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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10
HOME-THRUST.
Lord Msnsfield's Scotch Blood Loses Hin
an Important Case.

Lord Msnsneld's Scotch Blood Loses Him
an Important Case.
It is said that the saying: "Muoh
NAV he done with a Scotchman ii he he
caught Young" which has passed into
an historical witicism, was first spoken
bv DR.. johnson in reference to Lord
Mansfield. An amusing little incident
is said to have given rise to the re-
mark.
Lord Mansfield, having received his
education entirely in England. always
considered himself an Englishman. but
the fact that he was born in Scotland
was once referred to with great effect.
Gen. Sabine, governor of Gibraltar at
the time, having failed in his attempts
to extort money from Jew, sent him
back by force to Tetuan. in Morocco
from whence he had come to Gibraltar.
The Jew afterward went to England,
and sued the governor for damages.
Lord Mansfield, who was then known
as Mr.. Murray, was counsel for the gov
ernor. In the course of his defense be-
fore the jury, he said:
"True, the Jew was banished; but
where? why, to the place of his ma
tivity! Where is the cruelty, where the
hardship, where the injustice of Danish
ing a man to his own country 2"
Mr.. Novel;, counsel for the Jew, re-
torted: 4'Since my learned friend thinks
so lightly of the matter, I ask him to
snnpose the case his own; would he like
to be banished to his native land?'
The court rang with peals of laugh
ter. in which Murray himself joined
with right good will.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10
FAMILY ARITHMETIC.
A Connecticut Mathematician and His
Queer Freak.

Connecticut Mathematician and His
Queer Freak.
The strange names bestowed upon
helpless children by their parents
have formed the subject of many anus
ing stories. In Connecticut town,
some years ago, there lived peculiar
couple who selected the names of their
children apparently with a view of ed
ucational exercises. There were IA
children in the family, and they were
named for the numerals in regular
order, beginning with ''One.'
The father was locally famous as .
mathematician and during the early
years of his children they had daily
tuition which seemed extraordinary
to their playmates, who were pro-
vided with everyday names.
Three ard Four go out to the wood
box and get your mother some kind
lings," the mathematical father would
say, appearing before a group of his
numerical offspring.
Three and Four would keep on play
ing bail. or whatever game happened
to be engrossing their attention, but
diminutive person who commonly
answered to the name of Seven" was
sure to drop his play, and start for the
woodbox.
One member Of this family, who re-
joiced in the cognomen 'Two," lived
TO attain considerable. distinction, and
the record of some of his achievements
and successes is preserved in the town
history. together with short account
of the various sums in addition, sub
traction, multiplication and division
which his father devised from the
material afforded by his children, and
in which the youthful Two" played
an important part.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10

The KExsrosx Is the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
IA it Is in the very heart of the most prom .
fsing mining country on the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis of ell
mining news and developments, as well as
matters OF local importance in and about
Ketchun, it is an Invaluable guide for cap
itai and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read It.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10
First publication, Feb. Is, 1896.
Notice of Forfeiture.

10 MRS. MARION BYBEE, her heirs or as
signs:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred lO0) dols
iars IN labor and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
.ode mining claim, situated on Bear gulch,
ABOUT three miles northeasterly of Galena.
An Wood River mining district. Blaine
county, Idaho as required by section 1924,
;heVised Statutes of the United States. be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
tIr tI the year ending December 81. 1885 /;
t shat your proportion of the same is $50,
tSehg ehalf: and if within ninety days
noiLl n, the service of this notice. or within
Ma ninety days after this notice by publication
you lall or refuse to contribute your pro-
, RoI,tion OF such expenditure as co-owner,
xnng xmeiualng legal costs of this publication,
your nru interest in said claim will become the
pproperty propy OF the undersigned. under the
floFislons OF said section 1924.
-. JOHN CAREY.
AsGnum, Idaho, January IA, 1895.
1es publication. Jan. ls. 1895.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10
WANTED AN INCREASE.
Clever Ruse, Even Thou gh Risky, Of
Nervy Paying Teller.

Clever Ruse, Even Thou gh Risky, Of .
Merry Paying Teller.
There is well-knOwn insurance
man in Chicago who receives salary
OF o,OO0 a year and never solicits. He
got his position in peculiar way. He
was paying teller in bank on salary
cf $4,000 year. One day he went be-
fore the board of directors and asked
for an increase of pay. They declined
to make it. They thought $4,000 sufi-
cient.
Gentlemen, I have very RESPONSE
BILE position and handle a great deal OF
money. do not think my salary suffi-
cient. l must insist on having more"
He did not get it and returned to his
desk dissat atisied. One of the large in
surance companies in Chicago had CIV
en- the bank ten days. notice that it
would draw out S3O0,OOO, and the CASH
ier made every arrangement for it. In
due time the check was presented.
The paying teller refused to honor
the check and went to the cashier.
"They want that $3OO,OOO,' he said;
what are you going to do about it?"
''Pay it, of course" said the cashier.
"You have the money"
Eyes, have the money, but don't
propose to pay it,
what do you mean, sir?" the CASH
ier exclaimed. "It is your BUSINESS
to pay it. 1 have given you the money,
and the check must be paid.''
"Mr. -, l am working here on a
salary of $4,000 year. l have asked
for an increase, and the directors
think l am getting enough. cannot
agree with them. 1t is true that have
the 100000, but intend to keep it. ,
have not been treated right, and l
must take this course to get my de-.
serts''
A long argument followed, which
was referred to the board of directors,
which was hastily called together The
TELLER was ordered before their majes-
ries. He admitted all that the cashier
had said of him, and added:
Gentlemen, I am serious. I have
the 100000 safe. You may do what
you please. If you take the matter 10
years. | shall leave the penitentiary
at the age of 40 worth $30O,O0O. If L
remain with you at my present salary
I won't be worth cent. Do as you
will. Give me $4,000 year or send me
up"
He was hard customer to deal with.
and they quickly agreed that if he
would return the 100000 and pay the
check they would do as he wished
He made them sign bond, releasing
him in every possible way, and guar
anteeing him $4,000 year for 30 years.
One of the directors, an old gray
haired fellow, who was president OF
the insurance company, said:
Young man, you are too smart to
be paying teller of bank. Come
down to my Office and will give you
$4,000 year."
He went home, got the $500, 900, re
turned it to the bank, and went into
the insurance business. = Toledo
Blade.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10

If there be, AS some suppose, sixth
sense, by which animals, birds and in
sects know in what direction to move
toward a given spot, how many strange
things it explains! The late Prof. Riley
once hatched some Japanese ailanthus
silkworms in Chicago. He confined n
female moth in small cage; he car
ried male of the family by night to
another part of the city, mile and
half away, and liberated it, having first
attached a silk thread to its abdomen.
In the morning the male moth was how
cring around the cage of his imprisoned
sister-Youth's Companion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10
A KAbylo Hero

The easy-going Kabyles push democ-
recy to extreme limits, living on IA
miliar and equal terms with their cattle
and their swine-all occupying the
common dwelling. A fine, hardy race
Of great bravery and many noble traits
they yet resemble the Arabs in their
want of honesty. A story is told OF q
chief of theirs, Mokrani, which makes
us think the days of chivalry are not
vet rone. When, worsted in the Franco
German war in 1871, the French had to
withdraw their troops from Algeria
and thus grand opening was LETT foa
insurrection, Mokrani would not reOei'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10


Such, In tho Opinion of Western Lawyer,
Il the Federal Supreme Court.
81 am a lawyer from western city
in Washington on business said Al
fred Fremont to writer for the Wash
ington Star. 81 have seen the sights
on other visits and find myself with an
idle afternoon. / recall that the SUI
preme court is in session, the most au-
gust judicial tribunal in the republic,
whose members are the very embodi-
ment of the majesty and dignity of the
law. I conclude to go there with a
reverent feeling, hoping for baptism
of the spirit which will inspire me to-
better efforts in my profession. enter
the chamber with mufled tread. There
sit their judicial majesties in awful az
ray in their great high-backed, padded
chairs and most Of them apparently
asleep. But l reflect that such a po-
sition with closed eyelids is conducive
to abstract attention and reflection.
They are pondering deeply the argu-
ments of counsel, a man of age and
dignity who has perhaps spent months
in preparing for this occasion, which
to him is the high-water mark in his
professional life. Suddenly one of the
Judges rouses himself and makes some
remark to his left. 1t is evidently ir-
relevant to the case, for both laugh and
pass it down the line to right and left
1t provokes comment and retort back
and forth and smiles and mods until
the whole court is engaged with itself,
1~vh;1o tho yo<Cr 10 xuror o,, hic foot mot
daring to notice the inattention and
discourtesy even by momentary
break in his speech, plunges hopeless
ly on, realizing that his carefully pre-
pared argument is receiving no atten-
ton. When the irrelevant subject is
exhausted the judges settle back into
impressive, high-browed silence, which
is broken again and again as they lean
over and talk to each other right or
left or call a page or examine docket,
write note or retire to the ante-roon.
'But this is not the worst, for just
as the clock strikes four-at the very
first stroke-withoutev even SO much as i
beg pardon or May I interrupt you?'
the chief justice breaks in: Adjourn
court in the very midst OF the speak
er's sentence, and all the judges jump
up and are off as though they were SO
many laborers in trench throwing
down their picks at the stroke of the
hour. The constitution insures them
their offices during good behavior
What pity good behavior had not
been defined to include courtesy and
politeness toward the bar, whose mem
bers, appearing before them, are Off
GERS of the court, charged with the
equal duty and dignity of maintaining
the laws and securing justice! Why
should there be two codes of ethics or
etiquette for the same court, one re-
quiring from the most venerable prac-
titioner the utmost Difference, while it
permits absolute rudeness from the
court? These men of the bench are re-
fined gentlemen, observing the forms
and usages of polite society, and how
such rudeness can have become the
practice of this great court is prob
lem to a lawyer from the west, where
judges are models of judicial courtesy
and dignity"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10

as he had pledged his word to the AL
gerian governor that there would be no
rising against the French authority till
the war was over. Even when peace
had been made, and he was thus re-
leased from his promise, he gave As
hours notice to the French of his in
tention to commence hostilities against
them. Verify, he was a hero, and he
died hero's death in the thick of bat
tle.-Weetminster Review.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10

To B. W. Watlington, A. III. Rahm and
Nelson F. Kimball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended 800, in the year 1895,
III labor and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
lode mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
or Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
Idaho, in order to hold said premises un-
der the provisions of section 1924, Revised
Statutes of the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same during
ana Tor said calendar year 1895, and II.
within ninety days after the expiration OF
the publication of this notice, which will be
published for ninety days, you fail or re-
Iuse to contribute your respective proper
ITEMS of such expenditure as co-owners,
according to your respective interests III
SAID claim viz: B. w. Watlington, one
sixteenth. $6.25; A. H. Rahm, one-six-
seenth, $6.25. and Nelson F. Kimball, one
eighth, $3.50, your interests in said claim
Will be forfeited to and become the prop
srty OF the undersigned, under and by vir-
fae OF said section 2324.
EDWARD BRISBIN.
First publication, Feb Is, 1896.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10

What curious manifestation OF van
ity it is which prevents near-sighted
woman from wearing glasses. One such
woman was a member of party that
took trip over the Rockies. She heard
the Others exclaiming over the beau
ties OF the landscape through which
they were passing. Not wishing to be
behindhand: "Look! look there!' she
presently exclaimed, isn't that exquis-
lie? What picturesque ruin! The
picturesque RUM turned out to be
a stable or a barn painted with: Use
Pains Painless Plaster, ETC." Unde-
tered by one such error she raved in
ecstasy over the :oveliness of some
ssstunning woman" until a kind-heart-
ed companion checked her by pointing
out that the fair one was an antique guy
with wig.-N. Y. Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10

Nature does not capriciously scat
ter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy
pets and luxurious darlings, but i'm
poses tasks when she presents opror-
tunities, and uplifts him whom she
would inform. The apple that abr
fhyly drops at the feet of Newton IL
but coy invitation to follow her to
tho starD.-Whipple.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-09-10

v,xsrosE is the legal newspaper of
Tne a,rinss Creek, Wood River and
" tooth Mining Districts.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
.fpostage Prepaid) $500
One seath o,ths 200
SIX months ~ 100
Iii's .,onth so
Single copy -
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
,rsrtising rates furnished on application
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-24
And a Number of Missing and
Injured the Result
OF the Burning of the Baldwin
at San Francisco.
LOSS is ESTIMATED
At So, 100000 by "Lucky"
Baldwin, the Owner.
s'Secret Service Company Lost
All Its Possessions

San Francisco, Nov 24.-The number
of victims of the Baldwin hotel fire is
yet unknown, the Examiner this morn
ing gives the following list. Dead:
JONATHAN L. WHITE, capitalist,
residing in the hotel.
LEWIS MEYERS, secretary La Tuya
Bay Gold Mining company.
JOHN J. CARTER, associate Judge of
California Jockey club.
TATE PRYOR, sheet writer for j. J.
Carroll.
Missing:
J. NJ. Leithead, purser of the City of
Mr.. Andrews, cashier of the Baldwin
grOtto.
Injured:
Mrs Simon H. Seymour, severely
bruised.
James CoIlan, hand cut badly.
Charles Lowe, scalp and hand cut.
Bridget Mitchell, broken ankle.
The Chronicle places Carter and Pry-
or among the missing, while the Cali
confines the list of dead to White and
Meyers and adds Mrs. Andrews and
children of Salt Lake to the missing and
omits the name of Tate Pryor, as he is
the fire. It will be some time before
an accurate list can be obtained, as it
is impossible to make a search of the
burning ruins at present.
The fire department now believes the
flames originated in the hotel kitchen
but the police are convinced that they
started in the rear of the Baldwin the
ater. There were many narrow eS
capes from death and the marvel is
how the many guests of the hotel sue
ceeded in escaping within the short
time afforded them, as the spread of
the flames was remarkably rapid.
A. H. Christie of Milwaukee, was res
cued from perilous position on the
roof by a fireman, Ed KehOe. When
rescued Mr.. Christie had a razor in his
hand. with the determination to kill
himself rather than plunge into the
seething flames that ragged beneath him.
w. A. Ballard, a merchant of Scran-
ton, Pa, was bereft of all his clothes
and papers.
Aaron Blumenthal and Joseph Sum-
merfield, boolzmakers from Chicago oc-
cupied rooms on the fourth floor almost
over the Powell street entrance Both
of them escaped in their pajamas.
Royal Scott, who represents Marshall
Field & Co, of Chicago, was awakened
as soon as the alarm was sounded
through the house and escaped. He re-
turned within a few minutes to secure
some of his belongings but was driven
back by the dense smoke.
immigration Commissioner w. NJ.
Rice, of Victoria, B. c., who had a room
on the fourth floor of the hotel, had a
very close call but succeeded in reach
ing the street in safety.
The entire scenic and mechanical ef-
fects and wardrobe of the Secret Ser
vice" company were destroyed by the
fire. Manager Robert NJ. Eberlee esti-
mates the loss at $4,000. Mr.. Gillette
will take the California theater Monday
evening and play out his engagement
here.
Z J. Baldwin said today that the fire
meant a loss to him of about 81, 500, 00O
as he had expended that amount in
| building, altering and furnishing the
hotel.
Fire Marshal Towne declares that the
structure was death trap and says
| that no such a fiimsy structure shall
| again be erected in the heart of the city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-24
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

p. NJ. Hoisington of Newton has an
nounced that he viii not be a candidate
for adjutant general of the state of Kan
sas and joins those who are supporting
the candidacy of r. A. Campbell of fHutch-
insOn for the place.
George A. Clark secretary of state-elect,
has appointed Miss Belle HOllingshead of
Garnett as stenOgrapher and charter clerk
in his office. She has been working IN
the Republican headquarters.
Colonel George w. Veale of Topeka is a
candidate for a place on the state board
of railroad commissioners.
The politicians say. that the various
boards will run the Institutions of which
they will have charge under Stanley's ad-
ninistratiOn and that the governor will
Lit Crum says he has not Withdrawn as
a candidate for railroad commissioner.
Pete Foley, who wants the place and lives
in the same county, says Crum agreed to
withdraw in his favor.
George A. Clark will ask the legislature
Senator Lewelling caused to be abolished
because w E Bush fought Lewelling for
q denomination
1t is said by the politicians that the
straight-Out Democrats of this state will
be called upon to recommend the Demo-
Gratis who will, in accordance with law,
receive appointments on the various state
boards.
Frank Brown, secretary of the Republican
state central committee. has sent out a
file within thirty days after the election
an account of expenses during the cam
paign. with the county clerk. This Is a
provision of law which if not complied
with makes the election illegal.
J. A. Ramsey, who was county Superin-
tendent of Anderson county from 1891 to
1894, is a candidate for superintendent of
the reform school in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-24
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATORS
Meet at Detroit and Organize a Ma
tionaI Association.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 24-The National
Association of Managers OF Newspaper
Circulation was organized at the Hotel
Cadillac yesterday afternoon al meet
ing of representatives of that depart
lnent of newspaper management. Fif-
teen mana gers of the circulation depart
ments of well known daily newspapers
were present and large number Oftele-
grams and letters from other papers
were read, which insures a large mem
bership and indicates that nearly all
the leading daily newspapers of the
United States, representing nearly
every state, will be in the new organiza-
ton which is the first of its kind.
The associations object, as stated in
the constitution adopted, is advance
ment of the interests of circulation de-
partments, and interchange of ideas to
that end. The next meeting is to be
held in Chicago, June u, and annual
meetings will be held thereafter.
The following directors were elected:
c. H Motz, Times-Star, Cincinnati;
George F. Barnes, Herald, st. Joseph,
Mo; Frank Thresher, Journal, Mime
apolis; Bruce HaIdeman, Courier-Jour-
nal, Louisville: F. G.. Hay, News, In
dianapous; r. S. Weir. Herald. SYRIA
cuse, N. Y; William and J. Boeshans,
Ohio State Journal, Columbus; W. H.
Gillespie Free Press. Detroit The
directors elected w. H. Gillespie, De-
troit, president, and Bruce Haldeman,
Louisville, secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-24
@MARTHA'' AT CRAWFORD.
Andrews Opera Company Has a Larg-
er Audience Than Ever.

An audience larger than that of the pre-
vioUs night saw the Andrews Opera COM
pany in the opera of Martha at the
Crawford theater last night. 1t was even
a more appreciative audience, and the
company was compelled to repeat the
finale of the second act. while throughout
the performance there were repeated en-
cores.
The opera was put on equally as well
and in some respects better than on the
former visit of the company here two
years ago. Miss Catherine Lee sang the
principal soprano part of Lady Harriet =
Miss Nellie Andrews that of Nancy" Mr.
Jay G. Taylor and Mr.. Ed Andrews were
again seen in the respective parts of Lilo
Seaton, who takes the place of Mr.. George
Andrews in the company, appeared as
''Plunkett. Each of the respective parts
was taken in a very creditable manner;
Miss Lees soprano is well suited to the
rendition of 1.-The Last Rose of Summer, -
and she was heartily applauded after the
solo in the second act.
At the matinee yesterday afternoon the
company appeared in Fra DiavOlo," and
pleased the rather small audience. although
some of the parts were not cast as credit
ably as two years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-24
FELT Is MILES AWAY.
10000 Pounds of Powder Ex-
pIOdes at LamOtte, Mo.

st. Louis, Mo, Nov. PA special to
the Republic from Quincy, Ill, says:
The powder mill at Lamotte, Mo, sit
uated eighty miles south of here on
the "K'' line, and a few miles from
Ashburn, blew up, killing six men and
wounding several others.
The names Of the dead follow:
WILLIAM WILSON, foreman, and
son Of the manager, living at Ashburn.
ALFRED WENZEL.
ALBERT MILLER, Hannibal
D. NJ. SMITH, louisiana
WILLIAM CHARLESTON, Ashburn.
JACK HOLLINGER, Ashburn
The explosion took place in the pack
ing house and was so terrific as to be
heard and felt a distance of twenty-five
miles, Telephone reports from Pitts
field, New Canton, BayIess, Winchester,
Kinderhook. and all over Pike county.
Illinois, are to the effect that the ex-
plOsiOn was plainly felt in those places.
Until the truth was known the inhab-
itants thought it was an earthquake.
At New Canton windows were broken
and everywhere buildings were shaken.
The exact cause of the explosion will
never be known as all the men in the
packing house at the time were blown
to atoms. Something like 10000 pounds
of powder was usually kept in the pack
ing house, which was a frame struc-
ture.
During the day men were engaged
with buckets gathering up such bits of
flesh and bones as they could find. A
piece of spinal column was found half
a mile from the scene of the explosion.
ThoS1 who were injured were employed
in another building. They were struck
by flying debris, but none of them is
fatally injured. There is always some
loose powder on the floor of the packing
room and it is supposed that something
was dropped upon it that caused it to
explode.