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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
PUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

-Mollie-"Do you like trolley par
ties?" Dollie-'I just lovo 'em. You
know I'm engaged to one; he's mo
torman."-Yonkers Statesman.
After the Summer. - links -
Where did you spend your vacation?"
Binks-"I didn't spend it Ny wife
and daughter spent every thing else
had, and / thought I'd better save
something."-Detroi Free Press
-Belleield-I say that the laws
ought to be made stronger" Bloom
feld--'I don't know that l quite coun-
prehend your meaning" "Weh, as
the laws now stand, even comparative
ly week people can break them
Pittsburgh onicle-Telegraph.
AT picnic given the waits of Chi
cago q plate of tarts was passed to
two little urchins, evidently ohums.
One, whose mouth was too full for ut
terance, and plate too full for even an
extra tart, shook his head; not so his
neighbor, who added the tart to his
pile of goodies Iu a few minutes num-
Der one had SO reduced his plate that
he asked for the refused dainty, when
AlC was WIZ ttASS "CIC kOuC. W.
upon his little friend was heard giving
him this philosophical advice: The
time to take tarts, Bob, is when they're
passin'I"--Harper's Bazaar.
One day, when the late Lord Bea-
consfield was walking in his grounds
at Hughenden Manor, he was accosted
by a well-known parishioner noted zor
his ready wit 1t being winter time,
and the weather unusually severe, the
villager, after paying his respects to
his lordship, commenced to make an
appeal for little help. How often
have told you to be careful and pre-
pare for rainy day?" "Ah! that's
right CROUCH; SO did. my lord" said
the ready-witted villager; "but then
who thought of seeing all this snow
and hard frost2" This ready rctort
had the desired effect-Household
Words.
-"Bridget, want pound of steak.
bag Of salt, two ounces of pepper,
loaf Of bread and pound of butter.
Do you think you can remember them
all, or shall l write them DOWN."
'Sure, nam, l kin remember one by
the other. When hev bread, I know
l want butter. aud when l have steak.
l want pepper and salt" "All right.
Go, and don't be long" Bridget was
not long. She was back in very
short time; but with an empty basket.
why, where is the dinner. Bridget?"
II couldn't reminder wan of them,
NAM" why, thought you could re-
member each article by the one before
it." Faith, nam, l had nothing to
reminder the furst one by"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
THE CUNNING BRONCO.
Traits of This Hardy Little Rover of the
Western Plains.

Traits of This Hardy Little Rover of the
Western Plains.
A few words about this horse-the
horse Of the plains Whether or no his
forefathers looked on when Montezu-
ma fell, they certainly hailed from
Spain. And whether it was missiona-
ries or thieves who carried them north
ward from Mexico, until the Sioux
heard of tile new animal, certain it
also is that this pony ran wild for q
century or two. either alone or with
various red-skinned owners; and as he
gathered the sundry experiences of
war and peace, of being stolen, and of
being abandoned in the snow at incon-
venient distances from home, or being
ridden by two women and baby at
once, and Of being eaten by bear, his
wide range of contretemps brought
him wit sharper than the street
Arabs, and an attitude toward life
more blase than in the united capitals
Of Europe. l have frequently caught
him watching me with on eye of such
sardonic depreciation that / felt it
quite vain to attempt any hiding from
surprising him, locomotive cannot do
1t, for l have tried this. He relishes
putting a man in absurd positions,
and will wait many days in patience
to compass this uncharitable thing;
and when he cannot bring a man
to derision, he contents himself
with q steer or a buffalo, helping
the man to rope and throw these
animals with an ingenuity SURPRISING
any circus, to my thinking. A num-
Der of delighted passengers on the
Kansas Pacific railway passed by
Mexican vaquero, who had been sent
out from Kansas City to rope buffalo
as an advertisement for the stock
yards. The train stopped to take .
look at the solitary horsem. n fast to q
buffalo in the midst of the plains.
Jose, who had his bull safely roped,
shouted to ask if they had water on
the train. "We'll bring you some"
said they. "Oh, come get" said he;
and jumping of he left his accom-
plished pony in sole charge of the buf-
falo. Whenever the huge beast strug-
gled for freedom, the clever pony stiff
ened his legs and leaned back as In Q
tug of war, by jumps and lodges 80
each move of the enemy
that escape was entirely hopeless
The boy got his drink. and his en-
ployer sent out q car for the buffalo,
which was taken in triumph into Kan
sas City behind the passenger train.
The Mexican narrated the exploit to
his employer thus: 'Oh, Shirley, when
the train start they all give three
greata big cheers for me. and then
they give three mucha bigger cheers
for the little gray hossl"-Owen Wis
ter, in Harper's Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
FLEEING FROM THE CAR.
A Slav Colony with Marks of Shackles
and Dungeon Tales of Woe.

and Dungeon Tales of Woe.
A carload of Russian Slavs lately
passed through here, bound for the Bad
Lands, west of Bismarck, where they
will locate. They are unable to speak
English. There were 21 men in the
party, besides women and children.
They came from eastern Russia, and
were averse to talking about their ma.
tive country, and seemed to think they
were still under the power of the czar.
Whether nihilists or not, some of the
from the suspicion of nihilism. One of
the men, Michael Lodovitch, claims to
be 4 brother of the famous exile Ivan
Lodovitch, who has spent 40 years in
the salt mines of lower Siberia. An
other emigrant, Tesah Stolstock, was
sent to Siberia for life in 1884, and
still bears the marks OF the shackles
with which he was confined in under
ground dungeons. On the coronation
Of the present czar, however, he was
pardoned, with 200 others. Later, Stol-
stock was again arrested as suspected
nihilist, the same crime of which he
was accused and punished before, but
he escaped. He was joined by his Sis
ter in Belgium, and they at once start
ed for America.
Perhaps the worst example of Rus
sian punishment in this party is Ivan
Molosky, a Pole. He was never in ST.
IBERIA, but for six years was kept in
the dungeons of Moscow. These dun
geons are under the river, and, he says,
are always at least two inches deep
with water that filters through the
cement walls. From June, 1889, to No
vember, 1896. Molosky saw no ray of
light, and his only companions were the
rats. His offense, so the police claim,
was an attempt on the life of Michael
Connor, a Russian officer of the cars
guard. Molosky claims that he never
had trial, and was only released on
his promise that he would leaye Russia
at once, otherwise suffer life ihprison-
ment. At the point where these people
will locate there is already quite a
settlement of their friends, who pre-
ceded them about year ago.-Minne-
apolis Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
A JOB FOR TOO TURKEYS.
Turned Loose IN an Orchard t. save
II from Invading GrasshopDers.

Turned Loose In an Orchard t. save
It from Invading Grasshop1ers.
W. r. Birmingham, Of Oakland, few
years ago purchased large tract Of
land in the river bottom below Pollas-
ky, and has since put out over $4,000
fruit trees. There was a small orchard
on the place when he purchased it, and
these older trees are in full bearing,
while peach trees but three and four
years old have borne large crops. The
soil is deep silt, and very fertile. Mr..
Birmingham put in large gasoline en-
gine and pump, and pumps water from
the San Joaquin river to irrigate with.
The orchard presents a very thrifty ap-
pearance, and oil the trees that are old
enough are loaded with fruit.
The other day an army of grasshop-
pers came down from the hills to the
southeast and invaded one corner of
the orchard. They were too young to
fly much and could only hop and crawl,
but they had voracious appetite, and
within few hours had eaten every leaf
from every tree over an area of five
acres.
There was in the garden tract nearly
everything in the vegetable line, but
the hoppers showed no preference what
ever, eating everything clean as they
went. Squash vines that were very
thrifty, each of which covered a space
OF perhaps six feet square, were eaten
OFF clean. Strawberries were eaten
without cream, and every berry and
vegetable in the garden went to fatten
grasshoppers. And there were mil
lions upon millions Of hoppers and hop
pers. They are not of the 17-year va
ricty either, but just common, every
day foothill grasshoppers with noun
tain appetite. AS their wings are not
large enough to enable them to indulge
the disposition so prevalent in both
man and animal to hurry On to other To-
caliues in search Of greener or better
pastures, they just hop and crawl upon
the trees and vines, and eat, and eat,
and eat. 1t does seem as if they can
eat for "a hours without rest.
Mr.. Birmingham at once put an aa-
vertisement in the Republican that he
wanted thousand turkeys. A wagon
load of turkeys passed through Fresno
recently en- route for Pollasky, but he
wants all he can get
Asian experiment Mr.. Birmingham
mixed with quart Of middlings and
quart of bran one pound of arsenic and
set the mixture before the invading
army. They ate with q relish and
marched onward, right on. He says
he didn't find dead grasshopper.
Two years ago the horpers invaded
the same orchard. Mr. Birmingham
found Portuguese who had band OF
700 turkeys, and at once made arrange
ments with him to bring his turkeys
down to the orchard and camp there.
The owner of the turkeys had several
well-trained shepherd dogs, and with
their aid Is turkeys were allotted to
each row of trees, and herded slowly
along, eating hoppers, as they went.
Men were sent IN advance to shake the
hoppers from the trees, and the tur-
keys did the rest. The hoppers were
totally destroyed and the orchard saved.
Fresno (Cal.) Republican.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
How to Keen Plates Hot.

One of the latest adaptations of
electric heating is the electric shot
plate" for keeping food hot during
dinner. The metal plate is electrically
heated before being brought to the
table; but should it be necessary to
renew the heat plug is inserted at
the side of the plate, connection is
made with a socket ON the table and
the current is kept on as long as
needed. A new form of hot plate for
kitchen use has three disks fitted In .
row into stand, electrical connection
being established by socket under
each plate. The stands are nickel
plated and the plates are each eight
inches in diameter. IN, Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07

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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
uonors Wera EaaY.

Some say the Scotch people have no
appreciation for humor. This is hard
ly true-at least there are exceptions
Many years ago Lord Harry Brou9ham
and Rev. DR.. Thomas Chalmers, two
warm friends. met on the street in Ed
inburgh and stopped for a chat. One
of them dropped his cane and both
stopped simultaneously to pick it up,
with the result that their heads came
together with a resounding whack.
"Eh, but that made my head ring" !"
said DR.. Chalmers.
That's sign it's empty" respond
ed Lord Brougham.
"Did'na yours ring?" asked the doc.
tor.
mo" said the great advocate.
"Weel," responded Chalmers, ..that's
a sign it's crackit Chicago Chron
irlo
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
A DESPOTS WILL.
NApoleon's Stubbornness Caused the Death
of Two Hundred Erenchmen.

ASoep~~oOAo
of Two Hundred Frenchmen.
1t is only a few years since many
English sailors were drowned because
an admiral gave a wrong order, and
another officer, who knew the order to
be wrong, obeyed it. Admiral Bruix,
OF the French navy, was once in the
English officers position, and took q
contrary course, although his orders
came from no less parsonage than
Napoleon l. Both cases, it should be
noted, occurred not in battle, but on
parade. At such time, surely, sub
ordinate must be justified in saving the
lives OF his men, even at the cost of
technical disobedience.
While Napoleon was at Boulogne. in
1904, he went out to ride one morning,
leaving word that on his return he
would review the fleet During his
absence, therefore, a message was sent
to Admiral Bruix, that he might order
the ship to weigh anchor and pu. out
to sea- To the astonishment of the
messenger, the admiral replied that he
was very sorry, but the state of the
weather would not permit the review
to take place.
In due time the emperor returned,
and inquired if everything was ready.
The admiraPs response was communi-
Gated to him. At first he seemed not
to understand, but on it's being re-
peated he stamped his foot and ordered
the admiral summoned into his pres
ence.
The admiral came at once. but even
so he was not quick enough for the en-
peror. who met him half way. The
emperor's staff followed, and stood
ranged in silence about him.
''Sir Admiral" said Napoleon, in an
angry voice, 'why have you not
obeyed my orders?"
Sire" answered the admiral, with
respectful firmness, "a fearful tempest
is preparing. Your majesty can see it
as we'll as I. You cannot wish to ex-
pose uselessly the lives of SO many
brave men"
Constant, the first valet de chan1bre
of the emperor, and one of his firmest
apologists, is constrained to admit, in
relating the story, that the aspect of
the sky at that very moment fully
justified the fears of the admiral; but
Napoleon was too much irritated to
listen to reason. . .
''Sir," he said, II have given orders.
Once more, why have you not executed
them? Obey!'
''Sire, shall not obey"
At that word the emperor advanced,
riding whip in hand, a. If to strike.
The admiral recoiled step and laid
his hand upon his sword.
''Sire," he said. turning pale, take
care!'
The two men faced each other; then
the emperor dropped his whip. and the
admiral Withdrew his grasp from the
handle of his sword.
sRear Admiral Magon," said Ma
poleon, 'you will execute instantly
the order have issued. AS for you,
sir" turning to Admiral Bruix, "you
will leave Boulogne within twenty
four hours and retire into, Holland
Col!
The rear admiral did as the emperor
had bidden. The tempest broke as
the admiral had predicted, and more
than two, hundred Frenchmen were
drowned before the emperor's eyes
Youth'a COmpanion
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
Notice of Foffeiture.

signs: 'hh' her neirs or as
penSed Se are re hereby notified that I have ex-
lars IN Io we sum OF one hundred lOol dol
III labor and improvements upon the
,os WELLINGTON
about e inning 1bag claim, situated ON Bear gulch,
in Wood ODD pi miles northeasterly of Galena.
County 'I Iaoter hlver mining district. Blaine
Revised R,si iSaaho, as required by section 1924.
ing the sman 11a.utes of the United States. be.
for the nouht raou required to hold the same
being s your our proportion Of the same H is $50 so
from tba ,haif and if within ninety davs
ninety e 4 service of this notice. or within
You fail lays Us after this notice by publication
portion Of or ref, refuse to contribute your pro.
includinooi oi such such expenditure as .co-owner.
Your ig integral legal costs of this publication
propertve es In said claim win become the
Provisions ol IL the undersigned, under the
Vi said section 1924.
ketchum rdo, JOHN CAREY.
"S' publication, Jan. Is, lsoo
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
Irish In the Rahamas.

The Irish language is spoken in the
bahamas among the mixed descendants
of the Hibernian patriots banished long
ago by Cromwell to the West Indies.
One can occasionally hear negro sailors
in the London docks who cannot speak
q word of English taihng Irish to the
old Irish apple women who gather
around the locks.-Albany Argus.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
The Hottest Mines.

It is said that the hottest mines in
the world are those of the famous Com
stock lode. On the lower levels the
heat is SO great that the men cannot
work over ten or fifteen minutes at a
time. Every known means of mitigat-
ing the heat has been tried in vain. Ice
melts before it reaches the bottom of
the shafts.-Chicago Chroricle.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
Repellinx an Insinuation.

He was a confirmed old bachelor, but
in rash moment he had consented
to stand up with young friend. The
clergyman, who was stranger to the
parties, asked:
"Are you the bridegroom?
"No. I'm not, and may the Lord be
praised for this infinite goodness and
mercy" was the fervent response OF the
reDrobate. Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07
Our baggage Checking systen

The American system of checking
baggage has been adopted for the bene-
ft of travellers from the United States
by several European railway companies.
A London road was the first to accept
the innova ton, and hereafter all lug
gage passing through New York may be
checked to almost any point in En-
rope.-Chicago News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07

10 .; W. Watlington. A. H. Rahm and
snd Seison +. kilnball, your heirs, devisees
,; lo9 are hereby notified that the under.
in j5hTu inI has expended 500. in the year 1895,
- 'D00f and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
~ lUue 3 mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
IdsSou Soulaer' mining district, Blaine county,
dsr drtT, ,T IN order to hold said premises un-
Sra,ue ue provisions of section 2324, Revised
smaua u.es OF the United States, being the
anS AMOUNT tn required to hold the same during
witb;n iJ ior said calendar year 1895. and if.
tbs bn,t nnbI:he ninety days after the expiration of
pubt bt;sL t;uLoilGatlon of this notice, which will be
fuse fneu tn ee LOT ninety days, you fail or re
lions e 70 &c contribute your respective proper
scrnra; S Gl such expenditure as co-owners,
said uIlis oIds TO your respective interests in
siytaenaim enaim viz: b. w. Warrington, one
,eer,h ,hntn' t S6.25l:A II. Rahm, one-six-
ejgbtb So;29: and Nelson F. Kimball, one
wilI ill., h. sl2o0, your interests in said claim
artv os Ue forfeited To and become the prop
tue Of ss aiis undersigned, under and by yir-
VI SAID section 1924.
Fiu,. EDWARD BRISBIN.
's1 publication. Feb. Is. 1886.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07

ANY new or useful art, machine.
manufacture or method may be patent
ed.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-08-07

The dag was presented to Lieut. COL
George Armistead by the government
1t bears upon one of its stripes his
name and the date of the bonn bard
ment in his own handwriting. At his
death he bequeathed it to his widow,
who left it 10 her daughter, Mrs Will
liam Stuart Appleton. When Mrs Ap-
pleton died it was bequeathed to her
son. in whose possession it now is.
The banner is thirty-two feet long
BY twenty-nine feet wide. In all prob
ability it was originally forty feet long.
and its great width is due TO the fact
of its having fifteen stripes instead OF
thirteen. In color it is almost as
bright as it was some eighty-four years
ago, but the bunting has become very
worn, and some twenty years since It
was stitched on canvas to insure Its
preservation. 1t will be observed that
there is one large hole 1t. where
bombshell passed through it, and it is
torn in other places by fragments OF
she'll.
It will also be noticed that there is
quite large piece ont of one corner,
as II cut. This, ! believe. really was
done, rs remember hearing from my
mother that brave soldier, who had
served under her father, on his death
bed wrote and requested Mra. Armi-
stead to let him have piece to wrap
around his dead body. The request
was complied with. but 1t can be read.
ily understood that now the flag must
be- preserved from all such spoliation
from relic hunters and from loaning 1t
on any occasion save where It would be
of national interest-N. z. Herald
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-04

The affair has caused much excitement
in Deering, and all day Sunday citizens
discussed it and many congratulated
Messrs. Clough and Cloudy Considering
what Mr.. Cloudy can do in only shirt,
they think he would be famous officer
If arrayed in full uniform.
During the day the prisoner talked
with increasing freedom. He said that
he had made many breaks, but had never
been caught before. He made the mistake
of working too late. Mr.. Clough called
on him and they talked the affair over.
The burglar said he would not have been
caught had he not lost his bearings. He
says he has wife, but does not say
where she lives. He is considerably wor-
ried as to the length of sentence he may
GET
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-04
Bates Beat Bowd DIN,

Brunswick, October 2.-Bowdoin
campus is in mourning tonight over the
first defeat of the Bowdoin foot ball team
ever received from Maine college.
Bates accomplished that feat this after
Bates admirers were present and kept up
very lively conversation throughout
the game, but there was no hard feeling
and the game was a clean one for the
some part.
At few minutes after 8, Bowdoin
made her appearance and was loudly
cheerod. Bates soon followed. Burrill,
former Bates captain, and Mitchell, a
former Bowdoin captain, acted rs referee
and umpire. Messrs. Bolster and Whittier
were the. Iinesmen. The lineup: d