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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
An Arkansas Snake Farm.

]. E. Childs has a monopoly OF
snake culture and the production
of rattlesnake oil in Arkansas, in
which state is located what is well
known throughout that country as
the Childs Snake farm. This pecu-
liar and unenvleo enterprise is sit
uated in the suburbs of this little
village, in the northeastern part of
the state, where snakes, especially
rattlers, are found in abundance.
twenty-five cents to 81 per pound
for rattlesnakes makes it an induce
ment for the natives to hunt and
catch rattlers. A good big rattle
snake will weigh from six to ten
pounds, and, if fat, will be worth
nearly or quite as many dollars.
The size of the snake farm is
about half an acre, with a tightly
closed pen in its center, which is
the abiding-place of the snakes.
Here the ugly reptiles are kept and
fattened, and when they are ready
to be put under process for the pro-
duction of oil, the reptiles heads are
neatly chopped off, and by means
of a string are tied to the side of
the pen where the sun is brightest.
The heat of the sun causes the oil
of the snake to drip out, and it is
caught in receptacle and laid aside
to be subsequently sold at from
81 SO to 81 an ounce, or from $40
to $32 pint.
Mr.. Childs' favorite time for cap
turing snakes is in the fall of the
year. He manages to find some
small creek which flows out of the
highlands. Here he watches for
and follows up the first rattler that
leaves the lowlands for winter quar-
ters in the highlands. In this man.
ner the den is easily found. A box
trap is then set in the den capable
of holding fifty large snakes. A den
contains all the way from ten to |
fifty rattlers, and sometimes more.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09

woman ever yet kept healthy in
body or mind for a number Of years
with less than seven hours sleep.
Americans need more sleep than
they are getting. This lack makes
them so nervous and the insane
asylum so populous. If you can
get to bed early then rise early. If
you cannot get to bed till late, then
rise late. 1t may be as Christian
for one man to rise at s as it is for
another to get up at 5. l counsel
my readers to get up when they are
rested. But let the rousing bell be
rung at least 80 minutes before your
public appearance. Physicians say
that sudden jump out of bed gives
irregular motion to the pulse. It
takes hours to get over q too sudden
rising. Give US time after you call
us. to roll over, gaze at the world
full in the face, and look before we
leap.-T. De Witt Talmage.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
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 1000 dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
MORNING STA Re lode mining claim,
situated in Sawtooth mining district, and
adjoining the Telephone and Emma min
ing claims on the southeast, in Alturas
county, Idaho Territory, in order TO hold
SAID premises under the provisions OF Sec
ion 2324, Revised Statutes of the United
states, being the amount required to hold
me me, same for the year ending December 81,
1882 and if within ninety days from the
service of this notice, or within ninety days
alter this notice by publication you fail or
Cefuse to contribute yeur proportion of
such expenditure as co-owners, your inter
est being an undivided one-third, amount
ing 10 1885,, your interest in said claim
VIII become the property of the subscriber
under the provisions of said Section 1924.
JOHN COLLINS.
hetchum, l. T., January %, 1880.
First publication, Jan. %. 1890.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
THEY CONT TREAT.
How Member, of q New League
Save Their Mon3y.

Perhaps the observing citizer
may have noticed a peculiar ap
pearing bronze badge, patterned af
ter four-leaf clover and fastened
in the lapel of sundry coats. 1t is
evidently stranger upon the scene
says the Chicago Herald, and if the
citizens curiosity is aroused he will
examine closely. He will see upon
it in raised script letters the words
"Anti-Treating League" The words
have a significant sound, and the
curious ones will naturally ask a
question or two. He will ascertain
that this Anti-Treating League is a
society without any officers, by
laws, constitution or meeting place.
He will also ascertain that no meet
ings of any kind are held, and that
the members of the organization
if it can be dignified by the name
have no opportunities to confer with
one another, unless it is when they
meet upon the street. All these
anti-treaters are not teetotalars, by
any means. They do not all scorn-
fully refuse a drink. But they do
in determined manner refuse to
return any compliment of the kind
that may be rendered to them.
They give every treater to under
stand that, while they may drink
with him, he may never drink with
them.
1t is not from any lofty motive
that they pursue this somewhat
odd course and adhere to this some
what exceptional principle. They
are opposed to treating because it
is an expensive habit. ''lf | treat
everyone that treats me-" they rea-
son, 81 shall have to have purse
as long as yardstick." So they
give up the practice altogether, and
perhaps they are wise. There is
no perhaps about it. Their wisdom
is of the practical kind. The habit
that Americans have of inviting
half-dozen friends to stand in front
of a bar and pour down the LIQUID
is one wholly without sense. And
besides it is exceedingly burden
some upon the pocketbook. The
German aud Frenchman make their
bibulous propensities take the form
of an artistic indulgence. They
mix friendship and wine together,
and sometimes add little intellec-
tuality by way of flavor. The
wine or beer is slipped between the
intervals of conversation and not
thrown down as if ones stomach |
we're on fire and it was necessary to
put out the flames with beer or wine
Or whisky. The American can profit
BY the example set for him by the
Frenchman and German. The Anti
Treating League may bear good
ruit, but the members of the soci-
'ty, such as it is, ought to discoun-
enance treating in others as well
g themselves.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
Killed q Mule.

/ Opposite a little station about fv'
miles below Jackson, Miss, says tn
New York Sun, was dense thiecket
and on one of the bushes huns
a white rag. A dozen of us sat with
our feet hanging off the platform
and while every man had a revolver
on his hip, no one had thought ot
shooting at that rag. 1t was hot
day, and we were smoking and talk.
ing, when q native came up the
track and sat down with the rest o1
us. Presently he out with a big
revolver and aimed at the rag and
pulled the trigger. The cartridge
didn't explode, and there was a
general laugh over the failure.
1T was sich blamed nice mark
to shoot at that I couldn't resist -
he explained, seemingly much cha
grined. perhaps some of 'uns kin
drap that rag"
Everybody out with his gun and
began blazing away, some shooting
high and some low, and we had
fusillated for five minutes, when a
second native appeared, crawling
out of the brush on hands and
knees, and as he stood before US he
said.
What hev l done that you all
wants to kill me2"
"Good gracious, man, were you
in there?" exclaimed one of the
crowd.
Right in thar, stranger, and it
seemed to me the wah had come
back. I didn't git hit, but you
hev done killed my mule, l reckon"
We ran over with him, and sure
enough there was his mule, down
on his back and kicking his last,
with four or five bullets in him.
"You dun didn't mean to, of
co'se," said the owner, "but this ar
mewl was all l had. I don't say
he was wuth what a prime mewl
orter fetch, but l could hev sold
him for $50"
He was informed that we would
make up purse to pay the dam
age, and we Clipped in and made
it $65. He took the money and
disappeared soon after, followed by
the first arrival, and they had got
a long start when a third native
and asked:
" Bin any shutin' yere?"
eyes"
Shute at that ar rag?"
"Yes."
"Kill muel?"
eyes"
"Pay fur him?"
eyes. Do you know anything
about it?"
"No, not much. / sold the ami
nal to the Wheezen bout an hour
lgo for $40, and l sorter reckoned
ne wanted him to play the old dodge
With. How much did you raise?'
Sixty-fve dollars"
"Wall, that's purity moderate.
lie ginerally strikes 'em fur a hun
lred, and you got off easy. Reckon
I'll look him up and see if be can't
york in a couple more this week !"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
SuperstitiOnS About Cards.

While | am aware that the num-
Der of superstitions is legion, says
a writer in American Notes and
Queries, l send you few curious
ones pertaining to playing cards
which may be interesting.
Most of these superstitions I have
gathered from persons l have met,
and, while some of them "did not
believe in foolish superstitions,"
they would, nevertheless, at times
when fortune was against them, try
some little superstitious act "just
to see if it would make any differ
ence in their luck"
One of the most common super
stitions is that where a card player
who is not having good luck gets
up and solemnly walks around his
chair three times in order to pro-
pitiate fortune, or the player will
call for a new pack of cards.
The partners in game of cards
who have the grain Of the table
running between them are also sup
posed to be helped thereby. This,
l am told, is an Irish superstition.
If you are card-player, and not
having table in your room, start
to play cards on the bed, then be-
ware, for this is an act sure to bring
misfortunes innumerable.
Never throw pack Of cards at
any one, as the act will bring all
kinds Of bad luck to the person
struck.
When you have a pack of cards
which have seen their best days do
not commit the imprudence of giv-
ing them away. 1t is also bad luck.
The proper plan is to burn them,
and preferably with pepper and salt.
The belief that a large number of
people have in the efficacy of for
tune telling by cards is too we'll
known to dwell upon. These peo-
pie, when a fortune teller is not
convenient, will often pick out their
own fortune by means of divers
kinds of solitaire.
Then there is the old proverb:
Lucky at cards, unlucky at love-"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
The Prevention of Sunstroke.

The following hints for the pre-
vention Of sunstroke are given by
DR.. Edwin G. Mann of New York
city, in an article upon this subject
in one of the medical journals. ITO
avoid sunstroke, exercise in excess
lively hot weather should be very
moderate; the clothing should be
thin and loose, and an abundance
of cold water should be drunk.
Workmen and soldiers should un-
derstand that as soon as they cease
operspire, while working or march
ing in the hot sun, they are in dan
ger of sunstroke, and they should
Immediately drink water freely and
copiously to afford matter for cuta-
neous Transportation; keep the skin
and clothing wet with water. Inl-
pending sunstroke may often be
warded off by these simple meas
ures. Besides the cessation of per-
spiration, the pupils are apt to be
contracted and there is a frequency
of micturition. If there is marked
with weak pulse, re-
sulting from the cold water appli-
cation, we should administer stim-
ulants. The free use of water,
however, both externally and inter-
nally by those exposed to the direct
rays Of the sun is the best prophy-
Tactic against sunstroke, and labor
ers and soldiers and others who
adopt this measure, washing their
hands and faces as we'll as drinking
copiously of the water every time
they come within reach of it, will
enjoy perfect immunity
from sunstroke. Straw hats should
be worn, ventilated at the top, and
the crown of the hat filled with
green leaves or wet sponge. It is
better to wear thin flannel shirts in
order not to check perspiration.
We may expose ourselves for
long time in the hot sun and work
or sleep in a heated room and enjoy
perfect immunity from sunstroke,
if we keep our skin and clothing
wet with water"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
A Reply to Ingersoll.

Talking with an intimate friend
Of General Lew Wallace the other
day, says a writer in the New York
Star, | learned the true inspiration
of his famous novel, Ben Hur.' .
"Wallace was on an eastern-bound
train," said my informant, "and
while going through the drawing
room car he passed the open door
of a compartment in which sat
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll. Come
in,' said the latter, Pm lonely in
here and want some one to chat
with Wallace entered, and seated
himself. All right, Colonel, he said,
what shall we chat about?' Lots
of things replied Ingersoll. is
there future life? Looking out
of the window dreamily, as the ex-
press sped on, he answered his own
query. Il don't know-do you?
Was Christ the son of God? l don't
know-do you? He paused and
looked keenly at Wallace. The
General was little embarrassed by
the abruptness of the great infdel's
interrogatories. He replied Re
ally, Ingersoll, l have never given
much thought or study to the ques-
tions you propounded. / had a
Christian training, and l have al
ways tacitly accepted them In
deed 7 said Colonel Ingersoll. why,
man, you surprise me! They are
vital issues. / have studied the
subject thoroughly. Every man
ought to. Now, take my advice
and look into the matter. You'll
find you'll agree with me- I went
away from this interview both en-
barrassed and mortified said the
General, that l did not feel COM
petent to discuss so important a
matter with so learned thinker. l
made up my mind that l would
never place myself again in 80 en-
barrassing a situation. took down
my books and read every authority
l could lay my hands on. After
years study, 50 far from agreeing
with the great agnostic in his ex-
pressive opinions, I wrote Ben
Hur' This is my reply to him 7"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
Seven Hours Sleep at Least.

There is not one man or woman
in 10000 who can afford to do with
out seven or eight hours sleep. All
those stories written about great
men and women who slept only
about three or four hours q night
make very interesting reading, but
| tell you, my readers, no man or
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
Notice to Creditors.
Estate of ALBERT ", CoNsroCK

Estate of ALBERT W. COMsTOCK, de-
ceased
.N undersigned, administrator of the es-
tate OF Albert w. Comstock, deceased. to
Ihe creditors of, and all PERSONS having
Claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within
!eI zen months after the first publication of
1ois notice, 10 the said administrator at the
flrst National Bank in the town of Ketch-
ma, IN the said county of Alturas.
GEO. M. SNOW,
Administrator of Estate of Albert w. Com
stock. deceased.
Oaesd at Ketchum. Idaho, Oct -, 1885,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09

Inc KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative Of the
treat 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 it's readers
compete synopsis OF all mining news and
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, 1890-08-09
Rich Mems Sons.

A wealthy broker of New Yorl
began his life as farm hand in
New Jersey. He had the craving
natural to a poor boy for fine clothes
a splendid house, luxury of every
kind. To acquire these he worked
hard with brain and body.
AS he rose in life he was thrown
in contact with educated men, great
tinanciers, rulers of commerce, art
lists, teachers, scientific men. His
own intellect, strengthened by its
work, was bold and broad enough
to appreciate them all:
By the time he was fifty, he cared
little for the physical luxuries which
his money could buy for him. His
pursuits, apart from his business,
were noble and elevating-those
which belong to a many-sided en-
lightened American, who keeps
abreast of his time in its great move
ments.
His son, on the contrary was born
in the lap of riches. Luxuries, the
lack Of which urged his father to
incessant activity, were as familiar
to him as the air and daily sunshine.
Fine clothes, rich food, amusements
of all kinds, gave him little pleas
ure; they were matters of course.
He knew no life which they were
not part. He did not work at school
or at college. Why should he?
Other men worked to make a place
for themselves in the world. His
place was already made for him.
He needed no more millions than
bis father could give him.
He had literally nothing to do
but to amuse himself.
Now, there is but limited num-
Der of amusements in the world,
and after certain time the senses,
the nerves, the whole body, grow
jaded with each of them.
By the time this young man had
reached the age of twenty-five he
was as sated with pleasure as gray
haired debauchee. Cards, wine,
sport, travel, bored him; his physi-
cal strength was exhausted; his
mind, though still immature, was
almost imbecile. When a sudden
attack of illness carried him out of
this world, nobody in it was sorry |;
perhaps, least of all.
The story of this rich man and
his son has been repeated countless
times in the lives of our rich men.
The "gilded YOUTH of our great
cities grow weary of balls, of steam
yachts, of even the theatres, gamb-
ling and drink. Their jaded appe-
tites crave stronger diet.
In the great centers of riches and
folly some of them crowd in the
small hours Of the morning to dens
unknown to the police, to see brutal
,ombats, between prize fighters.
At a recent fight between a woman
md dog, the ring was surrounded
~ men worth millions.
"The only real sensation l have
for years." said one of this
lass lately, twas N China last July,
When l saw the executioner chop
,ff five heads in an hour"
At heart, these lads are made of
IS good, manly stuff as others.
They are victims to the popular
dea that the sole use Of money is
Even when weighed
" huge fortune, as Napoleon Bo-
aparte once wrote to his Marshal,
Surely, we should endeavor to do
omething, to say that we have
wed; to leave some impress of our
ives upon the sands of Time. - ,
'Onfh'S GOnnaniOn
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
The Growth of Nails.

It is said that the growth of nails
on the left hand requires eight to
ten days more than those on the
right. The growth is more rapid
in children than in adults, and goes
on faster in summer than in winter.
It requires an average of 1872 days
for the renewal of the nails in cold
weather, and but l16- in warm
weather.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09

the poor child instructed to chew
it hard. It is the motion of the
jaws that stops the flow of blood" !"
This remedy, he says, is SO extreme
ly simple that many will feel in
clined to laugh at it; but it has
never been known to fail, even in
severe cases."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09
Nose Bleeding.

An eminent physician says: "The
best remedy for bleeding at the nose
is vigorous motion of the jaws,
as if in the act of mastication. In
the case of child, wad of paper
should be placed in its mouth, and
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09

Among the most ingenious inven-
tions lately exhibited is machine
for drilling square, oblong, or hex
agonal holes, heretofore found to
be impossible.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09

sired to know how it came into his
possession. Mr.. Drake might read
lily pass for duke, but he is as
proud of his nationality as he is of
the pin and the circumstances of
its presentation.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09

A Spanish inventor renders from
grasshoppers a fatty substance
which is declared to make the finest
soap vet produced.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-09

The man with the most "horse
sense" is the one who let's horse
racing severely alone.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-17
FOR GEORGIA FARMERS.

The cotton and corn prospect in Houston
county just now is very promising indeed.
A young farmer near Perry has promised
to show cotton bloom within the next
three weeks.
1t is rumored that an alliance store and
another warehouse will be established in
Perry before the next cotton crop is ready
for market
The most encouraging reports are being
received from the planters Of Sumter
county. Cotton is in fine condition, and the
oat crop is the only thing that looks bad.
A gentleman who farms near Perry
brought to the Home Journal Office ines
day morning a stalk of cotton that con-
tanned several squares, and measured about
twelve inches in hight
McRae Enterprise. B. w. Harrell OF
this place brought to this Office sample
stalk Of the finest cotton we nave seen tnis
season. which was grown or his place. 1t
measured about twelve inches high, and
showed signs of fruit forming.
Elberton Gazette: Instead of Offering q
bring us the largest watermelon this year,
we have decided to raise it ourself. Maj.
Jones has given us some Cuban watermelon
seed, and we have planted them.
The alliancemen of Pulaski and Dodge
counties have agreed to combine and estab-
lish a guano factory. Committees from the
two counties are now arranging for meet
ing, and alllancemen from the neighboring
counties are invited to be present, as it is
very much desired that other counties shall
become interested in the enterprise Pu-
laski and Dodge will 60 ahead with the
movement ANYHOW.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-17

and as he had been forced to hurry through
his dressing and start without his breakfast
he paid little or no attention to his fellow
passengers. Just before the train reached
Griffin lady, seated Immediately behind
him, leaned forward and whispered in his
ear that his personal beauty had proved too
much for her susceptible heart and she loved
him fondly. With smile of conscious power
the drummer turned to look on the maiden
whose heart he had ensnared. The smile
vanished, however, when he realized that
the soft voice belonged to a maiden of 45
summers, who was by no means beautiful.
He Immediately changed his seat, but It
was no use. The ensnared one followed
him and continued TO tell of her passion
until everybody in the car was laughing.
As the train was stopping a big man came
in from the smoking car and explained that
the lady was crazy and he was taking her
to the insane asylum The drummer was
much relieved, as he has wife and six
children in Macon, and he knew he would
have difficulty in making satisfactory
explanation if she followed him home.