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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
MILLIONS IN DIAMONDS.
Enormous Increase In the Product Since
the Discoveries In Africa.


the Discoveries In Africa.
The discovery and working of the
great South African mines has enor-
mously increased the production of
diamonds. During the past quarter of
century, says the New York News,
ten tons of these gems, selling for
$500, 900, 900 uncut and for 5000, ,0oo, 900
after cutting, have been added to the
worlds wealth This quantity of
stones is twice as great as the sum
total of all that We're known to exist
before, the value represented being in
the most concentrated possible form.
A single corporation controls more
than nine tenths of the worlds output
of diamonds, owning practically the
| whole of the mines in South Africa.
Thus it is able to maintain and
regulate prices, restricting the produc-
ton SO that the supply may not ex-
ceed the demand. Up to date it has
placed upon the market about 1850, ,oOO
! carats.
During the last year it dug and sold
| $4,000, 600 worth of diamonds. During
| 1898 diamonds to the value of about
| S15,oo0,000 were imported into this
| country. Since 1865 S175, 900, COO worth
of these gems have been brought into
| the United States.
The cutting of diamonds is carried or
in the United States by fifteen firms
| employing $50 cutters, cleavers anc
! polishers. The American public de
mands much higher quality of cut
! ting than is required by European
markets. At the same time less is
| paid for the work here than abroad, s.
being considered fair wages per diem
The pioneer cutter on this side of the
water was Henry d. H. Morse, of Bos-
ton. In 1869 he cut the famous Dewey
diamond-the biggest gem of the kind
ever found in this country-which was
dug out of clay bank near Richmond
weighing twenty-five carats in the
rough. In his shop was invented the
first diamond-cutting machine, which
made it possible to do the work faster
and with more precision. 1t has not
been adopted abroad to any great ex
tent as yet. Amsterdam, the creates,
center of diamond cutting, has seventy
two factories engaged in that industry
The largest employs 1000 hands. Mex
in Importance is Antwerp. London
ranks third. In the world there ar,
$500 cutters of diam onds and s,Oot
dealers. The latter carry in stock
S350,oo0,o00 worth of diamonds, repre-
senting probably one-third of all the
diamonds possessed by human being:
to-day.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
THRIFTY KANSAS INDIANS.
Wel-Tiled Farms of the Pottawatomiea
Upon Their Fertile Reservation.

well-Tiled Farms of the Pottawatomies
Upon Their Fertile Reservation.
The government will soon arrange
for the opening of the surplus lands in
the cid Pottawatomie Indian rcserva-
ton in Jackson county, Kan, says the
New York Sun. Four years ago the
government gave the remnant of the
Pottawatomie tribe now living on the
old reservation till the present time in
which to select their lands, and the
greater part of them have done go. 1t
now remains for the government to set
aside for the others as much land as
the law provides for, and open the re-
mainder, about 1000 acres, for actual
settlers.
The Potta watomie reservation orig
inally embraced a large part of Potta-
watomie and jackson counties, and the
entire tribe, now numbering about
7s5, were located thereon. Soon after
the settlement of Kansas q large part
of the tribe sold to the government
their interest in the reservation and
took small but fine reserva-
ton in the Indian territory. There
are about So, 900 acres and 235 Indians
remaining in jackson county, and the
majority of these Indians are more SO
in name than in either blood or habits.
Many of them have long ago selected
their lands and have them in the very
highest state of cultivation.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
A MUSCULAR SERVANT.

an. r. v.rx p,ruI,r u.c.,.. s.,. Can
Thrash Peddlers,
INV wife is an invalid and is nerv-
GUS, and a peddler or a book-agent or
canvasser could corral her in the parlor
and talk her into buyinp ANYTHING. she
is SO timid, and she would be sick a
week afterward with nervous prostra-
ton. Mary, the girl, noticed the in
jury to my wife and she said she would
keep the peddlers out and told her to
go ahead,n quotes the London Tele-
graph.
"The next day, as I went home to
lunch, met man coming down the
walk with portfolio of etchings scat
tered all over the lawn. He had his
hat jammed down over his nose and his
necktie and collar were hanging down
his back and as he came up to me he
said: "Save me, for Heavens sake" l
helped him pick up his etchings from
the wet grass and asked him if any
thing had occurred to mar his happi-
ness.
''He said he had mistaken that asy-
lum for a private residence and had
crawled in when the door was opened
and one of the female inmates, most
violent case, had taken him by the
throat and with power almost super
human. had thrown him out and FRIGHT
ened him nearly to death. He asked
me if I were the doctor of the asvlum
and said I ought to put the girl in a
straight-iacket. He went away quiet
ly with his collar in his hand and when
,ya,+ J., +ba ho,,sa Nf,rr ,,d NV, ,,-;f
were laughing very hard, and my wife
was better than I had known her for q
wear.
"The other dav a man rang the bel,
| and Mary went to the door He was
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
RULER OF THE NAVY.

RecrstAfy Herbert Has Powers which
Cannot he GAinsaad.
There Is one man in the United
States who has more power than the
president and all the federal courts
combined" !" said naval officer recent
ly. "The secretary Of the navy is the
man. His power over officers Of the
navy is autocratic- He can without
the aid Of a court fine an officer all the
way from four hundred to four thou
sand a year, according to his rank, and
simply to it the whim OF the secreta-
ry. UnliAe officers Of the army, Off
GERS in the navy are not paid uniform
and fixed compensation. In the ar1uy
the salary of an officer is fixed by law,
and no one, not even the president,
can deduct cent from that pay with
out a court-martial. In the navy there
are three regular grades OF pay. In
the case Of rear admiral, which is
the highest rank in the navy, the pay
at sea is six thousand dollars. On
sand dollars, while If the officer is on
leave Of absence or waiting orders
this is reduced to four thousand dollars
Now suppose a rear admiral is or
dered to the command of the fleet in the
North Atlantic. The secretary Of the
navy proposes to visit the feet He is
received on board the flagship with ali
the honors due his station, and the adj
miral does his best in the way of enter
tainment. Suppose again, when the
secretary sits down to dine at the ad-
miraps table he finds that a cheap
brand of American wine is served in
stead OF his accustomed Chateau
Yquem. The secretary determines to
resent this indignity- He goes ashore
and decides to relieve an admiral who
knows nothing of the first principles Of
hospitality. He issues an order de-
taching the admiral and placing him
on waiting orders. Then on the fol-
lowing day he determines to punish
him still further. He calls in the chiea
of the bureau of navigation and directs
that Admiral Bowline be given an iu-
definite furlough- That means tina.
instead o- drawing six thousand dol
lars year as he was yesterday, thu
late admiral of the North Atlantic findi
his income suddenly reduced to twt
/ thousand dollars, and all because ..s
has offended the ruler of the navy IL
some slight matter.
Cannot the admiral appeal? Ger
tainly not. There is none to whom he
can cry out. The president has ne
power to review the decisions of the
secretary of the navy in matters of Ihi.
kind. This is an extreme case, os
course, but it would Lot be difficult t.
point oat where Heutenan,s have hat
their pay cut from two Thousand su
hundred dollars to nine hundred dol
lars by secretary who had q grudge-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
OUR MEXICAN BOUNDARY.



New Monuments Have Been Set Up to
Mark the Line.
A recent San Disgo (Cal.) special says:
The United States International boun-
Diary commission has arrived here and
is completing the work of establishing
two hundred and fifty-eight monu-
ments marking the line between Mex
leo and the United States from El Paso
to the Pacific ocean, distance Of
about seven hundred miles. The
commissioners are Col. Barlow, U. s.
A.; Lieut.. Gaillard, U. s. A., and Mr..
Mossman, of the United States coast
and geodetic survey. Their staff OF
engineers, soldiers and laborers num-
bers about eighty. For two years and
a half this party has been in the field
erecting the monuments and resur-
veying the boundary line, which was
originally established by Commissioner
Emery from 1s49 to 1853.
The ffty-two monuments then erect
ed have been supplemented by two
hundred and six more, which are, for
the most part, plain iron shafts on
rock and cement foundations. By
agreement with Mexico any errors dis
covered in the original survey by the
present commission shall not be cor
rected, SO far as ownership of territory
is concerned. Few errors have been
found in the first survey. The largest
was along the New Mexico boundary,
whereby Uncle Sam gains nearly
forty square miles of land which the
! new survey shows to be in Mexico.
Much of the trip of the commission
was through Arizona deserts. At times
it cost twenty-five cents gallon for
water needed at certain remote points
by small party of men and horses.
| To get water there at all required four
water tanks holding four hundred gal
Ions each and drawn by four mules.
| The water in three tanks was exhaust
! ed and the tank sent back to the main
camp in order to get the fourth tank
| to the point where observations were
sought. The supply in this tank was
| sufficient to maintain the several men
and four mules until the return to
camp. The water question is one OF
serious import on the desert Thou
sands have perished along the boun.
dary line of thirst. During march OF
seventy-one miles on one desert the
surveyors counted three hundred and
fifty graves along the trail of the vic
Tins of thirst. At one point a family
of eight was buried. These foolish
people carried their water supply in
large demijohns. The bottles were
broken. The precious fluid was swal-
lowed by the sand. Mother, father and
children lay down beneath the mes
quite bush and died the most horrible
of deaths. The bodies, broken water
bottles and dead horses were found
Just as they fell.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
EXECUTION OF EMILE FARCY.
He Walked Calmly to His Death After !.
Last Waltz.

Lhst NateL.
1t was during the Franco-Chinese
war that Emile Farcy, war correspond
ant of La France, was executed, says
the New York Press. Farcy was de-
tailed to accompany the army com
manded by Gen. Forremol. martihet
in the strictest sense of the word. The
general insisted upon Farcy signing an
Agreement not to forward any dis
patches without submitting them to
the military authorities, but the cor
respondent protested when he affixed
his signature to the paper and this
aroused the generals suspicious. Next
lay Farcy was placed under espionage
and before night dispatches surrepti
tiously sent by him were seized. They
contained many criticisms of the
military and Farcy was at once ar
rested and taken to the generals head
quarters.
Against the correspondents protes
the dispatches were read and he wa,
summarily tried by court-martial
Farcy declined to defend himself ant
the entire proceedings did not las
more than half an hour. The sentenc,
was short:
Emile Farcy, having been fount
guilty as charged, is condemned to bt
| shot at six in the morning"
1t was then midnight, and he wa.
taken to the capital city of the prov
ince, which was the general head
quarters of the French army in Ton
quin. The party with the prisoner il
charge arrived there at half-past five
AS they passed the residence of the
governor general the correspondent
observed from the lights in the win
dows and the sounds of music that 8
ball was in progress. When the lieu
tenant in charge asked Farcy if he
would like to have priest sent for he
said:
"No, but should like to go to the
ball. should be glad if could have
one more waltz before / die"
The governor was informed of the
correspondents request and granted
it, the officials own daughter being
selected as the partner for the jour
nalist's last waltz. At six o'clock the
lieutenant touched the correspondent.
arm.
''The file is waiting" said the sol
| iier.
"Let us CO." said the journalist
Then he saluted the dancers and ter
minutes later his skull was crushed
with rifle balls. Farcy would not allow
his eyes to be bandaged and himsel
gave the word to fire.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
GREEK DEPUTIES AS BANDITS.
No Wonder the Land Of Ho1zer a U,sAfs
for the Traveller.


The discovery tha. two Greek depu-
ties have been acting is protectors O.
the bandits in the land ct Aene-.
shows the alarming nower which rob-
bers nave acquired shere. The oan-
dts, ssyc Berlin paper, understand
how tc win the synpatkies OF the
Greek officials. Indeed, the mayor of
Duzesti recently gave = di1ner in the
city hall in honor of robber band. A
few days ago IL was announced. that
the two Greek deputies, Ghisnussis
and Hadjigakis, were arrested on the
charge of being professional robbers
The complaint sgainst these two depu-
ties is a unique document, reading as
follows: "At the beginning OF august,
1892, band of robbers, under COM
mand of Messrs. 4. Tsanka and G..
Tsouka, armed with Chassepet rifles,
crossed the Greek border at Kastanka
and appeared upon the Turkish estate
of Hai1edden Bey. After stealing
everything possible the robbers took
possession Of the landed proprietor,
Hairedden Bey, and tcol- him back To
Greece. The deputies Ghianussis ana
Hadjigakis had already informed the
borde- soldiers thas their friends,
eleven IL 1umbe-', would cross the oo4-
der with a Turkish prisoner, and mads
arrangements that they facilitate a.
much rs possible thc return oe the
Greeks to their native country. The
soldiers carried ous the wishes of the
deputies in the most friendly way and
even supplied the baud with victuals.
One night was passed on the Turkish
border. On the following night the
band with the prisoner proceeded to
the village Teka, which belongs 10
Deputy Ghianussis, where the deputy
and his two brothers, Cousiantin and
Alexander, awaited them. After
short rest the robbers took their pris-
oner to the village OF Quest On Oe-
tober the two deputies, accompanied
by Kristodolos Dimakis the mayor of
Kastanea, who was charged with the
pursuit Of the robbers, appeared in
Duzest;, where long conference with
the prisoner followed. It YVES finally
told him that he would be held captivo
until his family sent . certain RANSOM
for him. This happened, in raet.
in November. The money was divided
between the two deputies, the mayo.
of kAstanea and the band Of robbers. :"
1t is certainly small wonder that
travel in parts of Greece is reported
unsafe, when even members OF the ma
tional legislature, called to make laws,
are accused Of being professional ban
dts.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
The KrY.rorr /, the ,ol. r.ur,..,,.t,,

The KEysroHE il the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. navsno1A
and Smoky mining regions, and, ioesAsA
as it is in the very heart OF the most proM-
Using mining country OH the face Of ths
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-.
sent its readers complete synopsis ef a
mining news and developments, as we'll q
matters of lccs! Importance in and abou'
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ita and informant to the settler OF evsr5
craft and position Subscribe for it. reai
it, and let your friends read It,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
Mutual Benefit Life
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
The Oldest Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany in the United States.
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice of Forfeiture.


Te JOHN w. PLATT, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (500l dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county. Idaho. as required by section 1924,
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the years ending December 81, 1887, to
December 81, 1891; that your proportion OF
the same is $3.50, being one-halt; and If
within ninety (9) days from the service of
this notice, or within ninety (9) days after
this notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co-owner. your interest i'll
said claim will become the property of the
undersigned under the provisions of said
section 1924 FRANK J. LEMON.
Ketchum,. Idaho, July %, 1892.
First publication July 80, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
LONGEVITY OF NUNS.
sisters Who Have Been In Service Half
Century.

Clustered nuns, writes Paris CORE
spondent, are said to die early, and
those active women of the orders of St.
Thomas de Villeneuve, st. Vincent de
Paul and the Augustine sisterhoods to
live to great ages. l know sister of
charity who was engaged in the chol-
era wards of the Hotel Dieu in 1892.
She refuses to retire from active
service, and has three times volunteered
to attend smallpox patients during epi-
denies. Sister Rosalie, who organized
the French military hospital service IN
the Crimea, lived to great age. The
other day the golden wedding of Sister
Delphine with the orde~of st. Vincent
de Paul was celebrated at Romainville.
She was full year a novice before she
took the black veil, and has been fifty
years a school teacher, Sister Delphine
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
Magnetizea Side Arma.

A peculiar result of the use of the
dynamo on board English warships has
been noticed. The marines. when in
the discharge of their duty around the
dynamo, have worn side arAs. These
become magnetized, and when the ma
rine as sentry passed the compass,
that also became charged. The conse-
quence has been to forbid the wearing
OF side arms near the dynomo.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

A French conjurer received an i'm
mense advertisement at Nantes few
days ago. His next trick, he announced
at certain stage of the performance,
would be to cut off the head of some
one present, and he invited volunteers
to come up and submit themselves to
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

Stambouloff, the Bulgarian ex-miu-
lister, was in his younger days ap-
prenticed to a cobbier. On becoming
prime minister he appointed his former
master, the cobbler, prefect OF police
at Sofia as mark Of respect for his
just and unerring severity and his re-
markable talent for fogging.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
A Queer Maple Tree.

A tree growing on the premises Of s.
G. Scott, Plainwell, Mich, has been at
tracing scientific attention and inves-
tigation for number OF years. 1t is
OF the common hard maple, or ''sugar
tree" variety. Annually for at least
ten years at this season of the year, or
even as early as the last week in Au-
gust, it sheds all its leaves and forth
with puts out new foliage. This sec
ond crop of leaves are full of moisture
and readily succumb to the first heavy
f~~s.s of October
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
Some Of the f,ne.t orchara, ma II,

Some Of the finest orchards and the
best farm houses in the state are to be
found in that reservation. Their land
is the finest between the Mississippi
and the Rocky mountains This year,
when there is not third Of corn
crop in the state, these Indians will
have fifty bushels of fine corn to the
acre. Instead of spending his time at
the corner grocery, talking ''feenance'
and helping reform the country, as
have most Of the whites, the Indian has
been tilling his corn, and is now gain
ing his reward
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17

one operation. A young man who was
known to have quarreled recently with
his fiancee presented himself with the
resolution Of despair, and everything
was ready for his decapitation, when
the lady, who was also present, broke
into piercing screams, rushed onto the
platform, seized her intended by the
arms and dragged him from the hall.
The sensation caused among the audi
ence is described as thrilling.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-11-17
:, IDAHO, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1891.

was thirty years old when she deter
mined to take the vows. By the rules
of the order of st. Vincent de Paul the
nuns are not allowed to aspire to ex-
traordinary virtue through mortifica-
ton. Such efforts might feed pride
and cause self righteousness. The
teaching is that those who want to be
angels before God calls them to a
higher world are liable to fall lower
than ordinary mortnls.
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NOtice of Forfeiture.


To J. p. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred (l0O) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
lode mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
district. Altnras county. State of Idaho, in
order to hold said premises under the pro-
visions of section 1924, Revised Statutes of
the United States, being the amount re-
quired to hold the same for the year end
ing December 81, 1892; that your proper
tion of the same is $40, being one-tenth; ;
and if within ninety (90( days from the
service of this notice, or within ninety 600
days after this notice by publication you
fail or refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure. including costs of
publication, your interest in said claim
will become the property OF the under
signed under the provisions of said section
1924. JOHN GORMAN
First publication, June IT, 1896.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-04-13
a MASTGRLY ARGUMENT.
Butierworth's rlea Believed 10 Have Greail,
Impressed ne Jury.

WASHINGTON, April lS-Tho defense OF
Colonel Breckenridge which General
Butterworth made yesterday is conceded
to have been one Of the greatest speeches
ever made in Washington court. II
was effective as a masterpiece OF orstory,
and was made such largely by the win
ming personality OF the orator. Butter
worth was persuasive, dramatic, friendly,
conciliatory and aTtful.
Whether he was convincing remains TO
be seen when the II men who are to pass
upon the case return their verdicts Satur-
day night. for 1t uill be Saturday night
when they are called upon TO decide.
Men are now saying that IL the jury hangs
fire, Colonel Breckinridge can thank the
eloquence Of his Quaker friend from Ohio.
Particularly is this the expression OF the
lawyers who heard the speech, and 1t was
probably the finest compliment the ex-
congressman could have received that 20
many Of his professional colleagues were
willing to stand all day TO listen TO his
utteranoes