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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
Curiosities OF Grave Robbing.

Under the laws of Draco, which
you will remember as being the
most severe code ever drawn up,
all grave robbers were put to death
without trial. The old Athenian
laws put a slave to death for dis
turbing body after interment; but,
in the case of a freeman, a ''confis-
cation of a moiety of his posses
ions" was the penalty. Constantine
decreed that a woman might obtain
divorce if she could prove that
her husband had disturbed the re-
mains of the dead. At one time Tin
the time of the seventh and eighth
Henrys) the English law held that
''it is deemed unlawful to open a
grave for a second person, except
for husband or wife," If I have
not been misinformed, grave rob-
bers in this country only lay them
selves liable to a fine and imprison-
ment for a short time, unless it can
be proven that they took the grave
clothes along with the body. For
this reason, ghouls real profession
ais always strip the remains stark
naked before depositing them in the
"long sack" preparatory to their
removal to some medical college.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
Driven Out by Women.

I think the women must intend
that We men shall stay at home and
mind the babies while they do the
read-winning. They are crowding
us out Of most ofthe trades and pro-
fessions. First I became q school
teacher, but the dear creatures made
q break for the ferrule and I got
out and learned telegraphy. Then
they tackled that, and wages took
q tumble. / next became a steno-
grapher and typewriter, but the
girls were right after me. Oh, no,
they did not want me; they only
wanted my job. Well, they got it.
/ thought Of studying medicine, but
/ see the medical schools are turning
out women physicians by the score.
/ think / will procure an outfit and
paint church steeples. May be the
enterprising damsels would let me
have that job to myself. Thomas
Reardon in st. Louis Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
Webster on Railroads.

In the year 1910 the locomotive
was a small, weak machine that was
employed to drag a few coach-like
cars at q speed of about ten miles
an hour. Then the directors and
stockholders of railroads consti-
tuted the meekest class of citizens,
very different from the dictatorial,
influential class of the present.
Daniel Webster, in describing the
American railroad Of that time,
said "They are made of two string
ers of scantling, notched into ties
that often get loose in the ground.
Upon these stringers two straps of
iron. the width and thickness of
wagon-tires, are nailed.
"These straps Of iron frequently
get detached at the ends, which turn
up: like snakes heads and pierce
the floors Of the cars" Such an ac-
cident actually happened to q car
between Elizabeth and New York.
"Then," /" said Webster, "the wheels
slip on the iron straps, in winter
especially, so much that no depend
ence can be placed upon the time
Of arrival, and many people think
that it Is not certain that railroads
will be 4 success.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01

The KEYsroNE is the sole representative
of the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as it is in the very heart of the mort proE-
ising 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 well 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, 1892-10-01
Notes for Women.

The election of a woman attorney
general is among the possibilities of
the state of Montana, where Ella L.
Knowles, the only woman lawyer
in the state, has been nominated by
the peoples party. 1t was through
the influence of Miss Knowles that
the bill was passed to admit women
to practice law in the state, and
she was the first candidate for ad-
mission under the new law. Her
practice is large and lucrative.
The dress reform subject is occu-
pying much attention nowadays.
There is the suspender girl, we shall
expect to see little later on take
the next step towards the emanci-
patton of her sex by donning the
garment that naturally accompa-
hies suspenders.
When DR.. Mary Walker was in
Philadelphia not long ago she
wanted to ride in a market street
cable car, says the Press. She sig
nailed the gripman, who appears to
have taken no notice, and the Doc
tor put after the conveyance in in
dignant haste.
"Why didn't you stop?" she said
sternly to the conductor.
Beg pardon, sir" replied the lat
ter, II didn't hear you whistle"
"Ohyou horrid brute?" ?"exclaimed
the Doctor, "what do you meanW
The conductor began to realize
the situation and stammered an
apology.
"You should never judge a man
by his Clothes" said DR.. Walker,
with the charming smile she can
wear, "and the same rule applies to
women"
She did not seem to mind the
curious gaze Of the other passengers,
and upon her signal the car stopped
instantly. As she got off the con-
ductor tipped his hat any she raised
her high silk hat in diSnifed &C.
acknowledgement.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
Victims Of Fear.

Now that such precautions are
being taken against cholera, it is
we'll to remember that one of the
surest safeguards is a firm mind
and an equable disposition. Cholera
is malady that assails the bowels,
and fright affects the same regions
in a peculiar way. One of the COM
mon sayings descriptive of q per
son under the influence of fear is
"his bowels turned to water" A
resolute will can often conquer
fright and ward off the disease. An
old German story that illustrates
the point runs as follows:
Many years ago, while the cholera
was raging in parts of Germany
and extending daily its baneful in
fuence, an old doctor, taking an
evening stroll outside the gates of
his town saw coming toward him a
horrible object. Its form and shape
was human, but its aspect was a
mass of corruption.
"Who are your" asked the doc
tor.
II am the cholera"
"Where are you going?"
81 am going to that town."
The doctor, terrified, pleaded and
begged for the monster to change
its route, but to no purpose, Its
road led through the town, and
into the town it must 60. But to
compromise with the good old doc
tor, the cholera promised not to kin
more than FIVE persons in the town.
Next morning the physician was
called to patient, whom he found
to have the cholera. The cases
multiplied hourly, and consterna-
ton spread among the people of
the city, and all those who could
get away did 80. There were not
five, but 5000 deaths in the town.
After the cholera had subsided, the
doctor, in his walks, again met the
cholera specter, and upbraided it
for not having kept his word with
him. Said the cholera:
81 swear have kept my promise
not killed more than five of your
fellow-citizens. The others died of
fear. ."-Exchange.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
One Mile to the Moon.

Let any scientific reader stand on
an unobstructed plain and look at
an object one mile away and he will
find that he can distinguish in a
very clear way not only the out
lines but even minute portions of
the object. If, then, the moon could
be brought to within an apparent
distance of one mile from the earth
what possibility Of scientific dis
covery would be opened up. This
possibility, or rather certainty, of
discovery is what a live and ener-
getic gentleman from Colombia,
South America, feels certain he can
accomplish, and if success crowns
his efforts there will be exhibited
at the Worlds Fair rejecting tel
escope of so much greater power
than anything yet known that in
comparison the present big instru-
ments will be less than toy spy
glasses.
Senior DR.. Carlos Alban of Colon
bia is the wizard who proposes to
produce all these marvels. His
plan for q telescope embraces the
principle for rejecting mirrors with
several radical changes from the
old methods. A new medium is
used in the first place for the mir
rors themselves, and then for focal
adjustment, instead of the present
method of moving the eye piece the
mirror itself is moved to obtain the
proper adjustment. DR.. Albion has
already built an instrument twenty
five inches in diameter which has
been exhibited in New York and
which has shown marvellous power.
An instrument of four yards diam
eter will weigh only 200 pounds,
and unless the eminent inventor
has made very great miscalcula-
ton, will have such power as to
bring the moon within one mile Of
the earth and allow observers to
finally determine the structure and
the question of the practicability
of life existing on that luminary.-
Philadelphia Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
Peach Stones as Fuel.

One of the characteristics of the
age is certainly the making good
use Of things hitherto regarded as
nuisance or, at best, as waste. In
many parts of the country corn
cobs are utilized for fuel instead of
being allowed to accumulate and
rot, and now in fruit-raising dis
tricts peach and other stones are
being carefully preserved and sold
by the ton for heat-producing pur.
poses. It is not very easy to build q
FIRE of peach stones, but once alight
they burn as freely as coal, and
give out much steadier and more
satisfactory heat than wood. The
discovery will be worth millions to
peach growers in course Of time,
for where the fruit has been raised
in large quantities for canning and
drying, the stones have been :
source Of expense to the raisers in
stead Of income % they will be in the
future.-St. Louis Globe Democrat,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
Honolulu to Have the Lottery.

The Louisiana Lottery has pre-
sented itself for public favor at
Honolulu, and a bill was read in
the legislature August 30th, grant
ing an exclusive franchise to D. H.
Cross of Chicago, w. B. Davenport
of St. Louis, and John Phillips, J..
j. Williams and DR.. Gilbert Foot
of Honolulu for the term of twenty
five years, the company to pay for
the franchise $500, 600 each year in
quarterly installments, the Minister
Of the Interior to disburse this sum
for the following purposes: An
ocean cable between Honolulu and
any port on the North American
Continent connecting with the
American telegraph system, $780,
600 per annum; subsidy for the
construction of q railroad round the
Island of Oahu $50, 900 /; subsidy for
railroad through Hilo and Hama
kua, Hawaii, $4,000 per annum !;
for roads, bridges, landings and
wharves in the Hawaiian Kingdom,
$175,O0O per annum; for improv-
ing Honolulu Harbor, $4,000 per
annum; for the encouragement of
industries in the kingdom $4,000
per annum. If, however, the Reel
procity Treaty with the United
States is abrogated the last two
items are to be applied to building
dry docks. The last item is $25, 900
for the encouragement of tourist
travel and immigration. The capi-
tai stock of the company is fixed at
IS, ,OOO, 900, in $4,000 shares, which
may be increased to $1O,OOO,000.
The bill provides that two COM
missioners shall be appointed by
the Queen at a salary of $6 900 per
year, to preside at all drawings of
the lottery. The grantees are to be
exempted from all taxes and license
fees: and to have the use of Hawaii
an mails. The bill has created
much discussion, and though there
is a strong opposition, present ap-
are in favor Of the pass
age of the bill.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01

rod, 1O,986 hits with a ruler, 1885,
715 hand smacks, 1925 slaps on
the face, 1905 boxes on the ears,
115,80 blows on the head, 1898
tasks from the Bible, catechism, the
poets and grammar-every two
years he had to buy q Bible to re-
place the one SO roughly handled
by his scholars, III times he made
his pupils kneel on peas, and 5001
scholars had to do penance with a
ruler held over their heads. As to
his abusive words, not a third of
them were to be found in any die
tionary.-Chicago Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
Girls Are Getting Scarce.

=, The whole number OF males in
766 United States in 1890 was 32,-
O67 $50, and the whole number of
females SO, ,554, $40. For the United
States, Is ! whole, therefore, there
are for every 100000 males 95, $50
females. Ten years before there
were 06, ,554 females to every 100000
males. while IN 1870 there were 81 :
601 females to every 100, 900 males.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
THEY LIVED on AIR.
Eutombed Miners Existed Seventeen
DAYS Without Food or Water.

I10 todCuAu6 "a 0ApCAACuC0 30 IA
lustrated by several recent instances
of prolonged abstinence, though it
may afford some idea of human en-
durance in this particular under
special conditions, has yet provided
no certain criterion of the vital re-
sistance possessed by the average
man when suddenly deprived of
every form of sustenance, says the
London Lancet of recent date. The
measure of this force may never
theless be gauged with approximate
correctness from the history of re-
current instances of prolonged and
accidental privation. AS an exam
pie the following is remarkable,
even in this category:
It is the narrative of three Bohe-
mian miners, who, after being en-
toned by a fall of sand in the pit
where they were working, were final
ly rescued alive, though, of course,
in an utterly PROSTATE condition,
seventeen days later. During the
period of their live burial air was
pumped down to them by bore
holes. On this they may be said
to have lived, without food and
without water. The total want of
the latter is what makes their sur
vival so remarkable. But for this
essential the longer fasts of profess
sional fasting men would have been
quite impossible. We can have no
difficulty in understanding gener-
ally why this holds true if we bear
in mind the fact that not only does
water constitute by far the greater
constituent of every tissue, but that
without its due proportion the cir
culation and nutrition of the blood
and that needful if costly chemical
change upon which all tissue repair
depends would be alike impossible.
In endeavoring to trace the ra-
tionale OF life persisting, as in the
case of the buried miners, in spite
of the absence Of every natural con-
dition we must notice one or two
points. In the first place
their condition was that of rest,
their functional metabclism being
less active, their
waste of tissue diminished and their
output of carbonic acid not SO like
ly to overcharge the surrounding
atmosphere. Further, we may take
it for granted that robust physique
had no small share in the conserv-
alton of vital energy. Much de-
pends in such cases on the amount
of nitrogenous matter stored up for
the most partin muscular tissue,and
available for destructive changes.
We may safely assume that the
of reserve nitrogen in the
case of these men was not meager.
It is mainly, no doubt, to this cir
that we must attribute
not only the fact of their existence,
but the still more remarkable pros
pect of their convalescence and ul-
innate recovery.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01

THE latest story involving Sena'
tor Henry M. Teller of Colorado il
too good to be lost, says the Chicago
Record. It seems that some time
ago a party of Democratic friends
were trying to tease the Senator be-
cause, being q free silver advocate,
he nevertheless stood upon and de-
Tended the republican platform.
Finally one of the party asked how
it were possible to reconcile his &C.
ton with his principles, and there
upon the Senator was reminded OF
story which he fancied would an
swer his friends question.
"A rural friend and constituent
of q mine out in Colorado" said
Teller, "once boarded the railway
train at Greeley, and as be had to
get off at the next station, and,
further more, as the train was pretty
we'll filed, he did not enter car,
but stood upon the platform out
eide. While he was jogging along,
quietly admiring the scenery, the
rough, hurley brakeman appeared
and told him he must get inside.
"'But / don't want to- answered
my friend; it's pleasant enough
out here and, moreover, I'm going
to get off at the next station
"'That doesn't make any differ
ence,' urged the brakeman; you'll
have to 60 inside-that's the rule
of the company, and it's peremp-
tory. Your place is in the car, not
outside here
"My rural friend got rather rolled
at this. WELL says he, excitedly,
what are platforms made for if not
to stand on?'
"'What are they made for?' re-
peated the brakeman. Why, plat
forms are made to get in on-not
to stand on p"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01

one, and the members of the south
who were mostly concerned by the
bill said that if the silver states
would come to their rescue and join
them in their efforts to defeat this
disastrous measure they would
stsnd by them on the silver ques-
ton. Our silver men were deaf
to their appeal. Hence the trouble
in the house of representatives in
passing free coinage bill grew out
of that refusal more than any other
thing. They said that the west and
south must combine against the
combination of the gold trust in
the east. Nevada, in the house,
refused. The dreaded ''force bill''
came to the senate, and l was the
first republican to declare that I
would not vote for that.i Infamous
measure [applause]; that l would
do all l could to defeat it. I con-
Quoted the campaign, in the senate
against the ''force bill" for nearly
a year, and number of silver sem
ators followed me in fighting it..
We defeated it. What was the re-
suit? It united the silver states
with the states of the south and
west that were for silver and cre-
ated silver party in the senate. s
"We went to them in their hour
of need, and when we called on
them to give a helping hand, they
came. The silver states cannot
have friends of silver unless they
will be friends of the friends of sill
yer. Reciprocity in legislation is
a necessity, and whoever you elect
to congress must be man who will
respond when the silver men of the
west and south call. The east is
solid against US. They know moth
ing of the silver question. The
great metropolitan press keeps the
masses in ignorance. But the peo-
plo are now moving everywhere.
There are in the various organiza-
tions in the United States, COM
prising labor organizations and
trades unions and farmers alliances,
which have declared in favor of
silver, over 100000 voters. The
effort for the last 10 years has been
to keep these voters from uniting.
Four million people have joined
these associations. Nine-tenths of
the voters of the United States are
in sympathy with them"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-01
TOBACCO AND. CIGARS
And Smokers Articles.
Give nae trial and will guarantee entire
satisfaction.
Notice of Forfeiture.

To NJ. r. EVANS, his heirs or legal repre-
sentatives:
You are hereby notified that we have ex-
pended two hundred (20O) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the Shutty
Cup East and ShMtty Cup West
lodes, situated ON Trail creek, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
ises under the provisions of Section 1924,
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the year ending December 81, 1891; that
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
ton of such expenditure as co-owner, your
Interest in said claims will become the
property of the subscribers under said sec
tion 1924. L. J. BARNARD.
S. j. FRIEDMAN.
Haley, Idaho, Jan. II. 1892.
First publication, Jan. 80, 1892.
The Forrest City times., 1892-01-15
Deafness Can'tbe Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an iniiained condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inhamed you have a runbllng sound CT imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and the tube restored to it's normal condition, hearing will be de- stroyed forever Nine cases out of ten arc caused by cartarrh. which is nothing but an inhamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking IialPs Cartarh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & O., Toledo, O.. Sold by druggists, 75 cents.
The Forrest City times., 1892-01-15
M 1rrle2.

Mr. Ellis Turley, one of the members of the well-known firm of J. V. Beck < Co, was married on Thursday, Jan uary T, 1892, at Hurtfurd, x, C., to Miss Annie Gillian. Mir. Hurley is one of our rising yoUng merchants, while the bride has made host of friends in our city by her many win ming and womanly qualities. The happy couple met during Miss Gil liam's visits to Eer sister, Mrs. Joiln Gatling. i'll this city. and aiI attach meht sprung up which could have but one ending. TIE TINES joius their wide circle of friends in wishing them al. the happiness possible in this life.
The Forrest City times., 1892-01-15
Oh. What 9 Cough!

Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of the sure approach of that more terrible disease, Consumption. ASK your selves if you can afford for the sake of say ing 50 cents, to run the risk and -o nothing for it. We know from experience that Shiloli's Cure will cure your cough. It never fails. This explains why more than a Million Bottles were sold the past year It relieves Group and Wheo2ing Cough at once. Mothers. do not be without it For Lame Back, Side or Chest. use Sailoll's 20 rous Plaster. Sold by Winthrop S Co; J. J. Ablcs Colt.
The Forrest City times., 1892-01-15
For Gaia.

have for sale, one hundred and thirty-fve thousand of best merchant able brick at my yard on the Mari anna road, south of town, near old site of Davis & Johnson's gin. h. tending purchasers will please call at the yard where some one can always be found to deliver brick. 1 am pre- pared tn Go All kinds of brick work on short notice at lowest figures. Give me q call. II. A. FREY.
The Forrest City times., 1892-01-15
sh,loh,s Consurn ptron Cure.

This is beyond question the most sue cessful Cough Medicine we have ever sold, few doses invariably cure the worst cases Of Cough, Group, and Bronchitis, while it's wonderful success in the cure of Consurnp ton IS without parallel in the history of medicine. Since it's first discovery it has been sold on guarantee, test which no other medicice eau stand. If you have a Cough we earnestly ask you to try it. Price 10 cents, 50 cents, and 51.00. If yom Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by Winthrop eS Co.,; J. J. Ables, Colt.