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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
Advice to Young Men.

Young men, you are the archi-
tects of your own fortunes. Rely
upon your own strength of body
and soul. Take for your star self
reliance, faith, honesty, and indus
try. Inscribe on your banner
duck is a fool, pluck is a hero" T"
Don't take too much advice-keep
at your helm and steer your own
ship, and remember that the great
art of commanding is to take fair
share of the work. Think we'll OF
yourself. Strike out. Assume your
own position. Put potatoes in your
cart, over a rough road, and small
ones 90 to the bottom. Fire above
the mark you intend to hit. Don't
drink. Don't chew. Don't smoke.
Don't swear. Don't deceive. Don't
marry until you can support wife
Be in earnest. Be self-reliant. Be
generous. Be civil. Read the pa
pers. Advertise your business
Make money and do COED with 1t.
Love your God and fellow men.
Love truth and virtue. Love your
country, and obey its laws. # this
advice be implicitly followed by the
young men of the country, the mill
lennium is at hand.
Moan PORTER.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

A good story is told Of an actor
who recently paid visit to Cohoes
He had but So to reach home. and
the thought struck him that if he
could get some one to bet with him
he might attain the desired amount.
He entered a saloon kept by an
Irishman, told him his plight, say
ing he wanted to make bet.
"All right said the bartender,
who had just purchased a ham.
=" Eli bet you 81 so that you can't
carry this ham across the street and
back without laying it down."
The bet was promptly accepted.
and the actor seized the ham by the
string, walked across the street and
back and laid the ham on the floor.
You've lost," said the Irishman !;
"you laid it down. But here comes
a friend of mine and you can get
even"
The friend readily bit at the bait.
He seized the ham, walked across
the street and back and hung the
ham on a hook, thus winning the
stakes. 1t is not known whether
the actor has reached his destina-
ton yet.-Albany Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
Z, IDAHO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1889.

The manager laughed louder ant
told him he'd need longer time thar
that. Edison sat down at the in
strument. established communica
ton with Albany by way of Pitts
burg. told the Albany officer to put
their best man at the instrument
and began careful and rapid Sc
ries of tests with all currents of all
intensities. He had his Pittsburg
circuit instrument by his side and
directed the Albany operator in
each movement from his end. The
steps were simultaneous, and the
Albany man telegraphed the results
of each test. Edison compared
them, made calculations, and in
two hours and a-half told the Off
cials that the trouble existed at a
certain point he named on the line,
and told them what it was. The
officials telegraphed the Office near
est this point, and an hour later
messages were tripping gayly be-
tween New York and Albany. The
company made him their Superin-
tendent Immediately. Now he was
in a position to command respect
and attention. He induced the
companies to test his patents, and
sold them rapidly. He much i'm
proved his multiplex system, and
sold that to the Western Union at
ten times what he would have taken
for it at the time they laughed at
his first proposition. He simply
informs the Western Union now
when he has invented something
new in telegraphy. Does it work?
1t works. How much? Hundred
thousand. Check. That's the way
he sells all his inventions nowadays.
The public doesn't know it, but
there are in the safes of the Wes-
tern Union patents which, if applied,
would nearly double the efficiency
of the telegraph in the interests of
public convenience. They are not
used because it costs money to put
them into use, and there is no COM
petition to compel the Western
Union to do the best it knows how
to do. The company buys Mr.. Ed
ison's inventions, partly because
they may want to use them some
day, but chiefly because they don't
want them to get into the hands Of
people who might by these means
become dangerous competitors.
They have to pay fortune for each
invention, and don't expect to use
it when they get it, but the reten-
ton of their secure monopoly
makes the policy a paying one."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
CHILDHOOD'S WAYS.

every once in a while am for
chilly reminded of the happy days
of my childhood" said man re-
Gently whose hair was just being
seasoned by the pepper-box of time.
"The youngsters up in my neigh
borhood remind me when it is top
time and kite time and marble
time,' and their pranks bring me to
realize that it is Halloween and
April Fools day. l often wish l
was with them. The other day a
crowd of kids were grouped in one
end of the vacant lot on the corner
as was passing, and they brought
back old times yividly to me. They
were idly talking, as if wishing for
something exciting to turn up, when
a bright-eyed boy in the crowd
yelled: Last man over the fence is
a liar! With that they all dashed
wildly for the fence, outstripping
the bright-eyed boy and reaching
the sidewalk. AS they turned to
give him the laugh he paused in
the lot. put his thumb in his nose,
and twirled his fingers; then said !:
"Yah, | didn't go over at all !"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
Splitting Paper.

. ooh, dear! l have a picture print
ed on one side of this paper and
some reading matter on the other,
and I wanted to save both," said
young lady recently, who was past
ing scraps into book.
"Well, you can save both," said
her friend.
"Why, how can do that?"
"There are two ways of splitting
piece of paper. One is to lay the
sheet of paper on a piece Of gless,
soak it thoroughly with water and
then press it smoothly all over the
glass. With a little care the upper
half of the sheet can be peeled off
leaving the under half on the glass
Let this dry and it will come off
the glass very easily; of course the
glass must be perfectly clean. The
second way is a better one, but it
requires some good practice. Paste
u piece Of cloth or strong paper on
each side of the sheet to be split.
When it has thoroughly dried pull
the two pieces of cloth apart sud-
denly and violently. The paste can
then be softened with water and the
two halves of the sheet easily taken
off the cloths"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
How to Remove Tattooing.

Europeans who have been foolish
enough, either in youth or age, to
tattoo themselves like FIJI Island
ers, Patagonians, or any other race
of picturesque savages, may be in
terested to hear that DR.. Variot OF
Paris has discovered a simple but
effective method of removing red or
blue pictorial devices from the hu-
man skin. His modus operandi is
to prick the marks or spots with
needles until the blood flows, then
to inject tannin, and finally to eau
terize with nitrate of silver. Little
inconvenience is felt by the person
operated upon, unless, of course, the
marks extend over large surface.
The wounds caused by the pricking
and cauterization become black for
a time, then turn red, and after o
mouth or 90 the parts which have
been treated are almost indistin-
gu;shable from the adjoining flesh.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
He Had the Best of It.

GLOW much will you give me on
this overcoat?" asked a seedy look
ing man of the functionary in the
pawnbroker's shop.
Fifty cents" was the reply that
followed a glance at the garment.
You ought to give me a couple
Of dollars, anyhow. The coat amt
worth less than fifteen dollars" {"
"My friend, | wouldn't give you
six dollar vor dat ofergoat. It amt
vordt it, SO helllp me gracious"
"Would you take six dollars for
it fit was yoursw
my friendt, l would take five
dollar for dot ofergoat."
"All sight, here's your five. 1t
was hanging out in front of the
store, and l brought it in to see
how much it was worth"
"Here, stop, dot was schvindle." +"
swell, should say so. You had
it marked at thirty-fve dollars, you
old rascal. Well, SO long, uncle. :"
Merchant Traveller.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
And They Were Made First.

The nations which still eat with
the fingers defend the practice on
the ground of clealiness. A Malay
gentleman regards the use of a fork
much as we should think of the use
Of a borrowed toothpick. He is
troubled by the reflection that it has
been in other mouths and that some
lazy servant may have neglected to
wash it properly. The care Of his
Etngers is in his own charge, and
fis knows. that they are clean and
that they have never been in any
one else's mouth. Popular Science.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
National Societies.

In this country there are now
forty-eight national societies OF
women, with membership repre-
senting in the aggregate over 5OO,-
900. The one having the largest
representation is the w c. I. u,
with the names of 10000 women
on it's rolls of members. Twelve
of these organizations have joined
the National Council.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
New York, Dec. 24.-Kate Field

New York, Dec 24.-Kate Field
announces that she is about to de-
liver an address in five cities on
"The Gospel of the Grape" The
address will be in behalf Of temper
ance, and, incidentally, in behalf OF
California. She said to an inter,
viewer: st certainly would be a
great gain for temperance if the
mild California wines took the place
of whisky for general use"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
were eaten away by the alcohol, the

exposed nerve fbres and the rava
ges of the disease which followed
In speaking Of this lost power o
motion, DR.. Spitzka mentioned ar
experiment that was tried on new
born kitten. It's skull was opened
and that part of the brain which
controls the motion of the body
were destroyed. The head was ther
closed up. The kitten lived three
months and died. Upon dissecting
it it was found that all traces o1
nerves which had anything to do
with the motion of the body had
entirely disappeared. The appear
ance was as if they never had existed.
DR.. Spitzka also has the finest
known collection of young salmon.
They are the result of natures effort
to split single egg. In the case
of double headed or double-tailed
chickens it is the result of a double
yolk in the egg. These cases are
comparatively common. But in
the salmon the process is different.
The nucleus at the side of the tiny
yolk, out of which the little fish is
formed, is by an effort of nature to
divide it broken apart, but not en-
tirely. From these broken frag
ments issue the double or twin sal
mons. Two heads with a single
tail, and sometimes a single head
and two tails, are the result of ma
ture's partial success. Occasionally
two distinct and perfectly formed
salmon succeeded in emanating
from single egg, joined together
only by the yolk. One rare speci-
men is single fish without a yolk,
but another head. somewhat small
er, growing from one side of its
body.
Among the peculiar and interest
ing specimens in DR.. Spitzka's col
lection are two brains attached to a
single spinal cord. This was taken
from a baby monstrosity, and seems
to show the same effort on the part
of nature as in the case of twin
salmons. This is not the case,
however, but is the result of a ma
ternal impression. Another pecu-
liar freak here is a frog with but
one hind leg and an otherwise per-
fectlv developed body.
Dr. Spitzka has many photo
graphs of the people and animals
whose brains are upstairs in the
laboratory. The sad face of the
young girl of White Plains is por-
trayed, and the touching face, with
its melancholy expression, tells
too plainly of the sufierings she en-
dured. Possibly the most inter
esting picture is that of lunatic
who is at present in the Asylum on
the island. To all appearances he
is perfectly sane. He is very tai
ented artist, and paints continually,
and some of his paintings show re-
markable skill. Pretty scenes, ar
tistic and true to nature; ideal
faces, with dreamy eyes and angelic
features; warriors in armor, both
Grecian and Roman; nude figures,
graceful and lifelike; faces with
gaping, unearthly mouths, that
looked like spook pictures; artis-
tic, weird and fanciful things-ali
creations of the artists disordered
imagination. And yet this queer
genius will place feather across
an inkstand, and if it is accident
ally touched he thinks it is an evil
dence of. conspiracy against him
and becomes morbid with fear, and
finally violent.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and ieav-
ing nothing undone to present its readers 2
developments, as we'll as matters of local
importance in the growth of ketchum, the
future metropolis Of Idaho, it is an invalua-
bic 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, 1889-01-12

THERE is no temperance work SO
important as that among the chill.
dren and youth. Their education
upon this subject is one of vital
Importance to US as parents, and to
the government, whose very foun-
dations are being undermined by
the use of alcoholic liquors in our
land. Strong drink turns the purest
and noblest into criminals and
fiends. Mothers and fathers, lend
US your aid to press forward in
our good work of temperance; help
US to save your promising boys
from victims of the deadly cup.
20 thou sword of the Lord, how
long wilt thou withhold thy ven-
geance" upon the destroyer of the
innocent.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

Stranger-I hear this is a great
section for fox huting. Oak Tree
Inn Host-Y Yes, stree; parties como
down from the city every fall come
in grand style, too; been coming
for years. Stranger-Isn't there
danger that you'll be run out Of
foxes? Host-Not q bit. We are
still using the fox we began With.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
TERRITORY OF IDAHO.

AhRRlr0RY OF IDAHO,
county OF Alturas. o.
haned3 3ic &c l; Lewis, President of the above
above s,o, ,oank, do solemnly swear that the
Mowledasae Is true to the best of nv
subsc,;h isSAAC l. LEWIS, President.
~ Jay Of December, 1855 D'1oi' 'ne 'nis
Correct vso. ..o. NJ. Snow, Notary Public.
yySsEPA RlSKHAx.l.
y: =. G {; LEWIS. Directors.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

GoD has been kind and gener-
Gus father to you; no shadow has
ever fallen upon your pathway !;
your lines fall in pleasant places
now, but remember that life, like
the weather, cannot be depended
upon for continual sunshine. ADJ
versity may come to rob you of
your comforts and luxuries; sor-
row may invade your happy home;
then, perhaps, you may long for
that sympathy and human charity
that you have not shown for anoth-
er's woes. While your life is full
of brightness, is there not some
thing you should render unto your
Heavenly father for his benefits? !?
Give those who are bearing heavy
burdens your tender sympathy !;
help them to bear their cross ; say
to the tired, worn heart: "The cross
is too heavy for you, don't carry it,
the master is waiting to lift it; He
has sent me to tell you that above
it the sun is shining, and Heaven
is above all. Oh, rare and precious
oil poured on the breaking heart !!
If there were more in the world
who were ready to help soothe 9TH
er's sorrows, and throw the mantle
of tender charity over their faults
and mistakes instead of talking
them over, and ripping them apart
until they grow into gaping wounds,
how much misery would it save,
and how much could be accom-
plished in fulfilling Gods holy will
in the cause of suffering humanity?
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

THE day of deliverance is near at
hand. In response to the heart-cry
of hundreds of thousands in our
land, the question of Prohibition,
like that of slavery, must eventually
become a national one. The peril
to this republic from the use Of al
coholic liquor will warrant the ac-
ton of national legislation to over
throw the greatest enemy that has
ever invaded our country.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

Keep not your kisses for my dead cold
brow,
The way is lonely, let me feel them now.
Think gently of me, ] am travel-worn,
When dreamless rest is mine,
l shall not need the tenderness for which
long tO-night.-Selected.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

,,,,no p RsTTEN WM. HYNDMAN.
HYNDMAN & BATTEN,
Attorne s-a tt a w +,
yetehum, Idaho.-Practice in ali the Courts
and Land Offices.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12

Mr.. FRED K. GILLETTE will lec-
ture, by invitation, before the Union
Sunday evening, January goth.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-01-12
PROFESSIONAL.
A. Il. PINkHANI.

,rTOPNEY- Ketchum, Idaho.
Practices in all the Courts of the Ter
-itory, Conveyancing and procuring OF
P,tents speciality.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-25
He Wanted a Little Prose:

1.-THE pleasure | derive from, tie
scenery and the benefit L obtain from
this exercise soliloquisediao Angler
as be cast his flies, S'is worth more
than all the Trout in. this brook.
Troat can buy in the market, but
pleasure and health are not;so easily
obtained"
just then a Trout seizedl one of the
flies, and after some struggles it fels
the net under it.
Il hope that you willrestore me TO
the water" pleaded the Trout. :You
admit that you can,have them with
out sacrificing my life. Continue cast
ing your flies for half an hour longer
and in this way youwill receive more
than you will by killing me.
ssYour arguments,sound plausible
enough, replied the Angler, as he
placed the trout in. his oreel, "but the
stock of pleasure and health I can
obtain is unlimited!. The supply Of
your species is, however,. limited, and
there is a time Mhem a, man prefers
concrete prose to abstract poetry.
That time will arrive when find YOU
on my plate at the breakfast table
tomorrow" New York Herald.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-25
STILL RUNNING.
A Woman arrested for Luring Youn q
Girls to a Michigan Den.

A Woman arrested for Luring Young
Girls to Michigan Den.
NEENAH, Wisconsin, Special Telegram,
If any one thinks that Gov Luce has
wiped out all the dens of lnfamy IN Northern
Michigan he is sadly mistaken A woman
named Ida Wilson arrived in this city the
other day, claiming to be looking for dining
room girls She got three young girls-Tiilie
Kraus, Nellie Demorest and another girl Iiv-
ing at Menasha. She was about TO take them
to the train for Republic, Mich, when the
city marshal learned that she intended to
take them to an infamous den near Repub-
lie, which is run by man named Jack
Thompson, whom the woman telegraphed to-
The procuress was placed under arrest and
taken before Justice McCabe, who put her
under bonds of $500 to appear in the CIR
cult court. She was unable to furnish the
bonds and was taken to jail at Oshkosh.
Warrants are also out for William Birming-
ham and u man named UtleY of this city,
who. it is said, aided the woman in securing
the girls. 1t is said the woman has been car
rying on this Turing business successfully in
neighboring towns. District Attorney Fitz-
gibben says he will make an effort to have
all the parties connected punished, and put
u stop to it One OF the girls who was to be
taken is only fourteen years old
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-25
An Aged hndian.

It is claimed bhat "old Gabriel, ?
an Indian in the Monterey, CAL,
county hospital, is 150 years old. It
is proved to the satisfaction of many
people that "old Gabriel was q
grandfather in 177O. Father Juni-
pero is said to, have, taught him the
trade of cutting in 1771, and
he became so expert at the business
that he managed the construction OF
the San Antonio mission in 1881.
Nothing is said ab0nt old Gabrieps'
acquaintance with George Washing
ton, but if they had ever met the In
dams recollections would be- valu-
able if not too fanciful. -Harper's
Bazaar.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-25
An Experience in Arkansas.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald
Two prominent members of the
Calumet Club were down in Arkansas
last fall on business and one day
took notion to go out ON a deer
hunt. They were in the neighbor-
hood OF Carlisle, where the game is
usually pretty abundant; so procur-
ing the services of a guide they sailed
forth to kill their first buck. After
stationing the club men IN likely
position the guide made Grand de
tour to roand up the game In lit
tie while along came a handsome doe;
she stood looking into the double
harreled gums for a few seconds with
that air OF mild curiosity so affected
by all deer; and was about to- bound
away when the guns reported and
the doe fell dead. Both men jumped
out to claim the prize, but two wide
ly-separated wounds convinced them
that each one owned q half interest
in her. While they stood congratu-
lating each other a little girl came
running up, and,. seeing the dead
deer, began crying bitterly Present
a lank native sauntered along and
joined the group.
SsS'pose ye think ye're in big luck,
eh'' said the man, latter contemplate
ing the doe for a few minutes, and
following his remark with a. heavy
train of nicotine.
'SWhy yes, we had Thought SO, =
one of the hunters nervously ventur-
ed
Meantime the girl was sobbingas if
her heart would break, and between
gasps the Chicago nimrods learned
that they had shot her pet deer.
Both stood aghast, and one limited
that he would give anything to
square it.
Settle weth Their gall. not. with
me, said the native; ether critters
bern, not mine!' The club, men. then
consulted and agreed not to. give
over S2Ofor the deer
How much do you want. us to
pay you little girl" one asked.
She raised her tear-stained face,
Thought a minute, and then sobbed,
bout 50 cash, reckon, .eh pap?"
Then followed another outburst.
They paid her IS, glad,to settle so
easily and let the old man. carry off
the deer. They went back: to their
hotel without waiting torthe guide,
but when he showed up and they told
therstory he called them the biggest,
blankest idiots in forty counties, and
swore they had been. worked. They
We're out rs and fine, fat doe, there,
wasn't a tame deer inithe county,.