The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-10-06
AN OLD PROsPECTOR's ADVICE.
How to Discover Matrimonial Bonanza.

Int fiFgiuia l4apftJ bbiohiSiS
says; The other night old Blinkus,
seeing his son getting ready to go
to 8 ball, proceeded to give him some
wholesome advice ON wnmani
aTom, my boy he said, filing |
up his pipe, aI see you are getting
fancy toga on for ball. Now, !
don't object to balls, or any other
kind of amusement, but | want to
give you o little advice, Tom. Look
out for the women you meet there.
a man who goes around after wo-
men is o great deal like a prospector
hunting for mine,
AYou see o woman at a ball, and
she's all frizzed up and rigged out
in silk, and powdered and painted
wherever her gkiH shows itself.
These surface groupings look pretty
well, but if you locate on the
strength of EN- you will get footed
every time.
"a woman afthat kind is just like
a salted mine, Don't you take an
stock in her. She won't wash, If
you want to prospect such loca-
ton little fnrther, slide PIP and
take an assay of her conversation.
All, my boy! Three per cent. Of
intelligence, % Of fashionable eti-
| quette, and the rest fl.iyolty, eonceit,
ignorance and vanity, mixed up in
about edual parts. Drop her right
away. Such rock wont pay to mill.
If you get o patent for the claim
you'd never see a dividend come out
Of it as long as you lived. The as
seasments to keep the upper works
| in repair and lower levels from cav
| ing in, would land you in the poor
| house son lightning express, and
some morning you'd wake up to
find your claim relocated BY some
body else"
The old man shook the ashes out
of his pipe, and continued
Sometimes you strike aplain girl
in q common sort of dress. She
won't be good-looking, maybe, and
won't have any airs, The surface
indications won't show much, but
before you've prosdected long you're
likely to come to some indications
that will pay to follow up, Rich
stringers OF conversational quartz.
and spurs of intelligence showing up
finely the deeper you go. Pretty
soon you'll strike q well-defned VEN
of practical sense. That's the sori
of mine to freeze to. Locate it as
/. soon as possible, aud get out youl
patent papers, and you'll find that
you have regular bonanza of tru'
domestic happiness the balance 0
your life. If you think the goos
claims are all taken up, you are badl,
fooled. This town is full of 'em
) I'm an old prospector, and I've tav
eled around great deal, 1t IN,
time wasn't taken up with my owl
mine. | know where there are lot
: of prime locations only waiting 10
some prime locations only waitinl
for some practical miner to com
along and develop. A woman
! heart, Tom, is mighty curlou
thing. Take it in all its spur
angles, ramifications and sinuositiei
and it's more of apuzzle and a my:
R, terry than the whole Comstoek lodi
Getting the title to the propert
amt the only thing its keeping u
: the proper developments, and seein
that jumpers don't eneroach upo
your claim Some ofthese domestl
mines require an awful amount ,
money for machinery, and some ,
EN- can be run on about nothin.
y Whenever you get one of EN-, an
find you cant run it to an adval
tage, the best thing odo is tothro'
up your job as superintendent. an
shut down the wolks.' =