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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02

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OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
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A. It As N the very heart Of the most pron-
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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02
4 MONUMENT 70 SPITE.
An Extraordinary Relic Of . Kings
Within on . Berlin Building.

There is one very funny relic of
bygone ages on house in old Ber-
lin. In the time Of Frederick the
Create father there we're two rival
blacksmiths living across the road
from each other. Each kept tally
Of the number and condition of the
others patrons. II chanced one
day that Frederick William I, who
was very fond of going about the
country disguised to feel the pulse
Of his people, rode up to one Of the
blacksmiths to have his horses shoe
frightened The daughter Of the
blacksmith opposite, seeing the ex-
ceedingly plain little parsonage on
horseback, considered him beneath
her envy, and, to show her contempt
for him, made q horrible face,
tbrusting her tongue out as far as
she could. Unfortunately, for what
has to be shown to future genera
tions, the damsel was no longer in
the springtime Of youth, nor was
she dressed az a modest maiden
should be before going to the win
dow to make faces at strange men
across the way. That day the King
called together the wood-carvers Of
Berlin and offered premium for
the most hideous Fury's head and
bust, giving them few necessary
points suggestive Ct the farrier lass.
A few days later the blacksmith's
daughter thought they had eternally
and totally eclipsed their neighbor,
for the Kings state chariot drove
up and stopped at her fathers door
but what was her horror when she
beheld the same plain little person
who had stopped at the rivals but
few days before, and behind him
a man bearing q Fury's head, the
throst and breast showing pitilessly
the ravages of time, the face horri-
bly, distorted and the tongue, long
and sharp, thrust out so far that it
seemed to be only another one of
the many serpents that writhed
about the head. -
The woman stood petrifed with
CONSERVATION, but the petrifaction
was soon changed to active fits when
she heard the little man, in whom,
by that time she had recognized the
King, give orders that the Fury
should be nailed over the door, to
remain there as long as wind and
weather should spare the wood.
And there it remains to this day, q
lesson to rivals and q warning to
petty spite.-Berlin letter to Louis
Vile COurier-J ournal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02

of trade, politics or practical arts
and the women ofbeauty and genius |
are the children or grandchildren !
of farmers and are spending the en-
ergies which their fathers hardy,
silent life accumulated in frosty fur
rows, in poverty. necessity and
Darkness
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02

and policemen and other officers of
the law are known as "screws." Beg
ging is called "bettering for chew
ing !" railway brakemen, brakes !"
prisons, "pens;; )" poorhouses, "po-
gies;" liquor drinking, rushing
the growler."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02
How Some Men Propose.


the matter over few evenings ago
and one woman held the floor.
'.Of course Charles case has
brought the matter forcibly before
me just now" she said mournfully !;
"but l always have contended that
men don't know when and how to
propose. I've refused at least three
whom I'd have married if they had
asked me at the right time"
A woman in q brown ulster, who
sat off in one corner, suggested that
it might have been bad policy to
marry all of them, but the speaker
treated this remark with the con-
tempt it deserved.
-"Charlie, you know, she went on,
poured the story Of his passion
into my ear at Harrigan's Theatre
during a performance of the Last
Of the. Hogans, and while the
Knights of the Mystic Shrine were
singing their touching lay. He said
il reminded him that he had been
worehiping at certain shrine, etc.
| refused him on the spot.
"A man whom III call George
selected a particularly cold evening
last month, when the mercury was
burrowing in the ground, and made
his little speech on my front steps.
My teeth were chattering, my nose
was red, I had q cold in my head,
and it was getting worse every min
ute. My refusal of George was
kind but prompt" E
"My experience was worse than
that" said another member. "The
youth proposed to me at supper,
after the theatre. and his remarks
were varied by bites Of bread and
butter and by delicate attentions in
the way Of urging food upon me.
| actually became 30 confused be-
fore he got through that | didn't
know whether he was offering me
himself or the cold chicken. Any
how, l declined them both. / want
a man who can stop eating long
enough to ask a woman to be his
wife,"
"The most interesting proposal
of my experience" remarked a
third, twas that of an absent-mind-
ed young man who used notes. l
was giving a little reception and,
Lof course my time was much oc-
cupied. The young man realized
that this would be the case and, to
facilitate matters, he brought with
him memorandum. | afterward
found it on the floor, where he had
dropped it in his agitation:
Mention raise in salary.
Mention loneliness.
Mention pleasuresin her society.
Mention prospects from Uncle
Jim.
Never loved before.
Propose.
I'm being sister to him now.
You're all very critical" said
the President, "but what do you
think man ought to do?"
He should exercise TACT" said
one.
"He should wait until the two are
alone, with no chance of Interrupt
tion," said another.
"He should be sure that the sur
roundings are in harmony with the
situation"
"He should give his undivided
attention to the woman"
Above all this rose the quiet voice
of q little woman who had not
spoken before.
1.-The man who doesn't propose
at the right time is exasperating,"
she said softly, "but what Of the
man who doesn't propose at ALI"
There was q sudden calm, and
over the face of every member set
tied look of patient suffering
N. Y. World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02
Um.

In conversation with gentleman
from the mountains of Eastern Ken
tucky the News caught on to new
xord, one not in Webster1 latest
addition. 1t is tho word "um. I"
When a man speaks Of his wife TO
q third person, he calls her 'um. :
Or when wife speaks Of her hus-
band. she calls him "um." For in
stance, "'um' is going to Salvers-
vile to- morrow or ".pm shot =
bear Yesterday" The word, is said
10 have originated with young mar
ried folks over = 100 years ago, who
were too. dif6dent to use the phrase
.smy wife" Or my husband. !" bile
At the table before strangers the hnf-
band, who desired bis wife 70 pass
The bread or sorghum, would attract
as attention Of his wife BY clearing
bis throat, "ahem,' "oohnm," and
6nally dsesnerating The phrase 70
.sum," which was tho final under
standing when each was addressed.
-BouYbon News.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said !:
"The men in cities who are the
ceuters Of energy, the driving wheels
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02
Baby Life in a Great Hospital.

They have remarkabIe~lnven-
ton in use in New York hospitals.
1t is an incubator for an undevel-
oped infant. The incubator looks
just like that used to hatch eggs,
except that it is larger. Hot water
pipes run beneath it, and two cur
rents of warm air are conducted
into the cage. The baby lies on an
air pillow, at temperature of about
seventy-three degrees. The air OF
course is kept in constant circula-
ton. The baby we saw few days
ago weighed at it's birth about two
pounds and had presented 9 most
unfinished appearance, but under
the influence Of the heat looked
like any other person of six weeks
residence top O. earth," only q
trifle redder perhaps than children
brought up under the usual condi-
tions. In the same room with this
baby were twelve others of about
the same age. two in each cradle, all
dressed precisely alike and distin-
guised from each other by bit of
writing on the gown. The mothers
are in the opposite room, and the
nurses told us that every day, when
the children were bathed, there was
the greatest excitement in their
ward lest the babies get mixed.
"Wouldnt each mother know her
own child by instinct?" We asked.
The nurse shrugged her shoulders.
1.-The babies are. allexaetly alike,
and all paupers, and may be worse,
but each one wants her own, and
each ones own is the prettiest. It's
the IDEA OF getting another woman's
baby they don't like" The nurse
had a somewhat scornfT air over
this bit Of sentimentality, but we
could not help congratulationg the
mother Of the little incubated baby,
for there was no way of mixing
bim.-N.Y. Corr. Hartford Courant.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-04-02
And Smokcrs' Articles.

Gave me trial and will guarantee entire
satisfaction.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
4 New Mineral.

= new mineral, no; unlike asbcstus in its
properties. has been discovered in immensd
deposits in the United States of Colorl bia.
says The IRJutrial World. 1t is stated to
ne the color Of amber, perfectly transpar-
ent and incombustible. Experiments mads
at Bogota Indicate that it will be of great
value for the manufacture of bank note pa
per. for Greproof and waterproof roofing
tiles and fer suits for iremen. A white
varFiish can also Le extracted from it. The
substance has been named bucara- man
quina. and it S expected to prove OF greater
Importance than Gsbestus.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
a vn.oue Wo-ld,s Fair rxhibit.

Nicaragua is to erect q small but artistic
building, and its exhibits will be unique.
Civilization existed il Nicaragua and
Mexico in prehistoric times, and in the
former republic many traces Of it have
been found. Recently. near Lake Nicara-
qua, Old stone statues have Eeen found, and
other relics, the handiworlI of the ancient
dwellers in Nicaragua. But the greatest
discovery Of all was statuette of gold
fashioned by the goldsmiths Of those times.
The Jewellers Circular expresses the opin-
ION that this little figure shows that tbs
prehistoric race Kew perhaps as much
about working gold and silver as the sii>
versniths of to-day.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
Lony Distance Photorrnphv.

4 London journal claims that long dis
tance photography is rendered quite a sue
cess r. the rew camera with a telescope
objective Of DR.. Adolf Miethe. The object
consists of Il convex lens Of considerable
length of focus and cCncave lens Of short
focus. These are placed certain distance
apart, depending or the difference of the
two foci. BY the law Of optics this ar
rangement projects an inverted image Ct
an object Mt a long distance from the lenses.
The size CT the object is greater the nearer
the lenses are together, and the greater
the difference between the foci. To obtain
gcod images the lenses are of special form
and gchroEIatic. The whole camera looks
very like II Gailcan telescope. BY substi-
tutiag an ordinary opera glass for the OBJ
jectiye on the camera and drawing it cut
a fairly good picture viii be obtained OIL
the ground glass of the camera.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
The Exact Time.

Pcmpey is n bright negro boy, employed
to DO light work and run errands in a
boarding house. lie has learned a good
many things in the course of his eight
years of life, but the art of reading clock
face is not as yet completely under his CON
troll.
The expedients to which he resorts to
conceal his ignorance on this and other
points are many and amusing.
What time is it, Pomp:" asked young
man, into whose room the boy had brought
a hodful of coal. and who had not yet got
out OF bed.
Ponpey studied the clock face anxiously
for some seconds. and then said. in AN in
eTatiating tone:
''It's one o. dem times dat can ies per.
cisely maxi out what time it am. Mist
wilkins, sah. But one ob de hands is
pint;n toGes you, sab, an de udder is pinliu
right todes me, sab, IN reckon you know
'zackly what time dat am."-YouLh's
Companion.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
Northern Tree Limit.

The latest researches CT the Finnish ex-
petition TO the kola peninsula will modify
the position OF the line which now repre-
SCENTS or our maps the northern limits or
tree vegetation in that part OF northern
Europe Asstated in Nature, the northern
limit Of coEiferous forests follows sinuous
line which crosses the peninsula from the
northwest to the southeast. But it now
appenrs that birch penetrates much further
north than the cOniferous trees, and that
birch forests or groves may be considered
n ronstitutingasepar outer zone which
frIH1es the former.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
CiSy Churches.

IN this department. we will be glad 70
publish notices of regular and speclal
services of al the churches in tbe clty.
rstnrs, or those authorized by th"m,
are, invited 10 furnish information ~ u"
any changes for each week, not later
than Thursday evening OF the week pre-
vioGS.
First Methodist EPISCOPAL Church
South. Rev. J. "a. Pierce, pastor. Prelch-
iny. Sai bath IL am. and 7:3Op. NJ. sun
rav schoul $50 n. IN. Ci3ss meeting. -
y. IN. Sunday, aud $50 y. ~. Tuesday.
PRAYER meeting 8 p. ID. Thursday.
Methodist Mission. supplied by Kew.
L. f. Jackson. Preaching $50 II. IN. sun
daN. Class and PRAYER meeting t1liay'
$50 y. IN. Sunday schooll:0J.p. IN. sunday.
First Baptist Church, Rsv. W. ;.
Penick. d. D., pastor. Preaching sab
bath II am. "ud S:l5 pm. SnnnaN sch, oi
$50 a.m. PRAYER meeting WednesGa'
nivht S:!5. T.adi, : Mission Society meets
at p H.. frs; Sunday in each Month
- Ilendair Baptist Missi II, Rev. W; ;.
?-iick, pastor. Services pm; Sul.uaS
school pm. Prayer meeting Ihursuay
nieht at O'clOcS.
-IIolmesvile Baptist Miss on, Rev. W.
:. Prnick, past =. sunday school pm.
Prayer meeting Tuesday night at
O'Clock.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
A COMMON sIPiIcN.

AcoMNoN SiPHcN. mosphere would
hold the fluid in equilibrium, hut one Leg
being longer the column of water in it pre-
ponderates, and rs it falls the pressure ca
the water in the vessel keeps up the sup
ply.
Apropos Of the siphon is very simple
application Of the principle. Cut Off
strip Of cloth and arrange it so that one
end shall remain IN n glass Of water while
the other hangs down. In a short time
the water from the upper glass will have
passed ;srough the cloth flbers TO second
glass seseath itwhich was empty at the
l#g;pairg of the experiment. This at
tribute oi ,,orus substances is called capil-
lnr.:y ila. shows itself by capillary attrac-
tion il rry fine pores or t,:bes. The same
The Progress., 1892-10-29
No Use for IL.

Agent have here, madam, one of the
greatest inventions Of the century. 1t is
known as the everlasting suspender. by
the aid of this marvellous invention no but.
tons are required. Think, madam, Of
never having to sew button on your hus-
bands trousers.
Lady of the House, don't think that
would do.
Agent-Consider, madam; reflect
Lady, tell you | don't want it. II !
didn't sew on "A button for my husband oc.
casionally how on earth would | ever get
him to buy me a new gown7-New YORK
Herald.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
Ecston's Woe.

Weep, weep, o Boston! Low upon the ground
Your colors trail.
Sadder your lot than when the Harvard boys
Are whipped by Yale.
Bend low your head. o proud Athena!
Bow down with shsmei
No more admring mutitudes repeat
Your glorious name.
Let bells toll forth in dismal requiem
Your black despair.
Let every flag half mastcd on its staff
DToOp in the airl
For from the south, from distant drear lagoon
The news is clicked,
That your own John, your own great John, ha.
atkcd,
Say, am licked?"
-Doston Courier.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
The Life of Incaadesoent Laraps.

Experience Shows that the life of incan-
descent lamps. particularly those having
long, thin flaments, is materially short
ened by mounting them in either hcri-
zonta position, or, as is frequently done,
in position upwardly inclined from the
horizontal. According to Popular Science
News. this effect is especially noticeable in
buildings subject to vibration from run
ming machinery.
The Progress., 1892-10-29

Though the centenary was celebrated on
Sunday, the 9TH, the actral massacre tool,
place on Aug 10, 1872. we are Swiss,
and the Swiss never surrender their arm-
but with thcir lives" were the proud
words said to have been used by the Swiss
mercenaries. "Nelvetiorum :dei &C virtuti''
il the legend Oh the monument, ana the
fidelity and bravery Of the Swiss Guards,
mercenaries though they were, are still
the sE5iect of enthusiastic praise. This
cUrious and magnificent piece of work ex
cites the admiration and woIdcr of al
vino visit il
The Progress., 1892-10-29
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Tho Plant of the Youngest Son.

When dad has worn his pants two years
They're passed TO brother john;
Then mother trims them with the shears,
And William puts them on.
When Williams legs too long have grown
The trousers fail to hide 'em,
So Walter claims them for his own
And slows himself inside 'eln.
Next. Sans fat legs they close invest,
And when they won't stretch tighter
They're turned and shortened, washed and
pressed,
And fixed on me-the writer.
Ma works them into rugs and caps
When have burst the stitches.
at doomsday we shall see perhaps
The last OF dads old brceches.
London Tit Sits.
The Progress., 1892-10-29

phenomenon is exhibited in blotting paper,
sugar, sand and lamp wicks, all Of which
give familiar instances of capilarity. The
cook makes use of this property By using
thin poper TO absorb grease from the sur
face Uf solipS
The Progress., 1892-10-29

give an iilustra-
tion. The shorter
leg being put into
the mixture, the
air is exhausted
from the tube at
o. the aperture at
q being closed
with the finger.
When the inge: Il
removed the liquid
will run out. II
the water were
equally high in
b OF h legs the
pressure of the ut
The Progress., 1892-10-29
10y YGE b ;sS II q s-N s..sss,-
-sstxS gs;sS So
SO : 40 l=83}S@00O
'zs5;sSSzsFs 1I'5,sa.5 zzSL-2 - - .sz..--si
TIE LION OF LUCERNE.
q Famous Monument TO Vaior Exc.
cntcd in The Living Rock.

An interesting event took place recently
at Lucerne when the lOCth anniversary oi
the massacre of the Swiss Guards at the
Tuileries was celebrated. Every visitor to
Lucerne knows the famous monument
ttht l.owendenkmaD executed in the liv-
ing rock from ThOrwaldsen's design. Il
represents a lion of colossal size, wounded
- death, with a spear in his side, yet en-
deavoring in lis last gasp TO protect from
injury a shield bearing the iower-tle- luce oi
tie BCurbOns, which he holds in his paws.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
Different Meanings,

Smith Ito his grocer)-Will you oblige
me by cashing this check for $40,
Grocer-Sorry, Mr.. Smith. but cannot.
mo? Then will oblige you to do so by
investing in mild fifteen center. Many
thanks You see there are different mean.
ings to the word oblige. Ia ta."-New
York Tribune.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
The Sinhon.

The common siphcn consists of bent
tube with limbs of unequal length. We
The Progress., 1892-10-29
Tho Small Bov.

He isn't the happiest IN the land
When the days are growing cool.
And he's coming home from the beach well
tanned
To be tanned again In school.
New York Press.
The Progress., 1892-10-29
II IAIiIer John ! !
&SN%@A A-<elN-N
@~sH~"N@G

YOa no doubt want to bene-
fit yourself and the community
in which you live.
If 50, give your work to the
Steam Laundry, and
if it is not done as cheap and
better than John Chinaman, it
will cost you nothing. Try it.
Any work left at the CITY
HOTEL VIII have prompt at
tenti0n.
eseess3see.se
4. SIMPSON,
ManaGer.
The morning call., 1892-10-18

strong enough to serve as receptacles for
domestic supplies in hundreds of ways
which suggest themselves TO the house
keeper.
The graceful. simple form of these round
or square baskets will be found of very
acceptable proportions for floor in
any home, either for the purpose of waste
basket, work-basket or shoe-basket, and
when neatly decorated according to ones
individual taste they take on a home char
acter very different from that of ready
made market article. For any of these
uses select baskets which are free from
stains and of sound framework. novel
way of decorating round one is first to rub
down the outside of the basket to a smooth
surface with sand-paper Then carefully
replace or cover the nails which show on the
outside with fancy nails or tacks and before
vanishing apply some furniture stain 10
slaves and hoops, laying it on so as to shade IL
off frcm light to dark in places. perhaps
making one stave light at the top, shaded on
to dark at the bottom, and the next one re-
yersed in color or after some similar idea.
Then make lining or some material
which in color and quality harmonlZss with
the rooms, and finish at the top with bind
ing OF plush, which is fastened to the rim
of the basket with ornamental upholstering
tacks. These NAV also be inserted for dec
Grafton at any other points desirable.
These baskets, although founded upon
what might be ignored as useless trash. yet
serve useful as we'll as decorative purpose
after their transformation and afford opp0r-
tunities for working out ones own concep-
tions OF good taste and adapting them 10
the materials available.
The morning call., 1892-10-18
Curious wedding Rings.

In the early day of England wedding
rings were made of rushes, but in this age
even more curious materials are sometimes
pressed into service when emergency de-
mands il. Mhny cases are on record where
rings Of brass or iron and curtain rings
and door keys have taken the place OF tho
bands OF gold which nervous grooms hiatt
mislad. One bride is said to have been mar
rled with leather ring, cut from nnger OF
one of her gloves, and another embarrassed
young couple were relieved by a suggestion
from the minister that the wedding ring be
cut from visiting card. Quakers and
Swiss Proiestants do not use rings at their
marriage ceremonies. The lrlsh nave
stroOg objection to any but gold wedding
rings In St Kilda wedding rings are made
Of worsted.
The morning call., 1892-10-18
Trade. Unions In France.

In France trades unionism was first rec
opnized and legalized by the Government In
1884, In the seven years which have since
elapsed the number of trade societies has
reached the surprising total of 1884. This
rapid growth is doubtless due in no small
measure to the fact that every trade So
ciety in France Is benefit society, and
makes an allowance to each member
In case of sickness. II Is COMPUTED
that the number Of trades union
lists enrolled in these 1884 societies
number something like 100000, or about
half the laboring classes proper. The latest
step in the recognition OF trades unionism
In France Is the establishment in every i'm
portant industrial center OF a labor bureau.
This is building-in some cases especially
erected for the purpose-which is placed at
the disposal Of the district trade societies
by the municipality, which not only grants
the use of the hall rent free and provides
all needful appliances. but makes an an
nuaI grant to cover working expenses.