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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-05
Fools Not All Dead Yet.

Just apropos of that delicious
bit of snobbery affected by that
well-dressed, usually brainless class
termed society, here's little story !:
"a certain well-known young fel-
low alighted from a Walnut-street
car the other day just as the writer
jumped from a Nineteenth-street
train. In each hand the young fell
low carried a bundle, and as we
walked up Nineteenth street he said !:
"Three fellows of social position
who were sitting in that Walnut
street car nudged each other glee-
fully when I got in carrying these
bundles, and although l had a nod
ding acquaintance with them, yet
they saw fit to ignore me because l
was unconventional enough to carry
a bundle. And all the way up
Walnut street those fellows took q
deal of satisfaction in looking at
me pityingly, and showing their
breeding by loudly spoken personal
remarks. I let them laugh. In
this bundle in my right hand have
bonds to the amount of $4,000,
and mortgages and ground rents
aggregating $125.000; in my left
hand package there are $4,000 in
stocks, and $4,000 in real estate
deeds. Under the circumstances
l let them laugh and be hanged. l
have enough in these packages to
give them $4,000 apiece for every
giggle. '"-Philadelphia Music and
Drama.
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Warden Maok's Statement.

EDITOR STATESMAN, SIR: As your
paper was the first to call public
attention to the use of boxing gloves
in the penitentiary, and also the
first to publish the result of the in.
vestigation held thereon, as con-
veyed in the governors. censorious
report, respectfully ask space in
your columns for the explanation
I feel bound to make.
When / took charge Of the pen
itentiary I found that the use of
boxing gloves by the prisoners had
always been permitted by my pre-
decessors, and not wishing to ap-
pear harsher than they, I allowed it
to continue. Ex-Guard Mitchells
dislike towards me brought tho
matter before the public, magnifed
into colossal proportions, as will
be seen when the evidence given
before the prison commission has
been published.
1t was not till the press spoke SO
strongly against it that l gave tho
matter serious consideration, and ut
once abolished the practice. Since
that time have studied more close
ly the matter of prison discipline
and adopted more rigid rules.
The conviction has been cruelty
forced upon me that the greatest
trouble l have had to contend with
in managing the penitentiary, has
been due to insubordinate officers,
who were continually plotting to
secure my removal and their ad-
vancement. The result of this in
vestigation has opened my eyes to
the source whence all this trouble
sprung, and l have put my ak to
the root and shall rid myself of all
who hamper me from conducting
this institution in the strict, impair
tial manner the public expects, and
my sense Of duty demands.
l have borne long and patiently
a load that is irksome to me, the
detail of the management having
been interfered with by others, but
shall do so no longer, and the pub
lie may rest assured that my future
condct will prove that l am both
worthy of the position l hold and
competent to fill it.
My management shall be ever open
to criticism, in fact l court it, and
invite censure and reproval when I
fail to act rightly. Respectfully,
! w. S. MACK, Warden.
BOISE Cry, Ida, Nov. 18, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-05

The KEYSTONE Is the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as 1t is in the very heart of the most prom
ising mining country on the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis of all
mining news and developments, as well as
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, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-05
Figs and Thistlea.

Pain and sin walk arm in arm.
Wake up loafer and you wih
stir up a grumbler.
The most dangerous sinners are
the most respectable sinners.
Whenever q man does anything
wrong something good in him dies.
The world is full of people who
tire themselves and others nearly
to death in trying to rest.
The right kind Of religion never
makes man want to throw stones
at those who do not agree with him.
There are too many people in the
church who are willing to be mede
pure in heart, but who want to put
it off % long as they can.
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DYNAMITE PlowIne.
Tearing Up the Subsoil With High
Grade Explosives.

Subsolllng with dynamite is the
latest advance in scientific agricul-
ture. D. U. Sloan of Atlanta has
invented a method by which the
hard ground may be broken up to
a depth of two or three feet at a
cost of $25 an acre. This work, he
claims, is equal to the process of
"trenching" used by market garden
ers to loosen the earth to a depth
of two or three feet. Ground pre-
pared in this way will absorb great
deal of water and sustain vegetation
luxuriantly through a protracted
drought. It will also receive and
assimilate several times the guam
titles of fertilizers taken by the soil
plowed to the usual depth, and, en-
riched to it's full capacity, will sus-
tain much heavier crops. It is pos
sible in this way to make five bales
of cotton or $50 bushels of corn to
the acre. This has been demon
strated by the actual achievement
of these results.
The great trouble heretofore hae
been the enormous expense of
trenching ground. AS done by gar
deners the work costs about $500
an acre, consequently but small
patches are so treated. Mr.. Sloan
proposes to do the same work for
$25 an acre, and so make intensive
farming so economical that it will
become the fashion, and the old sur
face scratching will be discarded.
His plan in brief is to drill holes
two or three feet deep and five feet
apart, making 1900 to the acre. In
each he puts an explosive, and after
tamping sets off the charge. When
properly arranged the explosive will
disturb the surface of the ground
very little, but will crack and pull
verize it in every direction to a dis
tance of two or three feet, according
to the depth and quantity of explo-
sive used.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock
C. L. Patterson and J. C. Thurman,
representing the Refauno Chemical
Company, arranged explosives in
twenty-eight holes dug in Mr..
Sloan's garden, in the rear of his
residence, at Is East Mitchell street,
The plat was 25x4O feet and the
holes were two feet deep. In each
was one-fourth of a small-sized dy-
Mantle cartridge with about an
ounce of Judson powder. Attached
to an electric fuse. these cartridges,
planted two feet deep, were exploded
by means of wire connecting with
battery. There was a dull, rum
bling, smothered roar, and the whole
surface of the ground appeared to
be lifted two or three feet, while
few small clouds sailed above the
housetops.
When the smoke cleared away it
was found that the ground was bro
ken to the depth of thirty inches at
the points of explosion and broken
sideways for a part of the distance
between the holes. The plat was
estimated one-fortieth of an acre and
the cost of explosions in twenty
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4 snREwp TRICK.
How Letters are Examined by
PostoMce Thieves.

Do you see this letter, torn here
in the middle Of this side? What
do you suppose did it? Done by
the string that is used to tie up the
bundle Of letters in the mail bag?
That is what almost every one
thinks, but it isn't the fact. It is
done by postofice thieves. / got
that straight from the Postmaster
of a large city not very far from
here. It is q shrewd trick to de-
ceive the man who receives the let
ter. He knows that after the letters
have been collected at the Office
they are put through the stamping
machine, which cancels the stamp
and prints the postmark at the same
time. Then they are sorted out ac-
cording to their destination, and all
those going to the same place are
tied up in one bundle. They have
a peculiar way of tying them, used
at all postoffices. They use rather
fine string, and it is put around the
bundle twice, once around the side
and once around the end. The let
ters are not all Of the same size.
Some are longer than others, and
some are in square envelopes, while
others are in the old-fashioned long
envelopes. This being 80, it follows
that if the string is drawn tight, as
it must be to hold the letters togeth-
er, some of the larger letters will be
cut on the side or end by the string
The postofice thieves know this as
well as any one else, and 80 when
they wish to find out if there is any
money in an envelope they simply
tear it a little on the side or the end.
Almost any postmaster considers it
a favor it man getting such let
ter will take it to him. They always
make an endeavor to trace such
letters, and then watch if other let
ters coming over the same route are
torn in the same way. You can
usually tell whether the letter was
really torn by the string or by hand,
for the string will wear and fray the
edges before it cuts into the letter
itself.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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strong as the tall men, the average
difference between equal groups of
two sizes being only three kilo-
grams. The force of the strongest
woman of the so who were selected
amounted to only A Kilograms, and
that of the weakest to 16 Kilograms,
while the average was 33 Kilograms.
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FULLY EQUAL TO FICTION.
How q Lawyer Upset q Case Of Cir
cumstantial Evidence.

There is no fgment of the imagi-
nation-if it is at all within the
limit of possibilities--more curious
or strange than some things that
actually happen. The following is
an instance Of this:
A few years ago Frank Miller,
the well-known artist, war cores
pondent and story writer, published
q short story in a leading magazine
which had as its principal feature
the mysterious killing of a Partisan
artist in his own studio. A web of
circumstantial evidence led to the
arrest of model who had been in
the habit of posing for him. But
through some chain of circumstan-
ces which the writer of this has now
forgotten, the murder-if murder
it can be called-was found to have
been caused by the discharge of a
firearm through the force of capil-
larry attraction. The firearm was
used by the artist as studio &C.
cessory, and was hung in such q
manner that he was directly in line
with it. Its discharge occurred
when he was alone in his studio.
The story was vivid and ingen-
ious fight of the imagination. Now
for its parallel in fact:
A recent number of the Albany
Law Journal tells of the arrest of a
man upon the charge of killing his
cousin. The dead man was found
lying upon a lounge, about 8 o'clock
in the afternoon, with a 32-caliber
ball in his brain. The cousin, who
had an interest of 100000 in his
death, was alone with him in the
house at the time. The discovery
of the real cause of death was due
to the lawyer of the accused, who
took the rifle from which the ball
had been fred, loaded and hung it
upon the wall, and then marked
the form of a man upon a white
sheet and placed it upon the lounge
where the man had been found.
Then heavy cut-glass pitcher oi
water was placed upon shelf above.
The temperature was 80 degrees in
the shade. The pitcher of water
acted as a sun-glass, and the hot
rays of the sun shining through
the water were refracted directly
upon the cartridge chamber of the
rife. Eight witnesses were in the
room, and a few minutes after 9
o'clock there was a puff and a re-
port, and the ball struck the out
lined form back of the ear, and the
theory of circumstantial evidence
was exploded.
This is interesting not only be.
cause the real occurrence is quite
as strange as the imagined one, but
because the fact came after the fic-
ton and paralleled it SO closely
Detroit Free Press.
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Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho.
Nav < 1901

Land Office at HALEY, Idaho.
May S, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
sIoi Jon 70 make final proof in support of his
slam and that said proof will be made be-
IGLe Ts. the Register and Receiver at HALEY,
isuGano, sGa, on June Is, 1891. viz: Abijah
Mvs, HMuvams, Tor the SW a Sec. IL and w u NV
sec. IA, TIP. 4 n. K. 17E.
NE me names the following witnesses to
rnHse rnI.; ms continuous residence upon, and
eal'lIyation Gu Of. said land, viz: H. N. Stew
SiI John Monks, Frank Mats. of Ketch-
1Sa; 1Im; Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, of HALEY.
w. T. RILEY, Register.
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Never Start . Horse with = whip.

The horse isas susceptible to kind
words and kind treatment as any
animal, and his faithfulness in
mans service deserves more kind
ness and care than he receives. A
good and careful driver will never
start horse with whip. Teach
him to start with the word.
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NOTICE
Of Application for a Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands -Unsurveyed.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, in compliance with the Act
Of Congress approved March 3, 1891. apply
10 the Honorable Secretary Of the Interior
Of the United States for a permit to cut
timber upon tract of public mineral land
situated about six miles, in westerly
course. from the town of ketchum. Altnras
county Idaho. ~ miles from sawm.ll. on
the left-hand fork of what is known as Dry
gulch, commencing at stake marked No.
at point about 50 rods from mouth OF
SAID Dry gulch. in q westerly course from
STAKE; thence in a sOuthwesterly course
s2 rods TO q stake marked No. 2; thence
ma course about 20 degrees south Of east
ery course 200 rods to summit of noun
lam to stake marked S. E.; thence east OF
north about 90 degrees, distance of 252
roas; thence 20 degrees north Of west to
point OF commencement, q distance of 233
lods. Also, to cut timber on creek about
"o mies from sawmill, in a westerly
course. estimated amount of timber to be
Aoout Jo,NO feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
Aetehum, August :, 1891.
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TEA is said to have no III efeeE
upon the nerves if it 10 taken weak,
aud cold. To prepare your CUP Of
tea 90 that it will meet with the doo-
tors appreciation, pour il into your
saucer and add : little cool wates.
The very thought makes you shives,
but it is good thing just ttho seue.
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ROYAL
Best Baking Powder
/
The Official Government Reports

The Official Government Reports: :.
The United States Government, after elaborate tests
reports the ROYAL BAKING POWDER to be Of greater leav
enine strength than any other. Bulletin 13, Ag:
Def, f. 599)
The Canadian Official Tests, recently made, show
the ROYAL BAKING POWDER highest of all in leavening
strength. Bulletin 10, +. 16, Inland Rev. Ist)
In practical use, therefore, the ROYAL BAKING POWDER
goes further makes purer and perfect food than
any other.
Government Chemists Certify:
.The Royal Baking Powder composed Of pure and whole
.ce ingredients contain either alum Phophates or
other injurious substances EDWARD =: LOVE- IN =
.The Royal Baking Powder undoubtedly the purest and most
reliable baking powder offered to the public.
.HrRY A. Morr M q, Pm D."
.Tbe Roval Baking Powder pure quality and highest in
strength Of any baking powder Of which have knowledge
.WM. McA1uRrR1r PHI. D."
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of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region
:, IDAHO, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1891.
Across the Last Range.

In miners humble cabin lay
A brave old mountaineer;
To him, indeed, the close of day
Was drawing very near.
Two comrades nursed him day and night
While fever burned his brain,
And Sam to Seth said, Ewes twilight
Will ease him from all pain.
He's climbed a-many lofty peak,
He's crossed DER many q range,
But the aspiring spirit soon shall seek
A grander. vaster change!"
Then Ben aweke from soothing sleep
And said, "I've had dream
Which led me to the vasty deep
OF deaths relentless stream!
II stood upon lofty range.
Whose crest was crowned with snow,
And there met-it seems 50 strange! J.
Old boys of long-ago.
!" They shook me warmly by tn hand,
Rejoiced to find me there,
And said. You're near Golden Land
That's free from earthly care.
"Life's rugged range you We climbed at last
You're on its summit now
The slippery trail of Time you've PASSED
Which furrowed deep your brow.
lyon river, Ben, that's winding free,
AWAY lux Out "a S16AI.
Is the crystal stream Of Eternity
You'll reach its source tonight.
1.-The claims DER there are rich, old boy,
They'll pan out we'll you'll find;
The golden wealth Of unmixed Joy
Beats that you've left behind.
But now you SHALL for brief respite,
Return to earth once more,
To bid adieu to friends tonight
And join your friends of yore.
"Then we again shall meet you
You will not cross alone;
Your warmest friends shall greet you
And guide you safely home.
"The vision vivid ended there,
But still feel impressed,
Twas more than dreamland vision fair
And hints of final rest.
"Their leader, Sam, think you knew,
His claim was next to mine;
He proved Jealous friend and true
In the days of '49,
tiIyo gor0coa1 ~ Ia rroN 80 onn
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The Tired Wife.

All day tee wife had been toiling
From an early hour Ia the morn,
And hoE hands and her feet were weary;
With ths burdens that she had borne;
That weighs on my mind is this
That Tom never thinks to give me
A comforting hug or a. Kiss.
I'm willing to do my duty,
To use ali my strength and skill
In making the home attractive,
In striving my place TO MI;
But though the approval OF conscience
Is sweet, 4 am free to say
That II Tom would give me a hug and q
'Twonid you'd take all the tired away"
Then she counted over and over
The years she had been Toms wife.
And thought OF the joys and sorrows
She had known In. her married lie.
To be sure there WAS money plenty,
And never lack Of food;
But kiss now and then, and q word OF
Would have done her world OF good
All! many one is longing
For words that are never said; IT,
And many heart goes hungry
For something better than bread;
But Tom had an inspiration,
And when he went home that day
He petted his wife and kissed her
In the old-time, lover-like way.
And she-such an enigmas are woment
Who held herself up with pride,
At her husbands display OF fondness
Just hung on his neck and cried;
And he, by her grief reminded -
or troubles he might have shared,
Said: BLESS my heart! What fool I've
And didn't suppose you caredl".
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Ep.vrth Herald.

WORK, Nor TXLK1SYou remem-
Der Horace Greeley's famous saying
about the resumption, Of specie pay
ments. "The way to resume," said
he, lis to resume" So we say, the
way to work Is to work. Some people
are always discussing theories. They
make many speeches. They tell about
what they are going to do pretty soon.
They delight in passing resolutions
beginning with Whereas" and end
ing with firstly, secondly, thirdly, and
so on. Some planning is necessary, Of
course. But it is not wise to spend all
our lives in getting ready. Time is
feeting. Work Is pressing. Ssuls are
going down. They must be rescued
or lost. Let US be up and at the work,
doing that which is next Us. Be b
committee of one. Gofor people per-
sonally. Conquer one heart for Christ
at time. This is the way to,promote
q revival. IT is not talk, tals, talk.
It is work, work, work
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The State experimental farm wit

The State experimental farm with
appurtenances was sold March Ito W..
IT. Martin, John T. Sloan, Jr., B. B.
McCreery, Jr., and Andrew Crawford
loo acres-for $3.50. When the
State withdraws itself from all connec-
tions with farming and education it
will be ready to start on permanent
progress. True such change would
turn many men now with fat salaries
to something else for livelihood, but
the gain to the State would provide a
home-a piece of land-for thousands
of renters and hirelings who need that
more than any real benefit they are
now receiving from existing provis.
ions about farming and "educatlon." D."
& The Darlington experimental Sta,
tidn has also been sold for Sc, 800. The
profits (?) of these "eXperiments" Of
State farming is not given.
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What 0theres Say.
Central Christian Adrocdte.

There can be no question that the
REVIVAL of religion which the church
needs should begin in the pulpit. The
pastor is the spiritual leader by virtue
of his office, and the people who at
tend on his ministry take on the tone
of his preaching. If his heart is
aglow with love to God and the con-
trolling purpose of his life Is to win
souls, the congregation, or at least the
believers in it, will follow his leading.
There are times when the slumber of
the pulpit is awakened, and forced in
to activity by the impulse which has
been received in the prayer meeting or
classroom, but this is not the divine
order. The shepherd is to lead the
sheep.
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A scholar is sometimes more impor-
tant than a class, in the Sunday
school. The class as whole may be
doing we'll, while single scholar in il
may be lacking in purpose of life, or
be in special peril through outside
temptations, when timely personal
word from the teacher to that scholar
would be of more practical service
than score of lessons taught to the
class as a class. Many a teacher who
has seemed successful with his class,
has lacked power with his scholars in
dividually and many teacher who
has apparently lacked efficiency in his
class work. has been a means of un'
told good through his efforts with his
scholars seyeralIy. If the choice must
be made, it were better for teacher to
have power over his scholars, than to
have brilliancy of success with hi:
class. But still better way is to care
for both class and scholars efficiently
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How TO LOVE CODA woman
once said to her pastor: II do love
God very much, but want to love
more. How can ?"
You must become better acquaint-
ed with him." was the reply. awe
love those who are worthy of our love
in proportion as we become acquaint-
ed with them"
GLOW can + get better acquainted"
she asked.
"Study the Bible more" he said.
God speaks to you, reveals himself lc
YOU in the Bible. Read in the New
Testament the life Of Jesus, and imag'
inc you had beel with him, as john
and Peter, and iIary were.
"And pray more. Tell him all youl
lows and troubles and needs. He will
answer you, and every answer vii
draw you closer and closer to him.
"Thcn try to please him in every
thing you do and say. We always
love those whom we try to please
Love makes us wish to please the
lord, and love rewards us when We
have done it,"
The woman followed these rules
simple as they were, and her love t'
God grew and spread all through hcI
heart. t.-WUrd and Work.