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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
ALRiNo BIRDS AND BEASTS.

The Idea That They, were Barren Seems
TO Have Reen Erroneous.
w. L. Bruce, of Yankton, S. D., re-
ports that while hunting Is miles
northwest of Yankton along the St.
james river, he shot two albino quail
from fock normally colored. They
were larger than the ordinary bird, OF
cream color, specified with brown,
but so dimly as to appear pure white
at short distance. Some years ago
an old quail with Is young. all albinos,
were reported from California by q cor
respondent OF the same paper. Many
individual albino quail are reported
and few albino ruffed grouse The
London Field lately noted the finding OF
albino and pied rocks, crows and black
birds, and q white house marten. 1t
also told about a white badger that was
taken in weasel trap short time ago.
: A pure white deer and a mottled one
were reported killed on WILDLY island,
in Puget sound, lately. Three or more
white wild turkeys ore known to have
been killed during the past Is years.
One bird in Tennessee was known as
the "Old White Witch Turkey" He
may not have been bright bird natu-
rally, but it wasn't very long after he
was hatched that he learned that being
white was not all comfort. The hen
turkeys liked him exceedingly. and one
of his offspring, gray bird. was killed
in 1882, while others of light color were
seen. Hundreds of bullets were fired
at tie, witch bifd, but kitholt succees,
and he probably died satural death
in some out-of-the-way clump Of
bushes.
For many years albinos were thought
to be barren, but observation has proved
this to be erroneous. One, female
robin, reared . brood of young for five
successive seasons up the Hudson. and
q number Of other robins were seen at
ste1dihx young il the vicinity daring
two o. tl1rve mating seasons, the yonTr
bemg bf>eh oddly oolored: Albine.
robins and squirrels are most IRE
quently seen Of the small creatures,
while deer are the most numerous OF
larger albinos. An albino uoose was
never seen.-Forest and Stream.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
BALLAST FROM DUCKS.
a Scientific Discovery That Elucidased
Pushing Mystery.

a Scientific Discovery That Eiucidased .
Pushing Mystery.
.Few people credit a.duck with the
sense he really possesses" said Fred
Ozenne, disciple of Nimrod. For
years had been wondering what had
caused the presence of q good-sixed peb-
BILE bank on the shore of the lake in the
Grandivola section of the Louisiana
marsh. Had it been sand bank could
have understood it. but it was composed
of pebbles, all very much alike, rounded
and smooth almost to q size, and appar-
emily differing from the small stones
found in the gravel beds of the south.
Several of the hunters in that section
had seen the pebble beach and, like my
self, they could not understand it. All
winter long it seemed fresher than at
other times, and during the summer
the grass would kinder cover it's upper
portion and the mud from the fresh
water dim the luster Of the stones near
the edge. There was not another beach
like it in the marsh.
Zone winter, in fact, it was just when
the first cold spell had struck us, / was
hunting with friend in the lake /
spoke Of It was one of the finest duck
ing spots in the state. This was before
they had begun to make glue from the
eggs in Canada. When we reached the
lake there was not duck to be seen.
The next morning I was hiding in the
grass near the pebble beach when I
heard q sound of wings and large flock
of mallard settled near me. Before 1
could raise my gun the entire lot walked
out on the pebble bank, and to my aston
ishment, began to disgorge a. lot of
small stones like the ones already there.
This occupied but short time, and tie
flock began quacking and sailed into the
lake, and / shot several. This settled
the mystery of the pebble beach. In
the spring was again hunting in the
lake. When the efrstwarm weather came
the ducks began to go home. The.
would come to the beach, and after =
few preliminaries swallow lot of 2;
bles, then fly around for a minute
order to see if their balance was ~;
right. If they were too heavy the
would disgorge few stones, or, if toe
light swallow half-dozen more.
81 found by observation that in ortlar
for the ducks to make long flights il
was necessary for them to fill up witt
certain number of stones to secure a
proper equilibrium for the return trip
After I found this out I always had
plenty of game to show my friends. -
n a. Times-DomOcraf s-HF Lh-ft
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09

lack OF things. Picture frames, pin
trays. pin cushions, laundry bags,
nightdress cases, ornamental towels
for locks, not for use; sachets, sofa
cushions these arc q few suggestions.
The necessary linens for table, bed and
toilet are furnished, it Is to be pre-
sumed, I'm the trousseau. What the
linen shower provides is only the lux
uries. Everything, therefore, must be
extremely fine and daintily worked, else
the purpose Of the gathering and gift
presentation h defea ted.-N. 7. Her
aid.
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PLAGUE OF RATS AND MICE.

Ru001o0 PROVINCES Ovo1x00 with Cn0 H00CS
aAd Crops Destroyed
Such plague as civilized man never
experienced has, during the past two
years and a half, afflicted the people of
certain provinces of Russia 1t is a
plague of rats and mice. It has caused
tremendous damageto property, and, in
some instances, endangered the lives
Of the people. So abnormal has been
the increase of the pestiferous rodents
in certain localities in the agricultural
districts that, the afflicted provinces
have literally been swept clean Of grain
in both field and granary. Having de-
stroyed the crops, the little animals
have invaded dwelling houses, and, in
scores of cases, ruined them as places
of abode. Heroic measures were adopted
by the inhabitants to rid themselves OF
the plague. Colonies of cats and terrier
dogs were imported into the districts.
but after little while neither the cats
nor the dogs would pay the slightest
attention to the rodents. The govern
rnent was then appealed to by the suf-
fering people and recourse was had to
scientific means of ridding the country
Of the mice. Eminent psychologists
were employed by the government to de-
wise plans to inoculate the rodents with
infectious disease, and SO successful
were they that the rats and mice died
by the million. By this means the
plague was practically stamped out
early last summer.
The numerous stories related by Con-
snl Heenan of how and why, in the
opinion of the people, the army of ro-
dents swarmed over the fields, country
houses and village dwellings, the in
difference to their presence shown by
both cats and dogs, and the absolute re-
fusal Of the cats and dogs to molest the
rodents, would form a chapter more
sentimental perhaps than instructive.
The peasantry believe that the nice un-
dertake extensive migrations en- masse
under foreboding of impending failure
of crops in those localities where the
mice originated.
Consul Heenan says that millions of
the animals were drowned in the wells
and rivers, aud that, therefore, the pop
ulation of the afflicted localities was
obliged to discontinue the use of water
from the wells and to abstain from fish,
particularly pike, as food, because it
was discovered that they contained
mice.-Cleveland Leader.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09

10 J. 2. TULLY. his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred (1OO) dol
iars IN labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
iode mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
district, Alturas county, State Of Idaho, in
order to hold said premises under the pro.
Visions OF section 1924, Revised Statutes OF
the United States, being the amount re-
anired to hold the same for the year end
ing December 81, 1892; that your proper
non OF the same is SO, being one-tenth !;
anu anu II within ninety (90) days from the
service Sce OF this notice, or Within ninety (9O)
ntays after this notice by publication YOU
tai or refuse to contribute your proportion
o,h 81 sach expenditure, including costs Of
pun pg;n6licatlon. your interest in said claim
s;unoS Ta,a become COM the property Of The under
sssSaed ssSa under the provisions of seM section
Soz4. JOHN GORMAN.
First publication, June II, 1883.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
TIES OF BROTHERHOOD.
They Are Often Very Irksome, Says Nov
elist Howells.

x00y AE0 O1Ceu very ATkSOm0s 00y9 NOV
elist Howells.
Perhaps one reason why people dis
like the notion of human brotherhood
so much is because the ties of kindred
are often made SO irksome. Society
holds you to account for your brothers
behavior, and even for his character, as
if you had invented it, or at least ia
yored it; and his children can bring your
children to shame by their misconduct,
though they may never have seen one
another. rsfss-.
1t is hardly enough, on the other
hand, that you receive sort of reflected
glory from your brothers excellence or
celebrity; you are then expected to live
up to him, and that may be another
hardship if you have not his talent or
temperament. s7
You feel that you are fitly answerable
for your son, in a measure, though his
great-grandfather on the other side, if
he could be got at, might sometimes
be much more justly made to suffer;
but you do not feel that you are fitly an
swerable for your brother, and you feel
that it is cruel of society to hold you SO.
If he is stupid or tiresome, people will
shrink from you, as if you partook of his
character because you partake of his
origin. Often You do partalle of his
character. Brothers are often alike;
but often they are intensely unlike in
tastes, habits, manners, dispositions,
temperaments. Often you shall be truly
the brother of man whom you have
met rather late in life, and whom yon
like because he is of kindred nature,
while in your heart you may fail to like
the brother who is merely Of kindred
origin. Yet il one allowed the brother
OF ones blood to come to want or dis
grace, society would hold one infamous.
II it were the brother of ones soul, So
ciety would have nothing to say.-W.
ID. Howells, in Century
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
pistorttnx the snn.

Observations made at the Kharkom
observatory last year indicate that the
forces which produce the black spots
on the sun may have wonderful effect
in heaping up the solar surface in the
Some of the measurements showed that
line through the center of the sun
from group of spots to the opposite
side was as much as 200 miles longer.
than other adjacent diameters of the
sun. This seems to show that the SUR
face of the radiant globe Is swollen out
al the points where great eruptions oc-
cur.-Youth's CompaciOn.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
Uses OF Emery.


For many years most of the emery
has been brought from Turkey and the
Greek islands. It's value for cutting and
polishing has been known since the be
ginning of history. Very crude method.
are in use for obtaining this substance
for market. Enormous fires are bull,
on or against the rocks, which are ther
broken or cracked by throwing jets o.
cold water against them. Emery haS
many uses, among which are its EN-
ployment in polishing and cutting. Be
ing so unmanagable, it for long time
deiied the efforts of man to put it int:
available shape, but at length it was
cemented into usable forms, and it was
nodded into wheels. Emery millstones
are q later-day Improvement. They are
the most practical of all stones, because
they are not affected by heat, and the
face is always sharp. AS cutting and
polishing powder, emery is OF grea,
value, and emery sandpaper is an inn
portant article Of manufactdre.-N. Y.
Ledger.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
'ntative OF the Great Upper Wood River Mining
@T-E u yKErcHUM IDAHO, SATURDAY. NAY 8. 1896.

were introduced the hip ptitodromos, or
warriors race (s20 b. c. and the soon
abandoned chariot race with mules (See
B.sC); in the fifth, the races for mares
(4o6 B. C.) and for two-horse chariots
(40S b. C); in the fourth, the contest
for heralds and trumpeters {396 b. c.,
and chariot-races with four colts 1854
3. C.); later, the chariot-race for two
colts (268 B. C.), the race with mounted
colts (256 B. C.), and the pancratium
for boys (eoo B. C.). Musical contests
were introduced by Nero A. D. 68. The
Olympic festival was celebrated with
great nagnifcence by the Romans un-
til 394 A. D., when, under Theodosius,
it was finally abolished.-Prof. Allan
Marquand, in Century.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
ExtLEO BY A THREAT.

Man Who Stays Another In Self-Defense
Becomes Wanderer.
"There are some men of such unre-
lenting purpose that when they once
register a VOW to do certain thing
no human agency can cause them to
alter their resolution" :" said George Rice,
Of Arkansas.
Here is q little story taken from
life, every incident of which came under
my own observation. The facts arc
truly stated, as can be easily verified.
'About ten years ago, in little south.
ern town, two friends of mine, q young
man and man of middle age, had u
difficulty, and the former fell dead,
pierced through the heart with bullet
from revolver.
'sThe blame all rested with the de-
ceased. He came of highly-respecta-
BILE family, but had fallen into con-
vivial habits, and when drinking was
very ugly. Time and again he had made
Friends of the latter told him Of the
threats, and begged him to avoid meet
ing. which he did whenever possible.
At last it came to question Of killing
or getting killed, and he obeyed natures
frst law.
"a jury would have cleared him be-
yond all doubt if the case had ever come,
to trial, but it never did. Instead, he
forfeited his bond of $1,000, and the
cash was paid over by my hands. The
man who did the killing left for parts
unknown and has never returned
.'Why did he not stand trial? Simply
because the father Of the deceased SOL
emnly declared in the presence Of all his
townsmen that if John - was acquit-
ted OF staying his son he would become
the boys avenger. He would kill his
sons slayer.
The old man was never known to
break his word. His courage was OF
that desperate kind that feared moth
ing. Nobody doubted that he would
do just what he said, 60 / advised John
to clear out. and, % there had been
enough killing, he went.
Ten years have gone BY, and the old
father has never relented. he stands
ready to-day to make good His oath.
Argument and persuasion are useless.
and d good man Is forced into banish-
ment aslong - the other lives - Wash
tngtOn Star.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09
PioklM ~,

Picked tea IL used in Burmah as a
sort Of sauerkraYt- The young leaves
are boiled. poured into pits about six
feet deep, lined with plantsin leaves.
and covered with earth, and are kept
there for months. They are then used
tither to make tea or are eaten after
being soaked in oil with garlic or dried
flsl.- Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Valuable Books,

The library at Yale college has been
very fortunate to obtain the valuable
private collection of books owned by the
late Prof. Rudolph Won sGneht, Of the
University Of Berlin. Yalc's success in
acquiring this collection seems to have
been due to the efforts Of Prof Farnam.
who cabled for the prize and secured it
on his own responsibilities Chicago
Tribune. ssts
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-09

w1. HYNDMAN,
,ropNEY-AT-LAW, Ketchun. Idaho:
AT1Ul.st;ees in all the Courts and Land
Odces in the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-26
COCKRELL's VIEWS.
The Senator Believes Free SiIverDem-
ocrats VIII Win without
POpulist Aid.

Washington, June Ex-senator Fran
els Marion Cocl1rel of Missouri is now
the sole representative of the Demo
cratic free silver national committee IN
washington. He says in an inter-
view.
Il do not think that Senator Teller
himself has ever entertained the idea
of a nomination at Chicago. Senator
Teller has been cOntending for prin-
ciple- He is bold and able man; q
statesman whose convictions are deep
seated and honestly believed, and no
consideration of personal ambition, /
am sure, weighed with him in the least
in the step which he took in leaving
the St Louis convention. I do not
presume to speak for the Democratic
party. but the fight for free silver hay
ing been made within the party and
great victory won. it is hardly probable
that the convention viii go outside the
party for g. candidate to represent the
triumphant Democratic free silver ma
j0rity."
do you feel confident that the Dem
ocrats can win on a free silver plat
form, even If the par-y's nominee is not
Endorsed by the POpulist convention 2'
~ am supremely confident of it, No
one who has not been in position to
ascertain the strength of the free silver
movement among the whole people can
appreciate its force. 1T is by no means
confined to the west and south. My
mail shows that every labor Organiza-
ton in Massachusetts has declared for
free silver"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-26
FOR THE SENATE.
The Colorado Silver Convention
Formally Decides
That If Senator Teller Can't
Be Nominated
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
He Shall Be Returned to the
Senate.
7OR THE PRESIDENCY
POpulist Ex-COngressman LATE
Pence Makes a Speech.

Denver June 26.-At the afternoon
session of the silver convention, Platt
Wicks of Pueblo was chosen perma-
nent chairman. The feature of the
afternoon was an address by ex-COn-
gresham Lafe Pence, who paid a tri-
butte to Senator Teller and his western
followers who bOlted the national con-
ventfon.
Delegates to the national silver con
vention to be held at st. Louis July y,
We're chosen.
The platform of the convention de-
clafes for a distinctly American sys-
tenn of finance, nualterable opposition
to the single gold standard and for an
immediate return to the unrestricted
coinage of bold gold and silver at the
ratio of IS to l. The platform contin-
ues
Recognizing in Senator Teller the
most eminent qualities and fitness for
any public station in the gift of the
people. we present him to the state and
the nation as q candidate for the pres
idency to lead the great bimetallic host
in the present emergency.
The convention further declared that
should some advocate and steadfast
friend of the free and unlimited coin
age of silver other than Senator Teller
be nominated for president, we hearth
" pledge our hearty and unanimous
support to that candidate"
In any event it was declared to re-
tain Mr.. Teller in the senate should he
not be nominated or not elected presi-
dent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-26
MKINLEY TIN BUCKET.
Chicago Veteran Invents a Unique
Campaign BADGE.

Chicago, June 26.-John F. Stinson,
an old resident of Chicago and a vet
eran of the civil war. has invented a
bucket. The bucket is a tin affair about
large enough 10 hold o pony of brandy
and q patent has been applied for
1t is called the Mckinley campaign
watch chain. The man who has no
watch chain can hang it around his
neck or tie it in his buttonhole
Some people may call the little buck
ct a miniature GROWER. but it was de-
signed By the inventor to represent The
dinner pail and is guaranteed to con
tain 70 silver. A tin can company on
the south side has a contract with Mr.
Stinson To make thousands of these
Campaign pals, all of tin to be mined
in this countrE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-26
ALFALFA AS BIG PRODUCT.
Some Day the Arkansas Valley viii
Astonish The World.

Denver. June 26-'sThe farmers in
the Arkansas valley are figuring on an
outside market for their alfalfa" said
a. F. Bent the general manager OF the
Ia Junta and Lamar canal in the Ar
kansas valley.
They hope to establish q perma-
uenr value on their alfalfa by doing
this and there is no reason in the
world Thy they should fail The COM
peritiFe market for the Colorado grow
ers Of this product is in the central
states and the Santa Fe road has
made g. SIS rate to Chicago which en-
ables us to do business in that market
ID the markets OF the Central states is
tlmothy and blue grass. Alfalfa stands
at the head of the green fodder. A
rate Of S. q ton hes been made to our
FARMERS Oh their alfalfa to Galveston.
where. before long, COlOradO's product
VIII be sent i'm the ship loads to Liv-
erpool and enter the English market
BY this it can be plainly seen that
the Colorado farmers intend to reap
rich harvest from their alfalfa fields.
II is absolutely impossible TO create a
large enough local market for this pro-
duct, even by feeding the hay to cat
tie. sheep and hogs. In the latter case
crops are so prolific that it would re-
quire O. Rotnschid's fortune to buy
sufficient stock tic consume the GUAM
tity OF hay raised
SIN the Arkansas valley alone ex-
tending from TT Dodge to Fowler q
Ittle station on the Missouri Pacific in
Colorado. there are over 100 600 acres
of alfalfa under cultivation all of
which has been acquired within the
past six years. Every acre Of that land
raises from four to six tons of alfalfa
Gnd the aggregate yield is enormous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-26
OCEAN RATES INCREASE.
First and Second Glass Passenger Tar
ifs to Advance.

New York, June 26-It was learned
today that all the European steamship
lines sailing to continental ports had
entered into an agreement to increase
the minimum rates for first and second
class passage.
This increase viii be made known by
the steamship companies tomorrow, and
tit viii at once go into effect. The steam
the North German Lloyd the Hamburg
American, the Netherlands. the Cam
paigne Generate Transatlantic. and the
Red Star The increase viii be from S.
to $40, and the companies claim viii
simply have the effect of fixing a gen
eral rate. The lines sailing to British
ports viii also enter the pool None Of
the British lines would acknowledge
an agreed increase as yet. but it was
stated by an official of one of them that
his line had accepted a minimum rate
for the summer season, which is IS in
advance of last years rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-26

government. and not at the option Of
the holder Of the obligation"
The only furry in the convention
arose over the selection of a gold
standard Democrat as a delegate TO
Chicago. The delegate received an
overwhelming majority in his district
caucus. but a minority report was
adopted at the free silver caucus last
night TO the effect that none but true
and tried silver men would be allowed
to so from this convention or from any
district
Speeches that threatened a break
were made on both sides. but the cOun-
sells of the conservative element pre-
vailed and the gold standard man was
sent rather than break into the right
of each district to name its own dele
gates. The fact that the unit rule viii
prevail in all matters coming up at
Chicago prevents any fear of a break
from the free silver delegation at the
national convention