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The news boy., 1894-12-22

prepared little while before, and
cutting off very small piece he eau
tiously handed it to the starving
wretch, who seized it fercely and i'm
mediately concealed it in his haver-
sack, and ut evening when they
stopped and built their fires he made
haste to broil it, eating it voraciously.
When his companions wondered at his
eating pony meat, he told them that
his hunger had overcome his scrupies,
thinking the while to himself how
they were fooled.
The next day he began begging
again to the captain for another piece,
and again the captain insisted that he
could not let him have any without en-
dangering his own life.
IF l give it to you l shall starve,
and l must think of myself, for have
wife and children, and you haven't"
But you wouldn't see me starve,
would you?"
"If you starve it will only be the
fortune of war;" the captain answered
grimly. "If one of US must starve,
had rather it should be YOU"
Captain. I'll give you my whole
months salary when we get back to
the fort if you will let me have one
more piece"
The captain finally yielded, after
again making him swear that he would
not tell anyone, and warning him not
to forget that he owed him one hun.
dred and eighty dollars
All this time their suffering from
cold and fatigue and the harassing by
the Indians had continued, but they
had managed to kill good many Of
the ponies. and they were now not more
than ten miles from their camp. Col.
Williamson accordingly decided that
the time had come for decisive action.
Sending two riders to gallop ahead to
the camp to announce that the troops
would arrive that evening. and to
see that big campfres were built
and abundant rations were cooked,
the colonel ordered the men to ride in
among the ponies with their revolvers
and shoot them as rapidly as possible.
This was speedily accomplished, and
in short time the whole troop gal
loped away, leaving the Indians be-
hind with no resources except the food
which their dead ponies afforded. That
night as the soldiers sat around their
campfire after an abundant supper en-
joying the comforts of warmth and
sated appetites and their pipes as they
had never enjoyed them before, Lieut..
Williamson told how Capt. Parker
had saved his life by sharing his an
telope meat with him. But" said he,
with a dolorous expression, "he made
me pay for it; I've got to give him my
months salary for a piece of jerked
meat no bigger than my hand"
The time had now come for the cap
tain to let the cat out of the bag,
which he proceeded to do, and when
amid the roars of laughter of officers
and men, the young lieutenant real.
lied how he had been duped and that
he had eaten pony meat after all, he
broke away from the campfire and
rushed out into darkness, where, as
the narrator who told me the story.
said, he threw up everything but his
commission.-Was Star.
The news boy., 1894-12-22
At the Center of the Earth.

Let us speculate a little on what
would be the probable condition of
some of the common substances if they
could be taken to the center of the
earth-say to distance of 1900 miles
straight down under your feet. Prof,
Leslie says that water, at depth of
Se2 miles, would be of the density of
quicksilver, and that air at depth of
only "a miles would be as thick and
heavy as water. 1t Is true that we are
ignorant of the laws of compression be-
yond depth of a paltry few thousand
feet, but it is believed that water at
the center Of the earth would be as
dense as lead aud that block of steel
four Seet square would be reduced to
the SIZE of child's A B G block.
The news boy., 1894-12-22
EARLY INFANTRY EQUIPMENT.
Very Crude as Compared With Modern
Arms.

Arms.
Among the arms now obsolete. which
formed large part of the infantry
equipment in the days when the army
was started. was the pike. which was
in the form of n spear, with a fiat and
pointed head. mounted on staff from
thirteen to eighteen feet long. The
frearm in general use at the time was
the matchbox.
What would a sergeant major of the
present day. with his men, armed with
the magazine rifle. think of such a
weapon as this: Attached to the lock
of this muslict was a pan, also Il cock.
the hammer of which was somewhat in
the form of birds, setpcnts. or dog 5
head this head was split, and a screw
compressed or eased the Sits. The
piece being loaded first with powder
and then with ball. some powder was
poured into the pan: the pan was then
shut to keep this printing from drop
ping out. and to keep it dry. When
the soldier wished to fire, he fastened
his burning match into the slit of the
cock. opened the pan, looked to his
prining. presented. and pulled the
trigger: the match, falling into the
powder in the pan, fired it.
Between the pan and the breach Of
the barrel communication was cstab-
lishcd by means of small hole; when
the piece was being loaded. the grains
of powder We're naturally rammcd and
shaken down close to this hole. and
when printing. the soldier took care to
perfect the communication of the pow
der in the pan with that in the barrel:
thus the explosion in the pan caused
the ignition OF the charge. e."-All the
Year Round
The news boy., 1894-12-22
Yarious Garden Spiders.

Sir John Lubbock caught a large
garden spider, weighed it very care
fully and then closely observed its eat
ing habits and the amount Of food the
creature consumed in a given length of
time. He sums up the whole as fol-
lows: At similar rate Of consumption
man weighing 100 pounds would re-
quire a whole fat steer for breakfast, /.
steer and five sheep for dinner and for
supper two bulloclxs, eight sheep and
four hogs. This would hardly suffice
for the twenty-four hours, 90 just be-
fore retiring he would call for and
consume nearly four barrels ot fresh
eahls
The news boy., 1894-12-22
MINIATURE VOLCANO.
A Pretty and Amusing Experiment 3
the Home Circle.

A Pretty and Amusing Experiment for
the Home Circle.
Place at the bottom Of a jar of water
a small bottle Of red wine, corked, but
having narrow hole pierced through
the cork. On account Of the difference
of density of the two liquids, the water
will penetrate into the bottle and the
wine will rise in narrow flament and
spread itself over the surface of the
water. In order to present this phe-
nomenon In picturesque manner you
have simply to conceal the bottle OF
wine under covering Of earth shaped
to represent mountain or volcano,
taking care to keep narrow passage
free at the top in line with the hole
in the cork, to form the crater. BY
The news boy., 1894-12-22
AN ETHER ENGINE.
1t. Inventor Claims That 1t Is Superior
to Steam.

~
to Steam.
A sixteen-foot launch was finished
and put into the water for test in
Portland, Me-, recently. Its novel
feature was an engine operated by the
vapor of ether in place of steam. The
chief advantages claimed for the
substitution are (1) that ether vapor-
ICES at lower temperature (9G de-
grees Fahr.) than water (219) degrees)
(2) a gallon of the former fluid weighs
only six pounds, while the latter
weighs nine; 81 greater expansion Is
obtained from the ether vapor than
from steam, and a. less fuel is re-
quired. Hence a boat or other vehicle
thus propelled would be lighter and
more efficient, while costing less to
operate.
Mr.. Twombly's boiler and engine
somewhat resemble those of naphtha
launch. The ether, piped from tank
in the forward part of the boat, is led
through coilcd tube in the boiler, and
heat is impaired to the coil by blazing
naphtha. the whole being inside a
sheet-brass cover. To prevent con-
densation of the vapor when it enters
the cylinder, the latter is inclosed in a
hot-air drum, fed from the chambers
around the coil. In fact, the smoke
stack is placed over the engine instead
of the boiler, and the outlet for the
products Of combustion is thus made to
superheat the ether vapor. Eventually,
though, condensation occurs just as in
steam engine. and the ether is used
over and over again. This substance
will not corrode metal, although it has
destructive effect on rubber packing,
for which q substitute must be found.
The news boy., 1894-12-22
The Poverty of the Bonapartes.

Some time before the death of his
father, Gen. Marbeuf had married, and
the pecuniary supplies to his boy friend
seem after that event to have stopped.
Mms de Buonaparte was left with four
infant children; the youngest, Jerome
but three months old. Their great.
uncle, Lucien the archdeacon, was
kind, and Joseph, abandoning all his
ambitions, returned to be, if possible,
the support of the family. Napoleon's
poverty was therefore no longer rela-
tive or imaginary, hut real and hard
Drawing more closely than ever within
himself, he became still more ardent
reader and student, devoting himself
with an industry akin to passion to the
works of Rousseau, the poison of whose
political doctrines instilled itself with
fiery and grateful stings into the thin,
cold blood of the unhappy cadet.-Prof
Sloane, in Century.
The news boy., 1894-12-22
LIQUIDS IN EQUILIBRIUM.
Feat Of Color Blending which May -
Performed st the Table.

Feat Of Color Blending which May -
Performed st the Table.
Hare is an interesting feat of color.
blending which can be performed 81
the dinner table, where usually all the
ingredients can be found. A tall, mar
row stem glass is the best. Four fun
nels are made Of cardboard after the
pattern shown in the sketch, the ends
being turned over so as to form spout
like arrangement.
The first liquid which is poured into
the glass is cold black coffee well
sweetened. After this the tunnels are
used. A like quantity Of water comes
next, which is poured through fun
mel, the bended edge of which is held
close to the edge Of the glass. For
third claret is used, olive oil for the
fourth and alcohol last. All the liquids
are poured in as described through the
separate tunnels Each of these LIQUIDS
The news boy., 1894-12-22
CATCHING CRIMINALS.
Their Identity Established by a System o
Measurements.

Measurements.
The system which was invented by
NJ. Bertillon consists in recording the
measurement of divers bony parts of
the human frame-parts which do not
alter with any change which age or ac-
cident or device may make in the mus
cular tissue and are not affected by the
subsequent thinness or corpulence of
an individual. These measurements
are: Full height, height when sitting,
length and breadth of the skull. length
of middle and little fingers of left hand,
length of left forearm and foot and full
stretch of the arms: the length and
width of right ear, the color of the hair
and eyes, and any scars, moles, etc, on
hands. arms. face and bust are also ac-
curately recorded With these data NJ.
Bertillon is able to establish the ident-
ity of any criminal who has been
through his hands.
The way in which he accomplishes
this is ingenious and merits some ex.
planation. He divides each measure
ment into three classes-the large, the
medium and the small. We will sup.
pose that he has 10000 sets OF measure
mences by the length of the head. Sc
Letting that measurement because the
skull of the adult never grows, and the
measurer cannot be deceived, as he
might be in taking the full height of
the body. By this means he is enabled
to reduce the 90, 600 into three categor-
les of about 80, 600 each.
The width of the head is treated in
the same manner, and the classes are
| reduced to 10000 each with broad,
medium. or narrow skulls. The length
af the middle finger provides another
divisor, and further reduces each class
to 8, 300. BY the length of the left foot
| the divisions are brought down to
| about l, 100 each, and the length of the
| fore arm reduces them to less than 400
| each. The original 10000 has thus
| been divided into 243 groups, each con-
tanning between 800 and 400. This
number is still too large for working
purposes. and so the 400 persons are
| divided into three more classes, of
| about 40 each, according as they are
| tall, short, or of medium height.
The length of the little finger will
| further reduce this to lots of less than
so each, and, finally, by the celor of the
eyes, of which NJ. Bertillon distin-
guishes seven varieties, the classes are
brought to parcels which should aver
| age about seven each, but which in
reality vary from 8 to 20 some colors
being more frequent than others. This
| completes the particulars used for
classification, but, in order to eliminate
even the remotest chance of error,
there are added the length and width
| of the right ear-which form a valua-
BILE indication-the height when sit
ting, and the full stretch of the arms.
Nineteenth Century.
The news boy., 1894-12-22

most like oil. 1t is said that rotary
engine will probably be tried next.
Mr.. Twombly's original idea was to
use his invention for driving a bicycle;
but as he could not get the bicycle
makers to build his machinery at pres
ent, SO busy are they, he decided to
try it in boat first. He still intends
to develop the other plan. His patents
are broad enough to cover all o:her ap-
plications of ether for motive power
n. Y. Tribune.
The news boy., 1894-12-22

slightly agitating the water in the jar
the mounting fluid will be made to re-
semble the lurid smoke of a volcano
driven by the wind, furnishing near
ly exact representation of Vesuvius in
q state of eruption.
The news boy., 1894-12-22

floats on top Of the other, for each Is
specifically lighter than the preceding
one. The liquids will remain In repose
as long as the glass is not moved. The
secret lies in the careful pouring In OF
the liquids through the paper tunnels
The news boy., 1894-12-22
italia shops.

The shops in Italy are startling sur
prise to American travellers. There is
q dazzling window display that is i'm
possible to resist, and the traveller en-
ters the shop to see the magnifcence
that must be beyond it. Nothing is
there but small dark room in which
the family of the shopkeeper lives. The
whole stock in trade is In that one
window. Behind it sits the owner, his
wife or clerk, peering out at the pass
ers-by like spider watching for the
unwary fly. The twinkling dark eyes
might easily be mistaken for sparkling
jewels, as they fash out from among
the beAptiful wars&-Chicago Record
The news boy., 1894-12-22
wortins ON Commisslea.

Wibbles-Rusher must be great -
mirer of the girlsl He calls on 'em
ular seven nights week all thru
the winter.
Wabbles-H Humphi That's baeknecns.
not admiration. Rushsr draws . c. y,
mission from two gas compeo1oe
four on i've oosl d$a,ssz - ~
CnnriArs e. s Z ~ =. (. : g
The news boy., 1894-12-22
M|t$JERffD
< ViHrIsoMN'

n the winter Of
1871, the Sioux
Indians h a W
ing committed
serious depre.
dations in the
Yellow s t on e
and neighbor-
l n g regions,
Gen. Crook.
The news boy., 1894-12-22

The word Minneapolis Is q come
pound of an Indian word meaning
curling water and Greek word mean.
ing city.
The news boy., 1894-12-22

Col Henry Il. Leavenworth in
1920 built the fort in Kansas, around
which the city grew that now bssrs
his name
The news boy., 1894-12-22

Financial care brought on the decay
u Scott's brilliant mental powers The
decline was slow, but steady.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
They Ate Cat.

The members of the Mannerchoir
club at Sharon, Pa, several days
ago gave out invitation to number
Of friends for 'possum bake. The
dish was highly enjoyed by the
guests and they pronounced it su-
perior to anything they had ever
tasted before. They might have
remained in ignorance of the facts
of the case had George Jones, of
whom they had purchased the pos
sum, remained quiet. A neighbor
asked Jones what had become OF
his big house-cat. Jones laughing
lv remarked that a Sharon delega-
ton has requested him to hunt
them 'possum. He was unsuc-
cessful in his hunt and had butch
cred his old tom cat, dressed it and
sent it to Sharon. The club mem
bers have Investigated the case and
found Jones statement to be true,
and have began legal proceedings
against the Maltese vendor.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

The women of Colorado in the
campaign just closed have demon
strated their ability to cope with
the men. In organization and ex-
ecution they proved themselves to
be astute politicians worthy the
franchise which had for ages been
withheld from them because of man s
ignorance and prejudice. Some OF
the most telling speeches and effect
i've work of the campaign were
made by the ladies and their entry
into official position this winter will
bring with it a purity and refine
ment in the state house which will
be very gratifying and timely
Denver Ores and Metals.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
What P0pulist Office Holders in Kan
sas Propose to Do.

A dispatch from Topeka, Kansas
November 18th, says Chairman j
w. Breidenthal of the Populist
State Committee, who is also State
Bank Commissioner, and Superin-
tendent Of Insurance S. II. Snyder
are Matching a scheme with which
they intend to surprise the Repub-
licans. They have agreed to resign
their respective offices, which are
the best in the State, at noon on
January 14th, the day Governor.
elect Morrell is inaugurated. They
intend to go to all Populists hold.
ing appointive offices, such as rail
road commissioner, warden of the
penitentiary, coal oil inspectors
members of state boards and police
commissioners, in all of the cities
and induce them to join in a gen
eral walk-out. This would impose
peculiar burden on the new gov
ernor, as it would create a vacancy
in every appointive position in th'
state and compel him to fill then
at once. Briedenthal Gays this il
the most honorable way out ant
that, unless the populists resign
they will be forced to go anyway
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
Shoshone County Stood Pat.

The Idaho Tribune says: "Tbe
entire populist ticket from top to
bottom is elected. We are proud
of it. 1t shows at least that the
voters of Shoshone county are in
dead earnest in their declaration in
favor of free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l. The union men
were unit and there was no dis
count on their standing solid. No
body ever needs to say any more
that the workingmen never stand
together, for they did in Shoshone
county, Idaho"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
General News.
Forest fires are still raging in
Arkansas and Mississippi.

Forest fires are still raging in
Arkansas and Mississippi.
Helena won the capital over An
aconda by majority of 1880.
The marriage of Gear Nicholas of
Russia to Princess Alix, grand
daughter of Queen Victoria, will
take place November 22nd.
Mrs. Chris Evans and her daugh-
ter Eva have abandoned the stage
and settled down at their old home
in Fresno, and are engaged in pack
ing prunes in a dried fruit estab-
lishment.
Ernest HUM, superintendent of
the Eagle Bird mine at Maybert,
near Nevada City, Cal, fell 600 feet
down the shaft one day last week,
and was instantly killed. The
body was horribly mangled. HUM
was mining expert we'll known
throughout the country.
Samuel G. Worden, one of the
several America Railway Union
men charged with having wrecked &
Southern Pacific train at Sacra
mento during the strike in July last
causing the death of Engineer
Clark and four United States sol
diers, was convicted, at Woodland
Cal, Nov. 9th, of murder in the frs
degree. The jury offered no rec
ommendation. The penalty il
death or life Imprisonment. TIT
other accused train wreckers will
be promptly tried.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
Solid Trains To Chicago.

Vestibuled, electric lighted and steam
heated, with the finest Dining, Sleeping
and Reclining Chair Car service in the
world, via the "Chicago Il Omaha Short
Line" of the Chicago, Milwaukee g. St.
Paul Railway. Double daily train service
with no transfer at Council Bluffs as here
tofore. Apply TO nearest coupon ticket
agent for tickets and further Information
or address J. H. KEENE, General Agent,
Salt Lake, Utah
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

Group is a terror to young mothers.
To post them concerning the first synp-
toms, and treatment is the object OF this
item The first indication of Group is
hoarseness. In a child who is subject to
Group 1t may be taken as sure sign OF
the approach of an attack. Following
this hoarseness is a peculiar rough cough.
If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse or
even after the rough cough has appeared
1t will prevent the attack. 1t has never
been known to fail. so cent bottles for
sale by Frank j. Stone, Druggist.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

Willie Mccoy and George Easley
returned to ketchum, Sunday, after
a four m onths' trip through Oregon,
Nevada and California in search of
new Ell Dorado. The boys en-
joyed their travels and adventures,
but found no place as desirable as
this part of the world. George
left Tuesday for Houston, where
his parents are located, to accept a
position in the Postoffice store.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

The San Francisco Chronicle says ::
The British ship Marathon which
arrived from Antwerp few days
ago, brought a sad disappointment
to young bride of five months.
Before her marriage the young lady
sent word to her father in Darn
stadt Of her approaching nuptials,
and he shipped her out trousseau
by way of Antwerp. The old gen.
tleman has since died. As soon as
the vessel locked the husband OF
the bride went searching for the
trousseau. He was told that it was
at the Appraisers store and he went
there to pay the duty on it in ad-
vance. Yesterday the box was
opened, and it was found to con-
tain little blocks of wood and grass
instead of dresses, linen, underwear,
etc. The goods, it is thought were
stolen while in transit from Darn
stadt to Antwerp.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
Thoroughly Comfortable,

Passengers destined to the prominent
cities of the Missouri River should pat
ronize the Chicago, Union Pacific and
Northwestern Line. Magnificent Pull
man and Wagner sleeping cars, elegant
Pullman and Northwestern dining cars,
free reclining chair cars, handsome day
coaches and comfortable Pullman col
onist cars
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

The marriage of Chief Justice
White, at New York last week was
the elimination of an attachment
formed many years ago, when both
the Justice and his bride were quite
young. For some reason the match
was broken off and the young lady
welded another. After years OF
separation, they drifted together,
and she being a widow the affection
which had been smouldering burst
into flame of love for the second
time, and their wedding was the
happy sequel.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt
are said to have effected financial
settlement, of their personal differ
encss. The sum paid by Mr.. Van.
derbilt is understood to be So, 00O,.
1000. AS wife of a multi-million.
aire Mrs. Vanderbilt has naturally
a right to very large sum as dover
She is not however considered tc
be the injured party in the case
and her husbands generosity to bel
and her relatives has been such thai
she is very fairly treated in receiv
ing an amount Of money somewha
larger than the sum mentioned il
place of alimony and Of right o
dover. The splendid establishment
in which she is now living, known
as marble House." on Bellevu,
Avenue, Newport was gilft to he
in former years from Mr.. Wander
bilt and this represents nearly, i
not quite, 100000. The dwellin,
cost about 81 900, 900, and the in
terror has been filled with the mos
expensive furniture hangings ant
decorations.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
Dissolution Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
N the co-partnership heretofore existing
between Martin Regli and John McCasAn,
doing business under the firm name and
style of Regli Il McCann. is this day dis
solved by mutual consent, John McCann
retiring from the firm. Martin Regli will
continue business at the old stand, pay all
the Indebtedness of the late Arm, and col
lect all outstanding accounts due. the late
firm, MARTIN REGLI.
JOHN McCAEE.
Ketchum, Idaho, May 4, 1894.