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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
GOLD BY ELECTRICITY,

The last number of the Pail Nal
Budget received at this office de
scribes as follows an invention re
Gently patented in England, by Mr.
Molloy, a member Of Parliament
for separating gold from the ore b,
electrityin connection with mercury
Mercury, of course, is mans great
est ally in the work of getting golt
out of ore. It's affinity for the pre-
cious metal has been known anc
used for thousand years. HAY
ing crushed your ore to powder, ;
simple process in which the "grav
itation stamp" is only the stone
breakers hammer Of the road
side multiplied by the power Of
machinery, you pass this powder
by means of a shallow flow of water
over copper plates faced with the
compelling mercury. Each minute
particle of gold which is thus
brought in contact with the mer-
curry is absorbed by it, and goes to
form an amalgam of mercury and
gold. Then all you nave to do is
to scrape your amalgam off the
plates, put it into a crucible and
apply sufficient heat. Away goes
the mercury in the form Of vapor,
which subsequently, regains its orig
inal form and lives to fight another
day. What you are left with in the
retort is pure gold. There are, how
ever, two difficulties, the familiar
bugbears of every mining commu-
nifty.
/. The difficulty of bringing ev-
cry particle of gold into contact.
The mercury does not attract the
gold as magnet would iron. If
the particles of gold come and touch
it, it gobbles them up, but it de-
clines to go running after them.
Now, if you don't crush fine enough
many of the particles will carry a
speck of ore within a shell OF ore.
In that case the mercury cannot
crack the nut, and it flows away
kernel and all, into the ''tailings." !"
If, on the other hand, you crush too
fine, you get float gold," that is,
particles SO tiny that they are car
ried on the top Of the water without
touching the mercury at all. But
even if this difficulty be overcome,
and contact with the mercury Sc
cured, you have a second to face.
2. The generalization of the
mercury itself from contact with
the ore. There are certain "refrac-
tory ores" which contain properties
inimical to mercury (such for in
stance as arsenic, iron oxide, sui
phur, antimony or zinc), under the
influence Of which the mercury OK
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
A Curious Rat-Killer.

Roscoe Franklin of this place owns
a bay horse, known by the name of
Shiloh, that is possessed of pecu-
liar accomplishment. Mr.. Frank
Inns stable, a rather old building, is
infested by rats that give the horses
much trouble, stealing their food
and making themselves pests gen.
orally. 1t began to be observed q
short time since that in Shiloh's
stall there was to be found every
morning one or more of the rodents
dead, the crushed bodies of which
indicated that they had died violent
deaths, but what that death was re-
mained mystery until one of the
stablemen discovered that the big
bay himself was their executioner.
He was then watched at the work,
and the strategy and cunning Of the
animal is said to he remarkable.
He will stand over 4 rathole for any
length of time without stirring, his
ears alert and his eyes fixed on the
hole. Then, as the rat breaks cover
abruptly and hurriely, as they a.
ways do, Shiloh brings down tns
sharp hoof of his uplifted foot upon
his little but harrassing foe, crush
ing the life out of him, and if he
fails to strike the willy creature
will overtake him with outstretched
neck, and seizing him in his power
fur teeth throw him against the side
of the stall, thus ibcreaking his back.
It is but seldom that tits curious
ratter fails to kill his prey. The
horse actually seems to enjoy the
sport, for he will repeat the trick
again and again, and if any one
stands and watches him at it he
will, without ceasing to be on the
qui vive for the rat for an instant,
occasionally turn his intelligent eye
on the spectator, as If to say, "I'll
get him yet. ."-Philadelphia Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
MischievOus Poll.

The Sheppards down at West
Cape May have poll parrot that
enjoys life and lives like a turk.
Everything goes with him, and his
screams of laughter drown out the
roar of the waves. The West Jer-
sey Railroad freight hands threaten
to make potpie Of that parrot at the
first convenient opportunity. He
is called Frank, and about 200 feet
from his cage run the tracks of the
West Jersey road, where cars are
drilled and trains made up.
Frank has listened to the "Way-
ho, whoo-ee," Of the railroad hands,
and he has the language down very
fine. The other day the giant mo-
nopoly-the Knickerbocker Ice
Company-was getting in a train
load Of black diamonds, stocking
up for the summer. Things were
rather dull about home, so Frank
concluded to help the railroaders.
One or two cars had been shot up
the high trestle over the coalbins
and the engine puffed out with an
other and made ready to shoot it
in. There was pause. This was
Franks opportunity.
Sway hoo, whoo-ee," came forth
in shrill tone, apparently from
the coalyard. The engineer opened
the throttle and bang the car shot
into the yard. Smash went the car
into couple of others, which were
knocked off the trestle, the coal was
scattered around and the trainmen
fled for their lives.
''Who gave the order? Who was
responsible? From the Sheppard
mansion could be heard Franks
shrek: "Way-hoo, whoo-ee," and
then his hoarse laughter. The fore
man of the gang rushed over to de-
molish the parrot, but he alarmed
the household, as he always does
when he sees tramp, with: "Get
out, you scamp! Scamps Scamps =
There is reward for that parrots
head.-Philadelphia Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
"BLAcK DOGS At MIDNlen1."
Varieties of Bad Dreams from Va
rious Causes.

Not always is sleep "tired nature
sweet restorer." Sometimes, in
stead of balm, it brings a bugabot
in the shape of the nightmare. Mar
is wonderful piece of work, bu
his machinery may be thrown ou
of gear and set a-whizzing by sc
slight a thing as late supper. Ar
indigestible Welsh rarebit at II P
NJ. may result in big suffocatine
black dog across his chest at one
o'clock in the morning; an overplus
of loaf-pastry, which his gastric
juices cannot conveniently assimi.
late, may precipitate him from a
precipice in dreamland into bot
tomless abyss; or a surfeit of pate
de foie gras send him to a Morphean
gallows, there to endure all the
tortures of strangulation. This sort
Of thing, by the way, is only one
remove from apoplexy, and the in
cumbus-ridden victim of inordinate
and untimely self-indulgence is
likely enough at last to be bestrid-
den in his sleep by nightmare too
strong for his vitality-even death.
The tern- nightmare is supposed
to have been derived IroTaa Mar n ara,
the name of a demon, which, ac-
cording to the Scandinavian my
thology, pounced upon men in their
sleep and held the will in thraldom.
The old Saxons called the distem-
per elf-sidenne, or elf-squatting.
With the doctors it is Ephialtes,
from mythic giant of that name
who undertook to climb to heaven,
but, missing his foothold, tumbled
into the fathomless depths. Most
of us have probably been convulsed
in our sleep with the same sort Of
horror which the tripped-up Titan
is tabled to have experienced dur
ing his lofty fall" from the celestial
battlements. There can be little
doubt that many of the spectres of
the dark ages were Maras begotten
of indigestion. Your Saxon gor-
mandizer, who sometimes feasted
far into the night on bears flesh
and venison pastry, washing them
down with frothy mead, must have
gone to bed with his stomach in
nice condition. No wonder that of
the internal fermentation, caused
by such stuffing and swilling, hob
goblins and hipogriffs in endless
variety We're born. The surest way
to avoid the nightmare and procure
that sound, healthful repose with
which each days life should be
rounded off, is to live temperately,
regularly and honestly. Ay, hon
estly, for troubled conscience, as
we'll as an overladen diaphragm,
may engender evil dreams.-New
Y York Ledger.
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Coming to Idaho.

| They are coming from the deserts
of the dim and dusty East, wher'
to raise stunted turnip is the pros
pect of a feast, where the farms ar,
made of gravel and they pillow will
dynamite, where the festal chattlt
mortgage sings it's dirges day ane
night; they are coming in theil
wagons, they are coming on the
train, they are coming from the re
gions where they struggled long in
vain; they are coming from the
cabin, they are coming from the
hall, they are coming to Idaho
where there's plenty for them all.
They are coming from the South
land, they are coming from them North
from the valleys and the mountains
they in droves are coming forth,
they are coming with their hus-
bands thev are coming with their
wives, they are coming with their
hammers, they are coming with their
knives with their harrows and their
planters and their guns, they are
coming with their fathers and their
mothers and their sons. They are
coming, stout and slender, they are
coming short and tall, they are
coming to Idaho, where there's
plenty for them all.
Where you needn't dig potatoes
with saber or a dirk, where, when
rain is badly needed, then the rain
gets in its work, where the rivers
moan and murmur on their journey
to the sea, where the breezes tackle
corn stalks, big as fence posts on
the lea, where the savage lately wan
dered in search of human hair,
where his hoarse and bowling war
cry floating on the summer air;
where a hundred braves would an
swer to the chieftain's battle call,
they are coming to Idaho where
there's plenty for them all.
Where the savage used to wander,
yearning for a crop Of hair, now
the farmer takes his porkers to the
nearest county fair, and the corn is
daily growing where the greasy wig
vans stood; where he burned the
wailing captive, now the poultry
scratch for food; and the people
who are coming to this pleasantest
Of climes, show a happy knack of
keeping with the progress of the
times they will find a country
beaming from the springtime to the
fall when they land out in Idaho
where there's plenty for them all
Star of Idaho.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
Justice Waiting Outside.

Doctor Tanner tells story on a
circus follower whom he met on his
travels in the past. The CRATER
in question was arrested for stealing
a silver watch from canvasman,
and was duly tried before a Justice
of the Peace and acquitted. When
the crowd had gone the Magistrate
saw the former prisoner still sitting
furtively watching the door.
"Ah, my good man." said he, "the
law has found you to be innocent.
why don't you go?"
Go! go!' gasped the CRATER" /"
with that big strong arm guy that
| swiped the watch from laying for
me outside? I guess not I'll stay
here as long as he does" ."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
Mushroom Manufacturer.

A mushroom manufacturer" is
the latest thing in novelties, even in
these days when commercial license
is often carried to the utmost pos,
sible length. An individual living
in the Department of the Aveyron,
struck by the high price at which
mushrooms were being sold in his
district, conceived the idea of fab
ricating the delicacy out of turnips.
He cut the turnips into rounds,
dried them, and after giving them::a
dab Of the paint brush, disposed. of
them to unsuspecting customers as
the genuine article. For some time
he drove thriving trade, but un-
luckily for him he one day sold
batch to a gourmand who was not
so easily to be taken in. Indignant
at the trick played upon him the
gourmand brought a. action that
has just resulted in the condemna-
ton of the mushroom manufacturer
to two months imprisonment. It
was in vain that he pleaded that he
had enabled his fellow citizens to
regale themselves Oh a vegetable
which they regarded as a good spe-
cimen of the mushroom at a cost
far below that demanded for the
real article. Vain, too, were his
efforts to demonstrate that his
mushrooms could be consumed
without entailing disastrous conse-
Quences on lovers of the deicacy.
The court turned deaf ear to his
specious arguments,and has allowed
HIM two months leisure to mediate
on the error Of substituting dried
turnips for honest mushrooms.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
Fair Warning.

T lived in the Empire State,
and was early taught to remember
by name each member of the family
in his nightly prayer. One of the
inmates of the household was his
Aunt Maria, with whom he occa-
sionally came in conflict. One
evening after a little difference of
opinion between them, he was say
ing his prayer as usual. When he
came to her name he hesitated a
moment and then said: "And, O
Lord, there is Aunt Maria, but the
less you have to do with her the
better. Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice OF Forfeiture.

To J. w. LANE and WILLIAM LANE, their
heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that | have eX-
pended the sum Of one hundred 1907 dol
lars in labor and pr0yements upon the
S&ORN1NG STAR lode mining claim
situated IN SawtooIh mining district, and
adjoining the Telephone and Emma min
ing claims on the southeast, in Alturas
county, Idaho Territory, III order 10 hold
Sald premises under the provisions OF Sec
tton 1924, Revised Statutes of the United
states, being the amount required to hold
she same for the year ending December 81,
1889; and If within ninety days from the
service OF this notice. or within ninety days
.aIier this notice by publication you fail or
refuse TO contribute your proportion OF
Such expenditure ..s-co-owners. your inter
est being an undivided one third, amount
ing to $685., your interest in said claim
~il become the property of the subscriber
under the provisions OF said Section 1924.
JOHN COLLINS.
kctchum, l. t., January %, 1890.
First publication, Jan. %, 1880.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05

Inc KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be 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 leay.
ing nothing undone to present its readers a
eomple1e synopsis OF all mining news and
developments, as we'll as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invalua-
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.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
THE CLOCK FoRE1ELLS DEATH.
Strange and Mysterious Warnings
by an Old Time-Piece.

ave have not exactly a Banshe,
in our family, who foretells by he1
wailing an approaching death, but
we have had mysterious warnings
of such given us time and again by
an old clock which has been in oul
family for the past 100 years." says
a writer in a Boston letter to the
Chicago Times. "The works were
ruined by shot fired by a British
soldier during the Revolutionary
war at my great-grandfather, which
shot passed entirely through his
body killing him instantly, and
then broke the glass door, penetrat-
ing the works end stopping them
forever, for though innumerable at
tempts have been made to repair
them, it seemed that some.unknown
power kept the clock silent except
when death tapped his black wings
over our household, SO it was BAN
ished to the garret.
'The first instance of it's warning
was when my grandfather died. He
had been very Ill, but the physi-
clans had at Last pronounced him
out Of danger, and his family were
just congratulating themselves on
this news when the loud tones Of a
clock striking IL, slowly and SOL
,emnly, like the tolling of a bell,
was heard.
"Why, what Is tthtsaat2v said my
grandmother. There was bat bta.t ono
other clock in the house, which was
in full view, SO it was evident that
it was not that one. at is my
fathers clock" said her husband.
1T has struck the close of my day"
Before they could reach him he was
dead, just as the last stroke died
quivering away.
"This occurrence was repeated
when my grandmother herself lay
dying. The old clock struck ~ just
as she drew her last breath, and my
father, at last believing that there
was something supernatural in the
affair, had the old works removed,
leaving only the hollow case, but a
few years after, when my brother
was brought home wounded after
the battle Of Charlottesville, the
long, slow, solemn tones Of the old
clock were heard as before, and
poor Icons life went out as they
died on the air. They struck for my
father and for my little child, who
died last year. The clock warned
me, too, when my sister died in
Japan. l had just got letter from
her, in which she had spoken of
feeling very we'll, when I heard the
clock, which was in remote store
room, strike so rapidly that the
notes almost mingled, and then be-
gan slowly to strike another twelve
strokes. My sister is dead | said |
to my husband, 'and has died very
bat who the other strokes
are for / cannot imagine. My hus-
band tried to reason and then to
ridicule the idea, but I mourned for
ny sister as earnestly as though /
nad seen her die, and when, AS l
knew l should, heard the news Of
ner sudden death, found it had
aiken place on the same day and
1t the same hour as that on which
he clock struck, allowing for the
Inference Of time between Japan
md Boston. Her baby, q few hours
I'D, died few minutes after the
unthern
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05

jestion of the upper portion of the
body. In nearly every instance of
nervous palpitation the heart i'm
mediately resumes it's natural func-
ton. If the movements of respira-
ton are arrested during this action,
the effect is still more rapid.
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Notice to Creditors.
Estate of ALBERT W. CoMsToCK, d

Estate of ALBERT W. COMSTOCK, de-
ceased.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
~ undersigned, administrator of the es-
tate of Albert W. Comstock, deceased. to
the creditors of. and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within
ten months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said administrator at the
First National Bank in the town Of ketch-
nm, in the said county of Alturas.
GEO. NJ. SNOW.
Administrator of Estate of Albert w. Com
stock, deceased.
Dated at Ketchum, Idaho, Oct %, 1889,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05

SOME one of statistical turn of
mind says he has ascertained that
out of II, ,779 murderers who took
human life in the six years from
1884 to 1889, only 558 paid the
penalty of their crimes by yielding
their own lives to the law.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05
Palpitation of the Heart.

A Freach physician announces
that distressing or excessive palpi-
tation of the heart can always be
arrested by bending double, the
head down and the hands hanging,
so as to produce a temporary con-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-05

wife received present of a gown, a
necklace and a pair of earrings.
Then it was that the farmer learned
who it was he had hired to kill his
fox.-St. Louis Republic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10
KeeDfng Plants in Wfnter.

Doors opening into the room in which
you keep flowers should have strips Of
listing tackled about them in such a
way as to close all cracks through
which the wind can enter. A strong
wind Will blow more cold into room
in moderate weather than Will be likely
to penetrate in still nights when the
thermometer IS down to zero. There
fore be sure to fortify against the adj
mission of air through these inlets It
is a good plan to take a day for doing
this work, and begin at one corner of
the room, and go over it thoroughly,
finishing up each part as you go along.
By systematizing the work in this way,
you are sure to have it well done; but
if you stop a crack here and there, and
now and then, as it happens to be dis
covered, you will be pretty sure to
have poor job Of it, taken as a whole.
If your plants should freeze, as soon
as you discover what has been done put
them in a dark room, OF the cellar,
where the temperature is but little
above freezing, and sprinkle, or rather,
shower them with cold water. In most
cases, such plants as Additions, Ger
aniums, and others of similar charac-
ter, can, if taken in time, before al
iOWeu TO GnaW, De saved, and L nave
had quite tender plants come through
the ordeal with comparatively little in
jury. The frost must be extracted
gradually, and with the application of
as little heat as possible. Keep them
away from the light and warmth for
two or three days. If the tops wilt
after the frost has been extracted you
may feel sure that the wilted portion
cannot be saved, so cut it off at once,
and be sure to cut below that part
which appears affected by the frost.
If some Of the frosted part is left on,
very often decay sets in which extends
to the stalks below Should the whole
top seem killed, it does not follow that
the roots have not vitality enough left
to send up new shoots, so do not throw
them out till you have given them a
trial.-Ebe11 E. BerfOrd, IN Ladies'
Home Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10
Artistfc FnrnIshings.

Gone of the most essential points in
furnishing" remarked careful house
keeper, "is to see that you get good
carpets carpets that viii wear we'll
and that viii not soon go out of style.
| This, of course, Is on the suppOsItIOn
that you do not propose to change your
carpets with every slight change Of
fashion, but may desire to practice
perfectly comfortable economy. Good
wearing quality and good taste do not
necessarily mean that the carpet must
be expensive. In choosing, take subdued
cOlOrs neither extremely Light nor
Oakland small patterns are best in
the long run. Then come the curtains,
which are very important, because you
have to think not only of interior but
also of exterior effects. When curtains
and carpets are bought, if your means
are moderate, you can then buy your
furniture slowly, adding to it carefully,
redressing and covering old furniture.
thus ecOnomizing as much as you
please"
Tapestries and ingrains seem to be
the best carpets for people of moder-
ate means; and now that all grades of
them are so beautiful in design and
cOlorings, the housekeeper of refined
taste, though not wealthy, can easily
crafty them in this direction.
Among curtains, especially among
the richer fabrics, there is a great deal
Of brocade, and the flowers are quite
as apt to be Overshot as woven into the
goods. Old roses and pink tints are
much used this season, and they com
bine finely with grays and browns. In
co1Ors there Is nothing better for wear
and a good general effect than Madras
It comes forth this season as popular
as ever, and some new grades have
been added. One handsome Madras
set was silk striped, with dash of tin
sci. It was very heavily fringed, which
added much to its beauty.
Muslin curtains are becoming more
and more popular. Irish point excel,
too, as they have a rich appearance
even when not costly. Among white
curtains Irish point and Nottingham
lace are the most satisfactory, unless
one pays a very high price. York
Star