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Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26

A-aA ~AA-a-A-- 1-A>A@>-S '%e-A-
cided 10 take siesta. 80 that nay voice
would be nice and smooth for the even
Ing. | pat the bureau against the door.
and. taking down my hair. was soon in a
profuse slumber.
AZ this moment the door was rudely
burst open by locksmith. who said that
he had come 10 put q new lock on the
door and At key 70 il. This did not oc-
cupy over an hour or so, and after that
be went away with the old lock. leaving
the door ajar while he got a new and
more desirable lock- / fell asleep again
then, for was worn out with the long
and weary miles OF railroad travel. Then
came bright young chambermaid with
a fresh porous towel for the room. She
put her pass key into the door and
turned IL two or three times. They al
ways do that, whether there is any lock
on the door or not. Even when the door
isn't locked they most generally sock q
pass key into the late keyhole, and rattle
two or three pounds Of brass key checks
on the outside. They do not knock-un-
less they have peered through the KEY
hole and observed that the guest is dead
Then they knock timidly, shrink and go
away.
The chamberInaid cannot understand
why great big man should desire to &C.
cupy his room at the hotel during the
day time. That he should want to
write or rest in his room seems very
morbid to most Of them, and man
does have TO be pretty well worn ont in
order to stay contentedly in the average
hotel room: but he does sometimes get
where even = second hand grave with q
lock on it would be welcome.
But the room refer TO was an aggra-
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26

Is one which = guaranteed 20 bring
YOU satisfactory returns, or III case OF
failure return OF purchase price ON
this safe plan YOU can buy from Gun
advertised druggist bottle Of I)T.
Kings New DlscoVeryfor consumption.
1t i guaranteed % hiring relief IN every
case, when used fos any affection oi
Throat, Lungs or Chest, such Is Con.
sumption, Inflammation Of Lungs Bron-
ohtis, Asthma, Whooping Cough
Group, etc, etc. Ii Is pleasant and
agreeable 10 taste, perfectly safe, and
can eiways be depended upon. Trial
bottles 10 cents, al Peek Brothers drug
store
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26
Merit Wins.

We desire TO say TO our citizens that
for years We have been selling Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
DIR. Kings New Late Pills, Bnek!en's
Arnlca salve and Electric Bitters. aud
have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or that have given such uni
yersal satisfaction. We do not hesi-
tate 10 guarantee them every time, and
we stand ready 20 refund the purchase
price If satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
thei. merits. Peek bros, druggists.
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26


main street il they haa not rescued him
as his head went under for the third
time -
Yesterday on board the train we en-
countered the fresh young man. He was
about nineteen and appeared to be talk
ing for publication. You have doubtless
seen the traveller who comes into car
and fills it wSh his presence. even as the
opening up = box or some precious
ointment Of skunk's OIL in close room
makes you forgcfneverything else but
the ointment. WI, this youth was
actually telling in all seriousness that
he had put M the night before at a
hotel where there was TO comb or brush
in his room. and he had to go down to
the common wash room TO comb his hair.
But he will grow up and get married
and have family Of his own, and occa-
sionally, as be gets older. he will remem-
Der how he advertised his verdancy in a
public place. for he was really a good
looking young fellow, and hts checks
will burn in the still watches Of the
night in year. to come when he recalls
the fluff and bloom OF his youth when
he lost control of the cork, and the fizz
and pop and gas Of his fermenting think
works escaped for an hour or 30 in a
crowded car.
There is something spicy and free and
reckless and thriving and unoonstrained
and hospitable about Texas, though, that
captures me. If your soul is getting
corns on it from trying to turn around
in the wall pocket of New York fat,
and you feel yourself getting conven
tional and pokey, and stiff and morbid,
and the moss is beginning to grow on
the north side of your soul, light out for
Texas-big, wide. breezy Texas, where
people know you on the cars ard beg
your pardon il they step on your feet;
where the cactus welcomes to its fuzzy
bosom the cultivated chappy in the thin
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores. letter, chapped hands, chilblalns,
corns and all skin erupt,ons, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed TO give perfect satlsiac-
ton or money refunded. Price IS cents
per box. For sale by Peck Bros, drug
gIsts, ocrner Monroe and Diyslon-sts.
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26

sncn poor bat
BGsaness Is poor GA this road, and 80 Il
has ~ be eh3i9z.g II requires over
fourteen aours - run from Houston -
Shreveport, and then sometimes yoa sre
On the Shreveport bus three hours more.
The Shreveport bus i reckoned all over
the world 70 De the toughest method Of
travel known The sIrs~ts OF Shreve-
port have no bottom, and. - IN many
other southern cities, Thousands Of doh
lars worth of bricks. broken stone.
gravel and idiCcy are piled On top Of shas
rapacious and hungry mud hole. Gully 10
disappear in . month or 50, and year
after year . hollow ehested treasury
soos upon the bosoEn Of tadpole In
Tested street, while the commercial man.
the most Dangerous advertiser IN the
world, damns these wrefched roads Ia
every city where he registers. and thus q
little III directed energy damages the
fair fame Of al excellent town.
The bus man showed Ine where one Of
his horses would have crowned on the
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26

NRs Wfxslow's SOOTHING SyKCY has been used
for children teefhing. IL soothes the child.
softens the gums. allays all pain. cures wind
collie. and is the best remedy for diarrhoea-
Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26
"How to Cure All skin Diseases"

Simply apply 'SwAYNr's OINTMENT
No internal medicine required. Cures
letter, eczema. itch, all eruptions on
the face, hands, nose, etc, leaving the
skin clear, white and healthy. Its
great healing and curative powers arc
possessed by no other remedy. Ask
your druggists for SwAYSE's ONT
MFNT."
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26

Guarantee pr. Acker's Blood Elixir.
for 4 has been fully demonstrated 10
the people of this country that il =
superior 10 all ether preparations Tor
blood diseases. Ii Is a positive cure Tor
syphihtic poisoning. Ulcers, Eruptlons
and Pimpiss, Ii purites the whole sys-
TEN and thoroughly builds up the eonsti-
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26
@ulx

sswhen ] MAS ali run down ana al.
ways sick sbed," writes one lady, i
fonnd Ia Hoods SarsApsriiis the restor-
alton 10 health and strength % much
desired." B. Be sure 10 get Hood Q.
Telegram-herald., 1891-04-26
For Over Fifty Years

Peckham's Group Remedy cures
whooping cough.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
Cheap Reservoirs.

Mr.. G.. D. Durham says that the
cheapest reservoir that a man can
build on his land for retaining water
for irrigation purposes is tunnel
run into a hill. An open reservoir
in canyon or other suitable place
will lose one-third of its water dur
ing the summer from evaporation,
while in a tunnel there is no loss.
A small spring will supply tunnel
with sufficient water for many pur-
poses. He has illustrated this in
practical manner. On his own land
at Mesilla Valley he ran a tunnel
thirty-five feet long into hill, in
so doing tapping a spring; this
tunnel he damned up, leaving
space thirty-ive feet long and the
size of the tunnel, which is about
five by six feet, to be filled with
water. The water he carried to his
house in pipes and we observed that
it supplied his dwelling, another
near by, his barn and drying house
for raisins, as well as irrigated quite
space devoted to flowers for gar
den. He says that the tunnel is
the cheapest and best form, and that
for each dollar expended one can
obtain a space equal to twenty-five
cubic feet.-Scientific American.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
What the Pallium Is.

The pallium, such as was con-
ferred on Archbishop Katzer, is
white wooden band, about two inches
wide, and long enough to be worn
around the shoulders and be crossed
in front. 1t is made at Rome from
the wool of two lambs which the
sisterhood Of Santa Agnese offer
every year on the occasion of the
feast Of their patronal saint, while
the Agnus Del is sung at mass. The
pallium has crosses worked upon
the white wool in black, and orna-
ments are attached to the ends.
It is sent by the Pope to every
newly appointed Archbishop, and
the origin of it's use for this purpose
dates back to very early time in
the history of the church. 1t IS
mentioned in an ecclesiastical doc
ument at the time of Pope St. Mark,
who died in the year 1856, and an
eighth century mosaic represents
Pope St. Leo in the act of receiving
a pallium almost like the one con-
ferred upon Archbishop Katzer.-
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
A Musical Well,

One of the most curious wells in
the West is on the place of Henry
M. Henderson, on Oakes avenue.
This we'll can play tune on dozen
different instruments at the same
time, and has done it, which is an
accomplishment that no human be-
ing is known to possess. The we'll
is about 100 feet deep. At nearly
all hours of the day or night wind
blows up from the bottom of it, and
whistles through the cracks in the
tight board covering. When the
wind does not blow out it seems to
be sucked in by the we'll. An abund-
ant supply of good water is in the
we'll at all times, and where the wind
comes from or where it goes is q
mystery which Mr.. Henderson has
not solved. One day not long ago
Mr.. Henderson collected all the
musical instruments he could,
amounting to eight, from his neigh
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
Another Curious Clock.

A novel clock is now being ex-
hibited by the Watchmakers' Union
in London. 1t is of wood, beauti-
fully carved, and stands 6 feet in
height. The case is a perfect fort
in miniature, and instead of a bell
and striking hammer the hours are
announced by buglar, who emer-
ges from a door at one side of the
fort and blows the call to assemble
and march. Almost instantly doors
open on all sides and regiment of
automatic soldiers, six abreast,
march out, wheel to the left stop a
few seconds to mark time." and
then march through another part
of the fortress to the barracks.
These marches and counter marches
occur each hour. If they come out
to announce the hour of o'clock
one soldier fires his tiny gun, at 2
o'clock two soldiers fire their pieces,
increasing with the hour until the
twelve leaders fire their guns, the
rear ranks bowling their heads and
pointing with their bayonets to-
wards the dial of the clock.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
A New Bullet.

A laborer at Aldershot became
the unwilling subject of an inter
esting but painful experiment q few
weeks ago, when he was shot, acci-
dentally, through the thigh by q
soldier who was practicing with the
new Lee Metford magazine rifle,
which had just been adopted by the
British army. The bullet passed
clear through the thigh, but the
wound healed so rapidly and well
that the patient was up and on q
meat diet in eleven days. In twenty
four days he was discharged as well,
with his leg in as good condition as
ever. Soon after this the unlucky
man caught cold and died of bron-
chitis. and the army surgeons
promptly seized the opportunity OF
making a post-mortem examina-
ton. They found that all internal
traces of the wound had vanished.
From this fact they draw the con-
clusion that, whatever may be the
power Of the new rifle in disabling
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
Terrible African Ant.

There are great many species
of ants in Africa, some of which are
found in vast numbers. The most
remarkable and most dreaded of
all, the bashikouay, is most vora-
cious creature which carries moth
ing away but eats its prey on the
spot.
1t is the dread of all living ami
mails of the forest-the elephant,
the leopard, the gorilla, and all the
insect world-the man himself is
compelled to flee before the advance
of the marauders, or to protect him
self by fire and boiling water. 1t
is the habit of the bashikouays to
march through the forest in a long,
regular line, about two inches broad
or more, and often miles in length.
All along the line, large ants, who
act as officers, stand outside the
ranks and keep the regular army
in order. If they come to a place
where there are no trees to shelter
them from the sun, the heat Of
which they cannot bear, they i'm
mediately burrow underground and
form tunnels. 1t often takes more
than twelve hours for one OF these
armies to pass.
When they grow hungry, at GER
tain command, which seems to take
place along the line at the same
time, the long file spreads itself
through the forest in front line
and attacks and devours all it over
takes with fury that is quite ire
sistible. All the other living inhab-
itants of the forest flee before it.
Their advent is known beforehand
the still forest becomes alive with
the trampling of the elephant, the
flight of the antelope, or of the ga
zalle. of the leopard, of snakes, all
the living world, in the same direc-
ton where the other animals are
fleeing away.
Their manner of attack is an i'm
petuous leap. Instantly the strong
pincers are fastened, and they only
let go when the piece gives way.
They even ascend to the top of the
trees for their prey. This ant seems
to be animated with kind of fury.
Sometimes men condemned to
death are made fast to q tree, and
if an army of hungry bashikouays
passes, in a short time only bare
skeletons remain to tell the tale
New York Advertiser.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
Gamy Meats Not HeaIthful.

There are many people who pre-
fer 'gamy" meats, or, in other
words, meats that are little over
the line of decomposition; nor are
they ready to accept the fact, long
ago established, that such meats
are not only unit food, but are in
a high degree harmful. When de-
composition occurs. poisons are
developed. Healthy adults are able
to resist these poisons to a trifling
extent. Just where the resistance
lies no one knows. but it is gener-
ally accepted that it is in the liver.
This theory is supported by the
fact that those who are inclined to
be bilious and have sluggish and
otherwise deranged livers are al
ways upset, if not made really i'll,
by meats or fish that have become
in the slightest degree tainted
Mining and Scientific Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
bors and friends. He bored holes
in the boards covering the we'll, and

bors and friends. He bored holes
in the boards covering the we'll, and
at one aperture placed cornet, at
another bass horn, at another a
clarionet, then a fife, an immense
tin horn about three yards long,
which he had made, mouth organ
and other instruments, up to the
number mentioned. One after axa-
other they began to blow as he put
them in. The hoarse growl of the
bass horn mingled with the clarion
tones of the cornet and clarionet,
etc. When all were going the din
was terrible, and there did not seem
to be-a good note sounded. The
wind does not come up from the
we'll in a steady blow, but in gusts
of more or less force, and it was
amusing as we'll as astonishing to
hear the old bass and the nine-foot
tin tube snort together.-Tacoma
Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
One Use for q Watch.

A watch is useful in a number of
ways besides mere time indicating.
In civilized community it's value
as compass is not very great, but
a man travelling around and occupy
ing strange beds can protect him.
self from pneumonia by its aid. If
there is a suspicion of damp about
the sheets lay the watch between
tween them and either smoke a
cigar or read awhile. Then take out
the watch and if there is any film or
mist on the glass do not 60 to bed, or
if you do, sleep between the blank
cts, which are never damp. Hun
dreds of drummers, and especially
men past youth or middle age, take
this precaution and profit consider
ably thereby.-St. Louis Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
NOTICE
OF Application for a Permit to Cut
Timber Upon tho Public Mineral
Lands..- -UnsurveYed.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, in compliance with the Act
ofCongress approved March 3. 1891, apply
10 the Honorable Secretary OF the Interior
Of the United States for a permit to cut
timber upon a tract of public mineral land
situated about six miles, in westerly
course, from the town of ketchum. Altnras
county, Idaho. ~ miles from sawm.ll. on
the left-hand fork of what is known as Dry
guch, commencing at a stake marked No.
at a point about 80 rods from mouth OF
said Dry gulch, in a westerly course from
stake; thence in southwesterly course
22 rods to stake marked No. 2; thence
ma course about 20 degrees south of east
erly course POO rods to summit of noun
tam to stake marked S. F.; thence east OF
north about 20 degrees, a distance OF 252
fods thence 20 degrees north OF west to
point OF commencement, distance OF Z33
rods. Also, to cut timber on creek about
lWo miles from sawmill, in westerly
eourse estimated amount of timber to be
about 10000 feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
hetchun, August I, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
Tartar on the Teeth.

Dentists have discovered that tar
tar, calcarious deposit on the teeth,
is more abundant in persons OF
highly nervous temperament than
in any others. The explanation,
according to an observant dentist,
is that persons of highly nervous
temperament secrete more saliva
than others, and as tartar is carried
by saliva in solution, the deposit in
the case of such persons is unusu-
ally large. 1t is well-known fact
that the nervous condition has
marked effect upon the salivary
gland. An Oriental method of de-
tecting crime is to take several per-
sons suspected of offense and re-
quire them to chew dry wheat. The
nervous fears of the guilty man
seals mp his salivary glands and he
chokes in attempting to reduce the
grain to pulp.-Scientific Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31

a much larger number of men in a
given time than the older weapons,
the severity Of individual wounds
inflicted will be much less. In
place of large apertures and tracks,
where there always was considera-
BILE destruction Of tissue, they inf1ict
much smaller wounds, with such
trifing damage to the soft tissues
through which the ball passes that
the destruction of substance result
ing is almost inappreciable. The
size and severity of the wound
will be further decreased by the
sheathing of hard metal encasing
the bullet, which prevents the lead
from breaking up on contact
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
THE FITCH OF BACON.
A Queer Old English Custom Which
Tests Married Happiness.

There are a great many who con-
tend that marriage is always dis
appointing, and in a majority of
cases a failure.
Although this is the complaint
all over the civilized world, there
is but one place where the matter
is put to a real test; that is in the
country town of Dunmow, England.
Two hundred years ago or more
Lord Baron Fitzwalter instituted a
custom in the town by which he
could determine what proportion of
marriages were failures. He offered
prize of fitch of bacon to those
who spent year and day happily
as man and wife.
He prescribed the following oath,
which had to be subscribed to by
man and wife applying for the prize !:
You shall swear by custom of confession
That you ne'er made nuptial transgression
That since you were married man and wife
By household brawls or contentious strife,
Or otherwise at bed or at bread,
Offended each other in deed or word;
OF in twelve month and day
Repented not in thought any way;
Or since the parish clerk said Amen
Wished yourself unmarried again,
But continued true and in desire
AS when you were joined in holy quire.
AS the custom was made perpet-
ual, it is still observed as occasion
may demand. Last month, a court,
composed Of the Chief Magistrate
of the county, the parish curate and
the Sheriff, was convened at Dun
NOW for the purpose of making
awards. Three couples appeared
before the court, took the prescribed
oath, and were formally awarded
the pieces Of fitch.
How many of our young people
who have been married year and
a day can take the oath and claim
the prize?
This would be a novel feature for
our Exposition; also, for the church
fair, or any social occasion. In ad-
dition to it's novelty it might have a
tendency to induce young husbands
and wives to live more exemplary
lives.
As rule the failure of a marriage
begins during the first year, and if
both parties do not make special
efforts to eliminate the elements of
discord the end will certainly be
disastrous.
Marriage rarely proves to be all
that is expected by either party. 1t
is necessary, therefore, for each to
bear and forbear until they become
perfectly adapted to their new posi-
tions. They must do more; they
must study to please each other. If
they do not they will be constantly
treading on each others toes, and
instead of a pleasant, profitable
home, they will have a place of tor
ment in which to live.
Our system of education is at
variance with human happiness.
Instead of teaching the young to
depend upon each other, they are
encouraged to act with perfect in
dependence in all the matters of
tatse. We are only free and inde-
pendent as far as doing good is
concerned. No one is free to do
wrong.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-10-31
Supcrstitions About Birds.

In many parts OF Saxony the
peasants will not raise chickens,
even though they could double
their investment many fold. They
call the male of the barnyard fowl
the "bird of ill omen," from a no.
ton that he "crowed for joy" at the
time of the cruci6xion.
The majority of sailers on the
Atlantic ocean religiously believe
that the frigate bird can start at
daybreak with the trade winds from
the coast of Africa and roost the
same night upon the American
coast. Ornithologists say that un-
der favorable conditions the frigate
bird will make 200 miles an hour.
In Sweden the turtle dove is
looked upon as sacred. The Swedes
call it "God's bird" and "Noah's
Bird" from notion that it is the
same species of bird that the COM
mander of the Ark sent out to bring
back tidings Of a receding food.
In France the quail is called the
Bird of Prophecy; this from an
idea that the number Of his calls
foretells the price of wheat. If he
calls twice without resting the farm
er expect but 2 francs per bushel
for his grain; if the birds calls four
times he expects to realize twice
the price which two calls insures.
In olden times a bird called a
"phenix' was thought to live in
the deserts of Arabia. His lease of
life was said to be 500 years, at the
end of which time he built nest
of spices and famed it into a flame
with his wings. The fame reduced
the bird to ashes, out of which he
sprung to live another 500 years.
richardson says that he had fifty
orifices in his beak, through which
he sung melodious airs.
The raven was also one of the
chosen birds of medieval supersti-
ton. Knapp calls him
The hateful messenger of heavy things,
Of death and dolour telling.
Dayton speaks of
The greedy raven that doth call for death.