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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Perfumes are now extensively man
ufactured in the United States, and the
native articles are said by experts to
compare favorably with foreign manu-
factures.
England manufactures perfumes
on a very large scale, importing many OF
the materials from other countries,
but also making large use OF home
grown herbs and flowers.
Many woods have sugar and gum In
their composition, and the presence OF
these elements is generally shown by
the attraction the wood seems to have
for many kinds of insects.
The wheat yield In the Genesee
valley, Idaho, this season is immense. w.
n. Gibb thrashed 1900 bushels off OF 200
acres, averaging about As bushels to the
acre. Dan Healy cut and thrashed II
acres of wheat that went So bushels to
the acre.
A Missouri rattlesnake at the mu-
scum of comparative zoology at Cam
bridge has been observed to lose his
skin twice q year and to add rattle
for every skin. Instead of losing the
rattles as he does the skin, they are re-
tanned by the closing of the inner end
of the old rattle over the knob of the
new one, and accidents accepted. the
snake bears with him this record OF his
age.
/ The trade in California sweet wines
is showing a gratifying increase. The
total estimated product for this year is
5000, 900 gallons, which is IS per cent.
more than was marketed last year.
Heretofore there has been little profit
in the vintages because Of the fierce COM
petition of growers, but the producers
have now made arrangements with
sweet-wine syndicate which will con-
troll the entire product of the state apd
give all concerned some share in the
profit
in America it has been observed
that bees often bore tubular corollas in
order to get at the nectar of flowers. in
stead of entering by the mouth, as
humblebees do in Europe. In essays on
the crossfertilization of flowers, this
supposed anomaly has been the subject
of much comment. 1t newspapers that
the humblebees of Europe and America
have identical habits in regard to the
manner in which visits to flowers are
made, and that it is the class of insects
known as the carpenter bee, or the
borer, which works in the outside man
nor ind;catpd
The question of the influence OF the
size of seeds upon termination and up
on the size of the plants that spring
therefrom has recently been studied
anew by Mr.. B. Il. Galloway, summary
| of whose conclusions is given by the
Gardeners Chronicle. The weight and
size of the seed are of great Importance.
A large seed germinates better and more
| quickly, and with it one can count upon
having at the same moment from IS to
30 per cent of the total crop,while with
small seeds the crop reaches maturity
only in successive periods of time, 30
that at no moment in gathering the
| crop in toto could we have the same
proportion of the whole. Besides
where with small seeds four successive
crops are obtained, we have six with
large seeds, their evolution occurring
with greater rapidity.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-26
TAey May KISS the Pretty ca.hte'

They May kiss the Pretty Cashier.
Perhaps the most extraordinary GUS
tom in connection with restaurant life
is that which obtains in certain lit
tie cafe in the suburbs of Paris, where
every customer whose bill amounts to
two francs (about 38 cents) or over that
sum is entitled to receive kiss from
the very attractive young lady who acts
az cashier to the establishment. So
used has the damsel become to the os-
culatory routine that she goes through
it without the slightest re ticence, look
ing upon it purely as matter OF busi-
ness, and it is reported that the pro-
prietor of the restaurant is more than
satisfied with the result OF his curious
device for attracting patrons.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-26
Rnyal DlaAena,

The value of the jewels in the British
crown 10 about s., ,800Y1O, or little over
one-fifth Of the cost of the crown of lit
tie Portugal, which is estimated at S.
500 900. The sultan of lahore, however,
on state occasions glitters in dia-
monds, the value of those in his crown
and worn upon his person being not
less than $4,000, 900.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-26
TORTURE IN PUNISHMENT.
Barbefous Treatment Of Aalefsotors
the Colonial Period.

Barbefous Treatment Of AAlefootoFs In
the Colonial Period.
The constitution of the United States
iting cruel and unusual punishments
were not fighting an absurdity. The use
of torture in legal processes was not,
when these instruments were framed,
so remote as it is now.
When Sir Thomas Dole came a. high
marshal to Virginia he crushed = con-
spiracy by killing the ringleaders by
torture.
One had . bodkin thrust through his
tongue and was chained to tree unit
he died, others were broken on Il
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-26
- xcf.er-. American Friend.

In spite Of Emperor Williams dis
ike OF America he has taken great
liking to the naval attache OF the
United States embassy at Berlin. Lieut..
Niblack. He frequently invites him to
the palace. and they discues naval mat
ters with great informally.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-26
Women station Agents.

In Victoria, N. s. W., women have now
been substituted for men at no fewer
than 200 railway stations. The result
has been saving of 6 10000 per year in
salaries. The average wage paid to a
station mistress is 6 20 per year. where,
IS men used to receive E E15o.-Cincir-
,ati Enquirer.
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PROJECTED by Mature.

The summer coat of the polar fox is
dark, almost black. In winter it is so
white that the animal can hardly be
seen as it runs over the snow.
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Roman CatacOmbs.

Roman CatacOmbs.
The Roman catacombs are $50 miles
in extent and it is estimated that from
100000 to $4,000 900 dead are there in
terred.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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A PETRIFiED WOMAN.
An Awful Cash ON Her Forehead 1ndi'
cetos . Violent Death.


An Awful Cash ON Her Forehead Indi-
Gates . Violent Death.
Sixty years ago, so the story goes,
there lived at Walkerville, Greene
county. Ill, a man and wife by the
name OF Lovess and near by family
of Bridgewaters- They were intimate,
as all new settlers were, says corre-
spondent Of the ST. Louis Republic.
About that time land seekers came to
Walkerville and began surveying and
locating lands Mrs. Lovess was
beautiful woman and attracted the at.
tention of one of the land buyers, and
he paid her great deal Of attention.
so much 80 that Lovess became jeal-
GUS and in fit Of rage left his wife
and country.
About that time the Lovess log cabiIi
was burned to ashes and there was NJ
trace of the .Lovess woman to be found
1t was generally supposed that she wa
crematcd in the burning cabin. The
land buyer, too, was missing.
A few weeks ago, near the spot OF
the old cabin, was found the body OF &
petrified woman. The neighbors as
sembled to take the body out of tht
limestone formation in the ravine
where it was discovered. Mrs. Bridge
water, as soon as the body was pre-
sented to view, recognized it as tbs
body of her old friend and neighbor
Mrs. Lovess. There was the trace OF {
phastly wound on the forehead made
by a sharp instrument, cleaving ths
skull, and which must have produced
death. It is supposed that the Loves
woman was murdered and buried II
the ravine where found and the cabi1
burned to avoid detection or suspicion
tits thought that the limestone watel
trickling down into the grave petrlnet
the body, and that the ravine washing
out exposed the body to the view o
the man who found it.
The petrlfled woman has been ex
hibited to large crowds OF curious peo
| pie.
Mnstaehes SaeFfhced for safety.
Men exposed to the rigors of tn
! Alaska winter never wear mustachel
They wear full boards to protect tn
throat and face, but keep the upper ii
clean Ahaven. The moisture from tn
breath congeals so quickly that mu.
tache becomes imbedded in solid cak
/ Of ice and the face 10 1roEen before
: man knows IL
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THE SWEATER.
A Curious Funerai Rite Which Obtained
In Wnios.

A Curaous Funeral Rite Which Obtained
In Wxios.
The principaIity of Wales has within
living memory possessed an onclal
known as the "sin-eater." 1t was the
practice for a relative-usualiy wonl-
an-to put on the breast OF deceased
person a quantity of bread and cheese
and beer, and the sin-eater was sent Tor
to consume them and to pronounce the
everlasting rest of the departed. TWAS
believed that in doing this he absolutely
ate and appropriated to himself the sins
symbolized by the viands, and thereby
prevented their disturbing the repose OF
the sinner who had committed them.
Such an arrangement would obviously
leave nothing to be desired on the one
side, but how it worked on the other we
are not told. What was supposed to be
the condition of this spiritual under
taker after the ceremony was con-
cluded? Did his appropriation" OF the
dead mans sins imply sort of moral as
similation of them, answering to his
physical assimilation of the bread and
cheese? The question would obviously
be one of some importance to sin-eater
in large practice. If the responsible
ties of his profession were rs great as
ties of his profession were as great as
hypothesis, he would need to retire
from it early, and to devote consider
able portion of his closing years to re-
pentance and good works.
Again, it is natural to ask what hap
pened at the decease Of popular or
fashionable sin-eater. Would any
one among his professional brethren
undertake to eat his sins, even in the
first flush of satisfaction produced by
stepping into his shoes? II so. then,
indeed, has the epithet of gallant
been rightly bestowed upon little Wales.
1t is as though one doctor succeeding to
another's practice should consent to as
sumo the moral responsibility for his
late colleagues treatment of all his de-
ceased patients, in addition to his own
similar burdens.
We yield to none in admiration of the
quiet and homely heroism of the medi-
cal profession, but we doubt whether 1t
would enable them to face such an or
deal as this. AS to the Welsh practi-
tioners to whom we have compared
them, we shrink from pursuing the an
alysis further. It is evident that, as in
the schoolboy game of "conquerors,"
where a stone which can smash the
smasher, of, say, 43 other stones takes
over all it's conquests, and becomes it
self "forty-fourer," i" so the responsible
tiles of these unhappy men might ac-
cumulate at an alarming rate. One
hardly dares to contemplate the inter-
nal condition of the sin-eater who had in
life attended long series of other sim
eaters. The cheese would be almost
converted into Welsh rabbit before he
had got it down.-London Times
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MARTINS FERRY RR1EFs.


George Hell was In Darlington yester-
day on business.
e. L. Edwards, OF Chicago, is in the
city on business.
Harry Allison, Of Washington, D. C.,
was in town yesterday.
George Wilkinson, OF Belmont, o.,
was IN the city yesterday on business.
Happy Bob Robinson's circus will give
two performances In this city Friday
August 18th.
Ernest oberdick, clerk at Shell Mar
tine, IS on duty with typhoid fever
symptoms.
The founaation Of the new residence
OF Evan Davis, on Pearl street, was
completed last evening.
Miss Maggie McGlumphy returned
last evening from an extended visit
with relatives at Cleveland.
Miss Isabel Blackford. who has been
the guest Of Dr.. Blackford, on Fourth
street, left yesterday for Parkersburg.
Rev. ]. r. Britain, DID, Of oxford.
o., will preach IN the United Preeoyter-
ian church Tomorrow morning and
evening, at the usual hours.
The Buckeye racing team Of this city
have decided to take part In the tourna-
rnant at Bellalre next month, and NIX
commence training this evening.
Mount Pleasant Is now at liberty to
talk to the world by means OF a long
distance telephone. The connections
were completed yesterday morning.
During the electrical storm yesterday
afternoon, the lightning struck . large
brick house belonging to the Helling
heirs, on West Hanover street, but did
little damage.
The ladies Of the G. a. R. have made
ARRANGEMENT for a treat to ice cream
and cake to be given this evening to the
orphans who are here on a vacation and
will return 20 Dayton again Monday,
The treat will be given In the Sloan
building on Madison street,
A large number, as usual, will go
from here to the union Sunday school
picnic to be held in Holmes grove, near
Coney to-day. The W. & L. p. have
given a rate Of fifty cents for the round
trip, less than half fare. About sixty
Sunday schools will be represented.
Thursday while visiting at the home
of an uncle on Short creek, Herschel
Fulton, the nIne-year-old child OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Fulton, Of Fifth street,
died in great agony, About six weeks
ago the little fellow was bitten on the
thumb by pug dog. Or. CALDWELL was
called In and Immediately announced
that II was without doubt a case OF
hydropnobia. The child fingered IN
agony unril death relieved him from his
suffering. The funeral Will occur this
morning from the home Of hls uncle. In
terment at Portland.
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HooLEY's sENsATIoN.
A Brlbs Taksr Raped over the Head for
n Threat.

Bribs Taksr Raped over the Head for
n Threat.
LONDON, August 12.-when the ex-
animation of Ernest T, Hooley the
company promoter in bankruptcy pro-
ccedlngs was resumed to-day. Mr..
Hooiey. who has been surerins from
sickness, Unexpectedly attended in spite
OF his physIclan's orders and created
nm intense sensation by informing the
registrar that while entering court,
George Lawson tombstone, n son OF
John Lawson tombstone. OF KinSwood,
Kent, approached the latter, drew him
10 one side and said;
"If you say anything further about US
shall enter the witness box and state
what l know about your wlfe's funds"
Mr.. Hooley added: y cut him across
the head with n stick"
The registrar thereupon directed MT
Hooleg and his counsel to forthwith
proceed 10 Justice WrIghts court and
enter a charge Of contempt OF court
against Mr.. tombstone.
The examination Of Mr.. Hooley was
eventually adjourned until Monday az
tor John Lawson tombstone. who is a
former director OF the Bovril company,
the Earl OF Albemarle and others had
denied the Illcgitimncy Of their deal
lngs with Mr.. EOoleH.
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,NECHEH.
Happenings Of Interest tn ths Marshall
County Town.

Happenings OF Interest In the AarShau
County Town.
Engineer George Stewart 10 able to
no about again after being badly hurt
in 4, wreck on the Baltimore 3 Ohio
trans-OhlO division some time ago.
Mrs. W. H. johnson and granddangh-
tor. Miss Myrtle Zimmerman, have re-
turned home after two weeks visit
with friends OF Ingram, Pa.
Miss Wilma Campbetb OF Bradaock
Pa, is the guest OF her eou.in, inc
Misses Nellie and Ethef Campbell OF
Gravel street
Mrs L. NJ NTcFaU ana family and
Mrs. J. W. AHaroney are visiting IrieIius
Ut Oakland. Nd.
w. F. Reeca has returned home from
Pittsburgh, where he was visiting thus
week
vivian, Iorentz, of Jswett. Ohio, is
visiting his father, Fred LorentA thas
week.
Vincent McMechen has arrived home
from pleasure trip to Baltimore
Mayor r. N. Reynolds is confined to
his room on account OF sickness
Mira N. G. Charnock and family are
visiting friends at MoundsViile.
Frank Parker has returned from a
visit to friends at Bridgeport.
DR. T. H. Meighen, OF wheelug, was
a visitor in town yesterday.
Thomas Noble and family are taking
an outing at Atlantic CITY,
AIdss Pearl Tarr is visiting friends at
Loudeusville this week.
Mrs. Luther Steele is the guest OF
friends at Morgantown'
List McNIechen is The guest Of friends
at Whltehaik Va
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2pl.onEp caapE
Caused the Meath ofaas Psr,on aud crl,l
cal Illness ofotherl.

cal Illness orutneFN
DOVER. Del. August l2-NFs- ].
Polk peaue. OF this place. + dead. auc
her sister. Mrs. J. P. DunrirH. is Sc
riously III. the result OF poIfoalns from
eating candy.
AIrs. Dunnihg Is the wife az j. Pres
ton Cunning, the weli-known Assoela-
ted Press Correspondent IN Forio Rico,
and both women ere daughters OF eX-
Congressman John B. Pennington. The
candy came through the malls on We'd
nesday. The postmark on the box was
lllegIble. but II Is supposed bF Mrs,
Dnnnlng 10 have been sent by lady
friend IN San Frnnclsco.
After opening the box Mrs.. Cunning
handed Il 10 those sitting on the porch.
No unplensantness was felt BY any OF
the party until after they had retired
for the night, when Mrs. Denne was
taken 80 with a violent vomiting spell.
MrB, Dunnlng. later In the evening. was
also taken III with a similar spell
Toward morning Mrs. Deane's daugh-
ter was taken sick in the same way,
as were also the Rrandson, Miss Bate
man and Miss Mlllington, but they soon
recovered.
Dunning's condition to-day ID pro-
nounced serious with little hope OF re-
covery.
aHslgZed
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MART1N's FERRY.
Haps snd IIuhap, in tbs Thriving city
AsrOos the RlVsT


Haps snd IIIshaPs In thS Thriving city
Across the Rlvsr.
Harry Springer. ofthlS place, who has
been having quite a little dlHculty in
the divorce and allmony proceedings es'
tablIshed by tIs wife. has added fresh
troubles to his lot. A few weeks ago his
wife was granted alimony pending the
divorce proceedings AT first he paid
the money, but after a few weeks quilt
mrs. springer's attorney had him up for
contempt of court, but the matter was
settled by Springer promising to pay,
which he again failed to do. Thursday.
Mrs. Springer through her attorney, W.
v. Campbell, had him again arraigned
for contempt Of court. His attorney
asked that the case be postponed until
Monday, which was granted provided he
could give the proper bond. Failing to
get the 800 bond. an execution was is
sued and he was placed behind the bars,
where he will most likely remain for
few days.
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m, nm the water 10 THE moonlight. A
more beautiful or romantic Situation TOT q
Young tuan to tell the story Of his love ana
ask the young woman Of his choice 10 snare
his life cauno; be imagined.
The couftship Of young couple may PC
ever so romantic and their married lie DC
yery unhappy. There arc common sense
considerations outside or love that have
world 10 do with the making OF married
happiness. One OF ths most Important Of
these considerations is the good health Of
both parties 10 the sacred tie. The yonuE
man WHO H. IN the irctpieut stages OF con.
susuptlnn commits crime 81 nc Hl2Ff'e3
before lie is restored to health He con;
deuns his wife TO tue lie Of nurse and
his children to early death, or lives Oh sisk-
ness and suffering Dr.. Pierces So.ue ii
Medical Discovery cures d per cent OF ~
cases Of consumption ~ taken " ~ saihE'
cages. This IL it, record efiaptissea w.,
ing the past thirty years. II u the GLsa;
blood. MAKER, lesh. builder, uefve'tohie aud
general restorative. -,
The Young woman WHO suffers iton weak
ncss aud disease OF the delicate ara I'M.
portant organs that make witshood hnl
motherhood possible haaro fiFht TO answer
yea TO voting mans proposal untiI sue
"a tboraugAiy restored 20 health IN q Won't
AMY way Dr Pisrcc's FaSotite Pi"Scrp;
tion prepares a weuibu fof wiiehot" htW
motherhood. II makes her strong, heatlly
ard vigorous where woman, MOST leeGs
h-uiib. strength and yiRpr fhonsafias o.
women have testified To ~ merits
nsty aaurhtsr.r writes SRA X. 3 Tboinss, q
fN,ls Resi Ark "hAd fetu tait1 dpeinig
en- iof 1lr y-z-S Dr. pieHN FavoHlc re
ssriptioH, which cured re. also cured hef'
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FRI ATH
ofiwo Lady ". In IN" uarbor
oEYoLoanmA br Accident.

oftVVo Lady ", "a In tho uHrbor
oEYokonnmA br Accident.
VICTORIA, Il. C., August 12.-Thc
steamer Victoria. just arrived from the
orient bringing news OF n trlghttul
accident So Yokohama harbor, whereby
two Indy missionaries OF the American
mission board, Misses Simmons and AL
len, lost their lives. The two ladies
had n number OF friends who were
iourncylng to this side Of the Pacific
by tho Empress OF Japan, and they
went out In launch 10 see them ON.
The Eoodbyes being said. the two ladieS
were going nshore in the launch when
a Junk which was sailing Into the hnr-
ber. running swiftly before the Wind,
rolildcd with the launch, The junk's
bowsprlt was driven against Miss Sim
mons with terrific force. II struck her
In the abdomen and impaled her, kill
Ing her instantly.
Her companion, Miss Allen, was
7truck about the shoulders and hcnd
by the unwieldV bow OF the Chinese
vessel. and she was terribly cmt and
incernted She fingered In pain for the
greater part Of day In the Yokohama
hospital, and died on July 30, few
hours before the Victoria sailed.
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FoRNIpApLE GROWTH
OF our Manufacturing InduStEIes-Gr'at
Volume OF Experts.


OF our Manufacturing InduStEies-GrSAt
Volume OF Experts.
WASHINGTON. August 1.-THE phe-
uomenal growth Of our manufacturing
industries, both in supplying our own
markets and those Of other parts Of the
world, is Illustrated by some fgnres
Just compiled by the treasury bureau OF
statistics regarding the imports SaS
exports OF manufactures Of iron and
steel.
manufactures OF Iron and steel, In tho
fiscal year 1898. were i've times as great
as in 1850, more than double those In
any year prior to 1895, and twenty-three
per cent greater than In 1897. On the
other hand, the imports Of the manu-
featured iron and steel in 1888 were IN
value but one-sixth those Of 1880, one
fourth those Of 1883, and one-half those
OF 1895. To quote the official figures,
the exports from the United States OF
ali articles classified as manufactures
OF iron and steel" amounted In 1880 to
,52s; in 1890. to $25,5422oS; In 1885,
TO 81, $780, ST.; In 1897, to $57,4s4,S72, and
IN 1898, to $40. 3G7,527. Meantime the Inn
ports OF manufactures of iron and steel,
which In 1880 were $7i,26G,699, fell by
1890 TO S4i6Ts. 6ei; by 1895, TO $25,S5S. 1903,
and In 1898, to R12,6i5.slS. Thus. while
the exports of manufactures OF iron and
steel IRE In 1888 five times those OF 1850.
the imports of the same class OF articles
were IN 1898 less than one-hfth those OF
1880.
American manufacturers have. since
1880, taken possession OF five-slxths of
that portion OF the home market which
was held by foreign manufacturers OF
iron and steei and have ut the same
time Increased their sales in foreign
markets four hundred per cent,