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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
A Queer Barometer.

One of the moot curious Of the
many natural barometers consists
of a half-pint glass half full of water,
a piece of muslin and leech. The
leech must be put in the water and
the muslin tied over the top of the
glass so that the creature cannot
get out again. When fine weather
is to be the order of the day the
leech will remain at the bottom Of
the water, coiled up in spiral shape
and perfectly motionless. If rain
is to be expected it will creep to the
top of the glass and remain there
until there is likelihood Of more
settled weather. If there is to be 4
storm of wind the little animal will
comfort itself violently and squirm
about.
For some days before thunder it
will keep out of the water almost
all the time and will occasionally
move its body in a convulsive fash
ion. For frosty weather it behaves
in the same manner as it does rain.
Free Press.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
A Nice Place TO Live.

There is a locality in Montana
which has the. greatest range of
temperature Of perhaps any spot on
earth That place is Hasre, which
is situated near the Canada line.
The town is 1900 or $1,000 feet
above sea level, but despite that
the thermometer registers as high
as SO degrees. The sudden changes
are accounted for BY the fact of the
towns peculiar location. It is on
the western slope of the Rocky
mountains, and so situated as to
catch the full force o. hot wave
peculiar to that region.
What creates this hot blast. or
where it comes from, the scientists
ofithe Government Weather Bereau
have for4nyears been patiently en-
deavoringtq determine. They know
it IS ! scofcher, and that 10 al they
know shout II. Il is very similar
in .jtk queer antics to the simoon Of
Sahara, and Is dreaded almost .as
much assthat nonster Of tho burn.
ing desert York Advertiser.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
wholesale Infantic1de in China.

A. writer in Household Words
said Sin China tens Of thousands
Of recently born girls among the
poorer classes are thrown out to
perish, and at Shanghai I saw a
tower formerly used to facilitate
this infanticide. 1t ie practiced in
every part of China, but especially
in the interior and tn the Loess
district. As soon as we get many
miles from the coast it is quite
usual to see near a joss house, ,or
place of worship, a small stone
tower from ten to thirty feet high,
with no door, but hole in one side,
reaching into a pit in the center.
The children that parents wish to
be rid at are thrown into this hole.
and quicklime soon consumes the
lifeless little form. It is said that
the priests take charge of this cruel
work. It has been estimated that
every year 100000 female babies
are brutally slaughtered in the EN-
pire. One Chinaman being inter
rogated about the destruction of
his recently born girl said: The
wife cry and cry, but kill alice same.
In every large city in China there
are asylums for the care of orphans,
supported and conducted By for
eigners, who save yearly from
tens of thousands Of fe-
male infants. At Hankow, which is
GOO miles inland, Isvisitedaa Roman
Ctaholic orphanage for children
that have thus been cast out to
perish. Mother Paula Vismara, the
lady superior Of this institution,
informed me that she had received
seven that day. and on one day
thirty were brobght in. OF course
these had never been consigned to
q b4by tower. Sometimes they are
found wrapped in paper and left at
the edge Of the river. Sometimes
they are buried alive BY the father,
but while yet living are dug up BY
some one else and brought to this
institptions 6everal women are en-
ployed by the Mother Superior in
IookiDg aboatsfor the little victims.
Hpward.ofsa n thousand are received
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
Mark Twa1n's Hardest Battle.

Mark Twain's wife was a Miss
Langdon of Elmira. When Mark
first met her he was not so we'll
known as he is at present. Her
father was judge, and doubtless
expected family" and social i'm.
portance in his son-in-law. Mark,
however, became interested in his
daughter, and in due time proposed,
but was rejected. "Well," he said
to the lady, II didn't much believe
you'd have me, but l thought I'd
try" After while be tried again,
with the same result and then re-
marked, with with his monotonous
drawl: "Ifthink a great deal more
Of you than if you'd said Yes but
it's hard to bear" A third time he
met with better luck, and then came
the most difficult part of his task
to address the old gentleman.
4Judge," he said to the digni6ed
gentleman, shave you seen anything
going on between Miss Lizzie and
me?' What, what?" exclaimed the
Judge rather sharply, apparently
not understanding the situation, yet
getting glimpse Of it from the in
quiry. "Have you seen anything
going on betweed Miss Lizzie and
me?' mo, sir; I have not, 7 replied
the magnate sternly. well look
sharp andyou will" !" said the author
Of %1nnocents Abroad, and that Is
the way he led up to asking the
judicial luhainary for his daughters
hand. As he came to the final
point, the Judge, softening a little
in his manner, asked for references.
This was. Twain's opportunity.
WELL" he drawled out in his most
manner, IT give you the
California journa1ists-Fred Mac
Crellish and Joe Goodman. / have
told many a lie for each, and l am
sure they will stand by me now"
OF course he got the girl.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
Great Men Usually Ugly.

"Isn't it strange that Nature made
her great men so funpard onAbly
ugly?" queried S. T. Leathe, as he
turned q portrait book of celebritiea
in the corridors of the Lindell.
Take the whole lot, from Socrates
to Bismark, from Pisistratus to Pat
rick Henry, and there are not half
a dozen men who rose to real great
ness who could, by the boldest
exercise of poetic license, be called
handsome. Byron was probably
one of the best looking of the lot,
and he had club foot, was ment-
ally deformed and morally de-
praved. Burns was fine. looking
fellow, but he is one of the minor
great-cannot be classed with tho
world compilers. Voltaire was ex-
cusable for being in bad humor with
his Creator. He looks as though
oneof Natures jousneymen' might !
have made him. Our own HenIy
Clay was so homely that. he had to
use the horse trough for mirror,
and Lincoln had no use for an
'amorous looking-glass.'
It is strange, too, how very few
great men look the part. l have
wasted a great deal Of time study
ing physiognomy. It is a rank
humbug. l defy any man to tell
Marshal of France from dancing
master, a United States Senator
from barber, the most profound
PHILOSOPHER from a footman, the in
tellectual hierarch of earth from q
feathef-headed nincompoop if they
are all dressed alike and will keep
their mouths shut. The chances
are that the lesser men will look
the greater.
Il remember being at table in the
Astor House, New York, when a
gentleman entered who was an al
most exact counterpart, so far as
personal appearance went, Of Daniel
Webster. The shape Of the head
and face was the same, the express
sion much alike. Twas profoundly
and resolved to make his
acquaintance. I did so, and found
that he had for years conducted
saloon in the oil districts
until lucky strike made him
man of wealth, but left him men,
taIly where it found him-hut little
better than fool. No, you cannot
Judge book by the cover, but you
will generally find that the showiest
covers are put on the most worth
less books. st. Louis Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
Persian Punishment.

An extraordinary punishment,
almost equal to that Of cutting off
the nose, is now in vogue in Persia.
It was introduced by the present
Shah with q view of putting stop
to the petty pilfsring that had had
unbridled sway for hundreds Of
years. Il consists IN taking q cul-
prit through the following "course
of sprouts" !" and is said 70 be very
effectual, especially when il has
been applied to one guilty Of the
third ofense: The first time ! man
is caught in the act Of stealing he
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15

w. Wachter, of Brinkley, Ark,
is the inventor of device, which,
if successful, will be one Of the
great wonders Of the Columbian
Exposition. It is great wheel,
220 feet in circumference, hanging
and turning vertically from two
steel trussed towers as supports, 10
feet high The wheel is constructed
Of open steel net work and in the
circumference are q number of
baskets hung on pivots, so that they
will keep the same position as the
wheel turns around. These baskets
have upholstered seats for passen-
gers. The wheel will be turned by
electric power. The riders will b
provided With opera glasses to vfsw,
the scenery as they ride. This il .
novel invention and win attract :
great deal Of attention.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
Ravachol's Last Words.

I Can ahead severed from the body
utter an ineligible sound? That
is question which has been for
some time agitating medical circles
in Great Britain. The matter was
brought upsin its present form by
the passing awayof Ravachof. Eyer
since the execution q lively contro-
versy has been going on as to tho
real nature of the "last cry" which
he uttered just as the knife of the
guillotine was falling upon his neck.
Whether he intended to shout aVive
la Republique" or LA Revolution" "
or La Revolte" will never be known
as he had only cried "Vive la Re-
when his head was severed from his
body. Several persons who were
close to- the guillotine declare that
they distinctly heard the final syl-
lables-' -''pnblique Tissue from Che
lips as the head fell into the basket.
A controversy arose as to whether
such phenomenon is physically
possible, and has assumed such
proportions that the Academy of
Medicine has become interested in
the matter and letter has been
read before that learned body which
will probably settle the question
once and for all. It is communi-
Gated by an eminent physician, who
explains that no sound can possibly
emanate from the head when sew
cred from the body, no matter on
what part of the neck the knife de-
scends. The same does not. how
ever, apply to the trunk, provided
the larynx be left with it.
If a criminal goes to the scaffold,
as Rayachol did, with all his wits
about him, he instinctively con-
tracts all his muscles when placed
under the knife. On the severance
of the spine the muscles suddenly
distend and the air which has been
confined in the chest may, in pass
ing through the vocal organs, pro-
duce a sound which could be mis-
taken for the syllable "ique." This
sound was probably heard by the
persons in question, whose natural
emotion caused them to imagine
that it proceeded from the lips after
the decapitation.- Globe.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
Once Was Enough for the Monkeys

II once went up the Amazon and
Orinoco rivers on an animal-captur-
ing expedition for the late P. +.
Barnum," said Dick Cowper, an old
Snowman. II got quite collection
Of snakes, birds and monkeys. I
hit on a novel plan for the capture
Of the latter, and it worked like
charm.
"A monkey is a greater imitator
than a Chinaman. He will do any,
thing he sees done, and that is what
gets SO many of his kind into the
cage. Irigged / up an electric bat
terry and attached it to an apparatus
that would allow score of the sim
ians to get hold of it. ] then took
q party of natives and went into
the forest where there were troops
Of monkeys. We put the appara-
tus down, attached the wire, and
removed the battery to q consider
able distance. The natives then
took hold of the apparatus, danced
and yelled, then retired. The mon
keys made q dash for it. Half a
dozen caught hold and / turned on
the current. They began to shrek
and squirm, but the others thought
their performance a part of the
programme and fairly fell over each
other to get hold of the machine.
| could have stuck the whole troop
if they could have got hold. We
then made descent on them with
sacks and soon had score of them
corralled. ~ i p
"But it would only work once.
We tried it a month afterward at q
point fifty miles distant, but not q
monkey came off his perch in the
trees. They viewed the proceedings
with curiosity, but without any de-
sire to initiate our war-dance around
the machine.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
Paper Feathers.

In England, for several years
past, soft. fine paper is in great de-
mand for the filing Of pillows in
sick rooms. To make them, first
tear the paper into small pieces and
strips, and when they are of suffi-
cient bulk to make pillow Of tha
size required, stuff the cases of good
ticking, chintz or unbleached cloth,
as the housekeeper wishes, so loose
ly as to be sof and to easily shake
into form that shall give ease and
support to the head. The more
durable pillows and cushions, such
as are suitable for house use, especi-
ally for the back of low sofas and
oriental couches, where they are
piled about carelessly as SO many
like to have them nowadays, are
made of choice paper.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
Ths Only One Of the Kind.

Amos Lane Of Amandee, Cal, is
at work on device which will be
one of the attractions Of the town
when completed. It is large clock,
the figures on which can be seen
from the hotel, and the motive
power for which will be the geyser.
The clock will be erected at point
where it will be prominent. The
geyser bubbles and rises every thir-Y
ty-eight seconds as regularly as
clock work would require, and every
time it rises it will raise lever that
will move the hands exactly thirty
eight seconds. Thus the clock can
be made to keep perfect time, and
will be the only one of its kind in
the world.-Jeweler's Weekly.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15
They are Fond of Finery.

OtlnltS0 DIS ~ Ludy Stel1l, Tue GIG
phant is passionateiy ssc,d of fnery
and delights to see himself decke6
out with gorgeous trappings. The
native princes of India are very
particular in choosing their state
elephants, and will give fabulous
sums for an animal that exactly
meets the somewhat fancifulstand-
ards they have erected. For these
they have made cloths of silk SO
heavily embroidered with gold that
two men are hardly able to lift them.
An amusing instance of elephan-
tine pride is narrated by Baker.
The elephant which usually led the
state procession of rajah being
sick, the magnificent trappinss were
placed on one which had up to that
time occupied only subordinate
place. The animal, delighted with
its finery, showed its glee by SO
many little squeaks and kicks Of
pleasure that general attention was
attracted to it.
Not long after another state pro-
cession was formed, and the previ-
Gus wearer of the gold clothes, be-
ing restored to health, took his ac-
customed place and trappings, when
the now degraded beast, imagining,
perhaps, that he was being defraud.
ed of his promotion, was, with
great difficulty, restrained from
attacking the leader of the parade.
-Pearson's Weekly.
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The Price Of Liberty.

APIORO6 VI t40 null AdRC VI tut
Grand Duke Nicholas to an ex-serf
it may be Of interest to remind my
readers that the great st: Peters.
burg bankers, ,Shalouchine. to whom
many Of the American tourists in
Russia carry letters Of credit, were
formerly serfs. They belonged to
the enormously wealthy Count
Shermetieff, and they obtained their
freedom some fifteen years prior to
the general emancipation, by means
of barrel of oysters.
Old Shalouchine. the father OF
the present members of the firm
and the founder Of the bank, re-
peatedly entreated Count Sherme-
tieff to grant him his freedom,
offering him as much as $4,000
for the boon. But the Shermetiefs
are the wealthiest mobiles in Russia !;
money was no object to the Count
and it gratified his pride to feel that
one Of the leading bankers of the
empire was one of his serfs, unable
to marry either his sons or his
daughters without his masters con-
sent. Moreover, as serf, the banker
was liable to have his money seized
and confscated at any moment by
the Count, since everything that
belonged to a serf, including his
wife, children and property, be-
longed ipso facto to his master.
One day Shalouchine, who had
just that very morning returned to
the capital from Odessa, called at
the Shermetieff Palace for the pur-
pose Of reporting his arrival, as in
duty bound, to his owner. He had
brought with him barrel of de-
licious Crimean oysters for presen-
tation to the Count, but left them
in his carriage at the Palace door
until he should have obtained his
masters intimation that the gift
was acceptable.
On entering the presence of the
Count the banker found him sur
rounded by a party of guests and
engaged in berating his chief butler
for neglecling to provide oyst RS
for the dejeuner to which they were
about to sit down. The butler was
to the Count that there
was no oysters to be got in the cap
ital at that moment for love of
money.
Catching sight of the serf-banker,
the Count exclaimed, "Oh, it is
thou again; thou art come to poster
me once more for thy liberation.
Thou knowest that it is useless. I
should not know what to do with
thy money. But. stay, | will tell
thee something: get me some oys-
ters for my dejeuner and thou shalt
have thy freedom !"
Shalouchine bowed low, left the
room, fetched the small barrel Of
oysters which he had left in his
at the door, and laid it at
he feet Of his master.
AS soon as the barrel had been
opened the Count called for pen
ind paper, wrote out a declaration
,mancipating both the banker and |
lis family from serfdom, and then
,owing courteously to the man who
,ut moment before had been his
lave, exclaimed "And now, my
lear Mr.. Shalouchine, will yougive
IS the pleasure Of your company at
lejeuner?'-Marqnise de Fontenoy, |
n N. Y. Recorder.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-10-15

every year. This is an Italian char
ity, and one Of the most estimable
in China. During the twenty-three
years of its existence it has saved
the lives Of, say, $4,000 to 40,000|
children, of whom fair proportion
have grown to womanhood.
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TOBACCO AND CIGARS
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Notice of Forfeiture.

10 N. R. EVANS, his heirs or legal repre-
sentatiyes:
You are hereby notified that we have ex-
pended two hundred (20O) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the ShMtty
C1P East and Shutty Cup West
iodes, situated on Trail creek, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county, Idaho, in order to hold said prem
lses 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
irom you, NJ. T. Evans, is $33 33lA, lawful
money of the United States, and if within
ninety days after the publication OF this
notice you fail to contribute your proper
ta Hon OF such expenditure as co-owner, your
interest in said claims will become the
property of the subscribers under said sec
uon 1924. L. J. BARNARD.
s. J. FRIEDMAN.
HALEY, Idaho, Jan. IA, 1892.
First publication, Jan. 80 1892.
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The KErsroSr is the sole representative

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtootlf
and Smoky mining regions, and. foc1tsd
as it is in the very heart of the most proui-
ising mining. country o., the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers. a complete synopsis Of all
mining news and developments, as we'll as
matters Of local importance in and about
Ketchum, It is an invaluable guide for cap-
itai 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, 1892-10-15
Relaxation in Sleep.

"If you have never done so, watch
yourself 60 to Sleep" says Del
sarte priestess, "and you will be
amazed to see how tense your po-
sition 10. Your knees are drawn
and bended, your back is curved,
the arms are held more or less tight
ly to the body and the fingers are
folded. The eyelids are held shut,
not allowed to droop over the eyes,
the neck is strained and the head
seems to touch the pillows only at
the temples. The points of contact
with the bed are really only at tenn
Piles, shoulders, hips, knees and
ankles.
''Now look at q child sleeping.
Every muscle is relaxed, every joint
is inert and prone on the couch;
his little frame finds rest at every
point. The features are undone, so
to speak, the nose widens, the mouth
droops, the eyelids close easily. and
with every line of expression-ob-
liberated he finds utter and COM
plete repose. That abandon makes
him fall out of bed sometimes, such
an inert body has he become. You
may initiate him even to that de-
gree if necessary. Begin at your
toes to relax, loosen all your joints
and muscles, unbend your fingers,
shake your wrists loose, take the
curve and strain out Of your neck,
go all to pieces, in fact, and see how
the days fatigue seems to slip off
from you and the gentle mantle of
rest and oblivion embodied you like
a garment.-New York Times.
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is "bastinadoed" (beaten on the
soles Of his feet with an iron rod J,
and made to sign paper declaring
that that will be his last offense If
he forgets this when the soles of his
feet quit burning, and tries it again,
the second offense calls for the am
putation OF his right hand. II he
is still obdurate, and goes at it left
handed, the third and, of course,
the last resort is decapitation.- -
Toledo Commercial. -
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-01-10
ton.tanti5 Hawking and spittins.

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IT. + 1uts, NO, writes: MS ge-.i s.laerer
fr9tn ct 9rrh for three wears AZ Dimes could
h..- ~ 3,rcatha, an vs. constantly hawking
a.! ii ig AMI f r the last eight mont 5 could
ms, nr,stlhe tough the nostrilS. | thought
advised to tr- DIR. Saye's Catarrh Remedy, and
/ am now v,,il man. believe 1t to be the
only sure remedy for catarrh now Tna1ufac-
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experience astounding results and permanent
cure"
A complete Treatise on Catzrrh, giving valu-
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If imDortance viii be mailed, postpaid - any
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Address.
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