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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
ON MOUNT SINAI.
Lifo and Customs Of tho Christian
Colony There Located.


The present condition of the convent
on Mount Sinai IL thus described by q
recent writer in the Guardian: ut il
an Impressive thing thus to come upon
. Christian colony and Christian
church in the rocky heart OF the Sinaitic
peninsula; colony which can trace its
ancestry to the earliest days Of Byzan-
tine Christianity, church which bears
witness to the faith Of Justinian and
Theodore, of Cosmas and Damian, OF
Catherine of Alexandria, and Catherine
of Russia. The convent itself is an ir-
regular mass of buildings, heavily
fortressed; there were days when ii
had to defend itself against Moslem
persecution and Bedouin marauders.
The monks within, some twenty OF
thirty in number, are uncouth and un-
kempt to the last degree. Hardly q
sign of the effects Of the religious life
can be seen in their faces, many Of
them repulsive enough. But no visitor
can fail to remember with gratitude
their kindly and unaffected welcome.
Their feelings toward the English
church are most friendly, and it an
English priest is among the travellers
he is taken within the screen and al
lowed to kneel before the altar, and tc
take part in the celebration Of the
liturgy. The church is q fine basilica,
richly but tastefully decorated and
well cared Tor. It's chief artistic treas
ure Il the superb mosaic work in the
apse, of the seventh or eighth century,
representing the transfiguration, tc
which the church is dedicated. As a
rule there are three services daily, an.
nounccd with Ginning of bells and
beating Of the gong, At four and six a.
M, and two in the afternoon (vespers).
The eucharist IL celebrated generally
twice week, and on saints days.
Beyond attending the services, the
monks do not seem to have much to do.
Study, of course, they never dream Of
There is great deal Of baking of bread
and brewing of date wine always going
on, as well as some lazy whitewashing
there are the olives and vines in the
garden to be looked after; but for the
most part the inmates live life of Sc
rene and vacant idleness. OF the chie1
officers the prior seems to be nonenti
ty, the most prominent person being
the steward, who undertakes the serv'
ices and the internal economy of the
house. Next in Importance comes the
secretary, q young man in deacon's or
ders, with some pretensions to educa
tion, possessed of good -natured heart
and q minimum of bad French.
''The precious library is under hi.
charge. though he knows nothing Al
all about it, and handles the MSS. in q
way that is narrowing to ones feelings
But things are better now than they
were once. The books are housed in
three rooms with glazed windows; they
are labeled. numbered. and most Of
them catalogued. Their contents have
not yet been completely explored; but
the latest researches warrant the be
lief that the principal treasures have
been exhausted, and that another Co
dex Sinaiticus is not likely to be dis
covered in a waste-paper basket"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
Notice OF Forfeiture.

..sigus: -
a.asre Ion are hereby notified that have ex-
noed the sum Of one hundred { t0O) dol
' !" iaoor and improvements upon the
y, WELLINGTON
sas sSon1 mining y, claim. sisuatsd on Hear gnlch
+ i0ut ulre miles nortAeastsrly of 0aleDa
~ sorv. wood River miniag distrfct. Blaine
P"r;sv, Idaho. rs required hy section 230l
i,iea Inc ,Sa Statutes of the United 6tstsa. BE-
foe ,le amount required to hold the same
M ,bat ule year ending December 81, 1S06
benz your Proportion Of the sans = $50
irame ie one half ana 4 within ninety days
% nins,v me service Of this notice. or withir
70" "sty Gays after this notice by publice1Sos
ior Sor,,n IAN or refuse to contribute your pro
inc,u9;n i,1n u such expenditure - co-oWDee,
yor1ang yonr legal costs Ut tins publica60a.
bronal. n interest in said claim will become tn
nurray nrrIa.y OF the undersigned. under ~
DIVISIONS Of said ssotioa 7V'
'ss' ssass2 ssaes 2:ssi
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
QUEER THINGS IN JAVA.

6illions Of . Pigmy Race Who Work foR
Ten Cents . Day.
A rich coffee and sugar grower Of
Java, who recently arrived in San
Francisco, told, says the Examiner, an
interesting story the other day about
this queer country, for so many years
under the control of the Dutch, and
said that few persons understood the
strange conditions OF life there.
"You never saw such happy people
anywhere as these little Javanese.
They are always talking, laughing and
dancing. and seem never to have any
sort of care. They work in the tea
coffee aad sugar plantations for eight
or nine cents . day. and the best OF
them never get over ten or twelve
cents. Yet they are entirely contented.
The women, who are the best Tor tea
picking, do not get more than four OF
Ave cents day. The tea is cut every
forty days, so there Is always work &c
do. There is big yield this year, and
e Is rood tea, but it isn't worth much.
We rot word from Amsterdam, where
much Of our tea goes, that II was
worth only from nine to ten cents PEI
pound. ;.
different. There never was as much
money in sugar ~ at the present time
II Is worth from three dollars and
twenty cents to thlee dollars and sixty
cents for each pickel, or one hundred
and thirty-four pounds. The grower,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26

parative immunity from earth current
Interruptions at times when land lines
are more or less prostrated: while at
other times the cable circuits have
suffered from comparatively weak but
fluctuating currents that had no prac-
ticel influence upon the working OF
aerial wires. This anomalous action
arises from the fact that condensers
arc interposed in cable circuits, which
are operated, not by continuous cur
rents as in the CASE Of land lines, but
by Induced eurzents Of monacutary
duration, produced by the charging
and discharging Of the conieusers-
The latter being RESPONSIVE only to
sudden variations in current strength
It win be evident that such apparatus
serves to exclude from the cables all
but the more variable class Of currents,
whieh latter, however, affect the cable
irrespective Of the current value.
The storm Of July 20 did not ap-
parehtly pursue the usual easterly and
westerly direction, but took a course
more nearly north-northwest, judging
from the results Of number of stimuli
taneous observations taken on different
wires with the view Of determining the
line Of maximum disturbance.
The greatest difference Of potential
discovered on. any wire on that occa-
sion was sixty-two volts, but from In
dications noted at times when It was
found impracticable to take scientific
measurements, It was evident that the
electro-motive force developed ip some
circuits amounted to upwards Of one
hundred and fifty volts.
Sun spots are generally credited with
being the cause Of earth currents, and
it is fact within the writer's knowl-
edge and experience that no magnetic
storm Of any magnitude has ever ap-
pearcd without its accompanying solar
disturbance; but it is equally fact
that the two phenomena are not in
variab1y associated with each other,
inasmuch as groups of prominent sun
spots have oftentimes been visible upon
the SUMS disk when earth currents
have been conspicuous by their alb
Eence. This circumstance would ap-
pear to confirm the views held by DR..
M. A. Vceder, who has made study OF
the subject and who is in possession OF
data which apparently prove that mag
netic storms are only possible when
the spots are in a particular locality
and when the earth occupies certain
position in relation to these spots He
further contends that the effects pro-
duced are brought about by conduc-
tion rather than by induction and that
the masses of matter thrown of from
the sun when the latter is violently
agitated constitute the medium
through which the electrical energy is.
transmitted from the sun to the eartl.,
as otherwise the presence Of earth cur
rents ought to be felt whenever and
wherever sun spots are visible it the
latter are to be regarded as the direct
cause Of terrestrial magnetic phe-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
Tor DEsCRIPrIvH CIRCULARS ApR1YT ~
PALMER & REY, MANUFACTURERS.
san Francisco, Cal. and psths1 q:
Notice of Publfcatfon.

10 .. W. Watlington, A. H. Rahm and
Neison =. Kimball, your heirs, deyisees
and assigns
:, You are hereby notified that the under
;lsheo has expended 500. in the year 1895.
Al 'aoor and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
'ooe mining claim in Warm Springs Greek.
- boulder, mining district, Blaine county.
Loaho, ' III order to hold said premises un
Ssl Sel ue provisions of section 1924, Revised
statutes OF the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same during
,n;.l "Hu 1or said calendar year 1896, and II.
wit Wishin ninety days after the expiration of
Mn 'mg Euollcation of this notice, which will be
ftuoished f Tor ninety days, you fail or re
,ase ,O 70 contribute your respective proper
ssa srons of such expenditure az co-owners,
ss;S1Sluing sa;1 to your respective interests In
s;a sauu claim viz: b. w. Washington. one
ss.aseentll, sll, x6. 25; A. II. Rahm. one-six-
s;s, ;chsn, A3. and Nelson r. Kimball, one
vFHtn, ~1 {l250, your interests in said claim
~. ~. oe forfeited to and become the prop
t,s ~ ~ me undersigned, under and BY vir-
's' VI aa'd section 1924.
EDWARD BRISBlN.
FIRST publication, Feb. Is. 1888.
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BATTLING IEvlAThAhs.

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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
CHicAoo's cLIFF-DwELLERs.

Curioas Result Of ths Stranding Of Many
People After the Fair.
Eighty-nine North shore cliff jewellers
were arrested in their romantic houses
along the dump at Huron street the
other night, relates the Chicago Her
aid. When the worlds fair closed last
October, great mass Of human drift
wood, gathered from all climes, was
thrown upon the city. Hundreds OF men
who had sold red-hot, ''yer ofishul
guide, and stained eyeglasses along
Stony Island avenue found themselves
without employment and no means to
return to their former homes During
the winter the corridors of the city
hall, soup kitchens and police stations
sheltered them. When the rigor of
winter was over. some of them left the
city and some secured employment.
Nearly two hundred of them did
neither. They drifted TO the north
shore and built for themselves habitai
tions.
The lake at this point was being
filed and there was no end to the
variety or quantity of material they
had at hand for building purposes
The lake itself was not unkind to
them, and wreckage, sawed lumber
and st. Joe fruit crates and chicken
coops were now and then washed
ashore at their feet. These made the
framework Of the dwellings in the
cliffs. The bank or cliff is in some
places thirty feet high, recedipg from
the shore in convenient terraces. In
constructing cliff home an excava-
ton would be made in the cliff about
ten feet square. A frame would be
put in, with special care to have the
roof waterproof. Worn out felt roofing,
strips of sheet iron and tin would be
spread over all. The cliff house was
then finished, excepting decorations
Old carpets, wall paper, picture frames
and mating, discarded from more pre-
tentious dwellings farther north on the
shore, filled this want.
The house proper was only used for
sleeping purposes The cooking was
done out in front in tomato cans. Two
men generally lived together. A feel
ing of comradeship had sprung up In
the settlement; there was little quarrel
ing, and 8 few of the most thickly
populated terraces had even been
dignified with names Of streets. A few
of the men worked at what they could
find to do during the day, and most of
them got their food by begging and
fishing. Their begging was one OF the
reasons that caused Inspector Schaack
to undertake the raid.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
CAUSED BY SUN SPOTS.
Recent Observations on tho Hf-
feoto OF Darth Ouremt6


The working Of telegraph lines ex-
tending in IN easterly and westerly di-
rection was greatly affected by the
magnetic storm Of August 10 and 20,
which was accompanied by displays of
brilliant aurora observed in various
sections Of the country. The disturb
snce was first observed about nine p.
m. Sunday, August 10, when the wires
began to work badly, and became SO
intense 1t frequent intervals through
out the night . to render circuits use
less, not only on land lines but on sub
marine wires a well. The storm,
which exhibited many Of the ordinary
characteristics Of such phenomena, did
not finally disappear until after Eve p.
m. Monday, August 20, though its eff
fects after nine o'clock on tho morning
Of that day were not marked east Of
Chicago, but were sufficiently pro-
nounced on lines west Of that point to
cause temporary stoppeges OF work,
especially On automatic and quadruplex
circuits. =.
Similar phenomen4 were noted July
20, snd the disturbance, which was
drst felt about dve-twenty Z. M, as-
sumed : wavelilke character which
reached IT. highest altitude with al
most perfeet regularity shout once
every two hours until seven-thirty p
M, when the storm 90 far subsided as
TO unanect the working Of land lines:
The ebb and dow Of the earth currents
duiDg tbs prevalence Of the storm
were geneually chsxactsrised with. re-
nnaxlsable stsadinees and deliberation,
forming : strong contrast to tho
violent nuctuetions Of many preceding
magnets stofrns, ono of which ex-
hiblted no fewer than one hundred and
Afty,variatious n the magnitude and
polarity Of ita cnrre1ts In The eoarss o4
single minute. ssfz
An interesting practical poipt n thia
connection conaists IN tho 1act that
whereas lard Hines are invariably In
1doueed By eitlss of tlsees cl11Bss a
easth su11snt, plvviaed the lastsr =
su1nsieutly strong. tie suhunaxine
eehlse - let aeFioNsl1 4sel the efRsetl
q ! Wy ersdual vaxistion Of current.
Il fFeqnsntly AappenA that the At
hnei6 ana othte e6aasS Snjoy con,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
CUTTING AWAY A BIG LEDGE.

= = +
A WORK Of Five Years Nearly Completed
by the Reading Railroad
After over five years of constant
work the Reading railroad has recent
ly finished really gigantic job, the
completion Of which will remove one
Of the most dangerous spots on the
company's entire system, says the Phil
adelphia Record. This work is the cut
ting away of the lofty ledge Of rocks
which jut out from Ashland heights,
West Mannyunk, neeessitating two
very dangerous curves In the railroad,
which have been the scene Of accidents
heavy coal and freight trains. BY the
removal of the ledge : straight track
of over two miles will be secured from
Clegg's lane to Flat Rock tunnel, and
the risk of accidents will be reduced to
q minimum. The work was begun on
June Is, 1850, during the presidency OF
Austin Corbin, and from that time to
this there has been no cessation in Tho
labor OF cutting away the rock. James
J. Ryan got the contract, and has had
. force of men constantly at work.
Some idea Of the magnitude OF the job
may be gathered from the statement
that the offending ledge was, when
the work began, over six hundred
and fifty feet in length, one hundred
and fifty feet high on the average and
fifty feet deep. During the progress OF
the work two hundred and ten thou
sand perches Of stone have been quar-
ried out by the explosion Of seventy
eight thousand pounds Of dynamite
and several car loads of powder One
man lost his life during the prosecu-
ton OF the improvement, two were
blown up and permanently injured 9nd
one lost leg. The job II now nearing
it, end under the direction OF James
Walls, and the last Of the ledge Is ex-
pected to disappear within two months.
The Readings tracks viii then be
moved ID . % take ont tho two dan.
reroua curves. and the company VIII
have . Rne straight piece Ct road fros, n
the mouth Of the Flat Rock tunnel
down to the curve Just above the Fen
covd iron works. The expense 70 the
coanpeay has besn light - the hedge
has furnished = large amount q good
brildin9 stone, which has formed =
portion Of the contxaeeors o0apenee'
tim
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
HAS NERVE AND INTEGRITY.

An Army Lieutcnant Handles q Pistol and
Rascally Contractor Equally Woll
The following story IL told by the
New Orleans Picayune about Lieut..
John w. Heard, of the Third cavalry,
who Is one of the best shots in the
army and has a reputation for personal
bravery which is second to none: Some
time ago he was detailed as quarter
master at Fort Thon1s, A. T., where
Tor good while there had been an
enormous lot Of swindling going on
and several qnartermasters had made
a wreck of their regulations The CON
tractors had had their own way for =
long time and imagined that the new
management would. b like the old
Bids were sent in and contracts at .
certain figure were awarded for sup
plies, when one day Lieut.. Heard dis
covered that the papers setting forth
the goods and figures bid by ono Of the
contractors were missing. He insti-
tuted an inquiry, and found thAE the
papers were in the hands Of the con-
trastor.ss The quartermSster ct once
rode Is town and, seeking the contract
or'Aoh6ce, demanded 1h4 papers- The
contractor, smiling, refused to surren-
der them. telling the lieuterantteath he
would be taken ca<e Of = the matter.
In . moment he was looking down the
barrel of Lieut.. Heard's pistol. Give
me the papers!" commanded the
qusrtermaster sternly. The contrsc-
tor delivered them up with al conven-'
lent haste, and Heard then took them
back to the post and 1odnd that they
had been altered 20 a. to defraud the
government ont Of Thousands Of doll
lnrs. A short time after Lieut.. Heard
was set upon BY four armed men st
Pittsburg, TA H for .one Of
them, - o. pistol lEo1 hl1a and
kllsl fi1 Is Tho other ass611r
ant 1p their heels The qaa
All 1 @th6 nepheM yof the cont
to = thcIe r;scality lad teea shssk-
mats6 ~ Heays1. rn
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-12-26
FREEZING ey MACHINES.

- -
Il u Great valas.
The superiority Of refrigeration OBJ
tanned by mechanical processes, -
coatpared with thst obtained by melt
ing ice, appears in the facts that by It
more intense cold may be secured,
that any desired degree Of cold may be
maintained with perfect uniformity,
that dryer atmosphere Is secured Ia
the refrigerating box or room, that the
inconvenience Of frequently replenish-
ing ice bunkers and the slop and dirt
attendant upon this work are avoided,
that the annoying uncertainty Of Ice
supplysand variability in its price are
avoided, that space in the rooms or
boxes to be cooled Is economical by
substitution Of coil Of pipe on walls
or ceiling for the bulky Ice bunker,
and that this refrigeration can be en-
ployed for many purposes and places
where ice cannot be used At all. Add
ed to all this is the fact, Of paramount
Importance, that where much refriger-
alton Is required the cost Of . machine
and its operation In far less than the
cost of ice sufficient to do IN equal
amount Of work.
These advantages have proved 90
great In practice that every brewery,
packing house, cold storage warehouse,
or other establishment requiring .
large amount of refrigeration contains
its individual refrigerating plant.
Where consumption amounts to ten tons
or more of ice daily the question Of econ
-. hn -SNh And
in favor Of the machine; if less than
ten tons be required, the cost OF ma
chine and It's operation may exceed the
cost OF ice sufficient to do A. similar
amount of work. In many cases the
superior quality Of the refrigeration
obtained, it's cleanliness, reliability and
convenience, or the requirement of
more intense cold than ice will pro-
duce, secures the adoption Of the ma
chine. Therefore, small machines are
frequently found on shipboard, in ho-
tells and apartment houses, and in
many manufactures. But most OF the
ice gathered from rivers aud lakes or
made in factories is not consumed by
the few who require large quantities,
but by the many, who severally re-
quire less than ten tons day.
The effort to bring this superior re-
frigeration within the reach Of small
consumers has taken two directions
the production G: small and Inexpensive
automatic machines and system Of
supply Of the. refrigerant from central
stations. The first has failed hitherto,
because the balance Of constantly vary
ing pressures, temperatures, strength
of solution, etc., is too complex mat
ter for purely automatic. regulation.
Without constant skilled attention the
machines work unsatisfactory, while
the relatively high cost Of plant. fuel,
and cooling water, in operating on =
small scale, defeats economy.
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POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE.
The Girl Monarch Of the Netherlands Has
No Love for Germany.

The Girl Mouarch of the Netherlands Has
No Love for Germany.
It Is well known that for political
reasons the German emperor desires to
zee the betrothal of Prince Albrecht
of Prussia, regent Of Brunswick, and
Wilhelmina, the girl queen of Holland.
His wishes are not likely to be graft
fed, as her girlish majesty has no
strong regard for Germany or her peo-
Pile Her feeling in this regard is but
. reflex of that OF her subjects. with
whom she is very popular. Queen Will
helmina was fourteen years old ON the
31st of August, aud the occasion was
celebrated with festivities Throughout
Holland. 1t is understood that her
mother, Queen Regent Emma. would
gladly welcome Prince Carl of Dem
mark as q suitor for her daughters
hand. The young queen passes most
of her time at the royal castle OF Loo
an ancient looking residence from the
outside, but thoroughly rsodernized
as to interior. Wilhclnaina leadsa reg
ular life, good deal Of her tire being
taken up in study. UnfounGed stories
regarding her health have been pub
lished. The truth is, the young mon
arch is an unusually nervous chils.
and for that reason lives as quietly
as possible. When at The Hague or
Amsterdam she and her mother drive
through the streets daily.