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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-26
Chain Lightning.

An extraordinary lightning story is
told by correspondent. 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 a golden
yellow color" These flashes were as
tonishingIy slow, as zone of them took
slightly over a minute to pour from the
clouds to the edge of the valley oppo-
site me-" This singular account be-
comes more interesting since a later
correspondent of the same journal has
testified to it's substantial accuracy
from his own observations of similar
streams Of lightning. He adds, how
ever, that he has never seen the chain
form, but has witnessed the spectacle of
a thick stream pouring slowly down
sin the sort of curve which liquid takes
from kettle. Mature.
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THE SUN CURE.
Here La q German Doctor Who Compels
Patients TO Go Naked.

Patients 80 20 NaEeus
Right on the heels Of the Kneipp cure,
which obliges people to walk on the
grass in their bare feet and to Apply
water to the skin i'll other disagreed bic
WAYS, comes still more extraordinary
..cure,' which robs man of all his
clothes and sends him walking aDout
absolutely naked. This return to
primitive nudity is prescribed by a
German physician and put into plac-
tice in his sanitarium, in the mountains
of Carniola, near Trieste. There he
giyes his patients sun baths on huge
scale.
The treatment consists in exposing
the patient entirely nude to the rays OF
the sun. But the patient must not
alone bask in the rays of the sun. He
is obliged to walk about naked i'll the
open air, to indulge in exercises, take
his meals, and mingle with his friends
thus disrobed. The patient must so
naked in all weathers, nothing must
stop him.
Neither rain, wind nor snow will be
accepted by this German doctor as an
excuse for allowing his patients to Fut
on their clothes. Only the local pc lice
men have succeeded in making the pa
tients return to the ways of civil'za-
ton.
A sanitarium has been built oil an
elevation of $500 feet, in a very sunny
spot; large park has been separated
into two parts by high wall, and the
two sexes are separated, each to his
own park, and in each park the pa.
tients go and come in the costume OF
Adam before the fall.
Many lie on boards or on the ground
exposed to the suns rays for Is, 80, 6o
minutes at a time in the hottest part OF
the day. If a shower comes, the most
| advanced expose themselves to tbs
also, and then let themselves dry OIL
N, Y. Journal
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COMPRESSED AIR TRANSMITAL.
Will q Little Better Economy Be OBJ
tanned?


1t remains to be ascertained whether
or not the pressures of from several
hundred to several thousands, all.
things considered in COMPRISING and
in using, are possible and practicable
in the face of heat and refrigeration,
with the assistance of compromising,
tripIing. quadrupling and what not;
that is, whether it will pay to employ
this vehicle for transporting power de-
veloped at a convenient and economical
point and distribute the accumulated
energy for use through system OF
street cars.
Capitalists who invest money for
return upon the outlay are very care
full IN considering the enthusiastic al
though sincere views of inventors, and
even if it is reasonable to believe that
compressed air will eventually take i'm
portant place in the worlds work, the
investors who take the responsibility
are very much in the position Of the
man who wanted to know how to tell
toadstools from mushrooms, and was
advised to eat them, and if he did not
die then they were mushrooms. OBJ
tanning, say, ten per cent. or less of the
heat value of coal in the form of power
for valuable use is sure thing, well
known, and from the standpoint OF
facts cheap. But putting Prof. Tyn-
dalrs ''mode of motion" into some
other medium of transportation, and
paving toll at both ends of the line,
appeals to the man who pays the bills
with 4 force not easily appreciated by
| the scientists The losses met with in
Transforming mechanical energy into
electrical energy, and sending it in this
form over the trolley wire and into the
car motor, or in Investigating the me-
chanical energy in the pull OF a cable,
are more than counterbalanced by
many inconveniences and economics,
and now the hope that some incidental
advantages in sight may be realized,
and still little better economy be OBJ
tanned, is attracting attention toward
compressed air.-Cassier's Magazine.
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TRAVELS or A DIAMOND,
Story Of Paris jewelers. Experience with
q Very Fine Stone.

Story of Paris jewelers. Experience with
Very Fine Stone.
Some years ago Paris jeweler told
story of one diamond which had passed
over his counter no less than II times.
It was beautiful stone of nearly four
carats, of perfect color and luster, but
easily identified by means of small
Feather" in the tip of the lowest part.
He bought it from an East India dealer
and had it set in ring. Hwas sold to
countess in 1869, just before the out
break of the Franco-Prussian war. The
countess died in few weeks, and the
ring was worn by her husband. He was
killed in the siege of Paris, and a few
days after his death the ring was
brought in the ring and sold it to the
mon soldier. He was arrested, and the
ring was sent to the family of the dead
count. Before the siege ended they
brought in the ding and sold it to the
dealer in order to procure money to
buy food Directly after the siege it
passed into the hands of an English
tourist who visited the city to get
look at the ruin wrought by the COM
munists, and year later back came the
stone from the Indian buyer of the firm,
who, on being written to and desired to
tell how he got it, stated that If had
been the property Of an English tourist
hunter who was killed by tiger, and
his friends sold the ring to get means to
send the body home. The stone was re-
set, and soon found a purchaser in
prominent member of the demi-monde,
who not long afterward was murdered
in her room. Among the articles taken
bv the murderer was the ring, and the
firm began to wonder how soon it would
turn up. They had not long to wait, for
all their people had by this time learned
about the stone, and were on the look
out for it, After six months it was found
| IN the showcase of a jeweler in London,
| who had bought it from a firm in
Amsterdam. It was bought by the
| Paris agent, and sent back to be started
| afresh on its travels. It was purchased
| again bv woman of the town, who, six
weeks later, was drawn out of the Seine
with the gem on her finger, and, by q
| SIIduse COlHCiuCuSS, ~ was, OiiS-No "
the firm that sold it by the police agents,
the court having jurisdiction having
ordered it to be sold. And so it went
from hand to hand, attended with mis-
fortune at every change and usually
bringing death to the possessor. La
borers in the GolcoDda mines used to
say that when a stone was baptized in
| II L 4,1- ln 4,
| it caused the shedding of blood where
ever it went, and the story Of one
such ill-omened gem goes far to confirm
belief in such a Observation-Disclosures
| Review.
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Ono-Handed People.

Has it ever occurred to you that
9ee, ,e99 people out of million go
through life with the use of only one
hand? 1t is an odd thought, but there
is solid truth at the back OF it. II you
are right-handed, your left hand has
no other use than as a very humble
auxiliary to your right hand; II you
are left handed, it is million to one
that your right hand is but poor
weakling. You may live to be seventy
and-ive years old and not meet man
or woman who can use both hands
equally well. It is seriously proposed
by a well-known Scotch scientist that
all children should be trained from
their earliest years to use their left
as much as their right hands. They
should be taught to write and to hold
their knives with their left hands as
well as to bat and to bowl at. cricket
left-handed. In every other way the
left hand should be given the same
chances as the right. Crowds OF right
handed people who have been afflicted
with that distressing malady known as
writers cramp'' have taught them
selves to write with their left Lands.
Why can't we all learn to do this?-
Golden Days.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-26
Strange Story of Il Bat.

A queer story is told of an English
naturalist, vino died in 1860, and was
buried at Blankney, in Lincolnshire.
Among his pets was large gray bat.
This bat was permitted to enter the
tomb, and was sealed up alive along
with the corpse of his dead master. In
1866 the vault was opened, and to the
surprise of all the bat was alive and fat.
On four different occasions since the
relatives of the dead man have looked
after the welfare of his pct, and each
time it has been reported that the bat
was still in the land of the living, al
though occupying quarters with the
dead II was last seen IN 1892.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer. 80
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-26
CONSULTING THE CLOCK.
Familiar Faces That Are Seldom Over
looked by New Workers.

FAm1u0r Faces That Arc SeIOOm OV0r-
looked by New Yorkers.
One of the popular habits of the peo-
pie of this city is to consult the clock
almost on every occasion when an OPP
portunity is presented. 1t matters lit
tie whether any special need requires
that consultation or not, the clock will
thus be consulted. Especially is this
the case if particular clock has the
reputation of being good timekeeper.
So we'll is this known by many store
keepers that they will place clocks in
their stores SO situated as to be easily
seen by persons who may be passing
along the adjacent sidewalk. Ii the
clock has good reputation and the
pedestrian is fortunate enough to carry
a watch, comparison is almost sure to
be made.
Many times clock with good repu.
tation placed in the back part of a store
becomes protection thereof, especially
at night, if near it is located light
strong enough to illuminate it's face and
show the time. A policeman told a
Mail and Express reporter the other
| day that good clock, thus situated, is
better than private watch1nan for a
| jcwelry store, as every belated passer-
| by is likely to look through the store to
see what time it is, and would be al
most certain to notice anything un-
usual in the appearance Of the place. 1t
therefore becomes indirectly a silent
watchman guarding the premises
against the depredations of burglars,
and makes the pedestrians, as it were,
assistants in the work.
Church clocks have always had a
large number of patrons in the work of
consultation, and nothing seems to be
so annoying as to find such clock in
active When an event of this character
occurs, especially if the church is To-
Gated on or near a busy thoroughfare,
the fact of the clock being stopped, or
that some defect appears to exist, is
often made the subject Of a notice in
the daily papers. Especially was this
the case when the steeple of old st.
\ Paul's was recently undergoing reno
walton, and it was a joy to many on
noticing that the newly gilded hands OF
the clock were again travelling along
their accustomed circuit, and the deep
toned bell was ready to strike the hour
once more.--N. Y. Mail and Express.
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VARIABLE WEATHER MALIGNED.
Physical Ailments Not Caused by Eccen-
tricities in Temperatures.


tricities in Temperatures.
According to the best medical au-
thorities changeable weather, or what
is known as unreasonable, Is not SO
bad in it's effects as generally supposed.
1t applies to summer, but especially to
winter. whenever the temperature
during any of the winter mouths rises
to an endurable height, and it is possi-
BILE for one to go out of doors without
acute suffering, we always hear prog
nostications of sickness and death
which are sure to result from a green
Christmas and an open winter. But
the truth is it is the good, old-fash-
ioned winter the 'seasonable tempera-
ture.' that kills. The incorrectness OF
the popular idea is we'll shown by the
vital statistics for the first quarters OF
1895 and 1896 in England and Wales,
| which we find summarized in the Brit
ish Medical Journal of May 16. These
two periods of time formed great con-
trast in so far as the general tempera-
| ture of the air was concerned. In the
| former year the mean temperature Oh
three months was 35.2 degrees Fahren-
| heit, which was 81 degrees Fahrenheit
below the average, while in February
| it was no less than 90 degrees Fahren-
| heit below the mean of that month.
| In 1896 the temperature of the three
months was 423 degrees Fahrenheit, or
3.4 degrees Fahrenheit above the aver
| age. The public health f,iily reflected
those noteworthy differences in tenn
| perature. In 1895 the deaths IN the
! first quarter amounted to 170,501 and
the death rate was 22.S, or IL above
the average. In 1896 the deaths in the
corresponding period numbered 1885,
| 500, ld were in the proportion of 17.9
deaths annually per 1000 persons llv-
ing, which rate was. 80 below the aver
age. The increased mortality in 1895
was chiefly among persons aged CD
years and upward, Of whom 60,454
died, giving a death rate among such
persons of 1000. or 1874 in excess of the
mean. In 1896 32,203 persons aged CD
and upw ard died in January, February
and March, and the deathTate was 69.2,
no less than 26.2 below the average.
These statistics furnish the fresh eyi-
J dence of the killing power OF frost and
of the beneficent influence of mild
temperature. But popular beliefs are
not to be overthrown by statistics, and
if we are blessed next winter by mild
temperature and absence of snow there
will be plenty of physicians whose sur
prise will be eqnaled only by their dis
appointment that there is not more
for them to do."-Medical Record
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-26
Milkweed Pillows.

1t is time by the middle Of August to
gather the silk floss of the millSweed
for filing pillows. No eiderdown is half
so soft and beautiful as this fairy vege-
table down. Gather the pods when they
fully mature in size, but before they
turn brown or open. Peel off the husl1
and strip off the black seeds. 1t will
take nearly barrel of milkwkeed pods
for a pillow. The down is SO much softer
than any on feathered creature that
it is worth the trouble of gathering it.
N Y. Tribune.
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Flooding Out Disease.

Water, much as men may dislike it,
is good for men to drink. 1t
is possible to prevent many diseases
and cure others by drinking large
quantities of water. An eminent
French physician says that typhoid
fever can be washed out OF the sys-
tenn by water. He gives his patients
what would amount to eight or ten
ounces an hour of sterilized water.
Experiments have been made with DIS
ease caused by bacteria which dem
onstrate the curative value of water.
In cases of cholera, where the system
secretes a large amount OF fluid, enor-
nous quantities of hot water are OF
great benefit and will cure many cases
without other medicines. One doc1or
says that perfectly sweet cider taken
in large quantities, has been known to
cure cases of bowel complaint. The
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o-ean. Lost hx Disuse.

II is a curious fact, and one that naa
often been alluded to by the natura1-
lists, that "as soon as any organ sense
or taculty falls into disuse it degener-
ates in size or effectiveness and is final-
Iy lost altogether" Certain Parasie.e
insects, for an instance, have SO com
plcteIy degenerated, if we are to Deilese
tbe wonderful stories told by the emo
biologists, that they have neither eyes,
Ices. heads, mouths, stomachs nor IN.
testines. Yet, these creatures live II
is said, and "enjoy themselves after q
fashion!" A peculiar fashion, IN
deed. Along this same line we may
ncte the fact that animals ana rePtlles
which spend the greater portions OF
|eu OF their lives in caverns or IN Dur
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-26

The 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
ising mining country OH the face OF the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
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mining news and developments, as well 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, reaa
it, and let your friends read it.
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leather, from which hangs a huge
hunting knife, the handle mounted
with the imperial crown of gold. lie
wears very high lacquered boots, gold
spurs and Tyrolese hat of gray felt,
edged with green and adorned with an
enormous plume of feathers, which
CULVER at every step.-Troy Times.
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rows in the earth lose the power OF
sight or have eyes that are only rudi-
mentary. Slave ants and working ants
have lost their wings on account of be-
ing kept on the ground. The masters
in some ant colonies where slaves are
kept huve become so hopelessly de-
pcnden. on their bondsmen that they
will not only not seek food, but are ut
terly incapable of feeding themselves.
and will actually starve with food be-
fore them unless a slave is present to
place it between their jaws.-Detroit
Free Press.
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Thought 1t Would Keep.

Here is an anecdote about young
woman who was making her first essay
at housekeeping. A friend had sent
her by mail recipe for some new kind
of bread, giving her directions to take
a certain portion of the, dough at a
time and make it into the requisite
form for baking. This seemed ex-
plicit enough, but what was the sur
prise of the friend to receive tele-
gram from the young housekeeper to
this effect: "What shall 1 do with the
rest Of the dough? Please answer"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-26
Proof of His Love.

s. "Be my WIFE" urged Mumbojumbo,
the young central African warrior, OF
a shy and darksome maid.
81 will first have to receive some
proof of your devotion" she replied.
Whcreupon he chased her four miles
through the jungle, hit her in the back
of the head with his war club and bore
her home over his shoulder, uncon-
sciOus.
When she came to she smiled upon
him tenderly and said: :
II now believe that you love me. !
am yours."-Buffalo Express.
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A Remarkable Echo.

One of the most remarkable echoes in
the world is that produced by the sus-
pension bridge across the Menai straits
in Wales. The sound of blow with
hammer on one of the main piers is re-
turned in succession from each Of the
cross beams which support the road
way, in addition to which the sound IS
many times repeated between the wa
ter and the roadway, at the rate OF 70
times in five seeonds.-Chicago Chron-
ic1e
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KETcHUM, IDAHO SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2e 1898.

acid kills the bacteria. which are speed
lily thrown out of the system. Hot wa
ter In fevers is of great use, aid
an ordinary tumblerful of water as hot
as can be taken once an hour is one
of the very best remedies. The impor-
tant thing is to get into the system
and out of it sufficient amount Of
water to prevent accumulations of
ptomaines and toxins within the body.
IN. 0. Picayune.
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when william Hunts.

When the German emperor goes
hunting he arrays himself in such gor-
qeousness that the game ought to be
proud to fall before so magnificent 2
conoueror. His hunting costume was
designed by himself, and he is said
to be so much taken with it thai ne
omits no opportunity Of wearing It.
It consists Of e bluish-gray tsnic. with
q short cloak of the same material, both
garments having green facings and
broad epaulettes. The emperor mas
around his waist q hroad belt OF green
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-26

To B. W. Warrington, A. II. Kahn ana
Nelson F. Kimball, your heirs, devlsees
aud assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended $780, in the year 1880,
Ill labor and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
lode mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
or Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
Idaho, in order to hold said premises un,
der the provisions of section 2324, Revised
Statutes of the United States, being the
amount required to hold the same during
and for said calendar year 1898, and IL,
within ninety days after the expiration OF
the publication of this notice, which VIII be
published for ninety days, you fail or re-
1use to contribute your respective proper
nons of such expenditure as co-owners,
according to your respective interests IN
said claim viz: B. W. Watlington, one
sixteenth, $6.25; A. II. Rahm,, one-slx-
teenth, S6.25. and Nelson f. Kimbail, one
eighth, $3.50, your interests In SAID claim
will be forfeited to and become the prop
arty OF the undersigned, under and by vlr-
Tue Of said section 1924.
EDWARD BRISBIN.
First publication, Feb. 10, 1886.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

To MRs. MARION BYBEE, her heirs or as
signs:
You are hereby notified that have eX-
pended the sum of one hundred (leO dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
lode mining claim, situated on Bear gulch,
about three miles northeasterly OF Galena,
IN Wood River mining district, Blame
county, Idaho, as required by section 2524,
hevised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
Tor the year ending December 81, 1880 ;
mat your proportion of the same is YOU,
eelng one-half and if within ninety days
irom the service of this notice, or within
ninety days after this notice by publication
you fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as co.owner,
including legal costs of this publication,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, under the
provisions of said section 1894.
JOHN CAREY.
Aatchum, Idaho, January IA, 1895.
61rst publication, Jan. IL, 1895.
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va,ue Of Nevsu.per Advertising.

The advantages of advertising were
RECENTLY illustrated in London. A man
advertised for the return OF lost cat.
In less than week 322 OF them were
brought to his house.
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-. ca,u wh,ch Causes Badness.

A German professor claims to nave
discovered the germ which causes bald
ness by destroying the roots OF the LAIR.
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London.s Bic Clock .

Each minute space of London's great
clock, Big Ben, is foot, and the figures
on the clock face are two feet long.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-07-10

The Busy Bees is the name of the
children's sewIrg club so recently or
ganized. Every child should learn to
sew and to darn if they would be an
assistant to mother. Girls ought to
learn to sew first without the use of
a machine, as that Is easily picked
up afterward. Most anyone can be-
come a good machinist, but how
very few can sew we'll by hand. Often
young girls whose knowledge and ex-
perience in sewing is limited haye
applied for positions to do "only ba-
sting not realizing that with a
dressmaker this is a very important
thing, and that there is a correct
way to baste as we'll as to sew, and
it should be included in the sewing
lessons at your club. To sew on a
button, hook or eye looks very easy,
but to make a success of it, it must
be well done.