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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01

The KErsroNx has long been ackpow
EDGED TO be the sole representative Of the
dreat Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as il 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, the
future metropolis OF Idaho, it is an invalua-
bic 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, 1891-08-01

standing Of John Smith. "John
Smith," somebody else replies.
"Oh, he is "a whereas. The phrase
is in common use. A stranger is
not long in learning the meaning.
"a whereas" is a man who has had
piece of property sold out by the
sheriff to satisfy mortgage. One
can readily trase the derivation by
thinking for moment of the form
in which sheriffs' sales are adver-
tised: "Whereas, John Smith, by
his certain deed Of trust" and so
on and so on. That is the way the
official information starts off, and
that is why John Smith is called
"a whereas. Chicago Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01
Naming q State.

The State of Washington owes its
name to Kentucky member of
Congress named. Stanton. The petit
ton to be set off as separate Ter
ritory from Oregon was before Con-
gress as early as 1852, but was not
acted on till 1856. The name pro-
posed was Columbia, but Stanton
said: eve have already a Territory
of Columbia. This District is called
Columbia, but we never yet have
dignifed Territory with the name
of Washington. / desire to see. if |
should live so long, at some future
day, sovereign State bearing the
name of the Father of his Country.
/ therefore move to strike out the
word columbia wherever it occurs
in the bill and insert in lieu thereof
the word Washington"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01
A New View of Tom Paine.

A book that will make contro.
versial stir is the exclusive life OF
Thomas Paine half completed by
Moncure D. Conway. The book will
present Paine in a light differing in
many important respects from that
in which the author of the "Age Of
Reason" has been viewed hitherto.
Mr.. Conway has not only made a
long and careful study of Paine's
published writings and of the bio
graphical material already in print,
but has sought by personal search
in England and in this country
to command material essential to a
full and satisfactory account Of the
mans personality. In this search
Mr.. Conway has made significant
discoveries which will give to his
book peculiar interest.
As far back as 1859 Mr.. Conway
then busy clergyman at Cincinnati
offered defense of Paine's charac-
ter and theories. The address made
a sensation, for Mr.. Conway's COM
ments were taken as the first effort
ever made by a Christian preacher
to check the sweeping denuncia-
tons of Paine.
To-day" says Mr.. Conway, sit
is difficult for us to realize the atti-
tude of those who criticised the
Age of Reason thirty years ago.
Paine was pictured as a monster,
generally, of course, by people who
had not read his writings at all and
the epithets heaped upon him were
as fantastic as any applied to the
most hardened hereto that ever
lived. AS matter of fact Paine
was not only deist, he not only
believed in God, but was a reverent
believer. In fact the attitude of
Paine-the scourged and villifed
Tom Paine-toward the bible and
the general beliefs Of the Christian
church differed in scarcely any ma
terial respect from the attitude of
the advanced Unitarian church to-
day. Paine anticipated a great
many of the changes which have
taken place in all the Christian
churches and he did so without eyer
taking the position ignorantly as
cribed to him by those who have
no actual knowledge of what he has
written. New York Recorder.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01

here are 64,OO0,00 stars.

There are "a ,OOO,OOO stars.
Negroes rarely become bald.
Dynamite was invented in 1846.
The river Nile is 5000 miles long.
The onion originally came from
Egypt.
The Caspian Sea ia the lowest
body of water.
There are about 2,7O0 ties in a
mile on railroad.
There are % acres of land to every
inhabitant of the globe.
Mechanics head the list Of inver-
tors, then come clergymen.
It is said that bunch of clover
in room will rid it of flies.
Only 20 per cent of the murders
committed yearly are ever found out.
The first printing-press in this
country was set up in Harvard in
1889.
Sea water is heavier than fresh
water because of the salt dissolved
in it.
The finger-nails grow between one
and half and two inches in length
yearly.
AS many as 1000 people are said
to be "lynched" in the United States
yearly.
A woman at Sabinsville, Penn,
counted the stitches as she knitted
quilt. There were nearly 100000.
1t is proposed to introduce rein
deer from Siberia to Alaska to be
utilized by the natives as beasts of
burden.
The immigration to this country
which passes through the port of
New York, amounts, roughly stated,
to 1000 a day.
From the vital statistics of tho
large cities in this country it ap-
pears that at least 10000 children
starve to death every year.
America has sc, 900 miles of boun-
dairy, or more than the coast lines
of Asia, Africa, Europe and South
America combined.
The density of population in En-
gland is estimated at 492 to the
square mile; of Germany, 22l; of
France, 1877; the United States, 19.
Needles, in the days of Henry
VIII, were 80 rare that an old play
records the fact that whole village
turned out to hunt for lost one
"by the light of a cats eye"
In An address at the laying of th .
cornerstone at the Jewish syna-
gogue in New York, Erastus Wiman
stated that the Hebrews in America
number less than 100000 in q
population of 64,0O0,00O.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01
Monsters Passing Away.

lc dR0 OA mOuSIclS ud5 pIctCy
nearly passed away. only few re.
naming, like the elephant and the
whale. Small animals with plenty
of sense will always survive stupid
giants in the long run, because they
require less food and know better
how to avoid danger. Observe, in
illustration, how the doom of ex-
tinction has fallen upon the gigan-
tic mammals which roamed over
the earth by myriads only so short
time ago, comparatively speaking,
as the beginning of the present era,
called the "cenezoic." There was
the "dimoceras," which lived in
herds about the lakes, as the depos-
it's show-big as an elephant, but in
appearance somewhere between the
rhinoceros and the hippopotamus,
with three pairs of horns on its head
and huge saber-like tusks that fit-
ted into sheaths in the lower jaw.
More imposing yet was the ''tin-
oceras," somewhat similar of as
pect and sixteen feet long. Not
less impressive was the "megather-
ium," or giant sloth, as large as two
elephants, which attained a measure.
ment of eighteen feet and procured
the leaves on which it fed by seat.
ing itself upon its mighty launches
and uprooting great trees. Of the
"dinotherium," no complete skele.
ton has been discovered, but it was
doubtless the biggest land mamma.
that ever lived. A tull-grown skull
of this earliest of proboscidians
which had long tusks as we'll as &
trunk, measures five feet from the
point of the lower teeth to the toI
of the head. The 'brontops" O
elephantine size, had a head like {
rhinoceros, with huge horns. Quite
as remarkable was the "sivatheri
um," a beast like an antelope, bu
big as an elephant, with two conica
horns on the front of its head, ano
two immense spreading ones be-
hind: Among birds were waders
ten feet in height, such as the 'di
nornis" and "gastonnis." Contem.
porary with them were the nam.
moth and mastadon, the woolly
rhinoceros, armadillos nine feet in
length, and the saber-toothed tiger
larger than the greatest lion of to.
day. All that is left of these won.
ders of animal life is found in de-
posts such as those of the western
lake beds. For years the Govern.
ment has been engaged in excavat-
ing their bones, which are now to
make part of what is destined to
be the greatest geological show or
earth.-Washington Star.
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Y, IDAHO, SATURDAY. AUGUST /, 1891.
The Hottest Place on the Continent.

j. H. Gilmour, who has spent six
months at Salton, CAL, gives the
following information to the cores
pondent Of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat 1t is probable that
when the lake suddenly appeared on
the Colorado Desert and the news
of it reached the world last week,
not one person in hundred who
read the accounts knew where SAL
ton is. It is pretty we'll known now
as the lowest point of the great Col
orado Desert and the hottest place
in this country-not even barring
Yuma. It is just about midway of
the desert, and it was celebrated,
before this lake appeared, solely as
the scene of the largest salt works
on this coast. All the proprietors
of the salt works had to do was to
scrape the salt from the surface Of
the soil and clean and grind it.
You can judge that it was a bonan-
"a. Only four white men remained
regularly at the works through the
summer, as the heat became so un-
endurable. The Indians did not
seem to mind the heat, and they
were able to work as we'll when the
thermometer was at 145 deg. in the
sun (and 1875 deg. in the shade) as
on cool winter days. No one who
has not spent few days in the
desert in midsummer can get any
just idea of the terrific heat of
Salton. 1t is an actual fact that
during last month, when 1 was
there, | have frequently boarded the
cars and ridden to Yuma to get q
breath of fresh air, and you know
the soldiers joke about the heat of
Yuma. The air is shifting at Salton
from 8 A. M. to nightfall, and if one
makes the least exertion perspira-
ton pours from him like water.
You cross the room and your clothes
will be wringing wet, yet in ten
minutes all this water has evapo-
rated. To keep yourself alive you
are forced to drink water by the
gallon. If you have no water, your
tongue swells, you suffer torments
of the damned, and if water doesn't
reach you in twelve or fourteen
hours, you will perish miserably.
The Indians can stand the heat
much longer without water. The
custom is to keep small pebble
in the mouth and only take an oc-
casional swallow Of water. In this
way they will travel forty or fifty
miles in day, going on a dog trot.
The Indians are very extravagant,
and those who work at the salt-mill,
though they earn good wages, never
have anything. They spend all on
canned fruit and other costly arti-
cles, as we'll as on gaudy clothing for
themselves and their squaws. They
are worth seeing on Sunday, when
they array themselves, the women,
who have gone nearly naked during
the week, donning corsets, and the
men wearing shirts that would
make tennis dude envious."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01

that Office is remarkable. The few Amer.
ican Presidents that remain (three) is in
itself singular, but that of the seven Vice
Presidents of the last twenty-sight years
Chat being the period for which those
have been elected who have succeeded
Hamlin) there is but one survivor, and he
the man latest chosen, is almost appall-
ing. There is something like fatality
following the men who have filled the
Ofice.-BostOn Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01
Cured by Smallpox.

Lee Austin of Fresno, now sojourning
in this city, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle, tells remarkable story Of how he
was transformed from helpless cripple
to perfect physical condition. Some years
ago, when rich placer mines were dis
covered at Golden, COL, Mr.. Austin was
among the number who focked to that
locality in search of wealth. While fol-
lowing the occupation of miner he was
frequently wet, and sciatic rheumatism
obtained firm hold on his system. He
was obliged to give up mining, and pur-
chased an interest in a store at Antonito.
He gradually became worse, the rheuma-
tism spreading all over his body. From
a robust young man of 1s0 pounds he be-
came q cripple, weighing 100 pounds.
His left arm became paralyzed and he
required the assistance of nurse night
and day. He was not even able to turn
himself over IN his bed, and the pain he
suffered was most excruciating. Various
doctors attended him, but without any
beneficial results. Magnetic healers tried
to give him relief, but failed. He visited
several hot mineral springs in Colorado
and New Mexico, but derived no benefit
therefrom.
"When l was given up by all of the
DOCTORS" said Mr.. Austin, II had talk
with my friend DR.. johnson, and he said
that the only chance had to recover was
to contract smallpox, which was then
raging in Antonito and vicinity. Before
that dread plague passed away it had
carried off over 400 victims. So rapidly
did the graveyards fill up that gentle
man who held office in Colorado donated
plot to be used as cemetery. was 50
sick that friend Of mine named Mum
son jokingly remarked to me one day:
Say, old boy, why don't you die and have
the honor of being the first one planted
over therer L will live to see you plant
ed / replied. A day or two after the
poor fellow was stricken with the black
smallpox and soon passed away, and was
the first to be buried in the new cemetery.
Here was my chance to follow DR.. john
son g advice. ! called to see my friends
body and lowered around the door of the
room in which he was laid out, talking
to his doctor. l was frequently told to
60 away, but this was not my purpose.
In less than two weeks I, too, was stricken
down with the smallpox, contracted from
my dead friend. For thirty-one days l
was bedridden, six days of which / was
unconscious. During that time the rheu-
matte diseld dcrs in my blood passed away
through the eruptions that attend small
pox.
ION recovering my senses ! surprised
myself by scratching my head with my
paralyzed hand. / was SO overjoyed that
| yelled like Comanche Indian, and my
nurse thought l had gone crazy. AS soon
as was able to leave my bed found
that the rheumatism had all gone and l
rapidly changed from a deformed invalid
to a strong, healthy man again. This
proves that desperate cases neeo desper-
ate cures"
Mr. Austin is about 81 years of age and
to day is as fine speciman of manhood
two small pits remain to show that he
was ever afflicted or rather blessed with
the smallpox.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01

A SIMPLE "foam," answering the same
purpose as seidlitz powders, can readily
ha made at home. Take half tumblel
of cold water sweeten to taste and add
enough vinegar to make it quite tart
about three or four teaspoonfuls, and
none but pure cider vinegar or that made
from syrups should be used. Take an
other tumbler, put in three tablespoon.
fuls of water, dissolve in it third OF az
even teaspoonful of soda, or sufficient te
neu,ralize the vinegar; pour the two
mixtures together, stir until it begins tc
foam. then drink quickly. You dnd i
will! make pleasant beverage.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,
NJ, < 1901

Land Office at Haley, Idaho,
May 5, 1891.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
sIoI Son TO make final proof in support OF his
sssaim and that said proof will be made be-
I iyre The Register and Receiver at HALEY
i.usho, .l, on June Is, 1891, viz: Abilah
ausinS tfor the SW d Sec. ii and w n NV
aSec. IA, TIP. 4 n, K. l7E.
ne names the following witnesses to
p,,I.: prove his continuous residence upon, and
,.ui'ifyauon ~. OF, said land, viz: II. NJ. Stew
TaiiIi Ta,i Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, Of HALEY,
W. T. RILEY, Register
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01

RELIABLE statistics show that the per.
centage of insanity amcng farmers wives
is greater than in anv other GLASS. The ex-
-planation is they work too hard, are left
alone too much. and have too little chance
to take recreation and enjoy society.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01

Next year will be the centennial
anniversary of the FIRST visit of white
men to what is now the State of
Washington. In May, 1872, Vancou.
yer visited the coast Of that State,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01
The New Word in Kansas.

An expressive phrase has been
coined to meet the Kansas City sit
uation. It is "a whereas" Some
body inquiries after the financial
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-08-01
Death in the Vice Presidency

The fact that the present occupant OF
the Vice Presidenag of the Republic is
the only living man who has ever held
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-11
A Question and Answer.

We are asked why the Capital de.
votes so much attention TO West Annap-
oils and Mr. George t. Melyin's sale OF
lots, de-?
We answer because it isi home en-
terprise-important 10 the growth and
business of the city, and as such we con-
slider it to be the duty of our citizens
and business men to give it aid and en-
enlargement. Hagerstown and Fred
erick city have profited by just such
movements. Mr.. Melvin has gone 10
great expense to advertise this sale in
Baltimore and elsewhere. If success,
il will tell upon the future of our city.
Let every public spirited citizen and
business man take hold of this oppor-
tunity and invest in few lots. Moth
ing can be lost, the investment will pay
and you will help forward great move
ment TO benefit the city such as Las
never occurred before. The sale comes
off on Saturday afternoon. The Free
Excursion train leaves the Short Line
Depot at go y. M for West Annapolis.
A Free Excursion will also arrive from
Baltimore. Now let every business man
who wants to help Annapolis, turn out;
attend the sale and buy few lots. On
the instalment plan not much cash will
be needed and a fine lot sale will adj
vertise the city as it never was before.
Now don't get left
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-11
Democratic state Convention

The Democratic Central Committee
met at the Carroliton hotel to-day at noon
to fix upon a day for the meeting Of the
State Convention. The Carrollton was
crowded last night by the leading Demo
Gratis OF the State and much speculation
was INDUCED in regarding the Guberna-
torial candidate Elk Mayor Hodges was
among the crowd, looking smiling and
happy So also was Farmer Brown,and
our genial friend Spencer c. Jones' All
seemed to be sanguine of nomina-
ton. or protested to be. Farmer Brown
is the favorite with the farmer, but the
great powers in the party-the profess
ional pollticjans-msy not agree with
them, but have fixed their affections upon
man they can more easily manipulate
should he reach the Executive Chamber.
Farmer Brown has drawn the first
blood" The Cecil county Democracy
have declared him to be their first choice.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-11

Camphor in Place Of Fly Screens.
II amuses me 70 see the weary clerk OF
assistant carrying home window screens
on warm evenings or taking advantage Of
the new patent and securing sections Of
frames 10 adjust and put together at his
leisure and at the expense Of bis fingers
and thumbs. Window screens are not
really necessary at all. AMI in many in
stances they keep flies in as well as keep
flies out. In our house we burned the
frame of our last screen door some years
ago. and have had the full benefit of the
unobstructed breeze al the summer A
little camphor placed on every window
sill viii keep out dies, except in the
kitchen. where the temptation is stron.
ger and the remedy of necessity little
more stringent. But little camphor
sprinkled on the stove now and again
will drive out the pests and keep them
out, while IL will also neutralize the un-
pleasant smell Of cooking.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-11
Naval Notes.

The proceedings in the court-martial
of Lieut. Com. Henry w. Lyon have
not yet been made public officially, but
1t is understood that the court found him
not guilty of the charges of negligence
in running the tug Triana aground near
Guy Head while he was going to the
assistance of the wrecked Galena AMI
Nina.
Among the officers likely to be trans
ferred from the Academy are Lieut. Com.
Sperry. Chief Engineer Fitch, Lieuts.
Low. Howard, Potter. Dodge, Miner,
Orchard, Sigsbee, and Ensign Dresel
The training ship Jamestown, which
leaves Newport, Rhode Island, July LIST,
for England and other countries has fol
its officers, Com. b. p Lamberton, Lieut..
Com. Albert Ross. Lieut. Theodore Por-
tor, Lieut.. Garst, Lieut.. Lasher, Ensigns
Tisdale and Davis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-11
The clty OF nagerstown. g


Mn ABBOTT If any of your readers
have been OF the opinion that Hagers
town, Nd. is dead and sleepy town,
they will be differently impressed il they
will make II q visit. While il has popu-
lation Of only about ~. 900. il is never
theless rapidly putting on the appear
ance Of city. Among its other indus.
tries, It has q silk factory which promises
in short time to give employment to
800 hands. A large cake and cracker
factory is in full operation, the Upde-
graff's glove factory also furnishes work
for quite a number of hands.
or the stores, of which there is large
number of all sorts and kinds. the Up
degraff's store of general merchandise is
the "Wanamaker's"of Hsgerstown. This
store has depth of two hundred and
twenty-five feet, and a width of forty.
feet. What you do not see in this store
you only have TO ask for IT, The new
court house is beautiful and large struc-
ture and the interior court room is fitted
with seats, so that all who attend pro-
ceedings of the courts can make them
selves comfortable The Hamilton House
(hoteD Will fayorably compare with
many hotels in cities of larger pre-
ension. Besides, there are several 9TH
er well equipped public places. The sit
uation Of the city is beautiful one. 1t
lays at the base Of the Blue Ridge and
is surrounded with most fertile farms,
with Pen Mar looking down upon it
] believe / voice the sentiments of all
the delegates to the Western District
Baptist Association when say that Ha-
gerstown is live and hustling city.
j. ID. II.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-06-11
Naval Orders
!. D.. r.

Rear Admiral Harmony authorized to
hoist his flag on the Lancaster June %
and ordered to proceed to the Asiatic
station and relieve Rear Admiral Be KNAPP
of the command of that station.
Commander John Schonler has been
detached from the command of the train
ing ship Portsmouth June %, and grant
ed two months leave.
Commander Sigsbes hasbeen detach-
ed from duty at the Naval Academy
June 90. and ordered to command the
training-ship Portsmouth.
Lieut.. Selfridge has been detached
from the nayy-yard Washington. and
ordered to the Lancaster.
Lieut.. Wise has been ordered TO ex-
animation for promotion.
Naval Cadets w w. Phelps and T. p.
Magruder have been ordered to MonoDga-
hela.
Surgeon T. III. Street has been order
ed to the Brooklyn.