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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-30
DRAMATIC COURT SCENE.
Confesses CRime Through Feaf
Ghastly Accusation.

Chastly Accusation.
Up in New Hampshire the oHcer'
of the law have just used with eHcct
.hat very ancient test by which one ac-
cused of murder is suddenly ana uheH-
nectedly confronted with some horrl-
BILE proof of his crime. The Oldest 1orn'
of This tcst was to take the accused
into the presence Of the corpse OF the
murdered human being. The supersti-
lion was that if the accused was TIE
murderer the wounds would open and
blood flow out of them.
The latest example was in the court
room at Woodsville, N. H., where Milo
Crav was on trial for the murder OF
his wife.
This man Gray, farmer OF dissolute
;;fc married widow, a Mrs. Drew. AS
he was unfaithful to her she took her
habv and fed from him. In Sc September,
1891. she decided to go to California, an.
ON her why came to East liavernih.
where he lived. to talk to him about Inc E
child.
late in the afternoon Gray borrower
buggy from man named Jefem!1'
Rarrv to take her over to the station
at Bath and put her on the train. NJ
come hack alone toward midnight.
Mrs. Gray.s relatives wondered why Al"
| never wrote to them. Inquiries we1e
made: Gray was suspected. But there
was no proof, and the matter was 1or'
gotten. :,
October 1s last George Brill, farmer
! living on the road between East Haver
hin ar1 Bath, tenlnd the skeleton o. =
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in Scotland. The cable connecting
the isle Of Null with Oban broke, and ex-
periments were made before it was re-
paired. The channel at this point b
from 1N to 2 miles wide, and the
distance between the overhead wire
on the isle of Null and the main
land is almost uniformly two miles.
A guttarpercha insulated wire was laid
along the shore of the mainland and
grounded at each end. A long induc-
tive circuit was then arranged, and mes
sages sent through either wire could be
read on the parallel wire. During four
days 40 regular messages were sent,
besides press message of 12o words
The cable repairs were then completed.
Troy Times.
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REMARKABLE JAPANESE WOMAN
Continued Brilliant and Helpful Career
of Steimatx Rama Kama.

Continued Brilliant and Helpful Career
OF Steimstx Rama Kama.
All college women of America must
feel an especial pride in the career OF
the charming Steimatz Rama Kama. one
of the three young Vassar women edu-
Gated ut Vassar college, 20 years ago,
by the japanese government
Private letters from the island en-
pire continue to bring interesting word
of this remarkable woman, the wife
now of Marquis Oyama, one of the
heroes of the late war and beloved OF
his nation. The marquise seems to BE-
fulfilling the prophecies of her class
mates of two decades ago, who felt
that her personality must make an i'm
print on her time. Intensely loyal to
her country, she yet left here thor
ouehly imbued with American prin-
ciples, and determined to aid in the
uplifting of her sex in Japan. Her
last words to her friends here were
to the effect that her ambition in life
henceforth was to enlighten and raise
her native sisters to the American
standard of education and dignity. Of
noble blood, her position, with her edu-
cation, has afforded her unusual OPP
portunity to promote this desire. Her
home is the very essence of refinement.
with decidedly foreign style as 20
arrangement, though the gardens abou,
are royalty japanese. With three charm.
ing children, Stcimatz-for SO her
classmates saffectionately speak OF her
is dispensing a beautiful and uplifting
influence to all who come i'll contacr
with her. While the war lasted hel
practical wor:, was constant. She sent
out from her own hands, aided by wom-
en- of all grades of society, enormous
quantities of carbolized gauzc, with
| great packages of other sanitary sup
plies. to the seat of battle. She is pro-
! noting many philanthropic schemes,
| but none of them has she so much at
heart as the education of her sisters.
| She is using the influence of her own
| and her husbands position to bring
about change of native opinion con
cerning Japanese women. Believing
| firmly in education as the chief factor
in the elevation of women, in this direc-
ton she bends alrher energies and argu-
ments. There is little question tina.
her early American education has
been. through her constant application
of it, the keynote to the growing lib
erality of the Japanese toward women
and an American policy in general
Her progressive spirit was no transi
tory notion, but a deep. underlying
conviction anG motive of action. which
she has been able to direct upon the
thought of her compatriots at a mos'
fortunate time.-N. Y. Times.
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ABOUT -TAcKs.

Made in Great Variety and for Many DIFF
ferent Uses
The best tacks are madepof imported
Swedish iron; the next grade of Ameri-
can soft steel, and the cheapest of co1n-
mon American iron. Tacks are also
made of copper. Some tacks are timed.
and for ship use tacks are galvanized.
'racks are made of sizes ranging from
lalf-ounce to 24-ounce. The tack COM
monty used as a carpet tack is an g.
ounce tack. A 24-ounce tack Is about
IA inches in length.
There are many kinds of tacks, made
for great variety of uses, and they are
put up in many different forms. There
a,e gimp tacks, looking-glass tacks, up
holsterers' tachs, trunk tacks. lace
tacks. basket tacks, brush taclls, coffin
tacks, shank tacks, lasting tacks, min
crs' tacks, cheese box tacks, and tacks
FOR many other uses. Within the past
dozen years the sale of double-pointed
tacks has increased tenfold with the
greatly increased use of electrical wires
Double pointed tacks are also used for
tacking down straw mating and for
OlAOA PuA RNNSS*o
Tacks that are sold in papers are put
rp in full weights, half weights, and
quarter weights, the weight Indicating
.he size of the package. Almost all
linds of tacks are also sold in bulk in.
c5-pound and 50-pound boxes and in
i0O-pound kegs.
A one-ounce tack machine will make
IN day about Joe, 900 tacks altogether.
The iron is fed into the machine in a
plate which is CT width little greater
than the length of the finished tack,
so as to allow of material to be upset
fer the head. An 8-ounce machine will
make about 200 pounds of tacks day.
1880 to the pound, about 250,oo0 tacks.
Tacks that are put up in papers, are
weighed out and the papers filled by
hand. Comparatively few tacks are put
Up nowadays in tied-up papers; they are
put up mostly i'll little pasteboard boxes
These boxes are packed in larger boxes
and in turn in cases for shipment. A
common tack package is case weigh
Jag about 100 pounds
The annual tack product Of the coun-
try is estimated at about 10000 tons.
If these tacks were all put up in papers
| If the usual assortments of sizes and
weights, the papers would uldnumberabout
1000, 900, or something more than
four papers per capita Of the population.
| N. Y. Sun.
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PuNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

Gratitude. Magistrate (seyerely,
to prisoner)-'Last time you were here
l let you off with caution" Prisoner
(coolly) )-..Yus, that's why I'm 'ere
ag'in; it sort of encouraged me!"-Fun
-He-'I should have been here
earlier, but business is picking up q
little, and I was detained at the Office. y
She-''Oh, I do hope your business will
continue to improve, Mr.. Mashman." -
Brooklyn Life.
Her SisterI never thought you
and Harry would fight. He's q very
indulgent husband" Young Wife
That's just the trouble. 1t makes me
so mad when he gives in to me without
fighting."- ."-Philadelph North Ameri-
can.
-"Slimmins is cultivating his voice.
"What led him to do it?" asked the un.
ceremonious man, "cupidity or re.
venge?" "What do you mean?" docs
he want to be high-priced opera singer
or does he dislike his neighbors ?'-
Washington Star.
There Are Others. = The Lady
"Now, l hope you won't spend this
money for that vile liquor" The Tramp
well, mum, I'll do me best; but I'm
not comysoor, an / generally has ta
drink it afore 1 can tell whether it is
good or bad" milwaukee Citizen.
Mrs. Einn-'I understand that mar
in the fiat under us is at work on pat
ent contrivance that will make fire
copsume it's own smoke" Mr.. Binn-
We'll, wish he would turn his attention
TO some device that would compel hin
to burn his own fuel. His coalbin ad
ioips ours."-Yonlers Statesman.
This present warm SPELL. begar
the oldest inhabitant"-'Y 'Yes, / know,
interrupted gruff bystander. 1T re
minds you of still warmer one hun
dred years ago." No." continued th'
oldest inhabitant, coolly. ut is th'
worst I have ever experienced for thi
season of the year" - Philadelphi;
North American.
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HARVEST OF THE SEA.
A Peculiar Occupation Followed On the
Coast of Ireland.

A Peculiar Occupation Followed on the
Cosst of Ireland.
Along the northwest coast of Ireland.
on the borders of the Atlantic, dwellS
a hardy race of men whose chief Occupa-
ton, when not engaged in fishing, con-
sists i'm the manufacture Of ''kclp.
This ''kelp" is of great commercial
Importance, as from it is obtained near
ly all our iodine-a body of vast use IN
medicine.
During the winter months the keip-
burners set out in their frail little eur
raghs" (small canoe-lile boats about II
feet long, made Of canvas) and. proceed
ing along the coast. fill the boats with
sea-weed. from which the kelp is mad..
In this they are assisted by the women,
who. bareheaded and shoeless, take
their turn regularly at the oars, and
are almost as expert at it as the men.
After storm is the time selected
for obtaining the seaweed, as by the
force of the waves it has been torn from
its bed and is cast in along TIL sshore
in large quantities.
When the boats are laden, the sea-
weed is brought to a small creek, and
there placed in heaps out OF reach OF
the tide. From this it is carried in crecls
on the backs of men and women to u
point further inland. where it has to un-
dergo PROCESS Of drying.
The drying consists in exposing it to
the sun and wind. and the better to do
this they have rows of loose stones
laid about 90 yards in length and
few feet in hight. Along the tops OF
the Sc they scatter the scaweed.
The drying takes months, SO that
spring is well advanced ere it is ready
| for burning. This does not matter
however. as owing to the fuel-the Pea
or turf got from the bogs at hand-not
being yet cut and dried Tor win q
it is termed) it is summer before the
burning in the kilns can commence.
The kiln is deep trench dug IN the
ground. Alternate layers OF turf ana
seawecl ore laid in this until full, and
the whole is kept burning for abor'
three weeks, until It cakes together n
! a large black mass resembling coke
hut much more solid and heavier. This
is the 'lselp."
II fs then broken into blocks abon'
II inches square and brought by boa'
to the villages, where it II sold. TO 9.
shipped TO more Proatsble markets.r
Boston Post. '.-.s---
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THE LONDON sEwERHUNTER.
He Finds Diamonds and Money 1t very
Rare Intervals.

He Finds Diamonds ana money ~ '0Ey
Rare Intervals.
Before commencing operations each
man in gang provides himself with O
hulls-eye lantern, canvas apron ana
pole some seven or eight feet IN length,
having an iron attachment at one END,
somew hat in the shape of hoe. For
greater convenience the lantern is in
variably fixed to the right shoulder,
so that when walking the light is
thrown ahead, and when stopping it's
rays shine directly to their feet.
Thus accoutred, they walk slowly
along through the mud, feeling with
their naked feet for anything unusual,
at the same time raking the accumula-
tion from the walls and picking from
the creviccs any article they see. Moth
ing is allowed to escape them, no mat
ter what its worth, provided it is not
absolutely valueless. Old iron, pieces of
rope. bopcs. current coin of the realm
and articles of plate and jewelry-all
il good fish which comes to the hunters
net.
With ''ffns' in the way OF coins. of
course, the humble penny" prcdom-
mates. sixpence and shillings. how
ever, often increase the value OF the col
lection, and at rare intervals-too rare
to please the hunter-half sovereigns
are discovered. Like the flies in amber,
the mystery Is how they got there.
Among other articles of intrinsic
| worth silver spoons are most often
found, although shirt studs, diamond
rings, silver drinking vessels and many
other quite out Of place articles swell
the list from time to time. Lucky finds,
such as thoee above mentioned, do not
deter the sewer man from keeping 4
| keen lookout for less valuable articles
- they float by. Hisssharp eye, from
long practice, y capable Of judging the
worth Of the foating refuse before II
would be even discernable to the or.
dipary ohsexver.
Mile after mile does the sewer hunteI
traverse underground, until . tolerably
heavy bag n the result Of his labor
Night and day = all one to the man
Some ganks enter the sewers at night
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Paris Q Great Fortress

The German chancellor, Capriyi. in
speech said that ''Paris is the largest
and most formidable fortress the world
has ever seen-a stronghold with Sc
forts aud an outer line OF Notifications
of nearly 100 miles, The wall OF Paris
is built around the inhabited portion OF
the city, inclosing all the monuments
and business houses. 1t is surrounded
by broad ditch. The original plans
provided for a second wall some thou
sand PAGES beyond this one, but instead
there is circle of forts from one 10 two
miles away from the inner wall. Near
ly 1000 cannons are used to fortify
these forts. The first-elass forts mum
Der about 30. They are polvRons in
shape, strongly Fashioned and bomb
proof, with bricked-up bitches, covered
ways and outworks. - Detroit Free
rroan
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-05-30

The KExsToSK u the sefo rcrrcsyTtSsTss
Of t,.e Great Upper Wood River Sasr - }sn
end Smoky mining regions. and, iscaees
as it is in the very heart Of the most Psosa. :
ising peiuing country o,. the tsee ct tho
earth. and leaving nothing andone seTte-
sent its rea,lcrs a complete 'sy nolssif oe IN
mining news and developments. az *eu ~
matters Of local Importance IN and aboua
Ketchum, it is an Invaluable guide for CAP,
ital and informant to the eettler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe for u <eea
t. and let your friends read it.
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Notice Of Forfeiture.

~ MRS. MARION BYBEE, her heirs or as
signs:
NJ lou are hereby notified that Ishave ex-
feuaea the sum Of one hundred 100 dol
'AfS III labor and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
sJie mining claim, situated on Bear gulch,
;''ut in W. three miles northcasterly OF Galena.
cann co mood River mining district. Blaine
PauH's, Pons, Idaho, as required by section 1884.
ie',sea inc ~ Statutes of the United States, be-
fns fas NE .I amount required TO hold the same
tho, Tue year ending December 81, 1895 !;
hs; hHa your proportion OF the same 10 $50.
froas f",s =, ,,one-half; and if within ninety days
nina,r % .ae service of this notice. or within
Won gays after this notice by publication
Mr,, i"u tail Or refuse to Contribute your pro-
iNclnSi,o hilngn o. such expenditure Is eo-oE nss,
you:ng legal costs of this publications,
1,oraest oerest IN said claim viii bequme the
pror,a;y pr,Hy OF the undersigned, vndeS tbe
''''Slons at said section Le2,A 4 s4s,
Kato, JOHN rfAAkx.
e'fmnum, m Idahe, January II, 1855.
IrSt publication, Jan Is, 1888.
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KHTpHUM, IDAHO, SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1896.

and work until morning, while others
carry out the search only during the
daytime. Rats abound everywhere.
some of them being of enormous size.
large enough to frighten any beginner
at the game. The experienced hunter
however, takes no notice of them and
the rats are only too pleased to sneak
away In the darkness.-pearson's
WAeklx
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Strongest nope.

Given an equal number OF strands to
make up the rope, and each of the same
circumference, it may be readily shown
that wire, twisted into rope form. will
make rope so strong rs to admit OF no
comparison even with the best white
hemp repe. Twisted hempen cords will
sustain S,746 pounds, If the rope be one
inch thick; but one-eighth Of an inch
in diameter Of iron will sustain more
than one inch in circumference of hemp
rope. No rope, whatever its material.
could bear comparison with an inch
rope made OF piano steel wire. such .
rope being able to bear not less than
e6s. 900 pounds, or nearly 100 tons, be
fore it could be torn by . dead weight.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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HORSES MADE OVER.
Some of the Tricks Of Dealers to Rosto
Brief Youth to Aged EQuincs.

Some OF the TflcES Oh dealers 10 AsootO1o
Brief Youth to Aged Equincs.
The boistering OF ancient horses has
become almost an art. An expert i'll
this practice can take the most de-
crepit street car wreck, and i'll short
time SO alter his appearance that the
careless buyer would consider him
bargain at a fairly good figure.
The tricks employed to gain the ends
of the owner Of the time-worn horse
are as numerous as they are cruel.
One of the most recent and ingenious
inventions of the unscrupulous is a
treatment for filing out the eyes. which,
as rule, are sunk far back in the head.
This operation consists in cutting an
opening in each optic, in which the
nozzle of = small air bellows is inserted.
Wind is then gently pumped into and
around the organ. putting it out and
giving it the appearance of horse in
perfect condition. OF course, like all
other fake remedies, the apparently
beneficial results last for "a limited time
only. after which the normal conditions
return.
proyeinent is the injection of large
dose of whisky into the animal, a hypo-
dermic syringe being employed to
pump the invigorator into the beast to
be disposed of. Several secret COM
pounds are also employed by various
unscrupuious traders. In fact, there
are many injections compounded which
contain a limited amount of the fire OF
youth. Then the broken-down animal
is often fed on alcoholic essence OF oats,
while well-moistened hay will fill out
an emaciated frame in short order.
Add to these careful grooming and
clipping and judicious exercise, and it
doesn't t;lke long to bring about a
complete metamorphosis. There are
tricks in all trades, undoubtedly, but
| in none are there more than in that OF
| horse dealing.
Dave B. Harrington, of Fleetwood
| fame. said to a Journal reporter: "One
Of the greatest difficulties I have tn
contend with is circumventing the ct.
forts of the sharps who try to palm OIL
on me apparently sound animals tn
train. AS a matter Of fact, these ami
mails are sbolstered' for the time being
and am supposed to receive them III
/ first-class condition. Then, when tht
effects of their stimulantS have worn
of, the owners propose to come to me
and. charge me with not properly caring
for their animals, and thereby running
their constitutions. IN. Y. Journal.
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MEXICAN

lode mining claim III Warm Springs Creek,
or Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
idaho, in order to hold said premises un,
Ger the provisions of section 2324, Revised
Statutes OF the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same during
ana 1or said calendar year 1885. and II,
within ninety days after the expiration OF
ale publication of this notice, Which will be
published for ninety days, you fail or re-
.use to contribute your respective proper
liohs o1 such expenditure as cO-oWners,
according To your respective interests III
aald Claim viz: B. w. Watlington, one
sixteenth. S6.25; A. Fl. Rahm, one-six-
Wehth, S6.25 and Nelson 4. kimbali, one
eiShth, sl20. your interests III said claim
VIII pe forfeited to and become the prop
srty OF the undersigned, under and by vir-
TUE OF said section 232i
EDWARD BRISBIN.
First publication, Feb, Is, 1896
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Chain lightning.


An extraordinary lightning story Is
told by correspondents He says that
during the evening Of September ,
last, while violent thunder storm was
raging, he saw eight strange lightning
flashes, having "a chain formation with
large elliptical links and OF q golden
yellow color" These flashes were as
tonishingly slow, as lone Of them took
slightly over minute to pour from the
clouds to the edge OF the valley oppo-
site me-" This singular account be-
comes more interesting since later
correspondent Of the same journal has
testified to its substantial accuracy
from his own observations OF similar
streams OF lightning. He adds, how
ever, that he has never seen the "cha1n'
form, but has witnessed the spectacle OF
thick stream pouring slowly down
Ain the sort Of curve which liquid takes
from = kettle."-Natnre.
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Notice OF Pa ujlic0t ON.

To B. W. Watlington. A. Fl. Rahm and
Nelson F. Kilnball. your heirs, devisees
aud assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended Sle0, in the year 1880,
III labor and Improvements upon the
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0user rslegraphy

Queef TelegrAphy.
Telegraphy by induction between
parallel wires about two miles apart
was successfully accomplished recently
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Location Notices.
4 sanrIn Ies Desiring location notices can iind
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-10-20
THE GOLD STANDARD A FAILURE.
The Kind OF "Prosperity' 1t Has Brought
Upon This Country.

Upon This Country.
You are informed by the goldbug
press that a wonderful wave of pros
perity is sweeping over the country.
Has it hit you yet? This is the season
Of the year when business should be
rushing. Have you employed an extra
force of clerks?
Have your wages been raised since
this boom struck he country? Have
any new and vast enterprises been
started sine prosperity set in? How
about this boom, anyhow?
II there Is q boom who gets the credit?
We are now living under the admins
tration> Of Grover Cleveland. II there
Is a boom 1t belongs to him. William
Mckinley is not president, and he never
will be. The only thing William Nc
Kinley ever gave the country was his
tariff bill. and while that bill was in
full force and effect William Mckinley
went into bankruptcy. Mark Hanna
now holds his notes for Sis, 900, his
contribution to the Mckinley bill dis
aster.
II his is a wave of prosperity may
fortune protect us from n more Of
it. II this is what McKinleyism means
give us anything else.
Pick up your paper of last week
n look at the weekly report of the
bank clearings Of the United States
1t is the most d~iscouraging exhibit
since the period preceding the panic
of 1893. Chicago showed $14, 286, APT,
against SOL. 900, 900 for the correspond
ing week of a yea ago. There was
not a big city in the country that did
not show an appalling decrease. The
average decrease for the United States
was u per cent. The weekly report OF
the bank clearings gauge comparative
prosperity with the Of a
thermometer.
The gold standard Is a failure,