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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15
The Once Lofty AlleGhenies.

1t is wellknown that our Appalachian
mountains were once very much higher
than the Rocky mountains of to-day,
and that the reason why they are
now comparatively low mountains is
simply that they are very old, and have
been worn down by denudation. The
same destructive influences are still de-
grading them, very slowly as we
measure ordinary time, to lower levels.
We know that changes are constantly
going on in the physical condition OF
the earth's crust, but these changes are
so slowly accomplished that they can
scarcely be observed, in many cases, in
an ordinary lifetime. In the comins9
ages studepts of physiography will
have a great advantage over those OF
to-day; for the art of accurately de-
lineating the surface of the earth by
means of contoured maps is cornpara-
lively recent invention. Hundreds OF
years from now the photographers VIII
be able to learn from the m:ps we arc
making now exactly what the surface
features of large areas were IN our
time, and it will be easy to make in
structive comparisons with the same
features as they find them.-N. I. sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15
France Wants More Fish.

A large quantity of salmon eggs were
recently exported from this country
to France, where an effort is being
made to rectify the extreme scarcity of
fish. Some interesting data have been
published ON this subject. In the course
of seven years 3,s14 tons of salmon
from Great Britain reached the Paris
market, during which period only
7SO tons of French salmon were sold,
there. At what is a very modest price
for salmon on the other side of the At
lantic, two shillings q pound, this rep
resents a sum of about $4,000, 900 paid
to Scotch and English vendors. Dur
ing a period of ten years the imports
into France of other fresh water fish
reached nearly 10000 tons, and Of sea
fish nearly 10000 tons per annum. To
remedy this state of affairs it is now
suggested to levy licenses, varying in
amount in proportion to the style
of fishing contemplated, the money To
go to the expenses of maintaining An
efficient system of inspectors and
agents. OF these officials there are in
France only 333 for 25o,0Oo miles Of
rivers and streams.-N. Y. Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15

Reade1 of De Quincy will remember
the very touching account which the
essAyist gives Of a family of children
who for two days and two nights were
showed up in their lonely cottage in
Easdale. The parents had gone to q
neighboring village, were overtaken by
a terrible storm and never came back.
The eldest child, a. girl of IL, who had
played the mother to her brother and
sisters in a way which only some chill
dren can, ultimately made her way to a
farmhouse, a search party was got to-
gether aud the frozen bodies of the
parents, who had been unable to make
their way against the wild force of the
storm, were found near the famous Eas-
dale Tarn. The incident has frequent
ly been the subject Of story and, If we
remember rightly, Wordsworth also
utilized it. We refer to it now in con-
sequence Of the death of Mrs. Hall, the
last survivor of the orphan family, at
the age Of 90. She was the youngest of
them all and it is singular coincidence
that she should have passed away at a
time when the snow-which bad such
a momentous effect upon her carly life
again lies thick upon the feus.-
Westminster Gazette.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15
eOSTON's NEGLECT OF POE.
Memory Of Her Most Famous Man Of
Letters Ignored.

I have mentioned the circumstance
that it has never occurred to the town
of Boston to erect a monument to Poe,
who, next to Franklin, probably has
the most worldwide fame of all the
men of letters native to that town, and
Poe was connected with Boston not
alone by the important accident OF his
birth, but by the commencement there
of his literary career, itself an event
worth commemoration. So far as am
aware, Boston never awarded to Poe
the honor which, in the case of her dead
literary men of eminence, she some
times deems worthy to be taken in lieu
Of any further monumental attention.
namely, the calling of public meeting
by the mayor, at which addresses are
made and complimentary resolutions
adopted. The name of Poe is indeed
carved on the outer wall of the public
library at Boston; so are several other
names. Their purpose is chiefly dec
orative.
However, Boston's neglect in respect
of Poe was but the neglect of all the
rest of the country. His kindred left
his grave at Baltimore unmarked, ard a
fund of about $1,000 had to be raised by
public subscription to place above his
ashes the unbeautiful mortuary monu-
ment which now bears his name. Ii an
enterprising commercial person had
not hired the cottage in which Poe
lived at Fordham, just out OF New York,
and put up above its door the large
sign: "Poe Laundry" surmounting 1t
with the figure of raven. thereby
the wrath of many people, in
cluding the owner of the cottage, and
shaming them into a protest, it is proba-
BILE that the poets fame would still be
quite destitute of any public memorial.
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A TINY MOONS INHABITANTS.
A. Viewed In Comparison with tho Beings
Of This World.

A. Viewed In Comparison with the Beings
Of This World.
In an installment of this department,
saws a writer in the st. Louis Republic,
during the first half Of the past year |
gave some curious figures on the prob
able height and weight of the inhab-
itauts of the larger planets. basing the
calculations on ratios deduced from
comparison with the representative
specimens of the human family on this
earth. Taxing some Of the smaller
planets and satellites and using siml-
lar ratios, we get an equally interest,"
ing set of figures.
Let us take the inner moon OF Mars
a. an illustration of this point. lt Is
named Phobos, and is tiny satelllte
only eight miles in diameter. Let us
suppose that everything on our earth
(which is nearly 1000 times larger than
the little Phobian planet) is to be
found on the surface of this miniature
moon, reduced proportionately. we
find. to begin with, that terrestrial
man of 6 feet, If transferred to Phobos,
would be .O72 of an inch in height. A
GOOD microscope would be necessary to
determine the true shape and form OF
this speck of humanity, and it would
be wholly invisible to the unaided eye
at a distance of three feet. A ship OF
the dimensions of the Great Eastern
would be but ~ inches in length II re-
duccl &c tie Fhct:su staI1a-i, anc ,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15
THE GiDDY OYSTER.
Its Home Now Sold to Road Makers
and Gas Works.

It's Home Now Sold to Road Makers
and Gas Works.
The waters of Maryland produce one
third of the total oyster supply Of the
world. It yields twice as many of these
luscious bivalves as are grown in allf
eign countries combined. During the
present century it has put on the mar
ket 4O0,0 100000 bushels of the toothsome
mollusks. These have sold for the
enormous sum of $250,O00,0O0. Almost
all of this country is dependent for the
abundance and cheapness of this edible
on the supply of the Chesapeake. From
here also come very nearly all of the
oysters used for canning. In fact, the
output of this industry in Maryland is
equal to one-sixth of all the fisheries of
the United States put together.
The quantity of oyster shells landed
upon the shores of Maryland during
the last century has been reckoned at
100000 tons. Until lately the can
ming firms have had much trouble in
getting rid of the shells, having to pay,
in fact, for the removal of all they could
not give away. Recently, however,
they have been able 10 sell them. They
are now shipped to all parts of the
country and are utilized variously for
roads, for lime, and employed in max
ing coal gas. They have also been
found to serve almost as well as stone in
the manufacture Of special grades of
iron for railway beds. Cul,iyators of
oysters also employ them, having found
that they afford suitable surfaces for
young oysters to attach themselves to.
They are likewise used to some extent
as chicken food. They are very good
for hens, the shells of eggs being large
ly made Of them. The trade receives
$4,000 in single year for the empty
shells.
Starfishes are the oysters worst
enemy. Other animals the young oys-
ters have to guard against are crabs and
boring snails. They are also in danger
of being stifled by mud. In Pacific wa
ters stringrays are their most dreaded
foes. The little crab that lives in the
shell Of the oyster has always excited
much interest. 1t is found in about
five per cent. of the bivalves. 1t is sort
of parasite of the oyster, whose shell
protects it and whose food supports it.
Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15

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
Using mining country on the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone 70 pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis of all
mining news and developments, as well as
matters of local importance in and about
Ke.chum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
itaI and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe tfor-it, read
it, and let your friends read 1t.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-1ne air is so clear In the ArCtlc re-
gions that conversation can be carried
on easily by persons two miles apart.
It has also been asserted on good au-
tbority that at Gibraltar the human
voice has been distinctly heard at q dis
tance of ten miles.
In Kew, England, watches are sub
jected to severe tests ere they are con-
sidered perfect. Two of these tests are
to heat them in an oven and TO freeze
them in an ice pail. If this treatment
does not affect their works, the watches
are deemed perfect timekeepers.
The eyeball rests in cushion of
fat, by which it is surrounded on every
side. When the system becomes great
ly emaciated through disease. this fat
is absorbed and the eye sinks further
into the head, thus giving the sunken
appearance so common in disease.
The extent to which the tramway
system, which was only generally
adopted in comparatively recent times.
has developed in England is strikingly
shown by parliamentary return issued
recently. The length of line open for
public traffic in England and Wales Is
702 miles; the number of horses en-
ployed by the companies was 81, ,175, and
the total number of passengers carried
was 5S5,O4s,162 last year. The gross
receipts amounted to G3,322,964, and
the working expenses to G G2,493,Ss2.
The total yearly demand for ivory
billiard balls, when trade in general is
good, is estimated to be about 10000
to $4,000 balls, of which America and
France absorb half, the remainder be-
ing used by England, Germany and
other countries Bad times reduce the
number of balls required to about 3d.
coo to $4,000 per year. AS those ele =
plants teeth which are most adapted
for billiard balls are getting scarcer
and scarcer, great difficulty is expert
enced in meeting the present demand,
and prices accordingly rapidly advance,
being at present more than 16 shilliDgs
per pound.
High civilization does not seem to
favor extreme length of life. A Ger
man statistician finds that the German
empire has but IS subjects over 100 years
ofage; France, ,213; England, i 46; Ireland,
57S; Scotland, 46; Denmark, 2; Belgium,
s; Sweden, 10; Norway, 23; Switzerland,
none; Spain, 40; Servia, SIS; Roumania.
1884; Bulgaria, 1883. The last named
country has a centenarian for every
1000 inhabitants. The Oldest man in
the world is believed to be Bruno Cot
rim, a negro of Rio Janeiro, whose age
is $50. A Moscow cabman is in his
140th year. and Servia, in 1890, had three
inhabitants between 135 and 140, with
18 between 125 and 135.
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Of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region.

toners, who have grown as fond of
them as the barber himself. Some
times, when the room is pretty well
filled with the chirping little fellows,
the barber will make sweep with his
hand and pretend to catch fly. I'm
mediately all the birds will futter over
to him and perch upon his arms. shoul-
ders or knees. and watch the hand in
which the fly is supposed to be impris-
oned. The barber opens his hand grad
ually, one finger at time, while the
birds sit with heads cooked to one side,
cxpeetantly waiting for the prize. II
there should happen to be fly there,
which is seldom the case this weather,
there is grand rush and scramble Of
chirping rivals.-Philadelphia Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15
NEGLECTiNG THE .HINOOO.

DeDlorable Condition Of 1Adia's Suf-
ferinG Thoasands.
In India q famine RACES and the re-
port of it creates not 30 much as a ripple
of excitement. There Is no doubt that
it is dire calamity. There is no ques-
ton that the southern stars gleam like
wolves eyes upon vast stretches Of ter
ritory where hunger has weakened the
Inhabitants and the very landscape,
and made all look haggard and worn
In that faraway country there are many
who. at this time, are dying for want OF
bread, and whose gaunt fingers would
serve, specter-like enough, to terrify
any banquet gathering. There are
thousands who walk the earth, wonder
ing in their distress and dire agony IL
there really is an overruling Providence
and whether, Of all the widely cared for,
they are overlooked and forgottetn.
They probably know that the whole
earth is not smitten with drought
and shortage, but they live to realize
that that which on earth is abundant is
not necessarily free, and that, although
there may be sufficient for all, some
may still hunger and be left to die.
It does not seem plausible, but there
is vast disproportion in the quality OF
sympathy extended to forms Of suffer
ing generally. If thousands were
butchered by the order of . 1iving
Turk, as in Armenia, there would be q
great hubbub and to-do, even though
there were not much aims distributed
for a visible "serene highness" would
be clearly at fault; but let nature go
awry in her beneicence and withhold
GOODNESS and rain 80 that thousands are
brought to suffering, and nothing is
said.
1t is not that the agony superinduced
by destructive season is any less than
that brought about by destructive
Turk, but only that the latter is where
earthly vengeance may still be wreaked
upon him, while nature is over all and
smiles unchangingly at mans direst
need. With her there is no great and
no small, while with the sultan there
are both. and some who may do him in
jury. The very thought that sum
mary justice may be measured out to
an OFFENDING monarch-that ne may
be dragged down from his throne ard
made lowly and miserable-is enough
to excite interest in an authority-loving
worldling. Let it appear, however, that
unconquerable nature is to be hopeless
ly buffeted, and behold! its victims are
not worried over. if they be not near.
They may be as miserable as the down
trodden Armenians, and their death
las from famine) may he more linger-
ing and more sure, but supposedly thev
are at the mercy of God, and therefore
what Of it? The others are under the
sultan, a very much more evident in
fuepce, and therefore all interest is in
Turkey. The Hindoo may perish for
lack of visible earthly oppressor.-
Every Month.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15
Light without Heat.

O1e Of the things which inventors
would like much to accomplish is the
production of light without heat. Ma
ture proves by the example of the fire
fly and the glowworm that the thing
can be done. Experiments at the
Physical institute in Berlin haYe lately
shown-what had long been believed
without direct measurement OF the
temperature-that the light radiated
from q Geissler tube, when an electric
current passes through it. is accom-.
panied by very little heat. This accords
with the view that we must look to
electricity for solution of the problem
Of "cold light. t."-Youth'sC Companion.
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NOIice of Publication.

AZ 3, W. Watlington, A. H. Rahm and
Nelson F. kiluball, your heirs, deviseeS
v;G lou are hereby notified that the under
i'sngu i',Llt has expended SlCO, in the year 1895,
Al 'SOof and Improvements upon the
MEXICAN
oS ,oue mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
r. "a boulder, mining district, Blaine county
daa daano, IN order to hold said premises un-
S.a Stae uie provisions of section 2324, Revised
aautes amt OF the United States, being the
s,n9alt smS required to hold the same during
a,;.t; aid lor said calendar year 1895. and ii,
tbo baenil All, ninety days after the expiration of
nnLI @ IR;uolleation Of this notice, which will be
fp~pitshed fnua ~ Tor ninety days, you fail or re
tinns 70 contribute your respective proper
srcn,5 s Gl such expenditure as co-Owners,
ssiS 'uIihg VI To your respective interests in
s;r,oaim Itu claim viz: B. w. Watlington, one
trau,t tsreetilth, S6.25; A. H. Rahm, one-six-
eivI,,h' iIhth' No. and Nelson f. Kimball, one
NH a., Sl25o, your interests in said claim
sr,v ns pe forfeited to and become the prop
ny ts VI The undersigned, under and by vir-
'"' VI said section 2324.
r EDWARD BRISBIN.
First publication. Feb. Is, 1896.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-05-15

ued rapid vibration of it's fins drives
fresh water into the nest keeping the
eggs healthy After week the eggs
hatch. A sea breed Of catfish, however,
which lays eggs OF the size OF small
buckshot, keeps its eggs in its mouth
until they are Matched, when the young
fish are able to care for Themselves. u
species of fish found in the sea of Gal
lice also carry their eggs in their
mouths,-N. Y. Sun.
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WORK HORSES TO LET,
Many OF Them Are Hired by the Day
in New York.

Many Of Them Are Hired by the Day
in New York.
A man who had seen, at one time
and another, here and there, in town,
sign like this: "Good Work Horses
to Let" and had vague idea that the
few work horses that were let must
be hired by men who were not able
to buy q horse, found upon inquiry
that his ideas on this subject were very
inadequate. It is, of course, possible
that a work horse might be hired by
man not able to buy one, but it would
quite as likely be hired by a man or a
firm that could afford to buy thousand
horses if il were desirable to do so. As
matter of fact, work horses are hired
by great variety of men.
There are stable owners who make
business of letting work horses, and
work horses are sometimes let by other
large business concerns employing
many horses, which might not all be
fully employed the year round; so
might be the case, for example, with
the horses of an ice company, or a
street sprinkling concern or other en-
terprise using many horses whose busi-
ness runs more or less in seasons. 1t
doe not by amy means follow that be-
cause a man hires q work horse he
must take q poor one; he certainly
wouldn't take q poor one if he could
get a good one, and he usually can get
a good horse. Many of the work horses
that are let are of the very best grade,
fine draught horses that are well cared
for and are in perfect condition. Work
horses are let mostly to truckmen, but
they are also let to many other users
of horses.
At one establishment where work
horses are let no horse is ever let to
60 out of the city. Most stables have
customers who come to them when they
want horse and are known. The
stranger is asked for a reference. The
superintendents of stables where work
ing horses are let have wide acqua;n-
tance among truckmen. They know
personally many of them; and the
stranger is likely to be able to refer
to somebody who is known. A man
who has been for years in charge Of
a large stable which lets work horses
in this manner, said that he had never
lost a horse.
Horses generally are better traated
now than they formerly were, owing
to the stringent enforcement of the
laws against cruelty to animals and to
greater consideration on the palt Of
drivers. Of course, there have always
been men who treated horses kindly;
there are more than ever of them now.
No establishment owning work horses
which it let's will ever let twice to q
man who ill-treats q horse.
Horses are cheaper than they used to
be, and the price of hiring q work horse
is less. Formerly two dollars day was
charged for the hire of a work horse;
now a good work horse can be hired
for $3.50 day, and the owner gives
with the horse when it goes out a
suitable MONDAY feed. A man who
knows about these things says that.
taking them altogether, there are thou
sands of work horses hired in this city
daily.-N. Y. Sun.
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From the new woman's point OF view
the male catfish is a model for men, 1t
takes sole care of its young after they
are hatched, and may be seen surround
I'd by scores of its offspring, guarding
them from the onslaughts of fish OF
prey. In an aquarium at the building
of the fish commission in Washington
a male catfish after the eggs were laid
kept watch of them, not permitting the
female to come near them. A catfish
nest is made in a spot sheltered by
aquatic plants, where there is no cur
rent After the eggs have been laid the
male hovers over them, and by contir-
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KETCHUM, IDAHO, SATURDAY MAY Is, 1897

duck pond would be ''fathomless
ocean" to the liliputian inhabitants of
this Marsian satellite. A whale would
be as small as a cheese mite, and real
sea serpent, which would be a terror to
the Phobian mariner, would be like
section of hair worm five-eighthso of an
inch in length. The largest rivers can
not be more than . few feet in breadth
and not more than two inches in depth.
A railway train like the Chicago
flyer" could be carried in an earthly
card case, and a city the size of New
York could be covered with blanket!
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Knowledge Would Have Saved Htn'

Red phosphorus combines with chlor.
ate of potash to make an explosive OF
great violence. The London Lancet
thinks that if this fact of chemistry had
been more generally known 1t might
have saved the disagreeable conse-
nuences which recently followed when
A man who had not studied chemistry
put his safety matches into the same
rocket with his throat lozeuges.