davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
The Sneezing Superstition.

The custom of saying God bless
you !" when person sneezes dates
from the time of the Patriarch
Jacob. The rabbis say that prior
to the time when Jacob lived a man
never sneezed but once-the shock
consequently was certain death.
When Jacob came on the scene, he
interceded with the Master and OBJ
tanned a relaxation of this rigid
law subject to the condition that in
all countries when person sneezed,
he, himself, if alone, or a friend if
one happened to be near, should
make a pious exclamation. This
soon crystalized into one general
form, that of "God bless you |"
It is rather singular that this Gu
rious custom is now observed, i'll
one form or another, in most Euro
pean countries to-day. In Germany
the sneezer is saluted with "Your
good health )" in Ireland with "God
bless your honor" In Italy and
Spain similar expressions are used.
The Russians, in order to be odd, I
suppose, exclaim, GLOW do you
do?"-St. Louis Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
"ColIars and Cuffs" I"

Do you know that Parnell gave the
eldest son of the Prince of Wales his
nickname of collars and Cuffs, y
which has stuck to him for the last
three or four years? 1t happened
one night when young Wales was
acting as honorary president or
something of the sort at a meeting
in aid of some foreign cause in AL
bert Hall. Parnell and some other
members of the Irish delegation
were there and the party fell to dis
cussing the notables. Everybody
passed an opinion upon young AL
bert and the other dukes and earls
in attendance, and Parnell's esti-
mate of England's possible future
ruler was called for. "Well," said
the great Irishman, "the most con-
spicuous things about his highness,
taking into consideration his intel
lectual powers and great name, are
the collars and cuffs he wears
they're immense" And SO they
were. The young Prince wore then,
and still wears, I believe, the most
astonishingly large collars and cuffs
that you ever laid your eyes upon.
His collars measure about three
inches and his cuffs stick out three
inches below his coat sleeves. The
nickname was SO appropriate that
now the young Prince is known by
it to everybody.-St. Louis Globe.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Modern Samsons.

Sampson McCann, an Irishman.
breaks silver dollars between his
fingers and chains capable of sus-
tanning 5000 pounds.
Eugene Sandow, German, only
weighs 202 pounds, but is credited
with having put up q 312 pound
dumbbell with one hand.
Paris was recently astonished by
the feats of Apollon, 25-year-old
Frenchman, who weighs $50 pounds
and who can lift three horses, hold
100 pounds out at arms length, and
play catch with a 100 O-pound weight.
Irving Montgomery. an Ameri-
can, breaks strong chains and straps
with his hands and by chest ex-
pansion with remarkable ease. His
exhibition partner, Cyclops, il =
giant who thinks nothing Of rum
ming about with three big men and
a 15O-pound dumbbell, or of break
ing heavy iron ring by the con-
traction of his bioeps.
Louis Cyr, . French Canadian,
is six feet high, weighs 300 pounds,
and has lifted 4 200 pounds Of pig
iron with his hands and back, and
without using harness. 6houldes.
| ing : 800 pound barrel Of cemsnt
with ono hand, lifting 616 pounds
with one finger, balancing hia vie
upon his chin and raising with hin
back ! platform holding ! 289-
pound dumbbell and tWsnty nnrn
| laggregate weight 3,837 ponn1p)
are among bis everyday fsats,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

damp walls, etc., and been carried
for long distances in clothing, in
sewers, in waste-pipes from station
ary washstands, and in other con-
duits. Hence all sewer connections
and other carriers of filth should DO
we'll ventilated and disinfected, and
children particularly should not be
allowed to breathe the AIR OF any
water-closet, cesspool or sewer iIate
which discharges from patients SICK
with diphtheria have entered, nor
to drink water or milk which has
been exposed to such air or the at
mosphere of the sick-room.
Sixth-Beware of any person who
has sore throat; do not kiss such
person or take his or her breath;
do not drink from the same cup,
blow the same whistle, nor put his
pencil or pen into your mouth.
Seventh-Do not wear nor handle
clothing which has been worn by =
person during sickness or convar
lescence from diphtheria.-Phila-
delphia Ledger, Nov. %.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Birds on Telegraph Wires.

An impression prevails in certain
quarters that birds lighting on a
telegraph wire are instantly killed.
This is a mistake. Not day passes
but what thousands of birds light
on telegraph wires in city and coun-
try and not one is injured. To be
hurt by an electric wire the circuit
must be completed and the bird
does not complete circuit by light
ing on the wire. If birds were in
jured by telegraph wires, the sides
of the railroad tracks would be lit
tered with dead birds; but to see
one there is an exception and when
it occurs the death is due to some
other cause than electricitY.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Paper Hanging and Other Work
Done to Order.
NOTICE
OF Application for q Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands .-Unsurveyed.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, in compliance with the Act
ofCongress approved March 3, 1891. apply
10 the Honorable Secretary of the Interior
Of the United States for a permit to cut
timber upon tract OF public mineral land
situated about six miles, in a westerly
course, from the town of Ketchum, Alturas
county, Idaho, x miles from sawm,ll: on
The left-hand fork of what is known as Dry
sulch, commencing at stake marked No:
at point about so rods from mouth OF
said Dry gulch, in westerly course from
stake; thence in a southwesterly course
lR rods to stake marked No. 2; thence
ma course about 20 degrees south Of east
erly course 200 rods to summit of noun
lan to stake marked s. E.; thence east Of
north about 20 degrees, distance Of 252
rods; thence 20 degrees north OF west to
point OF commencement, distance OF Za3
.ods. Also, to cut timber on creek about
Two miles from sawmill, in a westerly
course: estimated amount of timber to be
S0out 1850 feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
hetchum, August I, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
A Poisonous Thimblo.

Among the numberlcss causes of
blood poisoning through the skin,
one which was lately recorded is
worth noting on account of its evil
dent simplicity and the ease of its
prevention. In the case referred to
the sufferer was seamstress, and
the mischief resulted from her US
ing dirty metal thimble marked
with verdigris, a little of which ap-
pears to have entered a scratch on
the thimble finger. We can we'll
believe that this accident. was not
the first of its kind. Verdigris, it
is true, is mere metallic irritant,
and not comparable in virulence to
most living germs of disease. 1t
is quite enough, Notwithstanding,
to excite local Inflammation, which
friction, contact with dyed cloth
material, or the entrance of dirt in
any form would quickly convert
into dangerous and general dis
order. There is really no excuse
for women who trust their fingers
in these cheap and worse than USE
less articles. Steel thimbles are
much safer and cost very little.
Another variety also in common
use is enameled within, and is, if
possible, even freer from objection.
Let US not forget to add caution
that cuts or scratches on the hand
should never be neglected by sewing
women,so long as dyes continue to
be used in cloth manufacture
Lancet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
4 NEW KING OF METALS.
Germany to Use Aluminium on
Soldiers Uniforms.

The award of one of the most
novel contracts on record came to
light in thiscity yesterday, when the
firm of Pervin & Co., representatives
of the Pittsburg Reduction Compa-
ny, announced that the German
Government had sent oyer an order
for 100 tons of aluminium, the metal
which just now occupies the major
part of the attention Of metallurgists
the world over. The Pittsburg COM
pany was not able to contract for
the full amount, but Immediately
agreed to ship to Germany ten tons
of the metal.
The awarding of this contract
and the announcement of the pur-
poses to which the aluminium is to
be applied emphasize very strongly
the commercial Importance of the
metal and hint at an approaching
revolution in many branches of
modern industry.
For some years past scientific men
and practical chemists have been
perfecting methods for securing alu-
minum from its ore at such a price
as to make it of commercial value,
and it is now claimed that it can be
produced at cost approximating
to so cents a pound. With the
cheapening of its manufacture has
come an almost phenomenal null
tiplication of the uses to which it
is put. The special advantages
claimed for the metal are its extreme
lightness-it weighs but third as
much as iron-and its non-corrosi-
bility.
With these points in mind the
German Government will use its big
cargo of aluminium for army uni
forms and accoutrements. The
light, bright, gray metal will be en-
ployed for the trappings of the
hussar regiments, ornaments on the
helmets, canteens, sword-scabbards
and the like. Its lightness relieves
the soldier of a burden, end it's non
corrosiveness saves endless clean
ing and polishing.
It is rather remarkable fact that
all the ore or clay from which this
contract is to be filled comes from
Germany. It exists in many parts
of this country, but has not been
worked.
Another apt application of the
new metal to practical uses has re-
Gently been made in this city by II.
Muir & Sons, the jewellers. For
the great airship under construction
at Chicago aluminium bars were
needed, and they were drawn by the
Muhrs. The order called for a lot
of tubes eight inches long, two and
half inches in diameter and a
quarter of an inch in thickness.
They are to be used, it is said, in
stead of iron and steel as braces,
the airship needing to be as light as
possible in all it's parts.-Philadel-
Dhia Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
:, IDAHO, SATURDAY. DECEMBER IL, 1891.

to the rear of the house, extending
almost across to the Paseo de la
Reforma, was kept in fine state of
cultivation. When Bazaine left the
city with his troops, going back to
France and to q career which was
to end in exile and in sorrow, the
house was left without inhabitants,
and so it has remained ever since
that day, about quarter of a CEN
tury ago. When Juarez, the iron
handed president, entered the city
to resume republican rule, he con-
fiscated the Bazaine mansion, and
later on it was bought by the Itur-
bide family, the largest real estate
owners there-the Astors of the
City of Mexico. IN. Y. Advertiser.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Queer Things in China.

There are some queer things in
the commerce of China. Minister
DENLY tells about several of them
in a letter to the State Department.
The trade at Ichang last year in
cluded 13, 600 pounds of tiger bones.
A valuation Of $4,000 was put on
them. Nobody but a Chinaman
could guess for what the tiger bones
are wanted. They are used as med
icine, being accounted kind of
tonic which puts into the invalid a
degree of tiger strength. Another
item was 8, 900 pounds of "old deer's
horns," worth 81 1.7OO. This is the
basis of another Chinese medicine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

Elephants have lived 200 years.
The cemeteries of London cover
1000 acres.
Only three species of reptiles ex-
ist in Ireland.
The female voice is best adapted
for the telephone.
Ten per cent Of the population of
India are widows.
1t takes $4,000 roses to make an
ounce of altar of roses.
Bruised horseradish applied to
the wrist relieves neuralgie.
No one has ever hone over the
Falls of Niagara and escaped death.
There are 2OS, ,749 railroad bridges
in the United States, spanning 3,213
miles.
An average Of four persons die
daily in England from delirium
tremons.
There are l ,125 characters in the
twenty-four books that Charles
Dickens wrote.
mountain of coal in Wild Horse
Valley, Wyo., has been burning for
more than thirty years.
In the Solomon Islands the mar
ket quotations on "good-quality"
wife is 10000 cocoanuts.
The tallest and the shortest peo-
pie of Europe, the Norweigians and
the Laps, live side by side.
Missouri is the most populous
State west of the Mississippi and is
nearly as big as all New England.
An inch of rain means gallon Of
water spread over every two square
feet, or about 100 tons to every acre.
A check for 95, 1888 $50, paid for
the Kimberley diamond mines, is
said to be the largest check ever
drawn.
Boiling to death was once in vogue
in England, France, Germany, Italy
and Spain, but only for the most
henious crimes.
Carp that have been frozen solid
for 36 hours have been known to
hop about in lively manner after
being thawed out.
The white flag Graves for truce or
peace; a black flag indicates q pi-
rate; a red flag, defiance; yellow
flag, that the vessel is in quarantine.
The amount of food, liquid and
solid, which the average man con-
sumes in his seventy years is CAL
culated at no less than eighty tons.
The Chinese not infrequently con-
denim prisoner to keep awake until
he dies. A criminal in such circum-
stances usually lives nine or ten
days.
Icebergs have been seen in the
Antartic Ocean which rose 400, 700
and 900 feet above the water, and
were from three to five miles in
length.
Colonel T. A. Dodge says in the
Forum that we have lost more men
in active war since 1776 than any
nation in Europe rather start
ling statement.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Opinions For Smokers.

"Few people know how to smoke
cigar properly" said tobacco
mist. In fact, few people know any
thing at all about a cigar. Many
imagine that in order to obtain all
the flavor of good cigar it is nec-
essary to keep the tip absolutely
free from ashes. AS a result they
snap the cigar with their finger until
the wrapper is broken and their
Habana is useless. They destroy
their cigar in the attempt to remove
the very thing that preserves it's
flavor.
"Again, it is the popular belief
that cigar partly smoked and then
allowed to go out is worthless. But
the contrary is the case. A good
cigar is made still better if the
smoker lights it, consumesit it partly
and after expelling all smoke from
the weed permits it to go OUT Try
it and see. / do not say that this
holds good with a poor cigar unless
you force the smoke out of it, but
do as l say and you will see that it
adds to the pleasure of your smoke.
"Not one man out Of a hundred
can tell good cigar. Why, men
come in here and buy 25 cent cigars
who cannot distinguish between
what they buy and 5 cent cigar,
80 far as the quality goes. A mans
taste must be educated in this as in
everything else. He must be taught
to tell a good cigar from bad ore.
Some men have smoked such rank
cigars for years that now they can
not taste cigar unless it is tie
blacklist, strorg ,st and sharpest on
the market. The stronger ciga,
the more likely it is to be of inferior
Lastly, never buy a 10 cent cigar
Let it be a S or Is or over, but never
a 10 cent one. Why? Because the
10 cent cigar is made of the leav-
ings of higher priced cigars, and for
that reason is inferior to them. A
good 5 cent cigar is made of first
class second grade tobacco, which
makes better smoke than second
class first grade tobacco, or the 10
en- cigar. Chicago News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

The KEYsroNE Is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart Of the most prom
ising mining country on the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis Of all
mining news and developments, as well as
matters of local Importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Royal Baking Powder
Leads ALL,

"The Royal Baking Powder is absolutely puref &
for have found it in many tests, made both tor
them and the u. S Government The Royal Bak-
ing Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most
reliable Baking Powder offered to the public. III
"HENRY A. MOTT, PHI. D..
Late Chemist for u S. Government
"Ar chemical tests which have submitted It :
have proved the Royal Baking Powder perfectly 4
healtlful and free from every deeterious substance
It is purest in quality and highest in strength OF
.nv RaLino Powder of which have knowledge.
"WM McMURTRIE, E. M, PHI. D."
Lok< Cx<uist-in-chef u S. DEPT ef Ag,zeslf"'s, S.:
WasAingtor, D. {. #
"The strength of the Royal is shown to be 23 per
cent greater than any other
"As result Of my investigations find the koyai
Baking Powder far superior to the Others It pure
conta;ns none but wholesome ingredients, and IS Of
greatest strength. ,..nr
apu6le AnaLsf Onta,ie, Dominion ef la~Aaa.
The latest Investigations by the United States
and Canadian Governments show the Royal bak-
ing Powder superior to all others in leavenine
strength. .
statements BY other manufacturers to tie cor
t,u,y haze been declared BY the osr'aI a1fs0's''e'
Illustrations Of the official ,gto'fs.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
To Prevent and Restrict Diphtheria.

The Board OF Health mas Issued
circular giving the following reg
ulations for the prevention and re-
striction of diphtheria: Recent in
vestigations having proved that the
poison Of diphtheria is portable,
communicable by infection, and ca
pable of reproducing itself outside
of the human body, diphtheria must
now be ranked as both contagious
and infectious disease. The follow
ing rules are therefore more imper-
ative than ever before:
First-When child or young
person has sore throat, a bad odor
to its breath, and especially if it has
fever, it should Immediately be sep
arated and kept secluded from all
other persons except necessary at
tendants, until it be ascertained
whether or not it has diphtheria, or
some other communicable disease.
Second-Every person known to
be sick with diphtheria should be
promptly and effectually isolated
from the public. Only those persons
who are actually necessary should
have charge Of or visit the patient,
and these visitors should be re-
stricted in their intercourse with
other individuals. Children resid-
ing in a house where there is q case
of diphtheria, should not be per-
mitted to attend school.
Third-When o case of diphthe-
ria is fully developed the same pre-
cautions in regard to free ventila-
ton, disposal and disinfection OF
discharges, bed or body linen, and
so forth, isolation during GONZALES
cence Tor management of the corpse
should death unfortunately occur),
ETC., etc., ought to be enforced which
have already been recommended in
regard to smallpox.
Fourth-It is particularly impor.
tant that persons whose throats are
tender or sore from any cause should
avoid possible exposure to the con.
tagion Of diphtheria. Children un.
der ten years of age are in much
greater danger Of taking the disease,
and after they do take it of dying
from it, than are grown persons,
But adults are not exempt, and mild
cases in them may cause whole se.
p = 4 4 4
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
TABLE MANNERS THREE CENTURIES AGO.
Days When Poison was Dreaded
and Dishes Were Few.

An instructive article upon table
manners and customs few centu-
ries ago appeared recently in the
Munich News. While the informa-
ton is interesting, it certainly tends
to make men of the present age
content with their lot, and fill them
with little envy Of the comforts and
enjoyments of the people of other
days.
call the dishes placed upon the
table Of Louis XIV" says the jour
nal, "were tasted in the presence of
the King, before he himself would
touch them. The Lord-in- waiting
was also obliged to rub the Kings
napkin, knife, spoon and glass with
piece of bread, which he then ate
under the eyes Of his Magesty. But
even at court dinners the meals
were not served as they are to-day.
Each guest was supplied with
spoon for the purpose of helping
himself from the common dish. In
simple families the members ate
out of the same dish, without hav-
ing the luxury of a plate. It fire.
quently happened that in aristo-
cratic circles ladies would help their
neighbors with the spoons just
taken from their mouths. Men
were often served with sauce in this
way. Anne of Austria, the Queen
celebrated for her beautiful hands,
once gave piece of meat to her
neighbor, which she had just taken
from the plate with natures forks,
and allowed him, as special favor,
to lick off what remained on the
hand.
"It was a hygienic principle of
those days to avoid the discussion
of weighty matters at meal time.
For this reason the people attempted
to shorten the time by various ex-
pedients. In order to direct the
thoughts of the guests to pleasant
things, the French invented what
they called 'entrements, dramatic
representations, pantomimes, tab
leaux, etc., which were introduced
between the courses. AS to-day,
interesting guests who were able to
enliven the company were always
welcome. Certain subjects were
considered especially appropriate
for discussion at the table. 1t was
at dinner that Madame de Monies
pan, with whom Louis XIV was in
love, once said: While at the ta-
BILE we do not grow DID,
"In those days wines and liquids
were not served as they are now.
Until late in the Sixteenth century
it often happened that one glass
only was provided for an entire din
ner company. It was considered
good form to wash the lips with the
napkin before touching the glass,
as it was also necessary for each
guest to empty the glass when it
came to his turn. A servant often
held a plate under the chin of lady
while she was drinking, in order to
prevent the soiling of her dress. At
a late day the hosts began to furnish
each guest with a glass. The Gus
tom of drinking to the health of
people soon came in vogue. A fire.
quent cause of quarrels was the
failure to reply to such compli-
ments. Young men drank the
health of their inamoratas as often
as there were letters in their respect
i've names. But young man who
was not in love need not become
embarrassed on this account; he
simply drank to his own name.
women in those days drank as
much wine as men. The Marquise
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

of Richelieu was able to dispose of
astonishing quantities of the liquid.
The Duchess Of Bourbon set also a
good example to her daughters in
this respect. Her daughters, how
ever, were not as heavy drinkers as
their mother. Mime. de Motespan
was a friend of brandy. She was
often able to drink noblemen under
the table.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY Idaho

Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,
May 5, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following
naned settler has filed notice of his inten
oo Ion 70 make final proof in support of his
tt,sila; and that said proof will be made be-
IGre Iaoi the Register and Receiver at HALEY,
!saasno, sa, on June Is, 1891, viz: Abiiah
nnuSsms, a. Tor the SW 4 Sec IL and w n NV
" Sec IA, TIP. n. r. 17E.
NE ne names the following witnesses to
rrIte rr,; ms continuous residence upon, and
AZ, .'iEation HeI OF. said land, viz: H. NJ. Stew
~, ~il, John Monks, Frank Mats, of Ketch-
Ida; Ida;sdl Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, OF HALEY.
W. T. RILEY, Register.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

KEEP the head perfectly clean is a
great aid to health. A distinguished
physician, who has spent much OF
his time at quarantine, said that .
person whose head was thoroughly
washed every day rarely ever took
contagious diseases, but when the
head WAS allowed to become dirty
and matted i. was hardly possible
10 essal:s Infection