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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-07
A Dog Becomes Acquainted with a Bee

A grocer on Carr street yester-
day placed on the sidewalk in front
of his store sugar hogshead, which
he had just emptied. The adhering
sweets attracted millions of flies
and few honey-bees, which seemed
to think they had found bonanza.
A vagabond looking dog was lying
down in the shade of the sugar
hogshead, and was pestered much
by the flies, which found the dogs
nose a good place to roost after
they had filled themselves with
sugar. After the dog had wearied
himself out by his Intellectual snaps
at the flies, he buried his nose be-
tween his paws and took the annoy
ance philosophically. At length a
bee came humming around him,
and being bigger game, the dog
conc uded to go for it, and watch
ing his opportunity snapped at it
and caught it in his mouth. Then
he pranced around for a moment
shaking his head frantically as if
he were worrying a rat. A little
black object dropped from his
mouth, which he looked at inquir
ingly for brief instant, and then
started off in haste to see a man
around the corner, bowling dismal
ly as he went. The man was not
there, and the dog came back and
once more made an inspection of
the little black object that lay on
the sidewalk and poked it timidly
with his paw. He perhaps wanted
to be able to recognize one of those
little things if he ever encountered
one of them again. After satisfy
ing his curiosity he went and lay
down again with sort of grin and
bear-it-you-old-fool look, giving
vent to his feelings occasionally by
a subdued canine sigh.-St. Louis
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HovIRIUG OF TW VnaI.

Young men, the large majority
of you are lowering around on the
verge Of matrimony, shivering like
. mouse-colored terrier and afraid
to step of. The great majority Of
you know just where you can put
your finger on : girl who would
marry you at . moaaAnt's notice,
but You are xfaid thaa you couldn t
satisfy tho landlords; coal deslers
and millinero thate : man aluaya
weds when he&sTies : wonnsn.
You aro not. meal yQn are simply
towards, whosasstva pEfe hanging
above yeur bod snd II -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-07
Harvesting . snowslids.

Captain Jackson of the Belle Of
the West has q novel idea. High
up in Full Moon gulch, in a point
almost inaccessible to animals, the
Belle of the West people have Sc
cured some timber. In midwinter
this gulch is a prolific breeder of un-
tanned snowslides. The captains
plan is simply to fell the timber on
the newly-fallen snow in the gulch
and let each successive slide carry
its burden to the park below. Snow
slides, like lightning, have often
been instru ments Of destruction,
sure and pitiless as fate itself, but
this is the first time We have heard
man propose to use their latent
power for useful ends. The next
thing We know some daring indi-
vidual will Be hosting ore with .
water.spout. ouray, Col, Budget
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TEN MILLIONS FOR CHARITY.
Baron Hirsch's Nunit1cent Gift for tho
Benefit of Russian Hebrews.

| One of the most munifcent gifts
ever made by rich man during
his lifetime is that of Baron Hirsch.
He has given $1O,OOO,OOO to the
Emperor of Russia to found in Rus
sia primary schools for Hebrews,
and 100000 to be at the disposal
Of the Gear for works of charity.
This money was offered to the EN-
peror three months ago, but with
the tormalities that monarchs will
insist on has only just been ac-
cepted. The three months delay
was caused by the Emperor going
to Copenhagen. He instructed his
minister of the interior to report
on the offer when the Emperor
should return to Russia. The re-
port has just been made, and the
gift accepted. The 100000 has
been placed in the Bank of Eng
land, and Baron Rothschild and
Baron de Worms have been ap-
pointed trustees for the money.
The interest on this money, which
will be about 100000 annually, is
to be devoted to the maintenance
of schools for Hebrews. One thous-
and of these schools will be opened,
and they will be able to educate in
each school fifty children, or in all
$4,000 children.
Baron Hirsch is one of the wealth
lest Hebrews in Europe and has
always been famous for the large
sums of money he has given to
charities. He has been particularly
generous to the Hebrews in Europe.
He was born in Munich, but now
lives in Paris with his wife. He
had one son, but he died a few
months ago. It is estimated that
the Baron is worth $8O,OOO,OOO, and
this enormous fortune he has accu-
mulated himself, chiefly through
investments in Turkish railroads.
For some time Baron Hirsch has
great sympathy with the
Hebrews in Russia. There are
about 100000 there. He thinks
that if they are we'll educated things
will chage for them and they will
be much happier, and for this pur-
pose he has given one-eighth of bis
entire fortune.-N. Y. Mail and Elk.
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WORKING CLASSES AT1ENTIoN!

We are now prepared to furnish all classes
with employment at home, the whole OF the
time, or for their spare moments. Business
new, light and profitable Persons of either
sex easily earn from so cents to $500 per
evening, and proportional sum BY devot..
ing all their time to the business Boys and
girls earn nearly as much as men. That all
who see this may send their address, and
test the business. we make this ofer. To
one dollar TO pay for the trouble of writing.
Full particulars and outfit free, Address
GEORGE ST1EsoE & Co., Portland, Maine.
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Testing the Lads Honesty.

A lawyer engaged a new boy re-
Gently, and, as he had suffered, to
some extent, from the depredations
of his former lad, he determined to
try the new boys honesty at once.
He therefore placed q five-pound
note under weight on his desk,
and walked out without a word.
Upon his return half an hour later,
the note was gone and half crown
in silver had taken its place.
"Boy, when | went out left five
pounds under this weight"
Eyes, sir; but you see, you hadn't
been gone f<e minutes. when a man
came in with a bill against you for
four pounds seventeen and sixpence.
| believe the change is correct"
''You paid a bill2"
eyes, sir; there it is all receipted.
The man said it had slipped your
mind for the past four years, and
So" That boy got the sack on
the spot.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-07
A STORY OF TWO SNUFF BOXES

Most Of the visitors who look
through the Senate chamber, says
the Washington Post, notice two
plain black snuff-boxes fastened to
a molding on the wall, one on each
side of the presiding officers table.
They are very plain black boxes,
and during the recess there is very
seldom any snuff in either of them,
but while the Senate is in session
Captain Bassett is just as careful
to keep these boxes provided with
snuff as he is about any of the other
requirements of the Senate. The
wonder is often expressed why these
boxes are there. The simple reason
is that sometimes a Senator wants
to snuff. Captain Bassett snuffs
himself, and in former times, as
long back as when the Senate cham
Der was the place where the United
States Supreme Court now sits,
Senators, among them Henry Clay,
would call upon the captain for a
pinch of snuff. Mr.. Clay set the
example, but the others followed
it, and Senators called upon the
captain for pinch so often that
something had to be done. The
captain requested to be allowed an
assistant who should act as snuff
bearer to the Senate, but the assist
ant was not allowed so the captain
had to devise some other means of
meeting the difficulty. He adopted
the plan of leaving his snuf:box
on the little table at which he was
accustomed to sit, but now and then
some Senator would walk away
with the snuff-box and leave the
rest of his brothers in want and
misery. The snuff.box is now Sc
cuIely nailed to the wall, 80 that
nobody can walk off with it; and
to be impartial the captain has
provided two snuffboxes, one for
the Republican and the other. for
the Democratic side. These snuff
boxes are charitable institutions
which Captain Bassett maintains
out of his own pocket all
The year round for the exclusive
benefit OF United States Senators in
good standing.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-07
THE CAR CONDUCTORS M1srAKK

/ It happened the other day on The
Lehigh Valley Railroad. The trair
had just left Easton,s and the con.
ductor was just makingshis first
round, when he observed a small
white dog with bushy tail and
bright black eyes, sitting cozily OH
the seat beside young lady SO
handsome that it made his heart
roll over like a lopsidcd pumpkin.
But duty was duty, and he remarked
in his most deprecatory manner:
I'm very sorry, madame, but
it's against the rules to have dogs
in the passenger cars"
ooh, my! is that so?" and she
turned up two lovely brown eyes
at him beseechingly. "What in the
world will I do? l can't throw him
away. He is a Christmas present
from my aunt"
"By no means, Miss. Well put
him in the baggage car, and he'll be
as happy as robbin in Spring"
"What put my nice white dog
in nasty, stuffy, dusty baggage
carr"
''I'm awful sorry, Miss, do as
sure you, but the rules of this COM
pany are as inhexible as the laws
of the Medes and them other
fellows, you know. He shall have
my overcoat to lie on, and the
brakeman shall give him grub and
water every time he opens his
mouth"
II just think it's awful mean, SO
l do, and l know somebody will
steal it, so they Wilt" and she
showed half notion to cry that
nearly broke the conductors heart;
but he was firm, and sang out to
the brakeman, who was playing a
solo on the stove:
''Here, Andy, take this dog over
into the baggage car, and tell 'em
to take just the best kind of care
of him."
The young lady pouted, but the
brakeman reached over and picked
the canine up as tenderly as though
it was a two-weeks' old baby; but
as he did SO a strange expression
came over his face, like a wave of
cramp-colic, and he said hastily to
the conductor:
"Here, you just hold him a min
ute till | put away this poker" and
he trotted out at the car door and
he held on to the brakewhecl, shak-
ing like man in the ague. |
The conductor no sooner had his
hands on the dog, than he looked
around for a hole to crawl through.
"Who wh-why, this is a worsted
aogp
Eyes. sir" said the little Miss,
lemurely. 'Didn'tyou knowthat?"
"No, I'm most awful sorry to say
[ didn't know that" and he laid
he Christmas dog down in the
owners lap and walked out on the
platform, where he stood half an
hour in the cold, trying to think Of
! hymn tune to suit the worst sold
nan on the Lehigh Valley.
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Swing to THAR Hearth Content.

An ingenious settler in California
hit upon cheap method of irrigat-
ing his land. He dug a sixty foot
we'll and attached q large swing in
such a way as to supply pumping
power. The result is that all the
children Of the neghborhood can
swing to their hearts content, while
the settler himself, stands off and
watches q founteen-inch stream
belch forth from the we'll.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-07

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowi-
edged TO be the sole representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and Saw tooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart Of the most pro, ising mining
country on the face OF the ea tn, and leav-
Ing nothing undonc to present us readers u
complete synopsis of all mining news and
Importance iii the growth of ketchum, the
future metropolis Of Idaho, it is an invalua-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler OF every craft and position Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them
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of the machinery. In some banks
the bullion department is connected
with the managers sleeping-room,
and an entrance cannot be effected
without shooting a bolt in the dor
mitory, which in turn, sets in mo-
ton an alarm. If q visitor during
the day should happen to knock off
one from q pile Of half-sovereigns
the whole pile would disappear, a
pool of water taking its place.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-07
How the Bank Of England il Protected

The Bank Of England doors are
now so finely balanced that clerk,
by pressing a knob under his desk,
can close the outer doors instantly,
and they cannot be opened again
except by special process. This is
done to prevent the daring and in
eenious unemployed Of the naetrop-
oils from robbing the bank. The
bullion department Of this and
other banks are nightly submerged
several feet in water BY The ertion
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-01-07
At Fort Donelson.

Detroit Free Press: It was ar
ex-confederate soldier at Sheffield
Ala, who was giving some of his
experiences at the battle of For,
Donelson. He was an officer and
had a young colored man for his
cook. When the confederates, or
the great bulk of them, decided,
after hot fight, to withdraw from
the fort, the captain looked around
for his servant, but the negro was
nowhere to be seen. The officer
mounted log and called out in
loud tones for his servant, but in
such faint tones that he could not
locate the cook. Caesar finally made
it plain that he was in the log ,un-
der the officers feet, and was or
dered to come out.
"Caa't do it !" he shouted in re-
ply.
''But you must. The fight is all
over."
"But / can't-dar's fo' white men
in dis log beind me |"
And when the officer investi-
gated he found that such was the
fact. They crawfished out, one
after another, each having an ex-
cuse to urge, and finally the darky
The officer was about to
open on him. but Cesar protested:
"Doan't say one word. Dis ar
de fust time I eber got ahead of
white man, an it's gwine to be de
VERY last. De mex fout we hev,
I'ze gwine to let de white man hev
de hull log to hisself, an look fur
} hole in de ground ~
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tue WIfE's FIRST BANK ACCOUNT.
It Lasted Ten Days. and Her Husband
Went Rack to First PrincipleG
New York Sun.

I \
I, A well-known banker, who hat
become tired of the irksome habi
of fumbling in his vest pocket every
morning that his wife asked him t
pay the necessary household ex
penses, and who was smarting from
the sting of recent heavy raid
against Reading, said to her moi
long ago at the breakfast table
Edith, l can't be pestered with
these trifles. You must open a bank
account. / will make cash de.
posit, against which you can draw
at your leisure, and so not harpoon
me just as / am about to put on
my overcoat for $40 here and $40
there"
The young wife, to whom the
vision of personal bank account
seemed to be on a par with a pri-
vate view of Paradise, readily ac-
companied her husband forthwith
to q fashionable bank on Fifth ave-
nue., where her signature was en-
rolled for identification, and pass
book, with $1,000 to her credit,
handed to her, together with a
pretty pocket check-book, contain
ing fifty bank checks, and inter-
woven at regular intervals with
convenient sheets of blotting paper.
Everything went on smoothly in
the bankers household for some
ten days until, returning home one
evening, he started to upbraid his
wife in the following terms:
"Why, Edith, how could you be
so extravagant? You must have
been getting an entire winters
wardrobe for your poor relatives, in
addition to paying our household
expenses. Your account is over
drawn. l have a letter from the
cashier of your bank, stating that
you are indebted to the bank $1O6
80, and requesting me, at my earli-
est convenience, to make good the
amount"
"No such thing" she replied, ~
still have plenty of money in the
bank, and will prove it to your sat-
isfaction tomorrow morning."
A visit was made to the bank,
and the lady was confronted with a
formidable array of figures and
vouchers confirming the cashiers
estimate of her indebtedness. She
that a gross injustice
had been done her, and offered in
evidence ten blank checks which
remained in her check-book, and
argued that her balance could not
be exhausted until those blank
checks had been used. It was in
vain that the cashier tried to con-
vince her that one check was all
hat was necessary at any time to
lraw out her entire balance. The
however, who has retailed
he joke at his wife's expense, in
he corridors Of the Windsor hotel,
5 going to return to old principles.
The bank account has been closed,
Ind the bankers wife will have to
'e satisfied with meekly pleading
very morning for $40 or $40 as
which will be granted
according to her husband s credulity
n the legitimacy of her demands,
md provided the session at poker
he previous night does not compel
him for that particular day to be
economical.
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A solid lump Of coal, containing
eighty-sven cubic feet and weighing
6,85l pounds, was exhibited at the
Texas state fhir recently held at
Dallas. It was the largest block Of
coal syse taken IRON : aains Il The
( nit otolL
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-26
PALAUB OF FASHION.
PALACB OF PAOHlON.
AsrRlOHs
PALACE OF FASHION,
I3 EAST KING STREET,
Lancaster, Pa.

Our Jersey sale is in its height
now. People have found out
that we mean to sell them.
Refer to our price list in this
paper Of the 2Ist and 22d, and
then call on us. 1t will pay you
well.
Our Jersey department has
been removed to our ground
floor. Very convenient.
Additional room has been
given to the display Of Ribbons.
We have placed a large table
with two lots of Ribbons at bar.
gain prices.
Lot I. No. 9 and II, all-silk,
Satin and Gros- Grain Ribbons,
also No. 9, watered In picot
and crown edged, all-silk. Price
I5ca yard.
Lot 2. S, 6 and ? inch Fancy
Ribbons, ombree. striped and
satin edged, gros-grain and
MORE, in all the newest shades,
formerly 75c to 81 a yard, price
now soc yard.
Sweeping reductions in Tips.
One lot of colored Tips, re-
duced to Ioc a bunch.
One lot Of fine colored Tips,
formerly 81, reduced to soc a
bunch.
One lot Of fine Tips, formerly
$I.25 and $3.50, reduced to 75c
a bunch.
One lot Of shaded Pompor
Tips, formerly 81, reduced to 81
per bunch.
One lot Of Black Tips, re-
duced to 25c a bunch, former
price soc.
Come early, else some o.
these bargains will be gone.
Children's Sailor Hats, re
duced to lac.
| Ladies' colored union Milar
and Fancy Straw Hats, formerly
50 to 75c, reduced to 25c.
| Ladies' fine Milan Hats, for
merly $3.50 to $2.75, all re-
duced to 81, in white and col
ored.
| New bargains in Swiss En-
broideries, 22.inch, at 81, 45
50 and Coo a yard.
45-inch Skirting, at 50, SC
65, 75c and 81 a yard.
Come and see them!
Our whole stock Of Parasol
reduced to cost price.
ASTRlCH'S P. 0. f.,
Lancaster
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ms oaANDrArHERp GRANDSON.

HIS 0RANDFArHERD GRANDSON.
Forty-eight years ago the national whig
after r. ecting Clay, Webster
and other eminent statesmen, nominated
Gen. william Henry Harrison for pr.si-
dent, and the party saOg him into ONCE.
One OF their favorite tunes was " Rosin the
Bow" Az the old Republicans Of to-day
have almost forgotten the tune and tie
young ones will need campaign poetry, We
open the ball for them with verse or two
70 show mp the greatness Of their candidate;
o, cheer not for B.aine or for Sherman,
For Alger, or Phelps, or Depew;
But cheer for the lusty young infant,
The grandson OF 1fppecanoe.
CHORUS.
HIS grandfather's grandson Is he,
Ills z audfather's grandson so true
Then shout for his grandfai hers grandson
1he grandson OF Tippecanoe.
Log cabins, bardc cider ana coon skins
NO longer for voters will DO,
/ And the big bloody shirt IL too CORY
| FOR the grandson OF 1ippecanUe.
cuoRuJ.
But his grandfather's grandson is he.
His grand fathers grandson so true
Then shout for HIS grand fathers giandGon,
The grandson OF 11ppecanre
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MARRE7S,
New York AIArhes


vihnsw YORK June 26.-Flour market ouisL
E1tp,s 80 ,p1 sa,s s9pernne, q t50S 90; MINI
EEtuAG ~ eOgoOO; City Mil. kxtra. ei ,Gsti s,1
MIN: heat extra. tS Oo95 Is. 0o'
~" nSeAt.so !: ksd, state. 92ci No. q ssl<c.
SIC sS; ra, Eed, winter. July. selci August
Corn=so. Z. Mixed, Cash 6l<o
shiSymsS my eaSe 'GGggpst' sSci rcCe. gts. g5,sio
Oats oats No. /, hite, state. 43r, No. e. do
A!i0O shipments. 10 ieSoips'
bye dull stale 7Sc
Barley nominal.
FORK oull; olc Mess sl4 NAM
Ltio ouli June, ts 40 JuIy,f .8
Molasses duil Tor bO boiling stoch Igxc
Turpentine dullfat 3kc
hosln quiet; strained 10 good, l5al7k
Petroleum duli Refined in cas-. gSc
Ireishts quiet grain to London lxSS
Eutter steady Western Creapery. iTalaIc
stSte 'ss sac,Sry nli 7xess ws.tsrn glAt lasXs
i2e Ohio FLAT. 76sc. "A'0' iSo
0lbs.c. ava
%. sussr steadyi Refined Cutioai. SC Granula.
5eliow dull Prime City. &c.
Gies nominal Caroline. fair irtogood, bs.c
Couee STEADY Fair Cargoes, tor Rio. iI4c.
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Three Fatally Ip,ured.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, June 26.- Belleville,
H., reports a coal mine disaster In which
five mon were badly injured yesterday
afternoon, three fatally, q broken rope
letting them fall eighty feet to the bottom.
Oscar Merrill ana George Wiesser were
internally injured and Charles w lesser had
his back and leg broken. The first two can.
not recover, while the third IL also In q
critical condition. Two others, Edward
Hoffman and John Wstterworth. got OIL
with badly crushed and broken legs, which
will keep them at home for months. Hoii-
man and Merrill are married and the
Others single.
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a Crowd to Bid Him Alden

John Marshall, lineman OF the Electric
Light company left Lancaster on the d ~
,bspress on Monday tor New York. He
VIII sail for Europe on Wednesday on the
ueoamship Indiana. All OF his fellow en-
ployes and large number OF friends were
~ tbs staticn to wish him pleasant voyage
uud safe return. Mr.. Marshall Will be
accompanied to Europe by VIM. MsgilI, OF
No. 6l0 West Lemon street,
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You're Right, zones.

From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Governor Beaver will have tho appoint
ment OF a successor TO Judge Turnkey for
six months, the person elected In Novem-
ber not taking his office until the first
Monday In January. As Judge Turnkey
was q Democrat, and o. Judge McCollum,
who will be his SUCCESSOR, 10 Democrat, IL
would be eminently proper for Governor
Beaver to select Judge McCollum TO fill the
vacancy,
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New YORK etochs.

NEW YoRK. June 20. lp. m.-Money closed
at N per cent Exchange quiet posted
rates. u s7k0i s9k; actual rates u $40
As7M for 60 Gays and ee904 seH for demand ,
Governments closed steady; currency 6s,
q 10 BID Is coup, q 2s; lk's DO. q OK
bid.
The stock market this morning opened
with consid Iable selling of the 9rangers and
and Lake shore for London account. During
tho frat hour prices declined u to ~ per cent.
but alter II o'clock there was n nrmer feeling
ana recovery OF one-halt the deoline. Since
midday the market has been dull and feature.
less,
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a virginian Cremstsd

The body OF ii. L. Wigard, Of 5ls Broad
street. Richmond, Va, who died OF diabetes
en Thuradsy, J une q, aged 73 years, arrived
ta this city In charge OF his son Otto WIRsrd
IN Saturday ct 6:25 g. m. and was at once
taken TO the crematorinm where al 10 O'clock
u was cremstsd, and the ashes returned to
ktchmond. Mr.. Wigsrd was u nshyo cf
Germany.