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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23
4 JOB FOR TOO TURKEYS.

Turned Loose In an Orchard 10 save
1t 1ron Invading GEasshoppers.
w. r. Birmingham, OF Oakland, a few
years ago purchased large tract Of
land in the river bottom below Pollas-
Ky. and has since put out over $4,000
fruit trees. There was small orchard
on the place when he purchased it, and
these older trees are in full bearing.
while peach trees but three and four
years old have borne large crops. The
soil is deep silt, and very fertile. Mr.
Birmingham put in a large gasoline en-
gine and pump, and pumps water from
the San Joaquin river to irrigate with.
The orchard presents very thrifty ap-
pearanco, and oil the trees that are old
enough are loaded with fruit.
The other day an army of grasshop-
pers came down from the hills to the
southeast and invaded one corner OF
the orchard. They were too young to
fly much and could only hop aud crawl,
but they had q voracious appetite, ard
within few hours had eaten every leaf
from every tree over IN area Of five
acres.
There was in the garden tract nearly
everything in the vegetable line, but
the hoppcrs showed NO preference what
ever, eating everything clean as they
went. Squash vines that were very
thrifty. each of which covered q space
OF perhaps six feet square, were eaten
off clean. Strawberries were eaten
without cream, and every berry and
vegetable in the garden went to fatten
grasshoppers. And there were mil
lions upon millions Of hoppers and hop
pers. They are not of the 17-year va
riety either. but just common, every
day foothill grasshoppers with noun
tain sppetite. Az their wings are not
large enough to enable them to indulge
the disposition 80 prevalent in both
man and animal to hurry ON to other To-
calities in search of greener or better
pastures, they just hop and crawl upon
the trees and vines, and eat, and eat.
and eat. It does seem a. if they can
eat for "a hours without . rest.
Mr. Birmingham 1t once put an adj
vertisement in the Republican that he
wanted thousand turkeys. A wagon
lead of turkeys passed through Fresno
recently en- route for Pollasky, but he
wants all he can get.
As an experiment Mr.. Birmingham
mixed with . quart Of middlings and a
quart of bran one pound OF arsenic and
set the mixture before the invading
army. They ate with relish and
marched onward, right on. He say
he didn't find dead grasshopper.
Two years ago the hoppers invade
the same orchard. Mr.. Birmingha1s
found q Portuguese who had q band G..
700 turkeys, and at once made arrange
ments with him to bring his turkeys
down to the orchard and camp there.
The owner of the turkeys had severai
well-trained shepherd dogs. and witt
their aid Is turkeys were allotted tc
each row of trees, and herded slowly
along, eating hoppers, as they went.
Men were sent In advance to shake the
hoppers from the trees, and the tur-
keys did the rest. The hoppers were
totally destroyed and the orchard saved.
Fresno (Cal.) Republican.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23

press Of Intellect and amiability. She
talked on this occasion of England. say-
ing how much she admired the coun-
try and its institutions. It was won
derful how well posted up she seemed
to be in the politics Of the three king
doms. When her guests bade her adieu
the empress had pretty custom Of pre-
senting each in turn with = bunch Of
violets or roses.-Woman at Home.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23
RUINED eY PIE.



Lsvs fse TAh .Pas1Ey Barred I'm o. -
- R1avet aaA Drsvs Hin - Heegssy.
A most singular case Il now In the
courts at Kingston, in this state. A
young man living there was lately
1ound to be forger, and when he con-
1eosed he said he was driven to the
crime by IN ungovernable gluttouy for
mince pie. To satisfy his craving he
had forged the signature OF . wealthy
man to . note for one thousand dollars.
and had got the paper discounted, says
the Buffalo Courier. With the proceeds
he went on mince-pie spree. and had
devoured sixty dollars worth OF this
pastry before he was arrested.
According to his story his extraordi-
nary liking for mince pie began to
show itself when he was . boy. He
seemed even then to feel that there
was something abnormal in his appe-
tite, for he went voluntarily to Bloom
ingdale asylum in the hope Of being
cured Of his gluttony. After he came
out he believed he was cured and be-
gan to study for the ministry. But
in . fatal hour, about two years later,
the mania for pie came upon him
with Irresistible power. He broke
into the housekeeper's closet in the
Auburn Theological seminary, where
he was q student, and gorged himself
with lnince pie. His relapse so preyed
upon him that he went to the faculty,
and they advised him, he says, to drop
his studies. as it would be det-
rimental to the ministerial call
ing for him to enter it with
such fatal appetite for mince pie. He
would be likely to suffer seizure Of his
mania at . supper in the church parlors
or at the table of one of his flock, and
create an unforgetable scandal. He
took the advice Of the faculty and
went to peddling clothes-wringers and
bed springs, but his uaalady was now
20 deep seated that he subordinated
everything to his craving. He devel-
oped IN unusual cunning for stealing
mincc pie. or in getting the money
with which to purchase it. 81 would
be tempted" said he, ''and fall; go to .
restaurant and eat q pie and half or
two pies. I became as helpless q VIC
tim to the mince pie habit as the drunk
ard is to the drink habit. Sometimes
have pawned my overcoat or my watch
when have seen an uncommonly
luscious pie in window and have not
had enough ready money to buy it."
Then came the forging of the note
and the pie orgy which ended in his ar
rest. After hearing his story . COM
mission was appointed to inquire into
his sanity, and it h likely that, In
stead Of being sent to . penitentiary,
he will be placed in . lunAtic asylum.
He is described as thin, nervous-look-
ing man with wild expression, which
Is disappointing, for many man Of
New England ancestry would be glad
to cultivate this lunacy II It would not
spoil his complexion and keep him
awake nights
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23

1A1xkktspkx q thA ~ ~ lktaaits
q ~ ue6as ulesr Wood Hvef. eeWesseh
hAA am0kI Napias sagiona, aAd, hcaasd
a t& q n H. vary -hsArt a The oss& psuu
isiAg sniniag eountry on the fsee 7of tas
earth, snd lea$lhg hothiAk ufsdone 10 Pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis Of aA
mining news and developments, ~ well -
matters Of local importance Ia and about
Keteham, II is1n invaluabae guide for sap-
ital and informant to the settler OF every
craft and position. Subscrske for It, read
1t, and let your friends read u.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23

Queen Christina Of Spain recently
presented to Our Lady of Alnudeada .
valuable opal ring that belonged to her
late husband, Alfonso XII. Alfonso
gave the ring to his first wife. Queen
Mercedes, just before her sudden death;
It then went to the kings grandmother.
old Queen Christina, the mother Of
isabella II. She died two months after
receiving the ring and left it to Mer-
cedes' sister, Maria de1 Pillar, daughter
Of the Duke Of Montpensier, who also
died after . few months, as did also her
sister Christina, who inherited the ring
from her. Alfonso then determined
that no one else should wear the fatal
opal, and took it himself; within two
months he was buried. This story h
belisved IN spain; % to prevent fur
tier harm the queen has given Il 70 the
VlrR3n.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23
Notice of Publication.

." .; W. Washington, A. H. Rahm and
Nelson +. Ki,uball, your heirs, devisees
:; lou are hereby notified that the under
;;.shta ~ has expended $lO0, in the year 1885.
~ 'Aoor ana improvements upon the
MEXICAN
.ooe mining claim in Warm Springs Greek,
~ boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
da dduaao, IN order to hold said premises un-
S.s S, Inc provisions of section 1924, Revised
Statutes Statutes Of the United States, being the
.nS smSunt required to hold the same during
~;e saI ior said calendar year 1895. and il,
,ha Thsnlh ninety days after the expiration of
nNh ,"S publication OF this notice, which will be
fnSa kuunshed Tor ninety days, you fail or re-
t;on, e 70 contribute your respective proper
ss",s. ons OF such expenditure as co-owners,
sa;S ;SIiuihg to your respective interests in
s;,,.m Sru calm viz: b. w. Watlington, one
tsshth, tssn.s &.25; A. H. Rahm, one-six-
SSH ;,h.h' s6.25 and Nelson F. Kimball, one
S,,i ,IiI si25o, your interests in said claim
sr,r m W ue forfeited to and become the prop
t,,c ~ " me undersigned, under and by vir-
'"' VI SAID section Z324.
EDWARD BKISBIN.
FIRST publication, Feb Is. 1896.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23
HowwoMEN'sw WHEELS DEVELOP
Only . Few Years Ago Manufactures
Would Not Make Them.

Only . Few Years Ago Manufacturers
Would Not Make Them.
It affords the pioneer women cyclers
no little amusement and satisfaction to
recall the davs when bicvcle manufac-
turers, in reply to requests for women's
wheels, would say with emphasis:
"We have never manufactured wom-
ans wheel and we never will" In
those early days Of wheeling, bicycles
for American women were imported
from England. One woman who had
never seen q bicycle, but had read OF
them and was possessed OF the true
wheeling spirit, bought one OF these
cumbrous machines. It had wheels
thirty inches high, weighed over fifty
pounds, had . solid tire and cost one
hundred and forty dollars. The first
ride Of the ownerupon this machine OF
solid weight and worth covered ten
miles, and produced . sprained ankle,
. black eye and IN entirely demolished
gown. The riders spirit was unbroken,
however, and. after . rest Of two
weeks, she mounted again and rode to
victory. In these days of teachers,
trainers and countless comfortable ap-
pliances, it is refreshing to know OF
these Spartan achievements.
While many women ride diamond
frames and IN increased number will
doubtless continue to do 90, the radical
differences between . mans wheel and
. womans will always be the drop
frame. When the bicycle is regarded
simply q . vehicle and not as toy or
machine for display, the majority Of
women will probably wear skirts. A
short skirt Of sensible length avoids the
actual danger Of ENHANCEMENT in chain
or pedals. Still the inventor who can
and any method of placing the chain
under cover in drop frame, without
adding to the weight of the wheel, viii
meet . ''lone-felt want" Along this
line the especial Development OF the
woman's machine must come.
Out of the multitude Of councillors u
finally coming wisdom on the subject
of woman's bicycle dress. The latest
results attained enable rider TO 60
fitted for any kind Of weather. She
may start m low shoes, heavy woolen
stockinRs, knickerbockers and light
wei1ht silk blouse on Q hot summer
morning, with . soft. round felt hat or
CAP With visor to protect her eyes. She
can also carry . small package, and, If
it rains, take from that package jacket
with square revers, which button back
on themselves or across each other.
The Jacket, knickerbockers and cap are
ali raipproof. II It grows colder she
may don legEins and skirt of length
above the ankles, also rainproof. Thus
equipped. xhe can defy the elemental
The greatest stress should be placed
upon Jacket which win cover the chsA
and protect the lungs & necessary.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23


The late Empress Augusta OF Ger
MANY. when she received at her castle
those guests not well known TO ner'
invariably appeared before them IN .
cloak and bonnet. Lady Isabel Stew
art. not long before the death OF the
empress, called upon her, and found
her dressed ~ for IN afternoon drive
but tho bonnet she wore shone gay wisn
diamond ornaments and flowers. re-
member. too. that when our charming
singer. Nine. Albani Gyc, was com
nandefl Tor an aud3ence, she WAS little
s1ar4led, On bsing salhessd -inte ths
ssr. - md TIE empress lying ON :
sofx r0bed from had g foot ~ the
sbriehtest red and wearing : red bonnet:
Hair nnaiesE had - .sineela1Iy fragile
a,,1.aar.s,ces hut her 1ace bore. - ~
.sa,,ru1rsaassx s<s sssas4%S*ss
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23

The street cars of Sacramento City,
in California, are now run by electricity
generated by the falls of the American
river at Folsom, twenty-four miles
away. The river has been damned.
creating = reservoir three miles long,
with . flow Of eighty-ave thousand cubic
feet . minute. After turning the turbine
wheels at the dam the water Is not al
lowed to escape further service. but is
used for irrigation. Sacramento City
expects soon TO b warmed end lighted
by the river. m f
A young woman who had never
learned the art Of cooking, being desir-
Gus Of impressing her husband with her
knowledge and diligence, manages to
leave the kitchen door ajar on the day
after their return from the bridal trip
and a. her lord comes in from the ofI3ce
exclaims, loudly: Hurry up Eliza.
do! Haven't you washed the lsttuce
YETI Here, give It to ms. Whero Il
the soapr'-Loudon Tit-Bits.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23


Wealth and ignorance sometimes go
hand In hand. To jewelry store in q
small town there drove up one day q
handsomely dressed lady, who entered,
and, after some preliminary 1ourishes,
asked for a dozen souvenir spoons. IA
dozen souvenir spoons?' repeated the
clerk, in natural surprise. 'Ycs," re-
piled the lady. placidly, "a dozen SOU
venir spoons-to eat souvenirs with
you know. My daughter makes beau
tiful souvenirs" The clerk turned
pale, and exhibited . tray of orange
spoons, on . venture. She selected
dozen and carried them away, and the
clerk Il still wondering what she really
wanted.
Russian Proverbs.
Many familiar proverbs Of the Rus
sian people have cynical Asvof Here
il little group Of them:
Words are not arrows, but they Ahyi
farther.
After the Aght, there are lots Of brave
men.
The bread OF others is sweet
Seat lout 1t your table and he wiN
put his feet on It. q
The rare visitor Il . jolly companion.
He who robs, sins once; he who -
robbed, sins ten timeA
Pure gold makes itself known, even
in the dirt.-vouth'- Companion.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-19
A Powerful Light

A powerful and portable light for
exterior illumination, such as in the
case OF railway accidents or military
operations, has been brought out in
Germany, and is known as the DUR
light. 1t could be equally as we'll
adapted for interior illumination.
The apparatus consists OF tank
containing the supply Of oil-petro-
leum-which is removed sufficiently
from the burner to avoid all danger
OF fire from the flame. The light is
originated by automatic evaporation
and overheatlng OF the vapors from
ordinary lamp petroleum The
vapors are converted into gas,
which, upon being burned, yield a
light from $500 to $4,000 candle
power A lamp carrying 10 litres OF
petroleum, and giving a $500 candle
I power light, can be strapped on the
knapsack OF soldier.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-19
Opium in Formosa.

Formosa, like China, is opium
cursed. What was to be done2 A
practical examination Of the ques-
ton soon showed that to enforce the
law would drive large portion of
the inhabitants back to their main
land of China. To carry such a
regulation into effect at once would
produce physical Effects which we're
unthought of. The leading advisers
Of the government, after investiga-
ton, changed their opinions, and it
was finally resolved, not without
strong opposition, to license the sale
OF opium. 1t is to be sold only to
those over the age of 70 who have a
physicians certificate that they have
been addicted to its use. Only regu-
larry licensed dealers are permitted
to sell it, and they are not to sell it
to Japanese on penalty Of death.
1t is intended wholly to stamp out
it's use and sale in the course OF a
few years. 1t may be that the
change may come sooner, for while
the opinion of the government has
been in accord with what has been
above stated, the new Ministry Just
organized may have a different view.
Count Okuma, the new Minister for
Foreign Affairs, says: "Who says it
is impossible to prohibit he use OF
op'um2 VIII says that it is imprac.
ticable to entirely prevent the Snug
Cling Of opium into Formosa7 Per-
sous who say these things are weak
hearted and unwise." Thus, while
the policy OF the past has been one
rather of Cancellation and gradual
removal of the evil, tie voice of a
strong body of the people may be
heard to shut out the traffic at once.
But Japan has done much for
Formosa in this short time besides
subdue it. A.briei review OF what
has been undertaken shows some
thing OF the zeal with which she has
begun her work. And it must be-
remembered that most of what is
here spoken Of has been undertaken
within the past nine months, for lit.
tie could be done before the close Of
the last year, on account Of the reb-
ellions, and this year there have been
frequent interruptions from up
risings in various parts. In some
ways the government has not been
able to carry out ia practice what it
proposed at the beginning. This is
true in regard to the opium traffic,
for example. When Formosa was
given over to Japan, at the time Of
the Shimonoseki treaty, Lii Hung
Chang and Marquis Ito discussed
the question, and Ito then said that
the Japanese Government would
suppress the use OF opium. LII said
it could not be done. 1t is we'll
known that Japan stands sworn
enemy to opium, its importation
into japan being forbidden on heavy
penalty; even some well-known Am
erican patent medicines being un-
able to pass the customs OF Japan
because of the opium they contain,
American Exchange.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-19

mas Day sono poor child in honor
of the holy one, who had been their
guest
And SO, in the Black Forest, is
still told this legend of how the
chrysanthemums or Christ flowers
came.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-19

Bicycle boys remember that we
have the finest brews of Buffalo Beer
and the Pabst genial shandy gaff at
the Royal, Pacific and Cosmopolitan
and with our interchangeable checks
you can take a turn around the
blocks between refreshments,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-19
NOTICE.

SUBsCRIBERS ARE RESPECTFULLY
- notified that all subscriptions are pay
able strictly in advance by the month
quarter or year
r. TESLA,
49, MapaWor
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-08
NAMES DELUDED GOVERNOR.

In his inaugural address to the Maine
legislature, at Augusta, yesterday, Gov.
Powers felicitated his credulous auditors
upon the fact that "our young men have
ceased immigrating to the far west as
soon as they are able to commence life
for themselves" adding, as sort of ra-
tionale that sour people" have heretofore
been duped into making many "wild'
Investments in Missionary western
schemes" and have made up their wise
minds to do so no more.
This lie really 80 good that it merits i'm.
mediate reproduction in one Of the popu-
lar scom,o wesklies." For many years the
best blood of poor old Maine has been
steadily flowing westward untilits dwind-
ling population of 661 ,0S6 lie only able to
produce $4,000 bushels of wheat annually
and it's ancient sobriquet of "the Pine
Tree state" manifestly should be changed
20 tho "Sucked Orange state" Very
likely the bread Gov. Powers nourished
himself with on the day he penned his
message was raised by hardy sons Of
Maine In tho "far west" and it ia certain
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-08
PRESS COMMENT.
A Mining Boom Coming.


Students and observers of nature can
sometimes see signs of approaching
changes to which unframed eyes are blind.
The hunter or herdsman may discern in
the movements of the clouds or hear in
the N gaming of the wind the coming of a
storm, and the signs of the sea are clear
as an open book to the experienced eye
of one whose life has been spent upon the
ocean. So the man who has studied trade
movements may see evidence of coming
changes that are not disclosed to those of
less experience. 1t is so now. Men who
are watching the signs of the times per-
ceive evidence of coming changes which
others profess not to be able to see. This
time the drift is toward mining boom
or period of great activity in the de.
velopment of the mineral resources of
the far west In the east men are giving
more attention to this subject than they
did six months ago, or Immediately after
the election. There is better inquiry for
investments. Much of the work of this
kind is being done quietly, but it is grow
ing in volume. Investors are very care
full. They want to be sure of what they
are doing, and that makes the movement
slow. But changes of this kind, like
those in the physical world gather
strength as they advance. This is their
momentum. 1t will not be long until
evidence of the approaching boom will
be so clear that every one will see it.
Then the boom will be well nigh here.
The world is hungry for gold.-Denver
Republican.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-08

FROM careful perrsal of the metro.
politan press of the country prior to the
election we were led to believe that every
man who spoke of the defects of our gov
ernmental institutions was either an an
archist or free coinage Democrat-six
of one and half dozen of the other in
the estimation of the metropolitan press
but now that the several newly elected
governors have pronounced their in
augural speeches we are half inclined to
think that the metropolitan press must
have been mistaken. 1t thus early be-
comes evident that the goldite press and
their official poems are going to have
hard time making their stories doye-tail
during the next four years.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-08

that there are many Maine men in the
Rocky mountains who could buy entire
counties in their native state with less
financial embarrassment than the pur-
chase of postage stamp would entail
upon many of Gov. Powers hapless
constituents.
We have an exceedingly patient, sub
missve and accomplishing animal out
here in Now Mexico that is alleged to
thrive on a daily diet of tin cans
and WAKES fat on such dainties as
clothes line and discarded straw ticks
He is known to fame as the burro Gas
THAN Spanish for donkey,) and, if he had
ever done US any harm, we should GER
tainlY recommend him to go to Maine
and seek employment as lieutenant-gov-
ernor under Gov. Powers.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-08
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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-08

PREsID EMIT ELECT MCKINLEY has frank
ly assured Senator Wolcott, of Colorado,
that he is sincerely in favor of interna-
tlonal bimetallism as we'll as a protec-
tive tariff system. In other words the
advance agent of prosperity" favors an
American system of tariff taxation and a
monetary system by and with the con-
sent of Great Britain and Germany.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-08

We quote on another page of the New
MEXICAN to-day an article from the Albu-
querque Democrat which we commend to
the thoughtful consideration of every tax
payer. It refers to the management of
county affairs, a sub ject in which prop
erty owners, whether they like it or not,
are now forced to take an interest.