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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
FACTS ABOUT JUPITER.

Wonderful Figures Fail to Express Enough
Concerning the Great Planet.
Our most eminent astronomers do
not pretend to give us exact reckon
ings on the great floating worlds out
side of our own solar system, but with
in that monstrous aggregation every
thing has been reduced to certainty.
The kingpin of the solar system is
Jupiter, mighty Jupiter, the colossal
giant of all the sun-kissed worlds"
His diameter is about $4,000 of our
miles, being about eleven times that
of our own globe; the circumference
275,OOO miles at the equator, which
would give the giant a volume exceed
ing that of the earth by 1,264 times.
Were it possible to bring the earth and
Jupiter so close together that the dis
tance separating them would be no
greater than that which now separates
the earth from the moon-about 240,-
600 miles-what wondrous sight would
be in store for the residents of our lit
tie globe. The world of Jupiter would
appear to us to have diameter forty
times larger than that of our usual
mighty attendant, and the surface OF
his disk would occupy space greater
than that of 1000 full moons.
And this giant of the planets is re-
moved from the sun by distance OF
496, ,OOO, 900 miles; has an orbit OF more
than l 1000, ,o00, 900 miles in extent, and
makes a circuit of its celestial track
once every 4,s32 days. Thus it will be
seen that a year on Jupiter is equal to
eleven years, ten months and seven
teen days on our globe. The immcnsi-
ty of the world of Jupiter and its orbit
may be approximately measured by
this comparison: In order to complete
its orbit in the time given above, it
must speed around the sun with a We
locity of 700, 900 miles a day, or little
more than eight miles per second.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
DEATH OF A NOTED GIANT.
Ths Chtnaman Chang, Who Was Not Lal
Than Nine Feet In HA&eht.

xhs ChinAman Chang, Who Was Not Lees
Than Nine Feet In Height.
The famous Chinese giant, Chang,
died at Bournemouth, England, No
rember S. Chang had been seen several
times in America, says the New York
Herald. Because of q prevailing super
stition among the Chinese people
his height was never measured, as
they believed that death would imme-
diately follow the measurement. But
there are none who have observed him
or who have stood up beside him who
estimated his stature at less than nine
feet. His physical proportions were
very symmetrical and his strength was
herculean. Having travelled and exhib-
tied throughout the civilized globe he
acquired and spoke with fuency Eve
different languages-English, Ger
man, French, italian and Spanish. He
was a very companionable man and
delighted to meet and converse with
intelligent men and women.
Chang was born in 1S47 at Wang
Hue, near Pekin, China. His parents,
who are still living, are large tea and
silk growers, and are independent.
There is nothing in their constitution
nor that of their progenitors to indi-
cate the possibility of transmitting
gigantic proportions to their extraor-
dinary son. On the contrary, Chang's
parents are about the average size of
Chinese people, who are we'll known
to be rather under the ordinary size.
At his birth there was nothing to in
dicate that he was to grow to his pres
ent stature, and up to the age of nearly
six years his height did not exceed
most children OF his age. After short
illness he began to assume such gigan-
tic proportions that his parents were
much alarmed at the growth of their
huge son. At the age of twelve he
was equal to the height of his father
and the generality of the neighboring
people. The phenomenon of his being
as tall as man, and yet showing all
the habits and actions OF child,
caused him to become the wonder and
establishment of the neighborhood. At
the same time he suffered great per-
sonal discomfort, for the men would
not associate with him and the chill
dren would not play with him. At the
age of eighteen he commenced to ex-
hibit himself in public.
Chang was here in 1880, in 1883, and
in 1886. After his last visit here he re-
turned to his native land to marry a
Chinese beauty. 1t was his intention
at that time to come back to America
and to settle down in the west He
used to wear a watch given him by
Queen Victoria which weighed two
pounds and half, and had chain
nine feet long, which barely reached
sround his neck and down to his vest
pocket. He had large stock of gloves
and jewelry presented to him by royal
and other distinguished personages.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
SUICIDE in EUROPEAN ARMIES
Startling Omcial Statistics from tho Rec
ords kept In Germany.

Startling Ofncial Statistics from tho Rec
ords kept In Germany.
Startling are the official statistics
that have just been published in Ger
many concerning the number of sui
cides in various armies of the Old
World, and they constitute a striking
illustration of the unpopularity of OBJ
ligatory military service. 1t seems
that in Austria the average rate for
the year is 131 per 100000 men. The
French come next, with 90 suicides per
annum for each 100, 900 men. The Ger
man government gives its rate at SO,
but these figures are generally believed
to be below the actual number, as the
3 impression prevAils in military circles
throughout Europe that the suicides
in the German army are more frequent
even than in that of Austria. Italy's
quota is given at 45, while that of Rus
sia does not exceed 20, figure that is
obviously far below the truth. Bel
gium gives its rate at "a, Spain at ID,
and England at %, most of the suicides
in the British army occurring out in
lndla. remarkable ract is that, not
withstanding the majority of suicides
are popularity believed to be attributa-
BILE to tyranny on the part of the Off
GERS, yet it is precisely among the off,
GERS that the largest number of self-in-
flicted victims is to be found. The
favorite method of suicide is by shoot
ing. either with rifle or with re-
volver. Next comes drowning, and
after that hanging, while of late a
large number of officers and men have
taken their lives by throwing them
selves in front of railway trains. It
has also been noted that, whereas the
smallest number Of sui cides takes place
in winter, the largest number occurs
in the broiling hot months of July and
August.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13

The KEYsroxE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtoosh
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart Of the most prom
ising mining country OH the face OF the
earth, and leaving nothing u1,done to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsds Of az
mining news and Developments, ~ 1seh %
matters OF local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide 1er%ap-:
ital and informant to the settler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends re,sd 1t.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
VARIATIONS IN LITERATURE.

Present Day Literary limitations Of Musical
Compositions Common Years Ago.
Some twenty-five years ago there was
style of musical composition much in
vogue known as variations" says a
writer in the Atlantic Monthly. It.ap-
peared in dozen page sheets entitled
''Home, Sweet Home-with variations"
Coming Through the Rye-with varia-
tions;" LET Me Kiss Him for His
Mother" (a1so with variations). The
distinctive plan of these compositions
and, whatever their individual char
acteristic, they were, as whole, with
out variation-consisted, first, in q
brace or two of banging prelude, close
ly followed by simple little air that
somebody else had written. This
definitely announced the theme to be
'svariated," which was next heard be-
hind thin screen of artfully arranged
arpeggios. Then it donned deep dis
guise in the bass, to become barely
recognizable in the treble with trills,
ditto in bass, in the treble with runs,
ditto in bass, and finally lost itself in a
company of crashing chords so over
powering that one could not be certain
whether the original air had beer
Coming Through the Rye" or "Let
Me Kiss Him for His Mother"
A similar sort of treatment has now
invaded the art OF letters, that is to
say, it has affected the entire twenty
six, as well as the select seven to be
found upon the piano keyboard. It
Aov cot icfv fO
say, merely: "One summer morning,
fine and early, was walking through
the woods" He Immediately goes on
(talzing the word "early' as his key
note): "The sun had not been long
above the horizon and the air was yet
fragrant with last nights dew" Then,
with "fne' and summer" as texts, he
tells us: Everywhere were the green
and luxuriant footprints of Iight-step-
ping summer" Starting next from
~ 81" (2) ''walking"and (s) woods, !"
he informs us: "As my feet pressed the
soft moss faint forest odors filed the
air, the crackle of dry stick was
heard and startled gray squirrel
scampered up the giant oak on my
left" Da capo: ION such q glorious
morning | was glad simply to be alivo,
as were we all-young-rlsen sun, trees,
flowers, moss and little gray squirrel. :"
And SO, diluting and further diluting
an idea, it is hard to tell just what
degree, of strength 1t may originally
have possessed. The strength of the
writer, it is, however. more easy to de-
termine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
Temperature Of Swiss Forests.

For twenty years the Swiss govern
ment has been making observations
through its forestry stations on the
temperature of the air, of the trees and
the soil in the forests. These observa-
tions show that the temperature in the
forests is always below the tempera-
ture outside. The temperature also
varies according to the trees composing
the forests. A beech forest is always
cooler than forest OF larch. AS to
the trunks of the trees, they are
always cooler than the surrounding
air. Regarding the temperature OF the
soil. it Is found that in the forest the
temperature is invariably below that
Of the air. Outside the forest the soil
is always warmer than the air in sum-
mer and colder in winter.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
.THE WOES OF ICELAND.
Things Seem to BE Going from BAD
Worse There.

Things seem to Be Going from BAD -
Worse There.
The accounts which have just,
reached Europe from that most dis
tressful island in the Arctic seas give
us little reason to hope that anything
can be done to remedy the woes OF Ice
land essentially. Like most OF the re-
mainder of the world, that remote lit
tie country has enjoyed this year an
almost unprecedented wealth OF sun
light and heat, says the London Satur-
day Review. The brief Icelandic sum-
mer can have q rare beauty OF its own
and that of 1898 has been enchanting.
Steady drought in June, rains in July.
and warm, dry weather again in
August, brought on the hay to great
advantage, and the latest batch of let
ters speak of the harvest as unusually
promising. Almost everywhere along
the coast the fisheries have been ex-
cellently successful. It is plain, there
fore, that for once Iceland has had q
chance from the weather, which has
of late years been its most cruel
enemy.
If succession of good seasons like
the present had occurred dozen years
ago Iceland might have been saved.
But especially since the political :agita-
tions Of 1885, which disturbed and dis
couraged the population, things have
been going materially from bad to
worse. We are occasionally called
upon to listen to jeremiads about Ice
T. 81 vrhn
sentiment for the Icelanders is more
active than their information is exact,
and the English public has become
suspicious of cries of "Wolfr' But the
present season, with its excellent
weather and good supplies of food, has
not shown any reaction against the
draining away Of the people. This
summer no fewer than six hundred
persons emigrated to America, bring
ing the population below that limit OF
seventy thousand to which it had al
ready dwindled. The island now con-
tains, it is believed, fewer Inhabitants
than it did in 1870, before the tenn
porary rise in Icelandic prosperity.
The emigrants are largely of the farm
laborer class, and there is growing
complaint that portions of the country
are going out of cultivation because
there is no one to work on the land.
The great geyser has been very
sluggish this year, and it is believed
that weather which is excellent for
crops acts in a deplorable way upon
this class of phenomena. It is by her
extraordinary sights and by the visit
ors drawn to see them that Iceland
must hope to live.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
THE GALA LILY EDIBLE.
1t Tastes and Il to BE Cooked Like the
Potato.

1t Tastes and Is to BE Cooked Like the
A new vegetable is about to be in
troduced to the people of the United
States through the department of ag-
riculture. 1t is the root of the Gala
lily, which resembles somewhat in ap-
pearance the Irish tnber, with the adj
dition of q few whiskers that have
nothing to do with the qualities of the
article as an esculent, says the Phila-
delphia Times.
It is more elongated, and when cut
the interior is trifle more viscid. But
a section of It is so potato-like you
would not be likely to distinguish any
difference. In cooking it first has to
be boiled to destroy certain acrid prop
critics, after which it may be fried,
roasted, baked or what not. according
to taste.
Farmers in Florida have begun to
raise these Gala roots for market. The
plants grow rapidly in the swamps,
and so thickly that the yield OF single
flooded acre is enormous. They re-
produce themselves by the multiplica-
ton of their bulbs under ground, so
that the grower has simply to dig up
the offshoots and leave the parents to
propagate anew.
For centuries the Egyptians have
cultivated similar crop during the
season of the Nile overflow, and at the
present time Gala lily bulbs are COM
mon vegetable in japanese markets.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13

fender is not far from the amount ex-
pended on the Valkyrie. Add to these
sums the money which the Jubilee,
Colonia and Pilgrim cost their owners,
and the total cost of the latest strug-
gle for the Americas cup amounts to
almost five hundred thousand dollars
The honor of holding the America S
cup, however, cannot be reckoned by
dollars and cents, and American yacht
men would not have been willing 90
part with the trophy at any cost. The
practical benefit to boat building and
the pleasure and profit to be derived
from pure and manly sport must be
added to the credit account.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
! uor.e Lives In the White House.


A horse has a home in the white
house, says Washington correspond
ent of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
This is q literal fact which visitors
never discover md which few Washing
ton people know. The horse which
shares the executive mansion with the
president isn't thoroughbred. lie has
neither pedigree nor record. He is
just q plain, everyday horse, with
white star in his forehead, faith
full companion to Edgar T. Heckley.
And who II Edgar r. Bsckley? The
man who for twenty-five years has car.
ried to and from the white hous& all Of
the interesting and valuable mail re-
ceived and ssstt, and who has never
been found remisss in his duty. Rain
or shine, in III scasons, he makes hour
y trips between the white hoase and
IL city post olBoe- Hets the Hhite
house mall carrier. And the h0gse thef
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
ne sult.,.. New Boat.

The sultan of Morocco has bought .
new torpedo boat, and the name he
has given it, in Moorish, means: ''The
bearer OF good tidings from Islam to
the four quarters Of the globe" An
English weekly suggests that If the
sultan goes in for really big IRON
clad he will probably call it Tin
Moorish, Of course) Something to
knock the globe into four quarters It
It deserves it; otherwise to drive =
hole into any other expensive hnciad
/ have and sink her"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
AeoRiGINES AND COPPER.

An Interesting Discovery OF Tools In the
Kewsenaw Copper Mines.
A peninsula called Keweenaw point.
jutting into Lake Superior from tho
southern shore toward the northeast,
is famous as the center of . vast cop
per mining industry. Last year the
mines produced no less than los, $50, ,O!5
pounds of refined copper, and it is ectl.
mated that during the next year tho
production will be increased by at
least 20 per cent. %
Mr.. E. B. Hinsdale, who contributes
to the latest bulletin of the American
Geographical society an article on tho
subject has much that is interesting
to say about the numerous prehistoric;
mines which have been found in this
region, says the Scientific American.
These ancient mines, judging from
their extent, must have been worked
for centuries. Who the workers were
no one can tell. They seemed to have
known nothing of the smelling of cop
per, for there are no traces OF molten
copper. What they sought were pieces
that could be fashioned by cold ham,
mering into useful articles and orna-
rents. They understood the use of
fire in softening the rocks to enab BILE
them to break away the rock from the
masses of copper. They could not
drill, but used the stone hammer
freely.
More than ten carloads of stone ham,
mers were found in the neighborhood
Of the Minnesota mine. In one place
the excavation was about fifty feet
deep, and at the bottom were found
timbers forming q scaffolding, and q
large sheet of copper was discovered
there. In another place, in one of the
old pits, was found mass of copper
weighing forty-six TONS At another
place the excavation was twenty-slx
feet deep.
In another opening, at the depth OF
eighteen feet, a mass OF copper weigh
ing over six tons was found, raised
about five feet from it's native bed by
the ancients and secured on oaken
props. Every projecting point had
been taken of, so that the exposed
surface was smooth. Whoever the
workers may have been, many centu-
ries must have passed since their mines
were abandoned. The trenches and
openings have been filed up, or nearly
SO. Monstrous trees have grown over
their work and fallen to decay, other
generations of trees springing up.
When the mines were rediscovered.
decayed trunks of large trees were ~
ing over the works, while = heavy
growth of live timber stood on the
ground.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
TERRAPlN FARMING.
How tho Market IL Supplied with This
Great DellcAcy.

How tho Market IL Supplied with This
Great Delicacy.
Terrapins, the now greatest delicacy
known to the epicure, are little low
er in price this year than they were
last, although their comparative scar
city makes them one of the most prec-
ious luxur;es. ''Counts"--that is, ter
rapins that measure six inches or over
which brought fifty-five dollars per
dozen last year are now selling for
fifty dollars. The largest specimens
are highly priced for their flesh, and
have brought even this year as high as
seventy two dollars per dozen. The
more common varieties, which have
not changed materially in price, sell
for fifteen to twenty dollars.
Terrapin farming, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, as it is technically
dubbed by the trade, has proved itself
a lucrative business. OF late years
many have entered into it and have
earned good living by plying their
strange trade. One of the most noted
of these farms is situated on Hog Is
land, Va, which is located at the
mouth of the Coan river, where all the
advantages of water and surroundings
necessary for the rearing of the ami
mails, are at hand. The farm covers
about two and one-half acres of land
and water, and is surrounded by a
board fence, which effectually pre-
vents the terrapins from escaping.
The interior is divided into lots.
Marshy ground is afforded the animals
for burrowing in the mud when cold
weather sets in.
The summer months seem to be the
favorite time for the terrapin to lay its
eggs. This operation is performed in q
peculiar way, which admirably demon
strates the sagacity of the animal. The
female first digs hole in the sand
with her claws and hollows it out clev-
erly in the form of an inverted cone.
In this she deposits her eggs, one layer
at q time, and having filed the cavity
she covers it over carefully, and.
with her hard breast shell, packs the
sand down over the nest. She usually
lays obout twelve eggs, this being
fair average. The heat of the sun
hatches the eggs, and after they have
OGCN III lAlc kIOuAO oOOuV VVO AAOAVAAo
and half the little fellows dig them
selves out of the sand and take to the
water, where they proceed to obtain
nourishment as best they can. When
the cold weather comes on the terrapin
hunts his winter quarters, which are
generally located at the bottom of the
pond. The older ones sleep all the
winter at the bottom and the younger
ones live around the edges of the
bank As q natural consequence the
terrapin only requires care during the
warm weather. Then they must be fed
regularly with fish, crabs and other
food of which they are fond. Such
farms are stocked at any season of the
year. Whenever the animals are
caught they are placed within the in
closure, where they find the quarters
all prepared for their reception.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-13
FOREIGNERS OWN "A PLATA.
Its Politics Aro Run by Natives, Whe
Leaves Busiuess to Outsiders.

Its Politics Are Run by Natives, Who
Leaves Business to Outsiders.
The old notion Of the Argentine
Republic as essentially q stock-raising
country, from which nothing was to
be expected in the way of food exports
but uneatable ''charqui," otherwise
ssjerked beef will have to be modi-
fed, says the London News, in the face
Of the fact that the crop of wheat this
year is estimated at 1,750, 900 tons, of
which more than a million of tons will
be available for export. Agriculture,
in fact, as distinguished from cattle
raising, has become an important
source Of wealth in this part of South
America. It has many advantages for
this purpose, among which are its ex-
cessive fatness, extending over SOC. 200
square miles, and it's remarkable varie-
ty Of climate.
Our consul at Buenos Ayres notes the
remarkable circumstance that foreign
ers In the republic practically monop-
olize trade, railways and commercial
undertakings of every kind. They
own large portion of the country,
buu 61c yearly acquiring AAOAC pAOPCA- :
ty of every description. Almost all
the railways belong to English capital
lists. and, if not to English, to foreign
ers. 1t has been stated that one-half
of the cultivated portion of the prov
incc of Santa Fe belongs to English
men. Agriculture, it isnadded, LAY be
said to be entirely in the hand of Eu-
ropeans.
The amount of crime all over the
Argentine Republic is stated by our
consul, Mr.. Gaskell, to be alarming.
The population is every day becoming
more exclusively foreign, but the gov
ernment is entirely in the hands of the
comparatively small number Of pure
Argentines, rather anomalous posi-
ton, which in the course of years may
alter if the enormous foreign element
should make it's power felt and become
u decisive factor in politics.
At present all foreigners shun poll
tics and only busy themselves with ac-
qniring wealth commercially.
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has his home in the white house car
ries Beckley. The part Of the mansion
set apart for the horse is one corner Of
the conservatory. A thin partition is
all that separates the roomy stall from
the orchids. There is just room enough
for the stall and q temporary supply of
feed, and there the horse eats and
sleeps, under the same roof with the
president Of the United States =