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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-15

DD BhIC SALE-Ot Personal Property-As
! will leave my farm th!s spring. will
Sell without reserve at my residence on the
Delaware river on the road from Whining.
ton to New Castle OH
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-15
DUBLlC SALE will be sold ~ No
i Van Buren, street. on
HEDNEs MAKCH nth,

Lot OF parlor furniture. bed room FUR
tire. dining room furniture. china clQ
antique Mahogany table one fne oil p4tu11
ing. brussei. hall and stair carpets In x441
order complete kitchen ouriit. aud n1Anl
other articles not mentioned. Sale positive
mll-is-lb.l6 l. W STlDHAM & SON. Auct
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
Ancient British Graves

The museum of the Castle Hall at
Taunton (the courthouse of "bloody
Jeffries') has just been presented by
Lord Lovelace with kistyaen, or an
cient British grave, discovered with its
skeleton inmate upon Culbone Hill, Elk
moor, on the breezy coach route between
Minehead and Lynmouth. The kist-
yaen. a stone-buift chamber about four
feet below the surface. measured
feet inches by 20 inches by ls inches; |;
and the early Briton had to be ingenious
ly packed. A coarse clay cup was found
near the skull, which was SO we'll pre-
served after all these centuries that
some. Americans using the coach ore
said to have made "fabulous offers" Tor
even q single tooth. The entire kist,
however, has been removed to the head
quarters of the Somersetshire Archeo-
logical society, where it will be re-
erected. Interments OF similar ma
ture have been found all over England
and notably in Wiltshire and York
shire.-N. Y. Sun. sss
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
woMAN.s IMPuLslvENEss.

It Often Proves to BE Hsf worst
If a thoughtful woman were asked;
what is the greatest curse OF your
sex?" she might we'll answer: I'm
pulse" It is responsible for almost ali
tbe mistakes made by the good hearted
among us. May it not be safely saln
that q few minutes thought before
speech or action would prevent nos'
fatal blunders? Many of US are In pos
tive bondage to our bird-like quickness
to feel, to show our feeling, to retort
or to respond. If we are hurt we must
Immediately "give ourselves away as
the phrase runs, if not by bitter speech
at least by look and manner; yet re-
Election frequently brings the keenes,
regret for the lost dignity, the betrayed
secret. Many one has wrecked ner
own happiness for the want OF the pa
tieLt stoicism which would have led her
to stand aside for awhile watching
events until they brought with them
her opportunities. Even when we are
happy it is not always we'll to let the
bright stream bear US away rudderless.
The impulsive manifestation OF affec-
ton, the hasty proposal OF marriage, the
hastier acceptance-haye they never
proved the beginnings OF misery? Ut
has a rash word never sundered true
lovers, true friends? It these things
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Generally, speaking, we say that the
curvature of the earth amounts to about
seven inches to the statute mile; it il
exactly 500 inches, or 1862 inches for q
geographical mile.
Scientists say that no negro has ever
tanned an elephant or any wild animal
though negroes frequently perform
with wild animals after they have been
cowed into subsection by white men.
lightning is zigzag because, as il
condenses the air in the immediate ad-
vance of its path it flies from side to
side in order to pass where there is the
least resistance to its progress.
"A gray, green or yellowish green
sunset indicates rain. A red sunset
means rain. A deep blue sky means
fair weather. A growing whiteness, a
storm. Unusually bright or twinkling
stars mean rain.
Prof. Barnard's photograph of the
milky way shows the existence of 5OO,-
100000 suns, each supposed to be the
center of system of planets, where
hitherto it was thought to contain only
about 2O,O0O,oOO such suns.
"A female Goldfish will lay 5000, 900
eggs during a single season. Piscato-
rial authorities say that were it not for
the work of the natural enemies of fish.
they would fill all the available space
in the seas, rivers and oceans.
Snow appears white because it is an
aggregation of an infinite number of
minute crystals, each rejecting all the
colors of the rainbow; these colors,
uniting before they reach the eye, cause
it to appear white to every normal eye.
The nautical term. "trade winds"
applies to constant winds which blow
at sea to the distance of about 80 de-
grees on both sides of the equator. On
the north of the equator they blow
from the northeast and on the south
from the southeast,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
GATHERS SKULLS.

- .aedical Student Who Risks His Life to
Get Them
r About As miles below Portland, on the
Oregon side of the Columbia. the broad
expanse of water flows without a
ripple, and is deep and as still as death.
The bank rises high above the waters
level and stretches away back to the
timber line. just above this point is
"Cofiin rock, which was the starting
place to "the happy hunting grounds"
of the various Oregon tribes of Indians,
but the very high water of 1862 swept
Coffin rock of all of its deposits to the
point below. 1t is lonely place, with
out sound, save the call of the cricket
in the grass, or the hoot of the screech
owl nestled in the adjacent timber.
Here the overfowing waters of nearly
half-century ago lodged the remains
of many tribes high and dry, literally
moving the last resting-place of their
dead, for no Pacific coast tribe ever
buried their dead below the surface of
the earth Some hedged them about
with rocks, above the ground, leaving
the face upward and exposed. Others
put bark covering over them, while
others were suspended from limbs or
left in the forks of trees. Time has
robbed every form of it's substance, ard
left only the whitened bones and
bleached skulls.
Students. dentists ard physicians are
eager to secure these trophies for articu-
lation. So great is the demand that at
least one man has for years followed
the hazardous business of gathering
these skulls for the market. 1t is risky.
for the few remaining Indians still keep
vigil over the remains of their dead, and
to be caught in the act would mean a
prison in the recesses of the neighbor-
ing mountains, followed by death of
slow torture, for no quarter or mercy
would be shown to the victim. Still,
knowing this, Howard Clause, re-
cfuse, nightly risks his life to gather
these grinning. whitened skulls, and
every now and then box of large and
small skulls are shipped from Portland.
Ore. to the various noted seats of
medical and dental learning in the east.
San Francisco Call.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
A COWBOYS LETTER.
1t Was to His Father, Who Was . Duke

<-s In Scotland.
This world has become but very
small place, yet it is not every day that
the fact is so forcefully demonstrated
as it was to a certain doctor of whcul
western paper tells. This doctor had
under his care In the hospital cow
boy from one of the ranges OF northern
Montana, who, when; he became con-
yalescent, one day walked into the doc
tors house to thank him for his services
and say good-by.. AS he was about to
leave the Office, the cowboy remarked:
doctor, / understand that you arr.
soon to set off on trip to the other
side of tle water, and that before you
return you intend to visit Scotland.
If such is the case, ]. should like to give
you letter to some friends Of mine"
The doctor replied that he. did intend
to visit Scotland, and that he should
be pleased to take charge of the letter.
Thereupon the cowboy sat down.
wrote a brief letter, sealed It up, ana
addressed the envelope to-let us say
the duke of Craige" at castle III
Scotland. When he handed it to the
doctor, that gentleman looked at the
address rather dubiously, and then
asked, in voice that was possibly q
little cold: 'sIs this gentleman an ac-
q,Elintance of yours?'' U-Es
We'll, yes" replied the ranch-rider.
81 think it quite probable he will re-
member me. He is my father, and |
shall be glad to have you call on him
and tell him Tim getting along all
right"
The doctor took the letter, and when
he left for the old world had every in
tention of cultivating the acquaintance
of the Scottish nobleman. as he had
already. cultivated the acquaintance OF
his son.-Youth's Companion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
DANGER IN FRESH EGGS.
Fatal Spores Which Are Found Upon the
Shells.

Fatal Spores Which Are Found Upon the
shells.
When, in the brave, unscientific days
of old, the tyrant got to think chat the
sort of dinner to which he was accus-
toned might be apt to disagree with
him very seriously, he book to dining
upon eggs, and he cooked the eggs
himself. The repast might be frugal
one, but he could, at any rate, console
himself with the reflection that II
couldn't be toxic. That tyrant, if hs
read the scientific Journals, would kno"
better to-day, and, even If his hens
performed their office in his presence.
would be careful to wash the new
laid egg before he cooked it. For now
adays we have Dycelium and the fatal
spore. When, but yesterday, hundred
eggs were '.set," with experienced hens
to sit upon them, who never neglected
their duty for moment, the result was
q bare score of chicks. On each un-
fruitful egg was presently remarked
just the kind OF smudge which has hith-
erto been held by connoisseurs to be
the surest outward and visible sign OF
the nearness of an eggs laying. Sci
ence, however. decided that The smudge
meant mycelium, that the spore had
penetrated the eggshell, and bad slain
the chick within. And science proved
it's assertion by ocular evidence. Fur
ther, it showed that there was mycell-
unl in the straw Of the nests, that the
straw had got little damp, and shat
the hen had failed to hatch the egg
because she had hatched the spore- But
the spore will hatoh just as well In the
ordinary temperature OF room, and,
once entire, does we'll within the hui
man.. Hence the ablutionary process
in the case Of smudged eggs OF the most
unfloubted freshness is strongly fecom-
mended.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06

are true it. is likewise true that the
fault in the commencement has been
that Of feminine eimpulsiveness The de-
feet is generous one, and, therefore,
commoner with us than it is with men,
so that it handicaps us unfairly in the
struggle of life. And truly it is a weary
task to be always with host of petty
maxims preaching down" ones heart.
But we must do it; either we must rule
feeling or feeling will rule us. 1t is a
good servant, but a bad master. Our
loving women's hearts are like the fire
of the domestic hearth-the light of the
home when duly controlled warming
the whole house, but if the fire be not
kept in itsSubordinate place what con-
f1agration ensues!-N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser. g. ~ So gaza - =. .
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06


act, SO to speak, as antiseptics in regard
to bacteria, or microbes, the fact being
that these microscopic organisms have
but a very short lease of life while on
metals. The destroying influences of
metals increase with their tempera ture,
and also with the, close touch OF the
micro-organisms with the metal At
temperature of IS to 100 degrees Tahrcn-
leit, which is common IN the pockets
where money is carried, the dest truction
of microbes occurs within three hours.
The various metals used for coins are
somewhat different in this respect, all
yer being the most antiseptic and gold
the least. Copper and bronze hold
about the middle between the two more
precious metals. - st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
ADVICE TO MEN.
Don't Wear Long Hair and an Ar o
.sa. s- DishAbiil0. REH .E

Don't Wear Long Hair and an Air
s. . DishAbiile. zE1 E
In seeking to win the affection and
friendship of women, dear boys, you
will find dress an important thing to be
considered, says woman writer.
Although ! will not go as far as to say
that a woman's heart has ever been
broken by badly-brushed hat, | have
known woman to look at bulging
shirt bosom and decide that even it she
could ever consent to pillow her head
upon such an MISUNDERSTANDING
SPOT the loud vivacity of the waistcoat
beneath would make rest there quite
Impossible. I am not going to tell you
what to wear. That is the work OF
mightier intellects than mine. And
there are the young lady male imper-
senators of the variety stage to copy.
These represent the woman's ideal OF
mans clothing. Imay, however, prove
myself useful in telling you what not to
wear. To begin with, there is one rule
YOU should have written on your mir
rorS. 1t is this: 55 +, 2
Do not dress like genius, even if you
ARE one. 80 o.
The average woman has strong
aversion to go. out with gentleman.
who-becauae laurel wreaths have gone
out of Observation-Disclosures for them
long hair, short trousers, decollete
shirts and generally carefully ar.
ranged dishabille. a sa
The average woman is q silly little
thing. you know, and she would rather
that you locked commonplace and well
groomed than that every. newsboy
should be able to tell that she is walking
with an intellectual giant.
As for the woman above the average
well, eshe knows that you're not a
genius, anyhow. You can't fool her
with freak neckties and doorknob
studs!
Remember that am directing your
doings to meet the tastes Of the major
ity of women. There are ladies who
go riding on tandem bicycles with gen
tlemen who wear red suits. and come
women love the society of 2 necktie or
vest that almost barks.g a*e,,ss
The ring, watchchain and bric-a-brac
habit is popular with young ladies who
stand on the other side of the foot
lights and have taste for any thing
that glitters even If it ian't 1s carat.
BY this class OF lady you may be loved
for yonr scarfpin. but large percent
age Of the weaker sex prefer to do all
the glitterinR that il to be done them
sclves.-N. T. World
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
A STORY OF IL HUNG CHANG.

How He Interested Himself In Two
go Chinese Women.
Something over year ago CHI
nese Christian girl named Marguerite
Wang came to America with the In
tention of obtaining an education. She
remained here year, and was just
about to enter woman's college when
she received word that her father had
betrothed her to man whom she had
never seen. Under the consular reg
ulations she was forced to return ~
her home, foregoing her education, to
marry this man. Miss Hartford, one of
the principal workers in the Foo-Chow
mission, who was here on visit. ac-
companied her on her return.
On the same ship with them was I'll
Hun Chang and his suite. The viceroy
noticed the Chinese girl, and sent his
secretary, Lord Ii, to inquire about
her. A day or two later he sent word
he would like to talk with Marguerite
and Miss Hartford. They went to sec
him and told him the story Of the girls
attempt to obtain an education. The
viceroy was much pleased with hts
countrywoman and seemed to take u
great interest in her. He told her and
Miss Hartford about the woman's co1.-
gress, which is to be held in London
in 1898, and said that he wanted tho
women of China to be represented AZ
the congress. a
After a little talk he told Marguerite
that he would appoint her to represent
China and its women at the congress.
He then asked Miss Hartford if she did
not know of some other woman In
China that was qualified to be dele
gate, to the congress. Miss Hartford
at once recommended to him DIR. Hu
King Eng, the first Chinese woman TO
study medicine. Some years ago sh,
left China to come to America, and
after a course in the woman's medical
school at Philadelphia she received her
degree. She then returned to China
and became one Of the most valuable
members OF the Foo Chow mission,
where she now is. Ii Hung Chang was
much interested in The story and after
q few questions said that she should be
appointed as the second woman to al
tend the congress. So China will be-
represented at the woman's congress
and by two Christian women. After
the yiceroy's arrival in China he made
the appointment in formal manner.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River, Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is 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, as we'll as
matters OF local importance in and about
Ketehum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read 1t. 49,.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06

1t IL q well-known fact that paper
money is Liable to transfer bacteria
from one person to another, and thus
to spread contagious diseases. It is also
supposed that coins, which are more in
circulation than notes, might similar
ly act az agents for spreading disease,
and Investigations in that direction
were made at the Vienna university
when Austria changed it's currency to
the gold basis. A report about his OBJ
servations was recently published by
DR.. Vincent in the Vienna Medical Ga
zette, in which he states that metals
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
BABY MARKET IN LONDON.


An Engiish Reformer's Plaa to Provide
Homes for Little Ones-
William T. Stead, reformer, agitator
and phlanthropis., has furnished the
world a new sensation by establish
ing in London baby market. The
baby market, or, as some term it, baby
exchange, is pretti1y furnished suite
of apartments in one of the eminently
respectable portions of the English me-
tropolis. The object of attempting this
experiment was to create an institu-
ton that would provide children for
married couples entirely without fam
lily, but who felt the desire to fill up
the blank in their hearts and homes
by adopting as their own some OF the
homeless among the little ones. II Is
this want that 'ohe baby market fills.
To the. comfortably-furndshed rooms
where the babies who may be adopted,
together with absolutely correct in
formation concerning them, are to bc
found, many women, young and old,
charming and ugly, wend their way
every day to see what specimens Of
hopors. OF course, the babies are. like
ell other humanity, both bad and good.
But the well-treated, well-fed and well
washed baby is not inclined to be i'll
natured, and SO all look their prettieet
and smile their sweetest at the tender
hearted women who come to view them
on adoption bent. The babies vary ir
age from six months to three years,
but the tender age predominates. g.
Sometimes it happens that children
beyond the customary, age seek pa
rents and hope for wouid-be parents to
seek them. For instance, the mother
of two little. boys, eight and five years
old, respectively, recently wrote to Mr..
Stead asking him to find a home for her
children. The death of her husband
had left her almost destitute. These
two little fellows are grandsons of one
of the best known judges of India. A
a rule, the anteccdents Of chilG
are not revealed, owing to the fact thai
innocence would frequently be forced
to suffer for the guilt of others. Such
instances as the one quoted are by nc
means rare, for in England, as in No
other country, it is the case that good
blood and poverty often dwell together.
While it is not always the case, and,
perhaps, not in the majority OF i'll
stances, that baby is sold as if it were
an infontile specimen of the pug dog,
it is true that it not iufreauentiy hap
pens that mother receives cash con-
sideration for parting with her little
one. Generally it occurs that persons
who are desirous Of procuring ready
made children are plentifully supplie,'
with this worlds goods. Therefore, J.
is quite natural that they should offer
no objection to, and generally prefer,
giving q reasonable compensation to
the lorn mother. .t -E
1t sometimes happens, however, that
the foster parents reverse this order
Of things, and, after selecting desir-
able youngster, inquire how much they
are 10 be paid for taking it. This class
of persons are frnwned upon by Mr..
Stead, and he has formally notified
them that their presence at the baby
market is not desired, and will be
promptly dispensed with, if avoidable
in no other fashion.-St- Louis Globe
Democrat
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06

From the amount of displacement of
the cloud caused by viewing it alter
nately from each end of the 6OO-foot
base line, its height can be calculated.
Some of the 'mackerel-sky" clouds pho
tographed were ia miles high. The
loftiest clouds whose elevation was thus
measured belonged to the type known
as cirrus or "curl-cloud," the height be-
ing little more than II miles.-Y Youths
COmDaniOn
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06

During the past year committee
OF the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science has been en-
gagged in measuring the height Of clouds
With the aid Of photography. Stimuli
tuneous pictures of = cloud are made
by two cameras placed 600 feet apart
and connected by telegraph wires.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
A Heartless Test.

Penelope -You4v vow that you love me.
you 60 through fire and
water for me?
Col. Kaintuck-Through all tn fahs
of hades; but, web, ali dunno about tn
watcr:-N. Y. Truth. ~.--
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
FROG Hunt,ns In Belgium.

Frog hunting is now prohibited by
law in Belgium. The Belgium hunters.
however, continue their amphibious
-occupation in Holland, and from Sas-
van-Gent have recently sent in one
halliday as many rs 10000 frogs legs
On ice to Paris. These delicacies fetch
between twopence and threepence
apiece, and some of the hunters find th,
calling very remunerative. - Boston
1lolso
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
voice Of Forfeiture.

fTn NJ
signs: -'@i AieA' "a 90
nanSusare nSu are hereby notified that have ex-
isrs in tiie SUM OF one hundred (1OO) dol
N'' IN labor and improvements upon the
Ia WELLINGTON
ahnntn inning claim, situated on Bear gulch,
in w Wond sniIfe mi miles northeasterly of Galena,
countU mUoq River mining district, Blaine
keyissd iSaaho, as required by section 1924.
inp au tba Statutes of the United States, be-
for the the amount required to hold the same
that VIC Wy year ending December 81, 1895 /;
beino! your proportion of the same is $50,
from tbn tbbae.aaf; .ns; and if within ninety days
ninety da,s service OF this notice. or within
port,nan, r ia,l or refuse to contribute your pro-
incluSHinosi oi such such expenditure as co-owner,
Your ing legal costs of this publication,
proper,r est IN said claim will become the
provIsi,6yr1o OF the undersigned, under the
Ois Oh said section 1924.
ksteb,,,. -, JOHN CAREY.
Fion, Fn, Idaho, January "A, 1885.
publication, Jan. Is, 1886.