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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Romance of q Fatal Jewel.

One of the strangest jewels which
figure aroung the neck Of the statue
of Our Lady of Almudena at Mad.
rid is ring which bears q curious
connection with the misfortunes
which have so continually afflicted
the royal house Of Spain during the
last two decades.
1t is magnificent opal surround
ed by great diamonds. The late
King Alfonso XII gave it to his
cousin Mercedes when be was be-
trothed to her, and she wore it dur
ing the whole Of her short married
life. On her death the young King
presented it to his grandmother,
Queen Christina, who died shortly
afterward. Then it passed to the
Kings sister, the Infanta del Pillar.
No sooner had the latter entered
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Asbestos Mining.

Mining is carried on by cutting
down the hills of asbestos-bearing
serpentine, much as farmer cuts
down a stack of hay or straw, or by
open quarrying on the level. The
rock is blasted out and the asbestos,
separated from the containing rock,
is "cobbed," that is, separated by
hammering from inferior foreign
matter. This "cobbing" is com.
paratively easy matter in the case
OF the finer quality, as it usdally
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 Q great
waste. Much Of the asbestos is in
thin, narrow veins and is wasted, as
by the present mode Of operating il
does not pay to separate this from
the serpentine. A machine that will
enable these narrow veins. to bt
utilized is q desideratum.-Populai
Science.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
High Prices for Letters.

Perhaps the largest amount per
word ever paid an American writer
was received by the late Henry w.
Grady from the New York Ledger.
Every one remembers Mr.. Grady's
letters on the South in that paper.
He wrote FIVE letters of about one
thousand words each, for which he
was paid 20 cents word.
For the first one of the series OF
letters he received $500. He had
made the contract with the Bon
ner's Sons about q month before.
He had apparently forgotten it. At
least he had neglected to write the
letters, when one morning, about 10
o'clock, q telegram came to him
stating that his letters had been adj
vertised and the first must appear
in the next issue of the Ledger. At
the time he was talking with q half
dozen members of the Constitution
staff in his Office. W
Mr.. Grady called his stenographer
and in the presence Of those mem-s
bers of his staff, who were awaiting
some instructions, dictated the 6rst
letter in about twenty minutes. A
that rate he earned SIS minute, and
the letter was. perhaps, the best he
ever wrote. His stenographer wrote
| it out later and mailed it that after
noon.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Different Kinds Of Gold.

"Most people suppose" says an
assayer, that all gold is alike when
refined, but this is not the case.
An experienced man can tell at a
glance from what part of the world
gold piece comes, and in some
cases from what part of particular
gold district the metal was obtained.
The Australian gold, for instance,
is distinctly redder than the Cali
fornia, and this difference in color
is always perceptible, even when
the gold is 1000 fine. Again, the
gold obtained from the placers is
yellower than that which is taken
directly from the quartz. Why this
should be the case is one of the mys-
,eries of metallurgy, for the placer
gold all comes from the veins. The
Ural gold is the reddest found any
where.
"Few people know the real color
of gold, as it is seldom seen unless
heavily alloyed, which renders it
redder than when pure. The purest
coins ever made were the ffty-dol-
lar pieces that used to be common
in California. Their coinage was
abandoned for two reasons: First,
because the loss of abrasion was so
great, and, secondly, because the
interior would be bored out and
lead substituted, the difference in
weight being too small to be readily
noticed in so large piece. These
octagonat coins were the most val
liable ever struck."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Indian Society News.

\. Miss Pommery Sec Pinch Eye has
returned to the home of her father.
Monday morning she appeared at
his door and wept for admission,
but the SCARED old brave thumped
his warty bosom and said "nixy."
When Pommery produced . sole
leather sample case, q silk traveisng
cap, red morocco price list OF tea:
and coffees and = leather bound
flask with = screw top the features
of the old brave leaked with repent
.ance and he said: "Come to mo
arms, me che-ild, all is forgiven"
Last Saturday Prancing Mosquito
elopsd' with Puyallup Mahoney's
squaw and took with him q gunny-
sackful of dried salmon. Puyallup
is all broken up over the affair and
threatens to kill P. NJ. on sight.
The community deeply sympatize
with Puyallup. He is a good man
and worked hard enough to catch
the salmon.
The rancheria SundaY-school ls
no more. A discussion arose in the
Bible-class as to who made the
world. Some held that it was Bill
Mckinley, but the majority held
that it was John l.. Sullivan.
Eleven members of the infant class
were trampled to death during the
debate. Our informant says that
both sides feel badly over the affair
since they learned that neither OF
the gentlemen named had anything
to do with it.
Constance, the pride of the slough,
who has been giving music lessons
here on a police whistle, leaves
shortly for Igerna, where she is
offered So month to tidy tin plates
in wood camp. Constance makes
lots of money, but she spends it all
on dresses. Only last week she
bloomed out in a pair of beautiful
gangrene pajamas, and at the same
time her poor old father was at homo
painting his legs with pitch so he
could slide into town after dark and
get some tobacco.-Sisson Mascat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Qneen Victoria's "Nightcap."

An allusion which I saw in q
London letter, published by one OF
the New York newspapers, to Queen
Victoria's fondness for "nightcap'
in the shape of old Auld Kirk whisky
and Apollanaris, reminds me of an
incident which took place on one
occasion on board the royal yach,
Victoria and Albert. The Queen
and her ladies had settled them
selves in what they considered to
be very sheltered place, protected
by the paddle-box. Suddenly she
observed a commotion among the
sailors, little knots of sailors talk
ing together in a mysterious man.
ner. First one officer came up,
then another, looking puzzled, and
at length the Captain appeared.
The Queen, whose curiosity had
been aroused, asked what was the
matter, and laughingly inquired Of
the captain whether there was going
to be mutiny on board. The cap
tain replied that he really did not
know what would happen unless her
Majesty we're graciously pleased to
remove her seat.
"Move my seat" exclaimed the
Queen, "Why should I? What
harm am I doing here?"
swell, ma'am," said the captain,
"the fact is that your Majesty is sit
ting up against the door of the place
where the grog tuks are kept, and so
the men cannot have their grog."
"Ohl very well," replied the
Queen. Il will move on one con.
dition, namely, that you bring me
a glass of grog." This was done,
and after tasting it the Queen said :
II am afraid l can only make one
remark, and that is that it would
be very good if it were a little
stronger. IN. Y. Recorder.
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dragged to death at the horses heels.

dragged to death at the horses heels.
II never could understand why
condor, captive like that, did not
turn on both man and horse and
attack them as he would steer,
but I never knew one to do so. Once
in q while lariat would break
while the horseman was bracing his
horse against some desperate sweep
of a mighty condor, and then both
horse and rider would be tumbled
violently to the ground, and the
suddenly released bird would shoot
upward like q cannon ball and soon
disappear among the clouds. Con-
doris with several feet of somebody's
lariat hanging to them were fire.
quently seen among those that
swooped down on the herds.
II never tried the sport but once.
Once was enough for me. l Ilassoed
my bird, . tremendous fellow. but
being green hand at tho business,
tightened the rope on his windpipe.
That shut off his breath at once,
and after darting about in the air
in crazy sort of way for a minute
or 80 he arose straight up as far as
the rope would let him, gave a gasp
like the escape valve of a locomo-
tive and shot down upon me as
straight as a plumb bob. When the
heavy body Of the condor struck
me was unhorsed in a fash. One
foot remained in the stirrup. My
horse, naturally frightened, started
off like mad, dragging me along.
The condor, which was as dead as
stone and smelt like a breeze of
Barren island, lay right on top ofme.
Fortunately the ground was soft,
and one of my fellow-huntsmen
was maneuvering with condor he
had roped some distance ahead OF
me. He caught my horse and res
cued me. / wasn't much hurt, but
| let others do all the condor-lasso-
ing after that.-New York Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26

Readers curious in culinary mat
ters viii be interested in the follow
ing description Of . favorite dish in
Eastern harems. It consists Of .
lamb roasted whole, after the man
ner Of a chest Of Chinese boxes each
smaller than the other, the lamb
being stuffed with . whole turkey.
the turkey With : whole chicken, the
chicken with q pigeon, the pieeon
with ! quail the quail with : p.
cafco, which is the smallest bird
except The humming-bir buoh =
dish might be considered especially
suitable to oocasions when all ~
membors of = family meet tpgpf IN
as there Is something to ppit eypqf
ones taste and, what = more, thoIo
is sure to Be plenty Of 4
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Baweooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as 1t is in the very heart of she most prom
ising mining country Oh the face OF the
sent its readers complete synopsis Of al
mining news and developments, as wsll ~
matters OF local Importance IN and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, rsn1
it. and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
The Life Of the Pospcctor.

Shorn of it's rough edges, the life
of the prospector is a poem; as it
is, it ie a mountain idyl, and holds
within its depths more Of humanity,
more of pathos, more Of the true
nobility, and honor, and manliness,
and perseverance that is, or ever
was concentrated in all the money.
grubs and SPECTATORS and vampires
on earth, who grow rich and fat and
indolent and arrogant by means OF
his toll, and then laugh at him for
his uncouth and ragged appearances.
What q life is hisl What q grand,
persevering life Of struggle and pri-
vation and poverty With hope
deferred from year to year, but al
ways hopeful, he scales the rough
mountain side, where, in many
cases, human foot never trod before
and often hungry, often parched
with thirst, he, with courage and
bravery worthy Of . mythological
god, pursues the ignis-fatuus Of hif
dreams.
His days and months and years
are passed amid the solemn grand
eur Of the lofty mountain peaks
alone in communion with nature in
all its most majestic forms; far re.
moved from the snares and tempta-
Itions of the hannts Of plotting
scheming men, his soul becomes
| like that Of q child. From such
material as this are heroes made
Brave, gentle, honest. tho prospect.
ors Of the western mountains stand
out in bold relief as the true en-
bodiment Of all that is noble and
good and true of sturdy American
western manhood in its best form
Salt Lake Exchange Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26

into possession of this fateful gem
than she began to sicken, and a few
days later she died. ALFONSO sent
the ring to his sister-in-law Chris
tina, the youngest daughter of the
Due de Montpensier, but in three
months she also breathed her last.
His Majesty, struck by this horrible
succession Of events, now resolved
to retain the jewel in his own keep
ing, but he, too, only too soon fell a
victim to its mysterious malignant
cy. By order Of the present Queen
it has now been suspended by a
chain around the neck of the Holy
Virgin in Almudena.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Paper Hanging and Other Work
Done to Order.
NOT ICE
OF Application for q Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands Unsurveyed.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will. in compliance. with the Act
p!Congress approved March 8, 1891. apply
10 the Honorable Secretary Of the interior
the United States for a permit TO cut
timber upon a tract of public mineral land
.si,uated about six miles, in westerly
course, from the town of ketchum. Alturas
county, Idaho. ~ miles from sawm,ll. on
the left-hand fork of what is known as Dry
gulch, commencing at 4 stake marked No:
! at point about 50 rods from mouth OF
said Dry gulch, in a westerly course from
stake; thence in a southwesterly course
80 rods 10 stake marked No. 2; thence
In course about 20 degrees south OF east
srly course 200 rods to summit OF noun
tain to stake marked s. E.; thence east OF
north about 20 degrees, distance OF 252
rods; thence 20 degrees north OF west to
point OF commencement, distance OF ~
RODS. Also, to cut timber on creek about
TWO miles from sawmill, in a westerly
course estimated amount OF timber to be
scout 800, ,0GO feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
ketehum, August 7, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26

fnd the Royal Baking resder iar snpericr to the
Others It Is pure, contains none but wholesome IN
gradients, Is Of ?, per cent. greater strength.
FIX vALApf, ". D.,
Public Analyst, Dominion Of Canada
The Royal Baking Powder is perfectly healthfaL and
free from every deeteous substAnce pdrest in quality
and highest in strength Of any baking powder Of Which
have knowledge.
Wx. Mchdu2TR1E, E NJ, Phi D.,
Late Chief Chemist Agricultural Department
IS undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking
powder offered to the public.
HENRY A. MORT, Phi D.,
Late Chemist for U. S. Governments
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,

Land Ottice at HALEY, Idaho, I
May S, 1891. =
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
non TO make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
!9fs the Register and Receiver at HALEY
iasho, on June Is. 1891, VIZ: Abijah
Adams, Tor the SW a Sec IL and w 1t NV
Sec. II. TIP. 4 N. R. II f.
Ae names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation OF. said land, viz: II. 81 Stew
~, John Monks, Frank Mats, of ketch.
am an Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, of HALEY
W. T. RILEY, Register.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26
Senate Committees 90.

salt Lake l1eTdlO, COIuuIttoeS are
composed as follows:
Cullom was assigned to the va
cancy on the committee of appropri-
ations, and the place of new mem
ber added to that committee was
given to Senator Stewart of Nevada.
Teller succeeds Hoar as chairman
of the committee on privileges and
elections.
The three vacancies on the Judi
tciary committee, caused by the re-
TRACY of Edmunds, Ingals and
Evarts, are filed by Mitchell, Teller
and Plat.
Hiscock and Davis succeed Ed
munds and Evarts on the foreign
relations committee.
Quay succeeds Evarts as chair
man of the library committee.
Stockbride is given a place on
the committees on naval and Indian
affairs, and is retained as chairman
on the committee on fisheries.
Wollcott is continued as chair
man of the committee on civil SER
vice and retrenchment. He is also
on the committees on postoffices
and post roads and private land
claims, and is given new place on
the interstate committee.
Proctor is assigned to the mill
tary committee.
Dubois to membership on the
committees on irrigation, immigra-
ton, manufactures and expendi-
lures. @
Shoup secured the chairmanship
of the committee on Indian affairs.
Carey of Wyoming is made chair
man of.the committee on education
and is a member of the building
committee.
Kyle of Dakota is unprovided for,
he having declined to commit him.
self to republicanism.
Other committees and appoint
ments of more or less importance
are named for which we have not
room in this issue ofthe KEYSTONE.
We add, however, the majority of
some of the important membership
as follows:
Finance-Morrill, Aldrich, Alli-
son, Hiscock, Jones of Nevada,
Sherman.
Rules-Aldrich, Sherman, Man
derson.
Appropriations-Allison, Dawes,
Cullom, Hale, Plumb, Stewart.
Education and Labor-Carey,
Hansbrough, Mcmillan, Washburn.
Railroads-Casey, Hawley PETER,
Pettigrew, Power, Stockbridge.
Immigration Chandler, Num-
bers, Hale, Proctor, Squire.
Interstate Commerce-Cullum,
Chandler, Higgins, Hiscock, Will
son, Wolcott. -
Pensions Davis, Hansbrough,
Shoup.. ,ss a EE "a
Indian Affairs-Dawes, Mander-
son, Pettigrew. Stockbridge.
Judiciary-Hoar, Mitchell, Platt,
Teller, Wilson.
Agricultural and ForestrY-Pad-
dock, Casey, FELTON,, Warren, Nc
MILAN. s
Territories-Platt, Carey, Davis,
Hansbrough, Shoup, Stewart.
Public Lands-Plumb, Paddock,
Allen, Dolph, Pettigrew, Sanders.
Postoffices and Roads-Sawyer,
Dixon, Mcmillan, Mitchell, Wash
burn. .s1.zszs-s-z..s..s,e
Foreign relations-Sherman Da-
Wis, Dolph, Fryre, Hiscock.,e
Indian depred dations-Shoup, AL
len, Chandler, Paddock.
Public buildings and grounds
Stanford, Carey, Morrill,, Squire.
Mines and minine-Stewa Eel.
ton, Jones, Power, Warren.
Privileges and elections-Teller,
Chandler, Higgins, Hoar, Mitchell.
Irrigation-Warren, Casey, Du-
bois, Stewart.
Improvement of the Mississippi
river-Washburn, PETER, Pettigrew,
Power. EI>gE$s sss
Civil service and retrenchment-
Wolcott, Dawes, Morrill,, Stanford,
Washburn.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-26

Many bank cashiers are like guns
we'll loaded when they 60 of.
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-09

No one, except the girl who has
learned how to do it can appreciate the
delight of plunging headlong into cold,
tingling swimming tank. There is an
exhilaration about it and keen sense
of life and action that one gets only by
contact with the water and struggle
in its depths, The girls are trying to
play polo in the water, just as their
brothers do. But this is one of the few
cases where the girl is less successful
than her male competitor. And the
reason is not far to seek. Girls. you
know,-are proverbially tender-hearted
and they cannot bear to treat each
other to the roughness that boys do not
mind at all. Fancy sweet, womanly
girl holding another sweet, womanly
ditto under the water until she is
drowned into giving up the ball which
she is holding in her determined clasp
Men do not mind this at all. They en-
JOY seeing each other struggle and get
hurt bit But not so with girls A
squirm, little shrek and a feminine
squeal or two, is sufficient to make the
stouteSt heart of her sex weaken and
let go her prey. And that is the reason
why water polo with them is not such
bowling success as it might be. boston
Herald
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-09
ADDITIONAL DIsPA-crES

GALVESTON was swept by gale for
three days. Waters of the gulf were
driven far inland.
En- NICE-PRESIDENT HANNIBAL HAM
LIN, died at Bangor, Me-, on the night
of the 4th.
WILLIAM HENRY GLADSTONE, eldest
son OF the celebrated English states
man, died on the 4th.
EXTENSIVE swarms of locusts are an.
pearing throughout the whole of north
ern India and they have also appeared
In the province of Bengal, where thew
are rarely seen
4 lie war department has received full
confirmation of the report that the
threatened outbreak of Moqui Indians
In Arizona has been averted and the
leaders arrested
On the Kanawa & Michigan railway.
near Charleston, w. Va, passenger
tram was wrecked on burned trestle.
fourtcen persons were killed and fiftv-
eight injured.
THERE were two fatal balloon ascen-
slons In Ohio on the 4th. At New Lis
Don Aeronaut Charles ]. Jones was
Killed and at Elvia Mile. Zoetta Bent. |
Icy met her derth. Both were from |
Cleveland |
Two of James Curran's Children d;od
at Birch Coolic. Mimi. and another w.s
not expected to live. They ate some
poisonous roots which they found ON
the prairie.
WHILE volunteer fremen were worL.
ing on burning house in Dargon. Ger
many the structure collapsed and four
OF the 1rcmen were killed and five dan.
gerously injured
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended July numbered
2S7, compared with 234 the prnv;ors
week and 100 the corresponding week
of last year
The Fourth. in political point Of
Tie"' was comparatively quiet The j
Jay nearly everywhere, was passed in
social enjoyment (
CLEARING house returns for the wal. |
ended July showed an average de-
'rease of lis compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
ork the decrease was ll.6.
THREE students of the Wnods.o
go q NARY county, Md |
we're struck dead by lightning while in c
heir beds at night Several Others
we're injured.
ABOUT twenty persons were killed /
M as many injured by the rear-end j
OMISSION near Ravenna, O. Most of the Z
lctms were glassworkers from Find. {
Az.
The Chilian vessel Itata has bAen ; P
A'e'y brought back to san Diego, Cal c
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4 Remarkable Cave.

There is cave in Tucker county, w.
Va, one mile long, which has been
only partially explored An arched
channel varying from six to thirty feet
in height, leads throughout the entire
cavern that has a subterranean stream
of pure water constantly flowing
through the main way and all the re-
cesses so far discovered. Half a mile
from the entrance there is an opening,
where many snow-white pillars almost
blind the eyes, and throughout the cave
is fascinatingly beautiful Boston
Journal
The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-07-09
THE JULY WIDE AWAIT

is good number for hamn,o.,-
veranda reading for old and young -. I.
some OF the tempting titles show =
One OF the interesting features !.
illustrated article concerninc ! fa. ! -
piece OF the handiwork of one IA H..
thorne's characters, Deacon So
BROWNE" of the tale of ..Dror~s.l.
Wooden Image the WIDE AwAKr -:
Gle I'm two parts) relates to .sYe Rcsss !
Grasshopper," namely, the bic g;l5ss
creature which forms the Fanen;l u.,s
weather-vane, and is written - -
cinda j. Gregg and Elizabeth Re-
MePherson, the latter descendant i
Hawthorne's Browne; it gives portr.; y
of the Grasshopper and of Peter Fans.,,,s
and views of the three Faneuil H.m-'
Other interesting illustrated art;a,a~
are Amy Robsart's Embroiderv. 80
the Gates of Warwick and .p,,ss, -. =
Private Life" by Eleanor Lew;s. =
table mention of notable eats az nos.As-
people. There are two illustrassa
stories, specially good reading for -
Fourth, The Anti-Boy Picnic II.
Helen A. Hawley, and ''The Rovpss,
Path, by James Mckay, the latte.
historical tale of two pluclxy children
The serials are of goodly length: ..p;r@
Little Peppers Grown Up;a Miss NJ
tilda Archambeau Van DORM and sA.
Italian child-life serial. The short ta.-
minute articles include "a Rnsa
Light" by Amanda b. Harris, 80.
Daisies, by Mary 4. Bamford. "Tha
Chimney Swallow" by Rose Dalton
"Horology Problems" by Il. III. hawlev
of the Smithsonian Institution. .E..
ure Drawing for Children by Ms
Rimmer, and others. And there -
several bright pieces of verse, suited Il
the popular taste. The four pages 81
Men and Things" are highly enioy.
able.
WIDE AWAKE is s2.4o year; 20 cents
q number. A specimen (back numberl
will be sent on receipt of cents n
Lothrop Company, Publishers, Boston.