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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25
WONDERFUL GRAND CANYON.

Esrs Impressive rhaa niagara, More
Beautiful Than the Alps.
There arc many wonders within the
limits Of the Yellowstone park, but Of
them all there is nothing 30 wonderful
a. the Grand canyon of the Yellowstone
river, says the Philadelphia Press. One
can at no season Of the year view this
tremendous gorge without , sense of
awe at the work of the Titanic ele-
mental forces which have followed 1t
out of the enduring granite Of the hills.
There is an impression of unspeakable
solemnity conveyed by this giant specta-
Gle, and NO American looks upon it with
out q sense Of absolute humility and
insignifcance. The thought, the mean
ing, the expression of the Grand can
yon Is something the human mind il
unable at first to grasp. There is no
coup d'oei possible there; there is no
definite thought resultant upon 6ny
single glance at the Grand canyon, no
matter how comprehensive OK how
perspective that may be.
The Grand canyon refuses to be COM
passed at q glance. 1t demands faith
ful, patient, humble study. More inn
pressive than Niagara, more mighty
than the sea, more beautiful than the
Alps, it offers to the visitor an enigma
capable of solution only after long and
reverent acquaintance. To attempt to
sec the Grand canyon In an hour or
day is ridiculous. To attempt to see it
as one of q crowd is a wrong to ones
best self. To study it hour after hour,
to drink in with unabated zcst the same
view time after time, day after day, to
see the mountain lights and shades
give q thousand different expressions
to the face Of nature and to learn some
new feature even at the last visit to
some familiar point Of view-these are
the things which make the visitor and
observer at first curious, then wonder
ing, and then, we may almost say, wor-
shipful Not even the most blase world
trotter has ever been heard to express
disappointment with the Grand canyon
of the Yellowstone, and 1t is singular
to notice the universally respectful and
subdued comment upon it by even the
most casual and fippant visitor.
There have been very few persons
who have seen the canyon in winter
time, says a recent visitor, and it may
he well believed we made the most of
our rare privilege. 1t was risky work
approaching the great walls on the
skis, but we managed to get to different
points commanding full view of the
main portion of the canyon and of both
the great falls and the upper falls of
the Yellowstone. The great falls were
incased in vast white columns of ice on
each side and from them arose noble
pillar of dense white vapor. Never
again shall we see more remarkable
sight than that thus presented to ~ ON
that clear winter morning.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25

claims to be the de jure king of Servia,
Prince Couza, who has pretensions to
the crown of Roumania; Don Miguel, Of
Braganza, the legitimist pretender to
throne Of Portugal; Prince Victor Ma
poleon, the duke of Orleans, the SOD
disant duke Of Normandy, and Gen.
Francis de Bourbon, self-styled duke
of Anjou, each signing himaeh as
sovereign de jure of France, while
from Spain's pretenders there were
missives from Don Carlos, his son Don
Jaime, and last, butnot least, the duke
Of Medina-Coeli.
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Japan>se Omeers.

A war correspondent, writing after
familiar association with Jspans lead
ing soldiers, says: "The japanese Of
dcers are . mixture of the French off,
cers and the German sous officers.
They live right among their men, sleep
near them, eat the same food in sight
of all, expose themselves to all kinds Of
danger and hardship. Ne wonder tho
soldiers have the greatest confidence in
them! l found every japanese general
I met to be brave, generous, kind, po-
lite, ready to give his life for his men
and for his flag. When the detailed
history Of the life Of some Of these men
10 written it will undoubtedly call forth
the admiration OF the world"
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Notice Of Publication.

10 b. W. Wellington. A. H. Rahm and
Nelson +. Kilnball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended $lO0, in the year 1885.
III labor and Improvements upon the
MEXICAN
iode mining claim in Warm Springs Greek,
=, boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
aauaho in order to hold said premises un..
uef o the provisions of section 1924, Revised
STATUTES Of the United States. being the
amount required to hold the same during
Snu ior said calendar year 1895. and If,
,n Tlthln ninety days after the expiration of
, ms publication OF this notice. which will be
published f for ninety days, you fail or re-
,;n ,ase 10 contribute your respective proper
IONS IONS OF such expenditure as co-owners,
sss;:I9roing to your respective interests in
sala Claim viz: b. W. Watlington, one
tssaeenth. 1925; A. II. Rahm. one-six-
s;;enhth, s;en, e.S. and Nelson F. kimball, one
kintl. .!iI N250, your interests in said claim
sr,a ,n De forfeited to and become the prop.
tny ty Qi the undersigned, under and BY vir-
'"' VI SAID section 1924.
EDWARD BRISBIN.
FIRST publication, Feb. Is, 1898.
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NiTRO0LYCERiN Lasts

4 Woekman's Htartliug Experiment With
IN Old Fels Hat strairer.
Nitroglycerin cannot be annihi-
lated, said q man of long experience in
petroleum operations in the Pennsylva-
mia oil fields to New York Sun re-
porter, land from the reckless manner
in which the deadly explosive has been
handled ever since 1t came into use In
the oil country it Is . wonder that there
i . town left standing there. Every
body knows how terribly explosive this
compound is by conclusion, but few
know its lasting properties and how i'm
possible it is to destroy them.
''In manufacturing nitroglycerin one
of the processes is the straininR OF 1t
through felt, usually through thecrowns
of old felt hats. After these crowns
have served their purpose as strainers
of the liquid explosive they are burned
to place their saturation with the nitro
glycerin beyond the possible doing OF
damage In the possession OF careless
and thoughtlcss PERSONS. At nitro
glycerin factory in the Bradford oil
field once an employe thought he would
put the life and vigor of the explosive
70 . test. He took q hat crown that
had been used as a strainer, washed it
thoroughly, and then treated it with
strong alkalies. He placed the felt
away ON . shelf out of reach and
knowledge Of anyone else in the fac
tory TO dry. Then he forgot about It
for two years, but one day happened to
recall the circumstance and took the
felt crown to complete his test.
"Workmen in nitroglycerin factor
les and in handling the dangerous stuff
shout wells are notoriously reckless,
but Che most careful and timid man
would scarcely have any fear of this
two-year-old strainer, that had been 90
thoroughly cleansed. The workman
who had taken it upon himself to make
the test had no idea that there could
possibly remain in the felt even the
slightest suspicion of danger, and to
show how the stuff had been annihi-
lated by the treatment he put the felt
on the iron arm of the timers bench,
where the cans for holding the nitroglyc-
erin are soldered, and struck It with
hammer. The result was surprise in
that t6ctory. An explosion followed
the blow that broke both of the mans
arms, stunned three other men, hurled
the heavy. iron .arm through two
foot brick wall and wrecked the tin
ming shop"
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Slightly Changed.

A young Colorado mining engineer,
whom we win call Morton (according
to Harper's Drawer, was once seated
in chair in Denver barber shop un-
dergoing shave. The talk turned on
the case of man who, being on trial
for murder, had been recognized by
visitors to the courtroom as q young
theological student from a middle
state, where he had been the possessor
of . spotless reputation and totally
different name. The conversation
thereupon drifted to the subject Of
changed identities. Morton's barber
rubbed the razor on the strop reflective
ly and said: "Yes, IFS surprising how
many men change their names after
they get out west. By the way, Nor
ton. what was your name back east?''
Mater MortoA," was the quiet reply.
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rhs.Asrstorsna Net EqaatoraaL

Some have IN idea that the thunder.
storm Is Z native Of the equatorial re-
9ious, but such Il not the cAse. In
France there is N average Of one thun.
aerstorm 1pe every day in:tA year and
n Germany the ANNUAL ru1her is
three hundred and thirty-Ave. while in
Humatra and sCeylon twelve = tie sver-
no, and In Peru there hav6 only been
two during century. - =. ---s~ss :.
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DR.. E. Dubois. Of the army service Of
the Dutch Indies reports from Java
the discovery Of some important ''1aiss-
in9 link" c~idcncc. Some fossil remains
recently upturncd In the andesitic tufts
Of the island are regarded Ms Indicating
the existence there Of an intermediate
form between man and the anthropoid
apes. The bones OF this erect and up
rioht skeleton include the upper part
Of : skull, \ very perfect femur, and N
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25

verely, and sometimes die, from the at
tacks of the ticks, which get into their
ears, nostrils and throats. AS the mon
goose finds the rats, snakes, toads and
crabs disappearing it attacks sitting
fowls and carries OF their eggs, and
kills young pigs, kids, lambs, calves.
pups, Kittens, poultry and game birds,
destroys fruits aud vegetables and is
suspected Of sucking sugar cane, eats
meat and salt provisions and catches
Ash
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25

Among the many pretenders who
congratulated the new emperor OF
Russia on his ascending the throne
were the ex-king Of Naples, who lays
claim to the throne Of Italy; the duke
of Parma. now grandfather. and who
was deprived of his sovereignty 1T the
early aee OF FIVE: the former grand
duke of Tuscany, the duke Of Cumher-
land. who claims the sovereignty OF
the auchy Of Bsuuswick; the various
psiuees Eassesorvsv5cs, each Of whom
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25
Canoes Of F1or,d. rnal....

The Indians Of southern Florida who
navigate Lake Okeechobee, have IN in.
geniOus device that steadies their long
narrow canoes in the shallow but
often fiercely troubled waters of the
lake. Each canoe has q projecting
cornice, 80 to speak. above the bow,
so that the waves, instead Of dashinx
over the craft, lit dt high out Of
water 1t the PROV. The canoe Ia I'd.
mirsbly adapted for its purpose. b.
ing light, swift. and yet roouuy.
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VARIOUS VIEWS or THE GOPHER

4 Squirrel Rat, . Snake, and . Turtle
That Crackers Fat In Florida
'sIf you should ask man from the III
inois prairies what q gopher was he'd
tell you it was gray squirrel that bur
rowed in the ground, said man who
seemed to know what he was talking
about, according to the New York Sun.
"If You should ask the same question
OF . man from the prairies further
west, he'd tell you gopher was q
striped squirrel that lived In holes in
the ground. A Missouri farmer would
declare that gopher was mole-footed
brown rat that digs it's way under the
surface in that state. A man from
Georgia would probably surprise you
by the assurance that q gopher was .
snake, and the Florida native would
unhesitatingly inform you that q 60
pher was q turtle. And the funny part
of it is that every one OF them would be
right A gopher Is q gray squirrel
that burrows, striped squirrel that
burrows, rat that burrows, snake
that doesn't and a turtle that does, ac-
cording to locality; but the most inter-
esting of these is the burrowing turtle.
''This turtle is peculiar to Florida and
Is an important factor In the domestic
economy Of the cracker population, for
the cracker dotes on the gopher and
thinks it is the finest thing in the edi-
ble line ever created. l don't agree
with the cracker, for I don't like the
company the gopher keeps In its char
acter Of turtle and 1 don't see how any
thing can be good and habitually
keep bad company. Strange as it may
seem, this Florida turtle doesn't like the
vicinity of water, but selects the high,
dry, sandy ridges for it's home. The
gopher digs a deep hole and long one
in the ground and remains there all the
time 1t Is not out grazing, for this tur-
tie is grazer, living on the wild grasses
that abound In its locality. It is never
happy, though, unless its burrow is
shared by colony of lizards and
cheerful family of rattlesnakes.
"Find q gopher hole in Florida and
you will find from one to half dozen
rattlesnakes and maybe twenty lizards
of all sizes, colors and degrees Of hid
eousness. occupying it with the builder
and owner of the burrow. The gopher
plainly loves this deadly association, al
though it is itself as meek aud mild and
harmless As a dove.
mo dweler in those parts Of Florida
where the gopher is found ever goes
anywhere without q bag slung over his
shoulder. This is to carry home
gophers in. for he is pretty sure to dnd
some Of them out pasturing. The mo-
ment the gopher is surprised itshuts it.
self securely in its shell and the cracker
tumbles it into his bag. The gophers
are also trapped by digging hole close
to the entrance Of the burrow and sink
ing Q barrel or box into it. When the
gopher comes out he tumbles into the
trap and can't get out Whit terrapin
are to the high-living epicure these
gophers are to the Florida cracker"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25

A recent enactment in Belgium has
made it obligatory for brides to have
their marriage licenses or marriage
lines" as they call them in that land
of fens and dikes, gorgeously bound in
gilt-edge morocco. This il consider
ately done-or, in other words, done
for . consideration-by the municipali-
ties, who have now taken to binding
up q quantity OF more or less useful
information with the documents.
There is q summary of the Belgian
marriage laws, = rough and ready les
son on the treatment of children. and
. table with spaces for a catalogue of
the issue of the marriage. The table
contains room for twelve children to
be entered, 80 this may be taken as
gentle hint that that number il the
extreme limit tolerated by Belgia
burghers in q well-conducted family.
The manual seems only to need the adj
dition of few choice receipts and .
hint or two on the best means Of OBJ
tanning divorces in order to defy criti.
cism.
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4 rractieai Idea.

Two young Buffalo schoolgirls were
talking about their future, says the
Courier OF that city. when one OF them
said that she did not care to be 4 school
teacher, as she preferred to teach mu-
sic. She said that her sisters, though.
were going to be school-teachera "They
can be teachers just as easy rs can be. =
said she, s'because my papa and my
grandpa know all the politics. The
little girl probably meant politicians.
when she said politics" but her idea
was q practical ona
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TAs t,ats yaps.

The cute japanese played a pretty
trick to find out the condition Of the
Chinese fleet that was SO knocked
around by the Japs at the naval battle
of the Yula river. The Chinese fleet
was Anchored At Wei-Haa Wei ThA Jap
anese warship Yoshina Kahn rcpaint-
ed and then hoisted the Chinese. o)1rs
and stArtedfor Wei Hai-We pursucd by
: japanese man-e4-wor. The pursuing
vansd dzed -scxera1 -shea3 at the dis
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MUST KNOW MORE THAN SOCKS

The Public Librarian Reeds to ~ ~ Acc
tive ~nd Pushing n.siues Man.
The usefulness of public library to
a community is not measured by books
and building, but by the ability of its
librarian and the number Of its read
ers. Put good librarian in roomy
shed with a few thousand books. says
the Philadelphia Press, and he will do
moro for city and its real education
than man who is not both an able
and q trained librarian with half q
million books and a building which
cost 81 ,O00. 900, or, "a In Boston, four
times the value of the books it houses.
A great public library to-day il simply
terminal facilities and a distributing
station for literature. The business Of
being librarian has to be learned inst
as much as the business of being rail-
road man, and to people in libraries the
best Librarians are just as well known
as the best railroad men are to people
about railroad offices. A good librarian
of the first rank can get $4,000 q year
without asking for it, and he is cheap
1t the price-a good deal cheaper than
Z poor man at 81 900. No man really
equal to managing a library with an in
come of $50. 900 or $40, 600 year can be
got for less than "a 600 or IS 900, though
men can be had cheaper, and cheap
management, always the dearest, will
be the result.
A librarian to-day Is not q man who
can talk about various kinds Of book:
in an interesting way, or who can cat
alogue books, or who for years has al
ways been ut odd library jobs, or even
is interested in literature" !" and thinks
that his general knowledge Of books"
dts him for the work of librarian. The
new librarian is as active and pushing
10 any business man; he studies city
like . retail dry goods man; he sees
what people are going to read and he
uses the knowledge to turn them to
what they ought to read. He classif1es
and catalogues and arranges and dis
tributes his store of 100, 900 to 5U0, 600
books 50 that the rare books which
some specialist wants to see once In ten
years can be got just as easily and as
quickly as the novel which every one
wants and of which the library has to
have fifty copies. Such librarian
knows what schools are studying and
he puts books In the way of the pupils
He knows what is going on, and tie
delivery desk is always ready with an
answer to any question about the books
on any subject up for talk. He Is alive
to the finger tips and he makes all his
books live. No big auction OF book
rarities worth their weight In bank
notes which takes place from Berlin to
San Francisco passes without his get
ting what the library needs, and no
ragged boy strays into the public
library wondering what it is like but
finds himself. he does not know quite
how, sested and reading afinteresting
book.
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WEALTH or THE WORLD.

osoae 01m a. FoSsi9n Securities HslA In
Eogland and France.
The reported valuation of all proper
ty in the United States by the census
Of 1890 was t66 ,0S7 ,001 1877, or 81 ,0S6 per
capita for the entire population. This
enumeration, however, dealt with prop
erty In the United States and did not
20 into the question where it is owned.
II the estimate of Mr.. Robert Giffen il
correct that q, ,0oo, ,000, 900 in foreign
capital was invested In this country in
1880, probably IN even larger amount is
20 invested 1t the present time. De-
duction should also be made for the
high value put upon waste public
lands in the census, with the net re-
suit that the per capita valuation of
the United States would be reduced to
about $3.50, OK e4,7b0 for family Of
Ave. Estimates made by careful econ
omists, who come pretty near agree.
ment among themselves, put the valua-
ton Of Great Britain about nine years
ago at e50, ,O00, 600, 600 and that Of France
1t ~, 200, ,000, 900. This, says the United
States Investor, would afford . per
capita valuation Of 1888 for Great
Britain and d, ,0e1 for France, making
the valuation for family of i've e6 500
In Great Britain and $5,405 In France.
The figures of France are placed some
Whist higher by some authors, and the
total In both countries includes careful
estimates Of the large holdings Of for
eign securities, some of them covering
property located in the United States.
The great holdings of foreign securi-
ties, estimated to amount In Great Brit
ain to about $4,000, 200, 900, explain
to large extent the adverse bal
ance of foreign trade constantly shown
by the British statistics. Great Britain
would long ago have been denuded of
her gold and become bankrupt If the
exceas Of imports over exports shown
by her trade statistics were . true
measure Of her financial condition.
The fact that about sAoo, ,00o. 900 is
due her annually In interest charges
upon British capital placed abroad ex-
plains how abe can afford to import
several hundred million pounds sterling
Of foreign merch andise In excess Of the
domestic merchandise which she ex-
ports. France Is estimated to hold 81
0oo, ,0oo, 900 Of foreign securities. largely
Italian and Spanish. and abe also has
been able to show large balance Of
imports Of merchandise over exports
during the last two decades, while pill
ing up III the vaults Of the Bank Of
France and distributing through her
monetary circulation . larger mass Of
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The first read = entry Of record
in Kanawha couneE, ". Va. was made
January 2, l795, and is Of one hundred
and fifty thousand acres of land to
Phineas Taylor. of Waterbury, Conn.,.
who was the grandfather of Phineas T.
Barnum, the great Snowman. The
property has been in litigation almost
ever since.
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KETCHUM, IDAHO. SATURDAY. JULY %, 1896

guised steamer, and the people in Wei
Hai-Wei, deceived by the strategy, sig
nailed the flying steamer to enter the
port. She availed herself Of the in
vitation long enough to ascertain that
the Chem -Yuen, Fing-Yuen, Tsing-
Yuen, Chi-Yuen, Kwsn-Ping, Chen
Tung, Chen-Pia, Chen-Nan and Chem
Pop were lying at anchor with
in, and then she fed. The ruse
was discovered as she was leaving the
harbor, and several shots were sent
after her. but not one struck her.