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The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27
The Newer Arithmetic.

A. human body weighing 160 pounds
falls forty five feet per second. How
long will it take baby weighing thir-
teen pounds to fall down pair OF stairs
fourteen feet high?
The average cost OF curing sore
throat is 81 cents, and the number Of
sore throats in this country averages
81 900, 900 per year. How much could
America spend for going to the circus
il our throats were BRASS lined?
A young man about to be married fig
ures that SO per week will support the
family in luxury and erect five-story
building out Of the savings of three
years. How many days after his mar
rage before he will tumble to bean soup?
1t costs political candidate $25 per
head to retain thirty loaters to slug him
through convention, and $50 for in
cidental expenses. How much is he out
altogether, and in case he is left, how
long will it take him to make himself
good by hoeing corn at 81 per day2
In particular field are ninety seven
watermelons, and it is softly approached
| by five colored men in search of wood
chuck. How many times does ninety
seven gointo five?
James and Henry go fishing and agree
| to divide. James has two nibbles and q
bite from dog, and Henry gets two
duckings and loses twelve-shilling hat
| What is the share of each2
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27
Lies Clouds.

Our path through life is clouded oft
By many storm severe,
With trembling heart we view the cloud.
We wait, we hope, we fear.
Our spirits shrink before the blast,
We feel its icy chill,
The soul in waiting sorrow bows,
Yet pain would say thy will
It nearer comes; soon soon twill fall
Where shall we shelter find?
Where for protection shall we flee,
For rest to heart and mind!
'Tis past--and leaves quiet calm,
Whence comes this cooling dove,
Into the heart late tempest tossed,
With songs Of peace and love?
A still, small voice has been our stay,
The 'ssilver lining shed
A radiance bright, as dread clouds burst
In blessings on our head
MARY STANLEY, in Waverley.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27
Notice of Forfeiture.

To H. Fl. Scott, Holland Smith, Miss - Quinn
and w. p. Coleman:
You are hereby notified that we have, in the
year 1885, expended One Hundred dollars in
labor and improvements upon the Scott" lode
and mining claim, situated in the Little Smoky
Mining District, in Alturas county, Idaho Ter
ritory, in order to hold said premises under the
provisions of Section 1924 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States being the amount re-
quired TO hold the same for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1888, and that it, within ninety 1907
days after the publication of this notice you
fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as co-owners, your, and each
of your, interests, in said lode and mining claim
will become the property of the subscribers,
under and by the terms of said Section 2324.
l.. G. DoLLARH1DE,
A. H. DoILARHIDE,
nj. A. PUcKETT.
ke.chum Feb. 1e. 1884
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27
Had an Object.

While q New Yorker was nosing
around Birmingham, Ala, in search of a
coal or iron mine at bargin, a native
accosted him with request for 10 cents,
and added:
"Only yesterday ] owned mine
worth 30, 1000"
"And why don't you own it to-day2'
Because man got me drunk aud
eoaxed me to trade it for an old mule
"And how will 10 cents help your
ssWhy, want to buy whisky to get him
drunk enough to trade back for blind
dog and an old shotgun. Stranger,
don't let me lose $4,000 Tor the want of
10 cents"
He got it.-Wall Street News
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27
At onr Office there is lying

At our Office there is lying
Wondrous stores of wealth untold
Gems and jewels flashing glory,
Heaps on heaps of minted gold.
All this store of wealth is waiting
For man to have and hold;
He shall have them for the asking,
All the treasured gems and gold.
Who is he, you ask. dear readers,
tbs the man, to you we hint,
Who has neither joke nor story
Which he wishes us to print. Elk.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27

A seeker after information wants to
know 'iwhen two young men call on a
young lady which should be the first to
go?" We have seen the time when we
and the other fellow could have gone
away together and the girl wouldn't
have cared which one got out of the
door first.-Salem Sunbeam.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27

Hugging parties for the benefit of
in Virginia. The price ranks as follows,
and is given to the church fund: Girls
under Is, 35 cents for hug; from 10 to
to 20 years Of age, from 30 to IS cents;
ing to looks, from 10 cents to 81; old
maids, 3 cents apiece, or two Tor nickle.
Elk.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-02-27

In addressing Sunday school not a
great while ago, a speaker said to the
boys: always be kind to your little
sister. Now, never had a little sister,
and once tried to be kind to some 9TH
err fellows sister; but she had cruel
father, and ne hurt me helping me off
the front steps,"
, 1884-07-31
Emerson and walt whitman.

frank Bellew in Lippincott's Mngazine.l
One day, when / was calling upon Elmer
son, he drew my attention to an unbound
volume of poems he had just received from
New York, over which he was in raptures.
1t was called Leaves of Grass by Walt
Whitman. "Have just written off post-haste
10 thank him, - he said. at is really Il most
wonderful production, and gives promise of
tho greatest things, and II, as he says, it is
his first writing, seems almost incredible. He
must hive taken a long run to make such u
jump as this"
He read me some passages, raised his eye
brows here and there, remarking that it was
hardly n book for the seminary or parlor
table. Shortly after this 1 went Off to the
Wachusett mountain, where l remained two
months. On my return to Concord l again
met Emerson, who wns still enthusiastic over
Leaves of Grass 81 wrote at once,n he
said, "a letter to the author, congratulating
him.
"Yes,r / replied, 81 read it."
"How! Wheni Have you been to New
York;
mo; l read it in the New York Tribune"
"In the New York Tribunef No, mol i'm
possible! He can not nave published itl' he
exclaimed, with much surprise. l assured
him that | had read IL u few weeks before in
that paper.
Dear! dearf' he muttered, ''that was very
wrong, very wrong indeed. That was merely
n private letter Of congratulation. Had l
intended it for publication | should have ell
larged the but very much,-enlnrged the
but" repeating enlarged the butt tGice,
and biting the but Off with his lips, and
for a moment looking thougItfuiiy out III the
window
, 1884-07-31

[Clara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer.l
One of the New York papers sent a cor
respondent TO West Point on the SAINT errand
as myself-to probe the mysteries of female
infatuation with the cadets-and he seems to
nave come to tho conclusion that it is be-
cause the young menhhvosuch slender waists.
The truth is hat is but IA small part of 1t.
l went there and found two big hotels full OF
young women and girls, besides the battalion
of women and girls who came every morn
ing and went away at night, and in addition
TO those who stopped at the officers houses.
The first thing l did was to study tho girls,
because | saw in one hour that there was
nothing remarkable in the mere appearance
of the boys. They are between Is and -
years old, well formed, but with coats too
short behind for real propriety, with trousers
that did not fit them, and with absurd soldier
caps on their heads. They are treated like
children, have no pockets in their clothes,
are not allowed to have a cent of money, are
ordered around like negroes all the while, and
every time you attempt TO nave a few
minute's conversation with them a drum
beats or q bugle blows, and Off they all
scamper like II startled covey Of ducks.
, 1884-07-31
LEARNING TO SWIM.
Teaching u hoy the Art OF Swimming
In One Lesson.

[Chicago Newsl
Can you swimf' inquired II father of his
li-year.Old son and heir the other morning,
when the latter had spent some time in so
Letting paternal permission to go in the lake
with the boys.
mo, l can't swim - replied the boy; but L
won't go in where it's deeper'n up to my chin,
and all the other boys are good swimmers 50,
you see, I'll he in no anger.n
Never trust to Others was the fathers
~rejoindar; you can swim YOURSELF il you try.
and relieve others of the responsibility of
looking after YOU
"Whatl swiml Why, father, | never
swan u stroke in my life; I go to the bottom
like IA stone.n
Yes, you can swim. Keep away from the
boys to-day, and tonight I will try to teach
you TO swim. Wen stay in the water just
half an hour, and If you don't win a dozen
strokes without assistance before we come
out you're not the boy | take you for"
Before night there was one boy in Chicago
who had firmly resolved to learn to swim be-
fore he slept or die in the attempt. To-day
he considers himself well on toward prof.
cheney. This is how it wasdone: The father
first inspired the boy with confidence in his
ability TO swim, if he tried earnestly, but,
above all, appealed to his pride and desire to
prove worthy of his sire's high opinion.
So before they entered the water the boy
firmly believed he could swim. Following
his fathers instructions, when they had en-
tered the water, he first learned that by draw
Ing his lungs full Of air-not upward into the
chest, but forcing them downward toward
the abdonlen-his center of gravity In the
water WINS supported so that neither his head
nor his feet could sink. A few moments prac-
tice proved that he could expel half the air
from his lungs and still float, thus settling
the question of keeping his head above water.
Now, y said the father, when these prelim-
inaries had been arranged, barely fifteen min
utes having been consumed IN doing so, NOW
paddle gently like you've seen a dog when he
swims, and kick out with your feet ut the
same time
The boy I'D as he was bid, but forgot about
breathing, and experienced a temporary back
set in his progress as II swimmer. Having
cOughed up the water he had Involuntary
swallowed, he was more wary a~fterward, and
rejoiced TO find the next trial a complete sue
gtslz
, 1884-07-31
POINTED

mn a. DI.-
""o ever SuSP1o'ou cr''
was ~ pure anu oeau,,'u' civil
IN eAal,hg !" H,eIeianu ;
expense the Dlaihe ORGANS sun a'u 'ne''
ehelhy' i"'eS'
II really looks as If the Widow Butler
Is getting ready TO march up the rresl-
aen'lAi aiS'e iean'ng o" tue risi' arm VI
hui'oF p"'a- -D"f'"'''e American
Votes on railroad trains are no lndica-
tons OF which man will be elected Presl-
dent but II makes a difference whether
the train is going to a prize tight or a
, 1884-07-31
JNo. F. cARRoLL.Ed Editor.

WHAT tires a stranger in Chicago. says
the Courier-Jownal is the constant beg
pardon of the Chicagoess. They howl
it, they sing it, they whisper it, they put
it on the telephone, they telegraph it,
they send it by mail. Not one in athous-
and means anything by it. They use it
from habit, and have no comprehension of
the misery they are inficting upon Wis
itors. If they would only get up a peti-
ton, sign it, and hand it to the supposed
injured person without saying a word,
travellers arriving in Chicago would stay
lnnrnr
, 1884-07-31
MY FRIEND.
flames w. Riley.1


flames W. Riley.1
ale is my friend, " / said;
BE patientl' Overhead
The skies yer drear and dim,
And, lol the thought of him
Smiled on my heart, and then
The sun shone out again.
He is my friend!' The words
Brought summer and the birds,
And all my winter time
Thawed into running rhyme
And rippled into song,
Warm, tender, brave and strong.
And so it sings to-day;
50 may it sing Away;
Though waving grasses grow
Between, and lilies blow
Their trills of perfume, clear
Let each mute measure end
With Still, he is thy friendl"
, 1884-07-31
THE VALUE OF GRIP"
What Prentice milford Has to Say
About 1t.
what Is "GrIpf"-GrIp aud Success
Go Together The State OF
"FIoP"-Tho 81 WIFI"
structure.

There seems TO be IA great deal Of hidden
meaning and force in many Of these phrases
which are evolved, not out of the dictionaries
or the closets of pcdants, but from the situa
lions. necessities, emergencies and results Of
everyday life.
Because a hopeful and energetic mau or
woman, full Of enterprise and plan, takes 81
lirmer hold or grip on life. You may see It
in their resolute walk and carriage, by the
manner in which each footstep is planted, and
when they shake hands with you they take
your hand as if they meant something by it.
1t seems 10 me that getting this grip" Oh
life Is as yet an untaught science; that there
is "A quality of the mind born of resolution
and decision, whereby this grip is main
tanned; that it is Of vast Importance ii
should be better understood and cnmprc-
hended; TINT disease and weakness, first
mental, next physical, comes OF losing this
grip and that it is IA matter 10 be considered,
both with reference 10 the here and the
hereafter.
think a good grip on life will help 10
cure almost any failing and any disease.
Doctors will tell You and many Of lis know
Of people who ought 10 have died, according
TO all the rules VI medical science, long ago,
but who wouldn't die because they said they
wouldn't and they didn't. They never lot
go their grip on life,
NEiliN" y Hppb nhlI-
1t is wonderful what . strengthening effect
a word may have on n persons mine us re
CARDS holding his grip You say to your
self in timc of difficulty, doubt and discour-
agement, Il will, u will, II will" do thus
and so, and keep ON from time to time re
peating these words, and you seem 10 call
INTO yourself at last Il power-a power OF Will
"hleh helps remove the trouble. You laugh,
oil course, at tins and say, That's all imag-
nation VI course. Laugh away 1t VIII
40 you gooI' but Try the recipe the next
time you want to climb out Of the dumps
say Il will clinb out OF TINS inire. Keep On
saying II. Sec II II does hot help you to
climb.
You need So To climb, perhaps, for Your
hehrt Is heavy, your body weak, your Will
ditto, your appetite gone tho world n vale
OF tears and LIE II burden, = heavy heart
means literally ana physically a heavy and
eastdown heart, for il You could examine
that useful organ at such times you might
IND 1t was below It's Proper place; that it
was not pumping blood with its accustomed
energy and that the blood about 1t was more
or less congested aud y sluSsish motion, all
OF which causes give that peculiar pain and
heaVlneSs known rs "hearttche. VI course
If the heart does not work nrpTaaFl. neither
, 1884-07-31

Dr.. ROBERT Koch, the discoverer of
the cholera bacillus, is now Al years old,
and took his degree of NJ. d. eighteen
years ago He is a native of the Hartz
mountain country, and has reached his
present high rank after many years of
poverty and struggling for bare existence.
He is henceforth to fill the position of
nrnfessnr of hYgiene at Berlin.
, 1884-07-31

SOME mill hands in Pennsylvania have
hit upon the rather unique idea of goug-
ing out the eyes of men who take their
places, 50 as to render them Incapable of
performing their work. While the
scheme very successfully accomplishes the
object in view, it may safely be asserted
that it will never become popular among
.he victims.
, 1884-07-31

Ex-Governor ST, JOIN, of Kansas,
the candidate of the Prohibition party
for President, is described as having the
appearance OF a well to do business man.
He has sharp.eyes, surmounted by heavy
brows, and his broad, high forehead, is
partly covered by clustering, light brown
hair. He is of medium size, and his
firm set mouth betokens energy and de-
cisinn
, 1884-07-31

REV. JOSEPH Cook has been figuring
about our future population. He esti
mates that in theyear 200 our population
will be lOO, ,O1l; in the year 900 it
will be 800, OOLOOO; in the year 1900 it
will be Loo. 600, 900. and in the year
24OO it will be 5000, 0DD, 1000.
, 1884-07-31

Notice.
United STATES, INDIAN SERVICE,
Pine Ridge Agency, Nebraska

United STATES, INDIAN SERVICE,
Pine Ridge Agency. Nebraska
and Dakota, July II, 1884.
The following named persons are re
moved from the reservation in accordance
with the law as provided for in Section
2l47 and 2l49, revised United States
statutes:
H. C. Clifford, squaw-mdn, Pine Ridge
Agency, OAK.
4. A Bland, "Phi~lantrophist, Wash
ington, ID. c.
Agency, OAK.
Residents of either the Nebraska or
Dakota portion of the Pine Ridge Reserve,
other than Indians Of full blood. harbor-
ing any Of the above parties, subject them
selves 10 removal also.
V. 7. MGmLYcuDDY,
United States Indian Agent.
, 1884-07-31

The boss soda water only five cents a
glass at Ellis 29i Eddy street.
, 1884-07-31

TChronicle "Undertones. ~

[Chronicle "Undertones.n y
As for truth, that is a purely modern in
vention. For myself, / dO not believe there
Is any such thing. We find no record of
truth in the ancient classics, but the litera-
ture of Greece and Rome, the traditions OF
all nations, are chot full Of lying. Truth
and perpetual motion are locked up in the
safe of tho Creator and We don't know the
combination. 1t is lsgendarily buried in q
well and the ordinary artesian tube lets up
SO little that it is very difficult to recognize
it. The fact is that there is no proof OF the
existence Of truth ut all, except by infer
cnce, from the fnct that o man knocks you
down when you call him a liar.
The Philadelphia Call says that IL Darwin
says that tails dropped off because men no
longer had any uso for them he ''never saw q
baldhcaded printer setting typo IN fiy-time,
, 1884-07-31

You can buy Havilnpds fine French
China in any quantities NJ Craig, Davis
K Co IS.
, 1884-07-31
New Advertisements.
ADVERTISERS

by addressing GEO. T.. HOWELL A co.
10 Spruce St., New York, can learn the exact
cost of any proposed line OF ADVERTISING In
American Newspapers. sN- 100 Page
Pamphlet. Zoe.
, 1884-07-31

All delicacies OF tile season at the
Pioneer ssloon, Ladies entrance from
Eddy street.
, 1884-07-31

Those of our subscribers out of Cheyenne
who get the LEADER by mail should see that
they are paid in advance, as ali subscription
not so paid are liable to be discontinued.
, 1884-07-31

Go to Ellis for ice cream and soda
water.
, 1884-07-31
CIGARS
EIts RS
EIGsItS

We can't be undersold. 1000 cigars a
two for ; cents. Rhodes 4 Tnoxeli
, 1884-07-31

The best smoking tobacco Ia "Littl
Joker"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-18

There ia no article of household econo
my that wants better Judgment and more
lure IN selecting than the tea We drink
daily, because there is constantly cheau
and worthless discolored stuff offered To
the public at apparently low prices; but
really dear nc any figure. When a per-
son offers you n tea for fifty cents 4
pound which be claims to be as good as
a reputable dealer asks seventy five
cents for, You csn either put him down
as ignorant OF what be is saying or a
down right fraud. choice quality of
tea. like everything else, has its real
value. Our Sun Chop Tea, which has
been before the public six years, Is to-
day more popular than ever; and our
sales of the same have increased more
than hundred per cent. during the
last twelve months. This. and our
Blended Tea, of which Sun Chop ia the
basis, has no superior in the United
States. G. p. SroxF.
Grocer, and Leading Tea and Coffee
Dealer. ocl5
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-18

The real position 4 this. By The
terms of the charter Il h impossible
for the railroad TO earn . title 70 any
Of the land west Of the Missouri Il
viii require N sct Of Congress TO give
them title 10 the lsnd. The land Ii
now Withdrawn from settlement. For
feifure will restore this TO the people
The land Ii then still In the public
domain Is should not be again
granted 10 the rniIroed- Il uas first
given when . wide gulf separated the
East from the West. II wAs given TO
bridge this gulf and Is did not do 30.
Now that II ID valuable. should this
land be regrAnteds
II the question were that Of slib-
sidy 20 hasten the building Of the
road and uphold is credit, we would
be In favor Of 8 liberal grant. Enter
prises Of such magnitude deserve
strong support Of the government,
but Land grants are radically wrong.
Il Is for the interest Of the Govern
ment 70 divide the land among
the many--not the few. To secure
this the descent Of estates TO the eldest
son was abolished 10 this country.
Englsnd long ago forbade the crea-
ton Of such estates and wiz soon
abolish the present ones
However great the lands held BY
individuals, few generations will
divide them among their descendants.
but corporations have no children
and never die. Great bodies Of this
grant will remain IN the possession OF
the railroad forever The legislatures
Of the States along its line will bend
10 lis power. Il win dictate It's own
terms Of taxation. Il will select Rep
resentatives 10 Congress. Ii will de
termine the flow of commerce. II
win delay for fifty years the govern
ment of the people. Corporations
and their combinations have already
shown themselves injurious to the ini
terests Of the people here. This land
grant win add an overmastering cor.
poration 70 their ranks. Our strength
lies In securing land for the people
ard people for the land.
We therefore favor forfeiture to the
people Of this their land. They have
. higher right TO IL than any corpora
ton. however deserving. For that
reason we advise the support OF
Charles s. Voorhees, by oil, Rcpubli
can and Democrat, who rest the Sc
curity Of the State in the equality oil
condition of its citizens.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-18

puakr SouND DxFxSsss. bard OF
officers. consisting Of Major John I.
Rodgers Of the First ARTILLERY, Captain
Il. r. Taylor Of the Rirss Artillery, aud
Capitals j. W. MaeAurray Of the First
Artillery. has been orsAnixed 10 pro-
eeed 90 tho entrances of Puget Sound.
and such other ports ~ may be necss
cary. and examine the sites which are
retained BY the Gosernmeas for mill
tary reserves and wifhheia for defen.
siss purposes. particularly those in the
vicinity Of Port Townssnd and Decep
tien Pass The board wili report what
Ia its opinion. h the position of the
most Importance for occap&tion BY
troors. and 70 the strenethenine Of the
garrison necessary for the same, and
viii Submit estimates covering the prob
able cost Of this construction Of suiiable
defensive works. and the requisite
buildings essential for the ahelfer and
accommodation Of troops and Supplies
which nsay edecsively sarrisea the
same.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-18

TRussEs.-We claim to have the most
complete stock Of these goods in hard
rubber and oelluloid on Puget Sound.
Any case of rupture can be suited.
Truss room in connection, and adjust
ments made by competent person.
CLERIous d KoEoHLTNa. cor. Front and
Madison streets. oc12
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-18

MERCHANT TAILoRs. -Messrs. Bode &
Geiger have fitted up a new merchant
tailoring establishment at I'll Front
street, next door TO Poncius' new block,
and have just received full line OF
foreign and domestic goods. slow
prices and perfect fit" is the motto ei
this firm. These gentlemen are both
experienced workmen In their line, and
the handsome clothing they turn ont
evidences this fact. oc14 I'm
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-18
NOTICE.

Until further ordered, the boats of the
y. II. d n. Go. will leave the City Dock
Seattle. for Victoria at 2:30 every morn
ing, except Sunday, and will leave the
same Dock for Tacoma every afternoon
at o'clock. to connect with the train
for Portland. The boats Of this Com.
pany for Olympia and Whatcem will
leave as heretofore. The Idaho will
leave for New Westminster every Sun
day night at 12 o'clock. oc2