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On the Authority of an Archbishop

A grasshopper, half-starved with
cold and hunger, at the approach
of winter, came to a well-stored
beehive and humbly begged the
bees to relieve his wants with few
drops of honey. One of the bees
asked him how he had spent his
time all the summer, and why he
had not laid up store of food like
them. Truly" he said, 81 spent
my time very merrily in drinking,
dancing and singing, and never once
thought Of winter"
"Our plan is very different" said
the bee. "We work hard in the
summer to lay by store of food
against a season when We foresee
we shall want it; but those who do
nothing but drink and dance and
sing in the summer must expect to
starve in the winter.-Archbishop
Whately.
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Herald.
paddy" and the Philanthropist.

Outside a well-known and fash
ionable hotel in Dublin, an Irish
man, called Mickey, used to hang
about and earn few coppers by
running messages and helping to
remove the luggage from the cars
as they drove up, says the New York
Ledger. Mickey was much more
celebrated for his inebriety than his
sobriety. One day the celebrated
George Peabody (the renowned
American Philanthropist) arrived.
Mickey was just able to stand, but
determined not to lose his oppor-
tunity, addressed the great philan-
thropist. 'Long life to you, Mr..
Paybody (hic) God bless you, Mr..
Paybody (hic) hope you'll think
of working boy, yer honor
(hic)P Mr.. Peabody saw the state
Mickey was in, and said: II am
staying here for few days and, if
you keep yourself sober during that
time, when I leave I will give you
five pounds" This was too much
for Mickey's nerves; he traded on
the promised fivers and spent half
his days in the gutter. The time
arrived for Mr.. Peabody to depart,
and he had just seated himself on
a car, when Mickey ran up and
cried: "Mr. Paybody, yer honor,
you promised me five pounds when
you left p II did, answered the
good man, "and should have kept
my word had you been sober; but
you have been drunk the whole time
| have been here; l shall, therefore,
give you nothing" The car was
just on the move when Mickey
yelled out: "They call ye Mr.. Pay
body, do they? Mr.. Paybody be
blest! By my sowl they ought to
call ye Mr.. Pay-nobody!
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Brave Belle BOYD.

The reported killing Of "Belle
Boyd" the famous Confederate spy,
in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Ter
ritory, some time since, recalls to
the mind of every Southerner the
daring deeds and thrilling incidents
which made the woman renowned.
Daniel B. Kahnweiler, late of
Kahnweiler Brothers, cotton mer-
chants of Wilmington, N. c., re-
lated to reporter of the Savannah
News many incidents occurring in
Wilmington, where Belle Boyd
made her headquarters for con-
siderable time. Mr.. Kahnweiler was
personally acquainted with the fa-
nous woman. She was born in
Martinsburg, w. Va, in 1916, and
lived there until 1861. Her father
was a merchant; her mother
handsome woman of good family.
The girls associations were ex-
cellent. She was not pretty wo-,
man, but she attracted by her dash
ing and fearless manner. She was
highly educated and was the most
graceful horseback rider in all of
North Carolina. She was very fond
of riding. Her horse loved her,
and she had complete mastery over
him. She rode in mems clothes as
often as she did in her own dress.
AS Martinsburg, Va, the place of
her birth, was most of the time
within the Union lines, Belle Boyd's
secret service proved invaluable to
the Southern commanders. Her
first work as spy was during q
visit to the neighboring town Of
Winchester after war was declared.
The dashing horsewoman heard of
Federal movements which threat
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A Modern Romance of the East.

A Greek merchant of Alexandria
in Egypt, who made a great deal OF
money, unable to return personally
to his country, but intent upon
choosing a Grecian maiden for his
wife, writes to his correspondent in
Corinth at the bottom of his usual
business letter: Finally, l request
you to remit me, by returning
steamer, a young lady who might
feel inclined to become my wife.
She need not be in possession of
any money, with which l am sufi-
GENTLY blessed, but a good reputa-
ton, of the age of twenty-four or
twenty-five, a respectable family,
good looks, health and temper, and
middle-sized figure. If the lady
will bring me the inclosed note with
your kind acceptance you may feel
assured that I shall honor the same
and make the bearer my wife,"
Although somewhat astonished
at this singular order of his Alex
andria correspondent, the merchant
of Corinth, as good business man,
thought best to fill it like any other
received from so reliable a customer,
and to send the merchandise de-
manded at short notice. Having
found lady possessing the required
qualities and willing to transmit
with the accepted check Of her un-
known countryman her hand and
heart, the Corinthian took her on
board the next steamer going to
the country of the Pharaohs. At
the same time he notified his friend
by telegraph of the precious ship
ment.
AS soon as the boat anchored in
the harbor of Alexandria the mat
rimonious Greek boarded it to hear
himself called by name and see a
pretty young damsel stepping up
to him and saying: Il have check
signed by you and hope you will
duly honor it"
"Never yet a note of mine has
gone to protest." replied the blush
ing groom, "and l shall not permit
this to happen to the one you hold.
[ shall be happy if in compensa-
ton you will honor me with your
hand"
A fortnight later the note was re-
deemed and the payer a happy hus-
Oand.-Akrokorinthos.
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Malaria and House Plants.

A writer in the Nineteenth Cen.
tury says that few years ago a lady
residing in a healthy part of ST.
Petersburg fell i'll of malarial fever.
There was no doubt as to the ma.
ture of the malady. Nevertheless,
a mystery hung over the case, tor
the lady had not lately visited any
malarial district, but had been liv-
ing at home in locality purely
non-malarious. The mystery was
further increased by the fact that
so long as the patient remained in
her bedroom the disease yielded to
her usual remedies; but on remov-
ing to the sitting-room a relapse
invariably followed, and fever with
all the characteristic symptoms set
in once more. For some months
these alterations continued, until
the doctors suspicious were aroused
by observing that while plants were
growing in the sitting room, they
were absent from the bedroom. In
quiring into their history, he found
they had been sent direct from a
district known to be hilarious. On
getting rid of the plants complete
recovery followed, and the mystery
was explained.
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TO T. f. CLoHECY and Mrs. C. F. CLoHEeY,
their legal heirs or representatives:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, IN
L dividually and severally, that the un-
idersigned has expended the sum of one
hundred (100) dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the MAMMOTH lode min
ing claim, situated in Sawtooth mining
district, Alturas county, Idaho Territory,
in odrer to hold said premises under the
provisions of Section 1894, Revised Statutes
of the United States, being the amount re-
CURED to hold the same for the year ending
December 81, 1897 that your proportion of
the same is as follows, to-wit; for the said
Il. e. Clohecy, twenty 20) dollars, being
one-tfth, and for the said Mrs. c. F. ClO-
hecy, ten (l0) dollars, being one-tenth, and
if within ninety (9O) days from the service
of this notice, or within ninety (90) DAYS
after this notice by publication you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion of such
expenditures as co-owHers, your interests
in said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, under the provisions of
said Section 1924 T. r. SHAW.
Ketchum, Idaho, January 2, 1890.
First publication, Jan. f. 1890.
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Experimenting.

An old gentleman, evidently &
gather of statistics, but with a kind
ly face which shaded off to a some.
thing like philanthropy about the
edges, stood at the Junction yes,
terday gazing abstractedly down the
street. Suddenly he stepped up to
a gentleman who was awaiting a ca
BILE train, and, touching him lightly
on the shoulder, said Excuse me,
but did you just drop a 500 gold
piece?' at the same time holding
out in his hand a coin of the de-
nomination mentioned.
The gentleman questioned looked
a moment at the coin, assumed a
look of excitement, made a hasty
search of his pockets, and said {:
"Why, SO I did, and I hadn't missed
it," holding out an eager hand.
The old man slowly drew out a
notebook and said: II thought SO"
He then took the name and address
of the loser and, dropping the coin
in his pocket, turned away.
"Well," said the other, "do you
it all as a reward?"
ooh, ] did not find one," said the
benevolent old man, "but it struck
me that in large city like this
there must be great deal of money
lost and upon inquiry l find you
are the thirty-6rst man who has lost
a $40 gold piece this morning.
Kansas City Times.
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With an Eye to the Future.

"Now, Addie," said the lover,
"this is the last time that Twill ask
you, will you marry me?"
"I'm sure | don't know what to
say. Is your mother good cook?"
"She is not"
"Does she sew the buttons on
your fathers clothes?"
"She does not. He fastens his
suspenders with shingle nail"
"Do your sisters keep their stock
ings neatly darned?"
"They do not. They just wear
'em out and throw 'em away"
"Well, l think l may venture to
accept you. You cannot at least
throw your mother and sisters ex-
amples in my teeth after we are
married. ."-Boston Courier.
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all sorts of weather. If a man made
a proposition to him of any kind,
and he was in doubt, he would go
and look at the words, though he
knew them by heart already. One
day a cheese merchant came to per-
suade him to buy his stock.
people," said he, "who buy
pickles always buy cheese; you will
do big trade" It was a tempta-
ton. He went and looked at the
words and studied them intently,
trying to think out their applica-
ton to the case in hand. "Men do
what they can," he reflected. 81
would like to sell cheese, but / know
| can sell pickles." Then he re-
turned. Now he was resolute and
firm, although by nature easily bent
and swayed by the words of others.
Business is business" he said.
II am in the pickle business; if I
can not make money in this l shall
quit and go into something else
but, I will not have two kinds on
my hands"
1t was turning point; after this
he could refuse all influence to go
into something that seemed at the
time to be more lucrative. He was
not only industrious, it is plain he
had fixed principle of action. Of
course he was successful; all men
who put industry and mind to their
work are bound to be successful.
When the ten years were up OF
course he had $4,000, and more
too -TraaSurn TrOve
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An American Woman's Opinion.

An American lady writes: II
can't think what has come over our
girls, to desire broken-down hus-
bands with titles. In the United
States if man contracts debts,
CANDLES and commits the other vi
ces which these are apt to lead to-,
the mothers carefully guard their
daughters from his society; but if
the worst kind of q 'blackleg' is a
prince the case is altered, and such
a shrewd business man as Coils
P. Huntington gave his adopted
daughter $3,OO0,O 600 with which to
buy her prince. The title seems to
turn the heads of not only the girls
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but their natural protectors. It
seems, from the accounts we hear,
that most Continental noblemen
are financially on their last legs.
What relief it would be OCCASION
ally to find a count or a marquis
who hadn't gambled, who was not
deeply in debt and who didn't want
his wife to support him! But then
that kind, if there be any such,
would not marry an American girl,
because he would not have need for
her, "-Illustrated London News.
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LEFRoY's CONFESSION.
The English Murderer Says he
Killed His Victim for Money.

Mr.. Montague Williams, who, i
will be remembered, defended LIE
troy, the murderer Of Mr.. Gold on
the Brighton railway, tells in his
"reminiscences, just published, the
story of Lefroy's confession. Ac.
cording to the statement LEROY left
with the prison chaplain, he spent
almost his last dollar on the day OF
the murder to purchase the railway
ticket that placed him in a situa-
ton to commit the crime. He said
he had no knowledge of Mr.. Colds
habits, and no particular reason for
suspecting that that gentleman had
money or valuables in his posses
sion. He says: Just before his ex-
ecution a document was handed, at
his request, to one of his nearest
relatives. In it he stated that he
had been desperate, owing to his
want of money, and that upon the
morning of the murder he rose
early with the intention of obtain
ing funds, even though his efforts
to do so involved murder. From
this document it appears that upon
arriving at the railway station he
walked up and down the platform,
and looked into all the carriages in
the hope of discovering a lady likely
to have some money in her posses
sion. He stated that he thought he
might succeed in robbing a woman
by threatening her, and added if he
could in this way have avoided
murder, he would have done so.
He felt, he said, if he offered the
lady the alternative of giving up
her money or her life, she would at
once have yielded up the former.
He could have coerced her by point
ing the pistol at her, and, if neces-
sary, he could have dealt her a blow
which would have caused her to
swoon. Seeing no lady whose ap-
pearance betokened the possession
of any considerable sum of money,
he entered carriage which con-
tanned one gentleman, and imme-
diately nerved himself for the COM
mission of murder. In conclusion
LEROY admitted that the finding of
the jury was just and right.
In connection with the case of
LEROY, a very interesting letter,
written by the accused when he
was in prison, is given in fac simile.
The following are some passages
taken from it:
I am getting this posted secretly
by kind and true friend, and l
trust you implicitly to do as l ask
you. Send me, concealed in COM
mon meat pie, made in an oblong
tin cheap dish, saw file, six inches
Or so long, without handle; place
his at bottom of pie, EMBEDDED in
lndercrust and gravy. And now,
learest, for the greatest favor of the
wo. Send me, in center Of small
,ake, like your half crown one, a tiny
bottle of prussic acid, the smaller
he better; this last you could, 1 be-
ieve, obtain from either Drs. Green
'r Cressy, for destroying a favorite
at. Never, while a chance of life
emained, would l use it, but only
IS last resource. If you receive
his safely, and will aid me, by re-
urn send post card, saying, "Dear
>, Captain LEROY has returned"
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ROBERT P. PORTER, superintend-
ent of the Census, thinks the work
will be so promptly done this year
that he will be able to announce by
August 1st how many of US COM
pose the population. Six hundred
clerks will be employed in Wash
ington, and electrical enumerating
machines that will do more work
in five hours than was formerly
done in fifty.
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ened her "beloved South" as she
familiarly called it, and she gall
lantly rode by night to Stonewall
Jackson's headquarters and told
him what she knew. From that
time she was attached to Jackson's
brigade. She rode across the bat
tlefield of Front Royal and carried
Jackson dispatches which sent him
in pursuit of Banks. She had al
ready become the pet and pride of
the army.
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The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
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 q
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as well as matters of local
Importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invaiua-
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.
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TOLD OF SAM HOUSTON.
Pride in His Good Looks-.-Santa
Ana's Capture.

General Sam Houston was 6
handsome and graceful man." saio
Judge Thomas Berry of Gallatin
He was discussing the characters
tics of celebrated Tennesseeans with
whom he had been intimately &C.
quainted.
"He was proud of his fine per.
sonal appearance, too," the aged
speaker continued, "and there is
told of him story which, if true,
will serve to illustrate his youthful
vanity. When a young man, so the
story runs, Houston was in Nash
vile one day, and was posing on a
prominent street corner, when two
or three giddy young ladies passed
by. They were attracted by the
handsome man in his snowy uni
form, and after passing him turned
their heads to get another glance.
I wonder who that man is,' one
Of them exclaimed to her compan-
ions.
"'I am, ladies, Lieutenant Hous-
ton of the United States Army
said the young soldier, as he made
step forward and lifted his cap
as he addressed them.
General Houston told me once
how he captured General Santa
Ana. Just after the battle of San
Jacinto two Of Houston's men, who
were searching for prisoners, scared
up a deer, which ran through the
tall grass. The frightened animal
passed near to a Mexican, who was
concealed in the herbage and who
jumped up in evident alarm. The
two Immediately secured the stran-
ger, who asserted that he was a
common soldier.
"'You are not said one of his
captors; look at your embroidered
vest. You are an officer
"The Mexican, in his embarrass-
ment ran his fingers into his jacket
pocket and drew out an elegant
gold snuff-box. This more than
ever caused the Americans to be-
lieve him an officer. He offered
them a large sum of money to re-
lease him, but they refused and
started with him to Houston's tent.
AS they passed a large group of
Mexican prisoners these men cried
out that Santa Ana was captured.
'The Mexican General, thus ex-
posed, urged his captors to take
him at once to General Houston's
tent. He remembered the affair of
the Alamo, and was afraid that he
would be summarily dealt with by
the Texan soldiers who began to
crowd around. Santa Ana was by
General Houston's order transferred |
10 Washington, and from there,
after he had made treaty acknowl
sdging the independence Of Texas,
sent to Mexico.
"The action of General Houston
n bringing on the battle of San ia
Unto was daring. He had the bridge
across Buffalo bayoudestroyed dur
ng the night so that all avenue of
escape for the Mexican Army was
'ut off. The morning of the battle
General Houston said that he was
Weakened by the sun shining in his
ace, and thought he beheld the sun
# Austerlitz. The Mexicans we're,
ncamped east Of his position
1ouston waited until the sun had
rossed the heavens and was shin
ng in the faces of the Mexicans
'efore he made a movement to as
ault their position.
"These ease-loving people, about
he hour of in the afternoon, began
0 take their usual siestas, in which
Unfortunate pleasure they were
when Houston attacked
hem. Nashville American. .
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Notice to Creditors.
Estate of ALBERT W. CoMsToCK, de

Estate of ALBERT w. COMSTOCK, de-
ceased.
IN undersigned, administrator Of the es-
tate of Albert w. ComstOck, deceased, to
the creditors of. and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within
ten months after the first publication Of
this notice, to the said administrator at the
First National Bank in the town OF keteh-
una, in the said county of Alturas:
GEO. NJ. SNOW,
Administrator of Estate of Albert W. Com
stock, deceased. ,ooo
Dated at Ketchum, Idaho, Oct. u, 1883.
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In 1894 the first silver dollars
were turned out by the United States
Mint. There were about 1914 900
coined, and yet collectors will pay
$25 for a good specimen of that
date. In 1898 but $7,776 were
coined yet they are not very rare,
and those of 1899 are comparatively
plentiful.
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The population Of the United
States in 1870 was 38,567 ,617; in
1880 it was 5O,155,783. The next
census is expected to show pop
ulation Of nearly 65.OOO,OOO.
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The best time to be fitted for
shoes, says trade journal, is the
latter part of the day. The feet are
then at their maximum Of size and
sensitiveness.
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An Englishman claims to have
discovered a means by which the
juice of grapes or apples can be
preserved unfermented for so long
as seven years.
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The most elevated town in the
United States is Red Mountain,
Owray county, Col, which is at an
altitude of 1923 feet; Leadville,
with 10000 inhabitants, 10000 feet
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A concern at Newburg, N. Y, is
working night and day turning out
ice machines, by which it is claimed
ice can be made for $3.50 a ton.
The machine-made ice has this ad-
vantage, that it is perfectly pure.
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PROFESSIONAL.


4 TTORNEY-AT-LA Ketchum, Idaho.
A PRACTICES in all the Courts of the Ter
ritorv. Conveyancing and procuring of
patents a speciality.
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From anthropological measure
ments made on Cambridge students,
it appears that their heads continue
to grow after the age of nineteen.
Those who have obtained high hon
ors have had, on the average, con-
siderably larger brains than the
others at the age of nineteen, the
predominance at that age being
greater than at twenty-five, a fact
which is held to imply precocity as
an element in the success of high
honor men,
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After five years Of labor, Engineer
Lindenthal has secured the indorse-
ment Of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, and has enlisted
capital for the construction Of a
single-span bridge, 5000 feet (or
half mile) long, over the Hudson
river. The anchorages demanded
bv his plan would be half as large
as the Capitol at Washington, and
would contain 30 per cent more ma
sonry than the largest of the Egyp-
tian pyramids. The cables would be
four feet in diameter, and the towers
500 feet high,while the bridge proper
would contain ten railroad tracks.
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Matrimony is-hot cakes, warm
beds, comfortable slippers, smok-
ing coffee, round arms, red lips,
kind words, shirts exulting in but
tons, redeemed stockings, ,bootiacks,
happiness, etc. Single blessedness
is-sheet-iron quilts, blue noses,
frosty rooms, ice in the pitcher, un-
regenerated linen, heelless socks,
coffee sweetened with icicles, gut
ta-percha biscuits, rheumatism,
corns, coughs, cold dinners, colics,
rhubarb, and any amount of misery.