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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
Clever Minister Winston.

The St. Louis Republic tells this
story Of the Shah and Mr.. Winston,
who briefly represented America in
Persia not long ago. When Mr..
Winston got to Teheran, the Cham
berlain presented to him four ele-
plants in the name of the Shah.
Mr.. Winston who had never seen an
elephant outside of menagerie,
was paralyzed at his situation, but
managed to express his thanks for
the Shah's kindness. After he had
been presented and had assumed
the duties of his office his greatest
official burden was the care of his
elephants. Relief came on the
second day; when the intimation
was politely conveyed that the Shah
expected a present from him. Ger
tainly," said Mr.. Winston, as
smile wreathed his face. II have
only been waiting to secure one
worthy of so great ruler" That
afternoon he proceeded in state to
the palace and presented the Shah
five elephants. The Chamberlain
seemed to regard the animals with
suspicion, but oriental politeness
prevents the inspection of a gift
horse in the mouth; and anyhow
the extra elephant removed all
doubt. "That extra elephant cost
me $780," said Mr.. Winston in tell
ing the story afterward. "But I
considered myself getting out of q
bad scrape cheap at that"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
Handed in by Slug Nine.

When l think of the towel, the
old-fashioned towel, that used to
hang up by the printing house door,
I think that nobody in these days
OF shoddy can hammer out iron to
wear as it wore. The tramp who
abused it, the devil who used it, the
comp. who got at it when these two
were gone, the makeup and fore
man, the editor, poor man, each
rubbed some CRIME off while they
put heap on. In over and under,
twas blacker than thunder, twas
harder than poverty, rougher than
sin; from the roller suspended, it
never was bended, and it tapped on
the wall like a banner of tin. It
grew thicker and rougher and harder
and tougher, and daily put on a
more mixer hue, until one windy
morning, without any warning, it
fell OF the floor and was broken in
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
KETUM ATURAs COUNTY, IDAHO SATURDAY, NOVEMBER M 1889

light wines, which it is becoming
the fashion to serve with dinners in
this country. Hard cider is, how
ever, very deceiving, as any person
will find who indulges in the bev-
erage after the fermentation has
ceased. Captain Harry Stern, a
we'll known steamboatman, tells
how barrel of cider froze solid, all
except about gallon of palatable
liquid in the center of the mass.
He bored an auger hole into the ice
and drank two cupsful of the sweet
liquor, and to use his own words,
"did not know he was alive for a
week after.-St. Louis Star-Sayings.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
How q Voodoo Doctor Works.

The peculiar methods of voodoo
doctor practicing at Madison, Ca,
are thus described: When he be-
gins his practice on a patient he
gets a pot and fills it with water
and roots and puts it on the fire to
boil. When the water boils he gets
out in the floor and shakes himself
and says: "I'm an eagle, Pm a
king-fsher," then goes over lot of
unintelligible incantations. He then
makes the patient look into the pot
of boiling water until he can see
the one who tricked him. The pa
tient is visited frequently at night.
The pot with roots and medicine is
boiled and the patient must under
go a thorough rubbing with the
contents Of the pot, while the doc
tor, doing the rubbing, goes oyer
his incantations.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
Effect of a Single Vote.

Forty years ago Colonel Seaton
then Mayor of the city of Washing.
ton, as was his custom gave large
dinner party at which was present.
In the course of the entertainment,
the Importance of one vote and it's
consequences and good results was,
among other things, the subject of
conversation, and Governor Corwin,
then United States Senator, narrated
in his inimitable manner the fol-
lowing to show, as he said, the bad
results as we'll as the Importance of
one vote and how pig, from whom
the devil had not been cast out,
nearly in his estimation ruined the
country, to-wit.: SIN the spring of
1911, at the annual election in
Rhode Island, in one of the towns
or precincts the voting between the
Federal and Republican, or Demo-
cratic, Peace or War, parties had
been for years very close, not more
than a majority of one or two votes.
The polls closed at 6 o'clock, and a
Federal farmer living a mile or so
distant from the voting place, hav-
ing been busy all day, allowed him
self just barely time to reach the
polls in the evening. He hurriedly
crossed his fields on foot and reach
ing his last, or division fence, found
one Of his valuable pigs fast be-
tween the planks and stopped to
get it out, which he found more diff
ficult than he expected, but he
worked with all his strength to pull
the pig out, and failing in that tried
to pry off plank from the fence,
which, after some time, he succeed
ed in doing, and then started on a
run for the voting place. Just as
he got within 100 feet of it the town
clock struck 6 and the polls closed
without his vote. The result was
that a Democrat, or war representa-
tive from the town, was elected by
one vote. When the General AS
sembly met few weeks afterward
a Democratic, or war, United States
Senator was chosen on joint ballot
by one majority. In 1912 the dec
laration of war with England was
carried in the United States Senate
by one vote. General Jackson was
nominated as a Major General and
confirmed by one vote January 8,
1915. He commanded the army at
the battle of New Orleans, gained a
great victory, became a popular
military hero, and as his reward
was elected and reelected President
Of the United States, turned all the
Wings out of office, removed the
vetoed the National Bank
Dill, and played the devil generally; 4;
and all because that-pig away
up in Rhode Island got fast in a
plank fence. ce.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16

out of the office smacking her lips
as If there was taste upon them
she never encountered before.
After she arrived at home she re-
marked to her mother: "Oh, moth
er, but this posteffice system of
ours is a great thing, developing
more and more every year, and
each new feature added seems to
the best. Jimmie sent me a dozen
kisses along with the money order,
and the postmaster gave me twenty.
1t beats the special delivery system
all hollow"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
The Lowest of Human Beings.

| AC duVCAV164uS CO1uluuS Vi VII
London newspapers have recent
announced that nine canibals from
Terra del Fuego would be fee
three times a day in view Of tn
audience at the Aquarium. At 2
6 and 10 o'clock the spectators have
enjoyed the privilege of seeing thes'
specimens of an extraordinary type
of Americans heat their beef ane
fish over a fire, and then tear the
flesh to pieces with their fingers
and devour it practically raw.
This family of Ona Indians art
the only representatives of theil
large tribe that have ever been taker
from their homes. The thing about
the Onas which most stimulates
scientific interest and popular curl
osity is the fact that they are re.
garded by some authorities as the
lowest stratum of uncivilized hu.
manity that has yet been discov.
cred. This family now in London
seem to possess the most limited vo.
cabulary. Lista said he could not
learn that the Onas have any words
except those relating to hunting
and fishing and the few natural OBJ
jects that interest them. Pepper
could never get them to speak ex-
cept in monosyllables, and they
seldom made themselves intelligi-
BILE. 1t is probable that their vo-
cabulary does not embrace more
than 200 or 800 words.
The brief accounts given in the
London newspapers of these visitors
bear witness that they are blessed
with wonderful appetites. The ex-
plorers who have seen them at home
also testify that when food is scarce
they can endure hunger with re-
markable fortitude. Mr.. Stuben-
rauch, who has a sheep ranch on
the coast, tells a curious story of
a captive Ona girl, about 16 years
old, who fell into his hands while
he was chasing her friends, who
had been stealing sheep. He says
she refused to take any kind Of
food for eight days. On the ninth
day he placed the carcass Of a sheep
beside her. Breakfast then began,
lasted three hours, and when it was
over, as Mr.. Stubenrauch asserts
with great solemnity, the girls body
was swollen to extraordinary di-
mensions and the sheep had almost
entirely disappeared.
Low as the miserable creatures
are in the scale of humanity, it can
hardly be said that some of the
poorest of the Shoshone tribes in
our own latitude occupy much
higher plane. Some of the wretched
natives in Nevada and other parts
of the Great Basin, living in holes
dug in hillsides, or merely sheltered
by brush heaps, greedilv eating
food that most other savages reject,
are Enthusiastically the poorest speci-
mems of mankind in North America.
AS the Western historian, Bancroft,
says, tits hardly possible to conceive
l lower phase of humanity.-New
York Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
A Little More Cider.

Cider is coming into fashion as a
lady's drink. 1t is strongly recon-
mended by physicians. It is slight.
ly alcoholic, quite stimulatiye, and
the acids in it are said to have q
beneficial effect upon the liver. In
this respect it has many advantages
over the malt preparation used by
women as tonics, as they tend to
promote billiousness and have a
tendency to bloat. Cider is an ex-
cellent substitute for the inferior
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16

AMoyEMENr has been inaugurated
by the women of Illinois which is
SO altogether praiseworthy that the
wonder is somebody did not pro-
pose it long ago. Catherine V.
Waite, DR.. Julia Holmes Smith and
DR.. Fanny Dickinson are a COM
mittee incorporated to procure sub
scriptions and superintend the con-
struction of a monument to Isabella,
the pious and clever queen who sold
her jewels to fit out the ships in
which Columbus sailed to discover
America. A woman was the only
person in all Europe who had brains
enough to appreciate the value Of
Columbus ideas, they say. There
fore, good Queen Isabella of Spain
shall have in this country, whichis
so kind to women, a beautiful mon-
ument to be unveiled in 1892. It
seems peculiarly graceful and fit
ting that women should build the
statue.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
Pertinent Queries,

Why do we always talk of putting
on coat and vest7 No one puts
on coat before vest. We also
say putting on shoes and stockings.
But who puts on the shoes before
the stockings? We also put up
signs telling people to wipe their
feet when we mean their boots OF
shoes. And a father tells a boy be
means to warm his jacket when he
means to warm his pantaloons. We
are little eccentric in our phrases,
amt we, at times,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowi-
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 presentit its readers
complete synopsis of all mining news ana
DEVELOPMENTS, as well as matters of Local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis Of Idaho, it is an ninyaL1a-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler eft 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, 1889-11-16
The Game Bird He Liked Best.

At the Thousand Islands, at
dinner one day, Daniel W. Powers
and his friends we're discussing the
merits of different species of game.
One preferred canvas-back ducks,
another woodcock and still another
thought quail the most delicious
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16

article of food. The discussion and
the dinner ended at about the same
time.
"Well, Frank" said Dan, turning
to the waiter at his elbow, who was
as good a listener as he was a
waiter, "what kind of game do
you like best?"
"Well, Massa Powers, to tell you
the trufe, almost any kind of game'll
suit me, but what I likes best is the
American Eagle served on a silver
dollar"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16

"Joe, you were up with Miss
jerks until IL o'clock last night. "
"Yes, l was trying to outsit an
other fellow"
"Oh, that was it, eh? I've been
there myself. Who was the other
fellow?"
"Her father"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16
Land Office at HALEY. Idaho.

Land Office at HALEY, Idaho.
June 20, 1889.
oo,,t, notice Is hereby given that the following
ii",ltu 30" settler has filed notice of her inten-
clan, elan 10 make final proof in support of her
fnra f,r1i. ana that said proof will be made be-
IIJ IJsb'u 'le Register and Receiver at Haley,
Pitoh;, on July q, 1889, viz: Mary A.
bIocIIi e, 1or the lot 5, block 40, and lot 3,
tory. Vi he'cluin' iuaho 4eiir
nroro row names the following witnesses to
r,HIie tnI.ie her continuous residence upon, and
Emil a. OF, said land, viz Geo. J. Lewis,
Lew rasmussen, as John l.. Holman, /. /.
'''"iS' all OF Ketchum, Idaho.
Il, Q. BILLINGS, Register,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-16

It is calculated that 10000 gall
Ions of wine are drunk at the com.
munion tables of the various relig-
ious bodies in America every year.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-26

SLEEP.


Come. gentle sleep, sweet. soothing sleop,
Come abd my senses infol.I
Come 10 me now,
Come 10 me now. rs
For the last chimes OF midnight have toi'd--
The last hour OF midnight has toiidi
Come, gentle sleep, soft, silent Sleep
Come lul my mind TO rcpose;
Come 10 me now,
Come 10 me now
And mine eyes with thy soft fingers CLOSE
Mine eyes with Thy silken hand close
Come, gentle sleep. dear dreamy sloen
Haste. and bring rest TO my frame. gy
Come 10 me now.
Come TO me now
As In time OF my childhood you came
As In youths golden season you cana
Come, gentle sleep. oautifui sleep,
Come and my troubles shall cease;
Como 10 me now, ar
Come TO me now,
Come and my heart i'll with pence--
My heart fill with bliss and thy peace.
Come. gentle sleep blest blissfui sleep,
Come breathe around INC Thy balm;
Como 10 me now.
Como TO me now
Z And my soul with th, sweet presence caim--
My soul with thy gentiencss calml
Come, gentle slccp come. balmy sleep,
Come like dove 10 my br,ast;
Come to me now.
Come TO me now
Haste. l am weary. weary for rost-
Weary, weary--weary for rest
james Murphy in Good Housekeeping.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-26

ultantly. II can offer her what she
covets. | can bny her love-"
And his manlincss revolted, and his
heart said. sadly:
"Better lose her forovcrv
He was listening TO his own
thoughts. almost hating the good for
tune that came too late, when there
was little knock upon his office door.
and In moment there was Elsie!
Surely It was all dream! For she
was sobbing out.
''Oh. Bert. / dnrod not write, for
fear that you could not forgive me! l
am so sorry, am 80 miserable. No"
she cried, seeing his face. 81 am the
happiest woman In the world"
II was well there was no one about,
for really tho way the tears and smiles
struggled for mastery was very bewil-
dering.
"You have come to meP" Bert said-
''cometo share my povertyw
''If you will take me-" Elsie an
swered humbly. II can get some of my
scholars back to help along little"
"Ohp'
"And don't mind turning my
dresses, or saving car fares for gloves,
II only you will forgive me-"
"Will you" he asked, slowly and
delit eratcly. ''come with me to-day.
now, TO u clergyman and bc my wifeP"
"Yesr'
And she actually did. She knew
nothing about the grcat uncle for
month, for Bert wanted TO feel the
keen happiness of knowing he was
loved for himself alone.
But Aunt Jane sent the whole
froasseaa to the new home to which
Bert took his wife early in September.
and at Franks wedding there was not
guest more beautifully dressed. or
more radiantly happy, than the 'mer-
cenary little wretch" who might have
stood in the brides place. .-Anna
Shields, in N. Y. Ledger.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-26

The summer had been long one to
Herbert. He worked. studied in the
evenings, wearied himself in many
ways, having much OF the same rest
lossness that had tormented Elsie. He
tried to think he had had wonderful
escape In losing his dream OF love.
'.She would have been always dis
contentcd and unhappy" he thought,
land she is hard, selfish and mercen-
Ary by her own confession. But love
heri love her! How would have
worked for her! In time might have
conquered fortune. and given her the
riches she coveted. My little lovel
So patient. so industrious. so tender.
until this will came to part us.
Unhappy thoughts do not tend to
improve health, and In July, Herbert
looked haggnrd and pale. He was en-
titled TO holiday OF two weeks. and
took II at L.. Elsio did not dream
that he was near her. but he saw her
every day, heard the brilliant music
that floated out from the window. un-
der the touch OF her fingers. saw the
dainty riding dress. the pretty home
dresses that fitted about the garden.
and thought:
'She Is happy. She never loved me,
or she has forgotten me-"
So he was not so much improved by
his trip, as he might have been had he
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-26
THE VENOM OF SNAKES.
rigs the Only Warm Bioo,led Animals N,
A Affsr.sd IA = the PaIsau

rigs the Only Wnru- Bioo,ied Aulmals Not
Affected by the Poison.
From the time OF Fontana, the first
writer on the subject (l76O. to the
present, multitude OF theories have
been broached as TO the composition
and nature OF snake poision. This be-
ing the age OF microbes, it was natural
that its lethal qualities should be as
cribed to the presence OF microscopic
organisms-a theory. however, which
has been disproved by actual expori-
mont. The venom OF the cobra di ca
pello and the fer do lance. inclosed in
sterilized vessel and exposed for
three hours to n temperature of l25 de-
grees Centigrade. still retains its Pc
culiar properties. II Is effective even
when mixed with alcohol or ammonia,
and resists the action OF the most pow
erful acids. such rs caustic potash and
nitrate OF silver. Snake venom in its
natural state, though somewhat like
ordinary saliva. Is less fluid and
more gummy. its color varying
from amber to clear yellow. 1t
dries rapidly on exposure to the
air. when, while retaining its natural
color, 1t becomes CLASSY and shining
The latest authority on its chemical
composition is NJ. Armand Gautier.
After analyzing many specimens he has
come to the conclusion that the active
principle OF all snake venom is animal
alkaloid analogous to that which is
found in purifying body; and how
deadly that is. many an unfortunate
surgeon, accidentally inoculated while
making an autopsy, has found to his
cost The venom Is neither virus
nor ferment. 1t is septic principle
like strychnine and digitalis, and. like
strychnine and dlgitalis, it acts always
in the same way. other things being
equal. Hence (assuming the correct
ness OF NJ. Gauticr's theory the venom
OF the English viper and the cobra are
practically identical, the bite OF the
latter being more fatal simply be-
cause nature has provided him
with greater abundance OF
septic matter. According to DR.. Weir
Mitchell and other authorities the
glands Of the viper contain 10 cent?
grammes of venom. those OF the rat
tlesnake from 48 TO 81 centigrammes,
OF the Indian naga 1.30 grammes. The
virulcnce OF the venom. or rather the
vigor OF the serpent, is, moreover,
modified by climate and temperature.
In the higher parts OF Martinique. for
instance. the poison from snakes is
much loss dangerous and much less
| frequent than in the valleys and
plains. The greater freshness of
mountain air lowers the snake vitality,
and though his store of venom may be
the same'he strikes his enemy or his
prey with diminished energy. Snakes
only enjoy tho fullness OF their powers
in low latitudes. Cold stupoics them.
The European viper becomes torpid in
winter. and menagerle snakes are
reused with difficulty from their
habitual languor On the other hand.
cold-blooded animals s-mollusks, fishes,
frogs, turtles and snakes themselves
are lmpervious to the poison which the
latter secrote. The only warm
blooded creatures proof against It are
pigs. an immunity which they owe tc
the thickness OF their adipose tissue.
| --Scienca
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-26
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