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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
FEMININE Loelc.
She Had Both the Law and Grammar
on the Election Inspector.

Mrs. Anna P. Johnson and Mrs.
Grace Devide entered place of
registry in Lexington avenue, near
One Hundred and Fifteenth street,
New York, and CONSERVATION fell
on the Inspectors. Perhaps they
thought that it was the Mrs. John
son who had succeeded in register
ing down town. Mrs. Johnson, who
was apparently born to be lawyer,
went to the point at once, saying:
"This lady wants to register"
"She can't, because she is
woman" replied the chief inspector.
"Show me the law, replied Mrs.
Johnson. And she says that the
inspector showed her an old "chest-
NUT which rambled on in prosy
way about male citizens who are
entitled to VOTE" etc.
"But," retorted the adroit young
woman, ''the Constitution of the
United States defines voters as per-
sons Are we not persons2" And
the inspector gallantly admitted
that the ladies were persons.
'Now we will take your own au-
thority, John J. O'Brien," continued
Mrs. Johnson, triumphantly. Mr..
O'Brien, chief Of the Election Bu-
reau, says in his manual, which
gives practical hints to inspectors
of registration: "To entitle per-
son to vote, he must be twenty-one
years old Now, we are persons,
and, furthermore, Harvey's gram
mar-here it is-states that usage
has sanctioned the employment of
he his and him as a common
pronoun."
These tactics, Mrs. Johnson says
staggered the inspector, but he re-
fused to register Mrs. Devide or any
other woman, but Mrs. Johnson in
sisted that he should give his reas-
ons In writing. She shows this
statement from the inspector:
81 refuse to Register a Lady on
the ground that l know Of no Law
requiring me to do So"
Mrs. johnson indorsed this state
ment as follows: .a...
"This man has signed himself as
an ignoramus on the law and gram
mar.-Chicago Mail.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

THE production and use of OPT
um, alcoholic liquors and tobacco
has attained such vast proportions
as to demand the most earnest con-
siderations of political economy.
Their effects upon the physical and
moral welfare of those who use
them are receiving the attention of
christian philanthropists. The eff
fects of opium smoking, and of
other narcotics, are physical and
moral. Acting upon and through
the body, they reach the soul.
While one is disordered in it's func-
tions and wastes away, the other is
corrupted and degraded. The ap-
petite for the fascinating poison
grows stronger and stronger, the
moral perception becomes blunted,
the sensibilities deadened; and
finally the qualification of the NOR
bid appetite becomes the controll-
ing motive of every act and pur-
pose. The highest duties to self,
to the family, to the community
and to the country, must all give
place to the Unsuitable demand of
the morbid appetite. Through the
brain the whole morbid system is
effected; through the heart the en-
tire circulation Of the blood; and
through the stomach the entire di-
gestive and assimilative apparatus
is influenced. The excitement and
depression are temporary, but the
arrangement of the different func-
tons of the body is permanent in
cases of habitual indulgence. Alco-
hol and narcotics first excite the
intellectual faculties, then depresses
and finally weakens them. The
use of stimulants is often re-
sorted to when it is desired to put
forth special effort, and those who
are accustomed to either opium,
alcohol or tobacco must have their
usual supply or the mind will not
act. Stimulants are also used to
brace up the mind to deeds from
which it would otherwise shrink.
Every christian man or woman
must unite with one voice that these
undeniable facts prove that the use
of alcohol, opium and tobacco IS
useless, injurious and sinful.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
BIG FARM IN DAKOTA.
Thirteen Thousand Acres Under Sue.
cessful Cultivation.

The big Grandin wheat farm in
Dakota comprises about 10000
acres, of which 1900 are under
cultivation. 11,OO0a acres being sown
to wheat. There are used on the
farm forty-fve gang-plows, two
plows in gang, each cutting four
teen to fifteen inches. There are
forty-fve gang harrows. These are
six feet square, but are arranged to-
gether side by side to work twenty
four feet wide. One long evener
draws the four with pair of mules
near each end. One man drives
both teams. The advantage of this
system is worthy of notice by other
farmers. 1t reduces the number of
men usually required by one-half.
There are forty-four broadcast SOW
ers, sowing eight feet each, but two
of these are attached end to end
with a span of mules before each,
and one man drives both spans,
another saving of half the man
force. There are sixty-five self
binding harvesters employed on the
place. Modern improvements have
so perfected these that only one ex-
pert is required for the whole, espe-
cially since the experienced work
men on the machine are kept from
year to year, and they are able to
attend to any little repairs. The
harvesters are drawn by three mules,
and one and one-ha1f to two men
are required to shock the bundles
from each machine. The threshers,
of which there are six, are quite
extensive affairs compared with
those of former times or with those
Of the fails or the animals on the
threshing floor Of our boyhood.
Each one of these machines, driven
by steam power, threshes out from
1900 to 1000 bushels a day. They
are set down in the center of a hun
dred acres Of shocks, and when
those are threshed are moved to the
center Of another hundred acres.
The working force on a single
thresher forms quite little army.
Thus, there is, first, the general su-
perintendent, eight bundle teams to
haul the shocks, with eight drivers
and eight other men, part in the
field and part at the machine as
pitchers and unloaders. At the
machine two men are required SIM
ply to cat the band. There are
three feeders-two at work and an
alternate. Then there are the en-
gineer, the fireman, the waterman,
the ''straw bucker," who with two
mules and a pole removes the straw
accumulating before the machine,
a barn man to care for the animals
and the cook and his assistant. The
wheat is received into wooden tanks
holding 100 bushels each, and four
men with four wagons drawn by
four mules each, one tank wagon at
the machine and three on the road,
take the wheat to the elevators.
This saves bags and bagging. 1t
will thus be seen that there is
force of thirty men employed to
run a single Misunderstanding
World
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

We would like to suggest to all
those who are members of the w.
c. T. U. that it is imperative for
you to be present at the regular
Saturday afternoon meetings Of our
society, except in cases Of absolute
necessity to the contrary. Each
one, when they joined, pledged
themselves to devote one hour every
week to the cause of temperance.
Our society is not purely a social
gathering, but christian organiza-
ton, attendance upon which is
matter of duty, not inclination.
Without you, no plans can be con-
sidered, nor any good whatever ac-
complished. No society can do it's
work if there is not the unity of
action which there must be to in
sure success. You help the cause
for which we are all laboring sim
ply by being in your places ready
to vote upon propositions and to
discuss any subjects that may come
before the meeting. If each mem
Der will only feel an individual re-
sponsibility, our good work will 60
on and be known by the fruits it
shall bears Now is the accepted
time for each and every one with
united hands and hearts to help
keep open the portals of our Tenn
perance Union, so that the light
may shine upon the rocks of dan
ger, toward which so many of our
fellow-beings are slowly but surely
drifting.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
WHEN MEN CROSS THEIR LEGS

Men usually cross their legs when
there is least pressure on their
minds. You will never find man
actually engaged in business with
his legs crossed, The limbs at those
times are straighter than at other
time, because the mind and body
work together. A man engaged in
auditing accounts will never cross
his legs, neither will a man who is
writing an article, or who is en-
ployed in any manner where his
brain is atually engaged. When at
work in a sitting posture the limbs
naturally extend to the floor in a
perfectly straight line. A man may
cross his legs if he is sitting in an
office chair discussing some propo-
sition with another man, but the
instant he becomes really in earn
est and perceives something to be
gained his limbs uncross quick as
flash, he bends forward toward
his neighbor and begins to use his
hands. That is phase that l be-
lieve you will always observe.
Men often cross their legs at pub
lie meetings, because they go there
to listen or to be entertained they
are not the factors in the perform
ance, and they naturally place
themselves in the most comfortable
position known to them, namely,
leaning we'll back in their chairs
and crossing their legs. A man
always crosses his legs when he
reads newspaper, but is more apt
to lie down when he reads a book.
He reads the paper, of course, to
inform himself, but at the same
time the perusal of its contents is
recreation to him, and his body
again seeks its position of relaxa-
ton. When a man is reading a
newspaper and waiting for his
breakfast his legs are always crossed
but as soon as his breakfast is
brought to him he puts the paper
aside, straightens out his legs and
goes to work-that is to eat-his
mind now turning on the duties of
the day before him.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtootll
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
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 it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
rather not-well, NO, there. But I
positively decline to give my reason
for forming such an opinion"
THE WORLD WOULD BE BETTER WITH

| W. =.
"You ask me, Is divorce a fail
ure" | will answer you frankl,
that | think it is. The world woul(
be better without the temptation
of the divorce CODE"
ADVANTAGES OF A DIVORCE.
II can't see," she said, show ther,
could be two minds as to the ad
vantages of divorce. A first mar
riage may be a matter of impulse
or of temporary emotional eberra
tion-call it what you will. Blu
when the element of incompatible
ity developes after a little while, a.
it usually does in such cases, there
can be no dout that such measures
as are invoked to sever the hateful.
tie are deliberately and thought
fully taken. Divorce has, there
fore this distinct advantage, that
what follows is guided by the eye
of experience.
For myself, I have been exceed
ingly happy in my second marriage
| have a small but very happy fam
lily of children, and husband who
realizes all that is possible in chiv.
we'll, | did not, that is sufficient.
lived out my life with my first-ah
alrous and devoted man. Had
uru.r r,p ,rcN nr1Nr ou1r
The men who were interviewed
did not discuss the matter as fully
as the women. One society man,
who is now apparently happily re-
married, said: Il consider divorce
the most inestimable blessing. In
the bright lexicon of the Divorce
Code there is no such word as fail
ure." Another gentleman said :
LET people find out for them
selves" Being pressed, however,
for a decided answer, he confined
himself to one word" No."
The next gentleman was found
at,the Union Club, and he responded
with alacrity:
is divorce a failure? "Well /
should think not, indeed. My wife
was a terror. She read the Riot
Act six times week regularly, and,
my Lord, how she did talk ! Young
man, it was a lucky day for me
when got my divorce. I've grown
fat on it. Failure? Not much !'
The President of an ice company
replied: "You must remember that
it is cold day when an ice man
gets left"
A well-known Judge received the
reporter with marked GOODNESS and
the observation: "You must per-
NIT me, sir, to be my own judge"
A millionaire brewer dismissed
the inquisitive interviewer with the
remark g | am not in the business
of enter taining the public"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

GENIUS hovers with his sunshine
and music close to the darkest and
deafest ares. The world is young
the former great men. call to us
affectionately. We, too, must write
Bibles, to unite again the heavens
and the earthly world. The secret
of genius is to suffer no fiction to
exist for US; to realize all that we
know; in the high refinement OF
modern life, in arts, i'll science, IN
books, in men, to exact good faith,
reality and a purpose and hrst,
last, midst and without end, to
honor every truth by use.
REPRESENTATIVE MEN.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
A Sudden Death.

Kentucky Coroner: eyes, the pa
pers found upon the deceased prove
that he was Colonel Blood" Wit
ness: "There was also a quart
bottle found in one of his pockets"
Coroner: "Was the bottle empty2"
Witness: "No, sir, it was full
hadn't been touched" Coroner:
"Poor fellow, he must have died
without moment S warning.-Life.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

It has been found that goose
can bear the weather until the mer-
curry falls to 81 degrees below zero,
but succumbs if it goes lower. It
takes fall of IL degrees more to
kill wild duck: 80
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

THE SALooN1sr's SIGN.-There is
an old story to the effect that a
drunken man having fallen down
on the steps of a saloon, q small
boy opened the door and called IN
to the proprietor, II say, Mister,
yer signs fell down."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

Much of the so-called ivory now
in use is simply potato. A good
sound potato, washed in diluted
sulphuric acid, then boiled in the
same solution and,then slowly dried,
is all ready to be turned into but
tons, poker chips and innumerable
other things that ivory was used
for once upon q time.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
TERRITORY OF IDAHO.

TERRITORY OF IDAHO,
l. lrs, county of Alturas. 3d.
asned bon;; Lewis, President of the above.
ssboye s,osank, do solemnly swear that the
saovledpse e.nent an5 Is true to the best of nv
,.SrbycrihoaaS aaSaAC l. LEWIS, President.
pb dav .peo and sworn to before nne th;s
04y OF October, 1858. ~ 'eioie me 'h's
Correct attn. NJ. Snow, Notary Public.
, H. c. LEWIS,
geo J. LEWIS,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

A hired man struck because he
had worked thirty days fora farmer
and had been served with ninety
meals of griddle-cakes during that
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

A toadstool will lift $40 pounds
Of solid weight while growing and q
common cabbage head will buret
slaves thick as those used in pork
barrels.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

Three thousand men are at work
in Chicago at raising a 6-story
building six feet five inches. 1t
will cost $4,000.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
Prcsident-MRs. w. H. BRopHEAp.

President-MRs. w. H. BRoDHEAp.
MRS. T. w. GILLETTE.
Vice Presidents Mrs. !, |; LEWIS.
Mrs. 8. H. R1TCH1E.
Cor. Secretary-M1ss SARA VAN WoRMER
Rec. Secretary-MRs. MARY RIrcH1E.
Treasurer-MRs. T. T. HUNTINGDON
Sup't Children's Work-MRs. s. H. R1rcn1E
Sup't Evangelical Work-MRs l. /. LEWIS
Sup't Press Work-MRs. L. c.. TUCKER.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

Distinctions of Sex.-The rooster
is positive bird, and the hen an
eggative one.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

The FIRST directory of the city Of
New York was published in 1885,.
and contained but $40 names.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

There never was q neck 90 laecA
but q collar could be made to ft Is.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

was so rich in donations that it was
plundered of 100000, and Nero
carried away 200 statues. The walls
Of Rome were 13 miles round
From our World and Its Wonders.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

THE Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union Society of Ketchum
meets every Saturday at 8 P. NJ. at
Union Church. All are invited.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
PROFESSIONAL.
a 4. PINkHAM.

rropyEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum, Idaho.
Ino.astipps in all the Courts OF the Ter
~ y tCOnyeyancing and procuring OF
s,t1t. tt. specially.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01
RESOURCES
AT KETCHUM,

IL 'ae Territory OF Idaho, at the close Of
business, October 4, 1888:
RESOURCES
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

"You ask me, is divorce fail
ure" | will answer you frankly
that | think it is. The world would
be better without the temptations
of the divorce CODE"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-12-01

aWell, : oh, I would really
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-21
THE READING STRIKE
DISCUSSED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE On
COMMERCE
The C,nm..!se Evenly Divided Is to the Pr0Pueiy
Of aa Oho.a Inquiry Considered Again
On luesday--Ih5 K. U /.
vii bs Heard

WAsHlNUrUN, January 20 The sub
ecl OF the Reading strike came up before
the House Committee On Commerce to-day
through a request by the subcommittee to
which had been referred the Anderson
resolution. providing Tor III inquiry into
the strike, that it De discharged from the
further consideration Of the matter As u
reason tor making this request, the sub
committee stated tua. it REGARDED the sub
ect as vur .! such gravity Gs to demand
consideration at the hands Of the tuil com-
mittee. After Il short discourse the request
was granted. and an earnest debate CnsuCC
upon the merits OF the proposition,
II appears that the Committee is pretty
evenly divided, number OF lis members
iavGriug an immediate inquiry into the
strike, while perhaps ~ many more take
the ground that if the strika concerns any
thing more than private interests and is
properly "a subject tor Investigation by tie
Government the inquiry should be made
by the lnter Stale Commerce Commission,
which has jurisdiction il public rights nTe
concerned Ihrmat,rI will br further cuI-
s.d,rvI neat Tuesday, when al effort will
be made tD dispose ul Ike resolution. II is
understood delegation rom the Is. OF j..
will try to sycurr n hearing upon that day
10 present their side Ci tn case
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-21
CHAIRMAN MILLS ILL.
A Mental Strain that Frustrated the Demo.
cratic Leader.

cratic Leader.
WASHINGTON, January 9J.--A rumCr
was IN circulation las, evening thsi Rep.
reseutaGye Mills, Chairman Of the House
Ways and Means Committee was lying
very i'll al his residence ON street.
Following so closely upon Speake, Car
isles sudden prostration, the report
created q decided sensation. Inquiries,
however, developed the fact that the re,
port was greatly exaggerated.
Mr. Mills bas been under steady men.
I'd stra,u, secoud only To that experienced
by tba Speaker eyrr-tu,, the ronyenIug OF
Congress Ills position a. chairman ofthe
most important committee OF the House,
and the leader OF the Democratic side, has
hrOUgh, upon him duties ol the most ardu-
ous nature For the past ten days he ha-
not been himself, and the frequent out
bursts ut peIulance on the floor Of the
House have simply evidenced the fact that
lie has placed too severe strain upon his
mental faculties
Mr.. Mills was firsI taken i'll last Tues
try. lie complained ui sleeping poorly
the uight before, and suffered from severe
headache throughout the day. That night
h- lu~t much sleep aud Yesterday was con.
tuci tu his he'd. Dr. Sewers. who IS IN
attendance upon him says. Nh. Mills is
ui .uilefiug lCuW any definite trouble.
. iia mental faculties are much exhausted,
and Il i7 only by giving them absolute
. rest tina: hr yau hope 10 restore lhrm IL,
/ uas seriously oyrrw0rkyd himself ol late
and the time has arrived when be must
ease tine strain. hope that bv careful
. treatment he may be able to be about in 9
/ lew days
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-21
BFI.I,AIRF,

Murkmrm are setting the mcm HE alarm
IN place on the city building The old bell
looks like a pigmy as compared with tbc
ward hose house.
There Was Il little hIec1s III luivu
street saloon yesterday afternoon ! ~.
vOlver was drawn, but no one was serious
ly hurt.
The t. q. X. NJ. yayc a bail IN Iuncr
Hall last night
For the late fire on Thirty second street
Blum Brog. have received $40 Insurance.
Mrs. /oscl;leI 5000. anG .. {. Henry $2G
David Tarr and Miss annie Srhunk have
been married.
The funeral Of Mr.. NJ Hayden viii tak.
place this morning.
Mr.. BENNETT, Chlcl UI th, Cleveland lur
Department, wI- III town yr-irldty. The
gentleman Inspected The public huiIdiGg
and gave i H. his OpiD,o on that the build
Ing should be Lraced before the new bel i
put up. The edihce has big crack ia il
on the north side. aud it i- supposed "a
have bsen done by uuging the old fire
alarm.
Marshal Darby was il Whccliur y.stci
day attending the funeral Of Officer Glenn
One Of oUf cOuHc,lmru threatened to
shoot one Of our prO'uln,n. hail E!ayCs
yesterday afternoon
Mr. Burkhart, Oi Wheeling, who wa~ u,
the city Lacking Tor his runaway daughter
went home without her. The female -
but sixteen years Old.
Charles king, Of Belmont, vas arrested
place. King afterwards managed 10 make
his rsrap", but a couple Of officers rc.
arrested him at Glencoe and took HIM
home. where he will be- compelled {" d"
the night tging by the ladg ho has "rougrd.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-21
OUT OF TULLAMORE.
IRRLAND'S PATRIOTIC EDITOR FREE FRO&
PRISON
A Grand Demonstration Grses The Leader 81 DgoA2
He Advises tks People 70 Stand
Pirm-H!s Health Shattered
By Prison Life.

ADUBLIN, January 2U.-Mr William
O'Brien, NJ. P, and editor Of United Ire
land, who has been confined in prison since
October 81, was released from Tullamore
Jail to-day.
Mr.. Wm. OBrien arrived in this city
this evening He was greeted at the rail,
way station by an immense crowd, which
included many members OF Parlis
ment, and a large number OF priests
On alighting from the train he
entered the Lord Mayors carriage aud VS.
driven to hotel, followed by long pro
cession. The paraders carried torches
and marched to the music OF several
bands.
Mr.. O'Briens looks denote that his con
stitution is shattered and his physicians
insist that he should 20 10 the south oI
France lCr the benefit OF his health.