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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
The Result of Lying.

A negro who was giving evidence
in a Georgia court was reminded
by the Judge that he was to tell the
"Well, yer see, boss" said the
dusky witness, Sc skeered to tell
de whole truth for fear | might tell
lie."
Judge Ito witness )-Do you know
the nature Of an oath?
Witness-Sah?
Judge-Do you understand what
you are to swear to?
Witness-Yes, sab; I'm to swear
to tell de truff.
Judge-And what will happen il
you do not tell it?
Witnass-I 'spects our eide II wiz
de case, sah.-Bostoh Traveller.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

ENORMOUS piles of bones are col
lected at the railroad stations on
the plains. At some points they are
ten or fifteen feet high, and cover
acres of ground. Frosa the thigh
bones Of cattle are made knife and
parasol handles, fan sticks, and the
handles of tooth and hair brushes,
while all the small bones are boiled
and then burned for lamp black.
The matter extracted by boiling is
used to make glue, and mach o9
the so-called clears grease" used
in BARRIERS shops, is made oht efahs
marrow and fat offhese bones. 94as
bone black is ussd by sugar rs6ness
to purify sugar, and commands =
high price. The popular idea that
bones ara ground up a. Z fsrtili8er
is erroneous. They are too salnar
BILE for that.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
y 3 9,
THE FUNERAL.
WILL CARLETON.

was walking in Savannah, past church
decayed and dim,
When there slowly through window came
plaintive funeral hymn;
And q sympathy awakened and a wonder
quickly grew,
Till I found myself environed in a little ne
gro pew.
Out at front colored couple sat in sorrow,
nearly wild;
On the altar was coffin, in the coffin was
child.
| could picture him when hving-curly
hair, protuding lip
And had seen perhaps thousand in my
hurried Southern trip.
But no baby ever rested in the soothing
arms of Death lf
That had famed more flames of sorrow
with his little fiuttering breath.
And no funeral ever glistened with more
sympathy profound
Than was in the chain of tear-drops that
enclasped those mourners round.
Rose sad, old colored preacher at the lit
tie wooden desk
With a manner grandly awkward, with a
countenance grotesque;
With simplicity and shrewdncss on his
Ethiopian face;
With the ignorance and wisdom OF
crushed, undying race.
And he said, "Now don't be weepin' for
dis pretty b;zsee' clay
For de little boy who lived dere, he-done
gone an run away.
He was doin' very finely an he preclate
your love;
But his sure huff Father want him in de
large house up above.
Now he didn't give you dat baby, by a
hundred thOusan mile!
He Just think you need some sunshine, an
He lend it for while!
An He let you keep an love it, till your
| hearts were bigger grown;
An desc silver tears you're sheddln's jest
l. de interest Ola de loan.
:" Here yer oder pretty chillun don't be
| maxim it appear
Dat your love got sort o 'nop'lized by dis
| little fellow here;
Don't pile up too much your sorrow on
| dier little mental shelves.
| Sos to kind o. set em wonderin' if dey re
no account demselves!
Just you think, you poor deah mounahs,
| creepin' long DER Sorrows way,
| What blessed little picnic dis yere baby s
| got to-day!
Your good faders and good moders crowd
de little feiler round
In de angel-tended garden of de Big Plan
tation Ground
"An dey ask him was your feet sore?' an
take off his little shoes,
An dey wash him, an dey kiss him. an
dey say, Now what's de news?
An de Lawd done cut his tongue loose
den de little fellow say,
All our folks down in de valley tries tc
keep de hebbenly way
AN he'll get an education dat will proba-
bly, be worth
Seberal times as much as any you could
buy for him on earth;
He'll be in de Lawd's big schooihouse, wild
out no contempt or fear;
While deres no end to de bad tings might
have happened to him here.
so my pooah detected mounahs, let your
| hearts with Jesus rest,
An dom go to critercisin' dat ar One W al
knows de best!
He have sent us many comfOrts-He have
right to take away
To de Lawd be praise an glory now an
ever Let us pray"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
A Bears Toe Mails.

One of the difficulties which the
keepers of certain wild animals in
museums and other collections have
to contend with is the tendency OF
the claws to grow into the flesh, in
the absence of the wear and tear
which they receive in the animals
wild state. A wild bear, for instance,
uses his claws so much in climbing
that they are not only kept sharp
for use, but are worn down to :
proper length. Domestic eats know
the necessity of this process, and
NAV often bs seen scratching Wig
orously on the bark Of : tree for nc
other purpose than to keep down
their claws.-Youth's Companion
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
We Mothers.

An earnest little woman and
fond and devoted mother was talk
ing over the trials and blessings of
motherhood not long ago, and some
of the things she said have staid
with me ever since. | will try to
give them to you as remember she
said them to me. How much easier
it is to be good mother when one
is in good health How much easier
it is to keep ones voice down from
high staccato when ones nerves
are in good order than when they
are quivering and jarring under a
strain! One really does need a
large stock of patience to sit all
through. the afternoon trying to
make a fussy little garment, and
with a baby on ones lap and three
or four children playing on the floor
who need ones constant attention.
l fail every day and many times a
day under the constant pressure,
but every night when | tuck them
in bed l say tomorrow / will pray
with every breath for patience. |
shall up-lift my heart all day long
with one word on my lips-patience,
Lord, patience
"a few days ago" this little moth
er continued, II went to call upon
Mrs. in her lovely new house.
l really believe for the first time,
that night when | came home, our
cramped quarters with their dark,
smoke-begrimed walls were ugly to
me and l was cross and discouraged, /,
but one look at our happy, healthy
little flock shamed me, and l said
to my husband, 'Mrs.--hasn't our
five children -.
All, no; the richest, rarest, gift
the wealth of this world can offer
is as nothing to the blessing of one
child; one dear, sweet, lovely child
-or it may be to other eyes. pee
wish, sickly, fretful one; it may be
that to others, but to one fond
idolizing heart, it is the best, most
precious gift that ever came from
Heaven to earth.
No heart will ever know the boun.
ty of it's riches that has not known
the wonder of mother-love. Maybe
am wrong to say so much; per
haps q fathers heart is just at
fully enlarged, just as much chass
ened by his affection for his child
it may be so, but | cannot think It
quite. / do believe the best gilt II
given to a mother, and who will g.,
the best gift should not be hersY
What a thing it is to have tn
beart SO wrapped up in another tha
self dies slowly away-slowly DIE
away. The first time that little
heavy head rests its weight on you
arm, self has taken. wing.
Whatever. may be the dross in .
!; wonaa's heart, if mother.love ]
strong enough within it, it will bur
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
II WAS 1 FATAL ADMINISTRATION.
Tragedies in tho Official Family OF
President Tyler.

The tragedies in the official fam
lily of President Harrison, great
though they are, are matched by
those in the Cabinet of President
Tyler, fifty years ago. The Admin
istration began with a tragedy, for
the death of the aged General Harri-
son, though occurring from natural
causes, cannot be counted, in view
Of all the circumstances, as aught
but tragic. In December of the next
year, 1912, occurred the tragedy of
the United States ship Somers-the
mutiny, the trial by court martial,
and the execution of three sailors,
one of whom was the son of the
actual Secretary of War. In June,
1S43, the President with some of
his Cabinet, journeyed to Boston to
attend the ceremonies of the dedi-
cation of Bunker Hill Monument;
and there Hugh Legare, Secretary
of State, was stricken with mortal
disease and died. But the tragedies
of the Administration had not
reached their climax. February 28,
1874, at the invitation of Commo-
dore Stockton, the President, with
his fancee, Miss Gardiner, her
father, and with the members of his
Cabinet and nearly 100 other per-
sons of high official rank, embarked
on Captain Ericsson's screw steam
er, Princeton, belonging to the navy,
to inspect the new machinery and
to watch the firing of the two great
guns which the vessel mounted. On
the trip down the guns were fired
twice. On the homeward trip, above
Mount Vernon, preparations were
made to fire third shot. Around
the gun stood nearly all the princi-
pal men who carried on the Govern.
ment of the United States. The
gun was fired, and burst, killing
eight persons, wounding nearly 8
score. The President had beer
called aside the instant the gun was
fired, but Secretary of State Up
shur and Thomas Gilmer, Secretary
of the Navy, were killed, as we'll al
Mr.. Gardiner, Commodore Kennon
Virgil Maxey, two sailors and th'
Presidents servant. Mr.. CLINE
had been Secretary of the Navy TO
only ten days, and had taken tn
post much against his inclinations
Thomas II. Benton was one of tn
party whose gayety was so terribl.,
stilled but though the President
servant, who stood at his left, wa
killed. he himself was unhurt excep
for the breaking of his left ca
drum.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
Tippu Tib's Defense of Slavery.

Tippu lib, who IS on his way to
Mecca, said recently: "White men
have incorrect ideas of our man.
ners and customs. They have the
effrontery to propose to abolish at
once in other lands institutions
which quite recently fourished in
their own. l am told that in big
country called Russia, some years
ago, nearly all the common people
were slaves, and great misery has
befallen them since they became
their own masters. What is the
difference between slave and a
servant? The servant is free and
may leave his master whenever he
pleases. So may my slaves. l have
no guards to keep them from de-
serting me. They are too well con-
tent with their lot to run away. II
l were unjust to them, perhaps they
might flee. But what would happen
then? They would simply fall
once more into the power of their
equals, TO be sold again, to be NAL.
treated. to be killed, perhaps, OF to
toll, very likely, twice as hard al
they did before. You say it is I'M
moral to own slaves; that slavery
debases men and puts them on 9
level with cattle. Now, it does moi
debase q negro to exchange tht
abominable yoke of a negro tyran1
for the protecting care of an Arat
master, whose religion comman9'
him to be benevolent and just. Yot
say the negroes are our brethren
Well, we treat them quite fraternali,
since we raise our children Will
theirs. We are kinder to them tha,
you are to your lackeys. shoult
not dare to treat negro as | hav
seen white travellers treat their whit
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

The Louisiana Lottery interest is
making desperate fight for exist
ence. It has established consid-
cradle number of "patent outside"
papers in the country parishes, and
it proposes to put up q complete
lottery ticket for all the Offices from
Governor to Constable at the next
election. It has large pecuniary
resources, of which 1t is ready to
make the most unscrupulous use.
Its avowed purpose is to elect q
Governor and Legislature by whose
aid Constitutional Conversion
can be called, which will engraft q
lottery charter in the Constitution
for fifty or a hundred years.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
Should Breathe Through the Nose.

"Have you ever noticed" said a
physician. show many of the people
you meet have the habit of keeping
their lips parted littiv'' Just OBJ
serve peoples mouths in your walks
about the city and you will be sur
prised at the truth of what am
telling you. Or perhaps you will
not be surprised now that l have
put you on your guard, but you
will find that the number is exceed
ingly large. l venture to say that
more than three-quarters of the
men and women to be met in the
streets of this city will be found to
have their mouths habitually partly
open. To some extent this is due
to the catarrh, which is almost a
national disease, which renders nose
bleeding in at least some eases not
an easy thing. Then l think it is
largely the result of bad habits
The habit of opening the lips lit
tie is easily acquired, and, like all
habits not easily broken. Then
again, there are some people who
have. the habit Of humming to them
selves as they walk, which naturally
tends to throw the mouth open. O1
course, the general habit of which
am speaking is an extremely bao
one. The nose is the instrument
given US to breathe with, and only
when the air passes through the
nose and is strained there, especial
ly in cold weather, is it in tit con
dition to enter the lungs. Much
more attention should be given tc
the formation of the habit of nose
breathing than is generally the case
This is fact that ought to be fore
IDLY impressed on the mind of every
parent and every teacher. After
violent exercise it is natural and
inevitable to breathe through the
mouth, just as the dog throws open
his jaws and hangs out his tongue
when exhausted by some special
effort. But the dog and all Other
animals when in normal condition
breathe only through the nose, ano
men, women and children ought te
do the same. IN. Y. Tribune.
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Bits of Information.

Philadelphia has as many Cath
olics as Rome has inhabitants. ~.
A machine has recently been in
vented for making shoestrings out
of paper.
Six millions of dead letters are
annually torn and sold as old paper !
in Washington. sctF
Hebrew women, on the average, y
are said to live longer than those
of any other race. I'm
The longest name in the Bible is
Observation-Disclosures; it occurs
in Isaiah, viii, 8. vA
East Side, in New York city, is
the most densely populated district
in the world, China not excepted.
Farm lands in the United States
taking the country as whole, oc-
cupy only 2S9 acres in every 1000.
From 10000 to 10000 hairs
grow in a human scalp, and accord
ing to highest authority they are
all numbered.
In London one woman in every
twenty is pauper, one in every thir-
teen is illiterate, and one in every
sixty is gin-drinker. aa5 .sa. b.
It is SAID. that between the Island
of Madagascar and the coast Of In
dia there are 10000 islands, 600 of
which are inhabited. sa
The bell-bird, in the forest Of
British Guiana, tolls out its solemn
note for vespers. The bell-bird is
white and about the size of dove.
The Dismal Swamp is not swamp
neither is it dismal or unhealthy;
it is beautiful stretch of pure wa
ter, and "the healthiest place on
the American Continent. M
The army of the United States
consists of 2, ,167 commissioned Off
GERS and little over 10000 private
soldiers, exclusive of those perform
ing civilian duties; thus one-tenth
of the forces consists of it's officers.
The largest county in the United
States is Custer county, in Mon
tana, which contains $4,000 square
miles, being larger in extent than
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connectf
cut, Delaware and Rhode Island.
The Supreme Court of the United
States is supposed to be always in
session, although it has what is
known as a regular term, commenc-
ling October 1st in each year. When
case will come on its docket is
something no one can tell. The
. Justices of that court have their
dockets arranged and their business
transacted in a manner to suit their
own convenience.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14
Flies Feet.

We frequently call flies a nuis-
ance, set traps for them, poison
them and do our best to annihilate
them as worthless and intolerable
creatures, and yet the life of a fly
is one of busy usefulness for the
service and good of man. He is a
scavenger of untiring activity, and
with so keen and quick a vision
that no particle of offensive matter
can escape him.
It is his business to pounce upon
every such speck and remove it at
once. With every such particle he
carries away a miasma that would
poison the air we breathe.
Some of these particles are too
small to be visible, but as they are
infinite in number, if left to ac-
cumulate they would soon be a
greater plague than any army OF
flies. At times the buzzing insects
may seem a torment hard to be
borne, but their services should not
be forgotten.
If the foot of a fly is put under
the glass Of a good microscope it
may be seen how simple is the con-
trivance that seems able to defy the
laws of gravitation. The foot is
made up Of two pads covered with
fine, short hairs, with q pair Of
curved hooks above them. Behind
each pad is tiny bag filled with
clear liquid gum. the hairs also be.
ing hollow and filled with the same
sticky fluid.
AS the fly glides rapidly over
smooth surface every step presses
out supply of gum strong enough
to give him sure footing and te
sustain him in safety if he halts
So strong is the cement, that ont
of his six feet is quite sufficient to
sustain the weight of his whole
body. But if he stands still tn
gum may dry up and harden quick
", and 40 securely fasten the trav
eler's foot as to make sudden stel
snap the leg itself.
i When it ia remembered that eacl
pad is furnished with ct least
. thousand hairs or tubes of cement
it is wonderful how many escap
| unharmed.-N. Y. Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowl
edged to be the sole representative of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and leav-
ing nothing undone to present its readers =
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as well as matters Of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, tine
future metropolis Of idaho, it is an ninvalua-
BILE guide for capital and Informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it. and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

the traffic is enormous. l have not
travelled any road yet that did not
average "public >" for every tive
miles, exclusive of the larger villa
ges. And finally, the revenue from
liquor is just now rapidly iacreas-
ing, from which economists argue
that the laboring classes are pros
perous.-Indianapolis News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

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- - how Three 1hsosaaA Dojaass .
ths own they livsl Will also fsniss
No On enPioyneut which that aynount
Tor me unless above Easily and quickly
hs'. aere bat worker from each district county
leaay taught and provided with emp3oymeat hsfe
ana ~ ere shisg over eeeoe yesr ssek sss NEW
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

,EkTA1N CURE FOR PILES, ON SALE
At Steward Bros. drue store. Price 81
PEI box. Full directions on each box,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

Philadelphia has as many Cath
olics as Rome has inhabitants.
A machine has recently been in
vented for making shoestrings out
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-03-14

1h. Bakery is supplied with hne
assortment Of
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21
Ne,csH Notes.


Count Arco. Valley, the German minister
to the United States, died in Berlin last
week.
The Democrats had a-sweeping victory
in indianapolis, President Harrison's home,
last week.
DIR. ]. A. p. Baker, of Abingdon, Vir-
ginia, convicted of numbering his wife, has
been granted new trial.
Steps have been taken in Woodstock to-
ward the erection of q monument over the
grave of the late Senator Riddleberger.
John Hoey, president of the Adams Ex-
press Company, has been removed because
of malfeasance in Office. Some crooked
performances are alleged against him.
VIM. NJ. johnson, of Martinsburg, an en-
gineer on the b. & o. r. R., in attempting
to board train near Weverton, Md, lost
his footing, fell under the train, and was al
most instantly killed.
An enthusiastic greeting it was Mr.
Cleveland had in Brooklyn last week, and
stirring speech he made. He is to preside
at business mems mass meeting i'll New
York next week-evidently he is in the fight
to say
The West Virginia Editorial Association
in session at Parkersburg last week, elected
r. f. Horner, of the Parkersburg Sentinel
president, and H. l.. Snyder, of the Shep'
herdstown Register, one of its delegates tC
the National Editorial Association.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21

Candidate Fassett declines to meet eX-
Senator Grady on the stump in New York.
Charles Townians who heard Mr.. Grady's
effective speech here last fall will admit the
wisdom Of Mr.. Fassell's course.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21

4 fight occurred Saturday near Clifton
Forge, Va, between a party of five negroes
from the mines eight miles distant, who had
invaded the town with the avowed purpose
of creating a disturbance and had defied ar
rest. and a posse of town officers who fol-
lowed them. One of the posse was killed
and another seriously wounded. Later
the negroes were captured in the mountains
after several hours search and a second bat
tie. i'm which one OF them was killed, ensu-
ed and the same night three or four were
taken from the jail and hanged. The town
was in a state of great excitement Sunday
night through fear of an uprising Of ne
groes, OF whom large numbers are employ
ed in the mines, and the citizens armed
themselves, but there was no further trouble.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21

The Mckinley tariff is wicked thing
but we owe il a measure Of gratitude for
having retired the bloody SHIRT from Ohio
politics and given the politicians OF that
state a real live issue to discuss.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21
Shorthand.

MISS sALLIE NJ. CHAPMAN, having taken
a course of Universal Shorthand" under
Prof. Strayer, will give instruction in the same
either in class or privately. For terms, etc.
apply at her residence on s. Samuel street ex-
tended.
Oct. p, 1S9l-3t.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21

The Cleveland baby is to be named Ruth.
II she shall grow up 10 be as good and as
handsome as her mother, without q doubt
Boaz will be looking after her by and by
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21

A chunk of hail which fell last week IN
Muusou. Mass, was four feet long, three
fee. wide aud two feet thick. Too short aud
thick to pass for John Sherman.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-10-21

Three newspaper men Of Chicago rode
on q locomotive to write up aud illustrate
a midnight ride last Thursday. The train
was wrecked by an open switch. They had
better have drawn on their Imagination.