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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
BIG MAILS FROM THE WEST.

Members OF Congress from Beyond the
Mississippi Got the Most Letters.
It is interesting to note the. striking
differences in amount and degree that
characterize the correspondence OF
representatives from different sections
of the country, says the Washington
Star. The mail of representatives,
from the New England and south At
lantic states is comparatively light,
that of representatives from the mid
die states is moderate, or "from fair
to middling," and that of the west
ern, northwestern and southwestern
states is exceedingly heavy. In other
words, it seems that the people OF
older states, particularly of the thir-
teen original states, which had their
existence before the union was estab-
lished, lean but lightly upon the fed
eral government and have but few
wants to express in correspondence
to their representatives at Washing
ton, while residents OF the newer
states, whose state governments were
erected simultaneously with their adj
mission into the union, are apt to look
to Washington for nearly everything
they want. In the old states along
the Atlantic seaboard the people by
instinct and tradition rely upon them
selves and upon their state govern
ments, while in the latter admitted
states, especially those beyond Illinois
to the fnorth, south and .west, as for,
example Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and
Missouri, the people appear by Gus
tom to be more pendent upon the gen.
eral government. Particularly is this
the case in the states where conditions
of unrest and dissatisfaction prevail
from industrial orr financial causes.
There the people have become habit
ually clamorous in their demands upon
congressman to procure them P ens;ons,
sustenance and situations, to remedy
and redress their wrongs, real or inn
agined, to tighten their burdens, to
mitigate their woes and to do other
things by legislation and influence at
Washington which can only be done
by the exertion Of individual effort.
nda independence. Again, on the.
other hand, the southern people IN
the main bother their congressman
very little by writing letters
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
NO AFTERNOON.
Morning and Evening salutations In thu
National Capital.

Morning and Evening saiutations In the
National Capital
Strangers to Washington often re-
mark upon the custom of addressing
one at all times of the day by the uni
form salutation: ssGood morning." It
sound odd to westerner to hear one
address him with "Good morning at
FIVE o'clock in the afternoon.
This custom, says the Indianapolis
Journal, is as old as the congress Of
the United States and the hours of ex-
ecutive business in the various depart
ments. 1t is said to be directly due to
the morning hour in congress. The
standing rules Of the two houses of
congress provide for q morning hour" /"
which extends from twelve to two
o'clock, and that provision has made it
common to refer to morning busi-
ness" in congress, which occurs before
the regular order" frequently the
regular order is not resumed, and the
morning hour is extended until four or
five o'clock, especially in the latter
days of congress and when there is a
great jam of business. In the executive
departments reference is made to the
morning work. during the entire day.
This is all, of course, official parlance.
The custom has grown SO that it ex-
tends throughout social life and in all
sorts of private business, until it is
morning until all government business
is at an end in Washington. When the
sun goes down and twilight sets in it
is ssGood evening"" It is never after
noon in the national capital.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
A SIGN OF MISERY.

Abundance Of Ohsolets Gold Coins In
England Has SAD Meaning.
Anyone who has collected old French
or old German coins still in occasional
circulation, say the thalers of Frederick
the Great. or the forty-franc pieces OF
the first Napoleon, knows that Berlin
and Paris are not the cities to find
them in. The capitals have the latest
issues from the mint. It is either in
remote villages or In some locality
where want asserts itself as factor
in outlay that the old coins come to
the monetary surface. Homburg or
Baden or Wiesbaden was the likeliest
place in which to find the debased
coinage Of King Frederick-not lately,
but thirty years ago, when the gaming
table drew them from the stockings.
So at this moment handful of gold
pieces at Monte Carlo shows larger
area of sovereignties than money
changers entire till in the Palais
Royal Within the last week the same
law is asserting itself IN London and
in the big cities Of the north. aayA the
Westminster Gazette. Light gold and
obsolete gold il in brisk circulation.
and the explanation Il SD enough.
Long ago the uefhodical Londonef
pAid into his hank I'll his pfe-Viep
torian gold. but the pocr aFe their os1n
bankers and their depoa1te - 1
own hoaxas. The Wel1.yxQg
now Goiq9 aboat, show 1'
40 Of JhAe hing a1 clzed
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06

The KEYsrQxx is the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood RIVER Savtooth
and Smoky mining regions, ard, located
IS it is in the very heart Of the most prom
Using mining country on the face OF the
earth. and leaving nothing 0ndone TO pre-
sent its readers complete synspsis,of AL
mining news and developments, asweA -
matters OF local importance in and shout
Ketchum, it is an Invaluable guide fer fap-
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, 1894-01-06
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.


le JOHN ". PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum Of five hundred (500) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim.
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
y-two miles from ketchum, in Warm
springs Creek mining district. Alturas
tpeunty Idaho, as required by section 1874.
revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
19r m the years ending December 81, 1887, TO
nIecelnber 81, 1891; that your proportion Of
u;.,: ,Ge same is $3.50, being one-halt; and II
,h;l Ma.hln ninety (9) days from the service Of
AUS aus notice, or within ninety (9) days after
nus IN. notice by publication you fail or re-
s1S ,uss 70 contribute your proportion of such
sapsehditurc ~ as co-owner. your interest in
Md sa'd claim will become the property of the
sae,at;srsigned seot;as sg under the provisions OF said
seS!ion 1924, FRANK J. LEMON.
Aetchum.. idaho, July %, 1892.
FIRST. publication July 80. 1899.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
AN OPEN ARCTIC SEA.
The Existence OF Ono 10 Not Alto
9ether Improbabl
The ExtraordinaTy Experience Of an Old
Arctic Sailor Among tho Natives
Of tho Trigid Polar
Regions.

That steamers can pass through the
Arctic ocean in certain years is the
opinion Of Capt. A. 81. McGregor, based
upon his experience in the polar re-
gions. Capt. McGregor has seen twen-
ty-three years service in the Arctic.
and commands the steamer Orca,
owned by the Pacific Whaling COM
pany, of San Francisco, says the Port
land Oregonian. He was in this city
lately, and talked entertainingly OF
his experience.
"Last year." he said, s'nine of the
Pacific Whaling company's steamers
and ships reached Cape Bathurst, the
farthest point north and east ever
reached by vessel of any kind. We
had been whaling in Behring sea. and.
having finished what is termed the
outside catch in July, we started for
the Arctic to finish the season. We
passed along the east shore, rounded
point barrow, and then made the jour-
ney to the cape, which is near the Nc
Kenzie river. We cast anchor and
whaled there the rest of the season.
The natives were somewhat surprised
at our appearance, bus as they had
seen white men before, they soon over
came whatever fear they might have
felt and became very friendly. They
did not differ in the least from other
Esquimaux. We sounded the ocean
near the Mckenzie, and found that a
boat drawing more than four feet of
water could not approach within thirty
miles of the river. The land on both
sides was mountainous and covered
with snow.
ssThe Oldest native told US that it
was many winters since white men
came in boats, which led me to be-
lieve that no boat had reached the
cape since Capt. Collinson was there in
1855. Capt. Collinson and his party
visited the place in small boats when
they were making survey of the
British possessions, but they were
compelled to remain there three years
before they could return.
'sWe could have made the trip from
the Pacific TO the Atlantic last year il
we had SO desired, but our business
was whaling, not exploring. We found
what is called the breaking-ground OF
the whales, which lies between Cape
BATHURST and the Mckenzie river.
We left four vessels, the Norwalk,
Balaeva, Grampus and Newport to
winter there while the others finished
+ the season on the Siberian coast.
| Those that wintered in the Arctic have
| been whaling all summer, but we have
had no report from them and do not
know if the ocean is open again this
| year. Natives at the cape whom
questioned told me that the ocean was
fairly open three years out of four,
and that there was great big sea one
year in five. Last year was what they
termed great big sea- and they said
that the same conditions prevailed in
1889. A large vessel could not pass
through a fairly open sea, SO the
chances of reaching Greenland
through the Arctic sea are one in Ave
From this 1 am inclined to believe that
Collinson entered the ocean when Il
was 'open.'"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
ITALIAN HEALTH RULES.
Perspiration IL Either Sought or Care
full Avoided.

K03VpAf3CkO0 10 EII0eT 0Ou80V Vx Nox0
full Avoided.
The health code of the average Ital-
ian may be summed up IN two maxims:
'Seek perspiration when ill.,, and
"Avoid perspiration when we'll" No
matter whether the ailment be grove
or slight, prompt measures are taken
to induce profuse perspiration, the
usual recourse being to- hot teas made
fromovarious healing helbs In o~di-
nary health an Itllie takes every pre-
caution against getting into perspira-
ton. Perhaps this feeling. mole than
the lethargy resulting from warm
climate, may be held responsible foA
the lack of active outdoor sports in
Italy. Roller-skating and bicycling
are growing in favor, shooting CALLER
les and quiet boating have always
been popular, but cricket, baseball.
tennis and similar games are hardly
known, even in their mildest form.
Although resisting their long, hot
Italians prespire freely when taking
most moderate exercise. In recogni-
ton of this treacherous fact, both
gentleman and laborer move through
life very quietly, never hurrying ex-
cept in case of dire necessity. AS IL
Illustrative of theirhorror of perspiring,
writer in Kate Fields Washington
gives an incident that occurred few
weeks ago in Florence. An English
lady was walking down the Lung
'Arno, when she missed her
purse. The susp1olous movements of
a man in front made her hasten her
footsteps and boldly demand the stolen
property. Too amazed to refuse, the
thief actually handed over the purse,
before starting off at good, round
pace. Indignant at such broad-day
robbery, the lady stopped an elegantly
dressed gentleman and, in excited
tones, began to pour out her grievance.
Merely waiting to hear "that man
stole my purse" the gallant Italian
rushed after the thief, who promptly
took to his heels. AS cross streets are
scarce on the Lung 'Arno, they had a
good run ere the thief could dodge his
pursuer. The afternoon sun of late
spring day did not help the polite
Florentine to keep cool, SO, red-faced
and out of breath. he slowly turned
back to. meet the English lady with
profuse apologies:
MADAM, I am very, very sorry.
did my best, but your purse is gone"
''Oh, nor she replied sweetly, 81
have my purse. I got it back from the
/ man."
SCOT your purse back! Per Bacco
What did you want, then?"
"Want! Why, l want justice"
1t was too much, even for proverbial
Italian urbanity, and, almost choking
with sudden wrath, he gasped out
''Justice! To think should have run
myself into a perspiration for justicev
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
Notice OF Forfeiture.


~. I. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
NJ, lou are hereby notified that have ex-
Rvnoed the sum of one hundred 1O0) dol
'' IN labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
S;a.. Gas mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
o,dal sdtslcl, Altnras county, State of Idaho, in
y;s;oa ;Ger 70 hold said premises under the pro.
tho hs'gns nn OF section 1924, Revised Statutes OF
on;,o 1ui United States, being the amount re-
ihu,rno n" nl 70 hold the same for the year end
tion tn Ds.eember =. 81, 1892; that your proper
and and 2! q the same is $40, being one-tenth; !;
Service Of this notice. or NV within ninety {eo]
fSdys fay after this notice BY publication YOU
Of ,na ur leiuse to contribute your proportion
puhGoan. sacn expenditure, including costs of
viii lHInSSatlon, your interest in said claim
sipnoSe JSecome the property Of the under
l:kaso Sn under the provisions Of said section
JOHN GORMAN.
'ust publication, June77, ls8&
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
A STRANGE DELUsIoN.

An Accomplished and Wealthy spaniaro
Who Thinks Himself . Leper.
Situated within half an hours ride
from the City of Mexico is the country
place of man who for forty years has
been a voluntary recluse, seeing only
one face in that time, and as much
dead to the world as if his body were
indeed decayed. This man is the
wealthy Spaniard, Don Pedro Guier-
rerres, at one time an officer in the
royal army of Spain, but who for
nearly half century has been prey
to the. delusion that he is leper, or
about to become one. His reason for
this horrible fancy, according to cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Times,
is that when young man of twenty
five he went on a visit to Honolulu and
there met lady whom he married,
and whom he carried back to Madrid
with him. After several years of hap
piness this lady was seized with NAL
ady that was finally pronounced to
be leprosy The shock of this de-
cision unhinged her mind and
in short while she died by
her own hands. Her husband, with
this double blow to bear, became
monomaniac on the subject that had
deprived him of his beloved wife and
at last grew to believe that he,
too, was leprous- Resigning from
the army, he sold his estate in
Spain, and, coming to Mexico, pur-
chased the place where he now is. He
had fitted up for him q suite Of apart-
hour of his life since. His servant
is only allowed to enter one room at a
time, when the don retires into an
other until the mans work is done.
Twice q month priest goes from
here to confess him, but he sits outside
little inner window, through which
he converses with his unseen patient.
This unfortunate man never even
walks in his garden, which is, how
ever, completely screened from view by
a fence eight feet high, without a
crack between. This exercise he re-
frains from, fearing that it will pro-
long his life, which he bears only as a
heavy burden imposed by Providence.
One relaxation besides music, he al
| lows himself, and that is books and
newspapers. He is an accomplished
linguist and subscri bes to all the lead
ing journals and magazines in the
world, while he regularly employs an
agent to find out and send him all the
books published that are worth perus-
ing. !, His will provides that his serv-
ant, who was once with him in the
army, and through all has served him
faithfully, is to place him, when he
dies, in his coffin, and to allow no one
to look upon him, and that he is to be
4 buried thus on the estate.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06

placed in the private apartments OF
Windsor castle for her majesty's use,
and another is to be fitted up at Os-
borne. The queen has greater num-
Der of steps to ascend at Osborne than
at any other of the palaces, as her own
apartments are in the pavilion near
the top of the house. Elevators are
also being made for Buckingham pal
ace and Balmoral, which will be ready
for use in the spring. There was one
in Buckingham palace for some years.
which was made for the duke of Alba
ny, although after his death it was re-
moved.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
RUNS ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
The Famous Bank Has Suspended Many
Times and Has Been Accorded Favors.

The Famous Bank Has Suspended Many
Times and Has Been Accorded Favors.
The Bank of England has never
failed, though, according to the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, it has more
than once suspended payment and sew
eral times has come very near to fail
ing. In 1896. two years attel it began
business, the bank was compelled to
suspend payment, its notes being at a
discount of twenty pei cent. In 1745,
on account of the invasion OF Prince
Charles Stewart, the Young Pretender,
there was run on the bank, which
was met by paying drafts and notes in
shillings and sixpences. In 1897 there
was another run on the bank, which
Mr.. Pitt and Mr.. Dundas feared that it
might not be able to meet, so on Sun
day, February 26, an order in council
was issued forbidding the bank to pay
cash, and this order was approved by
parliament. On May l, 1928, the bank
again paid it's notes in coin In Decem-
ber, 1875, in the middle of another
panic a run ON the bank began. The
bank would probably have gone under
had not number of one-pound notes
been discovered in box. These were
paid out and the panic and run sub
sided. Peels act of 1874 allowed the
bank to issue notes to the amount OF
fifteen million pounds, based on gov
ernment securities, but for every note
issued in excess Of that amount re-
quired actual gold to be kept in re-
serve. In 1847 the bank was in trouble
again, and Lord John Russell, the pre-
mier, relaxed" the bank act SO as to
permit the bank to issue notes unse-
cured by gold, but the relaxation was
not availed CT In 1857, during the
panic, the act was relaxed q second
time, and two million pounds of notes
were issued unsecured by gold; and q
third time, in 1865, the act was sus-
pend !. although further issue Of
notes VAS found unnecessary.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06

tonish her friends by moving her hands
and doing things she had been unable
to accomplish for months. The recov-
cry was as steady but much more rapid
than the decline, until now she is fully
restored to her old-time health and
skill. Whether the fall Jared from the
brain clot of blood that was holding
her in prison or what the cause, it is
evident that the fall was what freed
her from her infirmitieS,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-06
Inaiaa aelics In Delaware.

Interesting relics Of dead and gone
Indian tribes are the great mounds OF
oyster shells formed along the seashore
in southern Delaware. According to
local tradition, the Nanticokes OF
Pennsylvania were In the habit OF win
terine along the seashore in lower
Delaware and OF eating numerous
Quantities of oysters. The shells tes-
tify to the appetites OF the Nanticokes,
and mnny Indian implements are found
in the mounds.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1894-04-14
THE COURIER

people might said walk through
the play had little do with the story and that the author
used her and Of the material to fill the chns
dent from the which they dismissed at the
end the third Helen has deal Of trouble with Henry
De ye worthless fellow and these allowed for few
eeng enross the attention of the audience Then
they rushed the and the people front left
ignorance of their fate Whether Helen maes Henry and
forms him. whether she doesn't and he to the bad
whether she does and they both the bad do not know
brought all than them in this
fashion Miss Collier fine Hetfie Brother Johns employee
and by the there improbable at the close
finally asked John take her. girl modest
Hetie would have waited lifetime before she would have
posed herself Miss ONe Sophie made the most Of her
and il a pretty fair part
In theatre frequened by people,
well in the ged palaces pleasure the feelings the audience
stirred when for the lainy TRUMP virtue The
the gallery society belle
the bae Of the world who occupies in the each
feel the touch Of sentiment Eyes become dim, handkerchs
u outraged virtue od by the heel Of what
awful there is! Finally when virtue tumphs
always the stagthe audience appauds and smiles and
laughs and the people happy Of the stage different
The daily newspapers record events infinitely sde than
pced the because they rea but the reader
urbed People read these dark the history of life merely
There sympathy for the victim sufferer
desire the perhing stirring Of the heart
there seldom sympathetic manifestation theater
there touching than when maiden
honor The awful import of the struggle appreca
with the glow the fooghts music of the
orchestra But in real life betrayed seldom exctes any
other feeling than that of curiosity No expressions
heard People cry they between
virtue and and wrong the stage Off, the
BILE conflict that always generally UNDECIDED The
Of the vanqushed brings only its own echo.
next to limit tour ten weeks after the
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1894-04-14

N.Y. h There the crowding together Of
1 &6z strong attractions in Omaha last week that
in Lincoln and this city De
NAADVk Wolf Hopper and Della Fox "Panjan
F2xVk{E drum topped of the week far box Office
ENy IL wv receipts concerned Some of the
NJ w papers criticised the peo
N4D pie in filling the house when "Panandrum"
presented allowed appear small audiences
"Panjanrum is thin; that Della Fox
stout and that Hoppiis inclined to be tsome Crane the
authority kens Willard and Brother john given the
highest In this Toby Rex much admire
Hopper production while the ELUSIVE dramatic critic of the
Journal raised Panjandrum above The Fencing Master
opera Brother john not enthusiastically received by
the people like SHOW better than a play. We
agree contemporary that Hoppers opera thin
and that Della Fox understand why the
Torrance last Friday night such general There
have been better than Panandrum Lncon but
there has seldom been play better
this huge burlesque
spirit and close detail that accompanied the
large There cutting of
cdents the in The Fencing Master surring
huryng Hopper reced Casey the Bat with just much
vim he into this and he recitation
the Della Fox still Della Fox though there
evidences Of tendency embOnpon and she furnished the
whole about much Hopper In the mprovsed
bali she exhibited delightful abandon she
altogether entertaining The chorus well trained and the
scenery the that New York Clever people
much hard work end pretty Panjandum from being
failure and make it, great comic amusing enter
tainment appealed the popular taste and received with
marked demonstrations Of approval the of the audience
people enjoyed the raery "Panandrum
who would not have greatly appreciated the comedy
Mr. Crane and his excellent the Wednesday evening
ceng Crane and Robson and comedians of that M appeal
than does broad and snowy production
De Wolf Hopper always appears and all surprising
that Brother john should have had smaller house than Panjan
Brother John: full OF
rather strong situations it, but after has followed Mr. Crane
through the and thoroughly enjoyed his and
his which, by the has little this there
the thought that Brother john not the best that Mr.
Crane and wishes that with his artistic merit would
plays OF higher order than this which crude
places and papaby overweight in Others There
mand for high comedy comedy without Mr. Crane
he will
aim little higher Brother John" good The Senator
which Mr. Crane last this city, although
be Of certain kind Of humor in it. Miss Gladys
Wallis who made such delightful impression the latter play
appropriately placed in Brother john and this
petite actress full Of and dainty effectiveness Maggie
oIaa No has visited Lnc long time that has
contained handsome and tslentd this eizs
ton 1t too bad that Of them d bstsr oppo
tunity to display their ability Mic Any Bubg has most atac
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