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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-12
coMPENsATING ADVANTAGES.

A. Eastern States Lose By Western RIVAL
~ They Gain In Other Difectlons.
Emerson's law of compensation works
In every department of human life.
Every evil has its compensating good,
the sage of Concord maintained, and
for every good thing compensating
prlce must be paid in labor or suffer
ing. just now, says the Northwest
Magazine, the wheat farmers of the
northwest a~c discouraged at the long
continuance of low prices for their
grain and the discouraging outlook
ahead. Yet from this period of low
prices there will undoubtedly come in
time much benefit to the community at
large and to the farmers themselves in
the divcrsifying of agricultural prod
ucts. The whole country west of the
Alleghenies was settled originally on
the basis of wheat farming as the chief
and almost only moncy-producing in
dustry. Beginning with the Genesee
valley in western New York, the
wheat growers pushed westward into
Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
The tide of settlement which later
turned northward into Wisconsin and
crossed the Mississippi into Iowa and
Missouri gave all its energies at first
to the production of wheat. Still
later Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and
the Dalkotas were occupied by the
wheat farmers, and they made their
way across the plains and around by
the Isthmus of Panama to the valleys
of California, Oregon and Washington.
But as the wheat fields advanced west
ward the older wheat regions constant
ly reduced their acreage of this grain
and their farmers turned to other crops.
In later years southern Wisconsin and
southern Minnesota and all Iowa,
where formerly wheat was the great
staple crop, have gone into dairying
and stock raising with very satisfactory
results in the increase of population
and wealth and in the elevation of the
condition o: the tillers of the soil. The
same change will come about in north
ern Minnesota, in the two Dakotas, in
Manitoba and in the valleys of Oregon
and Washington. Less wheat will be
raised and the soil will yield much
greater money return per acre when
more labor is applied to it and products
are more diversified. We do not mean to
say that wheat growing is to be aban-
doned. 1t has not been given up in
Ohio, or in Pennsylvania, or in New
York, but it will beeore only one farm
industry among many. After the
change has come about our vast prairie
country will be found to be much more
prosperous under the regime of divcrsi-
fed agriculture than it could possibly
have become with wheat as its only
market crop, even if the old high prices
could again prevail.
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A HAWK FROM HEAVEN.

Il Brought an Omen Of Victory In the
Last Great Naval battle.
A curious memorandum (from which
the following is extracted) has been
presented by Mr.. NJ Ito to the milSado,
and translated into English and for
wardcd to the London Times by the
author himself: ''In the memorable ma
val fight in the Yellow sea desperate
engagement took place between the
fleets of Japan and China from noon to
dusk. and several of the enemy's ships
were sunk and burned, the rest taking
their fight. 1t was nearly dark when
the battle ceased. Just then some
thing was observed to descend from
the skies with great force and
hover about his majesty's ship
Takachiho, and finally perch upon
the top of her mainmast. when
it was observed to be hawk. The
commahder of the ship, Capt. I. Nom
uro. oyucred one of the marines to as
cend the mast and seize the bird. The
latter, dropping its head, did not at
tempt to move, but seemed glad to be
caught. A bird obtained in this singu-
lar manner Was udVuAAAy "S-SAAA~>~
with enthusiasm es heavens messenger,
and it was decided to keep it alire with
care. There being at that time no
fresh meat in the ship to give to the
bird. the whole vessel was soon IN q
hustle to hunt for rats. 1t was after
the vessel returned to the mouth OF the
Tai-Dong-G Gang that the bird was hrst
fed on-pure meat. .,.
.'Shortly afterward Commander Mik'
Saito. a naval officer in attendance
upon his majesty, was ordered by the
emperor to pay visit to the japanese
fleet in the Tai-Dong-Gang as an Inn
perial messenger. On learning from
the commander of the Takochiho the
story of this bird, he took it back with
him to the imperial military head
quarters, where 1t was presented TOMS
majesty, together with an account OF
the circumstances connected with its
capture. His majesty was ca pleased
with it that he ordered it to be kept at
the headquarters, naming it Tal<achiho
TAXA means hawk In japanese
after The ysascl on which = vasnb-
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ONLY A FEW OF THEM Left

Kentucky Moonshiners Not Nearly So Nh
ncrous as II Generally Thought.
In an interview the other day the
commissioner of internal revenue said
that practically every dollar of the tax
on Kentucky whisky was collected, and
with less expense than any other rev.
enue due the federal government. The
commissioner is, of course, correct, but
this has not been the populer opinion.
The s'moonshiner," says the Louisville
Courier-Journal, has taken such q
prominent part in the literature of the
day-in newspapers, magazines and
boOks-that his numbers have been as
much magnified as those Of that sorry
set of scoundrcls who attacked the
brave Sir John Falsta1f on Gad's hill. ,
Ambitious dialect writers and horde
of cheap humorists have added their
contribution to the prevailing impress
sion. Ambitious revenue officers, aided
and abetted by jealous reporters they
take into their confidence, break out at
irregular periods with stories of their
prowess in raiding illicit distilleries and
capturing bloodthirsty revenue out
laws. Many are their hairbreadth es-
capes, and thrilling are the battles In
which they have engaged.
These stories of moonshiners and
moonshining are the response to .
strong public demand, the appetite for
the romantic being especially lively in
connection with a state whose people
are considered to have such marked
personal characteristics as Kentuck-
ians. But they must be taken with q
large amount of salt. We certainly
have very few moonshiners in Ken
tucky, and they are not numerous or
bloodthirsty anywhere. Usually they
are poor people who lack industry or
pluck enough to succeed in farming or
other vocations. Such men will not
fight if they can help it, and their oper-
ations are generally on the smallest
sort of scale. Their numbers are
equally insignificant, and out of all
proportion to the space they take up in
sAe newspapers.
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STOLEN FROM THE VATICAN.

Precious Miniatures Have Repeatedly Been
Stolen from the Papal Palace.
Audacious and repeated thcfts of pre-
cious miniatures from the vatican
library have been detected in the fol-
lowing manner: Quite recently per-
son offered for sale to Prof Chierici
some exquisite miniatures which he
said were copies Of those in certain
works in the vatican library. It hap
pened that the professor had examined
the originals in their places in the vat
lean library. and was at once convinced
that the originals, and not copies, were
before him. He at once informed Mgr.
Carini, the vatican librarian, who veri-
fed the fact that many precious minia-
lures were missing from ancient books
and parchments.
The police were communicated with,
and after some research two persons
have been arrested who, if not the
thieves, were undoubtedly in league
with them. One is O person who called
himself Prof. Sardi, of Palermo, but is
identified as Giovanni Rapisardi, of BIZ
ancavilla, in the province of Palermo.
The other is an antiquary named Ia
vazzi.
Among the stolen articles were forty
one miniatures from parchment vol
ume of the year 110o, entitled
''LOmelia di Frate Giacomo." Seven
teen miniatures were also taken from
another parchment, entitled II Trionfi
di Petrarca." OF the former thirty-nine
have been recovered. All the sales
were made to foreigners. A beautiful
portrait Of Donna Laura, cut from the
Petrarca manuscript, was sold at Flor
ence.
From another source it is learned
that these thefts were known at the
vatican to hare been going on for some
time, but that silence had been kept
from disinclination to appeal to the
Italian police authorities.
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BRONZES OF BABYLON.
Casts Of Figures Made Four Thousand
Years Ago.

Casts OF Figures Made Four Thousand
Years Ago
There have been placed on exhibition
in the Babylonian room of the British
museum some very fine specimens OF
Babylonian bronze castings, says the
London Graphic. These interesting
specimens of the early metal work come
from place known to the ancients as
Sir-pur-ra, or Lagash, the modern
name of which is Tell-lo, large mound
or site in southern Chaldea. One OF
the bronzes shows the king OF
Babyloni2, who appears clean-shnven,
in the dress of the high priest. The
garment reaches down to the feet, and
is crossed over the left shoulder, leav-
ing the right arm, which is raised,
bare. The statuette is full length
one, standing on it's own double plinth,
and is some twelve inches high. This
bronze comes from Abu Habbab, and
dates about B. C. 1900. A second
statuette represents king in the at
titude of alteration or contemplation,
having his hands raised and clasped to-
gether in similar manner as the god
Nebo is represented. The king wears
long, flowing beard, but no costume
can be traced. This figure is not full
length, being cut off about the calves,
and represents probably the Chaldean
king, Gu,ea, B. c. $500. The third
figure, which stands seven inches high
represents Camil-Sin, king Of Baby
lonia, in the character of basket
bearer, both arms being uplifted and
supporting basket borne on the head
The date of the figure is about b. c.
32oo. It is supposed that these
statuettes may have been dedications te
Ningirsu, the FIRE god, whose worship
was a particular cult at Teil-lo.
The art of making bronze casts was
known to the Babylonians from very
early times, and many examples are tt
be seen in the British museum, as well
as in the Louvre. A plaster cast OF 9
Babylonian queen, taken from the
original in the Louvre, stands by the
side of the new additions. casts o.
which have been sent to the French
museum
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-12

dollar. When governments 60 into the
cheap-money business, says the Phila-
delphia Record, they usually manage
to get dollars worth for halt q doi-
lar; and when they go out Of the busf-
ness after the Honduran fashion they
get two dollars for one. The swindle
of demonstration and RECOMMENDATION
bears with equal hardship upon the un-
happy people who are the victims OF
this form of legalized robbery.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-12
CORN AND COTTON.

Two Staples In Which the United sentes
Leads the Whole World.
Cotton and corn are the two great
American staples, and the two in
which the United States stands easily at
the head not only of all countries, but
of all countries combined, says the
New York Sun. The total cotton sup
ply of the world, figured on the basis of
bales Of 400 pounds each, is about 49,
600, 900 bales, and of this amount the
United States produces about 5000, 900
bales, or two-thirds of the whole
amount. The crop here attained the
highest figures before the war in 1860,
when it was 100000 bales of 470
pounds; 1892 was the best year for cot
son since, the crop being 1900, 900 bales
of 40 pounds.
The corn acreage of the United States
for 1894 is 65,000,0 900 acres, and the total
product 1,2OO, ZOO, 900 bushels, of tho
value of about $500, ,0oO, 900. The great
corn year was 1889, with a crop Of Q, 1OO,-
00,000 bushels; 1891 followed with
2,OOO, 200, 600 bushels. In 1892 and 1898
the figures were about the same-1, ,6OO,-
100000 bushels. COMPARED with the
value Of the corn and cotton crop, the
other agricultural productions of the
United States occupy subordinate po-
sition, the value of the wheat crop
being $225, ,o00, 900, oats 14,Coo, 900, po-
tatoes s91, 600, 900, barley so7, 900,
rye SIS, ,000, 900 and buclkwheat $7,000.-
600.
DTwo surprises because Of the differ
ence in value compared with ordinary
public expectations are hay and tobac-
CO. The hay crop of the United States
amounted last year to s458, 100000 in
value; the tobacco crop, on the other
hand, amounted to only $4,000, 900.
The last year preceding (189s) the to-
bacco crop was so per cent. greater.
and considerably more than half of it
came from two states, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Kentucky stands at the
head of the tobacco states. Pennsyl
vania is at the head Of those in the
north. Connecticut comes next; New
York II fourth.
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a (.orning Doctor.

A physician Of Montpelier was in thu
habit Of employing : very ingenious
artifce. When he came to town
where he was not known, he pretended
to have lost his dog, and ordered the
public crier to offer, with beat OF drum,
= reward Of .twenty-6ve louis to who
ever should bring it to him. The crier
took care to mention all the titles and
academic honors Of the doctor, as well
= his place 81 residence. Hb soon be-
came the talk OF the town. DO you
know, )" says one, that = famous physi-
clan has como here, very clever tei-
10wY He must be very rich, Tor he of-
fers TWENTY-FIVE louis for finding hir
dog The dog Was n0e fcund' pos p
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NO MORE BUFFALO SKINS.
Wolf and Raccoon for Robes-A Caribou
Head and q Musk Ok Skin

Wolf and Raccoon for Robes-A Car1bou's
Head and Musk Ok Skin
Buffalo SKINS" said clerk at the
fur store in answer to an inquiry OF
New York Sun man, are practically out
OF the market. No new ones come in
now, and the few that we have on hand
are old ones that find their way to the
furrier's. The price OF good buffalo
skin is from fifty to sixty dollars They
used to be made extensively into fur
coats for driving and rough winter
travelling, but such coat is now rarely
seen except in the out-of-the-way
northern localities, where many old
ones are still in use. Raccoon skins
have taken the place OF buffalo skins
in the making of overcoats, but the fur
coat is not much used now anywhere
except in Minnesota and the British
dominions There is some demand for
fur Innings, for which mink and Persian
lamb are used, aud sometimes Hudson
bay sable. which costs from four hum
dred to one thousand dollars for coat.
AS you will readily infer, the buffalo
driving robe has become scarce and
valucless. TIL. gray wolf skins are
more abundant.
ssFor robes and ladies' furs the skin of
the wolverine, of foxes of all kinds, rac-
coons, the Australian opossum Of .
smooth mouse-gray tint, and the young
kangaroo, all furnish material. Almost
everything in the way OF fur may be
used for Eoas aud muffA. Here are some
odd skins from the cars dominions used
in trimming and Innings, the Russian
hamster, kind of marmot, ycllowish
brown of color, with the under part
black, and the Siberian squirrel, gray,
with q white belly. These are some
furs used in trimming, and he pointed
out, in an array of samples hanging
against the wall, the skins Of the
wolverine, Of rich light brown; ten
stone martcn, bluish brown, the Persian
lamb, Of natural black: tho astrakhana,
l<rimmer and pinhead; the badger, =
beautiful silver gray, with black
dashes, and the fisher, . rare fur, ,
little darker than sable.
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tanned. The hawk is q most fierce,
brave and daring member Of the winged
community. 1t Is a remarkable. .circum-
stance that king of Kudara once
made q present of hawk to Emperor
Nintoku in the forty-third year Of his
reign. Kudara is the present Corea,
and it was then under the sway Of. the
imperial Japanese court. AS to En-
peror Nintolku, he is remembered as
great sovereign, wise and benevolent.
always solicitous for the welfare Of his
subiActa" !"
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ANTIQUITY OF THE JOKE. :
A Systematic Study to Be Made OF the
UumOr Of Egypt.

A Systematic Study to BE Made OF tho
uumor Of Egypt
The avowed intention of M. Olivier
Beauregard, the eminent Egyptologist,
to publish few of the mum1niEcd jokes
of that ancient Empire of the Nile has
necessarily overwhelmed the great host
of modern humorists with constcrna-
ton, says the Philadelphia Record.
Egypt has been claimed as the great
mother of almost everything else, save
for baby's share which has been
allotted to Babylonia; and it is to be
dreaded that the true antiquity of the
Joke will be revealed among the other
awful secrets of the tombs of tho
Pharaohs- Solomon's maxim that there
is nothing new under the sun has long
been an accepted dictum, even among
the joke-makers; and no less person
age than Mark Twain has reduced tho
joke germs-or rather, joke elements
to seven Aryan ancestors. What these
seven Jokes OF the Seven Foolish Men
of ancient days were it may only be
coniectured; but undoubtedly, the wom-
ans age, woman's tongue and the
mother-ln-lAW, jokes Wclo 6AuOnB CncAA'
and were cracked by our rude ances-
tors in the old cave dwellings Of early
Neanthropic times with infinite gusto.
The young-man-who-stays-late and the
old-man' shoot may have been later &C
cretions. Certainly the young house,
keeper and the n1an-whonever-pays-
back witticisms do not date much LATER
than the days Of Noah.
The spring poet first appeared on the
scene in the days Of old King Sargon,
who founded. the royal library Of As-
syria and called fer competitive odes.
The office goat Is purely modern ver-
sion. The summer girl and the chap
pie have : lattcr day look; but their an
tetypes can be discovered in the pages
cf the Greek Theophrastns and tho Ro-
rnan Petronius. The Nouveaux Richesee
ngnre Ia atlatter rQnanecrs chAracter
a Txima1chio ~ tx the pm, that =
undoubtedly relie of auted dilsav
io6oatty; e Il r ~ inpcssiilt5ae ~ IN
seana ~ JluaEed o1d Nepheltup =
;;,s 1sas ano hcr, - they stood aeopnd ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-12

The KErsroNr b the sole repre- entsstys
Of Ih9 Gfexf Upper Wood River, -Savtoo&h
and. Hhoky mining regions. and, locatod-
- it i In tle very shesrt at the most prom
isinx mining country OH the face- Of ths-
earth. and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent itssreadeEs complete synopsis Of all
mining news and Developments, IS we'll as
matters Of local importance in and abon&
Ketchana, It is an invaluable guide for cap
itai aud informant to the settler OF every
craft aud position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-10-12
OYSTERS IN AFRICA.

Four Hundred Of the Blvalvss Survived
the Trip 70 cape Town.
1.-THE consignment Of one Thousand
oysters, which arrived by the Athenian
recently, are destined for Salt river.
They were sent out to the order Of
James Searle, of Port Elizabeth, who
intended locating them in the Zwart-
kops river, but owing to the unsatis-
factory results of the experiment made
by the government in that stream he
changed his mind, and generously Of
fered them to the agricultural depart
ment, says the Cape News. ''The beds
where these exiled natives are to be de-
posted are situated . few hundred
yards from the mouth Of the river,
where hospitals, OF ambulaneos, a. they
are sometimes called, have been spe-
cially constructed for their reception,
consisting Of wooden frames fitted with
galvanized wire, and 20 arranged q to
furnish adequate protection from the
attacks Of predatory enemy.
1.-The consignment Of oysters brought
out by the Roslin Castle has not turned
out 20 successfully a. was ct first an
ticipated. On careful examination Il
wa1 found that Of the one Thousand
oysters imported BY Last vessel 70 the
order Of the government, only between
three md four hundred had survived
the climatic changes incidental 70 .;
long 80 voyage, added to tho novel
conditions o1 life IN = tank. Last rear
two thousand oysters were broueht ont
sr1.1Aass flhn eaxsa ~ ~ ,A&rrnasf AsaA ~
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4 strange Sect.

Chincoteague islands strange sect
called the Sanctified band is losing
members, but some colored persons Of
the sect are building a church at Dag@
boro, Del Searching the Scriptures Is
esteemed an important duty by the
band, and the exhorters find Biblical
authority for making such searches in
company with the sisters. Each man
haswhat he calls his fellow watcher OF
the opposite sex, chosen by some sort
Of elective affinity, and usually another
than his own wife. Great scandal has
arisen In Chincoteague by reason OF the
doinQs Of the Sanctified band.
A Prince 1t . Beresfn.
The businesslike character Of the
matrimonial ideas Of foreign men Of
title is illustrated by this advertise-
ment, found in recent copy Of .
Vienna newspaper: "A young prince,
the owner OF . lordly estate OF great
value, has the intention to marry. He
aeels . handsome and intelligent girl
of about twenty years IT age, Of goed
family, and with : dower Of mot lea
than three million gueldens lone and
oas-qusrtsf million <dollArsl Apply
etc. ~
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Notice of Forfeiture.

10 J. p. TULLY. his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred lOO) dol
"rs III labor and improvements upon the
=. YOUNG AMERICA
lode mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
nlstrlct. Alturas county. State OF Idaho, III
visions OF section 1924 Revised Statutes of
tae United States, being the amount re-
Hnifed to hold the same for the year end
tnk December 81, 1892; that your proper
lion Of the same is $40. being one-tenth;
s aMi II within ninety (9Ol days from the
service OF this notice, or within ninety (9O)
aaays after this notice by publication you
.ah 10 or refuse TO contribute your proportion
oi such expenditure. including costs OF
ppu:nSiication, pup your interest in said claim
s;nn G,a become the property of the under
2SSaa4. 1SUV cNRMAN
First publication, June II, 1893.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-09-16

bowl Of salt and different colored copying
inks. Take a glass and fill it nearly full
Of salt. Then water it every morning the
same as you would house plant. After
of three or four prettily colored inks. In
about a week the salt will run over the
cup and crystalize on the sides. The diff
ferent colors in the ink blend, and the eff
feet is strikingly beautiful Another
handsome ornament can be made with
glass nearly full of water and Il handful
Of oats. Just pour the oats into the wa
ter, and IA a month beautifully green
bunch Will spring up and grow to a height
Of about Il foot. The sprouts will stay
green for a coupe of months. If you like
green things, wet a sponge, sprinkle it
with Siurian grass seed, and suspend It
from the ceiling. In less than a week tie
sponge will look like ball of green grass
Hang four or five Of these green balls
about a room, and the effect is quite pref
ty '-phila1alnhia RpcOr1