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Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
Trying to Keep Trade Secrets.' q

A few years ago the writer was visiting wood working shop, wherein was exc cuted some of the finest work done In this country. The proprietor, in answer to q request to illustrate and publish some of the methods used by him in manufactur- ing, said: "Nol Don't give away single point. don't want those western hay makers to find out how we do things here. Give the fellows half an idea and they will work 1t out and make more money out of it than we can here in the east"
 Since that time the manufacturer has failed. The western "haymakers" got ahead of him and he lost more than was gained by his exclusiveness- There are many things in shop which apparently had better be kept secret, but nine times out of ten, upon revealing the secret to a western or some other "haymaker," he is able to impart even better way of his aryn- Thus the man who puts his trust in trade secrets, " and who lives in feaI of their being discovered, is invariably be- hza1 the times. His methods are obso | let- xza she output of his factory is be
 9QfA ln quality and quantity, that ot <Ee man sho is not afraid of giving kinh s'ssss :ssssslS.5 is5 to the western "haymakers s<zy Boston Rldeet.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

thaf }s known IS good. [ zezldent Jack Eli . ei. Ss Vjjtii6wer, and his eii-
 }5 ' z, IIziskta tiiosi 50 distracted bg 6'E In fio capiI thht the eociaI {slie11> rsro iefeIiy diszsesslsd bz re. 4'so q NIdQTsf, a1d Ass;s alecesso
 5f srs h - s. Grans sla-.ss,,t Iidsaa a.rs finxry sa ..5I. and Mrs. Linc5ln mona sehatsr6rS Garfield and her suceasse1 ,'[rs. Ar1 $ I had but short glismpsess of tho llfs while Mrs. Hayes was, in stse huutd the day, slightly tinged with ss< =; the "head of her administration. z S s matter of surprise that with ez 1l6 youth, and no preliminary training 1<s ever, Mrs. Cleveland should have Az6s ceeded so well. In all respects, eduse- tion, personal charms and preliminary training, Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morton stand second to none of their predeces- sorS.
 The new barber shop has crawled to the top. <
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

Gossip About the Family of the President
 Elect-AIrs. Morton and Her Family of
 Girls-Home Life of Two American
 Families.
 Mrs. Frances Cleveland gracefully steps out and Mrs. Carrie Harrison walks in as gracefully. Honors to both, for both are fine types of the intelligent, well poised American woman.
 Though Americans have no court and no hereditary rank, and the presidents wife is in theory no more than any other American lady, yet necessity has forced a sort of social leadership upon her since the days of Martha Washington and Abigail Adams; and custom, with the growth of wealth, has made her as much the queen of republican court as is the wife of reigning king. And for the has had far more educational experience than Mrs. Cleveland had.
 The coming presidentin, to borrow a German word, Is the daughter of Pro- lessor John W. Scott, of the Miami Uni versity of Ohio many years, and now government employe In the pension office in Washington, still hale and active man at the age of S9. Carrie Scott was petite and demure, very pretty, and quick in her studies. She and Benjamin Harrison graduated from that college on the same day, were married soon after, and were the parents of a child before either was twenty-one years old. They are very nearly of the same age, and had been sweethearts from the time they en- tered college Their courtship was one of the ideal kind, carried on in the inter vals of Hberalizing studies, with social reading together and quiet walks to- gether among the groves of the academy.
 Her girlhood in Oxford, O., was a life of simplicity. She wore 8 calico frock, white apron and sun bonnet to college,
 %N. Latin and the N 1@A N higher mathemat- X M AS ics in class with # &YA N, her future bus SlM|IE0 g 0I) band. At home a. "" AA | in a still plainer -eos,<YV | dress she did all
 kinds of house
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29

Stage Lines. TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA STAGE CO. DAILY LINE OF STAGES, Between Casa Grande and Florence, carrying S. Mail and Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
 EMPRESS LeavesCasa Grande Yam l" Florence 12 n Connecting at Florence with GLOBE and FLORENCE STAGE LINE Leaves Florence daily at p. m. for RIVERSIDE, DRIPPING SPRINGS, PIONEER
 and GLOBE
 connects at RIVERSIDE with Hayward's line fof REDINGTON aud TlCSON. J, c. LOSS, Ag't Casa Grande.
 WM E. GUILD, Agt, Florence
 W. NJ. NEAL'S LINE. Connects at MAMMOTH with the Boone stage from Riverside for AMERICAN FLAG
 ORACLE and TUCSON Leaves Mammoth Tuesdays; Thursdays and Saturday returning alternate days.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
TIE SCENE CHANGES.
MRS. HARRISON TO BE IN MRS.
 CCEVELAND'S PLACE.

Gossip About the Family of the President E1ect-AIrs. Morton and Her Family of Girls-Home Life of Two American Families.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-29
THE RAIN GAMBLERS.
A GAME IN WHICH NATURE TAKES /, A THIRD HAND"

Getting on the Amount of Rainfall in Bombay-Lively Times During the Rainy Season - Cheating Impossible - Simple Tools of the Game.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
+ the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region
Z, IDAHO, SATURDAY, JANUARY IA, 1888.

throat in an attempt to swallow
him, but by carefully maneuverine
Rustler got well braced and pulled
his foot out, leaving the boot in the
reptiles mouth, whereupon the
snake got scared and flew off, leav-
ing Rustler master of the situation
He says the boot in the snakes
mouth prevented it from opening
its eyes, else he fears he would have
again been mesmerized by the
monster. So overcome by Rustler's
narrative was Mr.. Terrell, our oblig-
ing merchant and county commits
sioner, that he let Rustler have four
bits worth of tobacco ION tick, u
and the last we saw Of the snake
man he was in at Sherman's store
trying to get pair of overalls on
the same snake racket. Candidly
speaking, have my doubts about
the story.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
NEW YEAR IN CHINA.

According to q correspondent
from San Francisco, we think our
American small boy would find
China about New Years time an
enchanted land, with the freedom
there given to luxuriate in his much
loved tire-cracker:
This Chinese New Year is q NOV
able feast, depending upon the
moon. Last year it fell upon Feb
ruary 14th, a few years ago upon
January 21st, and was then one week
earlier than the preceding year.
The New Year is generally cele-
brated for three days, always two
days. All are in holiday attire ;
and the paying Of visits, grand din
ners, burning of fre-crackers. and
floating of banners, show to one
passing through Chinatown that
this is q joyful time. One wonders
why fire-crackers abound on every
side, far more than even on the 4th
of July. They are used among the
Chinese in worshiping gods, driving
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
THE CURSE OF GOLD.

There is a singular superstition
in the gold and silver mining dis.
tricts that the discoveries of hidden
treasures in the bowels of the earth
are sure to meet with a violent end
Many instances are from time to
time adduced in support of the
statement, and 60 far to show that
numbers of adventures literally
die in their shoes. The original
proprietors of close on forty sue
cessful mines have been accounted
for in this way: Twelve were shot
three were ingulfed, while the rest
disappeared in the cities of Dakota
and New Mexico, and were never
heard of afterward. Geo. H. Fryer,
from whom the Fryer Hill mine
had its name, committed suicide in
Denver. Two years before his death
he possessed one million dollars
the expense of his funeral had to
be paid by the authorities. The
discoverers of the Standard mine
in California was swallowed up by
an avalanche. Colonel Storey, an
other wealthy miner, was killed by
the Pyramid Indians. VIM. Fair
weather, who brought to light the
hidden treasures of Alder Gulch,
came to his death by drink and
riotous living. A yet more terrible
end had William Farrell in hos
pital at San Francisco. He had
discovered the rich mines at Mead
ow Lake; but hundreds Of deceived
gold seekers surrounded his bed,
"gnashing and grinning so horribly
that he could not die" The owner
Of the Homestake mine became a
highwayman; one day he attacked
a mail coach, but the attendants
shot him dead. John Homer of the
Homer mine, spent his last cent.
and then put a bullet through his
brain. "Doughnut Bill, "Old Eu-
reka,' and "Ninemile Clark" died
literally in their shoes, being killed
in saloon scuffies. Montana Plum
mer, who discovered one of the
richest mines in the world, and was
sheriff for time, died on the gall
lows
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
THE BOSS SNAKE STORY.

A few weeks ago the Oregonian
republished from the Silverton Ap-
peal very remarkable snake story.
A certain Mr.. Doolittle,. while out
hunting in the Cascades, claims to
have shot and killed a monster
bull-snake twenty-five feet long and
thick in proportion. This boss
snake story was copied and COM
mented upon by all the papers on
the northwest coast. And now the
Appeal comes back with the follow
ing statement:
Mr.. Rustler came down from Can
Prairie to Mehama the other day,
and was interviewed by your cor
respondent on Mr.. Doolittle's snake
story. He say. it is all bosh. He
heard the shooting and hastened to
the spot expecting to find band
of elk. Before he had gone far,
however, he jumped the big (?)
snakes track and followed it to the
battle ground, where he found Doo-
little maulins small garter-snake
about foot long with fir limb.
The snake could not have bended
a fern stalk, to say nothing of fir
tree. Furthermore Mr.. Rustler
made affidavit before Judge Hall
that to the best of his knowledge
and belief the said Doolittle never
owned white shirt or clean hand
kerchief.
Rustler says he once killed a big
snake on House mountain rock that
had a pair of wings in the middle
of its body like grasshopper, and
which sang like meadow lark or
roared like mad bull, just as the
inclination struck it. Rustler
watched the thing a while and then
got q willow switch and switched it
to death. He then laid down to
take a nap, intending to bring the
reptile out to Salem and present it
to Gov. Thayer as memento OF
his slight esteem, but when he
awoke the snake had come to and
was trying to charm him with its
evil eye. It WAS . fight between
optics and the snake won.
In ten minutes Rustler lost con-
sciousness, and when he came TO
the snake had his left foot down its
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
He Was Shown the Lavatory.

Detroit Free Press: "Have you
q haEth-room in the house?" asked
q Boston guest of a western land
lord.
"A xhat?"
"a bawth a-a-lavatory."
BLAMED if l know what you're
driving at"
''He wants to clean up" said a
bystander, better versed in polite
language.
"Aw. that's it?" said the land
lord, you'd orter to of said so at
first; come along with me-"
And he led the man from Boston
out into the back yard, where there
was rusty tin pan and a pail of
"roily" water on the stump of a
butternut tree.
"There ye air." he said proudly !;
Splash away all yer mind to. I'll
send the towel out as soon as them
folks up stairs is done with it.
Pitch in; there amt no extra
charge for the lavyatory, as you
call it; and there's bucket of soft
soap on that bench. Use all yer a
mind to of it,"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14

off evil and hungry spirits, which
may be prowling about the house.
There is an old Chinese proverb
that zone explosion of fireworks
does away with the old year." Fire
crackers are also sent off whenever
journey or enterprise is to be un-
dertaken, so as to drive away all
evil. The bride in China enters her
husbands house amid the bursting
fre-crackers; sailors burn them as
they weigh anchor, and SO, when
their New Year comes, woe be to
any one with delicate nerves in the
region of the Chinese. His Impe-
rial Majesty's Consul General cour-
teously receives all who desire to
call upon him then.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
A Philadelphia Lawyer.

A Philadelphia lawyer was ap.
pointed solicitor for certain busi.
ness house in this city. At the end
of the year he was asked to send in
his account, which he did by lump
ing everything, simply saving: $50
and So, DIR. to Professional Services,
$1,000" The manager was a great
stickler for form, and sent back
the account, asking for an itemized
statement. The lawyer did as re-
quested, and at the bottom tackled
on the following: ITO preparing
itemized statement, 800" After
a murmur of horror and astonish-
ment iC was paid.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
WIND As 4 causneR.
A Baby Cyclone Which Reduces Iron
Ore to Fine Powder.

/ A roar OF winds confined IN al
irregular iron cylinder, combined
with tearing and tinkling sound
as if wood was being split and glass
broken, was the outward nantes
tation of a machine which is revo
lutionizing the mechanical industry
of grinding. Unlike other machine:
for reducing substances to powder
it grinds not, stamps not, and nei
ther does it rub, bat by the sheer
force of vortex of air in confined
space, assisted by the dynamic at
triton Of the particles in the vortex
upon each other, any substance
from rags to adamant. is reduced
by this machine, which is known a;
the "Cyclone Pulverizer,' to an al
most impalpable dust.
A company has been organized
which will use the plant of the
Southwark Iron Company, at Fifth
street and Washington avenue, to
make the cyclone pulverizers. The
pulverizing works of the company
are located at 1918 South Eighth
street. Erastus Wiman, the we'll
known capitalist of New York, is
at the back of this new enterprise.
There is no complication of cogs,
bars or stampers what you see is
an iron box, the only moving mech
anism being two fan blowers, each
having two spoon-shaped blades,
made of hardened steel. and a re-
volving screw, which delivers mate
rials to be reduced into the centre
of the box between the fans. The
fans are diametrically opposed to
each other and revolve in opposite
directions, making from 1000 to
5000 revolutions a minute. This
motion causes two blasts of air to
rush toward each other at fearful
velocity. forming in the confined
space between the fans, about six
inches, a vertible cyclonic vortex,
and it is within the space that the
pulverization is effected.
Yesterday at the works on South
Eighth street the Kaolin Company
sent barrel of chrome iron ore,
the hardest ore, with view of test
ing the machine. Mr.. Lovett, the
superintendent of the Philadelphia
works smilingly dumped the barrel
into the feeder, started the big ma
chine running and in an hours
time the barrel of iron ore was
placed on the table in the form of
dust as black as pepper, but as fine
as flour.
One use to which the machine is
to be put in a few weeks is the
manufacture of a anomalous arti-
fetal natural gas" J. J. Macauley
of New York has for some time
patented Il feeder and chamber
for burning comminuted coal, which
has the same effect rs feeding
natural gas to furnace, but there
was no machine invented that would
grind his coal fine enough. Mr..
Wiman's pulverizer will do it. The
reduction of mica and graphite,
two difficult subjects, is rendered
as easy in this machine as the re-
duction of cinnamon.-Philadel-
phia Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as 1t is in Il
very heart of the nest promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav.
ing nothing undone to present its readers
% complete SYNOPSIS OF all mining news and ana
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 it, and Let your friends
read what may benefit them
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
THE GOLDFISH TRICK.

form in public do what they cal
"the goldfish trick" The jugglel
stands upon the stage, throws a
handkerchief upon his extended
arm, and produces in succession
three or four shallow glass dishes
filled to the brim with water in
which live gold fishes are swim.
ming. Of course the dishes are
concealed somehow upon the per.
son of the performer.
Peter Lamb, the young fellow
who lives near me, discovered how
the trick was done, and he offered
to do it the other night at Magru-
der's party, for the entertainment
Of the company. So the folks all
gathered in one end of the parlor,
and in a few moments Lamb en-
tered the door at the other end.
He said;
"Ladies and gentlemen, you will
perceive that | have nothing about
me, except my ordinary clothing,
and yet 1 shall produce presently
two dishes filled with water and
living fish. Please watch me care
fully"
Then Peter flung the handker-
chief over his hand and arm, and
we could see that he was working
away vigorously at something be-
meath it. He continued for some
moments, and still the goldfish did
not appear. Then he began to grow
very red in the face, and we saw
that something was the matter.
Then the perspiration began to
stand in beads upon Peters fore
head, and Mr.. Magruder asked him
if he was we'll. Then the company
laughed, and the magician grew
redder. But he kept on fumbling
beneath that handkerchief, and ap-
parently trying to reach around
under his coat-tails. Then we heard
something snap, and the next mo-
ment quart of water ran down the
wizards left leg and spread out
over the carpet. By this time he
looked as if the grave would be a
welcome refuge. But still he con-
tinued to feel around under the
handkerchief. At last another snap
was heard, and another quart Of
water plunged down the trowsers of
his right leg and formed pool
about his shoe. Then the NEGRO
mancer hurriely said that the ex-
pertinent had failed somehow, and
he darted into the dining-room. l
followed him and found him sitting
on the sofa, trying to remove his
pantaloons. He exclaimed:
"OhIgosh! Come here, quick, and
pull these off! They're soakin'
wet, and I've got fifteen live goldfish
inside my drawers flippin' around,
and raspin the skin with their fins,
enough to set man crazy. Ouch /!
Oh, Moses! Hurry that shoe off,
and grab that fish there at my left
knee, or I'll have to howl right out !"
Then we undressed him and
picked the fish out of his clothes,
and I discovered that he had two
dishes full of water and covered
with india-rubber tops strapped in
side his trousers behind. In his
struggles to get at them he had
torn the covers to rags. We fixed
him up in a pair of Magruder's
trowsers. which were six inches too
short for him, and then he climbed
over the back fence and went home.
He says, now, that the next time
he gives exhibitions in public, he
intends to confine himself to ven
trilOOuism.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
A Distinguished Anarchist.

Edmund Dantes O'Neil (stand-
ing on painted rock on a painted
ocean and holding aloft a danger
ous-looking can-opener 1.-THE
world is mine r.
Disguised Socialist in audience
Ito companion )-"Come, Gotlieb,
let's get out of this. He's another
d-d monoplist."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14
Admission BY Vegetable.

At a recent entertain ment in
Philadelphia admission was not by
ticket but by vegetable. each person
being required to hand over q po-
tato or some other vegetable pro-
duct. The net product was dis
tributed among the poor.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14

That which lays . man open to
his enemy, and that which strips
him Of a friend. equally attacks
him in all those interests that are
capable of being weakened by the
one and supported by the other.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14

A Texas woman has invented g
pie safe. The great need Of the
age, however, is safe pie.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14

The axiom that cheat expands
and cold contracts" does not apply
to coal dea3ers' bills.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-14

A cotton loom makes quite 8
hustle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-12
FUN IN WISCONSIN.
BY JOEL sLoPER.

The boys must have q little fun now and
then, regardless of where they live. The
last innocent amusement OF this kind was
recently enjoyed in Wisconsin, at the ex-
pense of New York travelling salesman,
whose name We will call Struggles, as ne
is constant reader of this paper; but,
when he reads this, lie will recognize him
self through the disguise, oil the same.
Proud of his good looks, he endeavors to
make "mashes," as the slang term goes,
wherever he meets with pretty girls, and
he tiatters himself that country girls take
TO him like kitten to warm milk.
This vanity being known to a rival
drummer, who happened to meet him in a
little Wisconsin town on the edge of the
prairie, he conceived the idea of some fun
and revenge combincd; 80 he conferred
with the boys Of the town, and they agreed
upon plan to run the green of" Snug
gles-as it is called in the Wost-nnd the
programme was laid out. That same even
ing, as he and his rival sat ut the supper
table of the hotel, a note was sent in to
each one OF them. They contained invita-
tons 10 visit two young ladies thatNeveninQ
living q short distance from the town, stat
ing that the writer's had seen the two gen
tlemen in town that day, and were anxious
to make their acquaintance without anyone
else knowing il.
"That's 60, said Struggles.
I'm her darling boy, said Digby, the
other salesman.
How will We find the place2D asked
Struggles.
why, here arc the directions Walk
down the railroad truck 10 the junction.
and then tuin straight 10 the right across
the praine to tho first farm house, where
We will be waiting for you at the gate"
Let as start at once before it grows
dark"
"All right; well brush up, and perfume
our handkerchiefs aud start
They startol; the Junction was all right:
the prairie was oil right, aud the turn to
right was not even wrong, but Il was evil
IDENTIFY further 10 the farm house than
Struggles at ] asst anticipated, but Digby
cheored tho lonely way with pictures Of
the anticipated pleasures Of the visit
Hark! q sound falls on their earsl What
is it? A long, deep howl.
Great heavens! exclaimed Digby, otis
wolves
II any Of our kind readers think New
York drummer won't run when a pack OF
wolves are on his track, at night on "a
prairie, The delusion would have been dis
PEELED had they seen Struggles and Digby.
They could hear The blood curdlinQ howls
and yelping Of the pack behind them.
Nearer and nearer they came. while Snug
giles was gradually leaving Digby behind.
For Gods sake, SmuRgles,' exclaimed
Digby, "help mel I'm giving out"
But Struggles was looking out for the
other drummer, and when q few moments
later he heard the departing shrieks OF
DiRby Il only added speed TO his feet unit
he seemed to be fairly flying over the prai-
re. On he sped, through sage bush On
grass, throwing OF hat, coat, and vest %
increase ME speed, and momontarily chock
that Of the wolves while they tore them up.
Nearor and nearer they came, and Snug
giles felt that at last he was 10 share Digby's
fearful fate.
Thank heaven tree doomed upi Ho
was savedl OF course he went uD The ireo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-12

and OF course The boys, With the pack OF
yelping hounds, gathered around.
what in thunder Is it?" asked one.
There, / see iti" exclaimed another. cit
looks like darned monkey. Hold still!
Ill shoot it,
For heavens sake, don't shoot, gentle
men, exclaimed Struggles, forced 10 ex
pose himself,
Great Scottl It's Struggles" said a
voice which he recognized as Digby's.
Come down, old boy, our two girls are
here"
And so they were, with half dozen
others, who had followed the chase in a
wagon, TO be in at the death"
Now Struggles travels no more in Wis
cOngin.