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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
Margaret of New Orleans.

New Orleans claims the distinc-
ton of having been the first city in
this country to erect monument
to woman. Margaret of New
Orleans" made her great fortune out
of the baking business. She came
with her husband, Michael Haugh-
cry, and children to this country
from Ireland. Death bereft her OF
her family, and she was left alone
in the world. Seeking employment,
she drifted to New Orleans, where
she entered the service of the Sis
ters as dairy maid. Earning a
limited amount of money she es-
tablished a small bakery. This in
creased under her management to
wholesale dimensions. She sent
out from her establishment bread
carts that carried as a free gift to
the deserving poor 900 loaves of
bread daily. Everything this wo-
man undertook prospered greatly.
She could neither read nor write,
had an extremely limited idea of
figures, yet she carried on such an
extensive business that she rolled
up large bank account yearly.
Her appearance in face, form and
dress was unprepossessing. She
was usually clad in short gown Of
gray, with quaker-like bonnet,
and with coarse ruddy face she
presented anything but fashiona-
BILE presence. Driving through the
streets in a clumsy cart, with her
plain costumes, en- her errands OF
mercy or business, she was never a
subject of ridicule or derision, but
always Of ofrespectful Difference; even
the mischievous street hoodlum
dofed his ragged cap and stood
waiting to serve her. The needs Of
the orphan appealed most strongly
to her sympathies; especially to
those who were made fatherless and
motherless by that fatal pestilence
the yellow fever, she gave large
slices Of her income.
At her death her body layin state
two days, and was viewed by thou
sands. The funeral took place al
St. Patrick's Church, and was the
largest ever known in the history
of New Orleans, except that Of JET.
ferson Davis. The procession Of
carriages extended for miles, and
included every religious order, every
civic society, the priests, clergymer
and people of every church and
denomination, with the children
from all the schools and numerous
orphan asylums in the city. Ole
and young, rich and poor, ignorant
and wise-all turned out to do hon
| or to the memory of one plain, un
educated woman, for her deeds were
great. The whole of her fortune
was bequeathed to the different or
phan asylums without regard te
faith q. Picavunn.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24

The coming value of an ounce of
pure silver is $1.29.
Now it will be readily seen that
there is more in free coinage than
the amount of money added to the
circulating medium, for it measures
the value, or fixes the price of farm
products. To illustrate: the Liv-
erpool market is supplied to a large
extent from India. India has free
coinage of silver, and silver is the
exclusive currency of the country,
80 England can, and does buy our
bullion at 824 cents per ounce and
sells the same to India at 81 20 per
ounce, thereby making a clear profit
of 464 cents per ounce, and then
invests this silver in cotton.
This is followed by the market
reports on cotton from several cities,
which confirm what Mr.. Abbott
says.
What is true of cotton is true Of
wheat since both are governed by
the same rule.
New ORLEANS, August IL.
T. E. Glenny & Co. s report says
New York opened 3 to 4 points
lower and closed IA points lower.
After the call, however, prices were
further depressed. The decline in
Liverpool is attributed to a decline
of Sd in silver"
NEW ORLEANS, August IL.
Atwood, Violete & Co.'s circular
says: "The decline is owing to a
serious loss in price of silver which
| is 4 of l per cent lower than yes
terday.
New York, August II.
Hubbard, Price & Co.'s report
says: 1.-The market opened at de-
cline of 3 points and during the day
| continued to decline and the clos.
ing was easy at about IA points de-
cline from last nights figures
because silver was so weak"
The above would bear a careful
reading.-National Watchman.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart of the most prom
ising mining country OH 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, 1892-09-24

after this blow, and soon after his
mind appeared to wander. He or
dered his Continental uniform to
be brought and put it on, including
the sword he had worn when in the
American service, and so he died, a
raving maniac, in 1901, at his res
idence in London. He was q very
proud man, and the insults heaped
upon him whenever his name was
mentioned, either in society or in
Parliament, no doubt broke his
heart
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
Can ths Cholera Baoilli Do Thisl

Prof. Chester in his article on
bacteria, microbes bscilli and kim
dred forms, says: "They multiply
very rapidly, and in strange way,
too. A single one breaks in two,
and each half grows to be as large
as the original. These, in turn, sub
divide again, until from q single one
many thousands are produced in q
short time. One can multiply at so
enormous rate that in 48 hours it
can produce $50. .00O, 600, 900 indivi.
duals of its kind |"
Is it any wonder that such disas-
trious consequences result from the
Judgement of one of these minute
but terrible mites in the human In
testinee?
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
Society In Western Towns.

There is social equality in west
ern country towns that prevails no.
where else, and the daughters of
the blacksmith are quite as promi-
nent as the daughters of the banker,
providing they behave as we'll, which
they are likely to do, as they all
grow up together and are educated
in the same schools. The only social
test in the West is good conduct.
l once lived in town where it was
always said, after big party, that
the line was drawn only at color.
The western married man has no
standing in society except by his
wife's side. The men who run" the
town are seldom seen at the parties,
which are managed by their unmar-
ried clerks. In the old courtly days
a man and wife had q social indi-
viduality; but when man attends
a social gathering in the West, he
is expected to seat himself beside
his wife and behave as we'll as he
can, to the end that people may
understand that he is not only fond
of the worthy woman at home, but
in company as we'll. If a married
man should attend western social
affair without his wife, he would be
very apt to be approached by q
woman who would ask him in an
audible whisper, "Where is your
wife?" and there would be certain
something in the woman's tone indi-
eating that he ought to be ashamed
of himself for being there under
such circumstances. I once knew
gay young husband to exhibit q
paper, signed by his wife, to the
effect that he was at the party alone
with her knowledge and consent.
The men who have made the
West and who are interesting have
no social side in the strictest sense.
Western societyis made up of young
people, who are always more OF
less uninteresting except from the
standpoint of good looks. A mid.
dle-aged man who attends social
affair in the West is looked upon
as an oddity, SO firmly rooted is
the impression that as soon as
man marries be ought to retire from
everything except business. Very
few western men possess any Of the
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
A Weed That Eats Fish.


writing from Suakin, Red Sea coun-
try, contributes the following re-
markable instance of a plant prey
ing upon one of the vertebrate. The
instance noted was observed by
him when surveying the Paracel
Islands in the South China Sea !:
"* = As neared a pool cut
off by the tide from the sea, l no.
ticed among other submarine plants
a very ordinary-looking fesh-col-
ored weed. Bending to inspect it
closer, / noticed numbers of small
fish lying helpless in its fronds, ap-
parently with little or no life in
them. Putting my hand down to
pick one cf them up, I found my
fingers caught by suckers on the
weed, the fronds of which had closed
tightly upon them. The fish had
been caught in every conceivable
way, by the head, the tail, sides,
ETC., and some of them had been
held until the skin was completely
mascerated. Those of the fish that
were still living had evidently been
caught at different times, they ap-
pearing in all stages of exhaustion.
I regret being unable to name either
the plant or the fish, but that the
botanical cannibal really preyed
upon the finny denizens of the deep
there isn't the least doubt"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
Insect illumination.

The secretary of the Smithsonian
Prof. Langley, has been
recently experimenting with Cuban
frefies with view to discovering the
manner in which the illumination
they emit is generated. He says
that the light that they give is the
cheapest in the world produced,
that is to say, with the least heat
and the smallest expenditure of
energy-and he believes that a sue
cessful imitation of it would prove
q most profitable substitute for gas
or electricity. The insects are
beetles two inches long, and belong
to the family of Swapping bugs, /"
so-called because when one is laid
upon its back it snaps itself into
the air with a clicking sound. The
secret of the light this FREELY gives
is as yet undiscovered. Apparently
it is connected in some way with
the mysterious phenomena of life,
and chemists and physicists have
sought in vain to explain its origin.
On each side of the animals thorax
is a luminous, membranous spot,
and these flash at intervals, so that
the Cubans put dozen of the in
sects in q cage together and so OBJ
tain a continuous illumination,
bright enough to read by. This
light is accompanied by no per
ceptible heat, and is seemingly pro
duced with almost no expenditure
of energy. How great an improve.
ment it represents upon all known
artificial lights can be imagined
when it is stated that in candle
light, lamp light or gas light, the
waste is more than 80 per cent. II
other words, if they could be sc
obtained as not to throw anything
away, they would give nearly ont
hundred times the illumination they
do afford. Even the electric ligh'
is rhostly waste.-Scienti6c Press
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
Farm Life In China.

The tools of the average Chinese
farmer are basket, tea-kettle,
and a four-tined hoe. This hoe is
very heavy, and is used for spading
as we'll as hoeing. He raises it in
the air as blacksmith raises his
sledge, imbeds it in the earth and
pulls it forward. The food for 40O,-
coo, 900 people is cultivated by this
one implement; thrashing-ma-
chine or reaper is never seen in
China. The Chinese puts as much
labor on an acre as an American
farmer would on twenty acres. A
Chinaman will raise enough on an
acre to support family of seven
and pay his $3.50 in taxes. The
size of a Chinese farm is from q
hundredfeet square to three acres.
A quarter of an acre will keep q
man busy, but he will raise three
crops a year on it. First he raises
barley or wheat in the winter.
When the wheat is heading, cotton
is sown broadcast. After reaping
the barley and wheat in June the
little cotton is seen coming up.
Then the barley roots are pulled up
and the cotton comes on. 1t is in
beds and is all hoed by hand. 1t
grows low and has short staple.
Chinese cotton would not bring
3 cents pound in New Orleans,
and the yield is about 200 pounds
to the acre. Men and women draw
the crops to market on two-wheeled
carts. Cotton is not baled but
crowded into sacks like wool.
Horses are seldom seen on farm
in China, men and women do the
work of the horse. A Chinese farm
laborer gets about 4 or 5 cents a
day and his rice. 3.
The raising of silk worms here
will always thrive, and silk will be
reeled from the cccoons into skeins
by cheap 5 cents per day labor, but
silk weaving will have to go to En-
gland and America when they use
power looms. Tea will also always
be raised in China, where scent
labor can pick the leaves. The tea
plant is the came as our camelia OF
iaponica. Georgia could raise as
| good tea es China if she had as
cheap labor, but pray that Georgia
and Tennessee may never have
labor as low as cents per day.
If rice is to be raised after barley
and wheat, the land is flooded with
water. Men and women, knee-deer
in water, pull the harrows. Then
the rice is set out in the water in
hills foot apart. 1t is common
to see women working in the rice
fields, covered with straw garments
| to their knees. After the rice is
harvested full crop of radishes is
put in.
In order to irrigate for rice, water
is pumped On to the land by hand
though sometimes revolving belt
covered with buckets is propelled by
a buffalo cow, which walks around
and around like thrashing horses
in America.
Rice in China is worth about 81
a bushel. A Chinaman can live or
four bushels of rice a year. This
with peanut oil, tea, and a little
sugar, cost about IS a year.-Han.
cow Corr. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
Rings Around Their Necks.

The Byanzi, who live along the
Upper Congo, have strange Gus
tom which makes life burden to
the married women. Brass rods
are welded into great rings around
the necks of the wives. Many OF
these rings worn by the women
whose husbands are we'll to do weigh
as much as thirty pounds, and this
burden must be carried by the poor
creatures as long as they live.
Frequently one sees poor woman
whose neck is CALLED by the heavy
weight, and in places the skin is
rubbed off by the ring. This is q
sure sign that the ring has been re-
Gently welded around the neck.
After short time the skin becomes
callous, and then the strange orna-
ment produces no abrasion.
The weight is a perpetual tax on
the energies. In every crowd OF
women may be seen a number who
are supporting the ring with their
hands and thus for a time are re-
lieving their weary shoulders of the
burden.
A ring is never put around wo-
mans neck until she is believed to
have attained her full physical de-
velopment. Once on it is no easy
matter to get it off. The natives
have no files, and, although they
can hammer lot of brass rods into
one, it is very difficult for them tc
cut the thick mass of metal. Wo'
men who increase largely in fest
after the rings have been fastened
to their necks are in danger o
strangling to death, and instances
of this sort have occurred.
The women, however, regard tn
lcumbrous ornament with pride
They imagine that it enhances thei
Importance and beauty, and wea
their burdens with light hearts
Brass is the money of the country
and in putting it around theirwives
necks the men are certain that j
will not be stolen or foolishly ex
pended Boston Commercial.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
Ice Water Without Ice.

Here is a way to getice-cold water
in places where there is no ice.
Wrap a jug-a porous jug, one of
those common earthen things-in
flannel-wet flannel; wrap it all
around, leaving no place exposed
to the air place it, filed with water,
in an open window exposed to al
the air there is.
Keep the flannel wet. In an hour
the contents Of the Jug will be al
most as cool asi fthey had been iced.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
RAS COUNTY IDAHO SATURDAY. "a 1892 NO. a.

social graces, although they are
noted for shrewdness in business
and politics. Our idea of society is
that it is an institution for bringing
about marriages; after the mar
riages take place the contracting
parties are expected to retire.
E. w. Howe, in September Forum.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24
TOBACCO AND. CIGARS
And Smokers Articles.
Give me trial and / will guarantee entire
satisfaction.
Notice of Forfeiture.

To NJ. R. EVANS, his heirs or legal repre-
sentatiyes:
You are hereby notified that we have ex-
pended two hundred (2OO) dollars in labor
and Improvements upon the Shutty
Cup East and Shutty Cup ~ est
lodes, situated on Trail creek, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county, Idaho, in order to hold said prem
ises under the proyisicrs of Section 1924,
Revised Statutes Of the United States, be,
ing the amount required to hold Ith, the same az
the proportion Of said expenditure ndi due
from you, NJ. r. Evans, is $33 33H, lawful
money of the United States, and if within Ia!
ninety days after the publication OF this
notice you fail to contribute your proper
ton of such expenditure as co-owner, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the subscribers under said sec
ton 2323. l.. J. BARNARD.
S. J. FRIEDMAN.
HALEY, Idaho, Jan. IA. 1892.
First publication, Jan. 30, 1882.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24

The average length of life is
greater in Norway than in any other
country on the globe. This is at
tributed to the fact that the temper
ature is cool and uniform through
out the year.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24

The Fiji Islanders believe that il
4 man dies unmarried his soul il
doomed to wander about through
the endless ages Of eternity = an
intermediate region between heaven
and hades.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24

In the home markets.
Silver
Fiscal year end Fer
ing June 50 ss 81 y ~ef;i St.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-09-24

vrysrosE is the legal newspaper OF
Ihe onrings Creek, Wood River and
Hv'.tooth Hs Mining Districts.
p' rERms OF SUBSCRIPTION.
1pos+aoe Prepaid) $4W
One yeai ~ 200
Six months 1oo
Three no s.h so
One 'no .15
Single copy
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
.,o.t;s;nc rates furnished on application.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-27
BRONCHIAL CATARRH.
Where II Originates, the Path 1t
Pursues and What 1t Most In
YariabIY Leads To.

Var1aDly LEADS 10.
Bronchial catarrh first begins in the
head, then extends down the windpipe
to the bronchial tubes, causing bron-
chitis or bronchial catarrh. and which.
il not checked, attacks the lungs, caus-
ing consumption.
When catarrh has existed in the head
and the upper part Of the throat for any
length of time and the disease has been
left uncured, the catarrh. sometimes
slowly, but invariably, extends down
tho windpipe into the bronchial tubes,
which tubes convey the air into the diff
become affected from the swelling and
the mucus arising from catarrh. and in
some instances become plugged up so
that the air cannot get in as freely as it
should. Shortness Of breath follows,
and it is only with labor and difficulty
that the patient can breathe.
In other cases there is sound of
cracking and wheeling inside the chest.
At this stage of the disease the breath
ing is usually more rapid than when in
health, and the patient has also hot
flashes over his body.
The pain which accompanies this con-
dition is of dull character, felt in
the chest behind the breastbOne or
under the shoulder blade. The pain
may come and 20, last few days and
then be absent for several days. The
cough that occurs in the first stage of
bronchial catarrh is dry, comes at in
tervals, is hacking in character and is
usually most troublesome in the morn-
Ing on arising or going to bed at night,
and it may be the first evidence Of The
disease extending in the lungs.
At first there maybe nothing brought
up by the cough, then there is little
tough, tenacious mucus which the pa
tent finds great difficulty in raising.
Sometimes there are fits Of coughing
induced by the tough mucus SO violent
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-27

81 had been to a number of doctors and
just simply got worse and worse all the
time. | don't wonder at it SO much now,
though, for some of them treated my
head and throat with APPLICATIONS
AND SPRAYS THAT MADE ME SUFFER
TERRIBLY WHEN THEY USED THEM AND
WHICH FREQUENTLY BROUGHT ON PRO-
FUSE BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE AND
SPELLS OF CHOKING THAT ALMOST
KILLED ME. The treatment was far
worse than the disease, and instead of
helping me only made me worse. My
head and throat got into fearful COLI
ditiOn, the passages became dry and
chapped-my throat was so sore and
swollen-at times almost closed-that
COULD NOT SPEAK-could not articulate
a sound. Spells of headache and diZZi-
ness would come over me. when every
thing would turn black before my eyes
and I would stagger and almost fall.
GAS / grew worse the trouble eX-
tended farther down until my husband
thought MY LUNGS WE'RE AFFECTED
THAT IT WAS LEADING INTO CONSUME
TON. | began to believe so, too. had
a bad cough. My breathing was short
and quick. There was sore, tight
feeling in my lungs and sharp, cutting
pains that would shoot through under
my shoulder blades. My appetite was
very irregular, everything ate seemed
to lodge just before it would reach my
stomach, and cause full, tight, smoth-
cred feeling around my lungs and heart.
l had frequent spells of heart flutter-
ing that would leave me weak and eX-
hausted. My sleep was broken by
dreadful dreams, and was just as tired
in the morning as at night, if not more
SO. | lost flesh steadily; every part Of
my system seemed invaded by the dis
ease and my strength Of resistance was
almost gone.
"This was my condition and expert
ence," concluded Mrs. Schrokenstein.
sup to comparatively short time ago,
when l was induced to go to Drs. Cope
land and Hunt. They have given me
the only real benefit / ever received.
My health and strength are returning
so surely and steadily can scarcely be-
lieve l am the same woman. Their
TREATMENT is MILD, PHEASANT AND
HEALING; one can feel when receiving
it that it is relieving their trouble and
not aggravating it. My experience with
Drs. Copeland and Hunt has been more
than satisfactory. | take pleasure in
recommending them to my friends"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-27
COURT CHIPS.

Judge Kelly has denied the motion for a
new trial in the case of A. E. Peterson against
the Mile Laos Lumber Company.
Henrietta Davis has attached the effects Of
Mary r. Hoffman, to satisfy balance of $35
due on promissory note for $1,000.
Gustave E. Bruckner has entered suit
against Albert L. Gervais and others to re-
cover balance of $40 due on promissory
note.
Albertina Resse asks judgment against
the Germania Aid Society Teutonia for S194
as benefits for the death of her late husband,
Fritz Hesse.
The Franklin Building society seeks to
foreclose mortgage given by John P. Gillon
upon lot II, of Charles Weide's subdivision
of block 40 of Arlington Hills addition.
c. W. Watson was injured while coupling
cars in the yards at Gladstone, Dec. last
He now demands $4,000 as d; m lges f;om
the ST. Paul d Duluth Railway Company.