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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-24

Very few people outside of busi-
ness circles have any idea how
much profit there is on certain lines
of goods, but the following incident
throws considerable light on the
subject: A country merchant not
far from Austin, who does all his
trading in that city, became fnan-
cially embarrassed. Being an hon.
est man he came to Austin to notify
his creditors of his condition. One
of his creditors is Nose Schaum-
burg. "Vell, vat are you going to
do NIT your creditors?" asked Nose.
II am able to pay 10 cents on the
dollar, but in your case it is differ
ent. | have not opened that last
lot of goods / bought of you, 90 in
stead of paying 10 cents on the
dollar I'll just return you the goods.
l am willing to do this because I'm
your friend" "Ef you vos good
friend by me.' replisd Mese, grin
ming, "you will bay 10 cents on der
,tollar. I makes more money SO
den ven / dakes de goots back"
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Monte Carlo Victims.

The Monte Carlo people will do
anything to avoid scandal. AS a
rule this is the process: You have
lost all your money and you are in
bona fde distress. You 60 to the
administration and ask for little
assistance to get home. You are
asked at what table you played.
The head croupier of that table is
sent for. He recognizes you as a
player, and probably remembers
whether you played heavily or not.
Your story being confirmed, you
say to what station you wish to
proceed. A sum sufficient for your
fare and your needs on the journey
is then handed to you, and you
have to sign an I. 0. q. for the
amount. So long as you don't re-
turn to Monte Carlo you hear no
more of the matter, but if you go
back there again you must repay
your I. O. U. before you are allowed
to reenter the gambling saloons.
All the people of the establishments
are trained to remembe faces, and
they rarely make mistake.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-03-24

While at Chewala recently, says
a correspondent of the Birmingham
Herald, I met Nancy Mckenzie, a
noted half-breed woman, who is
known throughout the far North
west from Montana to Puget Sound.
She is a ge-framed, tall woman,
about 60 years of age, who takes
more after her Indian mother than
her Scotch father, who was an en-
listed man in the service of the
Hudson Bay Co., left his home in
the Orkney islards about seventy
five years ago, and sought wealth
and adventure in the untrodden and
unknown regions of the Northwest.
Nancy grew to womanhood under
his tutelage and around his camp
fire, following him in his migrations
from the butfalo-hunting grounds
of Montana to the salmon creeks
that empty their waters into the
great Columbia and to Puget Sound,
where the wandering tribes of saw
ages would congregate at certain
seasons to enjoy time of indo-
lence and mirth, living on the water
fowl with which the inlets of the
Sound abounded, the salt water fish
that could almost be had for the
picking up, and the CLAIMS that were
then and are still to be found in
great shoals on every sand beach.
In her younger days she must
doubtless have been a model for the
sculptor in physical development,
for though aged and wrinkled, she
is still nearly six feet in height and
straight as the typical Indian, with
strong and deeply penciled features.
was told little story concern
ing her by a physician who lives
near by. He said that few days
before he was out in the swamp
back of his house hunting pheas-
ants, when he heard the sharp
crack of a rifle near at hand. Think
ing it was one of his neiyhbors who
had scared up Il deer in the swamp
he fastened to the spot, and found
Nancy Mckenzie with smoking
gun in hand peering toward the
roots of an upturned fir tree. On
asking her what she had shot she
replied in French-for she only
speaks Indian and French-that
she had shot bear standing against
the root OF the tree, and was not
certain whether or not she had
killed him. The doctor admitted
that his knees smote together a lit
tie when he looked in the direction
indicated and saw great shaggy
object rolling about on the ground.
Nancy said she was out of ammu-
milton and asked him to give bruin
parting shot. The doctor was a
frank man and he again admitted
that he shot and that the bear died,
but on examination it was found
that he had not touched hair.
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The Coming Man.

Republican, believe Blaine is
coming home.
Democrat (slightly deaf 1.-The
coming man, is he? What don't
you know I'd rather vote for yal-
ler dog than to vote for old Jim
Blaine. He is the worst man, with
out single exception, in the United
States. He's a regular numbskull
besides. Anybody but that feller.
Republican Speaking a little
louder)-No, you misunderstood
me. l didn't say 1.-The coming man,"
l said he was coming home" But
then he will not run for the presi-
dency. He couldn't be induced to.
He won't allow his name to be used
before the convention under any
circumstances.
Democrat-Oh, l misunderstood
you; l thought you said he was the
i.coming man." ha ha ] ha That's
pretty good. You see how easy il
is to be mistaken, ha hal Come
lets take something. Well, neH,
confdentially, don't you kno4 aa'
James G. Blaine is q great man
and that it seems q crest shame
that q man 90 great. 80 gifted, could
not be elected to the presidency
Don't you know that he would gel
thousands Of democratic votes
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Judge and Jury In thu Same Boat.

Judge Gray was hearing a case
that called for jury trial, and after
the usual wrangling that always
tries his patience the jury was se-
cured and sworn. The judge set
tied back in his chair, thinking that
the case was fairly started, when up
jumped a little German who was
sitting in one end of the jury-box.
"Shudge!'' he exclaimed. "Well,
what is it?" asked the Judge, short
ly. "Shudge, t'ink like to 60
home" "You can't go. Sit down T.
"Shudge, l don't t'ink | make
good shuror." you're the best on
the panel. Sit down." well,
Shudge," and the little fellow was
eating desperate. II doan' speak
good English sfYou'll not have
10 speak at ALL" "And, 6hudge, |
can't make nodines oudt Of vot
dose fellers,' indicating the attcr-
neys, ''are talking aboudt. " That's
no excuse. Neither can anyone
Iclse. Sit down T. Chicago Tribune.
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The STURGEON FISHERMEN.
How ~Sea Bass are Captured by Sand
Spaniard&"

The sturgeon fishermen of New
Jersey have not happy lot. Ii
the winter they turn their attention
to the waters of Tampa Bay, where
the sturgeon abound in unlimited
numbers.
The fishermen use a net nine
hundred feet long and 6sh in water
three fathoms deep.
When not handicapped with c0O
pound sharks and the devil fish or
octopus as big as frame house,
which frequently become entangled
in their nets, the sturgeon men do
"land Office business" in fish. The
sturgeon is not game fish and
makes no resistance when captured
in the gill nets. They are preserved
alive in huge pens on the shore.
which are filled by the incoming
tide, and when ready for shipment
are killed, cleansed and sent in re-
frigerator cars to the New York
COMMISSION merchants, as Albany
beef" as the sturgeon is called, is
in great demand among the middle
classes in New York.
At Bay Side, New Jersey, there
are at least three hundred fishermen
employed from April 1st till the
middle of June, and in a good sea-
son the catch Of sturgeon is i'm
mense. The roe is made into cav
iare, by washing it carefully and
running through coarse sieves, dry
ing it and packing it after it is
cured with salt. When the caviare
is complete, it is sent in kegs to
Russia and Germany and in both
countries the demand is always
greater than the supply.-Philadel-
phia Sunday Dispatch.
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WHAT MAKES CRIMINALS?

A writer in the Journal of Indus
trial Education-Mr. Ethelbert
Stewart-has been making some
inquiries with view to determine
the most common fact about our
prison population. Of the 1494
convicts in the penitentiary at Jol-
let, he finds only ISL who can be
classed as illiterate; 127 can read
but not write; 1887 have a fair ed
ucation; 129 are college graduates.
Obviously it is not want Of educa-
ton which has made 80 per cent of
these criminals.
Similarly the lack Of religious
instruction is excluded, as is also,
to great extent, the vice of intem-
perance-a typical proportion in a
large aggregate of convicts showing
that 81 per cent had been Sunday
school scholars for longer or shorter
periods, and that over Is per cent
were total abstainers.
The most common, the most
generic, fact is that the convicts
know no trade" " per cent being
entirely ignorant of any trade
knowledge whereby they might earn
an honest livelihood, only 7 per
cent having ever leaned a trade by
apprenticeship, and the remaining
16 per cent. ''having picked up a
trade or two by working at them,
but being unable to command per-
manent employment for want of
necessary proficiency.
Mr.. Stewart makes telling ap-
plication of his figures by showing
that Chicago spends yearly $1S SO
for each pupil in the public schools
and $33 for each arrest made; but
"the city Of Chicago never expended
dollar to teach a boy a trade" F"
On the other hand. London pays
from the city treasury $3S5.OOO a
year toward the support of trade
schools, and Mr.. Stewart pertinent
ly asks: MAY there not be some
connection between this fact and
the other fact that in 1888 there
was in London but one arrest for
each forty-eight of the population,
while in New York during the same
year there was one arrest to each
twenty-one of the population; in
Brooklyn, one to twenty-three; in
St. Louis, one to twenty, and in
Chicago one to fifteen. Chicago
News.
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Cooperation Among tho Chinese.

"a friend gives me a most inter-
esting account" writes cores
pondent, "of a Chinese community
which he visited in 1862, in the in
terror of Borneo, There were some
six hundred of them engaged in
working gold mine on the coop
erative system. The profits were
divided into shares, of which every
coolie had one. Other members of
the community had more shares,
according to their relative useful
ness and duties. For instance, the
scbool-master had three shares, the
engineer who superintended the
water supply, five shares, and so
on. Everything was done in the
most systematic way; the members
submitted to the most strict dis
cipline for the public good. As an
example of this, he said he went to
see the workings, and, as he was
the second European who had ever
visited the place, several OF the
coolies, with not unnatural curios-
ity, suspended their work for mo-
ment to gaze at him. An overseer
who saw this at once rushed up
and lashed the idlers with a rattan
most numerically and made them
resume work. They had a most
complete organization. They had
married Dyak wives, and there were
schools for the children and pro-
vision for widows and orphans.
Elaborate rules were drawn up to
regulate the society; accounts were
kept, which every member was en-
titled to inspect, and meetings were
held at stated intervals. in which
tho accounts were laid before the
society and every member had .
right to ask questions as to the
management. At any time three
members could insist ON special
meeting being called if anything
in their opinion, was not going on
satisfactorily. Every half year they
had a winding up of accounts. The
debts of tho society for food. etc.,
and tho expense Of management
were frat paid, and then the bal
ance was divided among the mem
bers according to their shares. NY
host said the society had been IN
existenoe for more than two nun
dred years."-St James Gazette.
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SINGING HIS WAY.

Years ago one Joseph Bishop
used to ferry persons across the
Cumberland River near Hartville.
He was often irritated by persons
who, when ferried across, would
either tell him they had no money,
or offer him piece of money which
he could not change. Tired of this
treatment he determined that every
passenger should pay something.
One day man approached the
ferry, whistling lively tune. AS
he met Mr.. Bishop he said: "Mr.
Bishop he said. "Mr. Ferryman, /
wish to cross the river, but | have
no money"
"Can you sing?" asked Bishop.
Il can sing a little" answered
the stranger
81 am very fond of singing" said
the ferryman, "and if you will sing
all the way across the river, | will
ferry you over for nothing"
agreed" replied the man, and
he began singing as Bishop pushed
off. The ferryman rowed leisurely,
and when the passenger finished
his song he stopped singing. Bis
hops ears dropped from his hands.
Il just stopped to get my BREATH"
said the vocalist.
"And just stopped to rest my
hands," answered the ferryman.
Another song was raised, and
Bishop worked the oars, When the
song ended, the oars ceased NOV
ing. The man began third song,
and the oars moved leisurely.
II am tired" said the man.
"Let us rest awhile" answered
the ferryman, and the boat tloated
down the stream.
The passenger sang a fourth song
and Bishop rowed. When the man
sung, he pulled; when the music
gave out the ferryman's muscles
relaxed. The man sung jigs and
reels, and as the boat touched
the shore, he jumped to land, ex-
claiming, THAT ferriage cost me
much breath p
ut is the longest voyage | ever
made across the Cumberland"
said Bishop.
'Ill bring the money with me
next time," said the man.
dol" answered Bishop, "or a
new set Of tunes"
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Collecting Taxes in hussla'

There is said to be no instance
in which a Russian peasant has
ever refused to pay his taxes. once
a wear the collector enters the VII
lage. taps at the window and calls,
"Kaza!' Then the man or woman
Of the house comes out with the
money, which is always ready,
tosses it into the bag of the col
lector. who does not count it De-
cause he knows it is all the mouJlk
has got. When night comes the
collector enters the best house IN
the village, hangs his money-bae
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Sometimes wonder what mean
man thinks about when he goes to
bed. When he turus out the light
and lies down. When the darkness
closes in about him and he is alone,
and compelled to b honest with
himself. And not . bright thought,
not a generous impulse, not aman-
ly act. not a word of blessing, not
a grateful look, comes to bless him
again. Not penny dropped into
the outstratched palm Of poverty,
not the balm of : loving word
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The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to he the sole representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav-
ing nothing undonc to present its readers q
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as well as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis OF Idaho, it is aninvalua-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them
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MEAtTn HINTS.


Some of as who have attained to
the dignity of middle age may re-
member the time when George Cat
lin, the famous American Traveller,
startled nervous people by solemn
ly warning them of the dangers OF
opening their mouths. The mem
ory of the eccentric little book, with
its odd pictorial devices, entitled
1.-THE Breath of Life" wherein these
views were propounded, is just now
revived by DR.. Abbotts in new
monthly magazine devoted to the
subject of health. DR.. Abbotts was
personal friend of Catlin, and,
moreover assisted him in writing
the book referred to- C2tlin it. MAS
who said: "If l were to endeavor
to bequeath to posterity the most
important motto which the human
language can convey it would be
in three words: Shut your mouth. f"
Since then this advice has become
one of the common savings of pop
ular physiology. Catlin spent a
great part of his life among the
North American Indians, sojourned
with them, practiced their customs
and mode of life, until he became
as one of themselves. He went
among them in the hope of inn
proving his health by travel, for he
was suffering from consumption.
Having observed that this insidious
disease and indeed all chest and
throat affections were very rare with
the Indian tribes, he inquired into
the cause, got a useful wrinkle, -
as folks say, profted by it, and was
troubled by weak lungs no more.
So careful. we are told, are the In
dians in this respect that the women
are very particular in inculcating
among their children from infancy
the habit of keeping the mouth
shut. How many civilized white
father would at times be glad te
''inculcate" in the same direction !
After lowering the baby from the
breast they carefully press its lips
together before it falls asleep, and
we are told that the habit thus early
acquired becomes permanent. One
of the most eminent of the popular
expounders of scientific truth in
the present day is credited with
saying that: "Man is the only
creature that can breathe through
the mouth, and he is fool when
he does so." DR.. Abbotts attributes
to our ignorance and neglect of
this truth a great proportion Of our
cases of sore throat, cough, bron-
chitis and chest disease. Carries of
the teeth is also one Of the evil con-
sequences, while the injury done to
the habitual expression Of the feat
ures is sufficiently recognized by our
contemptuous term "a gaping idiot"
and the French "gobe nouche" or
"Ay swallower.." There seems lit
tie reason to doubt, says the Lon
don News, that chest and throat
diseases, which often spring from
the inhalation of irritating dust,
as we'll as from damp and cold,
would be much less frequent were
Catlin's advice universally acted
upon and civilized mankind learned
to breathe through the nostrils
alone.-Rochester, N. Y, Herald.
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under the image of the Savior, and
carouses or sleeps till morning, be-
ing perfectly confident that his
money will not be disturbed, be-
cause of the veneration for the Gear,
whom he represents, and the image
under which the treasure is placed.
Toronto Globe.
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A BOYS TRUE HEROIsM.

In the Bodleian Library at Ok
ford is a most touching record oi
heroism and self-sacritice on the
part of child-a record to touch
ones heart with its pathos. The
tower door of Leonard's Church,
Bridgewater, England, was left
open, and two young boys, wander
ing in, were tempted to mount to
the upper part and scramble from
beam to beam.
All at once a joist gave way. The
beam on which they were standing
became displaced. The elder had
just time to grasp it when falling,
while the younger, slipping over
his body caught hold of his COM
rade's legs. In this fearful position
the poor lads hung crying vainly
for help, for no one was near.
At length the boy clinging to the
beam became exhausted. He could
no longer support the weight. He
called out to the lad below that
they were both done for.
"Could you save yourself if l
were to loose your" replied the lit
tie lad.
IL think l could" returned the
older.
"Then good-by and God bless
you !" replied the little fellow, loos-
ing his hold.
Another second and he was
dashed to pieces on the stone floor
below. His companion clambered
to a place of safety.-Baptist
Weekly.
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Z. g. q. r..

A,rr- I. g. .. r..
seets A. GHAS o4 LODGE, No. 13, /. O. o. F.,
shnrsSias,o odd Fellows Hall in Ketchum on
VISITING evening of each week ats o'clock
c,slv ;5,sthren 4 Ts5ethren in good standing are cor.
Y. A W Z. B. MARLATT, \. 6.
WHEELER, Rec. Secretary.
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W wpnyaOle in advance
.,.;rg rates furnishd Oh appiica'ion'
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uo,,p is the legal newspaper OF
The hhis IN, Creek, Wood River and
: F,t's F',1,Doth h Mining Districts
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PROFESSIONAL.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-23
CounterfeiterS Caught.
a GOOD HAUL BY AUTHORITIES
At DENVER.
AN OFFICER I'm THE GANG,
Three Men Taken with tho Fullest Evi.
denoe of Their Guilt Residents of
Other Cities Implicated and Their
Arrests in the Programme.

DENVER, Aug. g2.-Three counterfeit
ers were arrested at the Windsor hotel
shortly after their arrival. One came
from Chicago, one from SaIna Fe and
the other from Cincinnati. The United
States secret service officers have been
aware of counterfeit work in New Mex
leo, and that they would soon food the
United States and Mexico with bogus So,
$40 and $50 gold pieces. Deputy District
Attorney Gage unearthed the secret of
he's gang by joining them. He reports
that the gang consists of residents OF
Chicago, New York and1ther cities, and
they were in constant communication.
The counterfeiters were manufacturing
some good coins as s'feeless." The
''bogus'' stuff was to be made of chem
ical material which was warranted tc
wear one year. The preparations
of which the coins were to be made,
had a large percentage of gold. Manuel
Lamaire, the leader of the gang, regis
tered at the Windsor house at noon.
and was shortly afterward met by two
accomplices. While they were discuss
ing the prospects, Gage, who was in La
MARES room, gave the signal and the
officers, with drawn revolyers, captured
the men. When other arrests are made
in Chicago and other cities, the police
state they will give full information con
corning them. Considerable material
and money was captured. Some of the
money was tested at the mint and pro-
nouneed pure gold.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-23
BY RAINS.
Pennsylvania Towns F~looded--Loss of Lii
Reported in Maryland.

Pennsylvania Towns Flooded--Loss Of Life
Reported in Maryland.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 22.-The rain
fall in this city between 1880 and s p. M.
amounted to 3 47-100 inches. The Allie
gheny and Monongehela rivers are rising
rapidly. About 4, 600, 900 bushels of coal
will leave this city for the lower Ohio
to-day. All through trains on the Penn
sylvania railroad are running over the
West Penn division, with B%lairsville in
tersection, on account of the destruction
OF a large cnlvert at Larrimer Station,
and an extended landslide near Wall
Station. All the traffic on both the
Cumberland and Wheeling divisions of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is sus-
pended. Fifteen bridges and culverts
on the Wheeling division have been
washed away, and two ON the Cumber-
land division. The officials of the road
do not expect to resume traffic
via Wheeling inside of a week.
A number of trains are hemn,sd
in atlvarious pisces. All telegraphic COM
munication is seriously interrupted. AT
Uniontown, Pa, houses, shops, coal
mines and railroads are flooded. The
loss to crops and other property will be
very heavy. At Wheeling nearly all the
new bridges erected in place of those
carried away last month were destroyed.
The large stone bridge over the creek at
Main street was completely wrecked.
h water at Triadelphia, Elm Grove and
Leatherwood is three feet higher thar
last month and the damage TO property
is very extensive.
The Baltimore nd Ohio depot has been
closed to the public and is expected to
fall n the creek. Similar reports Of
great damage at Washington, Va, and
Steubenyille, o., have been received.