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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-23

uttermost depth, and was forever dis
graced. But he was most cunning OF
speech, and he prevailed upon the
beautiful grand junior warden and
pillar of beauty to let him in. She did
so. The world knows the rest OF the
story. The first woman had broken
her VOW, and let in one who of all
creatures was the last to expect recog-
milton and favors because of his fallen
estate. And so the first lodge was cor
rupted because of woman, and woman
has never since been received as a
member in masonry. The first lodge
was thus broken up, and the worship
full master and the fair grand junior
warden and pillar of beauty were ex-
PEELED from their beautiful paradise.
But though woman has never been ad-
mitted since, she has redeemed herself
as q helpmeet to masons OF all times
and degrees, and has come to be recog-
nized as his peer in all the virtues and
activities of life, and men worship at
her shrine of purity and beauty. God
bless woman, and, though we cannot
have her in our lodges, what would we
do without her?"
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A Chinese Bill Of Fare.

Here is the bill of fare for banquet
lately given to the foreign diplomats
at Peking: The first course consisted
of four classic dishes. First came
swallow nests with pigeon eggs, shark
fms with crabs, dogfish with wild duck.
duck and cauliflower; next came deli
cacies served in cups-swallow nests,
shark fms, plain norris, vegetables,
mushrooms, with duck feet, fried part
ridge, pigeon in slices; then there ap-
peared four middle dishes-ham in
honey, puree in peas, vegetables and
dog6sh; four side dishes-haricot
cheese with bamboo buds Il kind OF
asparagus), roots of bamboo, chicken,
shellfsh; four hors d'oevres-ham and
chicken, fish and gizzard, pork tripe
and vermicelli, duck and pork outlets.
Each guest had before him plates OF
almonds, pistachio paste, pears and
oranges. The meats we're roast suck
ing pig, roast duck, boiled chicken,
boiled pork. There was = profusiou Of
European aud Chinese wines.
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INDIANS AS SOLDIERS.
They Might Make Good Ones Under f,
vorable Conditions.

They Might Make Good Ones Under Fa-
vorable Conditions.
The experiment initiated by ex-Sec-
retary Proctor of assisting in the civ
ilizat;on of the Indians by their enlist
ment in the army has had two years
trial and has failed, says the Washing
ton Star. In its inception it was hoped
that the movement would receive the
sanction and support of congress, but
the hope has not been fulfilled. The
policy has not been abandoned by the
department, notwithstanding the alb
sence of congressional encouragement,
but is slowly dying of inanition, owing
to the fact that the Indians who took
advantage of the opportunity of enter
ing the army are leaving it at the ex-
piration of their terms OF enlistment,
and there are no new enlistments.
Many of the Indians took advantage of
the law permitting them to purchase
their discharge.
There were about seven hundred In
dians in the army, and this number
has been reduced by the disbandment
of two Indian troops, one at Fort
Walla Walla and the other at Fort
Reno, which had dwi1ldled to less than
twenty men each. There are about
fourteen Indian companies, averaging
fifty men each, still in the service, and
they may be so reduced by natural
causes as to require further consolida-
ton.
An officer of high rank says these
companies will certainly not be mus
tered out, and that the department
will do nothing to discourage further
enlistment. 1t was settled, however,
that the experiment as at present con-
Quoted is failure and that the only
possible solution of the Indian soldier
problem is their organization into an
auxiliary branch of the army, modelled
after the system employed by the Brit
ish army in the matter of the native
troops Of India. It is clear, he said,
that the Indian soldier, so far as mill
tary discipline is concerned, will have
to be placed on a different plane from
the white soldier.
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RAILROADS IN THE TROPICS.

It II Hard to Keep the Growing Foliage
from Becomirg & an Obstruction.
Apropos of the projected Par-Arer~
ican railway, it is to be noted that not
only is the first cost of railway con-
struction in tropical countries very
heavy, but the annual maintenance Of
way is expensive to q degree which
cannot be appreciated by those who
have no experience in this connection.
The Antioquia railroad in Colon bia,
says Charles P. Yeatman in the Engi-
neering Magazine, cost in single
year, for repairs of track and bridges,
81, ,268 per mile. The Cauca railroad,
in the same year, cost S3,S37 per mile.
These two roads are in Colombia and
are sometimes mentioned either as
future feeders of the Pan-American
railroad, or parts of it's main line. On
the Antioquia road, if the underground
were cut at the beginning of the rainy
sc eason, less than two months rain was
sufficient to form an arch of green trees
thirty feet high leaning over the track
so as to shade it completely.
The constant change from dryness in
the day to soaking moisture at night,
even in the dry season, would soon
ruin the best of timber, but nature fur
nishes a still quicker means OF getting
rid of it, in the shape Of an ant or
wood-louse, which is careful not to mar
the outside of his domicile, but will
patiently honeycomb the inside, until
what looks like solid 12x12 stick is
but a shell from X to u inch thick,
filed with dust and ants. The native
timber suffered so much from the in.
roads of these pests that, upon hear
ing that yellow pine was used in Pan
ANA to avoid them, a trial of it was
made on the Antioquia road. Georgia
pine had to be shipped by way of New
York, at cost of nearly 500 per 1.oo(
feet, board measure, wher put in place
When I left there the first of my yel
low pine trestle was being replaced. II
had been built less than four years
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-23
ITHe ONLY FEMININE MASON.
She Was the Grand Junior Warden and
Pillar of Beauty.

She Was the Grand Junior Warden and
Pillar Of Beauty.
ssWas there ever woman mason?"
"Yes, one. and only one. 1t was
found that she couldn't keep secret.
And so it has been ever since that
woman has nothing to tie to- to make
her eligible to masonry"
This was the reply of Robert Walton,
Of Rugby, Tenn, who is member
Of Alhambra Temple in Chattanooga,
saws the Cincinnati Star.
This woman, then, was member
of the first lodge?"
ssShe was. She was the grand junior
warden and pillar of beauty. With the
worshipful master she resided in q
beautiful garden, that has come down
in history as the most beautiful spot
in which human beings ever lived and
loved. With the worshipful master
she was warmly interested in building
up an ideal lodge of Free Masonry.
But in an evil hour one appeared At
the outer wicket. He was fallen ma
son. One who had fallen into the
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of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region.

hearts q single drop of moisture. It is
in this singular dew, which the sun
has no power to dispel, that the
plants most blighting infiuence-is said
to lie. Bees by the hundreds have been
found dead in the blossoms. Indeed,
the hives of the neighborhood are
nearly depopulated by the noxious
flowers. A gentleman who is noted as
= botanist in these parts tasted this
dew and declared that it was of
sickening sweetness, without odor and
viscid like liquid gum. 1t was allowed
to dwell on his tongue, which soon
began to burn hi m so as to raise a
blister, and the member swelled up
and became discolOred and exceedingly
painful.
The bees have not been the only suf-
ferers by this growth, but every insect
approaching 1t seems to become par
alyzed, and after beat or two Of the
wings above this creeping upas drops
dying among its cruel leaves. Cattle
which have eaten of it die in few
hours in the greatest agony with sort
of exaggerated tetanus, the skin drawn
tense and the eyes protruding from
the head. All ordinary remedies fail
to restore one in these attacks. Veg
citation also seems to shun the devil
plant" and whole tracts of meadow
are now lying scorched and dead from
the insidious approach of this unknown
growth. Under the microscope the
leaves exhibit innumerable little
mouths or suckers, of such tenacity
as to sting the hand on which the leaf
is laid, leaving a dull, red mark like
the wound of a scorpion. The people
of the vicinity say this plant is the
forerunner of disaster, it having made
previous appearances just before the
outbreak of the war and on each occa-
sion of the coming of yellow fever.
An effort has been made to burn it
out, but, protected by its singular dew,
this has failed. The dead bodies of
cattle which have died Of eating it on
being examined show that the digest
i've organs are swollen to four times
their natural size and look as If they
had been burned; the heart is con-
gested, and the blood of dark, un-
usual tinge, with an odor like benzoin.
The plant is Of pid growth, covering
acres in a few days, requiring little
hold, and going over every obstacle in
its way, the roots being of thread-like
fneness and extending only an inch or
two below the surface of the ground,
but exhibiting extraordinary tenacity
once they have seized hold of spot,
enwrapping pebbles. old roots, etc.,
like clinging fingers.
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HUMM:NG TELEGRAPH WIRES.
The Noise Not Due to the Wind But to
Atmospheric Conditions.

The Noise Not Due to the Wind But to
Atmospheric Conditions.
You have all heard the hum ming and
singing of telegraph and telephone
wires as you passed the poles along the
streets. No doubt you have concluded
that this is caused by the action OF
wind on the wires and given it no fur
ther thought. But it is not true, says
the Boston Journal of Commerce, that
the singing is caused by the wind, and
if you are at all observing you will no.
tice that often the humming sound is
to be heard on cold winter mornings
when the smoke from chimneys goes
straight up until it is lost in the clouds
and when the Most on the wires is as
fuzzy and thick as q roll Of chenille
fringe.
The wind has nothing to do with the
sound. and, according to an Austrian
scientist, the vibrations are due to the
changes of atmospheric temperature,
and especially through the action OF
cold, as lowering Of temperature in
duces shortening of the wires extend
ing over the whole Of the conductor. A
considerable amount of friction is pro-
duced on the supporting bells, thus in
ducing sounds both in the wires and
the poles.
When this humming has been going
on birds have mistaken the sound for
insects inside the poles and have been
seen to peck with their bills on the out
side as they do upon the apple and
other trees. The story is told of a bear
that mistook the humming noise as
coming from nest Of bees and clawed
at the pole and tore away the stones at
its base in the hope OF finding the
much-coveted honey.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

Te JoHs ". PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have e1-
pended the sum of five hundred (50O) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon ths
DEER TR ALL lode mining claim
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen
y-two miles from Ketchum, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county, Idaho. as required by section 1924
Revised Statutes of the United States, be
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the years ending December 81, 1887, t..
December 81, 1891; that your proportion OF
the same is $3.50, being one halt and II
within ninety (9) days from the service OF
this notice, or within ninety (9) days aftel
this notice by publication you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion OF such
expenditure as co-owner. your interest III
said claim will become the property OF tn.
undersigned under the provisions OF sald
section 1924. FRANK J. LEMON.
Ketchum.. Idaho. July 29, 1892.
First publication July 30. 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-23

The KRYsroxr IL the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. SaWtootA
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as It is In the very heart OF the most pron-
ising mining country OH the face OF the
earth, and leaving nothing undone TO pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis OF al
mining news and Developments, aswell ad
matters OF local Importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
itai 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, 1893-09-23
THOSE lNGOTS OF GOLD.

Observations of the Curious While Hotal
Enters the Subtreaxury.
One day recently, when the exporta-
ton Of gold was at it's height and the
papers of the land were filed each day
with the recorded flight of eagles
abroad" a large two-horse truck drew
up before the subtreasury in Wall
street.
Backing up to the curb, number OF
ordinary laborers began carelessly to
unload q quantity of reddish-brown
metal slabs, with which the vehicle
was burdened. Immediately crowd
gathered and watched the progress OF
the metal from the truck up the alley.
way which separates the subtreasury
from the United States assay Office.
"See those ingots of gold," remarked
a downtown merchant to New York
Herald man in passing.
1.-THE bullion must be coming our
way" said the other, and the two men
paused with the crowd to watch the
laborers ut their work. Others joined
the throng, and many were the COM
ments regarding the integrity Of hum
BILE workmen and the prospective
value of the load. 1t was considerable.
and one statistician estimated that
there was at least one million dollars
worth of metal openly displayed on the
street.
"In no other country" said he,
''could such a thing be done. In Eng
land and the countries of continental
Europe, . regiment Of soldiers would
be ordered out to protect 20 great
value"
The crowd listened to him spell
bound, and invariably thanked God
that they were born in q free country
and where there was no show of au-
thority-all except q policeman, who,
walking up to the throng, which by
that time must have numbered one
hundred, said;
''Come, now, move along. Don't
block the way. Did you never zee men
working before?''
The crowd moved away slowly
Those who passed by the front Of the
truck noticed the words painted on the
dashboard, Furnace Supplies" All
eloquencc had been wasted. The
metal was not gold, but . substance
for = new lining in the furnace OF the
assay Office.
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Singular Insanity.

1ro1. Alfonso Carpentieri, the famous
gynecologist of the University of Ma
pies, became suddenly insane a few
days ago. He imagined that he was
diving from starvation and thirst, and
entering restaurant drank four cups
of coffee, bottle of wine, bottle OF
cognac and ate fifteen sandwiches and
more than = dozen eggs. When the
proprietor declined to serve anything
else the professor sprang on the table
and cried, with the voice OF Stentor:
Eggs, eggs! give me eggs and keep
me from starvingr When he began
to break chairs and ia bles he was over
powered and placed in hospital. he
is one of the most famous physicians
IN ItalV
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Notice of Forfeiture.


To J. P. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that l have ex
pended the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
lars In labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
lode mining claim, situated in Little Smok,
district. Alturas county, State OF Idaho, In
order to hold said premises under the pro,
visions Of section 1924, Revised Statutes OF
me United States, being the amount re-
CURED to hold the same for the year end
inK December 81, 1892; that your. proper
non OF the same is $40. being one-tenth ;
and II within ninety f90l days from the
service OF this notice, or within ninety (90)
Gays after this notice by publication you
1sil or refuse to contribute your proportion
OF such expenditure. including costs Of
publication, your interest In said claim
vii become the property of the under
nKned under the provisions of said section
1Sz4. JOHN GORMAN.
First publication, June II, 1898.
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Snail Shells.

The snail's shell is q horny covering
which serves to protect him from his
numerous foes. Slugs are simply snails
which live q retired life and conse-
quently need no protection at all. The
shell of the snail is built from lime IN
the plants on which it feeds, and the
creatures are never found on soil which
produces no line,
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mtr,. Of spoea1-

Two natural objects seem TO have
furnished the model for the spoon 70
primitive man, the river or sea shell
and the leaf Of plants. In southern
China shell spoons are still used that
are closely reproduced in the familiar
porcelain spoon OF that country. while
metal spoons are found in India on
which are Reproduced even the veins
OF the leaves from which they weTG
copied. -.-.s~---s------------ =
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japanese LACQUER,

A piece OF genuine japanese lacquer
costs the native artist almost life
time to perfect, and i produced by
hundreds of thin coats OF lacquer laid
on st considerable intervals OF time.
the value consisting rather in the labor
bestowed than in the quality OF the
material used. Firss-class lacquer
work can scarcely be scratched by >
needle.
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THE FORERuNNER OF DISASTER.

A Peculiar Growth Known - the "DevA
Plant In Mlsslssippi.
There has recently appeared in this
vicinity, says q Carthage Miss. cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Times,
most peculiar growth known IS the
''devil plant" which is SO deadly IS to
render all insect life and vegetation in
its neighborhood lifeless: It is most
innocent in appearance, being OF ten
der green, clinging close to the earth.
and sprinkled with small red blossoms
cpp-shaped, and holding in their
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PROFESSIONAL.
wM. HYNDMAN,

MISCELLANEOUS.
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POPULIST PRESS AND POPUIIST PEOPLE,


the westr Neps
A, ubenek
maj
Pc
Peoples Party
thus hope sat strengthen the R For
adj
dress
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Nebraska

What has the party pertinent
question beautiful spring Well
They
road commission killed the bounty bill the Newbery
knocked off, showed
fraud the affairs of the other
would
seves-Ewood Independent Citizen.
Nebraska farmers selling their wheat 80
be flooding that
that tde?"
look into the matter at
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The Antitrust B00gV !

Walsh got hold
figures regarding the from the
his the legislature effectively that excitement
duced, and committee appointed to investigate.
Walsh democrat The fever compelled the republicans to
plunge the investigation to
the having body soul with the
which pushed him forward return support the capitol letting
the Worlds Folly $4,000 defeating reduction OF legal
the railroad tax bill.
Boanerges the Coal In
vesgaton reached oneha
of those handand all borrowed from Dr. E. W. Fhwho in turn
had Borrowed" many OF them and worked out Others
city, wild with excitement The
publican Nelson convention
every He Ajax
the Ajax had published him liar and land
thief in the G. W. last campaign
Everything looked hot for robbers then
the had call halt No combine campaign hood
euml How shall this movement be thwarted? Why
oratory
meeting will off the trusts like bamboo squirt
charge off a circus tent!
And SO they did.
struggle gun-an hzzle:
a COMMITTEES On RESOLUTIONS ranortad az follows the Donnev
the His
uons good enough excellent about four times too
long, and he made himself obnoxious the effort be PROMINENT
RESOLUTIONS
Whereas Combinations
rights have the Of his country declared to
S Tia. % g sssss Z: sn
execution existing
t 10 ts the
the old
looking the complete extinction unlawful
Resolved That this that faithful
and execution the perat enjoined executive
Offices nation and that the failure OF officer duty
that attorney the United enforce
the the books trusts
and and we that snail enact su
additional laws against combinations that the control
production and commodities be found for
their suppression.
Resolved per-
association be The Association the
States consisting each
territory
territory for Of aiding such national assoa
securing uniform legislation rigid execution Of the laws for
speedy final eradication OF trusts
binatons.
Resolved That the this convention that two standing
should appointed executive branches
ona association the that each OF
should committee
shall have charge the duty Of
curing prompt and execution all antitrust and antmonopo
laws
Resolved unyeldng
here ams confidence courts OF the country
and existing to be amended remedy the evil of unlawful
combinations trade and production their
Now what glorious thing have such lot
bOorogabulum that 1t beats patent medicines a ho Yes
we'll the earth all unoaded at the doorstep
with free ticket tied to the door knob.
Donnys resolutions proposed added after the preamble
olutions introduced by the committee as follows
Resolved congress purchase reasonable price,
the domain anthracite
vana reasonable conditions will
Resolved That should moderate FAIL the withdrawal
the protection for the Of all conspace and combines
the
and condemnation Of their wherever found.
Resolved That demand of the courts national greater
capital arrayd against people
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The NORTH western Line.
TAKE THIS LINE WHEN YOU TRAVEL.

THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE EAST OF ST. PAUL.
6etweent6 IN
l - & $a ias III
rainfs t elias n ey
altman
THROUGH PASSENGER SERVICE WEST OF ST. PAUL
Cars PAUL to TRACY
showing stem
~ ~ ~ = - ~ TT j. -
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How to Build a Railroad.

Uriah Lott the proprietor Of the
his capital He charter
Antonio Pass He graded
doing the hoving with his hands The receiver
him mile secondhand He bought
had been condemned and the shops for old
old With lampbak he ered
Antonta dicker with
laid credit deal made with Pennsylvania rolling
somehow Ten miles gave basis
completion Of the 800 miles When this railroad his
first Chicago float the bonds he
but had buy meals the and through
hungry And that the history
of the Arkansas Pass railroad system.
without
farming, start ralrOad.-Ilibune.
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK makes oath he the senior the
F. j. doing business the City Toledo
State aforesaid and that said will the ONE HUNDRED
for a that cannot by the
of HALLS CATARRH FRANK j. CHENEY.
presence day of
December A. D. 1886.
J go A.W GLEASON,
/ SEAL Notary Public.
Halls internally directly blood
surfaces the system Send for testimonials Free
FL. CO., Toledo, O.
parSold by Druggists, Is.