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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-11
TERRAPiN CATCHING,

Taken Most Ahundantly Ia Cold Weethev
Because Of Their One UnvsrySag Habat.
No successful method Of catching tor
rapin in large numbers has yet been de-
vised. A kind Of set net is sometimes
used. but with no remarkable success.
The general statement holds that ter
rapin are caught singly. At no season
Of the year do the fishermen, who
make . side issue of terrapin, know ex-
actly where to look for them. All their
movements are aimless, and their only
habit which csn be depended on is that
of burying themselves in the mud At
the bottom of the water during the
continuance Of cold weather. In q
vague and general way this enables the
catcher to locate them, says David
Bruce Fitzgerald in Lippincott's Maga-
zine. Accordingly, it is during the
cold months that terrapin are taken
most abundantly. Selecting some part
Of the bay where the water IL shallow
and which has muddy bottom, the
in his boat. moves slowly
across and across il, continually
thrusting his long pole into the mud.
When he chances thus to encounter .
diamond back he seizes his
prey with pair of oyster tongs, or
some similar appliance, and lifts him
gently into the boat. He rarely finds
very many in . day, and he does NO:
need to find many in order to make
good wages. On occasions, few and
years between, . lucky fisherman will
discover some particular favored spot
where the mud is full of terrspin en-
Ioying their winters sleep. This IL al
most equal to finding . small gold
nine. In the winter of 1898 . poor me-
yro fisherman Glanced upon such .
1est Of diamond backs near Tangier Is
and; he took out twelve hundred dol
ars' worth in four hours, and then
ysvs mp only because he was az I
$50
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-11

The KrYsrosEi il the sole Representative
bf the Great Upper Wood River, 1awteosA
and Smoky mining regions, and. iceeted
- it il In the very heart Of the most prem
ising mining country o., the face of The
earth, and leaving nothing unAone - pre-
sent its readers Complete Synopsis At ell
mining news and Developments, ~ ~teA -,
matters Of local importance in snd sbsu1
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cs9-
ital and informant to the settler Of every
craft aud position. Subscribe Tor i. reaA
it, and let your friends read it.
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SENSES OF THE BLIND.
The 01nGulas Aeateases of Ous who Il
o1Ghtaona,

The Singular Aeatsases of Oao Who II
olGA&loeo.
Throughout my whole life, Gays q
blind person In the Argosy, my blind
ness has had this remarkable feature in
it: always have before my eyes bril-.
liant light, 80 that the wholeair around
me seems, as it were, incandescent.
appear to be walking in light. In this
light l can call up at will all sorts of
beautiful colors, which l see mingled
with the radiance and forming part OF
it. Thus my blindness has always
been for me in . certain way bright
ness.
As I grow older there came to me
other abnormal peculiarities, which
have been mercifully sent ~ compen-
sstions. can always tell when others
are looking 1t me, and l can generally
tell whether they are looking ct me in
kindness or the reverse. My sense OF
hearing Il extremely sensitive, and
through it 4 can read character in the
tones OF the voices Of men and women
around me.
/ can alao discmn character accurate
~ In the touch Of the hand. have
certain instincts for which have NO
exact name, which sometimes make me
foresse future events. Ny senses OF
touch and smell are excessively del
icate.
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PROF. FAL8 on 1906.

He AaAe1Aeensas ef the Critical Day.
Ter shs Coming Year.
Prot. Rudolph Falb, Of Leipzig, the
discoverer Of the Critical days." in Civ
ing their number, order and dates for
the coming year in the columns. of the
Deutsche Kaiser-Kalender for 1896.
states that observations begun In 1853
convinced him that the influence Of the
attraction of the moon and sun upon
the waters of the sea had q similar ef-
feet upon the ocean of the earths at
mosphere, as well as upon the liquid
and volatile masses contained in the
interior Of our globe. He discovered,
says the Baltimore Sun, that great At
mospheric disturbances, shocks OF
earthquake and explosions in mines
were surprisingly often coincident with
the days upon which the most extern
sive tides and other oceanic commo-
tions were caused by the influence Of
either moon or sun, or both. These
periods Prof. Falb distinguishes by the
name Of Critical days." because they
mark, on the one side, periodical ''turn-
ing points" in the equilibrium Of the
neptunic, plutonic and atmospheric
masses above mentioned, and on the
other side afford the measure and
means for computing the degree and
effect OF lunar aud solar forces upon
our planet.
The individual consultations effect
ing each for itself an increase of these
forces are: First, the perigree, that is
the time when moon and earth are near
est to one another; second, the moons
equatorial position; third, the peri
helion, when our globe is nearest the
sun; fourth, the suns equatorial posi-
tion; fifth, the syzygies, or new moon
and full moon; sixth, the lunar or solar
eclipses.
The coming year will be especially
notable for the fact Of it's three most
critical days being accompanied by
eclipses- In mentioning the dates in
the different orders and grades of indi-
vidual effectiveness, Prof. Falb takes
care to state that the results Of tho
strongest attractions often precede their
critical days." as theoretically COM
puted, by one or two days, while those
of lesser import may be from two TO
three days later than periodically fixed.
The latter may also be the case 1t the
time of critical days Of the first order
whenever long-continuinR and extern
sive atmospheric pressure or eastern
winds prevailed previous to these dates.
The following are the Critical days"
for 1895:
OF the first order: September 1s,
March II, August 20, February ., Octo-
Der 16. April 9, July 20 and January II.
OF the second order: May ., Novem- !:
Der 1e, March 20, April Is, December 81. |
October IA, February ~, June -, Sep |
tember 4 and November 2.
OF the third order: May -, Decem-
Der 3. December 16, juno Z, August 3,
January rs and July I. |
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signs:
a9u are hereby notified that / have ex-
PENDED the sum of one hundred { 1907 dol
'afs III labor and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
.Tae SNs,I mining claim, situated on Rear gulch,
1Uut three miles northeasteriy Of 0alena,
IN Wood River mining district. Blaine
county Idaho. as required by section 1924,
revised Statutes Of the United States. be-
kne the amount required to hold the same
pr the year ending December 81. l8a5:
NAT your proportion of the same IL so.
'elne one-half; and if within ninety days
rom the service of this notice, or within
lnety days after this notice by publicstiOn
ou Iali or refuse 10 contribute your pro-
ort,on Of such expenditure as ca-owner.
1...csns iegtil casts ef THIS publication.
..r -.itefest IN said ciaira viii become the
onlsl q ne undersigned, und.. taa
DIVISIONS oi SAID section 1924.
JOHN CAREY.
Netcnum, Idaho. January Il, 1893.
fisst publication, Jan. lS, 1853.
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4 Deeer.ssA y1ewsr ssllo,.

A well-known character in Paris II an
old woman, whose breast Il literally
covered with crosses and decorations,
and who is now peacefully engaged q
flower seller. Her name is Jean Mon
more, and her honOrs were gained In
the Crimea, at Rome, Gravelotte and at
Orleans. On one occasion she rendered
valuable service to her country BY swsl-
lowing military dispatch Of great inn
portance, and SO prevented its falling
into the hands of the enemy. A woman
who has swallowed 20 much tor her
country with dispatch should not be al.
lowed to sup sorrow IN her old age.
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Left-Handed AnImaia.

1t is well known that tleft-haDdedness
has often been observed in animals.
According to Vierordt, parrots seize OBJ
jects with the left claw by preference,
or exclusively The lion strikes with
the left paw. and Livingstone stated as
his opinion that all animals are left
handed Prof. Jordan has recently ver-
flied the statement with regard to par
rOts. He found that this bird makes O
reader use Of the left claw for climbing
than the right.-Cncinnati Enquirer.
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Curious Heebarialp.

The oldest aud most cnrions her.
barium in the world is in the Egyptian
museum at Cairo. Itconsists of crowns,
garlands, wreaths and bouquets OF
flowers, all taken from the ancient
tombs of Egypt most OF the examples
being in excellent condition. and near
ly all of the flowers have been identi-
fed. They cannot be less than 5000
wears old.--Chicaco News.
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BEFORE MATCHES CAME.

Tho Flint and Steel and Rush I.ights saA
Tallow Dips OF OAR Anceseors.
To the present generation It may
seem next door to incredible that in tho
first years of the reign of William 1V.
there were no lucifer matches In heu
thereof there were only iong matches
or splints of wood tipped at each end
with melted sulphur, and. before the
complicated system Of dipping the sui
phuretted match in coaocntrated sui
phuric acid came into use, these matches
were kindled by first striking light
with flint and steel and then causing
the spark to ignite a small quantity of
tinder-au inflammable substance. usu+
ally composed of partially burned linen
This simple adjunct to the process Of
obtaining q light had been in use an
over the world from time immemorial,
says the London Daily Telegraph. The
French tinder was called ''amadou," .
word the etymology of which has been
fiercely contested, some philologcrs de-
riving it from the old French adjective
'amadOu," equivalent to amorous, and
conveying the moral idea of the swcetly
agreeable sensation of the hand
coming in contact with . very soft
substance, while others trace 1t to
the Latin lad mannm dulce." The
French tindcr was often made OF the
spongy portions Of mushrooms and
other fungi. and prior to the introduc-
ton of lucifer matches the manufac-
ture 81 amadou was one of considers
BILE Importance. The cryptogamic
substance was beaten on a block some
what after the manner of felt until II
became homogeneous. and it was the.
imprcgnated with solution of salts o.
inter or simply pulvcrized gunpowde.
The Germans still fabricate delicate
kind of amadOu which is used in sur
gerry for stanching hcmol1'hage- As fol
flint and steel they have as completely
faded out from our domestic economy
as they have from firearms. and the
tinder-box is so rarely seen that 1t might
well be included in An exhibition of old
social curios
With tinder aud tinder boxes has alse
vanished the rnshlight which. when
William Cobbett was boy. English
cOttagers used to make for themselves
by gathering rushes and dipping them
successfully in melted tallow until suf-,
ficient thickness Of adipose matter was
obtained. In houses where refinement
was supposed to prevail the rnshlight
was placed in a japanned tin shade per-
fOrated with circular orifices, and the
insomnolent invalid had the pleasure
of contemplating . large number
of round spots of light ON the
ceiling, reflected from the rush
light screen. dips" another form
Of tallow, candle, much given to sputter-
ing, which smelt abcminably. have also
died the death; and mold candles"
which strove to emulate wax ones in
their form, but hardly succeeded in do
Ing so, have been superseded by cheap
er candles, almost as shapely and as
as the old and costly sper-
Seventy years ago gas was lit
tie used: there were no railroads, few
and no lucifer matches; yet,
rs Walter Besant might put 1t, thsl
world went very well then.
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The Chinese are not entirely content
with tho names which dwellers in
various lands have given 10 their coun-
tries, and IN consequence they have IN
vented names Of their own for them,
some of which afo very Apt and de-
suiptive. For inAtance, Frunce l.
called s.fA-ko," /" thu land q lawleesneae;
0eemany = s.Te-leo the tirtuous
4ountyy; England = "Iine-ko, I. the
bloowtnx land, and America + Nd
ko,r tie keautflt1 land = -.s-s
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-11

The Witwa3erusnd Aistrict in South
Africa 8 shout atty miles long and
produces shout one hundred and forty
million dollars' worth Of gold every
year. The four square miles comprise
ing Cripple Creeks producing aree
make mp the richest tract Of gold-yield-
Ing ground Of the western contineak
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-11

While we have for some time poet IN
this country been talking easily over
telephone lines 1000 miles long, Eu-
rope b still h the earlier stages of sleh
work. London has Tor some time been
eogneetsd with Paris, = distaDoe of sle
miles, and Paris With Brussels, : dkas
tancs q - miles, bat. % 1ar asfmeun,
nqpodr has fAlksd through - DsuGDeds
GUn Londsu ~ Paris, olthoaeh th1s
kind o seashiu9 o1ward i the ez3t
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MASSAGE FOR BLACK EYEs.

Better Than Paint and Bssfsteak for Oh
Mtssassag Evidence Of Flstie Eneeansss.
Those who make . business Of oblit-
Grating evidence of fstic encounters in
the shape OF black eyes by painting the
damaged optics no longer enjoy . mon
opoly OF such business. This I was
told by pugilistie acquaintance whose
experience entities him to be regarded
~ IN authority on the subject, says .
writer In the New York Herald.
'"Msssage treatment Of the region sf-
fected, !" he said. ''will beat paint and
raw beefsteak all hollow. But it should
Be applied Immediately after the. In
jury IL received In order TO prove
thoroughly ehicacious. It does not re-
quire IN expert to do It. All that II
necessary Il to move the fingers rapidly
and nrmly over the bruised surface,
and to keep it up until the last vestige
Of discolorstiou has disappeared. The
explanation i easy. Where the blow
has been received the blood becomes
eongested. It IL the clots Of blood
showing through the transparent akin
that produces the black effect. The
pressure Of the fingers gradually
loosens the clotted blood, which passes
on into the general current Of circula-
ton, and fresh and properly colored
blood takes its place."
However, IS . rule, the professional
''pug" does not bother himself about
accelerating the disappearance Of
black eye. It Is sign which proclaims
the fact that it, proprietor has recently
filed an engagement, and - such he is
an object of envy to his less fortunate
brethren. It is the man shout town,
whose overindulgence occasionally
causes him to forget that discretion i
the better part OF vslor, who i apt 10
profit most by the knowledge that mas
sage, promptly applied, viii remove the
signs Of mourning from an eye that has
been in violent contact with 1omc other
fellows fist, and thus .obviatc the neces-
sity OF inventing story to account for
It, which, however ingenious. will be
Aneered 1T BY skeptical and incredulous
some .of whom may have
been there themselves."
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In 'Tra1a-Siberian HavaaeG" tho an
thor Kivee the description Of = beauti-
ful. ana unique phenouneuon which he
wjtne1oed Oh the oAoeo Of 0okhalin -
land The bright blpe water VS. -
clear that for long distance from the
shore ~ could go tha bsttom, and
even the .Ashea. aheals Of which were
u6ovfng gsntly hithee and thither.
Ahove No eWinminG. ash was :
strange pAannnAenoas tAe surface of the
wa1se 80 hka dQsn1in9 enow. Thin
bril1iaAt W3d11 s1r1heo. Wtiah exten1eA
osst - apea efanaas1y : equake nh.
No. ~ sQsr1sGu, 1u NTH ~ eEcsg-
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POISONING COYOTES.
Xstheds Of Using Strychnins on villa An
lmals In tho West.

Aeehods of Using Strychnine on wild An
imals In tho West.
A hN' lstely introduced in the Col
orado legislature provides for the pur-
chase of strychnine by county commits
sioners for the destruction of wolves
and coyotes, which are becoming quite
desperate all over the state and are
multiplying in spite of bounty laws,
says the Denver Field and Farm. One
way to put out poison is to take fresh
dead cow or horse, remove the hide, cut
the animal open, cash the outside with
knife and put strychnine in the in
cision and on the entrails. The crys-
tails OF strychnine will soon dissolve
and penetrate the flesh. Carcasses thus
prepared are often frozen before the
wolves find them. But the wolves eat
Of the frozen blood from the thorax
and die within an hour after eating.
The action of the poison in warm
weather is much quicker. Occasion
ally poison is unsuccessfully used, but
the hunter is almost sure of some
pelts, and is sometimes richly reward
ed. From fifty to seventy-ive wolves
have been killed in one night from the
poisoning of one carcass. This was in
Middle Park, where the wolves are very
plentiful.
1t takes two bottles Of strychnine to
poison one dead COW or horse, and from
one-fourth to one-third Of bottle for
sheep; small animals or birds require
less proportionate amount. All the
carnivorous animals may be destroyed
by strychnine. The larger ones may
DO poisoned by putting few crystals
In small balls of butter or lard. When
the animal is frozen so that it will not
Aborb poison scatter the balls round
about. Small animals can be killed by
poisoning scraps Of meat, or small birds,
mice or fishes. The red fox can be
easily poisoned where it could not be
trapped. Stryrhnine must be handled
with great care. It should be used
moderately in small bats and placed
where dogs and cats are not likely to
find Il.
Poisoned animals may be kept for
months, II necessary, and il promptly
when thawed the skins will
be good. A hole bored in log or
block of wood and filed with lard
mixed with strychnine is very efectual
when weather is not freezing. The
animals lick it out 30 slowly that they
die before they get away. The ap-
proved method used here in Colorado is
to place small quantities of crystallized
in druggists capsules and
insert one OF these in a bait Of meat
A L. n -
, calfs head or some fresh meat in q
tree or on fence so high that wolves
cannot reach 1T. Then scatter the bait /
around the spot every few feet. The
fresh meat in the tree attracts the ami ,
mails, and :hey readily pick up the bait
IN the ground. A drachm bottle of t
'trychnine costs thirty-dve cents and
forty or fifty doses of poison.
The capsule method Is recommended ~
best Of all.
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soNE FOREIGN FADs.
Qoser PrsetIces That May Before LoaG
Be Imported.

Qesse Prseticss That May Before Long
Be Imported.
Several new fads are reported from
rTalce, 01e 6. ~...Sa ::,.:.: ..:.;
for the elite. Such an amusement must
necessarily be practiced only in tho
country, ). however, says the New York
Tribune, as even the eccentric grandes
DANES Of France would hardly care to
be seen walking on stills in the Bois de
Boulogne.
At . house party up the Hudson .
short time ago half dozen pairs Of
stills were provided for the amusement
Of the guests and the attempts to mas
ter the awkward-looking affairs caused
much merrimcnt. One young lady who
had practiced the art in her childhood
evoked much admiration as she strobe
of with her attendant swain with
perfect ease.
Another report from the Trench cap
ital Is to the effect that the abbreviated
costume which the Parisienne calls her
bicycle dress has been found SO COM
Portable that several women who love
to hunt and fish wear it habitually on
their country estates in the daytime.
They rejoice in the sharp contrast of
silken, lace-bcdecked tea gowns and
the smartest of dinner frocks in the
evening. Bicycles seem to have sue
ceeded in introducing In few months
what dress reformers have been vainly
trying TO inaugurate for years, l. e.,
sensible outdoor costume for women.
Even in America it Is now considered
the proper thing to wear very short
tailor-made skirt with Knickerbockers
and leather leggings for country
tramps or sports although to the cred
it Of American women, be it said, that
extremes arc considered vulgar. Our
really smart" women wear costumes
that arc invariably ladylilse.
Another new transatlantic idea.
which this time is English, Is to have
dwarf trees as ornaments for dinner
tables. the florist having initiated sue
cessfully the Japanese method Of pro-
dueing liliputian specimens OF cherry,
apple and other towering fruit trees.
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THE KINETOSCOPE.
Hecent Uses o1 the Invention In
the Study Of Disease. 49,.


The invention OF the kinetoscope,
which Is ct present attracting large
amount Of popular interest, resembles
some Of Mr.. Edison's inventions In being
really m improvement on or an adapta-
ton Of discoveries Of other men. This
in no way implies that the fame Of the
American inventor is undeserved. On
the contrary, it is due to his genius
that mere experiments Of scientists
have been cenverted into things OF real
and lasting benefit to civilization. Sir
Humphrey Devy discovered that car
bon could be rendered incendescent in
current of electricity, and that oxygen
consumed the carbon; but It remained
for Edison to exclude oxygen and to
give the electric light to civilization.
The main essentials Of the phonograph
were in use before Edison conceived
the idea Of making practical use Of
the machine. The Muybridge photo
graphs were the forerunners OF the
kinetoscope.
It has been proclaimed, says the Bos-
ton Advertiser, that the time is now at
hand when books and theaters will be-
come rarities, and the average citizen
will be content to use the photograph
and the kinetoscope for his pleasure.
Such q prediction is over-sanguine, a.
yet, for the reason that these inven-
tions are not yet perfect. The beauty
of concerted music or Of rare singing is
still marred by the electric whir and
the false sounds that issue from the
phonographs diaphragm. The splen-
did color and dazzling luster Of the
operas stage are yet beyond the grasp
Of the kinetoscope. Perhaps these
things may come some day, but they
have not come yet, and in the meantime
the present generation Is concerned
chiefly with the things Of to-day. The
telephone, for instance, is Of more i'm
mediate usos to civilization than arc
the phonogrsph and kinetoscope COM
bined.
Science has already found certain
uses for Mr.. Edisouis later inventions,
however. The phouograph counter
1eits permanently many sounds that
are useful to therapeutics; the normal
and unsound heartbeats, ''rales" in the
lungs, certain vocal sounds depending
upon special conditions of the throat
and tonsils. It is of decided benefit to
science to have permanent records that
can always be Of easy access without
recourse to . special patient. In the
same way the kinetoscope promises to
be Of great utility to medical science by
physical action that can
be studied In detail Or comprehensively
Is the student desires. In this city
some effort In that direction has already
been undertaken, and more viii be de-
veloped from time to time, especially in
nervous disorders that bring on certain
physical action that is often 90 violent
and vigorous as to bafae any attempt 1t
close study BY means OF the unaided
eye. ss..~.'sau's1ais>..ss-''
The Muybridge photographs showed
some years ago that the eye WA unre-
liable for the detection Of the absolute
details Of rapid animal motion. In
A Mt no<,s.e y,Ro<nrp,,. MIR, = 1ov,o ~psuo.