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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
FAMOUS MUfFlERS.

They Were Provided for the London
Cab5y by An English Peersss.
Among the many philanthropieso of the
late Lady Charlotte Schrieber OF Eng
land, was the providing OF comforters
or mufilers for ca bmen. Her interest in
the London ''cabby' was unfiagging.
and she secured several important ben
efits for him, but her comforters have
come to be traditional. They were al
ways Of scarlet wool and were knit of
uniform size and style. The Queen re-
Gently printed the directions for their
making, which were sent by Lady
Charlotte's daughter:
Double feecy wool. Cast on twenty
bell gauge. Knit one plain row-frst
row. Knit, two, slip one, putting the
wool forward as if to purl, knit one,
slip one, knit one, etc, until you come
to the last two, which must always be
slipped, as the FIRST two Of every row
must always be l1nitted-second row.
Knit the first stitch in the usual way;
the second and other knitted stitches
are to be knitted with the wool twice
the following rows are just to be
slipped Off and not made into two
stitches; the only reason for twisting
twice is that the stitches may be
longer. You continue this until you
have knitted piece two yards long.
Then you do one row the same as the
first row, without putting the wool
twice around the needle. and then cast
off. A fringe should be put at each
end. This is double knitting, and care
should be taken not to JOIN it in any
way, particularly by slipping in the
plain instead of the purl way.
These warm neck and shoulder COW
erings were supplied by the score to
the fraternity of hanson and four
wheeler drivers. the ekind-hearted peer
ess keeping her stock always equal to
the often serious demands upon it. IN.
Y. Times,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
JELLYFISH PROTECTORS.
Young Fishes Seek Safety Under th
Meduso.

A singular case of commensalism
Giving on or with another) has just
been made known by NJ. Gadeau de
Kerville. 1t concerns the young of the
marine fishes called false mackerel,
which are almost always found in COM
pany with the large medusB known as
rhizostomes. These young fishes swim
parallel with the long axis of the jelly
fish, and in the same direction as the
latter. They remain above, beneath
and behind the animal, but never ad-
vance beyond it's umbel. 1t frequently
happens that some of them introduce
themselves into the cavities of the
jellyfsh, and are then visible from the
exterior, owing to the transparency of
the host Sometimes the school of
fishes wanders few yards away from
the medusa, but at the least alarm. inn
mediately returns with great rapidity
to occupy its former position. 1t is
evident that the medusa very ef1ica-
ciously protects the young fishes by
means Of its innumera BILE stinging
capsules. This is demonstrated by the
fact that when the fishes become
larger they no longer protect them
selves by accompanying the medusB.
Science Gossip.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
WON HIS CASE.
A Philadelphia Lawyers Idea of Thrift
and How 1t Worked.

A Philadelphia Lawyers Idea of Thrift
and How 1t Worked.
Over in Philadelphia dwelt young
law student who fell in love just as he
was about to be admitted to practice.
The girls father also belonged to the
profession and was reckoned pretty
smart, as Philadelphia lawyers 60.
The old fellow gave a partial consent
to the young mans pleadings, but con-
cluded he would try the student and
see il he was worthy to be his son-in-
law. SO he said:
The case of Blank against Blank
has been on the calendar several years.
1t has been tried, appealed, decision
reversed, tried again and comes up
again for argument at the next gen.
eral term. l am counsel for the plain
tiff. l have had the case four years,
but now turn it over to you. Here
are the papers; see what you can do"
The young man took the papers apd
went 10 work with a vim born Of love
for if he won the case would he not
also win a bride! At last life seemed to
him worth the living. He studied the
case thoroughly. He consulted the
authorities and was loaded and primed
for brilliant argument when the
court convened He made his plea and
won the case without any trouble.
With heart overflowing with Joy,
he returned to his prospective father
iu-law and, slapping down the papers,
he exclaimed:
''See here, sir; the case is won!
These are the proofs What you triei
for years to do l have accomplished at
a single term of court. Now, may /
have your daughter?"
The old fellow looked mp with a
smile upon his face as he replied:
II think you fool and you can't
have my daughter. But / will just
give you little gratuitous advice: 1t
is true had the case four years with
out winning it and it is also true that
l made thousands of dollars out of it,
But you have gone and settled it; and
what have you made? About fifty dol
lars. No, sir, you can't have my
daughter!"-N. Y. Journal
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17

'What makes you think SO, sonny
Johnny-"'Cause when they sailed
near it they had to haul in their jib-er-
alter their course" Pa-"Go and tell
your mother to put you to bed. -
Texas Siftings-
An Aristocratic Profession.-Miss
Hoga boom (of Chicago)-''And what
pro oression is your brother in, Lord
Hamercy?" Lord Hamercy-"Oh, when
Algernon leaves Oxford fancy he will
take orders" Miss uogaboom (sur-
prised,-"Yes? Well, there are some
real nice gentlemen travelling for pa"
Puck.
Struggling Pastor-"Nearly all the
congregation have subscribed literally
tor the building. fund, and l feel sure
that also have your hearty coopera-
ton. How much will you" Mrs
Leader-"Let me see Oh, j am the
only member who has a carriage, Il
think" Struggling Pastor-"Yes, the
rest are poor" Mrs. Leader-"Well, l
will drive round and collect the sub
scriptions- -"-Household Words.
-Teacher-''In what year was the
battle of Waterloo fought?" Pupil-"I
don't know" Teacher-'Its simple
enough if you only would learn how to
cultivate artificial memory. Remem-
Der the twelve apostles. Add half
their number to them. That's eight
cen. Multiply by one hundred. That's
eighteen hundred. Take the Stwelve
apostles again. Add quarter OF their
number to them. That's fifteen. Add
to what you've got. That's eighteen
hundred and fifteen. That's the date.
Quite simple, you see, to remember
dates if you will only adopt my sys-
Living Church.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
THE MAGUEY PLANT.
Some Of the Uses of the Century Cactus
In Mexico.

Some of the Uses of the Century Cactus
In Mexico.
OF all the products of Mexico none is
more curious and interesting than the
maguey or so-oalled century plant On
the great plains outside the City of
Mexico thousands of acres are covered
with magueys planted in long rows at
regular intervals. The uses of the
maguey are manifold. The leaves are
used for thatching the houses of the
poor; the spike at the end of the leaf
furnishes, with the fiber attached to it,
a needle and thread ready for use; pa
per is made from the pulp, and twine
from the fiber, and the wood is en-
ployed in many ways But most i'm
portant of all is pulque. the national
drink of Mexico. This is made by fer
menting the juice of the Agave Ameri-
cana or maguey. Enormous quantities
of pulaue are drunk, train laden with
the liquor leaving Apam daily for the
City of Mexico Most of the crimes
committed by the natives are to be at
tributed to over-indulgence in pulque,
or some of its kindred products To
an unframed taste it is not a very pre-
possessing drink. 1t looks like milk
and water, and smells like rancid meat.
But it is said to be wholesome, the
Mexican attributing as many virtues
to it as the Scotchman does to whisky.
The Agave Americana, the juice OF
which on fermentation yields pulque,
also produces mescal, strong alco-
holic spirit distilled from its root.
The sugar cane yields by distillation
a strong intoxicant to which the ap-
propriate name of aguardiente (burn-
ing water) is given.-Arthur mixers
ley, in Chautauquan
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
Birds strangely Concealed.

Mr.. A. H. Thayer, an artist, believes
he has discovered that the light color
of the under parts of birds ard small
mammals serves to conceal them from
their enemies. At a recent meeting of
the American Ornithologists' union he
proved by experiments that en- object
Learly of the color of the ground, like r.
potato, is very conspicuous when placed
few inches above the soil and viewed
from a little distance. But when the
under side is painted white, and
gradually shaded into the color of the
upper part, the object disappears by
blending with the ground; the white
ness beneath counteracts the effect OF
the shadow of the body.-Youth's Com
Eanion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Created the Necessity. -" "Say,
Smiths got box in . safety deposit
vault" "What's he got in it?'' 1.-The
cago Record.
That Terrible Boy.-Awful Child
Mamma said you were pretty old. :"
Visitor - "Well?" Awful Child -
You're old, but not pretty."-Detroit
Free Press.
"A correspondent asks: "What
should bow-legged man do?" This is
a hard question to answer, but when
he hasn't got anything else to do he
should be whooping for wider styles in
trousers.-Texas SiftinRs
No Accident-MrA Figg-"Laura,
had ocular proof that young Smith
ers kissed you when he left last night,
and do not want it to happen again"
Laura-"It didn't happen, mamma 1t
waspremeditated. indianapolis Jour-
nal
Young Mani assure you, sir, l
look forward lonRingly to the union
with your daughter" Girls Father
"Ah, we'll, that's candid confession,
anyhow. She'll certainly bring you
there if she's half IS extravagant as
I've allowed her to be. be."-Household
Words.
-"Disshere little busy bee," said
Uncle Eben, reminds me OBJ er whole
lot Oh people. Dey Rits mad an stings
er man bout little er muffin an lays
right down an lets de hull hive git
robbed when de critical 'casion comes"
Washington Star.
-Johnny-"Sailors named the Rock
of Gibraltar, didn't they, pap Pa
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
Increase of W ha!eA.

IF whales were as profitable as they
formerly were a fortune could nOw
easily lie made" said A. S. Staunton,
of Cape May, recently. "a few days ago
several whales appeared in sight of
Cape May. was at Santa Barbara last
year and the school of whales protect n
by the government has so Increased N
numbers that it is seldom some oftneIu
are not in sight of land. In both the
Atlantic and the Pacific they are EJt
uncommonly seen as far south rs the
usual lines of ocean travel. Compare
tively speaking, they have been left
alone since the general introduction of
petroleum, although a limited number
find ready market at fairly remunens-
tive prices, but the oceans are not
hunted over for them as in former
years, and it is remarkable how rapidly
they have increased. The captain of a
schooner told me he had sighted five
of the monsters only a. few miles from
Charleston" n."-Washington Star
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
In His Way.

Elder George Champlin was a
colored preacher who exercised his
calling for many years in Rhode
Island. He was man of excellent
common sense and no little wit At
one time some of his hearers COM
planned that he had been rather too
personal and severe in one of his SER
mons. "When / ana preaching" re-
sponded the elder with a shrewd
glance from his sharp eyes at the re-
monstrants, when am preaching,
try to shoot right at the devil every
time; but if anyone gets betaeeen me
and the devil. why, of course, brethren,
he will be liable to get hurt. rt."-Youtn's
COMPANION.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
GUARDED BY INSECTS.
Golden Sands That Are Inacces-
sible Because Of Mosquitoes
A River in South America In Which Lies
Much Precious Ore, But Miners Can
not Withstand the Poison
Gus Insects.

Gold in plenty may be found in the
sands of the Volador river. a stream Of
moderate volume that falls from the
snow line of the Sierra de Santa Marta
in South America, but though the low
land region and the river bed where
the precious metal abounds in fabu-
lous quantities are easily accessible,
the mosquitoes are SO thick and ter
rible there that all attempts to rifle
the sands of their gold have SO far
failed.
Elisee Reclus, the celebrated French
geographer, was the first to explore
the plain about the Volador's mouth.
He had thought of establishing an
agricultural colony in the fertile low
lands, but found the plague of insects
so unbearable that he was forced to
beat retreat and abandon his prof.
ect.
He was the discoverer of this won
derful stream, whose waters sweep
over sands which are literally golden.
He told the news to the French vice
consul at Rio Hacha, and this official
obtained the concession of this Eldo-
AoAO. AAC OouPcIS AC "d6 w Gu
counter he knew perfectly we'll. He
took with him when he set out an in
geniously constructed gauze tent Of
large dimensions
For two days he tried to live under
its shelter and watch the operations
of his wOrkmen, who toiled in the
sitting heat, clothed in thick gar
ments, and protected by heavy boots,
gloves and wells. At the end of the
and employees gave up the struggle
and retreated.
The next to try to wiring fortune
from these auriferous sands was an
Italian, who obtained permission from
the vice consul. The Italian laughed
at the idea Of mosquitoes driving any
one away from a place where gold
could be picked up almost by the hand
full. He started out with a party of
six, who shared with him his belief,
and SO they took along no special pro-
lection agains the insects. They en-
dured for less than half an hour the
awful torture, and then left. They
found their way back to Rio Hacna
with difficulty, for the eyes of five were
90 badly swollen that they were blind.
Yet there are human beings vino can
venture with iInpunity into this gold
mine whose guardian demons are mos
quitoes, and these are some of the saw
age natives of the mountains from
whose rocky sleeps the river falls
These savages, who are mosquito
proof, are rendered SO by their bodies
being covered with the scales of lep-
rosy. Strange to say, the mosquitoes
will not touch them. But neither gold
nor the fascination Of civilization will
tempt them to labor.
1t is al old and true saying that one
might as well try to get along without
furs in the Arctic regions as without
mosquito nets in the tropics. Mos
quito nets seem to have been of little
avail. however, in the instances re-
lated. The insects are said to have
been most unusually venonous and
they come in such myraids that they
have the appearance Of mist hanging
over the waters of the river. The in
tense pain and action OF the poison on
the system speedily drive the strongest
mad -pnarSou's Waal,lv
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
GAYETY OF ENGLiSHMEN.
They Are a People That Know How t
Enjoy Real Sport.

They Are a People That Know How to
Enjoy Real Sport.
All the English writer's have said
that Englishmen take their pleasures
sadly Gn contrast with the Italians),
and all English history, moral as well
as civic, shows a strain of vulgar bru-
tality in what they are pleased to call
the enjoyment of life. What l wish to
say is that England is changing in
both these respects. There is visible
increase of gayety, and there is less
brutality in sports and social pleasures
We have boasted in Americaa superior
sensitiveness and shrinking from
brutality of manners, but some OF the
later developments in our most civil
lized class have silenced this boast.
For instance, our elaboration of the
Rugby game of football has carried us
to a brutal excess wholly unknown in
England, and we have to ask how it is
that our lads, nurtured in preparatory
institutions that are free from the ira
dictionary brutalities of the English
public schools, developed on the green
field so much Of the spirit and man
ners of the prize ring. The love of
sport is more universal with the Eng
lish than with US; everybody wants
to share in it, and the English public
would not be satisfied as we are with
exhibitions of base ball furnished by
professional players. The love of real
sport is killed by the commercial
spirit. Talk in all classes of society
about sports the space given to them
in the newspapers, testify to the lively
interest in all out-of-door games, not
only in the great national races and
regattas, but in the more privately
played games of golf and cricket.
Everybody, from the cabinet minister
to the humblest clerk, from the rich
merchant to the poorest workman,
plays some sort of outdoor game. or
indulges, in some weeks of the year,
in a sporting holiday. l have fancy.
founded on some observations. that
the English public generally know
how to enjoy holiday better than we
do. The listless and melancholy as
pect of Labor day celebration with
us is calculated to make one ia love
with steady work merely for enjoy
ment 1t may be said that the power
of enjoy ment Of leisure has been ex.
tirpated by disease. and that this very
incapacity shows the need of more
holidays for our people. Ia time we
shall doubtless learn what to do with
them. It is certain that the English
of late years, notwithstanding the
drawback of their climate, have in
creased their capacity for enjoying
holidays, and with less boisterousness.
Charles Dudley Warzsr, IN Harper's
Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
Took to Welsh.

1t is seldom that a man so masters a
foreign language that he can express
himself therein when greatly excited.
A Welshman after attempting to take
part in prayer meeting conducted in
English, and finding 1t very difficult
to express the fervor of his heart in
the partlally-acquired tongue. sudden
ly broke the halting and laborious
sentences with joyful exclamation:
Lord, thank Thee that Thou know
est Welsh" and straightway launched
upon the sea of gutturals which came
SO readily to ais lips. IN. Z. Observer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River, Sawtee.h
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart of the most PROM
ising mining country Oh the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis of al
mining news and developments, as well as
In alters Of local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an Invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for II, FesS
it, and let your friends read it,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
The Usual (Ours0.

Mrs. Greathead-Why is it that since
you were nominated for an Office you
have been drinking SO heavily?
Mr.. Greathead-Can't be helped, m
dear; I musht spend M time 'mong
the boys, m dear, an try t prove to
them I'm worthy of the suffrages o
the people, n dear.-N. \. Weekly.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17

10 b; W. Watlington. A. H. Rahm and
Nelson i. kimball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
ioG are hereby notified that the under
%;enetu mas expended Sl00, in the year 1895,
''"or and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
~ ,Uue mining claim in Warm Springs Creek
I5ap boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
das Iaaao' " III order to hold said premises un.
Sine Std uie provisions of section 1924, Revised
a, "autes OF the United States, being the
smS ,n9uhl IN required to hold the same during
~iti vIa lor said calendar year 1895, and if,
fha uasntl In ninety days after the expiration of
mi PoI EPuIolicatlon OF this notice, which will be
f"nisliea fpSo Tor ninety days, you fail or re
tion. ~ contribute your respective proper
arnn,5; ns ol such expenditure as co-owners,
saiS iSGIiig vi TO Your respective interests in
s;rt.alin cialin viz: b. W. Watington, one
.seeIlth, s625; A. II. Rahm, one-six-
eivh.h NO. and Nelson +. Kimball, one
Will ;IitIn, VI, s42.o0, your interests in said claim
vr,r 1rr M oe forfeited to and become the prop
the ~ " ule undersigned, under and by vir-
'"' VI said section 1924.
III; EDWARD BRISBIN.
PHst publication, Feb Is. 1896.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17

Otto II. of Germany was The Bed,
on account Of the color of his hair and
the horidness of his.conplex;on.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-04-17
voice of Forfeiture.

signs: As' '''iio "a "s
oenToaaa Jo are hereby notified that | have ex-
tsrs in uie sum OF one hundred 1OJ) dol
'' i4oof and improvements upon the
ii, WELLINGTON
about itllhnlng ,hlg claim, situated on Bear gulch,
i, nv Woee alfee miles northeasterly of Gaiena.
ropntU Uoq 4, Elver mining district, Blaine
RevissssdI Idaho, as required by section 1924.
inp tba statutes of the United States, be-
for te the amount required to hold the same
that ,e NE year ending December 81, 1895 !;
Being your our proportion of the same is $50,
from, tT Tie, ,halt and if within ninety days
ninetvs s,ie AZ service of this notice. or within
you f1iia iHiays after this notice by publication
port,oanA ION =, or refuse to contribute your pro-
inlTh inclnGTihnnHl nl such expenditure as co-owner,
Your Hiis in,s legal costs of this publication,
ir pSo1alt,e interest in said claim will become the
proyyis;tc.ao u the undersigned under tie
'ions ut said section 1924.
N'Tsauu, Idaho, January IA. 1895.
"s' publication, Jan. Is, 1856.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-01-08
Low Prices.

We have furniture coming
on nearly every vessel from
the Coast and we sell it
quickly at a small profit,
rather than have it accum-
mulate and become shop
worn. Our present stock
comprises:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-01-08

TO the retort was very simple. The
Rev George Walk read the lesson.
The ailegorical ceremony Of scattering
dust over the pail was performed. the
minister SAYING: Earth to earth,
ashes 70 ashes and dust to dust" The
Lords prayer followed; then, with up
raised the supplied preacher pro
nounced the henediction, the pail was
rolled over the casket, and Kate Field :
body had gone TO appear again as an
urn OF ashes
The pallbearers were: Mayor-elect
James D. Phelan, A W Foster. presi-
dent of the San Francisco and Mort h
Pacific Railroad; Henry E Highton,
". H Mills of the Southern Pacific
Land Department; W c. Bunner. E.
D. Dement, and c. NJ. Coe. represent
ing the Press Club: Henry James of the
Examiner, W. F. Burke of the Call,
H. S. Scott of the Chronicle. James P.
Booth of the Report, F. c. Roberts Of
the Post, James S. Tyler of the Bull
letin and Alfred B. Nye Of the Oakland
Enquirer.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-01-08
DUST TO DUST.
Remains of Miss Field Carried Eas
by Col. Taylor.

Remains of Miss Field Carried East
by Col. Taylor.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, Dec. 90
Kate Fields ashes are speeding East
ward in charge of General Charles H.
Taylor, proprietor of the Boston Globe.
The last remains of the celebrated
woman litterateur, editor and journal
list are incased and locked in a small
cylindrical jar of polished copper.
There is no inscription on the shining
surface Of the improvised urn. Pass
ing over the top of the plain cover and
through three little elasps-one on the
cover and one on each side-is mar
row Lavender ribbon to which is at
tached a card bearing the customary
record from the crematory, together
with the name and date The ends of
the ribbon are fastened together below
the card by a disk of black sealing
wax. upon which is the lettered i'm
press of the Odd Fellows Crematory.
A very little brass paddock clasped
through staples, holds the cover Sc
curely in place.
All that is earthly of the woman who
wrote fearlessly and wrote well is con-
tanned in that case, probably nine
inches in height and six inches in di-
ameter.
General Taylor, the custodian of the
sacred ashes. left here for Chicago on
last nights overland train. He will de-
liver the urn to Editor Kohlsaat of
the Chicago Times-Herald, who, as an
old friend of the deceased, purposes 10
see that the remains, according TO
Miss Fields wish, are inferred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, New York.