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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

The census of 1880, which was
taken by a Republican Administra-
ton, may be studied with profit by
those who discuss the color line.
It shows in the former slave States
white vote of 2,915,469, and a
colored vote of 1888 The pro-
portions have not been materially
changed by the subsequent increase,
so that if the statement were that
the white vote there is all Demo
cratic and suppresses the colored
vote, which is all Republican, the
majority would be very different
from what it is. Again, if the vote
were al cast, white Democratic and
colored Republican, the Democratic
majority would be 1,676,548, while
in fact it is only Ill, 900.
New York has more black votes
than Delaware or West Virginia, as
have Pennsylvania. Illinois, Indi-
ana, New Jersey, Ohio and Kansas.
New York and Pennsylvania each
has nearly as many black votes as
Florida, or Maryland. Yet we hear
no proposition to give negroes Of
fee or specially recognize them in
either of these seven Northern
States where they have more votes
than in some OF the Southern States
which are denounced for not sur
rendering the local government to
them.-Alta.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
the WORLDS LAReEsT FLOWER.
It Grows in the Far Paci6o---A Weight
of Over Twenty-Five PoundA

In the fartheSt southeastern Is
land of the Philippine group, Min
dinao, upon one Of its mountains,
Parag, in the neighborhood of the
highest peak in the island, the vol
cano Apo, a party Of botanical and
ethnographical explorers found re-
Gently, at a height of $500 feet
above the seq level, q colossal flower.
The discoverer, DR.. Alexander Scha-
denberg, could scarcely believe his
eyes when he saw amidst the low
growing bushes the immense buds
of this flower, like gigantic brown
cabbage heads.
But he was still more astonished
when he found specimen in full
bloom, five-petaled flower, nearly
a yard in diameter-as large as q
carriage wheel, in fact. This enor-
nous blossom was borne on a sort
of vine, creeping on the ground.
1t was known by the native who
accompanied DR.. Schadenberg, who
called it Boo. The party had no
scale by which the weight of the
flower could be ascertained, but
they improvised a swinging scale,
using their boxes and specimens as
weights. Weighing these when op-
portunity served, it was found that
a single flower weighed over twenty
two pounds. 1t was impossible to
transport the fresh flower, so the
travellers photographed it, and dried
a number Of its leaves by the heat
of fire. DR.. Schadenberg then
sent the photographs and dried
specimens to the Royal Botanical
Gardens at Breslau, where the
learned director Immediately re-
cognized it as species of Raf1lesia, a
plant formerly discovered in Suma-
ira and named after the English
Governor, Sir Stamford Raffles.
The new flower was accordingly
named Raff1esia Schadenbergia.
The five petals of this inmese flower
are oval and creamy white, and grow
around center filled with countless
long violet-hued stamens, thicker
and longer in the female, or fertile
flowers, than in the infertile. The
fertilization is accomplished by
insects whose larve breed in the de-
caying flesh ofits thick petals. The
fertile flower develops soft, berry
like fruit, in which countless seeds
are imbedded. The flower exhales
a poisonous gas, even when first
opened.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
What She Wanted.

The lawer was sitting at his desk,
absorbed in the preparation of a
brief. So bent was he on his work
that he did not hear the door as it
was pushed gently open, nor see the
curly head that was thrust into his
office. A little sob attracted his
notice, and, turning, he saw face
that was streaked with recent tears
and told plainly that the little ones
feelings had been hurt.
"Well, my little one, did you
want to see me?"
"Are you lawyer"
"Yes. What is it you want?"
II want" and there was a resolute
ring in her voice, ~ want a divorce
from my papa and mamma. ."-Mer.
chant Traveller.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
I, IDAHO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1889.
It was performed at the request of
His mother at the wedding of her
niece and His cousin.

/ 1t WAS performed at the request o.
His mother at the wedding of hel
niece and His cousin.
"The object of the miracle was
to furnish stimulous to the brain,
to prolong the mirth and joy of the
wedding party. We must presume,
therefore, that Christ and His disci-
Piles made use of wine as beverage.
"It was at the celebration of the
passover, an occurrence similar to
our 21st of April passover, that our
Saviour took the wine cup from our
festive board and inaugurated the
holy communion.
81 am sincere Christian. l be-
lieve the precepts and examples as
taught and practiced by Christ and
his apostles to be the bedrock of
democracy. Nowhere in the New
Testament can We learn that any
agency save moral suasion was in
voked to make people religious or
moral.
II do not object to total obsti-
nence, / believe that total absti-
nence is the only way by which
some Incorporate drinkers can be
saved. 1 know it from my own
personal experience. When a per-
sons appetite for stimulating bev-
erage becomes uncomfortable he
should touch not, handle not If
| cannot indulge in the use of the
same moderation, it is my misfor-
tune. To undertake to prescribe
rules of conduct for others more
fortunate, by legislative enactments,
is species of legislation that will
not be tolerated in free land.
Moral suasion is the only legit-
innate weapon that ministers of the
gospel can make use of to win men
from vice of every description.
"Garlands Of grace and beauty
are more effectual in winning men
from the vice of intemperance than
sumptuary laws.
with these observations will
give you my opinion what | think
would be proper legislation with
reference to day Of rest. 1t would
be proper for the Legislature to de-
clare it a penal offense for any per-
son to disturb religious worship on
Sunday or any other day; that no
person, bond or free, should be
compelled to perform any labor on
Sunday, except to enforce the Grim
inal laws of the States. Such law
would protect the rights of all and
work injury to none.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

ARcHpEAcoN FARRAR says that
Cruikshank, the artist, offered five
hundred dollars for proof of a vio-
lent crime committed by a total
abstainer from intoxicants and that
the money remains unclaimed to-
day. The archdeacon says that he
will give the same amount for proof
of any one case, "either in the
church or out oft, where drunken
ness has been cured without total
abstinence.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

The KEYsrovE 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 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 ana
Importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis Of Idaho, it is an inyalna
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, 1889-02-02

In an interview with a New York
reporter, Miss Field said: I have
appealed to the Inauguration Com
mittee at Washington, suggesting
that inasmuch as the republican
party is deeply indebted to Califor-
MIA for the nomination and subse-
quent election of General Harrison,
and inasmuch as the republican
party claims to be the appointed
guardian of home productions, it
follows as logical sequence that
none but California wines should
be used on the 4th of March. One
would suppose that policy, no less
than patriotism, would cause this
committee to hail such suggestion
with joy; but so far | have had no
definite reply to my letter"
II am not wine bibber, but l
have drank wine in moderation all
my life, as any one who has been
raised in Europe is sure to do. l
believe that as human nature Graves
a stimulant, and must have it, all
laws to the contrary, that the only
place for this stimulant is at ones
meals, where it not only cheers, but
makes bad food good, and good
food better. Instead of wanting to
make drunkards of men and women,
/ want to keep them sober. | wish
them to stop perpendicular drink
ing in bar rooms. and take to inn
bibing light, pure native wines. In
stead of a base, selfish motive, |
have patriotic one, and my pres
ent effort in this direction is the
appeal to the Inauguration CON-
mittee at Washington"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
"All Is Not Gold That Glitters. y

How may we know the true metal?
Well, if in doubt, we can go to the
jeweler. He takes the ring or chain
and lets fall ON it a drop of acid.
If the gold is pure and solid, the
acid runs off without effect. If it is
imitation, the acid eats through
and discloses the cheat. Men and
women sometimes look like gold.
But intimacy is the acid. 1t shows
which is gold and which is pinch
beck imitation.
This young man sparkles in So
ciety. Everybody" says he is a
fine fellow-and Everybody" must
know. Everybody" says Tally
rand, "is cleverer than anybody" F"
He seems the soul Of honor. He
looks like Apollo, and talks like
Plato. But follow him to his home.
Observe how he conducts himself
there. Is he chivalrous towards
mother and sisters? Does he treat
his father with Difference, and his
brothers with consideration? On
parade he is a hero. Is he a valet
when off parade?
"What a charming girl |" we ex-
claim, as we meet Miss Glitter in a
friends drawing-room. "Who could
be more graceful and accomplished
and refined?" But first impressions
are often mistaken. Test this de-
lightful young lady. What is she
like in the domestic circle? Has she
sharp eyes to see household needs,
and deft hands for fireside necessi-
ties? Or does she snap out some
thing about "bothersome brother, !"
when one so related asks her to do
trifling favor? Does she break
forth into petulant complaint, when
requested by father or mother to
attend to some duty she might
Justly be called on to discharge?
Does the cat, purring there on the
rug, love or hate her? Does the
canary chirp her a welcome, or. sit
mute on the perch, when she enters
the room? Is she dainty bit Of
combined sunshine in petticoats?
knowledge on these points BEFORE
marriage would prevent disappoint-
ment AFTER marriage. Drop the
acid on this fine young fellow, and
upon this sweet-looking lassie, and
pray God they may stand the test
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

Chinese, for it is without doubt the
only one which is talked by over
400, 900, 900 of the human race, the
next language most in use-but at
a very great distance behind Chi
nese-being Hindustani, spoken by
over 10O,OOO,0OO. Then follow
English, spoken by about 100000
600; Russian, over 100000,
German, over 81 600, 900, and Span
ish, over Al, 100000, rank next.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
Tramps Exchanging Prison Sentences.

There are some wise and witty
tramps in the Augusta Jail. AS the
tramps are numerous and the ranks
are constantly undergoing change,
it is impossible for the jailers to re-
member the name ofeach. When a
man sentenced for a term longer
than he desires wishes to depart he
makes a trade with one whose term
is about to expire. and who prefers
to stay in to exchange names, and
when the day Of release arrives
marches forth under false person
ality. while his confederate, instead
of being forced out into the cold
world, serves ont the others term.
They'll have to- brand these fellowe
like Texas steers Lewiston, Me-,
Journal. !
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
4 Way to Warm Codee.

A mortar-mixer at the new hotel
was observed to be heating his ket-
tie of coffee yesterday in way that
was no novelty to him but seemed
strange to a reporter. He dug a
hole in a pile of sand, placed o lump
of lime in it, spinkled some water
on the lime, placed his kettle on it
and banked sand up around it.
When IL O'Clock struck he shouted,
"Come to tay, your cofee's bitin'.'
Portland Welcome.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

Miss Myra is speaking to her
friend, Miss Jennie: "You are rich
are still young and attractive; why
don't you marry?" Because |
shall never marry a man l cannot
respect" "Well?" Well, how
could / respect the fool who would
marry me?"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

MAY God grant US something OF
the privilege of Christ, which was
to live q manly life for Gods sake,
and also to live 8 Cody life for
mans sake? for it was thus that
He was a mediator between GOD
and man.-Phillips Brooks.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

Miss KATE FIELD, in her new
role as the "apostle of the grape, !"
has been. appointed the deputy of
the Viticultural Commission of
California, to secure the exclusion
of foreign wines on the occasion of
Mr.. Harrison's Inauguration.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

One ounce of arresting somebody
for carrying concealed weapons be-
fore he kills somebody else is worth
a pound of murder trial.-N. Q.
Picavune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
The Host spoken Language.

It has been estimated by Profes-
sor Kirchoff of Halle that the
Language most spoken on the globe,
for the last / 900 years at least, is
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
TERRITORY orIpAuo

TERRITORY OF IDAHO,
County of Alturas. "
uamad dsc s l.; Lewis, President of the above
above s,os, oank, do solemnly swear that the
kncw, aiatement is true to the best of my
''"'edge and belief.
Suhso.; ISAAC l. LEWIS, President.
lhh Jelioed and sworn to before me this
~ oay Of December, 1883.
Cor,ec. geo NJ. Snow. Notary Public.
JosErB PIskRAx,l
q. c; LEWIS. Directors.
A. w. CoNsTocx,l
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

You can't turn a butterfly into q
caterpillar; yet some men are dls-
appointed because the angel OF
courtship doesn't turn out to be the
patient drudge of marriage.-Pnck..
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

WITH full pockets and full stom-
achs, and good linen, and broad
cloth on your back, your heart and
soul will be plethoric, and in the
race of life you will find yourself
surpassed by all the poor boys
around you before you know it.
J. G. Holland.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

"That's an eat thing in Clothes.
said the cannibal, as he saw : mis-
sionary approaching.-N Y. Nsxs.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

IDLENEss is the holiday of fool
igh yomen.-Mrs. Balfour.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02

THE reply to Miss Fields letter
to the Inaugural Committee is
awaited with much interest. It is
unprecedented in the history of our
Republic for any liquor dealer, or
any other dealer, to suggest liquors
or bill of fare for the White House.
No one supposes for moment that
this is done by Miss Field or her
employees for the sake of suffering
humanity; that the wall of the
drunkard's victims throughout the
land has awakened a responsive
chord of sympathy in their hearts,
and prompts them to introduce into
use in lieu of a stronger beverage,
zone that cheers, but not inebriates." :"
Nothing but pure, mercenary mo-
tives inspired them to urge upon
the social and political leaders Of
the land to adopt the use of their
native wines, which would be the
means, as they are we'll aware, of
bringing them into general use
among the wine drinkers of the
country.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
PROFESSIONAL.

A. i. PINKHAN1.
,rroRNEY- -AT-LAW, Ketchum, Idaho.
ipractices in all the Courts of the Ter
..,rr Conveyancing and procuring OF
psients speciality.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-02
THE commonly accepted idea OF

The commonly accepted idea OF
"Woman's rights" is the right to
vote and hold public Office. Woman
has rights that are far grander and
WELD more potent influence than
a voice at the polls. In the domin-
ion of her home, there she can reign
supreme. There should all the
womanly graces and virtues be con-
secrated. In that sanctuary she
has the right to train the children
that God has entrusted to her care
"a fearful, yet happy and blessed
privilege. There she can gather
her children about her and say
"these are the jewels that God has
given in my care for safe keeping. !"
If mothers teach their sons the
knowledge of truth to right and
principle, it will matter little wheth-
er woman has the ballot or not.
There is the secret of her power in
the sanctity of home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-09-05
FOREIGN NEWS.
n,prIAMENT PRoRoeUED.
..,D LIVES Losr-rHs LONDON
STRIKE.

IAN, wa. prorogued Friday until
is The Queen, in her speech OF
rOssiiOn said ..e.,,...
tosps II is with much satisfaction
w bohp NJ, f,,m your lsbors of pro-
ese I'm our relations with other
td ss,i,,us most cordial. Since the
efs O', OOii,,h ,he session nothing has hap
nnlns U;rninish ouy confident expecta-
III 70 ,Srosen European peace. The only
OF uuV ~. ,he tranuuil course OF events has
kPuon " martial renewal of attempts
t9e W. nv the followers of Mahdi to
periy s,uibern frontier Of Egypt.
pc uv ,s force was arrested ana dis
inN. in,,h Conspicuous skill and complete
~ "'hs Kheiiyes troops, supported oy
=! ns,,ish contingent under General
si , The conference upon the affairs
niei, consisting of representatives OF
anvs' nss'.in d;ermany and America, which
III a. Berlin IN the Spring, agreed
mp'eu mention regulating the govern
ss,,hase Stands. This instrument has
l'v.,.s,tsd ', ,nd by me and by the Emperor of
w and now awaits the assent OF the
sncan Senate
,i,Pa.ha, governor Of Crete, has issued
I,mation announcing that the Turks
-,,nri,,i the whole island for the pur-
restoring order, and that any persons
n resisting the Turkish authorities
X severely punished.
German powder factories are all at
night and day, turning out the new
,,les powder for the army. They are
.,rlel with orders for the Austrian
r,ian Governments, both of which
slop,cith powder.
5rires from Yokohama state that disas-
,.,rns have recently occurred in Wax
n, Ten thousand persons perished in
Al, following the storms, and 10000
,spdered homeless. The loss of prop
va, enormous.
Obet J. stevens, Consul Of the United
sat Victoria. b. c., writes TO the State
.rmen, that the value of exports during
rat wear ~ the United States of the pro-
ons Of the province, shows noticeable
,.e in the article of coal, which to the
eofsl.79, l6S was exported against Sl,-
" exported in 1857.
e indications are not very favorable for
immediate settlement of the London
e 4 meeting Of a committee of strik-
resided over by John Burns, was held,
hich important action was taken look
10 making the strike general, A mani
was issued by this committee, solemnly
alIng 10 the workers in every
ng in London to strike unless
demands Of the dockmen be conceded.
final demands of these men are: Six
b an hour for a regular days work and
pence an hous for overtime, counting
or. NJ. until SA. ". rs the overtime
J, under the contract system the pay TO
ght pence during the regular working
, and shilling for overtime; nobody
employed for less than four hours.
be manifesto issued by the strikers is
ID by all the labor organizations, in
Ing the stevedores, sailors and fremen's
bns. numbering GO 600 men,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-09-05
OLD GOLD.
THE SPANISH pouBLooSs RuRrED nv PRIEST
NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO.

THE SPANISH pouBLooSs RuRfED nv A PRIEST
NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO.
Investigation into the history OF the old
Coquina House, Jacksonville, Fla, in the
cellar of which over $50 in Spanish doub-
looms were found on Wednesday last, shows
that the structure must have been at least
100 years old. The coins were undoubtedly
hidden beneath the chimney foundations by
Father Miguel Crosby, who had charge Of
the Catholic Mission in 81. Augustine from
1895 TO 1915, having been sent thither by the
King OF Spain.
A correspondent examined the record book
of the ancient cathedral and learned that the
old house on the corner of Bridge and Marine
streets was presented to Father Miguel and
occupied by him up to the time of his death
about 20 years ago. In 1924 q brck-mason
named Bogas found $500 in Spanish coin in
portion of the same chimney. Since that
time tradition has associated the house with
buried treasure, but none has ever come TO
light until the eartheu oil.pot was found full
of gold.
The premises are still surrounded by o
Gordon of guards, and all earth and debris
previously carted to the dumping ground
outside OF the city limits, are being carefully
siftei. Nothing has been found so far. II
is firmly believed that much more gold will
be eventually dug up, for Miguel received
princely advances from the King and
Mother Church in Spain, and was known to
be miserly in his habit. The oldest coin Of
the lot was a doubloon bearing date 1875.