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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21
The First 'sHuman ostrich."

The first case on record of hu-
man being indiscriminately devour-
ing everything that came within his
reach is that of the French boy,
Tarare, who first gave an exhibition
of the capacity and strength of his
stomach by eating a full peck of
carrots and seven bars of soap with
apparent relish. OF course he was
not always boy, and as he grew
up the freakish antics of his stom-
ach took many varied twists. On
one occasion, when a druggists
back was turned, Tarare hastily
swallowed a couple of dozens Of
corks of all sizes. At last, his stona-
ach being full of such indigestible
matter, he became the victim of vi
olent attacks of collie and was finally
compelled to seek the advice of M.
Girard of the Hotel Dieu. Girard
called counsel of physicians and
Tarare's case was thoroughly dis
cussed. They tried to explain to
the man what would be the final
outcome of such performances, but
were greatly surprised, if not an
gered and chagrined, to find that he
had actually swallowed watch
chain, seals and all, besides a bunch
of seven keys and a glove hook
which were on an ivory ring nearly
2 inches in diameter; all this while
the learned gentlemen were lectur-
ing him! At the time of this ex-
animation he regularly ate twenty
four pounds of beef day, besides
other victuals in proportionato
quantities. He now entered the
French Army, being first attached
to the Ninth Regiment OF Hussars,
Major Courville retaining him as =
freak. He was daily allowed the
regular rations of three men and
the right to the refused scraps and
other pickings. When on the march
he would catch eels and serpents
and swallow them whole. On one
occasion he ate a cat, bones, fur
and all, and was noticed to reject
the hair and other indigestibles
within the course of half an hour,
the process being similar to that
which carnivorous animals under
go. Colonel Marpel and General
Beauharris both make affidavit that
they saw him eat thirty pounds of
liver at one sitting, and others de-
clare that be once ate 14-months
old child !-St. Louis Republic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21
DEADLY "BluE Sun aEeRo." J"
Three Persons Die From Being
Bitten by One OF Them.

There has always been a super
stition throughout the South that
the bite of q "blue gum negro" was
as poisonous as that of a rattle
snake. While this has been the
superstition there have been doubts
about the existence of a "blue gum
negro" Many people know of other
people who have seen the so-called
poisonous negro, but few have been
found who have actually seen such
person.
The fact that such an individual
really exists and that his bite is
poisonous has been fully estab-
lished among the people along the
Saline river, south of Warren, Ark.
For several years there has lived a
family of negroes in cabin on the
bank of the river who have eked out
the usual poor negro existence by
fishing and hunting, the same as
hundreds of other families have
been doing for years in the same
neighborhood.
The family has never been noted
for any popularity, but recently
there has grown up a yeung man
who developed certain vicious tend
encies which were foreign to those
Of his family. He has been con-
slant trouble with his neighbors and
with the authorities on account of
certain thieving and fighting tend
encies. He got to be looked upon
as a "bad nigger," and was a sort
of desperate who was Stunned by
all right-minded people of his race.
Recently he got into a fight with
another "bad niger" who lived in
another neighborhood and whom
he met at dance near there. In the
fight he bit his opponent through
the hand, with the result that the
bitten man became deathly sick in
a few minutes, and in about three
hours died from the poison in the
wound. Afterward when the negro
was arrested he bit two of the con-
stables, and both died within four
hours of receiving the wound.
This strange incident caused an
examination to be made, and it was
discovered that the negro was ver-
table "blue gum negro" and the
fact that three deaths followed SO
surely and suddenly after the bite
convinced the people that the man
was not safe to be left alive, and
the result was that the night fol-
lowing the deaths he was taken
from the Jail and hanged to a tree.
New York World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21
New Bark on Trees.

It is not a new fact, but yet . 70
markable one, that if fruit.tree-
apple, pear or cherry-be stripped
entirely Of its bark in the second
week in June, q new surface Of bark
will Immediately take the place Of
the older one. It is believed that
the chief growth of deciduous trees
in our part of the world takes place
at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21
They Prefer Oleomargarine.

Surveying parties and hunters
who are obliged to carry their pro-
visions with them, prefer oleomar-
garine to genuine butter. When
butter melts from the heat of the
sun it becomes rancid and unit for
use, but you may melt oleomarga-
rine a hundred times and let 1t
become solid after the hundred and
first melting and it will be as good
as it was at first. It may not COM
mand as high . price as genuine
creamery, but for use in the held It
is better than any butter that ever
came from the churn.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21
He Got His Receipt.

"Nhat are you waiting for?' said
one of our local lawyers the other
day to an Indian who paid him
money. Receipt" said the Indian.
"A Receipt" said the lawyer, ia re-
ceiptl What do you know about
a receipt? Can you understand the
nature of q receipt? Tell me the
nature of one and Twill give it to
you."
"S'pose mabe me die; me 60 to
heben; me find the gate locked ;
me see 'Postle Peter, he say Jim,
what you want?' Me say: Want
to get in You pay A. that mo-
ney?' What me do? | hab no re-
ceipt; hab to hunt all over hell to
find you. He got his receipt
Carson Appeal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21

The K1ysroNE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as 1t is in the very heart of the most pron-.
fsing mining country OH the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-.
sent its readers complete synopsis of all
mining news and developments, as we'll as
matters of local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital 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, 1892-05-21
Beans for Horses.

There is no better food for horses
than beans. They contain more
nourishment than oats; and IN
Spain, Italy and some parts of Aus
tria horses are fed on beans regu-
larly. az we feed our stock on corn.
The use of beans for horses and
cattle produces q beautiful, soft,
sleek coat; the animals like the
beans better than they do any other
form of diet, can do more work and
gain more flesh while doing it than
L fed on any other sort OF food.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21
Chances for Lie and Desth.

The following table is one that is
used by the London Assurance COM
panies, showing the prospect Of life
at various stages. Il is the result
Of several years Of careful calcula-
ton, and is said to seldom prove
misleading or incorrect. OF course
sudden and premature death, as
we'll "a lives unusually extended,
occasionally occur, but this Is =
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21

From 1885 70 1892 but two Pres
;dents have had second terms. i
President Harrison is renomineted
and elected be will b in The III
With Lincoln and Grant.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21

table of average expectancy of life
of the ordinary man or woman: A
person one year old may expect to
live 80 years longer; of ten years,
81 ]; of twenty, Al; of thirty, "a;
of forty, 28; of fifty, 21 OF sixty,
IA; of seventy, 8; of eighty, 4.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21

The gastronomic law that oysters
should not be eaten in the months
without an r in them was laaa
down by . person named Butlsrs
nearly three hundred years age.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-05-21

when he returned to camp his ra-
ven locks had forever lost their
pristine hue and had suddenly
changed to the unnatural whiteness
they have ever since assumed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24
NOT MUCH FOR COTTON.
1T WILL OPEN LOWER THAN EVE IL
BEFORE KNOWN.
2,eee,0OO Bales Now in Stock Is the. Prime.
Cause for the Sickly Feeling--The
Dawson Market,

The indications are that the planters
OF this section will make less cotton this
year, and that they will get less for it
per bale.
The outlook is for lower opening
market than was ever before known.
IF it opens higher than cents in
Dawson on September 1, it will surprise
me, said an old cotton man to THE.
News. 'The fact is, the market in the
present stage is on the down grade, with
little hope of reaction before the staple
begins coming in.
You see, we date our cotton season
down here from September |, and the
present market is influenced chiefly Iby
the stock on hand, supplemented by the
prospective supply and demand. There
is no activity in the market just at this.
time, you will observe, with New York
quoted at cents. That means 6 cents
in Dawson for middlings.
just let the crop begin to pour III and
somebody is going to get scared, in my
opinion, and down goes the market. A
feeling of confidence may arise later IN,
and hope for it, but right at IT, & artt
buyers are going to feel that W. ,.nd
low prices will prevail.
''The cause of it is the stock j on
Htnu' NoUOuy mas O0en needing NOftOn.
and, in fact, the mills have enough to.
run them for a considerable length CT
time under any circumstances. The.
present stock, L am told, is 1000, 600
bales, which is a half million more than
! ever before. That half million surplus
IS ut east enough to lake up the short
age that is claimed for the new crop so
taking it all in all, the controllers of
prices will hardly find it possible to sup.
port strong market this season.
II cannot see, however, even at the
low price of cotton, if all reportslbe true,
how the farmers are ruined by such
, prices. In the first place, they, as a gen.
eral rule, have raised more supplies this
year than ever before, and they have de-
pended less on cotton. OF course there
are exceptional cases everywhere, as
there always are, and somebody will
suffer-
"How will the Dawson market be this
season.? the cotton man was asked.
dawson will hold up her end OF the
rope to a dead certainty" he replied.
1--WE are prepared to pay as much as any
| place, barring seaport towns, and | thin k
the difference there will be surprisingly
small this year. There is little mon ey
for the planter and necessarily for the
buyer, warehousemen and commissi on
men. You see cotton will have to, be-
handled on close basis this year"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24
Praised by an Opponent.
From the Albany News.

From the Albany News.
Mr.. Stevens cheerful acceptance of his
defeat at the hands of the convention.
and his pledge of suppoot to the nominee
OF his party, commends him to the pc o.
pie of the Second district as a true and
loyal democrat, whatever may have been.
said to the contrary during the campaign.
Such man and democrat as Mr.. Stevens
has shown himself to DE deserves to be
honOred in defeat
As champion of what'he conceived to
be the right, Mr.. SteTens has made a.
manly fight, and has accepted the result
with gracefuness shown by but few
men under such circumstances. Mr..
Stevens has only warm admirers among
his late opponents, and it will be with
pleasure that they join with him IL work.
ing for party success. They consluer it
an honor to be found fighting in the
ran rs with man of his stamp, a man.
whose devotion is so strong
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24
Enthusiastic over the Colonel.

The Blakely Observer speaks very en-
Enthusiastically of Jim Giiggs. 1t says.
"Hon. j. M. Griggs, # Dawson is just
as sure to succeed himself as solicitor
general of the circuit as the legislature
meets. And why not? He has made a.
good officer, courteous, affable and tai
ented. Being fine lawyer and the
choice of an overwhelming majority of
the voters of the Pataula circuit, the
legislature could not do other wise than
to elect him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24

Hicks, j. NJ. Lee, j. A. Harvin, j. B.
Bunch, John Singletary, j. B. Eason, w.
H. Gibbons and J. B. Case, and recon-
mend that they be seated.
Your committee find that the follow
ing delegates are entitled to seats from
Randolph county, to-wit: NJ. c. Edwards,
d. r. Stewart, j. B. Dozier and F. B.
Trippe, and recommend that said dele
gates be seated by this convention.
Your committee recommend that both
sets of delegates from Clay county be
seated and allowed to divide the vote of
Clay county.
Your committee also recommend the
adoption of the majority rule.
Respectfully submitted,
w. n. SPENCE, Chairman.
D. A. RUSSELL,
w. NJ. HARRELL,
JAMES KEEL,
7. E. WILLIAMS,
]. F. Monk,
B. F. HUDsPETH,
j. w. WALTERS,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24
Deaths.

Miss Dollie, daughter of Mrs. Geor ge
Marshall, died Monday of malaral few er.
She was twenty-four years of age, and
was much beloved by all who knew h err.
Mr.. |. S. Hannah, father of Messrs. T.
r. and j. p. Hannah, also died Monday.
He was good man.
The remains of both were buried in.
Dawson YESTERDAY
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24
Going to Get Married.

Now that Ben Russell is going to con
gross it rumored that he is going to do
something even better than that DON'T
mention it, but it is rumored that he will
soon lead one of the bellies of another
state to the altar, Congratulations ALI
round, B en-.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24
RUSSELL IT Is.
r. HOBBS, CHAIRMAN"
,1poT THE SECOND DISTRICT DEM
OCRATS TO ORDER
last Wednesday--The Organization~.Th'
contesting Delegations--The Committee
on Credentials--Russell Nominated,
and He and Stevens
Enter the Hall Arm in Arm
c4o,,ops submits for the Good of the Party
and Makes a Patriotic Speech to the
Convention.

The nominating convention of the
Second Congressional District met in
Albany last Wednesday morning, and
finished it's business in the afternoon of
Thursday.
There were fully five thousand peo-
nile in attendance upon the convention,
and more interest was attached its de-
Tberations than any political gathering
ever before assembled in the district.
The outcome of the convention was the
nomination of Hon. Ben E. Russell, of
cambridge, for Congress, and the result
will be his triumphant election in No
yember.
Russell had the crowd in Albany, and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24

y
cheered for Russell, and waved their
hats and flags and shouted themselves
homse, The Stevens men caught the
enthusiasm and for several minutes they
made a demonstration that caused the
hall to fairly shake.
They Organize.
After the connection had subsidized,
the convention was called to order by K.
Hobbs, chairman of the District Execu-
1--WE Committee, VINO welcomed the del
e9ateS ana all Democrats to Albany.
He announced that the convention
would then be organized, and stated that
only those delegates from counties
WueIe there was no contest would be
allowed to vote in the organization of
Ihe convention The roll OF the counties
was then called and all the delegates
named IN their credentials to Capt.
Hobbs.
When the credentials had been taken
IN ana examined, Capt. Hobbs announc-
gu mat conteSting delegations were sent
from the counties of WORTH Thomas
nnaldolph and Clay. The delegates of
vnoSe tour counties did nor vote in the
temporary organization Of the cOnven-
IVG' The other eleven counties cast
their votes.
temporary Chairman Halves.
- w. ~ Spence, of Camilla, rose and put
90 ~ IoIHldJlon Tor temporary chairman
IT 'ne convention the name of Hon. A l..
n ma"eS' OF. Decatur county. His name
applause. - oi''0- . '''''
\ dro,,N' "nggs, of Dawson, then ad-
od,,Sy. the Chair, and after brief and
ton Re.llhehtary speech, put in nomina-
r uou Ior temporary chairman of the con-
foi 'Ion l Ihe name of Hon. II. c. Shelf
ned, of Early.
"I4 ~ the vote stood:
Tn nav 2, Berrien 2. Calhoun
Il Total tur /, Dougherty ,, Mitchell 2.
29GI,E;tIFIELD-Colquit2, Miller 2, Terrell
E 2ultman ,, Early 2. Total 10.
Hawpp." HoDbS then announced the vote I:
IA, IN H. sheffield 10, and declared Hon.
sman as raves IL elected temporary chair
'"n Oh the convention.
lhey Proceed to Business.
and tboa a. l. Halves then took the chair
re res ,jiIan a them for calling on him to
ot the co UgSp the temporary organization
n 10 disc6orneo nIloh' lie pledged himself
Caled' n1 his duties faithfully. and
pIes y" On all the delegates to aid ilm in
B ,VTTyIRs order and harmony. 49,
Tif5oa G Ale4, Of BeTrien, editor of the
parry sec T@1elte was then elected tempo
Spenooe of the convention.
kommittea' Oh Mitchell, then moved that
lonsistt @S on rules and credentials t.,
h wIc5 oI / one member from every coun-
eXcept hoa iao no cOntesting delegations
be ab6 odGjeccatur, and two from Decatur
e., Mr. Griggs' Substitute.
itotee g. Of Terrell, then offered a sinh
rom lJit 1t ,1e motion of the gentleman
on ''''neLl'i in the shape of this resoiu-
ons ffIpS o@' t There are oontesting delega-
VIC counties OF Randolph,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24
Three Things to Remember.

Hoods Sarsaparilla has the most Merit
Hoods Sarsaparllla has won un qualeG
success.
Hoods Sarsaparilla accomplishes the
greatest Cures.
Is it not the medicine for you2
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24

Constipation is caused by loss of thee
peristaltic action of the bowels. Hoo DIS.
Pills restore this action and invigorate t he>
liver.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-08-24

when the convention was called to Or
derthe crowd rose up in their seats and
cheered for Russell, and waved their
hats and flags and shouted themselves
house. The Stevens men caught the
enthusiasm and for several minutes they
made demonstration that caused the
hall to fairly shake.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-22
AooEcdoyIDH Electric Heat.

THE warming of Conservatives
" by electricity, the idea of two
Swiss electricians, gives promise of
good results wherever, as in Swift
zerland, cheap motive power may
be had. A dynamo sends the cur
rent INTO receivers of special metal
lie composition, which become rap
idly heated to a moderate tempera-
ture only, and give f nth the heat
like steam radiators. The advan-
ia IS are considerable. The qp-
paratus is very simple and clearly,
injurious gases are avoided and
the temperature can be readily
controlled without risk of fire
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-22
Taste and Smell

@EcENT curious observations in
IL dictate that our appreciation of
food depends largely, if not chiefly,
upon the sense of smell. A student
2I years old had inherited from his
mother the defect-aCquired by her
in childhood-of complete absence
of smell, taste and other sensations
being unaffected. He could detect
no difference between tea, coffee
and wafer. In three trials out of
five he confused bitter almond water
and water, but distinguished be-
tween ether and water and ether
and ammonia Fruit syrups were
simply sweet, with no difference of
h vor. Cloves and cinnamon were
recognized, but mustard and pepper
gave only a sharp sensation on the
tongue
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-22
HypodermoHysis.

@ERTAIN Psychologists have
~ been able, with in eCted fluid,
to wash out the system through the
natural channels of circulation; and
DR.. Max Hildebrand, of San Fran
cisco states that it is possible to
infuSe INTO the veins without danger
to the organism all amount of fluid
equal to four times the no. NAL
quantity of blood. In experiments
made about three years ago OF
per cent solution of salt was inject
ed directly into the veins of dogs
and rabbits At a certain rate, the
salt water could be forced for hours,
and was promptly discharged in the
urine, but too great pressure was
fatal and the injection was safe only
when the heart was healthy. BY a
new method, due to Cantani, the
injections are now made hypOder-
miCally without risk, this process
being called "hypodermonlysis.
1t was first employed to prevent
drying up of the tissues after reat
loss of blood and in cholera, but
has given promising results in
cleansing the blood from poisons,
such as those of typhoid fever,
ur9mia, septic blood poisoning,
gastric or intestinal ulcers, and
snake bites. In asphyxla from
Chloroform it has saved life when
electricity and artificial respiration
had failed. The salt water, with
antiseptic precautions, is injected
to the cellular tissue under the
skin, usually of the abdomen,
causing a tumor which lasts two or
three hours. The usual time for
injecting 80 ounces of solution is
about five minutes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-22
Recent Telephony.

@URING the last two or three
~ years, trials have been made
in the French army of the quite
remarkable telephone system Of
Capt. Charallois, which depends
upon the use of the Martin BIZ
metallic wire of steel core covered
with copper. This wire is stronger
and rusts less readily than that or
dinarily used. With a magnetic
receiver at either end, the wire IS
unwound upon we or dry earth, or
even in wafer, and without lnsula-
tion-contrary to usual theories
conducts sound to a considerable
distance The military telephonists
are organized i'll sets Of two men,
each set having equipment for a
mile line The simple receiving
and transmitting apparatus are
fixed to the military cap; and the
wire is carried on reels in a sort of
breast-pIate, being SO light that a
mans ordinary equipment weighs
less than six pounds. The wire is
rapidly laid by foot soldiers, cav
alrymen or bicyclists. By success
sive sets of operators line fourteen
miles long was est ,blished in five
hours and taken up in one hour;
and an order of assault, setting in
motion two army corps, was re-
celved and put IN execution in ten
minutes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-22
Peanut Bread.

Health authorities in Germany,
finding that the refuse left after ex-
tracing the oil from peanuts con
tains four times the nutritjve matter
of wheat and rye flours, have used
mixtures of peanuts and of peanut
refuse with rye -four for making a
very nutritious bread.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-22
To. MOderniZt d Clock.

An extension of the clocks Use
fulness has been sought by a St.
Petersburg inventor His dial is a
human lace, whose mouth, by a
phonograph attachment, is made to
call out not only the hours, but
any directions that may be left
with the apparatus.