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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
HOPE FOR C0NsUMPTIV;s.
A Medical Man Re commends
Quantities of Water.

The announcement that DR.. w.
H. Burt would explain a new the
ory in the cure of consumption
caused a large attendance at a re-
cent meeting of the Chicago Medi-
cal Society at the Grand Pacific
Hotel, says a Chicago paper. Eight
months ago, when reading of the
wonderful change brought about in
the obesity of Prince Bismarck
through refraining from the use of
water and carbohydrates, it occur
red to him that an opposite treat
ment ought to result in the cure of
all wasting diseases. His expert
ments since have justified him in
the statement that excessive eating
and the excessive use of water will
cure so per cent of all consumptive
cases in their first and second sta
ges. He explained at length the
tonic influences and powerin build
ing up tissue possessed by water,
which forms three fourths of the
human body, and stated that even
in health six pints das were nec-
essary TO meet the water waste and
in disease twelve pints charged with
carbonic acid. The doctor claimed
it would give the very life to the
system and tissues demanded in
consumption. He pronounced the
bacteria theory, SO popular of late.
as pure nonsense. In detail his
treatment consisted of the free use
of water every hour in the day, nine
hours sleep regularly, and if pos
slble the sea or mountain air.
Above all the patient must look
upon the drinking of water for all
time as his life. Heredity was the
great danger, and DR.. Burt advo-
Gated the passing by congress of a
law forbidding the marriage of con-
sumptives. With this in force 100
years from now consumption could
not exist In the United States.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
A Doubtful Hannah.

When the gold fever broke out in
1849 the rush to California was very
great. One of the adventurers from
an Eastern State realized fully the
truth of the declaration: ut is
not good for man to be alone" In
consequence of his faith he married,
in succession, three courageous wo-
men, who dared to go to the far
West. After they had all died in
succession, he concluded to provide
suitable monument to perpetuate
their memory and to proclaim his
good qualities as husband. Col
lecting their remains, with some
doubt as to the identity of one body,
and placing them in common re-
ceptacle, he erected a monument to
their common memory. 1t con-
tanned this unique inscription:
Stranger, pause and shed tear,
For Mary Ann lies buried here,
Mixed in some m ysterious manner
With Nancy j ane and probably Hannar.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
Wonders of the Deep---The Track
Of the CaDle.

At the depth of about $500 feet
waves are not felt. The tempera
ture is the same, varying only q
trifle from the ice Of the pole to the
burning sun of the Equator. A
mile down the water has pressure
of over a ton to the square inch.
If box six feet wide were filled
with sea-water and allowed to evap-
crate under the sun, there would
be two inches of salt left on the
bottom. Taking the average depth
of the ocean to be three miles,
there would be a layer of salt
23O feet thick on the bed Of the
Atlantic. The water is cooler at
the bottom than at the surface. In
the many bays on the coast of Nor.
way the water often freezes at the
bottom before it does above. Waves
are very deceptive.
To look at them in storm one
would think the water travelled.
The water stays in the same place,
but the motion goes on. Sometimes
in storms the waves are forty feet
high, and travel fifty miles an hour
more than twice as fast as the
swiftest steamship. The distance
from valley to valley is generally
fifteen times the height, hence a
wave five feet high will extend over
seventy-fve feet of water. The force
of the sea dashing on Bell Rock is
said to be seventeen tons for each
square yard. Evaporation is Won
derful power in drawing the water
from the sea. Every year layer
of the entire sea, fourteen feet thick,
is taken up into the clouds. The
winds bear their burden to the land
and the water comes down in rain
upon the fields to flow back at last
through rivers. The depth of the
sea presents an interesting problem.
IF the Atlantic were lowered from
1854 feet the distance from shore
to shore would be half as great, or
1900 miles. If lowered a little more
than three miles, say 1860 feet,
there would be road of dry land
from Newfoundland to Ireland.
This is the plain on which the great
Atlantic cables were laid. The Med
iterranean is comparatively shallow.
A drying up of 66O feet would
leave three different seas, and Afric;:
would be joined with Italy. The
British Channel is more like pond.
which accounts for its choppy
wayes."-Ocean.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23

| in the alphabet: John P. Brady
gave me a black walnut box OF qui-
small size.' The entire sentea. {
contains less than tvice the uumusI
of letters in the aIpiahej "IAH =
a good sentence OF it> &l'a. sala
the doctor, bat | ia 4t # Fa1
will carefully study Toe .n.'1.s-
Pack my box with five d,.ze'. ti4o"s
Jugs you will find that it contains
less letters than the sentence you
published, and yet omiis no letter
in the alphabet. ALBANY Argus.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
The Gila Monster.

One of these dangerous, lizard
like reptiles was exhibited alive at
a meeting of the Academy of Sci
ences a few weeks since and attract
ed considerable attention. This
reptile is no doubt of very dan
gerous character, especially when
angered. An Arizona ranchman,
by the name of Vail, was recently
riding in the neighborhood of his
home, when he espied one of these
reptiles in the road, and alighting
from bis horse, killed it as he sup
posed. He tied the carcass to the
back of his saddle and resumed his
journey, but soon had occasion to
place his hand in the vicinity of the
animal, which instantly seized one
of his fingers with such vise-like
grip that it could only be removed
by having it's head literally cut to
pieces, which was done by an Indi-
an who accompanied him. The
gentleman himself Immediately cut
the flesh of the finger to the bone,
just above the wound, and tied
string tightly around above the
cut. He then rode for life to the
nearest railroad station, 25 miles
distant, where he procured loco
motive and rode ~ miles farther
before he was able to secure medical
aid. By that time nearly the whole
of his body had turned black, and
the physician gave him no hope Of
being able to restore him, although
he did congratulate him upon his
good sense in refusing to drink
whisky at the start as the Indian
had advised him to do-for that,
he said, would have ended his life
very speedily. Hard work and the
application of the best remedies,
at last brought the patient around,
however, and he is probably the
only man living who is able to re-
late his own experiences in being
saved from the usually fatal bite Of
a Gila monster.-Scientific Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
One Small Order.

A lot Of men were playing poker
at Delmonico's the other night, says
the New York Press. The party got
little hungry and ordered some
sandwiches. They came-a small
but appetizing plate; also the bill
$14. Shortly afterward a quiet
gentlemen asked the waiter to pass
him another sandwich. Gall gone,
sir" was the reply. The quiet gen.
tleman beckoned to the waiter and
said in a confidential way:
"All gomez"
eyes, sir"
"Go down stairs and order some
more"
"How many, sir?"
4Well," said the gentleman,
thoughtfully glancing at the bill
and the empty plate. "as | am hun,
cry ! should say about $1,000 worth.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
Rules for a Clear Skin.

You want to keep your skin nice
Ill summer? Well, then, here are
some rules for you:
Don't bathe in hard water; soft
IN it with few drops OF ammonia
or little borax.
Don't bathe your face while it is
very warm, and never use very cold
water for it.
Don't wash your face when you
are travelling unless it is with little
alcohol and water or little vaseline.
Don't attempt to remove dust
with cold water; give your face a
not bath, use plenty good soap, then
give it thorough rinsing with water
that has had the chill taken off Of it.
Don't rub your face with coarse
towel just remember It's not made
Of castiron, and treat it as you
would the finest porcelain-gently
and delicately.
Don't use sponge or linen rag
for the face; use instead a flannel
one.
Don't believe you can get rid OF
wrinkles by filling in the crevices
with powder. Instead give your
face a Russian bath every night j:
that is bathe it in water so hot you
wonder how you can stand it, and
then, moment later, with cold
water that will make it glow with
warmth; dry it with a soft towel
and go to bed, and you ought to
sleep like a baby, while your skin
is growing frmer and coming out
of the wrinkles. and YOU are resting.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
Extraordinary Surgical Operation.

Probably the most extraordinary
surgical operation on record is re-
ported from Paris. DR.. lame
tongue, an eminent specialist in the
Children's Hospital, has just sue
ceeded in the effort to give intelli-
gence to a poor little idiot. The
child,' little girl four years old,
had a deformed head only about one
third the size of an ordinary little
one of her age. She never smiled,
never took notice of anything, and
she could neither walk nor stand.
The doctor became convinced that
the condition of the little creature
was due to the abnormal narrow
ness of the head, which hindered
the natural growth of the brain.
About the middle of May last he
made long and narrow incision in
the center of the skull and cut a por-
ton out of the left side of it, without
injuring the dura mater. The re-
suit of this operation was something
astounding. In less than month
the child began to walk. Now she
smiles, interests herself in every
thing around her and plays with
doll. A tolerably bright little child
has taken the place of the idiot.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
GEO. ]. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To J. ". LANE and WILLIAx LANE, their
heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that l have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred (l00) dol
lars in labor and improvements upon the
MORNING STAR lode mining claim,
situated in Sawtooth mining district, and
adjoining the Telephone and Emma min
ing claims on the southeast, in Alturas
county, Idaho Territory, in order to hold
said premises under the provisions OF Sec,
ton 1924, Revised Statutes OF the United
States, being the amount required to hold
The same for the year ending December 81,
1889; and il within ninety days from the
service of this notice, or within ninety days
after this notice by publication you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion OF
such expenditure as co-owners, your inter
est being an undivided one-third, amount
Ing 10 S33.33Is, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the subscriber
nnder the provisions of said Section 1924.
JOHN COLLINS.
ketchum, l. T., January %, 1890.
First publication, Jan. 25, 1880
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
NOTICE..

At A MEETING OF THE STOCK
"A holders of the First National Bank Of
ketchum, Idaho, held at its banking office
on the 2Sth day of February, 1850, the own
ers OF over two-thirds of the shares voted
to 80 into liquidation on the 2Sth day Of
April, 1890, and close up it's affairs. All
noie-holders and other creditors of sad
association are therefore hereby notified to
present the notes and other claims against
the association for payment
u ated at Ketchum, Idaho. April 26, 1890
ISAAC |. LEWIS, President.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
Stanley Didn't Arrive.

talking of Stanley" said Col.
Ochiltree, Il went over with import
ant dispatches from President Grant
to Geneva in 1872, where the con-
ference was in session on the Ala
bama claims. When the President
gave me his letter of introduction,
he told me he would give the dis
patches also, as it would help me
along in nay travels. A, Geneva !
met John Russell Young | came
back to London and he went 1e
Paris. My favorite resort In Lon
don was the Savage Club, where all
the writer's, actors and b"hemians
generally congregated. Toule, lrv-
ing, Sothern, the Coiiinses, Wilkie
and Mortimer-indeed, nearly ev-
erybody who was anybody Ill liter
ature, art or the drama-was to be
found there in the wee short hours
ayant the twai' Well, just about
this time Henry Nj. Stanley had
returned from finding Livingstone
Young was to meet him In Paris
and advise us about his arrival in
London, so that we could get up a
dinner for him at the Savage Club.
Stephen Fiske who went with james
Gorden Bennett on the celebrated
yacht race, was a leading member
of the Savage. He was one of the
brightest men l ever knew-then
editor of the Hornet, and an asso-
ciate of Labouchere, Sala, Yates,
Lemon and others of that ilk, most
of whom used to meet at the club.
Fiske agreed to get up the dinner.
We finally found that there was
not room in the club, SO we resorted
to place on Leicester Square called
The Globe kept by a little pudgy
Frenchman. About 2 O'Clock in the
afternoon of the day set for the din
ner, we got telegram from Young
stating that Stanley could not be
there IN time. 1t was a subscrip-
ton dinner, 60 apiece, and none of
us had any cash to throw away.
We didn't know what to do. Fiske,
fellow of infinite resources, said
we must give the dinner anyhow
everything was ordered and we
mustn't let spoil. Suddenly turn
ing to me he said, Tom, how are you
up on Stanley? / said, 1 have been
deeply interested in his adventures
and know them by heart Well
said he, you must be Stanler for
tonight, and we will give the din
ner to you Well, | came and was
received with great honors, ana pa.
at the right hand side OF the pre-
siding officer, who was none other
than Ed Sothern, doing the part ot
Sir Roderick Murcbison, President
Of the Royal Geographical Society.
Ofcourse was called upon to speak,
and they say made the effort of
my life; even old stagers who were
in the plot wept at my pathetic de-
scription of my meeting with Liy-
ingstone. When ! came outI assure
you that for squares the streets were
crowded with people. l bowed to
the right and left most profoundly,
amid the cheers and huzzas of the
vast multitude. The little fat land
lord had brought his wife and five
children for me to bless them. Next
morning, when Stanley did arrive,
and heard of it, he was furious
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23

The 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 leav.
complete synopsis of all mining n,ws and
developments, as well as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ke.chum, the
future metropolis of Idal o, it is an invaua-
BILE guide for calital and infornan to the
settler of every craft and losition. Sub
scribe for it. read it. ard let your fri.l.'.s
read what may benefit them
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
Eight Words and All the Letters.

Half a dozen members. of the
Press Club were discussing the pc
culiarities of the English language
the other evening, when DR.. F. E.
Rice took the Argus to task for
printing a paragraph which read as
follows The following is said to be
the shortest sentence in the English
language containing all the letters
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
NOTICE..

WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
w for any labor to be performed on the
Blue Jacket mine. situated on Eagle Creek,
IN Warm Springs Creek mining district, in
Aituras county. Idaho, or for supplies furn-
ished for the same during lease on said
mine. which lease will expire on December
!, l601. CAD AYLWIN,
CHAPMAN Il LIBBY.
1y JAS NJ. BLOSSOM, Attorney-iu-facA
&hnhQn. Idaho. June !, lao0
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23

because she shrank from granting
the encouragement that an excel
lent man needed. A good girl who
knows herself beloved need not be
two chary of giving some indica.
ton of her own feelings. In all
womanliness and delicacy this may
be graciously and gracefully done.
ALBANY Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23
he Great Upper Wood River Mining Region

tied his Jail for the good of his
country and $500 head, giving the
offenders chance to go to war if
they preferred it to penal confine-
ment. That sheriff went into Office
as poor as a church mouse, and
after four years of service retired
with about 100000 in cold cash.
1t was paying business.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23

PAINT the tongues Of your fever
patients with glycerine, says ply
sician-; it will remove the sensation
of thirst and discomfort felt when
the organ is dry and foul.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23

IT is said that an invention by
which passengers may be trans
ferred from railroad stations to
trains goiag at full rate ofspeed is
shortly to be tried.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-08-23

rh. KEYSTONE is the legal newspaper 0
wo,m Springs Creek, Wood River and
aavtooth Mining Districts.
TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION:
One year, Postage Prepaid) NW
Six months, ].W
Three months, A.VO
One month. i"
Single copy. IL
~Payable in advance.
Advertising rates furnishd on application.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04

The refusal of Detroit street
car company to receive coppers
from passengers brought out the
fact not generally known that one,
two, three and five cent pieces are
legal tenders up to twenty-five
cents, while ten, twenty, twenty
i've and fifty cent pieces are legal
tenders up to SO.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04
mo. 8.

ports are moro promptly published.
Better things are promised of the
one to be taken next year.
Senator Morgan's joint resolu-
ton for the recognition Of Brazil's
new government failed in the Sem
ate because of the absence of q
quorum. He will call it up again
after the holiday recess, and it will
be passed.
The money that Silcott left in the
safe of the sergeant-at-arms. be-
cause he couldn't get at it-about
$50, OOO-has by resolution of the
House, been deposited with the
treasurer of the United States I'M
tai it is determined what to do with
1t. An indictment with liz counts
has been found against Silcott by
the grand jury, but Silcott hasn't
been found
The enormous quantity of bills
introduced in Congress last week
more than 1900 has excited com
attention ion 70 the V orast .s cslled g
money in printing Wildcat 81 crarI
bills, which form = larpe n y ss,aH
age Of those introduced # wonld
be a good idea for both Houses "a
create the position of managing
editor, whose duties shall be Is
pass on all bills before thew ara
introduced and throw out the worth
less ones. It would save Uncla
Sam several hundred thousand e
dollars every year.
The House Is to have = Absnca
Of deciding whether It believes the
various ugly charges made At va
rious times against the civil serv-
ice Commission. 40 4 will hsva 8,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04

We have just received from the
publishers a very full and compre-
hensive book under the title, Life
and Death Of Jefferson Davis, Civ
ing q full history of his eyentful
life and death. together with funer-
al services, also comments OF the
press from all parts of the country.
It will be sent postpaid to any adj
dress on receipt of Is cents, by j.
s. Ogilvie, the Publisher, 81 Rose
St, New York, who also desires
agents to sell it
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04

The Louisiana and Northwestern
railroad has heen organized with
its domicile at Homer, La Capital
stock 50, 900, to run in a north
ern direction from Bienville station
to Homer, thence to the state line
between Louisiana and Arkansas,
and south to Alexandria.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04
Electric Bitters.

This remedy IL becoming 80 VINO
known and 30 popular a. to need ed
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine dose not
exist and it is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases of the liver and kid
neys, will remove pimples, boils, salt
rhenm and other affections caused by
impure blood. Will drive malaria
from the system and prevent as well
AZ cure all malarial fevers. For cure
OF headache, constipation aud indi-
gesti0n try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded. Price Sc and 81 per bottle
at c.. c. Nash's store. &
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04

Serious troubles between the
races occurred at various places in
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and
Arkansas, during the Christmas
holidays. In nearly every case the
troubles were precipitated by
drunken rowdies. Still we have
advocates of the whiskey traffic
who contend that there is no harm
in it Two dozen dead negroes, six
or eight dead whites, and as many
more painfully wounded, attest the
harmless effects of the mean
whisky guzzled in the last ten days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-04

10y AACU ASVUAAASOu SHOW
MONTGOMERY. La. Dec. %, lssa.
Editor Colf,s CAromiols.
Another Christmas day has come
and gone. Our northern brethren
would hardly care to believe that
we have had rs days in Decembe,
without sign of frost, and, that on
Christmas day our children would
play in the street barefooted. and
seersucker coats, or none at all. are
the thing for comfort. Yet such are
the facts.
Eugene Robinson's Floating
Palaces put in an appearance early
Christmas morning, and, as it had
been extensively and judiciously
advertised, and some of our people
had seen this combination of at
fractions before, and spoke Of It
highly, our people turned out en-
masse, filing the boat at both per-
formances. The manager expressed
himself highly pleased with his re-
ceipts, and our people were no less
pleased with the show. This is
not an advertisement, but I cannot
say less than, go and see if Won
have chance. You will get more
for your money than has been Of
Tered on Red river in q long time.
This show emphasizes certain
former letters of mine. A show
that has what it advertises, and does
not claim everything, will do 3
good business, or just as good as
hey deserve. What is q show pa
per but an advertisement? And.
t an advertisement is not an agree
nent on the part of the advertiser.
yive or sell something for certain |
,rice, then what is it? Why. q |
FRAUD in capital letters. The !
uccess OF Robinson's show ought !
Q satisfy everybody that our peo-
ne want good shows and will pat
onize them, while the experience /
1 some others proves that we do
ct want and will not patronize
hose who promise more than thew
erform. JULES LAMERAux.