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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
Properly Introduced.

"Fellow-citizens," said the chair
man of the meeting, whom nobody
knew, / take great pleasure in intro
ducing to you the distinguished
guest whom we have assembled this
evening to honor. I am glad it has
fallen to my lot to welcome him
among us. I can assure him that
his fame as an incorruptible states
man, an honored public servant, a
man of stainless record, of ire
proachable private life, of generous
impulses and of commanding tai
ents as an orator, diplomat and
man of affairs has preceded him. l
am no stranger-we are none OF us
strangers-to his worth, and among
those who hold him in high esteem
/ claim a foremost rank. l honor
him for his craftsmanship and his
devotion to truth. / esteem him
for his admirable personal qualities.
I respect him for his purity of char
acter, and I may say-in fact, | will
say-that I know of no other man
whom I rank higher in the posses
sion of the attributes / have men
toned. / repeat that the honor OF
introducing such a distinguished
fellow-citizen to this audience has
fallen to me. I esteem it high
privilege. l shall always consider
it one Of the proudest moments OF
my life. I shall long look back
upon it as an important event in
my history. I shall embalm this
hour-this occasion-in my mem
ory, and if should live a thousand
years it will always seem as fresh
to me as this moment. rejoice,
| say agan, to be the medium of in
Producing to you our illustrlous
guest whom T." etc.
Then the distinguished orator
and statesman, the Hon. Mr.. Great
man, whom everybody knew, rose
and said: II thank you sincerely
my friends, for this kind reception"
Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
Cooling q City.

A company is being organized
to build On the Back bay at Boston
refrigerating plant, from which
pipes filled with a continual flow of
cold air will be laid throughout that
section of the city. The pipes will
connect with a coil in the house of
everyone who desires to use it, and
it will be arranged that the temper
ature can be raised or lowered as
desired.
It is estimated that its use will
save annually 10000 tons Office and
do away with its unhealthfulness,
inconvenience and waste. The SER
vice will not cost any more than the
ice would cost and has the advan-
tage of making room cool and
dry, whereas ice makes it cool and
damp. This cold air can be used
in food chests, and sleeping and
living rooms.-Chicago Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
Costly Fox Hounds.

Lord Marlborough, the owner Of
the famous North Lincolnshire pack
of fox bounds, has recently furn-
ished some very interesting statis-
tics relative to fox hunting. His
Lordship says it is the means OF
circulating . large amount OF
money which eventually nnds Its
way into the pockets Of the farmers.
He states that there are $50 packs
Of hounds in England, Scotland
and Ireland, and, assuming the cost
Of fox hounds to be $3.50 for one
day per week for the year, stag
hounds to cost $3.50, and harriers
$1,000, keeping up the hounds in
the United Kingdom caused the ex-
penduture Of $2,O94, $50, and esti-
mating 1OO men hunting with each
pack, each man having three horses,
that meant that 90, 600 horses were
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
A Remarkable Speech.

"I have eaten apples that ripened
moro than 1900 years ago, bread
made from wheat grown before the
children of Israel passed through
the Red Sea, spread it with butter
that was made when Elizabeth was
queen Of England and washed down
the repast With wine that was old
when Columbus was playing bare
boot with the boys Of Genoa," was
the remarkable statement made By
Amaziah Dukes, . New York broker,
now a guest Of the Southern. The
remarkable 'spread' was given by
an antiquary named Goebel, in the
city Of Brussels, in 1874. The ap-
|plas were from an earthen jar taken
from the ruins Of Pompeii, that
buried city to whose people We ove
our knowlege Of canning fruit. The
wheat was takan from : chamber
ia one Of tho smaller pyramids, tle
butter from !. stone shelf in ~ OLD
veil 10 Scotland, whore for cento'
RES it had lain in an eartbsn crocs
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
The Game Of Pedigree Building.
Professor Milne Murray, lectul

Professor Milne Murray, lectur-
ing before the British Association
on the subject of pedigrees, struck
oil" to my thinking, in an equally
amnsing and instructive sense.
"Why, asked the Professor, SHOULD
we not seek to build up our pedi-
gree on the basis that we had two
parents, four grandparents: eight
great-grandparents, and SO on.
Consequently, if we took into ac-
count the twenty-five generations
that had elapsed since the Conquest,
instead of being decended from
somebody who "came over" in
1866, we should find by a simple
process Of geometrical progression,
that we were descended directly and
equally from another sixteen mil
lions of people who lived on or
about that date. We knew" added
the Professor, "who our parents
were; !" but he put it to any one in
the hall, "if he or she was able to
give a correct account Of the name,
dates or occupations of his or her
sixteen grandparents"
Now here is a capital game for
the long winter evenings that are
coming: Try how many of your
immediate ascendants you can re-
member. | can not, myself, give
an account of more than seven, and
they comprise two Italians, one
Pole, one Portuguese lady from
Brazil, one West Indian Creole and
one English lady, together with a
lady with a Slavoaic name, who, l
am afraid, danced on the tight rope
at the Carnaval of Venice in the
year 1856. OF course, there are
traditions in every family. and, on
the paternal side, our traditions go
40 far back as Roman gems, whose
names are inscribed on the Fasti
Consularies, in the capitol Of Rome
but legend is one thing and fact is
another.
The stumbling block in pedigree
building is the occasional cropping
out of a disreputable ancestor
whom you have a special reason fol
not remembering. Sydney Smith
used to say "that several members
of his family disappeared about the
time of the assizes )" and most peo.
4 pie remember the story of Alexan.
der Dumas, the elder, who had con-
siderable:dssh ofthe tar brushin his
veins, and who was pestered about
his pedigree by some antiquarian
Smellfungus. "Your father, NJ
Dumas" said the bore, "was, take
it, a mulatto." Eyes, SIR" "Thus,
your grandfather must have been q
negro" precisely SO" And your
great-grandfather, cher NJ. Dumas, .
IA monkey, sir" thundered the ex'
asperated Alexander; "my pedigree
ends where yours begins. &c. A
Sala, in the London Sunday Times
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
About Royal Appetites.

The ways of royalties are so IN
teresting to outside barbarians that
it thrills US to hear on good author
ity that the Car of all the Russias
eats five meals day, and that
England's Queen at no matter how
big banquet dimes modestly on
mutton or beef and wines or beer.
His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. is the
most abstemious of all the mon
archs. Sweden's Queen loves above
all things the meat pies that are
served in Nice; next to that dainty
she prefers the national dish of
buried salmon. The German En-
peror is fastidious about food, al
though no glutton. His especial
weakness is for ham and eggs
cooked in the English fashion. The
Empress of Austria gives her whole
mind to culinary Improvements.
She has invented an apparatus for
roasting 100 fowls at once. She is
not particular about her own eat
ing, but likes to provide for others.
The much-reviled Sultan Of Turkey
lives frugally on mutton, and
drinks only water. Bisnlark is a
tremendous eater. Almost fasting
through the day he reserves his
forces for stupendous dinner at
Z, when he eats like a pig and
drinks like a fish. President Car
not sets as good a table as the
country can supply, and. as indi-
cestion is unknown to him, he eats
like an artistic epicure. King
Humbert is a very small eater, but
it is whispered sub rosa that the
beautiful Margherita enjoys her
dinners as much as the nursery
queen enjoyed her bread and honey.
Every day of the year her majesty
has . dish Of strawberries served to
her. The King Of the Belgians eats
too much. The King Of Greece pre-
fers his viands cooked in the Dan
ish fashion. His wife, Queen Olga,
insists on Russian cooking. Little
Alfonso, of Spain, under the care
Of . wise mother and q profound
doctor. lives as wholesomely as
might q mountaineer's son.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
Most People are Liars.

1t sounds like rather sweeping
statement to assert that not one or
dinary person in hundred is in
the habit of adhering strictly to the
truth. This, however, has been the
subject Of some discussion in GER
tain circles with the conclusion as
given above. There is no positive
intention to state what is false
neither is the exageration in some
cases at all marked I; but according
to the New York Ledger, there is a
decided tendency to crowd the
limit of actual truth, and make
matters appear in light more fav-
orable to the speaker or less so to
some one else.
While it may be said that this is
only natural, it can, with equal pro-
priety, be urged that, if it is nat
ural, it should be bred out of hu-
manity at the earliest possible age.
But, instead of this, the home in
f1uences of most children and young
people tend directly to foster it.
The child who "speaks up" and
tells the best story to get the most
notice, and is often praised and
Aattered to it's face, or compliment
tary speeches made of its smartness
are repeated in its hearing. Grad
ually the habit of establishment
grows upon. it until it becomes sec
ond nature, and the child could
| scarcely confine itself to the truth
if it tried however much.
This is the age of sensationalism
and unless everone is able to tell a
story as good as his fellows he feels
himself somewhat behind the times.
Indeed, to be good story-teller is
to have passport to general favor
| and the assurance of a welcome al
most everywhere. The immagina-
ton is, therefore, drawn upon by
those who aspire to shine in this
particular, and every incident o1
nature in the least degree unusual is
stored up in the memory against
time when some other item may be
added to it, and from all of which
composite yarn may be spun
which will interest the listening
crowd in club-room or the corner
grocery. And after the habit of EN-.
bellishment has been cultivated in
storytelling it is very difficult to
conhne the tongue strictly to the
truth in ordinary events.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart of tho most proH-
ising mining country OH the face OF the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
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mining news and developments, as well ~
matters of local Importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
itaI and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
Bits Of Information.

Leo XIII is the 258th Pope.
Moscow has a $40, ,OOO, 900 church.
Uncle Sam has $50, GOO pension
erS.
We have 5000 women postmas-
ters.
The ordinary watch has ninety
eight pieces.
The ostrich is the swiftest live
thing that runs.
Laplanders often skate a distance
of $50 miles a day.
The pine tree is said to attain
the age of 500 to 700 years.
In Lapland dress fashions have
not changed for l 900 years.
The fortieth anniversary of mar
riage is a "woolen wedding"
The Governors of Rhode Island
and Ohio have no veto n.
Half of the wealth of 4 Country
! is in the hands of 1000 people.
The cornerstone of the White
House was laid on October 13, 1892.
In Ireland there are 10000 mud
cabins consisting of but a single
room.
The colored population of the
United States amounts to nearly
100000.
A watch carried by the Emperor
Charles v in 1880 weighed twenty
seven pounds.
Near Nisch, Servia, q building has
been discovered wholly constructed
of human skulls and bones.
In the reign of Henry VIII it was
enacted that no person should keep
above 1900 sheep nor hold more
than two farms.
Ninevah, the ancient city. was
| IA miles long and 8 miles vide,
surrounded by = wall 100 feet high
and % feet wide.
Woman Is the only female in Gre
alton who sings; she is also the
only female whose plumago is finer
than that Of its mate.
The President receives the salary
Of $5O, 600 year, and the expenses
Of the Office are paid by appropri-
atiops amounting to about $76,O zoo
: year.
The smallest race Of human b.
ines knoyn are the inhabitants ol
thu Andamap lslands. Their ~
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
Care Of Baby Ants.

One ofthe penalties attendant on
the high social development of the
ant is the extreme care that has to
be taken Of the babies of the COM
munity. No human baby is treated
with more solicitude than the help
less larva of the ant. From the
day it enters the world as an egg
to the time it sheds its last skin it is
constantly attended by its nurses,
fed several times q day and carried
about from room to room in search
of fresh air and to change their
quarters according to weather or
time of day or night. So delicate
are the baby ants that very short
exposure to wet or cold or the miss.
ing Of meal or two would prove
fatal to them.-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
Dogs Testify in Court.

A press dispatch TO the Salt Lake
Tribune from Cincinnati, O., under
the date Of November 18th, tells a
queer dog story, which is worthy
Of reproduction: "The testimony
of two large and magnificent mas
tiff dogs to-day settled lawsuit in
Magistrate Tyrrell's court. The
Squire was hearing the replevin
suit of DR.. Edgar Buck against John
Dallman, saloon-keeper on Gen.
trail Avenue. The dispute was as
to the ownership of the dogs. Wit
nesses for both parties had been ex-
amined when DR.. Buck arose and
stated that he desired to introduce
two more witnesses who had not
been heard. He was granted the
privilege, whereupon Constable Is
lnael brought from the rear room,
where they had been confined since
their seizure by the officer, two fine
large English mastiffs. The doctor
INTRODUCED them as Dane and Hec-
tor, and requested that they be
sworn.
The Squire looked up in aston
ishment, but DR.. Buck insisted, SC
the magistrate, appreciating the sit
uation, ordered the animals to raise
their right "hands." Instantly both
dogs arose on their hind feet and
raised their right paws, just like
a human being. DR.. Buck then
handed paper containing several
directions and questions to the
Court. The first read "Hector
stand up." This was put by the
Squire, whereupon the dog Hector
arose as before, but without raising
his paw. The same happened wher
Dane was told to arise. The next
read "Where is your masterY
This was put to each dog in turn
and in each instance the dog walked
back to DR.. Buck, who had gone tt
a far corner, and fawning upon hin
gave sharp bark and returned tt
his place before the Judges ros
trum. Then the question, "Wher'
| is Dane?" was put to one dog, who
turned his head, looked straight a
Dane and gave a short bark. Th'
same performance was gone through
by Dane concerning Hector.
Upon this the defense moves
that the dog farce be RULED out Q
the proceedings, but Squire Tyrrel
overruled the motion. The judge
ment in favor of DR.. Buck was thel
given by the Court and the dog
turned over to him."
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in icy water, and the wine was re-
covered from an old vault in the
city of Corinth. There were six
guests at tho table, and each had .
mouthful of the bread and tea
spoonful Of the wine, but was per-
mitted to help himself literally to
the butter, there being several
pounds of it. The apple jar held
about two-thirds of a gallons, and
the fruit was as sweet and the flavor
as fine as though put up yesterday.
Globe-Democrat.
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A rsndsrsoot's Experience in Texas

/ am just back from western
Texas, q country that possesses for
me q peculiar interest" " said George
Bishop, a commercial Pilgrim who
has long been q candidate for the
honors won by the late lamented
Mulhatton, to a coterie Of kindred
spirits at the Lindell in the hearing
OF Globe-Democrat man. II went
to West Texas in the seventies. l
had been reading of the enormous
fortunes made there in live stock,
and yearned to become cattle
king, wear spurs foot long and
draw my check for million. had
81 900 and a stomach that would
stand almost anything, and | fan
cied / was On the verge Of fortune.
/ bought a horse at Fort Worth,
then the toughest little village be-
tween Sunrise and Yuba Dam, and
struck out on a prospecting tour
through the Panhandle. But did
not go far. Nine miles northwest of
the Fort / met two men who were
riding mules and wearing enough
guns to place an arsenal on a war
footing. I thought they eyed me
rather suspiciously as | came up,
and, fearing they might be robbers,
pulled my deadly 22-caliber pistol
around where I could reach it with
out dislocating my arm. They no.
ticed the motion, and before knew
it I was looking into the muzzle of
a brace of Winchesters.
"Whar'd you git that hoss?" de-
manded the one on my right, who
wore big sombrero and billy
goat beard. l suppose that is not q
complete inventory of his apparel,
but those two articles impressed
me most. Now, that was not civil
question in Texas in those days,
but concluded not to resent it, and
instead of answering with naughty
scorn / replied meekly that l had
procured him at the fort and put
up 50 scudi for a quit-claim deed.
THAT don't co. said the gentleman
with the hircinous whiskers. That
hoss is mine and you're a blankety-
blanked stock litter. Git down. I
tried to expostulate, but he would
not have it. "Throw down your
gum was the next command. l
unbuckled my belt and allowed my
Terror to drop. They led me to a
scrub oak and were about to hang
me with lariat when three or four
other men rode up. They all rec
ognized the 'hoss' as the personal
property of my captor, and admit
ted that it was public duty to make
'buzzard meat of me. While the
moose was being adjusted one OF
them picked up my belt, drew my
pistol from its scabbard and exam
ined it eurionsly. Then he marched
up to me, held the gun under my
nose and inquired: Is that thing
yours?' 1 admitted that it was
'Fellers,' said he, solemnly, this
haint no hoss-thief; it's tender.
foot. He's harmless as a suckin'
dove. Ropes cost money. It'd be q
pity to spile one hangin' him. f~re
him loose and let him graze.'
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26

engaged, and. putting the cost of
each horse at 1915 per week, this
came to considerably over SIG, ,00O,-
600, 80 that the cost of keeping the
hounds and maintaining the hunt
in the United Kingdom came alto
gether to $22,O00,O 600, independent
Of other expenses, such as carriage
horses, cover hacks, travelling ex-
penses, etc. If these figures are
correct fox hunting is certainly an
important indust.y.-Philadelp
Ledger.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
The Exquisite Pleasure Of Falling.

"When my time comes to cross
over the river / hope to be killed by
q fall" said DR.. H. C. Smith. 1T
is beautiful death, and the victim
passes from time to eternity as
sweetly and painlessly as an infant
falling asleep. The old Roman
method of execution by hurting
from the Tarpeian rock was much
preferable, from humanitarian
point of view, to electrocution, be
the latter ever so sudden. | have
had several falls in my life that, ac-
cording to all accepted traditions,
should have proved fatal. | once
had a series Of falls down the steep
side of mountain, bounding TWEEN
ty to forty feet at time, and, strange
to say, l did not lose consciousness.
/ realized perfectly we'll what was
happening to me. / knew that !
was getting horribly bruised and
that bones were swapping in various
parts ofmy anatomy, but | expert
enced no pain whatever. l rather
enjoyed the bouncing, and regarded
the probability of getting killed as
comparatively trifing matter
When / finally came to full stop
l lay in a dreamy state for a few
moments, then drifted into uncon'
sciousness, upon what appeared to
me q sea of gold.
"When a man has a limb broken
by a fall, he does not know it unit
he attempts to rise. He may sus
pect that all is not we'll with him
but, to save him, he cannot locat'
the trouble. The most delightful
sensation 1 ever experienced wa
while falling from the basket of
balloon into Lake Erie. / had gon'
up at Cleveland with Professo
Hirsch. We were carried out owe
the lake, and, when about $50 fee
from the surface, the crazy old tral
exploded. To avoid being tangled
up in the wreck, l jumped. l
seemed to me that I was an hou
falling. My whole intellectual &C
tivity was increased to wonderful
degree. Great thoughts surget
through my mind, but | felt n,
anxiety whatever. | wished that
might fall forever. The rush of tn
wind was intoxicating. strucl
slightly sideways and the concus
| sion rendered me insensible.
seemed to have fallen into might.
pyrotechnic display. Blue, red AM
orange flames shot up and fell in
shower of jewels-then came obliv
ion. Oh, it was a glorious expert
ence, but withal q trife risky.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-26
TOBACCO AND. CIGARS
And Smokers Articles.
Give me a trial and l will guarantee entire
satisfaction.
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To NJ. r. EVANS, his beirs or legal repre-
sentatives:
You are hereby notified that we nave cx-
pended two hundred (20O) dollars IN LABOR
and improvements upon the Snmsty
Cup East and ShNtty Cup ~ ess
lodes, situated OH Trail creek, in Warm
Springs Greek mining district. nituras
ises under the provisions of Section 1924
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold tn, the same az ne
the proportion Of said expenditure due
from you, NJ. II. Evans, is $33 33l1, lawful
money of the United States, an! ii within
ninety days after the publication OF tins
notice YOU fail to contribute your proper
ton of such expenditure as co-owner, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the subscribers under said Sec
ton 2324. L. J. BAKNAKD.
S. ]. FRIEDMAN.
HALEY, Idaho, Jan, IA, 1892.
First publication, Jan. 30. 1892.
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The youngest barber known to
work in . shop is Nellie Wick
aged 4, in the Globe toilet shop.
Kings road Chelsea, London.
states an exchange. She recently
shaved Eve men in IL minutes, and
received medal for so doing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-11-03
Misses Lippman and Stanton.

The Johnson Ci4y delegation to the
opera at Bristol on Wednesday night
were very much taken with the beau
tiful Miss Jennie Lippman, who play
ed the part Of "Topmost," and also
with Miss Bessie Stanton who took the
part of Lord Razzle Dazzle"
Both Miss Lippman and Miss Stan
ton are noted all over the continent
for their fine and lovely forms. The
last issue of the Police Gazette has 8
life size picture of Miss Lipmann on
the first page together with quite de-
serving notice.
An issue ofthe same paper q few
days ago contained Miss Stanton's
picture. These beautiful young ladies
are very popular with the theatre-go
ing public, and are fast making thei
mark as the stars Of the company the.
are now with for 5he third season. ]
they return here they will no doubt b
greeted with full house.