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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
A Protest From the West.

Western people who have just
got the "knack" of the heathenish
style of handshaking that lifts the
hand to the level of the shoulder
will be mortified to learn that that
peculiar style of gymnastics has
gone "out," and that now the cor
rect salutation puts the hand to
the level of the knee. Thus do
''fondest hopes" develop the need
of a disinfectant, and the ''tree or
flower" of gallantry once loved by
the proper people of the West lis
first to fade away" In fact, the
West is in a peculiar position in
this matter. 1t takes anything
about three months to come from
New York." and as it lasts about
ten weeks there the West is inevita-
bly, two weeks out of time. The
West is constantly running like a
small boy following behind his
father, walking in step a rod or 80
and then running himself out OF
breath to catch up. The best way
out of it for the West is to let the
East go on with its antics alone
Kansas City Star.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Did Not Like the Weapons.

The recent absurd revival of duel
ing in several countries of the con-
tinent of Europe recalls story
which was the delight of Berlin
some years ago and which capitally
satirized this barbarous custom.
DR.. Virchow, the eminent man of
science, had been sharply CRITICS
ing Prince Bismarck, who was then
Chancellor. At the end Of a par
ticularly severe attack. Bismarck
felt himself personally affronted,
and sent seconds to Virchow with
challenge to fight duel. The man
of science was found in his labora-
tory hard at work at experiments
which had for their object the dis
covery of a means of destroying
trichin@, which were making great
ravages in Germany.
"Ah." said the doctor, "a chal-
lenge from Prince Bismarck, eh !!
Well, we'll as l am the challenged
party suppose / have the choice
Of weapons. Here they are !"
He held up two large sausages
which seemed to be exactly alike.
Zone Of these sausages," he said, ,
us filed with trichine; it is dead,
". The other is wholesome. Ex-
ternally they can't be told apart.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Shantaes Here and Abroad.

If the intelligent foreigner who
comes to New York includes Shan
tytown in his round of observation.
it must surprise him to see what
a difference exists between the rude
huts of that district and the cabins
of the very poor in Great Britain
and France. The latter are built to
last, while the New York shanty IL
only expected to tide over period
of four or Eve years, but, rude as it
is without, the shanty is often the
superior ofthe European cottage in
it's furnishings.
Well-made furniture, carpets,
stoves and wallpaper are common
in the shaaty, while the peasant
ACROSS the sea may have to content
himself with aa earthen floor and 3
bed built into the framework of the
house. On = recent evening re-
porter saw a shanty that could not
have cost 500. It had lace cur
tains at the windows, portieres
worth about $40, framed pictures on
the walls, and was lighted by piano
lamp with a silk shade.-N. I. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Hunting q Grizsly With q Rope.

A special dispatch to the San
Francisco Chronicle, from Bakers
field, CAL, under date of April 18th,
says on Saturday last George Ken
ison, who is in the employ of the
cattle department of the Kern
County Land Co., was riding in-the
Coast Range mountains. near Ca
rissa, looking after stock, when he
came upon a grizzly bear. When
first seen the bear was sitting upon
his launches. Kenison made for
bear and got it started down the
gulch. He kept behind it until it
came out on the Carrissa plains.
Then he raced quickly up to it, fired
a shot from his pistol into its back
and while passing threw his lasso
over his neck and then Strengthened
out the rope. The horse was great
ly frightened and took good care to
keep the rope taut, but it was a
long distance fight, and there was
about sixty feet Of rope between
the bear and the horse.
Kenison, however, kept his horse
under perfect control. When the
bear would clutch the RATA he man.
euvered with the horse so as to
break the bears's hold. He circled
around and around with good
horsemanship and perfect GOODNESS,
all the time keeping the rope tight
around the bears neck, and he ac-
tually checked the grizzly to death.
J. E.. Hunter, who handles the
herds for the cattle department,
saw the struggle from distance
and put his horse to it's speed in or
der to give all the help in his pow
er, but before he could reach the
scene of combat the bear lay dead
and Kenison had conquered it sim
GLE handed. The grizzly weighed
900 pounds. Kenison is small
man of slight frame, and does not
weigh over 130 pounds, but he bears
the reputation Of not knowing what
fear is. His horse only weighs
about 900. 1t was Kenison's nerve,
GOODNESS and superb horsemanship
that enabled him to perform the
feat of lassoing and killing
grizzly bear single handed.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Marriage Is q Failure.

When either of the parties marry
for money.
When the 'lord of creation" pays
more for cigars than his better halt
does for hosiery, boots and bon
nets.
When one of the parties engages
in business that is not approved
by the other.
When both parties persist in ar
guing over a subject upon which
they never have thought and never
can think alike.
When neither husband nor wife
takes vacation.
When the vacations are taken by
one side of the house only.
When a man attempts to tell his
wife what style of a bonnet she
must wear.
When a mans Christmas presents
to his wife consists of bootjacks,
shirts and gloves for himself.
When dinner is not ready at din
ner-time.
When she" snores the loudest
while "she" is kindling the fire.
When "father" takes half of the
pie and leaves the other half fol
the one that made it and her eight
children.
When the children are given the
neck and back of the chicken.
When the money that should 60
for book goes for what only one
side of the house knows anything
about.
When politeness, fine manners
and kindly attention are reserved
for company or visits abroad
Exchange.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Convict Letter Writing.

An official inquiry in France
brought out some interesting infor-
about the methods adopted
by convicts for carrying on secret
correspondence. One plan was to
write with milk between the lines
of an ordinary formal letter written
in ink. The prisoner could make
the secret writing legible by simply
rubbing a dirty finger over it.
Another ingenious form of secret
correspondence consisted in leaving
letters out of words, as if the writer
we're illiterate. The omitted letters
put together formed the requisite
words and sentences.-Exchange.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
To Protect the Banks.

A novel method of protection
against thieves and other crooked
customers has been instituted by
the Bank of France. An instanta-
neous Photographic operator Is
placed in such a position that he
can, on receiving a signal from the
cashier, take a photograph Of the
person then at the window. A
valuable record may be thus pre-
served Of the person to whom q
check is paid, or whose identity It
may be necessary to establish.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Bits Of Information.

There are % kings or emperors
now on earth.
The Nile has a fall of only six
inches in 1000 miles.
The speed of the falcon often ex-
ceeds $50 miles an hour.
The lugs of the average man con-
tain about five quarts OF air.
Daniel Lambert, the fattest man
ever known, weighed 739 pounds.
In one summer the descendants
of single fly will number 1850, ,32O.
The longest bridge in the world,
over the st. Laurence river is 8, IA
feet.
The catacombs of Rome contain
the remains of about siA million
people.
Sixteen ounces of gold are suffi.
cient to gild wire that would en-
circle the world.
The average weight of the male
infant at birth is seven pounds; OF
the female six and half.
A speck of gold weighing the
millionth part Of a grain may be
easily seen with the naked eye.
The largest single fortification in
the world is Fortress Monroe. 1t
has already cost 100000.
The oldest flute in the world is
made of the thighbone of a sheep
and was found in a tomb on the Nile
A dollar loaned for 100 years, and
compounded at "a per cent, will
amount in that time to $2,551 1885,
414.
The Great Eastern was the largest
ship ever built-68O feet long, 81
broad, so deep and 28,627 tons
burden.
The most wonderful vegetable in
the world is the truffle; it hat
neither roots, stem, leaves, flowers
nor seeds.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
N FASHIONS FAVOR
A stone That Is Taking the LeaA
Among Precious 0ems.

Sapphlree nave OF la!o years "
come fashionable gems. The blue
Of the sapphire is very seldom pure
or spread over the whole substance
of the stone. Sometimes 1t is mixed
with black, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer, which gives It an inky
appearance; sometimes with red,
which, although impercePtibse by
daylight, yet by artificial light gives
it an amethystine appearance. I've
sapphires which by daylight may
appear of the same hue otter differ
extremely in color at night. II tho
stone be held in an ordinary pair
of forceps an inch beneath the sur
face of very clear water the parts OF
the stone .oelored and uncolored
will be distinctly apparent. This
remark applies to all other gems.
Star sapphires are usually of q
grayish- blue tint, and the star 10
exhibited in its greatest perfection
when looked at by the light of the
sun or a candle. The sapphire is
found of all tints and shades Of
blue, bat the color which approxi-
mates te the shade formerly called
"blue du roi" is the most valuable.
A really fne sapphire should ap-
pear bleu by artificial light as we'll
as by day. This stoae is found in
crvstals generally of much larger
size than the ruby. The name
sapphire" is perhaps the only one
which runs through all languages
with very slight aiteration-the He
brew name sapphir, the Chaldaie
sapirinon, the Greek zattiros, tho
Latin saphirus, etc.
To the sapphire has been ascribed
the following magical properties:
That it prevents wicked thoughts;
that it is such an enemy to poison
that, if put into a glass with q spi.
der or xenomous reptile, it wIQ kin
it. St. Jerome, in his exposition
of the nineteenth chapter of Isaiah.
says that the sapphire procures fa-
vors with princes, paci6es enemies,
frees fron enehantment, and OBJ
tains release from captivity. This
gem was sacred to Apollo, and was
worn when inquiring of the oracle
at his shrine. 1t was esteemed az
a remedy against fevers.
Ceylon has always been famous
for its sapphires, as we'll as for other
] gems, and even the energetic rapac-
ity of the old Roman adventupers
failed to exhaust its riches. OF all
the brilliant gems extracted from
the soil of this richly endowed ISL
and, hardly any was more highly
esteemed by them than the sap.
phire. It's exquisite tint recalled
to the exiled Roman the clear.
cloudless azure of the heavens over
the seven-hilled city. The treasur-
les and regalias of Europe possess
sapphires of large size. In the
green vaults of Dresden are several
of remarkable size and beauty. In
the Russian Treasury are some of
an enormous size, among them one
of a light blue tint. The engraving
of sapphires was hardly known
before the days of the Roman
Empire, and probably the most
celebrated Of all engraved sapphires
is the great signet Of the Emperor
Constantine, which weighs fifty
! throo carafQ
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29

Let his excellency do me the honor
to choose whichever of these be
wishes and eat it and I will eat the
otheri"
Though the proposition was as
reasonable as any dueling PROPOSE.
ton could be Prince Bismarck's g
representative refused it. No duel
was fought and no one accused Vir-
chow of cowardice.-Chicago News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29

The KEtsrorE is the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawsoosh
and Smoky mining regions. and, located
a. it is in the very heart Of the noe peosn-
Using shining country O, the face c7 che
earth, and leaving aothing undone - pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis q IA
mining oews and Aevelopments, ~ wen -
matters OF local importance In and about
Ke4chsn, it is an iavaiuable guide for caP-
itai and informant to tive settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe fer It, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Wine ct o2oo a.Drop.

In the famous cellars of the Hotel
de Vile at Bremen, there are a
dozen cases of holy wine, which
have been preserved for 25O years.
If the cost of maintaining the eel
lar. payment of rent, interest upon
the original value of the wine and
other incidental charges are con-
sidered, q bottle of this choice wine
has cost $4,000, 900, each glassful
$27O, 600, and . single drop could
not be sold without loss under $500. !.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29

A manufacturing jeweler recently
remarked that some ofhis employees
had begun to wear their haze I'M
usually long. He watched them
more closely and discovered that
they frequently creased their hands.
rubbing them over with gold filings
and diamond chips, and then care
fully passed their -haads through
their hair. It was their custom at
night to cleanse their hair with
fine combs aud collect and sell the
gold particles and diamond dust
in the manner shove described.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To JOHN W. PLArr. his heirs or assigns:
You arc hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum Of FIVE hundred (5OO dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
,y-two miles from kctchum, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county. Idaho. as required by section 2SA,
Revised Statutes of the United states, be-
ing the amount REQUIRED to hold the same
for the years ending December 81, 1887, to
December 81. 1901: that your proportion OF
the same is $3.50. being one-halt: and If
within ninety (9) days from the service OF
this notice. or within ninety (9) days after
this notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion Of such
expenditure as co-owner. your interest in
said claim will become the property OF the
undersigned under the provisions OF said
section 1874. FRANK ]. LEMON.
ketchum. Idaho. July %, 1892.
First publication July 80. 1902.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29

The most known man in the
course of the longest life will always
have much to learn, and the wisest
and best much to improve.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29

eyes" said the Englishman after
his return from q visit to AmerlcA
.sthey initiate Us very closely over
there. aThey do?' "Foa ao1sn'
Why, I'll b. 'anged It ! Wasn't -
dav taken for = blassted American
drde. New York Press. :
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29

AJewsll City, Kan. 6rm viii sen4
10000 dozen eggs to the Worlde
Fair, not to exhibit, bat - eAt.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-29

trodden them for more than four
and one-half centuries. The same
may be said of the stone stairs
leading up to the east wing"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-11-17

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Observation-Disclosures;
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MISREPRESENTATION
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03
Microbes Not All Dangerona.

A physician tells the Cincinnati
Times-Star that the widespread fear of
disease germs is entirely groundless.
''EverythinC he says, rs full OF
germs or crusted with them. but every
germ is not harmful. Every disease
germ on the body does not produce a
disease. II it did there would not be a
person on the face of the earth to-uor-
row. People lived before disease germs
were known and were as healthy as
they are to-day. They lived a. care
fully as we do-perhaps more 50. We
cannot avoid contact with disease
germs, but we can do what IS better
strengthen the body 50 that ii resists
them "a easily as lion can d flea
Some scientists pretend 10 ceplore a
lack Of precaution people take against
germs. It Is simply because the people
see, despite theories. that every germ
doesn't produce sickness any more
than every man Is a murderer Every
man MAJ possibly be one, but we would
not be justified in going armed on tEa'
account"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03

Trip to sos, bern csiifsrsi.

BEGINNING Oci. -. dsiiy tourist ear
Will tie run from Chicaz" 10 the Pacific
coast, via the great Rock Island r0ass.
Cricago o Kansas Cry. thence WICHITA
and through tn. beautsfol lsdisn T<fri-
tory. via fort Worth sui j. Psso, Tex
TO I.os Ang-les aud Ssu Ffapeisc0. i bis
car viii leave Chicago daily on train No
II at q r. m. aud p.sssenzsrs t>ktng tsbs
route viii rot only receive the tsosGt d
VERY superior accom- mDfatioDs, but also
will save = great Missy h0nrs 10 time.
The new southern regfs l. particularly ds-
sIrs hl- in fail AID aistsF s@zsoB. Asd De
well snowa reputation ot the I.erE isiABd
fnsures passeugsrs c0miortsb5s trip.
Our rAtsons s.s always provided for in tbs
bs.t nsapn-r poss4tir. aud ihxss cars siIl
be ia charge of Pullman e9sgactor -
well as porter. and everything g~r3lui5z
10 TIE c1alfcFt Of our .sa:ECas -sli 5s csEe-
fuIIy looked after aud . plg&zzgt TIP
.gsraGiesc.
Adding ibis dsi!T CIR q ~. "Roek
Island Serylcs" does Dot 3u s9r nusgsSs
effect TIE pf-esnt Philippines islsad
Ioar3ss f.scuFsioDs ts<s FfH s-gi-Ss~kly
frous Chicago OYER tbs kse< islsEa 20
Pueblo. sDa Ti@ t.ss rec 81 s@d czslsT.
routes 20 san FrsDcssc0 AID Ilos Aaze.ss
without eEzuss. = II. fSfLL5F4-
ltfy .ea~E AEsnt
JSo. sEskaF8As.
ct43ts ~ 4. A.. GAi-Ass.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03
WAIT.

Do not send any more money to eastern
papers for the Worlds Portfolio. The
EAGLE has it and will be ready to Issue it
December 10Th. Begin at the first mum ber
and get it for ten cents each. Eastern
papers are charging from % 10 45 cents
each for them.
Each of cur Portfolios contain sixteen
superb views of famous cities, noted scenes
and places OF interest, of all that is grand
in nature or art. ali selected and described
by John i. Stoddard. The Portfolios are
1lxl3 inches in size, and the views are all
full page. In series No 9 will be found:
Grand Opera House, Paais.
Churchyard of Stoke-Pogis, England.
Houses OF Parliament, Vienna.
The Forum, Rome.
Street IN TIko. Japan.
Valparaiso Harbor. Chilli.
Royal Palace, Honolulu, Sandwich
Islands.
Mosque of Omar, Palestine.
AQueiuct near Queretaro, Mexico.
The Trocadero, Paris
BalmoraI Castle, Scotland.
the Rhine, Gutenfels and the Pfalz,
Germany.
Old Curiosity Shop, London.
Palace of Versailles, France.
Napoleon l IL at Soiferino, Luxem bourg 9
gallery, Paris.
Mission of San Juan, California.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03
ELECTRIC LIGHT BUGS.
Giant Beetles That Are Attracted
to the Cities
Mammoth Winged Insects That Wers
Unknown Previous to the Introduce
tion of the New Illu-
minat0r.

Electric hugs have made their ap-
pearance in Pittsburgh and have led
the Dispatch OF that city to make a
study of them.
These bugs were in America when
the country was first discorered and
are very common in European coun-
tries. Before electric lights were
known the bugs were seldom seen and
not often were specimens of them OBJ
tanned. AS soon as electric lights ap-
peared in city, SO did the bugs
The bugs resemble flies in shape.
They have six legs or claws, glossy
wings, body like beetle and rather
large eyes. Directly between the eyes
they have what is called spear. This,
their only weapon of defense, is about
three-eighths of an inch long in full
grown bug. Their sting is very pain
ful, but it is not poisonous They
never fight unless interfered with.
Electric bugs do more good than
harm. They eat up the smaller in
sects, and it's novel way they have,
too. of catching them. If they had to
fly after insects to catch them they
would never capture any. They lie
upon their backs with their six tiny
claws in the air. Then they move
them slowly to and fro, and thus at
tract the attention of their prey. AS
soon as an insect ahghts upon one of
the claws it is promptly seized and de-
vonred.
The bugs make their appearance as
soon as the warm weather sets in. They
are rather small at first. but in less
than a month they attain their full
growth.
Some of them measure over three
inches in length and are nearly an inch
wide. They lay their eggs in the bot
tom Of rivers. 1t is estimated that one
female bug will lay three thousand
eggs in three months during her life
time. The eggs remain in the mud
during the winter and are hatched by
the first warm wave.
Toward the end of the summer when
insects become scarce the bugs kill
small fishes and eat them. A swarm OF
the bugs viii GO after a small fish and
stab it to death with their spears.
They then carry the carcass of the fish
to the bottom of the river and it lasts
them for food many days.
These bugs can propel themselves
through the water faster than fish.
Fishes fear them, although they are
never attacked by them when insects
are to be caught. These bugs have
been known to kill some good-siZed
fnny specimens.
The first cool wave that comes drives
the bugs to the river, where they re-
main until the frost kills them. When
they die they are eaten by the fishes as
a sort of poetical retribution, no doubt.
They are more numerous in the city
now than at any other time. If the
bugs remain away from the water
until daylight they cannot find their
way back to the rivers until night sets
in again. Daylight has the same effect
on them as electric lights, only they fly
high in the air instead of in circles OF
against lamp globes, and consequently
do not die from exhaustion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-03
THE WICHITA PEERLESS EXFRESS,' -
New Tram Service.

Commencing Sunday, Nov. 10, the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway will plRce in service
new traiu-"The Wichita Peerless EX-
press" be, tween Wichita and Kansas City
and st. Louis and all eastern points
This train will staff from Wichita, daily.
at 9:05 p. N. (Starting from here it will
necessarily always leave on time.) 1t will
run through to Kansas City, solid, con-
sisting of Pullman sleeper, chair Car and
coach. The Missouri Pacific Railway
company is the only llue that gives the
Wichita people a strictly Wichita train,
that is TO say, the only line that starts its
trains from Wichita. Remember this,
and when you contemplate a trip leaving
Wichita in the evening, don't fail TO take
the Missouri Pacific, and thus start on
time is advertised.
II you should wish to start on your
journey in he day time you can't possibly
do better than To take the Missouri Pacific
fast mail and express which leave Wich-
ita at l O'clock p. m. and lands you in ST.
Louis the next morning at s:l5. BY taking
this train east you save nearly four hours
between Wichita and ST. louis, making
New York In less than fifty hours from
The time you leave the Peerless Princess
The new time card which goes into effect
Nov 18Th will show number of import
ant changes, which will be fully shown in
time tables published in he daily papers
Passengers can learn full particulars rela-
tive 10 this superb train service by calling
at Missouri Pacific city ticket Office, ia
North Main ST. ol5t II