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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
INDIANS HATE ENGLISH.
They Refuse to Speak It After
Leaving School
The Rigid Rules Against tho Use Of Their
Own TongnO Cause Them to De-
eplse the White Mans
Language.


among the Indians have been troubled
by the fact that the red men, after learn
ing English at the schools as children,
invariably return to their own tongues
and seem positively to hate the white
mans language.
The superintendent of Indian schools,
w. N. Hailman, in report just made to
the commissioner of Indian affairs, says
that the Indians were actually taught
to hate the English tongue, because OF
the rigid rules against the use of any
Indian conversation by pupils. Until
lately the great majority of Indian
teachers have labored under the delu-
sion that they can hasten the acquisi-
ton of the English language on the part
of the pupils by compulsory measures,
visiting more or less severe penalties
upon the unfortunate children w ho were
caught in the use of the Indian Speech
The unreasonableness of such Dro.-
ceedings, which are always punished
with more or less serious failure, ap-
pears when it is considered that an
idiom that is forced upon child by
means of penalties and other appeals
to fear is necessarily hateful to him.
Then, in his own heart, he turns away
from it and uses it only under more Or
less pronounced protests. This be-
comes quite manifest as soon as the
children are removed from the restraint
of the school, when, for instance, they
return to their parents for visit or
more or less permanently after gradua-
tion, and when, on meeting their
former teachers, they will either re-
fuse to speak English altogether or an
swer with shame-faced reluctance
Prof. Hailman says: There is no
doubt in my mind that the unreason-
ahleness of the offensive warfare made
in the Indian schools against Indian
vernacular is largely to blame for the
apparent stubbornness with which
older Indians refuse to learn English
or to use the little knowledge thereof
which they may possess. If it IS argued
that with liberty to use the Indian ver-
nacular the Indian children viii engage
in conversation, possibly improper,
which the teacher can neither under
stand nor control, the fault lies not
with the child's knowledge and use of
his own idiom, but with the teachers
ignorance OF, the same, and the remedy
will be found not in the repressive
measures, which must. because of their
unreasonableness, fail of their purpose.
but in the determined effort ON the
teachers part to acquire knowledge
of the child's idiom.
Probably the traditional hostile at
titude of certain schools to the Indian
is respons; BILE for the fact
that in number Of instances teachers
and other school employees continue a!
the same school, working with the same
tribe OF Indians, without acquiring any
appreciable knowledge of the language
spoken at the homes OF their children.
This ignorance frequently extends to
the customs, habits of life, and the his !
torical development of the tribe III,
question. They seem to treat the In !
dians as outcasts, and the outcome OF |
their work corresponds with this atti-
lude. e."-Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
BLOODHOUND TRACED A DABY.
After Se0rchers Had Failed, tho Animal
Led Them to It's Discovery.

After Se0rchers Had Failed, tho Animal
Led Them to Its Discovery.
A few days ago Bertha, the pretty
four-year-od daughter of John C. Put
nam, of the little settlement of Mill
Village. VI, disappeared. All the neigh
bors joined in the search for her. Night
and day the hunt was continued, but
not trace of the little one could be dis
covered. The parents were in despair.
1t was feared that the child had been
kidnapped. Finally the father, in des-
peration, suggested that the state blood
hound Pilot could find some trace.
Anxious to do anything that would in
the least relieve the fathers mind, the
officials took the dog to Mill Village.
The dog was then given tiny shoe
that had been worn by the child the day
before she disappeared. This he held in
his mouth for minute. Then he dropped
it and shifted the air. He seemed puz-
zled, and the knowing ones were begin
ming to remark that they knew the
hound would not be of any use.
1t really seemed as if the animal
understood their words, for he sudden
ly put his nose to the ground and was
off like a shot, dragging his keepers
after him. On he went, crossing roads.
fields and timber stretches, until he
reached Devils Camp" a point about
a mile below Rutland, where there is n
small mill stream. Here the animal
suddenly brought up at the edge of
the water. gave one long bark, and re-
fused to further.
Then the men got TO work. They pro-
cured hooks and poles, and the bed of
the stream was thoroughly searched.
All this time Pilot stood by the water
side, though attempts were made 10
drag him away. For the first time since
be had been in the state he refused ia
obey the voice of his keeper. Toward
night the body of the missing child was
found. AS it was drawn TO the shore
Pilot spraug forward, took the Shiny
dress in his mouth and, raising the
child rs tsnderly as though it had been
in it's mothers arms, trotted back to
the house, the long line of searchers
following.--N. Y. Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16

toned as delicate and especially con-
serving the flavor of the fruit: Peel,
core and quarter number of apples;
set them TO boil with little water,
sugar, and the thin rind of lemon;
when quite done, remove the lemon
rind and pass the apples through
heir sieve. Have some whites of eggs
beaten to froth, stir them lightly
Tito the apple puree, a spoonful at Il
time, until the mixture is of the con-
sistency of whipped cream and quite
stiff. Serve heaped upon a dish gar
nished with lady fingers.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
Big Steci Chimney.

A Philadelphia firm has just given an
illustration of the advances made in
building operations by erecting steel
chimney 217 feet high, in the remark
able time OF ten weeks. This steel
chimney has been erected at the Ridge
wood pumping station, East New York,
and can be seen for miles as it rears it's
slender stem high above every other OBJ
feet in the vicinity. Workmen are at
present engaged in filling the big steel
tube with brick, to prevent the heat Of
the great chimney ir5urirg tho metal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
'"'ice of Forfeiture.

signs: DEE hef heirs or as
penSua Su are IRE hereby notified that | have ex-
lars in ,aI .iie sum of one hundred 1Oo) dol
Al iaoor and improvements upon the
,oa. WELLINGTON
Se aboum4 mining inning claim, situated on Bear gulch
in Wool Fe nm miles northeasterly of Galena.
county o'I Iaatver River mining district, Blaine
Revised Idaho, S,a, as required by section 2s24.
Ing the amaI 1Satutes of the United States, be-
for the ",noulit ra required to hold the same
that We vor year ending December 81. 1895:
being bI your our PROPORTION of the same @ is s5o'
from tbn bne lalf; and if within ninety days
ninety ne ds service of this notice. or within
You fail iHIaSs alter this notice BY publication
portloun, u,' ,s or refuse to contribute your pro-
ineludin~~i IsaeI sueh expenditure as co-owner,
Your in,sS, legal costs of tins publication.
properr,,xe sr,erest s in said claim will become the
provvlIisy provlsioyrao OF the Undersigned, under the
OF said section 1894,
Fun, Fun, Idaho, January IA, 1855.
'e publication, Jan. Is, lso6.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
DUCK SHOOTING MADE EASY.
How . Millionaire Bags the Game With
out Firing HIS Gun.

How . Millionaire Bags the Game With
out Firing HIS Gun.
There is man in this city who has
the wealth of a millionaire and the in
stincts of sporting man. Being able
to crafty the instincts, he had boughta
patch of river land in the neighborhood
of duck colony, and there established
an exclusive shooting ground.
Now, everybody does not know this.
People generally believe that Mr.. Mil
lionaire is as mighty hunter as Mr..
Nimrod of Biblical fame.
But here is the secret of this fortu-
nate sport, as related by an eye-wit-
ness. An old French hunter is en-
ployed on the island, and what Pere
Pirault doesn't know about duck shoot
ing isn't worth knowing. He has an
unerring eye and dilapidatel old gun
that will bring down more birds at a
shot than the best shotgun in the hands
of a sportsman, for that gun of Pere's
never missed bird in it's career. The
usual form of dialogue between Mr.. Mil
l;onaire and his hunter is here repro
duced:
"Dere eez one duck, Meester NJ"
81 don't see it, Pere."
"Non? You no zee dat duck? Dat
is SO. Hit make not vary plain. My
sef, l show hit, Meester NJ" and Pere
gets behind the elegant new shotgun
and the amateur sportsman.
Bang, bang! Only one gun goes off,
but that is Pere's, and more than one
duck falls inert.
"You shoot dem duck, Meester NJ"
says Pcre, innocently. Hit was
great shoot-pour vous."
The sarcasm Of foreign tongue is lost
on Mr.. Millionaire. Pere loads up and
gives his old gun her head again, and
more birds are slaughtered. And it is
confidently believed that Mr.. MS new
shotgun has never been fired within the
memory Of man.-Chicago Times-Her-
aid
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16

The chimney's foundation runs 25 feet
into the ground and is built of concrete.
into which are sunk, to depth of Is
feet, steel rods two inches in diameter.
To these steel rods are bolted plates of
cast iron two inches thick, and to these
are fastened the steel plates that form
the chimney. The chimney is SO feet
in diameter at the base, tapering at the
top to eight feet, and in high wind has
about eight inches sway. A brick
chimney has a sway of from IL to Is
inches.-N. Y. Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
Tho Queens Preacher.

Etiquette is to be observed in preach
ing before the queen No personal ref
erence to her majesty is permissible,
pure Gospel discourse being the rule,
delivered as though she was not pres
ent. Many have tried to evade these
rules. The queen likes and enjoys =
plain, practical discourse, selected
from the lessons or Gospel of the day.
to occupy about 20 minutes In delivery.
Questions Of the day, and, above all. poi
tics, must be entirely excluded-Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
Hanging Pictures.

No picture ought to be hung higher
thar the height of the average human
eye when the owner of the eye is stand
ing. 1t is the most universal rule in our
houses to hang pictures much above
this level, and they cannot be enjoyed
there. II one hang pictures with the
determination to place them so that
they can be easily seen and enjoyed
without stretching the neck in the
least, or STOPPING the body, he will be
pretty sure to do well.--N. y. Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
MILITARY Bear Hunting.

Russian soldiers in Siberia are not
only encouraged to exercise their mar
tial ardor on big game, but are actually
led out in squads to take part in the
hunt. On q recent occasion local po-
lice inspector soined in the hunt, and
got two of the soldier beaters to act as
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
Whero Mourning Is u Luxury.

WhcFO HOUFnfng Is . LuXuTys
The luxury Of woe" is such in the
orient that women seize on the slight
est pretext to indulge in it. Profes
sional mourners frequently sit before
the doors of dying people, waiting to
be engaged to raise their voices in
lamentations; and recently at Luxor
chorus of women sat on the banks OF
the Nile aOd cursed, tore their gar
ments and screamed, as q schooner
took man to prison for stealing. AS
soon as the boat had left the pier these
outbursts ceased, and the women chat
ted togethc: quietly and calmly.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
/" "BOW-Lcgged."

"Bow legged - is Watson bow
legged ?" said his best friend.
''Hie legs are such curves that when
he stands alongside of his bicycle a
stranger would swear it was tricycle."
yourral.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-01-16
BEAT THAT ALL HOLLOW.
Ho Could Loso Anything According to His
Story.

SIOkys
The man with the corduroy vest was
telling the story. lie said he was there
when it happened. He has the reputa-
ton among his friends of having been
at every important event since the land
ing OF the ark. Anyhow, this is what he
said:
81 was over at the theater last night
and was standing in the lobby waiting
for some friends who were going with
me to see the show. Two men, both of
whom had been drinking, came in. One
of them, the more unsteady one, wob-
bled up to the box Office and bought two
seats. He lost the tickets between the
box office and the door.
"When they got to the doorkeeper
and were asked for their tickets the
man who had bought them began hunt
ing through his pockets and looking
hopelessly into his hat. His friend en-
couraged him with maudlin advice and
finally the doorkeeper told them pretty
sharply to hurry up and let other people
in.
"'Can't do it, replied the man who
had lost the tickets.
"'Why not?' asked the doorkeeper.
81 losh my tickets
"'Why, you couldn't have lost them.
I saw you buy them two minutes ago.
You couldn't have lost two little bits of
pastboard like that SO quick
'Thc ticket loser was very indignant.
He looked as sternly as he could at the
doorkeeper. Then he said:
"'Oh, / couldn't Josh 'em, couldn't T?
couldn't Josh 'em. Thash all you know
bout it. / can't losh anythin'. losh
bass drum once.' buffalo Express.
The herald., 1897-07-12
Is Modified by Welcome
Showers
VICTIMS ARE LESS NUMEROUS
THOUGH THE NUMBER Is
STILL LARGE
Rain Is Heavy and Accompanied by
lightning and High Winds.
Much Damage Done
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, July 11.-wh1le the tenn.
perature today did not rise in this city
over so, the humidity, which, until even
Ing. stood at 9S degrees, made it uncom-
Portable for the "stay at homes" At
least half a million people managed to
reach the seashore, and nearly as many
more sought the shade in the parks.
AS the night wore on a cool breeze
sprang up, and the temperature fell to
", and at II p. m. the humidity recorded
was less than so per cent. The weather
observers say that at last cool wave
has struck the city, and that the next
few days will be cool.
AN unknown man, 35 years old, sup
posed to be a 'longshoreman, was found
unconscious from the heat today. He
was removed to hospital, where he
died.
-Four cases Of prostration by heat were
reported to the police today:
James Carey, 81 years old.
David Halleck, years old.
owen McGinness,, 3S years old
Robert Cunningham, Westchester.
Crazed by the heat, William Wallace
Gibson, 40 years old, committed suicide
by hanging himself in the cellar of his
home.
The herald., 1897-07-12
CRoCKER'S CONDITION
The Magnate Very Sick but Will
Recover

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.-William
II. Crocker, brother of Colonel Crocker,
arrived this afternoon at San Mateo from
the east on special train. He was
driven to Uplands and went at once to
the sick chamber.
Mr. Will Crocker spoke to the colonel,
but the latter did not reply There was
a dazed look in his eyes, but William
thought that his brother knew him.
After taking a careful look at the sick
man Will left the room for the day
The patient was undisturbed during
the remainder of the day. He was given
nourishment several times during the
day and took it readily. Towards even
ing he seemed to be slightly refreshed.
Doctors Gardner and Chismore then
took up the watch for the night.
After W. II. Crocker left the bedside
of his brother he said: II have Just
left the bedside of my brother and I
find him very sick man. 1 consider him
to be in critical condition. Indeed his
condition Is such as to cause his rela-
tives much alarm. They tell me, how
ever, there is a slight improvement in
my brothers condition. believe he will
recover"
In flying trip from Ogden to the
bedside of his stricken brother at San
Mateo, W. II. Crocker beat the record
time esta ablished some years ago by the
famous Willard special train. The dis
tance from Ogden to this city is S33
miles. Mr.. Crocker covered it in twenty
three hours and twenty-five minutes. His
time from Sacramento to this city wa Q,
also remarkable. The time made be-
The herald., 1897-07-12
HARE AND HOUNDS
Results Of the Coursing Net at Ingle-
side

Results Of the Coursing Net at Ingle-
side
SAN FRANCISCO, July n.-Results
Of coursing at Ingleside today:
All age stake-Eclipse beat little Tom,
Flashlight beat Senorita, SkybaH beat
Kingston, Seminole beat Colleen Bawn,
Emin Pasha beat Sam, Carmen beat
Blackstone, Nellie Conroy beat Myrtle,
Wayfarer beat Guy Fawkes, Magnet
beat Sir Walter. Connemara beat Fire
arm, Fear Not beat Sinaloa.
First ties-Echpse beat Susie. Sky
ball beat Flashlight, Emin Pasha beat
Seminole, Carmen beat Nellie Conroy,
Magnet beat Wayfarer, Connemara beat
Fear Not.
Second ties-SkybaH beat Eclipse.
Third ties-Skyball beat Emin Pasha,
Magnet ran bye.
Final-Magnet beat Skyball, Emin
Pasha beat Carmen.
Consolation stakes-Mayhower beat
Blackstone, Nellie Conroy beat Sinaloa
Seminole beat Sir Walter, Senorita beat
Myrtle, Fear Not beat Little Tom.
Final-Fear Not beat Senorita-
The herald., 1897-07-12
No Respecter Of Persons

When Admiral de Horsey. at Port
Royal. was one night returning to his
flagship alone, his way to the boat led
across the barrack square. A black
sentry of a West India regiment
halted him at the gate with, s'Who goes
dar?" Great was the admiraps annoy
ance to find he had neglected to get the
password. "That's all right" he said.
carelessly, hoping to overcome the mans
scruples by Indifference; you know who
am" Dunno nobody. sar," replied
the niger, pompously; ''you can't go in
dar." why, I'm Admiral de Horseyi~
"Well, you can't go in," was the reply.
II don't care if you's Admiral de Dom
key, I don't."-Househol Words.
The herald., 1897-07-12
AN OLD WAR QUESTION
REVIVED BY REAGAN'S SPEECH
AT NASHVILLE
Watterson Seems Able to Prove That
the Confederacy Is Very
Thoroughly Busted

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 11.-Mr
Henry Watterson publishes in the Cour-
ier-Journal tomorrow morning an elab-
crate reply to Judge Reagan's denial
that Mr.. Lincoln contemplated payment
for the slaves under certain conditions,
and that he said to Mr.. Stephens: 'Let
me write Union at the top of this page
and you may write below it whatever
you please"
Mr.. Watterson sustains his position by
profuse documentary evidence. He
quotes Mr.. Stephens account of the
Fortress Monroe conference and pro-
duces joint resolution prepared by Mr.
Lincoln to prove that indemnity for the
slaves was contemplated. He cites sew
eral credible witnesses, all Of whom de-
clare, as Mr.. Watterson declares HIM
self, that Mr.. Stephens did make the
statement ascribed to him.
In closing, Mr.. Watterson Gays: "Mr.
Watterson regrets that Judge Reagan
has seen fit to recur to a question he
thought was settled. He was surprised
by the passage in Judge Reagan's
Nashville address, but he concluded not
to revive an issue which, aside from
seeming ungracious to a fraternal oc-
casion cannot, in the nature Of the case,
be very agreeable as a retrospection or
profitable as subject of present dis
cussion. The insistence of Judge Reagan
in keeping it alive and urging review
which is contradicted by the best and
amplest testimony leaves him no other
alternative. He is just as free from any
just accusation of a purpose to mis-
report any southern aspect of the his
tory as was the judge himself, but he has
no personal motive, as Judge Reagan
has, for making a special plea in behalf
of any particular view. 1t is fact that
within less than sixty days of its total
collapse, the confederacy might have
made honorable and advantageous terms
of peace on the basis of the restoration
of the Union, and it is fact that COM
missioners sent to Fortress Monroe re-
fused to treat on other terms than the
recognition of the independence of the
confederacy.
"Whether it was best to let the col
lapse come is another matter. That 1t
was coming, was in point of fact, immi-
nent, and was well known in official cir
cles at Richmond. That within less
than sixty days it actually came, Is his
tory. Whether it was best for the con-
federate president and authorities to
take time by the forelock and with a
full knowledge of the impending dis
aster before their eyes, to seek some
other settlement than that of the i'm
possible recognition of the Independence
Of the confederacy, or to leave the bot
tom literally to drop from the tub, the
confederate armies at the mercy of Grant
and Sherman the confederate capital
abandoned and the confederate govern
ment in flight. belongs to a chapter of
speculative philosophy which we do not
care at present to explore"
The herald., 1897-07-12
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
Why Officer Ben Robbins Did No,
Catch a Burglar


As Officer Ben Robbins was patroling
his beat on North Main street in the
gloomy hour between u and o'clock this
morning he was startled by a sudden
flash of light which appeared I'M the rear
of hardware store situated Just north
Of First street. In an instant the light
died down again, and the conviction
forced itself upon him that a burglar
was operating inside and it had been an
inadvertent flicker of his "glim' that
had been seen. After watching a few
moments the patrolman's patience wac
rewarded by seeing a second flash, and
he Immediately began preparations to
capture the midnight marauder.
Deputy Constable Tom Quinn hap
pening along. he was stopped and sta.
toned in the rear of the store to prevent
an attempt at escape in that direction,
while Robbins cautiously effected an
entrance, revolver in hand, ready for
any emergency. Slowly he crept to-
ward the rear Of the store in the dark
ness, when suddenly from above his
head again the tell-tale light flashed
out Then the whole thing was ex-
planned and the mystery was solved. In
stead Of its being the "glim" OF burg
lar, the cause Of all the excitement was
an innocent and inoffensive incandes-
cent lamp, which had evidently been left
lighted when the store was closed. In
some way the wires had become crossed
and the current was shunted off, extin-
gushing the lamp. The swaying of
the wire would occasionally allow the
temporary passage of the current
whereupon the light would flash out.
Robbins didn't say much when he
found out how matters stood, but he
thought good deal. and some of his
thoughts would not bear publication.
The herald., 1897-07-12
r. W.. G.. A.,
The Convention Now in Session in
Massachusetts

The Convention Now in Session in
Massachusetts
NORTHFIELD. Mass, July 1.-THE
Young WomeniS Christian association
conference met in the Northfield Con-
gregational church this morning. There
was song serivec before the sermon
conducted by George c. Stebbine. The
Smith College Glee club sang songs.
Rev. DR.. Henry C. Mabie Of Boston,
one of the secretaries of the Baptist
Missionary union, delivered the sermon.
At the close of the services Mrs. j. Nor
veil of San Francisco, took Mrs. D. l..
Moody's Bible class for young ladies and
gave them Bible talk.
In the afternoon at o'clock Mr.. Moody
met on Round Top those who desired, to
ask him questions concerning the Bible.
The vesper service on Round Top was
conducted by Mrs. Margaret Sangster,
editor of Harper's Bazaar. She spoke
upon Daniel The evening platform
meeting was addressed by Mr.. Moody,
who spoke on Christ.