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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
SEAL CATCHES KlLLlES.
lightning N a Swimmer, Much Faste
Than the Little Fish.

lightning N q Swimmer, Much Faster
Than the Little Fish.
Almost all the larger fishes of the
aquarium like killies to eat when they
can get them, and in this respect the
New Hampshire seal is like the fishes.
There is great disproportion in size
between the seal and the killie, but
there is nothing clumsy about the seal,
and, big as il is, It is lightning swim
mer, and it can double on itself with
the greatest facility. 1t is much fast
er than the killie, e1d the killie is
powerless to escape it, says the New
York Sun.
On being tossed into the pool the
killie makes of from where it struck
the water as fast as it can go, with the
seal after it. There are steps at one
end Of the pool leading to the platform
on which the seal sleeps at night. The
kllie may hug one of these steps, but it
does not thus escape. The seal humps
it up there and catches and eats it, or
starts it out across the pool again. The
seal can get it practically whenever it
wants to. When chasing up the killie
the seal sometimes flaps its side dap-
pers like wings, and then it seems like
a big bird rushing along under water.
1t would take q good many killies to
make meal for the seal, and they are
rarely fedto it-only when the seal is q
little of it's feed and needs something
different as an appetizer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
BEAR THAT SAVES LIFE.
Walks Into Town Carrying Lost Child
I'm Its Mouth.

Walks Into Town Carrying Lost Child
I'm Its Mouth.
Residents of Apalachin, n. y, had a
bad scare recently, reports the New
York Press. when four-year-old child
started out alone to look for trailing
arbutus. 1t was half an hour before
she was missed, ond then all trace of
the little one was Lost. Her distracted
father and his neighbors joined in the
search. &
While passing through ravine they
were startled to see an uncouth object
shambling toward them some distance
up the road, carrying bundle in it's
mouth. Closer inspection proved to the
terrified searchers that the object was
bear and the bundle child. It is
many years since bear was seen in
this section, but the men, though un-
armed, prepared to give battle, one of
their number going back for help. But
the bear trotted toward them as though
totally unconcerned, and when few
yards away carefully laid down the
child it was carrying by its dress.
When the men approached and took
up the little one the bear did not show
fight, and closer investigation proved
be had ring in his nose. Later it was
found the bear belonged to an Italian
who was camping in nearby barn.
making tour of the country. He had
purchased the animal when a cub and
reared him in New York tenement,
where he was allowed to play with the
children, and it was there he had
learned the trick OF carrying the little
ones.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
HIS LARGE NOSE.
How the Boys In the Glass Tormented
Him About 1t.

HOW the Boys In the Glass TOFmente0
Him About 1t.
There was a certain eXciseman in
Shrewsbury who was very trim and
neat in his attire, but he had bottle
nose Of more than usual size, says
Life and Letters of DR.. Samuel But
ler." AS he passed through the school
lane TIE boys used to call him 'Nosey,"
and this made him so angry that he
complained to DR.. Butler, who sympa-
thized, and sent for the head boy, to
whom he gave strict injunctions that
the boys should not say "Nosey" any
more.
Next day, however. the exciseman re-
appeared even more angry then be-
fore. It seems that not boy had said
"Nosey," but that as soon as he was
seen coming the boys ranged them
selves in two lines, through which he
must pass, and all fixed their eyes in
tently upon his nose. Again DIR. Butler
summoned the head boy and spoke
more sharply. "You have no business"
said he, ''to annoy a man who is pass
ing through the school on his lawful
occupation. Don't you look at him."
But again the exciseman returned to
DR.. Butler, furious with Indignation, for
this time, as soon as he was seen, every
boy had covered his face with his hand
until he had gone by.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
HARD WORDS FOR OLD FOLKS.

Posers Which VIII Drfng Down Even
the Masters Of Literature.
When young people want to turn the
tables on the elders who are always
asking them questions they can't an
swer little study OF the dictionary
will arm them with number of posers
capable of bringing down college presi-
dents.
A literary man of fame and master
OF the English tongue was asked the
other day by merry girl to spell and
define "giffen," he gave it up on both
counts, yet "giffen" Is proper Eng
lish word, neither obsolete nor archaic,
nor provincial, nor technical. The
young girl and her mates had been max
ing game among themselves by giving
out to each other for spelling and def
milton short words that, like ~glhen,
could be considered part of the living
literary English tongue; to allow any
others was to make the game too hope
lessly difficult; as it was, when anyone
was able to show acquaintance with a
word on some one. else's list she had
greatly distinguished herself.
These are some of the words they in
troduced to each other: Taggle, ergal.
anile, vanitied, avn. balinal, bapdog,
bezoar, cd, mourwee. dollap, mazer,
dipode, cofman and upcial.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
MARRY CHINESE.
Who Desert Their Wives Or Sell Them
Into Slavery.


The steamer Empress of China brings
mail advices of disgraceful scandals in
Shanghai. British consuls there have
discovered that Chinese youths at
tached to the legation had been mar
rying English girls. In fact, it, had
been fad among girls to teach these
celestiais English and then marry
them, says the San Francisco Call.
The Chinese youths, with no sanctity
for the marriage law, treated their
English wives as playthings for the
hour, and as soon as they got them
to China sold them. If the girls re-
belled their Chinese husbands left them
with nothing, not even the clothes upon
their backs. They locked them in
empty houses to scream till some one
came to help them. In no single in
stance did these girls write their rel
atives in England telling of their shame.
Their parents had forbidden their
alliance with Cinnamon, and they suf
fered degradation in silence. The press
has taken the matter up, and will re-
quest the British government to take
some steps to prevent undesirable in
ternational marriages.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
pALMED HIS CONTRIBUTION.
SlefRht of Hand at = Church Colleo-
tIon Fools the Deacon.

SlefRht of Hand at = Church Colleo-
tIon Fools the Deacon.
Many years ago, when Joseph Mars
den lived in Hawaii, he attended church
on Sunday morning in Hilo, says the
Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Mr..
Marsden was then noted for his skill in
legerdemain. When DR.. - passed
around the contribution bag at Sun
day service Mr.. Marsden held up $40
gold piece between his thumb and fore
finger so that DR.. could plainly see
it. He then placed his hand over the
bag, palmed the go Id piece and dropped
in silver quarter. DR.. returned to
the table with his collection. After
the service he emptied the bag on the
table, but could not find the $40 gold
piece. He shook the bag repeatedly,
turned over the small pile of contribu-
tions, got down on the floor and looked
under the table, walked down the aisle.
looking closely at the cracks in the
floor. felt in his own pockets, fearing
that he had made some mistake, and
then went home wondering at the
strange loss of the gold piece. Some
time afterward the deceiver quietly
sent the gold piece to the church.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
SIBERIAN cENTLEMAN's LIFE.
Mapping and Eating Occupy . Large
Portion OF His Time.

Mapping and Eating Occupy q Large
Portion OF His Time.
"For five months in the year the ST.
berian man of fashion lives in the open
air, either at the mining camp or in
the hunting field" says Thomas G.
Allen, Jr., writing of Fashionable
Life in Siberia" in the Ladies' Home
Journal. '.He is an early bird under
all circumstances, and invariably rises
between seven and eight o'clock, al
though he may have had but couple
of. hours rest. Nearly every meal is
succeeded by anap. However, dressing
operations do not take very long, for
when he retires the Siberian only di-
vests himself Of his coat and boots.
Shirts are unknown in Siberia, and in
many houses beds, also. The samovar
is set on the dining-room table at eight
d. m, together with eggs. black and
white bread, sardines, jam and cakes,
etc. Breakfast is eaten, and washed
down by Ave or six glasses OF tea stirred
up with sugar, cream and sometimes
lam, At one o'clock dinner is served,
and at five in the afternoon another
small meal, much like thatof the morn
ing, is taken. A meat supper follows
at nine o'clock"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
A GREAT HUNTING CHEETAh.
Animal Is the Property of Rajah Bonn
madevara OF India.

Animal Is the Property of Rajah Bonn
madevara of India.
In India the wild beasts of the jungle
are trained-a strangely incongruous
circumstance-to hunt in behalf of man
the tanner game of the forest, says the
Philadelphia Times.
echeetah is the animal used for this
purpose. He is strange beast, 1.-the,
graceful, leopard-like creature belong
ing to the cat family, but having when
tanned ali the characteristics of a dog.
He hunts with the precision of the best
of deer hounds, principally tracking the
deer, though he is as able in running
down other animals.
He is affectionate and obedient as n
dog, following his master about with
great fidelity, and obeying his slightest
command. When taken out for hunt
he is usually blindfolded by hood un-
I'll the quarry is sighted, when the hood
is removed and he starts on his merci-
less errand. He never relents, often
trailing deer for miles before finally
securing him. Usually, however, he ap-
proaches so nciselessly that he pounces
upon his prey without the slightest
warning and brings him to the earth in
short order.
The chcetah OF Rajah Bommadevara,
Venkata Narasuntra Naidu Bahadur, is
the most renowned hunter in India, and
is so highly priced by his master that
it is said he could not be bought for half
such principality as that over which
his master rules.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
GLAD HE WAS NOT LIKE THESE
Had No Use for Those Who Always
Talked of Their Troubles.

AuAAcu "a
II haven't any sympathy for these
people who are always complaining and
whining" remarked the man with the
troubled frown upon his forehead, ac-
cording to the Chicago Times-Herald.
.In fact, believe that the men and
women who are always fancying them
selves i'll used and grumbling at other
people ought to be confined just as
much as if they had hydrophobia or
got drunk, but there are some troubles
a man really can't help mentioning.
"Now, for instance" he continued,
fretfully, Il don't suppose any man in
Chicago has more real worries than l
have. My wife tells me every night
that she's tired of hearing me talk of
them, and the other men in the office
begin to tell funny stories just as soon
as / come around out of sheer aggra-
vation, believe. My children run out
of the room whenever get ready for
nice, long, confidential chat with one
of them, and even the dog howls when
/ get ready to talk, Pm nearly always
SO sad. But do not go round telling
people what martyr to fate and other
people l am. Well, guess not, my
friend. / haven't q particle OF use
for a chronic complainer."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
GIANTS OF PATAGONIA.
The Tehuelches Average But Little
Under Six Feet.

The TehuelcheS Average But Little
Under Six Feet.
The tribes to the east of the Cordil-
leras, in southern Patagonia, belong to
Araucanian stock, and are superior
race, says the Boston Transcript. The
Tehuelches-as they call themselves
the people whose unusual stature gave
rise to the fables of early days to the
effect that the natives of this region
were giants, averaging nine or ten feet
in height. 1t is fact they are the tall
est human beings in the world, the men
averaging but slightly less than six
feet, while individuals of four to six
inches above that mark are not uncom-
mon. They are in reality by no means
savages, but somewhat civilized bar
barians. They are almost unacquaint-
ed with the use Of firearms, notwith-
standing some contact with the whites,
but they have plenty Of horses and
dogs. ..- -
Unsurpassed hunters, they capture
the guanaco and the rhea, or South
American ostrich, and from the skins
of these and other animals they make
clothes and coverings for their tents.
They make beautiful "capes" Or man.
Ties, of fur and feathers, which are
highly priced by Europeans and find
ready market, most Of the proceeds
being spent for bad whisky, which is
brought into the country in quantities
nv traders # s. f4s -r
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
HER GOLDEN HAIR FELL or
There II Hot Time In Store for the
Hairdresser,

There II = Hot Time In Store for the
Hairdresser.
All faith in the efficacy of the colt
feur's art for restoring the ravages OF
time on the person and features of the
fair sex has been scattered in the mind
of certain lady, says the London Tele
graph. The lady in question had
reached that period in life when the
nut-brown tresses of youth were liber-
ally besprinkled with the silver of ad-
vancing age. A day or two ago she
received an invitation to the wedding
of a relation, and, as she had
before her the prospect Of meeting
some who had known her when she was
young and beautiful, the lady deter
mined, in order to avoid any shock to
tLeir feelings, to pass half an hour in
the hands of coiffeur, so as to emerge
rejuvenated and resplendent. She did
SO and when, later on in the day, she
came forth with golden locks and wavy
curls in the place of her hitherto striped
coiffure, the good dame called down the
blessings of Providence on the head of
the skillful dresser.
But alas! terrible catastrophe oc-
CURED. When, on the morrow, her
maid proceeded to comb through the
luxuriant tresses the whole came off in
her hands, and all that remained to
show that her mistress had been to the
hairdresser's was the similarity be-
tween her own head and the BARRIERS
pole. As for the person who effected
this deplorable metamorphosis, he may
expect a lively time before long, when
the threatened case comes into court.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
TIRED OF HIGH LIVING.
Reason a Boy Gave for His Collection
of Bottles and Cans.

Reason a Boy Gave for His Collection
of Bottles and Cans.
A member of the police force came
across a boy the other day, says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, who was
wheeling home lead of oyster cans and
bottles, and, curious to know what use
the lad could put them to, he made
direct inquiry:
Going to throw them over into our
back yard" replied the boy. Il took two
loads home yesterday"
''But what do you use them for?"
ats a trick of the family" grinned
the lad.
"How trick?"
"rd Just as lief tell" continued the
boy, as he spit on his hands to resume
hold on the barrow. "We are going to
have some relashuns come in from the
country. We may not have much to eat.
but II they see these cans and bottles
and boxes they'll think we've had listers,
champagne. figs and nuts till we've got
tired Of 'em and are living on bread and
taters for healthy change.
The ofs4cer scratched his ear like
man who had received new idea.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16

The Quakcrtown (Pa.) Times awards
to Bethlehem the distinction Of having
United States. Near the banks of the
Monocacy creek (the Indian name for
creek of many bends), it says, there is
e never-failipg spring of pure cold
water, which has formed the supply of
Bethlehem from it's founding up to the
present time. In the spring of 1884
Hans Christopher Christensen began
the erection of the first waterworks in
the old mill. The water was forced
through wooden pipes up the hill into
a wooden reservoir, situated where the
Moravian church now stands.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
HER LATcHKEY EXPERIENCE.
Adventure That Befell Her the FarSs
Time She Made Use Of Il.

Time She Made Use of 1t.
It was her first experience with .
latchkey, and it wouldn't open, the door.
try as she would, says the Chicago
Times-Herald. Presently man pass
ing along the silent street hesitated.
looked at her fora moment, ascended
the steps. If he had spoken to her she
would have screamed; as he didn't
speak, she screamed anyway.
Two seconds later that obstinate door
was flung violently open and the entire
attire, precipitated themselves upon
her and the front steps. Several mas
culine members of the family seized the
intruder, who was actively engaged in
making peculiar and wordless gestures.
and dragged him into the glare Of the
hall lamp.
"What did he do to your" "What's
the matter?" "Call the police!" and
sundry kindred exclamations rent the
air of the hallway and were hurled at
the head of the offender, and it was
some time before the unintentional
cause of all the disturbance was able to
make his unoffending voice heard at all.
II board next door to you," he man
aged to whisper hoarsely, at last, "and
I saw the young lady couldn't open the
door, so was going to offer assistance
when she screamed. And I've such
beastly sore throat that I couldn't
speak loud enough to make you hear
when you fell upon me-"
Explanations were in order promptly
and forthwith, and the episode ended
peacefully, but it will be many a day
before the heroine of 1t ventures out
alone at night again, and the new board
er next door hasn't done single thing
toward extending the acquaintance
begun so inauspiciously.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
GOES TO PRISON ALONE.
Ohio Man Gets q Years Sentence for .
Technical Defalcati0n.

Technical DefalcatiOn.
The warden of the Ohio peniten-
tiary at Columbus was astonished to
find man at his door recently who car
ried in his hand his commitment papers
ordering years Imprisonment, re-
ports the New York World. This was
the first time he had ever seen a pris-
oner unaccompanied by an officer vol
UNFAIRLY come and say he was ready to
begin his term. The man was Ingle w.
Rush, aged IS, born and raised in Logan
county, o.
By hard work and strict economy
he and his faithful wife, assisted
by the oldest OF their eight chill
dren, had gathered together money.
lands, cattle, utensils and the like
worth $4,000. He had become q
man of standing in the community and
for several years had served as treasur-
er of Stokes township. By reason of
some investments he made which did
not realize as quickly as had been ex-
pected Rush was called upon by the
board of education to turn over So, TOO
of school funds He could not do it, SO
he and his wife, who was not on his
bond nor in any way liable. turned over
ali their possessions to his bondsmen to
protect them in raising the sum de-
inanded. The shortage became known
before the money could be raised and
the public clamor was only satisfied by
Rush's Indictment by the grand jury
upon charge of defalcation. He made
no defense. While the crime was only
technical he could not avoid punish
ment. 1t was said by members of the
grand jury and Judge Duncan, whosen-
fenced Rush to year in the peniten-
tiary, that it was one of the saddest du-
ties they ever had to perform.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
SLAVERY MADE ORATORS.
Power Of . Great Cause to Make Ala
Men EloQoe0t

Power Of . Great Cause to Make Ala
Men EloQoent.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, sol
der, author and gentleman, contrib
utes charming photographed
sketch to the Atlantic Monthly in an
article entitled ION the Outskirts of
Public Life" In this sketch he relates
many incidents and experiences Of his
literary and public life.
Living in a university city," he says,
II am occasionally asked by students
how they can best train themselves for
public speaking, and l always begin
with one bit OF counsel, based on half u
century's experience: Enlist in q re-
form Engage in something which you
feel for the moment SO unspeakably
more important than yourself as wholly
to dwarf you, and the rest will come.
No matter what 1t is-tariR or free
trade, gold standard or silver, even COM
munism or imperialism--the result is
the same as to oratory, il you are only
sincere. Even the actor on the dra-
matte stage must I'LL himself with his
part or he is nothing, and the public
speaker on the platform must be more
than dramatic actor to produce the
highest effects. There is an essential
thing wanting to the elogucnce OF the
men who act part, but given n pro-
found sincerity and there is something
wonderful in the way it overcomes the
obstacles Of a hoarse voice, a stammer-
ing tongue or feeble presence.
ION the anti-slavery platform, where
was reared, Tcannot remember real
1y poor speaker. AS Emerson said:
'Eloquence was dog cheap there. The
cause was too real, too vital, too imme-
diately pressing upon heart and con-
science for the speaking to be other
wise than alive. 1t carried men away
as with flood"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
KETCHUM, IDAHO, SATURDAY APRIL 1e 1898.

tilted the barrel up, poked wires
through the open spigot to make sure
it was all right. and pottered around
for couple of hours without satis-
factory results. Then he gave up the
job in disgust, and sent for the man
from whom he had bought the apple
juice.
"This internal cider must be as thick
as PASTE" he said, when the expert ar
rived. 81 can't get drop of it to run
out. The visitor examined the barrel
for moment and quietly smiled.
"Of course you can't professor" he
said. you've forgotten to make an
airhole in the bung so that the air can
get in as the cider flows out"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16

The KEYsIoFEis the sele representataNs
Of the Great Upper Wood River. SawtOcth
and Smoky mining regions aud. located
az It Is In. the very heart. Of the most pxom.
isiae aiming eoahtry OH the face OF the
earth, and, Leaving nothing undone 10 pre.
sent its readers a complete synopsis of oil
mining news, and Developments, as we'll a.
matters of local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide fcs cap
ital and informant to the, settler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe for 1t. read
1t, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16
The Gold Product.

The preliminary estimates OF the d.
rector of the mint indicate that the
worlds gold product for 1897 amounted
to about $24O, 900, 600. This 10 an in
crease of nearly 20 per cent. over 1896.
All OF the great sources of supply show
a gain. The United States leads the
list, with product of $o1, SOC. 900; but
is closely followed by Africa with
product of $5s, ,oO0, 900, and Australia
with $51 900 900. Russia, Mexico, Cam
ada and India follow in the order
nnmed-R Russia with $25, ,O0O. 900, Mexico
with $10,c0o0o0 and Canada and India
each with 81, 500 900.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-16

were hiding near by, would come back
and try to extinguish the flames. thus
giving the French an opportunity to
seize some of them to replenish their
slave train. The French would seize
the chief and tie him up until he fur
nished the required number of slaves
If they did not succeed in calling any of
the natives within reach by incendiar-
ism or other means they simply. looted
the village. At night they kept as
close watch upon the slaves as pos
sible, "bur they would now and then all
run away together. md it was not easy
to kill the whole lot"