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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-04-14
WEIGHING A LIVE TROUT.
Deceptive Appearancs.in An aazA.-of ths I11a'
1T Large In the Water.

Deceptive Appearancs.-i An zA.-of shs E1sh
1T Large In the Water.
A few days ago party of anglers
visited the hatching house OF the state
fish commission at Cold Spring Har-
Dor. Long Island and were estimating
the weight of the larger trout which
were swimming at their feet, says the
New York Sun. One very large speca
men attracted their attention, and .
veteran angler said: ''rhst fellow will
weigh six pounds.
sBet you cigar that it won't 60 over
four" said another.
.sI'll split the difference with each OF
you and take both figures that the tsta
will weigh over and under six pounds
said q third.
Just then the superintendent, Mr..
Fred Mather, came out of the building.
and at once they appealed to him in
chorus: Major, how much win that
fish weigh7"
about eight pounds, ~ was the reply.
"But see you look incredulous. Well
find his weight precisely. Peter SAID
the superintendent to one of his men,
''get all hands, the deep scine> q wash
tub and the scales, Get ont the big
trout and weigh it" ,I.sa
Within ten minutes the net brought
up a mess of great trout, which wetS
allowed to escape, all- except the biz
one. The washtub, two feet In diam
eter, was sunk under it. then lifted.
and the party saw within 1t q; magni6-
Nt
tend it's tail within the limits OF ita
confinement, whose breadth and depth
were surprising. The angler who had
bet on six pounds wanted to make:
it twelve, and the four-pound man be-
came interested in the foclk OF wood
ducks and teal near by, which are one
of the sights of the place. IA fish in
the water" said Moi. Mather. "never
looks as large as when out OF 1t. The
depth is greatly foreshortened, and
even the length and breadth do not
seem to show their full extent. Boys,
weigh the tub"
A pole over the shoulders of two men
held the scales, and when they
Strengthened up and the tub with ita
contents cleared the ground. the scale
indicated ninety-two pounds The
fish was then carefully lifted out and
sent swimming away, and the tub and
water pulled the scales at eighty-three
pounds. leaving nine pounds rs the
weight of the trout. .<fsss-.5.
''That fish," said the major, sis the
common brook trout of Europe. ! i'm
ported the first eggs after taking tho
fish with the fly in the Black Forest
iu Germany, and it is destined to be .
faxorite whcn better kuoEn."
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A Japanese Girl Of tho Period.

Another incontestable proof OF the
rapid advance of the Japanese in civil
ixation of the west j. the following
advertisement, which appeared In .
Toxic paper recently: "A young lady
wishes to get married. She is very
beautiful, has q rosy face, which is sur
rounded by dark curly hair. Her eye
brows show the form of the half moon,
and the mouth i small and pretty.
She is also very rich, well read enough
to admire the dowera- in the daytime
at the side. of q life companion, or at
night to sing to the stars in heaven.
The man whom she win choose must
also be young, handsome and well cd
ucated, and be ready to share the same
grave with her"
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MASCULINE APPLICATIONS.
The Idiotlc Stare, the Walking Sttck. Ever
Ing Tic and Nonchaiance.

The Idiotlc Stare, the Walking Stick. Even
Ing Tic and Noncha,ance.
It is said on excellent authority that
the idiotic stare is still in favor among
tie exotic youth of swelldom. and any
fashionable young man who cannot
learn how to abstract every atom OF
expression from the countenance apd
look on vacancy with an expression of
imbecility, cannot belong to the select
coterie or hold rank in the inner cir
cles.
There are other important matters
which must be carefully committed If
one desires to be in the van OF fashion.
The first of these relates to the walk
ing stick, and this.involves perhaps the
most serious responsibility. For the
stick must be left at home when going
to business, to church, or to, make
calls. The reason of the latter bylaw
is that in the language of the stick, to
call upon young lady while carrying
a cane, implies that the caller is on
sufficiently intimate terms to look In
on her casually any time. What liner
subtlety than this is to be found in the
intricacies of feminine etiquette!
Then there is fixed and immutable
law governing the carrying OF thecane.
The correct style is to hold it at an
angle of forty-five degrees, with tAe
ferrule uppcr,nost and forward. OF
course, this is the sort of thing no man
could possibly discover for himself, for
the unsophisticated would naturally
carry his stick with the point to-the
ground and in so doing stand revealed
as initiated in the supreme refinement
of etiquette.
No man with q particle OF self-re-
spect would wear . made-up evening
tie. and as some men find it quite inn
possible to learn TO tie the bow them
selves there has sprung up q new IN
dustry for women. Ayoung woman in
London has taken up the unique call
ing of going from house to house tying
the neckgear of distraught bachelors
who cannot do it for themselves. The
custom will probab bly, be introduced on
this side along with the other English
ouirks. Let no man in his conceit as
sumo that when Pandora opened her
caslet women monopolized all the
vanity. -
Besides it isn't good form to be so
critical. A nonchalant benevolence,
superior and patronizing. is the latest
mode, and 1t is not good form to be
ceustic or pessimistic any more.
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Notice Of Forfeiture.


40 ). r. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
lou are hereby notified that l have e1-
pshued the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
'afs IN labor and Improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
.le AVE mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
n.st, u.ss.rlct, Alturas county. State of Idaho, In
v;Ger v;. to hold said premises under the pro.
,hs ttsiqns ~ OF section 1924, Revised Statutes OF
on; ens United States, being the amount re-
5aired ;nll to hold the same for the year end
Nv. S december 81, 1892; that your proper
sna roa q the same Is $40. being one-tenth :;
.ervice Of this notice notice. or S within ninety loo)
az ~ after this notice by publication you
nf ~ " refuse to contribute your proportion
~ snhN hsuch expenditure. including costs Of
rrS;SS'fecation, r;S your interest in said claim
se ;isaed under the he prc9IsiciIs q 81 aid section
JOHN 6ORMk0.
FIRST publication, June II, tSo4.
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GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice of Forfeiture.

10 JOHN W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred 500 dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim.
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
tty-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
Tor the years ending December 81, 1887, to
december 81, 1891; that your proportion OF
oe, sne same is $3.50, being one halt; and II
within within ninety (9) days from the service OF
this notice Or hv within ninety aays rl,er re
aose to contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co-owner. your interest In
sala claim will become the property OF the
uuld1erslgned under the provisions OF said
section 1924, FRANK ]. LEMON. .
Aetehum.. Idaho, July g, 1882.
First publication July 80, 1892.
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KILLED HIMSELF FOR A LIVING.
a Partisan 6wlndler Who Took Novel
Means Of Raising tho Wind.

q Partisan 6wlndler Who Took = Novel
Means Of Raising tho Wind.
Gillet, professional mendicant of
faris, has the peculiar merit of being
the organizer of . trick for raising
funds which was unknown and un-
dreamed of in the philosophy of the
ablest representatives of the old Cour
des Miracles, says writer in the
London Telegraph. He pretended to
hang himAelf from tree seven times
during the summer, and on each occa-
sion he was cut down from his gibbet
by Good Samaritans, who invariably
sent round the hat for him on the spot
In some instances the rescuers may
have been Gillet's sconfederates, but ac-
cording to what can be gathered he
usually preferred to work alone. Hav-
ing selected fine day for his opera
tiouB, Gillet dressed himself carefully
and went to the woods of Doulogne or
sVincennes. He next made choice of
tree near where young children were
playing, and having put moose round
his neck strung himself up. Then he
groaned and attracted the children,
who ran in alarm to their mothers or
nurses, until in moment there was q
crowd around him.. Men summoned to
the spot, and sometimes the women
who were called, extricated the artful
mendicant from his apparently peril
Gus position. He was extended on the
grass, his hands were rubbed, cordials
were pressed to his lips and smell
ing bottles put under his nose.
When he revived the first question put
to him was naturally: Why did he
do it? Pointing to pocket OF his coat
he would say: "Here is letter which
will explain all!'' The document be-
ing opened contained communication
to the effect that Gillet wanted to
hang himself Of his own free will. His
desire to die was caused by destitution,
and he had not eaten for two days. A
collection being made for the sufferer
he instantly regained the use OF his
limbs, and before leaving his generous
sympathizers treated them to brief
autobiographical sketch, which set
forth that he was a respectable young
man from the country who had been
stranded in Paris and could find no
work to do. 1t is recorded that Gillet
performed this trick with great sue
cess between July and September, not
only in the woods about Paris, but
also in the park at Versailles and in
the forest of st. Germain. In the last
mentioned place he had the good for
tune to be cut down just as generous
Paris banker was passing by, who gave
him liberal donation. Gillet natur-
ally took care to tie his moose in a man
ner calculated to produce the effect
which he intended without imperiling
his life. In the winter, when the
woods are comparatively deserted, Gil
let adopted the old trick of pretending
to faint or to have an epileptic fit at
the corner of the street. His fraud
has Mt last been detected and charita-
BILE people have been warned against
his knavery, which has not only de-
ceived ordinary men and women but
also astute members of the police force.
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The KEYyroxr IL the sole Representatives
Of the Great Upper Wood River. saNtooth
and smoky mining resdons, and. aocsted
~ It is in the very heart Of the snost prom
tsing mining country on the face OF the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis os ~
mining news and devslopments, ~ well -
matters of local Importance in and shout
Ketchum, it is an Invaluable guide for cap
ital aud informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, READ
it, and let your friends read it.
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Tho Preacher,s Voice.

Why preacher should sing diher-
entity from other people is mystery,
but they al do. Every one who has
heard preachers sing knows that there
is . queer twang about the clerical
voice when used in singing that is rare
" heard save among preachers and
verv old members who have attended
church SO long that fhey have caught
the preachers tone. The difference is
not 50 much in style IS ID the varia-
lions Ahate prea<he1 never faib to In
troduce, and once heard can never Be
mistaken.4 .<.---.-. - --.--s
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PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY.
How lGs. ChildA Treated Wofn~Out xW-
ployes


ploye. !;
This incident has been related OF Mr..
Childs, and / believe it has never been
printed, says writer in the New York
Press. Stopping one Of his head en-
ployes one day Mr.. Childs said: "foa
are not looking we'll. think you must
be working too hard"
81 am not feeling very well, Mr..
Childs, that is q fact" was the answer.
s'but / guess l Will be all right In
short time"
..How would you like to take tE1p
to Europe?' said Mr.. Childs, smiling
pleasantly.
"Well enough, sir, " was the response;
ssbut cannot afford It. !"
"You can afford II" said Mr.. Childs,
taking him by the arm, ''if pay your
expenses and pay your salary to your
family while you are gone, can't your
The result was the man spent two
months in Europe, and returned COM
pletely restored to health.
ssThat was one OF the best invest
ments ever made," chuckled Mr..
Childs, when the matter was called TO
his attention. why, Mr.. - returned
80 much improved In health that he
could do twice as much work - he
could before he left You zee Hns
the real gamer by the ArRnaAcden.~
One Of Mr.. Childs. chazeeteriseicf Was
that he nexer seemed to take snI
credit 10 himself for doing klna eea1
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value, $7e9, e24, 100; number Of mules,
2,251, value, $146, ,2ss ,s11; number OF
milch cows, 1e, 49,, 400, value, $35s, $685.
461; number Of oxen and other cattle,
81, sos, 1853, value, $3.50, ,7S9, TAT; number
of sheep, 45,o4s,0l7, value, $sol, Isl, ,11o;
number of swine, 45,:0s,49s, value,
S27O. .S84. .62o.
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n~wMlsss Lavss.

A pathetic incident occurred in the
waits school in Pittsburgh : few
weeks go. One Of the teachers
brought . beautiful rcd ross to school.
which. halding ap before the scholars,
she asked: "Now children. how many
Of you know what this Isl" Nearly
every little ona shook his hesd.
to indicate ignorance. One small
boy and > couple OF little girls
piped out, with great Importance:
cts = posie, please, ns,am- Z
But no one had ever heard Of > rose.
Most Of the children had never seen
one before. The teacher put II IN =
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HOBBIES OF NOTED WOMEN,

Actors snd 0inGers Particularly Noticee-
bile tor Their Odd Pads.
The princess of Whales has mania
for collecting postage stamps Queen
Victoria's hobby finds vent in the col
lection of curious coins. The late
Comtesse Ruspoli spent many years OF
her life in collecting Napoleonic relics
and succeeded in acquiring . very va
liable assortment
Professional women are, according to
the Philadelphia Times, most given to
this sort of thing. Clara Morris and
Mrs. Langtry dote on horses. the latter
having put to good use her love OF
them by the discretion she exercises in
buying those that win many . purse
for her on the turf.
Mrs. Bernard Beere buys mechanical
dolls as other women invest In bon
bous, and her collection is = large and
valuable one. Fanny Davenport goes
in for antique iewelry and odd hair
pins, while Pauline Halls more mod
crn taste inclines her toward sap
phires and turquoiseA 1t Is said she
possesses more beautiful marquisc
rings than any woman in the Profes-.
sion.
Christine Nilsson has fancy for
fans Of rare lace and exquisite work
manship. This little hobby Is one OF
most expensive ones that can be
thought Of, and unless one possesses
royal friends or = royal pocketrbook
the mania should be transf< rred to
something less apt to, bankrupt one.
Agnes Repplier, as . representative
literary woman, divides her time be-
tween her essays and large and in
teresting family of cats that she
sdorea Bernhardt's fals are too
numerous to mention. while there are
many women in private LIE who let
their fancy run rampant on shoes, old
silver. hces, autographs and in tact
hundreds of queer fancies. for individ-
nal tastes lie ii dinerent directions,
and the world o4 women + ever grow
ing larger. .--as,-~--. ---------- s. :
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Of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region.

glass of water to preserve it, and when
school was dismissed each child was
rendered supremely blissful by the
gift of tiny pedal. AS they fled out
of the door, each little wait clutched
his treasure tightly in his small hand,
while he murmured softly to himself
the name: "Pitty wose, pity wose"
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ALUMINIUM PRINTING.
Successful Application Of the Use Of the
New Metal

successful Application Of the Use Of the
New Metal
It has been found that on account Of
its porosity and it's peculiar quality OF
absorbing and retaining transferred
impressions, which it possesses in as
marked degree rs the lithographic
stone, that it is especially adapted for
the same kind of work.
It's advantage over the stone, how
ever, and that which renders it so
much more desirable, is its great light
ness; for while = printing sheet OF
aluminium having surface OF thirty
by forty inches, and the fortieth of an
inch in thickness, weighs only three
pounds, a stone of the same dimen-
sions weighs at least four hundred
pounds.
AS the metal is now selling in rolled
sheets at dollar pound, and stone
of good quality and of the weight
stated is worth one hundred dollars,
the difference in price OF the two is
ninety-seven dollars. In consequence
of the increasing demands of the lith-
ographic trade, the supply OF the best
quality of stone is rapidly becoming
exhausted, while aluminium, which is
obtained from clay, and which is on
that account the most abundant metal
on the earth, il practically inexhaus-
tible.
AS an illustration of the contrast
presented by the two materials it may
be stated that one ton OF alumni.
mum sheets will do the work now per-
formed by the two hundred tons OF
stone stored in one of the largest litho-
graph Establishments in New York
city. It may be further stated that
while the capital invested in this large
supply of photographic stone is about
six hundred thousand dollars, the
price of the one ton of aluminium
sheets which would be required for
the same work would be about two
thousand dollars, exclusive of the cost
of 1eparing the metal and the neces-
sary printing blocks which would not
exceed two thousand more.
Regarding the quality of the work.
the specimens of printing done on the
aluminium sheets is such that they can
be employed in the finer kind Of bond
printing and commercial as well as
color work. There is one particular
in which the metal is decidedly SUI
perior to the stone, in its fexibility.
which renders it especially available
for cylinder printing, by which two
fold or three-fold speed may be OBJ
tained in the printing process.
Experiments of the costly nature
have been conducted during the past
two years, looking to the perfection OF
the application of the metal to the
purpose of this kind Of printing by Mr..
L. L. Bullock and Mr. John Mullaly,
both Of New York city. They have
secured patent rights which amply
cover their processes, and they expect
soon to be in the market with large
plant capable oftheetlng all demands
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ENGLISH WOMEN WHO SMOKE.
They Use Cigarettes Tipped with Rose and
Violet Petals.

They Use Cigarettes Tipped with Rose and
Violet Petals.
Mrs. Grundy will doubtless be
shocked to hear that smoking is quite
fashionable among the ladies OF Lon
don's upper ten," says late London
letter.
'sHave you many ladies among your
customers?" asked at . fashionable
Bond street tobacconist's the other day.
'sQuite q number" was the reply,
"and they not only venture to have
preferences, but are very connoissfur-
ish, assure you. A little while ago,
you know, if lady came in for box
of cigarettes it was always for her hus-
band or her brother. This is our latest
novelty in ladies' cigarette" handing
me sample. ''It is tipped with vio-
let petal. We have another cigarette
of the same quality. tipped with q rose
petal"
Sand their price7 A fancy one, l
suppose?"
Fourteen shillings hundred. You
see, they are made of the finest Turk
ish tobacco"
These cigarettes, may add, were
very temptingly put up in brown. sill
ver-edged cardboard boxes. Another
thing they told me here was that ladies
smoke bigger cigarettes than they
used to.
I have been informed that at the
highest class West End restaurants no
objection is made to ladies smoking,
though at other restaurants mot
hundred miles from Piccadilly circus9.
patronized more or less by ladies, who,
II they were as strong in virtue as they
are in patchouly, would be models OF
morality, such q thing would not for .
moment be tolerated.
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PROFESSIONAL.

wM. HYNDMAN.
.ropNEY-AT-LAW Ketchum. Idaho.
4 Iputi ppuractices in all the Courts and Land
oices in the State.
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A Good Restaurant

In connection with the house.
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General nsalcrs in
BEEF, PORK, MUTTON
BUTCHERS SUPPLIES, Ere.

~prompt attention given to town'and
country orders, -
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-08-09
IN GENERAL.

George Gould tumbled into the Eng
fish channel last Saturday, while trying
to board the Vigilant. He was pulled
out none the worse for the ducking.
The Mark Lane Express says that the
Weld of wheat in Great Britain will be III
per cent better than in 1898, and will be
the best crop gathered in several years.
Santo, the assassin Of President Carnot,
of France, was found guilty on Friday,
and Immediately sentenced to death. lie
was given three days in which to appeal
A sister of the late Charles II. Spur
geon is getting quite reputation us
preacher in England. She is said to be
very eloquent and impressive in the
pulpit.
Mr.. and Mrs. james A. Wakefield, OF
Uniontown, Pa, celebrated their golden
wedding last week. Among those pres
ent were the father and mother OF Mr..
Wakefield, who had recently celebrated
their diamond wedding.
At meeting Of the local organization
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NEWS OF THE STATE.

A small cheese factory has been cstab-
lished in the Bunker creek valley, Lewis
county.
A grand bazaar will be held at Ilwaco,
August 1924. One of the attractions
will be baby show.
The Roslyn miners, who have been out
on strike for some months, have accept
ell the Company's terms.
Prospectors on Squaw creek, Okanogan
county, are much excited over the dis
covery Of rich placer ground.
The trustees OF the First Baptist church
in Tacoma have expelled +. II. Day, for
being hypocrite, blackmnler and i'm
poster.
1t is estimated that the Spokane fire
department have saved over two million
dollars worth Of property from fire during
tho Y,ssrA yce,'.
The South Bend Journal has been
doubled in size, and now comes out as an
eight-page, six-column paper, an evidence
of enterprise or prosperity, or both.
About 1000 applications have been re-
ceived for the 300 places vacated by the
machinists at the Northern Pacific shops
in Edison, when ordered out during the
recent strike.
Thurston county blackberry pickers to
the number OF about 800 camped at the
foot OF the Black hills, prepared for a
weeks stay, and with utensils for can
ming the fruit.
Its an ill wind that blows nobody any
good. The recent floods covered the
Marcus flats in Colville county, with
sand from two to ten feet deep. which
proves to be rich in gold dust.
Stevens county farmers are peaceful
and prosperous. Sheriff Mcmillan says
that the terms OF all the prisoners con-
fined in the county Jail during the eigh'
teen months OF his term, all added to-
gether, would not amount to four months
The new home for the warden at the
Walla Walla penitentiary was designed
by convict, and the structure just COM
pleted by the convicts, at saving Of
$40 900 to the state. They have also jus,
completed new brick wall at saving
Of $50, 1000.
An Olympia couple have agreed to
marry as soon as they can see the wal
of the capitol building ten feet above the
ground. Another couple are going te
wait till the million dollar structure is
finished so they can be married by the
chief Justice in the legislative hall. This
will be a capitol marriage, surely.