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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-30
An Insane Asylum Romance.

Tn a garden of Berlin a canary
bird was found bearing on its neck
a small note. The address was un-
usual. .sAn den lieben Gott.' 10
the good Lord). The finder broke
the seal and found sincere mess
age, in accordance with the dlrec-
ton. It was written by lady, an
inmate of a private lunatic asylum
The unfortunate one, pleading Tor
relief from her sad situation, asked
a speedy death. She complained
that the misrule and self-will of a
rude female attendant was the cause
of her suffering. All explanations
to her relatives were vain, because
this attendant attributed her com,
nlaining to diseased mind and
punished her for attempting to
make known her situation. Ihe
benevolent individual who found
the note determined to investigate
the matter. The lady's name was
subscribed in full, so that her friends
were easily found. She was removed
to another institution. In ie"
months the best wishes OF bel
friends were grati6ed. She Wa'
fully restored,
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Cases of Marvellous Recovery.

The extent of the injury which
man cansuffer from and yet live is
simply marvellous, as the following
case shows. 1t also offers some ev-
idence of the skill of our surgeons
of the present day. A Partisan aged
twenty years, swallowed a wooden
spoon. Twelve hours after he felt
severe pains, and had sensation
of tearing asunder in the neighbor-
hood Of his stomach. In short
time the spoon could be felt just
little above the navel. The follow
ing day his physician, LIE Dentu,
cut down and opened the stomach,
but found it empty. He then made
an incision over the spoon and cas-
ily extracted it. Now, in this case,
the spoon bored through the walls
of the stomach, and finally passed
out of it into the abdominal cavity,
some twelve or fifteen hours after
it had been swallowed. The tear
it made in the stomach healed up
with exceeding rapidity, and, al
though that organ was taken OUT
and carefully examined when LIE
Dentu opened it-forty-three hours
after the spoon had been swallowed
no trace of the tear could oe
found. Another marvellous feature
ohont this case was the wandering
about of the spoon in the abdoml-
nal cavity without setting up IN,
flammation. The operation lasted
a little over two hours, including
the chloroforming, and speedy re.
covery took place. In itself there
was perhaps nothing wonderful, 1ol
gastronomy is now frequently per
| formed, and none has, we believe
better record to show than our OWL
Boston surgeons. In some respects
this case was no more lnterestlnl
than that of an inmate IN one Q
our hospitals here. A man swal
lowed a set of false teeth. They Oh
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-30
Brokers Superstitions.

"I do not believe that there is a
man in the world absolutely free OF
superstition, and right here on
change there is as much of it as
anywhere" said a wheat operator.
IF a pigeon should fly into the
hall it cannot ges out, and men
here aver that the market will not
90 down until it is shot, and, being
bears the execution of the unfor-
tunate bird is at once ordered.
Others aver that break in the
market always follows spontaneous
singing in the pit. There are fifty
men in the body who will neither
buy nor sell on Friday, and others
that avoid number 13 on a car or
invoice as they would pestilence.
ga cross-eyed man is bad luck,
so is shaking hands with man
wearing gloves; hunchback is
good luck if accidentally thrown
against you, but bad luck if you
purposely rub against him; pick
up a handful of wheat and count
the grains-if an even number you
will have good luck, if odd you will
lose on the day; never permit a
man to present you with a knife,
but rather pay him nickel tor 1t
do not mistake man and call him
by the wrong name or the market
will go against you. These are a
few Of the petty supersitions which
men permit to worry them.-Ex.
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Number of People Since Adam.

Did YOU ever make a calculation
of the number of people that have
inhabited this globe since the begin
ming of time? No doubt you will
saw that such calculations involve
a loss of time, and are, after all,
barren of results, but as we are en-
gagged in giving curious readings
and odd calculations, let us take a
few minutes time and approximate,
with a certain degree OF accuracy,
at least, the number of souls that
have been ushered into and out OF
this sinful world since the time
when it was not good for Adam to
be alone. At the present time 1t is
believed that there are l 400, ,OOO,oOO
human beings on our globe; but
let us suppose that there has been
but an average Of 800, 100000 living
at one time since the creation. 10
give room for only possible doubt
as to the average length of life, we
will put it down at fifty years. 1t
may have been longer than that
during Bible times; it has been
much shorter, however, since.
With the average length OF life,
reckoned as above, we have had two
generations of 9OO,OOO,OOO each ev'
cry century for the past 5000 years
Taking this for granted, we have
had about sc, ,627 ,S42, ,237 ,O75,266 In
habitants on this globe since the
beginning of time.
Admitting that there is a great
deal of guess-work about this cal
culation, and that it has been has
tily and perhaps inaccurately done
it will be perceived, nevertheless
that our earth is vast cemetery
On each rood of it 1888 human be
ings have found burial place. 4
rood being scarcely sufficient TO-
ten graves, each grave must con
tain the remains of 129 persons
The whole surface of the globe, |
all peoples bury beneath the eartl II
as we do, has been dug over ~
times in order to get room tor ourl
al places.-Exchange.
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OIL ON THE WATER.

Acompetition, the result Of which
will prove of great interest to the
shipping community at large, has
been instituted this year by the
Dunkirk Chamber of Commerce,
who had in view a practical trial OF
the utility of oil in aiding a ship to
weather storm.
The competitors were the mas
ters of the schooners engaged III the
Iceland fisheries, of which Dunkirk
equips about hundred every year
The fishing season lasts six months,
and, owing to the frequency Of bois-
ferrous weather, affords ample op-
portunities for experimenting upon
any means of lessening danger.
The first prize (f4) has been
awarded to Captain Bruxelles of
the schooner Perle, who reports as
follows: "On the 21st Of April,
while off Portland, we encountered
an east-southeasterly gale, attended
with snow. We endeavored to stand
out to sea, with closely reefed sails,
but were unable to clear the West
man isles. We then resolved to
attempt to pass between these isles
and the mainland. The tempest
was at its height, the sea was max
ing q clean breach over the ship
fore and aft, and we were in great
danger of laundering. l directed
two bags containing tow saturated
with oil to be placed astern on port
and starboard quarters. Almost In
simultaneously the sea moderated,
and, although the swell was still
heavy, no waves broke over the
ship. A pint and half of oil per
bag is sufficient to calm the sea fol
about two hours" Similar ac'
counts are given by other masters
who have handed in reports on the
subject to the Chamber of Com
merce.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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MAORI TRADITIONS.

The islands composing New Zea-
land are 800 miles from the nearest
continent, and the largest boat that
natives have is no bigger than an
Indian canoe. Then they resemble
neither the South American Indian
nor the natives Of the Australasian
continent. Their own theory is that
the Great Spirit was fishing one
time, and threw his line down from
the sky to hook whale. The hook
stuck in the ground, and he pulled
and puffed until he drew noun
tain up to the skies, which is now
called Rangariri. He flew along
the clouds in rage, and tried his
luck 600 miles away with no better
success, for this time he brought up
Mount Egmont, peak 10000 feet
above the sea level. Both these
snow-capped peaks may be seen to
this day by mariners far out at sea
as a proof of the correctness OF the
tradition.
It is not easy to convert the Ma
ori, but once converted he is a pl-
Gus and intelligent Christian. They
all ride on horseback and are very
fond of fine and bright-colored
clothing and jewelry. 1t is nothing
uncommon to meet Maori lady
coming into town in complete rid
ing habit aslride of a fine horse,
putting away at black clay pipe
under her veil.-N. Y. Star.
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A WEDDING THE TEXT.

81 pronounce you man and wife,"
said Judge Mitchell in his office
Wednesday morning to Miss Sallie
Stephens and Della Mybrick, a
couple who had stepped into the
Judges Office to be made one. And
they walked down stairs, up the
street and out into the broad and
glorious country, where the birds
were singing, the golden harvest be-
ing gathered, and the little rills
singing on their way to the sea;
where the sky was blue and the air
pure; where the wild flowers were
blooming; where the gentle breezes
were whispering through the pines;
where the aroma OF new mown hay
permeated the surroundings; and
the song of the reaper was heard;
where the grazing herds were seen;
where the sunlight danced through
the overhanging boughs; where the
green grass-nature's carpet-was
spread out; where field and forest
and hill and dale alternated where
the husbandman titled his fields,
where hower-bordered paths mean
dered through wooded lawns and
where Dame Nature opened wide her
arms to receive her children. Hap
by rural couple! Happier they
than many who go from Hymen,s
altar to gilded halls, where wealth
glitters and fashion sways; happier
they than many who start on the
untried journey of matrimony from
hower-bedecked chancels; happier
they in their rural simplicity, than
many bridal couples who tread ON
Brussels carpets; happier they in
their rustic country home than
many who dwell in stately man
sions. Their wants are few and
simple. A glittering diamond would
have no especial attraction for the
bride, and the groom cares not for
the swallow-tail coat. They are
satisfied with their lot, and in this
lies the secret of their happiness.
Better 'tis tits so.-Thomasville
(Ga, ENTERPRISE.
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weighing 10 tons being worked un-
der hammer striking a 1OO-ton
blow. / never witnessed anything of
the kind before. There / also saw a
pair of tongs weighing twenty tons.
A travelling crane was shown me
that would handle 500 tons of metal
at one time. A Zimmerman received
"a per week, but the average wages
for a week of tifty-four hours was
only from 80 to "a shillings. Here
there are no home owners.
l should have previously stated
that the Paris hours of labor for
blacksmiths are seventy-seven per
week, and they work on Sunday as
much as any other day. Sunday
is hardly to be distinguished from
the week days in that volatile and
gay city.
The Belgians are poorly paid, yet
they made the best showing in the
exposition. They make no use OF
machinery, all work being done in
the same manner as it was hundreds
of years ago. In many instances
the wife "strikes" for the husband
in the small jobhing shops; in the
large shops strong boys do the help
In Glasgow, Scotland, black
smiths wages average higher than
anywhere in Europe, and help OF
all kinds has better organizations.
Every man who works for living
belongs to union of some sort, and
there is less idleness.
All English factory people have
relief fund, and each man is as
sessed 6 pence per week, and when
sick draws 10 shillings per week
and his doctors bill is paid. His
rent runs from 2 shillings 6 pence
per week to 4 shillings. All rents
are paid in England by the week
and in France by the year. This
is in instances where the employer
owns the tenements. | found ONT
blacksmith who owned his home
usually they live from hand tt
mouth and lay up nothing.
In some European shops the mel
are put through a physical exami
nation, the same as for the army
to test their fitness for the position
they seek. 1t is a regular custom
that has become a law.
EDMUND G.. VAIL, Blacksmith.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-30
TO CATCH COIN.
The Gamblers Latest Device for Win.
ming at Cards.

A well-known man about town
acquired some information on the
modes and methods of gamblers
that proved a revelation to him,
and which is worth repeating for the
benefit of thousands of citizens who
like to take flyers with the all
around sports. ga flashy-looking
gentleman came to me-" said he,
with an introduction from Chi
cago friend. Two days later he re-
turned and borrowed $25, saying he
was fiat broke. A few days after
that he came to me once more, with
a fat roll of bills in his hands, and
repaid me, remarking that he would
be we'll healed if he could keep away
from faro.
ITO make long story short, he
agreed to teach me trick or two
worth knowing. He showed me
how he could deal the cards at po-
ker in such way that he could
give himself, me and a third or
fourth party almost any cards he
wished. l could scarcely credit the
evidence of my eyes, but there it
was. The advantage he had over
me in dealing, owing to his superi-
ority, was simply astonishing
Then he had device which he
called the "hold-out," by means OF
which he could hold back any card
he wished and defy detection.
"The 'hold-out' consists Of stee]
link and spring device which term
mates in the sleeve of the gambler
who wears it. BY pressure Of the
foot small clasp steals out, takes
a card, and when the pressure is re
moved the spring withdraws back
into the sleeve, taking the card with
it. The link runs up the gamblers
arm, down his left side to the mid
die of the left leg, where it crosses
over to his right, then down to his
foot. The outfit is made in Chicago
and costs $3.50. Say that the frs
card held out is an ace, the gam
bier passes, waits his chance, hold
out another ace, discarding fou
cards each time, instead of five
When he has things in shape h
springs his four aces, slips fou
cards up his sleeve and hauls in
big pot. My informant had one o
these 'hold-outs' on, and yet t
save my life I couldn't see how h
held out the cards.
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AS TO POLITE LYING.

Some of the English people vel
come Bishop Huntington's appeal
for truthfulness, by which he means
the abandonment of what he con-
siders the fictions of polite society:
1t is probable that we shall hear OF
a truth-telling society on the other
side, the members of which will be
pledged not to say mot at home"
when they don't wish to see caller,
or charmed to see you" when they
do not want to see you, or "do call
again" when they do not want you
to call-persons who will pledge
themselves to tell the plain and ex-
act truth at all times. Such a So
ciety, we can believe, would break
up in a row in a month. The MEM
bers would hate each other and a
black eye or a bloody nose might
be proper badge of membership.
We should like to see Bishop
Huntington himself undertake to
tell the naked truth, only, on all
occasions. We can imagine one of
his sermons beginning: my selfish,
mostly ignorant and despicable
hearers-I should like to call your
attention to my text, but I know
most of you are thinking about
other matters and that you do not
come here to learn piety, but rather
to show your good clothes and
maintain social position" Only
Ruskin is allowed to speak with
such brutal frankness.
These social fictions, which are
not, after all, fctions: are necessary
to tolerable existence. Pollteness
is not lying. To say that you are
charmed to see person whom you
do not like personally and whom
you had rather not see, IS to use a
phrase which means that the social
institutions compel you to be
charmed to the extent Of words
To say that you are ''not at home
when in fact you are at home, Ii
not lie. "At home" has come te
mean visibility, simply. No matte
what these words may have meant
in the social world they mean only
that you are not visible and the
change of meaning is due to th'
goodness of the human heart, tt
kindly considerations for others
feelings. What Bishop Huntington
calls lie is simply phraseology
a form of words, meaning and un
derstood as meaning the acknoWl
edgment of a social, a human obi
CATION. It is amiable. Since w
are not yet in that noble condition
where we can sincerely feel frater
nifty with all mankind, in which
we can be really pleased to NEE
whoever has a human form, 1t
necessary and admirable that W
should at least adopt the forms Q
expression that belong to that nc
bier state. A palace of truth woul
be pig-sty in the present impe'
lection of mankind, if by truth W
mean a disregard Of those forms
intercourse which imply kindlines
, which we are not always able t
feel.n-Milwaukee Sentinel.
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A Lady's Nose as a Work Of Art.

Mrs. Hoffman, of Brooklyn, has
inst had a new nose made for her
at the Long Island College Hos.
pital. The bridge of her nose had
been destroyed by disease. The sur
ceon raised the skin that formerly
Covered it and divided it lengthwise,
and then inserted a breastbone just
removed from live chicken, with
the cartilaginous filament and peri
osteum adhering to it. The skin
was then drawn over the bone Al d
sewed and the doctor thinks that
in a short time Mrs. HofmanS
nose will be as good ae anybody Q,
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from the medical students. Each
was assigned for fifteen minutes's
duty at the pressure. Some OF the
volunteers can endure the labor
longer, some not so long, for though
it may seem easy it is hard work.
The patient cries out in agony if the
slightest variation of the pressure
is allowed, and fifteen minutes of
the tense strain of not moving q
muscle unnecessarily is exhausting.
The only similar case was treated
in the German Hospital in this
city.-Philadelphia Press.
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A Very Venerable Dame.

When General Burnside was COM
manding in East Tennessee, he was
invited to dinner by an elderly farm
er. The invitation was accepted.
At the table sat the mother OF the
host, a lively old lady, but in ar,, :,
pearance extremely old. Mother,
said the General, "may | ask your
age? You appear to be quite old tor
a person who can get around as
lively as you do,' She replied I:
ayes, my son, am very old. | have
lived here all my life. | don't know
adzackly how old | am, but ! know
that I am a little over 1000 years
old.-Columbus State Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-30
A Monument to French Her0ism.

A monument has just been dedi-
Gated at Angers, in France, to the
memory of the 600 volunteers III
the time of the First Republic, who
preferred to jump down from the
great Rock of Murs into the river
Loire rather than to surrender to
the Vendeau Royalists, although
they knew that the leap would be
fatal. The ceremony was attended
by $4,000 persons, and it is men
toned as significant circumstance
that for the first time in the wealthy
district of Anjou, ladies attended
Republican ceremony. They are
usually kept away by their desire
to be agreeable to the church.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-30

The KrYsroNr has long been acknowl.
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and sawtootn ot
mining regions, and, located as 1t Is IN the
yery heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and leav.
ing nothing undone to present It's reaoen
deyelopments, as well as matters, OF local
;mnortance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future future met metropolis Of Idaho, it is an ninval1,a.
bic p guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position; ouo.
scribe for it, read it, and let your trlenos
read what may benefit them.
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IDAHO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1889.

not pass down into the stomach,
but remained lodged in the lower
part of the passage to it. The at
tending surgeon opened the stom-
ach, dislodged the teeth and re-
moved them. A speedy recovery
took place.-Boston Herald.
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4 ROMANCE OF CHINA.
How Pumpkin Raiser in the Land Of
the Sun Rose to Royalty.

China in it's slow, shy way is en-
joying just now little romance.
Years ago, when the last Ming en-
peror ended his earthly troubles in
coal mound in Pekin, his heir
was made a marquis, and the Man
chu dynasty succeeded to the rule
of the Land of the Sun. During
the reign of the last emperor but
one the then holder of the marquis
ite died without sons and with no
direct heir to succeed to the titles
and estates. References to the fam
lily records showed the rightful heir
was an obsure parsonage, who had
been completely lost sight of, and
search was made for him every
where by the officials Of the banner
under which the marquis was en-
rolled. High end low, in byway
and highway, the gallant knights
of the banner sought for the miss
ing heir and no trace could any
where be found of him. Neverthe-
less he was close at hand all the
time. Day by day, for good num-
ber of years, there had stood out
side of the gates of Pekin man
with barrow crying pumpkins for
sale, sort of celestial costermon-
ger, very rough, very rustic and to-
tally uneducated. Beneath his rag
ged robe, although he did not know
it, there beat the heart Of a mar
quis, and those who had sought the
lost heir and passed him hundred
times without knowing how close
they were to the object of their
search. Accident revealed it at last,
and the costermonger, bewiidered
and alarmed, was conveyed, barrow
and all, to the office of the banner
under the shadow of the palace
wall. With much difficulty the idea
was hammered into him that he was
no longer a pumpkin seller-that
he was marquis and the descend
ant of kings. When at length he
understood, he permitted the ban
ner to wash and shave him and tx
up his hair in approved marquisite
style, and clothe him in costly
garments-which he looked at, II
| is recorded, with a wavering and q
doubtful eye. Then began pain
full period of polishing up, for be-
, fore he could be presented to the
emperor the ex-coster had to be
taught such elements of etiqutte as
, his original profession had not
proved favorable to, and had tl
: learn also the few Manchu phrases
: necessary for a presentation a.
court. When this was all done hi:
succession was allowed, and he
went to his palace and took posses
t sion. Reports speak Of him as az
f honest and ind-hearted man, who
q has done his best to educate him
, self and fulfill the duties Of hls
8 high position. He is about "a year;
} of age, and still retains his rustic
I appearance. The birth of sons has
! secured the succession, so that tn
. family is now in as strong a posi-
: ton as ever. It is duty to offer
I sacrifice each autumn at the Ming
e tombs. His palace is near one Q
I the gates of the imperial city, ant
t he is popularly known as the pump
, kin marquis. And in the course o
! time a celestial novelist will arise
and with camel's hair pencil am
o a box of paints will chronicle HI
: romantic life under the title o
"Costermonger and Coronet; o
e From the Pumpkins to the Palace.
India Times.