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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-05-20
What Is SteamP

The above question is frequently
asked of engineers nowadays, and.
although they make constant use
of steam, very few will answer that
"steam is an invisible gaseous fluid,
generated by the aid of heat from
water" Many ofthem, when told
that steam is invisible. laugh and
say they know better, because they
see it every day. If one of these
wise men who claim the honor and
name Of practical engineers will
take a look at the water-glass in the
boiler-room, if they have one-if
not let them look at the one on
their neighbours boiler-and then
tell if they can see any steam on
the inside oft. Ifthe glass should
happen to burst while they are
making the observation, they will,
no doubt, see plenty Of what they
call steam in the vicinity, and they
might also see the same if the safe.
ty valve should happen to blow off.
Why, then2 Simply because steam
is invisible, and SO long as it is con
fined you cannot see it, but when IT
is cooled off, as when it comes in
contact with the air, and is conse.
quently condensed again to water
from which it originated, it be-
comes visible to the eye, like water
in very small particles, as in fog
Viewed at such times it has lost its
characteristics as steam, and in'
stead of being a gaseous fluid it has
become condensed to water in very
small particles, which occupy con-
siderable space. When in this con.
dition we see what we call steam,
but when an engineer notes the flow
of steam from gauge cock or safety
valve, he will notice that near the
opening nothing is visible, while II
remains steam, but by condensa'
ton and the formation of water
fog is produced, which can be seen
and distinguished in no way from
the fog which arises from rivers
swamps, or other bodies Of watel
during such times as the tempera
ture and other conditions are favor
able to it's formation.-Machinery.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-05-20
ohicego the Boes Camp.

A well-known Tombstone man OF
sporting proclivities now in Chica-
70 writes to = friend here, sAys the
Tombstone Proprietor, closing his
letter as follows: II tell you, Jim,
this is going to be tho boss camp
this aummer. It beats Virginia City
ia her pslmisst days. Sell out every
thing and como st once and 81 e
on tho ground door. Tho camp =
rapidly 6lling up With tsnder6see
and every one i making money.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-05-20

easily led she will find in stage life
many pitfall into which she may
stumble, and she will probably
make q wreck of herself morally.
Some one has said that back of the
painted curtain there seem to crop
up like weeds most of the small
vices.
But when everything is said, does
not any girl who goes out into the
world to earn her own living need
the same moral strength to resist
temptation, the same wisdom and
caution to avoid snares laid by
false friends, the same modesty and
innate purity to turn aside the
shafts Of evil, as the girl who goes
on the stage7 Those who are weak
and foolish will make shipwreck Of
themselves in any case where they
have no one to protect and guard
them. There are noble women on
the stage to-day, women whose
lives have been good and true, who
firmly believe in it as an honorable
calling, who have been loved and
respected by husband and children
and honored by the public.
An actress who is one of the best
known before the American public
to-day, whose mother and father
u,oro both yoomhors of the nrOfeg-
sion, says on this subject:
1.-THE stage is what woman who
seeks to earn a living upon it,
chooses to make it. It is not pit
of vice except for those who choose
to make it 80. The woman who
acts can be as good Christian, a'
true wife, as loyal to social laws
as any woman living"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-05-20
She Must Be Admitted.

While Arizona as Territory h0ius
no second-class position, she de-
mands a right which the next Con-
gress must grant-the right Of State
hood. From east to west and from
north to south the people are alive
to the situation. We firmly believe
we have the requisite population
even without counting such critters
as the editor of our esteemed con-
temporary. While we have our idi-
oms, and our bobtail flush is sur.
prise to outsiders, the ratio of in
telligence compares favorably with
any population in the world. We
are not plug-hatted people, but no
Arizona man ever blew out the gas
before going to bed. We haven't
got grammar down to as fine point
as they have in Boston, but when
one of our people holds out his
hand and says, Put it thar" stran-
ger + it means that you own his
ranch 80 long as you can make 1t
convenient to stop. We lynch a
man occasionally instead Of wait
ing for the verdict of jury and a
regular execution, but we never
make mistake in the man, and We
are always consoled BY the thought
that be is better of. There are
few lawless characters hanging on
to every community, but they don't
equal the number of murderers in
one single eastern state. The aban-
don which Eastern people claim to
find here is simply animal spirits.
The man who can step outdoors
into an Arizona morning and not
feel like yelling at the top Of his
voice is sick enough to send tor a
doctor. We trust that the next Con-
gress may be posted on the situa-
ton, and it will be 80 far as the
Kicker can help. We want that
body to know that If all the clothes
lines in the state Of New Jersey
were tied together they would not
reach around one of our everyday
mountains; that all the rivers OF
Massachusetts would not make the
length of our San Pedro; that all
the pasture lands in Connecticut
would not furnish our cattle and
horses more than one breakfast
that our Colorado river would flood
the whole state of New York in .
day; thet tho state Of Rhode Island
could be dropped into our grand
canyon without creating any back
water, and that all the population
of Maryland would hardly make q
black spot on the plains between the
Little Colorado and the New Mexico
line. Arizona wants a square deal
and is bound to have it.-Arizona
Kicker.
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Don't Do It, Governor.

There is Z rum0r afloat that members
Of the board of land commissioners are
disposed to borrow money from the state
school fund. 1t IL keped that the report
il incorrect, because 1t would not look
well.- Cold,eeA Tribune.
When the above item from tho
Tribune attracted our attention tho
first thought was, "Well, there goes
Davis. off on another tangent
However, in order to be certain, y
reporter with q Faber over his ear
and q notebook under his arm was
dispatched to the land department.
at the state house with instructions
to investigate the subject and ascer'
tain if there was anything in the
rumor. Land Commissioner Fenn
was found in his Office and was
asked to produce the record Of ap-
plications for loans from the state
school fund, which was promptly
done. In perusing the columns Of
this book the name of W. J. McCon-
nell was found as an applicant for
loan of 1900 on the northeast
quarter of the northwest quarter OF
section %, and the west half of tho
southwest quarter Of section Is,
township 30, north Of range %.
Boise meridian, in Latah county.
The state board Of land commits
sioners is composed Of the governor.
secretary Of state, attorney general
and superintendent of public in.
struction. It is not necessary to tell
our readers that w. J. Mcconnell.
the applicant for the above loan, 10
Governor w. J. Mcconnell, presi-
dent of the board of state land CON-
missioners. 1t is real nice to be =
state officer, for in that event q man
can make application to himself
whenever he wants any money from
the state funds, and whoever heard
of man refusing himself? Such
ridiculous outcome is not to be
thought of.
or course w. J. McConnelrs ap-
plication will be referred to Cover
nor w. ]. Mcconnell, and Governor
Mcconnell will say that he is well
satisfied with the security offered
by Mr.. Mcconnell, and as Governor
Mcconnell and Mr.. Mcconnell rep
resent unity of accord and action
besides that Governor Mcconnell Is
in sympathy with Mr.. Mcconnell,
why, of course, Mr.. McConnell's
application for divy out of the
school fund will be favorably con.
| sidered by Governor Mcconnell.
The Sentinel in this connection
has a duty to perform, and that il
to warn our fellow citizens through
out the state that this application
of the governors is the entering
wedge to food of. corruption,
which if not stopped now will del
uge the state. How easy will it be
| in the near future for accommodate.
! ing and corrupt officers to form
| combinations for their mutual ben
eft or for the benefit Of their friends.
and for the depletion of the state
treasury. Here now we enter our
solemn protest against the granting
of this loan. There might have
been q time when an attempt OF this
kind would draw out vigorous pro-
tests from our fellow citizens gen.
orally, but of late years the people
have become 80 accustomed to
trickery in politics that they stand
| idly by while evils unchecked grow
into the body politic.-Sentinel.
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Fer Sale Cheap.

4 hrst-class hand Fire Engine, complete
without hose. Apply to
w. b. Goxza1xe. ssc'y.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-05-20
The Kxrs,oxs il he -
Of the Greet Upper Weed

and ens&y mining res;on1 ~
~ It il in the very heart c6 the 3e1osoA
ising nining country ON the lace q ths
earth, and leaving nothing undone % pre-
sent its readers complete synops1 o. IA
mining news and developments, - ven -
matters Of leeal importance IN and aooos
Ketchum, it is an Invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant 70 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, 1893-05-20
cKo. J. LEWIS, Agent.


To JoHn W. PLArT. his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum Of five hundred (5O0l dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
DEER TR All. lode mining claim.
aituated on the Smoky DIVIDE, about twen-
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas ,nn.
county. Idaho. ss required by section 25z4.
Revised Statutes OF the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the years ending December 81, 1887, 70
December 81, 1891: that your proportion 81
within ninety l9) days from the service 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 a. co-owner. your interest IN
said claim will become the property of the
undersigned under the provisions OF said
section 1924. FRANK ]. LEMON.
Ketchum.. Idaho. July n, 1892.
First publication July 80. 1892.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
A Financial Episode.

A Pittsburgher who found himself
in possession of a check for $500,
marked payable only through the
clearing house." presented the paper
at the bank on which it was drawn.
''We can't cash it" said the teller
as he handed the check back. sit
must go through the clearing house
in the regular way. Deposit it in
the bank where you do business"
II have no bank account" replied
the man with the check.
'Then take it to some man you owe
money to. He will know it is per
fectly good, and will be glad to cash
it for you to get what is due him"
'.DOn't be so fast. I don't owe
anybody anything"
'sDon'u owe anything?" repeated
the bank officer in establishment.
"Great Scott. man, then you don't
need the moneY."-PIttsburgh Chron-
io1o
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
"Doing" the Company.

An old farmer was in the habit Of
travelling from his village to the ad-
jacent town on market-days by the
railway. He never purchased ticket,
but paid, or was supposed to pay, at
the end or the journey each way.
One day the ticket collector took
him to task and said in the hearing
of all the other passengers in the
compartment; ''Hoo is it Mr.. Tam
son, that ye ne'er have ticket?"
With Knowing look, Tamson re-
piled; ''Dae ye min the time the
company kilt coo o. mine, an glen
me ma compensation"
''Fine," said the collector.
can dae ye min said they wad
ne'er see anither bawbee o. mine?"
"Brawly," said the collector.
"Aweel, then, Sammie. ] ken as
long as you are here an yer brither
Jock is at the itber end they never
wulln
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
She Was a Paragon.

sYes, there was one girl who lived
right along with us for twenty-five
years." said the old lady with rem.
iniscent sigh, ''and she might have
been with the family yet if she had
wanted to stay"
''She must have been a jewel, "said
one of the callers
eyes. We never had any trouble
with her about wages or afternoon
out or anything of that kind"
''Good COOKE"
Excellent She could play the
piano beautifully, too"
Ibid you let her do that?"
ooh, yes. And she read the pa
pers to us and kept the library in
order, and could keep accounts and
paint on china and embroider on
silk as nicely as anybody youkever
saw"
81 never heard of the like! How
in the world did you happen to let her
go?"
''Well, there came a young man
along one day-a professor in COL
lege-and said he wanted her, and
and here's one of her children now.
Come, darling, and sit on grand
mothers ap."-Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
First known Metal.

Probably gold was the first metal
known to the ancients. 1t aDounded
in the sands Of many rivers of an
tlQuity which have long ceased to be
auriferiouS From the readiness with
which it was to be got in those early
times one may imagine how such
prodigious quantities of it were col
lected as are spoken of by authors
who describe the wealth Of Solomon,
the statues, tablets and vessels of
gold dedicated by Semiramis, and the
riches of CrPsuS Roman conQuerors
fetched gold home with them literally
by wagon loads These great accu-
mutations were usually the results of
conquests. So it was with the enor-
nous treasures gathered at Babylon
under Semiramis at Jerusalem under
solomon, at Sardis under Cr.esus,
again at Babylon under Darius, at
Alexandria under Alexander, and af-
terward at Rome, while she was at
the summit of her power. The first
historical mention of gold lis in the
Bible, where Abraham is described
as being Every rich in cattle, silver,
and gold" 1t is an odd fact that geld
was used at Rome as early as 800 b. |
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
Prizes for Good English.

James Gordon Bennett of the New
York Herald has founded six prizes in
as many American colleges Columbia
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, College OF
the City of New York and the Uni
yersity of New York-in each case
medals or money equal to the annual
interest of $1,000. Any undergrad
uate member of the senior class or
special student of satisfactory stand
ing who has taken the prescri bed
course of his college or university in
political science and English litera-
ture may compete for the prize.
The competition is to be in the
form of essays in English prose on
subjects of contemporaneous interest
in the foreign or domestic policy of
the Government of the United States
Every detail of the administration of
the prizes is left to the several facul-
ties, from the investment of the
endowment funds to the selection Of
the topics and announcement of the
awards The conditions are imposed
by the donor of the funds other than
those already mentioned. 1t is not
the purpose Of this undertaking to
secure for journalism young men
equipped merely to write correctly.
Good English and an attractive style
will be important elements in deter
mining the merits of an essaYist
They are not to be, however, the SUI
preme tests.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
Failures of.Edison.

Mr.. Thomas A. Edison has con-
fessed that he has made some abort
i've experiments 10 the line of aerial
locomotion. Says he: "Once / placed
an AERIAL motor on pair of Fairbanks
scales and set it going. 1t lightened
the scales but it didn't fly. Another
time rugged up an umbrella-iike
disc of shutters, and connected it
with rapid piston in a perpendicu-
lar climber. These shutters would
open and shut. Ii / could have got
ten sufficient speed. say a mile Sec
ond, the inertia or resistance of the
air would have been as great as steel,
and the quick operations of these
shutters would have driven the ma
chine upward, but / couldn't get the
speed ! believe that before the air
ship men succeed they will have to
do away with the buoyancy chamber
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
A Short Story Writer.

Mrs. f. A. Steel, author of the
volume of short stories entitled
s.From the Five Rivers" is at pres
emit one of the fashionable Surrent
interests in London. She is the wife
of an Indian civil servant and has
now left India to live in Scotland
She is said to have written her stories
for her own amusement first and then
offered them to Maemillan's maya
zine, by which they we're accepted
and published anonymously and were
supposed by many to be some OF the
stories Kipling had left behind. But
she soon published a serial over her
own name and now she is in great
demand with the publishers, fact
which has caused herself. it is said, q
great deal of surprise. Her first book
was little manual of cooking and
housekeeping for Anglo-Indians
which is invaluable to young wives
on their first introduction to Indian
life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Some Bottled Up Thunder in Our Little
Torpedo Boats.

Some Bottled Up Thunder In Our Little
Torpedo Boats.
Considerable interest attaches to
the miniature torpedo boats which
will be carried on the decks of the
battleships Texas and Maine. now
under construction by the Govern.
ment They are excellent specimens
of modern engineering skill. The
boat for the Texas will be Of twelve
tors displacement and the one fol
the Maine will be i4.8 tons They
will be swung into water from the
top of the superstructure by great
cranes, and will be used in midnight
attacks. The little boats will be
fitted each with ore propelling en-
CINE of the quadruple expansion
type, working single screw 1t il
estimated that the indicated hors,
power of the Texas boats engine viii.
be 155, and that of the Maine boats
engine 200, when the screw is making
675 revolutions The engine will be
vertical inverted, with the cylinders
placed in order of size over the shaft,
the high pressure cylinder being for.
ward.
There will be one water tube
boiler on each boat, placed in a sep.
arate compartment forward Of the
engine. It will be constructed for
working pressure of $50 pounds pei
square inch and have about twelve
feet of grade surface, with $50 feet OF
heating surface. Bulkheads and
doors Will be fitted where necessary
to make the fire-room alright. In
the Texas boat there will be one
smokepipe and in the Maine boat
there will be two stacks, situated for
ward and placed far enough apart on
opposite sides of the ship to allow the
torpedo boom to rig between Them.
Two feet tanks will be provided in
each boat, that in the Texas having
combined capacity4of seventy gal
Ions, and that Of the Names boat of
ninety gallons. The weight of all
machinery and boilers, including aux
iliarieS and water in the boilers, con-
denses and pipes, as well as the spare
parts and tools, must not exceed
5000 pounds on the Texas boat and
IL, 900 pounds on the Names boat.
Marine engineers take a good deal
of interest in these little boats, for
they contain as much bottled up
energy as anything afioat. The tor
pedo boat at it's best appears to be
nothing more than combined Vitality
and destruction. Within a thin and
narrow shell there is an engine of re.
markable force and projectile of
unusual deadliness. The little tor
pedo boats Of the big battleships are
the best of their type, for they are
the latest and concentrate what was
before condensed. Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
A New Zealand Wonder.

The most curious of all objects In
New Zealand is that which the
Maoris call 'aweto" One is uncer.
tain whether to call it an animal OF
plant In the first stage Of its ex.
istence tits simply caterpillar about
three ar four inches in length and al.
ways found in connection with the
rata tree. kind of towering myrtle,
1t appears that when it reaches full
growth it buries itself two or three
inches under the ground, where, in,
stead Of undergoing the ordinary
chrysalis process, it becomes g.adu-
ally transformed into plant, which
exactly fills the body and shoots up
at the neck to a height of eight or
ten inches.
This plant resembles in appearance
a diminutive bulrush; and the two,
animal and plant, are always found
inseperable. One is apt to relegate it
to the domain Of imagination, among
dragons and mermaids; but then its
existence and nature have been &C.
cepted by the late Frank auckland.
How it proDagates its species is a
mystery. One traveller, after describ.
ing its dual nature, calmly states
that it is the grub of the night but
terfy. Ii so. then the grub must
also become butterfly, or what be.
comes Of the species? One would be
ready to suppose that the grub does
really so and that some fungus finds
the CASTOR slough congenial quar-
tiers for its growth. But as far as
present observation goes the grub
never becomes butterfly, but is
changed in every case into a plant
Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
A Pastoral Episode.

81 know where theys an elegant
swimmin' place." said Meanderlng
Mike.
Plodding Pete stopped chewing a
straw long enough to say. 'Gwon.
What yer given me?"
Ppm givin' yer a dead straight
steer. / know where they's an ele-
CANT swimmiD' pool, an faint very
fur off, neither"
swell, don't you know that eft
they's anything wus'n takin' a bath
it's goin' in swimmin'? What do we
want wit swimmin' placer"
Meandering Mike looked at him in
silence for a minute. There were
tears in his voice when he said:
.sPete, yer disgrace ter cur per-
fession, you are. Amt ye got nc
business instincts at all? Don't yer
know dat where dere's q good SWIM
min place dere's billed shirts CROWN
on de bushes jes' dYin' ter be swipeds''
Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11
A Fabulous Valley.

The story of the famous treasure of
the Madre d'Oro is told by Dan de
guile in his book on the sComstock
Lode" It is derived from the Aztecs
of Mexico. Somewhere in southeast
Arizona is small valley, about five
miles long by two miles wide, walled
in by towering mountains The sides
are so precipitous that it is impossi-
BILE to climb down them, and there
is only one entrance, through a cave
which is carefully hidden by Indians,
who guard the treasure for the second
coming of Montezuma. The valley
ITSELF though surrounded by inhospit-
able rocks, is paradise. Watered
by stream which flows through it,
its soil is covered with flowers and
beautiful trees. through the branches
of which fit bright-hued birds
Stretching across the valley from
one side to the other is a ledge of
gold, its masses of virgin metal
cleaning and glistening in the sum
light. The gold lies in it in great
veins and nuggets imbedded in clear
quartz, the sharp angles of which
glitter in the suns rays like gigantic
diamonds Across the ledge the
stream flows forming little water
fall, below which the nuggets of gold
can be seen in the water and out.
Gold in the ledge, gold in the scales
OF the snakes, gold in the stream.
gold in the birds, gold, gold, gold,
gold, is the refrain OF the golden
story