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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-11-22

From appearances draft No. 123 was
originally No. 23-to the Frostburg
Gaslght Co. for S73 so, which sum
audts correctly with total of column
IN which it is found and draft No. "a
was originally No. 76-to the Frost
burg Gaslight Co. for sSl, thereby
overcharging on these two drafts Sl55 80
Draft No. 122 to Brace & Richmond for
1854 was partly paid to William Brace
by the Council by whom it was is
sued to the amount of S33 rs; the
following Council was charged Ss4 80
on same draft, thereby overcharging "a IS
Draft No. Al to John F. Workman for
SIS 60 was partly paid by tax to the
amount of Sc SS and a receipt turned
in by Bailiff. Upon presentation of
draft the full amount was charged,
thereby overcharging. 6 So
Draft No. rs to Henry Williams for S53
was partly paid by tax to the amount
of 500 10 and receipt turned in by
Bailiff. Upon presentation of draft
to the following Council full amount
was charged, thereby overcharglng. % 10
PETER LAMMERT,
e. N. MICHAEL,
A. W. DEWITT,
Committee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-11-22
The Sun
FOR
1891.

CONE people agree with the ,S",ts opinions
- about men and things, and some people
don't; but rybodv likes to get hold of the
newspaper which is never dull and never
afraid to speak its mind. Democrats know
that for twenty years the SIN has fought in
the front line for democratic principles, new
er wagering or weakening in its loyalty to
the true interests of the party it serves with
fearless intelligence and dislnterested vigor.
At times opinions have differed as 70 the best
means of accomplishing the common pur-
pose it is not the Suns fault if it has seen
further into the milestone.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-one will be Il
great year in American politics, and every
body should read the S"n.
Daily, per year. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 600
Sunday, per year. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Z.UO
Daily and Sunday, per year. ........... 500
Daily and Sunday per month. ......... 90
Weekly Sun, one year. ................ LOO
Address THE sun, New York.
Oct %
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-10-16
PROBATE NOTICE.

In the District Court Of tho State Of Nevada,
in and for Elko County.
In the Matter Of Che Estate OF Thomas B.
JaqueB, Deceased. ...
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
~ Tuesday, tile fourteenth day 6f Octo.
Der, 1890, at ten o'clock A. NJ, Of said day,
and tho Courtroom of said Codft, at the
Courthouse In the Town and County OF Eiko,
have been appointed az the time and place
for proving ffewtii of the. said Thomas D,
iaques, deceased, AMI tor The hearing Of The
application OF a. J. Spencer and Charies
Waghsr, for the issiarcs to .hom Of Letter,
Parliamentary thereon.
~ '1' ~ ~ Clerk.
Dated, Elto. September %. 1900
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
Shearing Sheep By Electricity.

A remarkable application of cleo
tricity is being made in Australia.
The problem of shearing sheep eco
nomically and speedily has been
solved by the use of the electric
motor in conjunction with new
shearing machine invented by Fred
erick York Wolseley, brother of
the eminent General bearing that
name. The method of using the
shears is very simple, the operator
having merely to throw friction
wheel into adjustment by means of
handle, and then push the comb
into the wool, pressing it continu-
ously forward and keeping it as
close as possible to the body of the
animal being operated upon. From
one to one hundred shears can be
operated at one time, according to
the power used. By this mode the
shearing is performed more merci-
fully than when done by hand shears,
especially when performed as "piece
work" The loss from injuries pri-
marily due to shearing by hand,
reckoned at no less than l per cent
Of the animals operated upon, is
entirely avoided, while the pelts,
being free from cuts, stabs and
holes, command a reader and bet
ter market. The operators them
selves are protected from the nu-
merous self-inhicted injuries to
which they are liable when using
the ordinary hand shears; while
sore wrists, aching hands, swollen
arms, cuts and stabs, are now all
alike regarded as things of the past.
The time occupied in shearing the
sheep by the new method is only
from 81 to 5 minutes. AS the ma
chine takes the whole Of the wool
off at one operation, all second cuts
are avoided, and thus considerable
saving in time is effected.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
The Soldering Machine.

There is some talk here about re-
viving the soldering machine. :"
Forty wears ago it was familiar
piece Of mechanism. Simple in con-
struction, durable in use, it served
it's purpose we'll and effectively.
In those days drunken man was
rare sight. A few citizens of this
place remember it well. "Jack'
Reynolds was one Of the men who
manned the machine, and he re-
collects when it did yeoman service.
But the persons who fell victims to
it are too modest to recall it's puri-
flying effects.
1t was devised because it was
necessary, and it consisted of the
running gear of an ordinary wagon
with the hind wheels taken off and
a box fastened to the axle. Sobriety
was the watchword Of the halt
dozen men who ran it. Whenever a
drunken man or woman was seen
on the street the machine was
brought out. The victim was placed
on the broad of his back in the box.
Then the command was given and
the occupant was run out Of town.
1t was seldom that man got the
second dose of the SOLDERING ma
chine" The tramps soon got to
dread the ride of mile or so, and
they never returned after the ~frst
experience. The wife beater Jared
the same and its influence had a
salutary effect on this class of peo,
pie. The old inhabitants say that
the SOLDERING machine" of nearly
half century ago was much more
effective than the threats and VIC.
lence of the White Caps of the
present day.-Detroit Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
An Old Hero.

There lives at Oak Point, says
the Astorian, a man named Patrick
Kearney, about so years of age,
who years ago performed a sacrifice
that is without parallel in the an
nails of unselfish devotion.
A good many old-timers on the
coast remember when Holiday &
Flint owned the steamship Golden
Gate. They were both aboard that
ill-fated steamship in 1862, on her
way southwark from San Francisco
when she was burned. Flint lost
his life in that disaster, and Ben
Holiday strapped himself to a lad
der and reached the shore in safety.
It was a dreadful scene and a
large number perished.
Among the passengers was this
Patrick Kearney, then 80 years OF
age, returning from the mines with
$4,000 in gold, which he had in a
buckskin sack.
When the cry went up, "Every
one for himself" Kearney, with a
life-preserver on, went over the ves-
sel's side, with a tight grip on the
heavy sack containing his fortune.
Though it weighed several hundred
pounds, he, being powerful man
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
PASSED FOR A GIRL.
A Remarkable Case in q Fashions
BILE Irish Family.

There resides in fashionable
part of Rathmines, Dublin, a family
consisting of a mother, who is a
widow, two or three sons and three
young ladies, sisters. At all events,
says the Freeman's Journal, they
were supposed to be so. The fam:
lily was held in the highest respect
snd, until an incident we are about
to relate occurred, the household
was undisturbed by any out-of-the-
way occurrence. Two of the young
ladies were prepossessing in appear
ance, and gifted with many accom-
plishments. The third-the eldest,
we believe-was not devoid of good
looks, either, and possessed GER
tain amount of musical culture,
which was displayed effectively at
numerous reunions, parties and
evening assemblies about their
neighborhood. She also developed
remarkable talent for drawing.
She was frequently met with at So
cial assemblies and places of enter
tainment, and was admired every
where for her good looks and ac-
complishments. She was an admi-
rable tennis player, and was alto
gether an agreeable figure in the set
in which she moved. About two
months ago it was announced that
she was about to proceed to Lon
don to complete her studies in the
South Kensington School of Art,
and naturally the news caused
some interest among her acquaint-
ances. She came back at Christ
mas, and many ladies who were
acquainted with the family called
at the house to see her. What was
the astonishment of the visitors
when the mother calmly announced
that her daughter" was boy, and
then the quondam miss entered the
room, dressed in masculine attire,
having completely abandoned the
character which she or he Gas we
must now call him)' had been so
long assuming of a girl. The Incl
dent gives rise to great perturbation
among the acquaintances of the
family, and, as result, no little
unpleasantness occurred. Those
who knew the young gentleman as
Miss are extremely astonished
at the turn affairs have taken. They
find it hard to believe that such a
deception could have gone on for
years without any suspicion of the
real circumstances being entertain
ed. The young man has been re-
garded as a girl from infancy. He
went to school as a girl, entered
society as a girl, dressed as a girl
and behaved as girl, SO that the
sudden announcement of his true
position in society has naturally
caused some commotion among the
acquaintances of the young man.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
Cured by a Shock.

One day, when a whole bus full
of US drove up to hotel in Lynch
burg, Va, the landlord remembered
that he had a drummer from New
York who had been suffering terri
bly, with toothache for two or three
days. He had tried every remedy
known to man, n,except that of having
it pulled, but nothing had availed
him. He said he hoped some one
of us might be able to suggest some
thing, and slowly added:
Gentlemen, l have heard that
sudden shock to a mans nervous
system would sometimes cure the
worst case of toothache. Can't you
plan something?"
Six or eight of us got together in
the reading-room and it was finally
decided that a man named Simms,
who turned out to be patent
medicine advertiser, should go up
to the room and startle the New
Yorker. He was to do it by claim
ing to have seen a dispatch to the
effect that his wife had run away
with another man. We thought
that ought to cure his toothache if
anything would.
"How big a man is he?" asked
the delegate when ready to go up.
"Oh, he's rather understood" re-
piled the landlord. eff he should
get up on his ear you can easily
slam him all over the ROOM"
The medicine man went up. We
followed and stood at the door to
hear the result. He found the New
Yorker groanlng like sick horse,
and after introducing himself he
said:
"Sorry for you. old fellow, par
ticularly at this time, but I have
bad news for you"
"No!" exclaimed the other, sit
ting up in bed.
"Be calm, old boy. It's about
your WIFE"
us she-she dead !"
"Better for you if she was. She's
run away with street-car conduc-
tor !"
There was wild yell, followed by
several hoops and crash. Then
the medicine man fell into the hall
and wild figure dragged him up
and down, and mopped him around
and made bear fodder of him. II
was five minutes before we could
| get him off and get his victim away
I We carried the latter into sample.
room, stretched him out on the
table, and had spunged his face fol
the third time when he opened bis
eyes.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
Life in Thibet.

A Chinese traveller has been tell
ing of his experiences and the things
he has seen in Thibet, and his tale
is printed in London. He has be-
held the cloud-piercing temples OF
jade, gold and other precious ma
teria1s. At Shassa there are four
temples in which the Delal Lama
lives. In ulteria Thibet the Teshu
Lama rejoices in three temples.
One is Distorted pagoda, contain
ing a statue of Buddha. The Chi
nese traveller describes the pagoda
in a manner that inclines one to
believe that he has seen the New
York Tribune building. These two
distinguished Lamas are most use
full citizens, as they can tell all
about the future or the past, foretell
births and deaths, though that
seems rather useless occupation,
and are very much believed in. The
Thibetan salutes his superior by
uncovering his head and sticking
out his tongue three times. The
country, supposing that this trav-
eled Chinese is truthful, is the hot
test kind Of place for the wicked.
When a man is arrested his limbs
are tied together and he is thrown
into dark room, in which he is
tried. He is almost always SEN
fenced to death. If the natives
have any shooting match for the
drinks on hand he is tied to pill
lar and used as a target for muskets
and bows. If not, he is put into a
cave where scorpions are plentiful
and stung to death by these willing
executioners, or else presented to
cannibal savages of one part of the
country to eat him. Burial is an
uncomfortable operation. The body
of a dead man is put into leather
bag and hung up to dry for seven
days in his own house, while the
priests, whose business must not
be very agreeable one, walk around
chanting. After that the remains
are taken to some mountain peak
and buried in two fashions. The
flesh is cut up into slices and given
to dogs to eat. The truthful Chi,
nese declares that they call this
earth interment. They then grind
up the bones into pills, which they
feed to eagles, and this is called
sky interment. There is very little
business for the doctors, because
sick men, no matter what ails them,
are smeared all over with butter and
put out in the hot sun for better OF
worse.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22

Chow do you feel now?' asked
one of the boys.
"Queer. What's happened?"
"You went in to see the New
Yorker"
ooh, yes. He had the toothache." j"
'He did, and you kindly con-
sented to shock his mental system
1t was a great success"
"I cured it, did II"
'You did"
"But, great heavens feel of me;
look at me; keep on sponging! I'm
nothing but big splatter of jelly
Boys, If l die, and l hope l will, I'll
haunt every Internal one of you
day and night until I drive you to
hang yourselves with your own
suspenders !"-New York Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
What Electricity Will Do.

Prof. r. H. Thurston, in a recent
article, gives a graphic description
of what electricity will do in the
near future. He says it will break
up the present factory system and
enable the home-worker once more
to compete on living terms with
great aggregations of capital in un-
scrupulous hands. Great steam en-
gines will undoubtedly become gen.
orally the sources of power in larger
cities, and will send out the electric
wire into every corner of the town,
helping the sewing woman at her
machine, the weaver at his pattern
loom, the mechanic at his engine
lathe, giving every house the me-
chanical aids needed in the kitchen,
the laundry, the elevator, and at
the same time giving light and
possibly heat in liberal quantity
and intensity.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22

frightened, but take 1T all in good
part. The egg is not added, nor
has it contents of any kind save
some sort of sweet-smelling per-
fume, sachet powder or perhaps bits
of fine gilt paper, all Of which drop
about your head and shoulders in a
perfect shower. This curious action
is merely to show her preference for
you, and means an invitation for
you to get up and dance with her.
Letter in Cleveland Leader.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
A Cure for Sleeplessness. .

There is form of wakefulness
which is a somewhat frequent ex-
perience with persons engaged IN
active work, especially of the brain:
A man who has been busily engaged
during the day in his usual voca.
ton, retires, let us say, at about 10
Or IL e'eleek, feelin4quite sleepy.
After period of slumber, perhaps
two or three hours, he finds him
self wide awake at about 2 o'clock
in the morning. There is nothing
particularly burdensome on his
mind; no mental anxieties perplex,
no physical pains disturb him. His
only annoyance is the conscious
ness that hard days work is be-
fore him and that his busy brain
ought to be at rest. After tossing
about for. an hour or more in vain
attemps to court sleep, he drops off
toward morning into disturbed and
broken slumber, and rises at the
usual hour with a sense of having
been defrauded by Nature of one of
his rights. So long as this is rare
or occasional experience it need not
attract attention. When, however,
it becomes habitual, when sleep is
regularly broken by periods of wake
fulnass more or less prolonged, and
especially when these periods come
to be accompanied by anxieties and
worrying, the symptom is more
grave. 1t may betoken serious i'm
pairment of the nervous system II
allowed to continue.
What may be done by the person
himself, on awakening during the
night, in order again to induce
sleep? The expedients at our dis
posal, it must be admitted, are ex-
ceedingly variable in their efficacy,
but most of them are worth trying.
A sense Of drowsiness is sometimes
easily induced by getting up and
standing by the bedside until one
feels almost chilly and the bed is
cold. Another expedient is to wash
the head, neck and upper part OF
the body in cold water-a lower
temperature of the skin inducing
probably a more active circulation
of the blood to the surface and away
from the nervous centers. | have
found a bit of dry bread thoroughly
masticated and eaten at this time
to act almost like a charm in some
cases by drawing blood from brain
to stomach and thus securing sleep
Anything which serves to detract
attention from ones self and sur.
roundings may occasinally avail
such as saying the alphabet, count
ing ones respirations, repeating the
multiplication table and multi
tude Of similar expedients. An
ancient monkish recipe for wake
fulness was to "count your beads. .
1t is good advice yet. There are nc
better aids to repose than a gooc
conscience and mind at peace
Laws of Life.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
IDAHO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1890.

and expert in water, succeeded in
getting some distance toward the
shore, buoyed up by a piece of
wreckage, when little twelve-year
old girl, who was struggling in the
sea, begged him in most pitiful tones
to save her life. Kearney flung
away the 100000 and got the girl
in safety to the desolate shore where
he landed penniless, but with the
proud consciousness Of having
saved human life.-Salem (Or.,)
Statesman.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
And Then He Died.

Funny man (on his death-bed y
Darling, you will grant me one
wish ere I die? When | have
breathed my last I want to be Gre
mated and then have my ashes put
into the stove"
Wife-"Oh, Thomas, Thomas,
what do you mean? Why do you
wish to have your ashes put in the
stove?"
Funny man with an effort y
$50 that they can mingle with the
CRATE"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
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. NJ. SNOW,
Administrator of Estate of Albert w. Com
stock, deceased.
Dated at ketchum, Idaho, Oct. q, 1889
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowi-
edged to be the sole representative Of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawt0Oth
mining 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 its readers
developments, as well as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis Of Idaho, it is aninvalua-
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 what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22

Ifyou chance to be visitor at a
Mexican "baile," quietly sitting on
a bench, minding your business and
watching the show, do not be sur
prised if some bewitching senorlta,
with raven hair and roguish eyes,
ceremoniously smashes an egg over
your head. Don't be alarmed or
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
A Change of Sentiment.

"Mr. Binks, would you like to
rock the baby to sleep?"
"Not much"
"Well, then, I'll rock him while
you go up stairs and get my pocket
book from my Dress"
II think I'd like to rock the baby
Merchant Traveller.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-02-22
St. Mary's Academy
SALT LAKE CITY,
CONDUCTED BY THE
Sisters of the Holy Cross

Studies for boarders and day-pupils will
be resumed Monday, September 2. 1889. The
English courses include all the branches
necessary for a first class education. The
languages, linear drawing, vocal music in
class, plain sewing and ornamental needle
work form no extra charge.
Terms are modified when two or more OF
the family are at school at the same time.
Students attending All Hallow's College
are permitted to visit their sisters at the
Academy
Half rates can be secured on two OF the
railroad lines.
TERMS MODERATE.
For catalogues, address as above.
Daily Republican., 1890-02-12

DUFFY, Thomas. wholesale and retail
dealer in choice groce ries an d pro
visions, -four, feed. hay, straw, grain
coal md wood, 8. u. cor. Front and
Madison sits.
FENTUN, E., established 1873, Wholesale
and retail dealer in -four. feed, gra in
hay and straw. u. Il. cor. seventh
and Walnut ets.
FELL & JOSEPH. deaiersin -four, food,
grain, hay, straw, coal, etc. N. w.
cor. Front and Madison SITS.
sALFNER a CO.. dealers In -four, feed,
groceries, teas, coffees, spices, can-
ned goods Of first quality, coal. etc.
Cor. Tenth and shipley SITS.
SMITH, j. jerome, Wholesale ana re-
tail dealer In flour, grain, feed, seeds
otc. First-olass stock only at lowest
prices. N. e. cor. Fourth and Ship
suEW&RD 4 CHANDLER, wholesale
and retail dealers in choice family
-four, western oats and all kinds OF
feed, hay, etc. South side, branch
once second and French SITS. Tele.
THoRP, Thomas, dealer in flour, foed,
grain, hay, straw, oRt meal, rolled
oats. salt etc Removed from No.
ll6k King street 70 s. u. cor. Front and
W iIMffN sGSTTto Si HAY MARKET. Hay
sheds, stabling, Fairbanks stand
ard hay scaies. n. ". Murphey
Propr., and CITY wetghrnaster, dealer
tu -four, feed. hay, guam and GOAL.
Loose liny and straw always On hand
us Front ST., bet. Madison and Mon
roe. Telephone No. boa