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The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-03-23

Controller Ondereonk vesteftlay
received another latcl Of Haley.
advertising sheets. }therAiso known
as StrNhorfls New West anl tie
W65d Tiv0r Miner Tneasc paaers
lave lieen scattered broadcast over
the cenntry, And the food al letters
pouring III on the Territorial otfi-
cials and the newspaper fiien show
they are having their effect, and that
thousafa Is upon thoussln is of EN- :
grants VIII come into Idaho within
tie next Year or two. Most q
these vii FIRST IS to Wood River,
and aftJr' trying Their fate il he
mining camps, will scatter to other
more favorable sectioat of the Ter
ritory, and, though worksa, some
bar iship to those who come expect
ing to fhi fortunes awad,as them
without exertIn4 themselves, tais
extens We / tveriis ng of oac town in
our midst will eveAtmllS result il
much good /, IL, whola Etaaqi,ory,
4lstsatsiaaiiis.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-03-23

The bill providing for senIin4
postal tiriers Of i stiiall anioiiilt at a
cheap rate will prove !. great con.
senieiiee, anil perhtps play IN i'm
portant part III confirming All | per-
oetuatin3 the use OF specie. Eyei
since fra tional curren y went on
ot use All | small bilis became s,arc,
It Las become quite i,convenient l.
make petty femittaii.es by mai
ono objection to the use ot si,sel
iollars will ba ,sbviatei, |, ali Ia,
effect Nili be 70 & / lualIy iiitr,as
tho volunie OF coin IL the han Is 0
tic people. Pilot.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-03-23

nthe State liegIsiatnrc at Spring
fell, HI. the House passed the bill
70 pniiish wilesbc;sters By whipping.
The Creek Inlians recently uede |
the west half OF the reservation to
the Government, for AMI in consia-
Grafton OF 30 cents per acre, the
number of acres coded having been
approximated. A survey has since
been made and demon. .tratcs tin,
fact that the Government has re
ccivei Isl 900 acres tlUre ,han wa
approximated, AMI now tho Greeks
are showing signs of civilization I,S
demanding from the Gr,at Father
tile further sum or $40 800. -Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-03-23

A Cfeveran |, Uao, woman Who
had acquired tho hahil of smoking
and was eil.dyins her morning puf
allowed sparhs Il fallan her clothes
which igiitfilss she burned ID d,alh.
Il is no use tryiiis, women viii make
a disii'nl faillire in attempting to
nc luirv mems habits, just Is easily
au men fail ii attempting Is bMild
tho Morning fir,s, and dd '5lher worl,
nlanifestiy belonging 10 the veal<er
SpX
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-03-23

Oliver Wen lelI Holmes says that
there is nothing ii the world TN
ayrsr tlAn the pity that i kgni-
hearted youiis girl las t5ir II yosiny
man ,liAt fcels 1oHcly Any yolin (
man is Wiling to fee loiely simply
for tlne sake Of being an object of
pity toa kin '-hearted youh gii'l.-
En-.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
The Confederate Salt Works.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger gives an interesting account of
Saltville, near the Clinch mountains, in
West Tennessee, where the southern
people obtained their salt during the
rebellion. The locality is basin in
closing about six hundred acres, the
bed of former lake, forming one of
those rich bluegrass bottoms that are
worth a fortune TO the cattle-raiser,
and underlying tits a salt rock. Here
is made the salt that supplies Georgia
and Alabama In 1858 George w.
Palmer, New York salt-maker from
Syracuse, came to the region and went
into the salt-making industry in a
small way. Wells were sunk, piercing
the salt rock, the water beneath it was
raised to the surface, boiled in pans,
and the salt thus obtained. The in
dustry was in moderate operation when
the rebellion began, and it then extend
ed in an amazing way. The blockade
of the southern ports cut off all the
outside supply of salt, and here almost
the entire confederacy had to come for
it. The manufacture was made ma
tional one, each southern state estab
lished its agency, paying a royalty for
the salt produced, and Col. Palmer, eX-
tending his business, took in Gen.
Stuart as partner. They are now
probably the two wealthiest men in
Virginia. During the war federal
troops destroyed the works, but after
they left the manufacture was resumed
1t was enormously profitable for the
owners, who turned out as much az
ten million bushels a year. The re
ceipts of confederate money were al
times so heavy that they had not the
opportunity to count it, but bundled il
up, taking the account as sent them.
AS gold appreciated and the paper ac
cumulated they bought land. In this
way Stuart got seventy thousand acres
and Palmer bought out all the region
surrounding Salt Lick, thus getting a
magnificent estate of twelve thousand
acres, on which he now lives with his
brother, and breeds many thousands of
sheep and hundreds of fine cattle. The
salt industry by this process often pro-
duced them an acre of land for bushel
of salt in the high war prices, but the
production has now fallen off, about
100000 bushels being turned out annu-
ally.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
The Sparrow Classified.

This journal has distinctly demon
strated in several editorial papers dur
ing the past two or three years where
the sparrow stands in ornithological
classification, and that his place is not,
and never has been, among insect
feeding birds. He is a finch, and there
fore essentially grain-feeding bird.
Mr.. Jonesby says he believes a spar
row would eat an insect provided you
could convince him that some other
bird wanted it; and, in confirmation
Of this assertion, he says he once saw
a bluebird about to appropriate a worm,
but he was driven off by two sparrows,
who greedily and heedlessly seized a
short string instead of the worm, and,
after stubborn conflict, one of them
secured it and Immediately swallowed
it, the worm in the meantime making
its exit into the ground. Lancaster
Farmer.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
Just rs Ito Said Ii.

An excited gentleman, who took ex
ception to a personal notice made of
him in the paper, called ut the Office
the other day to demand correction.
He said that he did not take any stock
in newspaper apologies; that they
were generally an aggravation of the
original offense, and to guard against
any such possibility he insisted that
just what he would dictate should be
printed in contradiction and precisely
us he uttered it.
Perhaps the gentleman did not con
slider that, as he had very bad coldin
the he1d, his caution to print his re-
marks "pI ecisely as he uttered them"
would involve his name somewhat
ridiculous, for he was especially EN-
ohatic in saying that he "did dot wadt
.dy dodseds about it," but having
agreed to his demand, we feel in honor
b 'und to abide by our promise, ana
the following is what he said and just
us he said it:
"Id lass weeks dubber of this dews-
saper ad iteb appe""ed statidg that
Blister Johd Dicolas opedt Sudday id
Colubbus. AS this was dot id accord
adce with the facts add codhicts with
the geddlebad's stadebedt to his fabily
add friedds that he was id Greed
Towdshib Cd Sudday, the correctioG is
cheerfully bade that Blister Dicolas did
sped Sudday id Green Towdshib add
dod id Coli bbus, as errodeously do
ticed."-Ci1cin1aati Saturday Night.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
How Barnum Emptied n Show.

A story is told of how Barnum once
succeeded in emptying his big show at
time when it was densely crowded
and thousands were waiting outside to
obtain admission. He knew that a
start was all that was needed to effect
this purpose, but how to manage that
was the rub. At length Il bright idea
occurred to him. Paintingup in large
letters ON a piece of calico, This way
to Egress," he hung it up at a conye-
nient angle of his show. Some of the
people thinking "egress" was some
strange new animal just added to the
collection, passed through the slit in
the curtain, and to their amazement
found themselves outside the show.
The thing was done. Everybody saw
every other body making for the cor
ner where the new animal was on ex-
hibition, and in afeW minutes the show
was emptied, the outgoing stream be-
ing SO great that it was quite impos-
sible to turn when once caught in its
eddy.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
Soap and Sound.

Some curious demonstrations of the
effect on the color and figures in soap
bubbles were given at the Franklin in
stitute in Philadelphia the other even
ing. A film of soap was placed across
the end of phoneidoscope. TO bring
the sound in direct contact with the
soap tube was used. A reflection of
the film was thrown on a canvas screen,
where it first assumed a bluish-gray
appearance An information of the
voice, with the lips close to the mouth
of the tube, caused number of black
spots to appear on the reflection.
When these passed away a beautiful
light-green, intermingled with pink,
remained. These two appeared to be
the principal colors caused by sound.
1t was noticeable, however, that while
a certain tone would cause the same
figure to reappear, it had no control
over the color. A tone which, for in
stance, caused one solid color to ap-
pear, would bring out, perhaps, dark
blue at one time and a yellow at an
other. No difference was noticeable
in the effect of the male and female
voices
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12

A piece of steel is good deal like a
man-when you get it red-hot it loses
its temper.
1t is pleasant to know that the big
bridge between New York and Brook
lyn is a suspension and not failure.
The most afflicted part of the house
is the window. 1t is always full Of
panes, and who has not seen more
than one window-blind?
Thank Heayen" exclaimed fond
father, as he paced the floor at mid
night with his howling heir; thank
Heaven, you are not twins!"
Fruitful of trouble-Green apples.
A man may be ever so absent mind
ed, and yet he never forgets his first
wrestle with carpet tack.
None but the most inhuman would
think of pulling down the blind.
A company has been formed in vi
emma to undertake the general busi-
ness of washing windows, scrubbing,
cleaning pavements, etc. The origi
nator of the idea is supposed to have
been at one time Philadelphia SER
vant-girl.
A vigilant sentinel is posted at the
door of picture gallery. with strict
orders of the customary character. A
sight-seer happens along and is prompt
ly halted. Here, sir, you must leave
your cane at the door" "But, my
friend, | haven't got any cane" "Then
go back and get one! No one is al
lowed to pass in here unless he leaves
his cane at the door. Orders is or.
ders!
Don't you forget" exclaimed
man, arising during discussion, ''that
| lay over the deck" "Do you mean
that you can whip me?" replied long
haired Arkansaw man, also arising
mo, SIR" said the first speaker.
"Then what do you mean when you
say you lay over the deck?" 81 mean
that l am steamboat man and sleep
in the pilot-house."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
Labor and Food.

The human body never ceases to
work. Even in the most profound
slumbcr some of the functions of life
are going on, as, for instance, breathing
the circulation of the blood, digestion,
when there is food in the stomach; and
it follows that some part of the ner-
vOus system is therefore awake and at
tending TO business all day and night
long In the act of living, some of the
substance of the body is being con-
stantly consumed. The amount OF
work done by the heart in one day in
propelling the blood is now estimated
"a equal to the work of steam engine
in raising l25 tons one foot high, or
one ton l25 feet high. We lose in
weight by working. Weigh q man
after several hours hard labor, and he
will be found two or three, and, in
extreme cases, several pounds lighter.
If we do not wish to become bankrupt,
we must replace by food the amount
we have lost in labor. Hunger and
thirst are the instincts which prompt
us to do this. They are like automat-
ic alarm clocks, which stop the engine
ut various points to take on fuel and
water. In healthy man rs much is
taken in as is required to maintain the
weight of the body against loss
Nature keeps the account. On one
side is SO much food spent in work; on
the other, SO much received into the
stomach for digestion. They should
balance like the accounts of an honest
bookkeeper. In an unhealthy person
the instinct of hunger becomes disor-
dered and does not sound the alarm,
and SO the person goes on working
without eating until he becomes
pauperi2ed; or the instinct works too
frequently, and he eats too much and
clogs the vital machinery. A calcula-
ton of the business done in the body
reveals the fact that for a hard work
ing person about eight and one-half
pounds of food and drink are used up
daily; some bodies use more and some
ess, but this is the average. The
profit which the body gets on this tran
saction has been calculated. and may
interest our readers. The energy
stored up in the eight and one-halt
pounds of food ought to raise 3400
tons one foot high. Most of this ener-
gy, however, is expended in keeping
the body warm and its functions active.
About one-tenth can be spent in our
bodily movements or in work. The
profit, then, on the process is about ten
per cent. This is enough to raise $40
tons one foot high each day. A profit
which is quite enough for earning a
good living if rightly expended, and it
is probably more than most make; but
all ought to strive TO reach this point
if possible. .-ScieRtifc american.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
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If men cared less for wealth and fame,
And less Tor battlefield and glory;
II writ In human hearts name
Seems better than a song and storyI
II men, instead of nursing Pride,
Would leard to hate and abhor it;
IF more relied ON Love TO guile,
The world would be the better for il.
If men dealt less in stocks and lands,
And more in bonds and deeds fratenal;
If Loves work had more willing hands
To link this world to the supernal;
If men stored up Loves oil and wine,
And on bruised human souls would pour it;
If ",ours" and mine" would once combine,
The world would be the better for it
If more would act ttr8 Nay of Life,
And fewer spoil it III rehearsal;
IF Bigotry would sheath its knife
Till good became more universal;
If Custom, gray with ages grown,
Had lever blind men 10 adore il;
Ii Talent shonc for Truth alone,
The world would be better ior it.
II men were wise in liule thirgs,
Affecting less in all their dealings;
II hearts had fewer rusted strings
To isolate their kindly feelings;
IL men, when Wrong beats down the Right
Would strive together and restore it;
II Right made Might in every fight,
The world would be better for it,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
Earth's March Through the Heavens.

1t is difficult to comprehend that, in
addition to the earth's motion around
the sun, the latter is also moving
through space at the rate of 100000
900 miles year. The astronomers Of
the last century discovered that our
solar system was flying through space
in the direction of the constellation
Hercules; in other words, if the spec
tator were to take stationary point
in the heavens, he would see our sun
with it's attending planets passing
through the space at the rate of 45O,-
900 miles per day. Six thousand years
ago, it is computed, our solar
system was a million millions Of
miles farther from the stars of Hercu.
les than it is to-day. The region in
which we are entering is more thick
ly studded with stars, that is, with
suns of other solar systems, than the
heavenly regions we have left behind
us. What marvellous universe we
live in! When we travel on railway
car at the rate of fifty miles an hour, it
makes our heads swim; but when we
call to mind that the earth revolyes on
its axis once in twentyfour hours and
around the sun, 100000 miles dis
tant, in 365 days, and that sun is fly
ing through space 160,000,000 miles in
a year, human consciousness cannot
comprehend the mad whirl of worlds
by which we are surrounded. What
fairy tale or Arabian Nights story is
half so marvellous as the simplest and
most ordinary facts in astronomy
DemoreSt'S.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12

friendship that she would not let her
self think that the feeling toward
Hugh Lambert was anything else;
and, although she knew he disbelicvcd
in her theory in the abstraction they
had argued the subject very warmly
still she thought that his senti-
ments were well defined in her case.
Hugh Lambert felt as if something
very bright had come into his life since
he had known Dorothy. She was SO
quaint and naive in speech, new and
fresh with her ideas and theories, SO
free and unaffected in manner, and yet
SO womanly withal, that during those
few days they had spent together she
had completely Won his heart. But he
was not likely to act on the spur of the
moment; he was so much older than
she; how could he ever expect that
bright little body to regard him rs
anything but steadygOing friend?
But still, day after day, he would
ride over to see her at Priarton, and
when he returned would sit and think
of how she used to look in the rooms
that now seemed SO desolate How he
longed in the evening for the sound of
her voice singing to him THE Land
o the Leal" or "Auld Robin Gray
And Dorothy began to watch for his
coming, and, if, by chance, something
detained him at home, how long the
day seemed and how uninteresting
everything was! At first she justified
it to herself by the thought of her
friendship to him-a friendship which
had ripened quickly in the peculiar cir
cumstances of their meeting; but little
by little, as time passed, and she had
been at Priarton nearly three months,
it dawned upon the girl that the feel
ing she entertained for Hugh Lambert
was something more than mere friend
ship She fought against herself with
all the strength of her nature; she
could not bear to prove false to her
own theories, and traitor to her favorite
cause; but finally she felt the struggle
was hopeless, and made up her mind to
keep her secret securely locked in her
own bosom.
While gathering primroseS one sweet
spring afternoon, Dorothy heard
step crushing the dead leaves, and saw
Hugh coming toward her
Il want to speak to you," he said,
"Will you walk with me n little?"
Presently he turned sharply and
took both her hands. and looking more
in earnest than she had ever seen him
look.
Il can't stand this any longer!" he
cried out. II must know my fate one
way or the other. 1t is true that
am years older, but no one will ever
care for you better than | do. If you
cannot love me in return, ] will go
away and never worry you any more.
l give you my word. Am | to 60,
Dorothy?"
go! oh, no! she gasped out, hardly
able to realize what he was saying,
only feeling as if she could not breathe.
Not long afterward there was
happy wedding at the dear old home;
and then Dorothy came back to
brighten up the old house at Leyton.
Hugh Lambert would have been
less or more than a man if he could
have resisted triumphing over her a
little; and, as they went into the
library, where he and she had often
argued together, and she had bravely
defended her theories, he turned and
said:
"By-the-by, Dorothy, who was right
after all, about Platonic friendships"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
A Wife to Her Husband.


One of us, dear
But one
win sit by bed with a marvellous fear,
And clnsp a hand
Growing cold as it ieels for the spirit land
Darling, which onel
One OF us, dear!
But one
Will stand by the others coffin bier,
And look and weep,
While those marble lips strange silence keep,
Darling, which onea
One of us, dear
But one!
BY an open grave win drop tear,
And homeward 90,
The anguish of an unshared grief 10 know
Darling, which onel
One OF us, darling, Il must be;
IL may be you will slip from me;
Or perhaps my life may just be done
Which one?
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12

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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-11
GERMAN 1srLuENcE.

That Germany was to be frightened by
threats of retaliation on our part, we have
not believed. She has condemned the
importation of American pork, and
however unjustly, will stand to it.
So far from relaxing her absurd en-
barge, it develops that she has exerted her
influence upon the Grecian Government
to take like course. and 80 American
hog products have been excluded from
Greece. The Greeks did not do this indie
pendently they were moved by fear and
favor of Germany. There are other Eu-
ropean States that Germany can control,
and these will soon fall into line on the
pork question, for German hog.raisers must
be protected tilling the soil for breadstutfs
is not so profitable in Germany as is desir-
able, and it promises to be far less so, and
the people must be protected in other in.
dustries, and pork production is a large
one, and can be made much more impor-
tant by shutting American producers out
of the competitive field. This is the pith
of the whole matter. All the frothing
about retaliation amounts to nothing. A
country with such tariff schedules as ours
has, is in no condition to talk about CON-
mercial retaliation,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-11
THE CRANK TRIBE.

It is evident that the crank must receive
very different treatment hereafter from the
consideration accorded him in the past.
Experience has now taught us that people
are in far less danger from the raving ma
MAC than from the merely cranky indi-
vidual whose wits are just sufficiently
muddled to lead him to do murder when
least suspected of homicidal intent. The
insane asylums cannot receive and keep,
under present laws, those who are not
dangerous to be at large, or are able, not
withstanding their unbalanced minds. to
take care of themselves. Bat it is this
very class of people who seek out and
shoot down victims, as did the crank
Brennan in Boston on Monday, and as
have a score of others from the date of
Guiteau's crime to this day. This creature
Brennan, it appears, had three other per-
sons in view whom it was his mission u
to murder, and the Governor of Massachu-
setts was one of these. The theory of Dr..
Hammond, and, since his expression, OF
other eminent physicians, is evidently cor
rect, that severe punishment of cranks will
diminish crankiness. The whole tribe is
susceptible to fear, and may be restrained
by the menace of punishment. But the
laws must be reformed which permit the
crank to go at large. 1t is better that the
whole tribe be locked up than that single
life be sacrificed that they may enjoy
| liberty.