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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
A KNOWING DOG.
He HAD q Glass Eye 0A1 Never
Rubbed II Out.

He HAD q Glass Eye 0A1 Never
Rubbed II Ont.
Marmaduke IL dead. He was only
Blenheim spaniel, but he was wonder
full in his way. for he had glass eye.
He was bred by the duchess of MArl-
borough, who takes great interest
In the famous kennel. AS will occa-
sionally happen to small dogs, he tried
to show his superiority over the feline
race; but on one occasion pugnacious
cat declined to take orders from Mar
maduke, and enforced its refusal by
giving Marmaduke zone in tho eye"
with its claws. The result was that
Marmaduke's eye was destroyed. The
duchess then sent the spaniel to .
veterinary surgeon, to be fitted to
glass eye, a.. she was especially fond
of the little fellow, and the sight Of the
empty socket was repugnant. After he
was sent back with his new eye, her
grace was made nervous by seeing his
staring artificial eye. it being just
little previous to . visit Of the earl OF
Blandford, and 20 home was sought
for the unfortunate little blue blood,
which was found with Miss E. L. Moore.
Of Denmark Hill, near Woodstock. The
glass eye il the right one. and is ex-
actly matched to the other brown, an
imated one. Marmaduke never tried
to scratch or rub out the eye, but
seemed to understand why it was there.
He was run over by . van. :. a-...
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
SOCIETY IN SIBERIA.
Hostess and Guests Frequently Ne
tire to Kitchen to Cook and Eat.

Hostess and Guests Frequently Re-
tire to Kitchen to Cook and Eat.
At one of the grand balls attended
at Krasnoyarsk. writes Thomas G. Al
len, Jr., of fashionable Siberia" in
Ladies' Home Journal, was impressed
by the profusion of flowers used in the
decoration of the ballroom. and which
had been imported from Europe at
enormous expense. and also by the i'm
portance given to the matter OF re-
freshments. Although there appeared
to be about four girls to one man. the
male portion of the company spent the
greater part of the evening at the
buffet, or zokoosH table, eating and
drinking. The conversation of the wom-
en-, I found. was most conventional, ana
one could invariably anticipate the
same remarks upon an introduction to
lady. knowledge of French, which I
was surprised to find few could speak.
is considered the most graceful fem
inine accomplishment.
The kitchen. however, has for tho
lady of the land peculiar fascination.
Very often while dressed in silks and
satins, and conversing with her guests,
a hostess will proceed to fry a "blin"
or pancake, and eat It with the greatest
gusto. The other ladies are at liberty
to follow the hostess example il they
choose,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
ONE MANS CHURCH.

Colored Zeeiot Building . House Of
worship EN- nttrely Unailed.
A Georgia colored man, Andrew Bon
ner by name, is manifesting his re-
lrious enthusiasm in substantial,
though unusual way. Bonner is sim
ple-mindcd negro, filled to overflowing
with what his admiring wife terms "de
OF time religion" He resides with her
in College Park, a village few miles
from Atlanta His ambition for years
has been to build church for the BEN
eft of some of his own race, the ma
terial used to be procured with his own
earnings and no workman to assist him
in the rearing of the edifice. says the
Chicago Chronicle.
With utter disregard OF legal meas
ures, Andrew selected two years ago q
site for the church of his dreams, which
he expects to be a monument to his
memory long after he has returned to
dust. The fact that he does not own
the ground has never disturbed him.
When far-sighted white friends urged
him to wait until the ground could be
bought for the purpose he paid no heed
to the proposition, but kept to his orig
inal purpose. Every spare penny was
spent by him for lumber and nails.
The work has necessarily been slow.
but now. after "a months of patient
labor, Andrew gazes with pride upon
the building, which il almost covered.
The old man is said to have some
times denied his family bread that he
might save money for this pet project.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
A QUEER "GROUNp."
Discovered By q Linenan While Re-
pairing a Leak.

Discovered BY q Linenan While Re-
pairing a Leak.
"Who ever heard of a snake not over
three feet in length grounding tele-
graph wire and rendering it useless for
two days and as many nights?" was
the question asked OF a number Of rail-
road men by a well-known ineman who
has care of the Western Union Tele-
graph company's wires along the line
of one of the greatest trunk systems
in the state of Ohio. ut was this way:
During the republican national con-
vcntion at st. Louis, in 1896, when every
wire in the country was needed and
taxed to it's utmost capacity with bull
letins from the convention, that one of
the through wires from st. Louis to
Cleveland became grounded on my d.
vision, causing me no end of trouble.
and compelling me to go from pole to
pole for two days before locating the
trouble, which, to my astonishment,
was caused by small snake Of greenish
color, and about three feet in length.
One end of the snake was lying across
the wire, while the other end was rest
ing against the lightning rod which
is placed on every fifth pole OF tele-
graph line. The snake when taken of
and examined was found to be nearly
burned in two, caused by the strong
current of the telegraph wire and the
direct ground circuit obtained from the
ig htning rod. How the snake came in
this position will always be a mystery.
but no doubt it was thrown there after
being killed by some one walking along
the railway track.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
LIVING PROGENY OF FISH.
viviparous Pisces Recorded In tn
Territory Of Arizona.

Viviparous Pisces Recorded In the
Territory Of Arizona.
A doubt that has troubled scientists
for years-whether there exists vivi-
parous kind of fish, one that gives birth
to its young in living state-was def
nitely settled in the affirmative the
other day, when the city hall fountain
Of the capital of Arizona territory was
cleaned out. In turning the water out
Of the big cement basin, where gold
fish variety of the carp family has long
disportei itself for the edification of
the Phoenix nurse girl and the Mari
copa county hobo, it was found that
many of the fish had given birth to
progeny fully formed and ready to dart
in search of food at the moment of COM
ing into their watery world. Others
had given birth to tiny creatures that
were globular in shape, except for the
protruding eyes and nascent tail fin
that could scarcely be seen without a
strong glass. From all the evidences,
it was clear that the cleanup had been
made during the breeding season, yet
there was 20 sign of fish roe or eggs.
Many specimens of the strange young
tish were collected, and will be shipped
to different experts, one lot going to the
Smithsonian institution.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
PLEASANT WAY TO DUN.
DelinQuent Customer Pays Up ON Re-
ceipt of q Poem.

Delinquent Customer Pays Up ON Re-
ceipt of q Poem.
A Cleveland hardware man, prompt
ed by an article recently on the subject
of collecting poor accounts. writes
agreeing that more is to be accom-
plished by dunning letter couched in
good-natured language than one
breathing threats in harsh words, and
relates the following. says Hardware,
as an illustrations:
ut was our custom to have a new
clerk put in his spare time writing let
ters to slow customers. A clerks mer-
its were measured largely by the result
OF this work. Up in Michigan we had a
particularly bad case. 1t was bill of
$12 against u man named William Rose.
It had become outlawed, and was con-
sidered dead duck, but every once in
awhile we gave ii whirl. Finally one
day, the last clerk put on, a bright young
fellow, laid the following verses on my
desk and asked permission to mail
them to Rose:
"Oh, William Rose. oh, fragrant rose.
Yourself II Is who surely knows
Unsettled bills are bad.
They soil our books. they spoil our looks.
And make the heart grow sad.
So William Rose, feel in your clothes.
And find twelve dollars there.
The goods were sold IN days of old
Before we had white hair.
"They were forwarded, and inside OF
week the man sent us the money,
explaining that he had always intend
ed to pay the account some time, but
couldn't hold out no longer against such
a demand
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
HIS ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE.

Two Views Of the Lecture DeliveFed
by q Novelist In . Jersey Town.
A well-known novelist delivered lee
ture recently in a New Jersey town not
far from this city, in which he read
selections from his own works. His
reputation and the society that engaged
him brought together an audience COM
posed of the best people OF the neigh
borhood. After the lecture, when peo-
PIE met, it was the proper thing for one
10 ask the other:
"Were you at the lecturer and the
answer In every case was:
"Oh, yesl I was there. but didn't
hear a word. Did you hear the lec-
ture?" -
"Well. no! Iwas there but I couldn't
hear, either"
A friend who met the novelist few
days after his visit to the suburban
town asked him what kind OF audience
he had and how he liked the town.
"It's fine place." was the reply.
"and had the most attentive audience
that 1 have ever spoken to. No one
made a sound, and didn't have to raise
nv voice above whisper"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
ELEPHANT CURIOSITY.
An Animal Which stands with Il
Feet InbeddeA In Rocks.

An Animal Which Stands with It's
Feet InbeddeA In Rocks.
On the Miles Wilbur farm, less than
two miles from Palmyra, Wis, nearly
midway between Bald bluff and the
Curelian spring, on wild, rocky hill
side Of the Kettle range OF bluffs, may
be found . huge rock known far and
near an the 'stone elephant" says the
Boston Transcript.
It is annually visited by large num-
bers of people, some OF whom pronounce
it petrified elephant Of monster size.
but the theory most generally believed
is that it was hewed out of the solid
rock in which it seemed imbedded CEN
turies ago by some prehistoric race.
As If to substantiate this latter
theory. from time to time many val
liable tools, relics and implements un-
known to the people Of this age have
been found about it's base and in that
immediate vicinity. The elephant is
about 20 feet long, six or eight feet
high, of dark gray color and weighs
hundreds Of tons. The body only is
above the level of the ground. its legs
being deeply sunk below, holding it
firmly in a standing position.
A tradition believed by many is that
around this huge stone the Indians
gathered to offer sacrifices to the great
spirit and burn their prisoners at the
stake, or make them the victims OF
slow torture known only to the In
dams. It is . long established and gen.
orally believed theory that in this inn
mediate vicinity and about Bald bluff
and the Big springs were some of their
most famous battle helds and hunting
grounds, -a.. - #-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
A CURIOUS BET.
How the OLD Woman Dashed . @oek-
less Youths Hopes,


less Youths Hopes.
Two Of the younger members Of .
well-known club, both Of whom are 30
fond OF betting that they are willing
to wager money upon almost anything,
became involved in an argument over
the popularity of mustaches few days
ago, says the Philadelphia Record. One
suite adornment was on the wane; the
other said that more mustaches are
worn now than ever before. The up
shot Of the matter was that the first Of
fered to bet that seven persons without
mustaches (including women. for the
sake of making the test more interest
inR) would pass the club windows be-
fore three with mustaches should go
by. The wager was promptly accept
ed, referee was selected and the three
stationed themselves at the point of
vantage to take observations. The first
four to pass were young women and the
anti-mustache man grew jubilant. His
jaw fell, however, when the next two
pedestrians, with luxurious growths
upon their lips, hove in sight. Then fol-
lowed two more women, and the watch
ers waited expectantly. The ninth
passer-by was young man who was
raising a mustache. yet in it's infancy.
A warm argument followed as to the
disposition of this case, but the referee
settled the matter by crediting one-half
to each side, making the score GA to 2A.
An old woman was approaching in the
distance, and the man who had 2h
points began to lose hope, but when
she arrived opposite the reviewing stand
it was seen that she had more hair
on her lip than her male predecessor.
The referee decided against the fellow
who had proposed the bet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
Why HE DIMES EARLY.


Explaining His Reason for An UA-
usual Proceeding.
There is a man in Wentzville, Mo-,
who has habit of eating his midday
neal before IL o'clock, says the Sun
day Republic. A neighbor went to his
house not long ago, and found him and
his family at the dinner table. 1t was
;hen half-past II.
"Why, Mr.. Majors are you at din
,erT CALCULATED the surprised neigh
Dor.
"Oh, yes." replied Mr.. Majors. eve
nearly always eat dinner about this
time of day"
"It seems to me that this Is pretty
early" said the visitor, smiling. why,
you must get through by IL o'clock"
''Yes, I suppose we do" was the re-
ply. "You see we always have our din
ner early as precautionary measure"
"As a precautionary measured" ex-
claimed the neighbor. "Why2 Do you
want to keep from getting hungry"
"No, that's not it," said Majors.
Don't you see, if we don't eat our din
ner early the house might burn down
and then we wouldn't have any? It's
a precautionary measure, = precau-
tionary measured"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
TOLD HIS CLAM STORY.
Row q Funny Detroit Man Won Hi
Case with the Jury,

How q Funny Detroit Man Won His
Case with the Jury.
Marshall P. Wilder, the funny little
man, is charged with having with
malice aforethought and evil intent
sprung a few of his tales on a jury and
thereby turned their verdict in his die
rection, says the Detroit Journal.
4 few weeks ago Marshall came to
town and in the circuit court sued DIR.
Hercules Sanche on a promissory note
for $1,000. He won the case. and now
the counsel for the defense has applied
for new trial on the ground that the
jury was improperly influenced.
The lawyer says that during recess
Marshall went out into the hall aud
told the jurymen lot of funny stories.
including that one about the New Jer-
sey clam digger who fed bis family on
clans so long that their stomachs rosa
and fell with the tide. That settled It,
the Sanche lawyer says, and the iran
who laughs was solid as a boarding
house biscuit with the jury. They went
into court, he says, and chuckled out
verdict in his favor.
The counsel for the defense says
Wilder's jokes would win a favorable
verdict from a jury of pine stumps,
hence the application for a new trial.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
MODERN SCIENCE.

Predictions for the Tventisth Csn-
tury Are Broad.
It may be that we are, with respect to
the coming century, in the same imma-
ture mental condition in which the peo-
pie Of the eighteenth century were with
regard to the nineteenth, says the Pop
ular Science Monthly. II some one in
the preceding century had dared to pre-
dict the wonderful achievements of the
nineteenth, he would probably have
been declared fool, and treated a.
was Robert Mayer, in Germany, in this
century, who, after the discovery Of the
law of the conservation of force, was
put into IN insane asylum. A like fate
might befall the man who should dare
now to cast q horoscope for the twen-
tieth century, and to predict the prog
ress of the human mind in the various
domains of scientific research. After
all. those may be right who, in spite Of
all those acquisitions on which we so
Justly pride ourselves, are of opinion
that we are still moving In only the
initial steps, in the leading strings Of
evolution, and that we are yet very far
from the goal Of those material and
ideal aims which the human race in its
unremitting onward struggle is des-
tined to attain, or to show its capacity
of attaining. The great Sir Isaac New
ton used. perhaps, the most appropriate
simile when he compared men with
children who on the seashore are pick
ing up here and there a curious pebble
or colored shell while the greatsea Of
truth lies still unexplored before them.
We can only conjecture as to the prob
able progress, as we cannot know which
position we occupy in the course of hu-
man evolution, whether we are still in
its beginnings or we'll advanced. This
lies hidden in the bosom of the future.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
THE DISAPPEARING TRAY.

Resalt ef PattiMg . japanese Metal
Ash Receiver UpoA . Hot steve.
1t you ever use one of those little
fancy japanese metal trays sold about
the streets for ash receivers, don't put
it ON the stove, though that happens to
be handy place for circle OF smok-
ers< to reach. That was what the OBJ
servant Jerseyman did the other night
at his country home, says the New
York Sun.
He and his sons were sitting about .
big stove on cold night, all smoking.
and for convenience he put the ash re-
ceiser on sort of shelf at the back Of
the stove against the smoke pipe. When
he went to bed he left the ash receiver
there. The following morning his wife
discovered it. It was perfect in ap-
pearance and form, and still held the
pile of ashes, burned match ends, and
cigar butts which had been deposited
in it the night before. She was about
to pick it up, when she bethought her
self that it might be hot. Taking some
thing, therefore. to push it with, she
attempted to slide it of upon plate.
The moment she touched tt the ash
receiver lost its form, became liquid,
and ran of the stove upon the floor in
q shining stream of white metal. The
heat of the stove had been sufficient to
melt the pewter, of which it was COM
posed. and it had probably stood there
for hours, all in liquid form, except
the little crust of oxide and lacquer
upon its outer surface. This crust had
been coherent enough to keep the tray
in form until touch broke it, and then
the whole had collapsed.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
Why ONE MAN is BITTER.
His Yoang sister Bought the Violets
to. SeMa to HIS Sweetheart.

HIS Yoang sister Bought the violets
to sena to His Sweetheart.
st. Valentines day is a sad reminder
to a young man on l street. year
ago during the second week OF Febru-
airy. he had an attack OF the grip, says
the Washington Post. he wanted to
send q charming young woman some
violets, and was compelled to ask q
very young sister to buy them for him.
He snappishly refused to tell for what
purpose he wanted the flowers, for he
had grip and his head ached. The young
girl returned with box neatly wrapped
in paper. The young man slipped his
card in without untying the package.
and bribed his little brother to carry
the offering to the object OF his atten-
tions. That evening the young sister
visited the sickroom.
ibid you like the violets?" she asked.
didn't look at them"
.'They were beauties" said the girl.
"I got them at special sale. They
were marked down from one dollar to
so cents-great big bunch, too."
"a big bunch of real violets for 80
cents-great big bunch, too"
"A big bunch Of real violets for so
cents at this time of the year!" said
the sick man. --.--.-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
TELL REPORTERS THE TRUTH.

Cardinai Gibbons Advises Absolute
Franknoss with NevvspaDer Men.
In his address at the New Orleans
Press club recently, reports tho baIu-
more Sun, Cardinal Gibbons said:
"If l had one piece Of advice to give
public man more than another !. is'
be frank with the reporter. 1t has
been my privilege and pleasure to come
in contact with and to know great
number Of reporters. have steadfast-
ly adopted policy of absolute frank
ness with them, and have yet to have
confidence betrayed. They have
never proved themselves unworthy OF
the estimate / placed on them as gentle-
men. It is the public man who con-
ceals, whose very act of concealmsnt
il perceived by the reporters (for IN
the very nature of their business they
must be quick to perceive), 1t IL this
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-09
DRAWING ON THE WALL

Rome Writer Says the Descriptions
Have Been Exagxerated.
The Roman correspondent of the Ber-
lin Tageblatt throws cold water on the
exaggerated reports of the discovery
by Prof. Marucchi of q drawing of the
crucifixion ON an ancient wall in the
Eternal city. He says that the sketch
is so faint that the outlines of he
cross, as we'll as of the persons sur
rounding it, can be made out only with
the aid of a magnifying glass, and
then very imperfectly. To decipher the
scene supposed to be represented. to
say nothing of the inscription. requires
strong imagination. So far as the
persons represented are concerned, it
ia quite possible to make out what they
are doing. The hammer that Prof. Ma
rucchi thought he saw in. the hands
OF one of the soldiers climbing upon the
cross might just as easily be flag.
Beneath this figure is to be read the
name "Mistillus," or something like it.
In the upper left-hand corner are TO be
seen the Roman numerals XII, ~. and
v. A ladder is leaning against both
crosses represented. and it is quite pos
sible that the picture may be of scene
aboard ship. OF the supposed figure OF
Christ. the correspondent could see
nothing at all. He could read plainly
the name "Piletus." Plainly, also, ap-
pears through the confused mass Of
half-obliterated Latin and Greek in
scriptions. though party injured by
dilapidation of the wall, the name
"Crestos" (Christus). behind which a
large picture of hammer plainly ap-
pears. The entrance to the room where
this Withdrawing is found is under the
so-called Bridge of Caligula."
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$1,000. 900 GONE IN a FLASH.

Klondike TELEGRAPH LiAe Which Was
Wrecked by the Atlantic Cable.
Long ago-in 1863-64-there was no
cable between Europe and America.
Transatlantic news-even: during the
exciting episodes of the civil war-was
always about fortnight old, says the
London Mail. The attempt to make .
cable connection had ended disastrous
ly, and in this juncture of affairs was or
ganized a gigantic enterprise. looking
to the connection of the United States
with Europe via Klondike and Behring
sea. Most electricians and telegraph
experts had made up their minds that
40 miles-which was the distance across
the strait-represented the longest q
submarine cable could be successfully
worked.
A company was formed, and what
was known in those days as Russian
extension stock went off at premium
Of 60 per cent. In 1868 the line between
New Westminster and the Yukon river
was surveyed, found to be practicable,
and traversed completely the present
Klondike region.
The line was expected to be finished
in 1867. Even the tariff for messages
was fixed at e5 ($25) per message. The
receipts were estimated to yield about
So, ,OO0, 900 per annum. The line was
actually constructed from New West
minister along the present route Of the
Canadian Pacific railway to Ashcroft,
where it was continued north toward
Behring sea to Fort Stager, 800 or 400
miles beyond Quesnelle. This line is
at this present moment in operation in
a portion of the Cariboo country.
Then, in the midst Of the whole busi-
ness, after three years of hard work.
came like a thunderclap the news that
the Atlantic cable was a success. Three
million dollars had been expended, yet
the next day Russian extension stock
was not worth the printers ink on its
surfAro