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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12
Curiosities About Turkies.

It does not seem to be generally
known that the turkey was domes-
ticated by the Indians long before
the discovery of this continent by
white men, but such is the case.
Hundreds of large, tame hens of
black and mottled hues" are men,
toned as being seen by the earliest
voyagers to Mexico. Oveido speaks
of turkey as "kind of a peacock
abounding in New Spaine, the male
of which hath a beard likened un-
to that of man and which is to
the people of that country what the
barne-yarde fowle is to u.s." Tur-
keys were introduced into the West
Indies in 1925 and into Spain the
following year. They were first
imported by the English in the
year 1541, % years after the dis
covery of Mexico VIM. Penn says !:
"The turkey of these parts are fire.
quently so immoderately fat and
large that the flesh of one will furn-
ish meat for 20, their weight often
being above 40 pounds; l have even
seen one that weighed six pounds
more" Wood, in his New En-
gland Prospect" says: "All the
yeare long the price of good tur-
kie-cocke is foure shillings; and he
is we'll worth it, for he may be in
weight 40 pounds. Josselyn, in
his "Rarieties," says: II have
heard several creditable persons af-
firm that they have seen turkie-
cocks that weighed forty, yea, sixty
pounds" In modern times tur-
keys are rarely found that weigh
more than Is pounds; exceptions to
this general rule, however, are Of
ten chronicled. The prize-winner
at the Paris Exposition of 1878
weighed 43 pounds. Some time
during 1866 Mrs. Lounesbury of
Stamford, Conn.,, sent present to
President Johnson in the shape of
a 2-year-old turkey cock which
weighed AZ pounds.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12
Japanese Metalworkers.

The Japanese are pastmasters in
the treatment of alloys, both in
texture and color, and no better
guides exist. They achieve their
grandest results by the simplest
means, a judicious blending of va
rious metals, inlaying and picking.
Copper is the basis of their chief
alloys, and by Incorporating with it
certain proportions of gold and
silver they obtain remarkable re-
suits in color through the picking
process. Not only do they get strik.
ing effects from their alloys and
picking, but their mode of working
up the metals is a thing to be stud
led. For instance, they will take
six or seven plates of different met
ais and alloys, weld them together,
and then by drilling, punching-up
and filling, get a surface in which
all the metals show in a manner
that is truly wonderful. By the
range of tints at their command
they can work out on metal sur
face scenes of life and landscapes
with effect never dreamed of by
metalworkers in the western world.
Among some examples recently
shown in England was a knife-han-
die on which was representation
of a duck dipping its head under
water of stream in which it was
swimming, the arrangement Of the
different alloys by which it was
composed and the picking being
so well-arranged that the neck Of
the duck was seen as under the
water when the handle was held in
a certain light. Another example
was q swordhilt on which some
minnows, not more than one-six-
teenth Of an inch in length, and
each having q pair Of golden eyes,
were swimming up stream, the
effect of their being below the sur
face of the water being suggested
with marvellous SKILL Scientific
Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12
Disobeyed His Wife.

General Bedford Forrest OF len
nessee was probably entitled to the
distinction, acknowledged in the
South, of having killed more men
with his saber than any other Of
fcer or private soldier on either
side, 'says the New York Advertiser.
After the war Forrest was for quite
awhile in Strengthened circum-
stances financially. He had been
a gambler, but had reformed under
his wife's influence. Mrs. Forrest
was most amiable woman, de-
vout christian, and the only per-
son in the world who could control
her husbands temper. Forrest
looked in vain for some remun-
erative position which he might be
fitted to fill. This was in Memphis.
Finally one night in desperation he
said to his wife:
Mary, there is $1O-all on earth
there is between us and the poor
house. Now, why can't l 60 out
and hunt up game of draw?"
Mrs. Forrest protested stoutly.
She was sure, though "the wizard
of the saddle" was not sure, that
the Lord would provide in time
that no prosperity could come to
them through gambling den /;
that it would be better to starve
with clear conscience than to
prosper by any such disreputable
means. Forrest listened without
reply, folded the $40 bill and re-
placed it in his pocket.
He was man of desperate pur-
poses, and, withal, remarkably
sensitive. He thought the matter
over very seriously, indeed. On
the other hand he was in actual
want and the disagree of debt-on
the other possibility of comfort.
That $40 bill was key to the di-
lemma. He decided at last to DISC
hey his wife for once and stake bis
little all at the card table.
The cards "ran his way" from
the first, and his winnings grew so
large that he placed his hat down
on the floor beside him and used it
as depository for gold and bank
notes. He played until 2 o'clock,
going home then with 81 800. From
that day until the day of his death.
though he never resumed his old
gambling habit again, Forrest never
knew the need of money.
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Another Story of Lincoln.

81 had the distinguished honor
to be the companion of Abraham
Lincon in one Of his fatboating ex-
3peditions, said David G. Stephens,
one of the pioneers of Illinois, who
has been spending few days at
the Laclede. Furthermore, the
great martyr President became my
champion and thrashed man on
my account, and thrashed him
good. was a boy of Is, rather
delicate, and my father, who loved
Lincoln as son, sent me on trip
with him, hoping that roughing it
would improve my health. We
had tied up one night at a small
landing where there was a tavern.
"a fellow who called himself the
bull Of the woods and who had
several snifters of corn juice under
his belt, came aboard looking for
trouble. Lincoln was lying down
asleep on the soft side Of q pine
plank, with one brawny arm for q
pillow. / was washing out hick-
ory shirt, and the intruder at
tempted to my head into q
bucket Of spapy water:
"Lincoln awoke and told him to
let me alone. He paid no atten-
ton to the awkward, long legged
sleeper, but picked up the pail and
iammed if down over my head, al
most drowning me-. When | got
the soapsnds out of my eyes
sufficiently to see. Lincoln had him
by the collar, was holding him SO
that his toes just touched the deck,
and was planting terrific kicks un-
der his coat tails with his No. l
lcowhide boot. I visited Lincoln
at the White House shortly after
the outbreak ofthe war. He pre-
sented me with = Captains COM
mission, remarking: The bull <oi !!
the woods has broke loose again. :
Pittsburg Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12

called me q fool, an idiot, a cabbage
head and an ass! You have made
out that l didn't know putty from
strawberries !! I now see how it
comes about that husbands are
driven from home, and how they
become villains and criminals
This is my last evening at home
Tomorrow night ="
.'Why, Mr.. Bowser, we were talk
ing about love and calling up old
|recollections."
"To-morrow night, Mrs. Bowser,
l so to my club, next night TO the
lodge, the night after to the prize
tight, and finally bring upin a saloon.
It's not my fault. I am driven
from home-maliciously and de-
signedly driven from my own fire.
side, and you must take the con-
sequences. Good night, Mrs. Bow
ser l Irealize now why honeymoons
end-why husbands grow cold and
careless-why the divorce courts
are overwhelmed with applications
on the part of husbands '
And as he stalked stif1y off to
his den and banged the door after
him, Mrs. Bowser remembered the
evening he had accidentally pinched
her finger in the CRATE and was So
worked up over it that he talked OF
suicide; also the occasion when she
was bitten by mosquito and he
declared he would devote the rest
of his life to annihilating the
pests and loving her.-M. Quad.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12

teach their children to eat merely
the pulp of the grape, carefully
avoiding the seeds, and in some in
stances the skin of the fruit. There
is no doubt that the pulp alone is
more desirable than pulp and skin
together. It is easy to eat grape
by pinching out the interior, hold
ing the outer covering between the
thumb and finger.-N. Y. World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12
TOBACCO AND. CIGARS
And Smokers Articles.
Give me trial and will guarantee entire
satisfaction.
Notice of Forfeiture.

To NJ. r. EVANS, his heirs or legal repre-
sentatiyes:
You are hereby notified that TIVE have ex-
pended two hundred 2O0) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the SnMtty
Cup East and Shutty Cup West
lodes, situated on Trail creek, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county, Idaho. in order to hold said prem
ises under the provisions of Section 1924.
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
the proportion Of said expenditure due
from you, NJ. r. Evans, is $33 1875, lawful
money of the United States, and If within
ninety days after the publication OF this
notice you fail to contribute your proper
uon of such expenditure as co-owner, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the subscribers under said Sec
ton 1924, l.. J. BARNARD.
S. J. FRIEDMAN.
Haley, Idaho, Jan. III. 1892.
First publication, Jan. 30. 1897.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12
5 A Fallscy About Cats.

. It is pleasing to find that DR..
Stables energetically exposes the
vulgar fallacy: that "cats ought to
find their own food" if they are to
be good slayers Of vermin. The
most determined and adroit mouser
We have known was carefully tended
and regularly fed. This well-bred
and most killing cat disdained to
prey on the slain.-The Saturday
Review.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12

The dorking fowl is the only liv-
ine bird that, in tho adult condl-
ton. possesses q fiye-toed foot.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12

a medieval writer Of demonology
places tho total number Of devils
at precisely A.3s5, ,666,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12
Whittier's First Poem.

When William Lloyd Garrison
began at the age of 20 to publish
the Free Press, he had, of course,
the usual amount of bad and in
different poetry to read.
All the local poetasters who
thought they could make verse and
would have been far more worthiIy
employed in making shoes, deluged
him with their haltingcontributions.
But one day the papers drag net
brought up pearl. Thus Mr.. Gar
rison tells the story:
"Going up stairs to my Office /
observed a letter lying near the
door. I opened it and found it
contained an original piece of poet
ry for the Free Press.
"The ink was very pale, the hand
writing very small, and having at
that time a horror of original news
paper poetry, my first impulse was
to tear it without reading it, since
the chances of rejection were 80 to
1. Summoning up my resolution,
however, l perused it, and was go
gratified with it that l gave it q
place in my journal.
LAS I was anxious to find out the
writer, my post rider one day di-
vulged the secret, saying that he
had brought the letter, and that it
was written by a Quaker lad named
Whittier, who was daily at work
with hammer and lapstone on the
shoemaker's bench at East Haver-
hill.
II lost no time in driving to see
the youthful bard, who came into
the room with shrinking difidence.
blushing like maiden and almost
unable to speak. gave him some
words of encouragement, but ad-
dressed myself particularly to his
parents, urging them to grant him
every possible facility for the de-
velopment Of his remarkable genius.
This was the beginning of a lifelong
friendship. founded on similarity
of purpose and principles. IN. Y.
Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12

The original man was made ol
clay-nnan is = brick.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12

eff you had your way, Hans, how
would you divide the offices?" "Gif
dem to de Chermans. 'tWhat would
you do with the Trish?"@ "Make1
dem all b'leecemen." "And how
about as AmericansY' "Py shinks,
I make you pay de taxes"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-12

"We'll start q prison paper" said
one life convict to another.
eve will, and our motto shall
be, the pen is mightier than the
sword. :"
No. Our motto shall be, We,
have come to stay"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-04
Our Old Fire Company.

t'That was a gay old company that we belonged to, Joe, way back in '6S, when you and ran with the machine Do you remember the big fire in Hotel Row, one freezing night, when fifteen people were pulled out of their burning rooms and came down the ladder in their night clothes; and how Dick Greene brought down two kids at once one in his arms, the other slung to his back? Poor Dick He got the catarrh dreadfully, from so much ex- posture and suffered from it for five years or more. We thought once he was going in consumption, sure. But finally he heard of Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and tried it and it cured him up as sonnd as flint. I tell you Joe, that catarrh remedy is great thing. It saved as good man and as brave fire man as ever trod shoe leather.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-04
NATURE AS AN INVENTOR.

From Her Man Has Got Most of Ills
 Hints for Improved Machinery.
 Most of the skillful devices invented by men for doing fine work rapidly can be traced to nature, where for count less ages they have been operating, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The discoverer of each new appliance of mechanism might be shown that his idea was as old as the hills. 1t is sug- gested that the inventors of the future will be those who carefully study the natural world. The stones of the mills are another style of the molar teeth, which grind all the grist that feed men and beasts
 The hoofs of horses are made of par allel plates like carriage springs. The finest file of human manufacture is rough affair compared with the Dutch rush used by cabinet makers. The jaws of the tortoise turtle are natural scissors. The squirrel carries chisels in his mouth and the hippopotamus is provided with adzes which are constant ly sharpened as they are worn. The carpenters plane is found in the jaws of the bee. The woodpecker las Q powerful trip-hammer.
 The diving bell initiates the water spider which constructs a small cell under the water, clasps bubble of air between its hind legs and dives down to it's submarine chamber with the bubble, displacing the water gradually until it's abode with the fishes contains a large airy room surrounded by water. In leaving it's eggs ou the water the gnat fashions them into the shape of a life boat which 1t is impossible to sink with out tearing 1t to pieces.
 The iron mast of a modern ship is strengthened by deep ribs running along its interior. A porcupine's quill is strengthened by similar ribs. When engineers found that hollow pillars were stronger than solid ones they only discovered principle that is very com monly seen in nature. A wheat straw If solid could not support its head of grain. The bones of higher animals are porous; those of birds, where Hghtness and strength are most beautifully com- bined, are hollow.
 The framework of ship resembles the skeleton of a herring. Aeronauts try to copy the structure and move ments of birds. The shipworm is an admirable tunneler, boring his way through any submerged timber and lining the round passage with hard casing. Brunei, the engineer, took a hint from this animal and was the first to succeed in tunneling under water.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-04

'TEDDY" ROOSEVELT Is on the war path for Mir Wanamaker, and he has announced his intention to fguratively scalp the postmaster general for the de- lectation of the house committee on reform in the civil service, which is en- gagged in making an investigation of the charges Roosevelt made against twenty one employees of the Baltimore post office, last year. Mir Wanamaker in his testimony before the committee pre- sented the report of the postoffice in- spectors, whitewashing the aforesaid employees, and intimated that MT ROose- welt has been green enough to allow himself to be imposed on when he made his investigation. This got "Teddy's" fighting blood up, and he has sworn revenge and asked for hearing before the committee. Some lively testimony IS expected from him, as it is believed that he has a good case. Besides, it is known that he has no love for MT Wanamaker, whom he called a care less handler of the truth, during the investigation concerning the notorious Shidy, of Milwaukee. It is also said that MT Wanamaker has in reserve a broadside of hot shot which he pro- poses pouring into Teddy" if it be- comes necessary for him to defend hlm- self. Although MT Wanamaker is a Sunday school teacher, and probably kuows nothing about the great Ameri- can game of poker, there are people who say that this is thrown out as a ''bluff" to make Roosevelt haul in hIs horns. It makes little difference either way. Let 'em fight, and may the best man win; and may the public find out some facts about how t:,e civil service reform law is administered.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The lockers strike at Swansea is col lapsing and many men have returned to work.
 A dispatch from Zanzibar to Berlin says that Dr. Emin is ill of the small pox.
 The 1OSth convention of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Pennsylvania is in session at Philadel- phia.
 Frank Kieth of Worcester, Mass, was struck by a tram on the Hudson River Railroad two miles north of Rhinebeck yesterday afternoon and instantly killed.
 The seamen and firemen of steamships plying between Glasgow and America have refused to accede to the reduction of wages by the companies and will strike to-day.
 It Is announced from London that the convention as to the modus vivendi in the Behrinq Sea affair will be formally ratified to-day.
 At regular weekly meeting of the Presbyterian ministers at Baltimore resolutions indorsing the methods of the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst were passed without dissent, and a copy of them ordered to be sent to New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-04
MusT PAsa EkAMlNATloN..
Department CIerks Informad that the
 CIvtl Service Law win Be Enforced.

Department Clerks Informad that the
 Civil Service Law Wll Be Enforced.
 ALBANY, N. Y, May IA number of the clerks in the State departments are in in an uneasy frame of mind brought about by an order which the State Comp troller recently promulgated, in which he informed the heads of the State de- partments and bureaus that hereafter he would not pay the salary of any State employe who has not passed a civil service examination in all cases where required by law. A large num- Der of such persons in the State Depart ment are affected.
 Comptroller Campbell's action was brought about on the receipt some time ago of a communication from the State Civil Service Commission enclosing the names of 50 persons who were appointed in direct violation of the Civil Service laws. Governor Flower backed up the Commissions action and immediately all the State Departments were informed that the law must be lived up to.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-04
DEMOCRATIC eTATE CONVENTION.
HEADQUARTERS CONNECTICUT,
 nEMocR ATTC STATE COMMITTEE,

HEADQUARTERS CONNECTICUT
 DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.
 The democratic electors, and such other electors of this state, who favor the painciples of the democratic party as set forth in the national platform of said party, are hereby notified to choose delegates to attend a democratic state convention to be held at the Hyperion theatre, New Haven, on Tuesday, May 10th, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the pur- pose of electing twelve delegates-four of whom will be delegates-at-la t-large-to the national convention of said party. to be held in the city of Chicago, June 21, 1899.
 RULES FOR THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES.
 First. All caucuses in the several towns for the appointment of delegates to the state convention shall be held at least seven days before the meeting of said convention.
 Second. It shall be the duty of the chairman of each town committee to send copy of the credentials of the delegates to said convention from his town, properly attested by the chair man and secretary of the caucus to the secretary of the democratic state com mittee, at least five (0 days prior to the convention.
 Third. The convention shall be called to order by the chairman of the state committee at 10 o'clock a. m., and the temporary officers of the convention shall be designated by the state com | mittee.
 Fourth. The state committee shall be in session the night previous to the con- vention, and should there be contesting delegations at said convention, none of the parties interested shall be heard by the committee or admitted to seats in the convention, until they shall have first agreed to abide by the decision of the committee; and in no case shall delegates be permitted to take seats in convention in excess of the number to which each town is entitled.
 Fifth. The basis of representation adopted by the committee is as follows: Resolved, That in the next democratic state convention the system of repre- sentation shall be as follows: 1. Each town shall retain, as town, the number of delegates it is now en- titled to.
 II. Each town, in which the whole vote cast at the last presidential election exceeds one thousand, shall be entitled to one additional delegate for each addi- tional thousand votes then cast and also each fraction thereof exceeding one half.
 Resolved, That the secretary be in structed to include the foregoing resolu- tion in the call for the next convention.
 Under the above resolutions, eighteen towns have increased representation and are instructed to send the following number of delee ates: Hartford IA, New Britain r, Bristol 5, Vernon 5, New Ha ven 21, Meriden 8, Waterbury 9, Anso nia 5, Middletown 6, Norwich ', New London 6, Stonington 5, Bridgeport 12 Danbury 7, Norwalk 7, Stamford 6 Greenwich 5, Windham 5. In the re maining 15O to Wns representation re mains as before.
 CLINTON B. DAVIS, Chairman,
 Attest, s. H. SwARTWOUT, Secretary. New Haven, Conn, April 12, 1899.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-04

THE board of lady managers of the worlds fair proposes to erect near the woman's building children's home or public comfort pavilion for mothers and children. The estimate for the building is twenty thousand dollars, and for maintenance ten thousand dollars, which sums it is proposed to raise by subscription. It is believed that such a place, where young children can be safe and well cared for while their parents view the sights of the exposition, will prove to be great and appreciated con- venience.