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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10
LAND BARoNs. I

They Hold Millions Of Acres OF swamp
Land IN Louisisna.
The New Orleans Picayune prints .
table of the land barons of Louisiana
and their holdings of unimproved tim
Der and swamp tracts, from which it
appears that alien syndicates, compa-
nies and individuals own more than
Zoo, 600 acres. One syndicate claims
400, 600 acres, several possess 100, 900
and more and holdings Of from q, 900
to $4,000 acres are not uncommon.
Most Of this land is owned in the west
ern states. but to capitalists OF New
York and Philadelphia several hundred
Thousand acres belong:
The Picayune explains that origin
ally the United States owned all Of
the lands in Louisiana other than those
which at the time Of the cession by
France were held by private persons
or corporations. Subsequently what
were known - swamp lands, that Is to
say, lands that were subject to tidal
Overflow from the sea or ware annu-
ally flooded by the Mississippi, became
the property Of the state, with the pro-
vision that It should sell them for the
purpose OF raising : fnnd to build
levees. A ooasidern11e territory, con-
sisting Of prsixie md 1orest lanA, was
retained 81 the United States ~ -
sold as homestaad& Such : dispcei-
tion was made Of this Land, but # =
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10
KING UMTASSA.

An Ebony Potentate Who Had . Right
Royal Thirst OF His Own.
l have just profited by q holiday to
pay q visit to Chief Umtassa, or,
rather, the Kinglet Umtassa, as the
official dispatches call him, says
writer in South Africa. The country
belongs to him and the chartered com.
pany gives him a yearly present of one
hundred dollars, and this one hundred
dollars aad this present was just due.
It is almost impossible to get a glimpse
of Umtassa, partly because he is such
a very important person-in his own
eyes-but chiefly because his life has
only three phases-going to drink,
drinking and being very drunk indeed.
We were shown into reception
hut" into which we crawled almost
upon our hands and knees, and we
seated ourselves on mats, prepared to
wait an indefinite time-for the 'schic"
of a native chief, like that of smart
dentist, is to keep one waiting as long
as possible. After about half an hour
we begsn to clamor and then we left
the hut and began to wander about the
kraal-a proceeding which the natives
generally objected to, and before we
had gone far an induna came to say
that Umtassa was coming and had sent
= present of Kah1r beer. So we
scrambled back and sat outside the
stuffy hut and waited.
At last sort Of procession came
winding down among the rocks, some
of the natives wearing snuff-box and
catskin, others draped in blanket q
Ia Julius Caesar, buts none of them
carrying any sort Of weapon with the
exception Of big native, who carried
Umtassa's knobkerrie and his battle
Ak. After this usher of the Black Rod
came Umtassa, drsped in : blue and
white toga, with blue and white cap
on his head.
Mach to our surprise, he turned out
to be very imposing looking person
age. 1nspite Of his excessive dirthe de-
eidedly possesses what IS called le
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10
RICH AMERICAN BoNDHoLDERs.

RICH AMERICAN BONDHOlDERS.
Kept sscros By the Treasury.
The millionaire is commonly repre-
sented as engaged in clipping coupons
from bonds. This is an egregious
error, says the Washington Star. Rich
men, as q rule, do not hold coupon
bonds The reason is quite obvious
Such bonds are not safe property. They
ara always payable to bearer, like treas
ury notes. If lost the government viii
not replace them. Accordingly, for
the sake of security, people are con-
stantly exchanging them for regis
tered bonds. Thus the sum total of
coupon bonds outstanding. which is
now about $40, 600 900, is all the time
diminishing. They are mostly in the
hands Of small holders. With the reg
istered bonds it is quite different.
They are rich mems property par ex-
cellence. At present about $500 ZOO, 600
worth Of them are held by private in
dividuals. OF this great sum $87, ,000,-
600, or not far from oae-half,
are owned by 1,Doo persons,
whose holdings average $4,000. The
names Of these fortunate. individuals
are kept secret by the treasury.
Sous OF the fortunes poseased IN this
SNAPS arG 16Loe1iloG1 op3A Of the
GneoAodt holcne q tie Nendefhl1te.
Old Willjon n. Nandet ~ 1a61s6 80
80 s. Registered bonda q one time.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10

The Kr1sfcxE is the sole representative
of the Great Upper Wood River. SawtootA
and Smoky mining regiona. and, located
as it is in the very heart Of the most PROM
Using mining coursry OH the face of the
earth, and leaving ssoshing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis Of al
mining news and developments, rs 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.
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+. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
nenSure ~ are hereby notified that l have ex-
fars fnuso me sum of one hundred (1O0) dol
M labor and improvements upon the
=, YOUNG AMERICA
d;st,i 'ne mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
orIer ,r.. !. Alturas county, State Of Idaho, in
visorsso 70 mold said premises under the pro-
the th.gs Tn;t OF section 1924, Revised Statutes Of
au;rod ni odnlted States, being the amount re-
inp ~ ~. 20 hold the same for the year end
ton Dsfeember 81 ener 81, 1892; that your proper
and ~ II .. Inc same is $40, being one-te;ith;
sServce Of this notice OF S within ninety f9o9 So
fall ~ after this notice by publication you
of snch hiuse to contribute your proportion
pubNcant,se pubNScn expenditure. Including costs OF
will haooon, your interest IN said claim
3& 34so under the provisions Of said section
r;..As. JOHN GORlAN.
-"s' publication, Jane II; 1895.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10
THE PRESIDENTS SIGNATURE.
Ono Man Cots d 200 . Year for Writing
Grover ClevelAnd's Name.

ono MAD Gets 81 ,XOO Year Tor W f1Cx0& 4
Grover Cleveland's Name.
Much of the presidents business con-
sists in signing his name, which must
be attached to all appointments, COM
missions, promotions and thousand
and one other documents. So exact
ing is this part of his duty that he can
not perform the whole of it, says the
st. Louis Globe Democrat. One en-
ploye of the government gets twelve
hundred dollars year for writing Mr..
Cleveland's name on land warrants.
He does nothing else but that.
There are other officials in Uncle
Sans employ, by the way. who do
nothing else, practically, but sign their
own names. This is almost the sole
duty of the register Of the treasury,
who is kept hard atwork signing docu-
every day. The assistant treasurer of
the United States is another slave to
his own signature, which he is perpet-
ually engaged in afixing to warrants
for money.
Mr.. Cleveland's messages to congress
are all written in autograph originally.
He does all his writing with his own
hand. Such documents he produces on
foolscap with pen and ink, turning off
sheet after sheet with scarcely cor
rection. An Interpolation is rare in
his manuscript. In this fashion his
most finished speeches are evolved.
The literary method pursued by Presi-
dent Harrison was wholly different.
He found it very hard to write with q
pen, and so he would keep by him
pad of paper and soft lead pencil.
With these he would jot down notes
from time to time during leisure mo-
ments, and from the memoranda thus
made he would afterward dictate to
the stenographer. The messages sent
to congress are careful copies of the
original. Senator Edmunds, while pre-
siding officer pro tenn. of the upper
house, refused to receive typewriter
message from the president, He
claimed that the law required 'smes-
sage in writing" and that the type
script was not written in the proper
sense. This ruling established prec-,
edent which has been followed ever
SINCE.
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MUST HAVE SECRETARIES.

Society Womo No Longer Able to Keep
Up with Their Correspondents.
A great deal is said about how let
ter-writing is lost art, and lovers Of
bygone days take great pleasure and
pride in pointing to the numberless
epistles written in the past generation
and then contrasting them with the
little scrappy notes scrawled in the
very illegible handwriting of to-day.
Within the last few years the utter i'm
possibility of any society woman at
tempting to keep up her own corre-
spondence has been thoroughly proved,
and the New York Herald thinks that
of all the fields of employment open
to women that of private secretary is
most desirable and one of the most re-
munerative. It is a post which re-
guires business ability, great tact, a
clear handwriting and thorough
knowledge of composition. The
schools and colleges are beginning to
realize how important it is to train
women to fill these very positions, for
every year sees the demand increasing.
Some women require that their secre-
taries shall write hand precisely like
their own, so that notes of most init
mate character can be answered by
the secretary without giving offense,
as would probably be the case should
the receiver of a note for an instant
fancy that anyone than the person to
whom the letter had been sent had
answered it. OF course this position re-
quires the most absolute trust, for the
secretary is of necessity intrusted
with the most intimate affairs
of her employer. The world has GER
tainly changed since the time when it
was generally believed and universally
stated that no woman could keep a Sc
cret, for many are the cases in this
city where another person has charge
of my lady's private affairs and never
has there been known time as yet
when such confidence has been abused
The duties of a secretary are manifold
and require considerable knowledge of
society and its requirements. She must
know to whom cards should be sent,
must keep up visiting list and be sure
when invitations for receptions and
dances are sent out that none of the
dead friends are invited. In some
places the secretary has charge of the
affairs as we'll.
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grand air, which I take to be produced
by . complete satisfaction with ones
surroundings and not little contempt
Tor the rest of the world. Well, our
friend Umtassa gave each of us a very
grimy hand to shake and really one
might have planted q mealie field under
each OF his hands. He then sat down
on his mat, with all his people grouped
around him and his induna told our
interpreter that he might ,speak.
Thereupon good deal of business was
transacted.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.


40 JOHN W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
lou are hereby notified that have ex-
tehded the sum of five hundred (5OO) dol
Ins,I ,ars IN labor and improvements upon the
;hEK TRAIL lode mining claim,
,tl'ua.ed =, on the Smoky divide, about twen-
ss..wo miles from Ketchufn, in Warm
springs Creek mining district. Alturas
putty; putty; Idaho, as required by section 1924,
iua iMe'ised Statutes of the United States, be-
fns fns .lle amount required to hold the same
I9r n the years ending December 81. 1887. to
,ba Ibecemoer 81, 1891; that your proportion of
~;t,,sin rie same is $3.50, being one-halt; and if
thia Ilthln ninety (9) days from the service of
this iis no,ee, or within ninety (9) days after
f"So ss hotice by publication you fail or re-
ssnsua s,e 70 contribute your proportion of such
sa;s ;sIu,uttufe a,lf as co-Owner, your interest in
su'd smdasU:,m a,m vail become the property of the
sec,;as sec,;srs'gned gns under the provisions of said
Ko.a Kaon Z524, FRANK ]. LEMON.
AeTTGnum;. Tm;. Idaho, July %, 1892.
Airst publication July 30. 1892
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10
HORRIBLE CARGOES,
Life on Bone-Laden Ships Rendered Al
most UnendurabIe.

Life on Bone-Laden Ships Rendered Al
most UnendurabIe.
When the seven-hundred-ton Aus
trian bark Villa was picked up at sea
by the Norwegian fruit steamer Breid-
ablik and brought to New York a
couple of months ago much curiosity
was expressed as to what could have
caused her crew to desert her. With
the exception of being partially dis
masted, it was in perfect condition,
says the New York Tribune, and the
loss of its masts might have occurred
after the crew left it. It had sailed
from Egypt with cargo chiefly made
up Of old bones, and no word was heard
of it until it was picked up of Hatteras
by the Breidablik. ALI the bark's
papers and every scrap of food had
been taken from it and the fate of its
crew was mystery. The experience
of the three-masted schooner Wallace
J. Boyd, which recently arrived at
Philadelphia from Montevideo with a
similar cargo of old bones may afford
an explanation of the mystery sur
rounding the Villa. The crew of the
Boyd say that nothing could ever in
duce them to ship again on bone
laden vessel. Within few days after
leaving port the vessel became infested
with scorpions and other pestiferous
bugs, which came out of the cargo and
penetrated every nook and corner of
the craft. The men were driven from
their hunks in the forecastle and every
effort to rid the schooner of the
plague was unavailing. Five or six
times day all hands were compelled
to strip, bathe and change their cloth
ing, but the smaller insects held on in
spite of all this. On day which was
damp and warm the torment was ag-
gravated by the appearance of large
green bugs, which swarmed over every
thing and continued their ravages
until port was reached. 1t is believed
that the creatures were in the
bones when they were gathered on the
Argentine plains, and the excessive
heat of the hold during the voyage
through the tropics caused them to
breed in enormous numbers and forced
them on deck. 1t is possible that the
crew of the Villa was driven from it by
q similar cause and met a worse fate.
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Poisoning from Charcoal.

A new form of lead paralysis has ap-
peared in Paris among the hands of .
chemical charcoal factory. The char
coal was rendered more eombustible
by being treated by nitrate, and thus
better fitted for lighting fires Nitrate
Of soda or potash ought to be used for
this purpose. but the factory proprie-
tor found it more advantageous to use
nitrate Of lead, which increased the
weight of the product. Naturally, the
workmen soon exhibited symptoms Of
lead poisoning. It is proposed to pass
. law forbidding the dangerous process
under penalty Of = heavy fine and inn
prisonment.
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A CHECKERED KEER.
Deplorable End OF the Author OF q
Beautiful Song.
The Ups and Downs In the Lie OF the
= Composer of "Thore's Light In the
window for Thee, Drothex,"
Once So Popular.

A few days ago an old man, dressed
in rags, appeared ut the city prison in
Coffeyville, Kan, and asked the jailer
to allow him to sleep in one of the
empty cells over night. He declined
rived on q freight train from Texas.
His request was granted. Next morn
ing he was found to be i'll and. though
properly taken care of, died four days
later. A few hours before death, says
q Topeka dispatch to the Boston Her
aid, he called the jailer to his side and
told him his name was Edward Dun
bar, and that he was the author Of that
beautiful hymn: "There's Light in
the Window for Thee, Brother" He
was buried in the Coffeyville ceme-
terry.
When Dunbar was small boy he
lived in New Bedford, Mass, and
worked in a factory. His mother lived
at the foot of the street on which the
factory was located, and, as the lads
work kept him away till after dark,
she always placed light in the win
dow to guide his footsteps homeward.
One day he took a notion to go to sea,
and off he went on a three years
cruise. During his absence his mother
fell i'll and was at deaths door. She
talked necessarily about her boy, and
every night she asked those around
her TO place light in the window in
anticipation of his return. When she
realized that her end had come, she
said: ''Ten Edward that will set .
light in the window of Heaven for
him." These were her last words.
The lad had grown to manhood ere
he returned home, and his mothers
dying message SO affected him that he
reformed and became preacher. In
the course of his reformation he wrote
the song: "There's Light in the Win
dow for Thee, Brother" The song be-
came widely known. .''
Rev. Edward Dunbar married q
young woman in New Bedford during
his work in great revival in 1853, and
several children were the result of
this union. The young divine soon
made reputation as brilliant pulpit
orator, and the public was therefore
greatly surprised when one bright
Sunday morning he skipped the coun-
try, leaving his wife and children be-
hind. He came to Kansas, and after
snatching brands from the burning
in different parts of the state, he went
to Minneapolis and began to show the
people the error of their ways. A great
revival followed and hundreds were
converted.
Miss Eunice Bell Lewis, a handsome
young heiress of Indianapolis. was one
of the converts. She fell in love with
the evangelist and married him against
the wishes of her friends. Shortly
after the wedding Dunbar returned to
Kansas to fill an engagement at Leav-
enworth. While he was away the
friends of the bride, who had mistrust-
ed the evangelist all along, laid their
before w. d. Webb, now
Judge of the Second judicial district of
Kansas, and Judge Austin Young, who
were law partners in Minneapolis, and
they took the case. The result was that
they soon found evidence sufficient
to warrant an arrest, and Dunbar's
career was brought to .
close
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now largely in possession Of syndicates.
The Picayune's table includes the
swamp homestead and sea-marsh
lands The last named, lions share
OF which has been acquired by the
Watkins syndicate, must be drained
and diked like the Holland coast, and
some progress in this work has already
been made.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-03-10
THE ANCHOR NURSE.

A Man Who Twenty Years Ago Had It
Down Very Fine Indeed.
81 see that Ives made great run at
billiards the other day." said the old
man as he chalked his cue, ''and that
he did it with the anchor nurse, Now
the papers are talking about that an
chor nurse as if it was new thing. 1
saw an anchor nurse used way back in
'72, and the fellow who used it had
used it before, too"
Pressed for the story by Buffalo Ex-
press writer, the old man said: 81 was
in hard luck that winter and was act
ing as room keeper for a friend of
mine. One day fellow came into the
room and got into game. He proved
to be q very good player, and for q
week or two he came up regularly and
laid out the local experts to the queens
taste. Then match was made be-
tween him and the best player in town
for one hundred dollars. It was to be
five hundred points up, straight bill
lizards. @ 54
''The night for the match came and
the room was crowded. They began
to play, and dubbed along until each
one of them had fifty or SO buttons.
Then the stranger got the balls against
the rail and held them in one spot. He
ran out the game, making, to be exact,
four hundred and forty-seven billiards.
The last shot he made was hard drive
from the lower end of the table and it
broke the balls up. He was loudly ap-
plauded, and there were many COM
ments on his skill in keeping the balls
anchored as he did. He got the money
and went away.
''Next day we were talking over the
game, and one man said he didn't be-
ieve any man could make SO many
points off two balls without moving
them. He talked SO much that we ex-
amined the table. Then we got on to
the anchor nurse"
''Did he have hole punched in the
cloth?" asked listener.
''No," said the old man, che didn't"
Cali on the square, was it?''
swell, not exactly. You see he car
ried small bottle of liquid glue with
him, and he put a COB of it on the table
next the cushion when we didn't see
him." The old man picked up his cue
and made carom. ''There was a
man." he said, "who had the anchor
nurse down about as fine as any of
them"
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HUNTING WITH TURKEYS.
Tame Birds Used to Capture tho WuA
Ones,

Tame Birds Used TO Capture tho VIVA
Ones.
'Tame turkeys can be trained to
hunt wild ones," said st. Louisan re-
Gently to q Globe-Democrat man. 81
owned one called Dick, down in Polk
county, Tenn, that obtained state
reputation. was offered one hun
dred dollars for. him at one time, but
then thought he was phenomenal
bird. Since his death, however, l have
discovered that the talent for hunting
wild turkeys is not uncommon among
tame ones. The call of the wild fowl
differs from that of the domestic one,
but the latter can easily learn the for
mer's calls if the hunter Is patient
enough to teach him. The tame tur--
key can be taught SO that he can be
taken into the woods, and will then
send forth the challenge call. If q
turkey cock is within hearing an an
swering note of defiance is invariably
made. This is replied to, and finally
the wild turkey will come very eau
tiously until he sees the tame one, a.
he is suspicious creature. But when
he sees the turkey his fears are gone.
and he starts at once to. do battle.
Then the trained turkey runs and the
hunter shoots.
ssThe advantages Of this method Of
hunting are very great. While
hunter can initiate . turkey cali paet-
ty closely, there is an accompaniment
made by striking the ground with the
wings which cannot be reproduced,
and without this the game is sus-
picious. The hunting turkey must be
taken in hand when very young and
constantly drilled. but beyond the pa
tience required very little skill need to
exist upon the part Of the trainer"
A Queer Cr~sturs.
The West Indian migratory crab is
the only creatalre that is b1rn in the
sea, natures in fresh waters aud passes
its adult life on land Once : year
these creatures migrate In thousands
from the uplauds Of Jamaica. deposit
their larv@ In the sea, then migrate to
the rivers and streams, pass through
. fresh water stage, after which they
follow their parents to land until the
time comes for them to return to the
sea to lay their eggs.
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MISCELLANEOUS,
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PROFESSIONAL.

WM. HYNDMAN, "a
,rroRNEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum. Idaho.
4 ! practces in all the Courts and Land
nsices in the State. e.----
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-09-21
Only One Day in Eighteen Years.

Among the visiting members Of the bar
in Staunton last week in attendance On the
Court of Appeals, was Judge Jos. Chris
tian Of Richmond, a former member of that
court. He was looking in excellent health.
His career on the bench was a very remark
able one in one respect; for six years on the
circuit bench and twelve years Oh the Court
of Appeals bench, he never missed but one
day from court. That day was at a
session Of the court in Staunton when the
diptheria was prevailing, and an associate
judge hearing that he had sore throat
wrote him note asking as favor that if
he would come to court the next day he
would not sit by him. Judge Christian
thinking that probably all the members Of
the court shared the same apprehension
absented himself the next day, but on the
day following took his seat and kept it till
the end of the term.