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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
Modes of Gambling.

Not half the gamblers in this
world ever play cards. There are
so many other modes Of risking
money that cards seemsuperhuous.
This, too, is without considering
the commonplace methods of bet
ting upon what are known as sport
ing events" Anybody can bet on
the result Of a horse-race, or prize
fight, or a walking match, but there
are aesthetic ways Of risking money
that compared with these everyday
methods, are as choice pieces of
Sevres china compared with the
thick coffee cup of the cheat restau-
rant. Fly loo is perhaps one of the
most exciting of these modern in
ventions. Fly loo is now so old
game that it's novelty is gone, but
there is still a peculiar pleasure in
hearing the captains of some of the
big ocean steamers describe nerve
racking games of fly loo with the
saloon passengers. A dozen or fif-
teen persons seat themselves about
table, and each lays in front of
him lump of sugar and a dime,
or quarter-dollar, or whatever the
stakes are. The party remain as
quiet as possible till fly alights
upon one of the Jumps of sugar.
The proud owner of this lump ia
the winner of the stakes. A newer
sport equally exciting, is called
"ticklelily." The gentlemen deter
mined to risk their money on some
thing, watch a window pane on
rainy day and bet upon the compar-
ative speed of two drops of rain
coursing down the glass, each gen.
tleman choosing a favorite drop. 1t
has remained for the French, how
ever, to invent a sport that is said
to outstrip both Of these favorites in
interest and excitement. This new
delight, which has served to enliven
French watering-places through the
season, is crab-racing. The inter-
esting animals are first weighed and
handicapped, and then put in line,
each sportsman" laying his finger
on the back of the crab which car
ries his colors. Their starter waves
his handkerchief, the hackers lift
their fingers, and the crabs are off.
Their instinct takes them invaria-
bly, towards the sea, and the crab
races are always on the beach. The
sport has become so developed OH
the coast Of Normandy that the
length Of the course has been defn.
itely fixed at 20 metres. There
seems no doubt that this diversion
is even more exciting than the once
popular sport of betting whether a
distinguished passenger on steam
er would step ashore first with his
right foot or his left.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
STRICTLY BUSINESS.
A Treasure Of a Type Writer Who
was Devoid of Sentiment.

There is in Washington young
typewriter whose good looks and
charming manner justify the senti.
ment which her employer feels to-
ward her. He is in the habit OF
debating his correspondence, while
her expert fingers transfx the words
as he utters them. The other morn
ing he concluded to end the uncer-
tainty which had come into exist
ence by asking her to marry him.
She was engaged on some copying
when he approached her and poured
out his sentiments, and notwith-
standing the warmth of his plead
ings kept right along with the click
ETY., click, click of the instrument.
In fact, she paid so little attention
to him that he became discouraged
and left the room, intending to
speak to her when her mind was
free from her duties. He went to
his lunch, and on his return sat
down to sign a lot Of letters that
lay on his desk. There was large
pile, and he went through it me-
chanically, until he struck a sheet
near the bottom. Jumping to his
feet, he simply exclaimed: "Well,
I'll be blowed p The cold glaring
typewriter letter read:
"Miss Susie: Maybe you think
Pm an old jackass, but 1 amt. l
mean business. I know I don't
happen to be very pretty, but I'D
be good to a family. l was think
ing that maybe you'd learn to like
me if you'd 60 to church with me-
and give the minister a few min
utes' employment. And this amt
to save any salary, either. 1t is be-
cause Iwant you for your. Say,
you amt listening, are you? Well,
III come in later when you amt so
bus .'-Washington Capitol.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
How the Phrase Originated.

The old saying "nine tailers make
man." is so seldom correctly
quoted that the true reading and
meaning are worth reproduction.
The proper word, as above, is
"tailers," not "tailors," as often
written, and its origin can be traced
back several centuries. It was one
of the customs when person died
in the parish to toll the church bell
once for every year of the deceased's
life. But nobody from this could
tell the sex of the departed, SO the
sexton, to crafty public curiosity,
after ringing in the usual way the
number of years, would give eight
quick strokes if the deceased was a
woman and nine if it was a man.
These being rung at the end of the
strokes for the years, were called
"teilers," and thus nine tailers make
o man.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
PREHISTORIC FOOTPRINTS.

A correspondent writing to the
Mining and Scientific Press of San
Francisco says the following about
prehistoric footprints:
In very short term at the peni-
tentiary at Carson, New, your cor
respondent saw many things to
show that we are indeed puny
race compared with the men of old.
A great sandstone quarry seems to
have grown up on what was origin
ally clay deposit surrounding an
old lake or pond. AS plain as
though made last week are the
tracks of a mammoth. Careful
measurement shows them to have
been twenty-one inches in diameter.
What prize for Barnum i! Why,
Jumbo was a baby compared with
these. Some German scientists
thought that these tracks might
possibly have been artificial work,
as many of the convicts had ex-
posed for sale things that showed
marvellous Ingenuity and patience.
So the wardens of the prison blasted
still farther into the quarry and
exposed two or three new tracks
while these doubling Thomases were
looking on. At this the last trace
of incredulity disappeared. The
,o.:lo <l;J xr,ich <bof copoo &c hic
friends who have made so much
sport of his number elevens could
have seen how small they looked
when standing in the moccasin
tracks made by man whose foot
measured % inches. From this and
the length of stride, it is calculated
that he must have been at least
nine feet high. Sullivan may knock
out the men of his day, but how
could he have met that fellow?
Probably he would have had no
conscientious scruples against en-
tering the prize-ring, for up at Reno
we saw a short piece of human
thigh-bone not less than twice as
large as that Of an ordinary man,
and with it part of a skull wonder
fully developed behind the ears, but
totally lacking above the eyes. If
phrenology teaches anything, that
man fought before he prayed.
His horse must have had sorry
time, being SO much smaller than
the man, for his tracks look very
like those of the mustang that seems
likely to become an extinct race so
soon. In passing let us drop tear
to the memory of the horse that
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
ABOUT ELECTRICITY.
Interesting Facts Well Worth
Reading.

How strong a current is used tt
send a message over an Atlantic
cable? Thirty cells of battery only
Equal to thirty volts.
What is the longest distance ovel
which conversation by telephone il
daily maintained? About $50 miles
From Portland, Me-, to Buffalo, N. Y
How many miles of submarin,
cable are there in operation? Ovel
100000 miles, or enough to girdlt
the earth four times.
How is break in submarine
cable located? By measuring the
electricity needed to charge the re-
naming unbroken part.
How many miles Of telegraph
wire in operation in the United
States? Over 100000, or enough
to girdle the earth four times.
How many messages can be
transmitted over wire at one time!
Four by the quadruplex system now
in daily use.
How is telegraphing from a NOV.
ing train accomplished? Through
a circuit from the car roof inducing
a current in the wire on poles along
the track.
What are the most widely sepa-
rated points between which it is
possible to send a telegram? Brit
ish Columbia and New Zealand via
America and Europe.
How many miles of telephone
wire in operation in the United
States? More than 10000, over
which 1,O55,0O0 messages are sent
daily.
What is the greatest candle power
of arc light used in a lighthouse?
Two million, in lighthouses at
Houstholm, Denmark.
How many persons in the United
States are engaged in business de-
pending solely on electricity? Es-
timated, 25O,OOO.
How long does it take to trans
NIT a message from San Francisco
to Hongkong? About fifteen min
utes. Via New York, Canso, Pen
zance, Alden, Bombay, Madras, Pen
ang and Singapore.
What is the fastest time made by
an operator sending messages by
Morse system? About forty-two
words per minute.
How many telephones are in use
in the United States? About 100000.
What war vessel has the most
complete electrical plant? United
States man-of-war Chicago.
What is the average cost per mile
of a transatlantic submarine cable?
About 81 900.
How many miles of electric rail
railway are there in operation in
the United States? About 400 miles,
and much more under construction.
What strength of current is dam
gerous to human life? Five hun
dred volts, but depending largely
on physical condition.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
KETCHUM ALTURAS COUNTY, IDAHO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1889

could go the most miles on the
least feed of any that ever walked
We don't know where he came from
or where he went to, but the giraffe
left his tracks there. Shall we sup
pose that he formed part of the ret
inue of Barnum or Van Amburgh
in the days before the flood?
Birds were quite plenty in those
days, and many of them larger than
the bronze turkeys that strut so
proudly at our fairs. Either wolves
or dogs were there in numbers, and
many CLANS and shellfish found
homes and graves there.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
What a Pen Will Do.

"Did it ever occur to you," asked
treasury official of Washington
Star reporter, that a forger has
half his work done when he can get
hold of the identical pen with which
the owner of the signature habit
ually writes? A great many men,
bank presidents and the like, use
the same pen for their names only,
for a year or two without change.
A pen that has been used by a man
in writing his name hundreds OF
times, and never used for anything
else, will almost write the name OF
itself. It gets imbued with the
spirit of the signature. In the hand
Of a fairly good forger it will pre-
serve the characteristics of the
original. The reason of this is that
the point of the pen has been ground
down in a peculiar way, from being
used always by the same hand and
for the same combination of letters.
1t would splutter if held at a wrong
angle or forced on lines against its
will. It almost guides the sensi-
tive hand of the forger when ne
attempts to write the name"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
She Was Done Living With a Clam.

"They came in arm-in-arm,'
writes a subscriber. "He was not
more than forty-fve, long haired
and sorrowful-looking, clad in stri-
ped pants and yellow vest, and
the woman who hung to his arm
looked as though she had just fin.
ished house-work and hadn't time
to slick up.
"'This is my wife, mister said
the tall man as he stepped inside
the door, and she squatted down to
rest on the side Of the coal scuttle,
'and we came to hev you put little
notice in the paper sayin' how we're
done with one another
"'Is it a dissolution Of partner
ship?'
eyes, that will do as we'll as any
thing else, won't it, Jane?' said he,
turning to the figure in the corner.
"'I amt particular wat you put
it down. put in the female; don't
begin to ask me now wat l want
"The old man drove his fingers
into his vest pocket and fell into a
deep reverie. Then in moment
he started up again and said:
Write it out, mister-write it
out. I'd kinder like to hear what
it reads like afore | co.
"'But what's the trouble-what
are the grounds of complaint?' he
questioned.
"'When l find that a woman amt
willing to sew up the holes in my
pants and keep the buttons on my
shirt; when she gets to fryin' pota-
toes in lard and givin' me corned
beef for Sunday dinner; when I
find a woman doin' such things as
these, mister-why, then's when l
want to ship her.
"'He's got it right, SIR said the
woman earnestly; he wants to quit
me and l want him to. Pm done
livin' with a clam. I've tried to be
squar' with him, but he's man as
hain't got any more brains than
COW, mister said she, growing more
and more earnest, 'and he acts like
a brute. There's love in me what
wants to burst; but he's grouty and
surly and has never given me a kiss
since we were married.
":But can't we settle it in some
pleasanter wayY
"'Not cents WORTH" said the
tall citizen, decidedly. you don't
get no settle on my plate, 'cept just
as I've said.'
"'That's the way it's got to be-
said the female again; when man
don't care enough about me to let
me warm my feet against his back,
quit him then and thar. Bill,was
a enough man afore he was married,
but, mister, he turned out to be a
snoozer.'
Neither of them spoke word
then, but sat and stared at our pen
rs it traced the little notice; and
when it was done they listened
to its reading from be-
ginning to end.
"'That's it, said the man. Now
no one needs to trust her or me and
.ook to t'other for the pay-that
squares the business right here, as
fur as living together goes. And
1ow I leave you.'
''They looked at each other and
sighed. The tall man gnawed the
md from a plug Of tobacco, and
hen, as he walked up to where she
vas, he stretched out his hand and
said: Here we go, Jane; SO put
aer thar. This is all squar, hain't
t, Jane, and no giggling?' |
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05

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 1t 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 :
developments, as we'll as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an inyalua-
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, 1889-10-05
Davis instead of having fired at her
Yankee brother" - Indianapolis
News.
0ld-F Fashioned Every Day Chills Were
Good Enough for Him.

Some time ago while riding il
Mississippi through the Muscadint
neighborhood, I came upon a man
sitting on log near the roadside
He was sallow and lean, with sharp
knob cheek bones and with hail
that looked like soiled cotton. The
day was intensely hot, but he was
sitting in the sun, although nea,
him tangled grape vine cast q
most inviting shade.
"Good morning." said I, refining
up p.H|1 ny horse
"You live here, suppose"
''Jest about"
"Why don't you sit over there in
the shade?"
"Will when the time comes"
"What do you mean by when the
time comes?"
when the fever comes on"
Having chills are your"
"Sorter."
Chow long have you had them?''
"Forty-odd year."
Why don't you move away from
here?"
"Becaze I've lived here so long
that Pm altered l might not have
good health nowhar else."
"Gracious alive, do you mean to
say that having chills all the time
is good health?'
"Wall, health mout be wuss. Old
Nat Sarver moved up in the hills
some time ago, was tuck down putty
soon with some new sort of disease
and didn't live more'n week.
Don't believe in swappin' off suthin'
that Pm used to for suthin' | don't
know nothin' about. Old-fashioned,
every day chills air good enough for
me. Some folks when they git
little up in the world, mout want
to put on airs with dyspepsia and
bronkichus, and glanders and ca
tarrh, but, as l lowed to my wife
the other night, old chills and fever
wur high enough for us yit awhile.
\ chill may have its drawbacks,
but it has its enjoyments. too"
Il don't see how anything about
q chill can be enjoyable"
Jest OWN to how you air raised,
as the feller says. When | have a
chill it does me a power of good to
have a stretch, and tell you that
a fust rate stretch when feller is
in the humor amt to be sneezed at.
I'd leave watermelon most any time
to have good stretch. High-ho-
hoo !" he gaped, threw out his legs,
threw back his arms and stretched
himself across the log. "It's sorter
like the itch," he went on. "The
itch has it's drawbacks, but power
of good it does a man to have
scratch. Had a uncle who cotch the
itch in the army and he lay thar and
scratched and smiled and scratched
ag'ln. In order to keep up with the
demand of the occasion he sprinkled
a lot of sand in his bed and tuck
off his clothes, SO that every time
he turned he'd scratch all over. He
KEEP this up till the itch killed him,
but he died a-scratchin' and a-smi
lin, and I reckon he was about as
happy dead man as ever lived.
Wall, my fever is comm on now
and l reckon I'll git up thar under
the shade"
He moved into the shade and
stretched himself again.
GLOW long will your fever last?"
| asked.
Wall, l don't know exackly;
three hours maybe.
"Then what?"
"Wall, I'll funter around awhile,
chop up little wood to git bite to
eat with, swap a horse with some
feller, mebby, and then fix myself
for another chill. 20. P. Reid in
N. Y. Sunday Mercury.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05

The New Haven Clock Company,
after a year or two of experiment,
are now manufacturing and about
to put on the market a self-windlng
clock. The motive power is furn-
ished by electricity generated by
two Leclanche cells, which do the
work effectually for from twelve to
eighteen months without renewal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
S0a'0s, Haircutting and Shampooing
OoNE IN FIRST CLASS STYLE.
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,

Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,
June 20, 1889.
oo,,14 luce Is hereby given that the following
rion settler has filed notice of her inten-
rai,o i' " make final proof in support OF her
f,ra frail, u ana that said proof will be made be-
IiaI the Register and Receiver at HALEY,
Eisato:' on July q. 1889. viz: Mary A..
bcnle bnclnl e. Tor the lot 5, block 40, and lot 3,
torv o. town of Ketchum, Idaho Terri
c,o.. nne names the following witnesses to
rnI,,s rIs ner continuous residence upon, and
En-, E,Ya,lon a of, said land, viz Geo. J. Lewis,
EeT;, rasmussen, John l.. Holman, l. /.
"'S' all OF Ketchum, Idaho.
H.O. BILLINGS, Register,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
Profitable Somnambulism.

According to the Index, Homer
District has somnambulist miner
who nightly at midnight leaves his
cabin and returns few hours later
with a sack Of ore worth $40 per
pound. The somnambulist has been
watched, but he is so agile in climb
ing steep mountain sides that no
one so far has been. able to track
him to the spot where he gets the
rich ore. He has accumulated above
$4,000 in gold mortared out of ore
secured in his somnambulistic
rambles.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05

Watches hardly larger than a
nickel are now being made and set
into bracelets of silver or leather.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05
PROFESSIONAL.
pINKHAM.

ry AT-LAW, Ketchum, Idaho.
TORN N IN all the Courts of the Ter.
A cGtl1cpeSSeIVancing VI and procuring OF
|ritor!sit specially.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-10-05

Nalh Street, next door below Cornucopia
Restaurant.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-01
I'D MO WORLD.
Joined the Ranks


The Weiscr Leader, which has
been an opponent Of Statehood, saw
its error aud joined the ranks Of the
progressionlsts The only oppsers of
political freedom IN the newspaper
field OF Idaho now are the Idaho Dem.
ocrat and the Bear Lake lndepond
ent, the latter an out and out Nor
mon paper. Glenn, Of the Leader, is
always ontspoken, and stands up for
his opinions without fear or favor,
whether in the majority or the mi
poritv, but when he sees his error is
not backward about righting about
face and diving in to sustain his new
ly acquired convictions. Here is
what he says ancnt the constitution
and Siatehood
"rhe Leader has heretofore OPP
posed, in a mild way, the constitu-
ton for the proposed State of Idaho,
but since carefully reading the docu-
ment, and realizing the fact that most
all the taxpayers OF the Territory are
in favor Of it's adoption, now with
draw our opposition. While we will
be no great exponent of the constitu-
ton, the columns of the Leader will
at ali times be open for honest dis
cussion as to the advantages and dis
advantages Of Statehood.
Our reasons for withdrawing ali
kicks aud slurs at the constitution are
plain, simple and few, First---Be
cause we believe the constitution as
presented to be an able and fair doc
ument. Second IF tho majority oil
taxpayers desire Statehood, and wish
10 stand tho additional taxation il
will no doubt cause for a while, il
docs not become one OF our kind to
kick, because we will not have to
pay bat very few cents of taxation
Statehood or no Statehood. Our op.
position to Statehood is like a man in
school district who does not pay
more than ten cents in taxes IN a year
and gets in, does loud talking, hard
work, and opposes all special school
taxes when every other taxpayer aud
properly owner in the district favors
the levy, Third We believe the
majority OF the people especially the
people who support tho government
by their tax payiug-of this county,
Rod OF every county in the Territory,
are solid in favor of Statehood. So
send along your comm nieauous, but
rsmemocr that the Leader is no longer
an enemy of Statehood"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-01

CnALLs MESSENGER; From Capt.
d. b. Varney, who was ia Chalhs du.
ring the week, we leara that Herman
Doseher, an old resident Of this eoun.
ty, has gone crazy. lie was prospect.
ing on Loor creek, and some nine or
ten days ago stripped himself bare
naked and fed TO the mountains.
Parties went in search, hut no trace
OF him had been found when latest
news reached our informant. A
man named Jas. Davis, who is claim.
cd 10 he an old.time prospector in
Custer county, but does nos seem to
be known by many people of this sec
ton, was found dead about twenty
miles above Clayton, with bullet
hole through his body. The course
that tho bullet took looks AS though
suicide might have been committed.
and other indications go to help sub.
stantiate this belief The ball pene.
trated the body jus, below the ribs
and came out through the upper por-
ton Of his shoulder. 1t would seem
that Mr.. Davis committed this rash
act while lying in bed, for a needle
gun was found placed between his
legs aud string tied to one Of his
toes and also a portion of the string
tied to the trigger of the gun. But
what seems mystery to all is that
the body was partly charred by fire,
probably his blankets catching fire hy |
the discharge of the gun. 1t seems
that the flames burned only for a
short time and were extinguished, but
sow, bangs tho vol 1t mysery |
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-01

Will be opened for boarders October
/, 1889. This school offers every
advantage for thorough education
in all English branches. Full course
in shorthand and music. Board and
tuition, including washing and mend
ing, per month, payable in advance,
s25. No extra charge for plain sew
ing, fancy work, general vosal and
drawing classes. For further partic-
ulars apply to The Sisters Of Holy
Cross.
Sept. IL. I'm.