means the metal used in the building
is made available for the work of con-
ductors, the metal itself being en-
ployed merely for that purpose, being
exceedingly small in quantity when
compared with the bulk Of tho fabric
which It serves to secure.