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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
Her Own Grandmother,

We have always been ready and
willing to give to New Jersey The
honor of having the biggest mush-
melons and mosquitoes IN the
United States. We are now pre-
pared to hand over to her the honor
of having the most wonderful case
of mixed relationship in the world
Some time ago it was reported that
a girl named Ella Clayton, fourteen
years old, had been married to the
widowed step-father of her own
father. This mixed things up
good deal. The girl became step
mother to her own father. and grand
mother to herself. But now another
twist has been given to the reIa-
tionship by a marriage of daugh-
ter of the girls husband to Elias
father. We have no disposition to
fill the insane asylums with our
readers, or we should take two or
three columns to explain the sun
dry and divers sorts and kinds of
relationship that exists between
these four very much related per-
sons. However, if anybody with a
good. stl ong, evenly-balaneed mind
wants something to do between now
and the time Congress convenes, he
might devote himself to figuring out
a few of them-Washington Post
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
Receiving in a Stable

Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Van
derbilt, who count their millions by
the hundred, have set the fashion
of giving receptions in stables, not,
it is presumed, because the greater
part Of their guests, were jackasses,
but for the novelty Of the thing.
The Vanderbilt's had new stable
at their residence at Newport, the
fashionable Rhode Island watering
place. The lower floor of this sta
Dle was used as a ballroom, and the
hayloft was used as a ladies' dress
ing and gentlelren's smoking-room.
The stalls were handsomely fur
nished and decorated with flowers,
japanese lanterns, etc. The favors
for the german were of unique de-
signs, and included horseshoes, OK
yokes, horse-eollars, whips, horses
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
Household Hints.

Clear boiling water will remove
tea stains and serenaders from be-
meath your windows.
A ripe tomato or soft-boiled egg
dropped on the floor makes an ef-
fective study for a sunset for young
artists.
A tablespoonful of turpentine
ignited with a sulphur match is
good for burned hands.
A good umbrella cover for rainy
days is made of oiled silk.
Hot water mixed with corrosive
sublimate will take the starch out
of collars and cuffs.
The practice of catching birds by
means of putting salt on their tails
is no longer fashionable.-Harper's
Bazar.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
She Couldn't Wear Pants.

The compassion or the scOrn with
which the masculine mind regards
the female of the race begins SO
early in life that it is most difficult
to say whether it is the result of i'm
itation or one of the gifts of intui-
ton. The small boy feels himself
superior to his little sister quite
without regard to whether he or she
is the most clever. He Is he and
she is only she.
A small FIVE year-old lad in whom
this sense of masculine superiority
was not wholly lacking was one day
arrayed in his first trousers. Stand
ing before his sister, couple OF
years younger, he drew himself up
for her inspection and then pro-
ceeded to address her to this effect :
"Kittie," he said, ''you can't new
er wear trousers.
He paused, apparently to let his
words take their full effect.
"Kittie, he continued, ''you can't
never have a moustache."
He paused again and let this
dreadful announcement in it's turn
eat into his sisters soul then he
brought out the climax with tri-
umphant thrill in his voice more
eloquent than any words could have
been.
"Kittic, you can't never be a man
nohow."
Poor, small Kittie, overwhelmed
by these successive statements, OF
which she comprehended the import
only as something unspeakably
dreadful, and took that from the
tone probably rather than from the
words, looked at her brother one ag-
onized moment and then gave vent
to her anguish in one wild howl
which brought nurse from one di-
rection and mamma from another.
At sight of an audience Kittie burst
into tears and lamentations piteous
to behold, and when the small boy
was reproved for making his sister
cry his answer was:
swell, | just :old her she'd al
wavs got to be a girl, cause |
thought she'd be disappointed if she
got to be five and couldn't have on
trousers"
There seemed to be nothing in
particular that could be said to this
and the elders devoted themselves
to assuaging the grief of the small
girl as we'll as they might, leaving
the boy to strut about in his new
trousers in the full consciousness
of having done his duty by the
weaker vessel.-Boston Courier.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
the DECLINE OF TIE PISTOL.
No More Expert Revolver Shooting in
the South.

| There are no frst-class pistol
shots in Louisville; there are few
East of the Mississippi; indeed,
they are not plentiful anywhere in
the country nowadays.
In ante bellum days, when the
code duello was in vogue i'll the
South, there were a great many fa-
NOUS shots with the pistol: We Of
ten read how such and such cele-
brated duelist cut strings and weeds
in two with bullets as he rode to the
fighting ground. But when the
code was abolished good revolver
shooting in the South died out with
it, or rather drifted out into the
wild western countrywhich was
then being opened up to settlement.
There never were finer pistol shots
in the world than many of the noted
desperadoes and criminals who have
figured in the romantic criminal an
nails of the West. There is scarcely
a story about Wild Bills profcien-
cy with his pistol that is not trite.
He was the quickest, surest shot
ever in the West. He had killed
nearly forty men in his time, mot
counting Indians and greasers," as
the bad men used pleasantly to say.
1t was the rarest thing that he shot
his victim more than once. His fa-
vorite spot in which to plant his
deadly bullet was between the eyes.
He occasionally shot his man
through the heart by way of varia-
ton. 1t is said he could throw an
oyster can into the air and put
twelve bullets into it from his two
navies before it reached the ground.
He could also send six bullets
through the hole made by the first
ball in target seventy yards away.
While shooting he never appeared
to take aim, but sent his leaden
messengers flying on their mission
in seemingly the most careless and
off hand way imaginable.
All the killers with big records
and private graveyards shot in much
the same manner. Billy the Kid,
Clay Allison, Bat Masterson, Sam
Halliday, the carp brothers, "Com-
anche" Jack Stillwell and other
worthless of the frontier all shot with
no apparent aim. All of them were
professional killers. and in their
late days, when abundance of prac-
tice had made them dexterous in
the art of murder, most of them
shot their victims always between
the eyes in imitation of Wild Bill.
To show how quick these men
were, Capt. Harry Horn, of the Ok
lahoma show, tells story of Wild
Bill. Capt. Horn was a deputy
sheriff under Bill, and was in the
saloon in Deadwood with him when
he was killed. Bill was playing
poker, and was skinning out hand
when his murderer stepped behind
him, deliberately put a revolver
back of his head and blew his brains
out. Bill was killed almost instant
ly, but before be toppled from his
chair dead he managed to throw his
cards down, get both his pistols out
and cock them. Such marvellous,
quick action almost surpasses belief.
louisville Post.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
On Soap.

We should always recommend
care in the use Of scented soap. In
many cases the perfume is simply
a disguise for poor quality. A
good glycerine or honey soap is al
ways preferable. OF course one may
rely on scented soap from high
class manufacturer, but it costs
more than it is worth. In addition
to the soap for bathing, white cas-
tile should be kept for washing the
hair. Occasionally little borax
or ammonia may be used for this
purpose, but it is usually too harsh
In its etfects.-Hall's Journal of
Health.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
:, IDAHO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Z, 1889.

was to read. Sunday morning COM
ing, the aged divine opened his
book and read as follows; "And
Noah took unto himself a wife who
was"-and here he turned the leaf
-''forty cubits broad, one hundred
and forty cubits long, With look
of astonishment he wiped his glass
es, reread and verified the passage,
and then said: MY friends, al
though l have read the Bible many
times, this is the first time | have
seen this passage, but | take it as
another evidence of the fact that
man is most fearfully and wonder
fully made. IN. Y. Mercury.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtootn
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 2
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 inyaIua-
BILE 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, 1889-09-07
Letting Him Know What Was in the
Purse,

Charles Travers, of Boston, was
once on visit to Philadelphia and
stopped at the Continental Hotel
with two friends. When the waiter
approached the party as soon as
they had got seated at the table,
Travers pulled out a we'll filled
purse and said:
Look he-he-here, DIDO you know
what th-th-this is?"
"Oh, yes, sar; oh, yes, announced
the delighted darkey, who anticipa-
ted having at least a dollar.
"Well," continued Travers, "i-if
y-y-you attend to us w-well, yo-yo-
you'll know wh-wha-what's in it. !"
The dinner progressed, and our
friends received prompt attention
from the obsequious waiter. Every
delicacy was set before them, and
every motion obeyed. Finally they
came to "almonds and raisins," as
the bills say and just as they were
about to leave the stammering indi-
vidual beckoned to the waiter, who
with expectant look, came up in
stanter. Slowly drawing out his
purse, and holding it up as in the
first instance, Travers observed:
II told you th-th-that if yo-you
ava. waited on US we'll. yo-you'd
know wh-wh-what was in this pur-
purse"
"Oh, yes, sar," said the waiter,
with glistening optics.
"Well, th-th-there's mo-money
in it," continued the gentleman,
with imperturable gravity, putting
the article back into his pocket, and
rising up; land as you've only
d-d-done your du-du-duty you don't
w-w-want any of it!'
AS the darkey stood with rolling
eyes-the picture of African indig-
nation-the gentleman walked of,
and as they came into the hall our
stammering friend remarked:
That's th-the w-w-way / come it
over th-theln, s-s-sometimes, j-j-just
for a l-l-little joke New York
Sunday Mercury.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
An Old Chestnut Revived.

An old preacher, after service one
Sunday. announced his reading for
the following Sunday. During the
week some mischievous boys OBJ
tanned his Bible and pasted two of
the leaves together, right were he
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07

Brown-Where's that tiver I laid
on the table a moment ago? Mrs.
Brown-You never expected to zee
that again, did you? Brown-And
why not? Mrs. Brown supposed
you understood enough Of parlia-
mentary practice to know that
when bill was laid on the tab1o
it was seldom heard Of again.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07

and donkeys. The affair was one
of the grandest of the season, and
doubtless shoddydom will hence
forth, until it ceases to be novel,
give entertainments in barns, sta
bles, chicken houses, and possibly
hog-pens.-Silver State.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
Main Street, next door below Cornucopia
Restaurant.
SaaYHg, Haircutting and Shampooln(
DONE IN FIRST-CLASS STYLE.
Notice for Publication
Land Office at HALEY. Idaho,

Land Office at Haley, Idaho,
June 20, 1889.
M, Souce is hereby given that the following
ian i;aihed settler has filed notice of her lnten-
roil sIo 10 make final proof in support OF ne1
f,aa f,alil n and that said proof will be made pc
i5it IJoi the Register and Receiver at Haley
IpGisho, piso, on July u, 1889. viz: Mary A.
bbhsclLie, for the lot 5, block 40. and lot $
10y t,ock %, town of Ketchum, Idaho Terri
n. one names the following witnesses to
ra,.: p,nve her continuous residence upon. and
duration Fn;' of, said land. viz: Geo. J. Lewls
fal fn! rasmussen, John L. Holman, l. l.
'~"A. ali Of Ketchun. Idaho.
10. BILLINGS, Register.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07

Ohio medical men are very much
excited over the statement of DR..
Wickham Of Youngstown, that he
has discovered method Of treat
ment by means of which all scars
left by smallpox and similar dis
eases can be entirely obliterated,
leaving the skin free, fair and
smooth.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07

81 say. jenkins, can you tell a
young chicken from an old one?"
"Of course I cam" "Well, how?"
"By the teeth" "Chickens don't
have teeth" mo, but / have"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-09-07
rkOr LOoIONAL.


rroRNEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum. Idaho.
ATInoJactices in all the Courts of the Ter,
n VConveyancing and procuring OF
Tn,stsnnts T,soentt speciality.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
WITH DOG AND GUN.

Tho Shooting Season at Hand-A Days
 Sport at Mak-Saw-Ba.
 The pinnated grouse, or, as is more popu- larly known, the prarie chicken, has long been favorite game bird with Western sportsmen, and this is the season of the year when every one who can spare the time is preparing for an onslaught upon the numerous covies which haunt the prairies and green fields of the Mississippi valley. The habitat of the prairie chicken, says 8 writer in the Chicago Herald, is extensive, as the birds are found in quantities in all the States north of the Ohio river and west of Ohio as far as the Rocky Mountains. In all the qualities of game bird it is inferior to none, and rivals its famous cousin, the ruff1ed grouse, in its delicacy of flesh and it's extreme wariness when it has reached the age of discretion. A prairie chicken in August is an easy bird to approach, and, owing to straightness of flight, an easy bird to kill, but when, in October, age has added strength to his wings, and the constant pursuit of the eager sportsman has sharpened his wits and in- creased his caution, it requires thorough knowledge of his habits and an excellent shot to bring a prairie chicken to bag. Early in the season the still undisturbed sovies frequent the stubble fields and long
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23

flushed was patch of long prairie grass, of which we had much hope, We had beaten it thoroughly and were nearly dis gusted, when suddenly, long distance ahead, a bird took wing. fired rapidly and had the, satisfaction of seeing him fall. Duke started to retrieve him, but prompt ly declined, and didn't blame him when discovered what it was.
 The bird was a hawk of Q particularly vicious variety, and. having only a wing broken, was ready for fight. However, a crack with convenient stick settled his ambition in that line. Not more than fifty yards further on Duke drew to beautiful point, but before we could approach much closer five chickens arose with a tremend- ous buzzine of wings and had to take long chances at them. Long chances were no good, as naught but one feather responded to my double appeal, and I saw, to my un. limited regret, the birds sail over the trees and far away. Darkness approaching fast and the hungry appeals of our stomachs now induced us to turn our steps toward the clubhouse. To my intense delight, when we had given up hopes of further sport, heard sudden wild whirl, and lone chicken burst from a bunch of grass. within thirty yards. I showed up the safety as l threw the gun to my shoulder, and fired almost instantly. A very dead prairie Cu1CAcu was IAo lcSulG, duu dS W0 plCKeQ him up and trudged along to the clubhouse felt the sense of satisfaction which steals over every sportsman's soul when he has had good sport and carries home enough game to vindicate his own opinion of his shooting ability.
 The present season promises to be mem orable for the excellence of the prairie chicken shooting. From all points come re- ports of a superabundance of birds. In this State the chickens have been protected by law for the past three years, and in conse- quence, being very prolific bird, they have multiplied to such an extent as to become a nuisance fin many localities. Throughout Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska the birds arc reported very plenty, and sport is cer- tain to be excellent lii Wisconsin the close season expired August 1, and some good bags have already been made there by Chii cago shooters. The present game laws of tho different States permit the shooting of prairie chickens after the following dates: In Indiana, September 1; Illinois, Septem- Der 15; Iowa, September Ii; Minnesota, August 20; Nebraska, August IS, and pa- kota, September l. Itis impossible to name any particular places at which chickens are plenty. as they arc plenty every where.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23

or seventy flushed by twos and threes and punches of a dozen, from under those trees' and many of them passed In range of my gun. Badly rattled by the whirring of the wings as the birds passed me, I fired both barrels, and only had the poor satisfaction of seeing one bird drop his legs as sign of distress. Fouf barrels and not 0 bird! I reloaded as rap idly as possible and just in time. A lone bird, left in the general rush, flushed and tried to pass me, but I did "stick it into him." and 1t was with unlimited satisfoc- tion that I retrieved my first prairie chicken and gazed lovingly upon his russet-and- gray plumage and fondled his plump breast.
 George had marked down most of the de-
 parted birds, and we started after them at once. Duke was too far ahead, but we Gould do little with him, as even liberal application of the whip could not control his surplus spirits. We had gone but a couple of hundred yards when Duke, rang ing wild, flushed pair of chickens who e1aDted of in tho direction taken by the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23

Delivered by carrier to any part of the city or sent by mail at the following rates:
 One Year $500 Three Months S1 .25 Six Months. 250 Ono Month. ....... 42c
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23

Entered as second class matter at the Water bury POstoface.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23

CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG has just re- turned from Bayreuth, where she says she heard such music as she never again expects to hear, either in this world or the next. We hope Clara does not in tend this as any hint of where she ex- poets to go to when she dies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23

SOMEBODY has found out that Sunset Cox was member of the Thirteen club. But nobody has yet traced the connec- tion between that fact and the disease from which he died.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23
UPHoI5TERINd

WOoD FINISHING, Piano Polishing and w general urniture Repairing. Oak Pic ture Frames made to order. Yarnishes, oil Finishes and Wood sStaigs iin ali 2olors All goods called for and delivered
 GEO. o. BOOTH,
 ...s A Abbott Avenue
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23
REPUBLICAN

REPUBLICAN leaders are tumbling over themselves in their zeal to deny responsibility for Tanners appointment. In the words of Tom Platt, Tanner was the presidents own appointment. And for it the people will hold President Harrison responsible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23

Sweet Helen Truman will dash briskly and brightly as Minnie in Sweet Laven. der" Miss Cayvan and MT. Kelcey have the comedy, and Miss Dillon and Mir. Carlyle the serious side of .'Sweet Lavenderh to portray. W. J. LeMoyne is said to have superb part, and the entire cast will Tresent the Lyceum Company in g different light than in tsThe Wife"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-23
TO RENT.

rINENEMENTS FROM THREE TO SIX ROOMS on East Main street opposite new church. onc or four rooms for the winter at S6 per month
 HENRY w. FRENCH.
 13 Cherry street
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-12

August Lehms, young German
formerly of San Antonio, died on the
Arkansas Pass road, near Houston,
from swamp fever, recently.
-Sisters.of Pythas held.an interest
ing meeting last night and initiated
six new members.
Louis Bryant is under arrest for
an alleged assault and battery on Mrs.
Caroline Beck, yesterday.
The Polish Young Mems Union
has arranged for a dance at st. AL
bert's hall next Saturday night.
j. G. Meyers is back at his old
place with A. B. Frank & Co.
-Bustles are going out of style and
the large stocks of them held by mil
liners, will soon be relegated to the
back shelves or sold at auction.
An attempt at suicide was made
yesterday by a lady in nearly the
same place poor Eva Guppy's remains
were found, in the river near the Con-
vent Bend.
Two serio-comic variety artists
had little hair-pulling Saturday
night, rnd paid the Recorder S. each
this morning.
Frank Stevens was jailed Satur-
day night by Officer Gerhardt, for
taking pair Of pants which did not
belong to him, when he left his lodg-
ing house opposite the Washington
theatre.
"A large number of Madame Dom
aldson's dancing pupils attended the
farewell ball given at Arbeiter Verein
hall in honor of the closing of the
school for the season. and the depart
ure of Mr.. and Mrs. Donaldson for the
country.
AT the competitive firing on Sat-
urday Lieutenant Rose led the list
with a score of III out of a possible
200, closely followed by Corporal Pow
ell with 1877. The Lieutenant took the
Bell Bros. prize and the Corporal
raked in Hummell's revolver.
Members of the Salvation Army
held services, by permission of Sher-
iff Mccall. in the county Jail this
morning, and distributed little bou-
quets, with a card, on which a verse
from the scriptures was printed.
Dawson street has been ploughed
and graded but no gravel has been
placed thereon. The street is almost
impass tble for the mud, and the
curbings have been undermined and
are being damaged greatly.
Herr w. Won Schultz, the propri-
etor of the Riverside restaurant, made
his engagement of marriage public
yesterday. The wedding occurs next
month. The lady's name is Miss
Mamie Hainz.
The correct (?) morning daily as
usual, got in a very, garbled report of
that Davenport killing. They had
the wrong man as killed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-12
BUCKEYE POISONING.
A German Ate Ten, Not Knowing
They We're Poisonous.

They We're Poisonous.
An ignorant German named Moritz
Weidlich, who has not resided in this
country long, ate some wild buckeyes
this morning and died in great agony
a half hour afterward, at Kalteyer's
drug store.
When he arrived at Kalteyer's drug
store he was barely able to speak, but
managed to tell what he had DONE
He said he had just been In bathing
in the river, dressed and while walk
ing along the bank, found some buck
eyes and ate ten of them. He began
to feel ill Immediately and came to
the drug store for remedies. Three
physicians attended him and admin
istered every known remedy, but
death soon claimed him and his agony
in expiring was very terrible.
Nothing is known of the mans &C
quaintances, or where he came from.
The remains were taken to the poor
house potter's field for burial.
Buckeye poison has long been
known to be deadly, and onl y those
not acquainted with this wild fruit
are in danger. The taste is not pleas
ant, and the effects are very similar
to strychnine poisoning.