The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
People Who Never Go to Bed.

4 A man charged with begging
once declared that he had not beer
in bed for thirteen years; he took
I his rest in doorways and passages
This is not q bad record but many
of the homeless class could prob
ably beat. it. Certainly there are
thousands-not only in England
but all over the world-to whom
such a luxury asa bed is unknown
unfortunates obliged to lay their
heads in the oldest places imagin-
able, to prevent their being rudely
awakened by the police.
A sad ne'er-do-well told the writer
that this was his principal thought
for more days than he could count.
Where should he sleep that nightf
And he had theory that but for
having this object constantly in
view as he tramped over monoto-
nous pavements eff London he must
have lost his reason. He laughed
himself in after. days when he
thought of some of his experiences
at "dossing out"
Even he, however, never slept in
stream, which was what some
thirty persons of both sexes did at
Buda-Pesth a few years back. The
water, which was warm, flowed from
a mill, and the vagrants got into it
and converted number of stones
into temporary pillows.
Even people with homes could
tell some strange stories on this
head. Of course in some countries
beds are unknown. The Japenese,
for example, sleep on the floor,
muff1ed in great wadded coat and
with block Of wood for pillow.
But, confning ourselves to England,
Just talk to the dwellers in the
slums on the subject. Why, going
to bed there during the summer
months is positively inviting torture.
Many places swarm with vermin,
and consequently those who live
in them find it more comfortable to
sleep anywhere rather than in the
proper place-even on the door
step.-Cassel's Saturday Journal.
The Legend OF "ct.acding Rock"
The Indian Agency of Standing
Rock, located eleven miles north of
the line which divides the two Da-
kotas, takes it's name from re-
markable natural formation-a lone
rock which stands in such a man
ner as to bear strong resemblance
to a human being. 1t is even said
that a faint stretch Of the imagina-
ton gives the stone the outlines of
a woman with a pappoose in her
arms. According to Indian tradi-
tion, in ages long past. a young
"buck," with his wife and baby, was
journeying through that region. At
what is now standing Rock" they
met company of Indians going
south. For several days they + asted
and danced together, until finally
the time came for separating. The
young married "buck" and wife
were on the way to visit some of
their people on the lakes lying to7t
the north, and when the main COM
pany started off south he resolved
to accompany them, leaving the
heartbroken squaw and baby to
continue the journey alone, he hav-
ing fallen violently in love with one
Of the young women of the party.
The wife pleaded with tears and |
heartrending shrieks for the posses
sion of her lawful lord, but, with
true Indian stoicism, he rode off
with the new-found fame. Finally |
the grief-stricken woman asked the
Great Spirit to turn her to stone
rather than let her live and carry |
her great weight of sorrow. Since
that moment she has stood upon
the plain, monument to mans
infdelity.