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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25
ODDS AND ENDS.

Gypsies originally came from India.
The savings bank was invented by
clergyman.
A beautiful wife smiling means a
full purse weeping.
1t is hard to be friend to man who
IS an enemy to himself.
There are said to be sixteen men to
one woman in Buenos AyreS.
The Dancing Jim Crow toy was
worth S75, 600 a year to its inventor.
Fill the drum And you will hear less
roise from It, Is it so with the head?
When we wear the yoke of Christ, the
heavier the load the easierit is to travel.
China, with all her 100000, 900 of
people, has only forty miles Of railway
A wife does not beat her husband with
a stick, but tongue is worse than
club.
Four fifths of the worlds supply OF
cloves come from Zanzibar and Pemba,
Africa.
George Francis Train introduced the
horse car line in England at Birken-
head in 1853.
Pupils in the schools of Japan are
taken out rabbit hunting one day in
every autumn.
The business of preparing banana
meal is about to be started on the 18th
mus of Panama.
To complete their growth the nails OF
the left hand require eight to ten days
more than those of the right.
Four-ffths of the engines now work
ing in the world have been constructed
during the last twenty-five years.
To test the freshness of eggs, drop
them in dish of water, and if the small
end comes to the top they are fresh.
The Chinese silk weaver always eats
the chrysalis Of the silkworm after he
has unwound the silk from around it.
The best time to set lily of the valley
plants is in the early fall, from the mid
die of September to the last of October.
Pale green stationery with address in
dark green is a fashion of the moment
in writing paper that is really hand
some.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25
\ Queer Bargain.

jeff Bryant and his brother Abe each
owned large tracts of land near here,
and they were bachelors.
One day the brothers agreed that the
one that married first should have the
others land in addition to his own. One
Sunday about nine years ago Abe called
at Jeffs house.
GOOD morning, jeff
GLOW dye, my boy" answered Jeff.
s'Jef, you remember that marriage
agreement we made?" asked Abe.
''Well, l reckon I do,'' said Abe.
''What about it?'
''I'm going to be married Wednesday.
Are you ready to keep the agreement?'
''Sure as you're alive" answered JEFF.
l hain't got no use for a man as will go
back on his word
''Well, you are right, jeff, and you
shall be my best man.
So the compact was sealed, but Jeff
did not intend to give up his 1000 acres
so easily. He just fooled Abe. Instead
of waiting for Abe to get married on
Wednesday, jeff hitched up and called
on a neighbours daughter and proposed
that very Sunday night. He was &C
cepted, and they were married Monday.
Then he went to Abe, saying:
''Abe, that little agreement Of ours,
you remem ber"-
eyes: wel1'-
ssYou see I was married this morning,
and want to know if you allow to keep
your promise.
well, this is little suddint like, but
[ reckon it's all right. III keep my
word
And he did Abe transferred his prop
erty to jeff. On Wednesday Abe was
married as per contract, and went to
live on a rented tract Of land
Singularly enough the brothers have
been good friends all these years.-Cov-
ington Post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25
1t Rained Crawfsll.

Friday people who were in the vicinity
OF the Union depot were surprised to
find the ground covered with crawfsh,
and it is the general supposition that
they fell with the heavy rain the night
before, which came down very hard for
awhile. Their appearance cannot be ex-
planned on the ground that they came
up out of the earth, because for some
distance south of the depot the ground
is bedded with rock and covered with
cinders. The most of them were an inch
and a half long. IF they fell with the
rain they rad probably been fshed out
of some large body of water bya cyclone
and taken overland by the wind.-Cam-
eron (Mo.) Observer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Mend broken iron with equal parts
of salt and ashes.
Emery powder will remove ordinary
stains from ivory knife handles.
Spots are easily cleaned from var
nished furniture by rubbing with spir
its of camphor.
If the hands are rubbed on stick
of celery after peeling onions the
smell will be entirely removed.
A piece Of sponge fasteded to a
stick or wire is a good thing with
which to clean lamp chimneys.
A little horse radish or few mas
turtium seeds placed in your pickle
jars will prevent mould from forming
on the top of the pickles.
All such ingredients of soup as rice,
vermicelli, macaroni, ETC., should be
partially boiled in plain water before
being put into the liquor.
When you boil a cabbage tie bit of
dry bread in a bag and put it in the
kettle. You will not be troubled with
the usual disagreeable odor.
When eggs are scarce, put away at
night teacup of mashed potatoes in
which has been strained a tablespoon
full Of sugar, and mix it in the corn
cake batter next morning; you Will
find the cakes light and sweet.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25
COLUMN.
JAMS AND JELLIES.

There ;s q mistaken idea current
among housekeepers that though jel-
lies require carefulness III their man
ufacture, jams may be made anyhow.
This may be true if by jam is meant a
boiled ND ssmash" of fruit, but to pre-
pare true lam, smooth compete
which shall retain all the delicate fla
vor of the fruit, it is necessary to pre-
pare the fruit well, measure the sugar,
and cook them together with cafefui
attention to rule IF the fruit is part
" unripe or imperfect in develop
ment, if too much sugar is added, II
the whole is cooked too long, or not
long enough, the result is marred, the
jam is poor, stringy and generally OBJ
iectionable It may be laid down as
the foundation essential, that all the
fruit used for jams and jellies should
be perfect Of it's kind, well developed,
and entirely ripe. For poor stunted
specimens from your garden and or
chard, windfalls and half ripened
fruits, you may be able to find other
uses if you are ingenious, but do not
risk your reputation by trying to make
iellies Of them, or jams. A failure in
such case is a foreordained result.
One of the most common errors, both
in making jams and jellies, is to add
too much sugar. The usual rule,
pound for pound, may be tolerated
with the tart fruits, but with the
sweeter kinds, a less portion of the
sugar is preferable, especially for
jams. Too little sugar in the prepar-
alton of jams is to be decidedly pre-
| ferred to too much
If you are troubled with ''hacking cough
Downs Elixir will give you relief at once
Warranted as recommended or money refund
e
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25
Respectfully,
DENTIST AT CRAFTSBURY.

DR.. 6. II. Fuller, Surgeon and
Mechanical Dentist.
Ether, chloroform, Mayo's vapor,
vitalized air and laughing gas Civ
Ell for the painless extraction OF
teeth.
All work warranted. Office at
residence, So. Craftsbury,
DIR. c.. II. FULLER
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25

Pillows for hammocks and veran-
das should be in shapes and sizes not
different from pillows for the house.
Their uses are the same; one is for
rest and comfort indoors, and the
other for rest and comfort out Of
doors. The covering for the outdoor
pillows should always be of some ma
teria1 that can be Numbered, linen and
cotton goods being more used than
silks, though there are some qualities
of wash silks that can be done up as
well as cotton goods. A nice linen
towel can be made into a very pretty
pillow covering, with the fringe used
across the ends of it. If the pattern
in which it is woven happens to be
fruit, or flowers, or vines, outline it
with long stitch in colored floss of
an appropriate color. The effect is
extremely pretty. Awning goods is
also an excellent covering for ham
mock pillows.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25

For very convenient frosting use
two tablespoonful of either cream,
milk or fruit juice and add as much
confectioners' sugar as it will take;
or for a yellow frosting take the yolk
Of one egg and a tablespoonful Of wa
ter or wine and add sugar until stiff
enough to spread.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25

JEWELRY BOX.-A small box, nine
by four and a half inches is used for
the foundation of dainty jewelry
box. This is covered and lined with
salmon colored silk. The cover of the
box is padded for a pincushion. A
puff Of salmon tinted net is arranged
around the sides of the box, and a tri
angular shaped piece is draped over
one side of the cushion.
TABLE SCARF. = Brussels net in
white is employed in an exquisite
scarf to hang over the corner of ia
BILE. Vandyke lace finishes the ends.
Through the ends narrow ribbons in
different shades of blue are run. There
are five rows, the darkest at the bot
tom, on one end. On the other there
are nine rows The darkest shade is
in the center here, and four other
shades on each side.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25

A lump of sugar saturated with vim
egar is simple and effective remedy
for hiccough.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25

Bakers Mandrake Bitters cure indigestion,
heart burn, costiveness and all malarial dis
eases. Twenty five cents per bottle.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11
Personal Mention.

Ex-Sheriff Brasse and wife, Of
Haley, visited Ketchum Thursday.
C. J. Johnston passed through
town last Tuesday on his way to
Vienna.
Mrs. E. B. True and niece of Hal
ley are spending a few days at the
Guyer Hot Springs.
Fred w. Gooding, of Toponis,
came up on last Wednesday to look
around his old home.
Tom Hampton and Fred King,
of the Upper Warm Springs, paid a
visit to town during the week.
Mrs. T. J. Sutton and son, Shell
ley, left Ketchum on Thursday for
Boise to join Mr.. Sutton, who is
now located in that city.
Nelson Boukofsky, merchant at
Clayton, arrived in Ketchum Wed
nesday night and left the following
day on trip to Salt Lake city.
Mrs. J. A. Crawford, mother of
Mrs. Geo. J. Lewis, left on Wednes-
days train for her home at Anamo-
ga, Iowa, after a five-months' visit
in Ketchum.
10. Swift and Sam Allen, after
taking a spin out to the Parker
group of mines in Elkhorn gulch,
Thursday, rounded up in Ketchum
and returned to HALEY same day.
Daniel Hawksworth came in from
Germania basin, on the Sawtooth
stage, last Tuesday. Mr.. Hawks
worth is considerably under the
weather. He will remain few days
to try and recuperate his health
before returning to his camp.
Professor G. E. Griswold. who has
had charge of the Bellevue public
schools during the past winter, is
rusticating in Ketchum. After cir
cling all around the Professor thinks
there is no place like home, the town
of his first love.
James Hennessy, a rancher on
Big Lost river, spent several days
in town this week. Uncle Jimmy,
as he is familiarly called, is an old
timer, and greatly assisted in early
days in the construction Of the
first roads into the Bonanza and
Custer camps.
Col. G. V. Bryan, one of Idaho's
delegates to the democratic national
convention, to be held at Chicago
June 21st, accompanied by T. J.
Huges, both of HALEY, paid Ketch-
UNI a flying visit Thursday. Col.
Bryan expects to leave for the great
gathering of the unterrified about
the 18th inst.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

Two LOTS of Sunday ore were
n marketed at the bank Wednesday.
U'ner shipments are coming in from
.ae mines as rapidly as transporta-
.lon can be secured for them. The
nolcatlons are favorable for at least
as much as the usual annual out
put OF ore from this place. Custer
.oonty mines will in some instances
su'p direct to Ketchum, owing to
want Of smelling facilities which
;;aey have hitherto had. One thing
=, o.s certain; Ketchum is as good an
Dle market just now al the sur
funding a counties can possibly find.
u nns Ketchum Sampling Works,
H sIaer the usual management of Mr..
bncCoy, are accredited with good
!, .Vn oH .sampling and fair treatment
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11
The Solace Mine Sold.

CD. Johnston, who has had q
bond and lease for the past two
years on the Solace group Of mines,
situated in the Vienna mining camp,
Sawtooth district, passed through
Ketchum last week en- route to Salt
Lake City. Last Monday news was
received here that Mr.. Johnson had
purchased the group of mines, pay
ing J. B. Haggin, of San Francisco,
the owner thereof, 100000 for the
property.
A company has been recently
incorporated at HALEY to work the
mine, with q capital of 81, OOO, 600,
divided into two hundred thousand
shares of stock of the par value of
IS per share, a large proportion of
the stock being held by Mr.. John
ston and associates, citizens of
HALEY. 1t is reported that stock
holders in the Standard oil company
are also interested in the company.
If 80, it means a strong enterprise.
Mr.. Johnston will no doubt be the
general manager of the property,
and will soon commence active
operations at the mine, which with
his usual perseverance and untiring
energy will result in restoring new
life in the once famous old mining
camp, which has for several years
been almost deserted. The Solace
mine, proper, was purchased by J.
B. Haggin and the late Senator
George Hearst for $4,000, some
twelve years ago, and large sums of
money was expended for them in
running tunnels, ETC., coupled with
extravaganza. Finally all work was
suspended on the mine and it lay
idle for several years, until Chris
Johnston got hold Of it under a
bond. Since then he has labored
hard to get down into the depths
of the mine, and from all accounts
has succeeded in bringing to the
front one of the best silver mines in
central Idaho, thus proving by in
domitable pluck that all that is
needed to bring to light the hidden
treasures of the many meritorious
locations in the old granite
range, is nerve, muscle and depth.
Mr.. Johnston will no doubt bring
into requisition the quartz mill of
the Vienna Mining Company to
reduce the ores from the Solace
mine, and such being the case it
will be welcome music to the ears
of all old-timers to again hear the
roar of the twenty stamps of the
old mill.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

We were visited with quite hard
shower Of rain, snow and hail We'd
nesday morning, which was great
help to vegetation, and it is to be
hoped that the hail served the pur-
pose of pelting the life out of the
young grasshoppers and crickets
which were just Matched out and
moving in great swarms between
Katchum and HALEY.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11
Onions for Coughs and Colds.

There is no remedy that acts more
promptly on the Throat, Lungs and Chest
than Onion syrup. Itloosens the phlegm
enabling you to throw it off. It relieves
that tigbtness and oppressive feeling in
Chest and all soreness of the Lungs. As
tonic and restorative it has no equal.
DR.. Gums Onion Syrnp is medicated in
manner 80 a. to be more e6ectual than
the plain syrup and not have any taste or
odor Of the onions, making 1t very pleas
ant to take. Sold at SO cts. by Frank ].
Stone.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

WV. MURPHY, the popular boot
and shoe maker, requests the KEY
sToNE to give notice that he will
open a shop here in about two
weeks. In connection with the boot
and shoe department he will also
be prepared to do all kinds of sad
dlery and harness work. Mr.. Barry
is now fixing up the shop, and will
have everything ready for Mr.. Muir
ply on his arrival.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

McPHErERs' team brought in last
Sunday the first load of ore for the
season from the Silver King mine,
at Sawtooth. It was high grade, OF
course. as the King is noted as a
producer of ore running up in the
hundreds of dollars to the ton. He
started out again on Wednesday
loaded with about IL, 600 pounds Of
supplies consigned to different par
ties at Sawtooth and Germania.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11
A Sure Cure for Piles.

Itching Piles are known by moist
ure like perspiration, causing in
tense itching when warm. This form
as we'll as Blind, Bleeding or Pro-
truding, yield at once to DR.. Bo-
sanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly on parts effected, absorbs
tumors, allays itching and effects q
permanent cure. so cts. Druggists
or mail. Circulars free. DR.. Be-
sanko, 329 Arch St., Philadelphia,
Pa. Sold by Frank ]. Stone.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

F. G.. PARKS, the Sawtooth me.-
chant and postmaster, who has been
taking in the river towns for several
days, returned last Wednesday by
the old reliable Ketchum and Saw
tooth stage line. Frank has staid
by his little mercantile establish
ment a long time, and has by strict
attention to business prospered to
such an extent that he is now en-
abled to order his stock of goods
direct from the east by the car
load. He enjoys the good will and
trade of all the surrounding mining
CAMPS of the Salmon River country.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

A MAN, whose name we failed to
learn, and his wife, from Boise City,
passed through town this week on
their way to Sawtooth. They had
with them their household furni-
ture, chickens, ETC., preparatory to
opening a hotel at the latter place i.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

FRANK FISHER, accompanied by
four other proepectors whose names
we did not learn, left town last
Monday with quite q large outfit
for Washington basin, on the east
fork of Salmon River.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

SAM THORN came in from Boise
City on Thursday. He will camp
a few days on Elkhorn gulch and
then 60 to his Hot Springs ranch
in the Salmon River valley, near
Sawtooth. Sam makes his regular
annual trips, followed by his little
band of thoroughbred colts,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11
MAXIMUM COMFORT ZEN ROUTE EAST.

Passengers destined to points east of
the Missouri River should patronize the
Chicago, Union Pacific s. Northwestern
Line. Maximum comfort and speed,
courteous attendants, Pullman and Wag-
ner sleeping cars, Pullman and North
western dining cars, Pullman colonist
sleepers, free reclining chair cars, and
Union Depots, combined make this the
popular route East.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

A MEETING was held in Metropol-
itan Hall Monday evening for the
purpose of arranging a Fourth of
july celebration. Money enough
was subscribed to provide for the
occasion in fitting manner. The
nropramme will be published later.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

STEVE Wilcox came in on the
Sawtooth stage on Tuesday. Mr..
Wilcox has q lease on the Idaho
mine in Germania basin, on the east
fork of the Salmon River. He re-
ports the mine looking we'll, and
has about sixty tons of high grade
ore on the dump ready for shipment,
but says he will not be able to ship
his ore before next month some
time on account of the snow still
remaining on the Galena divide.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11
AMMONIA AND SUICIDES.
One Of the Most Certain Agents for
Causing Death BY Slow Poisoning.

Of the number of those seeking
suicide by swallowing some form of
poison, probably there are few who
have sought to kill themselves by
means of ammonia. Nevertheless
ammonia, although it is the active
agent in most of the salts sold to
women for their gilt decorated and
perfumed scent bottles, is poisonous
when taken internally in q concen-
trated form. To attest this there
have been recently in New York
several cases, the most recent being
that of Herman Harowitz, of which
Deputy Coroner Jenkins said that
death took place in a comparatively
short time after the ammonia was
taken. In another case, that of q
child, DR.. Jenkins said death re-
suited in five minutes after swallow
ing the ammonia solution.
There are on record also cases of
slow poisoning from ammonia adj
ministered with intent to commit
murder. Furthermore, the appear
ance of workmen in guano factories,
where ammonia is set free by grind
ing guano, has been noted, and in
every case thereis an unmistakable
system of poisoning. This is dis
celebration of the skin of the face,
which assumes a blotched, dirty
appearance. First to take on this
appearance is the skin of the nose
and forehead. Autopsies of those
who die fran ammonia poisoning
reveal a dark hue on the mucous
membrane lining the stomach and
intestines.
AS an agent for causing death by
slow poisoning, ammonia is one OF
the most certain and most difficult
of detection, owing to its volatile
nature. This quality has led phys
icians to believe that some Of the
mysterious deaths that have taken
place in the history of modern and
medieval crime are due to ammo
MIA. It is known now that months
have elapsed between the first symp-
toms of sickness and the death of
a person from ammonia poisoning.
On the other hand, death has re-
suited in four minutes from the
time a large draught of ammonia
has been swallowed. 1t has been
found in cases of gradual ABSORB
ton of ammonia in the human
system that there is general elm
ination of health oxidation of the
blood and a consequent lowering
of the bodily strength. In the case
of immediate poisoning death
comes with frightful agony, as in
the case of Harowitz. Blood gushed
from his nose and mouth.
Statistics in England put am
monia thirteenth in frequency in
the list of poisons. Alexander Win
ter Blyth, medical officer of health
in the St. Marylebone district, Lon
don, cites thirty cases of poisoning
by ammonia swallowed for the pur-
pose of committing suicide, or adj
with the purpose ofcom-
murder, or absorbed un-
consciously in food. Of the suici-
dial cases six were fatal. Of twenty
cases twelve were fatal.
Of cases of murder with ammonia,
Doctor Blyth notes two, both of
them children.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11

The competition essay" else
where in this issue, was written in
response to a recent announcement
by the Pope Manufacturing Com
pany, of Boston, Massachusetts,
Una. u they would, within a prescribed
Time, award one hundred Columbia
bicycles, at least one to each state
and territory, as prizes for the best
one o. hundred essays on "Good
roads," to be written by school
ooys or college students and sent
10 them after publication in some
periodical. Our young townslnan,
taaster Easley, is always to the
'front.', when it comes to a test of
s,rains, and we wish him success in
this venture.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-06-11
Snow Storm.

"Whatis 80 rare as day in June"
when it is snowy one. The kind
of a day Lowell had in mind when
he wrote the above much quoted
line, was of far different kind than
yesterday, Friday, June 10. Yester-
day was day lost, strayed or stolen
out of December. When daylight
came the ground was white with
snow, and it was still showing great
moist fakes as large as a silver
dollar. In sheltered places it was
fully two inches deep, and kept
that depth for hours, piling up as
fast as it melted. 1t was strange
but beautiful sight to see the green
leaves of the poplar trees peeping
out from their snowy blanket, and
the bright yellow sunflowers bend
ing their lovely heads beneath the
weight of snow, trying to shake it
off and looking surprised, as though
they were wondering what it meant,
and why they should be treated go
coldly when they were trying their
best to brighten up the dull eum-
ner. Unusual as such weather is
in June, yet it is not the first time
that this part of Wood River valley
has been treated to just such at just
the same time of year. Twelve years
ago, before the town of Ketchum
came into existence, parties on their
way to Sawtooth were caught in a
snow storm on the 18th of June and
obliged to camp on Boulder creek
for twenty-(our hours on account
of the storm. The snow fell to the
depth of four inches at that time.