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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-27
Hair Neglected

Soon becomes dry, harsh, coarse, and
full OF dandEnff; it loses vitality and
turns rrematnrcly gray. or falls out rap
idly and threatens early badness. A
careful dressing daily with Ayers Hair
Eigor-the best preparation for the pur-
pose will preserve the hair in all its
luxurance and beauty to a good old age.
my lair was faded and dry" writes
Mabel &. Hardy. OF Delaware, ill.,, "but
alter msihs only half bottle OF Ayers
liar Ni1pr it became black and glossy
cannot express the gratitude feel.
Frederick r. coggeshall, bookseller.
81 Merriinsck ST., Lowell, Mass, writes:
some six or seven years ago INV wife
ha'l severe illness, in consequence Of
which she became almost entirely laid
ana was compelled TO wear q wig. A
Jew months since she began to apply
Ayers Hair yigor to the scalp, and. aiter
using three bottles, hos a good growth
OF hair started all over her head. The
hair is now from two to four inches long.
and growing freely. The result is a
most gratifying proof Of the merit O:
your admirable preparation"
Ayers Hair vigor,
Prepared BY Ds.J G. Aver L Co.. level. Ma.
so!d ey Dn1gsts and Psrfuusrs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-27
CITY DRAY LINE

Contracts for large lots taken
and goods delivered OH short no.
ticc. Orders can be left ut the
Pioneer Bakery.
WILLIAM FOWLER, Prop.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-27
Probate Notice.

UllesS.
W. l.. ABRAMS.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11

larger ants, which hold themselves
together by their strong nippers,
while the workers pass under them.
At certain times of the year freshe s
overflow the country inhabited by
the "dfivers," and it is then that
these ants go to sea. The rain
comes suddenly, and the walls of
their houses are broken in by the
food, but instead of coming to the
surface in scattered hundreds and
being swept off to destruction, out
of the ruin rises a black ball that
rides safely on the water and drifts
away. At the first warning of dan
ger the little creatures rush together
and form solid body of ants, the
weaker in the center. Often the
ball is larger than common base
ball, and in this way they float
about until they lodge against some
tree, upon the branches of which
they are soon safe and sound.-St.
Nicholas.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
CURES FOR suNBuRNs.
Try No Cosmetics, but Let the Sun
Do 1ts Utmost.

This is the time of year when
recipes for sunburn meet one at
every turn. Here is the best pre-
scription that can be made: Burn
yourself little more and the red
will turn to brown, the most whole
some and becoming color in sum-
mer time. The same rule applies
to freckles equally we'll. Freckle
yourself thoroughly that it may be
evident at a glance that you are
taking a course in natures univer-
sity. If the face smarts after day
out of doors hot water will take out
the sting. Cosmetics are especially
because the smart means
irritation, and lotions and balms,
oftener than not, are poisonous to
an irritated skin. Complexion
troubles are doctored by frequent
bathing of the person where any ap-
pllcation to the face will only make
them in the end worse. Perfect
cleanliness, as rule means a good
skin. If it does not, then the gen.
eral health is at fault, and the only
remedy lies in giving better tone
to the system. A clean face is a
charm which many girls do not
seem to appreciate.-N. Y. Mail.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
Bully for Tim Campbell.

Congressman Tim Campbell is
intensely patriotic. He is first for
New York and then for the Amer
ican flag. He has been greatly an
noyed at the assurance of certain
members on the Republican side of
the House who, since the bandana
was adopted for the Democratic
ensign, have coolly appropriated
the Stars and Stripes for their own.
A number of red, white and blue
silk handkerchiefs have been dis
tributed among the Republican
members, who lose no occasion to
haunt them in the faces of their
colleagues who display the bandana
tits said that Tim Campbell chanced
to enter well-known saloon a night
or two ago in quest of "cold tea
As he approached the bar he caught
sight of a Republican member mop
ping his streaming face with the
Stars and Stripes.
'What have you there?" asked
Tim, frowning fiercely.
"a handkerchief" replied the
member, backing away from the bar.
"That's the American flag, sir"
exclaimed Tim, shaking his fist
aloft, "and its proper placeis flying
over tho court house in New York
city. If I catch you wiping your
nose on it again, sir, I'll break your
head"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
A Tartar Breakfast.

| went into one of the stone-built
recesses, where several of our Tar
tars were crouching round small
grass-root fire, and was considera-
bly, edited By watching them cook
ing and dispatching their morning
repast. TO begin with, very dirty
copper vessel was put on the fire
and filled with some green weed
like nettles, barley -four, and water.
While one of the men stirred this
pottage round and round with a
wooden ladle, another produced
some raw meat-a bit of the dog I
had shot. This he proceeded to
tear up into small strips and throw
them on the fire, every now and
then popping raw lump into his
mouth and :a:isticating it with the
greatest apparent gusto. Even the
bits on the fire were quickly dis
posed Of after being merely singed.
AS soon as the pottage was consid-
cred ready it was Labeled out into
little wooden cups, like the whisky
"quaighs" of the Highlands, minus
the handles, which each man pro
duced from inside the breast of his
dirty woolen coat, and gulped up
from them with a prodigious amount
of noise. After being replenished
again and again until the pot was
emptied, the cups were carefully
licked clean and redeposited whence
they had been taken. Another
course of flesh was about to be par
taken of after the manner of the
first, but a regard for my own APP
petite for breakfast prevented my
waiting to see it discussed. These
hardy Tartars are quite indepen-
dent of any other dishes beyond
their little wooden bowls. In these
they mix their suttoo (meal made
from barley) with a little water and
salt, and make an expeditions re-
past of it whenever they feel hun
cry. Indeed, this kind of uncooked
porridge seems to be their staple
food.-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
How a Beauty Takes Her Bath.

Admitting the necessity for the
use of soap and water, let us con-
slider the best sort of bath to take.
Nine people out of ten who think
they cannot risk plunge bath may
find that by managing it judiciously
it will prove tonic to the whole
system; but the tenth person is an
exception and must devise another
means of complete cleanliness,
since the weakest skins are those in
which poisons are most apt to be
detained, and the invalid who can
not endure a plunge must be on
the alert to throw off in some fash
ion the oily film deposited on the
surface of the body. Probably no
bath is healthier than the tepid,
although as we shall see both cold
and hot may be used in certain
cases to great advantage. The
Princess of Wales, whose complex
ion is not only the finest, but who
has best stood the wear and tear of
time, takes her morning plunge
regularly and in water fairly cold,
but she is particularly careful to
promptly make use of the flesh
brush-using gloves of moderate
roughness rapidly over the surface
of the body, and fina ly the rough
towel in quick, general rub, oc-
cupying both for the bath and this
massage, if one may call it such,
twenty minutes in all. At night,
the same lady's bath is prepared
of tepid and distilled water, the ad-
mirable advantage of which is not
properly understood. Every parti-
Gle of foreign matter is removed
from distilled water, SO that it is
absolutely pure. 1t costs about
twelve cents per gallon, and can be
used, quart at time, for quick
sponge bath with admirable effect,
when combined with little glyc-
crime aud rose water.-Herald of
Health.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
the SCIENCE OF NAMES.
Rules for the Guidance of Parents in
Naming Their Offspring.

Avoid odd or eccentric or poetic
combinations, and be guided by
euphonic quality only. 1t is true
that an odd name may be remem-
bered, blt the associations with it
will not be pleasing. The idea OF
oddity or affectation may attach to
the shaddowy personality built up
in the mind of the public. Under
this rule hyphenated names, espe-
cially hyphenated Christian names,
like Floyd-Jones Robinson, are to
be avoided. Writing the first given
name with an initial and the Sec
ond in full is also evidently opposed
to correct scientific principles.
The best form of name is dactyl
and spondee, like Jeremy Tay-
lor." Every one has heard of the
Shakespeare of divines," and has
a dim idea of an agreeable person.
ality attached to the name. Had
his name been Charles Taylor it is
far within bounds to say that his
reputation would be about one
third of what it is now.
If the surname is not one that
can be treated according to the
above rule, it should be fitted with
a given name, such as to bring the
combination as nearly as possible
to the above length and cadence, as
Sidney Dobell, Ellery Vane. Henry
Ward Beecher, Dante Rossetti,
Theodore Watts, and the like; or
otherwise, to two long syllables,
like Mark Twain or Bret Harte.
The subdivisions of this branch of
the subject are too numerous to be
given, but all rest on principle No.
2. The phonic value Of the sur
name is, under our custom, the
controlling element in practically
applying the science of names.
The great va, ue of names begin
ming with Mac or 0 is evident. be-
cause they SO readily combine with
ordinary Christian names. Any
one would be favorably disposed to
Arthur O'Connor, for instance. A
boy pervades our quiet neighbor-
hood simply because his name is
Johnny MacWhorter. He is not
in any respect a remarkable boy,
but his name forces him into prom
inence by its phonic value. There
are some ten or twelve boys who are
but he and another dec
tyl-spondee boy, Emory Watson,
are the only ones ever spoken of.
No doubt there are others who do
as much mischief and make more
noise, but these two reap all the
fame.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
Boat-Building Ants.

There are certain ants that show
wonderful intelligence, and the
"driver ants" not only build boats,
but launch them, too; only those
boats are formed oft heir own bod
les. They are called drivers be-
cause of their ferocity. Nothing
can stand before the attacks of
these little creatures. Large pyth-
ons have been killed by them in q
single night, while chickens, lizards
and other animals in Western At
rica fee from them in terror. To
protect themselves from the heat
they erect arches, under which nu-
merous armies of them pass in
safety. Sometimes the arch is made
of grass and earth and gummed to-
gether by som6 secmtion, and again
It is formed BY the bodies Of the
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11

young ladies who were just begin
ming to chew gum, and watched
them, and recorded the progress of
the hair growing. Girls in the same
family who did not chew gum, were
not troubled in the same manner,
SO it was clear that chewing gum
was the cause. Since the doctor
published the result of his observa-
tions and warned the ladies of what
would be the result if they acquired
the gum habit, very few Boston la
dies have looked upon the gum
when it was red, or any other color,
tor that matter.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
How the Procession Moves.

In the Presidential election of
1872 there were eight states which
voted the Democratic ticket; in
1876 there were seventeen Demo
cratic states; in 1880 there were
nineteen Democratic states, and in
1885 there were twenty. In 1872
there were thirty states voting the
Republican ticket, or rejected or
stolen in 1876 there were twenty
one states thus categorical in 1880
there were nineteen. This is the
March of destiny.
What will be the proportions in
1888? Twenty-Five, twenty-eight
and thirty states to thirteen, ten,
eight? We shall see. But in the
meanwhile we can but see, what
ever our political affiliations, that
if we keep our ranks solid and un-
der good, wise conduct, the cahnces
for the Republican party under their
present condition of weakness and
bankruptcy in respect to live prin-
ciples and leadership and popular
ity, to stay and turn back the DEM
ocratic tidal wave with its present
momentum and volume, when they
could not check it while we were
infinitely weaker, and that party
infinitely stronger in leaders, voter,
and the principal Republican am
munition-money-the chances now
to head it off are small indeed.
See how the public sense Of de-
cency, honesty and sound policy
wrested from it its vast powers one
after another in the heyday of its
might and grandeur, while the peo-
ple's party, as compared with what
it now is, was weak indeed. If
things work as they might and
should, the coming campaign will
be the last in which the republican
party shall figure. What q glori-
Gus reveille to the nations new
morning that would be, men and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
A CAMEL's REVENGE.

An English traveller in the east
gives the camel a very poor char
acter. According to his account
the creature is from first to last un-
domesticated and savage, rendered
seryiceable not by tameness, but by
stupidity.
One passion alone he possesses,
namely, revenge, to the carrying
out of which he shows an unex-
pected degree of far-thoughted mall
ice, united with all the cold stupid
ity of his usual character. One in
stance of this | we'll remember.
A lad of about fourteen had con-
daeted large camel, laden with
wood, to another village at about a
half an hours distance. AS the an
imal loitered or turned out of the
way, its driver struck it repeatedly,
and harder than he seems to have
thought he had right to do. But
not finding the occasion favorable
for taking immediate quits, it bode
its time; nor was the time long in
coming.
A few days later the same lad
had to conduct the beast, unladen,
to his own village. When they
were about half way on the road,
and at some distance from any hab-
itation, the camel suddenly stopped,
looked deliberately round in every
direction to assure itself that no
one was within sight, and fndir5
the road clear Of passengers. made
step forward, seized the unlucky
boys head in its monstrous mouth
and lifting him into the air, flung
him down again with the upper
part of bis skull completely torn off.
Having thus satisfied his revenge,]
the brute qietly resumed it's pace
toward the village, as though moth
ing were the matter, till some men
who had observed the whole peo-
ceeding, though unfortunately at
too great distance to be able to
offord timely help, come up and
killed it.-Youth's Companion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
KETCHUM ALTURAS COUNTY IDAHO SATURDAY, AUGUST H. 1888

In the absence of their families, the
same room at Wizards. They were
greatly annoyed during the first
portion of the night by neighbor
who was snoring at a terrible rate.
They lay sleepless and silent for a
long time, listening with q horrid
fascination to the efforts of the man
who snored.' Finally the sleeper
made one mighty effort, and with
an awfully convulsive, gurgling
gasp, relapsed into silence, which
was shortly broken by one of the
Congressman, who in a fervent tone
exclaimed: Thank God he is dead
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
Chewing Gum and Whiskers.

It has been discovered by scien-
lists that the habit of chewing gum
by ladies, causes beard to grow on
the chin. The constant working OF
the under jaw is said to in some
manner stimulate the roots of the
almost invisible hairs on the beau
tiful female chin, and in time pro-
fuse set of whiskers make their APP
pearance. A Boston lady was the
first to discover that the whisker
which had appeared on her chin
was caused by chewing gum, and
she told q doctor, who began ex-
perimenting. He selected several
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and leav-
ing nothing undone to present it's readers q
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as well as matters of local
Importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invalua-
bic guide for capital and informant to the
settler OF every craft and position. Sub
scribe for #, read it, AND let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
Clay's Ready Wit.

On one occasion, when Henry
Clay was in the middle of one of
his powerful inyectives, some one
in the gallery hurled horseshoe
at him, barely missing his head.
He coolly picked it up after 9 glance
at the gallery, and remarked: "Mr.
President. at FIRST I thought this
was . delicate piece of irony, bat |
find upon examination that our en-
emies are going to ride roughrahod
over us.''-Cleveland Leador.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
A naughty little boy was blu

A naughty little boy was blub-
bering because his mother wouldn't
let him go down to the river on the
Sabbath, and, upon being admon-
ished. said: II didn't want to go
a-swimmin' with 'em, ma | only
want to 60 down and-and see the
bad little boys get drowned for g.
swimmin' on Sunday"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
How People Die by Drowning.

'.How do persons die from drown
ing?" asked a Health Board doctor
of reporter to-day.
"For want of air?"
"No."
"Give it up then, what is it?'
II will tell you. After person
is below the surface long enough
he fills the lungs with water. The
first stage of deep inspiration lasts
about ten seconds, followed by a
reaction caused by the resistance to
the entrance of water into the bron-
chi@. This is followed by arrest
of respiration and loss of concious-
ness. In few seconds more he
makes four or FIVE respiratory ef-
forts and then dies. Immersion
causes an Immediate rise in the
blood pressure, with glowing of the
The action of the heart
remains slow but strong till death
ensues. The pressure gradually
lessons, but rises just before death,
to fall to zero immediately after
ward. The heart continues to beat
feebly for twenty minutes, in some
cases. The period of respiratory
resistance is therefore due to the
respiratory muscles, and not to
spasms of the CLOTHS. An interest
ing study, you see," added the Doc
tor, "but to appreciate fully the
various symptoms caused by sud-
den immersion you, perhaps, had
better experiment yourself"
Thanks. IN. Y. Telegram.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11

He was talking to q Kentucky
audience on the subject OF the tariff.
Said he: "Take whisky, for In
stance" :" when every man in the au
dience arose with the remark
..Thank you; don't care if ! DO,
and the lecturer had to treat Or die.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
Jumped at q Concludon.

am afraid that the habit OF
dumping at conclusions" is some
times being carried too far. Two
Congressmen-both of them from
the South-occupied the other day
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
How He Got Square with the Plumber.

There is something astonishing
in the fact that some men, and wo
men too for the matter of that, car
never keep anything to themselves
No matte. how bad it tells, out i
must come, and no matter how earn
est the matter is, they succeed il
making a laughing stock Of them
selves without bettering the matter
One of this sort is Jerry, a good
sort of a fellow who does not know
any more than the law allows him
to, and is always exploiting his
domestic affairs to whoever will
listen. Jerry has a pretty wife and
the said wife does not seem to think
it any way inconsistent with her
matrimonial relations to attract
admiration, and do little flirt-
ing, no matter where it turns
up or who suffers. She troubles
Jerry wofully, if he takes her any
where, by entering unreservedly
into conversation with any good
looking fellow that chooses to ad-
dress her, or that she chooses to
smile on. The other morning he
had new story to tell Of what he
called the impudence of some men
toward his wife.
II was goin' down town." he said,
"an' 'spected to be gone bout two
hours. I'd made an arrangement
with Sairy Ann to have lamb chops
and tomatoes for dinner, an was
ter bring 'em in with me. Well,
jist as | was goin' out Sairy Ann
says to me, Jerry, that sink is
choked up, and I can't do anythin'
with it. Can't you send in plumb
er to fix it right away?' So l said
l would, and l did. l sent the man
right in, and jist then l found out
that I'd come away without the
very bundle of papers was goin'
down about. So l turned round
and went back, jist stoppin' on the
way to take a glass Of beer, and
then, as I'd used up little time, l
thought I'd buy the chops and to-
and take 'em in anyhow.
$50 l did, an l wasn't gone from
the house three-quarters of an hour
altogether. | went right into the
kitchen an opened the door, and
what dye think? There sot that
plumber, an had my wife on his
lap, an was huggin' her."
''Jerry stopped right there, and
looked as though he expected SYM
pathy. I didn't know what to say;
p l asked:
We'll, what did you do?"
''Do!' he shouted. "What could
| do? Didn't | have my hands full
Of chops and tomatoes; besides
the fellow got up and scooted."
Jerry must have seen a look of
dissatisfaction on my face, for he
added:
But | fixed the rascal, though
took 1t out of him."
"What did you dc to him?" I
said, eagerly.
II didn't pay him cent for fix
n the sink. said Jerry, exultingly.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-08-11
TERRITORY OF IpAHo
RESOURCES.

TERRITORY OF IDAHO,
frSo County of Alturas. 3d.
nsmed daac &c Lewis, President of the above
above stusa, tsasnk, do solemnly swear that the
'eage and belief. " 'A' 'e'' ~ my
SubscrihotdS tdSAAC l. LEWIS, President.
0dy OF July, 1883. ~ 'e'o's ne ''''
''ect-Attest: A'o's&y 1uonc.
JOSEPH P1xKHAx,)
ISAAC |. Lewis, Directors.
SEo. J. LEWIS,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-22
We Guarantee Six Boxes
Street Grade Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that The Com
mon Council of the city of Astoria pro-
pose to alter the grade of Wall street in
the city of Astoria, Clatsop county, Ore
gon, as laid out and recorded by j. NJ.
Shively as follows, tO-wit:
At the crossing of Wall and West
eighth street from SO feet as now estab-
liShed to SO feet above the base of
grades.
At the crossing of Wall and West
Seventh street from "a feet as now es-
tablished to 77 feet above the base of
grades.
And unless. Temonstrance signed by
the owners of two-thirds of the property
fronting on said portion of said Street
be- filed with tile Auditor and Police
Judge within ten days of the final pub
licatiOn of this notice, to-wit: on or be-
fore Saturday July 28th, 1888. the Com
mon Council will establish said grade.
By order of the Common Council.
Attest: T. S. S.JEWETT.
Auditor and Police Judge