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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05
A TRAMP WORTH 4l50,ooo.

Several days ago a tramp applied
to the Findlay (Ohio) City infirm
ary Director for lodging and othe1
relief, and for two days he was pro
vided for at the city prison. HI
was about to be transferred to the
county infrmary when the doctor
accidentally discovered who he was
and refused to grant him permis-
sion to enter that institution unless
he would pay for his entertainment
The tramp refused to do this, and
left the city by the back alleys.
The man was John Swim, a wan
dering miser, who subsists worse
than any tramp on the road, al
though he is worth not less than
$150,OOO, in sums which he has on
deposit in various banks in this
part OF the country. Besides the
money he has mortgages on farm
property, and county and govern
ment bonds galore. Yet he goes
from place to place with his rag
ged clothing barely covering him,
and hanging on his unwashed and
unkempt body.
He tramps through the day all
over the country, begging his food
and clothing and lodging, when he
can, in calabooses and intirmaries,
and, altogether, is one Of the worst
looking wretches under the stars.
A few years ago he was knocked
down near the town OF Ada, and
robbed of $4,000, which he had
concealed on his dirty body. Some
time ago he purchased $7O,OOe
worth Of Hardin county bonds,
which he still holds, drawing the
interest regularly and concealing it.
He has no known relatives or
friends. How he accumulated his
wealth and where he came from are
also unknown, as he has made no
confdants. He made his first ap-
pearance here ten years or more
ago.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05
AN UNLUCKY SHIP,

Perhaps the most unlucky ship
that was ever launched from an
American shipyard was the Harvey
Mills, which closed her ten years
career of disaster by sinking of
Cape Flattery on the last day OF
December, 1886. She was launched
on Friday, and was baptized in
blood, killing a workman when glid-
ing into the sea. Once in the mer-
chant service she met so many mis-
haps that the underwriters actually
classed her as an extra-hazardous
risk. On her first voyage she was
all but lost, and twice she narrowly
escaped laundering. She was on
fire once, while transporting cotton
from Port Royal to Liverpool, and
was transformed into a floating fur
mace. Her matches were closed
down, enabling her to reach New
York before the flames cut through
the deck. Later she rode down and
sank bark in the English channel,
and none of the bark's crew escaped
to tell their side Of the story. On
her next voyage she was dismasted
by a hurricane. Twice she was
given up for lost, and when at last
she battled unsuccessfully with the
frighttul gales off Cape Flattery,
twenty-one of the twenty-four un-
fortunates on board were engulfed
SO quickly when she sank that they
could not grasp even a spar.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05
Old Dom PedrO's Simplicity. 7

The Emperor of Brazil has Mt last
gone home. The aged gentleman
likes to cross the Atlantic just like any
other traveller. and has an especial
preference for the English Royal
Mail" packets. He does not allow any
difference to be made between him and
other passengers, dining ut tie Cap
tain's table, and giving express orders
that he aud his party are to feed just
like any one else--nO extra dc!icacies
to be reserved even for his Majesty or
the Empress, nor any other invidious
distinctions to be made between them
aud their fellow-voyayers in the saloon.
The ladies' cabin is given up to the
Empress, and two gcntlenens cabins
are knocked into one for the Emperor;
and this is all. The Captains deck
cabin is indeed put at their disposal
during the day as boudoir; but Peter
declines to turn theCaptain out Of it.
and spends his time on deck trotting
up and down and asking endless ques-
tons Of every officer he eau waylay to
satisfy his unquenchable thirst for ,in-
When all other amuse-
ments fail Peter site down in a quiet
corner and puzzles over charades and
riddles. which are favorite source of
diversion with the simple hearted old
monarch. As for his .conaort. when
she gets over the first few 4ays 1 maj
de mcr. she employs herself with books
and fancy work as placidly a. her
spouse. gives no trouble 70 any one. and
has q kind word and smile for oil.
The ancient couple are universal ia
vorites with all ON board, and though
they 1.-Two 50 simply they do not forget
to tip all who have in anywise served
or helped them on the munftcent scale
appropriate to Crowned .l,eads.-LoN-
lon Society.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05
She Gave Herself Away.

"Ah. john" said loving Young
wife, lit seems like temptiug Provi-
dence for yeu to get your life insured; /;
almost as i you were preparing for
death. you know" and she cried q lit
ttle On the collar Of bis new coat.
r Don't b foolish. little one, " he gently
fremonstratesl; ii should be ecalledsud-
denly ron wou2 hAAe $4,000 to keep
the wolf frum the door" Ten thou.
sand. John?r she said with cOnvula-
i've sob: Il thaughtvcr we're TO get It
insured tor s20, 600 'ss----lAse:0 FORK ss:ss;~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

"Are you fond of dogs, Mr.. Bill
ven?" said young woman as she
caressed her pugs.
Billy was too polite to answer in
the negative, 80 he murmured:
''Oh, certainly"
"Do you admire pugs?"
"Well, not very much"
"What kind do you like best?"
II think" said Billy redectively,
~ like stuffed dogs better than
most any other sort"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

The kEYsroNE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative Of tn.
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtoot,
mining regions. and, located AZ il is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face Of the earth. and leav-
complete synopsis OF all mining news and
developments. as well as matters of local
importance in the tn of ketchnm, 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 II, and let vouE friends
read what may benefit them
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05
lEPRosY IN INDIA.
The Number Exceeds $4,000 and il
Rapidly IucreasinE.

as the existing numberof lepers il
India, ba< there can be little doub
that they already exceed $50, 600
and that their numbers are steadily
increasing. Nor can this increase
be wondered at, for whether the
disease is propagated by contagicn
or by heredity it has every. oppor.
tunity Of increasing. I saw most
CHASTITY lepers begging in the streets
and in the balconies of houses.
met them at railway stations and
in places of public resort. In one
small bazaar a friend of mine told
me he had just counted IL. / even
heard of one who was employed by
an English baker in the making OF
bread. It is moreover estimated
that all the copper money in India
has passed through the hands of
lepers. / found in Bombay man
whose hands were covered with
leprosy engaged in the railway SER
vice as ticket collector. Who can
estimate the danger to the English
and native community of many
hundreds Of railway tickets daily
passing through this mans hands7
An English lady in the same city
had, just before my arrival, fallen
victim to the disease. Lepers,
with their revolving miseries fully
exposed, associate freely with the
community. They marry when
they choose? they love rowing
life, and thus continually become
fresh centres for propagating the
disease. was assured by Mr.. Nc
Guire, the superintendent of the
Leper Asylum in Calcutta, that he
could testify, from often repeated
observations, that in the congrega-
tions of poor people who assemble
at the funeral feasts of the wealthy
natives, one person in three was a
leper. By the same authority I was
told that the asylum was generally
oyercrowded, and that the police do
not hesitate to bring in cabs lepers
who are in a dying state, and for
whom it is necessary to turn out
some less imminentcases. Indeed
the evil is go widespread that, as
Lord Duferin said to me, one might
almost as readily undertake to rid
India of its snakes as Of it's leprosy.
Moreover the absence of Indian
public opinion on such matters,
and the constitutional calousness
of the native mind, increase the
difficulty in way that English
readers can scarcely estimate. So
careless of danger does the Indian
fanaticism make men to this evil,
that, in the great leper hospital at
Tarantarn, the ruthorities-as I
was assured by an official there
have to hunt out relatives of the
deceased who have come in pre-
tending that they are leprous, and
who are actually willing to become
infected for the sake Of acquiring
board, lodging and the power Of
living an idle life. The Indian de-
sires above all things to be man
of money, and that the leper at
Tarantarn likes to save two out of
The three rupees allowed him month
", and either to hide them in the
ground, put them out at interest, or
invest them in jewelry for his wife.
One man had thus acquired 600 ru-
pees-at the cost of most wretched
diet, and consequent increase of the
disease Nineteenth Century.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

Miss WIZARDS introductions Of
speakers at the National Convention
were most happy and suggestive.
Rev. Joseph Cook was introduced
as our national cyclone, Hon. Neal
Dow as the grand old man, and
John P. st. John as the noblest
Roman Of them all.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

was torn completely off from the
whole top of his head, SO that it
had to be constantly swathed in
cotton and olive oil. He lived q
year. That man knew what suffer
ing means, if ever man did.-Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

First Kentuckian-Say, Colonel,
there's a Mormon elder down the
road preachin' to,a crowd o. young
women an singin' ould l Were
a Bird"
Second Kentuckian-Well, / kin
furnish the feathers. You git some
tar to stick 'em on"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

Mandy !" almost shrieked the
elderly aunt as she entered the par.
lor unexpectedly and found the
young lady clasped in the arms Of
q young man who was kissing her
with every Indication that he had
had considerable practice, what
on earth does this mean?"
Nothing but an election bet,
auntie," replied Amanda, with a
look Of heroic, martyr-like resigna-
ton on her heroic face. ID lost
a.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

| Anh NdtAOlAi1A SOIScQLlOn OIL LnS
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was held recently in the Me
tropolitan Opera House, New York
City. The annual address of the
much honored President, Miss
Frances Willard, was full Of grand
thoughts, and replete with logic
and reason. Here are few extracts
from the very able address
BELOVED FRIENDS AND COMRADES
"Great peace have they who love
Thy law. and nothing shall offend
them"
May this heavenly promise be
abundanty fulfilled in each and all
of US. There is a prayer, uttered
or unexpressed, that brings us face
to face, and it is this, "Help me to
heal the heartbreak of humanity -
The measurless injustice that sur
rounds us like an atmosphere, and
the fathomless misery that broods
over us like a malaria, make many
a murmuring heart cry out:
Had Gods power or He my love,
We'd have a different world from this We
see"
But the philosophic mind per-
ceives that everywhere God works
by means and that evcrmore the
Christ-spirit must be incarnate sor
it cannot carry out its miracles Of
healing. In the order of evolution,
it is first of all embodied in the in
dividual, then in the home, then in
society, then in the State, and some
day shall be in that Universal Re-
public Of which the Laureate sings,
when
'The flags shall all be furled
In the Parliament Of Man, the Federation
of the world"
Our meeting here hastens that
coming consummation. Mother
love works magic for humanity, but
organized mother-love works mira
cles. Mother-hearted women are
called to be the saviours of the race.
/ speak it reyerently, as loyal
worshipper of Him who said
Mother, behold thy Son.
White light includes all the pris-
matte colors, so the white ribbon
stands for all phases of reform and
there is no phase which the drink
curse has not rendered necessary.
This we did not see at first, when
Margaret E. Winslow, of New York,
proposed this ribbon as our national
badge. Ny own urgent desire was
then that the home women should
wear and finally redeem from asso-
citation with the liquor power, the
colors of the nation, and at that
Chicago convention Of 1877 we
were all wearing the red. white and
blue ribbons l had furnished, when
the wiser vote Of the majority made
white our badge. | now see how
much wider was the reach of this
pure emblem that holds within
itself the colors of all nations and
stands for universal purity and pat
riotism, universal prohibition and
philanthropy, and universal peace.
For Hearts are near though hands
are far and women's hands and
hearts all round the world will be
united by our white emblem ere
another generation passes out of
sight. As Presidentof the Worlds
w. C. T. u, l have already sent
out to every nation the purposes
and plans of that society, and there
is now no speech or language where
its voice is not heard.
A. IIr~x saA~ola, a
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

The adyisability OF badges for rk!-
sitiaua. il being discussed in mDdical
circles. preference being pAow1 for N
olive colored button. The 1andArnop-
,tal idea i that distingaishin4 haAGs
would b q great value Ia c1op 8e
. hasty demand for . deeteG's -
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TERRITORY or InAun

I rs, County of Alturas. Ss'
hansd bali IL Lewis. President of the above
sboye stos, tosnk, do solemnly swear that the
saewledaae Is true to the best of nv
;. subscr;,oal,S ISAAC l. LEWIS, President.
18th dav TsG os \ and sworn to before me this
''fsect-Attes,: No'Afs t'uo'N'
joseph P1sKnAM,)
I. 4. & {; tGEw.s; Gsss.;.,r Directors.
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The W. C. T. u. Of Ketchnm

HE w. 2. T. o. Of Ketchum
stands firmly established, though
yet in its infancy. The develop
ment and growth of the society is
source of great encouragement to
those who are uniting their prayers
and efforts in the great cause of
temperance. At the last meeting
OF the society, of the old. year, two
more added their names to the roll
of membership. The members are
quite enthusiastic in this good work,
and earnestly hope for great and
good results to emanate from their
labors in the new year Of 1889.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-05

Says the Rev. III. G. Weston :
MANY churches want pastor with
q glib tongue man like the Mis-
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ogIAsD0 &. BATTES, wv hfSpNAN.
HNNDMAN & BATTEN,
Altorn G y S-a IT, a w !,
gs.rhum Idaho. Practice in all the Courts
md Land offices.
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e0ari r}ser, WIttl no head 70 speak
s0f. but Oh, Htat 2 mouth 2a
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PROFESSIONAL.


,TTORSEY-AT-LAW. Kctchum, Idaho.
\ pr,r,icel in all the Courts Of the Ter
,itory Conveyancing and procuring OF
p,ttlts Il speciality.
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60 On, lIIr. NnFhII1an. HOW Nla0
was that Chicago Tribune.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-29

tiff and the heirs of Ludwig BOrches IS
Defendant; said Petition alleging
1st-That the names and residence of
said Ludwig Bnrches' heirs are unknown.
2nd-That Plaintiff is the owner of a
certain parcel of land,-fOTty acres, more
or less,-being in San Saba county, 81 or
9 miles S.-W. from the Town of San Saba,
and being part of survey l04, originally
granted to the said heirs of Ludwig BOr
ches.
3rd-That Plaintiff holds said land in
fee simple, and that he and these under
whom he holds, claim the same under n
deed duly registered, and that he has had
and held quiet, peaceable, adverse, con-
tinuous and uninterrupted possession, for
a period of more than eleven years before
the commencement of this suit.
4th That the vendor under whom
Plaintiff claims, purchased said land from
said heirs, but that said instrument of con-
veyance was lost or misplaced before
recording, and that Plaintiff cannot now
produce same, thereby casting a cloud on
his title to said land, to his damage in the
sum of Five Hundred dollars;
Wherefore, he prays lawful service on
said heirs, and upon trial hereof, for all
orders, DEGREES and writs, as he is entitled
to in law and equity.
Herein Fail Not, but have you before
said court, at its aforesaid next regular
term, this Writ, with your return thereon,
showing how you have executed the same.
Witness, A. Duggau, Clerk of the Dis
tlict court of San Saba county.
~, Given Under my Hand, and the
LIS. Seal of said court, at office in San
~ Saba, this the 18th day of Febru-
arv, A. D. 1889. A. DUGGAN,
Clerk, DIS riot Court, S. S. Co.
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Citation by Publication.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, to the Sher-
iff or any Constable of San Saba County,
You are hereby commanded to summon
the heirs of Carl Deutscb, by making pub
licatian of this Citation once in each week,
for eight successive weeks, previous to the
return day hereof, in the San Saba News,
a newspaper published in your county, to
apnear at the next regular term of the
District court of San Saba county, to be
holden at the Court House thereof in the
Town of San Saba, Texas. on the Fourth
Monday IN April, 1889, the same being the
twenty second day of April, 1889; then and
there to answer a Petition this day filed in
the said court, in a suit numbered on the
Docket of said court No. S37, wherein John
NJ. Tippin is Plaintiff and the heirs of
Carl Deutsch are Defendants; said Petit
ton alleging
lst-That the name and residence of
Defendants are to Plaintiff unknown.
2nd-That Plaintiff is the owner, III fee
simple, of one hundred and sixty acres of
land on " allace creek, San Saba county,
Texas, being Survey No. 223, Certificate
ALI, originally granted to the said heirs of
Carl Deutsch.
3rd-That Plaintiff and those whose es
tate ne ndstSldllnlllH tnt shit uutcI % uuCA
duly registered, has had and held the
quiet, peaceable, adverse, continuous and
uninterrupted possession of said lands for
period of more than twenty years next
before the commencement of this suit.
4th-Tbat Defendants have some sort of
pretended claim on said premises by rea
sol of certain missing links in Plaintiffs
chain of title, which he is unable to pro-
duce, and which said claim operates as a
cloud on Plaintiffs title, to his damage in
the sum of One Thousand dollars;
Wherefore, Plaintiff prays that said
heirs be cited, in terms of law. to answer
his Petition, filed herein, and that upon
trial he shall have such orders, DEGREES
and writs, as he is entitled to in law and
equity.
Herein Fail Not, but have you before
said court, at its aforesaid next regular
term, this Writ, with your return thereon,
showing how you have executed the same.
Witness, A. DuggaD, Clerk of the Dis
trict court of San Saba county.
- Given Under my Hand, and the
/ LIS. Seal of said court, at Office in San
~ Saba, this the 10Th day of Febru-
ary, 1889, A. DUGGAN.
Clerk, District Court, s. s. Co.
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The Rural prints what follows

The Rural prints what follows
from Farm Machinery. Please
read it and let us know if you pro-
pose to submit to the outrage, or
will agree to stack your grain
loose. The paper says: 1t is now
evident that the National Cordage
Association, the "Boston Syndi-
cate" and the London Syndicate"
are one and the same, or that all
are operating together for the pur-
pose of working the market for all
it is worth. They have bought
every bale of MANILA, sisal, hemp
and jute they could get their hands
on the world over. They have con-
troll of the raw material. More
than that, they have sent their
agents to every factory not in the
Association and contracted for the
output, or as much of it as they
could get at the best price they
could make and get the goods.
Still worse, their agents have in
vaded all points at which Irvine
was unsold last season and bought
from jobbers and dealers all they
could get, at handsome profits over
last seasons prices. In crowding
our inquiry, we learn of sob lots"
bought from jobbers and dealers
at st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Fargo, where considerable quaint
ties are said to have been found
and taken in. A few figures will
show what this all means. It is
estimated that it will require So
900 tons of Irvine to bind the har-
vest of 1889. If the price is forced
up to twenty cents pound it will
take S2O,0O0,000 to put it into far
mers' hands. If made twenty-five
cents a pound it will take S25, 000,-
900. This compared with 1888.
when Irvine was twelve and half
to fifteen cents q pound, shows
profits to the Syndicate or Associ-
alton of from 81, 100000 to s13, OOO,- |
600 in the next five months, which
must eventually come out of the
farmers. Western Rural.
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Sold by Ketchum q Son.

The PANsY.-For March comes
to our table, freighted with pict-
ures and stories for young folks
from eight to twelve. 1t is certain
ly charming magazine, with not
a line of reading that the most
particular of parents can object to.
The subscription price is s1.OO a
year. The publishers, D. Lothrop
Company, Boston, viii send SAM
pie back number on receipt of 5
cents.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-03-29

the wolf question, l find the fol-
lowing plan always successful.
Whenever I find a sheep killed by
wolves, I prepare a bait of lard
and strychnine, as follows: Take
a piece of lard an inch and a quar-
ter square, make deep hole in
one side and fill up with strych-
nine crystals, which should be
covered with lard. Just at night
place the bait where the sheep
was killed, or near the carcass if it
is allowed to remain where found,
and you may be sure the wolf will
be cared for. 1 usually put out
poison every night as long as the
bats are taken, and have killed as
many as five wolves near one dead
sheep. Don't be afraid of putting
in too much strychnine; put in
heavy doses and you will usually
find wolf near by.
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fEl1s1 lnu1ruyt HOe
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga


What is it, and what good does ii doi
God in his wisdom, knowing the many all
ments which mankind is heir to, has
placed in the vegetable kingdom the roots
and herbs from which this great and won
derful remedy is compounded. 1t purifies
the blood, regulates the liver, and makes
almost new creature of man. DR.. L. 8.
Hine, of Oakalla, Texas, says: 81 have
used Stillingin, and like it. Please send
me half dozen more bottles"
For sale by J. n. Eddins 81 Co., and
Ketchum g. Son. mayl
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On the morning of April Both
next, the church bells all over the
country will ring IN commemora-
ton of the event of one hundred
years ago, when the church bells
rang throughout the thirteen states
to call the people together to pray
for the success and prosperity of
the country under Gen. Washing
ton, that day inaugurated Presi-
dent Of the United States.
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Wide Awake, published by D
Lothrop Company, Boston, Mass.
is one of the most. popular of the
young peoples N agazines and is
well worthy of the high reputation
which it enjoys. The March
number is an exec llent one, filled
with the choicest matter short sto-
ries, poems, serea Is etc. This Com
pany also publishes the Pansy,
Little men and Women, and Baby
land, a series Of magazines suited
to the young fir ON the cradle to
manhood and Fomanhood. send
20 cents for sp' ecimen copies Ad-
dress as above.