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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
The Summary Of Life.

Some philosopher has given in
these lines the summary of life:
Seven years in childhood sport
and play.
Seven years in school from day
to day-14.
Seven years at trade or college
life-21.
Seven years to find a place and
wife-28.
Seven years to pleasures follies
given-25.
Seven years to business hardly
given-42.
Seven years for some a wild-goose
chase-49.
Seven years for wealth a bootless
race-56.
Seven years for boarding for your
heir-63.
Seven years in weakness spent in
care-7O.
Then die and go-you should
know where!
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
She Smoked.

Smoking did not seem to seriously
affect the health of Mrs. Danforth
of Manchester, Massachusetts
From childhood she was a smoker
and often arose in the night to en-
10y pipeful or two of tobacco, and
continued smoker until her death,
which occurred a short time ago,
at the remarkable age of one hun
dred and one years. When ninety
one years old, while she was in a
railroad station at Worcester, i'm
patiently awaiting the arrival of a
train, says veracious chronicler,
she was approached by thin young
man with pale, paper-covered ci-
garette, unlit between his fingers,
who asked if smoking was offensive
to her? She was looking for a
smoke herself, but did not think it
was allowed in the waiting room.
"Bless your SOUL" she replied,
"do they let people smoke here?"
The young man replied in the af-
firmative, but added that he would
not indulge if smoke was distaste-
full to her. She made no answer
but took out short pipe, cut off
three or four Jumps of plug tobacco
and crowded them into the bowl,
and in five minutes, though it was
in the winter, and very cold out
side, she had smoked out the young
man, two brakesmen and travel
ing salesman for a wholesale tobac-
co house.
She had only one sick day dur
ing her entire life, and that was
thirty-seven years ago, when she
attempted to stop smoking before
breakfast, this effort at self-denial
was never repeated, as from that
day to the time of her death she
always smoked two pipefuls before
breakfast.-Yankee Blade.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
The Runaway's Return.

A Boston father whose son last
autumn took it into his foolish head
to run away from home, taught the
boy a lesson which is not likely to
be soon forgotten. The lad had
read lot Of sensational trash, and
although he had a good home he
was led away by what he read, and
started off to "enjoy life."
His funds and his courage gave
out together before he got further
than New York, where he was
robbed in one place, ill-treated in
another, and fell i'll in a third; so
that by the time he had been absent
from home for about ten days he
sent a pathetic postal card to his
family begging for the money to
come home with.
His father had already followed
him to New York, put detectives
on his track, and knew what was
happening to him; but was leaving
him to his own devices in order
that the lad might see to what his
course would lead. Leaving friend
to see that the boy was watched
and kept from actual harm, the
father returned home, and when the
sons appeal came he simply wrote
back: Don't you think you had
better walk?"
The poor prodigal was probably
well-nigh heart-broken at such a
which, indeed, it cost the
father a good deal of resolution to
make, but he set out to walk from
New York to Boston.
A man was employed by the
fathers orders to come along with
him. The son supposed that he was
merely tramp with whom he had
fallen in and who chose to be kind
to him. The runaway reached home
safely, but a more changed boy it
would not be easy to find. His
father has never alluded to his ad-
venture, and there is now a respect
and confidence between them which
is really charming to see.-Youth's
Companion.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
Testing It's Hearing.

A pathetic anecdote is told of the
Countess of Orkney, who was deaf
and dumb. Shortly after the birth
of her first child, the nurse saw the
mother cautiously approach the
cradle in which the infant was
sleeping.
The countess, having perfectly
assured herself that the child really
slept, took out large stone which
she had concealed under her shawl,
and to the horror of the nurse, who,
like all persons of the lower order
in her country, indeed, in most
countries, was fully impressed with
an idea of the peculiar cunning and
malignity of "dumbies," raised it
with an intent to fling it down We
hemently.
Before the nurse could interpose
the countess had flung the stone;
not, however, IS the servant had
apprehended, at the child, but on
the floor, where, of course, 1t made
great noise. The child immedi-
ately awoke and cried.
The countess, who had looked
with maternal eagerness to the re-
suit of her experiment, fell on her
knees in transport of joy. She
had discovered that her child pos
sessed the sense of hearing which
was wanting in herself.
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In the Lower House.

The question of adjournment was
under consideration, says the New
York Tribune, and General Butler
had stepped over to Mr.. Randall's
desk for a private consultation.
Butler favored Sunday session.
Randall opposed it. "Bad as I am, T"
said Randall, ~ have some respect
for Gods day, and ! don't think it
proper to hold a session of Congress
that day." "Oh, pshaw," respond
ed Butler, doesn't the Bible say
that it is lawful to pull your OK or
ass out of a pit on the Sabbath day?
You have seventy-three asses on
your side of the House that I want
to get out of a ditch tomorrow, and
I think l am engaged in a holy
work" Don't do it, Butler"
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Fine Mechanism.

Some wonderful examples of hu-
man ingenuity and skill, which il
lustrate in a remarkable way the
progress made in mechanics, have
been put on exhibition bv the Lon
don Mechanical and Scientific So
ciety. An instrument loaned by
the great Armstrong Gun Works
accurately measures thickness down
to the one-thousandth part Of an
inch, while a rival mechanic exhib-
it's an instrument built on similar
principles, which grades thicknesses
in millionth parts.
The deft-fngered Oertling, whose
wonderful balances have a world
wide reputation, shows a delicate
scale which will carry 5000 grains
and yet turn distinctly with the
one-thousandth part of a single
grain.
A matchmaker of Paddington
now comes in for his share of cock
ney praise and exhibits an engine
built of 1872 pieces, not including
80 bolts and screws, all nicely hid
den in a lady's No. Z thimble. If
inventors of great things deserve
great praise, what shall we say for
the skilled fingers and clear brains
which fashioned the above?-St.
Louis Republic.
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SCARED BY SKULLS.
Why the Indians Keep Away From
Bellingham Bay.

One very noticeable peculiarit,
of the Bellingham bay cities is tn
absence of Indians and Cinnamon
The former are seldom seen her,
and the latter never. Why the In
dians avoid this place is not known
but some of the Siwashes said tha
the natives held this part of the
state in superstition through ar
event happening during the Indian
war about 1865.
It ran thus: One night during
the trouble with the savages, a Ger.
tain camp Of white settlers were ex.
pecting an attack. The whites were
informed by a friendly but half:
witted Indian who had received
small sums of money from the set
tiers for occasional services he had
done them.
The white men, finding that the
savages would far outnumber them,
resolved to thwart them by strata
gem, and this is the way it was ac-
complished:
The Indians, on their way to at
tack them, would have to pass
through thickly wooded ravine
that lay on the north side of the
Noosack river, known as the "Dev-
lis Pass" Anticipating the sava-
ges' march, the white men concealed
themselves in the gorge. They were
armed, and carried with them six
human skulls belonging to the sur
geon of the party.
The whites had resolved to play
upon the superstition Of the red
man, and for that purpose especial
ly had they chosen this dark retreat
of which the Indians had long been
timid.
It was ten o'clock at night { March
II, 1866 when the white settlers
reached the dreaded ravine. They
hurriedly stationed themselves with
their muskets commanding the In
dian trail, while four of the party
lighted pitch torches and inserted
them into the skulls after the ''Jack-
o'lantern" fashion, thus giving them
a most CHASTITY appearance.
The lighted skulls were stuck up
across the path the Indians would
have to travel on their way to at
tack the camp.
The savages came stealing along
n large numbers about midnight,
and seeing the ghoul-like fre-eyed
skulls stretching across their very
pathway, they took them for human
lewis and fled in great fright, never
oausing until the camping grounds
If the Indians were reached.
The whites were saved by strate-
,em, and the Indians have ever
since held a superstitious fear of this
section of country.-Seattle Press.
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tains, where the air is dry, ane
keep him away from the doctor and
apothecary shop. He does not neee
medicine. There is too much med
icine used in many kinds of dis
eases. Certain specifics are essen
tial, but they should be used with
intelligence. The great trouble
comes from the Dostrums and ad.
vertising quacks.
Insanity, I should say, is in
creasing, and the explanation is to
be found in the way in which we
live. Men rush to secure millions
when they ought to be satisfied with
hundreds of thousands. They like
wise rush to spend their money,
and then worry to meet their fnan-
cial engagements. Insanity may be
caused by functional disturbance
Or by an organic change. In case
of an organic change it is doubtful
if insanity is durable.
dreams do not indicate a phys
ical defect. They indicate that the
dreamer's stomach is out of order
or that he is worried. Dreams often
seem of long duration, but it should
be remembered that thoughts fly so
fast that they cannot be measured.
They will travel pretty much the
entire universe in five minutes. If
a person keeps his mouth shut be
will not snore. If he cannot keep
it shut any other way he ought to
tie a bandage under his chin and
over his head.
"The nose is the proper thing to
breathe through. But snoring will
not do any harm. A person who
appreciates humor and has good
hearty laugh now and then is the
better for it, but to be eternally gig
Cling and smirking, when there is
no cause for the risibility, is neither
beneficial nor interesting. A giggler
is fool. Crying often affords re-
lief. If a person is suffering from
great grief and he is unable to shed
tears, there is decided danger of
trouble in his mind. Whether the
jovial or quiet person is apt to live
longest is perhaps question. Some
people are so solemn that they have
not life enough to die, and keep on
earth to curse everybody they are
acquainted with. 1t is not the
length of time one lives, but the
good he does. Some men could
live hundred years and be of no
benefit. Others could in twenty
years accomplish wonders by their
energy and the proper use of their
abilities.
"One man may know no fear
while another may be frightened at
his own shadow. It is a mental
affair. The man with good healthy
stomach is apt to have more cour-
age than the man with dyspepsia.
Every healthy man ought to love a
woman if he can find one worthy
of his affection. There is differ
ence between love and lust. Love
is creation of the mind. A man
must have a mind capable of ap-
precisting love, or he has not the
for loving. Disappoint-
nent in love is injurious, as grief
s always harmless.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

me that / must surely wear spats
(over-gaters), and he made me
pair of white duck. l wore them by
way of experiment one day to the
White House and l noticed as I
sat talking to the people in the East
Room that President Harrison eyed
me askance. Presently he got up
and beconed me to come outside,
and when we got into the hall he
whispered nervously: "John, your
drawers are hanging down below
your pants !"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
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.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

In Paris, whenever local shop
keeper advertises to sell sat cost, +"
government official, detailed for
the purpose, swoops down upon
him and makes careful inspection,
in order to satisfy himself that the
merchant carries out what he ad-
vertises. If the latter is detected
in fraud, an adequate punishment
is at once meted out to him. They
don't deny mans right to sell his
goods at less than cost if he chooses,
but he must not publish any lying
Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

Inc KEYSTONE has long been acknowl-
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 Ieay.
ing nothing undone to present its readers
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. Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
Preferred to Do Business With the
Lord in Person.

A good story is told of a gentle
man who did not belong to church,
but occasionally went, and usually
contributed to the box. On one
occasion seeing miserly deacon
approach, he inquired:
"What do you propothe to do
with the money!"
"Give it to the lord" unctuously
responded the deacon.
"Well, thir," said the gentleman,
"ath | think my chantheth of thee
ing the lord are about ath good ath
yourth, prefer to wait and hand
it to him in perthon," and he put
his half dollar back into his pocket.
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Notice to Creditors,
Estate of ALBERT w. coMsrOCK,

Estate OF ALBERT w. COMSTOCK, de-
ceased
~ 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 Keteh-
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
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The Bow Anchor.

| SdpLdlu y Ouu Aull1VcI, WIZ Sd1Ict
a whaling vessel out of New Bed
ford for a great many seasons, &C
cumulated fund of experience!
which stood him in good use fol
anecdotes through all the years
after his retirement; but perhaps
the best of Capt. Dulliver's stories
the one of which the recital always
caused the most amusement, was
one relating to an incident that
happened after he left off whaling
The captain and his wife were sit
ting at a friends table at supper
one evening. The captain helped
himself pretty literally from plate
of cheese.
"There, there" said Mrs. Dulli-
yer, "you're goin' an eatin' lot
more O. that cheese! You'd better
stop right where you be-"
"Oh, wal, Maria," said the cap
tain, with a grin, Il guess it'll be
all right this time"
oval, eat it, John, eat it It's
me that has to suffer, anyway
"How is that, Mrs. Dulliver?"
her hostess asked.
Whereupon the captain, being the
story-teller of the family, took up
the narrative of his wife.
"You see," said he, still grinning,
"my wife, she's afraid I'll throw out
the bow anchor agin. 1t want
more'n a month or six weeks ago,
that we was down to Boston to
Lily James, visitin', an they had
jist about the same kind O. cheese
on the table at you've got here. I
eat a little ont. Oh, you needn't
look, Maria Maybe l eat good
deal ont.
"Wall that night, after we was
gone to bed, I dreamed l was to sea
in the brig Priscilla, same's l used
to be. Seems if we was comm up
past Hatteras. Twas my watch,
an all to once there come on one O.
the wust squalls l ever see in them
parts. The wind blew like the ma
ton, an the vessel was nigh on her
beam ends.
"There want but one thing to do.
Seems if the mate was the only man
within reach, an l sings out to him
"'Mr. Coffin says l, 'heave that
bow anchor overheard y
$50 the mate he ketches hold o.
the anchor, an he pulls an tugs,
an he can't start it. An all the
time the storm grows.
"'MIsTER Coffin," says I, gittin'
desperate, 'over with that anchor
now, an mighty quick =
"But be can't bulge 'er. The wind
howls an the ship careens. Then
l goes for'ard, an says 1:
"'Stan' aside, yer lubber, an let
me heave that bow anchor over my
self, or we'll 60 to the bottom 7
AN with that l put both arms
round the big anchor, an l give a
terrible tug an lift, an over the
ships side she went. An as I'm
a livin' man, if that bow anchor
didn't set up scream that riz over
the whole roar O. the tempest, an
it yelled:
"'John Dulliver, John Dulliver,
oh, what be you a-doin'!
"An' woke up, an if there want
Maria on the floor, screamin' an
akin on! I'd took her fer the
anchor, an heaved her overheard,
sure enough"
Mrs. Dulliver's was the only face
n the room that remained without
! smile throughout the recital.
"Yes," said she, 'you throwed
ne out onto the floor as if | WANT
10 more'n so much old junk. An
here you go, eatin' that cheese as
nOthin' hadn't haDDened % F.,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

IT is said that there are over L.
100000 species of insects upon the
earth. There is no region free from
insect life. What any animal can
do, some insect can do; what any
animal can eat, some insect can eat;
there is no mode Of progression
used by any animal that some In
sect does not use. Their susceptible
ity of classification is most perfect.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

pleaded Randall; II have some re-
spect for you that l don't want to
lose. I expect some day to meet
you in a better world" "You'll be
there as you are here" retorted
Butler, quick as thought, "a mem
Der of the Lower House,"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

The ice-breaking steamer Mar
taia. built in Sweden for the Finnish
government, is capable Of forcing
her way through thickness of
twenty-five inches of ice.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

TEN men with drills operated by
electricity, it is said, can take out
as much ore, and tunnel as far as
100 men with picks, shoyels and
blasting material, beside which the
buildings can be lighted, and a great
saving on insurance and oil made
thereby.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
The Presidents Mistake.

"When l was getting ready to
come to England" says John C.
New, "my tailor in Washington told
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

It has been settled more than once
that a man cannot fill the position
of State Treasurer and sit in q po-
ker game at one and the same time
with any satisfactory public guar
antee of success.-Kansas City Star.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

1T appears to be dawning upon
Congress, as we'll as upon the coun-
try generally, says the New York
Shipping List, that the mixing Of
pure cotton-seed oil with lard, al
though it may be an adulterant, is
not unhealthful, etc., but an abso-
Lutte improvement in every way.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19

"SHow me a professional athlete
40 years DID," says an eminent ply
sician, "and l will show you an old
man beyond his time, with bones
out of shape, muscles injured, and
joints stiffened, and no one would
promise him five years more of life"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-04-19
PROFESSIONAL.


A TTORNEY-AT Ketchum, Idaho.
A Practices in all the Courts of the Ter
ritory. Conveyancing and procuring of
Patents specially.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-05
To the Ladies.

There are thousands of ladies throughout
the country whose systems are poisoned and
whose blood is in an impure condition, from
the absorption of impure matter, due to
menstrual irregularit les This class are
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and blood-cleansing properties of Prickly
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Roses and bounding health take the place
of the sickly look, the lost color and the
general wreck of the system by the use of
Prickly Ash, Poke Root aud Potassium, as
hosts of females will testify, and many
certificates are In the possession of the COM
pany which they have promised not to
publish, and all prove p. P. P. blessing to
womankind
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-05
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AGENTS WANTED.

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"REMEMBER, that the payment OF Prizes
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BANKS Of New Orleans. and the Tickets are
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Courts; therefore, beware of all limitations or
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ONE DOLLAR is the price of the smallest
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in any Drawing. Anything in our name offered
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President National Bank.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-05
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For consumption and catarrh, take Lemon
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