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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
Worth and His Patrons.

A newspaper man has interviewed
the great Paris man-dressmaker,
Worth, about his business. The
following are some of the things the
great man said: "Those. ladies are
wisest who leave the choice entirely
to US. BY so doing they are al
ways better pleased in the end and
the reputation of the house is sus-
tanned. Curiously enough, the per-
sons who realize this fact most
clearly are precisely those whom
you might fancy the most difficult
to please. For example, telegram
comes from the Empress of Russia
Send me a dinner Dress Moth
ing more. We are left absolute
freedom as to style and material.
Not that the Empress is Indifferent
in the matter of dress. Quite the
contrary. She will sometimes re-
quire that all the ladies' costumes
at certain ball be pink, or red or
blue. And her own toilettes are
always masterpieces of elegance.
"How long does it take to fill these
telegraphic orders?" "Why, we gen.
orally want week, but if necessary
we can finish costume in twenty
four hours. We have had French
ladies order a dress in the morning
and dance in at night. l re-
member once making a gown for
the Empress Eugene in three hours
and half. Of course, such rapid
ity would be impossible if elaborate
work was required. 1t often takes
weeks to complete an embroidered
gown. At the time of the corona
ton of the present Empress of Rus
sia we had girls working night and
day for six weeks on court train
for the Empress which was covered
with magnificent embroidery in
real silver. That train alone cost
$4,000, and will be preserved in the
State Museum as historical curl
osity. You ask me if fabulous sums
are sometimes paid for dresses. 1t
is quite impossible to make any es-
innate as to that. If you begin
putting on gold thread, jewels, ETC.,
Of course there is no limit to the
cost. Some years ago Peruvian
heiress paid us $4,000 dollars for
a single gown, $4,000 being the
cost of the laces alone. A few
weeks ago we sold cloak for $4,000,
of which $S16O went for the fur.
Oh, yes, we count among our pa
irons the ladies ofall the courts in
the civilized world that is, all with
a single exception-Queen Victoria
has never honored us with her pa
tronage. ."-Exchange.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
FISHES THAT DO NOT MOVE.
Carp and Eels Remain in the Same
Position All Winter.

A great many of our well-known
fishes don't move from Christmas
to Easter, and often for a much
longer period. / paid visit to the
chief Canadian fish hatchery, which
is under the superintendence.of Mr..
Wilmot, Newcastle, Ontario, early
in December. In some of the tanks
were carp and in others were eels.
One large eel was in the form of a
letter S, and posed midway in the
water.
When l returned to Newcastle,
early in March, the eel had not
changed its place or its form, and
Mr.. Wilmot infomed me that it had
not moved in all that time. The
carp lay close to the butt end of
the tanks and did not move either.
They like to 60 into deep, reedy
lakes or ponds, get close to the bot
tom and remain there till the ice
above their heads has melted.
Unless they are disturbed doubt
if some of these alternating fishes
move so much as fin during the
winter. A frog will remain for
months, looking apparently into
the heavens, with wide-open eyes,
without once moving them or any
other portion of his body. At the
New York Hospital they related to
me a curious occurrence bearing on
the Information of fishes. In the
conservatory, in the upper part of
the building, they had several glass
jars, in which were goldfish, which
is species of carp.
One morning the caretaker found
Jar broken and the water frozen
through, the fish, of course, being as
rigid as ice. The lump was taken
away and thrown into an old rub
bish-barrel, where it remained sew
eral weeks. One March day the sun
was unusually strong and it split
the cylinder of the ice, and what
was the astonishment of the care
taker to see the tail of a fish wrig
Cling out of a part of the broken
block. The actual freezing had not
killed the goldfish, which was re-
moved to another tank, where it
swims about as if nothing had be-
f,llo,, -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
Wounded in Battle.

That was good story which
Rev. C. J. K. Jones, Of Louisville
told in a Boston pulpit the other
day. He said:
San alarmist always reminds me
of a friend of mine, who was COM
mander at the the battle of Round
Mountain. 1t was hot ight-one
of the hottest Of the war. At par
ticularly intense part of the action
my frind stood beside his horse
scanning the field with his glass
and directing the troops. He told
me it seemed as if the fire Of the
whole Confederacy was centered on
him, the bullets flying thick around
| him.
"Suddenly he heard mimic ball
singing in the air and he felt some
thing strike his leg. But the oc-
casion was urgent and he kept up
his glass. There was another
'ping-g-g,' and he felt another strike.
And so it continued.
"The Captain at last lifted his
hands and prayed, % Lord, | can
go home to my wife and children
without either of my legs, but 0
Lord let me go home
Finally their came the shout of
victory. The battle was won. With
long drawn sigh the Captain
turned. He shouted to his orderly
at little distance, I'm wounded,
Jim. Come and help me on my
horse; I must go home. It's my
last battle
"'No, l guess not, replied the
orderly.
"'What's the matter? Come, hur-
ry up. I'm wounded
If you want me to help you,
come here sang out the orderly.
".But what's the trouble? Why
can't you come here? Don't yo u
see Pm wounded and almost dying?
40 no, you are not sang out
the orderly again.
"'Come here instantly, you ras-
CAL shouted the commander.
"'No, l don't, that's the biggest
nest of yellow-jackets there / ever
saw in my life,' was the final laugh
ing reply of the orderly.
"The sterming swarm of hornets
were the only mimic balls that had
struck Boston Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
St Patrick and the Dilveen Serpent

St. Patrick's task of freeing Ire
land from serpents and other nox-
ious creatures proceeded with little
hindrance until he encountered the
one which was finally chained in
Lough Dilveen, and the monster
which he persuaded into the iron
box and then cast cage and con-
tents into the sea. The Lough Dill
veen terror was chained to rock
in one of the seven lakes which lay
in the Gaultie Mountains, the un-
derstanding between the sanity
Patrick and the serpent being that
his snakeship should only remain
in durance vile until Monday"
The people of Cork and Tipperary,
the two counties in which the Gaul-
tie Mountains are situated, believe
that early every Monday morning
the serpent may be heard crying
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
Cutting Out" q Profession.

The world is over-populated with
amiable, good-looking young men,
highly educated, healthy and wholly
incapable of earning their liveli-
hoods. No ingenuity can provide
berths for all of them, but some
might be employed as "cutters-
out" This is new profession.
The duties of the cutter-out are
few, simple and agreeable. He or
she has merely to make love and
ride away. Thus, putting the case
that some ones daughter, niece, or,
it may be, favorite cousin, has be-
come engaged to man who is not
liked or approved of by the family.
To resist her choice is futile. OPP
position merely fans the flame of
passion. So you send a note or
telegram to the central Office of
the "Society for the Utilization of
Johnnies," and they dispatch a
cutter-out. He is young, hand
some, agreeable, perhaps lord or
an honorable, a baronet very likely.
His duty may be explained in a
word-he is to cut out the young
lady's affianced lover, to make her
out of conceit with that disagreea-
BILE person, and then to retire grace
fully to some outlandish part of
the globe. The scheme is peculiar
ly valuable to parents, but any one
may make use of it. Of course
there may also be, and should be,
female cutters-out, to be slipped at
young men who have entangled
their affections undesirably. Lord
Algernon is fond of the rector's
daughter, of the gardner's daughter,
of whom you will. Instead Of cry
ing if you are his lady mother, of
swearing if you are the Duke, you
send up to the depot for a really
frst-class cutter-out, married lady
preferred. In very few weeks the
rector's daughter, or gardeners
daughter, is as disconsolate as
Calypso, and then the cutter out
disappears, carrying with her the
respectful homage of the family
whom she has rescued.-Saturday
Review.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
The Successful Texas Orator.

~ heard political speech down
in Texas last fall" said A. r.
Gaines of Gainesville, in that state,
to reporter Of the Washington
Post, that-would have impressed
our Eastern critics with the belief
that all the Depews, Choates and
Tom Reeds are not born east of the
Mississippi, / was in the North
ern Rio Grande country, a wild,
sparsely settled section of the State,
and ran into a little town of about
200 people. There was to be a grand
political rally and joint debate.
The first speaker was fair talker.
a Populist. He gave us an hour. ar
so of talk on oppression, monopoly,
etc., and then a Democrat took the
platform. He knew no statistics;
he scorned figures, facts and argu-
ments. He rolled up his sleeves,
pulled off his hat and began ham
mering with his fist.
Gentlemen of the great State
of Texas, are you aware of who's
been talkin' slush about the great
est party ever God created bein' in
cahoots with robbers en- thieves en-
such fur one solid hour? An out
law from Mizzouri that dasn't show
his yallea hide in the town where
he wuz born-a man that fur a S.
bill would swear that he was bos-
som friend of George Washington;
that the Father of his Kentry kept
a slaughter house in the San Pecos
Valley, and would then turn right
round, go to Mount Vernon and dig
up his bones an use 'em fur fertil-
izers. An his party? Why, gentle
men of the great State of Texas,
that little handful of one-gutted
bellyachers called Populists no
more compares with the mighty
hosts that fights under the flag of
eternal Democracy than the feeble
glow of the tightening bug compares
to the glorious effulgence OF the
minday sum-!
"That was only starter. He
kept it up for an hour. Did it takeY
1t carried the country"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
No More Treating.

Oliver Sumner Teal, young 80.
ciety man who caused something
like a sensation a short time ago
by offering to take the street clean
ing department of New York out
of the hands of the present COM
missioner, Thomas Brennan, and
do it in first-class shape without
remuneration, will start a crusade
against the commercial practice of
Treating" Pledges will be circu-
lated for signatures, merely binding
the signers to abstain from treating
others or to be treated themselves
to any spirituous liquors. A spe-
cial provision is that party of in
vited guests do not come within
the scope of the pledge. Nor does
it prevent those who attach their
names to it from having drinks
served with meals or at their own
home to guests. The pledge does
not 20 into effect. until it has been
signed by 5000 men and is to re-
main in force only one year.
"This movement" Teal says, "if
it does succeed, will succeed
through the efforts of its friends
and a year will demonstrate who
are its friends. At the end of the
first year all those who show an
interest in the movement will be
invited to come together and form
a permanent society. The custom
of treating is pernicious one, as
it encourages young men to drink
when they ought not to, and some
times even when they do not wish
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sa~tooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart OF the most pron.-
isirsg mining country OH the face OF the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis OF all
mining news and Developments, IS well as
matters of local Importance in and about
ketchum, 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, 1893-06-24

from the depths of Lough Dilveen,
Patrick (! Oh, Patrick 1t is q very
long Monday, Patrick"
The old he-serpent of the coast
was overcome by a similar trick.
Patrick prepared a trap or box and
invited the snake to coil himself up
in it and see how it would fit. When
the creature was once inside the
willy Pat closed the lid and then
consigned box and serpent to the
mercy of old Neptune. The medie-
val Irish believed that the rolling of
the waves was caused by the wrig-
Cling of the serpent.-Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24

Among the many freaks" offered
for exhibition at the Worlds Fair
lis hen that always walks back
ward, Shetland pony that is SO
small that her shoes are made from
$40 gold pieces. a razor that had
been used BY George Washington,
an Indiana prodigy, aged four years,
who can recite "Thanatopsis," and
garment 400 years old.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24

AN Australian traveller claims to
have discovered that the waltz was
the creation of neither German
nor a Swiss, but of the ostriches Of
Africa. He asserts that every morn
ing at sunrise these amiable birds
assemble in groups, and begin reg
uIar. and graceful movement which
is none other than the waltz.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24

dens, and the disease will spread
rapidly. 1t is incurable, and no
animal having it will breed. If Mr..
Campbell's experiment is success
it will be worth thousands of dol
lars to the sheep interests of Texas
annually.-Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To JOHN w. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (jO) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
ty-two miles from ketchum. in Warm
Springs Greek mining district. Altnras
county. Idaho. as required by section 2S24,
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, 1891; that your proportion OF
the same is $780, being one-half; and if
within ninety (9) days from the service OF
this notice, or within ninety 80 days after
this notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion ef such
expenditure as co-owner. your interest IN
said claim will become the property OF the
undersigned under the provisions OF said
section 23oI. FRANK ]. LEMON.
kctchum.. Idaho. July %. 1892.
First publication July 30, 1892
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-24
For Sale Cheap.

4 iirst-class hand Fire Engine. complete
without hose. Apply to
WA. D. GoruRISG, Scc'y.
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-09
HARD TIMES IN MEXICO.
A Texas Merchants Account of His Visit
to That Country.

A Texas Merchants Account of His Visit
to That Country.
Mr.. William Devine of Eagle Pass,
Tex, purchaser of hides and peltries,
recently made tour of the principal
cities of Mexico, and in an interview re-
ports that the accounts of the ravages of
typhus fever have not been exaggerated
The disease is epidemic in Aqua Cali
entes, Guanajuato and Zacatecas, and
there are number of cases in San Luis
Potosi. In Zacatecas and Guanajuato
the epidemic is at its worst, more than
500 cases being reported at present at
the former place.
The mortality from the disease is es-
timated at from to 25 per cent of those
who are stricken. The wealthy classes
do not appear to have any immunity
from this disease, suffering equally with
the poor. A great many people have
died, including a number of physicians.
Mr.. Devine states that with the ex-
ception of Cohahuila and Nueva Leon
the corn crop is failure in Northern
Mexico, and that those states will not
harvest sufficient to supply their home
demand.
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-09
YUMA'S INDIAN CADETS.
How the Young Bucks Are Taught MIL
itary Tactics.

How the Young Bucks Are Taught Mil
itsry Tactics.
At the Fort Yuma Indian school, says
the Sentinel of that place, the classes
are taught according to the vocation of
life, most properly supposed to become
their sex. The girls are instructed in
the culinary art, mantua making and
household duties. The boys are taught
farming, mechanics and military.
The Indian boy cadets are instructed
chiefly by the mother superior, with an
occasional help from those of her at
taches who are better versed in military
tactics. They have their own captain,
lieutenants, sergeants and corporals.
Last Monday they gave Yuma fine
treat in the way of company drill.
Under the sound of a drum they
marched to marshal music, single file,
by twos and squads of fours. Each one
is armed with miniature rifles, bayonets,
bells, scabbards and cartridge box.
Their uniform, dark gray, with light
gray fatigue caps. Their time in march
ing was excellent, and in executing the
manual of arms they showed the effects
of painstaking training.
Making the company wheel, fours
right or left about, fours right into line,
and many other difficult moves, were
executed better than many older per-
sons could do with better facilities for
being taught. Here is an opportunity
for California to have something unique
at the worlds fair, by introducing this
excellent little band of aboriginal
braves to the admiring gaze of the
millions of sight-seers. The fact that
all their commands are made in Eng
lish and given by one of their own
tribe, lends that enchantment to it that
would otherwise be lost upon an ordi-
nary mortal,
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-09
SOBER" and then came the denoue-

SOBER" and then came the denoue-
ment.
The train had whistled for Lancaster
and was laundering into the station
when M. grabbed his overcoat and
started to leave the car, but she arose
and, with the strength of giantess,
firmly PLACED him back into the seat
where she had been sitting next the
window and sat down by him saying !:
"M, you shall not leave me. You
said if would 60 to Chicago you would
go with me. can't live without you "
He replied: 81 must go, Nellie. l must
be at my office in the morning without
fail, as l have the most urgent busi-
ness" and, repelling all her entreaties
he jumped for the door just as the bell
rang for the train to depart again, but
she, seizing valise with one hand,
which must have weighed 80 pounds,
in her desperation, fairly few with it
through the car as the train was moving
and jumped from the platform, clearing
the steps entirely, and landed with her
hand firmly clutched on his coat collar.
Thus omnia vinct amor.
All kinds of theories and copjectures
were in order among the passengers
over this little nocturnal comedy, and it
seemed to be agreed that the woman
was the paramour of the man; that he
was probably man Of family and pos
sibly wealth in Los Angeles, and be-
coming tired of his adventure. took this
unsuccessful means to escape from the
dilemma.
Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-09
MEMORANDA.

Catalina island, q summer resort IN
winter. Ocean all around makes the
climate many degrees warmer than on
the main land. Never frost. Bathing
same as in summer. Avslen house open
the year round. Fish right out of the
water speciality. Address Mrs. s. A.
Wheeler, Avalon.
Excursions to Catalina until further
notice every Saturday. Inquire of
Wilmington Transportation company,
130 West Second street. Good hotels
on the island.
ranch, with plenty of water, Is miles
from Los Angeles-price, $50 per acre ;
$1400 cash, balance on time-address F..
o. box 32S, Station @.
Illich's restaurant, 145 and 147 North
Main street. Everything new and first
class. Private apartments. Fresh fish,
oysters and game daily. Open all night.
For sale-Epglish mastiff puppies |;
best pedigree in the state. Address at
once for terms and particulars Chas. E..
Mitchell, Clearwater.
The Windermere, on Ocean avenue,
Santa Monica, is q pleasant winter re-
sort, beautifully situated overlooking
the Pacific ocean.
Do not forget Prof. Payne will or
ganize a beginners class in dancing,
Wednesday evening, January llth.
DR.. K. d. Wise, Office 1929 North
Main street. Office hours from to 10
a. m. and to p. m. Telephone SAG.
Great reduction in suitipgs and trous-
erings at Joe Poheim's, the Tailor, 143
South Spring street.
We manufacture everything in the
looking glass line; all work guaranteed.
H. Raphael & Co., 4OS, 4l0 South Spring.
DR.. G. Edgar Smith, rupture, female,
rectal diseases. Seventh and Main
streets. Telephone 1881.
Latest sheet music publications my
speciality. Fitzgerald, the music dealer,
Spring and Franklin.
DR.. Joseph Kurtz and DR.. Carl Kurtz,
physicians and surgeons, have removed
their offices to 147 South Main street.
Try our Scnoma Zinfandel wine at Sc
cents per gallon. T. Vache & Co., cor.
Commercial and Alameda sts. Tel. 300.
Have your old mirrors resilvered as
good as new at H. Raphael & Co., 408,
410 South Spring.
DR.. Tudor, dentist, removed to Hotel
Ramona, Third and Spring sts. Grown
and bridge work.
Csmpbell's curio store for Christmas
presents.
R. G. Cunningham, dentist. rooms l
and 2, Phillips block, N. Spring street.
DR.. Hollingsworth, reopened dental
Office, 1887 South Spring street.
Insure with A. G. Golsh, 147 South
Broadway.
DR.. Lindley, 3311 South Spring street.
See Schumacher photo sd. This page
Texas oysters, 45; bulk, IS; plate, 20.
Gano Henry, real estate, Burbank.