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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
The Habits Of Some Englishmen.

Of the prominent men of to-day
great number are total abstainers,
and almost all are exceedingly
moderate in the use of liquor and
tobacco. For instance, among the
members of the British parliament,
where champagne was once the al
most univeral beverage, it has now
been supplanted by Apollinaris wa
ter. The following particulars OF
the habits of some leading English
politicians are given by a Liverpool
paper:
Mr.. Gladstone never smokes,
though he drinks wine at dinner.
When last he was in Office, most OF
his cabinet were abstainers. Mr..
Chamberlain, however, is a great
smoker, and drinks champagne at
meals. Mr.. John Morley also drinks
champagne, but has not been able
to get beyond the cigarette in smok-
ing. Sir William Harcourt, who,
though he looks extremely strong,
is one of dyspepsia's many mar
tyrs, was teetotaler for some time,
but has gone back to claret.
Lord Randolph Churchill drinks
very little, but smokes considerably.
Mr.. Labouchere is SO inveterate a
smoker that he usually carries about
him a box four times the ordinary
size. and he rushes to the smoke
room every spare moment during
the evening of the parliamentary
session. Lord Salisbury is most
moderate in his use of stimulants,
and he never smokes. Lord Dut-
ferin neither drinks nor smokes.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
The Height Of Adam and Eve.

Mr.. Henricon, member of the
French Academy of Sciences, pub
lished a work in the year 1918, a
larger part of which was given up
to the past and present conditions
of the human family. In the course
of his arguments he proves, to his
own satisfaction at least, that We
have gradually degenerated from
colossal specimens of flesh and
sinew to almost microscopic specks
in comparison. The dignified posi-
ton of the learned Henricon de-
mands for his views all respect, but
who of the present generation could
be induced to believe that Adam,
the first landlord of creation, was
1923 feet and 9 inches high? Yet,
in the course of his reasoning, he
proves this in a satisfactory way to
himself and his colleague. "Eve, !"
says this learned NJ. D., s'was q
splendid helpmeet for her giant hus-
band, but was not nearly SO tall,
being but 118 feet, 8 inches and 8
lines. st. Louis Republic,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
Undressing Was Not Bathing.

In 1868 President Lincoln sent a
force under Gen. Henry H. Sibley
to punish the Indians for their bar
barities in Minnesota and Dakota,
and drive them back to the Rocky
Mountain plains. Among the many
incidents of the Sibley expedition,
says the Fargo Argus, against the
Sioux, which are still afoat in Da-
kota, is the following: On the re-
turn the camps were usually made
on the banks of lake or river, and
frequently, when the men learned
where the camp would be some of
them would rush forward and have
a bath; this rolled up the water
and made it unfit for camp pur-
poses. This action so incensed
Gen. Sibley that he issued an order
prohibiting bathing until the officer
Of the day should announce that
water had been secured for camp
purposes and the stock had been
watered. One night the camp had
been made on the bank of a small
lake. Capt. Horace Austin was the
officer of the day, and he sent a de-
tail to the lake in charge of Sergt.
S. P. Childs, now of Mankato, to
see that the Generals order was
obeyed. Childs saw man come
down to the lake shore, look at the
water, step back behind bush and
begin undress. Soon he was dis
robed and walked to the edge of
the water, and dipped his foot in it
as if to see how cold it was, when
Childs yelled "Halt." What's the
matter?" asked the would-be bather.
The Sergeant replied that the Cen
erals orders were that no bathing
should be allowed until the officer
of the day had announced sufficient
water had been secured. The man
demonstrated, and finally said that
if Childs knew the order, he ought
to have informed him before he un-
dressed. "Yes," said Childs, II
knew it, but the order does not pro-
hibit disrobing." The man who
wanted to bathe was Gen. Sibley
himself, and Childs knew it, but he
didn't hathe then.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.
Causes Sufficient to Separate Unhappy
Married Couples sH

Attempt on life, in Illinois.
Fugitive from justice, in Virginia
| Ungovernable temper, in Ken.
lucky.
Parties cannot live in peace and
union, in Utah.
Gross misbehavior or wickedness,
in Rhode Island. =
Mental incapacity at time of mar
riage, in Georgia.
Any gross neglect of duty, in
Kansas and Ohio.
Willful desertion for FIVE years is
cause in two States.
Fraud and fraudulent contract is
cause in nine States.
Refusal of wife to remove into
the State, in Tennessee.
Habitual drunkenness is a cause
IN all States except ten.
Willful desersion for three years
is a cause in fourteen States.
Imprisonment for felony is a
cause in all States except ten.
Absence without being heard
from is a cause in several States.
Physical inability is cause in all
States and Territories except ten.
Willful desertion for one year is a
cause in fifteen states and territories.
Habitual indulgence in violent
and ungovernable temper, in Flor
ida.
Settled aversion which tends to
destroy all peace and happiness, in
Kentucky.
Husband notoriously immoral
before marriage, unknown to wife,
in West Virginia.
Three years with any religious
society that believes the marriage
relation unlawful, in Massachusetts.
Such indignities as render life
burdensome, in Missouri, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Washington Terri
tory and Wyoming.
The violation of the marriac ace vow
is cause for absolute divorce, ex-
coping in South Carolina and New
Mexico, which have no divorce laws.
Cruel treatment, outrages or ex-
cesses such as to render their living
together insupportable, in Arkan.
sas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri.
Tennessee and Texas.
Failure of the husband to pro-
vide, no time specified, is cause in
nine states; for one year it is a cause
in five states, and for two years it is
all that is necessary in two states.
Cruel and abusive treatment is
cause in all states and territories
except New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
PIT. BARNuM sw1HDLw.

P. T. Barnum, the veteran show.
man, appeared in the role Of com
plainant against a woman who had
succeeded in swindling him. Barn
um stops at the Murray Hill Hotel
when in this city, and fortnight
ago, while walking on Thirty-sev-
enth street. between Fifth and Sixth
avenues, poorly-dResssd middle
aged woman approached him and
exhibited two cards-one Of Bale
vue Hospital, on which was written
an address in HArlem. She said
that her husband bad had his leg
broken and she wanted to notify
her sister at the address she showed.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
MEXICAN CHARACTERISTIC.

'Is there much sickness in Mex
ico?"
'The only drawback is the ever
lasting prevalence Of smallpox. It
is everywhere and everybody has it.
| can speak from experience, when
l say that it is the worst, most dis
agreeable, and vilest disease that
one can be afflicted with. The
houses are all built solid and have
a little square courtyard in the
center. Very few of the houses are
more than one story, and horses,
cows and donkeys all enter the
front door, and live under the samo
roof. There are no frame houses
except on the border, and those the
railroad have built. The houses
are built out of sand and straw,
called "daubings." Ths roofs are
fiat, and the floors are made of
brick, as in-most parts Of. Mexico
trees which were large enough for
lumber purposes have been long
since used.
"The labor of the country is dono
by poems, class between the Mex
lean and the Indian. They receive
for their services 1Sc. per day, out
of which they feed and clothe them
selves. When a person dies una
BILE to buy coffin, which is very
costly, one is rented in which to
convey the remains to the grave,
where the body is taken out and
buried and the coffin returned. In
Mexico person must be buried
within twenty-four hours after
death. So, if stranger dies in that
country he will be buried there.
The cemeteries are all small, and
after person has been buried
certain length Of time another grave
is dug in the same spot and some
body else buried there. It is not
uncommon to see the grave-digger
dig up bones, skulls and garments
of the dead.
The religion OF the country ia
Catholic, and the converts to Prot
estantism, Mr.. Dillon says, are
principally among the lower classes,
as they have nothing to lose by be-
coming a Protestant. All the
churches have good music and
beautiful paintings. In one of the
churches at San Louis Potosi saw
a picture of the Lords Supper
which was 100 feet long and twenty
five feet high, all the figures being
life-size. Interview with Mexi-
can Railroad Conductor, published
in the Savannah News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
Big Bug and Small Potato.

Ex-Attorney General Palmer is
fond of joke, and he isn't put out
a bit if the joke is on him, Just 50
it is funny. He dresses very neatly
and is not given to jewelry, except
in the matter of scarfpins, and an
adornment of this character once
led to a remark about him that set
Wilkesbarre to laughing. He had
purchased very handsome pin in
the shape Of bug, which was of
rather loud size and pretty conspic-
uous. 1t looked like an exaggerated
potato bug. His friends guyed him
considerably about it, and that
scarfpin became the talk of the
town. One day a prominent Ger
man saloonkeeper passed Mr.. Pal
mer as the latter stood in his office
door, looked out the corner of his
eye at the scarfpin and smiled. In
stantly the attorney, in his quick,
sharp way, said:
well, Dutchy, what's the matter
with you? What are you laughing
at?"
"Oh, nodings, Mr.. Balmer."
"Yes, you were. You were laugh
ing at this scarfpin. What's the
matter with it?"
II guess it's all right, Mr.. Balmer. ,
Swell. look at it and see. Is there
anything the matter with it? Ex-
anime it,
The German drew nigh, carefully
scanned the pin, looked it over
gravely, and was about to turn
away when Mr.. Palmer said
swell, what's the matter with
that bug scarfpin? What do you
thing?"
"Vell, Mr.. Balmer," said the Ger
man, 81 don'd know but vat think
| never before saw 80 big bug on
SO schmall a potato" and he walked
off with a queer grin on his face.
The remark struck Mr. Palmer
as being exceedingly funny. and he
told it to some of his friends.-Har-
risburg, Pa, Telegraph.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
AROUND THE CORNER.

One day my heart was very sad,
Oppressed with heavy sorrow,
And not ray of hope arose
To cheer me OH the morrow.
l walked along the crowded street,
A dull, distracted mourner,
And guessed not what awaited me
AS / went round the corner.
There met me one whose sunny face
The smile of heaven reflected;
The friendly greeting she besto wed
Was wholly unexpected.
For had thought her hard and cold,
OF lovers arts scOrner;
But she was taken off her guard
AS turned round the corner.
What cared though the skies were dar]
And threatened stormy weather?
What mattered any grief at all
If we two were together?
The bushes that were ON her cheek
Did regally adorn her;
And oh blest the fate that turned
My steps around the corner.
And thus find it is through life
So full of wondrous phases
That when we walk amid the gloom,
Or press through tangled mazes.
Feeling all friendless and alone,
A hopeless, happy mourner,
Some blessings surely lie in wait
For US around the corner.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
'Hor9aD' 'sG.Y.G. .GeldrgD
EDITED BY THE aUPERINTENDleNT OF
PRESS WORK.
For God and Home and Native Land. .

sumptuously every day." will gen
orally prove promotive of habits OF
intemperance, cannot we'll be
doubted. 1t is equally true that
what we call artificial cooker will
produce the same effect. The spices,
pungents, and irritants, in general
not only tend to deprave the taste,
preparing the way for intemperance
by producing morbid appetites, but
create an unnatural thirst, thirst
which is the most naturally graft
fed by the use of lntoxicants.
Hence, we shall find that boys fed
in this way during the early part
of life, more generally become in
temperate than those who have
been accustomed to a more abstem-
ious living. The most unfavorable
consequences follow such artificial
cookery, added to the excessive use
of animal food, pork more especial
ly. After the tastes have been
vitiated in this way, after the irri-
tants have so blunted the suscept-
Utilities, that water-the natural
drink of man and beasts insipid,
unsatisfying, it is perfectly natural
that some drink of more fiery
nature should be demanded. These
drinks more generally contain
certain per cent of alcohol, the way
being prepared by the use Of ginger
ale, porter, and the whole range of
beers. While it is true that those
who really relish plain and simple
food, with no great display of rich
gravies and irritating sauces, are in
but little danger of becoming drunk
ards, it is unwise in mothers to so
feed their children with spices and
irritants, radishes, and the like, as
to destroy the keen relish for water,
plain food like bread, and the fruits.
1t should be remembered that such
articles as mustard, capable of bis
tering the surface of the arm, can
not but prove harmful to the sem
sitive coats of the stomach, produc-
ing vitiated state of the digestive
organs, preparing he way: as has
been stated, for degrading habits.
If we add to this harmful cook
Eery the use of intoxicants. as brandy
in mince pies, sauces, cake, pud-
dings, the training in the direction
of drunkenness is carried still fur
ther It is difficult to conceive how
an intelligent and thoughtful Chris
tian mother, after having taken the
temperance pledge, can use any of
these intoxicants in her cookery.
Alcohol is a poison, an element
foreign to the human constitution,
and will produce the same vitiating
effects whether taken as drink or
as a food, the uniform tendency be-
ing to produce abnormal appetites.
Conscientious and Christian moth
ers will do we'll to give this subject
their prayerful attention.-Dr. j.
II. Hannaford, in Union Signal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02

field pieces are beautiful attributes
to the art destructive. They are
feet long, 3 2-1O-inch bore, use 81
pounds of powder to a 134 pound
ball, and can hit things three miles
off and make an enemy nervous al
four. They are shapely, slender
things, with bell mouths, beautiful
breech mechanism, and weigh about
500 pounds, about one-fourth less
than the old brass howitzer. Ex-
cept for weight of metal carried,
these field pieces are about as effect
i've as the old 15-inch columbiads,
and can be fred twenty-five times
as fast. There's no thumbing of
the breech, no premature discharge
and o-fouling possible.
When the big shop is done this
impromptu factory will be used for
the manufacture of the light field
pieces and steel breech-loading siege
guns of 5-inch bore and finch
howitzers.
The breech mechanism of the big
guns is all handled by screws and
levers, but each breech plug is FASH
ioned to be opened by hand with
readiness in case of accident.
The old castiron cannons are
clumsy chunks Of metal in compar-
ison with these deadly steel tubes.
An S-inch castiron piece, such as
grace the harbor forts of New York,
carries a 6S-pound shot, with 20
pounds of powder, with an extreme
and uncertain range, four miles,
representing collective energy of
LAY foot tons, against $3.50 devel-
oped by its steel rival.
The mode of cannon construction
involves long and patient manipu-
lation of cold steel. The tubes must
be made to possess a mathemati-
cally exact surface within and with
out. The steel jacket must fit over
the breech more neatly than a lad US
glove, and cleave to it closer than
skin to flesh when shrunk. Then
over all must go three series of
thick steel bands; the whole then
turned and FURNISHED to homoge-
neity, and then last, and most deli
cate of all, the barrel must be cut
in spiral lines with apparently i'm
possible deftness. Then there is a
weapon to stand by, a friend who
fights for thee, indeed,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
What They Will Do.

The question, "What shall we do
in heaven?" is going the rounds of
the Eastern press. Unless those
Eastern editors stop lying there
will be precious few of them who
will ever do anything in heaven.
They would better discuss the ques-
ton, "What kind of gear is best
adapted to very warm climate?'
Mo-, Courier.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02

AN Iowa farmer lately sent the
following order to 2 merchant for
goods. They have business farm
ers back there: "Send mo q sack
of -four, FIVE pounds of coffee and
one Of tea. My wife gave birth to
= boy baby last night, and also one
keg Of nails, and screw driver and
=, spool Of barb-wire. It weighed
ten pounds, and = ton of soft Goa"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
Had Punctuation.

Here is an extract from a South
German newspaper, in which sad
consequences of bad punctuation
are set forth, as follows: "After
him came Lord Salisbury on his
head a white hat on his feet; large
but well-blacked boots on his brow
a dark cloud in his hand; the un-
avoidable walking-stick in his eyes
a threatening look in gloomy Ell
lpncn -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edgedto be. the sole representative Of the
Great Upper Wood River and 6aWtooth-
mining regions, and, located - it = IN tho
very heart Of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav.
ing nothing andone to present % It, ss.dsss e :
developments, as we'll az matters Of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis Of Idaho, it is aninvaina-
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. af;eg
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02

"TElpERANcE is now an indus
trial question, medical question, 9
social question, home question, 9
church question, and now, as never
before, it is q legal question.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
TERRITORY oFIpAuo.

TERRITORY OF IDAHO, ..
n. County OF .Alturas.
aa,,ad" 5"dc l. Lewis, President of the above
aboyea s,oa, ,oank, do .solemnly swear that the
Moxl ldaNihent is true to the best of my
ledge and belief
su,.cp;h lSAAC |. LEWIS, President.
ith sa oed and sworn to hefOre me this
ny Of December, 1888.
'ofset-Attest: Ss*'
JOSEPH P1kKHAA,)
a@G; 6 Lewis. Directors.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02

"Gentlemen Of tho jury," said
counsel ia IN agricultural case,
atheye are thirty-six hoep m tha4
lot-thirty-six. / want syo ~;
membes that number tir M
hogs-just three times ths4ut
TINT there are in the T bv. ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02

PLENTY of honest work at good
wages is the best cure for general ip-
temperance. The temperance prob
lem is but one phase of the great
labor.problem, and the sincere, we'll
meaning Prohibitionists ought to
turn their attention to that.-bos-
ton Globe.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02

All men are not homeless, but
some men are home less than 9th
ers.-Tbe Wasp.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
PROFESSIONAL.
A. Il. PINkHAM.

rroRNEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum, Idaho.
| prartices in all the Courts of the Ter
.i,,r Conveyancing and procuring OF
p,tents i,,t a speciality.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-03-02
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
First National BAN k
AT KErCMUNH.

III 'Ae Territory Of Idaho. at the close OF
business, December y, 1888:
RESOURCES.
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