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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19
Cramp in the Leg.

Many persons of both sexes are
greatly troubled with cramps in
one or both of their legs. 1t comes
on suddenly. and is very severe.
Most people jump out Of bed-it
nearly always comes on just after
going to bed or while undressing
and ask some one to rub the leg.
There is nothing easier than to over
come the spasm. Provide a good,
strong cord-a long garter will do
if nothing else is handy. When the
cramp comes on take the cord, wind
it round the leg over the place that
is cramped, and take an end in each
hand and give it sharp pull-one
that will hurt q little. The cramp
will instantly cease, and the sufferer
can go to bed assured that it will
not come again that night.-Mining
and Scientific Press.
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To Light the Polar Night.

The long polar night will be
henceforth more bearable to the 200
inhabitants of Hammerfest, in Nor
way, the northermost village of
Europe. Electric light has been in
troduced into every house in the
hamlet. The power is brought from
three small streams a short distance
from Hammerstein whose currents
are 80 strong and swift that the
water does not freeze even in winter.
The people Of the town have reason,
indeed, to be grateful to the invent
or of the electric light. The long
night begins in Hammerstein on
November 18th and lasts until Jan
uary 23d, so that the artificial illu-
mination will be of service for &c
days. On the other hand, it will be
practically useless and unnecessary
from May 18th to July 26th, during
which time the sun never ceases to
shine.
Hammerstein lies in north iati-
tude, 20 deg. 80 min. Is sec. At 81
deg. 33 min., north latitude, the
longest night lasts one month; at
SO deg. 81 min. it lasts two months,
and at 73 deg. 40 min. three montha.
The polar night is shortened and
the polar day is heightened by the
refraction Of light. The inhabitants
of Hammerstein, in fact, have no
real night between March 30th and
September 18th.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19
Evolution Of the Knife.

"This case full of implements
which we have newly placed on ex-
hibition is designed to show the
development of the tool which we
call the knife, beginning with the
earliest times" said Prof. Mason at
the National Museum to q Wash
ington Star reporter. "First, you
observe, is the fragment of flint
which the savage split by banging
it on top with stone hammer into
q number of fakes. The smaller
ones were used for arrow points
and the larger ones for knives, their
edges being split off so sharp that
you might almost shave with some
of them. Next you see the flint
fake inserted into a handle of split
wood or bone, and as further inn
provements, the fastening of this
primitive knife in the handle by
the rosin of trees and by cord Of
one sort or another bound around
to secure it. The most beautiful
knife in the collection is the exquist
itely modelled blade of greenish
shade belonging to the stone age,
handled with q walrus tusk. You
can hardly find more admirably
formed weapon among the best prod
ucts Of modern cutlery wares. Most
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19

the Pecci family-one of his broth
ers recently died at the age of "a
another brother at 80. He is a
scholar. His several encyclicals
have been pronounced masterpieces
by the leading minds of the age.
He is also a great lover of poetry
and classic art. The immortal
works of Dante are familiar to him
the Divina Comedia he knows all
by heart, and probably no man in
the world is active and more occu-
pied than he is.-Ex.
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Poetic Justice.

In England a rich man died re-
Gently, and 400 invitations were
issued to his intimate friends" to
attend his funeral. Only twenty
nine came. Eight days afterward
these twenty-nine, faithful till death,
received letter to call on the de-
ceased's lawyer. They did 90, aad
each received, according to his will.
432O sterling if lady, and EGO
sterling if q gentleman. The tes-
tator further directed that the names
of those who received his bequests
should be published in the Journals
to punish those who had not pat
themselves out Of their way to at-
tend his funeral.
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Potatoes and Steel Pens.

A correspondent writes US as fol-
lows, with request that we will
test his recipe by whetting the edi-
torial pen on q potato: There
seems to be an acid or something
in a raw potato that is good for a
. steel pen. Get fiat potato, and
after writing drive your steel pen
into it and leave it until you want
it again. The potato will not only
prevent the pen from corroding, but
it will make the ink flow freely from
it. If your pen is not flowing prop
erly plunge it into the potato and It
will be all right. Land and Water.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19
How to Receive Gifts.

From the receivers standpoint
all gifts may be divided into things
that we want and things that We
don't want. It takes no particular
skill or grace to receive things that
we want, but as, in times of general
giving, like Christmas, the larger
part of the gifts we get are things
that we don't want, that branch of
receivership is worth attention. The
two ordinary reasons for not want
ing things are the vulgar one that
they do not strike US as intrinsic
ally desirable, and the more COM
plex reason that we don't want to
receive them from the particular
giver. A general remedy applica-
Bile to reluctances due to either of
these causes is to keep strenuously
in the mind the happiness of the
giver in giving. Remembering that
you are delighted with a trifle from
some one you love because it makes
you happy to have been even pass
lively instrumental in procuring him
the happiness of giving; applying
the same principle, you can accept
ever so costly gift from some one
for whom you care little without
any irksome sense of obligation,
since, of course, the giver had the
best Of it in any way, and it is =
great deal kinder and more gener-
Gus to sacrifice ones personal in
clinations and accept, than to refuse.
Remember persistently that by re-
ceiving with due grace you secure
to another person desirable form
of happiness.
After all, little children do it best.
They are the superlative receivers,
and it is because they are that We
delight to give them things. They
are frankly and delightfully."- attract
i've. Obligations sit as lightly on
them as air. They value their gifts
simply by the pleasure they get out
of them. and prefer a rag baby tn
the deed of a brick house. They
take a jumping,jack from Mary, the
laundress, and a jeweled pin from
Aunt Melinda Cresus without the
least distinction Of happy approval.
The nearer we get to their guileless-
ness the nearer we approach per-
fection in receiving. and in all the
Christmas attributes beside.-De-
cember Scribner's.
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1 LONDON INCIDENT.
The Police Would Not Interrupt
q Street Fight.

have Just returned from a visit
to Europe, and during my stay in
London 1 noticed particularly the
extraordinary personal liberty en-.
|joyed by the populace. Street fights
there are of hourly occurrence, and |
have actually seen combatants being
urged on by the police, who stood
around and saw that fair play was
given. An officer over there never
makes an arrest unless a charge is
made, and then it must be substan-
tial. I was riding on tramcar one
day when a most ludicrous fight
sprang up, and Que worth relating.
In London, you know, only one
track is permitted at street cross
ing, no franchises for double tracks
being allowed. This makes each
crossing virtually switch, and one
car has to wait until another crosses
that street before being able to pro-
ceed. Well, on this occasion our
car reached the switch at the same
time as another coming in the op-
posite direction. Both claimed the
right Of way and drove onto the
switch, stopping in the middle. The
drivers then got into an argument,
and presently got out and fought.
The conductors soon followed suit,
and presently the passengers got
down and took sides, until verit-
able riot was the result.
In the meantime q large crowd
had gathered, and a number of po-
licemen were attracted. These made
no effort to stop the fight, but rather
urged the combatants on. When a
man would cry Enough" the police
would haul him out of the mess
and aid in cleaning him up. Event
ually our car was licked, and all set
to work and with the utmost good
humor backed it off the switch and
allowed the other car to proceed.
Passengers on both cars wore black
eyes, but no attention was paid to it,
and the victorious car was cheered
as it wended it's way onward. Not
an arrest was made, and the police
departed, satisfied that fair play had
been accOrded.-New York Letter.
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part of America, we who are Amer
leans should be ashamed to know
absolutely nothing of them. If such
things existed in England or Ger
many or France there would be
countless books and guides over
flowing with information about
them, and we would hasten on ex-
cursions to them, or learn all that
reading would tell.-Chas. F. Lum-
mis-, in December st. Nicholas.
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Legal Ethics.

It used to be held that lawyer
had no right to defend crimina
of whose innocence he was not as
sured, and in the good old times, >
Of which we occasionally hear, says
Edward s. Cunningham of 81. Louis
there was quite strong feeling on
the subject. Now this has died out
and an attorney is not held morally
responsible for his clients conduct.
No man, Of course, likes to act for
a man he knows to have been guilty
of a heinous crime, and the idea
that lawyer always insists on a
full confession is entirely erroneous.
I remember over twenty years ago
being retained by lady to defend
her son, who was charged with mur-
der. The case was not a strong
one, except for some admissions a
policeman swore the young man
had made. l never knew whether
the admissions had really been
made, or whether the boy was guilty
or not, but defended him on legal
grounds and secured his acquittal.
Since then he has prospered and
obeyed the Law. The only time the
ethics Of the profession appear to
demand the recognition of a clients
guilt is when the line of defense is
interfered with, or when q defense
entered upon on the prisoners sol
emn statement in confidence is
completely upset by the evidence
given by him on the stand. No
matter how guilty a man may be,
all law except lynch law assumes
his innocence until the contrary is
proved against him, and he is en-
titled to whatever advantage legal
defense may afford him. A doctor
never refuses to set a limb because
his patient was doing wrong when
he got it fractured; and a lawyer
is equally justified in defending q
man whom public opinion con-
demns as guilty before the first
witness has mounted the stand.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19

"Is there not some mistake about
. span Of horses selling at that
auction Wednesday for 1907" I was
asked the other day, to which I re-
sponded that that was the price, 40
l was present and saw the team led
of by the purchaser. "Why didnt
you buy them yourself?" was tho
next query. Which reminds me j:
Said q man, "When ] was out on
the plains l could buy . splendid
buffalo robe of tho Indians for :
cup Of sugar" "Well, Why didn't
you buy one?" he was asked. II
didn't have the cup Of sugar"
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Ignorance Of Our Own Land.

AS to our scenery, we are rather
better informed and yet every year
many thousands of un-American
Americans go to Europe to see seem
cry infinitely inferior to our own,
upon which they have never looked.
We say there are no ruins in this
country, and cross the ocean to ad-
mire crumbling piles less majestic
and less interesting than remain in
America. We read of famous gor-
ges and defiles abroad, and are eager
to gee them; unknowing that in a
desolate corner of the United States
is the greatest natural wonder of
the world-a canyon in which all
the rest of the worlds famous gor-
ges could be lost forever. And not
one American in ten thousand has
ever looked upon its grandeur.
Ofcourse we know the Sahara,
for that is not American; but you
will seek far to find any one who is
familiar with an American desert
as absolute and as fearful. We are
aware Of our giant redwoods in
California-the hugest trees in the
world-but did you ever hear of a
petrified forest covering thousands
of acres? There is one in the United
States and many smaller petriied
forests. Do you know that in one
Territory alone we have the ruins
of over fifteen hundred stone cities
as old as Columbus, and many Of
them far older? Have you ever
heard of towns here whose houses
are 3-story caves, hewn from the
solid rock?
It seems to me that when these
and thousand other wonders are q
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19

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
efCongress approved March 3, 1891. apply
to the Honorable Secretary OF the Interior
Of the United States for q permit to cut
timber upon tract of public mineral land
situated about six miles. in westerly
course. from the town of Kctchum. Alturas
county, Idaho, IL miles from sawm,ll: on
the left-hand fork of what is known as Dry
ulch, commencing at stake marked No:
at a point about 80 rods from mouth OF
said Dry gulch. in westerly course from
stake; thence in a southwesterly course
80 rods to stake marked No. 2; thence
IN course about 20 degrees south Of east
ery course 200 rods to summit OF noun
tain to stake marked 8. E.. thence east OF
north about 20 degrees, distance OF 252
rods; thence 20 degrees north Of west to
point OF commencement, distance OF 233
rods. Also, to cut timber on creek about
swo miles from sawmill, III westerly
course, estimated amount of timber to be
ABOUT 1000 feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
ketchum. August I, 1891.
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The Intelligent Mule.

This is how truthful engineer is
quoted in a daily exchange: II had
a funny thing happen to me once
on the Chesapeake and Ohio road.
About two miles from a bridge one
day scared up a mule in the mid
die of the track and l whistled for
all l was worth, but the mule kept
in the track on a run. A last | had
to stop and the fireman went ahead
and drove him of. By the time the
fireman got back and we had started
that confounded mule was on the
track again and we were after him.
We didn't care to take the risk of
running over him, for that is dan
gerous business, so we had to stop
again and drive him away. Well,
this thing occurred once or twice
more, and by the last time we had
got so close to the bridge that we
were sure the fool mule was going
to try to cross it and we stopped
again, this time cursing mad and
fully prepared to shoot the mule if
We got a chance. We chased him
right up to the bridge and then
down over the field he went with a
bray and stopped all right in the
road below; right ahead of US on
the bridge, fastened down some way
by his legs, we found that mules
mate. We saw it all then, and, by
George, we were tempted to take up
a collection from the passengers on
board for the benefit of the mule
which had saved their lives, for if
we had run in on that obstruction
nothing under heaven could have
saved the train -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19

GERMAN engravers harden their
tools by heating them to a white
heat and then plunging them into
sealing wax, continuing the opera
ton until the tool cools. By this
method the steel becomes almost
as hard as a diamond, and when
touched with little oil is excellent
for engraving or for drilling into
other metals.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-19

The KEysroNE IL tho sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtoosh
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as 1t Is In the very heart of the most prom.
ising mining country OIL the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis OF all
mining news and developments, as we'll 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.
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curious Of the modern tools here 10
the sailors knife, square at the end
instead of pointed, to prevent stab
bine in row or the dangerous fall
ing Of the weapon from 9loft. It's
blade drops out at the end of tho
handle when a catch is touched, 80
that Jack can hold a rope with ono
hand and open the knife for service
without the need of ten 6ngers.
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Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,

Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,
May 5. 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
uon to make final proof in support Of his
ssaim; and that said proof will be made be-
i,ote ,e the Register and Receiver at HALEY
iaaho, on June Is. 1891. viz: Abiiah
ADAMS, - for the SW a Sec IL and w Il NV
sec IA, TIP. 4 n. r. II E.
ne names the following witnesses to
rrUse rrI ms continuous residence upon. and
~. .u.a,yatlon OF. said land, viz: II. NJ. Stew
sn, John Monks. Frank Mats, of Ketch-
i@a;i In; Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, of Haley
". T. RILEY. Register.
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The Loyal Volunteers.

In an article on 1.-The Degradation
of Pensions" in this months Fo-
rum Lieutenant Allen r. Foote says
the Society of Loyal Volunteers, OF
which he is one of the organizers, is
ready TO support measure basing
pensions entirely on impairment of
earning capacity. Shot through the
lungs at Fair Oaks, he himself, has
drawn a pension which he accepted
as "a token of the gratitude of the
Government" though he is earning
IS a day. He is far more justly
entitled to this pension than are
many others who receive larger
amounts, and it is perfectly legal,
for he is so physically dieabled !"
that he could not earn living as a
ditcher or hod-carrier. But after
second thought he has concluded
that the only just basis for pension
is such disability incurred in SER
vice that the applicant for pension
cannot be self-supporting Ameri.
can citizen. "The good Of society '
he says, demands that honor shall
be leveled up and not graded down.
1t is law of nature that all men
shall earn their own living. Every
quality of character that tends to
make men industrious, thrifty, true
and noble is strengthened by COM
pliance with this law. That man
is most valuable to himself and to
society who complies with the re-
quirements of this law most cheer
fully and with greatest intelligence.
All honorable men will say instinct
lively that man who is not willing
to render a valuable service in fair
exchange for the means of COM
Portable support, when such oppor-
tunity is offered him, is unworthy
of respect and not entitled to SYM
pathy. He is a self.made' pauper."
To emphasize the distinction be-
tween this view of what conditions
ought to be and what they really are
at present he gives these figures from
the report of the Pension Bureau
for the year ending July 30, 1891:
Number of pensions in force. -. GIG, 1D
Number of claimants not on rolls. 5o9,O27
Number of persons pcnsioned or
seeking to be pensioned.. ,235, 1877
The principle which has produced
these astounding results is that of
a military socialism pure and sim
pie. The entire population of all
the States, including men, women
and children, whites, negroes and
Indians, was only 100000 in
1860. So that the number of pen
sioners and applicants for pensions
is now, thirty years later, only very
little under 4 per cent. of the total
population of North and South,
East and West in the year of Lin
coins first election. 1t was high
time for the Loyal Volunteers to
begin to make themselves felt
st. Louis Republic.
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A Millioniars's Secret Of Success

I want to impress upon you,
boys, the necessity of punctuality.
If you engage to do anything at a
certain day or hour, do not fail to
do it. And if you find you cannot,
notify the persons you have prom.
ised so that they will not be disap-
pointed. / regarded punctuality as
one-if not the very-cardinal rule
of successful business career. In
the store or the shop, be promptly
on hand the very moment you are
expected to be there, and do not
hurry off in the evening before the
proper time. Boys who work by
the clock are soon found out, and
are not generally in demand when
promotions are to be made, and
salaries increased. A millionaire
once told me that he considered
half Of his success in life to be due
to his punctuality. He was always
at his Office on the very minute each
morning, and if he made an ap-
pointm Mt to talk business to man
he ne1er failed TO keep it. II have
made thousands and Thousands OF
dollars by being on hand at the right
moment, and consider punctuality
as strong point in business mans
favor, as-well it is second only to
honesty !"
Once your employer understands
that you are faithful in getting to
work at the hour he has engaged
you to begin, he will have more
confidence in you, and your chances
of promotion will be far better than
those Of the boy who sneaks in q
half-hour late each morning with
some poor excuse for his tardiness.
Sage.
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THE skin of boiled egg when
carefully peeled and applied when
vet to boil will draw out the mat
ter and greatly relieve the soreness.
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Royal Baking Powder
Has no Equal.
The United States Official Report

ne On1IeQ OCdCcS OIuCldl NCpOll
or the Baking Powder tests recently made under
authority Of Congress. by the Department Of Agriculture
Washington D. c. furnishes the highest authoritative infor
nation as to which powder is the best The Official Report
shows the ROYAL superior to all
Others in leavening power; cream
Of tartar powder of highest quality.
The Canadian Tests:
"The strength Of the Royal is shown to
be % per cent. greater than any other.
GAS result of my Investigations find
the Royal Baking Powder far superior to the
others. 1t is pure, contains none but whole
some ingredients, and is Of greatest strength.
"F. x. VALADE,
ssPubic Analyst, Ontario,
~Do~tptea u Csmoda."