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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-16
HEROIC LOYALTY.

English Soldiers Who Sang +" God Save the
queen" in tho Face Of Death.
The Pail Mall Budget lately had the
following account of how Maj. Wilson
and his party met their fate in their
attempt to capture Lobengula: On
Maj. Wilson and his party returning
with Capt. Borrow's reenforcements to
the kings scherm in the morning they
were received by a vollcy from part of
the 1nguba and lmbisu regiment, who
had orders to take up their position on
the road by which Maj. Wilson and his
party would return. On receiving the
volley Maj. Wilson retired into the
bush toward the river, but he found
his party surrounded on all sides by
natives, numbering from twenty-fv
hundred to three thousand at the very
least. The orders from the Indunas to
their men were that on reaching
Maj. Wilson's party they were to shoot
tie horses first. This order the
Matabele proceeded to carry into
effect, Moi. Wilson's party keeping up
. heavy dre all the time. The horses,
which Maj. Wilson had tied together
in ring, were soon all shot. The
Englishmen then lay down behind
them and kept up steady fire with
such good effect that they succeeded
in driving of the Matabele for q short
time, but, reenforcements arriving
from across the river, the attack was
again renewed. The fight must have
lasted some three hours. A number of
soldiers were seen to be wounded, and
their ammunition began to run short.
Then the natives gradually crept up
closer, shooting anyone they could.
The Induna describes Maj. Wilson
most accurately by his dress and the
hat he wore, and states that he was
wounded in several places and COW
cred with bl ood, while another wound
ed man stood by his side loading rifles
and handing them to him. Maj. Will
son and his men fought desperately to
the very last. The Induna said that
as the supreme moment came the Eng
lishmeh who were still able to rise
stood shoulder to shoulder, took off
their hats, and joined in q song, the
kind of song that he (the Induna)
had heard missionaries sing to the ma
tives. The Matabele then rushed up,
and while the men were singing what
we suppose to have been ''God Save the
Queen" they were overwhelmed by
the natives and assegaied. The Indu-
ma estimated that the Matabele lost |
eight to every one of the thirty-four
white men killed, and said that Loben-
gula's warriors lay round the dead
white men like grass,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-16
Edacatia9 : Prince.

It is costly business, the edacation
ofpsinees. The great Krupp establish-
ment at Essen recently turned ont .
miniature fortress to be set up in the
private grounds Of the royal palace 1t
Potsdam. It is to be used in the edu-
cation Of the crown prince Of Germany
and his brothers. Its cost was six hum
drsd Thousand marks, and IT. princi-
Piles Of construction are not TO be made
public There are srmorod turTdts
that rise, Dire their guns and instantly
sink out of vieH. II = ssid ta,at :
number Of new principles are embodied
In the construction Of this fortress, but
they ~ Tor the present to remain -
crs4G 1oe 96litieal reasous.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-16
TRUE GENTLEMEN.
Roogh Workinxmen Who Are Respectful
to WomoD. &A ,l@

to Womso. A f@ -
It has been demonstrated on manv
occasions thatit is not necessary for /
man to have his clothes cut in the lat
est fashion, to have diamonds spark
ling on his shirt front and to wear silk
underwear in order to come under the
head Of gentlemen" An example Of
this is given daily on Plum street, near
Twelfth, says the Cincinnati Times
Star. The thoroughfare above the last
named. street is used by the young
ladies Of the. college Of music, who
live in. the West end, for by using the
rear entrance to the college they save
themselves . walk Of almost two
squares just below the entrsnce TO
the college Il located one Of the large
depots Of the Cincinnati Ice company,
and here daily there are from SIX, to
ten men employed loading the wagons
Of the company. In order TO do this it
il necessary to. lay = chute from the
house to the wagons, and ii no case
have the men failed to rennove the
chute in order to let the ycang ladies
pass. In other ways, too. do these
rough. honest fellows show their re-
spect tor the lsdiea, and It 10 an ac-
eepted fAct st the college that It &
muck safer and more pleasant FOR !
yeung lady to 60 by thc way Of pldsa
street than ia uan. the aaaklet cf Is
medical studppte on TNelfth AtxeeA
The ceiling and The, Eeparla that are
q s.s He h 81 !; yoane iady
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-16
JONES' SNAKE-KiLLING PIGS.
The Farmer Trained His RaxOrbecks to
Exterm:nate Eerpents.

The Farmer Trained His RaxOrbocks to
Exterm:nate Serpents.
"Talk about snakes" said resident
of Boston the other day, "there are
more of 'em to the square acre in Flor
ida than in any other part of this glori-
Gus country. But as numerous as they
are they are not half as abundant as
they were few years ago, before any
organized effort was made to annihi-
late the whole serpentine breed.
''It seems that a bright idea involving
the wholesale extinction of snakes en-
tered the mind of one William Jones,
who up to that time had been poor
farmer struggling to support big fam
ilv. Now he is one of the solid men of
the county, and he made all his money
BY the successful execution of that
idea. He knew that the ordinary
razorback hog of Florida was q great
natural enemy Of snakes, and he set to
work to systematically train = whole
drove OF hogs to hunt down and de-
stroy the reptiles. In little while he
had his swine as thoroughly trained in
their part as setter dogs are drilled to
point quail. He first cleared his own
farm of vast quantity of big ones,
and then he began to hire out his hogs
to his neighbors who were snake-af-
ficted. The fame of those razorbacks
spread all over the land and people
whose places were infested with rat
tlesnakes and men who were clearing
up new land sent for Jones' hogs.
This is no romance, for talked with
Jones himself and he told me all about
it. and exhibited his book Of engage
ments, which also contained = record
of all the snakes slain for the last
twelve months- have every reason
to believe he was stating the facts, for
he gave me q warm invitation. TO visit
his place and promises to give an ex-
that would demonstrate the |
skin Of his snako-ki2lers."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-16
HER HAIR FULL OF VEAL tn.


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How . Young Lady stole Gold Dust an<
| @ Diamonds. 80 zEv gfd
"a young lady employed by q goll
and silversmith in New York has only
her good looks to thank for the fac
that she was allowed to resign withou
being prosecuted for theft" remarked
. resident of Brooklyn, according Il
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat. '.Shs
hasan extraordinarily fine head of hair
which she allows to hang loosely oves
her shoulders and nearly down to hel
waist. From time to time it was no.
ticed that the gold used in the room in
which she worked did not 20 as far as
it ought in making jewelry and gem
settings, and that even allowing for
the filings. which are most carefully
preserved, there was q distinct leak
age.
Steps were taken to subject the en-
ployes to more rigid search, but no
discovery was made until the young
lady with the long hair quarreled with
her roommate over love affair, and in
fit of jealousy her rival gave away
the most interesting story. The young
lady had kept her hair well creased,
and then while at work would fre-
quently pass her fingers through it cas-
ually, as though it were mere matter
of habit.
"By the process she accumulated a
good deal of gold dust in her hair and
sometimes dropped some diamond chips
as well. Every night she combed out
her locks with the smallest Of tooth
combs, carefully collected the pecul-
iarly purloined treasure-trove and sold
it without any difficulty. She broke
down completely when taxed with the
ofense, made restitution as far as she
was able, and her tears and promises
were so profuse that she was then al
lowed to depart in peace, although her
somewhat inconsistently took
measures to prevent her obtaining
further employment in the business in
which she was an expert"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-16

all her time, all her thoughts, moldin&
her with infinite devotion, living fol
her alone, writes TIL. Benton In thu
Ladies' Home Journal. She accOmpa
nies her to her lessons, directs he1
reading, watches day and night Il
guard that ideal purity which by sin
gular inconsequence will be sacrificed
ninety chances out of q hundred, to I
man whose life will have been quite
the contrary. The mother cannot re
form marriage as it exists in France
it is an institution full of defects-bu,
she can teach to her daughter all the
virtues to meet the sorrows which al
most certainly await her.
MORE DEATHS THAN eIRTHS.
A Rapid and Ominous Decrease In the
Population Of France.
Statistics are very dull, and dullness
is thing to be Stunned by all we'll
regulated persons, says q writer in
the Philadelphia Telegraph, but an
article has just appeared in the Jour
nal Oficiel which is not quite uninter-
esting to France and the French.
During the year 1892 the deaths in
France exceeded the births by over
twenty thousand. Hitherto the popula-
tion had been about stationary, but this
national deficit is serious. The French,
from the highest to the lowest, do not
care for large families, alleging, justly
enough, that children are expensive
articles. Did not cook the other day
lay her woes over the death of her first
born open to her sympathizing mis-
tessY ''That baby cost me first and
last not less than three hundred dol
lars" quoth the bereaved mother,
land after all that expense it only
lived three weeks!' The birth-rate is
about as usual in France, at the ratio
of twenty-five births for every thou
sand inhabitants, but the increase in
mortality is frightful, and is attrib-
uted by the medical authorities en-
tirely to grippe, which they state has
made more victims than the great
cholers epidemics ever killed in one
year. 1t is also solemnly set forth
that the children who were born At
the time of the war of 1870 are adding
to the mortality by expiring now; but
as these great medical lights state that
the children born during the siege
generally died in their infancy, owing
to their privations, it is difficult to see
why the mortality among the ''war
babies" as they were called. should
have ceased for twenty whole years to
spring up again suddenly. However,
there is the unpleasant fact that the
Of France, if something is
not done, will speedily resemble, in
this large and pleasant land, the rela-
tive proportions preserved by single
huckleberry sailing gravely in very
large bowl of milk. r
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-16

zGrgsg N4.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
Canaan.

Dennis Goodridgc who has of late
been in the employ of the Maine Central
at Phillips. hut called home to Canaan
by the sudden death of his father, Lrvi
j. Goodridge, is spending the winter
with his family at the old homestead.
where his services are much needed dur
ing the severe illness of his step-mother,
Mrs. Goodridge. 1t is said that he has
engaged with the Wiscasset & Quebec
railroad company to aid in building cars
for that road in the spring at Wiscasset.
Horace Hall who has suffered many
years from a bad leg received II severe
injury last week to his we'll leg from a
falling tree
The opinion is prevalent in Pttstield
Palmyra, Clinton, Watcrville and Ca
uaan that the Wiscasset Il Quebec rail
road will, when extended north of the
Maine Central, 60 direct from Clinton
village to Canaan, instead of going tC
Burnham, and thus save ten miles OF
road in reaching BrownvilIe. $4,000
subscription can be obtained in Clinton
and Canaan for this route, but for the
other route from Clinton to Burnham
and Pittsticld nothing is in sight, says
Canaan correspondent.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
ST 4AIbaIls.

Mr. Asa Wiggiu, Who was buried Jan
uarH 18th. Was one of the Oldest men
aud residents of st. Aban>, being -
Yeats aud some months. IL" was born
aud had always lived in town and vas Il
worthy citizen. lie leaves two daugh-
ters. Mrs. Mary Ba,> OF southampton,
y H., and Miss Amanda Niggin, whose
residence MAS with her father on the
hume farm. Funeral services we're con
Quoted by Rev. Chas \. S"uthrd "t
81. Alhan,.
Mr. II. \. llnri has hreu al Harmony
for The pa>t Week assisting in HE care NJ
Frank L. Pennell. ID Whose severe
SielneS, ha, been the cause "t much
alarm to his relatives and friends We
Learn a. this writing that hi, condition
i, improved although not vet out OF
danger. he i attended by l)r. {. y,
Monitor of 81. Albln, Dr. ThaYrr of
Naiefeillr. Nas With Other physicians
called for consultation ON Friday. VIII n
] il vi. found an operation Wuuld have TO
be performed. This. il i uoW Thought,
can be avoided. .rlr disease is ntlama-
ton Of the stomach aud bowels, the re-
suit nf Il gippe. bs'ughI On II Is
thought. by exposure IN returning 10
his hum from court at SkoWhcEan. AT
TIN time OF the severe SNOW storm ana
blizhad
The concert given at 81. Adams. Jan.
25th. TOR the benefit OF n. Alban- tornet
band. WIS attended hH very large
crowd. many being from HarJland. In
addition to the usual amount of band
music. there WIS Il duet by t'co. y.
GaoaWin and Mis- Ada Southarl: banjo
solo Il, Fred Bigelow OF Monsoon, which
was thoroughly euinVed by all. for al
though 81. Albah> has the reputation OF
possessing large amount OF musical
fal ut for smiil town, yet the BAN
io,t, are not hcre IA play entitled "MN
Neishhor, Wife" with other exercises,
completed an entertain hent which WAS
Nell appreciated by those present S2b
dollars were the receipts OF the evening
The ". [. 7. L. located at the "tivr
Corners" 50 called. in st. AlbaES. in
addition 10 their usual regular line of
work. are making Il very worthy cllTt
to increase their library in volumes and
also extend il, usefulness by Il wider
circulation. They will also very soon
o,ganize ''Band OF Mercy" all Of
which speaks aell Tor the energy of the
members OF this branch of the order.
The shovel handle blocks are coming
10 y. B. Turner's factory in great
quantities. ae counted 10 heavily loaded
teams At one time waiting their turn to
unload Ordinarily March is the month
when the shovel handle teams come IN
thick and fast; he will reach 10000
dozen earlier than usual this year.
Owing to the storm there we're but
few went To Palmyra. to grange meet
ing, saturday, Jan. 27th. st. Albans
Grange had been invited aud accepted
the Invitation: those who wcut report a
most enjoyable meeting. Palmyra
Grange starts under very favorable
auspices
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
Hard Deposits In steam BOILERS.

A very simple methol of preventing
hard deposits III steam hmiers is lnel-
toned by NJ. Schmidt. II French IN
gineer. There are two bollers in use AT
the same time, one being al rest, aae
the water in use is very bad. being very
calcareous and magnesic. with organic
matter, chloridos and littie sulphate Of
of lime. Each boiler Is allowed 10 60 on
working for about 300 hours before
being cleaned, when it is stopped,
with the water in it, and allowed to cool
down for about week The masonry
il allowed to become cold. and then the
tap is opened, also the safety valve, sc
that the water runs naturally out Of the
boiler, the latter, when Empty, being cn-
tered and simply swept. The deposit,
being in the form of damp mud is easily
swept away leaving the boiler as clean
inside as if it were new
This method has been i'll use some tiv
years and seems to show that the orli
nary hardening of deposits i'll boilers Is
due to the absence of water in them
while the mud and the iron are beng
heated by the brickworli when the boiler
has been emptied by the ordinary meth
cd under pressure. 1t is necessary, how
ever, under this system, TO be able 10 dc
without the particular boiler for some
eight days-New York Sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
Maine Resorts.

Hon. :. ". Mathews, Commissioner of
the Maine Bureau of Industrial and La
Dor Statistics. has issued his annual re-
port. Which j. devoted largely 10 in
formation conc, ruing the summer re-
-orts OF the State. In reply 10 ciieul=ls
sent out to the hotels and summer
Beading houses. 1870 reported, the az
gregatc capacity nt Nhich was l3.6ll
guests: aumbcr h employees. 21s9; AVER
age sum paid each rmploye, 26l.ll; ag-
src4 itc amount paid for farm produce,
>ll $50; amount ppid Ia hotels and
houses reporting. hv guests. s91 .932 !;
plumber OF guests entertained, 62.3S9; on
the ,1me basis h" number of guests in
tie ~ summer resorts in the State
would be l72, ,SSl amount expended by
guests from out of he State during the
season of 1892, -, ,73l, ,i3l. Adding the
nu'nhrr camping out, occupying cot
tagc>. boarding at private houses, etc.
The different persons coming to the
State during the season is safely esii-
mated at 100000. Taking transporta-
iion and everything else into consider
aliun. the commissioner thinks the
recuniary results to the State from its
sumner resort business crnnot be esti-
mated at lrss than Sl0,000,000 per au-
nlun,
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01

La Fontaine said one of the most
brilliant critics and wits of the famous
fable writer's time, is such fool that
he does not know he has more genius
than Esop or PhPdrus
In truth, he was severe critic of his
own work. He attended the first presen-
tation of his Astree, and sat near
some ladies who did not know him. AT
some of the important passages he ex-
claimed: "That is wretched! That is
absurd!"
When they protested that it was
good, and that it was by the great La
Fontaine, ne rejoined:
That makes no difference. The
piece is bad. | know tnat La Fontaine
you are speaking of. He's stupid fel-
low. He's myself. -
Then he went out, entered cafe and
went to sleep in a corner. Some of his
friends found him there and inquired
why he WASH listening to "Astree.
"Oh, said the author, rousing him
self and sitting yawn, II just came
away. The first part displeased me
greatly. No one agreed with what said
about it. but didn t care to hear more.
admire the patience of the Parisians. )"
-Youth's 8 Companion.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
Clippings.

Boston journal: Congressman Bou-
telle's attempt to save some protection
for New England lumbcrmen was un-
successful, but it will be remembered to
his party's benefit at next falls elections.
From much that we hear about the
oilice-sceking propensities of the men-
bers of the Democratic state committee
os Maine, we infer that the characteriza-
tion of that organization AS plum trust
is not altogether inappropriate.
Boston Journal: 1t is probably be-
cause Congressman Stevens is so pleased
with the Wilson bill that he has ordered
his Haverill mill to shut down In order
that he may have uninterrupted leisure
TO contemplate its sbeneticent workings.
As an object lesson in protection and
its value, the great Empire State may
be cited. The amount of capital en-
ployed in the various departments of
manufactures in the State of New ork
in 1860 was $l72 ,652. In 1890 the
capital invested in industrial establish
mcnts in that State had risen to the
enormous aggregate OF Sl,20O, ,oo0,0oo.
The value of the products of those
plants in 1860 was S37S,S70,939 and in
1890 il was 81 ,1s9, 100000. Thirty years
of protection made good record.
The American Metal Market: In no
line of business is the effect of the tariff
agitation so plainly visible and so easily
reduced to figures as in the domestic
manufacture of tin plates. The product
of this industry, which, according to our
figures published last October, showed
an increase from 7S5, ,5I7 pounds f'r the
quarter ended Sept. 30, 1891, to ls,264,-
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
The Sense of sight.

Like every other sense, that of sight
improves by use under healthy condi-
tions, and therefore the people who have
the greatest exercise of their vision in
the open air under the light of the sun
have the best eyesight. Generally speak
ing, savage tribes possess the keenes, eye
sight, acquired through hunting. Natives
of the Solomon islands are very quick at
perceiving distant objects, such as ships
at sea, and will pick out birds concealed
in dense foliage some go or 20 feet high.
Shepherds and sailors are blessed with
good sight.
Eskimos will detect white fox in the
snow great distance away, while the
Arabs of the deserts of Arabia have such
extreme powers of vision that on the
vast plains of the desert they will pick
out objects invisible to the ordinary eye.
at ranges from one to ten miles distant
Among civilized peoples the Norwegians
have better eyesight than most if not all
others, as they more generally fulfill the
necessary conditions The reason why
defective eyes are so much on the in
crease in this country, and in Europe
lies in too much study of books in early
life and in badly lighted rooms. Brook
lyn Eagle.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01

81 had read and heard a great deal
about DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. and that day | took up "A
paper and saw more of the testimonials.
That very day got bottle and com
menced taking it. Before | had taken
the first bottle could see that it was
helping me and was feeling better.
~ have now taken five bottles and do
not feel the need of any more, being
completely cured. | sleep well and
have good appetite. II | should be
taken again should take DIR. Greene's
medicine. Please publish this to the
world for the good Of everyone"
What greater prize could the world
contain than medicine which can cure
such suffering as that? DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy is con-
stantly performing the most wonderful
cures all over the land.
Are you sick, weak or in pain: Then
take this wonderful medicine and it
will surely cure you. You need it es-
pecially at this season to prepare your
system for spring. You need not fear
to use it, for 1t is purely vegetable and
harmless and is the discovery of Dir.
Greene, of "a Temple Place, Boston,
Mass, the most successful specialist in
curing nervous aud chronic disease.
The doctor can be consulted at his office
free, personally or by letter.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
CORRESPONDENCE
40. \orritlgcWock.

Nm. Mitchell has hired the shop near
simoud's paint, shop and is prepared te
do all kinds Of boot and shoe repairing
lie is a iirst-cla workman and we be
speak for him a liberal patronage
Mrs. Nancy Prescott is sick with a
stomach trouble.
Al jenkins has gone to Brunswick to
work in a paper mill.
Walter Pierce il sick with thu pueume-
mia.
Installation Of officer, Thursday even
ing at Good Temphrs Hail. All the
members are wanted to attend. Il. l..
Frederic, &c. Holt aud B. + Mitchell
have been elected trustees for the en-
suing year.
Rev. l.. Pepper preached very able
sermon at the Baptist church. SUNDAY.
Mr. Emery is more comfortable AT the
present writing. but will not be able to
preach for a long time.
II. NJ. pattec went to Boston. Satur-
day.
Mr. George Bracket was called 10
Boston tuesday, by the sickness OF his
father
Mr.. Wm. Tobcy has been very sick
with the grip, but is some better
The directors of the Sparkling Spring
trramery OF NorrdgcWock have de
eided to start the factory, Feb. IL.
The husking she'd of lIuruham " Nor
rill, 200 feet in length, fell Thursday
night from weight of snow on it, roof
Wrecking a number of carriages stored
thorn In residents Of The village.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01
Snlitlifield.

Mrs. Syrena Harlow of Smlthlield lei
down her cellar stairs last week. SIT
had lighted kerosene lamp in her hand
when her foot slipped. She threw th'
lamp to the bottom o> the cellar. Fort
unatev it went out without doing an,
damage. Mrs, Harlow escaped viii
some bruises
Mary and Stella Holmes are at hom'
on vacation.
.Jeanulc Crowcll is spending the wcch
with her sister in Pennington.
u. W. Mosher is visiting at Dr. Dlns-
more's during his vacation.
The families who have been afflicted
with grippe, are recovering 'lowly
Ora Chase of Skowhcgan, is to hold
meetings every evening. the present
week at City school house.
Charlie Crowell has been visiting AT
Norridgewo ock the past week.