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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-11
greatest men, as we'll as women, n

greatest men, as we'll as women,
couple of centuries ago, were adorn-i
ed with the richest jewels, set in
gold, and so heavy and large were
these that they frequently elongated
the ear to an unpleasant degree.
Many Europeans, as we'll as Asiatic
sovereigns wore earrings, and we
know that Charles ] wore pearl ear
rings, for Immediately prior to his
execution he detached one, of great
value, and gave it to Bishop Juxon,
that he might convey it as a dying
gift from him to his daughter, the
Princess Royal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-11

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowa
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 leay.
ing nothing undone to present its readers
complete synopsis OF all lnining news and
developments, as we'll as matters of local
Importance in the growth of ketchum. 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 it, and let your friends
read d-what may benefit them.
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Character in Ears.

Nature has ordained that the ears
should be less sensitive to heat and
cold than any other portion of the
body, and yet to those learned in
therapeutics it is we'll known that
they, like the tongue, in many ways
indicate sickness or q distempered
organization. Thus, though trans
parent or alabaster-likeappearance
may add to the beauty of the organ,
it nevertheless is an evidence of
great delicacy of constitution, and
generally-indeed, almost always
indicate a tendency to phthisics.
The ear is only, however, suscepti-
BILE to the physical changes of the
body, whereas the tongue not only
manifests physical disorganization,
but also mental alteration or dis
turbance, thereby proving that it is
a tell-tale of the state of the brain
as we'll as of the stomach. It has
been noticed that in human beings
of low or debased mental stand
ard the ears are large and flabby,
as in cretins and idiots. This is,
in a remarkable manner, noticeable
in those wretched creatures who,
because of their base mentality, or
rather, want Of what we call the
reasoning faculty, the traveller may
see in various parts of Switzerland,
huddled together like animals, es-
pecially at Sion, near Martiguy, the
town in that country where the
largest number of cretins are to be
found.
Among all civilized people small
ears, as well as small and symmet-
rical hands, indicate high breeding,
which, by the way, is by no means
synonymous with lofty birth, for
among some of our nobility large
heads and large ears are By no
means uncommon. Among the
higher castles of the orientals large
or ill-shaped ear is seldom seen,
and to preserve it's beauty has al
ways been deemed necessary. BY
many it is believed that there is a
sympathy between the eyes and the
ears, and for this reason there ex-
lists a superstition among the com
mon people of Europe that if one
suffers from weak eyes earrings will
cure the defect, for they assert that
the evil humors which injure the
eyesight are drawn by the holes
which the earrings keep open in
the lobes of the ears. This, how
ever, is simply superstition and
is in no way justified by medical
science. The custom Of wearing
earrings did not arise from this
quaint belief, for the superstition
was rather the consequence of the
custom, and was by many given al
the reason for their continuing tc
persist in maintaining the habit o1
luxurious barbarisln. So. much
was it in vogue that the eara Of the
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-11
Take Care of Your Beauty.

Take care of your beauty. Pre-
serve it. Improve it. Be jealous Of
it with the jealousy that watches
your honor. Guard it with the care
that keeps your reputation. Defend
it from the attacks Of time as you
defend your home from the wear
of the weather. Do not fear to have
it known that you care how you
look. Be ashamed to appear on each
succeeding and descending step of
physical decay. Check times car
roding with renewing taste, and so
greet life or death a being fair to
look upon, a form to be remem-
bered.
Whether man or woman, no one
has a right to grow ugly. Nature
was kind enough to every one, and
if the care that kindness warranted
be expended as the time rolls on,
instead of the bent form and with
cred features of decrepit age, there
will be beauty, crowned with the
dignity of years. Nature was kind
enough to every one, and we owe it
to her to return this form no worse
for any work Of ours. She has
given bright eyes, a smooth skin,
good teeth and an upright carriage
to all her children, and she has
placed the means within their power
to preserve them all. And what
measureless distance that is which
divides the man or the woman
whose eyes are dim with rheum,
whose teeth are gone, or give a
greater offending while they stay,
and whose form is bent and dropped
and halting, from those who have
guarded all these treasures while
youth has turned to age. The lat
ter are not only more acceptable to
the eye, but they rest more softly
in the mind, the memory of them
reposes more tenderly in the heart,
and all the ways of life are smoother
for them that they have kept their
stewardship so we'll. No man or
woman has a right to grow ugly.
The beautiful are never desolate,
For some one always loves them-God or
man.
It does not follow that the form
of Juno or the features of Venus on
the part of women, nor the match
less symmetry of Appollo on the
part of men, is the only ideal of
beauty. Nor is it in any way the
most desirable. To be beautiful
does not imply all the lines we find
in the model. The taste and care
and habits of life that preserve
the teeth, the skin, the upright form
all these are more than prettiness.
Beauty is such a power in the world,
it's absence such a handicapping,
that it rises above the level OF a
sentiment. It's possession is so val
liable that life without it is q very
dreary, a very difficult thing
Chicago Times.
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NOTICE..

A A MEETING OF THE STOCK
a. holders OF the First National Bank OF
Aetchum, Idaho. held at it's banking Office
on me 18th day of February, 1880. the own
ers OF over two-thirds OF the shares voted
40 20 into liquidation Oh the 2Sth day OF
npril, 1890. and close up its affairs. All
ao1e-holders and other creditors Of said
association are therefore hereby notified TO
present the notes and other claims against
me association for payment.
pased at ketchum, Idaho, April 26, 1890.
ISAAC |. LEWIS, President.
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Jefferson -etreated. There were
high words between the agent and
the expert, each of whom looked
on the other as an intruder. It
was finally settled by the agent
snatching the quilts off the expert
and rolling up in them on the
lounge. The expert wound himself
in the lower sheet, and each vowed
that he would starve out the other.
Mrs. Jefferson keptin retreat. Nine
o'clock came, and with it the doc
tor, carrying a new case of surgical
instruments under his arm. He
was astonished and angry at the
intruders, but as they refused to 60,
he sat down to besiege them. At
1890 the pale playwright walked
in. He had intended killing the
villain in his play that afternoon,
and was cross and irritable. He
shouted at the expert and the ticket
agent, and made dash at the doc
tor. All three leaped up; all four
seized q surgical instrument; Mrs.
Jefferson screamed for the police
from an upper window. The Off
GERS came and arrested the tour oc-
cupants of the front parlor. In
court each told his story and the
whole thing came out. The clerks
and the telegraphers heard of it.,
got together and compared notes,
and their situation also came out.
To-day Mrs. Jefferson has only two
of her ten rooms rented-one to a
man with the rheumatism, who has
his meals sent in, and the other to
woman with a pair Of twins.
All Of which teaches US that the
full clearinghouse is not always
to the craftiest landlady.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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The Use Of Water and Salt.

Salt is an absolute essential to
the diet of man. Itpromotes health
in various ways. Many of the unc-
tions of the body 60 on better un-
der its influence, and without it
the blood becomes Impoverished.
While I complete deprivation OF
salt would produce disastrous re-
suits, an excessive use oft would
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NOTICE.

WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
Or, lor any labor to be performed on the
: n'uS U jacket mine. situated on Eagle Creek,
AZ .,m arm Springs Creek mining district, i'll
;;n1uIas county, Idaho, or for supplies furn-
,nied rai lor the same during lease on said
= iH'tne. which lease will expire on December
- l%l, CAD AYLWIN,
CHAPMAN 4 LIBBY.
~ JAs. n. BLOSSOM, Attorney -in-fact.
AeNhlm, Idaho, June l, 1890.
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Bennett and the Pressman.

James Gordon Bennett has a way
of dropping in to examine the Her
aid at the most unexpected times,
and as his visits often result in a
general "shake up" and reorganiza-
ton of the papers managerial edi-
torial and working forces, they are
awaited with fear and trembling by
his employees. On one of these
occasions, one of the pressmen,
man who had worked for the elder
Bennett and was an excellent work
man, though guilty of an occasional
lapse from sobriety. had bad black
eye, and was in a quandary as to
what excuse he should offer if Ben
nett noticed it. Acting on sud-
den inspiration, he seized an ink
roller, and rubbed a daub of ink on
the side of his face, completely con-
.cealing the discoloration of the
skin. Presently Mr.. Bennett came
into the press-room, and with the
superintendent, John Hays, went
carefully through, criticising every
detail and looking sharply at every
employee. When about to leave,
he turned suddenly and pointing
at the besmirched pressman, said,
"Mr. Hays, what is that mans
name?' The culprit quaked in his
shoes until Mr.. Bennett said, slowly,
II want you to give that man three
dollars per week more wages; he is
the only man in the room that looks
as if he had been working"
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A French scientist, Victor Men
nier, has calculated, after careful
inquiries, that American dentists
insert about $450,O0O worth of gold
annually into the teeth of their
customers. The Scientific Ameri-
can says that, making allowances
for the increase of population, in
less than hundred years American
cemeteries will contain q larger
amount of gold than now exists in
France.
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Philadelphia is going to have the
correct time if it takes all summer
to get it. A public clock is to be
erected there that will take one year
to place in the tower. The minute
hand is to be twelve feet ana the
hour hand nine feetin length; the
bell will weigh 10000 pounds; a
steam engine will be placed in the
tower to wind up the clock.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-11

A French scientist declares that
the domestic cats Of the world carry
at least 80 per cent of the common
contagious diseases from houses+o
house.
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Germany sent to the United States
last year beet-root sugar to thepaine
of$16,000,000. Two years ago the
amount was less than 81 SOC, 900.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-11

A machine for making shoe strieEs
out of paper is . recent z Rkiladei-
phia invent1on-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-11
Limits of Natural Vision.

The limits of vision vary with
elevation, conditions of the atmos
phere, intensity Of illumination and
other modifying elements in differ
ent cases. On clear day an object
one foot above level plain may be
seen at a distance of 1.31 miles ;
one ten feet high, Ala miles; one
twenty feet high, $50 miles; one
100 feet high, 13.1, miles. This
allows seven inches-or, to be ex-
act, 6.99 inches-for the curvature
of the earth, and assumes that the
size and illumination of the object
are sufficient to produce an image.
Five miles may be taken as the ex-
treme limit; at which man is vlsl-
BILE on a fat plain to an observer on
the same level.-St. Louis Republic.
1t s,reported that diet Of fresh,
sweet buttermilk has been often
found favorable, and even effectual,
to the cure of Bright's disease
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-16
STATEMENTS OF SURVIVORS.
Seamen of the Serpent Tell How the Great
Disaster Occurred.
rBY DUNLAP's CABLE coMPANYI

Seamen of the Serpent Tell How the Great
Disaster Occurred.
rBY DUNLAP's CABLE coMPANY.I
LONDON, November 15.-The British
gunboat Lapwing has taken on board the
survivors of the Serpent disaster and will con-
Yey them to Corunna, where they will be
transferred to the Troopship Lynne, bound
for England. Many of the bodies that have
come ashore from the wreck are unrecog-
nizable, having been frightfully mutilated
by being dashed by the waves upon the
rocks that line the shore.
The Admiralty has received statement
made by the survivors of the wreck. From
this it appears that the Serpent struck the
rocks at 10 o'clock at night. She was then
steering south by west, and was
proceeding at the rate of nine knots an hour.
The weather was thick and wet and the
wind was blowing hard. There was a very
heavy swell and the vessel, after striking,
thumped helplessly upon the rocks for about
half an hour, when she slipped off into the
deep water and sank to the bottom. The
officers remained on the bridge to the last.
The crew, by order OF the captain, took to the
rigging. Just before she sank tremendous
sea struck the vessel and threw her on
her beam ends. The survivors were men,
bers of a lifeboat's crew and wore life belts.
They were washed overheard, and aftef a
desperate struggle succeeded in reaching the
land. Tbes staggered and crawled two and
a half miles to Camarinas. The men are
able TO state nothing further accurately.
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price that it has not reached for years, in the
face OF the fact that the balf-yearlv dividend
Of 2H per cent will be payable within the
next two weeks.
The condition of the market couldno bet
ter be illustrated than by the enormous sales
of the day. In this market nearly double
an ordinary days business was transacted
inside of two hours. Money is still scarce
in the local market and good securities, such
as Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania, have
been refused as collaterals by number of
the trust companies, not alone because the
companies do not care to risk money upon
them, but because they have not got the
cash to put up.
In the early days of the money scare
money lenders in this city, attracted by the
high rate prevailing in New York, sent
their money there to be loaned. Money
still being scarce, this Philadelphia money
is still over in Gotham drawing the un-
usual premium that prevailed. Another
reason OF the shortage has been the great
buying of securities by investors at the low
prices that have prevailed. Most of these
purchases have been of the New York
securities, and there local money has gone
to pay for them. Still matters have ad-
Justed themselves in this city, and there
is very little or no apprehension felt for the
future
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-16
A BAD COLLISION.
Probably Two Lives Lost and a Fireman
Badly Injured.

Probably Two Lives Lost and Fireman
Badly Injured.
ESPECIAL TKLKeRAM TO THE DIsPATcH-I
NEWARK, November 15.-News of bad
collision between helper engine, Thomas
Burke engineer, and Baltimore and
Ohio freight engine, engineer John
Watson, reached headquarters of the
B. & o. here this morning. The accident
happened on the Central Ohio division, at
Clairsville Junction. The freight engine
was hauling westbound train. The helper
was returning from helping the first section
up the hill when the accident occurred.
Both were running at a good speed and
crashed together with great violence. The
result was that John Watson, the engineer,
was badly scalded, and is in dangerous
condition, while his fireman, John Flesher,
was frightfully burned by escaping steam,
dying from his injuries few hours later.
Both reside here. The fireman OF the
helper is also burned severely. Both en-
gines were badly damaged, and one car Of
coke and one of machinery were demolished.
Just where the blame rests has not been
determined.
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BOOM FOR CLEVELAND.
Bay State Democrats Yell Themselves
Hoarse Over the Ex-President.

Bay State Democrats Yell Themselves
Hoarse Over the Ex-President.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1sPATcH.1
BOSTON, November 15.-The Bay State
Democrats held big love feast and jollii-
cation to-day in honor of the great political
victory of November 4. The successful can
didates were given rousing reception at a
banquet given by the Bav State Club at the
American House, and incidentally there
was big boom for the denomination and re-
election of Grover Cleveland as President of
the United States. This feature was not
made evident until after the enthusiasm
over local successes had been sounded.
Governor-elect Russell gave the signal,
when, in responding to the greeting of his
fellow-D Democrats, he attributed the tre-
mendous overthrow of Republican Con-
gressional candidates all over the country
to the wise suggestions and sound policy of
Grover Cleveland.
The effect of this boom was electrical.
The great crowd sprang to their feet and
cheered again and again. One gentleman
yelled: 'Three cheers for our next President
Grover Clevelandp' Then the cheers
were redoubled.
Soon after that DIR. William Everett gave
Mr.. Cleveland another boost toward the
Presidency. Then there was another cheer.
The crowd was evidently pledged to "Cleve-
land and Reform" but that fact only in
creased the general jubilation.
Not in eight years have the Democrats of
Massachusetts had chance to let off steam
in celebration OF an overwhelming political
victory, but they did 80 to-day with un-
limited enthusiasm. Their cheers were
mingled with the popping of champagne
corks, but the cheers predominated.
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BIG STORM AT BOSTON.
A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO DUMP ATcHI-
SON THE FEATURE.

Prices Run Down to the Lowest Figure on
Record and All Stocks in Flurry-The
Boston Representatives of the Barings
Take Things Cool1y-Scenes on 'Ch ange
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
BOSTON. November 15-Pandemonium
reigned at the Boston Stock Exchange this
morning when the failure of Barring Bros.
was reported. 1t was rush to dump
Atchison certificates. Prices fuctuated so
rapidly that orders given by customers
would reach the broker on the floor of the
exchange u to 8 per cent above the ruling
market price.
No trading in Atchison except for
cash, was the cry. Margins did not count
Transactions were so rapid that half Of them
failed to show up on the tape of the stock
ticker. This excitement came about through
Messrs. Kidder, Peabody & Co. IS immense
interest In that investment. The assumption
was, therefore, that the stock would be
affected through Kidder, Peabody & Co. 8
connection with the great London financial
firm.
Atchison opened at 29 and almost i'm
mediately dropped to 23s<, the lowest price
ever quoted. Then there was a rally and
figures were 25$4 at the close, net decline
of 2I points. Other stocks followed
Atchison. New York and New England
dropped from "a to 29X, closing at 81 to
31%. West End Land was off to q from
221s, closing at 221 up 9s. Chicago, Bur
llngton and Quincy lost from 81 to So.
Sugar at so was a loss of 81, but recovered
~ to close at 51A. Thomson Houston
Electric was gathered in at SO. closing at 40,
net decline of 8 points.
And so it went The buyers and sellers
stood side by side, partly saying word,
and not moving their glance from the board.
Interest centered in Atchison. Bonds and
securities of all sorts were Withdrawn from
vaults and strong boxes, carried to the
brokers Offices and placed in their hands.
1t is very seldom that the Boston Exchange
is the scene of such excitement and such a
volume of trade.
Colonel Oliver W. Peabody, senior men,
Der of the firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co.,
and Boston correspondents of Barring Bros.
q Co., of London, received newspaper men
and others with great GOODNESS. He said the
Barings were simply liquidating and that
there was nothing to fear.
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NO DANGER HERE.
BANKS AND STOCKS NOT AFFECTED BY
Barring BROTHERS, TROUBLE.

A Feeling of Caution Engendered in Pitts
burg Mercantile and Financial Circles,
but No Alarm Felt-Stock Brokers Do
Not Lose Confidence.
The financial furry in New York, fol-
lowed by the temporary embarrassment of
the Barring Brothers, has made local bust
ness men exceedingly careful. ST propose
to 60 slow" remarked a coal man yester-
day, until I know where the country
stands, or to what extent these monetary
failures will reach out. There is no use
denying that manufacturers here are wor-
ried."
Captain Steele, of Cramp & Sons, the
Philadelphia shipbuilders, is at the Ander-
son. The Captains brother is the agent for
Barring Bros. in San Francisco. ''The
Bank OF England" he said, twill never
allow that firm to 60 to the wall. IF it does
it will involve England in financial panic
and there is no telling where it would end. !"
W. r. Thompson, the banker, stated that
the effect of the embarrassment could not be
determined before tomorrow or Tuesday. If
their liabilities are less than their assets,
then there can't be much trouble after their
debts are liquidated. Mr.. Thompson
does not believe that legitimate trade in
this country is endangered, but he says
there is financial unrest in Berlin, Paris,
Spain and in some of the South American
States. He thinks people have been going
at a rapid pace. The banks have been
loaded up with securities, and the line must
be drawn somewhere. The New York i'm
porters also have tied up considerable money
in imports to get ahead of the Mckinley
bill, and this burden will have to be carried
awhile longer.
Stock brokers in this city did not appear
10 be greatly exercised regarding the COM
plications of Barring Bros. George I.
Whitney, of Whitney & Stephenson, while
admitting that the failure if absolute could
not help being far reaching in disastrous
consequences, referred to the recovery in
the New York stock market as a
hopeful indication of return of
confidence. He referred to the strain that
had been put on the great English firm by
the upheavals in South American repub-
lies and spoke of Berlin being the initial
point of the last disturbance, in letting go
on the Willard stocks. While the failure
of Barring Brothers would be colossal be-
side that of Jay Cooke, yet it would have
the same effect in this country that the
latter had.
Robinson Bros. seemed to regard the
trouble much in the same light as did Mr..
Whitney, and several others spoken to ap-
peared to think that to down Barring Bros.
would be next to swamping the British
Government, thing not to be regarded
seriously at present.