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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12
n w arniny.

1t is told that when the
farther of a family lay dying in
little town down in Kentucky he
called his sons to his bedside that
he might give a few words of sol
emn advice for their future guild
ance in life. Boys" he said, rails
ing himself on one elbow, and no
doubt recalling the bitter memory
OF hls own youth, "when you 60
down the river to Orleans Just YOU
beware OF a game called yucker,
where the jack takes the ace, it's
unchristian." And with this warn
ing he lay back on his bed and
died in peace.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12
fziyO Marble.

The first shipment of marble
from the recently discovered quar-
ries of the lnyo Marble Company,
near Ovens Lake, was consigned
to Joseph Music, San Francisco,
and Israel Luce, Sacramento. There
were two carloads Of the marble.
or twelve pieces in all. the largest
block being over three feet square
and SIX feet long. Experts in
marble informed an Enterprise
representative ut Mound House
Yesterday morning after examining
the huge marble blocks as they
stood on a fat car that it was of
the very purest and best quality,
fully equal to the best Vermont or
Italian marble.
This lot was evidently from near
the surface, yet sound and good, of
It very fine character, free from any
flaws or riffs, ana the quarry nat
urally shows even better marble as
depth is attained. The eight larg-
est pieces, consigned to Music, will
cut up to good advantage. This
lot was of the pure white variety,
only piece or two showing vel
lowish tint, although the dark blue
veined and notified variety is also
found. It is all susceptible to
high polish, having been well tested
in that respect. The Inyo Marble
Company evidently have a very
valuable property, and it consti
tutes a new and important indus
try on the Pacific Coast generally.
-Tuscarora Times-Revicw.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12

but it is thought any of them would
be pleased to accept the nomina-
ton. Senator Logan said last year,
in reference to taking the second
place on the ticket, that he inf
nitely preferred his independent
position as Senator to the inconse-
quential one of Vice President.
But, should ne be elected now Pres
ident pro tenn of the Senate, he
would have a superior position to
that of Vice President proper. lie
would have the pay and possibil-
ity of the office, while he could at
the same time retain the debating
privilege of Senator.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12
ODDS AND ENDS.

Why is husband like dough-
Because woman needs (kneads
it.
Cheek in a man is not to admired
but what is nicer than a woman s
check?
The locks on the door is worn
perfectly plain. 1t is the door
that is banged.
Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel
just The Bard Avon
And four times he who gets his blow in
fuSt. j Billings,
There are 100000 piano play
ers in this country. We have much
to be thankful for; it might be
100000 or even more.-Danyille
Breeze.
A lovcsick poet says that a kiss
is the meeting of two souls"
Very true, and it is sometime a
protracted meeting, too.-Burling-
ton Free Press.
Mr.. Oldbeau Ito young rival,
before young lady to whom they
are both entive)-Why bless
me Charley, how you've grown =
Harper's Bazaar.
Prisoner (desirous of nattering
the Cout u think there is fine
expression in your Honor's face.
Judge (urbancly) SO there is.
The fine is $40 and costs.-Boston
Courier.
Some one has estimated that the
time thrown away in this world
in courting the girl YOU want to
marry, and who is ready to marry
you, would build all the railroads
and bridges and tunnels and facto-
ries and public buildings.-N. Y.
Sun.
First dude-You think she loves
you, then? Second dude-I'm-.
aw-postivo of it my deah boy.
First dude What makes YOU
positive? Second dude-She has
named her poodle after me, my |
leah boy, and if that isn't a strong
proof of young lady's affections
hen | am no judge of the deah
,weachahs, that's all.
Husband the census-taker was
n,dcar. lie demands the age of each
If the family, and / was obliged to
givc him yours. He said it was
he law. Wife (enraged Law
What do / care for law? John
smith, did you tell that man my age?
husband (hurriedly)-Ycs told
lin you were twenty-thrce. Wife
Modified We'll, l supposed the
aw has to be respected.-N. Y. Sun.
Young Featherly-Of Shakes
'earc's play think l prefer
Miss Clara-Er-but
shakespeare did not write Rich
leu, Mr.. Featherly. Young Feath-
rly with an amused smile )-Ah
see, Miss Clara. You are one of
he few left who believe that Bacon
rrote Shakespearc's plays. l Won
er if tie question will ever be sat
sfactorily settled?-N. Y. Times.
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The eyes may sparkle, the lips may smile,
And misery merriment feign;
The tongue may jest, and all the while
The heart feel bitter pain.
And so it is with the maid tonight
The maiden fair and young;
Her eyes are bright and her laughter light,
And the jest is on her tongue.
But, o. the maiden's heart makes moan,
And her brain is in a whirl;
For her beau To the skating rink has gone
Tonight with another girl.
Boston Courier.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12
THE KETCHUM KEYSTONE.

The KrysroNE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the soe G representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, nd located as il is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and icav-
ing nothing undone 10 present its readers a
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as we'll ~ matters OF loeai
importance in the growth OF ketchum, the
future metroI oils of Idaho. /, is an invalua-
ble guide for capital and informant 10 the
settler OF every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it. read il. and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12
3Ii2.
Report Of flae Condition

ar THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, AT KETCHUM
" in the Territory of Idaho, at the close of
business, October LIST, 1885:
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12

%. 600 POUNDS OF THE FINEST BEEF
ever offered for sale on Wood River, at
The Wood River Meat Market, Haley.
will deliver in ketchum and vicinity any
quantity from a, quarter up, at the rate OF
cents per pound. Address
novlitf J. w. BVRNES, HALEY.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12

Another of President Cleveland's
appointees has gone wrong. Judge
Downe, appointed judge in
Alaska, is said to have left Sitka
between two days, and is wanted
in Portland to the tune Of $3O,Q ,Q0Q
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1885-12-12
C0nstable's Sale.
TERRITORY or IDAUO.l
H,rr.ssrs- .rs .srrs,...

TERRITORY or IDAUo.l
toUNTY OF ALTUEAs.'
II VIRTUE OF AN ENECUTIoN Is
sued out of Justice ]. e. Waits Court,
~ hetchum Precinct and to me directed
have levied ON and taken all the right
ule and interest of Joseph Murphy of, in
.ill" - tie following property, to-wit: AL
'nose certain two contiguous lots or pieces
y ground, being lots AMI <, block 50, OF
l-c town plat OF kctchum, situated Oh the
'es lCFly side OF Spruce avenue, containing
svseIher IN front on Spruce avenue one
Al!Gred and ten ll0j fcet and extending
" uiaI width in length or depth westerly
one hundred and fifty (l50) feet TO thirty
ISe' wide alley, together with tn frame
t"V4hng house thereon erected. which
IlaA expose at public vendue, as the law
tue.tS, on Monday, the 10th day of Noyem-
psr A. a., 1883, at o clock P. NJ, AT ke;chum
tetlhct IN front OF the premises, III
hel"iiuin, IN said County of Aituras
j. II. Cassidy,
Constable ketchum Precinct.
Aelehum, !ddao, October "a. ~ ID. 1885.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30
The London Sparrow.

A correspondent writes to the Lon
don St. James Gazette: The sparrow
destructionists of Wirral are at it again.
They are determined to extirpate these
birds, and have accordingly put a
price upon their heads, nests, and eggs.
They may perhaps succeed in their
war of determination to certain ex-
tent in their own neigborhood; but
there is no need to fear that the COM
mon sparrow will ever be destroyed
from off the face of the earth. In
great cities he does no harm whatever
and is a most welcome guest. The
numbers of sFarrows in London are at
least equal to those of its human popu-
lation. The birds are as fearless as
the pigeons at Westminster and the
Guildhall. They find their food in the
streets and round about the dust-bins
and the back gardens. In many
households the crumbs are regularly
thrown to them. But London has no
M. Baur of its own, and the art of con-
ciliating the London sparrow has yet
to be discovered. He is as quarrel
some and pugnacious. as Zulu; his
contempt for all constituted authority
is only equal to that of the London
Arab; and l am sorry to have to admit
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30
r.J.C.Ayer& Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists; u, dix bottles for g.
Father, Mother, and Three Sisters Dead.

Mr.. David Claypool, formerly Sergeant
alarms ofthe New Jersey Senate, and now
Notary Public at Cedarville, Cumberland
Co., N. j., makes the following startling,
statement: "My father, mother, and three
lungs were so weak raised blood. Nobody
thought l could live. My work (ship-
smithins was very straining on rue with my
weak constitution, and was rapidly going
to the grave. While in this condition l
commenced using Mishler's Herb Bitters,
and it saved my life. Because it was so
difficult to get it in this little place, and l
had improved so much, stopped taking it
for time, and the result is that have
commenced going rapidly down hill again.
Somehow, Mishler's Herb Bitters gives
appetite and strengthens and builds me up
as nothing else does, and l must have a
dozen bottles ut once. Use this comm,l-
nication as you please, and if any one wants
to be convinced of its truth, let them write
me and will make affidavit to it, for l
owe my life to Mishler's Herb Bitters!"
Thesecret of the almost invariable reEe{
and cure of consumption, dysentery, diar-
rhea, dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and
liver complaints, when Mishler's Herb
Bitters is used, is that it contains simple,
harmless, and yet powerful ingredients,
that act on the blood, kidneys, and liver,
and through them strengthens and invigor-
ates the whole system. Purely vegetable
in its composition; prepared by regular
physician; standard medicinal prepare
ton; endorsed by physicians and drug
gists: These are four strong points in favor
of Mish.er's Herb Bitters. Mishler's Herb
Bitters is sold by all druggists. Price 81 90
per large bottle. 6 bottles for $500.
Ask your drneeis. for M1sHIEa's HERB BrrTERs
he does not keep it, do not take anything else but
send a postal card TO MIsH1ER HEnB BlT1ERs 90.
is Commerce Street, Philadelphia.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30
Fruit-Raisinv In California.

FrulC-tAlSAnX III CNA1OrHAHs
A correspondent of the Observer at
Willows, California, writes: l would
advise no one who is in health and do
ing we'll in the East to remove to Cali
fornia. And would say to all emil
grants that they had better not come
without money to begin with. Such
land as they want cannot be got now
for less than ten dollars per acre, and
from that to forty, and one or two
thousand dollars are necessary to make
fair beginning. But il determined to
come, and having the money, then l
can say that this section, Colusa coun-
ty, affords as fine chances as any in this
state. The most favorable part of the
country in my estimation is in the foot
hills west of the Willows, and is called
the Stony Creek region. I had the
pleasure of visiting it recently, and pre-
dict that land will command there in
less than ten Years $1,000 per acre.
Stony Greek is a mountain stream ris-
ing in the Snow Mountain in the Coast
Range, and furnishes an abundance OF
water all the year, but it is not needed
except for gardening and alfalfa. The
first place Visited was that of gentle
man who has tract of GAO acres. He
is devoting his attention to alfalfa and
fruit growing. Here and at half doz'
en- other places 1 saw growing apples,
apricots, peaches, pears, plums, prunes
nectarines, pomegranates, ounces
English and black walnuts, cherries
gooseberries. blsckberries, raspberries
and everything in the vegetable line
that can be grown. 1t is the natura
home of the vine. measured the new
growth on some of the trees and foun(
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30
The millionaire Widow.

The rich California widow, Mrs. Hop
kins, who is puzzled to know what to
do with her twenty to thirty million, is
spending the trifle of between one and
two million, in erecting a mansion in
Great harrington, Berkshire county,
Massachusetts, the home of her girl
hood. The following is an account of
the enterprise.
"The business boom is being felt here
quite forcibly, juding from the amount
OF work being done and the number of
men employed by Mrs. Hopkins in the
building of her new and elegant man
sion, which is now in progress of con-
struction. 1t is worth ones while to
come here and inspect the work that is
being done. After crossing the bridge
your eye first rests on the mammoth
sheds used by the cutters in preparing
the stone tor the masons to lay. Then
you start up the hill to the quarry, and
you will see that immense derrick used
to hoist the stone on to the wagon to be
drawn to the cutters sheds. The der
rick runs by steam, and is one of the
best ever built in this country. There
are at present about 10 men employed
in the quarry alone, and enough to
swell the number in all departments to
400, and within another month there
will be double that number employed.
The blasting, which occurs three times
each day, is done with dynamite, as
the stone are split by the workmen very
easily, and it requires this amount of
blasting in order to straighten up
again for more splitting. The dyna-
mite is discharged by electricity, the
apparatus of which is quite curiosity.
Wires run about 800 to 400 feet to the
battery, which appears like lifting
machine, with handle you press
down on and then the discharge follows.
The engine which is used in hosting, is
an immense one, and is competent to
do all that may be required oft. Step
into the engine room and you will see
a marvel of beauty and cleanliness.
Then take look into the boiler room
and you will see the smiling face of the
old veteran, Calf Couch, who has
charge of this department. There are
two blacksmith shops located here,
with several men in each, sharpening
tools. as the stone is so hard that they
are dulled very quickly. Through the
kindness of the superintendent of the
quarry, John Flynn, we were shown
through every department, including
the newly discovered and famed Apo
lonaris spring of the Berkshire Hills.
The water is being bottled by the soda
manufacturers here, and is pronounced
by the best Judges to equal the famed
spring of that name, and which is in
such demand at the presert day."
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WHEELS OF FATE.

We met within tent and at q fair,
Where for dime Cher price was far from
And in s! Sssss which syp.is. r<.<r wear,
Oh, little wheel, be kind to me
And make my future fair to see!
Thinking Of her while riding on my wheel,
And wond'ring should never see her
Musing how ..s strange and queer she made
''took header at her very door.
Oh, big, bright wheel it was not meet
To-Day me thus before her feet.
They helped me in for 1 was stunned and
dazed,
My poor bumped head they kindly tried
And on my dear ones form again gazed-
My head grew better and my heart grew
THANKED you for your shabby trick,
o shameless wheel so bright and
quick!
And after that as rode by each day,
used to bow, to stop and then to wait
Till finally always rode that way,
And never further than the little gate.
Oh, how you leaned against that gate
In those bright days, big wheel of fate
The rest-how can ever tell the rest?
One day, the gladdest day of all my life,
With daisies in her hair and on her breast
The gypsy grip became my own deal
For orange flowers are out of date.
But daisies look like wheels of fate.
Bessie Chandler in Harper's Ba=Qr.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30
The Two SNUFF Boxes Of the Senate.

When Senator Thurman first learned
to take snuff, there was hardly man
n the United States Senate who was not
addicted to it. Clay was an inveterate
snuffer, and there's story that he once
stopped in the midst of an argument be-
fore the Supreme Court, and stepping
to the front, asked Chief Justice Mar
shall for pinch of snuff. Capt. Bias.
sett, the venerable doorkeeper of the
Senate, tells me that there used to be a
snuff-box on the desk of the President
of the Senate, and one of the duties of
the pages of the past was going to this
box and bringing pinch of snuff to
different Senators. Capt. Bassett was
a page when Van Buren, gave him every
week fifty cents to buy snuff for this
box. The last week of his term he told
Capt. Bassett to fill the box but forgot
to pay him, and so President Van Bur
en- owes Bassett fifty cents to this day.
When Fillmore became Vice-President
he grew disguised with the Senators
rushing up to his desk in the midst Of
his speech to get a pinch from the Vice
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cold Dishes.

Happy the housekeeper who can
make up attractive looking and appe-
tizing cold dishes. Even the cold NUT
ton can be made to look attractive,
while salads of ono kind and another
will serve to please and nourish. There
should still be some picked peaches
and seckel pears from last year, and
these are most tasty additions to a
summer lunch. Fresh fish properly
cooked, suits almost all tastes, and
carefully made omelettes are very en-
joyable. Variety should be the order
of the day in summer. Even the bread
should be served in different forms
from day to day. One day have milk
rolls, on another queen rolls, Vienna
rolls, or graham rolls. The loaves
need not always be of the same shape.
And these suggestions are not for COM
pany occasions, but for the ordinary
family occasions. Monotony is too
much the order in families. MIR. Brown
recalls often his boarding house expert
ence when the inevitable steak was as
regular in its appearance as the sun. l
will not expose his weakness as mani
tested in remarks about martyrs at the
steak and the interests of health which
he felt were at stake. Often he and
his fellow-boarders would express their
willingness to stake their reputation
that they were devouring some of
Noah's pets. Such jokes are almost
equally ancient. Suffice it to say that
while steaks appear on our table quite
frequently, variety is aimed at andtmo-
notony is as lar as possible avoided.
My eye has just lighted on this some
what weak story in the humorous
column of newspaper: Mistress of
the house. Really, don't know what
to order for dinner, Elsa. It's the
same old thing, week in and week out
roast beef yesterday, hash to-day,
mutton tomorrow, hash next day"
German girl Ga recent importation)-
Ivy don you hef a leedle shange,
ma 'am-hef der hash der first day,
amt it?" That is about all the change
some families have the year round. BY
all means let there be variety, especi-
ally in summer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30
Small Runs for p ultrY.

Unlimited range is not absolutely
necessary. The advantage of range
is the variety of insect, green and
seed food which the meadows and or
chards afford. Fowls will thrive and
lay we'll if they have plenty of room to
walk about, scratch in the fresh earth,
and pick the tender grass and vegeta-
bles that grow on their runs.
Fowls confined to houses or small
yards require more care and attention
than if they have their liberty. In re-
stricted places the ground soon be-
comes tainted and sour from their
droppings, Fowls in good health are
always busy searching for something
in the earth of the nature of food, grav-
ell or other aid to trituration of the food
in the gizzard, the solvent glands, or
calcareous matter for egg shells. In
picking up these ''unconsidered tri-
fles,'' dirt and excrement must be
taken up and pass through the same
digestive and absorbent channels,
hence the necessity of scrupulous
cleanliness, about the hen houses and
small yards at all seasons.
If fowls are to be kept successfully
in limited yards, they need to be placed
on dry sofia place that has the nat
ural advantage of being readily
drained and always free from aamp-
ness and stagnant pools, 1t is also
requisite to Keep the house and run
clean, the droppings and vegetable re-
fuse removed regularly, before fermen-
tation takes place, and the application
of deodorizers, and disinfectants tc
keep the place pure and sweet. The
time and labor, requisite for suct
work, may seem irksome to the begin
ner, and not necessary in the cultivation
of poultry, but such ideas are decep
tive and misleading.-Pou'try Monthly
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-30

itover seven feet, and the growth Of
vines is equally remarkable. I saw al
falfa, planted there years ago, as fine
as could be. It had never had any wa
ter except rainfall, and was ready for
the third cutting. For this land the
owner refused a few days before one
hundred dollars an acre. noticed one
apple tree thirteen years old Rellefeur)
from which $500 pounds were taken
last year; it is now full of as fine fruit
as l ever saw. In the same orchard
stands black walnut, of the same
age, from which were gathered
last year forty dollars worth
of nuts. The people of this section are
just beginning to realize what they
have in prospect, and price of land is
rapidly going up. It is in the fruit
belt, and you can grow olives, oranges
and lemons to perfection, and l think
the citrus fruit of better flavor than
that grown in Los Angeles county.
The peaches, plums and nectarines I
sampled were of the first quality. The
most of the land in this county has
been given up to wheat; it is all good
fruit land, but down on the plains is
more liable to be frosted. The wheat
crop this year is an average one, and
yet it is a dry year. Some 100000
bushels were stored in the warehouses
here last year, and a million more on
the river at Jacinto, ten miles east
from the Glen ranch of $4,000 acres. l
do not like to advise people to come
from the east here, because everything
is so different from what they have
been used to at home. The climate is
different, so are the seasons, and, of
course, we have not as good schools,
or so many churches as you have. Rut
there is no lack of work to be done.
The harvest is great and the laborers
are literally few, hence earnest Chris
tan people arc needed. We have
| enough of other kinds.