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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
One Of the Rare Metals.

Those with only an elementary
knowledge of chemistry are aware
that there are more than forty rec
ognized metals. A large number
Of these can only be regarded as
curiosities of the laboratory, for
there is no specific use for them.
Indeed, they are found in nature in
such minute quantities that some
of them are far more precious than
gold. Among these rare metals is
wolfram or tungsten, a use for which
has been found since guns Of enor-
NOUS caliber came into vogue.
It is, unfortunately, a matter Of
common knowledge that these guns
are liable to fracture, but it has
been found that by adding very
small percentage Of tungsten to the
fine steel Of which the inner lining
is made an elasticity is conferred
upon the metal which it did not
possess before, so that it will bear
expansion and contraction under
heavy charges without giving way.
Tungsten is awhile metal Of very
brittle quality, and its speei6c erav.
..itv is only q triae less than that ok
gold. Chicago Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
Curiosities Of Cycling.

Some curious facts are brought
into prominence by q correspond
ent Of Cycling who has been at the
pains to draw up comparative
table Of the rates of speed in differ
ent modes of locomotion. The ex-
press, of course, stands pre-eminent.
Man has as yet discovered no faster
way Of getting about on the earth's
surface. It will be a surprise, how
ever, to many to learn that the
safety bicycle, Of which SO much is
heard nowadays, only occupies in
this list the seventh place.
The fastest time in which train
has been known to travel mile is 49
seconds and q fraction; to accom-
plish the same distance the fastest
bicyclist who has hitherto ridden
took "a minutes, or just about three
times as long. An ice yacht has
travelled mile in I'm. 10s., 4 rum
ming horse in I'm. 25}s., q torpedo
boat in I'm. Sos, steam yacht in
2m. 12s. and a fraction, and q skater
On ice, with favorable wind behind
him. in 2m. 12s. with rather a-lareer
fraction. Alittle way after the safety
bicycle comes the ocean liner the
oarsman is much slower, taking
4m. 4Os. to travel = mile, and slowest
Of ill il the swimmer who requires
very little short Of half an hour to
perform the same journey.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
A Lawyers Fat Fee.

Not long ago Morris Butler, SON
of John NJ. Butler, who had just
arrived home from an evening party
at 2 o'clock in the morning, heard
q carriage drive up to the house,
and a moment later answered q
ring at the door bell. A young man
of handsome face and energetic
manner blurted out, without cere-
mony:
"What states can cousins legally
marry in?"
II don't know" said Mr.. Butler,
as soon as he could recover from
the effects of his visitors bluntness.
"but I will ask father"
lie went up stairs and, after much
knocking, aroused his father.
Father" said he, "what states
can cousins legally marry in?"
Kansas" was the single word in
between what sounded
suspiciously like snores.
Mr.. Butler returned down stairs.
"Well, what does he say7" asked
the visitor.
Kansas" replied young Mr..
Butler laconically.
"Thank you" The door was
closed and the young visitor was
gone.
Nothing further was thought of
the incident until yesterdays mail
brought Mr.. Butler a certified check
for 5000 for illegal advice" from his
hitherto unknown client. This is
probably the highest rate per word
ever paid for legal advice. It divides
into 800 per syllable and $33 33
per letter.-Indianapolis News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
Women Suppressed.

The truth has been told so often
that it hardly needs repetition.
Woman has been developed intel
tectually, as all acknowledge, later
than man. The reason is simple /:
During the period of physical des-
potism this influence carried away
with it mental despotism as we'll,
and the more finely organized sex
inevitbly yielded to the coarser.
Over the greater part of the globe
to the present day women cannot
read and write. 1t was only in the
time of George " that there was
abandoned, even in England, the old
law of "Benefit Of Clergy" which
exempted from civil punishment
those who could read and write
the assumption being that no wom-
an could read or write, and there
fore that no woman should have
benefit of clergy. A hundred years
ago, in our own country, we know
by the letters of Abigail Adams that
the education of women in the most
favored familie went little beyond
reading and writing.
All this is now swept away; but
the tradition that now lies behind
it, 1.-THE Shadow Of the Harem," as
it has been called, is not swept away
the tradition that it is the duty
of woman to eface herself. Mile.
de Scudery wrote half the novels
that bore her brothers name, and
he used to lock her up in her room
to keep her at it; yet he drew his
sword on a friend who had doubted
his claim to have written them ell.
Nobody now doubts that Fanny
Mendelssohn wrote many of the
"Songs Without Words" under her
brothers name, but she was sup
pressed by the whole family the mo-
ment she proposed to publish any
music as her own. Lord Houghton
learned in Germany that a great
part of Neander's "Church History"
was written by his sister, but the cy-
clopedias do not include her name.
On the whole, it is better to wait a
few centuries before denying lyric
genius to the successors of Sappho
and music to the sisters of Fanny
Mendelssohn.-Harper'sB Bazaar.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13

90 into the interior, for it abounds
in such numbers that no place is FREQ
from it, and it's bite is certain death.
Only one instance is known to
Indians where man has been bitten
and did not die, and this man was
wildly insane ever afterward. The
spider makes its home among tho
rocks, and when anything approach
es it rushes boldly out and makes
an attack so 6ercely that it is almost
impossible to escape it. Itruns with
great rapidity and climbs sticks and
trees as easily as if it were on the
ground.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
The Discovery of Wine.

Wine is reputed to have been dis
covered by Jemsheed, the founder
of Persepolis, the famous capital Of
ancient Persia. He was great lover
of grapes, and in order to have them
all the year round, had large quanti-
ties packed away in earthen jars.
After standing tor some time one Of
the jars was opened and the grapes
were found in q state of fermenta-
ton. Jemsheed imagined that the
resultant liquid was poisonous and
accordingly had it placed in other
jars which were labeled "poison"
and conveyed to his bed chamber.
One of the ladies of the harem
happened one day to be suffering
from a severe headache. So great
was the pain that she was driven to
the verge of distraction, and spying
one of the vessels containing the
grape juice, Immediately opened it
and took a copious draught of the
supposed poison. The wine rushed
to her head, overpowered her senses
and she sank into profound sleep,
from which she awoke perfectly re-
freshed. The remedy proved so en-
ticing that she INDUCED in it when
ever an opportunity presented, until
at last the jars were emptied.
"Soon after the king, being desir-
Gus of examining his poison" was
dumbfounded at its sudden disap-
pearance and Immediately insti-
tuted an inquiry as to who had the
audacity, not to say foolhardiness,
to tamper with the royal stores.
This resulted in the discovery of the
culprit, who confessed, and after
explaining the delightful effect pro-,
duced by the liquor, was fully for.
given by his Majesty.
He ordered generous quantity
of wine to be made, and, with his
court, reveled in the delights of
wine drinking for many years there
after. From that time to the present
day the Persians call wine Zeher-e-
Kooshon, which signifies delightful
poison" thus perpetuating the story
of it's peculiar origin.-Ex.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
The Wh1stling Girl.

The whistling girl does not com
monty come to a bad end. Quite
as often as any other girl she learns
to whistle cradle song, low and
sweet and charming, to the young
voter in the cradle. She is a girl o1
spirit, of independence of character
of dash and flavor; and as to lips
why, you must have some sort o1
presentable lips to- whistle; thin
ones will not. The whistling girl
does not come to a bad end at all
(if marriage is still considered a
good occupation), except cloud
may be thrown upon her exuberant
young life bv this rascally proverb.
Even if she walks the lonely road
of life she has this advantage, that
she can whistle to keep her courage
up. But in a larger sense, one that
this practical age can understand,
it is not true that the whistling girl
comes to a bad end. Whistling
pays. It has brought her money !;
it has blown her name about the
listening world. Scarcely has a
non-whistling woman been more
famous. She has set aside the ad-
age. She has done so much toward
the emancipation Of her sex from the
prejudice created by an ill-natured
proverb which never had root in fact.
But has the whistling woman
come to stay? Is it well for women
to whistle? Are the majority of
women likely to be whistlers? These
are serious questions, not to be ta-
ken up in a light manner at the end
of q grave paper. Will woman ever
learn to throw a stone? There it
is. The future is inscrutable. We
only know that whereas they did
not whistle with approval, now they
do; the prejudice of generations
melts away. And wo-
mans destiny is not linked with
that of the hen, nor to be controlled
by a proverb-perhaps not by any
thing.-Harper's Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
I, IDAHO, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY Is, 1892.

tive years, succeeded in gaining the
hand of Virginia. When she became
his what time was it7 Just won.
Alexander Little, discovering that
his only and fondly-doted-upon
daughter had eloped in her best
gown with an abandoned circus
man, hurried in pursuit. What time
was it? A little after two. Half q
dozen reckless men, maddened with
lemonade which had been served to
them at a church fair, went out to
fight duel. But such was their
ferocious thirst-not for more of the
lemonade, but for each others blood
that only half Of them took the
precaution to proviede themselves
with seconds. What time was it?
Three seconds to six.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
Poor Opinion OF the Average Man

1.-THE average mar. is dishonest, -
said prominent New York mer-
chant to your correspondent to-day.
The merchant is member of the
Chamber of Commerce and Board
| of Trade and president of another
commercial association. II do not
mean to say" he added, "that every
man is dishonest; far from it, but
I do say that the average man, and
the average woman, for that matter,
will steal if he or she gets a chance,
and l base my opinion upon my
own experience and observation in
business. During the past ten years
thirty-six Of my own employees have
stolen from me in amounts ranging
from few dollars to $1,000. A
recent case was that Of a $35-a-week
clerk, who defaulted for less than a
thousand dollars. Now, what do
you think of that record? Thirty
six discovered cases of theft among
my own employees in ten years I"
In answer to 8 question the mer-
chant admitted that be had not put
one of the defaulters in prison. The
tears of wives and mothers and sis
ters had moved him to mercy, and
he had simply let the delinquent
clerks go. Perhaps, if he had put
one of the first of them in prison,
there would have been fewer cases of
dishonesty to follow. Yet there
must be many defalcations in which,
though there is discovery, there is
no punishment other than dis
charge. Some merchants do not
wish it to be known that dishonesty
is possible under their system of
doing business, and others are pre-
vailed upon by friends of the thieves
to let them 60. No one but a vim
dictive man enjoys putting another
person in Jail. Here is a case in
point: James Brown Potter made
complaint recently in the Tombs
Court against Edwin J. Rooney,
son of the janitress in the building
in Wall street in which his Office is
situated. He charged him with
stealing check of $47, payable to
bearer, from his desk and getting
it cashed. Having had the young
man arrested, Mr.. Potter's sympa-
thies with the poor mother ofthe boy
were aroused, and now he will in
tercede With the district attorney to
have the criminal charge dismissed.
N. Y. Corr. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13

The KEYsroEE is the sole representative
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matters OF local importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
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craft and position. Subscribe for it. read
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
A Curious Law.

There is q law on the statute
books of Montana which allows any
person confined in Jail in default
of payment Of fine to take what is
known as the pauper's oath. This
means that the prisoner has to ac-
knowledge before a notary public
that he has not the necessary money
to discharge his obligation to the
county, and that he is incapable,
for obvious reasons, of earning it.
This affidavit is placed before a
Judge, who is to pass judgment upon
the application, but who is allowed
very little discretion in the matter.
The effect is this: Ordinarily q pris-
oner confined in the county jail tor
non-payment of a fine imposed for
misdemeanor, is allowed at the
rate of 81 per day. If his fine is
$25 and the costs SIS, or total of
$40, he must serve twenty days.
But by taking the "pauper's oath"
he is allowed the munificent sum of
IS a day, which in the case cited
would allow him to work out his
fine in eight days. The question
only came up a few days ago on the
application Of a colored man who
is serving out fine and costs for
cutting another man. His applica-
ton was allowed, though it is not
likely that this will be made cri-
terion for future cases, as most of
those sent to the county Jail for
misdemeanors are of the class who
would readily take an oath to their
poverty, if by so doing they were
allowed IS instead of 81 per day
toward serving out their sentences.
Helena Independent.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
NOTICE
Of Application for Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands -Unsurveved.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, in compliance with the ACT
ofCongress approved March 3, 1891. apply
70 the Honorable Secretary of the Interior
Of the United States for q permit to cut
timber upon a tract of public mineral land
situated about six miles, in westerly
course, from the town of Ketcbum. Altnras
county, Idaho. ~ miles from sawm.ll: on
the left-hand fork of what is known az Dry
gulch, commencing at stake marked No:
I at point about 80 rods from mouth OF
iad Dry gulch, in westerly course from
stake; thence in southwesterly course
252 rods TO a stake marked No. 2; thence
ina course about 20 degrees south OF east
erly course 200 rods to summit OF noun.
tain to stake marked s. e.; thence east OF
north about 20 degrees, distance OF zoZ
rods; thence 20 degrees north of west to
point of commencement, q distance OF zS3
rods. Also, to cut timber on creek about
two miles from sawmill, in a westerly
course, estimated amount of timber TO be
about 800 600 feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
Aeichum, August !. 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
Horological Conundrums.

At q dinner once q lady said to
w. H. McElroy of the New York
Tribune: Speaking of charity, a
philanthropist met three tramps
this morning; to the first he gave
S cents, to the second s cents and
to the third IL cents. What time
was it?" He could not guess the
Iconundrum, so she answered it
"A quarter to three" A few days
later, according to the Milwaukea
Wisconsin, she received from Mr..
McElroy q collection Of "horolosi-
cal conundrums," Of which the fol.
lowing are specimens: "Paul, after
|courting her for seventeen consecu-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
Telltale Footgear.

"There is more character in shoes
than in any other article of a man 8
dress" said a Broadway shoe dealer,
looking out upon the passing
throng one dull day. "a man may
deceive the eye Of an expert in every
other particular but in shoes. l
mean the kind and the way he wears
them. Walking is an involuntary
performance, and is not matter of
study and stimulation. Every man
will certainly wear his shoes in a
certain way. And as rule he will
wear shoes that fit his build, his
business and his temperament. In
nine cases out of ten when he comes
in here for new pair l can tell the
kind Of shoe he will want by the
manner in which he has worn out
the pair he has on-whether on the
toes, the inside or outside of heel,
on the ball of the foot, inside or
outside of the ball, or whether the
rest of the shoe gives out before the
sole. He may take some other kind,
but he'll want the shoes I select.
"Yes, sir, there's deal of char
acter in the wear of a shoe. Every
clever detective knows that. Give
good detective the imprint of q
criminals foot on yielding soil and
he can size his man up pretty we'll,
especially if the shoe be rather
worn. That's the only thing man
cant disguise. Lots of first-class
detective stories have been written
on this, but there is nothing remark
able about it to me. The individu-
ality in q footprint is the individu-
ality of the wearer of q shoe, and
I've been noticing that for thirty
years.-New York Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
"Sorrel Sue"

At Batesville, Ark, q recent shoot.
ing affray brought into notice a
woman known as "Sorrel Sue." She
always appeared in public riding a
sorrel horse. It was believed she
belonged to a gang who stole horses.
A surgeon who was summoned
to attend one of her admirers, who
had been wounded in the row, mis-
took his way and wandered into
Sues cabin. Before he could be
hustled out he saw things which
reused his suspicious. These be
reported to Sheriff Timcoe, who,
with a posse, managed to surround
the den of horse thieves, capturing
Sue and two of her gang. He found
that Sue had applied the means Of
bleaching her own hair to that of
her horses. When the posse entered
they found horse enveloped in a
jacket made of rubber coats, being
treated to q sulphur vapor bath.
The appliances were very ingenious,
and worked very we'll. A black or
bay horse would be stolen and run
into the bleachery. After its color
was changed and it's name and tail
trimmed, the disguise became SO
pronounced that without any great
risk the animal could be taken in
daylight through the very district
from which it had been stolen. It
was Sues business to not only su-
perintend the bleaching, but also
to ride the animal out of the coun-
try.-The Spokesman.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-13
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,
OH

May S, 1891. J
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
aen 10 make final proof in support OF his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
iose the Register and Receiver at HALEY.
idaho, on June Is, 1891, viz: Abilah
Adams, for the SW u Sec IL and w n NV
Zee. IA. TIP. N. Il. II E.
he names the following witnesses to
Prove bis continuous residence upon, and
sahyation Of. said land, viz: II. N Stew
siI, John Monks, Frank Mats. OF ketch-
qqm; Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, of HALEY,
W. T. RILEY, Register.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-07-02
Commencement Exercises.

The annual commencement of thu
Sisters Schools came off "Wednesday
evening the % inst, at the college hall
Early in the evening th Excelsior
brass band played several pieces OF i'll
sweet music on the green in front of The
hall, announcing to the people the open
ing of the doors.
The people, who never fail 10 show
their appreciation of the efforts of the
goods Sisters for the cause Of education
began to show up from every quarter
and at the time fixed for the beginning
of the entertainment, O'Clock, the spa
ciOus hall was literally filled with a
swarming mass of humanity. All had
come to witness the progress made by
the scholars of the Sisters schools.
The mothers had the little ore, boys
and girls. turned out in full force.
They were, in fact. The interesting
subjects OF this joyful and pleasant ga
theriDg CT our people.
The programme, which for lack of
space wn are forced to leave out, was a
long ard varied one, selected 10 please
a fastidious audience. We are pleased
to say the public were entirely satisfied.
of the entertainment. as Il whole ana in
oil its details. The children in their
different roles were OF a pleasing natur-
al. their diction, intOna:iOn and acting
were perfect, which is m unmistakable
proof Of the progress they have made
under the training Of the good Sisters.
The sa.utatoyy was delivered in
French by Master Ignatius Bienvenu, of
the graduating class, AID the yaie,licto-
fy was cOniided to Master George Gary,
also Of the graduating class.
The graduates tais year. are Masters
Robert and George Gary and Ignatins
BienveBu. They received their diplo-
mas from the hands cf Rev. Father
Langlnis. VINO was selected by the Sis
tiers to award the medals and prizes to
the meritcrious pupils,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1892-07-02

br9che don't vOus parlez; non
vOus ne pougiez pas encore re-
noncer a votre idole, a votre veau
dor; cette idole, &c veau dor
nous les commissions tous, nous
dGmocrates.
Encore guclques mots, non pour
me defendre contre les 1nesuuins
arguments du R6veil, car 70 mai
pas besoin de faire de grands eff
forts d'imagination pour prouver
que c'6tait bien mon droit de
reunir lie comite, don't j'etais lie
president. Et, JIG demande aux
vrais d6mocrates de la parosse St.
Martin: "Lequel DIES deux CO.
mites await lie droit d'existence
avant quill soft revise par vous?
Jeconnais votre r6ponso: Vous,
direz qu'avant d'6tre revise, lie
comite qui deyait seul exister
6tait naturellement celui don't
j'ai Ell l'honneur d'etre president.
Allons R6reil, vous auriez dh
ajouter que les Democrats de la
peroisse St. Martin auraient bien-
tot 4 choisir lcur comit6 ex6cutif,
ct, 81 l'auteur de Particle qui a ell
Ia pr6tention de me finir, veut
ttre membre dc &c comit6, il ma
qua Sc faire connaitie, ct je
Phonorerai dc mon vote.
Et pour finir enfn, je dirai an
Reveil que je sris en- effct etran-
ger, que pa pctrie adaptive, que
lie patric de mes enfants est la
Louisiana, ct que dams cette belle
ct pohle Louisiana i s'est trouvG
DIES sommites vraiment d6mocra-
ties, qui mont fat rhonneuf do me
compiler au nombre 10 letr freres;
ct ces sommit6s don't je parlc, q
la fois d6mocrates ct d6sinteres-
see n'syant Ell vac que l'avenir
de la Louisiana, ne sauraiont pre-
senter leurs mobiles mains a.tx de-
mocrates de rusine du Reveil.
tandis qu'elles serrent fratornclle-
ment les mienhes.
JEAN DOMEC.