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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

G. II. Dane, the Silver City bank
vreckar. has been found guilty and
sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
it was evident that an attempt would
be made to sprsbg the old insanity
dodge in behalf of Mr.. Dane, but as
that gentleman has been safely lanoeO
IN the territorial pen his name Is Den
mis- with a hig D.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

The Persian government has oticlai-
" announced that the mint will no
longer coin silver for the pubic 1t
declares the importation of silver Is
prohibited for the future and that a
month hence the customs authorities
will treat as c~ontraband all silver mol
ordered by the mint.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

Col. ~ Thornton and Col. ~ Al
BRIGHT have been and always VIII De
willing to betray the interests OF New
Mexico, for political pap, through
lbeir cuckoo organs the Santa re
New Mexican aud the Albuquerque
na-mocrat-both are gold-bugs Of the
PARASITIC. variegatable changeable or
der. Both ara parasites on the oooy
aolitic which will take mercurlal ONT
nent to remove. These riYal"coloneiS
for political perferment ana puo'lc
praise disagree as to democratic 0
srines in many ways, but both get into
line and march when Boss CLEVELAND
and Oyerseer Carlisle crack tpelJ
lvhips. See what the New Me&lcai
saws of the Democrat; "HoweVe
speaking Of opinions, who cares 70
she Albuquerque Democrats "opln
.ons." ANYWAY To which the Demo
cat could reply The New Mexican
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09
FOR SALE
Old Court House ana jan
Buildings OF Sierra Coun-
tV for Sale.

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by
,,,ssinners of Sierra County, New Mexico,
until March 3lst, 1894, foi the purchase oil the
Old Court House and Jail of the County ahu
lands belonging thereto. IN Ia
The steel cells OF the jail building VIII DC
w tha rjght of possession until such time as
the new county Jail is completed.
The right to reject any and all DIS Is mere
W i0'o THOS. G. HALL,
Clerk of the Board of Co. commissioner
FeDl6-7w
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

IN order to keep out Of ChicagoS
vav New York City proposes to goo'
n,o nm Brcohlyn But then, what's the
~ ,tter with Chicago taking in Mllwau-
lee. st. Paul and Minneapolis
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

English papers boast that Queen Vic
toria has fifty five pet dogs. If Amerl-
car n were given to Boosting they
could 90 their British contemporaries
~saveral better by the fact that King
Grover has twice that number OF PEI
onotoos in his administration coop.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09
BIDS WANTED |
For the Excavation For M
Construction, of a New
County jail.
Mar9.5O

Rms will be received by the
y T1arL of the Board of County Commis,
sioners of Sierra County, New Mexico, until
NaTch 3lst, 1894, tor the excavation lor ahu
he Construction of a new County jan pulu-
ing So. sap,a osn be
seen at the clerks office. ,o
The hoard of commissioners reserves the
rlsh' io'' THOS. @. HALL,
Clerk of the Board OF Co. Commissioners
Feb. l6-1w
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

A large and enthusiastic SILVER
meeting was held in Calcutta recently
demanding free coinage OF silver
Tho action of the meeting is said to be
the cause Of the advance IN the price
Of silver.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

The wicked republicans defeated
Joseph's statehood bill. Well WELL
this must be very annoying to many
democratic cuckoo ofice-seekers tha'
anticipated immediate StH'eno0o anu
fat Jobs.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

President Cleveland, accompanied o.
cun-carrier Gresham, has returneu
saf4jv from his recent hunting e1pe-
ditiou.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

The agony is ' Gladstone has al
last resigned and Lord RoseberrV naS
been appointed as premier
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

tn. Colorado legislature, after pass
,no civ hills at an expense Of s75,OOV'
has adjourned.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-03-09

1t is reported tnas Gladstone is Serl-
ously Ill.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
WEDDING TOUR in A BALLOON

a wild and Fatal Adventure in tho
Italian Alps In October.
Mime. Charbonnet.. Who went In q
balloon on her wedding tour and was
thrown out, with hel husband and his
friend, in the italian Alps on October
IL, last, arrived in Turin few days
later. Nine. Charbonnet says that the
balloon struck the glacier at three
o'clock in the afternoon. The ces
went to pieces and the three occupants
were thrown out, but were not badly
hurt. They passed the night In the
snow and Ice among the Cairamella
peaks, their only shelter being tent
which they made from ,vhe.t remained
of the balloon.
When the next day broke they began
The descent of the mountain. They
had gone hardly mile when Char
bonnet disappeared in q crevasse.
ponta and Nine. Charbonnet wandered
over the glacier during the rest Of the
day. In the evening Ronta fen and
broke bis leg. The couple passed :
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27

sparrows ever seen on the face OF this
earth. They rolled about ON the
ground, falling on their backs and sides
and kicking their heels into the air
like . parcel of drunkards, all the
while uttering the most eomical
squeaks. They did not have long to
squeak, however, for the boys gath
cred. them up and threw them into
bags. The first day they gathered two
bushels of drunken sparrows Three
or four days later the experiment was
repeated with almost equal success,
and from time to time since. They
made excellent potpie, but the surviv-
ors have evidently come to regard the
plantation as hoodooed, fer now very
few come about it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT.
Height Of . Chimney Increased Withou
Stopping Factory Work.

Height Of = Chimney Increased Without
Stopping Factory Work.
A remarkable feat has been recently
accomplished at the Bonsecour spin
ming works at Nancy, says Industries
and Iron, namely, increasing the height
of chimney about one hundred feet
high by about thirty feet, without stop
ping the work for single day.
Owing to the power being increased,
the existing chimney did not have suf-
6cient draught for the existing num-
Der of boilers, and one of two altera-
tions had to be faced-cither to build
q new chimney alongside the old one, or
to increase the height of the latter.
Augustus Bartling, of Bernberg (An-
halt), offered to increase the height OF
the old chimney without interfering
with the work of the mills.
Aided by another man, whose agil-
ity and nerve were equal to his own,
Mr.. Bartling fixed a series of light
steel ladders to the chimney by means
of iron hooks driven in between the
courses of the bricks, erected q pulley
at the top of the chimney and fight
of scaffolding all round, and then hay
ing lowered the cornice surmounting
the chimney. they built on to the top at
the rate of about four to five feet per
day.
The whole work occupied eight days,
and was perfectly successful. While
this is the first chimney dealt with in
this. manner in France, Mr.. Bartling
states that he has carried out similar
operations in Germany, at the chemical
At Thann, and at the works at the Null
house Gas company.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
A DOUBLE SASS CLUB.
Scheme to Avoid Lukgsng tho Big Bull
Eiddlcs Around.

0E6OU0o 10 AvO1O A0&Rva8 tm0 Dig OU0
Fiddlcs Around.
A gold laced person got on q crowded
Brooklyn trolley car and hung a bass
drum over the brake-handle, says the
New York World. The car lurched
and the man next to him stepped on
the gold-laced persons toes, and, being
thus introduced, began conversation
about the drum.
"Heap of bother carrying drum
around, isn't it?''
"Yes, but not SO much as double
bass, one of these big bass fddles, you
know-bull fiddles."
"Are they much trouble?'
'sWell, they are this much trouble,
that they won't let you get on car in
Brooklyn with one. In New York you
have toget permit to carry one. just
the same as if it was concealed
weapon Once, here in Brooklyn, I'd
have to take carriage for it. But now
bedong to double bass club
'Have pretty good times, supposef
You get together and smoke and have
some beer and play solos on your double
basses"
The gold-laced man looked down
and laughed silently. Well, it is kind
of funny to think of = lot of men sit
ting around and playing solos about
two octaves below the singing voice.
VoomE Voomf!
"N0," said he after bit. ''All the
fellows that play the double bass be-
long to this club and pay two dollars q
year dues. They have lot of instru-
ments and every place they have to go
to play there is closet containing .
bass, to which only members of the
clubs have keys. There is . book in
the closet, and every time fellow uses
the bass he marks down his name.
They have them in all the halls and
theaters, and in the summer time on
all the barges and excursion steamers.
The two dollars from each member
goes for repairs"
So that's the reason why you can't
remember having seen = double bass
on the street cars, no matter how hard
You try.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27


One gallon of water sseighs ten
pounds, 70 the number OF gallons in
the Pacific is over zoo. .0o0, ,oo0, ,00o, 900.
an .Amaunt which would take more
than 1000, 900 years to pass over the
falls Of Niagara. Yet, put into .
sphere, the whole Of the Pacific would
only measure 726 miles across. The
Atlantic could Be contained bodily IN
the Pacific nearly three times. The
number Of cubic feet in II. .700, COZ. .Doar
600. .0o0, 900, = number that would DO
licked of by ! 200, 600 clocks in 87o,0oe
years. Its weight Is sa5, ,oo0. 900, ,0oo, go
tons, and the number of gallons In It
are u, 900, ,0o0, 900, 900. Asphere to hold
the Atlantic would have TO be 5S3x
miles In diameter.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
THE ISLAND OF HAYTL
Oooolahon Of q Once Wealthy and
Powerful Republic
A Nation That IL Incapable OF self-Gov-
eTnDent-The Rulers Are Bloodthirsty
1yrsnts and the People Hate
White Men.

Not the least interesting feature Of
the place is the barracks, where is
quartered a portion of Hippolyte's val
liant army, says Hayti correspondent
of the Providence Journal. The only
attempt at uniform is suit of blue
overalls, generally in the last stage of
dilapidation, and a cap ornamented
with red, yellow or blue braid, accord
ing to the fancy of the wearer. Some
few have shoes or straw slippers, but
the majority are barefooted.
They are armed, however, with fairly
good nuskets, and many of them carry
ugly looking knives. l saw large num-
bers of the soldiers" on the plaza or
public square, some playing at dice or
cards, some talking, others sleeping
and all lazy, dirty and ragged. This
plaza, which was originally well laid
out and which actually boasted an an
cient fountain in the center, WAS lit
tered with refuse, rooted up by hogs,
and filthy with house offal and dung.
The ancient paved walks which origin
ally traversed it were badly broken
and the loose stones were wildly scat
tered by the hogs.
Outside of the town and as far as the
eye can reach extends hilly country
covered with forest. In long tramp
through this country we saw no cul-
tivated land. And yet this land is said to
be extremely fertile and to yield large
ly any tropical product that is planted
upon it. From an examination of
an outcropping ledge of rock decided
that the soil was underlaid with lime
stone, and such soil is nearly always
rich. But the richness of this island is
wasted. For even the old plantations,
which were we'll set with coffee,
oranges and cOcoanuts, are grown up
to tropical forest and yield next to
nothing.
Right in. the midst of Jungle of
wild trees and bushes I found traces
of an old orange and mango grove, in
dicated by the remains of straight
rows iii which these trees were origi-
nally planted. And with the decline
and ruin of the plantations has de-
.clined everything ia connection with
them. Even the old carriage roads
~AACA III NA& AAoAAy U6VcAScu lAC 1S1IIltl
and formed q channel for conveying
the produce to, the ports are now only
bride paths, being completely over
grovn with forest and bushes. And
this is Hayti. the Hispaniola of Colum-
bus, the pride and glory of the great
admiral! For it will be remembered
that. after examining the other large
islands of the West Indies, Columbus
decided that this one was the richest
aud best. And later, when under
French rule, it was one of the fairest
and wealthiest spots in the civilized
world.
The whole republic, in fact, is
gigantic farce. No nation has
ever shown itself more utter
~ incapable of self-government
than the. black republic. In some
eighty years of Haytian independence
there have been more than ninety
The children, with few
exceptions, grow up in absolute igno-
rance. and with deep, Unborn hatred
of the white man. The rulers are
bloodthirsty tyrants and the country
has degenerated into a tropical wilder
meas
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27

w. +. IuLLY, his heirs and assigns:
noa a9u are hereby notified that l have ex-
Rvnaed the sum of one hundred (lOO) dol
!" labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
dist.; inning claim, situated in Little Smoky
or,a. ,tr.ct. Alt1ras county, State of Idaho, in
yis;onso e, 70 hold said premises under the pro.
the thsgns Tn; OF section 1924, Revised Statutes Of
ou;,o1 o~S United States, being the amount re-
inn itHu ~ 70 hold the same for the year end
ton n Dsseember "s 81, 1882; that your proper
and and u q the same is $40, being ons-tenth; !;
Service Of this notces aes o. witIn Ha ninetv a So
fdn fsi'n after this notice by publication you
Of ,uat tteiuse to contribute your proportion
publ;eaat;e bIIca expenditure. including costs of
viii wiIlHa.lon, Haelon, your interest in said claim
S& SExed under the provisions Of said section
r: JOHN 0ORMAE.
'Hst publications, Juno ~, asee..
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice Of Forfeiture.

le JOHN W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred 500 dol
!Srs ~ labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
Ttwo miles from Ketchum. in Warm
springs Creek mining district. Alturas
Tpeunty; Idaho, as required by section 1924.
;"s Mev,sed Wis, Statutes of the United States, be-
iins is Inc amount required to hold the same
Ipf ma the years ending December 81, 1887, to
,n ,nnseember 81, 1891; that your proportion of
que. uie same is $3.50, being one-half: and if
,,';. SHhln ninety (9l days from the service Of
tS;s ns notice, or within ninety (9) days after
tuas ;',r notice by publication you fail or re-
sr suss 70 contribute your proportion of such
ss;S STnditure as co-owner. your interest in
nnJ.m r~.d claim will become the property Of the
section 1924, FRANK I LEMON.
Aeschum.. Idaho, July ., 1892.
rlrst publication July 80, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
ENGLISH THE WORLD SPEECH.

The 0ormana Favor the General Study Of
tho Coming Language.
In an article on the Importance OF
introducing into the schools the study
Of universal language (Weltsprache}
which recently appeared in the Preus-
sische Jahrbuechcr DR.. Schroer advo-
Gates making the study of English OBJ
ligatory, not necessarily to the exclu-
sion of the classical tongues, but at
least in conjunction with them.
'This," he says, ''is not question of
taste or rivalry between the 'moderns'
and the 'ancients;' it is simply a his
torical necessity" The learned pro-
fessor properly condemns all attempts,
however scientific, to construct an
artificial world speech, like Volapuk.
In his opinion language which pos
sesses neither literature, historical de-
velopment nor linguistic relations can
never serve as q medium of general
communication, for the reason that no
merely as "tool of trade" until it be-
comes universal; therefore it can never
become universal. Such attempts, how
ever, are not only aimless, because
they can never obtain the general con-
sento Of mankind, but they are-needless,
for there already exists 4 universal
language. e., language which, by
its spread over the whole earth and
by the ease with which it may be
learned. has gained such long step in
advance that neither natural nor arti-
fetal means can deprive it of its as
sured position as the future medium of
international intercourse. And this
language is the English.
Prof. Schroer is careful to warn his
readers not to get their aim too high,
for to learn to speak and write fuently
and correctly q language which holds
so high place in the scale of culture
and refinement rs the English is diff
cult, but for the average man this is
not necessary, for even the average
Englishman has but limited COM
mand of his mother tongue, and the
daily intercourse of life requires but a
small and easily acquired vocabulary.
This is true of every language, but the
absence of puzzling genders and inflcc-
tions and synthical forms renders the
English easy in comparison with
others. 'The English language" con-
cludes Prot. Schroer, sis the world
speech, and will, to all appearance, be-
come more and more so every year"
During the present century the Eng
disappearing population of the world
has increased five-fold, from possibly
twenty-five million at its beginning to
at least one hundred and twenty-five
million. No other language has ever
been so rapidly developed, no fact in
civil history is more significant than
this. In every quarter of the
world English is the conquering
tongue. The wide spread of the Brit
ish colonial system, the marvellous
growth of the United States and the
facility with which it absorbs every
foreign element bear witness to this
great fact, and our cousins in Germany
are of too practical turn of mind to
be jealous or forgetful of it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
sPARRows on 4 SPREE.

An Inge .ious Plaster Saved Hls Ceetau
By Gettiax the Dirds Dead Droak
The English sparrows have proved q
nuisance in the cotton country, for as
soon Is the pods open they pick out
the cotton and carry It of, and some
planters have lost, ~ they claim, hum
tlreds of pounds in this way. There IL
one man, however, on the Nissiaeippi
that has not lost much, ssys the St.
Louis Chronicle. When he found the
sporrows were committing deprede-
tions he procured quantity ofwheat,
soaked it in sweeteped whiaky. and
strewed it slopg the rows TIE SPAR
rows fosnd u and thonght they bad ?
picnic.
50 they hsd. bat 81 Aftesn q twenty
uinStes were ths tipelest lot 81 English
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-27
ELEPHANTINE LIFE.

Steps - Bs Taken to Prevent 1ts Want0n
Destructloa.
One of the pressing questions of the
day in Africa relates to the preserva-
ton Of the elephant, which will be-
come extinct there at no distant date
unless means are taken to stop the in
discriminate slaughter now going on.
There has been prevalent notion that
the African elephant is inferior to his
Indian cousin in intelligence and docil-
ity, bat it does not seem to be founded
on solid observation. It is now pointed
out that the Romans and Carthaginisns
used the African beast to good purpose,
and Mr.. p. L. Sclater, Of the London
Geological society, declares that they
have had African elephants in their
gardens for more than twenty years
and have found them quite as intelli-
gent as those of the Asiatic species,
although perhaps not quite as docile.
A young male African now about four
teen years Of age is daily engaged dur
ing the summer months in carrying the
children and other visitors about the
garden and there has never been an
accident with him. Mr.. Sclater ex-
presses the opinion that the African
elephant should be preserved as the
proper beast of burden to open mp the
trade routes in the interior Of the Afri-
can continent, and suggests that q
kheddah OF Indian elephants and their
attendants be transported to the east
African coast and that the Indian ele-
phantS be set to work to capture and
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The KrrsFene - The sole fepRes6utativs
Of the Crest Upper Wood River. Sawtoosh
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Ketchum, tits an Invaluable guide foreaP-
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it. and d-let your friends read it.
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Buek..xh.n. P.l.ss Un,ah.satasls.

000A8nss : - - V1sss.-..-
So serious have been the discoveries
in connection with the sanitary condi-
tions of Buckingham palace that the
question is now being discussed as to
whether it can ever again be used for
q royal residence. Not only Is the drain
age in shocking condition. which will
necessitate the expenditure Of fabu-
lous sum to SET aright, but it has also
been found that one Of the largest Of
the main sewers Of the metropolis
passes immediately under the palace,
and that thcgas arising therefrom
pcrmeate tho foundations Of the royal
abode. Thepropoeai to alter the course
of the sewer IN question h declared
imprac acticah1e.