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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03

'-Uriice hoy Ito editor)-"Pleass, sir'
there's man outside what wants to
sea- YER" Ed.-''Wel. did he send his
cardp" o. B-''No; guess he ain
got any card. He amt got any boots
or collar" Ed.-''Ah. Il literary gen
tleman. Show him right in. Joe. "
n. Y. World.
Merchant tailor-"I am sorry to
saw it, Mr.. G,odheart. but as this Is To
be- your wedding suit | must demand
cash on delivery" Mr.. Goodheart--
| "Eh? Why, I've had an account with
you for years. and I've always paid
promptly to the hour. the hour sir
"Yes, Mr. loodheart, but you were
bachelor and had the handling OF va1r
own money. N, Y. Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03

American Indians use rising smoke
TO give signals to distant friends.
small fire is started, and. as soon as
it burns up, grass and leaves are
heaped on the top of it. Thus large
column of steam and smoke rises. BY
covering the fire with a blanket, the
lndians interrupt the rising OF the
smoke Mt regular intervals and the
successive clouds are used for convey
ing messages.
Telegraph poles are preserved In
Norway by making an auger hole
about two feet from the ground, III
which four or five ounces OF sulphate
of copper in course crystals are placed
and plugged in. The chemical is grad
ually absorbed by the wood until its
whole outer surface turns greenish
hue The sulphate requires an occs>
sional renewal and is said to be per-
feet preservatiye. -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03
~. Knew Everything.

Agent-Sir. let me sell you n set of the En-
.,,ls,n,eaia Britannica. in twenty four vol
umes- 800 - sec
Mir polley dnterruptngl-l have no use
for il AT all, nv man. have Just grauua'eu
from college. New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03
They We're Both Queer.

A young man with a bad scalp-wound
called at the office of a Lafayette ave-
nue. doctor yesterday to have it dressed.
and the doctor queried:
Have him arrested for it?'
No"
Got away, eh?"
NO
Wont you have him arrestedP
No
you must be queer"
Il am. So is my wife. We nave
been married only six weeks, and she
gave me this because l couldn't give
her three dollars. Detroit Free Press-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03

A Chicago paper asks the question; rs
,orse racing perniciousi" 1t undoubtedly IS
Won bet on the wrong horse -ri''Spu'S
Chronicle Telegraph.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03
A Rural Milk Shake.

Pretty Summer Boarder-oh' "ear' !
wish had IA milk shake this hot DAY
Enamored Farmers Boy guess you can
uiss; I'll set the dog on one oil 'ne COWS
pnrlinytou Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03

.once of a Government
Eaamster in Nebraska
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03

.,on. rwlsters Were - Terrible
xs.r. Ago AS Now-The "a'"
IONA sublime spec
"S ,. The Stsmpeds.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Red a Lucky Color.

Red was considered very potent
in warding off the evil eye. In a
time of trouble, when the evil eye
was especially triumphant, all the
red tape in a certain county of En-
gland was bought up to ward off
its baleful influence. The remains
of this superstition still prevail, for
many people believe that a red
string around the neck is an excel
lent remedy for asthma, measles
and mumps.
The preservation of faith in red
still exists, as is shown in the great
confidence which obtains in the
medical virtues of red flannel and
in the belief that the milk Of the
red COW is better than that of cow
of another color. The German peas
ant, if he cuts himself, thinks he
shameless the blood better with
red ribbon. This may be accounted
for not only only because of tradi-
ton, but the fact that blood would
not form so startling a contrast
when wetting a red ribbon as when
wetting a white one.
A Southern friend tells me that
the negroes make doll of red fan
mel, with the five needles stuck in
it crosswise, and place it inside of
a child's bed or mattress to keep
off all of the diseases to which child
rem are subject.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
BUSINESS HABITS.

Every girl should learn business
habits at home while under her pa
rents control, says a writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle. The mother who
prefers to keep her daughter at home
should pay her for transacting do
mestic duties as regularly as father
would pay his son whom he took
into his store or Office as clerk.
The money she has earned she
should be allowed to spend with as
little criticism as possible, but de-
fcit should never be made up, and
a bill should never be permitted.
The cash system is the solution OF
the problem of domestic economy.
It sets at rest forever the idea that
perhaps at the end of the month
two and two make FIVE, and it COM
pels the buyer to estimate the exact
value of the thing bought. Two
young men were once looking at
the moon and estimating it's appar-
ent size. One said it looked as
small as a silver dollar. II tell
you," said the other impecunious
youth, dollar looks bigger to me
than any moon that ever shone.'
If we hold the dollar near enough
to the eye it will shut out many
moons.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Poultry Transportation.

A palace poultry car is the latest
development of luxury in railway
transportation. The idea of carry
ing live poultry hundreds or even
thousands of miles comfortably and
with ample arrangements for feed
ing is by no means absurd. In fact
the manner in which live fowls are
packed into small coops and allowed
to suffer for food and drink while
on their way to market is often an
example of cruelty which ought to
be punished. Some Chicago men
of railway experience have had one
or two cars constructed SO as to
contain large number of separate
coops with wire partitions, giving
room for the fowls to move about
and with arrangements for supply
ing the passengers with food and
drink and passage ways by which
each coop can be reached. Thota-
sands of chickens can be carried in
one of these cars across the CONT
nent in good condition. In fact,
one of the projectors of the idea
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Saw His Own Ear.

A caller at the office of DR.. F. nj.
Wilson on a recent morning was
Julian H. Sterling, artist, Journalist
and official draughtman of the Hou-
satonic Railroad system. His mis-
sion was to consult the doctor about
one of his eyes, which had been
paining him intensely for an hour
or two previous. The doctor as
cribed the irritation to the presence
of some foreign substance, and
when a superficial examination
failed to locate it, he determined it
would be necessary to take the eye
out. To this the patient agreed.
DR.. Wilson temporarily deprived
the organ of all feeling by spraying
it with cocaine, and then forced out
the eyeball. A cinder was found
to be the cause of the trouble. This
was removed and the eye replaced
in it's socket.
The operation was entirely pain
less, but the feature about it which
struck the subject as absolutely lu-
dicrous was the fact that while the
eyeball was lying on his cheek he
could see with it the ear on that
side, the power of vision being fully
retained. With the other eye he
also obtained a full view of the eye
that was resting on his cheek. The
cocaine caused a dilation of the
pupil to nearly twice it's natural
size, and this condition remained
for some time after the operation.
-BridgepOrt Farmer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
How to Judge q Woman's Shape.

Bolossy KiraAy, who is probably
the best judge of a chorus girls
shape, says he can tell to dot the
size and shape of woman's limb
by looking at her hand. The method
he employs is simple, and in detail
is substantially as follows: The
knuckle joint shows the size Of the
hip, the second joint the shape and
size of the knee, and the first joint
the height of the instep; the tip of
the nail shows the length of the foot,
the wrist, compared with the width
of the open hand, shows the size of
the waist, and the amount of flesh
on the fatty part of the thumb in
dicates the size of the calf. He says
that he is seldom deceived by this
and is thus enabled to select his
chorus without the necessity of
donning Aeshings to test their eli
gibility. He says that he would
prefer girls for his chorus who have
done hard work, that is if they have
any shape or beauty at all. They are
usually we'll developed and muscu-
lar, and what flesh there is on them
is solid and firm. They can stand
any amount of dancing, and do
not tire of long travelling.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Cooperative Cooking.

A plan for cooperative cooking
depot is suggested in England. 1t
is that shares be taken by the in
habitants of certain locality to
hire suitable premises for a cooking
depot, to supply 100 families with
daily dinners. It should be fitted
with labor-saving and economical
appliances food purchased whole
sale; two good cooks and four as
sistants be hired. Orders for din
ners should be sent in the day before
they are required. Specially made
cans, or carts, heated, should de-
liver to each house the prepared
food, and in reference to this it is
suggested that large tin box might
|.be fitted with compartments and
the dinner Of a family placed in it
so that the contents might be kept
hot, and each course taken out as
it is to be served. The advantages
claimed are, a saving of money in
the wages and board of a cook, and
the fuel consumed for cooking pur-
poses, in the cost of food bought at
wholesale, in the saving of a waste
that goes on to a greater or less
extent in every household; and
last but not least, in the saving of
time and thought for the mistress
of the house that may be more val
uably employed in other ways for
the benefit of her family and others.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Sherman's War Signals.

The following story is told of
General Sherman, the time being
just after his failure to break Joe
Johnston's front at Kenesaw Noun
tain: "It was plain that more flank
ing must be done, SO the Great
Flanker' ordered General Cox's di-
vision of the Tweaty-third Corps
to make detour and threaten the
enemy's left. This involved o long
march and General Sherman made
his way to the top of long hill,
where We were lying, to enable him
to overlook the country and see op-
erations better. He sat on a stump
with a map spread out on his knees,
and was giving Gen. Cox directions
as to his line of march. After doing
this he mounted his horse and rode
away, but after having gone a little
distance, he shouted back: See here
Cox, burn a few barns occasionally
as you go along. / can't understand
those signal flags, but | know what
smoke means. '"-Inter Ocean.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
How to Construct q Novel.

A Canoe township correspondent
wants to know how to write short
love story. Write it like all the
rest of them are written. First let
your hero fall desperately in love
with your heroine. Then manage
to have him struck on the head by
a pile-driver or something of that
sort. After which he will be car
ried in an insensible condition to
the residence of her whom his soul
loveth. In about three weeks he
will open his eyes and exclaim
"Where am II"
And the heorine, who has been
nursing him all the while, will an
swer in sweet, soft tones: "You are
here with me, Charley, and l am so
glad" Then he rapidly RECEIVERS
and they get married. You can put
in the variations to suit yourself,
using either accident or typhoid
fever with which to PROSTATE your
hero. But you must down him
somehow. That is Imperative
Punxsatawaney Spirit.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12

sleeve. General Hooker's lost arm
was on his right side and Major
Powell's on the left. Their remain
ing hands are of the same proper
tions, and they have mutual agree
ment under which they purchase
gloves in common, Major Powell
using all of the rights" and General
Hooker the "lefts." No difficulty
ever occurs between them about the
selection of these gloves, for they
pay little attention to the perennial
changes in modes and fashions.-
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
HOW ARE YOUR FEET?
Useful Hints as to tho Care Of Your
Pedal Extremities.

Faithful care of the feet has more
to do with good looks than mos
young ladies are inclined to believe
They must be kept warm and com
Portable by proper coverings and By
daily bathing and rubbing. Nc
part of the body requires bathing
more than the soles of the feet. The
pores here are very active and should
be kept open. All hardening and
callousing of the feet should be
avoided if possible.
If the feet are given to excessive
perspiration, few drops of ammo.
MIA should be added to their daily
bath of water. If they burn or are
very tender, bathe them in weak
alum water. The water should al.
ways be warm. Cut the nails care.
fully, shorter than the finger nails
If they break, rub on mutton tallow
before going to bed, wrapping the
toes in soft linen cloth.
Corns may be nipped in the bud
by a prompt treatment with kero-
sene oil. Cut the corns down as
much as possible, without making
them sore, then rub on the oil, night
and morning. If the corns make
their appearance between the toes,
wet a piece of tissue paper with the
kerosene, and put this between the
toes over the corns. Keep it there
all day while the feet are dressed,
and renew it night and morning. II
the corns are young, they will speed
lily vanish. Those of long stand
ing will hold out longer, but finally
succumb.
The beauty of the foot does not
depend, as so many think, upon its
small size, but rather upon its slen-
derness, height of instep, and per-
feet arch, and upon it's frmness and
coloring. Beauty is opposed to q
tight boot.
Any foot looks better when the
shoe fits perfectly than when either
too tight or too loose. A tight boot
makes the face red, not a pretty
flush which might be welcome, but
a dull, purplish red, which is not
at all becoming. But a very loose
boot is almost as bad for corns as a
tight one, as the rubbing will pro
duce hard spots.
Moderate heels should be worn.
It is not easy to walk in shoes with
no heels at all, and high heels are
not only uncomfortable and bad for
the health, but they destroy all
grace of movement.
If the feet are long and slender,
wear font-lace or button shoes. II
short and plump, boots laced at the
side will make them look more
slender.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
The HamiltOn.Burr Duel,

Greene Washington, a great
great grand : nephew of George
Washington, has recently described
the Hamilton-Burr duel as it was
seen by his grandfather, Captain
Fitz Hughes, in the following words :
"When Captain Hughes discov-
cred that his friends had gone to
fight, he took a boat and couple
of slaves-both of them good oars
men-and rowed as fast as posi-
BILE to the battle ground. He got
there in time to see the fight occur
as follows, but not to stop it, as was
his hope. Hamilton and Burr were
each to fire twice or thrice at one
another. At the word of command
for the first fire Hamilton fired at
Burr and Burr fired in the air
Hamilton, of course, missing Burr
but at the second firing Hamilton
fred in the air and Burr shot Ham
ilton. Hamilton thought Burr meant
to kill him as he meant to kill Burr
therefore Hamilton at the first firing
aimed to shoot Burr. Burr deem
ing that Hamilton would, of course,
at the next shot, endeavor again to
shoot him, of course changed his
tactics and shot Hamilton. Ham
ilton wishing not to be outdone by
Burr and presuming that Burr
would again make no effort to shoot
him, fired his pistol in the air
This is the true history of the duel
fought by these two great men,"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Interesting Experiment.

An interesting experiment is re-
ported from one of the Leipzig hos
pitals. Pieces of skin from the
bodies of several white persons were
some time since grated upon ne
gro under treatment. These trans
planted fragments gradually be-
came darker and darker, finally as
suming the same color as the rest
of the patients skin. That 'circum-
stance induced the further expert
ment of grating black skin on a
white body. That was fourteen
weeks ago. After a few weeks the
transplanted piece began to whlten
and now it is impossible to marx
any difference of color between 1t
and the rest of the body.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
THE ART OF QUARREL1NG.

The first words of a quarrel, which
are generally too trifing to be re-
membered, are like the few sparks
that fall upon the dry leaves of the
forest. The angry retort is the puff
of wind that blows them into a
fame. Then the mischief is done,
past recall. Then two hearts, friend
ly few moments before, are full of
anger. Then words are spoken
which may be forgiven but hardly
forgotten, and the friendship is
seldom quite as it was before. Hence
the old saying, ut is the second
word that makes the quarrel" That
second word usually wounds the
pride of the self-love Of him to whom
it is addressed. 1t may take a form
that implies doubt Of the others
veracity-a dire offense to any one
not wholly debased. Often it in
sinuates a low, small, unworthy
motive. Sometimes the madening
word is a truth, as when Brutus
told Cassius he had an Itching
palm to sell his Office for gold. J"
Cassius was so enraged that he
cried:
You know that you are Brutus that speak this,
o.. by the gods. this speech were else your last
Ugly truths must sometimes be
spoken, but not when two persons
are bound by interest and duty to
avoid quarreling. Another most
irritating retort is one which at
tributes cowardice. Courage and
truthfulness being the very founda-
tions of respectable character, a
remark which conveys an intima-
ton of want of either is a sure
provocation of quarrel. There are
tones in the voice which cannot be
described, but every reader, unless
he is a high-class saint, has used
them in the early moments of
quarrel. The most innocent thing
in the world may be said in such a
way as to rasp and humiliate, par
ticularly if it be accompanied by
certain look out of the eyes. Human
beings, old or young, never appear
in so poor and mean a light as when
they are quarreling. A family quar-
rel is among the most sorrowful and
vulgar of all displays of human in
trinity. Among people living in
the same house. sitting three times
day at the same table, being to.
gether in the evening, working to-
gether in the daytime, all possess
ing a nervous system and tender
self-love, it must needs be that Of
fensives come. Irritating words
will be unintentionally spoken; ex-
pected attentions will be omitted
the material of a quarrel will fire.
quently be created. Two things
should be borne in mind by every
inmate: One is, that it takes two
persons, at least, to make quar-
rel; the other, that the quarrel usuS
ally dates from the second word
Youths Companion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12

says that on the journey to Califor-
MIA they willlay nearly eggs enough
to pay the freight! With such an
inducement, added to the economy
Of space, the saving of the cost Of
the ordinary clumsy wooden coops
and the healthful and happy con-
dition in which the fowls will arrive
at market for consumption the pal
ace-chicken-car idea certainly has
many things to commend it.-Rail-
Way Age.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
WHEN WOMEN SHOULD MARRY.
Years When Youth, Health and Vigor
are in Highest Perfection.

Probably the best time for the av'
erage women to marry would be any
age between "a and 81, says the
Hospital. It is not said that nc
woman should marry earlier or later
than either of these ages, but youth
and health and vigor are ordinarily
at their highest perfection between
these two periods. Early marriages
are seldom desirable for girls, and
that for many reasons. The brain
is immature; the reason is feeble
and the character is uniformed. The
consideration which would prompt
girl to marry at II would in many
cases have little weight with her at
"a. At II she is a child, at "a a
woman.
Where a girl has intelligent par
ents the seven years between II and
"a are the period when mind and
body are most amenable to wise
discipline, and best repays the
thought and toll devoted to their
development. Before II few girls
have learned to understand what
life is, what discipline is, what duty
is. They cannot value what is best
either in the fathers wisdom or in
the mothers tenderness. When
married at that childish period they
are like young recruits taken fresh
from the farm and the workshop
and hurried off to long campaign
without any period of preliminary
drill and training, or like a school
boy removed from a school to Gu
racy without being sent to a uni
versity or to theological hall.
Who can help grieving over a
child-wife, especially if she have
children and a husband who is an
experienced and possibly exacting
boy-man? The ardor of his love
soon cools; the visionary bliss of
her poetical imagination vanishes
like the Summer mist; there is
nothing left but disappointment
and wonder that what promised to
be so beautiful and so long day
should be clouded almost before
sundoWn.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12

to every portion of his land. Mr..
Whiteside, the inventor, is operating
a lime quarry at Kirkendall, but
will shortly place the business in
other hands and devote his atten-
ton to the solution of the Montana
water problem. If one-half the re-
ports are correct, Mr.. Whiteside has
brought forth an invention of ines
timable value to the new state.-
Helena Stock Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12

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 1t is IN the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and lcav-
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 invalna-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. SUP
scribe for it, read it, and let your trlenos
read what may benefit them
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Great Expectations.

A Montana man has invented q
machine for lifting water to any de-
sired level. It is said to be an inn
proved imitation of the Archime-
dean screw. Canals, built at great
expense, will be unnecessary if this
device will accomplish all that is
claimed for it. From q well or
stream 200 feet below the level of
his farm the ranchman can easily
conduct water to the higher levels
and through ditrhes or aqueducts
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12

A German scientist wishes to de-
termine by means of photography,
if the moon is inhabited, and it is
said that the King Of Wurtemburg
has decided, in order to solve this
interesting problem, to cause to be
made, in the best possible condi-
ton, photographs of the moon;
then to enlarge the negative one
hundred thousand times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-12
Would Take All Three.

Moneybags-You say you wish
to marry my daughter. Well, you
know have three, and on the mar
riage of each I shall give her hus-
band $4,000. Which one do you
want? Jack Napes-I'll tell you
what we'll do. You'll move to
Utah and I'll take all three of them
off your hands. I'm willing to do
the square thing.