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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-04
tive OF the Great Upper Wood River Mining Regio
KETCHUM IDAHO SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER L. 1897.

finally referred the question Of his
losses to bank man he learned that in
50 years the $50 in gold would have
amounted to $1,473.60. Without fgur-
uring any further on the problem, the
bank man said he would easily con-
slider that SIC, 900 was lost by saving $50.
is not an unusual thing in some of
the old banks to have an account doub-
led many times over and over again.
One day last week in the Worcester
county institution for savings, an ac-
count was reckoned at e244.O3, which
originally was but s10.o5. Nothing had
ever been added or taken from the
bank account, and it was left to accu-
mulate. 1t took about so years for
the original sum to gather all that
moss. There was another recent in
stance in the same bank where 81
times the original sum was paid to a
depositor. No one wonders that some
body discovered and said that money
makes money.
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are no cut rates for the vessels OF those
companies which have in the past tried
to freeze him out King O'Keefe is now
just sixty years of age, but is as vigors
Gus as ever.
The little army on st. David island
has swcllcd in numbers to several hun
dred and O'Keefe has put up fine bar
racks for his soldiers. The king is
proud of his standing army" which
costs him little to maintain, and 1t is
his boast that it contains the finest
body of drilled and disciplined men in
the broad Pacific. O'Keefe reads the
American newspapers carefully, but he
has never been known to permit himself
to be interviewed. The story OF his life
and explorations was told by trader
lust in from the South seas.
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stab EnAs OF Thsa&ht'

What man has done, woman thinks
she can do.
II the men didn't oppose the women
IN their efforts to gain their rights the
women wouldn't think they had any
rights to gain.
Il is harder work holding back when
one starts going down the hill than 1t
Il to eet up when one starts going mp.
A pretty woman is the prettiess
thing ON earth-to the eye.
A wife may easily love herself
enough 70 make her husband unhappy.
The more . bachelor thinks OF mAtra-
mony the less of it he does
A pair of soft brown eyes in man
heart makes him blind all over.
Melody il the soul Of music, while
harmony is its mind.
Love Il the great inexplicable. and
marriage sometimes makes 1t more %.
Faith in men and things is one Of
mankind's slipperiest possessions. =
Detroit Free Press
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

MANY perfumes are believed to be
antiseptic in their qualities, and some
physicians entertain the opinion that a
more liberal use of them in the sick
room would be beneficial.
There ure in Ohio about $500 oil
wells, Of which more than 1900 were
bored in 1894. The Kirkridge yields 31o
barrels per hour. ar 7.z4O per day. An
other yields 1920 barrels per day.
Sheep breeding in Patagonia 10 q
profitable industry. Notwithstanding
the ravages of wild animals. Down in
Punta Arenas, port on the Terra del
Feugo islands French company OWNS
over 100000 sheep, and the manager
makes about half dollar per head,
"clear of all expenses, from the sale of
wool alone"
Nineteen hundred salmon were
taken at one haul OF a seine by fisher
uan in Elliott bay, near Seattle. Few
days ago. 1t was the largest haul ever
made thereabOut. His catch loaded the
tisherman's bout down to within three
inches of the water. At the same time
and place another fisherman took 600
salmon in one haul, and another took
over 1000.
According to Sir Robert Ball. tel
cgram sent at the usual rate would re-
uuirc IS years to reach the most distant
telescope stars. But the camera has
revealed stars far more distant than
these, some of which, if a message had
been sent in the year n. ID. THAT is to
say, 1,S95 years ago---the message would
only just have reached some of them.
and would be still on the way to others.
Observations and calculations have
led Mr.. y. Mallack to conclude that in
sects do not see well, especially at dis
tance. Their composite eye, however,
has an advantage over the simple eye
in the fact that there is hardly any prac-
tical limit in the nearness of objects 1t
can examine. The best insect eye ex-
amined would give a picture about as
good as ii executed in rather coarse
woodwork, and viewed at the distance
of foot.
Astronomers are not agreed that
all the surface markings on the moon
can be explained by volcanic action.
says Popular Astronomy. those VINO De-
lieve that the volcanic theory accounts
for the so-called crHter formations with
central cones are not satisfied with
such an explanation for the origin of
the wall or rampant plains. They
confess that the origin of these features
and some ohers is beyond their ex-
PLANTATION.
/. Glass of different colors have been
tried on growing plants by NJ. Zach
arcwieZ, professor of agriculture at
VancIuse, who finds that the finest and
earliest fruit is grown under clear glass.
Orange glass produces an increase of
vegetation, but the amount. size and
earliness of the fruit suffer. Under viO-
let glass the amount of fruit increases.
but its quality deteriorates. Red, blue
or green glass is injurious to all forms
of vegetation.
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A Laplander's Dress,

The operation Of dressing in cold
weather in the far north is SO elabor-
ate that it is difficult to understand how
a deliberate boy or girl in Lapland can
be ready for breakfast before dinner
time. First, two suits of thick woolen
underclothing are put on, and over
these goes a shirt of reindeer skin, with
cloth bands to fasten at the wrists;
sometimes two of these shirts, or kap'
tas. are worn, and reindeer vest be
meath them. The trousers are OF rein
deer skin also. Two pairs OF heavy
NeQolen stockings are worn. and
tho child Who puts these on when they
ara damp Il sure to have trouble with
his 1pet. Around the feet peculiar
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Laura's Dear Friends. - irene
Laura Kajones's face looks dreadfuiiy
pinched." IL don't know about that,
but | know her feet do" - Chicago
Tribune.
When Eli Perkins, the lecturer. was
making a tour of the west. he said he
was travelling for his wife's pleasure.
"rhen your wife is with you ?" suggest
ed some one. ''Oh, no." said Eli. "she's
in New York"
-Widow-"Do you know. Mr.. Caller,
that you remind me very much OF my
late husbandw Mr.. Caller docking at
watch)-"Why. it is late. isn't it? Ex-
cuse me. l really had no idea OF the
time. e."-Richmond Dispatch.
Numerous are the people who have
"builded better than they knew" A
small boy in one Of the public schools
was asked to define demagogue. "A
demagogue." he said, ''is vessel that
holds wine, gin, whisky or any other
liquor. News.
First Yale Student - "Have You
telegraphed to the old man for money!"
Second Yale Student-"Yes." ''Got an
answer?" Yes. l telegraphed the old
man: Where is that money ! wrote
for? and his answer reads: In my in
side pocket .'"-Texas Siftings.
-Irene--"Isn't it curious how inno-
cent George Ferguson is? They say
he never kissed anybody in his life. and
doesn't know how to kiss" Laura
sHThere isn't n word Of truth in it! He
has-that is-why, | should think he
would know how by this time."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
"A tall fellow persisted in standing
during the performance at the theater,
much to the annoyance OF the audience,
and was respectfully requested to sit
down. but would not; when u voice
from the upper gallery called out:
LET him alone, honey; he's q
tailor, and he's resting himself" he
dropped into seat.
Learned Mnemonics.-Prof. A.
"Do you know, find it difficult to re-
member the ages of children!" Prot.
B.-"I have no such trouble! / was
born 1890 years after Socrates; my
wife 1880 years after the death of
Tiberius Caesar; our son John 1000
years after the entrance into Rome of
Titus Sempronius Gracious for the re-
enactment Of the 'leges Liciniae.' and
cur Amanda 1900 years after the begin
ming of the Folk-wandering- is
perfectly simple. you see."-Fliegende
BIaetter
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-04
APPLAUSE FOR THE okD FLAG.
A Suggestive Incident In . Savannah
Theatar Ten Years Ago.

More than ten years agoa a slight but
significant incident occurred in Savan-
nah, Ga. Between the acts of q the
atrical performance there was occasion
to drop a large national flag from the
flies above the stage. This was done
without ceremony, merely in prepara-
ton for the ensuing act, but as the
heavy folds unroiled and gave the
stars and stripes to the light, such
cheer went up from the audience that
the house was shaken. Savannah is a
conservative city, slow to forget and
tenacious of old ideas. Here, il any
where in the south. the war prejudice
would be strong, and yet the mere pre-
sentation of the silent emblem of the
nation called forth such ringing,
CHEEKY response of loyalty that any sus-
picion of the south's good faith must
have been shamed into silence.
Even to-day men are not lacking who
will assert that the patriotism of the
south is shallow and grudgingiy given
only upon compulsion. Southern ora
tors and writer's from time to time
protest against this insinuation, but
without materially changing the opin-
ions Of the skeptical, for it is easy to
say that such written and spoken ut
terances are insincere or inadequate.
But the spontaneous expression OF
heterogeneous multitude is bit of tes-
timony which cannot be gainsaid. And
there has been an overwhelming
amount of such testimony upon the oc-
casion of the tour which the old Liberty
bell has just made throughout the
south. Not alone In Atlanta, its dea-
tination, but all along the route, at
every stop which it has made, it has
been the signal for an outburst not un-
worthy of comparison with the scenes
of the memorable day when it pro-
claimed it's brave tidings.
Nothing SO appeals to the universal
instinct of patriotism as does an inani-
mate object which is emblematical of
q nations character and history. Phil
ndelphia is properly jealous Of the old
bell, and disinclined to relinquish it for
any considerable time. but if it is care
fully guarded from danger, as it is in
the present instance, it is fitting that
II should be loaned upon an occasion OF
such importance as that Of the Atlanta
exposition. 1t is pleasant to know that
the old bell is not SO silent but that 1t
can vet speak to the hearts of our peo-
pie, and gives fresh assurance that
common bond OF love and pride and
reverence unites the entire country
Philadelphia Citizen.
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Notice OF Forfeiture.

signs:
,s n9u are hereby notified that | have ex-
rnueo The sum Of one hundred 1907 dol
'4's IN labor and Improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
shar, INNING claim, situated on Bear gulch,
n ,ovt w liree miles northeasterly of Galena.
copr, WOO River mining district, Blaine
Rauilsys Ruilys Idaho, as required by section 1924,
inc i',iea ,S Statutes Of The United States, be-
fuss ,ne tt amount required to hold the same
that Dae NY year ending December 81, 1895 !;
benz! your proportion of the same is $50.
from tSn one half. and if within ninety days
ninety ,ds service OF this notice. or within
Won ~ H;iays after this notice by publication
iop port,a iall or refuse to contribute your pro-
tnclnS;no tlS;, Oh such expenditure as co-owner,
yonr ;n legal costs of this publication.
pronor, nn.erest IN said claim will become the
propp;sy prop;stty OF the undersigned. under the
As'ons OF said section 1924.
Ketoh JOHN CAREY.
Hum, Idaho, January IA, 1895.
s"s' publication, jan la, 1896.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-04

The K1xsrozH Il the sole rspr~ssntat;v.,
Of the Great Upper Weed River. eavsoots
and Smoky mining regions, and. locate
as 1t is in the vefy heart Of the most prom
ising mining country o., the face Of TIE
earth, and leaving nothing undone to, pr
sent its readers complete synopsis of a.
mining news and developments, a well a.
matters of local Importance in and abou;
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informa ant 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, 1897-09-04
Take Time.

Let Us take time for the good by
kiss. We shall 60 to the days work
with swceter spirit for it. Let M
take time to speak kind words to those
we love. By and by, when they can
no longer hear rs, our foolishness will
seem more wise than our best wisdom
Let us take time to be pleasant The
small courtesies, which we often omit
because they are small. will some day
look larger to rs than the wealth
which we have coveted or the fame
for which we have struggled. Let NJ
take time to get acquainted with our
families The wealth you are sccum-
ulating may be doubtful blessing to
the SON who Il . stranger. to you.
Your beautifully kept house, busy
mother. can never be home to the
daughter whom you have no time TO
carese. -Dstrpit Free Press
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-04
Why the Buffalo Had 70 &c.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in writing about
the wholesale killing of buffalo, says:
"After the hides were removed the car
casy would be poisoned in many cases.
some yearling buffalo being generally
selected, and next morning there might
be found 40 or 50 dead wolves 4yinx
scattered around, victims of the strych-
nine. In this way the large game was
rapidly destroyed, together with count
less numbers of wolves that had thrived
only by preying upon them. This
might seem like cruelty and wasteful
extravagance, but the buffalo. like the
Indian, stood in the way of civilization
and the path of progress. and the de-
cree had gone forth that they must give
way. 1t was impossible to herd domes-
tic stock in a country where they were
constantly liable to be stampeded by
the moving herds OF wild animals. The
same territory which quarter of .
century ago was supporting those vast
herds of wild game 10 now sustaining
millions of domestic animals which af-
ford the food supply to hundreds OF
millions Of people in civilized coan-
.tries."-St. Louis Republic.
How He Judged ChaRoeGo1.
$50 you want situationT said the
business man.
"Yes, SIR" replied the applicant
''Hum-do you ever 60 ashinR3
''Occasionally."
"When were you Ashing last9''
DAY before yesterday" =
''Catch anything2"
''Not thing"
"You can come to work next NOR
day If you like. II You keep on telling
the truth like that you may bs part
ner in the frm one It these dayA"-
Warrington Star.
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grass, well dried, is carefully bound.
and over all this goes the shoe. Buttons
and hooks and eyes are scarce in Lap
land; all clothing is fastened by strings
and it is dreadful to think OF all the
"hard knots that Lap children have
fumbled over while too sleepy to be
amiable.-Moderator.
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Notice of Publication.

10 b W. Watlington,' A. H. Rahm and
nelson +. Kiinball, your heirs, devisees
aud assigns:
=, lou are hereby notified that the under
if.shed has expended sI00, in the year 1885,
~ iaOor aid improvements upon the
MEXICAN
1ooe mining claim in Warm Springs Creek
" boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
LLuaho, In order TO hold said premises un-
uef Inc provisions of section 2324, Revised
statutes OF the United States, being the
amount required 70 hold the same during
sHa Tor said calendar year 1895. and if
,,i na.nih ninety days after the expiration Of
W Me publication of this notice, which will BE-
Ruphshed for ninety days, you fail or re
,inS ,ISe 70 contribute your respective proper
s"oa s,ons OF such expenditure as co-owners,
se;s19fuiiis sa;1 10 your respective interests in
sa.u claim viz: b. w. Warrington, one
ssaseehth, $G.2j; A. II. Rabm, one-six-
s;eha' s;ehth' S6.25. and Nelson +. Kimball, one
v.sIIi 1sI sl2oo, Your interests in said claim
sr,r S,r pe forfeited to and become the prop
tnss ts Vi the undersigned, under and by vir-
'"e Vi said section 2324.
EDWARD BRISBIN.
rirst publication, Feb Is, 1896.
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90 Heuuared the Other.

Mamma-Willie, where arc those Ap-
IL. gone that were in tho storeroom3
Willie-They are with the ginger
bread that was IN The cupooeFo =
pittobprRh Bulletan. s'F-+es.-i
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10

Idesire to inform my friends and
the public that have purchased the
shorthand reporting and typewriting
business of Mr.. Fred d. Hill, of this
city, ard am now comfortably located
in the corner room of the Bettingen
block, over ]. P. McInerny's dry goods
store, corner Court and Second streets,
The Dalles, Oregon.
Connected with this business, l am
also equipped to prepare all kinds
of legal papers, abstracts of land titles,
will handle real estate, leans and col
lections and do a general insurance
brokerage business, being in position
to place all kinds of desirable risks
With three of the best insurance COM
panies extant.
/ shall at all times endeavor to merit
a fair share of the public patronage,
by promptly and diligently attending
to any business entrusted to my care.
Thanking my friends and the public
for past favors shown aud soliciting q
continuance of the same in the future,
1 am at command, Respectfully
d6w1 D. S. DUFUR.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
A Mining Giant Adrift.

At the Grant Brothers mine, on the
north Fork of the John Day river, 10
miles west of Granite, one of the giants
got adrift the other day. and began
throwing its stream of water, eight in
ches in diameter, in q circle. B. T.
Grant ran to set the machine, but was
hurled aside like bit of paper. A
miner named Berry sprapg at the
giant, and his arm was broken in two
places. But this brave action no doubt
saved several lives. The mighty bolt
of water, eight inches in diameter,
swung in every direction. One of Mr..
Grants sons, lad of II years, was
sitting on bowlder about 100 feet dis.
tant, and when the water struck 1t
threw him 10 feet into the air. When
the lad fell, he struck on his head
among some ragged rocks, sorely
bruising his face and narrowly missed
destroying one of his eyes. The men
were rolled and crushed against the
banks and rocks, six of them being
badly bruised and cut. A you2g miner
named Montgomery had his shoulder
dislocated, being injured so he will
not be able to work for at least six
weeks. An idea of the danger may be
CLEANED from the fact that this bolt OF
eight inches in thickness, considerably
larger than the thickness of a common
stovepipe. was hurled from pressure
of about 160 feet fall.
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Argued and Submitted.

The mandamus suit of E. D. Shat
tuck vs.. H. R. Kincaid, brought to
compel the secretary of state to audit
claims against the state and draw war;
rants upon the treasury in payment
thereof, was argued before the supreme
court at Salem Tuesday and submitted,
and it is expected a decision will be
handed down at an early date.
There were originally three cases
brought against the secretary OF state.
One was by E. D. Shattuck, judge of
the fourth judicial district, for that
portion of his salary due for the quar-
ter ending March 81, 1897, and amount
ing to $3.50. Another was by A. B.
Croasman, for supplies furnished the
state penitentiary amounting to $40.
The third was by the lrwin-Hodson
Company for binding and ruling as
sessment and tax rolls, amounting to
S221.50. AS each case involved sub.
stantially the same questions it was
stipulated by the paroles thereto that
the brief in the Shattuck case should
constitute the brief in the two other
cases.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
IRA HICKS FOR JULY.
The Reverend Weather Prophets Summer
Forecast

The Reverend Weather Prophets Summer
Forecast.
Storm conditions will be disappear
ing off the Atlantic coasts as July
comes in, leaving fair weather and
more pleasant temperature over the
country generally up to the Sd. By
that date renewed storm conditions
will arise in the west, causing storms
to advance eastward about the Sd to
9th. Barometer will rise and winds
will shift to westerly, after storms
until about 9th and 10th, when great
warmth, with falling pressure and
tendency to storm and bluster will re-
turn. From 14th to 18th is a regular
storm period, during which very high
temperatures will prevail, and many
storm hurries will break in various
sections, bringing more bluster than
rain. The same is true for the 21st,
22d and dates touching them. From
28th to 30th, look for extreme warmth
eliminating on and about the Goth, in
many violent atmospheric disturb
ances, thunder and rain. Hottest days
during storm periods, coolest between
them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
NO AUTOGRAPHS FOR HER.
Servant Girl Had No Use for the Check
She Received.

Servant Girl Had No Use for the Check
She Received.
a certain family, whose home is in
the suburbs of London, have in their
employ, says Amusing Journal, a
cook. whose ways are invariably so
methodical and her cooking so near per-
lection that, were she to leave her pres
ent home, one-half of the mistresses in
the district would be eager to secure
her services. Never by any chance has
dinner been late at the Myrtle villa, or
the Joint under or over done, neither has
any policeman crossed its threshold.
But, treasure that she is, she came near
to making change of residence at the
close of her very first months stay.
On the morning of the day upon
which her wages became due, her mis-
tress requested her to step into the
study, where her master was waiting to
pay her. In a few moments she rushed
from the study to the kitchen, where
she had left her mistress, and in less
time than it takes to narrate had
given that astonished lady notice.
But whatever is the matter, Mary? 2"
inquired her mistress. "What has
your master said or done to annoy
you?"
"He hasn't said nuthin'," replied
Mary, as she t1ourished check in her
mistress face, "but he's on'y given me
this for months slavery. Not me;
amt no ortygraph collector, ain t."
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Began Talking Early.

Few will believe it possible for g.
months old child to talk. However,
such is the case, relates the Nashville
Banner, and any one can verify the
truthfulness OF this statement with
very little trouble. The parents of the
child are Richard and frankie Cleve-
land, colored, living at II Short street,
AMI the child has been talking since it
was one week old. Hundreds have Wis
tied the little wonder and have left the
house completely mystified at what
they have seen and heard.
The child is girl and differs only
from other babies in that 1t can talk as
plainly and be understood as distinctly
as grown person. The voice, of
course is naturally weak, but has none
of the baby prattle about it. In addi-
tion to the child's talking propensities
it seems to be possessed of superior in
telligence and gives voice to utterances
most astounding, coming as they do
from one so young.