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ATTENIP.TED RAPE.
A 1a-Year-oid Flower Girl Is As
sauited.

PORTLAND, Or, Nov. "a Robert Joyce
workingman, 2s years of age, was ar.
rested this morning for attempting to
rape a l2-yenr,old flower girl, Hannah
Gakei by name. She had taken room
the night before in the Orient lodging
house, and had just walked up when
Joyce entered the room and locked the
door. He then attempted to commit
the assault upon her, but WAS rcpulsed,
and after half an hours desperate
struggle the girl managed to force the
brute from the room. Tho police were
informed OF the affair By the girl, and
proceeding to the house Immediately
arrested Joyce, who CLAIMS to have been
to jail without bail in the police court,
and will have an examination to-mor-'
row.
, 1890-11-27
ACTED WISELY.
Tacoma Chamber OF Commerce Takes
Sensible Action.

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 24.-The cham.
Der of commerce, at special meeting to-
night, adopted a resolution calling on
ailroads to furnish more cars to trans
port wheat from Eastern Washington
and Oregon to tho sea6oard. There is a
very large wheat blockade in Eastern
Washington, where crops were enor-
nous this year, and every depot and
warehouse is full and much is piled in
sacks about the stations but slightly
protected from the weather. Presidents
of the Union and Northern Pacific lines
were teIegraphed to, asking that meas
urcs be taken ut once TO afford relief and
save farmers from loss,
, 1890-11-27

North American, the, control can not he
said to l,aye changed hands. The oili-
GERS of tho North American company
admit that some of Its securities have
been sold. but decline to say how many
hnve hren thrown over. There is a pos.
sibility the Rockelellers may have be-
come hostile TO Willard on account Of ro-
cent developments In the market, but
they are tho only ones who can speak In
hat matter, anu they decline TO be In
toryiewed.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Northern Pacific was held to-day, but
nothing transpred to indicate any
change. No resignations were received
and the only business transacted was the
declara! ion of the regular quarterly divi-
dcnd Of per cent.
, 1890-11-27
BONES USIGAItTHED,
Supposed to Ne Those of Indians
Killed by Emigtants.

STOCKTON, Nov. 24.-Walter Cady,
who is experimenting foroc OF work =
men engaged in constructing n levee on
a ranch ten miles from Bellota, n village
near Stockton, reports that ten skeletons 5
have been unearthed by workmen at
different spots. The remains are sup
posed to be those of Indians killed In
battle with emigrants, MS the place they
were found is but few hundred yards
from an old emigrant trail.
, 1890-11-27
FASTEST On THE SOUND.
Launching of n New Steamer at
Seattle.

SEATTLE, Nov. 22.-About 1000 people
witnessed the launching of the steamer
Bailey Galzert at Salmon bay this after
noon, and cheered heartily when the
vessel slid into the water. It was a siie
launch and the boat slid 800 feet. strik- .
ing the water without the slightest jar
A trial trip was made TO Seattle with
800 people aboard. Tho GaIzert meas
ures lsD feet in keel and thirty-two feet
in beam, and has 300 horsepower
ENGINES. She is the fastest and best
equipped boat on the sound.
, 1890-11-27
PRESIDENT ADAMS.
Ho win Resign the Presidency II lie
Is Requested.

Is Requested.
NEW YoRK. Nov. 20.--president
Adams, Of the Union Pacific, and Presi-.
dent Hughitt, of the Northw western,
have been In this city since Tuesday and
1t IS said some important Developments
viii soon occur. Gould people state
that the board of directors of tho Union
taciiic will be reorganized within ten
days and the statement is circulated that
PRESIDENT Adams has signitied his will
ineness to hand in his resignation IL 1t is
asked for. 1t Is also said that If he finds
lhe arge stockholders opposed to him
he will resipn
, 1890-11-27
WITNESS DIsAPPEARED.
NJ. NJ. Bloch Not Liable to Re In.
lICteh SOOn.

PORTLAND, Nov. 2i.-The case of NJ +.
NJ. Bloch, the drummer indicted for
manslaughter, arising from an abortion
practiced on Elizabeth Meckline, was to
go to trial in the criminal court to-mor-
row, but there will he no trial, as the
states most important witness Mrs.
Bertha Thompson, has been induced to
leave town, and her whereabouts can not
be discovered. When the case is called
TO- o-morrow it will be dismissed on mo-
ton of the state.
, 1890-11-27
Fatai Runaway AecIdenr.

TACOMA, Nov, "a Mrs. Alsop. wife Of
J. Il. Alsop. a well-known real estate
dealer ofthis city, was almost instantly
killed in u runaway here this afternoon
on Thirty second street. Her horse ran
dowo hill and threw Mrs. Alsop into "A
deep gully, the carriage falling on her.
She lived only iow minutes.
, 1890-11-27
BOTH FATALLY SHOT,
Captain Crosby and His Cook Have a
Row.

TACOMA. Wash, Nov. 24.-News was
received here that Captain Crosby had
an alteration with one Booth, his
colored cook, in logging camp near
Fairhaven, In which both were fatally
shot. Captain Crosby was a respected
citizen of Tacoma, engaged in the real
estate business. His son was murdereI
in cold blood few months ago by two
highwnymen.
, 1890-11-27
AN OUTCAsT,
A Ch'naman Who Is Cast or by His
CountryipRn.

SEATTLE, Nov. 24,--The police of this
city have q Troublesome Cinnamon on
their hands. Guam Toy, aged 40, has been
cast OFT by all his countrymen because
of some secret reason, and was begging
Oh the street, when he was arrested for
yagrancy. He served twenty five DAYS
in jail, and when released refused to 30.
He says he can not live with Cinnamon
where, and that no white person
Will employ him, but the police are una.
Bile 10 make him tell tho renson.
, 1890-11-27
OAKsDALE FARMERS.
They Arc Worry Indignant About the
blockade.

OAKspALE, Wash, Nov. 22.-The
farmers and business men here arc in
dignant beyond measure. If tho block
ade is not raised shortly trouble will
surely come. There is birthstone in the
air. The elevator companies have sys-
tematically run out local buyers, and
now they retire from the market md
blockade the railroads. Can not the
people run them outP Should they not
do II?
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$3.50 =777-=-7==-===-=
RAILWAY ACCIDENT,
Raymond & whitconb Party Have =
Narrow Escape.

SAN BERSARDfSo, Nov. %. The Ray
mond & WhitcomD excursion train ran
into burning bridge near here on the
Santa Fe road to-day. The engine got
across the bridge safe, but the baggage
car and one sleeper were wrecked. One
car was burned. No one was killed, but
tho baggage master had his hip broken,
, 1890-11-27

excite great opposition, but for one
ann prepared to 20 before the peo-
plc and advocate H. II IL sustained
by precedent and demanded by the
necessities of the situation.
"ics,p concluded Colonel Win
ston, ~ have been consulted about
the matlcr by farmers In the Palouse'
country.v
, 1890-11-27
HIS WEALTH Is GONE.
Kansas Farmer Does Not Know
How IL Hnppened

PORTLAND, Or, Nov. 22.-James Petit
arrived in the city last night from Kan
sas and registered at a downtown hotel,
where he passed the night, Before go.
ing to sleep he placed his valuable gold
watch and chain, $l25 In cash and Ger
tificate of deposit, amounting to over
s., 900, under the pillow. This morning
on awakening lie discovered that his
wealth had been abstracted by some un-
known person. Detectives are now
working on the case.
, 1890-11-27
Soho oil Teachers win Be Hc,.

SEATTLE, Nov. 24.-over 100 teachers
in the city schools met to-day and II
was decided that as many as possible
should attend the state teachers con.
ven,ion next month, and that an able
exhibit of school work. ACCORDING In
grades, should DO made. 1t is thought
that fully 100 King county teachers
will 20.
, 1890-11-27
BOTH WILL DIE.
Two Lawyers Quarrel ovor n Game
OF Poker.

SHARArASbuRd, 5. c., Nov. @.-A
bloody row occurred here this morning
between two leading young lawyers
over game of poker They imbibcd
freely OF wine during the night and be-
came very boisterous. Finally they
quarreled, James Pateet, in drunken
frenzy, attacked Captain Edwin Kerri-
son, mistnking him for Matt Floyd. Hc
sIashed Kcrrison, actually disenibowel-
ing him. Floyd then stabbed Pateet In
the back with a knife blade penetrating
the left lung. Both will probably die.
, 1890-11-27
NOTABLE DEAD.
A Prominent New spaper Man Dies In
Warrington.

WAsnISGroS, Nov. 23.-E. w. Fox. a
wcll-known journalist. died to-day. He
was born in Buffalo; went to st. Louis
in 1850 and was the first president oil the
ST. Louis board of trado; came to Wash
ington in 1888 and with Hon. jeff
Chandler bought the National Repub-
lican. of which he was managing editor
until II merged into the Post.
, 1890-11-27

PoNTIAc, ILL.,, Nov. 23.--Rev. Thomas
Z. Hattshorn, for twenty-five years the
general agent of the American Bible So
ciety, Is dead.
, 1890-11-27
An Episoopai Clergyman.

ATLANTA. Ga, Nov. 23.-Bishop John
w. Beckwith, Of the Episcopal diocese
OF Georgia, died to-day.
, 1890-11-27
IN THE CLOUDS.
A Company Organised to Sail Us
Through tho Air.

srRlSGrIELp. H.. Nov. 2o.-The final
report of the commissioners to open the
books of subscription TO capital stock of
the Mount Carmel Aeronautic Naviga-
tion Company was filed to-day in the
office Of the secretary Of state. Twenty
million dollars 10 the capital stock, and
IL Is fully subscribed. The company
proposes to construct and operate air
vessels To transport passengers and
freight.
, 1890-11-27
The Following Arc the Clearances of
the Leading Cities.

Bosros, Nov. 25.--The clearinghouse
statement for the week ending Novem-
Der - is as follows:
, 1890-11-27
Death OF . Co unit.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

BUDA-PEsTH Nov. 24.--Count Juliu:
Karolys died from cancer OF the tongue
, 1890-11-27
"Arrs. Darlington" Seriously Ill.

BosIcs, Nov. 2L-B. +. Shiilaber
Mrs. Partington) Is seriously ill, and
not expected to recover.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22
Well Worth It.

When D. K. Tenney was admitted
to the bar he was one of the "boys." "
He enjoyed good time as we'll as
any one, and many good stories are
told about him. 1t is said that on
one occasion he went to a country
dance near Madison and became
smitten with one of the country
girls. He danced with her nearly
all the evening, regardless of the
fact that certain six-footer in the
room kept watching him threaten
ingly. Finally friend approached.
"Dan," he said, "do you see that
big fellow on the other side Of the
room?'
"Yes."
"Well, he's going to lick the life
out of you."
"What for?" asked Tenney.
you've been dancing with his
girl all the evening"
II didn't know it. What shall /
do?n
"Well, if I were you I'd put on
my coat and make sneak for home.
I'd get away from here just as quick
as | could"
The embryo lawyer said never
word, but reached down in his
pocket and pulled out 81 bill.
"What are you doing?' asked
his friend.
"Take it,
II don't want any money"
"Take it, repeated Tenney. "I've
taken S. for a blamed sight worse
advice than that. t."-Milwaukee Ex.
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They Mean Business,

The following advertisement, duly
signed, appears in the Spokane Falls
Review: "The Law and Order
League of this city will pay a re-
ward of $1OO.for evidence procur-
ing the conviction in the superior
court Of every person who shall,
between this date and the 18th day
of March, in violation of the state
laws, carry on, or open or cause to
be opened, or who shall conduct,
either as owner, proprietor, ,employe,
whether for hire or not, any game
of faro, monte, roulette, rondo, po-
ker, draw poker, or any other de-
vice, whether the same be played
for money, checks, credits or any
other representative of value. And
a reward of $500 for evidence pro-
curing the conviction in the supe-
rior court of every person during
the same period who shall carry on
any chuck-a-luck, bunco, strap,
string, panel house or other swind-
ling game as is deemed by law a
felony. Evidence to be reported to
Prosecuting Attorney Ridpath, of
the Galena block, or Attorney James
B. Jones, of the Crescent block"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22
Magnates at Poker.

Gen. Spinola regaled his friends
with a porker story the other day.
II was coming down the Hudson
one night" said he, in company
with Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thurlow
Weed, Dean Richmond and George
Law, when Weed proposed game
of poker and | was asked to come in.
/ hesitated, for / had only about
$4,000 in my pocket and knew
it was to be a game without limit.
I mentioned the state of my finan-
ces to Law, but he told me to take
a hand and said that he would back
me for any amout. j am willing
to lose $4,000 or $40, 900 tonight,
he said, 'and tomorrow | will tell
you my reason So the game start
ed and l staid in, hugging the shore
pretty close and getting startled
every once in a while, when some
one went $1,000 blind. When we
quit at daybreak | had won about
$4,000, but Law had lost about ten
times that amount. The next day
I met him. I will tell you, Frank, !
he said, why / lost that money.
| wanted Vanderbilt to think was
sucker and SO | played like one.
The result was that to-day sold
him lot of steamboats, for nearly
5000, 900 more than ever expected
to get from him. Don't you think
the money was well investedp"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22
Beauty by Gaslight.

"No woman past 20 who has any
regard for her looks at night should
allow a light to fall on her from
above" said society woman re-
Gently; sit should come only from
the sides and level with the face. !"
"Why?"
"See here" She turned up the
light that ovcrhung the table in the
center Of her library and stood di-
rectly underneath it. On the instant
the lines of her face sharpened, there
were hollows in her cheeks-she
looked ten years older and almost
ugly; ;,
face is changed. The light coming
from above throws shadows down
ward on the face, bringing out the
lines sharply and showing any alb
sence of the round curves that make
the beauty of a woman's face. With
the light coming from the side the
shadows are not thrown on the face
and the outline is softened, instead
of hardened. If these lights are
shaded as we'll the pleasing effect
is heightened.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22

hair grows at the rate of an inch a
month.
There is shade of natural auburn
hair which is inclined to be streaked
and much lighter at the ends than
at the roots. This kind of hair, now
SO fashionable, might be mistaken
for the streaked and striped blonde
by an inexperienced eye; but, if
glossy, bright and healthful in tone,
it is sure to be natural, no matter
how varied are it's shades; while if
it is dry and broken, it is safe to
suspect the bleacher's art.
A natural pale golden blonde has
blonde eyelashes and eyebrows, and
in real life black eyelashes never
accompany golden hair, unless it
owes it's hue to art, however much
we may find this combination in he
roines of novels.-Chicago Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22
ASbeStus Mining.

Mining is done by cutting down
the hills of the asbestus-bearing
serpentine, much as a farmer cuts
down a stack Of hay or straw, or by
open quarrying on the level. The
rock is blasted out, and the asbes-
tus, separated from the containing
rock, is "cobbed," that is, separated
by hammering from inferior foreign
matter. This "cobbing" is a COM
paratively easy matter in the case
of the finer quality, as it usually
separates readily from the gangue,
but in the lower grades much diff
Guilty is experienced in separating
the fibrous matter from the non
fibrous. At best there is a great
waste. Much of the asbestus is in
thin or narrow veins, aud is wasted,
as by the present mode of operating
it does not pay to separate this
from the serpentine. A machine
that will enable these narrow veins
to be utilized is a desideratum.
When "cobbed," the asbestus is
graded according to purity, color
and length of fiber into three grades
and bagged for shipment. The finest
quality of "frsts" finds ready sales
at prices ranging from $50 to $11O
per ton; seconds fetch from $50
to $40 per ton; while "thirds" may
be valued at $13 to $15 per ton.
In good mines the yield of asbestus
is from 3 to 5 per cent Of the
rock quarried, and the cost of min
ing may be put down at $25 to $50
per ton. Returns obtained by the
Geological Survey of Canada shows
that, for the year 1888, Canada's
output was 44O4 tons, valued at the
mines at $255,O0O, and this is the
output Of nine different mines.
Over three-fourths of the whole was
shipped to the United States, small
quantities going to Great Britain,
Germany, France, Belgium and
Italy, and being used in domestic
manufacturing Popular Science.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22
A Witty Girl Fixes a Dude.

Week before last one of the bright
est and wittiest of Cincinnati s girls
went abroad and when she returned
among those to welcome her was a
dude with lots of cash, but he was
short on brains. In relating places
she had visited she mentioned Ire
land. Instantly the dudes ears
swung around to the fore like pair
of palm leaf fans, he stopped suck
ing the celluloid head Of his cane
and interrupted the conversation
with:
"Ah, in Ireland, and did you kiss
the Blarney stone?"
"Yes, l was there
ooh, l should so delight to see it.
1t has always been desire of mine
to kiss that celebrated stone, but |
never had the opportunity"
Indeed, then, you should go
there"
81 know, but I have not done SO,
but why shouldn't | kiss it by
proxy? You have been there and
kissed it, why should | not fake the
influence of the Blarney from your
lips?"-and the simpering idiot
stepped forward, grinning, to prox-
ify the young lady.
But she drew back, and looking
him squarely in the face, said: IL
beg your pardon, my dear Mr.. B,
but | sat upon the Blarney stone"
The dude was paralyzed he shot
into the hall and out into the street,
while his face wore the expression
of man who had been hit by a
covered with plush.
He hasn't said anything about Gre
land" "since,-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22
Horrors Of Cayenne.

Capt. J. A. Hooper, a well-k nown
sea captain, while sitting in the AS
tor House rotunda, says the New
York Star, gave an interesting ac-
count Of Cayenne. In talking Of
the far away spot Captain Hooper
said:
Cayenne is in 5 deg. north lati-
tude, and close to the equator, and
is a very unhealthy place. 1t is
known as the Botany Bay for France,
which many Frenchman has dis
covered to his sorrow. TO speak of
Cayenne to a French criminal will
strike terror to his heart, for once
sent there he can never return to
his country again, as the sentence
in all cases is for life. There are
5000 prisoners there, while on the
Island of Saint, off Cayenne, there
are 10000 and more.
after period of good behavior
prisoners get a sort of ticket-of-
leave. Among these ticket leave
men are some of the wealthiest
merchants of Cayenne, who, when
the prison bell tolls at night, are
obliged to march to their cells.
"The harbor is a very fine one,
although it is so shallow in many
places that very few large vessels
can sail into it.
''There is hardly ever an escape
from the prison at Cayenne, as the
country is mountainous and rugged
to such degree that it would be
dangerous to make the attempt.
Throughout the mountain passes
are to be found wild beasts and an
acondas, the knowledge of which
alone prevents the prisoners from
attempting to escape. For miles
around there are rich gold mines,
which are visited only by those
possessing the courage to brave the
dangers and deadly fevers and ma
laria lurking near. The Cayenne
negroes are often seen trudging
along half naked, their big brawny
backs bending under a heavy load
of golden nuggets and other valu-
ables, gathered here and there along
the mountain side. The road to
the mines presents CHASTITY sight,
as here and there along the way are
to be seen the skeletons of white
men who, inspired by the stories of
the golden-veined country, sacri-
feed their lives in the chase for
wealth. Should a company be Or
ganized to prospect and mine the
mountains of Cayenne, the Califor-
MIA days of 40 would be nothing
in comparison to the stampede that
would be made to the gold fields of
Cayenne"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22
To Remove q Tight Ring.

Very often tight ring viii stick
so fast to the finger that the wearer
will have to go to the jeweler to
have it taken off, says the Mail and
Express. All kinds Of rings can be
easily removed with a piece of silk
thread, but good strong piece of
linen will do. Pass the end between
the finger and ring, keeping the
spool or unlimited cord at the side
next the finger tip. Wind the thread
around the finger toward the tip.
Wind on about a quarter Of an inch
and then unwind the end under the
ring, taking care to push the ring
forward over the wound part. AS
one end is unwound wind on at the
other end and gradually the ring
will be worked off to the tip of the
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-03-22

blackening of the foliage by smoke.
the immense heat to which the
metal plant had been subjected had
done no harm to the plant itself.
At the expiration of a week it was
found that the rain had removed
nearly all traces of the fire and the
plants were nearly as healthy as
ever.
Prof. Schelwisch, foreseeing the
value of this plant as a substitute
for fences and hedges, determined
to bring one away with him at any
cost. After digging up particu-
larly fine specimen, it was placed
in large basket made of reeds by
the natives, and the soil in which it
had grown was carefully replaced
around the roots, which presented
peculiarities not found III other
plants. The roots branch out from
the trunk on all sides like vine,
and are usually from six to eight
inches beneath the surface of the
soil. Regularly at every seven or
eight inches the root branches, and
at this junc:ure grows peculiar
pair of round, slightly concaved
discs, hinged together like the
shells of a clam at the point Of
iuncture with the root. These discs
leave their convex sides outward,
and usually remain about half open
until they encounter metal or metal
ore, when they gradually close
around it, and process supposed
to be similar to electro-plating goes
on, the metal being largely absorbed
by the plant.
After reaching Lake Uganda Prof.
Schelwisch had this strange plant
transferred to the hold of the little
steamer that was to convey the
party through the lakes and down
the Nile to Cairo. Upon their ar
rival at Cairo strange discovery
was made. When an attempt was
made to transfer the plant from the
hold on the steamer it proved fruit
less. All efforts to raise the reed
basket met with strong resistance.
An examination disclosed the fact
that the strange notwithstanding
plant had fastened it's bivalvular
roots upon every bolt or piece of
metal within a radius of four feet.
Finding that it would be impossi-
BILE to remove it without cutting
out over three square yards of the
steamers bottom it was left there,
and the strange plant is still grow
ing in the hold of the steamer.