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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
A WOMAN WHO TRAPS.
Garments and Decorations Of Her Roona
the Fruits of Her Skill.

Garments and Decorations Of Her Roon
the Fruits Of Her Skill.
There is young woman living in
Harsam who is popular wherever she
goes, but more especially in the Adiron-
dacks, where she spends her summers
and autumns. She is a good Shot with
q rife, and has killed number Of deer.
She got two last fall; but hunting is not
her favorite- amusement, for she prefers
to trap her game
There are not many women who
know how to set a trap, but this one
can give almost any man points on the
subject. She wears a black fur cape,
trimmed with reddish fur. It is very
swell, and as the fur is fine and rich it
makes a very handsome garment. The
cape is new, and the black fur is otter
skin, the trimmings of fox. The fur
was all captured by the wearer. and.
what is more, the beasts were skinned
and the skins stretched and then
tanned with her own hands.
In her rooms are many trophiesof her
skill as a trap or snare setter. On the
floor is small rug, the pelt Of a yearling
bear cub that ventured into trap she
had set for bears. Hanging on the walls
are many handsome bits of fur. White
weasel skins serve as background for
wood mice of one sort or another,
mounted in the most approved fashion
by skilled taxidermists. Two deer
skins from small does hang side by side,
and on them are model canoes-one the
kayak of an Esquimau; the other OF
the Yahgan Indians canoe.
Half dozen or SO mounted birds are
on the mantel. A pigeon hawk serves
as center piece, and there are blue
jay, shrilOe, yellow hammer and =
killdeer plover among others. All were
shot or shared by the young woman her
self. In one corner on little shelf il =
miscellaneous assortment of articles.
Homes of small animals-birds, mice and
fishes, not to mention reptiles-are scat
tered about with bric-a-brac. She likes
to take her friends to this room and
point out various articles and tell how
she got them.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
LONDON MADMEN.

Some Of the Harmless Figures Which
Haunt the City Streets.
There is scarcely a Reighborhood
in London which cannot boast of its
local mad man. Some strange or &c
centric figure is to be found in every
parish, and in almost every important
thoroughfare.
Marylebone has a religious maniac,
who is by profession a collector of rags
and bones.
South Kensington, q short time ago,
possessed two madmen, one who imag-
ined himself to be Napoleon and walked
slowly backward and forward, gravely
saluting everyone he met, and another
who firmly believed himself to be
Henry VIII. 1t is said that on one oc-
casion he>accosted a famous physician
and instructed him to get him divorce
from Anne Boleyn. eff you can't man
age it any other way" he said, "otr with
her head-off with her head"
A man in Brompton would call cab
and drive to a certain street in Chelsea
There he would wander UP and down
for hours looking in vain for house
which had been pulled to pieces nearly
20 years before. 1t had evidently been
associated with some important crisis
in his life's history, and his mind re-
fused to disassociate itself from the
spot.
At one time there came forth every
evening from across Westminster
bridge, walking along Whitehall to the
Strand, man wearing long overcoat
with a cape soft hat and leggings. He
had bunch of primroses OF yellow
flowers of some kind in his buttonhole,
and another in his hat. He carried
pipe, and strobe along with bent head
| and with one hand behind his back.
He ignored everyone, looked neither to
| the right nor the left, and walked al
| ways at the same rate. Every now
and then he would suddenly throw up
his hands and shout in a deep voice:
Here's TO the Jacobites all over Eng
| land!" Then he would march on as
| before, and people who had turned in
alarm would see nothing but an eccen-
tIic looking figure going steadily in the
direction of the Strand.
HCIC lS LII Inv
neighborhood of Covent garden, in the
| shape Of All exceedingly dirty man. He
wears a very shabby frock coat and
trousers, chiefly remarkable for the
grease upon them, and battered silk
hat. Strange to say, how ever, his col
lars and cuffs are always spotessly
clean. He wears flowers, a bunch in his
hat, another in his coat, and this is gen.
orally so large that it reaches right
across his chest. When flowers are not
obtainable he contents himself with
| cabbage leaf, or vegetable of some
| kind-anything, provided it's green and
| large enough. It is said that he was
| once a rising singer, whose voice was
! ruined suddenly by some accident. 1t
is his habit now to sit down on door
steps, and placing his hand behind his
, ears, give vent to a series Of discordant
notes, without tune or air, which are
, echoed and Knocked at by street boys
, far and near.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
Cruelty to Animals,

The Humanitarian league of London
has taken up the cudgels against yivi-
section and incidentally against the eat
ing of the flesh of any animal that has
been painfully killed. ''The deliberate
vivisection of turtles that gluttons may
have soup" is absolutely condemned. Eels
that have been skinned, Holsters boiled
or broiled alive, and crabs likewise
treated are to be cut out from the bill
of fare, and so also pork while there
remains any risk that the pig maybe
tossed alive into the scalding water
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
Notice of Forfeiture.
To \

signs:
no a9u are hereby notified that have ex-
Pealued the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
'ats III labor and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
.Jue aSn mining claim, situated on Bear gulch,
IN ;p'uE ~ three miles northeasterly of Galena
cnrn mooq River mining district, Blaine
RSunt!, Rani! Idaho, as required by section 1924.
is,Iea in, Statutes of the United States, be-
fs fnss the tl amount required to hold the same
M tba+ 'ne year ending December 81, 1895 I;
ha;, haa. your proportion of the same is $50
fronlg one half; and if within ninety days
nindtn nm tne service Of this notice. or within
vn,, days after this notice by publication
nou., ou iaii or refuse to contribute your pro-
inn,u9ni iEvi,u9n OF such expenditure as co-owner,
Won. yonuo;lng legal costs of this publication,
yrun oronoes interest in said claim will become the
prop,a;y pp,Iity OF the undersigned. under the
f'0'islons of said section 1924.
"a. JOHN CAREY.
As'enum, Idaho, January IA, 1885,
'nst publication, Jan. Is, 1898.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20

fhe' KEYSTONE is the sole representative
of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart of the most prom,
Using mining country Oh the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent it's readers complete synopsis of all
mining news and developments, as we'll as
matters 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 1t, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
A QUESTION OF GEOGRAPHY.

Murder Trial Awaits the Result Of .
Land Survey.
It seems strange that there should be
places in the United States where peo-
pie may live long tim without know
ing what state they are In, but such
places are found to exist. One Of these
is Bain's Station-now known to be in
Oregon, but for some time supposed to
be in California. And at lat accounts,
though it was known that the place
was in Oregon, it was not known
whether it was in Josephine or Curry
county.
Last spring man was murdered near
Bain's Station and his body thrown into
well. In the summer the body was
found, and a man named Nelson was
suspected of the crime. Indeed, cir
cumstances pointed most closely to him.
Nelson was arrested in California. but
before taking further proceedings the
California authorities, who were doubt
full of their rights in the matter, caused
a survey of the place to be made, and it
was shown to everybody's satisfaction
that Bans Station was in Oregon. This
fact was telephoned to the authorities
of Josephine county, Ore, who issued
a warrant for Nelson.
The next step would have been for the
Oregon authorities, acting on this war
rant, to send extradition papers to the
governor of California; but an unex-
pected difficulty arose in an uncertainty
whether Bain's Station was in Josephine
county or Curry county. No one knew
which county it was in
The line between the two counties is
the water shed between two streams,
but as there are no streams anywhere
around Bain's Station, there can be no
certainty, until survey is made,
whether it is on one side of the water
shed or the other; and proper survey
would involve much time and expense.
The accused man, therefore, Mt last
accounts lay in California Jail, in
which state he certainly did not commit
the crime, awaiting the determination
of the question as to what county of
Oregon the crime was committed in
Youths Companion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20

The Montauk tribe Of Indians, by their
chief and king. Wyandank Pharaoh,
have asked leave of County Judge Ben
jamin NJ. Reeves to bring an action
against the Long Island Railroad COM
pany for the recovery of Montauk
Point. The suit involves title to the
peninsula of Montauk, which consists
of about 5000 acres Of land and now
worth, perhaps, $780, 900. The judge
has intimated that he would probably
give permission for the suit to be
brought
The plaintiffs are direct descendants
Of the once famous and powerful tribe
of Montauk Indians. Their claim is
that they have the right to inhabit the
peninsula and to enjoy all the benefits
to be derived therefrom. When the
property was sold to Arthur w. Benson
in 1879 it was sold subject to the rights
of these Indians to use and occupy GER
tain portions of the land on Montauk,
known ~ the Indian field.
A patent from the crown of England
was given to the town Of East Hamp-
ton about the middle of the Seven
teenth century. The land was divided
into IS ahares, valued at 5000 a share
and sold to different individuals, always
subject to the rights of the Montauk
Indians.
A partition suit was brought in 1877
and the peninsula was sold at auction
to Arthur w. Benson for $151, 900. The
late Austin Corbin and Charles M. Pratt
purchased Of Benson's heirs, about two
years ago. 5000 acres of the property
and while the purchase price was said
to be only 100000, part of the agree
n,ent was that the Long Island railroad
should be extended to Montauk. The
suit in question takes in Fort Pond bay,
which the late Austin Corbin hoped to
make free port.
When Benson purchased the property
the Montauk Indians were still in pos
session and enjoyed their full rights.
Benson soon began to remove the In
dams. He made them liberal offers and
finally purchased land at Freetown, near
East Hampton, and built shanties for
them. They left the land of their fa-
theirs and went to East Hampton. Ben
son also gave them money and made
them fairly comfortable, but they be-
came homesick and were discontented.
Benson tore down the wigwams and
shanties on the Indian field and in a
short time the remnants of the tribe
went as far east as the borders of the
Benson property. The red men be-
lieved that some day their rights would
be restored to them, and, with the idea
that they would return to their home,
they set to work. What money they
could earn they expended in looking
up the titles to Montauk and in making
out q case.
There are not more than ten full
blooded Indians left Of the tribe. Wyan-
dank Pharaoh, now king, is son of
King David Buck" Phnroah,. whose
forefathers led the powerful Montauks
against the tribes of Rhode Island, Con-
necticut and Massachusetts,. The queen
of Montauk now occupies a little hut in
Freetown. She is aged and is a genuine
Indian squaw.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
KETCHUM, IDAHO, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 90 1897

er stories an excessive speed is called
for, and with view to economize the
cost of operation and minimize space
in the basement. high-pressure plants
IRE designed. with the result that the
record for safety of elevator travel so
creditable to our elevator builders in
the past is likely to be impaired. To
obviate this it should be made illegal
to operate passenger elevators at II
speed greater than 400 feet minute.
This will permit the safety device to
operate when the speed reached 500 to
GOO feet per minute.-Engineerin Rec
crd
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
THIRTY Lands.

The enormous basin drained by the
Missouri river absorbs no less than 80
Der cent. of all the rain that falls upon
it whereas the basin of the Ohio river
absorbs only 70 per cent. The amount
of rainfall in the course OF year is
proportionately greater in Ohio than in
the Missouri basin, and SO the former
river, although much the shorter OF the
two. contributes more water to the Mis-
sissippi than does it's gigantic rival
flowing from the west.-American Jour-
nal of Science.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
We,1hinc Live Fish.

A visitor at the aquarium who had
wondered how they managed to get the
weight of live fish accurately learned
that that was really very simple
thing to do. The fish is put into pail
of water, which is weighed with the
fish in il. Then the fish is taken out
and the pail and water are weighed
without tn. 7. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
Oldest Eugllah Firm.

One OF the oldest. if not the oldest.
English firms is that of Richardson.
leather manufacturers, of Newcastle
on-Tyne. The predecessors of this firm
were leather sellers to the monastery OF
st. Hilda, which was disesta blished at
the time of the reformation, and this
can be proved from contemporary rec
ordk
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20

that the bishop had found so many in
quirers after religion among the Es-
quimaux north of Hudson bay that he
had to build a church. As there was no
wood, he used whales ribs for rafters,
covering them with tanned walrus hide,
and so made church to hold so per-
sons. All went merry as marriage
bell' for q time, until-the dogs grew
famished and ate the church. Troy
Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
DOGS ATE UP THE CHURCH.
Whale Ribs Not Found to Be . success
full Building MateriaL

Whale Ribs Not Found to Be success
full Building Material
Bishop Williams, of Marquette was
recently invited TO serve his alma mater
Cornell university, as university preach
er. He did so, coming straight from the
synod of the Canadian church at VIM
nipeg and bringing this story with him:
'SThere was a missionary bishop there.
said Bishop Williams, "who had been
six weeks in coming, most OF the way
by canoe. He rose and began by saying
that he would speak for himself and
for q brother bishop, who. unfortunate
". could not be present. He was sorry
to say that his brothers diocese had
gone to the dogs! A general gloom fol-
lowed these words. He went on to say
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20

| Guilty in finding them. The mother
knew that the safety of her cubs and her
own peace of mind depended upon strict
discipline in the family. o that we had
more such mothers in the United States!
Charles Dudley Warner, in Harpera
Mn0ayine
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
A Sc.recrow for Mosquitoes.

sc..recrow Tor MosQoHeos.
Prof Pheitsche, German naturalist,
has discovered a curious way of repclling
the attacks of mosquitoes. The little
pest has deadly enemy in the dragon
fly, which pursues it and feeds upon
it. The professor has found by mary
experiments that the dried bodies of
few dragon flies suspended by threads
around bed keep the mosquitoes at
distancc.--N. Y. SIN.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
RattleAuakcs aud White Ash LeaveA.

Rattlesnakes are said to have natur-
al antipathy to the leaves of the white
ash, Some natmnlists assert that q rat
tlesnake placed in a circle composed OF
half white ash leaves and half hot Goals
will cross the Goals before he will en-
counter the leaves.--Albany Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
MONTAUK INDIANS.
Wish TO Return to. tho Home OF
Thoir Yorefathera

coaes0plass Legal Action to Recover PEN
iAsaiA Named fer the T1ibe-Are Now
1Sexy 1hsy Evee Parted from
Their RlGhta
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-20
Notice of Publication.

10 3, W. Watlington, A. H. Rahm and
Neison +. kirnball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
>; lou are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended $l0O, in the year 1895,
III iaoor and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
pue mining claim in Warm Springs Greek,
gE u, Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
dduano, IN order to hold said premises un-
Ser the provisions of section 1924, Revised
statutes of the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same during
ana ,nii Tor said calendar year 1895, and if,
.h hithln ninety days after the expiration of
sle publication of this notice, which will be
Ruoished for ninety days, you fail or re.
t;n tise 70 contribute your respective proper
. .ohs OF such expenditure as co-owners,
soiS ssoiGSgfdlng to your respective interests in
sslu claim viz: B. W. Watlington, one
s,saIeenth, ,aauth, S6.25; A. II. Rahm, one-six-
s;eL' ss;eLIitn' $629. and Nelson f. Kimball, one
.snth' nh Sl2.5O, your interests in said claim
sr.l ~.n De forfeited to and become the prop
,S OF the undersigned, under and by vir-
'ue oi said section 1924.
EDWARD BRISBIN.
FIRST publication, Feb. Is, 1895.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-01

The September term of criminal court will
open next Monday, for two weeks, when
three courts will be in session both weeks.
For the first week there are several important
cases fixed for trial, among them being Rose
Jacobenis, infanticide, oath of James Russell
Matt Karpovich murder, oath of Eva
Tomalonis. This is Shenandoah case the
husband of the prOsecutrix being killed in a
quarrel. Charles McHale, manslauEhter
oath of VIM. Parft. J. J. Coyle VS.. Thomas
J. Joyce, libel. }. Jerome O'Neil, libel, oath
of p. j. Ferguson this case grew out Of the
school troubles in Mahanoy Twp. Thomas
II. Dee VS.. P. J. Ferguson, ct al, misde.
meanor in office, Daniel Christian VS. Thomas
Campion, NJ. Close, G. Deegan, John Leary
John Gibbons, J. Dalton, School Board Of
Cass Twp, ,misdemeanor in office this case is
fixed for Wednesday. The Van Valkenburg
case and that of T. NJ. Jones VS.. II. E. Lup,
kin, embezzlement. 1t is expected that fully
500 cases will be returned for this term ol
court
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-01
BECOMING SERIOUS.
The strikers in the Luzerue Region Are
Determined.


HAzEroN. Sent From reports re-
ceived to-day il appears that the strike
situation SO far as the collieries at Minesville
and Coleuine are concerned is unchanged,
the foreigners still being determined in hav-
ing their demands acc, ded TO. A large party
Of the Colemine strikers marched to McAduo
yesterday, where they mingled with the men
employed by the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Co.
The men were orderly and made no demon
stration Of any kind Everything was quiet
at MiInesvile yesterday, only that the men
gathered ON the banks evidently bent ON
driving back any one who might desert the
ranks. Watchful as the strikers are how
ever a surprise was sprung on them during
Monday night About two O'Clock i'm the
morning a Pennsy crew backed into the
| breaker minus caboose and pulled out the
| large train Of cars which they were compelled
/ to leave behind on Saturday last. The engine
was guarded by the ten watchmen, who by
the way, are armed with Winchesters, and
had any resistance been offered serious
trouble would have followed The English
speaking miners are practically at the mercy
of the foreigners and the outcome will be
watched with interest.
The only bad feature about the strike is
that the foreigners use no discretion. Dur
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-01

win be held in tho city Of Reading, Pa,
on September T. s, 8 and 10. 1t promises to
be big event, a large number Of special
features having been provided for the enter
tainment and enjoyment Of visitors The
managers announce that the number Of ex.
hihits will be far in excess Of previous years
and will fully represent the agricultural and
industrial resources of the county. The fruit
display at the Berks county fair has always
been a great drawing card. This years fruit
crop is one of the best in the history Of the
county. Passenger trains run direct TO the
main entrance and will leave the heart of
the city for the grounds every 20 minutes.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-01
II WINS a Jnke.

The shamokin and Mt. Carmel newspa,
pers last evening published extensive ac.
counts of an alleged dynamite plot stating
that "a iendish attempt to kill Frederick
Kurtz, wife and children, was made by two
unknown men at the new Mt. Carmel reser
voir. George Lambert a friend Of the
Kurtz's fired three shots at the would-be
dynamiters, who escaped in the heavy un-
derbrush along the Mt Carmel pike" As
the Kurtz family and Lambert were residents
of this town prior to the starting of work on
the reservoir referred TO the report aroused
some interest here, but later report from
the Mt. Carmel News says that the whole
affair was a Joke played by Kurtz's friends.
The sticks Of dualin which he saw were
nothing more nor less than two paper bags Of
sawdust. The men who ran into the woods
were afterwards in the crowd who searched
for the williams who tried to take their
friends life.