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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
ASTONISHING A SALMON.
How an Impatient English Fisherman
Lost His Keys.

How an Impatient EngI1Sn TAsnofm0n
Lost His Keys.
It is a good maxim to have patience
with q weeded fish; indeed, this virtue
often stands the angler in good stead.
I once knew friend of mine put to
serious inconvenience for want OF it.
He had hooked heavy salmon, and
this fish lay down and sulked, as sal
mon will do once in half dozen
seasons, though not nearly so often, II
properly handled, as some people sup
pose My friend was good fisher and
allowed his fish to take no liberties;
nevertheless this salmon lay down in a
deep, black pool. Every known expcdi-
ent was tried to stir him; stones were
thrown in-the only result was that
the fish took leisurely turns and re-
turned t6 his stronghold. he angler
got below him, above him, alongside OF
him, and pulled on him to the limit OF
the strength of his tackle-aH to no
purpose. A fine afternoon was ebbing
away and fish in the river were on the
lob. What was to be done?
A bright thought occurred to the
sportsman. He had bunch Of Keys in
his pocket-the keys of all his most
sacred repositories. They were on a
ring that opened like hinge. Fitting
this round the butt of his rod, without
having the patience to remove the keys,
he ran it down over the point, and the
whole bunch went rattling down the
line and lodged on the salmon's nose.
IT had splendid effect. Away went
the fish like dog with tin kettle at
it's tail; 20, 80 yards OF line whizzed
from the reel, and then-there came
disaster The point of the rod flew up;
the fish was gone; back came the flies.
but back did not come the keys! Thirty
seconds would have sufficed to remove
the keys before using the ring; fish and
ring might indeed have been lost, but
the keys would have been safe.-Black-
woods Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
PuNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

-"Kodecke il lazy scamp" ''That
so?'' Eyes; Mrs. Kodecke takes in the
washing and he does the rest "--Bos-
ton Courier.
Had Some Good Points.-"1 can't
use this poem, miss" said the editor,
but il you'll shorten it a little I'll pub
lish it as new college yell. Chicago
Tribune.
"A little fellow who wore striped
stockings was asked why he made bar
ber poles of his legs. His reply was:
swell, amt I little shaver2"-Credit
Lost.
II don't object to anybody having
music in the SOUL" says the Manayunk
Philosopher. "What kick about Is
that they allow it to escape."-Phla-
delphia Record.
Precise. -ENaminer-"What doyou
know of the life of Frederick the Great?
Tell me as briefly as possible" Student
Born, educated, caned, loved, married,
died!"-Lustige Blatter.
-"The world owes me living" he
said, bitterly. ''Of course" replied the
other, SarcaSt1cally. but uOn sccM
to get it, swell, you never were much
good as collector. Chicago Evening
Post.
An All-Round Utensil.-Digger-
"See here, Maria, yer've had my gold
dish to mix yer flour in, an to set yer
milk in, and to battle the kid in-but
I'll be hanged if yer'll use it fer fry
ing pan!"-Sydney Bulletin.
An appropriate Keepsake.-"1 pre-
sumo you carry memento of some sort
in that locket of yours?" Precisely;
it is lock of my husbands hair" "But
your husband is still alive!" eyes, sir;
but his hair is all gone."-Lo Spirito
Folletto.
-"It's all very well, Soper, for you to
talk about the advantages of marriage,
but my idea is that no one should have
more of family than is. absolutely
necessary" ''What do you call abso-
lutely necessary?' Having father
and mother."-Brooklyn Life.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
BICYCLE IN A HANDBAG.
Wheel That Can Be Carried In an Or
dinary Vallse.

A Wheel That Can Be Carried In IN Or.
dinary vallse.
A Frenchman named Leloup has in
vented bicycle that can bs taken
apart, packed in q valise and carried,
as he insists, with ease and comfort,
whenever the wheelman is travelling
by rail. His bicycle, too, has this adj
vantage, that if it breaks down on the
road the wheellnan can uncouple the
parts and carry it slung over his shoul-
der. The machine is not intended for
racing or, indeed, for very fast riding
Of any kind, but for ordinary road
work.
In order to bring it within the COM
pass of moderate-sized valise, he has
reduced the wheels to a diameter of
abont 1ls4 inches. The toothed wheel
which communicates the power from
the pedals is nearly as great as they
in diameter. The horizontal bai' is in
two parts that are made secure by
means of screws. When the machine
is 20 be packed this bar is unscrewed.
The machine is then in two parts. The
saddle is removed and the handles are
taken off. The. four pieces are then
easily packed into valise measuring
23H by 1874 by little more than 2-5
inches. The whole weight of the ma
chine is not above 1874 pounds.
If the wheelman riding Leloup's
wheel finds himself with a broken
down machine on the road, he divides
it as before into four pieces, balances
tile parts and sings them over his
shoulder by means of q padded strap
carried for the purpose. This, the in
ventor insists, is better than holding
the machine upright and trundling it.
The machine can be taken apart and
put into the valise in about two min
utes, and can be removed and made
ready for use in about the same ti1- e.
AS pictured, it is rather an awkward
looking contrivance, the smallness OF
the wheels exaggerating the height OF
the saddle above them. The pedals
are so close to the ground that the
rider may at any time stop the machine
by putting foot to earth. 1t is said
that for this reason there is very little
danger of serious accidents with the
Leloup wheel. AS to speed, it is as
serted that single revolution OF the
pedals will drive the wheel Is feet and
s inches, and this gives pretty rapid
wheeling. The machine is said to be
comparatively inexpensive. 1t is af-
firmed that the cost of replacing the
small tire is much less than in the case
OF a larger wheel.-N. 7. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
THE SERlS INDIANS.
Bloodthirstiest Of All tho North American
Savnke9.

Bloodthlrstisst Of All tho North American
SavAGes.
Prof. w. J.. McGee, of the bureau OF
ethnology, says that the Seris Indians
of the Island Tiburon, in the Gulf OF
California, are the most bloodthirsty
savages of North America. Hesays that
their dwellings are extremely rude. To
make a home, they pile stones in the
form of low breastwork about leaning
rock or in the entrance of a cliff. The
house is always open on one side, and
is not intended as shelter from storms
so much as protection against the glare
of the sun. Not far from Tiburon peli-
cans roost in vast numbers, and the
Seris go there at night and with sticks
knock over as many birds as they re-
quire.
''Nosother people in North America
have SO few conceptions of civilization
as the Seris. They have absolutely no
agriculture. AS well as can ascertain,
they never put seed in the ground or
cultivate plant. They live almost
wholly on fish, water fowl, and such
game as they XIII on the mainland.
The game includes large deer, like our
l,.cktails, an exquisitely graceful spe-
cies of dwarf deer about the size
Of three months fawn, peccaries, wild
turkeys, prarie dogs, rabbits and quail.
They take very large green turtles in
the Gulf of California. Mesquite beans
they eat both cooked and raw. The
mesquite is a small spreading tree that
bears seeds in pods.
s.These Indians are fond of carrion.
1t makes no difference to them whether
a horse has died natural death week
or month ago, they devour the flesh
greedily.
"The feet OF the animal they boil un-
til those parts are tender enough to
bite. The Seris are among the very
dirtiest of sayages. Their habits in all
respects are filthy. They seem to have
almost no amusement, though the chill
dren play-w with very rude dolls. Before
the whites came, they used pieces OF
shell for cutting instruments.
81 ought not to forget to say that
they are accustomed to catch deer by
running and surrounding the animals.
No traditions worth mentioning appear
to exist among them. The most inter-
esting ornament I saw worn by any OF
them was necklace of human hair
adorned with the rattles of rattle
snakes. Popular Science News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
Att 10 traveller from Dresden.

A little traveller arrived from Dresden
the other day at the Anhalt railway sta
ton in Berlin. On his hat was fastened
a ticket bearing the words: 1T is to pc
noted if any person has the kindness TO
lake an interest in this boy, he is de-
sirous of joining his relatives in San
Fransisco." The boy. who is seven
years old and knows nothing OF Ger
man. is q little Czech, and comes from
Prague. The guard had brought this
youthful immigrant with him as far
as Berlin. An official Of the Anhalt
railway took the lad to ne.ghhoring
hosiery, and, after giving him some
tlirx to eat and q cup Of coffee, again
handed him over to the guard tor con-
veyance to Hamburg in the train. The
little fellow had been provided with .
railway ticket, and also with ahtpE
Tree psss. Yet h4 n without : pfennfe
of money, - Ne viii pe enti1ely 81
pendent upon. The charitableness Of hIs
fellow-passengers.L London News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
Notice of Forfeiture.

10 JOHN W. PLATT, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum Of five hundred 500 dol
lars in labor and Improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
ty-two miles from Ketchum, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county, Idaho, as required by section 2524'
Revised Statutes of the United States, be
Ing the amount required to hold the same
Tor tie years ending December 81, 1887, to
December 81, 1891; that your proportion oi
the same is $3.50, being ope-halt; and II
within ninety 90 days from the service OF
tnls notice, or within ninety t9) days aftef
thls notice by publication you fail or re
iuse to contribute your proportion OF such
expenditure as co-owner, your interest III
sald claim will become the property OF the
Undersigned under the provisions OF sald
scrfinn 2324. FRANK J. LEMON.
Aetchum.. Idaho, July 20, 1892.
First publication July 30 1897.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
CHINESE DEFEAT ORDAINED.
Their God of War Planned = Scourging
Jap Invasion.

Their God of War Planned Scourging
Jap Invasion.
We know why the japanese won. 1t
was because the Chinese neglected their
god of war to worship at the shrine of
Marco Polo. OF course, the god of war
resented this. He had TO have revenge,
and he arranged it, saying: "They
made a god of Marco Polo, the Eu-
ropean, and am going to make room III
the Chinese heaven for two or three
Japanese deities. The Chinese are
stanch in their likes and dislikes, but
all their other dislikes together cannot
compare with their dislike of the jap
anese. Therefore, will give them a
japanese invasion" Everybody knows
the result.
You may find an allegory in the fore
going. 1t was dream that came to an
Englishwoman in a Peking palace, after
placing upon. q wonderfully-carved
black table queerly-sbapedy yellow cup
from which she had drained .'thc semi
nectar that had never known the insul:
of sugar or the disgrace of milk" It's
symbolism, true enough. For the Chi
nese did run after strange gods to the
neglect Of their own, and weakness re
suited. With this there is picture of
the god who got mad. He is called
Wing Tai, ard has Punch-like face,
and something Spanish about his ear
rings, but from the throat down he is
altogether man OF China.
"It is possible" she remarks, "that 50
wise a god will be apparently cruel tn
be ultimately kind, and is trying to
teach the Chinese lesson. The people
have already gone back to his worship,
and sooner or later" she adds, "unless
China be quite torn from her place
among the nations. Wing Tai will for.
give his votaries, and when Chinese pa.
tience (there is 10 perfect patience ex-
cept the Chinese) has done its perfect
work, when China has learned from
japan, for the great have to learn once
in awhile from the little, then China
may become united and entire" In
that day she will not need Russia OF
England or the allied powers, for he1
citizens are as the grass blades Of the
field in numbers.-N. Y. Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The worlds annual crop of tea is
said to Ee about 456, ,00o, 900 pounds. OF
this Great Britain uses l84, 600 900
pounds per annum.
The tea plant succeeds well in Cali
fornia. and number Of years ago ex-
tensive gardens were planted in that
state by colony of Japanese.
.As 1n,icn mocha coffee comes from
Erazil as from Arabia. The Brazilian
mocha consists of small round beans
growing at the tops of the branches.
These are culled out from the others
with great care and sold at q much
higher rate.
"A new understanding device for
furnaces is an attachment automatic
ally feeding quantity of oil to the fire
when fuel is added. AS the oil burns it
consumes the smoke, the injection Of
oil being adjusted at will to the amount
of smoke expected at each fresh charge
! of fuel.
1t is stated by Mr.. Il. M. Bache in
the Psychological Review that negro
children are quicker in their motions
than the offspring of white persons,
and be suggests that the higher men
tai qualities of civilized white races
may have been gained at the sacrifice
of quickness of response to outside
stimuli.
IN. Woitoff, professor of bacteriol-
ogy in Moscow, was experimenting with
the bacteris. that produce putrefaction
year ago, when the bottle containing
the microbes burst, and a small frag-
ment of the glass scratched his neck
| slightly. The wound healed, but he be-
/ came ill. and after suffering year has
t just died of the poison.
"A growing thought with hacteri-
/ ologists is that the healthful actions of
! life are dependent as much on bacterial
action AS those which seem to have {,
deleterious effect. The sugar of the
| maple tree, undoubtedly useful in the
trees economy, seems the result of bac.
| terial action. While, however, one form
/ of bacterium may be at work in the
/ sugar factory, another, with Other
views, may be laboring to upset its
/ work.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11

The Krrsfosx ts thc~ssIe represe@1 eStvs
Of the Great Upper woed Riyer. eaxseSlh
and smoky mining fe9torss and. sbeafsd
e it Is in the very heart Of the most Pro9
isine mining country on she fscs >f tie
earth, and leaving nothing nndope to pre-
sent its readers complete synopais q ~
mining news and Developments, ~ val ~
matters Of local importance IN and .abeue
Ketchum, 1t is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for i, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11

With steel jacket, to protect it from
the offensive attentions Of the enemy
and nonindammable inside wear, the
modern warship wfll be reasonably
safe craft in which to put the public
money and the lives of the aquaticalfy-
inclined portion Of it's population.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11

10 J. ?. FULLY. his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that l have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred lOO) doi-
iafs IN labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
iode mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
alstriet, Alturas county, State of Idaho, IN
"iaer TO hold said premises under the pro-
the United States, being the amount re
9ulred to hold the same for the year end
,ig December 81, 1892; that your proper
non OF the same is $40, being one-tentn /;
sana: sna II within ninety [90) days from the as
sService Saice OF this notice, or within ninety (9O)
saSys after this notice by publication you
.ali "a or refuse to contribute your proportion
~ ,,l,Hch such expenditure. including costs Of
pp,i;nShcaton, p,;n your interest in said claim
s;an Gna become the property of the under
&24, '''' pio''iifyH1iIN inHN - 1cnRMxN. OR
First publication. June II, 1888.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-01-11
,F THE DEAD BECOME ALIVE.

billty OF Premature Burial
The unpleasantness of waking up
and finding ones self Tapped in lead
and screwed down in handsome oak
some six feet below the habitable earth
has been borne in SO strongly upon
certain company promoters that the
result has been the projection OF the
very latest thing in cooperative under
taking. This is the Mortuary Wait
inp-room company, which is on the
point OF being foated in the French
capital, with every prospect OF success.
The amount for subscription II stated
10 be $100,000 and dividends ct the
rute Of at least 100 per cent may, it -
claimed, be confidently looked Tor.
The company undertakes to provide
separate waiting-rooma, Of two cla4peA
in q large mortuary building. The al-
legged corpse win be comfortably do
posited there Upon . couch, and care
fully looked after TIM the fact that =
is corpse shall hAxe been esteblthe9
beyond : question- Tia waidne@room,
win Be tastefully deeosated, VITA
everything about them e yyeleoe 80
revived tenant eGreseb3y bAck y a1let
l,ut at the sane tie viii Aas9 /
cseh14 of enrnswhA4 ssaever<sel
- it-Wera. % re,niu lin o
!. Int ~ ~ ce1sa - s.ls a.!
Is So HndH u. r. Il
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-07
SHORT SENATE SESSION.
SEW RAJ BILLS toNsIDEREb IN
THE tPPER HOUSE,.
New Laundry Act - streets of Hiio -
Provision For Their Inn
provement.
FOURTEENTH DAY.

senate.
At 10 o'clock this morning the
Senate took up House Bill No. 3,
"an act to amend an act entitled
AN Act relating to laundries and
wash houses approved Aug. 9th,
A. D., 1885," The old law names
Nuuanu stream as the location of
the wash houses. Therefore, tie
first object Of the new bill is to do
away with this provision. 1t re-
quires, under penalty Of $50, that
all washing must be done in such
houses and at such places as may
be designated by the Government.
The Acknowledgement explained
that only washing was required
to be done at Government wash
houses. Ironing was not restrict
ed. The Attorney General further
explained that wash-houses to ac-
commodate 20 persons had already
been erected on land leased from
John Ena at an annual rental of
5000.
Bill passed.
House Bill No. I, an act author
izing the Minister of Interior to
make certain class of leases. came
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-07

up on second reading. The report
of the Committee, practically a new
bill, was first read. Report was
adopted and referred to the Enroll
ment Committee.
Senate Bill No. 6, An Act to
Provide for Improving the Streets
of the town Of Hilo, with the re-
port of the committee OH same, was
taken up and read by sections.
The amendments require the assist
ance of two civil engineers in the
work, one of whom shall be the
Superintendent Of Public Works;
also that GAS soon as practicable
the Minister of Interior shall pro-
coed to widen and grade Front
street and Waianuenue street, and
such work shall be carried out OH
the other streets as the needs of the
public may require"
Mr.. McCandless thought the lat
ter clause did not give the Min
lister of Interiar enough discretion.
He would move to add the words
lin the opinion of" after ''practic-
able" in the first line.
Mr.. Warehouse opposed the
amendment to the amendment. The
people of Hilo were very consider
ate of the Government. and had
borne hardships in preference to
embarrassing the departments oil
ministers
Mr.. McCandless withdrew his
motion and the section passed
Section 9 of the Bill was struck
out, and the following section.
changed to order the number
Bill then passed its second read
ing.
Adjourned to 10 Monday,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-07
TWO SUBJECTS.


Pictures and Lecture on Gordon and
switzerland.
Rev. II. w. Peck had a fair sized
audience at the First M. L. Church
Friday evening to see and hear his
illustrated lecture on "Chinese Cor
don" and Switzerland" The first
part'of the lecture contained twenty
four slides and treated The follow
ing subjects in the life of Gordon
His youth, training at Woolwich,
life in the Crimea, as Commissioner
to Armenia, struggle in China, Tae
Ping rebellion, first visit to Khar-
toum, as philanthropist in Eng
land, final mission to Khartoum,
defense, capture and death.
The Switzerland part of the lee
ture included visits to Zurich, Con-
stance, Berne, Lucerne and noun
tain views. There were forty-two
Swiss scenes. All the slides were
remarkably clear. some of them
showing as minute points as the
shingles on house tops. Ten comic
scenes were shown. One showed
the planter when sugar is up and
when It's down.
There will be seven more lectures
in the course mapped out by Mr..
Peck. The next will be Canada, VI
and will be delivered the last Of
this month. The final three will
be by DR.. Ollie of California who
will shortly visit Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-07
MAY BE AN EXODUS.
PORTUGUESE PLASNI'0 TO LEAVE
TIN ISLANDS.
5000 to 5000 - Their Dissatisfaction
Home Government
Aid.

A movement is well under way
that may result in the early de-
parture from these Islands Of 1000
to 5000 of the Portuguese col
ony. Their plan is to go at the
expense of their home govern
ment and to its new possessions in
Africa. These latter holdings
have recently been materially in
creased and their stability in
sured by victories of the Portuguese
arms. The Government is now
sending colonists from Europe free
passage, pound sterling each, free
land and certain excellent and in
viting guarantees Of assistance.
The Portuguese dissatisfied here
believe there will be no trouble in
getting several ships at their ser
vice.
Already a delegate working up
the scheme is making tour of the
Islands. The idea originated local
ly some time ago. To a reporter
for THE STAR prominent Portu-
guese said at noon that nothing
could now stop the movement. Ask
ed if there was any particular griev-
ance against Hawaii, he said:
80 far as the country itself is
concerned, that is physically, there
is nothing to complain of.
The soil is fertile, the
climate perfect, there is some en-
enlargement to farmers. But for the
great body of the laboring men in
the Portuguese colony there does
not loom up any hope. This, in
our opinion, is entirely on account
of Asiatic encroachment. The
Japnnese have driven the Por
tuguese laboring men to the wall,
and if they can get into fresh
field they will go. l really expect
from 5000 to 5000 to leave. Some
thing radical might be done to in
duce them to stay, but l very much
doubt 1t.
Another representative Portu-
guese admitted that the plan had
been i'll serious consideration Tor
some time. He said there
were several written agree.
ments in existence. This gentle
man, however, had hopes that
the tide could be stayed and
hoped that instead of the Portu-
guese leaving, arrangements could |
be made for more to come. He
added, though, that he had NOT
much hope of this.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-07

WsEKLY STAR, $500 per yeA'.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-07

Very rough weather is reported
from the Hamakua coast.