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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-02-07
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-02-07
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
Durable Whitewash.

There is nothing in our mind so
beneficial to the appearance of a
farm as little whitewash, and at
the same time it enhances the value
about ten-fold when applied in lib
eral quantities. When one sees the
out-buildings and fences of the farm
looking fresh and bright with white
wash, the supposition generally ex-
pressed is that the farmer ie a thrifty
man, and the supposition is gen.
orally correct. Here is a durable
and most brilliant whitewash: One
half bushel of good lime, five
pounds rock salt (dissolved), }, one
half pound of whiting, four pounds
of ground rice; boil to a thin paste;
one-half pound clean grease. Slack
the lime in a tight box or barrel
with hot water, keeping the box
covered so that the steam may not
escape. It can be tinted if desired
Slack to the consistency of thick
cream. Thin it when used so that
it will flow freely from the brush.
If put ON too thick it will fake off
more or less when dried. The above
is for outside work. For indoor,
slack the lime as above, omitting
the salt, grease and rice. Instead
of thinning the creamy solution
with water use skim milk. The
latter is a secret worth knowing
Coleman's Rural World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
CHILD MARRIAGES.
An Outrage Tolerated By the British
Government in India.

! Ragunatha Rao, who is distin-
guished Hindoo, recently called
upon the British Government to put
down the system of selling children
as wives, as it has put down slavery
and other evils. He says: british
blood and money may have flowed
like water in efforts to stamp out
slavery in other countries, yet in
India the British Government sits
by with folded hands while father
is permitted, with impunity, to sell
in marriage an infant daughter of
eight years to a man of forty seven,
already rendered notorious by his
marital tyranny. This child-wife is
then segregated from the compan-
ionship of her own sex, and is so
prosecuted and terrorized, that,
child as she is, she is driven to at
tempt suicide rather than continue
to submit herself any longer to the
capricious tyranny and odious init
macy of her so-called husband.
And yet the British magistrate is
compelled to state in open court
that he has no power to restrain re-
voting oppression Of this character,
as it is justified by law" This re-
quest is made apropos of the recent
charge against Holkar's son-in-law.
The case of Rukmabeal, who is now
in England, shows another phase
of the same evil. Ithas been pointed
out to Rao that there is no reason
to despair of a change in the Indian
custom, for in Great Britain, two
centuries ago, the age at which chill
dren were married would not be re-
garded as a scandal. Mary, Count
ess of Buecleuch, married at the
age of eleven. The affair caused
commotion, and the young lady
was placed under the charge of Cen
eral Monk and his wife until the
Commissary Court passed judgment
which they did by multiplying tho
marriage on the ground that the
Scotch law fixed the manageable
age at twelve for girls, and fifteen
for boys. Several even stranger
instances of child marriages in Ian
cashire and Cheshire are cited. The
daughter ofthat grave and reverend
prelate, Bishop Chaderton, was SO
young when married, that at the
ceremony she had to be helped up
at the altar. The remembrance that
such an incident unreproved, was
probable in "Good Queen Bess'
golden days." may make Rao hope
that forces now at work will, before
long, put an end to child marriage
in India and to all the cruelty which
the system involves.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
xalaria and Rattlesuakes.

"You won't find malaria where
there are rattle snakes, but you will
always find the home Of this snake
where there are the purest water, the
freshest air and tho driest, highest
land. That is why you always find
trout streams and trout where there
are rattle-snakes." Such was the
rather startling declaration Of .
gentleman from Clinton county.
He did not attempt to give any sci-
entific explanation of the fact, but
affirmed that It was = fact, Ill tho
san Philadelphia Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

INDIA'S AWFUL POVERTY.

This condition of India has been
the same for ages. The people seem
to have always been poor and the
fabulous wealth of India has always
been in the hands of the few. The
English have their powerful grip
on it now and their palaces and
luxurious residences dot the face
of the country. They squeeze out
of the land just about the same
amounts as the mogul kings did in
times gone by, and here at Agra
are the ruins which show how India
was ground in the past.
There are in the province of Ben
gal alone more people than in the
whole United States. Here the peo-
pie live almost altogether by farm
ing, and if you will put 800 people
on the richest quarter section you
can find in America and expect
them to make their living by rails
ing ordinary crops you get the con-
dition of this part of India. Even
with our cities Ohio has only twenty
people to the quarter section, and
Pennsylvania, teeming with mines
and manufactures, has rot quite
twenty-five. Speaking of the town
population of India only one man
in twenty lives in . town Of over
10000 inhabitants. The other IS
persons live in villages, and these
little collections Of mud huts are
scattered all over the country. No
one lives on the land he cultivates,
and the farms are without fences
and in large tracts divided up into
little fields, the extent of which can
be seen by the low irrigating walls
and by the difference in the eolors
of the crop. These villages are
built entirely of mud. The hnts
are from six to fifteen feet square.
Their roofs are thatched with straw
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
Snakes and Frogs.

A naturalist in Dakota was inter-
ested recently in a snakes feast on
a frog. He tells about it in the Nat
ural Science Monthly. Frogs may
be succulent to snakes, but their
deglutition is very much like hard
work. It is difficult to tell where
the fun comes in. The greatest
trouble is to swallow the frog after
catching him. He is swallowed
heels first. It is problematical
whether this is done by preference
or to wedge the victim down. When
caught the frog cries out pitifully.
This seems to delight his snakeship.
The frog soon finds it useless to
struggle to release the one leg swal-
lowed and tries to keep the other
out of the trap. But the snake
gives gurgle and a leap and catches
the other leg. Then poor froggy's
eyes dilate and assume CLASSY
stare; the body is stupe6ed.
The snake does not swallow; it
simply crawls over its prey by con-
tracing the muscles in is throat.
When the frog gets fairly into the
snakes body the latter seems to
have a terrible attack of indigestion.
It rolls over and over and looks as
if it would give 500 to get out of
the scrape. Then it becomes stu
pefied and doubtless resolves never
to make q fool Of itself again, but
when hungry it goes for frogs just
as eagerly as before.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
NOTHING LIKE PRAISE.
Many q Child is Hungry For Word Of
Encouragement.

Parents are too often slow to see
the motive of their children's kind
red actions. A little fellow had been
reading Of some young hero who
helped his father and mother in all
sorts of ways; and after racking bis
brains to think how he, too, can
help, he remembers that he can
fetch his fathers slippers and take
his boots away and put them in the
proper place. Without saying a
word to anybody when evening
comes he does it, but the father is
so occupied that he notices not
what the boy has done. The little
fellow hopes on, thinking that when
he goes to bed his father will say
how pleased he was to see Charley
so willing to help; but not a word
is uttered, and the boy goes to bed
with choking feeling in his throat
and says his prayers by the bedside
with sadness very real in his heart.
Parents often complain of child
rem not being so ready to help as
they should be. The fault is with
the parents, who have not known
how to evoke feelings with which
the heart of every child is richly
stored. All words of approval are
helpful and encouraging. In a large
family there have been days of anx-
iety and care. The eldest daughter
by her skill in teaching has earned
a little extra money, and without a
word to any one she lays nearly all
of it out in buying things that are
much needed in the house. What
Joy fills her heart when fond
mother takes her aside, and with
emotion that cannot be concealed,
says how thankful she is for such
considerate kindness, and MUIR
murs "Idon't know what we would
do without you, darlingp My
friends, do not be so chary of these
words of encouragement.-Good
Words
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
Piutss Looking for q Big Flood.

This city is now full of Piutes-
men, women and children. 1t is
said that they are getting out of
the valleys and gathering into the
mountain towns, fearing a deluge.
Not long ago Piute prophet who
claims to be the "Red Christ" pre-
dicted a great food that would
drown all this part of the world.
He said the ancients would rise
from their graves and there would
be new deal on this continent in
which the red men would be re-
stored to their old rights and repos-
sess the land. Having been told
Of the food in the East, and the
drowning Of thousands of white
men, they have got an exaggerated
idea of the disaster, and believe
that very few whites remain on that
side of thecontinent. Their prophet
Of course claims credid for what
has happened, and they next expect
. food to drown the whites Of the
West. They are laying in = stock
of provisions with which TO flse to
tho mountain tops, and supposs
that the whites viii rsQai4 ID Asir
honses 10 ha drowned !. - <6eydid ii
the East tVirginige eity ntespEiep.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
sALTING A TENDERFOOT.

| "A OOzen years ago, Wnen eastern
tenderfoot capitalists were as thick
as blackberries in the west, anc
every single man of them was ready
to buy a silver mine before break
fast, four of US who had jumped
an old claim in Nevada put up a
job to catch a sucker. We went
down about twelve feet with shaft
struck Indications" and then
raked and scraped for specimens
to "salt" with. We sold our revol.
vers and everything else we could
spare, and when we had the bait
ready not one of us could have put
up enough money to pay week. s
board in advance.
We placed our figures at $780, 900,
and as | was the smoothest talker
of the quartet was selected as the
spider to walk the fly into our par
lar. | went up to Virginia City,
and after a couple of days l got
hold of a Boston man. He was not
only green, but powerful anxious to
be taken in. He was loaded down
with money and overAowing with
confidence. Our first conversation
ran about as follows:
"Are you looking for an invest
ment in mining property?'
II am, sir. Have you anything
in that liner"
ayes, sir. I own one-fourth in
terest in a claim which we believe
to be very rich"
"One-fourth? Oh, I want the
whole thing. l don't want no part
ners in this enterprise"
"But | think you can buy all of
US out"
"That alters the case. I'll look at
your claim and make you an offer. !"
took him out there. I don't
believe he knew the first thing about
ore, but he descended the shaft,
looked around bit, and when we
had hauled him up he said:
Doesn't seem to be overly rich,
but I'll chance it. I'll give you
$4,000 cash for your right, title
and interest"
We closed on that, transferred
our rights, and almost broke our
necks to get out of the country be-
fore any climax came. The old
chap was the butt of ridicule for
several weeks, but people then be-
gan to laugh the other way. He
got men and machinery to work,
sunk three or four shafts, and in
side of a year he took over 100000
worth of ore out of that claim. In
side of three years he took out half
a million, and then sold to a syndi-
cate for double that sum. ] met
him after he had drawn $20O, 900 in
Denver, and he held out his hand
and said
"Why, my dear man, I'm glad to
see you. Have often wondered
where you went to. It was pity
you poor fellows had to sell out 80
cheap. Here, take couple of hum
dred to get clean shave and q new
suit of clothes Pm. Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
/" For God and Home and Native Land. :
The regular GOSPEL Meeting O

The regular Gospel Meeting oi
the w. e. T. u, held last Sunday
evening, failed to attract the usual
large audience that has been pres
ent upon previous occasions. 1t is
evident that the interest of the COM
munity is waning in the work OF
the Union. 1t should not be So.
Let the people arouse themselves
from this apathy and lend their
presence and influence to promote
the cause of temperance. Help the
christian women in their efforts to
keep open the portals of their Union
that the light may shine upon the
rocks of danger to which 80 many
are slowly, but surely drifting.
The programme for the meeting
was not as varied as customary.
The choir rendered some impressive
music. The anthem-"Go Feed my
Lambs"-was sung by Mrs. George
M. Snow, in highly effective style.
Mr.. F. K. Gillette delivered good
practical temperance address, and
presented clear, concise statements
of facts which he brought to bear
as evidence against the use of strong
drink. He quoted freely from dis
tinguished writer's, which added
materially to the force of his dis
course,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

There is q rumor in railroad cir
cles that the colored sleeping-cal
porters are to be superseded by en-
igrapts from Europe, who are now
signing b-year agreements to work
1t moderate salaries and accept no
fees.-St, Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
The Most Costly Leather.

The costliest of all feathers is
known as the piano leather, and is
used solely for covering piano keys.
The worlds supply of it tcomes from
Thuringia, in Germany, where .
family of tanners hand down the
secret of its preparation from father
to son. The skins that make it
grow upon the gray deer-a species
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

The KrYsroHE 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, ana leav-
ing nothing undone to present its readers
complete synopsis of an 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 inval1a-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your trlenos
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

found only in the neighborhood OF
the great Northern Lakes, They
are worth 20 cents pound when
just stripped off. When they come
back to as as piano leather the price
has risen from SIS to $18 a pound.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
SHOULD Ne MAne7
A Doctor Who Shot q Patient In the
Interest of Science.


A remarkable suit will soon be
brought before the criminal court
of London, the causes of which are
as follows:
On the twentieth of May, DR.. B..
a distinguished pulmonary special
ist, was consulted by man so skel-
eton like in appearance that he
could scarcely be recognized as a
member of the human family. AT
ter careful examination the doctor
said: II can do nothing for you ;
within eight days you will be dead. %
With the calmness of despair the
young man, aided by his servant,
prepared to depart. AS he was
about to cross the threshold, DR.. B.
detained him for moment and
asked: care you rich?"
"Very-a millionaire, in fact, 7"
replied the wretched man.
"Then order your coachman to
drive you to the Victoria station,
start for Dover by the eleven o'clock
train, take passage on steamer for
Marseilles, and thence by rail to
Nice. For six months-should God
spare your life-eat neither bread,
nor fruit, nor meat, neither drink
wine; but eat cress and only cress ;
even drink the broth of it. By this
means only can your life be saved,
if such a thing is possible. The
method is a rather strange one, but
| offer it to dying man; try it."
4 4 4
Six months later a robust young
man crossed the anteroom-where
number of patients were waiting
and entered the office of DR.. B. At
sight of the famous physician tears
filled his eyes, and rushing up to
him, he embraced him and said,
my dear doctor, will you accept a
million, two millions?"
"Are you crazy?" asked the
doctor.
"No, no, I am sane, but I realize
that you have saved my life. Don't
you know me? know you. I am
P, the millionaire, who you
saved from an inevitable death by
your wonderful treatment. For six
months I carefully obeyed your Or
ders and took your inestimable
misrepresentation. My improve
ment was so miraculous that I am
now in excellent health" and, to
verify his remarks, he beat his chest
vigorously with his fist.
"What, what |" exclaimed the as
tonished physician, "you are the
man upon whom l experimental
with cress?"
"Yes, am he," responded the
young man; II returned to the city
yesterday, and come to you to-day
to express my gratitude"
The doctor signed to his assistant
to withdraw, and then quickly draw
ing from his pockets a small revolver
he leveled it, and, in an instant, his
patient fell dead at his feet.
Without q moments delay he
to make post mortem
examination. When the police ar
rived he was carefully examining
the lungs of his victim with mic
and studying the effects of
the cress upon the diseased parts.
To the officers of the law he said:
i killed this man for an immediate
autopsy, in order to discover mys-
tery which may be q boon to all
for this reason l do not
hesitate to sacrifice my conscience
20 the demand of science.-Adapted
or the Argonaut from Romaic by
4. NJ. w.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

IT is said that Leland Stanford
proposes to transport in cars thou.
sands of children daily from San
Francisco to Menlow Park, to the
kindergarten of the grand univers-
itv he is building.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

16 y ulUU wall 8TOuHU Tic uut duN
this wall and the sides of the hut
are now covered with round cakes
of cow manure, each the size of 9
buckwheat cake and each bearing
the imprint of q woman's hand
You see these cakes by the thous.
and in the cities and villages all
over India, and they form the fuel
by which the rice is cooked and the
people are warmed. It is the duty
Of the women and girls to gather it.
Wages are terribly low and mill
ions of men in India live, marry and
raise children on an income of SO
cents week. This is good in
come for family, and women work
in the fields for three cents a day,
and many servants get little more
than dollar a month. | found
in Singapore and in Burmah emil
grants from Madras who looked
lank and thin, and who had come
there to better their wages. Many
of these were Klings-lean black
men, half naked, with long hair
hanging down upon their shoulders
they do the work of Ceylon and
of many of the islands Of the In
dian Ocean. They are bright and
hardy, and are among the most
picturesque people of India. The
mos. of them act as coolies, but
there is one caste which devotes
itself entirely to the lending of
money, and this caste, by banking,
has grown rich. Its members are
known as entities, and they have
their money-lending establishments
in every town in Southern India.
They control the capital of Burmah,
and one street of Rangoon is lined
with their banks.
An Indian bank is far different
from the money-lending establish
ment in the United States. Take
low, narrow, cell-like room, six feet
high and about one hundred feet
long, and put in the center Of this
about twenty-five young men as
black as the ace of spades. Let
each have his head shaved. Let
none of them wear more than
white cotton cloth about the loins.
Make them squat upon the dirty
floor and in frent of each put a fat
table foot and a half high, upon
which lies ledger, the pages of
which are filled with Indian char
acters. Behind each of these naked
figures put chest about the size
of the average trunk with heavy
lock upon it, and let all be working
away as though their lives depended
upon their calculations. On the
outside of the door, under sort of
portico, the chief of the bank sits
counting out silver coins to far
mer who has come to borrow. He
counts very rapidly and lets each
coin strike another as it falls into
his hand. By the sound he tells
whether they are good or not. He
exacts big rates of interest, and 5
per cent a month is nothing to him
if The can get it. The whole rice
crop of Burmah is owned by these
entities before it is harvested and
they own millions of valuable prop
erty in the East. They live most
abstemiously, and it is their busi-
ness to accumulate money. They |
bring up their sons to follow their
business: and they are a caste of
lenders. The wives of these
entities are gorgeous in jewelry and
though they wear no clothing ex-
cept the two strips of cotton, some
Of their earrings are so heavy that
hey pull down the ears, and not a
few wear nose-rings four inches in
liameter.-Agra, India, Corr. Phil
adnlnhia Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

FouRrEEN thousand nine hundred
divorces in the United States dur
ing the last twenty years, have been
caused by drunkenness.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22

TIE great Episcopal rector OF
Boston, Rev. Philips Brooks, says
Never shall my hand or voice be
lifted against so-called temperance
fanatics. If ever cause justified
fanaticism the temperance cause
does. To me there is nothing more
disheartening to the cause of hu-
manity than the selfish, ease
loving, luxurious man indulging in
dissipation and denouncing tenn
perance fanatics"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-06-22
PROFESSIONAL.
H. PINKHAM.

n~ry-AT-LAW, Ketchum, Idaho.
tTToRasnres in all the Courts of the Ter.
A GcS,oTnayeyancing and procuring OF
IiGl5it speciality