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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
A New Empire Among Us.

Ten years ago the population of
the United States, as shown by the
figures collected by the enumerators
of the Government, was 50, ,155, ,443.
To-day, according to the most con-
servative estimates, it reaches 65,-
100000. The average increase in
the decades since 1890, when the
first count was made, has been con-
siderably over 80 per cent. It was
1910 between 1890 and 1900, $500
from the latter date to 1910, 33.OG
between that time and 1920, 1881
in 1920 80, 1882 il 183O-'4O, 1888
in 1S4O-'5O, 35.11 in 1S5O-'6O, 22.65
in 1S6O-'7O, and 3O-OS in 1S7Oe'8O.
The low ratio of increase between
1860 and 1870 was due to the Civil
War, which largely reduced immi-
grafton and lessened the birth rate.
In no other 1O-year period, except
the one which closed in 1880, did
the advance drop below 80 per cent.
An addition now equal to that of
the last decade-and most authori-
ties believe that it will be at least
equaled-would add at least 15,-
OOO,OO0to the country s inhabitants,
and bring the total up to the 65,-
100000 mark. It is probable that
the average reader fails to grasp
the entire dimensions and signif-
canoe of this tremendous expansion
in population. The number of new
residents which the country has
gained since 1880 is almost as great
as that of the entire population of
Spain, as great as that of Mexico
and Canada together, or as Belgium,
the Netherlands and Portugal COM
t;ned.. The additions to our inhab-
itants in The past ten years exceed
fve-fold the aggregate population
of the thirteen colonies at the time
of their separation from Great Brit
ain. In the period named new
nation, so to speak, largely surpass-
ing in number that Of any entire
civilized country, except Russia,
Germany, Austro-Hungary, France,
Great Britain and Italy, has arisen
among US. Between 1850 and 1860
we passed the United Kingdom in
inhabitants, and subsequently we
left France, Austro-Hungary and
Germany behind, while we will
overtake and sweep by Russia, tax
ing the first place among the worlds
enlightened States in the decade
which ends with 191O.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
The Power Of a Uniform.

Three juvenile officers, quartered
at the Curragh, having spent their
all in Dublin, were in straits as to
how they should return to head
quarters. A, known to be the most
broken Of the party, loftily offered
to frank them back. His compan-
ions accepted. At the last station
but one A was observed to alight
hurriedly. On his return he pre-
sented his friends with tickets.
Chow on earth did you get them?"
they asked.
ooh, it's perfectly easy. Just
walk down the platform and say:
Tickets, gentlemenP There are
three and I've got six more"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
Why Sam Jones Was Neglected.

A correspondent wants to know
why the New York newspapers did
not more fully report the remarka-
BILE sermons Of Sam Jones recently
delivered in Richmond. A quota
ton from one of these sermons will
best answer that question. Here it
is: "The bon-ton lady sits back and
turns up her nose at what I say,
but the devil has a mortgage on
that old nose, and the foreclosure
will soon come, and the old gal will
go along to hell with her old nose" :"
It doesn't pay to telegraph such
vulgarity.--N. Y. Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
Colored Spectacles.

DR.. Konigstein, while giving di-
rections in his class of the uses and
prescribing of spectacles, said that
green glasses as a protection against
strong rays was worse than useless,
and did more harm to a sensitive
eye than good, as they allowed the
yellow rays to be transmitted and
unnecessarily irritate the eye. AS
a protection against strong rays,
the blue or smoked glasses were the
only protection.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of ALBERT w. COMSTOCK, de.
ceased
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
=, undersigned, administrator of the es.
tate of Albert w. Comstock, deceased, to
the creditors of. and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within
ten months after the first publication OF
this notice, to the said administrator at the
First National Bank in the town of Ketch-
um, in the said county of Alturas.
GEO. M. SNOW,
Administrator of Estate of Albert w. Com
stock, deceased.
Dated at ketchum, Idaho, Oct. %, 1889.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
The Gold that Grew by Shasta Town.

From Shasta town to Redding town
The ground is torn by miners dead;
The manzanita, rank and red,
Drops dusty berries up and down mines
Their grass grown trails. Their silent
Are wrapped in chaparral and vines;
Yet one gray miner still sits down
'Twixt Redding and Sweet Shasta town.
The quail pipes pleasantly The hare
Leaps careless DER the golden oat
That grows below the water moat;
The lizard basks in sunlight there
The brown hawk swims the perfumed air
Unfrightened through the livelong day;
And now and then curious bear
Comes shuffiing down the ditch by night,
And leaves some wide, long tracks in clay,
So human-like, so stealthy light;
Where one lone cabin still stOOps down
'Twixt Redding and sweet Shasta town.
JOAQUIN MILLER.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
Origin Pin Money.

Pin money is a lady's allowance
of money for her own personal ex-
penditure. Long after the invention
of pins, in the fourteenth century,
the maker was allowed to sell them
in open shop only on the 1st and
I'd of January. It was then that
the court ladies and city danes
focked to the depots to buy them,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

me KEYSTONE has long been acknowR-
edged to be the sole representative of the
treat Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
INNING regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart OF the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and leav.
ing nothing undone to present it's readers a
complete synopsis OF all mining news and
developments, as well as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum. the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invalua-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. SUBJ
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
An Awful Death.

Frank Brown, until recently the
driver of the stage from Riverside
to Redington, says the Florence
Enterprise, was brought to the hos
pital suffering with screw-worms
in his nose and throat. He had
laid down under a tree after pro-
tracted spree, and while asleep the
worms were deposited in his nos
trils and at once began the work of
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
Ambitious Children.

ASKED my Eve children last
night what they intended to be
when they grew up" said CLERK
Cunningham Of the Palmer House
to the Chicago Post reporter. 81
always like to have an eye out for
the future, you know, and so !
thought I'd sound them and be able
to direct their education accord
ingly, for there's nothing like begin
ming young, as the baby remarked
when he took to the bottle. Well,
my eldest boy thought he would
like to be minister. I mention
that fact with pride, for it shows
that, despite his evil associations, a
hotel clerk is sometimes able to
keep his skirts from contamination,
and to bring up his offspring in a
wholesome atmosphere. The next
boy said he wanted to run grip
car. The third wanted to be a sailor,
and the fourth a Board of Trade
speculator. This descent rather
took my breath away, and | turned
gladly to the fifth child, my little
girl, for her answer, which would,
| knew, lift me up beside my first.
And what do you want to be when
you finish your education, Hypa-
tia?' [ asked.
81 don't want to finish my educa-
tion," she replied.
Indeed, and what is it my little
girl is so anxious to be?"
"'She looked me straight in. the
eye and said very firmly with de-
termination that made me think of
her father: Iwant to be mother" ,"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

A Russian practitioner recon-
mends the use of hyoscyamus seeds
for toothache. His plau is to burn
the seeds, and to convey the smoke
through little paper tube to the
hole in the tooth. He declares that
in nearly all cases one application,
or at most two, will suffice to cure
the toothache.-Lancet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

Mamma Ito Edie, aged 3 years
and six months, just home from
her first morning at the kindergar-
ten)-Well, Edie, how did you like
it? Edith didn't like it bit.
The teacher put me on a chair, and
told me to sit there for the present.
And | sat and sat, and she never
gave me the present.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
KETCHUN ALTURAs COUNTY, IDAHO SATURDAY JULY 49, 1890

having been first provided with
money by their husbands. When
the pins became cheap and common
the ladies spent their allowances on
fancies, but the term pin money re-
mained in vogue.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

The Dahl process of sterilizing
milk has recently been introduced
in London; fresh milk is placed in
cans which are hermetically sealed,
then heated and cooled alternately
until the germs are destroyed; the
milk can then be kept for years
without losing its freshness or fail
ing to yield cream and butter.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

mineral. White, light and sandy
boards and hair take a grass green,
whereas black or dark brown hair
is dyed a deep bottle green. The
hair is not injured by its change of
color. It retains its original soft
ness and strength.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

IT is fact well known to pigeon
fanciers that the two eggs laid by
pigeons almost invariably produce
male and female. Some curious
experiments as to which of the eggs
produce the male and which the
female have resulted in showing
that the first egg laid is the female
and the second the male.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

IT has lately been shown that If
two coins are placed on opposite
sides of a plate of glass and elee-
trifed for two minutes they will
leave a perfect image Of themselves
upon the glass.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
destruction. They penetrated the

destructlon. Ihey penetrated the
roof of the mouth and literally
filled his throat, causing inhamma-
ton and at times making him say
agely insane. A great many worms
were taken out by DR.. Adler, but
others were far beyond his reach
and on Monday night Brown died.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19

IF you have a great deal Of writ
ing to do it is recommended that
you should have a number of PEN
ellis or penholders of different sizes
handy. Frequent change rests the
hand and prevents cramps.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-07-19
PROFESSIONAL.


4 TTORNEY-AT-L Ketchum, Idaho.
A Practices in all the Courts of the Ter
rjtorv. Conveyancing and procuring of
Patents a speciality.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
CLAIMS OF Churches and Schools.

The Secretary of War has trans
mitted to Congress a statement pre-
pared by the acknowledgement
giving IA list of claims for the use and
occupation of church and school
property by the government during
the late war. Up TO the present time
claims of this character aggregating
S102, 270 have been paid, and others
amounting to S241, 197 have been re-
iected or remain unpaid. The records
Of the quartermaster-g generals Office
show that among the latter class of
claims are the following from West
Virginia and Maryland:
West Virginia.-Lutheran, Martnsburg,
sl27j rent and damages; Presbyterian,
French Creek, destroyed, amount of claim
not stated: NJ. L. Church parsonage, Harper :
Ferry. S7S5 damages; Presbyterian, Hardy
county, $500, destroyed; Methodist Episco-
pal. Harper's Ferry, claim not stated; Mt.
olive Baptist, Phillip, SloO damages; Ger
man Evangelical, Martinsburg, destroyed
amount OF claim not stated; Presbyterian.
Beverly, 5000 rent and damagt 5; Methodist
Episcopal, New Creek, $780, destroyed by
Coniederatcs; Trinity Episcopal, Martins
burg, claim not stated: Mill Creek, Ran
dolph county, amount not stated; NIDgo
Flats Randolph county amount not stated;
Baptist, Fayette county, S22l damages; Bur-
lugton Free, Mineral, 500 rent and dana
ges; ST. Joseph's (Catholic), Martiusbuig
$3.50 rent and damages; Methodist Episcopal,
Webster, 500, rent; ST. Marks +. h, Kama
VIVA, 81. 500 rent and damages; Protestant
Episcopal, Hsrper's Ferry, $500, rent and
damages; ST. Johns, Charleston, 81 ,U2i dam
ages.
Maryland.-German Reformed. Middle
town. $50 for rent; Methodist, Poolsviile,
s35 for damages ~. Thomas, Episcopal, Han
cock, sl7S for rent and sl,G62 for repairs :
Lutheran, Sharpsburg, $50 for rent; Meth
odlst Episcopal. Skarpsourg, 500 for DANA
ges: Presbyterian, Allegany county, 1893 Tor
damages: Evangelical Lutheran, Williams
port, sl7O for damages; United Brethren,
Boousboro, $40 for rent and damages; he
formed Church, Sharpsburg, $50 Tor rent ana
damages; Methodist Episcopal, Boonsboro.
500 Tor rent and damages; 81. Paul. Protest.
ant Episcopal, Sharpsburg, sl,OOO for rent;
German reformed, KeedysvIlle, $3.50 for
rent; EvangeIIc Reformed. townsville.
500 for rent; African Methodist Episcopal,
Washington codnty, $50 for rent; Methodist
Episcopal. Frederick county, 500 for rent;
Southern Methodist, Harrisonville, $500 for
rent, and the Methodist Episcopal, Berlin,
$50 for rent.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
Canal Reeeivers TrayeLtnq.

Canal Receivers J. D. Baker, Robert
Bridges and r. d. johnson arrived in
Cumberland last Monday afternoon.
The receivers spent most of the time
in looking over the canal company's
property. and examining the number
of canal boats lying at that point.
The receivers said that from all re-
ports received by persons along the
canal there were in the neighbor-
hood Of two hundred and fifty boats
that could be used for navigation in
case the canal would be put in opera
ton again.
Tuesday morning they left Cumber
land on an inspection trip over the
canal line The receivers were ac-
companied by Messrs. A. J. Lowndes,
T. L. Patterson. g. q. Mckay, Fred.
Mertens and T. p Kingsley, of SYRIA
cuse, \. Y. The party embarked
aboard of "a canal boat, on which they
travelled from Cumberland to Okono-
ko distance of % miles. The re-
ceivers made several stops on the
trip TO examine the condition of the
banks and locks, both of which so
far were found 10 be in good condi-
ton. All the repairs necessary, it Is
thought, can be made by the force of
hands employed regularly by the
company for that purpose. The
property belonging to the company,
such as lock houses, were in fair order,
and the statement was made that
there is nothing 10 prevent the free
use Of the canal for transportation
from Cumberland to Okonoko, as sew
eral boats drawing five feet of water
have been passed over the route daily.
After reaching OkonOko the party
left the boat and proceeded to Paw
Paw on horseback. There are sever
al minor washouts and as many
places where the canal bed has been
filled in by gravel which mas been
that the repairs needed thus far can
be made with small outlay.
All along the route travelled the
party was received with evidences of
JOY by the people, all of whom were
earnest in expressing a desire that
the canal should be put into opera
ton. 1t is said about Cumberland
that there are several parties who are
anxious to make contracts To do the
repair work that is necessary at fig
ures which, il is said, are under the
amount which has been estimated to
be necessary. The receivers will not
give an estimate Of the cost of repairs
until they have examined the entire
canal. They will probably reach
Georgetown by the last of next week
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
The Frost Suoqest, Something.

An inspection Of large peach or
chards on the South Mountain re-
veas the discouraging fact that
nearly all the buds have been killed
by freezing. There are single eXcep-
tions here and there where in Feb
ruary and early March there was a
mass of rich and roseate b Dom. The
trees unaffected are uniformly seed
lings,n and their immunity from de-
struction suggests the substitution of
the Seeding" for the budded fruit.
Its hardihood and its longer life max e
it in many respects more desirable
fruit 10 grow than the budded tree.
BY careful cultivation and selection
trees grown from the seed can be
made as profitable as the other, and
some of the large peach growers are
considering the project of experiment
ing on a large scale with the seed
lings.n
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18

There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than al other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed TO be IN
durable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced il IA local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing TO cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh 10 he IA
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
10y +. j. Cheney X Co, Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops 10 teaspoonful.
/ acts directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails To cure Send for circu-
lars aud testimonials. Address,
r. j. CHENEY y Co,
Toledo, O.
eB-Sold by Druggists, 7jc.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18

We shall show on this occasion the largest
assortment of Millinery, Dress Goods. La
dies and Childrens Spring Wraps White
Goods. &c. &c, ever seen I'm this section.
We show n new novelty In CHlLDREN's
WRAPS, called KEEPERS. They are made
of cloth and come in Navy, Garnet and Tan.
handsomely trimmed In gilt, and range In
price from sl.75 to 1915 each; sizes To II
years.
We propose to make this one the most In
teresting Openings ever held In our history,
and know that visit To our store on this oc-
casion will fully repay you.
You are most cordially invited TO be pres
emf. +. A. BRUGH,
Hagerstown, Md.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
Wasbj1oton County's Fish Law.

For the benefit of those of our
readers who might stray on the other
side of the Potomac, we will state
that recent amendments to the Wash
ington county fish law make it ''un-
lawful to place within the waters for
any purpose whatsoever any outline,
set net, drag, stir net or any device
for taking fish, except dip net and
rod and line held in hand" Fishing
of all kinds is prohibited in May.
April, May and June are closed
months for rod fishing. Dip nets
may be used during April, May and
June. Bass, cat fish, perch, &c. sea
son opens July 1st. The fines are for
from 50 to $50 or from to 20 days in
Jail. A special reward will be given
for any information that will convict.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
ONE DOLLAR.

We want more new subscribers to
prs1sTER, and in order to get
started we will offer this induce
~ To any one who will give us
dollar we will send the REGISTER
..na;d from now until January LIST,
20, The regular price of the paper
:. two dollars year, so those who
.Ls advantage of this offer will get
,,-.o months free. We would like a
.,onsand persons to avail themselves
y this chance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
Rehqious Services.

Religious Services.
The rite of confirmation will be ad-
ministered in Trinity Episcopal
Church, Shepherdstown, on Sunday
morning by Bishop Peterkin. Servl-
ces will be held in the Episcopal
Chapel at Duffields Sunday afternoon
at $50. Bishop Peterkin will.attend.
Services Will be held at Unionville
at II a. Ill. and at Bethesda at $50 p.
III. by Rev. J. r. Van Horne.
Services at Kearneysville Presby-
terrain Church Sunday at 10 30 d. III
and Shepherdstown at $50 p. Ill.
Services in the NJ. z. Church at
Shepherdstown at II a. IN, and at
Mt. Wesley at 3 p. IN.
Services in the Reformed Church at
Shepherdstown at II a. III. and kear-
neysville at 3p. III.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
X. l.. SPANGLER'S
Dry Goods and Notions House,
HAGERsTOWN, VIZ.

our Henriettas are the best value.
New Serges ia latest shades.
Mohair and BriIIisnts In all cOlOrs.
Plushes 10 match ali new shades.
Fancy velvets and silks for Trimming
Large Buttons In latest styles.
New Trimmings Of every description.
Stripes and Piaids In full variety.
Trlcots and suitings In plain and mixtures
New Weaves In Mourning Goods.
We sell Home made Saline Comforts.
sI-inca ShruDk skirting Flannel
New styles in Wool skirt Patterns.
Ladies Improved Weight Underwear
shawis Of every descriptions.
New stock Of Fast Black Hose.
The most complete stock Of Corsets.
A Ladies' Vest At IS cents, Jersey Ribbed
Undressed Nousquetaire KID Gloves.
Look at our German Napkins.
bargains 10 FlsDBels and Blankets.
Experienced employees will serve you at:
X. l.. sPAS6LEh'S.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
PURE

<. C. Selover 4 Co., the Nursery
men of Geneva, \. Y, request our as
sistance in securing for them one or
more tirst-claSs men, TO take an agen-
cy in this or adjoining counties for
the sale OF their Nursery stock. This
firm guarantees all stock, and pays
salaries ranging from $50 10 500 per
month and expenses To successful
workers. Any of our readers not en-
gagged for the season, or whose time
is not wholly employed, will do well
TO grasp the opportunity here offered,
and write the above firm at once for
full particulars \ good chance for
all
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neighbors
talking about IL. You may yourself lie one OF
the many who know nom personal cx cri-
euce Jusl how good "A thing II In. lfyou have
ever tried a. YOU are one OF its staunch
trends because the wonderful thing about IL
Is, that when once gwen trial, Or. hins
New Discovery ever after holds place IN
the house. Ii you have never used IL anu
should be afflicted with "A cough. cold or any
Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, secure Dol
tie AT once and give II a fair trial. IL IL guar.
anteeu every time. or money refunded. Itlal
Bottles Free at J. u. Giuson's Drug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
Oea h.

Deah
Miss Mary Sheet, a lifelong resi-
dent of Shepherdstown, died at her
home in this place last Saturday
night. She was the last of family
that was born and raised in Shep-
herdstown, her brother, Mr.. Jacob
S. Sheetz, having died just three
weeks previous. The deceased had
for many years been a faithful and
consistent member of the Lutheran
Church, and the funeral services
were held there on Monday afternoon.
The pastor being absent in New
York State, the services were con-
Quoted by Rev. +. H. Jones, of
Sharpsburg The interment was in
Elmwood Cemetery. The age of the
deceased was 20 years, ? months and
81 DAYS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-04-18
Notice.

There will be a meeting of the
County Council, Patrons of Husband
~. on Saturday, May Sd, in Charles
owl. at IL o'clock. Subordinate
Oranges in the county are earnestly
urged TO send delegates.
G.. II. KNOTT, President.