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Beware Of Vaseline.

Ladies should be careful how
they use vaseline on the face, for the
result of number Of experiments
has induced the suspicion that a
persistent use Of it will cause hair
to grow on almost any part of the
face. There have been instances
known of ladies inducing a heavy
growth Of hair on the upper lip and
chin by using vaseline to drive away
pimples. Like some other medica-
ments, vaseline is too new to allow
of all it's properties being yet kown,
but the fact that it will induce q
growth Of hair if persistently used
seem to be fairly well settled.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-30
Mexico's Old People.

II observe that when a man dies
in this country at the age Of 100
years or thereabouts, the papers
elaborate on the occurrence in their
news columns as if it were some
thing wonderful" said Ramon Cas-
sanova of Gaudalajara, Mexico, who
is in this city, yesterday. II know
score or more of people in Mex
leo considerably more than a 100
years old, and who give promise of
living many years yet. There is a
limited area in the State of Tamaul-
ipas, whose climate, water and gen.
eral condition seem especially to
induce longevity. l visited the
neighborhood a few months since
and saw five generations of one
name living in the same house. The
eldest male was said to be 1872 years
old. He is shriveled and weazened,
blind and almost dumb, but in
other respects all of his vital func-
tions appear to be strong and nor
NAL. There are perhaps fifty people
in the neighborhood whose lives
have spanned century. They are
a pastoral people of Spanish and
Aztec blood, and for generations
have intermarried contrary to all Of
the accepted laws Of consanguinity.
Their constitutions are not partic-
ularly robust, and none Of them is
over five feet six inches tall. They
are cut off from the rest of the world
and are ignorant as to the great
population Of the globe, nor do they
seem to have the slightest concep-
ton as to the mode Of life of other
people. rs h They live in the most prim-
tive way, and perhaps it is this
absence Of the tremendous pressure
of modern civilization that largely
conduces to their marvellous longev-
y."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-30
The Happiest Way of Meeting Death.

Prof. Helm of Zurich University
has for some years past been inves-
tigating the subject of death by fall,
and has arrived at the surprising
conclusion that it is probably the
most pleasant way of quitting life.
Whenever this curiously inquisi-
tive professor heard of somebody
having tumbled off a roof or fallen
down a precipice and survived he
promptly set off to interview the suf-
ferer or engaged some other learned
man on the spot to do SO.
Prof. Helm has elaborate records
of scores of cases, and upon these
he has based a lecture just delivered,
which, if comfortable to people
about to engage in mountaineering
or steeple climbing, or other cog
nate pursuits, may encourage sui
eide and set new fashion in self
murder. In all cases Investigated
by the professor the feelings were
the same or rather they differed
only in degree. The victim, he says,
suffers no pain. In the paralyzing
terror be is perfectly aware of what
is going on, the time seems long to
him; in few seconds he is able to
think so much that he can report
for an entire hour ON it. His think
ing power is immensely increased.
In almost all cases the past seems
suddenly lighted up as if by q flash
of lightning. All phases of life pass
before the mans eye, nothing petty
or unimportant disturbing the re-
Prospect. Then gentle, soft tones
sound in ones ears and die away
at last when unconsciousness sets
in. One hears the fall of the body
but one does not feel it. Persons
who have had several limbs broken
by a fall do not know which limbs
are affected till they try to rise.
"How can we explain this singular
phenomenon" says the professor.
doubtless in such cases the ex-
tremc mental excitement plays q
great part and we may reasonably
assume that pain is as if it were
hypnotized thereby, At the mo-
ment of fall the whole intellectual
activity is increased to an extraor-
binary degree. There is not trace
of anxiety. One considers quickly
what will happen or may happen.
This is by no means consequence
of presence Of mind it is rather q
product of absolute necessity. A
solemn composure takes possession
of the victim. Death by fall is a
beautiful one. Great thoughts fill
the victims souls, they fall pain
lessly into great blue sky. This
death is terrible only to those who
remain behind. Berlin Cable.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-30

The KEYsroNE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions. and, located
as 1t is in the very heart of the most prom
ising 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 ~
matters of local Importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an n'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, 1892-04-30
Making . Skull for a Girl.

Well might Narcotic ask: "What
will we probably come to?" when
the medical journals credibly in
form us that French medico, Prof.
Lannelonge, makes skulls to order
for living customers For years
the leading surgeons of England,
Continental Europe and America
have contended that idiots were
such on account of lack of skull
space rather than on account of any
defect of the brain. After having
thoroughly studied the relations of
the brain to the skull space, DR.. Lam
nelonge resolved to try putting an
addition to the bony brain-pan of a
poor idiot girl of the French Capt.
tai, and it is not saying too much
to remark that astonishing success
attended his first efforts. This era
of skull making was inaugurated
by DR.. Lannelonge in May, 1890,
since which time he has performed
a number of these difficult opera
tions, 81 per cent of the operations
being pronounced successes. AS
mentioned above, the initial case
was that of little girl, a 4-year-old,
a chattering idiot in every sense,
neither able to walk nor stand. AL
though her surroundings were the
very best, she had never been known
to smile or take notice of anything
during her four years of existence.
On first examination the learned
doctor concluded that the abnormal
narrowness of the skull acted as an
obstruction to brain growth or ex-
pansion, and that the removal of the
impediment would throw light on
what would be dark and gloomy
life were no measure taken for the
relief of the poor child. The doctor
called assistance and opened the
scalp from the forehead to the base
Of the skull. Next he made a long
incision in the center of the skull,
chipping away a narrow strip of the
bone from the left side. The result
was really marvellous. Within less
than a month she could walk and
feed herself, beside being able to
make known her many little wants
in an ineligible manner. At last
accounts she was able to walk, talk
and play; and although not nearly
as intelligent as the average child Of
her age, is far from being an idiot
She is now between 5 and 6 years
old, and is said to have as much
knowledge of the ways of the world
as the average 2-year-old. In point
of actual human existence she is
not 2 years old until the coming
May, the date when DR.. Lannelonge
performed his marvellous operation
st. Louis Republic.
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TOBACCO AND. CIGARS
And Smokers Articles.
GiNe me trial and I will guarantee entire
sadsfacuou.
NoAco of Forfeiture.
TO N. r. EVANS, bis heirs or legal reI

10 N. r. EVANS, bis heirs or legal repre-
sentatives:
You are hereby notified that We have ex-
pended two hundred (2Oo) dollars in labor
and Improvements upon the ehutty
Cnp East and SIaatty Cap We~t
iiodes. situated on Trail creek, in Warm
springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county. Idaho. In order to hold said prem
ises under the provisions of Section 1924.
revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
,pr the year ending December 81. 1891 that
the proportion OF said expenditure due
from yon, NJ. K. Evans, is $33 33X, lawful
money OF the United States, and if within
ninety days after the publication OF this
uIouoe you fail to contribute your proper
lon OF such expenditure as co-owner, your
'nterest In said claims will become the
property of the subscribers under said sec
"on 0N. L. j. BARNARD.
B. j. FRIEDMA1.
hailey. Idaho, Jan. Ia, 1892.
FIRST publication, Jan. 30, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-30
Why the "Red Sea. !"

Many persons have puzzled their
brains wondering why the "Red"
Sea should be so called. The name
was originally applied to it because
portions of it are covered With
patches from q few yards to some
miles square, composed of micro
scopic vegetable animalcul@ which
dye the waters 4 blood red. Whsn
not affected BY these organisms the
"Red" Sea is intensely blue, the
shoal waters showing some shades
Of ereen.-St Louis Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-30
Starving Rats.

A correspondent Of the Newcastle
Eng Chronicle, describing scenes
on the Northumberland coast, tells
a curious story about rats: "What a
scene of devastation did St. Mary's
island witness as the result of the
Gothenburg City. was one of a
party that went on board that i'll
fated vessel few days before she
broke up. and saw sight to be
remembered. / shall never forget
it. To all appearances, as we ap-
preached her, the vessel might have
been sailing comfortably out of har-
Dor, save for the absence of any
apparent life on board of her. But
we had no sooner put foot on deck
than we were Immediately attacked
in such q manner that such of us
as had got on board had to make
tracks for the rigging, while the
rest fell back into the boats. Rats
1 never saw so many in my life, and
never hope to again. Great, hungry,
lanky, lean-looking rats, many OF
them with their tails chewed off,
swarmed up from below in never
ending thousands, squeaking and
squirming over one another in a
manner sickening and horrible to
behold, particularly to those of US
up in. the rigging. At last we cut
off some loose ropes, knotted them
into convenient lengths, and 80
armed we descended and attacked
the rodents, eventually succeeding
in beating q passage to our boat.
Any one would have supposed that
they knew by instinct the impend-
ing fate of the vessel, for they no
sooner saw US over the side than
they began to swarm down the ropes
and try to enter the boat, and it
was only with difficulty we were
able to beat them off before casting
the boat clear; and they sqeaked
in q horrible manner in their an
guish and mad frenzy as we rowed
away from the vessels side. They
we're too far both from the island
and the mainland to swim ashore.
They could not feed on the timber
and coal, and 80 that washed ashore
to warm the shins of the coast folk.
While every other part of the yes
sci seemed to go to splinters, the
deckhouse, strange to say, came
ashore on the island intact"
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Russian Discipline.

Much comment has been excited
by q recent occurrence at Wilma, in
Western Russia. The men of one
of the batteries of an artillery reg
iment stationed at Wilma mutin-
ously refused to salute one of their
officers when he came among them.
He summoned them more than
once to pay him the due sign Of
respect, but the soldiers paid no
attention. The officer, enraged at
this behavior, at length drew q re-
volver and shot two non-commis-
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penetrated Sc inches of forged iro,

penetrated 56 inches of forged iron
armor. The 12-inch gun of the
United States navy, the largest we
have yet made, is thirty-six feet
long, weighs forty.tons, and with
an 850-pound projectile and 425
pounds of powder its penetrating
power is represented by "a inches
of steel armor.
The turret is % feet in diameter
and has armor 1914 inches thick,
and is filled with mechanism for
taking up the recoil of the gun and
for handling the powder and pro-
jectiles.-Philadelphia Record.
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f the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region.
[TY, IDAHO, SATURDAY. APRIL 80, 1892.

stoned officers one after the other.
He was taking aim at a third, when
the soldiers, in fear of their lives,
at length gave the proper salute.
The incident is being hotly dis
cussed in military circles, some
officers maintaining that their con-
frere was justified in his act, while
others condemn his extreme con-
duct.-London Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-30
Silly Gold-Bug Twaddle.

The gOld-Dug organs ana sym
pathizers are trying to hamper free
coinage by asserting that we must
accomplish our object through one
or the other of the two great polit-
ical parties, and that we can do MOTH
ing outside of these party lines.
Past history utterly refutes this idea.
Let any determined combination Of
men gain such strength as to hold
the balance of power between the
two parties upon any issue, and the
past experience of the country de-
monstrates how easily one or the
other or both of the old parties alb
sorb the members of the new party
by adopting and carrying out its
policy. We need cite only one nota-
BILE instance. When the press, the
pulpit and the stump in California
were ringing with the rallying cry
of the Brotherhood Of God and the
Brotherhood of man," a little wea-
zen-faced Irishman said ''the Chi
nese must co." and organized his
sand-lot cohorts in such numbers
and with such solidity and strength
as to hold the balance of political
power in that state. The immediate
result was that all parties and creeds
took up the sand-lot shibboleth, and
thundered their demands in and out
Of the halls of Congress until the
Chinese restriction act was secured.
The two great parties SO eagerly
fell in line in the Chinese crusade
that Denis Kearney, through sheer
pity for the Chinaman, quit, retired
upon the laurels won, and he has
ever since been petted, courted, ad-
mired and feared by both parties
as party exigency demanded. The
Brotherhood of God and Brother
hood of man" have been expunged
from California's vocabulary.
Let Colorado, Wyoming, Montana,
Idaho, Nevada and any two states
of the Mississippi Valley combine,
hold their electoral vote solid for
free coinage, proffer this vote upon
condition of reconciliation of sill
yer to the first responsible bidder,
with the emoluments of a hundred
and fifty thousand Federal Offices to
lose or gain, and the opportunity of
looting five hundred custom houses,
the politicians and bosses in the
Minneapolis and Chicago conven-
tions would swallow free coinage
platform and free coinage candi-
dates without batting an eye, as
quickly as frog would a fly. The
editorial staff of the Gazette would
not get up at the dead hour of night
and with their innervestments make
a bonfire for free coinage. We doubt
not that they would claim that from
somewhere along the line of their
ancestors came the first prospectors
in Nevada, as evidenced by the an
tediluvian footprints in the stone
quarries at the State prison.
Let the friends of silver stand firm,
organize, hold the balance of power,
and all gold-bug parties will become
so enthusiastic for free coinage of
silver that we will have to hold
them back or they may demonetize
old.-Winnemucca Silver State.
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STONE should never be used i'm
mediately after quarrying. It tshould
be exposed to the weather for q
month anyhow before it is used. It
thus becomes seasoned and will
wear much better. When left to
season the under side of the rock
as it lay in the quarry should be
exposed to the sun. When you buy
stone for paving or similar purposes
insist on its being turned over, that
is reversed from tho way it was in
the quarry before it is laid. The
reason for this is that the top sur
face is much softer, it being of later
formation, stone forming from tho
bottom.-Scientific Press.
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A Cowhide Horseshoe.

In England and on the continent
they have been for long time using
a horseshoe made by COMPRISING
common cowhide. It is composed
of three thicknesses of cowskin
pressed in a steel mold, and then
subjected to chemical preparation.
It is claimed for it that it is much
lighter, that it lasts longer, and that
split hoofs are never known in
horses using it. It is perfectly
smooth at the bottom, no calks be-
ing required, the shoe adhering
firmly to the most polished surface.
It's elasticity prevents many sprains,
the horses steps being lighter and
surer.-Memphis Scimitar.
The record-union., 1892-10-20

The Capay Valley Land Company is offering the
most fertile lands in this beautiful valley upon terms which
enable the purchaser pay for the land out of its own
product VIZ; Interest only for five years at per cent
The only condition imposed is, that reasonable pro-
portion OF the land purchased shall be planted to fruit
trees or vines Land m2y be bought without this
condition on payment Of 20 per cent. cash and re-
naming SO per cent at the end Of FIVE years. with in
terest annually in advance at per cent The various
tracts owned by the Capay Valley Land Company have
been subdlvded into and 2oacre lots which are for
sale at prices varying from $50 to $3.50 per acre SINH
lar unnproved land in Vaca Valley has recently been
sold at $500 and $500 per acre.
These Capay Valley lands under the most favor
able climatic conditions for the prosecution Of profitable
fruit growing and the locality has proved itself to be
from the companys vineyard at Cashmere was picked
dried and shipped TO Chicago and Philadelphia before
the Fresno County grapes were ripe.
The railroad passes through all Of the tracts owned bv
the Capay Valley Land Company, thus nsuring excel
lent shipping facilities and land may now be purchased
In the immediate proximity Of either of the following
stations Capay, Cadenasso, Surrey Gunda Sauterne
Cashmere or Rumsey.
At many of these places fine orchards of the choicest
and earliest varieties of peaches and aprcos may already
be seen and during the coming season considerable ad-
ditona acreage will be planted out One of the recent
sales made by the company that of the Tancred
Tract containing 600 acres, to colony association
This has been subdivded into forty holdings all Of
which viii be planted to fruit trees this season.
The fine orchards the Gunda Tract where 400
acres have been sold, especially worthy of MENTION
and is significant fact that several of the blocks are
owned by successful Vaca Valley fuit-growers who e-
pect to make their earliest shipments from here.
The record-union., 1892-10-20

pageant in New York were built by prop
erty men and scenic artists connected
with the theaters, and they are the only
people in the profession who have made
anything out of the celebration.
Thomas w. Keene, the only tragedian
of great reputation on the road this sea-
son, has been very successful, particu-
larly in his great production OF Richard
III, in which character he Is said to be
the best now on the stage.
Says Dunlop's Stage NeiUs J. X. EN-
met is so far this season the most profita-
BILE star on the road. He has filled every
theater he has played in up TO date, and
his welcome at every point has almost
been an ovation.
Miss Emily Lytton, the leading lady of
the J. X. Emmet Fritz in Ireland Com
pany, is now a recognized beauty of the
stage" and her photographs are displayed
for sale" IN several shop windows on
Broadway.
Albert Bruning's starring tour will be-
gin as soon as the smoke Of the Presiden-
tial battle has cleared. He will be seen
in new romantic play which has not yet
been named and be managed by Max
Zoellner.
The admirers of handsome Isabelle
COe are much gratified over her success
in NiO0e. She plays the part splendidly
and looks it to perfection. She is a i'm
ished actress and IS justly favorite.
Hi Henry, tho old-time minstrel, is dy-
ing at Cleveland. He is quite wealthy,
and has spent money lavishly, practically
building up Gowanda. His show life has
extended over period of forty years.
Sedohr Rhodes, the American singer,
was not debuted successfully in London,
the polite Englishmen in the gallery
Kissing and booing vigorously after her
first act
"A Trip to Chinatown celebrated its
350th consecutive performance at the Hoyt
Madison Square Theater. New York, re-
Gently, and was sunptuously souven-
Tered.
Agnes Booth-Schoehel is going abroad
in December. This VIII be her first visit
to London, where she viii perhaps
play.
The Langtry will soon try another play,
called The Round Tower by Justin
Huntley Mccarthy.
Thomas w. Keene played to over
$1,000 during his two weeks engage
ment at Cincinnati.
Harry kernell has been sent to Bloom
ingdale Asylum, and is Cumming with
w. }. Seaman.
K. E. Kidder's new war drama is called
Among the Missing"
The record-union., 1892-10-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

OF the Fiction, Fact and Fancy series,
edited by Arthur Stedman, we have
The German Emperor" neat volume
by POultney Bigelow. New York:
Charles L. Webster x Co., publishers.
The EDITORS note is so Just that we quote
from IL III preference to giving our own
impression OF the work, which is as is
evident fair and unbiased opinion.
1t certainly has modified our judg-
ment of the Emperor. Mr.. Stedman says:
1t IS long since young ruler has come
to the throne in Europe, ready 10 think
and act for himself, and with undoubted
ability to do 50. However far behind this
century William Ii. may be in his ideas
OF the royal prerogative, it cannot he
questioned that in other respects lie is
IuIly abreast of his contemporaries. The
world has been so busy picking flaws in
his atter-dinner speeches, that it has lost
sight OF the practical results Of his short
reign One phase of the German ques-
ton has been entirely overlooked. 1t is
that the Emperor is the very last flower
and fruit OF the national system. He is
more German than the Germans, and
herein lies his greatest strength. The re-
cent allusion to 'shppered grumbIers.'
and his suggestion that those who were
not pleased with his government might
leave the country, are distinctly German
in character, and must have appealed
stIollSiy 70 Lue udIlOHdl IeeN0g. MI.
BlgeloW'S sturdy republicanism has not
blinded him to the ability Of his old play
mate. There are few who have been
allowed to enter SO completely into the
Emperor's plans and aspirations"
.Children's Rights is by writer
widely and 1avorably known in Cali
tornia-Kate Douglas Wiggin. The book
is a reprint Of essays from several maga-
zines, TO which the author contributed.
1t is at once delight and study to read
this charming book. 1t is guide to
parents, suggestion throughout to all
guardians, natural or under the law; and
to all having care or teaching of children
it is a sermon of pearls. We can wish
the world nothing better than this, that
parents lived in their relation to their
children as this philosophical little vol
ume points out. Houghton, Mitllin "
Co., Boston, publishers.
From f. t. NeeIy, Chicago, we have of
Neely's Library of Choice Literature
Edgar Fawcetts greatest novel, 1.-THE
Adopted Daughter" Fawcett is aptly
styled 'the Bayard of American fiction"
All his works have high moral tone.
The record-union., 1892-10-20

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