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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-02-22
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS

.-"Isn't this rather too generousr
said tho clergyman, looking s* the 80
gold piece in his hand. 'tIt's what /
always pay" loftily replied the Sioux
Falls man who had just been married
Chicago Tribune.
An Unbiased Opinion.-''Now, pro-
fessor." said the ambitious young man.
'syou have tried my voice, want you to
tell me frankly what it Is best adapted
to.'' And without moments hesita-
ton the eminent musician responded:
~Whispering. Iit-Bfts.
Learning the Lesson.-Hubby-
"When I first got married I determined
to have no large items of expense in
housekeeping, but find after all that
1t is the little things that count" Batch
How many have you?" Hubby
II have four. Detroit Free Press.
Don't try to deceive me, Mabel"
said Mrs. Point Breeze to her daughter,
in severe tone. "Mr. Bellefield took
a kiss when he left. heard him." "Oh,
well, mamma, it's all right" replied
the girl. II took it back from him im-
mediately." - Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The member for North South Blank
Gentlemen, you twit me with
having turned my coat. Years ago
supported this measure. Then l had
reason. But now, gentlemen, have
lost my reason" And he wondered at
the deafening smile that pervadcd the
meeting.-Household Words.
II suppose that it would take
great deal of observation and expert
ence to enable man to pick the fastest
horse entered for a race, she remarked.
EYES," replied the man of nournful ex-
perience, "but that isn't what you are
trying to do. What you want is to pick
the horse that is going to win. Wash
ington Star.
Mrs. Wotts-"There: We have
cleared off the last of that church debt,
and it never cost you men cent. See
what women can do" Mr.. Watts-'I
don't know about the other fellows.
but know you have made me spend
more than 500 for extra meals down.
town while you were out monkeying
around -Indianapolis Journal.
-History.-Mr. Figg-"What did you
learn at school to-day?" Tommy
Teacher told us how the cruel EN-
peror Nero used to amuse himself when
he was boy by pulling the legs of the
flies" Mr.. Figg-"Pulled their legs,
did he: What became of him? Did
he become a promoter ?"-lndianapolis
Journal.
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Notice Of Forfeiture.

~. r. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
a9u are hereby notified that have ex-
Lvnued the SUN of one hundred {lO0) dol
' III labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG A M ERICA
dr,aih mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
orSs, Ss.t. J, Altiras county, State Of Idaho, In
VISION. Ges 70 hold said premises under the pro-
Ms an United states. being the amount mount re-. e.
inr Hu NO 70 hold the same for the year end
G sion DScenber =; en 81. 1882; that your proper
and ~ ~ .ne same is $40. being one tenth !;
service e. within VI IN! ninety t9ol days from the
days stta VI .nis notice, or within ninety (90 }
Of on .n or refuse to contribute yonr proportion
puhI;ca..; phII;.. expenditure. including costs Of
viii xillhselon, hsann, Your interest in ssid claim
signed ddevDne vpaa the property Of the under
~ 1''er 'he provisions Of said section
F;.u. JOHN GORNAE.
Hst publication. June II 1909
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House Of Lords.


Probably the house OF lords is the
least sentimental assembly in the
world, yet it is peculiarly susceptible
to the authority and magic of strong
personality. On celebrated occasion
Lord Lyndhurst recited at enormous
length all the black-lette- authorities
on subject. Lord Lyndhurst got his
way, not by the weight Of his biack-let-
ter citations, which the pastoral peers
who swell our full-lress debates could
hardly be expected to appreciate. but
by the accustomed, yet ever vivid. inn
preston Of Lord Lyndhurst on his legs.
Thus when Lori Salisbury rises to rec
ommend = pcriIous success to the CO
korts he controls. when the house
gives audience and attention still -
night" to the sequence Of clear-cut ar
gument and illustration, every phrase
poised to hair, every point piercing to
the quick, the whole speech acting like
oxygen ON the Ianguid air Of the house
Of lords, II is easy to realize the burden
Of responsibility which personal as-
tendency lays upon the leader Of the
conservative party in the house Of
lorals. 1Nineteenth Century.
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sALvE % LEGAL TENDER.

Al AAano Gneaeo4 n - 1nA0Alxy Wh41A
r Teeul1nxin IT. OD1Ea4Aaan.
Adams, = small town among the hills
OF Jefferson county, this statc, II fre-
qucntly styled the "salve town." It
makes salve, lives on salve, speculates
in salve and corners thesaalve market
when II wants to. This product i put
up in two sizes in round tin boxes, bne
size selling at so cents and the other at
25 cents.
When money 10 SCARCE these boxes Of
salve pass a. legal tender in the village.
One Of the large boxes will purchase
one-fourth dozen Of three-for-a-quarter
cigars and entitle you to small box
IA change. or will buy drinks at the
hotel bars, or will pass a. one ''ante' in
's50-cent-limit game"
There are probably more than 100
different brands Of salve made in
Adams. There is q salve for rheuma-
tism, salve for ec1ema, salve for tan
and sunburn. salve for scratches and
bruises, salve for consumption. and SO
through long catalogue of ailments,
. separate and distinct salve for each
complaint or group Of diseases.
II. 0. Brown was the first to make =
success Of the business, and his neigh
bors and then the entire population OF
the town decided to try their hands.
These new manufacturers started in
honorahly, however. They all met in
conference, and plan was perfected to
prevent clashing competition between
makers. An organization was per-
fected, to be known as the Salvemaker*'
Protective league, and the agreement
provided for the allotment of q certain
number Of diseases and ailments to
each manufacturer. Thus, one salve-
maker was permitted to make salve for
the healing Of burns. scalts. letter, itch
and eczema; another for wounds,
bruises, cuts, sores and ulcers, and an
other for Group. diphtheria, lumbago.
j1undice and rheumatism.
The growth Of the salve business
opened up new field of employment to
the idle persons of Adams, which they
were not slow in taking advantage Of.
All successful healing remedies are
strongly Endorsed by testimonials from
those who have been cured or healed.
The Salvemakers' league solved this
matter in a novel way. The manufac-
turer of the salve for burns would him.
self write, and have each member OF his
family write, testimonials for each OF
the other members of the league, in ex-
change for testimonials from such
members and their families. This
worked well at first, but now there ore
regularly employed testimonial writ
ers, who earn good sums writing for
the league. These testimonials are paid
for according to merit, and are passed
upon by an expert duly chosen by the
league for that purpose.-N. Y. Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-02-22
DIVORCE IN TURKEY.
The Only Formality 10 tho Rsturn Of the
Brides DowFy.

The Only Fornality ls the Return Of the
Brides Dowry.
Divorce in Turkey il obtained with \
facility which would surprise even our
transatlantic cousins. As easily as
Abraham cast forth Hagar, the bond
woman. and her child, SO also can the
Turk open the door of his harem and
send out into the world the woman who
no longer pleases him. He has but to
give her back her dover and personal
effects. In the upper classes, however.
certain legal formalities are gone
through, and indeed, as the lady is
usually protected by her parents, di-
vorce is, comparatively speaking, rare.
There are instances, however, in Con-
stantirople of ladies in the highest Of
fcial circles who are not yet very far
advanced in years, who have been di-
vorced twice, thrice, and even ten times.
Among the lower orders divorce may be
described as farce. Many girls who
are not yet 20 years OF age have been
divorced and remarked dozen times.
The surprises of divorces are among
the most amusing features of Turkish
social life. A very great parsonage,
second only to the sultan in rank, un-
less, indeed, it be the Sheik VI Islam,
married some few years ago, when his
position was very inferior to what it il
at present, highly educated lady, Of
good connection and fortune, but, ac-
corlling to his excellency's version Of
the story, of ungovernable temper.
Within the year they were divorced and
remarked. The lady soon found
her new husband disagreeable, and
was once more divorced. It must be
remembered TINT II Turk can divorce
HIS wife, she can only divorce him at
his pleasure by making herself a. un-
pleasant to him a. possible. In former
times he tied her up In sack and had
her dropped into the Dosphorus. To-
day he divorces her.
To return to the lady in question.
The next time she was heard of by her
friends was - . teacher in the Moham-
medan high school for girls at 6cutarI.
A few years hack phe was aelefted ~
royerness for the children of the
khedivn, and IL now her highness' pri-
vate secretary, in which quality she ac-
companied her imperial mistress to
Coustan4;Dople last year and actually
found herself seated At > state BAN
nuet at Yfldix -Kiosk next to the third
wife 81 her FIRST htlabnd, who quietly
asked her ~ho alpeva& FabIenl -
ease nlth which dlyfrcea ean NJ
" IR. H$N6
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SHE RAuLED THE DEALER.

How . New York Beauty Astonished .
lLontana Gambling House.
A French count, gentleman COM
penion from New York and his sister
registered at one of the leading hotels
in Butte, Mont. It was their first visit
to the woolly west, and, under the i'm
preston that everything went, they
sought, and were granted permission to
visit the Combination gambling house.
The lady had never seen faro game.
and watched the copped manipulators
with considerable interest. She asketl
more questions than would ever come
to the mind of Philadelphia lawyer,
but the polite attendant was on to all
the curves, and he answered each ON.
10 readily that the lady thought she
had the game down tt dead certainty.
Thinking she could double her pin
money, she had one of her escorts as:
the fat, good-natured boss if she coul1
bet. The boss bl1shed and said: Ger
tainly."
Everybody expected tn see her make
. gentle touch on her brother or the
count, but she didn't. She opened her
hand satchel, and, taking out
a gold-mounted pocketbook and
selecting = piece OF yellow met.
al that she thought would size
mp with her confidence in her abili
ty to beat the embarrassed dealer, she
Int it on the king. Three times 1t won.
and az the stack Of chips that took Its
place began to reach up to the ceiling.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

. uC O<bAACO NAVY "a ~Ae>'eS>A~A.~
amounts to $4,000, 600 = year il value.
The average crop is &, 600 tons Of coffee.
Two-thirds Of this product Is exported,
mostly to England. Masacaibo is one
of the centers OF trade; Maracaibo cof-
fee is known everywhere.
"A long series of experiments, in
which dogs were fed alternately with
each substance during four consecutive
periods, has shown, it is stated, that
natural butter and manufactured oleo-
margarine are practically equal in di-
gestibility and nutritive value.
IA correspondent writes to Nature
that carp are very fond of the larvae OF
mosquitoes, and, as this fish thrives in
the only kind of water in which the
larvae of the mosquitoes can live, he
suggests that these fish might be en-
ployed to exterminate this pestiferous
insect.
Africa is becoming very good Gus
toner Of the Pacific states. Lumber.
and flour are the staples of the trade,
and the shipments are rapidly growing
in importance. The largest shipment
of flour ever made from the PugetSound
region for African ports was being
loaded a few days ago at Port Blakely.
It consisted of 5000 sacks.
ABOUT lo.oco TONS OF s,alcn nave
been made from Potatoes inns season
IN the three states OF Wisconsin, Mlnne-
sofa and North Dakota. Not far from
o,ooo'cco Dusnels - io'4''e na ~ 49,
.hus useu' anu y. ms r. esss 49, -.
1,a nall Tue piouuce - .ne po.ao oe.S
ne iallns hoy o.
pice u 'en ee'' = 'Doe4 ~ ''1o ~
'a'sN-s
-Ihe iatest discovery OF ne" star
Was mace Dy q woman wlthout looking
at the heavens. MIS-. flemlne, Q! tne
Harvard observatory 1ouna u 1ro'n
standard photographs 9 rev Gays ago.
attenaon having been olrec1eo 70 II Dy
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-02-22
OLD GLORY LIVES ON.
How Perpetual Life II Secured for {
f.auatol Ruildfn9 Eln9n

How Perpetual Life II Secured for the
Capitol Building Flags.
It il question which no one can an.
swer what becomes of the flags which
fly session after session over the two
houses of congress. The life Of = flag
exposed at such G height to the latter
ing winds naturally cannot be long.
Every now and then, after storm,
q great rent is seen in ''Old Glory" as
it proclaims from the housetop that
our statesmen arc deliberating. Some
times the edges only are frayec. Some
times stripe is gone. or, perhaps, half
the stars may be torn away. Then in
day or two it flies again, with all its
stripes and it's stars, as it it had never
suffered by the storm.
asked what became Of the old flags.
Nobody knew.
What do you do with them:
Nothing.
They are the same flags; thA+is there
are no new ones. The old 6aes are si1n-
ply mended. There = . patriotic poem
In this. 'Old Glory haa : perpetual
life; that il, the sOld Glory" that
presides over the capitol When stripe
blows away, : new one is put In IT'S
place, and the same old flag is pulled
to the head Of the stan It II the tluc
field and stars. u it i the blue deld
and stars that Is gone, this y repre-
duced. II only rent, Il II darned; IL
= hole, II II patched. Then smother
stripe goes, and new one u added. 50
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-02-22

California Woman Who Never Conde-
scendsd to Anything Short Of Triplets.
In an almost inaccessible mountain
fastness in Mendocino county, 1s miles
northeast of Ukiab, is the home of nine
children, all triplets. The mother of
this remarkable family is Mrs. George
Walters. All the children are well and
happy, and the last trio are az healthy
a set OF youngsters - can be found
anywhere.
The Walters home ID in an out-of-the
way part Of the Nendocino forest dis
trict. Two of the sets of triplets were
by Mrs. Walters' first husband, Orville
Orrin Oates, q Miseourian. Three years
elapsed between the birth OF the first
and second triplets, and IL years be-
tween the birth Of the second and third
sets.
Mrs. Walters maiden name was
Ellen Elaine Emmery. She was born
in Quebec c!5out 1883. She met her
first husband during the Centennial ex-
position at Philadelphia. After their
marriage they moved to Alton, No. 1t
was at Alton in 1897 the first &riplets
were born. They were named Wheeler
Henry, James Rutherford, and Martha
Christine, being two boys and one girl.
The family moved to California in tho
fall of 1850, and settled at first in Inyo
county. From there they moved to the
Little Bear valley, San Bernardino
county. There, in October, 1882, the
SECOND triplets were born. They were
all girls, and were named Matilda Anr.
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1t is commonly supposed that the
elephant is unable to give definite ex-
preston to his feelings. This Is mis-
take. He always expresses his pleacure
in one way, by blowing through his
trunk. The noise made is exceedingly
shrill. When in want, he expresses it
in low note made by the mouth, and
when in anger or when in a revengcful
mood, he makes a terrific roar with his
throat. which sounds like distant thun-
der. He never mixes these sounds;
they always stand for definite states of
feeling. and are as well understood by
the trainer as are the deep, slow-drawn
and far resounding snores heard at
midnight in the elephants stable.
The elephants wisdom has so often
been extolled that ''sagacious as al ele-
phant" has passed into an axiom. In
point of fact an animal will cross rot
ten bridge fullof holesif wiilpermit
him to do SO. Even in his wild state,
though possessed of proboscis which
is capable of guarding it against such
dangers. the elephant readily falls into
pits dug to receive it, which are only
covered with few sticks and leaves.
It's fellows make no effort in general
to assistthe fallen; as they might easily
do by kicking in the earth around the
edge, but fly in terror. It commonly
happens that Young elephant +umbles
into pit, near which its mother will
remain until the hunters come, without
doing anything to help it-.not even
feeding it by throwing in few branch
es. Whole herds Of elephants are led
into Enclosures which they could break
through as easily as if they were made
of cornstalks, and which no other ami
NAL would enter; and single ones are
caught by their hind legs being tied to-
gethcr by men under cover Of tame ele-
plants. Animals that happen to escape
are captured again without trouble;
even experience will not bring them
wisdom. 1 do not think that traduce
the elephant when say. that it is, in
many things, a stupid animal.
Regarding m elephant being unable
to express with his countcnance feel
ings Of affection, fear, desire, think
al those who have seen BQney simulate
drunkenness at Proctor's pleasure pal
ace. in the pantomime, "From Cafe to
Police Station" viii readily acknowl-
edge this error. It Is really wonderful
how much facial expression an ele-
phant really has-with face skeleton
80 imperfect; that il to say, its nasal
bones are rudimentary. while the
mouth, all Of the lower half of the face,
is concealed beneath great muscles att
tached to the base OF the trunk. But in
spite Of that and with his ears un-
cooked and his proboscis pendant, an
elephants countenance is full Of char
acter.
The truth about the elephant is that.
treated kindly and considerably, he IL
a great, good-natured beast, who. for
his master, will perform any poasibcle
labor or feat They are very affection
ate and exceedingly jealous OF atten-
tions from their master. There are
'.rogue" elephants, of course, but they
are seldom met with.except in large
herds, and where attendants do not un-
derstand how to treat the brutes in
their charge.-N. Y. journal.
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PROFESSIONAL.

wM. HYNDMAr.
..,ry-AT-LAW. Ketchu1h. idaho.
ATIOhtS;ere Ost;ee,4i all the Cosrts md Land
q nhce, in the State.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-02-22
ELEPHANT FICrI0NSs


Errors and extravagances Oriental,
classic, medieval nnd modern supersti-
tton cluster about ''my lord the ele-
phant," a. he ID called in India. There
Il hardly IN animal about which 90
many fctions exiet Or which is 70 little
understood.
The popular opinion is that the ele-
plants memory Is as retentive az.
mans. Stories are constantly floating
about to this effect. The last one I met
with asserted that an elephant had
killed man who, 90 years before, when
a small boy, had given him q piece OF to-
bacco, or had in some way maltreated
him. OF course this story is preposter-
ous. In the first place most elephants
love tobacco, and instead Of killing q
man for giving him chew, he would be
most likely to trumpet welcome and
caress him every time he presented him-
self. But as to his remembering any
body for 20 years or 20 months even, it
ia sheer nonsense. There is hardly an
animal whose memory is so capricious.
An equolly unaccountable fiction is
. that there recurs period each year
when gland swells on each side of the
animals head about six inches back of
the eyes, and which emits watery dis
charge Of unpleasant odor. At such
times the elephant is supposed to be 9
very dangerous creature. AS never
knew an elephant to be especially disa-
greeable when he had cold in his head,
I am inclined to class this with the
other ridiculous and absurd yarns SO
often repeated.
1t is commonly supposed that the
elephant is unable to give definite ex-
preston to his feelings. This Is mis-
take. He always expresses his pleacure
in one way, by blowing through his
trunk. The noise made is exceedingly
shrill. When in want, he expresses it
in low note made by the mouth, and
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02
Federal Troops.

The placing of United States troops
on active duty In Chicago under the
conditions that existed there last sum
mer presents question of the most
far-reachlng Importance, and should re-
ceiye the most serious consideration of
every patriot and of every man who
believes In free institutions. As al
ready shown, they were put there with
out calling on the local authorities to
enforce the law, or making any In
quiry as to whether any assistance
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-09
Bronson Lyceum Election.

At the annual meeting ofthe Brownson
Lyceum, held in the lecture hall on West
minister street last evening, the business
OF the year was reported, followed by the
election OF officers.
Secretary Tally in his review stated that
satisfactory progress had been made, and
reported ia names on the mem bership
roll.
The treasurer reported the receipts for
the year s611.26; expenses s566. l6, leaving
a balance of s45. 10.
The Librarians report showed OPS books
in the library, and in the reference
library 205.
Thirteen questions were named for dis
cussion during the ensuing year. The
election of officers followed: President,
Joseh NJ. Tally; vice-president, Robert T..
Clark; secretary, John f. Collins; treas
urer, ID. j. O'Copnell; librarian, Mr..
Rogers; standing committee, James Nc
Kennas John W. Sullivan and Joseph
Quillian; lecture committee, John Dona-
hue, James Gillesc and William McSoley;
library committee, John Finnerty, John
sutton, John Trsynor. Martin Burke;
question committee, Philip J. McNamee,
j. II. McDermott.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-09
Couldn't Fool Him.

He was standing in front of theater
aud surveying the building with seeming
interest, when a pedestrian halted to in
quiro il be was locking for the eNboxofiice.
"Wcll, l dunno" was the reply.
"whats going on in therei"
"It's the regular drama"
Anything like oircusg'
ooh, mol You've been to the .heatcr,
haven't your"
"Mebbe I've beer around q heap"
"Wcll then, you know what Ii is.''
''Any bareback r.Gingi"
"No."
Anybody jump through hoops of flre'"
"No."
"OfIer anybody $40 TO ride a bucking
mulo?''
Il think not. You'd better go in and
see. There's matinee this afternoon"
whats that-sidc show or museum?'
The other laughed and made no reply,
and tho stranger bristled up and ex-
claimed:
I'm on to you, old follow, bigger n
horsel You're bunko stcerer, and you
thought you q Tun up agin hayseed, but
you just walk on, or III lay you out cold
erin barn door hinge In Januaryr'-De-
troit FREQ Press
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-09

A curious gift has been made TO the Nat
ural History museum OF Soletta. This
gift consists of birds nest constructed
entirely OF steel There arc q great many
watchmakers at Solotta and in ihe vicin-
ity of tho workshops there Gro always the
remains Of the old springs of watches,
which have been cast aside. Last summer
n matchmaker discovered this curious
birds nest which had been built in n tree
in his courtyard by q pair Of water wag-
tails. 1t measures 10 cen,imeters in cir
cumforuce aud Is mado solely Of watch
springs. When the birds had iledged their
brood, the watchmakors secured their
unique nest os en interesting proof Of the
Intelligence Of birds in adapting anything
which Gomez within their roach. h.--L0ndon
News
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-09
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
PHENIx.

Mabel Greene has returned home after
a weeks visit with friend in Providence.
The woman's Christian Temperance
Union met in its parlors on River street
this afternoon.
The ADJOURNED meeting OF the Pawtuxet
Valley Park Association Will be held In
Pioneer Hall tomorrow. evening.
Miss Anna Gandon OF Springfield, Mass,
is the guest Of Mrs. Achille Begin.
Horace Lawton, who has teen danger
ously i'll for some months, is reported as
convalesce1t.
The Columbian Whist.Club meets this
evening with Clarence Spencer on Fair
view avenue.