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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

Written for tie Scientific Press
Never build a mill before you
have a mine; that has been the
Eastern fashion and has not been
a success.
Never buy complicated machin-
crywhen yon can get simple machin-
cry 10 do the same amount of work.
Never base your calculation on
the assay of a specimen.
In taking down ore take it down
clean as possible. II impossible to
take down clean have it assorted on
top. 1t costs as much to mill a ton
of waste as it does ton of ore.
The same rule holds good in regard
TO smelling ore.
In taking down ore for shipment
assert down as fine as possible. 1t
will rsduce the quantity and i'm
prove the quality, giving the ship
per greater profit.
Keep cars, track and chutes in
good repair 1t saves time, money,
vast of ore and bad language.
Keep plenty of drifting tools and
picks on hand. See they are kept
in good repair. There is nothing
so exasperates the miner and is less
proitlcss to the mine owner than a
miner working dull steel.
Always buy the best quality of
powder, fuse, caps, etc. 1t pays
the best, does more work, and les
sens the amount of danger in use.
Keep hanging ground secured in
proper shape. Miners working
where they think there is any
danger will be in their places as
little as possible.
See that shaft timbcrs are put in
proper shape and correctly in lin c
SO that in working the levels the re
will be less danger Of ali accident
Work as many miners as can be
proftably worked below and as few
officers rs can be got alon g with on
top. r. r. MosGAN.
PARK CITY. UTAH.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

Archdcacon Farrar of England
is visiting in this country.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was
scventy-six years old on the 29th
ultimo.
"The LOungcr," in the Critic of
New York, is rather severe on
"Ouida." He says: She wadcs
UP to her neck in the brackish
waters of unbridled passion.
Mawkish sentiment, pathos and
lust, held together by a slight thread
of classic illusions industriously
collected from the dictionaries,
form the staple of her works. Her
position is not an enviable one, nor
does she make in any better by her
bold defense of it. She is like a
man who has fallen in mirc, and
tries to coax others in after him by
telling them it is a nice, soft
road TO travel"
The American edition Of Edwin
Arnold's Secret of Death Rob
crts Bros, Boston, 81 } has the fow-
lowing dedication to America:
Thou new Great Britain! famous, free
and bright.
West Of thy West sleepcth my ancient
East
Our sunsets make thy moons; Day time and
Night
Meet in sweet morning promise on thy
breast
Fulfill the promise, queen of boundlcss
lands
Who're, as thine own, an English singer
ranks.
/. who found favor at thy sovereign hands,
Kiss them; and at thy feet lay these, for
thanks.r
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

We begin to feel, from the sur
roundings of this issue, the real ma.
ture of being here again; and as
many of our readers and hOnOred
exchanges will receive the KEY
STONE to day for the first time since
republishcd at home, we most hap
PLY greet them, with the unfcigncd
assurance that it is a pleasure to
rcjoin in the infinite work.
The KEYSTONE is an old friend
and companion. We bravcd the
early encounter together when its
life giving support was but pros
pect at the best, and we saw better
days. That which VIC hoped for,
worked for, came. It brought us
friends and patronage. But
guided by personal circumstances
we were compelled to relin-
quish the field to another. He
fought his own fight but went
up in flames along with his golden
dreams" and our golden ducats.
We survive the test however, and
shall stay with the KEYSTONE.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

Idoho has a law compelling in
surancc companies doing business
in that Territory to pay "full face"
value of all policies in case of fire.
That is, houses cannot be rebuilt
by the companies, nor can lower
estimates be insisted upon. The
law contcmplatcs that a company
taking risk should satisfy itself
that the property insured is not
rated too high, and once having
taken such a risk should raise
no bubble about paying it. 1t is
calculated to prevent vexatious
law suits and to compel companies
to be prompt in the payment of
their losses. In theory the law
seems to Ike equitable and just, but
in practice it is a failure, since it
leads to fraud and crime, especially
in connection with stocks of mcr-
chandisc, etc. The result is insur-
ance companies have withdrawn
from the Territory, and decline to
take risks at any figures. This has
caused considerable commotion in
Idaho-much bigger than Bob
Strahorn's boom-and may result
in the rc-convening of the legisla-
ture to undo the mischicf.-Butte
Miner.
The Miner is about right. Insur-
ance companies remain here only
to insure stock, and that at an enor-
nous rate. Buildings are erected
at the risk of entire loss, and the
result is naturally high rents and
a general discontinuance in build
ing improvements, resulting from
timidity. We must have protcc-
ton restored to what we have and
to what we must have, and the re-
converting of the Legislature is a
reasonable thought in this cricis.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

LAND OFFICE At HALEY. IDAHO, Sept. %, 1885,
I MILLEDGE w. JOHNSON. OF ALTU-
L. ras county, Idaho, who made Pre-cmp-
ton Declaratory Statement No. 62 for the
southeast quarter, northeast quarter and
east half of the southeast quarter Section
30, Township 4, North of Range Is East,
do hereby give notice of my intention To
make final proof to establish my claim to
the land above described, and that expect
tn prove my residence and cultivation before
Register and Receiver at Haley, Idaho. on
October 81, 1885, by two of the following
witnesses Geo. +. Hudson, of Ketchum.
Idaho; Paul 7. Baxter. Of Ketchum, Idaho !;
|. /. Lewis, of Ketchun, Idaho; Nelson
Bridges, of Ketchum, Idaho.
MILLEDGE W. JOHNSON.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho, Sept %, 1895
Notice of the above application will be
printed at Ketchum, Idaho, which hereby
designate as the newspaper published near
est the land described i'm said application.
HOMER l.. POUND. Register.
First publication Sept. 26, 1885.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

In the Justices Court of kctchum Precinct
of the County Of Alturas, Territory Of
1.1,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

tree of the species discovered; at a
height of ninety-six feet from the
base. Besides this, there are Sec
tons of the sugar pine and yellow
pine of the Sierra Nevada. These
sections are nearly seven feet in
diameter. "A large exhibit is made
of the redwood of California. One
plank six feet three inches wide
excites great interest. The exhibit
of redwood shingles is particularly
interesting. Samples of redwood
are shown that have been exposed
to the weather since 1853. These
arc perfectly sound. Thus the value
of such shingles is clearly shown.
Railroad ties of redwood, which
have been in constant use since
1862, are shown, as sound as when
first put down. The exhibit of
polished redwood, showing great
diversity in color and grain, clearly
demonstrates the .adaptal,ilityr of
this wood for interior iihishe All
the tables, shelving, ETC., on the
space arc made of redwood, and
show the wood without being
polished.
A cube fourteen feet three inches
in altitude, covered with gold paper,
represents the amount of gold
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-09-26

Let your promises be sincere and
SO prudcntly considered as not to
exceed the reach of your ability.
He who promises more than he can
perform is false to himself; and he
who does not perform what he
has promised is false to his friends.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08
Maine Trade.
TIE ouKooK FOR THE YEAR.

Secretary NJ. n. Rch, of the Portland
Board of Trade has made the following
statement of the condition of business
throughout the State for the last quartz.
Most branches of business have been
very fair throughout this State for the frst
half of the year. \ steady hand-to-mouth
trade has been realized and collections
have been prompt. Better trade Is looked
for in the last half of the year, which will
no doubt have the effect to stimulate better
prices, and more profitable fall business
will be realized than in the past two years.
This will apply to the dry goods trade as
well as TO other branches.
The fishing fleet will not only be kept up,
but will be Increased. Though rsmunera-
tive prices continue to prevail full advance
expected, TO the amount Of the duties to 90
on to fish from the Provinces, now that the
Washington treaty is abrogated, Will not
be likely to be realized, nor Will importa-
tions of foreign fish be diminished mate
rally, and do not anticipate any percep-
iibe chang in this branch of business
here the present season on account of the
termination of the treaty, nor do look for
reciprocal trade relations between the
United States and Csnadas FOR some time
to come, though both countries would bet
Ter prosper uuuer equllaoic IeoiPioe"i ouoi
ness intercourse.
The lumber interests have as whole
pros porous outlook. Spring drives have
assured an ample supply Of stock, and will
no doubt be sufficient for steadily increas-
ing shipping demand at fair prices
The shipping interests have suffered such
further depression as to render navigation
an Improbable investment, and the pros
pect is that but few new vessels Will be
built in Maine this year. and those con-
fined chiefly to large class scbooners.
The crops are generally represented as
looking well throughout the State, though
considerable wet weather has curtailed the
acreage seeded, especially of potatoes.
The hay crop will probably be full million
tons throughout the State, which Is prooa-
bly, below the average Of the past three
years, bu, in view of good crops elsewhere
prevailing prices will scarcely be disturbed.
The manufacturing interest o. this State
is f.irly prosperous, with more disposition
to ,cononize the supply TO actual demand,
aid the same will apply to machine shops.
Theic are comparatively few mechanics In
this ate out of work as compared with
other States.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08
CaDifai aud Labor.

1t is admitted by all thinking men that
the relation of capital and labor to each
other is one of the most important subjects
for the consideration Of our political econ
omsts and business managers 1t is one
of those mighty problems that must be
orked out slowly, or rather that Will
work out itself in time. 1t is too big for
the employees rs class to handle or the
employers to manage. There must be con-
currence of both with patience, integrity
and a fair honorable disposition ON the
part of est h for the common good OF ooth
classes, with Just laws in aid of all con-
cerned, and no political demagoguery or
questionable expedents in order to the
most expeditions working out OF this I'M
portant problem.
We clip the following from Congressman
Reeds Grafton at Waterville last week,
showing the opinion OF one of Names ab-
lest mem
Tie problem of capital and labor seems
simple. Each wants its fair share OF the
product Why then is it that there is not
Il settlement once for alf Simply because
men do not know what the iair share Is.
1t will not do to give capital too little,
otherwise men will neither accumulate nor
risk capital. 1t will not do to give labor
too little or men will not work. On the
one hand, capital will not lie permanently
idle, and on the other, men cannot perma-
nently refuse work. Capital hates to lose
its interest, and men hate to starve. Then
again, every business depends on its neigh
Dor and all depend on that inevitable tuc-
tuation between good times and bad times,
which no human wisdom will probably
ever be able to avert. 1t Is evidently
problem which takes In the whole world
and can only be settled on the principles of
democracy. Everybody has got to be
heard and will be heard, from the poorest
laborer to the richest capitalist. 1t will
not be settled by demagoguery, by money
power, by riches or by ignorance. 1t will
get settled by the intelligence which all ac-
qure in the fight. The location Of great
many rocks is found by running against
them. For example, when strikes began,
all the then intelligence OF the world,
pointed out the exceeding folly OF the same.
To-day the fact that men can combine and
do combine, has taught capitalists that re-
duction of wages must be just1able or
will be dangerous. On the other hand, the
knowledge gained in strikes has taught
workmen that wages depend on something
besides the will of either workman or cap
italist. Each knows the other the better
for the contest. The nearer, men are TO
knowing alike the nearer they are to think
ing alike. If any one knew to-day the
panacea for all these troubles between la
Dor and capital, there would be two other
things needed: First, that the working.
men should know it, and believe in it, and
second that the capitalists should do the
same. That the problem will be worked
out successfully and for the good Of all is
no less certain than the tides OF the sea.
1t may be that it will come in the dissou-
ton OF old institutions now loved and
honored; for it has happened many times
In human history that the worst obstacles
of future progress were the monuments of
past progress.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

loths S,oc4 3ib,9ls oo9,iHh
The number actually killed in action was
Officers, 1, l42 enlisted meD, o., 500 The
The number dying in rebel prisons was 90
officers and 1878 men of wounds, SO officers
and "a, 7S3 enlisted men of disease; total
20, 497 New York leads all the States in
deaths, 46, 534; Ohio stands next with S.
475, followed by Illinois with 34,S43 and
Pennsylvania with 90, 1873. The losses of
New England soldiers by States were as
follows
Massachusetts,, deaths l2,07S, prisoners
1864, total 1892; Maine, s,792, prisoners
666, total 9,39S; New Hampshire 4,4S2,
prisoners 1858, total 1850; Vermont 4,5s9,
prisoners 635, 5,224 Rhode Island l,2lS,
prisoners l03, total 1921; Connecticut
4 ,72l, prisoners 633 total 1884.
But full as this record is, it is not COM
plete. The death record of some of the
largest prisons in the South are missing, as
follows: Americas Atlanta, Augusta,
Charleston, Lynchburg, Macon, Marietta,
Mobile, Montgomery, Savannah, Shreve-
port and Tyler. Only partial records are
found of tour other prisons. The losses
in some Of these have been estimated from
the data found, but the figures, $4,000 in
round numbers, are doubtless considerably
below the actual number of deaths in Con
federate prisons. The total number of
DEATHS $50, 900 in round numbers, repre-
sents the deaths of soldiers alone, to which
must be added those who died in the navy.
The result of this Investigation makes the
plumber of deaths one sixth greater than
hitherto reported.-Boston Journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

Harper's Weekly is not entirely happy at
the situation at Washington and mildly
chides the administration as follows: at
is announced from Washington t at Attor-
ney-General Garland has completed an en-
tire political change in the personnel Of
his office. But unless all the gentlemen
empl Dyed were incompetent or dishonest,
which is not supposabe, or unless it were
impossible properly to carry out projected
reforms or correctly to learn the condition
of the department unless such dismissas
should be made, such proceeding is an
outrage upon common.sense and fragrant
abuse Of official power. The dismissal of
subordinates because they belong to one
party, and the appointment of Others be-
cause they belong to another, is the very
evil against which the movement for re-
form in the civil service is directed. 1t is
as absurd in the Department of Justice as
it would be In the office of any large law
firm in this city, or in the Office of this
Journal. Because such an abuse is now
unknown in England its government is not
less efficient, nor party feeling less warm,
nor party organization and effectiveness
less thorough and complete, nor politics
less interesting nor public life less honora-
BILE, nor public office less desirable, in that
country than in this.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08
EO1.ei0n.

A conffagration occurred on the Goth Of
May at Toyama, Japan, of exceptional
magnitude, 5,9l7 houses having been de-
s,royed. No estimate of the loss has been
made.
At meeting of British So hjects, held in
Alexandria, Egypt, July 4th, a resolution
was passed and forwarded to Lord Sails
bury urging the l.. mediate payment of III
IDENTITIES for losses sustained by the late
bombardment Of Alexandria y the British
fleet.
They are having fearful times in Spain
on account of the Cholera. Some towns
are being depopulated. Aranjuez Is in an
appalling state. The chemists, shops and
taverns are closed and everybody is leaving
the town. Owing to red tape 400 bodies
remained unburied for "a hours.
London bankers are greatly troubled by
light sovereigns and refuse to receive the
coin on deposit until they have spassed
weighing by the Bank of England. In one
instance the loss from light weight was
fifteen pounds on 5000 of the coin. 1t is
supposed 10 be by sweating cleverly done
iD imitation Of ordinary wear.
Big Bear was captured Friday morning
near Carleton by Sergt Smarte of the
mounted police. His son and one of his
counselors were taken at the same time.
Big Bear and his band was on the way to
Fort Carleton to surrender. They had
been some days without provision. He
had passed Otter's and Irvine's forces on
the way.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

THE AUGUSTA PosT-oFFICE.-We have
been furnished, through the kindness Of
Postmaster Manley, with the statistics
showing the great amount Of business
transacted at the post-oflce in that city
during the year ending June 80, 1885 The
increase Of business over the year ending
June 80, 1884, has been very marked. In
the amount Of second class mail matter
Augusta still ranks as the seventh office.
There has been marked increase the past
year In the receipts OF the Off Elm the
number Of postal notes issued and In the
number of pieces of mail matter handled
by the letter carriers. Total postal bust
ness Of the Office was, $3.50, 1888
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

While funeral procession was crossing
the track of the Maine Central near East
Newport station on Monday a carriage
containing Deacon Jacob futile aged eigh-
ty years and his wife aged seventy.hve,
was struck by an engine and thrown into
the ditch. Mrs. futile was almost instant
ly killed, and Mr.. futile was seriously in
jured. The horse was killed and the car
rage demolished. The engineer blew his
whistle and reversed the engine but the az
ed couple were quite deaf and did not hear
and the engineer could not stop in season
to avoid the collision.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

The New York Sun, Democratic, has the
the following in regard to the appointment
of the collector of Customs for New York /:
AS for Mr.. Hedden's appointment, we
see no reason why Democratic partisans as
such should find any great fault it. The
significance of the selection is plain. 1t
means that Mr.. Hubert o. Thompson is to
have control OF the Custom House, so far
as the Custom House Is an agency In poll
tics. We differ with many of our esteemed
contemporaries In regard to Mr.. Thomp-
SOB. We believe him to be fit for the post
Of Collector. We think the President
deems him both capable and honest. TIE
obvious criticism upon the appointment
of Mr.. Hedden is that it would have been
more courageous and manly to appoint Mr..
Thompson himself. Certainly Hedden is
nothing if Thompson is not behind him.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

or midsummer has weakening effect,
both upon body and mind. You feel abso-
lutely incapable of doing any arduous work
and even light duties are performed ian
guidly and unwilingly. This low state OF
the system causes even greater infrmity,
and gives opportunity for serious disease
to gain foOt-hold. In this condition the
system is quick to respond to the reviving,
quickening, and strengthening effects of
blood, regulates the digestive organs, and
infuses fresh life and vigor into every por-
ton Of the body. People who have taken
It write Us, saying: ut puts new life
right into me-" ut makes me young
again" Reader, n you suffer from sum-
msr weakness, try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
100 Doses o..
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08
Union Deaths i,a the Late Var

A year ago MIR. j w. Kirklcy, sklllful
statistioian In the Adiutant Generals Office,
was directed to begin 4 compilation of the
records of the deaths that occurred In the
the Union army during the war of the Re.
belion. As the result of very careful in.
yesligation by an ample clerical force Of
all the official documents, Mr.. Kirkley has
been able to present by far the most salts
factory report which has yet been present.
ed upon this subject The period included
in this record Is from April 10, 1861, until
the muster out of the yo.untee organiza-
lions. The grand result is 1854 deaths of
commissioned officers aud 349,9la deaths
of enlisted men. The cause of the dc tths
a. follows.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

The revenues Of the last tisca. year were
90, 900 900 less than the es timates and
the expenditures $40, 900, OO9 greater. How
about the tremendous surplus that we
heard so much about during the last cam.
paign. Its good plan for nations as well
as individuals to have ga shot In the lock-
err" to provide against emergencies.
The Washington Post (Dem.) remarks
that the New York papers 'are singularly
and omnously harmonious in their dissat-
isfaction with Saturdays appointments;
and that "the tone of the great metropoli-
tan dailies Is forbidding in the extreme"
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

From a report made to the British Gov
eminent by its Consul General at Frank
fort, it appears that all over Germany the
consumption of ardent spirits is increasing,
especially among the working class. In
Prussia, for instance, between 1869 and
1880 the number Of public houses increased
at the rate of 38 per cent, while the popu-
latien only increased at the rate Of Is per
cent. The consumption of spirits rose
from SO litres per head between 1870 and
1874 to go litres per head in 1851. This
Is the more remarkable from the fact that
the use of spirits amongst the upper classes
In Germany has gone out Of fashion. The
workmen do not follow suit
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

Manufacturing seems to suffer seriously
provement Is not faterlng. 1t is reported
that the Saco and Biddeford cotton mills
will remain closed this week. At Lowell,
the Massachusetts and Prescott corpora-
tions closed for two weeks Friday night,
while the fremont and Suffolk mills shut
down for one week. Three thousand PEG.
pie are thus thrown cut Of employment.
At Lawrence, the Atlantic mill, employing
1900 operatives, has shut down for two
weeks. At Nashua, N. H., the mills OF
the Nashua Mfg. Co. have shut down until
July 18th.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-08

REMOVALS BY THE PRESIDENT. - The
President, Monday, appointed postmasters
In eight cities to fill vacancies occurring by
the expiration of commissions and resig-
nations. 80 cases for removal we're consid
cred, among them twenty-five suspensions
were made and in II cases the alleged
cause was not deemed sufficient Among
the appointments were Joshua S. Palmer,
at Portland, Maine, vice C. H. Barker, sus-
pended; Timothy Shaw, jr., Biddeford,
Maine, vice Z. II. Banks, suspended.