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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
They Never Gain q Minute.

There are few who have not eeen
the ordinary sign of a jeweler-an
immense imitation Of watch hang
ing over the front of the store.
But it is safe to say thatethe num-
ber who have ever detected anything
curious in these same signs is very
small.
At 8:18 P. NJ. April Ia, 1865,
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
in Ford's Theater at Washington
by John Wilkes Booth. Since that
fatal night every one of these watch
signs that has gone from the factory
of the only man who makes them
has shown the hour of 8:18.
The man. in question says: Twas
then .working>on sign for Jeweler
Adams, who kept store on Broad.
way across the street from Stewart's.
He came running in while l was at
work and told me the news. Paint
those hands at the hour Lincoln
was shot, that the deed may never
be forgotten" he said, pointing to
the sign l was making for him. J
did so. Since then every watch
sign that has gone out of here has
been lettered the same as that one
New York World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
A Tale from the Table.

"Some years ago." said the gam
bier as he lay back putting his cigar,
ST was in California, and while
there I frequented very fashion
able place. There came to that
place every night a young man.
We all liked him, because he seemed
rather innocent, and many of us
gave him the advice to stay away,
but he only smiled and said he
would some day.
"One night he came, looking ra-
ther pale, for lately he had lost very
heavily. He sat down and COM
menced to play in an excited man
ner; but game after game he lost
He took out his pocketbook and
placed all the contents on the table
and lost. Then I saw him turn pale
and take package from his pock'
ct and stake that-it belonged tc
his firm-and he lost it.
after that he passed in his watcf
and received the cash, staked thai
and lost. Two Of his rings followed
and were lost. We all felt sorry
for him and heartily wished he
would win. At last all he had left
was a thin gold ring, not worth
much. He looked at it, and the
expression that came over his face
is one that l shall never forget.
"He passed in the ring. and al
though it was worth about 81 tn
cashier advanced $50. He played
and the boys put up all his money
the firms money, his watch an(
rings against his $50, and he won
Then, when success came, he lalt
his head on his arm. We waitet
five minutes for him to get up, bu
he did not, and then We lifted hi
head up and saw that he was dead
eve found out afterward that tn
ring which changed his luck wa
his dead mothers ring. | ofte1
tried to think what agonies he mus
have suffered; what recollection
must have passed before his mind.
philadelphia Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
A New Dress Reform.

It is seriously proposed by q
number of Boston ladies to appear
on the street the first rainy day in
October in short skirts made up of
waterproof cloth in dark colors,
reaching but an inch or two below
the knee, with heavy boots and long
CATERS made from macintosh cloth.
If CATERS are not used, then mos
qnetaires or ordinary riding boots
will be worn. The skirt will be
killed and hang heavy SO as not to
be disarranged by the wind. A
REFER jacket or long cloak will cover
the upper part of the body, and un-
der this fancy silk skirt or ordi.
nary dress will be worn, an ordinary
hat, or better still, a tarpaulin sailor.
will complete what will certainly be
a very novel costume. 1t has been
decided to have no complete uni
formity about the dress. In the
matter of the material the members
of the club have been instructed
to exercise their individual tastes,
making the costumes as attractive
and becoming as possible. The
membership of this dress reform
club has already reached 200, and
includes physicians, school teach
ers, actresses and members of other
professions. All the members have
pledged themselves to appear on
the streets and in the stores of Bos-
ton-in fact wherever they are likely
to attract attention-in a dress
which may become popular with
women in stormy weather.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
JENNY LIND IN BERLIN.
The Distinguished Singers First Ar-
pearance in the Prussian Capital.

Jenny Lind's first appearance at
Berlin is thus described by Lady
Rose Weigall, whose father the Earl
of Westmoreland was then Minister
at the Prussian Court: 1t was, l
think, in 1874 that Meyerbeer
brought Jenny Lind to Berlin, to
come out at the new opera house
in the part he had written for her
in his opera of "Das Feldlager in
Schlesien." He had told all his
friends about this wonderful voice,
and predicted that she would be
the greatest singer artist the century
had produced. There was great Gu
riosty about her and Meyerbeer
talked of her as sun vrai diamant
de genie" Before she appeared on
the stage he was asked to bring her
to sing at small musical party at
the Princess of Prussia's 1.-THE late
Dowager Empress Of Augusta) ar
ranged for the purpose. For some
reasons my father was prevented
from going; n1y mother went alone.
She went in, full of curiosity, end
saw sitting by the piano thin, pale,
plain-featured girl, looking awk-
ward and nervous, and like very
shy country schoolgirl. She could
not believe her eyes, and said that
she and her neighbors-among
whom was Countess Rossi Henri
cite Sontag), whose fame as a singer
and a beauty were then still recent
began TO speculate whether Meyer
beer was playing a practical joke on
them, and when he came up to speak
of them, my mother asked him if
he was really serious in meaning to
bring that frightened child out in
his opera. His only answer was
"Attendez Miladi." When time
| came for her song-I do not know
what it was-my mother used te
say it was the most extraordinary
experience she ever remembered
The wonderful notes came ringing
out, but over and above that wa
the wonderful transfguration-n'
other word could apply-whicl
came over her entire face and figure
Tightening them up with the Who'll
fire and dignity of her genius. Th
effect on the whole audience wa
simply marvellous; and to the las
day Of her life my mother used t
recall it vividly and it's effect upo
her. When she reached home m
father asked her: swell, what d
YOU think of Meyerbeer's wonder?
She answered: "She is simply al
angel" Is she so very handsome?
II saw plain girl when l went in
but when she began to sing her fac
simply and literally shown like tha
of an angel! l never saw anythin
like it."-Brandon Bucksaw.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
Taxing Bachelors.

The Wyoming legislature has
passed law taxing bachelors 81
year. Whether the fact that women
vote has anything to do with this
new departure | don't know, but
why isn't it a just tax? Society says
to a woman: "It's your business
to be married as soon after you
have made your debut as pos
sible. Otherwise you'll be called
an old maid, than which there can
be no epithet more odious. But
YOU can't choose a husband. That
would be most unwomanly. You
must wait to be asked"
The result is that the average
woman takes what offers-not what
she wants-rather than risk her
chances on the future; and men
stalk about literally the lords Of
creation.
Well, if these lords don't choose
to take upon themselves the respon.
sibilities of matrimony, why should
they not pay a penalty? Just SO
long as women are taunted for liv-
ing in single blessedness, just so
long ought unmarried men to be
taxed. This tax should begin at
the age of 30, and be doubled every
five years, unless bachelor proves
that he has been crossed in love or
is true to some Sainted Maria whose
memory is dearer to him than the
smiles of sirens still alive.
Poverty, perhaps, might be an
extenuation of the offense; in this
case it would be well to make the
bachelor work out his tax in some
way useful to the State, while the
victims of blighted affection could
be utilized in charity organizations
The more l think this matter ove1
the more righteous think the tax
If rigidly enforced, it might reliev'
the embargo on women. When tn
sexes stand on equal ground it vii
be in order to tax both bachelorl
and old maids.-Kate Field.
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Bits of Information.

The Milan Cathedral seats 81 600.
Chicago contains 1851 square
miles.
Finland's longest day has 21S
hours.
The Eiffel tower is 9S4 feet in
height.
In Mexico the bridegroom buys
the trousseau.
The average weight Of a mans
skeleton is IA pounds.
At Spitzbergen the longest day
lasts three months and a half.
A 11O-ton gun can fire two shots
minute, each discharge costing
81 200.
Salmon, pike and goldfish are
said ts he the only fish that never
sleep.
The average Englishman would
live twenty years longer in England
than in Africa.
Two hundred and thirty miles
have been ridden on bycicle with.
out dismounting.
A cubic foot of newly fallen snow
weighs five and half pounds and
and has twelve times the bulk OF
an equal weight of water.
1t is estimated that the intoxicat-
ing liquor used annually in tho
United States would fill canal 4
feet deep, IA feet wide and l2O
miles long.
1t will be a surprise to many that,
leaving out Alaska, of the public
lands two-fifths are arid and unpro.
ductive. OF this desert country 1t
is estimated that some 75O,OOO,OOO
acres might be reclaimed by means
of artificial irrigation.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
NOTICE
OF Application for Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands -Unsurveyed

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed will, in compliance, with the Act
oiCongress approved March 3, 1891. apply
to the honorable Secretary of the Interior
Of the United States for a permit 10 cut
timber upon tract of public mineral iand
situated about six miles, in westerly
course, from the town Of ketchum. Alturas
county, Idaho, IA miles from sawm.li; on
the lett-hand fork of what is known as Dry
gulcb, commencing at stake marked NO;
| at point about 50 rods from mouth OF
sad Dry gulch, in westerly course from
s!ske; thence in southwesterly course
2j2 rods to a stake marked No. 2; thence
!ua course about 20 degrees south OF east
ery course 200 rods to summit OF noun.
tain TO stake marked $. E.; thence east OF
north about % degrees, q distance OF 20
rods; thence % degrees north OF west 10 10
point of commencement, q distance OF Zoo
rods. Also, to cut timber on creek ABOUT
'so miles from sa~mill, in westerly
course. estimated amount Of timber 70 De
sbou, 300 900 feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
Ac;chuin, August :. 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
The Over-Production Liars.

OF all the liars that ever infested
q distressed country, the ''over-pro-
duction" liars are the worst. Look
at the starving men, women and
children in the cities fishing crumbs
out Of the slop barrels of the rich
to stay their hunger; thousands OF
girls selling their bodies to keep
from starving; and amid all this
distress we have set Of plutocratic
editors who are crying s'over-pro.
duction p Have we raised so much
corn, wheat and meat that we must
starve? Have we manufactured go
many hats, caps, Aboots and shoes
that we must 60 bare-headed and
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
New Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The existence of the Phillips
islands, in the Pacific ocean, which
has been mooted among mariners
for years and finally discredited,
has Just been reaffirmed by the cap
tains of the British ships Lock Eek
and Swanhilde, and the little group
is likely to be replaced on marine
charts.
Captain Pottendrigb, master of
the British ship Lock Eek, which
cleared this port in September last
for Hiogo, Japan, sighted the island
in latitude 8 deg. 6 min. north and
longitude 14O deg. 20 min. in the
south Pacific ocean, and reported
the facts of his discovery to the
branch photographic Office in the
exchange in this city. He reported
the islands to be three in number,
/ and to form range in the path of
vessels plying to China and Japan
running in southeasterly direction
for six or seven miles, being con-
nected by low lying rocks. 1t is
believed that the third island is OF
recent formation, having come to
the surface Of the water within the
last six months, and the entire
group within the last year.
1t is thought they were of vol
canic origin, but a subsequent yes
sci, the British ship Swanhilde, moi
only confirmed the position of the
islands, but also found them in
habited. Captain Markle, of th'
vessel, fully confirmed the Loci
Eek report.
| While drifting off the island h
was surprised to see two canoe load
of natives coming out to meet hi
vessel. They spoke in some un
known language. The party mum
bered thirty and all were naked bu
for dry leaves around their waists
Nearly every man was tattooed il
bright red colors, entirely differen
from the manner of tattooing il
the United States. One of them
who appeared to be chief, wa
marked with an American flag, th
stars reaching from the thig h to tn
knee and the stripes from the kne,
Observation-Disclosures Record
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Wonderful Needle-Work.

The women knitters Of the Island
of Shetland produce marvelously
beautiful work. A very fine long
shawl, weighing only two and three
fourths ounces. was sold at Lerwich
last year for $75. A choice collec-
ton of knit goods, the finest ever
produced in the islands, was pre-
sented to the Princess Of Wales on
the occasion of her marriage. Ones
enjoyment of the exquisitely fine
work is considerably marred, how.
ever, by knowlege of the fact that
the cruel custom of pulling out the
fleece from the sheep by the root s.
still practiced in Shetland: Tic
finest wool is obtained in this way.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
One in Ten.

Doctor, how am l coming on?
Do YOU think there is any hope?"
said q very sick man to DR.. Blister.
"Your chances are the best in
the world. The statistics show that
one person in ten RECEIVERS" replied
the doctor.
.Then there is not much hope
for me?"
"Oh, yes there is. You are the
tenth case that l have treated, and
the other nine are dead. l don't
see how you can help getting we'll
if the statistics are to be relied on. "
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03

bare-footed? There are plenty Of
people half clad day and night; yet
in the midst of all this suffering,
smiling, slick-tongued politician
has the audacity to say that we have
raised too much, that over-produc-
ton is running the country. Coun-
tries are not ruined that way. They
are ruined by the corruption in the
affairs of government as is the case
with us to-day.-Lincoln (Neb.}
State Laborer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03

it. My dress will be only 9 shill-
ings ($1 50). and my new calf-skin
shoes would do. She says you
shan't marry me until you can keep
two COWS Of your own. Father is
willing, and says he will give us the
sheep, but mother says he shan't,
and you know she always carries
the day. Darn it l wish she could
never have got married herself.
Now, John, let US stick to each
other. l shall be eighteen in about
ten months more. Now, you will
hold on, won't you, John? Come
Sunday night with the gray horse
and shay and we will ride out and
talk it over. Good night. MARY.
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The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sa~tooth
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-
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mining news and developments. as we'll az
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 1t.
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She Couldn't Got Married. Darn It.

A Leominster househeeper, while
looking over some letters OF her
great grandmother, says the Boston
Herald, ran across the following:
DEAR COOP JOHN: We shall have
to put off our marriage, mother IS
making such q fuss about it. | don't
want to bit, now we are published
but | have to. She says you amt
old enough, and I don't know any
thing. and there'is SO much expense
about it. Now, john, just think OF
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
CHUM ALTURAS COUNTY, IDAHO SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1891

make a haul he can do it by hold
ing up the thrifty Mr.. Sage and,
securing the sixty-four coins, hold
them for a princely ransom. The
first coin Mr. Sage found was a
penny-one of the old sort-and
he, of course, values that more than
any of the others. Next to the Iowa
Central he values these fnds.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-03
PIGS FOUND THE COPPER.
The Scientists Knew It Could Not Be
but Nevertheless It WaA

"How was the Calumet and Hecla
discovered? Here, Captain Duncan,
you tell this man what he wants to
know"
Thus appealed to, the broad-shoul-
dered, smiling-faced man whose
spirit pervades the great copper
mine, stepped up to the little group
waiting for dinner in the hotel at
Calumet.
at was pigs" he said.
eyes, it was pigs" echoed the
group.
"Pigs~ I exclaimed incredu-
lously.
"Pigs, and no mistake" remarked
the captain. "Back in 1868 an ex-
ploring party came here to try and
find copper. They built shanty to
live in, and of course they brought
some pigs. One night the pigs were
lost. The clearinghouse keeper
started out to find them. After
long search, he heard the pigs root
ing and squealing, but he could not
see them.
"The noises seemed to come from
down in the earth. Next morning,
a party of men went back to the
place whence the noises came, and
after a search they found pit 10
or Is feet deep. The mouth was
covered with bushes, and the growth
of the trees about the sides gave
evidence that it had not been used
for centuries. There the pigs were
contentedly roofing among the bro
ken pieces of rock.
"a rude stone hammer and some
charred sticks gave evidence of ear
lier explorers who had evidently
gone away unsuccessful. The ham,
mer was of the same kind as the
other implements, which had been
traced back to the days of the pre-
decessors of the Indians whom the
French found in possession of the
lands-the Indians who built the
mounds, and who overran the whole
country from Mexico to Lake Su.
perior, where they got copper fol
their implements and utensils.
1.-THE mound-builders, like the
explorers who had discovered the
ancient pit, looked for copper only
in masses, as it had been deposited
in fissure veins and the lava flows
The huge chunks Of virgin copper
weighing many tone, and the smaller
masses hanging in the rocks like
metal icicles, were the only kint
known to the ancients, and the mod
erns had been assured by the learned
geologist that copper could be founc
only in rocks formed from lava.
"But the pigs had turned Over
pieces of rock formed by the actor
of water-aqueous rock-and ir
these conglomerates there certainly
was copper. This seemed a fno
indeed. But when the matter was
reported, science scoffed at the ex
plorers, saying that the copper con
glomerates found were simply
freak of nature, and that money
would be wasted if an attempt were
made to work them.
$50 Mr.. Hurlburt, who owned tht
lands, continued to give his atten
ton to the Huron mine, which wa
!, working the lava flows. For th'
money he borrowed for the Huron
t he gave to Quincy Shaw of Boston
the lands on which the conglomer
ates were found. Mr.. Shaw sool
began to work these rocks, an
from these beginnings, the richest
most stable and the best promising
copper mines in the world has beel
, built up.'-Detroit Tribune.
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Notice for Publication.
Land Office III Haley. Idaho,

4NVs'
Notice is hereby given that the following
haIned settler has filed notice OF his inten-
Hon to make final proof in support OF his
sa!m, and that said proof will be made be-
;p'e The Register and Receiver AT HALEY,
ilaho, on June Is. 1891. VIZ: Ab!lah
Adams, for the sly 4 See. IL and " Il NV
Nee. ID. TIP. NJ, r. II F..
lie names the following witnesses TO
prove Prove his continuous residence upon, and
suiuvatlon of. said land, viz: II. NJ. Stew
NJ John Monks, Frank Mats. of ketch'
I'm I.n; Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, of Haley
". 7. RILEY. Register.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-05-28
CATHARINE WAESCHE
Examination Of Teachers.

NOTICE is hereby given that the annual
IN examination of applicants for Teachers
Certificates and for Free Scholarships at the
Normal School, will be held IN the Office of
the School Board at Frederick, Md,
On WEDNESDAYG TXURSDA Y
the 3rd 4M days of J,r1e, 1891.
All applicants must appear on Wednesday
morning not later than Q O'Clock, at which
time the work of the examination will begin
The two grades will I've examined together
on Wednesday and the examination of the
first grade will be continued on Thursday.
Teachers holding certificates which have ex
pircd and which are not renewed by the first
day of June, must appear for examination.
Persons who attend school for at least one
month during the summer for the purpose Of
qualifying themselves for teaching will be
granted a special examination during the
first week in August. No other special ex-
animation will be held.
Teachers for Colored Schools will be eX
amined on Tuesday, June 9th.
BY Order of the Board,
GLENN II. WORTlIINGTON,
may22 Examiner.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-05-28
500 Reward, 500

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ION will be pleased to learn that shere
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Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
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Address f. j. CHENEY g. CO.,
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The Pulpit and the Stage,

Rev. F. NJ. Shrout, Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan,
says: II feel it my duty to tell what
wonders DR.. Kings New Discovery has
done for me. My lungs were badly
diseased, and my parishioners thought
l could live only a few weeks. l took
iye bottles of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry and am sound and well, gaining 26
lbs. in weight"
Arthur Love Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: "After Il
thorough trial and convincing evidence,
l am confident DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, beats 'em ali,
and cures when all else fails. The
greatest kindness | can do my friends
is to urge them to try It," Free trial
bottles at M. E. Leatherman's Drug
Store.
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SDecimen Cases.

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, WIS.,, was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tism, his stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming de-
gree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured
him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a running sore on his leg Of eight
years. standing. Used three bottles OF
Electric Bltters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is
sound and we'll. John Speakes, Cataw
la, O., had five large Fever sores on his
1oq, doctors said he was incurable. One
tie Electric Bitters and one box
cklen's Arnica Salye cured him en-
'ly. Sold by M. E. Leatherman' 8
,g Store.