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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
Champagne One Can Drink Without
Paying.

A curious point of law, which
must have puzzled laymen, was de-
cided yesterday before the Judge
OF the Clerkenwell County Court.
When a hamper of wine or edibles
is delivered at house without any
notification of the source from
which it comes, is the recipient
justified in thinking it a present and
consuming the contents without
being responsible for payment? It
is no secret that some enterprising
tradesmen have sent such hampers
at Christmas time and have then
called to demand payment for the
goods. In the case decided yester-
day, however, a box of champagne
was delivered to~a gentleman by
mistake, and it was not until two
months afterward that the wine
was called for. The Judge held
that the recipient Of the wine had
reasonable grounds for considering
that the wine was present and for
drinking it, as he had done, and
accordingly refused to make him
for the price of the
wine. A contrary conclusion would
certainly have left the public very
much at the mercy of certain over
enterprising tradesmen.-St. James
Gazette
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
Don't Lend Your Keys to Strangers.

The wiles of the criminal classes
are often so ingenious that can't
help believing that if those who
practice them were to turn their
energies into other courses they
would attain no small need of
honor and fame. Some little time
ago, for example, a burglar was
caught red handed in strong room
opening safe with a key that could
not have been more perfect had it
been supplied by the maker of the
lock. The man, after having been
convicted, was asked to say how he
had obtained the KEY.
Nothing easier" he replied. We
knew who carried the key, and what
it was like, 50 me and my pals got
into the same railway carriage With
your manager when he was going
home one day: One Of US had .
bag which be couldn't open. Has
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
Curiosity That Was Costly.

eve were all busily at work, .
said an employee in an L. and N
office yesterday morning, "wher
the chief clerk entered and took his
seat. He had not been long at his
desk when a messenger boy came
in with telegram, which was re.
ceived with a great appearance OF
emotion On the part of the recipi-
ent Springing from the chair in
which he was seated, he rushed
bareheaded from the Office, leaving
the telegram behind on his desk.
"What could it mean?" was ques-
ton not asked, but predominant in
every mind. At last a clerk, bolder
than the rest, lounged to the desk
and seized the message. Quick as
flash he dropped it and ran out
of the door. This was repeated
until the Office was empty. Now
the telegram read: Purchase all
of the stock on the market. Big
advance In price at an early date.
This was signed by noted Wall
street speculator, and, as each clerk
had little fund saved up, you can
imagine the cause of their precip-
itate departure from the office. We
were not gone long, but when we
returned, one by cne, after invest
ing our last dollar, the chief clerk
was there to welcome us with a
meaning smile. Nothing was said.
The stock fell very low that even
ing, and we lost our money. Still,
nothing has been said, but there is
a great deal thought. louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
A SYNDICATE DESCRIBED.

| A Lincoln man who has just re-
turned from an extended tour of
the country, recently struck small
town in Missouri where the shanties
composing the metropolis were sur
rounded by numerous acres of land
staked off into lots. Before one of
the magnificent trade emporiums
sat an old man smoking a corn-cob
pipe and apparently plunged in
meditation. The Lincoln man as
sumed an air of profound innocence
and accosted him, when this dia-
logue ensued:
What are these stakes here for?"
Town lots, stranger. This hyar
town is just er goin' to have boom.
An opery-house will be thar eff
nothin' happens"
"Who owns this property"
ga syndicut. Ye won't see airy
flies on this town."
"What is syndicate?"
why, We see, a syndicut is er
lot OF fellers in ther city what has
money, and they sorter get together
and buy up farm, and they stake
it Oft, ye see, an start up a boom.
That thar land was ther Widder
Mcguire farm, but ther syndlcut
bought it and staked it off"
"And how does the syndicate do
its booming?"
''Wal, one feller in ther syndicut
gets control of it all, ye see, and he
sells a lot to another feller, an it
goes round an round, an every
time 1t goes round the price is riz."
"But then it never would be SOLD
out of that body"
"It wouldn't eh? Stranger, yer
wrong. Finally er lot is sold to
some outside feller, an then it's
deddycated, We see, an don't go
round no more"
Thanks; now l know all about
it. Nebraska State Journal.
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The Patent Bed Spring.

Our patent spring bed has been
remodeled. The one for two in a
bed is SO arranged that the part the
wife lies on can be set by the hus-
band unknown to the former, and
it springs her out of bed and stands
her up on the floor at any hour for
which it is set. It then remains
turned up on the edge SO she can't
get back again, at least on her side
of the bed, and she won't come
back on his side, for she's too all
fired mad to come near him. SO
the result is that she is compelled
to dress and go down stairs to see
to breakfast, and the old man will
get a rest. Oh, it's a daisy.-Hyde
Park Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
When Australia Was Penal Colony

The only object aimed at by the
British Government in settling Aus
tralia was to get rid of the convicts.
One can scarcely believe even that
it was expected the convicts should
do more than drag out a brief and
miserable existence under the rigors
of a rule designed rather to hasten
than prolong their end. The ar
rangement under which Governor
Phillip was dispatched did not con-
tain a single element of perma-
nence. Not the least startling point
in connection with this point is,
that of the total number Of 1880
persons who landed from the YES
sells of the expedition only 1876 were
women. The other ''live stock
consisted of five horses, eleven cows,
one bull and twelve sheep, while
the expedition was so badly pro-
visioned that from the very moment
of landing starvation began to stare
the settlers in the face. To redi ess
the balance of the sexes, the Births
Government, in dispatch, of which
a copy may be seen to this day in
the record Office, authorized the
Governor to send a transport to
one of the neighboring Friendly
Islands and kidnap 200 native wo-
men as wives for the unprovided
males in the colony. This gives a
good idea of the views which the
British government of that day
held as to the future Of Australia.
But badly off as the settlers were at
the first their condition speedily
became worse. One characteristic
misfortune and it's sequel may be
mentioned. To the distress of the
little community. it was found one
day that the bnll and four of the
cows had escaped from the inclos-
ure. Search parties were sent out,
but in vain. Several years passed
by, and then rumors reached the
settlement that herd of cattle had
been seen about forty miles in the
interior. Again parties were sent
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
Way Down In Maine.

Mechanic-I wanta gallon of rum
for mechanical purposes.
Druggist-What is your business2
MI am painter.
Doh, yes, have heard of al
cohol being used in your business.
All right sir.
M.-Thank you. How much?
Dwell, suppose we'll call it
$2 so.
M.-Here you are.
D. (as Mis- leaving)-By the way,
how do you use the spirit?
M.-Mix it with the paint.
D.-What kind of paint?
M.-Red. I'm going to paint
the town.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
A FAMINE IN GOLD.
Figures Regarding Its Past, Present
and Future Production.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
Probably nine-tenths of all the
gold obtained by man has been
taken from placer deposits, and oul
American experience has been no
exception to the general rule" re-
marked an experienced mining op-
orator in speaking of the past and
future of this valuable production
the other evening. Previous to
1S47 our total gold production
amounted to $12,OOO,O0O, but be-
tween 1S47 and 1887 about 81 ,76O,-
100000 was contributed to our
stock of gold OF this, nearly three
fourths came from placer deposits.
In 1850-56 we obtained more than
500, 100000 per annum in gold from
the placers of California, and almost
nothing from the gold-bearing veins.
Now. with an annual production of
$50, 100000, about one-half only is
from placers. Our own territory
has been so thoroughly explored
that no considerable superficial de-
posits of gold are likely to be dis
covered, and nearly the same thing
can be said of the entire world.
in the northern extension of
our western mountain ranges in
British Columbia and Alaska there
are probably important deposits of
gold. 1t is likely, however, to come
from this region in a moderate but
Parental stream, and not in
flood. Great difficulty attends the
working of those mines on account
of the cold, long winters and the
of transporting supplies.
Unless the mines should prove
richer than expected there may be
a dearth of gold in the near future.
In the Allegheny belt of mountains,
in this country, there are large de-
posits of gold, but they are difficult
to work. Still, industry and per-
severance may make them pay
profit. Mexico may be expected
to turn out 81 100000 year, but
no more. The west coast of South
America yields little but silver.
Colombia, Venezuela and Bra
zil have, on the contrary, always
been producers of gold. 1t is esti-
mated that from Brazil alone more
han 81 900, 100000 in gold was OBJ
aimed during the first three hundred
Years after the advent of the Portu-
yuese. Colombia and Venezuela
ire now yielding about 100000
ZACH annually, and little more than
hat can be expected in the future.
Australia produces about $780,
100000 year, and we cannot hope
or more than $5,O0O,OOO annually
rom Asia. That will cover it all.
don't fear that you and | will
ver suffer from famine Of gold,
'ut unless the North American de-
,osits are richer than is expected
ONE one will suffer"
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coulu any person IN the third have
direct communication. Here Mr.
Michener was approached by an
other convict, who told him about
what the first had done, except hi
asked him to see the governor in
his behalf. Going to the foundry
which is a considerable distance
from the shoe factory, the third
convict came up to the Attorney
General the instant he entered the
room. This man had the identity
of the visitor and the cause Of his
coming to Jeffersonville as accu-
rately as the other two. He also
wanted pardon. On their way to
another building the prison official
said to Mr.. Michener: every con-
vict who cared to know had all the
information about who you are and
why you have come within few
minutes after you came inside the
prison door. The convicts have no
privilege Of writing or speaking to
each other. but so perfect is their
system of communicating with each
other that in forming plans to es-
cape they can agree on time, leaders,
methods and signals. But there is
always some convict who, though
not in the plot, learns a | about it
and tells the details to the officers.
Investigation always brings to light
enough incidents to convince us
that their plans are being formed
constantly. Just after Warden Pat
ton took charge these plans of es-
Gaping were discovered and thwarted
in one day"
Warden Patton not long ago had
occasion to order the punishment
of convict for the infractions of
the rules. The convict, without the
knowledge of his fellows, was taken
to a distant part of the prison.
where there was not a sign of any
one being near enough to learn
what took place. But three min
utes afterward every convict of the
many hundreds there knew not on
ly the punishment and the kind,
but why, and by wnom, and at
whose orders it was inflicted.
An ex-prison official said recent
ly: Not long ago took convict
to Michigan City. l reached the
prison about s o'clock in the even
ing, after all the convicts had been
locked up in their cells. No one
knew of my being there but the
officer in charge at that time Of
night. l did not stay longer than
five minutes, but, turning over my
prisoner, | went to the hotel and to
bed. When l came down to break
fast the next morning there was a
from the prison stating
that such and such a convict wanted
to see me. A hal!-dozen in ali
wished to have me come out to
:hem. How they knew | was there
lobody knows. Prison officials are
seeing the effects of COM
nunication among the convicts,
out cannot detect the system"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
Uses Of the Lemon.

Lemonade from juice of the lem.
on is one of the best and safest
drinks for any person, whether in
health or not. 1t is suitable for all
stomach diseases, gravel, liver COM
plaint, inflammation of the bowels
and fever. 1t is a specific against
worms and skin complaints. Lemon
juice is the best antlscorbu;ic rem
edy known. 1t not only cures this
disease bu: prevents it. Sailors
make daily use of it for this pur-
pose. | advise every one to rub
their gums with lemon juice to keep
them in good condition. The hands
and nails are kept clean, white, soft
and supple by the daily use of the
lemon instead of soap. 1t also pre-
vents chilblains. Lemon is used in
intermittent fever, mixed with
strong, hot, black coffee, without
sugar. Neuralgia may be cured by
rubbing the part affected with cut
lemon. It is valuable, also, to
cure warts, corns and to destroy
dandruff on the head, by rubbing
the roots of the hair with it. It will
alleviate and finally cure coughs
and colds and heal diseased lungs,
if taken hot on going to bed at
night. Its uses are manifold, and
the more we employ it externally
the better we shall find ourselves.
Lemon juice is useful in destroying
tartar from the teeth, ant;-eebrile,
etc. A doctor in Rome is trying it
experimentally in malarial fever
with great success, and thinks it
will in time supersede Qu;nine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05

The KEYSTONE has long been acknow1'
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 its readers a
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 ninyalua-
ele guide for capital and informant to the
settler OF every craft and position. Sub
scribe for 1t, read it, and let Your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
Family Life in the White House.

It is interesting to learn that Mrs
Cleveland always calls her husband
"Mr. President" Mr.. Cleveland
addresses his wife as Frank. =
Martha Washington in her younger
days called her husband George, .
but in the last twenty-five years OF
her life she always addressed him
as General. While in the White
House Mrs. Hayes called her hus-
band "Mr. Hayes" Mrs. Lincoln
and Mrs. Garfield always addressed
their husbands respectively as
"Abram" and "Jim."
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LIGHTRIAS EXPRESS TRAINS.
They Run Much Faster in England
than in This Country.
Chicago Herald,

A Chicagoan who has just re
turned from England says the peo
pie over there hear of the ''linited,
"cannon-ball," ''lightning," "thun
derbolt, = 'ge-whizz," and other fas'
trains on American railroads, anc
have, through the extravaganza o1
these nicknames, gained the idea
that when Yankees get in hurry
to go some place, they are not sat.
lstied with anything slower than d
mile minute. Imagine their sur.
prise says this gentleman, ''when
told that our lightning trains run
only thirty-fve miles an hour. 1t
is in England that you can really
travel fast, and they make no ado
about it, either. While l was abroad
the new limited trains from Chicago
to Omaha and Kansas City were
put on. The Englishmen spoke of
that and wondered if the rival trains
made more than mile minute.
showed them a me-table-5OO
miles to Omaha, time sixteen hours,
speed thirty-one miles an hour.
Even the limited trains on which
extra fare is charged run less than
forty miles an hour between New
York and Chicago, and the wonder
full fast mali that glides into Chi
cago at the ridiculous hour of mid
night. travels only thirty-one miles
an hour. In England third-class
passengers ride from forty to forty
five miles an hour, and nobody
pays extra fare on account of the
speed. From New York to Albany
it is 142 miles by splendid track.
there are ten express trains daily be-
tween these cities, and their average
speed is twenty nine miles an hour.
Between London and Sheffield, 1852
miles, the Great Northern runs nine
trains daily, with an average speed
of forty-five miles an hour. One
train makes fifty miles an hour.
Between New York and Boston the
average speed is thirty miles an
hour, and the fastest, train COM
posed exclusively Of sleeping cars,
makes thirty-nine miles an hour.
Between London and Manchester,
2O3 miles, there are twenty trains
daily, with an average speed of
forty-one miles an hour, and some
trains making fifty. Between Lon
don and Glasgow, 44O miles there
are thirteen daily expresses, and
their average speed is almost forty
miles an hour, one train being much |
faster than this. All over England !
and Scotland express trains, com
posed of first, second and third
class carriages, make from thirty |
five to fifty miles an hour, while III
America a thirty five mile train is
called stroke of lightning. The
fastest regular train in America is
one on the Baltimore and Ohio,
which makes the forty miles be-
tween Washington and Baltimore
in fifty minutes. There are three
or four fast trains between New
York and Philadelphia, covering
forty-six miles an hour. Between
Liverpool and Manchester there are
fifty-two trains daily, none of them
slower than forty-tive miles an hour,
and four of them making fifty-one
and one-third miles an hour. When
We get some trains like that we can
begin to talk of fast mails and
thunderbolts.' ."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05
COLD WATER AND CLOUDS.

Did you ever stop to think, when
you looked out of the window and
saw dull gray clouds from which
the rain was so suddenly pouring
and which seemed to shut in the
world all around, that in reality
they extended over a very small
part Of the country; that some
where else, only twenty or thirty or
a hundred miles away, the sun was
shining, and all was bright and
beautiful? This is really the case.
For storms, however long and dreary
do not extend over many miles /;
and though it is always raining at
some place in the world, yet always
and at the same time it is pleasant
somewhere else Now, let us see
why this is.
Suppose that on warm summer
afternoon we were to bring pitcher
Of clear, cool water fresh from th,-
well, and to place it on the table in
the dining room. Now, no matter
how carefully we may have dried
the pitcher before bringing it in, we
shall discover, if we watch closely,
that the outside becomes wet or
misty and the mist grows heavier
and then gathers into drops and
perhaps even runs down the pitcher
to the table.
Now, where does this water come
from? Not through the sides of
the pitcher, that is impossible, but
from the air. We cannot see it,
perhaps, but still it is there. in the
state Of vapor. How came it there?
Did you ever notice after a rain
how in short time the puddles
became dry, and how the moisture
disappeared from the grass and
leaves as soon as the sun shone out
and the wind blew? Or did you
ever notice that if you left a pan
of water out of doors the water
each day grew less and less, until
all was gone and the pan was dry?
All the water that was in tie
puddles. on the grass and l,aves
(except that which soaked into the
ground and in the pan was taken
up as vapnr into the air-has "evap-
GRATED" as we say. The same thing
happens when water boils, only il
then evaporates more rapidly, and
we can see the vapor rising as steam.
If you live near a river, or in a
country where there are brooks,
perhaps you can see this evapora-
tion actually taking place Get up
early some morning, before the sun
rises, and look out towards the
river. You may see long line of
mist or fog, like big white cloud.
hanging over the water. Now, this
mist is only the water evaporating
from the river and is just now visi-
BILE as fog because the air is. cool.
After the sun has shone, the air
becomes warmed and the fog dis
appears, but the evaporation goes
on, nevertheless. Indeed, it is 60
ing on continually Y, and al over the
earth so if the water were not re-
turned to Us as rain, snow and dew,
al the oceans, lakes and rivers
would in time dry up and disap
pear. All the trees, grass and plants
would then wither and our beauti-
Ful land would become as dry and
oarched as the great desert of Sa-
lara.-St. Nicholas.
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A Compliment.

Webster said that the highest
compliment ever paid to him while
a Senator was when Dayy Crockett
asked him forrb000 copies of his
speeches to send to his constituents,
Because said the latter. "thes6
arc no big words in them and ny
people can understand them 2
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any gentleman key?' he asked.
Your manager produced his bunch,
and my pal, who had wax in his
palm, while appearing to open his
bag, took likeness of the key of
the safe. There's the secret for YOU"
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The richest child in America is
said to be May Sharpless, little
miss of 8 years, who is worth So
O0O, 900 in her own right. Ex-Gov.
Leon hbbett, Of New Jersey, is her
guardian, her father being dead.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-05-05

AS you raise them so you have
them-except occasionally in poker.
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rrvsrosE is the legal newspaper OF
The hsl -;nss Creek, Wood River and
v ss1n s,ooth Mining Districts
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~Payable in advance.
ing rates furnishd on application.