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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06
IDAHO, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1890.
long about my job, whereas in re-
ality l do all l can to get through
it speedily. But / cannot risk los

long about my job, whereas in re-
ality / do all l can to get through
it speedily. But / cannot risk los
ing my place to please you. Sup
posing l failed and made a mess Of
the execution, it would create a
scandal at once. | am not always
sure of my assistants. / ON obliged
to watch them. When they have
laid the condemned man on the
sliding-board, l arrange his position
in my turn, and it is not till l see
that he is all right that let the
knife drop. 1t is a serious affair,
you know, and I am bound to take
precautions to avoid mishaps. /
hope you will remember this in
future and do me justice. Having
delivered himself of this mild re-
buke he returned to the immediate
subject of the interview. II do not,
as some people imagine, see the
prisoner when he is woke up for
the last time by the authorities. l
wait in the adjoining cell, which is
called the sale de toilette. am
not curious to see him. If l were
not in the profession should never
dream of going out of my way to
witness an execution, for it is not a
pleasant sight by any MEANS"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06
How He Got Rid of Him.

One of my creditors, big, fat
strong shoemaker, was particularly
obnoxious when | was in an embar-
rassed condition, said a Boston
merchant, for he was at my house
presenting his bill three or four
times a day, and often the same
number of times during the even
ing. He made me tired, and | puz-
zled my brain for scheme to get
rid of him, and the opportunity to
get even with him came at last.
knew that he was coward at
heart, and / resolved to make him
so afraid that he would run out of
my house and never come in it
again. This morning that | re-
ferred to he came as usual and pre-
sented his bill.
swell, sir, what is it?" I asked,
as he came in.
II have come for the amount of
my bill" he replied.
"And," said calmly, II shall be
obliged to tell you that | haven't
the necessary funds to liquidate
that bill"
"Very we'll, sir" he answered.
"Then I shall be obliged to inform
you that l shall sit down here and
wait until the bill is paid"
Very good" said | quietly, but
to tell the truth | was highly elated
for here was just the opportunity l
had been looking for.
He sat down and placed his hat
on the table. When he had done this
| called to the landlady and said
Mrs. Robbins, l am at home to
nobody to-day, and do not wish to
be disturbed under any circumstan-
ces. You may come in tomorrow
morning and mail what letters you
find on my wriing-desk."
Then / closed and locked the
door, and stripping up some billiard
cloth / had l stuffed it in every
crack, leaving no room where air
could get into the room or out.
Then / drew up q long, legal look
ing document, which ] labeled MY
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06
Got Ahead Of Evart3.

Up in Vermont short time ago
| heard story of William NJ. Ev-
arts, the Senator, statesman and
lawyer, who dazzles New England
every summer with his agricultural
ability as much as he does New
York and Washington in the winter
time by his political profundity,
writes Boston Globe correspond
ent.
One of the hangers-on around his
immense stock farm was Ivory Hall,
big fellow, who could eat more
and do less work than any other
man ever known in that region.
Stories about Ivory's wonderful ca
pacity for food came to the ears of
the Senator, who, discrediting them,
made up his mind to put the re-
puted champion to test.
He accordingly hired the gor-
mandizing giant for day and sat
him down to the breakfast table
preparatory to going afeld. Food
enough for five men was brought
on and Hall had no trouble in clean
ing the board.
"Now, Ivory" said the polysyl-
Liable orator, eve have a long ways
to go to the field, and if you don't
mind l should like to have you eat
your dinner at this time, SO you
need not come clear back to the
house."
"Jest ez leave take my dinner now
ez any time," was the willing re-
sponse. Again the table groaned
under the load of provisions, and
again Ivory swept all before him.
See here, Mr.. Hail." said the
admiring statesman, "our supper
hour is 5 O'Clock and want you to
work later Do you think you could
take your supper now, too, SO as to
work until sundown?"
"Sartin," came the quick answer.
"Supper and dinner and breakfast
are all the same to me. can ANUS
eat 'em."
For the third time fresh dishes
were produced and great roasts and
stews forthcoming. Plate after plate
of Vermont beef and cabbage and
onions and potatoes went down the
greedy gullet of the hired man and
after these came puddings and pies
and cakes enough to stock bake
shop. Not for a moment did Ivory
relax until every dish was clean.
"If you are ready now, Mr.. Hall, +"
suggested the dumfounded orator,
1--WE will go to the field, and | will
show you where to work"
Then Hall looked at his employer
for a full minute, rubbed his abdo-
men lovingly, and said:
"Naw. I guess not; | bean't in
the habit NV workin' arter supper .
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The Bachelor at Home.

"My wife is away on IA vacation"
said Il householder yesterday, "and
for. once in my life Pm keeping
things entirely in my own way up
at the family mansion. For the
benefit of the scores of husbands
whose wives are away, l give the
method by which l manage to keep
comfortable
SIN the first place, l expect to
dirty up every dish in the house.
AS soon as l eat my breakfast |
pile the soiled dishes over on side
table, there to remain till my wife
returns. also expect to sleep in
every bed in the house. ] have al
ready slept in two beds and sofa,
and have two more to fall back on
as a reserve. | do not bother N.Y.
self about making the beds. l try
to feed the birds every day, but 1
forgot for three days recently, and
when l finally came around poor
Tom was cold. My shirts and things
| pile up wherever may chance to
need them. l believe, alsc,
that have heaped up a few pairs
of old socks, ETC., under the piano.
l plead guilty to leaving a few stray
cigar stumps here and there over
the house, also, to the pulling down
accidentally, of three shelves in the
china closet, leaving considerable
ruin in my wake. In defense, I
would state that | was looking for
custard pie which l understood my
wife had concealed under platter
before she had left for her mothers
in the East. Maybe the ladies be-
gin to think that a man never knows
anything about housekeeping any,
how. That is where they are mis-
taken. He knows enough Gas 1O,-
100000 men will testify to have
his share of freedom and solid home
comfort while his wife is away.
P. S.-The other bird has just died."
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GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To J. ". LANE and WILLIAM LANE, their
heirs and assigns:
lou are hereby notified that ! have eX-
pended the sum of one hundred (lOO) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
NORNlNG STAR lode mining claim,
situated III SawtOoth mining district, ana
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
non E32i, Revised Statutes OF the United
states, being the amount required to hold
the same for the year ending December 81,
1859; and If within ninety days from the
service of this notice, or within ninety days
alter this notice by publication you fail or
refuse 10 contribute your proportion OF
sucn expenditure as co-Owners, your inter-
est being an undivided one-third, amount
lnSto 1884, your interest in said claim
VIII become the property of the subscriber
under the provisions of said Section 2324.
JOHN COLLINS.
hetchum, l. T., January %, 1890.
First publication, Jan. 25. 1880.
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WILL" which l took good care that
the shoemaker should see, and after
writing few notes | went +" the
chandelier and turned on all four
burners. All the while previous to
this the big shoemoker had, no
doubt, thought that was bIuffing
him, but when l turned on the gas
l could see that he was beginning
to feel nervous.
l arranged everything neatly in
the room and then sat down calmly
and waited for him to weaken. The
gas was escaping rapidly and the
room was fast becoming filled with
it. could feel my head swim. but /
would not give in. All of sudden
he jumped up and cried: Il did not
come here to be murdered !" and
making a rush, jumped through the
window, taking sash and all with
him. 1t was about twenty feet from
the ground, but when he landed he
started off as if mad bull was after
him, and l never saw him or his
bill.-Boston Globe.
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Bits of Information.

Ireland loses 10000 people yearly.
Uncle Sam has 5000 female
doctors.
In Kansas 7Oper cent ofthe voters
are farmers.
Whisky was first made in Ireland
by an English monk.
There are $4,000 colored people
in the city of Washington.
A man on the deck of a vessel at
sea can see about five miles.
New York has expended $9,0OO,-
600 in buying land for new parks.
There are six farmers in the Sem
ate, and and thirty-fve in the House.
New York decided the last presi-
Dental contest. If that State had
gone for Cleveland the Electoral
vote would have stood thus: Cleve-
land, 2O4; Harrison, 1877.
There are about "a ,OOO,O 900 square
miles of land on the globe, of which
Europe has 100000, America 49,
600, 900, Asia 100000, Africa 12,-
600, 900, and Australia and the rest
100000.
The COW does not eat when she
is gazing, but slows up supply of
food to be masticated in some quiet,
shady place in the pasture. She is
only really eating when she "chews
the cud.
Professor Robert Koch has inter-
ested the Medical Congress at Ber-
lin by his declaration that he has
discovered destroyer of the basil
lus of tuberculosis, and that he will
soon announce remedy for con-
sumption.
The Greeks observe Monday as a
day of rest; the Persians Tuesday;
the Assyrians Wednesday; the
Egyptians Thursday; the Turks
Friday; the Jews Saturday; the
Christians Sunday.
The chief supply of cloves is OBJ
tained from the islands of Zanzibar
and Pemba, where the Glove tree
was introduced in 1880. Trees ten
years old should produce twenty
pounds of cloves. Trees Of twenty
years frequently produce upward Of
100 pounds each. The yield this
season will be in excess of any pre-
yiOus wear,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06
1884, is taken from an old news
paper published in 1774.

paper published In l714.
"Captain St. Leo, commander of
a warship, then in Boston Harbor,
being apprehended for walking on
the Lords day, was sentenced by a
Justice of the Peace to pay a fine,
and on refusing to pay had to sit
in the stocks an hour during the
day. While in the stocks the good
people supplied him with much
good advice as to his future con-
duct on the Sabbath day. After he
was released the captain expressed
great regret for his past transgres-
sions, and declared to them that he
was in future resolved to lead a
new life. The saints of Boston were,
of course, delighted at his sudden
reformation, and in order that the
Captain might still further profit by
their good counsel, many of them
invited him to dinner. The Captain
proved ito be a most Jealous and
genuine convert. He attended
prayer-meeting and showed every
outward mark of grace. At length
he was obliged to put to sea, and
before the day of departure invited
many of the spiritual advisers to
dinner aboard the vessel, which lay
ready in Nantasket Roads.
"a capital dinner was provided,
at which many bottles were drained
to the Captains health. When the
after-dinner harmony was at its
height, body of sailors burst into
the cabin and seized the guests.
They were dragged on deck, tied to
grating, and the boatswain and
his assistants administered the law
of Moses in a most energetic man
ner, the Captain meantime assuring
them that the modification of the
flesh tended to the saving of the
soul. They were bundled into their
boat and the Captain Immediately
set sail"
The only place in the United
States where the old idea that whip
pingi is means of editcation is still
clung to is in Delaware. In that
State there are whipping-posts-one
at Dover, one at Georgetown and
another at New Castle.--N.Y. Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06
1RoTTERs DON'T PAY.
Running Horses Barn Four Times what
the Flyers in Harness Win.

"Why don't train trotters as we'll
as runners?" exclaimed a profess
sional owner to a Chicago Post re-
porter in reply to query of pre-
cisely the same import. 'Why don't
l train trotters, you say? Why, sir,
/ make my living out of horses,
and don't just keep 'em for fun,
like California Senator"
The speaker was typical Ken
lucky horseman--one who had lived
among horses all his days and did
his:own training since ever he raised
a colt-and his looks showed it.
"A trotter costs just as much as
a runner" said he. Personally,
I'd sooner run thoroughbred any
day of the year than tro1ter, and
I'd sooner see one good race like
that Salvator-Tenny match the 9TH
er day than sit out all the trotting
meets that ever were set in heats.
But leaving ones personal tastes
and distastes out of the matter, and
coming down to straight dollars
and cents, there is about three times
more profit for me in raising run
ners and racing them than could
ever hope to get out of trotting
horses. It's just a matter of bigger
money, and as | am not a million
aire 1 am sensible to take up the
more profitable side of the turf. I'm
less a man wins some big matches
in a season or backs his trotters
with luck he cannot pay the ex-
penscs of a big stable. The stakes
offered, you see, are too small and
the chances too few. A trotting
meet only lasts, say, three days, and
there is rarely as much as $1,000
hung up in purses on any one day.
There will be, say, three events each
day, nine in all, and if fail to make
Il strike l have to go to all the
trouble and expense of transporting
my nags to some other meeting. At
a running meet / can just bunker
down and wait my chance, and by
picking up a couple of purses and
maybe a stake race easily clear my
expenses and pocket few dollars
besides. Last year Salvador alone
won seven races and $71 $50, while
ten of the best winners On the trot-
ting turf won fifty races and only
$96,91O in money. Take ten of the
largest winners on the running turf
last year-Salvator, Chaos, El Rio
Rey, Longstreet, Tenny, st. Carlo,
Senorita, Protection, Spokane and
Raceland-and they combined won
sixty races and $392,23S. Ten of
the largest trotting winners were
Alcryon, Sprague, Golddust, Mel
son, Reference, Jack, Gene Smith,
Hendryx, Star Lily, Geneva S. and
Aubine. They won tifty-nine races
and only $96,91O.
"That means that, other things
being equal, the average earnings of
a crack runner are little over four
times as great as those of tip-top
trotter. Now, if you had to depend
for living upon controlling one
class or the other, which do you
think you would take up? l am
not asking which you would like
the best, but want to know if you
were like myself, with wife and a
couple of daughters to support de-
Gently, whether you would like to
risk your capital on trotting horses
or thoroughbreds %
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Pass the Hat.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage has gone
into materialism and has estimated
the dimensions of heaven, measured
the whale which Jonah inhabited,
and figured out Solomon's estate to
have been worth $191 ,528, ,O06,03
Whereupon the Elgin, ILL.,, Every
Saturday observes, that if he viii
give US the length Of the snake that
caused that fall in apples, the kind
Of fuel used in the fiery furnace,
and what system of ventilation was
used in the ark, it will be time TO
take up another contributions for
the tabernacle fund"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06
To Remove the Smell Of Paint.

The best way to remove the smell
of paint is to first render the room
as nearly as possible air-tight by
closing the windows, doors and
other openings. Place a vessel OF
lighted charcoal in the room, and
throw on it two or three handfuls
of juniper berries. After "a hours
the smell will have entirely disap-
peared. Another method OF doing
the same thing is to plunge hand
full of new hay into pail of water
and let it stand in the newly painted
room.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06

Gilt picture frames may be bright
ened by taking sufficient -four of
sulphur to give a golden tinge to
about one and one-half pints of
water. and in this boil four or five
bruised onions, or garlic, which will
answer the same purpose. Strein
off this liquid, and with it, when
cold, wash with soft brush any
gliding which requires renewing,
and when dry it will come out as
brighs as new.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative Of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtootl
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 undone to present its readers q
complete synopsis Of all mining n. Ms and
developments, as well as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketci,una, ta,e
future metropolis of Idalo, it is. an inv al..a-
BILE guide for capital and informant to tire
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, 1890-09-06
NOTICE.

AT A MEETING OF THE STOCK
- holders of the First National Bank OF
AetGhum, Idaho, held at its banking office
On The 18th day of February, 1850, the own.
efs Oh over two-thirds of the shares voted
20 20 into Liquidation on the 2Sth day of
april, 1880, and close up its affairs. All
hotc-holders and other creditors of sad
association are therefore hereby notified to
present the notes and other claims against
'hr association for payment.
ated at Ketchum, Idaho, April 26, 1890.
ISAAC |. LEWIS, President.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-09-06
Utilizing Tin Cans.

The American Analyst gives an
insight into rather peculiar indus
try. the utilization of old tin cans
in New York City. 1t says: Large
numbers Of tin cans of all kinds in
which foods have been contained
find their way via the ash barrels
to the city garbage dumps. Here
they are picked out and taken 10
a tin can receiver, where, after the
labels and dir. are washed off, tie
tin and solder are melted and con-
verted into sticks, the remain
ing sheet iron being rolled fat and
sold for trunk corners, umbrella
ferrules, and the scraps are con-
verted into sash weights. There is
no secret about the process. The
only thing is to have a proper-sized
furnace and to get up a sufficient
heat. The business has developed
of late, but manufacturers say the
margin of profit is small. 1t costs
more to melt the scraps than COM
mon iron. Chips ready for the
furnace cost 81 Il ton. The sash
weights produced are of a superior
quality. The business is, like the
case Of old rubber, an illustration
Of the use of waste material. The
tin-can companies and other man.
ufacturers Of tin goods formerly
dumped hundreds oftons into space,
but now these scraps are utilized,
and the irresponsible small boy
works the ash-tields to his profit,
in companionship with the blithe-
some goat.
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NOTICE..

WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
p, Tor any labor to be performed on the
niqe , Jacket mine. situated on Eagle Creek,
a. warm Springs Creek mining district, in
;nnufas county. Idaho, or for supplies furn-
,sneo Tor the same during lease on said
mine: which lease will expire on December
d H01. CAD AYLWIN,
CHAPMAN 4 LIBBY.
ny JAS. n. Blossom, AttOrney.in.fact.
Aetchnu. Idaho, June /, 1890.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-18
A WISE MOVE.
The School Boards Stand on Flag
Presentations.
From Citiz ms the Patriotic Emblem
Will be Welcome. But Not From
Political or Religious Societies
This Mornings Meeting

The board of education held a special
session this morning with President T. Fl
Thomas and Directors C. C. Carter. W
s. Knowlton and G f Barth present.
The usual form of business was dis
pensed with, and the following resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted:
Resolged. That We the members of the
board of education, are heartily in sympa
thy with the movement of citizens in
supplying the American flag to the differ
| ent school buildings. but that they can
not permit such presentation in the name
OF any political or religions order.
The above action on the part of the
board comes from an announcement that
the American Protective association pro,
posed to present flag to school building
No. at ) o'clock this afternoon. The
board had been advised that there was
movement on foot among the residents
and patrons of school buildings Nos l, 2,
), 4, q and Z, to present their respective
school buildings with flags, and Director
Garter had been authorized to procure
flag stalls for the same in order that the
flags might be run up one week from to
daY when the Northern Illinois Teachers
association meets here. The members of
the board took very kindly to the
idea of the flag presentation and
expressed their appreciation of the pa
triotic principles inculcated by the dis
play of the starry flag from the school
buildings, where the children may learn
young TO associate it with their schooling
and grow up with it ever before them
But when the members Learned indirectly
that the presentation was to come from
a society, it put a new aspect TO the case,
and it was determined not to approve of
| it as coming in that way, and would
have so notified the representatives of it
had they solicited an expression of the
members on the subject,s as courtesy would
have prompted. Bat the board was
simply notified TO be present this after
noon as citizens desired 10 make pre-.
sentation, and nothing was said about 9
society until the public announcement
was made. The boards position is plain
it will receive the flag gratefully as com
ing from citizens, but it cannot accept i
as rendered by religious or political or.
ganization.
Schools were ordered closed on Friday
afternoon, April %, in order that teach.
ers may attend the Northern Illinois
Teachers association to be held in this
city,
DR.. Carter was instructed to provide
the necessary racks for the bells and
clubs for the school calisthenics