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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12
Costly and Odorous.

Only dealers in precious stones
carry more valuable stock in a small
space than the dealers in essential
oils and the perfumes that 60 with
such oils. Ore dealer showed an
acquaintance a moderate-sized safe
containing stock valued at t$120,000
Altar of roses, musk, civet, and am
bergris are among the precious arti-
cles of such dealers stock. Altar
of roses WHOLESALERS at about 50 an
ounce, civet at $12 an ounce, am
bergris at $50 and musk at $40.
The retail price of all these things
is much greater, but they are usu-
ally sold to the so-called consumer
in highly diluted form.
The whale that secretes amber
girls has become so scarce now that
little Of tue perfume is found, and
it is hard to obtain in the market
at any price. Ambergris is some
times found floating at sea in re-
gions frequented by the whale that
secretes the material. A newly es-
tablished wholesale drug firm made
a large profit on fortunate pur-
chase Of ambergris. A ship came
into port with several barrels, and
the ship master had no clear notion
of it's value. The druggists bought
it at 81 so an ounce, about one
tenth Of its value, and sold it in
small quantities at great advance.
Musk in the raw looks . good
deal like axle grease and smells
worse. The popular notion that the
musk Of commerce is obtained from
the muskrat is a mistake. Negroes
in the south do obtain q somewhat
similar perfume from the muskrat,
but most of the supply comes from
the musk deer, 4 creature that is
carefully reared in India for the
sake of the secretion. The secretion
il shipped III the crude stats, and i
used not only in the mannfacturs
Of the liquid perfume sold a. musk ,
but also in yory small quantities to
6ve strength and staying power 70
many purfumes made from the es-
santial oils Of Aowers.-N. 7. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12
NOTICE
OF Application for q Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands..- -Unsuryeyed.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will. in compliance with the ACT
Of Congress approved March 5, 1891. apply
10 the Honorable Secretary of the Interior
Of the United States for permit TO cut
timber upon tract OF public mineral iano
situated about six miles. in westerly
course, from the town of Ketchum. Alturas
county, Idaho. IA miles from sawm:li on
the left thand fork of what is known as Dry
lulch, commencing at stake marked No:
j st. a point about 80 rods from mouth OF
said Dry gulch, in westerly course IRON
stake; thence in southwesterly course
232 rods to a stake marked No. z; thence
in course about 20 degrees south OF east
erly course 200 rods to summit OF noun.
tain to stake marked ). E.; thence east OF
north about 20 degrees. distance OF ZoZ
rods thence 20 degrees north OF west to
point of commencement. a distance OF 255
rods. Also. To cut timber on creek about
two miles from sawmill, in westerly
course, estimated amount Of timber 70 De
abou, 800 900 feet and no more.
A. ADAMS.
Reichum. August !. 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12

fractional tickets in the Manila lot
terry. Although gambling 10 crime
in China and gamblers classed 40
habitual criminals, the law is almost
dead letter. It enables policemen
and officials to squeeze" the pro-
prietor of the gaming tables, which
they do to the extent of about IS
per cent of all profits. On holidays
the law is repealed pro tempore and
the professional is permitted to ply
his vocation in the open streets,
and even in tho yards attached to
the churc hes, courts and official
buildinrs.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River Sawtootl1'
ana Smoky mining regions. and, located
as II IS IN the very heart Of the most protx-
islng mining country on the face of the
earth. and leaving nothing undone TO pre-
sent Its readers complete synopsis OF all
mining news and developments, as we'll o.
matters OF local Importance in and about
ketchnm, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12
Buried Treasures.

1t is one of the local legends OF
the lower Columbia that vast stores
of gold and gems ofsgreat value lie
buried somewhere on the Clatsop
coast in the vicinity of Tillamook
head. Tradition has it that many,
many moons before you came here
there was Spanish galleon off this
misty coast, and one night when
heaven and earth were still and the
sea was shrouded in murky gloom
there put off in a boat FIVE men who
silently rowed ashore and lifting
a heavy treasure box slowly and
laborieusly climbed the Necarnie
mountains. When they had reached
the summit they turned down its
southern slope, and in the deeper
shadow flung by the jutting of an
enormous cliff, they buried deep
the mystic treasure. Five landed
but four went back, for they killed
one of their number, q slave, to
guard the treasure, and now, when
howls the wind across that dreary
height and the moon peers wierdly
out from the flying cloud wreaths
as it sends its misty beams along
the heavenly waste of waters, trav-
elers on that frowning peak are con-
fronted by a fearful specter, the
wrath of that murdered slave, and
hastily fleeing from the ghostly
presence they tell with bated breath
Of the dreadful sight they saw, and
of the certainty Of buried treasure
on. that lonely coast. Many expe-
ditions have been organized to dis
cover this treasure, here and else
where, and one way and another q
good deal Of time and money have
been spent in the quest, but the
mountain has grinly held the secret
locked in it's rocky breast, and the
tradition has been told to listening
ears for two centuries. About three
months ago q band Of five explorers
came from Iowa. They returned
last night on the Harvest Queen.
They had their tools with them, and
after some talk tho oldest Of the
party admitted that they had been
looking for the Tillamook treasure
and had found it. He said they
had spent nearly all the money they
had brought; they had been down
below Elk creek and prospected
around Arch cape and on the noun
tain, and have locsted the treasure.
They have marked the spot, and
after they succeed in raising enough
money they will come out here
again and unearth it. It will take,
the old man Gays, about $4,000
more to finish the work 4; part Of
the mountain has cayed and the
treasure is buried deeper than it
was when the Spanish freebooters
buried it. But he is sure himself
and his four companions have it.
-Astorian.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12

welded together and fills the cavity
just as completely as though it was
melted and run into it. Two COM
paratively thin pieces of gold, with
even surfaces, may be welded to-
gether by very little pressure,
applied by running the pieces be.
tween rollers. Gold is thus welded
to sheets of silver for the manufac-
ture of cheap jewelry.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho.
Nav s 1891

Land Ufhce at II alIeV, Iua11U'
May S, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his lnten-
son to make final proof in support OF hls
claim. and that said proof will be made ne
lore the Register and Receiver st Haley.
Idaho, on June l5 1891. VIZ: ADilan
Adams, for the SW =. Sec IL and w "a NV
Sec. IA. TIP. ". 4. II r.
he names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon, ana
cultivation of. said land, viz: II. stew
ars John Monks, Frank Mats. of ketch-
qn; Idaho; Louis Bourgeois. OF Haley,
Idaho.
W. T. RILEY. Register
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12
How to Word an Advertisement

A man was denouncing newspape,
advertising to a crowd Of listeners.
"Last week." said he, II had an
umbrella stolen from the vestibule
of the church. It was q gift, and
valuing it very highly Ispent double
its worth in advertising, but | have
not recovered it,"
"How did you word the adver-
tisement?" asked a merchant.
Here it is," said the man, pro-
ducing a slip cut from newspaper
The merchant took it and read
"Lost, from the vestibule of the
- church, last Sunday evening,
a black umbrella. The gentleman
who took it will be handsomely re-
warded by leaving it at No. = High
street."
"Now," said the merchant, II am
a liberal advertiser and have always
found it paid me we'll. A great deal
depends upon the manner in which
the advertisement is put. Let US
try your umbrella again, and if you
do not acknowledge that advertis-
ing pays l will buy you a new one. y
The merchant took a slip Of pa.
per from his pocket and wrote:
IF the man who was seen to take
the umbrella from the vestibule oi
the - church last Sunday does
not wish to get into trouble and
have a stain cast upon the Christian
character which he values so highly,
he will return it at once to No. -
High street."
This duly appeared in the paper,
and the following morning the man
was astonished when he opened the
front door Of his residence. On the
porch lay at least dozen umbrellas
of all shades and sizes that had been
thrown in, while the front yard was
literally paved with the umbrellas:
MANY of them bad notes attached
to them saying that they had been
taken by mistake, and begging the
loser to keep the little affair quiet.
-Parksburg (Pa. Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-03-12
THE 1Ro11lxe LIMIT.
A Scientist Places It 1T Ono Minute
and Thirty-Three Seconds.

At present a lively interest is be-
ing taken in the discussion Of the
fastest possible trotter, scientists,
horsemen and others venturing all
sorts Of wild opinions on the sub
|ject. This reminds me that the
same subject was up during the
year 1883, when many of the lead
ing mathematicians Of the country
plotted curves" and advanced the.
ories IN a vain effort to determine
how fast horses will ultimately trot
and when this maximum will be
reached. One Of the most learned
of these articles was by Professor
F. E. Nipher of this state, which
appeared in the July, 1883, number
of the American Journal Of Science.
According to Nipher's conclusions,
the speed to which the American
trotter will constantly approximate,
but never reach, is one mills in 80
seconds, or 1882. He also con-
cludes that the time Of the trotting
horse win be reduced to within one
second of this figure in $50 years
after the year 1860-that is to say,
in the year Of our Lord 1920. But
it must be remembered that our
great Missouri scientist was too
astute to claim absolute certainty
for his figures. He even admits
that the maximum speed may pos
sibly be as great as 100 seconds. In
the course of ten years, or in 1898,
he says in his article, the limit can
be definitely fixed. He also re-
marked that he was quite sure that
eventually the maximum speed of
trotting and Of running horses will
differ only by few seconds.
In an article following the one
quoted from above Mr.. Nipher
stated that he had made new cal
culation based on mathematical
rather than on graphical methods.
The maximum time thus obtained
was eighty-one instead Of ninety
three seconds. The probable error
of this deduction, according to the
professors opinion, is not over four
seconds. From the results thus OBJ
tanned it is not likely that the run
ming horse will be able to surpass
the trotter at the end of the year
22OO. It is a curious speculation,
to say the least, to even guess that
by an artificial gait the trotting
horse will finally be able. to make
better time than one of the species
who travels as nature intended he
should.-St. Louis Republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06
AN AMERICAN FABLE.

An Eagle who had lived to Ripe old
Age, and who was SO thoroughly We'd
ded to the Idea of Peace at any price
that he had Lost most of his Tail Feath-
ers in his efforts TO carry il out, was
taunted and blutfed and grievously In
suited by a Chicken hardly yet able to
Sc atcl for himself. To the great
Abatement of tho Chicken and all the
other Fowls looking on, the Eagle sud-
denly picked up his Insulter and Shook
off most of his Feathers and Demanded
a String OF Apologies as long as from
the smokehouse door to the corncrib.
Knocked out by the Unexpected turn of
Affairs, the Apologies were Forthcom-
ing, and while the Eagle settled down
to smooth his Plumage and the Chicken
went for the Bushes, the Turkey ele-
waited his eyebrows and Remarked TO the
Crowd:
''Well, by goshl but who'd although
it'll"
POSTSCRIPT.
Apd that's what all tho rest of us are
saying. M, QUAD.
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06
A FREAKY COLONEL.

About the middle of the afternoon /
came to crossroads and saw n white
man fast asleep, with his back to tree,
| while an ancient looking colored man
| was lying on the. grass three or four
yards away, and a horse was hitchea to
| the fence. The negro saw me as APP
preached and got sup and came out to
the road and respectfully saluted me and
said:
Does yo' wante.1 AK any queshiuns,
boss9" ~,
SYes wanti1ltsoss know how far it is
''Sseiis s'Dssed, sab, but 1 can't tell yo,. 1
| hain't dun been yere great while"
"Who is that2YoI asked, pointing to
| the white man. ID u
'Him's Kurnei White, sah."
'Are you his sefwantl"
| "'Zactly, sah,fzactiy."
swell, let's wake, the colonel up and
see if h, can't tell me ~
''Did yo' jess waiYt ter ask how fur it
am to Graysvillep'n asked.
'That's all. - 'a'o9 -
"poan' DO = want t8s, laik pol'ytickss"
Nor about de swahY"
"No." l.
"Doan' wanter buy de kurnel's land
nor nutfinp" ua
| No. Did he tell you not to disturb
| himp"
HE did, sab, an de kurnel's very
| peaky man. Does yo' want to wake
him up to AK him to take a drink wild
yo'p"
II haven't got flask along"
''Den sab, let me inform yo' dat de
minnit dun woke him up he'd yell the
biggest yell yo' eber heard Of Den he ID
whoop an holier an begin to shute wild
his pistil, an afo' We knowed it we'd
boat be dead and de boss shot full o. bull
lets. Sorry, sab. but I knows jess how
he acts. Some kurnels wake up like
lambs, but dis yere one nebber did sur
| render arter de wah. an he's all de time
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06

few elegant office rooms may be had by applying
r. W. Baker Superintendent office counting floor
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06
THE RETURN OFIHE POSTAGE STAMP.

* A Is long, ,lathy colored man. about
thirty years of age had taken q seat on
the depot platform with his back to a
cotton bale when a fat and stocky
colored man came across the dusty
street and stood before him and gazed
upon him in undisguised contempt and
disgust This had continued for min
ute when the one on the platform
queried: '-H--
"Steve Bo.lister, who yo' lookin at in
dat distinguished way2"
"I'ze looking at yo', sab"
"What yo' looking at me fur?"
1.-Two weeks ago." said the stoclsy
man, as he hourished his right arm in
the air, ''yo' slandered my characterr'
81 dun sent yo' challenge, saba
challenge to meet mel"
"Huw
81 sent it frew de mail, on 1 disclosed
an extra postage stamp fur yo' to reply
wild. Up to dis date, sab, 1 has per-
ceived no reply. Now, sab. l wants to
know what yo' is gwine to do about it!''
''What Ize gwine to do2 I'll show
yo', sab! Doan' you reckon yo' kin bull
doze me, Steve Bollister!"
He took from his hip pocket an old
handkerchief, and from the folds OF the
handkerchief a piece OF brown paper,
and after two minutes hunting he found
a postage stamp and handed it out, with
the remark:
"If yo' dun thought hadn't de manly
honor TO save and return dat stamp den
yo' didn't know me, sah-didn't know
mel" IL. i..
"Sah" replied the stocky man, as he
examined the stamp and put it away,
II accept de apology an am no longer
mad
IF you hahn t mad den hahn t mad, -
rejOined the other, and presently they
went across the street with their arms
around each other to get drink.
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06
tCopmtsb,ea 1892 by c. b. Lc,cis. !

l'VpW tbNqH io'- Nv I. ID LtWic'l
DON'T WANT ANY.-We see by the
Tucson and Tombstone papers that the
people of those towns are getting ready
to float a spring boom. We don't want
anything OF the sort here We just want
to see this town held level and let her
take "A natural gait Booms make ficti-
tious values and help only q few, whlle
n slow and steady growth benefits every
body. We haven't done much Dragging
in the last year, but if there is any other
town in the state which has opened
nineteen new saloons, put up two
school houses, started seven new poker
clubs and planted seven bad, bad men in
sandy soil. we should like to hear it
called by name.
Major johnson, who owns eighteen
acres of sand prairie, on which nothing
but cactus and rattlesnakes will grow,
is aching to start boom and work his
real estate off on eastern tenderfoots
who want to go into figs and oranges.
He thinks he could get $4,000 in cash
for what cost him twenty-dollar mule.
But the Kicker will sit right down on
any boom he may set ahoat. This town
is doing well enough as it is and it is
wise to let we'll enough alone.
p. S.-Since the above was in type we
have been informed that the number of
new saloons is atwenty-nine instead of
nineteen-a gain of ten. We shouldn't
be surprised If it turned out the same
way with the poker clubs.
uNnHp Tha ,J;fo,
of the Kicker (who is ourself) and the
mayor of this town (who is also ourself)
are in receipt of invitations to attend the
opening of the Pacific Poker rooms next
week. AS editor OF the Kicker we shall
accept the invitation, but as mayor we
may have to decline it. We have the
matter under consideration, and have
written to the mayors of several other
towns for advice.
1t doesn't seem to US to be exactly the
proper thing for the mayor of this town
to attend the opening of public gam
bling place. AS editor OF the Kicker he
has no objection to going, but official dig
nifty must be considered and maintained.
1t will be sacrifice for US not to attend,
but we were elected to make sacrifices
and shall not Complain.
Our contemporary came out yesterday
with the announcement that the mayor
was loafing in The Red Front saloon Sat-
urday evening, to the detriment of his
dignity. 1t is, not true. AS editor of
the Kicker we went in for nip. AS
mayor, after the nip had been disposed
of, we took a lPafi around to see if the
ordinance was9 being violated in any
manner. t'7 -O' - .-
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06

Baby's cheek is like peach,
Is it Madame Ruppert's bleach?
No! but baby's mama's cheek
Volumes to it's praise doth speak!
Call for Nine Ruppert's book How TO be Beanu
fui" of Mrs. J. Benson..2l0 s. iath st., Omaha, Ssb
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06
'THE ARIZONA KICKER |
BY ,s'iM. QUAD.
AND 9TH Err STORIES.

Special attettioh is called to the fact that
The Be has exclusive use in its territory OF
IN. Quad's" current writings.
Omaha daily bee., 1892-03-06

believn dat de United Stats is arter
him wild gunboat an fo'teen cannonl"
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-08
CHINESE EXCLUSION.

The president has signed the Chinese
exclusion bill as reported back by the
conference committees of both houses
and passed, so that it is now law. In
its present shape it contains provisions
that ought to operate effectively to ex
clude the people against whom it is
aimed. The law as it was merely
operated as an excuse for the sentiment
alists of the east to rail against what
they denounced as unjust and inhumane
legislation, whilst in fact it was so gen.
orally and easily violated as to be prac-
tically dead letter.
The amended law requires that all
Chinese resident within the United
States shall procure certificates showing
that they are entitled to residence, and
providing for the deportation of those
who are not. This provision will enable
the officers to identify the Mongolians
who enter the country clandes-
timely from the Mexican and British
Columbia borders.
The law as it has been amended IN ay
appear sharp and oppressive to people
who have had no experience with the
Chinese element as factor in the resi-
dent population of American cities. On
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-08

The HERALD this morning contains
some very interesting facts as to the
attitude of the Prohibitionists and the
organized Liquor league before the board
of supervisors. 1t is certainly not re-
assuring thing to those who think that
the essence of all moral movements is to
secure truth and virtue, to find that
many of the signatures which opposed
the applications of reputable men to
obtain licenses to sell liquor were the
forged signatures of the living and the
dead. 1t is not agreeable to realize the
fact that people who claim moral
superiority over their neighbors have
really found forgery their most con-
venient resort. And yet such has been
the case on indisputable evidence. The
right to consume liquor under
reasonable restrictions is claimed
by all people who are free.
The opposition to sumptuary laws
will always enroll in its membership
the majority of the American people,
and of all peoples who believe in free
dom. A perusal of the matter which
appears on our third page, will show
that, in the late struggle before the
board OF supervisors, the "I'm holier
than hou"'people appeard in a very
disadvantageous light, as compared with
the iquo men, who only claim; that
persons of unimpeached character shall
be permitted to have licenses to carry OF
tie business OF a saloon or tavern.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-08
NEW YORK COFFEE KING
HE FINDS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DELIGHTFUL.
His Political Point of View Is Not West
ern, but He Admires the Country.
Oldest Member of Tammany.

Mr.. Joseph J. O'Donahue, the "coffee
king" of New York, is at the Westmin-
ster hotel. Mr.. O'Donahue is probably
the most successful merchant of New
York city, and has already occupied a
high position in Democratic politics in
that city, being today the Oldest mem
ber of Tammany hall. He is president
of dozens of big corporations in New
York, and, as he expressed it last night
to reporter, is in the comfortable posi-
tion of man who has no more favors to
ask of the world.
AS might be supposed, Mr.. O'Donahue
looks at politics from the point of view of
a man VIII ose place of business is not far
from Wall street. He is a gold man
and bitterly opposed to free coinage of
silver.
Mr.. O'Donahue's prime object in com.
ing here is to see if the Central American
coffee trade cannot be centered at some
Southern California port, and shipped
east via whichever railroad would take
it at the lowest rate.
81 have travelled all over Europe"
Mr.. O'Donahue said to the reporter last
evening, ''and been to every one of its
show places, but have seen today more
beautiful country than ever before in
my experience. took drive to Pasa-
dena this afternoon, and l never passed
so pleasant time in my life. WeAmer-
leans of the east have not the remotest
idea of the beauties and possibilities of
Southern California"
Mr.. O'Donahue is a type of the best
class of New York merchants. He ia a
man OF immense fortune, who began life
at his majority with no other capital
than his brains, and during all his sue
cess he has remained specimen of an
American gentleman of whom his CITY
has reason to feel proud.
Mr.. O'Donahue gained his title of
"the coffee king" some years ago, when
there was panic among dealers in that
staple which he squelched in very ef-
fectual way by buying $5,0OO,O 900 worth
OF the sayory beans and breaking the
run which had threatened ruin to hun
dreds of his confreres.
As parting bit of news he said to
the reporter: "There's one thing the
people here may like to know, and that
is that the Santa Fe road will be running
trains into San Francisco inside of two
years. You can be perfectly safe in
backing that statement, for l know it to
be fact"