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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
THERE ARE NO SECRETS IN CHINA.
Family Gossip Rivals the Smartest
Newspapers.

"In China a private house IS
unknown. Any one can 60 any
where, and if there is the least
provocation he will do So" So says
Rev. A. H. Smith, after many years
of missionary service in that coun-
try. To shut the door is q bad
sign. "What is going on within
that he dare not admit his fellow
townsmen?" people are likely to
say. There are no newspapers, no
objects of general and human in
terest to attract attention, and, as
men and women must be interested
in something, it is natural that they
should be full of neighborly gossip.
From Mr.. Smiths account OF the
matter it is plain how very little
Chinese and Yankees have in COM
mon. Every Chinese has relatives
beyond all count or remembrance.
His wife has as many more. His
married children add to the ever
widening circle. By the time he is
60 years of age man is related to
hundreds upon hundreds of indi-
viduals, each of whom is entirely
conscious of the relationship and
does not forget or ignore it. Not
only do all the members of this
army Of relatives feel themselves
entitled to know all the details OF
ones affairs, but the relatives of
the relatives-a swarm branching
into infinity-will perhaps do the
same. If man is rich or a mag
istrate they certainly will do it.
One cannot make business trip to
sell watermelons, to buy mules, to
collect a debt, of which every one
will not speedily know all that is to
be known. Chinese memories are
treasured houses of everything rela-
tive to cash and dates. How much
land each man owns, when it was
acquired, when pawned and when
redeemed, how much was expended
at the funeral of his mother and al
the wedding of his son, how the
!, daughter-in-law is liked at the vii
, lage into which she has married
the amount of her dowry, what bar
gain was made with the firm that
, let the bridal chair, all these items
and thousand more everybody
knows and, never forgets. Though
; two men at fair may do their bar.
gaining with their fingers concealed
in their capacious sleeves, it viii
. go hard if the neighbors do not dis
cover the terms at last. There ar
no secrets in China. Everybod!
: crowds in everywhere-if not il
. sight, then "behind the arras.
Every one reads every dispatch b.
[ can get at. He reads "private" let
, ters in the same way.
"What!" he exclaims, mot lie
a me see?"
r No wonder the Chinese have al
, adage, eff you would not have
| known that you do it, do not do it.
: Chicago Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
Ten Tons of Diamonds.

An astonishing statement was
made recently at the New York So
cietY of Arts in the course OF a
paper by Bennett H. Brough on the
thinning Industries of South Afri-
ca" He said that since 1867, when
the diamond fields were first discov-
cred, there have been exported from
Cape Colony more than 5O,OOO,OO0
carets of diamonds, the value OF
which was about G7O, 100000. Their
weight would exceed ten tons; s
heap of them might form a pyramid
with q base nine feet square anc
six feet high.-London World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
The Writer of " Dixie"

"Uncle" Dan Emmett, widely
known as the composer of the Gel
ebrated and soul-stirring song
Dixie" is living at Mount Vernon,
Va, on the bounty of friends. The
Actors Fund of New York has
been in communication with him
and has forwarded sum of money
from time to time to supply his
wants. Uncle Dan is 78 years old
and since he began as boy of 10
to work for a living his life has
been one long series of ups and
downs, adventures and triumphs.
And now suffering from hardships
and poverty, aged and forsaken, he
is at work on a life of Daniel Boone
in poetry, which is almost com
pleted. He has received word to &c
to New York that his friends may
demonstrate their kind remem.
brance of him at benefit. Asked
about the composition of "Dixie,
Emmett said to the writer:
SIN 1859 I was connected with
Bryant Bros minstrels Of NewY ork
One Saturday night Jerry Bryan
came to me and said: Uncle Dan
can't YOU make me hurrah walk
around, something to make noise
with, and bring it here for rehearsa
Monday morning? told him
thought l could. He said: DO sc
and bring it,
"Going home, Sunday being
| rainy day, l composed Dixie TO
him and he was so delighted will
it that he made us rehearse it al
day Monday for the evening per
formance. It was go right from
the start. When the war broke ou
Bryant Brothers Minstrels wer'
forbidden to sing it. 1t became s.
unpopular in the North that whel
the band played it in the streets o
New York they were hooted an
jeered at"
There is an amusing incident con
nected with the song. One night
typical Southerner came into EN-
mett's dressing room in New York
and, upon being introduced to Ur
Gle Dan'l, exclaimed:
| "Are you the author of 'DixleY
! Emmett said that he was.
swell, sah," said the Southerne
placing both hands over Emmett
right hand, "Shake, sab Shake
by gawd, sab / am happy to kno
YOU and I would rather be tn
author of that song than | woul
of old Hundred
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
Do Wooden Limbs Ache.

Eyes sir, my foot is hurting me
now," said a man on crutches yes
terday as he rubbed his limb that
had lost foot.
II lost my right foot during the
battle of Atlanta and nearly every
day since then Ihave suffered some
pain in it.
"There is no use Of saying that a
man does not suffer pain in limb
after it has been amputated, for he
does.
"Now, can pinch my right leg
and feel the pain acutely in my
foot which was cut off years ago. !
can take hold of leader in my leg
and when I pull it my big toe
moves as nice as you please"
"That reminds me" remarked q
gentleman standing near, "of case
II once saw. There was a man
boarding at house where | was
stopping. The man had q cork
foot and was constantly saying that
it hurt him.
Zone night he startled every one
| in the house by his loud means
and I. with several others, went tf
his room. He said his foot wa'
giving him great pain, and asked VI
to heat some water. We did 90
and I started to the bed to bati
his limb, when he cried out: 'That,'
the foot there pointing to his eorl
one, resting against the wall:
II put the cork foot in the no
water and Ave minutes the old tel
low as sleeping as soundly as
Ihahe ATLANTA Constitution.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
April FOOLS Day.

April 1st is the day when a big
part of the world makes monkey of
the other part, when the trousers
are sewed up before breakfast, when
doughnuts are stuffed with cotton
and when coffee is salted; the day
when the funny acquaintance in
quires of a young lady "wby ber
bangs won't stay bung," only to
chuckle april foor' at her when
her hand flies up to her head.
From time immemorial April 1st
has been consecrated to foolishness.
Accounts differ as to the origin of
the anniversary. All sort of theo-
ries have been advanced, but no two
agree. Each race has its own ex-
planation for the queer customs
practiced on this date.
In this country the day has been
made memorable by some extensive
hoaxes. One Of the most celebrated
was that perpetrated on the people
of New York years ago. A report
was spread that the lions, tigers
and other wild animals had escaped
from their cages in Central Park
and were wading in human gore
through the streets of the city. The
population nearly dropped deao
with fright, and for hours the spec
tacle of pale-faced New Workers
peering anxiously around street cor
ners in fear of beholding prowlin(
beasts was quite common until th'
discovery was made that it was al
an April hoax.
In Boston q report was once cir
culated on April 1st that vile hood
lums had defaced the Cogswel
fountain on the Common with sew
eral yards Of green paint. Curious
Bostonians flocked by the thou
sand to the spot, expecting to be
hold q scene of desecration. Al
they saw was a fountain, without
sign of green paint. The only greer
in sight was themselves.
i P. T. Barnum, whose name is in
delibly associated with shows, ono
took advantage of the anniversar
of April 1st in his peculiar way
He announced on his circus poster
in flaming letters, red as Hoboke
sunset, that 1.-THE greatest show 0
earth would exhibit in the after
noon Of that day special and e1
traordinary feature. . wonderft
freak Of nature-a miraculous hors
with his head where his tail ougt
! to be-" The public swallowed It
people fell over each other to g
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15

The Keystone is the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. Sa~eoosa
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
a. it is in the very heart of tho most prom
ising mining country on the fsoe .of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis O. an
mining news and developments, as'weA -
matters of local Importance in and asous
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
itai and informant to the settler Of every
craft and position. Subscribe Tor it, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
How to Swim Horses.

A few months ago the Russian
Prince Wlasemsky undertook to
make very extensive trip over Asia
on horseback, and he encountered
great difficulty and more or less
real danger, says the American
Horse Breeder. In the kingdom of
Siam in the rainy season, like some
sections in the southern portion OF
our own country. much OF it be-
comes flooded, the water rising in
many places so high as to require
swimming the horses, and only
those who have had experience in
this know anything about its diff
Guilty and danger.
When unaccustomed to it, the
most gentle horses often become
fairly frantic, and at such times it
is very likely to prove fatal for any
person in the water, no matter how
good a swimmer he may be, as he
is very sure to be struck under by
the horse, not viciously, but just as
drowning man is said to grasp at
straw, the idea being evidently to
get support or assistance.
At such a time the only safety
which the swimmer has is by diving
out of sight, and swimming under
the water until reaching position
where he can grasp the horse by
the tail, when it is very easy to urge
him forward to the bank, as nearly
all horses, with heads unchecked
and free use of legs, are quite strong
swimmers.
There is great difference in horses
as to the depth at which they swim
Some swim so lightly that with a
rider on their back the upper portion
of the saddle remains dry, while
others swim so deeply that only g
portion of their heads is above wa
ter. The sensation is cetainly very
different from that of riding any
where on terra firma, as the least
inclination on the part of the rider
to either side tips the horse over,
and when on his side he is quite
irresponsible of making headway
In righting the animal, if the rider
| leans lust little too far in the op
posite direction the horse is carried
beyond the point of equilibrium tt
| the opposite side. The Prince hat
several horses drowned, and wa
} finally obliged to take elephants.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.


10 JOIN W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have [aNN e1- 5
pended the sum Of five hundred (oOol o1l-
lars in labor and improvements upon the
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
ky-two miles from ketchum, in warm
Springs Creek mining district. Ait1ras 5g3,
county. Idaho. as required by section 25A =
Revised Statutes of the United states, De-
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the years ending December 81, 1887, TO
December 81, 1891 that your proportion OF
the same is $3.50. being one-halt; and II II
within ninety 90 days from the service OF OF
this notice, or within ninety (9) days after
this notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion OF such
expenditure as co-owner, your interest IN
said claim will become the property OF the
undersigned under the provisions ot said
section 1924. FRANK J. LEMON.
: Ketchum. Idaho, July %, 1892.
First publication July 80, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15

into the tents to see the most re-
markable animal on the face OF the
earth: and they saw it-simpiy q
common everyday horse backed ia
to stall. with his head where his
tail ought to be.-Washington Star.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15

One hundred million tons OF va
ter pour over Niagara Falls every
hourl This is said to represent
16, ,O00, GOO horse power. Some idea
of this enormous amount OF watei
NAV be had by understanding that
all the coal produced in the worlo
would not make enough Of steam
to pump stream Of equal sise-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15

A few drops Of ammonia adde's
to prcoxide Of hydrogen - uhat
eiyes the beautiful golden color y
hair. Without the ammonla one Or
two applications Of the blaach y
brown hair itnparts ! e0dish bsQp~
tint to it.-New York JenknAk s
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15

THERE lately died in Mexico .
miser of the name of Moneke. His
relatives were unwilling that his
BODY should be inferred, as he had
tattooed his will over his chest with
some red pigment instead OF using
pen and ink. The Court decreed
that the remarkable "human docu-
ment" should be copied and tho
representation duly attested in the
presenee of witnesses. This was
done, and the Court has pronounced
this queer will genuine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15

This year Louis Kossuth vii! DO
ninety-one, Neal Dow eighty -aane,
Ferdinand de Lesseps and David
Dudley Field eighty-nine, CLAD
stone and Oliver Wendell Holmes
eighty-four, Pope Leo and Senator
Morrill, eighty-three, Harriet Beech
er Stowe eighty-one, Allen 6. Thur
man eighty, Verdi seventy,nine;,
General Early, C. w. Couldock and
Elizabeth cady Stanton seventy
eight.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-15
For Sale Cheap.

A iirst-class hand Fire Engine. complete
Without hose. Apply to
WM. D. GoEHBIEG. Sec'y.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27

full effect over the bust makes this a very
suitable dress for q slender figure. The
upper part Of the sleeves are in one large
puff, and the forearm is of lace over the
goods, and there is a band of ribbon whore
they join, with a pretty bow.
Lace has been much worn all summer,
but according to present signs it will be
still more popular during the fall and prob
ably during the winter for home toilets.
Now it is worn on everything and with
everything. Dinner, visiting and carriage
gowns, afternoon and evening dresses, are
all trimmed with lace as far as possible.
All the light tissues will be worn for indoor
dresses, such as foulards, silk gauze, white
vigogne, changeable silks and several lines
of wool muslins and china Grape. This lat
ter is always accordion plated. The Gre
pons are also to be worn good deal this
coming season. Crepon gowns and wool
muslins will be made up with many narrow
ruffies simply hemmed, cut bias. The more
and the narrower they are the better. Some
of these, where the color is light, will have
narrow valencienneS lace sewn on the edge
which gives them an eXquisitely light and
graceful appearance. Light colors for home
for young persons and dark ones for the
street and church will be the style.
Yellow in all it's shades will be worn
with black and gray. 1 think no two col
ors so so weliaogcthcr. The palest blond
can wear maize and gray, and the darkest
brunette looks her best in yellow and black
A very few of the large plaids have fine
line of yellow woven in with the black and
white, lighting the whole up marvelously.
The plaids as they arrive show the most
daring effects. Some are of Russian cord,
with black or very dark blue or green
ground, with the figure wrought out by a
series of fine lineS-red, white, blue or vel
low-leaving immense squares. These must
be made up bias. for no one could look we'll
in one cut straight. The cutting bias breaks
the hardness of the lines
saw one plaid gown in the process of
making. 1t had wide skirt setting snug
ly over the hips and opening on the left
side under a flap, which was made of
black cloth with an edge of gold braid An
other just like it was placed on the right
side, and it gave access to the pocket, and,
by the way, pockets are now placed on the
seam of the front side breadth instead of in
an inaccessible place where the we,.rer of
the gown could not reach it without an ag-
onizing and convulsing search. Around
the bottom was a bias fiat band Of cloth
five inches wide, and this was headed by a
narrow gold soutache braid. The plaid,
forgot to say, was black and gray. The
waist was not quite finished, but was to
have an Elton jacket of black cloth edged
with gold braid and have large, stiff lapels
of plaid. The sleeves were plaid The
belt was of black, and the under waist was
of black surah. There was u yellow lace
jabot at the neck, filling in the open space.
1t was a stylish gown.
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notice that few dresses are lined with
tatletas this season. Whether it is because
of hard times or because silk wears ont so
much sooner than the outside cannot tell
Skirts are faced up from 10 to 90 inches
with wigan, and outside of this is Il fine
alpaca facing, and just under the edge are
set two or three narrow pinked ruflles of
silk to match the darkest color in the dress
The rest of the skirt has paper muslin"
of chccsccloth lining, which is very hex-
iblc and strong and hangs well. Cheese
cloth comes in many colors now 1t doesn't
feel quite $: dainty, but is really better
lining material than silk and more durable
l saw IA lot of quilted petticoats being
made in manufactory last week These
are of black silk or farmers satin. The
quilted pattern is so fine and neat that it
looks like matclasse silk. Around the bot
tom there is II quilting of the material and
over this Il fall of black Spanish lace These
Will be quite expensive on account of the
work on them. Those made of farmers
satin have two quillings and no lace.
Around the top there is bias yoke of only
one thickness, which adjusts them neatly
to the figure These will be worn almost
to the entire exclusion of other skirts The
incest are black, but there are others in col
ors-all dark, however
Spanish blond lace is III again, and after
many years of oblivion is seen on the new
ties, fichus and the dainty tea caps. 1t is
in cream, blue, pink maize and white, and
it is light and of pleasing pattern.
Women now have stockings in every
color to fit the colors of their gowns. They
are in silk, silk plated and Isle thread and
sea island cotton.
The black cheviot Elton suit when worn
with plain white linen shirt and collar and
turnup cuffs, is the handsomest tailor gown
OF the season. This worn with white
sailor hat with white ribbon band and a
severely plain black sun umbrella marks
the real gentlewoman. MATE LEROY.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27
Saw "a Snake Five Miles on.

A few days ago Mr.. James NJ. Neal, a
Georgia farmer assembled the town hall
tower at Sandersville with Il friend to try a
new telescope. When Mr.. Neal drew a
focus on his plantation, which is five miles
north of Sandersvile, he remarked to his
friend, Colonel Fleming. that he was salts
fed with the telescope. He then shifted it
to his pasture. He observed a great COM
motion among his cows, and upon adjust
ing the focus to nicely he noticed that a
tremendous rattlesnake was the cause OF
the trouble. He quickly handed the tel
escope to Colonel Fleming. descended the
iron steps, mounted his horse, and in a short
while reached his place, where he found two
of his cows lying dead from the effects of
the scrpent's bite. He found the snake and
killed it. 1t had II rattlea and button
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
FALL GOWNS WILL BE MADE WITH
i FLARlNG SKIRTS.

Astrakhan VIII DO Used LiberaIly as n
neutrality-suspicious. and Lnces Growing
In Popularity Yellow VIII BE Worn
With Black and Gray-strcet Gowns.
copyright, 1893, by American Press Associa-
tion.1
While there is no direct tendency toward
hoops there is no doubt that skirts will be
made this fall very fiaring around the bot
tom and narrow mt the top. There is one
house here that always gets its new gowns
direct from Paris, or ut least those that set
the style, and view of these new gowns
enables me to say that there will he no &C
tual hoops, though some of the gowns are
made very wide and stiff. l saw one queer
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27


fringe of the chenille at the bust. The
sleeves were Of satin, with two bands Of
chenille trimming on EACH The forcarms
were of the gray silk. A tiny cap of white
lace, maize Tom Thumb rOsettes and white
osprey aigret completed an adorable home
toilet
There has been growing fancy for trim
ming gowns by putting a row of ribbon on
in festoons, with bows wherever it is fas-
tened Many dresses have the ribbon only,
and others have q lace founce headed by
the ribbon. 1t makes pretty trimming,
and one very easy TO put on or remove. A
very pretty dress made in this manner was
of salmon pink challie with rcsada dots
and specks, the spaces between the large
dots filled in with the small specks have
noticed this pattern in several of the new
light woolens for early fall. Several lines
of light cashmeres are printed in very deli
cate and pretty figures somewhat after this
design.
The dress speak of is also model in it's
way, and while not so full rs some it has
style that a fine lady could not do wrong
In following. The waist has corsclct of
white lace, with Il belt of resada green rib
bon, and there IS fiat collar os lace. The
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27
Procuring For Winter.

The manufacture of skates this season is
npreccdentcdly large. The factories are
all running with full force, one of the largest
companies having now fully 100000 pairs
packed ready for shipment. The jobbers
commence TO order in August and the re-
tailers in October. Last year it was very
difficult to supply the demand In fact,
there were not skates enough to go around,
and this year it is believed that retailers
will not be dilatory in placing their orders.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27
GROC Ri: s


to choose from in this city
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27

Tho nineteenth century will not end till
midnight Monday, Dec 81, 1900. although
the old quarrel will probably again be re-
ncwed rs to what constitutes a century
when it winds up. and thousands will in
sist on premature burial of the old cen
tury ut midnight Oh Dec. 81, 1895.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-27
The Favorite Handkerchief.

The favorite bandkerchiefs at present are
of india linen almost as sheer as mist They
have hemstitched edges about half an inch
wide, with che initials or monographs en-
broidcred in one corner. The lettering is
delicate, and the design is worked in out
line stitch.