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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-03-11
Secretary of Agriculture Morton

Governor J. Sterling Morton OF
Nebraska, the next Secretary Of Ag-
riculture, is great wit, a ready or
ator, and is said to rival Chauncy
M. Depew in the cleverness of his
atter-dinner speeches, says the
Washington Post. He is an inimit-
able story-teller, and the member
of the Gridiron Club vividly re-
member how he has charmed them
more than once with the eloquence
and brightness of his remarks at
their dinners. He is great stump
orator, having unusual descriptive
powers and wonderful faculty for
making illustrations. He is par
ticulary versed in the Bible and IN
history, and is never at, loss for a
historical or scriptural incident to
point a moral or adorn tale. He
is in his manner frank and cordial,
easily approachable, and the very
soul of courtesy.
/ heard two good stories about
Mr.. Morton yesterday. The one IL
Illustrates his free trade tendency,
and the other his passionate devo-
ton to his wife. He was talking to
an audience of farmers one day and
he related dream which had come
to him the night before, when, asit
seemed to him, he was in the lower
regions. Everything and every
body was burning except a num-
Der of bodies hanging in a row.
He asked of his Santanic Magesty
why these bodies were not COM
and they are actually too green to
bustible.
| "Oh," was the reply, "they are
some farmers who did not know
enough to vote for tariff reform,
burn"
When Mrs. Morton died, her hus.
band, who was greatly devoted to
her, erected over her remains 8
tombstone which bore this inscrip'
ton: "Caroline French, wife of j
Sterling Morton and mother OF Joy
Paul and Mark Norton"
"Why did you put the boys
names in?" inquired friend Of
him one day.
Because" said Morton, "I took
my boys out to the cemetery and
showed them their mothers grave
Boys said to them, your mother
is buried here. If one of you ever
does anything dishonorable OF
anything of which she would be
ashamed if she were alive, will
chisel your name from her tomb
stone. ,"
It is hardly necessary to add that
the three names are still there.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-03-11

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
Using mining country on the face OF the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis OF all
mining news and developments, as well as
matters Of local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe for It, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-03-11

with the ponderous engine, gener-
ally smashes the next car to spllnt-
ers, while the central cars are COM
paratively uninjured. When the
train is derailed the baggage car
and the next coach, as a rule, go
over. The roadbeds of our great
transcontinental lines are so solid
each section is so carefully exam
ined, the rolling stock is so much
improved, that a broken rail, broken
wheel or axle and like mishaps are
reduced to a maximum. But where
trains follow one another on min
ute or two leeway and the blocks OF
automatic signals don't work-well,
look in the papers the next day for
further particulars and see if my
judgment is not correct.-Wash-
ington Star.
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Tobacco. Cholera and their Contagious.

The eminent DR.. John Lizars
says: During the prevalence OF
cholera, have had repeated oppor-
tunities of observing that individ-
uals addicted to the use of tobacco
are more disposed to attacks of that
disease, and generally in its most
malignant and fatal form"
DR.. Willard Parker, long at the
head of the medical profession in
New York city, said: ''All who
smoke or chew, are more apt to die
in epidemics than other people" !"
DR.. 0. M. Stone, of Boston, said !:
"The idea that tobacco prevents
diseases is an error. A tobacco
users chances Of recovery from any
malignant disease are lessened fifty
per cent"
Capt. G.B. Pettingill, who for many
years commanded vessels trad
ing between Boston and Cuba, Mex
| leo and South America, said: Every
| few tobacco users recover from yell
low fever. I once lost half my crew
with it in Havana. Every man who
died used tobacco, and every man
who lived did not use it"
DIR. Harris, of the New York City
dispensary, where more diseases are
treated than in any other place in
America, says: ''It is scarcely pos
sible to cure syphilitic sore, or
unite a fractured bone in 3 devoted
smoker"
The London Lancet says: "No
smoker can be we'll man.-George
M. Powell.
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Bits of Information.

There are no snakes in Iceland.
A leech has three jaws which
form a triangle.
The American mile is 1850 yards;
the Swiss, 9,153 yards.
1896 will be leap year; 1900
will contain only 365 days.
Cannibalism is still practiced in
fourteen places in the world.
Pigeons have been used as mail
carriers for about 700 years.
Bottle beer is much stronger in
alcohol than beer on draught.
The lungs contain 175,OOO,OOo
cells. This is what makes man
practical joker.
The planet Neptune has the long
est year, consisting of more than
10000 of our days.
It is said the city of Pittsburg
now stands on ground once given
in exchange for violin.
"Hail Columbia p was written in
the spring of 1898, when war with
France seemed inevitable.
The Mormon Tabernacle at Salt
Lake City is the most perfect whls-
pering gallery in the world.
Astronomers claim that the tenn
perature of the planet Neptune
reaches 900 degrees below zero.
Mr.. Stevenson, an Edinburg act
uary, says that 40 out of 100 people
who reach 70 years are farmers.
All the gold in the world could DO
stored in room twenty-four feet
square and twenty-four feet deep.
The biggest idol in the world is
Dia-Buten, the Japanese God, which
is over sixty feet high. The image
| is made of copper, tin, mercury ana
gold, and has been vorshlped for
more than twelve centuries.
1t is probably not known to the
general public that all the names
nlaced before Chinese shops and
iaundries are false. Every China
man in business has "shop name"
and a "private name," and by the
latter he is known only to his fam
ily and intimate acquaintances.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-03-11

doorkeepers, messengers and pages,
and elects the State Treasurer and
the State Auditor, the former with
salary Of $14OO year, the latter
with salary Of $1,000 year. The
Governor appoints most of the
State and county officers, the
Judges for life. The present gov
ernor distributed this patronage
with a view to making himself a
Senator, but his unpopularity made
his candidacy an impossibility.-
New York Sun.
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Few persons know what is meant
by q "size" in the matter of coats,
shoes, ect. A size in a coat is an
inch, q size in underwear is two
inches size in sock is one inch,
in q collar half an inch. in q
shirt one-half an inch, in shoes one
sixth Of an inch, trousers one inch.
gloves one-quarter of an inch, and
hats one-eighth of an inch.
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The BIG PICTURE GALLERY OF CROOKS.
A Bureau Of Identification to Be
Opened Soon in Chicago.

Within few days the new Bu-
reau of Identification will be opened
in the City Hall and the biggest
rogues' gallery in the country will
be thrown open for the use of de-
tectives the world over, says the
Chicago Tribune. One of the rooms
on the first floor of the city build
ing, now occupied by City Sealer
Jameson, has been set apart for
the bureau, and the cabinets to hold
the 10000 cards of Identification
will soon be put in place.
The Chicago Detective Depart
ment will have at least six weeks
practice in the use of the system
before the opening of the Worlds
Fair, and foreign crooks will be
confronted not only with the detec-
tives from their native cities, but
with their photographs and meas
urements showing the length of
their index fingers and other por-
tons of their bodies, which it will
be impossible to conceal.
The collection will be further in
creased by 5000 photographs of
crooks who are expected to come
to the Worlds Fair from the large
cities of America. They ars now
being collected by w. McClaughry,
son Of the Superintendent of Police,
who has been absent on a tour OF
the country since January 1st. Mr..
McClaughry has already secured
about 5000 photographs, which have
been sent in and are now being ar
ranged and catalogued in the "for-
eign rogues' gallery" at the Harrl-
son street station.
But the Bureau of Identification
| is not intended to be used merely
during the Worlds Fair and as an
aid to the Chicago department
alone. It will be the permanent
headquarters for the United States
for the Identification of criminals.
Every detective department in the
country will be directly dependent
upon it and will contribute to its
support. The only expense to Chi
cago will be the rent of the room
set apart for its occupancy In the
City Hall. For the present, also
the great collection of pictures anc
measurements of criminals will re
main in possession fMr. Porteous
who has collected them.
| It is expected in time that tint
Sheriff Of every county in the coun
4 trv will become a subscriber to th'
| bureau, paying, of course, pro
portionately smaller yearly sum
Each year it seems certain that the
revenue of the bureau will increase
and the chief is therefore of th'
opinion that the collection shoult
be purchased at once.
Wilson McClaughry, whose trll
through the country has been men
toned, is now in Mexico, where b.
will secure portraits of the "Greas
ers" who have criminal records am
are coming to the fair. At Ne'
Orleans he got IS photographs 9
clever Southern crooks who are al
ready figuring on their prospective
profits at the exposition. MIR. Nc
Claughry will return to Chicago b
way of the Pacific coast, travelln
from Washington by way OF tn
Northern Pacific Railroad. In eac
state he visits the penitentiarie
and gets the photographs Of all tn
prisoners who will be released dul
ing the fair. He will probably as
sist in the management of the bul
eau, at least until the close OF tn
exposition.
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The Worlds Largest Tunnel.

The Rohtschonberger Stolen mine
of Germany. will, when work is
completed, have the longest tunnel
in the world. It will drain the
water from all the Freiberg silver
mines and carry it to the Elbe. The
main tunnel is nearly nine miles
long. but its branches add q miles
to its length, making the total OK.
tent about 30 miles. The tunnel
was begun in 1874.
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TOBACCO AND. CIGARS
And Smokers Articles.
Give me.a trial and will guarantee entire
satisfaction.
Notice of Forfeiture.

To NJ. r. EVANS, his heirs or legal repre-
sentatives:
You are hereby notified that we have cx-
pended two hundred (200) dollars IN labor
and improvements upon the ShMtty
lup East and ShIstty Cup ~ est
lodcs, situated on Trail creek, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district, Alturas
caunty Idaho. in order to hold said prem
ises under the provisions of Section 1924
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold tn, the same :l
for the year ending December u, 1871 ina.
the proportion Cf said expenditure due
from you, NJ r. Evans, is s33 33H, lawful
money of the United States, and if within
ninety days after the publication OF tins
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
lion 2324. l.. J. BARNARD.
S. ]. FRIEDMAN.
HALEY. Idaho, Jan. Ia, 1892.
First publication, Jan. so, 1892.
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Every new acquaintance we make
has the power to tell us something
We didn't know about ouroe1yess-.
Rams Horn.
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New York. Co,or~d Population.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: It must
have been very pleasant to that largo mum Der
OF Americans. New York's colored population.
to have you speak so truthfully OF them as you
did through your editorial column Of Fridays
issue for every word OF y was So Your arti-
clio is no less true of these people wherever
they are allowed to live in their own way.
The negro Americans are as rule an indus
trlous. happy-gong; contented people. in
whose minds tho seeds OF anarchy meyer take
root. Here is no such being as healthy.
able-bod led, imrecunious negro. They all
seem to be wealthy, or possessed OF an album
dance OF sclf-respect They neither beg nor
receive public charity. as II rule; There seems
to be an unwritten law among them which will
not allow their old or afflicted to become pub
lie charges. They have their little socinl and
charitable societies among themsel yes. which
hcnto def panperlsm ~ lie and in death to
indeed. must be the condition OF that negro
whom hunger drives on the streets to beg or
10 the door of q free SOUP house
The negro eats more, dresses as we'll and
pays more rent than any other class OF citizens
In the same circumstances yet he seldom
strikes and never riots. Neither ca pital. labor.
nor society ever finds his hands against them,
for he Il proud OF his citizenship. w. II. r
NEW YORK. Sent
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Tho English are now suspicious that the

The English are now suspicious that the
French intend to increase their possessions in
the Pacific by appropriating tho islands OF the
New Hebrides group. lying almost directly
north OF the island Of New Caledonia. which
France has held for forty years. and which is
an important station for the French navy We
do not know what ground there may be for thu
English suspicion. but it would not be brought
before Parliament without q purpose. 1t Is
very likely that England herself has design
upon the New Hebrides: she has within two
years annexed several Of the unclaimed
islands" OF the Pacific. and tho New Hebrides
has not escaped her notice. Besides New Gale
donia. the French hold a large number OF the
islands lying southeast OF Hawaii. including the
Marquesan. Tahitian. Gam bier. and Austral.
There Is no doubt that the New Hebrides
would be an advantageous take for either
France or England.
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A Bleat from Ohio.

That tedious old humbug called the Ohio
Wool Growers Association has pulled itself
together for another year. and passed reso-
lutions declaring. in entire forgetfulness Of
tho demonstration OF silver. that " free
wool and mutton would be the colossal
crime Of the age" and averring that free
wool. as now the declared policy OF the
President and the Democratic majority in
Congress. will substantially destroy the
American wool industry"
The sorrow Of these sheepwalk Repub-
lcans can be partially mitigated. Tho
Democratic majority in Congress and Mr..
CLEVELAND cannot be in favor Of free wool.
Free wool may do as rider to protective
tariff. but under tariff for revenue only.
wool must pay its way at the Custom House
like every other article. On the other hand.
when the little flock Of bleaters that
calls itself the Ohio Wool Growers Associa-
ton. urges the wool growers of Ohio and the
rest OF the country to oppose any can
didate for office who Is not in favor OF
full and adequate protection for the wool
industry" the little flock will run plump
against the Hon. LAWRENCE TALBOT NEAL.
Democratic candidate for Governor Of Ohio.
This woolly association will get no protec-
ton from him. and is entitled to oppose him
as much as it can. We believe that even
the great MCKINLEY cannot put up the duty
on wool high enough to satisfy the Associa-
ton. which will not be happy SO long as
there Is sheep in the world outside Of the
United States.
We have frequently seen the assertion
made in Ohio newspapers that the Buck
eye sheep fail to appreciate the bless
ings OF protection and continue to de-
crease most distressingly; but whether
their number or the price OF the clothes on
their backs wakes or wanes. the Ohio sheep
will get no favors from tho Democratic
party. The Democratic idea doesn't per-
nit the Government to keep the sheep or
the shepherd. Imported wool and mutton
must be taxed. like other imports. for the
revenue they will contribute TO the Gov
eminent. whether the Ohio sheep and the
Hon. WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE and the other
Arcadians In Ohio sheepskins are fattened
or not. Glass legislation is dead sheep.
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exactly. IL was MA RIcHARpH II. SMITH. He
seemed to be the very cxemplsr Of the gen.
| tleman OF its ideal, and consequently he
was elected its President. and otter he re-
| tired from that high and honorable Office he
became Chairman OF Its Executive Com
mittee. the chief central authority In the
practical management; yet IL the charge
now made against him is sustained. Mr..
SMITH really belongs to the lowest social
level. He ought to be kicked out Of decent
society and kept out. 1t seems that at first
the House Committee went so far rs to ask
Tor his peremptory expulsion. which should
undoubtedly take place II he is guilty Of
tho charge; and hence we are surprised to
hear that subsequently they modified the
recommendation and voted for his indefinite
suspension only. II Mr.. SMITH is guilty, he
should be turned out in short order. II ne
is innocent. he ought to have an opportu-
nifty to vindcate himself There is no just-
fable middle course. He Is either q base
and vile rascal or he Is illuminated man.
The charge against Mr.. SMITH Is that he.
high and trusted officer OF tho club. en-
bezzed $40 which the club had approDri-
ated to buy necklace to be presented to
the Black PATTI on the occasion OF recep-
ton to her by the association. When the
evening came neither the necklace nor Mr..
SMITH was to DO found, and the committee
were put to the modification OF hiring
necklace from q neighborlng pawnshop in
order to go through the empty form OF
presenting it to her. Apparently 1t was
very nasty piece OF business on the part Of
Mr.. SMITH. and it would have spoiled the
elegant entertainment absolutely had 1t
not been for the clever suggestion Of re-
sorting to the pawnshop. and thus conceal
ing from the assembled company the depth
Of the depravity nursed by the club Us
moral and social sublimlty. Why was not
Mr.. SMITH there, and where is the Sap
These arc questions which the honor Of
the club requires shall be satisfactorily an
swered. and il there is not such an answer.
it necessitates his ignominious and imme-
diate expulsion. The higher up he was the
deeper down should he fall. II he is guilty.
he has committed the capital crime under
club law and ethics. He has been dishon-
orablc In place of honor and trust.
We havo no doubt that this is the view Of
the case which the society of the Sons OF
New York will take. Thereby they will
afford profitable example to all other ex-
elusive and fashionable clubs and all club
officers who betray the confidence Of their
fellow members.
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channel. and go help 70 avoid territorial
disputes arising from It's shiftings.
We have settled peaceably far more Sc
rious troubles on that frontier than this
seizure OF sheep. Years ago. the lawless
raids Of Mpan and Mescalero Indians
ucross tho Rio Grande to plumber Texas
ranches caused such indignation that our
Government resorted to the dangerous ex-
pedient Of sending armed forces to attack
them on Mexican territory. But this was
succeeded by a friendly mutual agreement
for such pursuits OF hostile Indians, which
our troopers aftorward twice took advan-
tage OF In hunting down GERONIMO. The
CUTTING. the ARREsUREs, and the PINALE
affairs oil passed away quietly. 1t should
also temper the present excitement in
Texas, to reflect that OF late the chief viola
tions OF the frontier have como from our
side. through expeditions like those Of
CARA. and that Mexico has fully recognized
the efforts OF our Government to punish
such violations Of It's neutrality laws.
II the present incident OF the seized sheep
leads to efforts. through the establishment
OF permanent joint commission or other
wise. to remove or diminish the causes Of
Rio Grande disputes. 1t will not be without
good results. The two republics are now
engaged, by such mutual action. in AMIGA
bly, determining and marking their boun-
dairy from FL Paso westward to the Pacific.
The Rio Grande has been left out OF that
plan as line made sufficiently clear by
nature; but experience shows that It. too.
needs attention, for the avoidance and the
Just settlement Of disputes.
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Two Frauds.

Two frauds on the public. both supporting them.
selves by tho use Of Tur sus's name deserve to be
exposed The less Important fraud appears follows
HORSE RACING HAS DEVELOPED ENTERPRISE
"Since the wspapers and public have given 40
much attention to racing hsld Of enterprise has
AE e hnys been 9rran%ed 10 collect m
merit tue hmerean Turf Information Agency per
directly interested in the acing business"
This Is printed on what purports TO be a piece of
newspaper precisely as the goods print their
notices. and on the margin are stamped the words
Clipping from New York sus. May 81. 90" This
notice never appeared In THE Sun May 81 or any
other day For the benent of those who received
tho notice. say here that consider the American
Turf Information Agency fraud oncern that lies
in its efforts to get patronage cannot be trusted to
honestly with Its patrons.
More important Is tho folio wing from the Commercial
of Nincennos. Indiana;
"rouR MONTHS DEMOCRATIC RuLE
Tar New YORK sgS. high Democratic authority.
"'for four months DsmoeraiS ADM Illustration na,
been IN control Of ne na,inms capital. E.nlnd u
Az proteoton and the reissue "t Stai oanr currency
sescaesot their in powsr The ireo tra as
President has used the aunofity Of his Office moi 10
e., eopNir, rs result hni Sosn o@cra;
TIE Gie!elani ,Adinni"Ta.sa"" ia, . iaESG
in four months. il has itminishrd HE "c,,i -
IN az "sa s sa,e Tue
has cost the people OF the United States thrc" times
much as the colossal swindio Of the Panama Canal.
which shook France from centre to
tho French people, II has taken enough money from
the people to build the Nicaragua Canal times over
These are ApPailing figures but they show the truth.
They demanded the earnest consideration OF every
American citizen on This anniversary of tho nations
birth" Buster and Dreyaricats ms they may. the
mouth pieces of Democracy cannot Obscure this ire
meDdous fact In -four months Democratic rule has
robbed the American people OF 81 .OOO,ooU,Ooo
Ono hardly knows which to wonder at most. the ig.
noranss or thu sudaety OF tho man that printed this
coming from TAG sUS Tho editor OF the Commercial is
Mr. T. H. Adams who 10 either liar or fool. and In
either capacity Is united to edit newspaper