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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-11-14

It has been stated that the only DIFF
ference between weed and . Wild
flower II that it is weed when 1t comes
1p where the cu1tivator does not want
it. A wildfower, then. becomes . weed
when growing in cultivated ground.
One would hardly suppose that the
Gamma Of our gardens, beautiful wild
flower Of Florida, 10 often . great pest
to the Florida horticulturist, and d
classed there - among the worst
weeds. II appears persistently In low
ground. known to cultiva4ors 10 hum
mock soil: its root stocks grow 30 deep
In the ground that the plow does not
turn them ont, 90 that they grow up o.
bad a. ever in newly plowed ground.
The roots have to be dug ont with .
Spade, in order to s clear OF them.
Golden Days
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INDIANS As STOCK RA,sERs.
The Problem Of tho Race sssAs 70 De
Working ltself Out.

The Problem Of tho Race 1eeAs 70 Do
Working ltself Out
Judge d. M. Browning, commissioner
of Indian affairs, has been visiting =
number of the coast Indian agencies
and came to Salt Lake from the Fort
Hall reservation.
my observa tons on this tour and
the experience of the bureau generally
show that the Indian service is improv-
ing" the commissioner says. 1.-The
government is endeavoring, as fast as
possible, and as far as treaty stipula-
tions will permit. to make the Indian
solf-supporting. OF course. the task is
difficult one and many failures must
result before the desired conditions are
brought about, but We are satisfied with
the progress being made. 1t is not ex.
pected that many Indians will become
professional or business men, but it IN
believed that they can be taught to be
fairly good farmers and stock raiscrs.
Gradually the lands of the tribes are be-
ing apportioned in severalty and the
tribal relationships broken up. Where
the lands are fit for agriculture ths
Indians are given implements, wagons
and seeds. They are aided in the con-
struction of houses and then allotmen.a
are fenced. In the dry districts, whers
stock-raisingo only i possible.a "a few head
of cattle are given each Indian and the
sale of their stock IL prohibited until
they have certain number. This plan
has worked quite satisfactorily on the
Sioux lands. When a contract for beef
has been swArded and purchases under
It are TO be aa11e the Indians are invited
to sell surpsus cattle to the government
At the contract price. Not long ago at
tho Pine Ridge agency GOO head Of cat
tie were bought from Indians on these
terms and the red cattlemen were
naturally much pleased with their spc-
cess - stoek-raisers. / believe the
Indian problem will work itself out in ?
this way. The solution will take time. I.
but The day y coming when the dis
tribution Of rations will cease and tho,
Indian. having become self-sustaining,
will no Longer Be . ward Of the nation
salt Lake Tribune.
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THE BRITISH POST OFFICE.

Nest Prosperous Year In the His4ery Of
the O0oe- The Report.
Some interesting figures about the
British post Office are given by the
duke of Norfolk in his first report as
postmaster-general, the statistics COW
ering the year ending ON March 81,
1896. The total number Of postal pack
sges Of all kinds carried was 1880. ST.
600, an average Of n to each perxon
in the United Kingdom. The items are:
Letters, 1854, 4,200, 1000; post cards, 3i4,
100000; book packets, circulars aud
samples, 672, SOC, 600; newspapers, 149,-
900; parcels, 6o,s27,ooo In 1880.
the first year after the introduction of
penny postage, the number OF letters
was 82,0oo,0 900 as compared with 1884,
100000 last year, bringing in a revenue
of E 2, ABS, ,O40, and entailing an expendi-
ture Of e 756, ,o9O. The revenue Of the
post office for 1886 was s1l,639.739,
Of which s11,75o.945 was for postal
matter and e3,632,122 for te!egunls,
while the expenses were e1l.007,el7,
leaving q net profit Of $685., ,l22. For
Ave years the telegraph department
has been carried on at q loss, the de.icit
in it last year being 34,787. The num-
ber Of newspapers carried through the
mails has fallen, owing probably to the
improved methods of distribution
adopted by newspaper men.
The quick-delivery systeE', intro
ducel in 1891, has increased one-third
during the year, the number Of deliv-
cries being 363, ,971, two-thirds Of which
were in London. The packages not
delivered were ~, ,S01 1858, half of them
being books, and 81 $40 letters, contain
ing property Of the value of ea,seo,
were mailed without any address, AZ
were 6,469 parcels. The number Of
postal orders during the year was Ca
6,377, transferring e23,896, ,s94 and .
few shillings. In 1895-96 some $685.
0CO persons had deposited in the post
Office savings banks 97,86S, ,975, or
nearly 100000, ,00N
There was an increase of 10 per cent.
in The telegrams, the number sent be-
ing 1885, 500; of these nearly 5000, 900
were sent at press rates. The telephone
system has been open to the public
under post Office charge since July,
1895, but no figures as to its use are
given The number Of letter boxes in
the United Kingdom is 1882 and OF
post offices, 20. 398; of the post Offices
II 600 are money order and savings
bank Offices and 1868 telegraph offices.
but te]e9rams can be sent in addition
from 2,273 Offices at railroad stations.
The year has been the most prosperous
in the history Of the post ofice.-N. Y.
Sun
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The xsx1zo1n = The cole representative
q the Great Upper Weed River. sawtoetA
and smoky mining regions, and, losa4sd
q Il + IN tAs vsry heart Of the NEST prem
isine mining country Ola the faee At the
estth, aad hsSanG soothing uodens AUpee-
sent its rssdsrs complete synopsis ef I'LL
mining news and developments, % we'll -
matters Of local importance h and aheu&
Ketchum, ~ 10 en invalusblG guide foe cap
ital and informant to the settler Of every
craft and position. Subscribe for Il, reed
1t, and let your friends read it.
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NOtAC9 Oh F00k1Cot1O0s
10 B. W. Watlington, A. II. Rahm and
Nelson F. Kimball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended 500, in the year 1895,
In labor and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
lode mining claim in Warm Springs Greek,
9, Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
Idaho, in order to hold said premises un.
ger the provisions of section 1924, Revised
Statutes Of the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same during
aud for said calendar year 1896. and il,
within ninety days after the expiration of
tne publication OF this notice, which will be
published for ninety days, you fail or re
!ase to contribute your respective proper
aons OF such expenditure - co-0wners,
according to your respective interests in
sald claim viz: B. W. Wellington, one
sixteenth, 1925; A. H. Rahm, one-six-
9enth, 1875. and Nelson r. Kimball, one
sagnth, $3.50, your interests in said claim
VIII be forfeited to and bocome the prop
.say OF the undersigned, uQdef aud BY vir-
'"e OK said section 2324.
EDWARD BRI6BIN.
FIRST publication, Feb. Is, 1896.
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KETCHUM. IDAHO. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER IA, 1896

gestion was taken up and guns con-
structed, the first BY binding iron bars
together with hoops to form I tube;
then by casting . tube out Of brass, with.
one end closed. Stones Of suitable size
were used for shot, and the powder was
shoveled IN at the muzxle. In spite Of
these drawbacks, very large guns were
built. Mahomet II. against the Greeks
in the siege Of .Constantinople In 1853,
using . gun throwing q 60o-poqnd stone
. mile.-Philadelphia Press.
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
People Of the East and West Differ Very
Little.

People Of the East snd west Differ Very
Little.
People find their counterpart in the
east, and the one is at least an offset to
the other. In fact the inferior parts of
the population of New York and other
great eastern cities, as also of certain
mining and manufacturing regions, are
much worse and more to be feared than
the corresponding parts OF the western
population. It may be observed, also,
that the most dangerous Isolation" is
not 30 much geographical as intellectu-
al. The worst form of isolation is isola-
tion from the truth. 1t was isolation of
this kind That caused Thomas Carlyle to
take the wrong side of the American
question at the time of the nations
peril. Other great men have gone wrong
by the same path.
OF social dislike for the east there is
practically not any. The average citi-
zens of the east and the west are, for all
political purposes, indistinguishable.
Those more fortunate than the average
are positively not diatinguisllable. In
dress, manners, tastes and opinions the
east and the west are, to the eye of the
skillful observer, unit. So rapid are
the means Of communication and 50 con-
stant Is the lningling Of eastern and
western people that no distinct line OF
cleavage between the two can be dis
covered. The eastern Wholesale mer-
chant cannot do otherwise than keep in
tune with his western client. The east
ern and western politicians must mix
and cooperate. The great church or
ganiza tions and the fraternities and
political parties bind the east aud the
wext with bonds more enduring than
steel and utterly prevent the sectional
ism which arrays brother against
brother and blood against blood. There
is to-day more difference between the
people Of almost any two counties Of
England than between the people Of any.
two general sections in the United
States. excepting onay the foreign
quarters of the great cities and the few
exclusive Indian. Mexican and African
counmunities.-Forum
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CATCHING 4 DEER.

A Dnneeess Unssseeasful Atesnpt - oAp-
saro . 1awa Alive
Ca&ching . wild dear by the tail h
not 70 b recommended ~ Arstclass
way Of getting venison, but it y . good
way for . conscientious man while
shooting deer Il prohibited by law.
The prooess OF grabbing deer BY the
tail = full OF dlfReui+y, but 1t - not
to be compared. in that respect, with
hanging On after getting grab on the
tail. The deer is wary. The deer Is
fleet aud fs tail h short, but in spite OF
all difaculties . man who IL not 100 feet
from me a. I write caught young
deer by the tail . few days ago and
remained . sort Of tail attachment over
windfall and slough and stump for .
considerable distance, says . Glen
Flora special.
The man. was out in the forest ON his
biz farm looking for wildcats with q
especial eAxerness on account Of the
bounty Of six dollars . cat offered hU
the authorities. Az he was wading mp
the creek With pair Of old shoes pro-
t~ctins his feet from the rocky bottom
he espied . fawn at lick. While he
was looking ct the little spotted beauty
It lay down beside log. and the hunt
er resolved to got the little animal alive.
He knew that II he could get hold OF
one or both OF the fawn's hind legs he
would succeed.
Luckily tie cows Of the farm ap-
peared at that same moment on the
,rao <n %h> n~.>lr A<>r = 1vsnlr ana <H>~
fawn, evidently . frequenter Of the pas
ture, seemed to be unconcerned after .
quick glance at the cows. Seizing the
opportunity. the hunter. while the
cows were coming and cracking
branches and sticks, stole up to the
log. A moment later the fawn passed
directly in front of him, and the hunt
er made . quick thrust Of his arms to
catch the eeer by the hind legA He
partly succeeded, but in the struggle
that followed, with the staring cows
and yearlings ~ spectators. the deli
cate limbs Of the fawn began TO slip
out of the wise of the human hands and
somehow or other in desperation the
man grabbed the fawn's tail.
The little animal began to run, and
bhe hunter. who is a very strong man.
held desperately to the tail. Down an
old logging road they went little
way, and then the fawn turned in. 1t
could not run very fast with man at
tache<l to it's tail, but the first quarter
of mile was done in good time. never
theless. About the beginning of the
second the fawn went over a log and
headed for q thicket. In spite of all.
the little beauty reached the brush
and plunged in. The hunter was
scrnred OF, and he had the pleasure of
seeing the fawn join it's mother on the
other eide of the thicket and dart of
with her into The depths of the forest.
-AIilNanlee Sentinel
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RELIGIOUS MAhlAs IN AMERICA

Our 1hoet HtDeory u F1ll Of ExA01los
ef Mental Epadsnies.
Turning now to the American. who
somewhat resembles the Hebrew, both
In Business ability and Righteousness, we
hnd social suggestion working in him
on Q larger and 'grander scale. The
American is highly suggestible, and the
short history Of his national existence Is
full OF instl uctive cases of mental ep!
denies. A few instances will, perhaps,
sufiice for our purpose.
At the beginning Of the present cen.
tury mania Of religious revival swept
over the continent of northern America,
and reached its acme in the camp meet
ings Of the Kentucky reyivals." The
first camp meeting in Kentucky was
held at Cabin Creek, aud continued four
days and three nights. The scene was
awful beyond description. The preach
ing, the praying, the singing, the shout
Ing, the sobbing, the hts Of commissions
made of the camp pandemonium.
Religious suggestion soon affected
the idle crowd of spectators, and
acted with such viralence that those
who tried to escape were either struck
by convulsions on the way, or impelled
to return by some unknown, irresistible
power. The contagion spread with
great rapidity and spared neither age
nor sex.
The camp meeting Of Indian Greek.
Harrison county. Is especially interest
ing and instructive for its bringing
clearly to light the terrible power of
suggestion. The meeting was at first
quiet and orderly. There was, of course.
a good deal of praying, singing and
shouting, but still nothing extraordi-
nary occurred. The suggestion, how.
ever, did not fail to come, and this time
it was given by child. A boy of 12
mounted q log, and raising his voice, be-
gan to preach. In few moments he
became the center of the religious mob.
.'Thus o sinners" !" he shouted, "shall you
drop into hell, unless you forsake your
sins and turn to the Lord!" At that
moment some one fell to the ground in
convulsions, and soon the whole mob
was struggling, wriggling, writhing
and Jerking" In some camp meet
ings the religious mob took to dancing,
and at last to barking like dogs. Men,
women and children assumed the post
ure Of dogs, moving on all fours. grow
ing. swapping the teeth and barking
Boris Sidis, in Century.
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Of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region

down they may be said, like truth, to
live at the bottom Of well, but not
every well. The clam exhibited Il TO
form one Of the attractions Of the Elks'
clambake, and the man who swallows Il
whole Il to have medal and pain n
the stomach.-Portland Oregonian.
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slcYcLE poss,s,LirlEs.
The Mechanical lAmitotasao of The wheel
About 0AooAoA

NA> Y4nnA~>A>>A NAr~aA~AA~~A - AAA ~hnna
An..r 1~.ne1.
H.r. -. r..l,h th. doma;r ~ .necu].-
tim The hicvcIe ~ ch.noed many
t;me. IN =. form and .lwavs Tor tlte
hett-r. e.ch Anrro ~ talen On II. ra.l-
t;tmde of imnrovemee,tA a,d no nart
of tho n,oi3ern vheel -. eecaned the
inrern;tv - tha nnec1,anic = h;s Aim 10
.ec,,~. hetAer. n.tnriaI- stnmrer CON-
nections. Hehter weieht. greater speed.
or.oe Of desien and oomfoTt to The rider.
Every dav Is ! dav az new recorae and
a the reyeeImer,t az new nnaeibilixies.
Foor hundred aed ol,d miie. for : Elm
ole dey. 40 nnilee n ~ honr: 100 nile
IN dr. hcnv-.ens Anr4v-..ven rsinutea:
: .inele mile in one uinute and-but !
.tat.s,.rt "a H. seconas here vould -
tr,,e onIv Nor 1he MY 81 wAdch Il vas
written.
s;r ve.,> ..o ona az the heat-in.
fo-r.i ~, r,,.x rss.rr,..ira ~ mr
c,cl;rr .rthc-it,- NTP pr;el. Az
tor ~ ~ Wl,e,el 'writnr az the seSety
hicrcle az that ~. u.entiooed ~ drAw.
hect. ~ ~ nr,sn,nntic - ~ hain~
s.;+. l.r,. ~. ~ ~ re.,ec1itv = e.
nls.,ish;r~ - ~ - treen & nsuneriv
distende6 = n Iavissd -. ~, tleei
ssfstr shou,d ~ b reered tno hi9h.
h,,. h 80 .,, ss1s4 -. - - ,ss,>s .s~.er,s n
H. e..s - .ercr~ r;Ae.~~ The seerinr
Of the men,y whssl of 1ses : from 8
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ElepAe.e sassps 1ut Littla,

The distinction among animals Of
requiring least. sleep belongs to the
elephant. In spite Of its capacity for
hard work, the elephant seldom, II ever,
sleeps more than four, Or oeeasienellv
Ave, hours. For two hours before mid
night. and again for two hours after one
o'clock, these mis-born mountains sleep.
Tribune.
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GOVERNMENT POWDER.
Explosive Ncr the NAVY
Aads at Newport


Inc navy mas started IN to make Its
own smokeless powder. For some years
past the government explosives factory
at Newport has been experimenting ia
this direction, but only recently have
satisfactory results been obtained.
The next batch distributed by the
bureau Of ordnance for use in small
arms will be home made. Pretty soon
the stuff will be provided for all cali
bers, from the gigantic 13-inch rifled
guns for the new battle ships down to
the machine guns that throw continu-
Gus showers Of bullets. and the newly
adopted magazine rifles. Hitherto the
smokeless powders employed by the
navy have been purchased from private
manufacturers in Germany and Eng
land.
The Newport works are nearly ready
now to turn out smokeless powder for
all calibers. They will be pure gun
cotton powders, and all of them will
be of the same composition, merely dif-
fering in the size of the grains"
But the grains" are not grains real
~; they are long and narrow strips.
looking like nothing 70 much as thin
ribbons of the finest kind of glue. No
person not an expert would for mo-
ment imagine that they were gunpow-
der.
The strips are of varying sizes for
guns of different calibers, being in each
case about as long al the powder cham
Der. They are done up in fagots all
ready to be thrust into the gun.
For example, for a six-pounder the
powder strips are six inches long and
one inch wide; they are thinner thar
note paper. For small arms the strips
are chopped into little pieces to load the
cartridges.
The basis OF all smokeless powder is
gun cotton dissolved in nitric acid, ths
latter element being safterward elm
mated. Smoke signifies imperfect
burning.
So, in order to make smokeless
powder, it Is merely necessary that il
shall he SO compounded that the entire
mass shall be transformed into gas
leaving no ash or residue. With thi.
result the form of the grains is impor-
tant. and accordingly one finds these
powders in great variety Of quee,
shapes. For Instances, the famous
French ''poudre B" locks like yellow
ish brown paper. Anybody would mis-
take it for ordinary wrapping paper.
hut if you take a scrap of it and touch
it with match it flares up brilliantly
and is gone in IN instant, with no
trace of ash or smoke.
The Germans make their smokelczs
powders in rolls like maps. The rolls
are sliced crosswisc into long sticks.
which are packed in bundles like tooth
picks for machine guns. while 70,
small arms the sticks are chopped into
little cubes.
The English "cordite" resembles
nothing 30 much as thick strings OF
black rubber. It assumes this shape
through having been forced through
colander in a semi-liquid state.
Another French smokeless powder is
so much like old-fashioned molasses
candy that one is tempted to eat it.
One of the best known smokeleas sport
ing powders has the appearance of
gravel.
The United States army II still ex-
with smokeless powders.
For it's small arms it is now buying
from q private concern a powder that
comes in the shape Of little brown
hexagons.-N. Y. Journal.
2 81
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-08
HIS FAREWELL SERMON.
Rev. J. O. A. Henry Addresses His
Former Congregation at the
First Baptist Church.

Rev. J. Q. A. Henry preached his final
sermon IN this City last night at the First
Baptist Church, where he was formerly
pastor. Extra chairs had to be brought
in to accommodate the crowd who thronged
tho spacious church TO hear their old pas
tor preach his farewell sermon.
The speaker suffered greatly from hoarse-
ness, yet his naturally strong delivery
made him heard throughout the church.
Rev. Mr.. Henry took as his subject last
evening The Illustrious Son of God. !"
In his sermon he considered the Savior as
the Illustrious One in his divine relation,
in his human relation, in his life, his
death on the cross and his resurrection.
Said the speaker: 'On Calvary Jesus
Christ laid down his hfe; in the resurrec-
ton God raised him up and accepted his
atonement for the transgressions of man
kind, so that now, indeed, 'whosoeyer will
may come.
Rev. Henry will preach but twice more
in this State, tonight at Oakland and
Tuesday night at Auburn. On Tuesday
evening he starts East, to be back at his
Chicago pastorate by Sunday next.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-08
NEW TO-DAY.
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CUR -.

Munyon's Rheumatism Cure seldom fails
to relieve in to3 hours, and cures in few
days. Price. 25 cents.
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure positively
cures all forms of indigestion and stom-
ach troubles. Price. % cents
Munyon's Cold Cure prevents pneumo-
Price 20 cents.
Munyon's Cough Cure stops coughs,
night sweats, allays soreness and speedily
heals the lungs. Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Kidney Cure speedily cures
pains in the back. loins or groins, and all
forms of kidney disease. Price 25c.
Munyon's Headache Cure stops head
ache in three minutes. Price 25c.
Munyon's Pile Ointment positively cures
all forms OF piles. Price, 25 cents.
Munyon's Blood Cure eradicates all i'm
purities of the blood. Price, % cents.
Munyon's Female Remedies are boon
to all women.
Munyon's Asthma Remedies relieve in 3
minutes and cure permanently. Price, 81.
Munyon's Catarrh Remedies never fail.
The Catarrh Cure-pTice 25c-eradicates
the disease from the system, ana the Ca
tarrh Tablets-price 25c-cleanse and heal
the parts.
Munyon's Nerve Cure is a wonderful
nerve tonic. Price, % cents.
Munyon's Vitalizer restores lost vigor.
Price, 81.
A separate cure for each disease. At all
druggists, mostly 25c vial.
Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1905
Arch street. Philadelphia, Pa, answered
with free medical advice for any disease.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-08
sAYFoRD TO YOUNG MEN.
The College Evangelist Addresses
Meeting of the Y. NJ. G. A.

The College Evangelist Addresses a
Meeting of the Y. NJ. G. A.
S. N. Sayford, the evangelist, whose
special work is among the college under
graduates in America, addressed a young
mems meeting in The Y. NJ. C. A. audi
torium yesterday afternoon. 1t was his
last speech on this coast, as he will leave
here in day or two for Lake Geneva, Wis,
to be present at the intercollegiate Y. M.
G. A. conference to be held at that place.
Mr. Sayford was one of the leading spirits
at the initial intercollegiate conference on
this coast, recently in session at Cazadero.
Sonoma County He says that the at
tendance at the Cazadero conference
promises well for the success of succeeding
meetings. Next year ne thinks there will
be over hundred delegates at Cazadero
or wherever else the meeting may be held,
the Southern Pacific Railroad not being
willing as yet to offer special rates for
next year, because Cazadero is not on one
of the company's lines.
The intercollegiate 7. M. G. A. A.ssecretary
for Oregon has written to Mr.. Sayford
that he believes Oregon can hold a confer
ence of its own next year, which would be
attended by hundred collegians.
During his address Mr.. Sayford re-
marked that the Y. NJ. q. A. building in
San Francisco is the finest Y. M. G. A.
building in the world. He thought it
would be lasting reproach to this City if
1t weTa allowed TO be abandoned because
of the debt that oYershadows 1t.