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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-08-17
WHAT THY DO III LONDON.

You would not think that the
Americans whe are over here are
sufficient in numbers to crowd Lon
don. They have not done so, either,
but they think they have, and there
is good reason for their thinking so.
They find all the big hotels around
Trafalgar Square crowded with their
countrymen, and then they return
to the hotels at the railway Aepots,
or go out among the streets off the
strand to look for lodgings in pri-
vate hotels. They do this because
the guide books all say it is pleas
ant and economical way of living
in London. But these are all full,
too. There never was such crash
of Americans in London. The late
corners tramp around Norfolk street
where William Penn used to live,
and Surry and Howard streets,
where Congreve and pretty Mrs.
Bracegirdle once had their homes,
and at each door they bang the
knocker or pull the bell. Almost
literally every house is a private
hotel, so marked across the front or
over the door or on the lamps. At
each house either a maid in a white
mob cap or very stout~and red
faced matron says blandly: "Not
single room left in the 'ouse, SIR"
and then adds: "You're American,
aren't you? Our rooms are all Ia
ken by Americans"
Funny places are these lodging
houses. They are all spick and
span outside, but they vary greatly
inside. Many of them offer splendid
fields for the study Of that small
game which Sir John Lubbock says
our poeterity will hunt for with mi
croscopes in the days when there
will not be left anything big enough
to pursue with a gun. It's a pity
for the Americans that the joyful
era of the microscope has not al
ready arrived. George Starr, who
has just arranged for P. T. Barnum
to carry a million dollars out of
England this fall, knows all these
houses, and he took an American
through them on hunt for bed
room the other day.
"Weve one room on the sixth
story" said the matron. "It's two
shillings day."
"Are there any extras to pay7"
"Oh, very little, sir" said she;"
only a shilling a day for attendance
and a shilling and 6 pence for break
fast, and the usual extras for soap
and light, and tubs and such like
things, SIR"
"Whatdoes breakfast consist OFF"
"Just bread and butter and coffee,
sir; but it's very good bread and
coffee, sir, if l do say it myself.
And then if you like an extra
breakfast for 6 pence more, you can
have sweets, or boiled eggs, sir"
"What are 'sweets'?"
"They have them everywhere in
England with breakfast" said Mr..
Starr.
"Sweets are just jam or MARINA
ade, sir, or honey" replied the
woman.
Suppose / get my breakfast
else ?"said the American
WED ave to charge for it just
he same." said the woman blandly.
Gave it or not, as suits you, sir,
put we must charge for it, or 'ow
could We run the ouse?"-LondoA
Letter.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-08-17
PROFESSIONAL.
r PUNKHAM.

Al. PINKHAM.
,rv-AT-LAW, Ketchum, Idaho.
rF0kNC.Eess in all the Courts of the Ter
4 Pr'ccr,Sy ccr,oSnyeyancing and procuring Of
sat,s!ts ase.!it speeiaity.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-08-17

A "fast" man undertook to tease
q clergyman, and asked him, "Was
it male or q female calf that was
killed for the prodigal SOM" "A
female" promptly replied the di-
vine. "How do you know that?"
"Because'-looking the interroga-
tor steedily in the facet sec that
the made is alive now"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-08-17
''n 3reet, Eext door below Cornucopia
Restaurant.
''"'G' A'l1suttIal ,lt SbsaDset1G
ooSE IN FIRST CLASS STYLE.
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY Idaho

'"hd Office At HALEY, Idaho,
NJ. June 20, lseo.
n,msd nsice = hereby given that the following
ton " selter has filed notice of her inton~
claim ~ make final proof in support Of Der
Ions tbs ana 20 that said proof viii be made be-
ldah"' h'e Register and Receiver at Haley,
NteS;. on July =. 1850. vis: Mari A.
Aocf q tol the lot S, block a. and Ut 3.
lory. o. 1own of Ketchum, J11ho Te!{i-
pnnss s nnames the following wttuespat to
seit;e eH;e her continuous residsnce 1pcN. and
Im;1 ImS;1vasion III of. said land. Vi 6eosf. Lewis,
Lewis nsansmussen, John L. Holman, /. I.
- all OF Ketchum. Idaho.
H.. O. BILLINGS, Ragi1taT-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
New ColOrs and Shades.

From the Philadelphia North American.
Following is a list of new colors and shades
to be used in millinery the coming spring. &C.
cording to the Millinery Trade Review
Blanc-White.
1voire-Ivory or light cream.
Sable-A brownish sea sand shade.
Mordore-Light brown.
Mouserau-On old rose order; three shades.
=, CC9leus-Mahogany brownish reds; three
Malgache-A murky red.
Pavot-A poppy red.
Japan--Japanese-Dull red; several shades.
Olseaux Saere-Between a shell and shrimp
pink.
ferle-A pearl-giving shade.
fatain-Piatina or gray silver. A number
Of shades
Nieux Blue-Old blue, as seen in tapestry.
Nieux Sevres-Old china, or grayish blue, q
number Of shades
Itaru-Straw yellow shade.
Suede-Lemon yellow shade.
Nielle or-Old gold shade.
Chartreuse-A color of green.
Empire-A deep grass green.
sa1tte cloudy green
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. shade Of green.
fsryeine!aA light sage green.
vert tendfe-A light green shade Of young
tender shoots.C
saatrellesA grasshopper green.
MIA light water green.
sycamore-Color Of bark Of sycamore tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
Longitude and Marriage.

AN INTERESTING QUESTION RAISED BY A LrBER-
TINE wILLFUL ACT. go. l,.fs.-
From the London Times. ..-t..sra. .
Mr.. T. Adolphus Trollope puts the following
knotty point in this weeks Notes and Cherries:
A. B. goes from London to Naples. leaving his
wife resident in the former city. But he,
unfortunately, falls in love with young lady
at Naples, and being a wicked man, with no
fear of God and little fear OF the law before his
eyes, he determines to deceive her by biga-
nous and invalid marriage. He is, accordingly.
married, to all appearance legally. on board an
English man-of-war in the bay. in the presence
of the captain, at II o'clock in the morning of
February 10-the time being unquestionably
ascertained. But the wife left in London died
on that same February 10. at half-past 10 in
the morning, the time being certified beyond
all question. A' o.
Well! the case is clear and simple. A. B. had
been a widower for half an hour when he
married. and could. of course, legally do So
But. stay! When it was 1890 in London it was
1923 in Naples. Had q telegram been dis
patched instantly after the wife's death it
would have reached Naples few minutes later
than IL 23, and would have found A. B. mar
ried man of over twenty minutes standing!
His first wife died, in fact twenty-three
minutes subsequent to the Naples marriage,
though that was automatically declared to have
taken place at II a. m, and the wifes death was
with equal certainty shown to have occurred at
1880. Was the marriage legal and valid, or
bigamous and null?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
Human Nature Out and Out.

From the Detroit Free Press.
"George, dear" she said a night or two be-
fore the wedding, do you think it possible
that our love and our married life can become
the commonplace, coldly practical love and life
Of the married people we see around us? Oh,
George, my heart would break if thought so"
But it will not be So" said George. pas
sionately. 1--WE love each other too tenderly,
too fondly for that. Our love is not of the or
binary kind. my darling, and our lives will not
be so. All, no, no, my angel; that can never
be-"
And the other day she said:
"sag. George, how would you like baked
beans for dinner, with pumpkin pie dessert ?
You would? All right, then, baked beans goes
And don't you forget that bottle of food for the
baby, or I'll send you back after it, and mind
that you don't keep dinner waiting"
And he, with falling off of the passion of
ten years ago, says:
"All right, Lou; and wish you'd sew but
ton on the back part of those striped trousers
Of mine; you'll find them hanging over a chair
in our room. Don't have the beans as dry as
the last were, and you watch the baby's cold.
That watering of the eyes looks like measles to
me. There's my car. GOODBYE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
The Farmer Got Left.
From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News.
1t takes a country lawyer for shrewdness and
a small farmer for love Of litigation. This
explains why 30 many talented men are often
found practicing at the bar in some county
courts. Not very long ago Richard D. Hynson,
Of Chestertown one of the best known lawyers
on the Eastern Shore, had Baltimore friend
who is an enthusiastic sportsman visiting him.
MIR. Hynson took his friend over to Queen
Anne's county one day. intending to give him
some cunning on the farm of gentleman with
whom he was well acquainted. On the way
they saw flock of cartridges on another mans
place, and the temptation was 80 great that the
Baltimorean had to bang away at them No
sooner did he bring one down than the owner
of the farm bounced on him and exclaimed:
Here l can prosecute you for that, It'll
cost you $40 to go to court" ID .-.
aback ...-,.'.', ~.
''Just what say. It'll cost you $40. Won't
it, Mr. HynsonT" inquired the farmer, turning
to the venerable man of law. r..
Yes" quietly replied Mr.. Hynson. ''You
had better settle with him now he told his
friend from the city, "Pay him the SlO"
The Baltimorean drew out $40 note and
was about to hand it to the farmer when Mr..
Hynson stopped him with the remark:
"By-the-way, you might as we'll give that
note to me-" And when the farmer, having re-
covered from his astonishment, wanted to
know how that was. Mr.. Hynson simply said:
II charge you $40 for my advice" -..-.-.-
1t is safe to presume that Mr. Hynson's yisi-
tor lost nothing in the transaction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
AN EDITOR 1000 YEARS HENCE.
A Vocal Newspaper-Travel Across the
Atlantic-The Telephote.

Jules Verne In the Forum
This morning Mr.. Fritz Napoleon Smith, edi-
tor OF the Earth Chronicle, awoke in very bad
humor. His wife having left for France eight
days ago, he was feeling disconsolate. In all
the ten years since their marriage, this IL the
first time that Mrs. Edith Smith, the profess
sional beauty, has been 30 long absent from
home; two or three days usually suffice for her
frequent trips to Europe. The first thing that
Mr.. Smith does Is to connect his phonotele-
photo, the wires Of which communicate with
his Paris mansion. The telephote! Here IL
another of the great triumphs of science in our
time. The transmission Of speech is an old
story; the transmission Of images BY means Of
sensitive mirrors connected by wires is thing
but OF yesterday. By its aid Smith was able
dist1nctiy to see his wife Notwithstanding
the distance that separated him from her,
Mrs, Smith, weary after the ball or the visit
to the theater the preceding night. is still abed
though 1t is near noontide at Paris She is
asleep, her head sunk in the lace-covered pill
lows And now, at the call of imperative duty,
hght-hearted he springs from his bed and
enters his mechanical dresser Two minutes
later the machine deposited him all dressed at
the threshold OF his Office. The round of Jour-
nailstlc work was now begun. First he enters
the hall OF novel-writers In one corner is a
telephone, through which a hundred Earth
S'S o.eec iistcidtCus III RECOUNT 10 the
public in daily installments a hundred novels.
Addressing one of these authors who was wait
ing his turn, keep on, my dear Archibald,
keep on" said he. 'Since Yesterday. thanks
to you, there is gain Of 5000 subscribers"
. MIR. Smith continues his round and enters
the reporters hall. Here 1850 reporters. in
their respective places, facing an equal num-
Der of telephones. are communicating to the
subscribers the news of the world az gathered
during the night. Besides his telephone. each
reporter, as the reader is aware, has in front Of
him set Of commutators. which enable him to
communicate with any desired telephotic line.
Thus the subscribers not only hear the news
but see the occurrences. When an incident is
described that is already past, photographs Of
its main features are transmitted with the mar
native. And there is no confusion withal
The reporters items, Just like the different
stories and all the other component parts Of
the Journal are classified automatically ac-
cording to an ingenious system, and reach
the hearer in due succession. Furthermore,
the hearers are free to listen only to what
specially concerns them. They may at pleas
ure give attention to one editor and refuse it
to another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06

A slight shock of earthquake was felt at
Grand Metis, Que, at O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing, coming from the west and lasting o few
seconds.
+. B. Braggins, late chairman Of the Cuya-
hoga county, Ohio, republican central COM
mittee, was sentenced to eight years in the
penitentiary Tuesday for forgery.
The steamship Egypt arrived In New York
yesterday from Liverpool bringing the cele-
brated race horse Galore. The animal i val
ued at $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
DUNcANsoN BROS, Auctioneers.

AONCANSoN Dnoc, Aucuouecrs-
cHANcERY SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY,
STORE AND DWELLING, No. 225l EIGHTH
sEsk PRT pk or sf koT NINE 81 M f9 he
COX'S SUBDIVISION OF MOUNT PLEASANT.
WITH SNAIL FRAME HOUSE THEREON AND
BY virtue Of decree and supplemental decree passed
Equity cause No. 1920 Peters VS. Brookes, ct all
We viii offer for sale at public auction In front Of the
on WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRu-
AIRY. A. n. 1889. az HALf-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK p.
5 In the VILLAGE Of Monteo as the same appears Of
record in the ONCE of the surveyor of the District Of
Columbia and described in the original bfl IN this
on tn GR asfl The SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRu.
AIRY, A. d. 1889. AT FOUR O'CLOCK p. NJ, part Of
The background Of the lot npmbered nine Ssl Of
ing width Of Is 27100 feet, It being the north IS
27100 feet fronting the of said lot numbered
house. Sens the prers IN the s
paragraph Of the supplemental bill In the above cause
ON THE SAME DAY, AT HALF-PAsT FOUR
O'CLOCK p. NJ, lot numbered two hundred
and ten C210D in Maria Roberts subdivision OF
lot Numbered seyenty-foIr 04l in J. D Halves
house numbered POSI- sth street, corner Grant ave-
nue. is described in the second paragraph Of
said supplemental bill.
on ratification thereof by the court balance In and
two years, with interest from day Of sale secured
property sold, or all cash. at option Of purchaser.
500 on each piece on the unimproyed property S25
on each lot sold. All conyeysncng and recording at
purchasers cost Terms TO be complied with In seven
days from day Of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve
the right to resell at risk and cost Of defautng pur
chaser after five days, advertisement,
40S 5th st n w., r..
jao5-fsm.wSds 452 LOuisians ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
DANDIES IN CORSETS.
funniest Freaks In Civilization "A
Wicked Old Duke.

From the Clothisr and Furnisher
Belew has an absorbing passion for o small
and feminine waist high-heeled boots, and
ladies' gloves. With these fancies corsets go
% Q matter OF course. Al students are rare old
Animals and queer freaks Of the icthyosaurus
type are able TO construct an entire mammal
from single bone, 30 q modern Agassiz of the
sartorial art could construct Q Bellew from one
Of his cast-on CATERS. A man who wears high
heeled and feminine boots invariably affects
attire In consonance with the fad.
One day in London last year went with the
actress to mems corset shop on Conduit street.
am free to admit that, though have had
some experience in knocking around the world
and have seen some queer things, they were
the first corsets had ever seen that were de-
and down, and not distinguished by the little
semicircular protuberances which mark the
feminine variety Of corsets. The whalebone
was very broad and stiff. One pair Of corsets
was pink, beautifully edged with white lace,
with monogram in the corner, surmounted by
q ducal coronet.
"These," said the actress, holding the cor
sets up with a keen and radiant smile, "are for
the Duke OF Bufort. He makes no concealment
of wearing them, you know"
/ should think not. recalled having seen
the duke the previous day at Ascot driving a
coachful of burlesque actresses to the meet.
His wrinkled old face was scanned with smiles,
his white wig and fringe Of whiskers under his
chin were beautifully curled. His seventy odd
years weighed heavily upon him, and he leaned
forward in such a weak fashion on the box
seat that the upper line of his corsets was
plainly indicated through the back of his
coat
The other pair Of corsets were small and ex-
ceedingly short. / should not think that they
we're more than four and a-half inches up and
down. l asked who they were for. The clerk
hesitated for long time, then the actress
blurted out the name of Kyrle Bellew. The
only thing that astonished me was that there
was no pink lace on them after the fashion of
Buforts,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
A Sedlitz Powder.
THE STORY OF HOW A GYPSY SOUGHT TO UTILIZE
ONE IN BUSINESS.


THE STORY OF HOW GYPSY SOUGHT TO UTILIZE
ONE IN BUSINESS.
From Harper's Magazine.
What tricks cannot be played on these peo-
pie Of ours! What are not the devices at hand
to brighten them! Our landlady told us once
herself how she and her daughter were scared
by passing gypsy. ''She got at us and began
to bother us as we were sitting before the
house. i can do anything with you saws She
i can make you either happy or unhappy.
can this very minute call down fire from heaven
on you. can make cold water boil at my bid
ding. Don't you believe me, now? Well, then
let me have glass Of water l will show you,
says she. Well, we gave her glass of water
and she began blowing at it and mumbling
over it; then, we notice. she takes pinch of
something with her fingers out Of her pocket
and throws it into the water, and sure enough
that very moment the water gets to boiling and
boiling. Now we have seen it with our own
eyes, SO we tell you the truth. The gypsy Or
dered that water thrown away; otherwise saws
she. 1t mayset the house on fire. Well. she asked
then if / had not some dress to give her, and so
gave her an old 'sarafan' of mine. and Sasha
here gave her a kerchief for the head. / gave
her 20 kopecks beside. But would you believe
it? this would not satisfy her. Give me 60 ko-
pecks more, says she, otherwise dire misfor-
tune will befall you 1 well-nigh lost my head
then; did not know what to do with her. and so
sent Sasha Tor granny, hoping the other would
help us out Granny came, and sure enough
she straightway set out to drive off the GYPSY
And how mad that gypsy got then! You viii
remember me- says she. You would not give
me trihe now, yet there will come time
when you will be ready to give up much, but it
will be too late them"
Even in telling us Of that occurrence our
worthy landlady was evidently still under the
influence of the gypsy's threats, and was dread
ing revenge at her hands. But when we put
some sedlitz powder in water in her presence
causing the water to effervesce then only. and
not before, she believed our assurance that the
gypsy played trick on her, and that no dire
misfortune is to befal her for refusing the 60
kopecks. e..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
A Young Diana.

From the San Andreas tCal.) Prospect
Addie Vareles, young girl about sixteen
years Of age, who lives with her parents on the
Calaveras river, captured a deer one day last
week and at once became the heroine of the
county. The girl heard some dogs barking in
the direction Of the river and ran down to
where the dogs had buck deer bayed in a
hole of water. She returned to the house, and
the only weapon she could fad was q butcher
knife. Her presence encouraged the dogs,
and when she reappeared on the scene the dogs
sprang at the deer, and with the aid of Addie
the buck was thrown, and IN less time than it
win take TO tell the story the deer's throat was
cut from ear to ear. Addie says il was no small
task 70 hold the animal down with its throat
cut, for she knew that to let go of the buck
before it1was dead would endanger her own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
Gingerbread and a Coffin.
THE PECULIAR ORNAMENT THAT STANDS W.T.
MRS. LASGrRY's PICTURE

THE PECULIAR ORNAMENT THAT STANDS WITH
MRS. LASGTRY's PICTURE.
From the New York Graphic.
There have been many instances of men or
dering their collins before death, sometimes
sleeping in them, sometimes keeping them as
articles of furniture, and oftenest slowing them
away in garnet until needed. But one of the
queerest ornaments for a mantelpiece is in the
possession Of young artist of this city. and
occupies prominent place in his studio. 1t is
about inches by 10. and has the owners name
birth and death recorded on its face, it having
been taken from his coffin when he recovered
from trance during which he came precious
near being buried
The circumstances which led to the trance
are "a curious as the use of the coffin plate for
an ornament. He was studying art in Paris and
his landlady was an enthusiastic gingerbread
baker. One day returning from his studies ex-
tromely tired the artist found in his room a
large pan of gingerbread still warm from the
oven. IL was tempting and he was hungry
Piece after piece disappeared. and in a few
moments ne sank into comfortable drowsiness
When found the following morning he was to
all appearances dead. Doctors were sum-
moned, but one and all pronounced him dead.
giving as the cause everything from heart dis
ease TO dyspepsia. His landlady, possibly feel
ing little guilty after observing the amount
Of gingerbread her lodger had eaten. refused
to believe him dead The French custom gen.
orally demands burial within forty EIGHT hours
OF death. The coffin was ordered. his rela-
tives in this country cabled, and all prepare
tions for the funeral consummated The land
Lady. however. was still incredulous, and be-
tween the time the body was placed in its cof-
nm and its removal to the grave she worked
over the supposed dead man, chatting his
hands and face and rubbing the region Of the
heart.
just as the bell sounded that denoted the ar
rival of the hearse she rubbed more rapidly,
and was rewarded by faint sigh. Quickly she
removed the body from the coffin. and placing
II on the bed, continued her attempts at resus-
citation. The rest followed naturally. The
young man revived, took his coffin plate Oh the
coffin, and came home in the next steamer to
meet family clad in the deepest mourning for
his death The landlady forgot to say she had
cabled. and he thought he'd wait and tell the
story at home.
The coffin plate now rests Just below q pic
tnre OF Langtry, and the young artist had q big
picture on exhibition in this city few months
ago. He declares that he can never see OF
most violent nervous attacks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-06
With a Tra-la-la to the Sheriff.

Crisfeld Md Special to Baltimore American. Feb Z.
Riley s. Taylor, the colored dude barber and
pension agent of this town, escaped from the
town Jail last night by unscrewing the hasp to
the door. Taylor left the following note for
Sheriff Long:
MR. LONG, DEAR SRI will meet You when
the flowers bloom in the spring. Tra-la!
Yours, ito get" r. 8. TAYLOR.
The prisoner was indicted for keeping q
gaming house, but gave surety for his appear
ance at the April term of the circuit court.
His surety, however, fearing he was about to
leave town, surrendered him to the sherif on
Saturday. II is thought he has left the sfate.