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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
The Insane Asylum.

Dr.. John w. Givens, medical su-
perintendent Of the Idaho Insane
Asylum at Blackfoot, has made his
annual report to the board Of direc-
tors. He says that at the beginning
of the year, July l, 1880, there were
in the asylum As men and 19 women.
During the year 20 men and IL
women were admitted, and II men
and 5 women were discharged. Five
died and 8 eloped. The number of
patients under treatment during the
year was II men and 80 women |;
the daily average, 73. The greatest
number of patients at any time was
81 men and q women. On June
Both, the close of the business year,
there remained in the institution
81 men and 25 women.
The patients were received from
the following counties: Males
Ada, 5; Alta, 1; Alturas, l; Bing-
ham, 8; Boise, Q; Bear Lake, l +;
Custer /; Idaho; Latah, 2; Sho-
shone, 2 and Washington, 2. Fe-
males-Ada, 3; Bingham, l; Boise,
1; Bear Lake, 2; Elmore, l; One
ida, 8.
Their occupations are given as fol-
lows: Males-Fishermen, /; farm
ers, 6; laborers, 4; stockmen, l
miners, 6; unknown,8. Females
Domestic, l; farmers daughter, l
farmers housewife, /; housekeep-
ers, 4; mechanics housewife, l;
unknown, 2. Their ages were as
follows: One of 19, one of 81, one
of 81, three of %, one of %, one OF
80, one of "a, one of 35, one of 80,
one of Al, one of 56, one Of SO, one
of 63, one of 81, one of rs, nine un-
known. Females-One of 26, one OF
%, one OF 33, one Of 40, two of A.
one Of 60, one of 81, two unknown
In religion they are classified as
follows: Males-Catholic three
Mormon one, Protestants six, un'
known sixteen. Females-Catholie
one, Mormon three, Protestantt
four, unknown three. Civil condi
tions; Males-married five, widow
ers three, single fourteen, unknown
four. Females-married seven, wild
ows two, single two.
The asylum farm has yielded th'
following produce: Beans, 2,OW
pounds; beets, 5000; carrots, 1000
cucumbers, 800 dozen; corn, 600
cabbages, 1000 heads; hay, 1O
tons; lettuce, 1900 lunches; milk
5,476 gallons; muskmelons, 100
onions, 400 pounds ; parsnips 1000
pork, 5000; peas, 1900; potatos
%, 200; radishes, 200 dozen; spin
ach, 25 pounds; tomatoes, 2,5U
and watermelons, 100. Two pair
of mules, a thoroughbred Holster
bull and seven high-grade milct
COWS of the same breed have beer
added to the stock during the year
A passenger wagon has been pur
chased for general use.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
Bits Of Information.

Slavery was abolished in the Brit
ish Colonies in 1888.
"Modern History" begins with
the sixteenth century.
The Vatican contains 208 STAIR
and 100 different rooms.
Plants grow faster between 4 and
6 A. NJ. than at any other time dur
ing the day.
Frogs, toads and serpents never
take food but that which they are
satisfied is alive.
The largest railway depot in the
world is at Birmingham, England.
It covers eleven acres.
In all their wars, the British have
won the splendid average Of 80 per
cent of the battles.
According to unofficial figures
there were IA 200 Irish in the Fed
eral armies, and 176,SOO Germans.
There are Al 1850 names in New
York city beginning with the letter
s, while the letter q lays claim to
only nine.
It is estimated that at least $780,
100000 of the Governments paper
money, supposed to be in circula-
ton, has been lost or destroyed.
Missouri is nearly as big as all of
New England. Within its limits are
found such places as California,
Nevada, Mexico, as well as Oregon,
Washington, Texas and Scotland.
Some land in Paris has been sold
at the rate of 100000 per acre;
some in London for what would net
S., 100000 per acre, and some in
New York for q sum equal to 49,
OOO, 900 per acre.
The number of English words
which have no rhyme in the Ian
guage is large. Among them are
month, silver, liquid, spirit, CHM
ney, warmth, gulf, sylph, breadth,
music, width, depth, honor, iron
and echo.
The estimate of the worlds pop
ulation is as follows: Europe, $780,
100000; Asia, $50, O,O00,O 900; Africa,
127 100000; Australia, 4,73O,OOO;
North America, 89,250,OO0; South
America, Sc, 100000. Total, 1,487,-
100000.
Although whales grow to enorm-
Gus size, sometimes eighty feet and
even ninety feet long, the throat is
80 small that it cannot swallow q
bite as large as a tea-biscuit. This
applies to the common whale; the
spermaceti has a mouth large
enough to swallow Jonah.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
When War Songs Meant Something

A veteran of the Civil War. in
speaking of the effect of war songs
recently said:
81 have been with the column,
marching along roads which were
muddy, when the men looked like
anything but human beings as they
crawled along, splashed from head
to foot with dirt, their clothing dis
arranged, their pantaloons tucked
in their stockings, and their heavy
brogans laden with mud. Some
strong-lunged fellow way up at the
head of the column would strike up
a war song. 1t might be Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp" or it might be
"John Browns Body"
"In an instant he would be joined
by others, and soon, away down the
long road, as far as the column
stretched, mighty chorus would
going up, while the men would be
brace up, their eyes brighten and
their footsteps lose the weary move
ment, as they kept step to the mu'
sic. twenty-five thousand or 3d.
600 men stretched out over long
distance in marching, and you can
imagine the effect of such chorus
of male voices. Perhaps away of
on some parallel road, a mile or two
away, another column would be ad'
vancing, and this, too, would take
up the refrain, and the effect would
be heightened two fold. Those were
the days when war songs meant
something to the men who sang
them. IN. Y. Ledger.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
Seeing the Formation Of Hali.

A direct observation of hail in
the process of formation is record
ed by Prof. Tosetti, who, in the af-
ternoon of squally day, looking
eastward through the window of q
house in Northern Italy saw the
rain which streamed down from the
right caught by a very cold wind
from the north and driven back and
up in thick drops. Suddenly a south
wind blew, and the drops, tossed
about in all directions, were trans
formed into ice-balls. When the
south wind ceased, this transforma-
ton also ceased, but whenever the
south wind required the phenona-
enon was reproduced, and this was
observed three or four times in ten
rninukpa
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A White Majority.

The negotiation just completed
in Mississippi shows that the pro.
vision in the new constitution of
that state requiring the payment of
a poll tax four months before an
election as a prerequisite to voting
has had the effect anticipated and
aimed at by the trainers Of the con-
stitution, cutting down the negro
registered vote and assuring the
state of Mississippi white major
ity. The time of the payment of the
poll-tax expired in July, so that the
effect of the provisions in cutting
down the voters and the number of
negroes who sacrificed the ballot
rather than pay the poll-tax are now
known.
Returns from thirty-two counties,
or just half the state, show 44,981
whites and II ,221negroes registered.
If the proportion keeps up in the
other counties the total voting
strength of the state will be 80, ,450
whites and $1,000 negroes, or, a
certain white majority of $4,000.
Some go, 900 negroes, or nearly three
fourths, have declined to pay the
poll-tax, and consequently cannot
register or vote in the southern por-
ton of the state. In the white
counties, or where the races are
nearly even in point of numbers,
half the negroes registered, but in
the big negro counties in the Yazoo
Delta not over one-fifth, and in
many less than one-tenth. In Yazoo
only 70 out of 10000 negroes en-.
titled to vote were registered. In
Lownder only "A out of 5000; in
Madison only 332 out of 1000. The
population of Lownder is five ne
groes to one white, but its registra-
ton twenty-five whites to one ne
gro. Only about 8 per cent of the
whites lost their votes on account
of the new provision in regard to
poll-taxes, and in no county does
the percentage of whites failing te
register exceed 20 per cent. 1t woulc
seem, therefore, that this provision
of the new constitution of Missis
sippi in regard to poll-taxes has had
the desired effect of assuring tha
state of a good white majority.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
Why Popcorn Won't Pop.

The question is often asked why
popcorn sometimes fails at the crit
ical moment to pop. The trouble
is that the corn has either been
pulled too green or has become too
dry, explains California Fruit Grow
er. In the former case the skin
would be too tender to retain the
heated air until the explosion took
place, and in the latter case the skin
is 40 brittle that the air escapes
without bursting the kernel. Il
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
Changes Of Name.

I notice in a recent publication
the revival of the old story of the
change young John Rowland made
in his name and fortune when he
substituted his Rowland with Stan
ley, and dropped John for Henry
NJ, being now known to the world
as the great African explorer, says
a writer in the St. Louis Republic
This reminds me that several Of the
great men known to science. litera'
ture, war and art were originally
known by names almost wholly un'
known to the world at large.
Henry Wilson, vice-President un'
der Grant, was christened as Henry
Goliath, and was known by thai
name until after the end Of hit
nineteenth year.
By a curious coincidence U. S
Grant, who was President at the
time Wilson was Vice, as mentioned
above. was also a hero with
changed name. Prior to young
Grants eighteenth birthday, ~. S
Grant" was a term unknown even
in the embryo Generals family. III
U. Grant" would sound odd if writ
ten on the pages of history, but, ir
fact, would be perfectly proper
The great General was christeneo
Hirum Ulysses Grant, and by tht
name of Hiram, or Hi" was knowr
to all his school fellows.
T. III. Harmer, an ex-member o
Congress, is responsible for ~. S.
Grant being thrust upon the world
It came about in this way: Wher
the name of the aspiring young mar
was sent in as a candidate to Wes
Point, by some oversight on th'
part of Mr.. Harmer it was sent a
III. S." instead of III. u" Grant
ssU. S." Grant was appointed. Whel
he graduated in 1848 his commits
sion and diploma were both mad
out to III. S." Grant, therefore b
was forced to accept the inevitable
Jules Grevy, so well known as tn
late President of the French repuh
lie. is neither Jules" nor "Grevy,
but Judith Francois Paul Grevlo'
Frank Leslie was plain Henr,
Carter until he was q years old
adopting the new name on his arr
..l IN 1mer;ca-N. O. Picayune
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
Climate and Braln-Weight.

The average weight Of the brain
of man bears a definite relation to
the climate in which he livee, q
higher brain-weight being found in
cold than in warm countries. In
proportion to their stature the
Lapps have the largest heads in
Europe, the Norwegians next, then
come the Swedes, Germans, French
and Italians. In the Arab the head
is found to be smaller than any Ct
the above, while in the far North
there exists a people called Chu-
gatshes, whose heads are remarks
bly large.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15

The Kxxsfox1 hes long been fac1now
edged e b the sole rspresensatiye Of ~
Great Upper Wood River and SAwtooth
mining regions, and, located az il il In the
very heart Of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and leav-
Ing nothing undone to present Its readers =
complete synopsis Of all mining news ana
developments, AZ we'll as matters Of local
importance In the growth Of Ketchum, the
future metropolis OF Idaho, 1t Is an invalua-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub.
scribe for it, read 1t, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
A Novel Incubator.

A Williamsport Pa. man used
two pillows, between which he
placed eggs, as an incubator, with
good results. The pillows were
placed in the garret, where they
could get the heat of the sun, and
II out of ~ eggs produceda = dueks
.ling-Mining and Scientific Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
Gold Leavings.

Three thousand dollars for an old
tin roof would be pretty steep
price, but the man who gets the bat
tered roof from the old Tabernacle
Church at Broad street and South
Penn square, which is now being
torn away, for that sum will be in
great luck. Some years ago the
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho.
Nav 5. 1891.

Land Office at HALEY, Idaho.
May S, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following
haned settler has filed notice OF his lnten-
Gon to make final proof in support OF ms
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
lore the Register and Receiver at Haley,
Idaho on June 10, 1891, viz: Abilah
Adams Eor the SW j, Sec. II and W 4 NV
\ Sec. a. TIP. 4 n, K. II r.
he names the following witnesses 70
prove his continuous residence upon. ana
cultivation Of, said land, viz: II. NJ. Stew
a'', John Monks, Frank Mats. of ketch-
gm Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, Of HALEY.
w. T. RILEY, Register.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15

IT may not be generally known,
hut it is q fact nevertheless, that
ordinary rubber ink erasers remove
rust from polished cutlery without
injury; try it and be convinced.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15

ACCORDING to Superintendent
Porter the efforts of the Census Of
fee to collect statistics regarding
mortgages have met with a success
beyond the anticipation of the most
experienced etatisticians. A prelim-
inary count has been made by the
Census Office, from which it appears
that 2,491,9 $3.50 homes and farms
were occupied by owners and in
numbered by mortgages. This num-
Der includes some farms and homes
about which the enumerators made
no report, and which belong partly
to the class of owned free, as we'll
as partly to the class of owned and
incumbered. Owing to this circum-
stance certain eliminations require
to be made. The census officials,
however, estimate that approxim-
ately $3.50 900 families of the 12,-
SOC, 600 families of the United States
occupy and own incumbered farms
and homes, and that 1O,25O,OOO
families occupy farms and homes
that are either hired or owned free.
The preliminary results indicate
that the average debt for farm in
Iowa is 1928, for home $7l9,
and the average for farm and home
| is 81 ,14O. If these averages should
hold good for the entire country the
total membranes on the farms
and homes of the United States
would amount to something over
50, soc, ,OOO,O 900. Returns from sew.
eral western states Indicate that
! farms and homes are mortgaged toi
about one-third the value put upon
them by the owners, but the returns
! are incomplete.-Bradstreet's.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15

She-Oh yesl l quite believe Z,
there's q fool in every family. Don't
Won? He-Well-er my opinions
rather daised. You see I'm the only
member Of our family.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-15

= es0o0. - yeer is being maa~ hy John H.
GOODWIN, Troy NY AT ~ort for ". kseosss
you may not make - much. but We can
teach you Quickly how 70 eern from IS 10
SO day at the start, snd more - you go
on. Both sexes, all ages. Ia any part OF
! America, yon can commence At home, CIV
Ing all your time, or epare monents only 70
the work. All 10 new. G,~at pay SCRE fcs
ever worker. We start you, furnishing
everything. EASILY, sPEEDfI.Y learned.
N PARTICULARS FREE. AdfIsess st ouces
eIlAsON = Co., lVk1LAAo, AAlNS.
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Extinct or Scarce Birds.

"There are only four eggs of the
great aux now in this country" says
an oologist, "and they are valued at
$500 each. 1t seems odd to think
of bird becoming extinct, but no
one has seen a Labrador duck,
either, since 1855. There are but
five m mounted specimens in existence
and none of the eggs are in exist
ence. Kirtland's warbler is another
bird that is rare. Until recently but
seven had ever been captured, and
these were all found in region near
Cleveland, Ohio, less than mile
square. Specimens we're worth 500
apiece. But little while ago nat
uralist who chanced to visit the Ba.
hama islands came upon colony
of the birds, and knowing what a
mine he had struck shot about
twenty and took them to this coun-
try. When he began to unload, the
story came out and the market
sagged, so that now you can get
Kirkland for IS or $6. The Connec-
ticut warbler is another bird of in
terest to biologists, because no one
has yet seen its eggs. 1t passes up
the Mississippi river in the early
spring, and probably mates far in
the interior of British North Ameri-
ca, and goes south in the fall by way
of the Atlantic seaboard. If any
one can find the nest of the little
fellow with four eggs in it, it will be
5000 in his pocket. NY. Tribune
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the corn is too dry, which is most
frequently the trouble, immerse the
unshelled ears half a minute in
water and the grains will pop with
a delightful exuberance.
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BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.
Tuesday, Aug. Is.


FLoUR---The sellers of -four are firmly held
tiOn to sell -four at any concessions below the
position of Saturday. For this reason there
was very little trade.
MEAL-The market on cornmeal is firmly
held; Oatmeal is, quiet. Rye is firmer, with
rye -four advanced.
BEEF--The market on beef was rather Quiet.
but with prices steady.
85c was quoted for Chicago No. yellow. but
the market sagged to SO110Slc toward the
close. The spot market is firmly held, how
ever, by reason of the very small offerings.
The quotations are: High mixed, 820S3c:
steamer yellow, Sa08!18c; steamer, SOlDSlc.
MUTTON AND LAMBs-Quiet, but the position
Of prices is sustained. The quotations are the
same as previously noted.
PORK-In pork provisions there is scarcely
any changes in the local market to be noted,
The markets west close off ;k22l6c on September
pork.
BUTTER Steady, with the market quoted at:
New York and Vermont diary, 85Gl8c; east
creamery, good to choice, l6@119c. These are
receivers prices for strictly wholesale lots.
Jobbers prices l@2c higher.
CHEEsE-Firm, WITH the market quoted at:
Choice northern, SN@9c; western, 7340Ss4c:
cabled at As Cd.
Eggs Quiet. The market is steady at:
Eastern and northern extra, 19d2Oc; fancy
nearby higher frsts, 170rlSc; islands, 17lSlIslSc:
western tlrsts, lie; Michigan frsts, 170 NC;
extras, lSc; Nova Scotia tirsts l70DlSc; jObbIng
prices, lc. higher.
APPLEs-Apples are selling little better.
PoTAToES-Steady,w with the market quoted
at 81 5O0l d2IR for Rhode Islands; natives, Sl0
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MRS. sEARLEs' WILL.
Young Timothy Hopkins. Her Foster
Son, Will Contest 1t.

Young Timothy Hopkins. Her Foster
Son, Will Contest 1t.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15-These IL now
no question but that young Timothy Hop
kins will contest the will of his foster
mother, which left him without cent of
her many millions.
Hopkins was recalled from Japan by
cable announcing Mrs. Hopkins-Searles'
death, but he ha1 the pleasant anticipa-
tion on the long voyage across the Pacific
that he had inherited her millions. He
got the first news of the will when the
pilot came on board of Golden Gate.
To contest the will will demand many
millions, as any steps to place ip5unction
on the property will demand : large sum
for bond. Several Californians, Of large
means have offered him unlimited capital
to back him up in the legal contest Of the
will. and others pledge themselves to fur
nish him with bonds to any amount, even
e2O, ,OOO, ,OOO if he should desire to bring an
injunction against holders OF bonds and
stocks or managers of the Southern
Pacific railroad to prohibit them from do
ing anything with the property in dispute
until its ownership shall be determined by
the court of last appeal.
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TWAS A. CLOSE CALL.


Grain Brokers Patch UP Plan to Save
Themselves from Ruin.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 18.-When the St. Louis
grain market closed Saturday bankruptcy
stared over half Of the brokers and wheat
traders In the face, and it was gloomy
looking crowd that left the halls of the ex-
change. Finally dozen of the leading
brokers decided that something must be
done to avert general ruin. The bears
were ont Of cash and the bulls, although
having large profits to their credit, were
also out OF money ana could not make
their profits available or meet the heavy
margins they had been forced to call from
the bears. The shorts could not close, be-
cause the longs would not sell them
wheat to fill their short contracts with
and "ring'' the trades. A call for meet
ing was issued, and at $3.50 the reading
room of the exchange was jammed with
anxious traders The meeting was SO.
quietly conducted that it was not gener-
ally known till last night. Various plans
were discussed, and it was finally decided
that the settling price for December wheat
should be 106 "a bushel, and the bulls
could draw all margins deposited below
l02, and the bears all above ITO, and H.,
trading should be done on the exchange
Monday or Tuesday. except what. was.
necessary to close trades. The agreement.
arrived at is all that saved at least $50
traders from being forced to announce
their failure yesterday.
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wEATHeR-cRop BULLETIN.
Observable ~ by the New England
Met. geological Society.

Met, geological Society.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Aug. 1.-THE
New England Meteorological society, CO.
operating with the United States weather
bureau, issues the following bullctm:
Only moderate amount of rain fell in
any locality'during the week just passe',
and that. for the most part, came on the
afternoon of the 18th. II was badly DIS
tributed and was accompanied oy heavy
IL under and lightning and high winds IN
southern New England Considerable
damage was done to trees. fruit and corn
by the high wind. The rain was gratc-
fully received, especially in eastern Con-
nectcut and In Rhode Island, where
everything was suffering for want Of
water. Springs and wells were very low
IN that section and pastur es and fields
were badly scorched. Ii southern New
Hampshire and Vermont no rain fell
during the week and the drouth is ASSUME
ing serious aspects. In the extreme north
numerous showers have kept the top Of
the ground moist and crops are growing
nicely. In other places where the water is
getting very low in streams and wells
even, light showers from time to time
have kept the top of the ground moist
enough for most crops.
The temperature and sunshine have been
everywhere above the normal, and have
been favorable for harvesting hay and
grain and have had q favorable effect on
corn Except where mentioned above) and
on the growth Of tobacco. Both corn
and tobacco promise large yields. The
tobacco harvest has been begun in the
Connecticut valley with ''one of the finest
crops ever known" Fall apples indicate
. fair yield, but the winter varieties are
very light, especially in the northern states.
A heavy rain has set in at the time Of
writing, which will give relief from the
drouth.
PROF. w. N. DAVIS, Director.
j. WARREN SMITH. Assistant.