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The Washington critic., 1888-09-18
CRITICULAR.
The egotIst does not need spectacles to pre-
serve his | sight


The egotlst does not need spectacles TO pre-
serve his sight
suburban Boston poet has discovered that
the order OF sequence in courtship is first TO
get on good terms with the girl; second, with
the dog, and thitd, with the parents.
"Daniel," remarked the President this morn
ing, as he looked out upon the lawn and
watched the flowers shaking Oft the tears and
smiling welcome to a long-absent sun.
eyes, SIRE" responded Daniel, serenely.
''l observe that you have been investigating
the relation Of the two great parties from
politico-economic basis"
ayes, sire" said Daniel, putting down
large volume
"Well, Daniel, can you tell me what is the
difference between free wool and free whisky
they are talking about so much ~
~ can't see that there is any worth men
tionlng, SIRE"
"of course you can't, Daniel" continued
the President, patting him on the head; ''but
Daniel, you never tried to drink free wool,
did your"
Then the President laughed loud and long
NJ DIS innocent anu ODJuBe secretary, ana
Daniel sat down In the valley Of the shadow.
At the Bar:
seedy Customer; DO you believe, sir, there
is such thing as the Whisky Trustp
Barkeepet Nav. Git out Of
this
An Indiana Democrat in recent stump
speech, got off this
"Why, fellow citizens, II this Republican
party comes into power, the whole country
will forever retrograde into the unknown
vista Of an uncertain future"
"Been West" asked A Of B.
eyes"
"Could you hold your own out there ?"
ayes, but could do that at home What
was after was TO hold some other fellows,
and couldn't. So came back"
It is not remarkable that q shoemaker
sticks to his last, when we come to consider
the tenuity OF shoe-maker's wax.
A woman should never wear a r,,f1le on her
temper.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18

It is not remarkable that shoemaker
sticks to his last, when we come to consider
the tenuity of shoe-maker's wax.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18
ESPECIAL NOTICE

WASHINGTON scHUETzEN vEREIN
The AUTUMNAL FESTIVAL of tho 18th and
18th nstants has been postponed to MONDAY
and TUESDAY, Sept. "a and % next on ac-
count of the inclemency of the weather.
BY order Of the Executive Committee.
RE1NHoLD SPRINGsGUTH
Seuretafv
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18

Hls1aW. @, METzERoTT & CO.. MUSIC
bASaEA Dealers have r, moved from Penusyl.
vania avenue to their new building, lilo i Sc n
W, three doors west OF w. Is Moses & sons
oldest and most extensive music establiahment
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18

WE ARE organizing a small Retalia
ton Trust on Costa Rica.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18
SPENCER|AN BUSINESS COLLEGE,

Three entire floors. National Bank of the
Republic Building. corner 7th and SITS. N. W
Day and evening sessions Young men ard
women practically trained for set.support, and
useful lives. Five courses The Practical Bust
ness Course, Stenography, Type Writing and
Graphophone, Pitman Shorthand, Practical
English Branches, Desarte school of Expres.
sion. Scholastic year begins Monday, Septem.
tember 3. College opens for arrangements on
and after Monoay, August 81. Sendfor new H.
lustrated announcement,
HENRY G. SPENCER, LII. r. Principal.
MRS SARA A, SPENCER Vice Principal,
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18

N.Y.. SOUTHERN INVESTMENTS IN COAL.
49, Iron and Timber Lands.
A. E, RANDLE begs TO call the special atten-
tion OF persons desiring to acquire such prop
erty In large or small tracts at the very lowest
prices, Full particulars on application. Ad-
dress 3O3 Tth St., n. W., Washington, ID. @.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18

THE RETIREMENT of Hon. w. L. Scott
as Representative in Congress appears
to be final and absolute, his Democratic
successor in the race having been put in
nomination at Erie yesterday. Mr..
Burns, who receives the honor, is a new
man in political life, but said to be of
excellent abilities. Whether he will
make the rifle Is Of course matter
of some doubt, but Mr.. Scott has gem
erously agreed to take the stump in his
behalf, and can give him some Of the
best points candidate ever had in a
canvass. t-tnsi
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18
aBeen West . asked A Of B.

-DVUH WUbEi HuhVU n UI D
eyes" ..
"Could you hold your own out thereS"
ayes, but could do that at home. What
was after was TO hold some other fellows,
and couldn't. So came back"
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18
RICHARD II. SYLVESTER. .... Editor
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER is, 1888.

THE FIFTH section Of the Agricultural
Department bill about which there is
more or less contention among Senators,
provides for the transfer Of the United
States Signal Service Bureau from the
War Department to the Department of
Agriculture and the appointment of a
Chief Signal Officer by the President at
salary of $4,000 year.
Although this bureau is thus placed
under civil control, the bill further pro-
vides that only such of its property as is
deemed suitable to weather observations
shall ~ turned over to the Agricultural
Department. The remainder Is to be
left in charge of the Secretary Of War.
So that really the proposition does not
involve the destruction Of the Signal Ser
vice system of the army such as would
be specially required in time Of war, but
more strictly adapted to the uses and in
terests of the agricultural and general
population of the country.
Senator Plumb made strong argu-
ment in favor of the transfer yesterday
likewise, Mr.. Vest, who concluded his
remarks as follows:
1t is not a question as to abolishing the Signal
Service. 1t is question where we should put
1t; and II we conclude to establish great ex-
ecutive Department of Agriculture we should
give II this appurtenanoe of the Weather Bureau
which belongs to agriculture and not to military
Affairs. IL seems to me in that single sentence
Is the whole argument, and certainly the one
that will control my action.
MIR. George. upon the other hand, an
tagonized this transfer streuuously on
the ground that the Bureau was too inn
portant an attachment OF the Army for
1t to be hastily dispossessed of, and that
30 far as its predictions were concerned,
although there had been exceptional
errors, at least so per cent. had been
verified. He closed by saying:
do not Join In any idolatry of the Army, nor
do join in any depreciation of the Army.
They are our Army: the officers are educated at
our expense; and In times of peace think It Is
fair TO them, fair to the country fair to the tax
payers of this country that thoy should perform
such civil duties as they are specially qualified
for.
We cannot see, however, that any par
ticular Injustice can be done to the Army
by placing the weather observations in
charge of the Department which is sup
posed to have been instituted for the
special benefit of the farmers. Observa-
tions might not be made any more ac-
curately, but would probably be dissent
mated more widely and Systematically.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
Proposing in Time.

Our worthy contemporary. the
Idaho Democrat, is enthusiastically
bringing to notice the name of Hon,
James H. Hawley as a candidate
for the next delegate to Congress.
All that is said of the personal
character and qualifications Of Mr..
Hawley, the KEYSTONE joins heart
lily, but. the time to place anyone
in the front rank who has aspira-
tons for Congressional honors is a
long way off yet, There will doubt
less be others aspiring for this po-
sition on the democratic side, whose
merits, qualifications and party
fealty will be duly weighed in the
scale before the time rolls around
While we admire the openhanded
earnestness of the Democrat in ad-
vocating the selection of the man
of it's choice for the place. we are
inclined to think it is rather prema-
ture to press forward the name of
this or that man so long before the
canvass.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
Letter from Helena.

The editor of the KEYSTONE is in
receipt of a letter from NJ. NJ. John
son, now in Helena, Montana, from
which we make the following ex-
tracts: "While here l have used
every effort to induce the Manitoba
railroad officials to build their road
through the Wood River valley on
their way to the coast. l am as
sured by good authority that they
will do so, and | feel confident that
within two years we will have an
other railroad running through
Ketchum and the Wood River val
ley. Another railroad is all we
need to boom the country and give
us cheaper freight, &C., and then
thousands of people will come to
our delightful valley and our pros
perity will be assured. We have
received the KEYSTONE regularly,
and | am proud Of such a fine pa
per. 1t beats any paper printed on
the River After reading them l
give them to Col. Shelby, who is
superintendent of the Montana Cen
trail, an extension of the Manitoba
railroad" Mr.. johnson expects to
return to his home at Cold Springs
in few weeks.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
sAWTOOTH CORRESPONDENCE.
SAwToorH, March 26, 1888.

CAWIOO1d, A dlCll ~, 1000.
EDITOR KEYSTONE: In a late is
sue of your paper there appeared
an article calling attention to the
many instances of gross misman-
agement that have distinguished
Upper Wood River and the Saw
tooth region in particular. Unhap-
PLY, in many instances, the article
referred to is only too true. This
camp has, perhaps, been more
heavily handicapped than any other
place in the west, by those who,
lacking practical knowledge, seek
to make up their deficiencies by
bolstering up with theory: While
we do net claim for this district
more merit than can be found in
many others hereabouts quite as
dull, we do claim that many of the
failures are directly attributable to
mismanagement and the practice OF
riding pet hobbies. And a curious
specimen is this rider of hobbies
whose glibness of tongue is lily pro-
to the size of his hat, and
who, after squandering his capital,
spends what little mental force he
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
Guver Hot SPRINGS,

These celebrated springs have
been leased to James Judge and E.
J. Cowley of Ketchum, who will
soon assume control of them. This
unsurpassed summer resort is be-
coming more popular every season,
not only to tourists and pleasure
seekers, but to those who are in any
way afflicted with any inhammatory
or rheumatic complaints, as the
medicinal qualities Of the waters
become known. With proper adj
vertising and conducted by the we'll
known ability of the present man.
the Springs will no doubt
present many more attractions in
the future than ever in the past.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31

has remaining in defense Of his 20.
sition, calls theory again to his aid
and says that granite is no good. >
Fortunately the last four years have
introduced different order of man
ayers; men who believe that Drawn,
powder and steel are excellent ex.
perts. SO far as their means have
admitted, these few have done their
work we'll, and while failing in the
realization of their hopes for the
present. their work has contributed
much toward the future value of
the mines, and will ere long assist
IN vlndicating those who have stood
by the camp during the melancholy
period of stagnation.
Of late the "sage" is devoting as
mach time to the discussion of min
ing as of fish; his attention is dis
tracted from the looked-for run of
salmon, by nice specimens that are
daily exhibited, and which forecast
the day when we will produce more
marketable commodities than
mountain scenery, solo players and
an occasional aspiring Munchausen
by way of variety.
Developments this winter have
been all that could be expected, and
we are confident that future OUTLAWS
will meet with full and complete
returns if properly directed. Ru-
NOR has it that we are to have new
management. new methods and adj
ded facilities admitting of the treat
ment of the large amount of low
grade ore in this district. We feel
confident that the day is not far
distant when Sawtooth will again
be numbered among the paying
prosperous mining camps.
REFLEX.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
Their Business Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such
general revival of trade at Steward Bros
drug store as their giving away to their
customers of so many free trial bottles of
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump
ton. Their trade is simply enormous IN
this very valuable article from the fac'
that it always cures and never disappoints
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group
and all throat and lung diseases quickly
cured. You can test it before buying Ivy
getting a trial bottle free, large size 81.
Every bottle warranted.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
PACIFIC COAST NEWS,

Pendleton Republican: Indian
John, one of the last remnants OF
the Multnomas, visits East Port.
land occasionally. This remarka.
ole specimen of the aborigine was
mere long before any white man
saw Oregon. He has seen the pro-
gress Of civilization from the first
day that the old Hudson Bay com
pany moored its pioneer vessel
upon the bosom of the Columbia
He knew DR.. Mclaughlin and saw
the caravan of Lewis and Clark as
it came from the far away east to
explore the great unknown region
of the west. He has seen what no
other living mortal ever saw-the
progress of the grandest portion of
the world as it has bloomed from
the wilderness to its present growth.
He is the oldest man or mortal in
the northwest-112 years of age
Salt Lake Tribue: The station
agent at Piedmont on the Wyom-
ing division Of the U. P. R. R. is
probably by this time out of a job.
He forgot to flag a west-bound
freight Saturday morning, so that
the approaching eastbound freight
could pass there. The result was
a collision five miles west, where
the two trains unsuccessfully tried
to pass on the same track. For
tunately the train hands saw what
was coming in time to jump and
save themselves, so that the damage
was confined to two demoralized
engines and half dozen broken
up cars. The total damage will foot
up $4,000.
Mrs. Bertha Clements, wife of E.
Clements, is the wonder Of Camas
and surrounding country just now,
because of her numerous young
family. She is the mother of five
children, the Oldest of whom will not
be three years old till July Sd. Size
has another boy between one anu
two years old, and March 10th she
gave birth to three girls, weighing,
at the time, respectively A pounds,
4 pounds 10 ounces, and II pounds.
These children are perfect speci
mems of small humanity. They all
have dark hair, and their tiny
heads are only 81 inches from the
point of chin to top of head. Their
hands are two inches long from the
wrist joint to the tips of their
spindling fingers. When visited by
a Tribune representative the chill
dren were lying in bed by the side
of the mother, sleeping soundly.
Mrs. Clements is a small, slender
lady, bright and cheerful and takes
much pride in exhibiting her tiny
babies to visitors, of whom she has
had many during the week since
their birth. The children are so
brigh: and healthy that with proper
care, which they are receiving, they
promise to live and grow.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
PERSONALS.

| w. H. Bowman, of HALEY, paic
Ketchum visit the fore part of the
week.
James Quinn, foreman of the
Parker mine, spent last Wednesday
in town.
E. B. Lennon, Probate Judge
was in town last Tuesday and Wed.
nesday.
Homer Bounds and Charley Gil.
strap, of the Bonanza Heights mine
are visiting to Ketchum.
J. D. Burch, of the Pacific Elk
press Company, was on business
trip to Ketchum during the week.
Harry Morse, of the Salt Lake
City Brewing Company, has been
visiting Ketchum during the week.
c. w. foyer, of the Tourists
Hotel at Shoshone Falls, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in town.
Capt. Baxter received letter
from Mrs. Baxter this week stating
that she would leave Boston on the
Goth inst.
c. S. Scott, cashier of the Stock
Growers & Traders Bank at Cald-
well, Idaho, paid Ketchum a visit
last Tuesday.
w. c. Yount, Harry Massey and
Fletcher Smith, all from Bollinger
county, Missouri, arrived in Ketch-
UNI last Saturday and intend to
make it their future residence.
c. T. Atkinson, connected with
the bridge building department of
the 0. S. L. railroad, with head
quarters at Caldwell, visited Ketch-
um last Tuesday and Wednesday.
George A. Black, manager of the
King of the West mine. was a pas
senger by the Smoky stage last
Thursday. He reports everything
about the King in a fourishing
condition.
A. K. Steunenburg, one of the
editors and proprietors of the Cald-
we'll Tribune, made a pleasant call
at the KEYSTONE office last We'd
nesday Mr.. Steunenburg visited
Ketchum with others for the pu:-
pose of perfecting an Odd Fellows
encampment.
J. C. Smith, accompanied by his
wife, arrived on Wednesdays train
from Clover creek, near Snake river,
where he has been ranching for the
past two years. Mr.. Smith is an
old-timer of the Elkhorn camp,
and has returned to remain during
the summer.
George Mills, Frank Stone, Geo.
J. Lewis, H. c. Lewis and Joseph
Pinkham, of Ketchum, left Oh Tues
days train for Salt Lake City to be
present at the Booth & Barrett per-
Torrance. Our friends were pro-
vided with tickets for the theater
in advance. otherwise they might
have been left.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
EASTER SUNDAY.

Tomorrow will be Easter Sun.
day, the Christian passover and
festival of the resurrection of Christ
This sacred day has been termed
the queen of festivals, and has been
observed continuously since the
crucifixion and resurrection, and is
celebrated in every part of the
Christian world with great solem-
nifty and devotion. In nearly all
Christian countries the recurrence
OF Easter has been celebrated with
various ceremonies and sports.
Among the most popular is the
custom of making presents of col
ored eggs, called pascal eggs or pace
eggs. Colored eggs are u,ed by
children in game which consists
of testing the strength of the shells.
The legend explaining the origin of
the bright-hued eggs is, that a bird
had her nest containing four white
eggs near the tomb in which our
Savior was laid, and that she was
so grieved at his death that all
night long she sat and sang
mournful dirge,
So wild and long,
The grief of the world seemed turned
to song.
But when she saw the Lord emerge
from the tomb; on the glorious
morning of the resurrection, her
mournful song was turned to one
of JOY and thanksgiving.
"On she sang, the notes rising higher and
higher.
They climbed to heaven like sparks of
fire."
The Lord had heard the sorrowing
vail and now heard the song of JOY,
and turning to the bird he said:
"Sweet bird be forever blest,
Thy self and thy eggs and thy moss hid
nest"
And the legend says the eggs in the
nest were turned to the most beau
tiful colors, and ever since the eggs
of the Easter bird have beemed
with green and blue and gold, and
are distributed on Easter morning
over the earth; but since that day
no man has looked upon the bird
or the nest. There are many le-
gends connected with this sacred
festival; one still current i'm some
parts of Ireland is, that the sun
lances in the sky on Easter Sunday
morning.; to see it you must not
look at the orb, but at its reflection
in tub of water. Easter, like the
Jewish passover, is a movable feast.
and does not fall always on the
same day of the month, but is reg
ulated by the full moon, coming
always on the Sunday after the full
moon that happens upon or next
after the 21st of March. If the full
moon happens on a Sunday, Easter
lay is the Sunday after. Easter
IS the most glorious day in the
Christian year, and every heart i.
glad in this commemoration of the
resurrection of the Lamb of God"
And Tomorrow, in thousands OF
'hurches will rise the glad anthem {:
Christ our Passover, is sacrificed
or u.s." therefore let US keep the
east.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
IDAHO NEWS.

Challis Messenger: A mining en-
gineer was recently in the noun
tains on business trip, and whil'
talking to some miners in a cabi1
one evening the conversation turned
on well-known mining man who
died few years since. "Old Cash,
as he was called by his familiars
has had many story told on him
After several "reminiscences one Of
the miners said: swell, poor ole
fellow, | guess he's milling free
gold in heaven now" 81 dunno,
said another, perhaps he's taken
to sulelting. The way things
are looking now placer miners will
nave poor run this season, on ac.
count of the light fall of snow in
the mountains this winter.
Eagle Rock Register: The finest
trout to be found in the mountains
are weekly brought to town and the
surplus shipped to points as far
east as Denver. There are perhaps
a dozen men engaged in the bust
ness, steadily or by spells.
Caldwell Tribune: Inasmuch as
the cattle men and sheep herders
on Sucker creek have had no amuse-
ment of late, such little pleasant
ries as taking shot" at each other,
which seems to be a sacred and
time-honored custom among the
fun-loving people of that sanguin-
airy country, the herders were forced
to have little fun among them
selves. One of Hotfer's herders
was made the butt Of the joke and
acted as target, while the joker
pecked away at him several times
with a repeating rife. The only
unpleasant feature of the whole at
fair seemed to be that the men were
entire strangers, the victim of the
joke naturally Directing to such
undue familiarity from an entire
stranger. Good manners at least
demanded an introduction. The
man who did the shooting is sup
posed to be crazy.
Idaho Democrat News arrived
yesterday that w. Huff of Long
Valley had accidently killed him
self while in his tent, just after
loading or while preparing to clean
his gun. He had sent little child
out after some snow, the report OF
Il gun was heard moment after,
and Mr.. Huff was found dead.
The charge had entered the brain
through an eye. He formerly lived
in Boise valley, was we'll liked, and
eft a wife and several children
Wallace Brown, who went out hunt
ing last winter from Brownlee Fer
ry and was supposed to have per-
ished in snow storm, has not re-
turned, Gays the Weiser Leader.
The report that he went to San
Francisco and had returned, is un-
true. There is no doubt at Brown
lee that his remains lie buried un-
der the snow on SturgiIl mountain
J. Pierce, in from Squaw
creek last week, said McQuade had
ost three hundred head of cattle
Turing the winter and spring. This
8 the greatest loss in stock we
have heard Of.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
Shoshone Masquerade Ball.

The KEYSTONE is authorized to
say that a complimentary invita-
ton is extended to all the people of
Ketchum who desire to attend the
masquerade ball to be given at Sho-
shone April 9th. A rate of fare
will be made on the terms of a
single fare for the round trip. The
ball will no doubt be a grand affair,
and no pains will be spared to make
everything pleasant in every par
ticular, and in the language of Con
ductor Lane, ''come one, come all. :
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-31
, Ap4oSlon at the Parker Mine.

in th lux <, OF giant powder exploded
lat '1 y tunnel of the Parker mine
no or tuesday, night. Fortunately
and as was hurt. The fan wheel
ses hug bnslne sustained slight DANA
auv 49, ~ not SO much as to cause
cuiidpn particular delay in the prose
s.nloa.o Vi work. What caused the
0Sion cannot be ascertained.