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The herald., 1897-01-09
RANDsBURG GOLD FIELDS

Reached via Santa F'e Route. Leave
Los Angeles 1915 a. m, arrive Rands-
burg $3.50 p IN. Through tickets $675.
The herald., 1897-01-09

All prices of wallpaper greatly reduced
A. A. Eckstrom. S24 south Spring street.
The herald., 1897-01-09
TO FRANK ROUGEY.

If this gentleman will call at the
business office of The Herald he will
hear something greatly to his ADVANTAGE.
The herald., 1897-01-09

Free lecture Sunday night at Los An
geles theater. Subject Our Lords Com
mo
The herald., 1897-01-09
ToCure n Co'ti, Or. O,v

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if 1t
fails to cure. Csc.
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!.
from the United States into thiA coun-
try, and, incredible a. 1t may seem, tho
railway station at Middlesborou9h .sthe
center of the iron trade, il built OF iron
brought from Belgium. Surely. then.
the author OF ''Our Coal Resources At
the Close of the Nineteenth Century
Is hardly right in thinking that British
coal and iron still bold their own he
argues that other countries OF Europe
are exhausting their coal supplies just
as Great Britain, yet the figures he gives
show that Germany has in reserve,
within depth of 5000 feet, los. .oo0. .0co.-
600 tons Of coal, as compared with our
8fs6S3. .000. 900 tons within q depth of
1000 feet. And this estimate does not
include brown coal, of which Germany
raises Is 600. 600 tons annually.-Nature.
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COAL AND IRON


eAovvane That 0reot britain =. Vet
= RoaAlnG Her Own.
Statistics show that, whereas Great
Britain in 1870 produced 7s per cent. OF
the worlds supply Of coal, at the pres
ent time it produces only - per cent.
Atlantic liners no longer carry coal
from Great Britain for the return Jour
ney; they now take IN American coal.
and no less than 1,koo, 900 tons OF Amer
lean coal were thus consumed In 1895.
The condition Of the iron manufactur-
inr industries has always exercised =
most important influence ON the pro-
duction of coal, 20 that . large demand
for iron draws with It . large demand
for mineral fuel During the last 3S
years the worlds production OF pig
irJn has increased from 13,0oo, 900 to
Is 600 ,ooe tons; but the ahars taken By
Great Britain has fallen from as per
ceat. to - Per cent, while that OF the
United 6tates has increased from 14.1
per cent. 70 26.3 per cent, that Of Ger
many from ia Per csnA TO 31.4 per
cent, and that Of Rnssia from : pr
cent to ~ Per cana
Indeed. iron i now bsing imported
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-27

In Russia the state bank advnne1D
r,oner It four and one-half.per eeat =
vear on all kinds Of goods in amounts
= hioh a. two-thirds Of their value; It
takes money on deposit at one and one
half per cent. A little while ago, TO
.ssisS the Rrain trade, the government
bought largely direct from the pro
ducers. and viii soon be the largest
holder Of grain Ia the country II has
nearly completed the absorption Of
private retlroad lines, has acquired the
monopoly Of the nanufasture ~ Bpir-
ita and tho control o1 the retAl trade,
n abont to take the wilma aud sugar
trade into its hands and vegy Mcely the
cool tradeas well.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-27
TeNEMEnT-HousE FIRES

Insusaaee Patrol Works for the Poor
- Well ~ the Insured.
At fres in the homes Of the poor these
detachments OF the patrol work just
as earnestly and conscientiously to save
property as they would in the expen-
sively furnished mansions OF the rich.
At tenement house fires they are OF
great service. First they aid in getting
the people out; then, gathering the
Roods together, the patrolmen protect
them from water with tarpaulin covers.
The majority Of these fires break out in
the Easements or cellars; then, follow
ing the air and light shafts to the top
door, they spread, and do the greatest
damage in the upper stories. To ex-
tinguish these fires, the other floors be-
low have to be flooded, ond were it not
for the fire patrol in many cases the
poor families would lose everything
they owned.
One Of the captains Of the patrol re-
marked: "Why, it would do your heart
good it you could hear how profuse
these poor people are in their thanks,
and the blessings they shower on US
when they find we've saved their things.
They go running around. wringing
their hands and crying: 'Everything's s
lost! Everything's lost!' and then,
when the fire is out, we lead them back
and show them their things, as dry as q
chip under the covers, and-wel, say
there isn't anything they wouldn't do
for us! Half the time they're not In
sured, and it isn't our business to pro-
tect people who are not; but we're not
supposed to know everything and our
orders are to protect property first and
find out whether it il insured after-
wards; and it 10 not our fault If we save
the little all of lot of poor creatures
who half the time haven't . change OF
clothes to their back. You bet, we gel
TO work just A. quick in tenement
house fire as in q big house on Fifth
avenue and we do the same work In
both places, no matter whether It's for
the rich or the poor" Charles 7. Hill
in st. Nicholas.
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signs;
u.aS 10y are hereby notified that have ex-
frnuso the sum Of one hundred 1907 dol
'' Al LABOR and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
,ss sSon1 mining claim, situated on Rear gulch,
in Wond .niee miles northeasterly of Galena.
cour,O wooq River mining district. Blaine
IPSuHi.ys P.niy Idaho, as required BY section 1894.
ine ifeo tSa statutes of the United States, be-
foee fe ;Is amount required to hold the same
tbs. y. the year ending December 81 la5:
Ss;m.y H. your proportion of the same il $50.
iroms is t6n one. half; and il within ninety days
Ea n,ns.x me service Of this notice, or within
vou nsty Gays after this notice by publication
Dor port,nn lal g Or refuse to contribute your pro-
inclnS;no l,Sn OF such expenditure a. co-owner,
yorr Jung ;ng legal costs Of this publication,
frar prcna interest in said claim win become tie
proT;a;cy pr;y OF the undersigned, under to
fs'Dlons OF said section 232l
>esfsum, Idaho. January i. isoa.
~ pobaiDsiion, Ja1- u ia
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10 B. W. Watlington, A. II. Rahm and
nelson T. Kimball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
:. You are hereby notified that the under
:MShed has expended 500, in the year 1895,
~ 'aoof and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
zoe mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
Is Is Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
isaans, in order to hold said premises un-
cel g. tne provisions of section 1924, Revised
statutes OF the United States, being the
ssnYant required to hold the same during
sno siti tor said calendar year 1895. and il.
vNnin ninety days after the expiration of
ssS nnsR Ruolleation of this notice, which will be
Euvlsaeo for ninety days, you fail or re-
,ass ,;a 70 contribute your respective proper
Ssas ssas OF such expenditure as co-owners,
..G;19folng to your respective interests in
;a :; Claim. viz: B. w. Watlington, one
teenth, t.h, $6.25; A. H. Rahm, one-six-
s;sh.' ;shh.n' $625: and Nelson F. Kimball, one
~ HnItn, %l2o, your interests in said claim
an m oe forfeited to and become the prop
sv srv Gl the undersigned, under and by vir-
'"s VI SAID section 1924.
EDWARD BRI6BIN.
FIRST publication, Feb. Is, 1885.
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puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

-.1t seems the courts find no daw in
Bilk.' viii" "You don't say so! Why.
I supposed Bilks to be richer than that.
Detroit Journal.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hire
YOU to shock my corn?" Bicycle Girl
(aside)-s'I wonder II he takes me for
man. ."-Detroit Journal.
Reelected Glory. = Visitor And
who are you, my little man?" Cuth-
bert with conscious pride)-lm sne
baby's brother."-Tit-Bits~
THAT tenor Of ours has marvellous
voice. He can hold one of his notes for
half q minute" 'Shucks! I've held
one OF his notes for two years. .'-C.eve-
land Plain Dealer.
Tell me, DOCTOR" asked the ambi-
tious young disciple Of Galen. eagerly.
"what was the most dangerous case you
ever had?" "In confidence, now that
I am about to retire from practice"
answered the veteran physician. frank
". II will confess that it was my med
icine case."-Puck.
During the progress Of the Thsllus-
SON will case, which benefited several
generations OF lawyers, one OF the coun-
sci employed suggested that something
should stand over "till the day OF judg-
ment." Said Richard Bethel, who alse
appeared In the case-he was subse-
quently Lord Chancellor Westbury:
"Will not that be very busy dayT'-
Household Words.
"A gentleman calling at hotel left
his umbrella in the stand in the hall
with the following inscription attached
to it: "This umbrella belongs to man
who can deal blow of $50 pounds
weight. I shall be back in ten min
utes." On returning to seek his prop
erty he found in its place card thus
inscribed: "This card has been left by
a man who can run IL miles an hour.
shall not come back."-Tit-BitA
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-27
SOME BAD NURSES
Census fer Girls Who Are Merely Eel
lowing q Fad.

lowing . Fad.
The fame and publicity which at
taches to this profession (nursing) have
stimulated a false enthusiasm which
seeks the satisfaction OF pride and vani-
ty by fawning at the feet of the goddess
of notoriety. The result is that the girl
who is not satisfied with her home vol
unteers as nurse. She seesin it poetry,
life and fame. She finds the service of
her own relations dull, uninteresting
and prosaic; but she sees glory on the
horizon if she enters hospital ward.
Her own friends do not fulfill her ex-
pectations Of what is herdue She finds
no pleasure in the duties Of the home,
but there CLEANS to her entranced Ella
ton vision of the dawn of the ideal
service in becoming the drudge of the
unknown. Rut she who cannot serve
her own will never serve another. Her
dreams viii vanish with cruel raPldity
when once inside the walls.
Hundreds of those who stand on the
doorsteps OF our London hospitals, seek
ing by all sorts of ingenious devices to
gain admittance, are not capable OF
dusting . lady's drawing-room, much
less f1t to have charge over life and
death. A large percentage Of them
know not even the elements Of domestic
economy and cleanliness, and it were
the grayest of errors to permit such into
the ranks of those who must combat
with the micro-organisms of disease.
To commit the charge or dressings and
cleansing to such would be to foster IN
enemy in the camp. The strictest ex.
summation, the prolonged preliminary
training may have, must have. serious
disadvantages, but it il efectual At least
in this, that it makes the rejection and
elimination Of such candidates as these
easy, and safeguards the public from be
ing Inundated with fiimsy counterfetts
-Westminstee Review.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

John Mossman, of Parkersburg, W.
Va, made fortune Of $500, 1000 with his
nose. He was deaf mute, and could
pick out q piece of ground under which
there was an oil well by simply smelling
it. He recently lost his life in railroad
accident.
The biggest crab ever captured In
Mobile bay was recently caught by Dr.
T. Aubrey Dickson and George w. Owen.
It weighed two pounds, and measured
% inches from tip to tip Of claws. The
shell measured nine inches in length
by hve in width.
Several farmers in central Kansas
are connected by telephones, to permit
the farmers families to engage In so
cial conversation. The instruments cost
six dollars each, and the barbed wire
inolosing the farms serves to transmit
the conversation.
Reports on the Indian wheat crop
are beginning to come in. From the
central provinces we learn that the area
of wheat is only 1895, ,022 acres, as COM
pared with 2.714,454 acres for 1896. and
ten years average area exceeding
1000, 900 acres. The estimated outturn
is 324,755 tons, against 368, 1888 for 1896
and 7s4, ,so2 as the ten years average.
Experiments show that light OF
one candle power is plainly visible at
one mile, and one Of three-candle power
at two miles. A ten-candle power light
was seen with binocular at four miles,
one Of 20 at five miles, though family.
and one of 33 candles at the same distance
without difficulty. On an exceedingly
clear night white light of 3.2 candle
power can be distinguished at three
miles, one OF SO at four and one Of - at
Eve miles.
1t appears that the domestic cricket
of Europe, the cricket OF the hearth" !"
has been introduced into this country.
In Minneapolis and elsewhere they have
proved to be great nuisance. House
agents there claim that besides being
tiresome and noisy, they are very de-
structive, so that "a house invaded by
them could not be rented" This cricket
was observed in Canada by Kahn in
1749, and its recent occurrence there has
been confirmed by two well-known en-
| tomologists; and it has been observed
| in various eastern towns by uhler and
others, but it has not hitherto been com.
mon in the United States, though fire.
Quently observed in Canada.
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A QUEER REQUEST.
A Texas Man Who Called Upon Cen
1Raaa tn Name Hfa n0Y.

A Texas Man Who Called Upon Con-
gress to Name His BOY.
OF the many freak communications
which reach the capitol and the de-
partments one which came to the house
just before it adjourned is deserving Of
the proverbial biscuit. The letter was
addressed to "The Congress OF the
United States In Washington Assem-
bled," and came from a resident Of
small settlement in northeastern Texas.
It was written in an entirely earnest
spirit. It said:
Dear Mister CongreSsmen: My dear
wife Amanda has just been blest by the
appearance Of . healthy young boy. Me
aud my wife can't agree on no name to
give the boy and we want you to help us
out. / wants him called Dave and she
wants him called Cy. but she won't give
in neither will I. Now what we want
you to do is to have document passed
through your body giving him handle
Please attend to the matter as soon al
possible. Yours"
The only person around the house to
whom the letter could have gone
through the regular system Of dissem-
mating the miscellaneous mail was the
private secretary OF Congressman
Bailey. He communicated the contents
of the letter to number OF the en-
ployes around the house. The other
afternoon the secretary sent out num-
Der OF typewriter letters to dozen or
more employees. enjoining them to meet
in one Of the committee rooms.
When the clerks assembled, he pro-
posed that they, a. q substitute house OF
representatives in committee OF the
whole should attend to the very urgent
communication which he had received.
and that a suitable name should be se-
lected for the growing young Texan.
Accordingly set of resolutions. stick
lers in their form and precision, were
drafted, with seal attached and sigma
ture properly fixed, and sent to the
writer. They informed the Texan that
the congress had taken cognizance Of
his communication. and had acted -Ae-
cordingly. THE congress, exercising
power which was vested in it by the law
Of 1884" said the resolutions, thereby
desi9nates, denominates, titles and
names your o1fspring after three dis
tiE&uished scions Of the Lone Star. Let
It b known that his name shau be
Bailey Chiffon Mills -."-Washine-
ton Post.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-11-27
MUSIC As SHIP FouNDEREo.

Deeds Of HeFoAsm In the Wreck Of the
Tasmania, On Mahai Peninsaia.
To the brief announcement from Aus
tralia Of the wreck Of the steamer Tas-
mania with heavy loss OF Life, mai. adj
vices from New Zealand add stirring
particulars.
When the steamer left Auckland on
July % she had on board IS saloon and
80 steerage passengers, including a
number booked through from Sydney.
The place where the vessel was lost is
on the extreme northern point OF the
Mahai peninsula, between Osborne and
Napier, where fat rocks, awash at high
tide, extend seaward q mile from the
shore. In dirty weather and on dark
night the steamer, in charge of the
third officer, ran nearer into land than
was consistent with safety. The cap
tain, aroused too late, was unable to
avert the danger, and the vessel struck
even ~ the order was given to bring
her head out to sea.
It IL satisfactory to know that all on
board, passengers and crew, exhibited
courage and common sense. There was
no sign of panic, and 1t was apparently
With good intent, though In apparent
bravado, that one man set himself to
play the piano in order to keep up the
women's spirits. The boats were got
out quickly and the transfer, despite a
heavy sea, made without much diff
Guilty. Two hours after striking the
steamer went down, bows first. and the
boats made the best Of their way to
shore.
The loss Of life occurred in landing.
The larger boats, containing nearly all
the passengers, came through safely.
but the dingy, In which were eight men,
turned turtle In the surf and two OF the
occupants were drowned. The CHIEF
stewards boat II also supposed to have
capsized, and It II feared that it's occu-
pants are drowned. Six bodies have
been washed ashore and the loss of life
altogether in put at 13, including two
men who periahed in an attempt to
rescue.
An old Maori saw the stewards boat
trying to effect . landing at Bow Har-
bor in . very heavy surf. They ap-
peared to have only one oar pulling and
q steer oar. The boat capsized in the
surf, and every man swan to the beach.
When they touched bottom, however,
they were swept back. Four hung to
the keel of the boat, but were washed
OF. McNellie. who was the only seaman
in the carpenters boat, acted very
bravely. When the others became ex-
hausted he stuck to the oars, and, sim
gle-handed, brought the dingy within
two chains of the shore, when it cap
sized, and he was dashed on the rocks
and killed.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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~ 1Easlsjp i 4 - nj sste< <hllss
ofpf eo1 Hvsf. 1euepstA
oaone, -. sanaaeo4
1W ham eHotm4 heart g t1ea1ost pRon
= afning country On de faos Of ths
aarfh. una 1elssfnY vnolAtnE tddoaS 70 prs-
eent IL seadsrssa complete synspsis Of sa
mining nsws and dsselopussnts, - wsalas
matters Of local impoftancs inAnd asca4
K9tchum. Il Is m fnv4iuabae guide for esp
ital and informant to the settler OF ev0ry
craft and position. Subscribe 'Ser if, Rad
Il. and let your friends read Il.
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KETcHUM, IDAHO, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 81 1897

abundantly in the K1ondike region.
The trunks even attain . diameter OF
two feet where the forest is not crowd
ed. Az for the danger Of starvation.
that should not exist, II the miners ex-
ercise common prudence. The streams
swarm with salmon, and a few weeks OF
fishing in the fall should provision the
settlement securely Illustrated Amer
lean
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II he simply has the purpose" he Is all
ight-he need not do much, tor the
world is known to be rather cruel and
cynical toward reformers. The gir.
knows that he will fail Of carrying out
his ideal, but she il determined that he
shall have her by way Of compensation.
-"Droch," in Ladies' Home Journal.
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re Cptinisti1 Inventer.
.And what Il your wonderful new in-
vention9"
It's bootjack.~
Heavens, man, nobody uses boot
jacks!'
$50 much the better; thereu BE- mn
competition" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-15
wit OF the "PIuined Knight"

The late James q. Blaine was cred.
tied, even by those who disliked him,
with remarkable command Of temper,
and his courtesy was unfailing.
On one occasion q decision which he
made as speaker Of the House greatly
enraged q new member, who waited on
Pennsylvania avenue after the House
adjourned, with some friends, declaring
that he would "have it ont or fight,
"You can't" said one Of his friends
Nothing you can say will get the bet
ter of Blaine's good humor and polite
ness"
"We'll see !" said the enraged man,
as he caught sight of the stately figure
of the speaker coming slowly toward
him. He stepped forward quickly and
stood across his path.
"Mr. Blaine" he said, loudly, II
don't know you. | am no acquaintance
of yours. But 1 take the liberty Of
telling you, sir, that You are fool
and jackass'
"Tndeed," said Blaine. mildly.
"Now, I wonder regarding him
thoughtfully, "what kind Of liberty
you would have taken If had been
one of your intimate friends" And
bowling courteously, he passed on,
while the companions Of the congress-
man burst into shout Of laughter. -
Short Stories.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-15
sorghurs For SIie Sllo.

While no kind Of grain as feed can
supersede corn in eheapness and value.
sorghum il formidable rival to it for
fodder, especially when put up in the
silo. IT stands drought better, which
is likely TO make It popular in the arid
portions Of the West, where corn often
fails. Tho sorghum has too tough q
stalk to feed green, but when cut and
put in the silo there is enough fermen-
tation to soften the stalks NO that they
ean be eaten. The sweetness Of the
sorghum furnishes carbonaceous nutri-
ment just as does tho starch Of corn
grain, aud in even more palatable form.
Wherever cane sugar is made in the
South the workmcn who attend tho
grinding always grow fat from the
sugar they eat.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-15
Muck Overestimated.

Many people still think tina. black,
mucky soil must necessarily be very
rich. But the fact that II remains with
out fermentation shows either that IL
hos little heterogeneous value, or that it
is 80 saturated with water that 1t has
become sour. Yet we have known
many city people buy black muck from
swamps to pot flowers In, and pay
twenty-five to fifty cents per bushel
baskets for it, whom dry earth from
the side Of the road, with much less
vegetable matter, would be much bet
tor. Most muck, especially from
swamps, lacks mineral fertility. 1t Is
easy to handle and to work in, and
this is what makes II popular. But it
needs both ammonia and potash TO
give the best results.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-15
Driving Wet Grain.

. All who are used to handling either
brick or tile, know that when thor.
oughly dry they will absorb n great
amount Of water without being satu.
rated. Advantage is taken Of this fact
by grain dealers aud farmers, who
place dry bricks which are easiest to
handle and least likely TO break among
damp grain to prevent 1t from heating.
II is surprising what an effect this will
have il very few bricks are inter-
spersed through the heap. Each brick
will absorb fully half pint OF water
il it is dry to begin with. This will
dry out the surplus moisture out Of
good many bushels Of damp grain.
This might bo used in moving away
damp hay or grain in the bundle.
though in neither Of these positions is
there so much likelihood OF injury as
there is whore threshed damp grain is
closely confined in bins.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-15
Waste OF sweet Corn STALKS.

This is tho timo OF year when tho
sweet corn. cars are gathered. U.s.
ually on each stalk there are two or
more ears, one fully ready for usaas
green corn, the other small and i'm
mature. To save this last the stalk
is left uncut. But in most cases the
second and always the third ear is too
small to BIO profitably marketed.
Whenever there Is only one ear on O
stalk II should at once he cut and fed
TO the COW or horse. II is worth more
then than 1t ever will be again. We
are not suro that this is not true, even
when there are one or more nubbins
left on tho stalk, II fed TO mich cows.
Ordinary fodder corn is very poor feed.
1t needs to be supplemented, as this
sweet corn fodder does, with a grenter
amount Of nutrition, which is worth as
much In increased milk yield as it Is
In few nubbins OF corn. Sweet corn
fodder Is more wasted than any other.
It is wasted in trying to save nubbins
Of corn worth more for feeding than
they are for anything else.