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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

Earl Roy lay dying one summer eve,
lie lay at his easement wide;
He looked at the green and fertile lands,
And said with flash of pride:
" Son Robert, this lordship fair is yours;
If any dispute thy right,
have but two words to say to thee,
Grip tight.'
Two short strong words like trumpet call
Now listen To what they say:
There is a tide in the affairs of men
And it comes not every day.
If il brings thee good in some good hour,
Take 1t, it is thy right
Wouldst thou kcepit thine? there is one way
Grip tight.
And if thy hast foundthy work to do,
Then this is thy wisest part;
Count il AS one of the best of gifts
And do it with hand and heart.
If 81. ck or careless others will seize
A blessing thou heldst too light.
The skirt of a happy circumstance
Grip tight.
Hast thou home, tho humble and poor,
Ii love sit down by thy side.
Grip it SO tight that nothing on earth
Thy home and thy heart divide;
If all gifts slip from thy needless hand
Keep this, with jealous might,
There's hope for the man who home and wife
Grips tight.
Then here's to the man who can win and
His love. his gold and his land: keep
Here's TO the true and stcadfast heart,
To the sure and strong right hand;
To him who knows and can hold his place
Who knows and can hold his right,
Who says To his heart and the tug OF life
Two short words of the brave old knight.
Grip tight.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

A negro with an AK in his hands
stood beside the highway skirting a
Mississippi swamp, and as we came
up he said:
"Gem men, he run'd right up dat
ar gumtree."
"What did?"
"a coon, sab. If you has got
pistols mebbe you kin fotch him
down fur me. De family am pow
crful hard up fur meat jist now"
We dismounted and took a sur
vey. An animal of some sort could
be dimly made out hugging a limb
high up. We popped away, but
without doing any damage, and as
it moved along the limb the colonel
observed:
"That may be a coon, but / don't
believe it. I'd sooner think it was
a 'possum."
"Hu but if dat amt a coon you
kin call dis chile crazyw
We rode away, leaving him to
chop the tree down. 1t was about
three hours before we returned, and
then we found him seated on the
fallen trunk. Beginning at the top
of his head and extending to his
ankle bones were bloody scratches.
His garments were wrent and tat
tered, his hands were covered with
blood, and he was trying to bind
some leaves on 4 wound on his
left arm.
"For the lands sake, but did the
tree fall on you?" exclaimed the
colonel.
"No, sab; war fell on by de
anamile,"
Which was it-a 'coon or a
'possum?"
Neither one, sab; it happened
to be a wild cat ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowi-
edged To be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions. and. located as IL Is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country ON the face of TIE earth. and lcav-
ing nothing undone 10 present its readers
complete synopsis of all mi * news and
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invalua-
bile guide for capital and informant to the
settler OF every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read il. and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

Thirty-nine girls. In ten years
fifteen will have married. In ten
years seven of the fifteen will be
dependent upon their own exertions
for bread and meat. In ten years
fifteen of the remaining twenty
four will be sleeping beneath the
sod. And how far apart will they
be sleeping? One in Georgia, one
in California, one in Ohio, one in
Virginia, another, perhaps, in a
missionary's grave in China, an
other amid the ashes Of the ancient
Aztecs of Mexico, another-but only
time will tell where they will sleep.
In ten years the nine not yet men,
toned will begin to lose their
sweetness and develop something
Of the sourness supposed to be in
separable from women that are des-
tined to be old maids. In ten years
not one of the thirty-nine but will
have tasted Of the bitterness that
comes in time to all human beings.
Hope will be blighted, loved ones
will be claimed by that same skel-
eton you bchcld just now, sorrow
in hundred forms will he expert
enced-indced, to every one sur
felt of Dead Sea fruit will be offered.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

load of amendments. The Edmunds
Judiciary Committee smothered
Beck's bill, to prevent members OF
Congress from acting as corpora
tion attorneys, with ridiculous
substitute. In the Senate was born
the Edmunds absurd bill to make
it impossible for President to re-
move the incumbent of a minor
federal office without an appeal to
the courts. Now, in this record
of barren session, out of which
neither party comes with any credit,
does any candid critic see any rea-
son for Mr.. Edmunds's conclusion
that the Republican party stands
the best chance of electing the next
President if "they go west for a
conservative candidate, like John
Sherman" The record of both par
ties is that of mere trimhers legis-
lating to catch the vote of every
hoodlum faction in the land.
Cleveland asked Congress to stop
the silver coinage; he asked for
conservative revenue reform he
supported the civil service act; he
was antagonized by his own party,
and he was needlessly obstructed
by the other. The great public in
terests of the national credit, the
payment of the interest and prin-
cipal of our bonds in gold or in
silver; the maintenance of a sound,
stable currency; the public lands,
and the repeal of war taxes, and
other needless revenue impositions,
are matters deserving of statesman
like consideration and settlement,
and yet the record of neither party
in the last session Of Congress inn
plies any sincere interest in these
subjects. And the people are not
enthusiastic over the craftsmanship
that proposes to let all great ques-
tions sleep until the sound of fire
bell forces a hasty crude solution.
Cleveland's record is the salvation
of his party as against our party,
whose action is that of a clumsy,
querulous critic, rather than that
of practical party horsed on some
strong steed of honest reform speed
and bottom. Taking snap shots at
the wandering tom eats of the Dem
ocratic party does not distract the
attention of the people from the
yelpings of the Republican "yallah"
dogs.-Portland Oregonian.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

A new and plausible explanation
Of the destructive fires occurring in
pine forests is offered. The pine
resin exuding from the trees is Of
ten of lens shape, and before it
thoroughly hardens frequently is Of
crystalline clcarness. 1t is sur
missed that while in that condition
a resin lens may focus the suns
rays upon some light twig or resin
Gus point and so start blaze that
quickly eats up a forest.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11
THE NEW LODssEXI.

.
uncommonly pretty girl, | must
say"
Mr.. Darcy stood up in the angle
of the wall to allow the tall, pale
young lady to pass-stood where
his keen glance saw the faint car
mine color in her checks, the dewy
light of her grey eyes, and the per-
feet oval of her face. She was
pretty-Mr Darcy was right in that.
He walked calmly downstairs to
the little apartment where the fat
landlady was spreading the table
for her evening meal.
"Mrs. Johnson y
"Mr. Darcy! Bless my soul, sir,
how you frightened me! Won't
you walk in, sir, and be seated"
"No; l only want to know who
that young person is that just went
up stairs-lressed in black ~
Dressed in black, sir? Oh, i
know. Was she tall and slim, with
a face just for all the world like Il
pictur'? | thought so-it's Miss
Harvey, sir-Miss Ethelyn Harvey /;
she has the third-hoor back-room
she and her mother, sir. The
old lady's quite bedridden, and
mends fine laces, and Miss Harvey is
what the gentlefolks call an artist" J"
paints pictures, does she-eh?"
"Yes, sir; Miss Harvey told me
she was trying for a forty-pound
prize that had been offered by some
association or other. They're very
poor, strand proud beyond all
measure"
Mr.. Darcy stood a moment with
his hands in his pockets, whistling
softly to himself. Suddenly he
looked up.
"Didn't you tell me one of your
rooms was vacant?"
"Yes, sir, the second-hoor back,
but"
"All right; III take it."
"You, sir?"
ayes, |, ma'am. Take the first
months rent out of that note, and
have the fire lighted by tonight"
And before Mrs. Johnson had re-
covered her bewildered senses, Mr..
Darcy had walked off.
Am | fool !" he said to him
self, stopping abruptly in the street.
" No, / think not. The girl has
good face and a sweet one, and l
can afford to crafty whim or two
if it isn't too expensive"
X
The afternoon light was full upon
Ethclyn Harvey's picture-a cold
January light-as she tollcd away
in the scantily-furnished little room
with ceaseless brush and palette.
1t was warmly-tinted Morning."
with clear amber sky, and a gleam of
water in the foreground, h 'dowed
by grand old trees.
Ethelyn, aren't you tired?"
"Mrs. Harvey, propped up by
pillows, with her busy fingers at
work in the mcshes of fine lace,
stopped moment to watch her
daughters flushed eager face.
A little, mother; but you know
the pictures are to be sent in for
competition in ten days, and would
not, for all the world, be behind
hand" +.
Ethelyn," said the mother
doubtfully, "do yon really imagine
you can win the prize?'
"If / do not, mother, what is to
become of us? | have spent every
penny of our money to purchase the
necessary materials; and more than
that, mother, we are in debt"
81 know it, Ethelyn. Let us hope
for the best"
There was moments silence,
and then Mrs. Harvey resumed:
"Did you know that the room
downstairs was let to a Mr.. Darcyy
"That brown, earnest-looking
little man that / met on the stairs?
| am very glad for Mrs. Johnson's
sake"
And Ethelyn painted on in
sort of dreamy silence
The eventful day Of decision ar
rived at last, and Ethelyn Harvey,
with her worn black dress brushed
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

The Anarchists claim that what
the police and other spectators
swore was the firing Of fuse was
only the lighting of pipe. All
right; by the same token the adj
justing of the moose by the Sheriff
will only be the putting on Of q
necktie.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

A dog which knows whore to
find bone is wiser than a scholar
who has not learned how to naakD
living.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-09-11

A wife should be like roast lamb
tender, sweet, nicely dressed,
plenty Of fixing, but without sauce.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-09-04
NEWsY NOTES.

TIE Louisiana rice crop promises to be
heavy.
MusKRArs damage the Erie canal $4,000
worth every year.
LYNcHBURG, Va, is getting ready to eel
brats its centennial
1r co Chicago about "a 900 apiece to con.
vict eight anarchists.
SOD schoohouses are still used in Chey.
enne county, Nebraska.
THE Car of Russia has donated So, 900 to
the Pasteur institute fund, which now
amounts to $685.
THRONES are cheap in France. Two made
for the last Napoleon are now valued at 500
each, aud find no takers.
NATHAN B. MOORE, Maine hunter, aged
sixty eight, enjoys the distinction of having
killed 2'5 moose since his youth
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's house in the sub
urbs of Washington will not be retitted and
ready for occupancy till October
THE new mail route to Cuba, going to
Tampa, Fla, by rail, thence to Havana by
steamer, shortens the time two days.
A DEACON of a Greenville penny church
has a string of buttons half yard long
which has been taken ont of his Sunday col
lections.
AN insre ton of the 500 mail bags that
were sunk in the Oregon, and have since b. en-
recovered, shows that ladies smuggle a great
many French gloves, with laces, ribbons
ETC., in newspapers sent by mail. ,
AN archa ole ical discovery jul made at
Athens, Greece, is exciting much interest. A
number of columns in a state of perfect pre-
servation have been uneai thed on the crop
oils. They belong to period 9 ore the Per
sian wars
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-09-04
THE OLEOMARGARINE LAW.
Stringent Regulations for the En-
forcement of the Act of Congress.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 2S.-The COM
missioner OF internal Revenue has prepared
stringent regulations for the enforcement of
the oleomar sarne law. They declare that
Congress has reli. vld Internal Revenue off.
GERS from the necessity of proving the imita-
ton or even the resemblance of the CON-
poun Is to butter, except as to the mixtures
Of tallow, beef, fat, suet, etc. Attention is
called TO the fact that es. o b ishments of the
duct Of the business Of manufacturing oleo>
margarine may be easily discovered and are
likely to be found adjoining slaughter.
houses.
Manufacturers are rCqu red to file a bond
with the Collectors in the districts where
their factories are located in an amount not
less than s., goo; they are also required to
keep books, which shall be open to the i'll
specvon of Internal Revenue Agen's, show
ing all materials used IN the manufacture OF
oleomargariue, and MAKE monthly returns in
duplicates from theft books as to materials
and products.
The manufacturer is also required to dis.
play a sign on his factory, giving his full
name and business and the number of his
factory, which shall be designated by
the Collector. Wholesale dealers will keel
| book aud make monthly returns,
howing the oleomargarine received by
hem and from whom received and to whom
sold or delivered. Minute directions are
given for stamping, branding, cancsling, and
numbering each original package in confor.
/ nifty with law, and the use Of tin in packing
by the manufacturer is forbidden, except
| upon special permission Of the Commissioner.
Each retailers wooden or paper packaet
must have, besides he name and address Of
the dealer, printed or branded thereon in
letters not less thsu a quarter of an inch
auare the word "Oieom lrsarine" and the
quantity in pounds contained therein written
or printed thereon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-09-04
THE BULGARIAN WAR CLOUD

The correspondents were ve ) busy just
now getting at the bottom of the Bulgarian
affair and predicting what is going to hap
pen as a result of the failure of Russian in-
trigue and the triumphant return OF Prince
gravely announced by London correspon~
dent of New York paper. who claims 70
have had his information through a member
of the B sttenberg family, that the world is
about to witness the greatest war Of the
century.
That Russia has pursued course intended
to give her an excuse Cor setting her stand-
nrds little nearer to the goal of her ambi>
tion and that she has signally failed in the
initial STEP are facts which are plainly IN
ferable from the events of the past few days;
but what Russia may do towards retrieving
the blunder or carrying out her original in
tentions is not so clear. TAere are delicate
questions which must soon be decided, and
their decision may involve war. Should
war prove inevitable, the extent and conse-
quences Of the conflict cannot we'll bs over
estimated.
Prince Alexander seems to be actual by
SINGERS desire to su5serve the interests OF
the Bulgarian people, and the enthusiasm
with which he has been welcomed back is
we'll calculated to inspire him with conf.
dence and induce him to comply as fully as
possible with their wishes. Th7y seem deter-
mined to punish with death the ringleaders
in the conspiracy to deprive them Of their
ruler, and the Prince will be expected to con-
form to their wishes in this respect. Inas>
much as the conspiracy was the direct resul9
of Russian intrigue. involving the corrupt
use of money, the conspirators will look to
tine agents of the Car for protection. AL
ready it is given out that the execution of
these men under the sanction of Prince Alex
ander might provoke the interference Of
Russia and lead to war. Indeed there are
likely to be dozen excuses, any Of which
would be regarded as sufficient in itself to
justify an aggressive movement on the part
of Russia. Itdepends largely on her readi-
ness and willingness to fight whether there
will be war OF not.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-09-04
PERSONAL.

UNITED STATES Senators Pugh, Vest and
Butler have gone to Europe.
WILL CARLETON, the poet, is going to
Eng an this fall to read and lecture to
British audiences.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY, the African ex-
plorer, is to lecture fifty times i'll America
during the coming season.
SYDNEY BARTLETT, aged eighty-two, is
the leading Boston law ger in tive pract .ce,
and is worth $1,000 year.
THE three daughters of the late F. A.
Drexel have nearly s4,o00,000 each. They
give away most Of The income.
MRS CLEvELAND's photographer is print
ing 500 pictures of the Presidents wife every
day and cannot supply the demand
POPE LEO NIL has bought the Mignan-
ELI palace in Rome for 1000, and will
have it ted up for printing house.
SENATOR EDMUNDs has acoepte an invi-
tation to deliver the annual ad iress before
tho Vermont State AgricultuI al Society.
GEORGE L. YAPLE the Fusion candidat,
for Governor of Michigan and Profe sor
Dickie, Prohibition nominee for the same
of1i2e, !:2:e classmates at the same college.
IDA LEWIS, famous for her efforts in res
cuing the drowning at Newport, is the only
woman in the world who holds the position Of
government lighthouse keeper. She is now
past middle age.
THE Rev Henry Ward Beecher is ill
abroad. He has. cancelled a lecture engage
ment at New Brighton, England, and has
gone to the Hydropathic In jtitute at Moffat,
DumfriessLire Scotland.
PROFESSOR C. E. SroTE, formerly Of An
dover Theological Seminary, AMI the hus-
hand of Harriet Beecher Stowe, died in
Hartford, Conn, recently, aged eighty -four.
He had teen ill many months.
JAMES W. FITZGERALD, the President of
the recent great Irish American Convention
at Chicago, was an original Fenian and
marched into Canada with hostile intent.
cinnatL -" =. $
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-09-04
MINE EXPLOSION.
CATAsTRoPHY AT A CoLLIERY.
Resulting In the Death of Five Min.
ers Engaged in Cleaning the
Chambers.

terrible explosion occurred In the Fair
Lawn colliery, at Scranton, Pa, which re-
suited in the death Of five men. Two others
were seriously injured. John H. Hosie and
J. Gallagher were standing at the head of the
slope at the time Of the accident, and felt the
force Of tho explosion as the air came rush
Ing out of the mouth of the mine.
They at once started to 20 in
and ascertain the extent of the damage.
The August quota OF e>,al had been mined
last week, and no men were employed In the
mines. Word cime, however, that a party
Of five or six men had gone into the mines to
clear up their chambers. Mine Inspector
Blewitt happened to come along about this
time, and he and Gallagher with a party en-
tered the mines. goin, down to the third or
lower vein, and then followed the air~course,
stopping to repair damages to the brattice.
ETC.. as they went along. Their progress was
necessarily slow, and the course they followed
took them to the right-hand side OF the ninas
They came at last to a point where thew
found rep,irs necessary and returned to tbe
foot Of the mines for more material when
they Learned that gruans had been heard
n the east gangway. They worked
over that way and found the party VIII, had
gone into the mines before the acct dent nea,
or about the entrance OF one OF the chambers
a short distance from the foot of az inside
pl me about 15) feet from where the b. adine
branches off. Three of them were aliys and
three were dead.
The nam Of the victims are
Hugh Connors of Bellvus.
Edward Glughan.
Michael Pryle.
John Naffia, the first man brou yht to IL
surface, was badly burned about the face
and arms.
John KArrigan was alive when found. and
and talked the strongest of all, but died
before being brought to the surface.
John Common has two deep scalp wounds and
Cit on knee,
Edward Pierce, the fre>boss, was found dead
about $50 feet fro n the others-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-09-04
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

SIX HUNDRED American girls are studying
music in Milan.
NINE. PATTI Is to begin her American tour
ON November 10, in New York.
THERE are nearly 100 musicians in Phila-
delphia and not one first-clasS band.
ALICE REEs, the new prima donna Of Mr..
Duffs opera company, is young Australian
girl.
MARGARET MATTER has made q hit in
San Francisco The Call says that she is the
ideal Juliet.
LESTER WALLAcK will open his New York
theatre October II with Hamilton's new play,
Harvest"
KATIE PUTNAM, the actress, has an an
nual income Of $4,000 from her fruit farm
In Michigan.
Mr.. LOUIS JAMES, the tragedian. is one
Of the original members Of the old Els
worth ZouaveS.
THE Anglo-Italia opera company has
completed its bookings for tour from New
York to San Francisco.
MRS THOMAS JEFFERSON, the wife Of
Joseph Jefferson's youngest SON, has written
, comedy entitled "Class."
MRS. CLEVELAND loves "the music Of the
future, and is one of the most appreciative
of listeners to the works of Wagner.
MAUD BANKS, daughter of General N P.
Banks, made her theatrical debut as Parthe-
MIA at Portsmouth, N. H., the other night
THE American Opera company will pro-
duce five new plays this season, besides re-
viving those which met with the greatest
favor last year.
LADY ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, formerly
Mis- Blood in addition to being a handsome
young woman and clever writer, is also a
Skilful music al composer. Her songs are
yery popular in England.
JANAUsCHEX, great actress and brave
woman, suffering under o mortal disease and
not appre ciated by dull and trivial public,
returns to the stage this year, undaunted by
the dsfavor of fortune and fate
Mr.. LEWIS MORRISON, who is to play
Mephistopheles in the new version of Goethe s
Faust by DR.. GustavuS Haas, of New
York, will repres sent ths character with q
"cloven hoof" from which electric sparks will
issue, as well as from the sword he uses.
GERMAN musical papers place the number
of LISTS known compositions at 647 OF
script;oas for the orchestra OF other compo
trans riptivns; 20 are compositions for tha
org an, and ~ vocal.
NJ Is. SHERWOOD the correspondent, writes
from Aix-les Bans of having met Albani
the famous cantatrice, and heard her sing
She weighs nearly 400 pounds aud is very
lame, and has to sing sitting in chair. HeI
voice has lost its FIRE lime IS. bat not its power
Mrs Sherwood says "She had but t. oper
her mouth to cease to be woman. She be
came G eat church organ"