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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
WHY One Man Is Thankful.

am thankful because am red haired,
I might be bald.
| am thankful there is a young lady
next door who practices on the piano two
hours day. She might practice four
aud in addition might have II brother ad'
dcted to the eornct habit.
am thankful am the father of twins
Suppose they had been triplets3
am thankful | wear number nine
shoe. might have to wear elevens
/ am thankful l am poor, | might b'
in debt.
I am thankful I possess quiet tastes
Suppose l had been fond of Wagner
musici
l am thankful | learned to smoke CT
gars. might have tackled cigarettes
| am thankful | can't think Of an.
more things to be thankful for. 1t
could should feel obliged to write then
down Puck
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
Ideas OF Beauty.

A Kentucky Colonel who was inter
viewed in Philadelphia the other day
said that Indianapolis women have big
noses and iieckles; thar 1errc Haute
women have hands like hams; that Chi
cago women have compilations like
corpscs, aud that in Philadelphia one has
TO look twice to know whether it is d
man or woman. And now comes Ger
rude Atherton, II sprigllly poung Cali.
tornian residing al the East, who main
without u shapely nose, and this the New
York beauty is consmcuously without
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
Capturing Sons-in law.

A fond mother tells how she married
all her six daughters:
II did it," she says, "wth the frying
pan a coy fire and cushioned chair
There, now, you have the whole story,
confessed the lady.
IL would have every one Of those girl'
on my hands this minute if hadn't foune
them husbands out of nay cookery book
Despising an old maid as do smoky
chimney when my eldest daughter was
full grown I turned right and left fol-
some means of marrying her. Mary was
neither very handsome nor very lively,
so I knew better than to trust to luck
so I lust set to work aud determined
upon plan that has never miscarrlcd
with any of them.
GAN my life have made close obser-
vations Of mems ways and have heard
great stories of the happy results OF feed
ing the sex. SO looked carefully over
the field and picked out pleasant, thirty
ing young fellow whose habits were good
and his heart whole. ] began by asking
him in friendly manner to call. Then
| led the conversation around to his
mother the way he had been nurtured
aud what ho most cared to cat in general
| never missed word, and after the first
visit we got him to drop into tea on SUI
day evening. Then, you may be sure,
did my best, and when the second meal
was over knew the warnings OF that
mans appetite better than he did himself
"My calculations seemed to believe It
best to start toward the close OF the year
Spring is no good. A man loves all WON
ankind at that season; bis appetite is
slight. In my experience, courtships
started in November lead, AS rule, to a
wedding in May. OF course my chiel
reliance Is in tempting food, but would
always advise supporting the liberal table
with q big, comfortable rocking char
drawn facing cheerful fire. Speak Of II
as his chair, aud you won't make any
mistake.
"Another thing, don't be too pressing
A steady eye and light hand count
more than pagging. was always care
full not to gush, but if / had apple friiter'
on Tuesday apoogized for their poor
ness, and begged him to drop in on
Thursday and let Mary redeem her moth
ers reputation with some particularly APP
pe,izing dish, In the evenings | had
her trained to sit in low sewing chnlr
under the big lamp, and either darn SOCKS
or hem busters. When we spoke OF hei
I said | tremLle at the awful blow II
would be for US If she should marry and
, 90 away This kind OF thing was kept
up till February LIST, when my gentleman
began to feel easy and snug like one OF
tho family.
"Then came the delicate moment, fol
Just at this point would introduce some
silly dandy that neither l nor Mary
4 would have looked at. But coddled thu
youngster had him to tea on the SAM
night as regular, and waited to see VIVA
would happen. The rusc always sue
cecdea. He and Mary would COM
blushlng to ask If they might have eael
other, and, while they made up in tn
parlor, I looked up my cookery bool
to see my way to another son in law
Pearson's Weekly.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
SOLD INTO SLAVERY.
A Woman Buys Her Old Fathers
Services

Residents of the Five Points, South
! Bethlehem, are much exercised avvs an
affair that savors OF the ante. bellum days
when slaves we're knocked down to NE
highest and best bidder. But the human
| being placed on the auction block in
South Bethlehem on Saturday morning
was an aged white man instead of negro
The bidders for the ownership were his
own two daughters instead of wealthy
Southern planters. The circumstances
surrounding the case, however, are even
more inhuman aud degrading than those
that characterized the sales in slavery
davs
Enos Walters is man 10 years Of age
who is familiar figure throughout the
Lchigh valley. With u large wicker
basket strapped around his body be
tramps from door to door begging eata
bles, clothing or money
| At his home IN South Bethlehem eight
persons await his return from his begging
trips The eight include his wife, two
married daughters separated from their
husbands, three other children and two
grandchildren. The whole crowd subsist
on the old mans daily collections. One
of the grandsous is IS years old, but is a
shiftless fellow and will not work.
The old man, bent with age and Grip.
Piled with severe rupture, has been beg
gng for the households support for several
years. But of late there have been many
quarrels in the family. These arose over
e division 1T the contents of the basket.
The two married daughters were the
principals in the dispute. Each claimed
more than her share. To settle the mat
ter they decided to auction off the old
mans services.
The sale was held on Saturday morning
The bidding between the two women
was spirited. 1t began at 81 so and
went up to So, when the younger woman
refused to bld any longer, and the father
was knocked down To the oldest daughter
at that figure. BY the terms of the agree
ment she is to-. have full control of the
old man in"the future. He is to 90 out
on his begging expeditions at her orders.
The contents of his basket are to be d,
vided as she commands. The others de
pendent ON his trips will receive their
share as she directs.
The father is actually sold into slavery
to the daughter, more repugnant TO hu.
man feelings than that of the most op
pressed negroes of ante bellum days in
the South. Philadelphia Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29

Somebody who wants to explain what
the editorial 1--WE" signifies, says IT has a
variety of meanings, varied to suit the
circumstances. For an example: When
you read that we expect our wife home
day "we" refers to the editor in chief
When it il, "we are little late with our
work" il includes the whole office force,
even to the devil and the towel, If "we
are having IA BOOM the town is meant
I'VE received over 100000 cmigrants last
, year." and it embraces the nation, but
/ 1--WE have hog cholera in our midst" only
meaus that the man who takes the paper
and does not pay for it is very i'll.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29

The greatest wealth, either of the
Mormon church. or of the individuals
at its head, has been again demon
strated by the recent investment OF
ten million dollars by the first presi-
dency' in new corporation called the
Utah company. This new company is
to operate coal mines, a railroad, a
= bathing beach and pleasure resort at
the Great Salt lake and build, equip
: and Operate. telegraph lines. This is
9fafe&ys -charch scheme in which
Gentiles have no part, and Isl like the
Zion Cooperative company, to be man
eyed to add 70 the wealth Of the church
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
Application for a Patent.
T.. .. Land Office, Haley, Idaho. !
NJ r,-nl y 1aC.t -

- '70''U OLIIUt IIuIIeV, IdahO, I
March g. 1891
sullivan and Erik 3udar.nn $500 ' -
office address is Ketcbnni Siip ~nose p,s,-
Idaho, have This dav fled tfair a "1 Eout.y,
for patent for III 4 Inca 49, Sa "pP,ica'oh
..vsy ussss, &c VI 'He
hN
WITH surface ground six hundred feet in
width situated IL Warm Springs Creek
mining district, County of Alt,irns and
state OF Idaho, and designated by the field
notes and Official plat on i'll: in this office
as LOT No: ~ said Lot No. 81 being de-
seTibed as follows, tU-wit:
aBcHnning at discovery point, thence .
o9S 40 w 2;,7 feet to fir post marked ..W.
central end Trapper lode" thence N 900
so " 1913 feet 10 corner No. /, identical
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
A Chinese Trick.

A curious article was once adopted by
a Chinese slave ship when attacked 10y "A
man-of war. The crew threw cocoanuts
overheard into the sea and then Jumped
In among them. Nearly all escaped, for
it was impossible to tell which were
heals and which were nuts.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
We WANT YOU

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prove your prospects Why not? You can do so
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Industry only necessary for absolute success.
Pamphlet circular giving every particular is sent
free 10 all. Delay not in sending for 1t.
GEORGE STINsoS Il CO..
-sox No. f5S, Portland, Me.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
LEGAL.
Application for Patent.

United States Land Office


United States Land Office
ltaiiey' Idaho, Sept. IL, 1894.
,Noilee Is hereby given that james NJ
nhodes by his attorney in fact. Vim.
uyndlnan, whose postofice address I.
Ketehum Alturas County idaho as
made application for United States Pat
ent for the AZ
''Na Ornin& Star, an .Ec.fps..
consolidated lode mining claims sit,o,,
IN warm springs Creek mining district
Alturas county. State of Idaho w;,h
length OF vein and width of surfece ero,,r;
described IN the field notes and pIaf ~ ~.
oiheial survey designated survey No 1904
on lille IN this Office, with magnetic yari,
ton at Is degrees so minutes east az IN.
lows: ~ '''' as ioi-
The Morning Star-commencino % a..
initial or, discovery point. which are idan
teal, and running thence S ESQ I0' " ano
teet TO corner no ] thence n csc 10, n "a
feet to corner No 2 Z thence s 27o M E-,sr0
feet to corner No. 3; thence s $50 Ioqw 20 20
leet TO corner No. 4; thence n. gro Z oaN w
1850 feet to corner No /, the place ~ ba
ginning survey of exterior boundaries =,
claim Containing 70 GA a,roa :, n iSSs VI
Ricts. 70 -'o eoh-
From corner No section corner CON,
mon to sections %, "a, rs and 26' r 4 " x
IL - e., bears n 800 40' L 1900 feet distant
benpse lode Commc ncing at, the initial
or discovery point which are ident;caI
and running thence $ SIC " g00 fea, ~ =,
corner No. 5; thence N $40 h COO feet ~
corner No; 81 thence S 27o O4, d 100, ,n ~.
to corner No. Il thence : $40 w 600 fee ~ -
corner No. s; thence n 27o O4' W l5o.I ~. ~
70 corner O. the place OF beginning sI1rysv
u exterior boundaries of claim. 9'onfatn..
ing 2o.9l0 acres. No conflicts.
From corner No. 6, section corner cA
mon to sections %, "a IS and "a r.
Rlo Z, bears \ 800 I6' le I4oO.feet distas.,
area i i9lggii.,tiS ear ioue 20.6i4 ackas
az" Aeiipse 4ode ,..,..... 2U.4iO
Total area survey No 1903. 4l.054 acros
The said mining Claims being of ree.rd
III the Office of the Recorder OF said min.
ing district and county at HALEY, in Aim
ras county, Idaho. The nearest Inv n
locations being the NORTH Starr lode. L <
lot No: q, the Baby Ethel' ana Dinner $
consolidated lodes. survey No. as. and
the Venus" lode. 80 $40 so.
direct TINT this notice be published il,
me hErcHua kkYsToSE, the newspaper
puplisheu nearest the said mining claim
Tor the period OF sixty DAYS.
w. I, RILEY, Register
"M' HYNDMAN, Ats'y for Applicant.
first publication, sept, To- 1924
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-12-29
No. 77e.
Application for Il Patent.


u . LAfD OFFICE, HALEY. IpAHoJ
r, July n, 1850
Notice is hereby given that John b GRAY
oy his attorney Intact. Isaac |. Lewis mid
isaac 1. Lewis whose postofiee address is
Retchum, Alturas County State of Id,bc
have this day filed their application for y
patent ior fifteen hundred linear feet Of the
"aSAsERENnsnsNCEn
Lode INNING claim or vein. bearing s,iver
and o'her n!ineIels, with surface ground
six hundred feet in width. situated in Min
erai Hill mining district county Of Altnros
ano STATE OF Idaho, and designated by th,..
hsiu notes and official plat on file in this
ofiiee rs lot number as said lot No 4 be.
ing described as follows. to-wit,
commencing at the discovery point ami
running thence WITH magnetic variation
at $50 so 4 N 69o co w us feet to thu "
end Inc OF claim; thence s $50 O5' W SIS
ieet 70 corner NO. Z; thence n 25o T5' e 656
iees 70 corner No 2; thence $ 6eo 10 Il
100 ieet TO corner No. 5; thence S zoo so v,
tSo ieet to corner No 4; thence N $50 70,
w $500 feet to corner No. I, the plac, ~
BEGINNING survey OF exterior boundaries Of
claim.
The location Of this mine is recorded i,
me recorders office of Mineral Hill min
idaho. ''a'e oi
The claim is situate on the Mt. ridge ON
> SIDE OF L. fOrS VI u God river abouf fn,,r
uues from us confluence with main Mood
| river: NO knoWii claims i'll. the immcdiute
vicinity. ~
Any and all persons claiming adversely
my portion OF said Independence lode,
4 Feili, mine or surface grouJid. are required
1 70 mic their adverse claims will the sa,,is.
tyr 81 the United States Land Office, IT
/ ilailey, IN Tie county cf Alturas state If
ldano, during the SIXTY days period II
! publication hereof. or they viii be barred
! ny the virtue Vi the pro, isious of tho stat.
/ ute 'Ae s'a'-
/. IS hereby ordered that the foreroino
notice Oh application Tor patent be puL.
lsheu Tor the period of sixty DAYS ten con-
secutive weeks i'll the KErcnuM KEYsroNr.
weekly newspaper published at ketchuu
Ahuras county, idaho.
w., W. T. RILEY, Register
WIN KfNDHAH, kt,'y for Ausiic.,,;x
ketehain, Idaho.
Il First publication. ,TuIy 26 1seo
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
DULL TIMES IN ENGLAND.
British Exports and Imports Have Taller
 or Heavily This Year.


 An English paper, the Manchester Union, gives this synopsis of trade con ditions:
 England has suffered from dull times, as have France, Germany and other European countries, without regard to their tariff policies. The aggregate loss in the export trade this year, as compared with the first nine months of 1892, is given at almost $3O, ,OOO, ,00O. But the falling off in imports is much greater still, amounting to $75, 1000, e0O showing that dull times had prevented the British from buying since they could not sell. This falling off in Brit ish imports by $75, ,OO0,O ,O0O in nine months gives one good reason why wheat is but little above 60 cents a bushel in Chicago. The exports of British coal fell off S1O,OOO,OO0 in the first nine months of this year as compared with the year before. In cotton yarns the export dimin- ished by over 25,OOO,0OO pounds and in cotton piece goods by 25O, 1000, GOO yards, as compared with the exports in 1892. While this shows heavy inn mediate loss to manufacturers and to labor, it is indicative, however, of de- creased stocks of cottons in purchasing countries, unless other manufacturing countries have met the deficiency in the English trade, which does not ap- pear reasonable in face of the large stocks of raw cotton that are available. In textile fabrics the exports decreased by nearly $1O,OOO,OOO, and in woollen and worsted yarns by nearly s, ,OOO, ,OOO, and in woo1len goods by s, 5OO, ,OOO. Metal goods, hardware and cutlery all fell off in quantity and value; tin plate exports decreased by nearly S500,000, smaller purchases by the United States representing the full amount of the decline. The exports Of manufacturesin iron and steel repre- sent loss of S1, ,0OO, ,00O; of machinery the same amount; articles of wearing apparel, shop goods and articles for personal use decreased to the extent of $4,0O0,G00, with smaller losses in ex- ports of glass, cement and paper The export trade in earthen ware and oils increased somewhat.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
AN AvERIED TRAGEDY.
How an English Captain Put Out Tire
 in the Nick of Time.


 in the Nick of Time.
 The 'Historical Records of the Forty-Third Light Infantry" the ia nous regiment which played a most important part in English warfare during the last quarter of the eigh- teenth century and the early part of the nineteenth, contains stirring in cldent of the prompt action which averted a tragedy. says the Manches- ter Times.
 Worn out with hard march the brig ade under Capt. Lloyd approached the convent at Benevente, where the cav airy and reserve still remained, hoping for shelter. They were disappointed. The convent was occupied by several thousand infantry, and the lower gal leries were so densely packed with the horses of cavalry and artillery that it was hardly possible for man to make his way among them.
 Two of the officers stood looking in at the dubious prospect through the single door that gave ingress and egress. A sudden cry of alarm burst from the lips of one. Look therer he cried, pointing over the backs of the horses. At that moment one of the inside wooden shutters burst into flame. Mortified, the officers looked at the burning shutter. and realized the hopelessness of the situation. It would be impossible to get the 6,OOO men and horses out, and they must stand by and see their comrades perish miserably. There was no water near, and if therc were, how get at the fire through those densely crowded horses?
 The flames crept upward towards the rafters. "Good heavens! Something must be done!" cried Capt. Lloyd. And then with 0 motion to those outside to be quiet, the brave captain leaped on the back of the nearest horse, and stepping from back to back of the ami mals, ran to the blazing shutter, tore it from it's hinges and pitched it from the window. Then he made his way back to the door in the same way as before.
 So quickly was the act performed that even the horses were scarcely dis turbed. The building was saved and there was no panic, which would have been as disastrous as the flames. The captains eyebrows and mustache were scorched, but that was all. And they'll grow again." he said. with laugh
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
A River Flowing from the Sen.

On the African shore near the gulf of Alden, and connecting the lake of Assal with the main ocean, may be found one of the most wonderful riv- CTS in the world. This natural curios- ity in the shape of a rlver does not flow to but from the ocean toward the in- land. The surface of Lake Assal is nearly seven hundred feet below the sea level, and it is fed altogether by this paradoxical river, the latter being about twenty-two miles in length. It is said to be a wonderful fact that this river of immense volume, especial ly at high tide, furnishes exactly enough water to counterbalance the extraordinary evaporation of the lake, and that in consequence the lakes surface remains at a uniform level year after year.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-05-31
WHALES IN BEHRlNG SEA.
Nearly All the ValGable Sea Monsters
 Have Left the North Pacific.

Nearly All the ValGable Sea Monster
 Have Left the North Pacific.
 The valuable whales have about al disappeared from the North Pacific Behring and Olhotsk seas no longer contain them, and the Arctic ocean i: the only recognized whaling ground left. There arc but fifty whalers now afoat in the western ocean, while : half century ago there were six hun dred such ships. There are ten stean vessels in this fleet and the rest are de scribed by Harper's Weekly as relies ancient barks and brigs that date from the long ago, are seldom insured and with difficulty secure crews. The captain and crew go on shares or are paid a percentage of the season: catch, and six or eight whales vii credit the former with four or five thousand dollars and the sailors witt couple of hundred dollars each. Fol three seasons one of the whalers has not secured single whale, while one crew captured twenty-one whales ir the summer of 1891.
 In 1891 Sitka was surprised by the visit of whaler, the first in the many years since the Fairweather grounds of Mount St. Elias were abandoned This ship had sailed in March for that old ground, but off Prince William sound nine right whales were taker in eight days, and tenth had been wounded, when the bark grounded 1T fog, unshipped and broke the rud. der. It then worked it's way to Sitka and for a fortnight gave new inter est to the life of that quiet capital.
 There had been time to clean anC slightly deodorize the ship during its sailinto port, and it fell disappointingly short of the traditional whaler. But it was interesting to visit it, and have the cheerful mate show pieces of whalebone six and seven feet in length stacked mp like cord wood; to see the boats, harpoons, knives and tackle and the huge vats in the brick furnace on deck, where the mountains of bluhbe1 are tried out. But the blubber and oil are little regarded in this day, as whalebone at six dollars a pound is the most valuable part of the monster. Catching their whales so fast, this crew had not time to cut up one whale before another was sighted, and the hold was filled with the blubber of the first whale while they were busy har- booming and cutting the bone from the later catches. They had only fou1 hundred and thirty barrels of oil, and the tongue of one whale yielded thir. teen of those barrels. From nine whales there came ten thousand pounds oi bone.