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Ice Cream as a Medicine.

The value of ice-cream as q REM
edy for certain intestinal troubles
is being advanced. Some, indeed
most physicians permit it through
typhoid fever, always insisting it
shall be of the purest make. To
the story recently going the rounds
in print of the entire cure of case
of ulcer of the stomach by tho sole
and persistent use of ice-cream may
be added that of q woman. She suf-
fered from q serious affection Of the
eyes directly traceable to digestive
disturbance, and her physician
finally put her upon ice-cream as q
sole diet. For eleven months she
literally lived upon ice-cream with
the result to effect a complete and
apparently permanent cure. The
theory 10 that the cream furnishes
ample nourishment while the dis
eased intestines, chilled from the
low temperature Of the food, ara
prevented from getting up inaam.
nation during the process Of dfgesr
ton carried on By the healthy parts.
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Reasoning Powers Of Ants.

One morning q gentleman of
many scientific attainments sat
quietly and alone at his breakfast.
Presently he noticed that some
large black ants were making free
with the contents of the sugar bowl.
He drove them away, but they soon
returned, seemingly unwilling to
leave their sweetened feast. Again
they were dispersed. only to return
in increased numbers. There was
q lamp hook directly above the
center of the table, and, to try their
ingenuity, the gentleman suspended
the sugar bowl to the hook with =
cord, allowing it to swing clear of
the table about N inch. First the
sagacious little creatures tried to
reach it BY standing on each others
backs. After repeated efforts, all
of which were failures. they went
away and it was supposed that they
had given up in despair. Within
q surprisingly short time, however,
they we're seen descending the cord
by dozens and dropping themselves
into the sugar bowl. They had
scaled the wall, traversed the cell
ing and discovered the road to the
treasure.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09
The Holy Rose.

The Queen of Portugal is this
year the recipient Of the holy rose,
which the Pope bestows every year
upon some Roman Catholic prin-
cess for "virtue." The estimated
value of the jewel is fifty thousand
francs ($1O,000). The jeweler who
made it is a member of an ancient
family of goldsmiths which has
worked in the neighbofhood Of st.
Peters for the last three hundred
years. His fee was 81 600. The
stem of the rose is of solid gold,
and measures about one yard. The
cup of the flower is Of the most
delicate workmanship and 10 set
with magnificent precious stones.
The leaves are similarly set with
small gems, in resemblance Of dew
drops. The whole work Of art lies
in ! magnificent case Of white satin,
mounted with silver studs.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09
The "Treasure" State.

Montana is the largest of the
newly admitted states in fact, it is
as large as Washington and North
Dakota combined. It is one-sixth
larger than the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland. It is the
third state in the sisterhood, rank
ing next after Texas and California.
1t contains 143,776 square miles,
and is therefore the size of the states
of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia all rolled together. It is
about five hundred and forty miles
in length and half as wide. AS il is
approached from the east it seems
to be continuation of the bunch
grass plains which makes up all of
North Dakota. But almost all at
once upon entering Montana the
monotony of the great plateau is
relieved by its disturbance into hills
which grow more and more numer-
GUS, and take on greater and greater
bulk and height, until, when one
third of the state has been passed,
the earth is all distorted with
mountains and mountain spurs.
These are the forerunners of the
Rockies, which, speaking roughly,
make up the final or western third
of this grand and imperial new
state. A glance at the map will call
to the attention the apparently con-
Trajectory fact that the principal
seats of population ir the state are
directly in the Rocky Mountain
region. This is difficult for the
majority of readers to account for.
They think of the Rocky Mountains
as great bastions of bare stone, and
such, indeed, the main range is ;
but the spurs and lesser or side
ranges are grass clad or wooded ele-
vations, aud even amid the veritable
Rockies themselves are innumer-
able valleys coated with the richest,
most nutritious pasturage to be
found anywhere in the world. In or
beside such valleys are the cities
built there to be close to the mines
that are being worked in the mount
ains.-Julian Ralph in Harper 8
Magazine.
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Why He Resigned.

In 1851 the influx of immigration
included so large proportion of
the criminal classes that stealing
became business. A man by the
name of Murphy was caught with
two of Gordon's mules, which he
attached to his wagon to assist his
own team in pulling the wagon out
of miry place near Gordon's cor
raj. He was speedily arrested, and,
with the mules in his possession,
was brought before Gordon, who
was Justice of the Peace, and he
Immediately proceeded to try the
case. Murphy asked for jury,
which the justice refused on the
ground that juries were to decide
questions of fact; there were no
questions of fact to decide in this
case, as the prisoner had been
caught in the act, and it only re-
mained for the court to decide what
the penalty should be. The prisoner
then asked for q change Of venue,
which was also denied, and the
squire was about to sentence MUIR
ply to be hanged on an inviting
limb of an oak tree near by, and
which would have Immediately been
done were it not for the intercession
of q man named Mcdonald, who
informed the Justice y that he
had no legal authority to hang the
man. At this, it is said, Mr.. Gordon
became so incensed that he imme-
diately resigned his Office, declaring
that il he had no authority to hang
man for stealing he would be
Justice no longer.-Woodl CAL,
Democrat.
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MAllx. II 1af NEW WEST.
otatisttcs Showing Idaho to be the
Healthtest State In tho Union.

We have often spoken of the
healthy climate in the mountain
states Of tho northwest, where the
air is free from malarial influences
that infest the praires of the west
and the low lands of the Missouri
and Mississippi and their tributar-
les, says the Northwestern Fiana-
cier. To illustrate this fact, we here
give some reports from the United
States census. The percentage OF
deaths as given in mortality statis-
tics is as follows:
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Your Legions of Ancestors.

Did you ever stop to think how
many male and female ancestors
were required to bring you into the
world! Let US reason together on
this subject and see if we cannot
prove it to be a most curious and
interesting theme to write and talk
about. First, it was very necessary
that you should have father and
a mother-that makes two human
beings. Each of them must have
had a father and a mother, that
makes four more human beings
Then, again, each of these four had
a father and q mother, making eight
more representatives of Gods great.
est handiwork. So we go on back
to the birth of Christ, or through
fifty-six generations in all. The
result of such calculation, which
can be made in a few minutes by
any school child, will show that
139, ,235, OH, ,4S9, ,534, 1915 births must
have taken place in order to bring
you into this world. Yes, you who
read these lines. All this, too,
since the beginning of the Christ.
ian era, not since the beginning oi
time, by any means. According to
Proctor, if from a single pair fol-
5000 years each husband and wife
had married at twenty-one years o1
age and there had been no deaths
the population of the earth would
now be 2,199,915, followed by IA
ciphers. Verify, the human mind
shrinks from contemplating such
immense numbers.
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Foreign and Domestic Fruits
Kept constantly on hand.
TOBACCO AND. CIGARS
And Smokers Articles.
Give me trial and will guarantee entire
satisfaction.


To N. R. EVANS, his heirs or legal repre-
sentatives:
You are hereby notified that We have ex-
pended two hundred 200) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the Sooety
Zap East and Shatty Cap West
lodes, situated on Trail creek, In Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Aituras
county. Idaho, in order to hold said prem
ses under the provisions of Section 1924
Revised Statutes Of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
ior the year ending December 81. 1891; that
the he!proportion OF said expenditure due
ifom you, NJ. 4. Evans, is $33 33H, lawfnl
money of the United States, and If within
ninety days after the publication of this
notice you fail to contribute your proper
Won OF such expenditure AZ co-owner, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the subscribers under said Sec
aon 1894. L. J. BARNARD.
S. J. FRIEDMAN.
haley, Idaho, Jan ~, 1892.
First publication, Jan. 30. 1892.
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will be surmounted by the bird Of
liberty. The stars are to be set with
diamonds and the head of the ham,
mer is to be silver, on the face OF
which will appear in gold leaf the
seal of Nebraska. The handle will
be composed of various woods of
the state, alternating light and dark,
on which will appear, wrought in
high reliet, miniature designs Of
the state. A broad band of gold
will encircle the handle, on one side
of which this inscription will be en-
graved, "The Women of Nebraska. +"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09

The KrYsrorE is the sole reprysgut1qve
Of the Great Upper Mood RIVER. aANto0th
and Smoky mininE regions. and, located
rs 1t is in the very heart OF the most pFeE-
ising mining country on the face Of the
earth. and leaving nothing, undone orpre-
sent its readers complete synopsis Of All
mining news and Developments, - wsll-as
matters Of focal importsuce In and Stout
Ketchum, il il an Invaluable enide for cap
ital and informant to the settler OF. every
craft and position. Subscribe for il, read
it, and let your friends read it. - -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09

The hammer with which Mrs.
Potter Palmer will drive the last
nail in the woman's building at the
Worlds Fair will be furnished by
the women Of Nebraska. The de-
sign for it has just been determined
upon. It twill be = typical claw-ham-
mer with the national flag draped
ID folds about it. This will be
wrought in gold. The staff, or pearl,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09
Remarkable Transformation.

"About ten years ago." said q
Montana capitalist to the writer,
II had in my employ an Irishman,
a clever but totally uneducated fell
low, who did odd jobs about my
home in Helena. You remember
what a feverish state that whole
country was in about that time
over the rich finds in gold in the
country adjacent. My Irishman
caught the fever, and one day
astonished me by asking me to
loan him 5000, with which he
wanted to buy prospector's outfit.
The fellow begged so hard, and
money was easy anyhow, 80 l let
him have it. He bought him mule
and some tools and lit out for the
mountains alone. In about 8 month
he came back to Helena with the
mule fairly staggering under a load
of the richest ore. He hired three
men, bought three more mules,
went back to the hills and struck
town shortly afterward with four
mules loaded as the first one had
been. A representative of an Eng.
lish syndicate happened to be in
Helena about this time on the look
out for mining investments. He
saw the Irishman's little pack train
took sample of ore, had it assayed
went out and examined the claim
and then made the Irishman prop
osition that mighty nearly scared
him to death. l was sitting in my
Office at the time, when in burst
Mike in a state of terrible excite
ment.
swat do you think, sor, I'm
offered for me claim?" he gasped
lone million dollars and twenty
foive per cent of the net profits"
OF course, I told him to sell
which he did. It proved a good in
vestrnent for all concerned, as tht
Englishmen have taken millions o
dollars out OF the mine.
But now comes my point. Instead
of committing the usual follies thai
poor men always indulge in wher
they become suddenly very rich
Mike set about to get the highes1
benefits of his wealth. There lived
in Helena an English lady, widow
of an English officer, who was pos
sessed OF a high degree of culture
and refinement, though in very
needy circumstances. Well, sir
the first thing Mike did was to &C
to this lady and bargain for an edu
cation. He placed himself absolute
ly under her dictation; lived in the
same house, and she taught him
how to hold knife and fork, how
to enter and leave a room. Then
followed the rudiments of a literary
education and year or so of travel
I met my Irish laborer in the parlol
of a London hotel about six months
ago. You never saw q more perfect
gentleman in appearance in your
life.-St. Louis Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09

The above shows Idaho to be the
healthiest state in the union.
The reports of the surgeon-gen-
eral Of the United States army also
throws light upon the subject. The
percentage of deaths from disease
to each one thousand soldiers in the
different military districts are as
follows, the result Of the average
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09
Useful for Reference.

Here is an interesting table show
ing where the conventions of the
two leading parties have been held
for the last thirty-five years, and
the nominee of each:
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-07-09

The latter state again leads the
list. So far as statistics are obtain
able there is no climate in the world
as healthy as that of Idaho, and as
free from diseases of all kinds.
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respectful friend, always her tender
lover, always her equal partner,
always her superior protector
Things Useful to Know.
Doctors agree that the greatest
enemy to health in the South, 10 the
frying pan. s.o ,0Sa s1Asg ys3tas
One-quarter Of all the people bofn
die before six years; ene-half be-
Candied rose leaves, which won5n
eat with delight, are now: declared
to be injurious to the health. eag
A moderate eater who Hives to be
seventy consumes food enough 10
fill twenty ordinary freight cars.sE
Headache almost always yields
to the simultaneous application Of
hot water to the feet and the baek
of the head.
Epicures now claim that the fruit
course at breakfast should come in
at the finish, and many doctors add
that to begin with fruit often brings
on headaches, as the acids have
the stomach all to themselves for q
little while. fele s4 sia sg sssI
''Next to pork, says a physician,
"the banana is the most indigesti-
BILE thing person can eat, and If
you will notice you will see them
touched very sparingly by people
with weak stomachs. If you can
digest them, however, and don't
mind the offensive odor, they are
very nourishing." o @ lsl
HOT wATBR FOR INSOMNIA. 4ss
The utility of heat as remedy
for sleeplessness can scarcely be
neutrality-suspicious. in the
form of hot water. Insomnia il
frequently overcome by the persist
ent use OF. hot foot baths and sim
pie hot water as drink at bedtime.
Sleeplessness is commonly caused
by overfullness of the blood vessels
Of the head-the bathing of the feet
draws the blood from the head =
the hot drink distributes the gases
of the stomach and gives one 2
sense Of general comfort.
BREATHE THROUGH THE NOSE.
The only natural way for respira-
ton and inspiration is through the
nose. When we breathe through the
nose, the cold, dry, impure outward
air is sufficiently warmed, supplied
with watery vapor and freed from
dust. Smelling at the same time
through our organ of smell, assists
respiration. Only in the nose are
found those fine arrangements
which can prevent the entrance Of
injurious substances into the deeper
respiratory organs (larynx and
lungs). If we breathe through the
mouth the air is neither sufficiently
warmed nor satisfactorily moist
ened, and laden with all its bad
mixtures of dust and mineral, ami
NAL and vegetable origin, added to
injurious gasses, reaches the larynx,
the air tubes of the lungs. Snoring
is only the least among the evil
consequences of breathing through
the mouth.
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Hair Wreath Of 10 200 Locka

MISS Hattlo Chlpps, OF budde
Lake, N. J., once made . wreath
(which che still has in her posses-
sion wholly Of human hair. Il COM
prises 10000 locks from 40 mAay
different heads, and is arranged il
curious and beautiful designs, prin-
cipally leaves, lowers, etc. She
spent over . year in collecting the4
hair, which is Of every shade and
color, before the wreath itself vaf
begun. Il is : unique ornament ~
well as : triumph Of patience nd
ingenuity y,-ExchAnge 80
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In Favor Of High Living.

The Irish Times insists that the
upper story il the best part Of the
house, and advises people to live as
much in it as possible. It asserts
that it is the most healthy place in
the whole building. There is more
air, freer circulation and less of
the unwholesome dust of the street.
People often wonder at the good
health enjoyed by servants, despite
their constant and wearing duties.
It is to great extent owing to the
fact that they sleep in purer at
mosphere than any. other occupant
of the house. The attic, generally
devoted to storage and servants
rooms, is far more valuable than
the first and second floor bed rooms
occupied by the heads of the family.
There are certain physicians who
insist upon their patients being
taken away upstairs at the begin
ming of an illness. In the average
fiat house the top floor is always
rented for q lower sum than any
other This seems curious, as, save
for the extra fight or so of stairs,
the apartment is the best Of all.
It is sure to be light, while down
stairs it is often necessary to burn
gas all day. The air can circulate
freely, and there is no one passing
the door or tramping over your
head. Some people don't like it
because they get the benefit Of every
leak in the roof; but there is deep
consolation in the fact that no one
can be legally made to pay his rent
if the roof leaks.
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to his wife to help him to continue
TO manage her. Ia his brief essay
he said *The FIRST business Of the
husband is to manage himself 30
as to keep himself always his wife's
respectful friend, always her tender
lover, always her equal partner,
always her superior protector
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-04
LITERARY NOTES.

On the 10Th of September there will be
issued simultaneously in New York. Lon
don and Leipzig the latest work of Colonel
Richard Henry Savage. formerly of this
city, author Of "My Official Wife" and
The Little Lady of Lagunitas." 1t is en-
titled prince SchamyPs Wooing," and is
graphic story Of the Russo-Turkish war.
In each of the cities named an advance
order for 5000 copies has been given.
Romance the magazine OF complete
stories. shows every month new signs of
gan when Mrs. Kate Upson Clark became
its editor. The September issue IS the first
OF notable series Of special numbers Illus
trating the fiction OF different nations, at
least half of the stories in 1t being from the
French. Special numbers devoted largely
to stories from other foreign languages will
follow. The November issue will be .
special American number.
Among the announcements OF the Gen.
fury. Company for publications In October
is ''Some Strange Corners of Our Country"
BY Charles +. Lummis, author of "a Walk
number of interesting customs of the
North American Indians, etc, especially i'm
the Southwest. 1t will be richly illustrated
and with cOlOred froDtispiece.
1t will be remembered that some time ago
Rider Haggard made trip to Mexico for
the purpose of gathering material for one of
his stories, which was to be founded on the
history of the Aztec race, about which so
much quaint poetry ciings. A newspaper
man, an American, interviewed Mr.. Hag-
gard while en- route to his home in England,
and obtained the general outline to his
novel. For snme reason or other the Eng
lish author did not hurry his book, aud the
American conceived a brilliant idea. He
wrote the book himself, thinking he would
head off the Englishman in this country.
The work was sold to Morrill,, Higgins 81
Co. Of Chicago. and will be out in a few
weeks. The title is Tho Devils Gold, the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-04

the monks Of Sengakuji hold two months
commemorative festival, during which they
reap a harvest for their temple, as crowds
. of visitors daily view the tolnbs and worship
at the shrine. To this day when native
commits suicide u Is nearly always by dis
emb0weling. Two or three years ago. when
Count MoTi was Rssassinsted, his murderer
immediately attempted to perform seppuku
upon himself. but was cut down by police
man before he could accomplish his object.
Had he done so he would have been re-
gaTded by the multitude as hero and his
crime almost forgotten.
: When a man was officially condemned TO
commit hara-kiri he was given in charge TO
a daimO or noble and most elaborate prep
arati0Ds for the execution were begun. All
the details of the approaching event were
most carefully studied. for If any Of the
people concerned made a mistake the
bungler would be covered with mortifica-
ton and humiliation TO the end of his days.
At first official hara-kirl usually took
place in a temple. but In more modern
times the garden or palace OF the daimio
who had the prisoner in charge was Sc
Iected. IL the condemned man belonged to
either the daimio or hatamotO class the
ceremony took place in the palace. but if
he was OF lower rank then the garden was
considered good enough. in very ancient
.imes- il 10 claimed on good authority the rite
was ALWAYS performed in the latter place. A
Ieatbern carpet was spread on the ground
and a place incIosed by picket fence. the
nickets not driven into the ground, but sim
Div tied together. The size OF the Enclosure
5enauded upon the rank OF the criminal
csiIed a1ways the .'principaT-wh he
carIainIv was. or al least the person most
interested. To the Enclosure there was
sonth entrance, through which the witnesses
SU1an csiied s.tbe door of the practice of
,vir,ne . and a north one. called the door
Of the warm basin." through when .ne
aorincipaP' came. At the Tour corners