The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-07-13

OSlLleS. PROFESSOR dOlla0O owns
the largest collection of butterflies
in the world, having over 100000
: specimens.
j Professor Todd, of Amherst Col
: lege, has charge Of the expedition
with corps of astronomical assist
ants, and they expect to secure !;
number of Photographic views o
, the different phases of the eclipse
: The last Congress appropriated .
J sufficient sum to defray the expen
ses of the expedition. Secretary
Tracy will place a cruiser at Their
disposal, and when they leave New
! York they will sail direct for the
Portuguese possessions on the west
coast of Africa, then probably sail
up the Quanza river into the neigh
borhood of Ambacca, where there
are number of highlands occupied
by a Portuguese population. This
is the only total solar eclipse that
occurs in this century. The line
of total observation runs from Trim
idad, in South America, across the
Guianas, traverses the Atlantic
Ocean, and strikes the western coast
of Africa 100 miles south of st. Paul
de Loando. The center shadow
track is struck here. The object of
going up the Quanza into the high
lands is to avoid the marlarial re-
gions of the coast.
A NEW HOME FOR THE APACHE CHIEF.
A dispatch from Washington says
it is understood that Captain John
Bourke, of the Fifth cavalry, and
Prof. Painter, of Boston, who have
been trying to find permanent
home for Geronimo and his Apache
followers now in captivity at Port
Pickens, Alabama, will report in
favor of purchasing portion of the
Cherokee reservation in North Car
DINA. The Cherokees say they will
be glad to have the Apaches as their.
neighbors and will sell the govern
ment 10000 acres Of their land for
that purpose. Geronimo has ex-
pressed his willingness to go there.
THE FRENCH EXHIBITION.
Editor De Young's criticism upon
the American exhibit at the Paris
exposition, wherein he complained
that it is poor and paltry and un-
worthy of our great country, has
called forth many denials from
many different sources. An Exam
iner' commissioner just returned
from Paris emphatically denies that
the statement recently made that
the American section of the French
exposition is a failure, is true. He
admitted that the theatrical dis
plays of other countries may make
the exhibits of this country seem
less attractive, from a popular point
of view, but, nevertheless, the CON-
mercial and mechanical displays
of the United States carry away the |
honors over all
OTHER EXHIBITORS.
He said further: "The Egyptian
section presents an exact represen-
tation of a street in Cairo, mer-
chants, donkeys and all. The Jap
anese present their Jurickshahs,
their amphitheateres the Tunis-
ians, their dancing maidens. Then
there is the miniature castle, with
wax figures of prisoners and the
Congo blacks in their real palisades.
These are all effects, which, however
interesting and amusing, should
not count against the display of a
great people, and in fact, they do
not. The American exhibit is so
large that it is scattered all over
the exhibition grounds. However,
This is also the case with Great
Britain. The true character of our
display, therefore, is not so obvious
10 superficial observation as it
would be were it all concentrated
in one locality. Almost all the
machinery in Machinery Hall is
American, and certainly the Edison
exhibit is enough to satisfy the
dramatic taste of even those who
want nautch dances and waxworks
in their view of such exhibition of
arts and industries.
NO MORE PUBLIC RECEPTIONS.
Washington dispatches say that
Secretary Window has abandoned
he practice of holding public re-
,eptions and will hereafter receive
visitors by card only. He says he
cannot give proper attention to the
business of the department if he is
to listen constantly to
he appeals of of6ce-seekers.
RIOT IN DULUTH.
A telegram from Duluth dated
July 9th says that the lumbermen's
'trike which has been in progress
or several days eliminated that
afternoon in bloody war between
he strikers and the policemen.
Thirty determined policemen were
'itted against three thousand des-
'erate strikers armed with pistols,
tones and clubs. At SPIN. a conn /,