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VIII An indian Work.

Ever since the white man and the
Indian came together in what Is now
the United States, the effort has been
made by the white man, in the inter
walls of his hostilities with the Indians,
to induce the latter to work. Farmer"
to the Indians is as old an Office as In
dian agent and missionary. Not an
Indian tribe has passed away without
first being supplied with work cattle.
plows, harrows, wagons and SO on,
wherewith to prosecute the calling OF
farmer. The Indian tradition, COM
mon to many tribes, that the Great
Spirit gave in the beginning to the
white, black and red MAJ whom he
created, respectively, q book, hoe
and a bow and arrows, is still be-
lieved. The Indian will be a warrior.
. hunter and loafer, but he will not
be laborer in the white" sense Of
the word He will drink the white
mans drink; he will learn to gamble
with the white mans cards, but he
will not work with the white mans
tools.-Kansas City Star.
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Great Ice Avalanche

A mass of ice comprising 4,OOQ,Ooo
cubic feet broke away on the 11th OF
September, 1896, from the lower part OF
the Altels glacier on tbe Gemmi pass
in Switzerland. With the velocity ac-
auired in it's descent this river OF ice
rushed across the pasturage and up the
western slope of the valley to height
of 300 feet along the rocky wall OF the
Weissfugrat. Not being able to COM
pIetely surmount this barrier, the main
mass came surging back--hke vast
sea-wave recoiling from the cliffs
with such force that some OF 1t re-
turned to a height of 100 feet up the
eastern side. Isolated blocks OF ice
were hurled clear over the ridge into
the adjoining valley. The avaiancne
was preceded by terrific blast OF wlno'
which swept away cbalets, trees men
and cattle, as though they had been
feathers. These sudden avalanches OF
ice or snow form one of the special dan
gers of Alpine climbing.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
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ALASKAN MISSIONARIES.
Their Lives Full Of Dangers, Suf-
ferin0s and Hardships.
Trying Experiences Of tho Bearer Of
tho Gospel Message to the
Tanana Indians In
the interior.

Many volumes could be written
about the dangers. sufferings and
hardshlps of Christian missionaries
Sometimes the hardships are more
difficult to bear than the dangers 1t
is thrilling and inspiring to be always
ready for martyrdom; but to suffer
steadily from bitter hardships, with
out the spice of danger from human
enemies, is harder, and quite rs de-
serving Of the crown of reward.
The missionary in the remoter parts
of Alaska knows what these hardships
are. Mr.. Provost, missionary to the
Tanana Indians, has perhaps the lar9-
est missionary parish" in the world.
1t covers more than one hundred thou
sand square miles; and Mr.. Provost
has travelled, with dogs and sledges,
fifteen hundred miles on one trip to
preach the Gospel
With dogs and sledges, we say; but
this does not mean that the missionary
rode. He ran behind the sledge, for
the dogs had enough to do to draw the
food, clothing and blankets without an
additional load Of human beings.
''Of course" said Mr.. Provost, in Civ
ing an account of his work during q
visit to the state of Washington, ''there
is handle on the rear of the sled, and
we can take hold of that in order to
keep up with the dogs, which make
about twenty-five miles day."
Like the apostle, this missionary
might truly say that he had not run in
vain, for the Indians give proof of hav-
ing heard him, attentively. On one
occasion . party of Tahana Indians
travelled more than three hundred
miles with sleds and dogs, il order to
bring to the mission station at Fort
Adams the dead bodies of woman and
child, that they might receive Chris
tian burial. Other Indians have jour-
neyed four hundred miles in order to
receive religious instruction from Mr..
Provost.
This missionary has induced these
boreal Indians to build houses and
adopt some of the ways OF civilized
life. He has printing press, sets his
own type, and issues a newspaper
twice a year. This is twice as often as
he receives any news from the outside
world. He did not hear of the last
presidential nominations until eleven
months after they had taken place.
Although the missionary welcomes
hardships, he is not ayerse to using the
resources of civilization in the propa-
cation of the Gospel. There are two
thousand miles of navigable water, in
summer, in the Yukon river, in his
parish" and he has hopes of obtain
ing an electric launch which will en-
able him to make more rapid journeys
in his work.-Youth's Companion.
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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 tire
earth, and leaving nothing undene to pre-
sent its readers a complete synopsis of all
mining news and developments, as we'll as
matters of local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an isrvasuable guide for cas-
ital and informant to the settler of every
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it, and let your friends read r..
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q splendid if shirt-lived beauty. Miles
upon miles of flats, all glowing and
ablaze with purple and rich fame
like red, are spread around. The won
derful ,compositae are in flower, and
the barren, desert-like flats are for y
few brief weeks transformed into =
carpet of the noblest coloring and pat
tern Look closely and you may see
the bleached and blackened limbs OF
former growths of low shrubs which
stand amid the gallant blaze, gaunt re-
minders Of the transitory existence Of
African flower life.-Nackwoods Mag
azioe.
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ROYAL College of Physicians.

In the tenth year of the reign OF
Henry WILL, on September 20, 1918,
"John Chambre, Thomas Linacre, Fer
dinand de Victoria, Mcdicorum Nos
trorum, Nicholas Holsack, John Fran.
els, Robert Yaxley," were granted let
ters patent giving them the privilege
of admitting men to practice medicine
in London and seven miles around.
This was the original foundation OF
the present Royal College of Physicians
of London. The frst letters patent
having apparently been inadequate for
the purposes intended, in the four
teenth year Of Henry VIII. statute
was passed enacting that no person
save graduate of Oxford or Cam.
bridge should practice in England. un-
less he had license from the presi-
dent of the college of physicians sfore-
said and from three of the ''elects, /"
who were chosen from among the fel.
lows.-Gentleman's Magazine.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Feline. The Younger One ~
wonder il 1 win lose my looks, too.
when l get to your age?' The Elder
Oue-"You would be lucky if you did. 1"
Washington Star.
-Customer-"These trousers don't
fit just right about the hips" Tailor
They're all right-what you need
is something more ip the pockets- ~
Chicago Record.
old Cashly {giving his son a oheck)
Now be careful, my boy. Remember
q fool and his money are soon parted"
Spendan Cashly-"Yes, sir, and thank
you for having obliged me so prompt
ly."-Tit-Bits-
"A Choice.-'T have finished your
portrait, Mrs. De Fash, said the art
list, ''all but the coloring of the face. I"
"And why do you not finish thatP" II
wanted to hear from you as to wheth-
er you preferred me to have you look
healthy or merely interesting. "-HAr-
per's Bazaar.
do you think, sir" said the girls
mother, that you have the patience
and forbearance to be q kind hus-
band?" Madam" replied the young
man in earnest tones, 81 can put .
fourteen and a half stand-up collar Oh
q number fifteen shirt without sayin.
a single strong word" And she con-
sented to the match at Once.-House-
hold Words.
I'm in a quandary," said the emi-
nent official. What's the natter"
inquired his wife. They are talking
about having prize fight right under
my very nose. I've got to do some
thing, or the law and order element
will be after me-" well, issue proc
lamation forbidding it." "Yes-and Il
do that may be they'll go and have
the prize fight somewhere else. ~
Washington Star.
-"Augh-waugh!" 1t was the baby.
He had repeated the remark sixty
times in the past hour Mr.. Newleigh's
hair, such as it was, stood on end.
"Gwow ahwb wowbkgwow 6lwaugf"
added the baby, while people living
across the street got up and closed
their windows. Mr. NewleiRh took Il
milestone out of the table drawer and
ground his teeth. ITO think" he
groaned, bury ing his face in the pill
lows, "that 1 should grow up to be-
come the father of union depot traiu
cricr''-Rocliland Me- Tribune.
My doctor is real JOKER" said 8
Lewistown lady. 81 didn't know that
my talking bothered him when he was
writing prescriptions until yesterday.
lie never mentioned it, and l always
asked him all sorts of questions while
he was writing them out. Yesterday
he examined me, and sat down to write
something. kept talking. Suddenly
he looked up and said: How has your
system been? Hold out your tongue
put out that member, and he began
to write. He wrote and held out my
tongue; and when he got through he
said: That will do But said l, you
haven't looked at it. No. said he. /
didn't care to. / only wanted to keep
it still while l wrote my prescrip-
tion."
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THE LEGION OF HONOR.

Men Were Managed with Toys, Declared
Bonaparte In Founding 1t.
But it is not difficult to understand
the popularity of a measure, passed at
about the same time. for establishing
the now well-known Legion of Honor.
It is certainly true that the desire for
social inequality-that is, for personal
distinction - is the strongest single
force in calling out human energy. The
passion for pins, badges, ribbons and
personal decorations of every sort is
wellnigh universal 1t gratifes the
sense OF achievement among men who
are able, and hatters the vanity OF
those who are not. To this passion, in
itself not necessarily ignoble, the first
consul determined to appeal for fur
ther support Every new institution of
Importance SO far created by him
might, with no great ingenuity, be
turned into prop of autocratic gov
ernment. Priests and emigrants were
now alike natural allies of Bonaparte,
the constitution had been virtually
superseded, the troublesome senator's,
tr,bunes and legislators either dis
missed or else warned and called to
order, while the surrou nding nations
one of them kingdom-were, in rela-
tion to France, like the sheaves bowling
to Joseph's sheaf.
The foundation of the Legion of
Honor was a measure easily manage
able in the interest of any government
which might control it. Roederer de-
clared in its support that the great
deeds of the nation made it essential to
revive the sentiment of honor. An
article of the constitution guaranteed,
recompense to it's armies. This simple
phrase was the sanction chosen for the
erection of = corporation which, like
the orders of absolutism, might inter-
mediate between the people and their
magistrate in order to lend the same
mystery which ever surrounds any
monarch who is the fountain of
honor" The republicans saw the trap,
and resisted sturdily, even in the coun-
Gil of state, but to no purpose.
The law was passed on May 10, 1902;
the ranks were constituted, and the
decorative badges determined. Every
member swore to resist any attempt to
restore feudalism in all its attributes,
and consciences were thus quieted.
Right and left the men of science, Of
art, and Of literature appeared with
their ribbons and rosettes; the nation
applauded, and Bonaparte's opinion
was justified. ''You call these toys!
Well, you manage men with toys" he
declared while the project was under
discussion. He proved to be right. In
all monarchical Europe no decoration
is more eagerly sought, to this day,
than is that of the Legion of Honor in
republican France.-Prof. Sloane, in
CAnturv
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Not long ago, when clothing house
advertised special reduction sale,
Jacob Shaw, manager of the electric
light works in Ellicott City, Nd, bought
an outfit for his little boy. The jacket
included in the purchase was worn with
the suit until, in the course of a month
or so, the garment became unfit for
wear and had to be put away. About
it there was q most unnatural odor
There was no living in the same room
with the boy and that coat. The other
day Mrs. Shaw ventured to make an in
vestigation, the offensiveness of the
garment having somewhat subsidized,
when in the coats lining, securely
sewed in, were found the remains of 8
viper snake fifteen inches long. How
the snake got there is mystery of
some sweat shop.
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Compensated

The epigrams Of voltaire. the French
philosopher, were often ruthlessly sar-
castle and severe. He could, however,
exercise tact and gentleness, and, IS ID
usually the case with brilliant persons
those qualities became him wonderful
lv we'll. He met the famous statesman
Turgot, and cordially inquired about
his health. ut is as you see," replied
Turpot. Il am tormented with gout-
lean hardly drag my feet about" fou
remind me of the statue OF Nebuchad-
nezzar, NJ. Turgot-" ''Yes," assented
the invalid, sadly, '.you are right, poet
the statue had feet of clay" "And .
head of gold" cried Voltaire, warmly.
Remember that, . head of goldr'-
Youths Companion.
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TRADE IN HONG KONG.
Commercial Progress In the Great Chi
neee Entrepot.

Commercial Progress In the Great Chi
nese Entrepot.
1t is only flity-two years since Hong
Kong was occupied, as Singapore had
been thirty-three years previously,
under the idea that it might be made
an emporium of trade. 1t was then q
barren rock. To-day it contains q
quarter of a million of inhabitants; it
is the entrepot of trade estimated at
forty million pounds, and there pass
through it annually some fourteen mil
lion tons Of shipping. But the essen
tial condition under which this prog.
ress has been achieved, and under
which only it can be main tanned, is alb
solute freedom of the port. If you tax
trade you drive it away, for the island
is only an entrepot. The trade is the
trade not of Hong Kong, but of the
south of China and Japan. 1t is be-
cause their trade is free, while Saigon
is heavily taxed, that Hong Kong has
beaten the latter a. depot for the
trade even of French Indo- China
Nine-tenths of the population are Chi
nese-who occupy every walk of life.
They are bankers, boatmen, domestic
servants, merchants, storekeepers and
clerks; but the great majority are en-
rloyed in the porterage of cargo and
incidental labor at wages of less than
one pound = mouth.
You cannot get blood out of q stone
nor revenue from granite rocks; nor,
obviously, can you extract much. here.
from the working class. The annual
revenue of two million dollars il de-
rived, accordingly, from house and
land tax, stamps licenses and similar
imposts; and it represents probably
the limit Of discreet if not of possible
taxation. Nor has her lnajesty's treas
ury, to do it justice, pretended to ap-
ply here the extreme principles of self
maintenance without selfgovernment
which it persists in asserting in the
straits, The Hong Kong garrison is
larger than that of the straits; but it
is SO admittedly main tanned for i'm
perial purposes, and the colony itself
is 30 small that it would have been
gratuitous to convict it of . duty
which it could not fulfill It was
mulcted, however, in its degree. It
had paid, previously. twenty thousand
pounds year. This was raised in
1890, to forty thousand pounds, and it
was required, moreover, to provide
Notifications which have cost one hun
dred and twenty thousand pounds.-
Fortnightly Review.
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THE SEM ISLANDERS.
A Race That Lives Upon . Very Primitive
Fare.

A Race That Lives Upon . Very Primitive
The Sein Islanders rarely eat any an
imal food except fish. AS it is brought
in, the women salt it and lay it out to
dry on the quay wall or on a conven-
lent rock, so that before the winter
they have made q large provision.
Dried conger is especially esteemed.
Their ordinary cooking is well adapted
to keep in check too eager appetite.
Potatoes and their skins, with a layer
of dried fish dropped upon them during
the boiling, is an all-the-year-rOund
dish, which is considered one of the most
satisfying and economical The COM
mon drink is water or cider. Fresh
water is precious, for much Of that
which is used is brought over from the
mainland.
The women have a mode of baking
bread which is probably one of the
most ancient still practiced by man
kind. A thick layer of live embers
having been spread upon the forepart
of the hearth, a circular iron plate a
foot or more in diameter is pressed
down upon it. Upon this the dough,
made into the desired shape of the
loaf, is laid. Over it is placed a convex
iron cover; then a fire of dry seaweed
is made upon this The seaweed burns
slowly, and supplies just the heat
that is needed. In every house
there is all that is requisite for baking
in this manner, for although in sum-
mer there is regular supply of bread
from the mainland, the furious cur
rents of the Raj and the westerly gales
may keep all communicate tions inter-
rupted for weeks together in the bad
season. It is true that there is q tele-
graphic cable, but the means Of feed
ing people by electricity has yet to be
discovered Bar.
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POLICEMEN IN SPAIN.
They Have Divers Duties Besides Catch
Ing Criminals.

They Have Divers Duties Resi- des Catch
Ing Criminals.
The little towns and smaller cities
of Spain have a very effective system
of night police. These Spanish public
watchmen are clad in long black
cloaks and wear on their heads each a
black and red cap. In one hand is a
lantern with colored glass, in the
other kind of lance.
'.Sereno' is the name this policeman
goes under, and he gets the title from
the cry he is obliged to utter at every
few steps: "Sereno!" which means
fine. The phrase refers to the state of
the weather. If the weather is cloudy,
he would call out: "Nublado;" if it is
rainy: "Lluviendo." Under the blue
sky of Spain, however, it is generally
''sereno"
An extract from the municipal regu-
lations of Spanish town details the
duties of the serene in this wise: "He
must perform = certain number OF
rounds in all the streets, lanes, pas
sages and alleys on his beat, and call
out in loud voice the time and the
weather as he goes along. He must
lend assistance to citizens who request
his help for any reasonable cause. and
90 for the doctor, chemist. midwife or
clergyman. In cases of robbery, as
sault or fire he must hurry to the
scene of the occurrence as soon as he
hears the signal He must pay par
ticular attention to such houses as are
pointed out to him and report to his
supe riors-"
Each "sereno'' supervises certain
small territory, "demarcacion," as it
is called. He has three or four
subordinates, who act under his orders
and are known as ''vigilants." Each OF
these fellows has charge Of block of
ten or fifteen buildings, and besides
having police duties he acts as sort
of porter to his houses, carrying the
keys to them all and being alone able
to open the doors. In the Spanish
towns ten o'clock is the signal for
closing, and after that time the only
way the lodger can get inside his
dwelling is to summon the "vigilant."
To do this he must clap his hands three
times. and then the ''vigilant" hurries
up armed with his bunch of keys. 80
also if anyone desires to go out dur
ing the night he claps his hands at
the window and a "vigilant" appears
When q street brawl occurs or an
attack is made, either ''sereno" or
''vigilant" blows his whistle at the
first cry of help and chases of in tn
direction of the sound. Up come the
other officers on the run, all blowing
their whistles loudly. If the criminal
gets away the whistles are blown in q
peculiar manner, signaling in Just
what direction he has gone. The
outer rings Of "serenos" and "vigi-
lants" take up the signal, and in . few
moments wide Gordon Is formed in
the surrounding streets, which in
nine oases out of ten ends in the evil
doer's capture within . few moments.
These police are paid directly by the
householders on their beats, though in
every other way directly under
municipal control The tax varies,
running from ten cents , month to
sixty cents for each house. They also
receive New Years presents. and they
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on the other eye the patient refused,
declaring that he could see as much as
he wanted to see with the one eye, and
rendered half of the amount stipulated,
i. e., twenty-five pounds sterling. The
physician, however, says that he fixed
the price as low as he did in considera-
ton OF the quantity of payment to be
received, not in consideration of the
quantity OF work to be done, and the
unique dispute is now before the courts
awaiting SOlomonic settlement.
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Satisfied with One Eye.

The Beyreuth newspapers record
new sample of meanness. An lnha oi-
tant of that city was afflicted with
cataract in both eyes. He contracted
with a skilled physician to have two
o,,erations performed-oneo on each eye
for fifty pounds sterling. The hrst
operation proved very successful put
whou the doctor o6srcd to operate also
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Misery Their Portion.

The negro colony in the state Of Du-
range, Mexico, has proved cruel
failure. The black men were brought
from Alabama and Georgia ostensibly
for farm labor. They found them
selves herded in cabins under rife
guard, overworked and maltreated.
Fever has carried off half their num-
Der. It is no wonder that they are said
to be hard to control. The report that
the remnant is to be sent home may be
true, but the matter would seem to af-
ford proper field Of investigation for
the government.
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Export.

"When I was in India" said the man
who had travelled, "the native thieves
stole the sheets from under me while
slept and l never knew it" ''Yes, and
when was in the northwest during
the boom, said the man who will never
admit that America can be outdone, Il
had to sleep in room where there were
four real estate agents, and one OF them
stole . porous plaster from my back
without awakening me. "-P1ttsburgh
Dispatch.
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the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region.
KETCHUM, IDAHO, SATURDAY. APRIL 3, 1897

are by no means averse to tips"
Twenty-Five years Of service puts .
man on the pension list, the pension
being not less than forty cents day.
. considerable sum in sunny Spain
N. Y. World.
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Cleopatra's Mummy.

Where does Cleopatra's body rest
Scarcely layman who would not an
swer. "Why, in Egypt" After her ca
jcleries, her wiles, her life of intense,
if not very exalted loves, Cleopatra was
laid in one of the loveliest tombs that
have ever been fashioned by the hand
of man. But what change 1000 years
AS brought about! To-day an ugly
mummy, with an emblematic bunch of
t:ecayed wheat and a coarse comb tied
to it's head--a mere roll of tightly
swathed dust-lies crumbled in the
hideous glass case at the British mu-
scum. 1t is Cleopatra, the once great
queen, Venus in charm, beauty and
love.-Golden Days