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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-06-11
CHINAMEN POOR HUSBANDS.
&A9lish Girls In Shanghai whO Wed
AoA1olians Always Have
Cause to Regret IL.

A Vancouver dispatch gives currency
to certain scandalous stories current
in Shanghai. by which English girls are
represented a. having formed the hab-
1t Of marrying Chinese young men at
tached to the legation in that city.
There might be no great harm in the
marriage of . Chinese man to . Cau-
casian woman If the Mongolian could
be educated mp to the Caucasian matri-
moniai standard. But the complaint
that comes from Shanghai IL that the
Chinese cling with great pertinacity
to their Mongolian view Of the mar
riage state. II the wife rebelled At this
view OF the marriage relation the Chi
nese husband would lock her up and
when opportunity offered. sell her. An
infusion Of English blood in . matri-
monial form does not seem to have
much influence upon the customs Of
the country. The English wives, sen-
sitive as to the shame OF the livea they
were forced to lead, would make no
complaints to relatives in England. In
most cases the marriage had been en-
tered into in spite Of the protests Of
parents, q circumstance which tended
to silence complaints that would other
wise have been made. There 10 abun-
dant ground for the conclusion that
the average Chinese does not become
. good Christian until the third or
fourth generation.
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COSTA RIGA BANANAS.
Indian Island-Crops the Whole
Year Round.


"The best bananas grown IN the
world come from Port Limon. Costa
Rica.' said New Orleans man to .
Washington Post reporter.
They are shipped from Port Limon.
aud the country grower gets about 30
cents per bunch in gold. He is noti-
fed by wire from the seaport when to
cut, and has two days in which to gather
and deliver to the railway. Trains COM
posed OF well-ventilated cars take the
fruit to fast steamer, which Is wait
ing to convey it abroad. The punches
will average about II hands each and
each hand has from II to lS bananas.
When the bunch gets to New Orleans or
New York they are worth about four
dollars each, a tremendous advance over
the price paid the Costa Rican pro-
ducer.
The planter, however, is surer Of a
safe profit than any other person hand
ling the fruit Jamaica negroes do all
the labor attendant on the planting.
culture and cutting, being better adapt
ed to the work than the native peon.
Jamaica bananas often make iner
appearance, butare not 20 prolific as the
Port Limon product. The best planta-
tions Of Costa Rica are subject to over
how and the waters deposit q silt that
greatly enriches the soil. Crops are
ready for cutting the whole yeer
round"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-06-11
ENEMIES OF STREET CARS.
The Dueolic Drivers o1 Beer ana Ies
Wagons Cause Wefsy % the
- A010emeA-

The Arch-enemies Of the street car are
the beer wagons and the ice wagons.
The naughty car can strike terror to the
buggy zor brougham or buckster's cart,
and even the furniture van fights shy,
but beer and ice wagons are built for
keeps. and would just as soon have .
collision as not. Nothing short Of .
house falling on them could shake the
driver out of his seat, says the Chicago
Times-Heralds
There h a certain air about these
drfvera The man that drives the beer
wagon Is always full Of beer, and the
ice wagon man serves many saloons;
at any rate, they have the same cast OF
countenance-s stolid. indifferent, half
defiant And they act just the same.
They keep the track in spite of gongs.
whistles and threats. and they take
every chance of crossing in front of
car. and then they smile to see the con-
tortions OF the gripman and his brake.
But they never speak or turn their
heads. Just drive on, impassively. q il
there was not street car in the whole
world. 81
Gripmensand motormeu foam in I'm
potent rage, and would be driven 10
drink. if they had time, but it availss
them NOT. It il supposed thai when
street car man loses his Job he takes to
driving beer or ice wagon and thus
gets even with the corporation.
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NUMBERING QUEENS ENGLISH
A o1e4R Old 1outhern CharaoteR aae
a. Ons Of HIS Remarkable
Speeches.

Over In Jeffersonville IL q quaint old
character. Capt. Bill Taylor, whois noted
FOR his many peculiar sayings and bis
frequent assault and battery on the
queens English. Capt. Tay ylor, says the
Louisville Post, has collection of big
words and be just drops them into his
conversation here and there without re-
gard for their fitness or correctness.
Some years ago, it is said, he gave it out
among his friends that he was going to
have dance at his house and he wanted
everybody to attend. But ii rained on
that night and there were very few
present. Even the musicians did not
put in an appearance. But Bill was
equal to the emergency and. mounting
the kitchen table. he said in a loud.
hoarse voice:
) "Friends. we will have to correspond
this dance until some more supersti-
tious occasion, when the inclemency OF
the weather will not be so severe and
the music will be more deranged. BY
that time will build condition to my
house and everything will be more
imitistical."
Capt. Taylor 10 the man who killed
bad John Tucker, the Point evangelist
and ex-convict. Only few months ago
he was acquitted Of the charge in the
Jeffersonville circuit court. He claimed
the ghost of Tucker haunted him unit!
he hunted up medium and apologized
to the spirit of the dead man. Since
then he had had rest from the persecu-
tious of the ghost,
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CLOSE TO THE NOON.
It ls 0ronGAs wieAaa easy 2sasA q
The WoslA ~ q aooeAe
IAvon taon.

Herr Johann Mayer, IN Austrian lieu.
Tenant has just discovered . method BY
which the moon can be brought within
pistol-shot Of the world. hguratively
speaking. Nothing among the many
marvels OF modern invention 10 more
astonishing than this same discovery.
By his invention Herr Mayer says the
moon can be brought within distance
Of 100 yards. in fact. and explored most
thoroughly. Prof. Gstea' combined
mieroscope-tslescope was brought to be
. marvellous contrivancs. but this latest
addition puts It quite in the shade. In
his success Herr Mayer has made .
wide departure from customary meth
ods. In fact the monster telescopes
do not figure in his calculations what
ever. Without going into long-drawn-
out or technical explanations Of the ap-
Paratus he has constructed, IL 10 novel
AFFAIR, in that an enormous parabolic
mirror 50 yards in diameter that re-
wolves upon fixed axis Il the main
scheme of the apparatus. This concave
mirror which 10 OF the ordinary ~sil-
vered" glass has q small convex para
bolic mirror suspended atits focus; and
this small mirror focuses the rays re-
ceived from the large1 one. and throws
them on the lens Of an immensely pow
erfui microscope. Thus . clear and
briliiantly-lighted picture of the moon
or star under. examination is brought
Immediately under the microscope,
which has magnifying power Of many
million diameters. Herr Mayer sx-
plains that 1t will thus be possible. al
most. to see the time by the watch OF
the "man in the moon" or to see the
bridges (if any) over the canals OF
Mars.
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Notice Of Publication.

40 D; w. Watlington, A. H. Rahm and
nelson +. kilnball, your heirs. devisee,
and assigns:
lou are hereby notified that the under
srshea has expended $lO0, in the year 1895
z" iaoof and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
soae mining claim in Warm Springs Creek
VI boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
ssaano, III order to hold said premises un-
Ser Se the provisions of section 1924, Revised
statutes of the United States, being the
amount ans required to hold the same during
nHu n;,t ior said calendar year 1895, and if.
.l aisain ninety days after the expiration OF
,s ,se publication Of this notice, which will be
fna fbauiished for ninety days, you fail or re-
,;na ,uSe 70 contribute your respective proper
asons, aDns OF such expenditure as co-owners,
ss;S sss;SS9saing to your respective interests in
s;n s;ru claim viz: b. w. Watlington, one
tareenth, S6.25; A. II. Rahm, one-six-
s;;eh.n' s;'n' 6,25. and Nelson +. Kimball, one
sInith, usIi sl25o, your interests in said claim
sr,r "ir M oe forfeited to and become the prop
,uss ,ss et The undersigned, under and by vir-
'~e VI SAID section 1924.
~ EDWARD BRISBIN.
FIRST publication, Feb.-l5, 1886.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
Az NRS. 81 IRIoS RyRRr har ha;r. ~

~ Mss MARION BYsxE, her heirs or n.
penSu, rSu are hereby notified that have ex.
f.noea .ra &c the sum Of one hundred (l0O) dol
~ LABOR and improvements upon the
l., WELLINGTON
About Su mining claim. situated on Bear gulch,
in W. .hIre miles northcasterly of Galena.
cnrd n wood River mining district. Blame
P.v;sssyss Idaho, as required by section 2324,
inc ieo ,S Statutes of the United States. be-
fos ,Ie ,h amount required to hold the same
lhs, 'ne year ending December 81. 1895:
being 'ous proportion Of the same il $50,
iroms ,Sn SSne.half; and If within ninety days
n,netv ,as service Of this notice, or within
You ety Gays after this notice by publication
portion u os or refuse to contribute your pro-
nlH nclud;nool o. such such expenditure as co-owner,
your aE;,ng ;n1g legal costs of this publication,
p propsr,as interest in said claim will become the
proyiaiHy,.o pry Of the undersigned, under the
"ions OF said section 2s2l.
rum, Idaho. January iI. ~
e publication, Jan. Is, Iao0
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THESE BRING LUCK,
ooA0 Have 1oe 1foao
ThAlOR,

Life II made up Of little thlng.. al
the smaller they are the Oors important
part they play sometimes" observed .
ington Star reporter. "How few peo-
pie fail to pick up horse shoe IL it Is
in their road. A pin has similar i'm
fuence among many men. but don't
think have ever seen woman pick up
pin In the street, though they have
much more use for them than men. I
pick up pins and horse shoes a. often a.
I see them, and don't know that have
ever had any special good luck or bad
luck in consequence. and / suppose L
shall continue to do 10 to the end Of the
chapter, call 1t superstition or anything
else you may. The lucky pickup with
me, however. IL marbles-the playing
alleys OF the boys-and am free to ad-
init that would rather hnd . marble
than any small thing that / know OF.
Good luck always has followed finding
. marble ~ far a. am concerned. and
in talking about II I ind that others
have had similar experience. Ny OBJ
servation, though, 10 that marble dnd-
ing is the rarest kind Of good luck for
women. though there il not a. much
superstition in II as there 10 about the
horse shoe. You will be surprised upon
tslking to your circle Of friends to find
how many there are who are pleased TO
pick up marble. and many Of them will
be able to give you substantial reasons
for their belief. know Colorado lady
who resides in this eity-an artist OF
some distinction-who tells me that she
has never failed to sell her pictures II
she had q marble which she found In
her pocket. and has never been able to
do so it she did not have any. Simply
carrying the marble in the pocket does
not work the charm. II must be found,
and the more frequent the finding the
more frequent the good luck"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-06-11
TOO MUCH FOR HIN.


Tor ten long years be had not been tc
church. One Sunday morning he con.
cluded to lay aside his heathenish way,
and surprise the rector. He is naturally
Of timid disposition when it comes tc
publicity. and with sweet girl friend
hanging to his arms, his best suit OF
clothes on. collar higher than usual
and the prospect Of meeting a number
Of friends who he knew would be ready
to Guy him, he was anything but com
Portable when he walked into the
church and was shown to ! seat near
the front BY the usher. says the Louis
Vile Commercial.
For an hour he managed to stand II,
but It was an awful strain. The per.
spiration oozed out and wilted his col.
lar; it dripped from his finger tips;
there was.a hot time In the old church
for him. ~ A
he glanced behind him and noticed
that his friends were smiling. Then he
concluded something was, wrong With
his apparel. He feared it might be his
hair had not been combed. At com.
munion he could stand it no longer. and
he asked the fair girl If she was ready
to 60. She assented and they hurried
out. As he went the smiles on the faces
of his friends deepened. and here and
there one OF them made peculiar mo-
tion. He had forgotten his overcoat in
the excitement aud they were trying to
call his attention to It. Z.
Once on the outside he missed his
coat, and then it all flashed upon him.
But he would rather have lost his coat
than have gone after 1t. just as he was
about to abandon the garment to the
foreign missionary society . boy came
along and he gave the youngster 25
cents to slip In and get the coat. When
it was once more in his possession and
he Was on his way home he made a
mental resolve that be would not 20 to
church again until he was more COM
posed.
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QUEER D1ArHBHD REQUEST.


Lieut. Yoshibumi. Tunisawa, Of the L
J. n, left behind . curious request 70
his family few days prior 70 his death,
which occurred the other day in hls ua-
tive district Of Hixeas He observed 70
his family that - he had never had time
to investigate religious questions deep
" enough to enable him to determine
which faith he should embrace he was
neither prejudiced against nor partial
toward any form Of tslagion. However,
he himself was Of opiulon that his soul
would perish with the seessstion. of life,
while his remaius would crumbls to
dust Therefore he did not wish to
have any religious services performed
on his behalf, says the Japan Times.
The funeral slso should be ~ simple
A. could be and flowers and similar
offerings be strictly declined. No an
nouncement should bs made OF his
death to friends Of his until four or ave
days after the funeral. Two or three
weeks after his death his relatives and
friends should be invited to banquet
and they should be asked to enjoy the
occasion az heartily - possible. A
priest might be invited, IL the presence
OF such parsonage were deemed de-
sirable. At the funeral also nobody
should accompany the bier. except. IL
considered necessary. one or two repre-
sentatives ON behalf OF the family and
relatives might follow the remains to
the grave. The tomb was to be OF the
simplest description, only bis name to
be inscribed upon it A memorial tab
let was entirely tabooed.
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The Raxh4s Of Newsboys.

The judgment comes from the dis
trict court at the national capital that
the sale Of newspapers on the streets Is
legitimate business, and that news
boys hare right to enter street cars
and sell papers to passengers provided
they behave themselves and leave the
car when their business 10 finished.
One newsboy was forcibly elected from
. car in Washington some time ago and
had leg crushed by car running on
the other track. He has just obtained
an award Of 5000 damages from jury
under Instructions to the above effect
by the Judge.
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How Peka.< I. Lishtea.

Peking 10 advancing. So at least one
gathers from the Pekipg and Tiestsin
Times. which apnouncex that couple
ofgas lamps and three petrole nm lamps
now illuminate the capital Of the celes-
.tial kingdom This unwonted depar-
ture, however, + not due to native en-
terprise. The gas lights are set up in
front Of the Russian embassy, while
the three lesser luminaFies shine for the
benefit Of the customers Of the Russo
Chinese bank. Throughout the rest OF
the city wayfarers still have to follow
their noses q soon ~ darkness sets in.
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DsfauHters IN CAina.

Through the medium Of the Peling
Gazette, the Oldest paper in the world.
the emperor Of China recently issued
an Official order for the arrest Of . de-
faulting magistrate Of town in the
province Of Kuangsi. The degree pro-
vided not only for the imprisonment
Of tho culprit until he should have rs-
funded all his stealings, but Also or
dered the confiscation Of his property.
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The x&rssoxE b the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. eawtooth
md smoky mining rsgions. and. located
- Il = n he very heart OF The most prom
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earth, and lesRing no&Aing undona 10 pre-
sent IT. readers complete synopsis of II,
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matters Of local importance In and.about
Ke4chum, It h IN inva}uabae guide for esp
ital and informant to the settler .of every
craft and position. Subscribe COR Il, read
Il, and bet your friends yead Il.
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HeKFe0hneAf0 In Sc0fI0D1.
In the course Of the arguments before
the house Of lords in . case in which,
the necessity for additional refresh
ment accommodation at Oban Station
arose. Lord Watson, himself a Scots
man. interposed and remarked that re-
freshments in that part of Scotland had
only one meaning, and that-whisky.
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Dlsnarekss Sina.

OF the neuralgia pains in his face.
which were 80 severe that he sometimes
had to press the points of his fingers
on his cheek bones for several minutes
to secure little relief, Bismarck was
reported as saying: This is quite nat
ural. l have sinned in my life the most
with my mouth. in eating. drinking and
talking"
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Cairo CliAat~

After . month or 80 Of June weather
in midwinter and of the unveiled sun Of
the subtropic, the pleasures even Of
prize fighting and thrashing natives be
gin to pail. Living is excellent at the
Cairo hotels, and people from northern
climates who have been accustomed to
eating heartily Of heating foods keep
right on doing the same thing with the
flesh pots 6f Egypt. The result il that
they get out Of condition. e -
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wool fron Limestone.

"An Indian chemist" Gays the Phar-
maceut!cal Era, "has applied for pat
tnts on a process for making wool from
limestone. After some sort of chemical
treatmentathe rock IL subjected to .
-drawing-out process, by which. 1t -
said, ct Is converted into the; finest and
most pliable wool, of beautiful white
color, soft as down. and both water and
freproof." 49,
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wants 20 Sell NegsaJR In 0Jave1Y.
A Danville (Ky.) woman has adver-
tised her desire to sell herself into slav-
cry for life for money enough 70 pur-
chase comfortable home for her chill
dren. edding: "Will serve faithfully.
and endeavor to make myself invslu-
able. always striving to please"
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Extent - The Black Raee.
According to computations the black
race embraces about ous-tepth Of the
living members Of the human species.
or $4,000. 100 individuals.
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Infaatxy.

The term infantry, :" meaning foot
soldiers. originated with the Spanish.
n RAa6rst apnlied 70 the military force
employed By an infante, or young
prince Of Spain, to rsseue hi f6tAer
from the Moor1.
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IRISH BELIEF IN FAIRIES.


In village in the west of Ireland q
few weeks ago child wandered away
into the country and was lost. Its anx-
ious parents, after weary and unavail-
ing search, reported the matter to the
constable in charge Of the village. After
carefully questioning them he told
them that any further search for the
child would be useless without certain
preliminaries, because it was clear to
him that the poor child had been car
ried on by the fairies, according to
their well-knSwn custom. The consta-
bic told them to make hre and burn
in 1t AZ much Of certain herb as they
could find. They did 30 at once. Then.
according to his instructions. they went
again in search of the child. He had de-
clared that the smoke Of the burning
herb would force the fairies to bring
the child back, and, sure enough, on
going over the ground they had previ-
ously searched, they found the little
boy asleep beside q stream, says the
New York Sun. s
The reputation and authority Of that
constable have now increased q hun
1redfold in all the countryside, and
very few householders in those parts
now have the temerity to risk offending
"the good people," al they call the
fairies (much az the Greeks used to call
the furies 'the Eumenides," or we'll
wishing ones). by omitting to leave out
every night the traditional bowl of milk
and the griddle cake for their benefit.
The constable himself believes his
charm brought the child back. Yet.
like all the Royal Irish constabulary, he
has had to pass fairly stiff examine
ton in order to be received into the
service. -
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Lucky That Taste. varv.

AuCAy TH&I T@1teD V0fys
A lucky thing that tastes vary; that
lemons a. well az oranges are in de
maud; that the curves OF youth or
the more pensive lines Of fruition in
women's faces both hnd their special
admirers.
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eurar le eeldom AAulferafea.

00g0F 10 40100n A00lfeRat04.
NeArly everybody entertains the opin-
Ion that dishonest grocer has . PEN
chant for mixing sand with his sugar for
the purpose Of gain. This + popular
error, for sugar Il but rarely adnltes-
etAd.
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Larwes1 Fpeteht Steamss.

The Cymric, the largest freight
steamer. ahost. can 4oarry about 5000
tons Of desd weight about What 6os
fseieA can .saFEx.
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Test ef AReeteon.

A man must be nwfully in love who
sincerely thinks q woman pretty whea
she IL having her hair washed
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-15
eRoHosED RMuRoAp ExrEN:


Cintreilie, Md. Nov 15--President
William II. B0s,sy, OF the Queen Anne
railroad. accompanied by General Man
ager ]. w. Troxel were in town recently
IN response to a petition signed by the
citizens OF This town requesting une
Queen Anne Railroad Company 70 ex-
tend it's road from Queenstown 10
this place. Mr.. Bosley is favorably i'm
pressed with the idea, and stated that
ne Thought Chat the line would be ex-
tended to this place provided the eiti-
zens gave him the proper support. 1t
is the intention OF this company 20 oD-
tain Of right Of way ON the Queen
Anne and Kent road as far north as
Massay's station and run two trains
daily 10 Queenstown to connect with
the beat for Baltimore and the trains
al Queenstown. Should this be done,
Baltimore would receive "a very large
Grade from this SECTION, nearly all OF
which now goes to Philadelphia. Far
mers and truckers iu this section would
ship nearly all of the products OF their
farms to Baltimore, as THE freight tc
philadelphia is about three times ar
much as to Baltimore.