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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-07-28
Steve Whipple is Dead.

All old-time Californians know
something about Steve Whipple.
For years he was king of the green
cloth in San Francisco. Lawyers,
congressman, physicians, merch-
ants, farmers, ministers and mis-
sionaries whose feet tended to far
away lands to labor for the conver-
sion of the heather and his valua-
bles, were inveigled into the lair of
the gambler, who grew rich and re.
spectacle as their fortunes and
standing ebbed away. Years went
by and change took place. Re
verses came. He lost, lost steadily
and heavily; lost all, even, as 1t
was said, his wife's jewelry, valued
at $500 900, and finally became
poor, as the world goes, though not
quite penniless, and-blind. He
left the city and took up his resi-
dence near San Mateo, and for 10
years has been immured in an OBJ
livion that even his death will
scarcely deepen. The memory OF
his games, his successes, his steam
ers on the Sacramento river and his
stables of fine horses have gone
down together beneath the rushing
torrent Of events which will How on
with a current rippleless as if no
wreck had ever marred its smooth
meas His vices were the vices Of
the turbulent pioneer times in which
he lived, and were not more con-
spicuous than is the absence OF ms
crowning virtue-that Of an over
flowing generosity-in our time. g
The story of another pioneers lie
is told, that is all.-Ventura Dem
ocrat.
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AFGHAN HOSPITALITY.
Thrashing Servants All the Time they
are Waiting on GuestA

If an Afghan wishes to show par.
ticular honor to his guests a por.
tion of the display is very likely to
be made through the medium OF
the carcass of some servitor who is
detailed for some menial service.
The head farrash is expected to
honor his masters guest by osten-
tatiously fogging his unfortunate
underling around with a stick to
hurry him up. By making him
hop around and perform his SER
vices in lively, cheerful manner
the hospitable intention is supposed
to be measurably emphasized.
An amusing exhibition of this
peculiar phase of Afghan life was
connected with my own arrest at
Furrah. Mahmoud Yusuph Khan,
by way of apologizing for the un-
pleasant necessity Of having to send
me back to Herat, was anxious to
impress upon me, in other direc-
tlOns, MS good Will toward me AS
an individual. In this laudable
ambition there figured prominently
his chief farrash, a snort fellow in
a cloud of snowy raiment, and a
wild negro, who was to accompany
our party to Herat in charge of the
nummud horse. The farrash's role
in the programme was to chase the
negro around and rain blows on him
with long iron kabob skewer, used
in the Afghan army for roasting ka-
bobs on, and the negro's duty was
to receive the castigation with as
good grace as possible. The negro
was as wild and almost as ugly as
a gorilla, and his idea of good grace
was to scurry around ahead of the
farrish, make frantic rushes at the
work of preparation, ,and howl loud
ly whenever the kabob skewer fell
across his shoulders.-N. Y. Sun.
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Whisky Not a Cure for Snake Bite.

DR.. Henry C. Yarrow, whose name
is just now prominently before the
public as one of the physicians at
tending General Sheridan, contrib
utes to the Forest and Stream de-
tailed and extremely interesting ac-
count of the recent series of expe-
rimepts conducted by him at the
National Musium to discover an
antidote for rattlesnake venom. AL
cohol in various forms is probably
to-day the agent in which the great
portion of the people of the world
have the utmost confidence as an
antidote, faith unfortunately not
we'll founded if We may believe the
many experiments which have been
tried. According to Mitchell, it is
merely a counteractive agent, a
stimulus simply, which may buoy
the patient over the prostration
produced by the venom, but as a
direct antidote it fails, and this is
proved by the fact that a mixture
Of alcohol and venom is no less
deadly than the venom itself. 1t
has been claimed that persons in
an intoxicated condition, or those
hubitually indulging in alcoholic
liquor, cannot be poisoned by ven-
omous snakes, but abundant proof
to the contrary exists, notably in
the case of Adam Lake, reported
by DR.. Horner in the North Ameri-
can Medical and Surgical Journal,
1881, XI, 227. This man had been
in the habit of taking from half a
pint to pint of alcoholic liquor
daily, and was intoxicated when
bitten by rattlesnake. Notwith-
standing the services of excellent
physicians, a number of reputed
antidotes being used, he died in
less than twenty-four hours.
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4 BIG CROP OF WIDOWS.
Ono to Every Forty Feet on q Bur-
lington, n. J., Street.

"Oh, for man !" is the prayer
that ascends every night from the
lips of the widows in Burlington
N. J. This pretty little town on
the Delaware river has more widows
to the square foot on Federal street
between High and York streets
than any other town in the country.
That is the claim, and there are
thirty-one widows within the pre-
scribed bounds to prove it. They
are coy. Some are young while
others are not so youthful. They
number in the squad some who are
plump, and some who have seen
the SHOWS of more than forty win
ters. They blush with don't-you-
Observation-Disclosures shyness
when a widow-proof reporter can
vassed the street in the guise of a
dictionary men. Indeed" said an
old residenter, 'it must have rained
widders some night the way they're
packed together out yonder on Fed
eral street." The jolliest and most
gossippy of the colony declares that
she remains a widow for the fun of
the thing. They all declare, that
one man was enough for them; but
when the signal is given-"a man
in the street'-there is a general
rush to the windows. At the sig
nal of "a man" the women drop
their dish-cloths and rolling-pins,
and even leave their meals. If No.
% has a gentleman to accompany
her home from a strawberry festival
the other thirty pass along the word
the next morning: ''Who is he? Is
it a catch?" There was a grand
row once over widower whom it
was thought had been caught by
one of the most charming of the
lot. She hid four or five children
in a big cupboard when her beau
came. A rival let out the secret,
and then there was war. The Wild
over rushes along the street now
as if he expected to see children
rise up around him like fakes in a
heavy snow storm.
The youngest of the colony keep
their elderly and more sedate sis
ters in perpetual stew by their
pranks. One is already engaged
and the others hoping to be. Every
month the thirty-one sisters look
over their right shoulders at the
new moon. This brings them good
luck. Then they look up and down
the streets for man.
The heavyweight of the flock
trips along at 18O pounds, while
the fairy tips the beam at but 95
pounds. One of the widows has
$4,000 in bank, two others have
tlourishing stores and another has
eight children.-Phila. Record.
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Pen Pictures of q Prairie Miss.

Miss Artie Cody, Buffalo Bills
pretty daughter, is the acknowl-
edged belle of North Platte, Neb.,
where the Cody's reside, and there
she reigns supreme as social
Queen She has no English
airs, but is the typical western girl
of old. She seemed delighted to
get home again. Her complexion
is lovely, and you know she has q
pretty eye. / don't think she is as
seimpering and giddy as she was,
and she is more graceful. She was
really quite dashing and attractive
in her dress with hat and high
feathers to match) of dull pink
surah silk, made with gathered-in
diamond-shape yoke, and belted
down with . medium sash; full
overskirt, full box1plaited skirt I'M
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-07-28
A Pass to Beant0Wn.

The hcavy-hearted villain of the
stranded comedy company walked
boldly into the Office of the railroad
superintendent and greeted that re-
sponsible dignitary with familiar
nod.
Unabashed by the astonished
look in the eyes of the stiff-necked
official, he introduced his business
without waiting to be prompted.
Say! I want you to give me a
pass to Boston"
"A pass?-to Boston? What for,
sir?"
because | live down that way. "
"That may be, sir; but what
claim have you on this road? We
can't do it for you"
The villain hesitated, but was
not lost.
"See here? Where are the over
seers of the poor in this townT'
"Well, l happen to be one OF
them myself. Why !"
Then l want you to send me to
the poor house. I'm a pauper, and
Pm Just going to put myself on this
town. Shows busted I haven't a
cent, and if you can't give me q
pass / can't get away. Guess III
90 to the poor house until the sea-
son opens and | can get another
lob. Look after me as soon as you
can, please, because want to wash
up and get something to eat. What
do you say?"
"Mr. Penholder, give this man
pass to Boston. Idea.
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der and full sleeves-all very elab-
crate. nothing like it ever having
been seen in these parts before. Her
diamonds just set her off. She ac-
tually said in the ball room: " / en-
Joy u good shindig in North Platte
more than all the royal entertain
ments the old country can Offer"
She was attended BY a tall, con-
sumptive blonde, a dentist doing
business in Omaha, to whom, l am
told, Artie will be married this
summer Paul News.
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you in doubt as to who has just
died; but the Arab, when he meets
his friend, advances toward him,
they join hands in firm pressure
for just moment, and then, with
out grimace or movement of the
lips, raise their own hand and touch
it to their lips, saying afterward,
"Welcome sight" The whole thing
is done with dignity that is thor
oughly manly, and yet with hint
of tenderness that is nothing less
than beautiful.-African letter in
Boston Transcript.
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A BOOM FOR SENATOR JONES.

IL WILL surprise the f1eralQ read
ers, dare say" said H. K. Dulaney,
Collector of Customs at Sitka, "to
know that the greatest gold mine
the world has ever known is stu
ated at Juno City, about one hun
dred and fifty miles from Sitka. l
state it, however, as a fact. It is
called the Paris mine, and one of
the principal owners is Senator
Jones, of Nevada.
"The mine produces $4,000 worth
of gold bullion each month, and
experts say that enough is in sight
TO furnish this amount for 400 years.
If this be true, and / have no reason
to doubt it, the mine ought to be
worth several hundred million to
the syndicate which controls it.
One half of the mine was originally
purchased for $3.50. For the other
half a trif1e more was paid"
is Alaska rich in mineral wealth.
Mr.. Dulaney was asked.
ut is believed to be. Unfortu-
nately the country is SO wild and
mountainous that prospecting is
carried on with the greatest diff
Guilty. Coal is found in considera-
BILE quantities, and copper depos-
it's are occasionally seen. A new
industry, which promises to be very
profitable, is the catching of salmon.
The Columbia river, which has fur
nished great part of the salmon
of the United States, has been so
extensively worked for the past
quarter of a century, that its enor-
nous supply is becoming exhausted.
The fresh water streams of Alaska
abound in salmon, and the indica-
tons are that a few years will find
Alaska the great salmon producing
country of the world. 1t is a prof
liable industry. Common salted
salmon packed in barrels can be
laid down in San Francisco for
81 SO barrel, but the price paid
for it is $11 Is barrel. Of course
these enormous profits will invite a
brisk competition that will ulti-
mately lower the prices, but at
present it is very remunerative."
"Is the future of Alaska a hatter-
ing one?"
II cannot candidly say that it is.
It is rich only in minerals, and the
development of these can be accom-
plished only by the expenditure of
much time and money. The eli
mate, however, is not so inhospita-
BILE as you Of the East imagine.
The influence of the Gulf Stream
has marked effect upon the tenn
perature along the coast. The
springs and summers are mild and
pleasant without being hot. The
other months of the year are by no
means so unpleasant as they are in
New York, for instance.
1.-THE 600 whites in Sitka form a
very pleasant colony. We get the
New York and San Francisco pa
pers, as we'll as the leading maga-
zines and periodicals.. True, they
come to US little late, but through
them we manage to keep abreast of
popular thought, not so promptly,
perhaps, but quite as successfully,
as our more favored friends in the
East.-Washington Cor. New York
Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-07-28

A very distinguished prelate of
the Episcopal Church found him
self stranded ia q little town way
down in the backwoods of Maine
last summer, and had to put up at
a farmhouse, where he was hospit-
ably entertained. '"Do you have
many Episcopalians down here?"
he inquired of his hostess. ''Well,
really now, l don't know" she an
swered tour hired man. shot some
sort of q queer critter down back Of
the barn the other day. but he al
lowed it was q woodchuck. Lew
iston. Maine, Journal.
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first cruelty practiced upon pris-
oner. He was forced to prostrate
himself, face downward, upon tho
apexes of five triangular-shaped
blocks of hard wood, the front Of
his legs being exposed to the sharp
edges. While securely held in this
position heavy stones were placed
on the victims thighs and others
were slowly added to increase the
terrible weight-until he became
unconscious or signified his inten-
ton to confess.
The box torture was a still more
atrocious contrivance. Bound hand
and foot, the culprit was forced into
a strong box, about two feet square,
having covering made to fit the
inside, and capable of being low
cred or raised at will. Heavy weights
were placed upon it, and as these
were increased in number, depress-
ing the lid, the poor wretch within
the box was slowly crushed to death.
In using the water torture it was
believed that the torment of thirst
would induce prisoner to confess
his guilt. After several days sub
sistence on salt diet, without rice
and water, the accused was shut in
room where he could see and hear
the dropping of water on all sides,
but out of his reach. The cravings
and suffelings became fearful under
the agony, often approaching the
bounds of insanity.
Deprivation of sleep was effected
by placing the criminal upon a bed
or mat, over which a small stream
of water was constantly flowing.
Attendants were in readiness, and
at the slightest indication of slum-
ber they would rouse their victim
by ringing bells, beating drums, or
the application of fire to his body.
The treatment rendered sleep i'm
possible, the poor wretch's mind
became disordered under the tor
ture and oftentimes left him raw
ing maniac.
The old style of trial in Japan
included only about four persons
the judge, the secretary, the torturer
and the accused. The latter was
taken into the examination room,
securely bound and was forced to
kneel during the investigation Of
his case. If he persisted in remain
ing mute, or appeared to equivocate
in his reply to the questions ad
dressed to him, the Investigation
whip was used smartly-an instru-
ment capable of inflicting great
punishment, made of three long
strips of bamboo cane. Should he
continue stubborn, a much heavier
whip was applied, the torturer re-
peating the blows until the prisoner
either yielded or tainted under the
terrible inaiction. But no fatal in
juries were permitted to beinhicted
during these preliminary investi-
cations, and a judge causing the
application of torture to innocent
persons. or to those Of very adj
vanced or tender years, or to preg-
nant females, was himself liable to
very severe punishment.
Such were some of the inhuman
methods of torturing prisoners in
Japan, practiced certainly within q
score of years-and less-and not q
few of the death sentences described,
excepting the most atrocious tor
lures, the present writer has actually
Observation-Disclosures Courier.
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JAPANESE TORTUREs.

ment and restoration of the MikadO
as responsible ruler, in 1868, Japan
has so completely entertained the
idea of progress, seeking the broad
sunlight of civilization after CEN
turies of isolation, that one must
turn to any dark or cruel page of
her history with feeling of reluct-
ance. Until very recently one of
the lingering relics of barbarism
was the torture of persons arraigned
in the courts of justice. The meth
DDS employed were of the most re-
pulsive character, and considering
the Japanese government had ap-
pointed commission, before 1871,
to repeal the administration of the
criminal law, it is strange that the
final prohibition of torture was so
long delayed. In 1878 it was freely
reported that torture was applied to
some of the soldiers of the Take
bashi barracks, but it may fairly be
understood that the mutineers of
Takebashi were the last to suffer
the repulsive punishments and the
very decided expression of opinion
on the part of foreign officials in
Japan-and the comments in the
Anglo-Japanese newspapers-has-
tened the abolition of the hateful
and diabolical practice at once and
forever. They have established law
schools under foreign guidance,
founding their system of jurispru-
dence on the Roman law; lawyers
to-day plead in their courts and
prisoners on their trial have the as
sistance of counsel. But the pur-
pose now in view is to glance at the
old criminal law of Japan and to
briefly describe some Of the forms
of torture employed during exami-
nation of prisoners to invoke them
into confession of their crimes.
The most extreme of revolving
cruelties were the various applica-
tons of the fire torture, but for the
victim some of them had the one
advantage of more speedily termi-
mating his terrible sufferings. The
accused with hands and feet secured
was suspended, head downward, in
a cage made of green bamboo. The
cage was contrived to slowly re-
volve, the culprit being exposed to
the fierce heat of q charcoal fire,
which was frequently replenished
by the executioners.
Oftentimes. happily for the
wretched sufferer, the fumes of the
charcoal produced suffocation. An
other fire torture was to compel the
prisoner to stand upon heated
grating grid, beneath which a fire
was constantly burning. He was
unable to leave the small enclosure,
being quite surrounded by strong
railing. Lighted charcoal placed in
the interior of a metal funnel was
another description of fire torture.
The tube, containing the lighted
charcoal, was securely bound in the
grasp of the prisoner, and he was
forced by the attendants to walk
quickly about, exposing the broad
end Of the tube to the wind, thereby
accelerating the heat ana increasing
his own sufferings. Another agoniz-
ing torture was produced by the APP
plicatioa of boiling oil to the body
of the victim, and it was q torture
applied in so many ways that only
sickening details Of hellsh devices
to intensity human suffering could
picture, if that wore possible, lts
extent and variety.
The stope torture was usually the
-
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Joys Of American Politics.

"Mr. Milksap,' said the beautiful
maiden, as she gently moved the
Young mans arm from about her
waist. II have only known you for
two or three weeks, you must re-
member, ana have heard papa say
he has seen many a promising can
didate ruin his chances by bringing
too much pressure to bear early IN
the campaign"
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The KEYSTONE has long been acknowa-
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart of the most 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
developments, as we'll as matters Of local
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, 1888-07-28

Keeping Girls on the Farm.-At
the meeting of an agricultural so
ciety in an interior town, the other
day, this question was discussed !:
"What is the best way to keep girls
on the farm?" A memDer suggested
a barbed-wire fence six feet high,
with no gates.-Phila. Record.
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iIREIroRY OF IDAHO
AT KETCHUM

TERRITORY OF IDAHO.
County OF Alturae. co.
naned d4ac l. Lewis, President of the above
above ,aank, 90 solemnly swear that the
knovleSement is true to the best of nv
subscr;h iISAAC l. LEWIS, President.
llth hdrloed daa and sworn to before me- this
uay OF July, 1888. ~ '' ''4''
'ect-Atsest: NS 'oAA'
JOSEPH PrKHAM,)
Hc HfsAAc !. Lkwls. Directors.
Gro. J. LEvB.
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A Mississippi woman fell into
mill-dam, and when she was rescued
. 10-pound catfish Was entan9led
in her wire hustle. Her husband
wanted to set her again, bat ahe
would not consent. l}oFTistoN1
Herald.
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The time q man most needs . Va
cation is just after be returns from
one.-Hotel Mail.
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PROFESSIONAL.

Al. PINkHAM.
,rropyEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum. Idaho.
A Ipractices in all the Courts of the Ter
. ..,-r Conveyancing and procuring Of
S,Cnts ls speciality.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-08-02
IT III L
THURSDAY. AUGUST 2, 1883.
THE VACANCY TO BE FILLED.

The following resolution was
adopted by the Legislature this
morning: Whereas by reason of the
death of the Hon. Samuel G.. Will
der, a member of this Assembly,
there is vacancy in the rumber Of
mobiles to which the island of Oahu
is entitled, resolved that the secre-
tary of this Assembly is hereby in
structed TO inform the Minister. OF
Interior of such fact, ard request
that an election be ordered to fill
such vacancy" 1t is understood
that the election will take place
within the next two weela. A num-
ber of names have been mentioned
on the streets as probable candi-
dates, but we know of nc one who
seriously intends coming forward.
Probably eligible men may feel dis
inclined to accept nomination at the
fag end of the session, who might
have thought differently if the full
session had been ahead. But still
there is no reason to think that the
vacancy will 60 begging for an occu-
pant. Whether competent man
will be forthcoming is another ques-
tion. Considering that the session
is supposed to close within a week
or two after the election, it will not
probably matter much who gets into
the empty seat. Although it is always
best to choose the best nan, If he is
only in to be the House for o day.