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bearers usually started without delay,
arriving at their destination with GER
tainty and promptness almost incredi-
BILE. The airline distance from Avalon
to Los Angeles is about fifty miles.
This was accomplished by some of the
Catalina flyers in fifty minutes. From
three 10 four hours is required to make
the trip by railroad and steamer.
Last year a considerable revenue was
earned in the forwarding Of dispatches
from Catalina by the winged messen-
gers. Small bills posted conspicuousiy
about the town of Avalon convey the
somewhat startling information to the
irresolute islanders that private mes
sages and business orders may be for
warded at any hour of the day, and, in
connection with the telephone, tele-
graph and cable lines, to any part of
the world"
The young pigeon fanciers also add
to their income by supplying the daily
news from Catalina.
Last year the Zahns had not more
than dozen homers in the service, and
it was found by repeated nyings ut
short intervals that the birds towards
the end of the season became less re-
liable. 1t is not the fight across the
water that exhausts them, but the box
ing and shipping on the return trip.
The ZahL lofts at Avalon and Los An
geles number this year nearly one hum
dred birds OF nigh degree, and these
will insure constant and efficient serv-
ice to and from the island throughout
the summer.
In a very few instances the birds
have been wounded by pot hunters or
thoughtless sportsmen.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21
cH,cAGo's WOMAN eocrBLAcK.
She Runs . Big Place and Makes . Lot OF
Money-Her Way of Doing 1t.

She Runs . Big Place and Makes . Lot OF
Money-Her Way of Doing 1t.
The new woman, with her varied
propensities for engaging in all sorts of
business which has heretofore belonged
to men, is ever before the public, and
she of Chicago exceeds all others IN
searching new fields for a fresh exhi-
bition of energy. Nothing phases her
fearless courage to grapple with any
thing she sees fit to undertake, and the
more masculine the employment the
more consistent it seems to be with her
advanced ideas of womanly ways and
methods. The fact that the number Of
occupations open to women have in
creased from seventy to more than five
hundred in less than forty years, must
be exceedingly interesting to the femi-
nine public of Chicago since it has done
SO much to ward increasing the number.
And now this city OF hustling women
boasts with great pride OF the ''only
one on earth" who has ever embarked
in the shoe-dressing business. This is
indeed BON to the ladies OF Chicago,
who find it impossible to walk three
blocks without the need of polish.
The woman in question has been es-
tablished in this enterprise five months.
One removal to more roomy quarters
has been necessary during that time,
and both men and women patronlze
her clean parlor. The condition OF her
own shoes after a brief tramp through
the streets of Chicago suggested the
growing possibilities of this unique
business for women, and her present
success more than justifies her judg-
ment. A place where women can 60
to have their shoes cleaned and polished
is certainly necessity in Chicago, and
Miss Edison, the sole proprietor and
manager of the business, has fortune
in prospect. The room is fitted up
with nice. comfortable chairs. Capable,
gentlemanly boys are hired to do the
work, and they receive salary which
is more than they can earn alone
Being situated in Dearborn street, IN
the center of large Office buildings, she
has the best class of custom. A little
stand where good cigars and chewing
gum are sold adds to her revenue, ano
Young women who work in the various
offices leave their bicycles with her tol
storage for twenty-five cents week. .
Miss Edison is described by the Chi
ca9o Tribune as young woman with q
business manner, who knows, in
western sort of way, how to take care
of herself and make her customers OBJ
serve the proprieties OF her place. Sat
urday is her busiest day, and often as
MANY as q dozen women are in the
obo;rs at one time.
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CHICAGO'S DEAF MUTES.

They Are Educated, Industrious and Fair
ly Prosperous.
There are between six hundred and
one thousand deaf mutes scattered
through the city of Chicago, and they
are all Industrious and fairly prosper
GUS, earning their living honestly and
uncomplainingly. They can do any
thing in which hearing is not absolute
ly necessary, and one would be sur
prised to know how many callings this
includes. There are deaf-mute print
ers, painters, cabinet-makers' and
some good ones, too - shoemakers,
wood-carvers, BARRIERS, who never pes
ter the subject in the chair with re-
marks about the weather or the races,
bookkeepers, cigarmakers, molders, ma
chinists and electricians. Four deaf
mutes are employed in the post Office,
where they do their work quite as ef-
ficiently as their companions. One is a
lawyer, and another is chemist.
Among the women there are dress
makers, milliners, printers, bookbind-
ers, paper-box makers and seam
stresses.
Most Of these, says the Record, have
homes of their own in which both
husband and wife are mutes. In about
one case in twenty-five the mute has
husband or wife who speaks. 1t is ex-
ceedingly rare that the children of such
marriages are deaf, and as the father
and mother grow old they have ties
which connect them always more close
~ with the speaking world.
Every provision is made in Chicago
for the proper education of deaf chill
dren. There are four regular day
schools conducted by the city board of
education, one Catholic boarding
school, and McCowan's private school
at Englewood. A child who graduates
from any of these schools and wishes
to obtain a higher education may go to
the college for the deaf at Washington,
D. c. If the pupil is poor but worthy,
he is not compelled to pay tuition;
otherwise it will cost him about two
hundred and fifty dollars year. This
college is the only one of its kind in
the world. Most Chicago deaf mutes
receive their education at the state
school in Jacksonville, Ill. A great
part Of the foreign element was edu-
Gated abroad and usually associate ac-
cording to nationality.
The deaf mutes of Chicago do not
neglect the social side of their life.
They have organized a society which
goes by the significant name of the
Pas-a-Pas club. 1t has a nicely fur
nished hall, where frequent literary
and social entertainments are held.
The members also meet from time to
time in one another's homes, and they
have quite as happy time, if it is not
SO noisy, as corresponding number of
people who can hear and speak.
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Didn't Know Her Customer.

Princess Christian is perhaps the best
known of Queen Victoria's daughters,
and is always actively engaged in phil
anthropic causes. At recent bazar
she was seen going from stall to stall
making purchases, Prince Christian
good-naturedly slowing away the small
parcels in his pockets. One article pur-
chased, however, was of considerable
size, so the attendant put the question:
"Shall l send it for you, madam" to
which the princess made answer; 20,
YES; send it to Buckingham palace, II
YOU please" "To whom shall I address
it?" was the next query, and her royal
highness, who dearly loves joke
gave the prince comical warning look
and said: address 1t to Mrs. Chris
tian." The attendant was quite un.
suspicious Of the rank of her customers,
and 80 the parcel was duly dispatched
to "Mrs. Christian, Buckingham PAL
acAn
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21

The XxxsroxE II the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. aawsooeh
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as It Il In The very heart Of the most prom
ising mining country Oh the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone TO pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis of all
mining news and Developments, ~ well as
matters of local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informa ant to the settler Of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends rend It.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21
Notice of Publication.

To B. ". Watlington, A. H. Rahm and
Nelson F. Kimball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended $l0O, in the year 1885,
In labor and Improvements upon the
MEXICAN
lode mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
or Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
Idaho, in order to hold said premises un-
ger the provisions Of section 1924, Revised
Matutes OF the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same during
ana Tor said calendar year 1895. and If.
Slthln ninety days after the expiration OF
he publication OF this notice, which will be
published for ninety days, you fail or re
!use 70 contribute your respective proper.
IONS OF such expenditure as co-owners,
ssc9solng to your respective interests Ill
ss.o claim viz: B. w. Watlington, one
sixteenth, S6.25; A. II. Rahm, one-six-
.eentn, s6.25. and Nelson +. Kimball, one
s%ignth, % $3.50, your Interests in said claim
VIII De forfeited to and become the prop
t.ly OF the undersigned, under and by vir-
Aoe ol said section 2324
EDWARD BRISBIN.
FIRST publication, Feb. Is, 1896.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21

dressing and going down to the dining
room they found breakfast ready and
waiting for them. They were greatly
alarmed at the condition of things, for
they at first imagined that the hired
girl had suddenly gone insane. After
few minutes, however, they discov-
cred she was asleep. She had got up,
started the fire, prepared the morning
meal and had it ready for serving, but
was sound asleep all the time. The
only unusual thing was her failure to
put on her shoes.
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Some Punklno.

This is how q Latin-American journal
describes Gen. Eloy Alfaro, "campea-
dor, libertador, regenerador and SUI
preme chief" of the Ecuador rebels:
''Imagine all indomitable sadness, all
nostalgia, all aspirations toward the
infinite, all revolutionary somberness,
all luminous and grand ideas, all the
abrupt energies Of the insurrectionary
conscience placed in the tangible form
of q man, indoanitable and generous.
combative and austere; such as Alfaro.
His indigenous head wears . golden
aureole."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21

Kaiser Wilhelm is now spending one
million Ave hundred thousand dollars
on additions and improvements to his
nalace in Berlin, which will require
seven years to finish. Last year three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars was
snent in rebuilding the northwestern
end o. the palace.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21
z@a KETCHUM, IDAHO SATURDAY. AUGUST 21, 1897

journalism, instead of criticisinR and
belittling, welcomed, and devoted itself
to setting forth copiously the achieve
ments of the visiting organizations,
thereby not only maintaining its self
respect, but earning the hearty graft
tude Of a1nst multitude of readers.
English newspapers would do well to
emulate this example of courtesy and
true journalistic catholicity.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21
CArAIiNA'S PIGEON POST.
Probably the Only Festhered Mail Service
In This Country.

A~H~ADS3 W.
In This Country.
So far ~ can learn, the only regu-
lar pigeon post service on this side OF
the continent or the other is that which
bears messages every day in the sum-
mer season between Los Angeles and
the little town of Avalon, on Catalina
island, and bears them at speed
which can be beaten only by the tele-
graph or telephone, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. ..... --..
The steamers run once . day between
island and mainland, and once it has
cast loose from the wharf the sland,
with . summer population OF perhaps
several thousand. is rs completely cut
off from the world Is though it were in
mid-ocean, and yet the shore is scant
twenty miles away. The demand for
some additional service grew. Often
there were men Of affairs among the
visitors, and they were not infrequent-
" sore distressed to dnd means OF COM
munication. I remember hearing one
iuancier declare: I'D give five hun
dred dousrs gladly to get . dispatch to
Los Angeles; it would be worth i've
thousand dollars to me easy"
It remained for two young men OF
Los Angeles, Otto and Oswald Zahn, to
relieve the island visitors and residents
from their embarrassing isolation. This
was accomplished by the esta blishment
of a carrier pigeon post between Ava
lon and Los Angeles. The service was
,naugurated last summer and conduct
ed for several weeks with unequivocal
success. 1t was feared at first that the
pigeons, which are distinctly "land
BIRDS" might hesitate to fly across so
large body of water; but, as far as
known, there need have been no cause
for anxiety on this point. The message
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21
c,o..a Breakfast While Asleep.

Somnambulism has in all ages fur-
nished many curious illustrations ana
among them may be noted one that oc-
Cured in q West Utica IN. Il reo.
dence q few days ago. The husband
and wife were aroused by the break
fast bell ringing in the middle OF the
NIGHT. They arose and discovered that
:. was two o'clock, but on hastily
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-21
Their Way.

"But," persisted the reformer, you
must admit that women have never
bought legislatures and common coun'
ellis, as men do"
The reactionary laughed a harsh,
mirthless laugh.
"No," he gloomily rephed. after .
moment. "Women just go around pric-
ing things."-N. Y. Truth.
English Tourists In RussiA*
An English tourist party OF seventy
Eve ladies and gentlemen left Moscow
recently for Nizhni Novgorod, kazan'
and other interior places OF interest.
This is the first large foreign tourist
partv which has travelled through Rus
sin since the famine year OF 1892.
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Notice Of Forfeiture.
~ MRS. MARION BYBKE, her heirs or ,

40 Mrs. MARION BYBEE, her heirs or as
signs:
~, l9u are hereby notified that l have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
Aafs III labor and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
.Jae aS mining claim, situated on Bear gulch,
IL H;'out NJ three miles northeaSterly of Galena.
ca 90 WOOD River mining district. Blaine
Ie.unly, e"ly, Idaho, AS required by section 1924.
in iiae'ised ,S Statutes of the United States, be-
fnss ,lle amount required to hold the same
~ i ue year ending December 81, 1885;
ND; haat your proportion of the same is $50,
fSels 9ne-half; and if within ninety days
Tnn n;nth the service of this notice. or within
rety rnm Gays after this notice by publication
I"u nou, lail or refuse to contribute your pro-
r,nni,ioni r,.i'on al such expenditure as co-Owner.
ynu'uall!S legal costs of tins publication,
ETn'll ypni Interest IN said claim will become the
nr"ritIF of the undersigned, under the
'1'' 'iSi"nS OF said section 2324
y, JOHN CAREY.
'''';lgum, idaho, January IA. 1896
--.EE HJg.tr2 riDf, Ilr5 & 1sop
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11
TAMMANY is ANGRY.
Ex-MayOr Hugh j. Grant Sharply Criticises
W. j. Bryan.


W. j. Bryan.
NEW YORK; Nov. 9.-The Journal
prints the following letter from ex-
Mayor Hugh j. Grant concerning W.
j. Bryan and the recent elections:
The conclusion OF Mr. Bryan that the results
Of the recent election indicate popular dissat-
isfaction with the policy of the republican
party is undoubtedly correct His declaration
that they presage the overthrow of the re-
publican party" is not entitled to the same Gre
dence as his conclusion heartily hope that
the republican party will be overthrow In
1900 but it is early for anyone but an enthusi-
asst like Mr.. Bryan to make up his mind what
will happen three years hence.
Mr.. Bryan didnothing for the local democracy
this year. Every suggestion Of his words or
acts was to Our disadvantage. The secretary
of the democratic national committee, Mr.
Walsh, who is presumably very close to him in
sympqthy repudated the candidacy Of Van
Wyck on the ground that Van Wyck did not
stand upon the silver plank of the Chicago
platform and gave to George whatever support
he had to give The trouble with Bryan and
the secretary Of the national committee is that
they cannot adapt themselves TO changing con-
dltions Many things are likely to happen be-
tween now and 1900 II they happen as Mr.. Bryan
thinks they will happen, they will justify his
assumption of the roll Of prophet; II they do
not Mr. Bryan will be grieved. In any event
the democratic party will remain.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11
BUSHNELL Will RUN
The Ohio Governor In the Field for
United States Senator.
DEMOCRATS NAY VOTE FOR HIN.
lief That Hanna Has but Little, n
Any, Majority on the Popular
Legislative Vote

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. &C. v. Harris,
secretary Of the democratic central
committee, says that at conference
Of democratic leaders OF the state 1t
was decided TO pledge the votes Of as
many democratic members Of the gen.
eral assembly as could be controlled
to Gov. Bushnell for United States
senator on condition that the govern
or could command enough republican
votes to make his election possible.
Mr.. Harris is editor of the Athens
Journal. He is quoted as saying:
1--WE have decided to throw the demo-
cratic vote in the next general assem-
bly, to Gov. Bushnell, on condition
that he can get votes enough from the
republican side OF the house to elect
him. So many Of the republican men,
bers want to down Hanna; we think
there will be no difficulty in this. The
deal is all arranged"
The appearance Of Gov. Bushnell in
the field as rival OF Mark Hanna for
the United States senatorship from
Ohio was announced positively yester-
day in the Chicago Tribune republic
any. The governor does not deny his
candidacy The Tribune says: Gov
Bushnell is q candidate to succeed Sen.
ator Hanna This announcement was
made yesterday, and in telephone
interview with the governor at his
home in Springfield he failed to deny it.
1t is believed the position Of Gov
Bushnell has been reached since it has
became apparent that Senator Hanna
has but little, if any, majority on the
popular legislative vote. One-third OF
the state has been heard from and
Bushnell's plurality over Chapman is
Oils, while the aggregate pluralities
Of the republican candidates for the
legislature in the same counties are
only 1853. This shows that certain re-
publicans cut Hanna through the can
didates for the general assembly Sc
verely. 1t is evident that the most of
this was done in the large cities, where
the Foraker forces are conferred
Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati and
Cleveland, for instance-so that 1t is
very likely that Mr. Hanna will have
on the popular legislative vote little
or no plurality. This gives the Fora
ker men the argument that Hanna has
been rejected by the people The pres
ent arrangement is for the Foraker ad-
herents to not enter the senatorial
caucus, and they claim to have pre-
cedent for such action in the present
case of Senator Deboe, who defeated
the caucus nominee, DR.. Hunter, in
Kentucky.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11

WHOLE FAMILY SUICIDES.
Financial Reverses Prompt an Extra0rdl
nary Tragedy In Paris.


nary Tragedy In Paris.
PARIS, Nov "a man named ORGY
fus, who is believed to be cousin Of
Capt. Dreyfus, the deported artillery
officer, imprisoned on an island off tie
coast Of French Guiana, and his wife
and their three daughters, respectively
IS, II and I years Of age, committed
suicide yesterday morning or Sunday
night at their residence at Mareceu.
The porter Of the house found
their bodies in their apartments
early yesterday. They were lying
on the floor in the bed room of the
youngest child. Dreyfus left letter
for the commissioner of police of that
district enclosing 400 francs with
which to defray the expenses of the
funeral of the family. The deceased
husband and father was SO terribly
upset by the sentence imposed upon
Capt. Dreyfus that he changed his
name to that of his wife. Financial
reverses caused the terrible tragedy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11

SOLDIERS HOMES.
The Inspector General Has Plan .of .
Monthly Allotment to Veterans.

The Inspector General Has q Plan .or .
Monthly Allotment to Veterans.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-The annual
reports of the board Of managers Of
the United States soldiers homes, soon
to be submitted to congress, will show
that all the homes are Tiled to the full
limit OF their capacity and that in Ger.
tain localities there are many worthy
and dependent soldiers entitled to
these privileges who have to be turned
away because of the present over
crowded condition Of some OF the
homes Additional appropriations for
new quarters consequently will be
asked for by the board and will, Of
course, receive the earnest support
Of those representatives who have
homes located in their districts. But
these recommendations will run coun-
ter to a new proposition which In.
spector General breckenridge will
submit when this subject is taken up
for consideration. This contemplates
the use annually Of about SlOO, 900
from the regular appropriation for the
support of the homes for allotments to
those dependent soldiers who can.
not be provided for in the homes be-
cause of lack Of accommodations A
number Of men at present are in homes
who would much prefer to 60 outside
and live with their families If they
had an allotment of s. or $40 month
the equivalent Of what it costs to
maintain them in the homes. In this
way, Gen. Breckenridge figures 1t out,
sufficient number OF vacancies will
be made in the homes to pro-
vide for those who are unable to OBJ
tain admission.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-11
FAMINE AND DISEASE.
Terrible Death Rate Among Women anA
Children IN Cuba.

Terrible Death Rate Among Women ane
Children IN Cuba
HAVANA, Nov. 9.-Weyler has gone.
but his purpose to -exterminste the
breed" Of Cuban patriots IS being full
filled. Starvation is killing the con
centradoes" by tens Of thousands.
Hunger is doing what Spa;n's 100000
soldiers cannot accomplish. Women
and children, the weak, the old, are
dying like sheep; the rural population
concentrated In the towns has filed
the graveyards and its dead now lie
unburied. The frightful sufferings Of
those who survive, cry out to the mercy
Of the civilized world. The physicians
Of Havana are now forbidden to give
starvation ('inanicionD as . cause OF
death. Women and children starve,
and the reports of their death are falsi-
fed.
Since Weyler's proclamation driving
the country people into the towns was
issued half the rural population Of
western Cuba has died. Half of those
who survive are so weak, so emaciated,
that the Pickering spark Of life in
them will surely soon be extinguished.
They cannot survive, although Blanco,
the governor general hiss ordered
that service rations be issued to them
--ratons such as his soldiers get
Ragged, thin and starving, these peo-
pie are huddled in public buildings
There and in the archways Of houses
they sleep by day only to be driven BY
hunger to beg at night.
The hospitals here are rs full as the
graveyards. Certainly not more than
90 per cent. Of the deaths among
the concentrates" in this city is
reported. But from these official
figures it is easily learned that the
death rate among the children OF
the concentrates In hospitals and
public buildings Is 30 per cent; among
the adults, 80 per cent. The absolute
fact Is that In Havana the conditions
are Ave times better, more favorable
than anywhere in Cuba. Yet the Span
ish officials reports prove that Its
persons died In Havana during the
month Of September last and 2,27S dur
ing October Just passed.