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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
SOLOMON ANO HIS FAMILY.

He was Only White Rat, But . Genius
In His Way.
Solomon was white rat who lived
in an artists studio in New York. He
received his name because of his wis
dom and his solemn face.
Solomon was as trustworthy rs
dog. He RETAINED from nibbling the
curtains and rich stuffs that were scat
tered about the studio, and was most
particular not to take cheese or rich
cake up on the sofa, where he was al
lowed to play and sleep when his paws
were clean
Now it so happened that friend of
Solomon's mistress had some rats-a
father and mother and seven children.
One night stray cat found her way
to their cage and ate up the old rats.
Solomon's mistress agreed to adopt
them, and the cage was taken into her
rooms.
Solomon stared, and then went eau
tiously up to the newcomers. He soon
showed signs of joy at their arrival,
and Immediately took the little rats
under his protection. He called them
10 ulu S3uu CO6ACO t4kCu W oA0E6 AO
down by his side, as their mother would
have done.
When they were allowed to run
about he watched them and taught
them where they might go and where
they were not to go, running after any
wild youngster who strayed behind
screens or meddled with what he ought
not to touch.
Only one of the seven orphans turned
out genius, but all of them became
respectable rats, and . great credit to
Solomon.
The genius of the family one day
came upon a guitar lying on the sofa,
and, running up to it, made the strings
sound. The music pleased him so
much that after his discovery he fre-
quently went in search of the instru-
ment and scampered back and forth
over the strings to his own great de-
light and to the amusement OF all who
saw him
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
A MAN NOT EASILY KILLED.

The New Minister to Uruguay Has Had
Many Marrow Escapes In the West.
A tall, slender man, with .iron-gray
beard and hair and piercing eyes which
roved around under pair of heavy
pray eyebrows, sauntered through the
Arlington lobby at Washington the
other day. 'That is Granville Stuart,
of Montana, the new minister to Uru-
euay and Paraguay" said an old-timer
to Star reporter. ''He is ON his way
to his new post, and this is the first
time, he has been east Of the Mississippi
for quarter Of century. He has had
more startling adventures and hair
breadth escapes than almost any man
you ever heard of. / remember one OF
them well. Stuart was one OF the iirst
pioneers in the territory of Montana
and was quartz crazy like the rest OF
them. He was out on prospecting
trip once and had dismounted from his
horse, leaving his rifle strapped to the
saddle, when the animal ran away. It
was late in the year and that night
snow began falling. He was miles
away from any habitation, in the heart
of the mountains, and in searching for
his horse he lost his bearings. He had
only q small pocketknifc and his fusee
safe only contained two or three fire
makers. The first night he was out it
grew very cold and he made fire,
which attracted some small birds.
Stuart caught about dozen of them
and cooked them. For ten days he
wandered through the mountains with
nothing else to eat but those little
birds One day an elk rubbed against
a tree within two yards of him, but he
had nothing to kill it with. Then a
frog crossed his path, but he was not
strong enough to catch up with it.
When he was nearly dead two Indians
found him and took him into their
camp to have fun with him. They fed
him up so as to get strong enough to
run while they could beat him with
tepee poles. One night he escaped.
stole a horse and got away. He got
lost in the mountains again, and dog
goned if his second horse didn't get
away from him! He wandered around
again for three or four days, and then,
when he had given up completely and
lain down to die, some of the party who
had gone out to hunt him up came
across him and carried him to camp It
is devoutly believed in Montana that
nothing can kill Granville Stuart. He
was a mighty hunter in those days, too.
He has the record Of killing sixteen elk
from one spot, without getting up. He
is a man of powerful mind, and will
uphold the stars and stripes and all
that they mean in his new position"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
Fatal Aeetheticlsm.

A Seattle family has a yellow dog
with singular love for flowers, which
frequently gets him into trouble. The
dog, after making sure that the coast
is clear, will go into the garden and
pluck number of flowers, and, plac-
ing them in heap, will lie down and
90 to sleep with his nose in the bunch.
His favorite flower is the rose, and he
invariably bites the stem four or Ave
inches below, SO as to not injure the
flower. All his actions indicate that
he enjoys the perfume of the flowers,
and it rarely happens that he is not
seen with some choice flower in his
mouth. The only trouble is that he
culls from every garden he sees, and in
consequence has narrowly escaped be-
ing shot for his aesthetic taste.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
STUPID AND SELFISH.
A Pasha's Observations OF Life In His Ma
tive Country.

n
tive Country.
Marianne North quotes, in her Fur
ther Recollections of Happy Life, /"
some amusing instances of Turkish
stupidity, told her by pasha in
military command at Beyrut. He said
that he had once accepted an offer
of breakfast from . rich man who
knew the ways Of the world and
thought himself quite Frenchman.
The servants spread clean table
cloth on the ground; then they brought
q handsome inlaid table, which they
laid on the tablecloth, but upside down,
with its legs in the air. A tray Of
good things followed. and this was
balanced on the tops of the legs.
Another old Turk who was shown .
fine portrait said only:
Eyes, it is like. but is not the en-
broidery on the back of his coat equal
ly beautiful? Why did they not paint
that in, too?''
Another, seeing piano, asked what
that great box was for. His hostess
sat down and began to play to him.
s'Mashallah!' he exclaimed, and after
deep reflection announced that that
woman must be worth at least sixty
thousand piasters-
One day the pasha saw an old gentle
man looking quite inconsolable, and
was told that he had just lost q beauti-
full and favorite daughter. He attempt
ed to comfort the man, but the father
only replied:
Eyes, she was most precious, Of in
finite value, fool that l was. refused
fifty thousand piasters for her only
last month. Now she IL gone, and it Is
too later'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
SNAKES AND SNAKE STORIES.

India Has 318 Known Varieties Of Rep
tiles But Only 33 Are Poisonous.
Surgeon General Sir William Moore
lately read very interesting paper be-
fore the members of the Balloon So
ciety, on snakes, says the Westminster
Budget.
Sir William approached the consid-
Grafton of the subject from popular
mentioning as his reason for doing 80
that the names of snakes were SO diff
cult of pronunciation and more diff
cult of remembrance. Sir Williams
paper was based upon his experience
in India. He declared that more nos
trums had been proposed as certain
cure for snakebite than for almost
anything else. AS there were in In
dia some two hundred and eighteen
known varieties of snakes only thirty
three Of which were poisonous, it often
followed that persons were bitten by
non-poisonous snakes, and, after being
treated by some nostrum, of course
recovered; hence the alleged success
of those nostrums., Even poisonous
snakes did not always strike with the
poison fang. The teeth in all snakes
were crooked and hollow, and capable
of being erected or depressed at pleas
ure.
The fang of the common viper was .
curious contrivance. It was a per-
forated tooth loose at the root. In its
quiet state the fang lay fat upon the
jaw, and was furnished with a muscle,
which jerk suddenly erected. The
closing of the jaw pressed the tooth
upon the poison bag, and the fluid was
sent with considerable force through
the hollow of the tooth. It was
astonishing to know that the poison
might be swallowed without fatal re-
suits, but the gallant officer did not 60
30 far as to recommend the expert
ment. 1t had been said that in IT'S
snake charmer exhibited snakes at
Bartholomew fair which danced on
ropes, but the lecturer was decidedly
skeptical on the point. Describing
how best to avoid snakes, Sir William
said line of carbolic acid powder
would keep q snake out of room, but
before adopting this expedient it was
equally essential that they should
make sure that there was not a snake
in the room already, for then It would
not go over the carbolic line, even to
get out. He mentioned as the best
treatment for the snake bite the early
application of ngature above the bite
as being the most important prelimi-
nary step.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
CAT HUNTS A NEW FAD.
Cruel New York Dudes and Terrier Dog
on Nocturnal Expeditions.

Cruel New York Dudes and Terrier Dogs
on Nocturnal Expeditions.
''The gilt-edge youths of Gotham
have adopted a new means of noctur-
nal amusement that is as brutal as
they think it delightful said a New
York broker to writer for the Wash
ington Star. "The latest fad is cat
hunting. You are familiar, of course,
with the crusade against cats which
the women of New York started some
time ago from humanitarian motives.
They regarded every cat that prowled
around the city as being homeless, and,
therefore, tired Of life, so they went
around catching them and putting
them to death by means of anses-
thetics. The young bloods have fol-
lowed their example, but in q differ
ent manner. Homeless felines are their
objects for annihllation also, but they
use bull terriers and fox terriers in
stead Of chloroform. You can imagine
what q fight there is when q vicious
dog of either Of the species named
must battle for its life. The young
men who pursue this brutal pastime
make regular engagements with each
other for q cat hunt, and really dress
for it. They wear old clothes and
rubber-soled tennis shoes, so that they
may keep up with their dogs and not
attract policemen with their noise in
running. heard two well-known
young men at the Brunswick one night
recently gloating over their expert
ences of the night before and describ-
ing to an interested group the great
fight that occurred when their dogs at
tackled q cat on the steps leading into
q residence, and the cute way IN which
they escaped from the police, who
were attracted by the noise Of the
battle. I know all this is utterly de-
praved and shocking, but It Is true,
nevertheless.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
zuNi lNDiAN DANCES.

r
In Clog ana Double-shsme Darkiss Are
Not to BE Compared to Them.
'sThe Zuni Indians are the original
wing and buck dancers said Mr..
George Sherman, q Denver man, to the
Fort Worth Gazette. ''I've seen the
genuine plantation negroes in Louis
lana and Mississippi, and the minstrel
article, but they are simply not in it
with the Zunis.
81 went out to Tuscon, A. T., several
years ago, one spring, and we visited
pueblo near where there are many Zuni
Indians.
ga fellow with us asked if we had
ever seen 'em dance. We said we
hadn't, and he said we'd missed treat,
for they took the cake for fancy foot
movements.
''He spoke to the old alcalde of the
settlement, and he called two men.
They were fne-looking men, not very
tall, but sinewy, supple and well
made.
"Without any preliminaries, they set
to, and of all the high jumping, side
leaping, heel-and-toe work, sliding,
shutting I ever saw, that dancing was
the best. They were light on their
feet, graceful and quick as lightning
in all their movements. They whirled
away from each other with q pretty
heel-tap movement, spun around at the
same time, touching the tips of their
toes, turned back somersault and
came down like feathers, keeping in
perfect time. The only accompani-
ment they had was rude sort of q
tom-tom and the whistling of boy.
They danced for three-quarters Of an
hour and weren't broken down.
''This was on the bare ground, mind
you. Then fine looking boy brought
a stone, not more than foot square,
threw it on the ground, hoped on it,
and gave the finest clog dance and
double-shufae ever saw. He had on
cheap, worn shoes, with the heels
nearly worn off, but he didn't mind
that. He spun around on his toes, on
his heels, danced with one foot held in
his hand, jumped up and clapped his
heels together twice and whirled about
on the toe of one foot. Then he beat
sort of tattoo with the heel of one
foot, and made some fancy movements
with the other. He gave few ring
movements that caught the crowd.
''After he got through with a num-
Der of difficult fancy movements he
jumped down as fresh as daisy.
There were other dancers, and for &C.
centric movements, fancy steps and
pretty figures I've never seen the like.
understood that Primrose, the min
strel, saw these people dance once and
got stuck on 'em and tried to get 'em
with his show. They would make
great hit"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21

The KrYsroNE IL tho ~ -npfe1enfatfse
Of the Great Upper Wood 1avsr, sewtoote
and smoky mining reeions, - leeae14
- il Il In the very heart Of tire Mdss prom
htuy mining country OH the fsSs o. sne
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre''
sent its rsaders .. complete ayaopsh Of ~
mining news and developments, - well =
matters of local importance IA and aaoos
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe for It, peaa
it, and let your friends read It.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
TRICYCLE. AS A HACK.


The scheme Of washington Negro for
Carrying Freight and Passengers.
Cycling, for profit as we'll as for
pleasure, is perhaps more practiced in
Washington than in any other city in
the country, and it has some odd de-
velopments that strike the visitor with
both surprise and amusement, says the.
New York Sun. The smooth, asphalt
paved streets and parklile roads re-
duce the labor of propelling cycle to
a minimum, and one sees bicycles and
tricycles with all sorts of attachments
and arrangements for the carrying of
packages which in worse paved and
less crowded cities would call for the
services of horse and wagon. Work.
men ride to work on bicycles, carrying
their kits of TOOLS, even to pals OF
paint and small plumbers stoves, bal
anced on shelf in front of the ma
chine. One workman surprised vis-
itor recently and amused the residents
by padding along Pennsylvania avenue
with a twelve-foot ladder slung fore
and aft on his safety bicycle. Gro
ceries and family supplies are delivered
by bicycle. But the oldest thing in
cycles that a recent visitor to the cap
ital saw was big tricycle. with seats
for passengers, protected by an avn
ing, and large platform for trunks,
which was plying for hire at one
of the railroad depots, in sharp
competition with the hacks. The
machine was strong, but light
ly built, with two large wheels the
size of buggy wheels, one on either
side, and a smaller wheel in front. It
was propelled by a powerful negro,
who sat between the big wheels. In
front of him was a broad, wide seat,
affording ample room for two persons,
and in front of that, over the small
wheel, was a platform which would
hold two or three trunks. An awning
was rugged over the whole concern
like blackboard cover. The negro,
who was the owner, said he does a
good business and makes good living
conveying passengers between the de-
pots and the hotels. Sometimes he
takes visitors on tour of the city, for
which purpose the machine seems par
ticularly well adapted, as the passen-
gers have an unobstructed view, while
the ''driver" delivers his descriptive
Grafton about Washington, it's celebri-
ties and abodes easily into their ears
from behind instead Of leaning down
and backward, at the risk Of numerous
collisions, as the carriage drivers do.
The machine did not appear to be
geared differently from an ordinary
tricycle., and the ''driver" said it was
not at all hard to propel, even with q
big load. 1t steered perfectly and
would turn in almost its own length.
There seems here to open vista of
possible pleasure to people who enjoy
riding but who cannot afford to keep a
horse and carriage and will not trun-
die cycle. Why shouldn't the citizen
of modest means keep his landau-tri-
cycle and have his manservant ''drive"
him around the park in it? The idea
of such development Of the bicycle is
not at all preposterous.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21

Close investigation Of the phenomena
Of magnetism has proven that the
north and south magnetic poles are
neither identical with the geographical
poles, but that they are in the neigh
borhood Of the earth's axis Of rotation.
In the case Of the north magnetic pole
the exact location is well known-at
81 degrees west longitude and 7o1< de-
grees north latitude. The location Of
the south magnetic pole is not known
to certainty, but is believed to be near
$50 degrees east longitude and a de-
0reeo south latitude.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
A QUAKER HEARsE.I
It II Used BY the Rich and II the p1alno0t
Hearse In This Country.

It Il Used BY the Rich and II the Plainsst
Hearse In This Country.
The hearse that carries the remains
of the ordinary New York man to tho
grave may be bedecked with waving
plumes and conspicuous festoons of
mourning, but the New York million.
aire, if he follows the example of dead
and gone millionaires, makes his jour
ney in plain black vehicle with no
unnecessary ornamentations. This is
called the Quaker hearse.
The Quaker hearse, says New York
exchange, is let out only to people who
want to be buried as BELTS the rich.
Strictly speaking, there have been q
number of Quaker hearses, for these
vehicles, like all others, will wear out,
but as soon as one shows signs of going
to pieces another precisely like. it is
built, and it is precious fiction Of the
undertalkers that the Quaker hearse
which carried it's grim load to Green
wood recently is the same Quaker
hearse behind which the sad procession
of bygone generation marched slow
ly to the cemetery. 1t is called the
Quaker hearse because of its extreme
simplicity, which has endeared it to the
Quakers. They and the millionaires
always use it.
1t is drawn by span Of black horses
driven by black driver. John Gil
martin, who has been driving it for tho
last twenty years, has q solemn face
that matches well the melancholy hue
Of his clothes. Occasionally, specially
instructed, John puts draped cochades
on his horses and an extra wide weed
ON his hat, but he considers plainness
preferable to an attempt at effect in
funerals.
So far as is known, no Quaker hearse
ever disgraced funeral by breaking
down while carrying body. Once the
Quaker had narrow escape. That
was years ago, when Mayor Have
meyer died. The Quaker carried tho
body safely, but no sooner had it re-
turned to the stable than the rear axle
gave way and the hearse came down
with crash. The present Quaker has
outworn three sets of wheels. Since
the original Quaker first set out ON its
travels it has carried the remains of
the Vanderbilts, Astors, Jay Gould,
Catharine Wolfe, the Stewards, Have
meyers, and many others. Henry 8.
Ives made his last journey in tho
Quaker. It is the plaincst and dnest
hearse in this country.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
The Eek OF Rsbsses.

Does the common hare or rabbit
change its sex with the season? I
know that this seems like asking .
very foolish question, but If you win
investigate the matter you will find
that there is something in It after ali.
Lyly, the English drsmatist, in his
Midas" says: "Hares we cannot be,
because they are male one year ana
female the next" Topsell's s.History
Of Four-Footed Beasts" bears ont .
similar idea, and most of the ancient
writer's on natural history give us to
understand that hares are bisexual. I
have often heard old hunters claim
that no man ever saw . male hare q
summer or q female In Wintnri
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21

When . prisoner resists Paris police
they take of one Of his shoes and COM
pei him to walk like my son John" !"
He Ii 80 hampered usually by this
treatment that there is no further
trouble. If this is not enough they
cut his trousers buttons and force him
to use his free hand to hold on to his
garments.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21
CENTRAL ASIAN DESERTS.
Nature There II Without Attractions OF
Any Kind Whatever.

Nature There II Without Attractions OF
Any Kind Whatever.
Mr.. w. Woodville Rockhill describes
in the Century his attempt to cross
Tibet. His picture of portion OF the
country he traversed is not alluring.
Life in the Central Asian deserts is
rough indeed, he says.
Mature is without attractions OF
any kind; it is bleak and repelling;
never a tree is seen, and scarcely q
flower, except for month or two in
the year. Probably the Arctic regions
alone offer a more meager flora. One
sees only coarse grass, or bare, gravel
strewn ground of reddish tinge. In
the most favored valleys, and near
some brackish lakelet, are occasionally
seen punches of long black-haired
yaks, antelopes, or wild asses. A stray
hare or wolf runs across the trail; a
sheldrake or eagle flies slowly off at
ones approach. Were it not for the
wild yaks, travel across this great
plateau would be impossible, for dry
yak-dung is the only fuel to be found.
Should murrain destroy the Tyre
horned antelope, travelling, except
along two frequented trails, would be-
come unfeasible. Violet winds sweep
the country daily. carrying with them
dense clouds of alkaline dust, which
parch and crack the skin and blind the
eyes. When it 10 not blowing, it is
showing. hailing or raining. Bogs,
marshes and sandy wastes, cut at short
distances by low ranges of moutains
rarely rising above the line of per-
petual snow Though, be it remem-
bered, the lowest valleys are at q
greater elevation above the sea than
the summit of Mont Blanc), are the
characteristics of the bleak country
which we had to cross before the in
habited regions Of Tibet could be
reached"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21

to own the house, and bear in mind
that very big man can live in q
very little house. / need not say that
little men often live in big houses
This life can only give man at best
~rn thine ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-07-21

est pleasure in police circles, for their
trouble is richly repaid by the large
sums of money given them. and the
valuable presents. such as rings, scarf
pins, watches and charms.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26

There Is Tut little doubt that
Senator Nu0nan will secure the
Democratic nomination for Congress
In the Fiftn District, while Clayton
f. Gratis will be minated In the
Sec"nd, Charles f. Piper, President
OF the Town Board OF Cicero, will un-
doubtedly lie nominated by the Re.
pub. leans. Mr.. Piper will have the
solid delegat OF the country
towns and at least two OF the wards
in the district. He will make strong
candidate, not only in the Republl-
can but 50 In the Democratic sec.
tions OF the district.
-.
Some ne has Just discovered that
there are three offices To be filled in
Coz County this fall that have been
overlook, d IN the rush. 1t Is claimed
that member, ~ the state Board OF
Equalization must be elected from
the IN ee new Congressional dis
tric,s The State constitution pro-
vide, for the elect on OF member OF
the BOARD u Equalization On q GER
tain year and every four years there.
after. III, 81 neral election for mem
bers o! the Board will not &C.
cur unit 1895. bat 1t Is not believed
that the three nes districts will
have to wait until then. The present
members Of the State Board OF Equal
izatioa Of Cook County are George
+. Mcknight, T. iward +. Cullerton,
John }. Dahlmann, and Joseph 5.
Martin, who were elected respective
ly from the old First, Second, Third,
and Fourth districts. Under the new