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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17
GOLD LINING IN RATS.
The Metal Found In Eodonts and 0evanta
Take the Tip.

The Metal FounA In Eodonts and ssvants
Take the Tip.
In forming company for the ex-
traction of gold from the microbes
which are supposed to attach them
selves to that metal in countless mil
lions mature Frenchmen seem to have
stolen an idea from thrifty Yankee
boys, says the Chicago Tribune.
l. B. Lake, q representative OF the
Waltham Watch company in this city,
says it is a common practice for the
boys in watch and jewelry factories to
kill rats and burn their bodies to get
the gold from them, and that the
amount thus obtained in the course OF
o year is considerable. In every large
plant like that of the Waltham Watch
company many oiled rags are used in
Furnishing watch cases. and in time
become strongly impregnated witt.
gold. The boys about the factories are
supposed to keep these rags out Q;
reach of the rats, but they don't do so.
On the contrary. knowing the keen sp-
petite of the rodents for anything
greasy, the boys carelessly leave these
rubbing rags lying about where the
rats can get at them and cat them.
Six months Of this kind of diet fills the
interior mechanism Of the rat with a
gold plating he cannot get rid OF. 1t
sticks to him closely, and so long as the
supply Of oily rags holds out the rat
sticks to the factory. In order to make
sure the voracious rodents VIII have On
inducement to gorge themselves with
gold, sharp boys drop butter and fatty
meats from their luncheons on the
floors and rub them well into the wood
by shutting their feet on 1t. At nigh.
the rats come out and nibble the noor-
ing. They don't care Tor the gold in it,
but the grease attxacts them, and n
getting at the grease they take Z
dressing Of gold with It.
Twice year the boys have > grand
round-up. Rata are caught hy the hun
dreds and after being killed nro p1l
into crucible and burned heimH1
hest drives al III snimal substQnceo
leavine tho eu1d Il the Shape q out
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17
NEW GAMBLING WRINKLE.


How oome Jolly Follows Seek to Woe the
Goddess Of Fortune.
There Is new form Of gambling much
affected in clubs and barrooms nova
DAYS that even the board of trade win
find it hard to put stop to, says the
Washington Post. Everyone is familiar
with the electric fans which in the past
few years have proved such boon in
torrid weather. They are shaped like
q propeller and have four, five or six
blades and are incased in wire cages
with large apertures. BY touching .
lever at the back the machine can be
started or stopped at will, and while in
motion the velocity is something tre-
mendous. Some wide-awake genius
not long ago conceived the idea that
the electric fan could be utilized as an
excellent means of wooing the goddess
of fortune and put the suggestion into
operation in this wise: A six-bladed
fan was stopped and each OF
its blades marked with . num-
Der. Then six slips OF paper were
marked with similar numbers and
six Jolly fellows drew slip apiece.
The number on the slip corresponded
to the number on one of the blades and
it was decided that the blade that was
nearest the perpendicular wire at the
bottom of the cage covering the fan
when the latter stopped revolving
sh ,uld win the pot. The latter con-
sisted of six dollars, put up equally by
the ha]f-dozen players. Then the fun
began. The lever would be turned on
and as quickly of and the fan would
revolve like lightning, slow down and
stop in half minute. There was no
''kitty" to be fed as in poker. no per-
centage of split, as in faro, and no rake
off for the house, as in other games II
was a pure luck affair and the heaviest
loser was not more than five dollars
out at the end of an hours whirlinR
while the excitement had been as in
tense as the most devoted gambler
could desire. Next day each one OF the
six introduced the electric fan to his
friends in its new guise as spinning
jenny and now the game has spread
au over town. The interest in it il
heightened good deal by having q
blank blade, which when it stops al
the winning wire constitutes q jack
pot and necessitates the players put
ting up an extra stake, just as II
poker So from a one dollar ante ir
brokers' offices to whirling for coppers
bv district messengers the electric far
is being brought into requisition with
general hilarity.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17
THE FLEET OF MONITORS.

Their History Loag Record Of ExtEAv0e
ganee Consequent Upon Neglect.
When the history of the monitors in
the United States navy shall come to
be told it will lay bare long record OF
extravagance consequent upon neglect.
Some OF the uncompleted or recently
completed monitors. saws the New York
Sun, were begun while many officers of
the navy were still in their cradles, and
the fleet Of monitors just ordered from
the James river, near Richmond, has
been lying there rusting these twenty
years. They are of the single turret
type. One commander aboard the Ajax
served for the whole feet. They are
all single-screw steamers, Of S40-horse
power, and each carries two guns. The
Ajax, Canonicus. Mahonac, Manhattan,
and Wyandotte are 2,100 tons each,
while the Catskill, Jason, Lehigh.
Montauk, Nahant, Nantucket, Passaic,
and Comanche are of 1,675 tons each.
Only two out of the six remaining at
Richmond are to be prepared for sea,
and it is said that of the four that have
not been ordered Immediately from the
James some will probably be sold as
scrap iron.
The history Of the old double-turret
monitors, several Of which have lately
been completed. is somewhat like that
of their single-turret sisters. The
largest Of these great ironclads Is the
Puritan. She is of 5000 tons and of
$500 horsepower, and she carries ten
guns. She is double barbette turret
monitor and so are the Monadnock and
Amphitrite. They and the Terror, .
double-turret monitor, are each OF
$500 tons and 1000 horsepower. The
Monadnock carries six guns and the
other two carry four guns each. All Of
the double-turret monitors are twin.
screw propellers. The whole feet has
been the mystery of the navy for near
ly quarter Of a century, and the com
pletion of several Of these ships has dis.
appointed the expectation of every
body that knows their history. Their
cost was enormous, and there have been
great changes in their plan of construc.
ton. One Of them lay for years at q
shipyard at Wilmington, Del, until the
shipbuilders put in a claim of many
thousands of dollars for dockage. II
used to be said that the double-turret
monitors, if completed, would never be
seaworthy, though, through change Of
construction, il nothing else. this evil
prophecy has been disappointed.
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happens to be playing at any moment
To III. de Beriot the modest scale-de-
handing a. it does the most perfect
equality throughout-is the supreme
diflculty, and one must work at It, he
declares. until ones last breath.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17
SILK FROM WOOD PULP.

4 New Ind.se.y 70 Bs Started h tn
Countxy.
Reference has already been made to
the method Of making silk from wood
pulp, the discovery Of Dr.. Lehner, Of
Switzerland. Companies have been ro-
Gently formed in England and Mont-
real and factories will be erected 70
manufacture the silk, says the New
York World.
In the process OF manufacturing the
new fabric the principal aRRredients
used are spruce wood pulp, uotsoa or
iute waste, ETC., combined with . large
quantity of alcohol. The use OF the
substantial or solid materials mem
toned creates . market for what was
hitherto of no use whatever, being
buraed in factory furnaces toget 1t out
of the way.
spruce sawdust now has . market
value, for this, IS well a. the other ma
terials, are digested by . chemical proc
ess, in which alcohol plays an impor-
tant part. The material thus digested
is so much like the Cocoon spua By tho
silkworm that when the two are placed
side by side in . finished state It takes
an expert to determine which Is which.
The artificial material at one state u
. liquid, and of . density about equal
to the ordinary sirup Of commerce..
When in this state machine OF DR..
Lehner's invention, which may be
called an artificial silkworm, comes into
play. This machine, which is very sim.
pie in construction, requiring SO little
attention that it can be kept at work
with about as much labor as Is devoted
to twenty-four-hour clock, performs
exactly the same mechanical work that
q silkworm does. 1t draws from the
LIQUID q continuous, unbroken thread OF
even diameter and unlimited length.
AS this thread is spun, another portion
of the machine takes it up and twists It
into any desired thickness OF yarn with
perfect regularity.
Thus the fabric can be made Of any
desired weight or thickness, 80 that It
will be seasonable at all times.
This artificial silk has been spun in
Bradford, England. and worked up into
a large variety of fabrics. In the dye
ing, weaving and finishing of these no
special treatment has been found neccs-
sary. It has been dyed in all imagin-
able shades and colors and, owing to
the peculiar qualities of the material,
it takes . dye more readily and gives =
more brilliant effect than the natural
article. In texture it is equal to the
best of Chinese and Indian silks, being
soft and sill<en to the touch. 1t is ex-
pected that it will be used largely in
combination with natural silk and
cotton for producing brocaded effects.
These latter have been SO expensive
lately as to be out of reach Of all but the
fattest purses. The invention wiA
! greatly reduce the cost.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17
FORTUNES EASILY MADE.
0oAe Men Acquire Riches Without AAJ
Serious AkxugGlA.

0oMe Men Acquire Riches Without AAy
Serious stzsgglA.
The three principal matters which
have all to do with the increase Of
wealth in society as at present consti-
tuted are the natural bounties upon
which man constantly exercises his fac
ulties, and everything which enables
him to use them to better advantage;
the means of transporting the products
Of his labor to all parts Of the earth
with ease and cheapness, and the me-
dunn which facilitates exchange Of
commodities between men - money.
The study of these three principal
sources Of wealth to community will
reveal two facts-that the people have
been % Indifferent to them a. tho
money-makers have been attentive; and
that while the Indifference of the one
accounts for their ever-diminishing
wages, the attention of the other 90
counts for their immense fortunes.
It IL from the natural bounties that
all the wealth Of any community
springs, writes Edward McGlynn, d.
D., in Donahoe's Magazine. The lana
and its resources, the forest and it,
rieAos, the rivers, seas and oceans with
their teeming life are the drst and only
sourc11 Of real wealth, and apsa them
dspsnd the ARTIFICIAL values whlch %
@iety gives to the beginning oS all so-
eial wealth. He i the unit of vslsc.-
Il is his exertion which creates ell val
ues, and the object Of his exertions 4
the support of his own life, the accom-
plishment of his own destiny, here and
hereafter, as his Creator ordained. The
natural bounties must always, there
fore, be open to him in every socaety,
NO matter how complex it, organiza-
ton. The necessity implies q right
the right of getting at the natural
bounties with ease and without serious
hindrance; the right Of using these
bounties without tax to any power save
society, directly or.to its agents. Now,
1T this point we get our first glimpse OF
the manner in which enormous fortunes
are made.
We take possession Of these natural
bounties, to monopolize them under
cover of law and custom, and to make
al men who would use them pay be-
forehand for the privilege, have been
the aim Of the money-makers since time
began; by getting hold OF the natural
bounties, which really belong - the
community, and should never leave its
Jurisdiction except In the most prudent
fashion, and then only to revert reg
ularly to the Same commnnity. the
builders Of great fortunes have been
able to enrich themselves at pleasure
without any labor worthy Of the I'M
,rnennA nrfzAn thew win.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17

In the National museum, al the work
on which was done with . sewiAS-ma-
chine by the daughter Of . chief, who
had been educated in the Carlisle
echn0l
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17


It has been the policy Of the national
government since the year 1898 to re-
fund to the states and territories the
moneys paid out by them in suppressing
Indian hostilities. This liability is
based on the fact that the federal gov
ernment has treated the Indians either
g nations or - wards Of the nation,
thus keeping them from control by the
several states.
Speaking Of the number Of Indians
now IN the United States, - shown by
the reports Of special agents, and the
number supposed 10 have lived in the
past, the census editor says: ut is not
probable that the present area OF the
United States since the white man came
has contained At one time more than
SOC, 900 Indians. High estimates were
made in the early days, but the average
even then was about 1000, 600. In 1890
we have 24s, ,25S civilized and uncivilized
Indians. Through almost four CEN
turies warlike bands have resisted, and
many Of these Indians are still resiAa ing
pro9ress. There are not 10 tribes out
Of any of the 800 o. more now In the
United States but that have been in
revolt, and those existing a. tribes are
now remnants, with few exceptions,
too poor or too few to fight, or they con-
sider It too dangerous"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-17
UNCLE SANS INDIANS
An omoaal 1stinato Of Their Cost
70 the Government


In the complete Indian census report.
lust published, an interesting attempt Is
made for the first time to cast mp In
figures IN aggregate Of the government
expenditures ON account OF the red men
residing within our borders since the
union was established in 1859. The re-
suit of this remarkable attempt indi-
Gates in the statistics presented that
the gigantic sum of one billion one
hundred and Eve million odd dollars
(e1, ,1o5, ,s1o, ,s27) was spent by the govern
ment up to the year 1890, either upon
the Indian directly, or indirectly be-
cause of Indians. Counting in, how
ever, the civil and military expenses
for Indians since then, together with in
cidental expenses not recognized in the
official figures given, it Is safe to say
that up to June 80, 1895, further sum
of S114, ,7s0, ,62S may be added to the
foregoing figures, making grand ag-
eregate of 81, ,250, ,00o, 600 chargeable to
Indians to date.
The problem, says the Washington
Star, is such a difficult and intricate
one that it has never been attempted
before. The prime factors entering in.
to the problem are: ~ The expenses OF
the wars waged between the federal
government and the Indian tribes since
the date mentioned and the mainten-
auce of our standing army in the vicin-
ity of the resorva tions; ~ the claims
of the states for indemnity for ex'
penses incurred in repelling Indian in
vasions; (3) the civil and educational ex-
penses incurred on account of Indians,
and ~ the cost of pensions to the sur
vivors or widows of soldiers serving in
Indian wars.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-13
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
July 10 opened Hish'st LOw'st Closing
Kansas CITY Grain.

KANSAS CITY, July l0-Though there were
only cars OF wheat resolved here to-day. there
was almost no demand New wheat was
down to SC, and most bids were st.ll lower
About 60c was oil most elevator men would bid
for anything whatever. A car OF old sold early
at &c and car late 4; &c.
Receipts OF wheat to-day. cars; o yelr ago.
81 cars.
Sales OF car lots b. sample on track. Kansas
City: No. hard wheat, car e.: No. 3harl
nomInally, bsdGlc: No hard, nominelly, SIC:
No. red. nominally. 6ic; No. 3 red. ro,nluaily.
GO1ssc: No. Area. nominally. 5SllSs. rejected.
car Csc.
Corn sold about NC lower than yesterday.
Mixed met with fair demand but white WAS
offered al Ssxc at the close without buyers
Receipts Of corn to-day, II cars; yeur ago.
is cars.
Sales by sample on track. Kansas Cit; M
mixed corn. 0 cars 3sHc; No. ) mixed noni-
nally. 374c; No 4mixed, noninally, 3it a3'c;
No white. cars 33hc: No white. noml-
nal!y, s7Hc.
Oats were held firmly. but futures were offer
ing ut somewhat lower prices and i,0Di bushels
for August-Septembe delivery sold at i9c.
Receipts OF oats to-day, cars; q year ago.
I car.
Sales by sample on track, Kansas City: No
. mixed oats, car CSC, ! car ssc No .
oats, nomlnally, aiGsc; No 1. nominally,
&c; No white oats, nominally, 27c: No. 8
white oats, nomlnally. anbscc.
Hay--Receipts, cars; market very iirn: tim
othy, choice, eii.001ii.i0 No. L. i9a0t i0O;
No. 9. ss.0J1a0): fancy prairie. 10. o. choice.
es.O1Jsi0: No 1. $40 $40; No 2. !d0lJI.OJ.
packing hay, A5o9dOo
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-13
TEMPERANCE TALK.
A Convention Of Temperance Advocates NJ
Topckn-The northumberland by
the Governor.

a Convention Of Temperance Advoratcs NJ
TopcIn-The Observation-Disclosures by
the Governor.
TopEKA, Kan, July Sat the state
temperance convention yesterday some
fiery speeches were made, especially
by Rev. Hammond. OF baldwin, who
opposed the plan OF the governor 10 en-
force prohibition. Rev Dougherty, of
Kansas City, defended the governor
and spirited war of words followed.
The substance of the resolutions
passed was as follows: That the
meeting saw unmis;akable evidence
that the people would never return to
the drinking habits of the past; FL.
vorcd teaching children in schools the
effects of intoxicants; deprecated any
encouragement of the violation of the
prohibitory laws by officers appointed
to execute them; called attention that
every dramshop could he legally
closed without the Intervention
of any jury; deprecated the
appointment Of any man to Office who
did not desire 10 enforce the prohib-
tory law: pledged the inille of the
meeting TO ali officers OF the law 10 en-
force the law, and warning theI that
any bargaining with tn: liquor traffic
would be punishai BY rcfu ing them
their support. The Platform was
adopted unanimously.
AT night Lieut.. Gov james a. Trout
man and others addressed the convcn-
ton. The officers elected for the en-.
suing year were: President. Richard
Wake, of Topeka; vice president. Rev.
NJ. +. Howie, of Atchison; secretary,
L. L. Roby. of Topeka; treasurer, Mrs
:. A. Tharston. of Topeka.
When Gov. Morrill, WIS called for
there was hear cheer. The gov
crnor urged a general temperance re-
viyal throughout the state, and said II
he had the power he would wipe the
traffic out of existence. He pledged
the delegates that they could count on
him for support in any movement that
would drive out the saloons
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-13
SOLDIER ORATORS CHOSEN.
Speakers for thr Nationa, Military Park
bed, rntlOn re- announced.

Speakers for the Natlona. Military Park
DcG'catlon re- Announced.
WASHINGTON, JIly ll-Thc official
announcement OF speakers ut the dedi-
cation OF the Chicl;amaura and Chatta-
nooga national military park is as fol-
lows.
September TO- dedication OF the ChIckamauga
section OF the p1ri. exercises ut Snodgrnss
hill to be opened by Secretary Lamont. Ora
tors: Gen John 81 Palmer. OF Illinois and
Gen. John =. Gordon. OF Georgia Eight p.
m, at Chattanooga, exercises conducted by
the Society Of the Army OF the Tennessee ana
the Army OF tho Tennessee, Gen Granville NJ.
Dodge presiding. Orators: Gen. Oliver o.
Howard. Unitel states army. and Gen. Joseph
Wheeler. 81 Alabama
September Capitalization OF the Chattanooga
section Of the park, exercises beginning at
noon ut Chattanooga. Orators: Gen. Charles
IL Grosvenor, OF Ohio. and Gen. William Il.
Bate, Of Tennessee. At p. m, ut Chattanooga.
exercises conducted by veterans OF the Army
Of the Potomac ana tn, Army Of Northern Vir-
ginia. Gen. Edward c. Walthall. Of MISSISSIPPI
pi pgesiliny Orators: Cen Olindo Smith
and Gov. william c. Oates, Of Alabama.
SIP. m, September is. at Chattanooga. the
annual reunion Of the Society Of the Army Of
the Cumberland will occur. at which seats will
be provided on the platform for the executive
and congressional parties, the governors Of
states and their stafi ana the representatives
Of all army societies from the north and the
United Confederate veterans. Orator, Gen
Charles f. Mandoryon
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-13
THIRTEEN PEOPLE KILLED.
A Religious Excursion In Canada Ends "a
Awful DisnStcr,


Awful Disaster.
QUEBEC, Can. July 10. "A terrible ac-
cident occurred at o'clock yesterday
morning at Craig's road station on the
Grand Trunk, railway, about IA
miles west OF Lewis. A very large
pilgrimage from Sherbroolse, Windsor
Mills, and Richmond had left the
latter town about 10 o'clock
Monday evening for the shrine OF
St Anne de Beaupro. There were two
sections of the train, one running n
few minutes behind the other. The
first section was standing at the
Craig's Road station yesterday morn
ing. taking water, when the sec
ond section, passing the semaphore,
dashed into the rear Pullman coach OF
the first section, breaking it into kind
ling wool and killing, 1t Is said, every
body in that Cur except the conductor.
who jumped. Engineer Mcleod and
Fireman Perkins OF the second
section were both killed out
right. The Pullman coach was tele-
scoped into the first-class cars OF the
first section, killing number OF pas
sengers. Among the killed are three
priests. The number killed is placed
at thirteen and the number injured
at twenty-four. The dead and injured
were taken to Lewis about noon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-13
6RAINY NOBLEMEN.
Lofty Ideas OF Some Persops Born tn tho
Purple.

Purple.
The late crown prince OF Siam Is said
To have been an energetic, intelligent
student. whose ambition was to be-
come scholar and statesman. II he
had lived TO wear the crown. his inAu-
ence would probably have been favora-
bic 10 the advance Of the Siamese peo-
pie in civilization.
Another royal prince-the prince Of
Naples, heir to the throne of Italy
has also. II Is stated. lofty ideas as to
the duty and work Of ruler. In spite
OF his weak health, he Is an indefatig-
able student, rising at dawn every
day, and working with the tutors until
noon.
At recent reception In Rome he adj
dressed every minister and diplomatist
present in his own language. speaking
with fuency and precision, and startled
them by asking questions concerning
the laws, and present condition Of the
armies, navies and commerce Of their
respective countries, with all Of which
he showed familiarity.
Dom Pedro Of Brazil probably under
stood the business of rulership, and
was more faithful 20 its duties than
most modern rulers During his visit
to this country In 1879 he wore out his
guides with his energy in seeking In
formation which might be useful 10 his
people. While he was In Philadelphia
committee OF artists waited on him
10 inquire ct what hour It would suit
his pleasure 10 visit the Academy of
Fine Arts
"At six tomorrow morning was the
reply; and at dawn the sleepy. break
fastless committee found him ut the
door Of the academy.
He was invited on the next day TO
visit the great Dessemer steel works
Of bethlehem. and surprised the own
ers by setting Ave o'clock In the morn
ing rs the hour he would make the
visit
Seeing some surprises In the faces Of
the wealthy manufacturers, he repeat
ed: Five In the morning. One must
be afoot early. gentlemen" added the
emperor. with q twinlsling eye, ''if
one wishes 70 do anything in this
world"
II Is not often that men born In the
purple have rs keen o perception Of
the duties of kingcraft as of It's priv
ilegeA
The American-born sovereign-is
too apt 70 neglect both his duties and
privileges. and 70 leave the business Of
government to his illiternte. alien. or
inscriptions ueighbor. Youths Com
pspion.