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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09

the surrounding field and has q
narrow ditch or indentation run
ming across the top. The mark, so
tradition says, was made in this
way: A sheep thief, in the dead of
night, while leaning against the
bowlder to rest, placed his booty
above on the fiat surface OF tho
stone. The man had the sheep tied
with rope, and in its effort to es-
cape the creature slipped on the
opposite side, and the rope catch
ing under the thief's chin choked
him to death. The indentation in
the rock was made by the friction
of the rope while the dying man
was engaged in an effort to extricate
himself.-St. Louis Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
Floating in Salt Lake.

OF course you know that this in
land sea is salty, but are you aware
that it is seven times saltier than the
ocean? Why, over one-fifth of the
fluid is salt in solution. It doesn't
look it. No water was ever brighter
in its blues and green's, or more
pellucid to look into. But you find
there is something peculiar about
it when you go into it. You float
here like cork. Eighteen miles
out of Salt Lake is Garfield Beach,
and the residents and travellers
alike go there to float; you can't
call it swimming. The girls and
women make the spectacle. Here
as elsewhere, men don't count for
much when it comes to sightliness.
At Garfield Beach yesterday l saw
hundreds of my sex afloat. The
more stylish of the girls wore
jaunty blue costumes, usually
sleeveless the skirts reaching to the
knees and blue stockings. A few
did without hosiery and barred their
pedal extremities from calf to toe
Now when you 60 into the surf al
Newport or Long Branch the sub
merged part you is invisible. The
spectator gets view of your full
length only when you are out on
the sand.
At Garfield Beach it is different.
The water is clear as crystal, and
the floating girls are quite as much
in evidence as though they were
professional water queens in an il.
Illuminated tank. The shallow
water, underlaid by sand, is as
clear as crystal. There is no surf
to toss and tumble into foam
Not so much as bubble on the
surface obscures the foaters.
They lie lazily on their backs
sides or fronts, as though reclining
in water hammocks. Not the
slightest motion is requisite to keep
from sinking. They can't sink il
they try. All they have to do is to
keep their heads up so as not to
get the water in their mouths, fol
it is strangling with its salt, though
| very agreeable to the skin. So you
see them couched in water, lolling
luxuriously, chatting with their
companions, padding slowly about
and occasionally skylarking.-Cor.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
A Witty Scotch Servant.

A farmers wife, not one hundred
miles from Dingwell, he's q great
deal of trouble with her servants.
The other day one of them came to
her to say:
Madam, / fear l shall not be
able to work much longer. think
l am going blind"
"Why, how is that? You seem
to get along pretty we'll with your
work"
eyes, but I can no longer see any
meat on my plate at dinner"
The farmers wife understood.
and the next day the servants were
served With large and very thla
pieces of meat.
"How nice p the girl explained;
"my sight has come back. | caa
see better than ever"
"How is that, Bella?"
"Why, al this moment" replied
Bella, II can sse the plate throDG
the meat. Dundee News.
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NOVEL ELK HUNTING.
Throwing the Luna to Disable the
Animal---The Coup de Grace.

In the latter part of July and
during August the Mexican or "Cal-
ifornian." as he is locally sty led,
has his greatest field sport-hunt-
ing the elk. At this season elk are
the fattest. They come down from
the mountains, foothills and crags
attached by the luxuriant pasturage
of the valley lands coursed by
streams or fronting upon the sea.
In these favored localities the heavy
dews add luxuriance to the wild
grasses, oats and other grains. At
this season, because of their extra
bulk, elk cannot run so fast. Or
dinarily they give the feetest horse
a close race.
The Mexican elk hunter i" armed
only with a lariat and luna, a
crescent-shaped knife which is tied
at the end Of a slender pole about
ten feet in length. The luna some
what resembles the moon; hence
its name. The luna is used to ham,
string the elk after the lariat has
been thrown over his horns.
A party often or fifteen Mexicans,
thus equipped and mounted on the
feetest horses, will charge a band
of 100 or more, each man selecting
his victim. On being lassoed the
elk will plunge violently, al
most pulling the horse forward,
for the RATA is fastened to the POM
mel of the saddle. But the trained
horse throws his weight backward
and stands stiff, with nerve strained
to hold the powerful elk in check.
The Mexican sits calmly on the
horse talking sarcastically to the
struggling elk, bestowing praise
upon himself and smoking his Gig.
arctic. After the animal exhausts
himself the Mexican throws the
luna and hamstrings the elk. He
then cuts its throat with the luna,
or hunting knife, if he cares to take
the trouble to dismount.
Immediately he is off after an.
other, for the stampeded band will
soon escape to the foothills unless
they have been run into a glen OF
on an isthmns, when the slaughter
is terrible and cruel. It usually re-
quires two men to dispatch an elk
unless the hunters are very exper,
-one to throw the lariat, the other
the luna.
To cut the throat of wounded
elk as he turns his large. full eyes
expressive of fright, sorrow and re-
proach, upon his merciless captol
requires a hardened heart and rob!
the sport of its pleasures seemingly
But the Mexican regards the COUP
de grace as the acme of the chase
An elk will yield twenty-five to sew
enty-five pounds of tallow. It is
largely used by the rancheros fol
cooking purposes, because of its
superior whiteness, hardness and
delicate taste. It commands a good
price in the market, as does the hide
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart of the most prom
Using 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, as 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, 1893-09-09
Only Fair.

John Van Buren,, the son of the
President-familiarly known as
"Prince John" because he had en-
ioyed the distinction of dancing
with Queen Victoria-was the ia
miliar friend of his venerable father.
A mutual love, warm and un-
broken, distinguished their rela-
tions, and they were such true COM
rades that they were even accus-
toned to joke one another, never
needing where their shafts might hit.
L. E. Chittenden says, in his
Personal Recollections," that he
once made a brief stay at Linden
valid with the ex-President and his
son and he gives an amusing illus
tration of the familiar affection ex-
listing between the two.
The plate set before the guest
during one of the courses at dinner
was most exquisitely decorated,
and Mr.. Chittenden could not re-
sist the temptation to turn it over
and look for the makers mark.
"Is not that beautiful piece of
china?" inquired John. ut has a
history. 1t belongs to dinner set
made at Sevres for the King of
Italy before the fall of Napoleon. l
discovered it ir Paris, and although
it was expensive, / purchased it
and presented it to my father. Ought
he not to be grateful for such q
beautiful PRESENT."
Indeed, l am grateful" said the
father; perhaps more SO for this
than for another present you made
me about the same time."
Another present! What was it?
I don't remember" said the son.
"It was bill of exchange for &C.
ceptance for more than the cost of
the china p
"Ah, yes, replied young John. ~
intended that the entire transaction
should represent a beautiful in
stance of filial and parental affec-
ton. I presented you with the
china; that was flial. You paid
for it; that was paternal. Could
anything be more completeY'-
Youths Companion.
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Notice of Forfeiture.


10 J. P. TuLLY, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that l have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
Aars IN labor and Improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
lode mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
district, Alturas county, State of Idaho, in
visions of section 53oa Revised Statutes Of
the United States, being the amount re-
4ulred to hold the same for the year end
ing december 81, 1892; that your proper
oon OF the same is $40, being one-tenth /;
ana II within ninety (9O) days from the
service of this notice, or within ninety (9O)
aays aaHys after this notice by publication you
10 aaii or refuse to contribute your proportion
vi such expenditure, Including costs of
will become the PROPERTY Of Of the the under
signed sgsn under the provisions of said section
"o1f. JOHN GORMAN.
First publication, June II, 1898.
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GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice of Forfeiture.
10 JOHN ". ?

10 JOHN ". PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (500) dol
1rs ia labor and Improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
T-two miles from Ketchum, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county. Idaho. as required by section. 1924.
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
ior the years ending December 81, 1887, to
december 81, 1891 that your proportion OF
the same is $3.50, being one-half; and if
within ninety (9) days from the service of
tais 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 1924 FRANK J. LEMON.
ketchum.. Idaho July %, 1892.
First publication July 80, 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09
HanRman's Stone.

There is a large bowlder lying in
field near Foremark, England,
which is known throughout Derby
shire as "Hangman's Stone." The
exposed portion of the bowlder rises
about six feet above the surface Of.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-09-09

For mosquito bite or for any
sting of insect or small eruption
there is nothing better than the old
fashioned remedy of our mothers,
soda mixed with vinegar until it
foams we'll. This panacea has the
further merit of being almost 81
ways at band for instant applica-
ton.
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General Dealers in
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-13
Fishes In Boiling Water.
[FIom the Chicago herald.l


One of the most remarkable dis.
coveries in the shape Of a peculiar
speces of fish ever made on this
continent was that made at Carson
City, New, in 1876. At that time
both the Hale & Norcross and the
Savage mines were down to what is
known as the "2, 2O0.foot level"
When at that depth subterranean
lake of boiling water was tapped.
The accident flooded both mines to
to the depth of 400 feet.
After the water had been poured
out except that which had gathered
in basins and in the Inaccessible
portions of the works, and when
the water still had temperature of
l2s degrees nearly scalding hot
many queer.looking little blood red
fish were taken out. In appearance
they resembled goldfish. They
seemed lively and sportive enough
when they were in their native ele.
ment-bolllng Observation-Disclosures.
ing the fact that they did not even
have documentary syes. When the fish
were taken out of the hot water and
put into buckets of cold water for
the purpose of being transported to
the surface, they died as quickly as
perch or bass would if plunged
into kettle of water that was scald.
ing hot; not only this, but the skin
peeled off exactly as if they had
boiled. Eyeless fish are common
enough in all subterranean lakes
and rivers, but this is the only case
on record of living fish being found
in boiling water.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-13
The Pigmies of Ppain.
From Cas- e.l's Magazine

from CaB' e.l 9 mag
AS might have been expected, the
d Sarf race of Morocco and the Atlas
has been traced to Europe, and
fairly pure types are found in Spain,
especially in the Province of
Corona. These people are only 3
feet I inches to feet inches high
and are otherwise characterized by
a yellow skin, broad, square faces,
Monaghan eyes and red hair of a
woody texture. Specimens of them
are occasionally to be seen in the
markets of Salamanca; and there is
said to be a number in Col de Tosas
and the Valley of Ribas, several
hours by rail from Toulouse. 1t is
not improbable that the Monaghan
eye, which is observed in a small
percentage of Welsh and English
people, is derived by inheritance
from the Iberian pigmies of COM
mon ancestry.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-13
SANDWICH LORE.
How to Make Delicious Things
for the Picnic Basket.

New York World.l
For sand wlches the bread should
he twenty four hours old. The
crnst should be shaved from the
sides and the ends of the loaf, leav.
i even. The bread should be but.
tered. then cut about the thickness
of the ordinary square cracker.
For chicken sand witches, cold
chicken should be chopped finely,
mixed with little cold gravy and
seasoned.
For delicious cheese sandwiches,
crate a q larter of pound of cheese
and mix 1t with half teaspoonful of
salt, pepper aud mustard. Melt a
little butter, add a tablespoonful Of
vinegar, mix and spread the bread
thin. Sardines may be rubbed to a
paste ins cad of cheese.
Egg sandwiches are made by
chopping the whites Of hard boiled
eggs, MASKING the yolks and mixing
to smooth paste with melted but
ter, pepper and salt.
salmon sand wiches are good.
Drain the oil of canned salmon, re.
move all bits of skin and bone,
nash smooth, spread slice of
bread and squeeze a little lemon
ulce on it.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-13
What A Prominent Insurance Man Says

H. M. Blossom, senior member of
Fl M. Blossom & Co, 2l7 N. Sd st..
St. Louis, writes: l had been left with
a very distressing cough, the result Of
influenza, which nothing seemed to re.
lieve, until l took Billiards. Horehound
Syrup One bottle completely cured
me. l sent one bottle to my sister,
who had severe cough, and she ex.
perienced immediate relief. always
recommend this syrup to my friends.
John Cranston, 9O8 Hampshire
street, Quincy, Ills, writes: l have
found Billiards. Horehound Syrup
superior to any other cough medicine
have ever known. 1t never disap
points. Price 500. Sold by Risher
& Co., Waco, j. B. Cornish East
Waco, Texas.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-13

Drink "Something New" at Dis
muke's.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-13

We are going tell you that will you $40 suit for
$40 suit 70, $500 will place big show window
Is styles and qualities which represent about 1000 Suit
to select from Also will put about pairs Of Pants Of
kinds which represent pairs pants select from
EVERY SUIT pair Of pants will have ticket with price it
All we ask YOU is to come goods and prices No
trouble to goods send them out approva.
Yours Respectfully
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-18

In what sphere can the senior depart
ment be Of use? 1t can make the mid
week services of the church its special
solicitude. 1t ought TO do this without
any accompaniment Of machinery. Hold,
ing its meetings for business only, at
other times its members can go to this
service as any one else goes, and then
unostentatiously but persistently apply
the principles of the Christian Endeavor
pledge to the opportunity of the hour.
Where this is wisely done the seniors
will not excite jealousies and antago-
nisms, but will create for themselves a
welcome
Beyond this special service it is not too
much to hope and predict that the church
es will gradually welcome the applica-
ton of Christian Endeavor principles
to all their activities. These principles
underlie all Christian work and by the
force of their inherent reasonableness
have the right of general application
Our missionary women have realized the
wisdom of reducing their organizations
one for foreign and the other for home
work-into one organization, working at
will in either direction, and the day
draws on apace when the church will
foster the Christian Endeavor society as
a central organization, subordinate to it.
self and will do through it its manifold
work.-Golden Rule.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-18
A Sky Rocket Camera.

An interesting English invention
consists of a camera combined with a
parachute, especially designed for OBJ.
tanning photographs of Notifications
and of the camps of the enemy, al,
though pictures may also be made
for general surveying purposes. The
parachute is snugly folded in thin
case at the end of rocket, which is
fired to the required height and
bursts open by means of a time fuse
The explosion sets free the parachute
which is protected from injury by
means of O casing of asbestus. The
parachute has a number of thin UNI
5rella ribs, and these are forced out
ward and kept in that position by
means of strong spiral spring.
From the parachute camera is
suspended, and a string held by the
operator is attached by universal
joint to the bottom of the device for
the purpose of pulling the parachute
back. The camera is fitted with an
instantaneous shutter operated by
clockwork, so as to give several ex-
posures at intervals. At the back of
the box is an arrangement by which
the plates can be manipulated by
clockwork. A swinging motion can
be given to the camera by the opera
tor, and this will enable him to OBJ
tain successive pictures over wide
area,-Boston Transcript.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-18

On the 29th of February Of this
year the weather in Algeria, says
my notebook, became uncomfort-
ably warm" and winter migrants of
the human species decided to take
the Marseilles packet. Africa will
soon be too hot to hold us, )" thought
the experienced elders of the swal-
low tribe. Insects must be getting
plentiful in Spain by this time, and,
lol next day they assembled in their
thousands on the spurs of the Sahel
and set out in a body for Tangier
and Gibraltar.
All through the first half of March
they pervaded Andalusia, with the
middle of March they had moved on
to Aragon, by the 2Oth they were
feasting upon Pyrenean midges at
Pau and Perpignan. But on the last
day of the windy month they crossed
the channel boldly by Cape G1isne2
and Folkestone, and All Fools day
found them restored once more tc
their summer quarters in that famil
lar nook of dear old Surrey. By the
9th the house martens were back un
der our eaves-four pairs, as usual
occupying the same old hanging mud
huts as ever, and returning gladly to
the cosy homes which they deserted
last autumn for their alternative
quarters beyond the sea in Africa
Longman's Magazine
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-18
Tobacco Saved His Life.

There is one man in Dexter who il
glad that he was smoking on a Ger.
tain occasion few days ago. He wa
sitting in his hotel smoking, and the
clerk was at the desk. The latter
in fumbling around discharged a re,
Volver that was in the desk, and just
at that instant the proprietor leaned
forward to spit into the cuspidor
The bullet struck the back part OF
the STOPPING mans hat and whisked
it off his head. Had he been erect
the ball would have lodged in his
head.-Bang& (Me) Commercial.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-18
Christian Endeavor Notes.

For two years the Lancaster (N. H.
society has supported Bible reader in
Solapoor, India, whose salary is $36.
The Lima (O.) Presbytery Endeavol
union voted awhile ago to raise 5000
to pay the salary of Presbyterian mis-.
sionary to Chill. That amount has been
raised by the societies, and $25 more.
In California the work has spread with
wonderful rapidity, and the recent con-
vention shows that theRe is no super
fciality about the workers. Endeavor-
ers in Oregon are not asleep, but grow
ing at the rate of 93 per cent increase
each year.
Gods love is complete circle, one
segment of which is His wisdom, anoth-
er His power, another His justice, anoth-
er His truth. Himself is love.
Tell the heather world the story
OF the Christ who came to save,
How He showed the Fathers glory,
How He, sinless, foiled the grave:
Tell to earth's remotest bound
The dead may lives the lost be found.
A Christian Endeavor society has been
formed In the American church, Paris,
Rev. Edward G.. Thurber, D. D., pastor.
The German Lutheran Endeavorers
have now two publications devoted to
their interests. They are about forming
a denominational union.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-18
Strikes In Olden Times.

Strikes occurred centuries ago, and
their outcome was just as disastrous
as is that of the present day work
struggles. In the year 1929 strike
of brass workers was initiated in
Breslau, Silesia, which lasted a year.
Fifty-six years later, in 1885, one of
blacksmiths took place in Dantzig,
which only ended, but then rather
abruptly, when the local authorities
obtained permission to issue an edict
proclaiming that until further notice
any workman refusing to obey the
lawful dictates of his employer as to
continuing operations was to be sum-
marily deprived of his ears.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-07-18
Value of Alfalfa.

A Fresno farmer of long experience
says that one acre of alfalfa in good,
heavy land will feed 10 sheep and
that on 90 acres 200 lambs can be
grown every year. If sold at the
proper time, they will sell for S4 per
head, at which figure the demand is
practically unlimited. Mutton is 60
ing to be higher. The large fiocks of
sheep raised for their wool will soon
be thing Of the past, and mutton is
sure to become q scarce article. The
colony lands of Merced are unrivaled
as alfalfa lands and are destined to
be the homes of hundreds of farmers,
whose principal business will be NUT
ton raising on a small scale. Alfalfa
fed sheep produce the best mutton,
and the butchers of San Francisco are
always ready to pay high prices for
sheep raised on that kind Of grass
Merced (Cal.) Star.